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3 FORMFRLT. TUKIR OFFICE and PA-LKM-
KOOM* are
var tha Lower Store cf Redd, Freer & Co.,
here they will be happy t<> see all thidr oi l and new
•ends and customers. They are prepared to
ill all Orders for Goods, make Advances,
nt extend the usual facilities to their friends and
JOHN W KINO,
A. M. ALLEN.
H M THOM AM CAMAK.
Columbus, August 2', ISM dwtf
Notice to Shippers!
ITv ALLC>)TTON lut-nd.-l to be>hlnp*I o
*'** , h. Mobile A UlrarJ Road tau»t uuc
i or fiis owata is full, together «
;tuu of the ooxstoxea dieilnrtiy n.»-k.*i
ib. At the agents have positive orders not tu t«
! pl fcrany Cotton unless so marked. Tin hrsnds
ill he furnished l>y any of tb« W arehnuses to their
ThelUMltlty of the Company lieglns with the
>t»of the receipt and cwam* when the Cotton is
iuwu off theCars at Girard.
The liability on all (lends cease* when they are
•1/ r>Pdelivery at the Ht-vtione In which they are
at. ts aiiM-ars front tli* subjoined rendu non i. the
ai l of Dirac tors:
Keeolrrjf That when Roods are delivered at the
•wclasof this Road where ordered, the liability < f 1
* K"*d for said goods cases, and ths goods are nt I
5«rl*k of th'-owners.”
Ns article of Freight will lx) delivered untlll ail
Uryashn the whole bills are paid.
*nt*»bet i*. isw dwtf ;
Dissolution.
’!* ooasequeutK-e cf the death of WILLIAM DAN-
IH.. the Cm. of II Util I KM, DANIN. A • «»., was
on the 6th of February, l'O’
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wtt •» all claims aralns'ra d , t»i. . • ...• h.-
»bted to said f.rm will pleaae settle Immc dlstely ,
w Hataesa must l»e closed.
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“•—m. Ih,
Warehouse and t'omniision Business,
*“ their branches. Office at the Low ell Ware
'"*■ WM. II. Ill (IIIEM,
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r 'linubu», Oa., February 13,18*W |<lwtf
OR. CARTWRIGHT'S
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T l.rsn* up ths eyst-m and regulate- the LI V ER ,
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/•" spwdlly and permanently, and has the unqusl-
fiWWfml of many physicians, who ham pro-
/>t*d it with untkiiing suevuas. 9n_It glvas com-
•*« satieftwtkin.
rrvparsd only by
URQI’IIAUT k CHAPMAN,
. . . Druggists, Columbus. (!«.
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iSSMylT, 1800 dim warn
tr ,„. Copartnership.
I BE undersigned have this day fonned a Ccpart-
«2*lp forthe pnrpi.se of conducting a CAU-
'•■'TKttii an ,| Et’ILDKItM BUFINEWt, and tor the
■snufacture of Naali, llllnda and Doors,
‘"wthe „a mf >lld it ,j, of fgHRlNE A (lIFFOltD.
W. II. PER KINK,
r . ^ It. F. Q1FFOKD.
Ga., Jan. 11, tfidd dltw tf
Geo. W. Mullms,
^■ttornoy /at Xjuw,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA.
OetoheMa'Tlhh * Uenlion given to coUeetiocs.
' West India Molasses.
[)(4 l,Aaaw ^. choke, for sals by
. , wt E. BARNARD ACD.
CAMP FIRES OF THE EVERGLADES;
tt 'lLD SPORTS OF TI1E SOUTH !
at
f . , , J. W. PEACE'S
,s -^*»f Bookstore.
Thuisd^y Morning’, Har. 22, 1860.
• ■ i OoUglBB f
We conclude tn.day tiie puldication ol
a report of the proceeding# of the late Dem
ocratic State Convention at Millodgevillr.
1 he evident shifting ol the ascendancy in
the body from tho Colb to the anti-Col b
foe lion, as well aa ecveral point* in tie
debate# and other proceedings, will attiact
llto attention and cotieideration of the
obarrvant nader. ']'« our view, they are
signifirotit uf a achrtno, lutely deleruiined
on, that wdl be fuDv developed at Charles
ton, whether successful there or not. It is,
ul the first glauco, rather n singular demon*
siration that tho wing of the party known
a* the "Southern lligbis" division should
undo all ibnt tLe December Convention,
ci nlrollcJ by tho Cobb or National wing,
did to signify opposition to Douglas and hi*
policy, and should defeat all attempts lo
express the least dislike to either the "Little
Cianv” or l.is ujuv.ter soveieignty pro
gramme against slavery in the Territories.
Uu». when ennaiderud in vi«w of recant
"giving* out'* from Washington and else
where, wo think that n solution of the
paradox is not very ditlirult. We regard
iha action ul our Crotgia uuli-Cobb Dem
ocracy *ira|!y a* an nilrmpi to conciliate
the Vuiif'/oa inter tut and to u<in
delegates to Vhar teuton to the. ultimate
auppvrt of Stephens. The purpose is nut
to make un rtloit to nhtnin die nomination
lor Dougins himself— we do not believe
(bat the Georgia Democracy have yet
reuched that point of total political depra
vity. I’erhapa they may not contemplate
giving Douglas even sn unavailing cotnpli-
ineniaty vote in the Convention— they may,
>•» the contrary, giv.- n lew such shaiu vote#
to Cobb. Uut the object is to facilitate the
arrangement which it is said Douglas him
self has already suggested—that uf a transfer
ol the Douglas strength in the Convention
lo Hon. A. II. Stephens. To bring about
this ultimate result, iho Into Convention
wiped out the record ol the December Cobb
Convention against tho policy of Douglas,
»•* well as iia commitment of th« Mtute to
any particular niun or sectional preference.
To cif«ct this, all resolution* antagonistic
to Douglas and his views were voted down
hy the March Convention, and tho delega
tion gm-s to Charleston wholly uninslructcd
and (nnnei)t(y "open to conviction.” The
change ol Irunt presented by a few of the
delegates, by which tho majority in the
body was trnnsferrud from tho Cobb to the
anti-Cobh or Stephens side, is of itself sug
gestive of "new lights” which were brought
to bear mticu tlioso delegates left their
respective counties; and every niuiueuvrc
by the Stephens wing can lie accounted for
by a steady regard for the policy to which
we have above uiluded, und hy no other
conaiderntton that wo can imagine. Geor
gia will uow occupy a position in the
Charleston Convention which no other
Southern Utato will ahure with her. 8he
will be entirely uncommitted against either
Douglus nr his views ; she has presented no
candidate uf her own, thus repudiating the
guerrilla mode of wuilare which nearly
every other Southern State has waged
agninst Douglas; nmi siio has at least
treated with incivility and cohlueas an
Administration that is the rankling enemy
of the "Little Giant.” Does not every one
see in this management a very ready accep
tance of Iho Dougins scheme of transferring
the squatter sovereignty vote to Stephens,
and nit unmistakable bidding for the
martini able pot turn of that alrcnglh when
Doug Us has to bu abandoned 1
And now, the quettiou arises, can 8le-
phnis, obtaining a nomination in this way,
he regarded ns any better than Douglas ?
Will Southern men regard the substituted
second choice of the Northern rqualter
sovereignty Democracy ns any more entitled
to their support than Douglaa himaell 1—
especially whin we have every reason to
believe that Stephct a too is un advocate of
squatter sovereignly, and that he and Doug
las understood each other perfectly well
when he denounced I bn Administration
warfare on tho Illinois Senator as "wickedly
foolish.” Stephen#' unrecanled protective
and internal improvement notions, combined
with his adoption ly Douglas and tho
squattrr sovereignty Democracy generally,
may give hint much strength at the North,
but the pruple ul the South are more easily I
gulled thm wc believe them if they can
arerpt Alexander II. Stephens thus nomi
nated aud auppur'ed.
CF* Dispatches from Washington repre- j
sent the feeling there to be very strong and
general against the reported intention of
tho Charleston hotel keepers and landlords
to churge per day for board, ami $111 to |
■Ji&O per day lor the rent of rooms, during '
the evasion of tho Democratic Convention, j
The pressure upon the National Kxtculive
Committee to remedy the grievance by
selecting *omo other city than Charleston :
for (he place of meeting, is great, and the j
Committee may feel bound to act in the
premises, although they have dearly no |
power to do to, the Cincinnati Convention
having by a formal vote selected Charleston I
lor the meeting of this year, leaving only j
the time and minor atruigerumls to the
discretion of tlm Kx.'cutivo Committee, j
Thu difficulty is iurther eumpliciited by the j
lucl that fcomu ilcli gallons iiavo already
made contracts tor rent of rooms, die., that
will he binding whether they occupy them
or not. tillers to accommodate the Con
vention on reasonable ttnns have been made
to the Committee from landlords and others
of ilichmond, lijltnnore and other cities,
and the feeling at Washington is in favor
of meeting at Daltimorc.
The determination of the Charleston
landlords certainly indicates something of
the iloylock spirit, arid savors so much ol
"Vaokeeiioi” that we were not prepared to
expect auch a thing of South Carolina.
17 It is considered sure that tho House
Committee on Territories still report in
favur of organizing the Territories of Daco-
ub, Nevada and Pike's Peak. The latter
Territory has been called "Jefferson,” but
this designatmu is not so much favored as
"lohosa,'' an Indian name, which meant
"Dwellers on the mountain peaks.”
17* A reverse to the Spaniards in Mo-
rocce it reported by late arrivals from
Europe. A battalion bad been surprised
by the Moore nrar Forlreas Mellila, end
two hundred aoIJiera and fifty officer* killed.
The proportion of officers seems to be
unusually large.
The UoRgUa Defeat lit New llaniprdtlrr.
The overwhelming defeat of the Democ
racy, under the trad of Douglas, in (he 1 .vtv
N#w Hampshire election, ia calculated to
"«et back" the Little Giant in bis prospects
for the Charleston nomination. Tiro result
goes to show that, though much ationger
than any other Democrat at the North, be
cannot carry the Northern States, and the
reasonable conclusion is that tho Democ
racy will therefore he the mors anxious
to nominate a candidate possessing more
strength at >ha South. The firat skirmish
between Squatter Sovereignty ami Con
gressional Prohibition has come off in New
Hampshire, and iho banner of tho latter
inode of warfare on slavery floats in triumph
over the field. Unavailable, then, at the
North, the Douglaa policy will lose tho only
quality that has made it at all tolerable at
the South. If it cannot win in u National
contest, our Southern Democracy have n»
sufficient consideration to induce them to
accept it ami carry it as a load in their
conflicts With the pcrveise Southern Oppo
sition at home.
Uul there ia another chance for Douglas,
and he and hia friends are "humping"
ihemsrlvcs to avail themselves of it. That
chanco ia a triumph in Connecticut, ami to
obtain it they will now redouble their exer
tions. We perceive that they are importing
speakers from other Statea, and aie working
in Connecticut with n zeal that could not
be surpassed if it was the Presidential
election that was on hand am] the issue
depended Upon the vote of that Stale. The
election is yet about thrre weeks oil, and
much msy be done in that time, though the
vucccsa of the lilack Republicans in Mi w
Hampshire by nearly double their majority
of last year is nut very encouraging lo the
Irienda of Douglas.
Four Days Later from Europe.
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KIT I,TON.
Cotton Declining nod Dull.
ArursTA, March "lit.—-The steamship
Fulton, from Southampton March 7th, hos
arrived at New York. Slio brings dates
four days Ijlrr than tho Circassian.
Liver tool Cotton Macket.—Sales ol
three days 14,000 bales. Tho lower quali
ties had declined 1-10 to id.
Breadstuff* dull.
Consols 911.
Havre, Alnr-h 7*—Tho Codon murket
was very dull and drooping. Tho sales of
the week comprise 3,000 bales. The exports
were 80,509 bales, nod the stock 225,000
boles.
The King of Sardinia agrees to the solu
tion ot lciliati difficulties, us proposed hy
Frnnce, til relation lo the Romagna ; hut ho
i* less definite in relation to Tuscany.
Chevalier ilouncompav'tiie lias n-Miqncd
the Governor Generalship ol Central Italy.
Hon. Chas J. Faulkner, <
accredited Minister to Fri
rented lna credential*.
wly
had pru-
lute Testing Newt, from Mexico.
Nf.w Orleans, Mnvh 20.—General Mira
mm.'* twostean e *, M irquezand Miiamon
appeared tuloro V.
color*. Tho Saratoga
off. and n slim was
slid the Indi i no hi i
I'he l(id , I'a I
i lired n broadside i
f llis steamers moved
* s.-m lo overhaul her.
»n's guns, followed by
. « lit rcupon ilie Sara*
hip
oral. Commotio,
o cnpitiled iho .Mexican
Miramon, which nrr
non. Ilmh of tlime me
cd off Anton l. zuroo, on
with *
The F'
Mobile ttaech.
On Thursday, thu first race was for ihr
Humiirap Slake for all age*, heat* ot two
miles and a half, entrance, half forfeit,
$500 added l»y tho club. There wore seven
entries, but all paid forfeit except (’otlnll's
b. c. Daniel Ilooue, by Lexington, and J.
Hunter’s ch. g. Nicholas I. Old Nick,
• hough one of tho toughost and most suc
cessful campaigner* now on the turf, could
not pass the fleet roll, with their respective
handicapped weights—105 lo HO pounds.
Daniel Boone won by a neck, in l-'dR) 1 ,
4:4‘2j—rather last.
Second race, same day, for tho Jockey
Club purse of $200, mile heats. Won hy
Doswell's ch. c. Exchequer, beating Round- J/out. Chapman i
tree’s ch. c. Shanghai, by Albion, in 1:51, «» "» Washington.
[The Jnurrs Government had outlawed
OnFriJny, the Jockry Clul. |,im. 0 f i <l'° vr».cl» ol Almnnon a. piratifu!, tnd w.
#1000, four-mil., « l.y !».,»- | ^“ f
II’* Fanny Washington, heating M
i if r< pornd to bu in possession ol
«jontur of iho American Coneul
ui Uua boon revoked.
f uf Mexico is surrounded by tho
ui great excitement ni Vera Crux
ence ot thu aelion o! the Aincri-
r«*i». Tho French und Spanish
i iho bearer uf dispatch-
Marengo t
i 8:02J.
17* Mr. Toomrs of (in. w*s the only
Southern Senator who vote.I, on the 12th
lust., against the resolution* ordering the
imprisonment of tha Brown conspirator
Thaddeus Hyatt for curiltmpi in refusing
to answer question# propounded hy the
Senate’s Harper'* Ferry Committee, All
his associates in ihe vote wi re the ino*i
ultra of the Black Republican*. Had Mr.
Crittenden or any other Southern Opposi-
lion Congressman voted thu*, the whole
South would ere (hi* tune he ringing with
Democratic denunciations of the act. But
a* it was Senator Toombs, an iimnncnlate
six year old Democrat, wn suppose tho vote
wan all right, and nothing will ever ho *uid
about it.
17* The Cincinnati inquirer call* atten
tion to two curious facts (if they be facts),
and which will ho rendered still more
remarkable if the events which it predicts i Mnv, were both laid
in lb» I..t .cleric, occur—l.ut wo do no) rliiiin. were ili»cu««od.
b.M... II,.I they will i 1 ,c’.;c,",!!'’TI,r!'!ckh', 0 L!uTc
Singula a Coincidences-—Tho birthday C)|M1 wa- dneussed.
ol tho lion. Stephen A. Dougin* is the 23d
of April, the day for thu meeting uf tho i National Di
United >
. M»
cap! u ling I lion
gl'CMilniial.
to-day, ilie to
ration ol *ul
The llomeatvad bill wn* di
The Florida Claim* bill w
lor* Toombs ami Mu.lory
I «lit- wlmle. I did i
Democratic State Convention.
CLOSING PROCEEDINGS,
[Reported for the AurufIs Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Wednesday Niuiit—I/pon reasrembling
after supper, Mr. Nhrfmll, of Laurens, ad
dressed the Convention in opposition to tLe
December Convention, holding that the
Executive Committee was appointed fur
tho purpose of calling a convention to aend
delegates to Chsileeton, and Hut it ws*
well understood «l the tuno. Mr. 8mythe,
•s a member of the convention which ap
pointed tho Kxccutivu Committee, inter
rupted to say to the gentleman that lie had
heard of no much understanding, tnd said
further that he never yet had known any
Evcculivu Committee to call such * conven
tion. Dr. Burney, of Monroe, ono of tho
committee, interrupted to **y that such wa»
lire understanding at the time, and that Mr.
SheBall wan correct. Mr. Shefuli had no
objection, porronully, to Mr. Cobh—he
wauled a Georgian, or at any rate a South
erner, and ho emphatically declared he
would support no Northern man, no matter
il he were tho nominee of the Democratic
Convention, lie thought it an avutLaltug
disgrace that such a man ua McDonald
could only be mad * iu uUernule, and not a
delegate. It wa* a very poor Compliment
to un old warrior, who never yet had flinch-
ed in the thickest fight. Mr. Rugsdalu, of
DeKitlb, made a few sensible remarks, hold
ing that all the trouble came from (ho
Hxreulive Committee, and the perrons who
called the December Convention playing
see-saw, to get head.
Mr. Cox and Mr. Oliver insisted that the
speaker, and in fact ull the speakers, had
hern out of older. Loud cries were inado
for the question, but Mr. Ragsdale would
not be Crowded down. Mr. Jonranf Mus
cogee mijtf an adjournment till morning,
but witl^^v ••• Great confusion prevail
ed, 'i ,u «, ri ,j ■'•llcuicn speaking at once.—
I'toutdi | vton hammered, ami declared
ho \v^ U (fut uo motion, till the convention
came !» order. Mr. WiLnu of Adantu said
he could *pculi n* loudly a* anv one, and
turned thu previous question. Tho 1'iesi-
| dent explained that too call lot tho previous
I question cut oil nil kub*titui*a and amend
ment*. Koinu one moved all adjournment,
hut the Chair held that it was out of orJcr,
ua tho previous question was called. Mr.
Gordon inaisted Hint tin* vole should bn ta
ken by counties, uml viva voce, and so it
was oidered. Thera »** eheo.ing when
tho county it Cherokee voted nny. *Thvr«
seemoil u good dial of anxiety that this
open voting would show sumo shaking hi
the knees.
The Convention voted down thu pluvious
question, ayes 157], nays 173], Mr. Gor
don insisted upon it vote on ins nuhntilute,
and the vote wa* taken viva voce by coim-
tus, resulting wye* 1HH, nays 141, *o tho
substitute was adopted in li-u of the origi
nal. The Chair held that this was not a
vote upon the patau^e. of the auhnlilum,
und Mr. Gordon limn insisted that n vote bo
taken diroeilv upon the pu-sage of his ruli-
“tiiute. Mr. Seward then moved an ad
journment till morning, mid great contusion
enauvd. Tho volo was finally taken hy
counties, on iho question of udjouruiuul uinJ
resulted aye* 149, nuy* INI.
Mr. Seward wddiesaed llio Convention,
and in the course ol his remuiks Mi. Cohen
called him to Older, for making personally
offensive allusions. The Chair thought
nothing personal was spoken, or he should
have culled him Vo order. Mr. Hcwatd pro
ceeded, when Mr. Guerrtrd/use to n person
al explanation, declaring (hut Mr. Sriwurd'*
remuiks were offensive to him. Mr. Sc-
- ward designed nothing offensive, and ccr-
j In inly not lo that gentleman, because ho
wiih tho election.
Mr. Sell lev proposed a substitute, to
pend notion fur nn hour for conaultam
When Mr. Seward rove to a point ol
•trier, that llio resolution ol luat night could
out now bo amended nor discussed. The
Chair held that the point was correct, but
Mr. Schley wont on. hycon«em. and Mr.
Seward desired to interrupt, but Mr. Schley
•vmild not give way.
Mr. Styles objected, that the Convention
'•■Mild du noili i.; mow but proceed to ballot.
Mr. Cohen made n conciliatory speech,
hut Mr. Styles would not consent to a pri*
vitro caucus.
Jud-pi ^Harden spoke for peace anil har
mony. Contusion became worse ronfoun-
led, and finally Mr. Wilson, ul Atlanta,
came nut lor the unjoriiy wing, paying il
In* people did not like it, they could help
(limnselves. He was lor ihn Charleston
nominee, whoever he might ho.
.Mr. Oliver thought il they adjourned lor
| in hour, iiicnilurs would go to bar-mom*,
and liny Inti better *tny und go through
with their work.
Judge 1 linina*objected that the resolution
xv.t-to.i in i. limit. Who shall report the
" 1 i he resolution wee Anally passed,
ana during the suspension ol the Conven
tion, Biptu wa* u caucus nl tho March men
in the Si iiitc Chain'' r. winch suggested the
follow int! eight delegate* nt large i
Jn«>. 11. Lumpkin, 11. ], limning, Henry
K. Jack .*ii. 1*matt T. Irvin, Charles J.
McDoimM, Solomon Cohen, Hiram Warner,
J minis Wing field,
A eaucus ol the December men adjourned
without' nmk ng any auggestion. When
1 ■ ' i a , r • <’-ed 'u report tb.t names
ahovo tm iiti.m. d, Mr. Delony objected lu
receiving Hie report a* mtnrmil and out ol
" f der. Toe Chair held ilint Judge Thomas
c*'*tiLl not make a report trout n pari ol the
Convention, but could proposu notion, on iii*
own liuulk, and it wu* then l«*r ihn Coiiven-
tiun to determine what it would do.
Dir. Jours, of .Mlift-ogee, moved tho odop.
i «)it ot tho resolution and called the previous
q it chi tori, wh'ii several geiiileinou rosu io
lion Icim und olji-cted iluxt itii* wa« out ol
onli r Mi. J 'Mo' - \ ilhdrew Ins call, when
Mi. Sallold ulleud a aubslliuto, rcporiing
tbostmu uumea, but endorsing 'he Decent-
her notion. Mr. Jones moved to lay iho
i<iib: unite on the table and railed the previ
ous question, when some contusion cnsuerl,
iin l Mr. Delony moved uo adjoiiriimniit.—
l'lie Cliatr decid' d that llio motion to lay
•ho substitute on the table carried with it
1 lir ' * ,1 Mr. J mi's tiu n
withdrew the • ill loi iho i reviou* question.
•Several gentleinen iusiated upon a vu'o, hut
Mr. Delony presserl In* uiolion lo adjourn,
upon llir ground r ial his friend* were riot
prnseni, and the Convent! in adjourned till
3 l\ M.
tin re assembling, Judge Tliomna with*
drew In* resolution, and the votu proposed
to bo taken on Mr. Sqfluld'a Kiibslituio,
wIi.mi Mr. i'r iln;t*, "I I'ubb, a-ked to know
It anybody "u# uutto'oed iu u*c llto name
McDonald. Mr. Oliver objected to
The lion. S. S. Cox. ol Olm». made a
a speech in luvor ol I Isa Mexican treary.
[How d.d tho Ireaiy get halnra I Lo House 11
\\ a mi i Mi i os, March 20.— In the Senate
to-day Mr. Wilson, of Maasachusetta, in
troduced a hill lor die coiiHtruction of fivs
steamers, to bo employed on thu coast of
Alrtca III supprerumg the alive t/ude. A1 r
(•win, of California, hu* introduced n hilt
somewhat similar to tin*. The llnnsn hill
providing fur ono overland route to Califor
nia, and the joint resolulion, offered by Mr.
Grron of Misxouri, proposing sn adjourn
ment from die 20di of April to the 20di of
know him.
'•I will
V.
Den
Charleston Convention
The birthday ot the lion. Win. II. Sew- I
d is Ihn Kith of May, dm day lor tlm !
ee'.ing of ilm Chicago Convention.
Il is now certain Uul Mr. Douslns will he
mi no led ly Ur Charleston and Mr. Sew. id
hy Ihe Chicago Convent ion.
17* The Missouri House of Reprreentu- I
ves passed, on Tuesday afternoon, dm t
railroad bill, appropriating $1,480,000 lo ,|, etc relalioia
the l'arific Railroad, $90,000 to the Iron lions, rite.
Mountain, and $750,000 to dm South-east |
It ranch of the Pacific Railroad. This j nv^oTiiii*! it
makes a total addition to dm Slate debt o
r Convention.
Hill sure .s, March 20.—Tho N’atiom
Made Kxecutivo Coinmitlae are eor
ig llie propriety "t holding a nmatin
eavor to ipiiet the apprehension* i
incapiicity of tli" eiiy of (diarloaln
•tiiriiodule the ilelegatrs ut.il visitor
• uppr
fiahl • that a cuminittoe will go to Charles-
'm hotel proprietors
barge*, uccominoda*
I’ikr ’* Peak.
i St. I
$3,130,000. Tho previous appropriation of I | atll | m
$l,UU0,000 to the North Missouri Raiiroad ( lo^dm 7di iiim.,
is not included in this bill. This leaves | |j e j,voc^Jhy***
upwards of one million in the treasury as n j A duel had be
sinking fund for (be payment of the State 'I' 4 -' I’r"''sionul
tor y, nod J >r “
, March 15.—’J*
with advice* Ir
no brought
ii Deliver Cny
> in gold from
debt.
K. G. C.— We learn from dm Atlanta
papers that several leading members of die
order *t "Knight# of the Golden Circle”
have arrived in that city, arid wrro to have
addressed its people in behalf of the plana
of tlm order on Monday nigbi. These
leaders are actively and openly canvassing
for men and money to aid the Librral or
Juarez party in Mexico, and tin* ia well
understood to be thu purpose of their order.
H
to lie in
Tim causa
oflunsive icin
Hundred* •
burh(M>d id i’i
Mr. W W. Wn
ght betweon Mr. Blit
••r*on* are daily ciuigraiing
Tub Ciiahlubion Convention.—Tim ; dersoii's Pon
Savannah Jtepubliean says : "We learn
llist it is in contemplation to charter a Indlai
steamer to csriy persona from this place to Sr. I.oi c,
Charleston, during the Convuiition next • R'"' l,,u
mouth, that will furnish food aud lodging t»* or i M> * Incline
during the time, and thus avoid the exorbi- massacred to
Mr. Gucrrard,
you my card.”
Mr. S. "1 will ho glud to receive il, hut
do not know ivhut tlm gentleman insaii*."
Hu would mako no personal allusions
hum, but out of doom if anywhere.
Some gentleman hoped Mr. S. would fin
ish hi* remarks out of door*. Tlm Chair
said these remark* were out ot order, unless
Mr. Seward consented to bo interrupted.
Mr. Howard wished harmony und thought
this morning there was hope of il, when
tlm nnll'Cobb faction seemed lo hu in a mi
nority. Now they think they Iiavo a ma
jority, ami ull hopn of harmony wn* 1**1 la
ding away. He *uid he wus willing to mako
u proposition, will'll Nome ono told him to
go un and tell all he. feuew. It came out
luuilly lint Mr. Cohan wu* willing, for llto
sake of pence, to re-uppoint tlm December
delegate*, provided ibis Convention will also
appoint twenty more uf hi* wing, and not
ratify in word* tlm action ol December. Mr.
Seward hud refused this proposltuii, think
ing hi* fliouda Imrl Ihe majority here, hut
ptopusod tu appoint twenty iidduumut dele
gates, hut not ugreeing that they should hu
ol tlm anti-Cobh luinfr. td'iiu u number ol
family secret* earuu out, und private talks
b'tween Mr. Seward aud other gentlemen.
At a quarter past If o’clock tlm counties
wrro called lo void un the passage of Mr.
Gordon’* resolution, and it was paseed—
ayes I'J'J, tiny* UO.
TilURallAV Mop NINO.
The Convention liter at ten 2 o'clock.
Kumi.r* are rife ihut Mr. Seward will mi- I
di.uvor io have thu action of Inst night re-
ouxidored, hut fliul m folly.
• lie
adopted
Mr. Robertson offered n resolution that
tho ilch'i'Ulea cast litc volo ol Georgia as a
tin;I—which was carried.
Judge Cuchrunu then offered llio Decem
ber r
"lulu
Mr. Schley offered n substitute that liiio
Convention deem it inexpedient lo express
any preference lor candidates, bur will sup-
port any man vvhu is sound un Democratic
principloa, and rupucinily un tha suljeut of
Judge Cnchruno proceeded lo speak ill
favor ol hi* resolutions, hut proved liimsel!
lukewarm in aupport of Gov. Cobb, uul
d'dorrd his opinion that Mr. .Stephen*
would filially ho nominated, and ilmt ho
would accept. Tlm Judjta is n parueular
personal Iricml ol Gov. Johnson, and shrewd
men think lie only offered those resolution*
to gain tho Cobb intluoncu lor JuImihoii lor
tlm Set,*io.
Mr. Jones, ol Muscogoo, opposed llio res-
oluiivm of Jndgo Cochrane, and declared
• bat llicre was a very decided hostility in
the St ii • o to Gov. Cobb, und ibis resolulion
waa olIen*ivu to tlm Govcriior’a enemies,
and Ilm passage ol such a resolution hy
n Imre majority will only du ihe Governor
fie paid n glowing tribute lo Mr. H'ephcn*,
nml thought his cliuncc* better than utty
Mr. Sewurd took the fl >or. He was not
particularly tu luvor <•( the li r *t resolution,
but a* it had bicii m trod need, he prclcrcd it
to the stiLmIiiut«. He would vote for no
innn, no matter it nominal) d nt Cliarleaion,
that dot not support the Drtd Scott decis
ion. lie joined tho Democracy on account
of Southern Riglii*, arid if ihe party nhau-
doim Its principles, lie would utrnidon it,
(We invite Mr. feuWard into tho Constitu
tional Union party, and extend to him (ha
right hand ol lellowaliip | lie wanted to
know uliut "'Ir. Schley called soundness on
nlavcry t Mr Schhy ex planted, and said
hu should oiler resolutions unruly similar
lo lim Domocialic Senaiorial caucus rcao*
Jutions. Ilcluro concluding, Mr. Howard
called llie previous question, which wn*
u--comb'd, and the call ui counties proceeded
with, when the votu resulted—ayes Hi2,
[ From CLIborns s Life and Time* or Oeu. Rim Dali.
Grand Council af tlm Creeks,
TF.CUMSEirS Bl'iiECH.
Tectunaeli led, the warriors followed, one
iu tha footstep* of the other. The Creeks,
iu dense mosses, stood on each aide ol tiie
path, but iho Shawncea noticed no onu ;
they marched to the polo in thu center <>:
the square, ami then turned io ihe left. At
each angle of the square Tecumseli took
Irorn hi* pouch *omu tobacco and sumach,
nmi dropped on the ground ; lit* warrior*
performed thu samu ceremony. This they
repeated three times n* they murcluil
around the square. Thun they approached
the flag-pole in the center, circled round n
three times, and, facing the north, threw
tobacco and sumach on a amnll firm burn
ing, us usual, near tlm base ol tlm pole, tin
this they emptied their pouches. Ttiev
then marched iu the same order to t. e
council, or king’s house (as it wus termed
in anc-iont times), and drew up before it.—
Tho Big Warrior and leading men were
sitting there. The Hhawneu chief sounded
lilt war-whoop—a most diabolical vell--and
each ol his follower* responded. Tecum«o!i
then presented to ilm Big Warrior u wain-
putn-belt ol live different colored strands,
which tlm Creek chief handed to hi* wurti-
ore, and it pns*eri down tho line. Tbe
Shawnee* pipe wu* then produofcd; it
large, long and profusely decorated wn i
■hells, beads and painted oagld uml porcu-
piuu quill*. It wu* lighted Iron) ihe lire in
the center, and slowly passed Iroin iLu Big
Warrior along tlm line. All this time not »
w-uid had been uttered : everything wu* mill
as death ; oven the winds slept, nod there
was only the gentle lulling Icnve.s. At
length Tecumseli spoke, at first slowly and
in sonorous (ones; but soon Lo grew impas-
stor ed.nmJ the words fell iu avalanche* imm
lit# lips. Hia eyes bunted with aupernatu
rnl, luster, and his wholo trume trem
bled with emotion; his voice resoundiMl
over the multitude—now sinking in low
and musical whispers, now lining to it*
highest key, hurling out inn words l.ku u
succession of thunderbolts. Ilm counte
nance varied with lit* speech; ua prevalent
expression was u sneer ot Hatred and defi
ance ; sometime* a murderou* smile : lor a
brief iii erval a sentiment ol profound sor
row pervaded ii, uml, nt tlm close, a look of
concentrated vengeance, such, i suppose,
as distinguishes the arch enemy ol mankind
l Imvo heard many greut orator*, but l
never saw one with tho voaal powers ol
Tecumseli, or lliu sumo command of ti.e
muscles ol his faco. llad 1 been deaf, ti e
play ol his countenance would huvo told mo i
what ho Baid- It* ellect on that wild, su
perstitious, untutored and warliko nasem-
binge may be conceived ; not a word huh
said, but stern warrior*, the "stoics ol the
woods," shook with emotion, and a thou
sand tomuhuwks were brandished iu the
ntr. Even the Big Warrior who hud keen
true to lim whites, und remained faithful
during tho war, was, for tho moment, visibly
affected, uml more, (ban unco l saw his huge
bund dutch, spasmodically, tho handle ul
hi* kntle. All this was tho effect ol hi*
delivery; fur, though the mother ol Tecum*
soli was a Creek, and ho was familiar with
iho language, hu upoke In tho northern
dialect, and it was afterwards interpreted
hy an Indian linguist to tbe usscmiil)-. ll ( »
speech hua been rupuricd, but no one hus
dono or cun doit justice. 1 think 1 can
repeat ihe subNtuucu uf what lie said, und,
indeed, his very words.
tkclmseu'n arcccu.
"In defiance of tho white warriors of
Ohio und Kentucky, 1 have tfavulcd through
tliuir seitlcinenl*, once our Isvorite burning
grounds. No wnr whoop was sounded, hut
there is bloo’ on our knives. The pale-
whence it
.mnotincini'
i has been made during the muhi
y certain gentlemen. Tho h
»n ure jubilant and defiant—t
> power nnd I Ley intend to u*u
(• in' ti look tlcndrilly "down iri
The December Convention
*rll It
Helm
"r t»
his mar i# finally in tho npcendnm, not with-
standing ins deloai last year lor thu .Semite.
Mr. Colmn i* spoken ol k* a dulrgiilc m j
lurgo, und will doubiles* be elected thi*
he vole, although the
lost, thuro Hit some
hqiialiblliig alxiul ihe vole til Lumpkin
county. Tlicro were only I wo dulecatrs,
one <>t win hi Irli and rcqucsied Mr. ililtyi r
to an (>.r Inin. The remaining drleguiii
declared he Mould cast tfiu Itvo vote* of
f umj'kii >• . resolution, but .Mr.
IJ ill > er in* s'cd that lie slioutd cn*j hall ol
llio vole lor the ri solution, at daring il un
just lo lake tins snap judgment ugainst Mr.
t;ohh in iii* own bailiwick, and that hu
could carry Lumpkin by eight hundred
majority. Tlm duh-gilo declared there
were oti'y two men m the county iii favor o!
i lit* Diet-in her Convention. Filially Lump*
km** vote Was divided, by consent. Mr.
11 illy«-r objected tu the ni.nouiicumnut of iliu
volcq Lcenusu no record hud In oil kept, but
ho vvuhovciruled.
Mr. He hie y wished a vote on his tubttU
lute, whuji soiiiu gcnileiiisn moved an ad*
j luriimuiil sine die.
Mr. Style# offend « resolution that the
drh'gaics in* *t lli.il Georgia have ihe nom
ination, when Mr. Suwatu "l#hed ilia
Convention to exjnc** a prcierencu lor
Mr Sin tmll "ihred un amendment to Mr.
Schley's resolution, to ihu ell’ecl that
Judge Gochrani' laised itm point ol order,
that thu Convention had already decided
’ agninst n part id AIr. Schley's resolution,
i and U could not cornu up ag.ttu, iiul with*
lant charges proposed hy ths hotels.'
FT* The notorious Fsrker H. French,
wbo#e daring financiering Iral* in Mexico '
and elsewhere formed a large part of the
ilapla news of the country, some time ago, '
ha* been put in limbo at New tirlcan* lor
dling a mercantile firm out of $(JU(l.
children.
Vessel Struck by Lightning.
tii.anr.Li'iita. March 20 --The bark Mar-
Ifoni Cliarh *tou, bound for Boston, was
•k by lightning on tho 13th. Sho was
and huve arrived at (iii* port.^
cargo, consisting of ricu and io
at *uveuty*fivc ihutiaaud dollars.
The bark
17* Tha Southern Recorder clo»cs its j ■^•♦*** _ —
0( * nd " r .I«.und"'!t! u'. m c.'iKi , ". , .*a ar ,ac.' V * u . u ."'
ocka, tho conqueror ol I'lanot, iia•
Democratic Stats Convention with th
remark that "lha two wings left Miliedge-
ville quite disgusted with each other, both
drooping, and tha feathers of etch consid
erably rumpled."
(7* The Helena Shield says that Col.
A. Rust, ao Arkansas Congressman, while
on a steamer the other day ou his way to
hia horns from Washington, made a bet of
$1000 that Douglas would gel the Demo
cratic nomination at Cbarlrsiou.
IT* Mr. Latta, of Cincinnati, famous as
tha inventor of the steam firs engine, h*s
contrived a locomotive for street passenger
railways, which, upon trial, has proved a
complete autccss.
purchased at a round figure, and left for
Aust'.iii Texas. Thu admirers ol lino blood*
id horses here regard him ns llic lusteal
nurse in America, and hu will duubilers bo
highly appreeiated wherever he goea. Ten
nessee yields bun u> Texas wub since!*
a grei-nhorn, from somewhere,
standing carelessly upon the end of thu
Last ri»er purs, wafehmg a Brooklyn ferry
boat, accidentally lust his equilibrium, snd
found himself suddenly in tho "damp."—
He, however, soon rlimburcd up again snd
while blowing off the superfluous brine,
lie was asked by a bystander how hu relish*
ed old Neptune's soup, to which Lu replied!
"Wail, 1 ain't got much agin it; but ull 1
have lo say is, (bat whoever pul thu salt in
| wain't a bii'Sliugy.”
i thu motion
t iheir i
n names of the
hu only
Dr. Burney opposed thu reconsideration,
and made explanation*, whim Mr. Seward
hiially withdrew his motion.
Judge Cochran reported t
following delegate* ; from tne
rill nt Disxitier.—J. L. Seward, J. Hurt*
ridgu, H. M. Moure, W. B. Guulding.
Second Divlm> r —Dr. W. A. Johnson,
John A* Jones, Wn. M. Slaughter, Jumu*
M. Clark.
Mr. (Jordon moved to adopt the report,
but thuro was anno squabbling, and finally
lire mult.mi w •* withdrawn lor thu prosunl.
Thud Di*i i i E L Stroller er. I
l). ..-ninth, ti. Gibson, Dr. K J. McUehec.
Fuiktm Di-n icr.—J. J. Diamond J.- If.
1 » a• i • r-1 • .« . W. W. l’lni.j.* .-i ( .ii.i..< r.
Firm Distbict.—U. J. Fain. W. T.
WoiiorrJ, Jjmea Hogue, Luwson Field.
Sin ii Di.inicr.-W. H Hull, d. J.
.Smith, S. P. Thomas, A. A. K. Hill.
Hkvlnth Distsici.—L. 11. Briscoe, J.
M. Lam.ir, Jno. W. Burney, Jmnca Thoms*.
Etuiiiu DistsicT.—L. A. Nelms, D. C.
Barrow. J. ii. Ashton, Dr. 11. R. Casey.
Sir. G rdoti moved to adopt the reports
from all tlm districts.
Mr. Oliver objected on account of the
appointment of those who wiro appointed
in December, but the reports were adopted.
Tho next business was the election ot
right drlegalrs at large, under tile resolu
tion passed last night.
Mr. Il.llyor moved tint the Chair appoint
a committee id six for the purpusu ot rupor*
ling name*, for the reason that it would
rtquiro two or throe days to get tbrouqh
Mr. Haflold said that tiro dune* of the I
Committee wrru uow over,aud a new Com*
uiitteu nmol bo appointed.
Mr. Dclonoy moved an adjournment sine
die, hut withdrew it for u moment, and Mr.
Hchley inn tied on a vote on his resolution.
A resoldtipn was i flend to appoint n
nr.w Lit cutivo Coniiiniiift, and Mr. Hchlsy
ulleu d an amendment that the aa.,.o Com* {
UiltiOe ic re*«pponiird, but withdrew it ; ,
and Mr. Ilariridge proposed as a subsiitutu |
that one from each Cougrettsiopal District j
bu appointed, which was passed.
Mr. Wilson moved sn adjournment sine .
die. Mr. Jottua moved an amendment, that
it adjourn subject to the rull ol thu Lxecu- 1
live Committee, winch was adopted and |
the Convention adjourned at six o'clock.
HnomNO Maui Kaxt and Agrkxahle.— ,
A poetical young ltdy ol Uniontown, AI#., •
lew days since, sent thu following order
tli'j wind'', a monster that inhabit# ths sea,
iIoacii of hit bom s j u will please tend to art,
IO, nf silk, WOSksfOS 1 Will tsSs,
leflr.uh a r*rnK-iil I hsv# to make ,
Tli* colm (Tiall he black or blue,
Au3 you ruay choose between the two.
te&~ The Dayton (Ohio) Journal pub
lishes tha marriage of Mr. Hteplien H. Dag
gett lu Mtsa Emma L. Hstris, both of that
city, 'l ha ceremony took place on Halo**
day, the 25th ult„ at 2 o'clock A. M. la
the seme paper appears tbe notice of Mr.
Daggett's death oa th* day of ho nuptials
at 13 o’clock 1'. M. Tbe deceased was in
his 41st yea/.
Incus lull tl.u blow, but know i
"Accursed bo the race that has seized on
our country and made women ot our war
riors. Our fathers, from tliuir tombs, io-
proacli ua ns sluvus und cowards. I hour
them uow iu ihu wailing wind*.
"The M itHcogue was once a mighty people.
Tho Georgians trembled at your war-whoop
aud the maidens ot my tribe, on the distant
lakes, Rung the prowess ol your warrior# and
sight d for their embraces.
"Now your very blood is white ; your
tomahawks have no edge; your bow# and
arrow * were buried with your lathers, ti i!
Muscogee, brethra i of my mother, bru«h
from your eyelids the *leop ol slavery;
oiicu more strike fur vniigounco—oncu more
tor your country. Tlio spirit* of the mtgh*
ly dead complain. Tho tears drop from thu
weeping skies. Lot the white race peri*h.
"They sctxo your land ; they corrupt
your women ; they trample on the ashes ul
your dead !
"Back, whence they canto, upon a trail of
blood, lltoy must hu driven.
’•Back ! back, ny, into tlm groat water
whoso accursed wavos brought them to our
shores *
Burn their dwelling*! Destroy thoir
stock! Slay their wives und childten ! Jim
owns llio country, aim ihu pale-
lace in ii wt never enjoy it.
War now' Wnr turovrr! War upon
tho living! Wnr upon tho duad ! Dig
their very corpses Iroin thu gruvu. Out
country must give no rust to a white man’s
bone*.
"This is tho will of thu Great Spiiit,
rcvculcd to my hro'hcr, hia familiar, thu
Frophcl of (ho Luke.-, lie Bunds mo to
"All iho tribe* ol the north aro dancing
tho war-daucu. Two mighty warriors
items* tlm huh* will send us urms.
To mi ms eh will soon return to his country.
My pruphci* sliull tarry with you. Thuy
will stand butweun you and tho bullets
of your enemies. When tho white mun
approaches you tho yuwning earth ahull
swallow thoiu up.
"Soon nhnll you nee my arm of fire
Nlrclched athwart tlm sky. 1 will atnmo
my foot ui Tippecanoe, and the very out ill
shall shako.’'
Killing off Bills in Olden Time.—
Year* ago, long baforo tli® era of railroads,
one Isaac (). Barnes introduced into the
Now liampkbirn Legislature a bill "to
regulate the width of cart-wheels." It
seem* the narrow tiro then in uso was very
hard on the ro#d*, culling (licin up dread-
iully. The new bill, therefore, provided lor
a broad and uniform guage of not less Ilian
live inches in width. Tho reason appearing
good, the bill seemed to have hern very fa
vorably received till it had passed tu a third
rcadiufc, when a member rose and said :
"Mr. Speaker, 1 see monarchy in that bill,"
and immediately ant down. Ilarnc*, who
sat beside Jim Wilson, whispered to him,
"What docs that iiman 1” "It moans,”
replied Wilson, "that your bill is dead a*
h—1|; don't stir an inch f” The question
wsa put -, not » single ayo was hoard, but
ths conclave wss loru by s yell of nay*
which might have been heart], in the upper
part of Upper Goo*.— N. ti. Hicayunc.
BMU Ur. 1'ickoring quotes the following
description from Dalton, of tho Wild Tt a-
ple of Borneo:
"Further towards the north aro lo he
found moil living absolutely in n stale ol
nature, who neither cultivate tho ground j
nor live in huts ; who neither rat rice nor
•alt, slid who do not associato with each
other, but rove shout in the woods like
wild beasts. The sexes meet in the jungle,
or tho man carries away u woman from
some cauipong. When the children are
old enough to shift for themselves, they
usually separate, neither ono afterward*
thinking of tho other. At night they sleep
under some large tree, the branches of
which hang low. In these they fasten the
children in a kind uf awing. Around tbe
tree they mako a fire to keep off tho wilJ
beaita and snakes.
These poor creatures are looked on and
treated by tl.s Dysks as wild heasis. Hunt
ing parties of 25 and 30 go out and amuse
themselves with shooting at the children in
the nets with the sumil, ihe same as mon
keys, from which Ibay ars not easily dis
tinguishable.”
Voltaire had a perfeect horror ol in
quisitive person#. Ha said lo onu of ll ttr
pumpers : "Sir, l *tn delighted to see you,
but I give you fair warning, I know mubing
•bout what you are going lo ask we !”
A Town on a I.nke.
Rev. W. ti. Smith, preniding elder of
ono of tho Indiana Conferences, gives
Ihe following account of Morgantown, in
that Statu, one of tho peculiarities of which
i* that it is built on a lake, Mr. 8m th
•ays:
"We read of a ‘city set upon a bill,’ but
Morgantown, in my disiric’, stands upon a
lake! This wa* not known for snmo of years
ultor tho town was settled, Tho discovery
wn* li ado bv digging a well to procura it
lull supply of water. Tho supply-cf water
in the we.I* which hail been u*«-d filling in
tho dry ncnson, a few years sines, one of
tho citizens concluded to sink n well deeper
and sen if he could not strike a stronger
vein. When somo thirty-five or forty fret
below tho hiirface of tho earth, tho man ut
work in the well suddenly struck his pike
through n crust; tllo Writer gushed up with
*Qch rapidity that will; difficulty he was sa
ved by the men nt the windlass. In a few
moment* the water was some fifteen feet
deep iu the well. In two or three Inatanccs
afterward, men weroiieur being lost hy com
ing suddenly to this inexhaustible fountain
of water.
Wells have burn sunk In different parts
of tho town from ouch other, und I believe
forty Icet is the greatest depth to reach this
lake. Lead line* hnvo been dropped into
noveral of thevu wells, but no bottom ha*
been found. In digging down to thi* taku
they invariably pas# through a'nrta of sand,
leave* uml timber, resetni ling driftwood.
Thi* is some twenty feet below thu surface
of tho earth. Alter pnviirig through (hfSO
strata, r. stratum of hard cloy is found, and
when within some eighteen inches of tlm
lake ti hard cruvl is reached, which i* a sure
indication that they are n<-ar the water.—
When they reach this crust they commence
a well ihcrmm, carrying it to the lop ol the
well, iIimi pul down a hrgu augur, und born
a hole to the water, wffiich gushes up with
great force, filling the well filteen to twenty
•eel in n few minutes. When thu augur
"trikes tho lake, the ulmosphere burst* up
lor a few second*, producing it *ound rr-
temblittg very much the blowing oil' of
■team from on engine, i have nut given
#11 the particular* of what has been discov
ered ol this igysterious lake. Enough is
known to settle tt beyond a doubt that tho
whole town Htsnd* upon a luku under
ground.
A Vi cbtei'ii Turn.
A h""#icr, un awful ugly man, relating
hi* truV' l* in Missouri, said that Hr arrived
at Chicken)ill i in ihn afternoon, arid just •
lew day* ulure, a bout hud been busted, und
u heap ol people iwaldcd and killed, one Way
uml another. "8o at lu«t, a* I went into
u grocery ii rquud of people followed rnu in,
and one 'lowed, «■ /. he, "It's one of the un-
lortunnte sufferer# l!$ the bustin' ol the
Franklin V and upon that hu axed mo to
drink with him, and nt. I had mv lumhlor
hall ways up to my mouth, lie stopped mu
of n sudden.
"I beg your pardon stranger; but, s
"Just lix your mouth that tvuy again 1
"I done it, ju*l like I was gwino to drink,
snd I’ll ho flanged if I did’lit think tho
whole on ’em would go into fit* J they yell-
rd and whooped liku a gultg of wolves.—
Finally oi o of ’em six, "Don’t make fun of
the unfortunate ; ho’* hardly got over bein’
Mowed up yet. Let’s make a pus* for him.”
Then they ull ihrowed in and made up fivu
dollar*. A* thu spokesman handed mu iho
change, hu uxed me—
"Wlmr did you find yourself after Iho
ei|>lo»i0"1"
"In a flulboal," er z I.
"How lar lroui thu Franklin 1" srz lie.
"Why, I never seen her, hut a* nigh
ns I can guess, it must have been I rein what
they tell me, nigh on to throe hundred uml
seventy-five miles I" You oughtur sou that
gang scatter.
Til* Amazon Rivkb—Tho Amazon, tho
lurgu-l river iii iho World, has an uroa of
drainage nearly three limes as largo tt* that
of ull tho Rivers of Europe that empty
themselves into thu Atlantic. Thi* pljin is
entirely covered with a dense prirnov.il for
est, through which Ihu only paths aro thoio
made by the liver mid it* innumerable trib
utaries. This forest i* literally impenetra
ble. Humboldt remark* that two mission
station* might bo only a few miles apart
und yet tli" resident* would require a djy
und it half to visit each other, along thu
ding of small streams. Even Ihu wild
oniumls gel involved iu such impenetrable
masse# of wood (but they (even the jaguar)
live for u lung (into iu the trues, a terror to
the monkeys whose domain they have in
vaded. Tho tree# often meu-uro from eight
to twelve fret in diameter; nnd ihe inter
val* am occupied by *luuh*liku plant*,
which hero in these tropical regions becouio,
arborescent. Thu origin of tho Auiuzon is
unknown ; it i# navigable lor two thousand
miles from tho oco»n ; it is nearly ono hun
dred mile* wide at the mouth, und in somo
place* six hundred fuel deep; and its tor
rent project* a* il urcro into tho ocean,
more than three hundred miles, perceptibly
altering it* water* at thi* distance from tho
American shore*.
l^vtscuiMt Tmhht.—Nearly n hundred
yeiii* ago Dr. Lind NUggoitrd lo Capt. Ken
nedy Ihut thirwl m'ght he quenched by dip
ping tbn c'l"ll)h g iu salt water, and putting
it ou without wringing. Subsequently, tho
captain bring cast away, had an opportuni
ty of mukiug tho experiment. With great
difficulty lie sued rled in persuading a part
of the men to follow h'.« example, snd they
all survived, while lha four who relu*rd
and drank salt water, become delirious aud
died. Uesidu pulling on tbe clothes whilo
wet, night and morning, they may be wet
ted while on, two or ihren tiinoa s day.—
Copt. K. gora oil to «»y : “After these ope
rations wu uniformly found that thu violent
draft went of!', nnd the parched tongue w*s
i'ur*d in s few minutes niter bulling snd
washing our clothe*, while wo found our-
solve* ns much refreshed n« if wo Had re
ceived some actual nourishment.”
Tho bare possibility of thu truth of tho
statement makes it a humanity for any pa
per to give it s wide publicity, since thuro
ate trot many reader* in any hundred who
may not go lo sea and bo shipwrecked.
i*OV. Houston'- I,nut Appml.
Acstin, Feb. 15, lt>80.
fm.— 1 have tbe honor to forward l.jr my friend
0«n. Korbe* llrllO/ii, AuUtaul A'ljutuni (ii nerul of
llio frati), ami a |iroadn*nl lotuiber of tli* £tan«
hi-nutc, «lv -1• *ttie• which 1 Ui ciii of Importance,
sill lldlre tiiHl Li* t»ccl!rlicy th* l'r«»l(i«llt *iiali
>"i.»i‘I*'i tin i i ■ i ■
1 deplore tbi ntukUon«.( Tc«av An empty lr*a*-
nry, the Indian
tm years, ami If
urn Herders,ar*
"f lliu Kxrcu t*'
trlcacles of I to-
lit* fellow- cilia.'
not tiie Pc'lurul
I behalf of "III
The K
propriety ol
I** uit« xainplcl lor the I
n I- .tu M. »ico on our rtoulli-
Iniprcislhe u.lml
liuaianli.r, to --.mine, nhoulil
ring frontier.
mill any enure* which liihlit rail*
ally raUcil ami extended
"er.
greatly desirous to
' even n (|U«-iilon
NotwlthMamHog
all til. n
unpIc.U'tnt I.
rd ta rasort t ,
lu prwlcct I • fell"* »IlUt ns. Hu will In sdduion lo
munlfe.l forbearance, sn i*av<>ryel further lo d*frr
I* Ga»lbl- ilylil of aolf d. ftnc
to 'be action ot Um- 1 ederst Uovrrmmnt, bu' mat
ter* new and startling arise, sud he uiay fed that
Id* duty I* lo meet the vBi«r(tucy lu carry Inc blase-
far a* U not only repel the arxreaalon from
Mexico, but to adopt auch mra-urc* se will iircveul
ihe recurrence of atuillsr Inroads upou our fmuUer.
Tcxaa ran, and will, If appealed to, In thirty daya
be sbl* to lusatcr m the held ten IhouaauU men, who
aro anxious, e.iibsrraurd ns her llnauces sr«, to
make reclamaUon upon Mrxtio for all her wrouf*.
Can we hope for aid from th* Federal Uuvciu-
merit T
l have Ike honor lo be your ob i servant.
NAM HOUSTON.
lion. John li. Floyd, Beuretary of Mar.
A ilxlvr Blow .—A gun lcuian wss ham
mered out ot twenty thousand doliai* in
.Mruiphi* lt‘' < wetk.by an implrintiit called
old sledge.”