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Col. 8. Foucho’s Speech.
The Breckinridgo and Lano club
mot on Thursday night to hoar tho re*
port of tho oommlttooon constitution.
Col. Fouebe was announced to speak,
and on audionco, somowhat larger than
the Douglas meeting on Tuesduy night,
and like that, composed largely of mem
bers of the other pnrtios, assembled to
hear him. Wo did not hear tho first
part of his speech, hut loam that among
other things, lie said tho platform of
tho Constitutional Union Party adopt
ed at Baltimore -“Tho Constitution,
the Union and the enforcement of the
laws”— was the “broadest platform ho
oveFhehrd of.*’
This may ho so, and we nre not dis
posed to question tho truth of tho as
sertion, for the history of parties estab
lishes tho fact that horotoforo no plat
form has como up fully and squarely
to all the requirements of tho constitu
tion. Whether the constitution is too
broad for Col. Pouolio, or not, wo can
not say, hut wo heard him in a lengthy,
labored, nndahlo argument, attempt to
to demonstrate, and wo think success
fully, that it wns broad enough to ox-
tond over all tho Territories of tho
Union and protect the settlers from
every Stato wliilo thero, in*tho enjoy
ment of all their rights of person and
property. This constitution is not one
inch to broad for our platform, and we
have not before heard of any who
thought it wns, cxcopt Mr. Dougins and
Ids followers, who contend that when
wo omigrato to the the Territories we
pass beyond its reach, and place our
persons nml our property undor tho man
agement and regulation of alien and
froesoil Squatters.
Whon we entered tho Hall, Col.
Foucho was charging tho friends of Bell
and Everott with inconsistency in re
fusing to support Breckinridge and
Lane. He said truly that wo had for
at least live years contended against
Squatter .Sovereignty and for protection*,
hut lio alleged that tho only way to
ensure thoVuceoss of our principles was
to place the Breckinridge Democracy
in power. Hove wo any guaranty that
such would ho tho ease? Wo aro told
that tho platform denounces Squatter
Sovereignty, utid unequivocally assorts
our right to protection when necessary.—
But when is it necessary ? Olonrly when
a Territorial Legislature, in the exercise
of Squatter Sovereignty, passes a law
prohibiting slavery. Kansas has pass-
od such a low, and Breckinridgo Dem
ocratic Senators refused to vote for a
resolution declaring it nre re fan/ that
Congress should repeal thoseu ncousti-
Tks poUio nro reipoolfiilly Invlleil to onll tutlonal restrictions. If it «nw not nee-
hit itorn. first ibior above MuClungn, nml . . ...
;*n.in* Goods ami prices. cssary thou, when will it ever he I
M’co.trily. WM. T. NEWMAN, j Col. Fouclie made a strong ami con
clusive argument to the end that pro-
tertian, ro fur from being a uew doctrino,
was as old as government itself, for it
is for this very purpose that govern
ments are formed. lie also clearly de
monstrated tho unconstitui tonality of
of Squuttor Sovereignty. Ho thawed
that a sovereign was supreme, but that
a Territory was not only the creature of
Congress, hut that tho organic act
which brought it into being could he
abrogated at any time, and that all laws,
passed by a Territorial Legislature ore
subject to revision and repeal by Con
gress. J twos therefore uhsurd to talk
of such a body possessing Sovereignty or
tho supreme power to establish or
abolish any species of property.. Col.
Foucho proved that tho douldo con
struction clauso in tho lvatrsns Bill out
of which Mr. Douglas manufactures
Ihina. Also 01ns* Ware, in nil its various
hies and qualities, -for table and culinary
prposes.
r A splendid assortment of Flue Mirrors.
AI«o a food supply of Plutod Wuro, Includ-
( Cantors, Spoous, Sugar-Tongs, Cako and
|nttor Knives, Ac., Ac.
The lubscriLor will keop a larger stock of
iwkcry and Gloss Ware, than tins hitherto
i>n kept by alt the Morchontsof Home—tho
lijeit stock in Cherokee Ga., nml by buying
I larger quantities, he will f^ct them cheaper,
d be able to sell hr
the fori
A Query.
Do Mount. Boll, Breckinridgo and
Douglas love thoir country hotter than
thcmsolves? and do they lovo their
country hotter than their parties? If.
'»they will east lots as to which ono of
tho three will run against the Black Re
publican, Ireat him and save tho country.
Will thoy do It? Wo shall see.
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Romo, Ga. August 18(H),
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RB requested to examine my large n«-
lortmantof Plantation Brinies, Collar.-*,
•cliing and Town Goar complete, at tho
Lowest Possible Cash Prices.
«« and Goar made to order, and repaired
I short natire. My stock will bear inspee-
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Jmits. All kinds of Nuts, Caudios, Cigars,
fobacco, Fino Liquors, Ao., Ac.
T® it Distinctly Understood that
J We will Sell on Credit to
resnonsibl© men, who are
la the habit of paying at the
vme agreed upon.
I w dl duplicate upon tlmo to prompt
1‘Unginon, any cash purehnso made In
ISuand* 0 ?** and yourselves ns to
I febOwly.j CCa M00RE A DUNNAHOO.
Squatter Sovereignty was carefully ox-
eluded from tho compromise nets of 18-
50, which declared that a Territorial
Legislature should have no right to es
tablish or prohibit slavery. Those
measures Mr. Boll and Mr. Everett both
approved and considered a final settle
ment of tho question unit yet they nro
not sound enough for Southern men.
Col. Foucho is a forcible and ‘logical
ipoakor, and his effort was wollrooicved
by Ids friends:
At tho conclusion Mr. Z. B. Hargrove's/ [communicated.']
offered ft resolution dissolving tho Union 'Cbi. John W. Holt lor Urcckinrldgc
(Howard association,
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,£ W £ L udvleo givon gratis, by tho ao-
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loulh vW°« n » Howard Association, No. 2
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I • Fairchild, Soo'ty. fobOtrity.
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For tho Cnurier.
Untimely Hunxing.
In your last wcokly issue, you stuted
in an editorial, that alotter was found
In Broad-street Rome, whiuh purported
togivo certain information from a corres
pondent, at Boston, In relation to a
general insurrectionary movement in
Georgia. You could not, nt tho time
decido whether it was “a poor joko or
awful roulity,” as there was a myste
ry connected |wlth the epistle undor
consideration. Some throe or four days
ago, a rumor wns stated that a keg of
powder had been found under tho Bip-
tist Meeting Houso in Romo and
matches were near it, already for an
explosion, by which the congregation
■o to he destroyed &c. These things
now regarded ns hoaxes, and tho
silly jests and senseless cackle of fools
nmy bo heard over the country in re
gard to them. What might, under or
dinary circumstances, pass as ajoke or
mischievous freak, and do no harm,
may now, in tho crisis through which
passing, do infinito injury to tho
pcnco and even safety of tho peoplo.—
When congregations «ro assembled for
tho purpose of worshipping God, their
fears are aroused to such an extent by
the rumors of |towdor kegs undor meet
ing houses, that thoy worship in confu
sion and dismay rather than in a devo
tional frame. This is not tho only ovil
arising from such hoaxing. Tho more
suggestion is a misohievouB nud dreadful
evil in its tendency. In all probability
no such thought had over entered the
brain of tho obtuse negro as that of de
stroying a neighborhood at a singb
blast, until the bright genius whoorig-
ated it gave publicity to it.
Now we may not ho surprised at such
occurrences; as desperadoes among the
wiiites ami blacks hnvo been put in
possession of an idea or plan by which
to commit wholesale murder nml de
struction. A keg of powder and a
match will now sutlieo to do moro mis
chief than all the pikes, pistols and
arms placed by alKilitiouists in the
hands of our slaves. An evil suggestion
is ryinous in the extreme. Kden would
jfover hnvo been lost by our First Bar
ents hud not Satan suggested disobedi
ence to Eve. Another evil is calculat
ed *to arise from this outrageously fool
ish hoaxing. We do not now know
what to believe when wo hear .of plots,
insurrections and disturbances. We
cannot separate the falso from tho true,
in these days of hoaxing, in time to go
to the rescuoof distressed communities.
We instead of rushing to aid in emer
gencies, now must wait to seo what it
means, whether it bo true or not boforo
wo can go. Wo remember the fablo
of tho wolf and the sheep. The «1io|h
herd boy cried wolf, wolf, until ho hoax
ed his neighbors into disboliof, and
then, when tho wolf did como his cries
were fruitless and the Hock wero de
stroyed. It may lie a plan to lull tho
peoplo until a plot swooping and de
structive can he inaugurated and enact-
od by our foes. Let'us, fellow citizens,
discountenance this untimely hoaxing
and seek to suppress it, kindly if wo
can, forcibly if wo must; as it is evil in
its tendency, and only ovil.
A Friend op uis Country.
* Items,
A largo number of tho most promin
ent cltizons of New York have resolved
to otter tho Prince of Wales a dinner nt
tho Acadotny of Music.
Hon. Willio P. Mangmti has partially
recovered his physieul powers, for some
timo impaired by paralysis, though ho
can neither spenk nor walk with easo.
His mind is clear and calm.
Mrs. Daniel E. Sickles, says a New
York letter, is rapidly declining in
health.
Tho mnrringo of Milo. Plccolomini
with tho Duke of Gactani 1ms taken
place ut Siena.
At Petersburg, Va., on the lGth Inst.,
about 400 free negroes wero sold for
non-payment or tuxes, tho buyers
agreeing to pay ten cents tier day for
them.
A man starving for bread, in Now
York City, robbed another of Jive, cents
to buy ft lonf of bread,and in default of
$2000 ball, was sent- to jail for triul for
tho offence.
Mrs. F. W. l’ickens, wife of tho U. S.
M'nister to St. Petersburg, left that city
on tho 24th ult. Her husband re
mains.
Tho correspondent of tho N. O. Pic-
agune writes from Niagara Falls that Sig
nor Farina, will shortly attempt somo
of Blondin's feats on a cable over tho
For the wook ending August Kith,
11,505 bushels of wheat, 21,001 bushels
of corn, and 2,070 Imrrols of Hour wore
shipped over the Louisvlllo and Nash
ville railroad, to speculators in Atlanta,
Macon and Columbus, Ga.
Tho N. O. Delta of tho 15th gives an
account of a liorso that went mad from
tho bite of a dog, and becoming fero
cious, tore his ttesh badly with his
teeth. Ho was finally shot.
Iho Huntsville (Ain.) Independent*ays
Hon. Jcro. Clemons 1ms addressed a
note to lion. W. L. Yancey demanding
an explanation of tho (illusion to him
his Memphis speech on tho 15th, in
which ho spoke of Mr. Clemens as a
•‘political Hessian.”
Derby & Jnekson have announced
tho twenty-fourth edition of “Beulah,”
making 24,000 copies. A success al
most unparalleled in American Litera
ture.
Joshua R. Giddings wns beaten in
the contest for tho Republican nomina
tion in bis District by Hutchings, the
present member.
On the 22nd hist,, B. C. Yancey, I*>
son of Hon. W. L. Yancey, uMucked
Hqn. J. J. Scihlcs in the streets of
Montgomery with a cane. Politics w
the causo of the ditticulty, which ended
ith a scuttle, and much damage.
Tho latest returns from Oregon clas
sify the Legislature as follows
Democrats 10; Anti Lane Democrats
1; Old Line Whig l; Republicans 12
Total 50.
Col. J. W. Harris, of Cass co„ writes
from Alum Springs, Va., to tho Editor
of tho Cassvillo *Standard that ns
his health is sufficiently restored, he
will, in answer to many requests, enter
upon a vigorous canvass of the Fifth
district.
Tho population of Macon is, Whites,
5,337 ; Blacks. 2,097; Total, 8,034.
The values of land and of negroes in
Cass co. f aro annul the same, tho former,
$3,435,559. and tho latter, $3,445,024.—*
Thero are 313,905 acres of land and
4,813 slaves.
Diabolical Outrage in Dclnwnre—
Murder of nlYoung Ctrl.
The peoplo of Milford, Del., and vi
cinity, nro in a stato ofgrentoxeitamcnt
in consequcnco of tho perpotration of
ono of tho most heinous crimes tlmt 1ms
over occurred in Doloware. tho particu
lars of which tho Smyrna Times gives us
follows:
On Sunday afternoon last, about lmlf-
pnst five o’clock, an interesting young
girl, ftgod about fourteen years, daugh
ter of Mr.^Znc. Griffith, on returning
from a visit to a neighboring girl of the
same ago, was waylaid in crossing a
wood, and afterwards killed and drag
ged through the woods and an adjoin
ing corn field to a ditch, where it Is sup
posed tho fiend intended.to bury her
in tho mud, which ho would doubtless
huvo done had it not been tlmt a man
happened to bo passing near tho place
at tho timo to feed some hogs, whom
tho rascal saw, and tnndo a hasty re
treat, unfortunately unnoticed. * Tho
body was warm when found by tho man
ftbovo named. On examination tho
skull on the back part ot her bead bad
been crushed as if by a brick or stone,
nml thero was a small rope around her
nock, u«ed doubtless, for the purposool
strangulation. A coroner’s inquest was
hold tho result of which has not ranch
ed us but which no doubt gathered all
tho facts that could lie elicited. A ne
gro man, about twenty-one years of ago,
belonging to D. Curry, Ifcq , has boon
arrested on suspicion of committing the
deed, ns he was seen by l)r. Miichcll,
(who was returning from a professional
visit to the residence of Alex. Johnson,
Esq., near whoso house tho outrage ivtu
committed,) to enter the wood shortly
boforo the young Indy did. Tho unfor
tunate individual, wo learn, wns a very
lovely and interesting young lady, and
was at tho timo, or had shortly previous
boon, i» pupil at tho seminary in Mil
ford. We learn that tho peoplo of tho
neighliorhood are so ineonsod that they
intend to lynch tho perpetrator of tho
deod as soon ns thoy obtain sufficient
proof of Ins guilt.
W*Mr. Bell is a large slnvoho)dor.—
When sueh is tho case, it is useless for
Democratic politicians to attempt to
humbug the Southern people into the
belief tlmt hois opposed to tho protec
tion of slavery. Would a sane man
burn his own Imrn, or destroy Ills own
property? Neither would Mr. Bell fa
vor any legislation tlint would tend to
lossou his tenure upon those two hun
dred negroes which ho possesses, and
which should ho a sufficient guarantee
to his fidelity to Southern institutions.
—Tuskrycc Republican,
Col. Wm. A. Fort for Douglas and
Johnson.
Col. Wm. A. Fort, a prominent Dem
ocrat of Cherokee Georgia, formerly of
Southwestern Georgia, has declared for
Douglas and Johnson. They keep
i coming.—iSoutherner.
in cnio protection was not grunted us
by tho government. This was rather
'prooipitating” matters, and was op
posed by Col.‘'Foucho beenuso ho did
not believo in throwing out menaces,
and by Mr. Torhuno.wbo thought “suf
ficient unto tho day is tho evil thereof.*
Mr. Hargrove withdrew his resolution
—or, in other words, it wns laid on tho
tnblo until after the election.
Census Returns for Folk mid Floyd
Counties.
We loam from the Southerner that ac
cording to tho census just taken tho
population of Floyd oounty is as fol
lows; Whites, 9,290; Blacks, 5,943;
total, 15,233. Thero nro 1095 families
and 1,016 heads of families In tho
county, and 105 deaths for tho year
ending Juno 1st, 1800.
Tho population of Polk county is
Whites, 3,880 ; Blacks 2,500; Total,
0,440. There aro 732 families, and 101
deaths for the year ending Juno 1st,
1800.
Political Difficulties.
L. Oarleton Bolt, of Scarboro Con
tra! R. R. Ga., in a card, published in
tho Atlanta Confederacy, in alluding to
tho foot that • Hon. Henry It. Jackson
roprdsentod tho Government in prose
outing the ownera of tho Wanderer,
calls him “tho paid and seduood police
man of Mr. Buohannn.” Judge Jaok-
son replies through tho Savannah News,
and pronounces tho l‘aspersions false,”
and tho writer to bo “a malignant cal
umniator.**
VinmxiA Methodists and the Bai.ti
more Conference.—The official board of
the Methodht Episcopal Church 8outli v
at tho Fraderieksbuig, Va., station met
on tho 5th inst., and passed resolutions
cordially approving of tho action of tho
members of tho Muthndist Episcopal
Church. Baltimore Conference, at that
station in roferenco to the legislation on
the subject of slavery by the Into Gene
ral Conference, and extending to them
the right band of fellowship as unto
brethren in the bonds of common Moth
nUism.
Strength of the Union in New York.
Tho New York Herald of the 18th
inst., speaking of tho i-opular strength
of the Bell mid Douglas combination in
New York for tho defeat of Lincoln
The Secret of Taming Horses,
A correspondent of tho Now York
Express submits the following method of
horse taming:
For tho oil of cummin tho horse 1ms
i instinctive passion, and when the
horse scents tho odor, ho is instinctively
drawn towards it. Tho oil of rhodium
possesses peculiar properties—all ani
mals seem to cherish a fond ness for it,
nml it oxereises a kind of subduing in-
fiucnco over thorn. To tamo horses,
procure somo castor, and grate it fine;
also get somo oil of rhodium, nml oil of
cummin, and keep tho throo separate
in air-tight bottles—rub a little oil of
cummin on your hands and approach
tho horse in tho field on tho windward
sldo, so tlmt’ho can smell tho cummin,
“’ho horso will lot you como to him
without troublo. Immediately rub
your hand gently on tho horse's nose,
got ting a little of tho oil in it. You
can then lead him nnywhoro. Ulvo
him a little castor on a piece of lonl
sugar or apple. Put eiuht drops of
rhodium into a Indy’s silver thimble;
take tho thimhlo between tho thumb
and middlo finger of your right hand,
with your forefingerstoppiug tlie mouth
of tho thimble, to provont tlio oil from
running out while you nro oponiug it,
tip tho thimhlo on his tonguo and ho is
our servant. Ho will follow you like
pet dog. IIo Is now your servant and
friend. You can tench him anything,if
ou aro gentlo and kind to him.
Cotton from tiie South viatiif. Lakes.
It is stated that arrangements for trans
portation ot through freights to and
from Now York ami Memphis, Tonn.,
over tho Southwestern Railroad Line
ami by steamers, nro in progress and
will soon be completed. It is believed
that before tho end of this year 150,000
bales will take this routo to Now York.
Tho greater portion of this cotton
conics by tho Illinois Central Railroad
to Chicago, and thence by rail to
Detroit, and over tho Grand Trunk
Railway to tho Atlnntio cities or by
Lake to Bufiiilo, nud thonco eastward.
—Detroit Advertiser.
The Mistake of tub Press.—Tho most
Initghnblo case of “mistakes of the prill
ter,” is that whoro thero had boon two
articles prepared for tho puper, (one
concerning a sermon preached by an em
inent divine, and the other about the
freaks of a mad dog;) but, unfortunate-
ly. the foreman in placing thorn into tho
form “mixed” them, making the follow
ing contretemps ;
Tho Rev. James, Thompson, rector of
St. Andrew’s Church, preached to a
largo concourse of Peoplo on Sunday
hist. This wns his lust sermon. In n
few weeks ho will bid farewell to bi-
congregation, ns his physicians ndviso
him to cross tho Atlantic. Ho exhorted
his brethron and sisters and after tho
oxpiration of n devout prayer, took
whim to cut up somo frantic frouks. He
rau up Timothy street to Johnson, nml
down Benefit street to College. At this
stage of tho proceedings, a couple of
boys seized him, tied a tin kettlo to Ids
tail, und ho again started. A great
crowd collected, and for a timo thero
was a great scono of noise, running and
confusion. After somo-troublo ho
shot by a Jersey policeman.”
THE IVY GREEN.
11V CHARLES DICKENS.
Gdiduty plant In tho ivy groon,
1 hat evoepotli o’er ruins old}
Of right choice food nro his meals, I
ween,
In his coll so lono and cold.**
Tho wall must bo crumbled, tho stone
decayed,
To ploasuro his dainty whim;
And tho mouldering dust that years
have made,
Is a merry rnonl for him,
Crooping whero no lifo is seen,
A raro old plant is tho ivy groon..
Fast ho stcnloth on, though ho wonrs no
wings.
And a staunch old head is ho;
How closoly ho twineth, how tightly ho
clings
To his friend—the hugooak treo;
And lightly he trailotli (Jong the ground
1 his loaves tyo gently waves,
As he joyously hugs and orawls around
Tho rich mound of dead men’s graves
Cronpoth whoro grim death has
been,
A rare old plant Is tho ivy groon.
Whole n^os havo fled, and works decay-
And nations havo scattered been 1
But tho old ivy shnll novel* fado,
From its halo hearty groon.
Tho bravo old plant in its lonely days,
Shnll fatten upon tho past,
For tho statoliest building man can
raise,
Ts tho ivy’s food at Inst,
Crooping on whord timo hath boon,
A raro old plant is tho ivy groon.
Later ft-oin Rnntaiu
New Orleans, Aug. 23.—Tho johoon
or Dew Drop, lVom Ruatan, arrived at
tho bar bolow this city to-day. - *
During tho capturo of Truxillo.twolvo
Spaniards wero killed' and oightoon
wounded. Three 1 Americans woro
„.i„.i
nml Lane.
Col. John W. Holt, a prominent
Democrat of Cherokee Georgia, former
ly candidate for Congress in tho Fifth
District, has declared for Breckinridgo
and Lane. They keep coming.
Educational.—Tho oxereises of tho
Rome Fomale College and of Mr. Mn-
grudor’s fHgh School will ho resumed on
next Monday.
Snake Stories.—Wo hopo our renders
will not booomo impatient. Wo scorch
diligently through our exchanges for
thrilling snako stories, and nono shnll
oseape us. Wo hope to have a supply
in a few days.
X6TAn interesting revival has been
progressing for several days nt Beach
Creek, MotbodistChuroh, in this county.
Thoro havo boon several convorts and
still many penitents.
Help for the Syrian Sufferers.—In
scvornl cities of tho Union tho benovo*
lout aro raising funds for the roliof of
tho-30venty thousand porsons rendered
homoloss and penniless by tho rocont
massacro in Syria. A committee of thir
ty five appointed by a meeting in Now
York aro about to issue an address to
the peoplo of the United States ask
ing their aid in behalf of tho suflbr
ors.
ggyWe call attention to ft oommuni-
cation from “A friend of his Country.”
There are words of wisdom in it, which
should be pondered,
8&»Stcnmor Ai.farata, from Greens-
port, arrived at 0 A. M„ Friday, with
11 Passenger*, 2 halos cotton, lumber
ami wood.
Rome, August 25, 1800.
Cas**villo Standard says a sta-
blo in tlmt plaeo, belonging to Mr.
Buchanan was sot on fire last wook by
mi incendiary nml consumed. We hopo
somo of those follows may bo caught
yet.
Prefers Lincoln to a Coalition with
tub Regular Democrats.—Tho Provi*
donco Press—a Douglas sheet—indig
nantly repudiates a coalition with tho
Democracy. .Speaking of tho friends
of Mr. Breckinridgo, this Douglas organ
says:
“Coalition with thorn must therefore
bo too rcpulsivo for honest Douglas men
to onduro, even “to defeat Lincoln,”
whose straight-forwardness has the hearty en
dorsement of Douglas himself, ”
An Ex-Governor of Maryland.-A con
temporary well remurks that tho Mary
land people ought to take better oaro
of thoir ox-Govornors. Lust winter
William Cost Johnson, onco Govornor,
and ono of tho most eloquent men of
tho Stato, died in Washington in the
depths of poverty and misery. Ex-Gov.
Phillip F. Thomas, belonging to ono of
tho most aristocratic families of-tho
Stato is now living in a misemblo log
but, with no companion butnn aged ne
gro not far from Oakland, on tho Balti
more and Ohio, Railroad. There is no
habitation near,’and ho scarcely evor has
a visitor or sees a white man’s face. Ho
was onco quite wealthy, but for ninny
years ho has manifested symptoms of
insanity, his wealth was wasted, and ho
was neglected and allowed to go down
in tho world.
Gold.—At tho Into Statistical Con-
R resri hold in England, tho delegates
•om Australia submitted a detailed ac
count of tho yiold of gold in that prov
ince from 1851 to 1859. Tho sum is put
down nt JC101,378,828, or avor fivo hun
dred millions of dollars. Tho American
gold regions lmvo yielded, sinco 1848,
as muon os, if not more, than that sum
—so that, in round numbers, it may bo
stated that in twelve years tho addition
to the world's stock of gold exceeds one
thousand millions of dollars. £
•This Union tiekef will sweep New
>rk. and the commercial nml manu
facturing States contiguous to it, in
November next, us tho whirlwind
swoops tho Western prairie. Tho sticks
and chatt’of Black Republicanism will
bo scattered by it, never again to bo
united in a great political party. Tho
conservative revolution will be ns
plote hero as it has been in tho South,
und tho now proclamation of tho higher
law by Howard and the Lincoln destruc-
.*08 will only torn! to hnsten and in
case its triumph.”
Killed While at Prayer.—Wo hnv
n 1 readv mentioned tho death of Mrs.
John Brown, by lightning, on Wednes
day, at Hampton, N. II. Tho corres
pondent of the Portsmouth Clironiclo
gives tho following particulars:
During tho thunder storm, Wednes
day evening, a houso owned by Uri
Lamprey, Esq., ami occupied by Mr.
l>c«Yuron ami Mr. Brown, was struck by
lightning, and Mrs. Brown,mi Irish la
dy, wns instantly killed while at prayer,
having just made the remark to Mrs.
Dearborn that if tho Lord was to take
thorn sho know of nothing better to bo
doing than to bo at prayer. Sho loaves
four small children to tho care of her
hiiaband. The house is so .much dam
aged as not to l»o worth repairing.
Almonds Grown in Wilmington.—Mi*.
Wm. L. Pitts placed boforo us this
mc-rning two soft-shell almonds, which
? row on a troo in Mrs. Pitt’s garden, on
Yont-stroot. This is tho second yonr
tho tree has. produced fruit, and, al
though tho quantity is small, it goes to
show that almonds can bo grown in
tliis section of country. Wo lmvo not
tasted thorn, hut learn that thoy aro far
prcforablo to tho imported alinoud.—
Wilmington Journal.
SkjrX loiter from Damascus, gives
tho following particulars of that dread
ful mnssacreo:
“Tho massacro of tho Christians began
on Monday, at 2 in tho afternoon. Tho
numbor of victims is estimated nt 500.
Tho first consulate attacked was tho
Russian, hut tho Consul was fortunate
ly absent, M. Canussco, the Chancellor
of tho French Consulate; Makof, tho
Russian Consul; and Spartalis, the
Agent of Grcoce, they took rofugo with
Abd-ol-Kador, who demanded armed
nssistnnco to save tho remainder of
tho Christians. Tho patriarchates,
churches, convents nml Consulates nro
■pillogod and burnt; the American Con
sul is wounded, and the Consul for Bel
gium and Holland killed.
It is nuothor St. Bartholomew mnssa
cro. Tho scono is different—tho actors
nro different; but in magnitude, nml In
the pity duo to tho victims, tho massa
cre of tho Mnronitcs may compnro with
tho Huguenots. According to tho best
calculations 20,000 Christians at Damas
cus wero to-day nb.indond to tho fury
of tho mussulmnns.
A Vinegar Hint.—Asa sequel and
application to tho short sour Essay on
Vinegar, which wo placed boforo our
renders lately, wo invito tho attention
of housekeepers and grocors to tho fol
lowing report from tho Richmond
Whig:
As tho pickling season is at hand, wo
admonish houso-koepors to bo on thoir
guard against Northern imitations of
•Vinegar. Got tho host Virginia, or don’t
got any. A grocer on Franklin street
bought a lot of “Northern Cider Vine
gar, a wook or two ngo, and tapped
barrel. Next morning, ou oponiug his
storo, iio found tlmt tho Vinegar, so call
od, had eaten away tho pewter Anient
causing tho contonts of tho barrel to
spill out upon tho floor. Ho promptly
returned tho lot and supplied himself
with tho genuine urtiolc.
Just think of tho elleots ofsuoli “Vi
ogar,” alius sulphuric acid, upon thusto-
mncli!
Fanny Kern Smashing Furniture.—
Tho Now York World tells tho follow
ing anccdoto of a well known author-
“It is related of a personago, more
less mythical, named Fanny Fern, t
stopping at tho office of a Philadelp
hotel to pay her bill; on the eve of her
departure, sho found a charge for break
ing her toilet set. Sho admitted tho
breakage of ono pieco, and desired to
pay for that, but for no more. Tho
price of the wholo set, however, was de
manded, beenuso tho ‘sot 1 was broken.
The carriage wns at tho door; tho train
soon to start. Thero was no timo for
discussion, Uttlo for thought, butcnoiigh
for action. Hastily paying tho entire
demand, and directing tho enrriago to
wait a moment, sho wont diroctly buck
to her room, and taking tho pokor, in
continently broko every remaining
pieco in tho sot.”
8@r As a token of his gratitudo for
the tender and skillful ministrations to
him while ho was sick in tho Crimea, a
British officer has presontod Miss Night
ingale with a watch of raro elegance. I t
is in a ring, tho oylindor of whioh is
made of an oriental ruby. Its diameter
is the fifty-fourth part of an inch, fts
length tho foHy-soventh, and its weight
the two hundredth part of a grain.
slightly wounded.
Gen. Wnlkor was still in
Truxillo and nod declnrod for
and issued a proclamation.
Beautifnl mid True*
There is not a heath howovor rude*
But has somo little flower,
To brighten up In solitude,
And scent tho ovoning hour.
Thoro’s not a hoart however cast,
By griof and sorrow down,
But has somo momory of the past.
To lovo and call its own.
The Impracticability of Emancipa
tion.
In ro-producing, last Wednesday,
Judge Longstroot'H communication to
tho Loudon, Morning Clironiclo of tho
21st ult., in vindication of his with
drawal from tho Statistical Congress, in
cotisoquonoo of T^orcl Brougham’s re
marks to Mr. Dallas, and tho reception
given them by the Congress, wo woro
compelled from want of spneo, to omit
a couplo of passages—tho ono doscrip-
tivo of tho immense loss nud disaster
which would onsuo upon tho immedi
ate emancipation of tho slaves In tho
Southorn States—tho other a foot noto
upon St. Pauls Epistlos to Philonion.—
of
Later from Mexico.
New Orleans, Aug. 21.—Tho latest
advices from Moxico show that tho Lib-
oral Governmont is extremely anxious to •
know what course the United 8tatos will
S ursuo in caso there is armed interven-
on by tho European powers in Mexico.
Tho Liberal Government desiro tho re
turn of Minister MoLano.
Highway Robbery in Mompbis.
On Saturday last throo rasoals enticed
a man, from Knoxville, to an out-of-the-
way place on tho bluff, opposite Clinton
streot, when thoy prooccuod to garroto
him in tho most approved miinnor.—
Tho cries of tno stranger rcaohod tho
oars of tho compositors In tho Appeal* 1
office, who wont to his asslstanco and
in capturing two of tho scoun
drels, named Michael O’Brion andClms.
Williams—tho other made good his cs-
cape,—Nashville Banner.
Of rascality in general in that famous
city, the Memphis Avalanche says:
“Thoro aro more rough gamblers, mid
night prowlers, and vagrants genorally,
fn tho city at present tnan wo ever saw
before, and it is not surprising that a
Vieksburg antidolo should be thought
of by not a few.”
Ohio Doll and Everett Stato Conven- *
tton.
CiiiLi.iroTiiE, Ohio, Aug. 17 fc —Tho
Boll and Everott Stato Convention met
yesterday, and nominated a full elector
al ticket and candidates for Attorney
Gonoral and member of the Board of
Publio Works. No nomination was
made for Supremo Judge. Resolutions
woro passed condemning tho conduct
of tho Republican party of Ohio in their
effort to nullify tho laws through tho
agency of tho Supromo Court; that
their repudiation of Judge Swann for
sustaining tho Fugitive Slave law and
thoir renomination of Judge Brinker-
off, merit tho robuko of law abiding
people, and that overy conservative
Union man ought so voto as to locuro
theJdofeatofJudgoBrinkeroff. Speeches
woro made by Col. Van Stump, Hon.
L. D. Campbell and Gen. Leslie Combs.
Cuerleston, Aug. 23.—Sales of Cob-
ton for the week 900 bnles, at prices
ranging from Q| to 12 conts. Receipts
of tho week 305 bales. The market
closed with an advancing tendency.
A Philosophical Cat.'
In “Stories of Inventors and Disoov
cries,” thoro is a tale of a cat which
shows that an animal may sometimes
outwit a savant. Do la Croix relatos tho
Lot us look at tho effect of this
scheme. Nino millions, at least, would
certainly ho ruined by it (the slaves and
their masters) ns tho first fruits of tho t
meusurc, and hundreds of thousands if following instance of sagacity in a cat,
not millions more, in tho froquent which, under tho receiver of an air-
Statos and kingdoms, i. e„ all who aro pump, discovered tho moans of cscap-
~ * *“ fog a death whioh sect
A Beautiful Incident.
Thoro is something suggestivo as well
ns beautiful in tho following incident.—
It reminds us of thosowho sing the siren
song of pleasure wliilo the voyage of lifo
is about to terminate.
Whon tho ship South Seaman struck
on tho Fronch Frigate Shoal, two little
canaries which tho captain had hang
ing in his cabin, wero awakoned by tho
norno, and rognrdlcss of tho confusion
around them commenced singing somo
of thoir inimitnblo songs, though it
was hardly day-break. Tho little song
sters continued to sing with untiring
zonl
“Tho swcotost songs oar evor heard”
during all tho timo tho sailors wero get
ting roady to loavo tho vessel, ns if to
cheer thorn up in their disheartening sit
uation. Tho officers wero forced to leave
tho birds on tho wreck, as they wero un
able to savo even their clothing, and
tlieso cheerful littlo songsters remained,
singing to themselves tho requiem of
the gallant ship.
Death of an Elephant of a Broken
Heart.— Tho performing Elephant
“Victoria” died nt Iowa City, California,
on tho lltli ult. Tho day beforo, sho
and hor mate “Albert,” in crossing a
river, wero washed down tho stream.—
Upon gotting out and missing him, sho
became very wild, and scattered tho
people in quick timo. Albert wns got-,
ton out safely, after some trouble, but’
Victoria failed rapidly, and diocl next
day. Her body was dissected, and the
heart found to bo burst. Sue wan val-
od at $15,000.
dependent upon Cotton, Rico and To
bacco in any way for a living, na its ulti
mate fruits.
Will it bo said that tho negroes
would still produce those articles for
their own benefit? How could thoy,un
less tho masters would givo them tho
[and to cultivate, implements to till it,
aud food and clothing for one year?—
To do this would cast tho mastois at.
least two hundrod million dollars moro;
and what would become of tho whites
and thoir dependents in the meantime?
But if tho negroes had tho outfit, they
would not mako tho fifth part of those
articles tho first yenr. Look nt your
freed men in tho West Indies. Wo ro-
girnl them ns a warning not ad an on-
com ngement. In tho faco of the thun-
liorbolt I would assert that our sluves
aro infinitely heulthier, holier, and hap-
pior than your freed men. Will it bo
said tlmt white lubor would supply
thoir places ? How could wo hire white
labor? and if it performed tho work
where would tho slaves bo ? But what of
foreigners dependent upon those arti
cles? Will it bo said tho shipping and
labor would bo turned into other chan
nels? what other? Tho world docs not
produco tho article, nor tho wants of tho
world a domnnd for them if it did.—
This thing of diverting largo amounts
of labor and capital trom ono channel
into auother is a work of timo; it can
not bo accomplished in a day. Thoy
who havo seen tho oWools of n change
of fashion simply upon many laborers
may form some distant idea of the con-
scquonco of turning millions of proper
ty and laborers into now channels.—
Timo may turn a soldier into a farmer,
but death would overtake him before
employment, whero thero wore prac
tised fanners enough to supply tho de
mand.
Now, 1 could say much moro to show
tho utter impracticability of emancipa
tion in tho United States, oven upon
tho scoro of humanity, but onough is
said until what is said bo fairly answer
ed. Until it is fairly answered, and
some practicable means is pointed out
of ridding ourselves of slavery, I enter
my most solemn protest against all de
nunciation of our country on account
of it. It is liko denouncing a man be
cause ho carries an incurable discaso;
and coining from British lips, it |is liko
stabbing a man, and while catching bis
blood to work into puddings, nbusing
him for bleeding, and crying out aU
tho time, “Cureyourself! curoyoursolf!
or koep out of decent company !’* But
if ahuso, villification, sarcasm and con
tempt aro to bo the lot of slaveholders,
let it bo tho lot ofi slaveholders alone,
and of those alono who thrust them
selves unbidden into thosoeioty of thoir
betters.” * * *
Tho Kpistlo has boon an cnignia to
commentators for sovontoon hundrod
years. That it is tho fruit of Divihe In
spiration, has never been questioned by
Christians; .and-Jt is but a letter from
Paul to a brother, pleading for a run
away slave whom ho sent home to
his master. Read it and seo tlio Chris
tians who joined in it. In Paul’s day
they did not steal negroes, and murder
i seemed to all inovft-
i onco saw a lecturer upon experi
mental philosophy placo a cat under
tho glass receivor of an air-puran for the
purpose of demonstrating that life can
not bo supported without air and respi
ration. Tho loe.turer had alroady made
several strokes with tho piston in order
to exhaust tho recoiver of its . air. when
the cat, who began to feel herself very
uncomfortable in thorarified atmos
phere, was fortunato enough to discov
er tho sourco from whcnco her uneas
iness proceeded. Sho placed hor paw
upon tho holo through whioh tho air
escaped, and thus prevented any more
air from passing out of the receiver.—
All the exertions of tho philosopher
woro now unavailing; in vain he drew
tho piston; tlio cat's paw effectually
prevented its operation. Hoping to
ett’ect his purpose, he again let air into
the recoiver, which as soon as the cat
porceivod, sho withdrew hor paw from
tho aporturo; but whenever ho at
tempted to oxhauBt the receiver she ap
plied her paw as boforo. The speohv-
tors clappod their hands in admiration
of tho cat’s sagacity, and the lecturer
wns compelled to remove her, and sub
stitute another cat that possessed less
penetration for the cruel experiment.
Singular Freak of Electricity--Man
Killed by a Flash of Lightning*
The Hov. Mr. Williams of this city,
just returned from a visit to Murfreesbo
ro, gives an account of a singular death
by lightning, which occurred in that
place on Sunday morning last. Tho
passengers on the morning train for
Murfreesboro from this oity, had just
taken their seats in tho omnibus at tho'
Murfreesboro Station, about 4 o’clock in
tho morning, to ride up into tho ,city,
whon a heavy shower of rain commenc
ed falling, accompanied by frequent
flashes of lightning. *Tho driver of the
omnibus was just about turning the hor
ses heads to drive into a Livery Stable
for sliolter, whon a flash of lightning de
scending, killed a man in tlio doorway
of the stable just in frontjof the horses’
heads, and his body lind to be romoved
to allow tho vohiolo to pass. Another
moment, and tho omnibus with its hu->
man freight would havo mot the force
of tho lightning flash, and perhaps eve
ry soul would havo boon instantly kill-
oil. We did not learn tho name of the
unfortunate man who was killed.—Nash
ville Banner.
their masters. Thero wore no Browns
and Hugos in those days. Philemon
was beloved by Paul, was doubtless a
preacher, and had Church in his house.
Is not tho enigma now solved? Can we
not now boo why tho Kpistlo was in
spired? What would become of us if
wo wero bound to omanoipato under all
circumstances or forfeit heaven ? I
have only hinted at the horrors of the
thing*
Opening Letters.—Notwithstanding
the great outcry against Sir James Gra
ham, a oabinet officer in England, for
opening the letter of an Italian refugee,
it is said tho practice still prevails in
that country for tho governmont to
break the seal and filoh seoretly the in
formation entrusted to private corres
pondence through its mails. The Sec
retary of Stato still retains the power
of using his warrant authorizing, tho
opening of any lefctor deposited in* tho
Postofllco. Parliament permits it for
tho reason that “woro tho right of, tho
Secretary of State to opon letters ai tho
Post-offico denied, it would bo equiva
lent to advertising to overy criminal
and conspirator against tho public
employ tlio Poil-
offloe with im Parity.
Ancient City Discovered in France.
—Tho vonmins of a Komnn lliontro
temple, dedicated to Apollo, have just
been disooveml neav I' erveroncls, n&ir
pericA JhgfflHrW b- re.iofs
mo slid to bo udmimbly executed.