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A wri;er La the Tbomssville : Enterprise
nrre* the people of that county to select U»ii
*M«c* and best men to represent them in the
Convention to assemble in Miiiedgeville on
the tomb Wednesday in Oc'.obei for the pur
pose c: re-orcamring the State Governineflt
The writer re air tarns that the delegates
'should he selected for their integrity, ability
*nd moral worth, but above all for their in
forciation and qKLincauooa to constitute
them able, energetic and active representa
tives in the Convention. He says:
A man. eTen with undoubted honesty and
worth, unless possessed of a large stock ot
political information, is not quaiiued to take
a seat in. the assembly. Too many questions,
of which he will not possess the necessary
information to judge accurately, witl come
up before him . and dishouest demagogues,
with selfish personal designs, will be certain
to lead him into error. The people require
for their representatives men who have been
in the haUt of debate, of examining irnpor
taut questions, and oi asserting and defend
ing their opinions in public assemblies.
Cookoo membership and silent voting, how
ever correct, will not answer there. Stern
and masterly debate will be the order of the
day. and only those who can meet and breast
such contentions should be looked upon us
tit and proper persons for a seat in the Con
vention. Tne very best ability should be se
lected for the office. "Wisdom, sagacity and
statesmanship" will all be called into requi
sition, and for this purpose “the office should
seek the man and not the man ths office.”
The writer his communication by
suggesting the names of A. H. Hausell, Jaa.
L. Seward, and B. B. Moore as possessing
the necessary qualifications to fit them to
represent Tuomas couuty in the convention
Every good citizen must approve the stan
dard oi qualifications for representative sug
gested by the writer. The convention which
is to reorganize our State government, will
be no place lor political partizans, trimmers
and demagogues. A body upon which w ill
devolve the important and responsible duty
ot remodeling and adapting our constitution
and laws to the changed condition of affairs,
should be composed of our wisest, purest,
most patriotic citizens, who. with a full ap
preciation of the important trust confided to
them, would be uniniluenced by any of the
selfish motives which too often warp the
judgment and influence the actions of the
professional politician. It has been the too
just reproach of our country, that our ablest
and best men unwilling to mingle in the
ignoble strife lor office and to descend to the
unworthy arts of the demagogue, have
for years past withdrawn themselves
from public life, leaving the high pre
rogatives ot statesmanship to be exercised
in too large a degree by ignorant, unprinci
pled and corrupt political adveuturers and
demagogues. To tins fact has been ascribed
much of the discord, strife and sectional
alienation which finally culminated in the
fratricidal war through which we have just
passed. If this be true, the evil has been
chared by the nation at large—by those who
stood afoot, thus repudiating their patriotic
obligations, as w ell as by those who from
motives of personal ambition, thiust them
selves in the places of better men, and as
sumed duties which they were not qualified
to discharge. The circumstances in which
we find ourselves demand a change, and we
sincerely hope and trust the tearful ordeal
through which we have passed, with its oth
er teachings, will have served to convince
our people that in a representative govern
ment political safety is in the wisdom, patri
otism and virtue of those entrusted with the
exetcise of political power. When the con
stituencies of the country recognize and act
upon this principle, the day G s demagogue
ism and political corruption will have pass
ed, “Wisdom, Justice and Monderaiion” will
rule in our State and national councils and
peace and prosperity bless the land.
Gem. Howell Cobb and Ex-Gov. Brown
Gen. Cobb is at present spending a few
days in Augusia, in the enjoyment oi good
health. The Chronicle says:
In a conversation with the General, he ex
pressed a great desire to have ail matters
now in agitation settled at oucc ; and wish
ed most heartily to see Georgia once more
resuming her former position in the
Union.
The issues which have lately convulsed
this country he considers forever disposed of
Slavery he says can never be resuscitated in
any shape. He thinks it best that all submit
promptly and willingly to the United Stales
authorities; that matters which have passed
should be numbered among the things that
were ; and should not be drugged into the
present, thereby creating discord, and tram
meling the movements of those who are
doing all they can to settle affairs.
Ex-Gov. Brown was in Atlanta a few days
since, having entirely recovered from his
late illness. The Chronicle says he speaks
hopefully of the future, and th'mks it would
be well for the Convention to declare slavery
at an end in Georgia withou* excitement or
discussion. He also says that the people of
Northern Georgia are anxious for an oppor
tunity to take the oath of amnesty and will
■mura conservative men to the Convention,
the question of secession as set
v. Hkthe result of the war, and that any
on that and kindred topics
avoided
Military «»■*#•
By Genera'. Orders Ho 130, isenod from
the Adjutant General's Office, at Washington,
Brigadier and Brevet Major General J. SI.
Brannan is ordered to report for duty to Maj
Gen. Stone man. commanding Department of
Tennessee:
Brigadier and Brevet Major General A.
Ames, Brig Gen. J. F. Croxton and Briga
dier and Brevet Major General Charles
Devens, are ordered to repoit for duty to
Maj. Gen. J. A. Gilltnore, commanding De
partment of South Carolina.
Maj. Gen. F. H. Wilson, Brig, and Brevet
Maj. Gen. F. H. Eling, and Brig. Gen. F D.
Stevenson, have been ordered to report for
duty to Maj. Gen. F. B. Steedman. com
manding Department of Georgia.
Foarws Coxxkrce of New York. —The
compilation of the returns of the commerce
of New York, in the Journal of Commerce,
furnishes some items of interest. The total
amount entered at the Custom House for
the year ending June 30, was $161,779,273,
against $234,967,<M5 for 1863—64. The
amount withdrawn from the Government
warehouse this year was $76, 267,868,agaiust
$63,096,973 withdrawn for 1863-64. There
is, therefore, a decrease of $73,187,772 in the
imports of 1864-65.
If the decrease at other ports is in a cor
responding ratio, the total for the whole
country will show a decline of above SIOO,-
000.000 The percentage of difference is
greatest in dry goods, but the falljjjg off is
greater than was anticipated in general mer
chandise. The receipts for customs have
ivlauvely increased, owing to the fact that a
larger proportion of the imports have been
thrown on the market this year L _ The reve
nue from customs for the fiscal year is $61,-
169,479.80, collected on a dutiable value of
$143,000,000. The total exports for the year
amount to $242,462,044, an increase over
that of 1803-4 of $15,262,048.
Death of Jpdoe A. E. Cochran. —The
Macon Telegraph announces the death of
Hon. A. E. Cochran, which took place on
the 25th ult. The deceased was an able
jurist and accomplished gentleman. He was
for several years a Judge of the Superior
Court, and served several sessions in the
State Legislature in which boay he exerted
great influence. He was elected President
of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad soon
after the inception of the enterprise, Id which
position he displayed rare administrative
ability. Judge C. was well known through
out the State, and was universally respected.
The State Railroad.— The Augusta.Con
stitutionalist is authoritatively advised that
the State Railroad, from Atlanta to Chatta
nooga, will be held by the United States
military authorities so long as it may be ne
cessary for a military force to remain in
Georgia. JThe operations of the line will,
of course, be controlled by the government
military superintendent of railroads, who
will, without doubt, make all the appoint
ments necessary to work the road.
BLtND Tosr.—Blind Tom, the young negro
musician, has been returned to his former
master, General Bethune, whose contract
with the boy’s parents has thus beeu recog
nized by the decision of Judge Woodruff, as
being in accordance with law.
Personal. —The numerous friends of Gen.
John K. Jackson, of Augusta, will be pleased
to learn that he has resumed the practice of
the law in that city.
Daily trains commenced running on
the Muscogee railroad on Monday, 31st ult.
The hour for leaving Macon is 7:23 A. M.
The Age of Crime.
Extraordinary Development — A Body Discover
ed in a Barrel—the Body Jdentijied as that
of a well biown Resident of Philadelphia.
A most astounding and diabolical transac
tion was brought to light yesterday morning,
at the store room of a' first class druggist iu
this city. Tlie mind recoils in horror when
contemplating the magnitude of the outrage,
and a shudder creeps over the frame whjje we
write of it. As yet, for obvious reasons, the
full particulars (or at least so much thereof
as has been brought to light by tbe energy ot
Capt. G. Willekins, acting Provost Marshal
of the Sixth district,) must be withheld. The
high character and standing oi the druggist
referred to would seem to place him beyond
all suspicion of guilt in the matter, either as
principal or accessory, and we should dislike
to publish anything which might sully his
fair Dante. This much by way of preface.
We are permitted to make' public the follow
ing :
About the 15th of last month the house in
question received a large stock of goods from
Philadelphia; by a steumer which discharged :
at Rocketts, among which were several liar
rels bound with iron hoops, and containing
oils of different kinds. The articles were
brought up to the drug store and placed, as
is customary, in the cellar.
Tuere was no circumstance at the time to
cause the slightest suspicion that anything
extraordinary had occurred. About u Week
ago, however, one of the clerks of tlie estab
iishmeut bod occasion to go into the cellar,
when lie discovered the existence of a most
offensive odor. The latter was so strong
that he suspended the business which carried
him there, and made diligent search for the
body which seemed to taint the atmosphere.
His search, however, proved fruitless, and
he returned in a few minutes to the store,
where, meeting the proprietor, be stated his
suspicions. Another search was then insti
tuted, but, like the former, it resulted in
nothing.
Yesterday, however, an order from the
country was received, which rendered it ne
cessary to open one of the barrels then in the
cellar. The porter was accordingly sent
for it, and it was soon hoisted to the first
floor. The top hoops were knocked off, and
head removed, when, lo ! the mystery of the
offensive odor was solved. Tbe barrel or
IcHak was discovered to contain |k body, more
foan half of which had become a liquid mass!
Let us draw a veil over the sickening scene,
sor attempt to portray the horror of the ern
wlm ffu'chly gathered around. It
la te in the evening, and the doors
t<.r ‘® n ' e dialely closed, while the proprie
it nroJ? 1 * 0 ?, F pon hls arrival, he deemed
bis diiari^ > r? * in the Provost Marshal of
offleer wi \ ? ptain G ’ Willeklns, and that
sectesv hi„ * most commendable zeai and
transaction^ 11 luimeJiaU:l y to sift the whole
ofUboUtv .? n & f examincd al once for traces
warded!' FT* l ° U ia , fcvel re '
•«»““‘ 'w”i™?!t« ek
street, Philadelphia. 1
A number or persons have endeavored to
obtain a look at the cask, but in order that
the ends of justice may not be defeated this
is not permitted as yet. For the same rea
son the name cl the druggist ought to be and
will be for the present withheld. The officer
in charge has laid a train by which the whole
mystery will be solved. At the earliest mo
ment we w.UI lay before our readers the full
particulars of this exfrnoidiuary affair.—
Richmond Commercial Bnlietih, July 20-
In former years, the individual wbo3e body
was discovered In tlie Philadelphia barrel
resided bMitedty In the frame building os
fit. Julian street opposite *he Pulaaki House
Ho was mere recently burned mu oo the
southwest corner of Bay Une and Whitaker
street. He afterwards look up hi* residence
with Mr J Oliver, on Whitakerytreet,where
a portion of his family still remain. He
always bore a good character for docility and
quietness, and though he usually wore drab
he hod a remarkable penchant for gay coiois.
in which he tpreod himself about promiscu
ously.
The oftkt Prc« of the South.
Some thoughtless persons at tlie South seem
to overlook the accepted tact that the South
ern Confederacy is extinct; and because, for
sooth, an editor who has heretofore enter
tained secession sentiments chooses to write
loyal editorials, he is denounced us a toady.
| So far as the editors of this paper are cou
| ccmed, we do not kunw, of our ptrsoual
i knowledge, that any charges of this kind
| have been preferred against us; hut we have
I frequently heard the remark made in public,
! that the Press of the South was entirely too
i subservient. This is a gross libel upon the
“fourth estate, ’ and we feel it to be our iin
: perativeduty to inveigh against sucli an uu
i just insinuation. The duty of the press ot the
.South is too plain to be misunderstood. Most,,
if not all of the journals in jrhat was form
erly known as tlie “Southern Confederacy,”
yielded a cordial support to that Provisional
Government, while it maintained a belliger
ent attitude, and we do not hesitate to say
that if the advice of the Press had been pro
perly heeded, the Southern Confederacy to
day, would have been an J'uif accout/ili. But
now that we have tailed to obtain the object
for which we were contending, to expect the
Southern press to express sentiments disloyal
I to the Government under which we live! is
more than any reasonable or sensible man
could exact. The position of this paper—
aud we presume that otheis ot our cotempo
r.dies occupy the same ground—is, that it is
the duty of the' people of the South, now
that they have been compelled to yield to
the “stern logic of events," to lend a cheer
ful support to all measures which will con
tribute to restore law and order, and pro
mote the general inlerest of the Government
under which we live. It is idle to talk about
the justice of the cause lor which we fought.
VVc submitted the whole question to the ur
bilrnmcut of the svyord, and have been de
feated. As honorable men, it is now our
duty to give a cordial suppoit to the Govern
ment of which wu are citizens. To do
otherwise would be the height of folly.
But while the press of the Soutli yield a
coidial support to the Govcrnmeut, it is not
more subservient than it is -compelled to he,
uuder the circumstances, The suppression
of several leading Southern journals is now
fresh in our minds, aiM ior any injudicious
expression, calculated to engender distrust
in the General Government, au editor sub
jects himself to imprisonment, aud his pa
per to lie suppressed. How important, then,
uside from considerations of loyalty to the
Government, it is for au editor to be guarded
in his expressions, and not in a thoughtless
hour, subject himself to the penalties of se
dition. While we fight the radicals at the
Nori h and oppose the doctrine of negro equal
ity with all the energy of our nature, at the
same time wc must yield our support to the
administration of President Johnson in all
measures tending to promote the general wel
fare of the country ut large. The Govern
ment will not tolerate a newspaper which
expresses sentiments in antagonism with
loyalty to the L T uion, and calculated to ctir
Up feelings of bitterness. The duties of con
ducting a daily newspaper in tin se perilous
times, are doubly responsible. While on the
one hand an editor must be true to the Union,
at the same time, in being thus, he subjects
himself to animadversion upon the part of u
few ultra men, who have not the capacity to
appreciate the “new order of things," and are
constantly charging him with “toadyism.”
The imputation is groundless, aud the men
who utlerit are libellers. The press has a
high and holy miss'on to perform, and should
g) forward in the discharge of its duty “un
awed by influence aud uubribed by gain."—
Atlanta New Era.
Mivf'i'lluii) .
[From th* late Euglteti Paper*.[
AfcIUAL NAVIGATION.
A Paris correspondent writes : The rerial
vessel invented by M. Dclainerue bids lair to
realize the anticipations we were led to en
tertain as to the successful application of the
vertical helm in controlling the currents of
wind by which the courses ot balloons have
hitherto beeu guided. The vessels rose to a
height of 1,500 yards, and then took a course
due South. M. Delamarne, who acted as
helmsman, steered the vessel in an opposite
direction, aud it accordingly sailed direct for
Vincennes. To prove her obedience to the
helm, M. Delamarne then took a northerly
route. At the request of the passengers,
without touching tbe safety-valve, and simp
ly by Using the helm, ho descended near Nu
gent", and floated for some time so close to
the earth that the passengers spoke with
some of the people who had assembled on
the banks of the Marae to witness this
strange sight. The vessel then rose to tbe
height of 4,500 yards, aud, although caught
by two currents ot air, M. Dela
marne by his management of the helm pre
vented the rotary mutton usually experienc
ed iu all balloon traveling. At twenty min
utes past seven the passengers witnessed u
glorious sunset, the uiaguidcent effect of
which in cloudland appears to have defied
all attempt at description. At eight they
were sailing over Choisy, when the uir be
came so rarified that they lowered tlie ves
sel and sailed toward L.iuitnc, when they lost
themselves in cloud-luniks, aud the guide
rope and some ballast were thrown out. Tbe
vessel then rose still higher, and after a sail
of an hour and a half in azure space, they
decided on descending iu the neighborhood
of Choisy, which M. Delamarne accomplish-,
cd without the slightest difficulty, and his
pusscugeis landed on terra firms as easily as
if they had stepped out of nn express train.
Two results are evident : By the hoi izoulul
hel in placed in the stem of the vessel,-it as
cends and descends as tlie helmsman pleases;
uud by means of the helices placed at each
side, combined with the action ot the helm,
a huriz mial course is obtained.
liNOI.ISU CUSTOMS TItIIOUOH KOKI.ION Ot.VSMIS.
The Nazi.ine has the following remarks on
one of our English customs: “Every Lou
don house is inhabited by oue single family,
aud as the outer doors are always shut, the
knocks at the door, counted from within, in
dicate the station in life of the person at the
door; to give more or less knooks is an act
of iusolcnce or degredallon. The milkman,
sweep, beggar, the servants, kuock with oue
siugle Knock, as it to say, ‘Allow me to
come in.’ Two knocks denote the postman,
tax-gather, &c., and st em to say. ‘lt is my
business to enter this house.’ When three
knocks are given, they indicate the muster of
the house or a friend of the family, aud are
given with an air of commaud, as if to say,
‘Open.’ Four knocks steadily given denote
a person of- consequence, some aristocrat,
arrived in a carriage. These four knocks
may be supposed to express, ‘I intend to
enter.’ He who gives four knocks, and, af
ter a short pause, repeats them with a cer
tain proud impetuosity, is decidedly either a
milord or milady, or Indian nabod, a Rus
sian prince, German hero, or Italian mar
quis. These seem to say, ‘Open quickly ; I
wish to honor you with a visit.’ ”
TUB SWEDISH CXEBICAI.|MUttDKBER.
The text of the confession made by the
Swedish clergyman who has been condemn
ed to death tor poisoning some of his parish
ioners with sacramental wine has beeu pub
■ ashed, and affords one of the most curious
specimens of perverted reasoning ever giyen
to the worid, i ts pith j g contained in the
,°i!? w ‘ n 5 paßs< Oe ■“I comprehended the
L s!x f 8 du ‘y •* » father’s. I order notice to
»*!“ f me . * v «ry Sunday, by appointing
be found" I*Af. 1 *Af. any pooT * ick P L-rson wa *
ronml « ,f fler , «uch inquiries I went
whnMa! nf Lood and.medicines, and became
w itness of much misery and hopelessness.
When one stands beside an Incurable sick
and dreadfully pained lellow-crea'ure, one
Wishes, of all lus heart, that he might be re
leased from his heartrending misery. Bv
those hungry, cold. Incurable* in SU!>od*hl 1
ltave nfteu stood, moved by the deepest pily,
and thought, ‘were I in such a miserable
plight I Mould bless him who hastened the
end of my pain, and G>>d would forgive that
merciful one.' With every renewed visit to
these poor people I was strengthened in this
idea. I prepared separate wine, as help in trou
ble, when this, my misdirected charity,should
urge me to it. I thought, also, what none can
deny, that very lew human beings pass to
the other world in the course of nature, i. e..
when the powers of soul and body are worn
out by age. Some external cause occurs
which God, though he does not advance it,
yet does not prevent, in virtue ot the tree
dom he granted, the understanding lie gave.
How many in the prime of life, in their full
vigor, are "their own murderers, involuntarily,
vet through misuse of their understanding..
How many have fallen out ot the hands ot
the most skillful physician into the grave.—
The patient's statement is not always prop
erly comprehended fyet the statement deler
mines the prescription, and the prescription
determines life or death), without God either
helping or hiudering, and neither doctor or
patient arc thought to have any -hare iu the
death How many an illness, which iu the
beginning might easily have beeu cured, has,
through delay in seeking help, precipitated
its victim into the grave Front these un
controvertible facts, and the many such ex •
antpjes which I have partly heard described,
partly witnessed myseit, I have come to the
conclusion that science as well as iguorunce,
often bears the most decisive parr; and that
pious faith is often wrong iu saying ‘ the
hour had come.’ I therefore believe that the
merciful God would not condent me if I
shortened the sufferings of a miserable fellow
creature.”
A MAN ATTACKED BY MONKEYS.
The Escaut, of Antwerp, relates an inci
dent which occurred last weekjin the Zoolog
ical Gardens or that town. Iu tin eveniug.
one »>f the keepers, armed with a long whip,
entered the large cage of the monkey tribe
for the purpose of driving them to their re
spective coinpaitinents. All the inmates
scampered of to their cages with the excep
tion of one of the oldest aud largest, which
obstinately refused to come down from his
perch, and on receiving a sharp lash wish the
whip, it leaped on the keeper, got astride on
his shoulders, aud began to scratch and kite
him with great fury. Tire keeper beat the
monkey with the handle of the whip, and
would soon have got rid of him, had n it the
other monkeys come to their companion's as
sistance and joined in the attack. Thus a--
sailed, the man was obliged to cry out ior
help, when several keepers hastened to the
spot, aud on their approach the animals took
to flight. The man, who was terribly
scratched and bitten in twenty-three places,
lost so 'much blood that be was obliged to
keep his bed for two days.
U'CUKISIIANUIISa TOC MAORI£S.
[Prom the PaII Mull Gazette.]
If Algeria has been a useful school for several
French armies, surely the four thousand regulars how.
at work In New Zculaud under Gen. Cameron have
had fatigue duty euough to make them fit for anything.
Tiue, they have only about u ts ousanu savages op
posed to them, mill never think of acting on the offen
sive; but, then, the moment a Maori shows himself
about five hundred turn out. aud one shot rouses nil
the camp aud keeps it iu co nmotiou for hours The
toldier* crumble immensely, all this hard
work seems to be for nothing. Many of the hardships,
too, are unnecessary There are plenty of vegetables
to be hud, and yet for forty days (we read; the men
have been without them—without even rice. As the
rainy season was coining on when the mail left, we
expect to hear of mo»e commissariat troubles. The
most shocking feature in the war is the way in which
it is uncitilizing the Maories, The murde rof the un
happy German missionary is pallhncd by the fact,
whicn has come out since, that the natives believed a
certain Homan Catholic priest, who h id several times
been
sequence beeu warm'd off to have been privately
buuged; but the atrocious way in which they man
gled M. Volknebs remains show that th • Pai-Marire
sect, at any rate, have thrown all practic il Christianity
overboard. This is very sad; for all throughout our
officers and t. oops have borne witness totuechiv.il*
rous way in wnlch the Maories have conducted the
war. Slid, we c n«ot wonder that things are &9 1 ey
are. The howling fanatics whose worship is describe*',
as a mixture of English li.urpy. military drill and
tible-turning, are just w hat we expect raw con
verts would become uuder the system which has been
going on in New Zetland lor many years past. It is
hard t nough iu England to make peop e feel that the
shortcomings oi the piofes-or* do not uffect the beauty
of the system ; how can we exptet a Mum , beset on
all sides by Uoinau Cutholic priests, by church uen of
all Mews " by and others, aud taught the
practical value of Christianity on those who are born
to it by the sharp practice of some greedy land sharks,
to respect aud cling to the le.'igfon of those wh » seek
to rob him of wnat he values more tbaulife? We
give him the liible—he fluds iu the Oid Testament
rules übuut the land as stringent as his owu, and not
very uulike some of t iein; in the Now Testament he
icnds precepts which breathe the spi.it of peace and
love aud sell-denial. But our profession is Sadly at
variance witn our Book. We - desire” his land; he
has cbiell/ known the government -is a wholesale
land-jobber; uud, iusteuu of • civilizing” him. we
force him into a war which he feels will end in exter
mination.
Sc.'uin at un Kugli.li Election.
A CARNIVAL OF DEIMCCHEUV AND BIOT-
The PailiumcDtury elections were attended
; with yin unusual amount of disorder and
rioting We give a tew instances, to show
how they manage such things in the mother
country. Here is what happened in a towu
called Chippenham, near Bristol :
“During the remainder of the afternoon
the polling booths were surrounded by in
furiate mobs. A farmer named Croaker, re
siding at Ash Hill Farm, was seized and
knocked down, and very much beaten, and
a policeman who went to his assistance
shared the same lute. At about nine o'clock
a large crowd attacked the Great Western
Hotel and smashed nearly all the windows.
One of the ringleaders was apprehended and
conveyed to the police station, where the
mob followed him, and after smashing sev
eral windows with stones demanded his re
lease,and with a view to conciliate the irrita
ted mob, the man's name was taken and he
was set at liberty. Almost simultaneously
with this outbreak occurred two others.—
The first took place in the Market place, in
which several hundreds took part. They at
tacked the Angel Hotel, kept by .Mr. Lawev,
'but that gentleman, assisted -by some of his
waiters, adopted a rather injudicious method
of keeping them at bay. From an upper
room window they threw a large number of
ginger beer bottles, &c., at them ; but this
only exasperuted them the more, and when
Mr. L'twes had discharged his whole stbek of
bottles at them, they renewed the attack,and
did not cease until every pane of glass (num
bering 250) in front of the building was de
stroyed. The wiuclow pages were broken,and
some slight damage done to the furniture in
the rooms. Having Satisfied themselves here
tlie mob proceeded to the house of Mr. Jacob
Phillips, (late Mayor), which adjoins the Au
gel Hotel,and,after breaking th<- windows and
the window frames, hurled large stones at
the window shutters, breaking them into
splinters. Stones were then showered into
tne front rooms—large cliandaliers destroy
ed, aud several valuable paintings. It is es
timated that the damage done to Mr. Phil
lips property alone will exceed £ IOO. Mr.
F. Spencer, who occupied the adjoining
house, fared no better. All tlie windows in
the front rooms were demolished, aud a great
quantity af valuable furniture. His loss will
be about £3OO. After smashiug the wiudows
ot Mr. Rich, butcher, nearly opposite, the
mob broke into the place, and threw the
whole of the meat that could be found into
the street. The house of Di. Col borne was
also attacked, and the doctor, who was said
to be in a dying state, was obliged to have
the assistance of his servants, who held
boards over the bedroom window in order to
prevent the missiles strikiug him. All the
windows at the vicarage were broken, and
the wanton wickedness ot the mob may be
gathered from the tact that tlie gravestones
were torn up from the church yards, and,
after being shattered into fragments the
pieces were flung through the wiudows at
the vicarage. The borough only contains
about twelve police officers, who acted most
courageously under the circumstances, but
they were utterly powerless, and some of
ttiem received slight injuries from the stones.
Upwards wfr 200 of the inhabitants were
sworn in, as special constables. Later in th*e
day orders were totted to close all public
houses and beer-houses at ti o'clock. Tele
grams were sent to Bristol and the metropo
lis for the assistance of the miltiary. The
total damage is estimated at from £2,000 to
£3,000.”
The nomination day at Carlisle witnessed
the following extraordinary and outrageous
soeue :
“The nomination of candidates for the city
took place on Tuesday. A similar scene of
uproar, riot, and confusion lias seldom been
witnessed iu the old Border city. The two
Liberal candidates, Messrs .Lawson and Pot
ter, and the Conservative candidate, Mr.
Hodgson, were severally nominated. Mr.
Lawson concluded his address amid a perleot
shower jf missiles, accompanied with the
most terrific bowlings. Mr. Potter exper
ienced similar treatment at the hands of the
mob, and he concluded his address amid a
lusilade oi powder and unclean things. The
riot, however, culminated on the appearance
of the Conservative candidate. When Mr.
Hodgson presented himself to the crowd the
the uproar became so terrific as to threaten
aerious consequences, Someone in the
crowd discharged a pistol, and stones begin
ning to supply the place of soot aDd ochre.
&c., blood was drawn in several parts ot the
crowd. The Mayor, after frequently retiring
to the towu hall for mouicutary shelter, di
rected tiie police to clear the space in front
of the hustings. The police endeavored to
do so without effect, aud the rioting contin
ued, during which it was impossible for
Mr. Hodgsou to obtaiu a hearing. The
Mayor then called for a show of bauds,
which he announced to be iu favor of
Will;am Nicholson Hodoson and Edmond
Potter. This announcement roused the ire
ol.the multitude to the extremes! pitch, and
the hustings was almost immediately cleared
by missiles, the favor of the mob being show
ered with particular aim at the Mayor, who,
with the other gentlemen on the hustings,
was covered with powder of all colors—blue,
yellow, black, white aud green. The can
didates were pitilessly assailed, heavy bags
of whitiug and soot coming repeatedly in
their faces, And but for the shelter of strong
aud friendly umbrellas, it must have result
ed iu serious personal injury. The usual
vote of thauks was uot proposed, it being
the first thought of every one to escape.
The proceedings were throughout of the
most riotous and unseemly character, and a
constant shower of colored powder-bags,
soot-bags, potatoes, rotion eggs and stale
butchers’ offal being poured upon the candi
dates aud their frieuds. The speeches were
iu consequence cut short, all attempts at*
dislodging the “roughs" being unsuccessful.
Iu fact, it was the most disgraceful exhibi
tion ever witnessed iu Cumberland.”
Ot the proceedings iu the sams city next
day we read the following:
“The disgraceful conduct displayed by the
mob on the previous day (says the Scots
man) was again repeated on the polling-day
(Wednesday), and some serious conse
quences were the result, tlie police having to
make several attacks upon the rioters with
their batons. Mr. Potter, Mr. Lawson, and
tlieir friends were on the hustings soon after
four o’clock, and also some of Mr. Hodg
son’s friends. They were received with a
volley of powder, flour and soot, which was
continued while they remained. One of tire
most disgusting scenes occurred before the
poll was declared, the immense crowd hav
ing got excited to the utmost pitch. The
assault upon those ou the hustings increased
iu vigor aud terocity duriug the preceding, so
that Mr. Potter was unable to make any'
speech. The police were powerless. Mr.
llodgson, who had just received a bag of
soot iu the face, and presented the appear
ance of a ‘nigger,’ came forward and re
turned tbauks."
In Sheffield the ordinary programme of
of pelting candidates, smashing hustings aud
battering policemen, was somewhat varied
by an enlivening incident which the Sheffield
Telegraph thus descrioes -.
“Ou Wednesday night, at the conclusion
of the first piece at the Theatre Royal, and
just as the audience were coming out, a band
of about two hundred ‘roughs,’ who hud
been conspicuous during the day in raiding
through the town, eaaujiushing to the front
of the house, and tried to force au entrance.
They were checked by the people who stood
in the doorwgy, aud prevented their ingress.
Mauy of them were armed with stones, with
which they broke several panes of glass.
Being disappointed in gaining admission to
the theatre they uttacked t'.e Turt Taveru, at
the corner ot Sycamore street, and destroyed a
plate glass window. The desigu of this
raiding expedition was ostensibly plunder, as
a gentleman, who was coming out of the
theatre, had bis watch aud pocket book ta
ken, aud his hat destroyed. Assistance was
speedily got from the Town Hall, and the
band beat a retreat.”
$ This appears to have been only the conclu
sion of the day s entertainments, for the
Sheffield Independent stales that the pro
ceedings during the polling on Wednesday
was of a “somewhat discreditable nature.”
Somewhat discreditable, iudeed! Here is
an account of them :
“The mob increased very rapidly at ndon,
and their disorderly proceedings forced the
shopkeepers in Market-place, Angel-street
and Hijrb-street, to close their places of busi
ness. Several women and children were
thrown down and bruised in these mad
rushes, and the police, who were on duty
near to the entrance of tlie Georgia Inn,
seemed to be utterly powerless. About 2
o’clock the mob begun to maltreat every
body of decent appearance who ventured to
show' himself in the street. This led to a col
lision with the police, and heavy blows were
exchanged. Th" crowd then began to knock
ot, aud crush every hat that they could get
at. Persons wearing caps were sate, but a
rigorous edict was passed that no hats should
be allowed in the street, and it was put into
execution forthwith. A large Dumber of hats
were stolen, crushed, and throwu from side
to side amidst tlie uproarious shoqjsof the
drunken mob. Cab and omnibus drivers
and their passengers were treated in the same
manner, and if any resistance was made the
mob scrupled not to quell it by severe mea
sures. Several pet sous who offered no re
sistance were kicked and' struck, and others
who were more courageous were severely
maltreated. This scene—one of the most
disgraceful we have witnessed in the town-*
continued unchecked until nearly 4 o’clock,
and then a considerable number of police
were sent iuto the crowd, and the “bonnet
ting” ceased. A marc ruffiautly mob was
scarcely ever congregated.
Cheltenham was the scene of a shocking
tragedy:
“On Wednesday night, after the close of
the poll, (which, it inav be remembered,was
in tavor of Mr. Schreiner, tlie Conservative
candidate), when the streets were full of ex
citod people, a baud of music passed up the
High street playing the time of ‘ The Bon
net* of Blue,” blue living the colors adopted
by the Conservative pariy in Cheltenham. A
man named Lyiies was standing In the street
and as the band passed him he shouted
“Hurrah for the bonnets of yellow," (the
color of the Liberals here). On this Glass
(one of the voters for Mr. Scbreiber) made'
some remurk to Lynct, who retorted by call
ing out, “Berkeley for ever 1" saying he had
beeu working hard for Col. Berkeley. Glass
then drew from his pocket a four-barreled
revolver, and presenting it at Lyoe, drew
the trigger, and the charge of one of
the barrels struck Lyne in the mouth.—
Lynes immediately fell on his knees, ex
claiming, “Good God! I’m shot. I shall
die!” The whole affair was tlie work of a
moment. The crowd of course got round
Glass, and the pistol was takeu trom him.
Three of the chambers were found to be
loaded with powder and ball, and the fourth
hod evidently just been discharged. Glass
appeared very much excited, and when
Lynes exclaimed, “I'm dying," as he did ou
the way to his dispensary, where he was at
once taken, Glass said, “No, no ; not so bad
as that, I hope.” On Lynes being brought
to the Cheltenham Dispensary he faint
ed away. He had previously spoken of
his “poor wile aud family,” and prayed to
God to have mercy on him. On his wound
being examined it was found to be of such a
character as to leave little hope for the poor
fellow, who died next morning."
’The Coroners jury found a verdict of
“Willful Murder."
Barry Coravratl'* Latest Poca*.
Sh .uld von dream ev.-r of the days departed—
Ot youth and aaornln- no more to return—
Forget not roe, so fond and pvtuionuie hearted :
Quiet »t lam. reposing
Vudat the moss and fern.
There, where the fretful Inke in stormy weather
Comes circling round the reddening churchyard pines,
Rest, and l allbßck the hours we lost together
Talking of hope, aud soaring
Beyond poor earth's confines.
If for those he*veu*y dreams too dimly sighted.
Yon became false—why, 'tis a story old .
1. overcome by pain, and unrequited,
Faded at last, and slnmbei
Under the antumn mould
Farewell, farewell! No longer plighted lovers.
Doomed fora day to sigh for sweet return ;
One lives, indeed; one heart the green earth cavers—
Qniet at last, reposing
Under the moss and fern
Sing file a Bong.
nv E. E. BROWN.
Sing me a song to-night, darling,
A song of tbe days gone by;
Hush tne to sleep w ith thy gentle voice,
While hereon thy bteust 1 lie.
Tbe thought of this meeting has cheered me,
'Mid the hours of sorrow and pain;
But sometimes I feared death would call me.
Before I should see you agaiu.
I thought not of this when I left you—
My dreams were of glory and fame;
Now 1 come to you heiptess aud crippled,
And, say do you love me the same ?
I promised through life to protect yoa,
When life seemed all blight to my viy w-;
But the fate of the truttle hath changed us—
Now, darling, I rest upon you.
In the hospital wurds I have wasted,
But you kept my heart from despair;
For I thought of you sleeping or waking.
And your name was tbe first iu each prayer.
When helpless I lay on my pillow,
Aud the fever was scorching my brain,
I thought could your soft hand but rest on my brow
It would charm a« ay all of my pain.
Oh, my heart would have broken with anguish.
Usd I thought you were false aud untrue:
I could give up my life for my country,
But, darling, I could not give you.
TliC Van Sorn Ttagcdy in Sew York.
LYNCH LAW VS. COMMON LAW.
(From the New Y ork Suu.j
A melancholy instance of a resort to Lynch
law, has recently occurred iu this city, which
justifies as in reviewing the present condition
of our common law, wall a view of determ
ining whether a citizen cun obtain that s|)eedy
justice in tlie courts which every individual
aggrieved by another, is entitled to. A muu
of wealth and position has had iu his employ
two young men, who, for eight or nine years
have honestly and faithfully served their
principal. So well satisfied is the employer
with their ability, that for several years he
entrusted almost his entire business in their
charge ; while he attended to the well paid
duties connected with a public appointment
in another place. Os course, so long as the
employer could hire lire laber of these young
Aer., he was entitled to the profits ot the
business which he bad established, and could
not reasonably find fault with their determi
nation to leave his employment and set up
in business tor themselves. The young men.
however, decided to work tor themselves,
aud accordingly hired an office,and enter into
legitimate competition with their late em
ployer. For some two years, only the aarne
ol the employer has been known to custo
mers, because the young men performed the
work. It is not strange, therefore, that
many customers ualuraliy gave their busi
ness to the two young men, because
they were personal acquaintances to differ
ent pnrlies, who had never come iuto con
tact with the principal of the old firm. Un
der these circumstances the business of the
former employer dwindles down to a merely
nominal affair, imperfectly attended to by
one green hand, while his principal gives his
own attention to the more valuable public
appointment. Angry at his loss ot business,
and unwilling to improve it by ‘legitimate
effort aud energy, tlie former employer takes
every occasion to denounce the two young
men who has left him as thieves and vil
lains, hoping by such a course to prevent his
former customers from patronizing the new
firm. For many months the young men en
dure the slanders and persecutions of their
former employer, until at last one of them
enraged at some new slander, approaches
the author thereof and demauds a retraction
loftthe calumny. The young man, knowing
the superior physical sirengm of tlie person
trorn whom ire demands an act of justice,
prepares to defend himself from assault by
carrying a pair of loaded pistols with him to
the interview. Both parties lose their temper,
aud daring the altercation, the former em
ployer resorts to violence, aud is shot dead
by the younger and weaker uiau.
The use of deadly weapons under any sim
ilar circumstances cannot be justified. The
injury done to the youDg men might have
been righted by an appeal to a court of jus
tice, and there is no doubt that a suit for
slander could have been instituted, and the
defanter placed uuder bonds not to repeat
the offence. This was the proper course to
pursue ; by departing from it, and resorting
to Lynch law, one victim has been made, and
the young man is likely to expiate his crime
by an ignominious death upon a scaffold.—
Common charity will believe that itis offence
was prompted more by tlie uncertainties of a
legal mode of obtaining satisfaction for inju
ries, than any criminal design of taking the
life of his former employer. The young man
doubtless reflected upon the position of af
fairs. He was too poor to institute legal
proceedings; was aware that wealth and
position favored his former employer ; and
that a protracted law suit, even if he
succeeded in obtaining a righteous ver
dict, would impoverish him during the law’s
delay. He therefore resolves to obtain an
act of justice by a more summary process,
with the above unfortunate result. His
rashness brings misery upon two families,
and outrages the whole community by a
scene of violence which the laws are intend
ed to preveut. In view of the mode of pro
cedure adopted in our courts of justice, it
becomes important to inquire if a citizen is
promptly and fairly protected by the com
mon laws as they are at present administer
edd. Is it not too frequently the case that
an aggrieved suitor is prevented from obtain
ing impartial justice, from his inability to
pursue iu the Courts a wealthy antagonist ?
Do not hundreds of rich and influential vil
lains escape the merited punishment ol their
crimes, because their victims nre unable to
follow them through the tortuous paths of a
suit at law ? If this be so, is it not high
time that some remedy were devised to cut
the Gordian kuots of legal red tape, for tlie
purpose of more speedily obtaining the jus
tice that is due to every man injured by one
of his follow citizens? We want a few com
mon sense courts, similar to tlie one presided
over by Police Commissioner Acton. Jus
tice, to be available, should lie prompt.
Au Old Dog Luw Enforced.
A Purls correspondent of the London Times » rites
as f'dlows:
A curious scene took place recently on the Boule
vard Beaumarchais. A gentleman, an advocate, walk
ing out, accompanied by his doe, an Italian Bray
bound of great beauty, suddenly missed the animal,
and, retracing his steps, overtook u man of decent ap
pearance with the dog In disainrs. The thief had
already removed the collar with the owner's name ana
address, and was endeavoring to stifle the dog's cries.
Being a man of great muscular power, the owner 90<m
mastered the delinquent, aud then ofl’ered him the
choice either of belug consigned to the police or of
kneeling down In the street aud kissing the dog.
The thief, after some little hesitation, chose the lat
ter alternative, and performed the ceremony In the
midst of the laughter and Jeers of the bystanders.
Satisfaction being thus given, the owner was willing
to allow the offender to depart in peace, but some
sergeants-de-ville coming up insisted on taking him
before the Commissary or Police of the quarter The
gentleman accompanied the party to the office, and'
when there explained to the Commissary that he had
acted in virtue of an old law of the Burgundian Par
liament, never yet abrogated, containing (Tit. X.,
cup. S, art V,J a disposition thus wonted:
••If any man has stolen a gravhound (.voVrahum,)
or a seguaiavc (sef/ulium— a particular son of hound
u-ed by tbc Gauls for bunting the boar,; or a lurcher
(ixtrunculum,) we ordain that the guilty party be
ouliged either to kiss the animal before the whole peo
ple, or to pay live sols of gold to the master ot the
dog, and two sols as fine."
The Advocate c included by interceding for the cul
prit. on the ground that he had satisfied the conditions
of the law; but the commissary, recognising tbs man
os an old offender, sent him to the Prefecture.
Emigration from Cuba.— The Epoch*, of
Madrid, complains ot the recent emigration
from Cuba to the United States, and is
liarmed at the proportion which it assumes.
It state* that during the last six months sis
teen millions of reals, nearly two millions of
dollars, have left the island to be invested in
cotton land in Florida. South and North C?
rolina
A \* \\ Poison.
Anew ooiaoik hat* beta examined and
byM. Pel.km, of St. Fcterohure The ,'fmt
produce* It comes from the Gaboon, and is used i2
the nativefe of that locality for poisoning arrows 7t
U-louga to the natural ord.r Aprcwr.ircaqaiid nr,, *
ducea iu injurious action almost exclus'vclv nn.,, .vTI
heart. M. Pelikan's experiments were made nSoh the
common frog, and they have led him to the
conclusions:
1 The poison produces at Srst an increased action
of the heart. S. After a while the pulse detreas«wS
frequency sml the heart soon entirely ceases to Islet
3. The cessation of action is not regularly DroLre.'
sive. 4. When the ordinary action of the heart hu
been completely arrested, the ventricle still exhibits
peculiar movements, which appear to be perisuilic
6 When the ventricle has completely ceased to act
and is strongly contracted and empty, the auricle*'
though full ol blood, continue to contract, ti. Fiualn-’
the paralysis of the heart has nothing in common with
cadaveric rigidity. When once paralyzed, this organ
does not respond to any stimuli, whether me. hauica]
chemical, or electrical, applied either directly or to
the nerves.
New Ban oe at Niauara Falls —There is a project
ou foot at Niagara Falls to make anew communication
between the American and Canadian side of the
N iugara river, in the shape of a suspension bridge for
carnages and foot passengers. The company owning
the biidge two miles below bad the exclusive privile -e
to bnild one at the Falls fur fiileen year,. That limit
has expired, and an existing act of the Stale Legisla.
tnre authorizes the forming of unolher compiny The
Canadian Ordnance Department has given theprivi
hgeof landing it ou tbe Canadian side. This bridge
will lie located iuet below the Fails. There is reasbn
to believe that the work will soon be commenced.
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