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SELECTED POETRY.
The Mocking Bird*
Every one will appreciate the descriptive troth and
poetic beauty of the following lines upon the polyglot
■on gat er of the American forest, which we take from
the Southern Literary Me>«eoger for June, 1838. The
ecstatic pleasure and indefatigable zeal with which
uie Mocking*bird exerts its marvellous talent, eape
■'***’ cially when aware of observation, is very happi'y de
scribed in these spirited and graceful verses :
THE MOCKING-BIRD.
Come, listen—oh, hark ! to that foB dying strain
Os toy Mocking-Bird, upon the bo use-top again ;
4V igi.t to old ruiqed walls
Er Where, soft as the muon light, her mefooy falls.
. Oh. what can the bulbul or nightingale chant,
In the climes which they love and the groves which
1 they haunt,
More thrilling and wild, than the songs I have heard,
In the stillness of night, from my sweet Mocking-
Bird
I aaw her to-day on her favorite tree,
Where she constantly comes in her glory and glee,
Perch’d on a limb which was standing out far
Above all the rest, like a tall taper spar :
The wind, it was wafting that limb to and fro,
As she rode up and d*«wn, like a skiff in a blow,
W hen it strikes with the billow, and mounts with its
swell!
She know I was watching—she knew it full well.
She folded h*r pinion, and Bveiled out her throat,
And mimick’d each bird in its own native note, —
The Ibrush, and the Robin, the Red*Bird and all—
And the Partridge would whistle and answer her call;
Then stopping her carol, seemed to prepare,
By the flirt of her wings, fora flight in the air,
When rising sheer upwards, she wheel’d down
again,
And took up her song where she left off the strain.
Would you cage such a creature and draggle her
plumes—
Condemn her to prison, the worst cf all dooms—
Take from her the pleasure of flying so free —
And deny her her ride on the wind wafted tree ?
Would you force her to droop within merciless bars,
When earth is all sunshine, or heaven all stars?
Poroid it! oh, mercy ! and grant her the boon
Os a sail in the sun and a song to the moon.
What a gilt she possesses of throat an J of lungs!
The gift apostolic—the gi ’t of all tongues!
Ah! could she but utter the lessons of love,
To wean us from earth and waft us above,
‘ , ... tempi us to wander ag .in ?
S^ seek but the siren, outpouring that strain—
Would listen tonaught but her soft dying fall
As rhe sat all alone on some old ruined wall.
Ths Second best Prize Sono.—The fol
lowing was selected, by four of the Committee
appointed to decided upon the Jenny Lind
prize song, but they yielded their opinions in
deference to Mr. Benedict, who preferred Bay
ard Taylor’s, as better adapted to music. It is
understood to have been written by Eppes
Sargeant, Esq., of Boron, author of ‘ A Life
on the Ocean Wave.’ Music publishers
are informed that the song is copyrighted, but
the author has no objection to editors copying
it.
SALUTATION TO AMERICA.
Land of the be utiful, land of the free,
Often my heart had turned, longing to thee ;
Often had mountain, lake, torrent, and stream
Gleamed ou my waking thought, crowded my dream;
Now thou receives! me from the broad sea,
Land of the beautiful, land of the free !
Pair to the eye, in thy grandeur thou art;
O doubly fair, doubly dear to the heart!
For to the exile!, the trodden, the poor,
Through the wide world, thou hast op ned thy door ;
Millions crowd in, and are welcomed by thee—
Land of the beautiful, land of the free I
Land of the Future ! Here Art shall repair—
Kinder thy gale than her own Grecian air I
Since her true votaries ever have found
Lofty desert by America crowned 1
Vt here, in her pride, should she dwell but with thee ?
Land of the beautiful, land of the free!
Sculpture for thee shall immortalise Form ;
PiWHVrB’ thtjnonr, and Poetry warm ;
Music devote all her fervors divine
To a heart service at Liberty’s shrine,
Till ah thy gifts doubly precious shall be,
Lind of the beautiful, land of the free !
Util! then, Republic of Washington, hail 1
Never may star of thy Union wax pale !
Hope of the world ! may each omen of ill
in the light of thy destiny stiH ;
'J* line bring but increase and honor to thee.
Land of ihe beautiful, land of tbofree!
THORWALDSEN’S CHRIST.
The fidlowing poem, for which we are indebted to
the Literary World, is an illustration of an ae ual
incident in the life of Thorwaldsea, the great Danish
rcnlptor. It is told ol him, that when found one day
by a friend, in a state of he pointed to
his statue of Christ, and exclaimed, »• that bis genius
was decaying, as it was the first work he had felt
satisfied with, nor should he ever again have a great
idea.”
Silent stood the thoughtful sculptor,
Gazing on the breathing stone,
From the chaos of the marble
Into god like being grown ;
But a gloom wa« on his forehead,
In hie eye a drooping glance,
And at length bis heavy sorrow
From the lip found utterance.
•* Holy Art 1 thy shapes of beanty,
Have I carved, but ne’er before
Reach'd my thoughts a faultless image,
Still unbounded would it soar ;
Still the pure unfotind Ideal
Would ensoul a fairer shrine,
In my victory I peri.-h,
And no loftier aim is mine.”
Noble artist! thine the yearning,
Thine, the great inspiring word,
By the sleepless mind forever
in its silent watches heard ;
For the earthly in its pleasure
Only earthly end»i to gain ;
For the seeker of (be perfect
To be satisfied is pain.
Visions of an untold glory,
Milton saw in his eclipse,
Paradise to outward gazers
Lost with no apocalypse j
Holier Christs and veiled Madonnas,
Painted were on Raphael’s soul ;
Melodies he could not ntter
O’er Beethoven’s soul would roll.
Ever floats the dim Idea !
Far before the longing eyes ;
Ever, as we travtl onward,
Boundless the horizon flies ;
Not the brimming cups of wisdom
Can the thirsty spirit slake,
And the molten gold in pouriug,
Will the mould in pieces break.
Voice within the inmost being
Calling deep to answering deep,
Midst the life of weary labor,
Thou fehalt waken us from sleep 1
AR our joy ia in our future,
And our motion ia our rest;
Still the true reeeata the truer,
Still the good foretell* the bleat.
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A RAMBLE WESTWARD—NO. 3.
CHATTANOOGA.
Here in company with several interesting
travelling companions, who contributed much
to the pleasure of my brief tour, I was fortu
nate enough to find quarters at the excellent
Hotel of my friend Col. Griffin, formerly of
Gainesville, Georgia. Col. G. has leased for
two years and just opened a large, airy, and
commodious brick building, within a few yards
of the depot, and expects to erect in a short
time a still more spacious Hotel, a few hun
dred yards distant from the present site and
‘ close to the anticipated junction of the Nash
ville and Chattanooga, with the great Western
Railroad. With Col. G’s. unaffectedly easy
and dignified deportment, accommodating
spirit,and business habits, sustained by a ripe
experience in his vocation, and recommended
by the luxuries of a boun iful table, he cannot
but command a large amount of willing pat
ronage from among the multitudes who, in
pursuit of pleasure or profit, are destined to
throng this great thoroughfare to the West.
There are, I learn, several other houses of
entertainment in the place, and as circumstan
ces may require others will probably be opened.
We were not favorably impressed however,
with tbe topographical features of Chattanooga.
It occupies the first great stretch of level land
bordering upon the river and running east
ward from its precipitous banks, has a rich,
calcareous soil and is mostly supplied with
limestone water. The surface is notwiths'and
ing, rel.eved from the tameness of an unbrok
en flat, by a large mound or ridge of land,
richly inlaid with blue limestone, variegated
occasionally with brown and ochrey tints, from
be infiltration of the oxide of iron, which
wella np boldly to the North and Northwest.
LOOK-OUT MOUNTAIN.
Having a comfortable night with our
host, our party determined on the next morn
ing after our arrival, (i. e. on Saturday. 17th)
to make an excursion to the summit of the
Look-Out Mountain, about five miles distant
from our point of departure. Our first glance
swept its bold, bine outline rising on the East,
from the surrounding sea of forest green,
and curving loftily through the Southern >ky—
then sinking in the West abruptly, to tho
horizon’s level, like some huge porpoise in
bis disports, just rolling his finny spine above
the watery floods—then plunging again into
the liquid deeps below.
Through tbe kindness of Col. Stevenson,
the intelligent and courteous President of Ihe
Nashville Road, I was after a little unavoidable
delay, comfortably mounted upon a mnscu'ar
and high-blooded animal, suited to the task
before him, and with the remainder ol our
group suitably equipped for the morning’s
ride, soon set out at an easy pace, for the pro
posed ascent. The delightful companionship
of Mr. R of ‘iadison, Col,
of Milledgeville, and Prof. L* •*“**, of
Columbia College, S. C., each accompanied
by a lovely daughter, travelling tinder paren al
escort, together with one or two other ladies
and gentlemen, gave additional interest to our
charming detour. On, then, moved our little
cavalcade.
Our route lay southward, and passing along
by a few fields of Indian corn, parched and
sbtiveled by a six weeksdrougbt led ns most
ly through a shady woodland, until at the end
of three miles we found ourselves beginning
to ascend by a very gentle acclivity, the East
ern side of the mountain. Tbe line of ascent
was at first not more than at an anile of 8
or 10 deg. with the plane of the horizon, but
rapidly increased, so as at some points to
equal at least 39deg. Onward and upward
still we continued to move along our rough
and rocky road, winding around many bold
and rugged cliffs, which intercepted our direct
route and occasi malty gazing with admiration
upon the huge masses of gray sandstone,
which lifted their giant forms along the over
hanging steeps upon our right, like so many
stern sentinels frowning from their dizzy
heights upon the approaching intruders, who
dared to disturb their mountain solitudes.
While upon our left, and breaking off abrupt
ly from the very margin of our narrow track,
stretched an inclined plain of rapid declivity
bounding the Southeastern front of the moun
tain, and lost from view, amid rock and forest,
far below.
Having accomplished about two thirds of
the enure accent, the traveller clearly discovers
by ravishing glimpses, caught through the tree
tops, of a bold horizon opening far to the
South and East, that he is at last 'rising in the
taurld” and ambitious of a loftier position and
a broader sky; like the struggling aspirant
who hopefully essays to climb the steeps « here
“Fame’s proud Temple shines from far,”—be
gathers fresh courage, makes a new outlay of
strength and presses upward to enjoy the anti
cipated glories of the sun-lit summit.
At length at an elevation of 2000 feet from
the base, our party reached a gentle slope,
approaching a level, furnished with some
scanty, but grateful shades; where the “Leo
nora Spring” was announced as in the imme
diate vicinity. Demounting and securing
our panting animals, we turned downward to
(he right of our path, and soon found our
selves standing upon the verge of a stupen
dous precipice, from whose rugged margin,
winding rapidly downward and inward—do
se nds two or three flights of rude wooden
stairs, firmly fastened to the adjacent rocks,
while high above, upon our left, hang beetling
crags of stratified sandstone, glooming in ter
rific grandeurover a virgin fount of sparkling
water, at the temperature of 61 deg. Fahrenheit,
which leaps merrily from the side of its fis
sured prison, as if rejoicing to gambol in the
light of heaven. Scarcely however, his it
escaped from its confinement, before a rough
hewn wooden trough receives and guides the
passive streamlet to its fall; and after a brief,
but bright career of 20 feet, it plunges head
long down—a mimic Niagara—to find its sin
uous pathway to the distant base. About 40
yards perhaps beyond the Leonora Spring,
deeply sunken in the mountain’s side, and
over-hung by its enormous rocky strata, is a
cool and cloistered refreat, which invited to a
few moment's delay. This cavernous opening
some 50 feet long, 30 w'de and 20 high, at its
greatest elevation, seems to have been formed
by the gradual detachment and fall of huge
blocks of the laminated rock ab«ve, some of
which lie in visible confusion on its floor,
while others are evidently now in the progress
of separation from the fissile strata directly
overhead. Returning with careful steps to
the higher level from which we set out, we
soon re-u.ounted, to gain the loftiest pinnacle
of observation upon the Western brow of the
mountain. A ride of one fourth of a mile
perhaps, brought us to the desired spot. And
here a splendid panorama opens wide upon
the strained vision.
Standing far out upon the sublime heights of
this rock bound tower of Nature, the eye
readily sweeps over 280 or 290 deg. of the
great circle of tne horizon. Isolated peaks or
entire ranges of mountains, clad in the cheer
ful livery of summtr green, and presenting
their softly undulating outlines—formed by
the gentle intersection of a thousand curves—
now in bolder, and now in feebler perspective
until they sink away in the dim distance, and
blend their farewell lints with the clear blue
of the far off sky,—magnificently bound this
romantic field of view. Skirting this wide ex
panse, and from many a prominent elevation,
four surrounding slates simultaneuus’y reflect
the sun-light upon the bald summit from
which we gazed. Upon the Southwest, West,
North, and East, and in the order which we
have adopted, Alabama, Kentucky, North
Carolina and Georgia, all contribute to enrich
the glowing scene ; while more than 200 farms,
scattered far around in picturesque irregulari
ty peep out like sun lit islands from an emerald
sea, strongly evincive of the agricultural habits
of the active population below.
But tne wandering eve soon fixes upon the
croUning feature of this lovely landscape—
the brighest point in the beautiful picture
Far northward, among the sloping hills, and
inat emerging from the profound forests which
had long buried its noiseless passage from its
distant home in the Alleghenies—is seen iu
diminutive, but silvery beauty, tho virgin wa
ters of the noble Tennessee. Soon it is lost
for miles, as it approaches, amid the dense
foliage of the adjacent valley. Again, it breaks
upon the view in wider stretch—and again
vanishes, as if sunk iu a subterranean channel.
Onward still, it rolls, however, in tortuous
windings; sometimes concealed, sometimes
disclosed ; even increasing iu interest and
proportions, until bounding into the full light
of an open sky, it pouis its widening tide
Southward, toward our majestic mountain.
Approaching within three or four miles of its
base, as if half unconscious of its power to
pass the threatened barrier, the shining current
recoils from its direct route—sweeps a grand
curve to the eastward, then duplicates the same
line of movement toward the west, forming a
vast, sigmoid flexure, in appearance some
huge serpent, loaded into contortions, or
writhing order a blow, as his glassy scales
flash in (be sun-beams. At last recovering its
original coarse, it boldly euconnters the scowl
ing mountain, whose solid foundations have
given way to the steady shock of centuries,
while its rocky brow yet frowns from the
height of 2200 feet upon the daring flood that
washes its base, and cuts its triumphant pas
sage to the Gulph.
Long we sat and gazed upon the romantic
scenery outspread before us. From these Par
nassian heights, fit remembrances of the classic
land of his idolatry, the geninsof Byron would
have plumed its wing of fire for the loftiest
flights of heroic song. And the flowing soul
of the gifted Scottish bard have immortalized
the gigantic Lookout, its smiling valleys, and
its rolling river, with as sweet and lofty verse
as that which has forever consecrated the
•* Braes of Bal’ocbmyle,” er the gentle waters
of the Afton, the Tweed, or the Dee.
But the sun was now past his meridian Na
ture began to plead for more substantial en
joy meme than those upon which our eager
eyes had been recently feasting ; and in obedi
ence to the claims of flesh and blood, we aban
don, for a time, our poetical wanderings, for
1 the relish of a grateful meal, served up in am
ple abundance, by our Landlord of the Moun
tain, Capt. Rogers, who is favored with a po
sition in life, confessedly far above most of his
fellows. What was the surprise of the writer,
upon retiring to this Inn among the clouds to
find his valued friend an.l associate Professor
in the Medical College of Georgia Dr D**”*,
snugly hermitized in this lofty retreat. For
weeks together, it seems, had he been lounging
in its shades, rambling among its rocks, and
bathing in its bracing atmosphere—occasional
ly regaling himself with the perusal of a fa
vorite author or the fumes of a fragrant Ha
vana. “O! terque, quaterqtte beta"—blest
at least for a brief, happy holiday, with free
dom from the heat of a sultry city, from the
significant odor of noxious drugs, and from
the portentous hum of the musketo's wing,
and equally aloof from the boiling temperature
of the political atmosphere, as from the fatal
malaria of the plashy plain.
After a grateful recognition, and a pleasant
interview of a couple of hours, the declining
sun warned us that it was time to commence
our descent. By the same sloping and wind
ing pathway which conducted us to the summit,
we found our way again safely to the base of
this grand pyramid of Nature. A. M.
Oxford, Ga.
Life in South Africa.
A book, giving an account of five years of
a hunter's life in the far interior of South Af
rica, has lately been published in London It
is the work of a sportsman, who seetns to have
exhausted the pastime of salmon fishing and
rve stalking on the streams and in the woods
of his native Scotland; and, in order to be
more free, to have chosen a region in Africa,
far beyond tho footsteps of civilized man,
where he might collect hunting trophies and
objects ofinterest in science and natural histo
ry He says that he has succeeded to his
heart’s desire. From a notice of the book in
the London Observer, we select the following
spirited passage :
In his wanderings in South Africa, accom
panied by wagons, teams of oxen, a goodly
tiody ot expert n<ites, and horses to enable
him to come up with wild animals, he almost
sleeps with bis rille in his hands. The des
truction that he perpetrates among the larger
and rarer tribes of antelopes, koodos, pallabs,
sassabys, zebras, buffaloes, giraffes,elands, cro
codiles, hippopotami, rhinoceroses, ostriches,
lions, lionesses, leopards, wild boars and ele
phants, is almost incredible. One parcel of
ostriche feathers and elephants tusks, the re
ward of his unerring eye and ever steady hand,
fetched at the Cape £1,000: his other trophies
are now exhibiting in London, forming a
South African museum, to be seen at the Chi
nese Gallery. He shot single handed, no few
er than one hundred elephants! The num
ber of lions, lionesses and leopards that fell
victims to his double grooved and double-bar
relled rifle, is marvellous. Whether hidden
in an artificial pit, within twenty yards of the
watering places of lions, whether in rapid mo
tion on foot or on horseback, his aim is equally
fatal.
As a curiosity we will give, taken at random,
the contents of one chapter : 44 A lion shot from
my watching-bole at midnight—six lions drink
close beside me—a lioness slain—a rhinoceros
bites the dust—my shooting hole surrounded
with game —pallahs, sarabys. zebras, &c.—a
rhoiizerheebok shot— my fiftieth elephant bag
ged—struggle with a boa constrictor—lions too
numerous to be agreeable—five rhinoceroses
shot as they came to drink—a venomous
snake.” The two volumes contain thirty-three
chapters, and their contents areas interesting—
at least for those who affect the dangerous and
exciting sports, and not unfrequently cruel
ones, of the iorest, desert and prairie—as those
of the chapter cited. In slaughtering the ferce
nalura of Southern Africa, the author had
many opportunities of observing their habits,
and on that point has adduced much that was
unknown to natural historians. Hb has also
discovered more than one new species of
quadruped, particularly of the antelope tribe.
We should hardly be justified in concluding
this brief notice of these extraordinary volumes
without making an extract from them, and the
one we will give will be, we think, interesting
to the general reader, and afford a specimen
of the author’s style and peculiar taste :
‘ One of the most striking things connected
with the lion is his voice, which -s extremely
grand and peculiarly striking. It consists at
times of alow, deep moaning, repeated five
or six limes, ending in faint audible sighs ; at
o’her times he startles the forest with loud,
deep, solemn roars, repeated five or six times
in quick succession, each increasing in loud
ness to the third or fourth, when his voice
dies away in fi-e or six low, muffled sounds,
very much resembling distant thunder. At
times, and not untrequently, a troop may be
heard roaring in concert, one assuming the
lead and two, three or four more regularly
taking up their parts, like persons singing a
catch. Like our Scottish stags at the rutting
season, they roar loudest in cold, frosty nights ;
but on no occasion are their voices to be heard
in such perfection, or so intensely powerful,
as when two or three strange troops of lions
approach a fountain to drink at the same time
When this occurs, every member of each
troop sounds a bold roar of defiance at tho op
posite parties ; and when one roars all roar
together, and each seems to vre with his com
rades in the intensity and power of his voice.
The power and grandeur of these nocturnal
forest concerts is inconceivably striking and
pleasing to the hunter’s ear. The effect. 1
may remark, isgreatly enhanced when the hear
er happens to be situated in the depths of the
forest, at the dead hour of midnight, unaccom
panied by any attendant, and ensconced within
twenty yards of the fountain which the sur
rounding troops of lions are approaching.
Such has been my situation many scores us
times; and though I am allowed to have a
tolerably good taste for music, 1 consider the
catches with which I was then regaled as the
sweetest and most natural I ever heard.”
Touching Story—The London Sailorb’
Magazine contains a statement, copied from a
Moravian paper al Labrador, of the wreck nf
an English vessel —the Graham—in Hudson’s
Bay, and the hardshipsand privations of a por
ti on of the crew during a lonely voyage in
their boats, of nearly eight hundred miles, to
one of the outermost islands in (he Bay ofOk
ak. Here they were approached by two Es
quimaux “savages,” in their kayaks. At first
the sight of them inspired alarm, but upon an
examination of their countenances, the Cap
tain was induced to believe they were not ill
disposed. On nearing the shore, they found
fo-ur Esquimaux families had their d.ve'hng
there. The Esquimaux, on seeing the destitute
condition of the shipwrecked voyagers, gave
them a large cod-fish, and invited them on
shore. Bnt not altogether relieved of &ppre
hensio, they did not venture at once to ac
cept the invitation.
At length the few that were ab!o to walk
went on shore, wnere they beard the woman
chaunting, as they afterwards learned, a hymn
of praise to God for their deliverance ; saw
them afterwards engaged in washing their
clothes ; and presently preparing a meal of
fish and seal’s flesh for their re f reshment ; the
hardy mariners were overcome, says the wri
ter, and burst into tears. The secret of this
conduct was in the fact that a Christian mis
sion had been established, L»ng before, on that
dreary coast, and thus “icy Labrador” respond
ed to the benign influence of Christianity
East Tennessee University.
The collegiate tkaii ofthu in
sritution will commence on the 10th day of
OCTOBER next.
Since the close of last se.sion, the Faculty of the
Institution has been re-organized, and at present
consists ot the following members:
Hon. Wm. B. Reese, LL. D., President and Pro
fessor of Mental and Moral Philosophy and Political
Economy.
Rev. J. H. Myeb~, A. M., Professor of Ancient
Languages.
Albert M. Lea, A. M., Professor of Natural
Philosophy and Civil Er.gineering.
Henry Erni, Professor of Chemistry and Natu
ral Science, and of Modern Languages.
■ 11 - — f Assistant Professor of Natural Science.
R. L. Kirkpatrick, A. M., Professor of Pure
Mathematics, and Assistant Professor of English
Literature.
The Trustees deem it unnecessary to say much in
reference to the ability or the Faculty as at present
composed. Judge Reese has occupied some of the
moil distinguish'd stations within the gift of the
Stateof Tennessee, and in the discharge of his offi
cial duties has acquired a reputation for profound
scholarship which requires no commendation at their
hands.
Professor Erni is a graduate of the University of
Zurich, Switzerland, and comes with commendatory
testimonials of the highest character, a« eminently
qualified tor the duties pertaining to the cbair which
has been assigned him
Rev. J. H. Myers is an accomplished scholar and
gentleman, and will ably fill (he Department of An
cient Languages. His Collegiate Education was
received at one ot tbe oldest and best Institutions of
the country; and his knowledge of Ancient Classi
cal Literature has been confirmed and enlarged by
subsequent study'.
The chair of Assistant Professor of Natural Sci
ence, w hich is yet vacant, will suon be filled, it is
hoped, by a gentleman of ability, with whom a cor
respondei.ee is in progress.
The remaining officers, Professors Lea and Kirk
patrick, have long occupied positions in tbe Facul
ty, and (heir qualifications and merits have been
sufficiently tested.
The >1 ject of the Trustees is to place the Institu
tion upon an equal footing wi h those of the highest
grade in the South and West, and to afford every fa
cility iu the various departments for iLe acquirement
of a thorough literary education.
Tbe Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus is
extensive, and in addition to the daily recitations in
the text books, lectures are delivereii with full illus
trations, and instruction is given in the application of
Chemistry, Botany, and Geology, to the Arts acd
Agriculture.
The strictest supervision is constantly maintained
in reference to the moral deportment of the students,
and none are suffered to remain in the Institution
w ho do not conform to ire laws.
The location of tbe Institution, situated in a sec
tion of country proverbial for its healthfulness, may
a'so be mentioned as a consideration which justly
claims the attention of parents and guardians.
The price of Tuition, (contingencies included) per
session, is S2O for the Collegiate Department, and
sl2 50 for the Preparatory. Good Boarding may
be bad at from $1 to>2 per week.
For further information, application may be made
to tbe President, or to JUS. L. KING, Sec
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VUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY RIORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, LSSO.
GENERAL INTELLI-
_GENCE r
Jenny Lind’s Second Concert.—The se
cond Concert of Jenny Lind, at New York on
Friday night, was completely triumphant.
Ihe house was crowded, the number present
being upwards of seven thousand. The Tri
bune thus notices the performance :
The audience did not gather so early by an
hour as on Wednesday night, the admirable
arrangements nutside and inside obviating the
necessity of taking the seats two hours in ad
vance. The crowd about the outer gate was
very small, and no disturbance of any kind
occurred. Carriages did not enter tho Battery
grounds, as on the former occasion, and much
trouble was avoided in consequence. Inside,
there was quite a rush to lake possession of the
forfeited seats, when 8 o'clock arrived. The
movement was 100 soon, however ; and a
number who arrived two or three minutes be
fore the hour, claimed their places. One of
the ushers then announced that holders of tick
ets would retain their r.glit to the seats till the
close of the first overture, and those who had
taken them would be obliged to give way. But
was 100 late for that night. The plan is a
good one, nevertheless, and should be adopted
for succeeding concerts.
The C oneert was a repetition of the first,
with the only difference that the orchestra vol
unteered the ‘Wedding March,” from Men
delseohn’s “Midsummer's Night’s Dream,”
whose short, crackling blaze of harmony re
ceived full justice from the sure and well tem
pered brass instruments. Weber’s overture
to “Oberon” was finely rendered, and the
composition is as fine a specimen of musical
fairy land as could be found before young
Mendelssohn dreamed Shakspeare’a dream
over in his own way. The piano-forte duett,
by Messrs. Benedict and Hoffmann, consisting
of “variations by Thalberg,” which we forgot
to mention last time, was a skillful thing in its
, way, tiutqnite uusuited to that place and ««/li
etice.
In Jenny Lind, we still feel that it is not easy
tn separate tbe singer from the person. Bhe
sings herself. She does not, like many skilful
vocalists, merely recite her musical studies,
and dazzle you with splendid feats unnatural
ly acquired ; her singing, through all her ver
satile range of parts and styles, is her own pro
per and spontaneous activity—integral, and
whole. Her magnificent voice, always true
and firm, and as far beyond any instrument as
humanity is beyond nature, seems like the au
dible beauty of her nature and her character
That she is an artist in the highest sense is a
question long since settled, and any little inci
dental variation from the bold and perfect out
line of success in any special effort, as the fal
tering ofher voice from natural embarrassment
in the commencing of Ca-ta Diva that first
night, could not to a true listener at all impede
the tecognition of the wonderful art which
could afford a little to humanity on so trying
an occasion. For she was as it were begin
ning her career anew ; literally to her was this
a new world; and she felt for a moment as if
in her first blushing maidenhood of song.
This second time the hesitation of the voice
in that commencement was not felt. The note
began soft ami timid but scarce audible, as the
prayer of Norina might have dine; but how
it gradually swelled with the influx of divine
strength into tho soul ! The strand difficulty
in tbe opening andante movement of Casta
Diva lies in its broad, sustained phrasing, in
the long, generous undulation of its rythm,
which with most singers drags or gets broken
out of syunnet y. Jenny Lind conceived
and did it truly, The impassioned energy of
the loud pleadtngsyncopated cries in which the
passage attains its elimax ; the celestial purity
and penetrating sweetness of that highest note
afterward;the exquisite cadenza tottieandan'e;
and the inspiring eloquence of the Alle
gro : Ah hello ame rit.irna, were far beyond
anything we have had the fortune hitherto to
hear.
The Rossini duett with Belletti the fluto
echoes, the Greeting to America, and the Swe
dish Mountain Pastoral, especially the last, were
all received with the same irrepressible enthusi
asm. They were all genuine parts in which
an inexhaustible true fountain of song in a
large human heart gushed up and spark ed
No more tickets for Jenny Lind's concerts
are to be sold at auction The seats hereafter
are to be valued according to location. Those
therefore, who desire to hear the "Nightingale,”
can get tickets from one dollar, upwards, here
after. This arrangement is ordered in conse
quence of the earnest wish expressed by Md'lle
Lind, to give all an opportunity of attending.
The next Concert comes off next Tuesday.
Only four more are to be given at Castle Gar
den, and then the “Queen of Song’" leaves
for Boston. The next four concerts are as
follows: Tuesday, September 17th, Thursday
19th, Saturday 21st, Tuesday 24 h. The dol
lar tickets entitle the holder to admission, but
without certainty as io seat For $2, good
seats can be secured; $5, $lO, and so up, to
secure the choicest places. The new arrange
ment will be received with great pleasure by
the public. Thousands will go to hear Jenny,
for $2, who before felt unable in consequence
us die prive.
Our Red Brothers—A delegation of nine
Indian chiefs lias arrived in Washihgton City,
and are slaying at King's Hotel. They rep
resent the Menomonee tribe, from Northwes
tern Wisconsin, aud are dressed in showy In
dian costume, with their long black hair hang
ing loosely over their shoulders. They are
accompanied by Wm. H Broca, Indian sub
agent ; Mr. Powell interpreter ; F. J Braduel
pastor and superintendent of the nation, and
two or three attaches, making quite a train, al
most as imposing as that of the Emperor of
Hayti. Tbe Menomonee tribe number some
tv o thousand two hundred, five hundre I of
«horn are being educated aud christianized,
and have acquired seme knowledge of agricul
ture. They have iwo schools permanently es
tablished, with fourteen or fifteen boys and
as many girls that can read and write the En
glish language correctly. They have quite a
number of goou mechanics among them, and
the whole tribe are engaged to some extent in
cultivating Ihe soil. The delegation have
some business to transact with the Govern
ment. andwish to visit the “Great Councils of
the Nation," and have a long talk with their
pale chief of the big cabin. Oshkosh, the
principal chief of the tribe, is among them.
Noiseless Carriage Wheels and hnrse-Shoes
In the Mining Journal ot July 22. 1848, we
noticed the introduction of some improvements
in the construction of wheels for carriages, by
Mr. Andrew Smith, the patentee of the wire
rope machinery, which were likely to prove
of much value to the public as not only adding
greatly t' comfort in travelling over paved
streets, from their being perfectly noiseless
but from their combining a much greater de
gree of safety. The principle consists in form
ing the hoop or tyre of two separate layers of
galvanized iron, which are riveted together,
and re-galvanised in the mass ; this division
of parts cutting ofl‘ all vibration when travel
ling over the roughest stones. Mr. Andrew
Smith has also applied the principle to
springs, in which each plate is galvanised se
parately, and never rust. The axle is so made
to fit the axle b</x with perfect exactness, by a
lining of fusible metal, is itself lubricating,
and not liable to heat; the whole in conjunc
tion secures a degree of quiet, ease and safety
hitherto unattained. We have been led again
to notice these ingenious improvements, from
the fact that the patentee having produced a
noiseless carriage, found that the horses’ feet
made more noise than ever, and seeking for a
remedy, has applied the principle to the hor
ses shoe. This is effected in the most simple
manner, by making the shoes iu two thicknes
ses of galvanised metal, then riveting them
together, and re galvanising. A horse equip
ped in these pumps trots over the granite
streets of London as softly as if he was on a
bowling green— Lond. Mm Journ.
Singular I’hesomesos —At th* annual
meeting of the American Convention for the
advancement of science, Professor Loomis, of
New York, came forward to make some re
marks upon electrical phenomena observed in
certain houses. He said, within the past few
years, several houses in the city of New York
bad exhibited electrical phenomena in a very
remarkable degree. For months in succes
sion, they have emitted sparks ol considerable
intensity, accompanied by a oud snap. A
stranger upon entering one of the electrical
houses, in attempting to shake hands with the
inmates, receives a shock, wich is quite no
tifiable and somewhat unpleasant Ladies in
attempting to kiss each other, are saluted by
a spark. (Loud laughter.) A spark is per
ceived whenever the hand is brought near to
the knob of a door; the gilded frame of a mir
ror, the gas pipes or any metallic body, es
pecially when this body communicates freely
with the earth.
In one house which I have had the oppor
tunity to examine, a child, in taking hold of
the knob of a door, received so severe a shock
that it ran off in great fright. The lady ofihe
house in approaching the speaking tube to
give orders to the servants, received a very un
pleasant shock in the mouth, and was very
much annoyed by the electricity until she
learned first to touch the tube with her fin
ger. In passing from one parlor to the other,
if she chances to step upon the brass plate
which served as a slide for the folding doors,
she received an unpleasant shock in the foot.
W hen sbe touches her finger to the chandelier
[ihe room was lighted with gas by a chande
lier suspended from lhe ceiling.] there appear
ed a brilliant spark and a snap. In many
bouses the phenomena have been so remarka
ble as to occasion general surprise and almost
alarm.
After a careful examination of severs,! case
of Uiis kind I have come to the conclusion that
the electricity is created by the friction of the
shoes of the inmates upon the carpets of the
house 1 have found, by direct experiment,
that electricity is excited by the friction of
leather upon woollen cloth. For this purpose.
I stood noon cn insulated stool, and sp-eading
a small piece of carpeting upon a table before
me, rubbed a piece of leather vigorously upon
i- and then bringing the leather near the cap
of a gold eleetromer, the learee were repelled
wiui great violence. The electricity of the
leather waa of the resinous kind. Eleetrici-
Ity. therefore, must necessarily be excited
whenever a person walks with a sbuSmg mo
tion across a earpet; but it may be tbooght re-
markable t iat the electr city shot! Id be intense
enough to give a bright •‘PM" *n order to
produce this effect, there mn»t be a combina
tion of several favorable ci.cnmstances. The
carpet, or at least its upper surface, must
be entirely of wool and of a close texture,
in order to' furnish an abnndstice of electricity.
So far as 1 have had opportunity to judge,
1 infer that heavy velvet carpets answer this
purpose best. Two thicknesses of ingrain
carpering answer very well. A drugget spread
upon an ingrain carpet yields a good supply
of the fluid. The effect of tn- increased thick
ness is obviouslv to improve the insulation
of the carpet. The carpet must be quite dry,
and also the floor of the roota. so that the fluid
may not be conveyed away as soon as excited.
This wid not generally be tho case except in
winter, and in rooms which are habitually kept
quite warm. The most remarkable cases
which I have heard of in New York, have
been of close, well built houses, kept very
warm by furnaces; and the electricity was
most abundant in very cold v'sather.
<
A Valuable Discoverv —-The New York
Evening Post says: ”11* the library of the
City Hall, tnere is a large qnarto volume con
taining the Declaration of Independence, exe
cuted in the neatest style of penmanship, ap
pended to which is an interesting manuscript
(of which the following is a hue copy) in tbe
handwriting of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton.
The book was presented at the suggestion of
Rev. Stephen N. Rowan, the orator for this
city on the occasion of the death of John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who recom
mended in the course of his oration that “a
copy of the Declaration of Independence,
e:egantly engrossed on parchment, be trans
mitted ere it be too late, to the venerable Car
roll, its sole surviving signui*. to be certified by
him and used by our Coipcnon Council, on
every successive celebration of the Fourth of
July.” The suggestion meeting the approval
of the Mayor and Common Council, Dr.
Ro .an, in company Rev. Mr. Gibson,
of Baltimore, visited th^venerable patriot,
who received the proposition• with great warmth
<< feeling. Wbnji { . afterwards
hacked to wis ihat
time Prasident, for he pointed
out a singular coincidence in the dates of the
original signature of Mr. Carroll to the Decla
ration and his signature to his certificate of
approbation. He signed the original on the
2d day of August, 1776, and his certificate of
approbation on the 2d day of August, 1826,
exactly fifty years after to a day:
44 Grateful to Almighty God for the blessing
which, through Jesus Christ our Lord, he has
conferred on my beloved country in her eman
cipation, and upon myself, in permitting me
under circumstances of mercy to live to the
age of eighty-nine years, and to survive the
fiftieth year of American Independence, and
cortifyingby my present signature my appro
bation of the Declaration of Independence,
adopted by Congress ou the fourth of July, in
the tear of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and seventy six. which I originally
subscribed on the second day of August of the
same year, and of which I am now the last
surviving signer, Ido hereby recommend to
the present and future generations the princi
ples of that important document as the best
earthly inheritance their ancestors could be
queath to them; and pray that the civil and
religious liberties they have secured to my
countrymen may be perpetuated to remotest
posterity, and extended to (he whole family of
man. Charles Carroll, of Carrollton.
4 ‘2d of August, 1826.
44 Stephen N. Rowan, Pastor of the Eight
Presbyterian Church, New York.
“John Gibson, Pastor of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church. Baltimore.”
From the Baltimore American.
Mr. Senator Davis, of Mississippi, in reply
to Gen. Houston, who had charged Gen. Tay
lor with unfriendly feelings towards the State
and people of Texas, delivered a speech in the
Senate some weeks ago which is, we think,
ohy ol the best specimens of oratory to be
found in aU the speeches of the present session.
Mr. Pearce hid replied to the charges of the
Senator from Texas and had exposed their
unfounded nature—and he had done it with
characteristic ability from the evidence of docu
menta and official tacts.
The subsequent vindication from Col. Davis
derives peculiar force and interest from the
circumstance that be was himself an oflicer in
Gen. Taylor’s army, and could speak to the
points involved withall (he accurate knowl
edge of an eye witness, and with all the fervor
of one, who, reverencing his great comman
der with a feeling not devoid of enthusiasm,
felt indignant at the unjust imputations cast
upon him. Moreover, that commander was
dead ; (he hero, whose laurels while living
might disturb the slumbers of an aspiring
Themistocles, rested from his labors, leaving
his memory with all its glories to the keeping
of his countrymen who will take care that it
shall suffer no aspersion.
We subjoin the conclusion of this speech,
regrehng that we have not at hand the means
of more copious extracts. The narrative
given by Col Davis of the movement upon
Monterey and of the severe and repeated con
Aids which preceded the surrender of that
strongly fortified city, is worthy to pass into
History : .
•* Imperfec ly 1 a Ulicy which
1 feel ii incumbent uni me to perform. If I
had died las? night, it w£uld have caused me to
die with a feeling of regret that I had left it
undone. 1 have done it as a simple duty, not
from any unkindness to the Senator, far less
from any disposition to detract from or depre
ciate in any degree the soldiers of Texas. But
it was that I might do justice to many of my
comrades, whose dust now mingles with the
earth upon which (hey fought—that I might
not seem to have unredressed the wrongs of
the buried dead I have endeavored to sup
press all personal feeling. It is true that sor
row sharpens memory, and that many - eeds
of noblest self-sacrifice, many tender associa
tions. rise vividly before me.
“ The rude assault on my old commander,
w use deeds as a soldier were a thing apart
from his political life, has pointed the defence
especially to that assault. I remember the
purity of bis character, his vast and varied re
sources, which made him always the best in
formed man in the camp of all which was
passing about him. 1 remember the immense
responsibility under which he acted al the
battle ot Buena Vista, where he was recom
mended by hia senior general to retire to
Monterey. He then found himself with a
handful W men oppu.ed to twenty-one thou
sand veterans marshalled against him. The
struggle between the duties of the eoldier,
what might be the feelings of the soldier, and
(he sympathies of the man were terrible
Around him stood those whose lives were in
his charge, whose mothers, fathers and children
would look to him for their return—those thcie
who had shared his fortunes on other fields—
some who were eager for the combat, without
knowing how direful it would be—immediate
ly about him those loving and beloved, with
such confidence in their commander that they
but waited his beck and will to do and dare.
On him. and on him alone, rested the respon
sibility of meeting th) crisis. It was in his
power to avoid it by retiring to Monterey,
there to be invested and captured, and then
restraining himself under bis instructions.
He would not do it, but cast all upon the die to
maintain his country’s honor, and eave his
country’s flag from trailing in the dust of the
enemy he had so often beaten or close the
conqueror’s career as became the soldier His
purpose never wavered—his determination
never faltered ; his country’s honor, his conn
try’s flag to triumph, or to find an honorable
grave, was the only alternative presented
Under these circumstances, on the morning of
the 23d, that glorious but bloody conflict com
menced. It won for him a chaplet that it would
be a disgrace for an American to mutilate, and
which it were an idle attempt to adorn. I
leave it to a grateful country, conscious of his
services, and with a discrimination not to be
confounded by the assertions of any, however
high in position.”
The Boston Journal says : The doterioratiou
in our gold coins baa caused considerable con
versation of late in our banking institutions
It is ascertained that tho coinage of only a few
years date is quite deficient in weight; so
much so. that parcels of SSOOO or less, fall
short several dollars. According to the stan
dard, jy’f foe are a legal tender,
at a certain speefied weight, and if they do not
weigh the requisite amount, can they be re
ceived at the court?.. The difference in”*eight
of a single piece ia very trifling, but in the ag
gregate there is quite a deficiency. This pro
cess of deterioration is going on from day to
day, and the coins which at this time are full
weight, will in a few months, perhaps, accord
ing to wear, be designated as light coin. We
understand the banks in this city have decided
to receive gold only at weight, which decision
we think is according to law.
At (be recent Agricultural Fair in Mont
gomery County, a prize was awarded to Na
than White for the best Ham. Thia gentle
man’s mode of curing is as follows:
The pork should be perfectly cold before
being cut up. The bams should be salted with
fine salt, with a portion of red pepper, and
about a gill of molasses to each ham. Let
them remain in salt five weeks; then hang
them np, and smoke with hickory wood for
five or six weeks. About the first of April
take them down, and wet them with cold water,
and let them be well rubbed with unleached
ashes. Let them remain in bulk for several
days, and then hang them in the loft again for
use.
M’lle Borghxsk is a Cosvest.—We find
in the September number of the Revue du
Nouveau .Monde the announcement that
M'lle Borghese, the popular opera singer and
lovely young woman, has entered a convent in
Canada to become a nun The reasons for
this step are unknown, and it excites the more
surprise, since she has been giving concerts
in Canada this summer with success.
Artesiam WeUJ ur the South —At Mill
wood, in Greene county, Ala., there is a mill
owned by Dr. Withers, called the Artesian
Mill. The water which moves it is derived
entirely from six artesian wells, which range
in depth from 300 to 600 feet. Tbey furnish
1000 gallons of water per minute. As the
water is nowhere visible under the mill, says
tne Beacon, it has when in motion the appear
ance of a selfactirg piece of machinery.—
.Waous BMUon, 7t* fast.
Trie California Uambitg--The Obverse
Picture.
j We would call attention to the following
letter, received by a commercial house of this
city, from a gentleman whose observation and
opinions are entitled to the most unlimited
confidence.
We have always been convinced that there
was a vast deal of humbug and absolute decep
tion connected with the accounts from Califor
nia, and every day convinces us more aud
more of tho fact. We have no doubt that this
letter gives a correct and faithful view of the
case, and the time is not distant when the great
flow of emigration will be from, and not to
California:— N O. Bulletin.
California near S ockton, July 20, 1850.
I have deferred writing you for sometime, as
I disliked to give you tny views of the quartz
rock in this country, when it was likely to
conflict so essentially with Mr. Wright and
others, who have by their reports excited the
American people so much. 1 have now been
over two months devoting myself to the inves
tigation of the subject, and am prepared to say
that there is little or no foundation in the re
ports made ou this subject. There are many
interests here which are supported by the most
unscrupulous agencies—the various steamboat
inte es s on the rivers, those engaged in build
ing np towns, but above all the Atlantic and
Pacific lines—all of these have active agents,
and the rich spacimens of quartz rock exhibited
in the States have been holders, which have
been thrown up by volcanic action and found
in the gutchys, etc. I have found no gold in
any quar z rock in the country. 1 have tra
veled with a test mortice and found none, that
had any gold in it, except a vein at Maraposa.
This vein is about 12 feet wide, and has a
•treak in it about 4 inches wide that will aver
age about one dollar per pound. To get one
hundred pounds of this, you must remove by
blasting tons of the mass of rubbish that is
worthless; it could not be worked by the best
machinery in the United Slates at the present
price of labor here. Col. Jackson, of Virgi
nia, and some New Yorkers, have taken pos
session of the richest part of thia vein, with a
view to sell to some of the large companies,
the are on thbir way witib maebinerv. i
u>» sre on tnotr way macbtnerv. j
This delusion was kept up until I got into
the mines. The steamboat men on the river to
Stockton spoke in the highest terms of the
rich veins, and had their specimens, but as
soon as I got into the mining region, I was
laughed at by every miner for supposing there
was any gold in the quartz. It is a great pity
that the immigration to this country could not
be stopped These false representations will
cause the American people more stiffering, pri
vation and money, than ike revolutionary war
did. Ninety nine in a hundred in this country
are dissatisfied and regret exceedingly having
left their comfortable homes for so much pri
vation and pain to so little purpose. There
are thousands and tens of thousands who have
been here tw-lve months and have not the
means to get back. The whole country has
been pretty much worked over. A place will
be discovered where a half ounce or an ounce
can be made, tn 24 hours there will be hun
dreds on the spot, and the discoverer fares no
better than the rest, each man being entitled to
only sixteen fee: of ground. The place, of
course, is soon worked out, and picks and
spades are shouldered, and the parties range,
perhaps, for weeks before they get another
place where they can make wages. There is
some rich deposits in the country which are
about twenty-five feet deep, but the gold lays in
pockets, and where one will be successful in
sinking a pit, twenty will fail. It is not safe to
calculate on more than $5 per day; expenses
are very high. It requires the most hardy con
stitution, and men accustomed to labor to stand
the hardships we have to endure. I intend to
return in the spring or winter.
A Model Stove.—ln section No. 9, Quin
cy Hall, the latest improvement in the Stove
line which has come under our notice is that
for which letters patent have just issued to
Messrs. Je vett & Root, of the Eagle Furnace,
Buffalo. N. Y.. for their "Folding Door Parlor
Stove," designed either for wood or coal. It
combines both beauty and utility in an emi
nent degree. It is arranged with Blowers,
which are folded in a pocket and covered with
a case door, when not in use. They are closed
on either side of tho grate, anti swinging upon
hinges, when opened full into a recess, over
which is an outer door corresponding with
and forming a part of the front of the stove,
which entirely covers them Irom view. This
convenient and original arrangement, for which
the patent was granted, avoids all trouble of
handing loose blowers. No soot or ashes find
their way to the floor or carpet, and tbe stove
presents the same appearance whether the
blowers are in use or snugly hidden away in
the pocket. It can be used as an open or close
stove, as occasion may require, and canaccotn
modate itself to a strong or light draught chim
ney, and by its having a double set of blowers,
a full or half draught can be given, as may be
desired. It thus combines all the advantages
of the heat and convenience of the stove,
wi !i the pleasantness of the fire-place—a desid
eratum which has long been sought after by
stove men. We understand rights will be sold
for those sections of the United States which
will not iu'erfere with the interest of the pro
prietors—Boston Transcript.
Tsz LsnoEsr Grap» Vink in ehk L'sitkd
States.—Under this heading the Natchez.
Miss., Free Trader of a recent da e, has the
following paragraph :
“ Mr. William Casey, corner of Union and
State streets, in the city of Natchez, can boast
of a grape vine which is, undoubtedly, the
monarch vine ol the United States. It rises
from the ground in a single trunk of some
three inches in diameter, nearly straight and
well proportioned, to the height of about nine
feet, when it spreads into branches, and covers
and embowers the trelliswork of quite a large
garden, besides climbing a tall tree. The
weight of the immense clusters of grapes
hanging upon it, now about half grown, is
estimated at a ton. To stretch out any of tho
branches in a direct line, they would measure
from three to fourhundred feet. The descrip
tion of the grape is not natural to the country,
but was brought to Natchez in the old Spanish
times. It is called the ‘Jack Grape,” from
‘Spanish Jack,’ the nickname cf the Spaniard
who planted it. Some years ago, Madame
Bingaman, now dead, offered Mr. Casey five
hundred dollars if he would remove the vine
safely to her garden, in the environs of the
city; but no sum of money whatever would
induce the owner to part with it. 11 produces
a wine which has the taste of Hock.”
The Submarine Telegraph between Dover
and Calais was laid during the last week of
August, and England is now connected with
the continent telegraphically. The operator)
of laying the wires was performed by the aid
of a steamer. Between the paddle-wheels, in
the centre oi the vessel, was a gigantic drum
or wheel, nearly fifteen feet long, and seven
feet in diameter, weighing seven tons, and
fixed on a strong framework. Upon it, was
coiled up, in careful, close convolutions, about
thirty miles of telegraphic wire, one tenth of
an inch in diameter, encased in a covering of
gotta percha the thickness of a little finger.
The point proposed to be reached Cape
Grinez—the nearest landmark to the English
Coast, and between Calais and Boulogne, is a
distance of 21 miles, so that a surplus supply
of 9 miles of wire was held in reserve for
the purpose of slackening The route was
marked by a series of pilot buoys The ves
sel steamed out at the rate of three or four
miles an hour into the open sea, in a direct
track for Cape Grinez. The operation of
paying out the thirty miles of wire commenced
on a signal to the sailors to “ go ahead with
the wheel, and pay out the wire.” which was
continuously streamed out over a roller at the
stern of the vessel, the men, at every 16th of
a mile, being busily engaged in riveting on to
the wire square leaden clamps or weights of
from 15 to 25 lbs., which had the effect of
sinking the wire in the bottom of the sea,
which, on the English coast, commences at a
depth of 30 feet, and goes on varying from
that to U‘o and 180 feet. The whole of the
casting out and sinking was accomplished
with great precision and success, owing to the
favorable slate of the day. This is the most
extensive experiment yet made in carrying the
telegraph under water.
Horrible Suffering—Vie are indebted to
Capt. William H. Hopper, of the Central
Road, far the following particulars: Capt.
Hopkins, of the steamer J. D. Morton, while
on her passage from Chicago to New Buffalo,
on Friday last, discovered what he supposed
to be a raft with some one upon it, some five
miles in the Lake. He immediately turned
his boat and went for the object He found
the raft made of spars, with Captain David
son, of the schooner Thornton, upon it. It
appears he was wrecked on the 31st alb, hav
ing been seven days and nights without food.
Two of ihe crew, whose names we did not
learn, with the Capt. made the raft of the main
mast, main boom and main gaft. The two
men dropped off on the third night, after hav
ing become exhausted lor want of food. Capt.
Hopkins describes the scene as most pitiful.
Captain Davidson had commenced eating his
hands the last nights I Several steamers and
vessels have been in sight, and one vessel hail
ed him, but made no attempt to get him off.
Os course the Captain is exceedingly weak,
but in a fairway for recovery.— Detroit Tri
bune.
Hanging amd Educated Men.—The ques
tion having been several limes asked, in con
nection tith the infi'ctioG of capital punish
ment on Professor Webster, whether any oth
er gr duale of Harvard College has ever been
executed, the Boston Transcript believes that
but one other instance has occurred, and that
was the ease of the Rev. George Burroughs,
of the class of 1670, who suffered the penalty
of death during :be witchcraft delusion in Sa
lem. He was hung in Salem, on the 19th of
August, (old style) 1692. By adding eleven
date, in accordance with the new style, the
date of August 30th, 1672 precise ly one hun
dred and fifty eightyears, to a day, previousto
the execution of Dr. Webster.
By the aid of diving bells, the western folks
are searching the wreck of the steamboat
Neptune, which was sunk, about twenty years
ago, at the mouth of Mayfield's Creek in the
Mississippi It has been found that butter ta
ken from the wreck, after being submerged
one-fifth of a century,has not changed its taste,
and is as good as though it had just been made
> I Progress OF Religion in San Francisco.—
The Courier states that among the many evidon-
> cesofthe progress of religion in San Francisco,
J the number of cburchesspringing up on all sides
I is by no means the least gratifying. The fol
lowing information in respect to this subject
1 will be read with interest. It will be seen that
the Rev. Mr. Taylor, who went out from Bal-
I timore soms time since, still continues to have
1 under his charge the Methodist Episcopal
' Church:
i The present Catholic church is situated on
the half of a fifty vara lot in Vallejo street, and
is quite a spacious building. It was opened
! for divine service on St. Patrick’s day—the
17th of March ofthis year. It is seventy-five
by forty feet in the clear, and has 64 pews,
each capable ol accommodating 3 persons
comfortably. The building can accommodate
about 350 or 400 persons. There are three
services every Suuday in the forenoon—one
for the Spanish population at 8 o’clock, one
for the French at 9 o'clock, and one for the
Americans at half past ten. There is also an
afternoon service at 5 o’clock. The very Rey.
Antoino Lenglois, vicar-general,has the charge
of the congregation. He is assisted by the
Rev. Francis Coyle and Father Anderson, O.
S D, who has come out with the view of
establishing a branch ofhis order in this city.
The lot on which the church is built, with the
small house now used as the residence of the
priests cost $5 000 ; the frame of the building
.$4,850 ; and the pews $4,000. The lot and
frame have been paid for, but tbe church still
owes for the pews. The building, which is
called “the church ofSt. Francis,” was put up
by orivate subscription.
The first Presbyterian Church, under the
charge of the Rev. A. H. Williams, was organ
ized on May the 10th, 1849. This gentleman
officiates temporarily in the Superior Court
Room, City Hall, and has a large congregation
that room being well filled every Sunday. He
has a beautiful frame church now in port, that
was sent eut from New York. It cost there
S3OOO, one half being an appropriation of the
Board of Missionsjand the otter half being the
pffrieKd’in New York city. It,
i« 35 by 75 feet, and capable of accommoda
ting from five to six hundred persons.
The fit st Baptist Church under the super
intendence ol Rev. Mr. Wheeler, is situated on
Washington street, near Stockton, and was
organized June 24th, 1849. Il is 30 by 50
feet, and accommodates about 300 persons.
The lot on which it is built cost, we understand
SIO,OOO, and the building itself $6,000. We
have also been informed, that Rev. Mr, Whee
ler is expecting a frame building from the
States.
The Episcopalian denomination have two
churches, one called Trinity Church, in charge
of Rev. Mr. Mines, situated on the southwest
corner of Jackson and Powell streets; and the
other, called Grace Church, in charge of Rev.
Mr. Vermeher, situated at the northeast corner
of Powell and Stockton streets .
On the lot adjoining Rev. Mr. Mines’church
is the Methodist Episcopal Church under the
charge of Rev. Mr. Taylor. This buil
ding was sent from Oregon, and is 25 by 40
feet.
The first Congregational Church is situated
on Jackson street, corner of Virginia street,
and is under the charge of Rev. Mr. Hunt.
The lot cost $2,800, and the building $5,-
000.
The Rev. Mr. Boring, in connection with
the Methodist Episcopal Church South, has
been preaching lately in the District Court
room, City Hail, un’il he can procure a more
suitable place.
In connection with each of these churches,
there is a Sunday School, generally well atten
ded. The churches are also well filled at the
different services.
Horrid Murder.—A murder was commit
ted in Matthews county, Virginia, on Thurs
day last, which has seldom been equalled in
enormity. Capt. Sidney Lane, well known
in Norfolk a* a sea Captain, was engaged with
his brother, William Lane, in building a vessel
in the above county, where they both resided.
A negro woman living near where the work
was going on, picked up some chips from
around the vessel, for which offence Sid
ney Lane beat her unmercifully. His bro
ther hearing how badly the woman was
whipped, went to his house on Thurs
day morning, to remonstrate with him
for such cruel treatment to the negro for
so trifling an offence. He told Wn>. Lane to
leave him, that it was none of his business,
aud if he said more to him about it he would
shoot him. His brother disregarded the threat,
as no angry words had passed between them,
whereupon he look up a double barrel gun
and fired at him, one barrel taking effect in the
face, the other in the body, when he fell to the
floor. Finding he had not entirely killed him,
he deliberately reloaded his gun and placing
tbe muzzle directly against his breast, shot
the load through his body. The murderer
then escaped, and had not been arrested on
Friday last. The Norfolk papers state that
he was formerly captain of the brig Sydney,
owned in that city, which was lost in an
unaccountable manner while tinder his com
mand.
Census or Maoon.—We learn from the
gentlemen engaged in taking the Ce isus of
Bibb county, that the population of Ma&n and
suburbs has been ascertained to be 7,416. The
population residing within the limits of the
corporation, is 5.952—0 f which, 315 reside in
East Macon, and 5,637 west of the river. The
population of Vineville is 820. The residue
included in the estimate, reside w ithin the im
mediate vicinity of the corporate limits.—Ma
con Telegraph.
Southwest and Arkansas Mining Compa
nt —The Little Rock Gazette eays that the
mines of thia company near that city, conti
nue to prove extremely rich in the argentifer
ous lead ore. Since May last, upwards of
150,000 pounds of mineral has been raised,
most of which have been prepared and sent for
ward to market. The mining operations will
for the present, be confined more immediately
to sinking the main shaft at the diggings,
(which is now ninety feet,)through the black
slate which is found at this depth. It is the
determination of the company to increase the
force now engaged at the mines, and vigorous
ly to prosecute the work. During the pre
vious week, another very extensive vein of
mineral had been discovered at the lead mines,
which promises to remunerate the proprietors
liberally for all outlays.
More Steam Ships.—We understand it is
in contemplation by a party in this city, who
has been engaged in the carrying trade for
many years between New’ York and Liverpool
—and who thinks it of sufficient value to en
deavor to retain—to commence immediately
the construction of two large steam propellers,
to run between the above named cities. It is
intended they should carry steerage as well as
cabin passengers. We are much grat.fied to
hear this, as we are ceitain that if such ves
sels be not soon brought into operation —and
that, 100, upon an extensive scale, to success
fully compete with the steamers of that des
cription now building by the Canard Com
pany—the firms in this city, and also those of
Boston, Philadelphia and New Orleans, (who
at present nearly monopolize the carriage of
emigrants from Europe,) will most materially
suffer for their supineuess. At present we
have only heard of three for this city, the two
above spoken of, and one far advanced in
building, for Messrs. Spofford & Tiles’on, the
pioneer of the American New York and Liv
erpool propellers, But three are not near
enough for a city of such commercial impor
tance as New York, and we hope we shall
soon be enabled to recount the construction of
many more of this description of emigrant
vessels.
Since the above was in type, we have learn
ed that Messrs. Richardson, Watson & Co., of
Philadelphia, are preparing to construct two
propellers of 2,000 tons each, to form a month
ly steam line between that city and Liverpool
It is estimated that the cost for building them
will amount to $320,000, of which SIOO 000
will be contributed by the above firm.— N. Y.
Herald, \&th inst.
Bvt. Brig. Genl. Riley, U. S. Army, has
arrived in this city, says the National Intelligen
cer, and taken lodgings at Brown's Hotel.
This gallant officer has just returned from
California, (not in as good health, we regret
to see, as when he left us in 1848,) where he
was charged with delicate and moat arduous
duties, both civil and military ; and, judging
from the tokens of his fellow-citizens in the
now State of California, his administration of
affairs in that quarter gave very general satis
faction to (he good people of that Siate. On
laying down the reins of civil government,
with which he had been temporarily charged,
the veteran soldier received from the Legisla
ture, in the name of the People, a gold box,
beautifully wrought, an t of much value, as
some testimonial of the high respect entertain
ed for him as a man, and approval of his ser
vices as an officer. The inscription is simple,
but expressive of the good feelings of the
citizens: “Presented to Governor Riley.
Brig. General in the Army, by the People of
C al ifo r
The Forrest Divorce Case.—The New
York Courier and Enquirer of the 12th instant,
says that an application had been made by
Mrs. Edwin Forre*t, to the Suoreme Court
of this State for an injunction to stay Mr. For
rest from further prosecuting his aciion for a
divorce in the State of Pennsylvania, or in
any other jurisdiction than that of this State ;
and from disposing of or incumbering his real
estate in this State and also from obtruding
himself into her presence on the allegation that
she apprehends violence at bis hands. After a
hearing before Judge Edmonds, ic which
Messrs. Howland and appeared for the
plaintiff, the injunction was granted yesterday ;
and Mr. Forrest was immediately arrested at
the Astor House and conducted before the
Court, when he was required to give bail in
the sum often thousand dollars to refrain from
all violence towards Mrs. Forrest, and in every
respect observe the injunction.
Commerce of Boston.—During the week
ending on the 7th mat., the value of goods ex
ported from Boston to foreign ports was $186,-
718.17. The value of demesne goods exported
during the month of August was $191*145 51J
and the total value for the 1 ast eight months was
$1,043,73X47
VOL.LXIV--NEW SERIES VOL.XIV—NO 39.
The Ovsrland Immigration to California.—
A meeting was held at San Francisco on tho
24th of July to devise means to relieve the suf
fering of the immigrants then coming over the
plains. A letter signed by a number of the
citizens, urging the Mayor to call this meeting
says :
Information of a direct and reliable charac
ter has reached us, of extraordinary suffering
among the overland immigrants. Several, who
arrived a few days since at Sacramento city,
state that they saw fifteen or twenty dead bod
ies on the road. These came to their death by
starvation. Provisions gave entirely out, and
the only subsistence now left to the immense
train still on tbe way, are mules and horses.
The grasses hive given out, also, and even
the mulesand hones, their only hope, are dy
ing.
The following is an extract from a letter in
the Sacramento Transcript :
The number now on the plains is variously
estimated from 50,000 to 100 OOOsouls destined
to this Eldorado, the one half of whom will not
reach here without suffering, and one quarter
without subsiding on their animals, or endu
ring starvation. I have seen hundreds, more
than 150 miles on the other side of the Sink
of Mary’s river that were out of provisions, or
had but a few pounds to sustain a miserable
and wretched existence, with animals that
could never reach the Desert by reason of the
scarcity of forage.
Mary’s river is six or seven feet higher than
it was ever known to be before ; tbe bottoms
where the only feed grows, are most entirely
under wa'er. Not being able myself for sever
al days to get grass on this side of the river, 1
hired some Indians for sls to swim across
and float some over to keep my animals from
perishing. Had I been entirely destitute of
means, as thousands are. I would have suffer
ed in that particular in the same manner. From
this circumstance alone it may be possible
that three-fourths of the animals now on the
plains must foot it till life itself becomes a bur
then.
Those who started late will fare still worse ;
as the season becomes warmer, feed less and
provisions shorter. I saw one man with two
small boys, 120 miles beyond the sink, who
had left his wagon and lost all his animals but
one, and all the provisions he hid wasjtbrce or
four pounds of rice; another with his wife and
children, I overtook seventy-five miles beyond
the sink, with four horses that were just able
to move with the empty wagon, the wife walk
ing ahead, in the burning sand and scorching
sun to relieve the poor laden'animals, that were
destined never to see the Sink. I saw, on the
roadside, where slices had been taken out of
dead horses and mules, loapoease the gnaw
ing appetites of immigrants.
Alisonia Cotton Mills. —Col. Jacob
Newman has shown us a drawing of the cot
ton mills now being erected on Elk river,
near Winchester, Tenn , by Messrs. Deery &
Brothers, formerly of this City. The building
is 231 feet long and will require 1,009,000 of
bricks, besides a large quantity of hewn stone,
to complete it. The cost of the machinery
was about $20,000, exclusive of the expense
of transportation. It is contemplated to run
2000 spindles, and to go into operation about
the middle of January next.
The Messrs. Deery are enterprising men
and they have the capital, the benefits of
which might have been secured to Knoxville,
had property holders been willing to take
reasonable prices for such locations as they
desired. The life and activity which these
gentlemen so largely contributed to infuse
into the business of Knoxville four years ago
is highly creditable to their energy and enter
prise, and gives ample evidence that they will
make themselves highly useful to the commu
nity in which they have located. We earnestly
wish them the most abundant success—Knox
vill (Tenn ) Register 9th ult.
Reverted Fractioms.—For the benefit of
those interested we call attention to the limita
tion of an act of the last Legislature, passed for
the relief of owners of certain Fractions re
served from sale under the act of 1847, by the
Governor, upon evidence of payment of pur
chase money and deposite of the grant fee
The time far making application for grants to
such fractions, will expire the Ist of next month
yet we learn there are still a number notgrant
ed. The owners of such should lose no time
in making their applications, or they may lose
their land.—Sav Rep.
Immigration, as it now stands, brings ann 11
ally into our pockets seventy five millionsof
dollars in hard cash—it adds five millions every
year to the productive revenue of the country
—it increases our native born population 25,-
000 p r annum, besides furnishing us with la
borers for canals and other public improve
ments, and men for our army and navy.— N.
Y Sun.
The Brazilian Coffee Trade.—Forty
two years ago, the annual crop of coffee in
Brazil did not exceed 40.000 hags ; and even
in 1820, it only reached 100,000 bags About
that time, the high price of coffee in England,
superadded to the diminished production in
Cuba, stimulated the Brazilian planters to ex
tend the cultivation and in 1830 they sent to
market 400.0' 0 bavs or 64,000,000 lbs ; and
in 1847, the enormous quantity of nearly three
hundred million of pounds.
Father Matthew preached yesterday, in the
Catholic Church, to a large and attentive au
dience. He will, we learn, administer the
pledge every morning, during the week, at
8 o’clock and again at 6 o’clock in the after
noon ; at the close of his labors on yesterday
the number of his disciples in Memphis amoun
ted to 300. including several ladies and who
willingly added the weight of their edifying ex
ample to insure the success of the good cause.
—Eagle 9th, inst.
Death of the Rev. Dr, Judson.—We are
in receipt of a telegraphic communication from
the Baptist mission room at Boston, convey
ing ihe mournful but not altogether unexpected
intelligence of the death of the Rev. Dr. Jud
son, the well known missionary to Burtnah—
He died at sea, on the 12th of April, nine days
from Maulmain. His departure upon the
voyage was touchingly described in a latter
from Mrs. Judson to his children, recently
published in our columns. By this calamity
an excellent lady, “ Fanny Forrester,” of
American literature, is left a widow.— N. Y.
Com. Adv.
The Faris correspondent of the National In
telligencer mentions the following:—
Balloon ascensions are still the
musement here. Hardly a day passes but we
have an entertainment of the sort. Lieuten
ant Gale, ol the English Navy, is in Paris with
a remarkably fine balloon. He has made
many ascensions of extraordinary daring.
Having made known his willingness to accept
companions in his aarial voyages at the rate of
S6O per seat one hundred and fifty applica
tions were made to him in the course of four
days. Among them are noticed the names of
many distinguished political characters, litera
ry men, artists, and savans of the capital.
Upon the body ofMr. Rogers Norlhey, who
lived in the poor bouse at Ba‘h, Me., on Tues
day, were found $3,000 in gold, with which
he had receuily returned from California. He
was 74 years old. and his death was caused in
part by serving a writ upon him to recover a
forfeit surety bond which he had given before
he went to the gold region. The writ was
served on the Saturday evening before nis
death, and threw him into convulsions.
The Ohio Colonization Society has pur
chased a tract of territory on the Coast of
Africa, with a view of settling it as far as
practicable with colored emigrants from that
Stale.
The Freshet in Rea»ino, Pa.—lo 9 build
ings of various kinds were destroyed in Read
ing by the recent flood; and the loss to the
county and individuals in that vicinity is esti
mated at $500,000.
Cocoanut Sugar.— A new mode of obtaining
sugar has recently been discovered at Cevlon.
Il is obtained by cutting off the stem of the
cocoanut flower, attaching a vessel to it. and
evaporating the liquid thus obtained, which is
said to flow from the tree in quantities almost
incredible. The sugar thus obtained is des
cribed as equal in quantity to that furnished by
the sugar-cane ; and the milk or sap of the
cocoa tree can be obtained in almost any quan
tities. But how many years a tree that is tap
ped in this way will exist, is not stated.
Il is said that the owners of the Cunard line
of steamers, having disposed of the Hibernia
and Caledonia, two of the oldest ships in their
line, are about building two new steamers in
their stead. The new vessels are to be con
structed without delay, and are to be of much
greater power than the Asia, the fastest vessel
at present in their line. They will have to
build pretty sharp sailers to beat the Collins’
line.
Pofulation or Milwaukee.—The census
of Milwaukee shows a population of twenty
thousand and twenty six. In 1834, only sixteen
years ago. Solomon Juneau was the sole white
male inhabitant of the town. In the spring of
that year the first frame building was put up
there. Even in 1840, but ten years ago, Mil
waukee could only number seventeen hun
dred inhabitants — Mirror.
To Remove Warts.— Wash them with a
stronc solution of pearlash, and let it dry on
ibe warts. If this is done two or three times,
trie warts will disappear.— Scientific Ameri
can.
Fire and Loss of Life at Independence, Mo.—
We learn from the St. Louis Intelligencer that
a fire broke out between 1 and 2 o'clock on
the morning of the 2d inst., in an extensive
warehouse at Independence, Mo. Mr. A. P
Kean, the owner of the building and a promi
nent citizen of the town, lost his life by the ex
plosion of some fifteen or twenty kegs of pow
der stored within
As soon as the alarm was given, Mr. Kean
rushed to save his property, and at the time of
the explosion was standing on the roof of the
house. He was thrown to a great height and
fell to the ground terribly mangled. He lived
about an hour after the accident. The shuck
of the explosion was so great as to arouse the
citizens of the town and for miles around from
their slumbers.
The glass in the windows of all the houses
ou the square were broken, and a Presbyteri
an ebureh in the vicinity was almost entirely
demolished. A dwelling-house in the neigh
borhood was destroyed by fire. The ware
house received but little injury from the
flame*.
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
In Senate, Ss P r. lg
Mr. Dickinson reported the House bill ma
king appropriations for the civil and dinlo
men?, 80rV,Ce ° f 018 United States with «“end-
Mr. Pratt gave notice of a bill to Danish the
abduction of slaves from the District"
Mr. Fremont introduced a bill to settle pri
vate land claims in California. r
The bill to suppress the slave trade in the
District of Columbia was read a third time, and
after a few words from Mr. Benton, against
the omnibus plan, and in favor of passing bills
separately. Mr. Clay said a few words in favor
of hi, omnibus plan—saying it would have
saved four months’ time.
Mr. Douglass said the bills had not passed
separately, as a part of the omnibus bill. He
had reported the California, Utah and New
Mexican bilk before the compromise.
Mr. Bentor said the time had net come when
any man could come into the Senate and pass
bills as he pleased
Mr. Foote briefly rejoined. The bill was
then passed—yeas 32, nays 17.
The general bounty land bill was then taken
up.
Messrs. Shields, Mason, Cass, Badger. Se
ward, Hunter, Turney, Bright, Ewing. Butler,
Yulee, Hale and Dawson, debated the subject.
An amendment including the officers and
seamen of the navy, was agreed to—yeas 29,
nays 21
The bill was postponed till to-morrow.
The Senate adjourned at 4 P. M.
House.
Mr. Bayly reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means the Army Appropriation bill,
which was ordered to be printed, and referred
to the Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union.
Mr. Bayly introduced a resolution, (which
was agreed to,) making the Mexican indemni
ly bill and the Army and Navy appropriation Js ;
bills the special order of the day for to-mor
, row and each succeeding day thereafter until I&iJS
disposed of. upjEla
Mr. Hall made an ineffectual effort to have
the District business made the special order of 'S
the day for Friday next.
Mr. Hall, of Mo., under a suspension of
the rules, introduced a bill in relation to the ?
pay of Virginia claims. The bill provides J
that the proper department shall not in any . 'irsSf
case allow commutation and commutation and
interest, in lieu of half pay to such claimants
as was provided for under the third section of
the act of 1832.
This bill, is intended to prevent the recur
rence of the payment of such claims as*th«
Barron claim, which waspaid by Mr. Ew'ns
with compound interest.
Mr. Bayly moved to amend the title of the
bill by substituting for it as follows, viz: “ Bill
toi deprive citizens of Virginia and Kentucky
of their vested rights.”
Mr. B. went on to argue and to show that,
by the decision of the Supreme Court in sim
ilar cases, the claimants of this character have
a vested right under the law. and that the
government was absolutely bound to pay the
claims ; and that Congress cannot interfere
with the matter, although the decision of the
late Secretary of the Interior might not ba in
accordance with the opinions of geniemen on
this floor. The b'll was finally passed.
Mr. Wright, from California, presented
joint resolutions of the legislature of that
State, which were ordered to be printed and
also gave notice of the introduction of certain
bills.
Reports being called for.
Mr. McWiltie, from the Committee on
Printing, to which was referred the memorial
of Win. A. Belt, reported a joint resolution,
providing that said Belt shall be relieved from
his contract for executing the public printing,
and that he shall be paid for the printing which
he has already executed, at the rate of 45 per
cent, reduction from the prices provided by the
joint resolution of 1819; Also, that Thomas
Ritchie, and Gales -V Seaton shill be appoint
ed by the two Houses to execute, under the
direction of the Clerk of the House, and Se
cretary of the Seriate, the remainder of the
Congress priming for the present Congress, at
the price of 35 per cent, reduction from the
resolution ol 1819.
Mr. McWiltie stated to the House that the
present contractor received but 36j cents for
printing a volume, nearly all ruled figure
work, of more than 900 pages; that in fact he
only received about half sufficient to pay for
the paper which was used in the printing of
the volumes He (Mr. McWillie) was satis
fied that the contractor could not execute the
contract —that the losses had been most ruin
ous.
The whole subject was referred to the Se
lect Committee on Printing.
Mr. Bayly, from ihe Committee on Ways
and Means, reported a bill creating the office
of Assistant Secretary of Slate, and for other
purposes, which he moved to refer to the Com
mittee of the Wnole on the state of the Union.
Mr. Bayly said the bill was approbated by
the whole Committee of Ways and Means, 1
(except Mr. Jones, of Tenn ) and that it was
the same bill which had been brought to the
consideration of tbo Judiciary Committee by i
Mr. Buchanan in 1846 when he was Secietary i
of Slate, and which was then subsequently re
ported to the House by the Judiciary Commit- j
tee.
After debate the bill was referred to the
Committee of the Whole on the Stale of the
Union, and ordered to bo printed, with the re
port accompanying.
Mr. Daniel from the Committee on Claims,
reported a bill lor the relief of the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad Company, authorizing
the payment to it, of the sum of $l2O 000, ad
vanced by the State of Virginia in 1792, to the
federal government for the purpose of erect
ing the Public Buildings
The bill was referred to the Committee of
the Whole on the State of the Union.
Mr. Bowlin reported back from the Com
mittee on Public lands, the Senate bill giving
to the States in which they lie, the swamp
lands, on the condition that they reclaim the
same.
After debate the previous question was sec
onded and the main question ordered. The
House then adjourned.
In Senate September 17.
On motion of Mr. Fremont, the California
bills were made the order of the day for Tues
day next.
A resolution passed adding two clerkships to
the office of Secretary of the Senate
The bill to establish the office ofSurveyorof
the public lands in Oregon, and to grant lands
to actual settlers, was taken up.
A heavy discussion followed, and numerous
amendments were rejected.
Mr Walker moved, as an amendment, his
land bill, heretofore introduced, giving lands
to citizens generally.
Mr. Mangum said thia was a project to give
away all the lands, and as he was not a candi
date for the Presidency, he should vote against
it.
The bill was rejected—yeas 3, nays 45.
Yeas.—Messrs Dodge, of Wis., Seward,
Walker—3.
Ti e bill was then ordered to a third reading
House,
The House resumed tne consideration ofthe
bill to enable the state of Arkansas aud other
states to reclaim the swamp lands within their
limits. It was amended, and finally passed, on
a vote by yeas and nays, of 120 in the affirma
tive and 53 in the negative.
Mr. Bowlin, from the Committee on Public
Lands, reported a bII granting to the State of
Missouri the right of way, and a donation of
public lands for a railroad. It was discussed
the remainder of the morning hour.
The bill from the Senate reducing the mini
mum price to $2.50 of the mineral lands in the
Lake Superior and Chippewa land districts,
was passed—yeas 111 to nays 55.
Slave Trade — The bill from the Senate,
entitled an ac t to suppress the slave trade in
the District of Columbia coming up in order,
was read twice by its title.
Mr. Brown, of Miss , moved an amend
ment to the bill providing that any person who
shall aid and abet in the running away of any
slave or otherwise contribute to depriving the ’
master of his slave, shall be imprisoned in the
Penitentiary for a period of not less than five
years.
Mr. Inge moved to lay the bill on the table,
which question was taken on a vote by yeas
and nays, and decided in the negative—yeas
53, nays 129.
1 be question now recurred on ordering the
bill to be read a third time ; and it was so or
dered The bill was then read the third lime,
and it w- s finally passed by yeas 124, nays 47.
The Senate bill granting the right of way
and grants of land to the Slate of Illinois, Ala
bama and Mississippi was discussed and finally
passed by a vote on yeas and nays of 101 in
the affirmative, and 71 in the negative. Ad
journed.
In Senate Sbpt. 18.
Mr. Chase introduced his billto provide for
the prohibition of slavery in the Territories of
the U. States.
Mr. Clay deprecated the renewal of the ag
itation of this subject at a time when the coun
try was becoming calm
Mr. Hale said the agitation would never
cease, and had not been checked.
Mr Chase justified hiscourse, but withdrew
the bill for the present
Mr. Rusk, from the Committee on Post
Roads, made an elaborate report on the sub
ject of contracts for mail steamer.
Mr Hale moved to commitit, with instruc
tions to amend it so as to ptovide for|ablisbing
slavery in this District. After some debate,
this motion was lost—yeas 9, nays 41—as fol
lows :
Yeas— Baldwin, Chase, Davis, of Mass ,
Dodge of Wis , Ewing, Hale, Hamlin, Sew
ard, Winthrop—9.
Nays— Atchison, Badger, Barnwel', Bell,
Benton, Bright, Boiler, Cass, Clay. Copp
er. Davis, of Miss, Dawson, Dayton, Dickin
son, Dodge, of lowa, Douglas, Downs. Fetch,
Foote, Fremont, Gwin, Houston. Hunter,
Jones, Kmr, Morton, Norris, Pratt, Rusk,
Sebastian, Shields, Smith, Sonle Bprnanee,
Sturgeon, Turney, Underwood, Wales, Whit
comb. Yoiee—4l.
The hilt was postponed and the senate went
in'o Executive session, and afterwards ad
journed.