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ITEMS.
Nkc.'mabt Eviie.'—Butchers and baker*. If
it were uot for them, the way the young folk*
would couuubialUe, would boa caution to moth
crs. There ia a stubborn reality about* “shilling «
pound for ticel,” thnt rob* the orange Wo*>oui» of
a large |H>rtion of their aUractivenco*.
Down Ea*t.-%Vu editor say* he hojied to be
able to and a death a» original
matter lor h.’s ‘column*; but a till broke up the
wedding; and the doctor fell *:ck, so the pat.cut .
recovered.
I’iintty Piter. or Alutebation. —The Evening j
Post aaya: “The White Mountains are, like the j
Niagara Fall* or the Tyroiinn Alps, the punctu*- j
tion pi -iat» upon the pa_'o of nature to make man j
p*u*e in its perusal.
A band of gypaiea have found their way to the .
vicinity of Kondout, from Hoboken, where they
wintered. They have two wagon*, three hones,
and an infinity of dog# and children. They were
driving a vaet business in the sootlutaying line, for
all the neighborhood were around their tent*.
The ordinary mode of churning butter in Chili,
U to put the milk in a skiu-uaually adoga skin
tie it on a donkey ; mount aboy on him with row
el* to hi* spurs about tlie length of the animal*
e*r*, and then run him four mile heat*.
What an uncomfortable situation a seat on * sofa, |
between two beautiful girls, one with black eye*,
jet ringlet*, and anowy neck—the other with soft
1,1 j« eye*, sunny ringlet*, red cheeks and lips,
both laughing and talking to you at the*ume time.
dock Randall aay* that the younger the physi
cian, the more liard word* lie should use. Calling
croup or measles by their proper name, sound*
old-womanish und vulgar. Let him, on the con
trary, talk of the beneficial effect* of Higguicarbtl
ret of sawdust, or get up a book on the early stage*
of McgulanthOpongoneaia, and he i* a made man
in lens than * month.
Houston, Mi-in., is the plaos for girls to emigrate
to. There i* not a single marriageable lady In the
town. The three last Were all married about two
weeks siucc. Go quick, if you are in market. The
first comer wiil command a good price.
The Montreal Herald is of opinion that the lose
by the late fire in that city will exceed £Boo,ooo—
in goods, and £250,000 in real property.
From one-half to two-thirde of the property was
insured.
The Giomale of Rome publishes an official list
of tlie mercantile marine of the Papal States. The
total number of vessels it 1480, of which 888
measure 28,tint tons, manned by 4,110 seamen.
bcpposkii Mail Robber Abrkbtxd. —W. H: Bur
-5; Kir, suspected of stealing letters from the Mail in
Alabama, was on Tuesday arrested at Etowa, Cass
•County, by J. D. Frierson, Special Agont I’ost
« Mile* department.
Eauwoad SnascßirTWN. —The people of Whcel
-sng, Va., on tiaturday, voted in favor of tlie City's
feubicrib frig for $250,000 to tlie capital stock of the
A!arietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company,
p Bailiumd The Lafayette and Jndian
•npolis Railroad va* opened to Thoratown, Ind., a
few day* ago, wh sn a great barbsone was given,
and attended by 4,' persons.
Lund Warrants a.'c Rooted in New York as
follows : 180 acres, 127 if *180; 80 acres, 64 a S6B;
40 acres, 82 a $83.50.
A returned Californian i» exhibiting at Pooria,
Illinois, a grizzly b«ur, of the Pacific oorutt, weigh
ing upwards of 2,000 pounds.
Th# Paris Monitcur announces that persons will
be no longer allowed to approach the President,
when he goes out, to deliver petitions.
The venerable Simon Drum, for upwards of
forty-five years postmaster of Orecnsburg, Pa.,
•liod suddenly on the 11th inst.
Air. Britton Branch, of Marion county, Fla., wa»
Jailed by lightning on the 24th nit.
1 id,or Hugo bus just completed* a work on the
coup , i it'U. It is to bear the title of “Le Deux
/Jcuernb-*® l
CounteriVt 2’s on the Mercliants’ Bank, New
Haven Conn., are.in circulation.
\ Wateri.oan, Esq., a merchant of Provi
tlui ice, K. 1., died suddenly at New Orleans last
wo ik.
I ivery woman was made for a mother, conso
qni intly babies uro as n eceasary to thoir “peace of
ml ..I” ns health. If you wish to look at mcluu
oli< ,ly and indigestion, look ntq childless woman
w!i .. haa passed the meridian of life. If you
wot .1.1 take a peep at sunshine, look iu tha face of
« “3 ouog mother."
“ John, atop your crying,” »aid an enraged
fntln "r to hi* *on, who had kept up an intolerable
“yell ” for the past live minutes. “Stop, I say, do
you 'near repeated the father, alter a tew min
utes, the boy still crying. “You don’t suppose 1
cun eh oke off In a minute do you t" chimed the
hopeftt l urchin.
Some estimate may be formed of the relative
frequent y with which the various letters of the
! English language are nsod, from knowing that
rriuters’ case* nro mado up ns follows : For every
list of the Jotter >/ there nro 200 of ar, 300 of l, 800
•of h , 1500 of c, 4COO each oft, «, o and », 4250 of a,
*ISOO of t, mill <IOOO of e.
Jerrold says that young boys who marry old
mi lids, “gather, iu the spring of life, the golden
IVu it* of autumn." A worry nice sentiment but.
not likely to take.
GK.VfLKNF.S3 AT HOME.
It It not tuueh the world can give,
With all Us subtle art,
And gold and gems are not the things
To antiufjr the heart;
But oh! when those who cluster round
'the alter and the hearth,
Have gentle words and loving smiles,
Mow beautiful is earth.
Tin: Ms 1 . ***** of Savannah has ottered a reward of
live hnndrei' dollars for the detection of any one
of the ittoend Vine* of that city.
Snow Storm n Jpne.— The Pittsburg Gazotto
state* that a voi .V severe *torm was experienced on
Seven Milo Island, in tho Ohio below that city, on
Wednesday night tho *th lust. Snow fell quito
heavily for some time.
'rim Now York Tribune Ims a statement of the
material uid reoolvod by Kossuth since hi* arrival
in this country. The total amount ia said to bo
$30,000.
Fanny Klsalor, a Vionna journal atmonneos, has
j MI married, at Hamburg, a Dr. Hahn. Courageous
uinu I
A pi wty of ladies nndgeutloinon of St. Louis in
tend m aking a ploasuro exeuraion to Lake Superior'
in July-
Tho U. 8. sloop-ofrwar Fairfield, ofered at auo
tion at Norfolk on Thursday, was bid In by tho
Government at $8,500.
The Ohicinnatl Council lias again refused to pay
Kossuth’s bill of expanses while iu that city as its
invited guest. _
SOCTHKIIN CULTIVATOR.
Opt.’doui of the Press.
Tub SotrrnauN Cultivator for Juue lias beeirrc
vod, and in glancing over it, wo are pleased to
,uvt. > the variety of agricultural subject* dmonssad,
t the qunntitv of information spread out botore
its ro ider*. It 5* the bo*t agricultural paper in tho
.South, it >* emphatically the farmer's friend, and
lie who does uot subscribe for it, inflict* an injury
upon himself. It is published at Augusts, Oa., by
W. S. Jones, at otto dollar per year.— Aberdeen
< ilitt.) Independent.
Tlie “ Southern Cultivator,” of whioh we liave
evfteii made mention, is already before us, for June.
It ooutuin* 32 page* of excellent praotjoal reading,
isnitini lo Ihe necessities oi tho agriculturist, hom
.onlturv-t, Av„ &0., and from its location and tlio
"rudeness of its numerous corrospoudents, is pe
, u nmrl V adapted to the exigencies of tho Southern
~\l vM cr. Only #1 per annum, and contains *lO
worth of reading for any fanner. Address w. s.
. Jonas* Augusta, O#,—(Wmbww &it<pnrer.
SorrtfSftft Cvlwator for Juuo.—Thi» is one of
the best Agricultural sheets in tbe South, :* dirt
cheap and should be possessed by every tamer.
Published by W. 8. Jones, at Augusta, Ga.. at fl
per year .—Ventral Georgian.
Tub Death or Jons Ahams.—The Pennsylvanian,
in a series of glances nt Congress, gives the fol
lowing :
“ A touching incident is told by Mr. Webster, of
the t'.ktiler of Mr. Adams, the celebrated Jobe
Adams. 11 is no less applicable to Mr. Clay, whose
lamp of life lingers like au October sunset before
night descends, than it was to Mrs. Adams her
self. Mr. Webster called to see John Adams, on
one of the loveliest days in Juno—Mr. Adams died
on the next 4th of July—and found him iu a more
cheerful mood than usual. He congratulated, if tn
n et Ids apparently improved health, and predict ed
f, r him years of comfort. 4 You are mistaken, Mr.
Webster,’ said the saae. ‘My days upon earth rrc
few and numbered. 1 am the tenant of a misera
ble worn-out old mansion; and what is worse than
nil, the landlord refuses to make any more repairs."
Fire.— Early on Saturday, another attempt was
made to tire tho city, at the residence of Mr. Ark
wright, on Indian street- We give the facts as we
received them in writing from Mr. Dillon:
‘•A white man was discovered about Mr. D. K.
Dillon’s stable yvsteaday moruing, looking in and
i.lxmt it. Last ovening, he was seen again at d: rk
scratching matches agaiust the fence. Mr. D. had
his horses let loose, and had water put iu the
troughs, and locked his stable. Mr. D.'s man Israc
called at the house this morning for the kav of the
stable. When ho saw tho horses were out, he im
mediately left, and went in pursuit of them : af.er
e.e was gone some time, fire was discovered iu the
a, (jointog yard under the house. The boy was
given tip for examination, and also two girls m the
yard where the fire occurred.—Sir. Evening Jcnr.
(; 0 v. Foote, at a largo ratification meeting at
Jacks,, n, Mississippi, esme out in favor of Fierce
iuid King, Eve’- 1 tire Mississippian. a disunion
paper, which has been unsparing in its abuse
of Foote, applauds his speech to the oelio. W hat
took place there will transpire all over the country.
Spirit s of all grades and complexion will " mingle,
tangle mingle,” tali it will bo difficult to tell who
™i’io and which is which The Democratic
Convention at Baltimore adoptwl the Compromise,
and those who were tor breaking up the Union
on account of it are now, with open mouth and
braatn lings,singing ’* Laudauius. Aw. Jovrtujl.
II faith or Mt arim. —There were 38 intenueuts
in the Memphis cemeteries during the week end
j ng the 12th mat. The number of death* ot cholera
v , v> six, of measles nine.
p.tATtt or DavidGraiiak, Esq.— lnformation lm*
been i'eo*> v ed of tho death of our townsman, Da
vid L. Graham, Esq., at Nice, in Italy, on the 27th
«lt. Mr. Graham waa one of the most able and
suooess f ul practioners at the bar in thia city, and
was espec'billv distinguished aa a pleader in crimi
nal cases.— *'• l- hbw- A</r.
The telegraph wire near Galena, Illinois, waa
struck last week by atmospheric lightning, and
incited it for about three hundred yards, and in
jured it more or less for half a mile. A spectator
who saw the electrical stroke describes the electri
cal exhibition a* a chain of fire, stretching both
ways as far as he could Bee across the Uudsckpe.
Railroad AocmWT— Tl* train <*>?
New York was thrown off the track of the Erie
railroad between Oxford and Cheater, Orange
tronnty, on the l«th iust., by a large fregmeetof
rook which had been dislodged by a blast. The
locomotive was eerioasly damage®, and several
4*r* were broken, but no per*®* via injured.
Rev. Urunlsr Nrftiae.
I Thebe are thousands of persons in this vicinity,
who will attest the truthfulness of the following
j picture of the Bov. Aixxanuec McCaine—it i*
most faithful and graphic, and was drawn by the
Imnd of a Master. «T. J. Hooper, the Editor of the
j Chambers. Alabama Tribune:
j One nf the OlieH.—, Some days since, si: observed
in some of our exchanges, a notice of s Methodist
Clergyman in England, who was supposed by the
: writ, r to be the oldest living, of that denomination.
> This may be so; but there is now living, in Talle
dega county, in a most vigorou* and intellectual
i old age, a Methodist minister whose period Os eer
-1 vice must be nearly, if not quite, as long as that of
j the individual referred to above, and whose persop.-
! »l history as connected with that of hisdenomina
: tion, would be full of interest and instruction. We
i allude to the Eev. Alexander McCaine. the found-
I er of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Mr. McCaine was bom in Ireland and is now
j just eighty years of sge. He hat been in the rniu
i istry for <we think I over sixty years; and during a
large portion of that time was a leading and intfu
eutial personage in the original Methodist Church.
Many years since, while stationed in Baltimore
(where be also, at the time tauebt school,; his
mind was led to doubt the policy' of leaving the
entire power of the church government in the hand*
of the elergv, and he initiated the movement which
finally resulted in the expulsion of hinisclf and
other* who thought with him. These few, Air.
McCaine leading, founded the highly respectable
sect now known a* tho Methodist Protestant
Church.
There ia probably no one living whose knowl
edge of Methodist history—embracing men anil
■ events—i* as Comprehensive and accurate as that
of Mr. McCaine. liis conversations in regard to
subjects which had their principal interest from
thirty to sixty year* ago, evidence both mind and
memory in the highest degree. Indeed, a i he
draws, with a master's hand, rapid sketches of the
olden times, speaking, though always with modes
ty yet with confidence, of the contemporaneous
historian—and as you note bis Herculean form
and massively formed features —yon ore almost
forced to exclaim, “there were giant* in those
day*.” Tlie impression made by bis discourse and
his immense physical proportion*, istliat you stand
before an extraordinary man. Ton never doubt
for a moment that there is in your view a magnifi
cent combination of intellectual and physical vigor
—s perfect specimen of God’* noblest work. 80
patriarchal a person—one whose mind was so ac
tivoond whose information is so copious and accu
rate, whose manners so plainly yet elegantly simple
and natural —we never have mot before. And we
shall never forget the night we spent under the
roof of Alexander McC'sine.
Air. McCaine is the author of a volume of lottcrs
which appeared originally in the Boston Olite
Branch and whicli were so meritorious in a litera
ry and historicscl point of view, a* to induce the
editor of that papor to publish them in a hand
some octavo volume. That volume contains many
fact* of interest to the religious world, and will yet
come to lie considered the work of authority in
regard to Methodism in Amerioa.
Wo were kindly presented by Mr. C. with a
pamphlet, from his pen, on slavery. It was unfor
tunately lost before we hadau opportunity of ex
amining it with particularity; but we observed that
it bad tlie unqualified recommendation of Air. Cal
houn and other distinguished Southern men. The
coutents of this pamphlet were the substance of a
speech delivered, some three or four years ago, by
it* author in the General Conference of tlie Afctlio
dist Protestant Church, at Baltimore, and we bo
lieve purported to be a Scriptural defence of the
institution.
Air. McCain* removed some few years since
from South Carolina (where uioet of his life has
been spent.) to Benton county in this State, and
thence to the oounty of Talladega. His wife died
many years ago, and his children—a aou and
daughter, have removed from hi* neighborhood. He
live*, therefore, almost in soclueion, surrounded by
his old books and old memories—bis retirement
only occasionally invaded by some way farer who
diverges from the main road to seek a comfortable
night's entertainment under the roof-troes of this
“old tnnn eloquent.”
Tlie Bu|iply of Colton.
We would invite the attention of our commer
cial friends to.the subjoined extract from an article
wo find tinder this caption in Willmcr & Smith’s
European Times of tho sth inst. It emanates, we
believe, from a pen that has heretofore given very
valuable information on tlie same subject.
In our publication of last Wednesday we insert
ed a iettor from a correspondent, on the “Supply
and Price of Cotton,” or which we promised to
taie notice on an early occasion. Tho fulfilment
of our intentions has been hastened by tho excite
ment which prevailed last week in tho Liverpool
market, and by the large cotton purchases which
have recently been made 011 speculation.
It may bo in the recollection of moet of our read
ers, that at the cud of Alay lost yew, after an at
tempt bad been mado to excite tlie Liverpool
market, we addressed them on the sume subject,
ami ventured to express an opinion, that cotton,
*0 far from advancing ill price, would probably do
cline in the value during tlie summer mouths.
Tim price waa then about for noddling Or
leans cotton, and in a month or six weeks thereaf
ter it had dropped to 4#d. AVo aro not aware of
any circumstances pimviiar to the present time
likely to favor any advance on tho rates now cur-
Our reader* need not be told that speculation
never provail* iu Liverpool, to any extent, .exoopt
when the trade are buying freely ; and when con
sumers withdraw from the market for a short time,
holder* show a disposition to sell, and pnoes have
a downward tendency. We shall briefly examine
on what ground* spinner* have to be alarmed res
pecting their supply of cotton for tho next few
months, and thus to play into tho hands of specu
lators, who are profiting by their fears.
The trade have already purchased tins year
from Liverpool 89,400 ba.'e* per week against 27,-
700 in the same time last year, fllld against 80,200
durin&lbe whole of last yoar,‘ TUie difference,
9,200 bales per week, wc will uot Bupposeto have
guns entirely into stock, becausethe consumption is
believed to bo groater than it tv»» last year. For
this weekly increase wo propose to apply 8000
■ bales, which wo think ample, and which Huh leaves
6200 bales in favor of the trade. This estimate
will be thought moderate by any one who Is awaro
of the contracts now hold by most spinners, and
of tho practice generally prevalent to purchase
cotton to cover the orders 01; hand. We have then
upwards of 130,000 bales more & spinner’s hands
than at the saute time last year. It upty here be
remarked that 38,000 bale* per weck-HOOO wore
than last year—is a large increase, and aml k*i-,
mate of tho consumption from the port of Liver
pool. Undoubtedly the consumption has largely
increased of late years j but it must be borne in
mind that much of this increase has been counter
acted by the diminution of the hours of working.
W lien it is, therefore, stated that rite trade have
this your taken 89,400 bales per week tpuwt 27,-
700 in tlie same timo last year—an increase of Ja,-
700 halo* per week for 21 weeks—it will be granted
that wc have formed a moderate estimate in saying
the trade hold a stook of 120,000 bales iu oxcess
of this time last yftar.
Tho lowest ostimato of tho crop )» nor®
8,000,000 bales, and it will, therefore, lie unneces
sary tor us to offer any remark ott this point.—
2,785,000 bale* have already been rooeived at the
ports, and of those 1,956,000 have boon exported, of
which 1,816,000 balos have been shipped to this
country. 412,000 bales were in stock at the ports
at tlio dates of our latest advices, and 830,000 wore
expected to arrive at the ports ltefore the close of
the seaao 11. Os those 682,000 halos, wc shall leuv e
180,000 bulcs for stook at the closo of the season,
tho sumo amount us last year; and presuming that
wo received the same proportion of the remainder
as wo liavo received of the 1,956,000 bales already
exported, wo may expect, before {the eloeo of the
year, 350,000 bales, iu addition to what has boeu up
to this time sent to Great Br&ui. But last year
we rcoeivod 140,000 balos of the saute year's orop,
and there is no cause why we should tot (receive
quite as much this year. Tho estimate of cotton
now at sea is 2*9,000 bales. After this time last
year, and before December 81st, we received up
wards of 110,000 bales from Brazil, Egypt, and oth
er places, independently of whet we received from
India; and as wo have already received fromthoso
quarters nearly 80,000 bales more this year than we
did iu tlie same time last year, wo may thence infer
that the supply from those places will not be rose
this year, aoid thit we may Basely expect 110,000
bale* before tire 81st of Dcoember. Tho imports
from India have fa)bm off this year very largely,
and it ia not probable * 1 shall obtain anything like
tho quantity »cnt last year. Tho import at tho
port of Liverpool amounted to 280,000 bales, and
ti we allow a deficiency for this year of 80,000 bales,
we shall still receive 150,000. Os these 150,000
bale*, 22,000 have already reached this country,
leaving 180,000 to come forward.
Wc now come to the quantity exported from
this country to the continent. This amounted lust
year, from the port of Livoroool alone, to 447,000
balos, the largest known. The moderate price* of
this year have led to early shipments, and we find
83,400 bales have already been exported against
81,500 iu the same time of 18M. As the shipments
from America to other parts of Europe haVe been
considerably in excess of lust year, and as we have
no re. son to suppose that tlie consumption on tlie
continent has increased more rapidly than among
ourselves, we tuay safely oouclude that the exports
from thia oountrv wiil uot or coed those of last year;
nud that 165,000 bales will aevar the amount to
December 31st.
Bv udding the first portiou of these figures to «Re
stock of Cotton now in Liverpool, and taking
therefrom the amount likely to bo exported, we
shall obtain a tolerably correct estimate of the sup
ply remaining for our consumption during the re
maining part of thia year,
! suck of Cotton «ow in Liverpool C4B^W
I Steoß iu spinners hands more than same time last
Estimate of Cotwa at sc* 220,000
Proportion of vrop of 1851 yet to be shipped to
Great Britain . 850,000
Portion of crop of 1552 to Cv received before Do
eember 81st JJMS®
Expected from Braxil, Egypt, ’•••
“ “ India 180,000
LWSjxw
Export* to the Europeafi euptiaent HSb.OOo
Remaining for borne consumption to the port of
Liverpool ’. ~,,.1,463,100
Average of 88,000 bale* per week for 81 re
maiuing week* of this year t,u»,ow
Probable stock in Liverpool, Pec. 81st, J 952... ■ 440.hW
This leaves 16,000 bales more to stock than on December
31st, ISM.
Horrid MrRDEK.—By a communication in the
Aberdeen (Miss.l Monroe Democrat, we learn that
a most atrocious murder was perpetrated on the
24th nit., in that county, on Mary Ann Bell, about
sixteen years of age," daughter of widow Sarah
Bell, a respectable resident of Monroe county.
The communication says the girl went to school
(about one mile from her mother's residence) in
the morning, and about noon started home. About
sunaot her mother became uneasy, and bad her
hunted. The near neighbors assisted iu the search,
mounted on horses with torches, and the corpse
was found about J or 3 o'clock next morning, in
a path leading from the school-house towards home,
her eyes and mouth dosed, lying on her face, all
her clothes in a proper manner, her bonnet on, and
no sign of blood. Upon examination marks of
strangulation were found about her neck, various
bruises upon her bodv, and evident signs of her
having been violated by soars inhuman fiend. A
meeting of the dtixens was at ones called, and the
most seardhing investigation instituted, and with
out avail. The most intense excitement existed in
the vicinity, and the citi aegis were determined to
leave nothing undone to discover and punish the
monster.
Awsskv-Bghesiian Glass.—A reoeut visit W
Boston, says the Philadelphia Bulletin, gave ue
an opportunity of visiting tlie New England Glass
\\ orks, which, for the extent and variety of their
operations, probably surpass all others in the ooun
try. We were especially atruck with the feet, new
to us. that most of the epouisite, richly colored
and decorated glass-ware, whigh is so much ad- j
mired under the name of “BobWau Glass,” is
manufactured at tliese works. The variety and
i beauty of the articles manulhctured there would
j scarcely be credited by one not a visitor t but we !
, can assure our reader* that we saw maßv works i
; tieSt could not he surjwy'd in Bohemia' or anv
j where else in Europe. Tha various processes bv
which tbo different colors and the rich gilding
are produoed, we are not prepared to deLribe ;
I bat they are predbcedat these works iu the utmost
perfection. The co*ipsny has the advantage of a
I charter and large capital, which enable them thus
i to compels sttcceaal'ully with forage manufacturers
!in this work Mas-sachusott* having none of that
hotv horror of corporiihons which has retarded 40
much tha developeoitre «f manufacturing indus
try in our own State.
SaocxiNe TsAOtLir.—John Steelmau came rO
Us death iu this pkea on the eveuing of the 8d
toeL. from two revere stab* iaiided by the hand
of Wtgt«s Clayton.
Claytou, together with a Mr. Hauffin, who wasm
company at Che time, have been committed for
trial, '•’v
Tbit Che public mind remain unbiased, we re
frain from comments. We have no donbt but that
juMicy will b« obtained,— Jiome Southerner,
] LeSler frees Mr. Ctay—lnterposing Reminis
cence*.
The following highly interesting iettor Iron. Mr.
Olnv was written to Aft. B. B. Minor, of Virginia,
I who applied to him for a brief memoir of tlie d!»-
I tiuguL-lied Chancellor Wythe, 011 c of the meet
; online lit lawyer* of the country, nud an intimate
! friend of tbo great statesman.’ It# reminiscence*
of early day* and anecdote* connected with hi*
! own history, renders it a document of decided
j mteiosi :
Ashland, Saturday. May 3, 1851.
Mr Deab Sia—l duly received your favor of the
1 21st ult., in which you inform me that out; of the
: Richmond booksellers intend* to publi-h a new
1 edition of the Report* of the lamented Cliaucellor
Wythe, and you express a wish that 1 would furnish
, a brief memoir of the illustrious author. It would
j be a most pleasing and grateful task to comply w.tn
1 vour request, if X possessed the requisite authen-
I tie material*, and the requisite capacity to prepare
| the work. Hut the first condition doe* not exist,
and it is, therefore, unuectssary to dwell upon the
. second. My acquaintance with tlie Chancellor
commenced in tne year 1743, in my 16th year,
i w hen I was a clerk in the office of the Court over
1 which he presided, and when, I think, ht must
have passed tue ago of three-score .yean, and ten.
1 I know nothing personally of his career at tlie bar
of his country, or of the part which he had taken
in public affairs. I understood that be was horn*
in Elizabeth City; that he was taught the Greek
letter* by hi* mother, and afterwards, by her as
sistance and by his own exertions, he became an
accomplished Greek scholar. How he learned the
Latin language, 1 do not remember to have heard,
but probably at William ana Alary College, or at
some other College in Lower Virginia. When 1
firat knew him, hia right hand had become so
much affected w ith rheumatism or gout, that it was
with difficulty he could write his own name. Ow
ing to that cause, he engaged me to act a* hi,
amanuensis, and I attended him frequently, though
not every day, to serve him in that capacity, for
several years. Upon his dictation, I wrote, 1 be
lieve, all the report* of caae*. which it is now pro
posed to re-publi»h. I remember that it cost me
a great deal of labor, not understanding a Greek
character, to write some citations from Greek
authors, which he wished inserted in copies of his
reports, sent to Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Samuel Adams,
of Boston, and to one or two other persona. I
copied them by imitating each character as I found
them in the original words.
Mr. Wythe was one of the purest, best, and
most learned men in classical lore that 1 ever knew.
Although I did not understand Greek, I was often
highly gratified with listening 1.0 his readings in'
Homer’s Iliad, and other Greek authors,so beauti
fully did he pronounce the language. No one ever
doubted his perfect uprightness, or questioned his
great ability us a Judge. 1 remember an incident
which occurred in my presence, which demonstra
ted with what scrupulous regard he avoided tlie
possibility of any imputation upon his honor, or
liis impartiality. A neighbor of his, Mr. H ,
who had the reputation of being a West India
nabob, and who, at the time had an important suit
pending in the Court of Chancery, sent him a
demijohn of old arrack, and an orange tree for liis
niece, Miss Nelson, then residing with him.
When the articles were brought into Mr. Wythe's
house, with the message from the donor, Mr.
Wythe requested the servant to take them back to
his master, and to present to him his respects and
thanks lot Bis kind intentions, but to say that he
had long ceased to muke any use of arrack, and
that Miss Nelson had no conservatory in which she
could protect tlie orange tree. I was amused at
another sooue, which 1 witnessed between him and
the late Justice Washington of the Supreme Court,
then practicing law in the city ofßicnmoud. He
called on tho Chancellor with a bill of injunction iu
behalf of General -.to restrain the collection
of a debt. The ground of the application was,
the creditor had agreed to await the convenience
of General , for the payment of the debt,
and that it wus not then convenient to pay it. Tlie
Chancellor attentively read the bi 1 through, and
deliberately folding it up, returned it to Mr. Wash
ington, inquiring, with an ineffable smile upon bis
countenance, “Do you think, Sir, that I ought to
grant thisinjunction Mr. Washington blushed,
and observed that he bad.presented the bill at the
earnest instance of his client.
AJr. Wythe’s relations to the Judges of the Court
of Appeals were not of the most friendly or amica
ble kind, os may be inferred from the tenor of his
reports. Conscientiously and thoroughly con
vinced of the justice and equity of his decrees, he
was impatient when any of them were reversed,
and accordingly evinces that feeling in his reports.
Air. I’eudleton, from what Ibave heard and the lit
tle I know of him 1 suppo e was more prompt and
ready. Air. W ytho’s forte as I have understood lay
in the owning oftho argument ofa case ; in which,
fortborougli preparation clearness and force, no one
could excel him. He was uot so fortunate in re
ply. Mr. Pendleton, on the contrary, wus always
ready, both in opening and concluding an arg’u- i
ment, and was prompt to meet all tho exigencies
which would arise iu the conduct of a causo iu
court. The consequence was, that Air. Peudleton
was oftener successful thru Mr. Wythe, jp their
struggles at the bar. On one occasion, when
Mr. Wythe being opposed to Air. Pendleton,
, lost the cause in a moment of vexation, he declared,
in the presence of a friend, thnt he would quit the
bar, go home, take orders and enter tho pulpit.—
You Tiad better not do that, replied his friond for
if you do Mr. Pendleton igill go homo take orders
and enter the pulpit too, and beat you there. Air. 1
Pendleton was fur loss learned than Mr. W'ythe,
but he possessed more versatile talents, was uu
accomplished gentleman, and better adapted to
success in general society, and in the busy world.
Although not so finished n scholar as Mr. W’ythe,
he had much more pleasing style of composition.
Th» high consideration in which Alussrs. Pendle
ton and Wytlro were both held, was often evinced j
by the distinguished honors and eminent offices |
which they received froyn tho pasept State. It wa* '
particularly exhibited in the .organization of tho
(Joiw«i;tic;i which adopted the constitution of the
United States, when Air. Pendleton was appointed
to preside over the Cotptuittce of the Wholo, which
he did during I believe, the, entire sittiug of the
Convention—tho Constitution having fc.csn con
sidered imd discussodiu Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Wythe’s personal appearance and his per
sonal habits were plain, simple and unostentatious.
His oountenance was full of blanducss and be
nevcloncc, and I think he made iu his salutation
of others, tho most graceful bow that I ever wit
nessed. A little bent by age, iya generally wore a
grey coating, and when walking carried a o&no. —
Even id this moment, after the lapse of more than
half a oentury sigee 1 last saw him, his image is
distinctly engraved, on my wind. During my
wholo acquaintance with him, ho constantly ab
stained from the use of all animal food.
It is puiu inland melancholy to refloat that a man
so pure, so upright, so virtuous, so learned, so
distinguished, and beloved, should have mot
with 'an unnatural death. The event did not oc
cur until sovern) years after 1 emigrated from Rich
mond to the State of Kent.YCkv, end of course I am
notable, from porsopal knowledge, t,j r,elute any of
the cireuiMtanccs whioh attended it. Os these,
howover,"obtained such authentic information as
to leave no doubt iu my mind as to the manner of
its ocurrence. He had a grand nephew, a youth
scarcely, f beiievo, of mature age, to whom, by liis
last will andfofttaiuent, written by mo upon bis
dictation, before my 4ei*rt»» from Richmond, af
ter emancipating his Waves, he devised the greater
p,;rt. of his estate. The youth poisoned him and
J,t] l( . rß _blaok member* of hi* household—by put
ting arsenic intou pot in whioh coffee was prepar
ing for creak fast. The paper which contain: d the
arsenic was found on tho floor of the kitchen.
The coffee having beer* drank by the .Chancellor
and his servants, tho poison dsvulcned its usual ei
focts. The Chancellor lived loug enough tp send
for hi* neighbor, Major William Duval, and got
hhnto>vt'ifo another will for him, disinheriting
the ungrateful ap4 gruilty grand nephew, and
making other disposition* of Jus estate. An old
nogro women, his cook, also died under the opera
tion ot Urn poison, but I believe that In* other
servants rceovor.-id. After the Chancellor's death,
it was discovered that th,o attrocions author of it
had also forged bank checks in t,he name of his
great uncle; and 'no was subsequently, J under-*
stodd prosecuted for the forgery, convicted and
sentenced to tho penitentiary; but whether that
was tR« *aot or not, can be ascertained by a resort
to tho records of rite proper oriminal Courts in
Richmond.
I havo written this historian tiotob., not as a me
moir of the illustrious man of whom it treate, but
for t'ne purpose of contributing som# materials,
which may be wrought by more competent hands,
into a biography, more worthy of his great name
and rnemovy, I ccncludo it by an acknowledge
ment, demanded of mo ilike by justice and feelings
of gratitude, that.to no inonwas Intern indebted,
by bis instructions, hia advice and his eeirmnle, for
the little intellectual improvement which I made
up to tho period when, in my 2}at year, I finally ;
left the city of Richmond.
I am, with great respect,
Your frieud and obedient servant,
Mr. I». it. Minor. H. Olat.
The Richmond Enquirer of yesterday says—
The Wheat harvest in this neighborhood and on
lower James River is now progressing finely. Wc
regret to hear that on several plantations on the
North side of Jams* River, the wheat crop has been
terribly out up by the army-worm. In some cases
one fifth. On several large estates on the South
aide of the River, between 60 and 70 miles below
Richmond, however, the harvest is abundant, tlie
grain full nud the straw scarcely injured at all by
tho rust, the worm or otheroauses. It is a beauti
ful and refreshing sight, that of tue golden and
purple colored grain falling in even and rich rows
liefore the ingenious and fatal-knife mechanism of
Hussey’s Reaping Machine. Some of the fanners
expect ua mil f. crop as last year, and tho grain is
excellent. The oofa egepa are genearlly promis
ing, much improved by recent rains.
Large Organ eob Savannah.— The Philadelphia
Ledge* i\ ys: . 1
“ H. Eubun, organ-builder, of thia city, has just I
sliippcd toSb'annab. *> Urge instrument, to be put j
up w a eherou at that place. Those who have '
heard the organ, speak loiidlv in praise of its Ml,
majestic tones, the soft crescendo of the swell aud
the remarkably clear ringing trunjpet-slop, and ,
think tbs congregation for whom it i* i n tended j
will be agreeably surprised with their purchase.
This W ihn third organ built by Mr. Knauff with
in the Ukf seven months; tho others being the
vary large instrument. now used in St. Mark’s Lu
theran Church, and tha one iu £t. Ann’s Git hoi ie
Church, Richmond.'*
The organ spoken of is intended for the new St.
John's (Episcopal) Church.
A telegraphic d*pitch from New York on Mon
day, furuisued a long account of the wreck of the
vjialeship Lawrence of Poughkeepsie, op the coast
of" Japan, in May, 1845, and the cruel treatment of j
her crew. f7? e same story went the rounds of the
newspapers years ago, and was exposed
bv us at tho tunc ts t hoaii in whole or in part. ;
There has never been any #<fcfc ship as the Law- i
rence in tho whaling business. Ljs possible that
somo runaway sailors may have found their vvey
ia the coast of Japan aud been retained there as
prisoners. —fete Bedford Mercury,
Mbs. Sinclair, late llrs. Forrest.— This lady, j
accompanied bv her sister, Masp yirgiuia Sinclair, j
sailed for Europe, on Wednesday, iu thff steam j
*hit> Asia- She is said to have declined liberal of- .
sere from English managers, and has left her ward- i
robe in Newlforb. On Tuesday evening she ap- I
neared to a crowded house, in a trench play, at :
Brougham’s Liccum. It is s**d sue played exceed
ingly well, and spoke the French aa gEMr and I
mireiv aa anv one, not a native of France, could do.
it the cWof Its play, Mrs. S. was called out,
and after a shower or toguets, she advanced evi
dently excessively agitated, aud gjade quite a neat
has several fhvoritc and distin- ;
guished artists as fallow passengers with her on
board the Asia, vix:—Signor Reneditti, Mad. Trnffi
hsoeditti. Mr. Vanderboff, Miss cuabman and her
friend Hjthilda Hayes, and Mr. Anaerton.—
Farodi and ifiaa Davenport sailed by the last
steamer. _
Fuut ON a Steamboat.— On Saturday mght last, |
at 12 o'clock, when the steamboat T. P- Leather*
was about sixty miles above tnat city afire broke
out in her hotd. She was immediately run ashore
snd the fire was extinguished pa,-If bv pumping
wsUr into the hold of the boat and parti v scut-
I tiing her The fine*steamer James Robb and the
little steams Si. Charles rendered efficient am.
The passengers, soma u&tf-pre m number,
takenoff in safety and no caggagi wa» lost. The
boat was not materially injured. Th» f r ?Z ht '°
the hold was damaged to the amount of b&ween
four «u 4 five thouaand dollars. ..The Leathers ar
rived here iut A'-ening and wiU immediately to
docked for repair*. .aapUm anticpates that
she will be readv for business ag*A by next Satur
day evening.— Pic.
ArrcmvEgtST* Bar the President.— By and tcitk
the advice and count of the Senate.— Edward J.
Phelps to the Second Comptecllar of the Treasury,
in the place of Hvland Hall resigned.
Benjamin G.Ferris, ot N. York, to be Secretary
of the furrkory of Utah, in the place of B. D. Har
ris, rejigged.
The N. York Times says : We were offichtHr in
formed last evening that the Erie direction have
resolved on a three per cent, dividend for July,
payable on the 15th.
THIKTY-SEOOND CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.
YV ashikoton. June 12.
' The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOC.SE.
1 The first bittiness was the motion to lay on the
i table the Florida Railroad 1511.
j Mr. Jones, of Tenn., withdrew hi ; motion to lay
' on the mine, and moved ibattiie bill be referred to
’ the Committee of the Whole on the tjtutc of the
Union.lie animadverted at muoh length at the
. course which had been pursued with
s bills reported by the Committee on Pablie Lands,
; and maintained’ that if it were persisted in, the
calling of reports would not be got through with
i before December, lie concluded with moving to
■ lay the bill with antendments on the table, and dc
-1 uiaudedthe previous question.
The yeas and nay* being ordered on the m'otion
j to lay on the table, it was negatived, yeas T'J nays
; In*.
; On motion, the further coimideration cf bill
■ was deferred til! the second Friday in J uly.
The morning honr huviug expired, the House
: went into Committee of the Whole on the State of
the Union.
Mr. Cabell of Fa., who had the floor for yester-
I day after alluding to the State of parties, insisted
i that the Whig party of the South would not sup
, port any individual whose position is not known,
; or who is opposed to the compromise measures :
and who did not consider that they were the linai
settlement ofa question that had agitated the coun
try. lie adhered to the declaration that lie had
made on a former day that lie would nupjiort a
Democratic nominee who was staunch as to the
compromises : and he was satis lied that is the
principle upon which the Whigs of the South are
united.
He said if it was the policy o t the Whig party at
the North to insist upon the repeal of the fugitive
slave law, it would not be maintained : and, in
conformity with the principles by which he was
actuated, he would not give his support to Gen.
Scott. He regretted that he felt compelled to pur
sue this coarse, and he equally regretted that that
officer should hat e allowed h’miselt to bo misled
jby the Senator from New York, and others; who
| would oppose a law of the land. He found the po-
I sitionof the North is that the fugitive slave law
j is not one of the compromises oftbe constitution ;
j and went oil to animadvert upon the refr.sukif Mr.
i Mangum to speak unhesitatingly as to the senti
ments of Gem Scott with reference to that law.
Were that officer elected he would make his se
lections in accordance with the views of those by
whom lie is influenced, and t he consequence of Ids
election would be to place the country in the hands
of the Free Soil party. After alluding at much
length to tiie conduct of Gencrml Scott, who, had
he expressed himself explicitly, might have been
triumphantly elected, or at least would'have stood
in as favorable a position as Mr. Fillmore, and it
was impossible for hint to obtain any one of the '
1 Southern States, lie concluded by inviting the i
! Northern Whigs to unite upon tiie principles’by
which the present administration is guided.
Mr. Stuart, of Micbigau, who hud the floor, yield- i
cd it to the member from North Carolina, for the
purpose of making an explanation.
Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina replied to Mr.
Cabell, whose speech, he said, he regretted to hear; .
although ho thought it an advantage to the \Y nig
party, that he had been thus explicit. Ho asked i
what Gen. Scott had done, silica the gentleman j
from Florida delivered his speech, on the Sd t eb.,
who is a Southern man, and one whom the tooth
of slander had never dared attack before; and went
on to defend Mr. Mangum, who during a long pe
riod lias retained the confidence of tne people of
the State which he 'represented. The fact was, he
said, that the gentleman from Florida was deter
mined to oppose Gen. Scott, and considered any
declaration, on liis part, as being too late, and
wanted more from him than any op.e else. Mary- !
laud, he said, wanted a stronger pledge than ud- 1
herence to the compromise.
Mr. Walsh said that Maryland had been mis-re- 1
presented, and rose to explain ; but Mr. Stanley j
would not yield the floor.
He went on to state that in supporting Mr.
Fillmore it was not necessary to denounce every j
other candidate; and because the \V liigs ebooso j
to take Gon. Scott, it did not follow that thef
were to turn their backs upon Mr. Fillmore. He
mentioned that Gen. Scott's course had been tin- j
exceptionable until he refused to write a letter.
Gen. Cass, Mr. Folk and others, he said, had re
fused to writo letters, and yet had not been dc- I
nouncedas Ocu. Scott has been. Gen. Scott, he
said, would answer when ho shall be called oil by
the Convention ; and if lie should not do so, he !
Mr. S. would not yield him his support. As to i
platforms, he considered them as all humbugs,
and trusted the Whig Convention would not adopt :
one; the Democratic party in doing so, lie said, !
hud made a coalition with the freesoilers.
lie expressed liimselt'as opposed to coalitions in
every bliape, upon which lie remarked at some
length, and which lie considered as ueitner more
or less than a sale of white men,. of which in
North Carolina they Imd never been guilty ; and ;
as tp platforms, they were not, he said, applied to j
Washington, Ada;;;s, and ether presidents, and i
were not introduced until the time of Mr. Van
Burcn ; lie considered the candidates for the Presi
dency as having injured themselves by writing
letters. He concluded by referring to the Whig
caucus to which reference has been so frequently
made, and by expressing bis determination to do
liis duty to the Whig party and to the country at
large.
Mr. Schqpmsker, of N. Y., has obtained the
floor, and is proceeding with Ids opening remarks
ut the moment of closing this report.
IN SENATE, June 14.
The Chair laid before the Senate a report from
the Secretary of the Treasury in reply to a resolu
tion of the Senate calling for information relative
to the construction of a ship canal across the Ten
insular of Florida.
Mr. Bright introduced a bill to increase the sala
ries of the Assistant Postmasters General, and pro
viding for their future appointment by and with
the advice and consent ot the Senate.
Tito resolution directing the appointment of a
select committee to enquire into the expediency of
purchasing Gatlin’s collection of Indian scenes and
portraits, was taken up and adopted.
Mr. Sumner submitted a resolution, which was
agreed to, directing the committee on commerce to
inquire whether any legislation is necessary or ex
pen.cnt to exempt vessels driven by stress of
weather, and anchoring in any of our ports, trom
tlie ordinary detousions and requisitions of the
Custom House.
The Senate then took up the bill granting fur
ther remedies to patentees, which was debated.
Messrs. Miller, Seward, Bradbury, Toncoy, Under
wood and Stockton, supported the bill, and Messrs.
Bayard, Borland Hunter, Felcb and Geycr opposed
it. A motion to re-commit the bill to the Commit
tee on Patents was lost, and on a motion to re
commit to the Judiciary Committoc no quorum
voted, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Moore, of La., made a pen-anal explanation,
in reply to an allusiou made by Mr. Stanly on Sa
turday'to tho Whig meeting which met, of which
ho was Chairman; the object of which was to con
sult as to the best and most honorable means for
tho nomination of Mr. Fillmore; another object he
said, was to harmonise tho Whig party, and to es
taijUph t platform on which all might unite; and if
the gentleman Iron; North Carolina meant to say
that the meeting was called tor the purpose of cre
ating a third party, he must unhesitatingly con
tradict it. As to what occurred in the caucus, he
could not speak definitively, as ho retired early,
being disgusted with tho arbitrary and imperious
muipcr in which the Chairman acted.
The bill granting lands to all the States, was then
taken up, to which Mr. .Doty, of Wisconsin, moved
an amendment.
A motion was made to lay tho hill and amend
ment on the table; and the ayes and nays being
taken, it was negatived—yeas 65, nays t>3.
The previous quqptipn having been seconded the
main question was ordered to ho put, when it was
moved to recommit tire bill to tho Commiitco on
public lands, which was negatived—yeas 76, nays
106.
On motion of Mr. Marshall, of Cal., Mr. Hous
ton, Chairman of the Committee cd M ays and
Means, veported the Senate bill, for establishing a
mint in California, with an amendment.
Mr. McCorkle moved to put tho bill upon its
passage.
Tho House then went into committee ot the
whole on the state of tne Union.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Gentry, Camp
bell and Stanly.
Mr. Townsend next obtained the floor, when the
committee rose.
Mr. Seymour, of New York, introduced a hill to
improve Certain rivers and harbors, which was re
ferred to the committee of the whole.
The House then adjourned.
IN SENa"te] June 15.
The Chair laid before tho Senate a message front
tho President, enclosing a report of the Secretary
of State requesting the attention of Congress to
the necessity of providing proper defences for the
inhabitants on the Kio Grande.
Also, a report from tito seme, enclosing r. letter
from tho Spanish Minister claiming indemnity for
tho Spanish subjects injured by the mobs at New
Orleans.
Mr. Husk reported a bill to establish a line of
steamers between some Sputhcru port of the Uni
ted States and the port of Para, «i the Amazon
| river, and other intermediate places.
! The joint resolution directing the completion of
| tho war steamers for harbor defences was taken tip,
| and after debate was passed.
! On motion of Mr. Rusk, it was ordered that
! when the Senate adjourns, it adjourn to to meet
again ou Saturday.
' The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Jones, of Teun- mo.cd that, when tho !
House adjourn, it adjourn to meat oa Friday—
which was agreed to.
Mr: “Richardson of 111., proposed that the bills
securing the pre-emption right to settlers, on the
line of the Illinois railroad, be put uporn its pas
sage.
Mr, Meade, of Vs., moved to reconsider the vote
by which thibill arsnXitg »«“• to tbs different (
States was disposed of on s formor day, in order -
that it be referred to the committee of the whole '
on the state of the Union.
Mr. Jones, of Tenn., moved to lay the motiou
rpon the table; pending which, a’ motion was
nude that the House adjourn, and the yeas and nays
having beet taken, it was ue"atived-*-yeas7B, nays
if- ,
Mr. Richardson moved to take up and pass the
territorial bills upon the Speaker's table, which was
objected to.
It was again moved that the nouse adjourn, and
toners baying been appointed, the numbers were
—veas 66, nays a/.
The yeas and nays were tirea ordered, ar-d the
motion was negatived—yeas 72, Bays 67.
The House then proceeded to the business on the
speakers table; and one of the messages of the
PrestdetJ was read. ;
Mr. Houston, of Ala., moved to proceed witn
the unfinished business of yesterday, being the
California mint bill.
Mr. Bodoks, of New York, moved to go into
Committee on the State of the Union, which thj
speaker decided wasout of order.
The Voua and nays were then ordered on taking
upfehe unfinished business of yesterday.
A motion was again made that in's House ad
journ, but the previous question having been with
drawn on the California mint bill, the Houses pro
cfetd.ed with its consideration.
Mr. Htvssai aaid it was not his intention to op
pose the bill or propose an amendment, but to dis
cuss the amendment proposed by the Committee
of Wavs an.l Means, establishing a seigniorage on
all coin and bullion, than which ho more important
measure bad come before the House, except the
proposal with reference to public lands. W hatever
affects the currency of a country, he said, is of
importance to that country. Seigniorage, he s .id,
ie not an American word, but the offspring of
feudality.
There are two wavs, he said, by which this may
jbe effected—bv adulteration and per eeutsga ; end
this relie of feudality it is now proposed to force
upon ihj American people: which has not existed
ill anv civilized eosntrv of Enron* since the time
i of Charles the Second of England, and which
I would drive the transportation of the preginn*
; nr’als to Europe. No seigniorage, he said, is io
| vied iu Great Britain, and he challenged ccntr.v
■ diction ot the tw*.
He said that the Government of England pay
j sixty shillings per ounce on silver and re-ii*m- it
‘ at sixty-six shillings, for the purpose of keeping it
ia tiie "country: biit this bill proposes, as reported,
: to take a half or OSS per cent, on ail gold and bnl
-1 Lion, which most come ot*. of the pockets of the
; people: and thus reverses the entire policy of the
country, and would send "old and silver to Kng
' tafilj for the purpose of being coined: atnorepre
i posteroi*a iiicssare than which could not be pro
t pe.-ed.
j Mr. Jones, of Tenn.. read a report of the Secre
' tarr of the Treasury in fovor of establishing a
■ seignorage.
Mr. Brooks said the Secretary was mistaken, and
went on to allude to the necessity of keeping sil
ver in the country, which cannot be effected while
the present practice prevails by which seigniorage
is exacted.
Minor amendments were then agreed to, when a
motion was made to adjourn, bntth’re being no
quorum voting the yeas and nay* were called, to
: ascertain if there was a House, as well as to decide
as to an adjournment,•which was negatived—yeas
42. nays **'.
The preceding amendments having been agreed
to on that esti Wishing a seignorage, the yeas and
nays were ordered —landing which a motion pre
vailed that ills- House adjourn, and it stands ad
journed till Friday.
Loss orr.fi; flrcuia Banner or Attakapas.—
We copy the following account of the loss of this j
steamer from the Memphis Whig of the 11th j
inst.
The steamer ( Banncr of Attakapas, Capt. Car
lyle, from New Orleans bound for Tuscambia,
Ala., with a cargo of railroad iron, yesterday morn
ing, about9 o'clock, struck npon some object, (a
rock or snag,) near the right bank of the river, at
Yeates’s Point, half a mile below Shaw's wharf
boat, and sunk within the space oftwo minutes.—
No one was lost, though everything beside, bag
gage and cargo, went down with the boat; whieh
at present lies at the bottom, with 400 tons of rail
road iron in her hulk As the steamer sunk, the
cabin parted from the bull, and floated off down
the current. It was overtaken in the chute of
President's Island, where some of the effects
recovered by the job boat Lieut. Maury, which,
npon perceiving the Banner's catastrophe, imme
diately fired up and went in pursuit.
We’have understood that the greaterpart o' the
cargo of the Banuer of Attakapas was insured in
this citv, though the exact amount, or what office
is tiie ’suffefer, we were unable to learn. It is
thought that the railroad iron will be all recovered
when the river falls, as the boat lies but a short
distance from the shore. — Pic.
F iree— We mentioned yesterday that a fire had
occurred that morning in the piazza of the house
occupied formerly by Mr. Henry Willis, on Line
street, east of Meeting street. We regret that wo
have now to record that another took place at be
tween nine and ten o’clock the same morning, in a
wooden two story house, on the north side ol Liu
gnurd street, owned by Mr. Peter Kelly, and oc
cupied by Michael Armstrong and several families.
It was discovered in a straw bed between the bed
ding and bedstead frame, but was fortunately ex
tinguished without mneh damage having ensued.
The first tire there is every reason to believe was
the act of an incendiary, and tiie frequent recur
rence of these malicious attempts demands the ut
most vigilance from our municipal authorities. To
say nothing ot the inconvenience onr energetic tire
companies snli'er by these repeated calls for their
services, the expense each alarm causes the city
should i«) considered, and no stone should bo left
unturned by those having the control of onr aflairs
to remedy the existing evil.
Wo have stated elsewhere in our columns this
morning that in Savannah, where a similar state of
things, wc regret to say, exists, the Mayor lias of
fered a reward of *SOO for tiie conviction of any
ineendiary; and wo would Htrongly urgejon our
own City Government the propriety of pursuing
a similar course. It is apparent that something
must he done, and the sooner that something is
done the better.— Courier.
Fire.—Yesterday morning about 5 o’clock, the
: fire beds were again rung. The fluinos were found
i to proceed trom the large wooden carpenter shop
i of D. Lopez Cohen, in tho rear of his dwelling on
i Joncs-strcct. This building was entirely consum
ed, together with a large number of tools, a quan
tity white pine lumber, &c. The fire then com
municated to his new and commodious brick dwel
ling fronting on Jones-strcet, whiok was entirely
consumed. The brick house on the east, was also
entirely destroyed; it was owned by Mrs. Jewitt
and occupied by J. S. YVilkins. The fire then ex
tended to the next dwelling, but was here arrested
by tho active oxertious of the firemen, this house
was considerably injured both by fire and water;
it is also the property of Mrs. Jewitt. The four
adjoiuing houses on the eastern side were occupied
bv Rev. Mr. Rainbaut, Dr. Koyall, Mrs. YV. T.
Williams and Mr. YV. Rogers,—all of these persons
suffered considerable losses by the removal of for
niture.
Mr. Cohen’s loss is about SIO,OOO, $4,000 of
wliieh is covered by insurance, Mrs. Jowitt’s loss
is about 6,000 —none of whieh was insured.
There having been no fire in the shop, or any
person iu it siueo the Saturday evening previous,
it was no doubt the work of ail incendiary.— Suv.
Pep., loth inti.
English Railroad Statistics. —The Loudon cor
respondent of the Xational Intelligencer furnishes
tho following interesting itctu9 of English Railroad
statistics:
The last half year’s Railroad return has been
published, by which it appears that from the Ist
of July to 31st ot December, 1851, the number
ber of passengers was 47,509,932. There were 118
persons killed and 264 injured, who aro classified
as follows:
'Killed. YVonuded.
Passengers, by ca uses beyond their control... 8 218
l)o. by their own misconduct 9 l j
Total passengers 17 227
Servants, Ac. belonging to the roads, by
causes beyond their own control 30 17
fro. by their otvn carelesuess or
misconduct ....' 32 11
Trespassers 88 9
Suicide 11
118 264
Thus, of the passengers, one out of overy 2.800,-
QOO was killed, and one out of overy 209,000 in
jured. Auother interesting item of railway intel
ligence is, that the gro t Northern Railway lias
ottered to carry the mail from London to Edin
burgh in thirteen hours. Letters are to leave
London at 9 P. M. and to be received iu Edinburgh
ut 10 next morning. They arc at present received
ut half-past two, being a saving of four hours and
a half. The distanco from London is OSO miles.
New York Money Market.— The Journal of
Commerce of Monday evening says :
There is a buoyant feeling throughout tho mar
ket, and capital is still freely offered. The Bank
ers have been compared to hackney-coaches, which
crowd tho corner upon every pleasant day, and
deafen the passers with erics of ■■Have a coach i”
from their accommodating drivers; but tiie mo
ment a shower comes begins to disperse, and by
the time a storm sets in, aro no where to be found,
or if met are as exclusive and uncivil us a govern
ment clerk. Just Vow it is fair weather, and tho
borrowers have the market in their favor,
Foreign Exchange continues steady but with a
small business. The leading drawers ask 110% tor
hills on Loudon, while 110% is offered by buyers.
It is probable that half a million of coin will go
out in YVednesday's steamers, but the imports of
specie aro still in cxeoss of the exports.
Tho stock market is quite animated with a far
ther very material improvement in some leading
descriptions.
An Economical Soiree.— Mr. Robert Walsh, the
correspondent at Paris of the New York Journal of
Commerce, in a late letter from thatluxurious capi
tal, relates the following:
“Amongour Legitmist acquaintance, we. rank
high a titled lady, of literary eminence, who lost
her husband many years ago in Algeria. Her con
nexions are offhe oldest noblesse. The revolution
01MS4S greatly reduced her means. She wished to
remain independent, und therefore resorted to her
pen. Iu conversation with her, last winter, I ven
tured to ask her how she bore, at first, her vicissi
tude of fortune. She answered, ‘The first month
1 wopt frequently—enough to break my heart; but
at length, ou a little reflection, I said to my myself
—what is the use of all this grief, it restores noth
ing; it only swells and reduces mv eyes, and sal
loves my cheeks, and makes me ugly ; so I wiped
the tears away, and regained,my spirits and my old
looks. Ino longer go abroad in tho evening to
mix with tho fashionable world—first, because I
cannot atforcTtlie proper toilette; next because I
might suffer vain regrets.’ All this mav be cited
as true French philosophy. Her looks, j can as
sure you, are worthy careful preservation. The
next week wc accepted an invitation to a musical
party in her small apartment. The company,
crowded into saloon, ante-ehambor,and bedcham
ber—ccnsisted of Legitimist dignitaries of both
sexes; and musicians, both amateur and profes
sional, of the first order. The repast for the ears
was exceedingly rich; for the palate, simple tea,
cake, syrup and water; and nobody could be dis
contented. The decorations werc’remarknble for
taste, at small expense. The whole actual cost of
tho soiree, as she whispered to one of my family,
amounted to some twenty francs; vour New York
routs are not quite so economical.’’
A New English Coin. —The London Gazette
contains a royal proclamation announcing the is
sue of a pew cclrigo, of Florins, or tentlis of a
pound, and ordaining that those pieces of money
shall be current and lawful money of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain slid Ireland, and shall
pass us such by tho name of Florin throughout the
Kingdom. m
There are said to have been only four Bank of
England uotes for one million sterling, and that
after these four were engraved Hit plates wore des
troyed. Os these impressions the Rothschilds have
one, the late Mr. Goutts had another, the Bank of
England the third, and Mr. Samuel Rogers, the
poet and banker, now decorates his parlour with the
I fourth, suspended in a gold frame.
■ The demand for labor in this city and vicinity,
j says the Memphis Eagle, is greater than ever known
I before. In the course ot tiie next few months the
; supply will fall farjihort of the demand. We have
so many I’lank Roads, Kail Roads Levee Con
j tracts, so much City work, &c., going on in this
I region, that by the first of October next, there will
1 bo need of at least two thousand laborers in uddi
| tion to those already engaged. Wo know of one
Levee contractor alone, "who wishes to employ
Bight Hundred, apd wo hear that others will in a
short time require large reinforcements. Our con
temporaries up and down the Mississippi valley
will confer a favor by giving publicity to this
paragraph.
Robert Owen told John Randolph that he should
liv- iq see the day when mankind would discover
the principle of vitality, and of course learn to live
for ever, ‘i Are you not aware,” said he “that in
Egypt, by artificial heat, the people create thou
sands of chickens I” “Yes,” replied Randolph;
“ but you forgot to tell us who furnishes the eggs.
Show me the man who can lay an egg, and I’ll
agree to your parallel case.” The proposition was
a poser I
Among the patents issued daring the past week
were the following: Horatio N. Gambrill, of Bal
timore, Maryland—for improvement in preparing
cotton yarn for the manutacture of duck and other
coarse fabrics, *
George Yeilott, of Bel-Air, Maryland—for im
provement in detaching harness from horses.
Hon. Abbott Lawrence.— “ Merrimack,” the
Boston correspondent of the Newhuryport Herald
says that Hon. Abbott Lawrence has" signified to
the President a desire to return to this country,
and next October has been determined upon as
the period when his resignation will take effect.
Murder W ill Oct.—The truth of the above
was never more certainly exemplified than in the
present instates. A man calling himself Miller,
bnt whose real name is said to be Pemberton, was
arrested in Henry County, lowa, a few days since
upon a requisition from the Governor of Kentucky!
He stands indicted for murder, alleged to have
been cemmitysd some ten or twelve vears ago in
Kentucky, from which State he fled, soon after his
arrest, and nnderan assumed name settled in Hen
ry County, where he is said to have conducted
himself "peaceably, and to bare accumulated a
handsome property. He has a wife and several
children.— St. Zaun Intel.
Late from tiie Plains.— Mr. Hubbell has ar
rived at St. Louis from Santa Fc. All was quiet
in New Mexico. Goy. Calhoun was about starting
for St. Louis. The Indians on the Arkansas were
about decamping for tfce California road to inter
cept the emigrants. He met the U. S. troops at
D.amond Springs, getting along slowly ; they had
lost twenty-five men by cholera.
It is a singular tact that me Secession and Free
Soil Democrats were the only parties opposed to a
Platform at Baltimore ; and in the end, these men
came in apparently. May the politics of the coun
try soon know no such parties :l- Secessioni sta or
Free Sobers.— AtrS. vjl,
Decidedly Supernal. —The Tribune publishes a
“supernal despatch - ’ from the world of spirita,
j fomunia'taSted by a professed spiritual medium.
I It professes to come from benjamin Franklin, and
I is to the effect that Sir John Franklin yetlives,
and is imprisoned in the Arctic ocean, in latitude
i sevsKiy-nve degrees north, and longitude (from
Washington; twelve degree, west. The Tribune,
' acknowledging the politeness of Benjamin Frank
i lin and the medium, offers the latter liberal
remuneration for daily reports of what is transpir
-1 ingin Europe, the remuneration to be paid on the
j arrival of each steamer if it verifies the report*.
| Now here is a chance for the mediums, which, if
i they improve not, lot them hereafter forever bold
1 their peace.—A". J". Com.
"IEUROPEAN INTELLI
s j CEXCE.
| I The mails furnish (be following additional de
-1 I tails of English news to 2d instant by steamer
" Baltic at New Y’ork :
" i The crops throughout England and Ireland are
i luxuriant. The wheat crop is especially thriving,
j Othergrai as look well, and so do potatoes. There is
- ; a prospect of a liiir hoy crop. I lops have a strong
i | growth, witli the apjiearanee of being untouched
' by blight.
1 It is observed and commented on in England,
that the New Y ork papers, per Europa, contain
advices from Sydney, New South Wales, four
uxet* liter than any received in England. *
There are 81 vessels in the port of London up
for Australia. The Government Emigration Com
missioners propose to charter 8 vessels per month,
the next six months, for the same destination.
Seven vessels are loading at Liverpool for Aus
tralia, and 7 for Sim Francisco.
Francs.—The committee of the budget has
adopted an amendment suppressing the salaries of
the iuspectors-general of the ministry of police
and has expressed the wish that the entire depart
ment should be suppressed. The committee has
also adopted an amendment proposed by M. de
Montaleinbert, to the effect that no credit should
be allowed tor the sale of the Orleans estates.
The Public, the Paris organ of the ultra Elysean
party, contains a remarkuldaurticle, insisting that
the only auswer to fusion is the empire, and that
the President would be a poltroon if lie witnessed I
the conspiracy of the two branches against him
without seizing the occasion at once to assume the
imperial crown.
The Moniteur declares that tiie warlike rumors 1
are unfounded, and that the right of the French .
nation to fix its own form of government has never
been meuaced or contested by tho other powers.
An Ingenious fraud has coine to light iu France,
by maims of which five franc pieces, mostly coin
age of Louis X\ 11, Charles X and Louis Ph'Ulippe,
are deteriorated to the extent of seven-tenths, and
vet preserve their genuine appearance, weight and '
ring. The two faces of the coin are suwn oil" and
the interior being filled with German Bilvcr, detec- (
tion is almost impossible.
Switzerland. —The Voss Gazette states that the
protocols respecting Switzerland were signed in
London by the representatives of the five great
powers, and that a collective uote will be address
ed to the Federal Government, calling upon it to re
establish the former constitution of Neufohatol.—
France, it is added, will undertake to enforce com
pliance, if the Federal Government should not ot
ouee execute the decision come to by the five pow
ers.
East Indies.— The most important intelligence
from tho East relates to the military operations
against tiie Burmese, with tiie cupturo of Martaban
and Rangoon.
it is stated that the Governor-General has sent
the King of Ava a bill amounting to £250,000
for the expenses incurred up to tiie 81st of March,
with a notice that lie will be chargedut the rate of
£IO,OOO a day for the expenses of tiie expedition
till lie comos to terms. The present strength of
the expedition is about sixtiiousaud troops sixteen
or seventeen steamers, fall but two armed,) four
or five transports, aline of battleship, a forly-lour
gun frigate, and a brig of war.
Sir Collin Campbell is still opposed to tho north
western tribes near Peshawar, but they keep up
skirmishing and retreating, and will not come to
an action with him. Her Majesty's SSd had been
ordered to Shub Kuddcr, from Pesbawur, and
started mounted on a splendid cavuleado of one
hundred elephants.
Reports from Cabul state that the people of Ko
histau have rebelled against Dhost Mo homed; and
his youngest son had marched against the rebels.
The government of the Nizam territories is in a bad
condition, funds exhausted and predatory bauds
covering the country.
Tiie military spirit has been greatly roused
throughout India, by the note of preparation for
war, and a desire is felt to wipe off the disgraceful
failure shown by the Bengal SBth Native Infantry
and sth Troop of the 7th Cavalry, at Peshawnr.—
The former volunteered to go to Egypt, on the oc
casion of Sir D. Baird’s expedition ; it now urges
as au excuse for battle a three day’s steam trip
across the Bay of Bengal.
Cope of Good Hope. —Adviees from the Cape to
the 18th of April had been received. The war, it
was generally thought, was being brought to a
close; hostilities were suspended and treaties were
being eutored ntl. Sir Harry Smith and lady
came homo on the steamer Glndiator.
Tho Westorn Gazette states that numerous arrests
took place ou the 24 th at Bremen, iu consequence
of the discovery of*tho statutes and rules of an as
sociation culled the League of Death, together with
poingnards, pistols and other weapons. The pris
oners had been taken to tho Hotel de Y'illo, and
great excitement prevailed in the city.
News by tlie Europa.
Markets.— The cotton market has been steady
at unchanged rates, A little speculation has been
going on, and sales are likely to bo large. Sales of
tho week 63,000 bales, of which speculators took
23,000 and exporters S,OOO bales.
Breadstuff's are unchanged. Sales of Western
Canal Flour at 205., and Ohio at 20s. flit. Sales of
yellow Corn at 31s. 6d., amt white at 30s. 6d.
Flour and Grain was dull. American Wheat de
clined on Friday Is. per 70 lbs.; best quality Flour
brought 20s. 6d. Com had declined 6d. a Is. per
qr.
London Money Market.— Tho fluctuations in
Consols had depressed tlie market. On Friday at
2 o’clock they closed at 100% aloo7-16 for money,
and 100% a 100% for account.
Tlie foreign markets wero satisfactory. Money
at Paris was plenty. Three’s closed at 15 centimes
less than ou Wednesday. Four and a half's at 30
centimes better.
The Austrian loan had been taken at % pre
mium, chiefly in Paris.
England.— The steamship for Australia, while
clearing Plymouth on Friday, ran against a pier
and was so much damaged that she had to pat
back,
Reports from Pan Juan del Rev are favorable to
the mining company. The not profits of tlie past
yfcnr are £52,000.
Tlie free trade loaders in Parliament seemed de
termined to force a debate on tlie question.
A reward of £lO has been orderod for tho appre
hension of Meagher.
Spain.—A Spanish expedition had started for
the Indian Seas from Manilla, to erect fortifica
tions at Puerto Palloe.
Portugal.— The Portuguese Salt question lias
been settled in favor of America.
Germany.— The trains which conveyed the Em
peror of Russia and suite to Warsaw, on tho 27th
nit., was thrown off the track and the cars smashed.
No one was injured.
Tnorc is nothing important from France.
Baltimore, June 16 .—Vie Mnrkrtx. —There was,
at tlie sailing of the Europa, ou tlie sth instant, a
good Btcady market for Cotton iit Liverpool, with
out any change having taken place in prices, and
there had been hut little speculation going on.—
The salos, it seems probable from present indica
tions, will be large. Flour was dull. Wheat had
declined a shilling, and Corn from sixpenco to a
shilling. Rico was moderately active, and no ma
terial change had taken place in prices. Carolina
was worth from 17s. to 17s. 6d. American Securi
ties were in good demand. U. S. Sixes of ’G7 were
quoted at from 107% to 108%. Tho foreign Stock
market was satisfactory. Os tho Austrian Loan of
£8,500,000, tho sum of £2,250,000 had been sub
scribed for in London at % per cent, preminm.
The issuing price without tlio preminm was nomi
nally 90, hut some allowances of interest in the
payment of tho instalments would reduce it to
£BB 19s. 7d. Those instalments will fall due every
alternate month, and will extend to thclOtli of
March, 1858. A sinking fund of 1 per cent, per
annum, is to be applied to pay off the bonds at par.
a certain number being drawn bv lot every half
year. Tlie remaining £1,200,000 had been taken
in Frankfort.
Foreign Items.— The British Parliament, which
had taken a recess during tlie Whitsun holidays,
had re assembled, hut their proceedings present
ng features of especial interest. Nothing further
lias been heard relative to the fate of Mr. Murray,
tlie Englishman under sentence of death in tlie
fortress of Spoieto. It is generally believed that
Queen Victoria will visit the South "of Ireland this
summer. Tlie Australian emigration furore con
tinues unabated. Ton pounds reward had been
offered for the apprehension of Mr. Meagher. Ad
vices reeeived in London state that tho Emperor of
Russia had left Berlin for Warsaw on tlie 27th ult.,
with tlie Empress, who had been recommended by
her physicians to proceed to Sehlangcubad anil
enter on a course ot bathing witli the least delay ;
and that whilst on the railroad the locomotive ran
off the track, totally demolishing several of the
cars, hilt fortunately injuring no on*.
France was qnlct, and nothing important had tran
spired since the departure of tho Baltic on the 2d
inst. Louis Napoleon was still at St. Cloud. Tho
French fleet at the last accounts was at Palermo. The
alarming rumors that prevailed in Belgium, and
the fears which were entertained in December and
January of forcible annexation to France have
been revived. Excitement still prevailed'in Fri
bourg in Switzerland. The insurrection in Turkey
in the pachalik of Bagdad had not been suppress
ed, and tho Arabs were still masters ot tho country
from Mosul to the Persian Gulf.
The Upas Tree or the Isthmus.— Somq tiige
since we saw some comments in th.U United States
paper upon an article from a Panama paper,
(which we c|p Tfot recollect,) stating that a man
iiautca James Bind had been found dead under a
tree on the Gorgona road, and that upon examin
ing tho tree, the natives pronounced it highly poi
sonous, producing death to any pge who should i
sleep under it,
Riding gui upon the “ Plains,” a few miles from
the city, the other day, with a friend, we had the i
fortune to have several of these trees pointed out ,
to us. As fur around each as its branched extended I
the gruss was dead—the ground almost bare, j
whilst all beyond u was fresh and green. Each \
tree seemed to form a circle around it by the ap- !
pearanee presented by the dead and live" gras*. — :
They were all alike iu this respect, anti the trees I
all of the same appearance and character.
Occasionally th* skaii or n dead mule or other i
api.tnql, were to be found lying either directly under
the trees, or near by, indicating the effects its
deadly paisou. Anxious as we felt <0 procure a
branch and bring it tq thU uuy, that its fluids
might ho sqhteateu to a chemical analysis, we were
deferred by the threatening appearance thsy pre
sented.
We have no doubt at all that Lina came to his
death in the maur«er described. Nor do we
entertain a doubt as to the nature of the tree
being as poisonous as the deadly Upas of the Nile.
Panama Herald , June 1.
Salabiesin California.— The Legislature ofCali
fornia passed a bill at its recent session, which pro
vides for various salaries, as follows'.—Governor,
*10,000; SecretaryofState, 3,500; Treasurer,4,soo;
Comptroller, 4,500; Surveyor General, 2,000; At
torney Geuaral 2,000 ; Superintendent of Public
Instruction, 4,500 ; Supreme Judges (each) 6,550 i
Superintendaut of Public Buildings, 4,u00; Dis
trict Judges (sth, 6th, 7th, Bth, 6th, 10th, and 11th
Judicial Districts) each, 6,000 ; District Judge, 4th
Judicial District, 7,500; District Judges, Ist and
qd Judicial, each, 3,000; District Judge, 3d Judi
cial District, 4,000. , , .
District Attorneys are to be paid by tne counties
out of the county treasuries.
Lieutenant. Governor aud Speaker flo a aay>
and same mileage as members.
Rain.— The shower yesterday was the heaviest
that has fallen for some weeks in the same space
of time. From Dr. J. F. Posey, the Observer in
this city, for Chatham county, of the Smithsonian
Institute, we learn that between twenty minutes
past one and half past two P. M-, (one hour and
ten minutes) 2.518 inches fell. The whole quantity
that had fallen for this month, previously, was but
I.49odths inch, 2-10ths of an inch of which fell
during the night of the Elat ult., and previous to
Mveno'cloci, A. M., of the Ist inst.-the hour at
which the Dr. examines hi*"“Rf
and evening of each day.— Sac. Sep., tUt met.
Wh vt is iie Reserved Fob, —There is a lad of
onKtwcKe’ ears, W. H Waddell, living at Po
cahontas, Ark., who in the Wing of 1850 was
stabbed tbe wound thought to be mortal: the same
fiSwM knocked senseless android by lighting; in
the fell of ’sl was run oyer dv four mules and a
“lon' last winter, fell from the third story
window, lighting coslam upon a ptle of stone;
Tbout six weeks since was shot, three bails entering
his body. The hero of all these nglv accidents is
still alive and healthy, being reserved, doubtless.
for some other kind of “ shifting off this mortal
cod.” He's evidently “one on 'em'. —Exchange.
•
A Good Hit—A mong the resolutions introduced
t) , a WoL-an’s Bights Convention in their re-
Snt Chester Pa., is th* foilow
: mf ,_ LegLlator* are requited to “make a note on
1 Reeolzed, That if it be true that H is woman's
province to soothe angry passions and calm tbe bel
ligerent feelings of maa, we know of no place
where she wusud find a riper harvest awaiting b er
labor, than ;u the hails of ottr" National and ’State
legislation. .• _ - ’
Boetpx, Jane 10.—Brefcer, the Suffolk Benk de
faulter, has been sentenced to three years impris
onment in the State prison, and one day solitary
confinement.
' $9 JHapetic ftltgrnpl).
"LATER TrO M EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE^TEAMER
FRANEL IN.
The steamer Franklin lias arrived at New York,
bringing four day's later news from Europe.
Liverpool, June B, —Cotton.— Tho solos of the
two days, Monday and Tuesday, are 17,000 bales,
showing an advance of %d.
Wheat had declined 1 a 2d. Flour S to 6d.
Com 6d.
Whig National Convention.
Third Day—Morning Session.
Baltimore, Friday, June 18.—The Convention
met tliis morning. The resolution authorising each
member of the committee on the platform to cast
the Electoral Vote of liis State, was withdrawn.
The platform committee was appointed, and va
rious series of resolutions referred to it.
The committee on Credentials have reported in
favor of all the Fillmore contestants for seats from
1 Vermont and New York.
Evening Session.
The Convention commenced balloting at a quar
ter after seven o’clock. On the first ballot the vote
stood Fillmore 182, Scott 138, Webster 29. The
second ballot Scott had 188, Fillmore 1.31, YVebster
29. 3d ballot same as second. 4lh ballot Scott
184, Fillmore 180, YVebster 29. sth ballot Fillmore
188, Scott 180, Webster 80. «th ballot Fillmore
133, Scott 131, Webster 29.
The Convention then adjourned at half-past 9
o'clock, to 9 to-morrow, A. M.
SATURDAY—MORNING SESSION.
Seventli ballot—Scott, 181; Fillmore, 138; Web
ster, 23. Bth ballot—Scott, 188; Fillmore, 181;
Webster, 28. 9th ballot— Fillmore, 131; S*ott,
133; Webster, 29. 10th ballot—Scott, 185; Fill
more, 180: YVebster, 28. 11th ballot-Seott, 134;
Fillmore, 131; Webster, 28.
1 rom 12tli to 15th ballot no clinngo of vote. 16th
ballot—Scott, 135; Fillmore, 129; Webster, 28.
17th ballot—Webster, 29; Fillmore, 131; Scott,
182. ISth, sumo as last, except New Hampshire
gave one vote to Crittenden.
3 o’clock, P. M.—l pto the 30th ballot there was
little change. At ten minutes after 2, P. M., the
Convention took a recess of two hours.
Saturday, P. M.—On tho 84th ballot the vote
was Webster, 28; Scott IS4; Fill more, 126; Crit
tenden, 4; three of which were from lowa, and
one from California.
SATURDAY—AFTERNOON SESSION.
The forty-sixth ballot resulted as follows: Web
ster 31 Filimore 127; Scott 184. After which, at
ten minutes after 8 o’clock at night, the Conven
tion adjourned to 10 o’clock Monday morning. Tho
other ballotings, from tho bWrfy-fourth, (the last
sent) vary so little that it is useless to give details.
Baltimore, Sunday, Juno 20.
Despatches were sent last night by thoir respec
tive friends, to both Webster and Fillmore, asking
whnt they should do. Mr. Webster replied, “ I
liavo nothing to say.” Mr. Fillmoro’s respouso
was, “go for Mr. Webster by all moans, and thus
save the Whig party.”
Baltimore, J line 21.
MONDAY—MORNING SESSION.
The Convention met this morning according to
adjournment, and resnmed the balloting for a
nominee, when YVehsterand Fillmore commenced
losing, on the 48th, being tho second ballot of the
day. Scott continued gaining until tho 58d ballot,
when he was nominated. Tho vote wus Scott 159;
Fillmore 112; Webster 21.
Tho Southern States ail stood Ann for Fillmore
cxcopt Y’irginia, which voted 6 for Filhnoro mid 8
for Scott—l blank.
An Alabama delegate moved that the nomina
tion be unanimous. Dayton, of New Jersey, ap
pealed to the South in behalf of tho nomination.
Louisiana doolarod unanimously for tho nominee.
A letter was received from Gen. Scott, accepting
the nomination and approving the platform.
Second Despatch.
Tlio Convention adjourned from 3 to 4 o’clock,
P. M., when it again assembled, and on tho second
ballot nominated the Hon. William A. Graham, of
North, Carolina, as the candidate for the Y’ico-
Prcßidency.
Storm in Charleston.
Charleston, June 21. —There was a severe thun
der storm to-day, about 2 o’clock, P. M., during
which the mainmast of the schooner H. A. Bar
ling, loading for Baltimore, was struck by light
ning, and completely shivered. Tho chief mate
was somewhat injured by the fluid.
The steatnor Union arrived at her wharf at 9
o’clock, P. M.
Charleston Market.
Tuesday, Juno 22.— Cotton.— The sales to-day
were 1000 hales, at 9% a 10}<(c. Market firm at
full prices.
New York Market.
Monday, June 21.— Cotton —Sales to-day 500
bales. Market firm.
ITEMS BY TELEGAPIL
New Orleans, Jane 21.—Advices have been re
ceived, to day, from Galveston, Texas, which state
that the Americans on tiie Rio Grande, aro in a
state of intense excitement iu consequenco of the
repeated murders committed by the Mexicans and
Indians.
New Orleans, June 21.—The brig Tehuantepec
has arrived at this port in six days from Vera Cruz,
She reports that on the 24th ult., Col. Sloo’s con
tract for constructing a road across tho Isthmus of
Tehuantepec, having come a second time before
the Mexican Congress, ou the interpretation that
was to be given to one doubtful word, it was re
jected and then that body adjourned sine die.
A letter from Mntamoras states that four of Cnr
vajal’s troops, who had recently been taken prison
ers, were shot by tiie order of Arista, under cir
cumstances which exhibited great cruelty. One
was an American, another a Scotchman, and two
wore Mexicans.
New Orlans, June 21.—The vote was taken
throughout this city to-day on tho proposition tn
tax real estate iu ordor to raise the sum of $3,600,000
to bo applied towards the constriction of the Now
Orleans, Jackson and Opelonsa Railroad. It'was
carried by n largo majority, and the resnlt was re
ceived witli the greatest enthusiasm. A salnto of
100 guns was fired in honor of the event, and other
demonstrations of satisfaction exhibited.
Dunkirk, June 16.—Last evening, about 2,000 of
the inhabitants of Dunkirk rose on masse, and at
tacked the bouse of Henry Tiles, foreman in the
Now York and Eric Railroad machine shop, and
having captured him,bilrnt his house to tlicground.
Tiles having accused another man named Isaac
Smith, in tho same establishment, of having im
proper .intercourse with his wife, with a'view of
extorting money from him, on the falso oath of
Tiles' wife Smith was arrested, tried and acquitted.
Smith took it so much to heart that he committed
suicide yesterday. Tiles’ wife then confessed her
perjury. On the facts getting wind the inhabitants
rose as above. Tiles is in their custody, and seri
ous disturbances are apprehended.
Worcester, Mass., Juno 17.—A Democratic Ra
tification meeting was held at Worcester last night,
at which Judge Merrick presided. Resolutions
condemning Rantoul’s rejection, but endorsing the
platform were adopted. It is thought here tfial If
Rantoul bolts tho nominations he will no j, sus
tained by the Free Soil Deipowate.
New Haven, Juuo 17..—The Connecticut Legis
lature to-day rejected the Maine idanor Law bv a
vote 114 tb 105,
Cincinnati, Juno 16.—Great oxaitemont has been
produced iu the upper part of the city by the dis
covery of 12 human bodies in a frame shanty ou
the road to Walnut Hills, which purported to be a
chemical laboratory. The owner, Dr. Davis, has
been arrested and is on trial to-day. Ilis business
has been to arrange skeletons for the College, and
it is supposed the bodies were procured for that
purpose.
Boston, June 16th,—Gov. Boutwell having ap-
S tinted Seth (L Thomas, of Charlestown, to the of
ce o* Prison Inspector, the Council rejected the
nomination. Thomas was tho counsel {hr the owner
of the slave Sims, and the Qovemor’s free soil
friends arc surprised at the nomination.
Buffalo, J.suaa 18th.—The walls of the Republic
printing office fell to-day with a tremendous crash,
uurylng the compositors under the rums. Fortu
nately no one was killed.
| Concord, N. H„ June 18th.—The Liquor Bill
! passed the H*o*e to-day, by yeas 172, nays 105.
l iierc i* no doubt that it will pass the senate, and
; will be submitted to tho people at tho Presidential
I election.
1 Letter fro.u Plaquemines.— Juno 14,1802 — Eds.
\ Pic: Tne water from the crevasse at the Livau
dais—old Lacoste—plantation has already reached
■ Mr. Lavergne's plantation, nineteen miles below
j the city.
i Th* ohceera has again made its nppesnance in this
l parish. Within the last few days not less than
, fifteen persons have fallen victims to this disease.
! PniLADELi'iiu, Jane 16.—lion. Fayette McMul
! leu, of Virginia, was held to bail to-day in the sum
of *IOOO to answer for an assault upon Mr. Fitz
wortli last evening on board the steamer Trenton.
Whilstcoming from Tacony, Mr. Fitzworth had oc
cupied McMullen’s seat in the cars during his ab
sence by piecing his lady in it. McMullen threat
ened to take his scat by force, bat Fitzworth va
cated it at the request of the lady, calling McM. no
gentleman. They met afterwards on tho boat,
when Fitzworth refusing to recall the opprobious
epithets, McMullen broke his cano over his head.
Bcftalo, June 15.— The new steamer Forest
City, which plies between Cleveland and Detroit,
was despatched from Cleveland to Dunkirk last
evening. When about ten miles outsbe collapsed
her flues, killing three firemen, injuring several
other persons and doing serious damage to the boat.
The Alabama towed her into port.
New York, Juno 16.—The Asia sailed to-day
with 180 passengers and *923,000 in specie.
Concord, Juno 18.—The Democratic Legislative
Caucus have postponed the choice of C. S. Senator
in place of Hale til! November next.
Albany, June 15.— While Mr. Waite, of Spring
field, Mass., was visiting hie brother-in-law, at
Nassau, in this State, be was shot down by a gang
of Anti-Renters, and very dangerously wounded.
New York, June 14.— Letters received in this
city, hy the brig Lowber, from Liberia, report that
a coolness has arisen between the authorities and
local representatives of Great Britain, rela'ivo to
the Grando difficulty. The latter wa» said to be
again making extensive preparations to attack the
settlement in the Tradotown oountry.
The British Commodore was on tile coast, inves
tigating the cause of the late trouble, and it was
thought hy the Liberians that he was disposed to
favor Grando and Boyer in their attacks nnon the
colony. Much excitement prevailed as this report
spread.
j Philadelphia, June 14.—The New York, Ohio
I and Pennsylvania Delegations to the Whig Con.
J vention met here last evening. Hon. Mr. Mangum
! was present. It was determined to oppose the
consideration of a Platform ia Convention until
a nomination shall have been effected.
New York, June 15. —This morning the tavern
known as Washington Head Quarters, at the cor
ner of Broad and Pearl streets, wae destroyed by
fire. It was full cf boarders, many of whom jump
ed out of the wiadowß. A womar, who sprang from
the fifth story has since died of her injuries, ]t is
feared that others have perished in tne flames.—
The loss is *25,000.
Cincinnati, June 15—A large Democratic ratifi
cation meeting was held last night. Several speech
es were s—“fe resolutions adopted approving
hs nomination and ea doming the platform.
Washington, June 14.—-A very full meeting of
the Southern delegates took place last night. A
prominent delegate moved, that in case
they oGtiid not carry Fillmore m the convention
they should then take up Webster, aud adhere to
him to the ioat. After some discussion the propo
sition was put aud carried by an overwhelming
majority.
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COMMERCIAL.
XIttCSTA MAUKIIT.
Weekly Itnpuri Tuesday, p. m.
COTTON.— At the close of our Inst weekly reimrt the
market was quite Arm at prices a# high ns at any period of
the season, with a moderate business doing. The demand
gradually eased off on Wednesday and Thursday, since
which there ha. been scarcely anything doing, and to-day
we do not hear of a single transaction. It is therefore imix«-
sible to glee quotations, as there is no established umrket
value to the article. The quantity offering Is very small,
and buyers evince no disposition to givedhe asking rates.
RECEIPTS TO LATEST DATES.
1552 1851
June 11 ; 1,868,858 , 9:19,007
Mobile, June 11 , 622,144 424,668
Florida, May 87 177,926 ; 170,188
Texas, June 5 61,725 ! 87,8(6
Savannah, June 16 889,746 j 295,723
V 4W ’ 9M 864,659
North Carolina, June 5 14,5t57 1 2 241
Virginia, June 1 14,442 19,644
- 2,929,887 i 2,255,716
Increase 678,671
STOCKS IN SOUTHERN PORTS. '
New Orleans, June 11 65,WH 109,949
Mobile, June 11 24,714 82,192
Florida, May 2. 17,260 18,761
lex as, June 5... 2475 o 4(i2
Savannah, June 16 14 588 9 298
Charleston, June 17 29;SS0 81,’629
North Carolina, June fi 401 87*
Virginia, June 1 400 j 9OO
Total in Southern Ports 155,087 256 551
New Vork, June 60,519 54,922
Total Stock. 215,606 810,573
EXPORTS.
l’o Great Britain’.’ 1,524,386 i 1,28-ToB4
“ France. 404,098 j 288,441
Other Foreign Ports 819,210 ! 227,698
Total Foreign Exporta 2,247,694 I 1,754,168
To Northern Ports 893,041 ! 554,087
TRADE AND BUSINESS.—This has been the dullest week
of the season, and the transactions in every department
trade have consequently been of a very limited character'
The stocks of goods are fair for the season, especially
Groceries, in all the leading articles of which there is an
abundant supply, at rates corresponding with our quota
lions, to which we would refer.
PROVISIONS.—The Corn market continues to droop
and we do not think our quotations could be obtained for a
lot of any considerable size. Indeed, we hear us no large
sales. The operations are almost confined to
the retail trade for city consumption.
In BACON the demand continues good and prices are
fully sustained.
EXCHANGE.—Checks on the North continue at # per
cent premium.
FREIGHTS.—The river is low. but we note no
change in freights.
Liverpool Market.
Extracts qf Letters received ]>er Furojxt.
LIVERPOOL, June 4.—Tflere has been less activity in
our Cotton market this week, the business having fallen oil*
considerably when compared with any of the six proceeding
ones; still the sales have been extensive, amounting, as
they do,to nearly twelve per cent of the whole stock. The
business was pretty large to consumers during the first
three days of the week, but it has been moderate since
then; whilst from speculators there has been a fair demand,
daily: and owing to au extremely light import during the
past fortnight, the market has not been over supplied, prices
consequently, have been well supported, and the current
qualities of American, (middlings) are a shade dearer than
last week. For Brazils there lias been a fuir demand, and
the extreme rales of last week are readily obtainable.—
Egyptians are Steady, no change having taken place in
them. There has bt*n a good demand for Surat, daily, and
the supply being small prices arc dearer— American,
120 Pern am, *2OOO Bahia, 810 Mamnham, 6SO Egyptian, and
2,090 Surat are taken on speculation ; and 0,810 American,
200 Pernain, 890 Surat, Ac., far export; leaving for the trade
112,250 bales. The business to-day amounts to 7,000 bales.
The sales during last month amounted to 420,290 bales,
of which 119,780 American, 5580 Brazil, 0,520 Egyptian and
6,050 Surat were taken on speculation, and 45,870 Ameri
can, 3.210 Brazil, Ac., and 11,450 Surat for export. The
actual however, was only 19,800 American, 2,800
Brazil, Ac., and 0,800 East India; and since Ist January
02,000 American, 2,800 Brazil, Ac., and 22,000 East India.
The delivery for consumption this year has been at the rate
of 40,972 bales weekly, being 9,000 bales more than the
actual consumption of the year 1851, but, of course, part of
this excess has gono in augmentation of stock in consu
mers 1 hand.
LIVERPOOL, Juno 4.—We have little change to notice
in business in the manufacturing districts ; a fair degree of
activity prevails though the Whitsuntide Holidays are
being devoted by thousands of operatives to recreatiou and
amusement, instead of their usual work ; and their well
dressed appearance shows that their wages are good.
Money continues as easy and abundant as ever. The
bullion in the Bank of Englund still increases. Consols
100# <& 100#.
Since our report of last Friday there has been somewhat
less activity in the Cotton market, ihe sales luttevly having
fallen clown to about 7 or BUOO bales daily ; but the imports
have been very moderate, aud holders show great confi
dence, and we cannot quote prices any lower. The week's
sales are 02,547 bales, including 8010 for export, and 00,580
on speculation. The market to-day is steady, but quiet.
Sales 8000 bales. We quote Orleans fuir, 6#d; middling,
6#d, Mobile fair, s#d; middling, s,\fd; Upland iuir. 1
6#d ; middlino 5 JM6d. ’
LIVERPOOL, June 4. —The Whitsun holidays are for the
moment interfering with business, but the elements of Trade
continue favorable? The amount of bullion in the Bank is
still increasing, Jlr besides the#nflux front California and 1
Australia, we are obtaining supplies of it from the Continent,
the foreign exchanges being all in our favor. The coming 1
elections are beginning to cause excitement, and until they
are over, there may not be that activity iu business, which 1
had been expected. J
The weather, though low in temperature, has not been un
favorable to the growing crops; they are generally reported
of well, with the exception of Spring Corn nml of Grass.
The country Grain markets arc steady. Foreign markets
are dull, and will probably come down sufficiently in price,
to allow of some importations, and this appears to weigh
with speculators on the spot, to transactions generally be
ing only for real consumption.
The Manchester market is less active on account of the
holidays, still a good business is doing in Yarns at some
what higher prices. There is, however, a growing uneasi
ness on account of the state of the market of the raw ma
terial. Last year at this time prices went down, and from
that time the consumption has increased progressively;
any further advance upon present rates, it is conjectured’,
would interfere with the consumption, indeed, it is believed
by some, that we are erging fast towards that point, if we
have not already passed it. Spinners, it is admitted, are
doing very well, but not manufacturers, and that Is gene
rally the first step towards a change. It has been observed
as pithily as it is ominous, that Manchester is at present
the best place to sell goods in. The export of Ya*ns to the
North of the Continent since the Ist January was 2ft,o(H)
bales against 22,280 hales last year, and to the Fast India
and China markets 84,500 packages against 81,800 last year,
showing for five months an increase to the chief points of
consumption of Yarn of about five millions of pounds, equal
to about 12 <g> 18,000 bales of Cotton only. The Yorkshire
trade is very dull, owing to the great advance in the price
of Wool, the manufacturers hitherto finding it impossible to
obtain an equivalent advance upon their fabrics.
The imports, &c. of Cotton for Ureat Britain during the
5 months have been—
Import. Home Deliv’a Export. Stock.
Am. Total. Am. Total. Am. Total. Am. Total.
1852-UCG 1104 m b Td6 888 m b Oil 107 mb 448 601 mb
1861-728 923 mb 456 CIO mb 83 6'Jinb 512 772 mb
and the comparative Weekly Deliveries were—
Am. Brasil. W. Ind. E. Ind. Egyptian. Total.
1852—82,584 2910 144 8067 2267 40,972 b
1851—21,084 2108 88 8708 1205 28,148 b.
The above comparison sliojvs an Increase In the import of
238,000 bales of American Cotton, while the general supply
has increased only hy 184,000. The uctual exports show
an excess of 80,000 bales of American, or generally ©J
44,000 bales. (The weekly sale returns for export would
lead to the incorrect impression of an additional export of
upwards of 50,000 baleß of American Option,) The delive
ries have been enormously in advance of those last year
but if the Trade generally, as U believed, hold now a.stock
of about 100,000 bales more than at the beginning of the
year, it would revues tlie apparent weekly consumption to
about 80,(ibp bales, aud this is most likely the nearest ap
proach Id the actual fact.
Our import of Cotton bus been Very trifling durian the
lust two weeks, the market consequently was not over sun
plied, and this imparted to it a good <>01! of steadiness
The transactions are U> a fair extent; the trade however
have restricted tl,cir purchases during the last three days
The middling qualities or American Cotton arc much lit tie-’
tnand aud rather dearer, Brazils and Egyptians are steady
at full prices, and Burats being in good request and scarce
fetch extreme ratos.—CoUmaim & HtoUtr/vM.
HAVRE, June 9.—The market has heen very dull to-day
only 600 bales having changed hands, but no change has
taken place in prices, which remain quoted ns stated in Die
annexed circular. We have no arrival to report to-day.
Tlie advices by the last steamer came to hand yesterday
evening.
The weather continues favorable to the crops in general,
and tlie advices from the interior are satisfactory.
June a.—Tills morning the Cotton market has also resled
without movement until 3 o’clock, with sales of 1,000 bales
at the same price as yesterday. At that hour there arrived
some buyers from Rouen, who will doubtless make pur
chases before the oloee of the day.
AL’UUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
.ASKS „ W(Wa Retail.
BAGGING.—Gunny per yard 3 18 © $ 14
Kentucky none.
Dundee “ 11 © 12
BACON.—Hams per lb. 12* © It
Bhmd%sq,,,,\ - ’• lo*© 12
teW'-- -. “ w*S u
„„$•!« Rowtl “ VJ © 14
BUTTKH—Coshen •« 28 © 80
Dimitry U 18 © 28
Beeswax.— *• is © no
BRICKS-..,,,,.,......... per 1,000 %50 ©4 00
CIIEKSE-—-Ftortherii per lb. none.
tiiriish Dairy “ 11 © 12V
OOFt’Efc.—ltio “ 10 © 12
Laguira “ 10* © 12*
Java « 18 © 1#
DOMESTIC GOODS.-Yarns 75 © 87
\i Slilrtigg per yard < © 7
H “ “ 5* © 7
1 “ “ #* 5 10
6-4 “ “ 9* © 10
6-4 “ “ 11 © 14
Osnaburga.,, “ 8 © 9
FEATHERS.— per lb. 34 © 85
FlSH,—Mackerel, No. 1... .per bbl. 12 60 ©ls 00
No. 2 •• #OO ©ll 00
No. 8 “ 780 ©8 50
No No. 4 this year.
Herrings per box @ 100
FLOGS. —C0untry........ per bbl. none.
Tennessee “ 650 ©OOO
Canal “ 575 © 700
Baltimore “ 550 © 700
Hiratn Smith's ” 800 © 860
City Mills “ 625 © 800
GRAIN.—Corn..... per bush. 60 © 75
Wheat “ 1 00 © 125
0at5...., “ 87 © 60
Ryo “ 75 © 65
Peas “ 85 © 100
GUNPOWDER. —
Duponts’ per keg 4 75 © 650
Hazard “ 475 © 550
LARD.— , per lb. 12 © 18
LlME.—Country per box none.
Northern no* bbl. 200 © 225
LUMBER. — per 1,000 10 00 ©l4 00
MOLASSES.—Cuba per gall. 23 © 25
Orleans.,,. ’ • 87*© 40
NAHA—... perlh. 8* @ 4
OlLS.—Sperm, prime per gall. 150 ©175
do. common.... “ 75 © 100
Reflned Whale “ 70 © 87
Train “ *3 © 70
Linseed H 105 © 151
Castor u 175 © 2 ©
ROPE.—Kentucky perlh. 7* © 9
Manilla “ 18 © 14
RICE— pertleree 4 © 5
RAISINS.— per box 850 © 800
SPlßlTS.—Northern Gin.per galL 85 © 40
Rum. “ 85 © 40
N. O. Whisky “ 27 © 30
Peach 8randy,...,.. “ 75 © 100
Apple do “ 50 © 75
Holland Gin “ 125 © 175
Cognac Brandy 11 150 © 250
BUGAKS. —N. Orleftns... per lb. 6* © 7
Porto Rico “ 1 © 8
8t Croix “ 8 © 10
Loaf . “ 10* © 12 V
Crushed “ 10 © 11
Powdered “ 10*© 11
Stuart’s Refined A... u B*© 10
“ “ 8.. “ B*© 9
. “ “ C... “ B*© 8#
SALT.— per bushel, 0O © 00
per sack, 1 25 © 1 87
Blown “ 800 © 850
SOAP.—Yellow perlh. 5 © 6
SHOT.— per bag © 1 «2
TWINE.—Hemp Bagging, per lb, 18 © 25
Cotton Wrapping.... M 15 © 25
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bath rooms, closets, and every convenience connecting.
Over fifty suits of rooms are provided with bath rooms and
water closets. The furniture, which is made expressly for
the Hotel, surpasses anything ever put into a public house,
aud is of the most elaborate and costly carved rosewood,
covered with the richest brocatelle and silk plush. The ob
ject of tho proprietor has been to establish a Hotel for the
better accommodation of families of the first class who de
sire elegant apartments, and at the same time a retired
and pleasant location.
The whole establishment contains over 200 rooms, and
has every modern improvement which has been introduced
into the most elegant private residences of this city.
jelO-lm O. C. PUTN AM, Proprietor,
Augusta Hotel.—This new and commodious HO
TEL will be open for the reception of company on Monday,
June 7th. The proprietor having had long experience in
the Hotel business at the North, in all its different branch
es, pledges himself to keep a first class hotel, fer the ac
commodation of strangers and the citizens of Augusta.
je4 S. PECKIIAM, Proprietor.
J. 31. Xewby d t t'o., have just received from
T. A. Morrison, of N. York, 50 dozen of his superior Cotton
and Linen SHIRTS, with and without Collars.
Also, some very handsome fitting 0 ply COLLARS. They
will be sold cheap. Je9
William 11. Crane in disponing of hid Summer
Stock of Fancy and Staple DRY GOODS, at remarkably
low pricen.
Seu hi# advertisement in another column. Je6
BOOK lUNDERY.
BOOK bTnDERY.
The PROPRIETOR of the CHRONICLE A SENTI
NEL would respectfully notify his friends and the pub*
lie,that he has added to ills estubllshmcnta complete
BOOK BINDERY,
and having secured tlie services of an cfllclent and compe
tent workman, is prepared to execute all orders for BIND
ING in the best style, and at short notice. Having also a
most approved
RULING MACHINE,
all orders for BILL HEADS, BLANK BOOKS, Ac., will be
Ruled to any given pattern, with neatness and despatch.
He flatters himself, therefore, that lie will lie able to exe
cute every variety of wijfk in a most satisfactory manner.
JOB PrTnTING.
The JOB PRINTING department of the CHRONICLE A
SENTINEL Office is itow complete in ail its parts, having
been recently re-fitted with a most extensive supply and
great variety of New Type, of the latest styles anil most
approved patterns. Tlie Proprietor would therefore re
spectfully Invite the orders of ids friends and the public
feeling assured that his facilities, and the superior skill an J
taste of big workmen In Unit department, wi» enable him to
execute every variety of JOB PRINTING In a style equal
to any establishment in tlie South, and at most satisfactory
prices. mh2o'
GRENVILLE’S ALMANAC FOR 1853.
OUR Edition of Grenville's Almanac f. r 1868, arrang
ed for tlie States of Georg a, South Carolina,.Tennes
see, and Alabama, will be published and ready for delivery
early in September next. It will contain, In addition to
much valuable information—
A table allowing tlie population of each county, accord-
Ins to Iho CenatiH of 1860. Alao, the Whig and Democratic
vote of each county for President In 1848, and for Gover
nor 111 1849. Also, the number of Representatives of each
county in the Legislature.
The Fox Digest of tlie State of Georgia for 1852.
A table showing the times of holding tho Superior and
Inferior Courtß in the Suite of Georgia, and flat of tho
Sberifla, Ordinal ies, and Clerk.* of £ut>orror Courts
Alabama* 1 ' '”* ‘ h ° ™" 01lice * Tennessee, and
O. A . ‘o 1 ,’ 1 ' ’ ,,n " ir ' B u,e Census of 1650, the times of holding
State Election#, and the Electoral Vote of 1848.
Anil a Gardner's Calendar.
Orders are solicited «t an early date.
A liberal discount made to the Trade.
, „ JOS. A. CARRIE & C0 M
je-a-d&w Dookstdlors and Publisher#, Augusta, Ga.
LINEN SHEETINGfL
BNOWDKN & SHEAR,
HAVE received from New York—
Superior 12-4 Linen SHEETINGS, a full sunnls -
—ALSO— "
Superior I’illow-Cosc, and s-4 Irish LINENS •
TAfiV-E I CLOTHS? 10 ‘ 4 Uu " uurtt Drjnask
DIAPERS for Towels, r,f BUpcr i or
Sureriqr Furniture DIMITIES, and Marseilles QUILTS,
of Ox’tra size and quality;
White and Colored Cotton FRINGES, a very large supply;
pets'” Klch Tul ’ eßtry Velv e‘i and Tapestry Brussels CAR-
Superlor Three Ply, Ingrnln nnil Vencllnn CARPETS.
The public are rospectfully invited to call and examino
the aworttmU. Jc‘J2-dtwAw
Musfturro netting.
O YOWDI’Y dt MIKA II have received from New
O York a largo supply of Wide BOIIBINETTB, tind other
styles of MUSQUITO NETTINGS, to which they respect
fully invite tlie attention of tho public. Je22-dtwAw
APPLIES - COUNTY, Nancy
Sellars applies to me for letters of Administration on
the estate of Samuel Sellars, late of said county, deceased—
These urc therefore to cite and ad mopish, all and singu
lar, tlie kindred and creditors of Bald deceased, to be and
appear at my office, within tlie time prescribed hy law, to
show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not
be granted.
Given under Ihy hand at office In Holmesvllle.
June 22, lsr,2. JOHN TILLMAN, Ordinary.
ADMIMKTHATOtI’S SALE.—Leave having oeen
granted by the Ordinary of Columbia county, will he
sold, before file Court House door in Rome, Floyd county,
on tlie (list Tuesday In AUOUhT next, Lot of LAND No
45, in tlie 15th district and 8d section of originally Chero
kee now Floyd county. Said Land sold os the properly of
Elizabeth M. Ray, late of Culumhiu county, dcccr.sed.
A. M. CRAWFORD, Administrator,
June 28,1852. with the will annexed.
Romo Courier will copy 8 times.
.4 DAlliAlN'l H.YTHU’ri HALE.—Leave having been
il. granted by tlie Ordinary of Columbia county, will he
sold, before the Court House door In Washington, Wllkez
county, on the Hist Tuesday in SEPTEMBER next, a Tract
of LAND, containing T#M Afrvs, more or less, adjoining
lands of Thornton Murphy, and others. Buldjnnd told us
tlie property of Ehzubeth M. Ruy, late of Columbia county,
deceased. A. M. CRAWFORD, Adm’r.,
June 2S, 1852. with the will annexed.
A DMIMHIRATOH b SALE.—heave having been
1 V granted hy the Ordinary of Columbia county, will be
sold, before the Court House door In Appling, Columbia
county, on tlie first Tuesday In OCTOBER next, u Tract of
LAND containing One Hundred Acres, more or less, mi
joining lands of Dooly Sea, and others. Said land sold Ik
the property of Elizabeth M. Ray, late of said county, de
ceased. The above hind Joins the Culumhiu County Gold
Mines. Persons desirous of purchasing, can test the said
Lot uuder certain restrictions, by applying lo
A. M. CRAWFORD. Adm’r.,
June 28,1852. with the will annexed.
/ 101. l MIII V ((HATV,CiEOItt;IA—ORDINARY’S
OFFICE, June 28, 1662.
On the first Monday in August next, on failure of an ap
plicant, an administrator will he appointed on the estate or
James Morgan, late of said county, deceased, estate not
represented hy an administrator—
These are therefore to cite anil admonish, tho kindred
and creditors, that unless application is made on the day
designated, the appointment will he made In conformity to
the law. S. CRAWFORD, Ordinary.
June 28,1652.
TALHEHP COUNTY, •JIvtIKGIAT-^CuLKTOFOR
-15 DENARY, June Twm, 1852.
On hearing the petition of Benjamin J. Parr, which Is*
filed in my office, (together with a oopy of tlie bond men
tioned therein,) stating that he holds the bond of Henry
Bourne, deceased, conditioned to make good and lawful
titles to Jesse J. Edwards, for a Lot of Land In Ihe town
of Elberton, Joining William A. Swift. BenJ. Ilowio, and the
said Henry Bourne, containing Two Acres, more or leu,
when the said Je«se J. Kdwarde shall huve paid for the same
—that the said Bond has been duly transferred to the said
Benjamin J. Parr, and that the said Henry Bourne hue de
parted thia life without making titles for said Lund, agreea
bly to the tenor and effect of said Bond. Arid proylng the
Court that Thomas J. Turman, Administrator of the estate
of Henry Bourne, deceueed, may he required to tnuke ti
tles for nail! I-ot of Land to the said Burmin .1. Parr.
Now this Is to give notice of said application, Hnd that the
said Thotpas J. Turman, administrator of the estate of
Henry Bourne, deceased, ilf cause is not shown to the con
trary) will, on tlie first Monday In October next, he direct
ed to make titles to the said Benjamin J. Parr for said lot of
Land, agreeably to Die tenor and effect of said Bond, anil
agreeably to the law In such eases made and provided.
The above Is a transcript from the Mlnutee of the Court
of Ordinarv, Jimolfl, 1851.
June 23,1852. WM. D. NELMS, Ordinary^
OTIUK.—AII persons Indebted to the estate of Henry
il Bourne, late of E'hert county, deceased, are hereby
required to make immediate payment; and all those hav
ing demands against said estate, are hereby notified to
present them to the Administrator, duly authenticated,
within the time prescribed hy law.
June 28,1852. THOMAS J. TURMAN, Adm’r.
NOTICE. —AU persons indebted to the estate of Jamet
S. Jones, late of Elbert county, deceased, are request
ed to make immediate payment; and all those having de
mands against the estate of said deceased, are hereby hotl
fled to present their demands to me, duly autlientieated,
within the Uineprcecribed bylaw.
THOMAS F. WILLIS, Adm’r.
June 28,1852._ 6w
rpHO MO.VTUH after date, application will be made
J. to the Court of Ordinary, of Elbert county, for leave to
sell all the LANDS and NEGROES belonging to Ihe os tale
of Joseph It. M. Rucker, late of said county, deceased
Jnne2B, 1652. WM. J.BOEHLCK, Adm’r.
HOWELL PLACE FOE SALE, ’
® K /° !dat th f, House in the
City of AujiueU, within the usual houreoftale on
the flm Tuesday in October next, the Plantation known as
The RoweL Place, lying seven mile# below Augusta, and
containing about seventeen hundred acres, of which six
hundred are first qjmllty bottom Land.on the Savannah
River.
this place is not excelled by any In healthfulness and
beauty of situation, fertility of soil and faciliw-H for the sue-
planting of Corn and Cotton. One thousand Acres
of It are inclosed, the greater part of which is now under
cultivation.
The line of tho Augusta and Waynesboro’ Railroad passes
w.tlun a half mile of the Dwelling House; and a portion of
the Plantation Is traversed hy Butter's Creek, which furnish
es a valuable water-power. The whole volume of the Creek
can he used at one point with a fall of eight feet without a
pond. The lands on both skies of the Creek, for a mile fro- n
the mouth, belong to 0- tale. And on the River
good Shad Fishery, easy of access and has been flsb „a th u
season.
It will afford me pleasure to show the place p,
may favor qie with a call,and glvo them ad tb information,
in my power.
Titles are indisputable and the terms of M t„ will benual
very accommodating. ytr ,j jy HOLT-
April 28 ‘ ‘ Ezi mttor.
Tlie Charleston Courier and Mercury, and ’oavanou ‘
Republican and Georgian, will <v jp . once a w'g-k (Thais
day’s) until (lay of sale, and forward bills to thf . „atce
Rich toilet soavh.—
Lubtn’s Tolls*. .SOAPS;
Guerltin’f •• “
Pinaud’- •• “
Low‘„ •• “
V..i sin’s “
Hiiuel's “ »
Taylor’s Toilet SOAPS;
Together with a f aX Msortment of cheap Fancy SOAPS of
American Man .nogure. for salt by
Jel2 D. B. PLUMB k CO.
rrsFUAF vmute-tlio bushcla White pro
v vL-ion COHN, a superior article, tor sale hy
VL ’ JOHN 0. CARMICHAEL.
TTlilllK.—6o bblsTsuperior Bulildioie FLOUR, for salu *
Jd T, Je2U JOHN C. CARMICHAEL.
~ 777777 UUBHELH Cherokee CORN (selected) In store,
J.UUU and tor sale by
’j«S I. D. LINTON A 00,