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MONICLE 4 SENTINEL
■ A W<H K Trma DeMcrala. (
Xb« following resolution* are taken from the
Baltimore democratic platform
><Tbe federal government* ie one of limited pow
derived solely from the constitution and the
mnu of power made therein, ought to b« atriot-
IVonstruVd by all the departmenta and agenta
!i.a. government; and that it in inexpedient and ,
to exereiae doubtful eonetltntion.l (
the conetitntion doea not oonfer upon the 1
mineral government the power to commerce and «
Srry on a general ayetem of internal improve- J
m *That it i* the duty of every branoh of the go- '
varnment to enforce and practice the tnoet riged
"™lyin oondnoting onVpublic affair, and that
ought to be mind than u required
u, defrag tit nereeearg expente <j the government \
and for the gradual hot certain extinction of the j
*raeolutione ainoe the adminiatration of 1
Jefferson, have formed the baaU of the national I
democratic organization. However f«jtion* of the ■
nartv may have oppoaed them—though the de- <
moeraey of the North and of the Weat, have urged «
and frequently with aaocaaa, the adoption of 1
scheme* of internal improvement and of “proteo- i
tion”—the principlea embraced in the above reeo- '
lutiona, have alwaya been recognised in Conven
tion* of the national democracy and have been
übly vindicated by the adminiatrationa of Monroe,
of Jackaon and of Polk. If there i» anything
which denervee the name “democratic” in the his
tory of parties in thie oountnr, it ia the uniform
assertion of the principlea which declare “that the
Constitution moat be atrictly coostrned—that it
thee not eonier upon the general government the
power to commerce and carry on a general ayetem
bf internal improvement—and that no more reve
nue should be raieed than ia required to defray
tb* neoeeaary expenaen ol Government." Stand
ing upon thie ground, the adherent* of Jefferson,
Monroe and Jaokaon, have aocoaed their oppo
nents of “laderaliam” and charged them with the
purpose of fixing upontheUnion a “consolidated”
government. Standing upon thin ground the de
mocratic Convention, of June 1852, reiterated the
charge and nominated a candidate for the 1 resi
dency who declared “that no act of hi* life bad
been in conflict” with the above nmMom.
We have before ne a map showing the Route of
the proponed Pacific Railroad, compiled at the
General Land Office, to accompany Mr. Owin'*
in the Senate of the United State*,
JT jW The diatenoe from St. Louis, Mw., to
Kui JTranciacOt i» P“ l down at 1280 miles. Vari
“ estimates have been made of tha cost of oon
rtructingaucb a work-some.estimate* a* high a»
( ~,n 000. An idea may be formed of the pro
£bto «■* by taking that of the GeorgiafftiU
n”sd a littl* ever 100 milea in extent and traver
’ gfUled and productive country. The coat
of the work exceeded we believe, 5i,000,000. The
Pacific Road will rnn through a country, the lar
gest portion uninhabited, and much of it unin
habitable, eo that taken altogether thia Road in
the most gifftutie ncherue of internal immrovament
ever contemplated by the people of the Union.
And yet unaccountable aa it may appear, Preai
dent Pierce’* Administration, in the faoe of the
Baltimoie deuiocratio platform—of his own pro
reksiona, and in the spite of the Constitutional ob
jection* of all hi* democratic predecoseois, pro
poses "to oomtnence and carry on” just such a
ivsuim of internal improvement! The evidence
ot the truth of our asaertion ia so notorious a* to
hardly require repetition. In the recont Presi
dential tonr to New York speeches were made in
tha urewiice of Gen. Pieroe by Mr. Davis, Secre
tary of War, and Mr. Guthrie Secretary of the
Treasury. Mr. Davi* advocated at length the
construction of the Road and expressly stated
during hiaspeech, that he “spoke the sentiments
of his" honored Chief.” Mr. Guthrie »t*ted tlist a
large surplus tied accumulated in the Treasury
and suggested snob an enterprise as the beat mode
of appropriating it. The Washington Union, the
accredited organ of Gen. Pierce ha* published a
aeriea of article* advocating the construction of
the Pacific Road by the government, and the Kiob
mond Enquirer the organ of Jeffersonian democ
racy in Virginiu, has denounced the arguments
of the Union and the aoheme of administration as
anti-republican. Theso fact* have satisfied rea
sonable inenofthe design of the administration
in this regard, and here we might submit the oase
to the deoiaion of all true democr-t*. But wo umat
look at one of the ooneequenoes of this aoheme.—
The last of the resolution* quoted above deolares
that no mors revenue ought to be raised than is re
quired to defray the neoesaary expenses ot the go
vernment. Mr. Guthrie ssysthe present tariffnow
too much—there being now some *BO,OOO 000
surplus in tbs Treasury. Does he propose to reduce
the Tariff ! No, he says, and the presumption, is,
be too “ftpoke for bi» honored Chiof, that the
Tariff nhould not be reduced but the surplus bo
appropriated as itsaccruos towards the construe
-1,14 of the Pacific Railroad. Truly, Gen. Pierce
r „ r s.prgunizod the democratic purfy-or at la»t,
hohas nymbined It* pestilent factions. Not con
t..Y .lih „-iting in a fraternal and loving om
brace the• circle the internal im
brings into the and tho friendl , of
provemenl men of the \». ... , k
Elgh tariff* In the North I It O S,
bill us it is dishonest, belyinghlaov.
and tho profession* of tho natiousl demo,.,
utterly subversive of the ropublioan principles—
fail It will, and It will deserve all the disgrace
which an intelligent country will heap upon sooh
corruption.
Wo would point all true democrats byway of
oontrust, to the Platform of the Union Republi
can party of Georgia. There you will find an echo
of your own principles and upon that Platform
alone yon can now rest in security. We publish
the Report upon thst Platform to-day. Read it
and satisfy yourself.— Marietta Union.
Still further by the Kuropa.
The City of Mancheater arrived out about noon
on the XTth. . „
Tlio steamship Herman Hailed from Southamp
ton for New York on the 17th with two hundred
passenger* and full cargo.
A rumor oiroulated in London on Friday eve
ning i liuli) that new complications had sprung up,
and that Parliament wonfd bo prorogued till they
HHHiimod a more favorable aHjieet. The story waa,
however, destitute of foundation.
A dispatch from Jassy, of the 8d aaya : A divan
waa convoked, aud solicited tho Hoapodara to ro
mairO the Czar having given them permission
either ,*4> proceed to Constantinople or remain at
homo un moloated.
The correspondence between the Porto and the
Hoanodars' ordering the latter to retire, ia pub
lished, but oontai.?* nothing additional to that al-
News troinSorviainon*ion» that Kinoain was ap
pointed ttnc * the Cniow of
the various Distriota were plaoeu under his orders.
Tho Correspondence aays that jajeobid I eeha
had inforniod Austria that any oooupatiori °I »er
via by Austrian troops would bo regarded rh a de
claration of war. Meantime the Turk undertakes
to preseve order in the Provinoe, and sont a
Commissioner there.
Qhiat Britain.— Tho long promised debates on
Turkish affairs Imd taken place in Parliament, and
were generally regarded as unsatisfactory. The
English funds opomng next day with a furthor de
pression, although they afterwards revived from
other osiiaos. _
Lord John Kussel stated, in reply to l.ord Dud
ley Smart, that the negotiations with tho Cnitod
States, regarding the Musquito Territory, were
still pending but he hoped they would be brought
to s satisfactory termination boforo next sossiou.
The Parliamentary Report on tho doclmal onr
reney strongly recommends its adoption, making
tho sovereign the unit of one thousand millions—
retaining of the present ooins tho half sovereign,
orown, florin, shilling, sixpence—calling in the
penny, three ponce and four pence, and issuiug
new silver coin of ten millions and twenty mil
lions, and new coppers of live, two, and one mil
lions. The only difficulty of adjustment is iu the
value of tho present penny postage, four millions
postage, entailing a loss of £IOO,OOO rovenue, while
tvo millions tho pnblio will not submit to.
The Select Committee had published their re
port on tho slave trade treaty. It is a very long
and important document. Its substance ia, that
Britain possessed, in 1850, 24 treaties with clvil
izod powera to suppress the trade; of these, ton
gave Britain a right of searoh and mixed courts;
twelve give tho right of search and national tribu
nals; and two—the United States and France—re
fn.se the right of search, but agree to maiotain a
squadron off the African Coast. The Committee
report that the trade would soon be extinguished
if tlio Cuban market was closed, and tlnnk the
prosent time favorable for the joint efforts of Bri
tain, Prance and the United States, to stop it on
the Cuban coast.
Brazil ia exonerated from blsme. Portugal is
ohargod with conniving 9t the traffic on the Mo
zambiquo Coast, and tho Oonunitte# »ay that hia
torv does not record a more decided breach of na
tional honor, than ia established against Spain, and
it is n matter of great surprise, while Spain is at
this time indebted to England and France for their
efforts to form a tripartite Convention with the
United Stales to protoct Cuba from nirntioal at
tacks, tho Government of Spain should not take
warning from the fact that one of the reasons al
leged for the United States not joining that Con
vention is the oontinuanoo of tho slave trade in tho
island.
The report doos not say whet is to bo done, but
adds troiu the abuse of the American flair trading
to Havana, a more cordial co-operation on the part
of tho United States would materially assist the ef
fort to abolish the trade in that orarter.
Lieut. Maury leotured at Lloyd’s, in London, on
the 18th August, before a large company, compos
ed of the shippiug interests. Keeolutionß com
plimentary to Lieut. Maury and the United Slates
Government, were passod.
Tho Koyal Agricultural Society’s trial of Reap
ing Machines was terminated in Berkshire on the
17th. Rive competed, via: Bell’s, McCormick’s,
Hussey’s improved, McCormick’s improved, and
C rosskill's. l’rixes were awarded to Croeskiil’s and
Bell’s. t .
Reynard, the Frenchman, charged with offering
to assassinate Louis Napoleon, had been tried and
acquitted, the jury considering it a mere attempt
to extort money from the Prince de Joinville.
The deaths o’s the following distinguished peo
ple are reported : l)r. Bransby Cooper, Genera!
Frick Adams, and the celebrated Lady Salo—the
latter at Cape Town.
Large arrivals of gold from Australia were ex
pected during September.
Fjus ok. The French news is entirely concen
trated on reports of the grand fete of tho 15th. A
review of thousands of men, tournament*, a pas
sage at arms between French and Knglish knights
on tho field of the Cloth of Gold, balloon ascouts,
processions, boat races, Ac., took place.
High Mass was celebrated, and the proe edings
wound up with a brilliaut display ot fireworks,
and an unlimited supply of Via Ordinaire to the
poor ut a total expenditure of three-fourths of a
million of francs. Tho weather was very favor
able for this joint festival of Napoleon, and the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The duties on Bitumen are abolished. Propo
sals to grant 8,000,000 francs to pay the logacics of
Napoleon 1. will probably be carried.
Trade in Paris was active, owing to the visitors
to the fete, and to orders from Australia.
Reliable accounts say that it will be necessary to
import only one months’ consumption, say ten
millions hectr. of wheat.
Switzerland.— Letters state that the Tescino,
having resolved not to make further concessions
to Austria, the Federal Council will not take the
initiative in renewing negotiations with the Aus
trian Government.
The Official Journal, Austria, of the 17th, con
tains a decree discontinuing the state of singe of
Vienna and Prague.
Austria has addressed a memorandum to all ihc
EnropeaiJ Governments showing that the recent
affair at Smyrna, is America’s first step toward the
realization ofthe Monroe doctrine.
A telegraphic dispatch from Trieste of the 18th,
announces a considerable decline in the price of
grain in that market.
Kiesu —From St. Petcrsburgh sth inst., it is an
nounced thst Msnschikoff lias declared theCircas
aian Coast from Naara to Sakeui Kale, in a state of
Blockade to prevent the importation of arms from
Smyrna. _ ....
It is stated that the Circassians had taken by
storm the Russian portChorpub Kale.
Commercial Intelligence.
IjTEWOoi.CorpiN Market.— The Atlantic’snows
has had no effect on the Cotton market, which has
continued dull, and the better qualities are a shide
lower, while the lower quahteshave declined one
sixteenth to on. eighth of a penny. The "ales of
tho week were 89,000 bales, of which 8.880 were
to .peculators and 5,820 to exporters The sales
of Friday were 5,000 bales, the market showing an
improvement at the close. ,
Liverpool Cobh MARxrr.-There was a large
speculative demand for Wheat at an advance of
off white being quoted at 7s 6da7* lOd, and 7sa7s
at" Flour has advanced 9dals. Western Canal
Srta2Bs 6d. Phi adelphia, Baltimore and Ohio 28s
kA Corn bwnnderprone noohanffe; the demand
Sik moderate at 81a82s for white, 81s for yellow;
and 80s«d for mixed. The market declined aome-
W Lmbob Mower Mamet, Aug. lfi.-Consols for
*t 88, and for eeoo'ont X W*. Th*.
was increased pressure on the money market, but
the rate of interest wa* unchanged.
In American Stocks and Railroad Bonds a mod
erate business ha* been done at previous prices.
United States Bonds 1868, United
Slates Stock, 1867-88, HOaiU; Maryland Fives,
87a»8; Kentucky Sixes, 1869 and 1570,108*102.
UoM Digging ia Abkevllle Dlatrlel.
We clip the following paragraph from one of onr
exchange*:
“0M Orutlung. —At the New York Novolty
Works on Friday, the experiment of reducing two
tone of gold quartz ore, by Berdan’s crushing and
amalgamating machine, was made. The time oc
cupied in doing it was two hoars, sud the produce
in pure gold was *175—87.50 per ton. The ore
was taken from the Dorn mines of South Caroli
na.”
The rpecimcua of gold ore mentioned above,
were sent on, we sup]«se,by the New York Com
pany which hi- commenced operations here, for
the purpose of testing the powers of some of the
Nor.hern crushing machinery. Thiseampany, we
learn, has Rosed one of Die Dorn mints, for the
term of fire years, paying *20,000 and half of the
profits. They have erected very powerful machi
nery, capable of grinding several hundred bushels
of the ore daily, and is now in successful
operation. With a few bands, Mr. Dorn, during
the past year, dng about JIOOO of the ore daily,
and grinding but 15 bushels a day, realized more
than *206,000. The stock of this Company pro
tniaea to prove a profitable investment; and wc
learn was bought up instantly when off ered tor sale
in the New York market.
Mr. Dorn, however, is not the only fortunate
posaessor of a gold mine. Mr. Wm. McCaslan,
near I'atteraon’s Bridge, has amine on his place,
for which he wa* offered *15,000 some time since,
hot preferred working it himsdfto selling at that
price. He is also interested in a mine upon an
adjoining place, belonging to Mr. Link, which he
and several others have leased for *IOOO and one
tenth of the profit*. These gentlemen are making
arrangements to obtain machinery from the North.
A friend, who was in that neighborhood & few
days ago, informs us that he saw some very rich
specimens from these mines. One piece of rock
exhibited a particle which was worth at least|l.oo,
and others when crushed and washed, yielded a
very rich gold deposit. Encouraged by the success
of these gentlemen, others iri the neighborhood are
about making explorations upon their own planta
tions ; and we have no doubt but that many of
them will be rewarded with like success. The
natural appearance of the country, in different
sections, would indicate a gold region. May for
tune smile upon the efforts ol these gentlemen, and
slionld they succeed in becoming tno possessors of
rich mines, wc trust that they will exhibit the libe
ral spirit ot Mr. Dorn, who has used his wealth us
a means of relieving the embarrassments of his
neighbors, and advancing the public and benevo
lent institution* of the day.— Banner.
iNTEimnoSAt. Claims.— The treaty lately conclu
ded between the United States ami Great Britain
for tho settlement of international claims contem
plates the creation of a commission oflwo per
sons, each to bo named by it* respective gov
ernment, with j>ower to choose an umpire or ar
bitrator, to hold a court in London at the earliest
convenient period after their appointment, and
there to examine and to decide npon till claims
which have been heretofore made by the citizens
of cither country on the government of tho other,
since tho signing Os the treaty of Ghent, on De
cember 24,1814, or which may bo made witbiu
six months aficr theso commissioners have held
their first meeting for the transaction of business.
There is a clause for regularly extending this pe
riod to nine months, in eases where sufficient
cause can be shown for the claim not having been
sooner preferred. Judge Upshur, tho Commis
sioner on the part of the United states, la already
in London, and General Thomas, appointed as the
advocate of American claims before tho Commis
sion, is preparing to follow Judge Upshur. These
arc the proper parties to whom all American
citizens having claims should forward their pa
pers. The olaima agairiHt Great Britain are said
to amount to some half million of dollars, and this
will afford the final and only opportunity lor their
settlement.— Balt. Amer.
For Union Men to Keah.— “lt is almost uni
versally admitted that the South lias boon griev
ously wronged by tho lato action of Congress, re
specting the territories of tho United States. There
are few, however, who deny oven this proportion.
They are, of course, not only for vneomplaining
suhmitsion, but for kissing the hand that smites us.
They even profess to eee, iu tho recent measures
of Congress, the indication of a returning hciisc
of justice, on the part of tho North, and the dawu
ings of u brighter day for the South. To reason
with such would be ‘like casting pearls before
swine.’ ‘ Let them alone, they are joined to their
idols,’ offico and place—una ready to sacrifice
on thoir altars, principles and home and country.
With such, I have no sympathy—for them 1 can
have no respect. If thoir error be founded in ig
noranoo, 1 pity them as fools; if it be the off
spring of designing munition, 1 condemn them us
knaves ."
Such was tho languago used by Judge Johnson
in his letter of November 5, 1850 —in which ho
places all those who approved the Compromise in
the category of fouls or butves. How characteris
tic are these choico terms of his love for Union
men and principles—with what supreme contempt
did this advocate of resistance look upon the whole
submission yack!
lint now, how different! Ho is suddenly enam
ored with these km ves and fools ; adopts their plat
form—and says the Union must be preserved, mid
tho Compromise is condiluttonal, and ought to bo
unhesitatingly observed. Was Mr. Johnson in
1850 sincere in urgiug resistancels Mr. John
son 0f1853 sinoore in professing submission i De
cide, pooplo of Goorgiu.— Washington Gazette.
Land Navigation.— Twonty-threeyears ago, the
12th inst., tho iirst railroud was commenced in the
Staic of New York. This was tho Mohawk and
Hudson, tunning from Albany to Schenectady. One
year from that limo it was completed. At each
termination it had an inclined plane witli a grado
of one foot in eighteen. The expense of this road
—only sixteen mhos in length—was over one mil
lion of dollars, and yet it was laid with rails of
not more than three-fourths of an inch in thick
ness. Tlio building of this road was at the time
regarded as a wonderful achievement. But what
is it in comparison with subsequent achievements
of tho kind in this State ? Since then, tho follow
ing railroads have been constructed in New York:
New York anil Erie Railroad 4(12 miles.
Hudson River 150 “
New York anil Harlem 158 “
Long Island 25 “
New York Central 4*12 “
Datfaln and State Line G 2 11
Wulerlown anil Rome 27 “
Northern New York 11S “
Miscellaneous, say 420 “
Total 2,018
Tims wo have now more than two thousand
miles of rail road in successful operation in New
York, and in addition to this, uthousund miles are
in contemplation or under contract. Tlio cost of
the roads already built cannot he Jess than ono
hundred millions of dollars. When the contem
plated structures are completed, there will be near
ono hundred and Ally millions of dollars invested
In rail roads iu the State of New York—more than
seventeen tiinoH tlio cost of tlio old Erie Canul.—
Omega limes.
Finances or has increased lior
indobtoilness since 1845, -omethiug liko $170,00“,-
000. At this rate, she will boom go to destruction.
The deficit in each yoai since the date above men
tioned, is ilitis staled, viz: in 184(1, £7o(l,cflfi; in
1847, £4,511,064; in 1848, £11,190,680; in 1849,
£5,480,480 ; in 1850, £6,222,863; in 1851, £5,844,-
788 ; and in 1852, making a total in six yours of
£84,481,260, or an uverago of £5,743,010 por an
num, Thoro sooms, also, every probability that
the difference betwocn revenue ami expenditure
will bo oqnnlly disastrous in 1858. t)no of the worst
features of this expenditure is, that a great part of
It has boon incurred in repressing lilerty, particu
larly in Hungary and Italy. Surely despotism must
be sweet to tyrants, when they arc willing to pttr
ohaso its extension at bo dear a rate.
Steausbitb to Savannah.— The Baltimore Times
says: “We arc gratified to inform our readers
that thoro is a most promising prospect of our
having a lino of steamships between this port and
Savannah. A correspondence is now going on
In relation to tlio matter, which from the char
acter and standing of tho parties conducting it,
we fool every ss.iiranco will result in tho lino bo
ing established and that very soon. There is no
point to which we require steam communication
more than to Savannah. This wo have contended
from the first. It will give a new direction to our
trado, and form a part of tho grout Southorn route
between the Atlantic cities on tbe one side, and
tho Gulfoitiee and the Isthmus of Panama on tho
other. These arc the kind of events wo like to
chronicle. Our readers shall he kept informed of
the progress ot this matter as fast as we receive
information concerning it.”
A New Female College.— Tho members of
McCabe Lodge I. O. O. F., at Abingdon Va, have
determined to establish a Collegiate Institute for
Females, to be located in Abingdon, and to be
styled the “Martha Washington College,” in
honor of tho wife of Gen. Washington. The
nanio is appropriate—being located in the county
ol Washington. This, together with their fionrish-
Ing schools at Rogersville and Jonesborrough, is
oreditnbe to the Odd Fellows, and shows that they
are taking the load in promoting Female Educa
tion.—Loudon ( Tenn.) Press-
Tickets Enough — lt is said that Massachusetts
will present six political organizations, each hold
ing its own peculiar notions predominant. The
national democrats hold a convention at Boston
on tho 22d of September; the wings will meet nt
Fitchburg on the 28th: tho plain democrats at
Worcester on the 22.1; the free soilers at Fitch
burg on tho 15th; the temperance folks at Boston
on the 18th, and a State convention of all those in
favor of the passage of the ten hour bill will be
held in Boston on the 88th. Each of these con
ventions is to nominate a foil State ticket.
Belmious Revival.— While various other sec
tions of t'her. kee Georgia have shared largely in
visitations of divine mercy, we record, with grate
ful hearts, the gracious outpouring of the Holy
Spirit upon tho Methodist Episcopal church in this
city. ’ltie protracted meeting commenced last
Sabbath a wcok ago. is still in progress, and will
be eoutiuucd while the prospects of effecting good
remain so auspicious.
We do not know the precise number of con
verts ; but up to the time of going to press, thirty
five have been added to the Methodist church, and
some will join other denominations, we presume.
—Pillion 7Ym< '\
A Regular Tumble —While at the North Anier
ieanmino a few days ago, tlio following incident
ocenrr d : A little boy, only eight years old, play
ing with a younger brother, fe'l down No. 2 shaft,
a perpendicular distauoe of 68 feet, and struek
upon the lrad nr.d back of aCoruish man who was
at work at the bottom of the shaft, and bounded
off into a kibble of water, without injury. The
boy gathered himself up. wet as he was,
up the bddders, the miner in foil chase behind,
threatning to whip him—for said he, any body
might see that the little divil done it a purpose.”
The SiiAitrEST Cupper is- the World.—Mr. Me
Kay, of East Boston, is now at work upon a clip
per ship of 2*eO tons, the model of which is much
sharper than the Sovereign of the Seas, and is the
moat beautiful we have seen. The ship is intend
ed for the Australia trade, and is owned by Messrs.
James Baines A Co., of Liverpool, England. Mr.
McKay sais that she will outsail any vessel lie has
yet bu'ilk and he will do his best to make her a
perfect ship. She has very hollow lines, and her
euds will be as nearly alike as practicable. Mr.
McKay’s recent trip in the Sovereign of the Seas,
suggested several important improvements in the
modelling of clippers. —Pi ston Atlas.
The Weather Yesterday. —Yesterday morn
ing, s few minutes past three o’clock, tho wind
commenced to blow freshly from the North east,
accompanied by rain which continued to fall heav
ily until noon. It rained with slight intervals,
during tlio day. Though we have not hail any
opportunity of ascertaining bv the rain guage,
the precise quantity of water which fell, we have
no heeitaiion in expressing the opinion that it was
one third groator than has fallen during any
twenty-four hours in the past 12 months. Judg
ing lrom appearances to the seaward, the stalwar-,
hardv manners have had a trying time of it f r
tbe past twenty-four hours.— Sat. (Xmr., ilk inst,
Hoo Crop.— From the best information we can
obtain there will be, in East Tennessee, a small
increase in number over the crops of last year.
We hear of but few who ate buying and we in
cline to the opinion that the number that will en
gage in tbe trado will not bo large duriDg the -ca
son. It proved to be a lossing business last year.
The consequence is that prices must rule lower.
Indeed, we have heard of a sale at 100 and a half
rents, fora small lot. Very few howevtr will be
willing to take that, so that wo do not expect to
hear of any considerable number being purchas
ed so low. Three cents will probably be the ruling
price. We hear of sales in Knox county at three
and aMf tmtt.-Lndm Prm.
Tbe Coffee Trace.—Estimate* Production and
t onsumplUmor 1833.
We are indebted to a well informed commercial
friend, for the following article on the subject of
the present position of the coffee trade in view of
the estimated production and consumption oflßsß.
It will commend itself to the attention of our rea
ders.—Bait. American.
(Extractfrom the Oicniar of Meaera. Trueman &
Rouse, of London, of the Ist April, 1858.1
“We have now before ne the official and other
returns of the delivery of Coffee in the different
European countries and the United States of
America, in 1852, and tbe season being also suffi
ciently advanced in the oonntriee of production, to
ndrah of a fair estimate of the yield ot theircrops.
We are now able to present in the table in another
(dace, onr usual annual estimate of production and
consumption, by a reference to which, it will be
seen that the latter exceeds the former, by about
23,000 ton*, in estimating the consumption we
have, in those cases where no official return was
procurable, taken the deliveries from the ports as a
fair criterion, and as regards production, the actual
shiinpment* to the latest dates, in conjunction with
the reported state of the crops; on the whole state
ment, however, our friends will of coarse form
their own judgment.
With a production so much below tbe oonsump
tion, the stock in Europe already, 10,000 tons less
than at tie same time last year, will be further
considerably trenched npon, unleJsthe deliveries
should be curtailed by enhanced prices, and, at all
events, the position of Coffee must be regarded as
a highly favorable one.
EeUm'itod ErporUO.le Production of 1853. Tans.
Brazil* (1,8 X 1,006 nag* of 16) lbs. each) 128,600
Java and Sumatra (of 1,11i0,000 piculs of 180 lbs.
each) 60,900
Manilla 000
Mocha and Madras (exports to Europe) 2.500
Patch and French West Indies 1,000
LaOuayra and Venetuela 12,000
Cost* Rica 2,8e0
Forte Rico 9,0 0
Cuba 6,000
Jamaica 1,700
Ceylon (crop of 1851-52, 19,200 tons) 17,000
Bt. Domingo 20,000
Totalproduction 261,100
KMmuUd Consumption of 1858.
Great Britain Tons 15,700
Holland and Belgium 86,000
France. 21,500
German Zolrereln 47,00«
Other German conntries and Austria 27,000
Mediterranean (Italy, Greece, 4c.) 15,000
Spain and Portugal 6,000
Russia, Finland and Poland 6,000
Sweden, Norway and Denmark 10,100
Switzerland 7,000
Cape of Good Hope 2,000
L'mted States (actual debts 1852) 91,500
Total Consumption 284,700
Total deficiency in Coffee crops, for 1858, esti
mated 28,60“ tons.
In connection with the above statement, taken
from the able and reliable circular of Messrs. True
man & Rouse, it may Ire stated that the crops of
Java and Ceylon have been ascertained to be quite
materially short, the deficiency for this year being
estimated from one-fourth to one-third of those
crops. The crop of Brazil is very generally con
ceded not to exceed ono million of bogs, which is
less than halt a crop; and it is very doubtful if tho
export for tbe crop year to all the world, will reach
the export of the crop year of 1849-50, which was
short of one million one huudredand fifty thousand
bags.
It tho export from Brazil should not exceed
1,150,000 bags, then, in the proportion of last crop
year’s export, when the United States received
1,087(369 bags, and Europe, 872,627 bags, it will
be found that the quantity which will fall to the
share of the United States from an export of 1,150,-
000 bags, will be 620,000 bags, and supposing the
same amount of money only to be appropriated to
t lie consumption of Coffee, which was appropriated
to this purpose for the past year, and supposing
nine cents to have been the fair average price of
Coffee in this country, for that period, and itisbe
lieved to have averaged rather above than below
this rate, wc have by mathematical deduction, fif
teen cents as the fair average price lor Rio Coffee in
this country, under u receipt Ironi Brazil, for the
crop year, of 620,000 bags. As two months of the
crop year have elapsed and Coffee has barely reach
ed ten cent*, it is fair to presume, that in working
up tho average for the year, to fifteen cents, we
may yet see prices above this rate, extravagant us
such "an idea may now appear to many.
Important to Postmasters mild Others.
Wo are requested by the l’oslinastcr General,
says the National Intelligencer, to call attention to
tho following regulations in regard to postage on
letters to Foreign Countries:
In the Mail to Great Britain the single rate of
postage is 24 cents, prepayment optional. On
either a letter or packet of any weight the whole
postage or none at all should be prepaid. If any
tiling less than tlio whole is prepaid, no account is
taken of it, aud it is entirely lost to the sender. The
British Post Office declines to change this rule,
except on conditions considered inadmissible.
In the Prussian closed Mail to Germany 30 cents
is tlic singlo rate, prepaymcntoptional. This pays
from any part of the United Stutes to any part ol
tho Germau-Austrian Postal Union. A prepay
ment of uuy sum less thun the regular rate of 80
cents ia not recognised, and is of course lost to the
sender. A noto of fractions of the rate could not
he taken without seriously complicating tho ac
counts, besides causing much additional labor aud
trouble at tho exchange offices. But, contrary to
the practice under the United States and British
Postal Convention, in the Prussian mail every full
rate of 80 cents is credited, whether the whole pos
tage on a letter or packet is prepaid or not, leav
ing any balance due to bo collected at tho office of
delivery.
By the Bremen Mail the rule is tho same as un
dor tho Prussian arrangement. Tho single rate to
Bremen is 10 cents, to Oldenburg 12, to Hamburg
15, to Altona and Hanover 21, and to any other
place in Germany 22 cents, prepayment optional.
In cither case a prepayment of any fraction of the
full rate goes for nothing.
Tho rule for rating letters to all foreign countries
(except tho British North American Provi r ces) is
to charge ono rate for half an ounce or under, two
rates if the weight is over one half andnotoxceod
ing an ounce, four rates if over onoandnotoxcced
ing two ounces, six rates if over two and not ex
ceeding three ounces, and so on, charging two
rates for every ounce or fractional part nf an ounce
over ihafirst ounce. As this rule differs from that
followed' in respect to domestic letters, where each
half ounce or fraction of a half ounce counts ns one
rate only, Postmasters who are not careful to ob
serve 'lie. ditferenco arc liable of course to commit
mistakes.
We bog to suggest that iu calling attention to
this subject Editors generally would rondcr to
many o their readers on essential service, and wo
would suggest to thoso of our readers who have
any foreign correspondence to preserve tho abovo
explanations for reference.
Pennsylvania Central Railroad. —Tho opera
tions of this road are very favorable to its stockhol
ders. Its gross receipts aro claimed to ho equal to
25 per cent, on its cost. The road is still increas
ing in its business. The Philadelphia American
says:
"There is at this time, and has been for many
months past, more trade offering than the present
incomplete condition of the thoroughfare can pos
sibly accommodate, aud there will bo at all times,
no ma'ler to what extent tho carrying power of the
lino may he enlarged in the future, un excess of
both passengers and freight custom pressing for
transit East and West. Tho mountain division
will ho furnished with a double track, by tho Ist of
Jan. next when tho company will bo oblo to run
tho trains all tlio way through from Philadelphia
to Pittsburg, avoiding entirely the inclined planes
ol the Portage, by wliioh so much delay is now oc
casioned in making tho trip. Forty miles of the
Western division are grafted for a double track,
and part of the rails laid. The residue is being
similarly graded to moot the mountain division,
and the rails will ho put down as fast as they can
l>o furnished by tho contractor. Tho Eastern di
vision, extending from Hnrrisbnrg to tho moun
tains, whore it meets tho pianos, has two-thirds of
its distance graded for a double truck, and tho
remaining third is being prepared for grading.”
Austria ani> Sardinia. —The Genoa correspon
dent of tho Newark Advertiser, writing under
dato ol Angust 13th, says :
Austria lias recently made another demand upon
tho government ol Sardinia lor the extradition ol’
certain political refugees from Lombardy, claim
ing them this time as “eriininiil fugitives from jus
tice'’ under tho language of tho treaty. The sub
terfuge is obvious enough, and the insolent de
mand was, of course, peremptorily denied. This
renewed insult to a government which had with
drawn its diplomatic representative from Vienna
on account of other groater wrongs, with tho ap
probation of Franco and England, indicates that
there is no prospect ofthe restoration of friendly
relation".
An Austrian martial order has just been issued
at Milan calling, by name, upon 43 political refu
gees to answer before a court martial to charges of
high treason, on peril ot being pronounced guilty
intheirnhsonce. Austria has no bowels of mercy;
but hor wrath in those eases is impotent. We bavo
accounts to-day, however, of 21 more executions in
Lombardy for political offences, including several
noble youth ot high character. Truly this feroci
ous power is daily treasuring up wrath against the
duy of wrath.
Gas Well.— There is n gas well at Wellington,
Ohio, which is thus described by a correspondent
of tho Cincinnati Gazette, dating on the 20th:
“Mr. Benjamin Clifford, who livos about a half
of a mile east of this village, wus digging a well
near his house yesterday. After digging some
twenty feet, he commenced boring for water, and
having bored about three feet, gas began to escape
from thu orifice, which was four inches in diami
tor. with a bubliug and hissing sound that could
bo heard some twenty rods from the well. A
mutch was applied to the current some inches
above the ground, and it ignited in an instunt,
and burned until a lato hour last evening, when
the bloz - was extinguished and the whole stop
ped. This morning the plug was taken out, and
a match again applied to tho stream of gas, ats-nt
two feet from the giouud, and, as before, it was
instantly lighted, and burned up at times from
five to six feet. The warmth of tho blaze could
be lolt by the hand at the top of the weil; and
for several no: around, the burning gas could be
smelled. From present appearances it will afford
gas enough to light every dwelling in our village,
and if it should continue, our citizens will very
soon appropriate it.”
Silver. —The scarcity and consequent rise in
value of silver is thus accounted for by Mr.
[Vlsraeli, the late English Chancellor ot the
Exchequer:
“ First while the annual production of gold has
quadrupled, the yield ofthe silver mines has re
mained stationary: and a' the influx of gold has
given an immense expansion to business of all
kinds, and increased thn demand for every com
modity, silver being no more plentiful now than
formerly, lias become proportionately scarce.
Secondly, in Holland, and some other European
States, silver is the standard of value; and hence
tlie excess ot exportation to those countries over
the imp rtaiion from them has to be paid for in
silver coin. Thirdly, and eheifiy, in India, gold
coin is not known among the natives from whom
the com modules of commerce are purchased, nor
is goi 1 in that country a legal tender; and as the
exec-a of Indian exportation over importation is
exeoadinl) great, there is an enormous drain of
•diver from Europe and America u< pay for the
excess. In the tear 1852 England alone sent
fifteen millions of dollars in silver to India. Mr.
IVlsraeli proposes, *> s remedy to the growing
sea rein of silver, that gol-i be made the standard
of value and a legal tender throughout the Brit
ish possessions in the Oriental world.
New Yore Momcr Makket.— The Journal of
Commerce of Monday evening says:
There is no foiling off in the demand for money,
but tbe supply is abundant, and rates pf interest
are unchanged. Business paper is selling at 5 a
10 per cent, for good signatures. On call, with
prime securities, loans are obtained at 7 per cent,
bat withaspeeified time, say sixty day*; there is
little to be had even with good collateral securities
below 12 par font., or a brokerage equivalent to
that rate.
The exhib't of the banks, pot yet to hand, will
show little change for the ween, Jhe Snb-Trea
stjry holds a large increase of specie, tnd some
shipments have been made sufficient altogether to
absorb the receipts from California.
Foreign exchange is qnite irregular; 109% is
freeiv offered for prime 60 days bills on London,
provided tlie same lengtii of credit conid be ob
tained for the buyer; the cash n itft of leading sig
natures arc 109% a 109% .
Tbe ship Areoie, Capt, Jennings, arrived at Bal
timoie on Wednesday Yrom the Lobes Islands with
a cargo of SOO tons guano. This vessel made a
very short passage, six other vessels having left,
some of them two weeks previously, noneof which
have yel arrived. The demand on the Peruvian
agents, Messrs. Bttrreda A Bro., for orders, was
equal iu excitement to the great pressure at the
polls in the “days of 1840.” Eighty-two ves
sels are now on the way from the islands to the U.
States, bringing not less than sixty thousand ton*
of the fertilising article.
WIEKJiT
Cjirnrade &
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
WZMTBgDAT MOBBING, ggPTE t, IMS.
FOB GOVERNOR,
CHARLES J. JENKINS
OF RICHMOND.
For Congress— Eighth District,
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS,
07 TALIAFERRO.
For fitulw,
ANDREW J. MILLER.
Por Repmenutives,
ALEXANDER C. WALKER,
WILLIAM A. WALTON.
Souikern Cultivator.
ThkSeptember number of this popular agricul
tural journal is now ready for delivery. It will be
seen by a perusal of the “Contents ” that it lacks
none of its usual variety or interest:
Plant itiob and Fash Ecosont.— Wheat Culture at the
South: The Economy of losrcts; Warts on Horses; Bite
(A Mstl bogs; Table of Manures, with quantities to be
used and mode of application ; To Cure Swinney; Plan of
aGeorgiAGin House, (illustrated); The 8011-Worm and
-“Sore Shin” in Cotton; Grasses for the South; Crab-
Grass Hay; Farming in Pennsylvania; Vegetable Waa;
A Principle in an Egg-Shell; Meeting of Tennessee Wheat
Growers; The Proper Treatment of Certain Animals.
H< irtic! ltcral liKPAATuciT —Work for the Month;
bwarf Pears in the South; The Apricot; Scuppemong
Vineyard—No. 5; Medical Properties of the Grape; Fruit
Trees; American Grapes; New Use for Watermelons;
Howto Propagate the Red Cedar and Spruce.
Editobiai. —Correspondents; Answers to Inquiries; The
Scuta; American Pomoiogical Society; Horticultural So
ciety of Georgia—Preliminary Meeting at Athens; John
Giles; Free Use of Lime; Curing Pea-Hay; South Downs.
Editorial Misckllaxy.—-Vine Growing in Georgia;
The Approaching Fair—lts Prospects, Ac.; Editorial Con
vention : To“ Justice,” Rome, Ga.; First Bales of Ootton;
The “ New Melon."
So mines Heun Book. Pedigrees of Devons belonging to
Jndge Warren, and Ayrshire Hall of C. T. Deake.
Micillajsocs.—The Benefits of Agricultural Journals to
the Country; Upper Louisiana Again; Letter from Arkan
sas—The Hot Springs; Interesting Letter from New Gra
nada; To Prevent Coes from Shedding Milk; Soap-Suds as
a Fertilizer; Corncobs in the Roof of a Horse’s Mouth; In
tegrity of the Dog; The Village Home, (poetry); Cure for
Glandere; The Wheat Fly, or “ Weevil;” Sheep in Geor
gia; Crops in Louisiana; Water-proof Negro Clothing;
Cotton Tree; The Rice and Sea Island Cotton Crops ; The
Tobacco Crops; Cotton at the Crystal Palace ; Cod Liver
Oil; Good Coffee; Value of Guano ; Wool Growing in Vir
ginia ; Women and Flowers; Guano; Kentucky Hog Sta
tistics; Forman’s Patent Plow, (illustrated); Various
Items.
Domestic Economt Carving Poultry; Rose Water—
To Distill; Gapes m Chickens.
Illustrations. —Plan of a Georgia Gin House; Forman’s
Patent Plow. t
Terms—sl per year. Back numbers for 1858
tarnished. Address WM. 8. JONES,
Augusta, 6a.
The Canvass—The Prospect.
The Southern Recorder, publishes the following
extracts from letters received at that office. That
the prospect for tho success of Jenkins is now
very flattering, is no where controverted. Indeed,
it is even admitted by all candid men among his
opponents, and the politicians of the party pro
claim it trumpet-tongued by their acts. So over
whelming are the evidences ofthe favorable recep
tion of Jenkins’ nomination, that his competitor
was forced to take the Btump, some weeks ago;
and now they are calling upon Gov. Cobb, in thoir
extreme condition, for help. Tho Governor is
everywhere invoked to lorsako his duties and
come to the rescue of the man and the party who
so fiercely denounced him, two years ago, as
nothing bettor than a traitor—a man entirely un
worthy; of confidence, who had sold his principles
for place. Desperate, indeed, must bo tho condi
tion of the Secessionists when they are forced to
the humiliating position of appealing to Gov. Cobb
for aid 1 Nor is this all; finding the people deaf
to all their uppeals to their reason and better judg
ment, a desperate effort is to be made to excite
them by appeals to thoir passions; and the more
successfully to accomplish it, mass meetings are
called.
Tlieso things speak volumes os to the true con
dition of tho party, and they should not be with
out their influeuco upon the conservative republi
cans. They show that a desperate effort is being
made to place the Secession candidate in power,
and this should admonish tho friends of Mr. Jen
kins to be also on the alert—to spare no honorable
effort necessary to tho attainment of success. It
is not merely sufficient that he be elected—he
should be carried into power by a majority so large
as to prostrate forever this Protean party, which
was yesterday Secession, to-day self-styled Demo
cratic, aud to-morrow will be any thing deemed
necessary for the spoils. Let, then, the friends of
Jenkins and republicanism not sit quietly down;
let them rather work, and work earnestly and
zealously for the next thirty days lor a majority ot
10,000 votes.
Bnt to the extracts:
Extract of a letter from a Union Democrat, dated
Griffin, May 25, 1853.
You ask “ where I Bland in polities ?” I an
swer, right where every independent, thinking
man ought to stand who thinks for himself. I sot
out, in 1850, for the Compromise, under the con
viction that the measures which had formerly
separated me from tho Whig party had become
obsolete. My political enemies then were mostly
from my former political family. Consequently,
my vote will bo oast silently for that candidate
who may bo selected from tho ranks ofthe Union
party of 1850. lama Gen. Jackson Democrat of
1840, and not a Crawfish Democrat of the present
day, that will swear to do a thing to-day, aud do
tho rovorse to-morrow.
Tho present self-styled Democracy in Georgia,
are ready to drop that title or name and take any
other that will make them votes, let it be Democrat,
“Tom Walker ortho Devil.”
Extract of a letter, dated.
Crawford Co., Ga. August. 15, 1853.
The prospect for Jenkins is every day growing
brighter and brighter. It is already given up by
the Democratic party, that Jenkins will carry this
county, notwithstanding it is democratic. The
democrats are numerous thut will notßupport John
son. Unfortunately for hi in, ho presided at our
last Superior Court, and too many became acquaint
ed with thut over-bearing disposition of his.
The Harmonious in New York.
“ The Sun aaya that the Secretary of the Treasu
ry has rejected one of Mr. Collector Bronson’s ap
pointment*—that of Mr. Riley, of Long Island, for
(lay ofUcor of the customs, who was appointed at
tho special request, of Mr. Cooley. According to
the KnnN uccount, Mr. Ludlow, late Speaker of
tho Assembly, took the pains to go to Washington
to get Mr. Riley’s appointment cancelled; and it
is further said:—
“ On the Collector’s return to his office, on Sa
turday last, he found upon his desk a lotter irom
the Secretary of the Treasury containing the order
of rejection. It is said Mr. Bronson cooly sent
back to Mr. Guthrie tho re-nomination of Mr. Ri
ley, and should the pawors of Washington re
main unmoved, Mr. Bronson’s resignation may be
looked for at once. It is also rumored that U. S.
District Attornoy Charles O’Connor’s dander is
up, and his resignation may bo soon expected.
"Thus it seems that the party breaeh daily
widens. Tho President cries peaeo, peace; hut
there is no peace. This with other etnemiet that
have, within the last few days, transpired around
the government table, has upset the arrangement
made for the purchase of the National Democrat.
Tl.e men who agreed to subscribe the sum neces
sary for the purchase and future support of the
paper, havo openly withdrawn their promises,
alleging as a reason, that if Mr. Forney takes the
paper, ho will be required to sustain the Adminis
tration, and under the present precarious state of
the political atmosphere, they aro unwilling that
their means should erect a monument to fall upon
themselves.”
t-oit seems the New York Hunkers are notcon
tent to ho associated with tho Free soil faction.
What a difference between tbo New York Hunk
ers and the Southern Secessionists 1 The latter
ling Dtx, Vitooit, Maloney, Campbell, and Gbat
of the Cleveland Plaindealer, and all the other
Frcesoil appointees of Gen. Fierce, to their
bosoms as closely and cordially as if they held
every principle in common.
Think of seeing H. V. Johnson, W. T. Col
quitt and Charles J. McDonald “check by jowl”
with Drx, Vroom, and Gray of the Plaindealer,
each embracing the other most cordially, while
the New Y’ork National Democrats (Hunkers) re
pudiate the alliance with Freesoilism as polluting!
Imagine such a scene as this, and you have, kind
reader what is cvoiv day eoactcd before the coun
try under the potent influence of the spoils. But
yesterday these Secession leaders declared to the
world that no party at the North could be trusted
They were unwilling to trust evon National
Whigs or National Democrats, and to-day they are
coalescing with open and avowed Frccsoilers to
secure the spoils. Can or will the South trust such
men ! Prominent among them stood Herschjcl
V. Johnson, who is now seeking the office of
Governor of Georgia, snd the only claim his
friends set forth is, that he coalcsoes with the
Freesoilere in support of Pierces administration.
Information Wanted. —Our Secession friends
have shown commendable zeal and industry, if not
fairness and justice, in hunting up something to
use against Mr. Jenkins in the present contest.
As they must now be quite conversant with the
Legislative journals and records of the State, we
should be glad to know if they have discovered
the name of Herschel V. Johnson in association
with any measure, great or small, devised for the
public weal. His name, it is true, is found enroll
ed in the proceedings of political meetings and
conventions held at this place, and he has not been
very averse to receiving office whenever he could
get'it. If he has any claims upon the people of
Georgia for valuable public services of any kind,
however, we have yet to learn it. Perhaps he
ought to be rewarded for hating and abusing Union
men. Reader, do you think so ?— So. Recorder.
W e can but express our surprise, that the Re
corder should be so at fault as to the valuable pub
lic services rendered by Judge Johnson, and the
claims which he has upon the people of Georgia
for their support. Does not the Recorder know
that he coalesce* moat oordially with Dix, Vroom,
Campbell, Malonet, Bhown, Gbay of the Cleve
land Plaindealer, and the whole Freesoil faction
of the North, in the support of the administration
of (general Pierce i What better or greater pub
lic services would the Recorder require of Mr.
Johnson 1 Ready, the Recorder is exacting. The
supporters of Judge Johnson do not ask of him
; anything more, and that, in their opinion, consti
! lutes his chief claim to the suffrage of the people
of Georgia. True, but yesterday he denounced
i t he freesoilers from one extreme of the State to
I the other; but to-day President Pieboi has taken
them by the hand and given them place and pow
er and lo! Jndge Johnson embraces them as
friends and brethren. Truly there is a magic in
fiuanOfc in the tpoilt.
Count* Nominations.— The Conservative party
of Baldwin have nominated S. P. Brown for the
Senate and F. T. Gmantlakd for the House,
In Putnam County, W esley Guises, B»q., ha*
been nominated as a candidate for the Senate, and
P. H. Dawson apd Elmore Callaway for the
House.
Mr. William Daboan is the greet man of Ire
land, just now. It was he who advanced the capi
tal (half a million of dollars') for the Dublin Ex
hibition, and for onoe, all Ireland is united in a
feeling of gratitude to a benefactor.
Mr. Jonklna—Nelson’a Brigade.
The last, and outs of the moat desperate efforts
of the Secession organs and partisans to assail Mr.
J enacts, is for his vote against the resolution to
spproptiate $30,C00, out of the State Treasury, to
defray the expenses of twenty-two companies,
1,500 men, who had been mustered together by
Gen. Chaii.es H. Nelson, without any authority
either from the State or United States Govern
ments, and were on their way to Florida. That
this effort to detract from the well earned reputa
tion of Mr. Jenkins as a sagacious statesman and
conscientious legislator, guarding most sacredly,
at every point, the Constitution of the State and
his oath to support it, will be a most signal failure,
we entertain no doubt. No intelligent people will
ever oondemn Chaslxs J. Jknxins for vindicating
and protecting the Constitution, against the as
saults of demagogues and political tricksters; nor
will they condemn him for yielding to the dic
tates of his conscience and judgment, acting as he
was under the solemn obligations of his osth, to
support the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
Hence we have no fears of this latest humbug of
the Secessionists. Indeed, had the Federal Lnion
told the plain truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth, (which seems quite an impossibility
with that journal, in relation to any matter with
which Mr. J endns’ name is connected,) we should
not now allude to the subject; confident that when
all the facts are known, Mr. Jenkins will merit and
receive the approval, rather than the censure of
the people for his vote on that occasion. Wo pro
ceed, therefore, to state the leading facts connected
with the legislation on the matter, and we chal
lenge any Secession organ to deny or disprove a
single statement of ours.
In 1887, Gen. Charles H. Nelson, without au
thority from either the State or General Govern
ment, raised, in the Cherokee counties and those
bordering on the Chattahoochee, about 1,500 men,
(twenty-two companies,) to march to Florida. On
their way, they stopped at Milledgeville, wijere the
Legislature was then in session, and asked that
body for money to defray their travelling expenses.
To obtain this aid, the following resolution was
introduced into the House of Representatives by
John B. Lamar, and finally adopted. There were
three other setts of resolutions introduced, not
one of which pretended to assert that Gen. Nel
son had any authority to raise the troops ; ou the
contrary, they all yielded the point, that he had
no authority. Indeed, it was not contended by
any intelligent man in the Legislature, (for we
were there and heard the discussion,) that he had
any authority whatever to raise the troops and
march them to Florida, or any where else. But to
the resolution—here it is:
Whereas, a large body of mounted men, under
Gen. Charles H. Nelson, are now on their march to
Florida, and whereas, no provision having been
made for thoir subsistence—Therefore,
Be it reeolved, by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, That the snra of thirty thousand dol
lars, or so much thereof as may bo necessary, be,
and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to defray the expenses which have been incurred,
or which may hereafter be incurred by said troops.
Be it further reeolved, That the same be charged
to the Federal Government, and the Governor oe,
and he is hereby requested to take tho necessary
means to have it reimbursed.
Thiß resolution was passed by a vote of 89 to 79,
Mr. Jenkins voting against it, not only because
Gen. Nelson had no authority to raise the troops,
but because he believed it was a violation of the
Constitution of the State, to appropriate money
out of the Treasury by resolution. Among those
who voted with Mr. Jenkins, are the names of
the following Democrats: Joel K. Branham, of
Putnam, James Gray, of Jones, James Grubbs, ot
Burke, Wesley Kemp, of Campbell, William
McKlnley, of Baldwin, Stephen Renfro, of Jones,
James L. Seward, (Democratic candidate tor Con
gress,) of Thomas, and William Stallings, of
Morgan.
The resolution was then carried to the Senate
and there passed with amendments, which were af
terwards concurred in by the House. In tho Sen
ate the following Democrats opposed and voted
against it, for the same reasons that influenced
Mr.' JiNKixs—that Gen. Nelson had raised the
troops without authority, and it was unconstitu
tional to appropriate money by resolution: Ed
ward J. Black, Walter T. Colquitt, Gen. Hugh
A. Haralson, Alexander J. Lawson, Irby Hud
son, of Putnam, and James Polk, of Madison.
The resolution was then sent to Gov. Gilmer,
who vetoed it on the same grounds taken by its op
ponents in both houses of tho Legislature. We
take the following brief extracts from his Veto
Message:
“ From the documents already laid before the
Honse, it is evident that the men for whose benefit
tho appropriation in tho resolution is intendod to
be made, have been raised without the authority of
this State or the United States.”
Upon the Constitutional question, Gov. Gilmer
said:
“ I am not satisfied that the Legislature has the
constitutional power to appropriate, by their reso
lution, $30,000 for the purposes stated in them, by
directing that the money be paid out of the con
tingent fund by the Governor. The Constitution
provides that uo money shall be drawn out of the
Treasury, or from the publio funds of the Stale,
except by appropriation made by law. Tho ob
ject of this provision is,to secure the peoplejfrom in
considerate and improper disposition of the public
mouoy, by subjecting each appropriation made by
the Legislature, to the investigation produced by
reading the bill containing it three times in three
separate days, in each House, as must be done be
fore a law can be passed. A contingent fund is
created during each session of the Legislature for
the Executive Department, because the Legislature
cannot forsee, and therefore cannot provide spe
cially for all the objects requiring an advancement
of money by the Governor from one session of the
Legislature to tho succeeding.”
Tho day afterthe reading of the Governor’s veto
message, Judge Meriwether, himself a gallant of
ficer, who had served in Florida, asked leave to in
troduce a Rill, to appropriate tho money, which
would outirely remove the Constitutional objection
to the resolution, and thus obtain the money for the
troopß. What think you, kind reader, was the re
sult ? The proposition was rejected by a vote of
101 nays to 59 yeas; and strange os it may seem,
the great mass of the Democrats voted against
granting leave I Thus actually opposing the only
constitutional mode of getting the money. Among
the democrats who voted against granting leave to
Judge Meriwether to introduce the bill, were,
Bouton of Wilkes, Crane of Lumpkin, Cobb of
Carroll, HbnryG. Lamar, Johnß.Lamar,Charles
J. McDonald, and a host of othors.
This vote strips the veil from the political in
trigue aud exposes it in all its naked deformity to
the people. If those who voted to grant the mo
ney by resolution had been sincere in their pur
pose, it was an easy matter to change the Resolu
tion into a Bill, and it would have been passed and
the money obtained without difficulty. This they
would not do, because they hoped to place Mr.
Jenkins and those who acted with him, in a false
position before the country, and make political
capital thereby.
Mr. Jenkins’ sympathies were deeply aroused
in behalf of the soldiers, who had been deoeived
by their commanding officer, and who, under the
impression that their country had called for their
services, had rallied to her standard.—Yes, he felt
for them, and was willing to vote money and sup
plies for them in the only legal way that it could
be done, bnt he was not willing to violate the con
stitution or disregard tho obligations of his sacred
oath. Such was tho position of Gov. Gilmer, him
self a soldier in the war of 1812, whose sympathies
for tho soldiers of his country, no honest or can
did man ever questioned. But, like Mr. J enkins.
he prefered to preserve sacred his oath and tho
constitution of his country. Let the intelligent,
constitution-loving patriots of Georgia decide up
on their acts in the matter, and with that decision
we will be satisfied.
Tho foregoing is a brief history of the whole af
fair and we challenge any denial of its truths.
Wabrenton, Milledoevili.k and Macon Rail
road. —Wm. G. Bonner, Civil Engineer, has been
employed to make the survey for this Road, in tho
most direct and practical route, via Sparta and
Milledgeville to Macon. He commences the sur
vey forthwith. —Southern Recorder.
We are gratified to perceive that a preliminary
survey has been ordered, and isabontto be entered
upon. We should have been pleased, however,
had the instructions to the Engineer not confined
him to the route via Sparta and Milledgeville; but
rather to the most direct and practical route,
connecting Maoon with the Georgia Railroad near
Camak or Doable Wells. For we are under the
impression, from onr knowledge of the country, that
a much more direct, better and cheaper roate may
be found to Macon than byway of Milledgeville.
We refer to a route afew miles'north ofgpartaand
south of Eatontou, which we think will be several
miles shorter, and decidedly better adapted for
the construction of a railroad, than that proposed
to be surveyed. However, we have no partiality
to rontes, except as they may affect the interests of
the Company. We are very desirous to see the
road built at an early day, (we know it will be
built some day,) hence, onr wish that the most
practical route be at once adopted, and the work
prosecuted vigorously to completion.
The Augusta and Waynesboro’ Railroad.
Yesterday evening we had the pleasure, in com
pany with a number of gentlemen, guests of
Messrs. Finn & Osmond, the enterprising contrac
tors for the first twenty miles of this road from
this city, ofa ride out as far as the road is com
pleted, near ten miles. The trip was a most
agreeable one, the pleasure of which was not a
little enhanced by the the very handsome collation
which they had prepared for the occasion.—
To us it was a source of much gratification to ob
serve the excellence of the road, equalling, we
think, in all the requisites of a good road, the best
in the country. It is, apparently, very substantial
ly bnilt, and as smooth as any road we ever passed
over in any section of the Union.
There remains yet about thirteen miles of the road
to be completed, all bat one mile of which is graded,
and ready for the timber and iron. Messrs. F. &
O. have some ten miles of their contract to com
plete, and they are now laying down amile a week,
and it » expected the remainder will be finished
as soon as their’s, or at an early day thereafter. We
may, therefore, confidently rely on the completion
of the entire road in the month of December.
Navigation or the Amazon. —Captain Brown, of
the brig Chatsworth, which arrived at New York
on Wednesday, July 27, reports the steamer Rio
Negro, Deal, had arrived there from Rio Janeiro.
She ia the secoud steamer of the Company for the
navigation of the Amazon river, and will ran from
Para to the Rio Negro. The first one of the line,
the “Magro,” will hereafter ply between the Rio
Negro, and the town of Nan to, in Peru. The R.
N. has to make a trip on the 2Sth toCanzeta, a dis
tance of 90 miles, taking passengers at the rate of
15 mil. 11 reis, or $8& each way.
There was a sharp frost in the lowlands and an
ger the Whits Hill range, in New Hampshire, on
Judge Johnson Smelling Union Democrats and
Whigs
A correspondent, “ Veritas," of the Chronicle <t
Sentinel, in a recent communication, said :
“One Herschel V. Johnson, in a speech deliver
ed by him at Canton, in Cherokee oonnty, during
the pendency of the Presidential election, in the
tall of 18*8, (last year,) declared that Union men,
and especially Union Democrats, had to him a
most offensive odor, and gave it is his decided
opinion, that ins short time ‘ bustards would not
eat them, because of the jnigkty stench from their
dead carcasses P ”
The Cassville Standard, upon whom “ Veritas ”
called for a confirmation or denial of the assertion,
declares its belief “that the whole language and
sentiment are false,” and does not believe, from
the Editor’s personal acquaintance with Jndge
Johnson, “that he dver uttered such sentiments.”
To this, the Marietta Union replies in the follow
ing paragraph, which not only establishes the
Judge’s assertion of the keenness of his olfactory,
in scenting Whigs, bnt likewise illustrates his
entire capability to utter such sentiments about
the Union Democrats, toward whom he and all
the other Secessionists were known to be particu
larly bitter. The Union says:
“ The Standard does not think the J ndge would
utter such a sentiment. The Editor doee not
know the Jndge. He does not know that he is
blessed or cursed with the most extremely sensi
tive olfactories. He said in s speech in Marietta,
several years ago, that he coaid ‘tell Whigs at a
great distance—he oould smell them—they ‘stunt.' ’
“ Whigs did not cease to be offensive in the nos
trils of the Judge, except such as became disunion
i9tsiulßs0 —then their odor became agreeable to
him—but alas! alas! many Union democrats and
many Union whigs then became exceedingly offen
sive to him, and hence told the people in Canton
of the * mighty stench ’ they created. Even the
editor of the Standard was at that time offensive
to him, aDd if be is now agreeable to the Judge,
it can be explained on no other ground than his
having lost his ‘ Union odor? ”
“ Veritas," we feel confident, will produce the
proof, which the Cassville Standard challenges
him to exhibit.
The Harmonious! Veracity of the Federal
Union 1
The following extract is made from a card of P.
W. Trweat, which appeared in the last Southern
Recorder. As Mr. T. is a Democrat, we suppose
he speaks of the “ dirty sheet ” from an intimate
knowledge of its habits, aud character for truth
To say tho leastof it, it is certainly not very oom
plimentary to the central organ of the Secession
party, to be thns characterised by a Democrat—not
decidedly flattering, we think. It is, however, a
family affair, with which we have nothing to do :
“ I shall nse but a few words about the black
guard article of that dirty sheet, the Federal
Union, in relation to my letter to you, under date
ofthe 27th ult.
“ 1 will, therefore, say, that in every portion of
the Editor’s article, where he charges, or even in
sinuates that I ever was an applicant to General
Pierce, or any brauoh of his Administration, for
any office, whatever, it is wholly and totally false,
and the Editor lcneu> it to be false when he wrote
his article. And in the assertion, that I ever ask
ed him to ‘ endorse my claims as a fit and proper
person to court the favor of the President’s ear,’
&c., the Editor is equally guilty of a palpable false
hood. I never even thought of making suoh a re
quest of him.".
Counterfeit BUla.
Counterfeit bills of the denomination of Twen
ty dollars on the Bank of Augusta are in circula
tion. They are defective iu many particulars, and
may be readily detected by the experienced, while
they may be passed upon the inexperienced. The
paper of the counterfeit is inferior and has the ap
pearance of having been wetr-the bill is larger
than the genuine and the engraving coarser. On
tho left hand end of the genuine bill is a portrait of
Gov. James Jackson, while the counterfeit has a
portrait of Washington. In the genuine bill, the
denomination is expressed on both the Tower oor
ners by XX’s, while the oeunterfeit has the figures
20. The signatures and filling up are badly execu
ted.
Madame Adolphe, the French Phrenologist, has
arrived in this city and taken rooms at the Globe
Hotel. She “professes to practice nothing bat
what is reconcilable to Philosophy, viz: a combi
nation of newly discovered sciences. And to con
vince the public of her great capability and pro
found science, Bhe will, even to the astonishment
of the most learned who may call upon her, men
tion their leading transactions of tho past, the
present and tho future. She will inform them if
they are married or not, and when and what lady
or husband they will get. Furthermore, she will
doscribo their dispositions, notions and characters,
as if she had known them from birth.”
Some of those who have consulted her, give ex
traordinary accounts of her wonderfnl powers,
such as will induce tho curious to see her and
judge for themselves. That she astonishes many,
by the narration of events ofthe past, there seems
to he no doubt, from what we have seen in onr
exchanges. Her success in unveiling the future,
can, of course, only be determined r.y the devel
opments of that future.
“ Devon Farm.”
A travelling correspondent of the Savannah
Georgian, writing from Calhonn, Gordon oounty,
Ga., under date of August 17, gives the following
briefsketoh of the fine stock-farm of our friend,
H. Peters, of Atlanta :
“On yesterday I visited Mr. Peters’ plantation,
near this place, and was shown by his worthy,
oourteous and obliging manager, Mr. Hawks, his
truly interesting and valuable possessions here,
consisting of a tract of 1800 acres of land, 800
aores under fenoe, and much of it in a high state
of cultivation ; producing last season 25 bushels of
wheat to the aore, and other crops in proportion.
Much of his lands are sown down in grass, such
as herds grass, orchard grass, velvet grass, tim
othy, white and red clover, <fcc., and stocked with
the finest herd of Devons, I presume, in the United
States, when taking into acoount numbers, their
milking properties, symmetry, (fee. *His stock of
hogs, consisting of Suffolks, Graziers, Berkshircs,
(fee., of pure blood, are not to be surpassed. And
last, though not least, the Shanghais-they must be
seen to be appreciatedl could not count them,
noroould old ‘Aunt Betty,’who raised them; but,
seriously, she called up hundreds, and most of the
young cocks, the past spring’s oblcken,as large as
turkey hens. Mr. Peters is entitled to the grati
tude of the Planters of Georgia for his enterprise
in developing the capacity or our noble State for
producing animals or the very first class, as well as
her capacity to grow the grasses necessary for their
support. To save the mail I must close.
_ Tide Water.”
Hay in Maine is about the same as, or a little
better than last year. Oats very light from the
drought. Winter wheat rusted and smutty. Corn
good. Potatoes look well; it Is feared the drought
liss injured the yield.
The Steamer Cherokee. —The N. Y. Journal of
Commerco says that some shippors lost as high as
$12,000 by the destruction of this steamer. The
largest shippers are Messrs. Little <fc Payne; Dou
ran, Daughter •& Co.) and Tnlane, Baldwin & Co.
The vessel cost the company $250,000, with the
improvrments, but they have more steamers than
are needed, and she might have been bought for a
sum considerable less than is here named.
The Norwalk Tragedy.— Acquittal of the Con
ductor.— The trial of Charles H. Comstock, con
ductor of the train on the New Haven Railroad,
which was precipitated into the river at Norwalk,
was terminated on Monday, by a verdict of acquit
tal. There were threo counts in the indictment
against the prisoner, each charging him with man
slaughter. The jury were out from Friday even
ing until noon on Monday.
Tho car and ooach factory of Messrs. Eaton Gil
bert & Co., near Troy, N. Y., is said to be the
most extensive of the kind in this oountry. The
principal building is 891 feet long.
Julien’s opening coDoert at Castle Garden, New
York, on Monday evening, was attended by an
immense audience, and proved successful through
out.
Dr. C. K. Northall, one of the editors of the
New Orleans Delta, died at Hollywood, on the
Eastern shore of Mobile Bay, on Sunday after
noon, the 28th ult., of the yellow fever.
The Hon. Charles Dougherty, is announced as
a Candidate for Judge of the Superior Court for
the Western Circuit.
The Philadelphia Reus says, that although four
fatal cases of yellow fever oocurred in that city
lost week, it adheres to the belief that there is not
the slightest ground for apprehending its spread.
The Sanitary Committee of the Board of Health
have been unceasing in their efforts to eradicate
every promoter of the disease from the infected
neighborhood, and one family in which there were
two deaths have gone back to the house from
which they removed in their alarm.
Mr. Richard L. Morris, health officer at Qua
rantine, New York, gives notice to steam tugs
towing inward bound vease's, that they must tow
with a hawser two hnndred feet in length, and in
no case will be allowed to go longside a vessel
(unless in distress) until the health officer dears
her. He also cautions steam tugs agiostapproach
ing within 800 feet of a vessels at the Quarantine.
The New York Times mentions a rumor that a
large purchase of Porter’s revolving rifles have
been made ih that eity, by parties interested in tHk
affairs of Cuba. The number of implements are
set down at a thousand. Six charges to each will
make this stock equivalent to six thousand mus
kets.
Three sisters of Kossuth are living in New
York. One is at the head of a boarding house at
No. 1 Irving Place, and the others, who have re
cenlly arrived in this country, are at 761 and 762
Broadway, where they intend ritaning a lace and
silk store, about the Ist September.
The friends of the Madiai, in England are bua
ily engaged in raising a thousand pounds, by pen
ny subscriptions—the sum to he applied to the
purchase of an annuity for them. Copies of the
subscription paper, it is stated, have been sent to
this country.
We are informed that the great mail from Bal
timore and Washington to Cincinnati, Louisville,
*e., is to be run in a few days, by the way of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, under the improved
schedule—in thirty-eight hoars from Baltimore
and forty from Washington—to Cincinnati, where
it will connect with the regular mail to Louisville.
This will be a saving of twelve hours on the pre
sent time to Cincinnati, and tventy-four hours to
Louisville.
At the Iste election for delegate in Oregon, sight
thousand votes were thrown. This shows a great
increese of population. In 1849 the vote did not
exceed 700; in 1851, 2,500. Sinoe 1861, Washing
ton Territory has been taken from Oregon. Such
an increase is unexampled in the history of any
State or Territory, except California.
The work of constructing the canal at Sanlt St.
Marie—by which Lake Superior will he thrown
open to genera) navigation—isaaid to be advancing
steadily. The length of the canal will be leas than
I nil*, with a loek at saeh sod.
A Candidate with Two Sets oT Opinions.
His known through all this section of country,
says the Griffin Union, that J ndge Johnson is
supported for Governor because he Is a Southern
Rights man; that be advocated the doctrine of
Secession iu 1850, and fully sustained the action
of the Nashville Convention; that he supported
McDonald for Governor in 1851, advocating there
by the right of “ peaceablo secessionand that he
now, in all his speeches, admits, and deems to de
light in the fact, that he is a Southern Rights man.
But the Cassville standard, a paper published in
a region ot country where almost every body is for
the Union, aud opposed to secession, speaks of this
same Judge Johnson in this wise:
“From what wo have read and heard of Jndge
Johnson's efforts since he has taken the stump,
we have uo doubt but that ho acquitted himself
handsomely. His .opponents charge him with
being a Disumonist and Secessionist, imt they
fail to produce the proof thereof. It is true lie
opposed the passage of the Compromise mea
sures, but now that they have become the laws
of the land, he advocates their maintenance,
as a permanent settlement of the slavery question.
He denounces all seotional issues and parties, as at
war with our existence as a nation. ]t, believes the
right of secession exists only us revolutionary, not
as a constitutional right; that one State noiy, in
the exerewe of her sovereignty, secede, hut that the
other States, exercising a similar sovereignty, have
the right to object, i f they think their own into rest en
dangered thereby.
“ We believe Judge Johnson to be a good, sound,
nstional Democrat—and as such, deserves the
united support of every Democrat in the State."
It appears, then, continues tho Union, that Judge
Johnson is truly “all things to all men, and noth
ing long. In Southern and Middle Georgia, where
his party believe in tho right of “pcacoublo seees
aion, he is just the man to carry out their doc
trines; but in Cherokoe Georgia, ho believes that
the “right of secession exists only us a revolution
ary right.”
In this connection the Marietta Union, tho Edi
tor of which is a democrat ofthe old School, perti
nently remarks:
The Cassville Standard says Judge Johnson bo
lieves “the right of secession to be a revolutionary
and not a constitutional right.” He differs then
from Gov. McDonald and the S. R. party. The
Columbus Times said, aud the Constitutionalist
endorsed it, that it would not support Judge Jack
son for baliff, it he denied this fundamental doc
trme.of the democracy of Georgia. The presump
tion is that tho editor of tho Standard is otdy
“laying a flattering unction to his soul.”
The Southern Eclectic.
The September number of the “ Southern Eclec
tic" has been laid on our tablo. That it is an ex
cellent number, the following table of Contents af
fords abundant evidouce:
1. Modern British Orators, No. I—Edmund
Burke, by Georgo Gilfillan. 2. Aiuorieuu Literary
Celebrities. 3. Memoranda by a Marino Officer,
being a succession of Glasses from Life’s Phantas
magoria, supervised by Abel Log. 4. How to Write
English, by Thomas Do Quinoey. 5. American
Authorship, No. B—Nathaniel Hawthorne, 6. Life
of Benjamin Robert Ilaydon, with sketches of
Wilkie, Jackson, Opioi Fuseli, Nortlicoto, Ac. 7.
The Life and Character of John Knox. 8. Napo
leon and Sir Hudson Lowe at St. Helena, from
papers not boforo madopublic. 9. Classic and His
toric Portraits. 10. The Greenville Papers—their
bearing upou tho Identity of Junius. Original Ar
ticles.—ll. Southern Literature. 12. The War of
the Fanatics. Poetry.— 13. The “Caller Haddit”
Woman, Sharpe’s. 14. New Books. 15. Varieties.
Yellow Fever in Mobile.— Tho number of
deaths on Saturday last tho 27th ult., was 17 from
yellow fever and 6 Irom other diseases.
The Advertiser of Sunday morning, after stating
the generally admitted fact that the disease is opi
demic adds :
At the eamo time wo feel justified by facts in
saying that, considering all tho circumstances, it is
one of the mildest and loust malignant epidemics
of the kind, that has over been known. The
number of deaths, wo are assured on the best au
thority, is small, in comparison to the number of
oases convalesced or convalescent.
We have no doubt that tho udmirable sanitary
regulations which havo been adopted and enforced
by the Mayor and other city authorities, have had
much agency in chocking tho virulence of tho dis
ease. The city is admittod to boa model of clean
liness, and if there is any virtuo in burning tar,
the blazing bonfires and curling smoke, that night
ly illumine our streets und perfume our breezes,
must evolve it.
Yellow Fever in Mobile.— Tho number of
deaths on the 29th ult., were 34, of which 29 wore
from Yellow Fever.
The Advertiser of the 30th ult. says—“Wo re
gret to have to state that there has boon a very
decided increase in the extent of tho epidemic. At
the same time wo are not aware that there hasbeeu
any aggravation of its virulence or malignity, as
there are said to be a great number of very mild
cases. It is stated that a largo proportion ol the
deaths occur in tho City Hospital, where patients
are often carried in the last stage of life.
Wo still adhere to tho hope that there inuy bo u
speedy abatement of tho disease, though its ante
cedents during the presont season set at naught nil
speculation upon the subject.
One thing is very clear—that tho host sanitary
regulations are not sufficient to prevent the evil—
however much they may servo to mitigate it. No
one is able to suggest any local cause iu Mobile, to
which it might be attributed.
Yellow Fever in Mobile.
Auo. 30—14 Deaths—lo of Yellow Fever.
“ 81—27 “ 22 “ “
Sept. I—B2 “ 23 “ “
Total, 78 55
In New Orleans on the 31st August there were
115 deaths, of whom 96 wore of yellow fever.—
The day previous there were 137 deaths, 95 from
yellow fever, and 15 unknown.
A gentleman named Green, of St. Louis, has
been engaged for many years in the construction
of a new scull propeller. Tho powor is fixed at
the stern, and on the sides of tho vessel, and con
sists of a number of thin, pliable steel plates, ar
ranged together to work rapidly forward and
back, like the fins and tail of a fish. Tho inventor
has had to strive against poverty in tho prosecu
tion of his work, and consequently has turned out
models of a small size only. Tho editor of the St.
Louis Democrat says he called to sco ono of these
models some time ago, and was surprised with
the rapidity with which it was driven through tho
water. It required only a larger boat and a lit
tle greater moans—the inventor said—for the suc
cessful application of steam to his maohino.
Whether, however, with every necessary appli
ance, the invention could be mado serviceable, iB
quite another matter.
Aid to New Orleans.
From the Picayune of tho 81st ult., wo clip
the following notico of tho rocoipt of tho contribu
tions made in this oity. It will be seen that Mrs.
Tubman, of this city, (the Picayune improperly
locates her in Kontuoky, where sho happens to be
sojourning among her relations,} has also contri
buted something to tho aid of tho stricken city.
“The Mayor yesterday received the following
letter from the Mayor of Augusta: ”
Mayor’s Office, Augusta, Aug. 20.
Dear Sir—By last week’s mail I enclosed you a
cheok on New York for SSOO, which I hope you re
ceived. Enclosed I hand you original of exchange
for $1,025, contributed by ourcitiaens to the relief
of the suffering poor of your city.
Ouroitizens have not forgotten the liberality and
generosity of your city after tho calamitous lire
that devastated ourclty in 1829.
Our subscriptions would bo much larger but at
least one-half of our population are absent. I hope
early next week to remit you a further sum for the
same cause. You will hand this sum to somo of
the societies or associations in your place who do
vote themselves to the relief of the suffering, or
make any application you may think best to meet
tho object in view. Yours, trsly,
Wm. E. Dearino, Mayor City of Augusta.
To his Honor the Mayor of New Orleans.
Tho “Hunters of Kentucky” aro famous in
song; here is a lady of Kentucky (Georgia) who
certainly deserves equal fame:
Branch Louisiana State Bank, 1
New Orleans, Aug. 30, 1853. )
Dear Sir— l have received instructions from tho
Branch Bank of Kentucky at Frankfort, (per tele
graph,) to pay to you $147, rccoivod from Mrs. E.
H. Tubman, for the benefit of tho sufferers in this
city.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
. R. J. Palfrey, Cashier.
Hon. A. D. Crossman, Mayor of New Orleans.
Aid to New Orleans. — With regard to the ben
efactions entrusted to the Howard Association, the
Bee states:
From a hasty calculation we infer that upwards
of SBO,OOO have been contributed out of the city
and possibly from ten to fifteen thousand within
the city. Large as these amounts appear, they are
far within the sums which would bo needed by
the Association were the epidemic to continue its
ravages for a few weeks longer. Tbo expenses of
the Association are frightfully large, nor is it pos
sible for the members to curtail them so long as
the poor and suffering require substantial succor,
medical attendance and nursing. Fifteen hun
dred dollars a day barely covers the estimated out
lay of the Association, and fully fifty thousand dol
lars have been already employed in its works of
benevolence and humanity. When the scourge
will have passed, it is the intention of the Howard
Association to pnblish a detailed account of its
receipts and disbursements, so that tho kindly
hearted and charitable of other cities may under
stand that their contributions have neither been
wastfully expended nor injudiciously misapplied.
The authorities of New Orleans have applied to
the Government of the United States, for the use of
Fort St. Philip, 60 miles below the city, as a depot
for immigrants, until thoy can besent up theriver.
' Mr. Jenkins in Chrokee.— The Athens Herald
says:—We learn that Mr. Jenkins is winning gol
den opinions among tho people of Cherokee.
Wherever he has appeared, numbers have been
added to the list of his supporters. The people of
Cherokee are peculiarly indebted to him for bis
labors in the Legislature in behalf of the State
Railroad, the completion of which has made that
beautiful region “ blossom like the rose,” and con
tributed so largely to the wealth, comfort and hap
piness of its citizens. Gratitude, if nothing else,
should induce them to vote for him—regardless of
past or present party alliances.
The New York Tribune has a most melancholy
story of the destruction of vegetation by grasshop
pers in Chataque county, in that State, where they
havedevonred the hay crop, the wheat, the oats,
beans, tnrnips, cabbages, garden vegetables gener
ally, Indian Corn, and run over the pastures and
meadows. Other counties are affected in that
State and Pennsylvania. At Plymouth, N. H.,
they have also overrun entire fields, and it is said
have forced themselves in swarms into dwelling
houses, preying upon clothing, window curtains,
<fcc.
The number of visitors to the Crystal Palace,
on Saturday, was 6,847. Steam was let on to the
machinery on Saturday, and worked admirably.
The splendid Mosaic copy of Guercino’s picture
of St. John, exhibited at the Loudon Exhibition,
was opened last week and found to be safe. This
rare work of art is the contribution of the Pope,
and was executed at the Mosaic manufactory
at the Vatican, and sent on in charge of M. Bedim,
Apostolic Nuncio to the Brazils. The picture is
invoiced at £12,000 sterling.
Dr. Tinsley, the English physician in Cuba,
has discovered that vaccine virus, slier pausing
through the negro system, la valuable to the
white raw.
Caught a Tartar.
W k nave often heard of “Catching a Tartar
a feat universally admitad, we believe, to be an
unpleasant operation to him who accompliahea it.
How that is, we cannot tell, bat we ratherimagine
that the Secession Candidate for Governor oan,
having recently succeeded in hooking one in the
person of John V.Mitchell, of Pulaski county. We
can bnt admire the adroit manner and artistioakill
displayed by the would-be Governor In baiting his
hook and angling for a reunited democrat, one
who was willing to swallow the Seoession and Frec
aoil Coalition pill combined. What was his dis
appointment at the result of the experiment the
reader must imagine. We subjoin the correspon
dence os it appears in the Macun Journal <& Mn
ten^er:
Hawxinsvole, Aug. 20th, 1858.
Meters. Editor! :—ln order to meet the calomny
now being citeulated in this county, in regard to
my political position and that my irienda and the
public, muy be oorrectly informed, as to whether I
am a changeling in politics or not, 1 have boon in
duced to publish tlie following correspondence:
Milledueville, July 7th, 1858.
Dear Sir .'—“Being desirous to know the state
of political feeling in your county, and knowing
you to be a leading and old standing Democrat, 1
take the liberty of dropping these linos to aek in
formation. Iu this soctiou the Democracy are en
tirely united, aud we ontertuin no doubt in car
rying tho Stale. Our friends here are looking to
you—kuowing your talents aud influence, to lead
oft us usual, iu the organization of the Democracy
iu yonr county. Tiio Democracy are largely in the
ascendency in Pulaski, if united and aronsod. Will
you do me' the favor to drop mo a lino by return
mail, and give mo yonr views on our prospects.”
With groat respect, Yonr ob’t servnnt.
H. V. Johnson.
Hawxinsville, July 15th, 1853.
Hon. H. V. Johnson:
Dear Sir: Yours of the 7th iust., is before me;
u sense of duty to you,and justico to myself, impels
mo to attempt a reply. Y r ou wil spare me the task
of going into a full detail of the different phases,
features and names, connected with tho Union
Party, since the days of Clarko and Troup, (as you
uro lully cognizant of them, and their purposes
und bearing,) but suffico itintliat memorable cam
paign, my sufterage, (tho first voto I was entitled
to) was cast for Clark. I was thus early initiated
into the Union Party, (perhaps inheriting my pro
dilections from tho couusel of a revorod Father,
who lived and died a Union man. I thus oarly
embraced tho doctrines and principles promulgat
ed and sustained by that great political luminary,
Andrew Jackson. I havo ever ohorishod, fostered
aud maintained them, to the best of my honest
ability—l huvo bcon confirmed in those principles,
by a realization of tho ends and motives soourod
through llioir sacred aud wholesome influence—l
have grown gray a zealot in tho faith I I now be
hold my children’s children, enjoying tho highost
boon bestowed upon man ; eocnrod and hold in
reservation (us I oonceivo) by a faithful mainten
ance and administration, of those very principles.
Now my dour sir, how stands the presont issue i
1 hog to cull your utteution to the ovents, which
took place in tho years 1850 and ’sl. Tho cansos
which produced them, I will not here enumerate —
they are known to you—but to the point. After a
Convention had been legally convoned, all things
duly investigated, and an acquiescence in tho
Compromise recommended by that body, what
was tho conduct of a portion of tire Domocraoy, as
well us a portion of the Whigs in Georgia l What
was the issue then made 1 Union and Compro
mise by ono party, and Secession (tho pernicious
doctrine of South Carolina) and annuling of tho
Compromise by the other. The contest was main
tained in honesty; brother rising up against
brother. Was not tho cry extorted—“ old party
lines broken up,” surely that announoomont was
made in the Southern Bights camp, and was
oeliood back by tho Union party. So they wore
broken up in Georgia; and so they remain until
this duv. A more momentous question than mo
dern W higgery, was thon openod. That question
(in oft'oet) is yet tho turning point, and tho test by
which coming events are to bo tried. Why do I
arrivo at this conclusion I So far ns my knowledge
extends in this county, there is no material change;
the Whigs who acted with tho Southorn Rights
party (in that event,) stick on to that party with a
tenacity strong as life, while tho Union party, both
Whigs and Democrats, stand firmly upon tlioir
legitimate ground, tho Georgia Platform and Com
promise moasnros, aud principles. Whenever oil
und water may bo made to unite without somo
chomical agent, then perhaps, by tho sarao law,
will tho prostituted aud bare name of Demooraoy
unite and roconcilo tho dootriues of Union and Se
cession.
Sir, I am with great rospoot, yours, &0.,
John V. Mitchell.
Congressional and Judicial Districts.
The following list, showing tho arrungomeut of
the Congressional aud Judioial Districts, as now
organized, will bo interesting at this time. All
thoso who take un interest in tho elections should
preserve it:
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
Eastorn Circuit—Wayne, Camden, Glynn,
Mclntosh, Bryan, Liberty, Bulloch and Effing
ham.
Middle Circuit—Columbia, Washington, Mont
gomery, Tatnall, Emanuel, Scriven, Burke, Jef
ferson and Richmond.
Northern Circuit—Madison, Elbert, Oglethorpo,
Lincoln, Hancock, Warren, Wilkes and Tallin
i'erro.
Western Circuit—Franklin, Rabun, Gwinuott,
Jackson, Clarke, Habersham, Hall and Walton.
Ocmulgoo Circuit—Wilkinson, Jones, Jaspor,
Baldwin, Green, Morgan and Putnam.
Southern Circuit—Lowndes, Thomas, Telfair,
Irwin, Laurens, Pulaski, Appling, Waro and
Clinch.
Flint Circuit—Butts, Upson, Pike, Monroe, New
ton, Henry and Spalding.
Chorokoe Cirouit—Cass, Chattooga, Murray,
Walker, Floyd, Dade, Gordon and Whitfield.
Cowota Circuit —Fayette, Morriwother, Troup,
Coweta, Dekalb and Heard.
■ South Western Circuit—Randolph, Early, Loe,
Decatur, Sumpter aud Baker.
Chattahoooheo Circuit—Stewart, Marion, Mus
cogeo, Talbot, Harris and Taylor.
Macon Circuit—Twiggs, Bibb, Houston, Craw
ford, Dooly, and Macon.
Blue Ridge Circuit—Paulding, Chorokoe, For
syth, Lumpkin, Union, Gilmer, Carroll, Campboli,
Cobb and Polk.
OONORESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
First—Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty,
Mclntosh, Tatnall, Bulloch, Emanuol, Mont
gomery, Lowndes, Telfair, Appling, Glynn, Cam
den, Wayne, Ware, Laurens, Clinch, Thomas and
Irwin.
Second—Muscogee, Stewart, Early, Randolph,
Decatur, Baker, Lee, Dooly, Sumpter, Maoon,
Pulaski and Marion.
Third—Hama, Talbot, Upson, Pike, Butts,
Monroe, Bibb, Houston, Crawford, Spalding and
Taylor.
Fourth—Troup, Merriwother, Coweta, Hoard,
Campbell, Fayette, Henry, DeKalb and Cobb.
Fifth—Dude, Wulker, Murray, Gilmer, Chat
tooga, Floyd, Gordon, Cass, Cherokee, Paulding,
Carroll and Polk.
Sixth, Union, Lumpkin, Rabun, Habersham,
Hall, Forsyth. Gwiunett, Walton, Clark, Jackson,
Madison and Franklin.
Seventh, Nowtou, Morgan, Green, Jasper, Put
nam, Jones, Baldwin, Hancock, Washington,
Wilkinson and Twiggs.
Eighth—Elbert, Oglethorpe, Lincoln, Wilkes,
Taliaferro, Warren, Columbia, Riohmond, Burke,
Jefferson and Seriven.
The Savannah Morning News, alluding to the
riot at Niagara Falls, mentioned in a telegraphic
despatch published hy us, says, that the body of
Mr. Jones was found on the banks of the canal
about a mile from that oity, some three or four
yearß since, having been shot in tho head. He
was engaged in the manufacture of briok at the
time of his death, and strong snßploions wore ox
citod that some of his own negroes liad committed
the murder. Mr. Jones was a young man of ex
emplary character, and oonneotod with a highly
rospeotiblo and wealthy family in Burke county,
Ga., who offered SIOOO roward for the apprehension
and conviction of his murderer, of whom, until
now, if indeed tho negro arrested Is the guilty per
son, nothing has been known.
The Worcester Spy gathers from tho assessors
returns, just published, the following statistics re
specting tho population and valuation of that city.
The rosultsaro given in round numbers, omitting
fractious, as follows:—Population, twenty-one
thousand. Kateablo Polls, five thousand five hun
dred. Real Estate, nine and a half millions of
dollars. Personal Estato, five and a half millions
of dollars. Real and Personal, fifteen millions.—
City Tax, ninety-five thousand dollars. Entire
Tax, one hundred and fourtoon thousand dollars.
Tho increase in the valuation of 1858 over 1852, is
$2,405,400. The rate of taxation on Real and
Personal Estato is 70 on SIOO.
The Fishery Seizure —The Boston Transcript
states that tho late seizure of the American schoon
er Starlight, by tho British steamer Devastation,
presents no ease of hardship. No attempt was
made by even her captain or crew, to deny that she
was fishing within a marine league of tho shore,
and the crown officer’s releasing of her at tho so
licitation of tho American consul, upon the pay
ment of costs, was an evidence of great liberality.
A company of Capitalists at Milwaukie havo or
ganized under the very liberal charter of the
. “Hartford Iron Company,” with a capital of
$500,000, and have commenced the erection of
iron works and rolling mills at Iron Ridge, in
Dodge county, about 45 miles from Milwaukie,
capable of turning out 15,000 tons of rail annually.
They own at that point several thousand acres of
the choicest timber and agricultural lands in tbe
Stato, the most extensive bed of Hematite ore in
the country, and abundance of lime stone, all con
tiguous. They likewise own tbe right for the
State to uso Kington’s patent for manufacturing
wrought iron and blooms direct from their ore, and
their experiments prove that the iron made from
their ore by this process possesses a remarkable
degree of tenacity and ductility.
The editor of the Buffalo Express has been
sbowned a now invention forthe use of rail roads,
which is no less curious but useful. It consists
of a telegraph, which, being placed at any station
upon a line of road, annouees to any or all tho
ticket and superintendent’s offices on the road,
the passage of a train, its time, the number of cars,
whether baggago, Ist or 2d class, and all while
tho train is passing at any speed. It acts without
an operator —withoutjany office—is sure—and best
of all, is cheap and simple.
The town of Haverhill, in 1879, voted that
Beni. Webster and Samuel Parke might live
in the town and follow the trade of shoe making 1
Now the principal business of the town is manu
facturing shoes, and it is estimated that there
are more than two million of dollars’ worth of
shoes manufactured there annually.
The appearance of the combined French and
English squadrons at Besika Bay, is, says the Paris
Cbnstitutionnel, “ most imposing. This bay, situ
ated on the coast of Asia, at the entrance cf the
Dardanelles, is large and deep, and it is not im
probable that it contained the one thousand ves
sels which bore tho Greeks before the walls of
Trov Our modern vessels, less numerous, bat
more formidable, form a long line opposite the
■.lain along which the petulant Achilles dragged
the body of Hector at the tail of his chariot. The
French vessels are at the head of the line, the
headmost ship being the Bayard, of 90 guns. Be
tween the chips of the line and the shore are rang
ed the smaller sailing vessels and the steamers.”
A correspondent of the Provincial Wesleyan re
ports that there are in Baltimore 127 chnrches, af
fording accommodations for 90,150 persons. Os
these chnrches 43 are Methodist Episcopal, and can
accommodate 26,150 persons; 4 are Protestant
Methodist, with room for 3,150.; 5 are African
Methodist, and can seat 8,500; among other seots
teaching Methodist doctrines, there i* church room
for 8000 more,
TO THi; PI'BLIP.
Tho undersigned, buy,, . ,„on recently called
upon, whilst engaged iu a pub ic discussion, to de
fine onr positions relative to tho truiperanoe qnee
tlon, now exciting some interest in the State of
Georgia, and thoro being no material difforenoe in
the responses made by u& severally, for the par
pose of avoiding all misunderstanding of whai we
said, as well as for the information of othert,
present the following statement of our auswera on
the occasion roforrod to:
We are friends of the temporauoe refillui, and
bid all enlisted in it God speed, in every legiti
mate effort to advance it. We think the mnse is
more likely to bo injured than h*n .fltod by being
connected with the political contests of the day.
The State Temperance Convention having been in
session since the Gubernatorial nomination* were
made, and liuving adjourned without taking any
steps to interrogate l,ho Nominees, wo infer that
they havo wisoly determined to uvoid that con
nection, and commend tlioir example to the favor
of their constituents and organs.
The question of mero expediency, in any act of
legislation on this subject, is so manifestly one for
tho consideration ot tho General Assembly, as to
rendor any expression of opinion by us unneces
sary. Tho constitutionality of suoh a measure
would demand Executive no less than Legislative
Borntiny. But thero having boon several different
schemes proposed, tho details of whioh, yet un
settled, may very materially affect the oonstitn
tional quostion, wo cannot, with due regard to
propriety, or with any assurance of avoiding mis
construction, pronounce upon either. The con
stitutionality of all enactments ought to be gravely
and deliberately considered by the two de
partments, in tho ordor proscribed in tho Consti
tution—by tho Legislature first, by tho Kxeoutive
afterwards. CHARLES J. JENKINS.
HEKBCHEL V. JOHNSON.
P. S.—Papors generally are requested to oopy.
Almost all conductors of public journals, have
reason to think with the Baltimore American,
thnt “ thoro aro no persons who rooeivs more ser
vico from the press for loss positive remuneration
than tho class denominated generally proiessioual
artists, including singors, actors, and their numer
ous followers; and no class, wo may also add,
who aro moro pertinacious and overbearing in
tlioir claims, mul less grateful in acknowledging
sorvicos done.”
Lake St. Petor, between Montreal and Ijuebeo
is now mado navignblo for vessels drawing sixteen
feet one inoh of water. Heretofore the channel
was only abouttwelve feet in deptn. A few day*
Bince tho ship California, drawing slxteon feet one
inch, was towed through tho lako without touch
ing tho bottom.
Mr. Retus Porter, who has boon so long aud
earnestly ongagod upon the “jfiroport," or flying
ship, announcos, witli eonfidonoo, that lie shall
mako an oxonrsion in it from Washington to New
York, some lime during tho uoxt month. The ma
chine is now noarly advanced to completion, and a
small amount of funds and labor will pat it on the
wing.
Dr. Hood, of Whitovillo, Ga., describes a white
negro woman, living uear him, thirty-four yearn
of ago, the mother of ton obony children, whose
skin, since she was eleven years of age, has changed
from a pure black, to 1 white, us fair aaauy of Cir
cassian blood. Her cyca and hair retain the Afri
can peculiarities. No diseased condition of the
skin or system has been discovered to show for
this clmngo of color, wiiich began upon her fore
head in a small spot, and gradually aifeoted her
whole body, (lie black disappearing from herneok
downwards in a singlowcek after her face had be
come entirely whitened.
It is stated that tliore are 274 o/ntiibusucs run
ning on the various lines in Philadelphia, on whloh
444 men aro omployod. Tho Kogisterjiayß thedally
receipts on tho various lines Will average about $6.
The cost of running ouch omnibus amounts to
about $4.25 per day, which inolados drivers and
agents’ puy, keep of horses, repair of ooaclies, and
all expenses neoosaury to kaop the lines in good
running order. Tho coaches cost SSOO for those
painted plaiuly, and $550 for ornamental ones.
Harness S3O per sett; liorsos slooeaoh, which
makes the capital invested about $870,585.
Yellow Fever in Natciiex.— The Natobez Cou
rierof the 28d inst,, in announcing its temporary
ohange from a daily to a tri-weekly iasne, says:
Wo rogrot to state that our editor is ill, our job
workman also—in fact, ull of our assistants are
down with tho fever, savo two—tho foreman, and
one who is, ns it were, a fixture —who, we trust,
will bo spared; should they bo so fortunate, they
will do their best.
Mr. Burwell, late editor of tho Washington Ke
pttblie, wo see it statod, haß boen invited to under
take tho editorship of tho Baltimore American.
A London correspondent of the Tribune calcu
lates that death and emigration have removed
36,159 more persons from Groat Britain in the three
months ending Juno 30th, than havo been born
within the same period,—by so muoh diminishing
the population. Tho previous quarter showed a
diminution of 80,000.
It is statod that since tho Ist of January, when
the new steamboat law took otfeot, to this time,
there has not boon tho loss of lifo of a einglo pas
senger, or oven an injury to one, upon either the
Mississippi river or any of its tributaries, whilst in
the seven months of 1852, corresponding to these,
there were over 600 persons killed.
The Directors of tho Crystal I’uluoe have deter
mined to appropriate tho not proceeds of tiro exhi
bition for one day to the aid of tho sufferers by
the yellow fever at Now Orleans.
Great Business.— Tho Salem Register says, the
number of passengers that passed over the Eastern
railroad and branches, and the Essex and South
Reading Branoh Railroad, on Wcilnosday, Thurs
day, and Friday last, was thirty-two thousand, six
hundred and seventy-one, (82,671.) In all this
immense crowd of people wo do not hear of & sin
gle accident.
The idea has been suggested of requiring all rail'
road companies to insure tho lives of their passen
gers at a reasonable rate. On tho London and
Liverpool railway passengers can insure their lives
for £1,500 sterling, at three pence, for £I,OOO at
two pence, and at £SOO at one penny. This plaa
secures tho greatest caution on the part of the di
rectors and conductors of tho road, by the neces
sity of guarding against pecuniary loss. It also
affords some provision for distressed families in
case of unavoidable accidents.
The following are the receipts of the Virginia
1 Central Riilroad for the month of July: From
- freight $12,521.69; passengers and express sll,-
f 786.38. Total $24,803.32. This is an enormous
, business for the Central. Tho Richmond Mail
i states that the depot there Is completely packed
1 with wheat waiting for the millers to take it away
• —while a largo quantity is on the line awaiting
transportation.
The Millerites are to hold a camp meeting in
Conoord, N. 11., commencing on Wednesday, the
I4th inst.
Yrllow Fever in Mobile. — On tho 28th ult.,
1 Sunday, tho deaths wore 27, of whom 18 died of
' yellow fever.
The Register of Monday, the 29th ult., soya:—
Tho Biekness has increased materially. Tho nnm
ber ot interments during tho week ending on
Saturday evening was 76, 49 of which wore from
yellow fever.
Thus, notwithstanding all our sanitary precau
tions, the unexampled efforts and energy of the
corporate authorities to protect us from disease,
the fever among na has assumed a indignant form,
and although tho physicians assure us that oases
rooeivingprompt attention are generally controll
ed by remedies, it would be extremely impradent
for unacclimated persona to think of visitiug us.
Assaulting an Editor.— Mr. Hall, editor of the
N. Orleans Orescent, was attacked, in his office, on
Friday night last, by Mr. Hauohten, a Lawyer of
that city. The laltor was seriously if not mortally
wounded.
F. U. Cone, Esq., has been appointed, by Gov.
Cobb, Jndge of the Ocmnlgec Circuit, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Jndge
H. V. Johnson.
It is said a valuable copper mine has been dis
covered in Nelson county, Va.
New York Politics. —Mr. Brady, a prominent
Democratic leader of New York, gives as his rea
son for declining the Presidency of the Democra
tic Union Club, that his “feelingsand opinions
may render it necessary for him to oppose and
operate against the National and State Adminis
trations which the club intends to support.”
Wm. J. Woir compositor on tho New York
Commercial Advertiser, committed suicide on
Friday night, by hanging himself to his bed-post.
Over $5,000 in money and a gold watch were
found in liis possession. Most ot the money wsa
held in trust for a lady.
The Baroness de Berg, the pianist, who baa
been exiled from Austria on political grounds,
gave her first ooncort in New York on Saturday
evening, to a fashionable audience, and, it is said
acquitted herself in a most admirable manner.
She was assisted by Paul Julian.
The New York Sun is to celebrate its twentieth
anniversary on the 3d of September, by re-print
ing the first number of that sheet, by illuminating
the building and giving a collation to the employ
ers and their ladies, to the number of 800, more
or less.
Mr. R. Langton of Manchester, Englaud, has in
vented a mode of taking photographic piotnres on
wood. Its general adoption will greatly improve
wood engravings, while saving all the labor of the
draughtsman.
The workmen at tho gold and copper mines in
North Carolina are on a strike for highor wages in
consequence of the great rise in the stock of the
Company. The Norfolk Argus says, the chief en
gineer, who purchased two' hundred shares at $8
each, now holds them at sls. The portion of gold
already obtained from these mines fully pays all
expenses, leaving the immense quantity of oopper
extracted dear gain.
A plan has been patented in England for expe
diting the generating of steam, by asaisting the
globnles to rise and emerge as soon as formed.
For this purpose rotating curved blades are intro
duced into the boiler, or tnbeß of tubular boilen,
worked by any motive power, and a pump ie em
ployed to draw water from the upper level of the
water, end f oroe it at a lower one.