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WILLIAM H. TOTr,
WIIOLKBALK AND RETAIL DRUOGIBT,
A caoara ,oa.,
In NOW ItKLKIVIAII A very large nod complete
.t or It of DRUGS. MEDICINES, PAIN fS, OILS, 01. AM.
PKRPUMKHY, KKUSUKS, DYE STUPES, and PANOV
AKTIOLES, which he Uai .elected, io per.cn, with the
rare, from the largest Importer, end M AriufAC to
ri , ia th'vrountry, end wbirh, lor quality end cbeapnese
cannot neexe-lled. He would re«p* :t r ully invite the at
tention of Merchant., Planter, and Phy.lct.ne So hi.
itock.
All order, will be executed with the utmost neatness
and de-patch. * pi-dawt.
FRENCH BURR KILL STORK MANUFACTORY,
OUKNEH bKOAD AND CUMMING BTRKKTH,
Aesc.TA, Oa.
TIIK HlHs'lllUMl take. thl. oceatlon to inform
hi. cumornu. friend, and the public generally, that
h«h«» eo-maenced the a’-ore butines* under the moat la
vorable au«pie*s luring engaged the service* of an ex
perienced and highly quailfl d workman, and flatter, him
■tli th .t hi. work will compare with any other manufac
turer In the Un ted state.. He also Leg. to apprise the
discriminating public, that all nrders with which lie may
be favored, ali all have hi. periona! attention, prompt exe
cat! on and despatch. A share of public patronage i. re
spectrally s diet led. PATRICK McOUE, Proprietor,
sepll-wly _______________
CABSVILLK FEMALE COLLEGE.
WASTED— An experieneedTEACHEH (a Lady) to
take charge of the Preparatory Department.
A Lady to teach Embroidery, Drawing and Painting,
an. competent to instruct the English branches. None
aed apply union, well recommended. Address
sepd-wlf WM. A ItOOKKii, McDonough. Ga.
THE PECTORAI ELIXIR
IH IIK« .m l prescribed by many of the
nu«t eminent physicians in the South.
For affections of ttie Throat and Lunfs, It has no equal,
as huu Irods of tos'imonlais in our possession will prove.
Bern* very plo-isant to the taste, it Is peculiarly adapt
ed to the use »f cliil Iren, for which lass of disease, partic
alarly Croup, it Is especially recommended.
It may be had in August*, of
BARRETT A GARTER,
WM. K. KITCHEN,
W. 11. A J. TUItPIN,
PHILIP A. MOISK,
marlß-dAw WM. H. TtITT.
FAIR WARNING.
Al.l. persons indebted t» the estate of W. H. Candler,
letu of Columbia couoty, dec\J., are hereby notified
to com*; forward and nuke payment on or be'src the Ist
•f December next, or they will be dealt with according to
law. Tlds is positively the last call. The books and pa
per* will be found In the hands of A. L. Masucnga'e,
Wrightslioro’. A. T. CANDLER, Adnrr.
seplß*wtDl
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
AI'I'LIL \TIO.\H will be retired by the “Trustees
of the Talbottou V* male Academy,” f>r the situation
of PRINCIPAL in that Institution, during the ensuing year.
Tlie v liagoof Talb tton Is a healthy and desirable loca
tion, and the citiitne ure dispose I toco- .psrate with teach
ers In founding schools of the first order. The number of
pupils in uttenuauceat the Academy, during the first ic»*
slon of the present year, was more than eighty.
A Fernile would be preferred, hut not required None
need apply who cannot bring high rrcomm> ndations.
T. U. PERSONS, 1
T. A. BROWN, l TrUiteei
K. U. WORIULL,
Talbottou, Oct.‘Jh, ISB3. L. B. SMITH, J wßt
WANTING
AT the Newton Factory, (ia.,a 8p nner and a Weaver;
gentlemen of good moral character, and that under
stands their busiaiss, none other need apply. Address
nfl-wtf JOHN WEBB, Newton Factory, Ga.
NOTICE TO TEAC SEES
AMAIIHIKI. IJK.Vri.KMAN, who can preienl
■a'iaf’.ctory te*thn<>niali of r m|r-tency to teach, and
whose lady cun give Instruction on tho Piano-forte, If deal
ruu. of obtaining a aitaatlon for the mining year, may ob
tain Isf .rotation which will Interest them, by addressing
A. B , LaFayette, Chambers oo , Ala. 025a2l
TEACHER WANTED.
THKTroiiteesofWsrrtorlftand Academy, are dealroce
of procuringn.ompeient TEACHER to take charge of
the School the en.uing year. The dchool 1. situated In
the ml.lit cf a populom and moral community, acd will
probably pay f.om o'glit to ten hundred dollar, per year,
with a healthy locailon, and removed from the allure
ment. or vice, It (Tor. many Inducement, to those wishing
to give their children a good e tucatlcn. Applications will
be received until 20th November. None need apply unless
he osu produce satisfactory testimonia's of scholarship and
morals. Address A. P. GRADY,
J. U HAM.,
X. M. M amort,
T O. FRAZIER,
001. J. MORELAND.
Macon county. Ala. 028-IN2O
STOP HIM, STOP HIM"
q'K» DOI.I.AUB IlKWAHD.—Kaunway tfi
A from the subscriber on Monday last a Red
Roane l*i »NV, 4 white legs, wnlte face , slkiii! 5 j i \
years old—wa. traced dawn to the Bottomland, *
on Comer’s Plantation. Had on a cu'k bridle, With pari
weh.reins when last seen.
WILLIAM FERRIS,
Oot 22—w'i At Comer's Plantation.
LOST.
SOM K time last Spring (too conjectural when, to desig
nate) BOUNTY LAND WARRANT No. 41,708, lor
SO acre., Issued to James Scott, (of Captain Thomas' Com
pany, Oeorgia Militia, war of 1112.) on the 29th July,
ISM, and transfer, ed by him. by legal assignment on the
back, (the A-slgnee's name being left blunt) on or about
the kith or 29th September, ISM, and duly authenticated
the same .lay by Maywood tirooklus, Clerk of the Inferior
Court, Washington county, Georgia.
AH persons are cautioned from making an Illegal use
of Laud Krgi tersfrom certifying to, and the Commi--
■ ioner of Patents from patenting said Warrant, as I
shall In due time apply for a duplicate or re-issue In IK
itead. DAVID COOPER, Agent
Powelton, Oeo., September 24,1588. acp24 wSt
TO COTTON PLANTERS.
HAYING secured the ervl.es of Mr G T. OGLESIIV
aa the superintendent,together with other experienced
mechanics, 1 have established a large COTTON GIN FAC
TORY, at the Shoals nf Ogeeehee, ,<a., where I am pre
pared to make and furnish the Planter with the best arti
cle in the way of a COTTON GIN now produced in this
eountry.
Mr. Oat-«sßV’Btlme,devot d exclusively In the shop, an J
seeuig to the putting up or every Glu under his special HI
notion, and attaching all the Improvement! which he (Mr.
OSLeanv,) has gotten up within th last two years, lam
satisfied lean .uucricde any made heretofore, Inquantlty,
quality anti durability.
All old Gins, (when sent to the shop,) will be repaired,
and all the improvements attached If desired, at a reason
bio charge.
The new G Inti will be delivered atthe Planters' nearest
depot, or at their residence If desired, free of charge.
Prompt attention paid to all communications addressed
to me at the abuve office.
THOMAS J. CftEKLY.
SHOALS or OGEKCUEE, GA., I
March 5, 1808. f
TO XT out VATUURS ARD FRIR-inS.
As there has keen tome complaint of my Gins,made du
ring tho last two years: an explanation to you In relation
to this matter Is due Mr. Cuerlt.
1 have been nhjent ft creat portion of this time, on ft
rtslttothe North, experimenting and getting up a new
Gin, at well at Improving, the original Saw Gin, together
with tuUable machinery for this business, to its highest
perfection, as will be acknowledged by all who ha?e used
them, both in durabilit? and quality ofOotton.
1 shall now devote my individual attention in the shop,
and see that every part of eaeh Gin is put up in the neat
est possible manner : in short, 1 shall make the original
OgUthy Gin, which has been so celebrated for its durabil
ity ami hue Cotton, having taken the premium in thisßtate
as well as that of South Carolina In every instance eacept
•at, and then it was said by foreign dealers that my Cot*
ton was of a superior quality, la conclusion, my '.ate Im
provements added to ray former Gina, oannot fall to give
entire sauf action. 1 will alter any old Gin (not too much
worn> to do better work than It ever did before.
Yours, most respeet/hUy, O. T. OGLESBY,
mar® •
CARRIAGES.
IlfK HAVE OH Kl AH 11, and are receiving a good
W assortment of CARRIAGES; ROCKAWAYS; BA
ftOITO.'KS; BUGGIES, and Light CARRYALLS. Also,
Hack and Road WAGONS, together with an assortment of
HARNKS9; BUGGY; UMBRELLAS; WHIPS; TRUNKS;
OARPKT BAGS: V’ALICES, CHILDRENS’ CABS and
WAGONS; 0 \ Kill AGE HOLTS, by the package or single
one; all of which will be sold on reasonable terms, at the
•tore formerly oo '.tried by the late H. S. Hoadlbt.
REPAIRING done at short notice.
August, Apr.lT, 1353. WYMAN k DARROW.
aprS-wly
$lO REWARD.
STRAY KD FROM Rellville Factory on
the 9th Inst., two i?) MULES, one a rhone
color, v>f me limn site, the other, the smaller of
the two, well formed, a light sorrel and striped
legs. Any person delivering said Mules at the Factory,
wui be paid the above reward.
octi# wit ROBERT SCHLEY.
SIOO REWARD.
RA H AYY A Y from the plantation belonging to
the estate of B. C. Houston, late of Bbert conn- yip
ty, a short time since, three NEGROES, of the fbl-'TI
lowing description : —One, a man named William,«JUL
about 5 r*** 7 or 8 inches high, between 45 and BO years old,
and » mewhrvt round-shouldered, with a heavy beard and
black complexion. He is a smooth tongued, artful fellow.
The other two are Ms sons. The elder, named Bill, is about
the height of his father, some t*2 years old, stoutly built, lips
tolerably thick; sk!n a shade tighter than his fether,and has
a bold look. The younger is named Mat, about 17 or 18 years
•id; pretty well grown, with a pleasant countenance; the
•am*' color or probably a little lighter than Bill. They have
regions iu the neighborhood of Anderson Village, 8. 0.,
and may probably be lurking in that vicinity. The above
reward will be given for the apprehension and delivery of
sail negroes to me at K'.berton, or their lodgment in any
safe Jad so that 1 can get them. A proportionate reward
will be given for any one or two of them.
aepld-tf WM M. McISTOMI.
(HB MONTGOMERY MANUFACTURING COM
PANY'S iron WORKS.
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
MANIFACTI HR, in tuperior style, Hortaontal tad
Upright STEAM ENGINES, of tU site.; Steam
BOILERS , LOCOMOTIVES ; Citron WATERWHEELS;
lagtr MILLS , Saw and Grist Mill IRONS, of every varie
ty, (including Hoxie'r contiuitetu feet for Saw MUit;) En
gine and Hand LATHES: Iron and Bran CASTINGS, cf all
kind., Ac., Ac.
AU order, filled with despatch.
aptt GIN DRAT A 00.
TBAHOI'SUWS^
raar.aan >T
ROBERT FRANCE, M. D.,
LOKSOS.
IS a certain, speedy and permanent core tor CERTAIN
DISEASES. It is sold by WM. H. TUTT,
Sole Agent, Augusta.
BKOIt.HT TO AIL at this p are (Carters
»iiW, K-ankln county, Ga.,) on the SSd icat., «Q
a negro tn,n who say* hit name is Ned, dark com- 'tt
Pw«_ion, about 40 years of age. He has a sear in "
• h » eeth are had ; he it branded on his hip
m»n ’hi ,l‘" r B or . H * M 1 he belongs to a gentle
nsmenf R-wc, near the Florida I ne. Said
*' D,e - h « do « know hit
n *’ nt y Bl« Place of address. The owner
L an*?tAe Pr ° T * PropWty ’ W ,Ipr “*
— 8 R. 8 HOLLIMAN. Jailor.
COACH AND harness matkmalT ~
• full Assortment of COACH AKD rir.
KW MATERIAL?, .ueh i. Axle.
Lamps, B Jlte, Laces, Haaca, Leather of 'all hi u&' and As?
aeriptiont. Patent and EnameUed Cloths Ac, by
rj.ii LUTHER ROLL
fSkll-IwAwCT n.ar the AucusU Hotel
mimDHJ, CHAIRS. Lt OKLNG-GLASPEB AC
TT.MDKRTMK AIfJISTA HOTKI _•«
fu ly call the a'wmlon of hoyers teouT
Fashionable awortraeot of Cabinet FURNI i t'Rg chaibu
Ae , whirh ha. l-een selected with cart. A. to uiuiitr and
prices we trnat we .hall be able to glee satuhetioo to all
who will faror os with their patronage. In conaeet on we
have an Agency 'or '-he sale of A ub ait's Power Loom Man
whetory of Carpets, RUGS, Ac We will be H-awdte
take orders from those io want fr m samples we hays
together wtih some whole pieces, which we will sell at
manufacturer', prices.
■ »•—Country dsalero supplied as usutl with Cabinet
Makers sad Undertaker's Materials, Ac.
»« HENRY * SKINNER.
u ' ' ,ll> ' " l ' l ~ IJ ™ ' '' '^"' 1 :a!ig85!,B * fe! ” I^IIIIIHIII,l^il^^^lllll^l * ,a^lil^llllllll^^^^
FOB SALE.
800 ACRES LARD FOR SAIF
P'!? Nn efieri for sale a choice 'rxet of
", “ 4ND s c •Watof Ei|dit Unaired Acres, lying six
mile*from barn exilic,in FrankLu county, '.a., on the
road leading to AUanU.ot. the waters of Nail’.,Lilile'»and
Vj"? , .‘‘ ,cr ,* u - ofLand contain. One Hun
dreri Acre, of choke bottom Lend. Bale place in rery well
improved p ßr hattre are invited to call and see for
th.twelve.. aalA NATHANIEL UOLLEV.
LARD TOE SALE.
'IMIH htßhlTllßhU ofcr.f r sale hi. PLANTATION
A ,0 which be now reside*, containing 310 acres, (three
hundred and ten acre.) he the same more or lex, lying Im
metUately on the road leading from Raytown to Crawford
sllle. The Wilke. UraorH Railroad run* through the south
w- .t comm of .aid Lands. Immediately on w h , h i, ,
Urge body of Woodland, well imho red, affording great fa
cutties to those who may be desirous to eng.ge in the
•p cuiailoc of wood and timber on .aid road, ihe above
Lab -ill lie told in a tody, or divided to suit buyer.
Th -e wishing ago id Cotton Plantation wll. do well to
call an I *ce for tcemselvee. Kariy applications are very
necesaary, a* I wish to make other arrangements.
juneW-tf WILLIAM T. UKOOKB.
LARD FOR SALE
'I'HK tjIBNCHIULK ' ffer. for sale Pive Hundred
A Acre, of Oak and Hickory LAND .itnated directly oh
the Augusta and W»yn,shorn Bad Road, one mile from
the latter place, two hundred and fifty acres of which are
e'eart-d and under fence, the bilane umoere-i land; em
hrucing every variety known to that .ection of country,
w tli a .mad crick running the wr.oie width of th- tract
t;,at ner r falls in tbe dm »t season. Tnere is a'«o upon
Oils . ream .nine of the finest meadow land In this State
Three wl hiog such » place would do well to ta.l on the
subscriber at un early period, ar he will sell at a very
reason .blc price. Re .den-e two miles from Waynesboro’,
old » 3m JAM EM W. JOSEe.
VALUABLE property for SALE.
wjb THE dUubCRiUE.i t iutenduig to remove from yaa
ZmZ Ibis part of the State, offers for sale, hix present Jgig
tinCIDKNCE, nine miles from Augusta, near the Savannah
Road. The Dwelling House is good, and attached to it are
aliout-buUdiugsneceasary, uot only for a Dwelling, but a so
for a small farm. There are about two hundred and forty
acreiof LAND belonging to the place, of which ooe hun
dred are inclosed and under cultivation. The Land it of
good quality, and adjoint the Lands of Maj. George L.
Twlgge.andßobt. A. Allen, Esq., and ft about one mile
from the Augusta A Waynesboro’ Railroad.
—ALBO,
Two hundred and sixteen acres of first quality River
I.AND In Beach Island,B. C., opposite to New savannah,
and adjoining Lands of Twiggs and Mason. This Land is
uow in cultivation, and has on it all necesaary buildings.
—ALSO,-
Three thousand acres of LAND in Darnwcll District, 8.
o.,eight miles from Aiken. The Charleston and Uamhurg
Railroad rnns through the land; and upon it, and one
mile from the road is a good Grist and daw MILL, now in
operation, and near the Mills a comfortable Dwelling House
and all accessary out-buildings. This tract will be sold
entire,or in parcels to suit applicants.
Applications may be made to the subscriber at hi* resi
dence in Richmond county.ortohlssou at the Mills in Barn
well. WM. J. MIMS.
marlS-wtf
LAND PoH Al.t.. —The subscriber offers for eng.
Sale 820 Acres of LAND, lying well, 100 of which
are cleared and inclosed. It is in the 18th District and 3d
Section, and divided by the lately established line between
the counties of Gordon and Murray, and within 2X miles
of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. A spring of good
water near the dwelling house. A uumber of lots can be
added on reasonable terms, forming a large settlement.
Porother particulars, apply to the subscriber at Rome,
Ga. Jaßo-wtf J. 0. McDANIEL.
FOR SALE.
AI.AItUBand convenient BRICK STORE, situated
in the centre of business, in the city of Rome, now
occupied by Itobt Batty, Druggist. This store was fitted
up as a Drug More, without regard to any reasonable ex
pense, and with u little alteration could be converted into
an elegantly arranged Dry Goods Store. The situation for
the sale of Drugs, Dry Goods, or Groceries can hardly be
equalled in the dty. Terms easy. Apply to
GEORGE BATTY, M. D.
Rome, April 4th, 1858. aprfi-tf
LARD FOB SALE
I’llK Nl DletlllUl.il offers for sa'e the PLANTA
TION on which he now resides, containing nine hun
dred an! thirty (080) acres, n ore or less, situated in the
lower part of Taliaferro county, and lying on the road lend
ing from Crawf.rdvllle to Powvlton, Hancock county—7j<
miles from Urawfordville and 2X rom I’owelton. The land
lies well, has excellent water,location beautiful, and health
cannot be surpassed, with all useful buildings, Ac.
W. R. BATTLE.
Powelton, Hancock county, Ga. 021-wst»
LANDB AND KILLS FOR SALE.
k|MHK HIBHCMUKIt, being determined lo MBs
A move to the West, < ffers for sale, his valuable
and well Improved PLANTATION, lying along the Chat
tahoochee river, in Troup couuty, Ga. This plantation
Contains about Heven Hundred Acre.., nearly one-hair of
which lain a fine state of cultivation ; the remainder bring
well limbered woodland. Its productiveness is not excell
el In this section of the eouutry. (in the tract is an ex
cellent set of Mills both for wheat and ecru; the mills arc
•'nbw,” built within the last twelve months, now getting a
good tun oi custom. I will sell the Land at.il the Mills to
gether or separately. I have no hesitation in saying thut
this settlement Is quite as desirable as an; now offered for
sale in this regton. The place is healthy.
Any person, wishing to purchase sueh property, wou'd
do well to call and examine for himself, as great Induce
ments will be offered to purchasers.
082 wtJl JOEL M. QUIVERS.
VALUABLE BIVEK LANDS FOR SALE.
VJ V I’LAIMTI.XU interest being too Urge, I offertfgb
*fJL for sale a portion of my Sava nab River PL AN-JP
TATION. Thii place la too well known to require descrip
ti *n, and persons wishing to purchase would do well to
look at it, a* I know it would satisfy any oue who is a judge
ofgoodLandi. Terms made easy. WM. J. EVE.
026-tJI
A CHOICE PLANTATION POE BALE.
'fAHAT well known and c lebrated FARM, In
A con comity, 8 miles east of Oglethorpe, ami
miles from Montesums, recently owned by Maj. John
Young, decease:), It now offered for sale by the undersign
ed, heirs to the Land.
The Plantation conlalns 1,215 acres, between 5 and 601)
open and In a high state <.f cultivation—the entire Farm
being wc'J hedged with the Cherokee Hose. The tine
spring water, health, beauty and fertility of this place, ren
der 1 second to none In the State in point of value. The
place will be sold to tbo highest bidder (on the premises)
ihe 18th day of December next, if not sold at private sale
In fore that time. Terms on the day of ale. Persons
wishing to examine the place, will call upon the subscri
bers upon the farm C. U. YOUNG,
JOUN YOUNG,
036-wtd E. R. YOUNG.
POR BALE.
A PLANTATION, containing 810 acres of choice Land,
Id Talladega county, 14 miles south of the Court
Mouse. This place is decidedly healthy, Is very fertile,
and is adapted to Cotton, Corn,and smallgrain. It abounds
with ttprlngs of the lineal water, has a Creek running
through its whole length, and is the finest range forstock,
that the advertiser has ever seen. It is situated on the
road leading from North Alabama and Georgia to Mont
gomery, and should a Railroad from Montgomery connect
with the Railroad that is now in progress of construction,
it must run through this place, as it Is only two miles from
the mountain gap. There Is Iron Ore of the best quality
on It, abundance of Wood, and a mountain stream of Wa
ter for Iron Works. Gold has been found on the place,
also. There are about SBU acres cleared, all under good
fence—barns, corn cribs,stables, Ac., all new. I will cell it
far beluw its value, as lam upwards of 8n years of age,
and bare no family, but blacks. Any farther information
may be had by addressing a letter, pre-pald, to the sub
soriuer, “Collta P.O ,Talladega county, Alabama.”
ALEXANDER McCAIKE.
N B.—Titles good, and payments made easy.
Junel4-wtJayl
LAND POR SALE.
THE NUDSCIIIBKII offers for sale, 1400 acres of
LAND in Hancock. This Land lies well; has plenty
of t Imber; is under good fence, and has fair improve
ments. Persons wishing to buy Landß, are Invited to
come and look at it.
Also, 1400 acres in Carroll county, which lies upon the
Chattahoochee River, and embraces th" Mclntosh Re
serve. Robt. U. SwusaKß will show this place to any
person who may wish to bur. ELI H. BAXTER.
Mount Zion, Ga., June 9,1958. Jel2-wtf
MOB ACRES BURKE LARD.
THK fct'BHrtll tiKIl offers for sale his PLANTA
TION on Bankhead Creek. Burke county, containing
1,186 acres, about 800 of which has been cleared principal
ly within the last six years; the remainder Oak and Hick -
ry woodland of One qu silty and well timbered. The place
is well watered, and lias on It a comfortable Dwelling, a
fine Gin House, with good, comfortable Ne*ro Cabins and
other necessary buildings—the whole in fine condition.
For terms, which will be made to suit the purchaser, ap
ply to JOHN McKINNIE, JR.
Augusta, July IT, 1858-wtJal
A VALUABLE FOB SALE
I WILL SELL my PLANTATION 2# miles from
Waynesboro*—from the settlement to the R-llroad,
not over one mile. The tract contains 1,62 i acres; about
half cleared; under good fence and In successful cultiva
tion. AU buildings necessary on a Cotton plantation are
on it—good Dwelling and outbuildings, new Negro Houses
an.*Overseer's House in the pine woods and considered
healthy. The land uncleared is partly Oak and Hickory,
some mixed pine, and bottom land; timber in abundance,
a good deal of Ash and White-oak. No person would pur
chase without looking for himself, and 1 will tuk* pleasure
in showing the place to any gentleman who may wish to
purchase a Cotton plantation in that part of Burke county.
Address me at Richmond Factory, Richmond county, Ga.
Jyl7-wtDl WM. H. BALDY.
A BARGAIN OFFERED.
A VALUABLE PLANTATION IN MORGAN COUNTY
FOR SALE.
THE UHDERSUnKED Offers for sale a valuable
PLANTATION, containing 1800 acres, of which 600
acres is forest land well timbered. There are 200 acre.'* of
superior lreah land, in a fine state of cultivation. The re
mainder of the cleared land is good quality. The tract
lies on he waters of Sugar creek, six miles below Madison,
and immediately upon the Georgia Railroad.
Upon the premises are a very comfortable Dwelling,
with six rooms neatly finished, and commodious outhous-s,
all in good repair. Also, a large and commodious Gin
House, and an excellent Packing Screw—good Stables,
Barns and comfortable Negro Cabins.
The undersigned will also sell to the purchaser, at rea
sonable prices, on the Plantation, Horses, Mules, Wagons,
Plantation Implements., Corn, Fodder and other supplies.
The Overseer, Mr. Landrum, or Mr. Daniel G. Gunn, on
the ad l ining pi ce, will show the land to any one desirous
of examining it.
Terms—#7 an acre, ca?h, on delivery of possession ;
67.80, one-half cash on delivery, the other hal« one year
thereafter, without interest; |S, one third cash, on delive
ry—the remainder In two equal annual payments there
after, without interest.
Possession given the ensuing Christmas.
Isham 8. Fannin, Esq., and Mr. Daniel G, Gunn, are my
authorised agents to dispose of said land, cn the above
terms. • JOHN T. McNEIL.
Mil’edgeville, Geo. sepl7 w2m
5,000 ACRES FINE LANS FOR SALE. '
THE SIBSt’HIBKK offer. H Urs- Tract or veil tim
bered PINK LAND for rale, lying in Edgefield Ui»-
tricl, 8. C., and situated in the immediate vicinity of
Graclteville, a fioariahirg manufacturing town, and the
South Carolina Railroad running through the entire length
of the whole Tract. There ie on the premise* an excellent
aet of Saw Milla, running two upright Sawn, driven by a
never failing atream of water, alao a Mill for grinding
Corn attached; together with MVeral handsome Cottagee
on the premises, all of which are in good repair. The
water power Is *u : ci'nt to drive machinery for an exten
sive Factor,, an d affords all necessary facilities for rafting
Lumber for the Augusta »r Savannah markets; and the
Railroad passing within two hundred yards of the Mills,
affords transportation to the Charleston market also.
A portion of the Land is well adapted to the culture of
Grata, and offers, under all the advantages, a strong in
ducement for a profitable investment.
To an approved purchaser, the terms will bo made easy,
and tor farther particulars, apply to B. 8. DUNBAR, or
the subscriber, at this place. ROBT. G. LAMAR.
Hamburg, S. C., Sept. 15,1858. seplfi-tf
BU" The Charleston Courier will please copy tri weekly
tor three week*, and forward bill to B. 8. Duubar.
PLANTATION AND KILLS FOR SALK.
LYI.XG in Vann's Valley, within two miles o' Cave
Spring, embracing LAND on both Little and Big
Oedar Creeks, containing two hundred acd eighty scree,
with about oae hundred and twenty ecree in a high state
of cultivation, comfortable Houses and a good young
Orchard There are in op-ration good Flour, Corn and
Saw MILLS, and Cotton Gin, all propelled by water, with
Cotton Screw.
We will seL Farming Tools, Wagons, Stock Hoes, and
Corn Any one wishing to buy, can find us on the place,
oratOaveSprirg.
If not sold by the 15th November, the whole will be of
to red at pubic sale, at the Mills.
C. S. SHIELDS,
W. K. POSkT.
I will sell ay HOUSE and LOT in Cave Spring, known
as u Posey Hotel,” upon accommodating terms.
Cave Spring, Ga, Sept- St*, JSS3. W. K POSEY.
rWTbc Constitutionalist will copy, and forward ac
connt to Mesara. 8, A P. sepit-mNIS
ONE THOUSAND ACRES LAND FOR SALK
npHK FLACK on wh<chl reside,containing about job
1 One Thousand Acres, with all the
necessary to a well ordered Farm, is tor e sle. I will take
pleasure in escorting any purchaser over the premises.
Possession willne given so soon as the present crop is
gathered, or sooner if required.
Columbia, county, Ga. EDWARD BALLARD.
aoSS-wtf
700 ACRXB LAND FOB SALE.
THE 81 MkLKlßKßoffers his PLANTATION, near
Cobh.m, lor sale at Five Dollars per acre—onc-h.H
cash and the remainder at twel* e months- without interest
—giving to the purehr ter a new set of Smith’s Tods, new
Gin and gearing, Ox cart and all the Plantation Tools
_ . .. benjamin blog.
Columbia county, Ga., Oct. 1,1858. ofi-wtt
t-GLtoTY, tiA.—Samuel Hawse tolls
u Burroughs, a Justice of the Pesoe for
WriJ*hl?„s test f Bmjr HORBE * boul f '*vn bonds
» be six yean old,
Tho *- u - w “ k,n *'
. . JAMES BURROUGHS, J P.
i VAvn%i3uSfe£*
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & Mill
POETRY.
NOAH’S DOVK.
BY AZV. IDWABD C. JOBSS, 1. M.
Tapping at the aril’s lone window,
Tapping with a gentle beak,
Comet lo Noth o’er the ocean,
With its tale the Dove no meek .
And he t .kes the flattering herak.,
£moot v .sit< fl JDuge o’er and o’er,
feeble with its restiewi r jtge, m
On a sea sithoat a shore.
Woman’* eye if melting fondly,
While it*nervrle*? pinion Uroopa,
Phe who f JJ* it t i her bosom,
In cirefses o*tr it atoopa ;
One m'-re tlicht aert *s the billow,
():.*: more*tretchof anowy wing,
Ani ’twill l.e forever after,
To the earth a sainted thing.
Tapping at the ark's lone window,
<iulck »nd f:ee it touche* now,
It bw hovered on the tree top,
Gcel bough,
Face* i>right now th ong .o blest it,
Hai ing it of birds thf quer u,
Bear.ng inita beak the sceptre,
Nature’s olive-leaf cf green.
Ce* turie*«inc« have glided hoary,
Empin a flown like reeds of flowers,
But the bird that swtpt the aurg< s,
Dw«ltiu all those parsing hours:
.Mtrcy’s halo yet is round it,
Lovt’s effulgence soft and clear,
A* at first when God’s creation
Started from its watery bier.
When acrosi the lofty heavens,
Mounts the gorgeous arch of love,
Mor'al* heedful of its pr mire.
With the rainbow link the Dove.
Thus iii» image fadeth never,
Shrined in Hope mid every clime,
Thu* itr olive leaf grow* greener,
Rustling In the gate* of Time.
From the Louisville Journal.
EVENING STAR.
*Y LYDIAM.BIBO.
Star of eve bo hrighdy ah ning,
What’s my fate oh whisper now ;
Shall I linger till Time’s Anger
Leaves deep farrows on my b.-ow t
On a grand old hill I’m standing,
Beauty all anuud I face.
Night’s cool breeze* toss the tressas,
Backward from my upturned face.
Whisper, then, for 0 ! I’m lonely,
I ha*e left the d-ar ones all—
Star above me, if thou 1 »ve me.
Listen to my earnest call.
Up this steep old hill I’ve clambered,
Only to commune with thee,
But, unheeding, thou art leading
Onward to the western sea.
Damp the dews of night steal downward,
Softly on my brow they fall.
Star b -vemeif thou love me,
Thou wilt surely hear my call.
Rochester, Berner co , Pa
“Father, Thy Will be Done.”
How much i» comprehended in that abort peti
lion, yet how often it is paused over carelessly by
those unmindful of its extensive import. It is the
prujor “ our Father” taught us, and it teaches ns
to place implicit confidence and reliance in 44 Him
who ordcreth ali things well.”
The dispensation of Providence may sometimes
seem severe and unjust to us, especially when we
cannot discover “the silver lining to the cloud, M yet
wo should not murmur, for it is evident that the
will of a supreuioly wise and beueilcient Creator
is different from the creatures of earth, earthly.
Uow sweet from human lips sound the words:—
“Father, thy will bo done,” when almost bowed
down with woe and sorrow, weak and erring man
breathes that pathetic petition. I heard tbo
orisons of a lone widow, when at nightfall her
earnost supplications ascended to the Throne of
Grace fortho preservation of her only son, who was
a mariner tot<sod on the restless bil>ows of the
tempestuous ocean. “Father, may thine own
ungels hover near him, to watch him and
keop him from evil; may his lile be preserved so
tlmt ho will make glad the heart of her rho truly
loves him; yot, Father, if it i» thy will that he
."hould find in tho coral dept ha of the ocean a
grave,—then, Father, thy will, and not mine, be
done.”
Ob ! the trusting confidence of that humble sup
piicant’s prayer! Closely did the heart f that
mother c.ing to her child—her only child. She
had watchod in its infancy the unfolding of new
beauties and the building of his bright intellect,
and she looked with brilliunt anticipations to the
future when that youth should become a man.
lie roamed far from homo and his nativo land,
visited the shores of Italy's sunny clime, tho borne
ofpootry and of smg; and then sped away over
tho blue waters of the Mediterranean, which were
destined to bo his rolling place forever, ocean re
ceived another deposite, and,
“ Dawn counties fathom*, down he sunk to sleep,
With all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep.”
Yet the mother, aorrow stricken and bereaved, tub
comforted, for she knew that it was h *.r heavenly
Father that chastened her; and wit it subdued
spirit she soil y said: “Father, thy wi'l iq done.”
—Albany Transcrii t.
Coffee.
A correspondent of the New York Courier and
Enquirer, dating near Kio Janeiro, on the 11th of
July, gives eouio interesting foots relative to Ilia
cultivation of coffee. 110 says—
Tho plant has been known in Brazil for many
years; it is but about forty years, however, sinee
tho first regular plantation was made by Mr. Moke,
a Belgian, "who brought tho cultivation of coffee to
gre.it perfection. His plantation is still in this
neighborhood, and is still carried on by hiG son
with much success. It is astonishing to wbat at,
extent coffee has bcon cultivated since Mr. Moke
first made his plantation. Two millions of bags
urc annually exported from Kio de Janeiro, and the
amount is increasing with overy year, whilst plan
tations extend for longues into the interior. At
Baruhyhu do Sul, which is within a few miles of
Kio, there aro plantations employing six and seven
hundred slaves.
The best plantations ate those owned and con
ducted by foreigners—chiefly English, French and
Belgian—have an air of neatness and couif rt
about them of which those owned bv Brazilians
and Portuguese ure totally destitute. The foreign
ers use improved machinery, also, in preparing
ihoborry for market, which the Brazilians, with
some exceptions, do not. The coffee berry con
tains ttvo seeds, covered with gummy, mucillageous
substance, and enclosed in a skin which is thick,
sweet anti dark and red when ripe. The foreigners
take off the skin by mouns of machinery, and the
beans are then wushed until they are divested of th#
gum which covers them. They are then dried and
put in bngsreudy for market. The Brazilians dry
the beans with the skin on. In the process of drying
the skin first becomes dark, and finally black, and
becoming crisp, is rubbed off tho bean, which is
then washed. In this procoss, however, there is
a great danger of fermentation. The ebin con
tains a vast amount of saccharino matter, and sue
cc.Bfnl attempts have been made to extract from
it sugar and spirit; bat cither threugh poor tna
, hincty, or other mismanagement, it was fonnd to
be unprofitable,and the experiment was abandon
ed. The skin is exceedingly sweet, almost as
much so to the taste as the sngar cine.
The coffee plant can bo propogated f,om the
.-cod, but tiie most prevalent method ic bv young
plunts, which may bo had by the thousand on ola
plantations. The joting tree is taken off in An
gnst—generally when it is about two years old—
and planted in good soil. The fourth year it beam
coffee, and the filth ytar it continences to bear
crops, tho yield beinf-from a pound and • half to
three pounds per tree. Trees have been known
to lost for many years on good rich soil, and some
of Mr. Moke’s plantations are still bearing, which
were planted SO years ago ; on hill sides, however,
where the soilis light,the plantdecaysintheconrse
of Bor 10 years. The picking season has already
commented, and in the low lands it generally con
cludes by the end of August; among the hills,
however, where there arc frequent showers, and
where there is much shade, the season does not
close uutil some time iu September.
Colored Ciilbuh Meuberi at the South. —Rev.
K R. Gurley, who. m agent of the Colonization
Society, lately made a tonr through The Btate of
Georgia, has recently addrossod a long and inter
esting letter to Rov. W. MoLain, secretary of said
sooiety, which is published in tho African Reposi
tory. It is beautifully written, and presents many
encouraging facts bearing upon the objects of hie
mission, ffc make the following extract, and re
gret that we are unable to publish the letter entire.
—-Yiif. Int
“ It has been shown from authentic deeumeute
that iu tho Southern Statos, in 1847, there 189,878
colored members of the Methodist Ctiurch ; that
100,000 were members of the Baptist Church in
1847 : of the Presbyterian Church, 7000; of other
denominations, 16,000; and at this hour it ia
pro’wble that tlio number of members Christian
churches in the Southern States is i, * 'css than
Stlo,OOO. The great fund of humanity treasured
up far the beuefit ot our colored population is in
the hearts of tho South. That divine law ot lovo
which worketh no ill to its neighbor, pervading
the hearts of Christian mastera an ’ Christian
slaves, will dispose both to seek each tin r’s high
est gord, and to impart to all men a kno„ dge of
its Author and tho happiness of His kingdom.’’
M. Dickinson uses the following language in a
late spoocli to the democracy of New York
“In 1849, these same men (Van Buren Barn
burners.) professed themselves anxious for what
they called |thc ‘uuion’ of the democratic party.—
A great many good men, a considerable number
of bad men, and certainly many weak men, second
ed their efforts to bring it about. I never called it
a ‘union.’ I always denounced it as % coalition of
the leaders for the sake of the spoils.
» » ••• •••
And now wha; has been the result of the coali
tion t From that time to the preeen', Baltimore
resolutions have had to be written eo as to bt real
both ways, lest they should tread c n any indi
vidual's* toes. And thus will it ever t.' w..en two
parties endeavor to act together wher they cannot
agree in principles. It is basely dislionest—
shamefully hypocritical.”
Things in Crattanoooa.— Tho wee’ er in clea
and pleasant, with cold frosty nights. A fine tide
in the river hus reanimated huaine.- at the
wharves. The Look Out brought np yesterday 70
bales cotton and other produce. The Loudor came
down from above, laden to the guards with an aa
sorted cargo of East Tennessee produce. Draying
will be the order of the day on Market street, for
the next lew months.
Street improvements are going briskly forward.
Work whiic the sun shines, is'the mouo. Mer
chants are anti ing at the quick sales and large pro
tits of their daily traffic. Travel through the city,
by railroad and steamboat, is considerable. Indeed,
nearly a« many pcs-engers pass through here daily
as three years ago witnessed per week. 8o much
for railroad facilities— Adrirtiser.
A Great Ten Mile Race fob SIO,OOO. —A match
for (10,0-jO has ju t been made by the owners of
two celebrated Geldings, one of which ia Hero, the
pacer, and the other is known ss the Sorrel Geld
ing of Hiram Woodruff. The distance agreed up
on by the partite is ten miles in repeat, on the
Union Course. Tite Horses are each equal in
sjieed to any now on the Tors of the united
1 States, and this long race has been made expreeely
with a view of testing the speed and bottom of
Hero, w hich ia claimed to be the fastest pacer in
i the world. It will probably be a thorongn test ot
which is the best stock in a race of snch a long dis
tance, and bids lair to create some considerable ex
citement among those who take an interest in good
horses.
fc*EU Adjusting Switch.— We have been mnofc
pleased with an inspection of a aelf-adjostii g rail
way switch, invented by Mr. J. Wilson, of North
Maine street in this city. The switch is so con
structed as to open by the pressure of the advanc
ing cars on the rails, and to close by its own spring
as soon -S they have passed, thus doing away with
theeervices of a switch tender. It is very ingeni
ous and simple, and we advise all those who are
interested in the construction of railroad to ex
amine it .—Hartford Courier.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1853.
MISCELLANY.
The Bonk-Wni Pihs|c.
The London Time, of the 8:h pabli.bw the des
patches from Com. McClure, to the British Admi
r»Uy, relative to the ducovery ot the North West
p»»eAffe, to which cureory reference wis r ede by
the previoos steamer. These deepsrtches are very
nameron. and very voluminous. W o present be
low their most interesting and most important
feature*. The great point settled by Commodore
McClure ia thin—he has managed to force hi* ship,
the Investigate r, far enough through the icy
mountain* of Behring’* Strait*, to a point from
vikich tie could c mmunicate t cith othert which had
ontortd the Arctic Seat by the Atlantic pattaye. It
i* well to note this fact, particularly—the impres
*ion having been created that the Investigator had
railed from ocean to ocean, which la" not the case
jaet yet —but it will be seen, by Com. McClure’*
despatch, be.ow that he ha* no donbt he will be
able to make a naaeaga to England now, through
Devi*’ Strait*. Practically, therefore he i* entitled
to the credit of having accomplished the voyage
from ocean to ocean.
The Investigator, while forcing her way through
Barrow’s Strain, (Sent. 24th, 1852) from the weet
wa* run ashore, the Commodore making hi* winier
quarter* there—in the Bay of Mercy. B'e give
below an interesting extract. And il !a from that
point,.be it remembered, that he now wrilea. Com.
McC. is rauguine of returning home to England
hy way of Baffin* Bay in 1854. Portion* of the
despatches are exceedingly interesting.
There are two remarlrab.e discoveries mentioned
in Captain McClure* Journal, viz: some smoking
hillock* and a pstrifled forest. He el*o state* that
during hi* intercourse with the natives he only
once met with any hostile demonstrations. This
occurred at Port Warren, near the Mackenzie,
where on attempting to land, two native* with
threatening gesture* waved them off. It wa* not
without much difficulty that they were pacified,
and then they related that all their tribe, but the
chief and hi* sick eon had fled on seeing the ship,
alleging as a reason that they fonred tho *hip had
come to revenge the death cf a while man they had
inurderod some time ago. They (through tho in
terpreler) related that some white man had come
there ilia boat, and that they built themselves a
► house and lived there; at last the natives mur
dered one, and the others escaped they knew not
where, but the murdered man wa* buried in a spot
they pointed out. A thick fog coming on prevent
ed Capt. McClure from examining this locality,
which ia much regretted, as hero is the probable
position wl.are a Boat party endeavoring to return
by tho Mackenzie would have enoampeef.
Below we extract from the Commander’s Jour
nal:—A’. Y. Express.
“ The currents along the coast of the Polar Sea
appear to be influenced in their direction more ot
le*B by the winds; but certainly upon the west
aide of Baring Island there is a permanent set to
the eastward. At one time we found it as much
as two knots daring a perfect calm; and that the
flood tide sets from the westward we have ascer
tained beyond a doubt, as the opportuuitiesaflbrd
ed during our detention along tho wester . shore
of this island gave ample proof.
“The prevailing winds along tbo American
shore, and in the Prince of Wales Strait, we
found to be N. E. but upon this coast 8.8. W. to
N. W.
“ A ahip stands no chance of getting to the
westward by entering the Polar Sea, the water
along s.ioro being very narrow and wind contrary,
and the pa k impenetrable ; but through Prince
of Wales Strait, and by keeping along the Ameri
can coast, I conceive it practicable. Drift wood is
in great abundance upon the east coast of Prince
of Wales Strait, and on the American shore also
inach game.
“In this vicinity the hills abound in reindeer
and hares, which remain the entire winter, wo have
been very fortuuate in procuring npwaids of 4,040
pounds.
“ The health of the crew has been and still con
tinues excellent, wi bout any diminution of num
ber*, nor have we felt the slightest trace of sourvy.
“It ia my intention, if possible, to return to
England this season, touching at Melville Island
and Port Leopold, but should we not be again
heard of, in all probability we shall have been car
ried into the Polar pack, or to the westward of
Melville Island, in either ot which cases any
attempt to send succor would only bo to increase
the evil, as any ship that enters the Polar Pack
must be inevitably crushed ; therefore, a depot of
provisions, or a ship at Winter Harbor ia tbo beat
and only ertainty for tho safety of the anrviving
crew*.
“ No trace whatever has been met with, or any
information obtained from the nativo*, which could
by any possibility lead to tho supposition that
Sir J. Franklin’s expedition, or any of his crews
havo ever reached the shore we have visited or
searched, nor havo wo boon more fortunate with
respect to tho Entcrpri jo, not havir g seen her siuce
parting company at the Straits of Magellan on the
20th April, 1850.”
From the Baltimore American.
The Democratic Pren and the Administration.
Tho Washington Sentinel, which professes to
give “a hearty but independent support” to the
administration, raises the standard of revolt, and
calls upon the South “to brand the politicians and
the Men, (the President and his Cabinet!) who
brand,” Messrs. Dickinson, Bronson and O’Conor,
and exolaims, that “the biood of the mart) rs is tho
seed of the church." The signal for “rebellion”
is thus sounded by the Sentinel:
“Then it were worse than iugratitude forsouth
ern men and southern presses, to join in the cry
that has been raised against them. It smites us to
the heart to hear one word of reproach againßt
them from a southern man. Abuse, vilify, strike
donn these our dofeuders ? Never. Be unjust
and ungrateful to those men of the uorth, wuo
stood by you in your hour of need, and whore will
you find Iriends when your days of darkness and
of trouble return.
“We ask both he south and the north, audoon
servative democrats everywhere, to speak out still
more distinctly. We desire them to give eloquent
and vehement utterauco to their feelings and their
sympathies. If we mistake not, what we have al
ready heard, is but the beginning of the end; it is
the first not, of that trumpet, whose rising blast
will ring through mountain and valley—through
the broad savannas of the south, and the populous
cities of the north.”
The Richmond Enquirer, the old war horse of
Southern Democracy, which has never before ful
tered in its adherence to party, thus calls the De
mocracy “to arms,” against the course of the Pre
sident and bis Cabinet towards Messrs. Dickin
bou, Bronson, and O’Conor, and their dragging
“the ermine ofState into the sewers of politics
“We fear they have taken sides where there is
the least political patriotism and purity ; that thoy
have formed an alliance with meu who will either
lead tbemastray from National principles, or will
betray thorn, and the South along wi:h them. So
long as tho administration stood aloof from these
local strifes, and dealt even-handed just'ce to both
contestants, their position was defensible ; they
fnrnibbed the nucleus aiound which the whole
national democracy could rally; their appoint
ments from that section of belligerents whicn was
most obnoxious to one half the Union could be
defended upon national grounds of compromise.
But when they abandon the position of neutrality
and take actual side with an obnoxious faction
against such men as Dickinson, they compel tho
South likewise to assume a decided position. Re
duced to that alternative, the chivalrous and gene
rous south can do no otherwise than stand by the
men in their trial who stood by them in their own
tribulation ”
The Alexandria Standard; another Democratic
standard bearer of old Virginia, concludes a leng
thy denunciatory article with the following excla
mation :
“ The timid, may falter, and the treacheroue may
desert, ' but the democratic party will condemn,
unconditionally condemn this aot of Mr. .Guth
rie.
“Thisact of Mr. Guthrie” having received the
appioval of the President and all his Cabinet, they
must receive their full share of the condemnation
also. The Virginia Woodstock Tenth Legion also
thus predicts the result of this domestic trouble in
the party:—
“We think it highly probable that the ro*ultwill
be, that the administration will find itself ere long
floundering in the meshes of one ol the most cor
rupt political organizations that was ever known in
this country; an organization which, in truth, is
‘held together by the cohesive power of plunder,’
and which must fall to pieces whenever there are
no offices, state or federal to be bestowed."
We conclude our excerpts with the following
from the Winchester Virginian :
“Nobody doubts that Bronson is an honest and
sound democrat and a faithful officer ; that it left
alone he will remain true to his faith and party
fealty ; and that to eject him from office will be
nearly equivalent to forcing him into the ranks of
the opposition. It will be poor consolation that
we secure John Van Buren by bis ostracism. We
would not give three such men as Dickinson,
Bronson and O’Conor, for all the freesoilers that
evor first swore and then foreswore treason to the
Constitution."
John Van Boren In the Fle'd.
The Krcesoil supporters of the Administration
huh ft grand time of it in New York, on Friday
night last. Cannon were fired, drum* beaten,
letters read from Mr. Dix and others, speeches
made by John Van Boren and his Freesoil con
freres, and a demonstration made generally in be •
half of the Administration, by government offi
cers, clerks, tide waiters, office seekers, “short
boys,” and every other species of the “ Boft-shell”
family. The indefatigable Capt. Bynders was
there, with other subterranean Knickerbockers
of the pugilistic school. The b’hoys applauded
i ncontinently while Prince John denounced Charles
O’Connor and Judge Bronson, the men who had
the rare courage to resist the (dictation of tyranni
cal Cabinet Ministers in matters which they had
no rightful concern.
What a spectaole is here presented! A few
short months since a convention assembled in Bal
timore. It adopted a Compromise platform and
nominated Franklin Pierce. He was supported as
the friend and embodiment of the Union and Co n
promise sentiment, and elected. In his Inaugural
he renewed his protestations of fidelity to the
principles upon which he was made President.
In the selection of his Cabinet, however, and in
the distribution of public patronage, he bus man
wed to win to his support the opponents of the
Union and the Compromise in both sections, and
to drive into opposition the staunch and conserva
tive tm n to whom he was indebted both lor his
nomination and hie election!
Can it be that Mr. Pierce is a Freesoiler in dis
guise I 11 not, upon what principle can his official
sots and the present anomalous position of bis
friends be explained I Is he responsible for the
dissatisfaction which almost everywhere prevails
or is it his Cabinet» As we remarked on a former
occasion, we gi re the President credit for being ac
tuated by patriotic impulses. Such is still our im
"r.esiou of him, and this very fact forces ns to the
conclusion that he is cither not competent intel
lectually , for his high position, or that he really
doea ay mpsthise with the followers of Mr. Van
Boren- Else how can we explain the phenomenon
ol Mr. \an Boren’s ardent support ol his Ad
ministration, the man who, above all others, ie
rtspoustble for the terrible agitations from which
the country has so recently emerged» The truth
is, we suspect Mr. Marcy is the ruling spirit of
the Administration, and the author of the mischief
He is playing for the Presidency, and the Presi’
dent will continue to blunder until he is dismissed
from the Cabinet. As our New York correspon
dent expresses it, Mr. Marcy is the Jonah ofthe
ship, and unleaa he is cast overboard, there will
be but little peace. —Sanrannak Republican.
■ C^**„ 0T Cokscixkcx.—A gentleman who resides
m the Fourth District bad hie house burned about
four months ago, on which ocoaaiou a box contain
ing two gold watches, and other jewelry, to the
amount of 9400 waa stolen. Since then yellow
lever spread itself throughont the District, and
many a thief died, and among others, the one who
S the box and jewelry. The wife, who anew of
theft, end who approved it not, ee soon as she
nad hnned her husband, went straightway to the
gentleman who owned the jewelry, end returned
it to him, thereby exhibiting a conscientiousness
strong as H is rare.— TrutlhUa.
Hxatt Fall or Bam.—'t rained incessantly from
ljf ht jer erd*y morning until three o’clock P.
M., darinsr which time an unusual Quantity of wa
ty»sH—»X inches uadS-lOthaofs quiter^-tt*,.
CvflfMfi
Mew. by tbe Arctic.
The Eastern question continues unchanged in
its aspect. Below we publish the Turkish Decla
ration of War, which ia said to have been made
known by Omar Pueha to the Russian Commrndcr
in a brief and soldier like letter, notifying him
that on the 25th inst, at latest, the state of war
would oommence. Tbe Caar on his part, had de
clared that the war should be a war of ex'xrmina
tiou. Meantime, the French and English negotia
tors think that their diplomacy wiil serve to con
fine the warfare to the Turkish frontiers, without
extending to general E i rope. Austria and Prus
sia iteeiare their neutrality m the coming struggle.
We publish to day twoimportact despatches—or
rather one official despatch, the Turkish Declara
tion of War, and a private de-patch stating that
when the Czar nad tbe said Declaration, be fell
into a fury, and declared that he retracted every
concession he hud made, and that nothiLg uow re'-
mains for him but a war of extermination against
tbcTurke. Tho following is a translation of tbe
Turkish Declaration of War :
In tbe present slate oi circumstances, it wonld
be superfluous to take op from it* very commence
ment the explanation of the difference whn h has
arisen between the Sublime Porte and Russia,to en
ter anew iuto the detail qf tho diverse phases wbicb
this difference has gone through, or to reproduce
the opinion* »ud judgments of the government
of h.s Majesty, the Sultaf, which have been made
public by the official documents promu gated from
time to time.
In spite of the desire not to reef*to the argent
reasons which determined ihe modifications intro
duced by the Sublime Porte into the draff of the
note prepared at Vienna (motives exp i-od previ
ously in a note explanatory of the modification* )
yet new solicitations having b- eu made for the
adoption, pure and simple, of the raid note, in
consequence of the non-adhesion of Biusia to
these same modifications, the Ottoman Govern
ment, finding itself at present compelled aud forced
to undertake war, thinks it a duty ;o give an expo
sition of the imperious reasons lor thut import mt
deteruiinution, as well as for those which have ob
liged it not to reguiut: Jhis time its owduet a •
oording to the the Great Power* its
allies, although it ha* never ceased to appreciate
the bonovo em nature of their suggestions.
The princiual paints to which the government of
his majesty the ouliat: desires to give prominence
are these: —That from the very beginning his con
duct has furnished no motive ot quarrol, and that,
animated with tho desiro of preserving peace, ho
has acted with a remarkable spirit of moderation
and conciliation, Irom the commencement of the
difference unto the present time. It is easy to
prove these facts to all who do not wander from
the path of juslico and equity.
Even supposing that Russia had a subject of
complaint in relation to the Holy Places, shcou zht
to have circumscribed her actions and solicitation*
within the limits ot this question alone, and ought
uot to have raised pretensions which the object of
her complaints oould not sustain. She ought not,
moreover, to have taken measures of intim’dation,
such as sending her troops to the frontier*, and
making naval preparations at Sebastopol, on the
subject of a question which might havo been set
tled arnica ly between the two Powers. But it is
evident that what has taken place is totally con
trary to an intention of amicable settlement.
The question of the Holy Places had been settled
to the satisfaction of ull parties; and the govern
ment of hi* Majesty the Sul an had testified favor
able dispositions on the guarantees demanded. In
short, Russia h. d no longer any ground for raising
any protest.
It is uot seeking a pretext for quarrel, then, to
insist ss Russia has done upon the quostion of the
privileges of the Greek Church granted by tho Ot
toman Government; privileges which tho Govern
ment believes ita honor, its dignity, and its sove
reign ; ower are coneernod in maintaining, and on
tho subject of which, it can neither admit the in
terference nor the survoillHnceofany Government?
Is it not Russia which has occupied, with conside
rable forces, the Principalities of Moldavia and
Wallacbia, declaring at the same time that these
jrovmces should serve a- a guarantee, until she
tad gained what sho desired? Hub not this act
been considered by the Snbliu.e Porte as a
violation of treaties, aud consequently a casus bellif
Havo the other Powers themselves beon able to
come to any other decision? Who, then, will
doubtthut Russia has been the aggressor? Coaid
the Sublime Porte, which has always obsorvod all
hertroatios, with a fidelity known to all, by infring
ing them in any way, do more than determine
Russia to a proceeding so violent as that of herself
infringing all these treatios? Again, has there
arisen, contrary to tho promise explicitly given in
the treaty of Kainardji, such facts in the Ottoman
empire us the demolition of Christian churches, or
obstacles opposed to the exercise of the Christian
religion ?
The Ottoman Cabinet, without desiring to enter
into too long details on these points, doubts uot
that the high Powors, its allies, will judge with
terfect truth and justice on the statement juat ex
libited.
As to the non-adoption of the Vienna Dote in ita
i>nro and simple form by the .sublime Porte, it is
20 bo remarked that this projeot, although uot in
every point conformed to the note of Prince Mens
chikoff, and while containing, it is true, in its com
position, some of tho paragraphs of the draught
note of the Sublime Porte, is not ss a whole, wheth
er in lotter or spirit, essentially different front that
of Prince Menschikoff.
Tho assurances recently givou by the representa
tives of tho Great Powers respecting the appre
hended danger from hurtful interpretations of the
draught note in question, arc a new proof of the
kind intentions of their respective governments to
wards the Sublime Porte. They have consequently
produced a lively satisfaction on the part of the gov
ernmont of his Majesty the Sultan. It must be re
marked, however, that while we have still before
our eyes a strife of religious privileges raised by
Russia, which seeks to base its claims on a para
graph so Ciear and so precise in the treaty of Ksi
nardji; which wisbos to insert in a diplomatic do
cument the paragraph concerning the active solioi
tudeol the Emperor of Russia for the maintenance
in the states of the Sublime Porte of religious im
munities and privileges which were granted (oe
troyes) to the Greek rite by the Ottoman Emperors,
before Russia so much a< existed as an Empire, to
leave in a dark and doubtful state the absence of
relations between the privileges and the treaties of
Kutschuk Kainardji to employ in favor of a great
community of subjeots of the Sublime Porte, pro
fessing the Greek religion, expressions whioh
might make allusion to treaties ooncluded with
Frauceaud Austria, relative to the French and Latin
rel igion*, this would be to incur the risk of placing
in the hands of Russia vagne and obscure para
graphs, some of which are contrary to the reality
of facts, and would otfsr to Russia a solid pretext
for her pretensions to a religious surveillance and
protectorate—pretentions which that Power would
attempt to produce, affirming that they are not de
rogatory to the sovereignty and independence of
the Sublime Porte.
Tho very language of the employees and agents of
Russia, who have declared that the intention of
the government was no other than to fill the office
of an advocate with the Sublime Porte, whenever
acts oontrary to existing privileges might be done,
is a patent proof of tho justice of the opinion of the
Ottomun government.
If the government of his Majesty the Saltan haa
judged it nceessary to require that assurances
should be given, even if the modifications which it
introduced by it into the Vienna note were adopt
ed, how in conscience could it be tranquil if the
note were to bo retained in ita integrity and with
out modification 1 Tho Sublime Porte, in accepting
that whioh it has declared to all the world it oould
not admit without being compelled thereto, would
compromise its dignity in view of tho other Pow
ers, would sacrifice its honor in the eyes ol its own
subjects, and would oommit a mental aud moral
suicide.
Although the refusal of Hussia to accord the mo
difications required by the Sublime Porte has been
based on a question of honor, it cannot be denied
that tbe gr jund of thut refusal was simply and so
lely its desire not to allow explicit terms to replace
vuguo expressions, which might at some future
time furnish it with a pretext for intermeddling.
Such conduct, therefore, compols the Sublime
Porte to persist on its part in withholding its ad
hesion.
The reasons which have determined the Otto
man government to make its modifications having
been appreciated by the representatives of the
Four Powers, it proved that the Sublime Porte was
right in not purely and t imply adopting the Vien
na note. It is not with a view ol ci iticising a pro
ject which obtained the assent ol the great Powers
that wo enter upon a discussion of the inconve
niences which the Vienna note presents. Their
efforts have always tended to the preservation of
peaoe, while defending the rights and indepen
dence ofthe Imperial government. The endeavors
made to attain these objects having been as lauda
ble as can be conceived, the Sublime Porte cannot
sufficiently acknowledge them. But, os evidently
each government must possess, in consequence of
its peculiar knowledge aud its local experience,
more facility than any other government for judg
ingot the points which concern its own rights, the
examination which the Ottoman government
makes, is prompted entirely by its desire to justify
tiro obligatory situation in which, to its grea* re
gret, it finds itself placid, desiring, as it ha* done,
to c m'itme following the benevolent counsels of
fered to it by its allies ever siuce tl.e commence
ment of the differences, and which until now it
has followed.
It is alleged that the haste with which the Vi
enna note was drawn up, results from the back
wardness ofthe Sublime Porte to propose an ar
rangement, tbe government of his Majesty the Snl
tan must justify itself by stating the following
facts:
Before the entrance of the Bassian troops into
the two Principalities, eome of the representatives
of the Powers, actuated by the sincere intention of
preventing the occupation of those provinces,
urged npon the Snbiitne Porte the necessity of
framing a draft note occupying a middle place be
tween the draft note of the Sublime Porte and that
of Prince Menschikott. More lately the represen
tativee of the Powers confidently common cated
different schemes of arrangement to the Sublime
Porte. None of these latter responded to the
views of the Imperial Government; and the Otto
man Cabinet was on the point of entering into ne
gotiations with the representatives of the Powers
on the basis of a project drawn up by itself in con
formity with these suggestion*. It was at this mo -
ment that news of the passage of the Prulh by the
Kussians arrived —af«ct which changed the face of
the whole question. The draught note proposed by
the Sublime Porte was then set aside, and the cabi•
nets were requested to express their views of this
violation of treaties after the protest of the Su
blime Porte. On the one hand, the Ottoman
Cabinet had to wait for their replies, and on the
other it drew up, at the suggestion of the represen
tatives of the Powers, a project of arrangements,
which was sent to Vienua.
As the sole answer to all these active steps, the
draft of our note prepared (elabore) at Vienna
made its appearance.
However that may bo [ju nqu'ilen toil) the Otto
man governing fearing rightly (ajustetitre) every
thing which might imply a right of interference
in favor of Russia in religious matters, could do
no more than give assurances calculated to dissi
pate the doubts which had become the subject of
discussion ; snd it will not, after so many prepa
rations and sacrifices, accept propositions which
could not be received at the time of the stay of
Prince Menachikoff at Constantinople. Since tne
cabinet of S'. Petersburg haß not been content with
assurances and pledges that have been offered,
since the benevolent efforts of the high Powers
have remained fruitless, since in fine, the Sublime
Porte cannot tolerate or suffer any longer the ac
tual state of things, or theprolongation of the oc
cupation of the Moldo-Wallaoian Principalities,
they being integral portions of its empire—the
Ottoman Cabinet, with the firm and praiseworthy
intention ol defending the sacred rights of sove
reignty and the independence of ita government,
will employ just reprisals against a violation of the
treaties which it considers as s casus belli. It no
tifies, then, officially, that the government of bis
Msjesty the Saltan finds itself obliged to declare
war, that it has given most precise instructions
(la instruction! 2 a pita ealtgoriquet) to hia Excel
lency Omer Pasha to demand from Prinoe Qort
achakoff the evacuation of the Principalities, and
to commence hostilities if, after a daisy of fifteen
days from the arrival of bis despatch at the Rus
sian head-quarters, an answer in the negative
should be returned.
It is distinctly under*tood that should the reply
of Prince Oortechakoff ba negative, the Russian
agents ara to quit the Ottomgn States, and that the
commercial relations of the respective subject* tit
the two governments shall be broken off.
At the same time, tbe Sublime Porte will nr
consider it juat to lay an embargo upon Russi-n
merchant vessels, a* has born the practice. Cot:
seqnently they will be warned to resort either ti
the Black Sea or to the Mediterranean Sea as they
shell think fit, within a term that aball hereafter
be fixed. Moreover, the Ottoman governs.em
being nnwiliing to place hindrances in the way o
commercial intercourse between the enbjact* . f
friendly powers, will, dnring the war, leave tin
Straits open to their mercantile marine.
The Porto has further addressed a manifesto to
the Four Powers, but it had not been published.—
As Iskendet Bey, aid de camp to Omar Pacha, is
in Pari*, charged with a special private minion to
the Cabinets of France and England, he was pro
bably boarrr of the mauifesto.
Tho nstul mail steamer from Constantinople,
Oct. sth, had arrived at Marseilles, and report <1
from Bcsiku Bay that the fie ta were preparing
enter the Dardanelles. Admiral Dnndaa had sent
his wife home to England onto! the way of danger.
Ou the 8 J in-t. the Russian fleet arrived at Odes
sa, IVoin Sebastopol, to embark troops, as was be
Herod, for Redoatkale.
The i’uri- Biccle states that Franca and England
have seu*. a joint note to Russia, demanding tl e
immediate evacuation of the Principalities, a* a
preliminary measure before they will enter ou th
mediation which they are still willing to undertake.
Letters byway of Vienna state positively that
Marshal Paskicwitach is appointed to the command
of the army in tho Principalities. They add thut
the Marshal had already left for the Danube, ami
was probably at head-qnarters. Gortschakoff was
only chief of the staff. Paekiewitsch is about 76
rears ot age, and is known for hia campaig s in
Poland and Pers’a. It was also, staled that the
Turks in'ended commencing hostilities in the di
notion of the Black 8e», and in Georgia. Tbe Rus
sians havo about 80,000 meu in those part*.
Omar Pasha ia stated to have written to hia Go
vernmeut offering to cross the Danube and force
the Russians lroiu their position if 50,000 uiorr
men be given him. Notwithstanding this, it w,s
considered doubtful if hostilities would couunence
on the Danube this winter, as neither ootnmander
would choose to have such a river in his rear. The
Russians arc posted in three strong bodies, so thut
they m’ght at three points attempt to oross the
river simultaneously.
On the 27'h ult. fichamyl issued from the tnoun
tains with IPs forces and broke into the Russian
district of Dscharo Bielokansk, where he made an
attack on tho fortress of Novysakatal. Gen. Or
belian marched with thr.e battalions of infantry,
six guns and some cavalry to meet the mountain
cer-, and aftor hard fighting which lasted till night
fill, sneceoded in driving them back. The Russim
statement, from which this account is taken, s .y*
that tho loss of the Circassians wa* considerable,
and that tbe Ru* iau* themselves lost two staff ot
fleers, three field officer* and sixty-one men
Schamyl was expected by tho Turks to do goo I
service in their aid. The roporta that the Sc.’.ah
of Persia had agreed to assist tho Russians i* ago n
strongly contradicted, and the oounter statem-nt
is made that tho Persian forces nre to aid the Turks.
The Turkish force in Bulgaria now number*
110,000 men
Ensland—With respect to the intentions of
Gtvernmunt as to the part England will play in
Ihe present Eastern crisis, the true state of the
case is that the public have no information what
ever, beyond whatthey glean from the confl’otirg
statements of the London papers. Tho nearest
approach that ha* beon raado to anything deffinit
is that contained in tho following lettor from the
Premier in reply to address by the citizens of
Sheffield. Even this documont is not remarkable
for its lucidity:
Downino st., Oct. 12,1858.
Sir,— l have had the honor to receive your let
ter, transmitting to me a memorial, signed by
merchants, manufacturer*, and other inhabitant*
of tho town of Sheffield, in which they express
their approbation of the conduct of her Majesty’s
Government, and pray that they will persevere In
the pacific policy which baa hithert > been pursued
by them in tho East. I bog to thank the memo
rialists lor this mark of their confidence, and to
assure them that her Majesty’s Government will
uot cease their earnest oudeavors to reconcile tho
serious differences whioh have arisen, and, con
sistently with the honor of this country, to pre
serve Europe from the calamities of war.
I have the honor to be, Bir, your obedient and
humble servant, Adkbdbkn.
Robert Wutherhouse, Esq., Jr.
The mail steamship Tay, from tbo Brazils, and
Iberia, from the Mediterraueau, arrived at South
ampton 15th. Tho latter brought six shipwrecked
sailors from the American bark Henry Herbcck,
which foundered at sea, September 18th, in la'i
tude 28 uorth, longitude 58 west, when bound
from Cardiff to New York, with railroad iron.
These men were taken from a ralt by the Spanish
i-teamship Velasco, from Havana to Vigo, where
they were landed, at <1 whence they were brought
by the Iberia. These unfortunate sailors, together
with the rest of the crew and one woman and
child, were on tho raft from 18th to 17th, exposed
to severe weather, and with only a five gallon keg
of water, and part of a ham as their whole stock
of provisions, the allowance of each being but
one ounce of moat and one gill of wattr per day.
The American Consul took charge of the above
six seamen, who were Amorican citizens.
Forty passengers from tho wreck of the Annie
Jane had arrived at Glasgow. The remainder,
with Captain Mason, still remain at Barra.
Franck.— We are without further intelligence of
the proposed action of France in tho East. Our
correspondence from Paris and Havre states that
tho Pope had prevailed that hostilities between the
Russians and Turks would be of a nature equally
reconcilable or would not, at least, affect the gen
eral peace of Europe. The impression, apparently
well founded, that Prussia and Austria will keep
themselves aloof from the difficulty materially
strengthens that belief, and tended to quiet tho
public mind.
Although no troops had beep ordered to em
bark or other public manifestations made, the
greatest activity prevailed in the Frenob navy
yards. Orders had been given for tho immediate
armament, in case of necessity, of the frigates Le
Vauban, Descartes , Astnodee, Cacipue, Montezuma
and Panama. The frigate labrador had sailed
from Toulon wi’h 760 additional seamen to bs dis
tributed among the French ships. Every bing in
dicates that Franco means to distinguish herself in
the coming war. Aud it is not forgotten that Louis
Napoleon threatened to bo revenired on the Czar
for his tardy recognition both of his election to the
Empire, and to his mairiage. In such matters
Louis is a man es his word.
The statement ■ hat orders had been sent to em
bark troops at Toulon for tho East is not correct,
or at least premature.
The accounts published in the Monsieur of the
Quarter's revenue are very satisfoctory.
Switzerland.— From Berne, October 14th, it was
stated that the Federation had resolved to support
the Canton of Ticino in its difficulty with Austria.
It will granlsuppliea for the omploymeut of the
population thrown out ofeuiployment by the Aus
trian blockade. Having exhausted every means of
concession consistent with tho national honor
Switzerland will no longer assent to any future en
croachment of Austria.
Prussia. —Prussia’s position in the present cri
sis was looked for not less anxiously than Aus
tria’s. Fortunately Prussia has decided fur peace
aud not for neutrality only, but for meditation us
tar as her position will permit, between the con
tending parlies. The Berlin Zeit contains au ini
portant article on this subject, and which may be
considered official. It says ;
If Prussia remains noiural, it cannot by any
means be predicted of her that she thereby binds
herself to a do-nothing course. Prnseia’s task, if
we apprebeDd it rightly, is a mediative neutrality.
The more Prussia holds herself aloof from au
active participation in tbe existing differences, tho
less interest of bar own she shows in the subject
matter of these differences, with se much the more
disinterestedness will sbo be able to raise her voice
in mediation, and so much the better prospect
there will be that her voice will be listened to. No
one of tho great Powers of Europe stands so nn
concerned in the Basso- turkisb differences as
Prussia. The roads that our commerce travels run
westwards; in the Black Sea tbs Prussian flag is
seldom Been, because our manufactures have no
ontlet there. Our material (apart from our politi
cal) interests, are thus hardly in the slightest de
gree touched by a war between Kussia and Turkey,
and hy the point of difference which at present is
posubly übout to occasion a state of war between
these two Powers. Neither England, nor France,
nor Austria, can say the ea .e of themselves. It
is this iinimcrestedness that constitutes Prussia’s
call ts mediate. Prussia, can however, desire to
mediate nothing else than a peace. In England
and France they speak of compelling peaoe by
means of war measures, or, oil the other hand, of
confining war within certain localities. We do
not fear that Prussia will be obliged to assume a
warlike attitnde in order to exert herself for tho
preservation of peace. Bat, even were it so, it
would be, according to our conviction, only for the
purpose of giving greater emphasis to her mission
of peace. On a former occasion we said, Prussia’s
position with reference to the events in the Ea-t,
will, we are convinced, be that of a neutrality that
commands respect: we now add, what we are no
less convinced of, that this neatrality mast be no
merely passive waiting for what may come, it mu-t
bf >■ mediative neutrality.
T ie Uvrrtipondrm Bureau further says—
We believe that our Government now has lbs
proper forms under consideration, in order on its
part to admit nothing that msy serve as a means
for the preservation of peace.
Austria.— With the view of allaying the appre
hension which had arisen respecting the dangers
to be anticipated by Austria being drawn into a
war, theMiuister-at-War has announced that a re
duction of the army would immediately take
filace, by means of an extensive system of fur
oughs. This redaction is, however, deceptive.
Some time since leave of absencewae forbiden to
all officers and soldiers, and the redaction is no
more than a restoration of the furlough. Small
as it is, it is accepted as an indication that Austria
will remain neutral if possible. The French pa
pers eo accept it. The Psyß speaks tbe sentiments
of its brethren when it Bays—“ The redaction of
the Austrian army at the present moment would
be a symptom chatacteristic of the policy which
the Court of Vienna proposes to follow. That
policy appears to us clearly pointed ont by the in
terests of Austria, and cannot be anything else
than a loyal mediation or a vigorous neatrality.
That also, in oar opinion is the position of Pru
sia, and the very condition of her preponderance
in Germany. Should the above news be correct,
it seems to indicate in a significant manner tbe at
titude which Austria intends maintaining in this
grave question. It is almost useless to remark
that the declared neutrality of the German pow
ers would be a decisive proof that the war be
tween Bussia and Turkey cannot assume s Euro
pean character, and that, being circumscribed to
the frontiers of the Ottoman Empire, it would,
without any donbt, lead before long to that con
ciliatory settlement which the interests of Europe
call for."
Isdia and China.— Letters by the overland mail,
from Bombay, September 12th, and Hong Kong
August 24th, in anticipation of the mails, came to
hand in London, Saturday 15th. Tbe commercial
advices were again comparatively favorable. In
the market for imported goods, as respects not on
ly cotton manufacturers but metals, there hail been
a satisfactory bosmose both at Bombay and Cal
cutta. At Canton and Shanghe however, the pro
gress of tbe rebellion prevented any revival. With
regard to oropa it appears that the next yield of
cotton in tbe Bombay presidency ia likely to be
large, while tbe indigo report from Calcutta pre
sents no alteration.
Reports from Ava are vary unsatisfactory to tbe
British. More war is tbreated by tbs Barm nee.
Chins tdviceseontioaeto report tbs successful pro
gress of tbe rebels northwards, bat do rot offer
any remarkable incident. Disastrous floods bad
occurred at Canton, doing much injury to tbe rice
crops, and causing scarcity. Tbe export of tea
ahowa an inorease of four million pounds over tbe
same period of last year, aud all from Canton.
We have already announced the return oi Com
modore Perry’s expedition from Japan. Tbs ex
pedition left Jeddo 17th August, the Commodore
having succeeded in obtaining on interview with
two Princes of tbe Empire, and bad delivered the
letter from tbe President of the United Stales, at
also his own credentials. It was arranged that, at
the subject matter required tbe consideration ol
the Emperor and tbe great Ministers of State, at
answer should be called for next spring. Tb<
Governor ofthe Jspeneae Province of U rags visit
ed the SumtffcMMM, and was very inquisitive. Hi
seemed tn know a greet deal abont America, anc
even made enquiries respecting the progress of tb
lathmus Railroad. Tbs London Times correspon
dent surmisee that when Commodore Perry re
turns he will find forts erected to give him a hos
tile instead of a friendly reception.
The Americans in China have requested Com
modore Perrv to station a ship t Canton or
Whampoa. The Mississippi is at present there, the
S'eeguehanna at Macao, and the SjriUya at Shan
ghia.
TIIK EASTERN OCKSTION.
The Times rays the Turkish Manifeato is one of
’he strongest and most unanswerable State Papers
i-»ned during the present centnry.
The Pott rays that morally Russia iu defeated,
and that she will be bo materially. Hostilities on
the Danube and shares of tbe CasDian Sea are in
evitable.
Thi Exchange*.—Gold is 0.48 per cout. dearer
in Pari* than in London ; and n. 65 per cent, dearer
in Hamburg than in Loudon.
AUTUMN— A rnaaa.
The warm ten la failing, the b’eak wind is wailing,
The hire boughs are eighing, the pale flowers are dying,
And the year
On the earth her death-bed, in a shroud of leavee dead,
Inlying.
Come month,—come away,
From November to May,
In your eadd-tst array ;
Follow the bier.
Os the dead cold year,
And like dim shadow* watch by her sepulchre.
The chill rain le fall’ag, the nipt worm is crawling.
The rivers are swelling, tbe thunder ia knelling
For tbe year;
The blithe ewailowa are flown, aud the lizards each gone
To his dwelling;
Come, months—come away;
. Put on wh te, black aud gray,
Let your light listers play,
Ye follow the bier
Os the dead cold year.
And make her grave green with your tear on tear.
Bhillt.
England and the United States.
The Manchester, England, Guardian of October
15, in tbe course of an ablo article on the several
relations between these two countries, used tbe
following langunge:
An acceptable analysis of popular feelings be
tween tbe United State* and Groat Britain would
he one of the greatest blessings that a oitizen of
either country could bestow on civilization and hu
manity. The maintainanco of a growing triend
ship between these two nations not only ooncerns,
in the most Vital degree, the welfhre of both, but
almost iuvolves the whole question of the percepti
bility of mankind. Never, certainly, have the two
most powerful and self-reliant countries of the
world been bonud to each other by ties half so nu
merous or half so strong. Connected os they are
by blood, by policy, by interest, and by tradition,
they can neither make war, nor conduct tho arts of
peace, without the assistance of each other; aud iu
any train of ciroumstances could possibly sow o
live dissenti.m between them, there would bo an
end to any reliauce, however distinc ly deferred,
upon the establishmcntof permanent peace among,
the nations of earth. Now, we firmly believe,
(though Americans may feel or effoct surprise at
the statement) that uot only in this our mutual
position, but that a solemn sense of its being so,
i* the commonest und strongest feeling that
Englishmen of all classes bring to the considera
tion of foreign affairs. To sav that the English
people wonld bo averse to a quarrel with tho United
States is uot enough; they scarcely regard it us
possible; and (whutever may be the chief ground
tor the sentimeut) iu the breasts of statesmen and
philosophical observers, tbe musses of tbe people
entertain a respect for the popular character aud
national reputation of America, to which nothing
in their fooling towards European nations afford a
parallel.
Time ulono can correct a mistaken impression
whioh scorns at present to be docply rooted in the
minds of some Americans. The ti uc explanation
of tho attitude whioh they so thorosgbly misappre
hend, wid have to be repeated many times before
it is believed; but ih the moanwhile, no childish
display ot petulance on the part of any American
writer can induce English observers to abandon a
critical habit which is esseutiul lo their character,
and inseparable from the mutual relations of the
two countries.
That the English press and English tourists
seizo with some eagerness upon tbo weak points of
society and ol morals in the United States—with
more eagernesß, for iustanco, than on correspond
ing peculiarities of Franoe or Italy—iß not to be
doubted. The grand mi take ooi sisls iu suspect
ing that this haoit betrays tho working of animosi
ty or envy. We would go os far as to say that it
oould not co-exist with a hostile or even un indif
ferent state of tooling. It is the consciousness of
our affinity which leads us to take an eager in
terest in these things, just as a mnn must bo very
nearly connected with us in some way or other
bofore we feel annoyed by tho out of his coat or
tbe inacouruoy of his pronunoiu’ion.
Yxllow Fever in Mobile— On Thursday, as our
readers are already aware, the Board of Health an
nounced to the public the cheering fact, that the
yellow fever haß ceased to prevail as epidemic. It
is quite probable that a few scattered cases may
continue to occur for some days to come—general
ly brought on by imprudent exposure—but wo sup
pose the health of the city may bo regarded as
nearly, it not entirely as good, as is usual at this
season. Wo may now therefore clobo tho melan
choly table of mortality, which has been lengthen
ed out from week to week for more than two
months past. It dow stands as follows:
Tabular Statement of Interments from Aug. l«f to
Oct. 26fA.
Yel. Fev. Oth. causes. Total.
From Aug. Ist to Aug. 12, Inclusive, 8 44 52
For the week ending Aug. 1F.... 89 82 71
•• “ “ “ “ 28.... 87 27 64
“ “ “ “ Sept. 2.... 156 44 200
“ •• “ “ •• 9.... 194 47 241
“ “ “ 1 “ 16.... 177 86 212
“ “ “ •• “ 28.... 110 22 182
“ “ “ “ “ 80.... 61 86 97
“ “ “ “ Oct. 7.... 82 28 60
“ " « “ “ 14.... 26 16 42
“ “ “ “ “ 21.... 84 24 58
From Oct. 22 to Oct. 26, inclusive, 15 12 27
Total from Aug. Ito Oct. 26 889 867 125
Os tho 867 attributed to “ other causos,’’ when
we consider the number reported as “nnltuown ’
(nearly all of whom undoubtedly died of the pre-4
vailing fever,) besides those cases ascribed to
bilious and other forms of fever—all of them de
riving more or less of their fatality from the same
general cause —it will appear much within the
truth to attribute at least one-half to the epidemic.
Ofthe total 1265 deaths occurring within the eighty
seven days included in our table, we may there
fore set down 1056 as having been occasioned by
the prevailing fevor.
We have beurd various estimates of the popula
tion rcßidor.t in the oity during this period—eel
dom, however, exceeding twelve, and seldom tail
ing below ten thousand. Perhaps it would bo near
the truth to sot down the numbor actually resident,
or tleeping within the City limits, at eleven thou
sand. The table of interments thut wo have given
includes a portion of thedeuths which have occur
red outside of these limits. But when we off ot
against this fact, the other ascertained fact, that for
some weeks a number of tho burials were not re
ported to the Board, we may set down the numbers
given above as a fair statement of tho mortality of
the city proper.
It will thus appear, that within a little more than
twelve weeks there has been u loss of more Ilian
eleven per cent of the population— ten per cent, of
which is attributable to yellow lever.
At Spring Hill,Citronel!e,und in the country ad
jacent to the city, the mortality has been much less
n proportion to the population. Tliia may per
haps be attributed to the tact, that tho Irish aud
German population, who have furnished so largo
a share ot the victims, reside mostly in town,
It isa fearful record. And even this givos ittle
idea of the untold, unmeasured amount of anguish
and distress, that has been compressed into the
space of those few Jark and dismal weeks. And yet,
within a week or two, the oitizen who returns to
his home, or the stranger who visits the city, will
see little or nothing to remind him of tho horrors
so recently past. Some old, familiar faces will be
absent from tbe street, or the social circle, bat in
the ever changeful course of Southern life, this istoo
common to make much impression. The impression
made, we fear, will be but too soon etiucod,
“As from the wing the sky no sear retains.
The parted wave no Ihrrow from the keel.”
To those, however, who have personally mingled
in these scenes, the rememberaitce ot them must
endnre. As the veteran of Waterloo, of Lundy,s
Lane, or of Chalmette, loves to rehearse the story
of those conflicts, so will the veteran of the season
tast delight to beguile hie wandering listeners of
nture years, with tales of the Great Epidemic of
1858.
“ Etlam hac olim meminlsse juvsbit..'
The Chinese are buying np American vessels
and American seamen for the war. Theßan Fran
cisco Herald sayß
In addition to the ship Hamilton, we learn that
several large vessels have recently boon purchas d
by Chinese merchants, and are now being fiitod
out in this port for the opposite coast of the I’a
eifle. They will be navigated by American sea
men, but will sail nnder the Chinese flag. This
will enable them to visit Japan, and we ure dis
posed to think each is the purpose of their own
ers. It is suid they are desirous ol reaching Jed
do about the lime Co-omodoro Perry’s squadron
has brought the Islanders to terms.
Shifwbxck and Loss or Like.—The ship Clara
Ann, Capt. Hatch, which arrived at this port yes
terday from Cardiff, H ales, reports that on the
4th inst., at sea, in latitude 42 degrees 8b minutes
N-, and longitnde 18 W., she fell in with a boat
containing five men, whom she picked up. They
proved to be the first unite and four of the crew ol
the British ship Liverpool, Capt. Williams, from
Shields, England, loaded with coal for New York,
which had foundered and gone down, carrying
with her Capt. Williams, his wife, a lady passen
ger, and thirteen of the crew. The rescued men
arrived here in the Clara Ann.—iV. O. Pic. 2SMA
uU.
Insane. — Quinine tuppottd to be the Unite —No
race or people on the face of the earth is so little
liable to insanity as the Irish. Their tendency it
to mirthfulness, and though the dews of misfor
tune msy descend on them, they readily roll off.
like quicksilver fiom tho polished surface of a
mirror. They are generally possessed of an in
difference—perhaps we should say, wild reckless
nea:—which makes them take but little “ thought
for the morrow.” And to this is attributed their
ordinary exemption from one of the greatest “ ill?
to which flesh in heir”—thoenrseof c ‘a mind dis
eased.” Os late, however, matters have changed
in this city with regard to the Irish mind, and
scarcely a day passes that the Rcoorders are not
called upon to send some unfortunate Celt to the
Insane Asylum. Physicians, who are opposed to
the use of quinine in yellow lever cases give it as
their opinion that this development es a tendency
to insanity is the result of a too general use of
that subtle and deadly medicine. Public opinion
attributes not a few of the many yellow fever
deathe which have of so late bo terribly swelled
our mortuary annals, to the unwise use of quinine:
and if to the supposed death-dealing qualities of
quinine, be added the production of deufnesa, and
blindness and swollen limbs, and intimity ! how
moat be the responsibility of those who bavo
so freely, in fifty-gram doses, administered it.
This matter was referred to, some days ago, in
the Orleanian, the editor of which paper could
only acooont for so new and remarkable a develop
ment of insaDity union? the Irish by attributing it
to the potency of the “ great yellow fever medi
cine.”
But the new outburst of insanity is not wholly
confined to any one class of our population
Every nationality contributes its victims, upon
whose brains the '‘written troubles” of quinine
have been traced for all those who havo recently
become insane, have but a short time sines had
their names recorded in the physicians’ books as
among the lucky onee who were cured of yellow
fever.-True Delta.
In the day» of patriarehes a woman’s conduct
was the index of her heart. When, for example,
the father of Rebekah asked her if she wonld go
with the servant oflsaac, she immediately replied.
“ I will go.” Had she been a daughter of thelD'h
century she would, I believe, havo answered in
• hi# manner: “Oh, pshaw I go with him I Why,
It". Itaae muat be sick. Go with him I Os court*
I wont.” And then—she would have gone with
him.
VOL. LXVI.—NEW SERIES VOL. XVII.-NO. 43.
Politic! la Phlloaopby.
I We find the annexed letter circulating in tb«
papers in connexion with the feud in tho Demo,
emtio party of New York, which has of late dla
solved the harmony over which its organa have ao
complacently rejoiced:
Nxw You, June 80,1881.
Gentlemen : —As l mast of necessity be absent
from the city I cannot aooeptyour invitation to at
tend the celebration ol tho approaching anniversa
ry of American Independence. Whon the several
States shall ham to' mind their cum business, with
out meddling in the affairs of others, and shall be
tuithfulto the Constitution as It ia, without reject
ing any part of it, the Union will stand too strong
lor its enemies, without and within. And whon
the Democracy shall build ngain on its founda
tions, without constructing new platforms to catch
the factions of the day, it will regain ita ascendancy
in the State and the Nation. Presuming that your
soeioty desires to bring about those important
ends, 1 am, with cordial good wishes, trnly yours,
GBEKNB C.BboNSON,
If it depended on the interest we take in the
political controversy which baa exhumed this let
ter, we do uot know that we ehould transfer it to
our columns ; but unoouacionaly to the writer per
haps, it contains a philosophical and important
truth, which might, as a principle of political and
social action, be expanded to apply to ever-reour
ri ng circumstances of our publio and private life.
“When'.he several States shall learn to mind their
own business, without meddling with the affaire
of othore,” says Mr. Bronson, “the Union will
stand too strong for its enemies, without and with
in.” No doubt of it. This suooiuct declaration
must command the assent of all. It open* a mine
of thought in which the most vigorous intellect,
and largest intelligence may labor without ex
hauetiug, aud from which the most superficial
thiuker may bring away abundant food for aftor
reflection upou bis duty to himself and his neigh
bor.
It is unnecessary for us to onlargo upon tbs lan
guage of Mr. Bronson in its bearing upon tbe sub
ject in reference to which it was penned. Long
since, aud oiten, we have urged a practical obedi
onoo to tbe commands of the Constitution whioh
so plainly toll us to mind our business; to let alone
what ws have no right to meddle with ; to let
Southern Stales and Northern Staton mauugo their
iuternal atfuirs assoema best to thorn, and to bend
our etforts, in the largo fleld still left Mr us, to pro
mote the welfare, happiness, and respectability of
our whole oouutry.
The rule ofoonduot laid down by Mr. Bronson
might be, with tbe happiest effects, extended up
ward and downward, to Nations as well as to
Statos, and to individual as well aa to nations.—
Us benefioenos is not exceeded by Us wisdom. In
the course of life, wbstloss, wbst grief aud em
bsrrassment would not beavertod by a general ob
servance of a rule which, without injuring any
one, leaves all to pursue their own happiuess, ac
cording to their own judgment, without any re
striction save that whioh it imposes in common
with the golden rule itself; for, by miuding our
owu business, we certainly do unto others as we
would that they should do unto us. We have heard
this injuuctiun against meddling, celled the
elevonlh commandment; and sometimes wo have
felt tempted to wish—not to speak it profanely—
that it had been incorporated into the decalogue.
It' we rise trout privato lile to the oomemplaliou
of public affairs, of history and national polioy, we
tuny read a significant exposition of the value o!
this caution ugainst intermeddling, whioh ie more
worthy to be taken to heart in the proportion, that
country is deurer than sols. To be satisfied how
much tbe humau race lias Buffered from a disre
gard of this caution ; what devastating wars and
what retardation of tbe world’s advanooment in
intelligence and happiness have resulted ; wbst
prejudices and false principles have been engen
dered, only tbe brielest glance ia requisite lrom
our own time through the long and variously tint
ed vista of history whioh terminates in dim legend
a mere oblivion. All concur iu the Bame story of
oppressive might and suffering right. Where
right should tiuvo been peacefully allowed to culti
vate and improve its endowments, might haß
stalked forward to blight the growth of intelli
gence, ut.d, by desolating trie face of nature and
depopulating the country, has left tor a succeed
ing generation the slow task ot amelioration—u re
presston so often practised by foroe of arms or mo
ral control that, in its impotent etforts for advance
ment toward man’s true dignity, aud an apprecia
tion of his own destiny, it wus well typified by the
labors of Sist phus in his oternal alternation of
hope and disappointment.
Happily the world in advancing age has not
been exempt from the influence of the troth that
wisdom grows with years. Isolated progress, out
stripping the getterul sentiment, began to shod its
benign example slowly on tbe world. Invention
and discovery kiudled a fuint light from unfre
quont sparks of intellectual study, and heralded
the approach of day, whioh dawned and brighten
ed at last under the beneficent epread of tbe art of
printing. Books multiplied, mind communicated
with mind, travel booame common, a noble or
usetul idea was soon common property, and was
wrought out for universal benefit by collision of
practised Intel ecta. Not only dominion began to
be claimed over tbe material world and its myste
ries, but problems of even deeper importance were
resolved. The human mind, os it waved its pin
ions in triumph over physical obstacles, began to
dream of human equality, and little by little, keep
ing what it gained, nulla vestigia retrorsum, refused
to do compressed by the iron bands whioh had
sufficed to restruin its unassisted and ignorant
struggles before the light of sooial and political
knowledge bad disclosed its power and its juet
rights. Then commenoed the contest between the
rulers and the ruled. Sometimes advancing a
whole century by grasping a charter from the re
luctant hand of a sovereign ; then stationary from
supinenossand want of ooncert; again striding for
ward uudertbo shield of a Bill of Rights, this me
gio principle of liborty diffused a belief in its bless
ings and a hope for their enjoyment, until, under
tho guidance of its radiant star, the zealous hearts
of Europe crossed the Atlantic ooean, and in the
fullness of time behold tbe culmination of that star,
amidst tho jubilant shouts of a people who had
bravely achieved their independence.
Thus acted our progenitors. Placed by,their
deeds in this high position—having the privilege
to think, speak, and act in accordance with our
owu enlightened views of right, emancipated from
any entangling obligation to participate in any
policy, war, or alliance which we are unable to jus -
tify before the world, uud, what is much more ne
cossary, to our owu calm judgments—we should be
well prepared, and should bo ever ready to prove
to all loss highly favored that, having won liberty,
we know its value; that so far from confounding it
with license and a justification of every wild cru
sade, many of which once scandalized a sister Re
public, we know how to temper liberty with jus
tice ; that we desire to exhibit a lamp to direct,
not a beacon to warn off, those who have been
cheered by our success, and now look tremblingly
to be assured that our example will lead them to
prosperity and honor, and eaable them to Bhun the
false lights whioh have ever misled the natlot s
who sought the goal of rational, orderly freedom
which we alone hav •. attained.
It would be easy from the above vein of sugges
tion to educe a few considerations which might
not be without some practical benefit if applied to
tbe very days in whioh we believe. But we be
Move tbe sequitnr is sufficiently plain to be appre
ciated without our aid ; or, if we have any thing to
add byway of pointing tbe morel, we shall reserve
it for another opportunity.— National Intelligencer.
Mosquitoes Under Glass.— A friend of ours, who
has a taste for natural history, is at present engaged
in cultivating mosquitoes, aud hopes to have them
in full season during the wintor. He keeps the lar
vte in glass jam half filled with water, and oovered
at the top with ooarso muslin; and as the mosqui
toes emerge from their tadpole condition, they oo
cupy the upper part of the cylinders, where they
disport themselves for four days in a lively man
ner, and on the fifth lay their eggs and die. In
this way he keeps up a “succession of crops,” and
by regulating the temperature of tbe breeding
room, will bo able to continue tba mosquito bnz
ziness until tbe natural season oommenoes. The
development of the mosquito Is a curious process.
In the first place, the egg becomes whet is called
tho “water tiger”—a brisk little clock faced devil,
that devours all the smaller anamalculse with insa
tiable appetite. In the spectrum of a drop of wa- -
ter projected from a hydro oxygen microscope, we
have seen the shadows of one of these water fiends
swnllow the shadows of a dosen smaller imps—the
larva of midges and suoh “ small deer ” —in less
than 8 minutes. In due time, a change comes over
the monster. Nature envelopes it in a pellicle or
semi-transparent shroud, from which the antenna
of the mosquito sticks out at one end and tbe tail
at the other. Finally the creataro rises to the sur
face, the caul bursts, and out flies the insect like
an infernal illustration of tho fable of Psyche. In
five days tho machinery of its existence, which is
wound up to go for that time, and no longer, runs
down. Such is the biography of the mosquito!—
Sunday Tima.
The N. Y. Tribune of Saturday, says:
By private advices from the Sandwich Island?,
we learn that the question Os commencing ne
gotiations for the cession of the sovereignty of the
Islands to the United States, upon such conditions
as will secure to the inhabitants all their civil
rights and their property, is being generally dis
cussed by the foreign residents in the Islands. It
is the opinion of our correspondent that the general
desire for such a cession will oporate upon the
minds of the King and Chiefs. Tho representa
tives of Greut Britain and France are very much
disturbed at this state of facts. Accordingly on
August 80, they asked an audience ot the King and
I’rivy Council “for the purpose of expressing their
sentiments respecting some occurrences which
they conceive deeply involved in the sovereignty
of tho King and the independence of the Islands.*’
This had been granted, to take place after the date
of our dispatches. If these representatives speak
highly of American sympathy, and so forth, it is
supposed there will results state of feeling which
will drive the King to an immediate application to
president Pierce. Very possibly the question of
annexing the Islands may be brought before the
next Congress.
Cotton and Uutta Pebcha.—Wo copy the an
nexed paragraphs from a fill of Herampore papera,
obligingly handed to ns by A. H. l’almer, Ksq.:
We perceive from the report of the meeting of
the Agrihorticultnral Society of India that the Go,
vernmcnt, prize of Ra. 5,000 for the beet cotton
cleaning machine hae been awarded to two firms,
both of Massachusetts. Noaccount is added of the
peculiar merits of these machines, but we presume
they are somewhat less expensive than the last for
wlnch a prize was awarded. We perceive also that
Mr. J. H. Prinsop, Assistant Commissioner at But
teeala, has bean partially successful in an attempt to
introduce American cotton into the Punjaub. The
quality of the cotton produced is remarkably white
and fine, though il appears to require acclimation.
The natives admire it greatly, though their dread
ot losing a crop, which to the majority would be
utter run, prevents any very general adoption of
the new plant. The moment it is proved that this
description will pay better than the iooai kinds,
all reluctance to substitute the one for the other
will disappear. It took twenty years to introduce
the potatoe cultivation fairly into Bengal. At pre
sent the breadth of land planted with this esculent
increases year by year by hundreds of acres.
In the same report a letter is published from
Captain Hollings, detailing the result of certain ex
poriments with the juice of the malar, the Indiau
guttapercha. The tests have been applied in evory
usual method, and the result, which is not very
clearly stated, seems to be that themadar possesses
every property of the better known material. Cap
tain Hollings has succeeded in obtaining from it
clearly defined impressions of sesroe ooiDS, * | most
difficult operation in this country. We think this
dißCoverv has scarcely received the attention it
meritß. ‘From the disgracefully reckloss manner
in wtdeh the gnlta percha trade is now carried
-70,000 tree/have Men felled W be «.p
ply must soon lease for any practical p irpos a.
Ibemadar. on the other ,J.
where, needs no cultivation, and the shgh.est <'
courage.., ent would produce asnpply asin< xhausli
1>I«5 aa that of rice
The steamer Charleston, which left this city on
Wednesday with • schooner in tow, and i. gang of
men proceeded to the Au-tria and returned be
lame night, having left the vessel and men by the
Austria was found to be in a bad c n
ditwn, being twisted very much out'd shape, a«d
her wood ends are thought to be Bt»lt*d. It to
supposed that if aha could be got off,
impoeeible to keep her afloat.— Qktrlsstt* Qourw,
Curiosities or History.
ooNix-orrs, the ancient pruTOlt ot emus.
In the present swakeuing of the Oelsstlsl Em
pire, from its profound sleep of ages, and the pros
pect of a complete overturn and onsnge of dynssty,
with übw modes of life; and the infusion of new
principles, and new knowledge, consequent on the
throwing open of that vest kingdom to the com
merce and intercourse of the world, everything
connected with it, in tho history of tbe past, be
comes matter of Increasing interest, h ll notions
have their great names. Moßt nations who M
date their origin in remote ages, oan point to some
illustrious person in the dim past, some half pro
phet, half philosopher, whose memory they ve
nerate, and whose Instructions have remained » •
lasting treasure, a vivifying influence, to mould
successive ages as they come upon the stage. Tho
name oecrpying this position iu the hietoryof Chi
na ia that of Confncina.
This noble and inspired philosopher lived about
600 years before Christ, and was cotemporary
with Socrates. The religion wbloh be taught U
still that of the literati and persons of rank in Chi
na and Tonquin. It oonsists in a deep inward ve
neration of the one God or King of Heaven, end
in tbe practice of every moral virtue. They have
ueithor temples or priests, nor any external form
of warship, but every one adores the Supreme Be
ing as be likes best. Coufucias did not dive into
abstruse dootrines. He contented himself with
teaching the deepest love end adoration for the
Greut Author of all being, whom be repreeente ee
tbe essence of all putity, and the source and foun
tain of all things. His provideuce Is over sil bis
creatures; and to Him all arc responsible for their
conduot. No act or thought, however aeoret, ie hid
deu from Him, and bis goodness aud justness are
such that ho can lot uo virtue go unrewarded, nor
vloo unpunished.
Tbe principal writings of Confucius remaio'ng
to our day are " Tbe King," or olaasicul books of
tbe Szeshoo, or moral books, lie striotly forbade
idol worship, and tho deifioation of men ; never
theless, his moro ignorant followers persisted in
deifying him; aud at the present day, aooordiog to
Dr. Milne, on tho authority of their own writers,
Ibero are mote thou fifteen hundred and sixty
temples, dedicated to him; and sixty-two thousand
animals, chiefly pigs and rabbits, are annually
sacrificed to his memory.
The most touching anti interesting point in the
life of this great man, is tho fact, in nis dying mo
ments, lie encouraged his disciples, us he had also
done before, by prophesying of tbo coming of
Christ. He predicted that “in the W#st, tbe Holy
One would appear.”
A reference to this singular faot is fraquant la
tbe Chincso writings. In the Cungyang. written
by a grandson of Confucius, is the followiug pas
sage: “A good principle lays tho basis of his oon
duct iu himself; he establishes among bla people
the authority of Ills own example; he regulates
himself, though without blind obstinaoy, by the
founders of the first throe dynasties; he direeta hie
actions unceasingly according to heaven and earth)
he rules over minds, and fiuas no reason for doubt
or inquietude, cuiiJidenUy expecting the Holy Mam,
who U to appear at the end of aget."
In tho Vhinq ktau chin ttcuen or “True Interpre
tation of the Divine Law,” is tho following: “The
Minister Pe consulted Confucius, saying : ’Master,
are you not a holy muni’ He replied: ■'Whatever
effort I make, my memory cannot reoall any one
worthy of this title.’ ‘But,’ returned tbe Minister,
‘were not tho throe kings (founders of the early
dynasties of ilea, Shang uud Chow) saints 1’ ‘These
three kings,’ replied Confucius) ‘endowed with ex
cellent goodness, wure filled with enlightened pru
donuo and individual toroe; but I know not that
they were saints.’ The Minister igain asked:
‘Were not the five lords (fiveemperors who reign
ed iu China antecedent tothe first dynasty)eainleP
•Tho five emperors,’ suid Confucius, mdowed with
excellent goodness, exacted a divine charity and
unalterable jnatioo, but 1 know uot tiiat they were
suiutß.’ Tbo Minister still aeked: 'Were not the
three august ones (personages in Chinese mytho
logical history) saints i’ ‘The three argust ones,'
replied Confucius, ‘may huvo made use of their
time (i. «., well employed along life); bat 1 am
Ignorant whether they woie saints.' Tne Minister,
sstonishod, said to him : ‘lf this be tho case, who
can bo called taint V Confucius, somewbstmoved,
replied with gentleness: '1 have heurd say. that In
the We-tern Countries, there has been (or there
will be) a Holy Man, without exertit.g any act of
government, will prevent troubles; who, without
speaking, will - inspire spontaneous faith; who,
without working uuy (violent) changes, will pro
duce an oec&n of (good) actions. No man U able
to tell his name; hut 1 have heurd say that thle
was (or will be) the True Saint.’ "—Sunday D*»-
pakh.
Third Congressional District.
The Federal Union is mistaken. in the interro
gatories wo put to it, in relation to the couduct of
Gov. Cobb in the maiter of I lie election in the
third Congreßßioimi District, we did not mean to
impugn its voracity. Wo sought to obtain the
truth, and to ascertain with precision, ceitaiu fact*
to which we called the attention or the editor.
Thiß much in explanation of our meaning.
The Federal Union fulls to respond to our quee
lions. It dismisses the subject, serious as ft la,
with the following romuik:
"We look our returns of the vote of Harris
county (torn the amended returns on file in the
Executive office. We presume they were made
out by the proper officers. If the Kepublioan baa
any quarrel with Gov. Cobb, we refer him to that
gentleman lor an explanation."
Two inferences muy be drawn from the manner
in which the Union treats tho interrogatories pro
pounded. It either finds itself unable to justify the
conduct of Gov. Cobb, or it is disposed to give
that gentleman the cold shoulder and leave him
to take care of hirnsel f. 11 the latter be the oorreet
deduction, then the loregoing extraot assumes an
importunoo which would not otherwise attach to
it, in this, that it evinces an indifforonce to bis
Excellency which is incompatible with a desire to
see him eieoted to the United Suites S> nets.
It is reasonable to suppose, however, that our
metropolitan contemporary would havo justified
Gov. Cobb, if the facts had udmitted of it. We
had in subntauco denied tliut Bailey whs elected to
Congress in the district in question, and called up
on the Union to tell us whether the original re
turns sent up to Milledgoville from Harris county,
did not giveTrippo a majority in the district. We
inquiredalso, whether Gov. Cobb did not send
these returns baok to Harris to be corrected; tad
if so, whether they were coireoted, end in wbat
way and by whom. We further asked whether
Mr. Bailey, and bis friend Mr. McCune of Griffin,
did not go to Harris to procure affidavits in regard
to the vote of the county, end whether Gov. Cobb
did not dispatch a letter to tho county on the same
subject. Wo Bought to be informed whether the
Executive proclamation ot Bailey’s election was
based upon the returns of tho managere of tbe
election, or upon the uffidaviU procured by Messrs.
Baily and MoCunc.
Wo submit tbut these are most reasonable In
quiries ; yet tbe Federal Union declines a reply to
them, lor tbe reason, wo presume, that he could
make none which woul > relieve the Governor. It
spoaks of " amended returns on file in the Execu
tive office," but is careful not to inform the public
whether these returns were "amended” by tbe
affidavits alluded to, or by tbe superintendents of
the elootion.
Weshall return to this subject again.— tiatnnnai
Repub.
Fobcino Education.— There is much of troth and
good souse in the subjoined paragraph from th*
Philadelphia Hun. The fault, wo apprehend, is not
with the teachers of our day, but with the parents,
who, in this as well as in other matters, have deep
ly imbibed at the fountain of “Progress,” and do
notbeliove that their cbih'reu are learning any
thing unless they oorry a horse load ot books to
school every morning. The best teachers are those
who still adhero to old fogy dora with regard to
the importance of their pupils, knowing and un
derstanding what they profess to study, before go
ing to the next station. —South Carolinian.
The San says:
“Budimental education 1b greatly uegleoted in
our schools. There is a word of truth in the re
oent remarks of the North American, that‘chil
dren now-a-days curry to and from school loads of
books, and red's from them daily, without under
standing even the meaning of the subject they ere
studying; the basis, the elements ot knowledge,
are overlooked, while high sounding names (all
the ologies) are paraded beloro tbe minds of am
bitious parents through the medium of promising
circulars. Meanwhile the good old-fashioned srts
of spelling and reading aiul understanding whet
you read, aie neglected as too common piece for
classes that have reached geology, astronomy, and
moral philosophy. We believe that more usefiil
information may be gained by children, from sim
ple reading, before they reach their teens, if ac
companied by explanations from their teachers,
than by ail the book cramming which it now the
practice of our schools. Reform is greatly needed
in tliie partioular, and if some one would etart a
school upon tbe piinciple of devoting more time
to the rudiments, he would soon find his benches
til occupied."
The Sphere or Woman.— Despise woman f No l
She is tbe most udinirublo handiwork of God, la
her true placo and character. Her place Is st man's
side. Her offieu, tliut of tho sympathiser; the un
reserved, unquestioning believ. r ; the recogni
tion, withheld in every other manner, but given,
in pity, through woman's heart, lest man should
utterly lose faith in biun-glf, the echo of God’s own
voice, pronouncing, “It is well done 1” All the
separate aotion of woman ir, and ever hoe been,
and always shall be, false, foolish, vain, destructive
of her own best and holio. t qua ities, void ot every
good effect, and productive of intolerable mis
chiefs!
Man is a wretch without woman; but woman is
a monster—and, thank Heaven, au almost impos
sible and hitherto imaginary moiißter—without
mau us her acknowledged principal I As true as
I had once a mother whom I loved, were there any
possible prospect of woman’s taking the sociu
stand which some of them—ppor, miserable,
ahorti' e creatures, who only dream of such things
because thoy have missed woman’s peculiar happi
ness, or because nature mado them really neither
mau nor woman I if there wero a chance of their
attaining the end which these petticoated mon
strosities have in view, 1 would cull upon my own
sex to use its physical force, that unmistakable
evidence of sovereignty,.to scourge them back
within their proper bounds 1 But it will not be
needful. The heart <>f true womanhood knows
where its own sphere is, and nevoraeeks to stray
beyond ill — Hawthorn*.
“Old Bull’s concert I" said Mrs. Partington,
glancing np from her knitting as she read the an
nouncement of the grand conoert on Saturday
evening, and she smiled ns tho ridiculous fancy
ran through her mind, like a grasshopper in a
stubble field, of an old bull giving a conoert.
“And yet it is’ntso very wonderftil,” continued
she, “lor I remember a cat and canary that lived
together, and ohe or tother of em need to sing
beautifully. But 1 wonder what he plave on.
Ike suggested that he played on one of his. own
horns "which seemed to be reasonable. “I am
flad he is going to give his conoert, because when
went down to hear a great artisan play on a vio
lence, as they culled it, though I found out after
wards it was nothing but a fiddle, they were
going to charge a dollar till I told ’em I was one
of the connections ot the Post, snd they let me
in. I can’t think what music an old bull can
make I’m suro. It must bo very uproarious, I
should think, and better fitted tor overturns than
past ureal music.” She closed her critique with, a
pinch ol snuff, and got onto her wires again Ilka
a telegraphic despatch and went ahead, while Ike
amused himself by scratching bis name with a
board nail in magnificent Roman eapitals upon tbe
newly painted pamiel of the kitchou door.
The Fbost and Lbots.— Our exchanges from all
sections of thu country give accounts oi iht heavy
frost wtm I. visited us on Tuesdiy morning of ,ust
seek, it extended throughout this Stale, Alaba
n,a;nd Mississippi so tar as heard from, slid was
a< tended with the seine destructive tffeots upon
vegetation ol all kinds. Owing to the backward
msn of <o!ten, its effeota upon W at crop meet be
v .iy disastrous. In this and other neighbor ng
counties through which »« have traveled (luring
the part week, it ie itu| ossiblefor theyield to turn
out more than hi ll the usual average. We have
no doubt the same stuto of tbiugp exists, to e
greater or Isas extent, throughout the Boutberfi
States.— Washington Republican.
Tho State Bank of New York was robbed 91
Monday of 987,009.