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’• , C the “ » nK ' °f ** e f' r ® ct * tiv *
■ 1 of Oregon, Now Mexico,
u ", ; tv,“ t7r«i>3 Minnwou, terntoriea, and
• , f . r priaiiex s7* o#o towarda paying the
'•; ,• ‘ 7 r ,*.e , (TOioo Oeyaae war, were adopted.
>,, »-,-b :»h the office of Surveyor Gen
. l ' v ,. y«xie->,aed granting 'and* to aclnai
,■ war | i>ei, with an amendment for ap
Surveyor General and Register and Ka-
J,,,., j , r Nebraska and Keuaae, in order to open
•in.o. if •. those Mrritoriea for Killing.
;-.t t : sing bitla were likewise passedA
' ;■ a’ ending former arts relative to the appoint
of Surveyor General, and the donation of
...• .'an Oregon. A bill euthoriang the aorreya
a tnwt of land belonging to the Daootah Indians
M. «a A bill appropriating $20,000 fora
»»; r-j. Jin Oregon. A hill author!ting the
• ett a ietit of expenses attending the Rogue river
it *.aa war in Oregon. A bill epproprisling |25,-
< v tore nr ‘ary road in Utah. A bill ta ret sod
• ..o the rtjwnsee incurred in suppressing In
dian boatiitliee and compensating the civil officers
• - rved in Kew Mexico, while that territory
was . isr military governrzjent.
Toe hr ft toen t-.ok np the bill providing for
week's r ltd service betwee . the Atlantic states
and baa Franc soo. It authority the I'oetmo.-ir
G -.enu to contract with the lowest and best bid
u«r, toe usual advertisement, tor the trani
r -a. OM.' me tinted States’ Mails from Now
V -k, i’t : elvtpi ia or Baltimore, and from Now
<>r> • fat Francisco and back by the mo»t
vtjssi boo - and pra.'dceble routes; the service to
be -'toroid ••■mi monthly, and at such times
us.,sf > « ■ rectiouef the i' jiHiwMer General, as
<t ebboec-om with other mall service wil. secure,
w•. - : a-,-r-i table, a weekly mail each way
.. a : r ,»te> doeignatad, provided the en
fnwa .i of aneb service shall not exceed $260,C00
. • man. No contract under this act to be
■.H -ai n limn four years. Any contract so
■mde usy be diaoontiuued on three monthe’ pre
.. . idee witntiUt oost to Government, ltis also
- . .t> to discontinue any existing contract
. tervice htrein re*j tired, and to make a new
< , racl therefor, whenever greater expedition cun
be secured wuttn the provisions in the act ex
j.v . -tAil laws in force authorizing the Poet
s-aw General toasnenii hues or penaiiies for non
pertom»»noe of mail contracts shall be made appli
cants to any contract made In pursuance of this
A . I' Jion having arisen is to whether this
•rv.. g.-mei.t can be entered upon wltbont impair
ing pieaent contracts, Mr. Macs, Chairman of the
He eci«.-uitaiUaa, Heretofore appointed toinves
••f,'. -!»- .ship frauds, said they wonld be able
in » few days to present a report showing that
li.ut.afe astounding Muds and swindling, from
.i.c .'airs. Tbero will then lie no**djflsculty i
affording nailer uaraJ facilities to California.
Mr i> ,* I tea'llia committees on Post Offices
twv. o inthi. ago repoAed a bill to abrogate the cod
•r-c s for carry ng the mails hetwoen New York
ill' ■-srpool, and loSan Krancii-00. He believed
■■ rre.a haa the po aer to abrogate the con
> ■ U.l ! a vessels. It would bo eheapor
l a t. - ... -i... n smk them in the ocean than to
on. t. i « prw-eu. postal arrangement. Wears
I.g ,«:r. three ijnailers of a rmliion of
,! i.u . - ini oioi.ll.iy uTviCe,IVban 1 Vban for a quar-
. , .J «; Lwe cur get u weuk i'j *ei .iOO.
, .- ,r , , ~i r ,1 an opportunity U- look into
i ( i'j farthof • fj'iwiwratioii ofthe bill
, I V" -'I ur.lil next Tuesday woek.
/ i.fcu Adjonrnod, having in throe
< : i u on hualuosa than during u.jj
*•. A of Übo IMMWiOD.
IN rnNATE Jumb 19.
t< i- i »,«ir prtucnied » oum.nuriioslion from tho
it i moat reia i veto tho removal of the
, , H. l.ai. Also ‘r mi the Navy Department
r , . . u> the e-iabii >uineut of a National Ar
jf iOi. e> ai'.olo-ol North Carolina. Re
. I ti .| in lured to lio printed.
- war.J presented the memorial of a citizen
, i •* York, olsnuiiig to ho tho iuvontor of a bat
. . . r- ot must tremendous force, thirteen of
. i re i .patuc ol defending tho coast of the U.
|l 11. Maine to Texas.
Mr. ‘ i (iii:-anted the memorial of tho Common
< o* Now York, against the repeal of the
11 v i lair relal ng to the Assay office in tlmt
dlt.
Mr. Mn- iii reported a bill fur the relief of Oapt.
1.. A F. Live *ue of the Navy, and tho same was
I a "I.
•n i'mu of Mr. Mallory, tho donate took up
• I regarding the Navy Department. Mr.
M .. *e*l a roliatitnte for tho hill, which woh
*fr, i ... The bill war then read a third time.—
i , . . . 1 . tponed ti Ito morrow.
Vi i) ;■ ::.r 1.0 l changing the time of the an*
r ,! a,i g if Congress Ironi tho first Monday in
(• mi, ,-r to the 8r i Monday in October, watt ta
li. i up.
Mr. Haul, r moved toamend the bill by insort
n* Viv. i'.t ir in place of October. He raid tiiai
i erer * *<v a,pored principally of farmereand
i» •). i» ■ ihr *,, there ooeupa'ionr wore very bn
ay in ».t .tier.
Vu I* nr 1 ir aaid the olijoct of tho bill was to
e,u_ . ■ .* . esr.oi'S ol Congress, instead of hav
* n i . .ii nine "lontha, and the other three,
as at present.
Mr > lay t ~ii advocated the bill.
Vr. M ii opposed it. Ho thought itspractical
el: cl »o Id l*o to prolong the short session, with
o.i i. tim I nation >ifthc longsossion.
Mr. Do ijlar raid be had another bill establish
ing li.. i lie, ’hat both Houses shall atthe long
Session adjourn in May.
Mr lb,yard raid all elforta to shorten tho son
»knu-of Congress would prove fruitless, unless tho
per ii eoi compensation wiw abolished, and au an
neal -e’ary fixed for members.
It had I, ■« i. clearly shown that Congress could
di, .is much business in a throo months’ aession aa
in niuo nimUia.
Tti« t il war then postponed.
Th« Yc’o d lusane Land Ki'l won than taken up.
Mi Sew ,r*i spoke at length against tho Veto.
Mr. C4hj got tiic floor and tho bill was post
poned.
Ten iioure bills relating to the Territories were
re jvivei), token mi and referred.
Attar a abort Kxccutlvo session tho Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE.
Mr Obufchwotl made a |>erronal explauatieli in
regard to »eme remarks wideh fell from Senator
Bed du’ii [> the Nebraska debate. Messrs. Camp
bell and’ 'lorn also made personal explanations
in r< terooco to the same subject.
Mr. Stanton presented certain l«tterß in regard
to the right **t 'be Hon. Mike Walsh to bis seat.
After e brief d-haie the Committee on Election
were di*»:l.urged from thn further consideration of
tin nieinofir.; on thel snbiNJt.
Mr. Ho'.eUn from the Committee on Ways and
Minn , reported u hill reducing tho revonuo and
adjusting the duties upon imports. Mr. Robbins,
from Ido same c.mnnittee offered a substitute for
tie hd.' M.i a minority report. The hill und rub
r t.it« wire r-, erred to tho Committeo of the
V; s » I ordered to l»e printed.
Mi Hillyer tuav.l to suspend the rules in order
b* retrod 'ubill “to change the day fertile an*
ndm » lntiling ot t'ongrers.'’ Tho rules wero
m-)r-*i let and tho bill read which proposes to
c* vige the day ol meeting to tho first Monday of
Kcvetnhei.
After t .at*- and explanations tho bill was
p-soaed '• a vote of 81 to 77 and the House ad-
Jooimd. ,
IK SENATE .Inno 20.
Mr. Siara t iruve notice ot s bill, regulating tho
nengali.* • it.e coast of Atrice in vo-sols owned
to .Vner cai ci* • ue, !<oi* ga hill to break up the
Aft n an elan trade til Amcrioau vcaaels.
Mr. James rm orUu n bill amending the Patent
Other ins
Tb« Na»»l Hill wa taken nn. Mr. Heritor moved
i. , .aniralar t* ' v .lo or.lcrnig the bill toa third
r> *.t *g. lie II it required amendment in so
ri-isli -r .'ei. I c-lnolisheJim additional bu
rn. .i'll w.is gctn.T tpinocoe-ary. It also
ga»o •>. ..i 1 ; .!*■ x* "!*> |>ower of appointing officers
~l .hr .»r p. mu.nbo-, ol Ooi gree '. widen hudld
n,' * war right Ir provide*! also f>r tw > ro
• r- < , i c■.•'i,h..ri ed to wear tbetisval buttou,
. ... tl. re - denied that privilege. Tile Id'l
H. * i i n .-it o- e • f luoce retired beta under a
*'guia '• ought l oth retired lictu should bo
rwdne dto
Mr. Xa r\ replied deliiuding th- bill K ”d re
oonnt’iix the glorious aetuavunieuts of the navy in
dsv« gi n- by, amt pointing out the neglect with
wt • d. < mgrees always treated ;t.
yir 1* ini- ' -eiiiju war agreed to, and the bill
wa« turn o ■ ed.
T* . .. d bill was take u ( -.
Mr. • 'onroad a speech arguing that tho bid |
w»- ci •: y uuconautuUoual.
Mr. i'uucey got the floor.
Mi. liuntcr moved the I*ilt be poetposed till to
**sfr. M' u-t oppo- d, sa)iogif the Senate over in
to ie*l f dirrx. wof l bill and lake up tho
i. nuv-tsad bill, it was rot to be done by having
one speech a day.
Mo-rr . Cars, Madision, Bell and others advoca
ted the postponement with a view of taking up
other bamii’ss.
Messrs, fir wii and Waikor advocated taking up
the ilotne**ead Bill.
At bait-par; two there being no disposition
ah .wo to vote ou tho postponement, Mr. Atchisou
moved au adjournment. Agreed to.
HOUSE.
The bill granting laud to Minesota for Railroad
perjiorea war takcu up.
Mr. Chufchaell obtained the floor fora personal
aspUnri .mi, and charge i that the repm iu tho
|>a ;v tl .die, of tho rroeevding* of yesterday, was
iueoWeet iu -uiing ilia* Jlr.Cullom had prouounc
«.t his suieaient trlse; any such report he raid,
yvar intanu -*dy ia!—, and heeliargad Cullom with
hat'd'C trem inserted. Mr. Oul'orn immediately
rushed towards Churchwell, uttering the words
“damned Uar,” and a fight would have en-uod but
fbr tim icerfereuce of members. <Juiet was
flna'% rortored
The 'lion-iota Bill, offer a violent effort to
defeat it, w-a hnsKV passed by 8510 71.
Ml. Mti'nv’t gave notice that ho would to-mor
row m r-!.te* a question of privileges relative to
the MV:; viiSatioi*i f the rales of tho House.
Ai'i'i | -Sing a rra. lution fer distributing the
u*ual mew of books among new r.embers the
Boom adjuarned.
IN SENATE ,Jcnk 81.
s*" liewari said tlial he hac been instructed by
the Ut. ttee ouCouiu'crce, to which had been
reh-rt-i . inou* petitions praying for aid to the
Stale rd New York for the oonatraeton of a ship
eaua. arouud the Fails of Niagara, to sav that
wlulu the Oome-iitlee unealuviusiy weieimnrencd
with the importance ot the great woik and eor
diailv approved ft, rtui there was u division ol
<qda.cn iu the committee in part a* to the expedi
«jcycf*Miugit DOW. aadin part as to the Con
atita'ienaiity of the forms of aid proposed, so that
the . eon agree ou no bill, and therefore they ask
t 6 s>* disobaiye.lfrom the fortber oousideratiun of
the same. Agreed to.
Mr. Hamlin reported a bill amendatory of the
steam newt law. Tho bill oslabhsher a new inspec
tion dx-’riet oomporod of California, Washington
and Oregon, which are now attached to the die
mot *'t New Orleans. It also sue perils till March
nea the n.uib section ot that act which imp era
lively requires a certain alloy to be used in the
eccaiructaon of atoainboal boilers. The bill was
taken p and passed.
Mr. be ward introduced a bill regulating thenav
igs. on ot American Vcsaels from tlie Wi-st Indies
to the coart of Africa.
A bill tor the relief of James Dixon, was repor
ted wed pa-red.
The Navel KiM was then ukeu np, and after
aocte amendta uts were adopted, the bill was
passed—yaea M, nays 11.
Mr. beerardV bill provides th.t any American
ver-sl which shall iw ro'd in whole or in part, in
any of iha Spanish Wert India Nlands, shall re
tail to the United Slates bes to making any voy
age, and obtain a new register. It also declares any
<• iu Heron carried on iu American venal.** between
hp-..iri. Wis; Indies and coast of Africa unlawful.
Laid an the table.
Mr. l.witi raid that tho bill reported a few days
Ago in relation to the creditors of Taxes did not
rscene the approval of a angle member of the
Committee on Finance. He therefore moved it be
(•Committed. Agreed to.
The Vetoed Ir eane Land bid was then taken np.
Mr. To invV spoke overan hour in defence of the
veto and araic*t the bill.
Mr. Bell replied for an hour in support of the
biii, bat had not concluded when he yielded the
floor, end the bill was postponed.
After a short executive evasion the Senate *d
jeeiMi
HOOBE.
Mr. Churchwell. I rise to make an apology to
the House for the breach of decorum I committed
yesterday. I bolievc those who have associated
with me for the last three yreara will beer testi
mony that I have at least been reapeeVfat it my
persons] intercourse. begun to assem
ble around Mr. Churchwell.]
Speaker. Gentlemen will please resume their
seats, otherwise disorder must bet he consequence.
Mr Churchwell resumed. I bopel have always
been found among those who desire and who make
an effort to preserve the order and decorum olthis
body.
Mr Callom. 1 regret an unexpected and unpro
voked attack on me yesterday may have precipi
tated me into any violation of the rules of order of
this House. 1 have endoavored during mv service
here to maintain kindly relations to members, and
to observe the punctilious rights of all, and the
honor and the integrity of this body. Circum
stances over which 1 had no oontrol, and having
done nothing to provoke them by word or deed,
elicited from me language which otherwise I should
not have uttered. If 1 have violated the rules "f
the House, I ask the House to be assured it was
out of no disrespect to Ibis high forum, but the
ebulition which 1 displayed was elicited by the ex
hibition of a deadly instrument in connexion with
the remarks to which I felt justified in responding.
Mr. McMultan. Ido not wish to interrnpt the
gentleman but I rise to a question of order. —
[Voicee, oh no I let him go on.]
Bpoaker. The gentleman from Tennessee, Mr.
Callom, has taken h : s seat.
Mr. Mils'jc. The announcement just made to
the House by tbe gentleman fiom Tennosiee was
aomewuat unexpected to me. 1 do not mean to
say I did not cnerish the expectation end hope
that both these gentlemen would see it was due as
well to their own character and honor as to the
bouse, to tender he apology which has just beeD
mode for the disorder of yesterday, bot as 1 had
given notice of my purjiose to call attention to a
question of privilege, I deem it duo to myself as
well as to tho House to emieavor to preveut a re
currence of such scones, and to indicate the course
I had designed to pursue, and in order to do bo
1 ask leave to submit the following resolution.
Jittohed, That a select Committeo bo appointed
to investigate the disorder which occurred yester
day in the ur-e of warm words and threatening
gestures between Messrs. Churchwell and Cullom,
members of this House, a..d that they report
thereon to the House.
Mr. Mdlson. No man feels more than Ido the
painful necouiity bt bringing this matter to the at
tention of the House. However, occupying friend
ly relations to both those gentlemen, 1 felt 1 could
do so without being liable to the suspicion to be
moved by unworthy considerations. That the
use r. X warm words and threatening gestures is a
breach of the privileges of this House cannot be
doubted. It is of the greatest importance to the
country at large that debate should be free, and
that ah gentlemen should he privileged to engage
in it. Many capable of shedding light on ques
tions presented would be restrained from express
ing their views, should there be an apprehension
that they would be involved in the heat of such
proceedings as wo witnessed yesterday. It was
truly said by British Statesman that a blow i i Par
liament was a blow at tha Commons.
Mr. Milson finally withdrew hie resolution, after
a long debatejwhen Mr. Brooks gave notice that
he would on Wednesday introduce tbe following
resolutions:
Ruolvid, That any member who brings into this
House a concealed weapon nball be expelled by a
two-tblrds vote. [Cries of good ! good II
Hucletd, Thstthe Sergeant, at-Arms shall cause
to be erected a suitable rack in tho liotunda, where
members who arc addicted to the carrying of con
cealed weapons shall uerequired to place them be
fore entering this Hall, ana that they shall bo ex
posed for tbe inspection of the curious so long as
the owners arc employed in legislation. [Renew
ed laughter and applause ]
Mr. Keitf, from the Select Committee on too
dubject of the snperinteudency of armories made
u minority report favorable to the present system
of military suporintoudency. Ordered to be
printed.
rfornn business mainly of a private obaracterwas
t**en transacted.
The Speaker laid bofore tho House several Ex
euallvecommunications including the following:
I I> Ihe Huute us Jiepre*enlatic(t : —I have re-
I ceived information that the government of Mexi
co has agreed to the several amendments proposed
by the Senate Uo the Treaty botweon the U. States
an*l the Ropy blit Os Mexioo, signed on the 18th of
Dooember fast; and has authorized its Envoy Ex
traordinary to this (jovornniont to oxchange the
rutilication thereof. The timo within which the
ratifications can ho exchanged will expire on the
80th inst. Thero is provision in the treaty for the
payment by the Unitod States to Mexico oftoe sum
ot tf.OOO.UCO on the exchange of ratifiea'.ions, and
u further sum of $8,000,000, when tho boundsries
ot the oeded territory shall ho settled. To be en
abled to comply with tho stipulation according to
the termß of too Treaty relative to the payment
therein mentioned, it will be neco-sary that Con-
? frees should make tho appropriation of $7,000,u0u
or that purpose, before the 3Uth inst., and also the
furthor sum of |8,000,000, to be paid when the
boundaries aro established. I therefore respectful
ly request that those sums maybe put at the dis
posal of the Executive. 1 herewith transmit to
the Houso of Representatives a copy of sai l trea
ty. Ebank. Pukoi.
IN SENATE Jc.nk 22.
Mr. Rockwell presented a memorial signed by
over nineteen hundred porsons, principally of
Boston, asking Ihe immediate repeal of the fugitive
alive law. lie said the signers were persons of all
professions and occupations, and mostly persons
who had been disposed to support the compro
mise measures of 1850. They wero induced to
usk tho repeal of tho fugitive slavo law because of
the Into act repealing tho Missouri compromise.—
lie moved it be referred to the oommittoo ou the
judiciary.
Mr. Dixon said that before that motion was
adopted, Its as well as other Bcnators desired to be
heard. lie therefore moved it be postponed till
to-morrow.
Mr. Sumnor moved tho memorial would be re
ferred.
Mr. Dixon’s motion was agreed to.
Mr. Bownrd reported a bill for tho establish
ment of a linowif steamers between California end
1 Shanghai in China, and gave notice he would call
it up to-morrow.
Mr. Clayton presented the proceedings of a raeet
-1 ing in Delewaro remonstrating against any treaty
' or other tnoasuro for a reoiprccral trade in bread
stuffs.
Mr. Maboii reported a bill allowing the Orange
• und Alexandria Railroad to construct s temporary
railroad over Long Bridgo and through Washing
• ton city to conneot with the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
9 Mr. Rusk reported ft bill provided for the trans
portation of the U. 8. mails on railroads. It gives
- land to any road wbloh will contract to carry tbo
mails free of expst «a with tho United Stales.
The Washington City Railroad Bill wasdobatod
~ till one o’olook and then postponed.
r Mr. Joues, ofTonnossoo reported buck uil the
lloaro bills tor tho relief of the territories.
„ Mr. Dawson appointed a joint resolution abolish
ing distinction between surgeons and surgeon's
j mates of the Revolnttouarj army with rospeot to
extra allowances to sumo. Passed.
Mr. ilamlin reported a bill making Madison, In
( diana, a post of delivery. Passed.
Mr. Buiniior introduced a bill grunting land war
| rants to Massachusetts to aid in construction of a
I tunnel through lloosao Mountains. Referred.—
Tho vetoed iusuno land hill was then taken up.
I Mr. Hell resumed and finished at half-past three
o'elook, his speech in favor ol the bill. Mr. Brod
. heud got tho floor and tho bill vyus postponed.
The House bill creating tho office of Burvoyor
. Oenerul for Washington Territory was taken up,
amended and pnssod.
, Alter a short oxeoutive sossion tho Senate ad
, journed.
f HOUSE.
Mr. Houston from tho oommittoe ot ways and
1 means reported a bill to enable the President to
• carry into effect tho (ladsden trouty, appropriating
ten millions of dollars for that purposo. Referred
to the committeo of tho whole on the state ol the
Union.
3 Mr. Benton said ho was not willing to enter into
I the consideration of that bill until they had had an
s opportunity to inquiro whether the privileges of
the House have not boon iuvaded in the negotia
t tion of that treaty.
Mr. Houston replied it was a distinct hill, and
I was not designed to be fakon np in connection
with the general appropriation bill.
Thera was an express provision which requires
bills to carry treaties into effect to bo separately
oon iderod in committeo of tho whole ou the . tale
of the Union.
Mr. Olds, from tbo committee on post offices and
iK*Bt roads reported a bill to amend the postage
law, not exceding three thousand miles—ovor that
distance ten emits. Ocean postage to foreign
oou itries under throo thousand miles live cents.
Drop totters one cent, Advortiscd loiters cue oent
additional.
Mr. Olds moved that tho bill bo put upon its
passage, but further action was doferrod till to
morrow.
| 'ihe House then went into oommtttoe on the
(tenoral appropriation bill, aud after acting on some
j amendments, adjourned.
IN SENATE 777! June 23.
Thu Chair laid before tho Senate a communica
tion from tho Treasury Department, transmitting
in reply to Mr. Fisk’s resolution, copies efacoounts
of ti-o Director ot the Mint, showing the ohargos
collected of depositors and others. Referred and
printed.
The private eallondar was then taken up. The
bill for the rolief of the owners of tho private
armed brig, Geuoral Armstrong, destroyed by tho
British ill the neutral port of Kayall, in September
1814, was first considered, and after considerable
debate wa* rejectod by the following vote—ayes
12, nays 21.
The'donate then adjourned to Monday.
The papers communicated by the Director of
tho Mint show that the expenditures of tho Mint
in I’hiladelphia, since March Bd, 1853, for officers
and clerks, laborers and incidental end contingent
expenses and ropairs, have amounted to $205,887,-
51. The amount collected from depositors ot gold
bullion lor coirs<e *s $282,618; do on silver bullion
for ooinage $884.51; do on silver parted irom gold
(or the benefit of the mint, $10,845,81 ; making
tho total amount $2t8.5e5.76.
HOUSE.
Numerous private bills were reported from the
standing emuniittocs—among them one by Mr.
Fenton from the oomnitVico on commerce to remit
the duties on certain goods destroyed by tire in
New Yelk and San Francisco. Ka far rod to tbo |
committee ofthe whole.
Two priva’e bills wsrt passed.
The House then wont into committee ou pri
vate bills. Several were laid aside, end at quarter
before 4 o’clock there being no quorum tlie Houso
adjourned.
A Goose Nnreiv Three Years Old —Mr. Eve
rett, farmer, of Kirby Lodge, near Rockingham,
has a goose which he vouches to be at least ninety
three years old. It has been on his farm full fifty
years, and passed the former part of its life on tho
farm adjoining. It is a large fine fowl, with a
head and neck cs white as snow, aud has lately
hatched a brood of goslings from its own eggs.
Mr. E. has a book stating its age and history,
which he oan authenticate. If we were to pluck
a quill from this antiquated gooee_ and wnte its
biography, it might not be an uninteresting re
cord. Ti e echoes of the first Scotch rebellion had
scarcely ceased when it first peeped from b.'neath
ite shell into the wide world, ana possibly its im
mediate ancestor smoked i*t tho festive board at
the coronation of the third George. It cackled at
toe Gordon riots, and hissed when Wilkes was
If prisoner, tt was hatching with the
1 i rTu t.no! (evolution, and screamed when Na-
I i e' h, i B, " ltd 10 ilu ' l *Je our shores,
1 Scrolls' Was “> Bje I’cim*
i L bm brcoded
' worn experience; but
blown by, they leave 0, S'% u kas
Lnccttcr (tugiacJ) ifnvury. ' £r °°* ft ' ,ul—
" hat Guano » Dome (Tt nnnsn>l
quantity of guan ' ha* he -n made use of this year
by our farmois, and tho promise at pre*ent is th»t
they wiil all ho abundantly re xUd for ti.o expendi
ture. Tlie season tfcns far has been a very rainy
one, pec liarlysuited to display ing fully the merits
of this powerful manure. Without an cxcepuou
that we areoognixant of, oar people are delighted
with its ose. Every field, in which it has been
tested during the present season, looks decidedlv
rich and cheering. We have observed some fields
where the guano gave out when half way done,
nd really the contras; between the guanoed aud
productions of mother earth is singularly ludic
rous. At the former is to the latter so is a giant
to a pigmy. We learn that the application has
been equally sueoessfnl whether with corn, cot
ton, wheat, oats, or garden vegetables Some
entertain doubts m regard to it* adaptedness to a
dry, hot season. Wo think there is good ground
for such doubt*. But with the present prospects
around us on everyside, resulting directly from
this greet stimulant, we have no fault to find. We
humbly trust to see “ tlie powers that be” making
some arrangement to afford this great aitie*e to the
American people on easier and cheaper terms.
This will do us more good than Nsbraaka legisla
tion or Pacific Railroad t.—idgi/irU Advtrtmr,
, mrra iu nv the cakaba.
ExOlakd —ln announcing the new arrangements
determined upon by tbe Government for the Min
istry Department, Lord John Bussell said, in the
House or Commons, on the Blh inat.
“Two question* had engaged attention; one that
of giving mure vigor and efficiency to the War De
partment; the other related to tbe various subor
dinate departments connected with the military
departments.
With respect to tho first, it was tbe opinion of
Her Majesty’s Government that tbe Minister hav
lug charge of the Colonial Department was enable,
physically and morally to give tbe neoessnry amount
of attention, time, and labor to the affairs of the
War Department; and that these affairs, in time
of war, instead of being united with the adminis
tration of the ooloniee, should be separated from
them.
lu respect to the next question, as to the admin
istration of the various departments connected
with the military affairs, Lord John referred to cer
tain plans which h d been at different periods sug
gested for tho improvementot tho military admin
istration, and to tic objections offered against each,
and in conclusion, stated that tbo Government
were of opinion that the best thing that could be
done for the present was to confine themselves to
the separation of functions, by creating a distinct
Secretary of State for the War Department, and
giving to him the superintendence over the various
subordinate military departments.
It was clear, he thought, that it would be very
unsdvisable, at the present moment, to incur the
inconveniences, the delay, and the confusion at
i tendant upon are arrangement of all these various
i departments; and the Government were of opinion
i that the beat mode of proceeding was to leave it to
i the War Secretary of State to consider from lime
i to time what were the best arrangements that
i sould be made, and what improvements could be
i introduced.
The patronage of the army would still remain
vested in the Commander in-Chief. It would not
be necessary to have r jooors > to Parliament for
authority to carry the proposed separation into ef
fect, and the existing establishment would be near
ly sufficient for the new .irrmogaments.”
Th* StEot ox Sius-mia.—The Tnrkbsh vio ory
over the Russians a’ Silistria on the 29th of May,
in which they repulsed the beseiging forces sever
al times, is undoubtedly exaggerated. They are
said to have siain and wounded 4,500 Russians.—
We suspect, however, that this number is the ag
gregate of two different alatements of the same en
counter, and that it is at least too large by half.—
As to the relief of Silistria, which was at the last
accounts closely invested and blockaded by
the Russians, it appears as stated in our telegraph
ic dispatch, that 70,000 men, French, English and
Ottomans, have been detached for the service.—
The l aris correspondence of the London Times,
says:
“It i-> said that 85,000 Russians are on the right
bank of the Danube, employed in investing the
place. These 85,000 will be placed between two fires,
and will, it is hoped, be driven into the Danube or
made prisoners. Notwithstanding the slight hope
of relieving that fortress, as expressed in tho pri
vate letter 1 communicate, it is fully expreesod
here that it wilt be relieved in lime, and before the
gallant officer who defends it is forced either to
surrender, or, which is moßt probable, burry him
self and the remnant of the garrison under its
ruins. The Daaube seems also to be doing Us duty
against the Russians, as the rising of the waters
must have greatly interferrod with tbe operations
1 against the fort At all events, an Important bat
-1 tie will be soon fought near Silistria, which cannot
but produce a considerable effec* on the campaign.
Tbe fleet it) tbe meantime will cruise off the coast
to have an cyo on Sevastopol, and prevent tho pos
sibility of an success by sea, and also to bo ready
in case of need to promote the success of the op
erations.”
A letter from Constantinople, dated the 2ifth of
May, says:
‘•Biuce the interview of the Generals-in-Chief of
tho English and French troops, the greatest activity
has prevailed. As we have been informed that
dilistria was invested by 70.000 Rujsiaris, and
defended by about 16,000 Turks, and that s large
breach bad been made by the Enssian-*, and that
the place oonld not hold out more than fifteen days
at tlie utmost, orders wero at onee given to remove
the headquarters to Varna. Tho Marshal imme
diately seut orders to the first and secondffivinions
to ornbsrk without delay for Varna, so that they
will pass to-day or to-morrow before Constanti
nople without stopping. The cavulryand artillery
wifi proceed to Varna by land. The English troops
are also making their preparations to leave for
Varna. A part of them will probably leave to-day,
and the rest to morrow and the day alter. Al
though the artillery has not arrived, yot it is
thought that tho Marshal will endeavor to succor
Silistrin, because it is a strategic point of great
importance—in fact, one of the keys of the Danube.
It is calculated that the task of neutralizing the
Russian artillery, or rather, artillerymen, will bo
left to the Chasseurs do Vincennes.”
Tho correspondent of the London Times, writing
from Silistria under date of May 12, says:
i 1 had just time, at the conclusion of my last
, letter, of the 11th inst., to inform you ofthe com
mencement of the Russian cannonade against this
place, which commenced aoout 4 I’. M., and was
immediately answered by the Turkish batteries.
It was kept up sharply on both sides till after 7,
when the enemy began to slacken their tire, and
by 8 o’clock it had ceased entirely, tho Turks
having the last shot. At tho commencement of
the firing, numbers of the enemy’s shells fell and
burst among the streets aud houses of the town,
and the whoio place was soou a scene ot painful
excitement—soured women aud children rushing
wildly about seeking for shelter, tho terrified in
habitants oolleotlng theirgoodsand hurrying to the
subtorrauean rooms whiou they hud constructed
iu anticipation of this event; and by the time my
friend and 1 were mounted’ and on our way down
to the buttery ou the Schouga! bastion, wo fonud
the whoio of the streets silent und deserted. On
reaching the battery we found Mussa l’usha, the
Commandant of the garrison, Hussain Pasha, of
Turtukai celebrity, and Colonel Grach, the Prus
sian Instructor of Artillery; and while there we
wore particularly struck with the admirable man
ner iu wl.ioh the Turkish artillerymen worked
their guns. Their mortar praetice was ex
cellent, most of the shells bursting in or imme
diately over tho Russian batteries. The practice
of the enemy was very slovenly, and ou the whoio
indifferent, as our list of casualties only shows one
chossenr and a horse killed, a pennant und u child
in the town wounded, and a fading shallop ori
tho bank of the river destroyed. As an instance
of the carelessnoii of the Russian artillory, we
found an 8 inoh shell fired by them with the faze
uncapped, and I was told this was by no means a
rare occurrence. Considerable damage, however,
nas been done to tne buildings of the town, and,
as far aa shattered roofs and broken walis testify,
the luckless inhabitants, who aro the principal
sufferers on those occasions, have bat small cause
to thank their would-bo protectors.
Toward 5 in the evening nn opposition canuou
-1 ode was got up overhead in tho shape of a thunder
storm, and a perfect rainbow which followed
appeared as if m mockery of tho belligerents he
low, who are hammering sway at each other with
such a hourly good will. The Russians seem to bo
carrying on their operations wi’h groat activity
and energy. They have very nearly completed a
zig-zag ot approach across tho Island of Schiblak.
On the morning of the 12tb, we observed a battery
of four guns had been thrown up during tho
night on the adjacent Island of Salhane, which had
not been previously occupied by then*. During
the whoio of this forenoon (the 12 h) the enemy
seems to be ongaged in transporting ammunition
and stores from tho mainland to to the Island of
Hopper, os their boats and shallops made frequent
pa m ages from one side to the other, and toward
evening large bodies of infantry were seen moving
down to the water's edge, tor the purpose, as a e
concluded, of being thrown into that island. No
attempt has been made to cross as ye*, and it
seems to me that the enemy are much more likely
to take advantage of the position they have now
obtained inthe Dobrudscbato throw across alorco
aud march against this place by Rassova and
Beilih. Had Mustapha Pasha when ho retired in
disorder through tlie Dobrudschs, retained the
line of the Kars su, the siege of Silistria would
havo bceu a ninoh more difficult affair than it is
now, as the passage from the islaud must always
be a considerable obstacle to an assailant. Hud
tho line of tlie Kara-su been retained, which 1
believe was quite possible, the siege would have
been a very different affair, as the great obstacle,
viz: the passage of the Danube, is now overcome.
The Turks have not beeD idle, and Mussa Pa
sha is indefatigable iu his exorlions. My compan
ion, Capt. J. A. Butler, Ceylon Rifles, and myself
havo tendered onr services during the siege. As
wa ore in for it you may expeota most full account
of it as soon as Omer l’asha or the allied generals
may deem it fit to raise the siego. News has just
oomo in that a Urge body of Russians is within 12
mileß of tho place, and they have snoeeeded in
driving in our cavalry outpost at Yeuikoi, with a
loss on our side of 40 men killed and woundod.
To-morrow wo may expect to see them hero.
Bt.i.’x B ba.— The following report, from Admi
ral Hamelin, has been receive;* by tho French Go
vernment. It is a resume, ami, a; he seems to
think, an encouraging one, of the history of tho
operations of (he allied fleet in the Black Soa:
“ On Board the Villx iie Fabis, I
“ Baltbchik, May 21. j
“ Monsieur lx Minisire The two combined
squadrons which left the Bay of Kavarna on April
17, to commouco their operations of war in (he
Black Sea, cast anchor ou the 2 Jlh of May Before
Baltschik, where they are at once about to take in
water and other necessary snpplies. It nos not
depended on us that the feats of war which have
occurred from timo to time daring that month’s
cruise were not more num* rous and more impor
tant ; but tho Russian naval forces have kept
themselves so completely shut up at bevas’opol,
and under tho shelter cf the thousand guus cf
that place, that during twenty days passed in cruis
ing at a short distance from that port, we have not
bceu able to induce a single vessel of the enemy
to vouture on a com oat, even with our look-out
vc-sels.
On the othor hand, our steam cruisers were
picking up throughout the whole extent of tlie
Black Sea vessels bearing the Russian flog, which
constitute a tolerably good number of prizes; and,
moreover, the division of line-of-battle ships and
steam frigates seut on a mission along the coast of
Circassia ascertained that the Russians themselves
had abandoned the sixteen forts echeloned for
mere than half a century, attar so many combats
and labors, along the two hundred leagues «f ocast
which separate Anapa, near ilio Sea of Azoff, from
the port us Batoum, close to the frontiers of Tur
key—a Iresli cheek, ms it appears to me, for the
Muscovite power.
i' i sum nn, Monsieur le MiniM.ro, if voor Ex
cellency wi!i tie so good as to cons’der that the lm
perial part c f Odessa has bocn completely des
! Keyed by our steamers; that the Russian fleet,
challenged in its porta, has not ventured to come
out ta take vengeance for that check; that tne
Russian fl y ;b henceforward iuterdicte' 1 , under
Sain of cap’s re, from plowing the waters of tho
ack Sea, winch the Czar pretended was a Res
Sinn lake; that all the Russian possession on the
coo* t of Circassia have been destroyed or aban
doned ; aud Ilia! in oousequence the flank of the
Ru sian army in Asia is unprotected, you will, 1
think, adrni' that this first phase of the operations
of the squa irons lias already produced resuhs of
importance, all to the advantage of the Western
Rowers, and all to the detriment of Russian in
finance in the Black Sea
-1 am, with great respect, Mens, le Mirdstrc,
your Excellency’s very obedient servant,
hameiis, Vice Admiral.
In command of the Black Sea Squadron.
Asia.— A httcrtVom Kars, dated May Sth,gives
a different impressiou in regard to the forces there
Irom that conveyed in the summary on onr first
page. It says:
’• Two days after the date of my last (May 8d)
the typus increased to such a degree that fifty died
on that night, and thirty or forty daily since,
among them two modicsi men. Orders (hurried
as usual) were given to enoemp the men on tlie
plain and iu the' neighboring villages, aud this has
been done to a limited amount, but 1 fear even
there it will follow them as long us they are fed on
a bread and meat ration that yon would not give a
dog in England; the bread is dark and coarse, flat
and soft, totally without a crest, and in the shap*e
of a pancake, and one-fifth of it sand ; then tre
beef is that ofthe buffalo, at alltimos iiiuutritious,
new more so than ever, the animal! being nothing
bat skin and bone. Tho water, too, which the
mer. have drunk from the river, is at this season
of the year muddy, and impregnated with some
noxious z utter which strongly affects the bowels.
“On Friday last 47 battalioas were passed in re
view, but no one battalion averaged more than
from 450 to 600 men. I have good reasons to be
the official reports of
vo v«* S nM t^ Wn “umber cf men reviewed as
rreTS> ! loaV i _ ,^U 15 ,‘OO infantry were reaiiy
pr wsr 1
ssSs?.r of
,J1 K . ll “ appeared among the
troops, and r. commuting seriSuTravAges *Xt is
priDCtpelly caused by want of vegetables >’
Co»ecßipnoK in Italy.— Accounts from London
represent the sufferings of the middle n
there at this moment aa something perfectly
heartrending, in consequence of the extreme
measures of conscription to which the Government
has had resort.
To nndcreland this, it is necessary to explain
that in ordinary years the levy has never exoeeded
10,000 men, and as many men were freed from
servile at the Mnne -time a* the fresh draff »u
made, there was no in finding aubsti
tnte», because numbera who had served their time
and stood well for promotion, bed no objection to
remain in the service for a consideration; conse
quently those who could afford to pay 6t» florins
to the Government cheat might reckon with tol
erable security on being free trom military service.
But this year the levy will amount, according to
the official document published, to 27,475, and *e
no solJicm are allowed to return home, it i» im
possible to find substitutes for leas than 8,000 f.,
and then with difficulty. The earn is, of course,
beyond the means of the former class, and their
dismay is described as pitiable, as the whole
family ia made responsible In case the member
liable to the conscription should not he forthcom
ing, which has, it appears, not an frequently been
the case.
Negotiations of Austria and Russia. —A private
letter from Vienna, dated the 8d instant, mentions
that, whether from previous knowledge of the
sentiment# of the Emperor of Bussis or some pri
vate information, the nature of his answer to the
Austrian ultimatum was anticipated. It is sup
posed that it will be to this tff ot:—Russia will
promise to evacuate the Principalities ou the con
dition that the Western Powers recall their mil
itary and naval forces; that Austria will be asked
what she means by moving troops in the direction
oftho Principalities: that the occupation ofWal
lacbia will be regarded by her ae a declaration of
war; that tbo question as to whether Austria
really means to declare war will be put; and that, if
the terms of'heevacaatijc b : agreed upon, Russia
will submit to arbitration. The letter adds, that
at no moment have tie partisans and agents ot
Russia been so busy as now, b th at Vicuna and
Berlin, ic detach Austria aud Pinssia from the
alli'icce. Nothing is left undone; temptations of
an almost irresistible kind are held out. The
opinion, howevar is that Austria will remain true
aud Prussia will be forced by uooessity to billow
in her wake.
Vienna, Thursday, June 8, 1864.—Last night
Count 13iio 1 left for Prague. The Emperor and the
Count will meet the King of Prussia and Baron
Mantntfiel at Teachen, on the Saxon frontier. It
is thought that the meeting bodes no good to the
Western Powers.
Berlin, June B.—The King of Pr.saia end
Counts Mameuffel, Alvensleben, aud Qerlacb, left
Berlin to-day for Tesehen to meet the Emperor of
Austria, who will be attended by Counts Buoland
Thun. Prussia will support the demand of Aus
trin 'or the evacuation of the Principalities, by for
warding to the Crar a note expressive of its
desire to see Russia accept the proposals of the
great German Powers, which are founded on the
Austrian note.
AVinna dispatch, dated tho night of the Bth,
states that Count Boul and Count Alvensleben
from Vienna, aud Count Thun, Ambassador from
Berlin, had been suddenly summoned by Tele
graph to this unexpected conference. Count Ar
nun was also summoned, bnt illness would prevent
his attendance. The dispatch adds: “The object
of this meeting is totally unknown; but it is con
jectured to have sorao relation to Russian propo-
The Paris correspondent of The Chronicle, writ
in# oil i harsday night, sftys that the proposed
meeting of the German sovereigns was regarded in
that capital a3 an event of great importance. The
supposition was that it had reference to the exclu
sion of the secret articles of the treaty recently
concluded between the two power*.
Cbina.—Attack upon the Foeeisn Settlements.
—A dispatch received from Trieste by a tnerean
tile firm in Loudon says:
“An attack made by the Imperialists on the for
oigu settlements of Shanghai led to the storming
an l destruction of the camp on the 12th of April
hy the English and American forces. Two soa
men wore killed and twelve wounded. Os the
volunteers,Mr. J.C. Brine was dangerously wound
ed; Mr. drey lost a leg; Capt. Pearson, of the Koso
Standish, an American vessel, was dangoronsly
wounded. All doing well.
Alio her tea ship, tho Dumphreys, from Shang
hai, has boon totally lost.
Export of Tea, 70,000,000 lbs.; Silk, G 4,0 r >o bale*
consisting ot Tsai tee, 24,000; Tayaaam, 22,000;
Trown, 4,000; Canton 3,000. Deducting losses of
tea, the excess over lust year is not above 4,000,000
pounds.
1 Mr. Griswold, reportodas wonnded, is a member
of the American firm of Kussoil & Co.
Miscellaneous —The Paris correspondent of the
, Loudon Chronicle, writing on Tuesdsy night, save
. that tho proposed moating of the Gorman sover
eigns was regarded in that capital as an event of
gnat importance. The supposition was that it h»d
reference to the secret articles of the treaty recent
ly fionoluded between the two powers.
A sticking Nelson, of fourteon, writes from
the fleet to his “ Dearest Cue” in the following
terms: “ Vou remember, my darling, that when
you saw my sword lying on yonr drawing-room
table, yon made me promißo that the first Kneeisn
blood with which it was soilod should be wiped
upon my pocket bond kerchief and sent home. By
ali that’s scored, my dear, if I can, I will keep my
word Evaiy night 1 say my prayers and look
Llfaetionately at that little piece of Bteel.’ 1
The correspondent of the Pays says the Charle
magne had captured a Knssian ship, with 8')') sol
diers and 60 woineu. The women bad been sent
to Auapa.
Prince Napoleon had arrived at Gallipoli to taku
tho command of his division. At his audience to
tako leave, on quitting Constantinople, the Sultan
to k off his ow-i diamond star and fastened it him
self on the breast of the Prince. The Sultan also
made him a present of three magnificent horses,
splendidly cui ansonod.
It is stated that Mr. Henry Clarke, of Lincoln,
has for some time been devoting his attention to
the | o: I'eotion of field pieces which will discharge
1,800 bullets in a minute, and that sueh m the pe
ciniari’y of the construction of tho bore, that at
2,000 yards distance tho bullets fa I with mathe
matical precision 24 yards apart.
Later from California.
New York, June 28.—Tho stcamor North Star
has arrived, with dates from Sun Francisco to tho
30th ult. She brings (100,000 in gold dnst.
Acapulco was still blockaded bySaita Anna’s
navni vessels. The city was still in possession of
General Alvarez.
A destructive fire had occurred at Morysville,
consuming the theatre, post office, New Orleans
Hotel, and the Presbyterian Church. Loss over
(200,000.
Another fire has ooourrod at SaD Francisco, on
Dupont street. Loss, (70,000.
The accounts from tho mining regions are still
most flattering.
The steamer John 8. Stephens brought to Pana
ma (1,062,C00. The Sierra Nevada brought to
San Juan (1,143,000.
Tito stoaraor Yankee Blade, connecting with the
North Star, brought to Messrs. Adams & Co.,
4100,000; Page, Bacon &( 0., (256,000 —the total
of tho three steamers being (2,2*4,000.
The revolution in New Grenada was progressing.
On the 24-hv.f May General klolo rou'ed tho Con
stitutional farces at Cupigniova under General
Franc:), with considerable love, and Gen. Franco
wus killed. Gen. Possado was raising troops iu
Panama, and >a<t to leave in tho first English
simmer for Cnrihugonn. General Morqucrn was
at Burranguilla on tho first of Juno, hut was to
leave in u few days for Bogota with troops.
Calh iunia News —The moat prominent news
from California is tho accounts from the gold re
gions and the tires.
The trial ot Dillon, the Frenob Conr.nl, for vio
lation of the neutrality laws, ondo I in the disa
greement of the Jury, whereupon a nol.e pm. was
entered by the District Attorney.
The proceedings against the Mexican Consul
had also been discontinued.
Tho Grand Jury Imd found trne bills sgalnet
Walker, Snow, and other officers of the lato Re
public of Sonora.
The steamer Arioape was wrecked nt Puerto
Arenas, on tho 25ih of ■ ay, and the per hungers
and crew saved. The boat was a total loss, valued
at (50,000. She was owned by Kyen, Duff, rod
ottiors, of San Frsucisoo.
The brig Donna Maria of San Francisco waft to
tally wrecked on the 28d of May, near Mendescins,
crew saved.
The trial of Edward H. Avory, for the murder
of Susannah Russel on board the steamer Yankee
Blado has resulted iu n disagreement of the jnry.
A new trial has been ordered.
George 8. IJnnt was killed in a duet with Eima
Hubert, lato a member of tho Assembly. A few
days after Thomas L. Benson was killed in a dnel
with a man named Menrio.
it was reported at San Franciaco that a Russian
fiigato was seen cruisiug off the heeds.
A fire in Dupoul street,San Francisco, had de
stroyed thirty or forty building*. Lose (40.000.
Dates from Oregon are to tho 25th May, but there
is nothing of importance. 001. Mct.'ahaka, the
President of tho Council of Washington Territo
ry, was drowned in Pngets Sound.
Commercial Advices. —Business In Calif rnia
for the fortnight had been quite limited, and pri
ces generally unchanged. Mor.«y with easy. Sales
of Ilaxall Fleur at (11; in sseond (9 50 to (10.
Mess Pork (23; clear do., (27 50. Hams
Bacon 1 a. \\ ulf
From Valparaiso. —Advices at Panama from
Valparaiso '0 the loth of May. There had been
a heavy northern gale at Valparaiso on the sth auu
6th of May, doing great damage t > the shipping.
Many veeocls, principally sunk or stranded in the
harbor.
The American ship Corsair, was stranded at Pa
pndo, and had a cargo of S,OOO quintals copper,
uud a quantity of ore. She is a total lose.
The loss of property at Valparaiso by this gale ia
estimated at 3*10,000. The damage was also heavy'
along the e.ast. Three whalers were lost at Tal
csbnano—no nr.tncs or bailing ports given.
The mtirke's at Valparai-o were inactive. Flour
was dnltat $7-58.
Fi:oh I’eeu —The U. S. frigate Bt. Lawrence ar
rived at Caliao on the 12th ot May. The el top ot
war St. Mary’s wait to sail on the 25th for Valpa
raiso.
Political matte’s in Pern were still unsettled.
Domingo Bias trass* C-dlloa on board a Chilian
vessel. Trouble had broken out at Liras between
the Americans and Percviar.e, owing to filibuster
in# ri-porta concerning the former. Several attacks
had b cn made on Americans, and tho papers
were di -uosir gthopropriety of rllowing them tc
remiiir' a’ Limn.
Freights at Luna te the United States were $25
a #26; do. from Valparaiso #22 50 a #2l p*r ton.
Eachangn 5 per cent, premium.
Fbosi Australia —Advices for Anstralia are to
the 31st of Match. The gold yield continued sat
isfactory. Tne price of gold at Mel . onrne was
£3 13s. 6J. per ounce. Floor was £3 per narrel.
The wheat crop had turned oatmnch bettor than
was anticipated.
FROM THK MINTS.
Hill Pmginos.—Tho publ.e have been startled
lately by tho news of the discoveries cf rich grid
diggings at lowa Hill, near Grass Valley. The
idea, trays the San Joaqnin Repobiican, i ts long
been current that the richest auriferous deposits
were to be found in the beds of the creek?, but if
the reports from lowa Hills are true, a new and
inexhaustible field of mining enterprise has been
discovered, lud gold fields richer than anv yet
worked will shortly bo developed.
The golden treasures ia tho bade of tho creeks,
there is no doubt, have beon washed, as it were,
from tho adjacent hit s. The nuns of successive
winters have carried down their sides the finer
particles of gold and deposited them in crevices
or “poefcets,” or miterd them with the clayey
stratum to be found from two to twenty feet be
low the surface. If this be trno, the matrix, (if
we may use the expression.) remains as yet ’un
touched. The heavier masses of metal—the arger
nuggets—which have resisted the action of the
rains will be sought for in the hills. Indeed, ex
perience favors the theory. The large lamps of
gold found at Sonora in l?st> were dug out of the
hill side, and at Moquelumne Hill some two rears
ago, holes were suuk with success in the high
ground at the back of the town. The immense
nugget found in Australia w_ *s w cn from the side
of a hat was railed a “ mom.tain.”
Hundreds cf tunnels are now being deg in the
northern mine*, in many eases with remarkable
rnoce-e. The miners of the south h.ve tots'ly
adopted'he eame system, tint auriferous deposit
in the I edges they occasionally strike as rich as me i
deposits in the creek.
All seem to be agreed that the troid so breadiy
scatte.ed over California is the result of votcanic
sc ion. The mighty Sierra', at seme remote pe
: riod, have ‘ brown up their mysterious treasures,
and the rniiten metal, as it tell, as rt-in fails, was
scattered - ver the upland and the creek. If so,
there can be no “leads’’in the hills, they having
beeu formed, as we have before stated, by tbs win
ter raws—and whether tunneling is the beet meth
od of reselling the gold in the hilts, lea donbtrul
question. A gentleman, who speaks inteiligec'.ly,
being a practical miner, tells us that, alter all, the
surest way to gat at the treasure is to commence
at the summit and work gradually down the side.
In the same connection we dud a dispatch in
The Pnion from Grass Valley, which says: “A
man just in from Yuba River reports the discove
ry ot new diggings at Mouteiuma, eight miles from
Bweetlandt. Like most recent diroover.e-, the
lead was struck by driving a tunnel into a MIL A
company of five men had taken out 800 ounces in
about five days.”
Sueusse or the Ktane is Nrran*.— At Swset
land’s Ra-ncfc and Mississippi Valley, says The
Nevada Journal, valuable mines have been opened
this year, and others are worked which were
opened last year with great promise ot richness,
There is probably no section of equal aixe in Cali
fornia that contains so rich s lead ot gold, if WO
:* the fame-., ■ thi i>
e £T S !£/* ,Kl ‘‘ a “ >•'», m?4* tte i - C
. sssttsetsfib" , ts:“
t rSaasteajsK ;■“=»
? i«sS%ssvin?si»£'s*®
?- JSSO-461 ei u)J,? x £Z • -
e’ v i gh s»
ir Th’i 60 P * r w ** k have at it take.' ©o ' M -moo.
! it ,ew ““®P*=.V have l39Kf> e ri- ..sud
“ y* <<t * <ht « fttta their ."it Into the , w-shi dt
I twv *?P ao »a* 'five a V fortune at
n , p P° oh tße rtf. > ie of toe
Dr * Jamst v -oav«r ties vati-al l. i’ ~*irgs,
f the same nature, L s l : rghg wjrtb, w*
ie believe *I,OOO Mr w.-.k. 111 !i c its fe
* J lSar *‘ B '*»•«. A Hard* M w;.rt-i. -? dfflilar
•® A l *?* * l iNttpvoai. th tlr, if th it* of a
“JdfAulic power, wt -r« Uu *s r- Jo . all t!»
ie work, can be celled , .r«e t . e <J 'igingeof
j. these gentlemen am w .avi ulkm i,- . at work
II a , sh “P '-“d the si nee a irate .t iron in
i- pat, about five foot un v; *i;r slain- -t U:.; bend in
1; B,l s*«Pi and aa -he • »ter. gt ivel t ai rocks eom >
d ruaiuog dowii t ts a roefe* eit 4« out ju to the gnu .
a and rush overrt iowa t-3 bill while t o watei »r i
I- poor through the graV. v 1 fail i no tb# co -‘
>f bnuabon of the stuic* sh- any was wa •
La ing an immaoee am nnt ot ft : el, aul by th- *
if ingenuity were aavi-ig the labor ot wo met: i-,
* deaninr the • nee from the .-aieewil.i
it forks.
)t All ms Gold sot Gone.—Ts-i C u.ubia Ga
d *®tteeot Saturday p rctiieiestfcii fob wiuginstsn
le o«a of lucky strikes thee vle’nit v :
“ Santiago, on V ednosdsy, Maatra. Enright A
10 Co , took out a lomr. weighinj 4W pounds, and
e, valued at *950. * * rv r
w Ru-bard Burr & -do. at Ssnti .jro at!, are also
doing remarkab j i-ed, u:: Sato rday last, «
it the space of twe biicrf,was • it the snug UU."
is sum of *BOO. Th, % ; , f : (rTilayO It-■
m toQud a four oui t*- * 9 pur* gc4a. T < »
It threo and four can n specie.'! -are ttunocmc'- t
ie with them.
. r„?“ Tho i s d*y, at Tankee i ill, V : sra. J. -
ifj Johnson « Co., * -s.-i%proßpect‘nij, oed a In ; ?
ft weighing 55 oui ce i, and a! ho aahtd out, in aV t
as two hours, two ■ u reec-undr- iucr of fine go
L d iney also too , yerierdty, ft - large si -i
--»• jneno, threi of w; i. u weigh dove |SO escl 1
T . the other 2 oun imikn .. rith tao floe g ,
st .*®e hundred dol . far tie
ie At summit P , Messrs,eppar I ifc Co., . e
ie making from $1 o *£o p;r di yto• i j band.
~ | * Renii y, ot t ir claim, nei»r
the Union Com . flame ..rer , .ro ouni-i- o
, n the man per dr last week Luo tsv taken fron
m one to two oun * pc- da . th mat for r ,e
j. time past.
r- . ®**» Viiti .—Sn-gufjE-iag suites, a-.-co-l
jt ing to the Telegraph, bts met be iinnerfc ir. a
ut nous lotalitiee during the r t week. At I te
j. Hat, the Dn s oville Comi v. y took out <"• or
>- #2,WX>; on M-aday last *8 Eagle Ooror iy
took out last week over ||,nK> Buena Vi. A.
t *1,600. At B oburg Plat, 01 Omo omi: iy
d w “*k*n* fro *R> to *l2 to th hm 1 per y.
n “t Woodpeck- r Ravine, thv 3ti rs art making
ie big wages. The extent,; to dlgc »ga jd Sqnirrm j
i- Creek are yielmnc from *ls to * per day u tire
y man. At lows Hill, one ©-o m- -f -ix urn
wtehed V .« - f* *
Todd s VaiJxt.—A corr«spTu er fibePlacor
E «a><f, wriUnp from Todd's VadW, ays
'The miners e all loukir y ihejrf ai ami appjr.
Messrs. Living on, Cheesln dr Co ic -k - - ' - ne
day last week t 85.62. Their pev is creasing as
* they go back ino the hill. m'. Fj.. *Co., I. ve
started a cut ir. .o Rad Hill, wi> t »n be, wl en
0 they strike the ssin ilvat 450 .-ot in length nd
, 55 feet deep—• «J h*ve goCwe i has eight ol
lars to the pan BaehrorA ‘Jo. athes.iif ill,
_ are making or an auragi fro. *25 to, >er
' day. Their gi ia vary coarse- :he pieces gh
r. log from *1 to U. The Union mpauy now
>" runniug a tun: U ,nto the inain LI. Thef ix-ect
to go from Si •>'l,ooo fee'hi e ■ hry; ike the
old channel i ‘he hill. The aim o' llie Big
Li Spring Tunne. epanv liar » a cad in value
*14,000 durinp n past week l.e uoUji'., ay,
which is supoi m led by MLr. 1 jvuii, forrr, t. ■of
Kl Dorado Co i» . jpragreesi g .eadily. .'he
1 Independent.' -J Uuck Coinp- y .we atre i a
bod of gravel. s., fc«u tt ,whichpr icts
e from one com > gi.; to th • .an The . . xly
s Companyare -. ng .j.w an. Li„. Ti / javo
* taken out as h.j.-.otoCc Vhi ->.JA -onlj v._shing
u tbe_ dirt which they n6oessaril,i have to wash in
J sluicing out their cut orditcb, ia which to set their
r sluices. Out of the great num'oer of claims which
are being worked in and about this place, I don’t
a know of one that is Dot pay ing well.
% Chinese Fioht.—The Chino-e in and around
a Jackson, says the Chronicle, er-j to have a great
a field day shortly, in coni'" :•: :ncoof some questions
a of Celestial puioy. Tti:--:i'di ~t the Etnpeior has
I ordered a tax to be levied ou ct ory man and wo
y utufi ot his Empire, living in fulilornia, lor the
v support of the war, ai.d this has aroused the Hong
t Kongs and Cantons, who are determined to settle
tho questiou by a fight. Blacksmiths are at work
- preparing tho weapons.
i'flu Diego ‘l’n-espondence.
1 San Dilgo, May 25,1964.
A gontlemen arrived last n'ght from Altar, Bo
j nora, bringing the gratifying information of the
J arrival at that place of Major N. B. Gray and his
i surveying party from Texas. Maj, Gray will or
- r.vo here in the course of the naxt fortnight. It is
> [ understood that- he has located aporfectly practical
, route for tho railway, and the public will be in the
pos i-usion of facts that will pat the question bo
, yond a doubt, and sustain tin operations ot tho
) Now York Company. The Mexican troops have
J occupied all the advanced posts in Sonora, and will
[>.cvent tho usual emigration of Sonorians to our
- southern mines. The crops in this county arc in
-a bad condition, aud th* farmers complain bitterly.
Those who pretend to be posted ou this subject
assort that the land immigration to California this
season via the southern route will bo large.
1 From the Savannah BepMican.
Later from Havana aid Hey West—Arrival of the
’ Isabel.
TheU. 8. Mail Bteamship Isabel, Capt. Rollins,
arrived at Tybeo Saturday afternoon, bringing Ha
| vana and Key West dates to tho 22d inst., and a
large number of passengers. Among the passen
gers was tho Hon. Allen F. Owen, ofGeorgia, the
t late U. 8. Conenl at Havana.
The blank vomit or yellow fever, had made its
appearance in Havana, "and a large number of
dea'hs was occurring daily.
The fever has also appeared at Key West, as we
learn from a passenger. Among those who had
been att .eked by it was Capt. J. M. Scarritt, of the
U. 8. Engineers, who it was feared would not ro
cover. A Cuban physician who bad had much ex
perience with the disease, and who was a passen
ger by the Isabel, paid Capt. Scarritt a short visit,
and prescribed for him. He thought a recovery
barely possible, bnt not probable.
Tho defences of Cuba are reported to be in a
very effleieut condition. All the Ibrtifioations have
been repaired aud put Hpon a war footing. Tie
nnvnl force h:d been largely increased, aud su ad
dition of five or six war steamers was oxpected
soon from Spain. The military forces of the
Island are estimated at 20,000 men, who, with tho
exception of a few Black companies are good sol
diers. In case of an invasion, it is thought that
this force could be largely increased, and in a very
short time, by cailiug out the militia.
Admiral Duchesne, of the French fleet, wag still
at Havana with several vessels of war. He had
been honored by a Bail Fight, and was very much
caressed by the authorities. It was universally
understood in Havana that he was there to pro
tect the Island trom invasion.
Ike order issued to the priests some time since
by the Captain General, authorizing the marriage
ot whites and Mocks, had been modified so for as
to suppress its publication. This concession was i
made to tho Catalans, or old Spaniards, who, it is
said, wore hostile to tho edict, and determined to
resist it, evon by force, if necessary.
A rumor prevailed, that tho authorities had re
solved to open the Royal Univeraity to Black stu
dents. Indeed, it was the general impression,
that tho Captain General wos an abolitionist, and
that having been appointed at tho instance of
Great Britain, he was acting in concert with that
eovernment, and carrying out its wishes for tho
final extinction of Slavery on tbo Island. Thoro
was consequently, much uneasiness among landed 1
proprietors and owners of slaves, and in fact among 1
all classes of society. I
It was the opinion of intelligent Americans,
that an invasion, to be successful, must be snp
ported by at least 25,000 efficient soldiers. They
spy no reliance can be placed upon the oreoles,
wno would be afraid to take sides with either par
ty until they saw who would be successful.—
Should tho present anti slavery policy of the go
vernment bo oontinuodthe old Spaniards might
be forced to take part with the revolutionist), in
whioh event the overthrow of tho government
would be certain. The invaders might offset a
landing in a remoto i art of the Island, but it
wonld be folly to attempt it at or near Havana.—
Tho wisest plan wonld be, to get possession of the
Island first, and take Havana afterwards.
It was the genoral belief the* the slaves amount
ing to abont 600,0(10, would bq emancipated by
the authorities, in cose of a successful invasion.—
In this event,and with 20,0(10 trained soldiers on
land and the Spanish and French fleets at sea, it
was believed that it would require an enormous
outlay of blood and treasure to get and retain pos
session of tho Island.
He; Weal Correspondence.
Ket West, June 22 —Edition Saoannali Jitpub
lion:— The past fortnight has passed by unin
terrupted by me occurrence of any event of impoi -
lance tooommeroial men. T h ere appears to be a
cessation of accidents to shipping, and wo have
none reported this side ot the Gulf Stream. A
vessel anchored near and hi sight of this city a few
nights ago, sod early in the morning them was an
exciting race among the rr. 1: sailing vessels to
board ano assist, all her to be ashore.
She had been ; rad an account o, mr accident will
he found below :
Tho weather has been very calm, and tbo ther
mometer lias indicated a h’gber tomparature than
at any thee for twenty yea; a past
A shower or two ke*ps the vegetation from be
ing do3iroyod, end furnisbis us with a supply of
fresh water. Ttere being no springs on the Is
land, water for drinking is caught from the roofs
and led into brick or tome tanks. Some of these
tanka are of euormous dimensions, and we are in
no danger of ever being without this article.
Tao health of the town, has visibly improved.—
Th -roi? cot much sickness, nor has tiicro been
i ranch above the average numbs/ of deaths of other
towns of like sixo in tno South, during the past six
months. Notwithstanding reports have gone
shroud injurious to the reputation cf our town, we
still claim it to be the healthiest spot in the United
States.
Ma*m Nxws.—Two British seamen were pick
ed in a small boat, crossing the reef 50 miles east
of this city, on the 6th inst. They were brought
dawn, and made oath at ths British Consulate to
the following facte:
They belonged to the Br. brig Thocney Close of
Sunderland, commanded by Capt. Allen. The
brig loeded with Mahogany, from Balias, Hondu
ras, and wae bound to raloiouth, Er gland. On
Sunday the 4th, the vessel being then supposed to
be near the Dog Rocks, she suddenly struck a
sunken reef and almost immediately filled, and
went down. The Captain and crew, with the ex
ception of these two men, left in the launch ; the
latter followed in a small boat, but not long alter
were separated from the captain’s party, and the
second day from leaving the ship, arrived on the
Florida coast. No news has reached the city con
cerning the other boat, and it is feared she is lost.
The ship Northern Eagle, Grorier, front Boston,
bound to New Orleans, with a oargo of loa, ran
upon one of the Bahama shoals on the Bth inst.
Two wrecking vessels soon after hoarded her and
succeeded in getting beralloet on the #tb; fortheir
aid, they received S6OOO. The N. E. anchored near
this city on the 15th becalmed, and passed, bonnd
west, on the next day.
Havana Markus—Having failed to receive the
usual c rtuiar and review of the Havana markets,
, ir-m our correspondent, we translate the following
from the pr ees current published in the Diario de
laMarina of the iSd inst: ,
6 Bgar—lnferior to ordinary is quoted at 634 a
good and superior 7 a 8; De Beane 9X- For
crushed inferior and ordinary *X * *° od . s
• superior and very white and fine tX *‘ 1 the
most inferior quality is quoted at 4% a 43a r*.
Coflee—Tr.e q-otatioua for all qualities range
fr;_m to $lO V per quintal.
Exchange on London it£a 10 per oent-, prem.;
ou New York lWa 2 per cent, discount; Boston
lyf a 2 do.; and New Orleans par aX P" *'■
premium.
Mraoxa— We are sorry to add to the already
huge list of murder notices that now burden the
Pi®*, * brief remark of one pertstated last Satur
day ,in this d iatnet, ou the body ot one Thomas
1 who was shot dead in a field some quarter
of a mile from his father’s hones, it is *«r posed
by James Baker, a neighbor.— AbittiUt Banntr.
DiTAßirax.— Messrs. Fillmore, Bancroft, Hall,
and toe ladies who composed the distinguished
P* rt ?, who have been in our city for a day or two,
left } esterday morning on board the good steamer
Winchester, for Alton, from whence they will
prooeed by railroad to the East. They were es
corted to the boat by the National Guards and a
band of aaaico-At. Xotwr AM. ISM.
ÜBS |
tifymtdt &
AUGUSTA, GEORGIaT
WEDNESDAY HOMING JTLNK 28.1864.
Southern Cultivator.
The Jnly number of this sterling Agricultural
month y is now ready for delivery ; and the table
of ooutents are, if possible, more into! osting and
valuable than usual. We append them, that all
may see tho rich mine of practical information
furnished by this journal every month, for the
merely nominal sum of *1 per year.
Plantation Eoonomt and Miscellany. —Cotton
as a Commercial and Agricultural Staple; Note on
the Grasses; Indian Corn or Maixe—History,
Growth, &a.; Essay ou the Management of Slavee;
Flooring for Cattle Stables, <fco.; Spring and River
Water—lrrigation ; Cranberries for Erysipelas—
• Pile Ointmeut —Lotts—Boos.- Flies <£c.; Tho
Bachellor Farmer; Treatment of Gapes; Liquid
Salarwtoa: How to make a good W beat Soil; Fer
tilizers, Manures, Composts; Acres in Western
Naw York; French Merino Buck—“Matchless” —
(Illustrated;) Potatoes, Peas and Oats; Do Sheep
nave Worms in their feet I; Alabama—Geological
and Agricoltura Survey ; New York State Fair ;
Italian Rye Grass—Ray Grass; Agricultural Fairs;
Dairying in Tczas ; Analysts of Texas Soil: Snuff
Dipping; Rotary Plow ; Tho Philosophy of Rain ;
Bush your Tomatoes, See., ts-o.; Mr. Patterson’s
Devons, Ac., At.
Editorial.—Answers to Inquiries.—To Corres
pondents.—The Weather and Crops.—The Hus
bandman, Ac. —Garden and Farm Gossip—No 1.
The Pocltby Yard. —Brahma Pootra Fowls,
description ot—(lllustrated.)
Horticcltcxal Department.— Work for the
Month; Irrigation of Gardens; What parte pro
duce Frnit; Preservation of Vegetables; The Now
Rochelle Blackberry (illustrated); The Fig—lts
Varieties and Cal.nre; How to Proservo Fruits and
Flowers ; Augusta Horticultural Society : Long
worth’s Prolific Strawberry; Southern Seeding
Apples—No. I.—Julian or Jnling, (Illustrated.)
Domestic Economy, &c.— A good recipe—Rice
Balls: Blackberry Wine and Cordial; For Piok
ling Eggs.
Illi-stbations. —French Merino Buck, “Match
less Group of Brahma Pootra Fowls; Brahma
Pootra Cock; Brahma Pootra Hen; The New
Rochelle Blackberry; Julian or Juling Apple.
Back volumes and numbers furnished at this
office. Address Wm. S. Jones, Augusta, Ga.
Anti Nebraska Democrats.— “ The anti-Nebras
ka, democrats in office are doomed to walk the
plank, and there are rumors that their patrons in
the Cabinet will be forced into retirement.”
So says the New York Herald, and as it is not
likely to apeak well o the President whep it can
avoid it we have some hope that thie statement is
true. Unquestionably, Mr. Pierce ought to pursue
Ibis policy. The Democracy of the South are sick
and tired of party affiliation with men who pledge
them their honor at Baltimore, only to betray them
at Washington. Let the party be purged. What
is lost at tns North will be gained at the South.
This is th 6 tide ia the affairs of the President
which, if taken at the flood, will lead on to for
tune.—Columbus Times.
Is it posaiblo you have so soon grown “sick and
tired ” of ''affiliating" with your friends Die and
the Van Bokens, Martin and I’rinoe John ? What
a change must have come over tho spirit of your
dream in a few mouths! But recently you were
“check by jowl” with Dix, Van Boren aud other
Freesoilora, and apologised for and vindicated the
President’s appointment of Freesoilere to office.
Now you advocate not only their being made “to
walk the plank,” but the kicking of their kith out
of the Cabinet. Verily, here is a chango for you.
Whata versatile journal the Timet isl It would
muko a most excellent political weathercock, to
determine which was the strong side, if it only
had tho prescience to make the discovery. In
1860 and’6l it was a most rabid, ultra-scoession,
fire eating advocate, denouncing aU men and par
ties at the North, as unsound and unworthy of po
litical “affiliation" it mude no exceptions, not
even of individuals, that we recollect. In 1852
tho spoils were in prospoct aud it affiliated most
harmoniously with Dix, Van Buben A Co. In 1858
it apologized tor and vindicated tho appointment
of notorious Freesoilers to offioe. Now it has
grown “sick and tired of affiliation” with its Frea
soil brethren, and wants the party “purged."
And this is the journal that has the cool impu
dence to invite Southern Whigs to unit© with Us
piebald, Secession, Fresoil organization, to sup
port the Administration 1 What guarantee has it
or its friends to offer, that at the first distribution
oftho spoils, they will uot, as they did two years
ago, abandon all their boasted principles and thoir
affected much cherished devotion to the South
and her institutions, to affiliate again with Dix, the
Van Borens and thoir Froc3oil followers ?
Years ago Mr. Calhoun placed a high estimate
upon “ the coliosive properties of the publio plun
der,” but he did not live to see tho development
of its grout powers in binding in such close al
lisnce the Freesoilers and those exclusive and self
devoted Southern putriols (?) who so vohemently
denounced the whole North as unwortfiy of politi
cal confidence and alliance. Unfortunately, like
most disoovorers of an important principle in art,
moohanics, or seience, ho did not live to see his
fully developed.
The Pel be 14 Admlnlalration.
Mb. Weli.br, Democratic U. S Senator from
California, participating in a squabble that oc
curred in the Senate Chamber, over the spoils of
the last Presidential election, lot ont the following
truths—which ougbt not to be lost to the country:
“ Tho time will ccrne when we shall have to
divide. There is no doubt about that. Wo
brought this Administration into power with the
votes of all sorts of poople. We had Freesoilers
and Abolitionists uniting with the sound portiou
of the Democratic party of the North. We had
disuniouists and fire-eaters in the South ; and all,
by force of circumstances, wero thrown into the
Democratic party and brought this administration
into power. The Democratic party no doubt re
quires purging. I have no doubt the patient will
be very much reduced in strength by that purga
tion ; out he will be a sounder and safer man
hereafter. You have got to get rid of those disa
greeable adjuncts—these excrescences upon the
Democratic party. Bnt now I desire to say simply
this, that so far as tho romarks of the Sentinel,
upon this Administration in appointing men to
omco, who were notorious Free.oilersin 1848, and
who treacherously betrayed the party, I endorse it
to the utmost extent.”
Mr. Welleb, it will bo rocollected, is a good
Democrat—a supporter of the Administration.
The wholesome truths which he utters are, there
fore, worthy to bo treasured by all classes. He
gives the Southern Secessionists, the advocates
and apologists of Dix A Co., a rather pointed
thrust under tho left rib. Wonder how they will
appreciate such liberties ? Not very well we
imagine, and would like to suggest to the Senator
to keep his month shut.
What wo dosiro more particularly to call the
attention of Southern men to, in copying the re
marks of the Senator, is the fact, that this is a fair
and truthful (as tar as it goes,) sketch of the party
that elected and is now sustaining the Adminis
tration ; and notwithstanding this fact is known to
every intelligent, well informed man at the South,
yet tho organs of the Administration at the South,
in their thirst for the spoils, are urging and in
voking Southern Whigs to unite with the National
Democratic party — to coalesce with tbe Van Bo
bens and Dxxs’ in the support of this “piebald ad
ministration I” llow well Mr. Calhoun under
stood, aud how folly he comprehended the “cohe
sive properties of the public plunder,” are most
beautifully illustrated by the supporters of this
Administration.
A Good Hit.—We seldom or never meddle with
the fashions of the ladies, bat the following well
peintea shaft from the fashion editor of the New
York Mirror, at a most ridiculous, absurd and
dirty, if not filthy lashion, we cannot deny a place:
“It would be a noticeable and charming reform
in our ladies in costuming, wero they to imitate
tbe Parisians, and wear fewer furbelows and
flounces in the street. Also, if they would more
trimly stocking and gaiter their feet. Our holies
should, furthermore, leave street sweeping to ’he
proper authorities. Skirts, trailed in tobacco
juice, etc., are not tidy or attractive. To remedy
this, a trifle might be taken from the bottom of
fashionable street dresses and added to the top.”
We never see a lady with her skirts sweeping
tbe dirt and filth from the streets, that it does not
occur to ns, she may be negligent of her person—
possibly often need the application of soap and
water. ’
Disclosures concerning the plans and operations
of what is known as the Now York Pacific Railroad
Company, in which the Hon. B. J. W alker, late
Secretary of the Treasury, figures so conspicuous
ly, havs been made in a pamphlet published by
Mr. C. G. Peebles, in whieh he states that the pro
perty and ability of ail those who have subscribed
the #100,000,000 do not amount in all to $2,000,000.
This is rather a poor showing tor the late distin
guished Secretary Walker & Co.— Exchange paper.
The purpose of “the late distinguished Secreta
ry” and some of his associates, was to make a spe
culation, and they cared very little who pays the
piper—whother their co-partners or some one else.
When men livo by their wits, the unsophisticated
are victimised to the extent of the bills. The late
Secretary, who is notoriously insolvent, of course
had every thing to gain by taking some two or three
millions of dollars (we believe it was over two mil
lions) of the Stock of thegrand humbug,moons bine
Pacific Kaiiroed; yet it must have required a degree
of cool impudence rarely met with, and a face that
a diamond would shrink from a contact with, to
make soch a subscription under such circumstan
ces. Like Jeremy Diddler, we presume there is
nothing too desperate for him and some of his as
sociates to undertake.
Nxw Post Omcis. — “Xtbratla" ia the name of
a new Poet Office established in Columbia county,
of which John Smith is Postmaster.
“J liddl* Ground” is the name of another in
Seriven county, of whieh B. L. Botkin is Post
master.
Hon. Hemet W. Hiluakd of Alabama, has been
selected to deliver the annual address before the
young Lsdiee, composing the Hentz snd Judson
Societies of Lagrange Female College. The ad
dress will be delivered on the 12th of July.
Cues job Diaxkhcea.— Take a handful of straw
berry leaves and pour on them half a pint of boil
ing water; let it remain one hoar and drink the
tea. If you cannot get the boiling water, chew
and swallow the leaves. This is a most vslusbls
and efficient remedy. It rarely fails to give im
mediate relief and perform a permanent cure.
Try it.
Rruclone Kevttal in Cairns.—The Jefferson
ian of Thursday says: Daily services still continue
in the Baptist snd Methodist Churches of this
pises. About one hundred snd twenty have been
added to the two Charches sicoe the commence
mentof the revival.
The WAimer Dat.—Yesterday was the warm
est day of the season. The Tbemometer in oar
Sanctum stood at $2 degrees for several hours. A
fine day to be without loe !
Tax Hon. B. Tooms arrived in this dty Mon
day from Washington.
CoagreMloßMl Brawls.
We had some faint hopes Ihattbereoent display
of blackguardism—we know no other word which
I will adequately express our meaning—in the House
| of Repreeenlaiivcs would have aroused members
i of tliat body to the necessity of udopliug stria
t gent measure* to punish the offenders and prevent
the repetition of sack disgraceful f cones. These
hopes, however, have beeu signally disappointed.
The member who gave notice of his intention to
bring the matter to the attention of the Honss,
limited his effort to the offering a resolution look
ing to an inquiry, and with some palliating re
marks withdrew it, satistying himsolf with the
conclusion that the apolog yof the participants in
the disgraceful scene tarnished all that was requir
ed to appease tho House and atone for tbe dishon
or done tho country Bnt precisely such apolo
gies have boon tendered on every similar infrac
tion of the rules of the House ana of oommon de
cency, and their potency in preventing the recur
rence of these affrays is not oven apocryphal. The
House owes it to its own dignity, apart from other
considerations, prompt y to adopt stringent rales
covering all such cases in the future. Violont and
discourteous language, profane oaths, personal col
lisions, and even the exhibition ol deadly weapons
are becoming tho frequent attendants of its pro
ceedings, aud if it would not entirely lose the re
spect of the oountry such a oonrue is peremptorily
required.
Wo know wo speak advisedly, and with the full
est support of undeniable facts, in saying that the
House’S rapidly forfeiting the consideration of the
people, and that this continued deterioration will
very soon render its membership a badge of die
grace rather than of honor, in the judgment ol
intelligent and virtuous men. It is in tact quickly
prostituting itself to a depth of dishonor that has
demoralized the whole country. When alterca
tions that would disgrace a bar room aud the nee
of tbe language of the cock-pit or race course have
become the frequont attraction of lonugers in the
galleries, wbat will be tho estimation in which the
motives of its members mnst be held. Can it be
otherwise than that suspicion will attach itself to
all they do, and that corrupt motives and sinister
influences will be looked for in the actions of men
who have showd themselves lost to all proper self
respect. In trmb, do not tho members already
impute such motives to each other, aud is not the
most frequent cause of these repugnant scenes
found in charges of dishonorable conduct, and iu
insinuations against the honesty or standing of the
opposing parties?
In a mixed assembly like the House, composed
of men so dissimilar in views and feelings, it can
not be perhaps, but that occasions of personal dif
ference will arise. Thes», however, ought ;to bo
of infrequent occurrence and in no case oan any
excuse be allowed for the display of ill breeding
and ruffianism. The true gentleman will not even
in his quarrels, imitate the common street brawlor
or bnlly. He will know how to assert his dignity
without offeuoe to the rights of others. It is timo,
we repeat, that a final stop should be put to these
occurrences. The House is fast falling into disre
pute, aud the worthier membors should assort
their supremacy if they do not desire to bo involv
ed in tbe common opprobrium which is fast set
tling npon them. The fair fame of the country,
their own characters, and more than all the cause
of democracy and republicanism, whioh their con
duct is holding up to the odinm and contempt of
the world, demand it of them.— Baltimore Amer
ican.
Oob excellent contemporary, the Baltimore Am
erican, discourses most elegantly and eloquently
upon Congressional blackguardism. He should,
however, have gone to the fountain, that once pu
rified, the stream could not be impure. When the
people ceaso to send blackguards to Congress, then
will the Boar Garden soenoe, now so freqnont there
bo unknown in those Halls. The America a ie
quite at fault, in supposing these things oan offeot
prejudicially the reputation of tho oountry abroad.
Every intelligent man knows that the actors are
i blackguards, and they can no more affect the re
putation of the country thau a pot-house loafer and
blackguard can that of a respectable community.
It is idle to suppose that while Congress is com
posed of such material, auy rules will ever be es
tablished to prevent suoh scones.
Railroad Accident. —J ust beyond Horse Creek,
four miles from the City, Saturday, the mail train
from Charleston rati ovor a oow, whioh threw the
baggage and mail cars aud the forward wheels of
the passenger car off llie track, and the two form
er down the embankment, shattering them most
terribly, rnakiug complete wrecks. The forward
passenger car was slightly broken, bnt no passen
gers sustained any injury. And most fortunate
ly, (for we do not see how it was possible in the
wreok and crash, for them to have escaped,) only
throe persons on the mail and baggage ears were
injured, two of them very slightly, and Mr. Houan,
the Brakoman, who had several small cuts about
the head, though not dangerous.
The engine was iminodia'oly despatched to the
oity for medicul aid, assistance, and other oars to
bring tho passengers up. The train returned with
Drs. Steiner and Campbell, a number of citizens
and laborers, aud the paasongors arrived safely
about a quarter to 6 o’clock.
New lrookz.
Foreshadows. Lectures on oub Lord’s Miracles.
By Rev. John Cummino, D. D. Philadelphia:
Lindsay & Blakiston. 1854.
Hayinu, oil a previous occasion spoken of tbo
merits of this excellent work, wo need only at
present call t o it tho attention of the religions com
munity, who wifi find in it much of an edifying
and improving tendency.
For sale by Gio. A. Oatis <fe Brothers.
The Turkish Empire ; its Historical, Statistical and
Religious condition; also, its Manners, Cus
toms, etc. By Alfred De Besse, Member of
Embassy at Constantinople, Aa. Translated by
Edward Jot Morris, late U. S. Charge d’Affaires
at Naples.
The titlo of this work sufficiently explains its
charaoter; and as all are just now anxious to ob
tain the fullest information in regard to affairs in
the East, this account of the past and present
condition of the Ottoman Empire and its poople
cannot but be acceptable. It is presented in very
neat style from the press of Lindsay A Blakiston,
Philadelphia, and for sale at the bookstore of Gro.
A. Oates & Bao.
Gideon Giles, or The Struggles of fife. By Thom
as Miller, Esq., author of “Godfrey Malvern,”
Ac. New York : Garret & Co.
Thoso tamiliur with tho writings of Thos. Mil
ler, need not be told that he always writes from
good motives; and that, if not so dashing, bril
liant or exciting os somo of bis contempora
ries of tbo quill, his works have a more
pare and healthy tone, and are better calculated
to benefit the reador. “Gideon Giles" is one of
bis very best, and deserves a perusal.
For sale by Geo. A. Oates A Bros.
Suppression of the Slave Trade. —Senator Clay
ton has prepared and is about to introduce a bill
providing that Consular Sea Loiters shall be issued
to American vessels in foreign ports only after the
applicant shall havo made oath that the vessel is
not dostined for a voyage to Africa; also that those
letters shall oontain upon their face a stipulation
that they shall be void if the vessel approaches the
African coast before returning to the United States.
The object of this bill is to prevent the abuse of
tho Sea-letter, and the American Flag under it, by
prostituting them to the purposes of the African
slave-trade.
Central American Affairs. —The Hon. Solon
Borland, it is now said, will not retarn to Contra!
Amerioa, the Administration having refnsod to
allow him to recall his resignation. Mr. Beelen,
heretofore the Secretary of Legation, and thongh
a less prominent, still a much more prudent and
discreet diplomat than Mr. Borland, will return in
charge of the Mission. The United States eloop
of-worCyaue, fitting ont at New York,it is under
stood, will sail for Nicaragna daring the coming
week to look after the authors of the late distur
bance at San Juan.
Many of the Norther i journals very loudly and
jnstl y complain of the mob spirit so prevalent in
their localities. Between the abolition riots, and
the quarrolliDg and lighting between the Know-
Notbi. g» and Irish Catholies, the people are kept
in a continual state of exoiteinent and the militia
in almost constant expectation of being called out
to quell the disturbances among the belligerents.
In commenting on this deplorable state of affairs
the New York Commericial Advertiser pertinently
enquires, “ where is the essential difference be
tween a standing army and the keeping of citizen
soldiers under arms week after week, or having
them assemble ready for tbo coercion of tho people
in order at a given signal” os has lately been the
case in Brooklyn. It is believed to have been en
tirely owing to the superior strength snd dis
cipline of the New York polico, that another and
more terriblo riot was prevented in Brooklyn last
Sabbath. Howover it is feared by those who know
the parties, that an awful scene of blood will be
enacted before dispute is settled.
Choleba-Health oi' Louisville. -The Louisville
Courier of Thursday, says : numerous reports of the
existence of this disease, and of the deaths from it,
were circulating throughout the city yesterday.
As yet, wo have hoard of bat one death which can
be attributed ;o it—that of a German shoe-maker
on Green street, below Ninth—and even this is
involved in doubt. One of our compositors is at
present confined to his room by a sickness, which
is pronounced to be Cholera; and we have heard
of others in the same condition. Although we
doubt the presence of this disease, still we think
the evident tendency to panio evinced by our citi
zens, should induce tho city authorities to adopt
immediate and strict sanitary measures.
A frightful attempt was made b; s negro man to
blow up the gas works at Bicbmond, Va., last Sat
urday morning. It appears that ha was a black
smith and worked in the building, bnt was dissat
isfied because he bad been recently sold to a gen
tleman of Mississippi. Begardlaas of the oonae
quenccs to himself, and the lives and proporty of
those around him, lie watched an opportunity when
every body else was absent from that portion of
the building, and applied a lighted match to one of
the purifiers. The lid** of both purifiers were blown
off, and when fonod, the mutilated remains of the
head strong negro were lying several feet distant
with fragments of the heavy lids upon them. His
head and breast were crashed, and both his legs bro
ken. Fortunately he was the only vlolim of hie
diabolical act.
A Distinguished Exile.— Count Maiarelli, who
was exiled from Borne in 1849, for his aid to the
Republican struggle, is now cultivating a fine farm
near Belleville, ill., where, with bis family, he has
settled down to a plain, national citizen.
Col. Hast, of Jacksonville, East Florida, had
his country reeideuce destroyed by fire on the22d.
alt., and one of his daughters perished In tha
flames. The persons present were unable to do any
thing to effect her release. Her remains were re
covered from the ruiDa and interred the following
d»7*
The European Republican leaders, if we may
credit the Washington Star, are about to issue
from London, a public manifesto, taking ground
against political abolitionism in America, and de*
daring that their original expressions of sympathy
with the opponents of slavery were caused by
their went of i proper knowledge of the politics of
the United States.
Keucate the Paople.
Tub following extracts from the Presentments
ot the late Grand Jar; in Bibb county, are replete
with matter for the grave oonaiderntion of the peo
ple of all olaasee. Thore is no troth better estab
lished In the science of government, thau that in
proportion aa yon educate the masses in nearly tho
same ratio yon diminish the amount ot crime and
vice:
In the opinion of the Grand J ury there is no
Bubject of more momentous and vital importation
to this country and the State at largo than a good
system of Common School Kduoauou. It lies at
the foundation of. and must outer iuto the ole
monts of every enlightened and popular form of
government. Withouta general ditfaaiouof know
ledge among its inhabitants, no Stato can oxpeot
to be exempt from the vices and crimoa incident
to ignorance.
The census tables of the country show that these
States which have provided most liberally for the
education of their people, had advanced most ra
pidly in material wealth, power and happiness.
An apt illustration of the tendency of Education
to diminish orime, is found in the offiaiut state
ment, that out of nearly 23,000 persons oonvioted
of crime in the State of New York, in the space of
ten years only one hundred and twonty eight had
enjoyed the benefits oi a good Oommos School
Education.
It U mainly to the Common Schools that wo arc
to look for the g moral diffusion of Education, and
it is to them that wo wish to cull particular atten
tion. Our State is perhaps tuily supplied with the
high iiislilntions of learning, bat they do not
r.ach the maasos oi our population. We must
look to the Common Schools and to them alone,
for the general development of the intellectual
woalth of onr State. They alone can penetrate into
the abodes ot ignorance and poverty, as well ns tho
more favored walks of life, and oarry the moans
ot knowlodge, usefulness and hapiness.
Tho happy effects of tho Common School system
in the multiplication of schools, and filling them
with scholars, iuforcibly exemplified in the Annual
Keport of the Superintendent of Common Schools,
of North Carolina. According to that Keport there
were in that State in 18*0, 682 Primary and Com
mou Sohools, having in attondunoe but 14,267
Pupils. In 1860 there were about 2SOO Schools,
having in attendance 95,000 scholars—an Increase
of 6(0 per oent. This exhibit demonstrates that
the Common School system is adapted to the Sou
thern as well as to the Northern States. Wo, there
fore, earnestly solicit the attention of our follow
citixens to this matter, and especially do we invoke
tho aid of the newspapor press to spread before
tho pnblic at large the important facts on tins sub
ject that aro now being published in other 1 States.
Alabama and Texas, even, are ahoad of Georgia
in the matter of Education, notwithstanding we
hail as the Empire State of the Sonth. Even Lou
isiana, with a population so mixed as to require
her school books to be printed in two languages
has fonnd tho Common Sohool system to work
sufficiently well, to continue it sfieran experimen
tal trial.
It is probable that in a few years, Georgia will
derive a large inoome from the Western & Atlan
tic Railroad, and as our State taxes are very light
in comparison with othor States, we would sug
gest that our fellow oitizens now begin to look
forward to the inoome arising from that source as
being sacredly pledged to the cause of Common
Schools.
As a vory effioicut means of arousing onr peo
ple to action, we would respeotfully request his
Honor Judge Powers to press upon tho Grand
Jnries of his Circuit, the necosaity of a healthful
public opiniou upon this matter, fully uud freely
expressed,in order to aecnrs legislative notion on
it at the next session of ths Legislature.
Franklin College.
The Savannah Courier contains the subjoined
communication from a correspondent, “ Colle
gian,” in reply to the attiole of “ Aiiiooa" which
we published yesterday, from the Republican. It
U all entirely new to us, and is tho first intimation
we have heard of any complaints against Dr.
Church. We shall watch with no ordinary degree
of interest, tho progress of events.
Universit? or Gkukuia. — Messrs. Editors: A se
vere article in tho Kepublican thrown out malig
nant insinuations against tho venerable President
of the University of Georgia. That distinguished
gentleman is not montioued by name, but ull, for
' whom the artiole is intended, will understand who
f is meant. Were it accompanied by a responsible
signature, or did it oontaiu charges distinct and
direct, it coaid safely have been left iu the hands
1 of tho injured party. Bnt this “stab in tho dark"
I is doubly malicious, for that while oontriving to
throw a thin veil ovor its victim, it oonoouls the
hand, almost the knife, of the assassin. Dr. Church
is not the man to shun investigation. But as u
> man of honor, he could hardly be expected to au
' sworan anonymous communication, provided it
, over reaohod him, filled with vile insinuations,
avoiding direct churges and oven suppressing his
> name.
: The recent withdrawal of two of the Proiessors
is sufficiently accounted for by tho niggurdly and
contemptible policy of the State in regard to her
1 University. Profossor McCay, woboliovo,receives
1 nearly a thousand dollars more a year at Columbia
than at Athens. Professor Branlty, wo doubtnot,
bus also obtained a more eligible situation. With
starving ssleries, it is but natural and right that
men should seek better positions if they have the
ability and acquirements to command them. It is
only to be regretted that so few of our professors
possess this iudisponsabio means of getting away.
As for the Univorsity I have no four. Amply en
dowed, she would not only retain ull she has, that
is worth keeping, but oommand tho best talent of
tho land.
In regard to the President, his long and eminent
1 services in the causa of education in Georgia,twen
ty-flve years at tho head of her University, as well
as his amiable private charootor, should fiavo pro
tected him from the unjust aspersions of “Ami- 1
cub.” That there lias bouu a combination in inter
ested quarters against him 1 believe the public
generally are aware. Under the mild treatment of
the President, however, it nevoreifeoted anything.
Its origin is of ancient date, and havingjrasserl
away, Is hardly worth raking up here. Though
it be possible some kernols may still remain, it is
not probable they will devoiopo into anything for
midable.
The position of the Heed of a College in onr
country is extremely diffloult to till. Not one in e
thousand is so justly tomporod with gontlcneßs
and firmness as long to maintain his plaoo with the
satisfaction of ail. Heads of Collegos of twenty
five years standing are rare. In particular, dif
ferences between the President and Professors are
very liable to ooour. Upon him devolves all the
responsibility of order and tbo disagreeable tin It of
oiecuting the laws to secure it; while it not sel
dom happens that those who Bhould second him
ure tempted, for the sako of transient popularity,
not only to neglect unpleasant duties, but even to
thwart him.
There is another class of persons peculiarly
troublesome to the Head of a College, especially it
be has faithfully performed his duty. It is made
up of under-graduates and young graduates.
Among them I do not probably err in classing
•'Amicus.” Both are peculiarly fond of Hquibs
and very cautious lest they be detected. Bhould
they be unfortunate they look with anything like
love npon tho correcting rod. It is gratifying,
however, to know and reflect that they grow wiser
as they grow older—they often, indood, come
to lovo the band that chastened them in kindness.
I very much doubt, if thore boa man in Oeorgia
more universally beloved than the venerable Pro
Bident of her University; among his admirers I
confidently think to reckon “Amiens” when yearn
shall have endued him witli wisdom justice and
gratitude. Collboian.
Cholera in Tennessee.— Sovon persons died of
Cholera in Nashville daring the 24 hours ondiug
at SP. M., on Wednesday, 21st inst. Tho disease
is evidently on the increase, if we may jndgo from
the mortality.
Three deaths had coonrrod nine miles west of
Shelbyville.
The town of Fayetteville waß almost ontircly
deserted st the last aooounts—only a few families
left.
Cholera in Tennessee.— Fayetteville., June 20,
1854.—Up to this time there has been 15 deaths by
oholera— ll whites and 4 blacks—and no abate
ment ; last Saturday 8 deaths—Sabbath no daath
or new case; Monday 2 deaths and aevoral new
cases. Abont2o families still remain In town
several will leave to day; the new oenes are not so
violent. Printers and editors all gone—no tavern.
Yours, in haste, ft. P. Bhafaro.
P. B.—Evening.—No new oases or deaths—all
doing well.
The Chattanooga Reporter teams that •ho Chole
ra has made its appearance in the lower end of
Jaokson county, Ala., where there were two cose:.,
both proving fatal.
CaoLEKA in MKMrnu.—During the week ending
tho 17th inst. there were soar deaths from oholera
in tho oily of Memphis.
Cholera in Nashville.— Only one death by
Cholera was reported for the 24 hours ending
Sunday, 8 P. M.
Health or Nashville-— The Trne Whig of tbo
24th inst., says The report of the City Sexton
for tho moDths of May and June, up to date, was
presented to tbe Board on Thursday. It shows
61 interments for May—B7 whites and 24 blacks,
15 of which died of cholera, and 4of which were
from the country and 4 from South Na-hville.—
For June, up to Thursday, there ware only 82 in
terments.
Tho City Sexton reports ten burials yesterday,
seven of which were persons who died of Cholera.
Retort or the Board or Health. —Six deaths
have been reported to the Board of Health for tho
24 honra ending at 8 o’clock P. M., ycateraay—
one in Nashville and five in Sonth Nashville.
Felix Robertson, Ch’mn Board of Health.
Columbia. —From the statistics of population
famished to the Daily Carolinian by Ur. Thoa. P.
'Walker of Columbia, it appears that the population
of that city in 1860 was 6,060, —at prosont it is
seven thousand and fifty-four, which gives an in
crease of nine hundred and ninety-tour in leas
than four years. It also appoars that the suburbs
ere not Included in tbeoensus of the city proper,
bnt participating in all Its business and arnuse
monts, they may bo regarded as part of its popula
tion; these will probably add one thousand to
fifteen hundred more.
A large number of believers in Spiritual Kap- <
perism held a convention in Mew York last week '
and o ganized themselves into what they term a
“Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge,”
es which Ex-Governor Nathaniel P. Tallmadgc, of |
Wisconsin, wss chosen President, end a large
number of persons, inoloding Judges, Ex-Con
gressmen, army officers, doctors, lawyers, msr- (
chants, Indis robber dealers, &e., were ohosen (
Vice Presidents, Secretaries, Trustees and Advi- (
son.
Ex-President Fillmore having been one of a
Urge party who participated in a pleasant excur
sion from Chicago to the Fells of Baint Anthony,
in Minnesota, on bia return made a flying visit
to Bt. Louis, where he wee received with great
cordiality. In reply to an addraes of welcome de
livered by the Mayor, £ir. Fillmore very happily
commented npon the resources of tbo Mississipp
valley and the rapid growth of Bt. Louis. His
remarks were loudly obeered. Every where he
meets with friondiy greeting.
A terrific railroad collision took place at the
Olean (N. Y.) station last Wedneadsy. The express
train for the East ran into the freight train going
Waat, shattering the locomotives, end materially
injuring several of the oara. The engineer and
fireman of the express train were badly, but not
dangerously wounded. Cause—the awitohman
obeyed the orders of the freight engineer and
awitehed on, instead of switching off, according to
the positive instructions of the superintendents of
the road.
Btxikx.— The Journeymen Carpenters of Nash
ville are on a strike for higher wages. Ths stand
ard has heretofore Dean *lO per week, upon wbioh
they demand an edvenoe of twenty per oent. They
all quit work Monday.
Clic i< ra— UewMBJSL&a
TiikHE were tin deathsfu BorWlast week from
choiera.
In New Yorktlr ro norojifti/stctn from cholera, '
6 * rou * cholera mern.w, 4 irum tyfnnlum,
G from churn ~ ;l * (lvm d; scnteW^-fisking74 f£
•lentils during 'ln weak from cholera aud its
friir• red '
In Naslrvide, Tenti., »i.n died ol ehohjta dnring '
tho 24 onr ■ ending Tuesday evening, the 20tb
instant.
A U throughout the west, along the rivers and
on tho steamers, oholora and its kindred diseases
are daily carrying off its victims. f
Thus tho discuss Is within thirty six hours travel
webt, and fifty hours north by Hail road, of Augus
ta, and limy, therefore, by any arrival of the cars
from oithor point, be introduced into the city.
Iu view of these suets, what is the plain and ob
vious duty of the authorities and oitizens 1 This
is an important onquiry, audit behooves all classes
to look well to it, otherwise tho conscquoucoa may
bo most disastrous. The great protection against
tho fell diaoaso is cleanliness—cleanliness of per
son, clealllinois in youijioiiaes and lots, and clean
liness in the streets. While this will, porhaps,
prevent its assuming an opMenuc form, it will not
protect from spoiadie cases, caused by imprudence
in diet and oilier cxcecses.
The first duly, then, of tho citizens aud authori
ties, is to cleanse your lots and streets— leo to it
that thore remain no where on your lots or in
tho streets, any decomposing matter, eithor animal
or vegetable, wuich sends forth oflousivc odors—
but cleanse and purify everything. Let the citi
zens look to tlie action of the authorities ; and the
till cere sco to it that tho citizens are not guilty of
any negloot of duly. In this way the city may be
cleansed, and therefore prolooted from the en
croachments of cholera and all kindred diseases.
We cannot better impress upon onr citizens the
importance of cloimlincssaud purification than by
spreading before thorn the following artiole, which
hue been aondonsod from the Loudon Times:
Natekk or the Cholera Poison.— Sanitary agi
tation -bun opened tip a new field for the intlnonco
and exertions of members of tho medical profes
sion. It was long a subject of remark, arid, iudeed,
a natural oonaequeuoe ol tho ordinary position of
the miuistore of health, that they appeared to be
cut off from the lil'o of citizenship—tho political
side ot man’s existeuot — which wsb so ptixad aa
the exclusive province of the free man by the
Grooks aud ether republicans. The march of a
great epidemic having roused the nation trom its
supiuenoss, wo sco the appropriate lenders of a
now movement in the conservators of tho publio
health. It Is with feelings of great pleasure that
we regard this strenuous exertion on the part of
tho members of the medical profession. One of
tho nobtoet vindications of their olaima has re
cently come betore tho public in the columns of
tho London Times ; wo allude to the able aod elo
quent annual Keport of Mr. Simon, the medical
officer of boullh for tho city of London. Seldom,
indeod, does it fall to oar lot to peruso n produo
t on whore such high literary and scientific merit
in the treatment in combined with so doep an in
terest in tho subject matter. Thu author ot tho
Keport now before us, und a few others who pur
sue tho samo olans of rosoarch, aro becoming to tho
politician what the Gorman I’rofensor, Meeker, has
already provod himself to the historian. The lab
tor savant, by lilts celebrated work on tho epidemics
of tho middlo age*, has thrown light on many
problems of tho sociul lil'o of these periods, and
even ou portions of the more exclusive domain of
mental philosophy. Lotus hoar what Mr, Simon
Bays of the cashless of tho Hold which lies before
thorn. “It needs the grasp of political master
ship, not uninformed ly science, to cot vert to
practical application those obvious elements of
knowledge”—tho elements of sanitary legislation
—“ to recognise a great national object irrelevant
to the interests of party, to lift a unive. rni require
ment from tho sphere oi professional jealousies,
and to found iu immutable principles the sanitary
legislation of a people."
in our present brief notice ot t his elaborate Re
port. weoau only glance t tho various general
conclusions which tho author ham deduced as to
the resultol his oxteudod inquires. Aud, first,
as to the circumstances attending tho origin and
progress of cholera.
Tire pith of tho matter lies in the following sen
tences:—“That whioh tioeuis to have come to us
from tho East is not itself a poison, so much as it
is a tost and touolistoi e of poison. Whatever in
its nature it may be, thin at least wo know of its
operation. Past millions of scatlored population,
it moves innocuous; through the unpolluted at
mosphere of cleanly districts it migrates silently
without a blow—that which it can kindle iuto
poison lies net (here. To tho foul, damp breath
of low-lying cities it eoinos like a spark to powder.
Here la contained that which it cun swiftly make
destructive—soaked iuto soil, stagnant iu water,
griming the pavement, tainting the air—the slow
rottenneec ot uaremoved excrement, to which the
flr.-t contact oi' tins foreign ferment brings the oc
casion of changing iut • new and more deadly com
binations.”
There is, it appears, a closo analogy bolwoun
the action nu ieeal ntino-pherbaoMhia “ferment, ’’
changing them into the perfuot cholera poison, and
the action of the poison of any infectious dn.ease
on tho human frame, funicular atmospheres may
bo Baid to take a Vnd of cholera dhoaaa; that is to
say, by receiving and (level pit g in their ready
natures tho chWcrn fernront, widen is he migrato
ry principle to which the spread of tho disenso is
duo, they become peculiar “choleraic” atmos
pheres, and tlio powerful, indeod apparently tho
only media for producing the disease of eholorain
tho unfortunates who breathe them. When a
person iB seiz'd with an infectious disease, it is
because there is something in tho state of hia ani
mal economy which fits it to receive the poison of
Infection. Mo when tho ntmosphore of a given
snot receives und cherishes tho subtile formeut of
the cholera poison, it is hoonuso there are causes
distiuotiyto be traced which render such uimos
phere a ready hotbed for the reooption of the fer
ment und the consequent elaboration oi tha com
plete poison. ,Bri( fly, those oireunislimces are, the
coincidence of dampness a d organic decomposi
tion, promoted by a high temperature. It matters
not how theso conditions coexist; lbs result ap
ponrs to br oons'unt. Let the subtile ferment
spreading from anelghboriig locality but reaoh
the spot whore they do coexist, and acnolsrule at
mosphere is the ro-.ult —a frightful mortality is not
fir distant.
Tho cholorn, according to Mr. Bimon, i» otnl
nontly a district disease—that is, it lays hold on
ono locality in marked preference to another. A
low level and adanso population arc tho amcar
rent circumstances whioh uoerly always prodnoo a
fit Held for thojdcvelopment of tho poison, tirnply
bcoause they prod no a damp atmosphere and en
abundant organic decomposition.
Concerning the fermunt which acts as tho tent and
touchstone of tho sholora poison, it Is not -tlstinot
ly known whether It may ovar arise trow local
causes in onr own country, or whether It must in
variably migrate hither from the Cent, Its apparent
home; or what the first impulse to its origin may
be. From what is known of the habits of disease
which follows in its track, we are driven to en
tertain an unpleasant suspicion, to say the least,
that tho fermentation of poison mag become per
manently localized, and that wo may possibly in
future huvo perpetual laboratories fbr IH produc
tion closo to our own doors. As yet, however,
from onr experience of tho timi and manner of
itsapproaoh. it appears to migrate from JEost to
West. In the words of Mr. Biraon: “It filtered
along tho blending lino of land and water, the
shore, tho rivor bank.and the marsh. Conducted
by the Oder and tho Yistnla, ftom the swamps off
Poland to the ports of tho Bultio, it raged cadi and
west from Bt. Potorslrang to Oopcthagor, with
frigtitful severity, and, oliodictit to old proesdeuts,
has lot us witness its arrival in Hamburg. Twioe
previously, and again in this, Its third visitation,
travelling from the last-mentioned town, it haa
reached tho northunstern seaports of our inlands.
It is forcibly and emphatically declared by Mr.
Himon, “that the epidemic prevalence of the
abaters does not arise in nemo new cloud of venom,
floating above roach and control, high over suc
cessive lands, and raining down upon thorn with
. out difference its prepared distillation o' dedh;
but that to far as soioutifle analysis can d««l 'e, it
depends on ono occasional phase of an influonoe
which is always about us, oil one change of mate
rials which in their other changes pivo rise to
other ills: that these materials, so peiluusly prone
to explode into one or other breath of epiqetnio
pestilence, are tho douse exhalations of animal
uncleanliness, which infect, in vaiying propmtmn,
the entire area of onr metropolis.’’ in shoit, it ap
pears now to bo u matter of comp ra’.ivo oertuinty,
that if there bo present no foul hot bed of corrup
tion for the reception and development of the mi
grating ferment, the complete poison will not bo
generated.
Wo may hero notice a singular observation,
wbioh shows the influence of increased tempera
ture on the development of morbid poisons, and
tho increase of mortality consequent theienn. In
tho healthier districts of tho city of London it is
shown by the tables that the cold season produced
its usual effect in a higher rate of mortullty, in ac
cordance with the well-known unfavorable influ
ence of inclemency of the weather ou l lie tig ed aud
infirm. But in the unhealthier districts, the rate
of mortality in the hot and cold mouths is exactly
reverend, and summer becomes the lut-l season.
This is shown by Mr. bimon from the observation
of other diseases which result from defective sani
tary conditions; and it may be presumed lhat the
result will beseon still more etiongly marked dur
ing the probable prevalence of cholera in tho en
suing London summer.
Tho cause, then, of the diseeso boiug so clear,
wo have not far to seek for a preventive. Wo arc
all familiar with tho old replies of Demosthenes
when asked what was tho cliiel part of on orator.
V/o may imitate the questions and answers In tha
present instance. What is tho chief remedy tor
this ovili Cleanliness. 'Vhat next? Cleanli
ness What next again? Ktill cleanliness—Clean
liness of tho city, of tho house, of the person.
When this first and last requisite shall lie fully
attained, thou tho deadly entuiy will bo i tripped
ol all power to harm ns; then tho “euhtilo ven
om" will bo to us tosuhtilo that its presonoe will
nover more bo recognised. The prcner.ee of the
touchstone of poison will he little matter when the
development of the poison la no longer possible.
But, alas I boro, as in many departments of tha
healing art, it is far easier to point out the effect
which we desire to produce then to flud the due
moans to accomplish for our end.
Business or tub Btait Hoad. —Tho completion
of tho Kailrcud trow Chattanooga to Nashville has
very greatly increased the bariums of our Btat*
road. We are inform dby Col. Weioh, Ageut at
Chattanooga, that ho has sent off from that place
within the last throe weeks ceding the 17th inst.,
860 loaded freight oars. This is a much heavier
business than was done in tho correiipoi ding weeks
of Jsstyoar. The income of tho road is largely in
creaseu .during this year, whilst the expenses are
diminished.— Marietta. Advocate.
Would it not have served the canse of truth
quite aa well, if not bettor, if you bad told your
readers thst, lsst yesr a large amount of money
was expended for repairs of the Hoad, Machine
ry, &c., while this yesr, the expenditure 'am
been comparatively little; hence, ‘' tne exptneet
arc diminished f" Or did you desire to deoeive
by suppressing this fact, and therefore make a false
impression on tho public mind? Does it require
such a disreputable trick to sui-tain Governor
Johnson's administration of the road ? We think
tha Chief Engineer would not descend to such
means to vindicate his own managemei.t, however
much it might gratify his Excellency to wltneaa
the successful perpetration of the fraud upon the
public.
Bank or Cuattanoooa.—'The stockholders of
the Bauk of Chattanooga, Tenn., met on Thum
day to organize, when they elected the following
officers :
President. —William William*.
OiM'iier.—W. D. Fulton. ,
Directors. —William William* Thoa. Crutoh
flelo, K. M. Hooke, K. Cravens, Joseph S. Gilles
pie.
Prohibition on mb C'sntbal Kaileoad. The
narrisburg (Pa.) Herald learns that the Central
Railroad Company hsvo stopped tbo sale of Intoxi
cating drinks on all premises owned by them.—
They havo virtually passod tho Maine Law. The
“Veranda House” at Altoona has cleared its bar,
and is now a temperance house.
Tub Übxioan Tbkatt.—According to tho Wash
ington Star the only amendment proposed to the
treaty by Santa Anna, iB that he shall receive the
easli in band rather than in monthly instalments.
His Serene Highness le evidently In • “tight
plll06.” -
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