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EUROPEAN INTELMOENCE,
r»i:TAii.e bvthe ambbica.
f T , m Vlt L,„Mn Tuna, of Aug. 5«.]
15 .,,, TBI Ciukka.-W. are at leisrb In »
. , r ,,L •to to public something moTe
/• ‘V , ~1 « .rminca on the movements
'' i./'lc Ka-t. About the time
it ."ot'oi • .is very day, a force made uo
", v . frct.c ~ I r.dTnrks. aud amountini! to
I (.mj ,i d 0 men, will invades the
< , (Vend a'.'.tr .[•: to eject aU. mensem on Uie
r fc'/ijts’oon.o if tfce harbor of sjcbastopcl.—
•p, f.'rp .r. i'l - io.vt been some time in proifrehs,
aod tbo io n red vi-H of General* Bromu and Can
r totlic <-.rct! an couat with 5,000 men was
i ,r< a landing on the Crimea. We be
» ii,jy uiely ray that, all tbinysconsidered,
i.u il nr.prece lenttd magr.itnce
tai '-C. I'berc bars iieen invasions on a
lary r a,«, bit they have been by land. There
a <!»! edition' more remarkable for
. .city, but t. cy have not been to compare with
pro-- - ir the number of men aud the strength
id li.■ ~rr:,...' ,on'„ It will not be supposed that
. - . ■• t .. - in any boastful or confilent spirit, for,
b. '- i i.a>: the experience of the present war is
. -i .'f r ii. ; «rp t , cha*i:-.e excessive expectations,
ti in no le.">n so plain cu toe face of all miii
l.-.ry iionslr a that the result of wnnansonta is by
t" rr.i am- n | sopor lion to 'heir strength. In this
„: i.ir it :► sufficient that bavirgonccom
-rid id the cause we should make eli srta and
v urea in proportion to oar means, oar courage,
a: • our -1.-.tj. Whatever the euooeae, it will
b ■ .on to know that we have not been
v.uu we coaid.
As.,» .-:uV ago a c-rta.n irroai dleaa panic eug
,., ; .. „. , * , if . ua invasions recorded in
. r,T, and The results were rather remarkable,
i’. ■■. .to i.,d i,r.t. fr ouent invasions ha7e been
. i , i .'j'. 1...V - i,ciin exceedingly rare by see.
’i ~. .;, -v 11. - he /e occurred have a.most in
•• ,-iab , . i .«om< d a degree of sympathy and CO
, , , u,,i | »rt of the natives, or there have
•'.1,,; . ie o ther clrc’iuiHiAnoca to losoen the dim-
V * sw ."i , i5 .,/iuVn tt.o character of the desigu.--
i ' v'i ’o k I-/ our OWU shores, William the Con
. r U ft pretender to tho throne, with »
~T ( s j(1 a party in his interest. He had
. , ('#jjt n i to nocure & formidable diverbion in
; h(j dfev ent of the Norwegian ileet on
;;;, r shore. WiUien 111. brought hie
n• < r-,':n over by express invitation, and wu»
» •"*•*-- luri . w
, 4 ni ir a. or very oconaid
r - ** *‘>T av OiO O'dg <-
v. x .imd Ui 'eciAive. The hitfiftb on »
> a b lirr ,i with French end anmery,*nd
’* a >»ech w- -o f l ow ton! the- **
, «• niter & lick ir*er ;»
cau hardly n ro/miueiea *»n
warfare, being little more than a p:ration! and fruit-
Ici* on an nnarmod and unsuspecting
uf.r. jPition. On the whole, it may be eaid that
tLuro feuvo been no naval invunioua at all worthy
of thi; nciTiio. They have been atterupiod under
f vi di a\f otioriftl condition*, and with «noh acoi
dental results, that the problem reuawinM to bo
i ~,,,i „„v„: i */,edition, conducting 100,000
' ~,| thousand miles from thoir home to a
■j ... , . p.rlificl egainst thorn, and occupied
, u.a'ion, is wholly without parallel,
| o „‘ -v jvent in history.
‘Ji ,na urit'in pr.iMiimplion to anticipate great ro
hu from an attempt confessed to be unique not
• ,u Us magnitude, but almost in its nature,
b'. ~r uuption in seeing that ell the
I, ~t the thing are incur iavor. It is very
( , s 01, tl ,■ first sight, that tliis great bobssto
, j ns to chellcngo the united power of all
th ■ It m the world, and threatens to pour, as
am told, at loan! a thousand shot at once into
, ■ vcr .il that rn the gauntlet of its terrible
1., ■, is built on the idea that it never can be
uii ];’al’ by land. Il is made against everything
I', .1 .'.vims, as if the land would lakocaroof itself.
Th . ■,ns an oversight, if, indeed, i was an 0v0r
..... i not lii reckon on ilia possibility of a liun
dre I tleni-.'.1 .'t li glish ,i ' French soldiers being
all i,’ i tlni Blank tsea. I lew lar the omission has
be nr .re 1 during the lust few weeks it is ini
-1., qi,, j to say, but such is the nature of tho
iVr.,ii ll ,i immediately almve Sebastopol that il
' i imp ~,sii.:ii, uvon with a very long notice
to rut -1 iv "ii, "I ill..ncc upon i' which would be
c 1 ,i her ground near. It is posui
.j 0 t ,en may ooreuerato into a blockade,
mid if ,v only por.'jveio wo must ultimately
. , if. irirrieou ol lliis proud forti' es. But
w . |„e, to ,■ ,m end of tlio nffnir long before
it . . to that p" s, and, with the forces at our
,li- thero is no reason wity every stone and
ui, iy t i k hi Ihc I n should not heat the mercy
of 'he .j i."'l srniios in a very few woeke, or evon
d,t ' Wo may 'lion, il we please, hold tho Cri
agui'.s I! e Ku siais as ioug as it may answer
t,i r | i.. in retain a material guarantee. Bui
w ,. ,i pursue speoulatioiiH thut any day may
, ~h a vory l'lw days may give them a
more ,I. i* . n direction.
. ’,,r< ,'v.; il.mr. of Vu London Timis.
Tiluntplial hairy or Kipaltero and O'UoUueH.
M\f so, duly 20.- Madrid lose early this loom
in'. : i. otn i ii , h.v, tito noru. I shouln be more
..... ~ i , / that Madrid nevor went to bed,
. ~ a |. . i|,lo in the streets all night,-and
UtV ~. om.-Mig st the barricades, and at day
t, r , ... ■ \v, a t.iove towards the gate of Aleala,
1., winch K- |iartero was to enter. As tho morning
w , r ... ii,e streets became more and more
thro... i i|,„ win ‘ow- oil thowholo line along
tvi,;,.!, i , ..moral was to P ns were filled with la
dm K ..iy lad cony was covered with colored
hi'i'a’ine , '.real uuinber of them noiv tor the oo
cti i i.i t , Mn .(mill ill thu Oallo Alcala being par
ticma.V,' r mu: kal" lor its purple autlu drapery
at. . ~ it'd fr,"' .. TrmiuplmUrehes were erected
at i.lftho hmr. , t. a on the line, anil at the entrance
imd (or a- ms'durable way up some of too sido
nirssis ’re wore planted, and the pavemont was
a 1 ruwii wl'h ht Ill'll s —trees, I regret lo say, not
cl, H'in" ll| I.; to all'o'd a shade : rootless troos, n
forced conVribati Mi, not to bo repaid—and levied
upon garden* oattddotbe town, belonging to Maria
Ohristioa und Salftinm cu. In the which
was particularly orderly und in the highest good
humor, wore a grout many ladies, and wotnon of
the loworclasses innumerable. Tho Junta, a vast
nnmbor of privatocarriages,and porsonson horse
bank, a gepsiderahU body' of troops, aud ot tho
JSffttionaiUaard murchod out cf t!io town to moot
K*partoro, und half Madrid must have followed
them on fopt, for from Torrcjon do Ardoz, (throo
league* offjto ti.o gate of tho capital tlio road wa*
as alive with \ ooplo as that to Epsom on a Derby
day- Much lower drugn were there certainly, but
ai loast u much duet, and a va*L deal more nun.
But no amount of caloric could intimidate tho
At-'drile <»u, when their idol (which Eapartcro ro
©lly ia) wan to bo uiot and welcomed.
At the Vonui d.d E*piritn Santo, about half a
league from Ai did tho olliciul met tho
J nice. An open carriage w»m tl’oro into which ho
. . !-• 1.1'! M \ , I \
t It ia ri, loi'jf his uidc-dc cuup, and who
was with iiitu during the whole of his exile in
, lfi d, a I i,\ r Ion*:! Vonuncio Gurroa, bioth
or of iln jrt i ?:t Ca}»taiu General of Arrugon.
Those thro j pi lous had como with hiui irom
fciani m- •. . number of private carriagee pre
celetl him ; csvalary mdoa liillo in advance of
him, on i.iiher hide of the road, a string ot other
carriage , with members of tho Junta aud
Ayivita’iM . i i uvtor in their official robes,)
ami b.nh y and National Gua~dsftud
moroev \ I ii' n«d 1 cannot give you tho exact
ordered i . for the dust was so great,
and the f - so immense, that ut times it was
searee y p«*« ib • ,n dl>'.bluish what passod. Tho
tr • - .ii i • . urroiin l tho Dnko'a carriage, nor
in the least provent the people from pressing close
up to its doors, waving h±u an«l hundkercl.iofs,
and uncriog ‘v , is'' u> loud as tho parched state
ot thoir wtu ;u oxhuusted condition of
their lung* w vs K-p irioro was evidently
groai'y pica v 1. rvnmiced, he could not holo being.
Anv man mu; vc iod proud ami hup; )#; such
spouts' us and m • -.glit enthusiasm. Alter
»oven yr.irs p - din comflete retirement, aloof
from j • •ic ;>il i’ r • tbs countrvinen fin ftnasst sud
dei r voices ana b! )at ior the only
man tn whom they l ave entire confidence.
It is the triumph of honesty aud 'ousistency
over c r-np' on and intrigue. D eesod ina Gcno
ral’s uniu rm, and lo<>kit.g very well and very
young « i agt', he j i.wi up in his carriage, and
i s..w him shako baud;’- with many ot tho persons
who throng-"*, ar >und Around and behind tho
vciroU . on bt*rsob«»*k, wore a number of Generals
Vrtldt v, Grcv. Oribo, lrierte, and other*.—
O’Donnell v,a* n.l there, a* ha l been expected.
Ho had paused at Tembleque, tlireo hours’ rail
way from bore, and hud soul an officer to Espar
to n, piadng himself ut bis orders. The Duko is
said to have embraced the nu-- rticcr, who took
back a most trumdly reply, an O 1 Donnell is ex
pected hero this afternoon.
J vlt 80.—G< n.O’Donnell arrived here between
five a:,d sixoVi ’vk yt torday evoning. He was
ac paniod by Gen. Eos de Olane and by two
tno’ubar* ot the Junta, who hid gone to meet him.
The wo G ..r..: were in tall uniform. Although
they took Madrid in so;no degree by surprise, the
oxiuAt hour ot their coming noi being known, und
entered by the spite ot Atoeba, near to tho railway
fttation, but-r.;",'.or reiuv Vo from tho centre of the
towr.a g .ut crowd quickly assembled on their
passage. T. o Juu an«.i the Ayuniumiento await
ed them at ho s’i.Uoa, und Gen. Bau Miguel a<l
drossed O’Dor.i.eb, expressing the joy ot .Madrid
at w ti ssiog the arrival of the man who had com
mence l the gi- •* N. ’ctial movement.
O’Donnell reyuuvl, thut ho e»ugrata!atod aiin
aelt on hwuu b<*eu h alo*, first to issue forth in .
defence of the counity’s ’ignis, but that his mis- ]
a ion had terminated trout the moment that he saw j
tho illuaG i'i:o Duko do lu Victoria at the bond of
Affair*. t>., • *.el und Souor Oloa, the Alcalde
ol Mndrhi, prou : >t.‘i against this, saying lha*. Spain
had UX> crt. -v nee : * Her worthiest sons die
: - pen so with thoir services, that tho Duke de la Vic
toiia waited tor him aud reckoned on his aid to
complete tho good work already htg.iu, and to
jforu* one g.cat l ib«rxl in which all hcnoßi
ble ..ui Bitouhi ii. i a place/ O'Doniicil then step
ped into a Ctirri&f. o, accunpaulod as above stated,
and < .u o i the town, foliowod by a great number
of other and amid the aec ajiaticns of
the poop.c . ho looked very wall and w y pleased.
Tot* first place he drove u w. s tue re.ddeuco of ;
the Duse lo la Viol ra, and presently tb 3 two gen- ,
ends come cut up bale ny. Then> JSspartero j
in** »e one ot hi*
seem t;> i. ach his i uters more than do the long- j
«*; ep'.Tehft-- from hi y one else. u l atriots,” he [
aa'ui. ‘we have 1.-ugi.i togv'her as L.boraJs, eud j
•we ambruco cueb tf.er as Libemls. IX> you like- j
wiv*e embrace each, ether; and ho clasped the
Condo no Lucoua in h.s arms. For the good Os !
tpsui it is earuo'tly to be dc>i*od that the pcliti- i
oil auiofl Ot which this embrace was the symbol -.
nay never again be disturbed.
x.brr+fr mdfin(* Louden Tisr.tt.
VItNNA, July wl —Kol.ablo information relative |
to tho present position v.: ufiaire has renched me.
U is impossible that the official reply of the French |
and E g* h governments to ,:.c Aoslriati note of
the i hMjkOt yet bon roc.v.u, out tie electric
telegraph has W*vvd tht two Mm.sters^ the Earl of
bion Os the re- luii r.s of t':c;r n -pcct:ve Ccarts.
It is very doubtful whether another ; rotoool will
be drawi. up by the Goi f.ieuoe. 1* it meet at all,
H wili ubly be mere*) pro/urma* as Austria
fee » that tee liiiie for action rase'me. Exact dates
cannot bd given, but thu probability—indeed, ai
most the ce- uiti'y is, that before the 20th of next ;
rccc h the Imperial troop? v.... U&vo entered the |
l-’m.cqi'ht;-., either with cr wiiuoat the consent
of the E>en In dip o ...»ic circles opin \
f ioi a differ Hh to whether an ultunatum has been j
Bent by Aws ria to bat the jpes tive as<ur j
acce baa again beet, given me, “ that Russia has
net much m >re thin a fortu jut’s time lor ccn*ld
eratio? * It is hb*r % et.t t wi.iie these
wc. vi' arv beiigput ; i oper, the Eicj ai dvg ten
Ol Prussia aro at employ • j o’n orgnmeida
and entreaties to indace ue’E . . eror to charge
his resolve.
A Vienna ooiTespomicnt of ti c Augsburg Ga- i
seite a satisfactory reason w.y A u>tria has 1
not yot fulfil led the conditions ot nor convention ,
witn the i’-'rte. Tho cha • of ciTcnmstanoee j
(the ot the E-npotor Nachulu* to ro**ooc.ipy
thu hto >ftt,e Dauobe) rei. iered h cua- *
* plete attemion in the petition occupied by the !
n " • • •’. • i on the ;
Served a and Eitle W*li*ctuau frontiers had to be j
i-eiit to d r-*ns)lvmo»a, ai lv i tbtir places occupied by :
the “moone tro u Slavonia, The Urge |
Bushian army conoentrawi j u i'odclis, aud in me i
jicrib o! Lee J-rao.*, rtt. ored it necessary that a !
comsponding Austriu:. force sbo hd be placed i
in the Bwotiut, ahd iLih haa been c 4 cre. Tho I
An®*tr::. writer
A.ug-at there will be i *o,OGo men \n ibe small pro- i
f i£C9 laat ingßUottbdj but li**# is cerUmdy an C)u»g- *
geration. Lieut. Gen. Schaffgolache—who, by tho I
by, is Russian to the backbone—baa his head
quarters at u frontier town called Sacxovß, which I
ia about 25 English milee Booth of Sereth, ic Bak- :
ovina. As soon as Baron Hess fca« given an ac- .
count of hia journey of inspection he wili return !
to Soczova.
By concentrating the principal part of the army j
in the Bakov ins, the Austrian C’ommandcr-ir- i
Chief has forced Prince Gort&chakoff to change .
his “ order of battle,” or, more correctly speaking. !
to prepare to evacuate the D-nuoian Principalities, !
We are iurther informed that Baron Hess has re* :
ccivcd orders !j “give nroper and nece*aa y cre- i
phaeis to the Austrian i atimatum by placing 200,- I
'.OO iner. oi. the Sereth.As trie force® t Austria ;
are actu. iy in the field, und not mere v on paper,
the Eaaeiaiiß have no choice but to retreat. j
Government despatches of tbs 27th from Bu- ?
chare-it say cola word of the battle cf the 20 1, bet
the Prts9* of this evening contains the following
telegraphic news:
14 The wnoie of the Ros&ian army, which was
I posted at i ruteechti, is retreating with great speca
I towards Bucharest, followed by the Turks, under
the personal command of Omar Pacha. A com
plete prnic prevails here.”
| Si'AMui Politic-.— Madrid is perfectly tranquil,
| a*, least upon the surface, but wo cannot g«t r*d
! the barricade/, which the people seem as proud
I and fond of ana boy of his first pony. To-day,
how ever, tfce pay of the barricade and that of the
men ana lads employed to clean the streets —the
ordinary scavengers’ carts being unable to pass—
i= to be suspended, and it U to be hoped ti-at,
when unremunerated, the heroes of the Madrid
“three days of July” will speedily exchange th^ ;r
rnni-ketH for less martial but more profitable loo*.-*,
and return to their workshops and customary em
ploy went*. Some of them ts&y that they will nei
ther lay asido their arms, nor abandon 5 he barri
cades untif they see what Ministry Espartero
for in; ; and truly 1 fear that the General will have
much diffi ulty’in forming one that fihall satisfy
ail parties. , . .
A number of clubs havo been fornied here upon
the model of those that existed in France after tbe
revolution, and in their discussions much is
spoken that were belter left unpaid. If they bui
pact Bepartero of leaning towards persona in
whom they do not feel confidence, they are iikeiy
to become troublesome. If he forms, as is ex
pected, a Ministry composed of mingled Pro
gresi tas and Moderados, it will probably only be
u Ministry of transition. To judge from the as
pect of Madrid at ’ho present moment, one would
imagine there wah but one party. Ext anally, and
to a aaperficial observer, ail appears union and
, harmony, but al’ is not as well as it appears. Re
i bright r. o- -he • » - ov -' -jg.
;\f and th,- cheering *' «. .. i* o
‘ ' ’ ‘I’D -:#tb bh' - tj. • • i '
-•- ,
I jnttir tn to Tu»m.
We arc pained to record this W66K so many in
stances of outrage and murder. It seems that the
amount of crime of this character is frightfully on
tho increase, aod week after week we are culled on
to chronicle fresh easuP. with ali the appalling cir
cumstances thut attend the taking ot life. It is
time for vigorous effort on tho part of temperance
men to do their share towards the suppression of
this growing evil.
The editors add to this an appeal to tho people
of Texas to vote for tho law regarding the sale of
spirituous liquors.
The election, at which this question was sub
mitted to the people, took place on the 7th inst.
Our only accounts of it by this mail aro from the
Galveston papers, aud from them it seoms that the
no-Uoense cairied the day. Tho successful ticket
was that supported by the Know Nothings. The
Galveston Times, ot the 10th, has the following in
relat ion to this election:
The election bus resulted in the choice of a large
majority ot tho candidates selected and run by the
Know Nothing party. Tho most gratifying result
to tho lover ot good order aud good morals, is that
of tho vote upon tho license question. We aro
proud ot the fuel that tho law prohibiting the sale
of spirituous liquors in less quantities than one
quart, has been signally sustained by tho people of
Galveston county.
No license lias pretty extensively }»rovailed
throughout the State, as far as heard lrom. There
havo been cases of yellow lover at. Galveston.
Tho Galveston Gazelle, of the Bth, says : “We
are phased to bo able to state thut tho prospect of
tho cotton crop is still very flattering. Wo hear
of no material damage from any cause, and tho
api r. ' oDSion from tho worm seems to have sub
sided.”
Tne same paper, ot tho 11th inst., says : “Tho
health of tho interior still appears to bo good,
notwithstanding the unusual heat of tho summer.
Tho Galveston Times, of the 12th inst., says :
“Notwithstanding the advent of yellow fever
among tho weather has been pleasant fer seve
ral du>H, a pure atmosphere pervading, a lino
breoze fanning us from the Gulf. But as an offset,
the sun hums down with a fiery beaming, pono
trativo of brain and body.”
The Texas State Gazette, ci’y of Austin, of tho
sth inst., aunounces tho result of the bidding tor
the construction of the Pacific Railroad. Jr was
awarded to Messrs. R. J. vv alker, T. Butlet King
and thoir fifteen associates of Texas.
Tho torina ot tbe contract obligate lha contract
ors to construct the Mississippi and Pacific Rail
road from a point on tho eastern boundary lino of
the St to of Texas, not north of the town of t ulton,
in tho State of Arkansas, toa suitable point ou the
Rio Grande, at or near the town of Ei Paso ; to
cross tho rivers Trinity, Brazos aud Colorado us
near the 82d dagree north latitude as practicable ;
and this on the terms and conditions, and for the
consideration expressed in tho act of the Legisla
ture of tho State of Texas, pas.-.o i for that purpose,
and approved Peeetnbor 21st, 1858. They agree
to cvmraence the work within thirty days after
tho execution of tho contract, in case it may bo
awarded to them, to furnish and place in running
order fifty milos of said road within eighteen
months from tho dale of said contract, and to fur
nish und place in i ko order one hundred miles ot
i.tnd road each aud every year thereafter until tho
whole shall bo completed, of the first class ot
railroads; and tLey aro to doposit in the Treasury
of tho Slate of Texas, par stocks to tho amount of
three hundred thousand dollars, to be forfeited in
case fifty miles of tho road shad not bo completed
within eighteen mouths from tho date of the
oon tract.
The Stato Gazette remarks upon this os follows .•
This bid, it wiP be seen, was in oxact conformi
ty with the law, and was in fact the only valid und
legal bid before tho Governor, aud was accepted;
the Governor requiring tho route of tho road to be
located ami designated within certain short pre
scribed periods. It will bo perceived, although
this bid is entirely in tho name of individuals, yet
wo understand that Messrs. Walker and King will
be permitted to bring into tho now company all
tho bona Jide insossmont paying stockholders of
the Atlantic* aud Pacific Railroad Company.
Ot the Galveston and Henderson Railroad the
same paper remarks that it is suspended for the
present in consequence of the heat of the weather
incapacitating tho laborers to go on with i\ Ou
tho Ist of this mouth, according to tho terms of
tho loan negotiated in England by Col. Lacy, an
installment of SIOO,OOO was to have been paid'in
Now York, aud this amount continued each month
until tho whole sum of three million ot dollars is
paid to tho company in consideration of the trans
fer ol the company’s bonds for that amount. Tho
editor adds:
Should tho amount come to hand, it may bo
nrobablo that the people of Houston will soo tho
railroud at that place by next July, ns formerly
intimated. Wo understand that the contractors
for laying tho rails from Virginia Point across the
bay to Galvo-ton will commence the work this fall,
and will most likely either construct a dyke or lay
the rail upon an iron frame work. Tho company
aro said to havo sufficient means to construct the
road to Houston without fulling back upon the
English loan. Much of Virginia Point is a low,
wot prairie, and owing to heavy rains the »•«?*
season the work ha been vory seriously retarded.
From the Rio Grande. —The Nautilus brought
papers from this quarter, and from one of them,
the Brownsville Flag, of tho Ist inst., wo cut tho
following interesting nows:
Siuco the date of our last publication the politi
cal horizon of our neighbors lias grown still more
dark and ominous, though us yet the storm has not
burst forth. Tho little band of liberators at Vic
toria still hold thoir ground, and tie new formed
gubernatorial cabinet issues its orders with all the
oonfidonce of a firm establishment. They havo
established a paper, tho first number of which wo
have before us. It is called La Fodcracion—The
Federation—and is quite zealous in the cause of
regeneration. We havo botore us the plan upon
which these men propose to operate. It is quite
brief, embracing only tour articles. Tho first of
which solemnly refuses to recognize the dictatorial
government of Santa Anna, which, they assert,
has destroyed tho Federal Government of the
States tor the purpose of substituting in its stead
the voluntary caprice of a single man ; the socond
declares the federal compact ot 18*24, and the con
stinni. es of the States, to boos the sumo force and
effect that they had before dissolving tho Legisla
tures, und without prejudice to tho r. forms accord
ed bv the national representation ; tho third annuls
all tie laws and decrees of the “ uurecogniz:d ”
government, und reinforces all those formerly in
tx tei.v' by the Republic aud the Stato; and the
fourth declares that with the establishment of
pereo and order in tho State a provisional govern
rnent will be formed, with all the powers which,
under the constitution, circumstances may render
necessary.
We learn that the towns of Tula, San Carlos and
San Fernando have joined vv th Victoria iu *.he
revolutionary movement, nud the now Govern
ment is gaining - rength daily. It is rumored,
though with w hat truth we know not, that iu tho
vicinity of Matam ros, the revolutionists number
I some SOO men, armed and equipped, and an attack
j ou that city .s confidently expected. As we have
1 stated, wc kuow not how true this report is. bnt
I certain demonstrations. upp.«rvnt to every one rierc,
; would indicate that it was entitleto some cre
| dence. Gen. WoH, tho commandant of tho forces
in Mitamoros, has thought the indications snffi
• dent to warrant him iu issuing a proclamation to
I the people, urging them to be qT.el and wear the
vokc of the Dictator, his master, without erntn
! tiling. This General grows quite logica*. wjthal,
in attempting to prove to the good p ople of this
frontier that thqir condition has been actually bet
tered under t! c Government of trw sc who wear
tfce collar oi Sun... Ar.na. He declares it **as
clear as the light of day" tbat, comparing the pre
sent with the pa.-t, a positive improvement is
found. He then attempts to prove that aCor.gress,
or, as ho exy ressos i:, a little C~ gresf, composed
of tic Representative.', cf the people, is not ade
quate to tne task cf providing for the public in
terests, insomuch cs this Congress is elected in
compliment to tho precepts of a Governor, it would
follow mat it wool *t be tne quiet instrument oi a
despot, covering his most cr.minai acts with reso
lutions which i.e himself dictates, and thus de
stroying the only checks to the works of the evil
doer, which is that of punishment.
„Tuk Late Hail Storm.-—The editor of the
Clarksvi ie Tobacco Plant recently visited the
county of Lunenburg, a..d passed over the track
V , *®*° *}vl storm, and learned that it was
destructive m its vfiecis. The road, in many
places. w*B blocked np with fallen trees. He saw
0...> >■■iv pof to a.v,: • ; s l 0 Mr. Barton,
w.nU: wa> almost completely demolished. Col.
Kindi, o. l hristiars.i.le, stated that a great nunv
her of planters sustained the a most t bta- !os» of
their crops of tobacco and corn. He Vv-.Tted
that as many as 100 planters in Mecklenburg coun
ty ha i suffered to this ex ent. T l . hJI >*.oucs
in some instances, were as \ x7 , : , u . ,„ c
one, which was weight c.fcri.t or ten hours after
it fell, was f und to weigh five ounces: Hogs,
sheer and Awls were kill 'd numbers. Mrs!
Daly io-t 100 >heep. Altogether, nothing was ever
see-) by the oldest inhabitants, which could cem
pare with it. It ;> estima-'ed that the average
y ield of tobaoco and corn ic Mecklenburg will be
diminished at least one-fourth o. one third by this
storm.
Boydton, it seems, reaps I the fall fury of the
storm. Ail Ihe glass nea lv in the C.iy was broke
out, and we learn that by S o’clock next morning
cot a pane could be bought.
is an Juan. —Speakin? of the destruction of this
town, the Charleston Mercury, an Administration
paper, sa,jt>:
“The retribution has neither the excuse of pas
sion or the grace oi chivalry. The inhabitants ali
lett the town, and the Cyane bombarded the w>i
autless b oases and haun.eaa arv good?. Ae shot
and sheila proved too slow, a party lauded, armed
with to’cbes, who set fire to the remaining houses.
Wee not this noble work ioraohip of war of a great
nation l”
Saratoga Convention.
SABATtfOA, August 16—12 M.
Tbe Anti-Nebraska fctate Convention assemtuvU
ai St. Nicholas Hail at 10 o’clock, and was ca..eO
order by Joseph Blau’, Esq. John . .
appointed preiiminarj Chxirinau. ' '
of Sew York, end W.Uism btewar , of B.ntrfcaap
ton, Secretaries. A Committee on Credent,ala *»■
Hurens was the firstspeaker. He believed
in the higher law, and hoped the
wo a id be opened with prayer, if a clergymen wore
demotion was postponed, and the roU «I£J :
A Committee of eixteea was appointed t-nom.
“l o S“‘f f P a committee to prepare
mi.S3bi.imJK the Convention was lollow
cd by an angry discussion, after which the rule
of the assembly wereadopted.
Mr. Greeley moved for the appointme-. of a
Business Committee of eight.
Mr. Johnson, of Delaware, objec-ed, saying
hat tne permanent President ought to have that
power, and moved to lay the motion on the table.
Mr. Culver was willing to trust either M.Gree
ley or the Chairman, a son ol Knlus King, of oia
J The ’motion was rejected, when tbe resolution
was amended by increasing tne number of the
Committee to 16, and passed.
Great confusion ensued. , Th . ve r
An effort was then made to callont Mr. Thayer,
of Worcester. Massachusetts, as coonect-.d wnn
the most practical business of tins Conven_Ou..
Joshua Leavitt, L-.q-, raised objections, ihe
question was then put to vote, and Mr. Thayer was
invited to speak. . . ... h taa«s
ilr. Leaiitt persevered in spite of the hisse
raised against him, and protested against this in
fringement of his rights. .
Mr. Thayer, after order was restored, took tne
stand and explained the objects of the
setts, Kansas and Emigrant Society. He sp
for nearly half an hour.
The Business Committee reported the following
neriraiient efiicers: President—N. a. McKoon, O!
C£ueeos county ; V'ice Presidents —R. N. Havens,
Edward Berry, F. P. Bellinger, Luke Hitchcock,
Lewis Kingsley, Freeman Clark, Geo. B. Benedict;
feecieUvries —J. J. Chambers, Y7m. Stewart, J. 11.
Cimberly, J. H. Howeii, L. T. Noble.
A prayer was then offered by the Rev. Mr. Bush
nell, of Hartford.
A motion made to adjourn was lost and the roll
called.
Adjourned till half past3o’clock.
AFTERNOON 6ESSION.
uori.y *.f the men* to the .
.-a* deliberately *ad vr, >onr .*e->v>e r ied eon
c/er*y re*p«cUtx uc- isior r .very *'jder
oar fiftiioi a' iris noUvo, wuiefi o zut*’ >tity of the
t. ,ph ; « .... vtMood to bo by
iLt • .nxpiouu-ea of .• r-U and »ivO, arui
« re*..* -• V: a v current
| >y knuwn a- ’.be jNehrastca Bill, iesiguedly sue
‘ • r eo so much of the compp-ct ''oroniouly termed
: ti e Missouri Comproaiiso, us -x lided slavery
forever from ihftt vast centrai region ot our con
1 ’blent. r oin the o the
Kocay MouTitaiuH. and fjow f.hn parallel of H 6 dog,
I V* ■ ; y 9O ■of thi/'b 'ongit i>
nl.-roiie." veuty yetis, dnri. «
. *•' naif or wo* b .c* u**-" .4-
bolding community, have solemn ly attested
through every channel of popular and legislative
action thoir determined und emphatic purpose
that the extension of Slavery shall bo forbidden,
obstructed and prevented by positive law, there
fore
Leaolvfidy That the State of Now York, now as
ever, affirms aud maintains the right and the «luty
of the Federal Government to prohibit and pre
clude tho extension, establishment, or perpetua
tion of human sluvery in any and every territory
ol tho United States, and in any territory, posses
sion or country, over which the Union now has
or may hereafter acquire exclusive jurisdiction,
and, in support of this position, wo appeal to the
uniform opinions, expressions, and acta of our
statesmen, legislators und people from 1784 till
this day.
Jiesolvsdf That tho doctrine affirmed by tho Ne
braska bill, and gilded over by its udvocutes with
the specious phrases of “non-intervention” und
“popular sovereignly,” is really aud clearly a com
plete surrender ol all the grounds hitherto assert
ed and maintained by the free States with respect
to the limitation of slavery, and is a plain conces
sion and recognition of tho rights of slaveholders
to transfer their human chatties to any parr of
tho public domain and there hold them as slaves
so long as cupidity may tempt and force shall
suffice to detain them in servitude.
Rtsolvtd , That unbroken experience attests that
free labor and sluve labor cannot co exist on tlie
same soil—that wherever slavery is tolerated, there
freu labor dies out or sinks into a mero satellite
j. :id convenience of the plantation and its managers
--so thut the admission of slavery into Kansas aud
Nebraska involves tho practical exclusion there
from of ourselves and our children, through all
coming time, with that paralysis of invention, in
terdiction oi ii dustrial progress, and degr dalioti
of labor, which are the inevitable attendants of
the idavoliolding system.
Resolved, Thai aga.ust the doctrines, tendencies
aud natural consequences involved in the Nebras
ka bill, so calculated to dishonor our country in
the eyes of mankind, and ’o discourage und con
found tho champions of liberty and progross
through ut the world, declare uncompromis ng
war, . nd in the spirit and faith of our fathers will
struggle to the last for tho reconstruction of No
brti ku and Kansas to ’.lie ennobling occupation
und uso of free labor und freemen
Resolved, That wo protest against that abuse of
thj term “non intervention,” which is intended
to cover and uphold the intervention ol the Siato
between the oppressors and his victim. In behalf
ot the former; wo denounce thut abuso of tho
phruse “popular sovereignty,’ which would make
it a cloak tor lcga’izing tho absolute subjugation
Os a part of tho h uman 1 ace to tho will aud pleasure
of others, and wo demand of government us a
primary duty, perpetual intervention ou the sido
ol justice, equality and liberty, and in vindication
of each innocent man’s sove.eignty over himself.
Resolved, That the deliberate repudiation by tho
slave power, on tho very first opportunity, of the
soldi’n compact forced upon our fathers by its
representatives, whereby tho territories*no
known as Nebraska and Kansas, were consecrated
iorover to freedom, Las absolved us from all com
pacts or agreements outside tho Fedors 1 Constitu
tion with reference to slavery ; and we now take
our stand distinctly on the principle that all ter
ritory of the United Stales must henceforth be tree
territory, and all States hereulter admtlted must
come into tho U uion as free States.
Resolved, Thut we heartily approve the course of
tho freemen of Connecticut, Vermont, lowa, Ohio,
Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan, in postponing or
disregarding their minor differences of opinion or
preference, aud acting togother cordially .• d trust
ingly in the sacred cause of freedom, of fri o labor
and free soil; and wo commend their spin, to tho
freemen of this and other S'atos, exho ting each
to maintain old organizations or supplant thorn by
now, as the cause of liberty and justice shall be
best subserved by the ouo course or the other, and
renouuce his party whenever and whorever that
party proves uulaithful to human freedom.
As tho vote was called on tliis last resolution,
Mr. Bullard, of Waterford, moved an amendment
as follows : “ An 1 we propose to folio .v their ex
ample by nominating a State ticket made up of
tili parties. Ho sai i this Convention was a scrap
book of all parties, and it mast aet trno to tho
cau M 3.
Tremendous confusion and liubub now followed,
and amid cries of order and shouts of question,
Mr. Bullard wus compelled losit down.
Tho vole was called on tho amendment, and the
yeas and nays attempted to bo taken. It was
finally tabled, aud the next resolutions read and
voted on.
Resolved, That tho thanks of tho Convention
are hereby tendered to <ur Senators, and tho
great majority of our representatives in Congress,
tor tho ability, fidelity, and courtesy, wherewith
they upheld throughout the long, arduous aud un
equal struggle on the Nebraska bill against the
power of patronage, tho drill ot party, aud the des
potism cf a factitious and au anomalous majority,
the settled conviction of thoir Slate, the principles
of their constituents and tho interests of freedom.
Rte Ivtd, That we heartily approve and com
mend to universal sympathy and aid, the efforts
now in progress to organize a s>stematic coloniza
tion with lrco souls and strong arms, first of
Kunsasaud successively of all tho other territories
and unpeopled regions exposed to the b'ight and
scourge of slavery; aud we challcugo those who
say they are u much opposed to slavory as we are
but havo never found yet a satisfactory opportunity
to demonstrate thoir faith aud thoir works, to vie
vvith ns in promoting this constitutional and unob
iect ion able plan for securing the territories to free
dom. , ,
Al! tho resolutions were now adopted so far,
when a mighty contest sprang up on tho last two
resolves of tbe majority report, in reference to
calling a State Convention at Auburn on Septom
ber the 26ih, to select a ticket from those in
nomination. . ,
Amendments to this were sought to be pro
posed, and much confusion and disorder ensued.
Mr. Havens, of Now York, then spoke at length,
und was followed by
Mr. Ellington, of St. Lawrence, who moved to
amend by nominating candidates at once. If the
Convention would not do their duty, tbe poople
would. He loudly hiuted at a division of the
Convention. . , A . a .. , ,
Mr Fetors, ot Genesee, said the fc»outn had
governed, and their black fi tg waved over the
Capitol. Wo could not repeui the Fugitive Slavo
Law and restore the Missouri Compromise, but
wo cou'd prevent more slave territory, lhis plavO
\va* an oven to bake doughfaces. He had been
on the Buffalo platform, and wanted to get there
‘‘Judge Hathaway, of Delaware, said Ihe Buffalo
platform wa* eternal, and that eternity lasted four
* airs. He did not want any other kst beginning
with platforms they should come out with an idea.
We must persuade all parties and unite with them
to resist Southern aggression. These who at
tempted to bargain ctf our rights would receive
the same fate ns -.hat father ot doaghtaces who
attempted to bargain away West Point.
Mr. Leonard Gibbs, of Washington county, fol
lowed and said beware oi both parti s, lor they
are false to freedom. We wore not sent here to
.-ay what everybody knew before. It is better if
! wc ore to be fettered by party that it be done by
! men south of Mason’s and Dixon’s line than we
j should put them on our.-elves. He was an aboli
| tionist, and should die such if he lived long
i enough, l'o with us free democrats as you picase,
Isy aside opposition with brother democrats and
[ht days cf slavery are numbered, make no nomi
nations and you are betrayed. The parties wdl
erve G:d all they cun without offending the
devil.
E l>. Culver was called out, and he estimated
that twenty thousand Free Democrats and thirty
th nsani Soft shell votes could be had forthc pro
p. -e l new and the rest could be gathered
iVoiu tw. .hundred and twelve thousand Whigs.
Trds did not look favorable to the movement. The
Hard sl.ei's would get one hundr d and six thoas
urd a:; 1 the softs ninety six thousand votes, an d
the recruits must come irom the \v hig rank.-.
A member a-ked who signed the Fugitive Slave
Mr. Culver replied—Millard FiUmore. (Hisses.)
These resolutions will get out of the gorhten knot
between the North, on the 26th of September tick
ets true to freedom.
Mr. O. B. Pierce, of Rome, said he had printed
Douglass’ death and damr*.t.cn.
Cel. Jack a.-ose to a pot: t of order, and raid the
gentleman's language would disgrace any party.
Mr. Pierce went on, amid calls tor Preston King,
declaring he would hold his place,, and after sup
portin ? the resolutions at length, s-id they would
J ii> an army of two hundred and twenty-five
thousand strong.
Preston King then rose and said, this subject
was net surpassed in majesty since the adoption ot
tho lederal constitution. Let ns make this tnirg
sure. The great mass of the people are not pre
pared to receive from this Conven'.on nomina
tions. He was willing to he p manufacture thun
der to help blast the traitors to freedom. The
motives are here the same; all parties aro rotten ,
and med more outside pressure to hold them to
gether. We have been forced to pall them a t >art.
He thought unfavorably too of adjournieg to Au
burn.
Mr. Tatft, of Jefferson county, had come here to
serve in making au organization. He afavlrod
Dame! \\ ebster ss recreant to freedom, when a
perk-c* sh'rm of hisses met him. Me refused to
y-fc-d the floor, and declared himseir willing to go
to Auburn and there act.
Mr. H. J. Raymond said lie had an amendment
to offer. Ah who suppose tho question was left to
ether the Whig or Democratic parties, were un
der a in;>tftke. We now propose to be a party to
control both the other parties platform. We are
not for parties, but principles. He sjpoke very
energetically, and moved to strike out all words in
the tenth resolutu n, instructing the Convention
on re assembling to select candidates.
Mr. Nortfcrup, of Washington County, wanted
the Convention to act. If h® could not get a
nomination now, be might ge. it in September if
possible; before he died it he oould.
Interminable confnstoti and disorder now ioi
lowed.
Mr. Walker, of Chantauque, spoke long against
nominations.
Mr. L. P. Noble was one of the Onondagss. He
read the HoVej resolution of August stb, said it
was their duty tore-pect instructions. That reso
lution was passed thr'se to one. But he yielded
his individual preference, and went for nomina
tion in September.
Professor J. W. Fowler offered a resol a- ion
pledging the Convention to support no mau or
measures that will subject us to foreign hierarchy.
Mr. Bullard .'.gain attempted to speak but was
overpowered by a deafening hnbub.
Mr. Raymond's amendment was then adopted.
The resolution as adopted is in the follow.ng
form: ,
Re y lied, That when this Convention does ad
journ i r will adjourn to meet again in Auburn, at
eiicbUk A. M., or- Tu sday, September the
26 b, cht. «:- i w : ih the datv of pre.- -Ming candi
dete fi -state officers to bo supported at the en
fcUAhe. Mr. had finished reading the reso
lute f : , Mr. Raymond re-read them one by one
fa-id they w .re voted upon, most of them receiving
a: , unanimous vote. Debating and voting upon
then; 1 \k up nearly all tho time of the Couven-
U Mr. Fowler’s Catholic resolution was not acted
upon. , ,
Two miuoriiy reports were presented ana
tabled.
The Convention then adj ourned.
Mei»achuaeUN Whig state CoaveDtion.
Boston, August 16, 1 £54.
The Whig State Convention assembled this
morning in the Music Hall, and organized tempo
rarily by the choice of Dr. L. V. Bell, of Somrner
ville’aa Chairman.
The permanent officers consist of Franklin Dex
ter, ot .eriey, : resident; Josiah Quincy, Sen.,
and twenty three others, Vice Presidents; and five
Secretaries.
The President, in his opening address, alluded
to the destruction of Greytown as an usurpation
of the powers of Congress, tending to involve the
country in war, and as deserving of condemnation,
although not enumerated in the objects upon
which the Convention was called to act. From hi 3
continued absence from the country during the
last two years, ho relied upon the members ot
Congress present to peak of the violation of the
Compromise, acted upon in good faith for more
than a quarter of a century, in the manner it de
served. In his view, the formation of the Freo-
R(,-il party had laiied in its design, and he trusted
*' t / a wnnld h* nnrsued this day as
"!• -** ho ■■• ui »*o that • 1 • a
th e olim**to an d soil would r gulaie the question o*
w«i iwr-r rouwo might h.-
s others.
Mr. Dexter* v remarks wer reoc.ved wj-h erea
j Mr. Jo i .}; Q iiuecy said he wiw not surprised
slaves, even
tercst of the t-outh a» well ns tho North to do so.
Afcr pointing out the greet evils whi.'h Lad re
sulted from the Fugitive Slave Law, and slave
extension, lie indicated an the remedy the union
of the Free Stutes in the demand lor release from
the lugilive slave obligation, which measure il
carried out would infuse new life into the union of
the States.
Three loud cheers were given for Mr. Quincoy
at the conclusion of his speech.
The Committee on credentials reported seven
teen hundrea and seventy-six delegates, repre
senting two huudro'J and ninety-seven town and
cities.
The vote for a candidate for Govornor was Sl3
for Washburn, and 111 tor Senator Rockwell, six
scattering. The vote was then mado unanimous
for Wash burn. The votes were then collected
for Lieutenant Govornor, when tlio Convention
adjourned for dinner.
Afternoon Session.— ln the afternoon session,
the* committee on the nomination of a candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, reported the whole num
her of votes as live hundred and sixty-nine. For
Wm. C. Plunkett 566 ; lor John G. Palfrey 3.
M*-. White, ot Lowell, from the Committee on
rvfloli.tions, reported the following:
Resolved, That the Whig party of Massachusetts,
evor true to liberty, the Constitution ami the
Union, have no need to abandon its organization
or change its principles.
Revived, That the Union was formed to estab
lieh justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote
the general welfare and secure tho blossiugs of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
Resolved, That wo cherish a cordial, habitual
and immovable attachment to the Union as the
Pul Indium of our political safety and prosperi y;
that we recognise now and over our fcaity to the
Constitution, und our obligations to maintain its
principles and yield to its requirements.
Resolved, That it was tho policy of tho fathers
of the Republic to confine slavery to its then exist
ing limits, as is evinced by the passage of the or
clince of 1787, and applied to all the territories of
tho Union ; thus clearly establishing as a cardinal
principle of the government, that slavery should
1)0 for over prohibited in tho public domain.
Resolved, That tho recent act of the National
Legislature, in wantonly and faithlessly annulling
a solemn covenant, which had stood for more than
thirty years, und which tho South had received
the full benefit of, leaves no restriction upon the
action of the free States, beyond the exact pro
visions of iho Constitution itself.
R solved, That tho repeated and long continued
adv cutes of slavery extension, have awakenod tho
people of Muasachu etts, and of the free States, to
tho fact that the end and aim is political suprema
cy. Tnat by this last crowuiug act tho repeal of
tho Missouri Compromise effected through South
oru faithlessness, and Nortnern treachery, stimu
lated by tho corrupt use of Southern influence, the
naked question of liberty or slavery as tho con
trolling pi inciple of tho government is presented
to tho American people, and for ourselves wo de
clare our rendinoH to meet that issue and our
determination at ail times and under a’l circum
stances so to exercise our Constitutional rights as
to seearo tho blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity.
Resolved, That we are unalterably opposed tv
liio extension of slavery over one foot of territory
now free —that wo will seek the immediate and
unconditional opcal of so much of the Nobraska
and Kansas act as annuls tho Missouri Compro
mise, and that wo will oppose tho admission into
the confederacy of any now State formed out of
any of our territorial possessions unless slavery be
prohibited therein.
Resolv'd, That tho provisions in the Constitu
tion of the United States that the citizens of* each
State shall be entitled to all tho privileges and im
munities of citizens in the several States has been
lor years, and is now grossly violated by those
States of ll.it* Union where laws exist for tho im
prisonme* t ol citiacm-. of Massachusetts, without
trial or imputation of crime.
Resohed, That the fngi ivo slave law of 1850
contains harsh un i Arbitrary provisions which are
unnecessary to soctir > any rights of slaveholders
under the coLStiMVion —provisions which are just
ly obnoxious find odious to a free people who
claim, by inheritance, tho right cf trial by jury,
and of writ of habeas corpus, as the groat safe
gimrds of person*! liberty; and wo tru-t wo shall
never oesse tn demand such amendments as shall
make it consistent With tho constitutional rights
of the free Suites, or foiling In this, its uncondi
tional repeal.
Resolved, That Iho people of the free States arc
called upon by ctery motive of humanity, justice
srd p- iv>ti‘m, to give such aid and direction to
the g*--t» -t Western emigration n» shall se
cure our new and unoccupied territories to the
d< mini* nos fVe i r and Ir • ‘ ,
thus thwart the efforts of the present national ad
ministration to bring them under the dominion of
slavery 7 .
R'solvd, That in the recent legislation which
has aroused the indignation of the freemen of the
N >rth. wo recognize anew the settled policy ot the
Democratic party, who have ever shown thorn
selves subservient to tho interests of slavery, and
regardless of tho welfare of tho free States, and
wo arraign tho President of tho Unit, d States as
htvitg wantonly violated the pie ces of hii In
aug iral Address, as hating stoopod iron, his high
position and pr ■ titutod tho influence of his o ce, j
lor the purpose of unwarranted interference with
tho action of an independent co ordinate branch j
ot the Government. We arraign the present ad
ministration for appointing to offices both at homo
and abroad, foreigners ot questionable character
and doubtful fidelity to tho exclusion of native
citizens of high reputation and lolly patriotism,
for its cowardly attack upon a weak and defence
less community up»»n tho most trivial grounds,
while it has not dared to insist upon the enjoyment
by American citizens in foreign countries of that
full measure of religious freedom, which is posses
sed by all classes of men of what* ver frith under
the protection of the American Constitution, and
we ca'i upon all lovers of freedom and the friends
ot the ftee States to unite with us in a determined
effort to rescue the government of the nation from
their hands.
Rmbeu A. Chapman o‘ Springfield, eulogised
the pres. lit State Administration and pending
i.moudtur ii to ttie Constitution, and tiro amandcd
Constitnu 01 , ’h* people last >u.*ar. To overcome
the evils lesintitg from t:.o Nebraska Bill, ho was
of opinion ti at ; to wore to be expected from
any political actio: upon it by ihu present parties
in power. He doubted wbo'ter the course of tne
Whigs tri o supported th Administration, would
bop; i,< or by « maj r : v !: l ir constituents.
J ■ the Nebraska Bill could have
been ■ . i b_, a Wirg Aim a 'tratien, with a
I’risi lo: t tram the North, or eon the South.
Tiro H.m. S H. Willey, M. C., believed the
Whig o..use to be identical with the cause of con
stitutional liberty. With Massachusetts Whigs in
Congress there would l ave beon no occasion to
regret the passage of the measure which had been
depict ed by the Convention. The Legislation of
tho State fir the past year had been that of free
dom sad patriotic policy. So far thou the Whigs
had no occasion at home to change their uataa or
principles, and the Massachusetts Delegation in
Congress had not compromised these principles.
Massrchusctts Whigs had always been the friends
of the Constitution and of the law. He agreed
with Sir. Viuiucy that the last grain had been
heaped upon tho eamela’s back, the bow t ad been
stretched to the utmost, until the people were
aroused at the evils cont nuai y heaped upon them, j
Ho had been caned a Compromise man, and he i
would, go (or the rights of the South to the furthest 1
limits, and, if necessary, light for them, yet he 1
considered nimself sbsorlved from all moral obli- |
gatious to support Compromises out of the Con- ]
atitution. Ifni other method c.uki b adopted,
he would say to the South, in the Fugitive Law
be so amended as to saeur. t •; riguts ct the South
without violating the ft 1 the North, Jss wo
will repeal the i.iw, and . them to seek what
other remedies the;, car, obtain under the consti
tution. He urged, iu c mclnsioo, that the North I
sbouUyMfein those who were true to their prin- j
w:s satisfied with tho senti
ments orthe Convection, as expressed to-day,
and hoped that if the other party did not couie I
over lo toe Whigs, the r e would t last be no con- j
tention between thorn. Many Whigs had come j
to the conclusion that on a failure of this Conven
tion to come fully up to the mark, the party would
be smaller than ever, bat wi t the action of the j
Convention they had no fault to find, and he could
oonetive of no reason why the friends of the recent ]
convention should notact with this.
Otis Lord, Sate .Speaker c: the House, felt that |
he was in a Whig Convention this afterno n, of;
wbicu ho did cot feel quite sure tins morning. He |
was opposed to donations, isiug t e Whig party as ;
a a.ensure fraught with great evil to the counfay. It j
was the democratic party that passed the Nebraska j
bill and that party alone was friendly to slave ex- I
tension, and by the de.-:rucion of the Whig party i
the hope of preventing further slave extension j
would be swept away.
Mr. Lord referred to the course Os many demo- :
cratie members of Congress from the North as ;
recreant to the agreement made with the Whigs
relative to the Nebra.-ka bill. He had, hotter r, j
no fair in the contest of freedom over slavery and : :
he believed that the triumph of the friends of •
. | a va extension would be but a triumph with a j
barren sceptre. Nebraska and Kansas, he be.lev- ;
ed. were nestined to bo free despite of all the ‘
efforts et the enemies of freedom. j
Mr. Brauscomb, or Hoiroke, recently from Ne
brssgg was called uno;. t .-peak on t. e resolution ,
relative to Nebr*- emlgis’uon. After uttering a j
siriDir Oi anti eiavory ae..'itueQtA and eaiog.siog i
the Nebraska and Kansas country, he said the j
quest.an rested with tin North whe'hcr the terri- [
tbry snoaid be free or devoted to freedom. Al- ;
ready did slavery exist in those territories for he
h»d seen it, and unless the indifference of the
North tho out bo overcome, the institution of sla
very would be establisoed.
Jr. W. Chandler, of Boston, was no friend of ex
treme measures on either side, and made a atroog
lv r«> n-Boh nn tVv character of those who J
claim to *o‘the repW-emutives ot eoivalrv, a, d
jot violate to the fui.eat extent it* principles.
The r esolutions wire.hen unanimously adopted
end tt.e rtuvoutionadjoL’.riiod. . . .
The : f-ernoop session was thin I n numbers n ,
corn peri oc with thaforeuoou meeting. hoM or
the more pr mi meat aim expected such as vt in
tnrop, und Lawrence,
sent at any time. There was very little on.huaiaam
manifested during ."
w&ms
<%oradc & Sentinel.
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Saratoga Convention —Veracity of the Frew.
It is really unfortunate for the reputation of
American journalism, that quite too many of those
connected with the press are not very careful of
their voracity. Hence, in their eager anxiety to
accomplish a particular purpose, they arc not at all
scrupulous as to the means used or the statements
made by them. A recent occurrence in connection
with the Anti Nebraska State Convention cf Now
York, which was callod by and composed of men
of nil parties, so fully demonstrates the truth of
our stricture upon the veracity of a portion cf tho
press, that wo cannot permit the occasion to pass
without reforenco to it. The disregard of truth in
tbi 4 instance is so gross and palpable that no intel
ligent man can excuse it, for the call for the Con
vention had been heralded for weeks—it was
signed by men of all parties, and appealed to men
of all partite to assemble in Convention. What,
then, must bo thought of tho veracity of those
journals. (Democratic, and even those calling
themselves “ Aeutral” or “Independent”) who,
in the face of these well known facts, should des
ignate this Convention as “ The Whig, Anti-
Nebraska, Abolition Convention!” Verily, one
would think it required a face that would put brass
to the blush.
Philosopher Grexly notices this disreputable
effort to make the impression, that it was a Whig
Conveuticn, and speaks in tho following terms of
the author cf tho trick. Tho philosopher, who
was a prominent actor in the Convention, Is evi
dently very indignant, and not very complimen
tary to those who havo thus attempted to impose
on the public. Ho says:
u The writer of it know’ himself a liar, or he
kco;vs very little. The Anti-Nebraska Convention
was no more Whig then tho Temperance Conven
tion was, nor than the State Agricultural Fair will
bo. Not one of ita active promoters is a Whig, so
far as we have knowledge, she call was expressly
to men of all parties op; osed to the repeal of the
Missouri Restriction. Ho W hiss quite generally,
whilo svmpathizmg with its i i pulses and avowed
objects) were afraid it would distract and p. rhap3
«iiv» V i cir party, by proceeding to nominate a
State Ticket. ‘An 1, the call was signed by men
ot uil parties, so was it addressed to men of all
part'os, and responded to by ail.
“ Wc do not believe a majority of its members
at any time were Whigs. Its President was Vice-
Chancellor M’Coun, a lifo-lorg Democrat. Among
its members were Preston King, Gen. E. F. Bul
lard, the Kev. Dolphus Skinner. Judgo Allison, of
Rockland, Hiram Barney, Goo. P. Benedict, and
scores more of life-long Democrats ; also Leonard
Gibbs, John Scow. Dennis Harris, Joshua ea
vi’.t, and more than a hundred other anti-Whig
Abolitionists.”
Progress of Freesoilism.
Tiie proceedings of ti.e Anti-Nebraska Conven
tion, (composed of all parties and factions,) at
Saratoga. New Y 7 ork, and the Whig Convention of
Massachusetts, will necessarily attract the readers
attention, and we commend them to their dispas
sionate consideration as an evidence of tho pro
gress of Freefioiiism in those two States. It is
proper, however, that wo should express the con
viction that the Saratoga assemblage not only fed
far short of the expectations of the getters up, but
may be regarded rather a failure than otherwise.
In Massachusetts, however, fanaticism has been
mere successful, and the Whig party incorporates
Freesoiiism in their platform—it is, indeed, the
corner stone—the chief plank. The alliance of
Southern men with such a party cannot be thought
of or entertained.
We are not without hope, however, that good j
wiil come out of all this, and we shall yet be abie :
to form a conservative national party, who wdl j
control the government, and confine its action to i
its legitimate objects.
Bales of Fodder.—A few day 3 since, we saw a
few bales of Fodder, brought to this city, which
had been packed in a eomrnon cotton press. Tney
were about two thirds the size of a 450 lbs. bale ot
Cotter, and averaged 431 pounds each. They
were hooped with white oak splits about to %
of an inch thick, which were tied the same as the
ropes on a bale of Cotton—each ta.e hav,r.g w
common pine clapooards, probably 3 or 10, to g* ve
the bale a more compact appearance.
If our planters generally would adopt this p an
of packing their fodder, it wouid bear transports
tien to market, and they might find area ys-.e
for ail their surplus, to the exclusion of Northern
hay. They may easily pack bales weigh rg
pounds, which would be -s easily bandied as bales
of cotton. Try it.
Southern Central Agricultural Society.—
Bead the earnest uod stirring appeal of “Geoagia
in behalf of this useful and patriotic organ zation,
and give it a hearty and liberal response.
Madison Spring* Fancy B»ll.
The last Fancy Dress and Ma39 aer ado Ball Os
the season, will come off at the M Springs
oa or about the 10th oi September.
Greytown Affair—Democrats Speaking. j
We haVv forborne to lay before our readers
many of tUe articles which havo mot our eye, cen
suring the conduct of the Administration in rel*
ti nto the Greytown affiir, because most of them
emanated eitbei from opposition or neutral presses.
Few cf tho democratic presses possess the inde
pendence to rise superior to the commands of
party, and assume tho position of patriots, bo
cause in th s instance, such a position would place
them in antagonism to the Administration. There
are, however, a few democratic journals who have
‘ho independence, for which they are to be com
mended, and as our readers may be pleased to see
in what terms they express themselves, we subjoin
their comments.
The following article is from the li Independent
Press,” Eaton ton, & journal distinguished for its
devotion to the democratic party.
“ The Gkeytown Affair. —Wc have forborne to
make any Lusty comments upon this unfortunate
affair, because -ve do uot think that the occasion is
one upon which to indulge in pop gun editorials
or partizAn . quibf. The bombardment and burn
ing of u town on one hand is of such importance
us to require aggravated offeuce on tho part of its
sovereignty boiore such extreme measures aro re
sorted to; and on tho other hand the honor and
humanity of the nation should not be looked upon
by editors as bubbles to be bio a d about by tho
breath cf factious opposition.
“ We have endeavored to investigate tho case
made by commander dollies with all the .impar
tiality we could bring to bear upon tho subject. If
he did wrong, ho did so according to the instruc
ts*-.given him by tho Administration. For the
organ to seek to shift the responsibihty is puerile
and pusillanimous. If Hollins erred at all, it was
in being too ready to execute orders.
“Did the authorities ot Greytown merit the
fate they received ? According to tho laws of na
tion, and according to reason and common justice,
they und übtedly did.
“But did the Administration doriirht in admin
istering the punishment it did? Wo are fully
satisfied that it did noi. Tho act of Commander
Hollins wa.** an act of war, and the war-making
power is in CoDgresi—not in the Administration.
Congress was in t-ession at and before tho destruc
tion of Grey town, and the issues involved should
have neen laid before that body.
“ It will not do to plead that the inhabitants and
pretended authorities of Greytown were irrespon
sible persons—negroes uiid hull negroes. If not
responsible, why hold them so ? Either they were
. S; they were sove
uni-il sbt md have been made in the quart w where
Aovereigmv was before proceeding tc xtremo j
Ci course we do *of bold U-« tinder no oir- j
,vai vessel ooafd not, a pot* certain contingencies
bombard a pi»c? without orders. But *1 wculo
require very n nciit circumstances . > justify vuh j
s v-e : jv, and such circumstances did not exist
iq jiisioa of the recent bombardment and
mere : no mistaking the position of this toar
Tlio following remarks aro culled from the New
Orleans Delta, whoso democratic affinities aro so
highly appreciated in all tlio Southwest:
On any pretext, therefore, wo consider the do
structiou of tho property of tho citizens of Grey
towu utterly indefensible. Wo complained of tlio
destr'.ctiou, by the British, in 1814, of our national
buildings at Washington City. Though a van
dalio act, it had some color of excuse. But tho
British never pretended or attempted to destroy
tho proporty of private citizens.
The Delta is at fault in saying tho British when
they took possession of Washington City “never
protended or at tempted to destroy tho property of
privato citizens.” To tho eternal disgrace of tho
officer in command, it not of tho government, the
Vandals hunted out and destroyed tho types and
fixtures on which tho National was printed, bo
causo of the devotion ot Messrs. Gales Seaton
to tlio Republican cause! Then, that j mrnal was
the organ of the Republican party. Now, without
any change of its principles, it is frequently de
nounced by tho reckless or ignorant partizans of
tho day as a “ Federal” paper.
Ux-Mtciaicr Borland.
The fact that this gentleman has recently be
come so suddenly famous, renders any informa
tion in relation to him of speciul intorest. Prior
to his lato feta at Greytown, ho oceupiod a posi
sition which might be regarded an unenviable ob
scurity, save that notoriety which his street fights
about Washington had given him, which wo sup
pose possessod some peculiar charms for th • Pre
sident, houco his appointment as Minister. Tho
following sketch of him, from a personal acquain
tance and brother Democrat, will therefore bo par
ticularly interesting, and as such wo commend it
to our Democratic friends. Wc aro quito awuro
that such a sketch from an opponent of the ad
ministration would be regarded as unjust, and
therefore not worthy of credence, but as this is
from tho Richmond Enquirer, whoso democracy
cannot and will not be gain-sayed, it commends
itself to democratic consideration for its truthful
ness. Hero it is :
B“ It is better, perhaps, distinctly to protest that
we do uot wish to be understood as m any way
approving tho conduct of Mr. Borland in this af
fair. IJo is ono or tho appointments of this Ad
ministration which wo nave never been able to
understand or commend. In his previous career
he had not evinced any special qualification for
public basinet' of any sort, but loast of all for tho
delicate and c.ifi • ult duties of diplomacy. When
this promotion was first gazetted, wo’ forboded
trouble from his vehement and ungovernable pas
sions and his restless ambition for effect and noto
riety.
Tho want of judgment and dignity, and tho
di position to have a hand “in overy man’s pio,” as
SShakespere expresses it, which constitute striking
features in Mr. Borland’s character, were deplora
bly conspicuous in his conduct at San Juan. Why
should the American Minister interfere between
Captain Smith and tho negro boatman, thereby
officiously thrusting himself into a vulgar dispute,
and exposing this Government to unnecessary
insult and contempt ? Il was tho business of Mr.
Fabens, the consular ogont, to afford Capt. mith
tho protection which ho might justly claim. Mr.
Borland forgot his dignitity and his responsibility
when ho yielded to that impulse ot pugilism which
has so oftou involved him in street fights and af
fairs of honor.”
Is it any wonder to tho intelligent and reflecting
portion of the people that tho country is in hourly
danger of being ombroiled in war, with such dip
lomatic agents bb Borland, Soule, and all that
class of appointoos of Mr. Pierce? Heretofore it
Inis boon the policy of the Government from its
foundation, to select men for such appointments,
distinguished for their ability not less than for
their conservatism. To the present Administra
tion must be awarded the honor of changing this
policy—and nuch positions aro now occupied by
men who have acquired notoriety for radicalism
alone—and who aro entirely dostituto of reputa
tion as Statesmen—who over heard iho character
of Statesman ascribed to Solon Borland ? Is there
a mau living who ever dreamed of such an idea?
If so let him speak.
The Orange Watermelon. —We have seen a
specimen of this curious melon, grown in the gar
don of Mr. Wm. 11. Baldwin, of this city. There
is no distinguishable difference in tho taste between
this and tho common melon, but tho rind peels off
like that of an orange, at the thickness of a quar
ter to half an inch.— Nat. Intel.
Nothing but a desiroto guard the public against
tho greatest humbug in tho melon line extant, in
duces us to copy the above paragraph from tho
National Intelligencer. Wo knew nothing of tho
“ Common melons ” about Washington City, but we
presume they aro the same asalltho Water-molons
at the North—not fit to eat, iu tho opinion of a
mau who knows what a good melon is; hence, wo
are not surprised that thero is no difference be
tween them and the Orange Melon. These Orange
Melons have been cultivated in this vicinity for
the last three years, or more, and raa’y as we have
seen and tasted of them, wo have yet to see the
first one that was fit to eat, in the estimation of
any ono who has the taste to appreciate a good
melon. They aro only to be tolerated as a curiosi
ty, for their peculiarity; but as a melon to oat, they
aro totally unfit.
The Wilkes Rei’dciijawm — Mormonism. —The
Republican honors us over much in ascribing to us
the authorship of the paragraph in relation to
Mormoniam, which has afforded him tho oppor
tunity for a display of his facetiousness.
The paragraph in question, was dipped by us
from an .-.xchacge, the Montgomery Journal, we
believe, for tlic purpose of.voringtho interroga
tion in the negative, but in the hurry of preparing
matter it got into tho paper without credit, and of
courso without cur eomriieula upon tho power of
the government.
Boquet Augusta—Double Extract. —Those who
have been accustomed to use Lubin's Extracts ,
wiil be pleased to find an article manufactured by
D. B. Plumb & Co., of this city, put up in a style
of neatness corresponding with the celebrated
French perfumer, and which wdl compare favora
bly in delicacy of flavor.
New Cotton.—Three bales of new Upland Cot
ton—the first this season—reached this city on
Saturday from Georgia. We were handed, by
Messr . Ward’aw, Walker & Burnside, factors, in
this city, a sample of one bale, which was of fair
quality’; and shortly afterwards Messrs. GarJelle
& DeLaiglo laid on our 4esk samples of the other
two bales, one of which was received from the
plantation of W. E. Kesdrick, Columbia county,
G and the other from that of Gen. G. W. Evans,
Burke county, Ga. Both bales were of strictly
prime quality, and sold immediately on being j
placed on the market ala fancy price, and were ;
forthwith shipped in the steamship Marion for j
New York.— Ch, Courier.
These bales had all been previously sold in the j
Augusta market—the last bringing 12V£ cents, the
price for which it was sold in Charleston.
Yellow Fever at Charleston. —The J fercu*g of j
yesterday has the following paragraph :
Health oe the City. —The Augusta Constitu
tionalist of yesterday has a report professedly de
r.ved from Charleston, that there had been four
teen deaths by Yellow Fever in this city, during
the twelve hours preceding its transmission on
Saturday. We need not say that this report is ut
terly false, end obviously malignant, ani we hope
cur City Authorities will *ako measures to ascer
tain its author. It is proper to state that there
have -ccurre i a few cases'of Yellow Fever on
beard of vessels from Havana, and a few others,
in vessels lying alongside of them. As there have
been, as yet, no indications of its infecting the
city, we have not made it the subject of remark.—
IV B ard of Heal h have the subject under ex
amination, and will, w ; understand, make a full
report to Council to morrow evening.
Raising the Erie.— The remnant of the hull of
the steamer Erie, which was burnt off Silver Creek
thirteen years ago, was towed into Buffalo on Fii
day evening. The engine and valuables found on
board had been previously removed. The wreck
can be of no use unless it be for tho iron that holds
her together. Rumor says that some $1,500 in
silver coin was found, beside.- large quantity of
geld, silver and copper in a melted state.
A Novel Cask. —A negro man in Indiana waft
recently refused a passage in the Jeffersonville
Bailroad cars, became he could not prove his free
dom. He thereupon brought a suit for darua ? e ®
before a magistrate and obtained jutanap-.
eftad, however, has been taken to a h.gher CO
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I’oi tage oil the four Roviows and Blackwood to
any Postoffico in tho United States, only 80 cents
a your, viz: 14 coats a year on each Review, and
24 cents a year on Blackwood.
Yellow Fever in Savannah.— For several days
past rumors have boon prevalent in this city, of
the existence of Y’ellow Fever in Savannah, and
wo regret to perceive that the report of the Board
of lloalth but confirms them. The number of
deaths for tho week ending 15th iußt., were 25, of
whom 16 died of fovors, viz: 8 of yellow fever, 4
of bilious, 1 of congestive bilious, 8 of remittent,
2 of fever, 2of bilious remittent, and X of inter
mittent lover.
The liepublican of Thursday morning, in noticing
the report of the Board of Health, remarks:
“ It will bo seen that tho Board of Health report
three deaths tho past week from yellow fever. It
is but propor to add, that tlio disease is confined
to a vory small and much neglected part of the
eastern end of tho city, near the intersection of
Broughton and Eist Broad Btreets —that it has uot
assumed an epidemic form, and that more is not
tho loust ulurm felt by our citizens.
It is not customary in any other Ameri* an city,
ivo believo, to report occasional or sporadic eases
of this favor, on account of tho excitement it
creates abroad; but our Board of Health seem to
have considered it thoir duty to depart from this
rule, and to report overy ease of fovor brought to
their noiieo of whatover character. Wo presume
thero is not u city, or a district of five miles square,
any where ou the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
in which this foim of yellowfevor does not mani
fest itself, to some slight oxtent, overy summer.
Our friends abroad may rest assured, that they do
not incur the slightest danger in visiting the city.
We feol no more alarm ourselves, than wo should
if tho fever had appoared in Hong Kong instead of
Savannah, unless il should become opidcmic, of
which thero is not tho loast prospect.”
Sad Affair.. —Wo wore painod to loam, by ouo
of ihe express conductors, of anotner shooting
scrape in Adairsville. On Saturday night last,
tho Marshal, while attempting to quell a riot or
suppress a druukon frolic, by arresting Borne of
tho party, was fired upon by thorn, and killed
aimost instantly. Before ho was shot some two or
throe were wounded by a pistol in his own hand,
one so seriously that ho cannot survive.
Why is it that Adairsviilo so often becomes tho
theutro of such awful tragedies; is it her Grocer
ies?—Dalton Times ,
We hope our contemporary did not moan to
insult the good sense of its readers, by insinuating
eoen in the concluding enquiry, that any row or
disordor over occurred at or was caused by Groce
ries—yot such is tho irrresistable inference we
draw from tho inlorrogatory. Such an insinuation
is a severe reflection upon that numerous class of
dealers in Georgia, who live by tho destruction
which they create of domestic happiness and hu
man life. Tho Times certainly owes them an
apology, and should not bo slow to make the
amende.
A Grand Shower
After a long interval c. most oppressively dry
woathor, wo woro yesterd ly favored with a suc
cession of hoavy showers, of the most “ soaking ”
and refreshing description. Tho ground will now
be in lino order for a wook to come, and wo would
advise our planting friends who aro short of fod
der, to try some late patches of corn in tho drill
and cow-peas also. Turnips of all kinds, ltuta
Bagas, Globes, Aberdeen*?, Norfolks, Red Tops,
&c., <&e., should now bo put in without delay, and
in largo quantities. Remember I tho corn crop of
tho “ up country ” is non est , and for this year at
least our drafts on “ Egypt ” must bo well paid for.
Aucusta Female Academy.— All who havo
daughters to educate aro referred to the advertise
ment of Mr. Lataste, who is a gontleman of long
cxporionce, and ivho produces numerous and most
respectable references. Tho card of Mr. L. will
bo found on our fourth page.
Religious Revival. —Sixty-nino persons recent
ly joined tho Methodist Church, in Sy I vania,
Scriven county. A revival is going on in Mont
gomery, Alabama, which promises very favorable
results.
Gold in South Carolina. —The Newberry Sen
tinel of tho 16th inst., says:—“Gold has boon dis
covered in this district, on a plantation about 18
miles from here, owned by N. A. Hunter, an en
terprising citizen of this place. Several flno spe
cimens have been discovered on the surface. It is
probable that a gentleman well known for his en
ergy will commence operations shortly to test tho
richness of the mine. Wo wish them success, and
trust that they may be amply repaid, by gathering
quantities of the shiuing ore. Tho more money
tho better for us. It brings in advertising, it ex
tends tho circulation of papers, it infuses life into
even listless people, and it gives subscribers and
debtors tho wherewith to settle up accounts. Citi
zeus search your soils, for there T s u any a mine of
gold hereabouts, that has lain undiscovered for
years, which if found, would place you, like Dorn,
among the millionaries of the day. Go ahead, gen
tlemen, hur t up your gold mines.”
Mrs. Dodge, tho wife of Mr. Peter Dodge, the
proprietor of the Hotel at B Tgen Point, was burn
ed to death on Sunday evening from the upsetting
of a campheno lamp. How lo» g will heads of fam
ilies consent to use this material of death, murder
and cruelty, as an article of household use.
On tho trial of a woman named Sarah Morgnett,
charged with infanticide, at Greenbrier, Va., the
only witness by whom tho fact of the killing could
be proved was a little girl of about ten years of age,
but she refused to speak, no coaxing or command
ing could even make her raise her eyes. The
prosecuting attorney was non piussod, for the girl
had said nothing and could not therefore be guilty
of contempt, especially considering her ago. Tho
prisoner was therefore discharged for want of evi
dence.
Serious Charge against the Hudson’s Bat Com
pany.—The New York Commercial has been fa
vored with the following extract from a letter dated
“Washington Territory, June 22d, 1854,” ad
dressed to a gentleman in that city:
“ 1 have no further information respecting the
Hudson’s Bay Company. The report I mentioned
to you in one of my former letters, that they were
instigating the Indians lo murder the Bottlers from
the States, offering to furnish them with arms and
ammu ition for this purpose, iB generally circula
ted here and is believed. I will not assume to
vouch for its truthfulness. I hope it is not so,
but I fear it is; the Indians themselves affirm that
it is.
“ It is expected that oar Government will pur
chase the property and improvement of this coun
try sqon, and relieve the people from all appre
hensions and fears which they may entertain on
account of them.”
We cannot credit the report that the agents of
the Hudson’s Bay Company are guilty of such
barbarous conduct, but it is probable the Indians
may have invented the story for some sinister pur
pose. At all events, the subject demands the at
tention of the Government.
United States Finances. —The deposites in the
Bnb-Treasury are still very large. On the 7th in
stant the amount of coin in hand was 126,908,899,
within a small fraction of $27,000,000. This is an
increase, since the return of July 24th, of $2,743,-
500. But the balances will soon be heavily re
duced. The payments under the recent appro
priation acts have begun and will be continued
until nearly $15,000,000 have been drawn out of
the Treasury. The receipts from customs last
month at the principal ports are considerably be
low those of July, 1858. The collections at New
York were $4,045,000, against $4,800,000 the pre
vious year; at Boston $765,000, showing an in
crease of $’.35,000 ; at Philadelphia there was a
decrease of $85,00 >.
Capt. Wooderson, of the ship Townsend, de
stroyed by fire on her passage from Boston for San
Francisco, discovered on the barren island of
Massapueto, a whale boat and the skeleton of two
human beings. They had apparently been there
some time, and from appearances had evidently
starve 1 to death. They were probably a oouple
ot unfortunate deserters from some whale ahip.
Privateer in the West India Water*. —The St j
Thomas Times, ol July 15th, publishes tho lull ro i
port of Capt. Thomas Francis, of the Englishschr. ! ;
Sea 1? lower, relative to tho appoarauco and movo
merits of a suspicious looking craft which ho fell
in with in tho Mona Pass, on tho 28th June, 110
describes tho schooner, her captain and crew in
tho following manner:
, io??’ a *\ ar P» F f oen painted schooner, of
about 1~0 tons burthen, v*ry raking masts, fore
and-aft rig; ns means of defence she had a long i
brass 18 pounder, working on a swivel, and two
12 pounder catjnon at each sido. The captain spoke
English with tho American accent, and tho crow
consisted of about 70or 75 men, ull vhpes—tt very l
mixed ciew, apparently composed ot all nations ;
they were, however, exceedingly woll armed.”
Capt. Francis was forced to go aboard thoschr.,
whero his trunk was searched, aud after a deton i
tiou of some bou s, he was released by tho sup
posed privateer, which went in pursuit ot two
larger vessels appearing iu sight. Tho Bermuda
Royal Gazitte , ot July 25th, prefaces tho publica
tion of tho affair thus:
“Capt. Webb, of the brigatiao Dapho, who ar
rived on Sunday last from Porto Kico, handed us
a statement corroborating tho following, which
wo copy from the St. Thomas Times, oft! c 15th
inst. Capt. W., however, adds that tho search of
the captain’s trunk wus discontinued immediately
on tho privateersmen meeting with some Masonic
emblems. H. M. steamship Devastation, Capt.
D’Horeey, arrived at Porto Kico on tho morning
of the 14th, and immediately after departed in
search of the suspicious vessoi.”
Esfarteko.—This distinguished Spaniard is said
to boa very intelligent and able man, and has al
ready done good sorvico to his country. “He was
tho great supporter of Christiaua against the ab
solutism of Don Carlos. For his great services he
was made Regent of Spain, which position ho held
for six years, and his administration was marked
with wisdom, and a tendency to liberal measures.
Ho was expelled by a series of disgraceful intrigues
aud retired to England. While in exile ho made
no effort to disturb tho Government de Jacto of his
country ; and continuing the same lino of conduct,
after his return to Spain, he never violated tho
terms of his recall.” That such a man is placed
at tho head of tho revolution, leads us to hope for
the establishment of at least a constitutional go
vernment in Spai o, w hich would certainly bo !nm«*
ffeial not only to ‘hat unhappy country, m? . •*
Europe.
A T?rribiu evident roceatiy occurred or tho lire !
of the contra; Ohio Railroad, rear the idling null j
at kinottvUio. As Hie hands in the employ of.the
rafcd were tKmjwanci.&g work, a body j
o: earth fell down, Varying seven ot tho hands j
beneath it. Efforts were immediately made to j
rescue them, and in a *i»ort time all the bodies
were gotten out. Tho /anesvill* \ rim rays
Threemon woro killed. Two others were injured,
but not seriously. Two ottiora escaped unhurt
- i
The Ovatal Palace Dl.<juw>r-’ ii*dd a moe A
- • i.vftj and authoriacc thei*. President t:»
.-■« on.. iV- .lar**, Ir u Fence
doeiag mo Pa oe, sued i
sociation, delivorablo on or afior tho first of Nov.
next, for ino half its actual coßt. The first cot-t is
understood to have boon about $700,000.
Competent Engiuoers and Architects havo do
oided that tho Palace could be takou down, re
moved to tho Battery, and put up again for $50,-
000 or less. Hence it could bo taken down, le
raoved to Philadelphia or Boston, and put up there
tor less than $75,000, all told.
It is estimated that selling tho property of the
Association, oven at the groat sacrifice proposed,
tho stockholders will realize from 20 to 80 per cent.,
allowing that nothing is made tho present Fall.—
But as tho receipts at the Palace are now said to
bo fully equal to the expenses, it is believed that
tho extraordinary attractions to be put forth Ihero
from this time to tho day of its close, on tho first
November next, and tho great influx of strangers
expoctod in New York, who will visit tho Palaco
because it will be the last opportunity of seeing it,
will return a profit which will benefit tho Stock
holders materially. Philadelphia and Boston are
both agitating tho plan of removing tho Palaco to
their respcctHe cities.
Tho deaf and dumb mutes of tho Union have
contributed a handsome sum, by individual hub
scriptions, for the purpose of erecting a monument
iu honor of Rov. Thomas Gallaudet, the pioneer
o/ douf mute education in the United States. This
monument will bo sot up, with appropriate cere
monies, on the grounds of tho American Asylum
for tho Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, Connecticut,
on Wednesday, September 0.
The British Wesleyan Conference) met at Bir
mingham England, in its one hundredand eleventh
session, on the 20th ult., four hundred clergymen
being presont. The extontion fund was stated
to have readied the amount of £85,000, half of
which will bo expoudod in erecting chapels free of
debt.
The English flotillu in the Baltic counts of from
eghty to eiglity-nino armed boats, one half carrying
howitzers. They are divido ’ into threosquadrons,
and each squadron into three divisions. A ro
sorvo squadron will be formed, consisting oi tho
boats of tho paddle and scrow steam sloops.
Comparative Mortality of the Citijis.—' The fol
lowing table will oxhibit tho mortality in Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore during last
week:
N. York. Phila. Boßton. Baltimore.
Cholera 278 G 5 81 none.
“ Infantum.. . .154 62 10 29
“ Morbus 81 12 1 0
Dysentery 44 27 7 28
Diarrhoea C 5 14 2
Consumption 52 12 15 18
Convulsions 50 19 5 2
Marasmus .. 52 10 8
Other diseases 828 145 55 07
Total 1,054 862 129 149
Hcgb.—Tho Somorsett (Ky.) Democrat of tho
9th says :—lt seems probablo, at present, from the
appearances of tho corn crop, that hogs will bo
very low this fall. We hardly too how it can bo
otherwise.
Tfco Louisville Courier of the 12th says : —ln tho
Courier of Thursday wo published a fall table of
tho assessment of six months old hogs last year,
and the returns from 98 counties this year of
285,742 hogs in tho above counties, over tho entire
estimate of last yoar, and eight or nine counties
yet to lioar from, which will further increase the
excess.
Tho exooHsive drouth which provai«s through
out the greater portion of Kentucky will exert
much influence upon the hog market, as corn will
be both scarce and high, and it is fair to prosumo
that tho hogs will not come to the hook* as large
and fat as heretofore. In fact, we learn that many
persons in tho interior have turned their hogs out,
and abandoned all attempts to futten them lor
slaughter.
An engonious Swedish mechanist, Mr. 1\ La
gergrou, has invented a now motivo-powor engine,
intended to Bupcrcedo steam. Tho moving force
is iho pressure of tho atmosphere, which acts on a
vacuum in a copper reservoir,connected with two
cylinders provided with pistons, rsa common steam
engine. Tho vacuum in the reservoir is produced
by tho admission of a certain quantity of alcohol
and of atmospheric air, each time tho machine
makes a Btrcko. Explosive air is hereby producod,
is fi ed at each turn, and instantly burns away;
one of tin pistons being at tho same time opened,
an atmospheric pressure is obtained equal to 15
pounds on the square inch. This machine is light
and simple, and its fuel (alcohol) takes littlo space.
Whether it will bo superior to or cheaper than
steam is a question that others must decide.
A Prisoner for Deijt for Thirty-nine Years.—
In the last Eoglish mails wc find a case of appall
ing legal tyranny. A man named William Miller
was imprisoned in Winchester jail thirty-nine
years ago, since which time he remained closely
imrnured, spending the last three years and eight
months in solitary confinement. At the ago of7l
years, this man emerged from his prison at Win
chester, to enter another in London. Some hu
mane persons, hearing of his case, obtained per
mission to have him transferred to the (Queen’s
Prison, London, he enjoys what is to him
comparative liberty. His solo crime was the debt
of SSOO.
Brandt in Climijing Mountains. —A recent wri
ter says: “It is astonishing tho effect produced
by spirits upon the persons of even tho strongest
constitution, when indulged in at an elevation of
10,000 or 12,000 feet. At 12,000 feet it is perfectly
dangerous to take any quantity of raw spirits, rs
even a half a glass of brandy produces intoxica
tion. All hill travellers drink nothing but hot tea;
for travelling up the mountains and down valleys,
across bridges of very questionable security, re
quires a firm and very Bteady nerve, which it is
impossible for those who indulge freely in the use
of spirits to retain long in the snowy regions.”
The National Intelligencer of the 9th publishes
the General Appropriation bill of the last session
of Congress. It occupies over ten columns of that
paper. The Intelligencer makes a summary of
items of interest to the citizens cf the District of
Columbia, amounting in all to $1,143,385. %
Letters from Italy announces now tenor in the
person of one Signor Giulini, who is said greatly
to resemble Mario, and to be well adapted to fill
his place when he retires from the operatic boards.
The Grand Jury of the U. S. Court, for the dis
trict of North Carolina, have presented the State
of Massachusetts as a nuisance, fora want of alac
rity in surrendering fugitive slaves.
During the three months, ending the 31st nit.,
there were 414 deaths in Kichmond, Va., of which
128 were from cholera. Among the victims was
a colored nlan named Jesse Moss, aged 116 years.
French Porcelain Ware. —The porce'ain shops
of Paris are now quite attractive, and the speci
mens of porcelain recently produced are exqui
sitely beautiful. All are of the style of Louis XV,
quaint in form, and embellished with pastoral
scenes, executed in away which would do honor
to a first-rate artist in miniature painting. They
are beautiful copies of the Watteau style of paint
ings in vogue a hundred years ago.
The Divining Kod. —A writer in the Charleston
Mercury, *ho professes to have been a sceptic as
to the alleged virtue of the divining rod, says that
he has lately tried it with sucoess upon his estate,
and has thoreby discovered nine wells of water.
Frost m Augcst.— The Boston Atlas says there
was a severo Dost at East Moultcnb: rough, N. H.,
on Tuesday night. Bather cool for dog dayß.
Mackerel are reported to be unnsua 'y large this
season. Two weighing five pounds each, were
lately caught off Tinker’s Island, Mass.
The (htAi’E .Shot —Ti e true ren* nt 'r »ho ship
ment of Guo. L ,w’s muskets by iho G; n c Shot,
and tHecjuso < f her !o g detention in the Gn!ft>f
Mexico, are thu given by the Now York J urnal
of* Commerces
“The first movement, as wo understand'the
case, come from several M< xicens in this city, vho
represented that that ’hey had ft e.>; tr&ct with tho
Moxicau governjav.nt n?r the supply of in certain
quantity - T mu kelsat $0 cash, and to pur
chase the V>t held by Mr. Law, since the rule of
i them by the United States at public aiut inn. Lei
j tors ooi lirmotory tt this statement were exhibited
! and tho owner of ilia muskets, we bedovo, v/ s at
last induced not to deliver them to -the'contractors
l upon their loprcsentations, as th-*y denied, but to
| purchase avc sol and send them ut, to be doliv
-1 ©red upon autisfaclory payment,
j “Mr. llcivdi, of ilii city, dea’h, after a
l sudden illness, wo have already nnnr uuced, was
I entrusted with the property, am! t‘ ves cl Hailed
; witnoul having elc ired from*onr with viuitius
i rum rs as to her destination. When she .cached
I the Gulf, Mr. Bench found out tho lettcro sh-cl dJf c „
I amenta exhibited to induce th .* .>!•• or tV-e nmskata
r™, 1 d h -, it 1 h,d
osc'ipea being swindled cm cf h-s nrc w rtv —.
Whether thu de,i,.,. tho ’v,,.s t 0
possession of th.; k. m,l tin rcvcmh nTn
; Mexico, or tolacilitate i.*o invasion of < < In ( i C( , s
not fully appear; but wo balievo that Mr Bach*
■ upon tlh-couTitigthe in., osition, at once oommen’
cod uegotistiotis with «:«.,t a At,,..:, »o r tho sal oof
the pr. aii'l w.i have mime roanon to sMip
poso that It had sneoce hd ii ,l h purpose, when
ho was seized v ,th tho Hines* which terminated
so .ataily. t.» probable that tho arranzomeutß
commenced by him will at ill bo perfected, and tho
wujuko ctrgo bo trznzlcrrod at hast to Mexican
soil.”
Severe.— I Tho New Voile Courier d- Enqnirtr,ia
a brief comment upon the President's Veto of the
Kiver and Harbor bill, with much point soys, “ Ho
is compelled to refuse his consort upon Coustitu
tional grounds, and from cousc'cntio.us scruples.
He Cc»ii ask tor ton millions of dr.liars for the pur
poso of embroiling the country with Spain, ho can
commit an act of open w u without even the ad
vice and consent ot tho body which was tho only
constitutional power to declare war, he can give
his consent to the cuormous appropriation for tho
purchase of barren acres, fit for nothi. gbut to
fight Indians oil; but to give the nation’s monoy
for tho encouragement and increased facility of tho
commerce of tho nation is aiiko again; l his iueli-
I .tion? and his ov.. viowfi. Hepromi
*9 a longer massage iu th. wo., -vision. L-*
.im h«ud ft -Millions f>/r nH Ciu> v fat
j S'i'ATXN '-A ouTgc ,n inth« United t ,
: Army nco* . > nd • ti c v • ,> •
1 c<*mrnoc ©a IJj n:*nrii • ,-i v - i. ' ,
| liiO okjSaiji; In a company o; nt«»iaiuff fifty-t>o. tho
• writer pledged never to dlccioae Uio ramo of o^-
I of them hud channe l us. . ...., mu.: . ;
bunlnwyors, three doctors and »v.o ni'mistera.
Tho President of ihu Now-York Atlantic
Mutu d Insuranoc Company, recoivod on Monday
• morning, a letter from Capt. Bowno l'.om on board
• tho Franklin, stating that they havo succeeded in
■ pumping tho water down to about six feet, sons
) to leave thocoal baro at low v.atcr. Thia they will
commence discharging us soon as po : iblo. Sho
> ha* not altered her position olnoo previous uo
, countv. There wore fourteen loot of water in tho
, ship Sunday, tho 18th. Tho engineers arc getting
- along with tho machinery as fast as cir t.instances
) will permit.
3 Tho Southwestern Nows makes u; fom tho
t Census Reports some very iu-.p rtant statistics,
3 peculiarly interesting to tho Cotton growing and
i Slave States, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Toxas aud Ar
- kansas. Tho whole area is 602,185 squure miles,
3 of which 21,615,682 acres arc improved land. Tho
> whole number of slaves i 1,783,768, whoseavorage
rate of increase lor tho la; t ten years is 54.10 per
cent. Tho number of bales of Cotton made is
3 2,204,521, averaging 1,197 bales per thousand
slaves. Average number of acres of improved
& laud per bale is 10.12.
r Those statistical views are not limited to tho
• present. Tho calculations aro carried forward forty
' years to 1890 with tho following result: Actual
1 number of slaves, according to ratio of Increase in
» tho United State, (28.97.) 5,004 219. Actual
number according to ratio of jriurcaso in planting
States (54.46) 10,295,962. Slavo population do
rnandod by tho crop 18,218,715. Acres of improved
1 land required, 160,102, 89. 8..1e \ of Cotton do
-1 nanded by planting Stales 15,820.409.
An association has been instituted in Virginia,
under the impregnable name of Iron Heads, whose
objects it is to defend tho Federal ConMhution,
maintain the rights of tho States, pi "l oot civil Mid
religious liberty, and proservo our glorious Union.
They solomnly pledge thembolvos f<> support tho
Constitution, and extend a cordial welcome to tho
oppressed of n’l c-ivil'z.d nations of tho earth.
Sarpina.—The Genoa corn spon-lent of the
Newark Daily Advorlteor ■ ves an encouraging
account of progress in Bardina The totegraph
connecting Europe with Africa will lie in operation
in a few weeks, and tho contra-.:'or, propose to tho
English government to extend it, byway of Malta
and Alexandria, to Culoottu, and as much farther
as is desired. The railroads nearly completed will
bring Genoa within*eight hours oi Milan and
thirty -six of Paris. Great, trouble has hi ■ u caused
by some of the prios’B, who have inflamed the
ignorunt populace by preach:’-.'* against mllroads
and denouncing them as the :mv. uiioii:* ' l ho
evil one. The Parliament has been emu polled to
prohibit those treasonable appeal* by severe
penalties.
Within tho kwt few wookssome five or fix per
sons have lullon while ashen Iroui upper story
windows in Cincinnati, only uu of whom was
killed. A gentleman named Cur, ono night lost
week, walked out of tho third i vy window, and
a follow lodger, who ran to hock him, a’so lost
his balance and full. Both fell nj . tho side-walk,
and though seriously were net it dally injured.
Population of the Dientnrr.—According o tho
census of 1850, the total population of the District
of Columbia was G 1,057. Born in tho Distric’ 24,-
872,cr not one half; born out of tho District and
in tho United States, 18,061 ; born la • rcigu coun
tries, 4,918; unknown, 49. The population of
Washington was at tliat time slated to be 40,001;
but on ilia 00th Juno, 1864, tin: « siitnat A number
was 58/92; or about 2,000 more an tho total
population of tho city four years . go.
Tboi?t. Louis paper of ’ho loth, give .. 1- w ad
ditional particulars of the late electi* u in that
State. Mr. Konnet’s rm j>r.ty over Mr. D.-nton,in
thoS:. Louis Congressional I>i r trie*, is 1753. John
G. Miller and Gilchrist Porter, whig;-., it is all bu t
certain, are re-elected to Congress in their respoc
tivo districts. Jiet irnafroin ot or <li. trlcts favor
the ro-cJcotion of Oliver, Caruthers ar.d Lindley,
wbigß. Tho whig.s gained lian Jsomoly in tho
Btato legislative >n.
Mr. Brooks, o» the New York Exj r -ss, writing
to his paper from Berlin, remarks that railroads
and telegraphs are, in Europe, tho friends of des
potism—for they give tho central authority nuch
enormous power, that a whole army of thousands
or tens of thousands can bo brought t» a point in
asinglo night.
A letter-writer states that the fare of tho Turk
sh troops consist of a bread and meat ration that
you would not give a dog in England ; tho bread
is dark and coarse, flat und soft, total!ly without
crust, and in tho shape of a pancake, and one-filth
of it sand; tho beef is that of the buffalo, a' all
times innutrition:** now rnoro so than ever, tho an
imals being nothing but skin and hone. Tho
water, too, which tho men have drank from tho
river, is at this season of the year muddy, and im
pro/'.a’cd with some noxious matter. Ho wonder
the ucnrvy hft® broken out among mem.
All a Hoax. —lt is stated by the Newport Nows,
and its knowledge is supposed to have been deri
ved from the Russian minister ad interim, who is
a guest at Newport, that tho rumored proposition
of Russia to sell Sitka to the United States, is alto
gether incorrect. Tho News says, “that such a
suggestion was neither made nor thought of by
the Russian legislation in this country; and well
informed persons consider it was a hoax invented
in England, and readily : wallowed by tho press of
America.”
Mackorel are being seized in groat numbers along
the southern coast of Nova Scotia. Every littlo
creek and bay, from Capo Sable to Halifax, is over
flowing with them. They are tokon in nots, from
one to six hundred barrels being secured at a single
draught. Mon, women and children are employed
day and night curing them, yet the whole atmos
phere is “odorous” with the stench of those im
possible to be taken care of.
One of the easiest things in the world is to do
tect a mail robber, if he indulges in a series of
depredations ; and yet we often hear of those hav
ing tho custody of the mails yielding to tempta
tion and planning tboir own ruiH. In this category
lias Dr. J. C. Pattorsun, postmaster at McWhirter
vilie, Tenn., placed himself. It appears that a
large amount of money ha 3 for several months
disappeared from the i ails on that route, and that
a decoy letter, containing SIOO in counterfeit notes,
and s2'in good money, was mailed at Nashville a
few days ago, and on reaching McWhirtorvillo it
disappeared. On the arrest of Dr. P. this letter,
it is said, was found on hi 3 person.
Th 6 Chineso mail brings an account of tho mur
der in China of Mr. George Perkins, a Bostonian,
formerly of tho house of Thwing & Perkins. Late
ly he retired from tho house of Kussell & Co.,
Canton. He left the bark Concordia from ban
Francisco at tho ontrauco of Hong “ r ° ’
on the 15th May, in a Chines, boat *>r Jacw.
Not appearing at that place, search was
- “*»'£"*“ sszi
that the crew of the
. . . . i in order to obtain hid cil -ols.
Several of'tho murderers have been arrested and
hive confessed the crime. Mr Perkins though a
young man, had amassed a largo fortune, wrth .
Which ho was about to return home.
Mr. N PTlVillis is lying at his country resldono e
on the Hudson, extremely ill, and is not expected
to recover. Disease is paralysis of the brain.
The office of tho anti-Bauton paper in Liberty,
M j., was mobbod by the friends of “ Old Bullion.”
Tr ey had better go down, now, and Mob St. Louis.
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