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, . t: Al) ■!>':' !>K CLOTHING; .
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j* 1 Bacon & Karen,
V. v, New .ork,Which
.. .' / *r t* ’ 1 '■ *at ait fully equal to
a y r- m h scoQatryorKarope.
« . Vi t k 4 tUroiandfa«hlod(,*nUfreehfro«o
» '»<■> .*■ /or sale at vjrylow prices for cash or
; y ,i GKO. A. OATEB A 00.’B
a ; >■ k h iM. nir Depot,Broad-st
'vfIBOLMAJLE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST,
: : v|%r; ? vr;;j and complete
ffg. and FANCY
as •elected. in person, with the
fcrea'w car--, and Manufacto*
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r . ; ,. iC . j. u s: r •.tltiTe'h.ocvfuil? invite the at
ri and* Pbvslcians te his
era WH) bo exacted with the utmost neatnes;
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•nA iK tfj*AjKQK : nh~Yuz hedging
.»< B - affei for sale, durfng ti e
1 • ?w • .•* ■ Society,**
- pl at:
■ for netting oat
Maybe «etone foot apart In the
k animpeiiftrab’Hran;] termanecl
f amphleta, de
li: e plants,
ogling
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k' . » *r .. t I lost tin vight of
#. , « . a ted ‘. r ! Virginia, and !. isbeen inOeor
wiii be paid for .
I >HN A. HAIKI9.
T ith« rn Recorder wil’ aoilsh till forbid, and for
w this office *f»r payment.
!I. It \ ; * friend* of C- -
I Wrm*..a, .-it-- ;: j?S .in*: fc'tuMir-k, that he conti.iues
the ps acM -.- O' DKNTaI/HOAOKKY in all its branches
Ah ' m . l -> on .n bit-iinees, ad I reseed to
meat Wrig tabor - , wti! r c.ive prompt attention.
G fcENSiiUEO’ HOTEL.
rpHK und rI. r’f j;t k l the House formerly
v ,
fteWf -fingiothe
* c .01 irte making U wortl y the patron
ifedlbf hln friendf and 'he travelling public. The House
irll be open i • <■ t day of
January. if. Wilson.
1 \tt. JUHIAH »I IK »l In* is prepare i to accommo
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# SSO HE WARD
'■hi
VL; :’n■ vM.- , 1 have god reasons to
it- ma
Ji«' • u!; piirtiou of Chambers county,
*' -X j -13 >cJ cu iry, since wh ch timul have
/ - .V i ve rewar 1 for the
•it • tVV Va- Jram th > su Tiber near Ham ' 1
iv !
. m ■■ « bin . ~uou A ■
I for thi deifrery to 1
r /fy
♦ NOAII MqVABP.
r a JtK Hi tt .t’lllut li off is f r -n'e t ight hundred
a P'\K I AN ‘,“t II i •v 'hin six mi'es of An
m • hs the tra tar. several fine Springe and pretty
.1 r tract or in lots
t u , k - u rn: ,w, l h will bemsde a—ra
cnotl i br. apply t JOcKPti K 11UK0H.
i I 1 l VW, .'*iar?a, (la, wll prac
rn Oircu.t, and
|q Was net Jefferson and Baldwin counties. Office
1 . T VV Lore <,re *J .or to the rigid
K Hi'7 | D. W. I.kw h.
t rAOaU whom it may concert., i hereby give uolice that
I lames Mattox, late of Taliaferro ooonty deceased.
by hr h» w : 1 tea . ' • dcvls d and keuueathod
eqtnai'.'v ’ • “acVodr-g* to the
pn port will i»e ready
fbrdi triboilou as directed, by the first of January t.ext,
ler the will
ii 1L0 ,; it 18T O VRATON, Kx*f.
iaowiOß oy Lmouuff,
\U Kiiß AN > COLOMBIA.
v or before the Ist of June,
oMer, to grind al the
. c v:i <t »y*. h* .'ore fully ripe, will make
▼. M. BARN K,
W■ f l,May b, S\»*e i'roprielor,
ußXfcys rrams wjrixx wbsSE
i - * yeo lof White H BAT that I
‘ l.agr .nge
I) -po i r • -t ng not more than one
h
t-i- *« *rr alp '.of del v»y. This
v. ' * le » an; *h t *t k;n bow any
t : eit by the Ahh of May It has
b.. , v . d ■ »t ’ i rs, a d ha« obtained
. . trn very ii tanoe I have already made many
ea . cm t< vr V x -ewi gav live Dollar, p ? r bushel.
f.H.6U Nt.
. mnu;!\. in; iiuiuP to. a t V—»UFK
i, . .. . ’ *(b t / A■- li, Mortgage, Ac.
u i -n ;h‘ ■* h day of
x '“ v>; ? . b i forA.un y, in this iva?e,
■ d •.lar, u ; he »\;d fc ai
s.-a?, . l. - vu •• yi, ad d e one day alter
I
of rxl . to- yv 0 f e s borpe, > fully de
In, 2 !' v e said tliit ' < th war
... ! e ><tid e K e R.. cox>
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j,‘...... n ,u.. .i ard hat the §*id
bet .r< the V*. rm sf th * ■ at, why she .oe not
at teut, l» » e tht . te- ra of th s Court ;.r be pub J
1 At : V ex •0 ' n- - m.vu sos the Superior Ooort,
t! s IM' Mav. %HO. U. Clerk.
:• » rOIIfTY
H» ,• ' . .£ .• U.l A riaz er Ha l, J: men
P
Na cy ar. Thjc r’*‘, ’ a j iy,y \\\ Bond j
if.or.h »p ■*r ..i i*; -Amuf. oow. more qyarteo j
.iu .tit t ltrd neon with
y
»• ae-'pyof this rule be pub- j
C3C l r , l ‘ s l’ • 0 * J 411 m September next
Ccur. . > :r * v •>' ’* '■* -'th f May 1358.
w » ( > •••(•"( ..... i uliltl
»JiliL' ' S lVi iv it-EM fiUPULIOR
"St Pr J
aenr, he •> z- .- - c. And.tw?, Judge of the said
C • _ . (V __
£tV:cl :: is tout, t be
tha. u.e cl * a v\ znosaa, PTfc. Att’y.
A true extrac frorat cn/-ctrsof h- Court, M.y .4th,
isas uc. W. Die KAON, Cler*.
BANS E BB£EY : —fil 000 ETWAED!!
S\% % - . :* - Ma ' . I'B6, ;he branch
V/ 'auk - u n r ..c hank of the Bute of
Georgia a > or ia bills payable at this
p'ar For r < ; t . - > ,r: ■/ the wit *. proof to
A r . ' v \ r d f i‘. “ • r f r 7uch apnrehecs on
' r .of iu iv, ovt r> .n: :.e-,a reward t f s s tWo
«a be pji « • * - Uft - cot for the recovery
ofitur uorn a t t -am AATL bARNKTT, Free,
ii- k«f t* Suit y' ue 'j Branch at Hashingtcn.
H>K SALE.
; A Piasi-KAIE MISjUSIPPI PX.AHIATIO* FOB
SALE.
A GREAT BARGAIN WILL 111 GIVEN.
’ T Ull I. pontlT. ; ..II .n the 46th d»yof December
I xt, At public utcry on the premise*, if not
! L old -t r:vate tale, oca credit of one, two, aI ?J?
| years, my well known Pogue CMtto “
! H ra. courltv. Missis'inpi, within five miles of the Jarkson
i 9 b Qrg Brlroad, at Clin on, eghi of the great
, Ne»'<%j. , p«,i r -i.d, at the city of Jaeks n, containing
ÜBO a *i un er f«iee, f which 9<»o acres ar.
c'eare'*, t he b«Unce well timt>tred. Its ad vantages
nre nltzom. rivaled in os tioa, tortimj of sou, splendid
bot.om flue adaptation to the production
and co. of &-0 b»le* of cotton, and WX><»
bushels of corL>^ H v eg made on the place in a year.
I I e pastur land • &rt unscrpa»»ed, for grars, c*ne and
never f ilieg wate» x ao-i oonstdeiing the msiket for batter,
beef, and mvUoß,s\aba seat o. government, i* cf itself a
great scarce of A d then its improvements,
with a edfesrden, twOcisterpa, dwelling Louse with brick
ch mneys, cabins f'.r !>• w tn p't.n* i> n and
r rooib, gn h use, h r . e Bill, cotton prean, Ac., Ac.,
:r. -e t one f ihe most vVcab e estates in tte county.
i Obsession g ven on the fir tJannary.
i o any one who may wish to b y the P’antatioD private
ly. LMiiik ‘L ili btl tera , whi h may be known oy ap •
j c.t on to ray b;other, General Patrick Henry, who re
: nea-tr e prrmises. He c*d have the option to take
tri'-pr visions, stock, Ac, cn the place, at a fair price;
otherwise, i will e lon aersdi- of twelve months, at the
3 -.me time a*d place, 20 or So ikeiy mules, about 100 head
f cattle 5 »(o k hogs, UW head cf »Leep, corn, fodder,
GAti, pea-*., ad potato a, at-d afmicg utensils of every
description. G. A. HtNKY,
r yao 6m cf Clarksville, Tennessee.
LAND AND MILLS FOB SALE.
I 'HAT valuable PLANTATION of 88' acres cf good
Land, w.th ’weiling and out buildings complete,
I for nerly owned by David Rosa, deceaa-d, situated in
j Putnam county, on t eOc nee River, aDd in the vicinity
f the Co rtritt hi Factory , s now offered for sale, da ex
i'e-» ingly 1 beral terms. Oo tfee premixts there is a good
V uri-ig, Grist and Mill, in good running order, with
watrr po»er of c* acity to propel Machinery to tha
• x ent of 20,000 ; indies.
If the above mentioned valuable property is not sold
during the cex . three months it will be exposed to public
| outer* o» . ie Ist lueaday of ALG -BT next, at tae.Courf
i ?h Ktl^^aafi? ; nT?4;for so nr. JOHN CURTRIGiPr, near
the premise-'. ap2B-wxd
LIE LAND B ALE.
pH K aubscriber offers at private sale that tract of
.. P.NE LAND on Bpirit Creek,in Richmond conn-iE
y, . oout twe ve miles from Augusta, and within two cr
three miles of the Georgia Railroad—known as the Han
s n Survey—containing 58<i acres, more or less, and
bounded by lands of Allen Kinr, John James, Hlmon
Ward, Emeline P. Haynie and others. If not disposed of
before the Art Tuesday in Nov mber next. I will offer it
at public outcry on that day, at the Lower Market House
in Augusta. s
Any one desiring to purcb e the tract, wil please ap
ply to Wm. A Walton ~m Augusta.
sepl3-wtf REBECCA CAMFIKLD.
FOB BALE.
P. suoscriberoffers for sale the tract of
ji. on which he resides, containing Eight
>m ! Forty A res, more or less, lying two miles east of the
Chalybeate Springs, Meriwether county, Ga. There is
about three hundred acres of cleared Land, of which one
hundred of it is rich bottom land and in a high Btate of
cultivation. There is upon the tract five hundied acres
/heavily timbered Oak and Pine Land, and two hundred
a res of valuable Swamp Land also well timbered.
There is a good orchard of choice Fruit Trees, a comfort
able Dwelling, and a splendid Gin-house and new Screw
.ua hed to ’bis place; an excellent Smoke-house and
E tchen, and a l other buildings necessary for a farm. In
he yard,. etwe* n the kitchen and dwelling, and conve
rt to both, is a * eli of good pure water. Theplacehas
he character of being exceedingly healthy. Any person
.esiroup of pc .'chasing, will always find the subscriber
p a th. ore raises, who will show the Land.
v>M. J. MITCHELL.
Meriwether co., Oa., August 18, ISM. au22
FOB BALE,
| 'UK FARM called “ Men-Moore,” and known
1 the r.-sid. ni r. of Col Thomas M. Berri* n,
iHining Eight Lundred and Fifty Acres, mostly creek
bottom and red upland; over tw > hundred acres cleared,
tis shunted five tubes fr.ra K ngktos, on the Western
n ! Atlantic Railroad, and three-quarters of a mile from
ac’rt water s.alien on Rome Railroad. Tie residence ia
near to one of the most b auufu!, 'argest, and purest
wrings in Cherokee. Address THOMAS M. BERRIEN,
v iyi euboro’, Burke county, Ga., or apply to JAM Ed M.
EbPER on tfie premies. m)i2B 6ra
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOB SALE.
IMIIi undersigned off rs fur sale a valuable PLANTA
TION in Ogl'-thorpe county, situated six miles east
f Lexington,containing lOou acres, moro or less. There
e ab'iut 250 acres of good low grounds and between 4
tnd 800 acres of woodland in the tract. It is improved
with a good Dwelling House and such out-houses as are
iaualiy found on a plantation ofthesisc, &lso with a fine
orchard of select Fruit Trees. The locality for health and
,-ood water is snrpas ed by do place in tho county. The
society of the neighborhood is good, and supplied with
hoois. Any person desirous of purchasing will please
iddreßsthe undersigned at exington.
Z. P. LANDRUM.
PLANTATIUN FOB BALE.
I TIE subscriber off rs for sale the PLANTATION ou
which he resi les, in Oglethorpe county,on the Athens
Branch of the Georgia Railroad, TJ mile* above Union
;nt It contains 8 0 acres, more or less; about 250
icres well limbered oak and pine land. The place is in
z, od repair and weliHuppi*ed w th water; a comfo txble
'welling and all neecs-ary and perfectly
healthy. Adjoining the place is 26«> acres, which Can be
ourciia.Ned 100 of which are well timbered. Any person
1- sirous of purchasing, will always find me on the premi
ses, or address me at Maxey’s P. 0., Oglethorpe county,
[dlO-wtfJ W. MOftDKV.
FOB SALS.
A I. and convenient BRICK STORE, situated
IjL in thecentreof business,in the city of &om«, now
occupied by Kobt Batty, Druggist. This store was fitted
up as a Drug Store,without regard to any reasonableex
pense,and with a little alteration c*uld be convertedintc
ntly arranged Dry Goods Store. Thesituation for
thesale of Drugs, Dry Goods,or Groceries can hardlybe
equalledintheeity. Termseasy. Apply to
GEORGE BATTY,M.D.
Rome, April 4th, 1888. apr6-tf
FOB BALE.
I NOW OFFKR for sale my entire River PLANTA
TION, 28 or 80 miles south of Columbus, Ga.,in Bar
bour county, Ala.,lying on the Chattahoochee river, con
taining 240 U Acres ; some 1200 acres in a fine state ofeui
zivation and good repair. A good water Gin and Ferry
across th* Chattahoochee river. The above will be for
(ale at any lime, until.old and possession viven. Terms to
rum purchasers. jafil-tf MATHEW AVERETTE.
FOB SALE
'TMIK subscriber offers f. r *ale THREE PLANTA-Jgk
A TIONB in the 2d dist. of D ugherty county, mh-tF
com.lining I,5(M> acres— l,ooo air s open lan- , with good
dwe liug and all nvc * ary buildings for Plantation pur
p. ses. ihe other containing 1,400 acres—floO acres open
and, with good dwelling and ail necessary out buildings
The last containing 60" acres uni ’ proved. The above
Lards are am ng the choicest Cotton Lands in Dougherty
oumy, and within six miles of the contemplated South-
A stern Railroad. The two first Plantations join, and
will be sold separately or together, as may be desired.
Term? liberal. JAMES BOND.
Refer to W. W. Cheever, Albany, Geo., or Joseph Bond,
Maoon, Geo. dlB-w6m
FOB BALE,
r'HIC FARM known as the Hawes place, 8 miles above
Augusta on the Washington Road, oon'aining 216
a res, will be sold ut a fair price and on time. Apply at
Augusta D LEON P. DUGAS,
myl-mfia Trustee fur B'rah Add Dixon.
CHKKOKJ&E COUNTRY;
A VALUABLE LOT OF LAND FOR SALE.
IMIK subscriber offers for sale a very aUractivejMh
and valuable lotof LAND, .Nituated between three7
tnd four mile* from the flourishing city of Rome, Ga. The
tract contains Three Hundred and Twenty Acres of good
Upland, well adapted to the growth of aU the small
Grains, Irish and Swce- Potatoes, Peas, the Grasses, such
»s Clover, Ac., and peculiarly suitable for Fruit Growing,
as it is situated on au elevated plateau above the reach of
or iiuary frosts. A beautiful Natural Pond or Lakeh-Lof
.he purest water, occupies the centre of the Tract. The
margin oi this Lakelet aflbrdsone of the most attractive sites
r.iagioablefor a country residence; as the supply of wa
•» r never diminishes, and is of great depth and clearness.
It ia fed by subterranean springs, and has no perceptible
mlet or ntiet. The tract is heavily limbered, with Oak,
llckory, Chestnut, Ac., a*d an abnndanoe of Pine, and ia
within a mne and a quarter of two good Saw Mills. It also
•ontain* aa inexhaustible quarry of superior Limestone,
winch may easily be made available for Agricultural and
Building purposes. The improvements consist of a very
coinfi-rtable Log House, with out-buildings—a well of good
water, Ac., with twenty or thirty acres in cultivation.
p.. attention of Frolt Grower* Stock Raisers, and all
iear us of a delightfb! situation in a salubrious and healthy
climate, within easy reach of the best society, is particu
,arly invited to the above tract.
For terms, Ac., apply to the subscriber, or to Col. J. W.
M. BERRIEN, cf Rome, Ga., who will take pleasure in
pointing oat the land. D. REDMOND,
au2B-dtw*wtf Augusta, Ga.
oUORD HOTEL -NEWTON COUNTY. GEO
THK 81 BHtiUUKH begsler.ve to inform the J|
patrons of Emory College, and the public gene- MM
-a! v that he ha» taken charge of the above Hotel, and he
hopes with trusty servants, good cooks,and an ardent de
rre on his partto render his Uonse second to nonein th*
Btat£, toob.ain a liberal share of patronage. Persons or
Famille*, wishing to spend a season in one ofthe most
su'.ifui and healthy rural villages in Middle Georgia
* . fcc accommodated with rooms, Ac. He is also ccn
siruct:ngcommodi< u*Stables, which will be attended by
an xperienced Ostler. Terms to suit the times. Hi*
m.ttowiilbe, “to see that none gc away lissatisfled.”
j v • i W. W, COOKSEY.
J. A. ANSLETf
/ 7 KXKIUL COMMISSION AND PRODUCE k\\\\\
V 1 MERCHANT, Augusta, Ga., Office on Broad
street, opposite Union Bank, will give prompt and HMHM
-onai aitea:;onto the sale of Bacon, Lard, Grain, Floor,
0 >tton, iud ail articles of Merchandise consigned to him.
Aio the lorwardingof govidsfor the interior and North
rn markets, at the customary >-a'es
Liberal advances either in cash or by acceptance*, ma e
n articles in store, or when Bills of (-admg accompany
drafts.
Refers to Baker, Wilcox A Co., M. A B. Wilkinson, J.
Farg.’’, Cashier, Augusta, Ga.; Hand, Williams A Wilcox,
Thos. Trout A Cc., Charleston, S. C.; Wm. Duncan, Padel
' rd. Fay A Co., F. T. Willis, Savahnah, Ga.; Sturgea,
Bennett A Co., New York; J. C. Wilson A Co., D. Btuart A
\u, Baltimore ; Wood A Son, New Orleans, C. B. Wel
r-one, Dalton, Grenville A Sample,
Bearden, Son A Co., Knoxville, Tenn.; 8. K. Reeder, Ath
en*, Tenn., W. B. Bhapard A Co., Berry A DemoviUe, Nash-
fi
TONTINE HOTEL.
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT,
i subscriber would respectfully inform the traveling
JL public that he has leased the well known Hotel re
cently kept by S. W Allis, and added the three adjoining
houses, mak.ngone hnndred and seventy-five feet front,
n one ofthe most beaut 'nl parks in the world, with a
| balcony around the entire building three hundred and
fifty-six feet leng.
A band of Music has been engaged for the season.
T s e House has been thoroughly renovated, papered
J painted and furn-sh-.d en.ire with new furniture of the
| most modern styles, and at an expense of thirty thousand
dollar*.
! H&vine secured the service* of the well known proprie
tor of the Sachem‘a Head Hons, SAMUEL FOWLER,
1 Ksq ,he flatters him*-If that the publis will class his
■ house among the flist in the New ErgDod State*.
aplS 2m H. LEE SCRANTON.
NEW SB FASHIONABLE QOOD6.
| WM. O. PRICE A 00., DRAPERS AND TAILORS,
VKK now prepared to execute any and all orders in
their line of business, having this Fall received an
J unusual and choice selection of CLOTHS, CASMMEREB
i and VESTINGS, which they will make up to order in the
most modort and approved style.
CLOTHING.
j Our stock embraces all the modem styles of Garments,
I cot np by the most experienced mechanics, and at prices
that must please all that can appreciate.
We have also all other articles in our line of business,
inch asHUSIERY, embracing all the latest manufacture;
GLOVES, do.; NECK DREEING, dc M and all the arti
cles useful for the Gentlemen’s Wardrobe.
288 Broad-street. nfi
BOOTS, SBOXS. TKU.'.KS.
flfl. Tssr r Jsm
\A K INYITB the attention of Merchants and the
trade generally to one of the larges: and best selected
stocksof BOOTS,BHOB, TRUNKS, YALIBIS, CARPET
BAGS Ac. ever brought to this market, most of which be
at manaficturecexprtMly for as. We cuiad will Mil
as low as they can be purchased: a New York, Charleston
a- s.nv Southern market. Cali and examine for your
a. Any ecu FORCE,CONLEY A CO.,
Sign ofthe Mammoth Boot,
opposite Insurance Bank.
Great attention given to orders.
! aOVKK, BAKiK * CO 'B SKWIMU MACHIBE*
I'll Kkk Machine*, having received the highest pre
miums at ali the fading Fairs throughout thisooun
. | try and Europe, and now justly admitted to be superior to
e ail other ain use, are offeree to the public at prices which
u j bring them within the reach of all. For simplicity, dura
i b- ; y and certainty of operation, no other machine can
i, I 1” -aa.tacj f.o'l «Muted b, them, Ihej .ttrpMt
j »li-<- iOJ-.'-iag tc.-cvitcr, done 1 P
I Th.y c»E b» Krec id opw.tion d.tl, , t m 4" Mitrhrir.
Boddk Btoie, oppout. cTs. Homi, .b.r. or
; verb done oy ibem are exhibited. '*‘“ u or
t 11 he., jt. th. 001, Mkd.dm io pl.nuuon ut,
f | mnd cn be by Mrv.au. bd Un r^hu (o 7
i» district*, or single Machines, ? or sale by
, , , t HOB. P. BTOVAU. k 00.
Au.- i>l», J.nubry *, . x*.\ j^dAwto
V )> 1 LAiu . 01 " prlK. brucTc. Juai receiv«J
r ZU ly t»p4S] HaVILaM*. RlbuLT *OO.
I I) OPX.—UN Mih V«HB KOPE, for■» > lovb.
IXV bj* OMXO, Wiioox * CO.
WEEKLY
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
Tur On fkroniaU X Stnt Ml.
TO TSI MEMORY OP -OCR LIrTLE SoPOIE."
No bluer torn fat tbae be >b<d.
With flower* alone we itrew -.by bet),
Child of oor lore I
Whose all of ife, a ' cry ray,
Blnabed into dawn and naased away.
Yea 1 ihon art gone in cbUdbootPa boar;
Clowd ia the aoft and ephemeral flow*r
W ithcot one atom 1
Per inn lght,loy, and lore's sweet breath
Were all ih neown from birth to death.
We glte thee back a gem of light
E’er yet tbe world coaid breathe one blight
Upon thy wal 1
Oh, had’st thou itiflon earth remained
How aoon that brgbtaeaa wenid be ataln’d I
Bat we ahall miae thee when the Ppring
Her Floral lorelinen aha 1 bring
To gladen life 1
And when thooe flowers hare all decayed
We’ll miia thee Mill, where thon halt played.
Thy grare aha 1 baa aacred ahiine—
Each paaaing reason ahall combine
luincense there I
Per fragrance, flowera and d wi mu it be
Pair tmblema of a child like thee.
Tl.oa can's! not come to ns sg&ln.
Bat we shall go to thee, where pain
Can find no place!
And when we reach that land ao flair
"Ocr Little tor nr” will be there 1 M.
, from th* Knicktr ’-y kg-.
We 'bend herewith’ another of nib Harhuefeet
letters. Let no reader fancy that they aie not what
they seem. Their genuineness, we ere assured, ia
incontestable:
Malts /‘oast oJi» (Jaunty if Clark Alabama. March
th* 20 1654. Mr Bbown hMiiu and Johnson,
Mobil*.
Dear Sir: After my reapex J. write you these
fee lines not bein übil to go down tbe things all
come to haud and wus iu the General aatistactry
excep mistakes in articles sent yon have sent
Major Shaddrack playin cards which ia a bomi
naahnn to bim and very deer at one dollar when
he writ for Namber foreteen cards for oardin cot
ton, you must akratcb them of of your book the
hole toreteen dollars and wiite bim about it and
satisfy him for ho was mighty mad thinkin yon
tuck him for a common gambler when be ia a class
leader and stands bigb also yon have sent Danl
Bunn wimcuiu’B atockins when he writ for cotton
Bose which be is much kneudin at these presents.
' We bear melasses is cheap tbar it the are good
and reasonabil when his comes to band please
send John T. shaddrack one barl bis mark, and
one barl to me my mark Wiley Harbucket to me
and has a barl to Danl Bunn and charge every man
bis account and send all to cear of Watson at the
Beach Tree which ia better lor young niggers ea
pecially than bred and meet all the time tor a
constancy.
Brospex is gloomy on acconnt of no seizins the
drouth baring hard on this sexshun the frost has
killed ad in this sexshun—cotton and corn that
waß np and wbat haint bin killed dod sickly and
sore shin* aud tbe ground too dry to plant a gin.
The L :rd sendeth the yerly and the latter rain
let os strive to bar our cross—please write what
prospex thar is for turpentine to bring a tar price
next year, raisin cotton .corns like won’t pay ex
penses and a family comin on kneadin skoolin.
l’he county sales also come to hand prices looks
low but all is satisfied you done your beat for our
interest and advantage in the sales—you rit in
your letter Daui Mormun one Bale mix—mix with
whut—if thar wus any (hing in it bot cotton it
warj’t put in at my gin them rollers at Mobile pulls
oat a bundan-e of peoples cotton out of the bale
a id might happen pnt in something to hide their
eteelins which is a disgraso—Now dent we paiern
ize your house and looks to you to see justis done
in price and wait bat this is a pint that teeches a
man’s oarackter, and your servant to command
wants you to see justis done in thiß pint which is
a cusution which X nave never heerd before and
have run a gin for going on eleven year, a good
uamo is better than Bitches.
In regardin of the war Borne in this sexshun
thinks there aint no war hut them British got up a
tail about war to keep down cotton and by al thar
oat. valyuehun which seems like enuff to get peo
ples produse for nothing and now when ull in this
sexshnn hi a sold the papers says tho Emperor of
Bussia is ded and the war stopped to pat np prices
a gin which seems like swindlin the hard working
planter oat of there property.
Now dent 1 went to usk the Carnal a particular
favor to see Jarvis Tamer what ho will cat u inar
bil rock for a monymint for my diseased wile—
likewise in particular for the Carnal to write in
skripshin for the s»me with some poetry but not
in lattin which is not understood in this sooshun —
and see Jarvis what he will charge—ho will do
I what is far and wri o and make your bargsn before
hand I know the Carnal can write something
l Bootahi! which yoa must do for a nold friend and
one that stan la up strong for your house 1 will try
to come down soon and hope to find you all iu
helth and prosperity which is my yernost prair for
your welfare tempral aod eterncl rby helth is good
thiH spring and my aifiixions many, bat the Lord
will provide, as long as money matters is so tite
down thar owin to low water and short resects I
have got my nay bore to let tho ballons of proceeds
to let it stand aud uot draw tbar money till times
gets better but you must allow Intrust in sertle
ment which is write and far.
‘I faya sent tho cards into tho river which will
bo shipped first bote aud would not groove if the
was burned up and no moro mr id being a snar and
a delushin of Satan if they was insbured aud no
boddy to lose by it. And don’t uegleck to write
to Major Shaddrack aud ho wauls you to solid him
a akab and his bail of melassas tho skab is for
vuxinutin which is to be got from Doctor Fern and
could bo in closed in the letter. It greeves mo to
write that prospex for craps is unpiomisin pud
religion at a low eb iu this sexshun—no moro at
these presents from your servant to command,
—, WILKT HaKBUCXXT.’
* Ulieaie in tbe Cotton Plant.
Komanwe or ibe Hut.
A Parting— Wife Swap—" Boot" Given—The
“ Trad, e” Uloeed, i&i. etc —lt is now moro than a
moon ago that two citizens of this region—cld,
yet simple men—who bad long liv d on adjoining
“squats,” aa lords of two several families, met
together for the purpose ot a final o mfab. They
were “intended” movers. Tired of East Mississip
pi, and afflicted with that singular mania of which
some men are possessed, to follow eever~i hundred
miles a two wheeled oxcart and a solitary yoke of
bullookß, in quest of Dream Land, they had deter
mined upon migrating, ono to Alabama, the othor
1 to Texas. Os course tne mooting was an a (Footing
[ one, invested with all the solemnity of an enterual
severance. We shall call one Dick and the other
Obadieh, merely for the sake of distiction, and not
! desiring to make public their real names,
r After some random conversation, Dick pulled
1 out his knife, opened it, and commenced indua
-1 triously whittling, as preliminary to a suggestion
of nnusnal gravity. It was a large, round, veuera
i ble log upon which they wore seated—Diok at ono
end and Obediah at the ether—“in Juxtaposition,"
i as Gov. Foote would say. Obediah noticed the
1 gesticulatory movement, and pricked his ears for
1 the ingross of something pathetic. At last, Dick,
after reducing the timber io a little biUook of
ch ; ps, remarked to Obediah that be had something
of a vory delicate nature to talk about. “Go
ahead I” said CJbed, with an enoomagingearnest-
And thus Diok commenced: “You know Ob,
that me and my wife hev got to gittin' doin’ very
badly. Sal soma how or otner, kinder slants from
mo of late days. And I thought, as I was gwino
to Texas and you to Tallabam, that I woul i offer
:o swap you my tige for yours—but see here, Ob,
I won’t give boot!”
After a pause, in whioh many a thought paese !
rapidiy through the mind of Obediah, ne tnswer
-1 ed:
■ “Well, Dick, I don’t know but what I’ll do it.
! But you see, aow, my Pol is purtier than you--
l Sal; and you know she iB a younger critter by 12
long years. Now, Dick, old fellow, how woul i
■ you like to trade a young and likely filly for an
r old brokenwinded and homely haua, and git no
* boot!”
The argument was a clincher; and Dick, th:'
reluctant to acknowledge it, manifestly felt its
foroe. After much further parleying, it wa
agreed between the faithless Benedicts that Dick
should take Obediah’s wifo and Obediah Dick’s,
I upon these conditions: that the lormer shonlc
givo the latter, in the way of boot, e cow and ca
* two goats, an old shot gun and an ox bell 1
The treaty of exchange was ratified according!'
and Sal went to“Yal!aiam” and Pol to “Taxae ’
■ The respective children of the two mothers remain
' ed with their respective farthers, and thus were
favorod with that peculiar relati on, step moth
| er, by process of swapping.
We assure our readers that this statement is
, substantially true, the incidents having actually
; occurred as above related. It may he, however,
that, ao far as the wives are concerned, the swap
| was more formal than actual; that, in brief, the
’ cow, calf, gaots, shot gun, and ox bell were a “dead
loss” on the part of Dick, and but fair tribute to
mercenary Obediah. The parties were both sub
scribers to the Eastern Clarion, and we are nn
feignedly astonished that they did not imbibe
! from these columns, whatever may have been the
- defects of early eduoation, a purer morality, and
I a more manly estimate of “Heaven's first best
; gift to man—a wife.”— Pauldmf, Mieswippi, Ciar
l ion.
Ibox Patxmuiy.—The N. T. Tribune has a long
I artio.e deeeiibiog “cobble,” “lose” and“wood
r block” pavements, and favoring iron for paviDg.
1 Iron pavement has been tfaeroughly end euocese
fully tested in Boston, end is about to be intro
duced into London and Paris by Fox, Henderson
| A Co., the great engineering firm of Eoglend, who
built the first Crystal Palace. Tbe invention of
the iron pavement is the work of an Ameriosn.
About six months ago a small part of Nassau st..
New York, opposite the Post Office, was laid down
with the new iron pavement, and though the cob
, bles on each aide have been twioe repaired since,
- yet it looks as firm, as smooth, and as solid as the
e day on which it was laid. The Tribune says:
“ One ot the great advantages of tbe iron pave
, ment is that at the end of ten years use the mste-
J rial of whicn it is composed will be more valuable
than when it was laid down, so that the cost of
r, paving the street will only he so much money in
; vested, which may at any time be realised by ael
' ling the rough material. Bat the saving to the
city in a thousand other raepects which would re
sult from the iron pavement wonld be incalcula
ble, and the greater oomfora of our streets, the
! increased tea:iciness ot our atmosphere, would
1 more than a thousand times repay the oost of the
9 iron pavement, if it were a thousand times great
* er than the oobble-stone instead of being lees.”
* There have been reoeived at the Patent Office
[J several bushels of forty dsys’ maize, or Indian
> oorn, from the south of Spain, reported to ripen in
six weeks after planting. It is designed to be dis
tributed for experiment in the higher latitudes of
tbe United States, ae well as on the elevated dis
- tricts of the Adegbeny aad Kooky mountains.—
fi From its analogy to some of oar own varieties of
> corn, there is no probability ot its succeeding in
- mny of the warmer parts of the oountiy.
b The N. Y. Trioune ssyz: “The sad, the deplo-
rable error of the South is, that it does not, or
i rather will not see tow all its inferiority springs
e from this single cause ot slavery.” The sad, the
deplorable error ot the N. Y. Tribune is, that it
* continually attributes an inferiority to the Son' h
ls which does not exist. In ail the elements of hu
man happiness, in plenty, purity and contentment,
r the South is equal to any oountry on the face of
the earth, and far superior to the North. — Bich.
VttpaUh.
c Affidavits have been filled against Blair and
Wbiteu'au, two mail who delected post
/ master lfeupdaE-at New Orleans in robbery, lor
epemng letters addressed to him.
Maeauie Jumel Burr.
The New York correspondent of the Albany
Express contains the following interesting notice
ot a notable woman:
In Loesing’a Field Book of the Revolution there
is a piciure of a house on this island that was erec
ted one hnndred and fifteen years ego, aud which
was at one time the head quarters ot Gen. Wash
ing ton. it is situated near the High Bridge, over
the Harlem river aud though really in the city
limits, is surrounded by forest and deila, giving it a
rural and wild aspect. Tbe grounds are beautilul
ly improved, tbe gardens laidonl with taste, snd
everything arouua the establrshement bears the
marks of refinement and wealth
Ou this historical spot lives a venerable woman;
whose history has been varied as the ebangee ot
her countries progress have been rapid. M’me
Jumel ie a native ot Providence, K. I. Her mai
den name was Mi->s Bowen. She came to this city
about tbe ; year 17»S, and in 1805 was married to
Mooeienr Jnmel, a native ot France, but then a
reiugee irom the bloody massacre ot St. Domingo.
They did not live lon,, together, from incompati
bility of temper, or some other cause. He soon
afterwards died, leaving bar three millons of France
in France.
She frequently visited Paris, alwaya living in a
style commensurate with her husband’s preten
tions and wealth. She moved in the highest cir
cles, both in France and in this country, of that
day, and received tbe court and homage of the
moat distinguished men of the time. She subse
quently married Aaron Burr, somewhere about the
jear 1816, but they, too, soon separated. Alter
his death, she continued to live in seclusion
st her stalely residence on this island, with the
exception of occasional visits to Paris.
She was there soon after Ljuis Napoleon became
Emperor, and was at the Tnileries on the occasion
ot a grand ball, where the Emperor recognized her
as the widow of his old triend (which one tradi
tion does not state). A trieud of mine visited
Madame Jumel a few days ago, and this has
brought frebhly to my recollection the romantic
incident of her chequered career. Her residence
is described as an earthly paradise, minus tbe
angels.
ings, (and among them e genuine Rubens,) arti
oles ot vertn, presents from noble and distinguish
ed persons, autographs, aud everything that ia
considered rare, and costly, and curious, may be
seen there in lavish prolusion.
M’me Jumel lives the life of a recluse. Bbe
knows nothing, and will have nothing to do with
her neighbors around Fort Washington, with s
very few exceptions. Even the boys have a jndi
cions fear of her, and trouble neither her orenards
nor her flower gardens, nor anything that is hers.
Every evening a gun ia tired off on her premises
to warn intruders. Very tew persons ever solicit
permission to view her grounds, and only a favor
ed minority of these ever have their petition
granted.
t his old lady, now seventy eight years of age,
has one penchant, and that iB for gathering around
her refugees from Europe. She i« alwaya taking
care of a flock of tnem, and to make them useful,
whenever a good musician cornea along, she gets
him tbe instrument, with which he is most fa
miliar, and in this way she keeps up a very plea
sar t bund of music, which entertains her by their
repeated performances,
M’me Jumel, from having mingled so much in
the best kind ol society, has all the courtly graces
and blandness of manner which distinguish l**
damn d'honneur of the last century. To society
and tbe world general y she bears herself, forbid
ding anything hko approaches to familiarity. She
is us much ot a despot in her own dominions as
any monarch who sways a sceptre. Bhe likes her
mode of living, has weulth enough, has seen tbe
world, outlived the desires of life, and will conse
quemly probably never again emerge from the
quiet enclosure ot her elegant residence. Bbo has
u beautiful n'ece living iu Bordeaux, who is mar
ried, aud to whom her property will most likely
descend.
♦
Missionaries ofthe Southern M. E. Crurph.—
By the kindnesß oi Dr. Sohon, we have been fa
vored with the report ol the Missionary Society of
the M. £. Church,(South, a clever book of 186 pages.
From it wo learu that the total receipts of the So
ciety last year wore 5164,886.71 —0 f which the Bi
ble Society guvs iu Bibles and Testaments (2000,
and tho U. §. Government more then (10,000 for
the Indian schools. There is reported from South
Curolinu (22,772 01; from Alabama (20,970 08;
from Georgia $16,67 6 42; from Virginiasl4,6o6 41 ;
aud so on down lu Arkansas, which reports (429,-
75; figures which we hope to see largely exceeded
in tbe next report, notwithstanding the tightness of
tbe timoe.
Our Missionary work is as follows : In China, 1
Mission, 6 Missionaries, in destitute portions of
our regular work, 156 Missions, 142 Missionaries,
26,387 white and 1,386 colored members, with 61
houses lor worship, IST Sunday Sohools and 5,526
scholars. This last item is vastly out of proportion
to the number of church members, and shows
thui much remains to be done in these missions for
the rising generation. Missionaries who neglect
these Schools are doing but half their work.
Among the people of color: 170 Missions, 124 Mis
sienuries. 46,577 colored members, with 48 houses
of worship aud 17,888 cbildern under religious in
struction. Tho proportion of colored children to
the membership, under catechetical instruction is
greater iu these missions than on the last men
tioned. Among the Germans: 11 Mission, 11
Missionaries, 488 members fi Ironses of worship,
}0 Sunduy Schools aud 244 scholars, or one scho
lar to every two members. Among the Indian
Tribe : 80 Missions, 28 Missionaries, 4,263 mem
hors, IS bouses ot worship, 83 Sunduy Schools, 1,-
881 scholars, 9 manual labor schools, snd 435 pu
pils, Tho aggregate is presented thus: S6B Missions,
111 Missionaries, JJB houses of worship, 79,050
luembors, 185 Sunday Schools, 85,084 children un
der religions instruction, 9 manual labor schools,
486 pupil'. —Southern Christian Advocate, BU/ ult.
A Secret of Masonrt Discovered.— Wo get
from the Boston Gazette a vory good story of a
wife, whoso husband was a very worthy practical
member of the order of Free Masons. It seems
that one evening a bundle came to tbe house,
marked for him, arid labelled “Private.” Os
course Ibis wus sufficient for female curiosity, and
therefore she indulgod iu an inspection. Horror
of horrors! Blankets, baby's linen, greeted
her astonished, eyesight, aud dreanrsof’Hwo fam
ilies” floated through her brain. The husband
soon croie in, and ultor tea, whori his wife discov
ered in bis eye the treachery of hiß conduct, as
sho supposed, he took the bundle and went out
—but not alone, for the jealous wife was on his
truck. The faithless husband little imagined that
she who supposed I erself so fully wronged was
hovering utter him. He stopped at the house of a
friend, who also joined him in carrying a similar
bundle. The wife beoame doubly excited, for the
prospect ol having a companion iu misery did uot
impress her with the idea of a division of her grief
but only un addition to it. She followed closely
and soon they baited before a small tenement
which they entered. Hero she paused to hold a
conncil of war. What tacties to follow she was in
doubt, but determined at length to storm the
culidel; she knocked, and hastily brushed by a
little child, and in a second burst upon the aston
ished husband, tho embodiment of injured inno
cence. Per feelings were about to express them
selves whan the scene before her caused her to
reflect. A poor woman on a aieg Ded. a babe pot
old enongh ler christening, a child in a crib, and
two little girls in a bed met her eye. She read the
story at a glance, and returned home under eeeort
of her husband and his friend, who assured her
that she had discovered the great Becret of Mason
ry.—/V. O. Piiafune.
WW -or -■. _
Retaliation.— The following extract from a lat.
ter in the St. Loa> s Republican, dated lola, Kan
sas territory, shows that the free State party are
disposed to retaliate on the Missourian;
“Mr. Kirby of Jackson oounty, Missouri, capio
over and looated a claim on Marie de Seine, tbe
south branch of the Osage, river, and some twen
ty or thirty miles irom towrence. When be had
finished hiß oabin three men came to him and or
dered him off, saying that no Missourians should
settle in tn that neighborhood, Ashe was alone
and had nothing but a rifle, while they had double
barrelled guns, he thought “discretion was the
better part of valor," and left. He went to Jackson
oounty and got some twenty of his friends to ac
oompany him, and returned; but, upon their arri
val, they found the cabin filled and surrounded by
about fifty armed moo. Thinking it not prudent
to attack so large a party, they returned to Mis
souri, and spread the news throughout the bor
der counties. Meetings were held at Wes on,
Liberty and independence, and resolved that Mr.
Kirby sbouta be protected in bis right, and that a
fores should be raised to place ana defend bim in
the possession of his claim,
Izbcino §f Bocrtt Land Warrants.—We stated
on Saturdry that od tbe previous day the first
issue of Bounty Land Warrants, under the Dew
law, took place. We learn from tho Union that
there were about eleven hnndred in all issued, of
160 and 120 acre warrants. A warrant of 160 aeres
was forwarded to the President of the United
States for military services rendered by him dur
ing the Mexican war: A similar warrant was for
warded to ex-Fresident Tyler, for military services
during the late war with England. Hon. Wm. L.
Marcy, Secretary of State, receives an 80 acre war
rant for military servioea in the same war, he hav
ing already received a b unty of 80 scree under
tbe act of 1850.
Vessil Sunk in the Gulf.— Tbe i ranklin, La.
Planter'e Banner , of Thursday, the 24th, says :
Mr. John Jacotw, keeper of thu light ship Atcha
fayla, writes to us under date of the 18th instant,
that at 7 o’clock that morning a vessel, apparently
a schooner, was seen several milee off in the south
west, sailing before the wind. At 2 o’clock in the
afternoon she appeared to be dismasted. At 8
o’clock, seeing her in distress, he prepared to ge
to her assistance ; bnt when within eeven or eight
miles of her, she suddenly disappeared, and he
supposes she must have sunk, (Tarrying with her
a'l her crew, aa no small boat oould be seen.
Reverse of Fortune.— The Btar of the West,
from California, has brought the news of the irre
trievable failure of Page, Bacon <fc Co. Amosg
those rained by it is Judge Chambers of San
Franoisco. He had withdrawn from the concern
iD January last, with a fortune of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars ; but before he hao removed
his share, tbe ooncern beoame involved with Page
& Bacon of St. Louis, and he subsequently went
back into the house, for the purpoee of giving them
renewed credit and strength in tbe eyes of tbe
community. Now, hia entire fortune Las been
swept from bim, and be goes out into the world a
poor man—a bankrupt.
Gold Hcsnsa.—An expedition of about 800
men started from Neosbo, Newton Co., Mo., 8d
inst., for tbe Red Fork of Arkansas river, some
400 miles distant, on a gold huntiDg expodi ion.
In Arkansas and the Cherokee Nation they werr
to be joined by about 200 more men, making 6CJ
in all, provisioned for six months.
There are 180,000 bounty land applications on
file in Washington under the ltw of 1656.
A Maryland family named Hoff, consisting of a
man, his wife and four sisters, died of cholera a
week or two since cn the Mississippi river, en
rente for lowa.
The scarcity of breadstufls In tbe Eastern snd
Western Township of Lower Csntds is represen
ed as frightful.
The St. Louis Republican denies that Col Doni*
phan participated in the recent invaeion in Kansas
by Missourians.
Thx Mormon agency at Liverpool baa sent 8,800
emigrants to this oonntry. Tne steamer Amazon
left Pittsburg on Monday, for St. Louis, with 540
Mormons on board.
Nobthnrn Hulls -The New York Hotels, sines
the enactment of the Maine Liquor Liw have rais
ed their price cf entertainment to (8 a day. Tbe
excuse is that they are deprived of the profits of
their dealing in winee, (So. So the travslere most
suffer. But it does not end here, as the following
notice in a Pbilapelphia paper shows:
iNcxEass of How. CaaßSM.—The hotel keep
ers in this city hsve held a meeting snd ra-eed
their price of board. The high pries of food snd
all other neoeessriee of life era the causes assigned
for tbe ineresse. The same advance in prioes
has been made bg the proprietors of New York
hotels.
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1855.
Interesting from B*H L*Xa City.
Salt Laie Citt, March 28,1855 —Some disgrace
ful scenes appear to have beeu transacted lately ip
Otah. Since Col. Steptoe has been nominated as
Governor, tbe Deaaret News, Brigham Youn*’s
organ, has been teeming with panegyrics on the
“«dlanl Colonel,” and Orson Hyde, the chief ot
the Twelve Apostles, has declared to the universal
world Inst “Col. Steptoe is a gentleman.” Those
who Were not previously aware of the fact now
know it for a certainly, for »* is andaraed by the
venerable apostle.
B t while the m<#t falaome praises of the Colo
nel have been circulated by the ccltunns of vhe
church paper, merely to deceive persona at a dis
tance, the officers and men ot the Colonel’s com
mand have, on several occasions, been publioly
blackguarded and insulted in open day. As asam
pie, a party of office s of tbe army were lately rid
ing out with some ladies, in Salt Lake City, when
they were set upon by a mob ot Mormors, among
whom were of Brigham Yonng, and Heber
C. Kimball, Presidents es the church, and two oth
ers. Hnntingdom and Moore.
These men rode by the party at fall speed, wav
ing their hats and ahouting the most opprobrious
epithets and vulgar oa ha in hearing of the ladies,
and endeavored tto frighten their horses. On© ot
the ladies, the daughter of the Hon. Judge Kinney,
Chief Justice ol Utah, was only saved from being
thrown from her ho r se and i jured by tbe coolness
of one gentleman, who seised the bridle and with
difficulty restrained her horse,
<3 As the office* wished to proceed lawfully, In
stead of putting a few bullets through the chief ao
tots in this disgraceful atfair the oase was repreaen
led to the Mayor, Jedediah M. Grant. A mock
trial.was gone hrongh ; and though the couuuct
of the mob was in direct violation of the city ordi
nances, it was discovered that the individuals stood
too high in the church to be punished ; the case
was dismissed ind tbe oosts ot the court, amount
ing to an alinott fabulous sum, wer& thrown upon
the plaintiffs. During the trial, the ladies, who
were present as witness, were grossly inßnltsd by
a low fellow, a witness for the defence. The great
est egcitementj.t’V)'/.led daring the trial—nearly
two hundred- Mormons being collected in
ana about as h* ■aib' , . ffioe,
'' V— —-w
Cokkkbok ot New York.—The New York pa
pers present their monthly statements of the com
merce of f£at port from which we learn that tha
total imports st New York from foreign ports for
tbe last month are $5,585,000 less than for May
1854, and $2,884,257 less than for the same time
in 1858, the figures being $14,540,245 tor the pre
sent year against $17,181,181 lor last year. The
ainju»t of goods warehoused has also fallen
off, and the stock in store is now lower then usual
at this season. The total imports at New York
since Jannary Ist, are now $25,071,725 leas than
for the corresponding five months ct last year, and
$24,421,855 less than for the same period ot 1858,
a decline of over 80 per cent. Not quite one-half
of the falling off in May has been in dry goods, tbe
total of this description entered at the port being
$2,080 562 leas than for May of last year, and
$1,512,244 less than for May 1858. Taking, how
ever, the total importa since Jannary Ist, upwards
of five-eights of the decline has been in dry goods,
the reoeipts being $16,451,108 leas than tor the
first five months of 1854, and $16,177,024 less than
for the same period of 1858. This decline has
been marked in every description of goods, al
though the largest proportion has been in cottons.
The Courier says:
We find that tbe imports upon the market for
the past five months have been only $28,631,241
sgainst $88,853,446 in 1854, and $86,162,582, in
1858 ; and when to these importations we add tbe
stocks held over from the last season, it would no
doubt result in an average decline of 80 per cent,
ior the present year. Lest year the amount ware
housed in May was $1,288,987, being four times
that of 1858; this was owing to tha extreme scar
city ot money in this market in the spring of 1854.
Now the abundance of money, added to tbe ex
treme caution on the part of importers, enablss
thorn to pay their duties without the intervention
of warehousing.
The exports from New York for May were:
1868. 1864. 1866.
Domestic merchandise. ..$4,166,954 $6,824,427 $6,171,890
Foreign merchandise.... 781,292 474.886 602,286
Specie and bullion 2,182,467 8,661,626 6,820,162
Total 67,062,649 $9,960 982 610,996,028
The exports of metcbandise, as compared with
April, show an increase of about a million, and
of specie two millions. The imports as compared
with April have inoreased about two and a hs’t
millions. The Journal of Commerce gives the fol
lowing table of the foreign imports and exports at
that port for tbe eleven months of the fiscal year,
ending May 81st:
Specie Exported. Total Exports. Total Imports.
1856 $84,195,941 $91,278,827 $142,511,914
1851 29,116,068 97,176,848 177,286,671
Difference. $5,079,888 $5,896,521 $34,774,757
From this it will be Beep that the exports of
specie from New York for the last eleven months,
have increased $5,079,888 ; the total exports ot mil
descriptions to foreign ports have decreased only
$5,896,521, while the total imports from foreign
ports have decreased $84,774,767. — Bali. American.
Business oe tub Clntbal Kailroad. The
Board of Directors of the Central Kailroad and
Banking Company have declared a dividend of
four per cent, upon the general stock of the com
pany, from the earnings of the Koad for the past
six months, payable on and after Friday, the 15th
inst. A roioreuco to the books of the Company
Bhows that the earnings of the Koad for the six
months ending the |st inst., exoeed those for the
corresponding period of last year $152,707.42. —
Thus:
December,......... $187,055 65
January..................... 181,848 22
February, 187,957 65
March, 184,828 95
April, 102,775 28
May,.......... 89,680 19
$788,648 94*
Same period proceeding year, 600,986 62
Increase .....$182,707 42
The following table gives ttie receipts of cotton
in Savannah by the Koad, for each month, from
Ist September to the i st inst.
September, 1,778 bales.
October.... 1.885 “
November..... 80,082 “
December 46,981 '*
January 49,894 “
February... 60,g15 “
March 49,872 “
April 28,148 “
May.... 20,848 “
Total 265,608
It gives us pleasure to add, that the stock of tbe
company is again ruling at something like its real
value. At the close of the past year, it went as
low as 69 i whereas it now briDgs, exclusive of
dividend, from 101 to 102. A good deal pf the
stock offering the past winter, was taken by capi
talists in the interior, at a low figure—a circnm
stanconot to be regretted, since tbe just influence
and connections of the company are thereby ex
tended.—Bav. Rep.
Tax Steak Fibx En»inx—Ptauo Confidence.—
The tact stated below by the Cincinnati Kailroad
Record sfiords conclusive evidence of tbe steapi
fire engine;
A singular change In the publiu opinion, as it re
gards fires, has taken place in consequence of the
establishment of the new Fire Department, with
its Steam Fire Engines. At the time of tbe fire in
the Record Ufflco, there was a concert in the -
Melodeon, the adjoining building. A thousand
people were present. On tbe alarm of fire, they
never started, Qn the contrary, the concert went
on without noise or interruption to the end 1
Ten years ago, this would bays been impossi
ble. A fireso near would have disported the
whole andience, and filled the bni|ding with but
pries. The whole building and its contents wonld
have been destroyed, and probably the adjacent
ones either consumed or seriously injured. As it
was howeyer, in less than half au honr from the
time tbe alarm was first given, the dames were
entirely subdued. The first was eon had within
the four walls and between the two floors in which
it originated, and although the heal from the bur
ning beams and tables was so inlense as to lick
everything that oonld be consumed, and to dart
downwards and melt the type on the imposing
stones: yet, there is but one,place where It really
horned through the fioor. So complete was the
confidence of the engineers in charge of tbe de
partment, that hardly anything was allowed to be
removed from the lower stories, end muoh lose
and deslrnction was thus saved,
The change is a consequence of a perject eonjt
denoe in the power of He pretent fire Department
to extinguish a fire immediately, without any dan
ger to any persons, not in the knilding on fire.
The effect oi the Steam Fire Engine and the new
Department, is also a oomplete exemption from
extensive fires.
Reform in Ensland.—lt is a cheering sign for
tbe people of England to hear tbe demooratiosen
timents now ottered by the press, at public meet
ings, and in Parliament. When public meetings
insist that government &L&U be oonduoted and tbe
laws administered on the principle of tbe greatest
good to the greatest number, public sentiment is
ready to sustain suoh a prinoiple, and oiasa privi
ledge and oligarchical rule, have nearly lost their
influence. The resolution in the House of Lords,
of which notice of motion was given, declares
“ that it is only throngh the selection of men for
pnblic employment, withont regard to anything
but tbe pnblic service, that the country can hope
to proeecntethe war successfully, and to obtain its
own legitimate object—a secure and honorable
peace.” The notice of motion was rejected ; bat
its introduction end the sentiment elicited in the
debate are very significant of popniar feeling.
Lord Ellenborough is reported as uttering the
following sentiments:
But, my lords, how can we, Bitting here by the
hereditary r ght eoaferred, for the meet part, upon
onr ancestors, for their services to the State, for
their fitness for pnblic employment, how can we
refnße to adopt that principle f It is the principle
of onr own origin. [Cheers,} It was because my
father was a great lawyer, not boos use he was a
party man, that he was selected on account of fit
nees for a great office, that of Chief Justice of the
Pleas. He had no family, no connection—he roee
altogether by his fitness. [Cheers.] It was not
favor - it was fitness that made Mr. Yorre Chan
cellor’and Earl. [Cheers.] It was not favor, it
was fitness that made Sir James Harris, the greet
diplomatist, Earl of Malmesbury. [Cheers ] It
wMft not favor which the father of the noble
lord opposite (Viscount Canning) to that office the
reward for which was the peerage whioh the noble
viscount now holds. [Load cheer*.] It was not
favor which raised the brothers Cecil to be Minis
ters of Elisabeth and of James, and the founders
of two great families. We are here for the servi
ces of our ancestors. I® it f° r then, who sit
here by that right, and enjoy dignity and honor
by reason of their services, and their fitness for
pnblic employment—"is it fo* °s to turnaround and
say, “It is true our ancestors rose by iftnees, but
onr relatives shall eDjoy advantages from connec
tion with us, and from favor * [Cheers.] No.
How fa* London Tntsa is Epitu>. —In the Hobb«
of Commons, a few weeks sinoe says the New York
limes , Mr. Drummond, the eeoentric member for
West Surrey, who takes special pride in differing
from everybody else, took occasion to denounce
ths Prut. which other members were just then
glorifyiDg as the special palladium of British liber
ty. He thought it, on the oontrary, one of the
greatest curses of the country; and byway of ilins
tration, he indulged the House with a descriptive
sketch of the m oner in which the London Unus
is conducted. Upon this point, he said ;
“The thiDg was to get a set of gentlemen 0/ dis
ferert opinions and to set them teritiny. Ot oourse,
you oouid accuse no one man of inconsistency ; he
might always have held the seme opinions; and
so iniividuaUy these tsrdert iwn most o oneuteut,
while, collectively, nothing id the world oonld be
more inconsistent. [Hear, hear.] Jt seemed to him
that the zery perfection of JaumMUm teas—indivi
dual honesty, and eoUeetive profltoacy, political and
literacy. [Hear, and a laugh.] There was, never
theSe&e, a great advantage in this, and the Times
newspaper always put him very much in mind of
a bit of bog he had near a farm of hit. He onoe
thought of draining it, and asked the opinion of
the farmer, who replied ; “No, no ! don’t drain it.
In wet weather there’s something for the oow and
if there’s nothing for tbe oow there’s something
for the pig, tnd if there’s nothing for the pig
there’s something for the goo*e.” [Brest laugh
ter.] 80 it was with the Tinus , if tnere teas noth
ina in it/or oru man, then teas sun to be some
thtny/or another.
A Wedding in i'blaa.
Ju&ractof a LtlUr, dated & ! *aujhat, China. Feb
ruary 15Lfc, 1355;
A short tim« since 1 was present at the mar
riage of a Chinese couple, and as 1 aas much in
terested in ihe proceedings on that occasion, t
thought a bief account ot them might he agrvt a
ble, and afford you some entertaimnent, particu
larly should you be as eager a* most youug ladies
•re, to hear and see every thing connected with so
important a ceremony.
To premise, 1 must tell you that the bridegroom
is a graduate of lh> Episcopal missionary scloj!
here, and that, iu addition to coulorming iu the
peculiar customs of his own country, he hal Ue
aired to be marriod iu the chrittian lashiou. In
consideration cf this, tbe Bishop bad duly expoun
ded and interpreted to the bridegroom the mi. are
of oar holy office of matrimouy. Both p*nie3
were made fuliy seusiblo of its divine iiguLC iods,
and appeared to be perfectly satisfied with the
obligations it naturally imposes. The bride wus
especially pleased to learu, that by the Chris. iau
faith, her husband was not permitted to take more
than one wife, bhe highly approved of the ie
atriclion that prevents men possessing a* many
wives *b their means will support, as is usual ;u
China, and expressed great delight at the prospect
ot no rival to contend with.
The novelty ot the wedding—for this is the first
couple, the Bishop tells me, that he hasotor
joined together—attracted to the Episcopal chapel
a targe number of both natives and foreigner*. I
had not waited long before the nuptial procession
arrived. It was headed by a baud of pecul.ar
wiud and stringed instruments, that discoursed
anything but music to au American ear; alter
which came the sedans and boxes containing iha
marriage feast, all of them painted red, and. their
bearer, wearing red jackets. In this train of
luxuries l counted no less than a dozen Logs,
roasted whole, and gluzed and garnished iu the
moat fantastic manner. A gout that had also been
roasted, aud was so Contrived that its heud was
constantly nodding, made a very whimsical ap
pearance. These were succeeded by members of
the family, betore whom walked the bridegroom,
a little man elegantly dressed, who strutieu along,
evidently puffed up with a vast idea ot hi* own
Importance.
Then followed an old man bearing a largo um
brella, to hold over the bride when she enters and
leaves her sedan ; behind him came boys, protiily
dressed, carrying lanterns and bauuers ; then, the
trays on which were seen the bride’s trousi-euu,
consisting of silks, jewe’.ry, <fec.; and lastly a Jose
red sedau chair, beautifully gilded and embroi
dered, containing the bride herself. On ordinary
occasions she is locked in the chair by her mother
or some other relation, and the key is given to ihe
bridegroom after reachiug his house, where he
opens the door, assists his wife out, and sees Lor,
perhaps, for the first time in his life. On account
t the seclusion in which young ladies are kept,
they know very few persons besides their own
relations. They pay visits euly to their relations,
and are then carried in close sedans. Besides the
fashion of cramping the feet, that makes it difficult
for them to walk out, custom confiuesthem to the
house, and prevents them extending their ac
quaintaucea. They know nothing whatever of he
sweet delights of courtship, and are often entirely
unacquainted with the character and appearance
of their intended husbands. Betrothment t**kes
place in childhood, and ia arranged by match ma
kers of either sex, whose profession it is to
oonduct nuptial negotiations.
But to return to the wedding. The bride soon
appeared at the ohanoel, in company with the
groom, and two matronly ladies hired for tho oc
casion to comfort and assist her. She wore a scar
let orapo dress, of the Chinese fashion; a veil of
the same material, hanging from her forehuud.
concealed her features; \ery pretty embroidered
shoes covered her little feet, scarcely four inc .es
in length, and her hair was elaborately dressed
and decked with ornaments. The Bishop, know
ing we were all curious to Bee a Ch’nese beuuty,
very considerately raised her veil and placed it on
top of her head. The exposure did not meet my
ideas ot loveliness, but her simplicity aud modest
deportment im this trying position, ai.d the doep
interest she seem dto take in the whole cereim ny,
invested her with a charm so engaging, that I
could not help feeling concerned lqr her wai are,
and hoping ail expectations of happiness might be
realised. The service that was performed in the
Chinese language was solemu and imposing, and
I thought impressed them with a proper sense of
tne importance of tho contract they were entering
into. A* soon as the knot was tied, the veil was
drawn over the bride’s face, she was conducted to
her ohnir, and carried in procession to the bride
groom’s hoqse.
Here she was received by her husband who hand
ed her out, and followed her into a room, whore,
with becoming gravity, he took off the rod veil;
after which, they pledged each other in wine, the
cups being joined by a thread, an emblem of con
stancy. This most important part of the Chinese
ceremonial, was ended by tho pair worshipping
thoir ancestral tablets, and saluting all tho mem
bers of tho family. The band then struck up, and
the assembled guests sat down to the feast, the
men in one apartment, tho women in auothor. I
had intended remaining to witness this curious
banquet; but the unsavory odor of their cuinury
compounds so discomposed the economy of my
stomach, that I was seized with uneasy qtiu'iiH,
aud was upon the poiut of exhibiting my indispo
sition in public, when under pretence of visiting a
vory sick patiout, I took a hasty departure, leav
ing the compauy plying the bridegroom with li
quor and in a high state of conviviality.—lYuie-
JT<nk Journal of Commerce.
Kxp Fogs anji Sba Dc*r. —Lieuteuant Maury, ?n
his physical geography of the sea, explains an in
genious theory which ho has formed respecting
the eharacter and origin of ihe rod fogs which s'a
men sometimesenoountor In the vicinity of the
Cape de Verd Islands, and pf the showers of rod
dust, which in the vicinity of northern Africa of
ten descens in such quantities as to cover the s tils
and riging, though the vessel may be hundreds of
miles from the laud. Iu the Mediterranean, this
dust, which is of a brick red or cinnamon eolo r , is
called Sorocco dust, aud in other places Atricin
dust, from the belief that the winds oring thorn
from some parched section of the eontir ent of Af
rica. But this assumption is far from correct, lor
it has been ducovered by the microscope of l’io
fessor Ehrenberg, one of the most aislirguished
scientific men of modorn times, that the dust con
sists of infusoria aud organisms which could ( my
have come from the southeast trado wind region of
South America.
lieutenant Maury thiuke thqt this ostablihhes
the fapt that there iB a perpetual upper current of
air from South America to kforth Africa, and he
says there can be no doubt that this volume o! air
is nearly equal to the volume which sows to the
south* ard with tho northeast tjade winds. The
44 ra n dust*’ has boeu observed to fall most j're
quently in the spring and autumn seaao is ot tho
year, from thirty to sixty days after the equinoxes.
The reason for these periodical visitations is sup
posed to be tbe fact that these are the dry semens
of certain portions of the South American conti
nent. At the time of the vernal equinox, for ex
ample. the valley of the Lowei Orinoco is pare :ed
with drought, the pools are dry, aud marshes and
plains are arid wastes. Yegetation peases, and
light scorching breezes bear awav depse clouds or
dost from tbfl aribd-up lakes. Whirlwinds aud
tornadoes sweep over the earth with terrific force,
so impregnating the air with dust that it assumes
a straw colored hue. At the period of the autum
nal equinoxes another portion ol the Amagmian
basin is parched with dronght, and affected iu a
like manner hy thd wind*. Lieutenant Maqry
thinks that these are the countries from which the
raiu dust comas* He thinks that it is caright up
from the valleys of the Amazon and Orinoco by
these and borne away, far away, by
the rapid currents of upper air, to the region of
Northern Africa.— Balt. Amer.
The System of EsriONAfE. —Yeni&a is invested
With spies, male and fornJe. They are to bo foeu
prowling about the coffee rooms; and the polio? is
ever teaay to seize on any one who may be thought
on the slightei grounds of suspicion disposed to
speak freely of the despotic character of the Ans
train government. The great secret, then, to
iug a tin on the shoolder frog’s ore of the police, is
to practice eilenpe j to la, an embargo on tho lips;
to think aa much aa you pleaao but ss, nothing.
Qne example will give you some idea of the extent
of the inttrference of the police. There can bo 30
nip a house in the evening exceeding twenty
umber. Should v have tweuty-one at a
friendly cup of tea, the police have the right to
cause an immediate adjourmnentof the meet ng.
This seriously affecta the principle of sociality,
snd very large parties, aa you have in the United
States, are here under an intetdice by a govern
ment »» jealous and dospotic re as that of Ru ia.
The colors of the Italians, when a nation, were red,
white and green. A large, beautiful bouquet with
the flowers ao arranged aa to exhibit these favorite
colors ofthe Italians, red white and green, waa
thrown upon the Btage of one of the thouirtu in
compliment to a "opular actress. The poli- e heard
of it, and they quickly ordered the theatre to he
shut np for six months for that aimple act. C n a
government ao tyrannies: live in theaffectioua ot he
pe'plef But, 08 the Italians cannot govern them
selves, perhaps it is aa we i that ihe Austrians
have to do it for them, although it is very humilia
ting.
Counterfeit Bilx. —Tbe Newberne(N,C.) ,Y Ss#*,
of the 2d inst., says;
11 A day or two ago we were shown a counterfeit
ten dollar bill on the Cape Fear Bank, which is
well calculated t - deceive. It is lettered Aa, No.
2745, dated lat July, 1851, and made payable to
Jesse H, Lindsay, at Greensboro. The principal
peculiarities about tbe bill, differing from the gen-
Uine, are that its general appearance ia lighter, the
shading in the back ground of the vignette is poorly
done, the sky in tbe genuine ia in unbroken lines,
while in tbe counterfeit it is cross lined. The
signatures are very good imitations, a slight dif
ference in the Ii in the Cashier's name, whioh ia
easily disoovered when compared with the gen
uine, and tbe first down stroke of the W in tbe
President's ia too heavy at the top. The expres
sion of the eyes of the figure in the right corner ia
not as lively as tbe genmne. The word “txn” in
the left oorner is inelined downward towards the
beginning ot tbe word. The points in tbe frau e
around the portrait in the vignette, are plainer iD
the counterfeit, aDd the knee of the female iB die
proportioned. The bill iB net quite aa long be
tween tbe end vignettes as the genuine. Several
other notes of the same kind have been passed
pretty freely in onr community, all from the same
plate, but made payable to different persons and
at different places. We learn they were passed
b» a man from Jones ceunty nailed Joseph Allen.
We hope the scoundrel will b« caught ana brought
to justice."
Kxxr Dark.—The appended negro story, copied
from a Souther n correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal, ia worth reading;
“ Gen. C—— gave hia black roan, Sawney, funds
and permission to get a quarter’s worth of xoology
at a menagerie. Our sable friend soon found him
self under the canvas., and brought, too, in front
of a aedau looking baboon, and eyeing the quadru
ped closely, soliloquised thus. ‘ Folks—sure’s
yer born, feet, hands and proper oocntenance, just
like nigger, genin' old, I reckon.’ Then as if
seised with a bright idea, he extended hia hand
with a genuine Southern ‘ How do’oe do, unde!—
The ape clasped the negro's hand snd shook it
long and cordially.
“ Sawney then plied hia new acquaintance with
interrogations ae to hia name, age, nativity aod
former occupations, but eliciting no replies beyoed
a knowing shake of the head, or a merry twink
ling of the eye, (the ape was probably meditating
the best way of tweaking our friend’a nose,) he
ooDdaded the ape was bound to keep non-commit
tal, and looking caotionsly around, chuckled out,
‘ He, he, ye too sharp for ’em, old feller.’ ‘ Keep
dark—'f ye’d list speak one word of English,
white ™,»n would have a hoe in yer hand in leas
dan two minutes.’’
Tiyi Aocuient. —On Ssturdsy last nssr Dr.
Downey's, on Armnehse creek, s Mr. Hodges wss
■nddenly killed by the accidental discharge of a
rock while engaged in loeding it lor a blast. The
tamping iron passed through bis head, going in
near one eye and ooming onton the baozside, tear
ing off one side of his head and mutilating it in a
most sbooking manner. He was engaged in sink
ing a abaft in search for copper and was then 54
feet below the surface. Another man with him in
the shaft had his band torn to piaees, and hia arm
broken above the elbow.—Acme Courser,
The Skipping of the World.
The London Aewi ot a late date publishes a long
article headed the “Shipping of the World,”
some of the details of whioh are interesting. It ia
curious, first, to notice to how large an extent
Great Britain and the United States have mouo
poliaed the carrying trade, and secondly, how
nearly our own oounjy bas approached Great
Britain in the commercial supremacy of the eeae,
8 k.?, w “rtßtn is the foot that in a short time
she will have outstripped her. The total floating
tonnage of the whole civilized world, excluding
only C hina snd tbe East, oonsists of about 186,000
vessels of 14,600,000 tons. Ot this total tonnage
9,768,178 belongs to Great Britain snd tha United
States, so that excluding theae two greet maritime
nations the total commercial tonnage of the re
mainder of the civilized world ia but 4,600,000 ; or
Ijbs than that which either Great Britain or the
United States individually posseea. Even France,
which comes next in the Beale ia insignificant in
comparison, its total tonage being but 716,000 tons
against 5,048,270 for Great Britain and 4,724,902
lor the United States. Italy and Sardinia stand
next to France, then Holland, Russia, Spain, Nor
way, Sweden, &c.
The comparative entranoes and olearznoes of
Great Britain and the United States in 1854, were
as follows: Tonnage.
Great Britain and Colonies 42,578,862
United States, 40,000,000
Thus, though the mercantile marine of Great
Britan seems the largest iu the world, the writer
whom we quota admits that it will soon be surpass
ed by that of the Uuited States, which has already
augmented one-third since 1850. Tho accurate
tonnage of the entrances snd olesrsnoes of Amer-
Is cannot be given as authoritatively ss
ib the oaso in regard to British veaaelß, because
tho returns are not kept with tha same official ex
actness. Honoe, the above total act down on the
American aides, ia to some degree hypothetical,
but there is reason to believe it is not overstated,
but rather that the additional despatch with whioh
American vessels are freighted, and the aocelerated
speed with which they preform thairvoyagea, baa
not been fuliy allowed tor in the estimate. The
tonnage of the Bhips, however, is stated
on official data, and it shows the American aggre
gate to be bat one-sixteenth leas than the British.
This fact, when taken in connection with the in
tancy of onr marine and its present rapid inorease
shows how abort will be the time required to over
balance tbe advantage which Great Britan now
possesses, and to place the United States first in
the rank of commercial nations.
The British colonies in the Pacifle have several
vessels, and the eastern possessions, Siam, Chins,
snd the islands in the Indian Ooesn, hsve large
fleets for trsde or pirsoy, whioh mußt not be omit
ted in an estimate of ths shipping of the world.—
The floating tonnage of the civilized world ia esti
mated to consist of 186,000 vessels, with an aggre
gate tonnage of 14,500,000 tone. The number of
seamen in all theae vessels ia supposed to be about
800,000, and, including ths Eastern States, China,
Ac., of the maritime population of which we have
not any accounts, thsra must be at least a million
of persons engaged at sea and generally on the
ocean. This rapidly increasing floating popula
tion ia one of the curiosities of modern civilization.
The Daily News pertinently remarks in regard to
them; —
Latterly, this population bas not been considered
apart, and has separately borne no share except as
subsidiary to political power in the ohsngea es eo
ciety. But the time is ooming when its numbers
and its rapid extension iu the United States—the
shipping has been quadrupled, while the popula
tion has been only donblea—must force it on the
attention of historians and philosophers. Os tate
art has added much to its power. Steam has given
it feet fleeter then wings. The attention of scien
tific men is now being drawn to it, snd chiefly by
the labors of Lieutenant Maury, of the United
States, a large army of observers of natural phe
nomena, scattered over every part of the ooean,
have been suddenly oalled into existence. Every
ship captain has been taught how to profit by hia
opportunities aud to become a registrar of facts.
As it has become numerous and influential, the
profession has heen ennohlej, and, resuming its
old place in civilization, the maritime population
is destined again to take a lead, and, aa they at
first helped to scatter, they now cement the various
nations of the world into one Booietv. A compa
ratively short time baa elapsed since Holland, now
possessing leas than a fiftieth part of ths seamen
and tonnage of the world, was ths greatest naval
Power in existence, and a match nearly for all
other maratime nations. Holland has not declined
since then, but other maratime nalions hsve risen,
and the impulse she streughteneff ia continued
and increasing throughout the world. Trade, as
an essential part of society, snd shipping to carry
it on, are oomparatively in their infanoy. That
every part of tbe ocean may yet be aa orowded as
the British ofaannel ia not improbable. America
ia faßt filling with people growing in intelligence.
Every part of her coasts Is likely, at no distant day,
to be as well provided with vessels as the shores
of the Hudson. That the waters of the ocean are
to become peopled like the land cannot be sup
posed, but within a period, judging from ths ra
pidity of the progress in the last hundred years,
likely to be extremely abort in relation to the hia
torioal period of the world’s existence, they may
be all as crowded with vessels ss the ohannfll.”
The writer of this srtiole says accidental collisions
between vessels at sea are very much on the in
crease, but he does hot know that they are more
so than the rapid increase of the number of vessels
navigating the ocean might ba supposed to ocoa
sion. The increase of the speed of the ships aud
tbe inorease of their Bige are also elements whioh
ought to be taken into the calculation. It ia to be
hoped that there is an increase of knowledge and
carefulness on the part of the captains and crewa ;
ao that porhapa there is not, generally speaking,
any very great inoreaae of danger from collision.—
An admiralty return has just been published which
shews that the wrecks on the coasts and in the
seas of the United Kingdom during 1854 were 987,
being 168 more than those in 1868, while the loss
of life increased from 889 to 1,549. This return
showß collisions at sea to be greatly on the in
crease.—Bait. American.
An Indian Massac#!;.— ijfroiq the fcladsden Ter
ritory we have news that in January fast the town
of Tabac, in the Brnta (Jrua valley, on Cook's
wagon route, was attacked by a band of £OO Apa
che Indiana, who killed the email garriuon of
Mexican aoldiera stationed there to keep posses
sion until the American authorities should assume
it. They carried off two women and a'l the
cuttle, besides stealing all the cattle from the
mission Tamacaoen, five miles further up the val
ley.
A census of Russia, taken by order of the Cear in
IBSJ, gives the area of the Empire at 875,418 square
miles, the population 65,218,680—population to
square miles, 174. In the above statement, the
regular army and the Kirgish hordes are not in
cluded. There exist, according to the reoent cen
sus, in the whole Russian Km Dire, thirty-four
towns with more than |o,oopinhabitants. In the
United States a country much newer than Russia,
and with only about one-third of her population,
there are thirty towns of 20,000 and upwards,
whose aggregate populations, 2,291,609. This
feet shows the difference in tho social condition ol
the two countries.
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Kansas Mat^xbs.—The second election for three
members of the territorial Legislature of Kansas,
held at Leavenworth on the sßd May, resulted in
the choice of the pro slavery candidates, the votes
for that ticket being sso against 140 for the free
soil ticket, The 1 Kansas Herald, l a pro-slavery
paper, says that this election passed off quietly,
without any disturbance, apd that none other than
legal residents voted, The same is said, by the
4 Herald of freedom,' of the special election at
Lawrepce, whore the free soil candidates were
elected almost unanimously. The whole number
of votes polled In this distriot was 808, all of
whieb, except some twenty scattering, were given
for the regular free eoil ticket.
Lxxinston and DpNfmux Kaiw*oad. —The Lou
isville DeqjßCtat learns from the Danville Tribune
of the Ist, that the snn of 8100,000 has been sub
scribed iu Cincinnati to the Lexington and Dan
ville Railroad. This insarea an unbroken con
nection between Danyillq and Cincinnati. Who
knows but the remaining links between this oity
and iianyiiie may yet be built, and place us in im
mediate oonneation with Cmoinnati. —Atuhvtlie
Whig.
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ScyyHAux in CoNNamowr.—The right of suf
frage iu Connecticut has always been confined to
“ionite male citisena twenty-one years of age, who
are in possession of s freehold of seven dollars
vsiue, or have military duty for one year, or
who have paid a tax within a year," and every
voter is eligible to office. The present Constitu
tion was framed In 1848. In 1847 the Question of
striking out the word “ white" was submitted to
the people and rejected—s,B6B yeas, 18,148 nays.
An amendment to the Constitution, embracing
tbe same proposition, has baen proposed at the
present session of the Legislature ; and on Thurs
day it was finally voted upon in the House and
rejected, two-thirds not being in its favor. Tbe
vote was 182 in favor and 79 against negro suf
frage. Tbe Legislature, as our readers arc aware,
in decidedly Know Nothing in politico. —Motion
Traveller,
fSoryoße Fined fob I’uamiHiNe TerniiONy in a
Mcxdeb Trial. —Tbe La Fayette (Ind.) Amer.can
says that tbe Courier and Calotte published tea
timoney in defiance ol the order of Judge I'etit,
and were Uned 8100 each. The papers regard the
order has arbitrary and against the spirit of the
Constitution.
From Lisbon (Portugal,) April 29, we learn that
the grape disease has again mads its appearance in
many parte, more eepeciaily in the provinces of
Alemtejo, Extremadura, Beira and Minien. Near
Lisbon ail the young buds and branches were cov
ered with fungns, and in the vicinity of Oporto
the vinea betrayed greater indications of diseaee
than those which existed last year. The vinea
generally in the port wins districts of the Alto-
Donro appeared to be in a healthy state. The
orange and lemon trees, in addition to the-black
blight with which they have bean attacked, were
injured in the roots by a worm, which waa destroy
ing them. In the o|iv» groves a new disease,
caused by the settlement of myriads of files, had
presented itself.* The potato plant looked re
markably healthy, but many Other roots presented
indioationß of dtaeaqe.
Diuva ox an Old Niwsxaxx* Bvxsobiub. —Col.
John Thom of Culpeper, aged 66 years, died at his
residence in that county last weak. He bad baen
subecriber to the Fredericksburg Herald for Bixty
four years.
The population of Montgomery, Ala., is estima.
ted at 8,000.
It is said that there has been a new discovery ol
gusno in tbe North Pscific Ooean, which bids fair
to prove of great value. The first cargo arrived in
the United States e few daye ainee, and having
been analysed, provee to be equal to the Peruvian.
This disoovery is said to be etrietly American, end
therefore the islands or island belong to ns.
On Saturday, 40 bushels of oherrie<, 1,800 bas
kets of strawberries, and 100 barrels of pass were
shipped from Norfolk to New York. The prioe of
cherries at the former city is 8* 75 per bushel, and
of peas 88 per bbl. The cherries were of moderate
*i*e end nnripe. The Norfolk Argus says the late
rains have wonderfully improved every thing in
that vioinity. The peach and pear crops will be
large, and the fig trees ere well filled, although
somewhat injured by oold weather.
Abolition Assure Killxd. —A notorious free
negro, named Freeman, an Abolition agent, resi
ding at Alton, Illinois, and engaged in running off
slaves from Missouri, was shot and killed by tbe
police of St. Louis on the 21st instant; while they
were capturing s party of negroes, which he was
about carrying off.
VOL. LXIX.-NEW SERIES VOL. XIX.—NO. 24.
Truth Filly kpoken.
Thx assembling ot the National Council of Know
Nothings, ou the 6th inst., in Philadelphia, baa
suggested to the New York Courier and A'ngui rer,
a journal that warmly sympathises with the order,
the propriety ot inditing the following pertinent
article for the consideration of that body:
It “ History is Philosophy teaching by example,”
we trust to see some philosophy iu the Know No
thing National Council which is to assemble in
Philadelphia next week. The Virginia eleoliou
carries with it a lesson that may make foo ish
Know Nothings wise, and W'se Know Nothings
wiser. It will not do to say that no such lesson
was needed. It was needed. The boy “Sam,”
with all hia good qualities, waa becoming too aelt
coofident aud saucy. He took too many airs, blus
tered too much, tipped too mauy winks, shook his
fista too freely, and often seemed to take particular
pains to make himself disagreeable. More than
ouoe even some of his best friends had reason to
be ashamed ot him. The truth ia, he needed a
flogging to persuade him what he really was; aud
he it soundly. It waa just a week ago
yesterday, he was whipped withiu au inoh of his
life, on the very ground whore he had bragged
loudest. “ Sam” may as well confess it, tor every -
body knows it. There is no use in being spitelul
about it, as he waa iu the streets of Woahiugton
the other night, when he behaved like a rowdy.
His best way ia to turn his flogging to good ac
count, by putting on hia coat uguiu, sitting down
calmly, and resolving to mend hia ways and be
more of a man.
The American party lacks manliness. It has
not yet acquired tho great masculiLe virtues whioh
give streugth to character, aud enforce the respect
of the world. It would scorn the thought of being
unprincipled, aud, yet if it has principles, nobody
can specifically tell what they are. It never talks
about its principles if it can help it, aud when it
does talk, its language is never alike on two dis
ferent days or in two different places. Hare you
tiud it saying that it will support no oandidale who
is not pro slavory to the midriff, there that it will
support no candidate who is uot anti slavory to
the backbone; to day that it will exclude all Cath
olics from office, to-morrow that it believes in tbe
broadest religious toleranoe; here thst the natura
lixatiou laws should be snionded, there that tbe
naturalization laws should be repealed; to day
that no candidate uot a member of ths third de
gree should be voted to', ti-morrow that coalitions
may he made with other psrtieß aud their notni
nees be supported to suit oiroumstanoes. Tbe vary
name the Know Nothings have taken to them
selves is anything but s manful aud chivalrous
one. It implies concealment, art and dissimuls
tion ; it suggests all tbe associations connected
with cabals aud juutas; it dishonors truth by as
Burning that truth works beßt when it worke in
the dark ; and it insults intelligence by taking as
its very badge of distinction the oouuterfeited lack
of it. The Know Nothing organization, as it ia
now constituted, cauuot porruauautly prosper.
American though it profess to be iu aim and
policy, its secret aud banded character is opposed
to every American sentiment and instinct. The
American people cauuot be made to bulievs that
American liberty is yet so badly off that it oan be
saved only by being hood winked and gagged.
They complain, and have a right to complain, that
titles to Amerioan citizenship have been, of late
years, scandalously cheapened, by dealing them
out to all sorts of interlopers; but they have too
much sense to thiuk of curing the evil by nailing
their own tillea to the counter as a sham thing,
aud making themselves over, body and soul, under
oath to a divan of darkness.
Our Know Nothing friends must excuse our
plain speaking. We are not one of them, and for
the very reason, forsooth, that we oannot get rid
of the habit of speaking our mind. Yet we agree
with them iu fooling that foreign influence has
been a great evil to the couutry, aud that a change
iu legislation is necessary, which ahall check it.
We have believed, too, and are not yet ready to
give up the belie;, that by a prudent course of
mauugemeut, the organization, extending as it
does from one extremity of the count: yto the
other, might perform a noble part in allaying the
dissensions between the North and tbe buulb,
and indneing both sections to return to the broad,
liberal, moderate policy of the founders ofthe Re
public upon the slavery question. The organiza
tion started by renouncing all the modern political
platforms, aud taking ihuir stand on the basis of
Washington’s Farewell Address. It was a noble
rallying placi—the very noblest. It lay close
upon the very fonudatiou stones ot the Kopublic,
aud the very air that hang about was inspiring.
We could have met yon there. Hundreds 01
thousands of true patriots all ovei tbe land, who
trouble themselves little about immigrants or the
Pope, coaid have met you there; and au American
party —national iu spiritual aud American in very
truth—might have there spruug into life, which,
in theso ovil days, would have been the strongest
defeuce of the Union
All this is possible yet. It is ppss\lifo if the
National Council iu PhiludelDhJq act tho part of
wisdom, and luko measures towards transforming
the organisation from a etcrsl order into a public
and giving it a national character that may
be known aud read ot all men. It must begin by
determining its own identity, aud disavowing,
once and forever, the f’roteuu shapes it has so
often appeared in, to suit place aud circumstance.
It must throw off ita two false fsoes ou the subject
ot slavery, and wear a vizor Ihul will Btaud tho
look of au houest mau. It must give np prevari
cating, mamauveriHg, finessing and every species
of trickery, aud have the courage to trust itself to
truth, uud to the discorumeut of the poople.
Something, we admit, may be lost hy this plain
dealing, hut without it ovary thing is lost. There
are S etts, both North aud South, whose support
iu any cause cauuot be had without first cajoling
them into the belie! thatit will inaomo way serve
their own extreme ends. Let these Stales go.
Their support is ruinous, when bought at the
sacrifice, or doooyed by the of prin
ciple. No aid, no ooqaVruapcu even, must bt ex
pected or desßaJ from the ultruists of either section.
The sole trust should be in the sincerely patriotic,
the moderate practioal Union-loving Constitution
abiding portion of the Amor.oan puople. Let the
Know Nothings, if they indeed ere in earnest
about becoming un Amur cun party, tusko it their
great aim to commond themselves to this class ol
the pnblio mind! and repouuoe forever all oonnec
tiou or coquetry outside of it.
The National Knew Notblug Council.
Tin Richmond Whiff of Monday has an article
an tho Amerioan Convention which moots in
Philadelphia to day, andaaya that Senator Wilaou,
of Massachusetts, meat bo refuaed a aeat in it. If
he ia admitted, Harrison, Grcoiy, widdings, and
the whole tribe of Northern incendiaries had as
well i)G admitted in a body. He must be hickod
ont, or it admittod, the Convention mast dissolve
in a row. The ConvQutpn cannot refuse to adopt
any platform, ‘They cauuot thus ignore the slavery
question in their platform, for upon that depends
the co-operation of the whole South. It unat
pledge itself and constituents to a faithful execu
tion oi the Fugitive Slave Luw, and proolaim its
recognition of the great doolrinu of non interven
tion in territories, liot ns have an open, honest,
“live Qak" platform, and the American party
hereafter is invincible.
The Away Ant also has a lender on the Phila
delphia Amerioan Convention, and In the wisdom
and dimness of its members, entertains great con
fidence.
“It mast." it says, "acknowledge the existence
of alavery as guaranteed Vy the constitution ; it
must declare oponly gainst any Interference with
the FngitivaSlaveLaw ; it must set its face against
the repeal of tho Nebraska bill; it must denounce,
in the plainest terms, all attempts to abolish slave
ry in the District of Columbia) it must give the
fuiohui to all alarm upon the subject of the slave
trade between the States; It ranst, in fine, repu
diate, in the strongest terms, the agitation of the
slavery qsestion in the Councils of the Nation, lat
it come up in what shape it may. The language
mast be plain, explioil, and anmistakeble.”
It is reported that Lord Palmerston has strongly
asserted that it ia not the intention of her Majesty’s
government to interfere in the least with the Uni
ted States in the settlement of its affairs with
Spain, and warmly commends the “judicious and
forbearing policy that has thus far characterised
the relations of the United States with Spain.”
The report of the Committee having been adopt
ed, on motion of Mr. DeQraffenreid, of Bibb, the
following committees were appointed sq conduct
to the Chair the President elect $
The question as ta whether smoke can be con
sumed in prints houses, has been attempted to
be solved by Dr. Arnolt, by Urn Introduction of
bis improved smoke-consuming fire grate. The
grate is designed tor the ordinary tire grate, hav
ing underneath it, in lien of the under bare, a
square iron coal box, whioh has a moveable bot
tom. In the morning this box is filled with coal,
and the fire ia then built and lit in the ordinary
manner. Ab it consumes, instead of replenishing
it with coala placed upon the top, by means of a
bent poker, which acts an a lever, the bottom of
the coal box is to be pressed up, and thus supply
as much fuel as is required below the fire. Os
coarse there ie no smoke, and it la warranted to
barn fourteen hoars with SO lbs of coal.
Sinoe April Ist 1,574 foreigners have returnod
to Europe from the port of New York. The great
ly reduced demand for labor is nodonbt the ruling
cause of this unusual efllux of the foreign popula
tion.
Collision ano Leas or Lira.—The steamer
“ Western World,” when about a mile out of
Butialo, N. Y., Tuesday evening, ran into a
schooner from Wrenhavon, C. w., laden with
grain, and sank her, drowning Edward Btrickier,
the owner, who was on board,
Foaexar.—We learn that an extended system of
fraud and forgery has been successfully carried ont
in Texas and this State, in the fabrication of ficti
tious Texan Land Warrants, and that a large num
ber of these Warrants an now in oiroulation,
which, upon presentation, Hive proved to be for
geries. It will be well for tbose of onr citiuns
who deal in Texas seeuritieq to he on their guard
against these paged instruments.— Jf. O. iMlta.
Tbs Monument to Bi* John Fbanxun.— The
marble monument sent ont by Lady Franklin by
the Arctic Expedition, to ho erected in memory of
her husband and bia party, contains the following
inscription:
TO THE MEMORY 0V
FRANKLIN, CttOZIEK, FITIJAMRS
And all their gallant brother officers and faithful
companions, who have suffered ami perish
ed in the cause of science and the
service of their country.
THIS TABLIT
Is 6 reeled near tho bpot where they paired their
first Arctic Winter, and whenoe they issned
forth to conquer difficulties r* to dis. It
oommemorates thegrief v/their admiring
oonnt-ymen and fwende, and the an
gnish, subdued by faith, of her who
has lost in the heroic leader of the
expedition the moet devoted and
sffeotionate of husbands,
it And t 0 }U hnngtih them into tho harm whirl
thru would hi."
1855.
Na»bttllx, Jane 7th.—The weather yesterday
promised a resumption of summer, after an nn
nßoally cold’snap for this season. The ann c me
ont brilliantly, and the perspiratory organs wore
set at work,after several days of comparative ease,
with renewed vigor.
Kivxs Nbws. —The river was about one stand
yesterday, with 26 inohes on liarpeth Shoals.—
The only arrival to 8 P. M., was the Hhyloet,
from the steamer KeHone, at liarpeth Shoals,
Chime in New Orleans —Leo wock five mur
derers were convicted in New Orleans, and three
consigned to the gallows. There are thirteen
tnnrdereru to be tried this week.
The PoriUnd illot.
An oxtraordiuary excitement, growing out of
the proceedings of the Mayor ol Portland —Neal
Dow—in purchasing liquor for the City Agency,
under the new law, occurred at Portland, on Sa
turday evening, ending in tumult aud sheddiug of
blood. We give below the particulars of the af
lair as contained in the Portland Argus of Mon
day.
The Argus makes the following statements:
“It will be remembored that on Saturday morn
ing we called the attention of the City Marshal uud
the police to the fajt that a large quantity of
spirituous liquors had been purchased in New
York and brought here for sale, aud suggested to
them the duty ol seizing them. These liquors—
sl,6oo worth—Mr. Neal Dow had statod to one of
the Aldermen he had brought here aud stored in
the city. This being apparently in direct violation
of law, making Mr. Dow liable to the penalty, on
conviction, ol imprisomeul for thirty days, aud
tendering the liquors subject to seizure and des
tructions, a complaint wus accordingly made to the
Police Court, and Judge Carter iaauod his warrant
lor the seizure ol the liquors ; but whother for the
arrest of Mr. Dow wo have not learned. Judge
Carter, howover, instead of giving his warruut to
an officer who was ready to make immediate ser
vice, put it in the bauds ol Deputy Marshal King
who, for some cause, immediately disappeared aud
oould not be found.
Meantime the Board of Aldermen was suddenly
summoned to meet for the purpose, it was alleged,
of effecting a trauater of tho liquors to the oity,
for its agency, which was established ou last Thurs
day night, by the casting vote of Mr. Dow, though
the liquors wore purchased some weeks since.
Alter ihe Aldermen had been together a while,
Deputy King appeared aud seized the liquors upon
the warrant.
\ <4uite a littlo erowd Blood about tho door whore
tvhe liquors were stored, and In the vicinity during
the remainder of the afternoon, but perfect quiet
and appareut good nature was obsorved. boon
after 7 o’clock a crowd began to collect about tho
depot ol liquors in the City Hall building, and
gardually iucroa j od until a little after 9 o’clock,
when a cry of fire was railed, us we understand,
by Mr. Dow’s order, aud the bolls rung with a viow
of diverting the or >wd from the spot. It bad how
over, a contrary effect, aud greatly increased it for
atiuieasthoeugiuecompa ys were brought by
the bells from both extremes of tho city to tho
centre iu Market Square, where tho orowd was as
sembled. They, however, soon withdrew, uud
the crowd began to diminish.
Occasionally during the evening, stones and
brickbats were thrown againßt the door of the
liquor store, breaking the s&Bhes and oihorwiso
injuring the door. This was done, so far as
we could see, by boys,
Tho whole affair was the merost boy’s play, done
in tbs most apparent good nature, and with the
least possible cxcitowout. Indeed, nearly the
whole crowd seemed to be there without othor pur
pose than curiosity to see what might be douo,
and those who threw tho missiles wero without
leaders, or apparent powor to do harm.
It is our decided opinion, and we have not met
an intelligent person who witnessed the proceod
ings of the evening that docs not concur with us,
that an efficient police officer—with a dozen good
men—oould have easily dispersed the orowd any
time prior to half-past nine o’clock, boon alter
ten o’clock the crowd had materially diminished,
aud seemed rapidly dispersing, when Mr. Dow,
accompanied by Capt. Greeu, and a part of the
Light Guard, appeared upon the sidewalk on the
North side of the Oity Hull. The crowd woro
warned to disperse. His uppehrauoo, sword in
band, with Boldiers, ut onoe changed the temper
of the multitude. They rallied around them, and
gave groans aud hisses prior to tho proclamation
to disperse.
Mr. Dow then gave tho order, section
fire.” The order was not obeyed, knd tho crowd
then throw missiles. A part of the company star
ted to escort Mr. Dow toward Middle street, a .d
the remainder immediately returned to their Ar
mory, in the third story of the City Hall budding.
At the time, Mr. Dow gave the order to fire, (Capt.
Green refused to give it, as we understand, ou the
ground that ho did not think the circumstances
authorised it,) the oompuny was standing diroetly
opposite tho entranoe to the hall of the Mechanics’
Association, in Clapp’s block, and their fire would
have taken effect, if at all, upon the poople on the
sidewalk, a part of whom woro mechanics, just
coming from their hail, aud who wore entirely un
conscious Lhu. any such proceedings were culled
for or oontemplated.
Atlor Capt. Green’s compauj had retired, tho
brickbats llew thicker and stronger, and tho po
lice, who wero aiding the deputy marshal, who
had seized the liquor to guard them, commenced
firing pis'ols cha*g Q d only with power. A sort of
sham fig'ut wa* thus kept up between tho crowd,
which had now becotno more determined in its
character, aud the police, until about 11 o’clock,
when Mr. Mow, with a portion of the Ritio Guards
under Capt, Cha», W. Roberts, descended from
the Light Guards Armory, and with tho muskets
of tho Eight Guards to tho south side of tho City
Hall. The doors of tho liquor store was thou
thrown open, and tho firing commenced by Mr.
Dow’s order, through the store upon the crowd in
the street upon tho other side of tho building.
One man, George Robbins, second male ol Vno
barque Louisa Eaton, was shot through the oody
and almost instantly killed. The ball entered his
right side between the fifth uud sixth r.’os, passed
through his body cutting oil the gredlaortu, (tho
artery through which the blood flows to the lower
extremities,) and escupou between the filth ami
six h rib on the left side. Robbins wus very neur
the door when thq was fired, aud immediately
fell into tbecjib* of a man close by.
Thomas McOnrlhy, an oatler, aged 22 years, ro 4 -
oeived a ball under his chin, which pussed out
through his cheek, breaking the jaw-bone in its
passage,
Thomas Robinson, a worthy young man 19 years
of age, in the employ of Messrs. Fern&ld <fc Co.,
while sitting on a box near Clapp’s Block, on the
opposite side of tho street, was struck by u bull on
tho inside of tho right ancle, behind tho joint, the
ball shuttering the Tower ond of tho tibia, ar lurge
bone of tho leg, aud passing out at the iustep. Tho
inner malloolar or shin bone was amputated by
Dr. J. K. Lord, and amputation of the foot may
yet be necessary.
Howard Dennison, a young man residing on
Atlantic street, wus struck by u pistol bull in the
front part of the arm. The Lull penetrated to the
bone, passed round without breaking it, and bu
ried itself in the muscle at the back of tho arm.
The hall was removed aud the wound dressed by
Dr. Lord.
Thomas MoKenney, a young man about twonty
years old, wasslightly wounded by a b llet on the
head. A young man by the name of Frank Milli
ken received a blow from a brickbat on tho face,
making a severe wound ; ulho bu apprentice of
Felt, and a young man emidoyed ut the U. S, Ho
tel, were slightly wounded by bullets.
John A. Poor, Esq., on his wuy home from his
offloe, passod in company with two other gentlo
raen, in front of the Clapp and Hearing Block, and
just botore reaching Problo street, u ballet passed
through his hat, bnt did no injury. There wore
sevoral other hair-broadth escupes. After firing
for u while tho soldiers churgod bayonets through
the streets, and made several wanton and rudo
arrests, though nono were wtotnplod in theourly
part of the evening whi>v, they ought to have boon
made. Mr. Seth H,.lhorii, an elderly gentleman,
reeeivod a sevi;;* bayonet wound on tho hip, while
trying to gnv cm of the wuy as fast us ho eonld.
The Ah, US, after giving the übovo as u statement
of the facts of the case, comments with severity
spon the coarse of Mr. l)ow in the execution of the
liquor law, whioh it allogos, has excited muoh
hostile feeling against him. It expresses‘.he be
lief tbat tbe purpose of the poople assembled was
oulj to spill some of the Manor which they bolicv
ed to have been illegally obtained, and that if ha
had not appeared with the military, no serious
harm would have boon done.
The Btate of Maine's account of tbe riot is as fol
lows :
At a quarter past it o’clock, tho different bolls in
the aity, rang an alarm of file, whichp roved false,
and the crowd returned in greater numbers.
Stones were thrown by the crowd against the
door of the mm shop by those outside. Br, mo one
then appearod and attempted to read tb a riot act.
Being a poor reader, hie attompt excised derisive
bursts or laughter.
The police inside the mm. shop immediately
commenced firing through Vne door into the crowd.
At nine o’clock Mr. Dow Bent an order to the
armory of the Portland Light Guard, for thorn to
appear under arms. Cant. Charles Grand, captain
of the oompany, objectod to the course of proceed
ings. Mr. Dow oame into tho armiry, prepared
with ball cartridges, and commanded tho men to
load with powder and balls.
About twenty four soldiers, with Captain Oreon
Lieutenants Kendall and Sawyer, then wurohed
down stairs, with Mr. Dow at their head, being
himself armed with a heavy bluck club.
Capt. Green was then ordered by the Mayor to
order the oompany to fire, and tho men in obedi
ence to the word, took aim. The Captain, how
ever, hesitated, and asked tho Mayor if ho should
fire! The Mayor Baid— ‘stop a moment.” and
the order was oouutermaiidod. Tbe Light Guard
did not fire on the orowd, and came back into
their armory. Soon after this Mr. Dow came nto
their armory, and wanted their muskets for the
use of ttie Rifle Guard. Captain Green submitted
the question to a vote of the company, when Mr.
Dow interrupted, saying bo did not request the
arms, he demanded them.
The Rifle Guard, with Capt. Charles A. Roberts
at their head, were then marched into tho armory
of the Light Guard, without their consent, and
took the guns that bad been previously loaded,
against tbe earnest protestations, of the Light
Gnard.
Mr. Dow then asked how many of tho Light
Guard were ready to join with the Rifle Guard.
Capt. Green pnt the question to his soldiers, but
none of them fell into tho ranks.
The Hiflo Gnard wore then marched down into
Middle street, Mayor Dow at thoir head, and
marched in double fllo into the City rum shop.
Without a word of notioe to the orowd on Con
gress.street, and without showing tho nselves to
the crowd, Mayor Dow ordered the Rifle Guard
to fire into Congress-stroet.
The order to fire was given so suddenly, that no
one had any ohanoe toe'capo from tho range of their
gone. Lieut. Patten »f the Rifle Corps, ran round
the end of the City Hall, to give the citizens notice
of their daDgor, but before ho coaid do this, tho
voily fired by the Rifle Guard swept across the
street, by which five men fell.
The orowd was entirely withont a leader or any
organization—and nothing was easier than to have
dispersed them withont any special violence, by
the arrest of a few of tbe most prominent. Not a
tenth part had any other motive than idle curiosi
ty ; and the small proportion tbai. wished to create
a not, could easily havo been silenced—or earned
off. It ie stated, on what we deem goadjauthority ,
tbat not a single arre,t was tnadu until af'er
the firing had ceased.
Button, Jane 4. f 855. — A public meeting wife#
exiled to-day at two o’olock, to investigate the pro
ceedings of oar city authorities on Saturday night.
The mesting which was largely attended, wan
preeida! over by Judge Wells, and addressed by
several of the loading citizens. A committee of
sine was then appointed to inquire thoroughly in
to the matte.-, and if found necessary to prosecute
tbe city authorities. Too committee was also direc
ted to wait on Mayor Dow, and request him, in
behalf of the citizens, to resign his office.
The fnneral of Robbins took plaos at six o’clock
tbui evening. Hia remains were followed to the
grave by an immense procession.
A large number of spocial polioemen are on duty
tonight. 1
ThxAmkr.oan Ship that Carried Arms to Kcs
•ia.—i he London papers have got hold of a cu
rious story, to the effect that an American ship
had reached Port Baltic, ostensibly loaded with
cotton, bnt in reality having on board besides cot
ton, 50,000 rifles and 5,000 revolvers. The equani
mity of the London Standard appears to bo distur
bed by this story. On recurring to our files, we
find that the ship Samuel Appleton, Capt. It une,
cleared at this port February 22 1, for the Baltic!
by Cunningham Bros. She had for passengers
Arthur Cunningham and Thoa. H. Haskell, ants
her manifest showed that she carried 804 bales of
cotton. Letter* received by a previoua steamer an
nounced the arrival of the Samuel Appleton at
Port Baltio, whence she would sail for Revel. This
ia undoubtedly the ship referred to, bnt that she
hail arms 0,1 board, we suggest is a Russians hoax,
for the especial dcleotatiou of goaty John Hull -I
fioHon Journal.
