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ItTGQT ASI> HAKWSSS
t FI !UT« ntw TUGGY aad BARNES? for
FORMAN'S 1R N PIOW-aTOCR.
orhetts T a 4 sable sni popcUr PLO iV fir the
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of Uie *na now jc u»<? »-nr g jer ! «S£hrHC]r ani „ dare*
nsD'e,a’ ■ '••jyao* Adaptation to deep tillage, or
nra «d No p m -** w. ,-h c I e io f vc.i
of Ud S^*ro« t * t t aot that its geaeral
inti-.a . t *f wu t f , , . i«on**y hetafit to
J 6<vW on r suot*' K .tria ». apply at the Hardware nto*^.
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augasta, Oa.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
1856! THE 1856!
M liii.ik\ tlLllUltlli
A HOTTHLI JOI KXAL,
I UKA’OTEIA BXCLCSIVKLT TO THE IMPEOTEMEBT Os j
! vm/*fr« ,i%rv-ultur>. Hvrti/Mtture. Stark
Brrtrltni f. Poultry, Btet. GentraJ
Farm Economy fjc.
I lliu'tr*t«d Mitt) .Aaarruas kiesaot Ka«;rarUMEs
ON DOiiliAß a year in advance
L. m -
; UA.MU LKK. M. I*. »i.d l>. KKItMOM). J-sliUrs.
! The Fourteenth Volume will commence in
January, 1866.
'jHf LLTITATOIt > i It Off uV) of tb Tty tWO
I 1...- U I Bs4 Lew HI the year.
;■ , ■ uc-i ft r, ‘ ’ r amount of reeling
I r . . ~ni r.-j r.c.. .ralJ ■r' -i of Iheb.uth
l— . y, ■. loDtoaM’ eoi.reritafrricnl
v.*.(/.;ai:le oesh’nal contkibutxohb
> • . i/igent a pmUical
■ ■ :ry
- . py. {25 >. ofieß, 1 yew.. .S2O
•rx • - ... • h‘v ‘ •• “ ... 75
I a>. a«h SvrTEsi w cf , :'iiy adhered to, and
jiu irj't > *h pa- jr Y,n n'.r.t oniees the
B -of all
I a . A1 r.toney
, will i a ’• n rial
1 d v e r l i»e in e nt»
i • ()Nt l) r.LAB ; r ot twelve
i •..•■• w" : O f . pqfire par annorm Ten
W U. *. JOMS Augiiktay Ga.
Z&T - . ':t as Aaents, aqd obtain
. tl e paper at
* OH SAlit^
N£ LAND FOB PALE,
t her offers at private sale that tract of JBA
1 La 1> oa • ptrr. Greek,ifi Richmond coud-jC
• ilttfroßi AnfOlts, and within two tr
b of the K.iiircad—known &a the Han
tafnipg .‘>s6 acres, more or IeTB, and
cro d**d oy lands or Aden Km-, John James, bimon
neliae P. Haymie aAd othera. if not disposed of
rtTut-sUaym Mov mtxr next, 1 will offer it
iu, ./ .tcry on that day, at the Lower Market ii oust
j i.t desiring to parch etne tract, wil please ap
olv to Wn. A Walton ~m Augusta.
RKBIOCA CAMFIKLD.
FOR SALE.
1 subscriber offers for sale the tract or LANDAga
,o which he resides, containing Eight
, more or less, lying two miles east ol the
0? Jyheate Springs, Meriwether county, Ga. There is
ii.i ut i h ree hundred acres of cleared Land, of whichone
hu. .red of it is nett bottom land and in a high stale of
(vatioD. There is upon the tract five hundred acres
or :.i vily timbered (>ak and Pine Land, and two hundred
f taiuable Swamp Land, also well timbered.
; - ;i -■ • s a good orchard of choice EruitTrees,a comfort
ad * and aapiendid Gin-house and new Screw
Attached to his place; an excellent Smoke-house and
K :<hen, and all other buildings oecessary for a farm. In
tl yard,« etween the kitchen and dwelling, and conve
m i.-ic both, is a el# ofgood pure water. Theplacehas
t! haracter of being exceedingly healthy. Any person
; irrid.-of purchasing, will always find the subscriber
a; L’.v. >reroises, who will show the Land.
wU. J. MITCHELL.
iariwei.her co., Ga., August 18, 1864. &u 52
FOR SALE.
BHICK STORE, «imated
xß.int. ntreof i»usineßß,in thecity of feome, now
y ftobt Hatty, Druggist. This store wasfltted
o .Drug Stere,withoutregard to anyreasonableex-
with & little alteration ceuld be eonvertedintc
ai egantly arranged Dry Goods Store. Thesituationfor
the sale Os Drugs, Dry Goods,or Groceries can hardlybe
er alledinthecity. Termseasy. Apply to
GEORG EBATTY.M.D.
otnc, April4th,lßsß. apr6-tf
FOR BALE
NO tV OFF Kit forsalemy entire River PLANTA*
a TION,2 Q or 8t» milessuuth ofColumbus,Ga.,in Rar
ity, Ala.,lyingoti the Chattahoochee river, con
ta > nil, '-luo Acres; some 1200 acres in a fine state ofcul
itionand irood repair. A good water Gin and Perry
a> -St the Chattahoochee river. The above will be for
. ly time until.oldand possession given. Termsto
tsers. ja2l-tf MATHEW AVBBBTTB.
PLEASE READ THIS.
a writer 0 , rur sal hfi PLANTATION, fonr
> Kiysvub-, n Columbia county, co -
. rowingcrop will speak lor the
f.* i i, • f ihe lan On he premises i a comfortable
ous •, with six arge rooms; also, a large Gin
i -.i - i w, atwostor Barn, with machinery for
!..m wthii raw Cu'teu, Ac, and
bp acious Sued# and Stalls, Negro Houses, mostly frnmed,
ai h oneao'tbrc himnejs. All o'which a*e in good
•ru, odder, Mule*, Wagors, Farming Ir. flemen s,
gs, Ac , can te bought with the premises.
■ *t?o: apply to the subscriber at bis reai
urson. 9. K. K. Persons Wishing to look
v m bcs, wl. And Mr- A. Pullen there, who will
tal. -'Cisure In fhownl them.
U th i twos cry Dwcllim; upon it
i . village f • bomson, occupied at present by Mrs.
ns ‘xogi avail themselves of the advantages
i -us’ Kngiish and Classical tchoc I, will
. jwe I erl.a .s to apply early for this . roperty. j
a iia-wtf LA G. STEED.
FOR SALE,
rue three PLANTATIONS in ,
i the 9 ny c"> inty ; one containing
r .r- a I00t» »cre op. • land, with . ood Dwelling and 1
••J g a..:at-oa purposes. The (
•r >• ’at niog 1400 a res—9oo area open land, with
g welling and al necessary out buildings The last 1
'. is unimprove *. The above lands are
• je t cotton L nls in tougterty county,
• ,\. thru sis miles of the contemplate Southwestern 1
The two first Plantations join, an d will be sol \
s.- ««fly or together, a. may desired. Terms I beral.
jamb? bond.
rer.' Albany, Geo., Joseph Bond,
auU4 Gm
0 11 ti OF TASTE ANI' CAPITAL.
nnll.l Wishing to removi to Bouthwestern
ir Cave Spring,
.ai u’a v ’icy, floyd county, Ga., containing 817 acres,
more 0 f lets returnod Ist quality o aan ' hickory ; most
ly of soil and surface not to wash ; some 16 ' ucres cleared
•< • . - * ■>-’i ■■ * . en* rail. well
. t It has s.veral springs of cool blue limestone
r tw constant streams, an effective water power
v7i h. t tiurtful amm-ng, orchards of many well selected
v ; rivt-es, c pe ial!» of apples, a d a large and commodi
v i K Dei ng surrounded by fine h enery, and with
i ir , • f the yill'agc, ion.* noted for its moral and edu
veexaminedthepremi-
c-i, n.ucur In the opinion that tluß plWBe combines the
venienoe and health.ul
a extent seld im, if. rer, equalled In this country,
i ,■ f i s ourselves, tnd the character,loca
can ha dly fail to satiyty
lutject to the fluctua
v.vas ■/ the market. For : rm-, apply on the premises.
W. D.OOWDKEY.
I Gave Spring, July 10,1866. ~ jylS-wtf
PLANTATION FOR BALE
!rpHK aubreriber, being desirous of changing his buji
fff:s I i one of the bt st pLoes in South
iract conta ns 1000 acres, with
Abo at 460'acres of the
I tract Id the ve y « .st hammock Land; the balance good
} apian -. It lies in Caih uncount , upon the wat u rs of
I t ic- and Spring creeks, within 4 miles of
I Gill 100 ville- I wou dbe a good location fjr a p‘ ysican.
I Anv »n- w* : sh»isg to purrha r, will find me upon the
j place,or can he* rom me by addressing ms at Morgan,
I Calhoun »u-ty. I will give ample »me.
iHt « -wtf ‘ W.M, L.LAMPKIW,
WARRXN GUNTY LAND FOR BALR.
I ? t\ 11 1. sell at pub ic outcry, at my residence, on the
r 14 h day o' DECEMBER next, my Plantation on
I Rht> h l now reside,in Warreu county, Georgia, lying on
ihr wue nos Lone Check, c. ntuning about 880 acres, on
! which William Hitl, late of said county, formerly lived.
I lot .r also at the same time and place, all my Stock,
I consisting of Uo r » e8 » * P*ir of fine, well broke young
ules. Oxen, Cows Por i*ud fctock Hogs, Sheep, Ac.;
I Coro, F dtler, Wheat, Oats, Peas Potatoes, Plantation
j T.iO’s, Shucks.and articles of Household and Kitchen Fur
j uitare t -o numerous to mention.
( 1 offer row, at private sale, a Negro Min named Tom,
I about 87 years of age, a valuable servant, carri-ge
j , fro." Ac. My other Negroes 1 wish to hire for the next
I i ear privately.
I ’erms o sa ! e, Ac., will be liberal, but definitely pub
lish d ou the day efsale. H INN I FRED LEMER.
SALE OF LAND
• llj 1 1 i. be sv id, a public outcry on the ft st Tuesday in
I Vs : > -.ng, in Columbia county,
I 5 *res of LAND, ai d upwards, lying on both sides of
I W rightsboro’ road, about 2 ' mi’es from Augusta, be-
I ing the olaceon which Kd»ard W. Jores now resides, ad-
I k i iagUu 6 01 Fl unagan, Martin, Baston, Jones and
I Gibso . Tenv.u made known at the sale.
I A. J. MILLER, Trustee,
-BTERUNG CLARKE,
October 19,1856 EDWARD W. JONES,
B ffill LAND "Wm SALE.
I|~ HB sobscriber ffers fursaie his little FA£M known
A as arpenter Plmmation, containing
j nW • ores vak and Hicko y l and. eai f»rm has a tem-
I por&ry settlement on it, and with a little labor and s : all
j etper-o, may ‘ e made
1 ay r.esb to* about six miles itn-"e !iat»-ly on or near by
I fie An s V Way:t*sb. ro’ R.ilroad, about
I ter or ileb;! wlh mas’ Suasion, or No. lr, acd
J j u tn »o . Ko&al, W E. I asxeter, E. 1 amb an.t j,
j Hi. t t la-d is avored wth a tad ity > ery
j r.« . rp a.--Farms lu.vin -..tout 5 c 6 acres of r.ex
u ma ; Un i .. it,w u-h is ce> tainly worth forty
Iv -ti y doihirsper a re; i-. is fTvm 4to 6 feet deep in the
rioi.-«t muck, or veget.bl- a tier, which is very valua
j .cl er for t. ». rh ; :•< out and decomposing with
| : vrin ut i, such as oow- ot, stablemwcure, andcotton
j iy other kinx for a ready application to soil.
*F on,addr si ein Alexander, Burk
ur. ... r apn 'to eat my residence a little west
! nor h ah ct three . 3 from said p ace.
n-vll tJI CR YEN OABPENTgR.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE
i - ': iK subscriber offers tor sale 80,000 acres of LAND,
. X -.mated in Lee, Baker and Fougherty counties. : n
i bo ias o' -250 to 2000 acres each, a part of which are :ta
c roved and ir cultivaten.
In e : andshavv eea selected with great care, snd
pr s. oE. o't! e very choicest Oak acd Hickory, and
J Pine Lari s i- the Southern country.
J r . r*- .5i other parts of this or the adjoining States,
j wi> ing inf. : .liv'n in regard to the Lauds or the ebua-
I try, caTi ol ain it by addressing
W. W. OHXEYER.
iOL When a sent, Mr. Y. G. Rus*. will act as my agent,
j who cun it a'l times be feund at the office o! Sims A
Ai any, 'p i' W. 1564. au94-twAwtf
TO MARDFACIUBERB AND CAPITALISTS.
| \X7ILL L-c wc 1 i cn th. irs: Tu-.sdaj in APRIL next, in
t - ’.‘otof ' -eensbcrc\ Ga ,at public outcry, un
-1 r-s ; reviou' t c.-ed cf at p: ;v&:e sale, the GRKENS
i i . s'COTTt N FACTORY. The building s large, aad
!wt suited the purpose for w ich t as erteted, and it
• j Kc* ed within one hundred ards of the Georgia Railroid,
I with which is connected by ; “ tarn-out.’* The ms
jJ l - is ; »h »n fine irder, and capable cf laming out
j*6 »j. of yarrs per day Greens: oro* is a very healthy
ffwr. v .dJ c Geo-gia, where all the necessaries of li^
. a e cheap, ter iim as much cott nis raised by ihe
I ac -cent . as tte Factory can uim ntc ysrn, and
I t can e go. &t cert per pound ess than the cur
j rent pn u u Anyone wish-jig to make a preflt
, a: e -.B" t r;meet, wh oo we ito examine t:c property, as
it can b U • ght privately at a barga-n. For part-cuiars,
I apply to JOHN CCNNiNGHAM,
1 j d -c 1 T> -sKd Groecriwu^ia.
TOBIN’ToaEDSH
> & AOVA WKI.t - lOt iiLU.with a variety .
i 1 o' rHRUB IK 1 i J ,OR V ENTAL
PLANT?, EY K GREENB
vVr? LIMBER?, D ÜBLEDA UAS,BYA-JBSSs
, rom Hoi and- Afco, a
of- N hOUeE PLANT?, desirable tor this latitaae,
1 ;nd HORDES PLANT.*, kep: in l?ots, Ac.
i 1 Mu. JANE TB N woau in c tji :he pubL'c that her
j Gt: e.* i:d! kepi up, an that db or expense will
be ed to keep the best s'.ock of PLANT? and BULBS
aving viocire the services cf Mr. SANDER', an ex
-1 .rer.ee F; island urserym&n, •"« hopes, by mod era e
i pr.ces acd atrkt attention, to uin a share of pubic pa-
P.B.—BOUQUETS wilii c m:deup at the slortest no
ieefi-j A w6t _
__ CAJmsm
4LL persons a r t forewarned atfa.nat trading for two
■ax PKOMieiiRY made payable to Wm. B.
4 ue: , r bearer . cr.e for |3»X*, due January, 18M, and
r- ->b.r tor ABSO, d.« January, ISSI, as th< considera
ti n as fai e , ai l am deter ined not to pay them
on!*»*c mpeiie J by law. MMkDN GODBLE.
1 j dec*3-wßt
LAFAYETTE RACE CODBiS!
:.tiLL
I - '!- \%F iAL HAi Kb over the LaVajette 0«ar»«
at Augusta, Ga., wtß cor.mwnee m TUEbDaY, ?tt
* fofJAN ra k Y text, ,cd contiaui the weex out. AU the
crack Hon.ain tie icuntry will be on the ground. Fin;
1 sport may be anticipated. J«cl-48Awtf
ji g g y
rimit.wij.
t\r 'hi Chr jjacU dt StrJ.mtL
How to Wake tUliioada PreOiable
{ i i ave e. no cwit.indwctioa of tLo iol owing
j >ta c neat, and bc.ieve tl a* it CO tains enough ot
troth lo ren ler tLe irquirt, How to make Kai!-
rotd profitable, acceptable to moht readers:
‘•lt mast b 3 confessed that the rxperia ent ot
railroads as a slock invesiiniDthiaproved a failure.
New England has lout over one hundred mi lion
do! as in this class cf mvestrr.c it; each succ et-
Ing ■ -jar’s and month’s re’urns sh > wi Lg a change
ooiy for the wo se. Scaic-ly a
dred roads now piy r-gular divi lends, anu bat a
aolit’.ry odc comm* ds a premium in rna'ket for
iis a- ares. Ottbs roads in the M.i dl j Stats?', the
account is bat a trifl-j more favorable. In thq
three rich and pr-p;ioas States of New xork,
Hemsyl vama ano Onic, at iesa* one haodred in i
lions more have beeQ s tub, nr.d the tendency is
s i downward. At th 9 * South, the state of things
is no ! e ter; ard the Weal, except in some favored
localities, snows roads quite as unprofitable and
an-alcabl jas in any other part ot the country.
Gr d .ally, slowly, but surely, >» the mighty
oiwork of iron, inaugurated but a few years ago
with nuch magnificent picspects, with steam horse
aiM llis ing equipige, a d confident hopes ol
boa? d e»’ a. d andtess profits, wearing a r ><i a ling
awa , an i losing its hold upon the pub ic ro
ga»d j.”
T stockholders, thisia not a flat taring view of
their ia ge pecuniary interests; but it is often
pr fltsble to look at a financed matter in its most
unfavorable a pcc h. Iron Way 4 -, indeflhHe'y ex
tended and muliiplied, tor the chiap aai rap d
transportation of persons and things, are at best
mer experiments. They are experiments wh'ch
test, with unprecedented seventy,
fhi hraetty ot a v.u*t number o corporation officers,
aget ts, tnd mb agent - , and surioond them with
u,h »u»a id temj tit ions to neglect some duty to
the qual ir j ury of liti road Companies and the
pob ic. No amount of capital can make poor,
tali- n hurrani y essentially different from that
co npound ot carelessness and selfi“hnef-s whioh it
exh'bils.
Any char ga tor the better, can only be
achieved by time, and the sslatory influence of a
th rough ays em of special training or education.
Without due preparation in m'/ral as well as in
telloctual culture, u person rarely improved in
hii schooling in any corporation that wields a large
capital, and the power th t money alwayi gives.
It is no reproach upon Ainericau character to say
that the Buclden crea ion cf s) many millions ot
corporation funds, in rti roads, found the people
unprepared lo act wisely as the fiduciary holders
ot Csis inin e- se amount of prope’ty ; and the men
who have -o hastily invet-t d much of their priva e
so) tunes in these public improvements can
of no superiority in financial Akill. Their o ndi
tion, however, is for rom being hopeless. They
have greatly beuefitlod the landholders ot eve»y
district through which an iron way has been con
structed; and to the soil of thi country they may
pre perly look for a fa'r and satisfactory interest on
the ir investments.
Hitherto, railioud comppnios have do e next to
nothing to premote the app’ioation of science to
agriculture, although as the grand primary source
of weadli, freight, trade and travel, they are pe
culiarly in eres’.ed in agricultural improvements.
Uncultivated wild laud*, and lauds unwisely till
ed, are precisely the customers that bankrupt
railroad companies and render their stock ut erly
worthies?. Railroads can stand all other mishaps,
an 1 outlive all business competition in a well
ftrOiCcl, productive State; but where the soil is
h oitually impoverished, they moi' ultimately
p cvo failures. Locomot’ves are the children of
scioi.co; ar-d they will not harmonize with un
scientific agriculture.
The sooner men who have invested their n oney
in this kind ot machinery understand this funda
mental trull, the better it will be for them and the
groat farming interest. Their roads may indeed
command an ephemeral prosperity, accru ng from
tbo mere wearing out ot tho virgin fruitfulness ot
the earth ; but at no di-Uai t day, this spendthrift
praot : coot tillage will fail to support a flourishing
population, will cut off’ travel and freight Irorn
their accustomed channels an 1 the marts of t ade,
and thereby, for all practicable purposes, anuihi
la*c the many millions of capital invested in roads
•nd city improvements, which is wholly depend
ent on the never failing support ol the soil. There
is a popular delusion on this subject, among city
ca ritalists, and many land-holder. - , which is
a o ouo having right m lions as to the
*so sources of private and public wealth. They
K 3 wi’h profound indifforeuco millions of acresof
unproductive land iu our own S'.ate, over which
the p'ow has neve’’ passed, und other millions so
di ranged by its contact as to be abandorud and
deserted. Those lauds are al most equally valueless
to railroads and their nouiina l owners. Tho State
taxes the latter on the see rj of properly inland,
however p or ; and railoads are taxed by the daily
w jar and tear aid decay of uood and ircatbroi gh
very sparsely settled regions, that afford too little
business f >r i rofit.
There is one remedy, and one only for tho evils
which L have hastily and but partially pointed out;
a d that is to bring irue sciouce to tho aid of
American til age ai d husbandry. I say “true
science,” because there is vastly more of the bogus
article in circulation than of counterfeit banknotes
and coin. Every humbug iu agricultural affairs is
claimed to bo tho offspring ot Bcienee; while many
are not ashamed to undertake to loach sciences of
tho groatest importance, which they have never
learned nor studied. Quacks bring an honorable
profession into temporary disrepute, but they can"
not impair t'» e intrinsic value of its principles.—
Had there been loss of more prt tension in agricul
tural literature, or had the true princi los of farm
economy been belter understood, wo should have
seen Congress and State Legislatures as willing to
aid the science of ogrictiltnro by a liberal grant ot
public lands and the issue ot State bonds, as to
assist railroad corporations by similar means. But
as the fada of the case now stand, neither the
General Government nor any State Government
has given a dollar to promote the study of agricul
ture as a branch of useful education.
It is a great mistake to suppose that the Bdenco
of agriculture is more cultivated, or bettor known
in New England or New Yoik than it is in Geor
gia or South Carolii a. The money power at tho
North, like tho money power at c the South, has
done nothing for the soil bat bleed it to death,
i his short sighted suicidal policy will not only dos
troy Railroad property, but compel the deuizens
of cities to pay twice as much for a barrel of flour
as they now pay in the next teiTyears. It is only
a question of time when the people must consider
Iha question what it takosto form human food and
raiment ba they aro extracted from the surface of the
ground. When they do this, Railroads • then in
existence will be good, productive property ; be
cause they will yield a lu’ge income from afar weal
thier population, aud bo used to nourish the Land
a- well as the People.
There is very little land iu the grett State
of Georgia that science cannot easily and cheaply
render productive. A fair opportunity to demon
strate the truth ql this s.atemeut is all the favor
asked of her Legislature, or h9r Railroad oompa
nies. The introduction of a new science among an
agricultural people require? a considerable amount
of labor, for which somebody ought to pay. Four
fifths of the founders of agricultural papers in this
country, and f.'ur fifths of thes » who x ave written
most for tVir pages, have depended maicly on
other pursuits for their living, besides writing rnd
pub' shing for the advancement - f rgrical ure.
T.. go patriotic efforts, lit o the waning popularity
cf Ra lroads, will gradually die out, unless they
meet with better encauragomont. A road that
runs down hill is passed over with increasing mo
mentum till one reaches tho bottom.
Instead of yielding up the important sdvanta
ges already in our possession, wisdom dictates
further progress in the industrial arts and sciences
to impart both strength and durability to our social
edifies. The very frame work of society is not
free from the weakness and delects which suggest
caution, circumspection, and constant labor to
promote human elevation. A critical study of
shows that they are like new wine, which
must not be put into old bottles. .As integral parts
of anew condition of things, they demand sub
stantial progress in agriculture, without which, in
& few years they will cease to pay expenses ; and
we repeat, sc:tfcoe alone ean impart real progress to
t llage and husbandry, and thereby make Railroads
profitable by giving them full employment.
Asrioola.
Newspaper Consolidation.— On the first of Jan
uary the A bany Argus and Albany Atlas are to
be consolidated, the Atlas having been sold to the
Argus for $15,000. The conduct of the joint con
cern will be managed by the working editors of
both papers. It is understood that this is the
premonitory sympton of a fusion of the two
branches ot the Democratic party in New York
Sta e. The ant’-slavery wing of the Softs having
gone over to the Republican party, the A las, of
coarse, is without a party, and dies a na un*l death.
The Argu-i was the organ of tho Hards, but a year
sco it abandoned that faith, and in t e last election
contest s pported the Soft ticket— -E*U American
The Cape De Yebd Islands.—While we are in
the enjryment of all the blessings accru rg from
an abundant harvest, the inhabitants of the Cape
de Verd Islands are in a condition of absolute
starvation. Thirty thousand people on the Island
ot Nan Antonio alone are compelled to subsist
mainly upon banana stalks and the flesh of cattle
which have died of famine. They have made no
appeal to the characteristic benevolence of the
American people, and yet our active sympathy
with their d stresses is not the less called for on
the ground of common humanity. Os a'l the na
tious of the world, we are, at this time, in the
best condition to extend a .iberal hand to the suf
ferers. Their irrlated poeitkn renders them de*»
' pendent upon supplies from other countries, and
if, out of our superabundance, we were to bestow
upon them, tor charity’s sake, that ‘material aid”
tney so much need, i would redoun i to cur honor
a* a nation and our credit as philantbropis*s
Mali Pat.
Mendin'e Broken China.—The following o l d
receipt for mending China is said to anaw-r ad
mirth!* : “Take a thick solmion of gum arabc
m fk'i r, and erir into it plaster of Faria uDtii the
mix u» becomes a viscuous paste. Apply it wth
a brm-h to the fractured edges, and stick them
together. In three days the artic'# cannot again
, be broken in the same place. Thf whitsmees of
the oement renders it doubly valuable.”
AUGUSTA, * A.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY, , 1860.
Boo.X, 45. Fo.trr’a Vpeecb.
i A few day>: a cce, wa \ . I- A
synopsis ot the speech f Mr. Foster. The - 1
'joined report s from the Wa>2. Gibe :
Mr. Foster—l rise, j.r.C.erk, not wth a vie
o; m.-tSiig a etch. J 101 l incdued, * cw rta; -.
:o present u p oposiLon by which 1 we
i oeab.eto organ.zi the House, bioce th-it
time I nave had • j anxiety to get the fi or ; tnd
it waa L*r from my tx. ec atton thi- marnir g,
when I came into the Ha* , that I should day
on my feet for ihe purpose cf addressing ti o
Houss, as any thing could possibly be. I
however, called upon to »oy a f.w werda in reply
lo Uio speech of my honorable celleague ( >lr.
Cobb) ?hj has just taken his sea.; and I promise
the liou-e that 1 *il. n>t be tedious 4 ; I So not
intend to spread out my remark . \ am not
geiug to argue at ieng.h upon any question, but to
present my views very briefly on sjma of the
point? n ade by niy codea uo. I would promise,
nowever, that it did occur to me, from day to day,
while we were balloting here lor presiding efficer
of this House, thet we we e acting .ike children.
There wassumaihing a-s-Mt.d on this floor which
1 believe, is not true, town : “That the opposition
was in the majority!” You havo’ frequently
heard that declaration rnado on tins n or!—
They say th a opposition is in the majority ;
why do.s not the oppositon organise the House i
Now I ask the question, opposition to wkaif la
it to the present A ministration? Do 1 under
stand gentlemen to us-ert that every man in this
House *ho casta his vote fjr the nominee ot the
Democratic parly indorses the present Admin
istration i Am Iso to understand it ? If I urn
not, then it :s not to the Administration that we
stand moppjttilioi. To what is it, thdb, that wa
stand iu opposition? Is it to the p - incipie.-*‘em
braced in me Kansas Nebraska biltl? B-7 it so
Takii g ttai ti.t n the lest, I deny that we havo
had any demonstration, that there *Voq this floor
a majority iu opposition to the principles ot that
bill. Where his it been demonstrated ? Has the
gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. Banks,) who
represents the ant -Nebfark* feeling on tins floor,
been enabled, as yei, to got a majority of votes?
Hive you not hoard the call after day,
for all the anti Nebraska inau to meet, with u view
of taking measures to organize .he House? Aud
yet they have been unable toetieot an organizatioc.
But, if any demonstration has been made on Ibis
sufjact it is thut a cujority of tho Hocse are in
favor of tho pr.nuiple.a ot ihe Kansas Nebraska
bill; that .b if we can understand what these
principles are. Aud now I come o that point.
I Co u I ess, Mr. Uleru, that one difficulty with mo
has been—and it has oeeu maiuta nea hero to day
—that the Democratic party, have pfit themselves
on a measure and not ou a great principle. Why
cn a tnea ure ? Was it that there- were cartaia
tender footed men vho would net crane up to tho
great principle —m we understand jl en bractd’in
that bill? Then if the obje ;l were to wash- that
party ot all uncleauess, let them lay down the
g*eat principle us u principle, and call u ou every
man to stand up, nit lo a measure, bat too princi
ple ; thut is wha. wo waut. And, Mr. Cl:rk, it
naaooen made apparent heroto>da>— I did notbring
it up, but it came up on this floor—hat the Kansas
Nebraska bill is uudeic-tood in one place to mean
one thing, aud in anot .er place to moan anoth
or thing. And when the geu bmau asks me
to come up and meet him on a principe, a id.
stand togetber in tho c rgan za’.ion of this House,
I want it to bi a princip e which speaks iha sam<3
language iu Massachusetts sit speaks in Louisia
na. 1 want it to spebk the same language every
where, all over this Uu on ; and if so, l.*may como‘
up and slau A with him on that principle. Bat,
Mr. Clerk, 1 did bilievo, and I take occasion t >
say here. 1 never had any aifiicalty in understand
ing for rnyselt wuat were ihe priuc:plhs embraced
in the Kansas Nebia^kabill. Ido not want geu
t emea to underslan Ime as ol jict ng lo ihe bill,
or to the v.rbago or language oi tho bill. That is
not tho objection. I do not care how good the
b ll may bo, how well ora an it may be, how well
it deflues itself. I* is not a p inciple. There is
tho difficulty. 1 object to making it a U3t*-not oaly
that, b t any bi l. 1 objeot.to making a tist oa
aiy measure, becau e gentlemen can lake that
measure, and may’say it means one thing in ouo
&ace, and means something else another p*aco.
at when you come to a great principle, then it
speaks tho same language in all places, and is un
darsiood by all men alike; and then you*cau*come
together fa; to face, on-F understand one another.
And 1 ins si just hire, >hut before gentlemen get
up aud read mo.out b.cause I oinhot come up
to what they inais', they, should be clear as to !
wha tlioy go on. If they ms st ou a principle,
lot them lay down that principle in so many
words.
But again : the gentlemen (M-. Cobb, of Geor
gia) s&}h hat heobjocts ot to-ihe national Amer
ican party go ng in with hid party. And be it ro
marbed that the othor day a gentleman, (Mr.
Jouee, of Rounsylvania,) defining what was meant
by the resolution offered aud passed in the Demo
cratic caucus, said we ought to take no exception
to that resolution. He was Willing to taka us—how ?
You must not only (said he) abandon your organiza
tion, but come in us Democrats—you mutt not on
ly abandon the orgamzat on you havealieidy.
joiued, but you mgst comeiu penitent, and with
ropes around year necks ; uud then we are willing
lo accept you as Democrtts, and to act with you,
aud tbeu we can effect an'organ zition. Wei', wo
object to this. But tho goutioman says that is not
what ho means; that is not what the resolution
moan a. W o only intend to declare that wo could
hold no communion with men who are iu ffivor of
civil ai.d religious proscription ; and he says that
if wo aro iot in favci of civil and religiousjtfo
script.ou we aro not included in that ro'soliMftii.
Now what may have b2on tho object ot thesomcn
iu adopting that resolution is not for me to say ;
but, by the lapguago < f the resolution, they* not
only coagralitte themselves and country upon
tho triumph ot the principles of the Kansas ai d
Nebraska act in d'veri otaFcs in the Union, but
they go on to congra'u'ato themselves upon their
triumph over the secret organization called the
Know Nothing parly. They charge us, theh, by
name with holding opinions hostile to civil and re
ligious freedom. Tho difficulty would not hayp
been insurmountable if they had not called us- 1 y
name. But air, when they* call mo by flame, und
tell mo that 1 hold doctrines hostile to civil and r«-
ligiou.-* freedom, I ask ih :m to take brek the chargo,
or not oxpect me to hold communion w(,th them.
They may aongratulate themselves as much as
they pleare upon tho suajets of their principles.
Nobody objec sto that. But Ido objoc. to their
charging mo with sentiments that I do not hold.
I did not have the honor to moot my ’cplieugm
upon the stump in my district during the last can
vans. It might not havo been a very great pletstue
to have met him, but still I should have been- hap
py to huv) diacussod this question with him.
A Member—Ho did not oino there, di Ihe ?
Mr. Foster—Hj was in the district once or twice,
I believe.
Mr. Cobb, of Gocrgia—lt is true 1 did not raeot
my coiloage iu his district. I regret that 1 did
not meet him, and havo the opportunity to ask
him a question that I did ask a good many of tbpte
holding the same political sentiments as he holds,
namely, whether ha had not subscribed to the
oaths 1 Just read ? I should like to ask my co.lea
gue thai question now.
Mr. Foster—What oaths ?
Mr. Cobb—The oaths which I ju t read to tho
House.
Mr. Foster—ldo not recollect what those oathß
wore. For the sake of argument, however, lam
willing to admit that tho American party do take
oaths, obligations, or whatever you. may plea e to
call them, that embrace in substance what has
been road by my colleague; qud I assure my col
league that at some suitable time, when the House
is organized, and has not much else ou its hands,
I shall be willing to discuss with him the question
of tfca proprieiy ot tak ng such obligations; but
not now. Loud cries of “Calk the roll 1”
Birthq Deaths and Marriages in Mabsaohu*
kits.— During the year.lßs4, E1,997 births oc
urred in Massachusetts, of whom 10,852 were
males; 15,469 females, and the sex of 176. wus not
reported. Iu the case of 12,467, the parents were
ot loreign birth, and of 16,47ff t 0f American birth,
in the case of 1333, one of the parents was of
foreign birth. Six hundred twins wore born, of
whom 812 were males and 1288 females, There
were seven cases of triplets, none of which were in
Suffolk ecu-ty. The birth of 208 illegitimate
children is reported, of which 82 took place at the
Stntd Almshouse, Tewksbury.
The total number of marriages in the State dur
ing the year was 18,688, of whom 7,492 were
Americans, 4,797 foreigners, and’in 642 ctee- one
of the part es was of foreign birth.
The tttal number of deaths throughout the §tate
was 21.414, of whom 10,760 were males and 10,583
females; of these, 1076 are reputed to have died
of old age, 4610 of eon sumption. 1757 cf dysentery,
488 of scarlet lever, 4 of lighting, and the large
number of 470 were drowned.
W bot Point and Tennksbe Rail Road. —The
Stockholders met on the 18th inst.,—tho $50,000,
required by the char’or, has been subscribed.
Jo rrP.,King, F. N. Chisholm, Wm. O. Darden,
and Henry W. Todd, of Georgia, and Wm. B. S.
Gilmer, J. S. Mitchell and Atchison Finley, of
Alabama, were elaeted Director®. The rouse was
ordered to be surveyed ao far as Lafayette,
Alabama,aud the Directors, were instructed to
communicate with Col. John P. King, and
the Georgia Rail Road Company, in o.der to
ascertain upon what terms the Company can unite
their stock with theire, and what aid they #*ould
afford in the extension ot their Road from West
Point to Lafayette.— ChwrUtton Gowritr.
From the Boston Journal of Saturday.
Another Complaint Asainst the Alleged Rob
bkrs of the American Express Company.—Yes
terday, on complaint of Deputy Chief Ham, a war
rant was issued against Ayer, White and King,
the thres who were arrested a week since
on susp'cion of being concerned in the robbery of
$50,000 from the American Express Company,
charging them with being fugitives from justice,
in the State of New York.
Yesterday, Mr. Ham proceeded to Lawrence,
and there arrested Oliver Kiog, and brought him
to th s city last evening.
T'his afternoon, King was brought be'ore Ju -
tice Cushing, when B. F. Butier, Esq., of Lowol ,
appeared as hia counsel, and J. H. bradiey. Esq.,
appeared for the Government.
Mr. Buter made a brief argument, stating that
the procuring of this se»nd warrant, whilß the
defendants we r e alretdy held under $15,000 bail
each, seemed to be an ac*. of eppreirion ; and 1 e
also raised points as to the insufficiency of the al
legation in th? complaint to bold the defendants.
Mr. Bradiey stated that the Government were
not ready to proceed, and moved that the case be
postponed QLtil Thursday rex* for examination.
The motion was granted, and the Court ordered
King to recognize m $8.1,000 for h?s appearance at
that time; and in default cf bail, he wus committed
to jail.
Ayer and Wh : e werenot brought up on this
com plaint, they being in jail oa the charge of rob
bery.
The whole matter will be investigated on Thurs
day next.
Is Robert Schuyler Dead f— ' W e published
y ester dij, an extract from a Paris letter, a tali eg
that Schuyler died in the environs of Genoa, about
the middle of November. Simultaneously with
the appearance of this an - ouncemeut front Paris,
we find under the obituary notices in the Wah
street papers the following :
Died, at Nice, Italy, on the 15th 4ay of Nov.,
1855, Robert Schuyler, of New York, in rift 55th
year of his age.
We find many disposed to doubt the statement,
and to suspect that there ie a motive* to mislead,
for some purpose or other, ‘it is asked, it th ;
death occurred on the 15th of iasttmonth, would
not friends in this city ha»*e been apprised earlier
of the tact f We may also mention that Mr. M. Y.
Brack was in Nice previous to the 15th ot Novem
ber, aud remains! there until the 22d, having
almost daily communication with the American
Consol, tnd if Mr. Schuyler’s death had occurred
on the 14th, it would, we think, oe known to the
Consul, who would not fail to speak of an event po
interesting to all Amenc&na.
We have letters from Mr. Biach ! 6 : the date of
he departure tfGin Nice, but lo ariosi on is nAdo
in them to the reported death. Mr. Schuyler, no
doubt, lived in great privacy, but there would be
no motive for concealing his death, at Nice, and
had it occurred at the time acd pleee ntmed,
would, almost certainly, hs\<f como to the knew-
I ledge of the American Consol.— Nm* York Sun,
1 JM.«.
Fro : the St. Louis Lem crat, Dec. 19
t if e t'f the Kantat 2tou.
-> ’ n>d an h.u r- i w --t evening witu General
tihaL l .snd, just re* urued from the cine of the
I 1 1 ■ n.flic-ltiea Khnsas, givmgus very interest
j ing *i. r*. at r .* -i >n of affairs
jin• *<‘ mrritory H niomi'- hat the report
I published a th: cty er h* stternoon‘of the
snrreider of th i - *> e. ;i ot Lawrence
i* mecjr-ec • .
The }T: po-: i»n >•' poaoe • > from A’cnson
and Siunnap, i;' ac unci! Lawrence last
Friday and S-turd •>, a*.-wh o t eaty of peace
w?»s concluded. To the ♦i on - ade upen them
to ob*y the laws d deliver n, ti.eir a rib, the
r eopie of LTwrercs respond • i Ijy pr fepsiug their
constant willingness tt oo I'.e former, but flatly
re i using to y eld the ate pi '.
On the?.3 term-, ho ’iitius w • • • iminatori., und
the Missouri troop? r e v i vdors on Funds)
me ruing to disban L T ~ Hi s ourians wero
armed w.t .evoiver . *.d 1 n a barrelled shot
gun-, and w©rß lo r * ** uti .-t ; u'i mouqted. They
were encamped at •Va’i • a on the road from
Lawrence to Westpc t, six . i t;* from the former
pi <e, and at Locom. on - ihe Kansas rive”, ten
west ot Lawrence, biting t no time more
than s x hnqdred s ru g at Wakarosa, or more
tfceri lyyj : uodted at L eo -rt ).’■•
The Free State m«T: urn >uiKe«Ct) s iven hundred
in Lawrence, all armsd with t 5 (fir p’s rifl f s, while
two handrjd more c >uld e; sily rave been gathered
from the a joining country, und were therefore in
no fear of the re n':. U . UisTon unfortunately
aris?n • ,
The disbanding*gave r ! e lo general murmurs
and execrations ql dl a-*nan among the Missouri
treops. ’Mod of the rea:hea Westport on oun
d*y n ght, having suffered in'ensaty during the
previous night from a terrible orm of ia n, snow
and wind, which terminu *.d in piercing cold.—
They lost many heroes, som-i raving bien stolen,
by the Indians, some UaviV t trtyed away, and
other© imviugdiedat -t <omfatigue. They
als. lost many cf their arm©.
At• *t ti cy threaten d to tear down t’lo
cTel at KaufosCdy, and a committee from thSt
place .was appoiu ed to go to Westport to remon
strate, the inhabi'ants-dVermin ng to de‘eud the
hotel tit all hould-te ltii
of ellbct. Nootrmoistra i n, however, *wmade.
-SVeitarn, moreover, that me report of the shoot
ing of two or throe ol tho Free S ute men is with
out foundarion. only man ' hot Joseph
Birker, who was not a resident of L -wronce, bat
lived some four miius ir m the *o Vi , and was near
his house whoa killed He was r.ding along the
roa*l when he was cubed T o by a party, of whuh
Muj. Richardson was one, and commanded to halt.
Ho rede ou without heeding the tummois, was
pursued, shot down, and left yii g on.the road.—
He was afterwards luken by u company cf the
Lawrence into Law once.
Lieut. Boyce, of Lexington, was, on tbo Friday
night before last, with apa ty of 150, sent to the
South side ot the river, opposite L wrence, tor tho
.purpose of ttcmnoitcring.. While there fco arrest
e! Gen. Pomcr y,.of the e party, who was
trying to make tiis -way on that side with dos
palcbes to the' General Government at Washing
ton. They lode alorg with him lor two miles
wiiho it suspecting his character* hi. name being
■ he same as that of some Bap Is. . iTiiaier living in
t o neighborhogd. • • *
So n”*fhisg finally aroused their su-pio'o r’, pi
pers ol importance wero found bo his person, and
he was taken to ti e' camp» Wakaiue ;. The
papers siizrid tee supjiosed to have t>cen a memo
rial to the President' and dcua eof the United
St tea, copses of which are now m the*possession
<of Gen. Shankland, who i n ■ ai«s?i-g • through
St. Louis*, on lis way o W: saington, to present
them in the name of mo peop'o o! Liwr nc3.
•Gen. Shankland left Lawrenei with a body
guard of lotfr men we l arm id. The gua d left
him at Ottawa Jonorri, where he i btained an* Indian
guide who piloted him as la- a-* Mr. Eli MooreV,
tho Register of the - L . i l Oifi e’ in fha Oil wa
country. From thenca he m >de his way lo inde
pendence on ho f s back, in ompany with the
roturutiig troops,, who had no knowledge of his
person or posit'on.
Daring the pen loucy of U troubles, Governor
Shannon issued passes to travelling, of
wnich the fcl owing is a copy :
“To Mr. Joges, Sheriff, or auyothe: in com
mand :
“Mr. is going on ba:*i loss of his o n to
Lawrence. P easi pt.se him wuheat dstentiffii or
molestation. JSignad] Wins n Shann n.”
From the St. Louis Republ’cau, Did. 19.
Th aemute in Kansas is ut an end—the robels of
Luwreuce have thought belter ol it, aud have on .
eluded lo give up the person* tor whom Sheriff'
Jones bad writs. The mw and the ti'orrit ral law,-
h a therefore iamphed, aid without bloodshed.
We annex a patch received from Boonvil'.e last
evening : -
“The Mi;*Bo \o!untcers havo disbanded and
returned homo bgu?t, because Gov. shannon
would not allow mto bur the town ot Law
rence. Tne abcl . L ists surrendered the ndivid
uala obnexious i : the law, and Gov. tSbann n
then c ema ided that they j-urrmidor thbir arms,
but this they refused to do, and there the mut
ter rests.”
La ikb and Better.—Alter 9 o’clock lust night,
we received tho following dispatch from a reliable
ear respond* nt at ludopendenc* :
“Independence, Dec. 13 —in consequence of
the line bong out of order l have i ot as fully ap
prised you-ot matters iu tne Territory us I ttor
wise would nave done.
“The whole affair terminated to tho
Governor’s wishes, by a prom's; on the part ol
the Lawro'roe people to deliver up tho offenders to
juatic3—to obey n future the law -of the territo
ry, to i*ecogui*i tuu Governor ts such and to do all
othor such nece s c .ry tt ct:» us h kiw abiding people
should do.”
Special Correspondence of the N. Y. Evening Post
Impoitaat from ihe United tttatee Worth I'acttic
Exploring Kxpcdiltoo,
U. S. Ship Vincennes, N rlh Pacific I
Expiorii g Expedition, Sun Frt-ncisco. f
* * * When* ff t< «CoasttfK'urschat
ka, with Maury’s liuo and B | -o« ke , s load, bottom
ws..s obtained from ado >th of 1,700 f tthome. 'ihe
• specimou was immediatly put und rtho microscope
of 500 lihonr, aud th':ro wore reea infos iia that
woFo*prob bly alive before bong te laved of riie
enosruoua pressure at fl at depth. Mu iy cf them
ware iresh and dear, with Oe tontrai brown
decoloration which indicates-pur'animate or re
cently animate condition of inn* Vital organs.*
A oonbt was expressed *s to their coming from
the bottom of the It was said that tl of came
‘from tho water through which, ho instrument
passed ondl.o way up. Fortunately the contrivance
by which the spec tnsus vro o received, though
very s;mp o, po'isoFsad.jthe tdvui tage of taking
up the and presetvi-tg. it intact. Tho
bands of .four goose quil’Sj cp in at both ex
tremities, wero ins jitea in tho end ol the iron rod
which#p areas the bottom ; a eu nli valve permitted
the water toril wtr rough th u- 1 HsJ,M*.y wontdowro,
but it closed they cam9..*rf>. i’heso quiHsMrdre
found to be packod wtt.h teut ons ..sedimont in
'appparontly tho s .mj conditij, . ia which it was
when forced into them. On© was tf;ken, wiped
perfec ly dry, cut open,* ai d* the middle portion,
plastican<l ssd eaivo as clay f r
taken-out examined—tne‘ infusoria presented
the Hamoappo»*ranco of vitality .
In ordeLlhat'micr* acopis's of eminence may
have reliame
opinions,*as to tho living condition o.t these' ifi
f&soria time of tbeir tho quid
bands wero corked at each end, and at the
gestion of a natural st,.put in viti!s i of'alcohol, ana
vety b -on everything relating' l *) the? mattjor w ill
be lorwarderd to the Uui c t Suites, and*the or
iginator of this great systt m ot oeear ic .-sounding
will have shew link, will) which to strengthen
the gteat cfceiu of fee s,-which havo by his power
of genexaliza’ron, been r aidered subservient to
.commerce mi! science Hpccimmis from ‘2,760
' fathoms havo also been ojotaine i. but, at that time
the contrivance of the gdbse quills had not been
appled.
19th October. The Hancock steamer, arrived
■last night—excellent result**. She. brings in the
aurveying line. * '
Oommodoro Rogers has Dot mis?e i ?ny oppor
tunity of gotttng obac-rvatirrs; or of making ex
periments, so the expedition has not only savtd
iteclf, btit has.encoeaed tho 4 angaine expectations
. of its warmest friend*.
The conduct * f Corn': odore Rogers in Japm, in
connec ion with the
been highly approved by* hose who/ through the
Americans concern d, have b.-co*. o icquaintcd
wi’h the circumstance-.
It is probable that a trude will ; oon
exrivt be'ween Japan ar.d California.. The c*r
go of the Caroline Foote, from, tha‘
ro’d at an imrflenso. protitl A, vessal is now
about to sail for Sirnoda. English men of war
are lying here, and Russians necessarily fear to
enter the por , which mig' , ‘ as we! be blockaded
at QOQB. •.
The Pacific Railroad.—ln the Virginia Hons#
of Delegates ou Wednesday last, Mr* Burwoll, cf
Bedford, introduced aserie ot resolutions expres
sive of theopiuion of the Leti ltture t “the
more perfect union of the Atlantic ai d Pacific
Stales” by ihe consduct-on cf a latirond the
Pacific 'c-m ; the rood to cons', t o: i.n l
co n!i . non * sections, incoryor&ttd and cc »ir oil dby
tho State in! Territorial L?g. iatarcs within whore
jurisdiction ; he said routfi snail lie. The resolu
tions deny any authority to the. Federal Gov
ernment to construct any part of such road, and
favor the route through the Southern and South
western States and Northern Texts, south of the
river Gila, to some port upon the Gulf of Califor
nia. They afliim that, whilst in the present in
complete copdi’ion of the improvements cf Vir
ginia any subscription to the Pacific railroad on
the part of the State would be premature and im
proper, the Legislature cordially recommends i a
construction, as presenting advantages of a com
mercial and political character alike important to
the South and the preservation pf the Union. The
resolutions were ordered to be printed for fatu e
consideration.— Balt. Anar .
The U hicn Caught is its o»s Tbap. —lt #iil be
recollected, says the Aroericaa Organ, tbs#- “wo
charged that the admit is'ration had apwnpted
Montgomery Biair So!ici-cr before Wfc of
Claims, knowing his po'itieU opinion In relation
to the ‘vf x .d questionhe Union came oat end
denied that ilr. Montgomery B'air agreed with
his father. To correct which, Mr. Montgomery
B air addressed a letter to the Union denying i s
statement, which the Union declined publishing
nntil a second note »ai written by Mr. Blair, in
which he says he was opposed to the passage ol
the Kanr .- Nebraska act, wfc.ch General Pierce
•pretend - to makes let: cf eligibility to office. The
coon.r owe as a debt Qt gratitude .vicg
drawn this uonle c- on son the adminitration
oigan, and the administration stands convicted of
appointing anti Nebraska p iiticians to cffice, not-!
withstanding all its proser-ions. Will the Union
pab'iFktWo fir-' letter Montgomery Blairf It
mast be published. Lit ca have it.« .Do not
change it before publ!ca'’.oo.”
A Paris letter says :—M. Bonaparte of Baltimore,
is e frequent gnest al'ti ; palace, tbough be re
frains from wearing the imperial livery or depsr -
ing in any matter from hi of a priva'.*
citiz”.. Bis modesty, atf- :ty, and general in
formation upon albsubjec have rendered him a
general favorite wherever he is met; aud the gal
lent conduct of his son in the Crimea, where he
has honorably taken his share in all. the ardnots
duties of a soldier, has r-iready won him goldan
opinions. ’ *
Avi yum Boston Donation.—Hon. Stephen
Sa ! isbury of Boston baa presented to the American
Antiquarian Sac eVy the sum of so,ooo, to be ir
vested as the “Bock Binding innd," its annual
interest to be devoted to binding such books and •
pamphlets as may require b ding. *
la pok t ot liberality, the rich men of Boston are
far ahead of these of a:y aher city jfi the world.
Hardly a mo?ith passes that ioc - nor rcOord some
such donations as the above, and it is to be noted
!h»t the “solid men of give not when
Death reminds thelh tba; * nuat, but while in
health and able-to enjoy the ; r mdney. s How agree
ably does such liberality contras: with tfeal ol tSm
who clings to his gold to the last, and leav a it only
because he cannot take it with him 1 It is true,
thut by his wi'l the gold will pass into the henda of
thoee who will devote it to charitible purposes;
but tow rarely will any one thank the giver or care
to know from whence the bounty camel— Bali.
Amer. *
F. vw :t% t. ysibiicai*
she r i>e«,ker&t»ip .Yles*r . tutor and /ip^e —
P ~ 1 n<* rteni< eratlc riarty.
A-.r-or? o1 ot in- A A-i.e; can p*»•-*»• i ais
-Sttie «tt- rnoi-; - *• r M ***l . F. *« sod
*. J r;s . e ley a p'v-m. j>k or
O- tr-.-Hu ••• - - - --B-inOorgre f- The
t t‘ i n Jf i*l Ui. •: . '.eoi-pers
•vh o,’i ln.y» I>. uen g ti: 'ue ditty bm-iuiaa.—
T.A-.ro’ j ct .> i" m tiv - - iti.prbs O-i tra tnose
v’pnt'pn>ft:i r.avo been n ai>l \uifaili»ful to tbo
Scut In ri-fr TO'fra w - r > ■ sve Riv
I«.i th< fir . ;Ai.- tlioy vote-l tor M . Marshall of
Kentucky, * * elavAold r m a siaveho’diug
Slate, ai.d a- true a friend etßdtfthern lights an«i
Southiin Utorestt, as an b' U uud either iu or out
ofCqrgro s, and their v such a man need
no def nee. After the name of yr. Marsnall was
withdrawn, they Moled fQr Mr. Fuller of Penn
yiva ti—a d ti.yl.ave not done so unadvisedly,
and upon mere party g und-». voting for
him, they enquired iut > his antre-'dan'e, as well as
his present position on the*.slavery question, and
thuu examination satisfied them trial S»nthem
rights would not bo unsafe in 1 is hands, if elected
Bplaker, and being of like p litics with them
se.vis—a s<.und, couser vativef National American,
they hav**4)K»te-l for him. He was in O>ngro?s
when tne ' resolutions offered by Mo srs. Jackson •
and Hilly er cJf this State were td q ted, acd though
he wtts uol pro ent at tl o final vrif, he voted wi h
the Suuih on all tbo preliminary votes,and aga'oittt
them loittuay them oi tie tab!**, which w-s
in
The reab u i.n presented by Mr. J c't. oi roads
üßjfoi owa
"Resolvei, That wc U.c binding < ffi
caey of the compromises of tfco ccutti u'i mi, aid
beiicv it t'o be U»e intoul ol ot the people guier
» , 1 we declaro it to b ;ours indiv d.ial y,
to ati ie such eompron i-»es, aud to sustaiu the*
la vs necessary to carry them orot—the p r ovision
lor tr o delivery of ffigitivo slave-*, and the act cf
tt'u . wo deprecate ail farther agitation of questions
growing cut of that | ravbiou or tbo questions
embrace 1 in the acia*of 'ho last Cargross known
as the Com promise, and of qm stions generally
coi-necud wit tnet iost lotion ot slavery, us un-,
!*ec*‘. .vairy, usele s, ar d dargarcus.”
Mr. oved to umeud Mr. J. ckson’s
re?o u’ion by adding to it the following:
‘‘Resolved, That me series of acts j as ed duriug
tl e .sfr-s’Dii oL<Po 3l*t Congress, known as
the Co nprotiu-ej-ar r« j gHid;d ee a final adjust
ment and rmaueut settlement of the- question
therein embraced,*..niui should be* regarded,
mu.Qta i ed, and exicutod as such.”
Mr. Ftflicr voteul iu the affirmative, aud iu giv?-
ing ti at \ ote he voted with trch men as B;yly,
B a'e, Letcher, and McMul.hu cl' Va., Beckon
ridge and Stanton of Konwbcky, Cobb and Huston
of A!aw N Pou',.dolmso» aa ,j j 0:jed of Ten., Jack
son ana Hillyar of Geo- , a I Southern m n and
Demuorata. His voie*-lien showed him to be a
sound conservative m iu. W hat is Lo now !
He web no l in. th*i last Cong ess, and gave no
vc - ecu the Nebraska Kansas bill—but his posit on
is, and be is open and unequivocal in avowing It,
to abide by tho p esect leg slat on on H e slavery
question, aud to eppva) the further ugitaliou cf the
subjetfL-and that p jsitio" nchrdes oj:position to
11,0 repeal of *ihQ-NebraskU"Kur.Bß4 bir', or anjv
tm cf it—jnd upon 'his u-int Messrs. Ft sor and
Trippe’were woll assured before they vo.ed for
him. N-w if this be so, opon what ground are
th »y censurable for votu g lor FuUor ?
i*erbaps tl e answer w ll be, ‘ they are voting
againsdf the war.n supporter of tho Nebr ska-
K tned"bil , and'lba* vne si o vs their hostility to
that m'.a-^TV l in oi p* wot da, t! ey aro cliargod
with a warn, it li loli‘y~to ttie South, because they
do not vote for Rich .tdar n, who was nominated
and put lorward, not as the Nebraska candidate,
but tm tho raudiiato of tli3 Democratic party. If
tiiO s.’pf of Richardson claim for him the
oi 1 11 Nebraska m>n, and make voting for or
against hiiii the tost ct- orthodtxyiu relation to
that mWurej*they ought to ha Yd put him forward
as the JVebrasla candidate; b H in* c vd of that, he
is ran as the nominee ot tho Damroratic parly,
tomiuatipn *wi a aegampanied with the
tol owing rescltuiou :
Resolved , Thai .the De me miinbors of tho
House of Representatives, the ugh in a temporary
mindrily in this body, deem this a fit occasion to
tender to their fellow citizn s otttho whole Union
jheir heartfelt cofigiatulations *on tne triumph in
tho recent ol cl ions iu several ot tho Northern,
Fatter , and Wester . fts we’l as Southern States,
cf he princiDfesof the Ktnu Nebr ska bill ard
the doctrines of civil and roi g o is liberty, which
havo been so assailed b a .secret po iti
cal order known as tho KndwNothing pi rly ; aud
.though, in amino i*y, wo hold it to biour highest
duty to preserve ourorgaaizat on and continue our
efforfa in the mu fiteuanco axfd defence of these
principles aud the cotistitntiouat rights of every
ection aud every data of clfcixans against tbeir
opqon uts of oVury derc i; tion, whother»the so
Cjl'.od Republicans, Know Nothings or Fusion
ists, aitdtto this end, we look *ith confidence to
the snppor and approbation of ari good and true
men—‘lrionds of iha Corstitut ; on and Union'
throughout tho country.
Tnis rts i itioa was adoptod in a cauias in which
tfiero was anu je ity of JSo ithem m?tubers. Lati
us unmask thotu,,and -eo if they really desifo the
elec ion of their laudidalc. Lit ut analyse their
resolution, and see what they moan by it.
It they desired tl’e c ibti o' R chard on, they
world surely huv: pursued a mild and conci iatery
qj.urse, sots to coLcamrute uj on film as largo a
vote an possible—but ins ei d of that, it Booms to
havo beon thoir studied effrirt in ’ho resolution
thoy adoptod io <irive votes from him. In the
«olution they twice acknowledge themselves to
hi a minorily, und of course unable by the ir
n proper strength to elect, thoir candidate; and
one would suppose 'hat under sucti circora dances,
they would sick to gain alrougib by using coacil
iafiou ; but it stead of that they threw a pr >sp, wou
ton an*d grattiitous insi It upon all who hold party
relations different I rom (heirs. Thoy hive put it
out of tho pcftrernf any member of high and hon
orablo feelings, qct in the r party, to como to the
support of fuoir caucfidate No one could do it,
n:;d maintain self foSptQt -nef cne .could do it
without di-gradrtig himself in'the ostimation ol
hint elf und ol all honorable my.. What American
could vo'® for Richardson with the resolution
.abovq:i jto endo t over his Load ? If tho two
who have byoy elected from this State, we c to do
it, tl oy hud bowertiiot show thoir faces in Georgia
again. But th<y will not doit t ” They are made of
“sterner st« ff.” They ind gnaiitly reye! thoout
. r.*go«»us which has been oil'r d to them,
uud ihi party of* which they a r o rnombers. riliey
feel, thut if ih.y were to vote for R chardsoujcr
iti'iee f -for tiny don.omatii candidate, with rut a
repeal of trfoir in ulting resolution, they would
(ii;grace not Only themselves, but the American
I’arty of Georgia, und pooner than do that,‘they
will vote until their term expires by its own limi
tation—*ucl iu.this the. will be sustained by tbeir
constituents, who elected them—aye—their friends
and supporters at heme wil be increased in num
tiier. ‘ .
Lit the Anti American prose of Georg a radon,
as 1 ng and ai foud they plcase—their objict is
well known—they do not .desire to elect a Speaker
-r'.heir paity ia Uei gress have taken special pains
tt> prevent ihe election of one of their own num
her. Their object is to fore 3 a union of tho
Americant and B’atffi Republicans to elect a
Speaker from the latter, and then to upo it for the
fvirpose of making political capital to get into
power hereafter. “Rule or ruin ,” it not their
avowed motto, is deafly indicated ip til their po
litical num4rt vsl?. .
Messrs. Hrister and Trippe' liavc net voted for
on—will not voto for him, or any
. dtber candidate of tho Democratic party under
the present circftmstaqeep, and thoy could not do
.it without bringing disgrace upon themselves and
their.-own patty. They ifte nevortholoss firm,*f st
andcfaithful.friends of Southern lights ant in
and* continue, 'fhoy have douo
nothing yet to forfeit thecnfidence cf those who
elected tnem—and thoir friends still have an abid
ing confidence i a jjfeni, net oiriy that they will
sustain Southern rights, but that they will mdig
nantly rope? all insults offered tto the American
party, iron, what quarter they may.
Dno more prop! as to tie position of Mr. Fuller,
which I forgot to insert in proper p ! ace, and I
have don®.
Horae- Grecriy, in writing to his paper from
Washington, the IBlh inst., said :
“Fuller’s veto wa:-: increased to-day at Richard
son’s expe: se.’ Fuller has been making some ex
plauataons in the Know Nothing caucus, wnich
iecure to him tho etiitiro vote of the
tos, who are not Democrats. Ho now lo
them.”
It is now submitted to ell high minded, houora
ble men in Georgia, to say wheihar Messrs. Foster
ai*d Trippe, yet done aught to forfeit the con
fldence of .Southern men—as for the anti-Ameri
cans, their censure is expected, let tho course of
our American Jiepresenta'ive:* be what, it may.
7 # VINDEX.
Americans papers in Georg a wiri pleuce copy.
* / —-—♦ ■—
Shakt’u Kin. Es.— It .ia h-Lt -d tiiat t..-'- causa of
law uud order in Kun :.a ucd elsewhere was not a
little indebted to.the peculiar p-«rr oi Sharp’s
rifla,- tor the preservation of t:,o public in
that distracted larritpry. There can e ci- -iiubt
this lerii-ae firearm, *■ pcs -'-rs sul ;l qj
tie--:aa i ave been to i , iiu h- .o-t
capscitit® for peaoefu:, as well u-. the mo t
efficientweipru known forwarlike p ipos. . Tho
first-of those two pjweis however is bn: a p'e
merit er sequence of the o'.Ler. And h-t.ca is
’envolved the proposition that as the onlines of
war become the more destructive, the lesu frequent
will bb the occasions for their use.
Sharp’s rifle is a fojt shot ter than that used by
the United Stetes, it has the moderated groove,
and can be fired by a practiced hand sixteen times
per minute. It loaded at the breech, which
receives tije carrji-'go by an operation not nnlike
that of opening a pair of scissors, and with nearly
the eame facility. It ca/ries a ball with great pro
cisionrand rorce. 'J.'r.c lull explosive power ol the
powder is avaled Qf in this rifle. Much of tie
effect of winsagtfis- obviated by the shape of the
ball, as well as. its positive motion wh6n it leaves
the mtzzle of \hepiece ; in this it resembles the
Minnie. It is not complicated-in its construction,
is easily cleaned, and suffers no injury from dam p
weaibon These feculiarit es ol the Sharp rifle
render its use especially convenient lor mounted
men. Tlje.emall carbine now used by the United
States Dragocufs throws a ball with deadly accura
cy from a quarter to- half a mile in the hands of
men wed drilled to its use, and Sharp’s rifle is
equal to ten ordinary mu-ke'e even with bayonet--;
or in other word), cne thousand men armed with
this riflle will keep off ten thousand armed with
common guns ; inasmuch as at a distance of one
hundred leet the rifle can be discharged at leant
ten times before the bayonet could be used. Sharp’s
rifle was in vent.d by the person whose name it
bears, near Hartford, Connecticut, about five years
since. Toe patent is now owned by an incorporu
ted company named after it. The first;lot which
’was turned outwore taken by the government and
are now in the bauds of troops on the Texan fron
tier. Large numbers have been manufactured to
. Ufrpry orders lor the war abroad.— Balt. Amer.
Seendins Gunpowder io Russia —We condan n
the Tankees for doing contraband business with
Turkey, but forget that Russia, at this moment,
is obtaining materials of, war from Englishmen.
The trade is most extensive in the north, and we
regret to say that th* number engaged in it is in
credibly-urge. The terrible fire at Newcastle on
Tyne is not yet tafgotten: but what caused tent
Are i Nobody will tell in N hundred?
in Newcastle kno ■■ that the fire origins-ed in an
explosion of yelfhw alkali. Now, yellow alkali
,wffi a disguised name for saltpetre and nitre,
‘which was chippedlothenor.hof Europe in large
1 quantities, and thence forwarfiW to Russia. On
it-.arrival hfitting was required to make it into
gu: powder but a*pro\*r addition of charcoal.—
Livtrpocl Baily Poet.
EfaiE Gkodoout. —At the late session ol U e
Leg siature, a joint resolution was passed fort) e
appointment ot a Gedfc, ical and Mineralogical
Sifvey ot the State. The officer was po be nomina
tc-d by the Committee on'Agriealture of the two
Houses, subject to the approval of the Governor.
We uM«rs ! and«hc appointment has been given
to’Mr. Oscar M. Leiber, a son of oar distinguished
feliow-cit x;n, Prof. Lieber. Mr. Lieter was for
several years a etndent at the school of Mines in
Saxony, and has latteily been eng-ged in Missis
sippi and Alabama, in the exploration of tboie
I states. He brings to the work enlhusieam and
ambition, united with ability, industry and good
preliminary training.— Goiumbu* T%*ut.
CoEumeaee'or the lolled atatei.
Mr. Michael Nourse, late of the Treasuiy De
purtment, at Washington, has compiled some val
uable tsblss relalivfi to the oommercecf tte United
b ates. Thoy comprise s general statement of tho
“ggregato and antmal fereign commerce and navi-
i from the Ist of October, 1820, to the 80th of
of June, 1864, together with statimsnts of the
Cvmmerco amLnuvigation with tfle several foreign
countries Wjpng the same period. The details
cover Somownety pages, aud it is tho intention of
the compiler to otter them to tho Government.—
odg of these fables it appears that tho annual
foreign commerce and navigation for the yetr
ending September 80th, 1854, was—
Total exports ,*•*. $278 241,064
Domestic exports 258,890,870
Foreign re exported . 24,854^194
Imports 804,562,881
Bullion exported 41,281,504
Bullion imported 6,758,587
American tonnage entered 8,752,115
Foreign tonnage entered 2,182,224
American tonnage cleared 8,911,892
Foreign tonnage cleared 2,107,802
The commercial progress of the country since
IS2I-, may be ascertained by comparing the*results
ot that year with those of 1864, as above. The
figures for IS2I aro as follows:
1 Total exports $64,874,392
roznestic 48,671,894
Foreign re-axporfed 2i,802,458
Imports 62,586,724
Bullion exported 10,478,459
Bullion imported 8,064,890
American tonnage eutered 765,098
Foreign tonnage entered.... 1.... 81,626
American tonuage 804,9 -7
Foreign tonnage cleared 88,078
It willlhus bo seen that iu 1821, our total ex
ports amounted to $64,974,852k and in 1854, to
$273,241,064. Alsu, that
amounted to $62 585,724; whoreas, in 1854, they
amounted to $854 562,881. These figures possess
especial interest at this time, as calculated to show
the deep stake which our citizens have in the in
terests of commerce. In this connection, too, wo
subjoin the foreign commerce of the Uuited States
with England for the year 1854 :
Domestic exports $185,111,708
Foreign re exported 5,568,631
Total $140,675,889
Imports 140,888,738
Bullion exported ..A 29,228 975
Bullion imported.ri 685'155
American tonuago cleared 858,155
Foreign tonnage cleared 488,246
In 1821, the total of our exports to Eogland
amounted to $18.46i,708, snd our imports from
that country to $2X080,126.
Steamer StMiNOLE Burnt.—We regret to state
inat this splendid steamer took fire whilst lying at
her wharf iu this town, about half past eleven
o’clock, last Thursday night, and in ter. minutes
alter tho first alarm was given, the entire bout was
enveloped in flames. Indeed, so sudden was tho
alarm,.that the crow and passengers barely escap
ed with the ; r lives. A large portion of the bag
gage of tho passengers was consumed, together
with ail the Northern mails on board, from points
on tho river aboye this pfaco. She had 149 bags
Sea Island Cotton 6n board, which were consumed.
The flames were first discovered issuing out of
tho bulk head around the steam drum. Every ex
ertion was made by*jCapt. Shaw, his officers and
some of thetiitizmf*, to scuttle the boat, but with
out success.
Attar the passengers wore got on shore, in order
to euve tho adjoining buildings, and prevent the
fire from communfcutlng with a considerable
amount of Cotton and Tar lying on the wharf, it
was deemed advisable to cut her loose from the
wharf and lqt her drift. Unfortunately she drifted
towards and went foul of the U. fc>. Surveying
schooner Pierce, and damaged her considerably,
setting flro to her sails and rigging.
Fortunately the two vessels wore disengaged by
tho prompt efforts of tho officers and crow of tho
Pierce, in time enough to save the schooner. But
tha misfortunes were not to end here. The burn
ir g steamer still drifting with the tide, lodged
against tho bow of tho brig Iza, which had just
arrived from New York with a full cargo of mer
chandize. The flames reached the brigand soon
her antire rigging wore in a blaze. The sight was
awful aud grand iu the extreme.
Nearly all the sails and rigging of the brig wero
consumed, and her bows a gcoi deal charred and
damaged, but fortunately Lieut. Hawley and crew
of the Pierce, came to the stoamor aud towed her
off, aud with the greatest aud most heroic exertions
saved the brig an 1 her ca r go.
The steamer finally drifted to tho opposito side
of the rive r and groundod, where the remainder
aFlier now lies burnt to the water’s edge.
Tho greatest sympathy is felt in our community
for her enterprising owners, and particularly for
Capt. Shaw, who line boon so long and favorably
known as a commander in the Savani ah and
Charleston lines of steamers. No one attributes
blame to him, for he is well known to bo careful
and vigilant.
Wd forgot to mention, that Capt. Coxoter, of tho
\ toamor Caroline, perceiving the fire after having
proceeded some distance on his way to B’. Angus
'tine, promptly returned to town, but having a
dock loadtt)f hay on board, tho safety of his own
vessel would not allow him to approach near en
ough to tho on ruing wreck to do of any assist
ance. Indeed it was too lato. *
The estiina'od 1; ss on the steamer and cargo is
about *75,000 upon which there was no insurance.
—Jacksonville News , 22 1 inst.
The American Gun Machinery vox the Eno
lish GcytitNMENT.—We have had occasion to
allude several times within tho last two years, to
tho n ovomonts of the English government in
revolution.z ng thoir system of manufacturing
small lire arms, bo as to make it conform to the
American system.
Some two years ugo, tho English governments
determined upon a grand national armory for the
manufacture of small arms, after the American
{dan, sent out to this country a commission of army
Officers and engineers, for inspection and arrange
ment in connection with the new born purposo.
Thes3 gentlemen had free access to our establish
ments, and finally determined to copy the Amer
ican principles of manufacture throughout. To do
this, they ongagod Jamos M. Barton, for some
years chief engineer and mechanic at tho Harper’s
Ferry (Va.) armory, to tuko alike position in the itow
Erg ish armory, and ho is in that countryfcin the
discharge of its duties. They also ordered built
here complete sets of.the machinery in use at our
armories. Robbins & Lawrence, of W indsor, Vt.,
were employed to build some 100 “milling
machines,” used to cut the gun locks and execute
the other iron parts of the gun. These are a
common machine, in this country at least, and
were some months since completed and sent
abroad. To is .branch of the contract amounted to
some SBO,OOO or $40,000.
Bfft tho more important and intricate machine
ry—that for the manufacture of the gun stock—
was o trusted to tho Ames Manufacturing-Compa
ny of Chicopee. This has just been completed,
and was despatched to England in the steamer of
this week. The elemonts of national and local
pride enter so largely into this lot of machinery,
that we may be excused for speaking of it with
som3 speciality. It consists of 25 different
machines, three of which are duplicates. Tho rest
constitute ‘the set,’ and through each of them does
-the gun .stock havo to pass in the manufacture.
The machinery is capable of turning out two
hundred and fifty stocks per day, each machine
requiring the average of a minute to exeoute its
peculiar office.
The cost to the English government of this su
perb lot of machinery is about $60,000.
Mr. Oramol Clarke, one of the best workmen in
the stocking department of the armory, has been
employed to go out to Europe, and take charge of
the machinery and its operation.
The now government armory of England, into
which this machinery and its new operations are
to be introduced, is loefctod at Enfield Lock, nine
mile i north of London. It is intended, ultimately,
to employ eight hundred operatives, and turn out
five hundred muskets'daily.
Captain H. J. W. Jervis.remains to look to the
completion of a contract for 25,000 rifles for the
same government, which are in progress at the
establishments of Robbins <fc Lawrence, at Wind
sor, Vt., aud Hartford. —Springfield Republican , -
Singular Phenomena.— One of the most singular
phenomena has occurred in our country—the like
of which history has no parallel, unless we except
the astonishing doing- ot an earthquake. About
the midd'e of June last tho lake in the southwest
part of William’s township, known as Cedar Lake,
was observed to Tise suddenly several feet above
its banks, at a time too when there had been but
little rain, and there aro no important streams
leading into it. Thus it occasioned considerable
taik at the time, and no little inconvenionoe to
persons who own land bordering on the lake. The
rise was so sudden that sheep, hogs and oattlo
were nearly overflowed by the progress of the
water.
The whole altitude of the rise was about seven
and a halt feet above low water mar.*. The water
remained almost stationary until tho first of An
gu t, when, or a few dajs after, it was observed to
fail gradually, and upon the twelfth of the sane
month the waters had reached thoir original level;
and the fl'Bl day of September they had fallen ten
feet below low water mark, exposing hundreds of
acres that had never been seen above the suiface
of tho water. At that point the lake low remains,
having maintained a stationary position for nearly
throe months.
'lhe most singular feature of this phenomena
hasjmt developed itself, and maygive to scientific
men a solution to the mystery. W bile Mr. Charles
Mathews, surveyor from Holden, was engaged in
running out the farm of Mr. Enfield, on the north
sido of the lake, ho discovered that either h raaelf
or the former surveyor had made an enormous
blander. L'ncs overlapped, tnd be could not tell
wh a was in error. He called upon Mr. Henry
Warren, cur county surveyor, and related to him
his difficulty, when they together repaired with
their instruments, and commenced at monuments
on the south side o£ the lake, and ended at the
west of Mr. farm, finding a diacre, ancy
similar to that difeovored by Mr. Mathews. Mr.
W., upon making Ihe bes calculation he could,
finds that tho lake, five miles from the east end,
has not only lessoned its volume of water, but its
banks have actually been drawn together over
thirty-seven j ode. At tho middle it is nearly four
miles wide, and is a fev' rods over seventeen miles
in length.
We are fully s tisfiod with Mr. Warren’s akill in
his profession, and arc wiling to rely upon his
judgment; still, tho developments just made war
rant a more thorough in vestigati on of tho subject
to nDravcl the foundation of the mystery. Pro
fessor Billirpan, now in Bt. Lonis, has been
written to cn the sublcc’, and it is thought he will
make our village-a call, which perhaps may result
in profit to himself, and to tho/jommunity at large.
—Know Crunty Courier.
The Toronto Railway Celebration.— On the
20th inst. some 1,000 parsons, mostly strangers,
assembled in Toronto to celebrate the opening of
the Toronto and Hamilton Railway which opens
the capital of’Upper Canada to the far West.
There was a great dinner, and also a b 11 on the
occasion. The people of Cleaveland, Detroit and
Ch cago were represented by excellent speakers.
The Canadian*, with great good taste, gave way to
the Americans in speebea. Very little was said by
the. Canadians, althugh the best speakers inCana
da w re at the dinner. The President of the Uni
ttd States was drank with eonal enthusiasm with
tteCjueau. About 2,000 “Yankee girls” were at
tho ball, and Canada was represented from 4 ae '
bee to Sandwich.
1 BLEARING FOR THE SPRING CAMPAIGN. —A let
ter from Boulogne, France, Nov. 26, says: “We
are making great preparations here for the comirg
Spring, erders have been received to prepare ac
commodation for 100,000 men ; 900 new hit’s are to
be erected, which wtil receive at least 12,000 men at
th old camps of Hon vault, V.moreuxj Ambletense
and Equihen Besides these an encampment is to
be prepared at Mount Lambert for cavalry, 20,-
000 at Itast.”
Longevity —There were found in the United
States, in ‘1950, 2,555 persons ovei 100 years of
age. This shows that about one person in 9,000
will be likely to live to that age. The French
census of 1851 shows only 102 persons over 100
years old, thougn their population was larger, by
more than one third, than the population of this
country. Old age ih, therefore, attained among ua
Math more frequently than in France.
Vul- LXX.—NKW SERIES VOL. XX.---NO. 1. ,
Addreaa to the American Flag.
The fol.owing, by tho profound “Squosh,” of
California, wa-s “studdid up whilst a settin outo
tho P.'axjy tense, watebin of tho American Flag
wiiiv.u irom the top of the liborty poal, and a
tutehin off of fire crackors now and then.” Who
can road ii without imagining himself standing in
iiis revolutionary siro\» regimentals, signing tiio
Declaration oi Independence, or contemplating the
taking and sacking (f the British capital, siug e
handed?
O, mi tey rag! O, bcoteou» peeae of kU th!
Mtid up of red aad while and Ua ttripes
Au 1 riars print d on Loth aide-
All hale! Atin I’m seltin n thi umbrajua
bhadd.r, and admi in of thi gr^n^jor,
Acd auckiu into xry chist tire gentle teffera
That ar holding yu oct well n: onto
Strata. GraU fl ig! when I shet
Ml ize an Hook atye, an ! think
how as when yon wes little, and not a ntch
Bigger than a small peese ol klcth, and
A mort as tender as a shete ol paper, yu
Wos karxied a'l >hru the ievolaabui.-
Ary wor, and have sum few times since
held up yonr hsd with difficulty, and
How tremenjus yu ar now, I fael
Jest as if I shud bust and lli all roun 1, and want
To git down off of the Ttnse, an i git shot,
Or ttabd, or hit on the hed with a stick of
Wcod,or hung, for my kuntry.
Prodijcs banner! Wouldn't I sml'e to see
A Chinaman, or a smaul unnstcherlised
Forrirer undertaik topu'lyu down!
If a Chinaman, I wad slai him, snd kut
OlTbi*kew, ard bare it off in triumtt
Bifare I’d sae a slit tore in ye,or the s&kzelijua
Hands of a to a kuitinyu up in*o bu ilt-
Patchin, I’d brsse mi ba* agin a waul (or a
tii-use, or a fense,or a bord, i s it mite be,)
A. d flee, and strike, acd tkratch au 1
K ik, * nd bite, and tare mi kioz*, aud
L * ze mi hat, and git hit in the i, cn i
On mi 'eg, (hard,) and akreet the smaul of
Mi oak, ana faul down, and git up
Agin aud kontinue the strmjgLe tor a biff or.
Tl re quorters of an hoaf.DjTOMil I got
S verely w un led. ' * v
Terrifick emblem ! How prou Iyu loo',
An* haw almity sassy ju wiiv round,
A snai-pio, and crackln, an t skar n of horses;
I sroze your almost tai iu to git nto a *
lit* with eumbod /, andia i fying yourkar-
N verous dikpe-siti n by eatin up a hole nsshun.
Grate fl tg ! I dont uo whtich maiks me eel the
Most patriotick—yu or the forth of Ja’y
Yu Sint matt of Ihe same kind of siu?,altho
Yuar about t’.e satin age, and ar both
Sublime ml lerri leto kontemplot3. „
But I murtkloae and wave mi latt adoo,
However t-yin to mi fe< lits it mr y be,
Ai d git down off cf the f nsc, for alrosdy t e
f h rp pints of the p.ckits begins t j stick me,
Aud maik me tkr nge an i hitch atout.
A d threaten to tare n.i Jtirss, sn 1 ma k me holler.
“Try it on?”— Tto Knickerbocker tolls au < x
cePer t story of Burchard, tho revivalist ; not of
him exactly, but ot what happaned at tho close of
ono cf his meetings. He was in tho habit of ad*
dressing his congregation in this manner:
“1 am now going to pray, and 1 want all that
desire to be prayed for to tend up their names on
a pieco of paper.”
On tho occasion to which we refor, there was at
once rent up to the desk quite a pile of little ttips
of pap r, with the name, on wboi-e behalf ho win
to “wrestle” as he said, “with the Almighty”
A pausosoon ensued, when he said : “Send ’em
up ! 1 ca'i praj for tivo thousand just ns oasy as
I can for a dozen. Send ’em up. if you haven’t
any paper, vet up and namo tLo friend you want
prayed for.”
At this strgo ot tho proceeding?, a man wi ora
wo shall call Oziel Bigg, a fetal wart inau of six
foot and a half iu his s ockings, a notorious unbe
liever, end a confirmed wag lo boot, rose in tho
midst of the congregation, n mark for oil, tnd
amidst Uio winks and troobs and smiles of tho au
ditory said :
“Mr. Burohard I want you to pay for Jim
Thompson.”
Tho Rev. petitioner saw, from tho oxciioraontin
tho audience, that Oziol was a ‘hard case.’
“Wiat is your namo, Sir, and who is Mr.
Thorr pson ?.’
“It’s Jim Thompson ; ho keeps a tavoro down
in Thomeonville, aud I keep a public hou-o a little
below him. Ho is an infernal scoundrel, and l
want you to give him a lift.”
“But.” said Mr. Burchaid, “ lmvo you faith in
tho eracucy of prayer? Do you believe in tho
power of petition ?”
“Tnat is u’ithor hero nor there,” responded
Oziel “7 want you to try it on him /”
laoi.—Tho power of reudily adapting one’s self
to tbo circuit stances of tho time and pit cb whero
a service is required, is essential in a physician.
Much as the great public honor 'sound j idgruont
in a medical practitioner, that same public is rostiyo
under too much moderation in the display of it.
In cvjry community in which there is medical
compitition, the most successful are those who
despatch business rapidly. And by doing po it
by no means follows that they uro either negligent
or wanting in that essential property—disori mi na
tion ; for many medical men, ua well as others,
aro gifted with, a faculty of quick perception, and
a tact for concentrating their powers in a moment.
A ledionS, hesitating, undecided expression at tho
bedside is ruinous t*d a physician. It may auswer
awhile ; but whenovor n comparison is made with
who accomplish quite os much, ond do it
with decision and despatch, it operates dkadvaut
agoously lor tho form r. A slow coach can only
bo sustained where there is no compt t tiou. This
is emphatically au ago of progress in tho way of
piacticing medicine. Activity und a roady way of
investigating, as woll as of proscribing, aro quito
nocessary. Tact is everything; aud without it no
expectations neod be indulged of distinction in
meriidine. Os courpo, a physician should first
havo a thorough acquaintance with the disease
which is presented, aud then let him in prac
tice tho quality wo havo recommended. —Boston
Medical Journal
An Imi'REbsive Warning.—The Hen. David
Stuait was engaged as counsel for the prosoculion
in tho moot Oscar T. (Jaldwoll, charged with
erahezz’ement while conductor on the Chicago and
Burlington Railrcal, and which was tried last
wools at Chicago aud resulted in a verdictof guilty.
Ihe closing speech of Mr. Stuart was a very ab'e
one, and ca'led lorth Ir quont applause. We give
bolow a short extract from it, and would most
fervently commend its careful ond attentive pe
iu al to all persons who, by possibility, may be
subjected to temptation. It is worth a thousand
ordinary sermons, and may save hundreds of fast
young men from tnut career whose ond is perdi
tion:
“Ah, gentlemen, the pivot on which all this sud
drama turns is condensed into that single expres
sion, l have lived too fast! Pregnant words !
They should fail from this court room liko u to sin
on tho giddy whirl of young men bolow. Tho
multitude that has watched, with varied emotions,
but all with intense interest, tho progress of this
trial should carry it forth and spread it in tho
saloons and in all the popular resorts of youth. 7
have lived too fast l It is the most forcible as it is
the most graphic expression of the unhealthy lile
that cliaracterizj.-, I sha'l bo a'lowed to say, a
multitude of young men in this beautiful city. In
no town in the world do tho centres of allurement
and temptation boar such a proportion to the
population. Extravagance in dresq extravagance
in living, dangerous extravagance every where, is
apparent to the observer, ncr need that observer
wear puritanical glapses to ice w at 1 tlludo to.
Perhaps it is tho inseparable incident of the mar
vellous growth ot this great city ; and whon things
become more settled, and when the more conserva
tive institutions ot society boeome established,
their superior moral force will c-*uso all other do
men’s and tendencies to revolve around t.ie true
central ir fluences of society.”— Pontiac Jacksonian.
I Horrible Tragedy. —One of the most horrible
and distressing tragedies which it has ever been
our lot to record, or which perhaps has ever unt
the public ear, occurred iu our city on tho nigh t
ot tho 24th, or morning of tho 25th inst. When
the 4 o’clock train on the Macon & Western Rail
road arrived at East Point, on Chrit-tma* morn
ing, tho body of a person was found on the cow
catcher, having been dragged the entiie distance
from Atlanta-—aix miles—in this manner . The
body wi s so mutilated, in fact literally torn in
pieces—the fragments pcatteicd along the whole
distance—as to defy identification. From tho
fragments of clothing, however, found attached t >
the body, it iB rendered almott certain that tho
deceased was a son of Col. Amos W. Hammond,
of this city. Tho young man was soon on the
night of tho 24th, in company with others of tho
sane age, in the vicini’y of the Macon & Western
Railroad, and has not sinco boon heard of. There
is a suspicion afloat, that ho was murdered in an
affray by his companions,'and as or wards laid upon
the track. We havo not heard tho cvidonco to
this point. The matter is now undergoing invcF
tigation before tho ooroworAtlanta Intel , 2,7 th.
Destructive Fire In lieaurort, H. C.
We havo beon politely favored by n friend in
Beaufort, with the following particulars of tho
groat conflagration in thut town :— Char. Cour.
Beaufort, 8. C., Dec. 24,1865.
Messrs. A. S. Willington & Co.—Gent emon:—
Wo are called upon to record the destruction of
property, by fl.e, to an amount unprecedented by
ary such past calamity in our midst. At an early
hour, yesterday morning, wo wero aroused by tho
cry of fire—an alarm startling In a community
whore it ia so seldom hoard. It wa t soon disvov
ered to proceed from an unoccupied building,
owned by A. MeN.Cunningham, Esq., and situs
ted on Bay street, the business section of our town.
The fire rapidly communicnted to the buildings
eattand wes’, which were entirely c.nsumeL
At this point the fire spread with a rapidity that
baffled the strenuous efforts that werj made to
arrest its progress, and consumed successively five
buildings, owned by Mr. A.Cockroft, Mrs. Forbes,
R J. Adams, and a small building owned by tbo
Library Association. Crossing north, four dwell
inga were consumed ; a brick building owned by
C. G. Capers, E j q.. and occupied by Mr. W. H.
Sncdiker, dwelling owned ana occupied by Mrs.
M.Cook, dwelling owned and occupied by Mrs.
Porte tins, and a small building owned by R. Chis
olm, Esq., and occupied by Poinsett, tailor. Here
our citizens rallied for a list a-.d despcrcto effort,
for it now became evident that uni os-* the fire was
arrested at this point, the destruction of a large
portion of tho town wa:-. inevitable. Thosiragg j
for the mastery was long and doubtful, but thank-i
to tho hearty co-operation of tho officers and crew
of the Cutter Bancroft, which happened to bo in
oar harbor, success orowied our united efforts.
Tho value of building consumed is $20,800--
aggregate loss $25,000. Tbo origin of the fire is
not known, but there are rcasoia to believe th. t
it wus accidental.
To Lieu!. Brain and other officers cf tho Ban
croft, aro due our thanks for thoir zealous and
strenuous efforts on this ocean on. The crow will
also accept of oar gratitude; they battled with the
flames with the characteristic energy of ga'lui.t
tar-. Respectfully yours, <fcc., Palmetto.
A Just Hit.—A few days sinco, a stranger cler
gyman, who win officiating in a church in Provi
dence, R. L, after reading nearly a dozen notice l ,
BceiDgsome half dozen mere before him, remark
that he supposed he must read them, a-i he was
not in his own desk, but ho thought it reully wick
e«l to adopt that mo'hod of chcatirg tho printer.
Abub* ot the Pulpit.— The Cincinna'.i (Ohio)
Commeroial Bays that on Saturday afto noon,
Judge Parker cautioned the jury on the Arnaon
trial not to attend the discourse to be delivered on
Sunday evening by Eev.W. W. Quinby, in relation
to the conviction of Arrison, and Btided that ho
thought such a discourse very uutime'y.
Siuu£KßP«AßK’a Wkntleman.— In “Pericles,”
soeno 111. ot act 11., we find this terse dotiniticn
of a gentleman ;
“He ia a gentleman,
Who neither in his heart, nor outward eyes.
Earles the great, nor doth the low dispise.”
Teleloofbs.— Of the late improvements in the
manufacture of telescopes, a most iniareating ac
count baa just been given by Sir David Browster,
including a description oi the gigantic ieleacope of
the Earl of Eosse, the aiza of which may bo un
derstood by the fact that the area of the surface of
the Bpecnlum in Newton’s bent telescope was 686
square inches, thet of Hadley 25; of Leo el, 575 ;
ot Herschel 2,804 ; and of Kcsse 5,ie4.
Mbjjr Harris, 0 f New York,.takes the p»st of
the lato Colonel Miller at iha I hiladelpbia bar
racks, with tho rank of Lieutenant Colonel of
Marine.
A Thrilling Inchau
'j it o'iowjug giaphic description of the
» 11M kru\c ncl.o, ch.of of the Ouibhus, in a
single bead© 1 conflict with a ban l of Sioux, wj
copy from Iho Mit-s* oriD< unerat. 1 is tho more
interesting on account ot having occurred very re
cently :
Logan- Fontaurllo, obaii of iho Orath*- bisjnst
b< en slain nr.d scalped at Loup Fork, by a I aua of
t \.>ux. L -gun wad a i oblo fell w, an i j a tins Inst
mortal conflict ho deaj etched seven] of tho enamy
to the spirit land betore, to he.ald the comirg of
his own boul. He fokght loi g, desperately,
wr h gre.t i tl'jet; but u tun bora fiuaiy overcame
him, and hi-* life do; artel th ough a hundred
wounds. He died a mar yr tc bis Deeply and his
n?ma should bo carved upon fame’s brightest ta
blot.
He was on his auunal hunt with his nation. A
i unbsrot 1 is lodges we/e pitched upon t ha plains
near Loup Fork. As a vour.g warrior one day rede
around the adjacent hills, he espied a powerful
bin lofS oix ©scamped along a atratm in a se
questered vale. He hastened"to inform Logan of
iuo propirqui y and power of their natural foe.
L gpn ordered ha p ot le :• back immediato-y,
end proceed it s aliaight line, with a!l speed, for
home, when he would remain behind, and divrri
the Sioux by fair* camp f re* and other devices,
tiorn a direct p irauitof them. Th s was about
twilight The people go; under et. as aniekly as
possible, but not too >coa ; for scarcely had. they
turned a big land several Biout warrior*
came in sligut ®ud discovered the place of their
recent encampment. They eta mined it and found
that tho Omahaa had been there, and they then
returned to notify their chief • d biing an ade
quate force to purauo i.nd « uu ( ur them.
from a hiding place, saw ell, eud knew
that no t;mo was to.bo lost in drawing their ettan
toj train the trad,.which they wonidaoon discov
er ancnollow; jfrftl moniitiiig his hors*, he da.-bed
..way at full Speed a rase tho prarie, at rigid, angles
wi'h the route histiiho had taken, and struck a
flreub ut eight miies distent,., ou au «minonca
where the 8o *x could distantly s.e it. lio had
Mara-fly done so before a poeo lnl band wore on
the spot ho in i his people nt\d just left, end who
will o *t stopping to distinguish the trail, Btarted
lor U o fl'e, which they a .rising against the clear
blue sky, and where • ey expactod iu another
moment to imbue their hands in the gore of their
mi norded victims But Logan had But boon
unwaiy. As soon as lb Ilia was lighted, hi again
mounted ai d rode eight or ton noiTos farther and
kindled another flro just as they reached the first.
This rut! er bowiidered them. Tlioy dismounted
and examined the grouud. Logan tnt'cipated
this, badfirotl d and walked his horse ar und it,
so u* t» make the uppesranee upon iha grass of
trea i'.go ndcson horses; and thin drew them
into tho belief that a small bod? had fingered
behind t*nd kindle this lire, and gone to where f
they could eeithe new lire burning; and so
followed with ronewod uvidi’y. The samo thing
happened ch boforo. Logau had gone, and anoih
er tiro met thoir astonished gcze, while the Batne
sort of toot p»i 1 1 i were about (ha one around
which they wore now gathered. Their suspicions
wore now a wakened. They examined Iho ground
more closely, both fur and near, and discovered
that a soliturjf horseman had deceived thorn, and
they knew it was tor the sole purpose of loading
•hem rtf from tho parly whose oncampment they
had first discovered.
Logan saw them going round with glaring
torches, and nod-, ralood their ot jeo', end knew
that his only chance ot safely was in immediate
flight toward* his homo and he farther know that
by the time they could retrace their way to their
pi ico ts sturting, and find tho trail that his own
people had taken t! oy *ould bo beyond the reach
of chngcr.
The Sioux, in tho meanwhile, find divided Into
Himdler l»i n Is, the largest o. wliioh was to riturn
and purm»ill * Omal as, and the others to endea
vor the c«q t re iho one they had missed. They
know (hat he must bo an Omaha, and that he
wc u*d cither go further a id kiudle another watoh
llra, or sturt for his nation in a straight line ; and
th refororm parly wont on a little fnither, and
tho others spread out towards the Omaha country,
for tho purpose of intercepting him. Logan
pressed foriturJ as fust as IPs jaded steed could
bour him, until ho thought he had entirely oluded
them, but as tho day dinned, to his horror and
disc ay, ho saw his pursuers cloee upon his track.
Ho turned h's .course lor a ravine, whloh ho dis
tinguished at a distil ice, coverod with trees and
undergrowth. lie micioeded iu roaching it, and
j-iftt wit! in its verge ho mot an Indian girl, dip
ping water from the spring. She was startled and*
about to cry fer heir, when he hastily assured hor
that ho needed protection and assistance. With
tho true instinct of a noble woman, she apprecia
te l his situation in an .instant. sdil all her sympa
thies wore w ith him. She directed him to dis
mount and go to a small natural bower, to wh ch
she pointed him, in tho verge of tha woods, wliilo
she wou'd mount his hors* and lead his nurauora
away. Ho obojed hor, un 1 aha mounted nia horse
und dasbir gon in a serpentine way through the
woods, raving marks along tho brushes by which
eho cold Ibo traced. Tho pursuers soon followed.
When she ha 1 gone some distance down the
branch,i-hi rode into the wator aud followed its
descending coarse for s few steps, making hor
horse touch its aides and io*ve foot print* in that
direction, j ud th r n.turued up the stream and rode
above tho place at which she entered it, without
leaving a trace, and back to whero Logan wes c' n •
coaled. She told him to mount and speed away,
while his pursuers wiro going in a contrary d ree
tiou down the ravins. He did so, ard got a lor g
distance out of sight, and again thought hlmse f
out of tho reach of danger, whan iu a v*l ey j ;et in
front of him, he saw filly braves coming up the
hill to moot him. They were some of those who
ora returning from the rnreoit of his people.—
Ho cli irgod his direction and ti i«*l to oecaj; o, but
his poor horse wan too much exhausted t boar
him with t-uflicioiit sps#d. W ith savage yells they
plunged their rowels Into their borneer ridon and
gained upon him. As the foremost epprosohed
within good shootlrg diatanoe, Logan turned aud
dcu y and sent a bullet through hia Then
loading as ho gxllopod on, ho soon made another
bite tlia dust; .nd than another and another, un
til four wore strewn along the plain. Just then,
however, as ho w a again re-loading, his horse
stumbled and foil, snd the band monad on him
boforo ho h-d w 11 Jrom the shock. Ha
was snot wi’h bulleto'and arrows, and gasbo-l wbh
tomahawks, audpiercad with la..o#r, notwithstand
ing all which ho rose amid hia to«a, and with hia
clubbed rifle and hunting knife, ha r iled around
him five prostrate bod e/i, and fall with his back
upon thoir corpses,and expired still flghtn g. He
was kealpod, and hundreds of warrior* iiald a great
war-danco over him.
Thus Lo/an Fontanelle deputed, and hia cobio
spirit was ful owed »o tt’tsp rit land by Tt e algha
and lamer.tfttiois of hts nation arid th* aym
fialhice aud aspirations of the bravo cf every
and.
“ Gkbcj. Nakoub”—This Bjcll ox tuz Bubikd
Convent in ISyria—-We wero riot? withi-i two
days cf Mount Hinni. Oar intention hes been to
go directly there; bat I)r. Leider end hip lady,
English miHeionertes at Cairo, had strongly advis
ed us to take another direction, and to visit the
Gobol Biakous, « mountain n»a r the ©ea, which
they aß.Hurjd us no Ainettten baa aver vieited, and
wan vary little known, although exceedingly in
teresting. It pi ere ited on oueeide a bright whho
cliff, over two hnndrod feat Id height, while on
the other wue a sloping talus of fine glistening
retching neatly to tha commit. Many foam
Bine©, it wa© found under certain ciraumßthuees to
emit a sound, which the Bedoains, In the lore of
the wonderful, attributed to tha tolling of the bell
of a convont buried beneath tha long i'opo ot
Hand, and thm their nerne of “Gobel Nakoua/’or
“Mountain o< tie Ball ” Wa proceeded at onco
on our anivil to Biek the pheuomenon,and were
not long in Hi:<peueo. Ascending the hill, an wo
wero directed by oui fr'eude it Cairo, wa at length
caught a Bound as of manic, rising and falling in
Hucceß«i?e cadonco ; but f or a long time, it wan on-
I tircly imj ossiblo to tell from whence it came. It
was all on nearly the <a ns key, but differed much
in intoufiity. At times it was tow, trembling, and
oven mournful, Ike the wind, and wo held our
breath to cu ch it. Then it increased to the sweet
mellow note* of a flute, and finally underwent a
rapid charge to the powerful vibrations of a huge
organ, poaing tremendously, until everything
rround seemed imbued with it, and the whole
I mountain to Lro i b e.
It was indeed aw© striding; for it oonld be
traced to no quarter, but seemed to proceed now
from the air, now from tho mountain, and then even
from within our ve*y selvoi*. An oocasional peal
reached those l>#low, but tha full effect was only
realized upon the bank itself. Thia lad me to
Hook then the aolution of tho phenomenon, and I
nt length fnind it to my fullaatirfectiov. 1 uoticod
that the music and tho flawing of tho sand were
I fdmultarioous, and tha», when a foot was withdrawn
from the land, the sau<l which gradually flowed in
to fill tho depression, was accompanied by tha
lir.itsound, which 1 havo mention#*, low and un
certain. Ah tho current grew isrger; it increased
to a cloar, meloiious tone, like that caused by a
liarno o! hydrogen g h n pasting through • glass tube,
while a largo maim set in motion give rise tot
sound which 1 can ouly compare to the most pow
erful notes of an organ. Examination roemod to
show that tho whole whs caus 'd by the particles
of sand, highly heated by the eon, slipping over
and past each other. In the shade the thing was
Hcarcjly, if u‘ all, disceraibl#, and was m«ch dul
ler on parta which had already been moved.— Oor.
Gtnmet Kvunyelut.
California Hides and Wool.
Hidos were formerly the main export of Cali
fornia. At that time the conntry was in the po«-
BOPsionof a Mexican population, who reared vast
hcardu of cattle fur the purpose. When the gold *
ftivei broke out, the rearing of ca*'!a war nsgleoted
in tho search for the pr cioun note*, and the herd#
were Boon u©ed up for beef by the miners. Beef
then became in such demand that pr**’ num’oora
of cattle were driven across to Calif >rnie by the
ovoilen t route, and they commanded rneh high
pric a that rnanv parsons )•* th* purs >1: of gold
and commenced stock brooding. g ch snc<w* ha*
attended this, that bides have again cComft an
article < t export, and ruots ere snipped lr ;ra Bau
Fra- cisco ths-i e» any form*? period.
They arc also paying cons dereble aU ttlog ha
California to the marirg of sheer, With a view to
the production of wool ■# a article of export.
For this purpose two veauai* have left Australia
for Bar. Francisco, laden with t arga number of
the merino rh >er>, abounding in that c lony, end
which produce the g?ee* •!*'#• of tvl •xport.
ed thence. Ih re •'# to be in'goduced into
Ca'ifornia by parsons who era about to nodeduko
tho ruining of w«y>’e, ar thi* fbau the ... 1
grei.t3ttt inducement* to the aheap fax m*r. The s
olio ate is said to be almlwrt) y ?.'rr/.ed * th ;
growth of wool a© a awple, the anlntsir nrcduclog
twicaay-aar. (Joow4a»ab'a rumhe aof tbeep have
also been drive i into California from b ncr^
Mexico, with the aarr e view. l-r r yihir gia en
tered upon in that region w th so much v'gcr and
detcro-i nation, tsar we might a] moat ft el certain
of the r.uoooßß of the pTrsant eiderpr;©*, were it
not tl a wsges are so hi-h *s to opera** es a dra?7. m
back tha wool growers. Btill this difficulty
may not ba inrnrmcuntablr, aa tha (JHawe lmve -;fj
loit the mines, and are ort of #'i piovmen*.. They
cou’d be emp'oyed f.s rhaepherds w;ih«r-t difficulty ||||
at isesonable wag«r
Bcndat Ob»kfiVascics. Tha Kew O’icnnn JBcq
sajs:—We ar© threatened with t aecWrlnn contro
vony on a email act!# T © Council h«s bclore it
an • rdi: aucc r-:qii' • w !'© •'•. ' ar-r< cm*,
placei of omns.en.er.*, Ao f o’recb« don buriday 1
night. Tiiia ordinsn'-s • goners iy far orwu by th®
up town oitisreos, vrliilo the*© residing below
Canal street, and c©facially tl e F r atiO American
population, ar« indignant y opposeto r. Both
partioß have reason on tr#ir side. Tha I roteatanij
who is taught to ra'rsin from av sg hpociaa H
of rocr a'ion cm tha Irabhith, and to corns*,
crate tha*. day to bcHouh rorditaucn, and re
i:giouß ontpoarirg, is shocked at wha he r gards
as th© rtagrart (iesacratiou of the day of rest.
T! o Catholic, with whom tha fltbbi'.h la p day cf
dci gilt, to be Bpont, alter rt igi u 3 service,’ ia
.• ir.iesa recreatio n a d p:e-ar>nre, '• .->a aroa
j r .jeet oi inter Hot fam sfn • • a ffundd^H
e?e r.g »• an awi *>t s» a *ot i*cw 4 .
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