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Tv'f.inof thf ’"De nr.l f of the following outline
»k." > » wt I’n«‘r«HCt. *« hop* they win re
... i,from Ihe Wanhington Sentitul.
' tie l>> ling ■•rßiu-J* of ti* Democracy—*
I io WnaWojrte-i City. and e<iiU-d by
r Virginia Democrat*—men *lio rceWe
u M n»i.inyton, and Lure, therefore, tie bee- pool’
f.t 'ij • ißiiify tof'irus an accurate and jnut ceu
, <„ tiie President. We hope no S-sOnm
Dc.nr.ciat wiii fail t" read what the Sentinel eaya,
aln■ •1 el tii fit the Sentinel ir » Democratic wit
, Herein
..1 "ti “ • ■ . :_n ,] i„ Urfbalance
‘ r:,.;.k... I*. rr .ituwa Os
.mai-Vne poii icJ blripped -41 m
' r . }f Asurti* of diiuuteralMU'W as*”
■' i' r HUf i . h.-f..re an utie.&f thf*
1 v,' - te.. ue. of 111- B(P . trdkioK "f O'*, jag.
‘ . ' r tl.iukiufaf of initJiing, but tin ad
rp. ou <°iV /fin-own private «ffair».
* l i ffriV of the living, or cou’d any of the «: >ad,
<• i., v wi'v , r { to 3*fe, testify in favor oi one
j r.knW« bbiW on the aide of thf‘ C'OSti
1 ’ • <a B:.ti the > ot ,lina •
‘*f| .ru'd out of office ovr-ry politician i . the
-i., v, jv York w!»u w.j§ not favorable to the
. • f M<*rLia Van Boren and bi* ab</ liOD
in'neil a pre**» in Washington city, nu d
ri.nou.O v u an depending opon him for 1 *-ad
nu ' lJ UM . atf to devote hia fo-tsur*- hours to ext; *va-
*»f In* n»!rn'iui»*ration
jj. .nai.ded bun a*.--nta throughout the cun
t'V to attend all tin j r. .'ary conventions, and eve to
it ti.a’ •»#-.- lu'.d b* chosen favorable t/> hia
jj. --. u »-4 many f*f Wa wtcniioua
to r -nr f!.»* • r t <uilir x of the Stat*», and the cou»pro
u.-e •o l the CiiuaU uti m nevertbelew, be aufl
Jt ti idW to )un not iu the 'i *rrit*/ry of Kansas tor
•? .-.V a and dared not, fur soar ol injr ing
1. , t»r ... .<•»» f»r the Pr.;-*ideiK.y, exert ti*e |m ner
w ltdiu:tt«d nd'.'wJ m bistiands cad
-a ■ tk&' or iiok't »too <orn»‘itution and laws of
'.o > i J, and »i» < '/rdintf to tb» which he ad nit
1.- i ij. rtwusssd —tw? upon for au
th wily to <lo that vrhioti nobody doabto<| be ha«i the
ri. *- to d i Hi* only wax to make a jren
i-i c -pi iv l> fore the country, and avoid repj-in
t; j lit V Jidtu which it w ax impossible to relieve 1 mi
»'-ii. • . ;
ilc nboiitiomxed, by bis treatment of National
I) <,•>< ral* La f a doxen .Northern States of the ;
U n)on. .
lie telegraphed to New York city to prevent |
A -t .: an os leaving our shores to setti* in
Central Aoie/ica.
il »u»d h:- Attorney General talked learn* ily j
*>f n vt.ii wit ji England, and »silt HufT«rt:d the “ mo- j
tii, r country” to gain a great advantage in tin* final
kv 1 1 .» ;ii' lit »>i t ho moir important political qa«t* ««i j
YVie, does n'»t /tncic that the antagonism of i
hGttiHtid# ot our otyn party in New Haiup»Lir* to j
i V and jynii'uly to him, i* the true Caiwo of thin j
speafad dixaster ?"
\oithrru lleu o rarj-FrewMilMiiß.
/ in. fu; .wing ailifle from the liichinoud >V7.ig, i
. »:>c confffsion of the leading organ of the ■
Penn - yl» nia I>oino< racy, that its party U denu ral- !
I**- ‘ » • freenoiuain, is not without interest. It w a j
lilt!* rcHiHrk»ib.e, yet true, that while the Northern i
oisun-i of tm: Democracy frankly ackn<*wlcdge the
pa ly <ri oreanizcd by Frcesoilism in its turn !
c i ■ thn 8 nt firgans jicrsid in asserting it i
.• ouly vrtiud, national party.” Would it not j
b«» well tor ♦•«'* people of the South to enquire, and 1
aa'crittiu whether the Northern or Southern organs i
tcil iha ti tuh ? That they both do not, #< undenia- !
bl«e-~ for their »tabmienU are a« opposite qh tJie jh*l.*s
Who, then, tells the truth 7 The Northerner South-
•rn organs ' Let the people of the South a*ie« r- j
turn :
>1 ka n. not.r Con pr.'Zios. —The Pennsylvaniaii,
Jm -pecial vt uld Buck—speaking of the Ab
oUU<»u switiirnnt prevalent in the Slate* north of
tPeuiu^lvunia, nay* it everywhere find* modlfica
tit.-uib • what, according to the varying fanaticism
of individuals, is rabid i larrisonism, or passive Ab*
• .i.tlouhrn, or simple Fre* soilism. It adds : ‘So
general >• this sentnnont in the Staten north of us,
that many pro fitting the Democratic name arc in-
Jtc'.t L, hmi tie; mas** -i nerally, even tbo*n not or-
- publican party, or* borne
K.-v • by ihe papnlur i urient It is a melancholy
eo/ilH't /a to make, Out the Democracy—or what
ouj'i* to ha the Unit >eracy ~</t those Slate*, is at j
Iki •’mr c-u rally dt/rated Off Flack Republic//a (
t.i n. t// *« dinuC’anii'doy/lu Freesoil is in n tfhm its ,
,u . ,attk. T.. • are ti.otwan.jH, of course, who
U iv,. not bowed the knee to the UUok Republican j
li ia i , On/the mass has been d*hided andtemporuri !
. HVr ’!imi rollon, wlrat New Et«l«i..l j
Sr. sustain by i;* vote a bound platform j
* , »UM of Hu- 4th of'March ? Would New York j
t Sm t Sc we think, might, for she serin*
u , v* **x but tv hat otlier t •*
j v. vs have all along eontemled. Tin* l)e- >
, u *, , Vi< ut tin* Nor.li, “disorganized by the Five- •
boil -<i witniuit-. own rank" 1 ’ Even the great j
• . . %? I mcui ha been deluded and temporarily
n , (*y tH" ‘Black Republican Haul!" And j
\ei ’■* he. * Southern Democrat*jabber, one would i
[, ie n. xi there was not a Democrat in all the
N « i u tu. v ihu-bt degree tinctured with Alx.li
ti,, ~€ ]j u i tv* PiniiiHylvanmu. a Northern l>ern
o. 'iue o, n. i, VA©* a “melancholy confession’’ to
th« contrary.
Uxi ioi r* Pur.x iy Canada.—Considerable ex
citement w * ih Toronto on Monday, the I
", th in-i .by an KUQQUncei u ‘ nl that a Roman Cath
olic procession would p»*« through the streets, ao
rompm.ied by the ran> mg of the Ilont, for the first
Tim.* ill that city. Tln« Orangemen were highly
indignant and who det.-rnMned t.f prevent it. Tin y
placarded tho town with uddreHHC* to Protestant*,
filing on them to av.se and pV down the proposed
demonstration by force of arms;
Tho Catholic Bi-hop, Ch ai\bon>el, became
alarmed, and announced in tlmchiVch thattlioorigi
unt plan of tbo procession w ould b.f ypvcn up, au.J
ih it o.dy Urn children attending the school of tlio
Curishin Brothers would walk in procession.—
Th*s did not satisfy the Oruugemen, *nd on the
morning of the 7th, a party of their brethren arrived
from Hamilton, audit is stated that two wagon
loads of rifles w iv conveyed to St. Lawrence Hall
to be i ady for any emergency. The Mayor on
gaining tiding* of them, preparations, went to HWi*
op CharbonnKids residence, and induced hini to
forbid tlie procession altogether. Thin step, no
doubt, prevented blood-shed.
The ill dueling bet w con Catholics and I'roteHtantb
.* steel to hav.« been eaused by Bishop Chaudon
sei a hitenipla to destroy the Common School Sys
tem, by ureaiiH of the French Roman Catholic vote
in the House of Assembly, and by a Catholic Judge
ami Jury having acquitted the murderers of a men
named Corrioan Tho Catholics, on the other
hand, complain thutn Catholic farmer was recently
killed bv and his murderew were allow
ed to eacape. _
Murder asdSi-h idk. M moUrtikrkz,*native
i-t Spain, ;t:.rrt about llf»yea;>»,Hrriv«*<l recently in N»*"
Orb? ins with his wife (a german woman) and tbn*e
children IU had S2,:U)O m checks and cash ami
had letters of Introduction to ncveral merchant*.—
On the morning «>f the 14th iuid. iu a paroxism of
madness he murdered hi* wife by cutting her throat
wifho pcii-knile He was arrested and placed in
the pa? sh prri >n and on Thursday lant.ou the keep
wt .ntei .?•” his room he attacked him with a razor.—
rim keep, I e»i. aped by leaping fitnn the window,
and the mad nnu then inflicted frightful gntkca on
his own timed and in hull un hour aft« rwardn was a
oorpn t« vrik' ut l was a member of the Order of
Odd Fellow S i f:,r as 1- known, tho deceased lived
together hi) p \ Die man et ited alter mui di ring bis
wife, that he did know why he had done it ; that ;
he had been on the Levee on the previous day in the |
sun, and m the n ; gi>t had had a horrid dream.
hint in West Point—Tn« Columbus Sun of
the -Ist iusl, states We learn verbally that a Tory
destiuvtive tire mourred in West Point on Satur
day ui- rnvug. eomu.uing one entire square, ill, ’.ti
ding the Hotel kept by Mi. Bedell. on the
West side of the river. W'e have no further partic
alar*.
Thomas PoUgHTT, the celebrated landscape
paiuter of New Yu.k. is stated to be suffering from
an incurable disease, a . i m ueover to bo in very re.
duovd circumstances. A meeting of his friends was
leecutlv held at the Astor House, when tlm poet
Bryani took the cl.n r, and u subscription list was
■openedOH bvliaif of the distressed artist.
A Snus.iK Case.—-''ARAM Haycraft. who was
nteiy sen tenced to be hung in St. Louis for the
murder Os her paramour, Thomas Hudson. had the
sentence of death commuted by the Governor of tl**
State, to twenty live yean* in the Pouitentiary.—
Jud w e Lackland. **f t'-u Criminal Court, declares j
that tuv Governor had no authority to commute a cap- j
ital seuteuev he should either have let the Ift" take j
rts course, o'. iuvu g iv**u tlio murderess a free par
dou. Thepr.sotwr* eouns»d is about to apply f»v j
her release. Such, says the St. Louis .Whns, is law
In Missouri.
The election for Mayor in Baton Rouge, La., on
the 14th in®'., resulted in 223 votes being cast for
Mosort. the American candidate, and the same
number tV-i Corsinarp, the Democratic nominee.
The Corum s* ners. Recording to the new charter, it
• expected, w.il decide between the candidates.—
Iu Dona. ’a-mrille, La., J D Xicholls, (Am.) was
elected Mayor, on the 14th iust.
The Admission of Kansas.— Tae Washington
Star say* tlmt Sena'or Douglas' bill for the ad
misswuof Kii.sus, while it wiV. paw the Senate by
a large majority, will have a clear majority in the >
of Reprt*cQ*»t ; Te». It provide*, a* onr read
ersara aware, that wheu Kansas has the requisite
population, *iic may cuter into the Union with euch
a constitution a* she may adopt, without reference
*o the slavery question.
An OrrasFEß Killed ft a Negro Mr. 0. J. t
Bristow, the overseer on the plantation of W. H. |
Harris, near Richmond. Madiaou Pariah, La., when
pursuing a uegro, a few Jays since was struck on
the baud with a piece cf iron, which fractured his
akull and caused hia death shortly afterwards. The
negro was sent to jail to await trial.
B. J Gardner. Esq a wealthty and highly es
teemed cUiivU »•: MuUdgev.Ue. was killed at Spar
ta ou Tuesday fcya man named O. J. Powell. The
fficulty arose out of a pecuniary transaction.
Florida Railroad —A letter received in Sa
vannah frwm a distinguished citifcn of Florida, con
tains the following ittms of railroad intelligence :
• We have our road under contract from Tala has
te* to the Suwauee river, tne contractors ah at
work
*‘Tr.e road from oneasoav;..e to Alligator is un
der contract, and will be graded by the middle of
next year. By tne emi of the year (uext year) our
road will a Is* l be graded to A''gator, at which place
w« firm acquaintance With the Jacksonville road.
Tr.e Feroamima road is progressing rapidly.
**Th«- S?. Marks Road will be re-laid with heavy
lrcn to Tt'.AhAAR-c t.y the Ist of SepL Tuat wt
shall aave a juucti n with the Atlantic by railroad,
there 1* now uo d.»ubL Our resources sre now limi
ted. but will be mere>«eed at confidence is inspired
VT itb our pre*eut means, »e can grade the roau and
build the oriuge* from Si Mark*, via Tallahassee,
to Alligator. 126 mile* and brides the Bt. Mark*
road. 21 miles. we shall be able to lay down the rails
on 20 miles or more. Toe credit of tue road. then,
with the internal improvement bond*, will enable
us to complete is, without taking into consideration
the add .non to onr subscriptions, wtiofa w e m ay
rsatnpably expect "
ToßAeeo Grows mu Cincinnati —A state
ment was made in the Cincinnati Cuamber of Com
mons recently, that within a circuit of some 60 or
70 miles in Oaio, 1,500,000 lbs. of leaf tobacco was
raised annually, and of this §,s3o tons were sect to
IxuilsTihs last year, while about UWO toes oame so
piastas* ti
i For the Chronicle 4* 6c7tUncL
Meant Venwß.
Mil Er.TOB .-At the time, wb-n «c
1 rnncii iuiere*t u felt tbroapwut the Crnon ta the
M.mnt Vm<m «** ''‘'j'' l . *' A ,h “
! u,tercet dee,>cne<i by hav.ng Edward Everett, he,
4 *Or*c of the few, the Immortal one*.
Vtho were not born to die,’*
! , v our coadjutor and meat efficient helper, it is *6
| w „n, perhap*, to lay before your readers
j matter.
We do not know Mr. Washingtou ouraelf, but we
have beard of him fiom a friend, with whom be is
! cn terms of familiar intercourse, and we kuow that
be in not only a genial companion, but a man of
j principle—one who would scorn to play fast and
! loose with even an implied, promise—whose tpokrn
! word would be as goM as his liond. and
; written obligation, owh as th© appended, would be
| inevitable as death.
j Mr W. does not choose to say the why * and
1 wherefore's with regard to the disposal of Mount
j Vernon, to any and every person who cliooa*« to
1 fill an idle by making the query, or to g- « n
i questionable notoriety by publishing the correa
! pondence. That it is not for sale, save to \ lrginia,
i w<r believe; and therefore is it ibat % irginia is our
! authorized trustee, to purchase and preserve it;
and we would re«pecttully auggoft that unoccupied
! time will rather be spent in seeking b* extend our
’ cause, and gain the material to purchase, rather
i than in asking questions which scarcely concern us.
1 hs, thbvld this enterprise fail , which possibility wc
| earnestly depreeate, the money subscribed will be
j »-itbor returned or invested as the subscriber-* w^jb.
Will you be pleased to publish the enclosed, lor
I which we are indebted to the kind consideration
i and attention of Mrs. Anna Cora Ritchie,
j whose name, as one of uh. is of inestiinable value.
i p. s. Will all the papers favorable to the entor
i prise copy this from the Petersburg Express , as a
! good deal of misapprehension seem* to exist about
| tills matter :
From the Petersburg Express.
Can it be True !
We confess we were not a little surprised to find
in the Carolina Spartan, (published at Spartanburg,
S. r , r.f the date of March *27th, the following letter
! very recently addressed to a lady residing in that
| town :
Mount Verson, March 14th, 1866.
To Mrs. Maria S. Wofford :
Madam—l have received your letter of March
6tb, respecting the purchase of Mount Vernon by
i the ladies of different pails of the Cuited States.
In reply, I respectfully inform you that Mount
V'ernon in not for sale.
I am, most respectfully, your ob i serv’t,
John A. Washington.
What does it mean ? Can anybody tell ? Aro
the patriotic exertions of the zealous ladies of the
Mount Vernon Association ot the Union to go for
naught ? Or are they engaged, alter all, on a
wild go**u- chase along the batiKs of the Potomac ?
And Mr. Everett’s generous labors in repeating,
wherever the ladies shall desire, his splendid oration
on Washington for the benefit of the cause, are they
to be fruitless, so far as the acquisition of Mount
Vernon is concerned ? Wc are at a loss what to
make of Mr. Washington's letter, and beg to call the
attention of the leading members of the Central
Committee to it at once.
For some time p«Ht, unfavorable suspicions of Mr.
Washington’s good faith in the matter of the pur
chase have been whispered about, and the exor
bitant nature of his original demand, of two hundred
thousand dollars for a piece of property whose mar
ket value cannot exceed one tenth that auiouut, lent
some probability to<he suggestion that ne was dis
posed to make the most of the sacred ashes entrust
ed to his keeping. Can it be possible that he de
signs at this moment, to recede from his quasi con
tract to dispose of the land, with the view of fixing
a yet higher price upon it, and drawing still more
largely upon the patriotism of the country now
likely to be stimulated into unwonted fervor by the
glowing eloquence of Edward Everett ? We can
not believe tills of any man bearing the name of
Washington, and in any degree, however remotely,
related to the Pater Patria*. Yet 1* at tho letter in
the Spartan should have escaped the attention of the
Richmond papers, and so have failed to reach the
eye of the Committee, we desire, in republishing
it, to ask its transfer to the columns of the En
quirer, where it may receive promptly the notice it
requires.
J icing specially called on, wc publish the above
with a view to furnishing all the light we have on the
subject. Wc must confess onr surprise nt seeing
Mr, Washington’s positive refusal to sell Mount
Vernon on any terms, after what we know of (he
official action on the subject Below we publish an
official correspondence between Gov. Johnson and
Mr. Washington, which was submitted to the lute
Legislature by Gov. Johnson, and which is the last
official information we have from Mr. W We,
therefore, cannot but indulge the belief that there is
some mistake or misapprehension in the correspon
tlenne of Mr. W. with Mrs. W. Knowing Mr. W., as
we do, we cannot for a moment believe that he will
refuse to stand by his proposition officially made to
Gov. Johnson.
in a moment of impatience ho may have w ritten
the letter of tho 1 Ith of last month. That was be
fore the passage of the Ladies’ act by the Virginia
legislature, on the 17th March, and before the
magic eloquence of Edward Everett had given a
might v, moral, patriotic and financial impulse to the
sacred cause. No one now doubts that the necessary
fund can and will bo raised by tho patriotic efforts
of the Ladies of the Union—and we mistake the
gentlemanly and high-toned clmraeteiyd Mr. Wash
ington, if, when he shall be properly informed of the
true state of the ease, lie will refuse to sign a con
tract. with the Governor, as provided in the act of
March 17th, for making a deed for the property to
the State of Virginia, upon the amount ($vi00,O00)
being paid to him within five years. Within a short
time, we trust and believe,proper steps will be ta
ken by those authorized to act, to enter into n. go
tions w ith Mr. W., and wo w ill not for n moment
doubt that he will be satisfied that his true glory, as
a descendant of the Father of his Country, will in
duce him to accede to the wishes of the patriotic
sons and daughters of America, who nobly seek to
throw the of his native State around the grave
and home nt‘ Washington. But to the official cor
respondence :
Richmond, June 13,
Sir In my message to the General Assembly of
Virginia, at its last session, I earnestly recommend
ed the propriety of the purchase of Mount Vernon
by the State, declaring that in my opinion, “Vir
ginia. and she only, should be the owner and have
control of this sacred and consecrated spot, where
rest the mortal remains of her immortal sen." I
thought then, and promised, “If it can be purchased
upon fair and reasonable terms, let us do it at once,
that we may preserve it in its primitive simplicity
and beauty—-to be freely resorted to by all admirers
of true great ness and human liberty, and to be gazed
on by all who may pass upon the beautiful Po
tomac.
Believing, still, that this hallowed spot should lie
rescued from all possibility, in future, of being per
verted to uses inconsistent with the veneration due
to the memory and character of Washington, I in
tend, once more, to recommend it to tho favorable
consideration of tho Legislature.
With the view of affording all the information ne
cessary for their action, I venture to request that you
will state the terms upon which you will consent to
part with any portion of the property to the State—
Virginia andher constituted authorities to have the
sole control and ownership forever.
Very respectfully,
JosErn Johnson.
J. A. Washington, Esq.
Mount Vernon, June IS, 18.V>.
Sir : Your letter of June 13th has been received,
in which you mention your design of again recom
mending to the Legislature of Virginia the propriety
of acquiring for the State that portion of Mount Ver
non, where General Washington formerly resided,
and on which his remains an' now interred ; and you
request to know from mo on what terms the State
can obtain the property.
Should the State of Virginia desire to purchase
Mount Vernon, she can obtain ‘JOG acres ot it. em
bracing the tomb of Washington, mansion, gardens,
grounds, Ac., on the following terms, viz :
l The remains of such members of the Washing
ton family as now arc, or may be, hereafter, inter
red in or around tho present family vault, shall nev
er be removed nor disturb, and for the purposes of
a family burying ground, the undersigned, John A.
Washington, and his heirs shall retain the right of
enclosing and improving one-lmlf acre of land,
including tin* vault at present used with free and
easv access to it nt all times. In thisburyiug ground,
members of the Washington family and no one else
mav be interred, anti the State, as its custodian,
shall be pledged to preserve it from injury or dese
cration.
11. Tho State shall never alienate the fee simple
nor any lesser estate in the whole, nor any part of
the property.
111. Fpoii receiving a proper title for the proper
ty, the State shall pay me $-.200,000, in cash, or at
the option ot the Stale, In Virginia six per cent,
coupon stock, principal and interest to be paid in
the time and manner in which such stock has usu
ally been made payable by the State of late years.
It has sometimes been suggested that the State
might desire to purchase a larger tract of land in
order to establish a model farm and agricultural
school here. Should such be the c ase, about 800
acres more of adjacent land on this estate can be
obtained at SIOO,OOO, to he paid in cash or State
stock, as above, at the option of the State.
1 am. sir, with the utmost respect,
Your obedient servant,
John A. Washington.
His Excellency Jos. Johnson, Governor of Virginia.
For the Chronicle Sr Sentinel.
Small I*oxt'onirovor«v Continued.
Mu. Editor . —Yout »*orrespoudents, the Com
missioners, say they have no taste nor desire for a
newspaper controversy. We think strailgc they
would commence and continue a thing they have uo
desire for. We have as little desire for it ns any
one living ; vet, we feel that it is due to the commu
nity and to ourself, to reply. They accuse us of
palpably misstating facts in our first article, and feel
called upon, they say, to give the facts as they ac
tually exist. But we find they denied but few that
we had stated, before conscience checked them.
They state, that their quarantine regulations were
strictly observed by all except one family IV e
wonder i f they have so soon forgotten the lady they
had summoned to Court aud fined, when oue of
them so earnestly plead with the Judges in her be
half . and have they forgotten the two young men
that were sent to the hospital by them with the dis
ease, who passed out without permission ? Truly,
their memory is very treacherous. They say we had
laid ourselves liable to have coutracted the disease,
therefore apprehended danger. Aud why not ap
prehend danger of Mr. A. B. Tankersley’e family,
who visited the infected house, and had a case to
originate under his own roof ’ And why did they
not apprehend danger of the gentlemen who came
inside the quarantine with the Sheriff ?
We t»uppoee they did not boast, therefore, there
was no danger. They say we were duly notified
that we were quarantined, when any sane man
knows they had no lew to quarantine us. and
we can prove by the public notice they stuck up,
that there was but two families quarantined. We
will state further that those two families were al
lowed to send out and look after their stock when
ever they desired, but when we went out to look
after ours, we were fined forty dollars. Even
a Free Negro, whom they considered within the
quarantine bounds, was permitted to pass two
weeks before their quarantine was removed. This
we suppose is their jewel consistency: if so. we
pity them. It appears that all that was necessary
was to get permission of them, and any could pass
in and out at pleasure, without even the sineil of
disease on their garments.
We would say in conclusion, that we do not cen
sure the Commissioners for any honorable or lawful
proceedings they have used to nrotect themselves
and neighbors from Small Pox, but we do censure
them for their extreme partiality and the bungling
manner in which they have conducted the quaran
tine regulations from beginning to end. We now
leave it for others to aecide whether we were
need through malice or for violating their quar
antine regulation*.
April 14. 1556. One of the Abused.
[commcnicatxd.l
The Poor House.
Mil Editor : If the public desire to learn the
manner in which the Poor House of Richmond coun
ty is managed, it will be sufficient to state that the
paupers for whose support we are taxed, have been
ootnpeLied to go to the neighbors for that which
should bs supplied them at the institution. Let
?hs authorities look into tbs matter.
Fane
Union Coarse ttacct* —New Orlcao*.
First Day.—The opening day of the new Union
Jockey Club wae Tuesday, tke 15tb met. The firet
race was a sweepstake for two year olds, mile he at*.
: Gen. Wells’ colt. Mow©, was the favorite against
1 the field, until Mr. Kenner's filly arrived, when she
j nt once took o firm position, as favorite.
The first heat, says the Picayune, was very inter
i cstiug and exciting, from tin- change's which oc-
I eurred. Turnbull's filly started in the «ead at a ra-
I ring gait. Wells’ second. KennerV third, a beauti
i fu! conie*t up the back stretch. The Poindexter
colt bnd been lying in wait, while the Withers were
doing toe work, for three quarters of a mile, but
gradually got in good position upon rounding the
turn for th*- Louie run ; be Kenner s nay at
the head of the stretch, when she was ordered back,
and darted at the oik-ra. aud, under a appli
cation of the catgut, got to the stand fir**t, t*.-afrng
the Turnbull fiHv, who looked like a wiimer with
in iwentv vards of the judge's stand. Time 1:47
Kenner's filly now became a favorite, as it was
| thought that the other had shown their hand, while
I *he had bided her time. The result shows that the
! "knowing onrn" did not reckon without their boat.
In the second and third heats eLe showed her supe
riority, and won without an apparent effort. If
one of the tribe from whom she is iiamed could have
seen her as she came down the home stretch, uncon
scious of competition, they would doubtless have
thought she was traveling in ‘‘seven league’’ mocca
.-.ins in place of “boots.” We expect to gives re
port wurth reading in relation to some of her future
peiformaucefl. So be it.
The second race—mile heats —was won in two
I beat* quite easily by Capt. Miuor’s filly, Minnc-wa
wa, beating Southern Belie.
at MM ART.
Ti esdat, Aprii 15.—A sweepstake* for 2 year
odds—subscription S3O0 —forfeit $lO0 —mile heaU:
D F. Kenner's b. f. Minne-ha-ha, by Mahomet,
out of Kate Aubrey 4 I l
A. L. JiiDgaiuin'u (T. B Poindexter's) b. c. by
trap Yorkshire, out of Marietta. 12 3
T. J Well’s b. g. Moist, by Capt Elgee, out of
Ruby 2 3 2
John Turnbull’s ch. f., by imp. Glencoe, out of
Fanny G 3 4 ds
Also, b f. Southern BelU pd ft.
W. J. Minor's ch. f, Mirmuaea-ie-a pi fL
Time, l:47i—l:4ai—l:4Bl.
Purge. 2 yoar old*. sloo—mile heats
W. J Minor’s ch. f., Minruica-tca. by Doubloon
out of Norma 1
Juo. Turnbull'* b. f Southern BelU by hup. York
shire, out of -Sally Shannou 2
Time. l:30j—1:50.
Second Day.—The race on Wednesday, the 16th
inst., for the $l5O purse, mile beats, which brought
as contestants Ln Dame Blanche and Undine, did
not prove an attractive one, perhaps from the fact
that the odda upon the white lady iu town were four
and five to one that she would win. The ‘‘knowing
ones had it all their own way, the favorite winning
in fine style.
SUMMARY 5
Wednesday, April 16.—Purse sl60 —mile heats.
Capt. W. J. Minor's irr. f. La Dame Blanche, by
Voucher, out of Lady Jane, 3y.0 11
J. L. Imlay'i*(C. M Johnson's)ch. f. Undine, by imp.
Yorkshire, darn bv Margrave, 3 y. o 2 2
Time, 1:495.
A British Expedition Sent in Search or the
Steamer Pacific.—The British Government sent
out on the 25th lilt, an expedition consisting of two
steam vessels of war, to search for the unfortunate
steamer Pacific. The origin of the movement in
the first place was a letter in tin* London Times of
the 22d March, from Mr. J. S. Oakpord, of the firm
of Croskey Ai Co., of London and Southampton,
agents of the Bremen and Havre line, in which the
writer stated his convictiou that the ship was still
iu safety :
Mr. Oakford had a long personal interview with
Lord Palmerston, the English Premier, who seemed
to take great interest in the subject, and expressed
his desire to do everything that could possibly be
done to search for and relieve the missing steamer.
Lml Palmerston received Mr. Oakford with the
greatest kindness and urbanity, discussed with him
most particularly, and at great length, the w-hole of
the circumstances relating to the Pacific, and finally
gave him an order to the first Ix>rd of the Admiral
ty, directing an expedition to be sent out at once.
Armed with this authority, Mr. Oakford had an in
terview with the Admiralty authorities, and snbso
auently received the following official dispatch from
ic Secretary of the Admiralty :
Admiralty, March 24,185fi.
Sir ; With reference to yonr suggestions as to a
search for the missing United States steamer Pa
cific, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiraltv to Acquaint you that orders have
been given in ller Majesty's ships Tartar and Des
perate to cruise to the westward on this service, and
in the event of their falling in with the steamer in
question, to render hei every assistance in their
power. I am, sir, your most obedient servant,
(Signed) * Thomas Phins.
J. S. Oakford, Esq.
The Treaty of Peace. —We make tho follow
ing extracts from tho London Times of tho 31st
Ult :
At one o’clock yesterday, the plenipotentiaries of
the European Powers, assembled in Paris, signed
the treaty of peace. War was proclaimed on the
27th as March, 1854, and has terminated just two
years and two days from the period of its commence
ment. The treaty is, wo are informed, to take effect
from the date of its signature, and not, as usual, from
the date of iU ratification ; ho that we have actually
passed into a condition of peace without being in
the least aware of the gradutions through which it
was to be obtained.
The brunt of the struggle at Alma and Inkermann
wuß borne by the English; the beet approaches to
Sebastopol, and the finally successful assault, were
the work of the French; and, if we have abundant
reasons to complain of our Generals, France has as
little reason t<» be satisfied with the want of vigor
which neutralized her great success of the Bth of
September. The English army suffered most at the
beginning, the French at the end of the war; and if
France bus shown most skill in the conduct of hos
tilities, England was better able to continue them,
for her resources were only beginning to be devel
oped at the very moment when those of the other
belligerents had perceptibly diminished.
In a military point of view, tho losses of Russia
have been signal and overwhelming. Half a mil
lion of valliant soldiers, a vast fleet, arsenals of
boundless abundance, her whole means of internal
transport, have vanished in the course of tw o brief
years, and the power which would not condescend
to return any answer to our remonstrance in 1854,
is glad to seek for peace, with an admission of its
absolute necessity in 1856.
Important from Northern Mexico— Forty
Upon Indians Killed. —The San Antonio Texan
of the 3d inst.. publishes the following intelligence :
By favor of Mr. J. B. Riche, a merchant of San
Fernando, just arrived in our city, we learn that
the Mexican Col. Zuazua, with a force of 400 men,
had surprised, at the break of day, a Lipnn camp,
and taken prisoners the whole party, amounting to
about 160 persons of every sex and age. On his
way to Monterey, the men having evinced some
disposition to mutiny, 40 of them were shot on the
spot.
It is assured that Vidaurri has ordered that the
prisoners shall be kept iu the fortress at Perot© and
in the castle of San Juan de Ulus.
The civil and military authority on the frontier of
the Rio Bravo, hare ordered out all the men able to
mount on horseback, to watch the passes, aud thus
effect the extermination of the remains of the Lipon
tribe.
General Vidaurri has issued instructions to the
Mexican commanders on the Rio Grande frontier,
t<» take strenuous measures against the Lipan In
dians in Mexico to drive them into submission be
fore new difficulties arise? with the State of Texas,
and has also sent a communication to Lieut. Col.
Buggies, commanding officer at Fort Mclntosh,
Texas, covering the instructions, and expressing
the hope that the friendly disposition evinced by
Mexico, will not be misunderstood by our Govern
ment.
The Blue Ridge Railroad.—We understand
thnt the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, having de
clared the contract of Anson. Bangs Sc Co., to be
forfeited, and having refused to retain them os con
tractor* for the construction of the road. Col.
Gwynn, the Chief Engineer, and the President, at
tended at Anderson, Dejween the 10th and 15th
days of April, to let out tho work whiph was in
progress bv the sub contractors of Anson Bangs
A Co.
The contract* in South Carolina and Georgia were
all re-let. A preference wue given to the sub-con
tractors whenever they produced satisfactory evi
dence of character and ability. Many persons were
present and desirous to obtain contracts, who were
disappointed.
The work was all let out at the same prices
which had been paid by Anson Bangs & Co. Very
general satisfaction was expressed that the Compa
ny had undertaken the construction of the road, and
confidence was inspired that the road would now be
completed.
Nearly ail thp pontractors in South Carolina are
owners of slaves, and work thpm on the road. This
is found a much more profitable employment than
fanning.
The construction of the road from Anderson to
26 Mile Creek (six miles) will be urged on with
energy This part of the road will be of use iu
constructing the masonry for tho bridge over 26
Mile Creek’ by conveying rock Qfld other mate
rial to the Creek.
We also understand that at a meeting of the Pre
sident ami Board of Directors of the Pendleton Rail
Road Company, held on the 4th inst., after hearing
the report submitted bv the Hon. Edward Frost.
President of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, in
relation to the dismissal of the contractors—Messrs.
Anson, Bmigs Sc Co—the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That thi* Board has hoard with great
satisfaction the exposition of Judge Frost, the Presi
dent of the Blue Ridge Railroad, of tiiesituation and
progress of said road.
Resolved, That wo appreciate, approve, and will
sustain the action of the Board of Directors of the
Blue Ridge Railroad in declaring the contract with
Anson. Bangs &• Co. at an end.—Ca. Cour.
The PknsaCola and Montgomery Railroad
—Mr. Milner informs ua says Pensacola Ga
zette) that the surveying has been completed, and
the work will be commenced next week—stakes be
set and the ground broken. Tho rails are to extend
to the beacti at the foot of what is now called Tara
gona street, the line of which it will be necessary to
cut through : but we are not mistaken, we believe,
when we assert that the city has contracted to fur
nish the opening of it preparatory to the grading of
the railroad. The Depot is situated 4000 feet from
the beach, extending *2OOO feet in length by 400
wide. At the extremity of the rails there' will,
doubtless, be another ’wharf constructed in order
that vessels may the more easily load without the
necessity of their cargoes being carried in drays or
cans to the other wharves. This, however, will be
constructed and built after the finishing of the rail
road. Now things are progressing favorably for the
railroad, and we hope it will be carried ‘through
without interruption or detriment. They (the
builders, have much to contend against, but, with
a bright look out ahead, all obstructions can be
either avoided or remedied.
Mr. Fillmore’s Nomination Received at
r ome A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger
writing from Rome, says ;
The news of Mr. Fillmore e nomination by the
“Americans, was received here on Monday last,
and caused great rejoicings. It was announced to
him by a numerous body of his friends, but had not
the least influence on liim, who really seems to be
the most imperturbable man I ever saw in my life.
He returned the other day from Naples, in very
good health and in fine spirits, and will return early
thig summer to the United States. Balls and festi
vais have beau given to him all over Europe, and
at this distance from home, where party feelings na
turally subside, and American sentiments naturally
become the onlv ones distinguishable to patriots, it
is no exaggeration on my part to fay. that Mr. Fill
more has no enemy on this side of the water, where
every American ’I use the term in its legitimate,
most extensive meaning is proud to see himself so
handsomely repn-sentea iu the person of our wor
thy. di.nified. self-possessed Ex-President. We
have now some three hundred Americans from the
East. West, North and South, here in Rome and I
am quite certain that among the diversity of opin
ion and political convictions that must necessarily
exist among them, there is not one who would not
think the country perfectly ease, should Mr Fill
more be once more called to the administration of
the Government. That hit administration would
not embarrass our relations with Europe, I feel
quite certain myself; though fortunately for the
country, we have gone through the darkest pe
riod, and may hope for better times, happen what
may.
A Murderer Arf-ested. —A negro man who
committed murder at Athens, Term., some five or
six weeks ago and was subsequently run off and
sold, left this city on the State Road train, on Tues
day, lor Tennessee, in custody of the Snenff of Mc-
Minn oouutv. We understand the negro had been
sold to W. H. Craft, of this city, who afterwards
disposed of him to a gentleman la Alabama, but on
learning the facts of the case. Craft sent to Alaba
ma, had the negro arrested, and turned over to the
care of the Tennessee sheriff.— Atlanta InteK*
genctr.
The receipts of me Erie Railroad for the first
sight dav» of this month averaged fQP.OOC per
flay
Tbe California Mail.
In the New Orleans paper* we obtain the follow
| ing summary of the fortnight's users.from Cali
fornia :
The Pemoeratic State Convention met in Sacra
mento on the sth iusi., aud elected the following
' delegatee to attend the National Convention to be
held at Cincinnati: P. C. Knet, S. U J. L.
Brent, J H. HUI. D. V. Buel, P. L. Soiomon. J. N.
Dftwlov, 8. W Inge. The Convention adopted
! resolutions approving tbe main principles of the Ne
j brooks bill alias ‘"popular sovereignty." an<l de
' clared that James Buchanan was their first ohoioe
i for the Presidency. t , ,
A petition Las been circulated for the appoint
| ment of R. A. Thompson, late one of tbe Judges of
the United States Land Commission, to tbe United
j States District Attorneyship. The nomination is
• unpopular, because Thompson, as Judge. passed up
• on and approved a large number of important land
j eases which, as Attorney for tbe United States, be
would have to oppose before tbe District Court.—
•The State Assembly adopted a resolution almost
unanimously, to request the President not to ap
point J udge Thompson.
It is said that S W. luge has sent in a resignation
j of hia position as U. S. District Attorney for tbe
• Northern District ot California.
I A shipment of SO ton** of copper-ore has arrived
: from the Arizonia (lately styled "El Ano' ') mine in
! the Gadsden Purchase. The ore contains some
! sixty to ninety per cent, of metal, and the proprie
i tors say that the ore is abundant, aud can be
! furnishad in England or New York at sllO a ton. —
| Ten more may be required to pay for smelting,
j This estimate leaves nearly a hundred per cent, for
• clear profit.
Thirty six Indians, men, women aud children,
were killed by the whites two weeks since, in aud
• near Crow Creek Valley. Tbe provocation was that
• the red skins had stolen cattle and hogs to serve
j them as food during a snow atonn and the cold
weather succeeding it
; On the Ist of March there was a grand jubilee in
j Yreka, in celebration of the introduction of water
: to the mine* in and near that place by means of a
I mining district.
J On the 16th inst. a party of native Californians
’ and Mexicans started with wagons from San Jose to
emigrate to Mexico. They numbered several hun
' dred persons.
• There has been great complaiut among the miners
? and farmers on account of the drouth. On the 13th
| inst., there wa* a lively shower, but it was not suffi
cient to do much good.
Rhodes 6c Whitney ’s Express was robbed onTn
j nity Mountain, near Shasta, on the 12th inst., of
1 sixteen thousand dollars. Five men were in com-
J pany with the Expressmen, and the balanco of the
‘ company were robbed of enough to swell the total
amount to about $.*6,000. The Express Coinpa
were coming up Trinity Mountain, and were at
tacked by twelve men m disguise, who sprang up
on the Iwcpressmen from out the bashes, and had
them all secure before they had a chance to offer any
news arrived in Shasta, one hundred
and forty men started after the robbers.
Measures have been taken for the organization of
a republican party in this State, but there have been
no public demonstrations.
The ship Anglo Saxon arrived at this port on the
10th inst.. and immediately on her arrival, Frederick
Rugg, second mate, was arrested on a charge of
having murdered a seaman named Bill, by a kick in
the stomach and other inhuman treatment, on the
second day out from New York.
John Vandenhoff, in San Francisco, Frank Cash
ell, in Sacramento, have been convicted of man
slaughter, and A. O. Riesberg, in Orville, and Pe
dro Keviero, in Mariposa, have been convicted of
murder.
There was a municipal election in Marysville, on
! the 17th inst. The Democrats elected almost their
entire tickets by majorities ranging from 70 to 200.
The Know Nothings of the State election carried
the city by 400 majority. In September, 1866,
there were 1,000 votes cast; in March, 1866, 1600.
The Indian* War in Oregon. —The Oregonian
of March Ist says : We have nothing new from the
neat of war, either north or south; since our last,
worthy of note. Col. Cornelius, at the last dates,
was upon the eve of marching upon the enemy, aud
will, ere this paper reaches many of our subscribers,
probably have encountered the foe and whipped
them. We have no fears of the result if those hardy
Oregonians can bring the Indians to a battle. At
the south the Indians have everything their own
i wav, because the volunteers have not been sup
plied with either food, arms, ammunition, horses, or
anything else.
The Weekly Times says : The steamer Fashion
arrived on Wednesday evening. She brought down
several discharged volunteers. Lieutenant Shep
pard, of Marion county Company, furnishes us the
following startling news: “A party of Indians on
the 12 th of February, came to the camp oil Mill
Creek, and fired into the cump and drove off the
principal part of the stock belonging to the com
mand of Col. Cornelius. Tho volunteers followed
the Indians 10 Snake River, but were compelled to
return to camp without being able to recover their
stock. The Indians have aiso driven off the hoisoa
belonging lo Lieut. Jeffry’s command at Fort Hen
rietta. If not soon reinforced, Lieut. Jeffry will
have to abandon the post.’’ \\ e have information
also that a party of Clicketat ludiane, who were
taken prisoners by Major Haller last fall, and by
him sent to Fort Vancouver, on the 16th February,
attacked the house of Mr. Joelyn, twenty miles
above the Cascades, drove off his stock, and would
have killed all the inmates, but for the interposi
tion of the friendly indians, who would not co-oj>-
erate with them. Mr. Joelyn and family have left
their farm.
From Puget Sound. —From the Pioneer and
Democrat, of the 22d ult., we learn that Pat. Ka
inim’s party surprised the camp of Leschi and rout
ed them killing several. One chief and eight others
were killed that are known of. Leschi’s torco is es
timated at from one houndred and fifty to two hun
dred warriors. Pat. Kainiin is bound to keep the
field aud follow up Leschi
Later from Salt Lake. —By the arrival of tho
Sea Bird, tho San Francisco papers have dales from
Sait Lake City to 30th Jauuary.
The Eastern mail from Independence, which left
on the Ist January, not being able to got over the
Big Mountain, returned to the city on tho 4th. That
was anticipated at the time the party started out,
but they were sanguine that if any men could make
their way through the snow and get over the Was
atch range of mountains, they could ; they succeed
ed, however, in getting up the mountain one mile,
at which point the snow was five feet deep in the
track made by T. 8. Williams A*. Co.’s train, aud
considering it impracticable and even dangerous
to proceeed further, they reluctantly turned about
on the morning of the 3d { and with difficulty re
traced their track to the Birch Springs on that day
—snowing all the time there, though it was the most
clear uud pleasant days in the Vulley they had this
wiuter.
Cedar City is improving rapidly, and the settle
ments oil the Los Vegan arc enjoying health aud
plenty, while in some parts of the Territory cattle
are dyingof starvation on account of the very severe
winter.
The News publishes a letter from one of tho El
ders at Los \ egas, dated December 10, in which is
enclosed a specimen of cotton. It says : The cotton
was planted on tho Ist of July and gathered on the
Ist of November. This in a fair indication that any
reauirod staple aud quality can be raised in (his lo
cality. The settlers are quite spirited in planting
peach stones and other fruit seeds, ami are making
aiTagcmcnts to procure grape cuttings, fig trees,
etc., frow Lower California, and there is no doubt
but our soil and climate will prove well adapted to
raising almost every desirable variety of the product
of the warm climes.”
The News says ‘‘the winter has been very hard
upon stock, and many cattle have died from cold
and tho want of feed lu this and the counties North,
in spite of the pains that have beeu taken to save
them.”
The legislature adjourned on the 21st of January
after a session of forty days. The Supreme Court
had adjourned previously for the want of business,
there being only one case on docket.
A mass meeting was held on the evening of the
9th of Jauuary at Fillmore City, to take into consid
eration the propriety of establishing a daily express
line of stages from the Missouri river to California,
via Salt Like City, Gov. Young presided, and ablo
speeches were made by several members of the Le
gislature and the different officers of the Territory
m favor of the measure.
From the Ist of November, 1865, to the 18th of
January, 1856, there had fallen at Fillmore thirteen
snows, 'making a total depth over the ground of two
feet eight inches.
The mail carrier reports that great quantities of
snow had fallen all along the route, and for two
hundred miles was from two feet to thirty inches in
depth.
Further Nkv/s from China.— We have -qr
ceived by mail, files of the North China Herald to
the Bth December, from which wo make the follow
ing extracts :
The Herald, in a long article, reviewing the revo
lution, says ; We find, then, that tho provinces of
Hoo-nan, Hoo-pih, Keang-soo, Keang-se, Kwang
tung, Kwang-se and Ghan-hwui have been literally
oveiruu with rebels. Kwei-chow and Yun-nau
provinces have also been much troubled—the coasts
of Shau-tuug. Pih-chih-le, Che-Keang and Fub keen
have been blockaded by pirutical squadrons, which
may have some connection with tho revolutionists
that pervade China ; and the great highway of
commerce, the Yang tsze-keang, has been like a
road on which tho bridges are broken.
There is scarcely one of the Generals of the Im
perial forces that has not been degraded, for cow
ardice, mismanagement, or perhaps misfortune.—
The richest province* of the Empire have been
draiued of their resources to pay troops fortheir own
protection. The Imperial treasury must be badly
supplied, if not almost exhausted. The Rebels hold
the ancient capital of the Empire and the key of the
Grand Cana!, Chinkeang-'foo. one of the greatest
strongholds of China. They have the capital qf
Hoo-pih, with the adjoiuing one of Hanyang, while
11 an-know, the greatest commercial town of the
Empire, has been almost entirely destroyed in the
endeavors of the Imperials to retake it. These
three places are in the very heart of the Empire, and
command its main arteries of commerce.
It is impossible to ascertain exactly the amount of
j force under command of the rebel leaders. There
are the garrisonh of Nan-king, Chin keang, Lew
i ohow, Woo-chang, and Han yang—last summer
there were 50,000 men in the neighDorh<K>d of Fu
yang in Ho-nan, and a large force is stationed near
Yeh-guan in Hoo-pih—there is a large force near
the Po-yang Lake holding several places : then, an
-1 other force holds Keigh-gnan foo in Keangse. The
Peking Gazette makes out that in 1854 no less
! than 138 000 were killed in battle, not including
i ‘‘heaps of slam/’ "countless multitudes,” “miles of
! dead,” “the wholo exterminated,” dtc., but merely
taking the actual numbers given, and tho above re
! suit is arrived at.
In the addition to the adherents of T hae-pmg
waugwe must put iu array againet the Government
the rebels in Kwaug-tung*ana Kwangse, for that
revolution is by no means at an ena. There is a
force under Ho A luk in Hoo-uan—Chum Hing-long,
Cum-hoy, Le-mun Mow, aud Ho-ehang Lung (the
Triad Priests) who have yet their followers on tho
borders of Rwaug-tung, and defy the Imperial for
ces. But the mandarins have not only these to fear.
Thev have commenced a war of extermination,
which shows how wide spread the revolt in Kwang
tung must have been.
Central American Affairs.
Tbe New Orleans Delta, of the 15th places email
reliance in the report of the decisive victory of the
Costa Ricans over CoL Bchlessikger and hia
troops, and thinks the statement is greatly exaggera
ted :
A correspondent of the Panama Star gives the
following account of the affair, which of course inner
be taken cum srano dcductioni* .- *'Ai a Question
of militarv training and tactics, the skirmisn which
took place in the hacienda of San Rosa between
400 American and 500 Costa Rican troops (accord
ing to the official reports - presents a feature entire
ly new in the historv of warlike enterprises between
the Anglo-Saxon and South American races. We
are tola the former were intrenched behind stone
fences, on an elevated and excellent military posi
tion. Notwithstanding, with forces nearly equal,
the Costa RicaDs just taken from the plough, ap
proach the position, recognise their enemies, fire
one volley. leap the wails—and. with knife and ba
ronet, put to the sword all they encountered, de
crease or take prisoners the rest, and c'cstuneafaire
jinic —singing with victory with only a lose of 16
tilled and 2o wounded. The contrast between the
militarv exploits of the race at Cerro Gordo and
other places in Mexico against a fearful odds, pre
senter here a sad contrast, and accordingly, mom
information, ‘which, though not official, can be en
tirely relied upon,’ we find that W&.ker s party nad
allowed themselves to be completely surprised
; their scouts had been taken and maae to confess,
and the dead which strewed the field are the vic
tims of a bad cause, it is true, but also of a most
: culpable want of vigilance and discipline in the
commanding officer.”
Mztaitie Race Course—New Orlens —Fouth
j DaT— Upon the opening of the entry box on Thure
; dav, there was but one entry for the parse ofsßo<\
j four mile heats, vix : Pryor. This being, in tors
parlance, ‘ a walk over, it should become a matter
of record, thus: ,
Frvinv . April 11—Purse *«00 -four mile beats—
entrance 10 per cent, added.
CoL A. L. Bingaman s (R. Ten Broeck's)
cfa. c. Pryor, by imp. Glencoe, out of
Gypsy, owr sister of Medoc, by Ameri
can £slipse—3 years old walked ever.
Mr. Sterling Evans, one of the moet valuable
j (miens of Tbomaxviiie. died Thmeday niaht, the
; Oth instant. at the advanced age of ssvwnry-three
vmm
Acceptance of Dvaebsa.
Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1866.
To Hoic. Andrew J.Donrlson.
Sir : The National Convention in this city, har
ing unanimously chosen you as their candidate
for the Vice Pret-idcncy ol the United States in
the approaching election, have appointed the under
signed a committee to make known to you officially
tins proceeding, and to ask your acceptance of the
position they have assigned to you.
lii the discharge of this duly. tLe undersigned
are happy to avail themselves of the opportunity it
affords them, to express their personal gratification
in the choice made by the Convention, and to con
gratulate you upon a result no less honorable to
yourself than suspicions to the welfare of the coun
try.
With the Highest consideration, we have the hon
or, to be, very respectfully, your obedient servants,
Alex. H. FI. Stuart. of Virginia,
Andrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania,
Erastcs Brook*. of New York,
E B. Bartlett, of Keutucky,
\Vm. J. Eames, of Massachusetts,
Ephraim Marsh, of New Jersy.
Tcur Grove, sear Nashville, )
Mar ch 30, 1566. \
Gentlemen: I did not receive until yesterday
your official note of the 26th of February last, in
forming me* of my nomination to the officer of Vice
President by the American party, and asking my ac
ceptance of the same.
For the flattering terms in winch you have com
municated this proceeding I beg leave to offer you
my sincere thanks. I accept the position assigned
me by the American party, with a just sense, I trust,
of the responsibility belonging to iL I attended the
convention with no expectation that such an honor
awaited me, and if my owu feelings and wishes
could have been consulted, it would have fallen up
on some other member of the American party, in
whose ranks are so many distinguished individuals,
better known to the country, and better prepared,
by experience for the high duties of the station,
should the voice of the people be iu accord with that
of which you are the organ on this occasion. But
acting upon the maxim left us by the great men of
the earlier days of our republic, that public office
should be neither sought nor declined, I yield to the
judgment of those who have thought that my name
might be of service in advancing the important ob
jects which constitute the American party.
Our loading idea is that the two old parties,.Dem
ocratic aud Whigs, have ceased to exert their former
healthful influence in the management of the public
interest, an that, without the intervention of reforms
which they can never effect, the beloved Constitu
tion and Union, bequeathed to us by our forefathers,
will not long be preserved.
For the most of the evils with which wo are threa
tened at the present period, the administration of
President Pierce is evidently responsible ; but in
stead of finding his party engaged in the prosecu
tion of measures to avert the dangers he has brought
upon the land, we see it more active than ever in
scattering the seeds of sectional strife and sociul an
archy. .
\Y nen Gen. Jackson came into the Presidency, ho
acknowledged in his inaugural address the obliga
tion of the Executive to restrain the patronage of
the Federal Government, ho that it should not bo
brought into conflict with the freedom of elections.
But modern Democracy stands in direct antagonism
to this obligation. There is scarcely an election pre
cinct iu the United States which has not witnessed
the most shameful interference with elections by the
agents of the Federal Government acting in the
name of Democracy.
In former times* when parties were created by
patriotic and national sentiment upon measures of
general interest to the whole country, wo never
heard that a measure could be declared Democratic
in one place, and not Democratic in another, by
leading men professing to belong to this party. Yet
we see this enormity exhibited daily by the party
press in the pay of the present Executive.
The necessary result of such corruption, if not
successfully opposed, must be to destroy all political
morality, and to continue power in unfaithful and
incompetent hands by the mere influence of the
money derived from the taxes which are paid by the
people for far different purposes. It is undeniable
that the antagonism now prevailing between the
North and the South, attributable to the
political artifice which has enabled mop holding di
rectly opposite opinions on the power of Congress
over the institution of slavery in the Territories, but
yet professing to belong to the same Democratic
party. The Nebraska-Kansas act is constantly
called by one portion of Democrats, a law which
will prevent the extension of slavery so the Terri
tories, and by another portion, a law which will en
able the South to carry slavery to the Territories,
by the same fallacy, secession, nullification, aboli
tion, and ail other isms, have found a shelter under
the flag of Democracy, explained as it is by modem
interpreters.
In former times, also, our beet patriots without
distinction of party, spoke of the necessity of guard
ing the ballet-box from the dangers-of foreign influ
ence, and of keeping separate the Church and State;
aud of the advantage to be .derived from a frequent
recurrence to the early advice of our fathers, which
inculcated a reverence for the compacts of the Con
stitution, and the abstinence from watever tended to
form geographical parties or array one section of the
Union against another. Now, however, the whole
power o? the Federal Government is brought to
bear against any individual who has the indpend
encc to declare his attachment to those old fashioned
sentiments. Whole classes of menstaud proscribed
and ostracised for no further offence than that of
joining an*asaociation which seeks only to correct
the excesses of party spirit, ami to restore the go
vernment to the purity it possessed when we re
ceived it from the nanda of those sages who founded
ami reformed it.
Looking, gentlemen, uj>o» the American party as
destined to eradicate the evils to which I have Thus
briefly adverted, I am proud to be called ouo of its
members, and can only regret that in selecting its
flag-bearers, the choice for the Vico President had
not fallen upon one who could bring to the cause
higher guarantees for its success than can be drawn
from tho humble services I have heretofore render
ed my country.
Thanking you again for the kind manner in which
you have expressed your personal gratification ut
the nominations, 1 subscribe myself,
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv't,
A. J. Donelson.
To Messrs. Alex. H. 11. Stuart, of Virginia : An
drew Stewart, of Pennsylvania ; Erast us Brooks, of
New York , E. 11. Bartlett, of Kentucky ; Win. J.
Eamcs, of Massachusetts , Ephraim Marsh, of New
Jersey.
The War Between Nicaragua aud Costa Rico.
Captain Bujsh nell, a passenger by the steamer
George Law, to New York, gives the following
statement of the defeat of n portion of Walker's
army:
I left Virgin Bay on Wednesday, March 2br, the
reports at Virgin Ilnv, when I left, were that Col.
Rcnlessinger, with two hundred and fifty men, was
met 1 about sixteen miles from Guana Caste, bv
from eight hundred to one thousand Costa Ricans ;
and being surprised, he was routed, but soon gained
a position which he was confident he could hold un
til reinforced from Walker’s army, which was about
seventy miles distant. His reported loss, including
the missing, was about sixty. Walker has from
J ,000 lo 1,200 men with whom to reinforce Schles
singer, leaving Col. Piper iu command of the forces
at Granada. Walker’s annv is composed entirely
of Americans, each one of whom is considered equal
to three Costa Ricans.
The military Government of Walker has moved
from Granada to Rivas. This was done on the24th
March.
During the sickness of General Walker, the Bish
op of Granada ordered prayer to be offered iri the
cathedral for his restoration; and on the death of
Geo. H. Hutchins, a citizen of New York, the Epis
copal service was allowed to be read iu the cathe
dral of Granada. The people, as a general thing,
are favorable to Walker.
The following documents we translate from the
official papers of San Jose.
Republic of Costa Rica, )
Headquarters, Liberia, March2o, 1856. $
To His Excellency, President of the Republic :
Your Excellency— l have thp honor to inform
you that, at 4 o’clock this afternoon, I met with and
routed completely 400 filibusters, which had taken
possession of this hacienda, and had established
themselves behind tho many stone fences which
exist hero.
Our army fought with so much valor and deter
mination that the attack did not last over fourteen
minutes.
We have to mourn over the loss of five or six ex
cellent officers and various soldiers. As soon as
tranquility is restored, I shall communicate to your
Excellency tho detail of this glorious action, as well
a* the conduct of tho officers, who have most distin
guished themselves. J have the honor to subscribe
myself, your very obedient servant,
Jose Joaquin Mora.
r. 8. I am at present occupied in the pursuit of the
filibusters, so that no one may escape. As this place
does not offer either convenience or water, I intend
lo march the troops back to Pelon at 10 o’clock to
morrow morning.
Headquarters, Liberia, March 21.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of Coeia
Rica to the Minister of War :
Sir —It is four o'clock of the afternoon, but no de
tailed account has arrived of the triumph qf our arms
against those foreign invaders, and to which the ad
joined communications refer. The assault of tho
hacieuda of Santa Rosa, a spieudid military position,
elevated and surrounded by walla of stone in all its
extent, has been glorious for our army. Such opin
ion I form from information which, though not offi
cial, can be relied upon. The attack was rapid and
instantaneous —tho soldiers throwing themselves up
on the filibusters, who took refuge in tho houses and
between tho stoua fence*; one di*c2arge of firearms,
and then tlie bayonets in close combat. Fourteen
minntee had scarcely passed when the enemy. 400 in
number, were flying to tho surrounding woods, ter
rified, without ammunition, almost dead of thirst,
with no hopes of finding any water to quench their
thirst within a league’s distance, and that toward the
direction occupied by our forces—lost and pursued
by our valiant soldies, whose only thiret was to de
stroy the enemy entirely. The field is stiwd with
the Send ; others are wandering through the forest;
twelve have beeu taken prisoners ; on all sides they
are surrounded and searched for by the 600 Costa
Ricans who entered into action, united with parts of
other divisions which have arrived.
Such is the glorious result which the bravo defen
ders of Central America have obtained. In compa
rison with the groat physical and moral result of this
victory, our loss has neen small—some sixteen killed
and wounded—alas! though sorrowful.
The honorable, valiant, and loyal CaDtain Jose
Maria Gutierez, and Captain Manuel Qriroe, and
Lieut*. Justo Castro and Manuel Rojos, met a glo- j
rioua death, as well as twelve soldiers, whose names
are not yet known.
In celebrating this triumph, in which all, offi
cers and soldiers,, have given innumerable proofs
of valor, I cannot but mourn the Ices of so many
braves.
Be pleased to make this known to their families. ;
It is some consolation, under such affliction, to
know that they have deserved well of their country
as well as merited the teal's and admiration of their
worthy chief and companions. May God preserve
you! Rafael Mora.
Private iettere state that the President and his ar
my embarked at Punta Arenas. Before his depart
ure, the foreign residents gave him a public en
tertainment. The troops were in the highest spirits
and well armed. Cons durable disappointment was
felt on account of Guatemala not evincing more en
ergy in coining to the aid of Costa Rica.
All kinds of rumors were current, and it was dif
ficult U> arrive at tie truth.
An express that arrived in Paula Arenas on the
26th, states that ninety of Walker’s men were found
dead, and others are supposed to have perished in
the woods. Nineteen prisoners were tri€*i by court
martial and shot.
Gen. Walker was recovering from a severe tick*
ness tuat had confined him to his quarters for three
days. El Srcara&icnM* of the 22d ult., alludee in
the following manner to the war:
The latest news from the army of invasion against
Costa Rica, under Col. informs us of
the unsuccessful advance of the troops beyond Ta
pao. No sign of resistance had been manifested,
and no difficulty was apprehended in the re-capture
of Guanacoete* The army of Costa Rica has con
tinued to retreat into the interior of that State ever
since the forces of Nicaragua made their appear
ance. The forces under Colonel Schleseinger are in
the enjoyment of remarkable health and fee! confi
dent of * victorv They are all mounted on good
horses captured from the enemv. The movements
of the army of invasion depend so much -upon cir
cumstances that it is impossible to conjecture where
they will proceed from Guanacaote. Reinforcements
will soon be forwarded, and it is intimated that the
Commander-in-chief will soon take the field in per
son.
Prolific Neighborhood—The Greenville (S.
C.i Patriot has the following: We conld mention a
half-dozen instances known to us in Pickens, where
a mother has fifteen or twenty children. But
Greenville, in the person of John Bates, Sr, can
beat all this. He r.as commenced, as our friend P.
E. Duncan once said in a stump speech, his third
dozeD of children. One wife bore him twenty-four,
and all living ; she then died, and the old man took
to himself a second wife, who had, s -me years ago,
given birth to three more. How many since we
know not.
A Pom Item.—Seven bogs were sold in Cincin
nati last week, whose weight is put down as foDows:
775,749, 742. 500. 593, 805. 790. Total, 4.923 lbs
Average weight 703 lbs. The price paid was $8 per
•wt. | goes
The Chinese Coolie*.
! The following communication (eavs the New York
| Courier «$• Enquirer) is from a gentleman, who as
} an accredited agent of the United States, resided
j about twenty years nt Singapore, and at other ports
j of the East. Ilia remarks, therefore, are based up
on facts ?
To the Editor* of the Courier 4- Enquirer:
With reference to the matter of Chinese Coolies,
about which the attention of the public is called to,
and even that of Congress, I beg to present the fol
lowing observations. Loping that they may throw
such light on the subject as may assist in bringing
a better understanding of the bearing which that
trade has upon the emigrating Chinese thent elves,
and as an inhuman traffic, as it is too often repre
sented.
To ail acquainted with China, the redundancy in
population of that Empire must be familiar. They
cannot tail to know, even if the home fireside of the
' United States has neve r been left, that thousands of
! infants arc yearly abandoned by their parents, who
profess to have no means to provide them with food
—are absolutely thrown away beyond the walls of
i their cities into the nearest water tank, or the swamp
or rice field at hand, there to be devoured by dogs,
hogs, or any other hungry animal, while yet alive,
or after their sufferings are ended. This ia a sober
truth, well known to every European residing in
China: the evils of which are as much relieved by
our residing missionaries as their means of snatch
ing from death those innocent little creatures will
permit. Too happy are the mothers in availing of
an opportunity to place them under the fostering
care of an European, for they are sure that their
offspring will be cored for. More thun once, whilst
the writer has been on several visits those admira
ble women, the Sisters of Charity, at Macoa. he has
witnessed the bringing in to them of little children,
of both sexes, which they have received with affec
tionate‘tenderness, and "deposited with a host of
other similar ones, in the nursery, to be brought up,
educated, made useful, aud placed in respectable
families as servants.
Such a state of things must be understood, bofore
the principle of the truffle is discussed.
For many years I was a witness to the yearly ar
rival of many of the largest junks at the ’ island of
Singapore, loaded each with hundreds and thousands
of these immigrants, in search of employment, frsui
their native home, China. Those from ’Canton aud
the Southern provinces wer cpauper* and redemp
tioners aud were disposed of to masters in want of
laborers, for eight to ten dollars a head, with an
agreement to do good serv ice for one year, having
food and clothing allowed them for that time. The
other immigrants from the North, known as Chin
chows, were better off", as having paid for their pas
sage they might dispose of themselves without the
intervention of the Nakodab, the super-cargo of the
Junk. These for the most part re embarked for
Banka, where they entered iuto engagements to
work in the Tin mines' for the Dutch Government,
on a stipulated rate of monthly wages. Others
spread themselves in the country about Malacca,
where they worked, in obtaining gold, from Mount
Ophir and other neighboring mountains,and in dig
ging for tin ore, from the level ground below, on
their own account, Others again sought the rich
sugar soil ot Quedah, near Penang. Thus the 10,000
5r 12,000 Coolies, who vearlv visited Singapore in
December, January and February, sought for and
obtained a means not only of subsistence but of en
richment.
Neither can it fail to be known that thousands of
adults of both seajes d;e annually in the empire of
starvation, or of diseases brought on by want of
food, or by improper aliments nicked up in the
road side, streets, or open fields. This state of
things existed for years before Europeans entered
iuto it.
At last the nec<*ssitie« of the planters of the Mauri
tius and of Bourbon turned their attention to ob
taining Coolies, first from Singapore, and next from
Chinn direct. Then the trade became more exten
sive, as a large field offered in Chili and Peru ; and
finally on that side, to the G uano Islands. More re
cently they have been brought nearer to our shores,
and this it is that seems to have given rise to the
excitement which promiee to disturb the equanimi
ty of n certain class of people ever on the watch to
discover evil in most of the peaceful walks of life.
The writer has been in China since the extension
of the Coolie trade of transportation. He never has
had uuy interest in it whatever, but as a traveller,
observant of all around him, he has informed him
self in tho details of procuring ship-loads of them,
from parties who had no interest whatever in mis
representing the facts, which he the more readily
believed, ns they agreed with what he had heal'd be
fore from respectable sources in Singapore.
So greatly does the want of subsistence press up
on the lower classes in China, that as soon us a junk
or ship is laid in the berth for passengers, as it is
technically termed bv sen faring people, than a
crowd of men immediately rush towards her, nil
anxious to avail themselves of the opportunity to
better their fortune by removing, in very truth, to
parts unknown to themselves. To get away is the
domineering impulse.
Nothing is more common thau to sec a passenger
who has been rejected once, twice, or thrice, on ac
count of bodily infirmity, make new efforts, by a
small disguise in the shreds that cover his person, to
obtain admittance on board of the same vessel, or of
some other. But of late years the business has fall
en into the hands of respectable parties, who enter
into regular contracts with ship owners, or other
parties, to deliver them on board a stipulated num
ber of able bodied men, for which so much is paid
per head. These agents employ sub-agents, whose
business it is to visit tho neighborhood, ami to en
gage the number of men required, to whom they
make a cash advance of five, ten, or more dollars,
with an additional agreement fortheir yearly salary
hereafter. On reaching the ship they are inspected
by a surgeon, and the sound ones are passed, whilst
the iuflriu are turned away.
That among the number there are not wanting
those who repent of their bargain and try to get
away, more especially with their advance money iu
their hands, will not be disputed by any one ac
quainted with the lower class of Chinese.' But that
any force is employed by Europeans or their agt nts,
cannot be admitted by anyone who has a practical
knowledge of that people,’ who are the last to sub
mit, iu their own country, to any attempt at vio
lence or forco from a foreign barbarian.
As to the treatment they receive in the passage,
your correspondent has no personal knowledge. But
ns it has required the strenuous efforts of the Ameri
can and British Legislations to enforce decent treat
ment on board of passenger ships, it cannot be mat
ter of surprise, though certainly of deep regret, if
abusive treatment is dealt out to a class of helpless
people, under a despot.
But the main thing to look at is, if, notwithstand
ing this evil, the Chinese are not better off in their
new home, than starving and oppressed by supe
riors at home.
Yours, very truly, J B
April 10, 1856.
Fearful Scene with Coolies.
The following letter to the London Shipping Ga
zette describes a novel and terrifying scene on
ship-board :
St. Helena, Jan. 29. —Bark Samuel Enderby.
—To the Editor of the Shipping and Mercantile Ga
zette—Sir :—May I beg the insertion of this letter
in your paper, as a warning to those engaged in the
Chinese emigrant or Coolie trade, especially as the
trade is likely to increase, and more especially that
I had always entertained the fallacious opinion that
the cuttings off and risings of the coolies were occa
sioned by ill-treatment ot officers or crew. The se
quel will prove the contrary. Wc sailed from Ma
cao on the 24th November, 1865, for Havana, with
200 Chinese coolies onboard. On the 9th Decem
ber, cleared the Straits of Sunda, after which we had
two days light winds and calms, with the laud of .Ja
va insight. On the 12th, at about 4 P. M., to our
astonishment, they all at one© made a rush aft,
yelling and howling hideously, and armed with
everything they eould lay their hands on, viz: the
axes used for cutting their fire wood, the choppers,
knives, and cleavers used for their cooking appara
tus pieces of pointed bamboo, pump brakes, belay
ing pins, &.C.. some of them rushing into the house
where the crew lived, at both side doors, cutting at
them in all directions, and wounding three of them,
the rest of them coming aft. We had barely time
to get out the muskets before they would have over
powered us, and then the oowardly villains retreat
ed,and ran down the ’tween decks.
Providentially the beams overhead in the house
on deck caught their axes, or some of our people
would have their skulls cleft in twain : ns it was one
of tho axes glanced off and wounded J. Jennings in
the shoulder, and directly the villian found he had
missed his aim he ran away. We managed to secure
and put in irons two of the ringleaders, and punish
ed them the next day. One of these fellows was ob
served, just before they attacked us, to throw a lot
of cash (Chinees copper money) aft, and then, throw
ing up his arms, commenced the first yells. As a
proof of their treacherous and catlike disposition
they had not given us the least sign of insubordina
tion previously; on the contrary, they appeared to
be remarkably contented and happy. As for their
living they had beef, pork, and suit fish served out
alternately, pickles, all the rice and bread they wish
ed for, and one gallon of water each per day.—
Again, at the commencement of the voyage, I mus
tored the crew, and warmed them strenoubly of tho
necessity of non-interference with them ; so that
they had no just cause of complaint whatever. Af
ter this we had to keep part of the crew always on
guard with loaded muskets, for I dare not close the
hatchways, fearing suffocation. Eevery vessel in
the trade ought to have strong iron bars across the
hatchways, so ns onlv to have one passage up aud
down to the ’tween decks, and that ought to be fit
ted so as to lock in case of need, while the crew are
reefing, &e., besides, part of the coolies might then
be allowed on deck at one time, relieving them eve
ry four hours.
I am, Sir yours obediently, John 11. Laws.
Bark Samuel Enderby.
llesiKUdiou of Life nnd Properly in Ohio by
the Tornado.
In the* vicinity ot Alliance, Stark county, Ohio,
the gale on Saturday night, the 12th inst., was felt
with terrible force. ’ Its track extended along the
line of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, from
ten rnilea south of Alliance to two miles north of
that place, and along it, fences and trees were scat
tered.
Near Alliance a barn was blown to pieces, aud
six cattle killed—the man in the bam escaping un
hurt.
In Alliance a church and fifteen houses were de
stroyed. The Exchange was full of travellers
when the roof was blown off, and none of them were
hurt.
In the “Ely Block," four brick buildings, the ends
were blown down, the chimney and rafters passing
through a room where a family were sitting, but
none of the party was injured. A farmer, who had
sought shelter beside the building, was crushed un
do' the walla, and instantly ki.iea. The grief of his
wife and family, who were near, waa agonizing.—
Another man was fatally injured.
A large new frame building, all the property of
two enterprising young men was literally tom to
pieces.
At Damascus, on the Ohio and Pennsylvania
Road, a man was killed ; and uot less than & trees
were clown upon the track between Salem and Al
liance.
Upon the Cleveland and Zanesville Road, be
tween Millersburgh and Akron, a tree fell across
the train, disconnecting the cars, and at the same
time trees fell at either end of the train, fairly hem
ming it in.
A freight train stauding on the track at Alliance,
was blown down the track, aud off a switch, as
though propelled by a poweiful engine.
The Alliance Ledger states that the damage to
property in Alliance is estimated at from $15,000 to
$20,000.
The bouse of Mr. Hay buret took fire, and while
the family were trying to put it out, the house blew
down, severely injuring Mr. H.’s two daughters and
a colored man—the latter supposed fatally. Other
farms in the neighborhood suffered severely.
At Mt. Union, the Methodist Church was un
roofed and several bulldiDgs injured. No pereona
injured.
At Salem, some damage was done and two per
sons injured, but not dangerously. At Rochester,
Bayard, Winchester and Moultrie, much damage
done to dwellings, bams and fruit trees. At Da
mascus, the Quaker meeting house and other build
ings destroyed. New Chambersburg, Columbiana
county, reported a mass of ruins. Fifteen persons
killed or wounded. Account probably exaggerated.
At Old Enon, Pa., damages reported heavy, aud
several lives lost. Considerable property destroyed
in Allegheny City.
The Tojlrado ir Lancaster,
tio.w of a Bridge ard several Factories
The terrific gale which was reported as having visi
ted Philadelphia on the night of the 12th inct., was
also severely felt in Lancaster countv ana city.
•The York county bridge,just finished across the
Susquehanna river at a cost of $50,000. we hear is
all gone, and nothing left but the piers to mark the
spot where this noble structure once stood.
The large marble establishment of C. M Howell,
Esq., was entirely demolished. Building, monu
ments, mantels and tomb-stones all mixed together,
present one mass of ruins. His loss is $2500.
The sheepskin factory of Mr. Jacob Helb, oppo
site the Lancaster County Prison is entirely de
stroyed. The Lancaster Locomotive Works have
sustained a loss of one thousand dollars, part of
the roof of their casting house having blown off
ai well as other damage being done to the establish
ment
The portion of the steeple of the First Presbyte
rian Church, built of wood, was entirely lifted from
its foundation, and is in each a situation that it will
a&ve to be taken down, or serious consequences
nay follow.
Tbs buildings of tie CYnrinnari Gazette wvrs
partially destroyed by fire on Saturday evening last.
Loss covered by imuranwA-
B Y TELEGRAPH.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE STEAMVJt
AF RI CA .
The steamer Africa Las arrived* bringing three
days later news from Europe.
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, April 6.—Cotton—The market has
advanced $ to jd.—Ordinary has advanced 1-16 to
Jd. Sales during (he week 67.000 bales, of which
speculators took 14,000 and exporters 3,000 bales.
Middling Orleans 6d.; Middling Uplands Fair
Uplands 61 d. Stock on hand 410,000 bales.
Wo subjoin the quotations current on the 28th ult.
and the sth inst.
March 28. April 6.
Fair Orleans Gsd —d.
Middling Orleans. sjd 6d.
Fair Uptauds 6jd 6|d.
Middling Uplauds 6 13-J6d s|d.
The Liverpool Breadstuff's Market was quiet at
345. per bbl. of 196 lbs. for Western Canal, and 36a.
lor Ohio. Corn was steady at 30s. per 480 lbs. for
Mixed.
Provisions were quiet.
The advices from Manchester wore more fa
vorable.
Consols closed at 93 j. Tho bulliou in the Bank
of England has decreased £75,000 Sterling.
The Havre Cotton Market.—Advices from
Havre dated the evening of the Ist instant, s-ays
that the daily sales of Cotton averaged 10(h) bales,
and that Ties Ordinaire Orleans was quoted at
92 ft's.
Trade is more active aud money plsntier at pre
vious rates.
Political.
The political news is unimportaut.
The Peace Conference is still sitting, dis. ussing
the minor details.
The news of the peace was favorably received at
St. Petersburg.
A vessel arrived in England from Newfoundland,
reports having seen a steamer’s lights in the ice on
the Grand Banks.
An American squadron was cruising on the coast
of Spain.
The report that lights had been seen in the ice off
New Foundland, is regarded a humbug, ho far as
the Pacific is concerned.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
New Orleans, April 22.—8 y the arrival of tho
steamer Charles Morgan, we have later dates from
Nicaragua. Schlessinger’s defeat is confirmed, and
a court martial has been ordered to try him for
treason aud cowardice. Ninety of his men are mis
sing.
Another slight engagement has accurred in which
the Nicaraguans were victorious.
ulker heads 700 men to meet the enemy.
New York Market.
Saturday, April 19.—Cotton is active aud firm.
Suit s to-day 5000 bales. Middling Uplands 11$ to
HI cents. Flour has advanced ].
to-day is good aud prices stiffeng. Good middling
is quoted at 11$ cents. The sales amount to 1500
bales at 10$ «' 11 so.
Now Orleans Market.
Monday, April 21.—Sales of Cotton to-day, 900
boles. Middling 10| to 10$c. Nothing doing in
Freights.
('linrleston Market.
Tuesday, April 22,1 p. m.—Cotton—The market
is rather quiet to-day, but firm. Sales 1100 bales nt
s>i®nj<k "
Aililiriotial by the Africa.
The Conference.—The Peace Conference, it
is said, will remain in session until tho 9th of
April.
An Imperial manifesto, published at St. Peters
burg on the Ist inst., says that the rights of the
Christians in the Fast have been secured, and the
object of the war has been attained.
The Crimea.—The health of the French army in
the Crimea was improving. The army would return
to France in bodies of 50,000 each. Their return
will probably occupy until next October.
Black Sea.—Special arrangements had been
made to prevent a collision between the Russian and :
Turkish flee® in the Black .Sea.
Russia.—A letter from Cronstadt says a squad
ron of five steamers had been ordered to be prepar
ed by May. It is beleived that they are intended to
convey the Czar and one of his brothers on a visit
to France.
Spain.— The Spanish Government had conferred
the order of the Golden Fleece on the newly born
French Prince.
Italy.— Parma Modena and Tuscany were In
alarming state of fermentation,
England.— The British Baltic squadron had been
recalled.
Sardinia.— Vessels were about sailing from Go
noa, to bring the Sardinian troops home.
Austria.— The Austrian unny had been further
reduced 30,000 men.
Turkey.—A new line of frontier lmd been agreed
upon fin*Bessarabia.
A new of frontier had been agreed upon in Bes
sarabia.
The authorized quotations of the Liverpool Board
of Brokers were 6sd. for Fair Orleans, 6fd. for Fair
Uploads, and 6gd. for Fair Mobile. The L : verpool
Circular of McHenry & Co., dated the ith instant,
quotes Middling Orleans at 6 1-l Cd.
Rev: York , April 19.—The steamer Washington
sailed hence to-day, at noon, with 170 passengers
and $160,000 in specie, for Bremen, via Southamp
ton.
York, April 19.—The schooner Learsville,
from Trinidad, brings a cargo of old guns raised by
a submarine Diving Company from the wrecks of
Spanish war vessels sunk near that place in 1777.
Advices from Balya, Brazils, to March 19th, state
that the yellow fever prevailed to some extent at
that port.
Cincinnati, April 19, room.—Flour 85.00 a $5.75;
provisions firm; mess pork $15.25 a 515.50; bulk
meats 6a 7 : whiskey 19 a 191; groceries uuchang
ed. River risen 8 inches ; weather cloudy and cool.
Aea* Orleans , April 18.—In the three mile race
to-day on the Union course, Pryor beat the celebra
ted Lecomte. The latter had previously been beat
en by the same rival over the Pharsalia course, at
Natchez.
'Chicago, April 17.—Lake Michigan is aboutcle&r
of ice. Steamers commenced daily trips between
Chreago and Milwaukee on Tuesday last.
Toronto, April 18.—In Parliament yesterday
morning, the permanent seat of Government was
fixed at Quebec.
Stv: York , April 20.—The steam ship Cahawba
has arrived at this port with advices from Havana
to the 15th inst. .Sugars were lively, but had not
advanced in consequence of the stock being very
large Molassetf'wus linn.
Montreal, April 18.—The river has risen very high.
The ice has broken up, but is jammed at Long Point.
Steamers commenced running on Monday from
Brockville to Kingston.
Buffalo, Aprill B.—Commissioner Whallon and
Superintendent Seymour commenced yesterday a
tour of inspection along the line of the Canal from
Buffalo to Albany. They will ascertain its coudi
tion, and fix the time for letting on the water.
Anothek Version of Walker s Battles.—
Mr. Wood, a merchant of Grey town, writes to the
Philadelphia Pennsylvanian, about Col. Schlessin
ger’s defeat nnd says :
General Walker sent forward Col. Schleseinger
with about 280 men, a few days after, to enter the
district of Guanncosta, on or about the 20th of
March. Sixteen miles from Guanacostu, he was
surprised on his rear by the Costa Ricans, and suf
fered a defeat, with a reported loss of 100 missing,
70 of whom have since returned to his camp. He
retreated and made a stand, then despatched a cou
rier to General Walker, saving he could sustain his
position until reinforced. The General immediately
moved his headquarters to the city of Rivas, and is
sued orders for all troops (except those necessary for
the garrison) to concentrate there, when it was his
intention to march in person with a force of not l*-sa
than 500 men, since which time nothing further has
been heard of his movements.
A garrison of 40 men (Walker's troops) are estab
lished at the mouth of the Serlpiqua, to prevent the
Cwsta Ricans from occupying that point, or from in
terfering with the river communication.
It is thought Walker will have over 1,000 men.
OBITUARY.
Another Revolutionary Soldier gone!
Departed this life, in Emanuel county, on the sth inst.,
Mr. DAVID EDENFIELD, in the one hundred aud third
year of his age. He was born in Barnwell District, 80.
Ca., in Qctober, 1753, and entered in the cause of liberty
in 1776. He was in the memorable battle of Fort Moor's
Bluff, under Gen. Clark. He served under Generals
Marion, Clark and Lincoln, and was wounded twice du
ring the Revolution, once with a sword, and once with a
musket ball. He removed to Georgia in 1»15, where he
died on the sth day of April, 1856, leaving a large circle
of friends and relations to mourn his loss. His widow,
whom he married in 1778, survives. Here has gone ono
of the heroes of ’76, —where is another. A Friend.
Died in Jefferson county, Ga., on the 234 February,
1856, Major JOHN M. DOUGLASS, in Ids Fifty-Fifth
year.
He was born in 1801, near Norfolk, Va. ; in Ills 19th
year he moved to Edgefield District, S. C., and there mar
ried In 1823, he moved to Jefferson county, where In
spect a long and useful life, beloved and respected by all
who knew him. No man had a stronger hold on the af
fections of his acquaintances than he had. Ho was gifted
with a strong and discriminating mind, was a vlose ob
server of men, and was considered the model farmer of
Jefferson county. He was a kind husband and father.
He put off the work of Salvation to a late period of life,
yet he turned to God and gave him his heart about three
years ago. He joined the Methodist Church, and from
t hat hour seemed to enjoy much of the love of God. He
was soon appointed Class-leader, and discharged his duty
with ability and zeal. The last time he met his Class he
seemed to be more fervent than usual, and as he return
ed home, he remarked to his wife that he felt it would be
the last time he would ever meet them, and that there
was a solemnity and awe resting on him he never felt be
fore. He was confined to his room the Tuesday follow
ing, and died the Saturday after. For some two days be
fore his death, from the nature of the disease, he was de
prived of speech, and could make no reply to any ques
tion asked; but we feel assured, from his lifo since he
professed religion, that he has passed awav in peace.
C
Died at hie residence in Jefferson ceunty, on the 31st
dav of December last, after a protracted illness, Mr.
LAWBON WILLIAMS, and on the 13th inst.. Mrs.
MARY WILLIAMS, widow of Lawson Williams, leav
ing 6eveu children—four boys and three girls—and each
an aged Mother aud many friends to mourn their loss.
A Friend.
TO MANUFACTURERS AND CAPITALISTS.
r I I IIE valuable COTTON MILL, with 500 acres, more
A or less, of good LAND, owned by the Curtright Man
ufacturing Company, will be sold on the first Tuesday in
JUNE next, at auction, in the town of Grc *-nsboro\ Ga.,
unless previousl y disposed of at private sale.
Said Mill contains 100 Looms, with the necessary Ma
chinery for running the same on Osuaburgs or Shirtings,
and all in first-rate order.
The building Is of Brick, four stories high, with base
ment and attic—-and is situated at Curtright, a pleasant
village on the banLs of the Oconee River, in Greene
county.
The dwellings for managers and operatives, store
houses, school-rooms, Ac., as to number and capacity,
are proportional to the wants of the establishment.
There will also be sold, at the same time and- place,
the valuable Grist apd Flouring Mill, Saw Mill, Dwel
ling Houses, and 365 acres, more or less, of good, arable
land, being and situate on the opposite side of said river,
with the substantial bridge which connects the property.
For particulars apply to
J. CUNNINGHAM Sc CO.,
aplß-wtjel Agents, Greevsboro*. Ga
/lEOUGIA, UGLETHOKPh < Ol > l * .
\JT COURT OF ORDINARY, ABRIL TERM, 1856.
John Wynn, as the Executor of the last will and testa
ment of Lucy J. W. Hudson, deceased, shows to the
Court that he is about closing up the estate and business
of said deceased, and prays this Court that Letters of
Dismission from said estate may be granted to him:
Wherefore it is ordered, that a citation be issued call
ing upon all persons interested to be and appear on or
before the Court of Ordinary, to be held on the first Mon
day in November next, to shew cause, if any they have,
why the said executor should not be discharged from the
administration of 6aid estate.
It is further ordered, That this Rule be published in
the Chronicle A Sentinel at least six months previous to
•aid Court. . _ . r .
A true extract from the Minutes of the Court of Ordi
nary, held April Terra, 1856
April 13.1856. HENRY BRITAIN. Ordinary.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, GA.—Whereas, Andrew
F Whigham and Roger L Whignam. administrators
on the estate of John W. Whigham, late of said county,
deceased, applies to iae for Letters of Dismission :
These are therefore to cite and summon the kindred
and friends of said minor to appear at my office within
tLe time prescribed by law, to show cau«e. if any they
have, why said Letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Louisville.
April 13, 1856. ' NICHOLAS DIEHL. Ord'v.
rit \VO .MONTHS alter date, application will be made
A to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond county, tor
leave to sell the Real Estate Woaglag to me estate of
M. M Campbell, late of said county, deceased.
April 1,1356. JOHN K. JACKSON, Adm’s.
TVOB.TER.—IO casks Byaas’ PORTER, Just received
r taf facial ’ BBTKB * RICHMOND
I COMMERCIAL.
AItrV9TA iUAKKKT.
| Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
| COTTON —ln the fore part of the past week a good
demand prevailed at a very full range of prices. Habse
I 1 queutly, notwithstanding the favorable advices per Dal.
tic aud Africa, our market seems to have been held In
momentary check by several cause*, among which wo
may note the failure of other market* to respond fully to
the recent advance here—the large stock hold by regula r
buy era and speculators, and the desire manifested to r©
soli In this market instead of shipping in the usual course*
Factors, however, under the encouraging prospect of a
further advance abroad, are very firm, and to the oxtout
of the legitimate demand sales are mado at stiff and 1m
{•roving rates, especially for qualities classing Good Mid.
dliog and above, on which, as we havo herotofoi c had
occasion to report, the demand chiefly runs. We quote :
Very Ordinary to Good Ordinary
Low to Strict Middling *. lOFiHOJ
Good Middling - 10$ a> il
Middling Fair IH«
Fair lH®llf
RECEIPTS TO LATEST DATES.
1856. 1855.
New Orleans, April 15 1,525,753 1.007,792
Mobile, April 18 571,135 301,102
Florida, April 11 122,138 106 913
Texas, April 12.. 73.555 37,043
Savannah, April 17 353,986 314,864
Charleston, AprU 17 432.949 391,178
N. Carolina, April 5 19,090 17,549
Virginia, April l 9,463 16,439
3,106,069 2,193,480
Increase 914 589
STOCKS IN SOUTHERN PORTS.
New Orleans. April 15 . 271,391 117,409
Mobile, April 18 85,892 88,902
Florida, April 11 22,247 23,428
Texas. April 12 5,408 5.34 U
Savannah, April 17 47.554 47,613
Charleston, April 17 86,302 52,193
N. Carolina, AprU 5. 650 650
Virginia, AprU 1 510 850
519.954 3:0,385
New York, April 15 67,006 81,982
EXPORTS TO FOREIGN PORTS
To Great Britain 1,376,682 1,044 809
** France 394,969 285 537
“ other Foreign Ports 387.514 166.395
Total Foreign Exports 2,159,165 1,516,761
To Northern IT. S Ports 7«0 «OT 560 04:*
GROCERIES. — Iho transactions in the Urm «r\ uu r*
ket, have been limited during the pa-t week, being cor.
lined principally to the filling of swaU orders. The mar
ket is well stocked, and prices remain generally the
same, except New Orleans Molasses in, which there Is a
slight advance. Iu other lead.ng articles we note no
change and would refer to quotations.
PROVISIONS—Bacon is in bettor demand aud prices
have slightly improved as will be seen by reference to
our quotations. The Flour market continues depressed
and prices are barely sustained. No speculative demand >
GKAlfc.—Corn is also depressed—transactions aio
confined to the demand for immediate consumption. A
large lot worn d not command 53 cents. The demand
for Wheat Is lim. ed and prices deprossed.
EXCHANGE.—Sight Chocks on the North 1 percent
premium.
FREIGHTS.—The River thongh low, U navigated by
the Steamers without difficulty. Freights to Savannah
by Ri\ er 40 coins per halo and 50 cents per bale by
Railroad. To Charleston B*l per bale for Cotton.
Fore gn .Markets.
Extracts of Letters received by the Baltic*
LIVERPOOL, AprU I.—Peace Is at last proclaimed,
aud we may now expect a healthy trade, freed from them
uncertainties which have hitherto restricted commerce,
and limited business.
Food, made abundant by the largo supplies to be de
rived from quarters closed to us during tue war, must bn
materially » heapened, whilo in the Money Market, we
may expect at oneo less stringency, to be followed ero
long by lower rates. Already the Bauk of France has
reduced its rate of interest to 5 per cent., and tho Bank
of England may be expected speedily to take a similar
course, and adopt 6 per cent, as iis charge for discount for
all paper. With Foreign Exchange in our favor, the ef
flux of gold will speedily bo checked, and the bullion
gradually find its way back to this country. These com
bined influences have favorably effected our Cotton mar
ket, but only to a limited extent Peace having boon
looked upon as certain, its having become an established
fact, lias not produced any excitement, but there has
been since yesterday a much better demand aud tho trade
are buying more freely. The lower qualities of Ameri
can being now comparatively much cheaper, havo at
tracted morn attention, and tho downward tendency
which has prevailed for the last four weeks has not only
been arrested, but with a more general enquiry from both
speculators and the trade, prices have advanced id on tho
low sales of last week.
Tho improvement docs not, how over, extend to tho
very common descriptions. Those, on account of their
large leaf and stick, aro still much avoided, aud though
more saleable, do not command higlior rates. In Mid
dling aud better grades tho advance does not exceed i-I6(L
but. where tho staplo U extra good, id. Is, perhaps, to bo
obtained.
'1 he week’s sales np to this evcn'ng aro estimated at
36,000 bales, (of which 12,000 changed hands yesterday.)
Speculators and exporters havo taken about 9,000, and
spinners about 27,000 bales. Tho market closes to day
w itli full prices firmly maintained. The Africa’s advices
of heavy receipts, increasing shipments to Great Britain,
lower prices in New Orleans, but advancing freights had
no effect on our market. A crop of three ami a half mil
lion- is not too large for the wants of the world, aud hero
wo need augmented supplies to save our stock from fall
ing to a very low ebb towards the end of the season.
From Manchester we have received the following tele
graph ; prices demanded by spinners and manufactur
ers very irregular; little disposition evinced by buyers to
pay an advance.”
since the declaration of peace tho upward movement
in tho Funds has been steady and docidod, Consols ad
vancing gradually to 935, at which quotations they close.
—Hermann , Cox »V Co.
LIVERPOOL, March 28.—Tho declaration of peace
has given inoro tone to our Cotton market and prices of
American have advanced '•d. %*' ifi , the sales for tho
three days being 29,000 bales, with 9,500 to exporters and
speculators. There has been a Steady demand for Yarns
and Goods in Manchester, but business has been checked
by the advance asked by holders.
The Corn market continues dull at previous quotations.
— Brown, Shipley Sr Co.
HAVRE, March 31, P M—After the departure of our
last steamer, say on Thursday past, our market became
exceedingly dull, tho Intelligence received from the other
side of the Atlantic, by the America steamer, up to 11th
instant, having checked the dfcmnud, so that the sales
were only 400 hales.
On the following day they amounted to 800 hales, and
on Saturday to 900, at lower prices for Inferior grades,
but without any material change for good descriptions.
Yesterday, .Sunday afternoon, a telegraphic despatch
from Paris announced us the conclusion of peace.
To-day, Monday, the letters brought by the Baltic,
steamer, up to 15th instant, having come to hand yester
day, the demand has been regular, and 1500 bahts havo
been sold at the same prices. No arrival to report.
The transactions in Breadstuff's have continued on a
slender scale. The New-York Flour is worth 4lf 50-ft
4iff, and New-Oiieans 46f 50ft47f •P bbl. The demand
for Wheat has also been dull. The weather is tine but
too dry. ltain would now be very protitable to the fields.
The Alma steamer, tho second of the lido, will leave
our port to New York on tho ad April, and the Arago
steamer on tho 9th. Frights are coming forward in
small quantity. Tho number of emigrants is also re
stricted.
We just learn that the Afri< a has ar?i\ud in Liverpool.
AUGUST A I'KJCKft CUiUtK.IT.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
BAGGING.—Gunny P yard 13* ® IQ
Kentucky yard Oone.
Dundee yard nono.
BACON—Hams pft 10 ft 11
Ames' Sugar Guyed Pto 10 ft IK
Sliuuidera p lb 9 ft 94
Western Sides Plb ft so
Clear Sides, Tennessee lb 104 ft 11
Ribbed Sides ip lb 9 ft 10
Hog Round. :.p lb 9( ft 10
BUTTER.—Goshen P lb 25 ft 115
Country plb 12 ft 16
BRICKS P 1000 0 00 ft 6 50
CliEEJSE.—Northern p tD 14 ft 13
English Dairy plb 13 ft 16
COFFEE.—Rio Ptb 12* ft 14
Laguira Plb 13 ft 14
Java Plb 16* ft 17
DOMESTIC GOODS —Yarns b<) ft ad
4 Shirting P yard 41 ft 6
i Shirting ip yard 6ft 7
1 Shirting y ..p yard Bft <4
5- Shirting p yard 10 ft 134
6- Shirtiug ip yard H ft 144
Cwnaburgs ip yard 91 ft 10
FEATHERS p ft 074 ft 40
FISH —Mackerel, No. 1 ip bbl 20 0u ft2S 00
No. 2 p bbl 11 50 ft 12 00
N 0.3 ...ip bbl 750 ft 600
No. 4 P bbl 550 ft 600
Herrings. P box ft 1 00
FLOUR.—Country ip bbi 800 ft 825
Tennessee bbl 800 ft
Canal ‘P’ bbl 750 ft 900
Baltimore. ip bbl 800 ft 900
Hiram Smith's jp bbl 14 00
City Mills p bbl 825 ft 950
Lenoir’s Extra ip bbl 825 ft 10 00
Denmead's ip bbl 825 ft 10 00
GRAIN.—Cora, with sacks bush 00 ft 05
Wheat, white P bush 1 50 ft
Wheat, red ip bush 1 00 ft 1 23
Oats ip bush 40 ft 50
Rye 4P bush 1 00 ft 1 (£
Peas ip bush 75 ft 85
Coni Meal ip bush Op ft 70
GUNPOWDER.—Dupont'i keg 800 ft 850
Hazard ■p keg 800 ft 850
Blasting ip keg 700 ft —1
IRON.—Swedes... ip Tb $4 ft
English ip to 4 ft 5
laud ip tb 10 ft m
LEAD—Bar ip lb 8 ft 8i
LlME.—Country <r box 125 ft 150
Northern ip bbl 200 ft 225
LUMBER ip 1000 10 00 ft 14 00
MOLASSES.—Cuba. ip gal 36 ft 38
Orleans, old crop P gal ft none.
Orleaus, new crop ip gal 47 ft 50
NAILS ip to 4) ft 5
OlLS.—Sperm, prima ip gal 900 ft 250
Lamp <p gal 110 ft 125
Train -P gal 75 ft 1 00
Linseed ip gal 110 ft 115
Castor ip gal 200 ft 225
RICE ip tb 41 ft 34
ROPE.—Kentucky ip lb 94 ft 10*
Manilla ip $ 17 ip 18
RAISINS f box 350 ft 450
SPlßlTS.—Northern Gin P gai 50 ft 50
Rum ip gal 55 ft 60
N. O. Whiskey P gal 35 ft 40
Peach Brandy 4P gai none.
Apple Brandy ....*rgal nono.
Holland Gin p gal 1 50 ft 1 75
Cognac Rnuidy gal 300 ft 600
SUGARS.—New Orleans ip lb O ft 10
Porto Rico ip » ft ft 10
Muscovado P lb 84 ft 9
Loaf ip ft 12 ft 184
Crashed Pto 114 ft 124
Powdered Pto 114 ft 13
Stuart r Refined A pto U 4 ft Ut
Stuart’s Refined B ip to U ft Hi
Stuart's Refined C pft 104 ft 11
SALT ip boat 00 ft 00
“ V iw:k 1 20 ft 1 30
Blown ip sack 2 25 ft 3 50
SOAP.—Yellow ip to 54 ft 6
SHOT ip bag 225 ft 237
TWINE.—Hemp Bagging plb 22 ft 25
Cotton Wrapping Pto 15 ft 25
It is proper to remark that these arc the current
rates a wholesale, from store—of course, at retail, prices
are a shade higher, and from the Wharf or Depots, in
large quantities a shade lower.
DR. DENNIS'S GEORGIA SARSAPARILLA.
4 PREPARATION made of Sarsaparilla Roots,
Jx. and prepared by J. DENNIS, M. D., August*.
Oa fur diseases of tbe Liver and to purify the blood.-r-
To make this preparation pare, the u«> of Sugar to im
prove tho taste, has been discontinued. Those who pre
fer it sweetened can sweeten it to auit themselves. |t
act 6 generally upon the Bowel* aa a mild Purgative or
Laxative. Its healthy action on the Uver and purifying
effect upon the Blood, make it often a great safe guard
against dheue, and prove it to be the beet Barsaparlla
in use for Physicians and those afflicted with disease, In
which Sarsaparilla is indicated, as the proper remedy, It
is also useful for those recovering from sickness who re
quire a Purgative to act mildly without causing debility
or prf/Stration.
For Children, this is tbe most natural and healthy Pur.
gative that can be given, especially to those troubled with
worms. It causes an increased secretion and passage of
the bile, which acts as an irritant to worms, and prevent*
their accumulation.
Sold in Augusta by GLAIlff, WELLS Sc SPEAR, W.
H 6c J. TURPIN, BARRETT Sc CARTER* HAVI
LAND, RISLEY Sc CO, D B. PLUMB, WM. H.
MUTT, WM HAINES. s;2O-twAw
A UAi.MniKA 1 Oil’s Uj an
order from the Court of Ordinal y of Burke oouuty,
will be sold on tho tir*t Tuesday In JUNE next, before
the Court house door in AmerKus, bum ter county, be
tween the usual hours of sale, one I>ot of Land, No. 8!J (
lying in tbe 2Cth district of originally Lee now gutter
countv, containing 202* acres, more o* I*®*, adjoining
land* of Charlos w. Morgan and others, belonging to tbe
estate of Bailey Carpenter, deceased, late of Burke coun
ty and sold fort he bench* of the helrwof said deceased
Apr.) 20. 18156. C. CARPENTf R, Aaro r.
Jl.l* r mi cm i, h.—Will tie sola
ou tbe drat Tuesday in JUNE next, at tbe Market
House in the town of Louisville. Jefferson county, with
iu tne legal hopra of sale, one tract of Piae Land, con
taining one hundred and »i*ty acres, more or less • Le
vied on as tbe property of Hugh McKee ly, to satisfy three
Justice's Court fl. fas. from the 83d district G. M In fa
vorofE. A Move vs. said Hugh McNeely. proparky
pointed out by plaintiff. Levy made and returned to
me by a constable. .JESSE MULLING, Bhenff.
At.rii 2ft. 18. Vi.
Evbt i j OU.’> Wuibs soid uu toe nrtt
Tuesday in JUNE next, at th# Court house d ior m
Warrenton, Warren county, Fifteen sharo*_of Georgia
Railroad and Banking company** Stock. Sola at in*
property of th® eetate of William C
Terms on the day. E E. TO. f TUu, Ex r.
April 22 -8;6
X'OTIC’K Aii persons indebted to the estate of \YU
_ Ram p. Jennings, lata of Warren oounly. daoeaa
e<L will please make Immediate payment * and all tho**
persons having demands against said Eernto, will pt*a*»t‘
©resent them properly autfceoikated a* the law direct®.
V April 22. ISM ' EH. POTTLE. Ex'r
S — Yill'P*—Jlhbla Golden Sykl'P, Just received by
ap« E*TES |t WGM*#?ND-
M IB(JI.LLAi\ EO
NEW SPRING GOODS.
FULL SUPPLIES.
(J lirilLIAM SHEA R has rocelrod his fhll supplies
i IT of SPUING GOODS, comprising a largo ass< ft
,• meut of new and beautiful styles of Fancy and S'apfij
- artlolos, suitabln for the present season, among which
3 aro
, Paris Printed ORGANDIE* and Jaoouet MUSLINS,
at very low prices j
) Plain Colored On ALLIES and Rich Printed BA
r REGES;
Plain BAREGES and Crape MARETZ, of beautiful
colors;
English and French PRINTS and BRILLIANTES, of
‘ new and beautiful stylos j
t Ladles’ Spring and Summer SILKS, of the latest
styles j
Plain Black SILKS, of superior quality and at very
. low prices :
1 Superior Black SILKS, without luatre, for Ladle*'
Mourning Drosses j
I. Summer Blaok BOMBAZINES, anil lM»ck
CH ALLIES,
Plain Black CR \PE MARETZ and B *k BAREGES,
for Ladies' Mourning Dresses ;
Superior Mourning GINGHAMS, of new. and beaat:-
foJ styles ;
Mourning MUSLINS and Plain Black LAWNS i
English Black CRAPES, aud Lad.es' MOLI'JnTNO
VEILS;
Ladies’ MourningCOLLARS and UNDEI<KLEE 7E5i
Ladies’Embroidered Muslin BASQUES, of now and
beautiful s ylea;
Ladies’ Embroidered Muslin COLL ARS and UNDER
SLEEVES;
J. and Swiss Musi n BANDS, INSERTING 4
and EDGINGS ;
Real Thread and Valenolonnos Laco EDGINGS and
INSKRTINOS ;
Ladies’ Spring and Summer MAN 1 ILL AS, of new
and heaatitul *tyioa ;
Ladies’ Embroidered and Scolloped Linon Camhrio
handkerchiefs 5
Ladies’ Wido Horn stitch Linen Cambric HANDKER
CHIEFS, for Mourning ;
Suporior Linen C ' MBRIGS and French LAWNS;
Superior Plaid Nainsook and Dotted Swiss MUSLINS,
Plain Swiss, Mull, Nainsook and Jaconet MUSLINS
at very low prices ;
Plain White Organdy and Tarlatan MUSLINS, of
extra width ;
Plain Pink and Orange Colored Tarlatan MUSLIN*,
for covering Ch&udoliors and Lookfiig-Glasses
Superior 4 4 Irish LINENS aud 12-4 Ldnea SHEET
INOS ;
Damask and Table DIAPERS, of superior qua lit v i
HUCKABACKS, audScotoh DIAPr.U*. 'or T wels*
12 4 Aliendaleand Hamilton B eacutdSHEETINGS;
A full supply of Bleached aud Brown SiiiKi'LNUS»
of the best make ;
A large supply of articles suitable for Servants' wear i
Madonna MIXTURES. Himalaya LUSTRES, and ail
wool DEBEGL, oi the best styie for Ladles’ Traveling
Dresses;
A oouiplete assortment of Ladies, Gent lemon,
Youth aud Children'.* HoSlLiv\ ;
Ladies' Whiteilair Cloth SKIRTS aud French COR
BETTS;
Lad on' Embroidered Mars* files an<l Corded SKIRTS;
Hup’r Marseilles Lancaster and Allendaio QUILTS;
OoftonOSNABU .OSaud GEORGIA STUIPLS at
the low out prices :
With a great variety of other ancles, suitable ft*
Family and Plantar • a us*, amt a.J of which will bo s<dd
ai veiy low price* for • ash. Tho public are io*poetfujly
•'« quested to ca 1 and examine the assortment
Augusta, Apr! 23. 1856 dtw«Vw
DYSPEPSIA—ITS OUKM.
'FIIKRE Ib, probably, no disease that afificta so large
X a portion of the human luiuily j uo d aoaso Hint
stands no promlucutly among the list of '* incurable*;
none for which more cures have been sought alter ; i;.»ue
treated with so little satisfaction by physiuiaus, and none,
probably, that has railed forth so much renew cd exuu a
and hard study for the olscov* ry of a cure, as the diseme
Dyspepsia. Cures have been bought after in change of
physician. change of mediciue, change of diet, change ol’
locality and climate, chaugo of oceu; ati«»u ami ban its, but
ail to little or no purpose ; the di*oaao coutmucA, aud U>e
sufferer after years of unrequited labor In search of io
llof, lost to all hopo of recovering, sinks iuto despondency
and gloom which no chan b oos sc uo or cirouui.-iauco ran
relieve His disease Is ever prot-eui boiore him. and his
mind, the theatre of dark and gioouty thought.-. Is con
tinually calling up ghouls of burled and by-gone pleasure*,
and he looks forward to a future wluuo do satisfaction,
dlscouteut, misery and HUlTerlng aro most gloomily uiul
prominently portrayed; Irascible, fretful, db-tiustfui
oven of ids nearest and best friend*, he drags out an ux
tence not only an imuinbronce to hluise.f, but bur
dousomo to hut friends, hL acquaintance aud his own
family.
To all snch I would rocomraood Attention to the
dy known an *• BLISS' DYHPEPTIO REMEDY"—«a
remedy, now, very simple In Us composition, hut from
tho manner of its combination, possessing curative pro
portion surpassing any audevory preparation known that
has ever yet been prepared for the cure of it
is safe, speedy and effectual, ami may be relied upon
with ovory confidence, fir It wifi not fa 1 e\ en under Uu>
mom discouraging circumstances, or with tho m<>st stub
born case, no matter of how long standing, providing tho
patient is willing not only to follow directions as regard
taking tho medicine, but othor directions accompanying.
The Proprietor is well aware that tho same promt*-'vo
have been aud aru being made turuugh aimotit every pi in*
io tho country as regards other preparation* of like char
acter, and that by advertising and heralding its virtues to
tho public, he 1* only follow ing In the beau u track of
those who have gone nefore him, aud who have promised
and assured tho same pei feet and speedy cures; yet as
It seems the only course left to be pursued, he tunsi adopt
it—and in doing -o, he is fully conscious that whan v» r
ho may say oi its virtue*, it will, by many, be *• gardi-d
as tho “ old story” mauufactured tor tho purpose of *.x,
trading money from the locket* of victims oi disrate,
who would, In tlio hopo of finding relief, pa l with ihi ir
last dime. Uo would, howev* r, ask for a Hu.-qmnitlon nf
opiulou until a BINGLK I’Ackaoi: has been tried by lium
solves or their friend, and tin n If he bus hold out mUtin*
meiJts for Its purrhase, or made prouiisos a* regard* its
curative properties fbat are not wade good by the prepa.
ration, he then is willing that It should be condemned
The Rem. dy is no new preparation with tho uropi U*.
to-—but a well tried prescription that ho has used in Lis
private practice for ten years, and always with tho hap
ploHt results. In the using of it, a euro way not only bo
expected, but an Immediate abatement ol s> upturns may
be looked for within a day or two.
To all Buffering from Dyspepsia, one trial Is rerctOr
mended, and if that trial is made in good faith, tu accord
anco with .direction#, the Invalid way have every hop«>
of recovery.
For sale In Augusta by
CLARK, WELLS A SPEAR, bruggiat*
ap3o-tw3*wit
N'EWi ON KlTattlOU C'Ot itT, JiAKt H
TERM. 1856.
PETITION TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE. March
Term. 185»i.
William T. Berry, James T. Berry and Francis Berry,
Executors of Charles M. Borry, deceased, vs. Moses A
Cunningham.
It appearing to thn Court, by tho potion of William T
Berry, Jam os F. Berry and Francis Bury, Executors of
Charles M Berry, deceased, that on the 13th nay < f Jan
uary, in tho year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Flee,
Moses A. Cunningham, as principal, and Henry Audor
sou, Junior, as security, made and delivered to tho Ex ecu
tors of Charles M. Berry, deceased, their certain Pv- ciL
sory Note, In writing, whereby they, or either of them,
promised to pay, on or before the twenty-fifth day of Ihv
comber, next after the date of the said note, to the Ex ecu
tors of the said Charles M Berry, deceased, or bearer,
tho sum of two hundred and eighty-ono dollars-, ami
afterwards, to wit, on tho same day and yoar aforesaid,
he, the said Moses A Cunningham, executed and deliv -
ered to the said William T. Borry and James V, Berry,
for themselves, and tho said Francis Berry, Ewcutor* o£
tho said Charles M. Borry, deceased, hh certain deed of
mortgage, the bettor to secure tho payment of the said
promissory note, on the following property to wit: Right
acres, one rood, and eighteen pules, more or less, ofioi of
Land number two hundred and four, In the tenth
district of Henry now New ton county, In said
State j bounded as follows—on the east by lands of Mr*.
Borry, west by lands of Osborn Rogers, south by land* of
Thomas M Meriwether and north by lot numbor eight *
and also lota numbers fifteen and sixteen, containing, to
gether tweuty-fl /e acres and twelve poles, more or less,
and bounded as follows—cast by the town of Oxford]
wont by lot number seventeen, owned by Mrs. Martha
Berry, south by lands of A. Menus, and north by lot No.
fourteen, owned by g. Price*, being parts of lot of land num
ber two hundred and eighty ume in tho tenth district of
originally Henry n« w Newton oouuty ; and it further ap
poaring that the said stun of money, lit the said promisso
ry note specified, remains wholly unpaid » li l* then fore
ordered by the Court, that the said Moses A 1 unu ng
ham, do pay Into this Court by trie first day of the uexi
Term thereof, the principal and interest due on thy sn>t
note, and the cost of this proceeding, or *how e*us* to
the contrary, if any ho have, and that on failure & to do,
tne equity of redemption of the said Moses A, Uunub g’
ham, in and to the mid mortgaged be forever
thereafter barred and foreclosed.
It U further ordered, That thla Tule bo published In
one of the public gaxettes of this fctate ouce a month f,u
four months, or a copy thoiooi he served upou tho sail
Moses A. Cunningham at least three months before the
next term of this Court
By the Oouit, March Term, ICM.
A true extract from ho ' inutes. this lPth April, 185&
April 22 AUGUSTIN W FVaN’S Ch-rk.
XTfiWiON MPEIiiOAI COilii, ju.ul
TERM, 1856.
MORTGAGE, Ac., MARCH TERM, 185 d
Green B Turner vs Moaea A. Cunningham.
Present—tbo Honorable G J. Oretu, Judge of wild
Qourt.
it appearing to the Oonrt, by the petition of Oreeu R
Turner, that on the eighteenth duy of Celt ber, In thu
£#ar One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Eight,
one** A. Cunn ngbaui, of said county, made and dull'.*
; wad hi* certain protmshory notes, four in number, to said
; Green-B Tumor, bearing date the day aud y*-ar afore*
Maid, and xubumhud with bin hand, when by the Huid
Morch A. Cunuiugham on the first of .aid prontLsury
uoto*, hAth promised to pny to the said Green H Turner,
or bearer, the sum of tivo hundred d. bar* by the: wonty
fi/th day of December, next » uniting the date thereof, #f.r
value received ; and In thu secoud of Bald promissory
notea, the Haul Monett A Cunningham hath promised to
pay to the Haul Greeu U. Turner, or bearer, the »uu of
four huudred and sixteen d liars and -»xt< en cent a, t»y
the twenty tilth day of December, eight-en hundred
and forty nine, txariug interest front the ttveurv-ftf h
day of December, for value received, aud In the thud
of the naid promUaory n--tes the said Moses A Cun
ningham hu.th proiuined to pay to the auid Green B.
Turney, or bearer, the stun of four huudred and mx
toeu dollar* and sixty-Six cent* by the twenty tilth
day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty, fur va.uo
received, bearing Interest from the twenty-nttn day of
December, eighteen hundred aud forty-eight ; aud in the
fourth of said promissory note*, the suot Moses A. Cun
ningham hath promised to pay to t)«o said Gieeu Li.
Turner, or bearer, the aum of four hundred and six
teen dolUtia and sixty-six cent* by the twenty tilth da/
of December, eighteen hundred and fifty one, bearing in*
tereat from the twenty-fifth day of December, eigbt<
hundred and forty-eight, for value roc< lv* d< which sai-l
note* were given for the purchase money of the land
hereinafter described, convoyed by the sa.’d Green B.
Turner to the said Moses A Cunningham, And that on the
name day and in the fame year, to wit, the o gbteeuth of
October, gigLiuen hundred and forty eight, the Bald Mo*m
A. Cunningham, the better to Recur** the payment of
said promissory note*, for and In consideration of the
sum of five dollar*., to him paid in baud by the said Green
B. Turner, executed aud delivered to thu Raid Green li
Turner, bis deed of mortgage, whereby the naid Moses A
Cunningham granted, bargained and sold to the said
Green B. Turner, bis heirs and assignee*, all that bo«l/
or parcel of lands kaowu an the Bayly land, containing
two hundred and forty three acres, more or less, bounded
ax lollowH—on the east by the laud of John P Carr, on
tho south by the land of C V Pace, on the north by tin*
land* of John Freeman aud Moll, and on tbo w<wt by the
tract of land known as the Hound land ; aud alao lot* of
land No. eleven, twelve and thirteen, a*. land laid down in
a survey executed by Edward L Thomas in the year
eighteen hundred aud forty •one. Kite-ry Collet's*
and purchased by the Tni*teea, aforesaid, aud wild €y
them to George LI. Hound, ooutaluing one hundred and
five acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, t,n tbo
north by the road leading from OcfvhlgtOD to Deeatur, on
the north-ear-t by the naid rood, on the east by the Jam*
known es the Bayly land, aforesaid, and tj. Jj I\tc*>’s
laud, and on the west bv tlie lauds of Thomas Meriwe
ther and the Widow Thomson—ell in the county and
State aforesaid .* <V>ndltiQ|*ed, that if the said Moaea A.
Cunningham, bl« bob*, executors and administrator*
t hall well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, onto tho
aald Greo« B. Turner, hi* heir* aud aa* gun, tho sums of
tQOhuy specified on the dayi and ttmoa mentioned and
appointed for tho payment”thereof, (ri said promissory
notes, with lawful interest on tho same, a«*«f>rding to tho
tenor thereof, that then the said deed of mortgage, an
well** Raid notes, shaii eo*»«. d-Aerntine and b«» voM
to all Intents and purpoaos • and it further appear
Ing that the third and f* urtb of sold notes remain
unpaid, li is therefore ordered, that tho salt! M.ygfa
A Cunningham do pAy Into Oonrt by the first di y
oftLv; next taitu the principal, interest aud costs duo on
said notes* or show cause to th«contrary , if any be ha*.,
and that on the failure of said Ifoeee A. Cuni.Uigham, no
to do, the equity of redemption In and to said mortgage*!
premises bo forever thereafter harvad and fojw.o^-ii.
And 1’ U furtbtr,<frdo---4 Tfiaf this, rule b© published
once a month for ffj* months in tbo Chronic i* fc, QjfntV
nel, or a copy u*e.ot,f sorv»-d on tho said jCmu
or his special agent or attorney, at ithrew
months previous to the next term of Ibis CotfrtT
CLARKE A LAMAR, Pi irs AU*y*-
A true extract from tbo .filnates of said Oonrt, this lptli
April, IKJd, AUGUBTIN W.I2VANR Clerk.
April 2fid, 1856.
1' 'VO 31Q.NTR8 aftor date application will be made
to tho Court of Ordinary of Columbia county, (or
lcava to sell the Land and Negroes belonging to tno a«-
of Giuuweil Flanagan, UK) of Columbia g^oaty
deceased WM. B. TINDAUL Ex'*
April 17, IMA
r |' WO .VlO.VrtiK*after date appl.vat;ou wlii.oo made
1 to the Court of Ordinary %4 Jefferson County tor
leave to sell the Lauda belonging to the curtate of JoCor
son William*, latq u •*“! county, doeoaseA
April 1? ifcftt ISAAC F. ADKIKfi. Adw.T.
« ULN«V, li.l.—WuJlbm,
femith, administrator ou tba estate of Louis L Mcr
Nalr, late of sa’.d county, decs-ayad, applies to tan tor Ld<K
ters of D!%o>i*«ion ■
Those are iberolore to cite and admonish, all and n!n«
guiar, the klndrtd a«*d erod tom of said «HpcoaserL to bo
ami appear at my office, w t in the tlioe preacrlnud by
law to show cause, If auy they cxvu, why said Lttxar*
tdwoid not be granted.
Given tiiidtu tuy hand at ofiQt*e ta Loulsvll a
April 13. IKV?. WHOLArt DIEHL,
U' AiCathi.N 1 UVM’\ , tiA.-Wborees, cacxbcus
Ml Ivy, admUiißtrator on the estate of Laaarua fvj
If;to of said county, deceased, applte# to me tor Lou w.<
DLsmissory from said admlnistratioo .
These are therefore to ctie aod tmueo til psn*-. »
ooocerned to be and appear M my office wlthui iLui
prescribed by law to sV.ow oauao. 1/ar.y they have, wti /
Mid letter* wot tie, granted.
Given tiggtat my at o#E.c« in Warren/oe.
t V. HOST 1656. JOBK.I FILI HEH fM’y.
| OHil'Ct)i*-4l poxes T üBAOCO, varuma b* aou’s.
J. Just receivtjd aud for sale low by
affi EkT Ft* (k Rim MO.s 1>
of'GA Mis.—s*t bbls. Crushed, aul A, B ofid
O 0 SUGARS, last reealred and tor 1 sv uy
apG3 ESTES A KTCHMO>T>.
As
•:« qmxtei oenrcl*, Bad tSt*,foA re
ceived and lor sale Ichv by
apaO A: HIFfTMOVn
UJOliLL*mC> HOdBRAX), tor *ei»by thu tr
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