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Will thr Soft* bf Adroit”'**
Trir .ueatian. whet er th> Soft* or Preesoii dcle
>'ew Vork. *® be admitted into the
ri , : ~ , , Convention, ii> becoming
daily of mor, nt,„rbm2 interrtt, »nd thnpnUic
mind it ..o', icntim: to 1 # it properly answered.
T*t ;j. ton coTTempoodenl of the New York
Ifgrntd who < ummillt very well posted as to the
\»r:*£T« as of vvoi.U 1 political circle*at the Capitol,
aware of tic public anxiety, thus respond* to the
THptjry V»J 'JUi-'h that joUTl.al ;
* Southern Delegates, except a few from Vir
hate already decided to pive tie \ an lll'rev
S .ft* of X< w York, their scats in th" convention, to
toe exclusion of ttie Hard*”
Ti*e S .u: .. rn cclegaUs have *. • -!H hare they,
to fellowsap and aGTate with the Freeaoifef*? >*<*
is mm aV, I »y bar# tackled to repudiate t>
Hards ? This exalte* With uu uo WTpiiw—it »# in
rti fcct character with the leaders of the party. If
»* , i ,-t affords anv data upon which to
pred c.' ac jectur.f as to their figure course,
»b<fv wj 1 effilat* with the Buffalo Platform men of
N*»-w York k* * - n is the Southern Americans, if in
tLoir op »i:o‘s an nl! ar.ee be necessary to
secure t { Is w ch are the only comm on
h' ..4 of Union And they would do more, they
vcD'd lave *■ < ‘ Frot.Urf to go before t* e
Scuff.ert. j< i • or.d arrure t■ m that the Buffalo
platfer '! !? e v. er* us under Upon the Slavery qu< s
ti :t.an ’ • Southern opponents. The ease of
f Hon. A. H. Stephens affords an apt illustration.
T e very men with whom he is now in full fellow
~ iip. two years a.o rfen une* J him before the peo
p«* of Georgi.. “a % reader Freesoiler," and abfo-
?.-i\ /#■** 'v/<V/' /u /H a try fjv*.-n<>n than J>\ is
A Dix, of New York 1 one of the most prominent
m'-n of the Buffalo platform men, and thus affecting
to believe, t y vindicated Dix as sound on the
Slavery qu*-«ticm and denounced A. If. Stephens
a* a FreeHoifer! What act. of **ueh n party, unless
i! savored of disinterested patriotic devotion to the
c ountry, could excite any surprise in any intelligent
mind? Can any one, in the face of such far ts,
doubt for u moment. Jhat they w ill take the New
Yoik Fr. * i-oi;ei>M4i their embrace? —or tlrat tiny
w.li as readily repudiate the Hards, if they deem
i-uch a necessary to their aueceo* ?
The New York AV;r», the organ of the Hard-, in
discussing the question as to tire admission of the
New York delegat on*, takes high ground, and de
!ar« H, that tfhoir.'ii Southern men may affiliate
a Ii!, the Frcesoiiers. the New York Hards will not
permit themselves to be wijed by such a contact.
Here is the language of tie* Setrs :
• 'lie* ntion dare not reject tin- National
tHn.-l Dermicratie delegates of New York, and
dclc-oition-s ran not U admitted, becantu-Jf the
(' ~, n „ h, sd and commune irifh Free
S(hlj > .«,//,'■ Sat"•nnl Democracy of Netc York does
no' and rrdl notV
The .Mormons in I lah.
At tie latest n* w- from Salt City,delegates
• iH <: t;*-**n r pjK»iidcd to the Convention called to
other to take measures tor the admission of Utah
uto t!,«* T:m H. The Halt Cake New* Says thsfe is
,„tt in Ttab, probably, one person, of true di»4cern
inent, who do* not s* ** the bemdits which would
ai is*-. i>oth to the inhabitants of the region and to
the parent government, by ibis step. We are uua
l»le t«* a/ree wifi* 1 !n* Sftit Lake editor, in his view of
. qiiiftion; and it app'-nrs to us that Congres
v.-ouldbave eoiwiderabledifticulty in discovering the
nuture of the Uerrehu alludori to. Monnojiism, as
preached.and practiced by Brigham Young and
bis /isH.s-iute knaves and benighted followers, is a
crime, according t«* the laws of all civilized commu
iii 4 e h, an«l to presume that the Federal Govem
im-nf would be benefitted by permiting their gross
sonsnalittin to become n State Bight, is altogether
against our eopviotioim.
The It ah ngiou, chosen by Brigham Young for
tlia scene of his vices, has enabled him formally
yenn to defy the opinion ofthe citizens of the States,
~nd his disgusting revels with impuni
ty but the tints must soon coma when Utah will
be a thickly populated country and the resort of in
numerable travelers on their way to the mighty
cities <>f the I'm ide. In a recent discourse Brig
Ham Young, who in a man with far more of tlie
knave than the fool in his conqiosifioii, alludes to
the possibility oftue Mormons again being dispersed,
and rails at those who would apostatize or be driven
away from their favoiite locality* He says ‘‘there
5i n«» place f«*y them t«» dwell inTexas, in California,
or in Old or New M» xico, but it they are not now in
the right, place, tin* Lord will lead them to where
t hey ( an gather up their strength and multiply and
sanctify themselves.”
i lieu* can be no question that gn at supineness
Has Wen shown in allowing the Mormons tiiuslong
to run riot in sin and ilebauehery. Ships freighted
with deluded creatures have been received at our
ports, and although it was known that the pametr
*r« a were about to hasten to the region where
Brigham i orso’s word is law, and where the beast
iality of liiu if and his elders is made to pass for
virtue, uo missionary has sought to reclaim them or
to point out to them tin degraded future that awaited
them Had they only have been bound for Hurra
gcttltt Glia, what impassioned speeches would have
been made iu Congress, what fervent eloquence
would have been poured forth by philanthro
pints, and what decisive steps would have been
taken t.i save them from destruction ; but as
they were ou Uie way to the Territory of the United
Sl;*t- s, no he. d is given to the dangers which beset
hem. Mi* donum s, who think nothing ol exploring
flic interior <rf Africa to reclaim lost souls, seldom
•uteriain the idea of setting forth iutho direction of
ihe koeky Mountains t<* perforin a work not only of
true re.igion and mobility, but. also ot lunment
patriotism It is ‘vtistatico lends enchantment to
the view ' or it is as with Horatio, "a roving dis
position, good, my lord,” that draws them far away
from the mvii*- where their labors are urgently call
ed tons
But the neglect of out stale-suien, fiftlioy have the
power to correct the evil, and we think they should
e \«-i ei**e it. whether expressly granted or not, for the
nerat in I fare,) is still more resprehcnsUilc in per
•nittiiig the Mormousto spread their contaminating
principles over the territory of Utah. Those sins
whick would not be tolerated in a State, should
>ure!v i-.« be sanctioned in n territory. Squatter
mvereigid v p»e*eins many* curious uiioinalies to tin
v i.-w, but none more singular Ilian Morinonism in
Utah Our territorial pi*ss< -sions seein t<* resemble
idnhhvn who have been allowed to indulge, iftire
buked, in lawless eondiiet, and whose manhood is
likely to bring trouble uud shame upon tlie parent
\vln» has neglected them. Tlie question ns to where
i* the proper place Ibr the Mormons, which Brig
mam Young impiously slates the Lord will de
cide. is now almost beyond the decision of man, if
he is limited to this world to find a congenial abode
tor them.
I .** 11 <*i* iiom the Hon. .lire, (lenient.
i Mon. Jkrr. Cu
mi ns,late lb i i.M-ratic U. S Senator from Alabama,
to the Kditoi .»f ri;*- Selma Nf tfincl. is n-pVtc with
conmion-sense praetieal views, and therefore wor
thy of tl;* culm mid dispassionate consideration of
South**!umen. Uis «•; ; u ns of Buchanan, Doug-
i a« ft.ia i'iKKt-i , aiv particularly interesting just
now, wnl that in fair and just of each and all of
them, no man Lonuinr with their histories, will pro
tend to co trovert, if In* values his own reputation
for vein city or intelligence. Let Southern men
read ud reflect Mr. li.fmk vs is a Southern man.
an old tine Jackson Democrat, who has been long
and intimately associated with all these men, and is
perfectly familial with the character of each :
llr nts\u i f. April 29, 1856.
.s. - : Yourti tier of the 25th inst., reached
me to-day lam in the midst of hurried prepara
tions for a long join my. and have not time to an
>«vr, ritns 1 wish. I a.m going to Missouri and I Hi
iiois. and faun them oto Now York and ashing
ton . faun one of the last named places 1 will write
you at length.
In the meantime I sincerely hope you will not
commit yourself against the American party. 1
though; the nomination at Philadelphia premature,
andna'eiiul been »ui ps >ed at the expressions of
dissatisfaction it has called forth . still 1 do not see
how a remedy ‘ an be applied that will not be worse
than the evil" 1 try to look at it practicaliy. The
three prominent candidates of th* Anti-Americans
are Huehnuan. Douglas and Pierce, Buchanan is
more deeply attached to the protective principle
than Fillmore. Douglas is fully committed to the
river, harbor and road appropriation*, and Pien*e is
committed to everything and wilt prove true to
nothing N .tlitr ot the thrt'e couies up to my stan
dard of what a /V' > ■ v eug! tto be. Neither* :iu
tie trusted* by the South, an hour uft» r they have se
cured our volt - All ct them will be eertitiu to t’.i
vt»r measure - from w A h t. e Nv>rth will leap the
benefite, while we pay the taxes, aad all of them
will be certain to stab us while professing the most
profound regard for our rights. In the very nature
of things a party which relies upon foreign voters
for succors must enunciate principles, and advocate
measures hostile to the institution of slavery. The
foreign ba-k driver, drayman, ditcher or hotf-earrier
haauo iv‘#ire to compete for his wages with the ne
gro. Even the Irish ebwnbeiinaid took# with jeal
ousy Opou the employ moot of negro girls iu our ho
tel*! These is a w ide—an almost universal repug
nance to a domestic relation which they cannot fail
to s e reduces so materially their own chances of
employment and it is here, at the base t*f society,
where*a v ,e v titician ought to look tor the seeds bf
principle* wuieh sooner or later control the destinies
. of a nation. Great events work their way up, not
f down All.revolutions* begin among the mask's Wil
berforce himself only gave voice to aaentiment which
exist**'! before his birth. The Parliament of England
would have abolished slavery if he had never lived.
The harangue* of a demagogue arc harmless if there
Is no pre? iiVrfbr him to direct —iw sentiment in his
appeals With none but an Anenean people to
appeal to. who do uot look upou the slave as a rival
whx :-« labor interferes with the sustenance of their
4 own families. a'l the political preacher*, end orators
in the laud could never get up a slave agitation to a
dangerous fc eht l. is ;is a Southern znau. barnupou
tbt fuiof t. South, linked to it by a thousand tie*,
attached to slavery by a domestic’relation, and be
tie'ting in a y seu. t It it is best for both races, that
I chi <h uu'c! a; -entiy the American cause. What
ever be»»t promotes that couse will be certain to re
ceive my support. I eaimot hop* to have every
thing Exactly as 1 wish, and as *a practical man I
mean to take the best 1 can get. At Philadelphia,
as at all other Copventious, things were done of
which 1 do not approve, but ! predict the Cincin
nati Convention will do much worse in regard to a
platform, and that the vrtll be a hundred
fold more objectionable. Oliver Cromwell was
j wout to say "nits will be lice.*’and a vile set of
trafficker* for foreigu votes must, of necessity, give
I ua a trafficker tike thenwelve* tor a candidate.
Very truly and respectfully your friend,
Jfre. Clemen*.
To John Harilv, Esq.
Portable fin* *tuuu factory.
The attention of all those who desire to have good
and cheap lights, is referred to the advertisement
J of William Schlei . Jr. The planting office of the
f Chronicle \ Sent* net is lighti-d by this Gas. and
1 we speak from experience when we say. it is a
I whiter andTpore luminous flam**, and produced at
bull' or less than halt the cost of the Gas of the Au-
gusta Gas Company. Private houses aud grounds
in the city or country, may be lighted with
■kis Gas. and at a price almost as low as gas lights
famished in the largest cities Persona who de
sir* to the Gas Works or the lights, are invited
to call and examine them at this office.
\ Complement to the British Press.—At the
- | grand naval review at Epitbead, on the 22d ult, by
m Queen Victoria, the government assigned the
M Cuckoo, a war steamship to the exclusive use of
1 member* of the pres*.
I
The Foneral of Jod*f Dawnoo*
Gbxes?boro' May 8.
Ywter.iav thf aim oftU Hon. " C. Dav. .
•on were cotwigne'i to ttc tomb in tie graveyard
near tii* town. A vmt concourse of bis fnend* and
fellow-citizens, with mournful intereat. aaausted m
tbe solemn ceremonies. A large number of Ma
sonic brethren, from such of tbe I-odgea as had re
ceived the news of bis death, together with the
members •( Sin Marino Lodge, Vo. 34, (of which
the deceased was a member) asoembleii at the Ma
sonic Hal: *t2| o'ckjck, I*. M , for the purpose of
making arrangements for tlie burial.
A. A. Gau’ding, I>. G. M.. and David E. Butler, S.
(}. W. of the Grand Ixsige, being present, a L*->dge
of Mazier Mason- woh opened in recess in dae and
ancient form, for the transaction of the business of
the Grand Lodge of Georgia.
The Most Worshipful D. G. Master, A. A. Gould
ing. rtated ihe object of the meeting, and in an e'.o
quent and feeling manner, portrayed with power
and pathos the prominent traits in the nfe and char
acter ofthe deceased. Tbe cheeks of many a man-
Iv form were bathed in tears during its delivery.
After the arrangements had been completed in the
Hall, the fraternity passed out, and w«re joined by
the Trustees. Faculty, and pupils ot the Southern
Masonic Female College, at Covington, about one
hundred and twenty in nutnl>er, drewttrd in white
each with crape on the left arm, following in the
rear of the procession to the house of the deceased.
An opportunity was then afforded all to take a final
view of the lamented dead. The body was then
placed in c harge of six pall-bearers and conveyed in
the following order to the Union Church :
1 Tyler with nword drawn,
g. .Stewards with white wands.
3. Master Masons.
1. Senior aud Junior Deaeons.
j Secretary and Treasurer,
ti. Senior and Junior W arden*
7. Mark Masters.
X. Bast Master.-'.
9. Royal Arch Masons.
10. Select Masters.
11. Knight Templars.
U. Holy Writings.
I:{. W. Mnsb*r San Marino Lodge No. 31.
11. Officers of tlie Grand I>odge.
15. Clergy.
Ifi. Hearse and Pal! Bearers.
17. Relatives.
IX. Physicians,
19. TruaU-cr, Faculty, and Pnpiix t»f Southern
Masonic Female College at Covington.
L*U. Members «*f the Bar.
21. Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
tti. Tru-tc*-* Grccn-feiro’ Female College.
li3. Faculty and Pupils.
21. Citizens.
John F. Zimmerman acting a« Grand Marshall,
and C. Norton as Assistant Marshall ou the part
of the citizens.
'H*e procession was very large and imposing, such
as lia- never been witessed in this place. After the
vast assemblage had filled the church to its utmost
capacity, many could not be accommodated with
seats, or even places to stand within the house. The
funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. S. K.
Axsom, of the Presbyterian Church, assisted by the
Rev. John P. Duncan and Rev. J. W. Talley of the
Methodist Church, and Rev. Robert Logan of the
Presbyterian. Distinguished Clergymen of other
denominations were also present, aud a number of
distinguished friends from other counties. The
Rev. Mr. Axsou, in a most touching, forcible and
eloquent manner, addressed the assembly iu sub
stance as follows :
The Providence of God has called us together un
der melancholy circumstunces, aud I am sure, as
iny eye rolls over this dense congregation, that I
utter but the sentiment of every heart, when I say
“ We are sad to-day”—and not without reason : be
hold what God hath done ! The Sovereign Arbiter
of the destinies of man, who never consults, nor
apologizes, nor gives account to the creature of his
proceedings, has reached dowirhis hand and written
among the dead a prominent member of this com
munity. With startling abruptness, aud yet doubt
less at a time and in a manner foreappointed by
Himself, a chord in social life has been struck, which
must vibrate long, and the impression be far reach
iiig. It is impossible that the sensation created by
this death-stroke shall terminate within narrow
limits. Like the ripple caused by the falling of a
stone on the surface of *.ue placid water, it must
sympathetically extend beyond the point of'imme
diate contact. Already lues the intelligence outrun
the boundaries of our State; and for auglit I know
to the contrary, everywhere and without exception
will the announcement that Wii.i.iam (J. Dawson
is no more be received with gushings of unfeigned
regret.
“If a man die shall he live again ?” Let tbe his
tory of past’general ions furnish the melancholy an
swer. We may. indeed, as those who can scarcely
realize what lias happened, look for the return of
our friend, and think perhaps to greet him on the
morrow ; but the vapor has vanished away. The
appointed years of Ins earthly sojourn are numbered,
41 ii*i he has “ gone the way whence he shall not re
turn.” Tin* public arena, where much of his life has
been spent in honorable and useful labor for his
country’s prosperity, will open to him a field of ac
tivity ho more ; the streets of his native town, up
and down which his familiar form bus so often passed,
will be trodden by him no more ; the School and
the College, and the Council Chamber, and the
Church, and tin* multiplied institutions on tlie right
hand and on the left, organized for the intellectual
and moral advancement of the people, and for the
scattering of charities which make glad the heart of
the sick and poor, the suffering and bereaved, the
widow and the orphan—iu whose Boards he has
hitherto mingled a prominent and valued member.
These will reap the advantage of hia judicious coun
sels and the fruit of his wide observation no more ;
the halls of his own desolate dwelling, too, will echo
to the tread of his footstep no more. From every
frequented spot, from every favorite grasp, his
cheerful countenance, his winning smile, his plea
sant voice, his engaging manner are finally with
drawn, creating in every circle a painful vacancy,
and in some nil irreparable loss.
You may now lay on the shelf his law books, and
lock his office door. He has reached thus far on his
way to take possession oftlic grave, and we tarry
here for a moment to pay the becoming tribute of
respect, aud gather those lessons of moral instruction
which the Providence and Word of God unite in
teaching.
Let our first intercessions in this sanctuary be,
that God will assuage those domestic wounds, which
man, the “miserable comforter,” lias no skill to bind
up ; those bleeding wounds which the arrow of
death passing through the body of its victim, has
inilicted on surviving hearts. And when you, the
chief mourners, have taken up the body and buried
it, t hen go like the disciples of old, ami spread your
sorrows out before Jesus. “The spirit of the Lord
God is upon Him ; He still liveth to comfort them
that mourn ; to give unto tlu-tn beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of
praise for the spirit of heaviness.”
Shall 1 advert to the character of the deceased,
ami bid you who are acquainted with his history and
life to study with diligence that pattern, and fashion
your carriage after his example r 1 certainly may,
and iu ail good conscience 1 do. He was unques
tionably a man to be marked. Ido not say that tlie
most partial friendship could claim lor him exemp
tion from the frailties which are incident to humani
ty Yet, on the other baud, the severest judgment
could not deny that he was adorned with many of
its richest attractions. And iiis every excellence I
would have you imitate ; the whole cluster of his
acknowledged virtues 1 would have you adopt. In
every path of private benevolence, of public useful
ness, of high-toned morality in which lie wafted, I
would have you, to the utmost of your ability, tread
hard in his footsteps. The kind husband, tlie in
dulgent father, the humane master, the public spiri
ted citizen, the courteous gentleman, the advocate
of wholesome institutions, the peace-maker—these
traits, so far as my observation extended, were
among his prominent characteristics ; and surely
they are worthy of all praise. Would that in every
walk of life the* number of such men were multiplied
an hundred fold.
Hut. my friends, 1 cannot stop at the uttering of
only this.* Godin Heaven would not forgive me,
if having drawn those lines, I should flatteringly as
sert that there is the limit of your duty as accounta
ble .creatures, and the outermost boundary of your
obligation. Nay, iu the world to come, you your
selves would not forgive me, if standing here in the
garb of God’s messengers, aud upon an errand, not
of eulogy to the dead, but of direction to the living,
l should* leave upon your minds any such erroneous
impression us that when you have established a
reputation for humanity and honor aud truthfulness
and generosity and public spirited ness, the acme of
human perfection is then reached, and that resting
on such basis your crown of immortality is secure. 1
may not, when touching on a vital point, utter nil
uncertain sound. I must not, in an horn like this,
contravene the unambiguous instructions of Reve
lation. God forbid that I should withhold his truth !
Let me distinctly announce in your hearing, there
fore, that when you have grafted on your nature all
the excellencies which made our friend, in his do
mestic aud public intercourse, the man he was, at
tractive, honored, beloved —you may not rest
there. Those virtues are uot the foundation which
(rod hath laid in Zion for such as would build for
eternity. You must go further, as you would hope
to stand in the final judgment.
1 am just from the bed-side of the crushed widow,
who has been crying to tell me that she hoped he
hail gone further, and was not resting ou the sup
posed meritoriousnese of an attractive character,
tie had repeatedly avowed to her, it seems, his set
tled conviction of the importance of personal reli
gion. aud had spoken of it as a contemplated step,
at no distant day, to make profession of faith m
Christ. This however, as uot dreaming that death
was near, and under the pressure of other cares, was
tot the present postponed. A thousand pities, if the
inward preparation were indeed there, that any cir
cumstance should have prevented the couft ssion of
Christ before men 1 The profession of religion I
know to be not the prime consideration ; but the
possession of that which alone warrants the profes
sion a man. may uot be destitute of, aud still be
safe . and that hr the advanced point to which I am
striving to direct your mind : you must reach that
jaunt or you are bankrupt Amiable instincts are
not piety . morality is not regeneration: human
virtues cannot justify the sinner at the bar of God.
If you be not justified through the Righteous
ness of Christ appropriated to yourself through
Faith : if you be not inwardly renovated through the
power of the Holy Ghost, not only must death, when
it overtakes you. prove a curse unmitigated aud
uumingleti, but the very life that you are now liv
ing, however attractive to the fookers-ou in this
world, when it comes to be viewed from another
stand point, will appear to have been but a dark aud
dishonored life. \\ ould that I could impress it up
on you. %vho are ambitious, that in all your aspira
tions yon have attained to comparatively little, uu
tii you reach that highest style of man. ami
furnish evidence satisfactory that you are the
meek and humble followers of the Lord Jesus
Christ. You may " speak with the tongue of
juanaadof angels;" you may "have the gift of
prophecy, and understand all mysteries aud all
knowledge;" you may "bestow all your goods to
foed the poor, and give vour body to be buried,”
aud ii you have uot Charity, not’ in its loose aud
lower signification of giving a dollar to the beggar,
and casting a mantle ever the foibles of an erring
brother,—but C harity, the divinely implanted vir
tue, the synmnyme for supreme and unrivalled al
tevt ion tor Jesus Christ; the heart-stirring princi
ple which moved the primitive church to testify
•• whom haviug not seen we love'*—if you posse**
not this, however t lit*re may be concentered in you
every other excellence, aud men may laud you
when living, and remember only to praise you when
dead—in the estimation of God, whose judgment is
abiding, you “ are nothing. '
i do not know that I can. in any way. more pro
tit ally go on to fill up the remainder of these funeral
u:» incuts, than by letting the Bible, in its own sim
plicity. instruct us respecting mail's vanity, consid
ered as a temporary sojourner on earth, and man's
importance considered*as the destined inhabitant of
eternity.
The following selection* were then made :
39 Psalms 4-6 . 90 Psalms 1-12; 1 Corinthian 7,
'29-31; James 4, 13-15 Mark 13, 32-37.
After the reading of w hich passages, the discourse
w.N- concluded with furthei remarks, whose aim was
to impress upon the audience the utter uncertainty
ot \ir the consequent wisdom of living in a state
or habitual preparation for death : together with a
statement ot what, according to the Gospel, consti
tute* the on*.y reliable preparation.
After which the Rev. John P. Duncan a
ft-rvent aud earnest prayer to the Throne of Grace.
The precision then re-formed and proceeded to the
place of interment, and there deposited the remains
according to the rite# and ceremonies of Ancient
York Masons. Rev. John P. Duncan pronounced
the Benediction, after which the Masonic portion of
the procession returned to the Hall, and the Lodge
was closed in ample form*.
A B. Magr&th, ot South Carolina, wiii be appoint
ed United States District Judge, vice Judge Gil
christ, lately deceased in Cb 1 * ’ Itston.
The Washing ou Homicide.
The Telegraph has already fumiabed a brief ac
count of a fatal affray at Willard’s Hotel, in Wash
ington, in which Hon. Philemon T. Herbert, of
California, killed Thomas Keating, one of the wai
ters. The Star of Thursday afternoon gives the fol
lowing account of the affair :
To-day, shortly after 11 A. M., P. T. Herbert, a
California member of the House of Representativea
ofthe United States, went over to breakfast at Wil
iiard’s Hotel, where be take* hi* meals, an i sent a
)>oy from tiie breakfest room for hi* breakfast. In
four or five minutes after a portion of LLs breakfast
was set before him, and the Doy* then told him that
at that hour it would be necessary for him (thv hoy)
to get an order from the office to have a breakfast
sent up from the kitchen.
Herbert toki the boy to “Clear out, you Irish son
of a b .” lie turned around to another waiter,
Thomas Keating, who was standing near by, and
exelained, “And you, you damned Irish sou of a
b——, clear out, uV». T ' The answer of Thos. Keat
ing was not comprehended by our informant an eye
witness.)
Herbert, on being an*>wered by Thomas, rose and
struck lain on the neck behind with his fist. Thos.
K* atiug seized a piate and threw it at Herbert.—
Herbert seized a chair and threw it acrosse the
r<>und table at Thomas Keating, striking him with it
They then clinched and fought. Another Cali
forniiiii. name we have not heard, came in at
the door and ran to Herbert’s assistance, and also
struck Thomas Keating with a chair.
Patrick Keating, the brother of Thomas, land the
steward of the house J at this time coming in the
room, ran to his brother’s assistance and seized Her
bert. who immediately drew a revolver. The other
Californian at that time was striking both the Keat
ings with a chair.
A- Herbert drew his revolver, Patrick Keating
seized it by* the barrel, and they struggled over it
for some moments, until the French cook of the house
came in and separated Herbert and P. Keating, who
let go hia hold of the pistol barrel.
Thomas Keating and the other Californian were
mingled in that particular part of the fray between
Herbert and Patrick. After Patrick let go the bar
rell **f the revolver, Herbert seized Thomas (who
had clinched him and was struggling f«>r the pistol)
by the collar, and, putting the pistol to his breast
shot him through the lungs, killing him in five
minutes.
After the shot, one of the other servants threw a
piece of china ware at Herbert, but none of the oth
ers interfered.
Herbert and his Californian companion left the
room and house immediately, by the Fourteenth
street door, where Herbert took a hack and dr» ve
away. Subsequently he delivered himself up at the
office of Justice Daniel Smith, on Eighth street.
Ilis examination for killing Thomas Keating,
aged about 34 or .'ls years, (who leaves u wife and
two children) will take place at the Guard house at 1
P. M., this afternoon. Messrs. Bradley and Carlisle
are counsel for Herbert.
The two Keatings were civil men, and were favo
rites with the boarders in the house.
This account of the affray we take from the lips
of one Os the servants, an aged man, who saw ail
ofit.
At 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, Mr. Herbert's
examinat ion took place. Senator Weller, Mr. Phil
lips, of Ala , and Messrs. Bradley and Kat cliff, of
Washington, appearing for the prisoner.
A number of the servants belonging to the hotel
were first examined. Their testimony was some
what contradictory, but their evidence was mainly
to the effect that Mr. Herbert came into the dining
room at half past 11 o’clock, accompanied by a
friend, and called for breakfast, but being past the
usual hour, he was informed by the servant that he
could not have his meal without an order from the
office. Herbert directed several servants who
spoke to him on the subject to retire, calling them
harsh names.
The deceased made p. reply when Herbert struck
him with his fist or napkin. The deceased picked
up a plate or tray making a movement as it to
throw it, when Herbert threw his chair at the de
ceased, the latter returning the assault with the
plate. During the melee, Patrick, a brother of the
deceased, entered,having heard of the proceedings,
when lie;bel t seized him, and the two brothers
closed on Herbert. The struggle now became in
tensely exciting, and as it progressed, crockery and
chairs were broken profusely by the parties to the
contest. The Austrian Minister was present as a
spectator, cjuie ly beholding what was occurring,
and did not move until he went up to the man whom
Her. ert shot, to ascertain whether he was dead.
Col. McKay testified that he saw, when he enter
ed the dining room, six or seven persons in a scuttle,
and thought it was a general fight anion" the stew
ards of the Hotel, but he beheld one of the servants
knock down Mr. Gardiner with a chair. He saw
three son ants striking Mr. Herbert and holding
him by the wrists ; ana one of them struck him with
a chair, when witness seized a chair to defend Her
bert, who was sinking under the weight of those
upon him. Gardiner was beating them promiscu
ously. After Herbert fired his pistol the other two
servants still clinched him. Mr. Hinith rushed for
ward with a cane, saying, “If you don’t release him
I’ll kill you !” Mr. Herbert was injured, and the
witness placed a patch on his nose. * Herbert’s pis
tol was a single barrel.
Capt. J. Smith confirmed Col. McKay’s state
ment, saying : A crowd of servants had Mr. Her
bert in their power, striking him on the head with
plates, & c.
Mr. Bishop, a member of Congress, testified that
he was positively certain the pistol was discharged
while the struggle was going on. Three or four
persons were holding him, and he appeared to be
much exlmurJed.
Captain Blnnding corroborated the fact that
several servants were keeping a man down,
(whom he afterwards ascertained to be Mr. Her-
Ifert) previous to and at the time of the firing of the
pistol.
Cant. Deponte’s testimony was confirmatory of
the above.
The examination was continued for five hours,
and was adjourned until Friday—Mr. Herbert, in
the meantime, remaining in the custody of the mar
shal.
Friday, May 9.—The examination into the affair
of tlie shooting of Thomas Keating by Mr. Herbert,
of California, was resumed this evening. The
Court room was densely crowded by members of
Congress and others. The District Attorney, Mr.
Key, asked a postponement of the ease, stating that
at h s instance Secretary Marcy had requested Mr.
Du Bois, the Netherlands Minister, who saw the oc
currence a s Willard’s Hotel, to appear as a wituess,
but Mr. Du Bois declined doing so at present, wish
ing first to consult with tlie members of tlie diplo
matic corps. Secretary Marcy, in his note to Mr.
Key, expressed the opinion, that probably the Min
ister would not be aide to make up his mind till to
morrow' or next day.
Mr. Key remarked that Mr. Du Bois must appear
voluntarily, foreign ministers being exempt from
process in such cases.
The counsel for the defence opposed the postpone
ment and the sitting Justices ordered the examina
tion to proceed.
Arnold Harris, John E. Reynolds, Major Graham,
and William A. Gardiner were examined for the
defence. The lutter was the person who was in
company with Mr. Herbert in tlie dining room
when the difficulty occurred and with whose pistol
Herbert shot Keating, having taken it on Wednes
day night from the mantle-piece in the room In
w'hich he and Herbert lodge. Mr. Gardiner gave
an account of the fight, in which he wus a promi
nent actor.
Messrs. Bradley, Weller, Walker and Phillips ad
dressed the Court, urging the discharge of the pri
soner.
Mr. Key replied on the part of the prosecution,
tlie question of bail entering largely into the argu
ment.
After a session of some five hours tlie examination
was closed, the Justices announcing that their de
cision would be given to-morrow. Herbert was
remanded to the custody of the Marshal.
Daring Attempt at Robbery and Murder in
Cleveland.— The Ohio Clevelander of the sth, re
ports Ihe following by a man named Beebe, who,
claims to be a resident of Georgia :
On Saturday morning, about throe o’clock. Mr.
Geo. R. Bronson, agent for Van Amburgh & Co.’s
Circus, was suddenly wakened in his room at the
American, and saw a man in possession of pari of his
clothing. Mr. B. instantly sprang from oed, and
though told “don’t follow me, or I'll shoot you,”
stepped forward. The limn fired a pistol and re
peated the caution. Mr. B. still followed, when he
fired a second time. Mr. B. pursued him closely,
crying “stop thief,” down the stall's into the office,
when the man fired a third shot, the ball passing very
close to Mr. 8., cutting an inch into the wall and
glanced, lodging in a wooden frame. As the man
ran to the front door, which was locked, and at
tempted to break through the glass, Mr. B. caught
him by the collar, throwning an arm around him.—
In this position the thief olaced the pistol between
his Kgs in hopes to shoot Mr. 8., and fired it for the
fourth time. Mr. B wrenched the pistol away and
mastered his limn, who was roon secured by the
police.
In Beebe’s pocket were found a buuce of skeleton
keys, a sponge and two bottles of chloroform, and
S3O or S4O in money. The pistol used was one of
Colt’s five shooters.
Destructive Fire at Columbus, Ohio. —The
extensive ear manufactory of Messrs. Ridgeway &
Kimball, on the west bank of the Scioto river, took
fire, on Saturday night, and before any assistance
could be rendered, the whole of the main building,
with its contents, were entirely destroyed. The loss
is estimated at thirty thousand dollars. There was
no insurance. The fire was supposed to have origi
nated from a spark from a passing locomotive.—
About thirty hands will be thrown out of employ
ment by this calamity.
Italian Affairs. —The Paris correspondent of
Le Norde states that before quitting Paris, Count
Cavour had an interview with Count Walewski,
and handed to him, in the name of the Sardinian
government, a note, iu which are summarised the
observations offered by Count Cavour upon the sit
uation of Italy, in the sittings of the Conference, on
the Bth and 16th of April. This note is intended to
absolve Piedmont from the responsibility of the
events which may transpire in Italy, as the result of
the bad administration of certain States and of Aus
trian intervention in the Legations, the Duchies,
Naples, Ace. Tin note is to be presented to the
English government
Thf Majesty of the Law .—A law suit occurred
at North Danville, Yt., recently, in which a justice,
two lawyers, a constable, a dozen witnesses, and
two set* of jurymen, to say nothing of a score or
two of others who were present from curiosity, spent
two days iu a case of trespass for sundry articles of
second hand iron ware. After all, only one cent
damage was awarded, when the plaintiff found that
the defendant was a minor and could avoid payment
of that and the costs. Great is the majesty of law.
Arrest of a Th ief. —On Thursday evening last,
our city Marshal, having been notified by telegraph
stationed himself at the Railroad depot and on the
arrival of the cars from Macon, promptly arrested a
young man named P. M. Smith. charged with hav
iug robbed the trunk of Federick Terry, at Macon,
of S2OO in gold. Upon the person of Smith was
found $lB5 iu gold, aud a bunch of skeleton keys.—
He is a young man about 17 or 18 years old with an
intelligent expression of countenance but we fear
he is already a confirmed rogue. —Griffin Union.
Fillmore and Donelsos in Texas.— The fol
lowing named Texas papers, twelve in number,
advocate the principles of the American party, and
give their support to the American ticket, viz The
Austin Times. San Antonio Herald, Washington
American, Goliad American. Bastrop Advertiser,
La Grange True Issue, Palestine American, Star
Spangled Banner Henderson.) Texas Inquirer.
iKusk. Union Advocate (Huntsville,) Clarksville
Messenger, and Galveston Confederate.
Another Treaty with Mexico. —On the au
thority of a letter from Mexico, which it inserts, the
Journal of Commerce states that our Minister to
Mexico has essentially adjusted the terms of a Con
vention with the Comonfbrt Administration, by
which we are to acquire another slice of Mexican
territory—how large is not stated, nor the price to
he paid’ for it. It is not. we hope, the revival of the
tiftv million purchase, which was said to have been
authorised or negotiated some time ago. but which
was not consummated.— Sat. ImUl.
The fine mansion ot George W. Carroll. Esq., near
Louisburg. Ark., with all the household and kitchen
furniture and wardrobe of himself and familv. and
six thousand dollars in bank notes, were consumed
by lire a few weeks since.
The Kansas Troubles. —A letter from Lawrence
to the St. Louis Democrat, under date of April 24th.
informs us that Sheriff Jones’ spine haa become
paralyzed, and the doctors had put him under the in
fluence of opium. It was very dark at the time the
pistol was fired, and no one saw the person who did
it Gen. Whiiefit id was in town with the Captain of
the Kickapoo Rangers. S. N. Woods and others hav
ing received information that their friends had been
arrested, returned into the citv from which they had
tied Late accounts state that Jones was dead.
Col Sumner after assisting the civil authorities in
making a number of arrests had returned with the
United States troops to Fort Leavenworth.
The interview between our Military Commission
sent to the Crimea aud the French Minister of War
was singularly rude and offensive on the part of the
latter. After refusing the courtesy of inspection he
closed in these words : “Good by, til! the first can
non-shot.”
Heavy Failure.—The Winchester Virginian
say» : a prominent merchant of Martinaburg,
well known m Winchester, baa failed, a* vre are in
formed, for some $:0.000. Hon. C J. Faulkner, as
one of his securities will, we regret to learn, 6uffer
to a considerable amount.’’
Wattbiotuou sharing Blanket with a >0 "
gro.
Tbe following 1 anecdote we find in Neil * ‘ Color
ed Patriots of the American Revolution,” where it
i? credited to Qodey’e Lady's Book, and to the pen
of the Rev. Henry F. Harrington.
Throughout the Revolutionary war. Pnmus Hal.
was tut- bodv n-rvant of Colonel Pickering, of Mas_
faehnsett*. 'He was free and communicative, and
dr!i<*ht«i to sit down with an interested listenerjand
pour out those stone.* and absorbing and exciting
anecdote* with which his memory was stored.
It is well known that there was no officer in the
whoL; American army, whose mesoory was dearer
to Wasiungten, and wbo*e counsel was more es
teemed bv him. than that of the honest and patrio
tic Colonel Pickering. He was on intimate terms
with him, and unbosomed himself to him with as
little reserve, as, perhaps, to any confidant in the ar
my. Whenever i»e was stationed with in such a dis
tance as to admit of it, he passed many hours with
the Colonel, consulting him upon anticipated mea
sures, and delighting in his reciprocated friendship.
Washington was therefore often brought into con
tact with the servant of Colonel Pickering, the de
voted Primus. An opportunity was afforded to the
negro to note him. under circa instances very differ
ent from those in which he is usually brought be
fore the public, and which posses*, therefore, a
striking charm I remember two of these anec
dote* from the mouth of Primus. One of them is
very slight indeed, yet so pecular a* to be repeated
with interest. The authenticity of both may be fully
relied upon.
Washington once came to Col. Pickering's quar
ters, and found him absent.
"It is no matter,'‘ said he to Primus, "I am great
ly in need of exercise. You must help me to get
some before your master returns.’’
Under Washington’s directions, the negro busied
himself in some simple preparations. A stake was
driven into the ground about breast high, a rope
tied to it, and then Primus was desired to stand at
some distance and hold it horizontally extended.
The boys, the country over, are familiar with this
plan of getting sport. With true boyish zest,
Washington ran forward and backward for some
time, jumping over the rope as he came and went,
until he expressed himself satisfied with tbe ‘"exer
cise.”
Repeatedly afterwards, when a favorable oppor
tunity offered. Ur would sav.- “ Come Primus, lam
iu need of exercise,” whereat the negro would drive
down the stake, and Washington would jump over
the rope until he had exercised himself to his con
tent.
On the second occasion the great General was en
gaged in earnest conversation with Col. Pickering
in his tent until alter the night had fairly set in.—
Headquarters were at a considerable distance, and
Washington signified his preference to staying with
the Colonel over night, provided lie had a spare
blanket and straw.
“ 0 yes,” said Primus, who was appealed to;
plenty of straw and blankets—plenty.”
With this assurance Washington’ continued his
conference with the Colonel until it was time to re
tire to rest. Two humble beds were spread, side by
side, in the tent, and the officers laid themselves
down, while Primus seemed to be busy with duties
that required his attention before he could sleep.
Ho worked or appeared to work, until the breathing
of the prostrate gentlemen satisfied h m that they
were sleeping ; and then seating himself upon a box
or stool, lie leaned his head on his hands to obtain
such repose as so inconvenient a position would al
low. In the middle of the night Washington awoke.
He looked about, and descried the negro as he sat.
lie gazed at him awhile, and then spoke :
“Primus !” said he, calling, “Primus.”
Primus started up and rubbed liis eyes. “What
General ?” said he,
Washington rose up in his bed. “Primus,” said
lie, “what did you mean by saying you had blankets
and straw enough ? Here you have given up your
blanket and straw to me, that I may sleep comfor
tably, while you are obliged to sit through the
night.”
“It’s nothing. General,” said Primus, “it’s noth
ing. Pin well enough. Don’t trouble yourself
about me, General, but go to sleep again. No mat
ter about me, I sleep veiy good.”
“But it is matter—it is matter,” said Washing
ton, earnestly. “I cannot do it, Primus. If either
is to sit up, I will. But I think there is no need of
either sitting up. The blanket is wide enough for
two. Come and lie down here with me.”
“0 no, General,” said Primus, starting and pro
testing against the proposition. “No, let me sit here.
I’ll do very well on the stool.”
“I say, come and lie down here!” said Washing
ton authoritatively. “There is room for both, and I
insist upon it!”
He threw open tho blanket as he spoke, and
moved to one side* of the straw. Primus professes
to have been exceedingly shocked at the iaea of ly
ing under the same covering with the Commander
in-chief, but his tones were so resolute and deter
mined that lie could not hesitate. He prepared him
self, therefore, and laid himself down by Washing
ton, and on the same blanket the General and the
negro servant slept until morning.
Fillmore in California. —A friendly subscri
ber residing in the “ golden territory,” write s to us
his opinion of the nomination and the spirit with
which said nominations are received in California.
Having resided there fora number of years past, he
has had a good opportunity of judging the public
sentiment upon political as on other matters, lie
says : —CoL Enq.
The nomination of Fillmore and Donelson gives
entire satisfaction to the American Party in this
State, as well as to thousands of the admirers of
those statesmen who are not members of that party.
California will undoubtedly cast her vote for the
said nominees, and if the people of the South will
consult their own interest and that of the Union and
vote for the statesman who has so nobly guarded
their interests heretofore, I doubt not but* what the
election of next November will be a just rebuke to
all who would willingly sacrifice our glorious Union.
Respectfully, M.
Robbery of Maj. Buford.—We regret to see
that Major Buford, who left for Kansas some weeks
ago, at the head of a large company of Southern
emigrants, was robbed of a large amount of money
at Si. Uoiiis probably the entire dependence of
many members of his company in a strange land.
The St. Louis Herald of the 26th ult. gives the fol
lowing acoount.of the matter :
.lust as the steamer Keystone was about shoving
off from our landing on Thursday—on which boat
were Col. Buford ol Alabama, and his Company,on
their way to Kansas—some daring and expert thief
broke open Col. Buford’s trunk, and stole $5,000.
It is supposed the thief was on the boat, and went
up with the company, so that he will probably be
discovered before they reach Kansas. Intelligence
of the robbery was brought to this city by a de
scending boat from the Missouri river, the. robbery
not having been discovered until the Keystone was
out from our wharf.
-Colored Flames.— Hydrogen gas burns with a
blue flame ; strontium with a red flame ; copper
oxyde with a green tlamc, and many substances
with a yellow flame, such ns the common gas used
in our streets. The cause of this must be owing to
the forms of the particles or atoms undergoing com
bustion. They must be of such forms as to reflect
their peculiar colors, like a prism. When boracic
acid is present in minerals it is well known that they
burn with a beautiful green flame ; and Professor
Forbes, of Edinburgh, has recently discovered that
chlorine produces the same result. A jot of chlorine
directed upon the flame of a spirit lamp or coal gas,
Firoducos a jet. of green flame. When Durning aleo
-101 is injected into a globe filled with chlorine gas,
the alcohol bums at the mouth of it with a flickering
green flame. When hydrochloric acid is dropped
cautiously on the flame of burning alcohol a green
ish tinge is observable.
Com. Stockton'. —This gentleman is out in a card
stating that at his request the movement in New
Jersey to bring him forward as an independent can
didate for the Presidency has been abandoned, lie
also states that he is anxious that the people of New
Jersey may have an opportunity (not embarrassed
by other issues) of manifesting their condemnation
of the repeal of the Missouri compromise.
The Wheat Crop in the West.—A gentle
man who has recently travelled through a portion
of the West, states that the wheat crop looks well
everywhere on the route. Another, who arrived at
Rochester, from a western trip, states that in Ohio
the crop is exceedingly promising, and unless some
disaster occurs, a very large crop is expected, and
prices must fall. In the Genesee country the pros
pect is very good.
The Legislature of Wisconsin has again refused to
re-establish Capital Punishment—the bill to repeal
the anti-flanging aei having been rejected in the
Assembly by a majority of one J
A Grand Swindler —Look out for Him !
There is a man passing through this country passing
counterfeit Gold Dollars. The following is the way
he “takes” the unsuspecting in. lie goes to a house
and buys some small trifle, such as chickens or
eggs, gives one of these base coins, and gets the
change, and goes on to the next house, and goes
through the same as at the last. He is a grand
scamp, and the people should be on the look-out for
him.— Rome Southerner.
Steam-Battert for Defence of New York
ILarbor.—We learn that the death of the late Mr.
K. L. Stevens has caused no interruption of the
work upon the steam-battery which he was building
at Hoboken for the Government. It is about two
thirds completed, and the plans of Mr. S., were so
far developed that no difficulty is apprehended in
finishing the vessel. It is said that great misappre
hension exists in regard to the costs of this vessel,
which is not so great as has been rumored, aud the
Government received from the late Mr. S.. the
most ample security for the faithful fulfillment of hie
Contract before a dollar was paid him.
Russian Encouragement of the Mechanic
Arts. —lt is said that the personnel of the Russian
embassy in Berlin is soon to be increased by the ad
dition of a member well versed in the mechanical
arts, whose office it shall be make himself familiar
with even' invention, improvement and discovery,
in mechanism and the useful arts, as fast as it ap
pears, aud report upon it to his government.
The building prospects of Cincinnati during the
present season arc said to be better than they were
ever before known . The Commercial says the
buildings erected this year will be generally of a su
perior class. At St. Louis contracts, it is said, have
already been made to build 3000 houses in that city
this sciisou, and that the mania for building is only
checked by the inability to procure lumber and ma
terials for an additional number. One block will
cost $150,000, aud several million dollars iu the ag
gregate will be dispensed among the mechanics
there this year.
The Manufacture of Files. —For the last
twenty years, skilled mechanics have exercised all
the r Ingenuity in try ing to discover a process of
manufacturing files, so a* to lessen the cost of pro
duction. A machine, which has proved successful
has recently been invented by Mr. Ross, of Glas
gow. It is stated that, by its agency, files can be
struck in a very superior maimer, with an advan
tage in labor alone of at least two hundred per
cent, over the whole process of striking. A skill
ful file-cutter will strike by the hand, somewhere
about twenty common forty inch flat bastard files
in a day, while with one of these machines sixty
files may be struck iu the same time. A one horse
steam power is capable of driving six of these ma
chines.
The Coolie Trade. —Late accounts from Valpa
raisto mention the arrival of the American ship Dal
matia, one hundred and seventy days from China,
with one hundred and sixty coolies, having lost
ninety others and a large number of her crew on the
passage. The clipper Winged Racer had brought
in seven hundred and sixty of the unfortunate Chi
namen.
Practical Amalgamation. —The liberty allow
ed under laws of Massachusetts for intermarriages
between the white and black races is but rarely ta
ken advantage of in Boston. A few days since a
colored man of twenty-eight years, born in Norfolk.
Va., was married to a'white girl of nineteen years.—
Formerly such marriages were forbidden by law
there, but the prohibition had no practical effect.
Building his own Monument. —Dr. Orville
Dewey, has donated the earnings of his last win
ter’s lectures to his native village, to be expended
ia planting shade trees along its streets. And its
children shall rise up and call him blessed.
The New York Herald has compiled a table from
the fullest attainable materials, which presents an ex
hibit of the emigration from the North and South, to
Kansas. Os the emigrants for 1856 from the South,
Missouri has famished 1100, and South Carolina the
next largest number. 230 men. Os the Northern
States Massachusetts has sent the largest number.
350, and New York the next largest, 300. The South
as a whole, has sent out 1900 emigrants, while the
North has furnished only 1350.
The New York Post publishes a ietter from Baron
Humboldt that satisfactorily disposes of a report
that that distinguished man Wl become a convert
to t hr- spirit rapping humbug. He says he ha* ~ a
holy horror of pme wood spiritTf&jism* and psycho
graphic mysticisms."
Batoxets— The bayonet derives it* name from
the place where it was invented, Bayonne, in
France, and was first used in battle as a weapon by
the French, in the year 1603. proving a novel and
efficient arm.
There are eight hundred idiot* in the State of
Connecticut, one-fourth of whom are under fourteen
years of age.
We learn that Mr. Horace Gardner, brother of
B. S. Gardner, who was killed a few weeks since in
Sparta. died on Sunday last from wounds received
in the affray in which*his brother was killed.
■ ■Mi^jjfc—— ——
! TrnrcndnnN Freshet In Trnntwf— Serion
Lo»*» ©f Life.
| On Monday night the sth inst., and the following
; morning, says the Columbia rTenu.j Mirror, occur -
| red one of tiie most destructive freshets iu this couu
! try within out recollection, and perhaps the most so
I of any within the memory of the ‘’oldest inhabi-
L iants.” Tbe rain commenced falling ear! von Sun
day morning, and continued until ten o’clock in the
! forenoon, when there was a suspension until that
i night or early Monday. Ali day Monday it eontinu
j eu to fall in moderate showers* until night set in,
when it seemed that the floodgate* of Heaven were
’ opened, and it poured in torrents the night long, ac
-1 < ompanied with lightning and thunder ; but with
very little if any 'rind. By Tuesday morning, the
! rivulet* and smaller water course* were up and far
out of their banks. The two Bigbies and Lick Creek
West of Columbia, are said to have been higher,
perhaps, than ever before kuown. An immense
deal of damage was doue upon and along the bor
ders* of those streams. We have heard of not less
than tour bridges upon them having been washed
off, one upon Little Bigby, upon the Campbells ville
Pike, near Maj. Granville A. Pillow's ; another low
er down upon'the Mt. Pleasant Pike at Hilliard's
Mill, two miles from Columbia : a third a little low
er down, upon the Hampshire Pike, two miles West
of Columbia, was damaged, but stood out against
the flood. Upon Bigby, we learn, that the bridge
on this side of Mt. Pleasant was curried off. Below
upon the same stream, at Webster’s Mills, the
bridge was not injured . while a short distance on
this side, on a stream making into Big Bigby, part
of a small brige was taken off. The bridge across
Lick Creek, between this place and Williamsport,
was moved a little, but without serious damage.—
The Methodist Church, a frame building, in the
Webster neighborhood, and near the Pike leading
from Columbia to Hampshire, was lifted up and
swung round from its foundation.
We have 00 far only heard from that portion of
the county west of Columbia : what damage may
have been done in other parts of the country wo
have not vet learned. All the farms lying along the
streams above spoken of have been stripped of their
fencing and immense quantities of rails been swept
off entirely out of reach. The damage iu this re
spect ha* been very great. The owners of these
farms will be obliged to stop cultivation and go to
fencing. Some have been so much damaged as to j
make it verv doubtful whether they will not have i
to give up their crops. Lands everywhere and es- j
Eecially where they had been plowed, have been |
adly washed. The rains seemed to be general, and
we should not be surprised to hear of damage to far- 1
mers in all sections of Maury county.
Since writing the above, we understand that eve- i
ry bridge and every mill on Fountain Creek, from I
head to mouth, have been carried off by this freshet, j
We have not time to enter fully into the particulars
or the great damage done by it in this county.
The Nashville Banner says: The disaster caused j
by the late floods in the counties south of ns can j
hardly be exaggerated In Giles county, especial !
ly, the damage caused is immense, ana altogether j
unprecedented. Richland Creek and its tributaries !
rose several feet higher than was ever before j
known, sweeping to destruction stock of all kinds, !
particularly hogs, cattle and sheep, whilst stripping I
plantations of rails and farm buildings appear to be
minor calamities. One man lost 200 head of sheep, j
and the injury caused by tiuc*washing away of the
soil can bo hardly estimated** Nearly every small
bridge on the turnpike from Columbia to Elkton has
been carried away, the two bridges over Richland
Creek barely escaping. It is understood that uum- '
bers of mills have been destroyed-
But the moat melancholy vesult.occurred at Lynn
ville, situated on the turnpike road about fourteen
miles north of Pulaski. •
Lynn creek, running through the town, rose to
such a height on Tuesday morning, and so sudden
ly, as to destroy almost without warning a house
occupied by a man named Richardson, situated in
the lower part of tho village within somo twenty
feet of the main road. The building was cruaheS
in a few moments, the father and mother finding
themselves with an infant drifting down the angry
torrent, two other children having perished in bed
at the time the house fell. After floating with the
wreck about three quarters of a mile, the whole
family lodged against a tree, the father severely in
jured, the three children dead, and the mother so
jammed amongst the drift, as with the best efforts of
the husband barely able to keep her head above the
roaring waters.
In this condition they were discovered a little af
ter daylight, and heroically rescued by ayogugmau
named Isaac Bearden, who swam kt& horse to the
spot, declaring his Intention to “save them or perish
in the attempt.” Others finally aided him in the
generous endeavor. Such noble conduct needs no
euology, it is an honor to human nature.
It is reported that an overseer and a negro man
have perished in the same neighborhood. Alto
gether, the visitation has no parallel in the history
of that region since its settlement.
The Shelbyvilie Expositor relates the following :
We are pained to learn that Mr. George Brim, in
Lincoln county, in the neighborhood of Loftwick's
meeting house, lost all his children, four in number,
by the flood on Monday night last. The water came
upon him so suddenly that it was with much diffi
culty that he saved himself and wife. Mrs. Brim
was only saved by clinging to a stump until assis
tance could be procured. Mr. B. at one time had
three of his children in his grasp, but, on losing his
ballance in contending with the current, they were
wrenched from his hold, and sunk to a watery
grave.
The Expositor adds : —On the railway from this
place to Wartrace, we learn that every bridge, with
the exception of one, has been, if not swept away,
most seriously damaged. The same may be said of
the main road extending from Bellbuckle toward
the South. The cars are not running at present on
the Branch, and only as far ns Bellbuckle from
Nashville. When they will make their usual through
trips we have not and cannot learn. We hear of
much damage done below to mills, factories and
cornfields.
The Lebanon Herald of Thursday says :
The greatest freshet that has happened since 1847,
visited us on Tuesday last. The rain fell in torrents
on Monday evening, all night Monday night, and
often and on until 12 o’clock Tuesday morning, at
which time portions of Lebanon were entirely inun
dated. Several families had to leave their resi
dences and seek shelter elsewhere. The water ae
cumulated upon the square and portions of West,
South and Maple streets to the depth of from two to
three feel. Many gardens and fences were serious
ly damaged. We have not learned the extent of
th«* damage sustained in the country, but are satis
fied that it is very great, especially on the rivers
and creeks.
The Nicaraguan Minister.—Padre Vigil,
the new Minister sent by General Walker to
Washington, is thus described in the New Or
leans Delta :
The Padre was at one time a lawyer practising
in Granada, we believe, and enjoyed very great
prestige as an accomplished jurist and a skillful
speaker, being almost ns effective in court as in
chambers, in pleading as in advice. He became
connected with some of the political movements
which agitated Central America periodically, and
had to choose between exile and death ns the penal
ty of his patriotism, or his rashness, or his ambition,
or whatever it may be called. Accordingly, he had
to leave Central America, and was refused the privi
lege of returning in the character of a lawyer, or a
soldier, or a politician. Only one role, remained
which he could play with any adequate chance of
success, and in clue time he resolved to perform it,
and re-appenr in his native country under the pro
tection of the Church and in the surplice and stole of
of a Priest. A priest might act as a lawyer when
occasion required, but it is somewhat novel to find
alawyerwitha sufficient hardihood to become a
priest. There is very little affinity between briefs
and bibles, between psalms and forensic harangues,
between the service of Christ and the service of an
ordinary client; but Padre Vigil was able to recon
cile botn, and exhibited an equal amount of ability
for fees and fervor, for briefs and beads, for the
court and the confessional, for cross-examination
and the cross.
New York Items.
May 7.—But two Anniversaries were held yester
day, those of the Sunday School Union, and the
American and Foreign Christian Union. The latter
met at the Tabernacle. A majority of those in at
tendance were ladies. Rev. Dr. De Witt presided,
and addresses were made by Hon. Theodore Fre
linghuysen, Rev. Dr. Tyng and others. The Trea
surer’s Report states that the receipts for the year
at $69,330.50, and the expenditures $67,(>51,91. —
The whole number of laborers connected with the
Society is I ID, of whom 67 wore in the home, and
52 in the foreign field—an increase of 11 on the
preceding year. The aim of this Society is, accord
ing to its own profession, to disseminate Protestant
ism in Roman Catholic countries.
The number of children that took part in the Sun
day School celebration, yesterday afternoon, could
not have been fewer than fifteen thousand. They
assembled at the Presbyterian, Baptist and Dutch
Reformed Churches, in different parts of the city,
accompanied by their teachers and pastors. The
“ Union” held a general meeting at the Tabernacle
in the evening, to listen to addresses from Rev. I)r.
Dawling, Rev. B. Sunderland, of Washington City,
and others.
Yesterday morning, according to notice, the grand
steam fire engine trial came off, in front of the City
Hall, the Fire Department Committees and a large
number of citizens being spectators. The trial was
for two prizes offered by the Common Council; one
of SSOO for the best machine exhibited, and one of
S3OO for the second best.
The engines competing for the prizes were Lee
4c Larneu’s, aud two model engines by W. J. & J.
S. Burnham aud James Smith. Lee 4c Larned’s
got up steam in 14 minutes with 100 pounds. With
fifty feet hose, through a 1 1-18 inch nozzle, it threw
water 185 feet, and through a nozzle l 1-16 inch it
threw water 150 feet. The Burnham’s model got
up steam in 22 minutes with 50 pounds steam ;
through fifty feet hose and i inch nozzle it threw a
stream 125 feet. The model of Smith’s got up steam
in 12 minutes at 80 pounds, aud threw water 65 feet
through 20 feet length of hose and 5-1 G inch nozzle.
The Councilmen Committee have not announced
their decision yet.
Another of those infamous conspiracies and black
mail operations which occasionally startle the com
munity, has recently come to light, the victim in
case being a gentleman who formerly held a high
official station in this city, and the conspirator be
ing a young and fascinating woman and her “in
jured husband;” a man named Brown. The alleged
crim. con. is said to have taken place 18 years ago,
and since tkat time the victim has been bled by
Brown to the tune of $50,000 to $150,000, rather
than bear exposure.
The police as well as several prominent citizens
have for years been aware of the circumstances, but
the victim always refused to bring Brown to justice,
preferring rather to lose his fortune than his good
name. The last haul Brown made was a deed of
some property located in Harlem, valued at $20,000
and to recover this back and bring Brown to jus
tice, it is said, legal proceedings have been or will
be commenced. These will probably develop all
the circumstances in the case. Brown is decided
ly a fast man, and it is said, attempted some time
ago to pluck a wealthy iron merchant in this city
by a similar process, but failed and was kicked into
the street.
Mr. William E. Burton has purchased the ground
lately belonging to P. T. Barnuin, at the comer of
Browdway ana Houston street, for the purpose of
erecting, at an early day, a theatre which will pro
bably be in size and other respects the most magni
ficent in the city.
Bank of Commerce, Savannah. — This new
monied corporation was organized yesterday by the
election of the following gentlemen as Directors :
G. B. Lamar, Cbae. Green, Jos. Burke, C. A. L.
Lamar, Thos. Holcombe, Jno. H. Davis.
Mr. G. B. Lamar was elected President of the
Bank, and Mr. Jno. C. Ferrill, Cashier. The for
mer has been for many years the President of the
Bank of the Republic in New York, and his name,
as one skilled in financial affaire, will give great
strength to our new institution.
It gives us great pleasure to hail the promotion
of Mr. Jno. C. Ferrill to the office of Cashier, so long
Teller of the Planters’ Bank of this city. While we
realize the loss the latter institution will sustain in
his resignation, we at the same time appreciate the
gain of the Bank of Commerce in so admirable an
officer.
We understand that the Bank will soon go into
operation, with a capital paid in of $300,000.
The great difficulty which our community has
heretofore labored under, viz : the want of capital
for business, is being speedily relieved. We will
be enabled at the opening of the next business sea
son. by the assistance of our enterprising citizens, to
offer facilities equal to every requirement of trade.
—Georgian of Sunday.
A man in Florida, who swallowed an orange seed
last fall, has a breath so fragrant of orange blossoms
this spring that, he says, the ladies are constantly
teazing him for kisses. Poor fellow I
Violent Hail Storm in Virginia. —One of the
most violent hail storms that ever occurred in Vir
ginia, swept over the county of Lunenburg to Ame
lia Court House on the 7th inst. In the woods and
some other places it lay upon the ground to the
depth of four inches, some of the hailstones b eing of
large size. Leaves were stripped from the trees
and fences blown down, but we have heard of no
other damage.
During the siege of Sebastopol, & Russian shell
buried itself in the side of a lull without the city and
opened a spring. A little fountain bubbled forth
where the cannon abot had fallen, and during the
remainder of the siege afforded to the thirsty troops
who were stationed m that vicinity an abundant
supply of pure cold water.
The Steamer Fulton arrived off Cowes on the
19th.
Mr. Fillmore and the .Nomination.
The continued repetition of assertions that Mr.
Fillmore would decline the Presidential nomination
conferred upon him bv the American party, has re
sulted rather from the hopes of his opponents than
1 from anv expectation on their part that he would
j pursue that course, and iu fact has embodied a strong
acknowledgment of the apprehension that his po
sition as the only conservative candidate before the
country endangered the success of their own
j schemes. The lion. G. S. Haven, the late law part*
ner of Mr. Fillmore, and now a member of Con
gress from his district, has addressed a letter to the
Boston Traveller, in which he disposes of this false
report, and exhibits Mr. Fillmore in a light that will
sthl more endear him to the country •
lloi se of Representatives, >
Washington, April 30. 1856.
Mv Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 28th iuatant,
containing a quotation from some Boston paper, has
just been handed me at mv seat. I will answer it
I before I lay it down. The qnotation is as follows •
“It is now conceded that Mr. Fillmore will decline
! the nomination of the American party. I learn from
what I consider good authority that lie has written
I to his friends in New York that he is not an ‘Arneri
j can' in the party sense of that word, that he cannot
| accept the nomination—and that as soon as ho
arrives in New York he will make his decision
known.”
I have seen the paper from which you make the
extract, but I have seen much similar nonsense iu
free circulation iu the Anti-American press. Sup
posing tbe sensible men of tho country knew fully
how to appreciate it, no one has taken occasion to
reply to it.
The circulation of these reports seem to be about
half the stock in trade of the Democracy of the
South, and approximates to the entire assortment of
tlie Republicans and Abolitionists of the North.
These extreme men can make a parade of issues
with each other, on purely sectional questions, but
upon this subject they look into each other’s eyes
with mutual sympathy and satisfaction.
They believe in common, if they can drive from
the field the man who is standing in the very midst
of the great American masses—of the people them
selves—as distinguished from the politicians, and in
trigues for place, that their work in the coining cam
paign will bo more than half completed, that tho
winds of discord and sectional strife will again be
let loose, and the cry will then again be raised, that
the constitution is “ an ill-considered compact ” —
“ an atrocious bargain and that the time has come
to “ let the Union slide."
My dear sir, the wish of these men is father to the
thought, and they will be disappointed iu all their
calculations.
Mr. Fillmore was not nominated to decline.—
His nomination was the result of the deliberations
of a* intelligent, warm-hearted, cool-headed dis
creet, and patriotic, a body of men as has met in
this country since the convention that framed the
Constitution.
Mr. Fillmore will not decline. He has not so in
formed me in terms it is true, but were he to decline
he would prove a traitor to that sentiment in the
country, which so nobly, so generously sustained
him in the very trying* times of his previous admin
istration, and to those just and comprehensive Ame
rican sentiments, which calculate and insist upon
exact justice to every section of our common coun
try, with all its diversified institutions, interests,
prejudices, and pursuits,
The great Amerioan spirit, and American heart'
sustained him in that former administration, upon
which he entered amidst difficulties, perils and
sectional strife, lie earned it on from the neces
sities of the case, with the appointees of his pre
decessor and not with men of his own selection,
save his Cabinet, iu which for obvious reasons,
:i change was neoeaaary, without canting anv im
putation on those not retained, and save also, a
very limited number, less than a dozen I think,
that self-respect compelled him to change, in his
own State,
That administration brought peace, quiet, con
tentment and satisfaction to the whole country.—
Our foreign relations were maintained on high,
honorable and American grounds. In all our do
mestic affairs, things subsided into acquiescence,
satisfaction and approval. Sectional strife dared
not show its head, and the territorial acquisitions,
that came with the pence then lately conclud
ed, were placed under civil governments that were
satisfactory to all.
The government machinery, when he handed it
over to Ids successor, was bright, well oiled, lubri
cated, and in complete running order ; whether the
engineer in charge since that time has kept it so ; or
whether he has let it become rusty and decayed, or
has switched the engine and entire train off* the
track, let the nation declare.
Mr. Fillmore has not yet received official advice
of his nomination—he had not, at least, on the 31st
March, when at Florence ; but in a letter from
there of that date, to me, after regretting the ne
cessity of so early a nomination, and that the choice
had not fallen upon another, he says, “I am fully
prepared for any sacrifice which it may bo necessa
ry to make, aua any responsibility it may be neces
sary to take.”
His original Intention, when he was abroad,
included a visit to Russia. I suppose he is in St.
Petersburg now, and will be home between the
middle and latter part of June, lie can then speak
for himself.
I have given you my own information and be
lief, and briefly my reasons for it. This is fortified
by his declaration in author place, since his nomina
tion, where he said, “I am determined to sink or
swim, live or die, with my friends. Our cause is
just, for it is the cause of our common country and
every part of it, and we ought to triumph; but if we
fall, we shall at least have the consolation of know
ing that wc were engaged in a righteous cause and
deserved success.” As tho outlines of the future
become more apparent, you will bo able to judge
whether I am correct or not in believing that the
American masses, the greut middle classes—men
who lovo their country for its own sake, and not
for tho spoils of office—will rally openly to his|
standard and murk him as the man of their choice.
You know, quite as well as I do, how much confi
dence is to be put in the Republican and Abolition
outcry of men of that class, at the North, who swear
they hold the destinies of.the country in their
breeches pocket, but who show on every popular
test, as in the late elections in Rhode Island and
Connecticut, at Albany, &c., &c., that they now
number about one vote in eleven, of the entire mas
ses of the country, and are growing “small by de
grees and beautifully less.”
As I have no political secrets or opinions that I
am unwilling the world should see, if it desire, I
have Jo wish to prevent you froo, showing this to
your friends, Jr
I have written in the midst dfdebate in the House
and have not time to road iwftr, but am
Very truly, ynunf S. G. Hanen.
F. W. Prescott, Esq., Brookline.
Particulars of the Destruction of the
Steamer Effie Afton.— The Cincinnati Commer
cial, of tho 9th inst., gives the following : Capt. J.
S. Hurd, and the crew of the unfortunate Effie Af
ton arrived here yesterday, from whom we glean
the following particulars relative to the loss of this
new and elegant steamer, on Tuesday last. About
day-break, while she was passing the starboard
draw of the Great Bridge, that spans the Upper
Mississippi at Rock Island, she was caught by the
current and hurled against the first pier east o*f the
draw crib. The shock atonce partially disabled her.
She instantaneously caught file in three places,—
the barbor shop, main cabin, and the boiler deck.—
The flames, however, were immediately extinguish
ed through the timely exertions of her officers. She
then took fire from the stove in the pantry room,
which had upset. The flames had matte such head
way before they were discovered, that it was im
possible to extinguish them. The fire soon commu
nicated to the first span of the bridge, east of the
draw pier, which soon burned off and fell into the
river. The burning boat, and the wreck of the
bridge span then floated down the river together, a
distance of nearly two miles, when they lodged on
the head of an island or bar, and burned to the wa
ter’s edge. The thrilling scene of destruction was
witnessed with breathless interest by the people on
both shores. The Afton had on board about sixty
cabin and one hundred deck passengers. The ca
bin passengers saved themselves by climbing upon
the pier of the bridge. The deck passengers wero
chiefly taken olf by the stenmer J. 15. Carson, which
had hastened to the terrible scene and rendered ef
ficient service. Fortunately no lives were lost.—
The passengers* baggage is all saved, but the cargo
lost. The loss to the Bridge Company is estimated
at SIO,OOO.
As the vast flouting conflagration passed down
the river, the cattle and horses on the boat bellow
ing and plunging to avoid ilie spreading flames,
some of them succeeded in breaking loose and swam
to tho shore. Thirteen head of cattle and two horses
were burned with the boat. A boiler, belonging to
a passenger, the pilot wheel, life-boat, and books
and papers in the oftice, is all that was saved from
the wreck. The enrgo was worth from $30,000 to
$40,000. Capt. Iluru, a few days since, refused
$40,000 for the boat. We regret to learn that she
was only insured for $15,000, Capt. Barker, one of
the best pilots on the Upper Mississippi, was at the
wheel. Capt. H. will at once commence Ruit
against the Railway Co., for damages sustained by
the loss of bis boat.
Indian News in Utah.—The Desserct News, of
Feb. 27, says :
“For some time past a few Indians iu Utah and
Cedar Valleys have been disposed to be mischievous,
stealing cattle and horses wneu oppoitunity offered,
threatening to kill cattle when they pleased, and re
sisting a legal examination into their conduct. Mat
ters were in this condition untilrecently, when from
all now known, (10 A. M., of the 26th) some Indians
killed two herdsmen on the west side of Utah Lake,
on the 21st, or early on the 22d inst., and another
herdsman is missing.
“On the 22d, a posse of ten men, with writs
from the first and second United States District
Courts, called at an Indian camp near the south fort
in* Cedar county, to arrest the Indians named in
those writs.
“Soon as the attempt was made to execute the
writs, the Indians showed fight and fired upon the
officers, and in the mdUe one Indian and one squaw
were killed, the latter accidentally, and Mr. George
Carson was mortally wounded, and died about two
A. M. of the 23d.”
Railroad Delays. —We have had no trains
from Nashville since Monday evening last, owing
to the action of the late rains upon the track. W’e
understand that iu several places there have been
slides, and some three bridges washed awav and
one Engine has had a downward tendency into a
creek—and of course our mail matter from the West
comes up missing. A large force is employed in
removing the obstructions and replacing things ge
nerally.
Also upon the East Tennessee and Georgia road
they have shared the same misfortune—there being
some “cavings in” a few miles above Loudon—the
travel goes on as usual by means of steamboat from
Loudon to Lenoirs. At the time of the slides all
the passenger cars happened to be above and pas
sengers are now permitted to ride in the old
fashioned box cars. We tried them a trip the other
day and they ride delectably and a little more so.—
Chattanooga Advertiser, 1( )th irut.
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. —Rev. Mr. Hut
chins, well known in Georgia as an able Baptist
Clergyman, whose field of labor has been for some
vears in Forsyth county, came to Marietta on Sat
urday the 26th ult., with a woman and three child
ren. took a room as man and wife at one of our ho
tels, and stopped over Sabbath. Persons from
Forsyth county who were familiar with the parties,
recognized the woman as a Mrs. Cain, whose hus
band has been some years in California. Mr. Hut
chins left a wife, children and grand children be
hind, telling them that he was going out West to
look up a new location and would return for his
familv. He took out letters of dismission and re
commendation fr«m the church for himself and
wife, and evidently intends cloaking his infamous
conduct under the garb of religion. He returned
to Forsyth county, after depositing his fair charge
somewhere up the road, and settled up his business,
revealing his intentions, and making over his little
property to his lawful wife. He then bade his wife
anafamily a long and terrible adieu, and returned
to his fair but fallen enchantress. It seems that af
fairs were approaching such a crisis as would soon
bring ruin and disgrace updn the standing of the
guily parties at home, and they choose the pleasant
est of the two evils, with the risk of escaping ex
posure in parts unknown.
Mr. Hutchins passed through here last Friday, on
his way to rejoin his paramour, and is no doubt re
veling in her smiles in some parts of the West. He
is sixty-five years old, and has been preaching
about 25 years. His ministry has been very success
ful and be has probably baptized more persons than
any minister of the Gospel in the State during that
period. .
We hope the infamous conduct of this gray-head
ed old adulterer will be made public by our western
exchanges, that he may be prevented from inflic
ting any farther wounk upon the church, if he can
noi be brought to a summary punishment.—Mari
etta Georgian.
The Scottish Fisheries.— lt is stated in Black
wood’s Magazine that there are nearly eleven thou
sand boats engaged in the Scottish Fisheries, and
that they give employment to about forty thousand
fishermen, besides occupying as coopers, gutters
and laborers, neariy thirty thousand other persons.
The amount of capital invested in the fisheries is
about $2,730,000. The value of the herring fishery
for 1850, is estimated at one million pounds sterling.
The amount of cod and ling (a species of cod) taken
in 1854 was 173,892 hundredweight. Large quanti
ties of herring are exported to the continent of Eu
rope, 338.360 being shipped thence in 1855.
A Minnesota writer brags that a neighbor of his
raised one squash which weighed 221 J pounds and
measured seven feet and four inches in circumfer
ence. Another raised a flat turnip which weighed
I twenty one pounds.
BY TELEGRAPH.
later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF TUE STEAMER
A TLASTIf.
It F.tv Yokk, May li.—Tho steamer Atlantic has
arrived, bringing four days' later news from Eu
rope.
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, April 30.—Cotton.—There was only
a moderate business doing in Cotton, and prices had
declined ]d. Sales of the three days $*27,000 bales,
of which speculators and exporters took 4,000 bales.
Middling Orleans 6 5-16 d : Middling Upland 6 jd.
Trade is generally uucliauged. Flour Ims ad
vanced Is.: Wheat Ito 2d: Corn fid.
Consols have declined £c. Money was easy at
previous rates.
The political news is unimportant.
Herman, Cox & Co. report the prices of Cotton
n favor of the buyer, in consequence of the con
tinued increase iu the receipts advised by the Asia,
and the Trades being well supplied. The market
closed heavy.
Brown, Shipley & Co. report a decline of |d. in
Cotton, which was confined principally to the lower
grades. Consols quiet. Iu consequence of the
new loan of twenty millions, they had declined to
91 but recovered and closed at92j.
Miscellaneous News.
The peace treaty was officially published. Arti
cles sth and Gth provide for the general amnesty
and exchange of prisoners; the 7th and Bth admit
Turkey political law public system Europe, [We
hope our readers can make sense of this, for it is al
together beyond our power—Eds. Chron & Sent.]
and secure her independence and the integrity of
her territory.
Great fires had occurred at Hong Kong and Pro
ma, in Burmah. Eighty houses were burned at
Ilong Kong.
Nice Brothers, an American house, have failed
for one and a half million.
Latest by the Atlantic.
Sales of Cotton on Wednesday 8,000 bales, of
which speculators and exporters took 1500 bales.
Fair Orleans 7d., Fair Uplands 6|d. The market
closed steady.
Panama Riot—The floniicide.
Washington, May 11.—Amos B. Corwine, for
merly Consul at Panama, has been appointed n
Commissioner to proceed to Panama, and on the
20th inst., to take testimony relative to the recent
riot and robbery.
Herbert is before the Circuit Court on a writ of
habeas corpus, on an application to be admitted to
bail. The decision will be given to-morrow.
From Washington.
Washington, May 13.—Mr. Buchanan arrived
this evening in the city aiul took up his quarters at
the National Hotel. He has been honored with a
serenade. Ills reception was of a private charac
ter.
The political leaders have arranged that the entire
North West, except Michigan, shall cast their vote
as a unit at Cincinnati, for either Pierce or Douglas.
Michigan insists on supporting Buchanan. The Ad
ministration men are secretly promising the admis
sion of Kansas with the Topeka Constitution after
the Convention.
The others of the Orizaba have been officially ad
vised to forcibly resist the British frigate Eurydyce’s
future attempts to board her at San Juan.
Charleston Market.
Monday, May 12, 1 p. m.—Cotton.—The mar.
ket is quiet and prices depressed. Sales to-day 300
halos at 11 to 11 Jc.
Tuesday, May 13, 1 P. M.—There is no market
to-day, buyers offering low prices. Sales 200 bales
at 10 to 111 cents—the latter for Middling Fair.
New York .Market.
Monday, April 12.—Cotton.—The market is
dull, and prices have declined £e. Sales to-day 2000
bales. Flour has advanced sc.
Tuesday, May 13.—The Atlantic's news has de
pressed the Cotton market and prices have de.-
clined Jc. Sales to-day 1000 bales." Middling Upland
10 jc; the market closing heavy. Freights are rather
firmer.
St. Louis, Mat/ 7.—The Lawrence correspondent
of the St. Louis Democrat, says that Colonel Sum
ner was encamped opposite Lawrence, with 120
men, dragoons. Ho had addressed a letter to Gov.
Robinson, stating that the attack on Sheriff Jones
had produced great excitement throughout the ter
ritory and the frontier of Missouri, and urging on
the people of Kansas the importance of ferreting
out and bringing the assassin to justice. He savs
also that the offence had been report*d at Wash
ington, and that any order received from there will
be carried out.
Gov. Robinson replied that the attempted assas
sination of Sheriff Jones was unanimously condemn
ed by the citizens of Lawrence, audif the guilty
person was found, he would be given up. It had
been the custom of the people of Lawrence to yield
prompt obedience to the laws and officers of the
General Government, and ns the Sheriff was acting
under those laws on the day of the attack, the per
petrator was as much an enemy to the citizens of
Lawrence, as he was to the violated laws.
Mr. Whitfield returned to Lawrence on the 27th
of April. Mr. Oliver acted as his Attorney be
fore the Congressional committee during his ab
sence.
We have news of a meeting held at Westport,
Mo., on the 2d inst., where resolutions were passed
denying the assertion contained in the Kansas Her
ald of Freedom, that military companies were be
ing drilled there on the day that Sheriff Jones at
tempted to make the arrests at Lawrence.
Washington, May B.—The U. S. Senate to-day
discussed the Sound Dues question. The House
passed the bill granting a million and a half of ucies
of land in aid of the lowa Railroads. The Postoflioe
and Ocean Mail Bill was reported.
Hartford , 67., May 7.—The Legislature of this
State have elected all Anti-Administration State
officers.
St. Louis , May B.—Advices from Kansas to the
3d inst., state that Sheriff Jones is dead.
New Orleans, May B.—Two hundred highly effi
cient and well-armed men, under the command of
Capt. Jacques, sailed to day to join Walker’s expe
dition.
New York, May B.—Cotton was firm and 1200
bales changed hands. Flour and Wheat were un
changed. Corn was better at 02 cents per bushel.
Other articles were firm. Freights were improving.
New Orleans, May 6.—The sale of Cotton to-day
comprised 3000 bales at from 10i®I0J cents for
Middling. Sugars were higher, and the stock con
siated of 276,000 hogsheads. Molasses was scarce.
Norfolk, May 7.—The U. S. steamer Water Witch,
Capt. Rage, arrived here Monday, 5 days from Ha
vana, unu sailed for Washington this evening. She
has been absent three years, surveying the princi
pal rivers in South America.
Boston , May 7. —The bolters from the American
State Council, held a session at the Adam VHouse
last night, and adopted resolutions repudiating Fill
more and Donelson. They chose delegates to the
Anti-Fillmore National Convention at New York on
the 12th of June.
New York, May 7. —A great trotting match came
off yesterday over the Union Course, between Buz
aud Lantern, tor $10,600, mile heats, best three in
five. Lantern won the Ist, 3d and 4th heats. Time :
2:35—2:324—2:32|—2:37.
Dunkirk, May s.—The navigation from this port
is entirely deal*. A propeller arrived this morning
from Detriot and another from Toledo, with full
cargoes. Steamers arc loading for Cleveland,
Toledo and Detroit, and will all leave this evening.
Rock Island, 111., May 7.—The steamer Kffio, af
ter passing the drawbridge this morning, was swung
around by the current, and struck against one of the
piers. The cabin was smashed in and the boat fired
aud destroyed. Loss $75,000. The bridge took fire
and one span was destroyed.
New York, May 7.—A meeting for the relief of
the sufferers by famine at Cape Verde Islands, was
held yesterday. The Portuguese residents sub
scribed $2,000 for a vessel to be chartered to carry
provisions to them.
Washington, May 7. —Father Vigil, the new
Minister from Nicaragua, is here, but has not yet
presented his credentials. The impression is that he
will be received.
Cincinnati, May 10.—Flour $5.25® 5.50 ; Whis
key 20; Provisions, Mess Pork $15.50'® 15.75;
Groceries unchanged—River falling very slowly
with 10 feet water scant in the channel.
Baltimore , May 9.—A party of 130 men left here
to-day, said to be destined for Nicaragua per steam
er Onzaba. They were orgauized into two com
panies, and were mostly from the interior of the
State.
New York, May 12.—The sales of Cotton to-day
comprised 2000 bales at a decline of |c. per lb.,
Middling Orleans being quoted at 11c., Fair Up
lands at 112., improving from $6 ® $6371 per bid.
for Ohio. Wheat is firm. Corn is firm at from 59
®6O cents per bushel. Freights have improved.
New York, May 10. —Tke steamer Ericsson sailed
for Liverpool at noon, with eighty passengers, but
no specie.
The steamer North Star has been detained until
2 o’clock, in order to take out government de
spatches.
Washington, May 12.—Mr. Herbert has been re
leased from custody, having given SIO,OOO bail to
appear at the June term of the Criminal Court, to
plead to an indictment for manslaughter.
New-York, May 12.—Capt. Tinklepaugh and the
other parties charged with a breach of the neutrality
luws in regard to Nicaraguan affairs, huve been
found not guilty.
Washington, May 11.—The speech of Mr. Fuller
yesterday created immense sensation, and is regard
ed by his friends as very able. One hundred thous
and copies were subscribed for before the House
adjourned.
Detroit, May 9.—Much excitement was occasion
ed here yesterday in consequence of the arrest of
four persons for violation of the Prohibitory Liquor
Law. The military were called out to preserve the
peace. During the examination of the cases to-day,
the informer was driven from the court room and
chased into a neighboring house which was besieged
by an excited crowd several hours. He finally re
turned, and the trial proceeded without further in
terruption.
Mew Orleans, May 12.—1 u the case of the United
States vs. Ex-Postmaster Kendall, the Texas case
was continued at the instauce of the U. 8. District
Attorney, although the defence pressed the trial and
offered to admit in evidence the testimony of the ab'
sent witnesses heretofore introduced.
Pocassett , Mass., May 9.—The schooner Daniel
Parker, of Orleans, from Bangor for New York,
with a load of lumber, ran ashore on West Sand
wich beach this P. M., and the master, Richard
Smith, mate, Israel Snow, and the cook, name un
known, were drowned. Two men were saved. The
schr. went to pieces soon after she struck. A violent
northeast storm and pouring rain has prevailed here
durinF the last 24 hours.
NEW SPRING- GOODS,
gyAt low prices for Cash. —WILLIAM SHEAR
has just received from New York, a large supply of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, comprising an ele
gant assortment of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS ; RICH
EM BROIDERIES; aeomplete assortment of HOSIERY;
a beautiful assortment of LADIES’ MOURNING
GOODS, and a full supply of staple articles, suitable for
Family or Plantation use, which will be sold at very low
prices for cash.
The public are respectfully invited to call and examine
the assortment myl3-d&w
MARRIED.
In Marietta on the evening of the «th inst, by the Rev.
W. L. Tucker, Mr. ELLISON A. DA BBS and Miss
ANE E., second daughter of Tisdal Hudson, Esq.
SNUFF AND TOBACCO.
PETER LORILLARD, MANUFACTURER,
N O. 42CHATHAM-STKEET, NEW-YORK,
successor of Peter <fc George Lorii.lard, offers
for sale all kinds of SNUFF and TOBACCOS in gene
ral use. For particulars, a Pnce Current can be obtained
by addressing a* above. This establishment is one of
the oldest of the kind in the United States. myM-ly
Bacon, flock, Ac.—
300 hhds. Bacon BIDES ;
50 “ “ SHOULDERS ;
25 “ “ HAMS;
200 sacks sup. FLOUR ;
100 “ Extra Family FLOUR;
500 bushels CORN;
500 “ MEAL. For sale by
LEWIS & ALLEN,
B yU No. 1 Warren Block.
COMMERCIAL.
AUii l ST A M Alt KET.
Weekly Report Tuesday, P. M.
COTTON.—There were sales of about 1500 bales up
to Saturday, as follows :
Ordinary 9}® y$
Middling £lo}
Good Middling 10} £lO j
Middling Fair ...10* ®lo}
Fair 11
The Atlantic's accounts to hand yesterday forenoon,
being worse than expected, have depressed the market,
and we have not heard of a transaction since their recep
tion. Prices are, therefore, at the close *f the week al
together nominal.
RECEIPTS TO LATEST DATES.
1856. 1855.
New Orleans, May 6.... 1,605,483 1,097,78**
Mobile, May 9 592.36*2 333,-M2
Florida. May 2. - 126,071 111,389
Texas, May 3 84,174 45,506
Savannah, May 8..*- 368,408 342,109
Charleston, May 8 459,153 425,376
N. Carolina, April 26. 20,671 20,510
Virginia, April 1 9,463 15,300
3.265,785 2,391,214
Increase - 074,571
STOCKS IN SOUTHERN PORTS.
New Orleans. May 6 178,855 118.489
Mobile. May 9 55,563 60,559
Florida. Mav 11.909 13,940
Texas. May' 3 16,256 3,848
Savannah. May 8 14,79? 29,.>00
Charleston, May 8 68,802 48,824
N. Carolina, April 26. 575 625
Virginia, April 1 510 750
366,567 276,533
New York, May 6.. 59,333 89,831
EXPORTS TO FOREIGN POUTS.
To Great Britain 1,562,775 1,310,653
“France 442,175 394.522
“ other Foreign Ports...*. 431,522 238,659
Total Foreign Exports. . .«• 2,436,472 1,944,034
To Northern U. 8. Ports 775,227 749,285
GROCERIES.—There has boon only a moderate busi
ness in the Grocery trade this week. The stocks con
tinue abundant aud prices for all the leading articles re
main quite the saine, exceat Rio Coffee aud Cuba Mo
lasses, which are rather easier. Wo refer to quota
tions.
PROVISIONS.—IIacon is very firm, and prices rather
more stringent. Holders are looking to a still tuxther
advance. Flour continues depressed and prices are ea
sier generally.
GR AIN.—We have no change to report in the Corn and
Wheat markets, both of which are very much depressed.
There is no speculative demand and tlie transaction are
confined to immediate wants.
EXCHANGE.—Sight Cheeks on the North 1 percent
premium.
FREIGHTS.—The River though low, is navigated by
the Steamers without difficulty. Freights to Savannah
by River 40 cents per bale and 50 cents per bale by
Railroad. To Charleston $1 per bale for Cotton.
ivamoau. pci u»ir v»h«h.
A UC4t-ST A PRICES CIRRKNT.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
BAGGING.—Gunny 4P yard 15V TO 16
Kentucky 4* yard none.
Dundee 4* yard none.
BACON.—Hams 4* lb 10 TO 12
Moulders 4> 15 94 d> 94
Western Sides 4 V lb 10 a> 10}
Clear Sides, Tennessee 4* tt> 11 ri> 1H
Ribbed Sides 4* tb 10 'tV 101
llog Round. 4 V 16 TO 10}
BUTTER.—Gosheu 4 y tb 25 TO 35
Country 4 V lb 12 TO 18
BRICKS 4* 1000 6 00 TO 8 50
CHEESE.—Northern 4*' lb 14 a) 15
English Dairy tb 13 (0 18
COFFEE.—Rio 4 V tb 12 TO 13}
Laguira 4* IB 13 'd> 14
Java 4> IB 16} TO 17
DOMESTIC GOODS.—Yarns 80 TO 85
i Shirting 4* yard 4} TO 6
i Shirting 4 V yard 6 TO 7
1 Shirting 4* yard S’® 9}
5- Shirting 4 V yard to TO 12}
6- Shirting 4* yard 11 TO 14}
Osnaburgs P 1 yard 9V .TO 10
FEATHERS 4* lb 37} TO 40
FISH —Mackerel, No. 1 4 V bbl 20 00 ®22 00
No. 2 4 y bbl 11 50 ®l2 00
No. 3 4* bbl 750 ®8 0Q
No. 4 4* bbl 550 Tv 600
Herrings box TO 1 00
FLOUR.—Country 4* bbl 750 To bOO
Tennessee 4* bbl 800 TO
Canal 4 V bbl 750 TO 9 00-
Baltimore 4* bbl 800 TO 900
Hiram Smith's 4* bbl 14 dO
City Mills 4 V bbl 800 ®9 50
Lenoir’s Extra 4* bbl 800 TO 900
Denmead’s 4 V bbl 800 TO 950
GRAIN.—Corn, with sacks 4* bush t»0 to 65
Wheat, white 4 y bush 150 ©
Wheat, red 4* bush 1 00 TO 1 25
Oats ... 4* bush 40 TO 50
Rye 4 V bush 1 00 TO 1 05
Peas 4*' bush 75 TO 85
Corn Meal 4 V bush 65 TO 70
GUNPOWDER.—Dupont’s 4* keg 800 TO 850
Hazard. 4* keg 800 TO 850
Blasting 4 y keg 700 TO
IRON.—Swedes 4 V lb 5} TO
English 4 y lb 4 TO 5
LARD 4 y lb 10 a> 11}
LEAD—Bar 4* lb 8 ® 8}
LIME. —Country 4 y box 1 25 TO 150
Northern 4 y bbl 200 ®2 25
LUMBER 4> 1000 10 00 ®l4 00
MOLASSES.—Cuba 4 y gal 34 TO 37
Orleans, old crop 4* gal TO none.
Orleans, new crop 4*’ gal 47 ® 50
NAILS 4* lb 4} TO 5
OILS. —Sperm, prime..*. 4* gal 200 TO 250
Lamp 4* gal 110 ®1 25
Train 4* gal 75 TO 1 00
Linsged 4* gal 110 TO 115
Castor 4* gal 200 tO 225
RICE 4 y lb 4} TO 5}
ROPE.—Kentucky 4* lb 9} w 10}
Manilla 4 V tb 17 4 V 18
RAISINS & box 400 ®4 50
SPIRITS. —Northern Gin 4* gal 50 TO 55
Ruin 4* gal 55 TO 60
N. O. Whiskey 4* gal 35 TO 40
Poach Brandy 4* gal none.
Apple Brandy gal none.
Holland Gin 4 y gal 1 50 ® 1 75
Cognac Brandy 4* gal 300 TO 600
SUGARS.—New Orleans & IB 9 TO 10
Porto Rico 4* lb 9 TO 10
Muscovado 4* lb 8} Tv 9
Loaf 4 V lb 13 TO 12 V
Crushed 4 V tb 11} ® 13}
Powdered 4* lb 1H TO 13
Stuart’s Refined A 4* tb 111 ® 114
Stuart’s Refined B 4* lb 11 TO 11}
Stuart’s Refined C 4 V tb 10} TO 11
SALT 4* bush 00 TO 00
“ .4* sack 120 TO l 30
Blown sack 225 To 250
SOAP.—Yellow 4* tb 5} TO 6
SHOT ’. 4 V bag 225 ®2 37
TWINE.—Hemp Bagging 4* tb 22 TO 25
Cotton Wrapping 4* tb 15 TO 25
It is proper to remark that these are the current
rales a wholesale, from store—of course, at retail, prices
are a shade, higher, ami from the Wharf or Depots, in
large quantities a shade lower.
CHEAP GAS.
undersigned informs tlic public that lie is Sole
1 Agent for vending and putting in operation, the Gas
Apparatus of the Maryland Portable Gas Company.
Having tried -t at his residence in the country, can
confidently assert that, it is the cheapest, most brilliant
and agreeable light that is produced. The public is so*
licitedto examine the same now in successful operation
atthe otlice of the Chronicle &. Sentinel and at Clara’s
llall, of Messrs. Lainback Ac Cooper, in this city.
Pamphlets, giving full description of the apparatus,
price, &c., can be had gratis, at the offices of the Chroni
cle & Sentinel and Constitutionalist, or on application to
the undersigned, who is prepared with competent ma
chinists, to put them up at auy residence, at short no
tice, in town or country.
WILLIAM SCHLEY, Jit.,
Augusta, May 13, 1856. Sole Agont
myl4-tf
GEORGIA SARSAPARILLA, AND COM
POUND PREPARATION OF SARSAPARILLA.
1v ENNIS’ GEORGIA SARSAPARILLA, made of
" Sarsaparilla Roots only, is the best preparation ex
tant for Diseases of the Liver, as in Jaundice, or foil
those troubled with biliousness.
DR. DENNIS’ GEORGIA SARSAPARILLA COM
POUND, or ALTERATIVE,
made of Sarsaparilla, Queen’s Delight, White Ash or
Grey Board, May Apple and Blood Root, can be used
with advantage in a greater variety of Diseases than the
Sarsaparilla uncombined with other medicines. This
preparation has been made for professional use, for this
reason the ingredients are published.
This valuable medicine, in Chronic Diseases which re*
quire a strong alterative treatment, or in diseases arising
from an impure state of the lilood, or of a Scrofulous or
Venereal nature, is not to bo sold on commission.
Price, per bottle, sl. Terms cash.
Physicians, or those acquainted with Medicines, can
not question the efficacy and usefulness of this compound.
myl4-w2t*
BLISS’ DYSPEPTIC REMEDY.
OPINION OF A PHYSICIAN.
A PHYSICIAN in Southern Georgia, (Decatur
county; of extensive practice and experience,
speaking of “BLISS’ DYSPEPTIC REMEDY,” and
from personal experience with its curative properties,
writes to the proprietor : —“1 think the sale of your
Remedy in this section of country will be immense.” It
is gratifying to the proprietor of the “ Dyspeptic Reme
dy,” in this, as in numerous other instances, to have his
statement to the public, regarding his new preparation,
so sanctioned and verified by members of high standing
in the profession. He has thus far abstained from the
hackneyed path of producing in the columns *f n news
paper the sworn testimonials of the benefited by his pro
scription. Yet it would give him unalloyed pleasure to
afford the afflicted, (from Dyspepsia) the assurances
which he is daily receiving of the prompt, unfailing suc
cess, which, in every instance, when due regard is paid
to the treatment, attends the taking of his medicine.
That there is no possibility of failure in producing a
speedy and permanent cure of Dyspepsia, even in cases
of long standing, by the “ Dyspeptic Remedy,” is the uni
versal opinion in sections of the South and West, where
it has been extensively tested. Resting upon its growing
popularity, the proprietor might content himself with the
present and prospective success which augurs so favora
bly this Medicine’s attaining ; a reputation and use more
extensive than any other preparation that has been sub
mitted to the public in a popular form, but he desires,
knowing from sad experience what the sufferings of the
Dyspeptic are, to afford him or her not only temporary
relief, but the assurance and realization of a permanent
cure. This “ Remedy” is for sale by
CLARK, WELLS A SHEAR, Augusta,
my 14 tw's<kwlt
FOR SALE.
ATLANTA STEAM FLOURING MILLS,
r■l HE undersigned, wishing to devote his entire atten-
X tion to Agricultural and Horticultural pursuits, of
fers the above named valuable property at private sale.
It is situated on the Georgia Railroad, near the centre
of the city of Atlanta, on a four acre Lot, with a side
track from the Georgia Railroad.
The main building is forty by seventy feet, four stories
high, containing five runof 4i feet Stones, with the requi
site Bolters, and Machinery after the most approved
model of the Oswego Mills, New-York.
200 barreU4>f Flour and 000 bushels of Corn Meal can
be turned out in 24 hours.
The Engine, of i 25 horse power, built by Otis Tufts, of
Boston, is superior in workmanship and finish to any
Engine of its size in the Southern States.
The situation of Atlanta, at the termini of four Rail
roads, affords facilities for the procuring of grain and the
shipment of Flour not presented by another place in the
Southern States.
The selling Wheat crop on this line of Railroads, will
this season, probably, exceed two million of bushels.
The demand for Flour at the Sea board for shipment
to the West Indies and Rio, is rapidly increasing; the
home demand of Atlanta consumes all the Bran and
Shorts.
By the erection of an additional building, to be used for
a Machine Shop, Distillery, Woolen Factory, See., the
engine could be run to great advantage—for the former
by day and the Flouring Mill by night.
Capitalists, dei-iring to invest in mon.* y-making busi
ness, in one of the most flourishing, growing cities of
the Empire State of the South, are requested to visit the
locality and examine for themselves, or address
K. PETERS, Atlanta, Geo.
ry* Charleston Courier, Savannah Republican. Rich
mond Dispatch, Baltimore American, New-York Herald,
and Cincinnati Commercial, will each publish the above
one week, and send bills to this office for payment, They
will, also, send one marked to
mylO R. PETERS, Atlanta, Geo.
MACKEREL, &c—
--500 packages No. 1, 2 and .’{ MACKEREL, in
whole, half and quarter barrel ;
.AJ bbla. Cider VINEGAR;
10 “ White Wine VINEGAR.
For sale low by HAND, WILCOX Sc CO.
myll
AC ON >1 DKS.—3OO casks Bacon HIDES, for sale
by [my 11} LEWIS Ac ALLEN.
All!*.-
25 tcs. Ames’ Bugar*cnred II AMS ;
25 “ Davis’ “
20 casks Plain
Forsaleby [myll] LEWIS Ac. ALLEN.
THUNKS, BONNET BOXES, VALISES,
CARPET BAGS, Ac:.
AI r E invite attention to one of the largest a-sort menu
W of TRUNKS. BONNET BOXES, VALISES.
CARPET-BAGS, Ac., ever offered in this market, com
Pr KoglibS Leather TRUNKS, g-üblcF,™eh Loeb-s
ble French Locks ; ~ vu « .
notes’TravllHng T RL T NKS. of various shapes ;
l!eatLeVa„dlr.,n K,ame VALISES and .tonne,
raps. ... & eo.
' elegant rooms and parlors
C, , v secured by calling on the subscriber and pur
’ chasing »om.- beautiful W ALL PA PKRINO, elegant
WINDOW SHADES aud FIRE-BOARDS, to match.
For sale bjt [my? 2>v| A. 1,1. r. AKI. i. Y
PAPER HANGINGS ; PAPER HANGINGS ! !
ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES,
a AAA PIECES Cheap WALL PAPERING i
lO.oUU 5.000 " Fine
” 2,000 " Extra tine and very handsome,
with bordering to match. For sale by
ni> 7-2 A. BLKAKLEY.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!
A RAKE CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY 1
STEAM WASHING MACHINE!
tyaohlne of this kind is in great demand, all ad
I mlt, in this age of swoeplngsktrtsandstanding shirt
collars—a machlnothat is and simple easily worked, and
which will promote the health of thooperator, instead of
tho “ old foiy" system now in vogue, which is tedious,
unpleasant, and a sure road to rheumatics, back aches,
and consumption In nine cases out of ten. Who would
not better the condition of a class of operatives who have
to perform weekly one of the most unpleasant duties
connected with domestic affairs, when it can be done
with an outlay of but a few dollars, which will repay the
purchaser four fold, and at the same time promote the
comfort of the operator, converting tho washing dAy into
a day ot' sport rather than a day of aches and pains.
This Maohlnc is so simple in its construction that a
negro o. the most ordinary capacity can operate it with
out difficulty, and can wash
THIRTY DOZEN GARMENTS PER DAY,
ready for tho clothes-line, with an expense of ouly tou
cents worth of charcoal, which will heat sufficient water
to any desirable temperature to wash the aboae named
number of garments. The heating apparatus is attached
to the machine, and is simple and easily managed.
This inaceine is not obnoxious to the usual objections
to such machines, such as wearing out the clothes, tear
ing off buttons. &.c„ as its operation is such, that instead
of rubbing in the old way, and in all other machines, the
clothes are Rolled, so that T _ c , r .r «
THE FABRIC ACTS UPON ITSELF
va point to which attention is specially invited) which
constitutes one of tho peculiar excellencies of this ina
chine, and for which the proprietor claims it Is unsur
passed and unequalled by any machine ever before pro
duced.
One of the above is now on exhibition at the Augusta
Hotel, where tho proprietor for tho right of Georgia and
the two Carolinas, cau be found, and County Rights ob
tained The public are respectfully invited to call aud
see the machine lor themselves.
A few single machines can be purchased.
E. G. FOWX.
CERTIFICATE.
Augusta Hotel, Augusta, Ga., May 12,1856.
We have used, and are using, one of Mr. E. G. Fowxs
Washing Machines, in doing the entire washing of this
Hotel; and we take great pleasure in saying that it is tho
most efficient anil perfect machine for the purpose wo
have ever soon, both for its capacity and the excollenco
of its work. It gives entire satisfaction, and effects a
great saving of fuel and labor Its work is superior to
that of anv washerwoman in the old way.
Signed, W. P. STARR.
my 13 ELIZA P STARR
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS.
WILLIAM SHEAR
HAS JUST RECEIVED front New York
Plain Crape MARETZ, Bl’k Silk GRENADINES
aud BAREGES, of beautiful styles;
Rich Printed BAREGES and Plain Col'd CH ALLIES;
Printed ORGANDIES aud JACONETS, of the latost
Paris styles;
Ladies’ Spring aud Summer SILKS, of new aud beau
tiful styles;
English and French PRINTS and BRILLIANTEB;
A splendid assortment of Ladies’ Spring and Summer
MANTILLAS;
Superior Plain and Dotted Swiss, Mull, Nainsook and
Jaconet MUSLINS ;
Checked Naiusook MUSLINS, a beautiful article for
Ladies’ Dresses ;
Printed LAWNS, of superior stylos, warrautod fast
colors, and at very low prices.
Tlio public are respectfully requested to call and ex
amine the assortment. my!3-d&w
RICH EMBROIDERIES.
WILLIAM SHEAR
| TAS .H ST RECEIVED from New York
I I Ladies’ Embroidered Muslin COLLARS and UN
DERSLEEVES, ot new and beautiful Myles;
Ladies’Embroidered Muslin BASQU ES, of ricli and
elegant styles;
Rich VALENCIENNES, Lace COLLARS and UN
DERSLEAVES, in setts ;
Swiss ami Jaconet Worked BANDS, INSERTINOS
and EDGIXOB;
Rich VALENCIENNES and Thread Lace EDGINGS
and INSERTINOS;
Ladies’ Scolloped and Embroidered Linen Cambric
HANDKERCHIEFS;
Ladies’ Embroidered SKIRTS, of beautiful styles.
To all of which the attention of the Lad . s are respect
fully invited. myiM-d&w
STAPLE DRY UOOL3.
WILLIAM SHEAR
HAS ON HAND a complete assoument of ST APIJ3
DRV GOODS, among which ar«,
New York Mills and Water Twist 4 4 Bleach’d SHIRT
INGS;
White Rock and Bates’ soft finish 4 4 Bleach’d SHIRT
INGS;
Lonsdale and Manchester 4-4 Bleached SHIRTINGS ;
Allendale and Hamilton 12 4 do. SHEETINGS;
Superior 12-4 Linen SHEETINGS and Pillow Case
LINENS, at very low prices;
Superior 4 4 Irish LINENS and Long I.AWNS;
Superiors I and 10 1 Tablo and Damask DIAPERS ;
Superior Damask Table CLOTHS and NAPKINS ;
Plain White, Pink ami Blue 10-4, 11-4 and 12-4 Pavil
lion BOBBINETTS ;
Heavy PRINTS, at very low prices, for servants;
Clinton Gala PL A IDS, Lancaster OINGIIAMS, and
Marboro PLAIDS tor female servants ;
Heavy COTTON A DES, of various stylos, for malo
servants;
Plain White, Brown, Buff and Faney DRILLINGS,
for Gentlemens', Youths’ and Boys’ Summer wear;
Ladies’ White Hair CLOTH. Marseilles Corded amt
Grass Cloth SKIRTS;
Ladies’ French CORSETTS and Silk Gauze and Lisle
Thread VESTS;
Lupin's all wool DEBEGE, and other articles for La
dies’ Travelling Dresses;
Lupin’s Black Summer BOMBAZINES and Black
CHALLIES;
Plain Black Crape MARETZ and Bl’k BAREGES;
Mourning GINGHAMS, of new and beautiful styles ;
Superior Black English CRAPES for trimming La
dies’ Dresses.
The public are respectfully invited to call and examine
the assortment. niyl3-d&w
COTTON OSNABURGS.
WILLIAM SHEAR
H AS ON BAND heavy Cotton OSNABURGS, of
the Augnsta Manufacturing Company;
Richmond Factory and Georgia STRIPES.
—ALSO—
Oraniteville 30 inch and 4 4 Brown SHIRTINGS;
Augusta Manufacturing Co. 30 inch and 4-4 Brown
SHIRTINGS ;
Brown SHIRTINGS at very low prices, used with
house paper, and for linings, all of which will bo sold at
very low prices by the bale or piece.
Country Merchants and Planters are requested to call
and examine the assortment. niyl3-d&w
NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS.
CHEAP FOR CASH.
WIM. 11. (’DANE would respectfully rail the nttor
tion of the public to the following GOODS receiv
ed by late arrivals from New York, which having been
bought at reduced prices, will be Mold very low for cash :
Rich Spring and Summer SILKS, .*>o to $1.25.
New Styles black Brocade SILK ;
Plain and figured BAR AGE and Baraga DkLAINKH,
18 to (12 cents ;
Plain and figured Black Silk GRENADINE ;
Printed LAWNSnnd MUSLINS, 12* to 25 cents;
Barn go and Muslin ROBES of tho newest Styles;
Fine French ORGANDIES and JACONETS do ;
Einbriodered COLLARS, UNDERSLEEVES and
BANDS;
A largoassortment of MANTILLAS, newoßt Style* ;
Plain and Embroidered white CRAPE SHAWLS;
Hair, Grass, and Whalebone SKIRTS ;
A large assortment of GINGHAMS and PRINTS,
very cheap;
Fine Black CHALLY, BAREGE and ALPACA ;
Plain Black LAWNS and Black Fig’d MUSLINS;
Nainsook, Jaconet, Swiss and Chock’d do.;
12 4 Linen SHEETINGS, Pillow Caso LINEN ;
Black DRAP ETE, Linen COATINGS and DRIL
LINGS :
Bleach’d SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS, TICKS and
DIAPERS,
A large assortment of PARASOLS, and Silk and Cot
ton UMBRELLAS;
And a groat variety of other Goods, all of which will
he sold ou the, lowest terms for cash. my 13 iU w
'■ * I MIIN l»Tlt ATltlX»» KAI.K Will u» .old,
before the Court-house door in Elberton, Elbert
county, on the first Tuesday in JULY next, during the
legal hours of sale, by virtue of an order from the Court
of Ordinary of said county, live Negroes, to wit: Lillis, a
Woman 25 years old, and her 4 children—George, an in
fant ; Sally, a girl 1H months old; Judy, a girl 3 yearn
old, and Lucy, a girl 5 years old : all sold an the proper
ty of Benjamin C. Houston, late of said county, deceased,
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
Terms cash. MARY P. HOUSTON, Adm’x.
May 14, lHsfi.
XT OTICK.—AII persons indebted to the estate of
lx Thomas Cannody, Into of Jefferson county, dec’d.,
are requested to make immediate payment; and thoso
having demands against Maid estate, will prosont them,
duly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law.
May 8, 185(1. OBADIAH PIERCE, Ex’r.
r | , \VO .MONTHS after date appneatiou will uc made
X to the honorable Court of Ordinary of Jefferhon
county, for leave to sell all the Negroes belonging to the
Estate of Thomas Cannody, late of said countv, deceased.
May 8, 185(1. OBADIAH PIERCE. Ex i
/GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE OOCNTY.—
VI COURT OF ORDINARY, MAY TERM. 185fi.
Ibzan 11. Ragan, administrator, and Mr* Ann A.
Wright, as administratrix, on the estate of Moses Wright,
deceased, represents to this Court that they aro about
to settle up said estate, and having petitioned this Court
for Letters Dismissory from said administration :
Wherefore, it is ordered, that a citation be issued, call
ing upon all persons concerned or interested to be and ap
pear at my office, on or before the C' art of Ordinary to
be held on the first Monday in November next, to show
cause, if any they have, why the sa l ‘ i .jzi> H. Ragan,
as administrator, and Ann A. Wright, as r. .uilnUtratrix f
should not bo dismissed from the ite cf .-.aid docoase<L
It is further ordered, Thut this I Uy ho published la
the Chronicle &. Sentinel at least six l onto- previous to
said Court.
A true extract from the minutes of the Court of Ordi
nary, held May Term, 185(1.
May 10, 185(1. HENRY BRITAIN, Ordinary
/ VGLETHORPK COUNTY, GEORGIA
* / COURT OF ORDINARY, MAY TERM, 1850.
John Moore, as administrator on the estate of J&moa
Moore, deceased, respectfully shows to the Court that he
is about closing up the business of said estate, and prays
this Court to bo dismissed therefrom :
Wherefore, it is ordered, that a citation he issued, call
ing upon all persons interested, to be and appear at my
office on or before the Court of Ordinary, to be held on
the first Monday in November next, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said John Moore, administrator as
aforesaid, should not be discharged from his administra
tion on said estate.
It is further ordered, that this Rule be published In the
Chronicle d Sentinel at least six months previous to said
November Term of the Court of Ordinary.
A trim extract from the minutes of the Court of Ordi
nary, held May Term, 1856.
May 10, 1855. HENRY BRITAIN, Ordinary.
SI XT Y DA Y Haft or date, application will be made to
the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe county for leave
to sell all the Lands and Negroes belonging to the estate
of John Wynne deceased, late of said county.
GLENN WYNNE, 1., ,
May 10, 1856. PATRICK M. BTEVENB, jl xr “ *
SI XT Y DA YH after date application will be made to
the Court of Ordinary Oglethorpe county, for leave
to sell a Negro Fellow by the name of Tod, belonging to
the estate of John Ellis, late of said county, deceased.
WILLIAM EDWARDS, Adin’r.
May 10, 1856, with the will annexed,
NOTICE. —All persons indebted to the estate of
John Wynne, late of Oglethorpe county, decased,
are requested to make immediate payment; and those
having demands against said estate, will present them,
duly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law.
GLENN W YNNK, f,, ,
May 10, 1856. P. M STEVENS, > t ' X rw ~
"VTOTICE.—AII persons indebted to thoestate of Mrs.
Sarah T. Greenwood, late of Richmoud county,
deceased, are requested to make immediate payment;
and those having demands against the estute of said de
ceased, will present them, duly authenticated, within
the time prescribed by law.
May 11. 1856. 11. D. GREENWOOD. Ex’r.
TATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY".
—Whereas. Kdwaid Ileukell, Executor of Louir* M.
Henkel), deceased, applies to me for Letters Dumpßsory :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all ami sin
gular, the kindred and all othera'lnterestcd, to appear at
my office on or before the first Monday in December
next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters
should not be granted.
Given under my band and official signature at office in
Augusta, this s:b May, 1856.
FOSTER BLODQET, Ju., Ordinary.
May 6, 1856.
UTATL OF(GEORG! A, RICHMONDOOUJSTY.-,
O Whereas, Arteiuas Gould, Guardian of Josephine
Adams, a minor (now of age) applies to me for Letters
Dl‘ uiisiiory:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and sin
gular, the kindred and friends of said minor, to be and
apoear at my office, on or before the first Monday in
July next, to show cause, if any they have, why said let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my band and official signature at office In
Augusta, this sth May, 1850.
FOSTER BLODGET, JR., Ordinary.
May 6, 1856. ‘
\i7a7uRKN rOI NTV, GA.—Wh.reao, L I *
V? ler, administrator on the estate of Jam s V.
Wright, late of said county, deceased, applies to we for
Letters Dismissory :
These are thereforo to cite and summon all parsons
concerned, to appear at my office on or before the first
Monday iu December next, and show cause, If any they
iiave, why raid Letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Warren ton.
May 7, 1865. JO 11X J FILCH KR. I>. Ord’v.
TAV IlOOK.—AvenwoW. “I am named.
A LSO,
A fresh supply of Bud's .Spinning Bait, and No>. 6,7
andß Warren’s .Salmon Trouf Hooks, on Gut and Silk.
Just received and for sale by M. G. McKINNE.
myO
.11'G Alt AND MOLASSES.—
25 hhda. choice Brown SUGAR ;
25'‘bids. Crushed '•
200 “ Clarified “
50 “ Coffee “
200 “ Now Orleans MOLASSES;
50 JiluL. Cuba “
For sale low by HAND. WILCOX d CO
my 11
1 kAISIN*,— '
XV 50 boxes freili Bunch RAISINS;
10 “ “ Layer *
50 half and quarter “
tnyll HAND, WILCOX & CO
TTAVANA SEGARS.-
I J 50.060 choice Havana SEGARS ;
50,000 “ Domestic
For sale by |my 11] HAND, WILCOX d CO.
I'RKslI C ONGRESS WATER—May be had at
. ad times of (my 14] WM. H. TUTT.