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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE,
'I 1 UK under itmevi, being de-iron « f leaving the State,
S t.tfer Htjwiv.it*- -a ail b WEAL EisTATK in
the t.mu of VV.'iironton, Warr.-ii < - m.ty. <U . counting
L:«wt. 'afCL lit, T1..1U. Maebine,
l. ■,;„i K .r. and ail hi- >.tn< k, toge ther with all hi* flubbed
1 t 1. lho-es. to vwMity thou-and dollars worth of
v.orl. ram :. iy F. «!,-j. • ,/•»! of, at good prices, at this
ta»d, in twelve soontha.
p iviflrtng n, purchase, are ie«pectfaUy invited
i'., • ... wiilix :;iven at any time, to suit Ujc pur-
U.a liKOUdi; L. JSOSIIEK.
Wan men, (.»„ J ... l~M\. J*7-wtf
FOR SALE.
I NOW offer tuy LANDS and PLANTATION on the
1 ‘.uttahnnehoe river for «ah‘. It lies 21 miles north
t \: nit a and •n - . lie ..nth »( the Roswell Cotton
■l.iaut.n lory. in t :**M> and D'-kalb eountie*, containing
v Hundred A« r« more or lesn, with 200 acres In cult!*
vii »• •?. on each -ide.d the river. There Da good Frame
D\>. .ii.g ami otl.fr «on. ll on litiiJ.ling-, with fine Dr
ill «•! Apple, I*, a.'-In and Cherrie.-. a timt Cotton
(Jo. -'fid Tbr.i»hi r, and a Ferry is immediately on the
ro 1:• adingfroiu Aliauta to Upper Georgia For fur
tb. r trli. 'ilar apply to the mb.-criber «.n the premises.
I tvtOl * VM H. OKOOAN.
FOR SALE.
I OFFER tnv 1 ffihi for -ale, in Oglethorpe connty
lying. .11 the'waters of tflrofe Greek, three miles north
ft L«*>. inghm, containing about nine hundred acres.
The ttpiand is Tree mil productive, ou« hundred acre*
»■ 0.0. . of flue bottom laud a part under good fence,
->iul in (’•dtivatioii. The etiiire F.trm being under good
1. !.• .ngaiid v eil watered On the pi umber there D a
bin!.ln. -a large Dm lion-.- and Packing Screw, both
.. r-ifly built. 'I lie:, area; . p.-aeh and Apple Orchards
>.f t.-d 1,11 it. The place healthy, and i\ it Liu three
Tuib of 1,, u; 1.11 Depot. A good Imrgain will be given.
I wit W.M. J. OGILVIK,
TOR SALE.
INOW ..Ter for , ale my entire River PLANTAI ION,
•yf or :5D r.iiles r oiith of Colmubu*, Da., in Harbour
. 1 , 11 ; 1 . \. Ala., lying on the Chattahoochee river, contain
.o jiMarri's tv*) in a fine state of cultivation and
.1 r . pair A good Water Din and Ferry across the
< !i:»M;ih h«*«*river. The above will be for-ale at any
;;me m.'fi old ami |hm < ;..n given Terms to suit pm-
V 1 111 I. W \ \ ... 1
TO MEN or TASTE AND CAPITAL.
*l' 11 r übacTiber, wishing to remove to Southwestern
J Georgia, proposes to .11 his place near Cave Spring,
„ Vitim Valley, l loyd county. Da, containing Sl7
a. r* more or 1< • returix d Ist quality oak am! hiekory
ue. il v of :«,d! and nurfa< e not to wash ; some Hit) acres
o il. i .lid nnd< r g >o-ltillage ; tin* remainder generally
w. I. t.i. vw. t It ha veral sp rings of tool blue Lime
i...w . r witi.oi.Ufiaining, orchards of 'many well selected
vai ieiies, e <pecially of apples, and a large aud comuiodi
in Brick Dwelling, surrounded by Hue scenery, and
wiilkin a mile id'the village, long noted for its educational
Advuntagu‘». All w!m have examined the premises, con
• 11 r in the opinion that this place combines the elements
ofbe-iufy, f. rti'ily, conveuifMice and healthfuinesß to an
extent eldom, if ever, e.|ua!ied in this country. But
com. .aud see for yourneivt s, and the character, location
nii.l resources of the place tan hardly fail to satisfy you
that ii is a No. I article, n-.t subject to the fluctuations
id 1 lie market. For terms, apply «.n the premises.
W. D COWDREY.
L'avr Spring, July 10, IfiW. jyl3-wtf
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE !
ii IT! AT 150 in Low mips county, Ala., on the road
fn'in to ltonton, ton mile a from
t iit! la:,' place. S ii<l farm contain** 1680 aerca of land,
• ■ • .1 filed, and in a high
11 1 mi|fluents ContprUe a good
uew dwelling lioiinc, eoutainiug four room*; a largo two
r .Itrained Uiu House and a line .Screw, recently put
id a ood M !l bouse. The noun*
|ii ,»\o*l L in-1 is-.veil timbered and of superior quality.
This idaniati- ill :td. mtages over any other in the
ill Ighhoi oil el with rich black soil.
Mi i*lhi r fertile h:unm«M k, lying in the fork of Ash and
i’ e icn rcrk-:. ’l a- prairie portion of the farm is abun
,la,iM t wat. red l»y wells, ami the sandy by a number of
luiUiin:; f. in -tone springs, < ..nv. nUjiu to the negro quar
1,1 . it is also Well located, having excellent range for
, to, . and tine outlets. The plantation will bo disposed
nf privately for a division of an estate.
An Uij *r.; \M u iidating to it can be obtained by ad
die * me at Ttiskegeo, Macon county, Ala. Those
v\ ho wish to look at it will please call on the Overseer.
TIH»S. I*. OAKY, Bx’r
api:; W.tin of the estate of \\\ L. Gary, deceased.
POWELTON MILLS FOR SALE.
\S the undei mov< to SouthwM'
tern ( he now offers hte MILLS and LAND
for sale The Mills are situated on the Ogeecheo River,
,oif mi a half miles fr, ni l'ou elton, on the road to Cum*
ming and \\ a diiugton —the haek passing daily—has four
.-1,,-i ,:;. l n-Ti,lv,,- when- and two- -ni. The Flour
Mill ha , ; been eiunpleted anew. The corn custom
i\ iil eseeed that i f any tw o mills on the river, and the
Tbehonaela >itu
tried a • to reniain ni it and sei the Saw ami Grist Mills in
The i. uid lies in li:» :o„ cuiiuty, along tin* Ogeecliee
rivi * ami I'owi-i r reek I in- Land contains 734 acres,
in,, e .i if . and will equal any land in the county in
pri.dm iigcorn, wheat, «»n or other grains. Those
< d If
piae. is h.-aithy and !ia> an excullent Well of water in
the \ d in ia< f, no plantation is better furnished with
, .j S; ~i v. ater. COLUMBUS F. SHIVERS.
WALTON STEAM MILL FOR SALE.
\\T I LI, be sold, on the first Tuesday in JULY next,
ff before the i «mrt House door in Monroe, Walton
■ unity, a valuable N« gromnn. John, about 30 years old.
I lie Hoiem and Lot formerly occupied by Davis Mc-
Leroy, near tl. Steam Mill, containing one half acre,
imne r h 'two Log Fait, and appurtenances; Oue
I wo ho- - Wa r.m. Aim. Forty Shares in the Maehine
ly and Uni!-; I gw id be offered for sal« i , and possibly the
al.de St. .k w :• le > .Id The abovPproperty sold by
order of the Stockholders.
All per -i ijud. M. d to said Company are requested
i.n all aw-.l settle, a- turtlier indulgence cannot be grant
, d 1> H WALKER,
Ag't ami Att y for W. S. M C.
FORMAN’S IRON FLOW-STOCK.
It 1115 iinl.-r igm d, having purchase*! the patent right
to the above valuable and popular PLOW for the
counties ..i mud. Columbia, Lincoln, llurke, Jeffer
v. i ‘< 1., r■ .»v • , parti to
i oi'b it to plant, rs at the manufacturer’s price. This
stock, which i' mad. vutiroly *»f w rought iron, is a South
•- ni invention a«d ha-. Id -a sufficiently tested to prove
that it run'umre leadfv, break' and pulverizes the soil
: : 1. 11.01-
adpi'iisl t'.»r dc. p *>r >hallow plowing, holds the shares
more «Winly, lasts ineompareblv longer, and is, in the
cud m,- e!u aper than any other stock now in use. This
-latimmit is f.illv sustained by annum a*certificates in
• i , s'.'-m a tVoin the mo't practical aud successful
n!i:, s m the c-ointry. We will have plesuro
,a , .do;g a circular containing some of thsse certificates
an l a n -re particular d. scripti«»;i of the plan, to any
oc a who would like t » see them. Wo are willing to
‘ otei t.> any one who ha* giv on this Plow a fair trial. In
N . So es ihe Noutheru Cultivator, P- 345. the edi
• , Po . work -:i> -After giving this Plow a fair
we regard it as
n most 'valuable Improvement ou all common w ooden
impb ments of the kiod n.wv in use. For general efficien
ov and convenience. - well as special adaptation to deep
. .. >w ot uothing at luptnea
t. w hii»» on thee of economy and o -ability, it is
at .*. :t;er uurix a led No plow with which we are fami
ia* . i> so well calculated to resist the careless and dcs
iruciixc u.sag** of I*- it aii :\ N .rroes. and we doubt not
that .k- acral tl.tr.’ I", t. it w mid be of venr great pact-
U iarv benefit to the \ ’anting interest of the South.”
Tiffs Si . k is adapted t * different shares or points
—eiuhra. ing every variety which a planter will need
from the beginning t-» the cad of the year. These shares
w ol l.e furui.-hcd w ilh the Stock, when desired ; though
any plantation smith can make them after once seeing
them.
K - its for c 'unties, for Shops, or for Plantations, will
be -ohi on rea>oliable terms. Apply at the Hardware
v id In M l C. FIT n.N fr v -
doc 18 w ts Augusta, Ga.
S4O REWARD.
1> VNAWAY from the snl - r b ron 4th May, a Negro
A M.' i named WASHINGTON, about 45 years old.
live to. t eight or »;•;.•* mehes high, weighing about 165 or
i i»* itw It is likely ho w ill make his way to Tennessee,
a' hv runaway two \. ars ago. and stave*! in Madi'onvillc
jail, M time county’ Tennessee, about nine months . and
would not tell who rcvt to. 11* has in com|*anv
with him a Negro Man belonging t-> W. W. S.mpson,
named Felts, about ‘JO years old about 5 feet t» cr 10
inches h.gh. weighs about 16t) or 170 lbs., both dark com
plected. 'They were last seen near Lexington. Ogle
tborjH* e*»unty, Ga., w ith passes to go to Ohio. If they
are taken. Washing: n will u*>t toil his ow ner if he can
help it We will pay the above, reward to any persiui
who will deliver them to u*, or put them in some safe
Jail so that w e can get them; or twenty dollars for cither
of tbei i WASHINGTON H* BKAXTLEX.
W W SIMPSON,
Culvcrton PosSifficc. Haticock county. Ga.
f Knoxville Register copy four times and forward
ac* - *>.uit to thi' nice for payment. mvil
$25 REWARD.
I\\ 1 LI. pay the ah- v e sum for the apprehension ami
•’. ..n-nt in ja i ot my boy lIARKY. Should he
be taken at a distance f. : - ;:i Augusta, and the person
taking him «be te bring him home. I w ill pay. in ad
ddum to the 8 • all the r.eve>-ary expenses attending
hwd«*li*erv Harry ..Mart in i-aiiM rate Brick layer and
plasterer, a > u 3>- > ears age. black complexion, erect,
and v. ghs pi-.d«ab»y 165 pounds. He is go mg about the
eouotrv v a king » 1- **wn account without anv an
thorux U doabtleas has atklra ticket. He claims a
w ife at Mr Gre.uer > aear Saadersville, aad one also at
i»o\ S. lilcv ' Fact'-ry 1 have heard of his be ng in
Bnrke. Jefferson and Washington counties, and also over
at Carolina. All persons are hereby cautioned against
employing said b*»y. or any of my other mechanics, with
out pern: n from ute or xr.v Ag*‘nt.
mxg-xvif JOHN 11 FITTEN. Augusta. Ga.
$lO REWARD !
OTOLKX from Omit ■ night ofthe4th
O ms:. .* > A . v h’.ithor POCKET-BOOK, c*m
tai a g - c s-i;. m money, and two notes, oue
fv; and u.ie**u;s l.ia io by* James M. and AN illhuu
K \\ i.:t j a: « ' me. ,\ \jsdh Jauuarv. 1856, due
7 n " : V";-" " r 417 :i< ’- mid* by AE.
patinea* p.iyit’.v i.» J. A nuxuo. dated ab*>ut the ki of
I>. * ■' affcnUte. and* ne smallnot«
■>» ’ 1 11 1 11 ’ ‘ -a .mV the MM. 1
XX 1 Jvay t.lO above reward t- the recovery of the papers,
aud ask no quosi :om*. All I «» are hereby cautioned
not to trade for said notes, and the makers not to nav
them, except to me O S DANNMO.Y. 3
February 13, 1856.
S3O REWARD.
|> .%> AWAY, from the subscriber, re-i'Uuf in Put-
IV nam county, near Merrill, in August last, my Negro
Man FRANK. ' lie is about $5 years old, five fee: ten in
ches high, of medium sire, has a slight impediment in his
speech, aadhaslos| the sight of one eye. H* was rai'ed
i.; \ trg.aift, and has been in Georgia about tw o years.
The above reward w ill be paid for Lis delivery to xue,
or 1., anv jail so tliat I can get him.
.*.« «v i£ JOHN A. HARRIS,
she Southern Recorder will publish till forbid, and for
ward ac* oust to this office for payment.
WARRENTON. GEORGIA.
11l \>E now at tin-I.'rug Store in Warren ton. Geo.,
a .'.ui as-.rtmont of almost every article usually
■’ X 'A
prices i ■ c.-hi tied •, or I will sell for lu per cent less for
cash, the year round.
Here atay be found almost ail the PAT FNT MEDI
CINES ! the day . choice TOILET ARTICLFS
SOAPS; PERFUMERY; EXTRACTS for the HaSd*
kerchief* aad Culinary purtKxse*; deUeioas TEAS from
Pekin Tea Conij»any ; BOTANIC MEDICINES, fine
j,E* * A R-S aad TOBACCO . SN i FF, by the pound and
into tiles: PAINTS, OILS. GLASS. PUTTY’, p*> T .
ASH SODA. HAIR OILS. COLOGNE, INKS. Ac.
Planter* and others will tin i it to their interest to buy
of me, for 1 keep pure ami reliable articles, aad sell as
cheap as those who keep an inferior article.
Cal! examine, and satisfy yourself
R W HUBERT. M D.
Warren ton, Geo , April 5,1856. ap6-w3m
Till H.MIMh —A handsome lot of the
/ above Goods, just recaived, in Bla*k and Colored.
;my3uj DICKEY A PHIBBS
CjjrDWtle it Scntiud.
Alerting of lh«* American Party of Dreene.
Grkknsburo’, July 1, 18 iri>.
A meeting of the American party of Greene coun
ty took place at the Conrt-IlouM- to-<lay, when on
motion of Dr. Fr»fiter, Col. Y. I*. King wu called to
the Chair, ami James L. Drown, Eaq., to
act na Secretary.
The Chair explained briefly the objects of the
meeting, after which the following preamble and
resolution* were submitted by Miles \\ . Lewis, K*q.,
which were rnmnimooßly ad**pte«l:
In view of the momentous issue* involved in the
ensuing Presidential election, we, a portion of the
America u party of Greene county, assembled for the
purpose oi apiH*intiug delegate* to the Convention
to be held in Macon on the Bth in»t., deem it proper
to declare our sentiments uj>on those i*«ue«t, and our
preference for one of the candidates before the
people fur the office of President of the United
.States. , . .
First, then, we re-aflinn the three great princi
ples of the American party:
1. That American* should rule America.
i*. T.:at no one, whether lie be Catholic, Psote*-
tant, Monnon. Jew, Gentile, or Greek, i* fit to be
entrusted with the office# of a free government,
“who owes cirri allegiance to any foreign power,
civil or / rcleni/jM/ic
;i. That Congress has no constitutional power to
establish or prohibit slavery in any State or Terri
tory. That the Territorial Legislatures which de
rive ail their authority over this subject from Con
gress, are equally destitute of this power. And tha*.
the earliest constitutional time for tiiem to settle the
question of slavery is when they reach the transition
stab* of changing a Territorial into a State Govern
ment. In other words, we most emphatically dt
uounce the doctrine of “squatter sovereignty,”
t which Northern Democrat*, with Gen. Cass, its re
puled author, at their head, contend is embraced in
the Nebraska Kansas act, but which their brethren
of the South deny,/—since to this mischievous prin
ciple, successfully asserted in said Act by the prince
oi demagogues, Stephen A. Douglas, is traceable all
the evils resulting in Kansas from the slavery ex
citement, which i.« assuming an aspect that causes
the heart of every true patriot to shudder in contem
plation of civil war.
Second. The find choice of this meeting for the
President of these United States, is the able, patri
otic, unswerving, long and well-tried statesman,
Millard Fillmore, who assumed the helm of govern
ment in 184‘J, under the most alarming circumstan
ces that had ever existed since its formation, and re
tired from office with the benedictions of all parties
except the Abolitionists and Free Boilers, who poured
upon him unmitigated abuse.
Third, lie endorses the great principles of the
American party in his letter of acceptance, and
points to Ins past administration as an index to his
future course of uctiou «*n the subject of slavery.—
And we, a portion of his grateful countrymen, con
fidently rely upon his known integrity us a guaranty
for the fulfilment of his promise thus publicly and
solemnly made. We wish no better platform than
his former administration—we ask no stronger se
curity than ills past life.
Fourth. In Andrew J. Done Ison we recognize a
suitable candidate for the office of Vice President,
since we have evidence of his ability in the offices
with which the Democratic party formerly delighted
to honor him, and of his integrity, in the fact that
he has thrown oft* the shackles of party allegiance,
renounced Ihe honors he had achieved under the
same, and declared his preference for Americanism
over Forcignism.
Fifth. In the Cincinnati platform we haveagain wit
nessed the stale trickery of detnagogueism, inomit
ting to express any opinion upon the doctrine of
“squatter sovereignty,” and in |using such ambigu
ous language upon the other issues before the coun
try, as to admit of totally different constructions in
different, localities. This convention has furnished
another instance in the history of parly platforms,
that they are constructed for no other purpose than
to catch votes ; and when this is accomplished, are
laid aside as of no more value than the paper upon
which they are written.
Sixth. In the Democratic nominee, James Bu
chanan, we recognize a lit exponent of the platform
his whole changeful political cureer, as well jus his
letter of acceptance, clearly indicating that he “is
willing to become all things to all men, if by reason
thereof lie cun win votes” —the only exception to
this trait, in his political character we remember,
being his unequivocal indorsement of “squatter
sovereignty,” in his letter of acceptance. There
fore—
HcsnlrrJ, That a committee of five bo appointed
by the Chair to report to this meeting the names of
seven suitable delegates to represent this county in
the Convention to be held in Macon on the Bth
instant.
Resolved, That our delegates to said Convention
be instructed to use all honorable means t»» secure
the election of Millard Fillmore and Andrew J.
I lotielsou.
Resolved, That this meeting respectfully suggest
to said Convention the names of Messrs. Joshua
Hill, Augustus Ucese, and John J. Floyd, either of
whom would be a suitable person, us a candidate
for the office of Elector from the 7th Congressional
District.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
he forwarded to the Chronicle vV Sentinel for publi
cation, with the request that other papers friendly
to the principles of the American party publish the
same.
The Chair appointed a Committee, consisting of
M. W. Lewis, \V. W. L>. Weaver, Dr. J. F. Foster.
J. L. Turner, and James Carlton, to report seven
suitable delegates to represent this meeting in the
Convention to be held at Macon on the Btli inst.
Said Committee reported the names of O. P. Dau
iel, It. J. Dawson, Dr Thos. P. Janes, Dr. Win, L.
Alfriend, L. D. Carlton, Col. It. 11. Ward, and
liobt. L. McWhorter, with power to appoint alter
nates.
Whereupon the meeting adjourned sine die.
Y. P. King, Chairman.
Jamks L. Brown, Secretary.
Fillmore Meeting in Warren.
Warrenton, Ga., July 1, 18.06.
Pursuant to a previous call, a respectable portion
of the citizens of Warren county, favorable to the
election of Millard Fillmore to the Presidency, con
vened this day at the Court-House, when ou motion
of Isaac 1L Huff, Esq., Sampson 1L Culpepper was
chosen President, and Win. W. Anderson and Dan
iel Dennis were selected as Vice Presidents, and
James Cody requested ro act as Secretary.
On motion of Isaac 11. Huff, Esq., the Chair ap
pointed a committee of seven, to prepare business
for the action of the meeting, consisting of Messrs.
Isaac 11. Huff, Custis G. Lowe, Win. K. Heath,Dr.
Cicero Gibson, Dr. E. V. Culver, Win. Fowler, Esq.
and Jesse M. Roberts.
The committee, after retiring a few moments, re
turned and reported the following resolutions :
liesolvrd, Thai we hail with delight the opportu
nity of supporting for the office of President ol these
United States that true, tried, efficient and faithful
statesman, the Honorable Millard Fillmore, who is
-for his country, his whole country, and nothing but
his country.”
Jirsolrvd, That we recognize in the Honorable
Andrew J. Donelson a true and faithful friend of the
Constitution and the Union.
/iVso/ri i/, That Dr. Alexander Jones, James Cody,
Jesse M. Roberts. Isaac 1L Huff, Wm. W. Ander
son, and Thomas F. Persons, be selected as dele
gates to represent this county in the approaching
convention to be held in the city ot Macon on the
Bth inst, with power to till vacancies.
The above resolutions were advocated by Isaac
M. lluff, Esq., in a very appropriate and forcible
address, when they were unanimously adopted by
the meeting.
On motion, the proceedings of the meeting were
ordered to be published in the Chronicle & Sen
tinel.
t>n motion, the meeting then adjourned sine die.
Sampson R. Culpepper, President.
Wm. W. An Carson, ) v; ,
Daniel Dennis, \ ' ,c *' PrM tß ’
James Cody, Secretary.
American .Medina in .llndiMon*
Madison, July Ist, 1856.
According to previous announcement, the Ameri
can party of Morgan county and others favorable to
the election of Milia d Fillmore and Andrew J.
Donelson to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of
the United States, met this day at the Court House.
Col. A. Reese was called to the Chair and Wm. T.
Colbert and U. C. Robson were requested to act as
Secretaries. The Chair then in a few pertinent re
marks explained the object of the meeting.
Oa motion, a committee was appointed to report
business for the meeting, consisting of the following
gi-ntlemeu : Col. Joshua Hill, Messrs. Jas. A. Wade,
A. B. Host wick, Thos. Gibbs, Geo. F. Ponder, A. G
Foster and Thomas Harris. After retiring a few
moments, CoL Hill, their chairman, in an eloquent
and impressive speech advocated the following pre
amble and resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted:
It is not our purpose to eulogise the candidates of
the American party now before the country, for
President aud Vice-President, nor to disparage the
candidates of their various opponents for the same
offices. The same remark we might extend to the
declarations of principles put forth by the conven
tions of the respective parties. To sav that any po
litical organization, its candidate, and his individual
sentiments, are faultless, is what a candid man
would scarcely hazaid—it is only to be excused in
the zealous partizan in hot pursuit of office. To
deny the capacity or patriotism of either of the
prominent candidates tor these Important offices
would be to impute to very large masses of our
countrymen a want of discernment, or, what is
wx rse,* a disregard to the well being of the nation.
Lei us endeavor to be respectful to others, if for
no better reason than to preserve self-respect for
ourselves. Incivility tends only to exasperate, and
detraction to confirm. It suits not the taste nor the
temper of men sincerely devoted to the preserva
tion **f our invaluable ’institutions, and free from
that heart-blighting curs*.*, love of political station,
to vilify those who may be called oy the people to
preside over the Republic. We know that thou
sands of true-hearted Georgians, uncontaxninated
by lust for office, will dissent from our conclusions.
With such as these let us respectfully reason, and if
we must disagree, let it be at no sacrifice of the
amenities of social life. As to the views of those
who make politics a trade, it is as immaterial with
us as it is uncertain with them what they may pro
fess to believe.
Entertaining, as we do, not the most exalted esti
mat ion of the political structures called “ Party
Platforms,” whose chief merits consist in artfully
devised sentences, so fashioned as to admit of oppo
riu- constructions, their excellencies being deter
mined bv their efficiency in entrapping the unwary.
My shall not fatigue you with our opinions of the
ve . frpuudueas of those of recent manufacture.
i'nuciples, n«>t men,*’ Li an old aud finely con
strut ted maxim from it* use ana abuse, it seems to
uave been much admired. principles without
men to carry Lem out orv •• as a sounding brass
a„u » trnkUng cymbal. Thi, &dd ;. lon t 0 tte B axil>ta
Us received a recent endorsement in the
<rf Cimunnattt. XX e have not learned whether
President Pien* approves ot this interpolation in
Democratic political ethics. l u 1,1
We honestly believe that the best interest* of the
whole people, and the success of the great leading
principles of the American Party, will be secured bv
the election of Millard Fillmore aud Andrew J
Donelson. The first has been thoroughly tried iu
the Executive chair, and proven himself to be wise,
patriotic, honest and capable ; in a period requiring
the exercise of all the great qualities that constitute
the true statesman. He has gained an enviable
fame, aad won for himself the proud title of “The
Mode! President.’’ The last stands lully vindicated
as entirely worthy of our support, as a man of ca
pacitv, firmness and patriotic devotion to his coun
try—by his faithful discharge of the numerous and
inqiortant trusts confided to him by the Democratic
party, at home and abroad. Ixjug the most trust-si
and confidential relative and friend of Gen. Jack
Son, beloved and esteemed by the gallant aud patri
otic old Chief to the close of his life, he could but be
imbued with an ardent devotion to liberty and the
Union.
Therefore Re** J red. We will earnestly an J cor
dially unite in the use “f all truthful aud honest
means to promote their election.
Resolved, That we will send four delegates, with
alternates, to ti*e Convention of th« American par
ty, to meet in the eitv of Macon on the Bth instant,
and that said delegates and alternates be appointed
by a committee named by the Chair.
The Chair then appointed the same committee to
name Delegate*, who reported the following gentle
men :
Delegates. —Augustus Reese, Columbus D. Pitt*,
Joshua Hill, Win. Calbert, Ksqrs.
Alternate*.—Dr. W. S. Meierc, Dr.W. P. Hollings
worth. Messrs. Chas. P. Sliewmaker and W. T. Col
bert.
I>r. W. S. Meiere then offered the following reso
lution, which was adopted -.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, it
is highly imi>orta])t that the American party of Geor
gia, should be represented by an Electoral ticket in
the approaching election for President and Vice
President of the United States, and that our Dele
gates to Macon should exert themselves to the ex
tent of their ability to secure this object and thus
afford the party an opportunity to east their vote
for their standard bearers, Millard Fillmore and An
drew J. Donelson.
On motion it was
Resolved , That the proceedings of this meeting be
published in lbe Family Visitor, Chronicle A Sen
tinel, and Macon Journal A. Messenger.
The meeting tfieu adjourned.
A. Reese, Chin n.
Wm. T. Colbert. ) c ,
It. C. Hudson, \ ■ v y etal “' li -
American Meeting in Cass.
According to previous appointment, n portion of
the friends of Fillmore and Donelson met nt the
Court-house in Cassville, on Tuesday, July Ist, for
the purpose of nominating delegates to the COll ven
tion to be held imMucon on tlip Bth inst.
On motion, Col. John J. Word was called to the
Chair, aud George J. Howard requested to act us
Secretary.
On motion, a committee of five, to wit—J. R. Par
rott, 15. li. Conyois, S. R. Lowry, John F. Brown
and Col. j Lindsay Johnson were appointed by tlie
Chair to report name-* of delegates to the meeting.
The Committee having retired, reported the fal
lowing gentlemen as suitable persons to represent
the county of Cass in the Convention, to wit : Maj.
J. F. Sproull, Col. John J. Word and E. A. Brown,
and that they have authority to appoint alternates
in the event they cannot go.
On motion, the Secretary was requested to fur
nish the Journal Al Me ssenger and Chronicle A Sen
tinel with a copy of proceedings and request their
publication. J. J. Word, Chairmun.
George J. Howard, Sec’y.
Meeting of the American Party of Columbia.
A portion of the American party met at Appling
on the first instant, for the purpose of sending dele
gates to attend a convention of said party at Macon,
on the Bth inst.
11 was moved and seconded, that Judge Josiah
Stovall should take the Chair and J. C. Talbert re
quested to act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting being explained, it was
moved and seconded the Chair appoint a committee
of three to name three suitable persons as delegates,
and that said delegates have power to till any va
cancy that should occur. Isaac Ramsay, A. M.
Crawford and A. J. Hutchinson being appointed as
that Committee, reported the names of Judge J. M.
Anthony, J.W. Drane and J. C. Talbert as dele*
gates.
It was also moved and seconded that the above
proceedings be published in the Augusta Chronicle
A. Sentinel.
Josiah Stovall, Chairman.
J. C. Talkeiit, Secretary.
Col. Fremont’s Acceptance*
New York, June 30, 1856.
Gentlemen — I received with deep sensibility
your communication informing me that a Conven
tion of my fellow-citizens, recently assembled in this
city have nominated me their candidate for the
highest office in the gift of the American people : and
I desire through you to offer to the members, of that,
body, and to their respective constituencies, my
grateful acknowledgment, for tliis distinguished ex
pression of confidence, In common with ull who
are interested in the welfare of the country, 1 had
been strongly impressed by 4 the generous spirit of
conciliation which influenced the action of your as
sembly and characterizes your note. A disposition
to avoid all special questions tending to defeat
unanimity in the great cause, for the sake of which
it was conceded that differences of opinion on less
eventful questions should be held in obeyanee, was
evinced alike in the proceedings of your convention
in reference to me, and in the manner in which you
have communicuted the result. In this course no
sacrifice of opinion on any side becomes necessary.
I shall in a few days be able to transmit you a pa
per, designed for all parties engaged in our cause,
m which 1 present to the country my views of the
leading subjects which are now put in issue in the
contest for the Presidency. My confidence in the
success of our cause is* greatly strengthened by
the belief that these views will meet the approba
tion of your constituents.
Trusting that the national patriotic feeling
evinced by the tender of your c 3-operation in the
work of regenerating the government, may increase
the glow of enthusiasm which pervades the country,
and harmonize all elements in our truly great and
common cause, 1 accept the nomination with which
you have honored me, and am, gentlemen, very re
spectfully,
Your fellow citizens, J. C. Fremont.
Messrs. Thomas 11. Ford, Ambrose Stevens, W. A.
Howard, Stepeen M. Allen, Simon I*. Kosc, Tlios.
Shauklaud, J. E. Dunham, M. C. Greer, and others.
Imports of Dry Doods at New York. —The
New Pork Journal of Commerce publishes statisti
cal tables of the Imports of foreign dry goods at that
port for the past month, for the preceding six
mouths, and for the fiscal year ending with June,
from which we condense the following statement.
The total receipts for June were $5,1i5,258, which
is $1,960,215 larger than for the same time last year,
and $ 186,825 larger than for the same period of
1851. ’ The increase upon last year’s total, is over
60 percent., very evenly divided among all classes
of goods. The total of imports for the six months
ending with June, was $16,480,517, which is $20,-
924,628 greater than for the corresponding six
months last year, $3,600,135 greater than for the
same time in 1854, and $1,685,551 greater than for
the same time in 1853. The excess us compared
with last year has been well distributed among the
different classes of gooJs, although comparatively
least in silk fabrics.
The comparison for the fiscal year ending with
June, presents some interesting particulars. The
falling off of imports commencca in September,
1854. and every succeeding month showed a de
crease down to the Ist of September, 18;>5. At the
last named date the tide turned, aud every month
since has shown an increase.
The following is a statement of the comparative
totals of the imports of each description of dry
goods for the fiscal years embraced in the compari-
Imports of Foreign Dry Goods at the Fort of Xac York,
for the Fiscal Year eliding June "MX
FNTKRFP FOR CONSLMI’TION.
1854. 1855. 1856.
Manufai ’.H of Wool $:.'3,115,935 814,295, 07 $22,671,010
1 >o. Cotton.. 15,408,477 8.240,025 13,225,2;! 4
Do. Silk 29.487.530 18,814.441 27,7:18,080
Do. Flax.... 7,577,6/4 4.880,462 7.700,145
Miseel. dry goods. 5,351,715 4.608,710 6,575,816
Total entered for
consumption $80,941,203 $50,928,845 $17,970,285
Total entered for
warehousing.... $11,448,334 $11,989,598 $7,928,105
Total entered at
the port $92,:i89.627 $(52,918,443 $85,898,65*0
The total of the year just ended is $22,980,-47
greater than for the previous year, but $0,490,937
less than for the same time in 1853- 4. It is only
$(>,090.177 greater than for the fiscal year 1852-’3.
It is, of course, impossible to say how loug the in
crease, which lias been running steadily since Sep
tember will continue.— Half. Amt r.
Affairs in San Francisco. —A San Francisco
correspondent of the New York Herald, gives the
following item of information, not published in the
California papers :
This morning about two o'clock, three hundred
men were drawn up in square before the Committee
rooms—six men placed in the centre—and marched
down to the end of Central wharf, with a large
crowd following. Now, while this scene was being
enacted, another quiet looking company of gentle
men walked in another direction, and placed their
prisoners on board of a clipper which was fast trip
ping anchor for “furrin parts,” which clipper having
had up this time a cracking breeze, is. perhaps about
one hundred miles from the Heads. The distin
guished passeugerson board of that mysterious ves
sel are Charley Duane, Hilly Mulligan, Woolley
Kearney, and others of lesser note. J have not more
thau ten minutes to spare, and must refer you to the
papers for general details.
V. S. —Ex Governor Bigler has been served
with a notice by this mail not to return to this coun
try.
Total Depravity. —Two men, Henry Eggers
and Carl Sleder, have been detected in placing ob
structions on the Michigan Central railroad. They
had repeatedly done the same thing, and the officers
spent eight weeks in their neighborhood endeavor
ing to detect them. Finally they were caught in
the act. Their hostility to the road was caused by
the loss of a dog, which had been killed by a passing
train. They never asked remuneration for the loss,
but commenced the fiendish system of obstructions.
A few moments after they had placed these last sills
across the road an express train came thundering
along with four hundred passengers! The sills were
struck and carried seven hundred yards before the
train could be stopped. Providentially the cars
were not thrown off or any damage done.
Yellow Fever on Boarß a U. S. Vessel.— -A
private letter from an officer on board the United
States frigate Savannah, flag ship of the Brazil sta
tion . reports that there had been as many as two
hundred cases of yellow fever on board, aud all had
recovered except one, Mr. Edward Murray. Even
officer. with one or two exceptions, had been at
tacked. After the breaking out of the fever, the
Savannah left Rio de Janeirio (on the 22d of Aprili
for Montevcdio, at which port she arrived on the
13th of April. The Savannah is now probably on her
way home. —Richmond Dispatch.
New Illinois Wheat.—The Chicago Tribune
June 27th. is iuf'onned that the area sown with
wheat iufSouthem Illiuois is unusually larce.t hat the
crop has been generally harvested in goou condition,
and. though the yield per acre is not as great as last
year, the quality of the grain was never surpassed.
Farmers all along the line of the road below San
dusky. are making preparations for threshing out
their "crops and getting them to market as early as
possible.
Taxation of the Isthmcs.— lt appears that the
foreign merchants ou the Isthmus are to be taxed
during the six months dating irom the Ist ot July,
to the amount of $1,224. whiht the native traders
escape with the payment of $515. This, together
with the new charge sought to be levied by the
government ou United States mail matter when
crossing the Isihmus, excited murmurs of disappro
bation amongst the industrious portion of the com
munity.
Hoe’s Press in London.— The following is from
the London weekly newspaper edited by Douglas
Jerrold:
“ Next week, we trust, these pages will be print
t-U oa an engine planned by American brain. forged
by Amer.can arm*, and set up here ou English soil
by Amenoan Lands— most nobie specimens withal
ot our American brethren ou the ot her side of the
wave. Now, what need we care for the red tape
when we may bind both sides of the Atlantic to
gether with the tapes of the steam press ?”
Os Irish emigrants there left Irolaad. in 1851 254 .
537. 1852,224,99? 1853 192,609: js&U 150.209
1855,78,854
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY ‘). 185(5.
Indint; Warfare in i'rxa*.
Tbe San Antonio fexan, of the 19th June has the
annexed exciting Indian news from Fort Chad
bourne :
Ou Saturday, the 14th inst., an express reached
San Antonio which left Fort Chadbourne on the Kill
inat., bringing the unwdcovne news of the inhuman
murder and capture of their express riders, who were
on their way from Fort McKavitt to Fort Chad
bourne. It seems that the two men had arrived
within fi rty miles from Fort Chadbourne, when they
were attacked, probably by a large number of Ca
manches, overpowered and killed. One of the
1 jodies has since been found; the head was severed
from the body, one leg was cut off at the knee, and
the body otherwise mangled in the most horrible
manner. The body of the other express rider, up to
our going to press, Inis not been found.
On the 7th mat., from fifteen to twenty Indians,
composed mostly of Cauico’s baud of Southern Ca
manches, came in to Fort Chadbourne. Some of
these Indians had been in the habit of coming in to
the fort before, but of late, although they pretended
to be friendly, they showed much insolence ; and
from information the commanding ofiicer had lately
derived from Major Neighbors, our Indian Agent,
from the late insolent conduct of the Indians, and
more particularly from the recent inhuman murders
>jf the two express men, the commander of the post
determined to take them as prisoners, und marched
out twenty men of the garrison for this purpose.—
On ordering them to surrender their arms, they
showed hostilities, when the soldiers immediately
charged upon them, killing seven on the spot; three
others have since been found dead. The remainder,
who escaped, consisting of from six to ten in num
ber, were probably all more or less severely wouud
cd. In possesion of the Indians that were killed
was found a Government rifie, similar to the one
earned by one of the murdered expressmen : also a
part of a letter stained with blood, which was pro
bably taken from the same men.
Immediately after the killing of the Indians two
soldiers were despatched to overtake a party that
had left the fort one hour before, on the road leading
to San Antonio. When these soldiers had proceed
ed four miles from the post they were pursued by a
party of twelve or fifteen Indians,but they succeed
ed in reaching the party they started for, and gave
them an account of what had occurred, and gave
the necessary warning, that they might be on their
guard.
Strange as it may appear, duriug the whole con
test with the Indians, although they were well arni
ed with guns, pistols, bows and arrows, and other
instruments ol warfare, not a single soldier was kill
ed, or even wounded, that we have heard of. One
officer had a ball shut through his hat, and several
soldiers had arrows pass through their clothing, but
all escaped unhurt.
These Indians are, in a measure, all leagued to
gether. and we shall not be surprised soon to hear
of their attempts to retaliate upon the whites for
their men who have been killed.
The same paper has the following account of a
light with Indians near the Sabinal.
On Wednesday night last, June 11, three men
chanced to stop at the residence of Mr. Anglin, liv
ing near the Sabinal, and during the night the dogs
seeming much disturbed, they went to discover the
cause, and soon received a shower of arrows.—
Going in the direction they came from, they
soon saw some Indians in the shade of a tree
and fired upon them. The Indians fled, and it be
ing quite dark, they thought it not safe to pursue.-
The next morning they were joined by two more
companions, and took the trail of the Indians, which
they tracked some distance by the blood. They
suddenly came upon a company of some twenty
five Indians, who no doubt had been waiting their
arrival. The contest commenced, and as four of the
m< n had only one shot each, they fired ami then
left, well knowing there would b<- no chance of
overpowering so large a number. The fifth, a man
named Lackey, having a six shooter, determined
not to leave until he had given them the contents of
the six barrels. He commenced firing, but was
soon out of ammunition also. In the meantime,
says our informant, some of the savages had come
so near to him that he seized one and attempted to
knock him down. The Indian broke loose, and
Lackey fled to where his party had hitched their
horses, and thus escaped. Lackey received five
wounds with arrows, but as fortune would have it,
none of them will prove fatal unless some of the
arrows were poisoned, which is often the case.
We learned that a company of citizens have gone
in pursuit of the Indians.
The Emperor ok Klssia in Berlin. —The Bei
lin correspondent of the Loudon Times, in giving an
account of the Czar’s late visit to Berlin, thus des
cribes his personal appearence :
The Emperor hardly looks so old as lie is—3s;
appears to be about five feet ten inches high, rather
slight than stout, and by no means of the athletic
l'ur.n of his father ; his countenance when not defor
med by the Prussian Lancer's cap, as when I first
saw him, is expressive of mildness and goodness
and a certain degree of conscientious pel-severance.
Possibly there may be at other times a great r ap
pearance of imposing energy than it just now wears
for, according to all accounts, he suffdVs very much
from the fatigue that his present position entails up
on him. I have seen him again to-day twice, as he
was returning from the Kreuzberg and shortly after
as he was going out again to Potsdam. On each
occasion lie was seated in the corner of an open
barouche, in the one instance with his brother Mi
chael, in the other with his adjutant seated on his
right side and somewhat forward, so as to receive
and return the salute of the people. The object of
the Emperor seemed to be to gain a little time and
rest for himself by escaping unnot iced and unrecog
nized; and in by far the majority of instances he
was successful, and long after that unostentatious
young officer of Lancers had driven by the people
remained standing and gaping for the Emperor.—
On each occasion lie was attended simply by two
mounted policemen, to clear the way, and followed
by another open carriage with his adjutants and
attendants but with no guard of honor or escort.
The shipments of gold from Australia to England
are largely increasing. The mines are yielding
more and more. It is estimated that this year will
witness the transmission of £20,000,000 sterling in
gold from Australia to London ; or about 100 mil
lion dollars, nearly double the yield of last year, and
double the rate at which the California mines are
yielding. The following is a telegraphic communi
cation received in London, from Trieste, where the
India overland mail has been received :
“ Trieste , Sunday, June B.—By this arrival we
have advices from Melbourne, via Ceylon, to the
2Sth of March. In the week ending the 28th of
March the shipments of gold from Melbourne
amounted to 00,827 ounces, and £ 10,000 in specie,
by the Morning Star, to Bristol, and 45,072 ounces
and £IIO,OOO in specie by the George Marshall, to
London. The shipments to England, in five weeks,
were 338,000 ounces of gold and £-150,000 in specie.
The gold fields were yielding more largely than ever
—at the rate of nearly £20,000,000 per annum. The
produce of the first three months of 1856 is nearly
double that of the corresponding three months of
J 855, being close upon 700,000 ounces. Trade con
tinued steady. The balance was iu favor of the
colony. In five weeks, the value of the exports
was £1,017,0110, against £1,4000 imports. The
necessaries of life were moderate. Immigrants
were wanted and invited. At Melbourne, they
had been one hundred and eight days without advi
ces from England, and the Legislature had voted
£75,000 per annum to re-establish a steam com
munication.”
Gen. Wai.kkr’s Position in Nicaragua.—The
Key West correspondent of the New York Herald ,
writes on the 18th inst.
The United States steam frigate Susquehana,
Commander Joshua K. Sands, arrived at this port
yesterday morning, from Aspinwall and San Juan,
carrying the broad pennant of Com. 11. Paulding.—
The Susquehana left San Juan on the 10th. Noth
ing very definite was learned of the movements of
General Walker, who was at Leon, awaiting the re
sult of the election of a President, then pending.—
The army of Costa Rica had disappeared. Carrera
President of Guatemala, had raised an anny of 3,000
men to act against Walker, and left his capital with
the full determinatiod of giving him battle : but be
fore he lmd reached the borders of his State his ranks
were reduced by desertion and death to five hun
dred men, when he deemed it the wisest policy to
march back again. So Walker has nothing to fear
from Guatemala. Honduras refused to allow the
Guatemala army to pass through her territory—for
the reason that Walker would certainly whip them,
and then follow the vanquished into Honduras. St.
Salvador is also friendly to Walker’s government,
and he is now more firmly seated upon Central
America soil than any of the native rulers. The re
cruits from New Orleans, with six pieces of artillery
and a large quantity of munitions of war, found no
difficulty in joining Walker’s force.
A Bet Offered.' —The Nashville Banner says
We arc requested by a gentleman of responsibility
to publish the following offer :
Fifty dollars that Fillmore beats Buchanan in the
county where Fillmore resides ; fifty that he beats
him in the State (New York) where lie resides ; fif
ty that lie beats him in the county where Buchanan
resides ; fifty that he beats him in the State where
Buchanan resides : fifty that he beats him in the
county where Andrew J. Donelson, of Tulip
Grove,” resides : fifty that lie beats him in the State
where Donelson resides ; fifty that he beats him iu
the county where Breckenridge resides : fifty that
he beats him in the State where Breckenridge re
sides ; fifty that Fillmore is elected ; and fifty that
Buchanan is not elected—the whole to be taken to
gether, and the money to be deposited in the Plant
ers’ Bank.
Fish Egos.—At a late meeting of the French So
ciete Zoologique d’Aciimation, M. Mi’lct detailed a
series of experiments he has lately made in convey
ing fecundated fi-di eggs. The result was, he said,
that the eggs, when wrapped up in wet cloths and
placed r* boxes with moss, to prevent them from
becoming dry and being jolted, may safely be con
veyed not only during twenty or thirty, but even
more than sixty days, either by water, railway, or
diligence, lie added, that he had now in his 'pos
session eggs about to be hatched, which have been
brought from distant parts of Scotland and Ger
many, and even from America. M. Millet stated a
fact 'which was much more curious—namely, that
fecundated eggs of different descriptions of salmon
and trout do not perish, even when the cloths and
moss in which they are wrapped become frozen. He
had even been able, he said, “to observe, by means
of a microscope, that a fish just issuing from the egg,
and of which the heart was seen to beat, was not in
convenienced by being completely frozen up. This
be explained by the fact that the animal heat of the
fish even in tile embryo state, is sufficient to pre
serve around it a certain quantity of moisture.
Lift o.n the Rio Grande. —The Corpus Christi
Advertiser has u letter dated “Rio Grande City,
June Ist,” which states that 3lr. Todd, who resides
near Corpus CLnsti was murdered by a Mexican
and an American named Tom Ryan, on the west
bank of the river. The murderers were captured
and summarily executed. A man named u Scotch
Sutherland, who lias property in Texas, was also
murdered for his money. The writer says :
The country on both rides of the river is in a dan
gerous and unsettled condition. Murders are con
stantly occurring: besides, the Indians are commit
ting depredations. A few days since, the Mexicans
attacked a party of them, killed one, and wounded
ten, while their own loss was one killed and one
wounded. During the past month, eight Greasers
(voters) have been put hors dn combat by the In-
From the La Plata.—The Boston Traveller
has a letter frem Buenos Ayres, dated April 30th,
which says Oribe and Lis party were carrying all
before them in Montavideo. Since Rosas, the mas
ter Sg irlt of Um Argentine Con federation was over
thrown, there seems to be nothing but trouble for
the States which were formerly united under his
domination. The separation of Buenos Ayres and
Uruguay from the Republic has been unfortunate
tor all parties. The Confederation has suffered
from the loss of revenue derived from the com
merce of the La Plata, while Buenos Ayres and
Uragu&v have been hopelessly given over* to inter
ne-cine feuds. Brazil, whose cupidity has been con
stant] v fixed ou Uraguay, is only able to cause
trouble, without ever daring to attempt the acqui
sition she is bent on. While Paraguay and L ra
guay remain separated from the confederacy, they
are too weak to defend themselves against the
aggressions of their imperial neighbor, and thus
we find that the treaty which granted to Brazil
the free navigation of the river Paraguay clear
up to the province of Mato Grosso, only allows
to other nations the navigation as far as Albu
querque Or, in other words. Brazil L allowed a
privilege which is denied to Buenua Ayres
Additional California News.—The Execution
• fCanry and Cara.
The Vigilance Committee of San Francisco had
intended to postpone the execution ot the two mur
derers, Casey and Com, until Friday, May 23, the
day following the funeral of Mr. King, but there be
ing a probability of an attempt at rescue it was fi
nally determined to carry <*ut the sentence pronoun
ced upon the evil doers at the very hour when the
victim of Casey was being borne to the tomb.
Notwithstanding the great gathering at the fune
ral, says the Alta California, the rooms of the Com
mittee’ were surrounded by about 20,000 people,
who had got an intimation of the proposed execution
and hurried to the spot.
The most formidable guard was arranged, which
embraced all the arms of the committee, consisting
of about 3,000 stand of muskets and two field pieces.
The streets in the immediate vicinity of the rooms
wire cleared by the soldiers, and the bristling bayo
nets ti.at were displayed in every direction, made
the scene one of great solemnity. One of the field
pieces was planted so as to command Davis street
from Sacramento, and the other so as to command
Front street. At about one o'clock, workmen were
seen preparing the dreaded gallows in front of the
committee room, and this preparation drew together
an immense throng.
About one o’clock the prisoners were brought to
the windows in view of the multitude, dressed in
their usual costume, and in-muted the platforms,
having their arms pinioned. They both appeared
to be firm, and but little affected by the dreadful
fate that awaited them. Before placing the rope
upon their necks an apportunitv was given them
to speak to the people assembled, when Casey said:
Gentlemen —I hope this will be forever engraved oil
your minds and on your hearts. lam no murderer.
Let no man call me a murderer or an assassiu. Let
not the community pronounce me a murderer. Let
net tbe Alta, the Chronicle and the Globe, which pa
pers have so bitterly denounced me—let them not
stigmatize me as a murderer in their daily and
weekly papers, nor send my name to the States as
a murderer, for I never did murder nor attempt to
commit murder. Let no editor dare to slander my
name or memory. Gentlemen, I am no murderer.
My faults are because of :ny curly education
Where I belonged 1 was taught to fight, and that to
resent my own wrong was my province. If you see
a funeral train to morrow, let v > one dare say that
there goes the body of a murderer. This 1 have
done, out lam no murderer. When I have depart
ed lienee, dare not you nor any of you call me a mur
derer, nor send my name to the world as one. 1
have an aged mother, and let her not hear me call
ed a murderer or an assassin. I have always re
sented wrong, and I have done it now.
Oh Imy poor mother; how her heart will bleed at
this news. It is her pain I feel now. This will
wring her heart, but she will not believe I am a
murderer. I but resented an iniury, my poor moth
er ! Oh! my mother, Qod bless you!
Gentlemen, 1 pardon you, as I hope God will for
give you, as I hope he will forgive me—amen! Oh!
my poor mother. Oh, God, have mercy upon me.
My Jesus take care of me. Oh, God, with accu
mulated guilt of 28 or 29 years, have mercy upon
me—my poor mother!
At the conclusion of these remarks he seemed to
grow weak, and was unable to stand without sup
port from those standing by him. Father Gallagher
was by his side as his spiritual adviser, and con
stantly telling him to stop speaking and pray. lie
also offered him the cross, which he kissed several
times. When the noose was placed about his neck,
lie was deeply affected mid nearly fainted away,
and would have fallen off from the scaffold, but for
those who suppoited him.
Cora did not say a word, or desire to. He stood
upon the scaffold during Casey’s speech, perfectly
unmoved, and when the rope was put around his
neck he was as unconcerned as before, lie also
pressed the cross to his lips often during his last mo
ments.
At twenty minutes past one o’clock everything
being ready to carry out the desigus of the execu
tioners, the signal was given and the cord that held
up the outer ends of the scaffolds, or platforms, was
cut upon the roof ot the bunding, and the doomed
men were both launched into eternity,and suspend
ed between the heavens and the earth. They were
dropped about six feet and expired apparently with
out. any struggling, save a few motions of the lower
limbs. During this solemn and awful ceremony
a perfect stillness and silence was observed by the
vast throng who were spectators to the scene.—
The guards and many of the citizens who were
near uncovered their heads during the execution.
Previous to the execution, Belle Cora was sent
for at the request of the spiritual adviser of Cora,
and they were formally married by the priest about
thirty minutes before the execution. This wus
dune at the request of his spiritual adviser who
would not grant him absolution until this ceremony
had been performed- The woman appeared very
indignant, and looked angrily at the members of the
committee. She was reluctant about going to the
rooms, but finally consented on receiving a written
request from him to do so.
The body of Casey, says the San Francisco Bul
letin of June 5, was placed in possession of his
friends of Engine Company No. 10, on Friday Inst,
was kept until Sunday at two o’clock, when it was
taken to the Catholic Church burial ground, at the
Mission, and interred. The hearse had a large num
ber of followers, among whom we noticed George
Farley, Cearles Gallagher, William Free, Alexan
der Devoe, Charles P. Duane, J. J. Hoff, William
Mulligan, James Sullivan, John Bullion, M. J. Smith,
John Duane, Ira Cole, John Turney, Charles Ben
nett, Liverpool Jack, John Gleaning, James Deni
son, &.C. Wolly Kearney, as Lieutenant, brought
up the rear.
The whole procession, we suppose, numbered
something like a thousand persons on foot, in car
riages, iVc., and on horseback. The Cresent Com
pany. No. 10 turned out in full, in token of respect
to tiie late foreman. The pull bearers, eight on each
side of the hearse, were, with the exception of Bill
Lewis, entirely unknown to every one with whom
we conversed." There were, so far as we could ob
serve and learn from others, not over a dozen
American born citizens, (besides the members of
No. 10) in the procession.
Suicide anil Confession of “Yankee Chillivuiu”
Alter the execution of Casey and Cora, the Vigi
lance Committee of San Francisco proceeded to
make arrests of other notorious characters, and
among others Yankee Sullivan. The Alfa Cali
furnia, of June 1. contains the following account of
the tragical fate of Sullivan :
A new flame was added to the excitement about
eleven o’clock, by the announcement that James,
alias Yankee Sullivan, had committed suicide in
his cell at the Committee Rooms, where he was
confined.
Soon after the death of the prisoner, we were
waited upon by a couple of gentlemen of the
committee, who were endorsed by the seal of
that body, which they bore upon a written docu
ment from its officers, who gave us a statement of
the facts concerning his death so far as are or can be
known.
From them we learn that during his confinement
he has been quite uneasy as to the disposition which
would be made with him, and has been restless and
eating but little. During all his confinement he has
been very penitent for his conduct, and expressed a
determination to reform if he should be liberated.—
He has made a free and unreserved confession of all
his crimes and rowdyisms, and disclosed, as far as
possible, the connection of his accomplices. He has
been assured, ever since his arrest, that he should
not be huug, as the Committee would not execute
any man for a crime that the law ot the lend would
not do the same for. But he was informed that he
would be sent out of the country.
He had great reluctance about going to Sydney,
and frequently begged of a member of the Commit
tee to intercede to have him sent to New-York. He
promised the member that if he could be sent to the
Atlantic States he would avoid the large cities, go
into the country, and giv' ip fighting and the use
of liquor. He was very anxious that he might be
sent alone, as he said his old associates would kill
him for the revelations he had made. He seemed
to fear transportation with the other prisoners there,
and some ro'vJies not yet captured, as much ns he
did death i.jelf. The committee man agreed to do
what he could for him, but he could not promise to
secure all that he asked.
Yesterday morning, about half past five o’clock,
he called to the guard who stood without the door of
his cell and asked for a glass of water. After drink
ing, lie said he had experienced a most horrible
dream, and went on to relate it. He thought he was
arraigned, tried, convicted, sentenced, and execu
ted. H e heard the footsteps of the soldiers approach
ing to bring him out to the gallows; felt the rope
drawn about his neck ; imagined he dropped, and
while hanging in imagination, he awoke and. called
for a glass of water. The guard cheered him up,
and told him he need not fear an execution, as the
committee had already agreed to send him out of
the State.
He was left to himself again, and at o’clock,
when his breakfast was brought to him, he was dead
and cold. Physicians were at once sent, and they
pronounced life extiet, and were of opinion that he
had been dead some time. He was lying upon his
bed, and tier knife with which the deed was com
mitted was lying just beneath his right hand, from
which it had apparently dropped.
The knife was a common table knife, with a Ger
man silver blade, and handle of the same material,
and was quite dull —as much so as ordinary knives
of this character. The means restored to to pro
duce death was to make an incision upon the left
arm, near the elbow, and cutting the fleshy part of
the arm down to the bone, laying open a horrid
wound. Two large arteries were completely sever
ed, and death must have ensued speedily, and with
out a single struggle—at least such was the opinion
of the physicians.
On the J*t of June an inquest was held on the re.
mains of Sullivan. From the evidence we extract
the following:—
Emily Mary Sullivan sworn—l was the wife of
one Francis Murray, alias James Sullivan, now de
ceased, and have been for the last fourteen months.
We were married by a German clergyman in this
city. We have lived together in this city and the
Sandwich Islands. He is a native of Ireland] and
aged 37 years. I saw him last alive on Friday last
at 12 M. He was confined in a cell in Sacramento
street, at the vigilance committee rooms. He told
me the committee were going to hang him on the
following day. He looked at the wedding ring on
my finger and said that it was the first present he
had given me.
He then took a diamond ring from his pocket and
said that it would be the last he would give me, as
he was positive he would be hung the next day, as
he had heard the guard at the cell doer say so. I
told him not to be afraid, as they would not do so.
He did not seem much depressed in spirits, and was
as cheerful as usual. The last day I was with him
before his arrest, he was speaking of the crime of
suicide, and said that he would never do it, for then
he could not get the rites of the church, as he was a
Catholic, lie intended to leave the country at the
time of his arrest The day he was arrested, he told
me to pack up all my clothing as he was going to
leave the State for good. I have one female child,
5 months old, by the deceased. I recognize the
body as that of my husband.
On the same day the following documents were
made public, under the authorization of the seal of
tLe Vigilance Committee.
[The written statement of ‘’James Sullivan*’ is
lengthy and minute, and only portions of it can be
divulged at present; and as several of the parties
implicated are not yet arrested, it is thought best to
leave names in blank.]
Last September. 1 was living at the Presidio
House on the road to the tort. The general elec
tion was held there, acd_the bailot-box for that elec
tion was kept at that house.
Myself and - were elected that morning
judges of the election. was at the same time
elected Inspector. On the morning of the election
day, rode out to the Presidio House, and call
ed’ine up stairs and offered me four or five hundred
dollars (I forget now which ; he did not Lave the
money with him, but said he would give it to me af
ter the ballots were counted) to change the returns
and throw out and and bring in a large
majority for aod ——. I asked him where
the money was, and he said he would get it ready
when the polls were closed. was' one of the
clerks of the election.
jiHe then went into the room where the ballot box
was, and wrote out a return, electing and
by a large majority, nearly as many as all the votes
of the precinct. , a man called , ,
ard myself were in the room while was writing
this return. Neiiher myself nor the others knew
what was writing, but when he had made up
some two hundred votes returned for and ,
I saw the paper, and saw what he had written. I
! then took the paper away from him and tore it up.
i I knew that tbougdfthe j rornLed, he w-ouldn’t pay.
: He made no FedHpcf. This was in the morning.
| and before the votes were all polled, or any of them
! counted.
About 11 o’clock A M . and niter went away
Ito the city, * came and called me out of the door
down by the fence, ami said lie would be ruined if
did not get elected. He offered ine three hun
dred dollars—one hundred dollars each for and
myself, if we would give a large majority. He
held it ail in his hand in twenty dollar pieces. I re
fused. came out to us just then, and he repeated
his offer to all of us. They wanted to accept, but I
wouldn't let them. The reason why I wouldn't con
sent I didn’t want to beat; he acted wrong to
me in 1850.
When I was out doors in the evening, after I had
finished talkiug with , I saw somebody at about
one hundred or one hundred and fifty yards up the
road, and I walked up to him and found* it was .
He promised I should have five hundred dollars to
give all the votes l could. I told him I
would take it. He then left me and went away. I
saw him a few days afterwards and asked him for
the money, and he said that he had given the five
hundred dollars to , aud he understood that
shared it equal with .
The first money I received the day of the election
was from Mr. , about sis o’clock in the mon ing.
He gave me ten dollars, and promised after the
election was over to give me ninety dollars more if
I would “ see Mr. through” , the candidate
for , came out in the course of the morning, and
gave me twenty dollars for giu money, to election
eer for him—also gave me two hundred dollars to
work for . A man whose name I don't know
at all gave me thirty five dollars to work tor .
lie was a fine looking man: he came apparently
from the city. In the afternoon a tall limn, who was
then a policeman, came out and gave uie a paper
on which was written—“ Mr. will give you two
hundred and fifty dollars, ami don’t let cheat
him out of his votes.”
Two days after the election, I got $l5O, but I
don’t now remember whether from in person or
not. I shared this with and —— equally.—
Sometime afterwards and myself went to
himself and got the other hundred dollars from him.
I gave his share, but 1 would not give any to
because he cheated me aud got five huudred
dollars paid, and wouldn’t share it, cauie
to me several times during the day, aud was very
urgent to elect —— and and to beat and
All that came to me , and almost
every one else wanted to elect . Most of them
wanted that more than anything else ; I think his
election must have cost him immense sums.
always went for the men that paid biggest. * *
l refused every time ; the last time was out on
the fence ; then when 1 said I wouldn’t, hegot mad,
and said Iw as aG—d d—d skunk. I went away a
little ways, w hen aud came up and talked
with him awhile. I heard say Sullivan won’t
do it, and then said, what the hell is Jie more
than any other man, he is only one man here. * *
The second day after this election, and -«
came to me in the street, in front of Gallagher's
drinkingsaloou, and said, let us put 011 the
returns and elect him instead of . I said, I
don’t cure, anybody but ; you make out the
returns and I’ll sign them. They went away ; the
next day, or two days, I won’t be sure which, I
went out to the Presidio aud signed the returns.
afterwards told me his election cost him five
hundred dollars. and didn’t tell me any
thing about it; I suppose they thought I would
want a share.
The next day, being the second day after the elec
tion was over, J went to -—— saloon and met
and there. I think now, that l was mistaken
in saying that it was the second day after the elec
tion, it must have been the third day; it was late,
nearly or quite dark. They took me in the corner
of the room ; sat on the table by the window,
but couldn’t hear w hat was going 011 between us ;
and myself were not in very good terms just
then. They then told me that , and
had been around to all the polls and had got
majority reduced down so that about five hundred
votes would beat him and elect . They said
that we three, (myself, and ) could make a
thousand dollars if we would give majority
enough to elect him. They said that and the
others, had reduced votes in the orther wards ;
a’l they thought would be stood, but they hoped to
get some more oft* in the Eighth, and we could
make a thousand dollar* if ours would make up
enough to beat him. I told them 1 had pledged my
self to and that should have tlic bene
fit of every vote that was polled for him ; that 1
wouldn’t back out for a thousand dollars or any
other sum, and that I couldn’t because 1 had al
ready carried a paper to on which I had put
down in my own hand writing everyvote that
had received.
I think it must be a year ago or more that I was
in Sacramento. 1 saw in t lie Orleans Hotel;
he asked me to take a drink, afterwards went over
to a gunsmith and lie took the caps off one of his
pistols and put fresh ones on, and I asked him what
that was for. lie told me he was going to take
on the wing—shoot him. He said had abused
him and in a speech at a meeting, and it
lmd fallen to his lot to kill him.
I persuaded him to go over back with me to the
Orleans, and we sat on a sofa there, and I talked
with him a longtime. I told him lie would surely
be hung, and talked to him about his mother, and at
last he began to cry, and the tears began to rol
down his cheeks, and when I saw that, 1 got his
pistol away from him, and I took him with me down
to the river bank and tired the pistol into the water.
I fired it all off, and I and then went to the
steamboat and I brought him with me down to San
Francisco.
I went back to Sacramento in the next boot. I
never hud any difficulty with or before
this nor afterwares, until about five months when I
came down to San Francisco. They attacked me
with and and and almost killed me.
I know, at least I always thought, they did it
because told them I wouldn’t let him kill
Lawless Conduct and Loss of Life. —The
Galveston Civilan of the 21st ult., regrets to have
accounts of serious disturbances in Orange county,
on the Texas and Louisiana border.
The free negroes, mulattocs ami white men, to
the number of forty, with the sheriff at their head,
who had been ordered to leave the country, have
refused to do so, and have fortified themselves some
four miles above Madison. They are reported to
have a hundred guns, besides pistols and bowie
knives, and to bid defiance to their opponents.—
Paities in the country are about equally divided.—
Almost every man is armed, and all are in contin
ual apprehension from enemies. The high grass in
the prairie affords binding places everywhere, and
no man can leave his home with safety.
Last Saturday Dr. Meersand Burwell Alexander,
two men who had been warned by the Regulators
to leave this country and refused, where shot by a
party of twenty or thirty men, at Green’s Bluff.—
The execution is reported to us to have been delibe
rated.
The proscribed class is said to nearly equal the
remainder of the citizens of the county in number.
A bloody battle is expected -, and the result is doubt
ful, unless the whites are reinforced from other
counties. They have had promises of assistance
from Liberty and elsewhere.
In the meantime there is no security for life or pro
perty of any kind. Sooth &. Merriman keep their
mill guarded night and day, and other persons are
in continual apprehension.
Nothing has been seen of the mullatto Ashworth,
who murdered Deputy ; but he is believed to be
lurking in the neig. borhood, if not with the party in
the fort.
It is impossible for us to give a detailed or correct
history of the events which have ended in the pre
sent state of affairs. There may have been faults
on both sides. But there seems no doubt that the
insolence and crimes of the free persons of mixed
blood have been such us to be unendurable by the
whites. It is evident that both parties cannot
longer live in the same community. We shall ex
pect to hear of bloody work by every mail, until
the Governor can order such a force to the spot,
from other counties, as will restore order ami sustain
the laws.
Terrific Com bat.— The Portsmouth (Eng.,) pa
pers of May 30, contain the following:
Last evening between six and seven o’clock, os
the Dragoons were walking their horses to their dif
ferent billeting houses, a black stallion attacked a
bay next to him with the most savage ferocity. The
dragoon was speedily thrown, and the bay, nothing
loth, returned the attack with equal determination.
The scene was without a parrellel. The animals
fought like bull dogs ; struck out with their fore legs,
seized each other by the neck and chest, rolled over
and over again, groaned, snorted, and savagely
continued the extraordinary encounter for upwards
of seven minutes. The tradesmen shut up their
shops, for the infuriated animals seemed bent on
mutual destruction. Plight or ten dragoons could
do nothing with them till their strength was spent
and fully exhausted, when one powerful young man
watched his opportunity, and rushing at the pros
trate black stallion, he seized him resolutely by
both ears, and with an iron grasp made the animal
groan with rage and pain. The bay was with diffi
culty forced away, and he tried to kick and bite
every one near him. This unusual and terrific con
flict caused the utmost excitement and the greatest
possible consternation.
Bill for the Suppression of Polygamy.—
The following bill, for the Suppression of Polygamy
in the Territories of the United States, was intro
duced by Mr. Morrill, of Vfc., in the House of
Representatives, on Thursday, the 26th ult. The
penalties are severe :
A Bill to punish and prevent the practice of poly
gamy in the Territories of the United States and
other places over which the United States have
exclusive jurisdiction.
YVkereas, It is admitted that polygamy is permit
ted by the municipal regulations of one of the Ter
ritories of this Union, and is sought to be justified
on the ground that this abomination in a Christian
country is a religious rite of the inhabitants of said
Territory ; and whereas, no principle of self-govern
ment or citizen sovereignty can require or justify
the practice of such moral pollution ; therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America, in Con
gress assembled That if any person or persons, be
ing married and an inhabitant of any Territory of
the United States or other place over which the Uni
ted States possess exclusive jurisdiction, shall inter
marry with anv persons, or cohabit with any person
or persons, or live with any person or persons as
partners acknowledging conjugal relations, the form
er husband or wife being alive, he, she or they so
offending shall, on conviction thereof, pay a fine not
exceeding $-300, and be imprisoned not less than
two years nor more than five years ; Provided, nev
ertheless, that this section, or anything therein con
tained, shall not extend to any person or persons
whose husband or wife shall absent him or herself
one from the other for the space of five years, the
one of them not knowing the other to be living
within that time, nor to any person or persons who
shall be at the time of such marriage divorced by
competent authority, or to any person or persons
whose former marriage, by sentence of competent
authority, shall have been declared void.
West Point.— The following is a description of a
drill performed by the light artillery corps at West
Point, during the recent examination :
‘•There were six cannon, each followed by caisson
or ammunition wagon, both of which were drawn
bv four horses. The rapidity and celerity of the
evolutions were astonishing. Upon the sound of
the bugle the horses would be spurred across the
plain, the pieces unlimbered and uischarged several
times a minute. Again would the bugle sound, and
before the smoke over that part of the field had
cleared away, the battery would be driven across
the plain at full gallop, and in a few seconds more,
at the word of command, a deafening roar would
arise from that quarter, which the surrounding hills
reverberated with startling distinctness. These
pieces can be discharged six times a minute. An
other manoeuvre was dismounting the battery,
which was done in less than a minute after receiv
ing the order, the carriage having in that time
been taken entirely to pieces and laid upon the
ground/'
A Good Old Age.— Died at the residence of J.
C. Baker, in Frederick county, Va., on the 25th ult
a negro woman named Chloe, whose age was not
less than one hundred and five years. She was born
in Hanover county, N. C., and was brought to this
State in 1805.
Great distress for want of food prevails at many of
the outports of Newfoundland. Large numbers of
the people were in a state of actual starvation. Ex
tensive provisions were made by the Leg is la tare du
ring its session, for the destitute class ; but it is re
ported that the sufferers at the outposts have not re
ceived their fair share of the provision.
Cool.— A German named Riesberg was recently
executed at Bidwell for murder. As he was being
to the place of execution, a friend ap
proached and shook him by the hand with the feel
mg advice— “ take care ot yourself old fellow.”
Oltl liinr Whij; C onvention in Hultianore.
A Convention of the Old Line Whigs, compost d
of five delegates from each of the twenty wards of
the city, was held in Rechabite Hall, Baltimore, on
the evening of the 30th ult., for the purpose of selec
ting eleven delegates to represent the city in the
bfcate Convention which is to assemble on the 10th
of July.
A temporary organization was effected by < a’ling
Thomas E. llamrleton, Esq., to the Chair and aj -
pointed A. S. Dungan, Esq., Secretary.
On motion of Major Kenly it was resolved that a
committee of one from each ward be appointed to
nominate permanent officers for the Convention.
The committee retired and after being absent a
short time submitted the following report:
President—Dr. John L. Yeates.
Vice Presidents—Wm. 11. Young and Samuel
Sands.
Secretaries—John C Bridges and D. Standsbury.
The report of the committee was adopted and the
officers took their positions upon the platform.
Before leaving the chair Mr. Hambleton remark
ed that he could not refrain from prophecying that
the Convention would unanimously endorse the
nomination of Millard Fillmore for the Presidency.
This expression was received with vociferous ap
plause trorn the delegates and the large number of
spectators who were iu attendance.
Dr. Yates, on taking the chair, addressed the
Convention briefly, stating that he was glad to see
again a Convention of Ola Line Whigs. They had
done good service in the past, and he thought they
would, instead ot being uead, continue to u » good
in the future, lie then returned thanks for the hon
or conferred upon him by being called to the chair,
and stated that the chair Was now ready to receive
any proposition that might be offered.
On motion of Major Kenly, it was unanimously
resolved that no gentlemau be elected as a delegute
to the State Convention who will not declare himself
in favor of Millard Fillmore.
Dr. J. 11. Thomas moved that a committee of one
from each ward be appointed to nomiuatc eleven
delegates to represent the city of Baltimore in the
State Convention.
Sterling Thomas, Sr., moved as a substitute that
one gentleman be nominated by each delegation
from whom the Convention shall select eleven dele
gates to the State Convention.
The motion of Dr. J. li. Thomas was withdrawn,
when a protractive discussion took place relative to
the mode of electing the delegates. The motion
was subsequently renewed and laid upon the table
by a large majoritv.
Samuel Sauds, Esq., moved that each ward nomi
nate a candidate to be balloted for ; that one dele
gate be selected from each two wards, and the
wards which do not get the delegate to be entitled
to a alternate. And further that a delegate at large
be selected by the Convention, audalso an alter
nate.
After further debate the motion of S. Thomas,
Sr., was withdrawn, and the motion of Mr. Sands
adopted.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot for a del
egate at large, the namefos the following gentlemen
being place in nomination : —William Schley, of the
11th ward ; Chas. C. Fulton, sth ward ; Dr. John L.
Yates, sth ward ; Trueman Croea, 13th ward.
A ballot was had, which resulted as follows :
Wm. Schley 65; Chas. C. Fulton 7 ; Dr. John C.
Yates 21.
Mr. Schley having received a majority of the votes
was declared elected, and Dr. Yates was chosen as
the alternate. These nominations were unanimous
ly confirmed.
The committee then proceeded to elect ten dele
gates being one for every two wards, and ten alter
nates, as follows :
Wards. Delegates. Alternates.
1 and 2—Cap!. J. Frazier, John W. Randolph,
3 and I—Thomas Kelso, John Huges,
5 and 6—Clms. C. Fulton, Charles Webb,
7 and B—S. Thomas, Sr., D. S. Sweeney,
9 and 10—Thomas Wilson, Marcus Denison,
11 and 12—Dr. J. 11. Thomas, Dr. W. F. McPherson,
13 and 11 —John R. Kenly, Thomas White,
15 and 16—John R. Conway, Thomas S. Sumwalt,
17 and 18—A. B. Patterson, B. F. Gould,
19and20—Samuel Sands. Joseph H.Rieman.
The Convention then adjourned with three cheers
for Millard Fillmore.
Murder ok Gay the Indian Agent.—The St.
Louis Republican gives the following account of
the murder of Mr. Gay, the agent of the Slmwneo
and Wyandotte Indians :
He left Westport, in this State, in the evening, to
go to his Agency, and where his family reside. lie
was accompanied by his son, having but one horse
between them, and agreeing to “ride and tie."—
When one or two miles from Westport, they were
met by three men who demanded who they were
and what they were ? Mr Gay said he was “from
Michigan,” and would give no other answer.—
Thereupon the party commenced firing upon them.
The son was upon the horse and received a wound
in the thigh, but made lus escape by jumping over
the fence into a corn field, and returning to West
port. The father was shot dead, receiving several
wounds—one in the head which proved tatal. He
is said to have made a manly resistance to the at
tack of his murderers, but was overpowered by
them. The key of his safe—with which place of se
curity he had been furnished by the Superintendaut
at this place—was found in his right hand pocket; the
left hand pocket was turned inside out in the strug
f;le. The body of Mr. Gay was buried on Monday
ust, but up to that time no discovery had been made
of his murderers. It is said that the son could iden
tify them, if they were brought before him.
Late news from Persia is warlike. Troops are
being everywhere assembled, camps are in progress
of formation, and other military measures are being
taken. Churreni-Abadda is the point of concentra
tion, when the troops are afterwards to proceed to
Isudmarre, there to form a camp. The elders of the
tribes inhabiting the Luristan have been there to
declare their devotedness to the throne. Two regi
ments sent from Teheran to Khorassan have arrived
at Medjid, together with Sultan Morud-Merza-Chi
zan-Usultane. A detachment of infantry and some
pieces of artillery have received orders to proceed
to the district of Kiam to protect the frontier. The
Aribistan and the Luristan are quiet.
Female College Burned. —On the night of the
28th ult., the College building of the Marshall Fe
male Institute, situated in Marshall county, Missis
sippi, with its contents, was entirely consumed by
fire. The boarding house escaped and the lives and
wardrobes of the pupils were not endangered. The
building burned was insured in the Memphis Insu
rance C ompany. It is to be rebuilt immediately.—
Nashville Patriot.
The managers of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery
Society announce to the “ friends of freedom and
equal rights in the commonwealth,” that a mass
meeting will be held, as usual, in the grove at Fra
mingham, on the ensuing Fourth of July, the design
of which is “to rescue that anniversary from the
ordinary popular desecration, and to consecrate it to
the cause of impartial and universal liberty, by
striking a mortal blow at the existence of slavery in
our land,” and to all who “despise fraud, and loathe
rapine, and abhor blood,” and who “ reject with in
dignation the wild and guilty fantasy that man can
hold property in man,” are cordially invited
Sickness in the West Indies. —By the steamer
Prince, at Bermuda, from St. Thomas, St. Domingo,
&.C., we learn that yellow* fever and cholera were
prevailing to a great extent in most of the West In
dia Islands.
It was pretty healthy at Jamaica when the Prince
left. There were still, however, some cases of yel
low fever on board the Termagant. The master,
Mr. Ilitchiugs, had fallen a victim.
The yellow fever was severe at St. Domingo and
St. Thomas. One of the large steamers had lost 25
men from fever, after coaling at St. Thomas, ere she
reached Jamaica. There was small pox at Porto
Kico.
The National Era, the Republican organ at Wash
ington, considers the nomination of Fremont “unfit
to oe made.” It says:
“ Fremont is a young man , a successful explorer;
unfamiliar with politics; without experience as a
statesmen; without antecedents or records of any
declared opinions on the great question which agi
tates the country.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Cummins, C. M., writes as
follows to the London Times:
“ During the Mexican war the United States open
ly enlisted men for their service both in Upper and
Lower Canada; they had agents both at Niagara and
in the eastern townships. Surely this is a sufficient
precedent, and justifies the action of the English
Government, about which so much noise has been
made.
The Credit Mobilier of Paris is about to obtain the
contract of constructing the grand network of Rus
sian railroads. The engineer of this company, Mr.
Sauvage, has already left Paris for St. Petersburgh,
at the request of the Emperor Alexander, who wish
es to cover his vast country with roads running in
every direction.
On loroform and Strychnine.—Two physicians
in Philadelphia are making experiments on the dogs
taken by the “ketckers:”
Experiments were made to ascertain the effects
of strychnine and chloroform as an antidote. One
dog, just as he was, to all appearance, in the last
agony of death from the effects of this poison, had
chloroform administered to him, and in a few min
utes he entirely recovered, and ran about as if no
thing hud been given him. lie was afterwards
killed by a second dose of poison.
Mr. Fillmore’s Prospects.—The St. Louis
News, in noticing Mr. Fillmore’s acceptance, says :
“He has an old-fashioned way of hugging the Con
stitution to his bosom as the guide of his actions, in
stead of shaping his course according to the theo
ries of either the Southern or the Northern school
of politics. He has made a good President once
ana, if elected, will undoubtedly do so again. It
is not by any means certain that he won t have the
chance. ’
General Walker.—The Manchester (Ens'.) Ex
aminer, of June 7th, says : We have little faith in
Gen. Walker, but we have a great deal of faith in
the remedial efficacy of events; and little as we are
prepared to eulogise the motives which have dic
tated his doings in Central America, we believe they
will tend to spread the influence of Anglo-Saxon in
stitutions.
A Preacher and Paper Indicted.—At the lata
session of Gilmore County Court, Va., the Grand
Jury of that county presented the Editor of the Cin
cinnati Western Christian Advocate for publishing
abolition doctrines, and also Rev. Levi Parke, for
circulating the paper.
A Liberal Congregation.—The members of
Rev. Mr. Wadsworth's Congregation in Philadel
phia, have presented him a title deed for the house
ho now occupies, worth SII,OOO.
The Crops.—The crops in Southwestern Georgia
are very promising, w hile the health of the country
is all that”can be expected. The prospects of the
crops in Mississippi, in the region about Vicksburg,
are also very flattering.
Hon. W. It. Smith—False Report.—For some
days a foolish report has been circulated here of the
defection of Hon. W. R. Smith to Buchanan. We
received a letter dated June 22, from Mr. S. ? written
in fine spirits at the improvement of Fillmore’s
prospects.
Mr. Fillmore in Missouri.—ls the political di
visions in Missouri continue as they now stand, Fill
more is almost certain of getting tnat State. Each
w ing of the democratic party has a separate electo
ral ticket, and both are m favor of Buchanan. But
as the Know Nothings are united, they will no
doubt poll more votes than either the Benton or an
ti-Benton factious, and thus secure the State to Fill
more.
Young Germ any.—Eleven children were bom on
the steamer St. Nicholas on a trip from New Orleans
to St. Louis with a company of German emigrants
last week.
The Slave Traffic.—The New York Journal of
Commerce says that fifteen slavers have sailed from
that port within the last twelve months, and three
within the last three weeks.
Bolting from the Bolters.—We learn that
more than one third of the 63 Bolters from the
American Party of Muscogee, have bolted back,
again, and declare that they have been badly suck
ed in by somebody ! Who threw that brick.—Geor
gia Citizen.
The Germans for Fremont. —The German
voters in New York are generally rallying for Fre
mont. It was stated at a Republican meeting on
Monday evening that of 180 Germans employed in
one bouae in the 18th ward, no less than 170 had
formed a Fremont Club.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XX. NO. 28.
KI'KOfKAN INTELLIGENCE.
DY THK CANADA.
Peace meetings and friendly addresses to America
were abundant.
Mr. Baillie*s motion in the House of Commons re
specting the American difficulties, and on which it
was supposed that the Palmerstou Ministry would
be defeated and resign, is withdrawn.
H. B. M. screw steamship Himalaya, from Hali
fax, arrived at Portsmouth on the 17th June in a
passage of eight days and 3] hours—the quickest on
record.
The following is the latest in Parliament:
On the evening of Friday, the 20th, Mr. Glad
stone stated that on Monday last, when Lord Pal
merston announced that it was the intention of her
Majesty 's Government to continue diplomatic rela
tions with the American Minister, he did not give
any explanation of the motives which led to that
course, nor did he advert to the conduct of the Ame
rican Government in the dumb salof Mr. Crampton.
At that period there was reason to expect an imme
diate discussion upon the question, and therefore lie
might have thought the explanations at that time
premature. He did not complain of this silence, but
the motion to which he referred having been with
drawn, and there beingsome uncertainty also as to the
line which an honorable gentle man opposite, who hml
given notice of his intention to introduce the ques
tion, was about to take, he thought it important that
the House should know as early as possible the na
ture of the reply which the Government intended
to give to the despatch from Mr. Marcy respect
ing the dismissal of Mr. Crampton from Washing
ton, and perhaps when they had that answer it would
be time to discuss the* question. He therefore
wished to know when the Government would be
prepared to lay their reply to Mr. Marcy upon the
table.
liOrd Palmerston said his honorable friend had
rightly understood the motives which induced him
to abstain on Monday from making any observa
tions upon the subject. Motives equally strong pre
vailed ou the present occasion. He would, there
fore, say iu reply to the present question that he had
no doubt of being able to lay all the papers upon the
table, including Lord Clarendon’s answer to Mr.
Marcy, in the course of next week, probably on an
early day.
Sir J. Packington said the honorable gentleman
had acted quite right in asking the Government for
the production of the papers, and lie was glad to
hear that in the course of a few days the House
would be in the possession oCtlie answer returned to
Mr. Marcy*B dispatch. It would, perhaps, bo only
fair toward the Government to postpone any dis
cussion on their conduct with regard to the enlist
ment question uutil the dispatch was produced; but
lie earnestly hoped that discussion would not long be
delayed. He spoke in no party sense, ami with no
party object, when lie said that lie regarded with
feelings of the greatest anxiety—he might almost
say of shame —the present state of our relations with
America. For the present painful position of af
fairs, he attached the blame, judging only from the
public documents which were in the hands of honor
able members, to what he considered to be the se
rious misconduct and unwise policy of her Majesty’s
Government, by which the Government of the U.
States lmd been irritated, deceived and offended
Under these circumstances he regretted that Mr.
Barilie felt himself under the necessity of withdraw
ing his motion, but lie trusted that the intervention
of Mr. Moore, or some other independent member,
would afford honorable members on the conserva
tive side of the House an opportunity of calling at- ;
tention to the real merits of the question.
Sir G. Grey strongly deprecated the tone adopted ;
by the Hon. Baronet, in expressing so decided an
opinion upon the question u 14lie present moment,
lie was glad to find, not onljf from the cheers on ,
his own side of the House, but from the manifest -
indications ou the side of the lion. Baronet, that his
views did not meet with general concurrence.
Mr. Moore appealed to Lord Palmerston to ap
point an early day for discussion upon the. subjec'. .
No answer was returned, and the subject was (
dropped. 1
Sir Edmund Lyons is to be raised to the Peer
age for services rendered in the Black Sea, being
the only Peer manufactured from the war with Bus- ,
The Queen gave a grand ball on the evening of
the 17th. Two thousand invitations lmd been given
out. Mr. Dallas was present.
Prince Napoleon is visiting English ports in a
yacht.
Collections continue in England for the suffercs
from the inundations in France..
The baneful Ribbon System is*prevailing exten
sively in the North-western counties of Ireland,
especially Donegal and Sligo. Owing to instruc
tions from the Government, the constabulary are
making great exertions to break up the confedera
cy, and numerous arrests have taken place. In
Donegal one day last week, twenty-one persons
were marched into Lifford by the constabulary and
committed for trial at the ussi/.es.
France. —Louis Napoleon is taking steps to have
the Empress appointed Regent for her son. The
project of a law on the subject has been sent to the
Senate and debated with closed doors. The pro
ject proposes that on the Emperor’s demise the
Empress should reign, assisted by the Council of
the Regency, whose names the Emperor will leave «
under a sealed envelope. Meanwhile the govern
ment papers are writing up the project.
The latest from Paris, under date of the 21st,
states that the Moniteur contains a decree ordering i
the creation of a general system of inspec ion of the
army and commissariat by a special staff establish- |
ed for that purpose. The Moniteur also gives the
project of the Senators’ Committee on the Regen
cy. It states that the Empress’ mother is to be re
gent and guardian of her son during his minority, i
but is not to contract a second marriage while it ;
continues.
In case of the death of the Empress the Regency
is to pass to the senior Prince of France, thence to
the other Princes in order of hereditary succession,
and failing them all, to the Council of the Regency
chosen by the Senate.
Two-and-half millions of francs have been collect
ed for the sufferers from inundation.
Belgium.—The Editor of the Brussels paper,
La Nation, has been fined and imprisoned for an
editorial, alleged to be libellous, of the Duchess of
Barabant.
Italy.—Two or three changes have taken place
in the Sardinian Ministry, the chief one being the
appointment of Gen. La Marmora to the War De
partment.
[Baron Wener, Austrian Under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, has gone to Rome. It is rumored
his object is to convince, if possible, Cardinal
Autonelli, and his colleagues of making necessary
forms.
Austria. — The Morning Post’s correspondent
writes from Vienna that Marshal Radetzky has com
municated from Lombardy with his government
stating that if certain symptoms of excitement con
tinued in the Lombardo Venetian Province, he
should demand an increase of 30,000 Austrian troops.
On receipt of this dispatch a council was summon
ed, at which the Emperor presided, when it was
agreed that the increased force should be accorded,
it necessary. The same writer says: “I understand
a note, has been received by the French Govern
ment, which is very haughty and independent. On
the 15th tbe King of Sardinia altributed the English
Crimean medal to his troops at Turiu, with military
ceremonies.'’
Denmark.—The treaty of commerce between
Denmark and the United States expired on the 14th
of June. On the 17th the American vessel, Surah
Bryant, Capt. Jefferson, arrived, bound from Cron
stadt to New York, with a cargo of Russian pro
duce. She paid the Sound Dues, but under pro
test.
Russia.-—The Russian Government is turning at
tention to its American territory. An imperial de
cree notifies that to assist the development of the
Russian naval power, the administration oi fleets
and harbors therein is to be placed under the in
dependent control of tin* Government of Eastern
Siberia.
An expedition is fitting at Hamburg by a Rus
sian American Company, to sail next month for the
Russian American Territory. The expedition is of
the nature of anew colony, numbering five hundred
persons, including artitieers of all kinds. The I»uh
sian ships Czarowiteh and Constantine, and a Ham
burg steamer will convey the expedition.
The papers say that it appears now settled that
no gram to speak of will be obtained from Russia
tliis season, and hundreds of vessels in the Black
Sea, which had gone there in anticipation of meet
ing cargoes, may have to return empty.
Prince Menchikoff has been summoned from re
tirement by the Emperor, to consult respecting the
rumored military expedition in Asia.
The latest advices from St. Petersburg state that
id consequence of the dearness of provisions in the
Crimea, ahd the sickness which prevails there, a de
cree has been issued prohibiting all persons not in
habitants from landing there.
The East.—Accounts from the Crimea to the 7th
state that previous to that, day Gough invested
Marshal Pelissier and the English Generals with the
order of the Bath. The ceremony tcok place in a
shed erected at headquarters, which was decorated
with the national flags.
The evacuation of the Crimea proceeded rapidly.
Balaklava would be cleared by the 15th of June.
A Thrilling Scene.—The Detroit Advertiser
of the 28th ult., states :
A sub marine diver from Buffalo has at last suc
ceeded in raising the safe of the American Express
Company, which was lost when the steamer Atlan
tic was sunk off Long Point in 1852. It will be re
collected that this steamer was instantly sunk by
collision with a propeller, and that a large num
ber of passengers were lost. The diver was pro
tected by eopper armor, and was under water forty
minutes, during which time he had some strange
adventures. The upper deck of the steamer lies
one hundred and sixty feet under water, and far be
low where there is any current or motion. Every
thing therefore is exactly as it first went down.—
When the diver alighted upon the deck, he was sa
luted by a beautiful lady, whose clothing was well
arranged, and her lupr elegantly dressed.
As he approached her, the motion of the water
caused an oscillation of the head, as if gracefully
bowing to him. She was standing erect, with one
hand grasping the rigging. Around lay the bodies
of several others as if sleeping. Children holding
their friends by their hands, and mothers with their
babes in their arms were there. In the cabin the
furniture was still untouched by decay, and to all
appearance had just been arranged by some careful
and tasteful hand.
In the office he found the safe, and was enabled to
move it with ease, and took it upon deck where the
grappling irons were fastened on, and the prize
brought safely to the light. Upon opening the safe
it displayed its contents in a perfect state of preser
vation. There was in the safe $5,000 in gold, $3,500
in bills of the Government Stock liuuk, and a large
amount of bills on other banks, amounting in all to
about $30,000. The papers were uninjured, except
that they smelled very strongly of decayed human
bodies, as if it had lain for many years in a coffin
with their owner. Os course, all this money goes
to the persons interested in the wonderful adven
ture. _
Will Vote for Fillmore.—The Macon Mes
senger says .—Whilst public men and politicians
are making a good deal of noise and creating some
confusion in the popular mind, there is a class of so
ber; thinking, observing men—men who ask nothing,
desire nothing from party successes, but who love*
and reverence the Constitution and the Union, and
prize country more than party —whose influence
will be seen and felt at the ballot-box on the first
Tuesday in November next.
Within the last wreck or two, we have mingled
largely with people from different parisof the State,
and confess tnat we have been uuprised at the ex
pression of sentiment and feeling favorable to Mr.
Fillmore, which we have heard on every hand. We
have not noticed auy marked enthusiasms for Mr.
Buchanan, particularly since his letter of acceptance
endorsing squatter sovereignty, has appeared; but
we have observed the stronghold Mr. b illmore has
upon the hearts of the old Georgia Platform men ;
We happened to state this in the cars to a friend the
other day, and also our conviction, that however
Georgia might finally vote, we believed that a ma
jority of her people preferred Mr. Fillmore to Mr.
Buchanan. An intelligent gentleman on the seat
before us replied that our impressions were correct.
I am, said he, a Democrat, have never belonged to
the Whig or American Party ; never expect to, out
if Mr. Fillmore runs, I shall vote for hirn, and there
are many more of the same sort in my section. Mr.
Fillmore, he continued, has been tried, and made us
a good President, and the country now wants again
his services to put down agitation. Such is the
substance of the spontaneous heart language of an
honest and intelligent upper-Georgian. There is a
strong under-curreut, deep and noiseless, but which
in due time will be felt. To the true men of the
country, we say, stand firm—do nothing hastily.—
Vast, priceless, interests are in your keeping.
Scant Hay Chop.—Over a lurge portion of the
Ohio Valley, says the Cincinnati Columbian, it is
uow certain that the crop of hay this year will be
far below au average yield.
Terrible Dinnaier in l»liiln«teli>l«la.
The Philadelphia of th * 2d iust., gives
the following account of the catastrophe occasioned
by the fall of a wharf in that city on the previous
evening:
(*reat excitement was caused in the southeastern
section of the city, last evening, by the autumn..
meat (hat a frightful accident, attend* d with loss m
life, had occurred at the foot of Reed street. The
rumors were found to be blit too true, and upon
inquiry we ascertained the following particulars
At the foot of Reed street is situated the exlensix.
wharf of Merrick & Son, the well known machin
ists. It was constructed upon marshy banks, and
though substantial in appearance, was always liable
to give way, owing lo the yielding character of th •
ground. A very heavy shear occupied the extremi •
ty of the wharf. To this pier a large number of wo
men and children have been in the habit of resort
ing, during the warm summer evenings, to eiyoy the
breeze from the Delaware aud view the shipping.
Last evening the crowd was unusually great, and
about half past seven o’clock, when all were in the
height of innocent enjoyment, the foundations of
the wlmrf gave way, precipitating a large mimhet
of old and young into the river. The scene that
ensued baffles description. While some women aud
children were floating in the stream, struggling and
shrieking for help, mothers were running about, a!
most frantic, searching for their little ones, so sud
denly missed from their side. The boats of the Re
ceiving Ship Union, and others Jhat put off from the
shore, saved a considerable number of the strug
gling ones from a watery grave ; but it is feared
that many sunk. Exaggerated reports of the nu n
ber of the missing were spread up through the town,
and it was almost impossible to arrive at any d<*
finite idea of the loss. The following are certainly
correct: —Win. Mickle loses two children, wh.*..
bodies were recovered ; one other was saved alter
it had fallen into the river. Edw. MeMuiui loses
one child, whose body was recovered.
Mr. McMamm was badly injured by a blow from
a heavy chain, which struck him in the side, lie
was conveyed to his residence, in Front street.
The sister and child of policemen Short of the
fourth ward are missing, aud an* believed to have
perished.
Richard Bills, residing in Marion street, between
Second and Front, loses one child.
William Nichols, two children.
Edward McNeill, one child.
Peter Doyle, hotel-keeper, at Second and Prime
streets, loses a daughter —a young woman.
Miss Woodis and one child, residing In Lancaster
street, above Reed, were lost, as were also 2 chil
dren of Mrs. Harrison, residing i • the same st.
Mr. Nicholson, residing in Wheat street above
Reed,loses 2 children, and a young woman who
had them in charge, also perished.
Mr. Frederick Remcnter, residing in Rye street,
was badly injured by some of the falling materials
of which the wharf was constructed.
Mr. Wilburson, residing in Jarvis street, in*
tween Second street, and Jeffersou avenue, tell
into the river at the time of the giving way of th.
wharf, and lost a little boy whom he had in charge,
Mr. Wilburson was struck on the head and serious
ly injured.
Jacob Dallas and his two sisters fell into tin* river
but were saved through the exertions of some young
men who came to the rescue.
The boat of the Union receiving shin are said f«»
have saved twenty-five persons. Those having
them in charge deserve the greatest honor for theii
heroic exertions.
A large number of others, besides those named
above, are reported to be missing, but the state
ments cannot be considered reliable at this time.
At a late hour last night, the body of a young wo
man was found but not recognized. The search
was continued in spite of the darkness, the Shiftier
Hose Company lending men and torches for the ser
vice.
A large crowd continued in the vicinity until a
very late hour, and throughout that section of the
city this sad occurrence created a painful excite
ment
The Inquirer, of the same date, adds :
Many rumors are afloat as to the probable entire
of this accident—the most reliable of which is one
which attributes it to the heavy weight of a »nassi\ e
pair of shears, placed upon the wharf for the pur
pose of raising vessels to undergo repairs.
The excitement at the scene of the disaster m» ft*
this time, 2 o’clock, A. M., is unabated. The pfaco
was in almost total darkness, while thousands are
endeavoring to rescue the bodies.
Three more bodies have just been recovered—nu
merous boats and parties are still engaged in grap
pi‘“g-
Tlie Augusta Constitutionalist and the Ameri
can Convention.
We take the following extract from the Augusta
Constitutionalist of the 25th ult:
“The Philadelphia Convention (of February, that
nominated Mr. Fillmore) had, ns its master spirits,
such members, of undoubted Abolition principles, n.
Clias. Sumner and Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts .
Tom Corwin, of Ohio ; Ex-Gov. Johnston, of Penn
sylvania, with itssooresof lesser Abo! it ion lights.*’
The statement here put birth 1h without a part icle
of foundation, and we doubt not the Constitution
alist will be glud of an opportunity to correct it.
Sumner never was in an American meeting or con
vention, much less a member of the body that nomi
nated Mr. Fillmore. Wilson had been repudiated
by the Americans and had joined tho Black Re
publicans a year ago, and was not in two hundred
miles of Philadelphia when the nomination was
made. Corwin was confined to his bed in < )hio
from a severe accident. Out of all the individuals
mentioned by the Constitutionalist, but one wa
present —Ex Gov. Johnston, of Pennsylvania ami
no deserted and quit on account of tho action «>t
the convention, and is now the candidate of tie
bolters for the Vice Presidency ?
It was known to the Constitutionalist at. the time
its article was penned, that Sumner ami Wilson
were, as they have ever been, bitterly opposed to
the re-election of Mr. Fillmore. It was known, also,
that Gov. Johnston, so far from supporting him,
hud withdrawn from the convention that nominated
him, and had himself beeu put forth as the Yie«*
Presidential candidate of the renegade Americans.
These facts would afford a sufficient pretext to an
uncharitable critic, if lie should charge the Const i
tutionaliet with criminal neglect, or even with inis
representation. —Sa van na h Rcpn blica n .
St. Louis, June 30. —The Chicago company,
which was disarmed at Lexington, arrived at Alton,
on their return, cm Saturday evening. The lb-pub
liean (Pro-Slavery) makes the following statement
concerning them : It is reported that the Company
offered the Captain SI,OOO not to land at Lexington
The arms that were taken from them were placed
in a warehouse for safe keeping, and a receipt giv
en for them. During the scene no hard wonts pass
ed. On the arrival of the boat at Kansas, Sheriff
Jones, with a company of thirty South Carolinians,
boarded, and on the way up the river, Atchison,
Stringfejlow and Russell also came aboard, ami af
ter hearing what had occurred, they demanded an
audience of the leaders of the Company, whom they
informed that orders had been given to disband alt
armed parties in the Territory, and that they had
better return home. The Cuicagoians consid«-r<d
the advice good, and before the boat reached Lea
venworth, tLe whole company had determined ton
turn. When the boat touched at the latter place a
large crowd assembled on shore, but being informed
that the party had concluded not to land, but to
proceed to Weston aud return in the boat, lUev
weie satisfied and made no further demonstration
bub sent an escort with the company to Weston,
where the emigrants made no attempt to land, tln*y
having given up all idea of settling in Kansas Tim
committee appointed to escort the company hack
report that on the passage down the Star of the
West met the steamer Sultana on her way up, with
forty more members of the same company. The
Republican learns reliably that this company is t»»
be paid secretly by Chicago SIOO each for going t.»
Kansas, a part of the money to bo expended in ai i. .
and ammunition, and the remainder remitted after
landing at their destination. Thirty day’s provis
ions were also provided. After leaving Alton, tint
company found that the contract would not be
fulfilled, which carried much dissatifui-tion among
them.
St. Jj)uis, July I.—Advices from Lawrence to
the 28th ult., announce the arrival of five men from
Tecumseh, where they had been held prisoners for
some time, having with others, been ruptured by
the United States Dragoons, near Ossuwotainie.
They were kept chained near four weeks when they
were brought before Judge Gates, who discharged
them, nothing being found against them. Three of
the party were, however, detained, namely: Mi
Partridge, John Brown, Jr., and Mr. Williams. Tin
two latter being members of the Free-State Legis
lature. Brown and Williams were indicted for
treason, and Partridge for conspiracy.
The Outbreak in Venezuela—Two British
Subjects Shot.—The Georgetown (British Guiana)
Royal Gazette, of the 10th ult., says :
Another outbreak has taken place in Venezuela,
and from the particulars which have reached iih, it.
appears to be of rather a formidable character. The
insurgents are led on by Generals B radio, Mor inl
and the two Figaros. They have already taken four
towns—Maturin, Tobasco, Uraco and Barrancas.—
They are on their way to Bolivar, which is not in a
state to offer an y resistance, all the guns being dis
mounted. The insurgents appear to liave it all their
own way, and the President, General Monaghas, is
unable to resist their progress. The rebels have al
ready involved themselves in difficulties with I lie
British government, by seizing two English schoon
ers mid shooting two British subjects. They will be
called to account for this, and will have to pay a
sharp reckoning.
Black Buck Broth for Sick Politicians.—
The latest edition of the Ariti-Ainericun Cookery
Book provides a broth for sick Free Boilers of I lor
Democratic party, North, about thus ;
Catch your old Buck . salt with a nomination ;
dress him by the light of a Washington Star. Then
cut from the hindquarters of his Texas speech a
small portion of the fat, known as his “ strong re
pug nonce ” to extending the dominion of the Union
over the new slave holding territory , add to this a
choice paragraph from his recent letter declaring
that the Nebraska act gives the “ people of the To ’
ritoiy, hke those, of the States,'’ the right to settle tin
slavery question “ within their limitsthrow in a
chunk of his letter of August, 1848, to Mr. Sand ford,
asserting the “ sovereign power of Congress ” ovei
the question of slavery in the Territories—and
place the whole in John Van Buren’s pot to simmer,
keeping Thomas 11. Benton by, to tend the fire. A
few weeks’ simmering will give a very invigorating
broth, as savory to Free Soilism as the smell of a
buck negro.— Montgomery Mail.
The Keating Subscription.—A subscription for
the relief of the widow and children of the late
Thomas Keating, of Washington, was put in circii
lation soon after the death of Keating, and tie
amount subscribed and paid is six hundred aud
thirty-two dollars. The money collected has been
disposed of as follows: For the purchase of a two
story house, near the corner of E and Twentieth
streets, which has been conveyed to tiie widow mid
two children as joint tenants, s6<Mi; paid for record
ing the deed, $1.25 ; paid to Mrs. Keating, $30.7.,
The foregoing amount was contributed by severity
five individuals in sums from $1 ty $->().— l nteth
geneer.
Goi d Product of Australia.—Recent advices
from Australia show that the gold product of that
region is largely increasing, in the week ending
the 28th Maivh, the shipments oi gold from Mel
bourne amounted to 60,827 ounces, und £10,00» in
specie by the Morning Star, to Bristol; and 45,622
ounces and £IIO,OOO in specie by the George Mar
Khali to London. The shipment* to England iu five
weeks were 387,000 ounces of gold, aud £350,000 iu
Kiiecie. The gold fields were yielding more largely
thau even at the rate of nearly £20,000,000 per an
num. The produce of the first three months of 1856
is nearly double that of the corresponding three
mouths of 1855, being close upon 700,000 ounces.
Boston, July 2.—The Whig State Central Com
mittee was iu suasion at the American House to
day and voted to call a Mate Convention oi
the Whigs of Massachusetts, to meet at Boston, on
the 3d of September, aud meantime lo issue an ad
dl Honorable George Hunt and olbers spoke be
fore the Committee, urging the necessity of
keeping the Whig party intact in the present
crisis and advising a maateily inact.vity in regard
to the Presidential campaign, so far ai tl e expose
sion of any preference for the various c.uni mater is
concerned.
Mou-won Emigrants.—'The ship Uarigan wbioh
arrived at Boston on Saturday, brought the largest
company (*sfil of the hatter Hay Sail t», that has
ever crossed the Allantic in one vessel. They are
nearly all bouud for Great Salt hake Valley.