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FOR SALK.
FOR SALE,”
f 1 1 11 K uM'Jff Lein* detirou* of i.-u vim? the Hut-,
1 ..Her-at |.rir»t. -al* *R h s REA L ESTATE in
♦b* town of Warrant on. Warren county. «• . eut»i«iU>*
•-f a m..l Lot of at»»ui Hve iMW-rf
X«t«I Al>... b<« i:»rri«* Sle.|. aud Lot, Tool*. Machine,
LtnnWr, ami ail hi- ni„ck, t<’K«*tbor with ail hit thighed
r«oai fifteen u> tMeotr thousand dollar* worth of
viwifc -ia ea-il} .iupo . d <.f, »t good prices, at this
Person , w!-h'rii* lo pmehar. are respectfully invited
P<M4*- v}.;u vt ij he given at any time, to *iiit the pur
ct-awr. GEORGE L EOHIIER.
Warreitom, (l« , June 5. 1856, J*7-wtf
FOR SALE.
JNOW offer «>y LANhft and PLANTATION fin the
i UUafrrx*lte< rivei I•• tie It lie Jl miles north
• f Atlanta, aud • no mile *.H»th if the Kofwoil Got too
M«nuAu »<*ry. at ‘ .hband DeKalb muntioa, containing
Hi* Hundred Acre-*, wore or !»•*<», with 200 acrus in cnlti
va*4-ii on each «idt*of the river. There h a good frame
l»w -liing. and other >-.»nnioii Building*, with tine Or
chard) of Apple Peach- . *«d Cherries. a iir*t Cotton
Oln and Thra-her, and a Ferry is immediately on the
toad loading fr iui Atlanta to Upper Georgia. For fur
ther particular*;, apply to the subscriber on the premises.
je.| wtf)i \VM. H. GHOGAN
FOR SALE.
IOIMK my FARM for .«!*•, in Oglethorpe county
lying ou the wat-i of fiiot e Creek, three mile* north
of i,exmgton containing about nine hundred acres.
. he upland i»free and produrtive, oD« haudred acres
or more of finebutiom land .1 part uniter good fence,
and in cultivation. The entire Farm being under good
fem Log and well watered. On the premises there is a
Comfortable dwell mg. negro hou-e-. and other necessary
building*, a larire Gtu House and Packing Screw, tmth
i ■ otl •, lilt 1 , are ... Pi .. 1. anil A| ph Orchard*
r>f Selected fnrti ihe place i healthy, and within three
mile, of Lexington depot. A good bargain will be given.
Pleas* < all and see.
WM, J OfKLVTE
FOR SALE
1 NOW offer fur safe rnywnt ire River PL ANT A'l ION,
■Mi or .'to miles smith of Columbus, Oa. in harbour
county, Ala . lying on the Chattahoochee river, contain
ing v»O 0 acres , IQUO in a flu* Mate of cultivation and
K‘*"d repair A good Water Gin and Ferry aero** the
Chattahoochee river The above Will be for . rile at any
ton. liiltd sol I And, • ’*• 101 l n IVr. • uit pm
chaser* |J*n2l-uJ MATTHEW AVKRETT.
TO MEW OF TASTE AND CAPITAL.
R'Hi: subscriber, wi.bin* n. remote to Southwestern
I .Mil. i |
u Vaun s V alley, Floyd « ouui.v, Ga , containing .il7
acre*, morebr l«*s, returned Ist quality oak and hickory
mostly of soil and surface not to wash ome 160 acres
clear-d and under good tillage ; the remainder generally
well timbered It ha* • -ral >prirn iof cool blue Lime
atone water, tw o con lan t stream mi effective water
power without iluning, orchards of many well delected
varieties. • •pecially of apple*, and a large and couunodi
n* Brick Dwelling, arnmnded by line scenery, and
within a mile of the village, long noted for its educational
advantages All who hive examined the premises, con
cur in the onlTitou that (his place combines the efeineut*
of beauty, fertility, convenience mid h-althfulness t«. an
extent seldom if ever, equalled in thi* country. Hut
come aud nee for yourselve i. and the character, location
and resourr«« of the place can hardly fail to satisfy you
that It is n No. I article, not object to the fluctuations
ofthe market. For terms, apply on the premises.
VV. D COYVDRFV.
Cave Spring, July 10, l*sd jylTwii
POWBLTON MILLS FOR SALE.
\M the undersigned i i desirous to move to South we*
ten Georgia, he now offers his MILLS and LAND
for Mile The Mill* are situated on the Ogeocho* River,
one and a half lulled from Pownlton, on the mod tf> Cum
inioc and Washington the hack passing daily—ha* four
sets of runner 1 ., tw o wheat and twro som. The Flour
Alill ha -ju-t been completed anew. The corn custom
will o\c-i d that <*f any two mill, on the river, and the
wh-«t custom will equal any one The house is so *itu
uu-d a to remain lu it am! "• the Saw aud Grist Mills in
operation.
The Land lie ; in Mam-w-U eounty, along the Ogeechee
rivi r and Powel .s creek The Land contain* 734 acre*,
more or I***, mid w ill equal any land in the county in
producing corn wheat, cotton or other grain*. Those
wishing to buy. will call and see for them elves. The
place t« health} and has an cxrellent Well of water in
the yard , in fact, no plantation la bettev furnished with
good Springs of water COLUMBUS F SHIVERS.
FORMAN'S IRON PLOW-STOCK.
'l'llli undersigned, having purchased the patent r'ght
I tothoalmte valuable and popular PLOW for tlie
to.uulfrt-I Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln, Burke, Jeffer
son, Washington, Seri veil and Enmnual, aro prepared to
m m hit to planters at the manufacturer’* price. This
stork, w htch i mad* entirely of wrought iron, Is a South
ern iin eution a )d h is linen snificleutly tested to prove
that it run* more steadily, break* and pulverizes the soil
more thoroughly, clog** le.-s in rough land, is more easily
adjusted for deep or shallow plowing, hold* the shun**
more firmly, last* incomparably longer, aud i«, in the
end, f.vr cheaper than any other stock now In use. This
statement i* folly sustained by numerous certificates In
our poHse- uni from the most practical and successful
planter* in the country We will have plesure
in sending a i nvuhtr containing some of th**e certificate*
aud a more particular description of the plan, to any
person who would like to me them. We are willing to
retrr to any one who has given this Plow a fair trial. In
the Nov. No. of the Southern Cultivator, p. the edi
tor ot that work s:iv After giving tin* Plow a fair
and Impartial trial we van truly *ay, that we regard it a*
a mo t valuable Improvement, on all common wooden
imph mem* of the kind now hi use. For general efficien
cy and convenience, a* well a* apodal adaptation to deep
{Hajr* „ r «tihsoiling, we know of nothing that surpass**
t. while outlie tore of economy and durability, it i*
altogether um lvrtl: d No plow ith which we are farni
iai is no well calculated to roHirfl the careless and des
tructive uaftge of Plantation Negroes, ami we doubt not
that its gnu, • d introduction would be of very great peou
untry benefit to the planting Interest of the South.”
phi* Stuck is adapted to six different share* or points
- umbra* ing every variety which a planter will need
innu the bcgiuulug to the end of the year. These share*
will be furnished with the Stock, when desired; though
any plantation smith can make them after once seeing
Right* fin counties, for Shops, or for Plantations, will
be sold on raaaottable terms. Apply at the Hardware
Store in Augusta, or address 1 C FITTEN & Co.
dec 18 wtf Augusta, Go.
S4O REWARD.
AN A WAV from tlio subscriber on 4th May. a Negro
JLV Man uHiue.l WASHINGTON, about 45 years old,
five le« t eight or nine iuchofl high, weighing about l(is or
170 It** It i- likely he w ill loake bin way to Tennessee,
as he rauawav two years ago, and stayed in Madisouville
»ad, Monroe • ..ontr, Tennessee, about nine months ,aml
would not tell who he l». longed to He has in company
with lum a Negro Man belonging t»» W. \V. Simpson,
named Felts, about veins old about ft feet 9 or 10
in, he. high, weighs about ItiO or 170 tbs., both dark coin
p lev ted I h.v were last seen near Lexington, Ogle
thorpeconutv. (la., with passes to go to Ohio. It they
aie taken. W ashington wdl not tell bis owner If he can
help it \V-M\ill |m\ the above reward to any person
who will deliver them tt* ns, or put them in some sate
jailthat w e can get them ; oriweutv dollars for either
them WASHINGTON 11. HItANThKY,
>\ W. SIMPSON,
Cu'iveiton lWoffteo, Hancock county. Ga
Knoxville Register copy four times and forward
account to thia office for payment. n»ygl
REWARD.
IWUX pav the above sum for the apprehension and
lodgment in jail of my boy HARRY Should he
be taken at a distance from Augusta, and the person
taking him choose to bring him homo, 1 will pay. in ad
d.iionto the £JS. all the necessary expenses attending
hi* delivery Ham- v Martin) is » Oral rate Brick layer and
plasterer, about So year? of age, black complexion, erect,
and w elglta in.d.ubly If'*', pounds. He is going about the
count*y working on his own account w ithout any au
thority He donbtiess has a false ticket. He chums a
wife at Mr Greiner's near Sander svllle, and one also at
G..\ Sv blcy Factory l have heard of his be ug iu
Burke, jefterson aud'Washington counties, and also over
t n t'amima. All persons are harebv cautioned against
cuH*lv>vtng aid b<" ,or any of my other mechanic#, with
out permission tWi me or my Agent.
Ga.
$lO REWARD !
oj TOI.KN from the subscriber, on the night of the 4th
O lust a mall bloc leather POCKET-BOOK, con
(auiitig smnt $1" or sls iu money, ami two notes, one
for fsxtt aud -ovno es uts, made by James M ami William
R Whtte, payable to me. dated ->th January, 1856, due
«: twc-He muuths, the other for sl7 50. made by A K
Oaam pa * i about lb« M ol
l>v. .min rla t, due one day afterdate, and. nr mall not**
on mr-elf. which l bad paid, and t ru off the name 1
will pav th* above reward for the recovery ..f the papers,
and ask no All persons are hereby cautioned
not to trade for said notes, and the makers not to pay
them, except to pi - (I S nAXSKLLI
February 13,1856.
S3O REWARD.
RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, residing in Put
> nam countv. mar Men ill. In August last, my Negro
Mau PR A \'K He Is about years old. five feet ten iu
chee high, of medium sire, baa slight impediment in his
speech, and ha- l*»s» the sight of one eye He was raised
ia Virginia, and has been in Georgia about iso years.
The above reward will bo paid for his delivery t*» me,
«r to auv jail to that l can get him.
wtt JOHN A HARRIS.
The Southern Recorder will publish till forbid, and for
ward account to this office for payment
WARRENTON. GEORGIA.
11l AYS aow at the Drug Store in Warrenion. Gov,
s lull assortment of almost every article usually
kept by Druggists, which 1 iuov offer at unusually low
prices for s*xh! credit, ei l will sell for 10 per ceut less for
cash, the vear ionn*i
Here mar be found almost all the PATENT MEDI
CINES t th* dav chowc TOILET ARTICLES;
SOAPS. PER Fl* MERY ; EXTRACTS for the Hand
kerchief# and OtiUnary purposes : delicious TEAS from
Pekin Tea Company BOTANIC MEDICINES, tine
SEGARS and TOBACCO . SNUFF, by the pound aud
In Bottles . PAINTS. OILS. GLASS. PUTTY, POT
ASH SODA HAIR OILS. COLOGNE. INKS. Ac.
Plant*:r- and others will find it to their interest to buy
of me f..r \ keep pure and reliable orti* les. and sell a>
cheap as those who keep an inferior article.
Call, exanuue. aud -atitdv vourselt
R W. HUBERT. M D.
War rum on, Gea. April 5. \ 856. ap6w3m
4~± UIKOI\. LINCOLN COUNTY—ORDER.—
VJI COURT tfV ORDINARY jink TERM. 1856.
It appearing to the Court by the petition of J ane Mcr
cier, Jofcu Merrier. Thomas Merrier, Henry p. Merrier,
James N Merrier. Slita Merrier, and Frances Merrier.
Kiien Merrier. Jane Merrier, Lavma Merrier and Wil
liam M Mercier, minors, by their next friend. Henry P
Merrier, heirs at law of H« Try F. Merrier, late of said
county, deceased, that Nicholas G Barksdale. late of
said count v deceased, did in his life-lime execute to said
Henry F Merrier, then in life, his boud. conditioned to
execute Hies to said lieucy F Merrier for two tracts of
land, on the w afers of Soap Creck, adu-iumg lauds of
said Merrier, and other- . ontammg. or to contain, Five
Huudred Acre? . and !l further appearing that said Nich
olas G Barksd Tie has dv parted thb. life without execu-
Uug titles u> said tract of land, to said Henry F. Mercier,
whilst in life u<*r to his belt's since his death, or in any
way providing therefor and it appearing that said Hen
ry F Mercier, when in life, paid the full amount of the
purchase price 4br eau: tract of land, and your petitioners
above named. her- at law <-f said liearv F. Mercier, de
* ea.-ed. having petitioned this Court tv* direct Thomas A.
Barksdale and James 11 Willis, administrators of tbe es
tate of said Nicholas G. Bark -dal*, deceased, to execute
to Four petitioner* titles u> said tract of laud :
It is therefore hereby ordered, that notice be given at
three or more place# in said county, and iu some public
gazette. tor three months, of such application, that all
persons concerned may file objections in MBce. if any
they have, why said Thomas A Barksdale and James H.
W tihs. admin >tnuors. as aforesaid, should not execute
titles to «tid tract of Uuid. iu conformity with said
bond, aud iu terms of the law. iu such cases made aud
provided.
A true extract from the Mmutes of the Court of Ordi
**ary June 4. 1856
June?, 1856. B F. TATOM, Ordinary.
IHATE a good COOK, W ASHER and IRONERfor
aaie, about U years old, with a very likely child two
year* old Also, five or six likely BOYS, from ala to
twelve years old which can be obtained low, for cash or
good sixty or ninety day city paper.
myl JOHN FINN.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
A-
Fillmore und Donrlson Yl**tiug—Ward No. I.
A large and enthasiastie meeting of the friends of
Fillmore nod Dom-laon, was held at Lathrop a Txmg
in the First Ward, on Tuesday the 02d inst.
Ob motion of Poster Blodget, Jr., John G. Coffin,
Esq , was appointed Chairman.
On motion of H. R. I-*Tiil|>ot. L L. Antony wan re
quested to act as Secretary.
Foster Blodget, Jr., moved that a Committee of
five be appointed by the Cluiir to report business
for the meeting, which was carried.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Foster Blodget Jr.,
Lucien John Footer, A. V. Laßoche and
Henry L. that Committee.
Tlie Committee retired, and after due delibera
tion, presented through their chairman the following
Preamble and Resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted :
Whereat, At no period in the history of this Go
vernment, has there existed a greater necessity for
the reunion of the conservative men of all parties
for the redemption *»f our beloved country from the
innumerable dangers which threaten its destruction:
and a- the past administration of Franklin Pierce
has demonstrated the utter irnpoteney of the pres
ent Democratic party to preserve the Union from
the horrors of civil war, and to maintain the jkm*!-
tlon in the rank of nations to which we are so emi
nently entitled; and as the doctrine of Squatter
Sovereignty to which the Democratic party is com
mitted, is dangerous to the stability of this Govern
inent, and entirely inconsistent with our ideas of ius
tice to our own countrymen—and Whereas, The
late Convention of the American Party of Georgia,
at Macon, has unanimously nominated Millard Fill
more, of New York, for President, and Andrew
Jackson Donelson, of Tennessee, for Vice Presi
dent. Therefore
Resolved,' That we ratify and confirm the nomi
nation of Millard Fillmore for President—fully con
vinced from his past administration and his declara
tions made in the hot beds of fanaticism and free
eoilism, that in his hands the interest of the South
and Union are secure.
Resolved, That we ratify aud confirm the nomi
nation of Andrew Jackson Donelson for Vice Presi
dent—confident that the energy and ability hitherto
displayed by him will sustain no decrease by his
elvation.
Resolved, That we utler repudiate the odious doc
trine of Squatter Sovereignty, which confers upon
the ignorant and unnaturalized emigrant in their
territorial capacity, the privileges which right be
long to our own citizens, ouly when assembled in
convention to form a State Constitution, and that
we recognize in that doctrine “the secret blade of
Joab,” designed to stab the peculiar institution of
the South.
Resolved, That we recommend the friends of Fill
more in this State, to rally everywhere under the
glorious banner which has been unfurled—to organ
ize in every militia district, and to cease not in their
exertions until they ahull have achieved the success
of otic who has been thoroughly tried, und has pro
ven himself honest, capable, ami true to the Consti
tution—one who knows no North, no South, but
“knows only his country, his whole country, and
nothing but hiscouutry.
Resolved, That in James Buchanan we behold a
Federalist of the deepest, dye, one who was an op
ponent ofthe war of 1812, ami of that eminent pa !
triot and statesman, James Madison ; one who ‘felt
a strong repugnance to extending the limits of this
l nion over new slave-holding territoryone who
advocated the reduction of the price of labor in this ,
country to&t lie standard of Europe, while he was |
himself in the receipt of eight dollars per day from j
the Government , one whose whole career has
shown an inconsistency (having been on all sides, of |
nearly all questions,) unparalleled in the history of
- statesmen ; one who is now a mere mu- j
chine in the hands of a party “held together by the f
cohesive power of the public plunder therefore, ;
w.- deem him unworthy of our support.
Resolved, That in Millard Fillmore we see one ,
whose past administration of the Government en ,
titles him to our highest admiration and gratitude ; ,
one whose devotion to the Constitution and the |
Union ql' these States is far above the assaults of x
fanaticism and malignity , one who breasted the i
storm when tin* waves of pally strife ran high, and j
sustained the South at a time when her sons began \
to cnlculutc the value ofthe Union; one who, like ,
the lamented ('lav, “had rather be right than be
President and that we will maintain his cause in ]
every honorable way to the best of our ability , be- j
lieving, as we do, that his election will calm the dis- t
cord which now pervades our country, preserve the i
union of these States, and that the Constitution will ]
be respected and the Government administered with j
the same impartial and economical spirit which
characterised his former administration and wrung i
from hiaopponents the plaudits of “well done, good i
and faithful servantwe therefore pledge our
selves to use every honorable means in our power
to secure his triumphant election.
Foster Blodget, Jr., introduced the following re
solutions, which were unanimously adopted : »
Resolved, That this meeting resolve itself into a
Cluh, to be known as the Fillmore and Donelson ;
Club of the First Ward.
Resolved, That the officers of this Club ahull con- 1
sist of a President, two Vice Presidents, a Secreta- ‘
ry, ami a Treasurer.
Resolved, That the President shall, at his earliest !
convenience, appoint a committee of thirteen, which
committee shall oe known as the Fillmore Vigilant '
Committee of the First Ward, and that the duty of 1
said committee shall be to act in concert with the *
officers of this Club, and to use every honorable ex
ertion to secure the election of Millard Fillmore and j
A. J. Donelson to the Presidency and Vice-Presi
dency, by providing speakers to address this Club
from time to time during the canvass, by circulating 1
documents calculated to advance the cause, aud by i
working generally for the good of the country.
Mr. L&Taste moved that a Committee of Three j
be appointed by the Chair to report suitable names t
for officers of the Club.
The Choir appointed Messrs. LaTaste, G. A. Por
ker and II L. Leon, that Committee.
The Committee retired and after consultation re- 1
ported the following names, which were unanimous
ly adopted :
President, E. \V. Doughty ; Vice-Presidents, E.
Dustin and 11. P. Russell; Treasurer, J. J.
Secretary, William C. Sibley.
The meeting was addressed in an able and spirited
manner by John YV. Walker, Porter Fleming, and
Maj. [sham Thompson.
Foster Hlodget, Jr., Esq., moved that the proceed
ings of this meeting be published iu the Chronicle &
Sentinel, and all papers in the State friendly to the
clectiou of Fillmore and Donelson, be requested to
copy.
L. LaTaste moved that when the meeting ad
journ that it adjourns subject to the call ol the Pre
sident—which was carried.
The meeting then adjourned with three cheers for
Fillmore ami Donelson.
John G. Coffin, Chairman.
L. L. Antony, Secretary.
The President of the Fillmore Club of the First
Ward lias appoiuted the following gentlemen a Com
mittee of Vigilance for the ensuing canvass :
Foster Hlodget, Jr., John T. King,
L. LaTaste, A. B. Pickering,
Geo. YV. Lewis, YV. II Tutt,
lshatn Thompson, YVilliamO. Bolder,
G. A. Parker, Henry L. Leon,
H. K. Phil pot, Richard S. Pass,
Henry T. Peay.
The Prosper I in Tennessee.
The Nashville Banner says : It is beautiful to be
hold. Our friends are in the best possible spirits.
They may be known almost as far as they can] be
seen, by their bright, joyous countenances. Iu this
portieular quarter, we know that things are all right,
and such is the case, so far as our private informa
tion goes, all over the State. A friend in Haywood
county, in YY'eat Teunessee, writes to us as follows
“All right in this portion of the country. No de
fection in Old Whig and American ranks. All are
enthusiastically for Fillmore and Donelson. Such
is not the ease with our Democratic friends. Leave
out the leaders, and the nomination of Mr. Buchan
an falls coldly upon the public ear. The party may
support him here to a man, (and I think they will,)
hutfit will be under the party lash. On the contrary,
the whigs and Americans will go into the support
of Fillmore and Donelson with a perfect rush.—
The YY'estern District will assuredly do her whole
duty.”
Another friend, sesiding in Carroll county, iu
the Western division of the State, writes us as fol
lows :
“YY’itli us 1 think Fillmore’s prospects are flatter
ing, and brightening every day. *
“1 do assure you the people here are awakening—
tlicv are aroused.”
The same writer, who is one of the most intelli
gent gentlemen in the State, alluding to the ru
mored defection of certain Old Line YVhigs of this
State, says :
“I do not think it will lose to us a solitary vote in
this section.**
l'he editor of the Athens Post, (M’Minn county.
East Tennessee.) iu the last number of his paper,
says :
"It is proper to remark that the impression sought
to be made that there are “many Old Line Whigs"
iu MeMinn county opposed to Mr. Fillmore and now
actiug with the Democratic party, is wrong. There
may be two or three who last year declined to vote
for Gentry for good and sufficient reasons, aud
who are now halting between two opinions. Fur
ther than this, there is no foundation tor the impres
sion sought to be made. year Andy Johnson
carried the county by less than fifty votes—Fillmore
will get a better vote than Gentry did, from pres
ent appearances. The idea that the country can
be pushed about by a holf dozen old fogies of
Athens is absurd. VUe derive our information from
the people of the country, and our faith and con
fidence in their patriotism and love of the Union is
uushaken. They are at home now, attending to
their harvest fields aud at the plough handles,
but we know where they will be on the 4th of
November. Town cliques can no longer rule the
country.”
In addition to the foregoing, we may mention that
yesterday there was a gentleman in our office who
informed us he had been in forty counties in Tennes
see and Kentucky, and that everywhere the pros
pects of Fillmore and Donelson were bright and
brightening.
The American Cause in Arkansas.— The Little
Rock (Ark.) Gazette aud Democrat has letters from
all parts of the State, giving the most cheering a*
counts of the progress of the American cause in Ar
kansas. The editor says, "The success of the party
may now be considered certain.*’
Mas and Team Attacked by Bees— Mr. S.
Hooper, residing near MvKissack s Grove, lowa,
w hile driving his team was attacked by bees. They
made the attack apparently in three distinct strings
about the size of a man's atm, first attacking the
horses One horse, iu endeavoring to extricate
himself, broke a blood vessel and died shortly after,
the other is severely injured. They next attacked
Mr. Hooper and those who came to his assistance.
Everything was done that could be to extricate the
unfortunate man. but not until Mr. Hooper and Mr.
Slusher were so severely injured that but little hope
0t recover T i* entertained. The symptoms
and sufferings of the unfortunate men resemble
those ot hydrophobia.
The French lean an* at Nauvoo, Illinois, have be
come divided against themselves, a strong minority
being opposed to the administration of M. Cabot
the President They complain that for some months
back "there has been a systematic oppression of the
1 majority, that the constitution and laws are violated,
1 that the freedom of speech has been suppressed, and
a genera] disregard of their interests. opinions’ and
wishes manifested.”
Extensive Collection of Books.—The libra
ries now connected with Harvard College, Mass.,
contain more than one hundred thousand volumes.—
t Os thia number seventy thousand volumes are
in the General Library in Gore Hall The others
are contained in the'Divinity, Law, and Medical
Schools, and in the libraries of societies of under
graduates.
From, Punch.
Proceedin»i* of lb* American l «n«rei*.
Tuesday. June 10. —On the motion for the second
reading of the Old Hoes and Bunkum Railway Ex
tension Biil,
Mr Glaggs (Ga * stated that he should consider
it a personal insult to himself and his colleague if
the motion were put. The Bill was the audacious
spawn of a crawling sycophancy, which ought to be
indignantly kicked to the bottomless blazes.
Mr Binckes iS. C.) concurred in what had fallen
from the- honorable speaker, and wished he had the
same commanding eloquence in which to embody
the unutterable disgust wliich he felt for the framers
ofthe Bill, and for all the despicable wretches who
had dared to speak in its favor.
Mr. Samuel a. {Roddy (Fa.) had not thought much I
of the Bill, but was now convinced of its goodness
when two such contemptible snags as Glaggs and
Binckes howled against it.
Senator Binckes here crossed the floor, and taking
off his coat, and throwing it on the table, began to
whip Senator Sloddy some, but was felled to the
dust by a ruler in the hand of that patriot, Owkins
of Mass. lie waa at first stunned, but having li
quored resumed his coat and seat.
Mr. Legume (Va) hoped the debate might be pro
crastinated until more specifical information was be
fore them. It was unworthy of the majestic genius
of America to slogdofiogise.
A Voice—Who * aloguollogizing :
Another Voice—Greused snakes ! Jerusalem !
(Sensation.)
Mr. Hectaris, Penn.—The bill had been carefully
discussed on a previous occasion, and there was no
excuse for delay. He would not impute motives to
his opponents, but would like to know where the
Honorable Senator Glaggs obtained the dollars that
paid his extravagant hotel bill yesterday.
Mr. Glaggs—ou are a mean, dastardly spy.
Mr. Hectaris—You are a liar.
The Senator from Georgia here fired four shots at
the honorable speaker, without any other casualty
than killing Pishkaug, the silent Senator from Co
lumbia, who being asleep, was unaware of the cir
cumstance. Mr. Hectaris loudly protested against
Mr. Glaggs' shooting at him on a second reading, as
being out of order, which, strictly speaking, may
have been the ease.
Mr. Wacklingburg, Va., thought that they were
discussing the bill with almost to much heat. The
Railway was wanted.
Mr. Binckes would be darned if it was.
Mr. Wackiingburg wanted it himself [laughter.]
But, as it seemed to him, the only objection to the
Bill was, that the undertakers of the Railroad were
a parcel of beggarly bankrupt loafers, who would
never edify a pile or a rail-
Mr. Branding (Ohio) was happy to be able to in
form the honorable member that he was an infernal
falsehood monger, and that among the promoters
were men of the most impassioned intellect, and
who sighed for the good of their great and glorious
country with the most ardent aspiration.
A Voice— He means peruipiration.
Mr. Branding knew that ribald throat, and dared
its owner to stand up.
The gigantic Luke V. Black, of Delaware, here
heaved his ponderous proportions into the air, but
Senator Branding seemed to discover that he had
something very engrossing to whisper to his next
neighbor, and managed not to sec the Dele ware
Hercules, who finally set down, not much the worse
for having accepted the defiance.
Mr. Sprittle (Vt.) said that although it was as pa
tent as the sun in the blue hemisphere, that their
debates were worthy of an enlightened nation, '
and a pattern to the corrupt and bigoted British
Parliament, he thought they lost time. He was j
for business, and would clench the matter by re
gistering his solemn oath, which he did in the face ,
of eternal creation, that whoever tried to get that
bill passed he would kick through yonder mahago
ny.
Mr. Sloddy was not to be bullied by a lopsided
crawfish from the Green Mountains. lie begged to
move, with unmitigated disdain, that the Old lloss
anil Bunkum bill be read a second time.
Mr. Sprittle In-re drew a life-preserver aud Bushed
toward Mr. Sloddy, but finding the latter prepared
with one of our triend Larkin's first-chop bowie
knives, the honorable Senator turned aside and
struck Mr. llactnris who had hi* back toward him,
a tremendous blow from behind, and beat him
handsome while on the lloor. Several Senators
might have stopped this, but, as they said, “their
motives might be misconstrued by their constitu
ents,’’ and Jack Hacktaris got about as grand a
licking as five foot eight of Pennsylvania human
nature has ever taken. At the request of several
ladies who were present, the debate was then ad
journed, for a chivalric deference to feminine influ
ence has ever been the characteristic of our noble
and impulsive patriots.
In the evening we hear that Branding and Wack
liugburg fought a duel, and that Branding was
killed, blit the report has not been verrified by
the last telegraphs, and it certainly does not much
matter, if true, however, we trust Major Billy
F. Logger will jump about and look after the empty
place.
Since the above was written, we find that it is
Wackiingburg that caught it. Virginny has lost a
good son, and hue got ninny agooder.
Fillmore Merlin#; in C'oliiiiilhi*.
The Enquirer of Tuesday says :
The rally for Fillmore and Donelson, on Saturday
evening, 19th inst., was very large and imposing.
Never before have we seen Temperance UaU./Wcd.
And the meeting was all life and enthusiasm ; the
“ old spirit ofthe past’’ was again aroused, and the
patiotism ofthe people burst forth in loud and hearty
cheers for our candidates and our principles. The
speeches of Messrs. Watts and Hill were powerful
and eloquent efforts, and we are glad to learn that
their good effect is already discernible. Our citi
zens have been startled by the proofs of Buchanan’s
unsoumluess, “hislack ot moral courage,” as Gen.
Jackson termed it, his inconsistency,aud his perfidy
towards Henry Clay ; while their bosoms swell with
admiration aud affection for Millard Fillmore, the
tried and faithful statesman, who carries the war
against Black*Kepublicanism to the very doors of
its leaders ana denounces them ns “ moral traitors.”
We say to our friends of other sections ofthe
State, that they may rely upon it, Muscogee county
will give for Fillmore ana Donelson a larger ma
jority than she has ever given before in any politi
cal contest. Let them but “come up to the work”
in the same spirit, and our majority in the St ate will
be unprecedented.
It is generally regretted that Mr. Hill did not have
time to go into as elaborate a discussion us he de
sired, and our citizens mean to catch him again when
an opportunity permits, and hear him in full. Both
lie and Mr. Watts have established for themselves,
in this city, a high reputation as able, eloquent, and
effective speakers.
Fillmore in New Jersey. —An immense Fill
more meeting was held at New ark, on the evening
of YY r ednesday, the 16th inst. The Newark Adver
tiser, a Fremont paper, says it “was a very impo
sing demonstration, as well c*"\ account of the large
number of people present, a* for their substantial
character, moderation, and the good order that pre
vailed.” The editor adds :
“The assembly was larger and the proceedings
more protracted than either of the political meetings
held at the same place within a few weeks—partly
in consequence of the increased feeling on public
matters—and though it is impossible to estimate
numbers on an open field, conjectures were made
that there were from four to six thousund persons on
the ground. Processions of carriages arrived du
ring the evening, with delegations from Orange and
Rahway, swelling the number, so that a second meet
ing was organized in the vicin.ty, and tiie proceed
ings were enlivened by a fine band of music, can
non, and rockets let on at frequent ietervals.”
The Fillmore feeling extends to every section of
the Union, and the foregoing may be regarded ns a
significant indication as relates to New Jersey. So
far as the popular vote of the nation is concerned,
the combined support given to Fillmore and Fre
mont will exceed by tens of thousands, that likely to
be received by the Cincinnati nominee. In Penn
sylvania, for example, the Opposition are in a ma
iurity beyond all question.— Philo. Inquirer.
Expenses of the Czar’s Household. —The
St. Petersburg correspondent of the 1 ndependcn.ce
Beige gives the following curious details of an in
vestigation recently instituted by the Emperor of
Russia, into the expenses of his household :
The efforts of the Emperor to establish order aud
regularity in the expenditure of his establishment,
have brought some curious circumstauces to light.
He has made it a point to abolish the abuses and
put an end to the frightful frauds which were daily
practiced, even upon those on the steps of the throne.
(>ne day the Emperor, looking over his household
expenses, requested the items of expenditure to be
as he wished to form an idea as to
the amount of his civil list. Amongst other items,
he particularly remarked one ot about 30,000 f.
($6,000) for suet. The charge appeared strange, as
lie could not understand how or for what purpose
JO ,000 francs worth of suet could have been re
quired. He insisted on an explanation; inquiries
were made, and it was found that the Empress
Catherine II was recommended by a quack doctor
to take foot baths of reindeer and other kinds of suet,
as a remedy for weakness in her legs -. that she con
tinued to do so till her death, but that suet still con
tinued to be charged in the imperial budget after her
Majesty’s decease, and had been regularly paid for
upwards of fifty years.
Brunswick Railroad. —The Macon Telegraph
of the 2*3d instant says :
"YY’ e are gratified to learn from reliable authority
that the Brunswick Rail Road is now under full
headway. Regular trains an* running daily over
the first section of twenty-five miles which is in
complete order, being laid with heavy rails and
built altogether in a very substantial manner. The
bridge over the Satifla will soon be finished, and
the road extended two miles west of it in ample time
for the present crop. It will thus secure for the next
season the Cotton produce from YY’ayne, YVare,
Clynch, Lowndes, Thomas and the neighboring
counties. The road is under contract to Allapaha
River, about a huudred miles from Brunswick ; and
the Company are pushing the work vigorously for
ward. having at this time over three hundred
hands engaged upon it.
"The city itself is rapidly improving; houses are
building, and new settlers going in every day ; its
trade is increasing, and extensive preparations are
making for the purchase and shipment of cotton, of
which they are expecting heavy receipts during the
coming tall and winter. This growing city offers
great advantages, both as an excellent location for
business and a desirable place of residence. To
those who think of moving there, we would say now
is the time to go. It must of necessity become a
large aud flourishing commercial emporium as soon
as its Railroad is finished, and of the speedy and en
tire completion of the road there is not now a shadow
of doubt, as it is in the hands of parties who know no
such word as fail. Its course is onward and up
ward.”
Results of Campaigning. —The London Time*,
in announcing the arrival from the Crimea of the
Coldstream Guards, says :
•*lt would be vain to pretend that these are the
men who left London on the dawn of a March morn
ing, 1854—the Colstreams who ‘‘paraded’* on the
heights of Alma—the Coldstream? who were almost
annihilated at Inkerman. who suffered the dreadful
winter on the heights, and who. when they marched
down to Balaklava at the end of February. 1855.
were only 5b strong to follow the drums. The Cold
streams left England 850 strong. They suffered
much at Varna from cholera, where, with the Gre
nadiers and Fusiliers, they received a draught of
150 men each. At Alma their loss was compara
tively slight—at Inkermann the regiment was al
most destroyed, and. as a regiment, completely so in
the winter winch followed that victory. Soon after
the winter the Coldstreams were reinforced with 400
men, and again with 300. The battalion now re
turns (including officers! 1000 strong, out of which
number there are only 11*2—officers, non-commis
sioned officers, and privates —who left England
when the war broke out, and who have witnessed
the whole campaign. '
Brigandage in Italy—A corresondent of the
Newark Daily Advertiser, writing from Genoa un
der date of June 27, says :—“The States of the
Church are still ravaged by brigands, who are con
stantly making contributions upon travellers. It is
by no means safe now to travel by land from Ve
nice to Florence : there have been several robbe
ries within a few weeks, and a gentleman was re
cently shot for making resistance, near Ravenna.
In general the rascals offer no personal injury if the
traveler gives up his effects without reserve. Their
chief Lazzaroni was an officer of some distinction
in the army.”
Novel Summer Costume.— For the hot weather
two costumes are recommended to gentlemen. One
is a whole suit made of india rubber in one piece, to
tie tightly at the neck, to fit loosely elsewhere, and
from time to time to be filled with cold water or
with a lump of ice Another is more compendious,
being merely—a lad)''sskeleton petticoat, tied round
the neck !
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 30. 1856.
Tin* Tragedy in Morgan County, Mo. — V Pri
soner H unir.
i The following is a full account of an affair in Mis
souri. which was briefly mentioned yesterday. We
copy from the St. Louis Daily News .
Morgan- Co.. Mo., July 8. 1856.
About the 2d of this month the spring belonging
’ to the Prairie District of Morgan county was found
to be poisoned, or at least the people imagined so,
with a just cause, I suspect.
' There were at this time thirteenor fourteen child
ren and the teacher, who, after partaking of the wa
ter, were taken very sick. The spring was analysed
and found to contain arsenic, at least the doctors in
that neighborhood thought so. A man by the name
of James llay, who hau about a week before per
jured kimseifin the court of Morgan, and his word
was proved to pass for naught by thirteen or four
teen neighbors, and who swore that he would be re
venged on the whole neighborhood, and who, to
make the evidence more strong aguinst him, had
taken his children away from school a day or two
before, was taken up upon suspicion ; but there not
being sufficient evidence against him, was told that
if he would leave the county in five days, escorted
by a guard to the limits of the county, and the State
as soon as possible, he might go. He was taken to
a house and a guard put over him, but owing to
treachery or negligence he was allowed to escape.
He then went to Hickory county, and several per
sons pursued him and took him up on the 6th of Ju
ly in that county, when they brought him back and
determined to hang him.
This morning, runners were started before day
break to announce the intelligence. I went up to
the school house, which was his prison ; when I ar
rived, I found the crowd assembled around a rock,
on the summit of which was a Minister of the Gos
pel, named Green, addressing the mob ; after a few
remarks he called the immediate neighbors around
him, to the number of seventeen or eighteen, who
had children at the school, to decide upon the priso
ners fate : they consulted together for a few mo
ments, when he (Mr. Green) announced that they
had decided that the prisoner should die in one hour
—a brief time to be summoned before an offended
God and to eternity.
There was no excitement, no noise—all was quiet
and orderly; the prisoner, who was very calm,
spent the most of the hour given him in prayer, and
looked at the clock only twice to see how rapidly
the t'me Hew by, and gave no other signs of uneasi
ness, and was as cool as possible. At the end of
the hour he was taken out and got upon horseback
himself, when he was escorted to the gallows which
was a limb that had been fixed but a tew minutes
before. He then desired that a paper, headed
“James Kay’s Confession/' should be read aloud
before and after his death. Mr. Green, who took a
prominent purt in it, as he had two children who
were expected to die every moment from the ef
fects of the poisoned water, read it aloud, but it was
only a reiteration of his vows of innocence. The
prisoner was then given thirty minutes to speak,
and commenced :
“ Gentlemen and honorable citizen* of Morgan
county and State of Missouri : I come not to plead
for mercy ; lam an innocent man : I don’t come
before you with a darkened forehead or a down- ,
cast eye : I come determined to die brave, and I ,
shall die without a tear in my eye. Gentlemen, ,
take care of my poor wile and children, andseetliut ,
they have plenty to cat and to wear.’’
He looked up at the limb, and not a muscle of his ,
face quivered; he only spoke twenty minutes and |
Imd ten minutes more ; lie asked to pray during that ,
time, and said: “ 1 will not keep you long, gentle- !
men, and if iam a minute or two over my time, I .
hope you will excuse me.”
lie then got upon the bench, and remarked that t
he thought the rope was too short, as lie wanted to j
full further that lie might die easy, as lie had seen
persons before die hard when they did not have fall
enough. The rope was fixed around his neck, and v
he tied the handkerchief over his face himself, and j
called all his friends to tell them good-bye; lie kissed ]
one or two of them and said, “I am innocent/’
when the bench was pulled from under him, but the
l ope not being fixed right, he had to be lifted up 1
again until the rope was properly adjusted, when lie *
died in about five minutes. There were about 250 J
or JOO persons present, and no one said a word in (
his favor.
From the Kingston (C. \V.) Kars, July 19.
Burning of the Propeller “Tinto.”
On Thursday evening, 17th inst., the propeller *
Tinto, from Montreal, bound to Lake Erie, passed 1
Kingston harbor about half-past eight o’clock, and 1
when three miles above Nine Mile Point, fire was 1
discovered in the foreliold, where a quantity of wood '
was in a blaze, and the flames with great fury and
rapidity spread to the upper cabin in proximity to 3
the hold, rendering their extinguishment utterly *
hopeless, and causing the utmost consternation (
among the crew and passengers. The only small 1
beat attached to the vessel was immediately man- '
ned, and four women, three children, some of the *
crew, and passengers, embarked ; the boat was j
then lowered from the davits, and, owing to the ra- *
pid motion of the vessel, on striking the water, im
mediately capsized, and all the unfortunate inmates a
were engulphed ill the lake, to the number of seven- 1
teen—none of whom have, up to this time, been *'
heard of, and are doubtless all drowned. The fol- *
lowing are their names : 8
Patrick Campbell, master: Alex. Henderson, en- J
gineer; K. Lemmon and G. Marchand, wheelsmen; *
Louis , fireman ; Frank Farmer, Tlios. Baylis (
and Win. McMillen, deck hands; K. Kincaid, stew- '
ard; female cook, name unknown, shipped at Mon J
treal; a female friend of the steward, named Sarah *
Benton, her nurse and three children; a French Ca- *
nadian passenger, named Jaques L. liots, and Nich-
olns Butler, lamp boy.
Among the few saved were Mr. Benton, late of (
the Montreal and Chaplain Railway, husband to 8
Mrs. Benton, and father of one of the children ; the
two others being under his care ; Mr. W. D. Han- *
dyside, purser, to whom we are indebted lor these 8
melancholy particulars, he having saved himself by 8
clinging to the rudder, with two other men, for *
about an hour or more, and was taken up by a *
fisherman from the point. The mate, several hands, 1
and others who abstained lroin entering the small ['
boat, were saved by throwing themselves into the 1
water, with planks and such other buoyant articles 8
as presented tlnfhiselves at the trying moment. 1
While those mentioned were clinging to the rudder, 8
a keg of powder, which the purser had, in Montreal, '
carefully stowed in the forward part of the foreliold, 8
exploded with a loud concussion, throwing quanfi f
ties of burning wood piled on the deck, high into the 1
air, and scattering it over the surface of the water. '
The schooner Mary Adelaide, Capt. Davis, and 1
the schooner Flying Cloud, at the time beatig£ *
about the ofiiiug, hastened, with praiseworthy cel* 1
ity, against head wind, to the burning vessel, and c
succeeded in rescuing those floating about in the (
water, who, we are instructed to say, are inex- f
pressiblv grateful for their kind and humane treat
ment while oil board their respective vessels. The
two schooners continued to beat about the track of i
the vessel until near daylight, but with no particu- >
lar result.
The wind, as before stated, blew moderately t
down the lake, and the burning propeller slowlv (
floated down the channel with her stern to the wind,
and was watched by a number of people on the i
shore throughout the night, until her reduced hulk f
struck the ground at the point of Cedar Island, i
about four o’clock, Friday morning. Mr. Handy- 1
side is ol opinion that if the unfortunate persons had t
not been so precipitate, and had shown more cool- i
ness under the circumstances, there was ample time 1
to have taken great precautions, and they an might
have been saved. Mr. Benton is a great sufferer, i
having, besides losing his wife and child, lost all his
apparel, furniture ana money, and is at this mo
ment utterly penniless. Others are in a similar
helpless condition.
The Steamship Vanderbilt. —This mammoth
addition to the steam marine of New York made a
preparatory trip on Saturday for the purpose of
testing her engines. Her total length on deck is
335 feet; 330 feet on load line ; breadth of beam 46
feet : depth of hold 32 feet 6 inches; weight of hull
2,300 tons ; registered tonnage 3,900 tons ; actual
measurement 5,100 tons ; load draught 19 feet 6 in
ches. She has two over-head beam engines of 2,500
horse power each ; cylinders 90 inches in diameter
and 12 feet stroke ; wheels 11 feet in diameter and
10 feet bucket; dip at load line 8 feet 6 inches ; four
boilers 30 feet long and weighing 00 tons each, pre
senting a boiler surface of 20,000 superficial feet; 32
furnaces ; carries 1,400 tons of coal.
The main dining saloon aft is 108 feet long, 25
feet wide, and 8 feet high, with 92 state rooms, two
berths and a sliding berth in each. The state rooms
are 6 feet long, 8 feet 10 inches wide, and about 8
feet high, with berth rooms attached. The cabin is
finished with oak, in the oriental style. The panel
work of the state rooms is oak veneered on pine.—
Nine state rooms open on both the larboard and
starboard gangways. There are also five state rooms
beyond the aft pantry. The forward dining saloon
is fitted up in the same style as the aft, with the
substitution of pine for oak. In this there are fortv
five state rooms, and one hundred and thirty-eight
berths. Forward is another cabin with thirty-three
berths. The upper saloon is 258 feet long, and 90
feet wide, with forty-one state rooms ana forty-six
berths. This saloon is fitted up in an elegant and
substantial style. Five hundred passengers can be
accommodated in all parts of the ship.
On the trial on Saturday her engines worked
very smoothly, the number of revolutions, at a
moderate pressure of steam, amounting to fourteen
a minute. With a pressure of twenty-five pounds
to the inch, it is confidently expected that twenty
revolutions to the minute will be easily obtained.—
There is no doubt that when her speed comes to be
systematically tested she will be found not inferior
in this respect to any ocean steamer afloat. She
drew upon her trip about 17 £ feet of water and did
not leak a drop.— Ball Amer.
Pacific Railroads. —The Pacific Railroad Com
mittee have, it is stated in a Washington letter,
agreed upon a bill. Three roads are provided for.
one to be built north of the forty-fourth degree of
north latitude, by the Northern Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company, of which Alexander Ramsay is
president: one between the thirty eighth and forty
fourth parallels, to be constructed by an association
of all the roads now chartered and running west-
Avard through lowa and Missouri, the junction to be
formed near Fort Kearney, and the single trunk to
run to the navigable waters of the Pacific, in Cali
fornia: and the Southern road is awarded to the
Southern Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, of which
T. Butler King is president—a new Company, asso
ciated with the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Com
pany of California, the Texas Western Railroad
Company, and the Vicksburg and Shrevesport
Company. This line runs from the Mississippi, at
some point south of the thirty-eighih degree, and
runs to San Francisco, with a branch to San Diego,
and with a grant of forty sections of land to the
mile west ot Texas to the California line, and then
ten sections per mile to San Francisco. No grant
is made for that portion of the road east of the west
ern boundary of Texa“. The northen road receives
forty sections from point to point, seventeen huu
drea miles. The middle road receives thirty sec
tions until it reaches California, then ten sections to
its western terminus. The provisions for mail pay
are liberal. Telegraph lines are provided for on
each road.— Balt. American.
The Ruins of Ninevah. —The steamship Soho
has just arrived at London with the last consign
ment of Assyrian antiquities from the ancient Nine
vah. They consist <>f about fifty cases of the most
artistic sculptures yet discovered in this earliest
postdiluvian city, representing the Queen of Assyria
feasting under the snadow of the vine, the King en
gaged in a lion chase, and after in the act of pouring
forth a libation. There is also a splendid and al
most unbroken hunting series, comprising not only
lions, but wild asses caught in a noose or a lasso ;
also a procession of the' sportsmen bearing away
birds, hares. Ac., with their dogs, net* and other im
plements of capture and pursuit- But still more
interesting than even these treasures of antiquity
are the slabo bearing the famous inscription on the
winged bull at the entrance of the Palace of Sena
chenb. recording his memorable expedition against
Hezekiab,the Sovereign of Judah, in which 1&5,000
of his warriors, “unsmcte by the sword,' in a single
night, “melted like snow in the giance of the Lora,”
an event so sublimely described in the “Hebrew
Melodies" of Byron:
“And there lay the steed with hi* nostrils all wide,
But through it there roll'd not the breath of his pride .
And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf.
And cold as the 6pray of the rock-beaten sort
And there lay the rider, distorted and pale,
With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail .•
And the tents were all silent- the banners alone—
The lances uniifted. the trumpets unblown."
The Mammoth Cave.—The Louisville Journal
says Robert Bishop, the guide, and three visitors,
whilst rambling in the mammoth cave, discovered
an entirely unknown passage of some two miles in
length. By this important discovery, the cave, al
ready the largest in the world, is found to extend
eleven miles instead of nine miles, as has hitherto
been eopposed.
■ Excerpt* from the Walliliigisn Correspondence
of the New York Press.
Through the penetration of the astute correspon
dents or the favor of our functionaries we obtain
occasional glimpses of official matters which are in
teresting to the public. The following items we
presume from their positivi-aess to be subtantially
correct :— Sat. ltd.
Washington. July 17,1856.
The four propositions of the Paris Convention of
European Powers which it was intended to submit
to other nations for the regulation of future mari
time hostilities have not been submitted for the
concurrence of this Government: but Mr. Marcy
has informally communicated to Mr. Sartiges, the,
French Minister, it> decision regaling them. Those j
proposition* are four, embracing : 1. The abolition
of paper blockades. *2. The admission of the prin
ciple that free ships make free goods.* 3. The ad
mission that neutral goods in enemies ships shall
be exempt from capture, h The abolishing of
privateering.
The United States Government, agreeing to the
three first articles, reject the last : but as they are
presented in solidum, and not separately, we must
take the whole or none. But, although we are not
permitted to strike out, there is nothing to prevent
us from suggesting an additional principle which
will render the fourth proposition acceptable. This
Government therefore accedes to the four points
provided the allied Powers will add a fifth, to the
effect that private property ou the seas shall be ex
empt from capture, whether by privateers or naval
vessels.— Evening Post.
Washington, July, 19,1856.
Despatches from Loudon state that difficulties be
tween England and the United States in regard to
the Bay Islands are virtually settled, negotiations
having been resumed between Mr. Dallas aud the
Earl of Clarendon. A new diplomatist appeared
in the person of Senor Herran, the representative
of Honduras, and entrusted with full powers from
that Government. Clarendon and llerran have
agreed upon the draught of a treaty by which Hon
duras resumes possession of the Bay Islauds, aud
agrees to continue to subjects of her Majesty all the
rights they have acquired during the time England
lias held the islands. Mr. Dallas, it is said, has
agreed on the part of the United States to accept
tliis as a settlement of the affair, and doubtless it
will also be agreed to by our Government. It is
believed that Senor Goicouria, who is now en route
lor-Englaud us the of Nicaragua,
will make a similar sett lenient aIWLe Mosquito ques
tion, when all the questions between England and
United States will be adjusted. There is nothing
else, I believe, to quarrei about.— Herald.
Washington, July 18, 1856.
Since Gen. Gadsden left town there has been
some talk relative to another attempt of the Go
vernment to purchase more Mexican territory.
From what I can learn, Mr. Marcy a short time
siucc drew up a proposition embracing seven arti- i
cles, which he desired Gen. Comonfort to agree to, i
and thus constitute a treaty by which Mexico was to i
surrender the thirty first parallel of latitude to the I
Gulf of California, as the boundary line of the two I
happy Republics. For this land .Sir. Marcy agreed ’
to give six millions of dollars in cash. Thisaddi- i
tioual slice of territory would be a continuation of i
the Mesilla purchase. Our line uow runs down to i
the thirty-first degree, but only touches it, forming 1
a triangle, and running northwest to a point north f
of tlie Gulf of California. By running the thirty
first pairall 1 to tlie Gulf several ports would be t
gained. But, notwithstanding the tempting bait of i
$6,000,000, Comonfort refused point-blank to have j
anything to do with the proposition, Secretary 1
Marcy and Gen. Gadsden will therefore have to be i
satisfied with the Mesilla purchase, the postal t
treaty, and the abolition of the tobacco monopoly. r
Tlie President to-day sent tlie nominations of i
John Forsyth as Minister, and Walker Fearne as i
Secretary of Legation at Mexico, in place of Messrs. <
Gadsden and Cripps recalled. Messrs. Forsyth and s
Fearne are from Alabama.— lbid. \
Mutiny on Board the Ship Atlanta, of
New York. —A correspondent of the New York
Herald furnishes that paper with the following ac
count of the seizure of the ship Atlanta by the crew,
while on her voyage from Marseilles to Almeira
(Spain):
“Marseilles, June (>. —On the night of the 25th
May, while off the Spanish coast, about 9 o’clock all
hands were called to tack ship, being close under
the land ; the men were all stationed, when the
chief officer passed the word from forward, “All
ready, sir ;’’ the captain gave the order “hard a
lee,” which was obeyed; the next order, being
“mainsail hard,” was partly executed by the main
yard being laid square, and there left. The captain
then heard a rush of men, and the next thing a cry
of distress from forward. Thinking one of the
men was hurt, he ran oft'the poop, and in so doing
was knocked down by one or more of the crew.—
Being dark, could not see how many there were ;
they then bound him hand and foot, beating him
badly at the same time.
“After tying him up, they took him forward and
secured him to the topgallant forecastle. He then
asked what was the matter with the chief officer,
and was told that he was stabbed in the left breast,
from which tin* blood was flowing profusely ; also a
stab under the left arm and one in the forehead.—
They had him at that time in the forecastle, bound
hand and foot, and bleeding; they then took the
captain from the forecastle to a room in the aft
house, also carried the chief oflicer to the carpen
ter’s room, but the room being so close, and being
in such agony from his wounds and bruises, a Mr.
Davis, who was a passenger, entreated of them to
take him in the cabin, which they did ; after a long
consultation, they gave the ship in charge to this
Mr. Davis. Some of them wanted to go to Spain,
others to Marseilles; Anally they put toward Mar
seilles.
“The next day, Monday, they did allow the Cap
tain to take the sun aud give the position of the
ship, but still guarded and a prisoner. Mr. Davis
sailing the ship, allowed the boatswain, second offi
cer and carpenter free access about the ship to per
form their several duties. The chief oflicer laying
in the cabin in a dangerous position, and'every now
and then some of them coming to the cabin. Noth
ing of importance occurred until the arrival of the
ship in Marseilles, when tin- pilot informed the Cap
tain there was a sloop-of-war in port. After the
ship was fast to the buoys, the captain stole away,
being night, and proceeded to the sloop-of war and
stated the e.iae, whereupon they did send some
thirty armed men with their officers, and double
ironed the crew, with cook and second oflicer, who
were supposed to be in league with the rest of them ;
they were sent to prison to await the decision of the
Consul what should be done with them, expecting
they would be sent home in double irons. The
chief oflicer was sent on shore in care of a physi
cian, who after examining his wounds, said he Avould
do well in a short time.”
Religion in New York. —We were long ago
aware that, in that ward of our great sister city,
which bears the classical name of the “Bloody
Sixth,” hired bullies were employed by politicians
to prevent citizens from exercising the elective fran
chise, but we confess that we did not know until
very recently, that this “rule of fist” had been put
in force by the Gothamites in the matter of religion.
The New York Express says : That on lust Sunday
the trustees of the St. John’s Street Church, who
have been, it seems, at variance for some time with
the congregation, hired a gang of bullies to keep the
regular worshippers out of the edifice. But this no
table plan does not appear to have been successful,
for the congregation not relishing such high-handed
measures, pitched into the, assailants, who took to
their heels, and the service then proceeded ! If
this be one of America’s rapid strides towards civili
zation, we wish some expert mathematician would
iufonn us where she will get to after a few more of
the same character ?
Large Blacksmith s Shop. —The Smithery at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, now nearly completed, is
300 feet long, by 60 wide, with a wing 200 feet .by
60. The material is brick and iron, the roof being
corrugated iron throughout. None of the forges will
have chimneys, but the smoke will be sucked
downward into large cast-iron pipes, the largest of
which is 54 inches in diameter, placed under
ground, and in these, conducted to the central chim
ney, which is 120 feet high and 13 feet square at the
base. There are about 800 feet of these under
ground smoke fines, aud the same length of smaller
pipe 18 inches in diameter, through which a blast is
blown to supply the fires. This plan is not entirely
new, the same underground draught having been
employed for some time with great success in the
large aud commodious smithery of the Morgan Iron
Works in this city.
Texas News.— The Legislature commenced its
session at Austin on the 7tli inst. On the Bth the
Governor transmitted a message setting forth the
necessity for action upon the code, at this session,
and also in reference to the sectionizing of the pub
lic lands.
The Governor has vetoed the Texas Western
Railroad Company bill, and the bill granting the
taxes to the counties, passed at the last session.
Mr. Ochiltree, chairman of the House Committee
on slaves and slavery, has made a report, and intro
duced a joint resolution to appropriate $60,000 for
the promotion of peaceable emigration to Kansas.
The report was adopted and the joint resolution avos
made the special order for the 16th inst.
In many p»rls r f Western Texas there will not
be raised over a half crop of corn, on account of
the dry weather. The cotton crop will be about an
average yield.
Pressure of Steam in Boilers. —A pamphlet
has been published iu England by Mr. Anderson,
the well known machinist, on the management of
steam boilers, in which he says that the pressure
within a boiler is greater than is generally supposed.
With a pressure of fifty pounds on every part of the
surface exposed to the steam, amounting frequently
to many thousands of tons in the boiler, tnus ac
counting for the enormous havoc made by the ex
plosions. The joints are weaker than the solid parts;
good solid plate will withstand from 56,000 pounds
to 60,000 per square inch of sectional area—the
joints will give way at about 34,000 pounds, which
shows the importance of seeing that the rivets and
other fastenings are ahvays in sound condition.
Mr. Anderson divides explosions into four classes,
namely, from want of strength, deficiency of water,
heating of plates, and the variety of other cireuin
tances. _
Italy.— On the 27th of June, notwithstanding
the reports current, there existed no collision be
tween the inhabitants of Parma and Piacenza, and
the Austrian*, although it might be expected at any
moment, for the greatest agitation had reigned
among the people since the government of the duch
ess regent had allowed it to be clearly seen that it
was not in accordance with the Austrians. In Par
ma, 1 strangers’ were in constant apprehension of
an outbreak, and were redoubling their precautions.
Besides, the troops which they could already mus
ter, they were seeking to augment the force of oc
cupation by 10,000 men. At Piacenza they were
leaving the" barracks in the city to withdraw into
the fortification, while they caused the barracks to
be made ready for fresh troops, and they were ta
king into the fort supplies of ammunition and pro
visions. A large quantity of provisions had been or
dered for Parma. From Lombardy -1000 men had
marched towards Piacenza, but they stopped half
way between Lodi and Cremona, apparently to
await a larger force so as to enter together; ’ but
down to the 25th no reinforcement had arrived ex
cept a half battery, which entered Piacenza at night.
London Globe , July 5.
The Atlanta Ga. Intelligencer says: “For our
part, we do not scruple to say it, that we would
rather see Fremont, traitor as is to the home of
his birth, the President of the United States than
Millard Fillmore, who never ceased to hate and per
secute the South, until the South had bought him oft
with the Vice Presidency.
There it is. The Southern Sag Nicbt organs, like
the leading Sag Xic-hU here in Kentucky, avow
that thev would rather see the abolition candidate
elected to the Presidency than Millard Fillmore, the
great, the tried, the true-hearted, the acknowledged
patriot. We fully expect that all the leaders of the
southern Democratic party when they find, as they
must in less than two mouths, that there is no chance
for the Cincinnati nominee, will give their whole in
fluence in favor of the abolition candidate. Thev
will all be for Fremont and freeaoil. —Louisville
Jon rnal.
A California Coroner.-—The Vigilance com
mittee, in the coarse of their investigations into the
case of a coroner whom they had arrested, elicited
satisfactory evidence that he was in the habit of dis
intering the bodies of persons who had been
buried, for the purpose o t dropping them in the
docks, and thus receiving the fees attending an in
quest. In this way, it is said, one body has been
rn*dc to do service three or four times—or as long
as it would hold together. This accounts in part
for the great number of bodies, that but a little
while ago, were found constantly under the wharves
of San Francisco
[ * From the Cleveland Herald , July 8.
The Diver and ihe Treasure—True History of
the Raisin* of the Safe of the Atlantic!
1 Our readers were several days since highly
- amused by the fanciful relation of the Detroit Atf
i vertiser of the raising of the safe of the steamer At
’ lan tic, suuk in Lake Erie, August 20, 18.52. This
morning we were favored with an interview with
E. I*. Harrington, of Westfield, New York, the
f successful rescuer of the safe, and give the items of
the occurrence, which, if it be devoid of wonderful
meetings with ‘‘beautiful ladies and children,’’ is
nevertheless very interesting and true. Mr. Har
rington has had three years’ experience as a diver,
and during the past winter has been engaged on the
Mississippi in his business. Associated with him in
this undertaking were Martin Quingley and Charles
O. Gardner, of Chatauque, New York* and William
Newton, of Detroit. They proceeded in the schooner
Fletcher to the locality of the schooner Atlantic,
which lies about three miles from the extreme
point of Long Point. They arrived there on the
18tli of June, and that day was used in prepara
tions.
Oa the 19th, Mr. Harrington encased in Welle &
Go wen’s submarine armor, made his first descend
ed. This armor is made of two layers of canvas,
and one of India rubber, the rubber occupying the
middle. It is loose and flexible, and of course re
sists no pressure. From in front of the mouth pro
ceeds a tube composed of nine alternate layers of
canvas and rubber, with a copper wire coiled iuside
to prevent collapse. This is indexible too, and be
ing as long as the depth to which the diver goes, and
the upper end being in the open air, secures proper
respiration. The apperture is three-eighths of nil
inch in diameter. A wreck line had previously been
dropped and rested against the side of the steamer.
Dressed as above described, with, leaden shoes,
and with leaden weights attached to his body,
amounting- in all to 218 lbs., with a rope round his
waist, by which he could be raised to the surface
and a check, or signal line in his hand, the advento,
rous diver commenced his first descent lie was
governed by the wreck-line and struck the promen
ade deck about forty feet aft of the state-room where
the Express Company’s safe was, which was in the
third state room aft the wheelhouse on the larboard
side. lie remained on deck but one minute. After
descending from 50 to 70 feet, depending upon the
clearness of the air above, all is dark to the diver,
and he is governed entirely by feeling. The ro
mantic sights recorded by the Advertiser, are there
fore without foundation/
The greatest caution as to entangling lines must
be used, and Mr. Harrington went each time outside
of the stanchions, moving as he advanced, his wreck
line, so that with each dive he advanced nearer the
state-room. The second dive he was three minutes
upon deck ; the third four ; the fourth seven. On
the twentieth he made four dives, and the time on
deck was respectively four minutes, 7 do., 3 do.,
and the next or eighth, six, at which time he reach
ed the state room. Previous to this lie had all the
time been groping about, und twice was on the hur
ricane deck, and once near the main deck. The
twenty-first he made seven descents, time respec
tively, 4,6, 5,3, 5, 6 and 8 minutes, and during
which he was busy in breaking in the room window,
and breaking down the work on the side and below
it, and succeeded at last in getting a line fast to the
ring in the lid of the safe, but finding the aperture
he had made too small to allow the passage of the
safe, ascended to wait till the coming day.
On the twenty second, the sixteenth dive, being
the first that day, he was on deck seven minutes, du
ring which time lie sawed through the casing and
panel work, and tried to break it off with his band,
but could not. The seventeenth he was on deck
nine minutes, in which he fastened a line to the
wood-work, and by it the men above pulled it off.
The eighteenth and last ascent he was on deck elev
en minutes, and during it he succeeded in fastening
a line to the end ring of the safe, and helping it out
of the aperture, it was raised to the deck of the
schooner. The perilous work was done, and the
adventurous men, upon opening the safe, or rather
iron chest, ‘,‘B by 18, by lb inches in size, found
themselves the possessors of about $5,000 in gold,
and $31,000 iu bills, a small portion of which were
useless from the action of water and insolvency of
banks, and six watches, two of which were valua
ble gold ones. The chest contained papers for which
the American Express Company paid a handsome
salvage.
The Atlantic lies careened, her larboard side be
ing 175 feet, and the water on her starboard 100 feet
deep. The safe was about 157 feet from the surface.
Upon her deck Mr. 11. found a light sediment of three
or four inches depth, lie could, as we have said
above, see nothing, and encountered nothing but the
wood work, chains, glass and the chest. The wa
ter was verv chilly, and Mr. H.’s hands were so
numb that lie could not by mere feeling distinguish
glass from wood. It was only by the former’s
breaking that he knew its material. He thinks that
his strength below was not more tlum one-tenth
that he hus when in open air. He suffered but little
from pressure, except two or three times, when such
was the rush of blood to the head, that, as he says,
he saw “bright flashes in his helmet, like electric
sparks.”
We have been thus accurate, from justice to Mr.
11., who has thus accomplished a feat never before,
we believe, successful. He is a candid, fair-spoken
man, and is not a little mortified that any one should
have so misrepresented the matter to the editors of
the Detroit Advertiser.
The Great Earthquake in thf. Mississippi
Valley. —Many persons had been deterred from
going to Illinois by the erroneous impression that
the country was subject to volcanic action. This
had originated from the great earthquake of 1811,
by which the Valley of the Mississippi had been
greatly shaken, the shocks having continued for
nearly three months. The country just below the
mouth of the Ohio River, would seem to have been
near the centre of the agitation. For miles the land
hud beeu seamed with yawning chasms and deep
holes, the remains of which are still visible. The
bluft on which New Madrid had been built had sunk
to the level of the river, and had become soon after
ward totally submerged. The commotion in the
Mississippi had been very great ; the banks had
caved in, islands had dissolved, and the channel
had become changed. At every shock the surface
of the river lmd risen and fulleu like the waves of
the sea.
An eye-witness, who was coming down on a fiat
boat, says :
“After escaping many dangers, my boat suddenly
swung round in the conflicting currents and rapidly
shot up the river. Looking ahead, I beheld the
mighty Mississippi cut in twain and pouring down
a vast opening into the bowels of the earth. A mo
ment more and the chasm filled ; but the strong
sides of the flat-boat were crumbled to pieces in the
convulsive efforts of the flood to obtain its wonted
level.”
The Indians had been utterly bewildered by the
earthquake, and could account for the physical tu
mult only upon the supposition that things gene
rally lm<l been getting drunk. It is said of one of
them, who had given himself Up for lost, that, upon
being questioned as to what the matter was, he had
replied, while at the same time pointing fearfully to
the heavens, “Great Spirit, whiskey too much !’’—
Ferris'B Mates and Territories of the West.
Death of Billy Barlow—Strange Mortal
ity in New York. —A man known ns Billy Barlow
Hied at the house 91 Leonard street, on Friday, af
ter an illness of but fifteen minutes. Barlow was
one of the most notorious criininuls known to the
police department. H.* was about forty years of
age, and had served out repeated terms of impris
onment at Sing Sing. He had a number of aliases,
and so notorious was that he had often beeu arrest
ed on suspicion by the officers, though no charge
was against him, as he was always certain to be
found in some mischief. He turned black imme
diately after his death. There are said to have
been other deaths of the same kind during the duy.
A gentleman came to the Chief’s office and stated
that a servant girl living with him at 15 Nassau st.,
had died in the house after a few minutes illness,
and turned black soon after. It may have been the
extreme heat, but it looks like some virulent dis
ease.—Herald.
The Courtesies of Business Life.— Business
men who lay in a fair stosk of civility, will fiud it as
good an investment to draw, please and retain cus
tom as they can make. The small civilities and
courtesies of life are too often neglected by them.—
We have been taunted as a nation of shopkeepers,
who, in our haste to be rich, forget not only proprie
ties, but moralities ; we have been charged with
idolatry, worshipping the almighty dollar, and the
conduct of some among us has given color to the
charge. Let not the reproach longer remain. A
nation Immersed in trade need not be forgetful
of the requirement of honor, uprightness and truth.
A man in trade need not be poor, nor is he, in any
wise, exonerated from extending towards his cus
tomers the same suavities he would extend to a
guest in his house, to a stranger lie is introduced to
in company. He need not indulge in formal eti
quette and pompous civilities, for there is no heart
iu such a manner; but in the easy, genial habits
which speak a kindly feeling and reciprocate re
spect.—Hunt's Merchant's Magazine.
The Crops. —We are sorry to hear so many com
plaints from planters about the coni crop. It is
now, generally, in a very critical stage, when rain
is needed to mature it, and yet the drouth is very
severe. In many localities the leaves are rolling
and withering, and without rain immediately the
corn cannot be full. A great deal of fodder has al
ready been irretrievably lost. Still there are other
locations in which the corn is already perfect and
consequently secure against destruction by drouth.
A short crop of oom and fodder this year will be a
heavy blow to tanners, for there is every reason to
believe that the potato crop is also materially shorter
than usual, because of the unparalleled scarcity of
seed potatoes in the spring. Numbeis of planters
have been anticipating a heavier com crop than
usual to supply the lack of potatoes ; but they are
now in great danger of having their hopes destroy
ed. A heavy general rain at this time would be the
greatest blessing with which the country could be
favored.— Columbus snauircr, 22 d inst.
Jealousy and Murder.— The Fredericksburg
(Va.) News, of the 17th instant, says : —At Caroline
Court, on Monday, Amelia and Lindsay, slaves of
James Clark, of Essex, were tried for the murder of
a free negro girl named Isabella Atkins, on the 14th
of June. It appeal ed*that Amelia, being jealous of
the free'girl, consulted a white woman who professed
to be a fortune-teller, a* to the justice of her suspi
cions. The latter confirmed them, and said that
something dreadful would soon happen to the free
girl, and would not be found out. The same day
Amelia and her brother Lindsay beat and strangled
the girl till she died, and covered up the body in the
woods. They were convicted of the crime, which
they also confessed, and were sentenced to be hung
on Friday, 12th Sept. A majority of the Court re
commended them to mercy.
John Mitchell’s Protest.—John Mitchell
prints in T. F. Meagher’s “ Irish News” a “ Letter
to John Martin," repelling the imputation of the
British Ministers that he and his fellow fugitives to
this country broke their parole in escaping from
Australia. He says :
“ The simple mind aforesaid may marvel also to
see these same Ministers who anxiously advise their
Queen not to pardon men who broke their word,
carrying that e.amo poor Queen to Paris to sit at the
board and clasp the hand of a man who really broke,
not his word only, but his oath—and who never de
nies that he broke it: or to see them inviting that
man, a mean murderer, peijurer and swindler, to
the same unhappy Queen’s house, among her chil
dren : and there setting her down upon her knees,
before all the people, to buckle a garter around that
murder’s, perjurer's. and swindlers leg.”
Cabinet Ministers Denounced.—We under
stand, and from authority we can rely on, that
Messrs. Drummond, Cartier, Cauchon and Lemieux
were denounced from the altar of the Roman Catho
lic Cathedral here, on Sunday morning last, for the
course they thought proper to pursue m their places
in Parliament, on the separate school question and
on the Catholic bequests, or ecclesiastical incorpo
rations bill.
The denunciation was in the shape of a letter from
Bishop Charbonnel, which was read by the officia
ting priest, and is, we are told, to be read in every
Church in the Bishop’s diocese. It created a great
sensation, we are informed, in the Church, more es
pecially as it not only denounced the gentlemen
we have named, some if not all of whom were pre
sent, but it went so far as to say that they should
not receive absolution.— Toronto Colonist.
A Green Rose.—Mr. W. H. Osborn, of Perry
Pont House, Perry Barr Staffordshire, Eng., has at
the present time a perfectly green rose in flower in
his rose house. The rose, c&ilodrosa verdifiora , is
of full, rich green and is, -.perhaps, more interesting
on account of its novelty than for its beauty. A
drawing of the flower has been taken by Mr. Wal
lis, of the Government School of Art, Birmingham.
The tree was procured from a French nurseryman
The Lake Erie Disaster.
I ! The Buffalo Republic ofthe 21st inst., says : We
have obtained the following particulars of the lost
of the Northern Indiana on the morning of the I7th
. trom Capt. Langley, captain of the steamer Missis
s s ippi, Michigan Central Railroad Line :
t Capt- Landev says the Mississippi and Northern
f ,ana Buffalo together on the night of the 16th.
. The boats kept together, as is usually the case, until
, H o’clock on the morning oftlie 17th, when off
Point-au Pelee, when the Northern Indiana was
at least four miles ahead. Capt. Langlev was
; standing forward ou the boat with some friends
- when he saw smoke bursting out of the starboard
gangway of the Northern Indiana, and knew she
’ was on fire. He sent word immediately to his engi
neer to harry the Mississippi along as fast as possi
ble, that the Northern Indiana was on fire. He put
; on the steam, and in from twelve to twenty minutes
came abrest of her bows ami instantly dropped his
boats, they being all ready when tlie Mississippi
reached her. The Indiana’s engine was at that
time stopped, and she was burning fiercely amid
ships and aft. The passengers were crying, entreat
ing, imploring to be snvea, and tlie ropes around
the bows and the stern were full of people clinging
for life. The boat from the Mississippi came rap
idly alongside and carried off full loads of passen
. gers.
The scene was one of the direst confusion. Wo
men were shrieking for help, children were crying,
and no presence of miml was visible. The water
was covered with people, and pieces of floating
wreck. As tlie Mississippi came along, the crow
threw out cork life preservers in great numbers to
those in the water, many of whom were saved there
by. One heroic fellow, named John McDonough,
a hand aboard the Mississippi, seized several life
preservers, and jumping in the water swam to aev
eral men who were nearly exhausted, and gave
each one, saving their lives thereby. His deed
deserves something more than mere newspaper
mention.
The steward of the lndiaua was aft, aud had
jumped over, clinging by the hose. Three wo
men were holding on to him. Finally the hose
burned off, and the women still clinging to him
carried him down. After great effort to extri-
himself, lie succeeded, the women drown- '
tug immediately. 11c was afterwards saved by a
life-boat.
The flames, a* a matter or course, went toward !
the stern of the vessel, driving all who lmd taken
refuge there into the water. Those who were for
ward had a longer lease of time, but all agree iu
saying that the principal loss of life was by the \
steamboat. When the tire was first discovered a
number ofthe deck hands and passengers jumped !
into the lifeboat, and fairly broke down tlie cranes. '
As soon as she touched the water, the steamboat 1
being under rapid headway, the lifeboat was drawn
under the wheel and capsized. It was supposed a
number were killed by the revolutions of the wheel.
Every person who stayed on the steamboat was
saved. No children were lost. They were let down
into the lifeboats by cool and humane individuals,
who preserved their presence of mind through the
whole scene.
A despatch from Detroit says : The total number
saved from the Northern Indiana and by the steam
er Mississippi and propeller Republic, is 142. Among
the saved, whose names were not before given are
the Rev. Win. Catcart and infant child of Lagrange,
Ind. The number lost, as far as known, is 26, as
follows :
Sewell Turner, Rome, Me. ; Michael Burke,Titos.
Farie. firemen. Buffalo; Miss Eliza Blanchard,
Augusta, Me., Daniel Gray, Rome. Me. , Henry
Nimsand child, 'Fully, N. Y. ; Augustine Fortvalle,
Buffalo; Geo. Dawson, Brockport, N. Y.; Mrs.
Mary Leyard, England; Mrs. Ackroyds, father,
mother, husband, and two children, England; <«.
Smith, watchman, Buffalo ; Eugene Cary and child,
Greenbush, Wis.; Mss denning, Waverly, 111.
J. 1). Rexford, Esq., of Janesville', Wisconsin, for
merly of Norwich, N. G., who was a passenger on
the Northern Indiana, was picked up at a distance
lrointhe vessel by a small ooat, after being over an
hour in the water.
Buenos Ayres.
The New York Evening Post has a letter from a
correspondent in Buenos Ayres, dated May 8, in
which the writer says:
f Buenos Ayres is destined to lead the march of the
South American States. In most things which
make up the prosperity and respectability of a State
she is far in advance of the rest. A new mole, four
hundred yards long, lias been constructed. A new
customhouse is now in process of erection. What
is of equal importance to the lovers of pleasure, one
of the largest, if not the largest theatre on the con
tinent will be completed about the end of the pre
sent year. In a very short time toe city will be
lighted with gas. and the time is not far off, likely,
when to gas will be added water works, supplying
our citizens with the sweet, health-giving water of
the Plate, and abolishing the necessity of tanks for
rain water, and other contrivances which now serve
not only to quench thirst, but to breed swarms of
mosquitoes nine months out of the twelve. The
project for a railway to San Jose de Flores now
keeps pace with other improvements. For a time
the execution of this enterprise hung in suspense.—
Recently, however, all doubts have been removed
by a positive contract on the part of the govern
ment with Mr. Bragge, an English engineer, who is
to finish the road for the round sum of three millions
of paper dollars. There is some talk also of the
construction of a railway to the Boed, a small
stream that empties into the Plate, some two miles
south of the city.
Altogether, these countries may now be said to
present one of the most inviting helds in the world
to sober, industrious, intelliffent men. As a wool
producing country, this is destined to become the
first <»n the continent. The breeds of sheep are con
stantly being improved by importations of the best
European specimens. The prices of River Plate
wools have consequently much increased in foreign
markets ; and the day is not far distant when they
will compete successfully with the best.
Commerce, with us, is not brisk at this moment.
The prices demanded for country produce are such
as to give but little hope of any tiling like adequate
compensation to the merchant.
A Jtciiiiirknhle Phenomenon.
Some of the Mississippi papers give elaborate ac
counts of a reinarable meteoric phenomenon which
occurred between six and seven o’clock P. M. on
the Bth inst. From an interesting article in the
Prairie News (Okalona) we extract the following :
M l '- *£• Ashcraft, who was out of doors, heard a
sound like the swooping of a large bird through the
air, and immediately alterwards a Happing noise as
ot a banner. On looking up he uoticeo a Hash, like
an explosion thrown off towards the south (that is
with reference to the apparent path of the whole
phenomenon) instantaneously followed by another
of a dazzling brilliancy, much larger than the sun,
and just above the region of the heavens where the
cloud afterwards appeared. So far as we have as
certained, Mr. A. was the only person who had a di
rect view of the flash, though numbers besides no
ticed the illumination produced by it, and yet many
who were in the open air and heard the report—one
whose horse was frightened by it—saw no light at
all. The Hash was succeeded by a trail of while
smoke, like that from a discharged cannon, extend
ing downwards, in the language of observers “about
forty feet, the lower pari of which began to gather
into a globular form, while the upper extremity was
violently contorted, the whole finally assuming the
broken appearance heretofore mentioned.
The time which elupsed from the Hash to the re
nt *rt, by the general agreement of all accounts must
have been just about two minutes. The report, the
character of which has already been described, last
ed probably a minute and a half.
'1 became paper says the explosion was heard dis
tinctly ut Kiuhmond, which is twenty miles northeast
of Clkulona.
The Starkville Advocate has an article on the
subject from which we extract the following:
On Tuesday evening, between f> and 7 o’clock in
the alternoon, a brilliant meteoric Phenomenon was
witnessed by a large number of the citizens Jof our
town and county. The evening was calm; the sky
clear except a very light hazy cloud over the west
ern heavens and the atmosphere was very sultry
and oppressive. A large globe of fire was observed
to start from a point abont 15 degrees northwest of
zenith, and dart with inconceivable valocity to
wards the horizon, leaving a bright, luminous track.
The line of direction was at first nearly straight,
but it soon began to contract in length, to dilate
in breadth, and to assume the figure of a serpent
rolling itself up, until k it appeared like a luminous
cloud of vapor floating gracefully in the air, where
it remained for more than an hour, gradually chang
ing its form, assuming new fantastic shapes, and fi
nally fading way as twilight came on. Several
minutes after its first appearance, a loud explosion
was lu-ard in the northwest, or rather a continued
explosion, resembling an irregular platoon of mus
ketry; the rumbling of carriages passing over a
bridge, or the fall of a large building. This explo
sion was heard in every portion of our county,
and consequently producing great wonder and as
tonishment among the people. From an attentive
consideration k of all the attending circumstances,
we are forced to the conclusion that it was sim
ply the falling of a very large meteoric stone,
somewhere in a north-westernly directiou from our
village.
The Flake Up at the Queen's Levee. —ljetter
from Prof. Mohan. —Dr. 11. Mahan, the American
gentleman who was not admitted to the levee of the
Queen, has addressed the following letter to the
London papers:
“As ‘a stranger in a strange land,’ it might seem
like affectation were I longer to keep silence, after
I have been designated in a manner so unmistakea
ble, and held up to ridicule, by several of what are
termed the leading papers. That I have not only
done nothing to deraervo this, but on the contrary
had taken every precaution which forethought and
presence of mind could devise to prevent it, both be
fore and at the time of the occurrence referred to, I
must beg your readers to believe on my word, as a
gentleman—it is unnecessary for me to state here
in what way—as a particular statement of the facts
has been placed by me in the possession of one of
her Majesty’s Ministers of State, also in that of a
commercial house of the highest standing in London
and with the Athenaeum Club, and the Secretary of
War of the United States, to whom I arn officially
amenable for my conduct as a gentleman and an
officer of the military service. It is painful to be
forced into this act of notoriety, but I am happy to
know that it was none of my seeking.
“I have the honor to be, sir,
“Your obedient servant,
“D. 11. Mahan, Professor, Ate.,
in U. S. Military Academy.'
An Infalliable Recipe.—At this season, when
dysentery becomes very prevalent, the following
means of curing the same, which are within the
reach of every person at almost an hour, will be
useful: — Exchange.
Take one table spoonful of common salt and mix
it with two table spoonsful of vinegar and pour up
on it half a pint of water, either hot or cold, only let
it be taken cool. A wine glass full of this mixture,
in the above proportions ; taken everyj half hour
will be found quite efficacious in curing dysentery.
If the stomach be nauseated, a wine glass full taken
every hour will suffice. For a child, the quantity
should be a teaspoonful of salt and one of vinegar
in a tea cup full of water.
British Fisheries.—lt appears from the an
nual report of the Commissioners of the British
Fisheries, that the returns of the herring fishery for
1855, show both an important and a prosperous
trade. The prices to all classes engaged in the fish
ery have been remunerative, and the markets both
at home and upon the continent, have maintained a
promising appearance. The returns are the third
highest on record. In cured herring, they exceed
by 130,111 barrels the returns of 1854. The rela
tive gross cure of the two years having been—
-1854, gross cure 636,5021 barrels; 1855, 766,7031
barrels.
True Doctrine for Foreigners.—An Irish
man came into the Eagle 6c Enquirer office the
other day, to buy a copy of the paper containing
Fillmore's Letter of Acceptance. Having procured
and read it, he was asked what he thought of it f
He replied—“ Sir, I never meddle with politics,
though I believe the American or ‘Know Nothing
Party to be right in the main. Long ago, I heard
Daniel O'Connely say, ‘Germany for the Germans,
England for the English, America for the Americans,
and old Ireland for the Irish’—and I have never
departed from the true faith then taught me.’ 1
Trot them Out!—lt is said that six out of the
ten Georgia delegates to the late Cincinnati Con
vention voted in favor of the admission of the Softs
of New York into that body against the Hards! If
this be the fact, the public will be pleased U>know
who preferred Pierce Freesoilers to Dickinson
“ Hards " Who were they ?— Citizen.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XX. NO. 81.
Term Del Fuego.
An officer in the United States Navy, in a letter,
t gives the following description of that almost un
, known people, the inhabitants of Terra del Fuego,
the island continent at the Southern extremity of
South America :
The Terra del Fuegians, so called from the coun
try they inhabit, (which in turn derived its name
trom the number of fires seen along the shore by
the first navigators,) made their appearance while
• were at anchor at Boija Bay. Shortly after we
had reached this place a small singular looking ca
noe was seen to leave the shore and make its way
towards our ship, and in a few minutes we were
honored by a visit from two of the Indians, with
their numerous wives, children and dogs. Upon
coming on board the vessel they proved the most
inveterate beggars I ever met with. There was
uothing they saw for which they did not ask; they
begged for themselves, and, if unsuccessful in their
application, for their wives and children. Their
usual demand is for tobacco and biscuit, and, in eu
deayoring to purchase some of their weapons as cu
riosities we found that the former article was the
most prized ; and the next in value were the bright
buttons from our uniforms, (and probably they con
gratulated themselves on finding people simple
enough to give way such splendid ornaments,) aud
then biscuit, old clothes and empty bottles.
The Indians are by far the most degraded und
miserable of all the aboriginal inhabitants of South
America. They are low in statue and of a copper
color; their clothing consisting of a sealskin, wom
with the hair outwards and tied arouud their per
son by means of sinews, is of the very scantiest de
scription ; their food is revolting. They live chief
ly upon muscles aud limpets, and, whenever they
can procure them, eagerly devour seals, sea otters,
porpoises and whale’s flesh, preparing none by lire,
but eating as they cut it from the prey. Iu their
voracity they bear a gi eater resemblance to some
wild animals than to human beiDgs. Their arms
seem to consist solely of bows and arrows and
spears, pointed sometimes with glass and some
times with bone; of these they willing dispose iu
exchange tor their favorite weed. The most no
ticeable things about them are their husketsand
their canoes, both of which manifest some labor and ■
ingenuity in construction. The former ore formed i
of bark and platted grass ; the latter are of bark, <
and put together without a particle ot metal. The ’
side* and bottoms are sewed together by means of i
sinews ; small bars of wood are placed atiiwardships ]
to preserve the shape, and the seams are caulked
with some gummy preparation. They are small i
and light,.so as to be easily paddled about by two f
women. But their skill in making tlie canoes may
be compared to the instinct of animals, for it is not t
improved by experience. We know from Drake l
t hut this, their most ingenious work, has remain- 1
ed the same for the last two hundred and fifty t
yean. t
The laces of the men generally seem devoid of
any intellectual expression, and as they belong to
the k ail admirnri ’ school they express astonishment
at nothing. The women are uetterlooking, and did
not hesitate to exhibit their surprise and amusement.
1 shall never forget the wonder of one of them at
first seeing a looking-glass. She first looked at
herself, then laughed and sought behind for the re
flection ; then looked again, and laying it down on
deck, endeavored to seize tl e image. The hair of
both sexes is worn long, and is almost us coarse as
the mane of a horse; the men have no beards.-
Captain Cook has compared their language to the
sound made by a man clearing his throat ; but, says
Mr. Darwin, certainly no European ever cleared his
throat with so many hoarse, guttural, and clicking
sounds. One word is made to assume a great many
different significations; the same one, for instance,
meaning the Deity, the sun, a ship, a child, a dog,
and an amulet, or charm, generally consisting of a
bit of glass suspehded from the neck. Notwith
standing this singular paupacity of sounds in their
language, they very readily catch tlio pronunciation
ot words, and repent with perfect correctness any
sentence in their hearing, although they caunot
attach any meaning to the words.
Os their domestic arrangements we could learn
but very little. Previously we had found along the
shores tueir wigwams, or rather harbors, consisting
of broken branches of trees stuck in the ground and
covered with leaves and grass. In these miserable
huts, around a small fire built in the middle, they
sleep, coiled upon the wet ground like animals. All
their property they seem to carry about wit h them
in their canoes. Every man has at least two wives,
some of them more; probably each as many as he
requires to take care of him, to paddle his canoe,
and collect his food, for the whole labor devolves
upon the female portion of the community. We
were informed that these savages are never canni
bals unless when driven to it by absolute starvation,
and then they only eat their old women. Upon
having been asked on one occasion why they did
not kill and eat their dogs, of whifch animals they
have great numbers, in preference to their own peo
ple, one of them is said to have given the answer
that dogs was useful in catching otters, but that old
women were good for nothing.
Our visitors remained with us for a long time,
tagging for everything they saw. The sailors
crowded around them, and gave to them, with Jacks
usual liberality, tobacco and old clothes. Os the
former they are extravagantly fond. Indeed in their
anxiety to make the most of the fragrant weed, they
do not emit the smoke at all, retaining it in their
mouths and endeavoring to swallow the whole, so as
apparently to reduce themselves to the very verge
of suffocation. When presented with the clothes
neither men nor women hesitated long to divest
themselves entirely of their already scanty covering
t o assume the dress given them. They were elated
with any [acquisition of the kind, and no dandy,
however faultlessly arrayed, ever seemed more per
fectly satisfied with his appearauce than did these
women when dressed up in cast-off flannel coats
and trousers. The next day they would re appear
in their seal skins, and their new habiliments vanish
ed we never knew whither.
Among our servants were several mulatto boys,
who seemed to attract more of the attention of the
Terra del Fugeans than anything else. Apparently
they could not understand why their hair should
cuil sn lightly while their own was long and straight ,
't hey laughed heartily at the first of our boys whom
they saw, and Tom laughed as well ns them, proba
bly thinking, although he did not express it, “rtra
bienqui rirale dernier .” One cf our men, who
was unable to walk on account of having cut his
foot, next attracted the attention of one of the visit
ors, who signified his ability to cure him, and by
signs asked for a pipe and tobacco. When furnish
ed with these he commenced smoking, at the same
time uttering low grunts ; then, leaning over the
foot, he blew a little smoke upon it, and suddenly
raising his hands he blew a large cloud upwards.—
This was repeated several times, but owing, per
haps, to the little faith reposed by the patient in
this mode of practice, altogether without success.
Life at Newport.—A lady correspondent of the
New York Mirror blows the following bubbles upon
the heuch at Newport:
“This morning I took my first bath in the sea,
and it made the blood tingle from top to toe.—
What a funny scene—a hundred ludies, more or
less, in a costume gayer than the chorus of un Ital
ian opera. To see the belles of the hotels, minus
their hoops and other fixings, nobody would have
known thenq divested of their dmwmg-room con
versationalities, swimming about in white trowsers
and red frocks.
Speaking of hoops, 1 was under the impression
when I made my wardrobe in New York, that the
fashion of inflated skirts had somewhat subsided,
and governed myself accordingly ; but gracious
goodness! such balloons as the ladies oail about in
here, I never saw before. It is a positive fact, that
a lady cannot take a gentleman’s arm for a prome
nade, in consequence of the monstrous bulk of her
skirteoats; and nearer approach is entirely out of the
question. I must confess I don’t like the fashion—
in its excess.
What do you guess was the amusement of the
town last evening? Why,the Circus—Dan Rice’s
Circus. Every body weut—all classes, ages, col
ors and conditions. There was as many as five
thousand people there, all mixed up with the most
democratic indiscrimination—Fifth Avenue belles
sitting on narrow boards, with their dresses un
der their arms, alongside of Irish chambermaids,
and colored persons of all sizes and sexes.
There, that’s all I've got to write about to-day.—
O, no, I forgot to mention the sensation produced
by the arrival this morning of about thirty trunks
belonging to a handsome New York widow—one of
the trunks being about the size of an Irish shanty.
I am so glad, as Pa scolded a little about the trunk
I bought to pack my hoops iu; and called it Noah’s
Ark. But after seeing this huge dry goods ware
house in the hall to day, he promised to laugh at
mine no more.
And now for a drive on the beach, where I saw
yesterday a hundred handsome equipages, with a
dozen or more ladies on horseback, looking as fresh
as Hebe and a* 'fast' as Diana.”
An Indian “Lion” in England.—The Liverpool
correspondent of the Boston Daily Advertiser in a
recent letter, says :
The fushionable world is elate with expectancy ;
foi another Indian Prinee is en route to England,
with a full purse, hosts of attendants, and shawls aim
jewels ad libitum. The distinguished visitor is the
ex-king of Oude, whose object is, if possible, to re
gain possession of his crown, and who thinks he can
obtain its reversion by visiting the Queen and the
House of Parliament. The royal stranger has had
to engage two of the Peninsular and Oriental Com
pany s steamers all to himself, iu order to convey
his family and train, comprising altogether about
600 peopfe, from Calcutta to Suez, ana from Alex
andria to Southampton. He brings with him also
twelve or fourteen wives, an agent, or man Friday,
in the person of Mr. Menzies, of Mirzapore, and a
lawyer. The two last are to get up the case, which,
it seems, will scarcely be ripe before next session.
Meantime the ex-king will form one of the lions of
the metropolis, and every plan will be resorted to to
make a favoaable impression on his behalf. It is
said that Mr. Menzie*s retaining fee is £IO,OOO ;
and people have been wicked enough to whisper
that one or two of the wives of his Majesty have
been already offered (by letter) to the Attorney
General, in order to gain his adherence.
Later from Havana.—A correspondent of the
Charleston Courier writes,from Havana on the
17th instant:
The Captain-General of this Island is now dan
gerously ill from yellow fever. It is difficult to as
certain the true state of his Excellency’s health.
The Archbishop of Cuba, Don Antonio Claret y
Clara, has also had an attack of yellow fever, but
is fast recovering. There is a great deal of this
dreadful disease in this city at the present moment.
The difficulty between Spain and Mexico is un
derstood to have been arranged. Mexico claimed
certain deductions against the debt due to Spain,
which the Minister of the latter having allowed,
Mexico agrees to pay the balance.
Nearly two millions of dollars have been sub
scribed for the proposed railway between Regia
and Matanzas, ana the road will soon be com
menced.
The Shoe Trade. —Our readers probubly have
but little idea of the amount of this business iu the
United States. No doubt the largest portion of the
manufacture is carried on in New England, particu
larly in Massachusetts. We take the following para
graph from a report prepared by Isaac C. Bates,
Secretary of the Board of Trade of Boston, in 1855:
“There were manufactured in this State during
the year ending on the first of June last, according
to official returns, 14.308,302 pairs of boots and
shoes, of the value ot $37,468,355. This amouut,
large as it is, affords nevertheless no accurate
means of judging of the Boston boot and shoe trade,
for while some small manufactures in the western
part of the State, do business with commission
bouses in New York, a much larger amount in
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, is carried on
on Boston account, and together w ith the great bulk
of the manufacture iu Massachusetts, concentrates
aud finds it natural outlet from this city.”
“ Boston is, therefore, the market of the United
States for boots and shoes, aud it may be asserted,
without fear of contradiction, that more q! them are
sold here annually than iu auy other city in the
world.” . . .
“ The value of leather consumed in tins btatc
chiefly in the manufacture of boots and shoes, has
been estimated as high as $20,000,000 aunually."
Landing Cargoes at Quarantine.— The New
York Commissioners of Health have adopted a reso
lution requiring the cargoes of all infected vessels to
be landed at the United States whurf, at Quaran
tine, and stored in the sheds which are theouly
means of shelter provided there. Heretofore, this
season, aud generally t broughout the entire season
in former years, it has been the custom to discharge
the cargoes of infected vessels upon lighters, for
transportation to this city, the ship remained anchor
ed below for certain (Uys. The requirements now
putin force, the Courier says’ are extreme iu their
j character, and will subject merchants trading with
} Southern ports to great expeuse, and to long delay
; in the transaction of their ntininess.
LnyiiiK of (lie Newfoundland Telearrijiliic
We yesterday hn.J tin* pleasure of au iii U-i
with Mr. James Eddy, or the American TVlegixjj,
Company, who was present on board the Eu ;!
steamer Propontis, and Was engaged in laying
telegraphic submarine eabie across the Unit ot S'
Lawrence. He has just returned. YVe are the
enabled to publish the particulars of thin inherev
ing performance, which hitherto ha* been on y
chronicled to the public by a brief telegraphic
despatch.
On the 9th of July, aftr having landed, and
cured the end of the cable to the telegraphic statu*
at Cape Huy, the steamship Propontis weighed flu
chor about two o'clock, and steamed across the
Gulf, passing out the cable at the rale of fS\ e or six
miles per hour, reaching Aspy Bay, Cape Nui
(the other terminus) soon after five o'clock the iu-\*
morning, occupying 15J hours, without the slight,
injury to the cable or kink, or bend of any kin 1
The cable was coiled in the hold with tin* gn at,
lare, in such manner that each successive layer w- 1
*un out from the centre to the circumference* It w n
aot necessary to stop the engine for a moment A-i
the cable passed from the coil, it moved through •
kind of inverted cast iron tunnel, and over two end
non drums, each about feet iu diameter, weight)!
a ton and a half each and over a pully at the stem
of the ship. A register attached to the drum show
°d the exact length of cable paid out, being regula
ted like a gas meter—one dial showing the fathom -
—another the mile* Brakes were count an th
brought to bear on the drums, so that the cable . n
tered the water straight, and a sufficient strain wro
kept upon it to lay it smoothly on the bottom
While it was being laid in the deepest, portion*
the Gulf, some 150 or *2OO fathoms, the cable d
sconded at an angle of about 25 degrees, shown
that its great weight was more than sufficient t
counterbalance the forward movement of the v. -
eel. Communication was kept up constantly be
tween the ship and the shore, while the cable w . <
being laid. After arriving at Cape North, and
while the cables were 1 being secured on shorn, a
temporary telegraph station was lit led up uudei »
tout, and electric communication fully established
between the two shores of the Gulf—a distance oi
eighty-five miles. This gratifying result was n <
nouneed by the tiring of guns from the Prop on ti
and elicited the hearty cheers of all in attendance
The electric fluid had found its way among inei
maids of the deep with the same facility as when
passing between poles in the open atmosphere
The manufacturers of the w ire were responsible tor
its safety until laid iu its bed, and for ten days sub
sequent.
On the 16th of June, another cable was laid from
the same ship, for the same company, across the
Straits of Northumberland, from Cape Tor men tine,
N. 8., to Cape Traverse, Prince Edward’s Island,
a distance ot Id miles, with the same success . and
communication is now complete between P. E. Is
laud and the United States. This last cable is only
a matter of convenience ; the former constitutes an
important link in the great enterprise of connecting
New York with London. The company expect to
have the whole line complete to St. Johns, N. F , n
September next; all that is now wanting being the
completion of a portion of the overland line in Capo
Breton and Newfoundland.
In case of a steamer calling at St. Johns, the nou i
would be received here two or three days sootn-i
than by those that stop at. Halifax.
The cable laid by the Propontis is of the same de
seription with that previously lost, except that the
portion designed for the doepest water was some
what lighter, and had but one conductor, composed
of seven copper wires ; whereas the lormer had
three insulated wires.— Journal of Commerce.
Importance ok Recreation.— I The Hon Ed
wurd Everett used the following language in a re
cent speech:
“The America ns ns a people—at. least, the pro
fessional and mercantile classes have too little con
sidered the importance of healthful, generous re
creation. They have not. learned the lesson con
tained in the very word which teaches tlmt tic*
worn out man is recreated, made over again, by the
seasonable relaxation of the strained faculties The
old world leanied this lesson years ago, and found
that, as the bow always bent will at last breuk, so
the man. forever on the strain of thought and ac
tion, will at last go mad or break down. Thrown
upon a new continent, eagnr to do the work of twen
ty centuries in two, the Anglo-American population
has overworked, and is daily overworking itself.—
From morning tonight—from January to December
—brain and hands, eyes and lingers, the powers ot
the body and the powers of the mqni, are spasmed
ie, merciless activity. There is no lack of a few
tasteless and soulless dissipations which are called
amusements, but noble athletic sports, manly out
door exercises, ai*e too little cultivated in town or
country.”
After perusing the above extract front Mr. Eve
rett’s speech, the professional gentleman, the uuti
ring. merchant, and the laborious artisan and me
cliauic, must feel that to seek rest or a Beeson of ie
creation from his constant toil cannot fail to find and
qualify him for the duties of the approaching busi
ness season. To the conductors of the daily urt-ss
especially must a season of relazation be peculiarly
gratifying. But. how few are permittee! to enjoy
this great blessing. Eor twenty two months have
we been laboring incessantly in our humble capacity
yet we have not absented ourself from busines s
t wenty-four hours. How gratifying it would be to
us to devote a few days to pleasant creation, fit-,,
from the anxieties and toils of a duily lournal' Co
Inmbta Times.
A “Jimmy” per Quart.—We wore somewhat
amused in passing through the Lexington market, a
day or two since, at the reply of a fruit vender to
an interrogatory put to him. A gentleman np
proached Ins stall and asked “what’s the price of
your strawberries ?” “A Jimmy a quart,” was thu
response. “A Jimmy a quoit!” reiterated tin? put
chaser, “why I never heard of a coin by that nanu
—of what value, pray, isit?” “Why ‘/r» cents,' oi,
in other words, a dime!— just the amount that ‘Jim
my’ Buchanan wants poor men to work for pci
day is the price that I charge for my strawberries m
quart.”
At that rate poor men would not be able u> «at
many—“do you think they woultl ?” retorted the
seller. “I am decidedly of your opinion,” rejoined
the gentleman, “and will take three J immy’s worth
“Ali,” said he, ns lie measured out the berries, “it
will take the worth of n dozen Jimmy’s to bear*
“Stop! stop! my friend, your measure is not full.
Fill more. “Fillmore is exactly what l intended
to say.”— flail. Clipper.
Resuscitation of Drowning Persons.—Scs e
rnl of the papers have lately published direct ions lot
the treatment of persons who have been taken in
sensible from the water. These directions arc snid
to be oopied from those of some humane Hociet y.
As far as they go they are well enough, but one im
nurtant direction is omitted, namely, to bend tin*,
nead back while blowing into the mouth or nose.
The shoulders should be raised so iih In allow the
head to fall back by its own weight as far as pou*i
ble, or the upper part of the windpipe, Adam’s np
pie,should be pressed back against the backbone,
during the process of insufflation. If thin bo in
glected the operator will have the satisfaction ot
blowing up the drowned man’s stomach and bow
els, and diminishing the chance of getting air into 1. 1
lungs.— Boston Courier.
“A Goon Time Cowing.”—A Mormon preach, r
at the Great Salt Lake City thinks a good time t
comiDg. He says:
“The day is neur, even at our doors, when the
wise and thoughtful among the great men rich n,. ~
and heavy capitalists, will look to these mountain-s
and to the inhabitants of these peaceful vales tor
safety, not only for themselves, but for their nbuu
dance of riches. They will come, bringing their
riches with them, to secure their own safety, w.i
there will be no safety but among the people of God
and they will say, behold they are united, they urn
strong, they are at peace, they can be depended
upon, they are not bankrupts, they will not cheat
their creditors while they have millions in then
pocket. We will go up there, and we will deposit
our riches in their midst for security, and there a!
we will dwell for there is no safety abroad for us ’
Louisville and Nashville Railroad The
work on this road is progressing. Tlu» Courier of
Saturday notices the arrival of a fluttioat w it L n ,-Ht
go of iron for the road. The Lobannon Ky
says:
Governor Helm, President of the Loumville and
Nashville Railroad Company, was in town last week
We understand that whilst here tic succeeded m
purchasing grounds for the depot, and locating th j
site for the same.
Humanizing Effects of Cleanliness.—A neat,
clean, fresh-aired, sweet,cheerful, well-arranged and
w ell-situated house, exercises a moral as well as a
physical influence over its inmates, and makes tint
members of a family peaceable and considerate ot
the feelings and happiness of each other ; the eon
nection is obvious between the state of mind thua
produced, and habits for others, ami for those highe:
duties and obligations which n<» law can enforce
On the contrary, a filthy, squalid, noxious dwelling,
rendered still more wretcuod by its noisome ait«’
and in which none of the decencies of life can be
observed, contributes to make its unfortunate in
habitants selfish, sensual, and regardlcMs of the ieel
ings id'each other; the constant indulgence ot Much
passions renders them reckless and brutal, and the
transition is natural to propensities uml habits in
compatible with respect for the property of others,
or for the laws.
Poulticing.—Abernethy, the celebrated phyai
cian, was never more displeased than by having a
liatient detail a long a coon lit of troubles. ’A woman
mowing Abeniethy’s love of the laconic, ha\ing
burned her hend, called at his house. Showing him
her baud, she said :
‘ A burn.”
“A poultice,” quietly answered tho learned doc
tor.
The next day she returned, aud said :
“Better.”
“Continue poultices,” replied Dr. A.
Iu a week she made her last call, ami her speech
was lengthened to three words :
“Well—your fee !”
“Nothing,” said the gratified physician “you ara
the most sensible woman 1 ever saw.”
Railroad Accidents.—The late terrible calami
lyonlhe North Pennsylvania Railroad has induced
the press to call on Congress to pasHHouie law s rela
tive to the railroads similar to those passed with re
gard to steamboats. The followdug are the slat istie*
of railroad accidents to the countries named for five
years:
Killed. Wounded. Total
Bclgiuni (pop. 4,000,000;. 7 13 20
England (pop. 27,000,000).. 00 240 .ion
France (pop. 35,000,000; 14 30 U
Germany (pop. 48,000,000;. 2 2 4
In this country one accident alone destroys more
human life than has been lost from similar onus*-* in
France, Germany and Belgium for five years In
Massachusetts for eight years, ending in 1854, there
were 481 persons killed and 280 wounded.
Sport Ahead. —In the Charleston Mercury of
the 23d we read Our neighbors of the
Islands seem bent upon retaining the laurels which
they carried off so triumphantly in the Regatta Inst
fall. Several new boats are in process of comple
tion, and amongst these a very handsome one, the
property ot Mr. Thomas Bailey, of Edisto Island,
whose taste aud judgment in these mutters are un
questioned. .Mr. Bailey’s new boat, which is nearly
finished, is 50 feet long and 2| in width. Her model
is the same as that of ihe race boat Herald, also the
property of Mr. Bailey, which attracted the admit a
tion of all the Regatta of last year. The new boat
has beeu designed and built under the superiu
tendcnce of Mr. Bailey, and, it is thought by
those fumiliar with such matters, to be superior to
the Herald.
Fatal Rail Road Accident.—A young man
named Garrison was killed at Kingston, in this coun
ty, on Saturday last, by falling across the track, be
tween two cars, the train passing over him. He whs
standing upon one of the “bumbers,” ready to
“couple”’ the cars together, and losing his foothold,
fell. —Casxville Standard.
A joint stock company has been organized iu
Paris to facilitate gambling. The Directors state
that having found by experience that Bourse specu
lation on a large scale only can succeed, they are
desirous of extending the associative principle to
small capitalists, clerks, tradesmen, widows, At o.
They represent that during the last five month* they
have distributed among their shareholders the enor
mous dividend of 27 per cent., over and above 2
per cent, for expense# of management. They pro
pose increasing their capital from 4,000,000 f. ro 25,-
Ooo,ooof. by the issue of shares at 250 f each, so that
now is the time—if we believe them—lo realize
great game with no labor or risk.