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HN WM. S. JONES.
CHRONICLE »V SENTINEL.
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FOR SALE.
FOB SALE,
q’lin underpinned, bcuj(( dertroMa of hiring ibr State,
I .. IthAL EftTATK in
!!'<: i< • W :rr-. t t VV irr.-ii • »unty, La., confuting
~i a !>.v ft.i'ru' 71'.H • ; :i-i Lot of about five acres of
r. i . iu'l Lot. Tools Machine,
I, . . 5. a. •..•'fi-tlier with &U bin Unbilled
I. ~m r, t A-.ity thousand dollar worth of
«. .. ..4 {■.■ -,-y ■: ; ,:d of, at good prices, at this
" . e, are respectfully invited
r ■ ' - ... ... Vi ■. m .any lime. to suit the pur-
OKOKc.K L. BOBIJKO.
W«rr**n*oii, fist. J mm-A. Jj«7-wtf
(1 n 5 W -of tuy I,A :R)iH and PLANTATION on the
j < r so; ae. It lie* -Jl mile* north
~• ,\ ; , ~|.t oi i :,)• onth of the Ho*well CottOD
:r- .. *. O. M.d lioKalh *■ <>ihi?i> ;j., containing
■ •' I - ■■ ive! ’There i.p a good Frame
§ > . • - at, 1• *! *.*-.• ■ .... ■ ... iftiiMitifp, with line Or
il, t : -.1 /Vf.jii.'. i'i < . i l Che.rrie . a rir»t Cotton
1.. :»ji'l 'I i:V'. ; a perry i- immediately »a the
.a: ita » t’ppei Georgia. F»»r fur
f v«|iV'-iJ ii- . i* yen: -River PLANTATION,
4 , j. , i■: (> i:i ii.u (in., in Harbour
i » .1 v i;..r ‘Oi tin CiifU!niiooclicKt river, contain*
, , , joo i.i .i tin" tale of cultivation and
r t , |lA i A • 1 W ater Gin and Ferry aero** the
. Tin .< •• will be for -ale at any
i . - . «n it par
.J,» . . i i... if j IvIATTHEW AVLRLTT.
• . j
T‘*.v :
, Va«u. V. I i v I .'..1 . Ua.. containing 317
•... .*- :.J. .I Ist qn.aiiiy oak and hickory
•y f . . . !V. .. •. r-.h ; t*ome lbo acres
■: V. . w.l ; 1. tlu remainder generally
bl Lime
. ■ .. in effective water
■ .-.v r ....!, .1 ... , ' . . .1 'many well selected
.... ~. 1 n arge and coromodl
.;i •*.. . ..... . .ii sh ... . . -mhim - the elements
id I .i'i; s , f.-rt.i,: .„m • -i.e-ie-f .; •* ■. ;i 1 tllfullie- tO ail
• .it '.•!•'• m .-.-r •*,nailed iul.hu COtHIU V. But
-om. , andi:. character, focation
- .1. .our. : ' ;.ii hardly fail to satisfy you
1.. »t it ii a No. lam , not 'ibjeci to the tite tnations
VV. ii. COWDREY.
Cave Springy July 10, jyl.Twtf
POWELTON MILLS FOB SALE.
I ; •
•sr .. . Tr Mill- '• itr. . 1 ... the Ogcechoc River,
one anil « half miles livm P vMMton, on the road to Cum
filing •. I WsshnigMu-.h- 1. C p« -lUg'iaily—l .as four
set-of ntiiucr*, two wheat and 'wo aorn. Tlu Flour
Mill hasjiui been < .•mpUreil am-.. The com ustom
wlil i ••• <t that "t a.» v two Mills on »ho river, mid the
wh. t custom will e«,uai an , .... The bouse in »o situ
at. Ia « to remain in n and • e the Saw and Grist Mills in
I I .* I * ... i II:-v . uii.tv. along the 0 t ,.-c.-her
i iv. and P..u -i' - -i I'hi- Luiid contains 73-i acres,
mure . I *viJi equal an land in the county in
or oil •
V ini/ . w . 1 and fee for them, elves. The
h titl id In hi ut WeU of water In
betU furnished With
, . . 4 Li. . i.'01.l MlJlhS F. SHIVERS.
FORMAN'S IRON PLOW-STOOK.
.i. i ;uc.l, liavtut' pu.. iiahc-dthe patentr*ght
i ~.. , 4 -• v.-ihiabl. an i PLOW fur the
in \ ..i R.. n.uo 1, Colruihi Lincoln, llurke, Jeffer
-1.. VV» ■ ' .»<«.»..•! Ka.i.ima;, are prepared to
urui.-ls it t . i -m 1 1:. m.-.iiufacturer’s price. This
. I. >t wrought iron, is a South
, ~ . ..I • . ally tested to prove
• , it nic ; ■ -tea.lily, breaks and pulverizes the soil
,i • j1,,.i . ■ le- • t rough laud, is more easily
id; .sled ... .i er shallow plowing, holds the shares
u,,. i,. ii v. iu. o.n j *ar >ly longer, and is, iu the
• Thii
, . •
, \'. ■■■ ha % e j m.
a . atuin/r »onn of tb*secertificates
. tbs i’iai!. to an)
„ * a to see them. We arc willing to
•lowa fair 1
x 345, the ed
■ re. V K : V! . ; this PK.vr a fair
. ; j > i i • t say, .Lat vro regard it as
• • anon
• l-'ur general efticien
ijfiK'ial adaptation to deep
that surpasses
dural : . it is
, with which we are faml*
•.•..'ist the careless ami des
i . and we d -.bt not
• peon
-8
- ihares < r points
.eh a planter v. Ui need
thv '• ; . d the year. These shares
n i; i„ .. ,* . when desired; though
. them after oium eelng
jj K - l ii .• 't or f**r Plantation*, will
i,. ~|,i .... .. ■ . .u«. Apply at tho 11 n ilwaie
y.: ,r— ... or i -. I. C 3. FIT TEN & 00.
Augusta, Oft.
£4O REWARD.
1> W%. i. ... .• a' rriinTon 4th May, a Negro
V Maii ■ • ' i Nil YON, about 45 year* old,
ttvi.M-a- - . s high. >v<>, LS !»inR about 105 or
17P p, H ’« isj'..oU ' -‘.vii iirK.- \\U wuvto Tennessee,
i
i■ . And
v. Vm .it.i i■ ' wn.'. : * •*. lie lias In company
with l.i.M •• Nrvr... »M‘h.n«it»g to \V. W. Simpson,
U . u ,„.,l t\ •. V. ..V,’ V\ ..hi ah..-it 5 foot i> or 10
i, . ’ .. : .rh . i• ;. ’ ..r HO IN*.. both dark coin
i.! ! J’y. v'<> .• in . on near Lexington, Ogle
thorpe "
. . Ik owuei
xv ■ w * put them in s-?.u aato
:o . \ :• for either
, - . \\ vMUNUTON H*. BRANTI EY,
>\ ’A siMi’SON.
, Ga
.. K i . . our itinea aud forward
nt ’ouui to •!. - odi. o i. t payment. my 21
$25 REWARD.
I WILL m tor the apprehension and
. > :>t in u»i my boy HARRY. Should he
beta ; \ ugaata, and the person
taking I I 1 « I «iB paj in ad
.1 • . . - . the n!S .ii v expense?' attending
,i ,n> .Marino a n't rate Brick layer and
jvn.l w.-ig’j p '. . .p.uto'- lie is ge mg abut the
...mu •v. ki’.„ ' . a- ••net without any an*
lek• Ho claim*^
M... s.'yiey'-'raotory 1 have heard es hi- be ng in
W I
°'s wf 1 JOl NIL FITTBN, Augusta, Ga.
$lO REWARD !
BULKS fio.ii t' o> . tscriber, ou the night ofthe4tb
tu. ..a.; i■' o .’o ; ROCKET-BOOK, con
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and M
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which J
ftl« paper*,
ire her* j cautioned
! 'ANMI.!A
February KL KS.VL
S3O REWARD.
{) \\.UV\Y, from :’*«■> subscriber, residing m Put
-1 ... mt . •: . y•! la August last my Negro
Man FRANK He iswbou 15 y* u • old, fi*e feet ten in
oka high, of um■■limn sizo, hu h Slight iutpedunent in hi
..peevti. and UAH 10-. the -._Tt ,»:»*• eve He was raised
:n Vuguiia. aud ha« hem m Georgia about two years
Hie above reward w .11 be paid for bis delivery to me
r ja'.\^wtf a 1 * JOHN A HARRIS.
The Southern Recorder will publish till forbid, and for
ward a. vaunt to thi- office for payment.
S2O REWARD.
IWI I.L pay the above reward *or the apprehension
and delivery to me. or the i«-dgement iu any safe jail
in Georgia o js'. uth Carolina s » that l can get nim. of a
Negro .Man u.-. WILLI \M lie is a Shoe and Boot
Maker . crippb-d :n his right leg :is about 5 feet 4or 6
iuchesh’ in talking ; >»fdark complexion;
eaa rv.ui ."id w rite, and may have a pass oihis own
w r ing i-. father lives . t>r.» geburg. and his mother
.n sin . ILn 1 purem. oitm. f.-muGnvu A lb Idsom
ba,;. JOHN F SI TTON.
nn Ui w ;f Ha' svdie. (ia
THE FAST TROTTING STALLION.
t WYiC. d t , i i n. arrived, per steamer
s.u«.he -. « a R; «iT plantation, four
miles from V. . . th. ''.a ,‘iniah Road, and will bo
lei to Mart - at'the rate • crO the season, with the privi-
U-ge of pu::.i -» fivtu >ea" n to season until the Mare
proves with foal, or parted with
>t Law i. n. i' aOv a it.ful bay. with black legs, mane
sad tad e'u •:> I inch high ; seven years old. with
good\ma« a.-dwo i pix.port.ened : weighs i:m pounds.
Wo Ik Ii ' : - h. fastest trott agSialhou on the
Aa.ori ,-u coma, at, a..d. w lliug to back our judgment,
will tuatcii hiiu against aav ...> -n for diOOO a side to
b > to. wagons, over Lat .a Ue Course.
it o. - , w;— he re,: w . '.. g Uv>r<v\ >t. Law
rence, w-u. . - the best m tting horse of his day having,
i i iw ■ . - ,x; • a the celebrated Jack Ross iter,
•.nd othcr> >, va < the ia>t uvttuag Mare, Dutch
M> li—-he by
I'm p ,n."„ r- luivirgt. lined a .Stock Company, tor
the purpo-t of iiu.»r**\ Southern Stock, and one of
th« '. ti.e > .the Northern and Eastern
Slates and po.-Mou-o-ih.- Hrui-h provinces. Instructed
t<» buy the s :-• mid - Tivtt. U g Stali.c-n that could
; v V‘:Vm .•. y _ e. . :h -'V ■" ’ k Horse'
' 's ‘ l! ■■■*<*
By wav of encouraging Plan tors to take care of their
t w e offer -he t\ low n- lYem ums : For ih,. best
Colt, six ni.mu - . :i Pdchi r, valued at ssu; sec.-ad
best, a Cap valued at sia
Govni pasture- gratk-. r all Mares from a distance, and
gram fed. if dc«irx>d, ou nwnb'iate terms.
A WILSON. }
J L». MATHEWS, i THvMvr-e, rs
1 HEfKLE. f Proprsetors.
C. A BED, J
Augusta. August 25. IS-Vi.
£ The v'f U't:'.;..ui..st. K ’ rtold Advertiser, Sa
vanuaii Republican. >< utlnuu t.u.:,vau.r. A.G.Summer's
Cultivator. S C.. will please give tour insertions in
weekly and forward bills e* J. I V .Mathew.- A Co.
a.u'2'>-w 1m
AUGUSTA WORKS, AUGUSTA. GA !
f I 1 II L I’N 14> HD, having purchased the ex-
I teusiv. MACH INF SIIoPs. FOI'XHRY anti CAR
SHOP, w i' ‘ ai! the mav l mery atia« he<ito the same, here
tofore belonging t»* the Company known as the “Augusta
Machine Works,” are now prepared to execute orders
for CASTINGS, MILL GEARING. GIN GEARING,
MINING MACHINERY, STEAM ENGINES and
BOILERS, SAY* MILLS, complete : SHAFTING aud
PI LLEVS. RAILKOAD C AKS and IRONS, STEAM
BOAT MACHINERY, ami every description of work
usually made m 7irst-cia.-» Machine Shops, of Iron. Brans
or Wood. Orders tor work, not specially contracted for,
must be accompanied w ith cash deposit of 50 per cent
ou H e supposed value of the work ordered, and tue re
mainder pa. 1 on delivery of the work. Address all let
ters on buMue&s to * L. HOPKINS A CO.
PROPRIETORS:
Hfcsar H. Cummins, j Gko. W. .Summers,
,v. M. d antionac, j Robert Y. Harris,
eep'H)-d&wdm Lamhkth Hopkins.
CO V%' I'EA.w. —lux) bu.sheU in store, on consignmeu
and for sale by fmyle M. W WOODRUFF.
vLljronicie
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Far the Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
>lr. Jenkins and .1 urine Niwbet.
Mr. Editob ; The two distinguished gentlemen
whose names appear above—both Old Line Union
\\ bigs—have recently and almost simultaneously an
nounced their determination to vote for Mr. Buchan
an at the approaching Presidential election. It is f?ap
po*<*d by some that tiiis announcement will have*a
most decisive effect on the vote in Georgia, and prove
unfavorable to Mr. Fiilmore. From the high position
of these gcrit.leim.-n, such might and no doubt would
liave been the effect of their extraordinary conduct,
if they bad withheld from the public their reasons.
But these reasons *:re such that they would have
conducted ail other men of sense to a directly oppo
site conclusion—so we think here in Perry and so
we shall act.
Indeed the condition of the country
every true American with greater enthusiasm for
Fillmore, the Union and the Cons tit u ton, and such
is really the effect here. That the country is threat
ened with disunion and civil war, is admitted by all.
Mr. Jenkins in his letter says that the Democratic
party “with its unnumbered sins upon its hoary
head, and prominent among these in my (his; humble
opinion, is that of haring brought our present trou
bles upon us. 1 ' And yet Mr. Jenkins, so much ad
mired and beloved by many, and by none more than
myself, has decided Ui aid in keeping this party iu
power, with “all its unnumbered sins upon its hoary
head,” and notwithstanding “it lias brought our
present troubles upon us.” My God, the man must
be demented, or this must be my condition and the
condition of many that I have heard speak of his
extraordinary position.
I believe every word that Mr. Jenkins has uttered
about the Democratic party, and that the distresses
and alarming condition of the country have been
brought about by its ignorance and i s corrupt mis
rule ; and, thus thinking, I certainly can never give
my aid to continue such a party in power. Has it
come to this that we must look to and depend on
those who have brought the country to the brink of
ruin.
If a man had maliciously or even ignorantly set
my house on fire do you think I or any sensible man
would send him to put out the flames ? Instead of
so acting I would send the man who had once before
extinguished the fire and saved the house uoj my
wife and children. I would send the man of proven
trust and undoubted fidelity und skill. Well, on a
forintr memorable occasion the country was in did*
tress and threatened with disunion brought on by
the misrule of this same Democratic party—fortu
nately Mr. Fillmore was placed at the helm of
State—his wisdom, hid firmness, hid national patriot
ism were equal to the task and he thus saved the
distracted country and restored it to quietude end
contentment—giving constitutional protection to
all and attending to the rights of all, und when his
term of service closed he left the people prosperous
and liuppy.
The country is brought to a worse condition now
than il was when he formerly took charge of it; and
Mr. Fill lore is willing for the country's good to
take upon himself again the administration of the
government—to try if he can once more stop the
strife, and arrest the threats of disunion and the
destruction of the Republic. Mr. Jenkins and
Judge Nisbet cannot trust him—the noble Fill
more “the Washington like President”—they, to
save the country, prefer to rely upon the party who
has brought it to the verge of ruin. Most extraor
dinary conduct this I The ship of State is sinking,
and instead of calling on a skillful und trust-worthy
pilot they call ou the men who either from ignorance
or carelessness have let the ship drift on the rocks.
What inconceivable folly is this, what madness ; and
yet Messrs. Jenkins and Nisbet are not only about
to act thus but are counselling others to do like
wise.
But one excuse, perhaps the chief one, is that “ Fill
more can't be elected." This is only a rehash of the*
old story—the old song of the Democrats and Abo
litionists—because they know ho is in their way and
they dread him more than they do one another. I
grieve to see these gentlemen join in this poor cho
rus. They perhaps would prefer Mr. Fillmore, but
"he cant be elected." This is wrong. They and
all others should vote as conscience and truth dic
tate, and leave the result to God, and he would, I
sincerely believe, take care t at right should pre
vail. But how do they know—how do we know—
ho can’t bo elected, and how shall we know unless
we put it fairly to the test? 1 shall test the tiling
by trying to increase his strength, and that is the
only true way. He certainly never can be elected
unless his friends vote for him—but if they do so,
he can and will be elected ; for he has, as he de
serves to have, the confidence, and not only the con
fidence but the affections of the people, and if not
discouraged by the feouie und vacillating, they will
elect him I verily believe.
“i can’t” never Accomplished anythin#. “I can
and I will,” can accomplish everythin# possible to
be accomplished—and it is possible, altogether pos
sible to elect Mr. ore. Let us try at least.—
What would be thought of a company of soldiers,
who, upon going into battle and coming in sight of
tho enemy, were to conclude that they were too
numerous, and would, without firing a gun, lay
down their arms and take no part in the battle.—
This would certainly be bad, very bad. But what
would be thought of that company of soldiers who,
upon the mere supposition that their foes were too
numerous, should go over into the enemy’s ranks
and tight, absolutely ii?lit, against their friends and
i ountry. And yet Messrs. Jenkins and Nisbet have
acted thus. I cannot agree with them, aud I can
not and will not net with them.
What will the 7th and Bth Congressional Districts
do in this contest? Will they still fight for those 44
Northern men that Stephens and Toombs once
thought, or once told them they thought, were faith
ful to the South, but who are now mostly lighting in
the Fremont ranks, or will they, undismayed, take
tip arms for Fillmore and the Union ? Gen. Lane,
one of the true 44, as Stephens and Toombs en
dorsed them to be, is now showing his faithfulness
to the South by being at the head of tho Abolition
army in Kansas, and shooting and cutting the
throats of our Southern friends. If this state of
things be not speedily stopped, civil war will soon
rage over the whole country. As the only remedy,
1* us rally every where around Fillmore, and thus
avert the *t hreateued calami tu sto the country. Be
tore God, I believe it is the best course we can pur
sue. Laurens.
For the Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
Political Dexterity.
Mr. Editor : —Will you please give me a little
space in your columns, and byway of taking up as
little room as possible, I will come to the point. I
will say at the start that I am an ignorant sort of a
man, aud don’t profess to know a great deal, and
what little I do know I can’t think of it at a proper
time ; but however, I will give a few thoughts—if
they are worth any thing be it so; if not, Ijhope no
harm is done, lu the first place, I would ask the
attention of the honest, good-meaning voters of
Georgia, either Whigs or Democrats, to the course
of two of our distinguished men—l mean Messrs.
Toombs and Stephens—tor the last, l may say five
years. In 1851 they came home from Washington
City, and nothing would do but the Whig party
must join with such of the Democracy as would go
with them, and have a Union Convention and nomi
nate Howell Cobb f.r Governor. Well, it was
done, and he was elected ; and in doing that, what
else was done ? Why, a large majority of Demo
crats were elected in the Legislature. Well, you
see, Mr. Toombs helped to tickle Mr. Cobb iuto the
Gubernatorial chair, and Mr. Cobb takes the oath
of office, and turns to work in a DemocraticJLegis
•;iture and helps to tickle Air. Toombs, thenja strong
Whig, into the United States Senate. But it may
be said, what has Mr. Stephens got by it ? Why
his mess is no doubt on a higher shelf : he is hang
ing on in the same trail, aud by the by you recollect
that Howell came to Alex's assistance last year in
the Eighth district, which was byway of tickling
him for past favors. Now. what I ask you to do is.
to mark their course from the eleetion of Cobb for
Governor to the present time—sometimes denounc
ing the Democratic party as rotten and unsound,
then again the only true National party, and al
ways managing to bo on the strong side.]
Now, Mr. Editor, if I know the meaning of the
word demagogue, I am obliged to put these men
down in that class, but finally, if they had gone
along themselves, it would not have been so bad :
but I consider that they have sold a few of the old
lino Whigs to the Democratic party, and that with
out even consulting their feelings about it. It may
be asked, what did they get for them? Why, they
turned them over to the Democracy, and for which
they (Toombs aud Stephens are to be retained and
promoted hereafter. Now. I can’t help but feel
right sorry for these old line Whigs. Many of them
wanted to go with the American party, but Toombs
aud Stephens told them there was a booger there .
so they determined to follow them. They said, wt
will go it blind, and the first thing they’ knew they
pitched them right into the (not the Anti-Know
Nothing party as it was then termed, but the)
Democratic party. Well, a great many of them,
like men, have virtually declared their indepen
dence—said they’ were not to be sold, and have
come out tor Fillmore. This is what I admire in
men, when they see they are led astray by talented
maneuvering men, to retrace their steps and take a
new start.
Now,these demagogues, if I maybe allowed to
call them so) remind me very much of a Jack leg
blacksmith, «ho has to take several heats to weld
his iron : they find their sales don’t stick, and they
have Hooded the country* with their Democratic
documents. They have sent them even to boys
eighteen years of age. up to the sires of four-score
years, and su .i an trn- wues don’t stick. Well, what
next l \\ ny our Doct \\ illm-ham call. Charley J.
Jenkms up to the forge, no doubt thinks be can take
• a proper welding heat. He comes cut now in a
L great big long soft two-sided letter, praising and
| commending the principles of the American partv
denouncing the principles of the Democratic partv’
aud finally says that Fillmore stands no chance*,
i consequently he must vote for Buchanan ; but does
i not, in so doing, stand or him<elf hold commit
ted to the Democratic party. Well, Charley has
not, from same cause, taken a good heat ; it may
be that it is because he is in a new shop ; he has
not only not welded things, but he has broken the
iron iu anew place. The Democrats here are cursing
and abusing his letter, and some won't show it. Well,
Mr. Editor, what does all this mean ? I tell you what
I think. It means that their position shall be such
that, wherever the strongest party may be hereafter,
they cau fall in and say. come on boys, shove us
along, we 11 go ahead and gather the spoils.
I will give a few more ideas when I think of
them Put.
For the Chronicle 4' Sentinel.
The Tournament at C'otooon Springs.
Cotoosa Springs, Sc-pt. 15,1856.
I Mr. Editor; —Having been at Cotoosa during
! the late tournament, and haring seen no account of
! it in any of your papers I have thought it was only
! due to the successful knight, who is a resident of
! your city, to describe ‘* how and for whom he bat
s tied and won.” Your readers are of course aware,
j that this tournament was Dot after the fashion of those
| of the olden time, for the knights tilted at a ring, in
; stead of charging each other, but a great degree of
! rtkill was requisite, both in horsemanship and with
the lance to do so successfully.
Col. McQ., of Florida, was Marshal of the day, as
-isted by Mr. A. P. of Geo., and Mr. N. of Mississip*
pi, as judges. There were six knights in the field.—
First came Dr. B. of Louisville, the Biue Knight,
who was the champion of Miss P. of Alabama.—
Next came Mr. E. of Augusta, who was the Knight
of the Lone Star, and who was for Miss B. of Sa
vannah. Next came Dr. G. of Alabama, the Knight
of the Garter, who was the champion of Miss B. of
Augusta. Next was Mr. L. of Huntsville, the
Knight of Costa liica, who entered the list for Miss
Z. of Nashville. Then Mr. J. of Kansas, the Kan
ras Kuight, who was the champion of MioS T. of
Macon. Then Mr. S. of Savannah, the Blue Knight
of Christendom, who was for Miss B. of Sparta.—
Lastly, the Disinherited Knight, Mr. T. of Thomas
ville. I did not learn for whom he was doing battle,
but am very sure that any lady would have been
proud to claim him as her Knight, for I never saw
a finer picture than he presented, as he rode back
with his head uncovered from his unsuccessful tilt.
Each kuight had five tilts at the ring with more or
less success, but the victorious kuight w*« Mr. E.
of your city, who, with perfect ease, took a ring at
each attempt. Indeed, before the tournament be
t;an, there was but one opinion as to Ids success,
for iu every provious practising, ho had been the
victor, andall the knights themseir&i gained, with
knightly courtesy, to award him the prize before
hand, and it is only doing justice, I think, to the
other ladies who were present, to say that since their
own kuighU were unsuccessful in winning for them
the crown of Love and Beauty, they ty-re all glad
that it had fallen to the lot of one who so well de
served it, and who, being in mourning, had not par
ticipated in the gaitiea of the season at all. At
eight o’clock in the evening, the coronation took
place, and the Miss 8., of Savannah, accom
panied by her maids of honor, ascended to the throne.
These look rank according to the prizes which had
been won by their several knights, and were first,
Mias 8., of Sparta ; next. Miss B. of Augusta; next,
iliaa Z , of Nashville; then Miss G\, of Alabama—
each lady escorted by her chosen knight. The ora
tor of the knight, was Mr. J. C., of Augusta, who,
alter a short, but very happy and appropriate
speech, presented the crown tu Air. K-, who, kneel
ing, placed it upon the brow of the Queen, and thus
ended the coronation.
The fancy ball opened immediately, and the ladies
in costume were presented by Mr. G\, of Augusta,
with some sentiment appropriate to each. Mrs. \V.
of South Carolina, as Mary Queen of Scotts, looked
every inch a Queen; her dress was black velvet,
studded with pearls. Mrs 8., of Savannah, as the
Goddess of Libprty, appeared in a magnificent white
satin robe, edged with gold l/Jfie, and covered with
golden spangles. Mrs. L., of Alabama, was the
Evening Star, in a blue dress of light texture, cover
ed with silver spangles, and with a veil to match.
Miws 8., of Augusta, was the Fairy Queen, in a
white dress of gossamer texture, covered with silver
spangles, and with a crown and veil to correspond.
Miss C., of Alabama, as the Morning Star, wore a
dress of pink crape, dotted with silver stars, and a
veil to correspond. Amongst the gentleman, we
noticed Mr. 8., of Savannah, as Mucbetli ; Mr. L.,
of Huntsville, as Romeo ; Mr. T., of Tiiomasville,
as Ravenswood; Mr. S., of Mississippi, appeared in
two characters—first as Shylock and then as Gene
ro. Air. E, of Augusta, appeared as Charles II;
Mr. A. P., of Greensboro,’ as Hamlet; Mr. 8., of
Alabama, os Claude Melnotte ; Mr, J., of Kansas as
Paul Pry, and Air, K., of Savannah, os a Jester,
and several others, whose characters I do not re
member
Although there were not a great number of per
sons in fancy costume, yet the ball went off very
pleasantly and successfully, and will long be remem
bered with pleasure by all who were present. Co
toosa has had the finest run this season that it has
ever had, so the proprietors say, and I am sure I
can testify to the attractive and agreeable company
that I have met here, for there were none ot the
cliques that you so often meet with at watering
places, but all seemed to contribute their fund to
the general amusement. VV.
For the Chr nicle «.$* Sentinel.
Shall ilie Union Continue.
'l'his is the question which has to be decided by
this Presidential contest —this is the true issue—
blink it, as politicians may, hide it as much as pos
sible, under the smoke of Kansas battles, or the
dust raised by the destruction of the Missouri Com
promise, the Gorgon head of disunion is still visible.
Fremonters and Buchanan men both are for it, and
the only candidate in the field whom a Union man
can consistently vote for, is the patriot Fillmore. —
What can be more significant than the dialogue be
tween Toombs and Seward in the Senate ? “The
day of compromises is past!” says the Freesoil lead
er, “I am glad of it!” says the Buckite, and upon
that they felicitate eaoh other. If the day of com
promises is past, then is our government, born and
nurtured in compromise, near its end—then is our
Constitution, the creature of compromise, a dead
letter ?
Some of the most prominent of the Buchanan
leaders in Georgia (others, not so bold, hide their
sentiments,) openly avow themselves in favor of
immediate, disunion. When asked if it can possibly
take place peaceably, they not hesitate to an
swer—No, there must be war !
Why should the South secede from the Union or
combine with Northern fanatics to destroy it, and
thus bring upon us civil war and consequent evils,
so dire that fathers shal wish their children never
Lad been born. Is it at all probable that the Missouri
Compromise will bo re established when there is not
a party in the United States which advocates its
restoration ? Fremont’s supporters themselves,
gave the proposition to restore it very sorry sup
port in Congress, for they saw that it was grossly
inconsistent with their platform—“No more slave
States.” Will the lenders of the Freesoilish Demo
cracy restore it, when they declare it the “best abo
lition measure ever passed?” Will the American
party, when they have solemnly pledged themselves
against any farther agitation of the slavery question,
knowing too, that its restoration would fan the
flames agitatiod into ten-fold fury. In spite of the
dictum of Mr. Jenkins, every reading man knows
that no body of men exists in the United States, as
a party, in favor of its restoration.
Why then should the Union bo destroyed ?
Shall it be on account of the election of Fremont,
an event which may Heven avert, but which many
good judges think to be impossible ? Is our Union
become so weak since the election of Pierce, that it
can be shattered to atoms by the election of an
other unworthy man—is the constitutional and legal
election of any man, however objectionable, a suf
fleient reason for civil war ? Would it not be bet
ter to wait for some overt act, some flagrant en
croachmei t on our rights, before proceeding to the
last resort I
What are the wrongs the South has now to
complain of? In every contest between her and
the North, has she not come off victorious ? Think
of every question in which any thing like a section
al contest has arisen, and has she not conquered or
maintained her own ? To say nothing of the Bank
and Tariff questions, were we not told by these very
Buchanan men who now are advocating disunion,
that the South got her full share in the compromise
of 1850 ? Which section do they say got the advan
tage by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise ? If
they told us the truth, what reasons have they now
for dissolving the Union I Are we not maintaining
ourselves in Kansas ? Has the Georgia Platform
been violated in any particular ?
Union men of 1850, where are now the majority
of the disuuionists you opposed then ? Look for
them in the Buchanan ranks ! And are you going
to be cheated by the swelling declamation of some
about wrongs you have not Felt, or by hypocritical
professions by others of love to the Union, into
helping those who had “rather rule in hell than
serve in Heaven” in their seltish schemes of per
sonal agraudizement ? Beware of the blade of
Joab. An Old Union Man.
For the Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
Raysvii.ee, Ga., Sept. 13, 155fi.
At a meeting of the Fillmore and Douelson Club,
this evening, the following delegates were appointed
to attend the American Mass Meeting at Atlanta,
on Thursday, Oct. 2d i
F. M. Fuller, Dr. Ben. Bentley,
H. O. Williams, John Bentley, Jr.
Dr. W. A. L. Collins, John Collins,
J. J. Pounds, J. L. Paschal,
J. B. Neal, A. J. Tully,
R. S. Neal, K. Avery,
A. G. Dozier, J. M. Taukersly,
W. H. Dozier. Geo. T. Dunn,
Focion Ramsey, F. Smalley,
A. W Fawcett. H. S. Patdlo,
J. A. Fawcett, Reuben Winfrey 4
E. S. Harrison, W. W. Shields,
Dr. J. S. Hamilton, E. A. Shields,
B. H. Bnxunhead, Joel Darsey,
J. C. Lambert, J. S. Shields,
J. C. Talbut, A. B. Taukersley,
Moses Jones, J. A. Collins,
J. J. Stallings, W. B. Tankersley,
V. M. Barnes, D. Paschal, Sr.,
Tbos. 11. Wheat, B. G. Paschal.
A MeCorkle, W. T. Paschall,
H. McCork.e, Jacob Reed,
C. Albea, W. F. Orr,
M. Albea, Geo. M. Reed,
dere. Paschall, R. A. Carter,
B. B. Moore, A. J. Paschal,
B. F. Tatom, H. E. Paschal,
d. 11. Tatom, M. Beard,
J. M. Dill, E. S. Poes.
P. C. Dill, S. Booker,
D. Paschall, Jr., J. Booker,
John Bentley, George Poss,
Wm. Bentlev, L. Richardson,
E. P. Bonner, Daniel Marshall,
W. Arnold, Thos. J. Booker,
E M. Booker, B. Bird,
Albiu Allen, C. H. Bussey,
Thos J. Patillo.
Capt. C. H. CcssET, Chairman.
Thos. H Wheat, sec.
Delegates to the National Whig Conven
tion.—The Baltimore A mertcan. of Tuesday, has the
following:
Among the Delegates that have arrived in the city
is the Hon. Francis Gianger, an Old Lane Whig, un
changed and unchangeable. He is in excellent
health and fine spirits, and reports the empire State
assure for its “favorite son.” Millard Fillmore.
There is also quite a large delegation here from
Tennessee, who are stopping at the Eutaw House.
They wont admit that there is even a “ghost of a
chance” for Buchanan in that State.
Nine of the delegates from Georgia have also ar
rived. and represents the prospects of Mr. Fillmore
in that State as most cheering—expressing great
confidence that he wiil receive the electoral vote.—
The weakness of Mr. Buchanan at the North as
evidenced by the result in Maine. lowa, and Arkan
sas. is bringing conviction totbcUoulh that Mr. Fill
more. the National candidate will be the ouly real
opponent of Fremont in New York. Pennsylvania,
and New Jersey, and that his friends must be cheer
ed by Southern’support to enable them to keep the
electoral voteof those States out of the hands of Fre
mont.
Death or Lindpaintek. —A letter, dated Stutt
gart, August 22, in the Augsburg Gazette, states
that Linapainter died at Nonnenhorn, on the lake of
Constance, on the 21st inst.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER -24, 1856.
L.« iler lroin hu Adopted Citizen.
The Columbus 'Enquirer publishes the following
high toned letter of P. H. Mills Esq., of Terrell
county. Mr. Mills, who is an Irishman by birth,
has been censured for presiding at a Fillmore
meeting. He nobly defends himself from the assaults
of the and most ably sustains his asser
tion that “no Southern man can vote for the nomi
nee of the Cincinnati Convention and do the South
j ustice.
Dawson, Terrell Co., Ga., Sept. 6,1856.
Mr. Ragland: Siu—l noticed a few days ago,in
the Times tc Sentinel, a communication without
any signature, giving an account of our mass rati
fication meeting of the American party on the 7th
of August last, and also a notice of the grand rally
of the anti-Americans of the llthofthe same month.
Suffice it to say, sir, that tiie friend- of American
principles, of young Terrell, feel proud of that meet
ing and of that day. It was a glorious triumph of
the American cause, and of American principles.—
It ehowed the anties that there is truth, power and
virtue in the proposition that “Americans shall rule
America.” The anti-American meeting of the 11th
was a perfect farce, a signal failure. Yes, and it
ever ought to be, in this county, and in this coun
try. The conservative men of all parties are rising
up in their strength and jn their majesty, and are
enlisting, and will still enlist, in the service of their
country —in saving this glorious Union of ours from
ah the fearful consequences of disunion and anar
chy—from all the pestilential influences of the pres
ent Administration, and tiie blighting, pestiferous
t jr -ath of Northern aggression.
But, sir, to the object I had in .view in'addressing
you this communication. In the article in the Times
&, Sentinel, above alluded to, the writer, in speak
ing of myself as chairman of that meeting, takes the
privilege of saying that “he supposed, m common
with the balance ot my party, 1 had taken the oath
to disfranchise my kindred; ’ and that it was ex
pected of me on that occasion to come down from
the stand, after hearing Mr. Crawford's remarks in
reference to foreigners and foreign luliaence in this
country, “ being a son of the Emerald Isle myself.”
Now, sir, all that 1 have to say in n ply to that arti
cle, is simply this : that the author ui it, bo he whom
ho may, has done me no injustice, only in one par
ticular, and that is, he is dealing in suppositions in
reference to myself as a private citizen, to say the
least of it, which are without foundation, unwarran
table, aud have not even the shadow of truth upon
their face. I have never au qsth to support
any political party in this country, and never shall.
But I have taken an oath; yes, I have sworn a num
ber of years ago, to “ absolve all allegiance to any
and every foreign prince, potentate, State or sov
ereignty whatever, and particularly to the reigning
Queen of Great Britain. And I do further swear,
that I will bear ti ue faith and allegiance to the go
vernment of the United States, and to the utmost of
my ability support and defend the Constitution there
of, and the Constitution cf the Slate of Kentucky
(of which 1 was then a citizen) —so help me God.”
This is the oath, sir, that 1 have taken. What say
you, friend correspondent ot the Times, to this oath/
Is this the oath to which you allude? Certainly it
must be. Now, sir, if Mr. Crawford said anything
on the 7th of last August, in his speech, that would
in the !e#st constrain me to violate the above oath,
I have yet to learn what ij. flras. I ask the gentle
man to please infdfffi me whafit was.
Admit, for argument sake, that I had complied
with the hopeful wishes of the anties at that meet
ing, and lige a renegade, abandoned the high and
honorable position that I occupied on that day, ior
which I shall ever feel grateful to iny friends ‘ln
Terrell, where, and with what parly, could I have
associated myself, and at the same time preserved
inviolate the above oath / Could I havejoined the
party here at the South—let me see if I can name
it—the Anti American, Democratic. Disunion, Se
cession, Fire Eating, Filibustering, Freesoil, Aboli
tion, Ostend, Cuba party l What think you of the
name, Mr. Editor? Were I acting under the solemn
and binding efficacy of an oath, I could not name it
anything else. Well, iu thy fellow suid about the
Cincinnati platform—that it was not made to stand
on, but to puke up again—so say I in relation to the
name of the Democratic party. It has a name long
enough to ma&e any decent man sick at the stom
ach. But the point: Could I, as an honest man, as
a loyal, incorruptible patriot, and citizen, support
the above named party ? Bet us see. The Consti
tution of the United States—Art. 4, Sec. xid—has
these words : “No person held to service or labor
in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into
another, shall, in consequence of any law or regula
tion therein, be discharged from such service or la
bor. but shall be delivered up on claim of the party,
to whom such service or labor may be due.” Now,
sir, the compromise measures, giving territorial go
vernments to “Utah, New Mexico,” 4pc., are based
upon thin article and section of the Constitution. It
in, sir, upon this high prerogative, under the direc
tion of the all-wise Providence, that the fugitive
slave law still breathes under the vascillating Ad
ministration of the present imbecile incumbent,
Franklin Pierce. I well remember, not long ago,
the position that the present anti American party
(here at the South) occupied in relation to these
very compromise measures.
1 have not forgotten the language of David J.
Bailey, of ljerschel Y. Johnson, of Walter T. Col
quitt, and a host of* other men of equal caliber. I
have not forgotten the efforts and appliances of
Southern Fire-eaters and Disuniouists, a very few
years ago, to dissolve this Uuiou, to choke to death
the Compromise measures and to kick the Georgia
platform overboard. The Union party then routed
the enemies of those measures from their dens, their
cavts, and their hiding places, and trom that time
to the present, they have had no iudentity in the
politics of the country. What! Southern disun
lonists standing upon the Georgiu platform 7 r. mea
sure that only a few days ago, comparatively spea
king, they said was “treasonable and traitorous !”
Yes, they crawled on it sncakingly aud stealthily,
when they found that their odious and nefarious
disunion sentiments met with a just and merited
rebuke at the ballot-box, to the tune of 18,000 in
Georgia, it was then, and not until then, that they
cried cut for quarters. The fact is, we have ouce
whipped them with the Compromise and the Geor
gia platform. T*hc “Cincinnati Convention” would
not endorse it; and what right, I ask, has any man
who supports James Buchanan to stand on the Geor
gia platform? We lament it exceedingly that we
shall be forced to the necessity, on the Ist Monday
in November next, to chastise them again for their
wickedness and gross corruption.
Some of Buchanan’s recent converts say that
they stand just where he stands, on the Sanford let
ter, and that the man who opposes the Kansas act
is an enemy to the South. Jb this the position of the
Georgia Democracy 7 Well, the Democratic party
in Georgia, to a man, are enemies to the South.—
Hear it, hear it, and shudder for your fate in No
vember next. Every man of you, to a man, opposed
that act in ’52. Some of the would-be knowing ones
argue that it revives the Wilmot Proviso; A. H.
Stephens says “it is a renewal of the Wilmot Pro
viso G. W. Jones, of Tennessee, says it (the
Kansas bill) is squatter sovereignty ; Senator
Brown, of Mississippi, says it gives the people of a
Territory the power, through their Territorial
Legislature, to dispose pf the slavery question be
fore they come to form a State Constitution ; Lewis
Ca 33 hails its passage as a triumph in favor of free
soil, aud says Southern members knew it when they
voted for it; Cox, of Kentucky, put upon the stand
in Congress, members of the House, Howard, Wal
bridge, Campbell, of Ohio, and Douglas himself ;
and what is the end of the whole matter ? An ac
knowledgment that under the provisions of the bill
(what bill ? the Kansas bill) slavery could not enter
the Territories. This is all Democratic authority,
aud I dare any man to gainsay a single position 1
lay down.
Get on the Kansfls bill, then, and stand on it;
take it, and make the best you can of it; for my
self, I have no use for it. The South iu getting it,
was cheated, and swindled, and the sooner we blot
it from the record, the better it will be for the coun
try. Give me the principies of the Utah bill, re
nouncing and abjuring squatter sovereignty, and 1
am satisfied.
Buchanan in liis “Sanford letter” takes the posi
tion that Congress has the power to legislate on
slavery in the Territories, and that power is exclu
sive, and some of his satellites South take this same
position. lam not at all surprised at this. There
is no telling where men will stop, when they run
mad for office. May God in his infinite wisdom,
save the country from falling into the hands or under
the rule of such men.
Mr. Editor, I have given the within as a few of
the reasons why Buchanan and the Democracy
have no charms for mo. I say it boldly, and with
out fear of successful contradiction, that no south
ern man can vote for the nominee of the Cincinnati
Convention, and do the South justice. I throw
down the gauntlet and defy opposition. I have trot
the evidence and the proof sheets of both men.—
The Democracy are well aware of the fact that Bu
chanan is a “dead dog in the ring that the race is
between Fremont and Fillmore ; that the Fillmore
army are getting fresh, bold, and intrepid acces
sions of strength every day, and that on the first
Tuesday in November next, a glorious victory
awaits the American party. These, then are my
reasons for not coming down from my seat as
Chairman of the American meeting. I could not
be a modern Democrat, without violating the oath
1 have already taken to support the Constitution of
the United States. Would to God that the oath of
allegiance could be made to reach some of the Bu
chanan disciples, both North and South, and that
they would adhere more closely to the Constitution
of their country, and assist in allaying sectional
jealousies, and heart burnings ! There are men
nere at the South —they live under our roofs, and
around our firesides, enjoying the sunshine of all
our national prosperity and glory—who would
barter their country’s liberties, their country's
honor, and their country's glory, to Northern
traitors—to the Arnolds of the North—to such
men as Seward, Giddings, Prince John Van
Buren, and others, equally damnable in the
eyes of good men. There are also good and
true men at the South, who differ with us in
their political faith, who have hearts to feel and
heads to discriminate between men and measures.
These are tne men to whom we look for aid in
trying times. These are the men, who, on the first
Monday in next November, will nobly and fearless
ly come up like men to the rescue. These are the
men, who, notwithstanding the vain boasting of our
opponents, will seal Buchanan's doom. There are
men who cannot be bought, who are without a
price : and these are the men who xery well know
that Buchanan cannot be elected. This fact is now
universally admitted by all candid, honest men of
all parties. These are’the men who will not aid in
electing Fremont, by voting for “ten-eent Jimmy.”
John Van Buren offers a reward to any rnan who
will show a single line in the Cincinnati Platform,
favoring in the least the extension of slaver}'. Be
not deceived, feliow citizens of the South, James
Buchanan stands on that platform. He says “he is
no longer James Buchanan ; he is the Cincinnati
platform.” He has been guilty of itrigue, bargain
and corruption—“ Andrew Jackson says so.” He is
not too gooa to be guilty of it again. I believe, be
fore Cod. that his soul (politically) is in the keeping
of Seward, the Van Burens, and the celebrated B.
F. Hallett. who is the author of the Cincinnati fraud
—who says that “hell is too comfortable a place for
a slaveholder.”
But I must close. These then are my reasons for
net coming down from the stand on the 7th of last
August, as Chairman of the “American Mass meet
ing. ' I deem them sufficient. I give my whole
heart to the cause of the American party. Its prin
ciples must and will triumph.
P. H. Mills.
Singular Death in Cincinnati. —A man, at
first supposed to be laboring under mania potu.
created considerable excitement in Cincinnati on
Sunday last. He was first discovered running aj a
rapid pace down one of the hills which skirt the 1 < th
W ard. Afterwards he entered a house, upset the
stove and commenced destroying the furniture.—
He was secured after great difficulty and taken to
the Commercial Hospital, where it was discovered
that bis symptons were not those of mama potu ,
but precisely to those of hydrophobia. He died in
great agony in a few hours after he arrived at the
hospital. He was about thirty-five years old, ap
parently an American.
Return oe the “Great Republic.” —The clip
per ship Great Republic returned to this port on
Sunday night, after an absence of nearly two years,
during which time she has been engaged with other
American ships, in the French government trans
port service. On one of her trips from Marseilles to
Kamiesch. sin the Crimea) she carried 497 cavalry
horses, besides over 500 troops, and provisions and
forage necessary for the voyage. On her last trip
from Sevastopol, she brought to Marseilles over 3,000
infantry, and a large corps of cooks, servants and
waiters required for the Commissary department:
and this, too, with her lower hola fall of guns of
great size, shells, baggage, and the necesaanr water
and provisions. In every port she has visited she
has been thronged with visitors.— N. Y. Journal of
Commerce.
: Aridrcfr* of Tbo*. !l«* * < •«>, President of the
American Council of Kentncky.
To My Cotstry3ien —Urged by friends from
different quarters, who believe that an address, put
forth by me, as the eldest son of the founder of the
Whig party in the United States, would be produc
j five ot good, and might tend to induce many to
give that calm reflection to the present political con
dition of our beloved country which it so imperative
ly demands, notwithstanding .he objections which
present themselves to me, and which are many and
grave. I have determined, from a sens© of dutv, to
appeal to the patriotism of nyr fellow countrymen ;
and, if my warning voice may be heard in this mo
mentous crisis, to urge upon them the selection of
such candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presi
dency of the United States as can alone give per
manence to our institutions, a!id bring peace to our
distracted country.
Content to remaia in the situation in which Pro
videneo has placed me. I have never aspired to any
political office. 1 have, uowcvep, from my position
an acquaintance with the public men of the United
States and their political histories, which lew, oth
erwise situated, ould have obtained.
We are called upon to select between James Bu
chanan, Millard Fillmore-, and Col. John C. Fremont
forthenext Presidency. As »brtbc%st named of these
gentlemen, I have been unable yet to learn upon
w hat considerations his friends base his claims, it
is but the madness of party spirit and sectionalism
which could attempt the elevation of such a man to
the high office to which he aspire#.
My lather thought Buchanan weak and corrupt:
wanting, as General Jackson has it, in moral firm
ness. I have seen no reason to vary my opinion
from him. Mixed up, as he is, in the old “Bargain
and Corruption” ploL his card to the Telegraph
rewspaper in July, 18J7, in which he says, (I at
tempt nut togive the words, but the substance) “Mr.
Adams has been elected lo the Presidency by Mr.
play’s qgeucy . A-i\ play Uvea appointed sec
retary of State by AD'. Adams ; the people will draw
their own inferences his attempts to prove in
public speeches in 1841, in Pennsylvania, that Mr.
Polk was a better tariff man than Air. Clay, furnish
such a record of weakness and corruption,
that i cannot oonocivo how even any Democrat of
the old line, I mean Jacksou Democrat*, could give
him his support. Who could believe, then, that any
olddine Whig, any friend .»>f fr»y fatter, would be
found enlisted in ills cause*?
Whether us author ortaiguer of the Ostend Mani
festo, he has shoft'n an utter want of those states
manlike qualities which are requisite in a Presi
dent of the United States.
The tfiiiv has come when every lover of his coun
try should speak out boldly and fearlessly, i shall
nut shrink from the duly. Too much is at stake io
tolerate silence in any one who is informed as to the
political histories of either Mr. Fillmore or Mr. Bu
chanan. Col. Fremont Ims none.
Turn we now to Millard Fillmore. Hyperion to a
satyr. Hy the act of providence, called to the Pre
sidency of the United ijlai.es, ye see him national
and conservative in alt respects -—upholding the
constitution, carrying out its compromises ; attend
ing to the iiiteredts of every section; respected both
ai home and abroad. Ou the completion of his term,
hailed by honest Whigs und honest Democrats eve
rywhere, with “well done thou good and faithful ser
vant,” &c.
Cauau American public halt in its opinion be
tween such men ? Is slavery agitation never to be
put. to rest ! Is squatter sovereignty and fillibuster
lsm to bo tolerated by free and enlightened Ameri
cans? Esau-like, are \ye ready Lo sell our birth
rights foV a nless of pottage ? Forbid it, Almighty
God!
Away with the wretched plea of availability. Let
us do what L light, and look to God with honest
consciences for the result.
To the Old Line Whigs of the Ashland District I
take leave to say, I honor them for their course. In
their own approving consciences they already feel
their reward. They want no offices, they acted for
the good of their country, and they have come nobly
up to the work. No cry of availability could swerve
them. In pledging their support of Air. Fillmore,
they do only wliat their old leader would do, with
ail his might, could he now once more address his
country.
I write warmly, for x feel deeply the importance
of the crisis through which we are about to pass.—
believe the “spirits of the just made perfect,” if they
are ever permitted to look down upon the affairs of
this earth, are now bending thoir approving glances
upon the efforts of the friends of Fillmore and Dou
efson to elevate to the high offices of President aud
Vice President those distinguished and trustworthy
citizens.
Look a" Kansas ; wliat has produced the state of
things now being enacted there ! Is it not tlie weak
and imbecile administration of Franklin Pierce :
II as not James Buchanan adopted the acts of his
administration as part of hia platform ! And can
our abused country submit to such another admin
istration for four years longer /
Away with such miserable abortions. In Millard
Fillmore we have a statesman calm and wise and
fearless, who can still the element of dincord and ad
vance the best interests of our country.
Brothers of the American party, stand to your
arms und be of good cheer! National and conserv
ative men throughout the land are gathering to our
standard. A few weeks, I trust, will produce such
results as shall forever put to rest sectionalism, fili
busterisin, squatter sovereignty, and everything
that shall tend to mar the integrity, harmony, and
peace of this glorious confederacy.
Respectfully, your ob’t sorv’t,
Thus. H. Clay,
Grand President of the Council of Ky.
Mansfield, Sept. 8, 1866.
Eigliiy-two Million.** ot Dollars Appropriated at
one Be.s»ion !
There is something startling in the above an
nouncement, and it should startle the people whose
poi kefs have been thii3 plundered by a Democratic
Congress. From the data at hand it is impossible to
arrive at an exact estimate of the amount that Jias
already been appropriated at the present session,
but our information will warrant us in setting it
down at $68,000,000, a very large amount of which
—greater we believe than at, any previous session
of Congress—ban been set apart for the purpose of
internal improvement, and nearly the whole i>f it to
be expended in the Free States. Supposing that the
Army appropriation bill should puss at tlie extra
session now in progress (and the money will be spent
whether the bill is passed or not) we have an addi
tion of $14,000,000, making a total of expenditures
authorized at the present session of over Eighty
two Millions of Dollars, and that at a time of
profound peace with all the world!
Now, this is alarming. It is the beginning of a
system that is destined to bankrupt the treasury
and corrupt the country. Let it be remembered,
too, that this has beeii done by a party who but two
months ago met in convention and declared, among
the cardinal principles of their faith, “ that the con
stitution doesnot confer uponthe general government
power to commence and carry on a general system
of internal improvement,” and “ that it is the duty
of every branch of the General Government to en
force and practice the most rigid economy in con
ducting our public affairs.” We quote from the
Cincinnati Platform, and would now ask if ever such
a fraud and mockery was attempted to be played
off upon an honest and unsuspecting people ? Will
they submit to such impositions by a party styling
itself the pecular friends ot reform and economical
government ? What is to become of the country if
such profligacy and plunder a- e tolerated and al
lowed to pass without a rebuke ? What should be
done with a party who have thus abused the confi
dence and squandered the money of the people ?
Let them answer these questions for themselves at
the ballot-box in November i ext.
Turn from this exhibition of prodigality and treach
ery, to the administration ot Millard Fillmore, and
w'fiat a startling contrast d/ we find.
In no one year of that administration did the ex
penses of the government amount to one-half the
above enormous sum, except when it became neces
sary to appropriate a large amount to pay off the
debt incurred in the Mexican war, and contracted by
his Democratic predecessor, Mr. Polk, and even then
they reached but little beyond one-half the present
appropriations. Let the people of the Sontl: con
sider these things, and say whether the party that
has thus betrayed their interests should agaii be
intrusted with the management of their affairs.— Sav.
Republican.
Kansu* A flairs.
Leavenworth City, Sept. 5,1856. — A despatch
from Atchison’s command states that he has fallen
back with his force (twelve hundred) to Westport,
to reinforce, preparatory to attacking Lawrence.
Armed men from all quarters arc crowding into
this place. The greatest excitement prevails, and
nothing is talked of but war. Business is entirely
suspended. Nearly all the women and children
have been removed. Yesterday, preparations for
the defence of the town were completed. Covered
wagons are stretched around the town in the ma
iler of a coral, which, without artillery, it would be
no easy job to break through. The Kansas militia
met on parade, and chose Air. Brindle, Major. Eve
ry man of the place has been compelled to shoulder
arms or leave. Some of the merchants have boxed
up their goods and sent them oft’. There is not a
single Free State man left in the town.
O. C. Brown, the leader of the Free Soil guerilla
forces in Kansas, was not killed at Ossawataynie, as
reported. The Utica, N. Y., Herald, publishes a
letter from him to his wife, written after the battle.
Catherine Hayes. —Miss Catherine Hayes is
about to leave London for Paris, aud will probably
return to America this winter The artistic voyage
round the world of this artiste is the most exlraor
dinary one ever undertaken by any singer. Miss
Hayes left Liverpool for New York, in the Pacific,
in 1831. After a tour in the United States, she ar
rived in San Francisco in November, 1802. At the
close of a brilliant career in California—£23o being
paiu in one instance for the first choice of a seat—
Miss Hayes departed for South America. After
visiting the principal cities, she embarked for the
golden cities of the great Australian ocean. She
gave concerts in the Sandwich Islands, and arrived
in Sydney in January, 1854. From Sydney Miss
Hayes went to Melbourne and Adelaide, and from
thence to India, giving concerts in Calcutta and
Singapore, one of which was in aid of the Patriotic-
Fund. From Singapore Miss Hayes travelled to
Batavia, and in the capital of Java the “Swan of
Erin’’created an immense sensation. From Bata
via Fort Phillip was the next locality. After re
visiting Melbourne and Sydney, Miss Hayes paid a
visit to the Bendigo gold fields, where she gave four
concerts. Tasmania was the next voyage, singing
in Hobart Town and Launceston, the chief cities.—
From Melbourne Miss Hayes embarked for Liver
pool. and arrived after an absence of five years.
Another Niggardly Act. —ln 1814 the Ameri
can troops at Buffalo were quartered in the private
residences of the citizens. The British forces under
Gen. Ryal, as is well known, entered the city and
burned’these impromptu but costly barracks to the
ground. When Congress assembled, the people
who had thus sufl'ered by the virtual act of the Go
vernment applied for compensation to which they
were clearly entitled by every consideration of jus
tice and honor. Mr. Buchanan voted against tJu
bill granting this compensation. Yes, while the
wives and children ol these citizens, as a direct con
sequence of the occupation of houses by the Ameri
can soldiery, were trembling shelterless in the street,
land while the thunders of the victory’ at New Or
leans, that would have kindled a glow of generosity
in any heart not absolutely stockish, had yet scarce
ly died upon the ear, James Buchanan sat in his
seat, like the cold statute he is and voted No! against
this resistless appeal to just ice and humanity. We
do not know that such ineffable meanness Lnds any
retribution on this earth, but if it does we cannot
be mistaken in the day.— Louisville Journal.
Another Husband of Montes Dead.
Mr. Folland, an actor, who followed Lola Montes to
Australia, was drowned on the 28th of July last
one day s sail from Honolula, on the return passage’
The Golden Era says : ‘-The admirers of the-divine’
Lola Montes wili be pained to hoar that the death of
Folland, her agent. Las nearly unsettled her reason.
Ever since the sad event she mourned and refused
to be comforted. She says he was the first and only
man she ever loved.”
Coolness in a Moment of Trial.— The Roch
ester American tells a story of a lady in that city,
whose dress was stepped upon bv a partner in a
dance. The skirt was tom, and a’ whalebone thrust
out into the circle in a very unseemly manner. The
lady coolly took hold of the article, drew it from her,
walked to the door and threw it out, and took her
place in the cotillion just in time to “forward and
back.’ Although her dress “collapsed,” she did not.
That lady would walk up to the cannon's mouth or
the altar , without fear or trembling.
The steamship Tennessee, built in Baltimore in
1854 has been sold to the Nicaragua Transit Com
pany for $70,000 cash.
Ohio.— James R. Stanberry is the American can
didate for Congress in the Columbus district. Hon.
R. 11. Schenck wili probably be the American can
didate in L. D. Campbell's district.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
BY THE CAMBRIA ASP ARABIA.
The mails of the above steamers bring details of
European news to the 3d inst:
The Paris corespondent of the London Times has
the following ailusion to the position of France aud
England in relation to Spanish affaiis.
Pari.', Monday, 6 P. Al.—The belief gains ground
here that the Frer ch and English Governments en
tertain widely different views with respect to what
is passing iu Spain. It has not, that I know of,
been asserted that this difference has led to commu
nications between the two Cabinets, or that it has
in the least set them at variance, but that it may
soon do so seems to be anticipated in certain quar
ter?-'. The belief, which took its rise in the supposed
opposite sympathies of tue Governments, has gain
ed strength in consequence of correspondence in
foreign Journals—especially in those of Belgium—
and, still more, by reason of the widely dissimilar
tone adopted by the press of London ami by that of
Paris in their discuseien and appreciation of the
Spanish crisis. Too much weight shoxld not be at
tached to this fact.
The French Government did not conceal, but
rather took pains to proclaim, its approval of tiie
change hi the Spanish Administration and of the
strong measures w hich crushed the emmies of the
new Ministry and established it in power, liut it
also expressed its wish for the maintenance of Con
stitutional government in that country, and none of
its declarations have been inconsistent with the be
lief thut it may now consider O’Donnell to have
gone too far and too test. The Emperor Napoleon
knows too weil the value of lessons from the past
not to have observed that the perilous incline upon
which the ear of State in Spain is now launched is
the same that on former occasions has led it to iui
upset.
The report gains strength here that France and
England are determined to persist in the remon
strances addressed to the King of Naples, and to
iollow them up, should he continue obstinate, by de
monstrations calculated to bring him to his senses.
I mention this merely as a report. It has been
further rumored to-day that there wa§ an intention
of sending a squadron to the Bay of Nap!, s.
The same correspondent, in another letter, says :
“ The path of reaction, which leads to virtual revolu
tion, is now openly entered upon, and even if the
present Spanish Government be resolved to follow'
it but up to a certain point, they will’ find others
waiting to relieve them of their burden and pursue
it to the end. Spain is apparently on the eve of
again becoming the prey of unscrupulous adventu
rers. The*e are already symptoms of financial em
barrassments.”
Spain. —Advices from Madrid of the 23d state
that the suppression of the National Guard is to be
followed by other important measures, namely—the
dissolution of the Constituent Cortes ; the publica
tion of the fundamental law, that is, the constitution
oflS 15, wit h some modifications iii a more liberal
sense *, the municipality and provifici&l deputation
laws, restrictive of the powers of those bodies, and
depriving them of all right to interfere in political
questions ; the law on the press, introducing changes
in the penalties and the organization of the* jury ;
and the establishment of the Council of State. *
France. —A few days ago twenty-one persons
were tried at St. Etienne for having formed a secret
society for the overthrow of the Government and
the assassination of the Emperor. This week the
tribunal of correctional police has been occupied in
trying not fewer than forty-six persons on a similar
charge. Qf these forty-six, ten Lave just been ac
quitted and the rest have been condemned to from
four months to four years imprisonment. At a dis
tance, these secret political societies appear very
formidable, but here, in France, they do aot attract
much attention. Nevertheless, there is no question
that they are dangerous, and that they i rove that
poor France is still menaced with insurrections und
revolutions.
It is stated that on Sunday, the24th, a young man
was arrested at Biarritz, for attempting to force his
way into the residence of the Emperor und Empress
on the pretext that ho was a relative of his Majesty.
It is alleged that lie is mad, but an investigation is
to be made, to ascertain whether his madness be
not feigued, anj whether he had not some serious
project in view.
Southampton, Aug. 26. —The Queen of Oude,
with the heir apparent with their suite, will, it is un
derstood, leave Southampton in a day or two for
London, where suitable apartments have been en
gaged and fitted up for their reception. Since their
stay here the royal party have been the object of
much attention and curiosity. Gentlemen were, of
com se, not admitted into the immediate presence of
the Queen, being presented only to the heir appa
rent, but several parties of ladies have been presen
ted to, and politely received by her Majesty.
The Queen and her advisers seem determined, if
possible, to enlist the sympathies of the people of
England in their cause, and unsparing efforts in this
direction are being, and will bo made to effect this
object. Whether any amount of success will at
tend these endeavors is problamatical; at present
the interest excited is one of mere vulgar curiosity
on the part of the multitude, who desire only to sec
the dresses and appointments of the servants and
followers, and greedily drink in the absurd tales of
the fabulous wealth and jewels belonging lo tin* roy
al parly which have been industriously circulated.
Besides the usual rabble of the boys consequent on
such occasions, numbers of respectably dressed per
sons, with now und then a carnage filled with occu
pants, are to be seen intently gazing at the exterior
of the Royal York Hotel, where the illustrious par
ty is located, and great pains are frequently taken
to secure a sight of the ladies of t lie royal party, who
sometimes takes a sly peep from the upper apart
ments upon the congregated numbers assembled in
the street below.
Although the appearance of tiie Princesses and
principal attendants is most superb, by reason of
the elaborate and costly dresses with which they
are attired, the mass of the inferior servants pre
sent an unusually filthy and unsightly group. Bang
ing on the basement, floors of the hotel are large
numbers continually to be seen lounging in the
most careless manner, or squattmg before a char
coal lire either cooking some article of food or in
dulging in the fumes derived from a dirty opium
pipe. The entire floor of this portion of the hotel is
strewed with the clothing of the inhabitants, and in
appearance much resembles the back premises of
an extensive rug merchant, the whole being render
ed more unpleasant by the quantity of dirt which
each article of dress apparently contains.
During the day groups of the inferior servants
and followers are strolling about the town, followed
by a crowd of idlers, ana it is with difficulty that
the usual business of some parts of the High street
is proceeded with.
Since the presentations which took place last
Saturday the ex-Queen G s Qufie Ims declined to re
ceive any more strangers, and remains perfectly se
cluded. The Princes have availed themselves of a
drive through the principal streets of the town, and
have also passed through the splendid avenue at the
north entrance of Southampton, with which they ex
pressed themselves highly delighted.
BY THE ATLANTIC.
Rev. Richard S. S. Dickinson, of Philadelphia,
died suddenly at Edinburgh, on the 29ti\ lilt. He
was buried by the side of Chalmers.
A new park for the people had been opened at
Birmingham. The ground was presented by Mr.
Adderly, AI. P., ani its name is the Adderly Park.
The London Times in an editorial on the 2d inst.
rejoices at the prospect of the approaching downfall
of Gen. Walker.
France. —The Emperor and family continue at
Biarritz.
There is a rumor that Marshal Peliasicr, Duke of
the Malakoff, is about to espouse the widow of Ad
miral Bi uat.
The Growth of Cotton in Algeria. —The
Aloniteur contains a report from Marshal Vaillant,
addressed to the Emperor, on the subject of the
growth of cotton in Algeria. In the document, the
Minister of War recognised the good effects of the
decrees of the 16th of October, 1863, by which an
annual prize of 20,000 francs was allotted for live ;
years to the best cotton grower in the Franco-Afri
can colony; and for three years, commencing with
1861, the whole cotton produce of Algeria was or
dered to be purchased by the State at a price fixed
beforehand, at advantageous rates to tin producer.
In consequence of this encouragement, the growth
of cotton has increased, and it is said the quality is
equal to that of American growth.
Spain. —The marriage of the Infanta Amelia with
prince Adalbert, of- Bavaria, was celebrated on
the 25th. Three sisters of the bride were not invi
ted to the wedding, because they had married be
neath their rank. These ladies were—Donna Jose
fa, who is the wife of Jose Guel y Rente, merchant
of Havana; Donna Isabella, wife of Count Gu
rowski, a Polish emigrant; and the Duchess of Ses
sa, whose husband is a grandee of Spain. Political
ly speaking, there is little news. Arrests are still
made in Catalonia, and incendiarism continues in
various places.
Portugal. — Lisbon continues tranquil, nor
have any further riots taken place in the country.
Cholera decreases. The harvest in the Azores
is ehort, and quarantine against cholera is estab
lished.
Russia.—The Imperial Coronation. —A tele
graphic despatch to the London News states that
the Emperor of Russia made his solemn entry into
Moscow'on August the 29th. Tlij morning w r as
rainy, but about noon it cleared. At n> >n a salute
of nine guns gave the signal to ring all the bells in
the city, and they continued pealing until nightfall.
At 3P. M. the imperial procession ;•■: t from the
Petrovsky palace.
The Emperor was preceded by Guar.ls and Cos
sacks ; also by deputations of the nobility, and by
the representatives of the Asiatic nations subject to
the Czar. The Emperor himself w’H3 on horseback,
and attended by the Ministers of War. The impe
rial Princes followed, also on horseback. Then
came a long line of carriages, containing the Em
press, Empress Dowager, Grand Duchesses, Princ
ess of Oldenberg, and attendant ladies, Squadrons
of cuirassiers closed the procession.
At 4 P. AI. a salute of 74 guns announced that the*
Emperor had entered the city. The Governor of
Aloscow and staff, the magistrates, and the nobility
of the district, received the cortege at different
points in its passage through the city. At the gate
of the Resurrection the Emperor, Empress, and
other members of the Imperial family, dismounted
and knelt before the image of our lady of Iberia. —
Thence they proceeded to the Cathedral of the As
sumption, and kissed the relics therein: afterwards
they proceeded to the Cathedrals of the Archangel
Micheal and Annunciation, where they performed
similar religious ceremonies.
Their Majesties afterwards w'aiked to the Palace
of the Kremlin. At its gate they were received by
a deputation of clergy, with religious observances.
Here the Archbishop of Moscow presented the Em
peror with bread and salt. Immediately after
wards 101 guns (at 5 P. M.) announced that their
Majesties had entered the Palace. At night the
city was illuminated.
South American .Mail.—Chili.— Valparaiso
dates to the Ist u!t. are received.
It has been decreed that all merchandise intro
duced from the Argentine Republic and deposited in
the Valparaiso Custom House after the lOtn of May,
is to be exempt from duty, as expressed in the new
Treaty.
The treaty of friendship and commerce with Sar
dinia has been concluded.
A project to construct a railroad from Conception
to Talcabuano by Luis Cousino was about being
submitted to Congress. The worts on the Valpa
raiso railroad are actively going on.
Peru. —Government was considerably alarmed
on account of the Peruvian refugees' rumored ex
pedition, which it was said they were preparing in
Chile, and which had lately acquired a semblance
of reality, the Peruvian Minister, Senor Zegarra,
having sent from Valparaiso the steamer Fosforo
with despatches to his government, stating that
Generals Echinique, Lafuente, and others had sailed
to the Peruvian coast, in order to head a reaction
which was to take place there. This announce
ment mav have given rise to some troubles, the
more to be regretted, as these gentlemen are still in
Valparaiso, safe from the dangerous project attribu
ted to them.
Political Prospects. —An Alabamian writes
to the Montgomery ilatl, from Washington, as fol
lows :
It is time that the South opened its eyes to the
fact that the contest is no longer between Buchanan
and Fremont, but between Fillmore and Fremont.
Buchanan cannot be elected any how; it is not in
the power of the South to accomplish that result;
but it is in its power to defeat the Black hosts of the
North, led on by by a renegade from the South, by
throwing their weight into the scale ot Mr. Fillmore.
If they will not do this, if they will not stand by
those who are risking all political hopes for the sake
of doing justice to all sections of the Union, and
putting down rampant sectionalism, how can they
expect ever to form a true, national, conservative,
constitutional party hereafter 1
Cali turn in News,
On August sth, a great fire, supposed to be the
work of an incendiary, took place at Diamond
Tlie dama £ e sustained was estimated at
About seventy-two houses were destroy
• Grand Jury of San Mateo have found three
indictments against ex-Govemor McDougal, for
double aud treble voting at the late election.
Narive w me, made from tho Los Angeles grape,
is selling m San Francisco. b 1
The Kepublicans held a State Convention at Sa
cramento on the S7th,and nominated Presidential
electors, members oi Congress \ e
The committee for the King Testimonial report
th/it the contributions amount to $30,600, which has
been conveyed to trustees, and invested for the
benefit, ot the widow and children of the late editor
of the Bulletin.
On Tuesday, Aug. I:2th, (lie body of Cant, John
i , a^| er .’ ot Vigilance Committee Marines,
who h id died the day before, was buried with great
display. The Vigilance Committee turned out iu
great l umbers. The deceased was formerly master
of the brig Lady Adenus, of Baltimore, but more
recently Captain of the Marine (Artillery) Battery,
ot \ igilance. Capt. Walker was a native of Ports
mouth, N. H., where he leaves a wife and nine chil
dren.
The Sloop-of-War John Adams Palled from San
Frttbcisco, for the Sandwich Islands, on the 1?tli
ultimo.
The total export of treasure from San Francis
co during the last seven months have been S3O -
000,000.
Ihe murderer, Beverly T. Wells, has be ui han
ged at Benicia according to the terms of his seq-
Marysvii ix, August 13, 1 p. in.—Yesterday af
ternoon, about U o’clock, as the Camptonville stage
was proceeding to Marysville, and when near Dry
Creek, it was stopped by six mounted high way men.
They were after the treasure, which amounted to
SIOO,OOO. Near the point of attack, the road fork
ed, and Mr. Rideout, gold dust dealer of Campton
ville, was on one road and the qtage on the other.—
Air. Rideout was stopped by the robbers, who all
presented their arms and commanded him to dis
mount, lie hesitated, when some of them threat
ened to shoot him. Ou the threat being made he
dismounted, and went towards the stage, on the
other road, across the ravine. The robbers called
him back and demanded his money. Being satis
fied tiiat he had none, his treasure being ou the
stage, they took his horse, and allowed jiim io cross
over to the stage.
The robbers then commanded the driver of the
stage, John Gear, to stop, and threatened to kill the
first man who opposed them in their designs. Air.
1 >obson, Messenger for Langton’s Express, imme
diately drew on the robbers, und commenced firing.
Jlis first fire took effect on the of the rob
bers, and unhorsed him.
Air. Rideout had by this time got to the stage. An
indiscriminate fight now commenced between the
robbers and passengers. As many as forty shots
were fired on both the two sides. The robbers
finding themselves so stoutly opposed, retreated,
leaving the passengers masters of the field. The
driver, Mr. John Gear, was shot through the right
arm above the elbow. Airs. Tilghmau, wife of a
barber in Maryville, was shot through the head, the
ball entering over the right eye and penetrating
the brain. Mr. John Campbell, another pasyengev,
received a glance shot over tfre eye. Another pas
senger was abet in both legs. The Stage is riddled
with bullet hole's. When the stage was stopped,
aud the firing had commenced, one white man and
four Chinamen, passengers, left aud van back
on the road, which hud been passed over.—
They have not been seen since. When the stage
was about starting, and after the first party had re
tired, a Mexican, who was mounted on horseback,
commenced firing from the opposite direction. Air.
Dob on returned the fire, ana unhorsed the assail
ant. At tliia time, two itlier men were concealed
iu the thicket, who were not mounted. They were
all members of the same gang. It is supposed that
only two of the party were disguised. i\ll were
Americans, save the one Mexican first spoken of, —
These partioqlarg have been received from Gear,
the driver, and Mr. Rideout, and they mav be relied
on as authentic.
Departure of Judge Terry. —Judge David S.
Terry, after his release by the Vigilance Commit
tee yesterday morning, went to Air. Parley’s house
on Dupont street, where his wife was, and thence
at daybreak on board the U. S. sloop-of-war John
Adams. He remained on the Adams until about 4
o’clock, when he left in a small boat for the purpose
of boarding the Helen Hensley, fpr Sacramento,
which shoved oil' from tfie wharf at half-past 4, with
Airs, ’.ferry and a large number of the law and mur
der bloods on board. The steamer stopped after
she got fairly clear of the dock, and the small boat
with Air. Terry and Mr. Ashe and one or two other
particular friends, run up. The Judge was put on
the steamer. There wi re very few people about.
As the steamer neared the John Adams, the latter
manned her yards, gave a shout and fired one gun ;
and then the Hensley proceeded on her way. lucre
was some cheering on the boat when Terry Ayaa put
on board, and also when slip passed the John
Adams. A lot of follows got drunk in the jollifica
tion, and 50 ends this part of the story. — Bulletin.
A grand ratification meeting of the American par
ty took pi no' in San Francisco on the 19th August.
Hon. Wiu. Duer presided. Gov. Foote proposed a
series of resolutions, which were carried by acclama
tion. Spirited addresses were delivered by the
Chairman, the Governor, and Col. Baillie Peyton.
The most cheering testimonies were given of Air.
Fillmore’s popularity.
New Granada and, Nicaragua. —From New
Granada we have files from Panama and Aspin
wall to the 4th ofSeptember.
The Panama Herald of latest date has the follow
ing news summary :
About half past nine o’clock on the night of 28th
August, u lire broke out in the store of Patrick Mul
lins, one of the old wooden houses on the Playa
Priettu. At one time it was thought that the entire
Cienaga would be in flames, and that the destruc
tive element would sweep the whole Aryubal. It is
impossible for us to compute the damage, but thine
who know best place it at $50,000 or $60,000. This
is the second fire we have had to notice during our
residence in Panama ; both originated from sheer
carelessness and both from the same cause, Patrick
Mullins or some of his assistants was bottling aguar
dienie by candle light; the liquor took fire, and
hence the conflagration.
On the afternoon of Friday, the 29th of Angus-. a
fatal duel took place at Corundu, near Panama, be
tween two residents of Panama, named Jose Celis
and Lorenzo Teran, in which the latter received a
ball in his head, causing instantaneous death. It
appears that a family difficulty between these per
sons had led Teran to demand satisfaction trom
Celis, which resulted in the duel as above stated.
The Legislature of Panama had met, all the mem
bers being present. They would probably be some
days in deciding who is to fill the government chair.
Sr. Calvo has now 4,775 votes of a majority in the
State, but the Diaz party are the strongest in the
Assembly, and it is, theiefore, probable that the lat
ter wili be elected.
The following i umors were current on shore, but
must be received with extreme caution >.
Guatemala is said to be advancing with 400 men
under Carrera, and Coßta Rica has notified her in
tention of again carrying her fortune under the same
commander. Rivas still holds his position at Leon
with 700 men, and is fortifying his outposts. If de
serters are to be believed, Walker’s position is very
critical, to say the least. The harsh measures he
has adopted towards the whites lighting with him
has rendered him distasteful to them ns a comman
der. Provisions anp money were both scarce at
Granada. Walker tried a senior officer, of the
name of Cullaya, a Nicaraguan, for treason, and shot
him; he belonged to the Rivas pally.
News from Oregon— More Fighting. —We are
in receipt of Portland papers of the 2d of August,
being seven days later.
From the Oregonian we learn that two more se
vere Indian battles have been fought since last ac
counts, in both of which the savages were vanquish
ed by the volunteers, with pretty severe loss on
both sides. A correspondent writing to the Orego
nian from headquarters in the Walla-Walla Valley,
under date July 28th, gives the following account
of the fighting in that section :
On the 6th of July, Major Layton, with 142 men,
composed of the Washington and Oregon Volun
teers, set out in pursuit of the enemy upJohn Day's
river, but did not overtake them until they reached
the head waters of the Burnt river, where he came
up with them on the 15th; but, before the advanced
guard saw even a single Indian, they fired, killing
two whites, John Estis and John Smith, both of Ore
gon, where they leave large families. The fight
ing was kept up the next day, being carried on in a
rough canyon ; the Indians occupying the hills, giv
ing them every advantage, notwithstanding which
between 30 and 40 of their number were killed, be
sides many wounded. One of the whites was also
severely wounded.
On the same day of the engagement on Burnt
river Colonel Shaw started for the Grand Ronde val
ley, wilbj2lo men. On the 17 th, he reached the Graud
Ronde river, and found a large body of Indians en
camped on the west side of it. He immediately at
tacked them, when, after a short resistance, they
lied down the river, the volunteers pursuing them
for eight or ten miles, until they escaped in the
mountains, killing about forty of their number, and
wounding many others. Forty or fifty Indian horses
were killed, and 200 head of horses and mules cap
tured. Several thousand pounds of “camas” and
“couse,” a kind of food which the enemy were col
lecting and drying, were destroyed. Great quanti
ties of powder and lead were taken, the savages
having contrary to general belief, enough of these
articles to carry on a war for even years.
Col. Shaw lost three men, Wm. Holmes, Win. Ir
ving and Win. F. Tooly, besides a number severely
wounded. But the savages have been so badly
whipped it is thought they will never dare meet the
Volunteers again. These are the same Indians, con
. isting of the Walla Walla, Cay use, John Day's and
several other tribes, which the Volunteers chastised
last winter, near the Oregon line.
The Riot in Baltimore. —The Baltimore riot
on Friday, the 12th inst., was caused by a man
named Bush, who was one of a party of five young
men parading the streets with a flag and drum. As
before stated, the Rip-Rap club escorted another
club to their head-quarters on Federal Hill, and
were on their way home, when Bush made an attack
upon a man named Oliver Haslup with aslung shot,
but ho was intoxicated at the time and Haslup re
fused to take any notice of him, and tol l him to go
away.' The difficulty would probably have ended
iiere, but James Clazy resented the insult offered to
Haslup, and in turn assaulted Bush. Several then
got to fighting, and one of the five ran after the
Kip-Rap club and requested them to come back. A
large majority of them refused, but about 15 or 20
of tne more disorderly returned with the messenger
and began to throw stones, when the first fire was
made from Clark's house. The parties firing the
guns and pistols were James E. Clark, Wm. Clazy,
James Clazy. David Sanks, John Carter, John Hart
lowe, ana three others whose names we could not
learn. All of the above named have been arrested,
except Sanks, whose wounds is of such a nature
that he cannot be removed.
The streets on Saturday in the neighborhood of
the scene of riot presented a desolate appearance,
and all the houses showed marks of violence. The
front of the house No. 57 Warren-street, in front of
which John Hare was shot, shows the marks of 22
balls, two of which passed through the window.—
The house adjoining, and that on the corner is
well perforated with bricks, shot and bullets.
The frame house on the south west comer of Light
and Henrietta streets is completely covered with
marks of stones and bricks, some of which were
thrown with such force as to split the weather board
ing. The rain spout shows the mark cf one large
bullet, which passed through it, and stuck in the
thigh of a young man named Thomas Seward, who
was standing on the opposite side of Light-street,
near Montgomery.
The anus taken from the premises of Clarke con
sist of a swivel, loaded half way to the muzzle, one
empty musket, one double-barrelled gun, several
horse rifle pistols and four cavalry sabres.
The swivel was placed near the door and it was
intended to put the match to it in the event of an at
tack being made on the house.
A reliable Breadstuff Circular prepared in New
York, shows that the total exports of breadstuff's
to Great Britain and Ireland, from the various
ports in the United States, during the year ending
on the 31st ultimo, were as follows, as near as can
be yet ascertained :—Flour. 1,635,733 barrels,
against only 172,761 to about the same period in
1855 ; wheat, 7,850,012 bushels, against 369,077 ;
and corn, 6,622,209, against 6,734,555. The exports
of the latter part of August from distant ports have
to be added to the above figures; but the statement
is a sufficient illustration of the immense increase
in the shipments of flour and wheat during the past
twelve montlis over the year preceding. The ex
ports to the continent of Europe, which are but a
small fraction of those to Great Britain, exhibit an
equally large increase.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XX. NO.
1 nil>oriunr from Texas—AtH-mpicd Negro Ju
nurrcctlon.
Ino Galveston A ctcs publishes the following let
ter in relation to the late contemplated negro insur
rection in Colorado county:
Cor.uMiu's, Colorado county )
Sept. 9, 1856. ' ’ £
Messrs Editors— he object of this communica
tion is to state to you all the facts of any impor
tance connected with a recent iuteuded iusurrec
t ion.
Our suspicions were aroused about two weeks
ago, when a meeting of the citizens of the county
was called, and a committee of investigation ap
pointed to fercet out the whole matter, and lay the
tacts before the people of the county for their con-
The committee entered upon their du
ties, and in a short time they were iu full possession
ot the tacts of a well organized and systematized
plan for the murder of our entire white population
with the exception of the young ladies, who were
to be taken captives and made the wives of the dia
bolical murderers of their parents and friends. The
committee found in their possession a number of
pistols, bowie-knives, guns and ammunition. Their
passwords of organization were adopted, and their
motto, “leave not a shadow behind.”
Last Saturday, the 6th inst., was the time agreed
upon for the execution of their damning designs.—
At a late hour at night all wen* to make one simul
ianenuß, desperate effort, with from two to ten np
portioned to nearly every house in Iho county, kill
all the whites, save the above exception, plunder
their homes, take their homes and arms, and fight
their way on to a ‘Tree State,” (Mexico.)
Notwithstanding the iuteuse excitement which
moved every member of our community, aud the
desperate measures to which men are liable to be
led on by such impending danger to which we had
been exposed by our indulgence and Unity to our
slaves, we must say the people acted with more cau
tion aud deliberation than ever before characteri
zed the notion of any people under similar circum
stances.
More than two hundred negroes had violated the
law, the penalty of which is death. But by unani
nious consent the law was withheld and their lives
spared with the exception of three of the ringleaders
who were on last Friday, the sth inst., at 2 o’clock
P. M.. hung in compliance with the unanimous
voice of the citizens of the county.
W ithout exception, every Mexicau in the county
17ns implicated. They were arrested and ordered
to leave the county within five days, and never
again to return under the penalty of death. There
is one, however, by the name of Frank, who is pro
ven to be one of the prime movers of the affair, that
was not arrested, biff we hope that he may yet be,
cud have meted out to him such reward as his black
deed demands.
\Ve are satisfied that the lower class of the Alexi
can population are incendiaries in any country where
slaves are held, and should be dealt with according
ly. And for the benefit of the Mexican population,
we would here state that a resolution was passed
by the unanimous voice of the county, forever for
bidding any Mexican from coming within the limits
of the county.
Peace, quiet, and good order are again restored,
and by the watchful care of uur Vigilance Commit
tee, a well organised patrol, und good discipline
among our planters, we are persuaded that there
will never again occur the necessity of a communi
cation of the character of this.
Yours, vesdectfully,
John H. Robson,
11. A. Tatum,
J. 11. Hicks,
Corresponding committee.
The Columbia Planter of the 9th inst. states that
two of the negroes engaged iu the fiendish plot were
whipped to death, beside the three who were hung.
Texas Items. —The Gonzales Inquirer 4 of tfcs 6th
inst., says :
Tho goad citizens of Gonzales could not have
been more startled at a thunder clap iu the glarisli
light of day than they were at hearing, a few days
Binoe, that the German citizens of DeWitt county
had called a meeting of their countrymen for the
purpose of forming a Fremont club, and appointing
a Fremont electoral ticket. That the report carries
with it some truth is evident from the fact that a
note was received in town on Tuesday, stating that
about twenty men had left Concrete for the pur
pose of breaking up tl\e meeting. We shall know
all about it in i\ few days.
The Galveston News, of the lltli, furnishes the
following intelligence:
We have had three rainy days during the week,
and from our correspondence we find that rains had
also appeared iu the interior. It is rather late to re
deem Cotton that has withered up, still, it will pre
vent further dropping of bolls, of which we have
had much complaint. The plant of Cane, however,
will be much benefitted.
Mr. John A. Wharton has undertaken to raise a
company of volunteers for Kansas, iu Brazoria and
adjoining counties. A public meeting had been held
i'vu' the purpose of providing tho necessary means
for the enlistment of a company.
A subscription has been opened in Galveston for
the relief ot the widow and children of Capt. Thomp
son, who lost his life in the ill fated steamship Nau
tilus.
A Happy Land. —Miss Jane, a young lady who
has been lecturing on electro-biology in different
parts of this country, turned a countryman into an
M. P. a few nights ago, at Ferry Hill, when Hodge
delivered the following addresb while in the trance:
“Ladies and gentlemen, 1 have been called upon to
stand as a member of Parliament, and I think pro
perly so. My opinion is, there should be no turn
pike gates. Working men should have six shil
lings a day, and every (me of you should keep
hens. [Roars of laughter.] Every working mau
shall have a quart of ale to dinner every day, and a
bottle of wine on Sunday. [Loud cheers ] I will
undertake to pave the road with pancakes, and the
gutters shall run with milk and sugar. [Renewed
laughter.J Every mau shall keep a cow nrul shall
have plenty of milk, which is far better than the
nasty, adulterated, heavily taxed tea and coffee.—
I’ll pull the taxes down. Cigars, instead of being
3d each shall be six u penny, and every man shall
grind his own barley.’* This strain of eloquence
was abruptly brought to a close by 7»liss Jane touch
ing her subject on his mouth with her finger, who
thereupon burst into a fit oi uncontrolable laughter,
in which the audience bore him company.—Sunder
land [Fug.) Herald.
Hungary.— An English traveller has forwarded
to the London Times an interesting letter oil the
present oondition of Hungary, and its treatment be
the Austrians. The conduct of the Emperor and
of hiß Minister Bach, towards unhappy Hungary, is
ns bad as that of Kmg Ferdinand towards Naples.
Hungary is treated as a conquered country, pillaged
and insulted. Soldiers are sent into the villages,
and are quartered on all the inhabitants, except on
the nobles who arc on the employment of the Em
peror. The ancient colors of Hungary are three
str.pes of green, red and white. The first Las been
erased from their banners. At this all are furious,
and even those in the employment of the Crown
barely conceal their indignation, for there is, proba
bly, no people so madly attached to their country as
the Hungarians. The hatred of all classes to the
Austrians in general, and especially to;the Emperor
and his Minister, Bach, is ns inveterate as it is in
Italy, and scarcely any disguise their wish that the
Russians had kept possession of the country, and
that they might never have gone back under the
bated rule of the treacherous house of liapsburg;
but they are no republicans.
Capital Punishment in Switzerland. —The
Grand Council of Geneva has lately commuted the
sentence of death recorded against a girl named
Pierrette Brunet, guilty of poisoning, to hard labor
for life. The Grand Council acted in a deference
to the aversion entertained in Geneva against cap
ital punishments. It appears that the last instance
of capital punishment in that town occurred in 1848
when it was the utmost difficult that a workman
could be found to erect the guillotine. A man at
length consented, fora remuneration of 300 francs.
After the criminal had been executed, no workman
could be found to take down the scaffolding; and
the man who had erected it was compelled to take
it down alone. After that day, the company of the
latter, who was a respectable artisan, was shunned
by all his former companions, and at length digusted
with life, he committed suicide by throwing himself
off a rock.
Ingenious Fly Trap. —Messrs. Jumpterand Gil
bert, of t his town, have brought out a patent fly-trap,
which is indeed one of the marvels of the day, and
excites a very great amount of astonishment. It is
a wire box, at the bottom of which is a revolving
cylinder, on which the fly alights to secure the sugar
or molasses that he may find there. While thus
luxurating, all unconscious of danger, he finds him
self very suddenly in a dark place, and on looking
up he sees the light above him, and ascends to it.
When there, he finds himself caged in a little room,
whose four sides are of wire, through which he can
look out, but cannot get out. In short, he is in lim
bo, and new companions in trouble arrive by each
revolution of the wheel, until there is neither room
for them to fly or stand, when they are all put over
a flame of alcohol, and thus disposed of. These
traps, having the machinery of a clock, of course
cannot be “sold for a song.” Yet they are cheap
for their value, for they will soon keep a house clear
of flies. —New Haven Palladium.
Ascent ok Mount Ararat. —The London cor
respondent of the New York Commercial Adver
tiser says :
An interesting account appears in the Times of
this morning of an ascent of Mount Ararat by five
Englishmen. The natives believed the feat to be
impossible, and that the summit was guarded by
divine prohibition. It is 17,323 feet above the sea
level, and terminates in a precipitous snow capped
cone, which has hitherto toiled all the attempts of
explorers. Major Robert Stewurt, who was cue of
the party, and who writes the account of it from
Erzeroum, states that on reaching the top, they
stuck to the hilt in the snow a short double-edged
sword. They also drunk the health of the Queen.
On this he observes : “Her Majesty ’s name is pro
bably the first that has been pronounced on that
solemn height sinee it was quitted by the great pa
triarch of the human race, as no record or tradition
exists of the ascent having ever been made be
fore.”
Curious Freak of Silk Worms.— -A curious
circumstance is said to have occurred in the silk
factory of M. Garibaldi, at Cremona. It is p- >sj ■
tively stated that in that factory, r quantity of silk
worms, instead of forming the cocoon, as usual, aetu
allv wove a kind of silk ribbon of the breadth of an
inch, and the length of upwards of twelve feet In
the course of the inquiries made m this matter, it
has been elicited that a similar phenomena, only on
a much larger scale, took place at Alessandria in
183 b in the silk factory of Dr. Grillo, where the
silk worms wove a ribbon two inches broad and up
wards of sixty feet in length, part of which is now
preserved in the Museum ot Natural History at
Turio.
Query.— ln case the Presidential election goes to
the House, and the delegation from any particular
state is equally divided, what course will be pursued
in voting t ,
Antuer. —The vote of that State would count ora
a. aintl a choice, but none for any candidate. It
was so with the votc-s of two States —Vermont and
Maryland, wo believe—in the struggle between
Jefferson and Burr, in 1804. But for this, Jefferson
would have been chosen at once.
The Book Trade.— lt is stated that the aggre
gate of the catalogue of the Fall sales of books ill
Philadelphia and New York this year reaches the
extraordinary Bum of one million two hundred thou
sand dollars. The extent of the trade generally may
be appreciated from this fact. The American peo
ple are great readers, and millions of copies of pub
lications of various kinds nre distributed through
out the Union every year.
Fire Losses. —The immense amount of property
destroyed by fire every year in the Tinted States is
without precedent in any other country in too w ''...
According to the record of the Journal of Com j
in which is only entered those hres where ■
exceeds ten thousand dollars the number ?L fi b r “
from the first of January to the fir* • 1 j
was 253, involving a loss ot
same months of i*ss, the amount o 1 Exceeded
rid by tires, where the loss of each exceeded
*O,OOO, was only $9,388,000.
VtiUE or Reputation.— Daniel Webster, when
brief which he had prepared for the first case.
A census of Nebraska Territory lias just been la
ken by the United States Marshals. The returns
were to he made by the first of Septemhi r, and
would.it was thought, show a population of between
I fifteen and twenty thousand mvilized white luliali
* itants.
' V*' ,ll ' s, cuui..l,i|» Kluritin.
.** e are indebted says the 0r1..,,,. . ..
ot the 13th itist to Capt Dowdeii, of tile I
Diamond, which arrived hero this mor.tinp lor the
following account ot the loss of the steamshin )• ,
da, already announced by telegraph : ' ‘
The steamship Florida, Capt. Cozzous li ft
cola on Thursday, the 28th of Ait-ust »■ p ”
gentlemen, two ladies and two children 0., i> ,aid as
passengers, besides the oilicers and crew T:e
Weather was fine at IDA. SI. she crossed the bur
and shaped her course for Cape Shu 111-s •p'.,.
weather continued pleasnut throughout tie- dav. al
though during the evening tile breez .which u ,
from the northeast freshened, and 11,a sec be. ...
rise.
Friday, the 29th commenced with strong breuzt s
from the n ’rtlieast, and a heavy sea runnia A,
daylight she made Cape San lllas, bul the
running so heavily that the captain del not d. c
prudent to veulure round, ns the ship p ,
laden and laboring very hard. She uas.ih. p..
kept away, and rail into St. Joseph’s far a .be
At 10 o’clock A. At., she came to au anchor. . id .
party went ashore from her and caughl som, n-o -
file day ended with strong breezes and the wen; n
looking very had.
Saturday the IV.ltlt, opened with thick ,
rrs A » a . U n“ 10,,K breez ™ from the cast nortne,..:,
AtJA.SI.it commeneed blowiug harder .-in.l I
sea began to rise. At 12 o’clock Capt. Co/., ,-
ff° iler second anchor, with numerous u ; t>, ,
attacked to ’t, and gave her all the ok.'u. ‘ i •
wind and sea increased, and the weather !• ••!.
very bud. At GP. M. the wind kiew von i.c ,\
a treineudouH yea was running, and Lho ‘v -a l i',!
bored very hard.
At 7 P. M. she commenced dragging, cud a .n ..
ter past 8 o'clock the ship strut k and uiv x .1 y l ,,
on the shoal, the unchors still holding Lev
head to the wind. AMO I*. M. tin.- after m.,„ ; '
loun was blown away, and the passengers u d,■ . .
were compelled to go into the lower hi./for r
ty, the wmd blowing a Inline:.no and . iel mere -,
big, the sea breaking all over the ship eel . ■
we-ithcr looking very bad.
Sunday, the lllat, commeneed with agate tilliu
creasing, and the ship striking heavily \i i \
our larboard gangway was waule d out. and ike
sea commenced breaking through ihe ship T|u
cabin doors w, re compelled to be shut for nfctv. -
At 2A. SI , our lee state rooms in the lower cabin
were washed away and the small boat was lost
two other boats having been previously st \ b
the sen. At hull-past 2 o’clock, the cabin vas
washed away altogether, mid all were onii-pc"ed to
climb up ou the gullow’s frame, as the sea wa
breaking all over the ship, the wind blew mg a ’ey
nude, and the sea running mountains high \i t
A. M , the smoke chimney went overboard, mid He
forward deck, with the pilot house, fblluwt’d. .\ i t
A. M., the wind came out from tin* southw< ;( •i .
blow harder than ever. All continued h d t,»tho
callow’s frame until daylight. Two metallic Id
boatH had also been M*d to the fallows frame
\Vhen daylight came, ull that was left of the si
was a part of the larboard wheel-house- the ’,/
having been all washed to pieces. AU the mni ‘
deck .is tar as the engine room was gone with n !
the cabins ami part of the after deck. It was found
that the wreck was then lying at the edge of the
weeds, tho island being ail overflowed. At DA. M
the water commenced to fall, and the wind to * die
away, hi one hour from that time the island wan
dry, and on walking oil'the wreck we lomui the
weeds strewed with portion of the vessel mat em ; o
Most of the trees on tho island had been either !»?.. .
ken or torn up by the roots. The officers. crew mid.
passengers employed themsolvos in building slieiler
to live in, and gathering the cargo that they found
on the beach into ope place. The duy ended with
light breeses from the eastward.
On Monday, the Ist of September, the Contain
started for Apalachicola ; but could not priced ,m
account of the roads being so bad. 11- returned
next day. All the passengers and uuwt t>f the t . <\v
lost everything that they hud. Scum) of their thin;
were found in the woods. On Tuesday, ihe iM, ae
counts of our situation reached Apalachicola, ami
Mr. Simmonds, the lu\sbaud of one ol our lal\ \> a
sengers, came aver. His wile and two gi-iifhmu n
returned with him. The weather was pleasant, and
the pftnx and officers continued trying to f ive the
ship’s property. On Wednesday, the 3d, three v<
sels came from Apalachicola, but would n»f ngivu
on terms with the captain, who, therefore, conclud
ed to save all that he could, and get a vessel an L
bring it himself.
On Saturday, tho captain gave four persons per
mission to take one of the bouts, and try arid get to
Pensacola. They started on Saturday, thetiili, and
reached Pensacola ou Tuesday, the IMh, nlmo.
hausted ns they \\n d hud uothing to eat but. raw h i
con and bread, that had been wetted in salt water.
Three of them left on the schooner Diamond that
evening for New Orleans. The fourth was a gen
tleman belonging to Pensacola. The names ol tho
gentlemen that went to Pensacola in ti e beat an
Capt. James Dnldey, W. 11. Page, and H. l\ Smith
passengers; and Gregory Yniestra, pur.--.ev.
The captain, with n lady passenger and the crew,
s*ill remained by the wreck. Efforts were being
made to save a portion of tho engine.
Capt. Dowden, of the schooner Diamond, i.-i : po
ken of with heartfelt thauks for the gentlemanly
manner in which he treated those who came hither
on Lis vessel.
Reported Settlement ol (lie Central American
4jue*tiou.
The New York Herald of the ICtii iust. publishes
the following important communication from its
London correspondent :
I send you enclosed a complete copy of t!ie CVi
vention for the restoration ot the Bay Islami:. 'I h
only essential and peculiar pa t of the general treaty
you are already in possession oY. A copy of tho
Convention touching the continental limits''of H«>:i
dliras, disposing of the territorial pretensions on be**
halt of his Mosquito Majesty I will forward you, if
porsible, by the next steauu-r.
I have just heard that on WcdncM ay last, (h
--'27t,h, before going 1o Scotland viih the (inm
Lord Clarendon i.igm d npro/c/ with Mr. Du'!.-'*,
be submitted to Nicaragua, putting San Juan it..'- :
th«» sovereignty ot'the la iter State, merely providia ,-
that ittshulfbo commercially a free port. The M<>s’
quito question is disposed ot’, ns I explained 1o you
in the summary winch I sent you some weeks ago.
If Walker comes out victorious against the <
moots now combined against him, I am sun* he will
be recognized by the British govcinniett. Tho
subtle movements of Louis Napoleon in tho direc
tion of Spain have ulurnied England, ant a,he f eis
that whatever alliances she may have on the Conti
nent, from motives of policy, she has no friendn
there, and that she cannot afford to have an 01 my
in the United State:.
1 have no doubt that tin sc considernlioi-s htr •
had their duo weight in bringing about a Cud* 1
American settlement. This settlement has i> < n
somewhat delayed from the chv.mimtauce that -all
statements to the contrary not with uuiidi: g—toe g
vernment at Washington did not g : • Mr. Dalle ,
powers to conclude anything. They evidently
thought to take advantage of the d*. sire **f tho Eng
lish government t.o settle the Central American alTmr
to force it to send a Minister in place of Crumpt■»:».
It is thus that opportunities of settling difliculf
questions arc gambled with to effect political pur
poses.
Convention between Great Britain ami Honduras,
Relative, to the. Bay Islanda.
Her Majesty, the Queen of the United Kin him
of Great Britain and Ireland, and lh<* Republic of
Honduras, being desirous to settle in a 'iii it
manner certain questions connected with the teni
tonal limits of the republic, have resolved to con
clude a convention for that purpose, and h e
named as their plenipotentiaries, &c., <Nc., wlm
have agreed upon and concluded il»c following
atlicles:—
Art. 1. Taking iuto consideration the peculiar to
pographical position of Honduras, and in ordei lo
secure the neutrality of the islands adjaot-nt tin
with reference to any railway or o:h \ line* • L.t **i
oceanic communication which may be consii acted
across the territories of Honduras, her Britannic
Majesty and the republic of Honduras agi o* to con
stitute and declare the islands of Uuatan, Bonaeea,
Helena, Utila and Barbaretta, situau l in the !i.
of Honduras, a free territory, under the hov-r< igi.' y
of the republic of Honduras.
The present legislative, judicial and ex. citiv. ?t
thorities in said island shall remain in the cxereist*
of their functions until the Legi lutive Assembly of
the said islands may otherwise provide, with, how
ever, the following exceptions :
All functions hitherto exercised by the crown of
Great Britain, and by the. Governor of Jatntrr.a, in
the government and Legislature of the said b! ud,
shall cease from the dale of the proclamation of this
Convention therein ; and such proclamation sluiii be
made os soon os possible after the exchange ot rati
fications.
All functions hitherto exercised by the superint
dent of the British settlement in th- Bay ot Hoik'li
ras, in the capacity of Lieutenant Governor of tho
said islands, and by the presiding magistrate therein
resident, in the government and legislation of tho
said islands, shall ceuee six months alter the dale
above mentioned, unless the legislative assembly
shall sooner provide substitutes for the above men
tioned functionaries.
The inhabitants of the free Territories shall then
permanently possess the following rights and irurnu
nities:
Ist. To govern themselves by means of their own
municipal government, to be administered by legis
lative, executive and judicial officers of their own
election, according to their own regulations.
2. Trial by jury in their own courts.
3d. Perfect freedom of religious belief u< <i wor
ship, public and private.
4th. Exemption from all duties of customs, and
all taxation on real estate or other property, except
such as may be imposed by their own municipality,
and collected for the treasury of the free terri
lory, to be applied for the benefit of the said free
territory.
sth. Exemption from military service, except
for the defence of the free territory, and within its
bounds.
The republic of Honduras engages not bn-xctoise
its rights of sovereignty over the islands v hicli au
to constitute such free territory, in any nunnu r. in
violation of the rights and immunities spec Hied in
this article.
The Republic also engages not to erect, nor t*»
permit to, be erected, any fortification «,j ; tin
said islands, or any other island in the Bay •>!
of Honduras, nor to cede such islands, m* any ot
them, or the right of sovereignty over such is!a.. i >,
oi any part of such sovereignty, to any nation or
Btate whatever.
And whereas, slavery has not existed in the mid
islands, tue Republic of Honduras hereby on iges
that slavery shall not at any time hereafter be per
mitted to exist thv/ein.
Arr. 11. The contracting parties agree tncoinmu
nicate the present Convention to all other mantiico
powers, and to invite them to accede to it.
Signed in London this— day of ,in tho year
of our Lord, 185(5. Ci.akkniion.
llkrras.
Df.ath or a Autf.d Man.—The Galvesioi. (T»
) papers announce tho death there on f - M in.-i* ,
of Col. Michael B. Mem-.d Me born in ( an.:
da and became an Indian trader, theg e. l tiib •»!'
the Shawnees electing him as their elite*, in n! r ii
position he continued several y<-t >. •! —■ -
dependent of Mexico. In Ddfl was a me.noi
Congress. The News says that the I.u ,n i'l
cherish Ins name, and it i * a common |>r , n
aniong them, ‘ peaking of him by hi* In 'bu tut .■ ,
Mv'hrln: never deceived a A '• •' •
brother of Teeiims«*h, with several -
came to Galveston to see him ' ,ri v :l, i ‘
theo, wua Bfi'criii.z. Tncy weul » ' l "‘-
would not enter, lie .ut oil I lie K.ound with m. n
for hours, and they begged him to go back aui* be
their chief.
James Kino, or W.M.—' This is tiie mm.-, it will
be ri inenilier d, oi tl.e geiiti inan whose deal Ii at
Ull! hands ol Casey called ior I lie second re ornaid
nation of the San Kraueiseo Vusilaneo C«>i.in.di.
After Mr. K s dealli eontrii.i lioiifl were i.:- <l< in
that city for tin-beoelii o' Ins tanoly. and Im* oim
ofraised, which has been plac d in the Inn as
ot truste«*s for investment. In addition t * this, i is
stated tlmt the King family slili retains a third inter
est iu the llulletin, which yields (hem about 81.000 a
month profits. Mrs. Kino has also been p.vsoute 1
with a ltouse valued at $0 000
Depth of the Nohth Atlantic. —the
top ot Chilntorazo to the bottom ol the AtlotJie, at
the deepest plae.e yet reached by the phtimm t in too
North Atlantic, the distance in .ivritnu.l tst.ino
miles. The deepest Perl of the Noilh A net is
probably »• mewhere between the I vtotn- * »
Grand Banks. The waters ot the Gn.t ot .Vvx-co
are held in a basin at.ont a tittle deep in the deepest
part.. Tlu-re is at the bottom of the r. a, between
(•„!„. Jtacc, in Newfoundland, and Cap • <T i, in
Ireland, a remarkable s?* pp*, wnit-s, i.- . I;--auy
known as tiie telegraphic pi-, t- .u Th gi» •*< «•***» lo
dLtauce between Lbese two abore lines i liso*» n ilea
and the sea along this route is piobuoiy nowhere
moro than 10,000 feet deep.