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The Mncnre , « .tlaftl*.
From ihe Liverpool Times. May 8.
England's Interests in Central America.—
T 1 mo*:. significant passage in the Queen? speech
v fern to the negotiations between our own and the
v u-. i States government* relative to the Central
A i* ? r n question being still undecided—a fact
ver> lx *1 v knew, 1 »ut there is no hope held out
%f a speedy settlement ot the question It is evi
.. t:, .t the pro-slavery party in the American
N i .;te intend to make the most of circumstance*.
*. 11. a view to the triumph of their own policy, and
lit rxcounts from the Isthmus of Panama, show
• it*on of incidents which will induce the
: v \ rty in the B>uthto pu*h matters to a still
* r extremity. A forcible possession of the
] ' nbodi sides by the troops of the Federal
\. nt I* advocated in w»rne of the American
and if Lord Palmerston be the belligerent
\ r which some people represent, he has not
) enough in this dispute to t'ratify bis inmost
Fro. i th> London. Pott. May 8.
A* to the negotiations wPh the United States and
a.r Government ot H 0 ..1 rash* i-gard to the as
fa r% of Central A menca. they )r .*-•*• not yet been
r» ought to a done, sod q* ;ble therefore to
give Parliament anv d fi i*« usu-i nation on the
subject. Hut altho G Urban is largely in
tere-ted in the trade . t Bhze.and in the prosperity
of Guatemala, Vbe*»an, < "*i* Kica. Salvador and
Nicaragua. and in the well ben* of the tribe* aJong
the Mosquito shore, wh<. look up *o our protecting,
yet we have such confidence in the sagacity of the
government o'the United State:;, and in the mode
rate of our own Cabinet, that we hare no doubt
the negotiation* will amicably and atiafar L only ter
e The Monitcur has the following an
nofiiM-cme-t - M le Huron Grott, hair been ajmoint
‘ , i ■ vJ ... the Emperor to repair to China,
i the cl’aructer of Commissioner Extraordinary.—
L .i t‘i r. 'in h<;/* rec i ved from the government of her
Hritaunic Mkj'sty an analogou* mission, with the
*arne t.rje and the two plenipotentiaries will lend
each other mutual assistance in the negotiations
w .u h arc confided to them, and the success of
who 11 would without any doubt, open a new field
p> C hristian civilization and the commerce of all
nation? M le Baron Gron will almost immediately
r inbark on b -ard the frigate Audacieuse.
A Paris LO’res pendent of the Independence states
tu; one of the instruct!' ns of the trench plenipo
t« rdiary to Uhina will authorize him to demand, on
the part of Roman Catholic ministration the nght
to instruct their religion in China, on condition that
they do not attack the existing government and
conform to the laws. , ..
it is decided that the Grand Duke Constantine,
brother of Czar Alexander of Russia, who now in
Paris, is to have an interview with the Queer. of
England, at Osbofne, but this visit will not take
wla- e until his Imperial Highness has finished his
,\ mi f tue Westein part of Franca. According to
ti e r rogramme in Le Kurd, the Grand Duke’s visit
j,;. r Maj-sty will not take place until about the
first of June.
A i <4TittA —A Vienna letter of the 58th ult. oays :
‘‘A (1-untaiiuii nf the Protestantaof Hungary low
hi-.-n rtcrivod by the Emperor, to make known the
n shea of the reformed cburrli in Hungary. The
|*ruy Counnillor de Lflnyar, ad.lreeeed the Empe
i„r in tiii- Magyar language, in the name of hiaco
, ~iigii n-Lr, an'l benought him to grant to the church
Os iluigiuv tin right of convoking a general synod,
tod. morale on anorganic statute tor the church
end *. h 0.,!« of that ere. d The Emperor replied in
the Kfiuie language with his usual atlability, ami
promised the deputation that their request should
l>. taken into consideration, and acceded to as
at* pm-silile. He assured them of his constant
i.lu-itude for the welf re of Ins Protestant sub
jprlH an d recommended them to have confidence in
** l * N al* I ¥' —lt itt reported thut the lend talked of
< '..ueoidat betw. • t. Nuplee end the Holy See in on
„f b.-im; concluded. It will exempt the
~,r tv „fil,e cl. ~.:y mill of charitable iiwtitutiomi
’ miHXhii ... K-vr' the Intel ventiou of ley ku
,‘ h „ rl! „.: iniimitK- mid place the civil regiatra
iiM'ioni Allusively in the baud* of the cletjjy. the
■OS ill n. Is in the nomination of bishop* are also to
~| The clergy are to have the Burrell
u„, ~,a lemiiiee, and when they think proper can
claim the aid of the armed force
S,. A , I 111 Madrid Gazette of the -M»th ult ,pub
l,,ie - he deer, o, by which, us already announced,
•Ie (■ a,tain Gem lal of Malaga establishes the mate
m all the town* of bu province. Thepre
amble states that this measure lias become necessa
,v in coiiHeiiuence “o| t he enemies of they ueen and
of nubile, tranquility having prepared to raise the
eland>ir.t ol revolt, and to spread alarm conaten.a
t i,,n and mourning a non* the population The
1 j H ~ ry ~ vc;c, an it declares that whoever
shall utter a seditious ery shall he shot ; it orders
peaceable citizens, on (tie tir.t symptoms of alarm,
}, ~ , i, M c their doors, and keep their balco
die-, lighted up at night ; it calls on possessors ol
arms u. give them up instantly, under pain of being
. Hi,, ■ alleys, audit lorbnls assemblages in
the streeie .it mot.: Ilian three persons. A priest
named Klcd.s, and two ol lie. persons who had
I ( N (lU< |,,l ~ii M'.spici -n ol heing concern’d in
la'll, i;,.rl'i-1 111. iracy at Madrid, had been set at
li*Ti'*'a.ivermnent has received information from
I ",, that seve.al i. lng.-s had left that eity for
s I'! ~ i minin' 1 of Hie latnous Keruaudea de
i ‘ va t,ad •• i, interred with great pomp in the
... (| t .|-,,nimo at Granada. The Heslaur
rcli. :i ‘an absolutist paper, declars that -chat the
I,- 'lots sin.l about Count ih Monteuiolmo hemg
n.lwillimr 1.1 in knowledge the Oueen, on certain
Stomps complete false * At Madrid the
~.,n was gi. aler than ever known at tins season ;at
M 10. the entry, the temperature was BHbot
■'icnsimacy which had been discovered at
r- is 1,-pi. seated to be a Carliet one, audio
. Vi ■ t rmoilic.ilions at ltareelona, Cadiz, Main
,1 ptiu.c.t. According to the governuien
the papers se zed in possession of the
. ‘ ~,,',s in rested show that the most desperate
.. .. wci, contemplated. The whole pro
y• , ~„a bus been declared in a stale of
’i ", s - toll of the Cortes would, it was ex
peeled, be brief.
1 \ —The Belgian journals publish the ac
‘ ,1 ti e ti. aty betweeu Kussia and Japan. The
1 css;, lobe allowed treed.un to mine and
' i,i. towns of Sitnoda and Ilakodadi, whieh
1 V ~mid,) them to early on trade with greater
id ~i !i,ges tliiiti the treaties with other powers
1 tv„ cel ac. orded 111 the Japanese treaty with
1 1,.0il It is howet. r, provided that the English
.-hud at all linns be plsccd on the same footing as
the most favored and the terms ol the Russian
tifnt" will therefor* ,be ndv.tU'Hgeoua io them it
~<d faith is obseivcd by •!, Japanese.
l itKKtt The Ide « aotlnople of the
‘2, ’th announces that the i• I In l '' recognized the
titithi.rii v ol Scliaioyl. anil wei- preparing to break
tO’ mud.* with K -I I’in l! Circassians
ti ,v, i sent the order ol the Medjidie to the
King of Prussia. ......
, is n,, Smyrna, ot April *l. slate that a
Turkish vets I from Tripoli, having fifteen slaves
on bonrd, had been seized at Tol.es.ue on the
requisition of the English Consul General. The
municipal council at Smyrna has ordered the
slaves to be set at liberty.
A.vothsuOuthaok itr lin tPihates. Accoun.s
inn, h,. t, r. c. i’ .d of another outrage committed
by the Kill'pirates. On theilTtl. of last month they
niade signals on the frontier importing that they
had n good cargo of poultry and other provisions
to dispose of A Spanish boat, manned by fout
mi'. »..*! an interpreter, put off ami made for
the point from which the Higna’* proceaded. On
nearing it a large boat, tilled with pnntes, which
hud be. n lyi. - in ambush, tired and gave chase.
Thr Spaciertla rowed for Cape Moro, bi t found
tliemt*.- \s stopped bv more pirates in an English
shallop *\v I *l. Un v have doubtless stolen ) Two of
the ; ..t,Uirs v* re shot .lead, and the other two. with
the interpreter, made prisoners. By the last ac
..n »t it was fcare.d tha th<* latter would be mur
dered by tin pirates. The I’atrie tlireateus an ex
nedition against these corsairs, “to penetiate into
the h art of their country and exterminate the
race *’observ ing that the Riff rocks are not more
itmo esaible than the Casbah of Algiers.
Fh v sum Tkansati.astic Navigation. The
Xord of Brussels, savs tliat the following are near
!v the terms of the bill on the lines of traps atlantic
til y hui navigation dr»i;. n up by the Council of State:
“The Minister ot Finance is authorized to concede
thret lines of correspondence by means ofsteaiueis
between France and America. The company ob
taining such concession cannot in any case receive
an .muual subvention from the state exceeding
10,000,001 i. Decree** in the Bulletin dee Lois shall
fix the post age of letters, newspapers, and printed
papers of all kinds, conveyed by the steamers. The
ports trom and to which the steamers are to ply are
to be I. Havre, tor the line of New York ; Bor
mix g '.tie 'i:i*■ iif Brnzil and Nantes, (St
Naxairo ) u the line *»t the West Indies. Annex
ed to the princ pal lines shall be : 1. one from Rio
de .laueiro to Montevidet* and Buenos Ayres :
one from St. Thomas to Carthagena, Porto Rico,
Vt va Cruz, and Tampii o ; and d, one from Mar
tiiiique to Cayenne. Hie number of voyages is
tixed at two per month for each line. The hue from
Havre to New York is to touch at Cherbourg. The
caution-money to be deposited by the companies
demanding the concession is tixed at ‘J,tMH),OOOf.
The number of '»s cls is to be 2t>, and their
mimmtnr force l*,V7ob horse-power. The cthter
,/t-s churl' s provides that in the steamers all that
can contribute to the security and welfare of the
passenger* hall be adopted. The concession ot the
hues is to lake p ace by public competition.'*
Long wood ami thk Tomb or Nal’olkon. —The
following is the text of the expose des motifs of the
oill presented to the French Legislative Body,
c*}>eniiig a credit of ISO.OOOf. for the purchase of tlie
and habitation of the Emperor Napoleou I, at
St. Helena:
*' riie Emperor has c harg'd mo with tho mission
of pi . g *1 tim: to tho Legislative Body a bill for tho
piirohaso in tho irintid ot St Holous. of the residence
of 1 iim mind uni the tomb in which for 90 years
the mortal remains of the first Napoieou wore de
posit oil The exhumation of IS 10 did not remove
everythin!!from the Island of St. Helena, as two
great relies still remained there—an open prison
and an nipty tomb But industrial pursuits and
speculation do not always pause or bow before re
spect for great nun. The residence ot Longwixd
has been appreji iat*‘dtcthe uses ot an agrieuUu
ralestablishment. The bouse in which Napoleon
resided has ' on converted iu.o a farm building , a
bain stands in the place where he dictated his
ideas and ihe room win re he l -eathed his last is
now conceited into a stable. His tomb has also
urdergonedepl, -able translormations. Theground
iu which ill. eniaius of ti e Emperor l.iy belongs to
a private individual. American speculation dis
iiii'- peesessiou of it with the patriotism of
F' T was necessary to put an cud to these
profans Tons.
~ veiunieut of her Britannic Majesty inter
poeed itegvxid offices to enable France to purchase
»■ tb >se*i-eltcs—a testimony of so much grandeur a:si
* wlhfsu A great suffering Thank* to its intervention.
the domain of the. State will extend bevond the
c. • an hi thee land where unequalled destinies were
acr> upfisUt l Under a preceding Government the
■ si re where St. 4/mm* expired iu the Regency of
T i- H, u‘aruncieiil Carthage, was consecrated by
e mausoiettn’. A igunage as striking will be render*
d! to t .e Who died under Hie sun of the
t- ,-j cs Two -at sot» enirs wri'. thus be raised at
* two extremities of that African lluid which our
. . .-.a opened to civilization Places visited
bv rVi Is- their immortality, like hemes Mark
. s-'cd event, the small Island of St.
j-‘ J . the midst of the sea, an historical
u N .thing will ever efface it from the
m , ' ~ The imperial Louvre will not
. eat Long weed, nor will the crypt
•*.' . .1. ds throw oblivion on the Atlautie
, , - .. whole of France will thus unite in the
S - * ,1 ; ude which surrounds with a fresh
, i u t:. s profaned relics, and rescue them
’■ . -.ni l. .. gradations to restore them to the
p . y it i..?iorv
Luer nu .. t < xas.
O-ti Sam Houston has decla.vu icmself an iude
p lent «-Hn<l;date for Gove • ”
I'ne Pa!**tiue Advocate tm -k t over tiie retuni
Oi pleasant weather, a: d exp *•*>»*• tic opinion that
the w*>eat harvests will . • V abvrdam.
In Williamson. Burnt t H vd other western
t untiee. mai y families . u fit-ring for want of
bread. Public meet .i gs have oeeu tailed for their
relief.
The Nacogdoches Chronicle mention a number
of agriculturists v■ ■ are experimenting with the
Chinese sugar cane. Tuoee who ruiaed it last year
are planting the seed, and appear satisfied of its
By the Sai Antontio papers we Uara that Geu.
Twiggs was expected in that c ity hourly to take
charge of the 1 '■*«? division of the U. S Army, iu
place ol lieu Jol Lson who prtn ceds to Fort
\jt avenworth, to take <x ir.mand «•: the Government
surveying expedition acn s? th** plains
The Essie , u Texas Gazette, of the 9th, anticipates
only about two thirdsof the usual wheat crop on
t v e praitiea
The Marshall Republican says the favorable
chunge in tne weather and heavy rains have given
the crops in that s ction and exiraodiuary fart.
Vegetation s putting firth, aud the gardens and
field** look p .»o isi* g.
Advices from Brownsville to the Kith inst.,
mention renewed depredations on the upper ami
lower Rio Grande, loudly for additional defences at
the hands of the Government. Otherwise the country
Will quiet at'd|-P'*u< "11 J —V < 1 I'ira^une.
Algcnn nS Garnett, of Virginia, has been apLoiut
ed Assistant Surgeon ; and Charles A. Davis,
Chaplain ol the Navy.
From the Ijondon Timet oj May 6.
The United Niien nnd New hranada.
It would be affectation not to own some sort of
uneasiness at the news that the United Btates are
going to carry it with a high hand over the misera
ble state of New Granada. The old cock does not
like to see tLc young cock strutting and crowing so
near bis own dunghill But. though we care little
for New Granada or Central America in this coun
try, and bare other things to think of, there is abun
dant provocation to instincive jealousy. First,
there is one of the most important points in the
world apparently involved in the affair, that Bima
nt Corinlhut of the new world, Panama, more im
portant than the isthmus of fiuez, or any other great
meeting point of nations.
It seems to be marked by nature for the common
property of mankind, as much as the ocean which it
so slightly dissevers. It is true that to all appear
ance it may be hundreds of yean* before we shall
ever make use of the isthmus, and during all that
time the United States will be more concerned to
invite than to obstruct our passage. But there is
the apparent natural right ; and in this case it i* se
cured and embodied in a treaty, about which there
happens to have been some controversy. 1
have in this country a rather exaggerated ideao
Brother Jonathan s disposition to Lake the law in
in «h£ country
Yankee i* hi. only law i<* we f know of
the Auierkian* the uKire .atwhed are weof tlieir re-
to our.elve.. They are, pe'hap., a little
more fiery, a little more independent, for climate
and <ircumatance will tell upon them; but the
“governing classes” of the United Btate e are very
near deaoepdants—the grandchildren or the great
grandchildren—of our own yeomanry, and inherit
the same strong elements of their character.
Compared with the great inter sts of humanity
any jealousy we might feel of American progress is,
w’e frankly admit, a petty consideration. It cer
ta.nl v is for the interest of humanity that civiliza
tion, in the common sense of that word, comprising
order, security of life and property, hospitality to
strangers, and permanent institutions, should prevail
over disorder, anarchy, continual revolution, and
mutual massacre, and the general state of things
described in almost every letter from Central and a
great part of South America. The mongrel races
that people of those legions combine the vices of
barbarism with those ot civilization, and under the
names and exteriors, and political pretensions of
the Spanish Hidalgo or Republican, are, in fact, as
turbulent, cruel, and intractable as the races sup
planted by their foretatherb. But no country ever
had peace in which w'ere various races that refused
to coalesce, and there is warting that essential con
dition to order in Central America.
What changes may be effected by the new ele
ment now introducing itself time only can show ;
but, as things now arc, there cannot be peace and
order in Central America, nor w ill there be till a
stronger hand, a more vital principle of order, comes
in. No doubt that will be supplied by the United
States. It is true —and here we are involuntarily
reverting to our first misgivings—wo in this couu
try neither know nor can learn the rights of the
quarrel between the States and Granada. The
Americans allege a conspiracy, but nothing is more
uufikely than a concerted scheme by the population
of a weak state to get up an inexplicable teud with
one infinitely stronger.
It had all the look of ill-feeling, accident, and pas
siou, like *u Irish faction fight, only fought out with
knives and rilies instead ot clubs and stones. But
it is not our business to decide, or to form any opin
ion as to the origin of the quarrel. What we have
to consider rather is the hearing of the affair on the
general iuteiest of h .mauity. Now, between such
people as the citizens ot the United fcjtates and the
mixed populations ot Granada, the fonner in the ap
parently weak position of strangers travellers,
yet each representing in his own person the whole
power and genius of a mighty commonwealth, and
the latter really contemptible, but in possession of
the spot, there could not but be continual ruptures.
It is only a question of time. If the outbreak was
not this year it would be the next.
Os course, it would be far better that the state of
Granada should be strong enough to keep its people
in order and to prevent them from taking a turuul
tuo us revenge for personal insults; but if every col
lision between resident and traveller is to be follow
ed by a rising of the whole population, then Grana
da becomes a mere mine of explosive ingredients,,
which it is dangerous to walk over. A traveller
may answer lor himself, but he cannot answer lor
the >OO travellers who may be with him at the port
or on the passage, and the world at large has the
right to demand some security that one of its great
thoroughfares shall not be made a scene of mutual
» arnage every time a drunken traveller misconducts
himself.
iiui, in fact, neither the United States nor Eng
tan.t, nor any other Government ha. so much voice
id these change, as we are apt to ansigu to them. —
The change will take place, anil all that statesmen
and philanthropist, can do reaches only to the time
and ‘to the manner. A vast population—Anglo
Saxon we call it, for want of a better name, but
much more Uritish than American—is pouring into
these regions, and acquiring that strength which is
inseparable Horn superiority of numbers and breed.
Nothing will prevent them from gaining the ascen
dancy over the debased races that decay, languish,
quarrel, and destroy one another in one of the finest
countries as well as most commanding situations in
tile world.
Titere they are, and, though the gold discoveries
of Australia have diverted lrom California and the
routes thereto the great European influx with which
they were threatened, still the ‘Anglo-Saxon” ele
ment is rapidly increasing in Central America and
growing to its invariable political development.—
Whatever the Government of the United States
does in these regious will be better Ilian the work of
adventurers, which, ut the best, will he only a bro
iten limb badly set, and will require some day an
other aud more painful operation. The only point,
at present involved in this quarrel is the country
immediately about the Jsthiuus.
The Government of Washington will consult its
own peace, at all events its resources, by advancing
as little as possible Southward into the Slate of Gra
nada—a vast mountainous region directly under the
Equator. We presume that, at the utmost, it will
confine its ambition to the perfect security of its
route.to the Pacific States. Time may or may not
call it or tempt it to the path of I’ixarro and into
the heart of that Southern continent, which has
never yet known repose, ltut for the present the
States can do little more, and can desire little more
than to substitute their own authorities for those
which have been found ineffectual at the Isthmus.
Even if we frequented the region much more than
we do, we should have but small reason to regret
the change, and can only desire that it should take
place as quietly as piwsmle.
Anecdote* or Cot.. Ethan Am en.— Col.Ethan
Allen was a man destined to the world as something
uncommon ami iu a high degree interesting. Ho
was but partially educated and obscurely brought
up ; yet no man was more at ease in the polished
ranks than lie. Not that lie at all conformed to their
artificial rules of etiquette; but he had observed the
dictates of natural good sense aud good humor.—
His bearing was iu total defiauce to fashion, and he
looked and acted as if he thought it would be a con
descension thus to trammel himself. It is well
known that in early life, in his own country, he ac
quired an influence over his fellow men, and led
them on to the most daring achievements. He
seemed to have possessed all the elements of a hero,
a devoted patriotism, a resolute and daring mind,
ami an excellent judgment.
dis conduct as a partisan officer is well known in
this country,aud was of great service to the cause of
liberty during our revolutionary struggle. He was
taken prisoner and carried to England, where his
excellent sense, his shrewdness aud wit, introduced
him into tho court region. A friend ot our earlier
ite, who was writ acquainted with this part of the
history of this singular man, used to take great
delight in telling us some anecdotes of Col. Alien
while a prisoner in London. Wo have before men
tioned the firmness with which he resisted the at
tempts to bribe him, aud the caustic satire with
which he replied to a nobleman who was commis
sioned by the ministry to make him formal offers to
join the British cause iu America. The incident
was a stirring one, and will bear a repetition.
I , Himissioner, amongst tbeteinpting largesses,
n> so t bat if he would espouse the cause of the
K he might have a fee simple in half the State
ol \ moni. “1 am a plain man,” said Col. Allen
in ,i ply. “and I have read but few books, but I
have seen in print somewhere, a circumstance that
forcibly reminds me of the proposal of your lordship,
it is of "a certain character who took a certaiu other
character into an exceeding high mountain, and
showed him all the kiugdoms of the earth, and the
glory thereof, and told onn that if he w ould fall
down and worship him, this should all be bis, and
the rascal,” added he, ‘"didn't own a foot of them !”
His interview with the King at Windsor is men
tioned as highly interesting. His Majesty asked the
stout hearted mouutaineer if they had any newspa
tiers in America. "But very few, and those are but
little read," was the answer. "How then," asked
the King, "Jo the common people know of these
grievances of which they coinplaiu ?” As to that,”
said he, "I can tell jour Majesty, that amongst a
people who have felt the spirit of liberty, the news
of oppression is carried by trie birds of the air, and
the breezes of heaven.” “That is too figurative an
answer from a matter-of-fact man, to a plain ques
tion, ' rejoined the King. Well, to be plan,’an
swered the rebellious subject, ‘among our people
tbe tale of wrong is carried from man to man, from
neighborhood to neighborhood, with the speed of
electricity. my countrymen feel nothing else ; ‘out
of the abundanee of the heart the mouth speaketh.’
1 will add. witli great respect to your Majesty, that
such a people cannot be put down with the sword."
The King made a long pause, a* if strongly im
pressed with the truth of his remarks. At length,
ehauging the subjset, lie asked Col Allen if he knew
l): Franklin, aud being answered in the affirma
tive. inquired concerning his experiments in elec
tricity, aud expressed a curiosity to exprrience an
electric shock The British sovereign seemed to
take great pleasure in the conversation, which he
kept up for more than au hour, aud at length made
Colonel Allen promise to visit him with his country
men Dr. Eranklm, at bis palace in London. Some
weeks alter he was reminded of his promise by the
nobleman above mentioned, and an hour fixed for
the liotne-bread philosopher of American, to ex
plain the mysteries of a new discovery in the
soiree to the royal family. They attended ac
cordingly and with an apparatus chiefly of his own
invention. Dr Franklin exhibited many of those
simple and antusiug experiments for which lie was
so noted, and at which the royal children, even
those of a larger growth, were very much deligh
ted.
Iu his playful way. Dr. Frankliu took occasion to
convey instruction's as to the properties of this as
tonishing fluid. While the Koval habitation was
thus iu a most unkiugly uproar, the Premier was
announced as in waiting. The king seemed for a
moment disturbed. “I forgot my appointment with
minister," sa d he, "but no matter, I will eschew
business for once, aud let North see how we are
employed.’ Accordingly the minister was ushered
in with little cereiuonv. and it was soon concluded
that he should have a shuck. Allen whispered to
the Doctor to remember how he had thvrkeJ us
across tbe Waters, and to give him a double charge.
Wliether it was desiguedo® the hint of his friend or
uot was not ascertained: but tbe charge was so
powerful on the nerves trfhts lordship, as to make
him give way in the which ail. especially
the princess, were almost Avuised with mirth.
Some of Col. Allen's happy retorts at the ciubs
and fashionable parties ar* still remembered and
often repeated. On one occasion he was chalieng
ed to a glass of wine by the beautiful Duchess of
Kutiaue. who seems to havgHbeen particular pleased
with his independent tnaufir "You must qualify
your glass with a toasfg’ The "Yarmounter''
very unaffectedly observemhat he was not used to
that sort of ceremony, and Mas afraid that he might
give offence. If, howewto, the lady would be so
good as to suggest a subje* he would endeavor to
give a sentiment.
"Oh,” said she. "never j®iud the subject—anv
ihiug will do, so that it has uc reason in it."
“Well." says he, "this uiiy do for a truth— not for
a toast, and. fixing his ejpe adoringly on the far
famed court beauty, he yoceeded—"lf anything
could make a double traitojjvf a patriot, it would
be the witcherast of such eyes as your ladyship's."
The blunt sincerity wrth which this was spoken,
together with its exac. fitnU*- to the occasion and
person, caused it to belong hailed in the "beau
moude" as an excellent food tk'.r*. and. although
it had the effect of heightening for a moment that
beauty to which i; was offered as a tribute, it is said
'he fair Duchess olteu afterwards boasted of tbe
compliment as far above all tbe empty homage
she had received from the glittering coxo mbry of
J A lady once sneericgly asked Col. Alien. in a large
assemble, at which time the fasmouabie ladies pre
ferred taking air. He perceived her drift, and
blandly answered ; 4
Whenever it become* necessary to feed the
and turkeys.”
‘‘Wiiat,” *nquired the ]«dy, ‘*do the fine women
in your country descend to so menial einploy
meiita !*’
Allen always roused at any attempt to denreci
a*e the i&ir ones of his own country, and with a great
deal of warmth, he replied :
“American woman, iadiea, have the art of turning
even au. use meat 3to account Many of these could
tahe up ih«-subject of your Grace’s family Listory,
and uii y» uof the feats of valor aud bmsts of elo- i
quejice t*» bicii your ladyship i* probably indebted
l.*r your distinguiabed name, most of which, it is
Ilkv-J v, w. uld be as new to you as the art ot raising
poultry.” i
The*sarcasm produced a deep blush c n the face of (
the fair scoffer, hut it procured for the captive and j
his countrymen an indemnity against court ridicule ,
for the feature. j
IttTXRKSTI.o LETriR —The Washington Union
publishes an interesting letter lrom M- MeCollin.
written at Irkoutsk. in Russian Tartary, on the 4th
March iast This gentleman was appointed last
year Consul of the United State* at the Amoor li
ver. and is now on his way to his poet. He went by
the way of Moscow, where he was present at the
coronation of the Emperor in Augtno last, and there
met the Governor of the province, in which his Con
sulate lies. The Governor offered him a convey
ance to the shores of the Pacific in b» suite, as he
was about returning home. Mr. McColiins accep
ted the offer and was posted across Siberia to Ir*
kontsk, on the shore of Lake Barkal. where they
were obliged to winter. He took advantage of ti
delay to visit the Russian trading town. Kiacnta,
through which the vast overland trade of Russia
with China is conducted
He describes this city as being to fact t'votowns
one Russian and one Chinese, separated by a broad
open space between them. The trade is carried on
by barter, an ! here the Uiineee duty is collected.
A largeouantityof tea. and silks are, however,
smuggled acres, the frontier tariher west. At
Kiartjtn th« trade is conducted with great aecreay.
a* to it* detail*, each merchant keeping the »e. ret*
of hia bufineaa to himeelf, they being considered
family heirloom*, and as such descend from father
to eon Mr. McColiins adds that the country in that
v icinity i* very quiet and peacefully disposed, and
the Chinese merchants gave very little importance
to the stories about intestine difficulties in the cen
tral provinces or the attack* of outside barbarians
in the South. At Pekin everything was reported
to be exceedingly quiet. *
At Kiacuta a large dinner was given to the Censu .
at which the officials and a large number of Russian
and Chinese merebats assisted. Mr. McColiins
made a speech, in whk-h he explained to them the
advantages of the new route of trade through the
Amoor river which he hoped to open to them, by
which they would get tneir western goods much
cheaper t han by the present laborious and costly
process of land carriage across Siberia, which took
from four to twelve months according to the season.
Tliis suggestion was well received by both parties.
The Emperor of Russia, the Emperor of China,
and the President of the United States were each
twasted and loudly cheered.
Mr. McColiins will proceed to tbe banks of the
Amoor by land, and then take water conveyance
down the stream to its mouth. Restates that advice?
have been received at Irkontsk, that vessel* drawing
fourteen feel, of water have entered the Amoor
river, through a channel which had before been
considered access*bie only to vessels of very
shallow draft. During the entire journey he has
been received ai.J treated in the most cordial man
ner by the Russian officials and speaks in high
terms of tbc ir good will to him as an American,
and to Amrri«'*n@ generally. They seem to be
quite well informed us to «»ur affairs, and our in
crease as a nation
Sunday School Cklkbkation. — I The anniversa
ry of the Sunday School l.’.iion of Washington City
w*s celebrated on ;he ißth inst., with great una
nimity by the scholars and teachers, and the impos
ing character of the precession, and the interest of
the exercises, were calculated to favorably impress
all who witnessed the one or was present at either
of Lhe churches The weather was chill and unfa
vorable, but not to such an extent as to interfere
with the incidents of the day. At 9 o’clock in the
morning, the streets were thronged with well drees
ed little girls and boys, on their way to the several
churches, aud the Superintendants and teachers
were marshaling their juvenile hosts, amid the
sound of martial music. The procession is thus de
scribed by the States:
“Anon, from every section of the city, down
every street, from the north, the east, aud the west,
and upward from tbe south, came the proud and
joyous little bands, with banners opened to the
breeze, and gay iusigna of the schools, all tending
towards the Smithsonian grounds. Here the line
was formed strictly according to the programme we
have already published, Esputa’s band, Morsoletti’s
band, aud Weber’s baud taking the positions as
signed them. Proceeding from the grounds by the
way of l*2th street, they passed up to Pennsylvania
avenue, and aleng this avenue to 4£ street; thence
the three divisions repaired to the three several
churches for which they were destined. In this
inarch the line was very long, embracing not leas
than four thousand children. Each of the churches
was filled to overflowing, aud never so brilliantly
before. In the First Presbyterian church, Rev.
Mr. Hurly delivered the addresses, and the children
sang most beautifully. In the E street Baptist
like exercises were conducted, Rev. Dr.
* Dogged and Rev. Mr. Bitteuger being the speak
ers. In the Wealey Chapol Rev. Mr. Chapman and
Rev. Mr. Morsell spuke. Connected with the Sab
bath School Union there are about 7,000 children.—
Though the display to-day was all that could be de
sired, the numbers would of course have been great
er had the weather proved more attractive.”
[For. Balt. Amer.
The Great Snake Den m East Harford, beats the
entire country. It is on the edge of the old Ritter
Quarry, aud xMr. Ransom White, who reeides in that
vicinity, has taken two bundled and lourteen live
snakes from that single den! No other snake den
in this country has yet equalled this. He took out
the first lot of 92 on the 10th of April, and from day
to day, by removing rocks and digging, lie found
additional families or “balls” of them, for it appears
that the snakes to the number of thirty or more,
wind themselves into a ball and remain in that con
dition during the winter. Most of the number were
black snakes, measuring from three to four and a
half feet in length; but among these were three ra
cers, a long slim snake, with a white ring around the
neck, and three little racers, not over 3 inches in
length, also 7 poisonous adders.
There seems to be gome difference in the appear
uuee as these adders, some of them having flatter
heads than others, and brighter spo*s on them.—
One of them in particular, a large vicious-looking
fellow, flattens himself through his entire length,
his head being as Hat as a cent; when h/> is annoyed
he throws the upper part of his head back and
strikes like a rattle-snake. He is about three feet
long, his tail tapering off abruptly, the point for
about 2 inches being not much larger than a piece
of small twine. He is evidently as poisonous as
the rattle-snake. Mr. White had a large show case
full of these serpents, all alive, on exhibition here on
election day ; they drew together a large crowd. A
friend sugests that for a mile or more, around the
snake-den, few snakes will be seen this season ; but
that the ground moles wlil greatly increase. Let the
fact be noted.— Hdrtfont Times, Saturday.
An Arctic Veteran. —Boatswain Brooke, ofthe
sloop-of-w'ar Cumberland, was the first officer of the
briu “Advance, * in the Arctic exploring expedition
of 1862, ’54 and ’35, under the command of the la
mented Dr. Kane, who makes honorable mention,
in his book of “Arctic explorations,” of the valuable
services rendered by Mr. Brooks. He also accom
panied Dr. Kane in his former expedition to the
Arctic regions, in the reeentexpedition, Mr. Brooks
was severely frost bitten, in one ofthe numerous ex
curtiouß which the party made over the ice with
dog trains, far away from their ice bound little brig
and was in consequence under the necessity of sub
mitting to the amputation of his tots, the operation
being performed by Dr. Kaue. Since hie return Mr.
Brooks has been hard at death’s door, with a disease
similar to the one of which Dr. Kaue died, and was
given up by his physic ians. He has quite recovered
now, however, and is in excellent bodily health and
fine spirit*. His powers oflocomotiou are somewhat
enfeebled, but he manages to move about .surpri
singly sprightly on his slumps. He has proved him
self a heroic man. He has a gallaut spirit. Long
may he w&ve.— Boston Post.
The Dioscoß|:a Ba ta i us. —Mr. W. D. Breckin
ridge, of Gova *stown, Baltimore county, Maryland,
in a letter to the Commiiisioner of Fatents, states
that his success in the cultivation of the Dioscorea
Batatus was highly flattering. He planted last
year about the middle of May, in a strong loamy
soil, about thirty sets of old tubers. About the latter
end of November he dug up all but six, which he
examined about a week ago and found them a!!
sound, and the crowns of three had started into
growth about one inch. The most of the tubers he
took up in the fall were club-shaped, few of them flat
or paimatud, and two of t hem weighed a little over
one pound eacn. He stored thera away in a dry
cellar beside his Mireer potatoes, where they kept
plump and sound up to the present time. In the
writer’s opinion, it is a very easy process to multi
ply this yam, either by cutting off the vines during
the summer, by sections ol t iet’ibers in the spring,
or by the pseudo tubers collected from the steins in
the fall, to any extent. The greatest drawback to
its cultivation is the great labor it takes to get the
tubers out of the grouud, some of his having gone
down tw o feet into the ground in four mouths.—
Union .
Whirlwind. —On Saturday morniug last, at
about 11 o’clock, the town of Jacksonville, in this
county, was visited by a furious whirlwind, which
came iu contact with the dwelling house of John P.
Moore, and tore off the roof, burst out the windows
and doors, and overturned a house in the yard
which v* as used as a kitchen. The fragments of the
house were carried to the north and the kitchen was
moved six feet south. Mrs. Moore was in the house
at the time, and to the astonishment of every one
who has seen the wrecked condition of the building,
escaped without serious injury. Her drees was
torn to shreds and one of her earrings wrenahed from
her ear.
Fences were also blown down and several trees
in the vicinity up rooted, but no other dwelling
houses were injured. —Mobile Tribune.
The Tobacco Crop. —A gentleman w*ho is expe
rienced in the culture of the plant, says an exchange,
and who has just traveled through the counties of
Union, Henderson, Hopkins, Davis, Hancock, aud
Breckinridge, Kentucky, for the purpose of learn
ing the prospects of the crops, contradicts the flat
tering of the growth of the tobacco
plant. He tells the editor of the Evansville Jour
nal that the plants are coming up iu abundance,
but that they are but just making their appearance ;
that the plant cannot attain the size in the bed, for
transplanting, iu less than sixty days, and that to
bacco transplanted after the first of July canuot pro
duce anything better than good lugs. Without an
extraordinarily favorable season, he thinks the crop
of tobacco must prove very inferior and short in ail
the counties he has visited
To Drive Away Rats —Some year since a cor
respondent »f the Boston Cultivator recommended
potash for this purpose. The rats troubled him
very much, having entered through the chamber
floor. They appeared in great numbers and were
very troublesome, so that he felt justified in resort
ing to extreme measures to eflft «■; their expulsion
from his premises. He pounded up potash and
strewed it arouua their holes, and rubbed some un
der the boai ds. and on the sides where they came
through. The next night he heard a squealing
among them, which he supposed was from the eaus
tic nature of the potash that got among their hair
or on their bare feet. They disappeared, and for a
long time he was exempt from any further annoy
ance.
Death from Poison Used in the Manufac
ture of Brandy. —Mr. Morris, of Toronto, a clerk
in a house engaged in the manufacture of brandy,
was killed by* dnnk’ug, by mistake, a small portion
of a preparation nearly allied to prussic acid, which
had been procured in theregular course of the busi
ness. There is something very horrible in this. If
such ingredients are mixed with manufactured li
quors. aud nearly all the liquors sold are doubtless
manufactured, it is not strange that tbe use of spir
ituous liquors, always hurtful, has become of late
so terribly destructive.— Providence Journal.
A Chcrch Row. —Sixteen members of Doctor
George B. Cheever’s church in New York, last week
invited him to resign his pastorial charge over the
Church of the Puritans in that city, dishkiog his
course on the matter of the Supreme Court Dred
Scott decision. Monday night there was a meeting of
his church and congregation and quite a violent dis
cussion ensued, ending finally, however, iu the
adoption of a resolution sustaining Dr. Cbeever.—
Some of the members have threatened to leave the
church.
Interesting Baptism.— Capt. Holley, a religi
ous master of a ve>sel returned recently from a
three months voyage, and such had been the effect
of his precept and example, that his entire crew be
came devoted professors of .eligkm, .and were bap
tised on Sunday las f iu Buston. by a baptist clergy
man.
Practice ts. Principle —Ex President Tyler,
in his address at the Jamestown celebration, when
referring to slavery, spoke of the injustice of the
N*»rth in reference thereto. He said he had knowl
edge of the fact, that the marble palace of Stewart,
in New York city, was built upon the sale of three
thousand slaves, who had been sent to New York to
be emancipated.
Snow. —On the morning of the 19th instnnt it
snowed very briskly for ne&i .y half an hour at Pied
mont. Va. The Independent, of that place, says the
topsof the mountains remained white nearly slldsy.
The Weather. —We have had rather strange
weathe r for the past fe* days. The first part of the
week we Lad a sufficiency of rain, which continued
off and on unril luesday. when it became cold
enough for overcoat*, and fires. We presume a
heavy bail storm has visited some portion of South
western Georgia. —Albany Patriot.
q ooD —We have just heard from a distinguished
Indiana frieDd aver- capita! ret ly of fs.me Mobile
ladv when told that tbe Comet bap occasioned the
mud weather and would soon come m collision
with the eu til dividing in two Sneinstantlyre
markeff, "I have uo otjsotiou if it travels along
Masou A Dixon's line.— Register.
English Potters—staff ibribre in England, is
the Rreat seat of the poroeMau »nd po.terx manufac
tories. No less than 60/Nlo persons are employed
in the works, and the annual ‘.'Shi? of the porcelian I
manufactured amounts to abor** $l0j»00,u00 per an- j
Bum —three-fourths of which are exported.
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, The Georgia Volcano—A Humbug.
Yesterday we received two communications
from friends iu the vicinity of Pigeon Mountain, as-
I suring us that “the Georgia Volcano,” an account
of which we published, was a humbug, and that Mr
Alexander Mickle , the author, is unknown in that
region. The only subterranean fire in that section
was a small vein of coal, which had ignited from
afire in the woods, and burnt out a hole of a few
3 feet in depth,and a foot or more in diameter. Mr.
r “Mickle” certainly has a fertile imagination.
1 Possibly Mr. M. may be felicitating himself upon
j his success in imposing on us ; he is welcome to all
[ the laurels he has won, but he must wear them
f secretly : for, if he makes himself known, we will
1 place a whip in the hands of every honest man, to
lash the lying scoundrel, naked through the land.
) I>lr. Kcm merer and the Children.
1 Most of our citizens doubtless recollect Mr. Ke.m
--j merer, who some few years ago, was engaged iu the
i novel enterprise of teaching the children to sing,
and who created such an excitement among the little
r ones in this city. He is again in the city, and pro
poses, as will be seen by his advertisement, to meet
' the children this afternoon at the Masonic Hall,
j when we doubt uot, he will be greeted by a large
1 crowd of “Young America.”
t •
r The Memphis Delegation.
The Military and Fire Departments, together
* with the Mayor and a delegation from the City Coun
i cil of Augusta, repaired to the Georgia Railroad
Depot yesterday evening, to greet the arrival of the
j Memphis Delegation, on their way to Charleston.
5 A concourse of citizens also assembled, and
the grounds were thronged with curious and inte
rested spectators ; anxious to see the inhabitants of
3 the far famed Mississippi valley. The arrival of the
1 train was announced by the firing of cannon, and
was soon alongside the platform, and the passengers
1 hastily emerged from the dusty cars. The ladies
and many of the citizen delegates hurried off to the
3 hotels to refresh themselves after their weary days’
! trtftfel.
J After the congratulations were over, Mayor Con
' let welcomed the citizens of Memphis to Augusta,
j and tendered them the hospitalities of the city. Ms.
DH7glas3, the Mayor of Memphis, responded, in a
J very appropriate snd eloquent speech. The pro
[ cession then formed, and the guests were escorted
1 to their various hotels—the firemen to the Globe, and
t the military to the Augusta. The Engine of the
■ “Invincibles” was deposited in the “Mechanic”
Eugine-houae. It is of the same model as the “Geor
gia,” and is said to have thrown a stream over two
hundred feet. Our firemen will hardly let it pass
through Augusta without a trial of its powers.
} Among the most beautiful features of the delega
tion, we notice the banner of the “Old Soldiers’ As
sociation.” The procession was a beautiful pageant,
but the dusty condition of the streets was such as
| to completely obscure either end of it, so that the
| length could not be satisfactorily determined.
A great deal is said to depend upon fiist impres
sions. We like the appearance of our Memphis
guests, and hope that the acqaintance just com
menced may be ripened into intimacy.
DlntrcMsinff Accidents.
We learn from passengers on the Memphis train,
that a serious accident occurred to the train on Sun
day evening, about fourteen miles from Chattanoo
ga, by the turning over of one of the cars, as they
were crossing a high embankment. Mr. George
Moore, a member of “Invincible” Fire Company,
was so severely injured that he died shortly after,
and another whose name we could not learn, had his
arm broken. Several others were severely bruised.
A second accident occurred yesterday, below At
lanta, by the breaking of one of the trucks of the
hindmost car. Mr. C. MMendel,l l, a member of the
“Washington Rifles,” attempted to jump from the
train, which was going at a rapid speed. He fell
on his head, and was so severely injured that no
hopes are entertained of his recovery. He was left
at Greensboro’. These sad accidents cast a gloom
over the spirits of our Memphis friends, who have to
mourn the untimely loss of two of their companions,
who were but yesterday in the enjoyment of health
aud bright hopes of pleasure and happiness.
‘Hard Times.’— The Dahlonega (Lumpkin couu
ty, Ga.) Mountain Signal , says The cry of‘hard
times,' is to be heard in all quarters of the up coun
try. In Gilmer, Fannin, Union, and our own coun
ty, provisions are becoming exceedingly scarce,
and we fear that many of our people will suffer
greatly before the harvest season rolls around.—
Many of the families now in our county, from what
we can learn, that have been without meat for
weeks, and but small allowance of bread. Many
cattle and hogs are dying from hunger. A gentle
man informs us, who has just parsed through Fanniu
aud Union counties, that he scarcely passed a farm
which did not evidence of some decayed car
cass, many of which he saw. Truly ! the times are
becoming distressing.
Bank of the State or Georgia—The Savan
uah Republican, 19th inst.. M”: AL a meeting of
the Board of Directors of the Bank of the State of
Georgia, held at the Banking Hon-e iu this city yes
terday, the following gentlemen were duly elected
Directors of the Branches for the ensuing year,
viz :
For Augusta Barrett, I. P. Garvin,
W. C. Jessup, Jno. G. McHenry, Lindsey Warren,
John \V. Walker.*
For Washington. —Samuel Barnett, Garnett An
drews. A. L. Alexander, A. A. Cleveland, J. T. Ir
vin. G. P. Cozart.
Fat Athens.— Edward R. Ware, Titos. N. Hamil
ton, John B. Cobb, John R Mathews, R. L. Moss t
For Eatonlon.— Henry Branham, W. B. Carter,
S. B. Marshall, A. S Reid, Benj. F. Adams.
•In the place of C. J Jenkins, Esq., who declined a
re-electioD.
♦Elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of
B. M Hill.
MR. Craw ford. —The Paris correspondent. April
| 27) of the N. Y. Journal of Commerce says that
Mr. Crawford, the great sculptor, in whose fate
such general concern is felt, was about to leave for
London, attended by bis family. At their request.
Dr. Fell, the American physician, who has acquired
eftraordinary repute, in the British metropolis, for
the cure of cancer, came to Paris in order to ex
amine the case of Mr. Crawford. he could not stay,
and therefore the patient goes to him for systematic
treatment Dr. Fell could detect no certain indica
tion that the tumor behind the eye had effected the
braiD : thus hope of prolonged life remains, though
the eye can scarcely be saved.
Losses bt Fire in St. Louis.—The semi-annual
report-f the Inspector of Fires and Buildings in St.
Louis stares the number oi hree in that city during
the pact six months to hat e been 63, by whieh there
was a to'al loss oi $7(*h,155. The amount of this
sum covered by inecrftuoe was $452,000 leaving a
ioes over insurance of $256,135.
Island Trade.— I The St. Louis Intelligencer
mentions the arrival iu the St. Louis market of 130
bales of hay from Charleston, S- C., byway ot the
newly completed Memphis and Charleston road. It
was offered at the prices of the best Illinois hay, and
at that rate the owner will realize a profit. One
firm has already shipped large invoices of bacon
and rope to Georgia by this route ; of the latte", at
one time, to the vaine of thirteen thousand dollars.
Other firms are a'so filling Southern orders, and a
heavy trade is about to be inaugurated.
Commission os Cotton.—The commission mer
chants of Savannah have entered into a mutual
agreement to charge 2 j per cent, commission on all
cotton sold by them, instead of 50 cents per hale, as
has heretefore been the customary rate. This ar
rangement is to take effect from and after the first
of August next.
The Dalla»-( inrendon Treaty.
The “ Anglo-Saxon a very respectable paper
dented to British interests, and published in Bos
ton, in its number of the 16th instant, brings to us,
says the Motional Intelligencer . the subjoined im
portant intelligence respecting a point which has
been made the theme of mnch newspaper specula
tion and surmises in this country. We allude to the
rejection by the British Government of the Dallas
and Clarendon Treaty in the form in which it was
amended by the Senate of the United States. Be
lieving, from the reepe f table and intelligent source
whence it emanates, that the following statement
may be considered authentic and reliable, we hasten
to communicate it to our readers as serving to elu
cidate a question before involved in doubt and con
jecture.
“ Misapprehension in regard to the rejection of the
Dallas-Ctarendon Tteaty.
“It is time that the public mind was set ngnt ln
regard to the real facts connected with this affair. —
It is supposed that the British Government reject
ed the Treaty on account of the amendments made
by the Senate of the United States. This is a total
error. On the contrary, the British Government ac
cepted all the amendments of the Senate, though
with some reluctance, as may be supposed, when
their Dature and bearing are properly looked at
but such was the desire of her Majesty's Ministers
to settle the entire question in regard to Central
America that they unanimously resolved to waive
all minor considerations for the sake of securing the
great healing measures itself.
“But the difficulty of the case was here : The rati
fication of api evious treaty made between Great
Britain and Honduras teas noi received , and the last
article of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty had reference
to that treaty. England ceded to Honduras the
Bay Islands—Ruataff and the others of the group—
upou condition that Honduras guaranteed liberty
trial by jury, Sl c., to the people of those islands, an
also engaged to make a provision for the Mosquito
Indians. Upon these considerations England ceded,
or was ready to cede, those islands, aud also, subse
quently, to irake the Dallas Clarendon treaty with
the United States. The conditions of the first trea
ty, to a certain extent, carried themselves into the
second, and the failure of the cue involved the sus
pension of the oth**r.
“We repeat, then, that the amendment of the
Senate was not the cause of the present difficult v,
as England accepted them all as tully as the Irish
man did the thirty-nine articles.
“We will go a step further, aud declare it as our
belief that should the ratification of the Honduras
treaty come in note, Lord Napier would not hesi
tate one moment in proposing the Dallas-Clarendoa
treaty over again to the American Government.
“These facts our readers may rely on.”
If this intelligence should be confirmed, continues
the Intelligencer, the reader will be able to infer,
along with their groundlessness, the great injustice
of some of the surmises which a hasty and carping
criticism seized upon iu explanation of the decision
made by the British Government in respect to the
fate of the amended treaty. Not satisfied with the
crude inferences drawn from the editorial columns
of the London “Post,” which was deemed to have
prefigured the rejection of the treaty by its stric
tures on the modifications introduced into it by the
Senate, several journalists aud newspaper corres
pondents proceeded still further to eke out their list
of the probable causes which had influenced the de
termination of the British Government, by refer
ring it, now to a tit of petulance ou Lord Palmers
ton's part, because we had refused to co-operate
with England and France in their difficulties with
China, and now to the Premier’s “pride of power,”
rendered insolent and exacting by the success as
sured to him in the late English elections; so true is
it that to a certain class of minds it seems impossible
to imagine that Great Britain should be governed in
her conduct towards this country by any other thau
an unfriendly motive, or who, if they suppose such
a thing possible, would at least seem to think it the
part of patriotic duty to keep a knowledge of the
fact from tlieir couutrymen—the evil fruits of that
spirit of cavil aud fault finding which receives its
latest illustration in the ungracious commentaries of
a New Orleans cotemporary on what it calls “the
bitter politeness” displayed by the officers of the
British Government vessel which rescued and land
ed on our shores the fugitives of Walker’s filibus
tering forces. When an act of humanity loses its
beauty aud forfeits its acknowledgment, uot be
cause rendered to those who as outlaws were hardly
worthy of it, but only because it was rendered by
British subjects to those calling themselves Ameri
can citizens, we need not wonder that the rejec
tion of the Dallas and Clarendon Treaty con
strued into a daring and premeditated insult ot the
United States, the more inexcusable because of the
paltry preteits upon which it was founded—in the
imagination of the ingenious diviners ot diplomatic
socrets.
Whatever, however, may have been the grouuda
ou whlfih the British Government forebore to ratify
the amended treaty, all parties agree that the treaty
itself is now to be regarded as dead, though capa
ble, as the “Anglo Saxon” thinks, of resuscitation
in case the provisional treaty between Great Bri
tain and Honduras relative to the cession of the
Bay Islands to the latter shou’d be ratified on the
terms propcsed by the former. What the views of
our Government would be in that event we are, of
course, unable to infer, nor, in the doubt which still
rests upou the treaty, whether in its original or
amended form, (owing to the absence of any au
thentic copy of either,) would it seem to be prudent
on our part to venture the expression of any opinion
upon this part of the negotiation. But as the whole
“Central American Questsion” maybe now con
sidered re-opened for discussion, We shall perhaps
take oesasion to return to the subject at an early
day for the purpose of stating more at length our
general views respecting the legitimate ends and
aims of our Government in the Central American
isthmus, as well as the policy which, under all the
circumstances of the case, would appear to be the
most expedient for their attainment aud, at the
same time, involve the least liability to a renewiq
or perpetuation of the diplomatic squabbles (for we
can dignify them with no higher term) so long waged
between the United States and Great Britain upon
this vexatious topic.
Delegntes to the Democratic Contention.
At a meeting held in this city yesterday, the fol
lowing Delegates were appointed to represent the
Democratic party ot Richmond county at the Gu
bernatorial nominating Convention, to be held iu
Milledgeville, on the 24th of June next:
E. Steames, Thos. Barrett,
J. F. Nisbet, F. J. Jennings,
J. B. McKinno, Jas. McNair,
A. C. Walker, B. J. Winter,
J. B. Weems, G. T. Barnes,
D. Kirkpatrick', Jr., Jos. M. Newby,
Turner Clanton, Jnlien Cumming,
Geo. M. Newton, Ilenry Moore.
Brunswick Naval Station —“Secretary Tou
cey, aftei a careful consideration of the subject,
proposals, See., has agreed to purchase 80 acres of
land on Blythe Island, Georgia, for the ereefiou of
a new Naval Depot. The price fixed upon for the
land is $150,000.”
We fiDd the above paragraph traveling the rounds
of the press. Whether tiue or false, we know not.
We confess, however, that the price, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five dollars per acre !
seems to us rather extravagant for an economical,
democratic administration to pay for lands, much
of which is probably marsh, and, at best; of little
value. Some persons, we presume, have received
some fat douceurs. Will not some of our Savannah
contemporaries inform the public what is the intrin
sic value of this land, for which the government has
paid such a handsome price. We confess to some
curiosity on the subject, and we presume we are not
more curious than the great mass of the people.
Scarcity or Breadstuffs. —The citizens of
Huntsville, Ala., propose t# call a meeting of the
people of Hancock county, to provide means for tb*
relief of the destitute aud suffering people of her
sister counties. In Hancock and other sparsely
populated counties, the destitution is such that many
cattle and hogs have died from starvation, and the
farmers have in some instances deserted their homes
and gone to where they could obtain the necessaries
of life, leaving their fields and houses to take care
of themselves. The movement to assist the suffer
ing, will doubtless be seconded and followed up
throughout the more popular districts of the State.
A Cobb County Reside acs.—The attention of
those who desire to purchase a desirable residence
and farm near the beautiful town of Marietta, is in
vited to the advert!sement of the Executors of the
late Gen. Jeptha V. Harris.
Frost in May.—A gentleman writing us from
Covington, Newtown county, Thursday, May 21,
says:—“There was a slight frost here this rnorniDg,
sufficient in low, rich places to kill Cotton and Pota
toes. Corn is nipped but not injured.”
Lord Napier in Boston. —It is reported that
Lord Napier, the new British Minister at Washing
ton, has been invited to visit Boston under the
auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Association,
for the purpose of delivering an address at the grand
anniversary festival of that society cn the evening
of the 26th instailt.
The London Police.—The total expenses of the
London police for the year 1856 amounted to up
wards of two million dollars. The police force con
stitutes an army of 5847 men—lß superintendents
with salaries of $2,000 down to $1,000; 14g inspec
tors, with salaries of SI,OOO to S4OO ; 631 sergeants
with salaries of SSOO to r3OO , and 5,056 constables,
whose salaries range from S4OO to S2OO a year be
side clothing, which is furnished by the authorities.
A mine has been discovered upon the farm of Mr.
Joseph A. Hall, in Maury county, Tennessee, which
promises to be very rich in the produciion of gold.
Considerable excitement is felt in that section in re
gard to it.
Welsh Emigration to America.—An English
paper says that the inhabitants of a large district in
ales have purchased a large quantity of land in
the State of Tennessee, and were about starting in
a body to take possession. The movement is one
(it adds i in which the whole principality feels an
interest
A New Road for Canada.—Three railway com
mittees, now in session at Hamilton, Canada, are
bringing to light fraud and corruption in connection
with the railway matters, almost inconceivable
The Toronto Colonist says the. great fact which has
been clearly ascertained so far is, that there is great
need of a road to the Peritentiary ftom the Parlia
ment House, which is not yet constructed.
Lake Superior Weather.—At Portage Lake,
as late as the 10th ult., the thermometer went down
to minus 10 degrees. On the 13th the sdow at Po*nt
Kowonaw four and a half feet deep, bu' Lad
begun to thaw. The ice on the 7th of April was 26
inches thick I This news msy explain where our
ecid winds come from, and the cause of the back
wariness of the season.
Judge Butler—Our advices yesterday, says
the Columbia Carolinian of A t inesdav mornmg,
in relation to onr esteemed Benator are, that he ia
still in a very precarious condit.on, and his physi
cians report no flattering symptoms.
Snow in Mat.—Snow wa* falling on the Blue
Ridge Mountains, in Virginia Tuesday morning, as
the cars for Richmond passed over.
Godet’s Ladies’ Book, for June, has been laid
on our table by Messrs. Geo. A. Oates &. Bro. The
steel engraving, “The nearest Way in Summer,’’is a
beautiful specimen of art
Greensboro’ Female Goltrge, Georgia.
J,tor. —At the last meeting of Hopewell
Presbytery, by a spontaneous movement iu that bo
dy, the attention became directed to the education
of the daughters of the Church. Remarks were
made by Dr.Talmsge, the Rev. John Ried, Dr Hoyt
and others with which the Presbytery generally ma
infested a strong sympathy.
The result of this free expression of interest, was
the appointment of a Committee to visit the Synodi
cal Institution located at Greensboro, and, in con
junction with the Board of Trustees and Faculty,
adopt prompt and effiei nt measures for raising such
funds as they considered necessary to increase its
prosperity and usefulness.
This joint committee met according to appoint
ment on Friday, the 24th inst.
The following is an extract from the proceedings :
Resolved , Ist. That the interest of the Institution
imperatively demand that a house forth© President,
sufficiently large to accommodate the Teachers and
those pupils who may come from a distance, be erect
ed, and that to accomplish this end, with other nec
essary improvements, the sum of $20,000 will be re
quisite.
Resolved 2nd, That the Rev. Drs.Talmage, Hoyt
and Axsou, with Messrs. Win. Adams, W. Weaver
and John Cunningham be appointed a Committee
to secure the services of a suitable Agent or Agents
to undertake at once the work of raising the amount
and report the result to the Trustees of the College
by the Ist of August next.
Resolved .‘id, That the Hon. E. A. Nisbet, Rev.
R. L. Breck and Mr. Robt. Campbell, s os Augusta,
be constituted a Committee to address a circular
letter to the sessions of the churches, setting forth
*he claims of the Institution, and soliciting their co
operation with the Ageut,
Resolved 4th, That the fund* when collected be
placed in the hands of M’* D. Howell, Treasurer of
the Board of Trustee*,.
A building Committee were then appointed, con
sisting ot Messrs. John Cunutugham. Josiah Df.vis,
O. P. Laniel aud Col. Y. P King, to commence the
improvements contemplated in thn above resolu
tions, so soou as the necessary fund* be raised.—
After which, uu motion, it wrta resolved—that so
much of the proceedings of rhK meeting as may be
of public interest, be published iu the Southern
Preobvterian ; and that tb* papers of tills State fa
vorable to female education be »quebted to oopy.
Y P King, Chairman,
J It Hi. Mir Secretary.
Greensboro', April 28
The Weather. —The very extraordinary weather
ot the present week has eheited the following no
tices from the press :
Cold Wxather, Hail &c.— The weather turn
ed quite cold yesterday, and durioig the afternoon
we had a real cold brisk wiud irom the North.
There was hail, that we hear of, day before yester
day, iu the country North of this ; and there must
have been a good deal yesterday. We presume
that the Northern papers and the agents of the for
eign cotton dealers will cite the spell of weather as
one of the very “favorable” indications for the
growing crop.— Montgomery Mail. 19/ h.
The Weather. —This interesting institution is
ambitious of notoriety, and careless of its fame.—
Yesterday it made itself generally obnoxious aud
succeeded iu getting itself talked about in no very
complimentary terms. For a May day we are free
to say its appearance was very extraordinary. A
cold disagreeable rain was the prominent feature,
iiiteksffied by a bleak and inhospitable wind. “Drat
that Comet,” is in everybody's mouth except those
who have spit it out.—Nashville Banner, 19/A.
After the heavy rains of Sunday and Monday the
weather has been unseasonably cool, almost calling
back the use of woollens and the necessity of again
lighting up fires in our grates. Last night suggest
ed the thought that blankets might yet be called
Irom their summer retreat to weather out the spell
with us. Mosquitoes are “nowheres’ as yet,
though we have had some days this spring, as back
ward as .’tis, that would seem to tempt them to
“come along.”— Savh. Rep., 20/A.
The Opinion in the Dred Scott Case.— The
official report of the opinions of the Supreme Court
in the Dred Scott case have at last appeared. They
are published by the Appletons, who purchased the
privilege, it is said, from Mr. Howard, the reporter.
They make a volume of just three hundred octavo
pages. Judge Taney’s opinion occupies sixty three
pages; Judge Nelson’s twelve ; Judge Grier’s less
than half a page; Judge Daniel’s twenty-four pages;
Judge Campbells twenty-six; Judge Catron’s
eleven ; Judge McLean’s thirty-five ; Judge Curtis'
sixty-eight.
The Silk Crop in Europe— A London letter
sayß that the prospect of the silk crop in Europe is
beginning to excite the deepest interest. In France
the worms are coming out, and no mischief has been
observed thus far, although a recent return of cold
weather caused great apprehension. In Spain and
Italy, where the season is earlier, the little spinners
have successfully passed what is called the second
stage. Last year in those countries the unfavora
ble symptoms had manifested themselves before
this, and a hope that the crop may now escape, is
therefore, strengthened.
Murder in St. Louis.— Robert Webb and H.
K. baton arrived iu St. Louis ou Wednesday night
last, from Pittsburg, and, being strangers, lost their
way in the street. They finally hired two men to
show them to the steamboat on which they had ar
rived. These villains, before reaching the landing,
demanded their money , a fracas ensued, and the
two strangers were thrown over a precipice thirty
feet deep, causing the death of Mr. Webb on Fri
day and dangerously injuring Mr. Eaton. The
former was from Lewistown, (Pa.) and was going
to Kansas to establish a newspaper.
Bank Buildings in New York. —Three new
bank buildings have been completed in New York,
viz: —Bank of Commerce, cost $400,000 ; Union
Bank cost $80,000; Fulton Bank, cost, $40,000. —
Three more are in course of construction—Bank of
New York to coat $120,000 ; Continental Bank to
cost SIOO,OOO, and the American Exchange Bank
estimated to cost $150,000. The aggregate [cost of
these edifices will be $890,000.
Prolific. —There is a man in White county, Illi
nois, who has a wife that has borne him sixteen
children ; the first six came twos, the succeeding
nine by threes—while the last one, poor, helplees,
lonely thing ! came into this world without comp«-
uy. Sixteen children at seven births!
James 11. Haskett, the unrivalled personator of
Jack Falstaff, has purchased a f&im of 1200 acres in
Clinton county, 111., on which he proposes to spend
the remainder of his days. On the farm is are
markable Indian mound, and Mr. Hackett lias
named his place “Hackett’s Mound.”
Southwest Georgia. —A letter from Early coun*
ty to the Columbus Times, dated May 11th, speak
ing of the prospects of the crop in ihat section of
the State, says : “Our crops are miserable. The
cotton crop is a decided failure up to this time, and
continues dying since the rain. I never saw a more
dreary prospect. Many are ploughing up and plan
ting over.”
Charles Moore, who killed J. R. Wood in
Buroswiek on Saturday night last, was arrested at
Centerville, Camden county, on Sunday, brought
to Savannah and lodged in jail, ne made no resis
tance and showed no disposition to escape.
Memphis and Savannah.—The City Council of
Memphis have accepted an invitation from the City
Council of Savannah, to visit them and participate
in the hospitalities of their city. The 3d of June is
is designated as the day for celebrating the union of
Memphis and Savannah.
The Peach Crop.—The Philadelphia Bulletin
has reports from various parts of Delaware, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, that there is every ap
pearance of the heaviest crop of peaches aver
known. Iu regard to other fruits the prospect is
said to be as favorable or nearly so.
Heavy Defalcation. —Edward Ward, a mem
ber of the Charlestown (Mass.) Board of Aldermen,
has abesonded, taking, as is alleged, about $20,000,
belonging to his partner and other citizens of
Charlestown.
Pennsylvania Peblic Works.—Grv. Pollock
has signed the bill for the sale of the main 1 ine of the
public works of Pennsylvania. The sale is to take
place within forty days, and the State will be re
lieved of what has hitherto been a burden. Private
management is always the most economical
A British Exploring Expedition to the North
west of the British possessions in this country is be
ing organized. One of its duties will be to endeavor
to discover a practical Road through the Rooky
Mountains as a means of communication between
Vancouver’s Island and Canada.
Large Hail Stones.—Hail stones, by actual
measurement, nine inchi s in circumference, fell a
week since, at Bolton's Depot, in Hinds county,
Mississippi. The general size was about that of a
hen’s egg.
lowa Election. —The lowa election has result
ed in the election of two of the Democratic State
candid* 1 aby 500 majority, and one of the Repub
lics State candidates by 300 majority. The vote
was 17,000 less than it was last fall, when the Re
publicans swept the State.
Bloodless Affair. —A. D. Lawrence and J. W
Owing® exchanged six shots in a duel, near Cincin
nati on the 15th, neither being hurt. Owings, it
appears, had been too intimate with Lawrence’s
wife and was called out to atone for it. A corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette says :
At 5 o'clock this morning the party (took a yawl
and went over to Virginia Point, accompanied by
the watchman of the boat and a deck hand. It was
raining, but they went into a log blacksmith shop
and loaded ; then the seconds went out under an
umbrella and stepped off fifteen paces. The pistols
were carried out under their coat tails, and the
doomed were in a most solemn stillness—broken by
no sound but the pattering rain on the roof of the
blacksmith shop : took their places, dreadfully pale
—from their early rising.
They exchanged six shots without effect—nobody
knew where the balls went. The gentlemen having
by this time Becomes so nervous that it was feared
their weapons might go off accidentally iu their
hands, and kill the surgeons or somebody else, the
seconds suggested, as it was raining hard, that they
had better put it off till pleasant weather. This they
cheerfully accede J to, and as the steamer B aton was
just about to leave to t Cincinnati, they all got aboard
and started home again.
The gentlemen are said to be perfectly satisfied.
By this brave act not only is the honor of both healed,
and their insults avenged, but the lady is placed for
ever above the reach of suspicion.
The Diplomatic Appointments, Sec. —“lon,’
the intelligent Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, who seems to have tolerably free ac
cess behind the scenes in Washington, says :
“The administration have taken up the diploma
tic appointments. They were engaged upon them
yesterday and again to-day. After having viewed
the whole ground, they are prepared, it is believed,
soon ro dispose of the übject. AH the changes that
are to be made, fur some months to come, will be
made before the first of June. Amuiig the very
numerous body of applicants, a few may be found
whn are qualified for '.he situations wuicii they seek.
If not, the government has a wide field before them
whence to choose.
The government has *aken a decided course in
regard to Utah affaLs. Since the d i«p«»ch was re
ceived from Major McCnl’.oh declining the office of
Governor of that Territory, it has been offered to a
gentleman in Indiana, a friend of Gov Bright’s, as.
I have learned, who indicated him as a suitable
man for the crisis.
“Th e military force ordered for l tab, vll concen
trate and take a poeition upon ue gow-n inent re
servation, forty miles souih oi the Silt Lake valley,
ana await orders and event*. ’
The same correspondent also learns that Governor
Young has taken measures to rciist the federal au
thorities, and to increase Ids force of warriors by an
alliance with hostile Indiana. story of hia ab- (
econding ia without foundation in truth.
Severe Hail and Rain Storms.— Our Western
exchanges bring us accounts of terrible storms of
rain and hail iu north Alabama, West Tennessee
and Arkansas, and various places along the valley
of the Mississippi river. In some places the hai\
was of immense size and very destructive to corn,
cotton, vegetables and shrubbery, killing pigs, aud
doing serious damage to the roofs and windows of
houses. We copy a few items, with the credits at
tached :
Severe Hail, Heavy Rains and Cold Weather
have formed the weather programme of the past
week. On Thursday evening last there was a severe
rain and hailstorm, extending over a large belt of
country. We have heard of it at Meridianville, on
tiumcane, and a short distance over the Madison
? ac^ao t n C°- A planter near Meridian
that hail Seating them so badly
learn that itextended to Mor
?ence amL' “^^opdofCourtlaud, in Law
. pi ß* wwe lbt * >• Killed by it. Litle
Hired ™ wenT " P Z bu L tlmt badly j
d twi“e oi ? ,r ' e * et » ble V“ « ttrd, ' n "' »»dt'«o
1 were beaten off. Tbebai
wae said to be as .urge as a ben's egg in
ces, aud to have laid on the ground msuSTmi 1m 1
ties, from 4P. M., Thursday, u> 11 4. V, L ,
that it could be gathered In heaps. The weather
has been so cold e.nco l-Viday night, ae to foroe us
to have tires aud resume our winter clc’Les
Huntsville Democrat, Wednesday, May t!0.
HKi.KNA,Ark.,May 14.
Messrs. Editors : —The severest and most terrific
hail-storm occurred here this afternoon ever wit
netwed by any citizen in the South. It commenced
about 4 o'clock, and continued about ten minutes,
destroying the growing cotton and com wherever it
reached. Hardens are entirely mined, trees stripped
of their foliage, houses greatly injured, th»ir roofs
being tom to pieces by the heavy wind and hail,
and window-glasses demolished in every building.
During the ten minutes of the storm, the hail fell to
the depth of at least two inches, aud in size as large
as a hen's egg—some larger. Dr. Glem, lam in
formed, weighed a hail stone, weighing C>l ounces.
VV<> have not heard from the country Bouth of this,
but from the appearance of the cloud it must have
been worse than in this immediate vicinity. It is
now four hours sine" the storm and the ground is
still covered w ith hail. The effects will be greatly
felt by the farmers in this section, as the crops a'J
promised an abundaut yield.— Cor. Nashville Union.
Anothkt Hail Storm.— We learn from the
memorandum oft he steamer Woodruff, which pass
ed up last Monday night, she experienced a tremen
dous hail storm just below Jame’s Landing, of 30
mmutes duration— -beiug the third of the kind siuce
leaving New Orleans. The hail was very large,
and fell so rapidly that it soon convered the the
decks. It was accompanied by a severe wind, and
has undoubtedly done immense demago to the
growing crops of com and cotton. This occurred
on Thusrday evening, the 17th inst. — Memphis
Eagle.
Violent Hail Storm in Toscumbia— From
passengers who arrived ou Monday night, we learn
that, when the cars left that morning, a violent bail
storm was raging in Tuscumbia and vicinity, which
literally strewed the ground with leaves from the
/rees. and in some instances breaking off irnbs.
--Ibid.
Snow. —On yesterday morning, the 20th, we
understand that snow was visible on the mountains
frour this place. It bad been raining here, with
slight intermissions, from Sunday afternaon un
til M onday evening, when it cleared off quite cool
for the season—so much so that there was some
apprehension of a frost. We escaped, however,
both the frost and the (we hope) “fare well shot’’ of
old Boreas.— Greenville (S. CM Enterprise.
Curjous Scene in the House or Commons. —
A distinguished English gentleman and a member
of Parliament tells the following pleasant story of
an occurrence in the House of Commons :
It waa just about the hour, near twelve, when the
dandies turn in from the Coventry Club, or some
Belgraviaji rout, when, except three or four of the
first men in the House, no one would be endured,
aud no ono is listened to, unless, perhaps, a buffo
like Col. Sib thorp or a Rnbelasian wit like Henry
Drummond, or a flashing hussar of debate like Os
borne, who rushes in every sentence at some oppo
sition foe and levels him with lub lance. The hour
of twelve is death to bores. They dare not cross its
threshhold. At the back of the Whig benches an
old man arose, tall and silvered. From Lis dress -if
top boots and drab breeches aud blue coat with gill
buttons, one would have fancied lie had been uiw
up from some reign of the Georges, had not tbsfre-n
bloom on bis cheek, caught in many a hunting morn
ing, aud his hale, hearty look proclaimed “tne fine
old English gentleman.” This was Caley of York
shire. At first the dandies stared, and were inoiioed
to chastise such unusual audacity in invadmg an
hour sacred i‘o Peel, Stanley, Russell, Gliuslone,
and DTsraelL But somehow the genial, kindly
presence of the man, aud the good old garments lie
wore, to which even blase young England softened,
saved him, and the House relapsed iuto listtessuess.
But listlesßueßß soon grew into interest when, after a
most earnest and touching appeal to the Premier to
save the old glory, and old customs and old peasant
ry of England, he repeated, with a manly, touching
fiithos, the song of “Woodman, Spare that Tree.”
cannot well describe the effect which these beau
tiful words, which do houor to the head and heart
of their author, produced. The House was perfectly
still when the old man sat down. Sir Robert Peel,
against one of whoHe measures Mr. Culey's appeal
had been made, felt it, and when he rose his vo.ee
faltered. “1 admit,” he said, “the touching beauty
of that ballad, but I deny its application to any
measure of mine.” It waa some tima before the
seuaation subsided, but after it did so groups gath
ered around Osborne and DTsrali to listen to a per
sonal description of the author, who was familiar
to them Irom the pioturings of Willis and others.
Morris is now as well known to many of us as if we
had looked into his kindly face, or folt the warm
pressure of his hand.
U di aithful Lote.— Tragical Termination. —
The Liberty (Indiana) Herald relates the following
i most distressing case of unfaithful love, double
dealing, death and attempted suicide. The occur
rence took place in Ohio, a few miles from Liberty:
We have been placed in possession of some most
melancholy facts in relation to a young man and
young lady, the torrner a resident of Preble countv.
Ohio, and the latter a resident of Oxford. It ap
pears that the young gentleman is a student at the
West Point Military Academy, and the lady was
his betrothed. Being absent from her a long while,
he returned two weeks since, and found her iu her
second confinement. Although a correspondence
had been regularly kept up between them, she had
, concealed the fact of her marriage, and of course he
was startled to find bow matters stood on his return.
The young man wisely determined to let affairs pass
off qnietly, and seek friends and fortune in another
place.
In view of this determination he concluded not to
see the lady, but unwise counsels of friends prevail
edjwiih him, and he went to the house where she resi
ded. While in a room adjoining that of the lady,
she heard and recognized his voioe, and expressed
a desire for an inteview with him. He immediate
ly repaired to the room, where a moßt affeoting
scene occurred. She asked and obtained his par
don; the interview closed and they separated. But
what she had passed through was beyond her pow
ers of endurance, and that night her spirit passed
trom earth. The young man was not informed of
her death until morning, when he attempted self
destruction by jumping into a mill race not far from
where he resided. He would have succeeded in
drowning himself but for the accidental appearance
of a geutlemau, wending his way along the race to
the mill. Immediately after he was taken from the
water and resuscitated, his friends sent him to Cin
cinnati, where he will be away from the scenes
which would bring to his memory the unhappy cir
cumstances which had overtaken him at his home
Hostilities to be Continued in Florida.—
The Tallahassee Floridian published the following
letter from Gov. Broome, showing the determine
tion of the Government to push the war to a speedy
termination:
Washington Citt, May 6, 1857.
Col. Edward Houston—Dear Sir :—Tour favor
of the 028th ult., was forwarded from Charleston and
received at this place this morning. The with
drawal of Gen. Harney is calculated to inspire just
the feelings you express, and especially when that
withdrawal was accompanied by newspaper para
graphs suspending hostilities.
I found, however, on my arrival here, that Sena
tor Yulee, who had been detained in the city by a
sick family, had looked to the matter promptly, and
had received assurance that while the political con
dition of Kansas rendered it necessary to withdraw
Gen. Harney, the policy inaugurated by him would
be fully executed, and his successor would be in
structed to carry it out with the utmost energy.
I have this day had full and free conference with
the Secretary of War, and with Gen. Scott, and will
do both the justice to say they gave me the most
satisfactory assurance that the war should be prose
cuted with the greatest practicable energy, and that
no suspension of hostilities was contemplated. The
Secretary regretted the necessity which forced itself
upon the government for the withdrawal of Gen.
Harney, and I am not without hope that he will be
returned as soon as the political contest now pending
in Kansas, and which threatens the public peace, is
decided. 1 shall have occasion for frequent inter
course with the Department in the prosecution of
my duties here, and shall use efforts to procure an
increase rather than withdrawal of the force now in
the field. Tour friend truly,
James E. Broome.
From the Mediterranean. —The Baltimore
Sun has a letter from a gentleman dated “Mediter
ranean SquadroD, Spezzia, April 26, 1857,” giving
an account of the seizure of American storehouses,
and the assaulting and beating of American seamen.
The letter writer says :
We have been here for six weeks, and as yet noth
ing has been made public regarding our tutors
movements. This has been our depot for a numbei
of years, and now it appears that the Sardinian gov
ernment are anxious to have us vacate. They have
taken our storehouses away from us and given us
no others. Our uaval storekeeper, Col. Wm. C.
Long, has gone to Tunis to endeavor to secure other
places within their dominions, and, if possible, in this
bay. I think we should not sacrifice our national
dignity by pleading. There are many other places
in the Mediterranean where they would be glad to
have us, and places that are equally as good. Why
not go to Baia; 7 It is a good harbor and only sev
en miles from one of the largest cities up here—Na
ples.
Reports in the squadron say that the Baltimore
Sun stopped our men-of-war from being made tow
boats and passenger ships of. If correct I congratu
lateyou. , , _ . ~
There was a most discraceful affair occurred here
a few days since. Some of our men being on liber
ty were set upon by the populace, and two of them
were nearly beaten to death with swords, clubs and
stones , one of them belonging to the Susquehanna
still lays in a very precarious situation. There was
at least three hundred Italians against our five men,
who stood up bravely until beaten down by stones,
and would have been brutally murdered had they
not been rescued by an officer from the Susquehan
na. A court of Inquiry is in session. I say let us
be gone from here.
Air and Water. —A quart of water is daily
passing through the skin of a sound person. It
evaporates through the minute openings which
cover the whole surface, and if these be plugged up,
is compelled to t-avel through the kidneys, and
gives rise to interim' disorder. Ablution, therefore,
if sound health is to be preserved, is a duty of the
first importance. Pure an is aiso •■s-ential to hca'tb
and at night the free supply of it is of espeei n.
moment. Each sleeper draws into the chest, about
fifteen times every miaute, a certain quantity of
the surrounding atmosphere, and returns it, after
a change within the body, mixed with a poison.
One hundred and fifty grains by weight of this
poisonous ingredient are added to the air of a bed
room in one hour by a single sleeper, more than
one thousand during the night. Unless there be a
sufficient quantity of air to dilute this, or unless
ventilation provide for a gradual removal ot foul
air, while fresh comes to take its place, health must
be seriously undermined.
Jesst Lind Coming to America. — A correspon
dent of the Christian Enquirer, writing from Vienna,
says:
‘■While in Dresdonwe had the delightful pleasure
of seeing Jenny Lind often in her domestic capacity
of wife and mother, and it is a great source of satis
faction to find her in those most interesting relations
of life as happy as it is possible to imagine. She has
a fine boy three and a half years old. Her voice is as
excellent and touching as ever; if not, more so; and
I am glad to be able to say that we have at least a
euance of hearing her again in the United States, for
she will probably settle down, permanently, either
in England or in the United States, within six .
months, and although I think that she will prefer
the former country, I am almost sure that she wouia
in such case visit us, as she has a great desire to re
visit America, not for the sake of making mo uf7
but because Bhe likes the country and the people.
Still, if once there, she will sing, for she must be
singing.” 1
Correspondence of the Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
Waynesboro’,Ga., May 23,4857.
Mr. Editor :—“Unaccustomed os I am to pub
lic”—scribbling, I see so much to write about in
this dehghful little village, that I cannot resist the
temptation afforded thereby to give you a shot on
the wing. In the first place the {Superior Court is in
session heie.and there has been during the week an
unusually large attendance of the citizens of old
Burke—one reason for which fact, is, doubtless, the
recent completion of the most elegant Court House
that graces the soil of Georgia, and the people can
now witness the administration of public justice in
the juridical forum of the county, without the
slightest sacrifice of comfort and with every per
sonal gratification they could expect. I: is a brick
edifice of ample dimensions —Corinthian style of
architecture —superb finish within and imposing ap
■»arauce without. Yet, I am informed, that not*
v-n standing all the attention that has been devo
ted to ccmlort, convenience, utility and taste in the
in 4 - •*.! arrangement of this building, it cost, after
a’! o'Siy about thirteen thousand dollars, a little less
than bout one-half of the amount it most probably
would ha\ c coot had not the design, materials and
erection o f the budding been committed to the
vigilant LUpervisi n of Certain citizens of the oouu
ty who were fortunately eudowed with public spirit
enough to take can* ct tin pride and reputation of
the country in the style of thyir legal temple, and at
the same time, with strong practical sense enough to
guard with jealous circumspection every expendi
ture that w&s made in the premises.
One feature of the public Court-room made r
most pleasant and hrstiug impression upon my mil d
seemed to give unusual satisfaction to the citizens
of the county, aud were it imitated throughout the
State, coulu not fail to exercise over the character
of our people, while in the mould that is to gloss
and fashion it a salutary influence. And lam proud
to boast that for this marked feature, this communi
ty are indebted to the appreciative liberality and
lofty toned sentiment of the Waynesboro’ bar, than
which gentlemen of higher .personal reputation or
brighter social qualities, are no where to be found.
I allude to the adornment of the inner walls with oil
paintiugs, large as life, of two of the oldest aud
most prominent and popular citizens of *he county,
Col. Thomas M.-Berrien, who is perhaps the oldest
active practitioner of the law in Georgia, and Ed
ward Garliok, Esq., who has been Clerk of this Su
perior Court from a period whence the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary. Most becoming
and appropriate indeed, is this delicate tribute to
the modest worth that has been associated during a
long and eminently honorable career, with great
practical usefulness in the service of the public. It
is a most happy and significant mode of paraphrasing
the grateful and trite congratulation, “Well done,
thou good and faithful servant.”
The attendance of pro fob donal gentlemen from
abroad is gradually dim hustling in number. I miss
several old friends I have often met here, and find
but one new comer to ?nk« their places. I allude
to the gallant young American leader of the 7th
Congreasi mal District, Col. David W. Lewis, of
Sparta, who I have understood for some time, is the
favorite of many friends in his District for the
nomination for Congress.
He is young, vigorous, gifted, bold, and “up” on
the facts. Against him there does exist no preju
dice, Andean be raised no alarm cry of any kind.
Morally', he is irreproachable ; politically, he is de
voted to the South and the Constitution, aud, undt r
it, to the Union; and, intellectually, he is a giai t.
He i* able to devote his life and services to his coun
try end I dare say if the gift of promotion be made
voluntarily, it will be worn with modest dignity and
sustained with distinguished ability.
We have had here several trials this week that
havo afforded no inconsiderable amount of interest.
One on the common law docket for seduction, and
three on the criminal docket. A young limn wan
ac quitted under an indictment for mayhem, who
had shot off the arm of a negro under an unbearable
provocation, and two young gentleman from Ger
many were found boarding in Milledgeville in
rooms furnished by the State, for attempting to kid
nap a slave. Negro thieves will be very apt to find
old Burke rather warm quarters henceforth. But 1
am spinning rather too long a yarn. The next time
I’ll endeavor to cut it off shorter and sweeter.
Woodford.
h
For the Chronicle ts* Sentinel.
t South-Western Georgia.
* Mr. Editor:—Southwestern Georgia is now the
j most invitmg portion of the world to the small
i farmers in the middle and upper part of the Stair.
r There are large bodies of fertile and level lands here
[ that can be bought at very low prices, which, when
. the Railroads, now in course of construction are
- completed, will sell for ten to fifteen dollars per
r acre. Hence, the emigrants who come in soon,
J will be able to realize; in a short time, large sums
i of money, from the advance in their land. Miller
county, named in honor of your late and lamented
fellow-townsman, Hon. Andrew J. Miller, was
formed of Early and Baker, and embraces a lur«.e
’ extent of territory which, for the fertility of its soil,
and the health of its inhabitants, has no superior.-
There is a very absund notion that obtains all
through your section of the State, that this county
is sickly—a perfect graveyard, but it is not so. W e
can challenge any part of the State with the mor
tality o four citizens, and not fear that, upon com
pui'ison, we shall suffer. Our lands are generally
pin and hence it quires but little time and lab« r
to g A them in order for cultivation, and they not
unfi make twenty bushels of corn per acre
(with green timber) the first year. Lands that will
make from eight hundred to one thousand pounds
of cotton per acre, and lying as level as heart could
wish, can be bought hero now, for two to four dol
lars per acre, with improvements upon them, such
as are common to frontier countries. Anything like
a good farmer can average five bales of cotton to
the hand—welghiug five hundred pounds. These
things, together with the very small cost cf moving
here as compared to going West, should bo well
considered by persons living on the old worn out
lauds and red hills of what was once the beat coin
growing country in the world—Middle Georgia.—
You need not be affraid of dying before your “lime
comes.” Come down and live in a country where
you can make something to leave to your children.
Knakf.
Colquitt, Miller county. May 14, 1857.
Does the Earth Revolve Dailt?—lt has long
been a favorite theory of astronomers, believed by
many to be verified by the facts, that the earth re
volves daily ; but a writer in the London Chronicle
•ays he can prove the theory untrue. Follow him :
The distance of the sun from the earth is eighty
two millions of miles, and placing the sun in the
centre of the ecliptic, the die meter will be at least
164 millions of miles, and the circumference 515,221,-
195 miles, which, in about 8651 days, it is said the
earth surrounds, at the rate of 1,410,598 miles each
day, or 58,774, 222-24 miles each aour, which is 979
34-60 miles every minute of time. Now, suppoee
the poles of the world are to be placed perpendicu
lar, the earth would move horizontally around the
ecliptic circle ; but if the said poles are to be hori
zontally placed, then the earth would have to ascend
and descend in surrounding the circle. The solar
systemists also assert the earth has a daily revolu
tion of more than 1000 miles every hour; who can
believe this when the earth advances neuily 1,000
miles every minute of time f I declare 1 can de
monstrate the earth has not a daily i evolution.
Emmigration Stati-1 ics.—ln comformity with
the act of Congress regulating the matter the State
Department give the folio vir*g statistics of arrivals
in the United States from foreign countries during
the past year :
Arrival of Passengers in 1856.
States. Males. Females. Total.
Maine 857 524 1,381
New Hampshire... 19 8 27
Massachusetts 10,872 8,353 19,225
Rhode Island 49 50 99
New York 97,492 64,616 162,108
Pennsylvania 4,724 3,726 8,450
Maryland 3,235 2,888 6,123
Virginia 13 2 * 15
South Carolina.... 497 236 733
Florida 157 46 203
Alabama 93 37 130
Louisiana 11,048 7,710 18,758
Texas 814 762 1,576
California 5,438 230 5,668
Total 135,308 89,188 224,496
Os the total number there were born in Germany.
03,807, L eland, 54,349; England, 25,904; United
States, 21 060; Great Britain arid Ireland, 14,331 ;
France. 7246; Prussia, 7221 ; British America,
6133; China, 1733; Wales, 3297; Scotland, 3297.
Fhe number of aliens arrived was 200,436. Died on
the p-i«SAge, 400.
Mr. Brown Treats all his Customers.— Some
years ago Ben Brown opened a store in Swoptowii,
and in order to book everybody into trade, lie offer
ed to treat every one that bought anything at his
store. Money being pretty scarce, there was a good
deal of barter going on in those days. So Sam
Jones called in the grocery and dry groods store
of Mr. Brown and agkcd tor a darning needle, of
fering in exchange an egg. After receiving the
needle, Jones said :
“Come, ain’t y**u goiDg to treat ?”
“What! on that trade 7”
“Certainly, a trade’s a trade, let it be big or lit-
tie. ”
“Well, what will von take V
“A glass of wine/’ said Jones.
The wine was poured out, when Jones said :
“Would it be asking too much to request you to
put an egg in the wine 7 I am very fond of wine
and egg.*’
Appalled by the man’s meanness, the store keep
er took the identical egg which he had received for
the darning needle, and hauded it to his customer,
who, on breaking it into his wine glass, discovered
that it contained a double yolk.
“Look here!” said the sponge, “don’t you think
you ought to give me another darning needle?—
This, you see, is a double yolk ”
Napoleon and Eugenie. —We translate from a
Paris letter of April 30th, the following :
“TLe Emperor and Empress were present at the
revival o iJacondc, the famous and pretty opera by
Etienne and Nicolo. A popular romance closes as
follow** :
“On d<*vient infidele
On court de belle en belle,
Main on rcvient touji urs,
A sea premiers amours.”
ENGLISH VERSION.
! *Oft we turned from fair to fair,
Fai'h!'*** as the summer air.
Lit wtijrever we may rove,
Htiil we turn to the ftrxt love. ”
“At the close of this verse the Emperor looked at
the Empress with a. motion of assent so decided
that it was generally remark I and commented on.
The Empress answered with a smile, and the next
day the papers announced that the Countes Gastig
lione haa gone to Lombardy ’
Mr*. Julia Dxan Ha' n*.-The San Francisco
Alta Californian, of the 20th ult., states:
“The many ardent personal friends and more
numerous profeesioual admirer* ot Mrs Julia Dean
Hayne will be graced to learn that she has selec
ted this city as her permanent home. Some time
aince a neat and cozy cottage, on the corner of
Powell and California streets, was purchased, which
iti now occupied by her loige lord, her little one, and
herself. A woman of refinement and cultivated
tastes, ‘she is improving and adorning the grounds
surrounding her residence, and in this retired retreat,
doubtless, enjoys that tranquility of mind which ia
bcldom vouchsafed to an actress, be her career
ever so brilliant ana prosperous."
To Destroy Crickets. —A correspondent of the
London Cottage Gardener says he has destroyed hun
dreds of crickets by means, of a common white glazed
jar, about nine or tea inches high, put in the place
they infest, with a slice or two of cucumber in it, and
one live cricket as a decoy. They will hop in, and
strsngs to say, have not the power to hop out. It •»
not well to destroy them daily. When the jar 'a one
third full of crickets have it filled with boiling
water. This is a simple and effectual method ot
getting rid of these inwoUi.— SGWttific Awcnca/*.
The Augusta Fire Department turned out in full
numbers Friday laßt, in compliment to their guests
trom Charleston, to have a grand parade, trial of en
gines and barbecue. The day was fine, and the
display excited considerable interest on the part of
our citizens and their friends from the country.
After orming in procession, the Companies march
ed to the cistern in front of the Planters’ Hotel, and
proceeded to test the power of their engines. We
give the result below, as taken down by the
Judges:
“Augusta, ’ No. s.—Through 1 inch nozzle, first
trial, solid stream 194 8-10—spray 190 7-10. Se
cond trial—solid stream 184 1-10—spray 191.
“Mechanic,” —Through 1 inch nozzle—first trial,
solid stream 165 5-10—spray 175 5 10. Second trial,
solid stream 169 6-10—spray 179 3-10.
“Georgia.” —Through 1 inch nozzle—first trial,
solid stream 158 7-10—spray 181 2 10. Second trial,
solid stream 166—spray 177 3 10.
“^tna.” —Through | inch nozzle—first trial,
solid stream 170 4-10—spray 1762 10. Second trial,
solid stream 171 4-10—spay 178 1-10.
“Columbia,” No. 6 — Through | inch nozzle — first
trial, solid stream, 160 3 10—spray, 176 5-10. Se
cond trial, solid stream, 1596-10—spray, 173 6 10.
•‘Washinton,” Nol.— I Through '« inch nozzle
first trial, solid stream, 155 11-20—spray, 165 5-20.
Second rrial, soTidstredin, 154 1 10—spray, 161 7-10.
■ Fillmore,” No l.—Throughf inch nozzle—first
trial, solid stream, 155—spray, 159 3-10. Second
triak solid stream, 146 1 12—spray, 15(1 1 10.
“Vigilant,” No. 3—[With Clinch Engine]—!
first trial, solid stream, 142 7-10—spray,
,; 'l 5 in. Second trial, solid stream, 1513 10—spray,
1555-10.
Atter this trial of their powers, the Companies
inarched from the city to Mr. DfLaigle’s Grove to
paUakeof a barbecue prepared for the occasion.—
brom gentle uen who were on the ground, we learn
that everything passed off in tlio most sat isfaetory
manner, and that sociality and good humor charac
terized the festivities of Ti •. fu-moor
Madame Luuir-n C oncert.
This Lady, as will be seen by the advertisement,
assisted by Prof. Lot ik aud Mr. Fuail, will K i V o
her first Concert in this city this evening. They are
strangers in Augusta, but if the press speaks truly
of their skill as artistes, they will certainly beknown
and remembered. From the very many fluttering
aud quite laudatory notices, wo have seen, of their
entertainments, we extract the following, from the
Petersburg (Va.) Express
Madame Ei, Doha Louie's Coni pur—The no
tice ot yesterday morning, written at a late hour of
the night previous, was necessarily brief As she
intends giving another this evening, we are glau of
the opportunity to speak more tally of this lady’s
artislioal merits. She was in excellent voice Thurs
day evening, and whether in solo or duet, sang with
great sweetness and effect. Prof Louie who i« a
fine 4<« s ™, gave great satisfaction, as oid also Mr
hi ail. Madame Louie has a voice ot wondrous
power—equally at home in explori g the highest
raag.s o passion and penetrating the gentlest emo
tisns of the heart. It is exceedingly clear withal
and passes with remarkable facility and accuracy
from one extreme of the scale to the other—now
shrill as the clarion aud now soft as the Hute It
docs not require a practiced car to listen long to
perceive that she lias been a diligent ami devoted
studentol the best masters in her ai t, and is tmniliar
with the intricacies of the choicest and most diffi.
cult compositions of all the renowned composers
Her natural powers ot vocalization m e very great
but her artistical acquirements are not interior to
the former, so tlial Ibo n ore she i- hcardthe strong
er appear her claims. It lias been our pleasure to
hear nearly all of the musical celebrities who have
visited this country during the past feu years and
with but one or two exceptions, have seen’none
who pleased us more than Madame Louie. We are
gratified to hear that she will give another Concert
this evening at Mechanic's Hall, and we peak I'm
her a lull aud delighted audience. Prof. Louie pro
duces very sweet music by a combination of iho
pino andtremo-melodeon, and sings a very laugha
ble song. The Do'ce Harmonichord, is, also, plea
sant tolisten to and Mr. 11. Frail in l.)’ai t acquits
himself with credit.
Eloquent Passage. —The following beautiful
passage is from a lecture on “The Philosophy of
Life,” delivered a short time since by Mr. Winter,
at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Winter is a
young mail, not more than twenty years of age and
has already won a high reputation as a poet and
prose writer:
“For the greatest human intellec's there is no ex
emption from the common doom. I have some
times thought how sad yet how sublime, must have
been the emotions of that man, whose privilege it
was to stand by tiie coffin of Shuk.speare, andgazo
on that sweet aud noble face, when deeifh had call
ed out all the strange beauty which skmhsliv.h
then. • It was worth a life time to haw stood there
one minute—to have laid your hand an tf*A broad
brow, aud started at the cold chill, and, ee pausing,
U) have called up in memory all tlie magnificent,
creations of his genius, aud worship <d Inin there
in the silence of gloom.”
But lie is dead and gene;
At Lis head a grass green tin t,
At his heels a stone.
Sothey all go. Man di* a, but nature is eternal.
The seasens keep their appointed time ; day returns
with its golden splendor ami night with its eloquent
mystery. The same stars which lit the glm tly bat
tie field of Troy—rough with the dead bodies of an
cient heroes, which shone on the marble streets ot
imperial Rome, and on the sad eyes of Virgil, sleep
less in the living glow ot inspiration—the watch Urea
of the angels, which, through centuries of devasta
tion and change, have stil. burned on unceasingly—
speak to us as they did to Dante, and Shukepearo,
and Milton, of the divine glory, tin* omnipotence,
the everlasting beauty • nd love of God ! ’
Effects ok Oratory.—A ,St. Louis letter
speaking of the results of Mr. Everett's recent
address in that city, on occasion of the inauguration
of the University, says :
During the day, one gentleman who had before
given $12,000, added $20,000; and another, who had
given us $60,000, added $27,000 to our endowment.
vVbeu Mr. Everett closed, a St. Louis millionaire,
who had listened almost entranced by the spell
thrown around him, declared that he must lie per
•riittad to build an observatory torus, and asked
t- 1 Uo :l ui his own expense, without aid, as he was
iv&olvcd to set apart SIOO.OOO for the work.
The Cotton Crop in Florida. —A gentleman
largely engaged in cotton planting near Tallahassee,
Fla, wiuea as follows to the editor ot the Floridian
4* Journal:
Lake Jackson, May 11th, 1857.
lJeur Sir —lt. is not often I intrude on your
columns, but allow me to say to j«»u and to ail it
may concern—l have been working with cotton
seventeen years, and have been a close observer of
the different stages of the cotton plant; but J have
never seen the cotton in the condition that it is at
this time. All cotton planted at any time during
the month of March (if not already dead) will be
dead by the first day of July. I have examined
several crops in this settlement, and they are ull in
the same condition that our crop is—/, c. the tap
root is rotten and a large portion of the stalks are
diseased above the ground. Ii is what is generally
termedsoie-shin. My experience is this -that cot
ton stalks diseased at, this season of the year can
never make anything; moreover, a ship can do as
well without a rudder as the cotton plant, without a
tap root.
I am nearly done planting my crop over again.
Land Warrants are i;i better demand. The
heavy decline, says a New York financial circular
of the 21st, which took place the 11th inst., has in a
great measure stopped the usual supply, holders
being unwilling to sell at the low figures offered
On Wednesday and Thursday the inquiry was ac
tive, and prices rallied. We quote the market firm
at the following rates :
Buying. Selling.
40 acre warrantr..sl.ll per acre. $1.14 per acre.
80 acre warrants.. 99 per acre. 1.02 per acre.
100 acre warrants.. 98 per acre. 1.01 per aero.
120 acre warrants.. 94 ner acre. 96 per acre.
The Ice Dealers of New Yoik have fixed their
prices for the season, increasing it over last. They
give twelve pounds daily for six cents, while Inst
season they gave fourteen pounds for that sum.
Mobile and Girard Railroad. —We have
been informed by competent authority, that. Minor
J. 11. Howard, the President of the Mobile and Gi
rard Railroad, started a crops of engineers, a short
time since, from Union Springs, to run an experi
mental line from that place down the valley of the
Conecuh river, to a point on the Montgomery and
Pensacola Railroad, about thirty miles distant from
the latter place. When this line is finished, it will
place Pensacola within ten hours easy ride ot Co
iumbuH.
We understand from the same authority that the
project of running the Girard Road to Mobile has
been abandoned as the city of Mobile has re
pudiated her subscription to the road, and hence
the directors have in contemplation the connection
of the Girard Road with the Montgomery and Pen
sacola Road. We learn, however, that there will
be a road running from Pensacola to Blakely, im
diately opposite Mobile, on the bay.— Columbus
Sun.
The Winding up of a State Bank.— At the
quarterly session of the Board of Directors of the
Indiana State Bank just closed, there was burned
of the bills of Bank returned for redemption during
the last three months, one million four hundred and
eighty four thousand six hundred and ninety seven
dollars, ($1,484,697,) and during the same time the
Bank has paid off of deposits sl4l 643. She has
collected of debts due her $2,518,31x1. Her whole
circulation, when she closed business on the Ist of
January was $1,065,527.
Muscrx.EE Superior Court. —This Court has
been in session for several weeks, Judge Worrill
presiding. The following convictions have taken
place : Hepron Gunn —assault with an attempt to
kill—sentenced to the penitentiary for nine years ;
John C. Myers—shooting, sentenced Be veil years,
William Jones—simple larceny, two years imprison
merit. The Court adjourned to-day, 23d, for one
week, to give the members of the bar an opportu
nity to visit Chattahoochee Court. Judge Kiddo,
however, we understand, is sick, and will 1M
Court. —Columbus Times.
Land Speculation.— The Huntsville, Ala , Ad,
vocate says :
“This land speculating fever rages among our
people and is mainly confined to Arkansas and the
Mississippi bottom. The Texas fever is over. We
predict that there will be a general crash in less
than two years. The whole country h crazy with
speculation—an insane desire to make money at
one dash—a haste to be rich.”
An Important Question Decided. —Recently
the question has arisen before the Postmaster Gene
ral whether a deputy postmaster can be compelled
i to obey a summons to appear in court with a valu -
able or other letter that rests in his office addressed
to another paity The Postmaster-General, under
a decision of the Attorney General’s office, decided
that He cannot legally do so.— Star.
Usefulness of Birds.—ln order to convince a
neighbor of the usefulness of birds, a farmer near
Binghamton,New York, last year, shot a yellow
bird in his wheat field, opened its cron, and found
in it two hundred weevils and but four grain* of
whr at, and in these four grains the weevils had bur
rowed Moral —Let the birds alone.
The Wtoni Roads.—The salaries of the Su
perintend' »?♦« for the Pacific Wagon Roads are
fixed at $3,000 per annum ; those of the disbursing
Agent »u*d Engineers at $2,000, and those of the
F'jySiCiuuc at $1,500.
Tire ri< ent Catholic fair in Charleston S C , re
alized * 7 ICO. The Catholic Miscellany published
there, is about being discontinued for want ot sup
pm t.
The value of the imports of foreign goods at
Pi iladelubia last week was $308,079, making a total
since January Ist of $fi,9u2,131. The exports cl
tho wee k amounted to $221,061.
A Boston paper, giving a puff to a new minister
in'hat city, says: "His prayer at the close ot his
sermon was the most eloquent that was ever ad
dressed t,o a Boston audience.
Mrs Shewed, attached to the Walnut street the
atre, Philadelphia, died on Friday night of puerpe
ral fever.
There were eighteen steamboats at Saint Paul.
Minnesota, on the_l4th inst., all discharging freight
and passengers.
A vein of coal underlying the city of Steubet
ville, Ohio, has been pierced and found to be over
six feet thick and of good quality.
A French writer is represented as calling dyspep,
•ia “the remorse of a guilty stomach,' ’