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V' A Ll' A*lil J'l OltKi IN A L CONTRIBUTIONS
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In One Dollar per *f|imre of twelve linen
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EUR SALE.
FOR SALE,
*|M||| und* nod, being cleuirousof leaving the Btat«
l . ~pn ate ale, all bh REAL ESTATE n
v. - inounty, Ga, eons!itinj
tA a Dwe!!iM. House, and Lot of about five acreso
/• 1 .. In . Carriage .Shop and Lot, Tools, Machine
all Ma tot k toother with :»i 1 hi* ftnlxh< ■
From w and dollars wortfe m
at g price*, at thi
»*• i . i wishing to purchaHe, are respectfully invitee
< all and examine for them ml vet.
p , .will be given at any time, to suit the pin
. OGORGE L BOSUKR
. » rum 5 1856, r 1 wt t
FOR SALE.
INtivV ..Her tor rale my entire River PLANTATION
0 Go., In Borbou
-
I Water Gin and Pi rry acre • tlu
i be above will be tor sale at an;
I c rms to i nil nu
. I, ;l : 111 j I If I MATTHEW AVERETT
TO MEN OF TASTE AND CAPITAL
Ii H E subscriber, wiabini to remove to SonthweeUa
Georgia, propoh* s to sell his place near Cave Spring
a V.w:n ■ Valley. Floyd county, ha., containing 31
a, res > lure or le t, returned Ist quality oak and hickor
: e not to widi . some KiO oe.rt
rl. M-ed and under good tillage , the remainder general 1
■■ i - -• i Idue Lin .
HI on. XX liter txx <. eonstaiit streains, an effective wate
power without darning orchards of many well select*
varietie p#-. ially of apple , and a large and coiumodi
e in ick Dwelling, iiiiroiinderl by line scenery, an
village, lo ig not I foi it i edtu ailom
* m. i the , -etu
M u. litty . I. tibty. convenience and hcaltbfulncsa to a
Ifevei equalled In tin. country, Bu
■ - ee foi youraolve*, and tbe character, focatlo
,p| : mil ts' * of the place can hardly fail to satisfy yoi
-h it it i a No. I article, not subject to the fluctuation
mark ,*l For term i, airily on the prt misß».
W D OOWDRUV
tJavoM.no . July l». IK'-. Jyl-Fwlf
FOR SALE,
\|»l, \N rATION containing l. r »00 acres Land, wel
timb aj i produces the ben
N.*:i Island CJotton ami Provisions of all kinds. A goo
tw«. lory I>wc l liii*;. containing seven rooms, with foil
site piaci and 10 t<- Kitchen, Smokt Bw «
tw • * t->i . llon.il, Dili House, and other bnildingt
"!. a Well of good water; a tin
rangefoi it landGattle; Fish and Oysterseonrenlen
in large abundam . A more healthy, pleasant loe&tioi
, not to found In Southern Further pai
ticnlars can b< > itained by application to the subscribe!
atsa\ai.ini. V. WOOLLEY.
tiov 15 wtf
LAND AGENCY,
1> OllT. \V. slims Newnan, Coweta county,
t will hi, attention to the SALK OR PUR
Cl I \si: or LANDS ill any part of the State. Persons
owning I. mds in Cherokee or Southwestern Georgia,
who i. ide at a distance and wish their Lands sold, can
on their numbers
.. r ..t attoi u •> to -ell and
mtto i. 1 will also give particular attention to buy
fug.Land who may desire it ja-iwtim
Guodn l'orwarded Free of Ciiaige!
A ( OUST A AND SAVANNAH RAILROAD.
VTTI VriON is called to Mila Road as a means of
eommmiicalien v\ ith the Seaboard and thence with
Northeri Pori sh« ro are now four FIRST CLASS
•
run; og > ithivgularity and d. patch, between Ncw-York
ami s. - :imia!i . also a Steamship Lino from Pbiladel
phia rvml S.uling Vessels from that port, Baltimore and
ilo . l iak’ng the c ommunication between the North
ern- < sod Savannah ns reliable for CERTAINTY
AND SPEED, a that to any other Southern Port.
11' Road can export only the business of Augusta, the
Towns and Counties aloug the line of the Georgia Kail
l end, an iiio . Counties lyiug to the North of that Road
Other R i ■ have a larger Hold of operations that cannot
bo nog Li te l merely to secure ro limited a trade as
that to which we must alone give all our time ; and
no comp t t *r will be allowed, by superior attention, to
deprive os of »t. for it is our full determination to conduct
it with thr.t fidelity, dispatch and economy, which is sure
ultimate 1 / to gain and retain it.
As regard* Rates, they shall be as low as by auy other
Road and in order to reduce all cbaige* to a minimum
rate, contracts for Dr ay age have a’;cady been entered
futo at Savannah, and no one connected with the Receiv
ing and Forwarding has any other interest than that of
seeing that ALL I'll AKU ES are at the lowest rates.
ur By Railroad a saving of one quarter of one per
cent can be made in the lu&uranco between Northern
Ports and Augusta.
AH C vis FORWARDED FREE OF COMMIS
SIONS. They h uld he marked “in care of the O.R. R.
Agent," Savannah.
Pub'isbed by order of the Board
FRANCIS T. WILLIS, President.
July 1,1855. jy-8
“COtBMlFliollB; ’
BY I.ANIKH A. EADY,
KNOXVILI.K, TKNN.
rs 1 1I F under.-ogued having taken charge of this large
I and commodious House, respectfully solicit and
hope to merit a liberal share of pat rouge. The house is
furnished iu the mo* t thorough and modern style, with a
view to convenience and comfort It is situated In the
heart of the city, convenient to all the business, and on
the principal street Au omnibus is always in readings*
to c >;; v o to ami from the Depots on the arri
val -id departure of the car. The Stage for Montvalt
Sprue:s arrives and departs daily.
*Tln' table will be supplied with the best the market
afford*, aud uo pains will be spared to render guests
comfortable SAMPSON LANIER.
July «’.» K-:.n |jv*»Mfl JOHN RADY. _
S3O REWARD.
IMNWVO. from the subscriber, residing in Put
i nan, i minty, near Merrill, iu August last, my Negro
Man FR ANK lie la about M 3 year five feet ten iu
che* high, of me dium sine, has a slight impediment in his
speech, aud has [,,<% the sight of one eve lie was raised
in Virginia, aud has been in Georgia about two years,
flic above reward will be paid for his delivery to me,
or to any jail so that 1 can get him.
ia.Jvvti JOHN A HARRIS.
The Southern Recorder will publish till forbid, aud for
w ini account to this office for payment
11. K. BHKI> V WM B. FRANCISCO.
BEARDEN & FRANCISCO,
1)1101)1 t t \M)I IDI HISsION MERCHANTS
Ma« on Ga. will sell on Commission Bacon. Lard.
Flour. Com. Oats, Feathers, and Tennessee Produce
Perso > shipping tons van rely upon prompt returns.
REFER TO
Merchants aud Citizens of Knoxville . Morgan & Co.,
J i Edwards, Jauie C Lift- ii. Comptroller, Nashville;
R F.ariß « au i i »11, Ben Chan ier A Co.. J A M
Freiv hFi . :ta: . -a .T J. Campbell, Cleveland; RC.
Jack --on. thens Merchants of East Tenuesse generally.
WELCH U GRIFFITHS SAWS?
PATENT GROUND.
II \IIMi pur. h ... ,i from Mr. Wm Southwell his
I ig U uvular and other SAWS,
for whu h w e have j aui him a large sum, and we an* the
sole proprietor . f tin* patent, we will reward any per
son giving intormaiion ot. utringcuicms ..u the same.
This i*» the only Machine ever invented that will grind
a Saw perfectly even in thickne.-s They will require
l»«.-> sett —will uot beat whilt running—will saw »mootb
—save lumber —and keep an edge longer than any other
aa .vs math—and are uot liable to become untrue.
All our Saw > ace made from au extra quality of Cast
Steel, imported expressly for our own use, at much high
or i*ost than generally used for Saws
We rope. tfull\ inform all manufactures of Lumber,
that no Saw w .ii be seut from this establishment but
what is of superior steel and workmanship; the temper
will be found more even and uniform than any saw n
OrJcrs rKPivftl bv CARMICA AKI. A BRAN. Augns
»,«» ;jy«4| ' WKI.CH it GRIFFITH
FRACTICF DF SBESEBT
I\tt. Jl 111 All II VKii I" is prepared to aocom
" dwliU' « itb Lodgings and Nursing, suck paticuta as
may be ti.i ct ;«ni to hitu t»>r Surgical operations or treat
meat Masters may be assured that their Servants will
ave fcVßrv »»#»o4*-4arv attention -nv< w't
NOTICE
r |'III Jit hand ha’t'oia S4O Biil.No IST.letter R.Jnly
I 4 It.'*". • i Robt F F.*e, President, and the left
«and hat : a U. . .. ;t, A. payable to Geo M
I'hew, or b< ar.-r ed J W Davit‘cashier, on the
Hank of AugU'tJL. " came into the possession «>f the (
nabscriber i match. •! Three mouth' after date ap
Eliration will be made tor pavn eot for th* above half
il>-. hi a •oida «.*» with the regulations adopted Bth
•lay. 15... by the Banks of the c:ty of Augusta for the
payment of such note'
ap7 w tin WILLIAM VINEYARD.
LET THE LADIES HEAD THIS
r |'IILRI. » no single article so much sought for, and
1 heretof >re s«> very difficult to obtain, as a GOOD
N KEDLE, all the Ladies will rejoice that at last there
is an ar.u e introduced, %vhich they can buy, with the
tu.l aN»ur*m e. that they are perfect iu every respect,
andontformly not as is the case with most other
Needu-> m.w iu use. will a email portion of a paper
prove good, but rccry XeedU ie trarranltd.
, “£ ‘“ ri ; *“2i u y« J lawrence’B gooveless
l’hKr Lt.l hi ED NEEDLES, to be found at all the
Stores. jan3l-wt)«no
NOTICE.
AljJ* PEII'ONS holding claims against Dr H A
Ramsay s Estate, will please baud them iu immedi
ately and those indebted are requested u* pay at once,
as 1 am de ermined u* »eule up *ad Estate as soon as
he same can be done legally
A M. CRAWFORD. Adm’r ex-officio
Appling, Columbia co March 9. 1857 mhlO
DE. ROBERT SOUTHGATE
(vKFKKS his professional services to the public.
J Reference —I>r. H. H. Sterner, at whose office he
may be found during the day , at night, he may be found
t the Augusta Hotel. janie Jtu
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
ajTlironic.r &
u
New School Pretxb>feiinna and Slavery.
I Abolitionism i. a in the habit, say* the Charleston
I (Jon, ter, of defiling whatever it lay its hands upon
The strictest santities that belong to human society
have no defence against its polluting touch. Our
reader?, will need no reminder to oring before them
how, one after another, the various ’churches and
religious associations of the country, whose especial
province would seem to be the vindication and ex
tension of the simple Gospel of Christ, have been
shaken or torn assunderby the fanatical tendencies
•ts the Northern pulpit. In illustration of this and
as matter of information to our readers, we publish
the following correspondence of the New York
Times, a journal, it will be kept in mind, of strong
“anti-slavery ’ proclivities :
Cleveland,Ohio, Wednesday, June 3, 18.7?.
The long discussion on the vexed question of
slavery —the chief topic of debate in the present,
G«-uer*l Assembly—terminated this morning, and
the vote which settled it resulted in what was ecu
much de/ired by some and so"tnuch feared by
it . a —a virtuel separation of the Northern and South
ern Synod?. The debate which has occupied the
attention of the members for several days past, has
been remarkable only in the vote to which it led,
and not in the character of the discussion itself
i he same question, although not in the same form,
has been far more ably discussed in former General
A -emblies, which, however, have never taken, as
a? present, such decided action as to sunder the ec
i-h-siaHtical link between the North and the South.
The last Assembly, in Madison square, New York,
witnessed a discussion which was, if not of more in
U-rest, at least of more ability th .n this. In fact,
slavery, while it has been the direct subject before
ihe house, lias called out but comparatively little
argument “on its merits.” The point at issue has
been a question of measures. The “Bible argu
ment” was conducted—so far as it was conducted
a* all, c iiiefly by laymen, and was not designed to
In* thorough. The “Constituti n&l argument,” or
the argument on the constitutional powers of the
General Assembly, in regard to its slaveholding
members and churches, was the chief topic of con
-ideralion at the New York Assembly last year—
wli- n a majority and a minority report on the eub
j-ct were presented and discussed—and was this
year belabored over again only to a small extent,
and chiefly by the South.
The subject of slavery was introduced at the call
of twenty seven of the Presbyters represented in
be Assembly, by memorials. These memorials
were of various character and tone, corning almost
entirely from the North, and asking in many diffe
rent ways for “decided action,” or more ‘ unequiv
• »eal testimony” on the subject of slavery, and in
uveral instances recommending “discipline.”—
Several of the memorials mentioned special indi
viduals as proper subjects for the Assembly to try
• t hand upon, such as Dr. Ross, of Huntsville,
\la., because of his extreme pro-slavery doctrines,
ecenlly set forth in a series of let ers to Rev. Albert
Barnes; Rev. Robert McLain, of Mississippi, for
• laving publicly declared that fie “ held slaves for
•urposcsof gain Rev. Dr. Newton, of the same
Slate, for advancing the doctrine of the divinity of
Vmerican slavery , and Rev. William E Holley, of
Tennessee, for having said on the floor ot the As
mbly of last year, that “ he held slaves from prin
ciple and of choice." This gentle in an, who took a
conspicuous part in the debate of last year in New
York, lias since died. A memorial from the Presby
• ry which he then represented, (the Presbytery of
Lexington South, Mississippi,) was received by the
Assembly, setting forth, first, that as the Synod o
Western Reserve, Ohio—a strong anti-slavery
body—had memorialized the Assembly to “ disoi;.-
ne ’ Mr. Holley, for “holding slaves from principle
md of choice,” and, secondly, that though Mr. liol
Icy has since deceased, yet as many ministers, el ers
md church members in that Presbytery held slaves
•ii the same manner and from the same motives,
dial is, “ from principle and choice,” therefore, the
Gein-ral Assembly, in considering the memorial from
i fie Western Reserve, were invited by the Presby
cry of Lexington South to “transfer the charge
iom the dead to the living,” and to take action
against the entire Presbytery, equally as against Mr.
Ilolley himself, if he were living. This was the
most important memorial of the twenty seven, and
tiie only one that was mentioned in the report upou
uemorials which was presented by tha Committee
on Bills and Overtures.
Ihe Report of this Committee brought the eub
j-et of Slav- ry before the In use in its only legiti
• ale manner. This document (which has already
i>« en published in the Times.) took the ground that
ihere are two set of persons, holding “two sets of
pinions 'in the South. One of these classes the
Report “condemned/' while with the other it
tenderly sympathised.” Hut the Southern men
ieiiied the existence of the first class of opinions
o wit, that “Slavery is a desirable system, and
aught to be perpetuated?') and so placed themselves
under the second class, who regard slavery as
• undesirable/’ and as an “evil.” Even I>r. Ross
aid that be could vote for the Report., and that
every other Southern man could do the same. It
vas evident, therefore, to the Northern men, that
.e Report was not the paper for them. It was
accordingly, reacted by the house —the North and
Hie South unit lug against it—while the only man
'lio stood up iu its defence was the Rev. Benjamin
.1 Wallace, of Philadelphia, who was understood
o be its author.
The firsl substitute offered for it was a paper by
Ibm. William P. Culler, of Ohio This substitute
vas the favorite of the extreme Northern men who,
towever, were not sufficiently strong in numbers
o carry it through. It consisted simply of two
points ; lirst, a declaration that the doctrine which
holds the relation of master and slave to be a
relation ordained of God, is a “lundametal error/’
»r in other w.;rds a heresy ;—secondly, an injunc
tion upon the offending Presbytery to call its
slaveholding members to trail and to execute
“discipline’ noon them if found guilty.
A second substitute was offered by Prof. Allen,
of Lane Seminary, the chief aim of which was to
bring slaveholding under what the Constitution of
the Pretbyteriau Church denominates, in its discip
linary cotie, “the sin of oppression.” (This substi
tute has been published ]
The sub'itute was amended soon after ts pre
mitation, by Rev. Henry Kendall, of Ontario Pres
bytery. Tins amendment was tost t ike out the “speci
fications” ii 1 >r. Allen's paper, and to substitute in its
place a historic statement of the past action of the
Assembly on the subject of slavery. Tbit paper, as
thus amended, was finally adopted, and is as fol
lows :
Here follows a statement from the records of
previous Synods, to show that slavery has always
been considered and spoken of as au evil—that the
church ought to have no fellowship with it, &c.,
and concluding a follows :
• We do uot, indeed, pronounce a sentence of in
discriminate condemnation upon all our brethren
who are unfortunately connected with the system
of slavery. We tenderly sympathize with those
who deplore the evil, ami are honestly doing all in
their power for the present well-being of their slaves,
and for their complete emancipation. We would,
aid and uot embarrass such brethren And vet, in
the language of the General Assembly of 1818, we
would “earnestly warn them against unduly extend
tug the plea of necessity agaii st making it a cover
for the love and practice of slavery, or a pretence
for not using efforts that are lawful and practicable
to extinguish this evil.
“In conclusion, the Assembly call the attention of
the l'ublieatiou Committee to this subject, and re
commend the publication, iu a convenient form, of
the testimony of the Presbyterian Church touching
this subject, at the earliest practicable period.
The correspondence of the Times then continues :
The above paper, which now stands as the As
sembly’s action for this year on the subject of
slavery, was brought to a vote rather suddenly by
the “garroting” process of the previous qu stion.—
There had, however, been no lack of speech making,
and ns every one had lully let off all he had to say
on the whole subject, under the cover of other mo
lions, to d particularly under a motion to postpone
Mr. Wallace’s report, nobody complained. One
Southern member hinted that it looked like a “gag,”
but another gentleman from the same side of Mason
*V Dixon’s line, thought that as the South had
full length of rope in the discussion from the begin
ning, the previous question would cut off nobod ’s
head. The vote on the adoption was os follows :
Yeas, 169; Nays, 26, uot voting.‘J.
After the announcement of the resut, the first
matter of interest was the manuer in which the
South would be likely to take down the pill. Dr.
llamuer, of Baltimore, soon requested permission
for the Sou'hern delegation to withdraw, as they
designed to prepare a protest against the action.—
They accordingly retired, aud. after a short time,
brought in the following, which was entered upon
the minutes:
Protest ok the Southern Delegation.—We,
the undersigned, Southern Mi isters, aud Killing El
ders, protest against the present decision of the Gen
real Assembly.
We protest, because, while past Geueral Assem
blies have ssertee tha* the system of slavery was
wrong, they have heretofore affirmed that the slave
holder was so controlled by State laws, obligations
of guardianship and humanity, that he was, as
thus situated, without censure or odium as the
master.
This averment in the testimony of past assem
blies has so far satisfied the South as to make it un
necessary to do more than protest against the mere
Anti Slavery part of such testimony.
We protest then, now, that the present act of the
Assembly is such an assertion of the sin of slavery
a* degrades the while Southern Church —an asser
tiou without authority from the Word of God, or the
organic law of the Presbyterian body.
We protest that such action is, under present
conditions, the natural excluding of the South,
whatever be the motives of those who vote the
deed.
We protest that such indirect excision is un
righteous, oppressive aud uncalled for, the exercise
of usurped power destru tive of the unity of our
own branch of the church, hurtful to the North and
the South,and adding to the peril of the union of
these United States.
Fred. A Ross, Jas. J. Hanmer,
Isaac W K llandy. Gideon S. White,
Geo. W Hutchins. George Painter,
John F. Chester, E A Carson,
J V Hanks, R. M. Morrison,
.1 D Logan, Robert McLain, *
C M Atkinson. A. J. Modie,
Robert Mi Rhea, Peachy R. Grattan,
F R Gray, Thomas H Cleland,
** Shuck, Archer B Dickerson,
” k Caldwell, Henry Mathews,
I he Assembly, through the Moderator, appointed
a Committee to reply lo the Protest, who, after
withdrawing from the House for the purpose, report
ed. after a briet interval, the following response :
The Assembly’s Answer to the Protest.—
111 reply to the Protest agaiust the action taken by
the Assembly on the subject of slavery, the Assem
bly make the following remarks .
*l. The present actiou of the Assembly on this
subject is in perfect harmony with the testimonies
of burner Assemblies, aud consists chiefly in a re
aflirmation of those testimonies. The Geueral As
sembly has never aflirmed that the slaveholder was
so controlled by State laws, obligations of guardian
ship aud humanity, that he was. as thus situated,
without censure or odium as the master.
It has only conceded that certain exceptional
cases may exist, such as are defined in the resolu
tions adopted by the Assembly of IJvjO, and ap
proved bv this Assembly. .
•j. We see nothing in the present action which is
unconstitutional, i r even reflects upon any portion
of the Southern Church, which still abides the
old doctrine ot the Presbyterian Church in relation
to this subject.
3. With respect to the complaint “that such ac
tiou is. under the preeeut conditions, the virtual ex
scinding ol the South,” the Assembly observe that
no such excision is intended, and we cannot per
ceive that it is in any wise involved, even by re
mote implication. We have simply affirmed the
established views of the Presbyterian Church on the
subject of slavery, and distinctly condemned the*
new and counter doctrines which have been de
clared aud defended by some within our bounds.
1 With regard to the allegation that our action in
this case is “unrighteous, oppressive, uncalled for,”
usurpatory and destructive of great interests, we
need on y say that it rests on the groundless assump
tion that this action isan “indirect excision” of the
South. If our Southern brethren shall break the
unity ot the Church because we stand by our oom
mou position, a» m duty bound, the responsibility
for the consequences will not rest on the Assembly-
Future Movements of the South.—The future
couiseof the Southern delegation is already hinted
by them. They design, after they go home, to meet
1 their Presbyteries, every one of which will doubt-
I less sustain the course of their representatives, in
withdrawing from the Assembly—aDd then with the
Presbyteries call a convention of Southern Presby
terian Churches to meet at Washington City, D. C.,
on the 27th of August next A Dew Ecclesiastical
organization, similar to the Assembly, will
be formed, on the same doctrinal and constitutional
basis with the present body, but w ith the express
provision that the subject of Slavery shall never be
brought before it, except by judicial cases from the
lower Presbyi-eries and Synods. It is not designed
‘o make this purely a Southern but so called “Na
tional” organization, and it is thought that Philadel
phia, and possibly New' York, may contribute two
or three enu cbes to it
Thus there wili be three General Assemblies, in
stead of tw'*, while in addition to “Old School” and
“New School,” there will be another, and perhaps
the “Select School.”
The General Assembly, after the disposal of the
Slavery question, transacted some unimportant con
cluding business, and adjourned to meet next year
in Chicago.
From the Columbia Timex.
The American Tract Society Df nonneed.
The following decided expression of the views of
Basil ManljfrD. D , of Charleston, S C\, relative to
the late action ofYhe American Tract Society, was
w’ri:teu in answer to a letter of enquiry addressed
him by a Life Director who resides in the city of
Columbus. The consent of the writer has been ob
tained for its publication.
We heartily agree with this expression of opinion
as eminently wise, and worthy ol the consideration
of thr parties interested. Self respect and sense of
duty, compel us to decline all co-operation with
the American Tract Society, so long as the present
suspicious attitude which it has assumed is main
tained.
The old po.icy was satisfactory. The latitude,
now for the first time taken, a change not warranted
by the constitution, or even dreamed of by the found
ers of the Society, is in our estimation, the initiative
of future contemplated aggessions, for which neither
our funds nor our influence can be expected.
Nothing but the old policy of hands off from this
subject, by the Society, will satisfy us, or x*ur breth
ren in this vicinity. J. H. DeVotie,
J. M Watt,
•J. K. Redd,
Wm. C. Gray,
Thom a* B. Bla*e,
A M. Walker.
Columbus, Ga., JuneS, 1857.
Charleston, June 3,1857.
Rev. James H. DeVotie , Columbus , Ga. :
My Dear Brother —The late action of the Ame
rican Tract Society wiil invite attention at the
South. It is presumed that the course taken by the
Society on the subject ot slavery, hitherto, when its
founders were alive and acting was consistent with
its constitution and design. This course has been
satisfactory to the Southern people. That the socie
ty has done good, none can deny. Why not con
tinue i t this course 7 If the Society intend to pur
sue the same policy as heretofore, why not say so ?
Instead ot preambles statements, (resolutions, why
did not the committee report, or the Society declare,
iiiß couple of liues, that they are satisfied with the
course hitherto tak-n by the society on tha subject,
and recommeud that it be faithfully and steadily ad
i.ered to ? This would have still satisfied the South
ern people.
That they have not said this, plainly shows that
they assume the right to use the facilities they have,
which the Southern people have helped to build up,
in discussing the subject of slavery— at the. exclusive
discretion of -people who claim that they have no
thing lo do with it.
I cannot speak for my brethren, still less for the
churches of Christ; but, for myself, I say, that no
thing will satisfy me from that Society, but an une
quivocal declaration that they intend to say and do
no!king inconsistent with the policy hitherto pur
sued by them on that subject.
The Southern people are not unwilling to consider
their duties before God, in the matter of elavehold
ing. They have studied the subject as it is—a mat
ter ot every day practical concern to them, and mo
mentous in all its bearings and issues. If they have
not yet learned their duties, they may still hope that
the Creator will teach them, by methods they already
enjoy. They have His Bible, and they have His
promise,—-“Id all thy ways acknowledge Him, and
lie shall direc’ thy paths.”
But God has not promised that lie will teach a re
mote unsympathisiug people what are the seperate
and peculiar duties of other people, not ci cumstanc
ed as they are ; nor has He directed any to pply
to such for Instruction. When, therefore, our Nor
thern friends undertake to instruct us in a matter,
on which they have nothing in common with ua, we
must reply—
“ Non tali auxillio, nec defensoribus illis.”
We are entirily inaccessible to instruction , upon
that subject, from that quarter ; and it must not be
attempted , in any form. *
If we can have no part in the work of that Socie
ty, henceforward, be it so. The Southern people
will pursue, apart, their quiet way of love and obe
dience to their Divine Master, in accordance with
his own encouraging word, Isa. 66-s—“ Your breth
ren that hated you, and that cast you out for my
name's sake, said, ‘let the Lord be glorified,’ but
he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be
ashamed.” Yours truly,
B. Manly.
('apt. Davis’ Report.
The report officially made by Captain Davis to
Commodore Mlrvine, of the capitulation of
Walker, has been forwarded to Washington and
published:
United States Ship St. Mary’s. )
At Sea, May 16, 1857. \
Sir— At the latest date of my last despatch, I
had the honor to say that I was then waiting for a
favorable moment when by a timely and effectual
interposition of my good offices I might hope to en
gage the contending parties to bring their affairs to
a peaceful issue. lhe information brought by
Lieutenant McCorkle, who returned on the 29th
ult., determined me to go to Rivas the next day.
I reached Gen. Mora’s camp on the afternoon of
the 30th, accompanied by Dr. J. Winthrop Taylor,
the surgeon of his ship, and by my coxswain aud
another of my gigsmen.
After half an hours’ conference with Gen. Mora,
I exchanged several notes with Gen. Walker,
which are transmitted herewith, numbered from
one to six. *■
Three interviews took place between General
Ilenningsen and Colonel Waters, representing
General Walker, and myself, assisted by Doctor
Taylor. At the last of them, on the morning of the
Ist instant, the agreement—a copy of which ac
companying this is numbered 7—received my own
signature and the signatures of the other gentlemen
present, aud having been returned to Rivas was
brought back by Colonel Waters signed by General
Walker.
Gen. Mora then addressed to me the communica
tion marked No. 8.
At 4 o’clock 1 entered Rivas in company with
General Zavala and his Staff, who attended Gen.
Walker and his Staff to San Juan del Sur, where
the latter embarked on board the St. Mary 's.
In Rivas the American troops—about two hun
dred and forty iu number—were crawn up in the
plaia, aud the agreement was read to them in gene
ral orders, and they were transferred by Gen. Hen
ningsen to my charge. Having no lieutenant with
me, I requested Dr. Taylor to direct their move
ments aud accompany them to Virgin Bay iu the
morning, which service, though entirely extra pro
fessional, he did me the favor to accept moat cheer
fully ; he executed it with perfect success.
Gen. Cauas having entered to take possession, I
turned over to him the plaza of Rivas, by means of
the note (the original of which is in Spanish,) num
bered 9 ; after which Gen. ilenningsen and myself
went to San Juan.
On the 2d inst., having exerted myself in vaiu to
persuade Gen. Walker to place the schooner Grana
da in my keeping, I gave Lieut. Maury the order,
numbered 10. Finally, however, when the prepa
rations for the forcible seizure ot the schooner were
completed, she was delivered up to the United
States by the accompanying order of Gen. Walker,
No. 11.
The duty of conducting the Americans from Vir
gin Bay through the province of Guanacaste to
Puuta Arenas, and thence by steamer to Panama,
was assigned to Lieut. McCorkle by the accompa
nying order No. 12.
On the evening of the 2d inst. I went to Virgin
Bay, where I found most ot the officers and men in
good spirits and behaving exceedingly well. Lieut.
McCorkle had already begun to regulate the sup
plies and divide the people into messes—the com
pany organization being lost. Iu this he was ably
assisted by several officers, whose amiable conduct
uuder these difficult circumstances commanded my
respect and grateful acknowledgements. The
troops embarked for Tortugas on the morning of the
4th inst.
On the morning of the 3d inst., I crossed over to
Rivas, where I visited the hospital, and the sick and
wounded Americans in town. Your special atten
tion will be invited to this subject in a separate
communication.
The accompanying letter from Gen. Mora, n um
bered 13, was banded to me here.
The scooner Granada, or San Jose, was transfer
ed to the authorities of Nicaragua by the accompa
nying letters, numbered 14 and 15; tli former of
which explains concisely my reason for this manner
of proceeding.
As soon as certain information was received of
the departure of Col. Lockridge from the river San
Juan, it became apparent that Gen. Walker, now
deprived of ail possibility of receiving reinforcements
and rapidly consuming his mules and horses, must
either succumb to the superior force of the enemy
or try his fortune in a change of place. It was the
opinion of those who had better means of judging
than myself, that one month ago he could have passed
the enemy 's lines and maintained himseli iu the open
country. Since that time desertions had become so
numerous and frequent, not only diminishing his
army in numbers, but demoralizing it in character,
that toward the end of April the only resort left to
Gen. Walker was to cut his way down to the coast
and take refuge, if possible, on board the schooner
Granada. Here, again, lam citing the opinion of
his friends. According to the best intelligence, such
au attempt would have been the last effort of des
pair. aud would have terminated fatally in less than
five miles from Rivas.
The time had. therefore, arrived for dete* mining
on the course to be pursued in the case anticipated
in your first letter of instructions of January 19;
that is. “in the event of the expulsion of Walker
aud his forces from Nicaragua by the allied armies,
aud of his departure to adjacent territory in Central
America for the purpose of hostile and aggressive
operations.”
When I considered that, under these circu nstan
ces, the Granada would be destitute of a legal com
mission from any recognised government, or from
any party then actually existing; that she was no
longer acting under the authority of a sovereign
State, or even of a distinct and seperate govern
ment in such State, the party which had hitherto
been deemed a belligerant nation having lost its
footing in the country; and that as I well knew she
would be under the necessity of procuring by vio
lence the indispensable means of subsistence, I could
not bring myselt to consent that the Granada thus
characterized should pass from under mv guns out
upon the high seas. Accordingly, on leaving the
ship for Rivas on the 30th April, I handed Lieut.
Maury the memorandum of instructions numbered
16; and in conference with Gen. Henningsen and
Col. Waters I made known to these gentlemen my
decision.
During all the transactions related in the report,
my intercourse with Gen. Mora, the commander-in
chief of the allied armies was intimate. * * *
lam very conscious that in these novel and
unusual occurrences I may have often to ask for
m > conduct the kind and candid construction of the
Department. Feeling secure in the enjoyment of
its favorable disposition while engaged in the per
formance or my duty I should not allude to it here
but that General Walker has engaged in imputations
against inyselt and the three senior lieutenants of
this ship, of conduct not only improper but even
base, unbecoming our honor.
Knowing whatever unwilling mistakes of judg
ment we may have committed, that we have never
wavered in our integrity or relaxed in our zeal to
serve our countrymen, we reflect with satisfaction
upon the defence afforded us by the friendship and
protection of the Department at all times; but
nevermore than when we are absent on the public
service. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Chaju.es Heski Davis. Commander.
Commodore Win Merviue. Commander in-chief of
the United States Naval Forces in the Pacific
Ocean, Panama. New Granada.
Usdzhstand Hi* —“Ur. C , if you’ll get
my pants done by Saturday night, I shall be for
i ever indebted to you.” "If tnat's your game they’ll
1 not be done, sure," said the tailor.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MOiiNING, JUNE 17, 1857.
American ('on vent Ion —Addreas.
Called by the passing away of another year to
meet the members of the American party in Na
tional Council, the occasion demands a reafiirma
tion of our opinions. We are ready to-day as
aforetime to give a reason for the faith that is in us,
and as ready to-day as ever before to stand fast by,
our vows of devotion to our whole country. Neith
er dismayed by defeat, nor disheartened by opposi
tion—neither discouraged by the past, nor without
hope for the future—we meet together both to coun
sel one with another, and to show* to the people of
the U’nited States by our presence and our num
bers here in open convention that as a party we are
h< peful and determined as to our future course of
action.
The dominant party at the North and the domi
riant party at the South, by appeals made to sec
tions of the country and the passions of the day, are
temporarily successful. But a temporary triumph
is no evidence of permanent success. Nor does a
victory secured by passion give evidence of a true
attachment to principle. A true soldier will never
be disheartened in susta T mng a good cause because
of one or many defea
The nine hundred chon .ud American voters who
sustained the An eri<"\n i indidates for the two first
offices in the gif f • *ue people in November la>t
may eDjoy the coiousness of an honest work well
meant and well dore. They neithei counted the
cost of defeat! or faltered in the discharge of a
great public duty, and had the thousands of men
who agreed with them in opinion as to the justice ot
their principles and the ntness of their candidates
acted upon the same convictions of public duty, the
result would have been far different. At the North,
tens of thousands voted for Mr. Fremont upon the
plea that there was no chance for Mr. Fillmore, wbii*
tens of thousands voted tor Mr. Buchanan at the Soui h
upon the plea that a vote for >lr. Fillmore would se
cure the election of the candidate of the miscalled
Republican party. It was a cruel and uncalled-for
sacrifice of principle upon the altar of expediency,
and one of these sacrifices of principle which, if per
sisted in, in private life, as is sometime the case, in
the consideration of subjects of great public mo
meni, would result in common disaster. When
patriotism becomes the rule of action and a true
love of country points out the path of duty, nothing
can excuse the yielding up of that which is right for
that which is merely expedient.
We do not, however, seek to recall anything in
the past calculated to wound the feelings of those
who were tempted in a moment of despondency or
t oughflessness to forget their obligations to their
country or their associates in principle.
Thousands who left our ranks in November,
drawn away by the temporary expedients and pas
sions of the hour, have returned to the fold of the
American party. They have been taught in the bit
ter sch »ol of experience that the word of promise
may be made to the ear and broken to the hope.—
Where there was a pledge to secure, and the power
to effect a pure ballot box, the want of which is one
of the great evils of the times—and to accompl sh
which ought to unite the good men of all parties—
t ere has been either a criminal indifference to the
evil itself, or a bold participation in that wrong.
So in the promises made at the North to secure
a pure franchise through the a rency of a registry
law, where all could see and know who, under
the constitution and by the laws, were entitled to
vote.
In no instance, that we can recall to mind, have
either of the two great organizations opposed to the
American party endeavored to secure those whole
some reforms which are essential either to an intel
ligent or honest exercise of the rights of franchise.
Even where an attempt has been made, as in New
York, to secure a practical reform under the natu
ralization laws, so that, while the change would not
extend the five years’residence previous to natu
ralization provided by the laws of the United States,
it would,nevertheless, secure asmall this
limited residence before the alien was allowed to
vote, the attempt has failed, by the combined op
position of both the Democratic and Republican par
ties, who not unfrequently work together at the
North to destroy the American organization. And
while there has been a neglect to maintain a pure
franchise for white voters, and an open and earnest
opposition to all reforms, proposing si.uply remedia
measures for admitted great public evils, there has
also been enacted in New York a successful mea
sure looking to such an amendment of the Consti
tution as would secure a general system of suffrage
to the negroes of the State. Thus, in one part of the
Union a State Constitution is opened to sustain the
question of negro suffrage, while in another part of
the Union the alien has had conferred upon him
privileges wholly unknown to the native-born citi
zen. To day a foreign pauper or a foreign criminal
driven or banished from the pest or prison houses of
Europe, is made in all things, and regardless of his
residence in the country, an equal with the citizen
whose service has been life-long, patriotic and use
fui in the lajid of his birth. To-morrow, again,
States in another section of the country, become
revolutionary in their plans of opposition to the
Federal Government, and exhaust their patriotism
and labors in measures of mere speciality and favor
for the negro.
We seek to avoid such anomalies of legislation
in both our Federal and State governments. Their
tendency is neither toward humanity nor mercy.
They benefit neither the white nor the black race,
and, whether well meant or ill meant, result in that
spirit of strife and uncharitableness in different
States and among different classes of people which
the true men of the country cannot fail to deplore.
Higher aims and nobler objects animate the
American party. We know of no political differ
ences between the rights of the North and the rights
of the South. All are subordinate to the constitu
tion of our common country. The union of the
States, the rights of the States, the privileges of the
people in the States, and under the Union, is our
chief glory and our greatest good. When differences
of opinion come, as come ihey will, they must be
settled, not by crimination aud hate, but by refe
rence to that great principle of common right and
common protection— the Constitution of the
United States; audit there shall unfortunately
again be differences of opinion as to what is grant
ed and whac is denied by the Constitution, the ju
diciary of the land through the authorized courts
of the nation, can alone make up and decide the
final issue. The constitution and the law must,
therefore, at all times aud in all places, become our
rule of action.
Toleration of opinion, the freedom of speech and
of the press, the right of the people peaceably to as
semble and petition the government for a redress of
grievances, are among these specified constitutional
personal rights, and cannot be abridged except as
the abuse of these privileges is restrained by the
laws of the land. Equally explicit are the rights of
the States over their own territories, and interfe
rence with them becomes both a public abuse of
power and an act of personal impertinence. If all
men, in all sections of the country, c >uld realize
where their powers commence, and where they
cease—if they could understand that they are no
more respon-ible for other men's sins than they are
secure in their own self assumed virtues, all would
be comparatively well.
There are many and vital questions upon which
the American party can agree, and to these all other
subjects should be subordinate. They are, in brief,
condensed in the following spirit of our National
Platform. We hold, for example, as cardinal max
ims of public justices and private duty, to the fol
lowing rule of faith and action :
Ist. The Federal Union must be maintained.
2d. The reserved rights of the States must be re
spected.
3d. The decision of the Supreme Court must be
enforced.
4th. The union of Church and State must be pre
vented.
sth. The rights of conscience must be guarantied.
6th. American interests must be promoted.
7th. An American nationality must be cherished.
Bth. Sectional agitation must be terminated.
9th. Foreigu paupers and criminals must be ex
cluded.
10th. The naturalization laws must be amended.
11th. “Squatter Sovereignty” and alien suffrage
must be repudiated.
12th. Americans must rule America.
There is nothing here not taught in the Constitu
tion ot the United States, and nothing here repug
nant to the spirit and letter of that instrument of
liberty and law. The provision of the Constitution
which requires the President of the United States to
be a native born citizen—which requires the Vice
President to possess the same qualifications with
the President—which, in the foreign born, imposes
a nine year’s residence, after naturalization, as
qualification of a candidate for the United States
Senate, and a residence of seven years, after na
turalization, as a qualification for a Representa
tive in Congress—which forbids test oaths for of
fice, and the maintenance of an established Reli
gion, are all part md parcel of our faith and prac
tice. So far from departing from any provision of
the Constitution, we seek to restore a respect for
its framers, and an entire and hearty obedience to
its provisions. It is, above and beyond all other
records of political creeds, the platform of the Ame
rican party.
But we cannot shut our eyes to other issues which
have been forced upon us by the Democratic party,
which is not ouly not what it was in times past but
which seems to have outlived its consistency, its
usefulness, and its virtues. It has different faces
for different parts of the country, and different
phases to illustrate its many creeds. It has involved
the government in great difficulty, and no man
feels secure in the future while this party is in power
Under Democratic Administrations there has been
an open violation of law in the Territory of Utah.
A social system which would have ced the
darkest ages, utterly repugnant to civilization,
reflecting the highest dishonor upon the government,
a festering sore upon the political body, and every
day growing from bad to worse, exists and has ex
isted for four years past within the borders of our
own government. We condemn this outrage upon
morals and humanity, and desire to see the nui
sance
abated. We trace it, however, as one of the natural
ills incident to that system of administration which
seeks to fill the nation with criminals, paupers, and
fanatics from the old world. We trace the great
majority of worngs i Utah, the acta of treason, the
cases of arson, the multitude of murders, the cruel
banishments, the beastly intercourse, to that
unnatural indifference to those who, serpent-like,
have crept into the bosom of the nation in order
to sting and destroy it.
Other questions of great importance though of
less magnitude also attract our attention. The
public domain, secured by a common treasure and
a common sacrifice of blood and labor, the com
mon property of the cation, is distributed without
regard to the general ownership, and with a
lavishness of appropriat on which snows an utter
indifference to thejust cla.ms and true wants of the
the American peuwie.
Who can arrest tuesc r vds and restore the Govern
ment to its ancient landmarks but the American
party ? Where else is there a sure hope of the
union of the States with that free expression of
opinion which belongs to every Commonweath of
the Republic, and to every citizen in the Union ?
We call then upon our countrymen all over the
land to organize and act. Lei them seek to give
honor, strength, prosperity, and perpetuity to our
glorious Union by making the love of country and
of the whole country a passion and a principle.
The past in our nation is made glorious by the pa
triotism and heroism of our noble ancestry of South
ern men of the stamp and character of him who led
the great armies ot the Revolution, and of those who
were distinguished under the confederation and in
the convention which framed the constitution. —
Northern men, too, of the stamp and chars cter of the
son of Massachusetts who nominated George Wash
ington, of Virginia, to be General in-Chief of the ar
mies of the Republic, and like him received the
sword of the leading British General on Southern
soil at the instance of the forever-loved, Heaven pro
tected. Father of our common country.
Laving then iD theec great examples of the past —
seeking to re-baptise lie whole nation in the spirit
of the great and good men who led the way to vic
tory. and to independence, we, too, are hopeful and
heartlul of the great future.
We invoke tie sympathy, the aid, the co-opera
tion of all men, all over the land, who are with us
and of us in principle and sentiment—and of all men,
too, who wish to reform those gross abuses in the
State and nation which have resulted in so much per
sonal wrong, and left a stain like a wound upon the
fair tame of the Republic. Americans and friends
of Americans. North and Souih, East and West,
‘ Awake, arise, or be forever fallen.”
Erastus Brooks, of New York.
Anthony Kennedy, of Maryland.
R W. Thompson, of Indiana.
Vespasian Ellis, of Washington, D C.
W« F Switzler, of Missouri.
J. J Crittenden, of Kentucky.
H. W Hoffman, of Maryland.
W. S Wood, of Michigan.
W H Sutton, of Arkansas.
Austin Baldwin, of Connecticut.
Giles M Hillyer, of Mississippi.
J. Scott Harrison, of Ohio.
Wm W. Danenbower, of Illinois.
The Council then adjourned to meet at the Odd
Fellows' HalL
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Important From Utah Territory.
As everything from Utah tenitory at the present
time is of more or less interest, we copy the follow
ing from lhe Leavenworth Herald of the 30th nit
Mr. Williams and Mr Morr.-l arrived here on the
20th from Salt Lake. Left Salt Lake on the loth
.of April; grass six weeks later than was ever
known. snow on the mountains averages twenty
feet; everything quiet on the plains ; saw hut few
Indians ; met Col Sumner with two companies
•X'nited States troops at \-ermilliou, one hundred
fniles out ; met first emigrant trains twenty miles
this side of Fort Kearney getting along very Weil
and generally healthy : met more or less every day
in large numbers coming from the Sou'h-western
part of Missouri, with large number of stock:
estimated that 10,000 wagons and 30,00(1 outlie
would Close the plains for California. Tne entire
company c insisted of McSraw’s mail train under
direction of Jesse Jones : E Burr, U. S. Surveyor
General of Utah ; Judge Stile-, Associate Justice of
Utah, andfom-ly fU S. Marshal Dodson and family
II K. Morrell, postmaster at Salt Lake : Thomas
S WiUiauft and family, late firm of Hooper &
Wi iliams. Company consisted of sixty-- thirty m ales
and thirty females. Salt Lake mail passed down
yesterday—2so wagons, with 1,000 emigrant se
ceders from Utah, wiil come to the States, and
about 1,000 wiil go to California.
Mr. Williams’ life has been threatened. It was
prophesied by Brigham Young and other Mormons
that he would never get away from Salt Lake alive.
A eecret organized band, ever ready to do the ori
ders oftbe prophet and tw. lve Apostles, were threat
ening his life. He defied their vengeance. It was
a miracle that Williams got away. Brigham has
not left Salt Lake, and the rumor that he was com
pelled to flee the country is untrue.
The half of the outrages of the Mormons that Mr.
Williams knows of cannot be told in the limit anti
space we have.
A correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat, who
had an interview with Gen. Burr and Judge Stiles
writes:
Their accounts of affars ig that territory are very
exciting. The Mormons during the past winter have
been perpetrating many outrages upon the Gentiles
and the United States authorities. The gentlemen
confirm the accounts furnished the press by Judge
Drummond, and say that is worse nowinSalt l ake
City than it was at the time Di i mmond left. Seve
ral have been murdered and many robberies com
mitted by tiie Mormons during the last winter. The
laws and cour‘s of the Urn ed States ai e
by order of Gov. Young, whose will is supreme in
that section of our couutry, aud the authorities of
the genet al government treated very in ignautly.
Judge Stiles’s court had been compelled to adjourn
in consequence of the inobocratie spirit manifested
in opposition toit by the devoted followers of Young,
rendering it impossible to issue a progress in Utah
emanating from the district courts established there
by act ot Congress. The Mormons claimed exciu
sive jurisdiction, and repudiated the idea that gov
ertimeut has any authority in that territory in any
manner whatever.
Tne surveyor-general had been threatened with
violence several times, and at last forced to leave
ior safety. Judge Stiles could not execute the
functions of his office, and concluded to vistit Wash
ingtou to see what could be doue.
Mrs. Farnbam, of Salt Lake City, had been
threatened aud compelled to leave, and she came
bn in the company which arrived yesterday. The
crime alleged agai ist her was “boarding gentiles,”
which was contrary to the will of the governor.
The Mormons-express themselves determined to
resist to the death every attempt of the general
government to establish any authority in Utah.—
“That was their country, aud no power on earth
shall interfere with them.”
Judge Sti es and Geu. Burr consider it absolute
ly necessary for the government to take the most
stringent measun s for the restoration of “law and
order” in that territory, the inhabitants of which
were in open rebellion against tiie laws and authori
ties of tiie United States, aud unless something was
done, no one could foretell the evil that would re
sult from delay. _ Life and property was not safe,
anti injured parties have no means of obtaining re
dress Young was governor and supreme dictator,
one of the greatest tyrants that ever lived. Ilis
will is law, from which there is no appeal.
Weston, Mo., May 28, 1857.—Mr. Samuel Gil
bert arrived in this city last night from Great Salt
Lake City. He left on the road, about two hun
dred miles from here, Gen. Burr, United States
Surveyor General of Utah; Judge Stiles, of the
United States District Court of Utah ; Peter Dod
son, United States Marshal; Mr Murrell, United
States Postmaster at Salt Lake ; Thomas Williams,
and a large number of “gentiles,” coming iuto the
State.
Indian tintiuses in MiuneNOtn.
' A correspondent of the New York Evening Post
writing from St. Paul, Minnesota Territory, gives
the following thrilling detail of outrages by the
Sioux Indians on female captives :
Mrs. Margaret Ann Marble, one of the captives
taken at Spirit hake, at the time of the recent
massacre, arrived here this evening, in charge of
Mr Charles E. Flandrau, agent f*r the Sioux of the
Mississippi. On the 13th of March, a baud of In
dians came to their residence at Spirit Lake, lowa,
murdered her husband, and took her prisoner to
their camp, where she found three other white fe
male captives—a Mrs. Thatcher, a Mias Noble, aud
a Miss Gardner.
Mr. Marble thinks the husbands of Mrs. Noble
and Mrs. Thatcher both escaped being killed, but
the entire family of Miss Gardner fell a prey before
Miss G.’s own eyes, and then she was dragged away
to the wigwam of the war chief of the red murder
ers and brutally violated. Immediately after com
mitting the murders at Spirit Lake, the Indians,
with their captives, started westward, and traveled
for about one month through a circuitous, rough
route, unknown to any except the savage, and en
camped at last at a place called Skunk Lake, west,
of the Big Sioux River, and about one hundred and
fifty miles northwest of Spirit Lake, where the out
rages were committed
On the route the captives were subjected to the
severest hardships and torture, being compelled to
carry heavy packs of shot and to perform the most
degrading service by day, and submit to the most
brutal outrages by night. For the first few days of
their » aptivity they resisted their tormentors, but
were beaten with clubs and threatened to be snot
until they at last submitted, in the hope sooner to be
rescued.
Mrs. Thatcher, who wa* in.feeble health, was
unable to carry the burdens.imposed upon her, and
when endeavoring to cross the Big Sioux river upon
some trees which the Indians cut down on both
sides to form a bridge, she, being very weak, lost
her balance and fell into the river. She dropped
her burden and succeeded in swimming almost to
the shore, when an Indian deliberately aimed his
rifle at her and shot her through the head, killing her
instantly. The body was left to float down the
current, which was reddened with her warm life
blood. This tragic scene was hailed by the Indian
women (who seemed jealous of the presence of the
white captives) with wild shouts of exultation.
Mrs. Marble informs me that she aud her surviv
ing companions read with a dreadful certainty the
fate which awaited them when fatigue should over
take them.
About five days after the band reached Skunk
Lake, two Lac-qui-parle Indians, named “Grey
Foot” and “Roaring Cloud/’ visited the camp.—
They professed to be on their spring hunt, but were
really sent out on a special mission to find and res
cue the captives.
Ink pa du-tah, the war chief of the murderous
band, was seemingly jealous at first of the two
visiters, fearing that they were spys, but upon being
offered a lot of blankets, a few Indian ornaments,
one gun and a keg of powder, they were induced to
part with Mrs. Marble. The two Indians started
immediately for Lac-qua Parle with Mrs. Marble,
where, after ten days iourneying, they arrived on
the 20th of May. “Grev Foot" and “Roaring
Cloud’’ extended to Mrs. Marble every facility for
accomplishing the journey easily, carrying her
across streams and over ravines, and furnishing her
with ample clothing and food At Lac-qua-Parle
they took her to the chiefs wigwam where she was
also kindly cared for until some white friends ar
rived from the missionary, and conveyed her to the
agency, where she remained a few days for rest,
and then, accompanied "by Mr. Flandrau, started
for this place, and arrived this evening, as stated
above. She is, of course, m quite destitute circum
stances, but will find plenty of sympathizing friends
here, who will care tor her.
Mrs. Marble is only twenty-four years of age,
middling size, fair looking and very agreeable m
conversation. Os course she shows evidence of the
hard service through which she has passed. She is
a native of Starke county, Ohio. About ten years
since she removed to Michigan, where she married
a man by the name of Phips, with whom she resided
but a short time ere he died. She afterwards mar
ried Mr. Marble, and removed to lowa, where the
outrage related was committed.
The excitement created by the arrival of Mrs
Marble in town, and the fact of her destitute situa
tion, has resulted in the raising of a subscription of
several hundred dollars for her relief already. It
will be increased in a few days to a handsome little
sum.
On the 23d instant a party of Lac-qui Paree In
dians was dispatched to Skung Lake with all the
requirements, in the shape of preseuts, to purchase
the release of Mrs Noble and Miss Gardner.—
Four days travel would bring them to tue camp of
Inkpa du tali.
A Remarkable Case of Longevity without
the aid of food or Nourishment.— I The fallow
ing particulars have been related to us by Mr Geo.
Cronkbite, of this village, a gentleman of well known
veracity and candor, wno has visited, in his profes
sional capacity of County Superintendent of the
Poor, the lady whose remarkable tenacity to life,
without the aid of food or any stimulus to support
nature, we give to our readers. It appears that about
a year ago, the invalid, (Mrs Simeon Hays, residing
at Horicon, in this county,) was attacked by a dis
ease known as epileptic fits, and that one of these
paroxyisms was of such a violent nature that it last
fed eighteen days, and that during the past eleven
months not a particle of any kind of nourishment
has passed her lips excepting a small quantity of
water and apple sauce, administered to her by her
husband; and he is of the opinion that even this did
not remain in tier stomach, as she seems to have an
uncontro lable aversion to any kind of aliment what
ever. During the period of her sickness she has
shown no signs of intelligence or recog:dtion of her
friends, and all of the natural functions of ‘-er body
have ceased their operations. Mr Cronkhite, (our
informant) who conversed with the husband and
gleaned these most astounding particulars, is of the
opinion that she is now railing rapidly, and that but
a short time will intervene before the sands of life
will run out. In our opinion, it is the most remark
.ble case of endurance without food on record, and
deserves more than a passing notice by the medical
profession. —Glenn 8 Falls. {New York) Republican-
Telegraphic Damages. —An interesting suit has
just been tried in Cleveland between Randall
Cook Co. vs. Lake Erie and Michigan Telegraph
Company. Plaintiff were extensive wool dealers
in 1803, and on June 14th of that year telegraphed
to their agent at Meadville, Pennsylvania, to buy
certain lots of wool at forty cents per pound. The
Telegraph Company delivered the despatch with an
alteration of the price to forty-five cents, on which
instructions the agent acted, buying large quanti
ties at that price, * hich was five cents ov r the
market. Damages were laid at $2,000. The jury
were charged that Telegraph Companies receive
pay for transmitting messages correctly, and are
therefore liable tor damages incurred by their negli
gence. or by delivering incorrect despatches. Ver
dict for the plaintiffs, damages $1,681 25.
A Village Destroyed —The Ogdensburg (St.
Lawrence count}) sentinel says that “on Monday
morning of last week, the village of Brasher Iron
Works, in that county, contained a thriving and
busy population. Before night, the whole village,
the foundry, machine shops, saw mills, and every
dwelling in the place except six, vs as consumed as
with the bosom of de*»»ruction. A fire that had
previously raged in the woods, was driven by a
wind from a point or to south of west, like a hail
storm upon the doomed village. In one hoar forty
three buildings and from $~5,000 to SIOO,OOO worth
of property were reduced to ashes, ana forty families
made homeless and houseless; wi'-bout iuod or
clothmg, and without the means of employment.”
Tbe Sentinel states that the call for aid has not
been unheeded Villages in the immediate vicinity
have done nobly for the relief of the sufferers. Os
the sufferers. Mr. L. W. Skinner, of Ogdensburg, is
mentioned as the greatest, the loss of his firm being
$75,000 over insurance
Southern Cultivator —lt is only necessary for
us to say, that this is the best Agricultural journal
published in the country. Published at Augusta by
W. 8. Jones, at SI,OO per annum. — New her y (S. C.,)
* Rmng Sun.
Lnter from Hnvana.
The steamer Black Warrior has arrived at New
Orleans with dates from Havana to the 2d instant*
The Picayune gives the following summary of
| news:
The probabilities of a war between Spain and
Mexico were still the subject of much conversation
at Havana, but reports were very contradictory.—
The colonial Government was keeping its own coun
sels
| Stock speculations of every kind, supported by
j enormous wealth accumulating from the high
prices of sugar, still continue throughout the island.
Every class is infected with the mania, and the well
known operations of Wall street were being re en
acted at Havana.
Two ad titional cargoes of coolies—s 94 in number
—had landed on the island.
There were foreign vessels of war in the har
bar o! Havana. The British propeller Cossack, Ad
miral Cockburn, sailed thence the 30th ult., for a
cruise in the Gulf.
The stock of sugar amounted to 335,000 boxes.—
Prices were as last reported. Exchange also showed
no change. Freights continued very low There were
over two hundred carriers of all nations in port.
The weather during the week had been extreme
ly sultry, releived occasionally, however, in the in
terior by a refreshing shower; but with the excep
tion of sporadic cases of yellow fever, believed to
have been introduced into Havana from the British
West Indies, the health of the city and country had
been and continued good.
The trade of Havana, notwithstanding the almost
unprecedented prices, continued active. As an evi
dence of the same, the Diario, mentions the clear
auces of one day, he 26th, which amounted to 7,922
boxes of sugar alone, not counting other products
of the island, always in large demand.
From the interior, we hear of a new bank at Re
medies, capital $300,000 : another at Villa Clara,
the same size; and still another at Sagua la Grande,
capital $500,000. At Villa Clara a new market, to
cost $40,000, has been authorized, and other irn
provementa are mentioned in almost every par of
the Island A new line of telegraph is going up be
tween Cruces and Ranchuelo, and thence to the
River Sagua; and a line of steamers between Car
deuas and Remedios is about being established.
The special correspondent of the Picayune, wri.
ting under date of June Ist, gives the following view
ot the Spanish Mexican imbroglio:
The Mexican imbroglio is thickening fast, and
albeit the Parisian papers announce an amicable
settlement, I am inclined to believe that such will
not be the case, unless Comonfort should consent to
all the demands of the Spanish Government, which
will contain certain stipulations with reference to
the sale of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, kindly in
troduced at the urgent solicitations of England and
France. It is a settled relief among parties here
who watch with interest the political troubles of
Mexico, that England is not only afraid of our get
ting possession of Tehuantepec, but that she intends
to make use of Spain to carry out her intrigues
against the United States. She knows that Comon
fort is in need of money, and will sell; that the
country is in a state of complete anarchy; that
Spain is eager for strife with a weak enemy; that
Sant Anna has a strong party in the country, com
posed principally of the mass of the clergy, and that
he would gladly return to his native country, pro
vided he has the means wherewith to effect his pur
pose. These are the movements to which I refer
red in my last, the confinnation of which you will
perceive in the warlike preparations going on in this
island and in Spain, and also in the trequent com
munications passed between Gen. Concha and the
“Ileieof Tampico.” It is known that one of the
Spanish war steamers lias been ordered to Cartha
gena to bring His Excellency to Havana in case
circumstances sh uld require his presence. All the
licenciados (soldiers whose lerm ot service have ex
pired; have been forced to re-puliat until the Mexi
can question has been settled. Some of them re
fused', but were drafted into the old regiments with
out any serious difficulty.
The acclimated troops of Puerto Rico will be
sent here and replaced by the raw recruits that were
to sail from Cadiz and Santander last month. This
will give the expedition the numerical force of 10,-
000 men, commanded by three Generals, under the
immediate orders of Gen Concha. The Generals
and Stall are expected here about the 10th of this
month, together with five vessels of war. If the
expedition goes, which I firmly believe to be the
case, Gen. Santa Anna wili be put into power for
the double purpose of acknowledging the justice of
the Spanish claims, and the grant of the Tehaente
pec route to an English company. The English
and French naval forces of the West India station
will lend their presence to the landing of the Span
ish forces, which is believed to be amply sufficient
to prevent the interference of “flli 'usteros” and
the American particularly since the
tacit abandonment of the Monroe doctrine in the
late cession of territory by New Granada to the
English Government. The facts embodied in these
few lines are not the creatures ot imagination.—
There are parties in Mexico in high public position
that are not only aware of this, but have communi
cated the same to friends in this island. A well
known Mexican house in this city holds a large
amount of funds for Santa Anna, sent him by his
friends in the last English steamer, and he has
been incautious enough to speak of the fact in
public.
A stock company has purchased the ruins of the
old theatre, and the Luz house, and intend building
a magnificent hotel on the American plan. The
drawings of the building were sent out from New
York, and it is calculated that it will be ready ab ut
the beginning of January.
There are so many projects starting every day,
that it is hard to keep the run of them They in
crease so rapidly that several .Spaniards, noted for
being the heaviest and sbrewdePt speculators in
the market, held a meeting the other night to deter
mine on some plan for the curtailing of the abuses
into which we are running, but I am afraid
own example is such a powerful “argumentum ad
hominem,” that they will have to let people mind
their own business.
The slaver Clara B Williams left this port on Sun
day last, having cleared for Callao. Her crew is
ad Spanish, and her cargo selected for tastes of
King of Dahsmey.
From Texnxt
Grsat Excitement in San Antonio—Despe
rate Fight with Robbers.— The San Antonio
(Texas) papers, 30th ult., are filled with the most
exciting 'accounts of a recent dreadful encounter
with a baud of ruffians, in that city, during which
five persons weje killed and one wounded. As our
readers well know there has been, for a long time
East, a desperate gang of thieves, robbers and house
reakers hanging about San Antonio, whose repeat
ed villainies we have almost weekly recorded. On
the night of the 29th, it seems, a horrible murder was
committed but a few miles below the town The
wife of one Mr. Garza was killed in her own house
by some seven or eight assassins, and the house
then robbed of money aud valuables. A reward of
SSOO was offered the next morning for the apprehen
sion of the murderers, and Sheriff Henry, with a
posse, hastened to the place of the bloody scene.—
The Texan, 30th ult., adds :
About 12 o’clock a gang of some dozen despera
does had collected in the city on the west side of
the river, many of them in a darkened room, as a
sort of resort for the moment Here the shooting
commenced between the desperadoes and some
three or four of the citizens. Fleistrop killed one
of the desperadoes, aud was shot thro gh the head
by another. At this awtul juncture, Jim Taylor,
than whom a braver man never lived, gave orders
to some three of his comrades to follow him—and at
the same moment he broke through the windows
into the darkened room. As he en ered, Bill Hart,
a notorious character, shot him through the breast,
and at the same moment a gun was pointed at Bill
Hart by another person, when Taylor exclaimed,
“he has shot me, let me shoot him, ’ and tired.—
Both fell Citizens commenced rushing in well
armed, as well as many desperadoes, and the shoot
ing become general. The gang of rowdies broke
from the room, by a back dour, many of them who
came up after the melee commenced, immediately
fled—finding that they were coming to close quar
ters.
By thistime at least three hundred citizens had
collected, all well armed—for it was well known
that this gang of rowdies could have at their com
mand seventy-five or ore hundred men within fif
teen minutes. Many of them came in sight, but
very wisely withdrew. Five persons were killed,
two citizens ana three of the desperadoes. Taylor
may recover.
At this stage of affairs, the city authorities com
manded the multitude to disperse, aud they immedi
ately obeyed the command
Gre t excitement still prevails. We hardly dare
phi opesy what may be the result before the matter
ends. There will be a meeting of the citizens this
evening.
Miscellaneous. —ln Washington, Bastrop and
other parts of the State, copious rains had fallen, and
the crops continued to promise abundant harvests,
L>irge crops of corn, cotton and wheat will undoubt
edly be made.
Bishop Folk’s proposition for the establishment
of a new Southern Episcopal University has been
fully endorsed by the diocese of Texas, and dele
gates appointed to the Chattanooga convention, the
4th of July next.
Hon Robert Toombs and T. Butler King, ot
Georgia, recently visited Dallas, when the latter
spoke two hours on the subject of the Pacific Rail
road. Senator Toombs came passenger on the
Opelousas.
The Galveston paper.' are jubilant over the arri
val ot a company of 1' S. troops, consisting of
about fifty men, with officers, engineers, &e., under
the command of Lieut. B* aie, who has a complete
outfit for making the survey of the wagon road to
the Pacific, as ordered by an act of the last Con
gress. They have seme seventy five mules and*
horses, with wagons and everything requisite for
the important services required of them, and were
to disembark at Indiauola, and proceed direct to
San Antonio.— N. O. Ptr.
From the Milledseville Recorder.
Volunteer Encampment.
We were prevented by our engagements from
being present at the public meeting held in this
place, on Saturday last, for definite action upon this
subject. We learn, however, the meeting entered
into the matter in a most becoming spirit of liberali
ty—that ample funds were contributed, and that all
needful arrangements are now being made to have
the entire Volunteer force of the State rendezvous
at this point, on the 3d proximo, and remain with ue
m encampment until the 7th. We fui‘her learn that
the Governor approved the design and that he has,
with the view of carrying it into effect, written to
the respective commanders of different Corps, ap
prising them of our purpose, and inviting their at
tendance. Under the circumstances it is expected
that no company will be found lagging behind and
that every man will come prepared in a spirit of
soldierey emulation to do his duty. We sh ftft no
doubt have a brilliant sete —such a one as has neen
seldom witnessed anywhere and never before in
Georgia. We therefore cordially invite *ur friends
abroad to come and partake of the festivities of the
occasion and unite with us in celebrating our na
tional birth day. We expect, and intend to have a
great jubilation —and come one—and come all—the
more the merrier.
Gov. Johnson has been invited, and has consent
ed to deliver the address upon the 4th, and no doubt
will deliver a patriotic and stirring one.
Since the above was penned, the following has
been handed in :
MILITARY ENCAMPMENT.
Execuiive Chamber. I
Milled* eviile, Ga., June 6,1857. )
In behalf of the citizens of Baldwin county, the
city of Milledgeville, and the Baldwin Blues, the
several Volunteer Companies of the State are in
vited to assemble and encamp at the Capitol on the
3d, 4th, sth and 6th days of July. In the absence
of authority to Order, I unite in this invitation and
hope, that it will be promptly accepted. It is ex
pected, that all the Companies that can make it
convenient to attend, will arrive by 3 o’clock P.
M. of Friday the 3d, and that the encampment *ill
terminate at 3 o'clock P. M. of Tuesday the 7th of
July, and each Company be provided with its tents
and Camp Equipments. Captains will report to
me by the 20tb inst. the number of their respective
Corps, that will respond to the invitation, in order
that arrangements may be made for their comforta
ble entertainment as soldiers. The Staff of the
Governor will attend in uniform.
Hekschel V. Johnson.
The Crops —A wees ago me wheal in the sur
rounding counties never looked better, and the
farmers had reason to anticipate heavy crops; but
within that time their hopes have been blighted by
the sudden appearance of that terrible enemy the
army worm, which, in many places, is completely
devaeting whole fields of wheat, stripping the stalks
clean, and in some cases attacking and devouring
the young grain. If they continue their ravages
until harvest time, it is feared that not more than a
tithe of the wheat in this section will be saved.—
Norfolk Herald.
The Jlurder of Parley Pratt.
Mrs. E I McLean, the woman alleged to have
"5” skduoted by Elder Pratt, and on account of
inch her husband took his life, has written a
lengthy statement contradicti g the allegations of
her husband, which is published in the Van Buren
(Ark.) Intelligencer. She goes into a lengthy state
ment of her domestic troubles, not very creditable
to Mr. McLean, and denies many points stated by
him with regard to her conversion to Mormonism.
In reference to her trip to Salt Lake, she says :
I engaged to cook for a mess of ten pet sons to de
fray my expenses, and thus I journeyed across the
the plains to Salt Lake City.
1 remained just oue year, leaving on the anni
versary of the day (11th Septembe*. 1855,) I arriv
ed.
fbere I taught school, Li which I taught
ten of P. P. Pratt’s children, and boarded in his
tamily sevan months. The remaining four months
*• j® u ght Governor Young’s family school and board
ed in his house.
On the 11th of last September I left in a company
°t missionaries, consisting of about twenty elders
and twelve females. I travelled in a carriage with
two elders and one lady making four of us I fur
nished my own provisions, and cooked for the other
three, for the pnvelege of ridiug.
nr «L S a j°?’ lß L borr ° w . ed 100 of church funds and
proceeded to New Orleans. It was my intention
ri^r.//^wd ,Lake t 0 KO IO m y children - and * et
She then proceeds to detail the manner in which
she succeeded in getting her children from her fath
er s house, and her travel to Texas, and adds :
♦i trough a letter from Houston I was apprised
that McLean was in pursuit of me; and to avoid
trouble, and perhaps bloodshed in the company, I
took passage with a man by the name of Clark,
who is not a Mormon. He had a wife and three
children, a poor wagon and three yoke of good oxen.
With these people I was journeying when McLean
aud party met ua. The scenes that have been in
progress from that day to this are before the public.
It is well known that I have been arrested upon a
false oath, and dragged by civil and military officers
before an excited populace and the court as a pri
soner, only to be coolly told that I might retire, 1
nothing being found against me.
In behalf ot the deed 1 have to testify, that what
ever relation existed between us, was of my own
seeking. When he kept house with his wife, Eliza
,»lu Francisco, I often sought his society,
and if any ceusure me, let them censure me for the
strongest impulses of my nature, which have ever
prompted me to seek light aud truth, despite the
difficulties that might intervene between me aud the
object of my search.
This man was a fountain of light and intelligence,
at which thousands might drink, and yet the stream
flowed clear , pure and free.
lam willing to acknowledge that I have often
sought his door at the dawn of day. when his wife
was sick, to take some meat , bread and fruit ,
upon which they might subsist until the following
morning.
Do any blame him for being poor ? Let them lay
the blame upon Him who required" his disciples to
go with the everlasting Gospel to the nations, with
out purse or script, or even two coats.
Neither do I deny that I much desired from time
to time to have him entertained at our house, even
as I glady entertained my husband’s brethren. We
had unoccupied rooms and beds, and a pro
fusion of the good things of life, while he was poor
and a stranger, and as unpopular as a certain Naza
riue who once pilgrimized through the laud of
J udea, and could not find a place to lay his head.—
Upon the same principle that I was deprived this
privilege, Mary and Martha would fiave been pun
ished for bathing the feet of tfielr Lord, aud ruu
i ing to meet him when he returned from a mission.
I also copfeas that when a company of Saints
were preparing to leave California with P. P. Pratt,
I greatly desired to be one of the number, and went
so far as to ask my Father in Heaven to provide a
way by wlychl might escape my oppression, and
go with the people of my choice. If this be not
right then there is a mistake in the anoient saying,
“Come with me all ye that are heavy laden and I
will give you rest.”
I also confess that when I got to Salt Lake alone,
and knew of no one that I had ever seen but Mr.
Pratt and his wife Elizabeth, I sought for their
house, and asked iftuey would let me stay a few days
to rest, aud look round and see what I could do tor
a living. They said stay just as long as you please,
and it t urned out as before stated. I also confess
that it was a source of pleasure to me when I heard
that he would be in the company in which 1 had
engaged to come.
I do not deny that I washed his feet, combed his
hair aud often walked that he might ride. Neither
do I deny visiting with him a number of families in
St Louis, who tiiought it a greater honor to enter
tain him than they would to entertain any king or
potentate living upon the earth.
I also confess that it pained me to see him in
chains, and fain Would I have bathed his wrist where
the cursed iron chafed his skin.
But this was nothing to what I was yet to see.
Have I not seen his heart's blood dripping from the
wound of the deadly knife?
Six pistol balls could not avail
To ruax his holy visage p*de,
But the fierce an * dea Knife,
Pierced h.s heart aud claimed his life.
Oh ! Parley dear, we lovo you well,
Yea, more than mortal tongues can tell,
A nd we know yoa will come again ;
With us to live; with Christ to reign.
O! God of Israel, let the cry,
Os Parley’s blood come up .u high,
And let his w unds betore thee plead,
For wrath on him who did the deed'
I am free to declare, before angels and men, that
Parley P. Pratt was innocent of the charges made
against him.
If the deeds of men were registered upon their
fares, it would be known and read of all men that
H. H. McLean drove me from him ; and that he by
his own acts blighted and consigned to eternal dealh
all the delicate ties that existed between us, and
that before Mormonism crossed our pathway.
That I would fain have been seperated from him
w ileyet living in New Orleans, I Will name as liv
ing witnesses, my father, J. S. McComb, and my
brothers, E. C. and J. J. McComb, and Mr. John
McDougal. These all know that I sought their coun
sel while living in New Orleans, to know whether
I must continue to endure the degrading influence
of a man who would continue to sip at the wine cup
aud thereby unfit himself for the society of hie farni
iy-
That my statements are correct in reference to
our seperatiou in California, I will name as witness
es Capt. Thomas Grey and family, Mr. Samuel
Webb and family, aud my neighbors and friends in
general in the city of San Francisco.
That Mr. McLean put me by violence into the
street at night, and locked the door against me, Cap
tain Grey and Dr. Bush are witnesses; and I pre
sume McLean himself would not deny that I then
declared that I would no more be his wife , however
many years I might be compelled to appear as such
for the sake of my children.
I presume that McLean would lay it as a com
plaint against me that 1 never afterwards came to
his bed !
I would appeal to every man and woman of re
fined sensibility to know whether a virtuous wom
an and faithful mother, is so humble a thing that
she could come again to the bosom of a man who
had by violence thrust her from him, and exposed
her to insult and injury in the streets of a wicked
city. Whoever takes the affirmative, differs from
the writer of this.
A Talking Birq,—We saw the talking bird Miuo
at his home in Tremont street, No. 74, a few days
since, and were much astonished and pleased. It
is difficult to give an adequate description of him.
He is about tne size of the American crow black
bird, although a little heavier. His length, from
the tip of tne bill to the end of the tail feathers, is
about twelve inches. He has a yellow bill one inch
in length. His plumage is remarkably beautiful,
when it glistens in the rays of the sun. It is a very
rich variagated purple and green. The wings are
nearly black, with white bars near the ends. The
feathers on the head are very short, fine, and thick,
aud resemble the richest gloss of dark velvet. He
has a long and beautiful lappel of bright yellow ex
tending from each side of the back of his head to
the nape of his neck. There is also a small yellow
oblong mark on each side 6f his head. His legs and
claws are yellow. His tongue is long, pointed at
the end, broad in the throat aud flat, thus differing
from that of the parrot, which iB round, short, and
somewhat curved.
Mr James Mann, the well-known taxidermist, in
forms us that the Mino-birds, so-called, are natives
of Java, and that they are rare even in that island;
moreover, that they seldom talk They have a
great appetite, and will eat voraciously cookd or raw
meat, bread, potatoes, and fruit, algthough they ap
pear to relish simple meal aud milk. Mr. Mann pos
sessed a Mino bird some years ago which could
whistle and imitate different sounds, but it could
not pronounce words.
The bird Mino, in Tremont street, t'ie property of
Mr J. Chesley, has a fine tenor voice, and shows
what may truly be termed intelligence. We have
seen everal persons looking admiringly at him,
and have heard him say, in the most distinct man
ner, after he has gazed intently, apparently listen
ng to the conversation, “My name is Mino/’ After
waiting some time, as if expecting a compliment to
be bestowed upon him, he has raised his beautiful
head, and proudlysaid, “Mino is a pretty bird” If
no person offers any words of praise, he jumps
about his large cage a few times, turns his back to
the astonished spectators, and indignantly and em
phatically says, in a sharp tone, “Go away! go
away !” He then gives a loud and hearty guffaw,
exactly like the “ha-ha-ha!” of a human being. Os
course, every person laughs at the droll bird, and
the droll bird laughs again, and says “Good morn
ing.” When he sees his admirers aisperse, he tells
them in the plainest language to “shut the door.”
If he is asked his name in an affectionate manner,
he will immediately reply, “My name is Mino ; how
do you do?” When he hears several persons con
versing earnestly together, without taking any no
tice of him, he exclaims, ‘’What are you talking
for ?” The words are so suddenly spoken, and the
sound so closely resembles a human voice, that one
is really inclined to reply that it is none of your bu
siness. But Mino is polite, well educated, and very
amusing, although he is vain and is fond of flattery.
—Boston Traveller , June 6.
Health of Countries and Cities. —At a re
cent meeting in New York of a committee of the
Common Council, appointed to investigate the con
dition of the streets, and to devise, if possible, some
means of abating the nuisances that at present exist,
an interesting statement was presented by Dr.
Winne, who has travelled through Europe for the
purpose of collecting statistics respecting the sani
tary condition of cities, which he has made the sub
ject, in a variety of ways, of the most careful study
and research. He described the ratio of deaths to
the population of cities and countries to be as fol
lows :
England 1 in 46 j France 1 in 40
Surrey 1 in 51 j Paria 1 in 33
London 1 in 41 j Boston. 1 in 38
L verpool lin 29 L' we 11... (7. lin 50
Manchester lin 29 MassachuwMts lin 54
Sweden, in country. 1 in 44 j Baitimoraflj ..1 in 40
Sweden, in cities.. .1 in 38 Charleston lin 43
Belgium, in country. lin 46 Savannah lin 33
Belgium, in cities.. .1 in 36 j New York 1 in 34
Dr Winne went on to say that from the year 1810
to 1855, New-York has steadily declined in health,
and the rate of mortality has constantly been in
creasing.
Washington Riots — California Mails. —The
recent election rio s, and the firing of the military
continues to occupy the public miud to an extent
unprecedented in local affairs. Whilst the rioters
are universally condemned, and the Baltimore in
terlopers execrated, there is a very large portion of
our quiet and order-loving citizens who believe that
the whole difficulty could have been and should
have been quelled by the police. There are others
influenced by partizan feelings, who openly assert
that the calling out of the Marines was contempla
ted on the previous day in the event of the slightest
disturbance at any of the polls. Hence it is that
an effort is being made to procure a warrant for the
arrest of Mayor M&gruder on the charge oi murder,
which, of course, no Magistrate who values his of
fice will grant.
The proposals for carrying the Califor* ia mail,
overland, have been opened at the Post Office De
partment, and are eignt in number. The bidders
are from California, St. Louis, other parts ot the
West, and New York. The Postmaster General is
of opinion that he will not be able to make up a de
cision on the matter in leas than ten days ;in fact,
he will probably submit the question to the cabinet
for consideration, as it ia necessary not only to de
termine which is the lowest bid, but also which is
the best route.— Washington Cor. Balt. America a,
June 8.
Damages for Seduction. —Miss Eliza P. Bmith
df New York, has recovered from Andrew Consel
-1 zea, of that city, SIO,OOO damages for seduction.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. NO. 24
Protection of American Interests in Chinn.
There appears t»have been, for many years past,
a systematic neglect of American interests in Chi a
on the part of the Home Government. With com
mercial relations with that En pire second only in
importance to those of Great Britain, we have ta
ken no efficient steps to provide for the adequate
protection of our citizens trading to the five ports
thrown open to foreigners, and have turned a deaf
ear to their repeated complaints and remonstrances
Even at the present time, when grave issues are
pending and the safety of vessels trading under
American colors is seriously jeopardized, our naval
squadron jii the Chinese seas is constrained to ob
serve an inglorious neutrality, by reason of the ut
ter unfitness of the ships comprising it to navigate
the shallownvers where the numerous war junks
ot the rebels and Imperialists lie concealed, until
an opportunity occurs of capturing the small steam
ers that are in the habit of carrying foreign goods
and passengers between Houg-Kong and Mac to.—
Alarmed by the loss of two of these steamers, and
by the daring attempts that have been made to seize
others, a committee of the American merchants at
Canton opened a correspondence with Commander
Armstrong, calling his attention to the danger so
which their persons and property were exposed, with
a view to induce him to adopt such measures ns
would guard them against such perils in future, and
pointing to the capture of two steamers by the riv
er pirates as an evidence of their insecurity, and of
the losses they have already sustained.
To this Commander Armstrong replies with some
ambiguity He says that the two steamers wen*
lost “not by outside assault, but by inside strata
gem or mutiny—the great precaution which should
be used to prevent the recurrence of such unhappy
events is strongly indicated. Although l feel some
hesitancy in s ggesting any course to able business
men. better capable of judging what concerns their
interest than I can possibly be, vet it seems to me
that the most ready and efficient security would be
found in substituting in these vessels European for
Chinese crews, though at some greater expense, and
a more careful observance of that ordinary pru
dence, an entire neglect of which, it is al'-ge \
tempted aud brought on the catastrophe of the Queen
steamer.”
He further says:
“As the distance between the two points (in
which protection is asked) is only about forty-five
miles, it is to be expected that the Sovereignties f
Great Britain aud Portugal, occupying the termini
of the route, aud having their tiag exposed to its
dangers, will take all the steps necessary for its po
lice, aud will guard it from the risk you upprehend,
without the interference of a foreign ana neutral
power.”
Commander Armstrong also expresses a decided
opinion that the Canton merchants are alarmed
without adequate cause.
k iudiug Commander Armstrong either indisposed
to accept the responsibility he was thus called upon
to assume, or restrained by his instructions from the
Department, the committee inclosed a copy of the
correspondence to Commissioner Parker, aceompa
med by a letter which they claim shall be recognised
as a protest against the course the Commodore
found it his duty to pursue, and containing also a
detailed statement of the grievances which they
have vainly endeavored to induce the Government
at Washington to redress. With reference to the
necessity of American interests in China demaml
iug prompt adjustment, the committee make the
following statement :
“During a period of thirteen years past, we have
repeatedly had the honor of addressing the resident
Ministers of the United States in China, upon tlu*
subject to which we now propose to beg your atten
tion but for reasons known to your Excellen
cy* “one of our communications have been ac
knowledged by the Government at Washington,
while we have been verbally assured, in repeated
instances, by the Ministers Plenipotentiary, that
their own despatches on China auairs, excited so
little interest at our Capital, that months have fre
quently elapsed without. a return communication
from the Secretary of State.
“The British and French Governments have dif
fered from our iu their estimation of the importance
of the relations with China, and we are in hopes
that the present position or affairs will have con
vinced our authorities at Washington that Ameri
can interests in the East cannot receive too early
attention.
“We would, in the first instance, point out the
fact that while the Americans have a commerce
with this couutry nearly equal to that of the British,
and tar beyond that of any other nation, the citizen
of the United States have almost invariably been
indebted to the forces of Great Britain for the pro
tection of themselves and their property, and to the
same forces tor the suppression of piracy on this
coast on many occasions ; and it is worthy of note
that while the British have, during the past twelv«
years, published surveys of the whole coast of Chi
na, iucludiug bays and harbors from Hongkong to
Shanghae, we are not aware of a single contributioi
of the same character from the American Navy on
this coast, although Commodore Perry surveyed
the new ports ot Japan and Formosa.
‘ The only exceptions to the general system rs
dependence upon British protection that we ca»
recall, are an expedition agaiuat pirates at Lo-lun
by the United S steamer Powhatan, and the
late operations at the Barrier Forte near Canto;
both most gallantly conducted, but attended with
great loss of life in consequence of the want of
vessels adapted to the service, undertaken ; and
would appear that this latter fact has induced
the Commodore to assume his present attitude .”
It is manifestly to the want of a flotilla of gun
boats bucli as England caused to be prepared for a
campaign in the Baltic, but which are now to in
put to use aga'Ußt the Celestials that the inactivity
of the foreign Bquadron ill the Chinese waters is to
be attributed. Now although our government bus
appointed an ambassador to endeavor in conjunc
tion with the representatives of England and France
to bring about au adjustment of existing difficulties
we are not aware that any provision has been mad,
for such contingencies as may arise during the pro
gress of the negotiations. It is certainly not con
sistent with the honor and dignity of the United
States that our citizens residing abroad should In
left dependent for protection upon foreign powers
or that their complaints should be mitered to pass
unheeded. Commander Armstrong appears to be
of the opinion that the Chinese authorities arc
pacifically d sposed towards American residents
but such is not the belief of the cominitteed them
selves, or of the merchants whose interest they r,
present. In an issue of this kind the closet connec
tion established between the latter and the Chinese
traders, and their more perfect knowledge of tlo
prejudices of the people with whom they have so
frequently been brought into contact, must oul
weigh the impressions of a naval officer whose op
portunities for acquiring correct information have
necessarily been much less frequent.
But the committee while asking for protection
and redress, also declare that the Chinese “ have
strong grounds of complaints against us in conse
2 uence of long periods having frequently elapsed,
uring which no legal jurisdiction under the treaty
agreement has been maintained at the various ports.
This has been owing to the absence of the Consuls
from their posts, without first communicating with
their government, and obtaining judicial powers for
those acting at the respective stations after their
departure.”
The committee conclude by referring to theclaiins
on the part of Americans against the Chinese people
and authorities, and while admitting that our go
vernment has failed to maiutaia the obligations irn
posed upon it by the treaty of Wanghai, trust “ that
full weight will be given to all these considerations,
should our authorities at Washington take part in
the coming negotiations or operations that the Brit
ish and French government* are understood to be
on the point of undertaking jointly in this country.’
We trust so too ; but if the mission of Minister
Reed is to be backed only by a display of naval
force incapable of navigating the lagoons among
which the Chinese war junks take refuge from at
tacks, the moral weight ol our government will fall
far short of making any serious impression upon the
Asiatic mind. Steam frigates are well enough when
the battle is to be waged in mid-ocean, but to cope
with an enemy lurking among the creeks and shal
lows of tortuous rivers; they are utterly useless, ex
cept as a means of organizing boat expeditions
These, however not unfrequently involve a degree
oi hazard to which the lives of our brave seamen
and marines ought not to be exposed. What we
require now in the Chinese waters, are vessels of
light draught, botn for the protection of our commer
cial interests and for offensive operations in the
event of a resort to hostilities of a graver and more
imposing character. It would scarcely be honora
ble in us to leave other powers to guard the proper
ty and persons of our citizens, or to use a common
but expressive figure, to pull our chestnuts from the
fire. We a e perfectly capable of negotiating a
peace Bingle handed, or of prosecuting a war, ami
as one of the great powers of the world we ought to
be prepared for either alternative.— Balt. Amer.
Lynch Law in Virginia. —Jefferson Randall,
who had been sent from Rockingham county, Va.,
by a Vigilance Committee for numerous lawless
acts, such as burning barns, robberies, and planning
the assassination of certain prominent citizens iD
that county, returned there on Friday last. He was
immediately arrested by the vigilance committee
and held in custody to see if he could not be sur
rendered into the hands of the 'aw on legal proof
Not being able to accomplish that object, the com
mittee, on Tuesday, took him out and (hung him on
a tree until be was dead. Randall was a man of
extraordinary physical strength, and when captured
was armed with a gun and pistol, but did not offer
any resistance to his resistance to his captors.
Jones, a son-in law of Randall’s was also in custody
of the committee, and was to have been hung yes
terday.— Rich. Dispatch. 11 thinst.
Southern Baptist Convention.—This body as
sembled May 9th, at Louisville, Kentucky, and a i
journed May 13th. Rev. Di. Howell, ot Virg nia
was President, and Rev.’s Win. Cary Crane, ol Mis
sissippi, and George B. Taylor of Maryland, Sec’e
taries. ...
The Foreign Mission Board reported fas,Ww as
its revenue for the past two years.
The Domestic M ission Board reported as
its revenue during the same period.
The Public Board reported about $30,000 raised
during last two years. . , , ,
A Genera! Theological Seminary was located at
Greenville, South Carolina —the State of South
Carolina pledging SIOO,OOO on condition the other
Southern States would raise SIOO,OOO more.
The Convention Sermon was preached by R. v.
Wm. Cary Crane, of Mississippi, which the Louis
ville Courier says, “was an able production, aud
most eloquently delivered.”
Delegates were present from Distinct of Colu n
bia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina Ge >r
gia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri,
Tennessee and Kentucky.
Visiting Ministers were present from New York.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the Province of New
Brunswick.— Memphis Engle.
A Husband Supposed to have been Poisoned
by his Wife—Abouta month ago, Mr Rosa, ol
Maudana, Onondaga county, New York, was taken
ill, and died suddenly.
Last week some suspicious circumstances having
come to light, the body was taken up and an inquest
held, poison discovered in the stomach, and evi
dence taken, upon which the jury returned aver
diet of wilful murder against Mrs Rosa, who was
thereupon arrested. It is proved that she sent to
Auburn for arsenic, and borrowed more from a
neighbor. The Syracuse Standard says a number
of the riendsof the accused were present after the
rendition of the verdict, and when she was arres'bd;
among them her father, herlittle boy, and her s'srer.
The scene was heart-rending She protested her in
nocence of the crime, and called on God as her wit
ness; but her relatives appeared grie l stricken and
inconso'able. On the way to Skaueateles she in
quired if she could have the use of any books in the
jail, and being answered in the affirmative, said
she wanted nothing but the Bibl*. The accused
woman is the daughter of an old resident of the
place, and a man of large property.
Convicts Caught.—Thomas Sorrels, who was
recently convicted in this county, of the murder of
Sam West, a negro wagoner, and sentenced to the
Penitentiary for life, managed to escape a few days
since lie went to Houston county, where, with
another escaped convict, by the name of John Heath
he broke into the store of Mr John A. Sperry, where
they took two double-barrelled guns, and «undry <>th
er articles. They were making their way to * ”
da, but were overtaken and arrested by Hen. a
Bostwick, of Wilkinson county, and have been re
turned to their old quarters in the Penuentiary.
Macon Messenger.
Bone Shark. —A bone shark, thirty feet in length,
was'takenin a mackerel net in Prevtneetown but
M <mdftv morning He yielded one and half tons of
liver, which will make eight barrels of oil. It is the
largest shark ever taken in that harbor He en
folded himself in the net and aunk it to the bottom,
I but was pulled up alive and then killed.
Speech of lion. John J. t rtttenrieu.
• e co Py the following from th * Journal's report
o tie proceedings of the National Amerioan Con
vention of Wednesday evening:
Bartlett he re aSßeml > l « d . President
rrl'tS’enden' 1 wl it,ee n h “ vio * returned, Senator
tn .S .7 “i ed I 1 "' Bt,ind aad proceeded
to address the me. ting in his accustomed masterly
of his re q ma?ks" aDne " 9Ubj ° m * brief a >' n <’P«*
John J. Crittenden said: I have the honor of be
lug only an adopted member, and felt myself sur
prised at being among the speakers. You have
heard so much said, so eloquently and so well, that
I miijht have been omitted. I have listened with
satisfaction to the gentlemen who have preceded
me I wish I could boast of them alias K ntuokians
but they are my fellow oitizeus of the United St itesl
I aui a Kentuckian by birth, and love her with all
the possible depth of my affections But lam
tond of another title, aud that is of being a citizen of
the Unitea States. None higher can be claimed by
man. Ii is u protection to him wherever he may
travel, and *ds rights in that capacity the proudest
monarch of Europe hesitates to violate or offend.
I» is f-r this reason that I feel the most anxious so
licitude for the perpetuity of the Union. It is only
in that respect that we are known and recognized
b v the whole world. I value this Union because it
gives me a great and mighty country. It is not too
large, for I know that my feelings and hopes aud
asui rat ions can comp ehend the w ole scope.
Will wo mar the great destiny of our land by any
sectional jealousies of this great volume of intel
lect in one hundred millions of freemen. Think of
the immense power in the hands and heaitsand
heads of that number<nf enlightened and patriotic
men. Phe K •man Empire never preseutea such a
spectacle. .We cannot set limits to their achieve
ments. You may measure the power of the mighti
est steam engine, but it is nothing to compare to the
mental t »rce which is leading us on in the progress
ot current This is the mission of the American
party —to nurture this great legacy of winch we are
the only inheritors They are i mpending dangers
which we only can obviate. Among these is that of
Inreign influence, so rapidly increasing and so
alarming in all respects In tie earlier history of
the Republic we granted foreigners certain privi
leges. They were but few in number, and rapidly
became absorbed aud Americanized into our native
population. But now they come by thousands and
and hundred of thousands, and there is a prospect of
their coming in denser multitudes. I ain willing
that they should use our country as a refuge or au
asylum, but wo cauuot, without pusillaniinously
acting, yield them the privilege ot governing the
country Can lie not defer that ambiliou, while he
can enjoy our rights of property and liberty ?
This is the enemy in the Ttojauhorse in our midst,
more dangerous and alarming than if living without
our borders and making external attacks From
such euemies wo can the more readily defend our
selves. And why are we not all ot the same mind I
Why are some willing to give up this inheritance to
allow the foreigner to share their rights aud annul
their votes. I think it is an insult to our manhood
tor these aliens to demand of us equal rights, aud I
cannot allow my honor, my native, inborn rights to
be partaken of by them. For the glorious immunities
and privileges of our American citizenship our lath
ers fought ami bled, and so help me God l am will
ing to tight and bleed for their maintenance against
'ho foreign hordes who are aggressingou cur liber
ties.
But there are parties iu the country who derive
all their power from the foreign vote, and that is
the most enormous view of the question. Teat
foreign vote has elected every President since the
day ot Gen. Jackson. It exercises a rout rolling in
fluence in our legislation. It is courted aud bargain
ed for, and we who are descended from the com
patriots of Washington are ruled and governed by
i liese men who have fled from their miserable homes
beyond the sea. 1 do not, however, blame these
emigrants, who are bedazzled and influenced by
the promise of office, position, and social advantages
which the never dared dream of in their native
homes. Not that the men of this party are less
oatriotic, but <lmt they love the spoils of office and
he advantages of political power more than the
honorable maintenance of their bequeathed rights.
We fought the battles ot the revolution to become
treed from colonial de lendeiioe. But are we not
becoming worse than colonists, when we allow fo
r igners to enter our States and control t tie elec
tions, and subject us to vassalage to Irish, Germaus
Freuch, and others.
What then are. we to do as members of the Arne
rican party ? We have a numerical strength of
1,000, 0 DD freemen contending foi their dearest rights.
Shall we despair because of temporary defeat ?
That would not be characteristic ot Americans.
VVe must strive as the brave strive for honor ble
victory, for our dearest rights and our fireside. Wo
oust not, we cannot despair. The people will rully
to the support of their country.
1 do not wish to inculcate hostility to foreigners.
There are many pure and gallant and true umong
them. But they are not Americans. They are not
•four household, and must serve a term of proba
tion before they seek to share the reins of govern
ment with us who are natives. The greatest dan
ger to our American party is division. Founded
ipon an imperishable rock, aud springing from one
it the noblest impulses m the human heart, this
party of the Union should be firm aud united. Culti
vate the great principles of our organization—
guarding against foreign influence, and promoting
(he integrity of the nation.
Mr. CritLendeu concluded with a beautiful and
eloquent appeal in behalf of the Union, of the party,
and the euei getic and sieadfast prosecution of its
great aud patriotic purposes.
Washington’s Fakkwkli..—The following ex
traclis trum a letter wniteii by a l»dy upwaids of
eighty years old, residiug in Bbiladelphia, to her
grandson in Washington :
“When Washington delivered his Farewell Ad
dress, in the room at the southeast corner of Ches
iut and ."sixth streets, I sat iiiuiieUiateiy in front of
1 in. It was 111 tiie room the Congress hud occu
pied. Tue table of the Speaker was between the
wo windows on Sixth street. The daugluer ot Dr.
C——, ol Alexandria, the physician and intimate
f iend of Washington, Mrs. II , whose husband
was the auditor, was a very dear blend of mine.
ller brother, Washington, was one of the Secieta
lies of Gen W ss.iingiou. Young Daudridgo, a ne
phew oi Mrs. Washington, was the other. I was
included in Airs. M ’s puity to witness the
lUgust, .he solemn scene. N C do. lined
going with Mrs. 11 , wuo had determined to go
so early as to secure the front bench. It, was fortu
nate for N C (alterwarus Mrs L.) that she
WnUid not rust herseil to be so near her honored
graudtatlier Aly dear lather stood very near her;
-he was terribly agitated. There was a narrow pas
age from the door ol entrance to the room, which
was on Hie east, dividing the rows of beuchea. Gen.
Washington stopped at the end to .et Mr. Anauis
pass to the chan. The latter ulwuys wore a luilsuit
ot bright drau, with slash, or rather loose cuffs. He
alsu wore wrist ruffles, lie had not changed his
fashions. He was u short man, with a good head.
With his fumily he attended our church twice a
day.
General Wash ngton’s dress was a full suit of
blacK His military hat had the black cockade
There stood the Father of Ins country, acknowledg
ed by nations ‘•the first in war, first in peace, first
in the hearts of his countiymen.” No maishais,
with gold colored scaits; no cheering. The most
profound silliness greeted him, as if that great as
sembly desired to hear him breathe and catch his
breath —the homage of ihe heart. Air Adams cov
ered Ins face with both his hands. The sleeve of
his coat and his hands were covered with tears.—
Every now and then there was a suppressed sob.—
I cannot describe Washington’s appearance as I
felt it—perfectly composed and self possessed till
the close of his address. Then, when strong men’s
sobs broke loose, when tears covered their luces,
then the great man was shaken. I never took my
eyes from his face. Large drops came lrotu his
eyes. He looked to tliegralelul children who were
parting with their father, their friend, as it his heart
was with them and would be to the end. —National
Intelligencer.
Tle Late Marriage Case in Venezuela.—By
the latent arrivals from Venezuela we have receiv
ed the particulars of a moat singular aud extraordi
nary occurrence, which has lately transpired in Ca
racas, and which bus cuused a good deal of feeling
among the native population, but still more among
the Protestants, and especially the English residents.
The following are the tacts ot the case :
Dr. Diego Bautista Urbaneja, a lawyer of big
standing in Caracas, married some years ago,
widow lady who had several children by her first
husband. Little more than eighteen months ago
she died, aud at ti e time of her decease one ot her
daughters was fully grown. Tins daughter s on
became the object of her step-father’s desire, and in
twelve months alter the death of the wife and mo
ther, it was rumored that the gentleman in question
was anxious, if possible, to marry his step-daughter.
The ecclesiastical law among Catholics has ever
been, on suen subjects, much more stringent than
among Protestants, although dispensations a.e fre
quently given for particular cases.
The Archbishop of Venezuela was appealed to
tor one in the case in question, but an unhesitating
refusal given. It is reported that application was
then made to the Pope, but with the same result.
Efforts were then made to see whether the ceremo
ny would be solemnized luCuracoa, under the Dutch
government, but unsuccessfully, as well as in some
of the other West ludia Islands In the last resort,
and alter every exertion elsewhere had been uia e,
application was made to Mr Bingham, her British
Majesty’s Charge D‘Affairs English Ministers and
Consuls, resident in toreign countries, being author
ized to solemnize the inairiage rite, atttr the lorm
ot the Church of England, whereone or both of the
parties are British subjects.
In the present case the father of the intended
wife was an J though her mother was a
native Mr Bingham found no difficulty in uniting
them, aud the sacred rite was performed by him
The enormity of the high tunctionar> who officiated
at the ceremony—a ceremony which attempted to
justify a union which the whole civilized world now
by common consent regards as scarcely less than
incest.
The above are the main features in the case. The
Catholic population are not a little excited about it,
and the Protestants ttill jnore. The former are
loud in their denunciations, while the latter teel it
more keenly, as the parties are both Caiholice, who
had applied in vain to their own authorities and
their own church, and alter failing to have it sanc
tioned there, then applied to a Protestant Charge
d’Aff-tirs. They are now subject to the taumsof
the native population as sanctioning such an unholy
alliance. The Protestant residents there have dene
all they could to disavow any sanction ot such a
marriage, and have made a public protest through
the press.
The Late Mb. Whiki. Pool, of Norway.—lt *“
is said t*» uave been demonstrated ns the lesult of a
scientific commission d tailed for investigation*
upon the coast of Norway, that ihe “Maelßlroom,”
or vrhii lp' 01, has no exist, nee ; at least it is not to be
found at the point designated upon the maps 1 It
seenie, then, that not only "large ehips aud whalee,”
but Edgar A Poe and all the rest of us have been
"sucked in' by it. What an •‘opening'’ tor the cre
dulity and wonder of youth hi s thus been corked up !
And how much poetic gas mu*, hencetorth be ut
terly mrued off! Poor, oredu.oue, marvelling boys
and g.rls of former geueralions (our own as well)
have been taken in aud done for by Olney, Mitchell,
aud ail the other geopraphers. But science will yet
swallow us all up in the ever narrowing circles with
which she comes the whi lpool over ignorance and
credulity. Wester., lauds arc sometimes improved
to the extent only of a “hole in the ground;” but
Norway has sold the whole world with her otten
mapped but undiscoveraide “hole in the water”—
We hate ti. think that we have been humbugged,
but after all it is pleasant to have such a big hole
plugged up.— Boston Bo.t
National Hotel Jj.ss.asi.—The newspaper*
designate by this name thes.ugular epidemic whioh
anneared at tl is hotel, m Washington, in January
last and which is still, it seems, ~umbering its vic
tims all over the land. The attempt to ascribe it*
origin to miasm is everywhere justly ignored. We
have never doubted that poison in food or drink
was the source of all the disease and death which
has resulted, but whether accidentally or designed
ly introduced remains .o be discovered. A medical
eoi respondent on the spot thinks that bad liquor*
contained the poison.— Am. Medical Gazette, {l)r.
lieese.)
The Lynchburg Virginian thinks the day may
come when the people of the United States will re
gret that they have followed the doctrines 01 Mr.
Jefferson, in lieu of those of Washington. Un
doubtedly, wherever Ihe doctrines of the two ootne
in conflict, (and they do in many instances) the day
of regret, with conservative men, has already ootne,
that those of Washington have not prevailed.— Balt.
American,