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P.r THK tIKW)*-
The Coilin' (t/amfi Kric**»n arrived nX Ne"
V I -K „• - vwkfii Wednesday evewn*(.
' Th„ KriMon leftCivprpool at noon on the 97th
nil -her date* are oonsequenliy four days later.
Hie Cunard .learner Africa, from New York. a.
. « -I i ; v.'ltfwyl OB th** ult.
n The ateaoair. ,1 Khenooeee.Capt.Thompirm, from
H. I in* N K . arrived at Liverpool tm the uorn
n», f the’ ‘93d nil. On the 17th, a* the ihil> ™ K n ‘
u as made uoder oaovaM.
The Ear wan and American Goin|«nj < steam
„ ,‘p Araao. Gapt Benaon, from Bremen with u k .
*'t I‘' oa t.-rucera, would sail from S''ll'hard],
n'orN'.-Vh on <Ne<li.«day, the 19th
The Cm '1 hteam*hip Cihormn, from C^uebe.,
with troop* arrived at riravoaood at 5 I’. M ,on
the 9iat, having made the trip from port to port in
11 dityn mid f» bourn.
Various 6L*U:n e.nU Lave been in circulfttaou re
ri r ii t: aitfitix-fM of the I’. 8. frigate Niagara
♦.*r ?lie* laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable. She
n», however, expected to proceed to Liverpool, and
«,»«tuive do authentic information that she will do
; w‘»i*e than ww at first contemplated in respec*
to the umpmanilof the cable.
The Times, of the i&th, say*
The UnitedState*frigate Niagara, bavin K
detained at Gravesend in order to make certain
preliminary arrangement* for /shipment of her poi
lion of the electric cable from Liverpool, »■ no e*
peeled to quit her present moot ing* until to-mor
row. Tbe •toaookhip Agamemnon arrived y«war
day morning at fJreenhiUie, where *he i» orderr-d *.
remain until Wednesday, when ah.- will proceed up
the river and tak- up hor .enuring. ofTOreeuwich, a
-r ‘ tiv i if been dredged to form a basin so an to
jl,i v.'ner to 11 .1 in low tide f..r (he embarkation of
her huge cargo. On Wednesday morning a party
of fifty Iriggers from Woolwich are ordered to make
ih. final arrang. ii ' uli for her rer option hhe uto
arrive at 2 P. M." _
The cotton spinner* and m&iiutactaiein ut rree
t<. i and iicigboorbood have agreed to restrict the
vs, 'kingof their respective astabliabment* to forty
bourn per week for four weeks; from June let, pro
vided two-third* of the ’‘power oonourin there*o-
Tbe Mexican Spanish negotiation* were at « eland
waiting despatches from Mexico.
The French had *ei«ed the Territory of I>nkJtai.
.11 heuegai.
The relation- i*etwc-i, Sardinia and Auitiia, and
between Naples and tti** Western Power* continued
without change. u .
rile izv hk <>> thi. Ren Sex.—The Par.* Momteur
t l .’ la Flotte announces tlpit the British Last India
n Company have taken porßeaeion of the inland of
Perirn, in the *‘iait* of Babelmandeb, and complete
ly commanding the entrance to the lied Sea. The
ftnt.ish flag wa* hoisted there on the J Ith of Febru
ary by the company * Uo pe, end the occupation •
definite. The ostensible cause i* that, two yearn
rtk ji< e. and English whip, which w«,i wrecked on the
, , m!.of Berber*, was pillaged by tin native*. 'l he
h India company summoned the chief* of the
SmirnulM to Aden to make reparation,—and a treaty
wh , ( ,ncluded by' which the company wa* to occu
pv the I-iand. An artillery garriHon from India i*
already placed on the Island.
Taut*. May 23.-— M The Empree* of Russia nrrtv
last night the national guard and regular troops
termed the line of the procession. The city wim
illuminated, and hfn Majesty wan received with .the
mohi lively acclamation* by the populace
A letter from Berlin, in tlie DebaU nay*
|! i»; expected that ' ictoria will come to
thi.* l . capital toward*the end of the summer. It is
-n;d that hci Maiei-ty ha* proiniaed the Jhinco of
I'nienia u» vwit him at Coblentr., and it is thought
that on that occasion *be will continue her journey
io Berlin. ’’
The Pope airivrd at Lorettoon the I ith, and woe
received by tin* biaho|M and nrchbiwliop* of tin*
neiglib<»uring see*. The Auatrain Marshal Degen
fold arrived somewhat later to compliment him.—
On the following day the Pope lecejved the vhm*
..I the Neftfaiiitan mu dent, Toraino and t!,« Aun
iiian, French and NcajHjiitan cr>naul*.
VUN Hi, Fridav -slar*!ial Radctxky, while walk
ing in hi* room, foil and broke the tq per of flic
bono of the left thigh.
Viknn*, May I * Toe E iijm ror of Auutria ha*
just restored to the heiranf Fount Louis Imtthyany
t»i* oonfincated estate*, uml it is confidently etuted
that the late amnesty for Hungary i« t.» include
property tu* w»;ll a>< person*.
I‘AIU.I AMKNTXIIV PnijCKKIII.NOI -BlUiliSS* iu both
)lou*e* tis Parliament has been rather lively and
imp utant. Lord Wicklow, in the Ixads on the
46th, called attention to the dilliculty aoon*cienliout
lUAfdetrate had b* siir lain in taking the oat h of alley
piauce in ita pre <-nt nhapo , and Lord Lyndliurri
made a speech against actions which arc instituted
V obtain damages fora wile's infidelity. After
ward- the l)ukc of Norfolk moved that the Divorce
Mill of the Chancellor imuM b • handed over to a
Committee Hisin*.:»on • • by * huge
majority.
In Ihe Commons, ihe f. nn ililies of the House
gave Mr. Coniiigliam t the member for Brighton, the
opportunity of moving that the pension to the
Princess Royal should not be a year, but
cnly jCd,!MM). Lord Balmorston remonstrated, but
The in ver demanded a division, when only l i went
with him into the lobby and 32Kvotedt.be other
way A motion of Mr. Maguire followed, that the
dowry of JC 10,000 should not be allowed For this,
IK voted . again-*f it, fbl. Under such circum
stances, it will he judged that further opposition to
th* Government proposal med not be attempted.
The army estimates were the next important bu
unoM for the Commons, and Mi. Williams moved
that they should lie referred to a select committee,
but In was entirely unsupported, and his motion
l«*!i to tin* ground for want of a seconder. The
House then wont into committee of supply, ami
thi*** estimates were presented by the Premier, on
t't count of the short tirno the Under-Beoretary*at-
War had been iu cilice, iiis lordship at once ad*
mi led that the estimate« were large, and hepro
.»i <l*cl to justify their alarming proportion*. “Next
year,” concluded Lord Palmerston, I will endeav
• to effect a reduction, but 1 hope you will vote the
estimates naked for at present.” A somewhat in
teresting discussion followed on many of the votes,
mid the House showed its entire wiuTbgncM to fol
low ilie advice of its leader. There was a little
grumbling against t xtravugant votes, but no effort
wes made to divide the House against tho govern*
a** at
From the London 7Wf
A Bl.ot BAIIK Ol CCUAN 1 *iilli s Kl< OMMKNOIlI).
It surely cannot lie admitted that a couutry like
Kngiand is uiiabU? the African Slave
Trail”. Cuba is now almost the only coun
try which regularly imports large numbers of ne
groes, and to supply the plantations of this island
most of the slaveu which now pursue their odious
trade, are fitted out. As the Americans refuse to
admit the right of search, the slave trade, il is Maid,
i** now almost wholly carried on under their flag.—
Nay. unless atateiuents publicly and repeatedly
ion ’>< false, the greater pan oi theslave carrying
•ira't-i are owuctl by American citirens, end fitted
»»ut at American ports
A matters at present stand, we blockade the Af
rican cua**, which stretches more than 2,000 miles
along the Atlantic. What chance there is ol sup*
pm*-’ ng tlie traffic by such means may bo well
imagined. The squadron consists of vessels heavily
nruu-.il ami manned, and able to crush any flavor
that they can come near But the slave dealers
know \ cry well that in open sea they are not likely
»<• be caught They build their vessels for speed—
they have no heavy guns, and they can cram
their cargo of human flewh into the smallest pos
sible space, knowing by experience that if they
ran bring into port half the number of negroes
they embaiked they will make a handsome profit.
Dm only ehanca is to surprise them at the mouths
«<r river* or in uufrequeided roadstead* of the
c-ic while they arc getting their cargoes on
b aud even in such cases they w»ll stand out to
•(«, hoist American colors and defy us. As for
treaties with chiefs ami so-called “kings” in the
Bight of Benin, they are, ol course, simply use'ess.
Where Spanish Captains-General and New Turk
»ituenn makr fortunes by the trade, how can it be
* spt oted that KTom or King Jumbo should re
train 1 It therefore, n moat ineffective
policy to stop the trade at the poiut of embarkation.
The chief suooe*a that haa yet been gained has been
owing to the determination of the various American
Government* to excrciao strict control over their
|M»rts, and tit vigilance of our atjiiadroiis has thus
o*i v» d to aid these States hi their good intentions.
Hut ns long as the Cuban authorities wink at ths
Inndiug of s' v*s by the thousands, while we are
»t- furring to and fro on the African const there ia lit -
t!«* prospect of improvement. If, then, England
n .sin * to make a great effort to put down the trade
in it* last stronghold, it will do well to turn it* at
tention to the Cuban oourt itself. The Spanish Go
vernment is by treaty to do its best for the accom
plishment of this great object. This assistance
might accordingly be demanded, and, in default, a
general blockade of the harbors of Cuba establish
ed by an English squadron, it i?, we firmly believe,
in vain to trust to the Spanish Government for the
immediate or eveu the eventual prohibition of the
trade . but, under the pressure or the liritish Minis
ter, it might be induced to give orders for the seiaure
of w hatever negroes were brought into port, and for
the render ingot due assistance to the efforts of our
ucmm&nderH.
CorretjwndentY of liie Lotuio.t Time*.
Kikthkk Nko 4 r HOW Chin a—Paris, May 23.
The Mouiteur tie la Flolte publishes account* from
China of th» -\1 of April, which contain some inter
•sting details from the sent of war Yeh, the Vice
roy of the Southern provinces of the empire, is, at
prt nt, at Sou- IVht Ting, a large village of lvouang
T« l.t ou, about fifteen miles from Cauton. lie has
foititied liimselt in a goo-d position, which allows him
to maintain his coimnumcatioi * with Pekin ami
with the other three provinces which, with the Kou
ang lVheou, form bis viceroyalty, and which are the
Kouang-Si, the Kouaiig-Touug, and the Konci Lin.
lie is. at present, at the Lead of an army of 30,000
men, win h In* i* iiu u .vmg every day by means of
forced h vie-?* and extraordinary taxes. A few days
previously it became known at lloug Kong that a
British ensign, two non-commissioned officers, tome
soldiers, ana « few seamen, who liad been taken
prisoners by surprise on various occasions, were at
Yeh’s headquarter*. w here they were suffering great
distress. It was resolved to open negotiations to
f obtain an exchange of prisoners in their favor, aud
\ a foreign agent, who had formerly had an interview
with Yeh, undertook to manage toe affair. Yeh con
rented to receive him and, having listened to hi*
propositions, he replied:
“Youaak me to exchange the English I have iu
uiy possession, to the number of 16. against double
th« number of Chinese snbjeots, among whom are
several Tartar officer* and one of the commanders
. of the Imperial junks. I refuse. I do not waut
\our pri*ouers, aud you may do a* you please with
them, but if you are desirous to have the 16 English
men. ami if )ou have the necessary means to treat
f for em l w ill let you know my intentions to mor
row;*
#, i i • o who acted a* agent betweeu the
• .< • remained at the Cbiueae camp, where he was
t'.-j/T 'oUml .y wi . treated, and at 12 o'clock the next
• iMt' day he reo« .vcd a visitfrem Sinoo, the first aide-de
camp of Yeh, who is said to be devotedly attached
, Jfy to his master, and who told him that t&e Viceroy,
ff,r having taken h:s proposal into consideration, would
XT' relc%a*c tie prisoners on condition that he was paid
i-\J ‘ 500 piasters each for them Sinoo added, hvpoeri
’ 'St i tic. J»y. 11 , it he advised him to accept the conditions,
ijl ** the I'hitiese soldier*, notwithstanding all the care
Ism he look to restrain their brutality, were capable of
' -Mm offering ti *i utmost violence The agent referred
.Vjß ] to Hongkong, the money was immediately sent,
- isl , am? the prisoners were released without injury. It
iisUß w#.* *oi>sequently discovered that Yeh had fixed the
JbHHHK ransom at 400 ptaasters for each prisoner, but that
ft JvV 1 * \ad tri it* dit in order to keep a portion foi
M r P him** > ' is the detestably covet.ms ahameter
W 9 oft! Cl rest ‘unctit*:iarics
9 An unpleasant affair had occurred at Foo-show-
B |% r port on the river Min, the principal market
S y fir bh- n ten. The Viceroy having heard that, eon -
9? v tr&r\ to his commands, a considerable amount of
if-, / ho-im w w • lie* sacted there, sect a company of
T <* hie guard there on h market dsv, arrested several
: ,7 Chine#© merchants, and burnt a considers! quantity
jr #f merchandise belonging to the English. At
a + augha tiiere ws.s much business doing The
Mandarin who gove ns there is completely opposed
to Teh. and La# never oeaeed to be on the best
u-rii- with foreigners and to protect their trade.—
Ths Imperial Government is compelled to tolerate
him »•' he should make comir.t »a cause with the in
■at gents who are at his gab s
• T THS «iIApA
{VsieT Britain —Parliamentary aud ether but
tine-* was interrupted for a day by the great race
Iter the Derbr at Epsom. The winning bore- was
Mr. J. Anson's “Blihk Bonny.
An English brig, the ‘ John Edwards," bound from.
B* deaux Liverpool, was compelled by contrary
winds to anchor In the Roadshed of Belie Isie. As
she h*u fc‘> colors hoisted to show her nationality the
State !*ehoone; Amaranth* fired a blank eatridg* to
remind the visitor of the omission, but without ef
feei A second was equally unattended to, when s
third eatridge with bail was discharged, and the shot
killed one of the cr©T\ named William*. The Cap
lain of the brig accounts for not showing colors by
Us signal halyards bad been carried away and that
could not replace them. The case is under inres
‘fkAtton by the au'horities.
ThsTraatifsw ith Ho*»riusunm Umtip
* —The following is the explanation given in
the n>u*e-i Common* respecting the Dal as C!a
rand*'* t «e f y. in reply to questions from Mr I>i#
saah
At> fiiMaeli I rise. m»\ to make inquiry at Her
rsspaoting tks soa ralifisa '
tiooof the treaty entered into by Her Majesty and j
the Government of the United States in reference j
to Honduras I should be glad if tbe noble lord at
the head of the Government could state to the House
the reason* why that treaty has not been ratified,
and I should wish that be would also inform us wheth
er negotiations are still pending upon the subject,
and whether any papers with regard to it are to be
laid upon the table of the House 1
Lord Pxi.MERSToa.~In answer to the right hon.
gentlemen J have to state that in the course of last
summer two treaties were condluded by Her M&j
e*ty » Government—the one with the Republic of
Honduras, the other with the Government of the Uni
ted Staten. The oeject of the treaty which we en
tered into with Honduras was, among other thing*,
the cession to her of what are called the Bay Islauds—-
namely, Ruatau. Bonacea, and two or three other
smaller islands. Those island* w«-re under the pro -
visaion.: of the treaty, ceded to Honduras upon cer
tain condition which Her Majesty'* Government
deemed it to be necessary to impose for the securi
ty and wellbeing of such British settlers as had
property with them The treaty also provides that
the island in question should not be allowed to fa.i
into ponscMftion ot any great maritime Power that
no iortifh-aiious should! be erected upon them, but
they should continue to be—that which they hitherto
have been—non-miliitary stations. .. ,
The treaty which we concluded with the United
States divide* itself into two distinct pari*. Tb®
first part contain* he article of the treaty which
Great Britain >.od the United State* were to agree
• Kicaforthe por
posr* Os ruling the differences between the Span
fib American Stab # in Central America and for the
lutui- reffnlßliJi; ol Slir Mugqmto ludiaii*. The
ntlier purl of i ireaty corilaiued the conditions of
on ci'««j(cmciit bet ween England and the (Tinted
Staten, and on ■ of tlicac ariioles was to tins effect—
ti, t wliet a. a contention had been concluded be
ri Great Britain and Honduras whereby on cer
tain condition*, the Bay Islands had been ceded to
Honduras, Oreai Britain and the f'cited States en
gaged henceforward to acknowledge those islands
e. part of the territory of Honduras This treaty
wan signed by my noble iriend at the head of the
Foreign Department (bird Clareudoui and Mr.
Dallas the American Minister here. This trenty
was sent to Honduras and Washington respectively
for the ratification of those Governments.
We have not yet received an official notice from
Honduras whether the treaty to which I have allu
ded has been latified or not by the Government of
Honduras We have, indeed, heard privately that
some technical difficulties have prevented its ratifi
cation, but we have no official information on the
subject Tne treaty with the United States was re
ferred, of course, to the Senate. The Senate pro
posed several alterations in that treaty. Some of
these alterations were of considerable importance
Tl.e treaty so amended wae sent back to this couu
try with the ratification of the Government of the
United States, and we were asked to adopt those
alterations. .Vow, of course, the Senate of the
United States have an undoubted right to modify
and alter any treaty with which they are not satis
fied, and winch may become ti e subject of discus
sion.
Bui the ratification ol a treaty by a sovereign
Power means that that sovereign Power adopts and
ratifies by iis signature the engagements taken in
its be half by authorised diplomatic agents, and to
ratify a treaty which, having been altered by anoth
,lo longer the treaty that was concluded
by an authorised diplomatic agent would be against
a!' ,ule and against all principles of diplomatic usage.
There foie evi n if tlie Britiah Government agreed to
adont the’ alteration* iu the treaty made by the
Senate after iU signature, it would Ire necessary
that a fresh treaty should be concluded adopting
I liesC change*, and that this new treaty should bo
ratified by the sovereign of the two nation*.
There were several change* made in the treaty,
Q oi,c of them, ns 1 have slat d, unimportant, but,
nevertheless, Her Majesty’s Government being de
sirnus of not raising unnecessary difficulties upon a
question which il was highly desirable should be
settled, waived their objections to all but one, and
that was a change made, not in tlie treaty which the
two Governments proposed to Nicaragua and Costa
Rica but in the recital of thnl treaty. There were
alterations iu that draught of the treaty which was
embodied iu tlie convention with the United Mates
They we T e far from uiiunpuitaut, yet we werepre
pared to adopt them But iu the other articles
which were agreed to be directly contracted be
tween the United Mates and Great Britain there
waa an alteration which 1 will not mention.
The article relating to the Bay Islands contained,
a. I have stated, the rec tal of a convention be
tit en Great Britain and Honduras for the settlement
id these islands upon certain conditions, and it said,
"Whereas such convention has been concluded be
tween the Government of Great Britain and Hon
duias and it has been agreed to consider these is
lands ns a part oftlie teiritory ol Honduras.'- The
8. note oi the United States ] -reposed to omit all re
ference to His convention between Great Britain
cod iliitidurns,and that the article should simply
stand that England and the United States acknowl
edged these islands as part of the territory of Hon
duran Now, tlie obvious effect would have been,
by implication, and, indeed, directly, that we were
making an unconditional cession of these inlands to
Honduras divested of those steps which we thought
necessary for the well being of the colony and the
future political interests of the country.
Her Majesty’s Government therefore expressed
their regret that they could uot adopt that alteration
hut they proposed an addition to the article as it
was amended by tlie United States, which would
have made the cession of these islands conclusive
only upon the acceptance by Honduras of the con
ditions and stipulations we proposed. That propo
sal was sent totlm United States, and the matteris
■t ill under negotiation. Therefore, with respect to
this trenty ami to the treaty with Honduras, it is
uot in my power, according tolhe established prac
tice, to lay these papers before the House. If, un
fortunately, these negotiations do not turn out sue
ce sful, it will be the duty other Majesty's Govern
ment to lay before the House tlie grounds of the
stand which they have thought proper to make. If,
on the other hand, the negotiations are successful,
Slid the treaty should bo ratified and signed in the
form which the interests of this country require, then
the House will probably be content with the treaty
without inquiring into the differences between the
Iwo countries. (Cheers )
Mi Disraeli —I win): to know whether the altera
tions made in the treaty were not communicated to
our representative nt Washington, and whether an
announcement of those alterations was not received
from him before the treaty was ratified and sent to
this country.
Lord Palmerston—l do not quite comprehend the
l ight lion, gentleman’s question.
Mi . Disraeli —My question is, whether the altera
tions which Her Majesty's Government could not
accede to were not communicated to our represen
tative at Washington, and whether an answer to
the alterations of which the noble lord complaiued
was uot sent out before the treaty was sent over
here for the ratification of tier Majesty’s Govern
ment ?
Lord Palmerston— 1 might take exception to the
word “complained/’ [Mr. Disraeli—“Well.object
ed.”] The Senate of the United States had a light
to make what alterations they pleased in the treaty
if they thought it not fit to be agreed to. No doubt
the probability of some alterations being made in
the treaty by the Senate was communicated by our
Minister at Washington. That arrived before the
treaty, but our answer was communicated on the
rllicial communication of the »*esult of the delibera
tions of the Senate.
The Brazils and the Slave Trade.— Mr. Roe
buck called attention to the subject of British rela
tions with Brazil and moved for a Select Committee
to take into consideration those relations and report
thereupon, lie urged that the government of Bra
zil had acted in good faith in endeavoring to extin
guish the slave trade, that their endeavor*: had been
entirely successful, and that the steps taken by Great
Britain through her ships on the Brazilian coast
were highly offensive to the Brazilian Government
and extremely prejudicial to Brazilian commerce.
Lord Palmerston opposed the motion as being en
tirely unnecessary, asserting that Mr. Roebuck had
made exaggerated statements, that the British cruis
ers had only acted as they were bound to do for the
prevention of the slave trade, and that no improper
interference had taken place b tween the legitimate
• mimerce of Brazil, and that the success of the mo
tion would give encouragement to the slave trade
in all directions.
After some debate the motion was rejected by 295
majority.
The proceedings of I lie House of Lords were of
no p; ! importance, and the House had adjourn
ed * > the 4th of June.
T ndon Times, in an article upon Mr. Roe
bucl otion in regard to the Slave Trade of Bra
zil, r. ates the gradual abolishment of the police
supervision heretofore exerted by Eoglaud in the
mat ter.
Pham t -The visit of the Ring.of Bavaria con
tinued to monopolize the attention in Paris.
A “warning" had been given to the Journal des
Chernis de For for an article censuring certain gov
ernment measures.
The Corps Legislat'd’ had unanimously passed a
Bill increasing the pay of Captains and Lieutenants
in the army by 150 f a year.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
states that the project of law on the Bank of France
which the Commission of tlge Legislative Body has
i esolved to reject unless the amendments it propos
ed were accepted, is now certain to pass, the Com
mission having considerably modified its oppo
sition Mr. Mngoue, Minister of Finance, is men
tioned as likely to be the future Governor of the
Bauk.
The French Government has fixed the Army at
<*OO.OOP men —au increase upon the ordinary peace
establishment.
Letter from Algeria report that the appearance
of the crops there whs splendid, and promised au
early and most abundant hat vest.
Baron Gros ami the whole of the mision for China
left Toulon on the Bth. The French naval forces
will follow. They are however, to avoid a threa
tening attitude until diplomatic attempts have
failed.
The Legislative Assembly closed on the 28th,
—its period of six years haviug expired. The Bauk
of France bill passed by 2*25 against 15.
Os the 45 pei sous tried in Paris for complicity in
the recent conspiracy, six are acquitted and 39 cou
doomed to short imprisonments.
Despatches from Algiers to the 26th, state that
the French expeditionary corps, on the 23d, cap
lured Beni Halteu, after two hours fighting. The
advance guard have penetrated into the centre ot
Kabbia
Tuk NcurcHATSi. isrio.v—The settlement of
the Neufchatel question io thus announced in the
Pari* Momteur of the 29th of May
‘The Plenipotentiaries of France, Austria, Great
Britain, Prussia. Russia, and Switzerland assembled
yesterday at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and
signed a treaty regulating in a definite manner the
Neufchatel question by t lie renunciation on the part
of the King of Prussia of the Sovereign right* which
treaties had given him over that principality and by
engagements euterod iuto by the Swiss Confedera
tion. which are of a nature to respond to the deep
solicitude of King Frederick William for the inhabi
tant* of Neufchatel. The text of the treaty will be
published after the exchange of the ratifications,
which is to take place within a delay of *2l days/’
Austria.—lt is said that, in consequence of the
intervention ot the French Ambassador at Constan
tinople. the Moldavian aud Wallaehian refugees,
who had been stopped at Rustehuk, hail been per
mitted to return to their native country.
China —The Overland mail had arrived at Tri
©ste with dates from Hong Kong to the 12th of
April. A telegraphic despatch states that the posi
lion of affairs in Canton river were unchanged.—
The Raleigh, 50 gun frigate, had run aground, and
the supposition is that sne was lost
At Canton great distress is said to have prevailed.
- n account of the high price of rice.
It i* said that an imperial duty upon opium had
been imposed at Shanghai.
The exports of tea for the season are efrimated
a: about fifty seven millions of pound* against
sevent y-three millions of pounds last year.
India, Ac. — The dates arc Bombay. Mav 2d. Cal
rutta, April 23d, ami Madras. April *2B
The news of the couclusum of peace with Persia
reached the Camp, at Mohammerah April sth
The ringleader in the late disturbances iu the na
tive force* had been executed.
Meetings had been held at Singapore to eoneratu
late Sir James Brooke upon his so called j u ,, w .
verity iu his retaliatory measure* against the of
fending Chinese.
Miscellamoes.—lt is reported that the French,
Russian. Prussian and Sardinian commiseioners will
withdraw from the Principalities, should the Porte
persist iu removing Vogorides from his poet in Mol
davia.
A coolness i* said to have arisen between the Em
peror of Austria and the Count de Morney. The
Emperor is dissatisfied with the small sucre** of the
Russian Railways in Franc*
Bis Telrp'-apk from Lonttt tt I.irtrpo
The federal assembly of Switzerland was to be
convoked on the 9th of June to ratify ths Xeofcha
tel treaty. .
A tunnel on the Haverstein caved in on the - th
nit-, and it is supposed that fifty persons were
killed.
The minister of finance in Spain has declared his
intention to introduce radical reforms in the tarifi-
Tbe state of siege in the Italian territories has
been suspended.
The Russian ecclesiastical mission to China has
left for Pekin to replace the one now in that city.
Trusts, May As. —Advices from Bombay men
tion the return of some of the English Regiments
front Persia.
Psats, Friday.—The Law for the establishment
o! three lines of Trans Atlantic Mail Steamers was
passed by be Legislative Assembly. The ports of
embarkation were left for subsequent settlement
Four murderer* are now lying in the Ijail of St
Louis under sentetae of death. Three of these are
te he hanged *B th* lftth last.
CorrrxpoiuloHre of tkf Chnrlexlon Courier. |
From Hnvnua.
Hsvsas, dune 10,1857. —The followers of the for
tunes of his "Highness’' Santa Anna, late Dictator
of Mexico, many of whom are in this city, are quite
excited by the recent intelligence received here from
Mexico, a day or two since, by the Koyal Mail
Company steamer Solent, of which intelligence aj I
find it in the paper* of this city, the following is a
succinct summary:
A conspiracy had been detected at Mexico, m
which was concerned a number of persons who had
held office under Santa Anna, and who were pre
paring a "pronunciamento ' in favor of that cnief.
Twenty-one of them, ail military' men. had been ar
rested," have been tried, and sent to toe ebatn-
from Santa Anna, to his nephew, had been
found among the papers of the latter, in which the
former express** hi* willingness to come to the aid
of hi* country whenever hi* services nhould be re
qUThe'bealth of the inhabitants of the city is un
usually good, and yellow fever is confined to the
shipping, and even there is not so severe as in for
mer years. . , , .
Advice* from Central America, received here by
the r-teamahip Granada, from Aapicwall, convey the
information that having been relived of the presence
of General Walker and hi* brave com patriot*, the
Guatemalans and Nicaraguans are now fighting for
the mastery.
I have been favored with a file of Aspinwal! pa
pers, from which I make a few extract*. Speaking
of the difficulty between the United State* and New
Granada, the Aspinwall Courier any a .
“At the time of the riot, a naval force should have
been in the port of Panama, and should have imme
diately taken possession of the city, &.C., drc. The
U. .S. sloop of war Cyane, Commander Robb, ar
rived at Aspinwall 30th ult., in six days from Car
thagena.” Toe same paper under date of 22d ult.
nays “We learn that a brig left San Francisco on
22d April with provisions for one thousand men for
Walker, for foily days, and that a barque sailed
from the same port about the same time tor Punta
Arenas, with a considerable ouanty of arm* and
munitions of war for the Costa Ricans.”
The Aspinwall Courier, of the *29th, copies the
following from the Star and Herald : “If he [Walk
er) can raise the means to equip fifteen hundred or
two thousand men, all Spanish America cannot
keep him from getting a foothold in the country, and
if he does, he will never be got out of it again.” The
Courier fully endoisesthi* extract. The British
line of battle ship Orion, bearing the flag of Rear
Admiral Sir Houston Stuart, arrived at Aspinwall
Ist inst., from Grey Town.
A balloon ascended on the evening of the 7th
inst.,a Senor Palomino being, I believe, in the car.
After getting up perhaps the eighth of a mile high,
he came down withiu that distance from the place of
his ascension.
Under a new regulation, our medical men are
compelled to report daily each new case of yellow
fever that occurs, and also the state of the patient
each day, until the termination, either favorably or
otherwise, to the Celador, (police officer) ol the dis
trict in which the case occurs. As this will entail
considerable and useless trouble to the doctors the
result will be that we shall not have as many oases
of yellow fever reported as absolutely occur. Every
case in which the symptoms of the attack are uot
too palpable will be called by some other name than
yellow fever, and thus the returns to the Board of
Health will be valueless as respects their accuracy.
There are several persons suffering from yellow le
ver on board vessels iu this harbor.
■Many persons continue to believe that the soldiers
whose arrival is expected from Spain, will be sent
to Mexico.
The weather has again become quite hot, and
though the delightful sea breeze blows daily, yet
the heat is quite oppressive.
A panic has prevailed in our “Share Market” of
late, and which is understood to have been caused
by the revolutionary tendencies which have been
recently exhibited in Spain, the news respecting
which was received by Isabel from Charleston. You
will fully realize the depressing effect it produced on
the shares of the various newly formed joint stock
companies when I inform you that those of the Reg
la Sugar Warehouses Company, which has been es
tablished some years, and has always yielded large
dividends to it* sha eholdeis, fell very abruptly to
tlie extent of 40 percent. Sellers of all sort* of share*
are now far more numerous than buyer*.
South Carolina College.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held on
Tueeday, the following resolution, after discussion,
was adopted .
That thi* Board having heard at large the state
ment of the President of the College, and of every
member of the Faculty, are of opinion that there is
no issue of veracity made by the proceedings which
have called together this Board; they exonerate the
Pr<3«ideut from any imputation upon his aharacter,
and hereby expresstheir confidence in his purity and
integrity.
The following resolutions were also adopted :
That this Board perceives no grounds for any
charge affecting the honor or integrity of any one of
the Professors of this College.
That it is expedient to make essential modula
tions in the educational system of the South Carolina
College, that the curriculum of studies be so expan
ded a* to require many more Professors or schools.
That the selection of the schools be optional on
the part of the applicants for College.
That a committee of five be appointed under the
above resolution, and that they report to the Board
in November next.
That this Board “deem it necessary to the inte
rests of the College,” to re-organize the government,
and that the President and Professor* be requested
forthwith to resign their offices.
Oil this resolution the vote was 10 to 8.
In accordance whh this resolution, the President
and Professor* all tendered their resignations at the
evening meeting, which were accepted.
Ballot* were then had for several professorships,
and the following gentlemen were re elected to
those previously held oy them : Prof. John Leconte,
Prof. Joseph Leconte, Prof. W. J. Rivers. Rev.
Whitefoord Smith was elected Professor of Sacred
Literature. Mr. L. McCaudless, of Camden, was
elected Professor of Roman Literature. The Pro
lessorship of Logic and Metaphysics, aud that of
History and Political Economy, were lett to be fill
ed in .September next.
It was also determined that the Faculty be author
ized and requested to appoint from their number a
Chairman to discharge the duties of President until
the next meeting of the Board.
That the exercises of this College be suspended
until the first of October next, and that immediate
notice be communicated to the Faculty.
A committee of three was appointed to address
the citizens on the state and re-organization of the
Col lege. —Son th Caroll nian.
Killed by Leeches. —At the village of Mar
tigny la Marc, near Peri*, M. druggist,
lately established a nursery of leeches m a marsh
or pond, where he was accustomed to feed them by
driving an old worn out horse, purchased at a
knacker’s yard, every morning into the muddy
water, aud allowing the leeches to gorgs themselves
st the expense of tlie horse’s leg. His sou, a boy oi
thirteen, need to ride the horse into the pond. A
few days ago, the boy having gone alone upon that
errand the family were terrified by the horse coming
back without the rider; its legs were bleeding
profusely and (covered with leeches. People went to
the pond to look for the child and found-him im
mersed there, struggling feeble to extricate him
self from the mire, and defend himself from the
hundreds of voracious creatures which had crawled
under his clothes, (for lie wore neither shoes nor
stockings.) and had fixed upon every limb of his
body. He had probably been thrown off the horse’s
back by the restlessness of the tormented animal.
The poor boy was exhausted and speechh ** when
he was got out, aud died in a few hour*.
The Fusitite Sl*t* Case in Ohio.— According
to present indications, the late collision between the
Federal and State authorities in Ohio will not ter
minate without some further trouble. The Colum
bus State Journal understands that Gov. Chase, at
the earliest possible moment after reaching the city
from Cincinnati, had an interview with Messrs. Ma
son and Good, who represent the prosecuting attor
ney of Clark county, iu the case before the federal
judge at Cincinnati, involving the right of the State
to enforce her own criminal laws v ithin her own ju
risdiction, against violators, whether federal or offi
cial or other; and that he immediately telegraphed
to Attorney-General Wolcott to appear in the case
on the part of the State, iu conjunction with these
gentlemen.
More of tri Famine in Michigan— Distressing
Scenes. —The Michigan f inline is sadly pictured by
a writer from Detroit, who says that in Gratiot
county he saw a woman who sustained her sick
husband aud two children on maple sugar and leek*
several days before she could get other relief, she
then had to carry the provisions Beveral miles on
her back. This woman had taken care of her sick
husband since last August, and her family of two
children, beside which she made 100 pounds of ma
ple sugar, cleared the ground and hoed in two acres
of spring wheat, aud planted some corn aud pota
toes. She was habited in tattered garments.
Another family of a father and three daughters,
aged fifteen, twelve aud ten, said they lived on
milk, maple sugar and leeks for a week after they
could borrow nothing more, before supplies reached
them. Two other families, consisting of four grown
persons and seven children, and who considered
themselves well off, had no breadstuff's except two
bushels of spring wheat, and a like quantity of oats,
which they had got for seed. This they mixed to
gether and ground iu a coffee mill. Milk, aud a
few fish they had caught, constituted their supplies.
The Nmw Slave Trade. —We announced some
time since that Messrs. Regis, ofMareeiiles, had made
a contract for the transportation of 20,000 African
apprentices to the French colonies. We now learn
from the Barcelona Fenix that the first vessel for
this traffic has sailed from Marseilles, provided with
sea passports by both the French aud English gov
ernments for the coast of Africa. She takes out a
cargo of small value, which is to be profitably in
vested iu contracting negroes for ten years’ servi-e
and conveying them to Martinique and Uuad ,q -j.
The Feuix adds that it is supposed this experiment
will be often repeated, and finds in it a means of
supplying Cuba aud Porto Rico with additional
labor. In connection with this subject, we notice
that the Leon Espanol, of Madrid, the supposed or
gan of Marshal Narvaez, states that the govern
ment has found means of supplying these islands
with abundant labor, which wifi soon be put iu ope
ration, without infringing the slave tiaue treaties
with England. This new style will soon break up
the old fashioned slave trade.— Ball. Amei.
South Carolina Collioe —The Board of Trus
tees of the South Carolina College at their meeting
yesterday, passed resolutions, as we understand,
entirely exonerating President MeCav, from all im
putations against his character, and expressing their
complete coufidedce iu his honor and integrity. A
resolution of similar import was passed in relation
to the Professor*.
We likewise leai \ that they requested the imme
diate resignation oi the President and all of the
Professors, with a view to prompt re-organization
of the Faculty. The re organization was probably
acted on at a late hour last night. We have heard
statements made as to the probable action of the
Trustees, but we do not feel at liberty to make
them public, or to anticipate their action. —CVvm-
Hn Times, June 12M.
House BrK.tEri sv a Ni«ro.—On Sunuay night
last, a dwelling house on the country place of Dr.
N. Bozeman, a few miles from the city, was de
stroyed by fire. There was no clue to "the perpe
trator, until a young negro woman informed the
other negroes that she had done the deed, in order
that she might be sent off and sold—as she did not
like living on the plantation.
A few months since the young child of this wo
man was found in the spring, drowned ; and it i*
now believed that she maliciously murdered it.
We understand that the loss to Dr. B. is about
$2,500.
The woman. Hannah, was committed to ,iai! this
morning.— Montgomery Mail, 11 th ins’.
Drowned at Gratis' Landis#. —The steam
boat LeGrande, arrived last night, brought the in
telligence that Mr. R. W. Lake, a grocer, and W.
R. Withers, Esq., both of Haynevifie, were drown
*d yesterday evening, at Graves Landing, on the
Alabama, just as the steamer arrived there.
They were fishing in a boat, which upset through
some accident.
Mr. \V ither* used to reside in Montgomery.—
Montgomery Mail
*U HOLI 1J A *' ,T> * kT —We regret to stat*
that Mr. bunon Betterman, 8 young jeweller of our
place, met wtth a sad death. U po n ; B st Saturday
mgbt. by drawing. The down to the
K.ver in company with two °f tns fnends, to go in
bathing, and after being in the water fo r a J hort
time ventured beyong hi* depth, and not beine able
to swim, was drowned before aid could be rendered
Mr. Betterman was a German by birth having
recently emigrated to thi* country, and we under
stand has a younger brother on the wav to Albany
He leaves an aged mother, to grieve oVer this early
death of one to whom she had the right to look as
the prop and comfort of her old age.— Atbanv
Patriot 11M,
A Hail Storm. —On Sunday, the 21st ult. says
the Hagerstown Torch,# tremendous storm of wind
and hail passed over Frederick city and ite vicinity
Hail three or four ii cbes in diameter fell, and many
of the farmers suffered severely. The Herald seys
that Mr Casper Cline will not make a bushel of
wheat from twenty acres, so entirely was his crop
destroyed by the hail, and that a Mr. w. Hammond,
whose crop would probably have reached 1200 or j
1400 bushels, will not make "the e»i>eii#e* nt harvest i
mg-
Laterironi California.
Ifivv York. June 12. —The steamer George Law
from Aspinw&il, arrived here this afternoon, with
San Francisco dates to the 20th ult., and nearly $2.-
000,000 in specie.
She left Aapinwall on the 3d inst. The Granada
left the same day for New Orleans.
Howard Shaw, aged 19, son of Peter Shaw of Boa
to i, shot himself through the head with a pistol,
(supposed accidentally in theforcastle of the George
Law on the 10th inst. The deceased was last from
Nicaragua.
The California News is of little importance. Tie
mining intelligence is favorable.
The Indians in the Northern Counties have com
mitted no further hostilities.
The Oregon papers are altogether uninteresting.
The Indians in Washington Territory are mena
cing hostilities, but as yet have committed few
overt acts.
The affairs of the Isthmus were quiet.
The new administration of New Granada will not
accede to the demands of the United States.
There is nothing new from Nicaragua.
The revolution in Peru has been suppressed.—
The insurgent fleet had surrendered to the govern
ment.
General Vivanco was at Arequipa with a small
force, but without means.
The sloop-of war John Adams was at the Chinch a
Islands.
A letter from the correspondent of the Panama
Star, dated Cima, May 12th save : “The convention
has closed its secret Bession on the question of the
English and French protectorate of the Chincha Is
lands. They vote to day and their votes are expet -
tad to be favorable.”
The British frigate Satellite Lad sailed from Ca
laofor Vancouver’s Island, her commander having
been commissioned by the English government to
settle, in conjunction with the United States com
missioners, the Oregon boundary.
Business at Lima was improving rapidly. The
affairs of other South American States were gener
ally tranquil.
The Panama Star expresses strong fears that Gen.
Walker, in conformity with threats made by him
alter his capitulation, will return with another army
of filibusters to the Isthmus, and regrets that Gen.
Moral did not bind him and his officers, in the terms
of the capitulation, never again to put their feet in
Central America. . .
The news from California is not of general im
portance.
Correspondence of Commercial Advertiser.
Aspinwall, June 3.
Two hundred and fifty-six men, the remnant of
Walker’s army, are now in Greytown, sick and des
titute. . . r .
The Cvane leaves here in a few days for Grey
town. The English steamer due to-morow will pro
bably bring Walker s men.
The Isthmus is healthy.
Lieut. Van Slack, of the Nicaragua!! schooner
Granada, goes out in the George Law on the -Ist f t
May. The British steamer New Granada arrived
at Panama from Callao. Same day the American
bark Victor, Holmes, arrived, 210 days from Phila
delphia. On the 2d of June the steamer Sonora ar
rived from San Francisco with 750 passengers and
$2,000,000 in transitu.
The frigate Independence, sloop of war Decatur
and St. Mary, are off Panama; all well. The U. S
frigate Wabash, and sloop of war Cyane, are at As
pinwall, all well.
11. B. M. Line-of-battle Ship Orion, 90 guns,
bearing the broad pennant of Bear Admiral Sir
Houston Stewart, arrived on the Ist from Grey
town. Salutes were exchanged between the Wa
bash and Orion.
Later From Tehuantepec— The Transit ;
Route Open. —The schooner Chipola, Capt Lock
wood, arrived Wednesday from Minatilau, bring
ing dates to the 28th ult. This vessel took down
Col. Summers, the agent of the company, and one
of the associates in the contract lor erecting the re
quisite bridges and piers, at Ventosa, on the Pacific,
and at Suchil on the Coatzacoalcos River. Col.
Summers’ party met with a cordial reception, and
the inhabitants on the Isthmus were in the highest
spirits at the prospect of the early opening of the
route for travel and traffic.
Vessels had already commenced arriving at Ven
tosa from California, and three more are repoited
under wav, full of passengers. The last arrival
brought about so. ty, nearly all of whom have set
tled permanently on the Isthmus, aud have made
extensive purchases of land. Amongst the passen
gers by the Chipola were a gentleman and his wife,
who reached Ventosa from California, and travers
ed the Isthmus in two days aud a half. They speak
in the very highest terms of the route, and repre
sent the country as beautiful beyond conception.—
The port of Ventosa is described as one of the safest
and most desirable in the world, the anchorage be
ng extremely safe, with deep water at a stone’s
throw from shore.
The finishing of the road, under the energetic di
rection of Col. Summers, will now be proceeded
with rapidly, so that by the Ist October a regular
line of stages will cross the Isthmus semi-monthly,
aud perhaps weekly, connecting at both sides with
fine passenger steamers.
We learn that shortly after the arrival of the
Chipola at Minatillan, a schooner, called the Visitor,
made her appearance, chartered by A. G. Sloo aud
his friends, and claimed admittance under the rights
and privileges conceded to the company. The
Mexican authorities, however, flatly refused to re
cognize these assumptions, and proceeded to en
force the port aud custom house regulations, as
against any other stranger.— N. (J. Picayune.
The United States Steamer Niagara.— Her
English Admiters. —A letter from Liverpool says :
Our ship still continues to be the great object of
attraction here, and the railroads and boatmen are
doing a profitable business. Everywhere I go, in
the cars, through the s f reets, along the country
roads, she is spokeigof as the great American man
of war, while the courtesy of her officers is the sub
ject of unlimited praise. The people are in raptures
with the way they are treated, and of course no dis
tinctions .are made in regard to classes of visiters,
every one, without exception, is allowed to come
on board. On Sundays especially there is an im
mense crowd, consisting mainly of trades people,
some of them all the way from London, which al
though not more than twenty miles from Gravesend,
is considered here a considerable distance, aud this
they do at no small pecuniary sacrifice on their part;
but they have heard so much of “the greut Ameri
can man-of-war" that they must see her and find out
for themselves if the Y'ankees are all that they are
said to be.
They walk all over the ship, for the orders of her
Captam are that they shall not be refused admission
to any part, and that they shall be treated with
every courtesy. The officers when off duty con
duct them around, explaining everything, and in
the course of a single day repeat the same account
and visit every part for the twentieth or thirtieth
time. They crowd into the engine room, the Cap
tain’s cabin, away down into the fire room, take a
walk aloug the alley or tunnel in which the massive
MlVb.it of the propeller works, and generally wind up
by u grand promenade on the spacious aud magnifi
cent spar deck, talking about the country from
whioh such a vessel came, and wondering if it looks
like England. The railroads are reaping quite a
harvest, as 1 have said, and have issued circulars
notifying the public that excursion trains will be run
to and from Gravesend on certain days.
Another Steamboat Disaster—Sinking of
the Steamer Alida. —On Tuesday evening last,
while the steamer Alida was ascending the Ohio
river, and when opposite Cottonwood Bar, she ran
into the steamer Fashion, which was descending,
striking her about the cook-house, stoving in her
bulkheads and breaking the cook’s arm.
The Alida had about ten feet of her bow com
pletely smashed in. She was immediately put about
for shore, and sunk within about fifteen yards of
the bank in ten feet water on the outside, and seven
teet inside. A gent leman on board ran immediately
into the ladies’ cabin, and picking up a young lady
Jumped overboard v ith her, and after swimming
about a mile reached shore.
There was also a young married couple on board,
and the husband did likewise with the bride, reach
ing shore in about the same distance. When our
informant left, it had not been positively ascertained
whether any lives were lost or not, but a number
were seen struggling in the water.— Memphis Ea
fik-
The Jews in Austria. —Up to the year 1848
only certain privileged Jewish families were allowed
to reside in Vienna, but now any Hebrew who has
the means of providing for himself and family, is
permitted to establish himself here. It appears,
however, that the authorities of some of the pro
vinces are less tolerant than those in the capital, for
we learn from Saaz, in Bohemia, that the cargo
master has ordered all the Jewish families residing
in the town—there are some sixty—to quit it within
a fortnight. The political right iof the Hebrews in
Austria have not yet been defined, but it is hardly
probable that Government will permit the Jews
domiciled in Saaz to be driven into the streets by
this Behemian Pacha.
Comparative Speed of Horses and Oxen.—
A bet was made the other day between two farmers
in France, about the speed of horses and oxen, with
the sume load the same distance ; the distance tr'av
ailed was 'll) kilometers, (about 12 miles,) a four
horse team was put to a wagon loaded with about
10,000 lbs. beet-root pulp. The oxen were two yoke
with the same load. The horses beat them only sev
en minutes, and would themselves have been beat
en had they not been the bestiu the country. Time.
3h. 6m; 3h. 13m.
Great Fleet of Canal Boats. —On Thursday
last there were congregated on the Erie canal at
Montezuma, and for many miles east and west be
tween one and two thousand canal boats, loaded
with merchandise for the West, waiting for breaks
in the canal to be repaired, so that they could pro
ceed. Five thousand men and three thousand
horses and mules were lying idle in consequence,
and as provisions and teed were ruinously high,
many of the poor boatmen were troubled to sustain
themselves and their teams. On Friday, however,
the breaks had been repaired so that the boats
could pass freely.
Americans in Europe. —Thousands of Ameri
cans are now in Europe, and others are directing
their footsteps to that portion of the world. The
rage for travel was never so great as now. This
may be attributed in some measure to the facilities
afforded by steam navigation. It is stated that prior
to 1830, the numbei of Americans that visited the
Old World never exceeded 7,500 in any one year,
and the average number for the ten years previous
was not more than 5,000. In 1850 the Collins steam
ers commenced running, and 29,362 Americans
crossed the Atlantic durmg that year. In 1856, the
number of American travellers returning from Eu
rope that lauded at New-York was 30,319. In 1855
the number landed at our ports was 29,599 ; but in
’ 1854 it reached 32,641. — Balt. Amer
A Protest. —Francis P. Corbin, of Virginia, now
in Paris, writes a letter to Galignani's Messenger,
denying that the dinner, given to Senator Sumner
by "the American merchants was the result of a
genera! movement, and asserting that the felling
which prompted it was participated in by a limited
number of persons.'*
The Case of Mrs. Gen. Gaines.— Judge Mor
gan, of New Orleans, rendered a decision a few days
ago, in which he refused to declare void the deci
sion of the Supreme Court of that city, ordering the
will of Daniel Clark to be probated. The Delta says,
this is an additional and all but final step towards
the attainment by Mrs. Gaines of the rights for
which she has been so long contending.
A Hemarable Cow. — A cow, belonging to Mr.
Lewis Cabell of Amherst county, died a few days
sinee, in whose womb was discovered one hundred
and two young calves. One of them was fully de
veloped—but the others, though perfectly shaped,
were about the size of rats. This is a remarkable
instance—but we are informed, on authority which
we cannot discredit, that it is strictly and literally
true. — Lpnehburg Virginian.
Robbbrt or Gold Coin —A Cuban gentleman,
namenot given, hadhis trunk broken open last night
at the public home, No. -13, Walker street, while he
wa* temporarily abeent, and robbed of $20,000
in doubloons and S3OO in silver coin. The money
was in a bag. The owner arrived here a few days
since from New Orleans, ar.d it is thought that he
was followed by some smart thief from that city, but
it is quite as probable that the robber belonged to
New Fork. A complaint was made this morning at
the Chiefs office, but no clue has yet been obtain
ed.—-V. Y Commercial Advrrtiter, 10 tk inti.
Hiatt Robbiet. —Tuesday evening the room of
Mr. George Baso de la Yeaga. at the French Hotel,
Walker street. New Tork, was entered by means of
false keys, and $20,000 in gold coin (Spanish; and
S3OO or S4OO in silver stolen therefrom. The trunk
which contained the money was forced open by
means of a jimmy or some" such instrument. The
perpetrators of the robbery have thus far evaded the
vigilance of the police.
Hail Storm. —Between Spotsylvania Court
Hourse and Fredericksburg. A a., along the Mas
saponin Creek, hailstones fell on Tuesday evening
as large as guinea eggs, entirely destroying the
crops, and doing serious damage to dwellings. In
some places shingle* were knocked off the house*
and window sashes completely cut out.
H*avt Sail. —The stockholder* of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company,
at their late meeting, determined to continue lay-
Creek r ®* ! “• eßflre distance to Aequla
Georsiaand Florida Railroad.— The can
commenced ranning to “Adams. 6 miles below
Smithville, and 161 miles from Albany, on Tues
day last They will run to “Wooten', /> 101 miles
from Albany, by the Ist of Julv. The Stages will
continue their connection between Albany and Him
esd *f ike Railroad— Patriot 11A
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The Southern Cultivator.
The July number of this valuable and popular
Journal of Agriculture is already on our table, filled
with the usual variety of matter pertaining to the
interests of those to whose elevation, instruction
and improvement its energies are devoted. That
it sustains the high reputation which it has so labo
riously acquired, will be perceived by leading the
following table of contents of the July number:
Plantation Economy and Miscellany. —Work
for the Month ; Agricultural Colleges ; Manure
Making; Blind Staggers in Horses, &c.; Level Cul
ture once more ; The Cotton Gin—its history, &c.;
Diversified Agriculture—Household Management,
&.C.; The Laws of Trade—No failure of the great
Producing powers of the Sugar Lands of Louisi
ana ; Hives and Hiving Bees—the China Berry ;
Backward Season in Southwestern Georgia, &.(* ;
Sheep Raising in the South ; Hogs and Pork Mak
ing ; Description of a Sugar Mill ; Baling Cotton
with Iron lloops, &c.; The Scarcity of Sugar ;
Farming Interests in East Florida ; Clearing Swamp
Lands ; Rotary Diggers, Subsoiling, &c.: Feeding
Milch Cows on Tomatoes ; Shadows of Childhood ■.
Simplicity of English Dress; Cotton and Corn in
Mississippi ; Cotton Threshers, &.C.; Stanford’s
Wild Oat Grass ; Other Folks’ Eyes ; Blind Stag
gers in Horses ; Agriculture of the United States ;
Game vs. Shanghai Fowls ; Improvement of Land .
To what Free Labor Leads; Funny Rat Trap ;
Iron Hoops for Bailing Cotton ; Fruit for Health;
Warm Weather Drops : Substitute for Bean Poles;
Cotton Culture iu Arkansas; A Cheap Sugar Mill;
Wheat Growing near the Texas Coast ; Thoughts
on a “Chunk”; Hogs; Black and White Hogs;
I)r. Eddy’s Self-Feeding Stalls for Horses ; Excel
sior Corn and Cob Crusher; Barometer for Farm
ers , Rat Proof Corn Crib ; Rice Milk.
Editorial. —Answers to Correspondents ; Re
prints ; Illustrations; Concrete Houses, «fcc.; Our
Book Table ; A New York Cotton Circular ; Our
Sentiments ; Culture of Cotton ; Education in Ru
ral Districts.
II orticu lua a l Depart men t .—Straw b erries—
their Culture, best Varities, Ac.; Pears on the Haw
Stock; Apple and Pear Blight: The Cuculio;
Laurel Oil—Flie3—Scuppernong Wine, &c.: Fustic
—“ Virgilia Luted ” ; New Native Plants.
The Comet —.star Casing.
The predictions iu reference to the appearance
about this time, of the expected Comet, have pro
duced a very general desire for star-gazing; and in
their eager search after something wonderful, they
have discovered the two planets Jupiter and Venue,
which rise some two hours before the Sun, and as
their course is very much the same, they appear in
close proximity to each other and the sun. This
seems to be regarded, by most of them, as something
very wonderful; and is exceedingly well calculated
to excite their nervous organs—the more so, as
they have discovered that Venus may be seen in
day time with the naked eye. This fact should ex
cite the fears of no one, as that planet can always
be seen In the day when it is nearest the earth, or
when it is in “ perigee,” as the astronomers say.—
Indeed all, or most of the planets are visible to the
naked eye in daylight, when they approach nearest
the earth, if people would only take the trouble to
look for them. The excitement about the comet
may, therefore, if it does no other good, teach them
this well known truth, and consequently serve to
allay their fears.
Personal.— Yesterday we had the pleasure of
making the acquaintance cf Mi. W. E. Gibson, the
Editor of the “ Corinthian Pillar ,’ ’ a very handsome
Weekly paper, published at Corinth, Mississippi, a
flourishing town that has grown up at the intersec
tion of the Memphis A Charleston and Ohio & Mis
sissippi Kailroads. Mr. G. is on a business tour to
Charleston and Augusta, for the purpose of inviting
the merchants to enter the list of competition for the
trade and business of that fertile section of country,
which is rapidly settling up with an industrious and
thriving population. He is of opinion that proper
efforts will bring a large portion of the eotton crop
of that region the Atlantic route.
New Flour. —lt will be seen from the advertise
mentof Carmichael & Co., that they are now
offering Flour made from the new crop of Wheat.
The Wheat this season is unusually fine, and the
Flour should be very superior.
The Burton Club. —The entertainment given
by this Association on Friday night was a decided
success. The house was better filled than on any
previous night, and the performance throughout
was creditable to the Company. At the close of the
first piece, Mr. Kemble was called before the cur
tain, and after expressing the gratification of the
Club at the success which had attended their ef
forts, he announced that the next performance of
the Burtons (to take place some time during the
coming week) would be for the benefit of the
Mount Vernon Association. This worthy object, we
hope, will draw a good house.
Death of a Millionaire. —Com. John C. Ste
vens died of enlargement of the heart, at his resi
dence in Hoboken, N. J., Wednesday afternoon,
aged 73 years. He leaves property to the amount
of several millions.
Governor of Utah. —Col. Cumming has receiv
ed the appointment of Governor of Utah. The other
appointments for the Territory have not been agreed
on. Ex-Governor Thomas did not report for duty,
as his friends had pledged he would.
We find the above paragraph in the Baltimore
American of Thursday, and from the positive man
ner in which the statement is made we are disposed
to credit it; though we did not suppose he would ac
cept the office.
Supreme Court. —The Savannah Republican of
Tuesday morning says :—The Court disposed of
two cases yesterday—Adams vs. the State, from
Columbia, and Lyons vs. the State, from Washing
ton—and heard a portion of the argument in th
ease of Watson vs. Watson, from Richmond. *
The following gentlemen were admitted to prac
tice in the Court:
Wm. R. McLaws, Esq , of Augusta.
Theodore C. Cone, of Augusta.
Jno. R. Cochran, ofDublin.
Jno. R. Sturges, Waynesboro'.
The Atlanta Intelligencer of Wednesday says :
—The Southern Central Agricultural Association
met in this city on yesterday. We u nderstand their
next Fair will be held here—and that Atlanta has
been fixed upon as the permanent location.
Kilisiocs Revivals. —Large and interesting revi
vals of religion have been progressing for some time,
in Washington, Griffin, and Lumpkin,in this State.
Great numbers have ben added to the church in each
of those places.
The Mormons.— The proclamation of the Mor
mon Church in the east, declares that the doctrine
of Jo Smith and Brigham Young have no followers
ontside of Utah iTerritory ; but by this proclamation
it will be seen that in New Fork there is a regular
ly organised society of the faith of the Latter Day
Saints, with president, elders, preachers and exhor'
ters, using all the forms, and acknowledging the
authority of the church and its heads in Salt Lake
City.
The enormons Increase in the manufacture of
whisky in the West within the past few years is at
tracting considerable attention at present on ac
count of the purposes to which the product is ap
plied. Much the larger portion of it is manufactur
ed into alcohol, the shipments of which to France
have been enormons. A Cincinnati paper states
that, only a few days ago, 10,000 barrels of alcohol
were sold to one house in New Orleans, intended for
shipment to France.
Profitabli Investment— The Episcopal Fund
of the Diocese of lowa, some $7,000, was invested
in lands a couple of years or so ago ; the lands thus
purchased are now estimated to be worth $33,000.
Co»'s*l to Asbinwall.— Gen. B. F. Cheatham,
•{Nashville, has received the appointment of Coo
•el te Aspiawall, us Kew #m«ada
The Comet.
The following communication to the Baltimore
American, will prove quite interesting just at this
time, when the people are so much exercised in star
gazing:
To the Editort of (he Baltimore American :
As we are now on the time*, when,aa rumor goes,
our sublunary orb is to encounter a frightful comet,
it may not be amiss to nax ate some little of the
history of those celestial visiters, and to counttfie
probable chance, for and against the apprehended
collision. , , . . ,
The orbits of 129 comets have been determined,
and of this number the successive return of 3 only
has been verified by observation. These are what
are known as Halley's, whose period is about /ol
years . Encke's, 3* years ; and Dielaa , 6 years 8
mouths. , „ .. A
Hal'ey's comet received its appellation after its
visit in 1682, when that eminent astronomer applied
to its movements the calculations of the immortal
Newton, aud predicted its return in 1759, which
was subsequently confirmed by observation. This
comet again returned in 1835, and its next visit
may be looked for by those who may be alive in
1911. This is the comet of 1456 which the Pope
exorcised in connection with the infidel Turks.
Encke's comet was not recognized as periodic
till 1819, though previously observed in 17bo-9o aud
1801, &.c. It returned in 1822-25-28 and ’32.
Bielaa’ was observed in 1825, and is identified
with comets of 1772-89-95 and 1806, Ac c.
Lexell’s comet of 1770, calculated for a period ot
years, has not been since seen, nor had it been
previously observed.
Whiston s comet is that which appeared in 1680,
and is believed to be the same with that of which
historians make mention in 1106, spoken of by the
Byzantine writers in 531, appeared iu September of
the year of Ca sar’s assassination, 43 B. C., and will
be found by the Hebrew text, and the Septuagint
to have been near the earth at the time of the gene
ral deluge. This comet, known as the “Flood
Comet/’ also will probably appear about the year
2255.
It will thus be seen that the most distinguished of
these visiters are not expected soon, and of the oth
ers, the times of two only are known, Encke’s and
Bielas’, the latter will probably return to its perihe
lion about 1858. The former completes its circuit
in abou > every three years.
As comets move in orbits which form extremely
elougeted ellipses, and in all imaginable directions,
traversing almost every part of the solar system,
returning from the farthest verge and penetrating
even within the orbit of Mercury, it is not impossi
ble that a comet may come m contact with the
earth. In a calculation by Arago, of the probabili
ties of a collision between the earth and a comet of
one-quarter the earth's magnitude, the chances of
escape are as 281,000,000 to 1. “Admitting then for
a moment,” he says‘ that the comets which may
strike the earth with their nuclei would annihilate
the whole human race, then the danger of death to
each individual, resulting from the appearance of
an unknown comet, would be exactly equal to the
risk he would run if in an urn there was only one
single white ball of a total number of 281,000,000
bal s, and that his condemnation to death would be
the inevitable consequence of the white ball beiDg
produced at the first drawing.”
In 1770 and in 1832. as now, an apprehension of a
collision with a comet produced considerable alarm
in Europe. In olden times comets were regarded
as preternatural appearances, “brandishing their
crystal tresses in the sky,” “importing change of
times and States,” but are now, by the “infallible
science,” discovered to be component parts of the
solar system aud members of that haruunious choir
which chants the music of the spheres. M.
Baltimore, June 9,1857.
A New Line of Ocean Steamers, between
New York, Southampton, London and Bremen, has
just beeu organized. It consists of four fine steam
ers, namely, the Queen of the South, 2,221 tons,
Captain Beall; the Argo, 2,315 tons, Captain Ben
son ; the Jason, 2,067 tons, Captain Britton; and
the Indiana, 2,304 tons, Captain Baker. One of
these steamships is appointed to sail from New
York every alternate Wednesday for London aDd
Bremen, touching at Southampton to laud passen
gers and mails for England and France. Each
shin will remain one day at London and then pro
ceed to Bremen. Returning, they will leave Bre
men for New York on every alternate Saturday,
stopping only in Southampton.
The Virginia Emigration Movement. —The
Wheeling (Va.) Intelligencer announces on reliable
authority, that there are extensive movements
among the largest landholders in that State, to dis
pflhe by wholesale of immense tracts of country to
Eli Thayer’s company, to be sold to bodies of set
tlers now about emigrating from the Eastern and
Western States ; also, that Kentucky and Tennes
see have beer, bidding for the attention of the com
pany, and it : s probable that considerable purchases
will be made in those States.
Rev. J. E. Ryerson, of this city, will deliver the
Animal Address before the State Temperance Con
vention, which meets in Atlanta on the 9th of July.
Valuable Cargo. —The steamer J. H. Done
left Cincinnati on Thursday with one million dollars
in bullion from New Orleans. It is to be shipped
from Wheeling to Philadelphia. This small change
is the property of the United States, and is being
transported to its destination by Adams’ Express
Company.
A Cheap Conductor. —A lightning conductor,
costing only sls has twice been the means of sav
inga Portsmouth (N. II.) vessel from destruction
when struck—once when she had 400 passengers on
board, and again when laden with a cargo worth
about $500,000. Another ship from the same port,
having no condcctor. and being struck was totally
burnt, with a valuable cargo of cotton.
Power of Winds and Waves. —There is a
block of granite on Boon Island, about 14 teet in
extreme length, 10 feet wide and from 5 to 0 feet in
height, which was lifted from its bed in the ledge,
and carried up an inclined plane of from 12 to 15
degrees, to a distance of near 60 feet. This occurred
during a northeast snow storm in 1852.
Three Municipal Officers Sentenced to
Hard Labor. —We perceive by the Chicago Jour
nal that Justices Prendergaat and O’Malley and
constable Ford have been sentenced to hard labor
in the city prison for six months. Constables No
lon and Quinn were also ordered to confinement
in the city jail for five days each. The crime was
extortion, receiving money unlawfully and making
false charges. The Journal in regard to the verdict
says :
The result of this trial, which has engrossed so
much of public attention for some time past, is a
cause of general congratulation. The vedict of the
jury and sentence of the court met with almost unan
imous approval on the part of all classes of our citi
zens, the only regret being that the “extremity of
the law’’ was not adequate to the offenses commit
ted.
Quite a Mistake. —The Baltimore Republican
tells a story of a young man who fell in love with a
young lady residing in one of the residences in Up
per Tendom. The lover, fearing a repulse from the
head of the family, conducted his courtship in a
clandestine manner. The upshot of the matter was,
that an elopement occurred and the parties were
married. After the marriage the bridegroom pio
posed that they should return home, and procure
the father’s pardon. Judge, then, of his dismay,
when, with a trembling voice, she informed him
that, although she possessed the name of the gen
tleman in question, she was not related to him in
the slightest degree, and was employed in his dwel
ling in the capacity of a seamstress. Thus all his
visions of a secured fortune were scattered to the
winds; and the scene of recrimination which ensued
was terribly out of character for a newly married
couple.
Complimentary. —The Memphis Bulletin unyn :—
The Fire Department of Memphis, we understand,
have taken up a subscription, and resolved to pur
chase a Bilver frontispiece for the Chiefs of the Fire
Departments of Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Ga.,
and Charleston, S. C. The inscription upon the
plate will be complimentary from the Fire Depart
ment of Memphis to that of those cities, as expres
sive, in a slight degree, the attention they received
from their brethren during their late visit.
Turned Up. —We learn from the Tuscaloosa Moni.
tor that Messrs. Whitfield and Fite recently appoin
ted Bank Attorneys at that place in examining the
vault of the old Tuscaloosa Bank, discovered a
package containing one thousand dollars , which
appears to have been a special deposit made by
Wm. Hawn, Cashier, in 1840, as an overplus in
the Bank which could not be accounted for, and
here it has lam in the old vault ever since. The
money has been depasiied in the State Treasury
Important to Southern Ministers.— The
Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, has unanimously voted in favor of expung
ing from the Discipline the General Rule, forbidding
“buying and selling of men, women and children,
with an intention to enslave them.”
New York Coffee Market.— William S 'ott’s
weekly circular of the New York Coffee market,
reports the market as generally closed buoyant,
with large export inquiry. The sales of the week
were 11,500 bags, with firm market, the receipts
were 5,000 bags. The stock in port is estimated t
61,000 bags.
Man Killed by a Mob.—A few days ago a man
by the name of Bingham was whipped to death in
the neighborhood of Palestine Ind, by a band of
fellows self-styled the “Regulators”
Tea.— Some of the speculators in teas have made
a handsome thing of it, since the recent rapid a
-in the value of that commodity. A large
quantity of Young Hyson (400 packages) which was
Bold at auction in November last, was sold in New
York last week at an advance of 25 cents per pound.
Another dealer in Front street in that city is said to
have cleared $150,000 by like operations, within
the three months past.
The Advanced Price op Tsa.— The total
export from China of teas to the United States, for
the period between the Ist of July, 1856, and the
Sth of March, 1857, shows a falling off of 16,833,178
lbs. on the export of the year ending 30th June,
1856, with no probability of the exports being large
ly augmented for thej period between the Bth of
Ma r eh (the date of the last trade circular) and the
30th of June next. In fact, it is said to be safe to
estimate the additional export of black teaa for
that period at not over 500,000 lbs., and of greens
at certainly not exceeding 3,000,000 pounds. The
New Fork Post says :
In this state the supply, which must at least be
over twelve million pounds short at the end of the
season, consumers as well as dealers acknowledge
a higher standard of value for the fragrant herb.—
The advanced in black, Oolongs, since last Decem
ber, has been fifteen cents per ponnd ; and Young
Hyson teaa, of low and medium grades, have expe
rienced an advance ot one hundred per cent over
last season’s closing prices.
Southern Mail Route.— A Washington tele
graphic dispatch says that a proposition hae been
made to the Post Office Department, which is now
under consideration, for the transportation of the
mails from New York to New Orleans, byway of
Fernandina, Florida, and Cedar Keys. The Florida
route was established by the last Congress, and it
is estimated, will save over a day on the present
time, besides the numerous changes on the route.
Crßious Fact. —There is a curious fact said to
exist a few miles south of Greencastle, Putnam
county, Ind., where there is a family of six, all har
ing the same birthday. The father and mother are
each thirty-five yeare old, the children respectively,
fourteen, eleven, eight and five year* old. Their
birth-days eome ®n the 17th of May.
James B. Clay—An Expotie.
B. Clay, the son of the great American
statesman, is the Democratic candidate for Congress
iu the Lexington, Ky., District. A few days since,
he met his opponent, Roger W. Hanson, in a dis
cussion in the town of Paris, before a very large
conoouree of the people, when Mr. Hanson made
the following expose of him and his inconsistency.
We quote from the Lexingtou Observer :
“The American party felt confident that their
leade r would prove worthy of his trust, and this
expectation was more than realized. He vindica
ted the principles of the American party in a most
masterly and triumphant manner, and utterly con
founded his antagonist when he reviewed his past
political history and contrasted it with his present
rition. It was said that Mr. Clay was driven
the wall and nailed to it by the fast falling
strokes of our gallant leader, and that the letters
of “Uuon”* fell like thunderbolts at the feet of
his Locofoco friends. Iu these letters (one of which
was written in 1845 and the other in 1855)
James B. Clay characterized the Irish as priest
ridden Catholics, the Dutch as Infidels, aud aavoea
ted the utter abolition of the naturalization laws-
In 1855, two suinmers;ago, the spirit of intense
Native Americanism burned so fiercely
that he desired to place an everlasting and insur
mountable barrier in the pathway of the alien who
sought the boon ot citizenship, but now he has ceas
ed to entertain any fear from these priest ridden
Irish and Infidel Germans, and doubtless thinks
that they make the very best description of •itizens.
He attempts to explain his letter of 1845 by saying
that it was written while he was smarting under the
sting of the defeat of his father, brought about
mainly by foreign votes, and in speaking of the let
ter of 1855 he merely says that he has chauged his
mind since he wrote it. He wrote these letters
when he was not an aspirant for office ; he makes
his explanations and excuses for them while he. is a
candidate for Congressional honors: and we shall
not be considered uncharitable when we declare the
belief that he Mas been lured, unconsciously we
hope, from his true sentiments by the adulation of
false friend 3 aud the hopes of high preferment.”
*The letters of were written by Mr. Jus. B
Clay.
The Crops.
Wk are indebted to a gentleman of this city, for
the following extract of a letter, from his brother ?
who has been traveling through Alabama, Missis
sippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, as an agent for
the sale of cotton gins, a business which brought
him directly in contact with the planters wherever
he went. His infermatioi/in relation to the crops
is, therefore, from first hands :
Fulton, Miss , May 27, 1857.
“I am traveling this year for Mr. Pratt, but the
spring has been so unfavorable to the planters that
I fine! considerable difficulty in selling Gins. The
Cotton and Corn crops are sadly behind. In some
sections, principally the hilly country, there is not a
half a “stand” of Cotton ; and my humble opinion
is, that notwithstanding the large crop that was
planted, there will scarce be 3,000,000 bales made
the present year ; and from the best information I
can get, there was at least 5,000,000 planted for.
The Arkansas, Texas, and part of the Louisiana and
Mississippi Cotton was killed or nearly so by the
heavy frost 27tb, 28th and 29th of April. Many of
the planters in North Alabama and North Missis
sippi are plowing up some of their Cotton aud plant
ing Corn, because they cannot get cotton seed to re.
plant; now, it is too late if they had seed.
The Crops,—A gentleman writing from Coweta
county, appends a postscript to his letter, giving
the following account of the condition of the cotton
and grain crops in that section :
“Our crops are very backward ; iu fact, I have
never seen corn aud cotton so small, at this season
of the year. Cotton is still dying from the effects
of the late cold weather. Our oat crop is promising,
and should we have a few more rains it will be the
best crop that has been made in this section of the
State for several years. The wheat crop is also
flattering. I have never seen it look bet ter. Should
no disaster happen to it, there will be a bountiful
crop.”
Florida as a Farming Country. —A subscriber
at Wakohootee, Marion couuty, Florida, writes
the Savannah Republican as follows, under date
3dinst:
Those that suppose—and some have expressed
the opinion—that Florida is only suitable for potato
ridges, would do well to visit at this time the coun
ties of Columbia, Alachua, Marion, Sumpter, Her
nando and Hillsborough, and take a view of the best
crops perhaps in the Southern States or Western ;
corn fields, 9 to 10 feet high in full silk and tassel ;
cotton above knee high and on the verge of bloom
ing. The prospect is pretty where tin re is good
fanning done. The lands are all good except the
sandhills.
A neighbor of mine last year made with 11 hands
37 bales sea island cotton, sold by Boston aud Villa
longa at 35 cents per lb., and netted S4OOO and some
over. He also raised 2000 bushels corn, 0000 lbs.
pork, 500 bushels potatoes, and a great many peas.
Ilis prospect this year with 14 hands is good for
fifty bags, 2,500 bushels corn, and other things in
proportion. A. Planter.
Splitting Rocks Without Blasting. —Some
French inventors have taken out a patent in Eng
land for splitting rocks by the generation of heat
without causing explosion. They used a substance
composed of 100 parts of sulphur by weight, 100 of
saltpetre, 50 of sawdust, 50 of horse manure, aud 10
•f common salt. The saltpetre and common salt are
disolved in hot water, to which four parts of molas
ses are added, and the whole ingredients stirred un
til they are thoroughly incorporated together in one
mass, which is then dried by a gentle heat in a room
or by exposure to the sun, and is fit for use. It is
tamped in the holes bored for blasting rock in the
same manner as powder, and is ignited by a fuse.—
It does not cause an explosion upward like gun
powder, but generates a great heat, which splits
the rocks.
Railroad Meeting in Columbus. —A meeting
of the citizens of Columbus was held on Wednesday
evening last, to consider the policy of allowing the
various railroads converging in that city to connect.
No vote on the direct question was taken. Resolu
tions were passed, and a committee appointed to
confer with the officers of the various roads as to
the ends to be attained by said proposed oonnec
tion, and the means and terms of its accomplish'
meat. Addresses were made on both sides of
the question, and the meeting finally adjourned
to meet on Wednesday, Jnne24th. The Sun , which
favors the connection, says :
We were sorry to see the spirit manifested in the
meeting by the opponents of connection, and hope
that by the next meeting they will have more ma
turely considered the subject, and will meet the
friends of connection iu the spirit of candor and Jus
tice, and take such steps as will enable the property
holders of the city to speak their will In the matter
through the ballot-box. If men who have up the
stakes decide in favor of connection at the ballot
box, we cannot see how others can, with any plau
sibility object.
Slavery in Minnesota. —The Minnesota Repub
lican, published at St. Anthony, says that negroes
are now held as slave property in Minnesota. Every
year men who come from the South bring their
slaves as body servants to the hotels, and take
them away again. And it has positive information
that a Southerner if now holding his slave at Still
water, and declares that under the Dred Scott deci
sion he defies the authorities to interfere. He in
tends to remain in the territory, and thus to rende
slavery a permanent institution.
Arrest of Hon. John Wentworth.— On com'
plaint of some malicious person, the Hon. John
Wentworth, Mayor of Chicago, and formerly Con
gressman, was arrested there Tuesday morning,
charged with having stolen a number of mail bags,
and was held to bail in the sum of $3,000. In the
afternoon he was discharged by Judge Drummond,
who decided that Mr. Wentworth, in his official ca
pacity of Congressman, received the mail-bags, and
that unless a special demand was made for them he
had a right to keep them.
Produce at St. Louis.— A late St. Louis paper
states that the receipts of produce at that city, are
greatly in excess of last year, showing that the
scarcity reported in the West did not exist. The
supplies from January Ist to June Ist, were—
-1856. 1857.
Flour, bbls 70,898 107,532
Wheat, bushels 555,000 1,250,000
Corn, bushels 240,000 1,580,000
Oats, bushels 250,000 485,000
Hemp, bales 18,023 31,830
Atlantic Telegraph. —Extract of a letter re
ceived in this city, by last steamer, from Professor
Morse :
“I am hospitably housed with my good friend,
Dr. Whitehouse,No. 8 Ashburnham Terrace, Green
wich. lam domiciled with him for the convenience
of consultation together, and experimenting at the
Cable Works.
“All my investigations into the practicability of
working the telegraph with commercial speed be
tween America and Europe, and study, with Dr.
Whitehouse, of the phenomena of the current in
submarine conductors, gives me only a stronger as
surance than ever of its ultimate success, and a
success realizing your most sanguine anticipa
tions.”
An Interesting Feature.— At a dinner given
at the Burnett House, in Cincinnati, by Mr. Chas.
Gould, of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, we
notice the following occurrence:
On the removal of the cloth a surprising incident
took the company by storm. A railroad track had
been laid along the table, concealed by the cloth,
upon the removal of which the guests were startled
by hearing the shrill shrieks of a steam whistle, and
the ringing of the bell in a house, and it appeared
that there was the St. Louis and the Cincinnati
railroad[depots, splendidly designed in confectionery,
and a miniature locomotive, with a train of cars,
ran the length of the table in the quickest time,
amid enthusiastic applause. So well pleased were
the company with the trip of the little locomotive
and train that they caused it to do the same thing
over again repeatedly, and it was found to be an ex
cellent piece of machinery. Railroads, just now,
are in the ascendant, even in the line of table orna
ments and confectionery.
Gin. William Walker. —The Evening Den
patch of yesterday says :—We have been shown a
despatch from Gen. Walker, dated Louisville, June
8, 1857, to Col. Rudler, now in this city, from whioh
we learn that the General will visit Augusta, in tjvo
or three weeks, on his return from Washington.
Mr. Bsnj. Moslst, sen., aged 76, and John
Hudson, sen., aged 63, both died in Putnam coun
ty on the Sth inst. They were among the oldest,
most useful and estimable eitisens of that county.
Strbrt Clianin* is New York.—A special
oommittee reported on the causes which have re
sulted in the present neglected and filthy condition
of the etreete. It appears that the cost of cleaning
the streets in the year 1856 was $385,748, and the
total for the last twenty six years was over two and
a half millions nett. The lowest bidder system is
not approved.
Small Pox is Nsw Fori.— The total number
of persons who died of small-pox in New York
since the first of January is found to be 368.
This shows a criminal neglect of vaccination, a sure
preventive.
Col. John C. Blcm, a prominent citizen of
Charleston, and a member of the Legislature for se
veral terms past, died in that city on Friday, 13th
instant.
Another Power in the Rise —The London
Morning Star of the 31st ultimo, says: “A letter
from the Hague states that the Duteh government
has decided on sending a uteh vessel of war into
the China seas.”
The trustees of the American Institute have
lesaed the Crystal Palace, New York, from July
Ist, 1857, to May Ist, 1858, for $6,000. Their annual
exhibition commences on the 13th of September.
The Tnnnel on the Iron Mountain railroad in
Missouri hae just been completed. It is 80f feet
leag, 18 feet wide, and 15 feet high.
The Washington Kiot—Counter Statement.
We have hitherto taken no notice of the various
statements we have seen condemning the court e
of the Washington Authorities in the late election
riots, taking it for granted that such accounts were
the effects of prejudice or party feeling. But the
following letter to the editors of the New York
Journal of Commerce ovei a responsible name,
gives a different version to the affair, and asks a
suspension of opinion until the matter is further in
vestigated :
Washington, D. C., June 9, 1857.
Gentlemen : —The disturbance at one of the pro
cincts at our late municipal election, has been no
ticed 1 perceive, by your paper.
You say, “The general seutiment of.the country
fully sustains the authorities of Washington in I
ring upon the ‘Plug Uglies,’ and commends tli
Pr sident for furnishing a body of marines for tha
purpose."
You have evidently been misled by the version r. r
the affair given by the papers of this city, not one
of which has given a true statement of facts. Tin
marines did “ not fire upon the ‘l’lug Uglies.’
They fired upon quiet people, people who were no
at the time.-nor had they been engaged in riot. —
The “Plug Uglies " had been gone more than 'hr.
hours. It they had been shot, every body in Wash
ington would say it was right.
We ask the press at a distance to suspend thei
judgement till a full statement of the facts are laid
betore them ; then let the odium rest where it t><
longs._ The undersigned is Chairman of a commit
tee raised to investigate this disgraceful a fair, ami
we shall in due time let the country know the truth
The American party is clmrged'by the papers of
this city as being responsible for the riot, aid th
fearful butchery of that day. Nothing can be fart hi
from the truth. The faots, which are forthcoming,
will show that there was no need of sheddiug blood I
It is a fact, that alter the disturbance at the polls in
the morniug, several oitisens of high standing, went
to the Mayor, desiring him to give them authority
to raise a force of i’oo oitisens, which would put
down any disturbance that might arise, and do i:
without tne shedding of blood.
But the Mayor declined to accept their offer ; he
had the Marines called, and orderetl them to fire
upon peaceable persons. Ido not ask this state
ment to betaken unless the testimony of the nu
merous eye witnesses, upon their osths, confirm
what I say. The papers in this cily are all violent! v
opposed to the tynerioan party, and in this instanc’
do not give a true narrative of rhe facts, nor do they
iu this reflect the pt.blic sentiment here. The
“Americans" are urging a judicial in vestigal ioi
while the Mayor and his friends seek to avoid il -
Again, we say, let the country hear both sides, ant!
then judge. Yours truly,
J. D. Stewart.
Pike.—The alarm of fire on Sunday night, sav
tlie Dispatch, was at an old house belonging to Mr.
J. P. Force, beyond tho Augusta Machine Works,
and occupied by an old negro woman. Sho burned
her arms badly in rescuing a child who was asleep
at the time. The building was consumed—loss
slight. The firemen were on hand promptly—tin
Fillmore No. 4, was first on the ground tho Hook
and Ladder we believe oame next, and the “Wash
ington” No. 1, “Augusta No. 5," “Georgia," Ist
Division, and “Columbia" No.fi, wore close aft.
them.
Charleston has had but two Post Masters under
the present Constitution of the United States, the
late venerable Thomas Wright Bacot, who was np
pointed by President Washington, soon after his is
auguration, and who died in office, and the presold
worthy Post Master, the Hon. Alfred Huger, who
was appointed by 7 President Jackson, in January,
1835, on the decease of Mr Bacot.
Georgia Militart Institute. —The follovviii,
gentlemen have been appointed by Gov. Johnson
a “Board of Viators" to the Georgia Military Insli
tute at Marietta, under an act Os the Legislator,
approved February ‘2d, I85G:
Col. William S. Rockwell, Milledgevllle.
Capt. John W. Anderson, Savannah.
Col. John Milledge, Augusta.
Gen. George K. Jessup, Madison.
Capt. Peyton 11. Colquitt, Columbus.
Capt. Goode Bryan, Augusta.
Capt. J. P. Screven, Savannah.
Gen. Geo. P. Harrison. “
Col. A. A. Franklin Hill, Athens.
Capt. Thomas Hardeman, Maoon.
The annual session of the Board will begin on the
Bth of July, for the Examination, Review, and In
spection of the Cadets. On Wednesday, the IStii
July, they are ordered to attend the Commence
raent, exercises in full uniform.
Mr. Dallas and the Haytien Ambassador.—
It is stated that Baron Damier, Ilaytien Ambassa
dor in England, was very plainly “cut " by Mr. Dr I
las at a recent assemblage in Manchester. The
statement is that Mr. Dallas and Mr. Van de YVeyev
(the Belgian Minister) had taken their seats amt
were chatting together, when Baron Damier, a
black of the firßt water, who Imd been promenading
approached them. The black ambassador came up
the steps, and his Belgian Excellency rote and
shook him by the hand. The Haytien glanced at
citizen Dallas, as if he expected a similar greeting
but a wave of the hand, directing him to pass by,
was all that he got. The whole affair looks exceed
ingly improbable, as, for one, we see no good reason
why Mr. Dallas should be uncivil, even to a negro,
nor do we believe he would be so.
The Army Worm —We regret to learn, says tin
Chattanooga Gatellc, that this little destructive
insect ie playing the mischief with the small grain
and meadow crops in this section of country. In
some wheat fields, the stalks are almost literally
stripped of the blades, and iu many of the meadow
the grass is literally mowed down and eaten up
Wc regret that this calamity has befallen nm farm
ing friends.
Protection to Houses' Feet —Mr. Mills, tin
writer of a practical treatise on horse shoeing, puts j
a gutta-percha protection across the sole of the foot
scoures theshoeßon the fore feet by only three nail
on each. He has followed this practice in his opera
tions of horse-shoeing for several years, and finds i!
a very effective one.
LaGkange Female College. —Tie Coinmen ce
ment Sermon will be preached by Bishop Pierce,
Sunday, 12th July.
On Monday following the Sophomore class will
read compositions ; juvenile concert at right.
Tuesday, the Literary Societies will celebrate
the Anniversaries. Address by Uev, C. A. Mo
Daniel.
Wednesday 15th, Commencement and Address
by Hon. A. 11. Colquitt.
Pennsylvania. —The Democratic State Conven
tion of Pennsylvania met at Harrisburg on Tues
day, and nominated, on the second ballot, Hon.
Wm. Strong, of Berks county, and, ou the ninth
ballot, Hon. James Thompson, of Erie county, a*
their canditat6B for Judges of the Supreme Court
of that State. The nomination! were made unani
mous, the usual resolutions were adopted and the
convention adjourned.
New Flour.— The Charleston Courier says :
Ten barrels of new flour, from the Carmicheal Mills
of Augusta, Georgia, was received on Saturday
morning last, by the Railroad, consigned to Messrs.
E. Lafltte St. Co., of this city, was examined by
the Inspector and branded extra, after which the
same was shipped to NewTork by the steamship
Marion, which sailed on that morning.
The First Response to the action of the Louis
ville Convention has oeen made by the Americans
of Brooklyn, who have already taken steps fora
thorough re organization of the party, on the basis
adopted by that national body. The promptness ol
th 3 Kings county Americans is commendable, aud
worthy of imitation elsewhere.
The Franco-German Settlers in Virginia.—
A letter published in the Courier dee Etats Unis ol
Saturday, says the colonists sent out by the Franoo*
German Emigration company, whose principal set
tlement is at Wytheville, Virginia, are in a state ol
destitution and disorder. It concludes thus:
“The undersigned were formerly members of that
settlement, but were compelled to leave Wytheville
to escape destitution ; and we are now in K.ohinond,
awaiting the result of a process which we have in
stituted against the company in France, where our
complaints and depositions have been forwarded by
the French consul in Richmond.
Irish Emigration. —ln the British House of
Common* on a recent occasion, Mr. Bagwell asked
whether the government had received any informa
tion as to the reported continuance and increase ol
emigration from Iteland. Mr. Horsman said that
the government w’as In possession of very precise
and accurate information on the subject. In 1852
the number of emigrants from Irish ports was 190,-
322; in 1853 it was 173,148; in 1854, 140,555; in
1855, 91,914 ; and in 1850, V 0,781 ; showing ade
crease of 1,133 as compared with the previous year
and a decrease of 49,774 as compared with 1853
The population on the first of January of the pre
sent year was 6,047,498, against 6,0«/,283 ou the
first of January, 1856; and since the year 1821 the
population bad decreased by 754,334.
Fji.es bv MiCHiNEßr.—K<rr many years past,
skilled mechanics have exercised all their ingenuity
in trying to discover a process of manufacturing
files, sons to lessen the cost of production. Ama
chine, which has proved successful, is that invented
by a Mr. Koss, of Glasgow, Scotland. It instated
that, by its agency, files can be struck in a very
superior manner, with an advantage iti labor alone
of at least 300 per eent. over the old process of
striking. A skilled file cutter will strike by the
hand somewhere about twenty common 40 inch flat
bastard files in a day, while w ith one of these ma
chines, sixty files, it is said, may be struck in the
same time.
Cotton Rot. —We were shown yesterday, says
the Celumbus Sun of Friday morning, by a planter,
a number of stalks of the cotton plant, somewhat
younger than the average of the plant at this time
every stalk ol which had either loßt, or was losing
the tap root from rot. Otherwise the plant gave
evidence of health and vigor. On conversing with
planters, we hear similar complaints from many. In
some instances ther ay sos the fun is killing the
plant found in this condition. That whioh survives
without the tap root, if it bears at all, its fruit wil
be very limited in amount, diminutive in else, and
inferior in quality—at least such was our experience
in cotton culture.
An Eimriuektal Trip A< hoss ms Atlan
tic.—Mr. Charles R. Webb, of Stanford, Connecti
cut, has built a sloop rigged yaoht, forty-three feet
long and thirteen and a half feet beam, and of
twenty tons burthen, with which he Intends to run
over to Liverpool, and expects to reach there in
three week's time from starting. This is probably
the smallest craft that ever attempted such a feat In
navigation
The failure has been announced .from Liverpool,
of Mr. John Doherty, In ths American provision and
com trade. The liabilities are believed to amount
to about £IOO,OOO, and It is feared the assets are
smaH
CoxsTtfi* Trad*.—lt is said that the Secretary
oftheTre. sury will recommend the repeal of all
laws requiring the coasting trade to be cop ied on in
Amerioan ships. . n .
' Rxir.jtSAß CogsicTjotijs CoyxMßßs,—The pro
ject of eonneotin* the various railroads whioh ter
minale in the city of Columbus seems to be the all
engrossing toflie of discussion among the pitmens of
that place. A meeting was sailed for Wednesday
sveaing t« eeasider the peliepr es the eity.
Fxxale Dress. —A popular ant. or, who is nei
tber n cynicuor “monster" of any sort, says :
P r< '"ier, if sire did hut know it, in V
ertious nitn°of , fi ls frno,, ® f calico, than iri the incon- N
fit Ie of fi Idr . “ r « V W, ' ioh P '"- » with the
Wins the l.«n* c>| M ’V' y Hn UDmarri «d female fiist
wins the heart of her future husband in some simple
• won'ld ofo ' nR * U "T whi £ h ‘ if °"n»nl'c-d ab. ut, she
i would pronounce too cheap except (or m dinary
! wear, but which, by its accidental suitability to
1 figure face and carriage, idealri,- heryou‘l, won
derfully. If the sex would study taste in dress
more, and care less for costliness, they would have
unreason to regret it.”
This sentiment in fact seems (says the New Y’mk
Despatch) to be tho prevailing om- among all classes
ofihe male sex. From the artist, or the man of
wealth and leisure, down to those among the more
humble walks of life, all men prefer simplicity and
neatness in female altire lo gaudy show. Then
Why, the question may bo asked, do ladiesspend
whole life limes in doing nct'nng I ut ,'an new em
belbshments in the way if ,„ ue t ng time,
ini an , nml health, in ono never \ tiding and unna
tural struggle to invent an t pm upon their victim
ized persons Some newer and uvr ■ cm epiounus
absurdity, in the way of attire, w! c', el a i have fur
its recommendation only i. B , roposlerous i, utility 7
Hu* question b easily aneweuci m tin- curii uu fact
that women dreea fur one ui ot ur, not tor tho op
posite sex. To man, woman, let her dress as she
will, is ever an objeot of interest. 110 is ever in
clined to be toward her a lenient judge. But wo
ir.Rii toward woman is mtroiltss. She criticises
without stint, fear, or favor ; an 1 at one ghmeo she
can tßke in Ihe while of her sii til's toilette At
one glance her ekilltul end | raoti-e.l eye nukes an
inventory from bonnet to shoe iace, esti atn g t o
cost of each article with the qu . knest and nicety
of a retail dry-goods nnrcha.il s e ak. Nothing
escapes her, and only win n si o Cm s e\ try fashion
ably and elrgan'ly dressed lady i„ the con pany
where she may chance 'o he, a little ea < Xpi i sively
and elaborately dressed t' an hen el! is si e |, ( , f, ~||y
happy— ptrfectlY til her ci se. H. « i 1 aid , but
ladies, we appeal to you— to y.uir inner convictions
ot jour own motives 11 dll nu.htf—ls it not true ;
*. uo to a greater or less I xtent ?
The “Patcockof an amerikin Glntlimin."—
A Washington correspou In tof th Bn. ton Courier
relates the following anecdote :
“•Fred Butler’ is tic t-ure,- orof the famous
‘Mikey Fny.’ Mikey used to keep a saloon in the
| Capitol; bo knew all the members by name; their
i districts and their peculiarities. ‘Mi-illier Dawshon
! of Georgia’ he used to cliarneterize us the 'payoock
| of Amerikin gentlimin,’ because ‘after taking six
' Oyslora and a glass of brandy and watii.-r,' Mr.
j Dawson would blind M key a cold dollar, saying
•keep the change.’ This is whai Fov ca led tho
1 ‘paycook of all Amerikin gentlim'in.’ Butler, who
| knows every body of this generation, k eps a noioou
on Fourteenth street. Jl the party ‘lvealirg' he an
I office-seeker and the party treated it man ol'in
i flueuce llutler arks ti e i tfie • sn-her—Do vou
j want aU you ax for?' If the wink is in the affirma
tive, Fred Bu'ler gives the mm of influence a
i ‘stunner,’ which is sure tom-cure to the oflir, seeker
a very full hearing. This is an odd way of doing
things; but.it is witnln tin rout'd of dig oinncy."
Death op the Ui.de.-r noldiuu in the Army.
—Gen. John It. YValbooh, the oldest officer in the
United States Army, died at Ids r, siih no in Haiti
raoro, Wednesday night, in the 93 I year of h » age
after an illuc a of tin os days.
Gen. W , whs born nt Al.-aoo, on the R: ine, hi Oc
tober, 1761. At an early ago bo cnteioil th* Austrian
rorvice oh hussar, and w•.* in u.e eompMty appoint
ed to receive Louis XVI. at 11»«» frontii t when lie
made the utteiupt to Hot* from I* ranee, lie subse
quently jo ned the French army, at «i was detailed
to service with his regiment in tl -o West Indies.—-
Nearly the whole of the regiment died, and in 1796
ho came to this country, landing in l J hw:<i< lphia
Hit father was the posi-essor of a It;.'- ■ in!e in diia
country, located in the oity of Philadelphia and in
Virginia, and the eon, then a young man, dt ti niiiml
to study law. and ! >r that p«np :*e went into tho
office ot Alexander Hamilton in Now Y rk Having
fund no for tho lito of n soldier I„• applied for a
commission in the nrrav <f tin- Uni l -' -l Stales, and re
ceived one from Gm W « n.o n.
Tillow Fiver in South Amlrica.— -The fol
lowing is an extract from letter dated Montevideo,
| April 4th i
j “In the beginning of last month, the yellow fever
1 broke out in a most malignant form, und upwards of
I four hundred have already fallen victims lo tho
j disease which Ims spread over tin? city. It. emu
! meiiced in u part of tho town which had for some
j years past been the receptacle for all the ic.ttise of
I animal mutter thrown from the IJmi.icus, and which
had become a inuu of the most offensive cluiracter.
The place is nearly deserted, and all who can have
retired to the count re.”
; Washington Riot Verdict —The Intelligencer
l gives the following as the verdict of tho inquest on
| iho body of one of the persons killed on Monday
! week last:
The Jury summoned, sworn, and charged to in*
quire into the cause o f the death ot Cornelius 11.
Alston, “do say, upon their oaths, that the said
Cornelius 11. Alston came to his death by a gun-shot
wound received while standing peaceably hi d qui
etly at. tbs corner of Seventh B’l'eet, opposite the
Northern L berth s market , (ivc ntly I ia place of
business) trom a detaclmicut ot United Stu»« a Ma
rines, acting under the control of the Mayor of
Washington , and the jury do further find, hem tho
concurrent testimony of all the witnesses, that tho
tiring by the Marines was all subsequent to the ob
taining possession of the swivel. ’
.1 L. Hensh avv, Foreman.
Six of tho jurors were Democrats and seven were
Americans.
Cuicaoo and Canadian Teadi.— Although great
complaint has been made of the youreity of grain in
Illinois and other Western States, tho following
statement from the Chicago Press would seem to
indicate that there Is still “corn in Egypt i” .
During tho last month our exports to Canadian
ports alone amount to the sum of .f 121,T 8 79, ex
ceeding those of the same pei iod iii 1856 by $113,-
888 79. The amount of wheat exported during tho
same period—notwithstanding its scarcity in mar
ket—is 177,805 budiels, being an inorenHe over tho
same p eriod in 1850 of 1*26,810 bushels. In the or
t oleos flour, it will Im* found that we have export
ed to Canada during the la. i m- i,th 1, If\! bids , which
ii an increase over last, year’s exports of -1,087 bids.
Notwithstanding also that “there i n*» corn in th •
country,” it will be tound that we have been able
to spar*-our Canadian neighbor;* 115,*210 bushels,
being JO3 330 bushels more than wo scut them dur
ing the Bumo period last year. l’ho Fame ia true
with regard to provisions of all kinds.
Tbs. Sugar Question.— The N. Y. Times pie.
diets a fall in the price of sugar. Just row there is
a concerted movement among the speculators to
keep it up, but it will not avail:
“The prospects for a full crop are highly encour
aging. The high prices which have ruled the past
two years have stimulated production, while ticy
have oaused a diminution ol consumption, and the
natural consequences are increasing stocks und a
tendency to lower prices Besides the crop ot
Louisina promises to bo nearly four times greater
than it was last your, and the yield of maple *ugar
has been much larger than was ev«.r before kuowa."
Ti* Derby Race in England. —The last Re
lish papers contain full aocou its of the great Derby
race at Epsom, on the 27th u't. The London cor
respondent of the Philadelphia American writes :
The day was exceedingly fine, and not lees than
one hundred thousand persons were conveyed to
Epsom Downs, about sixteen inilef- t‘om London,
by rail, and every species of v< hide that can bo
imagined, from the peer’s splendid four-horse drag
down to a humble pony cart. The scenes along the
road and upon the downs are most remarkable, and
the sight immediately preceding, during and after
the race is run is not only intensely exciting but can
be imagined rather than described.
The winner of the stakes, out of a field of three
year old horses and mare numbering thirty, whs a
mares called “Blinkjßonny the value of the stakes
exceeds $30,000 ; the distance run is n mile and a
half, which is accomplished in a little over two
minutes. Thus fhiagfeat race, upon which hundreds
of thousands of pounds is pending, and which a bun
drep thousand persons, at consideral ptns nul ex
pense and Some risk, go to visit. enn-menciM and is
over, ms it were, in a breath. Th* H »u»e of P <rlia
■nent were closed on that day; little or nothing was
done on the stock exchange, and, in short, all per
sons who had the inclination and the means, | ut in
an appearance on the downs at some period of the
day.
Expedition Against the Sioux—A corre.-pou
dent of the Now Y-rJc P < st, writing from St. Paul,
Minnesota, says .
Orders have Just been received from Washington
for six companies of the 10th infantry, under the
command of Brevet Lieut. Co). Canby, to proceed
forthwith against the lower band of Docotah Bioux
at Spring Luke arid the Desmoines rettlement ; also
against the Joques river Indians, who are suspected
of being concerned in the recent outrages. It in the
intention ot Col. Canby to give the principal bands
of the Sioux to understand that they now are and
will be in futui%held responsible lor the conduct of
their renegades ; and must kei p them in subjection
themselves, ns they know beet lu»w to deal with
them, end when they escape into ravines, thickets,
or creeks, how to find them.
Approaching Extinction or the Irish Lan
guage.—A curious table, w Jch is given lor the first
time in the Irish census looks like an indication of
the approaching extinction of the Irish language.—
Less than five per cent‘of the p • pulatiou have re
turned themselves as ignorant of English, and not a
fourth of the who e are able to speak the original
language of their country.
Swiss Emigrants. —An industrial society of
S visa colonists advertise in the St Louis Democrat
t .at they are desirous of purchasing in some eligible
part of Missouri Twenty five thousand acres of land
aud have on hand a cash capital of more than a
hundred thousand dollars available for that pur
pose.
Calhoun Superior Court.— At the recent May
term. Judge Alleu presiding, the negro boys. Allied
and Barn, belonging to Win. 8 Hob, were tried for
tbe murder of their overseer, Mr. Walker, formerly
of Houston county. Alfred was found guilty of
murder, .'oad sentenced tube hung on the 3d day of
July next. The case against Sain, for the same of
fence, was continued until the next term. — Macon
Citizen.
The “Georgian & Democrat” state* that a por
tion ol Cobb county wad visit' d ou last Friday by a
very severe hail storm. Hail stones as large ns a
Guinea egg fell in some places, doing great damage
to the wheat crops over which it passed.
The Steamer Canadian—The cargo of the
steamship Canadian is all saved and forwarded to
Montreal and Quebec; the portion that was in her
lore compartment, chiefly diy goods, is dumeged.—
The vessel being very large, and a rock being
• hrough her bottom, it. will boa cosily job to get h* r
off. They are building a platform around h-r. and
•*team pumps have been brought down from Lvke
Ontario, and have gone to the steamer. The re
ports of the vessel being so badly injured are un
true. The interest of the Ift*w York underwriters
*on tbe cargo would not be $20,009, and ou tbe vea
tel nothing is insured in this country.
Great Leap. —Probably the greatest leap on re
cord was made at the Helena Shot Tower, Wiscon
sin, some time ago. Ahorse, twelve years old,
jumped from the bank ove• a perpendicular preci
pice of one hundred and eighty fret into t‘;e river
below, and came out safe and sound, after swimming
nearly half a mil© to a suitable landing place. The
water at the point where the leap was made was
from twenty to twenty-five feet deep.
Mysterious Disappearance—Col. Wru. Ash,
of Franklin county, in this State, left home in Janu
ary last, for Kentucky, with three thousand dollars,
to pureoase mules. When last heard from he was
at Smith’s Landing, near Nashville, aud it is feared
he has been murdered for his money. Col. A. has
represented his county for a number of years in the
General Assembly of the State.— Sav. Hep. 13 th.
Mr. Charles S. Venable, recently Professor of Na
tural Philosophy and Chemistry in Franklin College,
has been elected to tbe chair of Mathematics, in the
SyupdicoLCollege at.LaGrange Tennessee.
Dr. W. C. Ravenel, of Charleston, has been np
painted Pprt Physioiao In the place of the late Dr
Thomas Y-Simous.
Hail Storm.—W© learn that a bail-storm, about
a half mile in width, passed through the western
portiou of Hall county, u few days since which
did great damage to the wheat erops and gardens,
—Smkionega Gt garni.