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Waihihotoh, Jbh« 15,
Sir On the Ist of Msv l-,et I entered into acor
* « wi. Coowahr Davi*. of the United
t > "VVU.I. Urn town of
. ~ .i., r \ of Nicaragua. Justice to
; n} . and 1 ovtui Qbief Eiwuttve, n--
W ' Mine to communicate to vour Excellency the
* . Tu-rm wl'di attended this convention. —
oircurii* a.. _ h4t t ~ eTes t ( which ted to the agree
, 1 iavi» aad myself may
I 1.-g leave ts) narrate
i- i eta connected with my preeeoee and nulho
unne .«'>* which have net cr been properly
‘‘V ’ d Government of the United State*
v " i'. , : ol May. K.l, afi w exne* from Ni
J,Vu; TJaJ in f I- ¥ «
i
‘"’ll . ( „ eluw wae the bead. It soon be
Iyoii t raucw E C , t j,al, although the vaot
oarr.c *»pP «>! NU»Mfa*J u * w©r© frieodly b>
' n ‘y ikely fa> tall through want of
.n, '*“* *' • oVgauiiation. Uasfellon,
pioperui |[le —I woe then residing in San
w' r *cirf’ (■ intrant authorizing me to raise three
1 .Cl lie .IT the serviced the Provisional Gov
iiu fC- • ij.. couiraci I r«j»rot©d» beeauae ii wa«
act Ot Uun.-Mes ot ISIS . ai d I Rent
f"": .he agent employed by Castefiou, with inwruc
ui of -re. ts gZbfa. a grant of
' afftf« obtained ,
'A it l ehowed it to the Uni-
h j r . r thero district
U<2 8t « ol9tnel at * _ al f . olli ixiandiiJ>c
Pe'.ine u .I*l m. eidect,under the neuirah;
UoLH>|>« ITvCi «ue i i ’||| inf ,ue
< ty act ! ISIS li:l 11 ' H tmet "not Oi.iy without
I that I ■d •- "•"■"• out with the •'»
fear ol i let.*• °n ‘ ejj (Jl , a.l is their now
preaa Jiaruraoce tha. t *v> Not only did 1 aail
. ar to forward the appr „ D lion and well
frem «*'• authorities, but the Ame
w;( ie» of » - V ‘ K ’ revenue-cutter then in port,
rice-, .a-ntn*. r ” (<jr t h E vessel a* »be *«. tow
bvtaaiiy oc-idt 1 .
od oato f tueharb.r my fßn„w-colo
- x d M citizens ol
ni«i« Wt '« • h . ntfes-ary for us to use
h «*•*“*> a „"J- L;. „i the nghu we hard acquired
t our U.-J4* .U dtp (government It wa. anon
| oo<i tr . «»„,( the pres-nce of the A flier*
.'«» w«» n‘d scoeptabie to hd the
~it •• .. and £ tln-relnre informed the
. ‘ r ' i ~'T, tor t .’at if our co-operation whs to-
I P"" . .e and proenet-U we would ,willing_
- ur -",‘’ ' I-county. Hut Castellrm insisted
V'V," ,'ois were the only hope for the l*etn
...if f.t Nicaragua, hut nf aiMftmtra!
* f a and n. begge.l with fervency and perse-
A . -1 „we* ■a ii not think <il abandoning him
' “ I.,nv Thoa appealed to and heeouglil,
iu ... , g„ which ended in a peace
Z “;2n u"f
“ , I. Itl e American inilueuce was chiefly in
f umet.f in w'.hieving the treaty ol the Ski Octo
fi -f* irrulv of the «3d October the Old Legili
-1 i inenl r euized tlit> rights ot the Arner
!?lv« mit'iriilizMi in Swiini«UAunder ta« from
k Uovcruincut. Amlin order to Tea
..nni'u sad, the excesses of the
' .n'm, if ..1.-M by their success, they
d ttuit I sUould ie:am coiuuiaiid ol the tririy
*ff! C inter the inauguration of the Provisional
President, under the tr-aty of the SU October, one
, , .-.-u i was in i i .-lilted as
Minister to the I mb-d States. An American was
, . t ..,, |,„ tn- I'nivl.-ton.il President, at the sug
gestkra of members of h•» Cubmet—all natives of
Nmaiagua—'hat such a person wouid he more ac
... nn.lm, in the United States, from his knowledge
of he language and laws of the country to wUoh fce
wae rent Pufortunately for Nicaragua audloi
i cnira! America this Minister was not received by
the Government ot the United States.
Ab, ut tho time the news of the refusal on the part
oftiic | p ii -1 .-.I si «> ■ S to recognise the Nicaraguan
Minister reached Granada, General Cabanas was
aoulylug to the Provisional Government fur essis
lance to le sin h sautbority in Honduras. 1 opposed
th» ladutyTau t endeavored to impress on the Uov
e.rnutent il.al tho first necessity ol Nicaragua was
[, a. liiatei dot uiakii g war on iloudurus, I sag
g, , , th„ propriety ol sending notes to the other
stai. »'d C'. iTal America, declaring our peaceful
intentions mid soliciting Inendiy intercourse. ) hose
Sligo,-Stions prevailed with the Provisional Prt-si
,l*-nt but were not palatable to the Minister of ite-
Imioii , i>.lll Maximo Jerez, who resigned in conse
quence of tho peaceful policy pursued by the Gov
«rmnent. . . , . , ...
In me meant!mft decree* had been isßued inviting
emigration to Nicaragua, offering grants of laud,
and other privileges I,.such ns took up their rem
denes in the Slal ). Under these decrees a large
number ot American* and oilier foreigners euugra
t4?d ( u Nicaragua and extensive interests wercac
uuired by them m the country.
A- sneii, how,: vi r, ns the other States of Central
A.ncin a lit revived the policy of lhe United Stales
iJoverumeni they entered into a league for the ex
,l ilmon „’l the Americans from Nicaragua. On lhe
i|, ir , i , I S.jT, ( usta itica declared war, not
uealnst N icnramm, but against u eel tain class ot
rt-ni'l-ut t!u;re ( and accompanied this de
. . - .ill to the age
urn! revolting t<* civilisation. Costa Rica invaded
our territory, and was repelled by tho courage of
the natural.z *d Americana.
But i'-ou after lie* enemy retired it became ap-
Oftrc.il (iiat I but Maximo Jerez—who had, for Ins
UWa | >u , ( . .-t, entered the cabinet of the Pro
;■ . • ■■ -.mi ting und< i the deft at
, nspiring with oon Pa
pivurt to j 'ui tho <nher States in their oppoai-
I | uericai • Thia v. .i bo palpabk that,
in tho v i.fiiyji tbr President in June last, t became a
n lidrt • betoie the people,and was elected by a
Urge m j >my. The it rent object ion urged against
my elecliou was that l was not H native of Nicaru
•«iik li.eoei.rtt lulioiiof 1?5.»t, however, required
no such (putlilit ai ion; and l>on Fruto Chamorro
him** It wes a native of Guatemala. As the office
ot pre Jdfcnt was not known iu the oonstitutioo of
it is dear that the qualffioations for the office
w. iu'to bo tued by t e oolisMiutlou of 1854, winch
cl ot at -i -mb a chief exeeutire.
jJiUy to the /finer.cans who had been invited to
Ni' iiiu, till r. quiud me to accept lhe place of Pr. il
dmt no malt«r bow anxious i might bo to escape
its labors and rtapousibilitits. iheir interests were
to mv « yrn above and beyond ull other* ; for ou
tii. iu I vi illy believe the welfare of the win. lo coun
trv. i ?»* ilfi utility i*> all the civilized nations of the
wtb, depend.
It i» in,i .. snry fur me to recapitulate the events
Ol tb- irnggleln N.c iragua tor the lost year. You,
a. ill m i.Hiere, ill" fiminar willi tlie dangers
(>,, v,!, ch Ice Anieriihuh nulmn'ized in Nieara
| id. Yi u know whether or uot they
havt tut tuiiivd ti.e ancient fame of their race for
, laid faith. You kuow box they have
in.’ lhe opeu foe ami the linking pestilence willi
tit>. ti-.i 14 I ul a si cse of duly and jusrice to su tain
tb in iu ili l:,,ur ol trial. Alone m the world, unre
cugnized by lhe Government to which they nalu
rally locked lor svuipulfiy end countenance, Hu y
I t'o l till •!.own Uiat they knew how to die ill de
, |j a, quireo and attempted to be
viv. i, .i ii 'in i ii,-m by v ioteuco and fraud. It inere
!v i, ii e m>» "to state how the evacuation of
Aivas WHS elf clcd, ami how the Americans iu Nica
ragua became sides irom the laud of their adop-
U;> tli- i -if March last the til ie<i force ot Costs
... i li, .Sim .Salvador mid Honduras
, ii , i,i.da on the town of Uivtu), where
tb» uiatti • n ..f ti e army of Nicaragua was sito- !
ate: . ai d , ~ .he mottling of the -ltd they made a
e, er ; -.'.li, wti'u a was repulsed with great loss
on tie* t t o! t:ic enemy. Afterwards they at
templed t. n.\«:-t the town, liut never tutlyeuo
oetd- d, ot. toeounlof the vast force required for
at.oo a.i Hu,., ‘ in h i the 11th of April they
atfi-iua-iaoitlted Kivas, but were driven back with
vt u nioi * toss than on the ‘-'ltd of March. In order
tv show how tiio enemy was ledaced after the 11th
ot triil 1 tie, <t otilv state that ou the evening of
tostdar e.Mfglo Otiu . r, accompanied b\ a native
11 \ mil, on- , J out ol ltivas and went down to San
t Juan di'l Sur. lie there received the letters sent
to me tVoiii New Vork hy the steamer of the doth of
Ma ch olid lirought them to Utvaeon the morning
of the 13th ot Aptil. l ids fact, let me say, was
hr.ow nto commander Davis.
From the 23d of Mnreh until the 23d of April I
knew that Commander Davis was in correspon
dence with the allies concerning the state of the
[ force in Ktvai*. Iki■ tv tiiat he was receiving in
formation from them calculated to mislead him in
rein ion to my p. sifon Mi l prt spects. Hut Coat
tn • „ier Davis war, in thomeanwhile,making such
i, -t-, -t-.iof. of friendship for his countrymen m Xi-<
oi n gua that 1 was din poet d to attiihute his <• nduot
to an over-anxiety lor the garrisou at Rivas. On
the 23d of April, however, circumstances occurred
which led nte to doubt the sincerity of his protesta
tions.
Ou tiiat dav the second lieutenant of the S'.
Mans Lieut Houston, he unpannd by unou-com
missioitrd ofticer of marines, came into Kivns for
the purpose of conducting the women —both Ameri
ra*is ana native—from that plane to San Juan de
Sur. \Vtitle ill the town Lieut. Houston expressed
his great surprise at the good condition of the gam
mid i t tin r-pait of cheerful confidence which
pervaded" the olii. era and men. Hut, during bis
ures. nee he and the soldier of mar ues with him
I-a'c iittormalic.il to the garrison calculated to di
n-in eh ihe courage of the command. I'iiese acts,
i ality, w -
lain n cf an ord. r t'V me Unit the soldier ot marines
»t. not to repeal iti Rivas any of the reports circu
lated bv the . it-utv in San Juan del Sur. The efleet
of Lieutenant Houston’s visit was apparent, trom
the oes, vt ions which immediately followed it.
Another circimudiuictJ occurred during Lieut.
If oust c* .'s Stay .u Rivas to which 1 afterwards
lea ti .1 to attach importance. That officer inform
cd on lie was ordered iy Commander Davis to tell
me that attv ooium.uiieation I desired to make to
Mr. C. J M.todouah.. agent of Messrs Oanison,
More-an A S ... . u V- tie made under enclosure
to Lap* Davis hiumelf. Although I felt such an
offer was a departure from duty on the past of a
ITuit. d S at.w . ffi.'er. 1 did not hesitate to take
advantage of the offer. 1 informed Lieut. Houston
that l tilt u I Ucaiie to write to Mr. Macdonald t but
that he might sa\ to Commander Davis from me—
hm) ■ ■ • oom
mnnicsted to Mr. Macdonald, that 1 ecusivicred my
poeiiiona Bfr aimpregnal to tho force at tho
diopowd <»f tht-eiu?i»v. as long as my provisions
In sled ; that, it Col. I»ckruige did not jv»in mo in
Rivas by the lime iny co.i.niinary stores were
exhausted, l would abandon the place and join ihe
force ou the San »uau river; and that 1 considered
uivfreif entirely able end competent lo carry out
r-’ch a movement. When 1 learned alter wards
that this meesage was never delivered to Mr.
Macdonald, I was forced to consider Commander
Davie’s offer and cilo t to draw trom me a declara
tion which be might afterwards turn to my di*ad-
V *AtteTthe visit of Lieut. Houston I iieaid no more
from Counnanih-r Dav is until the 3thof April,
wbtu two ai M-de-camp from the enemy came uu
j A i> ,i» o» ?• |j, • vim a letter from that office to
nivsvli* The kitcr proposed that 1 should abandon
E;v&* ami go .sfeoaru of the St Mary’s to Panama,
Co n. Davh* undertaking to guarauty my personal
safety Ah o’ith th ; s proju situ»n was eitremely
offensive in*inuatirg, as it tiid, that my personal
ggf. t v s 1-Tt ii• t. ,onor and disuity ot the ®ov
erii nim . < »:. clt 1 w .is the Execunve.might prove
s deUrmitali..:. circumstance 10 a military couven
lion— I replit . that the proposititiou was vague.
at.,l ss; _ -lei! hie reining into Rivas, and a person
alc II esc. - * we, nus I only submitted to .he
mertifi-atioii « a:.»wrt.sqs such a letter on the sup
position that C Davis miebt nave intvr
nation l aid uor . Hi d which might justify
the »b *U • aam r, of l s o&r.
Hr aaawcrc-a by :: g that he was sorry l found
bts proposition vague; that he proposed * 1 should
a ban dr a the enterprise and leave the country;”
ti.K- I Lodi
ing left the Saa Jaar river: and finally, that he had
BXttiarely ooutcdeied the invitation to e ter Rivas.
Sti” tSwii litci-atci ufirrtttvcdij not to take su<th a
step
Ihe tone of thit note was, ft possible, more offen*
«. .ban that of .00 first ; and the use ot the word
»• ' c . ‘ > • ; :
which Cottiinan«ier Davis had studiousbr tu kuow
}e\:*d by addr a»rgin« as ‘ PrtSJdtm” but a few
vritikH st*n-.dtd strangely dtsccruaat.—
g..
ts- Bt . duhn ?i »-r— the tn&t news I had of tins
event- ] t op**d to answer the offensive note by
' proposing to send two officers-—Gen. Uenniugeeu
L\\ a c~t ' meet Oe nmander Davis, pro
virv d they had case cei uuet from the allied General.
answer < -yie, et < siug the required safe
©or.duet ; ai*o t ;io S"’ r was, 111 1 licet, that Gcu.
and C«*! v Wa!as» sheuli proceed at
c rs oft! e ailic s, aa l.oxnmar.d
ex D..v,«e i< - rv i.-n* required his speeffy refuru
ic''an J'jau d«l 1 was surprieadio
the body -i the " ‘-ess thehandwrinug of Oenerel
Jittiaiß—one U.-lulsoi the n-hed force* who
SD kc i :d wri’t i>»*—and to u-.d that such a
£ T ,*. j, , j *r pi »krfc-fd neural.
For trniit ns4E * d between Gen. Hetmiiigno acd
f\-\ \\ r , *r'■ Lii i I r«.'fer you to
|j . * ’:'J
vltlVi I * W
m* lo er.pgest that the cr»iwßsulion itaeif i* the best
v Vidyactt tie ftiiny in Biyus wfi* on the eve of
I destruction or dissolution. If lhe peril to my ooro-
I n end was as great as has been puMidy repra*®" '
! ed. the allies never wouid hate P*™d<u4
! evacuate the place, uot only m safety*
In his interview with Gen. Henntcgsem '
: munder Davis had expressed his this
minanon to seize the schooner Granau*. .
! had been a determining
j signing the abuar(i ttie §,.
i prised, on the morning alter 1 ,nn«e Hat I
W., lo
ty f-Mhe use of force This 1 rejected. II- U»*n
1 roll Bed 1 should deliver lhe vessel on condition he
the ammunition on board of her. I re
o ied )„.*. a rag or a splinter should be given up, ex
cent to aii overwhelming force ; for the honor of the
htt.e veaael was in her hull and rigging and in the
liftgehe lure, and, in ooiiiparison witnthte, the va.ue
ot the properly aboard her was mere drose. Neeo
I express surprise li.at a United States navai otitce
should make So dishonorable a proposition ■
k,riding that Commander Davis appeared U> “es -
tate in tf.e execution ot what he had d*
detenuination, i --ud.-avore
Vince him of tne gross wrong and ..jury he womd
commit by Ine seizure of lhe Granada,
vored to satisfy him he bad no right to quee *on the
flag ot ts e schooner white she lay in tne port of San
j that while there she was within the temlory
wo.d j W. gh What I ha.l said and see me again on
ri,e -uhTec-f, hut, WI hou» any further conv-reation,
he gave written orders to Ins brel lieutenant U, seize
th»* Granada by fuicc 'Lb* ord*r wa* execuLed
T‘ie first li*u:eiiau? boarded the Granada with a
H-naJl fore- Capt. Fayaiosz,ot tbe Granada, beat
?(| q Uar tc-r«. LteuL 31 vary endeavored to persuade
Capt. i’ayttßOUX to give up Ui* ai ding, in
hc*- ,'rdauoe with his inatructions, that it wouid be
m jiccordance with the Riva* csoavention. Capt.
l» , ayto»oux aaid hito order* were not to deliver the
Bctiooner uuletoß to an overwhelming force. Lieut.
Maury returned to the Bt. Mary** and informed me
that he intended to take the Granada, arid if I de
mred to nave the ekunion of Wood i ehould give an
order to deliver her to him. He then brought ins
broadside of *: veu guns to hear on the sch.ioner
manned his small boats with one hundred men, and
came to me lor the order ; winch was of course
viven Soon offer 1 had the mortification U> Bee
Vue Nicaraguan Hag hauled dowu and the American
Hag hoisted. Indignation as an oflicor ot Nicaragua
the lowering of iu Hog was sMlied by oliame as a
native of the United Stales at seeing Its glorious
eii'.gn disgraced by covering an actot perndj and
1 t,s icaye to beg your special consideration of
the fact that L eut. Maury applied to we for aD or
der to Cant. Kayssoux. This was an aoknowiedg
went that Capt kayssoux was st.fi an officer of the
Government of wiiu-h I was the Executive.
llut the dignity and honor of Nicaragua had not
been sufficiently degraded by having her owm fiag
lowered in her own jM-rt. ft su xeserved for C°m
niij-r lie vis to complete a senes of insults, by
i‘vhvering the Granada, with ali her armament and
equipments, to an alien enemy.
Nor did th« fapstiUty of the United States naval
officers cease ou our 'departure lro)n San Juan del
Nur Un the arrival of lhe St. Mary’s a, Panama,
Commodore Mervine kept me and the sixteen offi
cer- with me prisoners ■ u the sloop. He would not
hermit us to bind or hold communication with the
•Jkore Even my letters frem the United Statea
w ere aent back to the «hore ; and when I requested
to send aboard the California ateamer m order to
inquire for letter* l expected, tne Commodore re
plied he weulu fleud ope pf hi* own opipers to in
quire for my letter*. I protested tliat l had gone
aboard the St. Mary’s a* an officer, with my award
on, and not i* a prisoner ; but the Commodore re
plied that the New Granada Government had pub
buhad a decree forbidding any one lately engaged in
tliH Central American war to land at Panama uuleau
upon conditions. An Auieiioan citizen at
after wards assured me that the Governor of the
place remarked there would have been no difficulty
about my landing if the application for it had been
made.
Such, sir, is a faithful history of the means which
have been used to exile the Americuiis naturalized
in Nicaragua from the country for which they have
spilt their blood and risked then: lives. For the land of
their adoption they left the ea and comfort of
1. un-a endeared to them by many a tender tie and
many „ (glorious recollection. Due thousand Ainp
rloans Lave perished in order to secure the lands and
prii ili'ipts promised them iu Nicarenua. Tueir heirs
H’c, for tho most part, citizens of the United States ;
nnj' I leave it to your wisdom to deoide whether
il is rip lit. or politic that such interests should be
cndaiiijejed, it not sacrificed, by the acts, either au
thorized or unauthorized, of American officers.
But, whatever your wisdom may decide in rela
tion to lhe policy of suoh conduct, I know the ius
lice of the Government your Excellency so worthily
controls will not fail to raise up the honor of Nica
ragua, wounded by the seizure of her own vessel in
her own poll, aud by its delivery to a foreign foe.
I know you wilt not, with impunity, permit the
so rereiguty o( a sister Republic tube violated sim
ply because she is weak. With full confidence, I
trust lor such acts and declarations, on the part of
Tim Government of the United Slates, as will en
tirely clear it. fioue any participation in the insults
and depredation which Nicaragua bus received at
the hands of American officers.
I have the honor to bo, your most ob’t Bcrv’t,
W'm. Walker.
To tiis Excellency James Buchanan. President of
tho United States.
The Son Forever in the Meridian.—Profes
oor fckmtag, Astronomer t;> the “Grinned Expedi
tion,” in his narrative says—“Ah ti e laud adjacent
to the pole i < all ten a incognita, it ia imp' s-ible to
hay what additions to the stores «*f natural science
n visiter to those regions might be able to make.
Certain it fa. Mbwever, that a new and wide field
would be opened for investigation. Everything
there would be novel ; and that, circumstance alone
would be well calculated to stimulate his at eiitive
faculties. The difficulties which would present
themselves to the investigator limy be appreciated
at home ; but they would be greater or less, accord
ing to circumstances of which we know nothing.—
We know not, for example, whether the pole is co
vered with open water or icy sea, or dry land j nor
do wo know which of these three conditioi s would
be most favorable for investigation. It may be pre
sumed, however, that an open sea would be, in seve
ral respects, the most disadvantageous. In the first
place, it would, in all probability, be so deep that
the ship would be unable to anchor; aud the cur
rent might be too strong to permit her to keep sta
tionary long enough to make accurate observations.
In the second place, if she could not maintain her
position steadily atone point, the commander would
experience a new embarrassment, viz : as every
meridian must extend Southwardly, he would be apt
t»» lose that on which he approached the pole—and,
consequently, he would be at a loss how to shape his
course homeward.
The occurrence of this strange difficulty will natu
rally present itself as one among many novel phe
nomena which will arrest the ad venturer’s attention,
and the following observations would probably oc
cur to him on the spot The time of day (to use
that phraseology for want of any other that would
be more appropriate) would no longer bo marked
by any apparent change in the attitude of the «un
above the horizon ; because to a spectator at the
pole no such c tange would appear, except to tho
small amount of the daily change of the declination.
Thus, not only to the eye, but a'so for the practical
purpose of obtaining the time by agronomical ob
m rvH ion, the sun would appear throughout the
twenty-four hours neither to rise nor fall, but to de
scribe a circle round the heavens parallel with the
Ik nzon Then lore, the usual imufe of ascertaining
the time would utterly fail; and, indeed, however
startling may be tho assertion, it is nevertheless
true, that time or the natural di tinotion of time
would be no more. This will appear from the con
sideration that the idea of apparent time refers only
to the pai tit ular meridian on which an observer
happens to be placed; and is marked or determined
only b> the distance of tho sun, or s->nie other heav
enly body, from that meridian. Now as an ob
server at the pole is on no one meridian, but is sta
tioned at a point where all me. idians meet, it is
evid« at “apparent time” for him has no exist
ence
L1 aom the Upper Missouri. —The efearner
St. \1 arrived yesterday from Fort Katidali, on
tho l yper Missouri, which point she loft ou the sth
ot the present month. She brought down about
twenty pass* ngers among them Sir George Gore,
a British nobleman, who has been some years en
gnged in buiralo and bear hunting in the Cix»w
country. Sir George is accompanied by a suite
consisting of some eight persons, and brings down
with him a large collection of bear, deer and buf
falo nkii's, ana other valuable furs, besides a beau
tiful Indian dog. Sir George, it may be remem
bered, fitted out this expedition in St. Louis about
tliroe years ago. During his absence he has killed
a large number of buffaloes ?uid oilier game, And at
tiir.ee has had iu his employ as many as forty two
persons. The hunters oft his party were furnished
with ns many as six horses each.
Sir George reports the condition of the Indian
country on tho Upper Missouri as very unsettled
and precarious. Iu cousequeuoe of the troops hav
ing been withdrawn from Fort Uandall and Fort
L.>ok out, the ludiaus iu that region have assumed
a hostile and menacing attitude towards the whites
which has had the effect of frightenii g the old tra
ders, who are rapidly vaentiug tiiat country. A
party had gone from Fort Kand&U to co operate
with a number of troops who had marched against
the San tees, a large and powerful band of Si ux
who were committing murder and every atrocity
against the whites.
Never wrs the region of the higher Missouri in a
worse condition as respects the ludiaus, aud it
would not be astonishing if before many W3
should receive the news of a general Indian war
from ;he mouth of the Yellow Stone to tho head
w ters of the Missouri.
Sir George Gore will probably remain for some
days in St. Liuis previous to his return to Great
Britain. His experience of the wild life of the
mountains and the plans has imparted to hi”' some
what of the sun burnt hue of the trapper; aud his
unpretentious aud most affable demeanor partakes
largely of wh t on this side of the Atlautic we un
derstand as social democracy.— St. Ixn*is Demo
crat, 13/A.
Extraorpin art Phenomenon. —On Saturday
afternoon, about five o’clock, a strong current of
air passed through a portion of this county, and cat
up some strange freaks. It commenced at Maria
\ iiie. laying the apple orchard of the widow Frost
in desolation. passing into Bradshaw's woods it
twisted off hickory trees a foot through the trunk,
and pine trees two feet in diameter. The next we
hear of it is at Samuel McMillius. w here it blew
down trees, removed stone wails, and carried away
fence rails, so that they have not since been heard
from
Hiohanl D. Bond, living near east, had bis barn,
and shed adjoining the barn, demolished, an i a val
uable btrse killed by tbs roof ©f~the Wood-shed,
which was lifted entirely off. The effects are visi
ble for about hah' a u’i’e further east, where its force
appears to have been spe»t. The course of the
storm was from west to east. We had up wind at
the time in this city, aud so far a j we can learn, the
damage was entirely confined to a narrow strip of
ahour nve miles in length and a quarter of a mile
in w lath. V or so severe a hurricane it is remarka
ninf \ been confined so narrow
'
• . 'k ' „ tCdt ‘' •-net must have strui k alight
nee?rtd* n'M/* U town of Ganesburgh.—^cAe
***,l* r r?I r if^wT l V l ° 4 \ Juiie 16 ~The bov War
to^iv tte fcohttyier phenomenon, expired
Waki.no r? the Wrong Passisger Las'
week there was quite an excitement \ Q G ur town
resulting irom the visit of an Augusta policeman'
armed with tbe proclamation of she c £
South CnroHna. offering a reward of S3OO, f, r
the detection of one Augustus P. Pryor, for the mar*,
der ofa cit’zen cf that State, who had been con
demned to be Lung and had made Li* escape by
breaking Jari before the officers of the law got a
chance et his neck. Said policeman eeixed upon a
young man who had bren living in o~r community
a \t.ar perhaps, by the name of Murphy and charg
ed him wi;h being Pryor, the escaped convict. Mut
phy protested that ho was not the man. but the po
lineman held on He whs carried before a Magi*
trate who committed him to Richmond JaiL Tho
tide was all the w hile against Murphey, the oitiseea
be iavivg him the guilty person. So much may be
taken as tbe result oi previous character. Had he
b* » n a quiet, unoffending c.tisen tl e testimony ad
duced would not have beeu sufficient to convict
" r would the citizen* have ai'owed bis be
it-g carried off upon *uch testimony M ..rp‘ y went
iu/.i. :us=ta whore Piyi.*- was wv;l knoWn and no
i,' *)** w .P? ’ here and he whs forthwith released.
. ; . _ t f rnt lm ®ed:ately t,» flu* place ard wqpt to
i.,,T’I k i,' k •i‘ < of liquor aa.i
urvii.ti r and to reehewtiowie Knives aud
A ;■;••• * : I.V.- km tacit ten
thv fir I ini' V?, V ■ 7 ’ a f - e!,c K of sympa
Hit iorl.ni Vi r t >...» save be intends to leave off
Ins . a m l and revs ,s.habi-«: if so, lie will find
*' ' ■ i”! 1 * h « °V • “4“ »>’ Rud , M» i"P to Aliens;a
« suit u it,.- b»neUt instead -of ntjnry, provided
ne »in Oe true to ms piotntse oi retormation. dan
der.eUie Gcorfitnn
Ci it v ro A'i.kica.— seu cotton from En
‘K1 * e TTriited States, may be said to belike
«•'. >' ■ ' ai* to Newcastle.' bat so it is—that
E-.- i 1 i nt.ni La* been eoiered es pet Liver
(K Cusu n.'s But of Entry, in April and Mav last,
to lie e.xu tit oi eeveia! hundred bale*, for exporta
tion .o New Vork and Busts:..— iMe.-pr*! Ttmm
From the Charleston Mercur9.
Gov. Wnlker’ii Addrem to the People of Kan-
We have received from Lecompton, Kanaai*,
the inaugural Addreee of Governor Walker. It
covers the whole broadside of an ordinary newspa
per Os course, it is unprofitable to publish it en
tire but we propose to give our reader* a few ex
tracts and to inform them of its positions. There
are eeveral points of the address upon which we
shall probably dwell at some length. To day, we
will consider the m*jst important of th m—the sub
mission of the Constitution, alter being adopted by
the Convention of Kansas, to the people for ratifi
(Mitioa.
Gov. Walker begins his disquisition on the fonna
tion of the Convection with very sound doctrines.
Ilwsays: . .^xau
4:The people of Kansas then are invited by the
highest authority known to the Constitution, to par-
Ticipii-fc freely and fairly in the election of Oelegate*
to frame a Constitution and State government.^l he
Uw hao performed its entire appropriate function,
when it extends to the people the right of suffrage ;
but it cannot compel the performance of that duty.
Throughout our whole Union, however, and wcer
ever Ire© government prevail, th«>ee who abiitaio
from the exercise of the right of suffrage, authorize
those who do vote to act for them m that contin
gency, and the absentees are as much bound under
the law and Constitution, where there is no fraud or
violence, by the act of the majority of those who do
vote, as 'although all had participated in the
election. Otherwiie, a* voting must be voluntary,
self government would be impracticable, and
monarchy or despotism wouid remain os the only
alternative.”
Here, then.it is affirmed, that when the opportu
nity is given to the people to vote at elections, thoee
who refuse to do so, authorize those who do to act
for them. If, therefore, any of the people of Kansas
shall refute to vote at the approaching election for
it-presentatives to the Convention, the Kepreaeu
tatfves elected are just as much their Representa
tive* a* if they had voted forthem. This is undoubt
edly true. Those who do not vote are exactly in
the same position as these who do, who have been
defeated in the election They are considered as s
part of the minority, and the Kepresentat vs elec
ted is the Representative of all the people—the ma
j rity as well a 3 the minority. Thus all the people
in the Convention are represented, and the Ootrvon-
tion 11 the people.
But if these positions be correct, upon what
ground shall the Conititution thus adopted by the
people iu Conveution, be submitted to the people
again at the polls for their action 7 AU the people,
according to his own views, have been fairly repre
sented, and have acted in Convention' Is not their
action authoritative and conclusive. Shall they ap
peal from themselves to themselves ? Gen. Walker
is a native of Pennsylvania. lie emigrated to Mis
sissippi, and represented that State iu IbeSen-te of
of the United States. He ig pow a citizen of Penn
sylvania again. Neither the Constitution of his na
tive State, Pennsylvania, nor that of his temporari
ly adopted State, Mississippi, was ever submitted to
the people for ratification alter being adopted in
Convention. Yet, iu bis very next sentence, he vir
tually slanders both of thesp S,ti*te«,
"You should not console yourseives, my fellow
citizens, with the reflection that you may, by a sub
sequent vote, defeat the ratification of the Constitu
tion. Although most anxious to secure to yon the
exercise of that great constitutional' right, and be
lieviug that the Convention 1§ tee servant, and not
the mastei of the people, yet I have uo power to
dictate the proceeding* of that body, f cannot
doubt, however, the course they will adopt on this
subject. But why incur the hazard us the prelimi
nary formation of a Constitution by a minority, as al
leged by you, when a majority, by their owii votes,
could control the forming of that instrument.”
litre he asserts that the submission of the Con
stitution for ratification at the polls, « ‘<a great con
stitutional right,’* lor “the Convention is the ser
vant* not the roaster of the people.” Pennsylva
nia and Mississippi, therefore, in not submitting the
ratification of their Constitutions to the people at
the polls, violated “a great constitutional right,”
aud usurped a mastery oyer the pep pie. What is a
Constitution ? !Jt is only a law made by the people.
Nothing wore—nothing less. Why should this law,
more than any other law, be submitted to the peo
ple for their ratification at the polls T Are any
other laws so submitted to them tor- ratification l
And throughout the whole Confederacy, are not all
the laws daily passed by the State Legislature, ;
passed finally without any reference to the people
at the polls ! If the legislators iu our State Legis
latures are the servants of the people, they are their
deputed servants, whose..acts are conclusive and
final. Why should not the members of a Conven
tion, elected without any restriction on their power,
have the same authority ? The truth is, there are
reasons why the acts of a Convent on should be
conclusive, which do uot apply to a State Legisla
ture. A Legislature is a body removed from the
people immediately. It is constituted and restrict
ed under a law previously existing. Hut a Con
vention is the people themselves—clothed with the
whole sovereignty of the country—above all laws,
and tilts great source of all laws. Gov. Walker
reiterate Am* opinions on this point in the following
words .
“Indeed, I cannot doubt that the Convention, af
ter having framed a State Constitution, will submit
it for ratification or rejection, by a majority of the
then actual bum fide resident settlers of Kansas.
“With these views, well known to the President
and Cabinet, aud approved by them, I accepted the
appointment of Governor of Kansas. My instruc
tions from the President, through the Secretary of
State, under date of the 30th of March last, sustain
‘lke regular legislature of the TeHitory' in ‘as
sembling a Convi niton to form a Constitution ’ and
they express the opinion of the President, that ‘when
s"cha Constitution shall be submitted to the people
of the Territory , they must be protected in (he exer
cise of their right of voting for or against that in
strument; and the fair expression of the popular
will must not be interrupted by fraud, or violence
“1 repeat, then as my clear conviction, that unless
the Convention submit the Constitution to the vote
of all the actual r esident settlers of Kaunas, and the
election be fairly and justly conducted, the Consti
tution will be, and ought to be rejected by Con
gress.”
Gov. Walker, in this extract, shows that be not
only speaks for himself, but for tho Secretary of
State, Mr. Cass, and for the President of the Waited
States. There are two terrors evoked to intimidate
the Convention — first, tho Government; and s cowl
the rejection of the application for admission of Kan
h -8 into the Union by Congress, unless the Consti
tution which the Convention shall adopt be submit
ted to the people of the Ternary for Pa! ideation.
The words of the Secretary of State do not entirely
suppoit the use Governor Walker designs to put
them to. The words are, “when such aC nstitu
tion t hall be submitted to the people,*’&c. They
take for granted that this policy will be pursued,
but do nol commend it. But the threat that Kan
Mas will be rejected by Congress as a State, unless
this policy is adopted, is all Gov. Walker’s own.—
He supposes, we presume, that he can accomplish
this eua in Congress by a combination of Black
Itcpublicans and Northern Democrats. Gov Wal
ker can deceive no one. by his bullying policy.—
Every one knows tha* his great anxiety for the sub
mission of tho Constitution which shall be adopted
by the Convention in Kansas, to the polls again, is
to carry out his policy, so freely promised during
the late Presidential canvass, that Kansas should
be a free State. Ho does not doubt that, with the
United States troops to keep open the way, his call
to the Northern people to flood Kansas with white
voters sufficient to make it then a free State, at the
polls, by rejecting the Constitution, should it toler
ate slavery, will be quite successful. But if the
Convention about to assemble in Kansas will stand
firm, and despise his counsels and defy his threats,
it will defeat hi > traitorous policy. They will be ad
mitted into the Union, ana save Missouri and the
Indian Territory to the South. Should Gov. Wal
ker suooeed in his policy, Arkansas will be the fron
tier slave State in the West.
DitmMrou* Fire—Loan E,timuipii at 9100,000.
About 3 o’clock yesterday morning (Thursday)
our city was alarmed by the cry of fire and the ring
ing of the Are beds, when, immediately after, the
liainea were discovered issuing from the building oil
Front Row, occupied by Samuel McManus, which
spread on both sides and quite destroyed the whole
block, bound on the west and nerth by Front Row
and Court street. We copy from the Evening News
the following particulars :
The block was composed of seven business houses
with offices above, and was occupied by J. W. Mc-
Cracken ft- Co., grocers and produce merchants;
(late house of Patterson, Marshal ft C 0.,) the Hank
of West Tennessee ; Goodlett; Nabers ft. Co., cot
ton factors and commission merchants; Commercial
Bank ; Btewart King ft Co., grocers and produce
merchants; S. McManus,stoves and tin ware, and
Gnessman ft Hoffman, dry goods and clothing.—
The offices were occupied by Tbos. H. Allen, John
Kirk, J. H. Hill, J. V. Fossell, C. M. Fackler,
Brown, De Long ft Co., cotton factors, and a num
ber of others aa business offices and sleeping apart
mentg. A strong wind was prevailing at the time,
which fanned the flames into such a fury that the
well directed energies of the fire department to ar
rest their progress were in vain to the salvation of
the block, though much greatly endangered pro
perty was preserved. The building on the north
east'eorner was the only one iu the block which
escaped almost total destruction. The warehouses
in the rear of the Commercial Bank was filled
with whiskey and iron belonging to McCombs ft
Trice.
The buildings occupied bv McCrxeken ft Co.,
Goodlett, Nabers ft Co., and Bank of West Ten
nessee, were owned by F. H. Cossitt, loss SIO,OOO,
fuiiy insured, those by Stewart, King ft Co., and
S. McManus, owned by S. Andrews, loss f?,000
fully insured: that by Grie-sman ft Hoffman,
owned by Goff ft Bailentine, 105553,500; that by
the Commercial Bank, owned by Jas. Armour,
loss SO,OOO, insurrance $3 500; that by C. Potter,
owned by J. M. Lea, damaged nesrsl,ooo, fully in
sured.
The following is the list of the principal sufferers,
and the amount of their losses and insurance, so far
aa could be ascertained.
McCracken ft Go., loss $2,000, insurance $5,000;
Bank of West Tennessee and Commercial Bank,
losstriking; Goodlett, Nobeis ft Co., loss $1,000;
Stewart, King ft Co , loss $10,500, insurance $5,000,
$2,000 in Memphis Insurance Company, $3,000, in
W.E Milton’s Agency; S. McManus, lose SO,OOO,
insurauce $3,000 : Griessmau ft Hoffman, loss (en
tire wholesale department destroyed) SIO,OOO, in
surance sl3 ,000 in four offices; Coffee house of
Boro, lopi about s*2so; J. B Hill loet all hie books
and p* j-er*; C. Potter (across the alley on the S.mtfc)
loss $->,500, insurance $3 500; McCombs & Trice,
lose $4,000, insurance $2,000; J. V. Fossell lost his
papers.
There are various conjectures as to bow and where
the tire originated. We heard one or two say that
it commenced in the tin and hardware house of Mr.
McManus, from a candle left burning after the in
mates bad gone to bed or went out. Others, that it
was probably caused by mice nibbling some matches
and igniting them. Others, again, that some bur
glars. now infesting oar city, intent on housebreak
ing and robbery set tire to this block of buildings,
and, while our business men and citizens generally
were attracted thither, went down on Howard s
Bow, and entered the grocery house of James Boro,
broke open hie iron safe, (by drilling hole* in the
door and pricking gunpowder therein, blew the bolts
of the door off,l«Zid extracted between one hundred
and hundred and fifty dollars. This occurred about
the same hour of the fire.
The fire companies of the city, aided by the hook
and ladder company, prevented the extension of
the fire beyond the* immediate block of buildings
which was consumed. We learnedJ&at Xos. 3 ana
4 reached the fire first, and No. 3 threw the first
water.
The bouse of James Boro, Howard's Row. was
broken open during the fire his safe blown up, and
over owe hirndred dollars extracted from it. Our
merchants need not rely upon and powder proof
safes, wbeu such accomplished vim ana aa these
waik our streets, and inhabit our city. —Memphis
Eosle.
Indian Hostilities on the Plain?.— The St.
Lou's Republican of luesday last and inter
esting news from the Plains, to the effect that an
emigruit train has been a tacked and destroyed by
lie Cheyenne Indians, about eighty miles west of
Fort RPey. L will be recollected that Col. Sum
ner. p<-» rac four weeks since, left Fort Leavenworth
Witnpix companies of cavalry and two companies
oi unantry, for the purpose of making war upon the
? e divided feis force, sending or.e por
\*v under command of Major
p-A-fl lr. SI?, the other himself up the
L ■ thst the BiSped Sown
beiweet, the*e tw<S column,. ani commenced roar
d.nn««»d robbing ra their re» r . The Cheyennes
axe among the b- de* and d», wari k- Indians on
**>!?, '' “if™ !"•»»•• and Jt once W , „ Pnse< 3
will be d-ft cult toeubaae. They minis r about rmo
hundred warriors, and will, doubtless. bes^i ce< j
many young Sioux braves, with whom th*y arc
cl-sely connected. Tlie attack on the train was* a
very vigorous one. The party with the tram. «*» c .
sisted of ten men. eight women, and ten children,
of whom three men, S. D. Weaver, M. Lewis, and
Sam. Smith, and a woman, were killed, and several
•other? wounded. The U. S. troops were in bot pur
suit of the Indians at the last accounts.— Bait.
Patriot.
Little Dorritt —Dickens’ new eovel ot Little
Dorritt is at last complete. The correspondent of
the New York Times furnishes a few business sta
tistics about it. None of bis series ever fluctuated
so much in sale. Starting with a circulation of 45,
000— the highest ever reached, excepting Bleak
House, and tqual to that—it has been as low as 30,-
000, being a fall of 15,000 or equal io that of Black
wood, Frazer, Bectiy, the New Monthly, and half
a dozen others put together It several timee ral
lied nearly up to the original number, and the ave
rage has been such as to justify his assertion in the
prelace that be never had more readers for any one
of bis serials.
WOMB
Additlor.nl partirulnr* pbolft the Extinardica
rj Wirlwtnd nt the North'
The remarkable storm which occurred near I ti
ca. New York, on the 14th instant, of which notice 1
was made, seems to have extended its ravages
some distance into the surrounding country. liv S'
neighborhood of Schenectady it was very due*
live, and at Oswego it appeared,
the same phenomena which attended v orjg j E _
The Oswego Times says:
During the >A weieobeerved
hrion hoise , f
distance. "srttri
SSSfSSF Atsvasrs
long,: gto Mr. tomagax takeQ uff Hlld the flag
men Uanfa. stogie. , md piereg of rs!tera stre^.
P eased and next struck the dwei
lirqßhouse of Mr yols, tore out the gable end and
took up the actually turnii g it hail way
round on it* for-ud.'^tion*' Incredible aa thia appear
it i* stnetly y qe 1 the front door of tbe hotißc,
wnicb b>np'erly ued toward* the etreet now
open* intr a-lot adjoining the yard. Mr. and Mr a.
C<-le we ,e at the time, leaving two children
in tbe Louae. It xr ay well be erppoeed that on their
return they were co/i* derably aftoi ic-hed at the ap
poNrance of thing*, though overjoyed to find thexr
foildrtn unhanned except from fright. The wind
haviae spent its fury and malice at-this poic d
parted on its journey to the eastward.
lhe orcliard of AL'. Oliver Foster was next in its
rouree. This was completely some < f
tbe tree* taken up and tossed hither and thither at
the sport of the destroyer, and tops of trees eeiik il\
iog through the air at a great distance.
The whirlwind having thus executed it* purpose in
destroying property, next made an ’attempt open
life, with but too fearful success. A German team
star, named Martin »Schwarder, in the employ of
Mr. Furnise, who owns a saw-mill iu that region,
was loading staves in a wagon. Old Mr. Fumies was
banding him the staves, whi’et the teataater took
them aud stowed them away iu the wagon.
The attention of the two men was attracted by a
singular noise, when, looking upwards, they satf a
©oinmou bara-shove! dying through the air over
their heads, at incut thirty feet freon the ground,
and twjrhbg around in the most singular manner.—
Naturally enough their eyes w r ere riveted upon this
remarkable phenomenon, and the next instant a
small maple tre&, stand Lag nearly its length from
the wagon, w’a* caught by the wind and the top of
it thrown directly acre as the wagon, knocking the
teamster dowu upon the staves and throwing Mr.
h nrnias to the grouud.
The latter was but slightly injured, and in eomc
ten minutes help was at hand. The top of the tree
was cut away and the unfortunate German found
lying on the staveuwhieh were covered by his blood
from the pr>Ga*h and head, aud was taken up insen
sible ar,d medical aid procured from this cily as soon
as possible. At the last accounts he was still insen
sible, and it is thought he cannot survive.
After this bloody exploit, the tornado sped on to
a wood lot of about ten acres owned by Gilbert &
Penfield. Throughout the whole ten acres there ir
not a tree lett standing, while their tops are broken
off and carried through the aii to an incredible dis
lance. Mr. Gilbert perceiving lhe devastation aud
every kind of movable thing flying through the
air rushed into the house, aud called upon tl\e fami
ly to come oul as soon u s posaib e, '‘far fa© Gomel
had struck and their time v tee Kart**. wa3
short!’’
The wlni'lwfa J next attacked t*To barn's belonging
to Mr. Henry Rowe, And r.tlerly destroyed both
One of them was fadten from the “unaer-piuning”
aud carried bodily about four rods, where it fell to
the earth a heap of ruins.
Beyond the barns ot Mr. Rowe, the course of this
whirlwind is marked distinct to the Oswego river,
by upturned trees, here and there, through orchards
and wood lots, but after getting about one mile east
of Mr. Rowe’s residence its principal fury seem* to
have been spent, and its traces disappear entirely
ou reaching the river.
Correspondence of the N. O. Picayune.
Later from Mexico.
Vera Cruz, June 6, 1857.
Eds. Picayune :—The fine schooner James I.
Day, which has beeu long detained here by the
“law’s delay,” sailing in au hour or so for your port,
“I avail myself of the occasion,” &c , See.
The Spanish question looks, judging from prepa
rations for resistance being at length made here, as
though it were not all to end in smoke. There is
considerable movement about the castle and va
rious forts. Earthworks are being thrown up out
side the town. Tho National Guard is getting itself
ready. Patriotic addresses pour in upon the Preei
dent. A large body of regulars are being concen
trated upon Jalapa. Volunteers are offering their
services by battalions, as though true patriotism is
not extinct in the Mexican bosom, and that they are
preparing, with a right good will, to “sweep the
haughty invader from their shores.”
Meanwhile Gen. Santa Anna baa fulminated one
of his “Manifestoes to the Nation,” filled with de
nunciation of the present Government, and praise
of himself and of the great deeds which he has done
iu the days of their fathers, and in the old time be
fore them. In a word, a genuine Santa Anna docu
ment. The Government is having the good sense to
publish it in the journals—pretty much without
comment, as it “speaks for itself.” Tlius they treat
it as a farce.
As one of the signs of the times, there is quite a
squadron at Sacrincios; six ships, Spanish, French
aud English ; among the latter, the broad pennant
ot an Admiral. lam assured, upon good authority,
that several more Englishmen are expected. Their
visit is occasioned by that robbery of 10,000 from
the British Consul’s house at San Luis Potosi. J<shu
Bull won’t submit to any nonsense about money
matters!
Mr. Forsyth and the Government are eaid to be
in a snarl; cause, the Sonora butcheries and quite u
list of recent Mexican infringements of American
rights of person and property.
lvome is still sulky and “thundering from the Va
tican,” about the law of desamoatizacion. And
even little Guatemala is growling about the boun
dary question.
France alone seems to enjoy a quiet life in Mex
co, and it is but seeming.
Thus you see the land of “God and Liberty,”
manages to keep itself in hot water, with all the
world, &e. 1 would like to know how she’s to get
cleverly out of all these troubles. But I believe
she’ll do it. Mark my words. There is no dinlo
macy osn compete with the Mexican genius. For
regular unmitigated astuteness commend me to
your genuine Spaniah-Mexican mixture !
Worse than any of the abovo. however, are the
eternal, infernal dissensions which are and will con
tinue to be endless, eo long as the name of Mexico
exists among nations; which a littla b.rd whispers
me will not be forever.
A forced loan has just been decreed of six per
cent upon all real estate ! Won’t thi3 wake up the
large proprietors who now monopolize lands and
tenements ? It iB a good law, if it could only bo
carried into effect. ’Tis a direct blow at those mo
nopolists, but unfortunately will be more cruel upon
small proprietors, because the property of the latter
is co much more accessible. The great curse of
Mexico is the system of Monopoly, not only in real
estate, but in almost everything else. A hundred
thousand own and govern the country. The six or
seven millions are considered as mere pawns.
From the London Times.
TheAllamir Submarine Telegraph.
Since our last notice of the progress of this great
undertaking, with the exception of a short interval
of 4ff hours ktst Monday and Tuesday, the work Ims
advanced incessantly day and night. The “strand,”
“closing,” and “serving” machines, which revolve
with such astounding rapidity, and whose noise can
be heard even to the centre ot the river, have done
their work well, .and spun an additional 500 miles
of cable. Nearly 000 miles are now completed, and
at least 1,200 would have been ready could the
wiredrawers have supplied wire as fast as the
machines consume it. But that, unfortunately,
has not been the case, for the daily consumption of
fine wire has been greater than all the wiredrawers
in England could furnish, and the consequence is
that less is ready for shipment than was wished or
anticipated.
The preparations for shipping the cable are near
ly finished, and the operation of transferring the
ponderous col s from factory to the hold of the Aga
memnon will commence on Tuesday or Wednesday
next. Workmen from the dockyards are now en
gaged in laying down moorings for the Agamem
non which will arrive off Glasse and Elliot’s to
morrow (Saturday) morning. No less than 10 anchors
have been fixed to secure her from motion while
this important work is going forward. From the
factory to the side of the ship 10 barges will be
moored stem and stern, aud along these the cable
will be slowly wound by a 12-horse power engine.
It will be stowed away "in the hold in one tremen
dous coil 45 feet in diameter and nearly 12 feet high
No vessel better suited than the Agamemnon for
this purpose could be found in the navy.
The American Vessels.— I Tnere is not the least
ground for the reports that the United States frigate
Niagara is not to take the other half of the cable,
manufactured by Newali at Birkenhead. At first
there were some doubts as to whether it was worth
while to make certain alterations in the vessel,
which were necessary in order to avoid risk in pay
ing out the coil. But this question has been definite
ly decided, and either last night or this morning the
Niagara quitted the Thames for Portsmouth Dock
yard, where some of her stanchions will be taken
out, and her fine ward room not a little disfigured to
accommodate her long passeuger. This vessel is
undoubtedly not so well suited for the work aa the
Agamemnon, aud on board of her the cable will
have to be piled in two or three coils, fore and aft,
an arrangement w hich would have been better
avoided if it were possible.
Both at Biikenhead and at East Greenwich the
manufacture of the cable at one end will be con
tinued, while the other end is being shipped. In
fact, both firms will work up to the last moment, iu
order that in paying out across the Atlantic a liber
al allowance may be made for slack without fear of
running short. The Susquehanna will accompany
the Niagara, and we believe the Leopard goes with
tl# Agamemnon. All the vessels will rendezvous
at Cork harbor, when the final arrangements will
be made as to starting. The Cyclops is now out in
the Atlantic taking soundings.
The Hon boras Treaties. —We learn from our
foreign files that intelligence has been received in
Loudon of the partial adjustment of the complica
tions in rsspevt to the !negotiarions with Honduras.
The President of that republic, General Don Santos
Guardiolia, has ratified the treaty signed by his
Minister, Senor Victor Herran, with Lord Clarendon,
in London, las* year, being a treaty of commerce
and friendship of the ordinary kind, together with
the important “additional article” which guaranties
the neutrality of the railroad through the Isthmus
of Honduras. But, for reasons which the Honduras
agents in England do not appear to have been y t
made acquainted wrb, the President has not ratifi
ed the convention which, signed at the same time
as ihe foregoing treaty, and by the eamefanctinories,
provides for the transfer on certain conditions of
the Bay Islands to Honduras, and the eession of
certain rights of British sovereignty over the
Mosquito territory.
The Honduras Plenipotentiary accredited to En
gland anJ France, Senor llerran, and now resident
in Paris, has Received intimation from Count Wa
leweki that the goverament-of France will immedi
ately ratify the treaty with Honduras, similar in ail
rerpectS to that just concluded between Great
Britain and Honduras, and embracing the “addi
tional article" securing the neutrality of the Hon
duras Interoceanic Railway. This line, extending
from Porto Cabello, on the Atlantic, to the bay of
Fonseca, on the Pacific, both termini being in the
State Os Honduras, is now being surveyed by a
large staff of engineers who lately left New York
for that purposed They were accompanied thence
bv Senor Alvarado, the Honduras Minister t
Waahingt -n, where he bad just signed a treaty with
the government of the United States, identical with
the Anglo-Honduras treaty, and containing likewise
the "additional aiticie” which insures the free use
of the propesed railway, in the interests of commerce
and civilization, to all rations.— Balt. Amcr.
Brigham Young ine positton —and it is legit
imate—that, if the docrine f squatter sovereignty
be true, the frederal government has no right to
appoint the officers ofa Territory. The admission
that the people of a territory possess.—as Buchan
an asserts —the same sort of sovereignty that per
;ain to a State, neoowarially implies the power to
chose their own • ffic^rs; and we do cot see how a
man who maintains the former, c-an deny the latter.
And this sovereignty, conceded by the democrats,
is tending *:o another innovation upon law aDd pre
cedent. If a Territory may legislate upon slave
property,—to admit or exclude it—it may legislate
upon other properly. and it is evident that the
new States and Territories contemplate the appro
priation to themselves, of their public lands within
ri-rir borders Squatter sovereignty is beoomieg
& mooter evil.— Exchange.
Thx* r, nce or Prussia. —The allowances made
to each of the loyal princes (called here apanegan)
lYj * a year £ 12.000 ; to each ot the
ainwSf ’ or . to <***—in* of the King, the half, or
?K,iX*o ; the young prince or priucesses.
Lave not as yet formed their household, they only
draw ..air the sum tt»*y eventually receive on com
mencing b-» use-keeping. Wbetber the royal prin
• es, in addition to their apanage, also receive any
salaries in virtue oi their military rank, or other
post they may fill, I am not aware. The Prince v x j
Prusra, as heir presumptive, I believe ia in i eeeipt
l of half a* much agaiu ns hi* brother* Carl a»*t Ai j
brecht, aDd like them also draws hr* share of the !
Earn;l*m fide t commit estate* ; and in addition to i
this he ha* tome private estate* of hi* own. —Bsrlrn
#rr eopcndmt of A* London Times
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Gov. Wulker's “Instructions.
The Democratic pro3.i of the South, generally
have condemned the policy of Gov. Walker in
his Inaugural address to ihe people of Kansas, but
at the same time, they have pretended to think he
acted contrary to, or at least without instruction
from the Administration. They have again and
again told their readers this, aud loudly and un
qualifiedly condemned Walker, but not one word
have they said against the Administration. The
following paragraph is an extract from Governor
Walker’s Inaugural, and uuless he has committed
himself to a deliberate falsehood, the position of the
Administration cannot be gainsayed :
My instruction* horn the President, through the
Secretary of State, u nder date of 30th of March last,
sustain “the regular Legislature of the Territory,”
in ‘‘assembling a Convention to form a Constitu
tion,” aud they express the opinion of the Presi
dent, that ''ncken such a Constitution shall be sub
mitted to Ihtpeopleof the Territory, they must be
protected in the exercise of their right of voting for
or against that instrument; and the fair expression
of the popular will must, lie* be interrupted by fraud
or violence. ’
These “instructions,** says the Montgomery Mail,
are iur re than the opinion of Gen. Caes, Secretary
of State— “they express the opinion of the Presi
d:nt.” And that “opinion’’ should be burnt into
the memory of every Southern man, for it is an
“opinion*' full of danger and degradation to the
South. It reads—and Gov. Walker quotes from his
instructions —“when such a constitution shall
b£ SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE OF A TERRITORY,
they must be protected in the exercise of their
right of voting foe- or against that iiUtrumeLt,”
Ate.. &c.
Who shall now say that Robert J. Walker ha a
violated the instructions he received f om the Ad
ministration—instructions embodying the “opin
ion” of the President himself ? Who shall now say >
that the Administration is not against the Seu»h, in
the tenderest of her rights. The South Las fought
for and won the Territory, by fair Constilufonal
means, ai d after the victory, the very Aduiiuielra
tion placed by her in powt r, turns round and says in
effect, you must fight the battle over again !
Think of it. Southern men ! Think of i r * hardship,
its inequality, its base irjustice !
Southern Commercial Contention. —The
great Southern Commercial Convention will assem
ble this year on Monday, ti e 10th of August, in
Knoxville, Tennessee. —b xchange.
Really, wc think it time that the Southern Rail
road Companies Bhould kill eff this most miserable
of all unmitigated humbugs, by re!using to transport
the delegates free of charge. Only make them pay
for their tickets, and their gas about Southern com
merce will fiud some other safety valve, than these
Southern Commercial Conventions. Perhaps it is
our devotion to our own native South, mingled with
our contempt for humbugs, that makes ue feel a
sense of humiliation, not uniuiugled with loathing,
when wc hear of these Scutht rn Commercial Con
ventions. They have now been in operation six or
e igkt years, or more, and if any man can point to a
single benefit that has resulted therefrom, at all
commensurate with the thousandth part of the liquor
the delegates have guzzled down their capacious
throats, we should be pleased to hear of it. Indeed,
they seem to Lave become the mere occasions for
drinking and gourmandizing.
Fire and Death.
A Fjre occurred yesterday afternoon, at the resi
dence <jf Mr. John Carrie, at the southwest end
of Campbell street. It was communicated to the
roof of the kitchen from the chimney, and having
been early discovered, its progress was soon arrest
ed, havii g done but little damage. The most mel
ancholy circumstance connected with it, was the
death of Mr. Carrie, the owner, wlio, afll cted with
a disease of the heart, fell and expired instantly.
He was a native of Bordeaux, France, about seven
ty-seven years of age, but had resided iu this city
about fifty-seven years, where he always main
tained a high character for houesty and integrity.
Encampment at Milledgevii.le. —Most of the
military companies of the State have accepted Gov.
Johnson's invitation to meet in encampment at
Milledgeville on the 4th of July. The “Clinch
Rifles,” “Oglethorpe Infantry,” and “Washington
Artillery,” of this city have resolved to attend, and
will each number some forty or fifty-five men.—
They will be missed at our accustomed military and
firemen's parade on this occasion, but will doubtless
meet with a warm welcome at Milledgeville, and
the display of such a number of well drilled military
companies on one field will be a novel and inter
esting one.
Fire in Nevvnan, Ga. —The house of Mr. A.
Mclver, in Newman, Ga ~ tars entirely destroyed
by fire on Friday night last, together with most of
his household and kitchen furniture. Loss between
three and four thousand dollars.. On the day fol
lowing, a child ofMr. Mclver was severely burned
by falling in the fire. We learn from the Newnan
Blade that from Saturday morning to Monday
morning there were four different attempts to fire
aa many different buildings in the place, all of which
fortnnately resulted in no very serious deterge.—
Great excitement prevails amorg the citizens of
Newnan, and active measures are being employ
ed to ferret out the perpetrators of these diabolical
deeds.
Brunswick Railroad.—The Her nil of that city
of the 12', h says that there is now 25 miles graded
west of the Satiila, and that if the work goes on
without connection, (or is made on the line of the
Brunswick road,) it win be fiuished to Big Creek
this fail The Herald says no definite propositions
have yet transpired between the two Railroad Com
panics and that the resolat:on3of the Stockholders in
the Brunswick Company were onl y recommendatory
“Brunswick's star has risen, and though an occa
sional cloud may pass between it and the sun of its
prosperity it is but transient, and we look forward
with confident expectation to its rpsedy and glorious
culmination."
No MI NATION S IN TH» SIXTH DISTRICT.—We
learn from a private source, says the Atlanta Intel
lisenrer, that the Democratic Convention of the
Sixth Congressional District nominated the Hen
J vmes Jackson off.arke, as the candidate of the
party. have not been able t , ascertain all the
particulars, up to the time of onr going .« press
though we learn that several delegations Withdrew
from the Convention.
"Mobile and Mount Verson —The people of Mo
bile(?ays the Montgomery Air,,!,) are making exten
sive preparations for celebrating the 4th of July.
In their programme, they have not forgotten the
s deinn duty which they owe the memory of the
Father of them Country; and responding to the t!o
qnent appeal of Teadon, seconding the-effortsof the
‘‘Southern vatr n," they have invited onr f e u o w
citizen. Hon. Vm. L. Yancey, to be present and ap
peal to the patriotism of the city, in behalf of Mount
Vernon. The invitation was so earnest and p.-
warm, that Mr. Yancey wrote a repiy accepting, on
the instant.
Discontinued. —The Postoffico at Mount Hicko
ry, Caattooga county, has been discontinued.
Madison Female College. —The Commence'
meet of the Madison (Ga.) Female College wil
take place on Thursday, the 2th of July. The litre
i ary address will be delivered by Rev. James R.
Thomas, D. D., President cf Emory College.
Cherokee Baptist College.—Rev. Joseph
Walker, of Macon, we learn, will preach the Com
mencement Bermon, at this College, on Sunday, the
11th o! July next.
Bishop O’Regan, of Chicago, was burned in
effigy on the 4th intk, near the depot, in that p ace,
by the French Catholic* of the vicinity. Mooli n
dignation is shown in that diocese against ft
Bishop, growing out of tbs mm of Fathet CL niqay I
| ,Thrte Events.
In one shoi# month, three events have occurred
| which apparently have attracted little or no notice
i iu the South, and in certain ptessea, noue at all.—
: Thet-lavery question has broken up the Young
Men's Christian Association in New-York—it has
separated the New School Presbyterian Church, and
has ent«re<ynto the American Tract Society for
■futAuin its circulation,
j Men can become used to almost any endurance.
Some ot the ancient Asiatics wore horse hair shirts.
I filled with vermin, with but little annoyance. Al
| though overwhelmed by its eruption.
• the population client Mount Vesuvius continue to
f" build within the reach of its terrible lava. But a
! few years ago, the first breach between the North
and South, i:if the "Methodist Church, produced a
j {.rofr*crd sensation of indignation in every home in
! South But where are we now ? Church after
Church 6ep&fctea—.the religious associations are
♦ broken up—anu even the streams of religious litera
j ! are. to the salvation ot men's souls, as its
; high c.IJ hoiy aims, are to be polluted with Aboli
| tion ' i njtMiiiH iml wc hear it with scarcely an
emotion. Some Southern presets pass over these
evercs W!!h »nh a notice, and others advert to them
a? they might do the breaking up of a country meet
ing or a riot. As great political events,
threatening ttw peace of one-half of the C« mfedera
cy in their sure developments, they are treated as
unworthy of regard. Allured by the pat ronage or
the Government, or paralyzed by an abj* «t spirit o:
submission, they turn their insensate indignation on
those of their brethren in the South who will not
and cannot ref.iain passive under the mighty mean
ings these events show forth. They call them ultra
disturbers of the peace of the South, and enemies
of its prosr erlty and safety ; audtnusit has been,
«.from the "til's! beginning ot the abolition agitation iu
CoDgresf in 1834. Under the passive inactivity of
the South, how vast has been the progress of things
since that day I But there they are still shouting
peace and denouncing action.
Great changes in the political, as in the physical
world, in the order ot providence, are often brought
about by a regular series of events. A people
ripen to independence like the fruits of earth. Rain
and sunshine, clouds and tempests, pas 3 over them.
And often these things which seem to be obstruc
tive, only hasten on the final catastrophe, like bar>
iu a river, wkch lift higher by their impediments,
the mighty flood in its progress to the ocean.
“Cau such things be,
And overcome us like a summer cloud,
And not excite our special wonder t”
Charleston Mercury.
To the above article, from the Charleston Mer
rury, Ihe Montgomery Mail makes the following
forcible and pertinent reply : “To be sure they can!
They Ere no wonder at all! Do we not—by a ma
jority of our votes—annually cripple the South in a
worse manner than any of the above ? Do we not
—by « majority of our votes—sanction the immijjra
tion and free suffrage of enough foreign abolitionists,
crmxally, to form three or four new State Constitu
tions ? Will not now State Constitutions —framed
j by abolitionists and sanctioned principally by the
rotes of :newly lauded foreigners—soon be admitted
into the 1 Jnion, with two Senators and a Represen
tative, each, to begin with, voting in Congress
against tl «e South ? And will not their representa
tion in C< mgress be increased with a like material
by every apportionment ? Are there not at many
States yet to be admitted into the Union as already
exist? Does the South expect to get a single one
of them u nder Democratic rule, or any other rule
tolerating; the existing laws regulating the manufac
ture of American voters out of such material as is
being landed daily on our shores from Europe T
The fact isf the South has enough to contend
8 gainst iu the native abolitionists of the North. It
w'e could ‘hold our own’ in a contention with our
own people for our rights, it is as much as ought
reasonably to be expected. But if, iu addition to
this opposition, we have also to contend against the
mass of ignorance (of our institutions) that finds its
way hither from Europe, there is nothing under
heaven can save us but an ‘‘undivided South, ’ pre
seating an unbroken front against the invaders, at
the ballot box.
“The South is*, doing nothing to avert the impend
ing evil that sur *.ly awaits supinenees, but remains
passive—appare. itly almost .unconscious of being
rapidly swallowed, up by the tides of Freesoilism so
strongly setting i a from a two Did direction—and
judging of the future by the past, we are scarcely
left a hope that the South will do anything. A
majority of the p eople seem to believe shat a party
acting under the name of Democracy , cau do no
wrong. We ha ve seen the modern Democratic
party depart freon and repudiate the principles of
the original Dei nocratio party, until, at the present
day, they contend for almost nothing that they
advocated in t ae days of Jackson, Van Buren, and
and Polk. We now see their leaders advocating—
and their cons iituency coutenancing—magnificent
schemes of In ternal Improvementjby the General
Government! We see them winking at Alien
Suffrage and. Squatter Sovereignty iu the Territo
ries*, eitriply because Alien Suffrage and Squatter
Sovereignty bring strength to the Democratic par
ty, aud regardless of the indisputable fact that
Alien Suffrage and Squatter* Sovereignty exclude
Ihe South from a participation in the settlement of
new Territories on equal tenri6 with the North to
wit, carrying p&rperly aud > Maintaining Southern
rights iif framing the institutions of such Territories.
'lf we had the North to contend against only in
the settlement of the Territori es, we repeat we
might successfully compete with, the native abo
itionists, and save to Southern institutions one half
the States yet to be added to the Union. But when,
Iu addition, we have the hordes o*?European adven
turers and outcasts to contend against—nineteen
twentieths of whom a-e abolitionists at heart before
leaving the iauu of their nativity—tike inevitable
truth is apparent, that the doom of the South is
scaled! What Territory can we now—ev en new—
look forward to, for the extension of Southern
institutions ? Not one ! Not a solitary one can we
claim with any degree of certainty! The whole
of our vast Territories—almost equal in extent with
the existing States—bids fair to be settled by both
Northern amd European abolitionists, to the entire
exclusion of the South. If matters go on in this
way without a check or hindrance by some united
effort on the part of the voters of the South, can
any sane man doubt that in a dozen years tim£ or
less a cordo.a of free States will surround the
holders wbioh shall crush the institution of Slavery
to the vitals ?
“Will the people of tho South lay aside their blind
party prejudices for a moment, and reflect dispas
sionately on this momentous subject ? No! Can
didly, we do not believe they will. They are blind
to their own and their country’s interests; —blind to
everything except the empty name of Democracy,
which they fain would make us believe is the talie
manic sound which can avert all evil, no matter
what phantoms that party may pursue. People of
the South—it will soon be too late to retrace your
steps! The welfare of the land which gave you
birth—your own welfare, and the peace, prosperity
and happiness of your children, bid you pause and
reflect. You have everything to gain and nothing
to lose by so doing. Your party leaders know that
they are misleading you. They care for nothing
but the immediate spoils land honors of office, and
look no further into the future of our country than
from one term of office to another. It is not so with
the masses. It is an inborn desire of the people to
do what is right for their country’s aggrandizement
“Then awake—arise—or be forever fallen!” Shake
off your lethargic slumbers, and gird on your armos
ere it be forever too late! “Strike for your altars
and your fires*' while yet ye may strike—or the
daycometh when ye shall be powerless in the
shackles of your merciless, remorseless, and deadly
enemy!
Temperature and Rain.— The following is an
exhibit of the monthly mean temperature and
amount of rain and melted snow, in inches, for this
year. A self-regulating thermometer wiyi used for
the record of temperature and the results read daily
at 9 o’clock P. M. at Annapolis, Md., in lat. 38 58 N.
long. 76 26 W. :
Temperature in Amount of rain and
Month. the open air. melted snow in in’s.
J anuary 22.58 2. 98 100
February ..39.32 0.77
March.... ..37.86 1.67
April 41.19 3.68
May 59.53 6.32
June 9 to 9 p. in.*.61.50 2.81
Less rain in the month of February of this year
than any other .vmce 1834. The above ascertain
ment is by Mr. Gu 'dinan, and made for the Smith
sonian Institute, Washington, and in every par
ticular reliable.
Santa Anna, the ex President of Mexico, is en
gaged in an attempt to get up another revolution in
that Republic. From hie present retreat in Cartha
geua ha lias issued a manifesto for private circula
tion among bis adherents, partisans, and revolution
ists generally in Mexioo, Cuba, and elsewhere, de
nouncing the present government of Comonfort,
tho new constitution, the laws affecting the property
and privileges of the clergy, Sec., and announcing
that there must be another sanguinary revolution,
even though half of the territory of the Republic
should have to be sold to supply the sinews of war.
Educational Experiment.— Among the many
experiments in education now current, it is stated,
is one at Antioch College, Ohio. This is a return
to the old village school system of promiscuous ad
mission to boys and girls. In the case of the Col
lege mentioned, young women and young men, to
the number of several hundred, are said to bo en
joying the privileges of the institution.
Railroad Dividend. —The Board of Directors
of the South Carolina Railroad Company have de
clared a dividend of five per cent, on the earnings
of the past six months, being at the rate of 10 per
cent, per annum.
Heavy Loss.—lt is rumored in London that Sir
Baberi Peel, rashly and wildly backing his own
bores, Acton, at the late Derby races, lost £70,000
-na is in a state that might be expected in coDee
■ JlieuCc.
Sad Casualty —We learn from the Sumter Re
‘hat cn the OtlTinst .the residence of Mrs-
MtKiuley, near Danville, Sumter county, Ga., was
destroyed by fire, and horrible to relate, Mrs. Mc-
Kinley, and child both perished in the flames.
The Sonora Victims.— lt is stated in the Mexi
can papers the whole number of Americans shot
.in Sonora is seventy. It was believed, also, that
the lew who escaped perished with huDger, thirst,
and exposure. Our Mexican files contain no list of
tfieir names, no more do they mention that of the
youth whose life was spared.
Cot. Matthew Irvine Keith, a soldier of the
war of 1812, and member of the South Carolina
Legislature some years since, died in Charleston on
F rufay morning. H e was upwards of seventy years
of age.
The returns of the assessor of Wheeling, Virginia,
fur the year 1857, show the total value of the real
estate to be $6,299,940; the tax upon the assessment
is $26,399.70.
Loss op » Schooner. —The schooner J. Bur
roughs, bound from Baltimore for Charleston with
a atTgo of com, went ashore at Bogue Inlet, near
Beaafort, S C., on Thursday last, and became a
total log*. The cargo was insured.
The Richmond Enquirer says: “The wheat crop
h:iS greatly improved in the immediate neighbor
hood of Richmond, and on most farms is looking
very fine The oat crop promise; to bean abun
dant one ; and from present indications, good corn
and hay crops may b* expected.
Thr Hunker Hill Celebration at Uestnu.
the inauguration-of a statute to General Warren,
who fell at Bunker Hill, took place in Boston on
Wednesday last, the anniversary ot the battle.
The weather was cool aud cloudy, making it very
agreeable :
The procesaion-the main features of which were
the military aud Free Masons, the Bunker Hill
Monument Association, the Governors of different
States, municipal officers and distinguished giies
in carriages—was about ouehour in passing a given
■ K»itit. On the route from the biate House to
Charlestown, every available spot was occupied by
crowds of strangers and citizens. .
The Seven! h Regiment of New \ ork was especiaf
Iv an object of admiration and received hearty
Companies from Providence. Portland,
Bowel!, Manchester and other places wete also
present, and with a full turn out of the military ot
Boston and vicinity, made up a brilliant display.
The Free Masons, in their various and imposing re
galia, turned out about 1000 strong.
The procession reached the monument grounds
at about I o’clock, where a pavilion, capable of
holding 7,000 persons, was immediately tilled, while
thousands were unable to press in.
The statue of Gen. Warren was within the pavil
ion. hidden from view by a tent composed of Ameri
can flags, and facing the speakers’ platform.
Previous to the commencement of the services an
invitation was extended to the Seventh Kegiment.
(New York National Guard) to march through the
pavilion and view the statue—it being their only
opportunity—as they were ordered home by Gov.
King this afternoon.
The inauguration exercises then commenced by
prayer from President Walker, of Harvard College,
which was followed by an original ode, finely sang,
by the Daniel and Hayden Society of Boston.
Hon. Edward Everett was then introduced, when
the statue was uncovered, the band playing the
‘ Star Spangled Banner." Mr. Everett then pro
ceeded to deliver his inauguration address, which
was a most eloquent effort. A brief extract from
the opening and concluding portions of it wiil be
read with interest:
Prudent, resolute, fearless, not yet thirty-two
years of age, Warren was in reality, as President
of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, and
Chairman of thn Committee of Safety, the efficient
head of the patriot cause in New England. In ad
dition to these important offices, three days before
the battle of the 17th of June, he was chosen Major
General of the Massachusetts troops. He was him
self opposed to the occupation of Bunker Hill, but
that measure having been resolved upon by the
Council of War, Warren determined to support it
with his presence, aud if need should be, his blood.
Mr. Gerry, his associate in the Committee of Safe
ty, in conference with him on the 16ih, strongly dis
suaded his joining the detachment whieh had beeu
ordered on this eventful errand. “It will be mad
ness,” said he, ‘‘to expose yourself where deatruc
tion will be alt but inevitable.” “I am aware ot
this,” said Warren, “ but I live within tbs sound of
the cannon. How could I hear tbeir roaring iu such
a cause and not be there ?" Again Mr. G-rry re
monstrated and concluded with saying, ll As surely
as yon go to the hill you will be slain." Warren’s
reply was —
Dulce el decorum est pro parlria mori.
It is sweet and becoming to die for the country.
That day, the lGth, lie passed at Watertown, the
seat of the Provincial Assembly, remaining there
the greater part of the night, in the discharge of the
public business. At 5 o clock, on the morning ot
the 17th tie rode to Cambridge, aud suffering severi
ty from headache, threw himself on the bed for a tit
tle repose, the last he ever took on earth. When
intelligence reached Cambridge that the enemy was
in motion, it was communicated to him by Genera!
Ward. He rose from his bed—declared that he was
well, mounted his horse and rode to Charlestown
Just elected a Maior General, he repaired to the
field as a volunteer —refused the command which
was tendered to him by Putuain and Prescott—in
quired where the attack would be most formidable,
and placed himself there—among the foremost in
eonfl ct, among the last in the lingering retreat, tiii
he was struck with a bullet in the bead, aud fell to
rise no more. Ttie next morning ‘lie body was
b und by I)r. Jeffries and General Winslow, who
visited the field, and who saw the spot where it was
furied.
The following spring, after the departure of the
royal forces, the honored remains, identified by sure
indications, were re interred with appropriate fu
neral ceremonies in Boston. The pall was borne
by General Ward aud other distinguished associ
ates in aims sud the opening words of Morton, the
eulogist—“lllustrious relics! what tidings from the
grave!’’—produced a thrill in the audience whieh
dung through life to the memory oftuose who heard
it. In the official account of tho battlo, prepared a
ehort time afterwards, at the instance of the Com
rnittee of Safety, Major General Joseph Warren is
named first among the dead, r. 3 tho man “whose
memory will be endeared to his countrymen, and to
the worthy in every part aud age of the world, so
long as virtue and valor shall be esteemed among
mankind." Eighty-two years have passed awa>
since these prophetic words were uttered, and we
now behold a pledge of their fulfilment, ia the great
assembly gathered to do honor to hir name, and in
t he attendance of so many of the most distinguished
of our community, and of the land.
The melancholy tidings of the death of Warren
was received with the most, poignant grief iliroueli
out the country, aud it may be doubted .whoMrer the
most brilliai t success ou Bunker Hill could have
done as much to bind the colonies together, as thi
noble, though in its immediate results unavailing,
resistance ; the profuse, though at the time unproUt
abie outpouring of human blood.
A great revolution must be inaugurated with a
great sacrifice ; and all the loftier passions are en
nobled by the purification of sorrow ; nor is it cer
tain that Warren, had he assumed the command aud
driven the euemy back to bis boats, would have
done as much to kindle a chastised and resolute en
thusiasm throughout the country, and unite the colo
nies in the impending struggle, as when lie shou!
dered his musket und fell In the ranks. Aud, oh 1
my friends, let the lesson of frateruaPnfiectioii which
he taught us in his death be repeated iu the persua
sive 6ilence of those stony lips. In his own heart
stirring language, let “the voice of our fathers’
blood cry to us from the ground;" and upon I his
sacred day aud on this immortal hill, let it proclaim
"Truce of the God.”
Wherever else the elements of discord may rage,
iet the billows sink down and the Btorm be hushed,
like yonder placid waves at the foot of Bunker
ilili. Here let thekindly feelings that animated our
fathers revive in the bosoms of their sons, assured
that—should “malice, domestic or foreign levy” in
vade us—if living champions should fail, that monu
mental cheek would burn with the glow of patriot
ism, that marble sword would leap from its scab
bard, aud the heaving sods of Bunker Hill give
up their sheeted regiments to the defence of the
Union !
A New Kind of Brick. —The Austin (Texas)
Times notices the construction of a house in that
vicinity out of a new kind of brick, not burnt, but
the clay element united by some mechanical pro
cess, the discovery of a Mr. Raymond. The cost
of the walls will be fifty per cent, less than ordinary
burnt brick work. The ingredients combined with
the clay, it is said, give it Lufficlent consistency
within twenty-four hours after the time of mould
ing.
Tried in Seven States and how it has
Worked. —The Maine law, (says the Providence
Post) has been fairly tried in seven States of the
American Union, and in every one it has proved a
complete failure. From the eastern boundury of
Maine to tiie western line of Michigan, it Los not
permanently closed a single grog-shop In Rhode
Island there are three grog-t hops to-day where there
was one when the law was enacted. In Maine the
law has been repealed.
National Agricultural Exhibition. —The
fifth annual exhibition of the United States Agri
cultural Society is announced to be held at Louis
ville, Ky., during the first week in September, com
raeucing on the lit and ending on the sth, which is
to be a national affair, open to exhibitors from all
parts of the Union. The list of premiums is very
large, embracing everything conneoted with tho
agricultural interests generally. Any required in
formation in regard to entering articles for exhibi
tion, may be obtained by addressing ihe Secretary,
B. P. Poore, at Boston, or the Assistant Secretary,
L. A. Whitelit, at Louisville, Ky.
The Quickest Railroad Train in America.—
The Michigan Central Railroad Company are now
running a lightning train from Chicago to Detroit
daily, upon their single track, which for speed and
regularity, is unequalled on any read in America.
The train leaves Chicago at 6 A. AT., makes ten j
stops and reaches Detroit at 3 P. M.. making that
place in nine hours from Chicago, including stops, a
distance of 282 miles. The first day on which this
train came through, the 25th Mey, it arrived at the
Detroit depot on time, to the very minute, and since
then has been promptly up to time each day. This
is quicker time by some two or three miles an hour,
than is made upon either the New York Central or
the Hudson River roads, both of which have a dou
ble track. Under this state of facts the people of
Michigan may well point with pride and satisfaction
to the Michigan Central Railroad as one of the best
roads iu tue United States.
The consumption of spirits by her Majesty 's loyaj
subjects in Canada is enormous. A recent return
shows that the quantity of proof spirits manufac
tured in Canada Las increased from 2,759,200 gal.
lona in 1855, to 3,267,381 gallons in 1856. This does
not include the inferior spirits manufactured. Os
the above quantity for 1856, 2,448,613 gallons wern
made in upper Canada, and 818,768 gallons iD Low
er Canada. Besides the large quantities imported
about three gallons of proof whiskey on an ave
rage were consumed in 1856, by every man, woman
and child in Canada West.
It is said that the Mormons have adopted a new
alphabet of thirty six letters for thair own use, for
the purpose of raising up a barrier between the
Saints and Gentiles. Incestuous marriages between
the nearest of kin are tolerated. .
The Flt.—The Cecil Democrat has heard of one
gcntlenlan in Sassafras Neck who has plowed up
his wheat and planted the field in Corn. In parts of
Kent county also some fields will not be cut at all,
but turned into pasture. Not for many years has
the fly been so destructive to the wheat in this State.
Eighty, says the Democrat, were taken from one
stalk last week, plucked from a field near Easton. |
Serious Delusion. —The Southside (Ya.) Dem
ocrat learns that in the vicinity of Prince George,
some negroes have actually gone mad owing to
religious fever in regard to the comet that wai to
come on Saturday, but did not. They have been
placed in custody and otherwise secured to prevent
harm.
Health or Hon. James C. Dobbin. —A letter re
cently received in Washington from Fayetteville,
N. C., states that the health of this gentleman is
slowly improving. His cough is stili troublesome,
but “his general health is better.” This will be
most agreeable news to his numerous friends.
Cecil Countt Licenses. —The Clerk of the Cir
cuit Court for Cecil oounty, received for licence*
from Ist December, 1856, to Ist June, 1857, $6,-
536.33 J. This shows an increase of $212.33 over
the sums received for licences from Ist December,
1855, to Ist June, 1856.
Mr. Consul Barclat to be Reinstated.
Tne New Yoik correspondent of the Charleston
Courier states that private advices from Washing
ton announce that Mr. Anthony Barclay, who was
recalled at the instance of the late administration,
has been invited to return to this country and as
sume his former position as her Majesty’s Consul at
New York, by Gen. Cass, Secretary of State. This
is reliable, inasmuch as the telegraphic despatch
haa been received by one of his sons.
Sickness in the Interior.— The Sandersville
Georgian says there is an unusual amount of sick
ness at this time in Washington and the adjoining
counties. All the diseases are said to assume a ty
phoid form.
Congressional Nominations. —The Americans
of Louisiana have made the following nominations
for Congress : First Congressional pistric*, Hon.
George Eustis, Jr. Seoend Congressional District,
Glondy Burke. Third Congressional District., G.
W. Watemsw.
Tbe New York,Police Wnr.
The difficulties which have been for oomc thr o
past agitating the citizens of New York have at
last broken out into actual riot and bloodshed. 1
will be remembered that, at the last session, tu
Legislature of New Yoik passed what is called the
Metropolitan Police Bill, whose essential features
were, that it took from the hands of \e people ol
the city the election of the Police Commissioners,
and declared that they should be appointed by tin
Governor of the State. There % is little doubt bat
that this action of the Legislature (which is at rough
Black Republican) was a mere political trick, t >
control the election of the city of York. The
Police Commissioners were appointed by Governo'
Ki sg, but the policemen appointed* by then! wer
not recognized by various of the duly elected city
authorities and their action has been resisted and
various appeals made to the courts of the city. On
Tuesday lost, Mr. CostovßK, who had been np
pointed Street Commissioner, by the Governor, tit
tempted to take possession of the office of that func
tionary, when he was ejected, by order of Mayor
Wood. A warranter the arrest of the Mayor, on
a charge of assault auefbattery, was then taken out.
The scene which followed is thus described:
Captain Trailing of the Metropolitan police, then
attempted to arrest the Mayor on the process, but
the Mayor relused to recognize him as an officer
Upon these returns being made to the Recorder,ln
issued a requisition on the Metropolitan Felice Com
missioners for fifty men, which was speedily tilted,
and the men marched down to the Paris. with long
clubs, under command of Sergeant Seebring, of the
9th ward police,
The report that a process had beeu issued for tin
arrest of the Mayor and others, spread with great
rapidity, and in a few moments th >nsauds from id*
parts of the city were seen wending their way ihe
City Hall, in addition to the hundreds 'jho had al
ready congregated of them having bee?
present watching for an outbreak since the early
morning. In addition to the citizens on • their wav
toward the Park, several platoons of Municipal p -
licemen were also on their way from the various
wards tow ard the City Hall with all possible dis
patch.
Before the arrival of the Metropolitan police, tlx
City Hull was guarded with between five and si\
hundred of the Municipals, and every avenue load
ing thereto was well guarded, so that no pereo!
could by any possibility effect an entrance without
the police saw fit to permit them to pass.
Immediately • n the arrival of the M tropolitm.
force at the foot of the steps in the rear of th- Hall,
they were shoved back by the solid phalanx of Mu
nicipals, with expressions such as, “go-baek, you
forts to pass up the steps of the City Hah, and wer*
repulsed each time in not a very polite or agreeable
manner. The last time they were repulsed, ns th
Municipals shoved on them, one of the Metropoli
tans raised his hand as in the act of catching hold -ot
or striking one of the Municipals.
TLis was the signal for a genera!"melee. The Mu
nicipals rushed upon tlnir adversaries, and com
inenced an onslaught upon them with their clubs
knocking down and beating all who came in theii
way. The affray lasted but a very short time, but
so hot, was the contest that a large number of ti •
Metropolitans were very badly injured, some three
or four of them, it is said, fatal y. One man named
Grawford, of the lfyh Waid Police, 58 years of age.
wap knocked from the steps. I was taken up am
conveyed into the Reserve Corps room connect<-»!
with the Chiefs office, where Ids ii juries were at
tended to by Dr. Giliigau and Surgeon Gen. Has
brouek, alter which he waa sent to his residence ii
Forsyth street.
The fighting being over, they again retired t
their quarters on ifiefleps of tte City Hall and i
side of the building, leaving the iiytired men t
taken from tbe ground by tneir friends.' T ~
were too much injured to get off the ground:: •
selves were then taken up by the J>y elai ders* u:
ibeir fellow-officers.
The ground where the fight took olace was pretty
well strewn with blood and tilts relics of the figh’*
The intelligence spread throughout the city like
wildfire, and hundreds of people from all quarter?
began to rush towards the scene of anticipated strif
under the impression that the City Hal! was in an
actual state of bombardment; everything, how
ever, passed oft very quietly, and it being under
stood that several regiments of the military were
ready for active duty at a moment’s warning, Col.
Duryea was permitted to march his regiment fronr
die place, soon alter which most of tho mob dis
persed.
The excitement in N. York on Wednesday waa no
leßsthan that of the day previous, but there was uo
rioting or bloodshed. We give tbe following conden
sed account, which sufficiently embodies all the par
ticulars:
The Park was early crowded, and thousands
thronged the neighborhood of the Hall all day. Tin
first demonstration was at, the Street Commission
er’s office, where Mr. Conover again attempted to
enter; but, tiudiug Mr. Devlin a determined man.
be retired. Ctiarges of assault and battery and riot
were next made against Mr. Turner, who was ar
rested and held to bail by the .Recorder in $5,090.
Captain Bennett was also arrested on uimilai
•barges and held to bail m $5,000, and a warrant
was issued for Alderman Wilson. A council of wu:
between the Recorder, Gen. Saudford, and the Al
bany Commissioner, was held near noon, and it w at
determined to arrest the Mayor on charges prefer
red by ex-Captain Wallingand Coroner Perry, th«i
lie lmd resisted the servico of process. Deputy
Carpenter went to make the arrest, but the Mayoi
wouldn’t surrender—not recognizing Carpenter a*
an officer. Deputy Carpenter, ex (la t. Speight.
Gen. and Col. Sanford then waited on the Alayot
with the warrants, and found Mr. Wood in the cus
tody of the Sheriff, unde r the warrant issued on coin
plaint of Conover. Gen Saudford stated th ir it
rand, when it was agreed that the Sheriff shoe!
take the papers and keep the Mayor in I is custody
until the termination ot the habeas corpus proceed
mg pending before Judge Russell. In case th-
Judge discharged the Mayor from arrest* Sherifl
Willett undertook to bring his prisoner beforo the
Recorder to give bail on the charges of Walling am -
Perry. If the Mayor refused to go in the Shoi ill
custody, then Gen. Sandlord engaged to take him
with the military force. The papers were next pu
by the Metropolitan officers into the hands of tin
Sheriff, the Mayor, it was understood, consenting t
consider it a legal service of process. The Alba
tiiaus then retired and reported progress.
Meanwhile, tlio hearing of tlie argument on tin
writ of habeas corpus issued on application of the
Mayor to show cause why he should not bedi
charged from the custody of the Sheriff, came uj
before Judge Russell, pursu nt to adjournment at
2 P.M. J udge Dean made >n able argument in
favor of the Mayor’s claim, and Mr. District Attor
ney Hall opposed the application. At half past fix r
the Judge adjourned the hearing until 3 P M. to
day. The Metropolitan people anxiously watched
the progress of this case, as they intended to attempt
the arrest of the Mayor as soon as a decision war
rendered. A hurried despatch wor'senl to Boston
lor the Governor and National Guard, and five huu
dred special policemen were sworn in. The Mayoi
anticipated the onset, and had nine hundred police
men in the Park. The excitement was very great,
and a momentary collision was expected. Judge
Russell’s adjournment of the case put a new face on
the matter. As no immediate disturbance we;-
likely Gen. Saudford countermanded the order foi
the return of the National Guard. The police fore*
on both sides went back to their stations, the nnli
tary were temporarily dismissed, the crowd uis
persed, and by sundown every thing was quiet
usual—the public buildings guarded inside by
strong forces of police, but outside apparently ddfeert
ed. At evening roll-cell, 13 men ot the lfith ward
went over to the Albany side. At halfmast 9 the 71st
Regiment retunied£rom New burg. At nearly one
o’clock this morniDg the Governor arrived Iron
Boston, and after a short conversation with Com
missioner Draper, retired to the residence of hit
son-in-law for the night. At half-past two o'clock
this morning there was do appearance of a disturb
ance anywhere, and a drenching rain bid defiance
to crowds.
The South Carolina College.
At the late meeting of the Board of Trustees o
the South Carolina College a resolution, proposing
the re-organization of the institution on the Univer
sity plan, met with the approbation of the Board
Col. W. C. Preston, who offered the the resolu
tion, proposed the following modifications of the
educational system:
He recommended the establishment of fourteen
schools, or professorships—each professor to have h
salary of one thousand dollars, and to receive ten
dollars from each student entering h s echoed, which
should be a perquisite in addition to his fixed salary
—so t hat one hundred students entering the sell, m
of a professor would give him an income of $2,000,
and so on.
The number of students would thus depend upon
the reputation, ability arid attractiveness of the pro
fessor, and make his emolument commensurate wit h
his merit. This stimuloua of interest Mr. Preston
thought desirable for the professors, while the fixed
moderate salary would relieve the enterprise from
the character of a mere rit*k. This Mr. P. said, wa
the plan at the University of Edinburg.
Each student matriculated in the College should 1
be required to enter in at least throe schools, and
the fee of matriculation be should sls for the whole
course, while the student continues in College, se
curing to eim the privileges of the Library, appara
tus, and use of the rooms.
Thus the permanent appropriation for fourteen
professorships would be $14,000. The matriculn
tion fee for 300 students would give $4,500, which
would be enough to keep the public property in re
pair; while the tioke. for three schools, S3O, and the
fee of matriculation, sls. would be less than tin
tuition charge now paid. Tlie public appropriatioi
would be diminished SIO,OOO, and the charges upon
the students ten per cent. The following were his
suggestions, as to the schools:
1. A School of Law. **
2. Os Medicine.
3. Os Nat ural Philosophy
4. Os Natural History.
5. >3f Mathematics.
6. Os Engineering.
7. Os Chemistry.
8. Os Geology and Paleontology.
9. Os Belles-Lettres and Rhetoric.
10. Os History and Political Economy.
11. Os Greek and Latin.
12. Os Hebrew and Cognate Languages.
13. Os French, German aud Modern "Languages.
14. Os Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics.
The selection of these schools would be voluntary,
and without any prerequisites except of moral stand
ing. , .
The standing of the students ip their respective
schools would be ascertained by two yearly exami
nations, at which the degree of proficiency shall b<
marked from 1 to 9, and those who attain Uk mark
of 1, 2 or 3, may receive a certificate ©f proficiency
The’diploma of the College shall be conferred ex
mSHto, upon a final examination, having attended
three schools for two years.
The proposition was referred-fco the consideration
of committee, to be imported upon at the next
meeting of the Board.
Forthcoming Work.—ll. D. NoRP£Lr v has in
press and will soon is-ue u work entitled ‘‘EtA.e
Somers, or The Fate of the Union,” writ‘en by a
citizen of,Augusta. A? a story, the extracts which
we have seen give evidence of a work of more than
ordinary interest. We can only give a single para
graph, as a specimen of its language and general
style:
“For years,’* said Ethel, “I have watched the
varying features of ray father’s face, when ponder
ing the dangers which impend like a storm of ruin
over the fortunes of our Southern land. Often ha
he unfolded truths so grand and solemn, that 1
shuddered while hanging in suspense upon hi*; trist
ful ifrords. It is natural, that a girl like me, should
catch the thoughts of a ond dud tender father upon
any subject, and believe with I im. lie has toldine
often, that the Union is endangered— hat the nobit
structure of our government ia tottering toils base
The danger is internal. United—leagued in peace
and holy brotherhood, the States of our Union oou!
defy the world without. Torn—distracted—discor
dant—they would paralyze each other’s strength,
and if not made the prey of external enemies, wou o
drench the land in civil blood. This dread ul feud —
this dark m dignity of impending fate—is justly
chargable to our Northern neighbors. They 1 ave
dug an almost impassible gulf between the hearts,
the faith, and the fortunes ot the free, and the slave
States, by assailing the rights of the latter, wilic
undefended, would etain them with dishonor, an j
consign them to political ruin. Could you assurt
me, Mr. Clinton, were I to accept the hand you hav
so generously offered me, that you, at least, will not
wrong the beloved land of my birth V 1
Firi in Memphis.— The Nashville papers ol
Friday morning contain the following despatch,
dated Memphis, June 18th :
An extensive fire occurred here last front
row, destroying a whole block, occupied by th*
Back of VW&tTemiesse, Commercial Batik, J. VV
McCracken &Co , Guodier, Nabor, As Co, Smart
King & Co , 8. McManu*, Gnaninan & .Hoßman ;
atao a number of office* occupied by cotton factor*
The toe* amtamrd in n. t vet a-c-rtn nod.
The Hon. Wm. C Kive* ha* been invited to de
liver the Annual Addreee before the Mi*»onri
Btate Agrieuitura! hoeiety. in Bt. Louia, in S«p
teaabek
■ .
Kansas I : akk.—Unfi-r tnij cap-um, says tho
‘ ikohmoml Whip,” t:,a ‘•Aih my Evimii Journal*
rabd Hid coM-blio<’■ 1 Abdifcion paper f
m the Union—thus madly exults over tba prospect
of Kanaua boitua Ireo State. L:t Southern iren
carefully peruee thin klot fixation article, and then
say whether the present administration has not
done nore for the cause of Abolitionism, according
to the testimony of Abolitionists then; elvrs, tbnn
all tho administrationsjmd all th- riles known to
our past history. We italicise the roost s'riking
and significant portions of tha Journal's srtiole:
ri
ceMrmtea ..y.illumros'.i ' " -i' '},,m u
rejoicings by tv.iy*h‘ . . •
tlio land. Tim peep --fie ■' ‘ I.'?
where—would uni'o in t< - • t . ' V01 )*
ttreatertofS pub V‘"’ '/5
belt* ij/ret vpouilu- S!„,, /• ' > , ' 1 \ co ”M
staggering 11,,,. , ■ “ ■' tend
more Starr Stats can be /'"* **" Tt
territo*y, ich-tlr at leant n ,\ otu 1 present
b-addet loth- Cnlon Then" •!„ o' «'«
thirty Senators, ail, l the Mart h tiftu "i
i f Repre,attain-* the m b, . Hon ’*
tOOnCXofanrof;!,, Sort:, The 's.’nl' ‘,
ir it* of H <Ae *
dependent and mpptJt. rhi* a'Tt
prospect Jar llu Sloe ■ Ki-aeehy, an.l tin, ,J
vVliu be.loves they Win t , coy ui.k R ,ht
•waiting theu ' I They are imw plo- ti, ,, „. huut
ot e.-cape. The tHilme of t e N ’ovinka Kansea
conspiracy will «mly stimulate t i t,. .■. ..-., r
outrages. We remeron,, ,: „d
boutlern Senator ;n nh .t; 1.,-[t. (ii. , ■ <' ao £
t!i>- South and slavery -it Use w-.w es li , : slave
or Kansas Free. Tue Republicans utoepted that
issue.”
The Late Gen. WALBAcft'r-. Wnr Depart
ment hag imu-d au order directing i.yi ; iiu‘.Gi
honors to be puid to the memory of the b;.r Brevet
Brigadier General John de lb;rth ~lrt ‘v rha
died in this city on the4oth ii. d. L : it. G • cral
Scott, the general-in-chief," in his j. .- :a.o: .- r, thus
| speaks of the deceased warrim*:
i ‘ A native of Frcrch Al-nco, C. • •* V lbnob
after having served in K.m.peir.! * * « i r.(\
ooraasai i'ury.
aud was a nx mb- r of ih* ate ft' . i Mi j • i; • :
Ales&uder Hnm*ttuo. 810 . ; ; ; ?s
to tlie cavalry aiul to m to ni.n • t-tvft'
corps, he became finally, i;i 1815. an < fii- f : r»: til
tery, and rose to the comina'.id es t’ ;•» *•-Ix.crt
m 18IJ. Tlio faithful mu ’ cre»li:* ! !; r •< t. r of
his service may bn irdeired ;-o .i ij.-.* n,.'.-* ?;,«* ho
was retained through two reducti- •> t o> ( ! t- i nay
establishment, and was * *' -i l» -,r. st .r**«
mmor for‘gallant oon u.- i , tier's
Fields, 1 in 18K); sicond, a ! < ut«-u .’ j ] -jor
•neritorious lr-15; tJim .a a iel for
‘ten years’faithful ser-: ict o’ i> ; 18Jo , » t xd let a
brigadier gftx ral for likoi oml.tct i -
life ami military career u«* r charm*! r dl\t on o
of the best traits of ngeuik-unu a- .. us , . i —ru
waveriug integrity, t-uth and honor.' „ii flea
non to duty and zeal for servic ; ;»• |f, ; ■ • ~r , d
the administi , _ t>
most elevated courtesies*’
Personal llknconthe iu. iwm ttie Canov
DATES FOR Govkk: or of Tennessee.— The follow
ing unpleasant cireuuistange occurred at a political
discussion at Fayetteville, TYnn.,* last vtnl*, t.©-
tween tbe American and Demoorufi-.- caudidates for
j Gove:i,or. Co!._Robert Hatton i.s the An erienn,
j and Gen. Isham G Harris the 1) -mocratic nmnl
i We take t!.e btatc-ment from the Nashville
| Banner .-
; Gen. Harris led in the discussion Col. H Itonre
’ p!i‘*d,aud Harris rtjoined. Col. Halt'n followed,
i and bad spoken about twenty-five nduutvs of Lie
allotted half hour. Aa he had done on many pre
. , !m- pH
trine of uli* n .*»..• •’ a d ruinous to the
country. Gen Harris desired to ki • if t fi
nd hs remarks as personal. Col. 11 ttoa noticed
»he interruption by distinctly and chmrly j* r>cating
what ho had said—denouncing tho « 7 ii.ci ii.fa
mous, A-q. Geu Harris hereupon fi sud
denly upon Col. Hatton and U i v nt off the
platform together. A scuffle ensued on the grouud,
in which Harris found liimi-i-lf in n - .. < si!iou
be bast been in t o debate—. . 'i i.*- rr -wd
ruslied in and separa’edthe coudmlam . C«*l. lief
ton resumed the rtand, uno finish. Ihi : ]» ■* h with
the utmost coolness, not alluding in any \ ny to tho
interruption.
A Man Carried over Hadley Fai i s. Mass.—
The Holyoke (Mass.) Weekly Mw r.u : ■ 1 do* M e fol
lowing stery of h singular and daring attempt to
cross the river at that place, and the c uim queut
death of the navigator:
o»Friday morning, about 7 o’dec k, au I Dnsn
of twenty*}* a?s of age, who had been un? a u v; <ia>B
in th’s co nlry, attempted to ciws it. * uveriu a
s nail boat from this place to S-uiMi II .• :-\ i\:j iu
search of woik. Not having any sp or. : i 1 • nd. I o
übstitutvd some si rips ul' bend, li!!!e üb'uintiug
lie lore,- <-i the current and a • • ot the u bid, wiiicli
was blowing strongly at the time. Wi . n m-ar the
opposite chore, ho allowed hi* boat lo In-ad down
treain, thinking to land at llieal ntment at the bend
of the canal; but before ho was aware, his boat
vms beyond his control and rapid y lo t: ing the Jalal
falls, lie was seen to struggle him uiiy rgaicat
the current, for a while, and heard '«> muChi-i ). uri
ly for help, but all to no purpose. YVh n iso knew
•'hat he must go ov.-r the falls, he lay d wn in Ida
boat and resigned himself to his fate. iJbout
came up out of the to miio- water-*, much hr. ken.
udfl ated away downt.uc ireum b»i! nulling could
be seen, or has since been di covered, of the buoy
f the man.
“Special Currlsi omil.vks. '— The !wo follow
ing despatches will give the reader an idea of tho
amount ofrehabilby, he my en'ely place in n c.-t Os
iho “ Special Washington Cm rct;pt;ii-.:t-i.C'e. ’’ of the
New-York papeis. The inventive geniu.- of iLogo
professional news-mongers is decidedly urmivelous.
u a Ncw-York paper of June 9ib, w._ hud the ful
iowi If: '
“ TheroJs a story in Washington that, in rese
quence of the declining slat of h health, G u
Hass will soon withdraw' lion. Mie hea<i <.( the State
Department, mol that Gov. W.dkr uil ! <■ i t called
Irom Kansas lo till the place < t the great Michigan
der.”
The same paper of the next day ? * . the ful*
losing :
“ There is not the bast truth in t! pert that
Gen. Cass i:i failing in cither phyai...! ( " inteliectnal
power. 11c docs not roe.!; a uay elder ui a shade
less vigorous and original in mind Mian he did
ten years ago.”
College Commence?!* m-. -The F*j f y;b Edu
calionul Journal fun. the t olio wing it: t cf the
date 3 of the nppjoachirig College Commonoetnenß
in Georgia:
June 24th—Comm- nccmci ! Day at M - ibo Fe
male College, Lumpkin, Ga.
July Ist.—Comiu .ncement Day at Baptist Fo
male College , Cuthbnt, Gi.
July 2d—Comnic: • ,'i. Day at 1. m Fo
ma!© College, LpGrange, Ga.
July Blh.—Commencem* nt Day at M;:r.oo Fa
mat© University. ForaytJi, Ot.
July 15ih.—Commencement D y at Wesleyan
Female Collt-ge, Macon, Ga.
July 22d—Commencement Day at Emory Col
lege, Oxford, Ga.
July 29th—Commencement Day at M jrcer Uni
versity, Penfield, Ga. *
August 5: b.'—Commencement Day lit Frank! n
College, Athens, Ga.
The Prokectokatc of theCiuncha Islands
—The authority for the statement Mud, th<- Chincl a
Islands have been placed the joint j otec o
iftte of England and Fiancr, is the Lima oor
respondent of theTanama Him*, who r . • :
“The Convention hero < !•» dMu ir vet. senior:
last nitcht-on the question ot English a m Frei-cb
protection of the Chine):u 1-4 :ds; they vote this
day, nod may have done so at thi-'i moment, tis it i i
expected favorably. If so, th. advice n.ay be In
Mime to scud to Europe Ri d the t7ni.'*-d Blatca i.y
this mail.'*
Another Death by the lin t of a Spider
A Mips Surah J. Colbouru, of rimpiin, (’onii., dii d
recently from the bite of ac mmoii black spidtr.
The • ircurnst&nces were the -o :
When she rose on M<nd i*’.orol : ig, aw. kbo
sure herdeeeaPe, hlm* fun* fi die Hphlf rioo In i ..i lor,
and felt a stinging sewn'ion tipo*» her lip, v. hicl* con
tinued until Friday, when hei hp . . . ce • . •
men--ed swelling. a.vJ t lie v.-r, -. confined to her bed
ontil Tuesday, wh«*n r.'u- died in i-r. :„t hi Si .Ting —•
Her bead ami face and ue k were very mwh • wol*
Un, so much so that eiie c»u!d neither seo nor speak
1 The Washington Biot 1 !•< . out ! Hpcota
tor, in an able and considerate uriicle on this n! jecfc
lias the following paragraph, which is worthy ci
thought and attention :
“pne fact commoted with She Washington riot i
full of alarm for the future—a majority of the mob
is said to have been toys under eighteen years ol'
•«e. The mob which hung the negroes iu L ifa
viile a few weeks ago was partly <<■ m -of the
-ante matoiial, and whenever a rn t « n u; - we have
ihe same report. And these are t.» irn < ;.■ men who
in a short time will have control ol the country!—
Where are the fathers and mothers ol the land that
ilietr children thus run wild? IVnon-d i.utboiity
must be called into exercinc or there will belittle
hope for the Republic, and U>. the miserable
youths themselves. ** _
A Whole Family Boi op.ki> cy Eating Wild
Parsnips. —Whit ‘or llt-nOersoj, who l.ves near
‘ Pleasant Grove, in Like county, was out planting
r-ome corn, with his two sons and a daughter, one
day of last week,they found some wild pan-nips, or
.poison hemlock, which they t<*♦ *?c for cultivated
parsnips, and eat of them. In a few minutes they
discovered symptoms ot p< isouh r , and w< ut to the
house. Th« father, daughter,undone ol the bods
om.nenced vomiting. 'iVei her ron was eenl to
he field to catch a h r • and go u o r a phjsici.ui.
He did not return iu proper time, and » woof tbo
neighbors went out t.o look h r him. On looking
around the pasture, ho found him dead, With the
bridle in hi-, buna's. •*. *»i tl.c ,'an.ily, as .far
. his pi. nt has caused thede ith of more than ten
persons ia this county in as many yearp. L-at fall
t little boy about three years old, wh« lived four
miles from tins plac.;. procured a root of it, of which
he ate not more tlian a f- u th of an ounce, and died
in less than two hours. The remainder of tbo root
we had in our possession . for rnonrha. The ye«r
before that, two children died Ironic:- .ng it, within
ur knowledge. Dr. Bail relates tw » rasa or pciaor.
ing by it to Uo, that cauie under hi? observation.
We hope parents will to more c.veful in future
w hat they suffer their children •> eat. as death ia all
*uud us.— Valparai>o (Porlcv Co. ) lt>publican.
come two or three y:/ :• , ; go, two i n werG
- isonea by eating this same vnget&hie, in this
vicinity. One oi them died and t other was only
aved by piomptaud sk-lPrl ut»' - n. As the i\ ot
grows quite atuiiO&ntiy m various _ parrs of tbo
State, it behoovee ail who h* v 4 a -aving regard for
dieir health to be carefu tow they eat wad roots.
—lndianapolis Journo*
A Catholic Church i>l w • li’ Happening
to be in Coldwatei. last baiuiua-. night, we were
wakened at about 2 a. m by a -oud exp Oh ion like
that of thunder, which proved t > m t-n < cca-
Kioned by the blowing up ot the p m one t i.urch
Some desperate wretches had pieced two or tore©
keea of puwder under flit; builusu--- e'.< ! tired Ihem
with a flow mutch. Th. buiidm* w«. cmplet.hr
sha tereil by the exploeion, cueiiijf 'he .’em to fall
in, the end. to t.Ui out, and ec-arti. -mt floor, ceihi K s
;-.nd g diogs in ail shah (AftcAfgau) .
/Cxpoundcr , June lilh.
Important Fact —ln conversation with Dr. J.
F. Alexander, of this city a few days agd, he in
toroied us that during the sate smallpox ; o n e, 1 o
ias vaccinated ovei two hundred chncitn, and
that he has found vaccina* bn a certain and t-peedj
cure tor the hooping -cough. —Atlanta Inul(if'cncei\
HUh %n*ty
Fr<*fers r Alexander, of Haiti-ore. has been ftp
pointed Uoinmueunu-r ..n the part ot the l/idud
s'-ltee, by the Bk-c.et.ry oi the treoeury, under the
I,hit resolution o; laatCougress, to |-rov do fur ae
i-laiim gttie relative value ot ttio coinage ot Lin
ltdStAt'-s and Great. Britain, nd the fixing Hie rela
tive the unitary coins ot the two countries.
It is hardiy necessary here, where peculiar btneesof
Professor Alexander lor the abie u sc barge of such
a commission weli understood, to say met th©
eppoiutwenl is a must judicious one bait. Am r
Advices* from Bio Janeiro to the Bth May etc.!©
fhaAtbe L**gislature had.opencd ii r fat*. si.», • and the
Kinperor made aejr.oihatpry fcieech Rem the ibroiie
aiibcuncrttg the adoption oi Uic policy of j regress,
.vhioh lollowed oy. t,: the ».itt min
istry and she formation ol a mrrs liberal one. Tiiie
had allayed the publio excitement.' The Bmpen.-r
states that the high piices bl provisidnd wt.u caus
ing much Buttering among the pouiei ciasaos, and
some adequate legislation was required.— Halt.
Amer.