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Thr Mount Term Re«l*tlT »f Wonth ( arolinn.
Edtlott —With the publication oftb.
••I i'\o.„ d B»’ of • name*” in the Mount Vernon or
iran of our Aeaociation we commence the “Mount
Vernon Beftietry of iou'fc Carolina --a rod o.
fame.' > a whicb will be ireenbed th epatnoU. who.
• o- reciatin-r V e ebarnett-r end remembertn* the
ierv vm Os -e Father of their Country unite rnthn
• nahiuc te *im<my of fawr gratitude forth* b.ew
mge he becueathed to them.
At it ia »• o a •'record' for ait romme time—a
the future Mecca of the wer.em world—of the merr--
nrt of rock contributor ' appreciation of the tflUMr
,«1 Waiionfion. it ahouM be thepnde of each to
make their record one which will beno •™™°f
fu'un regret to thrmnrhe* or their posterity ; for in
distant ages of the future,' their children’- children
w ill lo ik on tlria memorial of their love and gra..
tilde a* do tie deacendanta of the signer • V
, m mortal Declaration, and trotn it proudly chum
their patriotic, their noble ancettry. .
Our enterprise being in honor of the Comman t
m C.ief of the Kevulution. it »eenM appropriate that
the ftnl miliiary company in thi* State wbt ' P
.anted the indies with an offering _ t,,T }‘ Their
•Louid hear h ever-to-be-honored na - f
* ■s* think,.
tu.n, and we tender them to* *• HtioD
us the i , ei c Mount \ *mon take
Th. . s o name . bowe' pr j or j,y and
preowUjncorf all both aiivoca
“ um ’’ n ‘ T' n : " e7, r;n., e dee l ,ly indebted than
cy the ladle* are e»en more « r; .‘eloquent
U, hi- generous donation, and to gallant son*
apie-al, ' now L. 3 offering
'XX mTmoraWe the HI. of July,
i x.'.;
Very re*:>ectfully,
1 ‘ A Southern Matron,
j, „ ~ Mount Vernon Association.
rttE HOtTII CAROI.IRA MOCM V ERA ON AaSOCIATIOIt
REGISTRY.
. m , , SIOO.OO
iticb&rd ieadon ;;•••;•* i(rMMi
Waeliiugtoti Artillery, (Chaneeton
T.IST or MEMBERS.
John C. Martin, Captain
John T. Henerey, let Lieutenant
.tamer Salvo, 2d Lieutenant
John K. Tharrier, Kneign
i lward Addison, let Sergeant
Christopher Myden id Sergeant
Charles C. Cambridge, .14 Sergeant
Henry J LaMotte, 4tli Sergeant
Theodore K Chupein, ->th Sergeant
A 0 Kergwon, Quarter Master Sergeant
. i noina* L Mil.-. LtCorporal
Jacob H. Cohen, id Corporal
Joa.lt Wilkie, 3d Corporal
Albert Thame-, 4ti. Corporal
Alexander Eddie, oth Corpor •
T W Griffin, fith Corporal
J K Cook, Line.- Corpora!
PRIVATE*.
, r ,, „ Alexander John Cheer-boroogti
, J Arto ... TH. Drayton
XTn l'X .lame* Dupree
A J-Derry <}eo. Eaaterby
.lame* Caldwell s ~ p;^ l(J ihy
JJfm. Cravat w E| m ey
Wm. Curry fJ
u ti Chapman Wm. A. llalaen
V n ll raWby John " Ilaiber*
u'xPi?* < * rip Wm. 8. Ilenerey
K T England wTufJ"^'
iota' broSbe. k..r Wm! M. Wihon
Olivet He. watt V'. »
iZ s'T.mki... L- H. Breaker
V i W Kane It A Britton
A* f Lah oireard* Wm D C-drAy
II I, 1\ McCormick '!
John It Mordeoni . J!
'I McKen/L- 1-A Moisc
a * Li, I) II Mordccw
t poachke Tho*. Neill
VV T Wliito K. E. I’elot
II N Walkei 1 I‘arlell W. I'aiker
V YirloHiaa A Dmha'dp
Win T Adam* Simon* ltobinrum
ileorge Addi*oii (leo. Strong
Jo*, llrreh V M. Salvo
Leopold Cohn s. I .. Scania"
Win Koberta.Ji , Ant a Salcedo
II M ltuah J A Schweck
f rank Salvo Wm. Sit-ley
t ’harle* A. 8, anln" *'• ‘'‘ n I , '" v ., .
Il K SHadim-e, I heo. I*. War.r «
.1 Slattery .lame* L \Mlk,e
Wm S-ieii .1 I Webb
J I. Tobin- J J. 1 -• WilH"“
fieri von Same" ■< 1‘ w ' lU,ri
W VV Wliilde"
Li Captain lvt.-i Della Torre,
'il ( nplain (leo. 11. Walter,
Kx Caphiin W ilun.t U Deaamwure
Kx-l.ieiileuant KM. Douein,
I A l.ipuienaiit .1..!m It
p,x Lieutenant \\ in 11. 11,I 1 , uterhy,
Ex-TVivah- Joaeph Johniw", Ji ,
ti Private Sami. (1. Ilnrgey.
Tiis K.iiu.em Ca f-- We mcnlioui-il yentariUy
II,Kt KOUMlfily <>l foT(t< <1 |*H|K-1J dll VHliollH p.-I'U.lirt
h.,,1 I,lieu di-HIV Mi ll ill 1 l*ia nty, ami I" 'lay wn
li-arn llial llie a»"" ll 'l •* null'll larger Ilian We nt
ili,.! ni n,,-i 'I alllinni'li Mil' n iil amount eannot lie
lolly aHiertaini 'l. bin it in varionaly estimated at
t 'II 000 to * ' .1111". I.tan. W. IvniK, ot Slu t
11. Ul anneal" to H llieprinripitl uttercroftlie forced
all ,| | 1( . me to have enrried on tlu) fori? e
;1,.;, 1,,', u , „„rti<|i rablo leiiKlli of time. Tlie names
id various individuals have been forged to both
I and bad piper, as makers and endorsers Hie
,|, 4 in some cases being genniim with forged ell
,l,ii-. i,ind in ntliers forged Holes with genuineen
d-.is, , Tim prineinal names forged are In Hath
way. s If Kendall, D. W. Norton, and Dan King,
all of Sheffield. , . ,
Mr King was ar.esUsd yesterday by Denutv
SI i ill Hathaway and brought to Hart lord and bid
. , .1 in tlu* t>iil. Thin morning he was brought, be
i tli.- policu Court upon in format ion furnished
I.','grand juror Hill', by Ibe 1 1 nr I lordlßank..on a
4 1 Mfc of uttering at tin* Hartford Hank on the Ith
„l liu-I May, a note for ♦UIUO, will, tbe forged sig
natuits of l)an King (hit* father) and I>. W. Norton,
* endorsers The note had two months to run and
a as made payable lo the order of K in King, at the
H u .ners' and Meelianb s Hank of tins c. y, but for
go, Ml and sulllei.Mil reasons, .be Farmers and Me
chan; ex' Hank refused to d*seouulthe note, and
KimrKKikitto the Hartford Hank and got ltdis
«i milt'd The rare was adjourned to U euiiesday,
duly Sill end King was requ red to find bonds in
the sum of * I,to appear at that time. Jie was
then remanded to jail. .... , . 4 r
Mr Iv mg is a native of Sheffie d, is about to veais
old and is a eigar manutaotwr ol considerable no
i oriely He his beielofore enjoyed ail excellent re
-I,illation for honesty and business capacity, and
this exposition of bis condui t Ims astonished u„ who
know him, and scut sorrow to tbe hearts of his tarn
ily and friends. . ,
One of the forged notes, with four endorser, only
•- which is imod w we learn, held by the rar
meVnnd Mechanics' Bank H wan taken at the
Hank front tbe genuine endorse,-, who acknowl
edges tbe note, and is abundantly able (o pay it. «o
the ltank will not il»o by the operation -Hartford
I'inirt.
Tin- K\. rrr.MKM IN Ms mi-his.—Since tliemur
d. rot Kverson by Able,on W ednesday, the people
ot Memphis have been in a state of excitement
nevei before known here Ktirtug the whole of
yesterday, the excitement was intense, and at night
a vast concourse ol people assembled in tin t.mu
room, in the Exchange buildings.
An organization was encoded but such was the
, xcitemeut of the crowd, (numbenug at least d.IHHI
nersonsl that nothing could be done. 1 poll a sug
irestion the crowd rushed out of the hall and gather
ed around the jail, first overcoming, .without harm)
the police who' bad been stationed at Hie door of the
tad
The jail keys were forcibly wrested from the
Sheriff the door unlocked, ana Able brought out
Tbe crowd then hurried him oil' to the mast in the
Navy \ aril with the intention of there executing
|,im The mother of Able appeared upon the scene
and implored the crowd uol to execute turn and no
doubt, saved his life ltd ~S re-conveyed to pri
~,|| At the liourof wilting thw, the crowd is stilt
, tumorous for his execution, and arc thundering at
Hie prison door— M< rnphi* Engle of Saturday.
Tm l’ S. Si i nniK Court Ji iu.ks —Notwith
standing all that lias been said in republican papers
and h> orators of Hint party the .uaiontgof the
< nt rmc Oourt n>\ not s/<n't‘hol tiers. rout of the
i, is!ices reside in frse Stales, where no one owns
i- v < « Tlie Chief Jurtne is not a slaveholder, nor
has he been for upward of thirty years lie never
lion-tit or sold a slave. Iff those that the ItnUsh
-i ~| his fat lie’ when liiev polluted Hie sod ot Ma
ryland, son o came to him by inheritance. . After
educating those who were young enough in tie
taught. and qualifying them to take care of them
sehes hi viuuiitonh/ gare tla in all thru tnedam.
, ’how no so old as to be unable to earn their
■ - r JutrfuUy tupvortrd dunnr Ikt u
... ; Hlt s i u , ; owned a slave Ttii. i» a full and
, .mnlete answer lo the statements olten reiterated
i„ ,|< republican papers that a minority of tie court
stay eholdcrs. and as suck bad been influenced
tkoir a., idol, (in iSltTrl"
j. Yohk ,June -tv—We have had a of
HllV .*«* mum very crave iUtu&s in our city the ihhi
r.H '.hn-v That ot ,J. t Taylor.aliasJ. * Johneon,
.| ~ ; h , co ,»t extensive iorgerio* in the >\ *st,
i" ,u Ilf list 11.- was followed to this city by an
fanners' Hank of Indiana, upon which
ni- iid. h> uas-ed a torged draft for f hiOO. The
in-. . . ..ary arrangements w. re made to rapture him
Hit'., a-little fuss as possible, ami mvordiiigly on
Tuesday the detectives surprised the fugitive
w hile lie was in his bedroom, and was about making
nr. i.arations for a morning walk I'pon searching
the loom occupied by the prisoner, a bag contain
ing fiuiiKl iii gold coin, a gold watch valued at ffftHJ,
a valuable diamond breast pin and other Tiiukets
w ere found stowed an ay in various comers of the
apartment , , , , ,
i Upon the person of l iylor wins found a bank book,
trout which it would appear that he had i' .boo de
posited to his credit in the Broadway Bank of this
ritv, but upon making inquiries it was found that
he had no money at ail in the hank. Some time
previous to his an est he deposited $7 UO in the bank.
Put subsequently drew it out, and then altered the
i.-lier's entry ot s'tHt to that of |7,iKH> so that it
would appear as though he still had a balance of
*1.110" credited to him. w bile he realty had 11" motley
Ht all in the bank In a valise were found some
let|.-r* which apparently badcometo him from some
u b.-s through the Broadway Poet office; aiso a
. uplr ot daguerreotypes of females with whom he
had evidently been on intimate teems, and also a
r oeiut from one ot the express companies, show ng
tLat lie had sent a Bible to some Nmlberu ix.urch.
by war of a donation to the pastor thereof, Tayi.tr
- H lawyer bv profession. He tra.- temporarily in
lYmb* but yesterday started for Indiana iu
company with two officers,— Balt. American.
Mu. ,s akp Brunswick Railroad. At a meet
ing of the corporator held in
lie comp.v.iv was organized, and fJoO.IHKi ot etoc K
subsi iibed—-at a subsequent meeting of tte»b
holders the following gentlemen were elected as
Board of Trustees: .
lion. A E. Cochran.of Brunswick
•• James Houston “ “
Walk*r. Ksq , of Pulaski county
t£. K. Crocker. " "Twiggs
Capt B. S’. Rose, ' Macon
T. K. Bloom.
L N Whittle,
and at a meeting o; t.u Board Hon. A. E. Cochran
was unanimously elected President, and Mr EC.
Howland. Secretary and Treasurer.
A Resolution of t hanks was aiso passed to Col.
glam Alexander, for the energetic and able manner
in which be bad superintended the survey made by
Major McNeill, and tor othei valuable service ren
der'ed Energetic steps v ibe taken to receive
further subscript:* us and preparation* made for
commencement of the work Alanm Citizen, riik.
Thi Free Colored IViulation is Chari es
Col >tv The citizens of Kanjemoy district, in
Charles countv. M<l . have held a meeting, and
formed "a mutual self protection association, tie
object of which is the better government as well as
,l„-. amelioration of the wretched, idle and vicious
condition of the free-colored population ot that dis
trict Thev have adopted a resolution that every
colored person living an idle life, who shall not.
by the 17th of Julv. procure a permanent home.
. ' all tie sold at public auction to the highest bidder
far ‘he remainder of the year. It appears that the
farmer* °f district have suffered severely by the
dishones.'v of the idle and dissolute portion of the
coi"rod population, and have combined for self
preservation o the
mvn k —Some* a, counts we are sorry toobmrve
. . til.,* t■ .. vieUl m the Tieneh siik crop *ill not
sta'o that the rW'. of the ordinary aver-
oi;i y fqual to that of last
y-r Re number of eggs^put
!.V .Tmhe yield "1 silk does nit exceed that
.i. .'.‘‘year Tie-1 st advice from CbMA speak of
, . in' the first crop of Canton silk and a con
~ - abort supply Oil hand for shipment the
F, L uc eol the demand may be gathered from
From Ike Mm pun Engle.
V not her < old Hlooded Mardt-r!
Great Excitement am> Moe —Our heretofore
peaceful city waa the -cene of great excitement ye*_
terday, occsfiontd liy tidt; csold*blood<jd murder of
one of our citizen?*. About •> o clock, Im*. eveuiutr,
Mr. John Evenon, pump manufacturer, wm ahor
in the left iu#*t above the nipple, by a mai;
name John Able, I VellkiM>ira to thi* community ms
a gambler.
The provocation, we iearn, wm. that Everson
asked Able to pay him an amount of money which
he Able had borrowed from trim ; whereupon AD.e
commenced abur.cg Everscc. and finally ° r^ >r , a
pistol and '‘hot him. 'This occurred in front of
Worsham House, and in the presence of a. number
of gentlemen. Mr. Everson died almost immedi
ately. Able waa arretted and carried to the caiA
boose, a ar.d indignant crowd following after
him, intent upon nummary punishment.
After being lodged in.iail, a mob of some low cO
2000 person* collected in front of the ealabooee, who
declared they would hang Abel. for if they ieit the
matter in the b' nd» of a jury be would certainly be ;
acquitted, a other*, guilty of similar crime, had oeen j
before him. Amid the cries of “hang the murderer
the crowd was addressed by Mayor Douglass. Col.
John -Martin, Mr. Greenlaw, Gen. Haskell, Col. Mc-
Mabon, Wm. A. McEwin, J. C. Holland and others
in a very able and pathetic manner-calling upon
the citizens not to take the law into their own hands,
but wait for a legal investigation of the case , as no
jury could possibly clear him. Hut the remarks of
these gentlemen apparently effected but little good.
Tney finally agreed to detail a guard of twenty
five men from the crowd to watch and guard the
jail, to prevent the probable c Lance of an escape or
removal of the prisoner, until they could hold a meet
ing and form a Vigilance Committee after supper.
The crowd then dispersed, to meet again at H o’clock,
iu the Exchange.Huilding. 0
About twenty five hundred cktisens assembled at
8 o’clock, and after appointing officers a jury of
thirty six citizens was - fleeted from the crowd, who,
after hearing all the evidence of the foul crime, re
tired to one of the jury rooms; and after a short
consultation returned, and through the foreman, F.
11. Clark, reported that, after hearing the evidence
ai d due deliberation of the whole case, thev were
ho fully convinced of his guilt of murder in the first
degree, and as there was no possible chance of his
escape through the law, they were in favor of leav
ing it to the proper legal tribunals of the country.
The populace dissented from,the decision of the
jury, and we left amid cries of “ Let us hang him!”
Let us hang the npirderer!'
Col. T. J. Finnie then called the attention of the
immense multitude, and spoke a few minute%show
ing the source from which all the bloodshed and
murders in this city emanated—viz : from the gam
blers and gaming houses, idlers and loafers about
the city—and offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:
RexoLvcd, That all gamblers be ordered to leave
this city in ten days from this time, and if they fail to
do *o they will be compelled to depart, peaceably
if possib \y forcibly if necessary, and that gaining
houses t>o uo longer tolerated in this city.
PERILOUS BaLLOOK ACCESSION —7 'he st.rancv.l
m Lake Erie —A brief notice of the rescue of John
Steiner, an a ronaut in E&ke Erie, by a steamer,
jma been notic ed. It appears that he made the as
cension from Erie, I’a., about 3J o’clock, Monday
afternoon. He arose to the height of about three
mites, ana sla, led.otf at a -low but steady rate. The
outlook was very beautiful. The Lake could be
seen from one end to the other nearly, save when
cloud intercepted it occasionally from view. At
one time Mr-/Steiner counted AS vessels, all in sight,
and far below him. The hands on board Beyeral of
the vessels saw liim, and rightly apprehending that
he was an aeronaut, cheered him heartily, and he
states that their shouts could be heard by him quite
distinctly. The wind kept blowing steadily from
tbe right quarter, and his voyage promised n very
successful termination. He neared the Canada
shore a little below Hong (foi lit, and was gradually
coming into shore. When about ten miles from laud,
however, a counter current struck him, which was
bearing directly down the trike. This was quite a
strange one, much more so than the one which had
propelled him safely thus far, and lie was according
ly driven towards Buffalo.
He was about two and a half miles above the aur
tace of the water. Night was drawing on, and it
became apparent that he could not, with this (M
rent net away from the water before dark, and auei
nuihtfall, it would not be safe to come down. Kee
mg a propeller making her way up the Hake, he
therefore resolved to descend, and. .1 possible, strike
the water so as to be rest ued by Ihe steamer, llie
nrooeller proved lo be the Mary Stewart. Her offi
cers discovered the bailoon about tbe Hame tune
that tliey were discovered by its occupant. The
American ensign was run up and her whistle sound
ed Mr Steiner responded by waving a small
American Mag from ttie car lie threw out a large
anchor, vltached to about dll feet of strong ropu, for
H.e purpose of making fast to the vessel it he should
<ro*!i above her before reaching Hie water. He
Ham I egan to descend and came down rapidly
lie nist struck tbe water about 'do miles below
Hong Point, and three miles above the propeller,
which was bound up In i minutes he panned her
about dll rods astern. During the time Mr. S. says
bethinks Ins balloon bounded from tbe water at
tea t twenty times. It would strike and then re
bound like a ball, going into the air from 20 to JO
feet, anil still rushing down the lake at railroad
speed His anchor not catching to anything caused
this not very agreeable episode, A boat was iin
mediately launched from tbe propeller, which went
in pursuit of him. They got ho.d ot a long rope
which be bad thrown out, ami which was attached
to the balloon, and began to haul in. Blit as soon
as the line was made taut the bolloou look Hie
boat in tow with a wilt. The sailors pulled the oar
lochs oft the boat, but could not stoptheir novel
“tug ’ Mr. Steiner then abandoned the balloon,
leaping into the water and swimming towards the
boat, which speedily reached him. He was taken
on board and hospitably entertained, and brought
to tlii» city, where be arrived last evening, none the
worse ol Ids adventurous voyage. This is the third
bnllis.il Mr. Steinnerhas lost, it cost |.‘>llu.
Her Majesty's Drawing-Room.— The Queen
held a drawing room in St. James’ Palace on Satur
day, tbe ibth lust. This reoeption, the first public
couct held by her Majesty tbisseuson, was very nu
merously attended. The tjueen wore a train of
blaek ol silk trimmed with boquets of black llow
ers. Tbe petiooat black crape over black slik,
trimmed with boquets of black llowers. Her Mu
jesty wore a diadem of black jet with black feath
ers. Tbe Princes Koyal wore a train of rich white
glace, tastefully trimmed with white crape and bu
gles The peticoat white glace, trimmed to corres
pond with the train, ljer Koyal Highness Imd
around her bead a wreath of white roses. The or
naments were pearls and diamonds. The scene ap
pears to have been of quite as exciting a character
as Hie memorable st ruggles of the last campaign.—
The confusion, the pressure, the heat, and distress,
are thought to be describable ouly by the pen of a
Crimean k correspondent Besides the pressure, the
heal and the distress, an amusement of a very 11H
tionaicbar*ctp{r was provided. To protect the ap
proach of the celebrated Pen ttie Lord Chamberlain
had cunningly constructed of pld benches a sort of
outwork . this at find was regarded wjtli some awe
and respect, but “as the pressure in the reqr be
came greater, some lady, more adventurous than
ttie rest, actually cleared the outside fence ; her ex
ample was soon followed, the Irish woman taking
the icftd, and clearing the fences with that peculiar
tael for which their country horses are so celebrated.
The Marchioness of IE, the Countess ot D., my lady
E , were seen going over in first rate style, but an
unfortunate English girl, Miss V. C. L , not so well
educated, having soramdled on to the ton of the
hunk, was drawing breath previous to tlio final
spring, when suddenly her progress was arrested by
one of the hulmeted veterans crying out at the top
of his voice, Hallo- madaine, the Lord Chamber
lain desires the laii'iM will not leap over the fences:’
The poor girl fell hack into i.er father’s arms, an
old soldier, who briefly, but not very cogi-t ous
ly replied, in a deep guttural voice, 'The Lord
Chamberlain be ,' to which doom I fancied
1 heard several sweet and gentle voices whisper
‘Amen 1* ”
The want of aaequate aceommodatiou for the
hundred-, of loyal ladles wirn, Os! each recurring Oc
cam. . di to her Majesty's Drawing iioom to dis
play . dresses and their devotion to her Majesty
a! th .le time led to this crush and it has been
ileeie- . ot sufficient importance for reference in
both L :"ires of Parliament, last night Fashion, it
is known, lias many fatigues. bui the absolute tor
ture of spending hours U: an ante-room at St-
James’ Palace, before admitted to the presence, is
amongst the “unknown horrors” to us iu the
‘ States ’• Two thousand crammed into au apart
ment calculated for the aceommodatiou oi'oulyoue
thousand-—ladies having no chairs to sit upon—and
ladies wiio would not sit even it they had, in the
dread of impairingthe proportions of a no;v robe, or
putting a “naming llourne” into disorder— crinoline
and confusion for hours—and all for a bow in which
tticre is hardly u recognition 1 "Presented at
Court” is doubtless u high honor, but is scarcely,
as ai present managed, worth tbe inconvenience
and tbe cost. Earl Uranville, however, in the
L >rds, in reply to l.ord Kavenswortli, promises bet
ter accommodation for iim future. Aud iu the
Commons, Sir Benjamin Ilali ...akes it appear
that tlie work of improvement has been already
initiated.
Tiir bw is; Tunnel Accident. —According to
Qeruian papers brought by the Persia, the last
twenty-one of the unfortunates buried in the llaen
stein tunnel were recovered on toe 6th of June.—
They were all dead when found, but apparently
had been alivelmt forty-eight hours previously—a
watch found upon one of the dead bodies was still
going. They had killed one of the horses to fur
uish them with food. We liquidate from the Kid
geiiossisohe /fitting :
"flic bodies have now been all extrieaieu. and
are resting in their gra\ es. There can be no doubt
that they all wet a quick and easy death by the in
halation of the noxious gas Os those licet recover
ed some were standing and some were lying down,
with their implements in their hands. The twenty
one last recovered, appear, however, to have sur
vived for some days, as they had killed a horse and
roasted the rtesb before the poisonous vapor reach
ed them. They lay in three rows, and appear to
have died without a struggle.”
The Sea Serpent in South Africa.—The Port
Elizabeth. Cape Colony, Mercury, relates that the
sea serpent has actually been captured ill Algoa
Bay, by Mr. Crupper, the proprietor of the Sunday
island Kerry, assisted In Mr. Newcome. It was
thrown ashore near Cape Padrone, and supposed by
the colored people who found it to be au immense
fish. It appeared, however, to be "a creature with
a long seipect like body, about eighty or uiuety feet
in length, with au enormous head, possessing the
properties of the reptile species, a mouth furnished
with a formidable row of seriated teeth oil both
laws, which, when closed, dove-tade.il one into
another.” The animal was dead, and decomposition
was already going op. The head was cut oil and
placed in a wagon, which could scarcely contain it,
and taken to a neighboring house, "where it now
remains. ’
The Vmbrellometer—Bv Punch.—We think
the umbrella can be taken as a very good test of i)
persons character. The mail who "always takes an
umoreua out with linn is a cautious fellow, who ab
stains from ail speculation, and is pretty sure to die
rii U The mau who is always leaving his umbrella
behind him is one generally who makes no provision
tgr the morrow, lie is reckless, thoughtless, always
iate tor the train, leaves the street door open when
he goes home late at night, and absent to such a de
gree as to speak ’ll of a baby in the presence of its
mamma. The man who is alwavs losing his um
brella is an unlucky cog. whose bilis are always pro
tested, whose boots split, w hose gloves crack, whose
buttons are always coming off. whose ‘ change ’ is
sure to have seme bad money in it. Be cautions
how you lend a thousand pounds to such a mau !
The man who is perpetually expressing & nervous
snxietv about his umbrella, and wondering if it is
safe is full of meanness and low suspicions, wifo
whom it is best not to play at cards north-ink a
bottle of wine. He is sure to suspect you are cheat
ing him or that you are drinking more than your
share. Let him be ever so rich, give not your
daughter to Sim , ha will undoubtedly take more
care of his umbrella than of his wits. The man
with a cotton umbrella is eithei s philosopher or an
economist He defies the world and so its fashion
able prejudices, or else he does it because it is
cheaper io lose than a .ilk one. The man who goas
to the horticultural tete withoii! au umbrella is sim
ply a fool, who richly deserves the ditching he gets.
Amusing Escape oe a Counterfeiter. —The
Ottawa (Mich.) Clarion says a constable of that
county arrested a fellow, a few days since, on a
charge of counters eiting, and afterward, lost his pri
soner in a laughable manner. The msn was taken
on the opposite side of the river from Grand Haven,
and was brought to the village in a boat. On ar
riving at the landing, theeoustable jumped out. and
turned round to order the prisoner In follow His
astonishment may by better imagined than de
scribed for the culprit had shoved off the boat, -nd
was just foqjinniug to “paddle his own canoe” in
right good earnest, to the infinite amusement of the
bystanders All the boats in the neighborhoM were
docked, and could not be readily put off, and m»
fellow made the best ot his time, seeming to enjoy
the pi tdi. argent of his official. The last that was
seen of the man, hg was on the top of a hill,
over the river, swinging li - blit, and halloaing at
a great rate..
Sale ,r the Pen.nsvi.vama Main Line.—The
Peui sylvanm Main Line was sold Thursday eve
ning a! the Philadelphia Exchange, in the presence
of the Governor of the State. There was a large
uUe,o<jance. The purchase wa= made by J. Edgar
Thompson, President, in behalf of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, #7,500,000 at one bid. Cheers were given
for the Governor qm) for the Road.
, Ji
The Exercises at West Point.—The exerci- j
3es a* West Point prior to tije final exairrinattflg
were very interesting. On Wednesday of last week
the cavalry exercises t*x>k place. A letter in one
of our exchanges thus describee them :
In the afternoon, at half past four, about hats o' '
the graduating class were ardied iu the lg haii.
in the presenc eof a large number o p spectators. —
The hail is new. and quite Commodious, feeing about
two hundred feet long y and is far tc
pe.ior to any I'X accorrAmodatioES which the
Academy 1 previous to last year. There are two
9*l 'cTies erected for *he accommodation of the auai
[ ence. and they are hardly as commooiou3 a*
might be. though they are a great co t n^ eol f or^
••About half-pas: four the section vO be drihedap
peared, equipped for the exercise, and mounted on
a very fine stud of hordes provided by the institu
tion. They first trotted round the course ui double
line, and then at a fast gallop rushed round the
course like a whirlwind, until even the solid alone
building aeeined to nhake to its lound&Uon. The
wheeling, I 'halt, forming in line, and other movements
were performed with great aceunu y and elicited
much admiration.
•The next operation was a drill in firing and the
sabre exercise—to the uninitiated a most novel and
interesting proceeding. About aix feet from the
wail, in the centre of the building, at either side
were placed standards, bearing a resemblance to a
gallows, the arm of which extended over thespace
between th» standard and the wall. On this arm
was “uspended a ring, about two or three feet above
the head of a rider passing under it. In a line with
this were placed other stai dards, with heads made
of cloth, supposod to represent the head* o! soldiers
waiting to have them cut off. Further on were
-mailer ctandards, with cloth caps, supposed like
wise to represent soldiers kneeling on the ground,
while cloth caps on the ground were supposed to be
soldiers lying down, trying to get out of thfc rea< h of
the sabre. The exercise consisted in riding furi
ously round the course in sections of four at a time.
After riding round once, each of the dragoons would
level a loaded pistol and tire at the one of the stand
ing soldiers as he rode furiously by him ; tiien, re
turning the pistol to the holster, the sabre was
drawn with the rapidity of lightening, aud a stroke
made for the next man, recovering in time to poise
the sabre, and as they dashed by to carry off the
ring on the point. All this is done with the con
sumption .of less time that in takes to relate it, and is
really a very exciting spectacle. The sabre went
through the rings with a precision that would have
been slightly disagreeable had they been aimed at a
man’s eye ; aud the stuffed heads of the imaginary
soldiers received thumpings, which could only have
been endured by themselves. Human nature could
not stand such usage, as the Irishman said, without
falling.
“After a rather lengthy continuance of this exer
cise the order was given to ‘dismount,’ Rod in less
time than it takes to write the word, the whole troop
was on terra firms. At the word ‘unsaddle,’ the
nimble fingers worked skilfully for a minute, and
soon the troop stood by their horses, having a sim
ple blanket in place of a saddle. At the word
‘mount, as many heads as there were dragoons
might have been seen bobbing in the air, aud finally
settle quietly on the top of firm bodies, seated on
the blankets. The previous sabre exercise was
then repeated, and the class proved as proficient
without saddle or stirrip as with them, and the
scarecrow men received another terrible pummel
ling. , .
‘The grace aud ease with which the class roue,
the precision of the marksmanship, and the perfect
coolneus displayed throughout the whole of the ex
hibition, were pronounced exceedingly ereOitame,
and an adequate result to the vigorous exertion and
woful soiling of white pants necessary to the opera
tion.” __
The Great Defalcation — The Columbus cor
respondent of the Sandusky Kegister writes i s fol
loWß :
One tiling thus far is apparent, that John G. Brea
lin late Treasurer of State, had acquired possession,
during the last year of hia term of office, of large
amounts of money, which as the law then stood, au
thorizing the Treasurer of State to draw on county
treasurers for a portion of the State taxes collected,
never appeared, because not required to appear, as
charges against him on the books of the State Audi
tor. In these amouuta tl.us drawn from the coun
ties lies the immense defalcation just developed,
aud iu endeavoring, with the most honest motives,
to secure to the State the amount so withheld from
the Treasury by Mr. Breslin, his successor, Mr. Gib
son, after having secured the payment of over three
hundred thousand dollars of this default, has fallen a
victim to misplaced confidence iu the word of his
predecessor.
Mr. Gibson, the late Treasurer, publishes in the
Tiffij) Tribune a statement., from which we take the
follow ing:
My predecessor failed to pay what he owed the
State by a very large sum. He paid what the ac
counts showed against him, but tailed to put me in
fundßto meet receipts which he had given county
treasure is. These were legally binding on the State,
and 1 was compelled to receive them as cash. W hen
Mr. Breslin failed to put me in possession of the
funds, 1 should have made it public.
My kindness of heart, which, with me, amounts
to pi sitive weakness, led me to rely upon his assu
ranees, and say he hud paid all, except the two hun
dred and four thousand dollars reported.
This was my great and only error. |L may [base
been a wrong. ) found it impossible to obtain the
amount from him, and it was then manifestly proper
that 1 should resign and invoke a legal examina
tion. Its result will somi be known, and by it J
must abide.
No one has ever suffered by me, nor shall they.
1 rely upon a full acquittal of pecuniary liability
to the State, and for just censure. Conscious of no
wr.mg myself. I am not excited, nor will I despond.
I will devote my life to extricating myself from this
misfortune. J could wish my friends felt no greater
mortification than myself.
I shall not leave home and county.
We extract the following from the Cincinnati
Gazette :
Jt wits quite inadvertently fluid by acotemporary,
that there w r as difficulty ii. raying the State interest,
and there might be a called session of the Legisla
ture 1 So far from this being true, there never was
a time when the Fund Commissioners of Ohio could
not borrow half a million dollars at a day 's notice.
But in this case it was only necessary to borrow a
comparatively small sum. The amount of interest
due is about if 110,000. Os this, s*2tM),ooo had been
deposited in New York to meet the interest. Only
about $lf»0,000 remained to be bortowed, and for
this the State has offers from two or three different
sources, and might have in many more. The only
question is, the rate of interest. The Commissioners
<ran and will get the money at the lowest rate of in
terest. They could borrow it on their own responsi
bility, but, if necessary, have sufficient good collate
ral to secure it.
Not only is the interest secure, but ail the ordina
ry civil expenses of the State government will be
paid iu the usual manner. The Governor has acted
promptly iu the case, and nothing will lie omitted
necessary to discover or secure the missiug money.
Terrible Poisoning Case in Virginia.—The
Petersburg (Va.) Express details a terrible poison
ing case in the family of Mr. Edward Gill, in Ches
terfield county. The family is composed of Mr and
Mrs. Gill, and, tip to four weeks ago, six children,
as follows : Miss Frances, aged about 16 years ;
Aurelius, about 13 , William, about 3 , Mary, 6 ;
Ella, 4 i and Hatty, an infant. About one month
ago, little Hatty was taken mysteriously ill, and
died in a few days after. Subsequently, the entire
family began to experience a singular sickness,
which changed the color of their skin toa dull, palish
hue, and bore the character of inflammation of the
stomach. On Saturday last, every member of the
family were prostrated, and physicians from all
points were sent for. A consultation was held,
suspicions of poison excited, and an examination in
stituted.
In the apartments of Rebecca, the cook, which
Were also occupied by a house servant, Maria, and
lier husband, Jack, were found secreted several
boxes and vials, one containing sugar of lead, and
the rest a quantity of the carbonate of lead, both
of which ai e slow but deadly poisons. A light was
here developed, leading directly to the conclusion
that the disease then under treatment was no other
than the lead cholic, superinduced by the consump
tioa of food containing the carbonate aud sugar of
lead. This, it was ascertained upot , urther investi
gation, bad beep introduced daily ir.to the food of
the family for a long series of wc -gs. The scheme
was deeply laid, and upon a principle which one
Would scarcely suspect of being resorted to by an
iguoraut negro. There is some ground, therefore,
for further suspicions, involving a more intelligent
principal in the affair.
On Monday ex’eniug, the next to the youngest
child, Ella, too young to withstand the potency of
the deadly drug, expired. The eldest, Frances aud
Aurelius, were on Tuesday lying in a very critical
condition, while Mr. and Mrs. Gill were improving,
but still exceedingly weak and nervous. The three
slaves mentioned above, gere immediately arrested,
and lodged in the jail, but w>>! be taken before the
Chesterfield court for examination at the proper
time. The two women are owned by Mr. Gill—the
man, by Sylvester Pearce, Esq.
The Shame of Georgia.—The State of Geor
gia, in many respects, occupies a proud position in
tue confederacy of Sta ei; but in one respect her
laws are a shame to her legislators, aud should be a
cause of regret to every good citizen. Our laws are
commendably stringent agaiust some kinds of gam
bling, but they authorize and protect a species of
gambling which is, if possible, worse in its effects
than those which are prohibited and punished as
crimes We refer to the Lotteries authorized by
Georgia.
Not only in Georgia are these legalized gambling
shops drawing from all classes—men, women, child
ren and negroes— regular contributions of their hard
warned means, under the delusive hope of sudden
wealth by “a lucky turn of the wheel," but other
States are cursed with brilliant schemes of “Geor
gia Lotteries.”
Will not the next Legislature wipe oui this etaiu
upon our statute book, and make the laws agaiust
gambling consistent with themselves.— Albany l'a
triat.
Struck bv LimH.njng.— At Iff} o’clock, P. M.
on Tuesday, June 16th, as Mr. John Henderson was
sitting by the window of his residence in Cleveland,
Trim,, a discharge of electricity struck him bet ween
the shoulders, rending a hole in his coat, vest and
shirt, from oue to two inches in diameter, the fluid
then passed down his bax’k, aud along his left leg,
scorching his clothes and burning his flesh to a con
tinuous blister, from three to ten inches in width,
from the points of the shoulders to the heel of his
loft foot, fjo marks were found on the right leg be
low the knee.
The current of electricity bunted the boot of the
left foot, and passed down, burning a bole in the
carpet, and was then dissipated on the floor.
Mr. Henderson became unconscious from the et
sects of the shock, aud remained so for some ten or
fifteen minutes. When he recovered his sufferings
affection.
were most excrutiating. His pains were not so
much on the surface wound au from a rheumatic.
The great wonder, of all who have seen the ef
fects of the lightning, is that be should escape with
his life At the present—June 19th—he is doing
well, and likely to recover his usual health iu a
short time —KnoxviUe H'i7 nets.
Shooting Affair.— Last evening, about half
past eight o’clock, our town was thrown into ex
citement by the announcement that a man had been
shot On inquiry we learned that some family dilli
eultv had occurred between Col. D. Witcher, one
of tile proprietors of the Fulton House, in this town,
and his son W illiam, a young man of about twenty
years of age. Some words psosrd between them,
when the son drew a pistol and deliberate!)’ tired
at his father, the ball entering the abdomen and
making a very dangerous wound. Mr. W itelier
was living this morning. The youth tied, and has
not yet been arrested. —Atlanta America*.
Bishop Polk, of the Diocese of Louisiana, is at
present m Knoxville. His visit to hia-v Tennessee
u with a view of naming various localities, sag
gested as suitable places for the location of the
Southern University We understand the Bishops
of the Southern states, will meet on Lookout
Mountain, on the 4th of July, to take into consider
ation the location of this University. The impres
sion seems to prevail that it will be located some
where in East Tenness ee.—Knoxrill, Riguier.
Bank h rac'd:? in England. —It appears that
criminal information have been th e( } \ a London
against the directors of the British Bank, several
of them have been captured, and have been held to
bail in $40,000. Among those against who m * war
rant was issued, was the notorious Humphrey
Brown, iate II P from Tewkesbury, who ope*,«d ha
account with the n. tish Bank with the heavy s uiu
of 491 and in two days *.f!-rwards contracted a
loan of #IO,OOO with it. which he speedily made only
#385 01)6 and has since told the assignee that it is
“idle ' to ask hyn to repay any of it.
Our farmers are suM to Mtoi spirits in regard to
their crops. There has never been a bettor genend
prosper m East Tennessee thfc now. Whe*. yul
be toady tor in a tew days.—A non-ill*
Register.
Chicago Murals. —There were tureeled ip Chi
cago during the past two and a hall mopliis ~4tSU pet
gone! Among toe rascals arrested were onie clergy
man . one black republican editor , one black repub
lican Mayor; one ex-Member Congress, black re
publican .
1 ran*a i lan s ic Telegraph.— We have been
informed (says the Boston Poet) that the first
telegraphic dispatch to be transmitted across the
ocean will be the compliment of James Buchanan,
President of the United States, to Queen Victoria,
find the return dispatch will convey Her Majesty’s
r*ply _
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When ie the American Convention '
A gentleman in the interior asks, “when is tl-e
American Convention !” We presume on the 7tli
of July, as we observe the Executive Committee
persist in t heir suggestion of that day.
“Who is Brown ?”
To satisfy the very general desire of our demo
cratic friends, as manifested on Saturday, to ascer
tain “ u ho is Brown (the nominee of the Demo
cratic Convection for Governor) we publish the
following article from the Atlanta Intelligencer,
which we hope will enable them to respond to the
enquir ies of their anxious friends. W’lieu.it wus an
nounced, on Saturday morning, that the Democratic
Convention had nominated Joseph E. Brown,
as the Democratic candidate for Governor, the very
walls reverberated the enquiry, “Who is Brown 1"
—and, we are pained to say, the leaders of the de
mocracy could not offer a satisfactory solution.
Later in the day, however, it was ascertained that
one or two Americans, (poor fellows, we pity them)
knew the nominee, or had heard of him, and imme
diately their places of business were so besieged, by
anxious enquirers, principally democrats, that they
were compelled, we learn, to retire to the bosom of
their families to escape from the interminable en
quiry, “Who is Brown /"—to which they had re
sponded till their patience was exhausted; It wee
an amusing scene, and an impressive and instruc
tive lesson taught by it, (one perfectly characteristic
of democracy) was to see the retiring enquirers
asserverating, that Brown was a “fist-rate man
inf nitely superior to either of the prominent aspi
rants for the nomination” —in short, “the very best
man that could have been selected ” —“a perfect
jewel”—“a real diamond of the first watei,” who
had, till now, been buried in tbe mud or the moun
tains. Such is democracy—the lesson is an instruc
tive one. But we are being led off, when our object
wa3 to submit the respouse of the Atlanta Intelli
gencer, to the oft-repeated democratic enquiry,
“who is Brown ?” Here it is :
The Democratic Candidate.— On Friday morn
inar, after 20 ineffectual ballot ings, Judge Joseph E.
Drown,of Cherokee county, waa unanimously nonai
nated by the Milledgeville Convention as the De
mocratic candidate in the approaching Gubernato
rial Convention (election.)
.Judge Brown ia a young man, probably not more
than Jo years of age, a native of Pickeua District,
South Carolina. He emigrated to this State some
Ir* years since, a poor boy in searc h of his fortune.
Soon afterwards he attracted the attention of Dr.
•T. \V. Lewis, a gentleman distinguished alike for his
talents and his charities, who perceiving in young
Brown the right stuff to make a man of, 9ent him
to Vale College. We know uot what progress he
made then, but from th 3 progressive spirit he has
since displayed, we presume Dr. Lewis had no
cause to be dipleased with his charge. While at
Yale, young Brown studied Law, aud returning
home commenced the practice, in which he has been
eminently successful. In IB 19 he was elected to
the State Senate, and won the respect of that body
by his gentlemanly manners aud superior talents.
At the close of the session he returned home and re
sumed the practice of the Law, which he continued
until October 185 b, w hen he was elected Judge of
the Blue Ridge Circuit, beating his competitor,
Judge Irwin, several thousand votes.
As a Judge, Mr. Brown has won the respect and
admit at iou of the bar and the country. Thoroughly
versed in the knowledge of the law, of an upright,
inflexible disposition, of a kind heart and courteous
manners, he has made the court over which he pre
sided the true temple of Justice, and won for hint
self the honors of her representative. As Governor
of Georgia, Judge Brown will reflect credit on the
place, as he has on all other places which he has
filled, lie is a self-made man—a man equal to any
emergency in which he may be called to act. To
fail is what, he cannot—‘tis contrary to his nature.
He is a man of the people, and understands their
wauts and dispositions ; besides, he is a man of un
sullied virtue, and strict, almost severe morality, hap
pily blending in himself the character of this age
with the sterner one in which our fathers lived.
The /nteliigenrer has thus promptly anticipated
the desire of the Democracy to know “who is
Broun?'' and in the name of the universal Demo
crftcy, the “unwashed'’ and the “harmonious," we
thank it. After this no man need ask “trho is
Brown ?”
Accident on (lie <<eorniu Railroad.
An accident occurred to the morning train on the
Georgia Railroad Thursday, when about eighteen
miles from the city, by which the baggage car and
smokers’ car were thrown from the track and con
siderably shattered. Several perso ,s were slightly
bruised, but no one seriously hurt. The accident
was caused, we learn, by the breaking of one of the
tracks. The train from Atlanta, due at 6 o’clock
last evening, did not arrive till o’clock in conee
quenoe of the obstructions upon the track.
Oration of Hon. Edward Everett.
Wg publish to-day, the eloquent and patriotic
oration of the lion. Edward Everett, ou the oc
casion of the celebration of the 82d anniversary of
the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the inauguration of
the statue of Gen. Joseph Warren. The ceremo
nies were witnessed by an immense concourse of
citizens and military, aud speeches were made by a
number of prominent men. The proceedings of the
day were interesting, but would occupy two much
of our space to give them iu detail. We would
merely call attention to Mr. Everett’s address.
It is worth reading aud preserving.
To Planter**.
W e are requested to call the attention of Planters
to the Card of Messrs. Rupert A. Ali.en & Son,
of Savannah, who decline to sell Cotton ou any
terms.
Attend to Your Tax Returns.—The atten
tion of those who have not made a return of their
taxable property, is invited to the advertisement of
the Receiver. His books will be closed on the Ist
of July, when those who fail to make their returns
will be double taxed.
Emerson’s United States Magazine.—We
have received from the publishers the July number
of this Magazine, commencing the fifth volume.—
The principal feature of attraction is the comment of
a)) elaborate original “Ufc of Geo. Washington,”
written by a distinguished author, aud which will
be illustrated with several hundred tine engravings.
This Magazine has increased vastly in popularity
within th* last few years. Now is a good time to
subscribe. It is published by J M. Emerson A
Co., No. 10 Spruce street, N. V., at $3 per annum.
II ARfER’a Ma<?a?ine for July has been laid on
our table by Geo. A. Oaths.
The three leading articles of this number, which
is a very interesting one, are, “Scraps from an
Note Book,” “North Carolina Illustrated,"
and “The Shakers," all of which are embellished
with numerous engravings. There are several other
articles of interest, including five chapters of “JJt
tle Dorrit.”
Congressional Nominations.— Hon. Alex. 11.
Stephens has been nominated as the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Eighth Congressional
District, aud Hon. Linton Stephens in the Seventh
District.
From Havana —The steamer Isabel, from Ha.
vans, arrived at Charleston on Sunday. Sbebrings
no news of importance. Tbe city was healthy; some
yellow fever among the shipping, but no sickness of
any kind on shore. Tbe fleet from Spain—a line-of
battle ships, four smaller vessels and two steamers
—had arrived and anchored in the harbor. It was
still rumored that the troops would go to Mexico.
Municipal Election in Memphis.—An election
for Mayor aßd Aldermen, and other city officers of
Memphis, took place on Thursday last. All the
American nominees except one were elected. A
majority of tire Hoard of Aldermen are also Ameri
cans.
The President and Gov. Walker. —The eau
tious Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
t>u* says : “The President, it is said, has expressed
|,i« decided satisfaction at the course adopted by
acting-Governor Stanton in the discharge of the du
ties of the office until it passes into the hands of
Gov. Walker. Mr. Stanton stated, in his private
letters that he had left the way smooth for his suc
cessor. and that Gov. Waiker would tend little diffi
culty in preserving the peace of the territory. Gov.
Walker's inaugural address is generally approved,
though it is very positive in its recommendations
on some vita! points."
The following new Post Offices, in Georgia, have
been established by the Postmaster Genera!:
Bethlehem, Forsyth county, and Peter Bennett
appointed Postmaster
Oakland, Hall county, and E. P. lleaden ap
pointed Poemaster.
In migration.—During the four months ending
Ist, 11,214 emigrants left Bremen for the Uni.
ted Stases in 47 vessels, while during the same pe
riod last year, only d,“S-i passengers in 33 vessels
sailed from there, thus showing an increase of 4,230
over the number who emigrated last year .
Judge Meek, of Alabama, contemplates issuing,
Ibis summer, two volumes, one to be called the
"Song* and Ballads of the South, 11 and the other,
entitled “Orations, Essays, ond Sketches, Historical
and Literary," which will embody some reman tic
cHapfere of Southwestern history never before pub
ijshed.
&ovel Mail Matiae.—Uet wtei, two young
alligator* were received at the poet otiice at Char
lotte, N. C., having been sent from SmithvUle, N. C.,
through the mail bags. This is the first instance of
transporting alligators, through the mail, known to
us. They were in a box, with stamps {attached to
pay the postage.
Tbe Georgia Democrarv —Jlr. Buchanan,Gov.
Walker.
As a part of tbe history of the times, we publishi
for the information of the reader, the followiug ex
tract from the proceedings of the late Democratic
Convention, held in Milledgeville. which contains
the entire action of that body in relation to the as
fairs of Kansas, Mr. Buchanan and Gov. Walker,
as reported in the “ Federal Union—Ext ra,“ of the
25th mat. :
On motion cf Hoc. Thomas W. Thomas, of Elbert,
the Chair appointed three from each Congressional
District, to prepare resolutions and business for the
action of the Convention, as follows
Thomas W. Thomas, of Elbert, Chairman.
Ist District—Phillips, ot Giyrm Wynn, of Liber
ty Gordon, of Chatnam.
2d Disrrict—May, of Stuart. Harrel, of Webster,
Evans, of Decatur.
3d District —Clark, of Bibb: Ramsey*, ot Harris:
Ward, of Butts.
4th District—Duncan, of Fulton . Ector, of Men
wether : Barbour, of Troup.
sth District—Watters, of Cherokee - Chastain, of
Gilmer . Wright, of Floyd
6th District —Smith, of Union Hull, of Clarke;
Dunegan, of Hall.
7th District—Gray, of Jones ; Gonder, oi Han
oo.-k Lofton, of Jasper.
Bih District —Walker, of Richmond . Anthony, ot
Burke. .
K L Rodev, of Monroe, presented the resolutions
of the Third District Congressional Convention and
moved that they be read before the Convention,
and are as follows :
This Convention, representing the i bird Eon
gressional District, deeply impressed with the sig
nificance and tee dency of events transpiring in the
Territory of Kansas, expresses its deliberate judg
ment thereon, as follows : , . , .
a,- sotted, That we have viewed with serious con
cern, and with decided disapproval, the course
which has been pursued by the lion. Kobeit J.
Walker, since his appointment as Governor ot the
Tenitory of Kansas ; that his inaugural address to
the people of Kansas indicates a policy mimical to
southern interests, and we resent it as an unauthor
ized intervention between the parties into which
the people of the Territory arc divided, an unwar
rantable dictation, and a departure from that posi
tion of strict neutrality upon the subject of slavery
which ought to be occupied by Federal officials in
the Territories of the Union.
Resolved, That we content ourselves witli this em
phatic condemnation of the inaugural of Governor
Walker, and trusting that events will show- it is
dsanproved by the administration; we refer the
whole subject to the approaching State Convention
of the Democratic party, witli the confident expecta
tion that it will take such action in the premises for
the protection of southern rights and the viudioa
tion of the Democratic party of the State as the
emergency demands.
Mr. Fielder, of Polk, moved that they be referred
to the Committee on Resolutions and business.—
After some discussion, the resolutions were read and
referred to tiie committee for their consideration.
Mr. Aycock, of Dade, offered a set of resolutions
to be read, which, on motion of Ramsey, of Harris,
they, and all other resolutions that might be offered,
were referred to the Committee for their action.
On motion, the Convention took a recess until 3
P.M.
Three o'clock P. M., the Convention met.
The ehaiiman of the committee on resolutions
made the following report:
The committee of twenty-four, to whom was as
signed the duty of prepariug matter for the acton
of th s convention, ask leave to report the following
resolutions as expressive of the opinions of this con
vention on all matters that are essential for them to
take action upon at this time.
1 . Resolved, That we declare our continued ad
herence and increased confidence in the platform of
principles adopted by the Cincinnati Convention of
185 G, and which were made triumphant in the elec
tion of James Buchanan to the Presidency of these
United States.
2. Resolved, That we declare our continued con
fidence in the patriotism, fidelity and ability of Mr
Buchanan and his administration, that he will hold
even the scales of justice between the different sec
tions of this Union, and prove faithful to the great
principles of justice and equality which procured
his election.
3. Resolved , That the inaugural address of Gov.
Walker, in prescribing the terms on which Con
gress should admit Kansas into the Union, and in
attempting to dictate the submission of their Con
stitution for ratification, and to what. class of per
sons, constitutes a presumptuous interference iu
matters over which he lias no legitimate control, and
that the same address, in expressing his official
opinion that Kansas would become a free Stajo,
and iu presenting arguments to support that side of
the question, is a gross departure from the princi
ples of non-intervention and neutrality which were
established by the Kansas bill, and this Convention
has full confidence that Mr. Buchanan will manifest
his fidelity to the principles wldeli carried him into
office, by recalling Governor Walker.
Judge Thomas supported tin* resolutions in a
sound, logical and forcible address. Hon. A. R.
Wright, of Floyd, presented u minority report as
follows:
Augustus R. Wright, one of tin- committee ot
twenty four begs leave to dissent from that part of
the report of the committee which relates to Gov.
Walker’s inaugural, and the action of the Presi
dent thereon, and to insert in lieu thereof the fol
lowing :
Resolved, \st. That this Convention regards the
inaugural of Gov. Walker, of Kansas, as a direct
ami palpable violation of the covenant cf the Kan
sas and Nebraska art, and of the Cincinnati Plat
form.
Resolved , That we approve of that portion of his
instruction*; which indicates it to be the will of the
President, that the Constitution when framed,should
be submitted to the people of the Territory, and
the further qualification indicated by Gov. Walker,
that voters ought to be then, the actual bona fide
resident settlers who shall be by law entitled and
qualified voters.
Resolved, That Governor Walker’s official inter
ference, in reference to the character of the Consti
tution to be framed, if it does not involve his remo
val, calls for the unqualified disapprobation of the
President.
John W. H. Uuderwood, of Floyd, and Linton
Stephens, of Hancock, addressed the Convention
in favor of the majority report. The resolutions re
ported by the Committee were received with but
few dissenting voices.
The resolutions were then read and voted upon
separately. The first and second resolutions passed
unanimously. Mr. Fielder of Polk, offered a substi
tute for the 3d resolution, viz:
Whereas, the Hon. R. J. Walker, in his late in
augural address to the people of Kansas, has given
expression to sentiments in regard to the climate,
temperature, and implied want of adaptation to
slavery of that Territory, and also its Constitution
and admission into the UnioiTas a State, which are
regarded as infringing upon the doctrine of non in
tervention, therefore,
Resolved , Ist, That any interference on the part
of the prescut or any future Territorial Governor,
or other federal otlicial, w hich is designed or calcu
lated in the remotest degree to give direction to pub
lic sentiment, or lend the influence of the Federal
Government for that purpose upon the subject
of slavery, for or against it, being contrary to the
doctrine of non-intervention, should receive the un
qualified disapproval ot this Convention.
Resolved 2d, That when the people of Kansas,
who, under the legcl Territorial organization there
of, are entitled to exercise the elective franchise
fairly, without fraud within or intervention from
without, make a constitution aud either directly
from a State Convention or a vote of ratification by
the people as they may choose, present the same to
Congress aud ask for admission as a State, whether
the same be for or against slavery, it is the duty ot
Congress to admit them, provided their constitution
is otherwise republican in form.
Which motion was laid upon the table.
The minority report was then offered as a substi
tute for the 3d resolution, which, after some discus
sion, was voted upon by counties with the follow
ing result :
All the counties voting against the substitute ex
cept the followiug :
Chattooga, Clarke, Floyd, Ilall, Mclntosh, Ogle
thorpe, Polk, Pulaski, Union equally divided. J. M.
Sessions, of Cherokee, J. W. 11. Underwood, ot
Floyd, and G.W. Jordan, of Pulaski, recorded then
votes against the substitute.
The resolutions were then put and carried with
great unanimity.
lion. H. Buchanan, of Coweta, ott'eied the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved, That it is tbe sense of this Convention,
that the question of submitting the Constitution
that may be framed by the Kansas Convention,
when hereafter assembled, to the people, pertains
wholly to that Convention alone. And should the
above Convention recognize slavery in Kansas,
whether submitted to the people for ratification or
rejection or not, and should Congress reject th * ap
plicat ion of Kansas for admission into the Union on
t he ground that the Constitution was not ratified by
the people, such action on the part of Congress
would be a violation of the principles of the Geor
gia platform of 1850, the Kansas Nebraska bill and
the Cincinnati Platform, and would require the
adoption, ou the part of Georgia, of the measures
laid down as a last resort in the Georgia Platform,
for a violation of the principles therein contained.
Which was, ou motion of Linton Stephens, of
Hancock, laid on the table.
Mr. Spalding, of Mclntosh, asked to have his pro
test spread upon the records of the Convention,
which read as follows:
Randolph Spalding, of Mclntosh, protests against
that portion of the :i3 resolution of the committee of
twenty-four, that calls upon the President to remove
Mr. Walker.
The effort of these political demagogues and
tricksters to mislead the people, by an adroit at
tempt to shield Mr. Buchanan from all censure,
for the freesoil sentiments contained in Governor
Walker's inaugural address, while they denounce
Walker, is too transparent to deceive any intelli
gent and well informed mind, who will investigate
the facts. And if such winds have honesty and in
dependence, they will not hesitate to expose the mis
erable trick and the tricksters, who are thus seeking
to deceive and betray the South. From this catego
ry, the Convention cannot escape, unless they
plead ignorance, and in that event, they will ex
hibit themselves as unfit leaders for a free and in
telligent people. Be this as it may, that is their
only escape—for the fact is well established that Gov.
Walker wrote ont his Inaugural Address before
he left Washington City , a copy of which was given
to a representative of the press in that city for pub
lication.
There is, therefore, no question, indeed it is quite
certain, and no candid or honest man will or can
doubt, that Got. Walker submitted the address to
Mr. Buchanan, and that it was approved by him.
There can be no doubt of this; for if he saw it (
which no one for one moment will question, it is
certain that he approved of the address and its Free
soil positions and principles, otherwise, he would
either have refused to make the appointment, or
having made it, would have revoked it while Walk
er was yet in Washington. Walker was invited
to Washington by the President, he was there for
days in daily conference with him, and the Inaugu
ral was written in Washington, doubtless, under the
advise and with the full approbat-on of Mr. Bu
chanan, who saw it, and no doubt gave it his full
and hearty approval. If he had not so approved,
Walker would have either changed its phraseology
or refused to accept the olKce. And yet, in the face
of these facts, the Democratic Convention of Geor
gia denounce Walker for the promulgation of such
obnoxious Freesoil sentiments, while they endeavor
to shield Mr. Buchanan from all eeneure, who most
certainly approved those sentiments in the address.
We speak what we know, when we say, the In
augural of Walker was written before he It ft Wash
ington, and was given by him to a representative of
the press. We have the evidence, and can convince
the most skeptical. Will the Democratic Conven
tion plead ignorance of this fact, or will they plead
guilty to the charge of a deliberate attempt to de
ceive the people and betray the South ?
Heavy Verdict —Among the suits disposed of
last week fit the Common Pleas, Canfield, Mahon
ing county, 0., was that of Henry Mansfield vs. O
& P. H. U. Co., motion for damages sustained by
the collision at Darlington, in December, 1855.
Verdict for plaintiff, ss,tJbo. Both parties gave no
tice of an appeal. Mr. Mansfield is a cripple for
life—is a native of Florida, and for many years was
mate oi a steamboat on tbe Mississippi.
bisTY Battle Snakes !—The hands working on
U. 8. Crowder's plantation, in Tallahatchie county,
Miss., killed, says the Locomotive of Granada, six
ty rattle snakes in the last month. Many more are
supposed to have been deetroyed by burning o
timber on the land which the hands were clearing.
A boy, at a recent examination in an English
school, was asked who discovered America ! “I
wish I may die,'* says a British editor, “if he didn't
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Stormin Minnesota. —A correspondent of tbe
Chicago Tribune, writing from Red Wing, Minne
sota Territory, under date June sth. says: “Our
town was visited by a tremendous storm ou Friday
last, which continued with unabated violence till
this morning. To say that tbe windows of Heaven
were opened would feebly express the inundation
of the country. The whole establishment was turn
ed inside out. The steam flouring mill ou Spring
Creek, owned by Messrs. Steams A Hobart, is en
tirely gone—the walls washed away, and SIO,OOO
carried off in a flood of a rain water. A barn on
tbe bank near the mill floated down the stream with
a valuable horse. On tbe flats, just above, a dwel
ling bouse belonging to a Swede was carried away
bodily. Nothing has been beard from any cf tbe
occupants since, and it is supposed they are all
drowned. Bell Creek has risen fifteen icet, and all
the bridges ou that and Ilay Creek have gone down
tbe Mississippi. What is tbe end of these disasters
no one is yet able to say. Property has been de
stroyed in this vicinity to the extent of many thou
sands of dollars, uud the storm must have exteuded
over a great range of country.
A Pacific Railroad Scheme. —The Omaha
Nebrasktun, of June 10th, states that the previous
week Col. Orr, of South Carolina, Gen. Robinson,
of Pennsylvania, lion. John Covode and Hon. Mr.
Bradshaw, members of Congress, of Pennsylvania
Judge Barber, of Wisconsin, Col. Curtis, of lowa,
member of C« ngress eloct, Mr. Ilosmer, of
Ohio, Mr. Pierce, of Indiana, and many other pro
minent personages visited Omaha, examined the
town and its vicinity, and the mouth of Platte river,
aud industriously conferred with the various inter
ests and corporations, having in view the construe,
tionof the Great Pacific Railroad, byway of the
Platte Valley and South Pass to the Pacific ocean
The company was organized at a meeting held in
Omaha on the 6th inst., by the election of Gen. Ro
binson, of Pennsylvania, President, Judge Barber,
of Wisconsin, Secretary, and Mr. Hosmer, of Ohio,
Treasurer, and assumed the name of the “Platte
Valley, South Pass and Pacific. Railroad and Tele
graph Company,” with a capital of sixty millions
of dollars. A charter was obtained under the terri
torial laws. The length of the road to the South
Pass will be about one thousand miles.
Wholesome Satire.— Should the country ever
come to an untoward end, says the Boston Courier,
it will not be for want of beuefit of clergy, foreign
and domestic. No observer can help being struck
with the fact that there is a prodigious amount of
secular ability in the pulpit, languishing and \ ining
upon such trivial themes as righteousness and judg
ment to come, and pnntiug to disport itself iu the
more congenial spheres of politics and government.
We have clergymen by the hundred who under
stand the Constitution of the United States better
thau the Judges of the Supreme Court, and who,
had they been called upon to administer the gov
ment during the last ten years, would have secured
two advantages which no secular ability and expe
rience have been able to combine, by giving to the
anti-slavery sentiment of the North its utmost de
mands, and yet binding more closely together the
bonds of the Union. The government which a man
carries on in his study is easily managed as bache
lors’ wives or spinters’ children. “ Immediate reve
lation,” says Locke, “is a much easier way for
men to establish their opinions and regulate their
conduct, than the tedious aud uot always successfu
labor of strict reasoning.” It is possible that were
these clerical dogmatists actually set to work to
construe laws and govern men, they might meet
with some of the difficulties which have perplexed
such inferior faculties as those of Webster and Clay,
but it is evident from the confidence of their tone
that no such apprehensions are entertained by
themselves.
The Expedition to Utah.— The St. Louis Re
publican discourages the plan now entertained and
in process of execution of sending a large military
force to Utah, contending that the lateness of the
season and the hostility of the Indians are likely to
defeat the objects in view, and needlessly provoke
a collision with the Mormons. The Republican
suggests that, instead of adopting this course, the
speedy appointment and despatch of suitable Terri
torial officers under a military escort, would be
much more likely to secure respect tor the laws of
the United States. In case of failure, 4 force suffi
cient to compel obedience should be sent out next
spring. Our St. Louis cotemporary says :
“ We assume as a settled fact, that no military
expedition, fully equipped and prepared for active
field operations, can be fairly put upon the field be
fore the 15th of July to the Ist of August, aud that
it will take sixty days before they can reach the
“ Reserve,” within forty miles of Great Salt Lake
City. They will not get there before the last of Oc
tober and then they will be without quarters, al
most without tents, and exposed to the heavy snows
of that region, and, if the Mormons should be dis
posed to be hostile, to attacks from well trained
men in that quarter, and to the annoyances which
they can bring to bear upon the troops.”
Destructive Storm. —The Gallatin Tenn., Ex
aminer learns that a most destructive rain fell be
tween Carthage and Dixon Spring, Tenn., on Mon
day last. The oldest inhabitant has no recollection
of just suoh a one. Stoue fenoes, corn aud the crops
were swept away in a few minutes. Upon hillsides
where there were no streams, fences were rapidly
carried off. About four miles of the turnpike were
nearly destroyed.
A Washington correspondent of the Richmond
South, says that General Walker has expressed an
intention of going very soon to California, “where
he can operate with more advautage than elsewhere
in the Union.’' If he does not return to Nicaragua,
this correspondent intimates he may organize and
conduct an expedition into the northern territory of
Mexico, in order to avange the shooting of Crabbe
and his filibusters.
A Water Spout. —Reports of remarkable at
mospherical phenomena come from different por
tions of the country. In addition to the whirlwinds,
hailstorms, 4fcc., already noticed as having occur
red in New York State and Connecticut, we have
aeoounts of a water spout in Massachusetts. It is
thus described :
It formed a column of one to three feet in height,
and filled the air to the height of ten or fifteen feet
with large drops and spray, the whole lighted up
with the most brilliant rainbows. There was a noise
like the rushing of a mighty torrent; there was a
continual sound, like that when red hot iron is pass
ed into water. The water spout had the usual
whirling, and at the same time a progressive mo
tion, and was abont twenty or thirty seconds in pass
ing ItHt yards, when it encountered a railroad bridge,
which broke it up, so that it passed away without
doing damage.
Alleged Defalcation.— The Norforlk (Va)
Herald states that a rumor has prevailed there to
the effect tliat the Teller of the Farmers Bank was
a defaulter for a considerable amount. The Mayor
issued a warrant for his arrest, but he had not been
taken in custody Monday evening.
Going to New York.— lt will be seen by refer
ence to advertisement of T. Brennan, that he is
closing his busmens in this city, and proposes, for
the few days that he remains to sell his stock of goods
at very low prices. His object, we learn, is to em
bark in business, with an extensive bouse in New
York, where we hope his s«ccess will equal his most
sanguine anticipations. Mr. B. has been engaged
in business, in this city for several years, and we
take pleasure in saying of him, in all onr intercourse
wth him, we have ever foUDd him the agreeable
and obliging gentleman.
Movements ue a United States Minister.—A
letterdated Paris, June 4, says: “The United States
Minister at Constantinople, Mr. Spence, is now at
Bucharest, on the Danube, whither he has gone os
tensibly and for commercial purposes, but really, it
is said at Constantinople for a political object, con
nected with the union ofthe two principalities.”
The Battle Month. —The Boston Transcript
alludes to the fact that the important battles of
Xaseby, Bunker Hill, Monmouth and Waterloo
were all fought in June—the first named on the 14th,
the second on the 17th, the third on the 18th and the
last on the 19th of the month. The attack on the
Chesapeake was made on the22d of June, 1807, and
the last war with England was declared on the 18th
of June 1812.
The rock in the Blue Ridge Tunnel, says the Vir
ginia Jeffersonian, is now quite cut out, and a per
son can see through the entire tunnel; that is, a per
son at the eastern end can see the light shine through
at the western end. Preparations are in progress
to enable the cars to pas* through the tunnel early in
July, and also to run them twenty miles west of the
present terminus of the road.
Congressional Nomination. — The Democratic
Convention for the Third District has nominated the
Iloi* D J. Bail* for Confess.
The Transatlantic Telegraph and the
Newspapers.— lt having been suggested that the
rate of messages over the oceanic wire will be a
dollar a word, the New Y'ork Times estimates the
cost of the despatches for the pres 3 at about a thou
sand dollars a day. Commenting ou this, the Bos
ton Bee says :
This enormo\iß expense will, of course, be divided
among a great many papers in different proportions,
but it must add greatly to the cost of publication,
and, as the Times very properly suggests, must
“lead to what must corns to pass, sooner or later—
an increase in the price of our leading journals.”
While everything else has been advancing in price,
newspapers have remained unchanged, or have ac
tually been sold at lower re tes; the publishers rely
ing upon the advertisements not only for all their
profits, but for a large part of tbe expenses of pub
licatioD. This is not a true system. The price of a
paper ought not to be so low that au increase of cir -
culation without au increase in advertising will be
a disadvantage to the publisher. A paper should be
sold at a price which will leave a distinct margin
beyond the cost of the white paper and of the press
work.
Hoop Skirts and Umbrellas. —Whale bone has
nearly doubled in price within the past four mouths
in consequence of the enormous consumption of the
article in skirt-hoops. The New York Post, of Sat
urday, says :
"Where the wholesale price was forty or fifty, it
is now eighty and ninety cents a pound. The Com
mercial List of to-day reports a sale of eight thou
sand pounds at ninety-five. An umbrella dealer
informs us that at retail be has been obliged to pay
a dollar and a half a pound for the manufactured
article, and the five dollar umbrellas of two months
ago are uow sold for six. Nor is this all. The braces
have become greatly attenuated, being hardly more
than half the size they were in the old-fashioned
umbrellas. So that the prospect is, that we shall be
compelled to rely wholly on steel braces which have
experienced no such ‘appreciation.' ”
From Kansas. —The correspondent of the New
Y'ork Times records this fact—worthy of especial
note—and the more so as being in that “Repnbli
can” journal:
“In Lawrence, (as I have been told by agentle
man who spent most of the day there) where there
are two hundred registered voters, the Abolition
Party instituted a reign of terror, aud refused to
let any poll be opened at all; and in Fret nkh nth
rumor is that the same proceedings have occurred
and in precisely the same way. This lias simply
had the effect of permitting the opposing party to
have everything according to their wishes, and can
not be too severely reprehended. It is true the po
litical character ot tbe Convention is a matter of se
condary importance, when it is considered that the
Constitution will be submitted to tbe vote of the
whole people, but, withal, 1 think the policy of ig
noring the election of delegates was unwise, ill-ad
vised and absurd. If the same course had been pur
sued by the ultra Anti Slavery men in the other
counties (which 1 am disposed to think, has been
the fact,) then the consequences may be serious.
1 believe, however, that the Convention will be
pretty fairly constituted, and 1 have no doubt
that it will represent, though disproportionately
it may be, all the political sentiment of the Terri
tory.”
Jews in Parliament. —The Knglish papers give
the followiug explanation of the Catholic opposition
to the “oaths” bill for the admission of J ews into
Parliament:
The Roman Catholic members of Parliament,
headed by tbe Duke of Norfolk, had risen in oppo
sitiou to the measure, and had waited upon Lord
Palmerston and held a meeting for the purpose of
securing relief for the Catholics from the objection
able passage in tbe oaths now taken by the mein
hers of the Legislature. The interview with Lord
Palmerston not being deemed satisfactory, it was
resolved to support amendments to the bill in com
mittee, embodying tbe views of the Catholics and
to meinoralize Parliament to frame an oath for all
classes without distinction of creed. It is feared
that this movement would jeopardize the bill, and
some of the Catholic (presses opposed the inter
ference.
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. —“lon,” the
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
in his letter, dated Monday, says :
“The article concerning Central American af
fairs in the Loudon Morning Post, the reputed or
gan of Lord Palmerston, is the more entitled to be
considered as official, for reason that it has hereto
fore, in regard to the same questions, proved to be
an unerring index of the feeling of the ministry. We
learn that the British government are quite as will
ing as we are to drop the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
It is not at. all improbable that it will be abrogated
by mutual consent of parties. It requires on our
part, an act of Congress which will probably be re
commended when Congress meets.
From the Post we learn three things, which it was
interesting to know : Ist, that the British govern
ment will not submit to the Monroe dootrine in
regard to North America, half of which is British
2d, that they will not be excluded from light of
transit across the isthmean region; and 3d, that they
will lose no opportunity to restrict the extension of
African slavery by the United States into other
American States. Two years of diplomacy would
uot better enlighten us on these questions than we
have been by tne timely article of the Post.
The Sonora Expedition. —A letter to the New
Orleans Picayune, from California, speaking of the
execution of Capt. Crabb, of the unfortunate Sonora
expedition, says :
“Mrs. Crabb is iu dreadful affliction—two broth
ers, two brothers-in law and a husband all murder
ed. One brother-in-law is left, Mr. Taliferro, a Vir
ginian, an elegant gentleman, who would have
been with Crabb hau it not beeu for his wife’s ill
health. He tells me the family are almost entirely
dependent upon his exertions. It consists of eight
daughters, three of them widows, a young son at
school, an old father, aud a paralyzed mother, but
highly intelligent. She is, indeed,one of the noblest
woman I ever knew, with a piety and resignation it
is wonderful to behold.”
Brussels Riot.—The Journal of Commerce pub
lishes the following extract, of a letter from a young
American who was an eyewitness of the Brussels
riot:
“You will doubtless have read about the distur
bance in Belgium, but all you will read in the pa
pers is very I was in the midst, of the
greatest gathering, and was thus an eye witness to
the exceeding good order of the crowd. ’Tis true,
in one or two cases there were a few (and a very
few) panes of glass broken, but the better class of
the community neing at the head of the movement,
nothing in the way of real violence was reasonably
to be feared, and instead of the Belgian people
sinking iu my estimation in consequence of these
demonstrations, quite the contrary is the case. They
have shown the government that while they are a
good law-abiding people, they will not submit to
the axe being laid at tne root of their liberties. A
grand principle was involved in the question in dis
pute, and had the law passed, and no revolution ta
ken place, it would only have been postponing a
knife’s cut for a future sabre’s gash. 1 am glad the
whole matter has been quieted, at least for tne pres
ent, by the wise action of the King.”
llow Railroads are Built in Egypt.—Acor
respoudent of the New York Journal of Commerce,
writing from Cairo, describes the railroad from Al
exandria to the Red Sea :
A peculiarity is seen in the construction of t his
railroad. I observed no sleepers except near the
depot, instead of which, as the country could not
furnish the timber, a strong, hollow iron apparatus
is cast, much resembling the common culinary iron
pot, which is firmly fastened in the earth by sinking
the open end, while the rails rest upon notches cast
in the exterior of the other end. These, with small
iron bars crossing the track, keep the rails fast.—
The railroad is 130 miles long, and is being extended
to Suez, on the Red Sea, all of which distance is
completed, except 40 miles next to Suez, aud will
be opened the entire distance before the close of the
year. The whole was built by an English company,
and then sold to the Viceroy, who receives an in
come from it exceeding the most sanguine expec
tation of the projectors. The electric telegraph is
already extended to Suez, from whence it is pro
posed to convey it to India.
The Tornado at Pana.— The telegraph has al
ready given an account of a tornado at Pana, 111,
by which a number of buildings were blown down
and several lives lost. The St. Louis Republican
has the following incidents of the calamity .-
One man attempted to keep his door from blow
ing open—the wind getting the better of him, took
the door off its hinges, and man with it to a distance
of seventy-five yards. Part of a wood shed was
blown two miles soutueast of Pana. Mr. Edwards
and his clerk were blown a considerable distance
into the prairie. The upright of the water-tank was
blown over the Beckwith I louse, and heavy tim
bers to a distance of three hundred yards. Three
men were blown off the platform in front of the
passenger depot, a distance of three hundred yards.
A conductor was blown through a window. There
is not a house left standing in Pana but what is more
or less injured. The hurricane was accompanied
with large hail stones and a heavy rain.”
Failure of the “Main Trunk.” —From the
action of the stockholders in Brunswick, says the
Floridian 4- Journal , the public had been led to
regard the construction of the “Main Trunk” as ee
cured ; but we have received reliable information
to the effect that the Directors of the Brunswick
Company will not consent to the terms proposed,
and further, that they will offer no terms to Savan
nah which the latter will accept. But one gentle
man ofthe Board favors a settlement of the diffi
culty as proposed by the meeting referred to—all the
others are utterly hostile to any bona fide compro
mise which lets in Savannah on any thing like fair
terms. This course on the part of the Brunswick
Directors effectually defeats the “Main Trunk”
scheme. Manifestly it is not the interest of Brus
wick to have that “Trunk” built. Her true inte
rests as a city lay in the direction of Macon and Al.
bany—a fact which doubtless her owners see.
Wild Cats. —Some of the municipal and minor
corporations in lowa appear to have been seized
with a mania for banking, and hare commenced to
issue “bills of credit” in violation of both the State
and Federal Constitution. Atßurlington, Keokuk,
Nappello and St. Paul this paper trash has been is
sued ; cities and insurance companies are endeav
oring to palm off upon the people a “circulating
medium” not based upon specie, and utterly illegal.
The people should refuse to touch the “shinplas
ters,” and corporations, like individuals, should be
punished for their lawless acts.
It has already been mentioned that the Second
Presbyterian Cbureh of Cincinnati bee disapproved
of tbe action of tbe General Assembly, recently in
seseiou in Cleveland, on the subject of slavery. At
a meeting of this congregation on Friday last, the
Pastor read a paper concluding with the following
wholesome and Christian remarks, which might be
studied with profit everywhere and by all religious
societies:
We urge upon those members of our Church, who
disapprove of the action of the last Assembly, tbe
exercise of patience and forbearance, and upon
those who approve of that action feelings of kind
ness and courtesy toward those who differ from
them. We urge upon all a greatly increased im
portunity in prayer, that Goa would pour out His
spirit upon us ; that He would make the means of
grace which we enjoy to successful in the awaken
ing of the unconverted, as to fill our hands with la
bor and our hearts with love.
The Underground Railroad in Operation.—
The Hardin County (Ohio) Democrat of the 20th is
credibly informed that fifteen fufeitfee elavet were
run through that village en route to Canada, on
Monday last. Tbe Democrat says :
“They were lying in wagons and covered up with
blankets. They passed through during a thunder
storm, stopping at a central house only long enough
to get recruited in the way of provisions. They
then went three miles farther north, where they were
secreted the next day, but before the facts were
made known, they had got beyond the reaeh of the
law.’’ *
Spider Bites —The Boston Traveller, noticing
another death from the biteoi a spider, recommends
the trial of whiskey as an antidote to the poison.
Invert a small glass bottle, containing the liquor,
over the wound, bo that the whiskey cannot evapo
rate, until the poison is extracted, and if the virus
has got into the circulation, drink a little whiskey
to counteract it.
The damage at Charlotte, N. C., by tbe storm of
Wednesday week is estimated at SIU,OU«.
Cotton Bloom. —We were shown a lew dav |
ago a fine, healthy and vigorous Cotiou bloom fron \
the plantation of Col. Maxwell, of Lee county \V
learn that his cotton is looking finely. Jn fact, tv
can speak from personal observation, having ha-'
occasion some time since to visit hia plantation
Ihe laud is of superior quality and under good cul
tivation. His corn and oats are also in a liealih -
eondition. The crops tbrougbout Lee are all don.
very well. In the language of another contempora
ry, “had we a country full of such farmers, want |
would disappear, and provisions would abound in i
delightful profusion.— Sumter Repub.
The stupidity of some men is only equalled b- j
their excessive vanity to see themselves in print.— I
The same paper has the following notice of th
crops in that section :
The Wkathkr ash Crops.— After a fetv week
of dry weather, the genial showers have again ee:
in to the great delight of our farming friends. The
crops have suffered somewhat from the recent I
drought, particularly Spring oats and early corn, but \
we hope it is not too late, if the season coulimie fa- ;
vorable lor our people to make an abundance j
of t e stall oflife yet. Owing to the severity of the j
Spring the cotton crops ars looking very poor, a half j
crop is c.s muck as we can possibly hope to realize.
Caving in of a Wall.— On the loth insf, Mi
Casper Hibler, residing near Dallaetowu, York
county, Pa., went to his well in the yard, for fee
purpose of drawing water, when the wallscaved in,
precipitating him down the well, a distance of 17
feet, (the well is about forty feet deep,) where he
was firmly held by earth and stone, unable to extri
cate himself. The Eagle says:
At the time the accident occurred, Mr. Hibler
was alone at home, his wile having gone to visit hi
mother, who was ill. She returned about o’clock,
and not finding her husband in the house, she called
and received an answer, when, oil searching for
him, she found that he was ill tho well. Tile alarm
was immediately given, and strenuous efforls made
by the neighbors to rescue him from Ids perilou ■
situation. They worked faithfully, and at one time i
were within eighteen inches of him, thu unfortunate
man conversing with them all the time. Their ex
ertions, however, seemed to avail but little, for as
fast as they succeeded in removing the earth and ;
stones, fresh quantities would fall in upon him.
Finding their exertions in his behalf of no avail, Ihe
doomed man shortly after midnight, requested that
his wife might he brought within hearing of his j
voice, that he might bill her a last farewell. 11 is re !
quest was complied with, and we leave the reader
to imagiue the scene —the anguish of mind of her !
who, on the 11th of April last, he led to tile altar a
bride. At one o’clock on Tuesday morning lie
ceased to exist, and his lifeless body was found
about four o’clock, much bruised, with one hand off
From China.—A correspondent cf the New York
Times, writiug on hoard the San Jaointo, now at
Hong Kong, furnishes us witli an interesting sum
mary of the latest Chinese news. From this source
wo learn that the murderer of Mr. Cunningham, our
countryman, has suffered death by strangulation,
the extreme penalty of Celestial law, and that the
duties which have‘been hitherto kept hack by the
United States Consul on this account are now about
to be paid up. It is reported that discontent pre
vails at Canton owing to the existing state of affairs
and Yell’s inability to adopt any energetic measures
against the British. There had been no change in
tiie positions of the v essels belonging to the United
States squadron. Small pox, in an aggravated
form, had broken out oil board the Levant at Shan
ghai-
Cross in Georgia. —The Cuthberl lieportcr of
the 16th instant says : “ From all the accounts tha (
we can gather, we learn that the crops in this sec
tion are suffering vefy much for want of rain. Some
of our old farmers say they never saw a worse pros
pect for corn aud cotton. Cotton, in many places
is withering up, and nothing short of a good fall of
rain can save it. Wheat is very good, and a large
yield is anticipated.”
Reveal of a Bank Charter. —We learn from
the Hartford Times oflast Friday, that the House
has repealed the charter of the Merchants’ Ex
change Bank as Bridgeport. This Bank was ( liar
tered last year. It is charged that there lias been
unfairness and irregularity, if not dishonesty, in its
organization ; that the people of Bridgeport were
not allowed the fullest opportunity to lake its slock
that its money on deposit was obtained from New
York, and afterwards taken out of the Bank and
taken back to New Y ork ; that it was owned and
controlled by stockholders in New Y'ork ; ami that
they used it for their own purposes, making it a
Bank of Circulation merely. This, it is said, wa
the ground taken by the Bank Committee in lice
House; and the charter was repealed in conse
quence.
The Laud Trade.—lt is stated t-lml fifty tons of
American lard lias been shipped to New York from
Liverpool, the prices here being more remunerative
than in England where it lias declined from Tits, per
cwt. (the rates obtained a few months ago) io fi-’u
It retails in New Y’ork at 16 to 18e. per pound.
The Great Tragedienne. —The last steamer
brings the sad news that another of the gifted ones
of earth is about to pass away—one who has been
crowned as a great artiste in two hemispheres. Wc
allude to Rachel. A foreign correspondent writes,
saying:
“Very few hopes of the recovery of Mdlle Rachel
are entertained by the Paris medical faculty. The
great tragedienne wus still at Montpeicr, sinkiiq
fast into a hopeless decline.''
The Price of New Wheat.— There is imich in
quiry among fanners as to the probable price of
early delivered new wheat. The FredeiiekabHig
(Va.j Herald, of the 24th inst., says :
There have been a few sales here at $1.50, but
there is a decided indispos'dion on the part of the
millers to engage for fut ure delivery at this prion*—
The best, advices from New York houses, who are
in correspondence with almost every grain growing
district in the country, advises against such engage
meuta, and our millers are disposed to heed what
appears to them to be souud advice.
Giasshoppkks jn Minnesota. —The St. Anthony
(Min.) Express speaks of the ravages of Hie grass
hoppers in that region as follows :
“ The region around Monticello is literally alive
with grasshoppers. Never in our life did we see so
many of these troublesome and destructive insect*.
They crackled under one’s feet like brittle shells.—
There was no such thing as avoiding them ; which
ever way one looked or weut they were muni test
ing themselves. Though not yet half grown, they
are already doing immense damage, and unless I hey
speedily emigrate must devour every tiling green
in Wright county.”
A Prophecy for the West. —The following Tu
from the correspondence of a prominent citizen of
New York, who has been visiting the Western Slates
recently :
Steamer Itas«a, .June 9, 1857.
Away on here, where the sun sets, people are
talking of “the W est.” Jn Wisconsin,farmers who
came from Eastern States a few years ago, are sell
ing out to go “West.” “Westward, ho!” is the
cry.
Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, surpasses in
beauty all that the imagination can create. The
Capitol Park has never been broken by plow or
spade, and yet it is more lovely than the Park of Ver
•eilles, on which ageH of art and millions of treasure
have been lavished. The West is to be the seat of
empires. It will, in fifty years, depopulate Europe.
Huvar at the Mauritius. —Hate* from Port
Louis, Mauritius, are to the 11th of May. The
weather was dry. New sugar was expected in
Port Louis early in July. Os the last crop 202,000,-
000 of pounds had been shipped, and there remained
about 15,000,000, all of which would be shipped ui
the course of a month. The coming crop, according
to all appearances, would reach the figure of 125,000
tons. An advance of thirty per cent, was realized
on the article.
More Atmosphericar. Phenowen a.—There was
a strange phenomenon in Philadelphia lust Thins
day afternoon. As the workmen on a building in
Willing’s Alley were at their work a small black
cloud passed over their heads and suddenly broke
and deluged them with water. About two hogs
heads fell, in all, and covered a space of only some
thirty feet, while all elsewhere was dry.
A New Kind of Erick.— The Austin (Texas)
Times notices the construction of a house in that vi
cinity, out of a new kind of brick, not burnt, but
the clay element united by some chemical process,
the discovery of a Mr. Raymond. The cost of the
walls will be fifty percent, less than ordinary burnt
brick work. The ingredients combined with the
clay, it is said, give it sufficient consistency within
hours after the time of moulding.
If each guest at the recent great railroad excur
sion and celebration had used hi* ticket for the full
8,390 miles of road included in its privileges, the
whole would have amounted, if paid for, at the
general rates of 2 cents per mile, to $119,800.
Weighty Wives. —A t-aveller in Africa declares
that he met one King who had eleven portly wives,
all of whom were weighed monthly, the one that
weighed most being invariably installed mistress
of the household, until the time of the next weigh
ing.
A Vote for the Georgian Senator, Toombs
and others of that wrong school. Minnesota may
or may not have “gone” Republican—but if not,
almost. The* German vote, that
Senator Toombs and others admitted, last winter in
the Senate —voted in May the Republican ticket!
A pin there !
Another Violent Tornado.—On Monday af
ternoon a violent tornado passed over Newark, N.
J., prostrating trees in every direction, and doing
other damage. A boy named Francis Conly was
blown into the canal and drowned.
Hail Storm. —On Sunday laat, there wan a de
structive bail storm in a portion of (.'lark county,
Va. Grain and cm fields, gardens, fire., in the
neighborhood of lierry ville, were completely de
stroyed.
Km to rat ion from Sweden.—From the com
mencement of the season to the I (pith of May three
ships with 2,4112 emigrants left Swedish ports for the
United States. •
The army worm has made its appearance in I>a
viess county, Kentucky, and is devastating the
wheat crop.
The army worm has made its appearance in the
wheat fields of some portions of Maryland.
Hon Lanodon Chkvks, of South Carolina, died
in Columbia on Thursday last. lle was born in the
year I77fi and from an early period of his life has
tilled a prominent place in the history of his coun
try.
Destructive Hah. Storm.-A terrific storm oc
curred on Sunday, the diet mst.at halls Church,
Fairfax countv va., accompanied with tl.um.er,
ramwhXand haii. The ES fell from three to
eight inches in diameter, killing poultry, breaking
windows, beating down the corn, wheat, oats and
grass. Many fields arc wholly ruined
A Marryino Family .—ln Dinwiddle county,
Virginia, there dwells a mother and 1 daughters,
who have collectively, approached the alter "'Hy
men no less than t7 times ! The mother has had -1
husbands, one of her daughters I and the others J
each.
Naturalization. —An Irishman who hud been
reduced to a mere shadow by a severe illness, was
asked by his physician what lie thought of a future
state. “Ah! doathor,” was the auewer, “it makes
no difference ; yez ain't left enough of me for the
devil to naturalize, no how !”
From Vrnf.zuhi.a,— Thfi Congress of Venezuela
adjourned on the gltth of May. The last act was to
ratify the treaty with the United States, which was
accomplished by the urgent solicitation* of Hon.
Charles Eames, the American minister. The coun
try hud been blessed with fine rains, and the crops
promised well.
The Washington Arillle., .v loluu
home weeks since, the Washh -• . ....
Captain J C. Martin, one of the mni.y volunteer
coc/M of this city raised and presented a handsome
contribution to Am cause oi the “Ladfea Mount
\ emon Association of tiie Union ” It therefore XU.
the honor to be the first Company'Which has here
emolled itself uui ertho iiauuer of ' Ihe Southern
! lu ¥ lt , B of the Mount Vernon
j iirtcr. It lias always had a high distinction, aud
, nuw the names °I da meuibtjra will In* inscribed in
j that Registry of fame, w hich will be deposited at
1 whoTn^eltbeZ 9 **** K**®! patriot and warrior,
? ln !sr m which ClinrlJtou
> oau boaßt : Ttl ® Sodium Matron lms already
| announced, on the part of the \-.sociation tiir.-m-.ii.
; out the Union, the call of the ladies to add' an addi
; tionnl consecration and interest to tin- fit, „f i.,i v
I l,mvn ' hand, by a ever t tW» effort t . kvatrilniio
| upon the tomb oi V , ,
J peudence a reality, worthy of his nn-nn-rv tet not
our gallant military lm beiiind— th-. - i-»,lm. f,, •
are never so. In their company nn-elirgs, on the
i notional anniversary, they can exhibit tie- patriotic
■ i'-’ It thul is " ithin them b> a lib u j,,.. .
Ih<- high example before them.— Charleston Kn mui;
Wk understand the Light lufaitry gives $151)
and the Artillery $163 1 we trust this cool example
will tie followed throughout the i n n. Washing
ton was a Mason. Wilt not the different lodges
make some demonstration in f,.v,-r ( f our cause ?
We trust that it will need not r. i.ut tl.is gentle
reminder to bring them out in lull l'. at’.. »• f 0 our
aid We have much to do between ' and the
22d of next February, an l we need ■•)[ tin* lip we
can get. Maids aud matrons, husbands, fathers,
brothers aud lovers, and even tin:-. lusty old baelie
| lor—we take that rven back—-and would sy to this
! much abused class, redeem your eh iract- r which
I lias siitiered from apparent neg’eet - f he 'nirsex,
| by coming generously to the aid < f woman in this,
i her noble, effort in behalf of (ho memory of Wash
! ington.
Has it never seemed .strange I at t» •* ; ame party
| of gentlemen who would empty a dozen of the bent
i old Madeira, at * 1 and $ » a bottle, to tie memory'of
! Washington, and think they had mad. u ( ,-| j» H
j Biotic effort, will only shrjg their shoulders and
make some sneering allusion to won n’a incoiu
-1 petdney to any such work ifcaUid upon to assist
, them with something more substantial than a toast
and a bumper ! Wo hope to sue much d n• on the
coming 4th of July, when aU are c ti e 1 upon to o„
operate with us. <\ E. l\
Ludicrous Ei i n ts of mt Api kaium k ur a
Comet in l? 12.—As ovtry body is on ti e- . ,*,*
in regard to the Comet, and ns all sort of ideas are
' “around'* in regard to it, we give the following
j amusing sketch gleaned fioin an old paper :
“In the year 1712 Mr. Whit*on, lmvihgcalculated
i the return of a comet which was to make its appt ai
| ance on Wednesday, the I Jth of October, at live
j minutes after five in the morning, gave notice to
| the public accordingly, with a terrifying addition
: that a total dissolution of the world by t ie was to
I take place on the Friday toll nv ing. The reputat ion
| Mr. Whitson had long nmintaimhl in England, h th
i an a divine and a philosopher, led little or no doubt
1 with the populace of the train of his prediction,
j “Severn ludicrous events took place. A ninn
| bor of persons in and about Louden f ize! all tin*
barges and boats they could lay their hands on in
1 the Thames, very rationally concluding that when
the conflagration took place there would he the
most safety on the water. A gentleman who had
neglected family prayer for better than five years
informed bis wife that it was his determination to
resume that laudable practice the same evening;
but. his wife, having engaged a ball at her house,
persuaded her husband to put. it off till she saw
»v hot her the comet appeared or not. The South Sea
stock immediately fell to •» per c. lit and the India
to II , and the captain of a Dutch ship throw all hin
powder iuto the river that the ship might not be en
dangered.
Uho next morning, however, the comet j pcared
| according to the predictions, and before noon tho
j belief was universal that the Day of Judgment was
hand. About this time three hundred and twenty
three clergymen were ferried over to Lam be rib, if
was said, to petition that a short prayer might he
penned and ordered, tjiere being none’in the Church
service- on that occasion. Three maids of honor
burnt tlieii collection of novel* and p’ayr, and sent,
to the bookseller s to buy each of them a Bible and
Bishop Taylor’s ‘Holy Living aud Dying.’ The
j run upon the hank was so prodigious ; i**.t n 1 hands
| were employed from morning tilf night in discount
ing notes and handing out specie. On Thursday
, considerably more than 7,000 kept m''stresses were
legally married in tin- face of several c >ngregul\ou*<.
And, to crown the whole fare *, Sir Gilbert lleath
eote, head Director of the Banks, i. u * i order, hi all
the lire oliicers in London, requiring them “ to k< ep
a good look out and have a particular eye on the
Bank of England.* ’’
Letter i rom Gen. Ca soni he re at mknt *»f
Seamen on Board American Hups.— I The Eng
lish papers publish the following copy oi a note ad
'dressed by Gen. Cass to Lord Napier, in rep : \ to a
representation which the latter was nstruetod by
I he Earl of Clarendon to a duress to the Ended States
government relative to t! o oppressive treatment to
ivhioli seamen are subjected on hoard American
vessels:—
Department of State, Washington, (
April 28, 1857. \
“My Lord . 1 have tli • honor to acknowledge lie
receipt of you lordship’s note of the 10th insE, sin
ling that the attention of Her Mqjt sty's government
and of the British public, has ofdate b* n aw, kill
ed to the irregularities Attending tlm cidi.-tment oi
seamen on board the mercantile vessels of the l 'niu-d
Hates, and the nature of their treatment when ho
employed.
“Your lordship expresses a hope that some reme
dial measure may be suggested for these abuses
In reply I have the honor to state Hint if i; believed
that laws now in force upon the subject of s« amen
employed on board the rn ‘reliant vessels ot the
United States are quite sufficient for their protection.
The execution of these laws in foreign countries foi
the most part devolves upon cousu h. Disposal
hie Hint these officers may, in Home instances, have
been delinquent in the discharge of their duly in
her Majesty’s ports. This department, however, is
not aware of any such delinqut iu ics but, upon be
ing satisfied of their existence, will not hesitate to
apply the proper remedy. A copy of the Ended
States consular regulations is herewith transmitted,
and your lordship is particularly referred to tin* 19th
chapter, entitled ‘Duties of Consular Officers in re
lation to S* aim n of the Ended Stab n '
“Fromthe great demand for sailors in our ports
in proportion to their supply, and the improvidence
and credulity which usually c bar act« rize them, they
are necessarily exposed to imposition t > a degree,
which, probably, no laws could prevent. It is pro
sumed that seamen required for t he British inerean
tile marine in Her Majesty's own ports are more o»
less subject to the same grievance. 1 should bo
glad to concur in any measures for the relief of this
useful class of persons, lint the laws of this country,
intended to prevent their maltreatment, are ns i t
fectire, it is believe d, as those of any other. In
stances may have occurred where offenders have
escaped punishment, but this, lam persuaded,
should be imputed to defective proof or other ucci
dent, and not either to any inadequacy in the law
itself or to want of impartiality in it 4 udmiuistia
lion.
“I avail myself, Ate., Lew is Gass
Memorial of Cotton Dkai.fks.—'The Mold'*
Tribune speaks of having seen a memorial, very
numerously signed, by factors, buyers, brokers,
shippers, merchants and dealers generally of the
< it. es of New (Jrleans and Mobile, to the following
effect :
“The.undersigned deeming that thcgroi mi.-iv
presentations that have emanated from New York
this season in relation to the {cotton interest should
be rebuked in a formal manner, and considering
that unscrupulous parlies have exerted « viry cn
endeavor to depress this most important brain h «»f
the trade, by fabulous and mischievous reports of t he
e.rop, have thought the present occasion a proper one
to adopt, a change in tin? annual making up of tin
crop, by transferring the locality to New Orleans
where it legitimately belongs, as the 'arg< cotton
market of this continent, as it is distincd shortly to
be that of the world—and the sign 1 s of this paper,
representing the majority of the cotton trade of
New ( rloaiis and Mobile, bind them! <iv< s to con
eider the crop to be made up hereafter iu New <)r
leans as constituting the only tru** exjoueut of tin
growth of the country, under which nil matters at
footing the yield arc to be arbitrated and i< 1 Lit d.
“They therefore respectfully ask the conductor
of the Prices Current of this city to makeup an
nually in future the crop up to ihcjst of Beptcin
ber on the plan which they may deem most ad visa
ble.”
Kansas Affairs.— A correspondent of the Balti
more Sun, in a letter dated Washington June 21,
Gov. R. J. Walker's speech at Topt kaon the SMI»
inst., furnishes a very dear expo'ii iou of th* state
of things between the several parti* sto the slavery
question in the territory of Kansas There are
three parties, one of which is represented by the
Governor, who acts under the int i motions and with
the approval of the President and his cabinet; an
other is led by “Governor” Robinson, and goes for
the maintenance of the Topeka constitution; and
the third is the pro slavery party, which will have the
control of the convention in tv j ternbcr, a»id will
frame a State constitution, either lolc.atiiig slavery
or ignoring the subject.
Gov. Walker has endeavored I<. impia ss upon the
pro-slavery party the necessity of submitting the
constitution which they may frame in September to
those who will be actual inhabitants of the territory
at that time. The administration approve of this
course, ai d promise that the inhabitants shall be
protected in the exercise of their rights of voting for
, or against the constitution.
To the Topeka party the Governor address
i good advice—that is, to abandon their treasonable
| purpose of setting up a spurious minority govern
inent in opDOsitiou to the legal government, and to
vote for or against the constitution which will be
framed in September.
Whether either party will follow his advice re
mains to be seen. Both of them are subject to ex
traneous political influence, which may interfere
with the permanent pacification of the territory and
the advancement ol the national interests.
Governor Gumming has departed for Utah. If«
is, doubtless, very well fitted for the office at this
crisis. The Mormons will probably undertake so
resist the federal authority, tor they have nosympa
thy or support from any political party on any pub
tic sentiment in the country.
The administration will decide upon the route ot
the overland California mail before the contract
"ball be awarded. The selection of the route in
volves important political considerations, "'ill
have an influence favorable to the section ot coun
try, northern or southern, through which it may
pass. m
Periioi * BAM.ooNiNo.-An aeronaut made a
balloon ascension from Erie city on Thursday last
attempting to cross over to Canada. Ihe wind
changed, litter lie had pone to within nix milt .1 of the
Imre, and blew him bar k towards the American
,ide when he descended into the lake, about mid
way. Tim unlucky a-ronaut was soon immersed up
to hi*middle in the water, fiom which position he
was rescued by the boat of the steamer Marie Stew -
arf. The balloon was made fast to the boat tliut
it might he lowed to the propeller and preserved,
but the “machine” began to fill again, and the wind
Ires cuing, the position of the boat and the balloon
was changed, and the sailors found themselves Hy
ing through the water at the tail of this new tangled
cruiser. The ropes were quickly cut, and the bal
loon soon scudded out of eight. The propeller took
the e-ronaut into Detroit.
Naval.— The t S. steam frigate Minnesota, Cap
tain Dupont, bound to China, dropped down from
Norfolk on Tuesday, and will remain in Hampton
Hoads until the arrival of the Hon. Win. B Heed,
U. 8. Cbiuu. The U. S. sloop of
war Preble, Lieut. O. H. Cooper, from Philadelphia,
arrived in Hampton Hoads on Saturday night. Af
ter being supplied with stores from the Norfolk
navy yard she will proceed on a cruise for practice
to the Mediterranean and back.
Another Dramatic Star will shortly arrive in this
country, Miss E. C. Williams, a very pretty Welch
girl, and a popular actress and vocalist, accompli
nied by Mr. Samuel Lover, author of “Kory
O Moore/ “Widow Machree,” “The Low Backed
Car, &.c. The lady appears in an entertainment
similar to that given by Emma Stanley,.which was
written by Mr. Lover. She personates twelve char
acters, and. sing# seventeen, original songs; her
changes are remarkably rapid.—A 7 . Y. Mirror.
Where aTiethe'* Whigs’—Where arc the
\\ bigs ? asks a respectable morning contemporary,
bewailing the ,prevalence of licentious faction# at
the head of the Republic. “Wheie are the Whigs ■ ’
W hy, some are where they ought not lo be,
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