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ID \\. S. JONES.
nmoMCLi: ,v sentinel.
TH K W EF/KL Y
M PuMtehod «• v.*rv \V, 4.M
A1 'l vVO DOLLARS PER AISfTTTXM
la advance,
* NOT PAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS,
Tilhfe Dollars will inraiiabiv be charged.
I ‘ > CLUBS or INJDIV * DUALS sending oft Ten
1857 \ THXS 1357 !
SOI i ll V.y C' LTAVA TOR,
~. KSf.f.r <IWI.Y TO IHI IMPROVEMENT OF
* ' i'.l-.'i.S.g,
ONK DOLLAR A W k IN ADVANCE.
January, i 857.
#• a volume of k 1 jmS ~ ,r» the year. It contains a
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Ii» sorted r.t ‘►J* ’ 4 , , r :i! , :iUra , Ti n DOLLARS
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SALE*
* ioailt^.
I’ll If nodi i-be : . K d,»lron> '•(»«?' [■»*«'*" '«'“-
; • .... a.- -Ml., all l.ix Kfc 4Lfc.nl Alt. in
,.| \v :• rent..,, W:. |. :i - oimty, G* i
n» a Dwelling Hoii .o. ami Lot of aiiout Dv«; ;utok (jf
.»n. AI1 1 i:•> CainaK-* .Shop ami Lot, Too. “• * t, j
.nmh.-i, u U it.m k, tot<'*h-i with all hia Dub.lioa
nml ui,hn; hi d work. 4 . ,
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H! W*
Htfturl, in twelve Mioutn
Pfiv.-m* i-. W purr;.. . arc . »-p, ctfully Invite-a
call and examine, lor thpiu^cilvca.
Po . ii.ii wil ho given ft* any time, to snit the pur
ehfti. r. GEORGE L. BOH liEU
I i
FOR HALE.
1- , ~i vnyr *:;.(• River PLANTa'I ioi«.
.» uii'es houli'i of vjoiuuibus, Gu., In Barbour
. (> unt.y. Ala , iyiu« "u tii • Ohaltahoocbce ri.i r, c .r.tain
„g -l HJ (u Tei , liKK) In a tint, state of cultivation and
K.~»i I 1 ir. A got. ' Wad r tii.i and Ferry sir.ni ti n
Ohatlaluwcbe.cr ..i r. The above will be fur sale at any
, no unti 1 *',ui and poft?H!f- ic.n given. Terms to suit pur
.h a i?r ■ .I* * ts I MATVi lK W A VEKKTT.
TO MEN OF TASTE AND CAPITAL.
Ll 11 IS : übact ihcr, wlulling •• r- move to Southwestern
Gevu gia, piopoMoa to iHI hi- pint e near Cave Spring,
o V.-wiii'ii V 'it y, Floyd rounty, Ga, containing *3!7
i. .. - ii ; . ;■> mi d Ist-; ly oak and hickory
mostly of soil Wiid urtece not F* wa„h ; wmie I f>o acr* a
elearmi and umler g-KMI triage; <b« femaiiuler gvuerally
■V
Slone water, two c *nst.v;*t treams, *u « :fuctive water
power with, it darning, orchard ,of many well selected
varieties e .pcciaily oi apples, and a large and caminocli
u.i Brick I>wel!iiig. .-urroniidcu! by due scenery, ami
within a m. • "1 the village. tong u' '.“d for its educatbaial
a h im: i i All who have examined the prennm a, con
cur m ih>' opinion that tills place combiuca the element*
beauty, fm tUitv, couvriiicnco aa.l > c ultbfulneHS to an
extent -Id i., ,'f ever, e.'uaiied iu tuu count.rv. But
imi' and nee for yournelvca. and the character, location
and re nice, of the place cap hardly fall tossoisfy you
• hat it is a Mo. 1 article, not subject to the fluctuations
fthoaifti k-t *' , ‘>r teru.-, s. ply on the. premises.
\V. J>. COWDREY.
v'A veSpring duly 10, Ism. _ JylTwtf
FOR SALE,
\ PfnAMVATfON < «*i»ta. ■ T ! *HK) pi-rcs Land, wi ll
\ i; Ma. re .« •• • ;> d p.**odiliVS tl •' I,C d
Be« l ihuid -• lotion ;u.d IV-vi honnof all kinds. A good
two-dory Dw clling, containing ricven rooms, with four
lire pin. i, and I<> feet J*iav.v.a ; K» cb. n, Smoke Houko,
.-,v i nto.y G » ton lion l \ «i. Hog e*. ev"l i/thejbniUimf ,
• r ~>n ,he premises, w th a Well of joc-l vrater ; a lute
, mge for II .gr and Cattle ; Fish and Oysters convenient
m large abundance A more healthy, pleasant location
is uot to Im* found in Southern Georgia. Further par
ticulars can be obtained by application t > the fiuhscr. her
at Savannah. V. WOOLLEY.
LAND AGENCY.
r»OU;‘ W, , k, >1.11 Ncwnan, Coweta county,,
L veil! g.te I « ait ('til !•! i to tue SALE OR PUR* I
CHASE OF *. V f'S .i - .. p.trf of tha State. VorsouH 1
•.% •• n ; ; i*r is ■ * - • r >' f u deru t.r-ig.a, \
»vli«» *■ hie at a (tmiance and wi°i« their Lands sold, can j
liave thi’ same ot,«-. ’cd to by seivling n,o their numbers
and mun iuents < t i tv • -,P pov., » attorney to soil and
make i id«» lwblal '> give particular attention to buy 1
lug Land who nifty dea're it ja4 worn
OctKic* Forwarded F 132 of Charge I |
AUaClt IA AND SAVANNAH RAILROAD.
* TTKNTION is caFed to thi* H atf as a moans yf
* V c-u. • i*. *n with the Scab-erdandthom e with j
STD V jlSliiPS and Six li’.ne*! of Ks-t Sail-vg Ve5..«1.,, I
■unnin. f w ith regularity and di match, between New Yoi k |
and Sa\ a, !; h ; s’°o a Stoanwhip Line from Phlladel- j
ohia auk' Sailing Verne is front that port, Baltimore ami i
h‘ .vki»g the C. inmuui-alion between the North- |
", ‘ lt ”’ p “; r ,lSu..M„i.ai. h.s r, liable for OKKTAINTY ;
ui, , K„), a ■■ ■ lint to KIV other Hauthem Port. j
' v.l o. 'o oxi .'l' lb,* hni :nexs of Ali||aist»,tli.i j
i,l I : ' " »l»ne tor line of (>• -rgl* Rtt, 1 - ,
x • -a o ■ i - to. -.lt t>l *ltut It -r. t ;
i.AL'f' r' • - ..vr Vo; !
o« 1 IU! ,Lt-tno , t ai l cur tlniu ; rx(i ;
vTo. ,moH .ot- Wtll Le*lloWM.! V mporfaw »ttootion. t > 5
ri> • „„,i, for it U oar (W- letemiartlon tocondv.' t ;
tt with t'i»t ptlolil/i dUpulcli r.ud r -;ay, svl... hUsuro r
' * lt Ju?i££cta iut“ x thoy ‘ bsltbeu low rs by »ny other j
V;to»d »ulin order to it : '"Ct all rh«;s... to o
,;AW. COUtl'Rrt-iier »»V0 «- '« > f'" J
.. -wd Forwarding liR» Rhy other iotacest than that of
mg .. . itAl-.' l-.'S tv.' ;o!owe-.i r*U'« .
seeing t . '**vlii m t ■. ( i 't er oi one per ‘
vw~ B- . '^ 4v . til. e£ft._. :• ucii-rr-i IGu'tLcra •
cent can be n.
Pmiiru.l • -Ax: • F 01’ <’•' n:.i! •**
All w. -ft’:. It. ...
SIGNS i M'yn’ " .
Age >t." S« vnun.ih. '-'ai.-
• i- .1 i- v . ' ■ • t-*‘ ! ' *• -«LLJ V • P“ ndoiit.
’ FiiANulS T. V»
COL B MA~N HoFSi.
BY LAMER A LADY,
k\ox\ n.i.i-:, Tfc'
1 ’ Jl K iiudecsigwed lsav taken charge of this large
I ni l c.>imnod;ous Ho,, -o. r«cspeetmHy solicit and
hope to merit a liberal share of petrous*. The bouse is
tun isbed in tbenuv't tho-.v-.cU ami modern style, wiili a
view to eanvenUmce ami . eutorT. It is sit ixted iu the
heart of t lie city, couve. .ill:’..' bust s, and on
the principal street An tvnn.bu • a:ways In readiness
to eouvt >j : -t ugers to ar.d fn.v the l>c ; ' >on the arri
val sud depart ire of the * an. The Stage for Moat vale
Springs arrive?, and departs dai-y.
Fho table v .be supplied with the be t the market
affor.ik oad no pr.'!- . will be spared t > render greets
.
July 1 !>. I :id | jy‘£<-tf 1 JO HN T KADY.
S3O REWARD.
RANtWAY, iV-.'vu t cb'cri er, residing in Put*
r.am ctnuity. near Me ertii. m Auguftt ’ast. my Negro
dan FRANK He is about •- ir .’ i. five feet tea ia*
dies i r; i* . nive-i:r-ieut in». -
ip '.H'h. and has l.»st the sight of one eye. was raised t
t n Virginia, *.ml h:\s been iu Ifeerg about two years.
The above reward will be paid t\-r his delivery to me,
or to any jail so that 1 can get him
ja&J-wtt JOHN \ HARRIS,
The So : .’-:i Krd« ; w ill pubbslitil! forbid, gndfor*
warda. ■ 'unite tt s olbee tor payment
H R. rt-MtlMv \V.M «. KPASCIXO.
BEARDEN Jk FRANCISCO,
I) Hom er \xih om >i lssuinherohants.
Macon. Ga . will si ll on Commission. Hm on. Lard,
Flour. Corn, Oats. Feathers, and Tennessee ' Produce
generally
Pers - s shipping tons cau rely upon prompt returns.
HKFKH TO
Merchnu ,1 1 Citizens of Knoxvi: . Morgan Sc Go.,
Jo F.l\vHi«i Jame 0 L tt- Coinptrollar, Nashville;
Kicl .u.lB Campbell Ben tT,.*.::- ler A Co., J A M.
French, Chattaaooga V J. Campbell. Cleveland: RO.
jacl u \theti'- Merchan is of East Tenncaav generally.
WELCH be GRIFFITHS' SAWS
PATI M GROUND.
I I WING V .vh» .1 tv. Mr. Win Southwell tis
Ii , r.t . . 1,1 ’’.trail G r.« r SAW;
•elf* prv ; • .*. i l ut. \> c « • inwardany per
j; -' v - * * '"**invented that V. iU grind
tnv** snad*—and xro :>n '. .able to byc.iu«» nmnie?
AU our Saw ’a . u-. -v *xtr» quality of Cast
Steel. Importe • • > ••. :r ■ •vrt* use. at much hish
vr cost than •:<’! -ra. .. n-« • -
We i :tu '.norm a., manm.v run «.«-t Lumber,
that no Saw xs’.i a' out from thi* e smb"sh u A,t but
what Oof superior »;neiaud workmanship; the temper
wttlbefo nd'-aore even and uniform than any saw ‘u
re > • VUMICAAF.L A BEAK. Ange.
a, Ga »jwi WELCH 4; GRIFFITH.
PRACTICE OF SURGERY.
| XR.jlttlAH KAUrfl— < is prepared to fcvoo
1 > ICO A- * -.lt. 1• - ■ N »;s ; - *. ™<*
maybed < .* d :<• hui 1 r Survival op-.tat tons ort.ea.
meat. V a.- or* may be .. '«», ed tha: their
NOTICE.
1111 i.' r ■'-. it. a$ V Bi’.l,X<*. 157. letter BJfhly
4 I«.V Signed K • F iVe. Pn udeu:, and the left
•and ta tof a $ Bill. letter A. payable to Geo. M.
I hew, or bearer, s jeoed J. \\ Davies, Cashier, on the
Maak of Augt -ta, ah.-h eatne ir o the possession of tbe
-then -i * TU«r ■ ‘titb* after date ap
* ' - r tbe above ha.f
Cum in a*- • • iarr.* w.thTu r-pulatLiw adopted Ftb
llav IR.C by tb- 1U k, .t tbeo.:> of Augusta for the
let the ladies eead this.
r.'Tu''.:U .^H^VuOOD
toil assttr«ii..-. that lh-ys-rps-rt^ 1 “ . most other
mu« 7--” ?»««»« of »p»p* r
Pr ß e .* "( v 0 J LAWIIENI'E SGO4'VELESB
PERFEC ’ i BD NEEDLES, to be f.omd «t »U Use
Stores. j«n3.-w6mo
WESTERN LAND.
I WILL 1.*,. aL' . railed bit interest in Texas
l L Q dWo O
The L lie on.h. KiuKrio and tlie Perdenales
r er. Th y are 1 .. ■ e»t ... .ft i»rt ot the S»'»
I. r Sto ara .: tb ; ... i ibem are sa.o to
1. asr'h a. ;:y La:. i;n V ;te lilies ere jsWect..
A H SHEIHKKD.
Je26-wst” CoiumbuyGa.
\TAH NlSlf • i'i 'vtT Ja r uu tT .a«n YARN I> H
’ juat reoaived, and for -ale at
H. F. CHEW’h DRUG STORE
ap9 Xarpum Iroo Range
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
(t- Sentinel.
)!oivjbardin«-uf of (irfjiowu-Parliamentary
Prorcfiliniii.
Ii ; < •, June 10.—Lord C. Hanoi!
t<:’i ;i-f tv a.-k what c ops Her Majesty’" govern
in' nf ; jI taken to obtain compensation for theßrit
■i. rut - •*■*.- p -idir.g at Grevtovn when that town
wa- ooinbarded in 185 J; and if it would l3y
• * <ft ii* Hou.-r copies of the comnmmea
• ?,r ’ iiht ad takes to ace on iho subject with the
.erLhieii'. of the United States. He said erme
i ns in New York formed a company called the
I . . ; Gbmpflttf. Th> company obtained Oft Sr
ta ns a j ie' of land which speedily became
"w«-r< •; with bunding-. Not content with this piece
of land they were constantly asking for large grants,
■tgl !,• % re:u.-mJ to fulfill the conditions on which
t <d piece of nr: i wop granted. If appeared
dial * goTeriioieiii at appointed a
g. nt'e i. iu to represent them at Greytowii, and thin
• :r,t man wa- < inerted with the company. The
• . i wa.-, t » he was constantly promoting
,!jh • between the company and the local au
", er.-i he went so far » n one occasion a to
wkhomw from ti e local authorities a person who
had committed a murder. The authorities had no
to rerj.-t the f ucroachments of the company,
y r> - rcieden mucM*. and requested the Brit
( il to ci Dent. TheAmeri
srHh genii. g up cases
ieran These were wot submitted to -arbi
'ration, but the tint dixit of ibe American was ta
c*i. and f lairc -of cympen.-ation were made for al
ged : juries cf American property. The local au
• • •• 1 f-i-’y remount rate, and the American
G<>;. . - .;d he had referred the matter to the g< -
v. rnment at Washington. Nothing was heard of
ihi- reference till the l“th July, JB5l, an armed cor
\ arrived in front of this town, and the captain
•; • a message to the authorities, that if they did
‘•t pay iw-tniy our thousand dollars within twenty
;;i'Ur« ti.e town would be bombarded. Theau
tont.es drew up a protest, as did also the British
Vm • -( *.• sul, and these protests were amt on board
un the twenty-fbar houtv. boV
\ L-r, tlt(- corvette began to bombard the place, and
outinued *oljO do until they 1 ad fired 260 to 300
•ii- .to this unresbting town. Not content with
that, the captain landed a bedy *i men,-who de
tn yed what remtifisd <Xf the town, and among
• i property, ret fire to the residence of the Eu
gli.-h Vn eC' n-ul, who had his Hag dying at the
*n»is; t from British residents only,
hew up a
In consequence of this outrage.
• re whole populat cds were driven to take shelter
in the M-igiii »nng forest. 'J transaction took
;’ ’l e three yei rs age. No attempt, as far* as we
any explanation
• lb |wd tvid the House that
claims were made by Americans, but that
• attempt was made to submit them to arbitration.
In the meantime ariocumeut had fallen into the
hit ads of some of the parties, Which showed that
It was a letter
agent of tbe Transit
I i . npany, addressed to the American Representa
wii, as toilowß-“Capt. HoOinfl (the
c jlin i iu command of t hci corvette) leaves here
t xt Monday, will see from his instructions
that much discretion is given to you, and it s to be
hoped that it will he so exercised as not to show
any mercy to the town or the people. It the scoun
drels are soundly punished, we can take possession,
! build it up ns a busineßs place, put iu your own
officer, transfer the jurisdiction, uou you know the
rest. It is of the last importance that the people of
ti town should be taught to 11-ar us. Punishment
will teach them, after which you must agree with
tLem as to the organization of the Government.”
T..at whs the statement, and he asked the no
ble lord if any steps had been taken to obtain com
pensation ?
Palmerston SiplUi,—Viscount Palmerston
i aid he was bound to say that the transaction was
on« which must he characterised as a very violent
and cruel proceeding. It was, however, authorised
by the Government of the United States, though
whether they mean it to he carried out w'ith such
r. verity as took place, or whether the officer (who,
. ’c I* iieved, was a distinguished and honorable of
; er the United States service) mistook his in-
Bhu'dirux, he could not say, but he was bound to
h♦ :i .t« ‘hat tim severity which was exercised reflected
* r < n di' ou the Government- which ordered, or on
the officer which executed it. [ Herr, hear.] Rut
i |.e (jaemioji which her Majesty's lmd
to consider was the international law which bore
upon the point.
N t ow, it waa an unquoationable principle of in or
jaw, that when one Governm iit deemed
it ii -ill to exercise acts of hostility againfttany part
1,. ,| ie \, Tdory of ft* tot is • r power, the subjects or eit
i. , j H ‘bird power who happento be resi
r. id i Hie Maoesao alt ached had no claim whatever
«in i ’ » l'ovi rn‘went which in the exercise of its natu
ral i io»c < - those acts of hostility. When,
f’ r iuetiuK f, it vl» deemed ueta-eaary by ua to de-
Htroytli. town of b'eb.fstopol, ail there might have
ft ell there German, Spaniards, Portuguese or
Americans, none ot litOse arties had auy ground
w hatever upon which to fouia.** a clmin either U{>on
f ! ie English or French governm%“ n for conipensa
..of i the lot-.ies tlfey might have sustained. Those
who weul to a foreign country mua.' abide bytho
chances which might befall t'lat counufT- If they
iutd soy claim at a!!, it must, be upon the iiountry iii
v.-liicli they were; but they had certainly iit> claim
U}to!i the government which thought itriglif fit com
mit. at ; of hostilily. iter Majesty's government
imd tin refine been advised (ami he thought rightly)
that British . uhjrct* liadno grouada upon which a
claim could be made upon the government of the
ITiilc.t .States for compensation for the injuries
v. t.ich they had suffered in that attack, upon Grev
town. They might think lhat attack was not
jui-titied by I lie cause which was assigned for it;
but wc had no right, its an independent state, to
judge of the motives which might have actuated
another independent stale to assert rights or to vin
d'-nto injur*.,-, which its oitir.rrs or subject? might
have been supposed to have sustained. There war
tiling, 100, 111 the relation between Great Britain
ai d Givytown which gave us an exceptional light
to interfere. Greylowu was a part of the Mosquito
territory, w hie li was under our protectorship That
was a p'suteotorship which carried with it an obliga
tion. to protect the country from conquest, but it did
not give us a right lo interfere in any disputes
which might arise between that country and any
| other.
V There wen two soils of protectorships. There
, was oue of the kind which we exercised over the
tfi -Hii Islands, w heie nothing was done except by
Ij t-he advice and counsel of a British representative,
ji, a i ke that, where we were responsible for
evsry tiling done, we were entitled to require redress
i for any injuries, and to vindicate any attack. Not
so with regard to Grcytown. Greytown was ad
ministered by a sell constituted and seif-elected
municipality, consisting of Americans, Englishmen,
Kiel.oilmen, ltaiiaiis and Germans. They acted
: upen their own responsibility, and they must there
j fore be considered responsible, and not we, for any
; dispute in which they might be Involved. Well,
1 theie was a dispute between the two rival Ameri
i can transit companies, one of which was patronised
by the self-con. tituted government, and the other
> by the government of the United States, and out of
1 the rivalry of those two American companies arose
■ till, transactions to which the noble lord referred.—
- C ommunicatiuns had undoubtedly passed between
:i American governments, with a view
: as< crlain what tin-intentions of the American
govcr.iuiant were, and they found that the Ameri
t .it verumeut rested upon that nriuciple of inter
■ ,i. I huv to which he (the noble vn-coßift) had
! adverted—their right, namely, to take those mes
i sures, which in their judgment, they deemed ceces
' s.-.ry, and they determined not to give any compen
’ ration even te Hit ir own citizens. He was not
• awai t whether any demand had been actually made
i bv the subjects of the other powers, but it was
known that they did not mean to give any cornpeu
. .-.lion to the Kreuch, Germans, Spaniards, or per
ns of any other nation who were settled at Grey
t.iwn ut t time of the bombardment, lier Majes
t\'s government, acting thtrefori; under the advice
of those who were competent to give au opinion,
and acting also in accordance with their own opin
ion ot international law, were not prepared to insist
upon compensation for those who were unfortunate
ago ugh to havt suffered uom the bombardment.
; > Bisiui s Views. —The Attor
j ney WeiicaJ said that it under the international law
> reparation tviulii have tieeii demanded of America
’ flic kisses sustained by British subjects at Grey
k jre should bhve pressed upon her Majesty’s
tow. -«u.;it to take that course. The contrary
Govern -i been come to unwillingly and with re
. piuiun ba. •*» jaw advisers oftbe crown ; but the
iuctancc i>y » 't»nt liad equally w lb tlmt of her
Kn-uch Given. 'tom pr. -steg a demandforsat*
Majesty ab.-tanred could not legally maintain,
sjactiou whit'b ' . ufient of the questions which
With regard to ibe tret,. -vten this country and
arose from tiic.c l« ,Ims ne, -'rely with the lion,
the United States, ue nitiere l ew. Jh e American
gentleinau who had jr.’st sat lu-w.. - -«n and
Goverimient ha ', hau re .HSOn' ’ • *•>; h , M ' * hits
t ;»iu oi'il,, sir,mg manner m winch the « n
, an* the principle ot inJerna 10 f
li. en eutorcci! against Amencu .' aud u, ri
i t the lion, gentleman could not a’ 1 " 1 « f d .
ample in whi.h a caiur which be cou. n r«ady a
varce a-ninst .he American Government nau oeen
i-.i. up. 'Hear. h« «r With regard t.v -he case
of Greytown, h might rnetMj th case of to gen
hagen. ai.dot other cities, ia which this pnnx'pte
was admitted by all jurists, that the citizens m a
foreign power who happened to be m s stats of wai
must t; he the chances to which that > ate was lia
ble Hear, hear.) Iu the ease of Greytown, it was
clear th-1 cmV l ' a,: ‘ on 110 t demanded.
A WuKU ruoM .Mr. Diskaki.i— Mr. Disraeli
said the reason the case of Greytown had not sooner
h eu brought under the notice of Parliament was.
the great struggle iu which we bad recently been
e lgagud ail,! which ofHself demanded allour entr
g^ V If Uy had any doubt of th. great rxpedtstwy
?, his noble friend’s motion, that doubt wou.d. m
beet, entirely removed by the remarks theyltadjqst
heard from tue Krst Minister. Which to bnn,
to say the least of it. very unsatisfactory and Uu
It' those remarks, moreover, indicated tbe .pint
in w. u it our relation? •viib tba United Mates were
tor the to bo »anageti, be did not think the
. ro*ut .: was n»e of which Uie had wiy rea
be proud, (C-heeiv. He .Mr. Disraeli)
would not Ih- ?o arrogant as to dispute with the
it allied attorney the principles ot intemationai la» ,
but he cou. i not help femaiking that both lie ana
- noble lord had expressly alluded to the
t oii.Ml lew o. Kiuvpe. and Lad said l. tiling abom its
anv»iicati»m in America, hear.) The prece
din'..- . i Sebastopol afid Coj>eniiagen Irad baeu ci
ted to justiiv this infamoae and ineffable outrage.
But :Lt ?e were two fortified «towns. whereas Grey
towd was a defenceless place (Hear) He
always understood that it was ifiegal to bombard
unarmed town*: and certainly the two cases cited
u. ; d n..i justify the making of a foray M this kind
;Ht o, hym H * Mr. Disraeli) could not believe
tiu-i the lluuee would accept for a moment the
{hairsplitting dislinotiou of The noble lord between
an iuert aud an active protectorship ; nor could he
; pt tke ;>ferenee which had been made to
France. In ti.e first place, France had no protec
• ' T*lnp over the Mosquito temtory, as we had ; and
secondly, h i had made a demand tor repara
liu.. ,Cheers. The right hou. gentleman then
read a pvisage from a very temperately worded
memorial which had been sent by the British inhabi
tante at Grevtown to Lord Clarendon, describing
ibe outrage. "Gydi. an appeal more temperate have
been made to the ii u.-c* ’ (Hear, hea~.) He hhd
no doubt that the Filled States view ed with dis
satisfaction and disgust the proceedings taken by
this government. If ihe government felt that they
c ula not interfere in a case of this kind; why did
\ not state in a distinct despatch wbat were tboir
real \ ic\va .' it was at least a shabby way of get
ting rid of the difficulty.
Stealing Whig Thunder.—The St. Louis In
ti er, referring to a sueech of Douglas, lately
delivered ar Springfield. LL ui*on Utah, says ;
There are some old Whigs, who, discarding all
sorts of new tangled notions about the exercise of
sovereignty by tbe residents of a Territory, believe
thai oh rerritories ought to be governed by officers
appointed by the President and Confirmed by the
Senate but thafS- naTor Douglas should abandon
ad his darling views about Territorial management
the moment a difficulty occurs, and steal the plan of
these old Whigs, is a phenomenon we were hardly
prepared for. . , ,
r The Intelligencer don’t appear to unoerstano the
virtue ot a i.atfie. A measure may be obnoxious.
ti -Mi,.' the “geniusof Democratic institution,^ M and
-*lai *ii'g strongly of “federal despotism,” when
brought forward by Whig*, and yet when taken up
a* a plan!; in a platform of the Democratic pnnci
ides Only let Douglas endorse it. and all the
Democratic organs will swear by it, and at once
contend it htis ever been regarded as among the
time-honored doctrines of the Kepublicau party, and
worthy of a free people.—A\ O. Bulletin.
»■— n.
The following article from tbe Charleston Mertu-
r y» presents the Kansas frauds in such a strong and
.-triking light'that we present it to cur own readers,
and particularly the Democratic portion of them,
as the Mercury is good Democratic authority, it be
ing the leading Democratic paper in the South :
“ StUi it is perseveringly intimated that we are
upon the verge of a vortex, in which we may soon
be swallowed up with ail that we hold dear; and the
place among nations which knew us once is to know
us no more forever. What and where is this vor
tex ! Is it to be found in Riack Republicanism?
The South knows that enemy well, and, with that
knowledge feels secure of her ability to vanquish ite
endeavors for evil. Is it to be found in * the powers
ihatbe ?' They are all for us. Is it in Southern
dissensions 7 We were never mere united. Is it
in Southern concessions 1 The South stands firm
upon the Georgia platform of 1852. Is it in Con
gressional oppression ? We have gained the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise, a more explicit recog
nition of oar rights as to fugitive slaves, some les
sening of the burden of tariff exactions—and we
may, without infatuation, expect yet greater justice
in the future. Or is it in' the crushing pressure of
an outside civilization ? Let is suffice to say that
our labor clothes the world. Where, then, we ask
again, and what, is this vortex?” —Edgefield Adver
tiser.
‘•ls it Congressional oppression 1 We have
ganed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise."—
This is the point relied on by our cotemporary to
justify his contentment with the position of the South
in the Union.
We have heard of such a thing in the world as a
man gaining a lose, and we very much fear that this
is exactly what the South has gained in gaining the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
The Missouri Compromise line of 3G J 3O' North
atitude, left^Kansas and Nebraska to the North,
hut it gave the South all our Indian Territory, and
others lying South of this line. The repeal of the
Missouri Compromise gave us a chance of getting
Kansas—one State—but it also gave the North the
chance of getting all the Indian Territory, and ail
Territories beyond it, capable of making four Statec.
Now, under the most favorable circumstances, this
game was againat the South. The South could gain
but one State, and might lose four ; the North could
lose but one State and might gain four. Taking into
consideration the fact, that the colonizing popula
tion of the North, including emigrants from Europe,
is, In its availability, at least four-fold greater than
thatot the South—the chances were, most clearly
that the South would lose the whole. Accordingly’
wc saw that General Shields, General Cass and oth
ers from the free States, who supported the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise and the of
t he Kansas Nebraska bill, defended themselves from
the imputation ot voting to extend slavery, by
boldly affirming before the people that the act was
one of the best anti slavery acts of legislation ever
passed by Congress ; for that, instead of extending
slavery, it would result in taking away from the
South and giving to the North four'additional
States. And why was the Misoouri Compromise re
pealed . VV as it, as the Washington Union main
tains, “to assert an abstract right wirhout regard to
the loss or gain of either section ?” We venture to
assert that this was not the great controlling motive
which actuated Mr. Douglas iu bringing it forward,
or Messrs. Cass, Shields, &c., of the Northern De
inocra yiu supporting it. The motive avowed was
to carry out the principle of Squatter Sovereignty
an contained in the Compromise of 1852. That
principle, dignified as “Popular Sovereignty,” was
in the Territories, that the “inhabitants of a Terri
tory should, whilst it was a Territory, have the
right to determine whether slavery should or
should not exist in the Territory before the Territo
ry became a State.” This was the principle by
which the South had been swindled out of Califor
nia. A handful of emigrants from all parts of the
world, not one-half of whom were citizens of the
United States, met together in a suggested volun
tary convention, and trained a constitution preclud
ing slavery from California ; and that constitution,
thus adopted, was made effectual by Congress iu the
admission of California as a State into the Union. It
was to carry out this false and Hagitious principle
that the Kansas Nebraska bill was passed, and the
Missouri Compromise repealed.
When the South proposed that the Missouri Com
promise line should be carried through California,
it was rejected by the North. Why, then, did the
statesmen of the North become so very sensitive to
the rights of the South with regard to Kansas ?
They have given their answer to their constituents,
it was to enforce the doctrine of Squatter Sove
reignty, under the firm persuasion that the benefit
would accrue to the North. It was thought, in
fact, to break down a barrier of limitation to Free
Territory.
Now, Squatter Sovereignty was just as unconsti
tutional as the Missouri Compromise. The Dred
Scott case has determined both to have been and to
be now unconstitutional, liy this decision it has
been determined in this case that the people of the
South have a right to carry their slaves into any
Territory of the United States, and there the Gov
ernment of the United States is bound to protect
them as property until the Territory becomes a
Slate; that the people of a Territory have no
right to determine anything concerning this insti
tution ; that Congress had no right to prohibit
slavery from any of our Territories—and, there
fore, the Missouri restriction was void; and that
Congress, not having this right, could not impart
it by act to a Territory which is the creature of
Congress—and, therefore, that Squatter Sovereign
ty is unconstitutional and a false doctrine.
Although the South has most earnestly conteuded
against this doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty when
it wrested California from us—Mr. Calhoun affirm
ing that it was worse than the Wilmot Proviso—yet
by a blindness inconceivable, the South was decoy
ed bv partyism into supporting it in the Kansas Ne
braska act. We do not question the patriotism of
the Southern members in Congress. They doubtless
supposed that they were doing the best they could
for the South ; but we do question the wisdom of
the policy. They oonsented to a repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise, when the South bad much to
gain by its continuance, and put the rights of the
South upon a scramble in population for our Ter
ritories, to be determined bap-hazard by the first
adventurers —a method equally unconstitutional
with the Wilmot Proviso and tbe Missouri restric
tion.
Before the Dred Scott case was determined, the
Government might properly have assumed that the
squat, er sovereignty feature of the Kansas-Nebias
ka act was constitutional. But since this decision
we are at a loss to know upon what principle it is
enforced. Mr. Buchanan delivered his Inaugural
Address before this decision was known. But it was
certainly known long before Gov. Walker went to
Kansas. He asserts that he is instructed by the Ad
ministration to carry out the principle of squatter
sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska act. How
true his assertion is, time will develope; but we
suppose, under his policy, right or wrong, we can
have a pretty ch ar idea of the value to the South of
the repeal ot the Missouri Compromise. We are to
lose Kansas, and thus gain nothing by the repeal;
whilst the Territories south of the line it established
between the slave and free States will now be open
to future contest. To chow how keenly the North
ern mind is awake to the subject, we give below an
extract from the Sqaatter Sovereign in Kansas.
This paper was the organ of the pro Slav ?ry South
ern Kights Democratic party, but one of the first ef
fects ot Gov. Walker’s entrance into the Territory,
was the purchasing up of this paper by the National
(now anti slavery) Democrats. It goes for freesoil
and Democracy. In speaking of Gov. Walker’s
message it says:
“ The tub which he throws to the whale, by his
Intimation that the Cherokee Indian country may be
converted into a slave State, is hardly a decent
dodge, and will fail of even mollifying the intense
ones of the pro-slavery school.
“ The Governor’s reference to it, under existing
circumstances, is well calculated, in and of itself,
Butiicieut to defeat his benevolent design to con
vert it into a slave State. If there is good land
there—if it is a country that can be converted into
farms, gardens and town sites—if it is in a good
geographical position for railroad lines, and is capa
ble of supporting these institutions, the white man
wauts it, and in a very brief period he will be found
in it, laying off ‘corner lota’ and staking out ‘claims.’
The white man who will go there will take no darkie
with him.”
We beg leave, most respectfully to submit to our
cotemporary that our gain in the repeal of the Mis
souri Compromise, does not add much to the secu
rity or satisfaction of the South.”
A Decision of Interest to Merchants. —By
a fire which occurred in Boston, on Fast Day } one
year ago, large quantities of merchandise were de
stroyed on the wharf, which had just been landed.
In several cases suits were brought by owners of
merchandise against the owners of bark Tangier,
for the value of the goods so destroyed, on the
ground that if the owners of the vessel chose to dis
charge her on a day set apart from business pur
pose*, the cargo remained on the wharf at their risk
until the consignees were properly notified, on a
regular business day that their goods were lauded
and ready for delivery.
These cases were tried before Judge Ware and
decUfed by him in favor of the ship owners ; but an
appeal was taken to the Circuit Court, where the
judgment has been reversed. The following ab
stract Os bh* opinion should be laid aside for refer
ence by ever7 6 b'*P owner : ,
No. rjd.—Salmon } alls Company vs. Bark Tan
gier. This was a libel to recover the value ot cer
tain Cotton which was accidentally lost on her
wharf by being burnt. The question is, who is to
hear the loss ? Mere discharge of cargo is not de
iiv -t v The goods mast be placed so that the con
can find them and ascertain their condition.
Readme*?® to deliver and a proper notice to the (’Oil.
•Otrnee mav often place the goods at the risk of the
consignee; bat the readiness must be at a fit time,
and the notice a proper one, and if the notice is at
tended to, and me ship for any reason IS not ready,
new notice mast be given. A notice to deliver on
Sunday is no notice. In this case the delivery was
attempted on Fast Day, and as custom has maae
that not a day of basiness, the goods put on the
wharf en that day iay at the risk of the veese.. De
cree of the District Court i Judge Ware) reversed,
aud judgment for value of Cotton and costs.
The opinion of Judge Cnrtis we think carries
with it the following points :
1. That notice must be given to the cons gnee
when his goods are ready for delivery.
•J. That the goods must be so placed that the con
signee " can find them aud atartain their condi
him " It is net sufficient that they should be tum
bled out on the wharf, intermixed with other mer
chandise. or so piled together that they cannot be
■rammed without expense aud trouble, as is too of
*' 3* if sends tor his goods at the time
appointed and cannot get them, he is not bound to
send again tiU iie receives a new notice In the
meanwhile if they ate anded they lie at the risk of
tl 4 Readiness to deliver must be a fit time. There
must be time enough after it for the consignee—
using due diligence—to get his goods away before
business hours are over, and the weather must be
suitable for discharging and removing them without
damage. on any day which custom or
law has set apart as a holiday, must remain at the
risk of the ship until the next business day, and the
ship will be liable for any damage or loss which oc
curs in the interval.
Female Heroism. —Among the note-worthy in
cidents of the Montreal disaster was the saving of
her two children by Mrs. Bloomfield, whose husband
is in the employ of the Grand Tmnk Company at
Toronto. She’held to a rope with one hand, keep
ing the head of one child aoove the water with the
other and holding the other up by fastening her
teeth in its dress. So heavy was the load that two
of her teeth gave way and were lost, yet she still
retained her hold. At lasi a boat came towards
her, and men were screaming all around her to be
taken aboard. She could not scream, but a man
seeing her situation brought the boat to her, telling
t ifeui she needed aid most. Then her strength gave
way, at the prospect of relief and safety, and she
came near drowning ere shd oonld be lifted into the
lx*at. She is a slight delicate woman in appearance
and one wonders how she was able to endure so
much.— Troy -V. 17.I 7 . Budget.
Liability or Stakeholders.— ln The Superior
Court, this morning, Chief Justice Nelson delivered
an opiuioo on the question—Can stekeholders be
made to refund money paid on the result of a race ?
The charge of the Court was to the effect that all
such wagers were in this State illegal, and that the
losing party could recover of the stakeholder, if he
was notified of their intention to from their
original bargain at any time before he actually paid
the money. If. however, he paid over the stakes to
tbe winner, before any such notice was received
from the losers, then he cannot be held liable. The
question is one of much interest in the sporting
world. —Boston Journal . .
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNHjfcpUL\ 15, 1857.
John Phcrnix’rt Feline Atiachuieur.
John Pbcenix has invented and patented a ma
chine, and be thus discourses of its needs and merits
in the Knickerbocker for July : •
Circular to the Public. —Permit me to call your
undivided attention to an invention lately inane
and patented by myself, which is calculated to pro
duce the moat beneficial results, and prove of inesti
rnable value *o mankind. It is well known that the
sewing machines now so generally iu use. are the
most important invention, and greatest blessing of
the age. Every lady considers this instrument in
dispensable to her happiness ; it has completely
usurped tfae place of the piano forte and harp in
all well-regulated families : and she who once
purchased mat*-rial for clothing by the yard, bow
procures them by the piece or bolt, to enjoy the
rational pleasure of easily making them into gar
ments.
In the humble cabin of the laborer, and n tlfc*
hail, of the rich aud j?reat, cow resound* from morn
ing until night, the whirl of the sewing machine.—
The result of this universal grinding, although
emiuently gratifying to the dealers of dry-goods,
and the philanthropic lathers and husbands who dis
charge their bills, has not been of a favorable na
ture to our ladies in a physical point of view. It is
found that the constant use ot the crank has brought
on rheumatic and neuralgic aflections in the
shoulder, and a similar application of the treddle
has a tendency to produce hip diseases, and white
sweL ing of tbe knee-joint, accompanied by uer
vous, complaints of a painful character. The un
dersigned is acquainted with a most estimable
single lady, of middle age, who, having procured
one of the fast-running machines, was bo enchanted
with it, tt-at she persisted iu its use for thirty.six
hours, without cessation, and found, on endeavoring
to leave off, that her right leg had acquired the mo
tion of the tre ddle in such a painful manner that it
was impossible' to keep it still, and her locomotion
thereafter ossum ed a species of polka step exceed
ingly ludicrous to witness and particularly mortify
ing to herself. Ire gret to add that she was com
pelled, by a vote of the society to withdraw from the
Methodist Church, ou a charge of dancing down the
aisle ou a Cointnu lion Sunday.
He mentions another melancholy instance, where
Mrs. Thompson, having by much use of her sewing
machine, lost all control of the flexors and exten
sors of her right arm, inadvertently punched her
husband in the eye, and originated thereby the
famous case of Thompson vs. Thompson. He pro
ceeds:—
A turn’ for mechanism, and an intense desire to
contribute to the happiness of the female sex, have
ever been dis inguishing traits in my character,—
On learuiD g these facts, therefore, I devoted my
self to a thorough in vestigation ot .'lie subject, and
after a month of close application hu ve la.o
made au indention which will at once do awli y
with everything objectionable in the use of the se,"‘
ingmachine.
This beautiful discovery ij now earned Phteuix's
Feline Attachment. Like moat great inventions
the Attachment is of great simplicity. An upright
shaft is connected with the machine by a cog-wheel
and pinion, and supported below by a suitable frame
work. Two projecting arms are attached to the
shaft, to one of which a large cat is connected by a
light harness, and from the other a living mouse is
suspended by the tail, within a few inches of the
nose ot the mutor. As the cat springs towards the
mouse, the latter is removed, and keeping constant
ly at the original distance, the machine revolves
with great rapidity. The prodigious velocity pro
duced by the rapacity of the cat in its futile en
deavors to overtake the mouse, can only be im
agined by one who has seen the Attachment in iul'
operation.
It is thus that man shows his supremacy over the
brute creation, by making even their rapacious in
stinct subservient to hie use.
Should it he required to arrest the motion of the
machine, a handkerchief is thrown over the mouec
and the cat at once pauses, disgusted.
Remove the handiterchief, and again she springs
forward with renewed ardor. The writer has seen
one cat {a tortoise shell) of so ardent and unweary
ing a disposiiiou that she made eighteen pairs of
men’s pantaloons, two dozen shirts and seven
stitched skirts, before she lay down exhausted. It
is to be hoped that the ladies throughout the laud
will avail themselves of this beautiful discovery
which will entirely supersede the use of the needle!
and make the manufacture of clothing and house
hold materials a matter of pleasure to themselves,
and exciting and healthy exercise to their domestic
animals. 1
Poisoned liy a Spider. — A gentleman of this
city, who visited the West with the great railroad
excursion, had his pleasure spoiled by the bite of a
spider. After passing a night in Cincinnati on his
way out, he rose from his bed, noticing a slight red
spot between the joints of the thumb ana index
huger of his right hand. It was about as large as a
sixpence, and encircled with a white rim, not unlike
the sting of a mosquito. He took no special notice
of it at first, but four hours after he rose the sore
spot had swollen and grown insufferably painful.—
He then went to the physioian. who told him there
were but two creatures in the western country which
could produce such effect, and ihat the gentleman
had been bitten either by a rattlesnake or a black
spider. The excursionists, knowing that he had not
slept with a rattlesnake, concluded that the spider
must be the offender, and had probably slipped into
the bed and distilled his venom during the hours of
slumber.
I he Doctor rubbed the wound with ammonia asiil
the sufferer, undergoing extreme torture, left for St.
Louie on the same day. His hand and arm, some
distance above the wrist had swelled to double their
usual size, while the dull, dreadful, unirAermitting
pain which had extended beyond the swelling to
the a’m pit, reminded him of the jumping of fifty
tootli aches. In consequence of his sufferings, lie
was obliged for some days to regain in bed, trving
Dailey’s Pain Extractor to bring the mysterious
swelling to a head, but it acted too quickly. After
suppuration, a large amount of festering matter was
brought out by the lancet. Put another ulcer ac
companied with a less painful swelliug, at once
formed, and with his hand bandaged for this the
suffering excursionist returned to New York I tin
hand, still disabled, presents a shockingly inflamed
appearance, but since his arrival lancing has done
something to relieve the secoud effective visiter.
Such are the symptoms as described by the patient
vkocoM hardly sleep for teu days in consequence
of this sufferings.— N. Y. Post.
The Mormon Secret Alphabet.— Hector H.
McLean, the man who executed summary vengeance
on the seducer of his wife, has 6hown to the editor
of the New Orleans Bulletin a number of letters
written to his wife bv P. P. Prait, in the characters
which the Mormons have invented in order to carry
on correspondence and conceal their meaning, should
tbair letters ever happen to fall into the hands of
‘‘Gentiles.” The letters thus written are as perfect
ly incomprehensible to us as they would be if writ
ten in Chinese. Strange as it may appear. Mr. Mc-
Lean translated these letters correctly, as circum
stances subsequently showed, without any previous
knowledge of the characters used. The only key he
had was furnished in the first letter, wherein the
writer informed his victim that certain alterations
had been made in the Mormon alphabet, and ex
plained what they are, so that she might understand
them. The alterations were only two, and from this
slight clue to the meaning of these hieroglyphics,
Mr. McLean succeeded, after giving up in despair
several times iu deciphering the whole, thus enabling
him to thwart the efforts of the imposter to rob him
of his children.
Precocious Traveller. —The Lockport Jour
nal says that a little boy not yet four years old,
strayed away from his father’s grocery, where he
was last seen between three and four o’clock on
Saturday atternoon. Diligent search was made,
but no trace. Sunday morning the search was re
newed ; every nook was examined ; the canal was
traced tor some distance. The ten o’clock train
from Rochester brought the welcome intelligence of
the little fellow’s safety. Instead of going home on
Saturday, he stopped at the American and got
aboard of the Somerset stage, but was taken out by
the driver. He wandered to the depot, just in time
for the five o’clock train east, and getting aboard
ot a car soon fell asleep. When questioned by the
Conductor, he gave his name correctly, but could
not tell the name of the place where he hailed from,
lie, however, was recognized by a brakeman. He
says he had a “dood ride,” and “waked up when he
heard the breakfast bell ring.”
Changing Brides. — We (Dowushire Protestant)
have heard a rather amusing story of a circumstance
which occurred no later than Tuesday, which we
recount for the benefit of our readers. There was
to be a wedding that day. The bridegroom was
eager aud the priest ready. Strange to say, at the
eleventh hour the fair bride declared that married
she would not be, and that ehe would half kill her
intended if he attempted to go near her. lit re was
a pretty state of things ! Away, however, soon
presented itself to get out of the difficulty. In the
corner of the room sat the bride's sister. Pitying
the poor man, “Will you have me?’ she asked.
Startling that! Nevertheless, the man coming to
be married, priest and all, would be married ; the
matter was soon settled ;he answered, “Yes and
so this little bit of romance is ended, aud the story is
no less strange than true.
“ His Wit Passed Him. ” —Standing near one of
the gateways of the monument ground just before
the oration commenced, on the atternoon of the 17.tu,
I noticed a little lad looking wistfully at the big
tent. A man, with masonic regalia, passed up and
said to the keeper 6f the entrance,* “I belong to
King Solomon’s Lodge, and have been here before.’’
The lad, overhearing him, stepped bravely up and
said, “J belong to the lodge in some vast wilder
ness, and was here six months ago,’* aud was about
to pa»s in, when the man, evidently amused at the
lad’s wit, said, “how large is your wilderness V—
“Large claim,” said the boy, “160 aces.” The
man. finding the laugh turned on him by the ready
wit of the boy, told him to “go in.” Half an hour
later I saw him in the tent, listening intently to the
enraptured eloquence of Everett; whether his wit
took him in there I have no means of knowing, but
have no doubt it did.— Boston Traveller.
Social Statistics of Ohio and Massachu
seits.—A law has been passed in Ohio, requiring
minute returns of deaths, births, marriages, and
other social statistical information, which is to be
annually reported to the county auditors, and to be
made matters of permanent record for future refe
rence. This measure Las already secured some
valuable statistics. It shows that the births in that
State greatly exceed the deaths, and that »he in
crease of population from natural multiplication, is I
more rapid than was supposed. They have the
same kind of a law in Massachusetts. From the
reports made under that enactment, it appears that
the largest per cent Age of mortality in that State
during the past four years, was among mechanics.
Shoemakers and carpenters are at the head of the
list, in longevity, agriculturists head the coluim,
at the ripe average age of sixty five. Such a mea
sure of registry should be adopted in every State ot
the Union.
Strasge and Melancholy Death.— On last
Sunday week, the daughter of Squire Scudder of
Liberty township, while reading a piece of poetry,
entitled “Do they miss me at home,’* was bo mucu
affected that she fainted. Her mother immediately
sprang to her assistance, and together with ilr.
Scudder her lather, did all in their power to revive
her. It was fifteen minutes before she became iul
ly sensible. Her mother had lost all hopes of her
recovery again to life and ran to ike door exclaim
ing she was very unwell at the same time throwing
up a quantity of froth and blood. Mr. Scudder as
sisted his wife to a bed, and in less than one hour
she was a corpse. She was in perfect heaUi previ
ous to this. Her death no doubt, was from the rup
ture of a blood vessel, caused by the sudden death,
as she thought, of her daughter.— Hamilton (O.)
Telegraph , '2iith ult.
Tornado in Kansas. — A letter from Ossawa
tomie, Kansas, dated the 13th ult., brings intelli
gence of a most destructive tornado in that locality.
The town was almost completely destroyed. Mr.
O. C. Brown wa3 one of the principal sufferers. A
new dwelling, nearly completed, was utterly de
molished, and the house he was living in was par
tially destroyed. Other citizens suffered similar
losses. Nothing, it is said, could present a more
vivid scene of rain than the appearance of the place
after the tornado had swept over it.
A Freak of Nature —We saw, at the livery
stable of Mr. L. French, a day or two since, a colt
having only three legs—his form is perfect, with the
exception of his left fore leg, which is missing.—
Where the leg should have been, there is a small
piece of skin about one inch in length. The colt,
only three weeks old, is said to run with remarka
ble rapidity, and sold, a day or two since for S6OO.
—Grenada {Mae) Gazette.
The Southern t anxe in Kausa*.
We beg leave, says th<- Charleston Mercury, to
t ail partieidar attention of our readers in the State,
and throughout the South, to the following letter,
just received from a member elect of the Conven
tion to form a Constitution for Kansas :
„ PAhMSTTo, KcxsaS, doth June, 185 r.
Messrs, Lditors . —I have read your articles.
•Kansas Convention,' loth and 'list May issue.—
I hey present tne only true platform now to ai t upon
to save Kansas to the South.
Governor Walker’s address is out ; I have read
it carefully, and by this time the Inaugural has.
doubtless, received at your hands a deliberate
opinion.
every tiling favors tbe opinio u that
Walker will be backed by the Administration, in
all his views in tbe inaugural, even to the bitter end.
He n» rather the adviser than the advised of the
Government That ho ha* uued, and will use, the
whole influence of his official poHitimi to induce the
Convention to resolve acts that inevitably must
ieau to tbe making a Free State of Kansas, 1 have
not the spjbieat doubt. The whole address speaks
it. and it la easy to perceive that the cajoling ar
guments he uses, bv holding up to the Union the
nrospect of a great Southern State made out of the
Indian I orritori»a to the south of Kansas, is only to
divert US from the r nl Issue,
It a mask s<» transparent that, it cannot create
the first, doubt as to th* real motive You have
gentlemen, well conceived f!,e two faced game’
played, when you quote, ‘ They (the Administration)
would
palter with ns in a d/.uhle sense
Ken keep tbe word of promise to our ear
And break it to our hop*
Every effort will fie made by the governing par
ty to make capital out of Knurow* troubles to secure
their Buccewshm iu IHGO , mu] Kuii.a. .11 (1 the South
inuet be hu< nhrod to iiiHurc this unprineipled, but,
with them, paramount piece or political expediency
How tar the South will permit thin, God only knows
and how far a party, which owes itn political exist
ence to the suffrages of fourteeu Southern States
will push this gross piece of injustice in the alterna
tive before the in, time will soon determine.
We have struggled manfully, hut I fear struggled
in Vain, unless we can bring to our assistance the
combined influence of a Arm, united and eulighten
edsentiment of all the true Southern press.
1 have been elected, after a severe contest with a
Black Republican to the (Jonstitational Convention,
and it wili be the last political act of my life, unless
Kansas is permitted into the Union, as an equal, in
every sense of the word, with her Southern sisters.
Incur political associations in the Territory, we
have a number of true spirits, who are, doubtless,
Elected—they are fearless, capable and efficient;
but we must have all the light and reason that can
be made available. We ure sadly deficient in iibra
ftnd in historical and political resources. Let
‘ i&eu, contributions from your paper—let
us have Vtit’l®* from you. We will gladly re
ceive anviM'*'*< e 'M°r ill the form of letters or
, y a, ‘ '-ripens calculated to strengthen
, W referee to the action
our position having sp- -- muon no.-ded. We
of other State Convention**, ~ ■ 1 '
must meet Gov. Walker fearlt'^ sl JL^^,? < J“?‘ a '/‘ > “
his pet idea of a ratification of the v .onsutfltion by, a
set of Black Republican hucksters auu adventurers,
who are pouring in simply for the purpose 0‘ unuo
ing what we do, and who, after that, on the ap
proach of winter, will return to their corrup f North
ern quarters and political stews, shrieking, blee ding
Kansas, and building up capital for Fremont lrL
18«0.
T trust,gentlemen, I have not tired you. I felt
that a political journal, to whom all true Southern
eyes ought to look an a beacon of light, ought to be
consulted and advised on these matters.
Tremendous Conflagration in Cincinnati.—
About o’clock last evening, a fire broke out in
Meader, Johnson & Co.’s extensive furniture inanu
factory, at the Southeast corner of Smith and Co
lumbia streets, and in a very short time the entire
building, a five-story briekhouse, was iu llameo. The
tire soon communicated to an adjoining building,
eight stories high, owned and used by the same firm,
and this was also soon wrapt in flames. Two frame
structures, two stories high, belonging to M., J. &
Co., were likewise destroyed, and a large portion
of the lumber iu a yard adjoining the manufacto
ries.
„The firemen were promptly on the ground, and
though they labored like Trojan ,at one time it
seemed inevitable that the property on several
squares would become a prey to the devouring ele •
ment. The heat was intense, and the spdrks aDd
cinders were Hying in every direction, and in le*s
than an hour after the alarm had been given Wm.
Kesor & Co.’s extensive foundry for the manufacture
of stoves and hollow ware, situated on Smith street,
and extending from Water to Front, caught fire, and
shortly after the entire roof was in a blaze.
The foundry, one ot the largest in the West, no
exertion could save. It burned from the roof to the
fifth story, then to another aud another floor, until
the vast structure was one colossal blaze.
The material in the manufactory of Meader, John
son & Co., was valued at about $50,000, and the
lumber at $30,000 more, the major portion of which
was destroyed. Upon all this the insurance was
$30,000. The eight story building cost $20,000, and
the other buildings of jvl., J. & Co., were worth
about SIO,OOO.
Wm. Kesor & Co.’s loss, including the building,
must have been at least SISO,(MM), a number of valu
able patterns being burned. This firm was insured
in divers offices, for some $30,000.
The fire originated in the engine room of Meader,
Johnson & Co.’s five story building, and soon igni
ting a quantity of shavings, spread through the 1
building by means of the hatches which were left
open.
Some three hundred operatives were thrown out
of employment—one hundred and seventy-five in
Meader, Johnson &. Co.’s, and one liunared an 4
twenty-five in W»n. Kesor, &. Co.’s. —Cincinnati
(iazettc of Saturday.
Fire in St. Louis—Loss $200,000. —The im
mense drugstore of Barnard, Adams &, Co., at the
northeast corner of Second street and Washington
avenue, was destroyed by fire at about 9 o’clock
yesterday morning. Once started, the fire was fed
and increased, until the flames toon overran every
it. We never ‘saw a building cA" its enor
mous size so soon reduced to a heap of rums. The
intensity of the heat,* too, was wonderful. The
spectators, of whom t here were thousands on the
ground, were driven tor a distance, sometimes, of
two squares from the burning building.
From the great height of.the house, the surround
ing buildings were in imminent danger of destruc
tion.
With but one exception, the engines in opera
tion were unable tojnrow water above the roof,
and all attempts to put out tb e flames by that means
were futile. ;
But one other building beside* Barnard, Adams *fe
Co.’s was wholly destroyed, a Tid that was a amall
one on the avenue,'occupied as a brass foundiy.
The fire, we understand, origin. Ited in the third or
fourth story, where a large quantity of opodeldoc,
or compound soap liniment, was .'n the process of
preparation. During ibe preparation the kettle
containing the liniment bursteu, aud the contents
which were very inflammable, ign/'ted instantly,
and the fire w T as rapidly communicated Jo the
various surrounding combustible mat erials m that
story.
The building, which was one of the mt'st impos
ing commercial structures in the city, wa-s owned
by Barnard, Adams A Co., and cost, together with
with the fixtures, $30,000. The stock it explained
was valued at SIOO,OOO. Upon the building and
fixtures there was an insurance to the amount of
$20,000. and upon the stock to jh? amount of sl*“sV
000.— St. Louts Rep.
Church Struck by Lightning—H^op*.,Melted
—Sabbath before last, a violent thunder storm pass
ed over New-Jersey. At near Amboy,
the Sabbath School of the Presbyterian Chuich was
holding its meeting in the afternoon, w hen the t fluid
struck the building. It entered the roof, making only
a small hole, and descended by the chandelier to the
centre of the church, where it exploded. Quite a
number of adults, as well as children, wei\3 prostra
ted by it, and their clothes burnt. Yet no fatal re
sults followed, although some hours, and ewen days
followed, before perfect restoration took place. But
the remarkable feature of it remains to be told, and
this is given by a clergyman who received it from
one present . It is stated that the ladies who wore
brass hoops in their dresses were uninjured, tot the
hoops themselves were melted. The electric .fluid
was diffused, and perhaps lives saved, by tiiis novel
species of conductor.— N. Y. Evangelist.
Corruption. —Mr. F. F. C. Triplett, of
ton, D. C., is publishing a series of pamphlets in his
own vindication from a charge of treachery, during
the session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress, by which
certain Black Republicans are badly spotted. The
expulsion of several members of the House, since
the period he refers to, we must confess, not only
gives plausibility to his expose, but clinches it upon
public confidence. He gives quite an interesting
explanation of the meaning of the Hon. John J.
Pearce, of Pennsylvania, who remarked to Mr.
Milliard, iu electioneering for Mr. Banks, that if lie?
voted for him he “would make a good thing of it,” ,
viz : that he would be made chu'irman of the com
mittee on Engraving and Lithographing, iu which
capacity he would have a chance of pocketing some
SBO,OOO, provided he managed the matter shrewdly ;
and a variety of other expositions, smacking equally
as strong of corruption and evidencing the most
astonishing love of money by these flatterers of the
dear people.— Balt. Clipper.
American Houses in England. —Some inte
resting information concerning Mr. Ten Broeck's
horses is given in Porter’s Spirit:
The first race of any of the American horses in
England is the contest for the Stockbridge Plate, for
which Pryoress is entered. The time set for this
race was the :26th of last month—consequently it
was run on Friday of last week. Lecompte, the
oldest of Mr. Ten Broeck’s horses now in England,
is not entered for the Goodwood cup. He made
three nominations, but has concluded to withhold
Lecompte for other work. He is entered, however,
for the Champagne Stakes at Brighton, to come off
August sth, immediately after the Goodwood. Pry
oress is also entered with him in the same race.—
The weight placed in the backs of Pryor and Pry
oress by officials of the English Jockey Club is ex
actly in accordance with the Cup conditions. The
former’s weight tor age, as a five year old, would be
135 lbs., from which 11 pounds is deducted on ac
count of his being a foreign-bred horse, leaving him
121 pounds.- The weight of Pryoress would be 127
pounds ; deduct 14 pounds for her American breed,
and four pounds, her allowance as a mare, and she
is ieft at 109 lbs.
Small Pox.—A few weeks ago a gentleman
this place and waj in a few hours taken
down with ema'l pox. He was promptly removed
to the hospital, kindly attended to and is now near
ly well. We are sorry to say • bat at the hotel at
which be stopped, the landlord. Mr. Kennedy, con
tracted the disease, and is now confined with it, and
his many devoted relatives and friends here can
not yet determine what will bathe result. This
morniDg be is not suffering so much, but is no bet
ter otherwise. His bouse is closed and we feel con
fident that every precaution will be taken to pre
vent the disease spreading. Our citizens generally
manifest no alarmgmd are pursuing their regular
business. — Chattanooga Gazette.
Horse Stealing—Death of the Thief.— A
horse, the property of Mr. Muhlenonnk of this city
was stolen on the 4th instant by a man named
Lamar. Mr. Williamson Cobb started in pursuit of
the thief on Monday morning, and overtook him in
company with a man named St. Clair, who was
riding a mule, supposed to be stolen property. Up
on Mr. Cobb’s attempting to apprenend Lamar, St.
riair drew a nistol and fired twice at him, both shots
missing—one hitting the horse Mr Cobb rode St
Clair preparing for a third shot when Cobb fired,
the bah hitting him in the breast, passing out at his
back inflicting, it is supposed a mortal wound.—
and overtook him near Dallas, and
succeeded in securing him. Mr. Cobb returned
with the thief and stolen horse to this city on yester
day evening. St. Clair is in Cedar Town, in the
hands of a physician, who thinks that his wound is
mortal.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
Bank Frauds in England. —lt appears that
criminal informations have been filed in 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 whom a
wan ant was issued, was the notorious Humphrey
Brown, iate M. P. from Tewsbury, who opened his
account with the British Bauk with the heavy sum
of $94,000 and in two days afterwards contracted a
loan of $10,060 with it, which he speedily made only
$385,000, and has since told the assignee that it is
4 idlt;’’ to ask him to repay any of it.
The Deficient -nt>i>ly »t Cotton.
The following article from a Liverpool paper rs
the '-‘“tli of June was sent by a Liverpool merchant
to his correspondent in this city. It contains some
hard blows for the Manchester men :
The importance of an additional suppl> of Cotton
is becoming one of the leading topics of the day.
The manufacturers of Lanoan&hire are now agita
ting this question, not only in public meetings in
Manchester, Liverpool, and other towns, but have
appealed to Parliament to come and help them, call
ing on Government to develop a new system of
transit, a new tenure of land, and an improved
method of irrigation in India, as the panacea in this
crisis of deficient supply, to which it is self-evident
we are approaching with too rapid strides.
The Cotton crop of America for the year eliding
the est September, 1856,« as over 3,590,000 bales,
the largest estimates of the crop to be received at
the American ports for the year ending the Ist Sep
tember, 1857, are 2,900,000, or probably 50,000
more in plain figures, a total difference in supply
for this year of 600,000 hales.
At the close of 1856, our stock of American Cot
ton in Liverpool, (after receiving the largest crop
ever grown in the United States, was reduced to
173,000 bales, and of all kinds to 281,000 bales, be
iug, as Mr. Aspiuwall Turner states in his speech in
the House of Commons, a supply of only eight
weeks' consumption for the whole of Great Hritain.
It may well excite alarm on the part of Manches
ter at the prospect presented by these figures; for
not only wril the stock, on the 31st December next,
to a moral certainty, exhibit a great reduction from
the Very small stock of 1856, but the accounts from
America from the most truthful aud respectable
Bources assure us, that the prospects of the growing
crop are gloomy in the extreme ; that the plant is a
month or six weeks later than that of last season,
aud that nothing short of uninterrupted fine weather
and a late fall, can insure us even an average crop
for the coming season.
Hence it is, we are called on to regard this ques
tion as a “ national” one. Hence it is, the ordinary
laws of supply and demand are to be invaded. The
“ slavery ’ cry. which was never raised while Ameri
ca could grow three millions and a quarter up to
three millions aim a halt of bales, is now put for
ward as a reason why we should make ourselves
“ independent of America;” and our consciences
are pricked on a question of philanthropy, now that
there are six hundred thousand of bales less to be
gathered, involving, as this must do, less laboi for
the dusky sons of Africa. The system of slavery is
one which we all deplore, aud this allusion to all* its
sorrows and wrongs would have told with more es-
Ject from what is called the " Manchester school,”
had been ventilated at any other period then a short
crop year, now the pseudo-philanthropists of the
manufacturing districts render themselves liable to
have their motives, shall I say, ms-construed into
its being a mere pocket question ? The whole ar
gument resolves Itself, however, into a question of
price. \V benever there is a large crop in America
the cotton now so humbly sought to be produced in
India, is allowed to remain almost unsaleable, and
few are tbs merchants who have not some sorrow
ful recollections of “ those Surats,” which while
they swell the aggregate of stock here, aud are,
•therefore, useful to depress the value of American
qualities, are nearly abandoned by the spinners in
ordinary yjjars, except at a price which affords no
remuneration or encouragement to the importer,
aud can it be wondered at that Mr. Mangles should
assert, from his place in the House of Commons,
that India cannot, aud will not, grow cotton on such
terms.
* Jf the agitation of this question were to be the
means o» Stimulating an increased growth in India,
at time wuoji we had the promise of a bountiful
American crop, w.e should be met with precisely the
same indifference; and cad would be the fate of the
merchant or imported* arho would have then to rely
oil the generosity of the consumers, were he to car
ry out their wishes for an increased supply from
India.” His Surat* would numerically tell as dead
weight, and we should hear no more ot “slayery, ’
“new roads,” “irrigation,” or • of Bri
tish India on a paternal government/' Hat ns not
be misled by misconceptions in this business, or en.
dorse fallacies because Manchester utters them.—
Parliament can do just nothing; and I venture to
predict thit not one bale of cotton more will be pro
duced, for another year at least, by all the agitation
of Parliamentary speechea.
If Manchester be in earnest, let her take the bur
then herself She is rich enough. l£jch at the cost
of many a Liverpool Cotton importer. Let her form
a League Fund, and guarantee to give a fair re
munerating price for every pound of Cotton of a
certain standard quality aud cleanliness, produced
in India, and imported here. It they will interfere
with the inexorable laws of supply and demand, let
, itf*,* done by private aud united enterprise. They
may*©ek, aud will eeek in vain, for exoteric aid, in
such a <et£e as this ; their remedy is not in Parlia
mentary r-oaimittees or blue books, aud Govern
ment will do well to indorse the free trade doctrines
formerly enunciated in Manchester. “All we ask,”
they used to say, “ is a fair field, and no favor,” aud
“that Government will let us alone llow the
mighty are fallen!
Philosophy in Court. —We observe that a prize
is offered this year by Harvard College of SSOO to
any pupil who shall be decided by the Corporation
to have attained the greatest, skill in mathematics
The person who offers the prize, which is only pro
posed for this year, is Uriah A. Hoyden, a civil en
gineer, of Boston.
This gentleman was concerned in a suit last year,
brought by him in the Supreme Court of Massa
chusetts against the Atlantic Cotton Mills of Law
rence, which was of a very interesting character,
but has never, so far as we are aware, come before
'the public. Mr. Boyden had agreed to make a tur
bine water-wheel for the Atlantic Mills, which should (
save, or “ utilize,” as it is termed, seventy-six per
. cent, of the water power; if lie succeeded iu saving
that per centage, he was < o have $2,000, if not, he
was to have nothing; and for every one per cent,
above that he was to receive $.150 ££r Bowden
went to work and produced a whesl which 3aved,
as he affirmed, ninety-six per cent. The labor in
volved in this result may be imagined, from the fact
that Mr. Boyden spent more than $5,000 in the mere
mathematical calculations. The company had pro
vided no sufficient means of testifying the question
gracticaily, and as the per centage claimed by Mr.
ioydeu was altogether unprecedented, they con
tested the claim.
HjThe case went into court. No jury on the globe
could comprehend the question, and the learned
bench also found itself entirely at fault. The case
was accordingly referred to three well-chosen par- ’
ties: Judge Joel Parker, of Cambridge; Professor
Beniamin Pierce, the Mathematician, and James
B. Francis* of Lowell, the agent of the united com
panies of Lowell in the management of the common
water power. Professor Parker furnished the law,
Mr. Francis the practical acquaintance with hy
draulics, and Professor Pierce the mathematical
knowledge That learned geometer had to dive
deep and study long before the problem w'ae settled. I
But settled it was, at last, and m Mr. Hoyden’s fa
vor, to whom the referees awarded the sum of
eighteen thousand and seven hundred dollars. Mr.
Boyden buff previously constructed turbine wheels
that utilized respectively the extraordina y amount
of eighty-nine and ninety per cent.; the last wheel
utilizing ninety-Bix pe? cent., exceeds anything of
the kind that was .ever lusde. The wheel is one
hundred and four and three-quaver inches in diam
eter.—N. Y. Post.
Affray and Homicidje in Amkricus. — A terri
ble affray occurred yesterday, in Americus, betweou
sundry persons on the one side, and Harvey W.
Shaw and Wm. Shaw, on the other, which resulted
in the death of Harvey W, Shaw, aud the shooting
of Wm. W. Shaw in two ot three places, though
not fatally. The difficulty grew out of an assault,
made the day previous, at the Americus Depot, by
H. W. Shaw, on Charles W. Hancock Esq,, who
w h* ;tf.bout to leave for the Milledgeville Convention
of io-day. Hancock was suddenly collard ai.a
thrown© ver the railroad track and very much bruised,
clothes torn, &lc. He therefore returned home, and
it is said, himacK and friends armed themselves to
meet the Shaw party, also armed for conflict. Du
ring the day Shaw was arraigned before the Mayor
and fined S2O and for ’.he offence committed,
which was paid, when on levying the Court, house
Hancock met Shaw and coiomcncAd a verbal as
sault upon the latter. At tLis r.veUßi;' a pifltoLpr
gun shot was fired by some unknown person, and
Shaw escaped to his house, followed by an excited
crowd, when about a dozen shots were with
the result stated.
Mrs. H. W. Shaw, during the melee, rushed into
the streets and fired three dischargee with a revol
ver at Mr. Mcßain, without doing any damage.—-
When her husband fell, saying he was a dead man
and asking for his children, Mrs. S. fainted and was
m & very critical condition, when the train left at 2
P. M. yesterday. Two negroes, Litt Young and
Allen, both well known in this city, have been ar
rested and lodged iu jail, on a charge of shooting
from Shaw’s House, during the fight. They were
in the service of Shaw*. This is the substance of
the information received by us, and may not he en
tirely accurate in details. We shall probably be
able, to-morrow, to give further particulars.
We understand that the assault of Shaw on Han
cock arose out of some remarks of the latter, in de
fence of a German before the Mayor, for a misde
meanor of some sort, impeaching the credibility of
Shaw 0 the witness against the acciied.
Altogether, it is a deplorable affair, but one from
the peculiar circumstances of the case and the an
tecedents of this^nan Shaw, which might have been
expected. Ever since the horrible suicide of Dr.
Perkins iu Shaw's gambling House, the Americas
community have been much exasperated against
Shaw, and the least violence on his part towards
the humblest citizen was enough for the popular
outbreak which lias just occurred. — Macon Citizen,
Bth inst. % _
Poisoning Case — A Woman Committed for
Trial. —We obtained on Saturday the following
particulars of an attempt to destroy the lives of the
family ot Mr. John Jones, of Randolph, by mixing
i arsenic with their food. Some days since a member
of the family, in passing through the yard of the
premises, discovered a package containing a quan
tity of brown Bugar. It was taken i4 into the house
aud a portion of it used in cooking. Subsequently,
several members cf the family were seized with
sudden and alarming iilness, the details of which
have not come to hand. Suffice it to say that the
sugar found in the yard was suspected of containing
poison. Still certain members of the lamily discred
iting the inference, continued to partake of the food
sweetened with the strange sugar. The same symp
toms resulting from its use -in this case as in the
other, a portion of the contents of the paper was
brought to this city, and submitted to Dr. A. A.
Hayes for chemical analysis. The result of his ex
amination disclosed the presence of a considerable
quantity of arsenic.
On being informed of the result of the analysis,
. the suspicions <i the family rested at once upon a
young woman named Lucinda Ann Hunt, recently
employed is a domestic in the house, as the person
who left the poisoned sugar on the premises. She
was accordingly arrested and brought before Jus
tice ChurcbhiTl for examination. The most impor
tant witness for the prosecution is a sister of the ac
cused, who testified, as we are informed, to hearing
her sister say that if the arsenic aid not “do any
good in sugar she would put it in the well.” After
a lull hearing iu the evidence in the case, Justice
Churchi'.r ordered the defendant to recognise in the
sum oi SSOO for trial at the next term of the Court of
Common Plea 3, to be held at Dedham, to which
place, in default of bail, she was fully committed.—
The accused is about twenty-two years of age.—
Boston Journal, July 6.
Stupendous Hoax. —a certain individual of this
city no matter who.) being of the opinion that the
Fourth es July was likely to prove void of any ex
citement, or public interest, and wishing to change
such an aspect of affairs, circulated through the city
a poster, stating that Prof. Cuiex, would perform
the wonderful mat of walking on the water! the
performance to take place on the Potomac river, in
tront of the canal locks at 10 o’clock A. M. Sight
lute to all, &.C. Long before the appointed time
hundreds of people of all ages and of both sexes
could be seen wending their way towards the river,
and at the hour of 10, it is estimated that there were
between 2,000 and 3,000 persona present to witness
the wonderful performance , besides which every
window and hill that commanded a view of the
river was occupied. Prof. Cuiex was in every
body’s mind, he seemed to be the sole subject of
interest As the time appointed pasec-d, and 11
o’clock drew near, and still no Prof. Cuiex was to
be seen, the people became impatient, about this
time it was whispered around that Cuiex was the
Latin word for Musquito, when the truth, flashed
upon their minds that they had all been “sold. '
They seemed to take it however, in good humor
and although some faces wore an air of disappoint
ment, still the majority enjoyed the joke, and hear
tily laughed over the circumstance*— Cumberland
Journal.
Newark, N. J., July 5.—A boy named Kearney,
aged about twelve years, belonging to East New
ark, was drowned while bathing, this evening, near
the railroad bridge.
American Stale Convention.
MiLi.SDC.Evn.i E, Geo., July 8, 1857.
Convention organized by calling Hon. James M.
Calhoun of Fulton to the Chair, aud appointing
*' • II- Griswold of Muscogee, Temporary JSeereta
u 1I , K), ‘ oc bf J- H. 11, Washington, Esq., of Bibb,
the Delegates were then requested to enrol their
names at the Secretary’s desk, as follows .-
I Buford, N. C. Barnett, T. B.
I-V PT £ " i. N , l|Her ' K M Orme, Sen., A.
Kud GiT Mynek.JohmS. Stephens, L. I). Buck
nei, J. J. Ruck. Jas. 8. Thomas.
Bibb—T. G. Holt. J H K. Washington, W. K.
Philips, Joseph Bond, Joshua Knowles. B F Den-c
A. H. W yche, J. M. Jones, J. Gilbert, James w!
Mynok.L Johnston, Thoe. A. Brewer, As* Holt
W. C. Hardy. A Foster.
Butts—R. Lawson, J. W. Swann.
Coweta—Thos. D Goodwitm, K. V. Brown, W
L. Ligon, H. K. Harrison.
Crawford—Thos. Baines, Willis B. Scott, Jas. W.
Kobmson.
Campbell—W. B Hardy.
Chattahoochee—W. W. Bussev W G Wool
dridge, W. B. Willis. 1
Columbia—C. H. Shockley, J. C. Talbot, J. M
Anthony.
Chatham—E. H. Bacon, J. R. Sneed, K.S. Hard
wick, J. G Sheftall, F. H. Orme, J. G. Ye user.
Clay—T. Tinsley.
Dooly—Z. T. Tumions, W. McDaniel, A. C. Fate,
J . W. Brown.
Dougherty—T. C. Spicer. D. A. Vason, J. Barks
dale, \\ . E. Smith, W. C. Connelly, li. W. liawlson,
T. F. Andrews, H. A. Sci tt.
DeKalb—W. C. Rosseau, J. M. Alexander.
Elbert—B. Hester, T. J. Thurmond.
Fulton—J. M. Calhoun, A. M. Edrilemau, A. H.
Stokes, W. A. Wilson, L. J. Farr.
Floyd—J. J. Harris, J. Skinner, A. B. Harper.
Greene—M. W. Lewis, B. T. Charlton, R. L. Me-
VV horter, W. Morgan.
D. Montgomery, J. A. Roberfs,
W . J. Peeples.
Houston—\\ r . A. Mathews, I. C. West, W. R.
Brown, E. M. Hulsey, C. J. Bazemore.
Hancock—S. Lawrence, W. C. Smith, YV. 11.
Speights, J.B. Stewart, J. C. Boyer, J. Rushing, J.
\V. Simmons, J. L. Birdsong, B. T. Harris, L. S'
Stewart, J. T. Berry, J. R. Lawrence, A. E. Sykes,
J. W. Johnson, D. YY r . Lewis, G. G. Smith, J. li.
Billion, B. Amos.
Henry—L. T. Doyal, E. B. Arnold, Andrew W.
Walker.
Harris—G YY r Epps, G.YV. Mullins, D. P. Hill.
Jasper—D. S. liolt, W 11. Preston, Jr., G.T.
Bartlett, R. C. Barnes, G. F. Merriwether, George
Allen, T. J. Pritchard, James Penn.
Jefferson—A. R. Wright, W. F. Denny, YV. 11.
Todd, N. Cornwall.
Jones—lsaac Hardeman.
Lee-M. Tiller, J. Gilbert, G. L. Butler, J. H.
Pope.
Laurens—R. Robinson, J. YV. Yopp.
Lincoln—J. Paschal, J. M. Dill, H. L. Murray,
Jno.W. Parks.
Muscogee—Hines Holt, W. IF. Griswold. Daii’l.
Huff, T. A. Brannon, M. L. Patterson, R. L. Mott,
B. B. Hawes, A. J. Odom, Jas. Meeler.
Morgan—D. E. Butler, J. A. Billups, J. G. Hallo
way, L. T. Campbell.
Monroe—J. T. Crowder, C. Peeples, A. D. Ham
mond, J. R Ranks, C. YV. Battle, L. A. Pondei .1.
H. Evans, Benj. H. Zellnor.
Macon—YV, H. R ibinson, W. H. Felton, M L
T *il' tu !r 1 ? 1J Frederick, J. A. Carson,
J.E. Bartlett, G. li. Young, M. J. Mc flullin.
W M ' HruWl1 ' W ' K - Hoquemore, YV.
Meriwether—J. L. Dixon,
Newton J. L. B-.ker, J. B. Davis, J. S. Stanton
Dr. Chapman, YV. W. Clark.
Oglethorpe— R. M. Fleming, R. Eberhart, YV.
Moody, YV. P. Smith, Thomas S. Gresham, F J
Robinson.
Richmond—James W. Jones, Fosterßlodget, Jr..
Jas. Millet, Win. Gibson.
... Sumter—J. L. Alerton, S. C. Elam, E. J. Hill,
j - D. Speer, J. E. J. Horne, C. P. Crawford, J. 11
Black.
Scriveu—B.L- Prescott,!’. G. Hotchkiss.
Spalding—Parker Eason, James Lavender, E.
W. Robinson, John S. Travis, A. P. Burr.
Pulaski—YV. YV. Mayo, YY’illis B. Reeves, Tor
rence P. King, Reuben Ilarre.l, Thos. J. Barkwell.
Polk—Y\ r . Hubbard, J. T. Fullwood, J. J. Morri
son, J. 1). Waddel.
Putnam—R. T. Davis, B. B. Odom, W. I). Ter
rell, D. Rosser, Edmund Owens. V/. T. Mo,Dude, C.
U. Pearson, D. A. YVeaver, E. T. Terrell, J. J. Mc-
Rae, E. Harris, J. R. Waller, Sr.
Pike—R. O. Banks, S. B. Malone, \Y'. P. Tyler.
Twiggs—John Barclay, N. Berry, T. Gibson, It.
B. Wimberly, Dr. Burroughs,
Talbot—T. B. Turner, Cyrus Robinson, William
Smith.
Taylor—A. H. Riley, B. F. lteese, C. F. Fickliug,
W. J. Mitchell.
Terrell—M. Williams, Myron YY r eston.
Thomas—Sam’l. B, Spencer.
Troup—John S Hill, K. J.Morgan.
Upson—P. YV. Alexander, A. G. Fambro, Thos. S.
Sharman, Thomas F. Bethel.
Whitfield—Francis W. McCurdy.
YVilkes—J. L. Anderson, G. YY r . Anderson, D. G.
Cutting, J. T. YY'ingfield.
Wilkinson—N. A. Carswell, M. J. Carswell, JT.
Hughes, George Jones. ,
YVaehington—BonnetCral’ton, J. B. Avant, G.
W. Hardwick, J.M. G. Medlook, W. P. Smith, S. .
A. H. Jones, Win. P. Hicklin, T. E. Wells, Daniel
Harris.
Warren—James Cody, S. T. Neal, W. W. Pad- 1
gett, Jno. It. Prescott.
Webster—John M. Shepherd.
The following was then offered by J. 14. Sneed, of :
Chatham:
Resolved , That, all persona present from counties
not represented, ami who agree with us in senti
menl, be invited to take their seats as members of
this Convention. Adopted.
P. W. Alexander, of Upson, offered the following?
Resolved , That a committee of one from each
Congressional District bo appointed to make ar
rangements for the permanent organizations of the
Convention.
Adopted—and tlie following names were announc
ed as that committee :
1. J. R. Sneed, 5. J. D. Waddell,
2. D. A. Vaaon, 6. W. J. Peeples,
3. J*. W. Alexander, 7. D. E. Butler,
4. L. J.Parr, 8. C. H. Shockley.
Who, after retiring a few moments, returned and
reported as follows:
For President — David W. Lewis, of Hancock.
Vice Presidents —Edward H. Bacon, of Chatham,
Francis W. McCurdy, of Whitfield.
Secretaries —W. H. Griswold, of Muscogee, and
F. J. Robinson, of Oglethorpe.
A committee of three (consisting of Messrs. Bil
lups, Shockley, and Harris of Hancock) was ap
pointed to notify the President and Vice Presidents
ot their selection, and conduct them to their respec
tive chairs, which, on being done, the President re
turned his acknowledgments in an able, stirring and
happy address, which met with rounds ol hearty
applause from every member present.
On motion of Hines Holt, of Muscogee, a com
mittee of three from each Congressional District
was appointed to report business for the considera
tion of the Convention, which committee was an
nounced as follows i
1. J. It. Sneed, R. ltobinson, It. S. Hardwick.
2. Hines Holt, D. A. Vason, W. Brown.
3. C. Peeples, P. W. Alexander, J.H. R. Wash*
ington.
4. J. M. Calhoun. R. J. Morgan, W. L. Ligon.
3. ,i. D. V7added, J. J. Harris, W. Hubbard.
G. W. J. People. M. B. Montgomery, J. A.
Roberta.
7. W. W. Clark, R. M. Orme, J A. Billups.
8. D. G. Cotting, A. It. Wright, J.'W. Jojie*.
On motion, the Convention then adjourned to 4
.o’clock, P- M.
Four O’clock, P. M.
The Convention met according to adjournment,
and the names of Delegates from Lincoln, Terrell,
Olay and Thomas, with other *Deiega*cb frc tn coun
ties already registered, were enrolled.
The committee of 24 who were appointed to 16-
port business lor the action of the Convention,
made the following report, which was adopted :
The American party of Georgia, in Convention
assembled, animated by love of country and a jeal
ous regard for the constitutional rights of the peo
ple of the Union, and especially of the people of
Georgia and her Southern sisters, do adopt tfcud re
affirm the lolloping daclaration of principles, made
and promulgated by the American Convention ti
Georgia,,Decembei, •855:
1. The maintenance of this Union of co equal
sov6i**Wn States, as our fathers it, as the par
amount pMUtical good—paramount in u* jjtffipt* tion
to the security of our rights and the happineaS oftf#
people.
2. The means by .Tedrich we propose to maintain
this, is obedience to the Constitution of the United
Stutes, and all laws passed in pursuance thereof, as
sacredlv obligatory upon individuals and States.
it. We regard the great doctrine of religious liber
ty and the separation of Church and State as car
oinc.l principles of our Government—a* well set
tled and a* firmly established as the right trial
by jury and t&e writ of habeas corpus—and, there
fore, we will oppose the elevation to office of any
and all persona who deny the great American doc
trine of liberty of conscience, or who favor the
union of Churdu and State, or who recognise any
civil allegiance to any foreign power, prince or po
tentate whatever.
4. TU3 purity of the ballot-box—the peaceful ad
ministration of our laws—the safety of our people—
the integrity of our Government—the exclusion of
pauper and criminal immigration, and the enforce
ment of our neutrality laws, demand, in f>ur opinion,
a material modification of our naturalization laws
and a radical revision of our immigration laws. By
this we do notoeefc to disturb, in any manner, the
privileges of those of our foreign born citizens who
are naturalized under our existing Jaws, end we in
vite all of them who qgree to our principles to be
come members of the American party.
5. The territories of the .United Slates we regard
as the common property of all the States as co-equal
sovereignties, and as such open to settlement by
the citizens of the States with i£eir property as mat
ter of right ; and that no powe* resides either in
Congress or the territorial Legislature, or the peo
ple of the territories while a territory, to exclude
from settlement in any territory any portion of the
citizens of this Republic with their property legally
held in the States from which they emigrate. We
repudiate, therefore, the doctrine commonly called
squatter sovereignty in the territories.
6. The right to vote is a privilege of citizenship,
and sl*ould not be extended to foreign emigrants to
a territory before they are naturalized.
7. The agitation of the subject of Slavery should
cease. The rights of the South are plain, palpable,
well defined and understood, and we believe tliey
should no longer be treated as open questions. We
will maintain our guaranteed Constitutional rights.
and our right of property in slaves. Georgia has
solemnly declared what she will regard as future
grievances on this and what her remedy will
be when these grievances shall be inflicted. We
will stand by the Georgia Platform. We believe
the continuous agitation of this subject, is made by
selfish politicians for personal and party promotion,
and is hurtful to the South, the institution of slave
ry, and the permanency of the Union.
We assert and maintain the following additional '
points as a part of our National and State creed :
That we have seen nothing which we regard as
new in the plan of adjustment suggested by Gov.
Walker and approved by the Administration, for
the settlement of the Kansas question. In our
judgment, the principles maintained, and the policy
advised, are identical with the principles set forth
in tlve Kansas Nebraska bi 1, as advocated by the
National Democracy, with the Cincinnati Platform,
and Mr. Buchanan’s letter of acceptance and Inau
£ural Address. The American Party have, again
and again, warned the country against these dan
gerous and anti Southern doctrines, and having al
ready taken our position upon them, we submit that
position to the people of Georgia for tbdt- decision,
and the vindication of the correctness of our cause
and the patriotism of our motives.
That the la e decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States in the case of Dred Scott, is but a
judicial endorsement, by the highest legal tribunal
ill the land, of the position heretofore held by the
American party of Georgia, upon the slavery ques
tion in the Territories.
That we oppose the construction of the Pacific
Railroad by the General Government.
That we oppose the system by which the Go
vernment disposes of the public domain, as cor
rupting in its effects upon the new States, (as well
as upon Congress; and grossly unjust to the old
States.
We favor the distribution of the proceeds of the
sales of the public lands among all the States, rather
than their iniquitous appropriation to railway
schemes for the benefit of a few.
We favor a change in the administration of the
State Railroad, by taking it out of the hands of the
Governor, and if need be, by a sale of two-thirds of
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the whole of it, to private parties ti„.
event, the fluid thus raised after the pavime ■ lf,l n
public debt, could be disposed of in Jilin ■ f i|‘'
; three following ways .- The education of the o •
' dren of the State, the reduction of the taxes ,
people, or in affording aid in the eonstructio “\-
roads iu other portions of the State.
! Unsolved, That the Convention proceed forthwith
to the nomination of a candidate for Governor.
The Convention then took a recoss for thirty
minutes.
At tbe termination of this period the Convention
was called to order, aud Hon. W. Gibson, of Rich
mond. offered the following :
Resolved , That Benjamin H. liiii of Troup—be,
ami is hereby nominated unanimously, and by ac
clamation, as the candidate of the American party
for Governor.
VV hich was received with cheers, long and loud,
and carried by vociferous applause.
After the cheering had ceased, A. R. Wright,
Esq ,of Jeffersou, was called, and entertained the
**°*i Ven * lou ’ an enthusiastic speech in support
ol the nominee, aud iu advocacy of the platform
adopted by the Convention.
P. W. Alexander, of Upson, offered the two fol
lowing resolutions:
Resolved , That this Convention tenders its thanks
to the lion. Robert P. Trippe and lion. N. G. Fos
ter, for their able and tearless maintenance of
American principles and the rights of the South;
and that we heartily approve of the vote of one of
our Senators in Congress, (the Hon. Alfred Iverson,)
in opposition to Alien Suflrage.
Resolved , That an Executive Committee of five
be appointed by the Chair to act for the party until
the next meeting of the American Convention.
The President appointed as that Committeee :
J. H. R. Washington of Bibb, Chairman,
Jno. W. A. Sandlord of Baldwin,
Foster Blodget, Jr., of Richmond,
James M. Calhoun of Fulton,
S. A. Wales of Muscogee.
Col. Hines Holt, of Muscogee, was called for and
addressed the Convention with energy and power
in support of the nominee, and exposing the iniqui
tous policy of the Democratic Administration. Af
ter which lie offered the following :
Resolved , That a Committee of three be appoint
ed to notify Benj. 11. Hill of his unanimous nomina
tion by this Convention, and to request his accep
tance thereof.
Adopted.
Under this resolution, the Chair appointed Hines
Holt ol Muscogee, J. W. Jones of Richmond, aud
R. J. Morgan of Troup.
C. Peeples of Monroe, R. J. Morgan of Troup, J.
A. Billups of Morgan, E. H. Bacon of Chatham, and
R. Hester ol Elbert, addressed the Convention with
true fervor and eloquence in support of the princi
ples this day enunciated by the American Conven
tion ol Georgia. These addresses were enthusiasti
cally received.
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention are
due and hereby tendered to the President (the Hon.
I). W. Lewis) and the other officers of this Conven
tion, tor their able, kind, and dignified services in
this Convention.
C. Peeples, Esq., of Monroe, offeredjt he following:
Resolved , That the proceedings of this Conven
tion be sigued by the President and Secretaries, and
that the American papers of the State bo requested
to publish the same.
Adopted.
After which, there being no further business, the .
President made a few appropriate remarks, again
tendering his thanks to the body, and expressing his
cordial approbation of the entire proceedings of the
day, and then adjourned the Convention sine die.
David W. Lewis, President.
W. H. Griswold, ) 0 .
¥. J. Robinson, \ Secretaries.
Congreuslonal Convention— 7 ill District.
Milledgeville, Ga., July 8,1857. !
A meeting of the delegates to the District Con <
gresßioual Convention for the 7th District was con- i
vened this day. <
On motion, B. T. Harris, Esq., of the county of 1
Hancock was culled to the Chair, and L. T. Camp- ‘
bell, of Morgan, was appointed Secretary. i
The following delegates were present, to-wit:
Baldwin—J. W. A. Sauford, N. C. Barnett, T. B. 1
Lamar, W. T. W. Napier,R. M. Orme, sen., A. Ford,
G. r. Myrick, John S. Stephens, L. I>. Buckner, J. <
J. Buck, James S. Thomas. <
Greene—M. W. Lewis, B. T. Carlton, R. L. Me
W horter, W. Morgan. <
Hancock—S. Lawrence, W. C. Smith, W. H. ‘
Spaight, J. B. Stewart, J. C. Boyer, .1. Rushing, J 1
W. Simmons, J. L. Birdsong, B. T. Harris, L. S i
Stewart, J. T. Berry, .1. R. Lawrence, A. E. Sykes,
J. W. Johnson, D. W. Lewis, U. G. Smith, J. It. 1
Binion, B. Amos. 1
Jasper—D. S. Holt, W. H. Preston, jr., G. R. <
Bartlett. R. C. Barnes, G. F. Mciriwether, George (
Allen, T. J. Pritchard, .lames Penn. ' t
Jones—lsaac Hardeman. <
Morgan—D. E. Butler, J. A. Billups, J. G. llul- fc
loway, L. T. Campbell. 1
Newton—J. L. Baker, J.B. Davis, J. S. Stan- '
ton, Dr. Chapman, W. W. Clark. I
Putnam—li. T. Davis, B. B. Odam, W. D. Ter- }
rell, D. Rosser, Edward Owens, W. T. McDade, C. r
I>. Pearson, 1). A. Weaver, E. T. Terrell, J. J. Mo- 1
liae, E. Harris, J. R. Walker, Sr.
Twiggs—John Barclay, N. Berry, T. Gibson, R. t
R. Wimberly, Dr. Burroughs. *
Wilkinson—W. A. Carswell, M. J. Garswell, J.
T. 1 lughes, George Jones. I
Washington—Bennett Crafton, J. B Avart, G. 1
W. Hardwick, J. M. G. Medlock, W. S. <
A*ll. Jones, W. P. Hicklin, T. E. Welm, Samuel
11 arris.
Col. Joshua Ii ill, of the county of Morgan, bi-.., I
the only candidate before the Convention, upon 1
motion of Mr. Carswell, of Wilkinson, he was noin- j
inated by acclamation as the candidate for Congress
of the American party of the 7th Congressional Dis- (
trict.
On motion of Mr. Clark, of Newton, a committee 1
of three, ec'usisting ol Messrs. Clark, of Newton,
Le.wis, of Greene, and Billups, of Morgan, was ap
pointed by the Chairman to notify Mr. Hill of his
nomination.
The Convention then adjourned sine die.
B. T. Harris, Chairman.
L. T. (.'amcbkll, Secretary.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
BY THE COLUMBIA.
Great Britain.—ln the House of Lords on
Monday the Lord Chancellor stated t hat the opinion
of the law officers of the Crown had not yet been
taken in reference to the legality ot the opium trade
of India and China.
The same gentleman also brought in eight bills in
regard to law reform, the effect of which would be
to consolidate into one statute all those branches of
the criminal law relating to indictable offences.
Lord Panmure, in reply to a question why a con
tract for the manufacture of several guns of large
calibre had been entrusted to an American, stated
that an American gentleman, named Eastham, had
introduced an improvement into the manufacture of
heavy pieces of ordnance, and had taken out a pa
tent for it. The value of the improvement had been
Inquired into by a select committee at Woolwich,
who had reported favorably and induced the govern
ment to enter into a contract with Mr. Eastham to
supply six guns of large calibre, and, os the inven
tion wan protected by a patent, the patentee had a
right to execute his contract when lie thought fit.
In the House of Commons on the same evening,
the Oaths Bill was so amended as to prevent Jews
from holding any office whatever belonging to the
Ecclesiastical Courts, or in other mauner to wield
influence in the affairs of the Church.
On Tuesday, in the Lords, the long pending Di
vorce Bill was passed by a vote of 16 to 25.
In the House of Commons, Mr. J. B. Smith mov
ed the following resolution; —“ That, in the opinion
of this House, it is expedient that Parliament shall
direct its immediate attention to the beat mode of
removing obstacles which impede the application
of British capital and skill to the improvement of
the productive powers of India.”
Mr. Mangles oppo ed the motion as unnecessary,
considering that India would supply all the cotton
wanted, if those who needed the cotton would only
help themselves.
He followed up his resolution with a speech, prin
cipally advocating the growth of cotton in India.—
He afcated that the province of Candeish alone was
capable of growing more cotton than was now pro
duced by the United States, and that there was
plenty of English capital available to promote its
cultivation; if a guarantee were given that proper
facilities would be afforded by interne!
ments and better government.
Several other members made remarks, pro and
con , when the debate was adjourned for a week.
The U. S. steam frigate Niagara, having comple
ted her alterations, left Portsmouth on Saturday
morning the 20th, and arrived in the Mersey on the
following Monday afternoon. She came to an an
chorage in the vicinity of Messrs. Newall’s works
Hu 1 } would forthwith commence receiving the tele
griph on board.
On ihe before leaving Portsmouth,
one of the crew ie Niagara (name uot mention
ed) fell into the ho‘ld o.' t>»e nhip and was killed.
Up to Saturday the 30tb, .-- ,8 miles of the cod had
been taken on board.
A mutiny occurred on board the American slim
Vanguard, ae she woe about to sail from Liverpool
for New York. Fortunately, before the col ?. B< \
queneee became serious, police interference quelled
the riot. The Vanguard was furnished \yithauew
crew, and proceeded to sea next day.
France. —The election of members of the New'
Corps Legislatif came off throughout France on
Sunday and Monday the Hist and 22d of June, and
so far as intelligence is received, all passed off
quietly. The general result would not be astertain
ed for several days, but there was little doubt the
Government had swept the provinces.
The returns from Paris are conflicting. Accord
ing U> most accounts, the Governmeuthad elected
seven »i;d the opposition three of their candidates,
—the iau«v being M. Carnot, Gouchgux and Cav
aignac.
A despatch Times, however, says that Ca
vaignac did not receive an absolute majority, aud a
new election would ft die place in bis district. The
total vote of Paris was about 115,080 for the govern
ment, and 95,000 for the opposition.
The question of the oath remained in suspense,
but it was considered certain that Cavaignae and
Carnot would refuse to take it, but would probably
repe at the protest they made in 1852.
The grain in magnificent condition,
and it was believed that the grape disease had ilia
appeared. A very large vintage was anticipated.
Spain.—Ma'lrid Journals of June 15, repo.-f that
at Sastago distui bances to the cry of “Long iiv *
Charles the Sixth,*' had taken piece. |
More troops had been 3ent off to Havana.
The position of the Mexican question was . !*i| I
believed to be very unsatisfactory, and no nearer
to an adjustment.
licssiA. —A severe hurricane had occurred at A:
change!, doing much damage to vessels from *i ,
interior. Loss in goods estimated at 180,000 silver
rubles. .
Denmark.—lt is notified in the London Gazette
that the Danish government has officially signified
its intention to release English ships immediately
and entirely from the observance of the provisional
regulations existing at Elsinore, relative to the
Sound Dues.
The Cape of Good Hope.—Late intelligence
from the Cepe of Good Hope indicate that the pro
posnion to construct a harbor of refuge at Table
Bay wilt be earned out. The estimated expense is
one million sterling.
BY THE ARABIA.
Great Britain.—ln the House of Commons on
1 intraday, the Oaths (Jewish Disabilities) Bill was
taken up for a third reading. The Marquis of
Bland ford moved that the Bill be read that day six
months, but after some feeble opposition from a
portion of the Roman Catholics anil others, it was
ordered to a third reading, and passed by a vote of
291 to 168. The Bill now goes to the House of
Lords, a»d a presumption is abroad that there has
been sufficient modification in the views of some of
the Peers to render it probable that the measure
may pass that body.
Mi. Lowe announced that the projected Bill to
abolish the “Passing Tolls” on shipping, would not
be brought forward curing the present session of
Parliament. Othe 1 Parliamentary proceeding were
devoid of interest.
The work of shipping the Submarine Telegraph
cable on board *he lrigate Niagara was expected to
commence about the 29th of June. The American
Chamber of Commerce in Liverpool had invited
Capt. and the officers of the Niagara to a
dinner. The invitation had been accepted, but,
pending the expected arrival of the U. S. steamer
Susquehanna in the Mersey, no day had been fixed
upon for ihe banquet. .
At a Cabinet Council, the title of “Prince Con
sort” had been conferred upon Prince Albert, there
by making him legally, as ne already was, actually,
a member of the British royal family, and assuring
him of a high and definite position abroad, but with
out giving him any authority at home.
The new Cotton Supply movemeut was attracting
t’’o attention of the London Press. The Times calls
’ j ' Government to pave the wav for the Lan
• I >■ 'i. manufacturers to carry out tueir project in
j"ie Annual Commemoration of the Oxford Uui
-1 I vei - '9 took place on the 24th of June, and
a -' - others who were introduced for degrees,
i y*~ >( Dallas, the American Minister, whose re
m i* 1 " y ,be Kraduate is said to have been some
' '■'hyoeal, “as if the body doubted the friend
°f President Buchanan, and disliked
■ AdminkitratU>u!“ Ued in '° BpproVal of * P™;= laver y
Gibraltar to the 16th of June report
, t ( arc \.ii there ot the American bark Nevada,
having on board a large gun, presented by tho city
ot Boston to Sardmia for the fortress of Alessandria
being the hr at ot one hundred guna to be raised by
public subscription m different cities of America, '
j lie distribution » f the Victoria Cross, or order of
valor, to those who distinguished themselves in the
late war, took, place in Hyde Park, on the 26th of
June. The Queen handed the cross to each indi
'vidual entitled to receive it, addiug a few words of
compliment.
The military display was small, being confined to
about 7,000 men, comprising the crack Regiments
of the Crimea. In the temporal y stands which had
been taken up, there were some ten thousand spec
tators. while the ground was covered with a dense
mass of people, who displayed a considerable
amount of enthusiasm.
The Police of Dublin had arrested a painter
named Spollen, and his son, for the murder of Mr.
Little, the railroad cashier, which created so much
sensation a few months since. The evidence is
strong against the prisoners.
The accounts of the grain and po'ato crops in
Ireland are highly encouraging.
Fuanck. —Ttie election excitement had nearly
died out. The returns from the provinces were
coming in almost universally in favor of the Gov
eminent, the opposition having elected only 5 or 6
out of the 267 members returned. The Ministerial
journals generally express great satisfaction at the
result, and declare that it surpasses all the hopes of
the friends of the Empire. On the other hand, how
ever, the Democratic party are equally loud iu their
expressions of satisfaction. The new elections in
cases where an absolute majority was not obtained
by either candidate, were to take place on the stb
of July. Gen. Cavainac was in this predicament
in Paris, while in the seven other provincial districts
where he was put forward, he was defeated by very
large majorities.
The Council of the Rank of France had reduced
the rate of discouut on commercial bills to 5$ per
cent, but the interest on advances were maintain
ed at 6 per cent.
Tin* Emperor had gone to Plornbieres.
The Puris correspondent of the Times gives a ru
mor that a plot of a most serious nature connected
with the recent elect urn movement had been discov
ered, and four Italians, on whom papers and fire
arms were found, had beenarivstea.
Spain.' —The Madrid correspondent of the Lou
don Times, under date of the I9th of June, says
that “ A long conference that took place on the 1.7 th
inst., between Senors Pidal and Latiagua does not:
appear to have greatly improved the chances of a
settlement of the dispute between Spain anu Mcxi
co. There is no reason to believe that this govern
ment is otherwise thau pacific in its wishes, but it is
pressed from without, and dares not, perhaps bo as
conciliating and yielding as would be desirable, or
as it could wish. The report that General Concha
had scut vessels to tjie coast of Mexico is fully con
firmed. This might induce one to tbiuk that- that
oilioer, who, at the commencement of the dispute,
did not show at all a hostile leeling towards Mexico,
had changed his views and plan of action.
Meanwhile with Spanish ships off Vera Cruz there
is a risk of collision—a small spark might soon be
came a flame-and Senor Lafiagua, already indis
posed to remain much longer in Madrid, unless re
ceived in an otlicial capacity, would scarcely have
a choice but to depart at once, should news come
of the slightest act of hostility having taken place
Opinions here are very divided as to whether the
quarrel will be settled amicably or the reverse. The
situation at this present moment is critical. The
English and French Ambassadors are doing every
thing in the r power to bring about a reconciliation.
According to i resent appearances not many days
can elapse without the question assuming a more
decided aspect for better or for worse.”
The same writer intimates .hat the complaints
concerning the slave trade in Cuba are stronger and
more frequent than ever, and that Lord Itowden
has just sent to tho Spanish government another
very strong note on the subject.
Italy. —We have an indirect and rather unre
liable rumor that a soldier had fired on the King of
Naples at Gael a; that the King was slightly woun
ded, and that the soldier destroyed himself imme
diately afterwards. The Naples correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian says that the report is
doubtless founded on the tact that the soldiers
stationed at Gaeta surrounded the King on one of his
visits, to complain of. grievances in regard to the
withholding of their pay that they retired on a
promise that their complaint should be considered;
and that immediate orders were given lor their ar
rest, which could uot be carried out without the in
terposition of strong military force.
Government suspicion against the Neapolitan
troops was daily getting stronger, aud sweeping
charges were being made.
The Criminal Court of Parma lmd acquitted Ihe
political prisoners hauded over to it for trial, by tho
mix* d military tribunal on the raising of the state
of Liege.
Another address to the Pope upon his reaching
Fern :n, had been resolved upon by the citizens of
that r * ace. Grievances are complained of in far
bold r !? Qguage t han in that adopted in the address
prc.seu lut Rologna.
i cHiCGAL.—Oporto letters state that the vino
disenet, was again making severe ravages.
Russia —The new Russian tariff went into ope
tcniH on the 22d of June.
Tuukky AND Cl c assia.— A Trieste dispatch, da
ted 25th Juue, the authenticity of which is doubted,
Buys it was reported that the Porte had demanded
explanations from 1-iord Redcliffe respecting the
occupation by the English of the Islam'of Perim,
in the Red Sea. And also that another Circassian
victory, in which 1,060 Russians were loot, has been
reported.
India and China. —The overland mail had ar
rived at Trieste, with dates from Bombay to May
27th, Calcutta May JBth, Hong Kong May oth, and
Shanghai April 20th.
The mutiny iu the Bengal Army had spread in a
most alarming manner at Meerut. Two native in
fantry regiments had united with the 3d light caval
ry in open revolt. After some bloodshed they had
been iisporsed by European troops; but they tied
to Delhi where the)/ were joined by three more na*
tive regiments. Delhi was in possession of the
mutineers who had massacreed almost all the Eu
ropeans, without regard to age or sex, plundered the
Bank, and proclaimed the son of the late Mogul aa
King.
Disturbances had also taken place at Terozepore
but were suppressed.
Government was taking active measures to sup
press the revolt, and was concentrating troops
around Delhi. The Rajah of Gwaliar had placed
his troops at the disposal of the British Government.
The Nizarn of the Deccan was dead.
At Bombay the money market was much higher,
and the banks had raised the rate of interest. Im
ports limited. Exchange 2d 7 Bd.
Calcutta markets unchanged. Exchange on Lon
don 2.0 i to 2 o^d.
Great distress prevailed in China on account, of
the scarcity of food. The neighborhood of Foo
chow-foo continued disturbed by rebels, and it wan
feared serious injury to trade would be caused
thereby.
Exchange at Hong Kong 5.0,at Shanghai 7-3da7 4d.
Capture of Another Alleged Slaver.
The barque Panchita, Capt. Sladden, arrived at
New York on Tuesday last, from Porto de Leuha.
at the mouth of the river Congo, on the coast of Af
rica, in charge of Lieuteuant-commanding Ode
deane, Lieut. Ireland, and a crew of twelve men
from the British brig-of-war Sappho, on suspicion of
being engaged in the slave trade.
Capt. Sladden, reports that on the ‘Jth of May,
while the Panchita was-lying in Congo river, hia
vessel was visited by Capt. Moseley, of H. B. M.
Sappho, who requested to see the Panchita's papers,
and to have the crew mustered on deck ; with botli
of which requests Capt. Sladden complied, though,
the men and captain were sick with the African fe
ver. Capt. M. then requested that the hatches
should be opened, and Captain Sl-iduen refused, de
nyjng the authority of tlip officer.
Oupl Mosely then informed Capt.. Sladden that
he would be compelled to detain the Panchita as a
slaver, against which decision Capt. Sladden pro
ceeded to make a formal protest. While the latter
was so doing in his cabin, Capt. M. informed him
that the Panchita might sail under the charge of
one of the Sappho’s officers, who would see her off
the coast.
Subsequently the master of the Sappho, who had
accompanied Captain Moseley, went below, and on
his return reported to Captain Moseley aside, who
immediately turned to Captain Sladden, and re
marked. “I am under the painful necessity of ta
king charge of your vessel,” which elicited a further
protest from Captain S. and a refusal to retake at
any time the charge of the Panchita. Captain Mose
ley immediately stationed sentries fore and aft the
Panchita
I From Capt Sladden’s report, it further appear#
| thfctthe supercargo of the Panchita, Mr. Mesquita,
I had on the rith of May instructed him to have the
ship prepared for sea as soon as possible, though no
4*o had been taken on board. Ballast was taken
5 , h pt^ visions, as well as “food for the black#
1 n we“o to tfoik on board as sailors in lieu of the
Z™ and as per the supercargo’s instructions” the
£ __„ ♦/> sail f ° r Cabenda ou the morning'
Xy ul:“h« upl. SW-ta. was to trade witS
part of his outward cargo. ,
On the following morning the PAHon.., a ' ,aa **•
ken down to the mouth of the fiver alongside uH? I
Sappho, her hold searched in the presence of two
referees, and the following communication address- j
ed to Capt. Sladden :
H.M. Sloop Sappho, >
Off Sharks Point, May 13. J
It having been represented to me by tn* senior
lieutenant au«l master of 11. B. M. sloop under my
command, that they do uot consider the running rig
ging a mainmast of the American Barque Panchita,
now lying off Shark Point, Congo R.ver, in a fit j
state to cross the Atlantic, as well as there being no ;
spare sails, w ith little or no cargo, and only one *
small boat belonging to the said barque, not suffi
cient in a Case of emergency for the use of her own
crew, has induced me to withdraw the British naval
'dfioor, now on board the said barque, in thesuppo
sitioi* waa not intended for legal traffic, in
v t 'insider lam sufficiently borne out, not
wq opinion but by others whom I Mfj
consu!i r '*** documents which I have in my
1 . una fro - narties having no interest m.
• *’on, signed b> bark, and not wishing
Co lsideration of the b. **r and men who would j
' k- ■ the lives of the offle *njier I now engage,
b' " , jd te cross the Atlantic i,. the master
te pie co sufficient bands on board for ' <». de Leuha
F. If. Sladden, to take her either to *'uected
or Cabenda, forwarding all the papers co*. 'Mt
with the «aid barque to the senior officer on the Co>
for the information of my Lords Commissioners of ‘
tiie Admiralty. Fairfax Moseley,
Commander H. M. eioop Sappho. j
To which Capt. .Sladden replied, dated Alay 13 1
at considerable length, denying the inadequacy of
his sails, Sc c. The letter is too long te give to-day.
The end was that the Panchita sailed, as abova
mentioned, under charge of English officers and
crew.
A Tradesman’s Lie.—A man named Bryan, con
victed before the Recorder of London for having
represented tea pawnbroker that some spoons ha
wished te pledge were “Elkington’s best A,” on
which the pawnbroker advanced money, but after
ward found the spoons comparatively worthless, re*
cently • appealed against the conviction. For the
prisoner it was urged that his statement was merely
a “tradesman’s lie and the question was whether
the proceeding was ou obtaining of money under
false pretences. Ten of the Judges were or opinion
that it was not, fcnd only two, Mr. Justice Willea
and Baron Bramwell, being of the contrary opinion,
the conviction was quashed !
Fire.—A fire occurred the other night on the pre
mises of Mr. James Raiusford, near this place, by
which five mules were burned up, besides four or
five hundred bushels of corn, a considerable quan
tity of fodder, &c. Mr. R.’s loss is estimated at
near two thousand dollars. When it is added that
the same geutiernan has recently lost six or seven
negroes by measles, his misfortunes may indeed be
said to have come in batallions. Air. Raiusford is
at present on a visit to his relatives in England.~-
Edge/itld Advertiser.
Baltimore, July 7.—The railroad companies be
tween this city and St. Louis have extended an in
vitation to the city counoils of St. Louis aud Cin
cinnati to visit Baltimore aud Washington on tho
10th iust. The invitation has been accepted, and
the preparations are making for the occasion.