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The name of Madeleine Smith, “the pwsoner, i
hM become aa familiar in the Doited States as it a
i- SLd. Where she b« just been accju.tted of U.»
murder, by arsenic, of her lover M. Era.le L An,-,
” r Various paragraphs about bet personal appea
ranee and beauty at the trial have appeared. The
London 7W». commenting on her acquittal, gtvis
,he foliowfru? history of the evidence
mAD L'Angelier, is not one whose la -3
....» r , ,-d to commiaerata. His conduct to
,here „ hid lieen bis victim was base and unman.y
deeree and can only be excused on the
,n , bv the lord Advocate, that by tHe
pr-unil i irj-ejrtilur marriage might be
havetak'en*place, and that L Angeiier bad
held m £*-** u 1 . jt*,i, it;ne Smith as his wife, and
* ngh'm r unKin w jth another man. It appears
to proh.bit • j Clapton boarding school in
'■'iTV'Xn "he w« only 17 years olf, and that
Within two years of that time, the met the deceased,
said to be a native of Jersey, and at tliat time in the
* (A aG!aagow warehouseman, at a sola
or It), a week, wit* his board and lodging.
I • Ancelier paid his addresses which were well re
ilived by the young lady, but forbidden by her j»i
-,- wi. doubtless thought bis pot itlon and pros
not such as would entitle him to aek their
daughter's hand. Months passed however.and the
inthnary of the pair continued. Madeleme slept on
h ground lioor, and used to receive the visits of
her lover first at the wind. w, and then in the room
.elf. In the spring of 1 *iS, we find from her lef
ts™ that she had been seduced by I. Angelier and
1 ™ that li tetot!-< hsc of the year she writes to
£m almost daily in the wild style with which the
read-rs of the trial are familiar. By the beginning
of the present year, however, her passion had cool-
A 1 Mr Mmooch had proposed in all innocence
her and in spite of stolen interviews and board
b gthool heroics, she thought it better to have a
.olid (1 largow man of business than a French clerk
on £3O av« ar, who boasted to everybody of bm
success with women in general, aftd herself in parti-
But L’Angelier Lad no notion of giving her up.
lie did not. it appears, insist on her marrying him,
bat he would not allow her to marry any one else.
It was in vain thatshe wrote to him that their love
had mutually grown cold, and that they had better
forget each other. Emile would show her letters to
her fat tier and to Mr. Minnoeh if the match were not
at once broken off. This was the motive for the
crime alleged by the prosecution. Under the threat
of the Frenchman, Madeline is obliged to write
back that the affair with Mr. Minnoeh is a false re
port. She seems desirous to get I/Augelier away,
.<1 that her marriage might tuke place before he
eould prevent it. I, Angelier however remains and
persists in his threats. On the Ifth February, she is
distracted with terror. She implores him not to
bring her to open shame, and solemnly declares
that, she has no other engagement—having, how
ever, promised her hand to Mr. Minnorhon the 28th
of the previous month. Bates now become of im
portance. The prisoner, for some reason or other,
leigtis a renewal of her attachment for IVAngelier,
Uhe wishes to bring him back to her ; the prosecu
tion say that she may poison him—she says that she
might coax him to give bnck the letters. On Feb.
17, he dine l with Miss I’> rry. He tells her that lie
Is to see Miss Smith on the Dth. We know not if
be did see her on that day, but we know from the
testimony ofhis landlady that on that night he was
seised with sudden i in ess—os men are iii from ai
nic. That the prisoner administered arsenic on this
19th of February, is the first charge of which she
was found Not Guilty. Every Glasgow ohemist's
books were searched, and no purchase of arsenic
was proved prior to the l!*tli, so that with inspect
to this first day there was sufficient doubt lo justify
a verdict of full acquittal. But on the gist Made
leine purchases arsenic at the shop of Mr. Murdock.
Ahe signs her name as required by act of Parliament,
and not only gives her real address, but has the
dose, value sixpence only, put dow n to her father’s
account. Miss Smith explains the purchase by
stating that she used arsenic as a cosmetic, by dis
solving it in the walor w-ith which she washed—a
process respecting which scientific opinions are di
vided. However, E'Angelier is ill again on the
night of the 22d. hut recovers a second time. Time
passes on, and we must conclude there are more ne-
Sotiations tor the eurrenderof the letb re, for -V - -
inith still keeps on her engagement with Mr. Min
noch.
f>n March fit.ii, she again buys nr ■ nic to poison
rats or improve her complexion, according to tier
varioun accounts—and this time it is in company
with Miss Buchanan, a young lady from the Clap
ton school. G'AtJgelii-1 goi sto Bridge of Allan to
recruit hia health, and not lo the Isle of Wight, ooU
miles off, as his mintres : advises him. 'There he
writes liei a letter, saying lie believes that :.!.e is
going to marry Mr. Minin ch, and demands direct
answers to several questions on llie subjei t. He is
proved to be anxious for a letter in answer to tliia
fast missive; when he receives dhe leturns inter
ject health. Ho comes home in llie highest spirits,
and says the letter has brought him back, ibithe
jjthl of March be goes out a little before it o'clock.—
He is seen sauntering along in the neighborhood of
Hlythswood square about twenty minutes pasl nine.
About hall-past nine, he mak'-rf a call on a friend,
who is not at home. Then we loss Bight of him for
two or three hours. He had gone out to see the
prisoner, having come back ail the way from Bridge
of Allan for the interview, lie had reached the
neighborhood of the prisoner's residence. The ques
tion is—l>id they meet 1 The prisoner says no
that the interview was for Saturday, not Sunday.—
The prosecution asserts that tiny did. At all events
IVAngelier is found four hours afterward in agonies
nt his own door. He is doubled up, speechless, and
has not strength to turn the latchkey. He dies, and
dies of arsenic. The prosecution aver that he is
poisoned by the prisoner; she declares her iuno
pence, and suggests that lie must have done it him
self in a fit of jealousy. Evidence is adduced that
he was vain, foolish, and extravagant, always talk
ing of love affairs, and threatening suicide when he
teas disappointed.
This is all the liglil that can in thrown on the ter
rible occurrence. That the jury should declare the
crime Not Proven, is hardly surprising; for the cir
cumstances are as mysterious ns any that ha\ e ever
been related in a court of justice.
The following are the extracts of llie letters which
were written by the accused to her lover, and which
were read on trial. They are addressed to E'Ange
lier, anil the first is post-marked April 3d, 1835.
My dear Emile : I do not feel as if 1 were writing
vou for the first- time, though our intercourse has
been very short, yet we have become as familiar
friends. May we Tong continue so. And ere long
yon may boa friend el' Pupa's, is my moat earnest
desire.
April 18th she writes as follows :—My dear Emile ;
I think you will agree with me in what I intend
proposing, vis., that for the present the correspon
dence luid better stop. 1 know your good feeling
will not take this unkind ; it is meant quite the re
verse. By continuing llie correspondence harm
may arise , by discontinuing it, nothing can be'
said.
Sept- 14th, she writes My dearest Emile: How
I long to see you It looks like an age since 1 bade
you adieu. Will you be able to come down the
Sunday after next? You will be in town by the
14th. 1 do not intend to say anything till I have
Been you 1 shall be guided by you entirely, and
who could be a better guide to me than my intend
ed husband I I hope you have given up all idea of
going to Lima. I will never be allowed to go to
Lima with you, so 1 fancy you shall want to get
quit of your Miini. Yon ■•»!> get plenty of appoint
ments in Europe, any place in Europe. For my
sake do not go. * * * It will break my heart if
you go away. You know not how I love you,
Emile. I live for you alone ; 1 adore you. I never
eould love another as 1 do you. Oh, dearest Emile,
would 1 might clusp you now to my heart. Adieu
lor to day
June 14th, she writesMy own, my darling hus
band i To moirow night by this time 1 shall _be in
possession of your dear letter. I shall kiss it and
press it to my bosom. Hearing from you is my
f[ rest eat pleasure ; it is next to seeing you, my sweet
eve. My fond Emile are you well, darling of my
soul! * * * * lam well. lam longing to see
2 ou, sweet pet, to kiss and pet you. Oh! for the
ay when I could do so at anytime. I fear we
shall spoil each other when we are married, we shall
be so laving and kind. We shall be so liappy, hap
py in our little room ; no one to annoy us, to dis
turb us. All to ourselves we shall so enjoy that
day.
A number of letters here follow, expressive oi
her feelings of fondness for the object oi tier attach
ment and with directions how to communicate with
her.
Dec. 3, 1860, she says I w ept for hours after I
teceiTed your letter,'and this day I have been sad
yea, very sad. My Emile, 1 love you, aud you
only. 1 have tried to assure you no other one has
a place iu my heart. It was Minnoch that was at
the concert with me. You see l wolud not hide
fttiAt from you. Emile, he ia Papa’s friend, aud I
know he will have him at the house; but need you
wind that when I have told you 1 have no repaid
for him 1 It is only you. my Emile, that 1 love ;
yon should not mind public report. You know' I am
your wife, and that we shall be shortly united ; so it
matters not. 1 promised you I should be seen as
little iu publio with him ns l could. 1 have avoided
him at all times. But I could not ou Wednesday
ni;ht, so, sweet love, be reasonable.
No. 75—postmark, Glasgow, December l'.hh,
185*:
My beloved, my darling: Do you for a second
tliink 1 could feel happy this evening, kuotving you
were in low spirits ana that! am the cause/ Oh
why was l ever bom to aunov you. best and dearest
• t men I Do you not wish—oh yes 1 full well l know*
you had never known me. 1 thought I was doing
all I could to please you. But no. When shall 1
ever be what you wish me to be ? Never 1 never!
Smile, will you never trust me—she whb is to be
your wife! You will not believe me. You say you
heard I took M. to the concert agniusi his inc lination,
and forced him to go. I told you the right way w hen
I wrote. Bui from your statement in your Utter
of to-night you did not believe my word. Etude, 1
would not have done this to you. Even now 1
would write aud tell you 1 would believe. 1 would
not believe every idle report. No 1 would not.
I would, my beloved Emile, believe my husband s
word before any other. But you always listen to
reports al>out me if they are bad.
January 25th. she writes: You may be astonish
ed at this suddeu change, but tor some tone past
you must have noticed a coolness in my notes My
love for you has oeased, and that is why 1 was cool,
f did once love you truly and fondly, but tor some
time bark 1 have lost much of that love. There is
no other reason for my conduct, and 1 think it but
Iktr to let you know this. I might have gone on
and become your wife, but 1 oomd not have loved
you as I ought My conduct you w ill condemn,
but I did at one time love you with heart aud soul.
It has cost me much to tell you this, sleepless nights
—but it was necessary you should know. Ifyo.i
remain at Glasgow, or go awry, 1 hope you may
succeed in all your endeavors. I kuow you will
never injure the character of one you so fondly lov
•d. No, Erni’e. I know you have honor and are a
gentleman \Vnat has passed you will not mention
I know when l ask you that you will comply.-
Adieu. Mi mi.
The following letter was written in February:
TruntY Ev?\t>-(t, IQ o’clock.
Emily : 1 have this mght received your note.—
Ob, it is kind of yod to write to me. Emile, no
one cam know the inter.se agony of mind I have suf
fered last night aud to-day. Emile, my father's
wrath would kill me—you little kuow his temper.
Emile, for the love you once had for me, do not de
nounce me to my P. Em le, if he should read my
letters to you he will put me from him—he will hate
me as a guilty wretch. I love you and wrote to
you in my first ardent love—it was with my deepest
love I loved you. It was for your love'l adored
you I put on paper what Ishonld not. 1 was free
because I loved you with my heart. If he or any
other one saw those fond letters to you wha would
not be said of me ? On my bended knees I write
Jo you. and ask you. as you hope for mercy at the
fudmeut day. do not inform on me ; do not make
me a public shame. Emile, my love has been one
of b.iter dtsappou tmeut You, aud only you, ran
make the rest of my life peaceful. Mv own cou
•cience will be a punishment ilia’ I shall carry to
my grave. I have deceived the best of men. You
may forgive me. but God never will. For God’s
love, forgive me, and betray me net. For the love
you once had for me do not bringdown mv father s
wrath on me It wUI kill mv mother (whoi»™,
well.) It will forever cause me bitter uuhtq pine«
1 am humble Wore you and crave your merev
Tc.u can-give me forgiveness, and you—oh ' you
•nly—can make me happy the rest ofYny if e ‘ i
would net ask you to love me or ever make me
your wifo. lam too guilty for that. I have de
ceived and told you too many falsehoods, for you
ever to respect me. But. oh. will you no: keep mv
•eerets from the world; Oh, you will not, for
Christ's sake, denounce me. 1 shall be undone. I
ah 11 be ruined. Who would trust me. Shame will
be my lot.
Despise me, hate roe, but make me Eot the pub
lie scandal. Forget me foreTer. Root out all re
membrance of me. * * I have used y, u ill. I
did love you, and it vr,s mv soul's ambition to be
your wife. I asked you to tell me my faults. You
aid so, and it made me cool towards you gradually
When you have found fault with me'l have eooletL
It was not love for another, for there is no one I
love. My love has all teen given to yov.. My heart i
Is empty— «)ld. lam unloved : I aui despised. I
told you I have ceased to love you—it was true' I
did not love as I did; bnt oh ! till within the time of j
our coming to town I loved yon fondly. I longed
to be your wife. 1 had fitted February. I longed ;
let it The rime I could not leave my fathei s
house 1 rew discontented ; then I c-eased to love |
vou O! Emile, this is indeed the true statement j
Now yon can know my state of ruiul Etnue, 1 ,
rave suffered ranch tor you. I lost much of my I
father a coEfidem e uinee tb*t .September, arid my }
mother has never been the earns tome. No, she has
never given me the same kind loch.
Fo-the SI ke of mv mother—her who gave me !
lift— -pare me from shame. Oh. Ilunle, you will
in God's name hear in) prayer T J ask God to for
give me. I have pi ayedt bathe might put in your 1
heart to spare me from shame. Never, never while '
l live can Ibe happy. No, no I shall always have j
the thought 1 deceived you. 1 am guilty; it is a j
punishment 1 shall bear till the day of my death. 1 j
am humble thus to crave your pardon, but I dare j
not. While I have breaUM shall ever think of you |
as my beat friend, if yon will only keep tbig between j
ourselves. 1 blush to ask you. , j
V et, Emile, wifi you not grant this, my last favor 7 J
—it you wili. never reveal what has pas eri. Oh
for God's sake, for the love of heaven, hear me. I J
grow tnad. I have been ill, very ill, all day. 1 have ,
had what has given rne a false spirit. 1 had resort ,
to what I ib mid uqt take, but my brain is on fire.
I feel as if death would indeed be sweet. Denounce
me not;, Pardon me, if you cai>. I*ray for me as j
the retched, guilty, miserable creature on
tbe earth. I could ttar4 anything but my father *
hot city:>lea-are. Emile, yon w ill not cause my
death. If bc.iato gel your letters I cannot see hi tn
any mere : and my poor mother, I will never more
kitsa her. i be a “i. true for them ail. Emile,
will you no' “pare me this ? Hate me, deejflae me,
bat do note/in me I cai-ot write more. I auj
too ill
No. ,133 is a letter to Mr. Minnoeh—postmark
Sterling, 16th of March, 18m . ♦
My dearest William .* It is but fair after your
kindnei Ato me (hat 1 should writeTyou a note - The
dry I from friduda I alwaye feel sad ; but to
part from one I love, as I do you, makes me feel
truly sad and dud. My only consolation is that we
meet soon again. To-morrow we shall be home. I ,
tio so wish you were here to-day. We take a
Jong walk. Our-walk to Dublaae I shall ever re
member with pleasure. Thai walk fired a day on
which we are to begin a new life—a life which we
hope may be of happiness and long duration to both
of ua. My aim through life shall-be to please and
study yous Dear Wißi&xn, I must conclude as
mamma it* ready to goto S ifliDg. Ido not go with
the same pleasure ay J did the last time. I hoDe you
got to town safe, and found your sister well. Ac
cept mV wannest, kindest love, and ever believe
w>: to ueyours with affection, Madeleine.
This letter was received by the deceased ou Sun
day morning, and was found in his vest pocket after
bis death :
Why, my beloved, did you not come to me ? Oh,
my beloved, are you ill ? Come to me. Sweet one
i waited and waited for you-but you cam • not. I
shall wait again to morrow night, same hour and
arrangement. Oh, come, sweet love—my own dear
love of a sweet heart. Come, beloved, and clasp
me to you heart, come, and we shall be happy. A
kns, fond love. Adieu j with tender Ever
ijedeve me to be your own dear, fond
K V II OPi; A N i -N ThLLI ii LN C li .
hr THE AHIEL.
By the arrival of the steamer Ariel at New Yt*rk,
Wednesday morning, from Bremen and Southamp
ton, we have London dates to tbe loth July. \N e
copy from the Comma rad Advertiser :
The Ariel left at Cowes the United States frigate
Susquehanna, all well. .
July 19th, lat. TJ 5:2, lon. 09. exchanged signals
with ship Western Empire, of Boston, bound East.
2Stb, off Nantucket, exchanged signals with a
ship showing red signals, while square in the cMi
tre, bound West.
The Ariel brings 81 pas: engCrp.
The U. S mail steamship Washington, Captain
Cavendy, left Southampton in company with the
Ariel.
The most important items m the papers by the
Ariel have been already in substance transmitted
by telegraph from 12 ue nt c.
Sir Colin Campbell, who was reported to have
left England so- India, to take command there, left
London at twenty.four hours' notice. The utmost
efforts were bemg made to get oft additional troop?,
stores, Sl<\, for India.
L-ii'l Elgin, General Ashburnhap! and their re
spective staffs, arrived at Singapore ou the 3d of
June, on their way to China.
Sir Moses and i,ady Montefiore were staying at
Berlin ou their way to England from Jerusalem.
The freedom of the city of London was present
ed to 11. 11. 11. Prince Frederick William of Prus
sia, with a congratulatory address from the corpora
tion on Ids approaching marriage with the Princees
Kt.yu!, ou the 13th inst., at. Guildhall.
If the weather continued favorable, reaping
would commence in some of the more forward dis
tricts in England, the third week of July. The crops
promised abundantly.
At a banquet given by the American Chamber of.
Commerce at Liverpool, on the evening of the 11th
instant to the officers of the United States frigates
Niagara and Susquehanna, Mr. C. T. Bright, engi
neer to the Company, reported that eight hundred
miles of the telegraph cable were safety coiled on
board the Agamemnon, at Greenwich, and 690 on
bo -id the Niagara, in the Mersey. The manufacture
of the 2,500 miles was completed, and ho saw no
reason why they should not meet at Cork before
the end of the month, so as to commence actual
operations early in August, the beat period for the
undertaking. The announcement was received with
loud cheers.
OBpollen, the accused murderer < f u Mr. Little, in
Dublin, was again examined on the 13tn instant,
when his second son, 'Joseph, a boy under 14 years
of age, gave some important evidauee.
The Grand Duchess of Baden had given birth to
a son.
The Empress had joined the Emperor Napoleon at
Plombeires for a few days.
The accounts of the crops from Germany and
Sweden are faborable.
The election contest at Oxford, between the Right
lion. Edward Cardwell and Mr. W. M. Thackeray,
promised to boa sharp one. The write was issued
on the 15th, and the election would take place that
week.
It was stated that Marshal Brandon will conclude
his campaign in Kabyjia with an expedition against
the Riff pirates. Cruisers have already beeu sta
tioned iiff the eo&st.
The Government papers in Paris have received
notice to suspend their discussions on the question
of the Isthmus of Suez, and on Lord Palmerston’s
speeches ou that subject.
Tiik Mutiny in India —ln the House of Lords,
the Earl of Clarendon read the following telegraph
ic despatches as presenting a summary of the latest
intelligence from India: —
“From Agra to Bombay.
“From Lieutenant Governor to Lord Elphiuetone.
“Dated June ll—s 39 A. M.
“Pray stop steamer for message just coming, if
there is still time. There has been great success on
the Bth of this month outside the walls of Delhi—26
guns were captured, and the rebels driven dispirited
into the town. All the heights are in our posses
sion.’'
“From Agra to Bombay.
“From Lieutenant-Governor to Lord Elphinstone.
Dated June 11, 7 40 a. in.
“Mr. Greathed, agent, to Lieutenanr-Governor
writes from before Delhi, June 8, —‘Wo have made
good our point to-day and we are now encamped on
the putade ground with the bights between the can
tonments and the city in our hands, and in a posi
tion to commence the siege at once. The enemy
lmd taken up a strong position at Badulla Seraj
which was carried with the capture of all the guns.
The pursuit was so sharp that the gunners threw*
themselves off their horses, and left the held pieces
Standing on the roae. The heavy guns remain in
position 36gnus ia all have been captured to-day,
and large quantities of ammunition and intrenching
tools.
“From Fort St-George to Bombay.
“From Lord Harris to Lord Elphinstone.
“Dated June 13. 3.50 I*. M.
“The steamer from Calcutta hail brought, the fol
lowing order of the Governor General .—‘Sir Henry
Somerset to assume command of Her Majesty's and
the lion. Company’s forces in India till further or
ders. Sir Patrick Grant to proceed to Bengal as
Provisional Commander-in-Chief of that army,
pending the appointment of a successor to General
Anson. Major General J. Reed to assume com
mand < 1 Bengal army until Sir Patrick Grant’s
arrival ajor General Sir H. Bernard to com
mand old force proceeding against Delhi.—
Brigac otton, Her Majesty’s service to bo Bri
gadier t ' ..eral. and command Peehaw ur for the
present.”
“From Indore to Bombay.
“From Cot. Durand to Lord Elphinstone.
* Dated June 12, 5.26 P. M.
“All quiet here. Malwa Contingent Cavalry
failed to induce the artillery and infantry to join
th( in in revolt Quartermaster Sergeant Bradshaw
reports them loyal to a man. Cavalry have drawn
off, it is said, toward the Kutch road. Capt. Car
ter countermarched with the sth Gwalior Infantry,
from near Munderoreon Angor ; made 53 miles in
27 hours, and secured Angor. Temper of Mhow
troops uncertain.”
“From Indore to Bombay.
“From Colonel Durand to Lord Elphinstone.
“Dated Juno 13, 11.17 A. M.
“From Saugor, under date the 10th. received in
formation tlmt the troops at Jhansi and -Nowgorg
have mutinied : the Agra and Cawnpore dawks
have been cut» n. At Jharsi the Europecnofficers'
families thassai red iu the fort, a Rajah aei up by the
true pa, and Booudala forivs'beiug raised. Particu
lars of Nowgoug.mutiny have not reached Indore.
Mhow ijuiet. but temper of troops, especially wing
of Cavalry, uncertain. Infantry of Malwa Contin
gent behaving with remarkable fidelity.”
‘ From AgrA to Bombay.
“From Lieutenant Governor to Secretary to Gov
ernment.
“Dated June 13. 3 p. m.
“Nothing further from Delhi up to this
mun Ration in advance greatly interrupted. All
continues quiet here.
“Pray write to England and say that the town and
district of Jhansi are all iu the hands of the rebel
troops, who have set up a member of the Jhausi
fainily as Rajah.
“Tlmj European residents had to take refuge iu
the fort, but access was given through treachery of
the Uanee and her people ; it is much to be feare<t
that very many lives of the European officers and j
their families have been lost - The European offi
cers iu Jaloun have fallen back uponEtowa, Banda,
aud Jaloun. Mention -in letters of a serious out
break at Caw up ore result not accurately known :
very great disorder reported in the Docb down to
Allahabad: tills is in Banda letters, Banda
Humeerpore comparatively quiet. The Adenurgh
Rajah aidiug Banda.
“From Agra to Bombay. M. rites. and "Hyderabad.
“From Lieutenant Governor to Secret dries.to Gov
ernment and Resident. ’
Dated June 13, 8 P. M.
Extract'd a.letter frAn Mr. Thornhill, collector
of Muttra, dated June 13. TSsr;—The Seth* had
news from Delhi last night. Up to the 10th or 11th,
not quite clear which, nothing oi marked importance,
but I gather that a good part of'the wall near one
of the gates has been broken ’down. Mutineers in
Delhi stated to be in a pan ; c. 500 horses of the
Nawab of Thuijur. who kre said to have been
sewinu the mutineers, have tied back to Tkuyur.
The Kieg anxious to threw Jiimself #n British pro
tertisr.”
"From Indore to Bombay.
From Colonel Durand to Government.
"Dated June 14.
"The political agent of.Gtvaiior seat yesterday
news from .Jhansi sS follows A sepoy sent to
Jhansi has returned with a noti from the Tahseel
dar. The sepoy says he sStf the mutinous 300 in
fantry aud 300 cavalry leave Jhansi at 3a. m. on
the lgth, with all the treasure for C’hitpofb, on the
Cawupore road. They* raid they were going to
C’awnpore and Delhi. The Ranee was in power.
Malna Contingent Cavalry rebels at Thull a.so talk
of marching on Delhi. All quiet at Auger. On the
41th, at i p. m., all quiet here. Xetjvs of Benares
Corps ht ving risen, anti beeu driven from station bv
Artillery and Europeans, with very heavy loss to
mutineers.’’
"Bombay-, June 15—10 a. m.
"Letters were received yesterday from Lahore
of the 3d of (June. Punjab generally tranquil, and
order maintained throughout. At Peshawar some
.uneasiness in cousequence of the large - number of,
regular native troops, but no outbreak. Y'igorous
measures were being taken, and severe examples
made of the mutineers and deserters. At Hausi
and llissar the Ilu nan ah Light Infantry mutinied.
-.»-se places were plundered, audit is feared that
mV. e Europeans were murdered. Mooltan qaiet.
•nncu quiet. Accounts from lvurrachee np to the
hos June. Everything quiet in Scinde.
, Pwliaraent.
't'r'^ri- ,k \lr lo '^ e LV " r ”” 1 * ’ ' tkr motion to
le/!cr °" Ertru'eertng—
old Sir L s£dr aim * T,t ™> Eoed John Jios K ll
i 4th.—Mr. L.ndsev in
of Mr. Marey s letter to Gove^ P ‘?
and of ali correspond, nee between f
Government sun all other powers relating roil
proceeding of the Conf etences of Paris Snou th l
subject of privateering. Certain resolutions he
paia. bad been tig, eed to at the Conferences of Paris
relating to the question of neutral rights and priva
teers which had been communicated to the Govern
ment of th* United States.. To the majority of these
the Government of the United States had assented,
but they ret used to assent to the resolution respect
jug privateering, as it would be a surrendercn their j
part of a strong arm of defence and, aggression.
He anked for papers with the view of putting |
! members in i ■ipiim of information *>o is sub- j
iect; for the II use would sooner or later be called
i on to decide whether wo should stand by our pre
sent declaration or adopt the American v; c w—that
I private property should be as much respected at
j .eaas it was on shore. That was The question at »$,•
. ce . ai .d be hoped to be able to bring it before the
i House in the course of another Bess ion. In a state
f of war this country could not stand by the der.&ra
i lion which ir had made. The insurance on goods in
j aim- under convoy would be raised o per cent, and
1 on those not under convoy 10 per cent.and, there-
I fore, considering the extent of our jxade, there was
i no countr y in the wofld so deeply interestea in the
| question as ontsetaes. . .
Tee honorable member concluded by moving an
| addre- for copies of Mr. Matey otter to the Fr«ok
Government, in answer to He c .raroowcauon of
the resolution of the Paris Coniereuce upon the
! subject of privateering ; *nd of any other papers or
I owreep that may have passed between the
1 Bri‘ -ii Government and. other power* upon ~he
a The i. fion was seconded by Mr. Giljlin.
Lord Palmerston raid in point of fact HeVMajes
» **Govei mnent were net • fls< iajjiy in postersion of
the letter qf Mr. Marcy te the French Government,
mid were, therefore, not in a position to lay it be
lore Parliament. “That,however, mt a mere tech
nical pbjectiplf. He adpreht-nded thht what his
honorable, friend (Mr. Lindsay f meant, was that
there should be t»eforc* Parijament any corres
pondence ‘ that had passed between the British
Government and the French Government on tue
- abject in question. Now, what happened, was
thi« : *
The resolutions of lie Paris Congress were com
municated by the parties to those resolution* in ai
the other maritime States, and among others, to the
United States of America. The Government of the
United States thereupon sent an answer to the
French Government‘exactly in the terms stated by
hi.-: honorable friend—that was to say, they were
willing to agree to the, proposition in reference to
privateering, provided private property ataea were
no longer tt> be subject to capture. v
That was the communication made by the last
(rovernment of the United States, and,-the subject
was one which required* the graveet consideration
ou the part of the British Government, because,
whatever might be the opinions which auy gentle
man might entertain, on this question at the Cr«t
blush of it, no one could fail to toe, ou reflection,
that allour great commercial, maritime and naval
interests were involved it, and that no answer
could be given to suck a communication without a
cartfyl and prolonged deliberation,
Tn the meantime there was a change in. the Go
veminent of the United States, and before any an
swer could beeent to that by the
British (> * vein me nt, the new President came into
office, and an inlimation waa made by the Govern
ment of the Ufcited States toiler Msjeet^aGovern
ment, to.the effect that they would not expect an
answer to communication in question, and that,
in point of fafet, they desired the matter to be con
.-idered asnuspended. Under these circumstances,
he trusted his honorable friend would see that it
would not be desirable to lay before parliament the
communication made by the last government of the
United States ofthe view.-: they entertained ot the
question now under the consideration of the House.
(Hear, hear.)
At all events, in that state of things he Lord Pal
merston) should certainly not think it necessary to
enter into an examination of the reasons for and
againßt thd proposition made by the Government of
the United Stales. But there was one topic to
which Lis honorable friend adverted, and in
reference to which lie must make one remark.—
There was no very decided rule in regard to the
practice pursued ou land during war with regard to
treattneutr of Hie property of private individuals in
a hostile country. That practice had varied very
much lroin time to time, and in different countries.
It was very difficult, in fact, to establish any rule
in regard to the mode of dealing with private pro
perty on shore under such circumstances which
would not apply at once to private property ou the
ocean. But that was a question which could not be
discussed properly on a motion of this kind—[hear,
hear]—and he trusted, after the explanation he had
given, his honorable friend would not press his mo
tion fur documents of part of which her Majesty’s
government were not officially in possession, and
the remaining part of which, for the reason he had
unsigned, they did not deem it expedient to give.—
[Hear, hear ]
Mr. Bentinck expressed general concurrence in
the viewß propounded by the lion, gentleman, the
member for Tynemouth, on the subject under con
sideration, regretted that the noble lord at the head
of the government had not touched the most im
portant part of the question, and contended that the
declaration of the Paris Congress, if carried out in
time of war, would be fraught with the greatest in
jury to the naval and mercantile interests of this
country, and must eventually end in destroying its
maiatune supremacy.
Lord J. Russell said—l do not wonder that the
government do not agree to the motion. It appears
that the paper that is moved for is not in the. pos
session of the government. But certainly the ques
tion raised is one of the utmost importance. The
lion, gentleman sa s that in the event of a war all
the goods sent in ships under convoy will require 5
per cent., andin ships not under convoy 10 percent,
additional premium. The lion, gentleman has na
turally argued that with such additional payments
the manufacturers of this country will send goods
in neutral ships, and thus the maritime trade of this
country will in fact be destroyed.
I really should like ‘.o hear some statement upon
the part of the government of the grounds of their
entering into this declaration. [Hear, hear.] It
appeared to me, that when we were engaged, in
conjunction with France in a war with Russia, we
cou d hardly do o lierwise than carry on the war
upon the same principle as France. The principle
adopted during the war was that free ships cover
free goods. But at the end of the war we were not
under the necessity of making any concession of
the opposite principle, which waa certainly in con
formity with the law of nations, and to which this
country had hitherto adhered. There wn* no no
tice given to the people of this country or +o either
House of Parliament that any such question should
be discussed. [Cheers.]
We all supposed that Lord Clarendon went feo
Paris with a view to make peace with Russia. But
with respect lo a question of maritime right there
was no preparation in the public mind, and the peo
ple of this country must have been surprised that it
was introduced. [Cheers ] I hardly think the gov
ernment} could consent to abrogate, as the
hon. gentleman proposes, a declaration which was
solemnly agreed to by their plenipotentiary. lam
afraid that the consequences are so serious that
B\ich a declaration was very imprudent, and I can
not but agree with ike bon. gentleman that En
gland ought to preserve her maritime superiority.
The comparison between private property in ships
and private property on land is not tenable. I do
not think there is auy real comaarison between them.
It i 3 quite obvious that a farmer cultivating a farm
and having its produce in the middle of France or
the State of Virginia, has placed his property in
quite a different situation from a manufacturer who
has put his goods ou board a large fleet in the Bri
tish Channel, navigated by 7,0911 or 8.000 marines,
competent to man a fleet against this country.—
There is no comparison between the two proposi
tions, and therefore I cannot but think that, in point
of principle, the declaration of Paris ought to be
altered. [Cheers.]
The whole matter is most unsatisfactory and
most grave in its bearing upon our maritime supre
macy. I quite agree that the way in which wo
have been able to flush wars with great powers,
especially with France, has chiefly beeu by destroy
ing the enemy’s trade. We have brought the pow
ers with which we have been at war to such a state
that their finances have become disordered. They
have then been ready to listen to termsof peace, and
thereby the wars have been terminated. But now,
if wo were at war with America or France, chey
could maintain their trade in full vigor, because
manufactured produce throughout the world could
be sent in neutral vessels in perfect safety. They
would have no reason for making peace. They
would not be distressed. We might gain naval
victories, but our successes would not produce
peace. We might drive all their vessels of war
from the seas, but we should not thereby gain the
end of all war, which is an honorable peace. The
state of this question is to me very alarming, but I
do not see that a breach of faith would at ail mend
our position. (Cheers.)
Mr. Lindsay explained that he had not said that
we should not abide by the declaration. What he
said waa, that he had not made a declaration which,
by losing us the carrying trade in time of war,
would reduce England to a sixth rate power. Iu the
event of a war with a great marine power lie was
convinced that the country would appeal to the
House, and the House would be compelled to
throw aside the declaration, lie would not press
the m t iou to a division.
The question having been put that the motion be
withdrawn.
Sir C. Napier said he had expected that some
member of the government —the First Lord of the
Admiralty —would have addressed the House after
the speech of the noble lord, the member for the
city of London. He agreed with the honorable
gentleman who brought forward the motion that it
was impossible we could remain in the position in
which we were at present. The noble lord said ho
could not break the engagement, lie did not think we
could. Diplomacy had drawn us into a very impoli
tic engagement, and it was’ for the noble lord
or some clever diplomatist to get us out of it. —
(Cheers.)
If the declaration remained and a war ensued,
we must blockade every port which the enemy
possessed. It must be not a mere paper but an effi
cient blockade, and iu the event of a war with
Ffance such a blockade, with the navy we possess
ed, could not at the first start be established. Double
or treble our navy would not be sufficient to blockade
nil the ports of France, and it must not be forgotten
that seamen discharged from French merchant ves
sels would go into French ships of war and increase
their force, while our, force in men would be
diminished in consequence of our loss of trada.—
(Hear, hear.)
The motion was tjien withdrawn.
The New African Slave Trade.—lu the House
of Commons on the night of July 14. Mr. Charles
Buxton moved an address to Her Majesty, praying
that she will be pleased to employ ail the means in
her power to put down the African slave trade, and ■
to Obtain the execution of the treaties made for that,
purpose with other powers. He desired, he said,
not to embarrass the government, but to strengthen
their hands. He urged the increase of the Cuban
slave trade and its horrors ; ou the other hand, he
dwell upon-the near prospqpt of a supply of cotton
from Africa, which nothing could lacilitate more
thau the suppression of the slave Trade, the tole
rance of whichaby Spain was iu direct contraven
tion o! treaty engagement*, lie suggested whether,
under the circumstances, we could adopt the same
course with Cuba as we had successfully- taken
w itfa Brazil. He dis cussed-other expedients which
had been proposed for the extinction of this detesta
ble traffic. which occasioned a frightful waste of
life in Africa itself, and which now only existed in
Cuba.
The motion was supported by Mr. Newdegate.
Mr. Watkin attributed the extension in the slave
trade to the increased value of slave labor where it
was required, and contended that England eu
-•conraged that trade-by its large imports of slave
raised cotton.
Lord Palmerston admired that the motion was
calculated to strengthen the hands of the govern
ment. We had to lament, he said, that Spain had
not been so alive as she ought; to have been to her
treaty obligations and money payments : but there
were’temptatious at CV.ba which*it,was didicult for
the Governors to resist
lie thanked Mr. Buxton for having elicited what
he was convinced would be for the unanimous opin
ion of the House in favor of Lis motion, h§ as
sured him that no efforts shouM be wanting on the
part of thetfovermnent to give full effect to it.
* The motion was agreed to.
Spain and Mexic^.—Madrid, July The
hopes-entertained that visit to
Madrid might lead to an amie*ole adjustment ot the
quarrel between Mexico aud Spain are, it is to be
h feared. at an end. At a final conference it has been
found impossible to recoil ile-the pretensions of both
parties. The point immediately at issue is that of
compensation t* the sufferers by the outrages which
are the origin of .the dispute, benor Pidal insists
on such compensation being at once consented to.
Senor Lafragua, denying that this Remand is justi
fied by the law of uatioEs or the common principles
of justice, acceding to it the resuit of
the judicial investigation at present going on in this
country shall show-on whom the blame really rests.
As neither party can be induced to stir fromkis po
sition, ali negotiation in Madrid must be considered
as terminated, and it is probable that Senor Lafra
cua wil; leave Spain without delay, andlhat Lord
llowden will do longer postpone his proposed de
The Mutint in India— The Ariel's mails fur
nish lull ufctans of the revolt of the native troops in
India. There is apparently much alarm felt in En
gland with regard to it, and great exertions were
being made to expedite the departure of the ves
sels taken up to transport 14,000 troops to the scene
of action.
From the Deilii Gazette. Extra, published at Ag
ra, we have the following detailed account of the
massacre
On the morning of 11th of May, a party of the
3d Light Cavalry, variously stated at from 25 to
260, made their appearance at Delhi. They had
come from Meeiut during the night, and were pre
pared to perpetrate the most awful crimes.
They entered theXalcutta Gate without opposi
tion, and made their way directly towards Deriow
gunge , shooting down in their progress, all Euro
pj»ang uiey met with. Among the first victms were
Mr. Simon Fr«iaer. the Governor General s agent,
7 his assistant, and Mr. £ Nixon, (
emef elerk in their office. Notice was immed;ate!y
e nt up to the Brigadier and a Regiment (the 54th,
X It with two guns from DeTe ssier’s battery were
sent down Tbe 54th marched through the Castv
mere Gate In good order, but ou the approach of
B*me ofthe Sowars, the Sepoys rushed suddenly to
tbe side ofthe road, upon whom the troopers ltnme
dlately came at a gallop, and one after another
shot them down The officers were, with the ex
ception of CoL Ripley, unarmed; the Coloael shot
two of them befow he fell, but with this exception,
*nd one said to have been shot by Mr. Fraser, none
fell.
After butchering all the officers of* the 54th, the
trooper- dismounted and went among the Sepoys of
the 51th, shaking them, and, it may be
supposed, thanxing them for their forbearance in
not firing on the murderers of their officers. The
troopers were perfectly collected; they rode up to ■
their victims at fuH gallop, pulied up suddenly, fired
theja piatola and retreated, couctenanoea of
the troopers wore the expression of maniacs; one
was a mere youth, rushing about flourishing his
sword and displaying all the fury of a man under tha
influence of bLang. They were in full uniform, ana
some had medals. Had the officers of the 28th,
54th ami,7lth N. I. beeu armed with revolvers, they
mightiiave shot some of but had they done
so, it is sfill a doubtful questiou whether their own
men would not have bayoneted ibein. The 54th
made*eome show ol firingmeir muskets, but the
phots went of course over the heade of the troopers,
who had evidently fuii confidence in the reception
they were* to meet wilh. Their pians must have
been well matured.
Meanwhile the people of the city were collecting
Tor mischief; several bungalows at Deriowgunge
had been fired, and as the day advanced, the Goo
j-rs of the villagers around Delhi became alive to
the ol loss, and were ready for action. The
whole city was up in arms, every European resi
dent wat-searehed, the troops declaring that they
diet not want property, but life ; and wben they re
tired, the rabble rushed in and made a clean sweep
from the punkahs to the fioor mats. It is difficult
to form an estimate of the number killed, most of
the last already published are incorrect; happily
several persons said to be killed, do still exist, and
some who esc aped are not down at all.
As soon as the extent of the injury became known
i It became necessary for tlie residents to seek some
place of safely, aud most of them made their way
to rhe Fiagstaff Tower, where the gun is tired. A
eampanv of the X. 1., and two "uns were stationed
there, including a Wirg p party of adits and gentle
man, ineiuuini'‘the brigadier, brigade major, &.C.,
were here well armed, with the intention of defend
ing themselves against the troopers. The tower is
round and of solid brickwork, and was well adapted
for the purpose—better, in fact, ,than any building
in Delhi. In selecting this spot, the brigadier dis
played considerable judgment, but he aid not then
know the extent of the catastrophe! for although
the general demeanor of the troops was any
tfiing but subordinate, the actual state of the case
was unknown. Mh’iy of the officers of the 38th still
had confidence in their men and endeavored to rea
son with them when they showed symptoms of in
subordination, but on Col. Graves haranguing the
companv stationed at the Flagstaff To-,cor, it be
came evident that they were in a state of mutiny,
and that the al'jhfest tLiug would induce them to
turn against their c fiibirs and the other Europeans
assembled on the hill.
About a quarter to four the magazine in the city
exploded—a puff of white smoke and the report of
a gun preceded the cloud of red dust, which rose
like a huge coronet into the air; the explosion which
followed was not so great as might have been ex
pected, but the effect was complete. It was soon
known that tire explosion was hict accidental, but
the gallant act of Lieut. Willoughby, commissary
of Ordnance, Deltii, and it is pleasing to be able to
add that this brave youpgman escaped with a ee
veie scorching. About 1,500 persons, rebels, are
said to have been blown up with the magazine. On
the appearing of tlie clouds of dust in the air, the
company of the 38th made a rush to their arms,
which were piled near them. The object they had
in view is not clearly defined; but is supposed that
they were influenced by a sudden desire to attack
those w ithin the tower.
Soon after this the 38th took possession cf two I
guns sent; up to reinforce thp parly ac tne tower, and j
on this becoming known, the brigadier advised all
who could leave to do so, intending to follow when
the rest had all departed. Conveyances being in
waiting, most of the ladies got away, the gentle
men following on horseback ; and thus safe retreat
was effected towards Kurnal, for some, while others
branched off to Meerut. Many hair breadth es
capes have been related to the writer, ladies re
maining Bor If) days in the jungle, trusting + o the j
natives for protection and food, ir* suveiai instances
freely given, and it is gratifying to know that sev
eral persons, supposed to have fallen victims, are
now safe at Meerut, Kurnal, Umballa or Simla.
Throughout the whole of this cruel business, the
Gooiers appear to have been most active iu the
work of devastation. Houses w T ere burned and
property stolen and destroyed by them in the most
wanton manner. Bands of them were lying in
waiting after nightfall, all along the line of ih« road
twenty miles out of Delhi, on the watch for the
refugees—some of whom were molested and would
have been robbed and perhaps murdered, had not
decisive measures been adopted.. Mr. W agent rei
ber and family, dying for bare life in his own car
riage, was attacked live times, his wife receiving
some severe blows from iron bound lathees, and
himself a sword cut on the arm, and a blow on the
back cf the neck from a lathee. But they contrived
to evade them all by tirmneas and judgment, shoo t
iug four and wounding two of the ruffians in self
defence, and eventually making good their escape
to Kurnal !
'1 he escape of Sir T. Metcalfe was most providen
tial. After being three days in Delhi after the out
break, he escaped int ► the jungles, hiding wherever
he could, and at length, after ten days, finding his
way to Ilansee. Several (said to num
ber 48) were taken to the Palace, or perhaps went
there for protection—these were taken care of by
the King of Delhi; but the Sowars of the 3d Caval
ry, whose thirst for European blood had not been
quenched, rested not until they were all given up to
:hem and murdered one by one iu cold blood. The
troopers are said to have pointed to their legs before
they murdered their victims, and called attention t©
the marks of their manacles, asking if they were not
ju3tided in what they were doing. This may or may
not be the case, but it is certain that the severe sen
tence on the mutineers of the 3d Cavalry was the im
mediate causeof the Meerut massacre, which preced
ed that at Delhi by only a few hours. In both sta
tions, the people of the City and Bazaar appear to
have been very active, and have aided the muti
neers in their bloody work. Half measures will not
do when the day of retribution arrives ; it is to be
hoped that a lesson may be taught, not easily for
gotten, and Delhi remain no longer in the pages of
history.
Prom the Bombay correspondence of the London
News, we copy t.he following :
The rising at Lucknow i 3 also confirmed. It took
place on Sunday the 3lst of May, when portions of
four Native Bengal regiments—the 71st, 48th, and
13th Foot, and 7th Cavalry—broke nut into a riot,
and set fire to several bungalows. They were at
tacked by order of Sir Henry Lawrence, who direc
ted the artillery and whatever other force was at his
command against them. Brigadier nandscombe
and four other officers, melancholy to relate, were
killed and the rebels retreated—in what direction
is not stated. Three hundred of the Oude Irregu
lars, who were making for Delhi, after killing Capt.
Hayes, their commanding officer, were intercepted
on the 3d of June, near Allyghur.
The Neemuch mutiny is confirmed; but it is a re
lief to find that the Sepoys spared most of the offi
cers. The 72d Native Infantry, part of the 21st
Native Infantry, and the 7th Regiment Gwalfor
Contingent, the Ist Bengal Light Cavalry and a de
tachment of artillery, joined the movement and
helped to burn the town and rob the treasure chest.
Four officers of the First Light Cavalry and two of
the Artillery were killed. The Europeans fled to
Mallaghur, fourteen miles distant, and the mutineers
are said to have taken the direction of the Nizam’s
dominions, where a rising may now be apprehend
ed. The Nizam died not more than three weeks
since, and the notorious confusion of affairs in this
quarter is not calculated to excite hopes that the
Hyderabad contingent will be proof against mutin
ous impressions and the hope of plunder.
The Nusseerabad mutineers have taken the road
to Agra, and, according to the latest accounts, had
passed Kishenghur, ten miles from Ajmere. Their
artillery horses were already worn out in the deep
and saudy ground, and the Seapoys had forced
peasant’s bullocks into their service. A good ac
count will, doubtless, soon be given of this portion
of the rebels. They have been joined by a detach
ment of the 30lh Native Infantry, on duty at Jey
pore
Several executions took place at Agron the 3d
and 4th of June. Five men were hanged on the
first evening, and six on the fourth. Some of those
who suffered last were proved to be Mrs. Court
ney’s murderers—one was the private jemador of
the native deputy collector. One of these was un
daunted to the last ; he wished all his brethren
good-bye, and blessed them all and told them the
Feringhees were taking his life for no fault of his,
and he scarcely gave them time to secure the noose
properly around his neck, when he jumped off the
platform.
At Peshawur, a subahdar and several native offi
cers and privates of the mutinous-diearmed troops
have been hanged Had this course been pursued
at Meerut, the Delhi massacre would perhaps have
been avoided.
P. S. —The Gocnurs are plundering the country
for nearly a hundred miles S. S. E. and S. W. of
Delhi. Many of them have been caught, and num
bers killed in engagements with scattered detach
ments.
Bombay, June 15 —Although a second order has
been issued, in obedience to which the mail’s de
parture was postponed till this day, there is no news
of the fall of Delhi.
The dissatisfaction on the other hand is spreading.
At Benares, on the' sth of June, on receipt of intelli
gence (false) from Azungbur that the 17th N. 1.,
quartered there, had mutinied, an order was issued
to the 37th N. 1., to parade on the Maiden or can
tonment ground. One of the Scinde regiments was
ordered out at the same time. The object of this
parade was so little known that the European offi
cers of the "tilth come on parade unarmed. Three
guns, however«jiad been placed in position to over
awe the Sepoys. The disarmament did not occur
peacefully, but how this happened is not described.—
Tine arms of Bengal regime nts are all placed together
in aToom in rows, called belts of arms, and the Sepoys
must have partially succeeded in breaking into the
place before the mitskets were carried away. A
fight ensued, in which the European Artillery took
part, tiring’grape. The mutineers, including the
2d regiment, made oil' with some loss. On our part,
the following officers (regiments unknown) suffer
ed : officers, Cuys, killed, Chapman and Hayter,
wounded: Tweedle, ball in shoulder. Privates, 10
killed. At Ilansi, in r. widely different quarter, the
12th X. 1., have mutinied, and the officers fled futo
the camp before Delhi. We thus find matters in
this strange and unsatisfactory position. The muti
neers Os Lucknow made off to Seetap’ie. where
they will probably be joined by the list X. 1., in
garrison, and thence make their way to Delhi
through liochilcund. The llans ; mutineers, those
of Benares, all marching about the country, either
with the intention of proceeding to Delhi, or with
no intention at all but plunder The general remit is
deplorable. The v.co!e country for hundreds of
mfles in Central India is overrun with hostile bands
of Sepoys, who were followed and supported by
gangs of thieves and brigands.
The telegraphs have been cut off, and since the
victory before Delhi no news has come from Agra,
on account of an interruption in the telegraph lines.
Meanwhile, it is oonsolation to know that the peo
ple of the ruujaub are showing good feeling toward
us by bringing into Peshawnr numbers of the de
serters from the disarmed regiments. By the last
accounts, all the commissioned and non-commission
ed officers were to be tried and hung, and of the
privates found guilty one in every tea would be ex
ecuted.
The Ifith Madras Native Infantry, in Bormah,
have refused the new rifles and cartridges.
If the King of Delhi-has really joined the insur
gents, the annual sum of £150,000 reverts to the
Company.
Fears are entertained also for Barola, where eve
ry resident for years past has been threatened with
poison. The Gwlkowar and resident. Sir R. Shak
spe-are, have just had a disagreement.
By the Europa.
Among the passengers by the Europa are Miss
T. L. Williams, the Welsh nightingale, and suite.
The Europa passed,
Constantine ana W. B. Stover going to Liverpool.
The steamships Persia and Ericsson, from New
York-. arrived at Liverpool together at 4.20 P. M.
on Friday, the 17tb inst. . The passage of the Persia
was cal ed S days, 22£ hours.
Great Britain - .—ln the House of Commons, on
the 16th inst.. Mr. Roebuck moved the following
resolutions :
Retold, That the war with Persia was declared,
prosecuted and conducted without such transactions
being eoinmuirichted to Parliament, while expen
sive armaments were equipped without the sanc
tion of a vote of the House.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of the House that
such, conduct tends to weaken its just authority and
to dispense with its control over the finances of the
country, and renders it necessary for the House to
express its strong reprobation of such a course of
pioceeding. *
Mr. Roebuck supported his motion m a speech
of much bitterness, and accused Lord Palmerston
of having, by demanding India troops for the Per
sian war, brought about the present state of affairs
in India.
A w aim debate ensued, in which Mr Roebuck
found many supporters, but who declined to vote
for the resolutions.
Lord Palmerston asserted the constitutional right
of the crown to make war or peace at pleasure, al
though he admitted it to be the duty of the govern
ment to acquaint Parliament at the earliest oppor
tunity with the ground for having done so. Alter
ceu wring Mr. Koebuck and his motives, he review- I
ed tfc»e oouree ol the negotiations with Persia, claim- j
ing i redit rather than censure for the concessions ’
his go verument had made to facilitate the restorat• jn ]
of pea ee, and he then passed on to deny tbs' there
was an y connection between the Persi.- w& . an ,i
the Inc ian mutiny while he ,j' at tr |.
umph o/ British arms and poßey o er Persian agres
sion and -Russian instigation w , (U ij materially en
hance Lntuh influence throughout all Asia. In
ccfociunen, he denied that cofl'/; ltat i l , lja lity or other
wise there were the rewhit ions, tlie
succeeds of which wornd \>e a fate! mistake on the
P art eJs? - ne resolution wag loet by a
vote of 3S to 352.
On the loth met y j n the House of Lords, Lord
Brougham broupjt forward his mofion for an ad
dress to the OUeen, praying her to discountenance
all tending to promote the slave trade
In a powerful speech he pointed out the serious
consequences l»jaely to ensue from the importation
of free Africa/into the French colonies, aud.was
sure it was O’nly necessary to call the attention of the
h reach government to the sdetect to induce them to
abandon the policy. m
Lord Clarendon fully endorsed Lord Brougham’s
sentiments, saying that if it turned out that the slave
trade was to be revived would not
hesitate to use the power vested to stop it.
Tne address was then agreed to.
In the House of Commons, Sir C. Wood gave no
tice of a motion tor a vote of 2,000 more seamen for
service in the Indian Seas.
Loid Palmerston, in reply to Mr. Griffiths, repeal
ed Lis objections to the conatriiaUon of the Suez Ship
Canal financially, and warned B;i T kk capitalists to
hold themselves aloof from such an undertaking.
Ou motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the House v oted half a million on account of the
Persian war.
After a Bpicy debate upon the merits of that and
the Indian and Chinese proceedings, Lord John
Rjiseil asked butfailed to get the government to
give up a day for the consideration of a new bill he
proposed to introduce, providing for the admission
of Jews to Parliament. He then asked leave to
bring in a bill on the subject; but after a protracted
and noisy debate the house qdjourued without ta
king action.
It was supposed that Parliament would be pro
rogued in about a fortnight or three weeks.
The Niagara had over one thousand miles of cable
on board, and the shipping of it would be finished
on the following week. Continued tests of the coil
are very satisfactory,and at Cork, whence the ves
sels would sail about the first of August, experi
ments will be made through the whole length of the
cable. Insurances had been*effccted on the sate
laying of the cable at rates ranging from ten per
cent, upwards ; but many stockholders were san
guine enough to prefer running their own risks.
Prince Napoleon visited undimpeoted the U. S.
frigate Niagara on the 17th. and in return Captain
Hudson was entertained on the imperial yacht.
The U. S. steam frigate Susquehanna was expect
ed at Liverpool on the 18th or 19tb.
A deputation from the Anti-Slavery Society pre
sented a memorial to Lord Palmerston on Wednes
day, condemning the proposed scheme to obtain ne
gro laborers from Africa tor the Wect Indies. Lord
Palmerston said that the government were alive to
the danger ot the scheme, and wou’dtfake care that
nothing was done which tended to resuscitate the
slave trade. The London Times continued its agi
tation in favor of obtaining free laborers under Bri
tish surveillance.
The members of the House of Commons in favor
of the Parliamentary Oaths bill were resorting to
outside to bring about a speedy settlement
of the quecii-jii. They Cave held a meeting and
adopted resolutions declaratory of their sentiment*,
aud appointed a deputation t© wait on Lord Palmer
ston on the subject.
The British government intends sending to India
a steam squadron, a considerable force of artillery
by tbe most rapid conveyances at hand ; and, in ad
dition to the troops already mentioned, the force
which had been appropriated for the Chinese ope
rations had all been intercepted and ordered for ser
vice ip India Tuis force is to be compensated for
in China by a battalion of marines to be despatched
1 to Hong Koug without delay.
} The London Times, in an article on Hon. Wm.
L. Marcy’s privateering letter, which it calls a bold
and comprehensive proposal, expresses regret that
England did not close at once with the suggestion
therein made. It says that before a deoisiou could
be formed, the Cabinet of Washington became
alarmed at the possibility that its offer would be ac
cepted. Mr. Buchanan and Gen. Cass have inti
mated their disinclination to fol ow up the discus
sion ; nor is there any reason to hope that so desira
ble an object will soon become attainable. In the
meantime, the laws of war between England and
America are wholly unaffected by the Convention
of Paris.
France. —The French police, according to a let
ter in the Nord, of Brussels, continue to display the
greatest activity in their researches after tlie Ita
lians suspected of having taken part in the late con
spiracy, about thirty of them having been arrested
at Marseilles and on the frontiers.
Complete retums of the supplementary elections
in France show the election of eleven opposition de
puties in all.
The harvest prospects throughout France were
most cheering. In some places the reaping was
over.
The Moniteur publishes the returns of the indirect
revenue of Franco for the first six months of the
preseut year. They display an increase of no less
than 26,285,000 francs over the corresponding pe
riod of last year.
The government hurried over the funeral of Be
ranger, which took place at noon on the 16th and
was undisturbed by any retardabie incident. There
was a large display of military force and an immense
concourse of people.
Spain.—The Madrid correspondent of the Times
says that Lafragua had a final interview with Senor
Fidal on the Mexican question, aud intimated that
the result was probably unsatisfactory, and that
Lafragua would depart from Spain.
The ,Spanish semi-official journal says :—“Our
government occupies itself at this moment with the
important Mexican question, and proofs will be
seen that Spain is enduring only till she is wounded
in her national honor.’' To this end, it is said, two
war steamers are about to sail from Cadiz for Ha
vana, taking out instructions for Gen. Concha from
the government; also conveying more troops and
materials of w’ar for the expedition against Mexico,
which Spain will inevitably undertake unless she
receives full satisfaction from that republic.
The sittings of the Deputies had been suspended.
The Senate has approved of the law for public
instruction, and the Senate and Congress have
voted the constitutional reform as proposed by the
government.
In consequence of the numerous arrests the
Madrid prisons were so full that the breaking out
of maladies was apprehended.
Italy. —Tranquility prevailed in Italy. It was
asserted that the recent movement was planned in
London, and, therefore, that the Italian court back
ed by Austria and France was about to protest
against the asylum which England affords to these
troublesome refugees. One report states that the
Tuscan government is at the head of the movement.
Another intimates that Austria was trying to induce
the Prussian Cabinet to join in the movement, by
addressing a note to the English government, pray
ing it to exercise active surveillance over refugees.
On the part of the French government, the Consti
tutionnel repeats its old complaint of the hospitality
given by England to the leaaers of the revolution.
Financial and Commercial. —The London
Times says :—The reduction in the rate of discount
only fulfills public expectation. Pending the har
vest, therefore, and with the contingencies of the
Indian war before us, an alteration greater than
that now resolved upon would hardly appear pru
dent. The report that the East India Company
want a loan is improbable as they have £2,000,000
of Exchequer bills in London, amply sufficient for
their immediate use, and their financial require
merits will be met in India.
Messrs. Baring Bros. A Co. report money in good
supply. Bar silver, ss. 2d ; dollars, ss. Id.; eagleß,
725. 6d.
Baring Bros. Se Co. quota American securities
dull and sales unimportant:
United States 6’s, 1862, ex div 97 j a—
United States 6‘s, 1867-68 1035 a 104
United States G a bonds, 1868 103 j a 104
Massachusetts 6 s bonds 101 a—
Maryland s’s bonds • 87J a 89 J
Pennsylvania o's 73 a 75
Erie Railroad 7's, Ist mortgage, ’62 65 a 66
Illinois Central Railroad 88 a—
Illinois Freeland 103 a—
Michigan Central B’s, 1850.., 90 a 91
Bell A Co., report American stocks slow of sale,
but prices unaltered.
Tne Tiires reports the only sale of Wednesday as
Michigan Central 8’», of 1860, at 91.
The advices from Manchester were favorable and
all qualities of goods and yarns had slightly ad
vanced.
Havre, July 15.—Cotton firm; sales of the week
6000 bales ; stock on hand 4000 bales. New Or
leans tres ordinaire 118 f. Breadstuffs dull but stea
dy. Ashes quiet and quotations nominal. Coffee
firm. Provisions quiet but steady. Rice quiet and
holders demand an advance. Whalebone firm.
Liverpool, Saturday—2 P. M.—Messrs. Rich
ardson, Spenee &. Co., report that the cotton mar
ket closed firm, with an advancing tendency under
the Persia’s news, though no quotable advance was
established. Sales of the day 9,000 bales. Bread
stuffs were quiet. Beef buoyant, with a large spe
culative inquiry. Poik, bacon and lard, dull.
London, Saturday, July 18, 12 M.—Consols close
at 91 j e*9li for money, and 92J for account.
Sailing of Lady Franklin’s Expedition.
Last Wednesday, at a very early hour, the City
of Aberdeen was the scene of bustle and excite
ment. The inhabitants were hurrying hither and
thither, their countenances bearing the impress of a
mixture of anxiety and hope. A great event was
at hand—not the arrival of Royalty, ia search of
Highland seclusion—not the visitof a French Prince
on a scientific exporation— not the return of the
brave Highlanders from a Russian campaign ; but
an event of far greater significance, and of tran
scendent importance to the cause of humanity.
Lady Franklin s screw steamer, the Fox, was ap
pointed hat morning to sail for the Arctic Seas, in
jearch of the remains of the long-lost navigator and
his intrepid band. The spectators crowded the
docks to eateh a glimpse of that gallant captain and
dariDg crew who had undertaken the perilous voy
age.
Lady Franklin and her niece were there, blessing
the expedition; and as the brave ship weighed an
chor and stood out to sea, the lusty cheers of the
assembled thousands unmistakeably testified that
the noble efforts that lady had made—though timid
ly deserted by ago verument in whose service her
husband and his followers had embarked—to inves
tigate and clear up the haze still hanging around
the fate of the Arctic Expedition, were fully appre
ciated. And amid thoee cheers which rent the air
when the Fox steered away towards the icy North,
there was many a prayer that “the forlorn hope"
might, by the bieasing of Providence, reach its
destination in safety, accomplish the wished for ob
ject, and return freighted with all that humanity can
now expect—the bones of the intrepid navigators.
The most distant surmise that any of the band can
be stnl alive-nas .ong since faded away : the Fox
now sails to search for their remaius. The sturdy
Highlander reverently doffed his bonnet aa the lit
tle vessel gradually became i ss, and looking hea
venwards, whilst tears trickled down his manly
cheek, blessed that Coble lady who had staked her
all in the enterprise, and trusted, fondly trusted,
that her womanly devotion might meet with due re
ward.
Tes. Lady Frank-in's expedition has saiied ; in a
few days hence it will reach the ice, where the hard
ships.of an voyage commence. To Captain
M Clintock and hisgahant crew, we sincerely wish
God speed! There -must be relics in existence
which will afford a satisfactorily clue to the fate of
the lost Sir John Franklin and his companions, the
remains of such an expedition as that which he com
manded cannot fyet be utterly obliterated. Be
sides, the Fox sails under specially favorable auspi
ces. Captain M Clintock will doubtless be enabled
to piofit by the experience of all the previous
searching expeditions; they have extended over a
wide expanse of ground, he has now but a com
paratively small space ta explore—that done the
work will be thoroughly accomplished, every mile
of those ice bound regions will have been minutely
examined. With perseverance, then, there is every
Lope of success.
The adventurous voyager! have a duty to per
form to mankind. Let it be done well Let them
show to the world what private enterprise is eapa
ble of achieving. In England it has already done
much; we need no government aid in tLe construc
tion of our railways. We build monster steamers,
bridge mighty rivers, tunnel mountains and stretch
the electric wires across the broad Atlantic without
the aid of the State. It lies then with Captain
M Clintock to acd another link to the chain, and to
proclaim to the civilized woi Id that when govern
mental resources are withheld a pri rate lady, a da I
by a few devoted friends, took tip the task and con
ducted it to a glorious termination. We shall hail
with unfeigned satisfaction the first announcement
of the Fox's safe arrival at its place of destination,
and exult with joy when we learn that the last me
mortals^ of'the Arctic voyagers ars “homeward
bound,” and that this noble enterprise bad been
crowned with success. —Glaasrote Telearapk of
July 11 Ut. v y j
Cotton in Cuba. —lt appears that ajoint Stock
Company has been organized at Havana for the
purpose of encouraging the growth of cotton in the
island of Cuba. The capital is put down at $8,000,-
000, derided into shares of $2,000 each. It is pro
posed to buy up all the eotton growing lands of the
island, especially such as are unfit by nature or
otherwise for the growth of sugar, and put them at
once under cultivation. The company ai o propo
ses to engage in cotton manufactures. Themov
ers speak with confidence of tKi, enterpr.ee, whiei
they assure us has theappreta’ and eneonragemen
of ths Government.
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(Influence of the Spoils.
We have seen no more forcible illustration of the
influence of the spoils, than is afforded by the Rich
mond Enquirer who thinks Mr. Buchanan and
Gov. Walker ought not to be denounced by the
Southern Democracy ; because, eays that paper,
u iL will disturb the harmonious relation < between the
Northern and Southern Democracy!" There is
no misconstruing this langurge, or mistaking the
purpose of this declaration, in which it is openly
proclaimed, that the rights Os the South are of less
consequence to the spoilsmen than the harmony ot
the Democracy! • Will the people of the South en"
dorse this position of the Richmond Enquirer, a
leading organ of the Democratic party * From the
signs of the times, we confess with shame aud hu
miliation, that we think the Democracy of Georgia
are about to endorse the position of the Enquirer,
and will by their course, if not by words, proclaim
that the harmony of the party is paramount to
Southern rights! Their hurried and almost uni
versal backing down, from the action of their late
Convention, which expressed their honest convic
tions, affords a lamentable evidence of the influence
of the spoils. In this, however, we are not disap
pointed. We knew the men, and we knew the in
fluence of the spoils. We could not, therefore, mis
take as to what would be the result, when they as
certained that Buchanan approved Walker’s In
augural before it was delivered, and would endorse
his acts, even after the fiery denunciation of the
Democratic Convention. Walker had the Presi
dent completely in his power—he had read and ap
proved the Inaugural before Walker left Washing
ton, and he could not, therefore, recall him without
being disgraced. This Mr. Buchanan knew ; he
was, therefore, compelled to stand by Waker, and
test the influence of the spoils upon the Georgia
Democracy, and the result is daily developing,
showing that the President knew his men.
The Lynchburg Virginian, iu commenting upon
the position of the Richmond Enquirer, pertinently
remarks:
“We have no doubt of it, but the question is
whether the “harmonious relations of the Northern
and Southern Democracy,” are an object of so great
importance that the South must suppress its indig
nation at the usurpation of Buchanan and Walker
in Kansas. Is the harmony of the Democratic party
of greater consequence than the assertion by the
South of a ri fe kt of which Buchanan and Walker
have deprived us ? Must the South yield every
thing without a murmur, for fear the harmony of the
Democratic party may be endangered ? We do
not think the people of the South are so wedded to
party as to subscribe to such a declaration as that.
Can’t Stand the Bticlianaii Policy.
At a meeting of the American party of Macon
county, held in Oglethorpe, on the 20th instant, E.
W. Allen, a prominent old line Democrat, was
present, and, being loudly called for, responded to
the call in the following patriotic strain :
“Mr. Allen gave his reasons for voting for Mr.
Buchanan—thought then that it was the best that
could be done for the South, but that Buchanan had
deceived the South —especially had he deceived a
great confiding party which had supported um. He
had paudered through his agent and appointee,
Walker, to the Abolition spirit of the North. Such
lie considered Walker's course in Kansas. He was
born a democrat—raised to have much reverence
for the name, but could not, for its sake, dear as it
was, go with a party against his own native South.
He felt it to be his duty to oppose it, and he should
dare to do his duty.”
There are thousands of other good and patriotic
men throughout the South, who, like Mr. Allen,
were deceived and betrayed into the support of Mr.
Buchanan, and who, we have no doubt, now that
they are conscious of the fraud, will repudiate the
Administration and those who deceived them.
Democracy Itebrllintf.
The Dahlongah Signal learns “that a Democrat
ic compromise ticket was settled upon in Cherokee
county a few days since. The difficulty existing
was relative to the disposition of the State Road.—
One set of candidates was for selling while the oth
er was for the State retaining and keeping it under
Executive management. The question was set
tled by putting forth candidates in favor of a dispo
tion. This we learn was resisted by Judge Brown
with all his energy. Quite a Hold step this in the
face of his own immediate county men.”
If this statement be true, it is very apparent that
the Democratic candidate for Governor is powerless
in his own county among his friends and neighbors.
We like to see such demonstrations among the peo
ple—it augurs well for the county where the people
disregard the dictation of party leaders.
Dinkins Voters.
The Louisville Journal of a late date says:—“For
several days past the city court has been converted
into a manufactory of citizens. Aliena from all
quarters of the globe are rushing through the usual
formalities of naturalization, in order to be ready
for the election on Monday.”
The Constitution cf Kentucky provides that none
but citizens , who have resided two years in the
State are entitled to vote; and Ex-Chief Justice
Robertson, the ablest jurist in the State, and the
Attorney-General of the State (Harlan,) have de
cided, that a person must have been a citizen two
years, and have resided two years in the State, to
entitle him to vote. If these decisions, which are
eminently just and proper, are regarded, those vo
ters who have been so recently manufactured, wil
not answer the special purpose, for which they were
designed by the demagogues engaged in the manu
facture.
Hon. Wm. H. Crawford.—We learn that the
Hon. Wm. 11. Crawford, of Terrell county, was
nominated by acclamation, as the American candi
date for Congress in the 2d Congressional District
by the Convention which assembled at Americus
on Thursday the 30th ult.
The Columbus Enquirer says: We regard the se.
lectiou as most excellent. Mr. Crawford is one
of the ablest debaters in the State, a man of nerve
and firmness and possesses an umblemished private
character. The American banner will remain un
polluted in his hands.
We learn that 18 ofrtbe 20 counties, which com
pose the District, were fully represented and that
all the proceedings of the Convention were enthu
siastic and harmonious.
“ Bank of Morgan”—A Fraud.
Some time since we were shown a five dollar bill,
on “The Bank of Morgan,” Morgan, Ga., signed
by J. 11. Smith, Cashier, (the name of the President
we could net make out,/ and dated March, 18571
Since then we have heard nothing of the bank, till
yesterday, we were handed the following note from
the Postmaster at Morgan.
Morgan, July 29, 1857.
F. C. Bareer, Esq. —Dear Sir :—There is no
such a bank as the Morgan Bank. I advise you
and all not to take any such money. I believe it is
designed to commit a fraud on the people.
Yours truly, W. G.Pierce,
Postmaster, Morgan, Ga.
Tax .Statistics.
We are indebted to Jno.H.Bohlkr, the Receiv
er of Tar Returns, for the following statistics of
Richmond county. The increase in the value of
property over last year, is about one million and a
half of dollars: .
Polls 2,275
Professions - 88
Free persons of color - 124
Children between 8 and 16 years 1,891
Road hands - ...71,276
Acres first quality Land 1,025
“ 2nd “ “ 16,217
“ 3rd “ “ 75,6531
“ Pine “ 302,320,
Value of Land $1,541,088
Value of City or Town Lots and Houses.. $4,070,100
Number of Slaves .7,445
' Value of Slaves $3,828.295
Money and solvent debts of all kinds $6,064,824
Merchandise $1,489,550
Invested in Shipping and Tonnage $90,000
Invested in Manufactures, Sec.. $536,620
Furniture over S3OO : .'.5280,050
Property not otherwise enumerated..... .$376,442
Aggregate value of whole property $18,273,969
“ „ “ “ “ after
deducting S2OO $17,907,217
Amount of Tax on Polls, Profession, and
Free Persons of Color., $1,628.75
American and English Horses.—Yesterday
was the day for the first trial of speed between the*
English and American homes over the English turf
for the GocSlwood Cup, fer which Mr.Ti.NB«OECK
had entered the American horse Pryor.
The Cotton Grop or 1857-’sß.—The Mobile
Register says : “ We sincerely believe, from a care
ful examination of the reports from all the cotton
growing sections, that the present glowing crop
will not exceed 3,000,000 or 3,100,000 bales.”
Salvage of the “City of New York.”—The
owners of the Philadelphia steamer City of New
York, which was abandoned on Nantucket Shoals
list June, and afterwards picked up by the schooner
Ua E. Davis and taken into Harwich, hare award
• 1 the sum of $12,000 to the fortunate crew who
saved her.
A Plain Spoken DEMOCRAT.*-Mr. F. B. Sbep.
ard, who has been nominated by the Democratic
Convention iu Mobile, a? one of the candidates for
the Legislature from that county, iu his answer to
the committee accepting the nomination, concludes
as follows in referred to Kansas affairs. He
spurns to use the puerile and contemptible decep
tion, that Buchanan and his Cabinet not
guilty as Walker in the Kansas frafld. He says :
“Before a month had elapsed after the election,
Mr. Buchanan bad avowed his desire that Kausae
should be free, but modestly that he could not in
terfere. So lam informed by a Democrat in Phila
delphia. A tool and land speculator, however, was
at baud in the person of Bob Walker, who, v ofcpurse.
looked at non-intervention, Cincinnati platforms*
and the South as very idle humbugs, uot to be re
garded for a moment. Mr. Buehauau relies not
more on Walker's admirable cunning and plausi
bility, that on the gulibility of the Southern wing'
of the Democracy.
“The President is guilty with Walker. He sent
him to Kansas knowing his sentiments. He keeps
him there and intends to held on to him until their
schemes are accomplished, thus proving two depart
meuts of the government, its executive aud legisla
tive. iu their dealing with the South and slavery, to
be the most irresponsible and meanest autocracy
that ever disfigured a page iu history.
“With sentiments ot personal regard, 1 remain
your obedieut servant, F. B. Shepard.
“Messrs. A. B. Meek, Cuas. P. Robinson, A. M.
Quigley, Committee.
Mr. Shepnrd—The Mobile Democracy.
A Democratic Convention in Mobile nominated
Mr. F. B. Shepard, as a candidate for the Legisla
ture. Mr. Shepard accepted the nomination, and
jn his letter of acceptance, (an extract ‘from which
we have published,) he not only refused to stultify
himself, by attempting to draw a distinction be
tween the President and his agent, Gov. Walker,
but declared Mr. Buchanan responsible for Walk
er’s acts, and denounced both. This was too boid
and honest a man for the spoilsmen of Mobile, and
they accordingly repudiated Mr. S. and his nomina
tion. He was too honest and patriotic to serve their
purpose—he prefered the South to the harmony of
the party—he would not suit. Mr. S. was not, how
ever, to be put down by the tricksters and dema
gogues so easily, and he forthwith announced him
self a candidate in the following card :
To the Pro -Slavery Voters ok Mobile. —l
now promptly annouuce myself a candidate to re
present you in the lower house of the next Legisla
ture. The position 1 occupy must appeal to the
honor, the independence and patriotism of all who
love the South, and who discuss men and measures
without fear or favor.
The Democracy, knowing my published senti
meuts drew me from my home, and thrust pie, con
trary to my will or expectation, into the arena of an
election.
After this act to harmonize their party, disorgan
ized as it was by factions, as they say, it became
necessary to make a sacrifice of some one for his
political sentiments. They have selected me for the
altar; and I, who never uttered a sentiment or. com
mitted an act disloyal to the honor of the South or
State of Alabama, am to be trodden into the dust,
as a propitiation to the offended dignity of a Fre6-
soil President.
The apologists of Buchanan stultify the people of
Mobile, and stain the Southern Rights flag, when
they separate the traitorous acts of Walker from the
wishes of his principal; and they weaken the South
by forever looking over the delinquences of those
in high places, in the pursuit of an apology for par
ty. It is, however, to be hoped that there is suffi
cient intelligence, honor and justice, in our commu
nity of Mobile, to see through and resist the de
moralizing policy of our leaders.
I again call on the pro-slavery men of this county,
and especially on the young men, who in their man
hood, will have to fight the battles of slavery,
when compromises and party men are laid in the
dust. If the South is longer to be cheated, to be
hoodwinked by the* men about Washington and
their abettors, and threatened by the abolitionists
at the North, they are meaner than the negroes they
drive, aud deserve their fate. F. B. Shepard.
Hank of Morgan—A Gross Fraud.
The Albany (Ga.) Patriot, contains the following
communication, from a citizen of Morgan, Calhoun
county, in this State, which exposes one of the bold
est and grossest frauds yet attempted in the history
of Wild Cat financiering in Georgia. According to
this correspondent, the swindlers have not even pro
cured the charter, but have issued their bills and
put them iu circulation without a charter. This is
the worst species of Wild Catisin :
From the Albany Patriot .
Mr. Editor: —During the session of the last Le
gislature, au act was passed, giving to such incor
porations therein named, and such others who should
take stock, a charter for a Bank, to be located at
the town of Morgan, Calhoun couni y, Ga.
Some two or three weeks since, a person purport
ing to bo from New York, came to our town, and
gave the information that bills had been issued in
view of h\s procuring said charter. He, however,
left without consummating his purpose Since
which time, bills on said Bank have reached our
place for redemption.
We feel that it is due to the public that these fact*
should be made kuown, that they may not be im
posed upon by having these bills palmed oft on
them.
The said charter has never been transferred to any
one, and consequently any bills on suid Bank are
worthless. Calhoun.
Since clipping the above from the Patriot, we
have been shown “ Dye's Wall-Street Broker ,” ot
the 25th July, published in New York, which con
tains the following paragraph under the Editorial
head :
“The Bank of Morgan, Ga , Is a new institution.
The notes are well engraved, aud the bank is on a
good foundation. Its bils are redeemed by one oi
our city banks at a small discount.”
This paragraph is published in the “ Broker ”
for the purpose, (whether w’ith the knowledge of the
Editor we know not) of giving these bold swindler*
a better opportunity to practice a fratd upon the
public.
Politics and Temperance. —A Sensible Mon.
—We find the following paragraph in the Atlanta
American . The view of Judge CaUaniss is well
worthy the temperate consideration of every friend
of Temperance. Such misplaced zeal as has charac
terized the action of the Temperance Conventions
in Georgia, has very seriously injured the cause they
were endeavoring to advance :
“At the late State Temperance Convention in
this city, the Hon. E. G. Cabaness was appointed
on a Committee to address enquiries to the candi
dates for Governor to ascertain which is most fa
vorable to the views of the friends of Temperance.
We are requested by Judge Cabaness to say that he
was not present at that meeting of the Temperance
Convention—knew nothing of it—that his name was
used without his authority ; and if lie had been pre
sent, he would not have given bis sanction to any
course calculated to mingle temperance with poli
tics.”
Death or an aged Citizen. —The Charleston
Courier announces the death of Mr. Henry Muck,
enfuss, an aged and venerable citizen of that city.
The Courier says:
He was a native of this city, and was born in the
year 1766 —the exact date not now being accessible,
in consequence of the loss of records. His father (a
patriotic citizen of German migration) was actively
engaged from the beginning of our revolutionary
movements, and was frequently or constantly en
gaged as an express messenger under the immedi
ate orders of President Rutledge. He died in the
service of his adopted State, and gave to that ser
vice two sons, older than the subject of this notice,
who sealed their devotion also by death. Under
these circumstances, and influences of hereditary
impulses and early impressions and observations,
Henry Muckenfuoa acquired and imbibed the active
and ever-ready spirit of citizenship and devotion
to public duty, which he evinced witli exemplary
diligence through a long life.
He was a lad of ten years when he witnessed
the memorable oanonading of Fort Sullivan, and to
the last, almost, the echos of that day would be re
vived by any mention of its incidents, or by the re
currence of any anniversary connected with our
revolutionary struggles.
During the whole of his long and exemplary Chris
tian life, he was only absent from Charleston once
and that was on the occasion of a Military visit U»
Columbia.
The Republican Members in Paris. —A Paris
letter says that the Republicans have now five mem
bers elect to the Lgislative body from Paris. The
names of Cavaignac, Goudcaux and Carnot, and
their political antecedents, are well known. Messrs.
Oilivier and Darimon are younger, though not al
together new men. The first a lawyer, was sent, in
1848, to Marseilles, on a mission to install the Re
public. Although very young, and clothed with
large discretionary powers, more than belonged to
a Prefect in ordinary times, he acquitted hinfself
well of his difficult and delicate duties, tempering
his youthful republican zeal witli sound judgment
and due consideration for the rights and opinions of
opponents. His father is an exile on account of his
political opinions. M. Darimon is one of the edi
tors of the Presse, where he writes on politieo-eeo
nominal themes. In his study of political economy,
he aims at the discovery ancf explanation of laws
that govern the general prosperity, the observance
of which shall tend to fill the workman’s gjorm
ach as well as the merchant’s purse and the public
treasury.
! Mercer University. —We learn that the Rev.
J. P. Boyce, of Greenville, S. Cq has been elected
President of this institution. We did not learn
whether he will accept.
Governor JohhEon has appointed George D. Rice
Esq., of Cobb county, Judge of the Blue Ridge
Circuit, in place of Hdn. Joseph"E. Brown, re
signed.
The population of Toronto, Canada, is in an ex
citable state. The feuds between the Protestants
and Catholics are alarmingly bitter. Mr. Devlin,
an Orangeman, was attacked and beateifby a party
of Catholics, on his return from chureh. This led to
a general street fight, w hich, at one rime threatened
the safety of the city. Finally, the Catholies were
defeated and order reatored. A letter from Toronto
says: *»
“What added to the excitement was the marching
of a Roman Catholic rifle company, known as Fee
ban’s company, through the. streets to the Roman
Catholic cathedral dressed in uniform, and equip
ped with side arms. The Protestants were ex
asperated that that company should thus taunting
ly parade through the city with government arms.
These distinctive militia companies, (nationally and
religiously,) will, I fear, lead to mischief. It seems
literally an army of one class of people against the
Other. The Protestant companies will not admit
Roman Catholics into them, and vice verm. Hut
whenever there is a Protestant company formed, a
Roman Catholic company springs into existence,
and no friendly feeling prevails between them.
A National Disunion Convention. —A call lias
been issued by Garrison and hie party tor a “na
tional disunion convention. ’ Os course, (says the
Philadelphia Journal) tfie body will be cemiposedof
thoee frothy elements which are perceptible in the
anti-slavery convocations of Massachusetts. There
will-be hot speaking—a great deal of fun—phono
graphic reports of which will be read with the same
interests with which we peruse the pages of Punch
—and—then the members will go tome and enjoy
the blegsings of peace secured to them by* that
Union they seek to destroy. Is .it not a rare and
racy party ? »
Counterfeiting and Mail Robssrt. —Ths
Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig chronicles the following
Criminal statistics: ,
The authorities*of Bradley county iiavs just ar
rested and confined in jail, Thomas W. Officer and
three others, for passing counterfeit money, and
found in their possession ten thousand dollars on ths
Bank nf Hamburg, well executed.
I Rheacounty J. J-Abell, who . was tried here
at the last Federal Court, for participating in the
robbery of the mail, returned to Rhea county got
» s;»7illainv again—a writ was taken ont for h:na
bva respectoble citisen-he disposed of his land
and goods and fled to parts unknown.
The oony which Victoria gave to Tom Thu nb t le
smaUes?Mny in the world, died at New Bedford
Maes , oif Tuesday but the skin is to be etuffed.
A Compliment to Southern Democrats!
The Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Judge
Walker, is a Virginia Democrat, who recently re
moved from New Orleans, where he was long
Editor of the Cincinnati, orthodox
Democracy, cauuot, therefore, be questioned by the
greatest stickler. He has been recently watching
the movements of the Southern Democracy, in con
nection with the Buch/nan-Walker Kansas poli
cy, and seems not to entertain a vejy elevated
opinion of th'eir course. Indeed, he regarefs t.u n
efforts to di aw a distinction between Buchanan am!
his agent, Walker, and the consequent abuse of
the latter, while they speak only in ljpnied phrase
of Buchan yi, ns “serially to power and place" !
What a picture this of the ''chivalry" of the Soul! -
em Democracy, and yet how true and life-like, ami
drawn, too, by a Southern Democrat! We c- •
gratulate the Southern Democracy upon the posr« •"
sidh in their ranks of an artist ao skillful. But to
the picture, here it is—he ia speaking of the »re
sponsibility of Mr. Buchanan/ ife says :
“The President assumes his full share ot responsi
bility for W alker’a policy ; and it was not on ) i
but on their account, that we objected to the course
of some of the Southern journals in attacking tt
Governor and sparing the President, ll had not H
manly bearing which is expected fronj ftiiyalfiogt'-i
tlemen, and looked t9o much like *v » lity to p ■ « -
and place for our taste. Now, wo happen to k '■<*-.
tn the 'most certain and dir return an ne r, that , \\d»i!"
Mr. Buchanan regrets oertaiti yxpn shoi s wlm lt
have fallen from Governor Walkerin his speech??,
ht » has not the Blighted hesitation in justify in L r .
sustaining, and upholding ike whole eonduct an I
policy adopted by the Governor %tl Kaunas, and on
that ground he and hte friends are i *idy (o do
battle against all opposers."
The editor says “A* happens ti/knom , in the mo*;
distinct and certain manner, thuit Air. Buchanan
has not the slightest hesitation in justifying- su •
tinning, and upholding the whole conduct and pot it y
adopted by (jroe. Walker in Kansas, and (hat Air.
B and his friends are ready on that ground io do
battle against all opposers."
To know such a fact "*/» the mqyt district ai d
certain manner," is an unequivocal assertion, ll at
the editor obtained his information direct from the
President, either by letter or in a personal inta
view. He would not make Hitch a declaration n1 is
information had Aieen obtained otherwise, If s
therefore conclusively el tablished, that “the Pr<•»-
dent has not the slightest hesitation in justifying,
sustaining, and upholding the .whole conduct ai d
policy adopted by Go vTW jft.KKR in Kansas, and
on that ground he and his are ready.to do
battle against all opposers” -even against u servile"
. leaders of the Demooracy of the South ; if they hav*
the manliness and noneatyto say ought in denun
oiatioaof hi* course. Can it be pcs ible th&t.4hejuc*
of the President’s readiness to stand hiy, uphold ami
defend Walker, was known to the Southern 1). -
ltiocracy, and that therefore they so suddenly and
* inglorious y deserted .their third resolution.
is, there can be. no doubt, that this is the trim An
only cause of their ignominious ilasertk ivtff their
resolution. They ascertained, beyond a dqpbt, that
the President saw, read and approval Governor
Walker's Inaugural, before VVat.kpr leii \\;
ington City, and wheir they jaw his organ, the
Washington Union, reaffirming that approval,
there were but two alternatives—to sneak* down
from the high ground they had taken, or like tree
men, conscious of the. rectitude of their cause and
course, to place the President, in the sajn© category
with War* »R, and denounce him likewise—thjpy
chose the former, and ns the Enquirer most truly
says, manifested their “ servility to poire*’ <th<i
place."
firit Congreiitoiisl District.
Tni Savannah A r ew# amneunes* Audi sff fl. 11.
Dawson, Esq., as an independent candidate f cjr
Congress in the first Congressional District
The American party of the first district owes it to
the party throughout the State, if not to itself, to
hold a Convention and nominate a candidate. Wo
care not who the nominee is, but we are oppo»« <1 to
seeing the efforts of the party throughout the S ate
paralysed by the action of any man, who without
consulting the wishes of the party through a Con
vention, thrusts himself tor ward as an independent
candidate, thus disturbing the harmony and ’unity
of the party, to its prejudice in other sections of the
State. Let the party, then, hold a Convention and
make a nomination. If Mr. Dawson is the choice
of the Convention, let him be nominated, and, if
not, let him be put down, if he will not retire after
the nomination is made. This is the only true
course to pursue, and no party can ever sustain it
self, or commaud the respect of the people that
pursues a different policy. The only interest we
feel in the matter is to prevent any prejudicial effect
upon the Governor’s election • it is a subject of
little concern to us. who the party in the district
may select as their candidate lor Congress. Blit
they should make their own selection.
luflueuce of ilia Syoil*.
Tm* Umpire Stak, a Democratic organ, publish
ed lit. Griffin, cannot resist “the bohesivjo properties
of the public plunder,'' and condences the argu
inent, wby the Southern Democracy should sacrifice
Walker and cling to Buchanan, into a nut shell,
in the following sentence :
That Journal says: there is,“an overwhelming
majority of the party (Georgia Democracy) who
disapprove of Wirit* a Inaugural bu; hoc no suf
ficient teasoß why the failure, on the part of Mr.
Bucsanan, to recall him,should bring us in colli
sion with the National Administration, and thus
hazard Ms #•*#/•»•• of /4s Nml+mal Dtuhtoiuk*
party."
Upon this demonstraotion of i*> p*w*r
and plate" the American #/»»#* pertluenly
merits thus :
“There, gentlemen of the South, you have \\m
whole Democratic argument in favor of the Admin
istration. It will never do to ••hazard the existance
of the Democratic party 1“ Let come what, will
come ; let administration intervention result in free
soiling Kansasi let it give the lie to the promises
made for it last year by Southern Democrats ; let,
it barter away to Northern freesoil prejudice every
right of the South-—yet must not Southern Peine
cracy come in “collision with the National Adminis
tration,” beeause, by doing sp, it might, “hazard the
existence of the National Democracy !” Tlub iadhe
slavish—the self-aliasing argument present§d to a
proud people why they should not,“vent their indig
nation upon traitors Democracy may be sat lifted
with it, but the loyal, true-hearted Southerner, who
loves his section, will scorn It as we do.”
The secret, of ail the tracking* down of the Demo
cracy in Georgia, is to be fouud in these six signij
oant words : Mr. Bilehanan /?».<* tpcih to Aitirik+te.
fcfouut Vernon Fund.
The President of the Blount Vernon Committee,
for Georgia, acknowledges the receipt ot $1 from
Mr. E. Humphreys, Walker county ; of $1 from
Master Gardner Foster; of $5 from Mrs. M. C.
Hall; $5 from Miss S. J. naH ; $5 from
Whitehead; $5 from Miss B. B. Whiteheadi $5
from little Johnny Gould.; #ss from the ladies ot
Greensboro’, (subsoribed ill 1854); ot SB4 50 Irom
the ladies of Sparta fits© subscribed in 1851); yid ot
$157.00 from the Burton Club. We would earnest
ly request, that all holders of subscription money
should send it in immediately ns it Is important
that it should be transmitted to llie Treasurer of ti e
Executive Committee at o*rt. We would also im
press it on the minds of all those who intend sub
scribing that now is the very best. Lime-—and to
the few whose names are down and subscriptions
still unpaid, ws would request fin early- attention ri
the Bailie.
Not i Pro Slatihi Part*.-*Tlic Abingdon (Fa.)
Democrat inakea the following admission:
“But that the Democratio party over has' been,
oi>is now a pro-slavery party, wo den J1“
Are we to understand from this declaration that
the Democratio party at the South is not a*pio
slavery party i We have all along until now—un
til the reign of James Buchanan and his man Walk
er—been told by their organa and orators, that the
Democratic party was the only reaLpro slavery par
ty in the country. But, things huvrynight iiy elmng
ed of late; and We should not be sinprisqU b> nee
the Southern Democracy pike the ground, ere ma
ny moons, thayhe Democratic party is a genuine
freesoi! party. Freeaoiliam is immensely strong in
the North, and ia beginning to acquire no doubtful
foothold in the South, and has command, therefore.
oftremendouß power and influence—and through
power, and influence, and votes come thef spoils
And where the spoils are, there will the Democracy
be found—whether in trio region of prq slavery or
freeaoilisin.— Richtnawk Whig.
Ae the Democratic papers Sfliffh havs chuckled
delightedly over some remarks of the* Richmond
Whig against the American parity, w« commend the
above choice paragraph to their espeeia! cOneidjrk
tion. M
For 1! cross. —The following s) earners tailed
from New York* on Saturday: the Vanderbilt,'for
Southampton and Havre, with 155 passenger* and
IJOO'OOO in specie. The Vanderbilt also carries out
, two fine horses for the Emperor Louis Napoleon.
The Hamburg steamer Hammonia, for Hamburg,
| with 54 cabin passengers, and SJ injhe steerage-
She fakes out $5,001) in specie
The Collins Mail steamer Aflantie, for Liverpool ,
with 57 passengers and $554,4(15 57.
Jones Ltnsr la Nsw jßßsfcv.-w'fhe Wood
bury constitution says that one night last week, at
Multiea'Tlill, a men who had been The habit of
beating his wife, and who bad been frcquetpfy
brought before a justice, Was sei *ed by a vigilance
committee, on a repetition of his of[enee" placed
astride of a rail, taken to a mill race {.nd thrown
Jiead foremost into the water.
The Jersey City Telegraph* says tkf t about 5,500
cans of milk, containing 40 quarts each, .or in*the
aggregate 100,500 quarts of xniik are brought do
that city every day, of which the New Jersey Com
pany brings from Uses*, Cnion, Middlesex*, and
Somesetcounties, about to# oans. Ths freight on
all is about S7OO, and th# receipts at si* cents per
uart arc so,oos.
Mori In on von. th* Fj.#rlda Rait.roav. —
The «hip G. P. Pattec, havifig on board 1100 toms
of iron, and drawing 184 feet water arrived at
Fernandina on Raturdey r lßth ult
Korin to Cotton Merchant*—Tha Proprie
tor! of the various Cotton Prestos in Charleston
have issued the following circular: ,*
In eonsequeneeot the lurgc quantity ofpoor Rope
used in baling nt, the Cotton Prbh
es this past seusojiy'tho uuderHigned, to save_ them
selves from heavy loss, bßr<;by notify all parties in
terested, that from thp.jlret Ot September next, n<\
Cotton received at the Presses- with le s than stx
merchantable Rope* Upon each Bale, will be charg
ed for Bi**h delicleiidy iofti ahty and number, turn
and a ka/f teufefov each and every Hope.
The salabf iha'Xfiain lint of the Public Works of
Pennsylvania to the Central Rai.road Company has
been formally ratified,lind Got. Polloek ha* issued
his proclamation directing the fcjtate agents to make
he neeesearj transfei of the property to it* new
owners.
Cnvhecsr>*k 1 iv P*i*a *o* To»a««o. A letter
from Lynchburg, under date of Wednesday, July
2ft, says : * +
“Enclosed I ye* a "“P 1 ; ot . To „?Za!n B !'lr
here to day.for the unprecedented price '>! *•>>« per
hundred uonuds. It was railed m tnawell IS. C,
by Mr win. B. Eowe, and sold by t,oLJameß A.
Hainner Commission. Merchant, ol this placet—
Tyree, who sold the fSi tobaqcb lajjt jfdfy, wUl.bave ■
to pick Ilia flint and try again." • .
All that a man has to do these day* to poa* for
a genius 1* to button his coat behind and wear his
hat wrong side out. Jf he m>**t an apple stand
two or thro# liinos, it wall kolp tie ******
The Third Resolution—How ii was Smuggled
Through.
When we charged, some weeks ago, says tho Sa
vannah Republican, that the famous third resolu
tion was, in effect and intent a declaration of war
against Mr. Cobb and the acmi'niatration, the Co
.lumbua Times regarded itself triumphant in the re
ply that it was voted for by the Union men of 1850,
and by nearly all the friends of Judge Lumpkin,
(and, as a fionsequenco, of Mr. Cobb) in the Con
venrton. We r?-joined,- that if the Lumpkin and
Cobb men voted for it, they were deceived ns to its
(rue import, and taken in and imposed on. We
t?*lt sure that t bed ruth would leak out in tho pro
gress of the canvass; and, sure cm u r b, the Federal
Union vi' tins week lets tho whole cat out of tho
sustaining U 3 injevery particular. It; < xplana
ti-u exhibits the Democracy iu coytry enviable
light, (and just hero wo might throw ia a word of
effective comm ■ t' yet it is int resting as part of
tho history cf theao curl. in times, and wo give it
below.
The r on say *
There were many things conncc-c 1 with ft,at reso
lution very peculiar i ! and which when
known, will at tlje same time . • unt f r its pas
sage, ami il. o'vit*. y * for it, and
those who voted again ■ it. • on i . When tlio
Convention met, neither W,. is 1 augural
nor liia Topyka’V*pbeca h ! been pu*»- ad, o thr ns
we know, in any Georgia i T N< f no noon
. her iu twenty, and pert: * not *ne* i»fr y, of tho
Convention had evorr<* \ -.-j, to- reports
\Vert> in circulation that Gov. AY- ” j.uned tho
fivesoilera and was u?i ; I ■ influence to make
Kansas a tree State. Bev; r dot' the un mbevs of tho
CouTinitteo on resolutions hau “• rr.-m. t thc Hpeech,
and of courst: were not prepared io act on ii ; they
a-kod time to inform themselves, but if was not
tl*»ught necessary, and was not granted. The
resolution was introduced before ;i nomination was
made, and tlie friends of the d fferent.candidates were
afrdbl of opposing the n solution, for fear of inju-
ViqgTln irfavorite candiJatc; under these circum
stances the resolution pasoml. V\\ know that ninny
who voted for it, regretted it before they left Mil
ledgoville, for they tohl.iH s/» t-bemselves.
llido of ilie IVn-tiiugton Belies.
The Baltimore 1 .rsA of Thursday V. M , says :
—Much interest was elicited thus morn » g at the
auction wioins ot S 11. Cover &K’o., l»y the sale of
'he cano and spy-glass that ludongod to General
Giorue Washington. A large ami intelligent au
dience waa present, to whom the elegant speaker,
Mr. Gover, gave a history of tlm relics, and who
ferifieddheir juthe.i t city by lvafiin ; a certificate
from the venerable George W. ,P. C t's, \N iishing
ton’s adopted son, dafce.l lili June It: t. The arti
cles appear to have been the \ r »p rt v f a relation
of tho family, to whose ancestor they
w re given by the will of their first di anguished
owner.
The certified'*'* caue and ghiH w- r all put up in
ouu lot, asi ho owner ijp si red t ; ml toy s' ould not be **
separated*if possible. The lr -1 bid wan fifty dol
l-os dollars," repeated*th** actioneer but
: ones, when ,l ono lulbilivd” wn cried. '1 hen tho
bidding became quite flp rlted between tl ree or f air
parties. It soon became understood g’hat one tit
Jonst,'of tho active bidders had ti p? cp’itivly inter•
“i dling authority for liis figuring. Wt:eu it was
finally knocked down to Col. John »S Gilt that
gentleman was congratulated upon h’u nucccsa,as
• it was understood that ho was afd'n ' f»r the ladies
of the Mount Ternon Association of Virginia and
Maryland, who purchase tho relics to pver» nt them
to tho Hon. ISdwarjl E\crctt, as a mark of their
I grntitvtdo and regard for his noble and rrooessful
j i xertions imbchalfof their patriotic, <\- u e.
j As a strong evidenco of tho popular wish in this
reject, we leoru that one of tho bidders represent
ed a number cnMemen of our city, mainly con
nected withlho Marylaitd liaif ute, by whom lie
wall authorised to make the jitiro'iase for them of
some object. We uWI- am that Ms. Everett had
writt n private.letters to atieid in Baltimore, ahk
ing him to bid a goodly »tnn on his behalf, ns lie
\TH' aris*oua tobeoome tho owner oi ihiu cane, if its
authenticity was dear.
Two hundred and liv- dollars w (he huh ot
which the bidding cloud, whis » wss mu di than
was generally expeoted, us the coan i i : t. : ou was
quite strong. The owner had re* used offers of nun h
larger sums in former year., and was off. re I, only u
few dayssiuee, one huudrod do'ia. j for’tlum for
public exhibition in Now York for three d.-yy.
Everybody seems pleased with tho result of tho
•ale; and we offer our congratulation:; to tho ladies
of the Mount Vernon AMneiation, amt to tho late
owner of these relics, upon their being committed
to the hands of so worthy a custodian as tho peer
less orator and st&tesmau of ihe Union, whose ouur.
actor, more than any of our living pub ic men, ap
proximates the slainless purity and elevated pa
triotism of the Father of his Country.
N. t -W Iranada Thi Kanm.j Buchanan
Walls r Policy. —Thu Washington coir- spondent
of the Baltimore &«>/, usually very well Informed on
Washington affairs, writes:
Gen. Herrar, t J .e Minister from New Granada,
lias had several conferfin ces with the Secretary of
State, and as his power and instructions are said
tu be ample for the purpose of adjuring the dil
fe.rcncts between the I-cited States and his govern
ment, there ctfn be little doubt of a favoiable issue
of the negotiation.
It now appeal a that th Topeka p rfy in Kansas
will bo too prudent to oppose the tooted Staten
authorities with torio. i may be their dis
position to do it. 'IWa h. : jjLausse policy is
likely to-be triumphal'iy str..i«uie«L m opposition
Doth to a tire in front ami I" th<i rear.
SoS'rnsSLtf Mbdisalako -luoical Journal.-
Tiie August number of this valuable mod « ul pi ii
odica) is promptly on our table. ’ mn a glance fit
ifci table of •outeuts, we find it Weighted with its
usual variety of original and select matter. Wo
commend it to the Profession. If is edited by Prof
H. F. Camtsbil and Robnut Campbell, M.D.,
and published in this city at $3 per annum in ad
vance.
lioiiiM Phi aohiks.—A let le.r to the Cincinnati
dtasette from Cummings Rockcastle county, Ky.,
has the following somewhat doubtful, or at leant
perhaps exaggerated, story :
La t. Sunday as Rev. John G. Fee was preaching
at this place, an armed mob forced their way into
the chur.di, aezied him add two other ministers who
wero with him, Rev.J. Richardson v and Rev. J. M.
McLean, and after abusing mid insulting them,
dually decided that they should be taken out of
the dimntry. Mr. F« e was struck on the head, and
► considerably injured. On the way out—a dial mice
of about ten miles—every opportunity was improv
ed by the mob to iu»ulU»und abusp their victims,
find they heralded through the neighborhood they
passed, that!* they had iliree lioi>;h thieves, and
nigger thieves, that they were going to lynch. The
mob was composed of the lowest class ot Kentuc-
Kians, and all ot them drunk.
Y i n»i off I* a peculiar Slate. One of its papers
says there is hut one city in the State, not a soldier,
no police, and not a murder has been committed
within the last ten years. Wojiave no museums, nor
crystal palaces? but wo have homes, genuine
homes, that, are the center of the world to their in
mates, for which the father works, votes aud talks —
where the mother controls, educates, labors and
loves—when* tiLe ream men, fotoVus and pair ots.”
The following is a des< r ption of fi new and dan
gerous counterfeit SIOO note on the Union Bank of
Louisiana: Letter A, January 7,1857, it. N. Wood,
Coshisr, Alf. Peen, President. Vignette Cupid
rjjtrids of a lion, lying in front of an iron chest; rail
road train and villaga in file bock ground; Indian
on ti e right lower comer; sheaf of wheat in die
work, with figure 100 above and below on left end.
Ex?l< •ion op a Locomotive. — A locomotive
attached so a freight train exploded near Bingham
ton, N. Y , Saturday, killing Delos Comstock and
Ralph Skinner, instantly, and badly mangling Geo.
R. Myres, Ihe engineer. The stormhouse on the en
giri j was blown into a thousand fragments, and th#*
■moke pipe thrown upon the embankment. The
locomotive was .detached frem the te noer, and ran
about tkelengUi of the train after the explosion.
ftII'T*SA!OM <» lllk . s fANJSIX AND MEXICAN
Difficulties. —The .ollowiug is said tp be an ex
traot from fbdispatch n.smvod at Washington by
file steamer Asia:
by ran,, si and rep, ated effort of Mex
ico to conciliate cbended honor and dignity of pain,
the gover mnent o: Dabelia withholds the projected
naval demonstration against Veia Cruz, a pu *bi<
satisfactory adjustment of pending que.-iiona being
for ttg> moment reasonably perceptible in tLc na
ture of-the incomplete overture* already made to
Spain by the Mexican government.”
A RUT IfoviMi^'is. —I leiligeiv • h - been re
reived fjorn Fort litavenworfh i !*nt all the -troops
destined for Utah, except tin. 2d Dragoons, have
Inarched from that post,, ift ti r *o-columns, viz :
thf 10th Infantry, under comupin ! of Col. Alex an
dor, the sth Infantry, under Colonel Waite ‘and the
Artillery, uwier Captain Phelpi. The 2a Dragon ns
a-e detained, for the present, under the requisition
of Governor Walksr, of Kansas, but will, it is be
liev«, soon go forward. Gem Harney and staff
will leaverin a few days. The troops generally are
in fine health and spirits, aud amply supplied for an
active campaign*
Bouth-Wrvtehß Railroad.—Geo. W. Adaim
Superintendent of‘.he South Western Railroad, in
forms the editor of the Albany Patriot, that not -
withstanding the short cotton mop of la*t year the
qirnmg* of Road for t!;v; year ending the Jed of
the previous year, as will to shown by the forth
coming report, which will boon appear.
It having bwcD ctated for eo.ne time j ftst that Mr.
Lorriaux lias secured 3,000 certs of good land tor
some five hundse* French Wuideuses in Mononga
lia county, Virginia, aQ.be fowpricoof seventy-tive
cents per aafe, Edward C. Bunker, E-tq.,of that
• *unty, w'ritea from pronounce tlie
rejpirt false. Mr. Lorriaux has not only not pur
chased any land any where in Monongalia county,
but good land there is every where worth $35 or
S3O an acre. So says Mr Bunker.
The repost that the military expedition to Utah
has been postponed is unfounded. Orders have
been issued for the recall of Col. Sumner’s com
m tn?l from the Cheyenne expedition, consisting of
tbe First Cavalry, Second Dragoons and Sixth In
fantry, together with the company of Light Artille
ry nowjn FortSnelling. They will repair forthwith
to Fort Leavenworth or Laramie, preparatory 10
their mar h for Great Salt Lake City.
The degree of D. D. wan conferred on the Kev.
H. H. Myers, editor of the Southeru Christian Ad
vocate, of Charleston, at tb. lat. commencement of
Htnory College, Oxford, Ga .
Mori B«iMUo».-Jhs Democracy of Balti
more city recently held a Convention, and a resolu
tion approving Walker s course in Kansas and Mr.
Buchanan’s policy thereon was offered, but “ungra
ciously" laid on the (able by ayes 24 to nays 15.
If this course is much longer followed by the “only
Rational (!) party, ' the principle that “a uian is not
without honor save in the house of his friends,'' will
liar#, in Buohauan’e case, a pr.ictT a! verification !
.^>oisoiyiß..V?wsMT.—The Lebunou Ohio War
rt lordiftlie death of tcur men from drinking whiskey
with stryohnine in it. It also says that tens ol t ou
sauds ot fish in the sti earn below the distillery have
died. Two tons of dead fish have been taken cut,
a mill >g|s being literally eboked with them.