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BLOOMFIELD ACADEMY,
r,n m ,U . , m / of lhe Vnh*r*ity of Virginia.
W. LkUOY BROUN, A M # p r , nciDalg
W. WILLOUGHBY 1 EBBS, i 1 nnc * a H
♦ MUIIC KOI'UTK SESSION of thin Academy, form
I eriy under the ehargn of Mr. P. 11, OOODLOE, will
begin on the Ist of SUP I’EM BKIt.
The « "'irse of instruction inHtido the English Lan
gimge and I literature, and all the elementary HiibjectH
• belonging thereto; the Ancient Language*; the Modem
Langiiage-, .iiejudiog German, French, SpaniKh, Italian
m. | tin* English in it* Anglo-Saxon form , and the pure
>"d mix*' I Mathematics inc luding Civil Engineering.
I e. Lues will le delivered on the UlijerUl of CLm-MIH
try. Natural, Philosophy and Astronomy.
n nr •adi be designed t-. to-. ..i -i. a thorough pre
(•■'•ration for the Univeraity of Virginia.
The ■« . m will contain two terms of Hve months
Ex pen • for each term, for hoard and tuition In all the
.t- parimeiits, inc luding everything e xc ept lights, *125,
payable cm the first day of the term.
•d In c ither of the prim ipal-, at Cl.arlotlesville, V»
The ►'acuity of the University of Virginia
Pro i A. D Bat lie, Supmiut.udmiU ini ted States Coast
Survey, Washington.
Limit M F xL'.iirv, Superintendeut National Uhser
vat<iry, Washington:
Mil Excellency li.-nry A Wise, Richmond, Va
Col Jeffers .n Randolph, Charlottesville, Va
Franklin Minor, do.
li Johnson Barbour, Esq , Baihoursville, Va.
f E:uidolph Tu. ker, F. | , Winchester, Va
•Id, J. M. Mason, United States Senate.
I llae 11 ton Coupe r, Esq., Darien, Oa.
Jlon. (i. it. Gilmer, Lexington, Ga.
ilenry Mini, Esq., Athens, Ga.
Prof. LeCor.t < < . lie. Columbia |e2 v» 3m
DROPSY CURED.
MMli: under.fijp’ed profc • c s to cure Dropsy of every
I description, lie las been Huccc dul in the treat
Union Point, or
by let! .-i f.c th.ll ollicc*. 1 l.c-n.t die due can be sent auy
wln,i b y Railroad, with din c l i.ms for taking it or 1
ivill nil. nn personally, if reciuested, and paid for my
trouble. I will buy Negroes afflicted with Dropsy, or
known a c a-e to return when* cured by my remedy.
Sn 1.1 sac tory reference* given, i» desired.
MILES O BROOME.
• ii wtjal
PLANTATION FOR SALE,
v a c fi#» up* re dd.'... .- l( f Anderson Ingram, in Wilkin*
1 » ccmiit) coni fining l lire* d lion and A.-res, the
.i. rpHii iiud.-r fence, and about one* half cleared.
. ahctve place , a boot lb miles from Macon, 17 from
i, ,% mt"U, a- d •: from ihr Ce ntral Railroad. It is well
.v..:.■ i• •.t ..ud timbered; has a good Dwcdliug, Negro
Mon-,. Gi ist Mill, Gin House, and all necessary out
t.niblii For further particular*, address or call on the
nits, nber at Cntliliert, Randolph county, Ga.
j vIS w“m WILLIAM INGRAM.
NOTICE THIS.
rpilK . I . ,riber, having determined to move West,
i . It. •, for ale one ofibe most desirable FARMS in
■ outhw . - tern Gccj-gia, containing three lots, or squares,
itnafed is miles north e>. Oglethorpe, in Macon county,
sod us healthy as any Ideation in Georgia. There are
c.m hundred and thirty a. ns of cleared Land—33o acres
cleared within the last four years all of a light gray
dor, we ll adapted to the production of cotton. All of
till- bind as level as could be desired ; well watered,
mid i ...I water, with all improvements necessary for a
lit I Farm Gin H mae. Gin, Gear and Screw, ail of
the we d materials, and as well made and arranged as
Stork, t aiming Utensils, and provisions euough for
the place, wdl be furnished to the purchaser, if desired,
it tan pn. c A cash pure baser can get a great bargain.
All of the above named articles and pla e will be offered
,u, i;bt i -l terms, ami if not old before the first Tuesday
io November next, will be offered at public Hale in the
town of Oglethorpe
I also offer my HOI RE and LOT in said town for sale,
aud I think it one of the most pleasantly situated for a
residenc ein the town. Call and see.
WILLIAM ELLIS.
UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE.
■ >l|, MEDIUM. DEPARTMENT opens NOVEM
I HER *• ‘he Ere-* Preliminary Com e OCTOBER
. J8;,7 Apply to PM i P EVE, Di $ •
I MF. U.GLLEOIAI E DEPARTMENT, Western
Mu m. s lu-tiiut.*, commences next session. SEPTEM
BER 7 it comprises a complete Ola; •■ival Coarse, an
Elective f'.mr e in Engineering, in Sc ientific and Agri
• ullural branches, and a Preparatory School. Tuition,
lloaiding. Wasiiing, Fuel, SIOO per tertu, of 20 weeks.
.Modem Languages, etc . each $lO per term.
Last year there were :Ui'J students in the two Dep&rt
* Apply to B. R. JOHNSON, Superintendent.
Nashv il!e. Trim.. July 11, b-h7 and w:?t
WOODLAWN FOR SALE.
f 1 11| i: tbs, rihor, desirous of moving West, oft'o-8 for
I Woodlawn. formerly the residence ot the lion.
YViu ii 1 1 raw lord, deeensed, ly iugonthe Athens Branch
»thoG« rgia Railroad, In % ew of the Lexington De
pot lid place containing 2061 acre# of Land, with a
.nt lildinga
•,;i ,n u-0.l repair Also, « v«y cl ,i ‘ selection of
Fruits,>f alt de.-criptions There is a fair proportion of
timbered and bottom land on the place Terms easy.
jy.Ulwto: SHELTON OLIVER.
\Lr
'l' Ilf ir-.«‘ :■ otVers for .--ale hi. valuable PLAN*
I I .Vi JON. situated in the comity of Macon, M
Mn j,.. ,*m rv and West l'-nut Railroad. V
ml, > ~f Tu -k.vgee, on I'houpee creek, containing IfiOO
. ~t |. v.d -Vi ft* which is in a due state of eultiva
ton Tiioselauds ate well watered, and tinely timbered;
,'il.v *u.i |ir-»Uii-«M tvtti'u ami Horn equal to any
■ oltl'i.. lam. l>n tlu< premise,' i«ea i> * large
iiwelLiur House, wilh good rtiuau.i Serew, aud all ue
. es.ary buildings. Fur further partieulara, inquire of
H ILAUMS I'KONU. Notasulga, Aia . or the under
-i<ue.!ou the premi-es. FKTKII DKISKILL
jyljw:!m
FOR SALE,
■ IMIK undersigned, being desirous of leaving the Slate,
I oilers at private sale, nil his RKAI. ESTATE in
tii.i o\. nos Warieutou, Warren ronnty. Ga.. consisting
„i » Dwelling House, and l.ot of about five acres of
■,iu . Also, Ins Carriage Shop and i, t, Tools. Machine,
,iind.cr i id alt his stock, together wiih all his finished
and unfinished work.
t rol l tlfteeu to twenty thousand dollars worth of
W rk .an easily be disposed of, at good prices, at this
' ivrsmis'wis'hiug to pm-chase, are respectfully invited
call and eaaioine for then)selves.
F .-s-e-amn will be given at any time. suit the pur-
OKOKGK L. BGSIIER.
Warrcuton. Ga , June 5. ISdfi, Je< wtf
FOR SALE.
j NOW otter f.u sale my entire River PLANTATION,
I nV or :w mdea south ot Uoiiuubus, Ha., in Barbour
, ountv Ala., lying on theOtiatUhoocl-.ee river, contain
ugtlttX) acres; lAW in * Hue -state <* cultivation and
uoo.l repair. A good-Water Giu and Ferry across the
Ohattah lice river The above wdi be ter sale at any
Lair until sold and possession given Terms to suit pur
chaser-. | jan'.’l tt'l MATTHEW AVERKTT.
FOR SALE,
4 I*l. 4\'l ATI ON containing lfiOOaeros l ard, well
i\ timlu v, ,i ace, 1 ' cleared, and the best
Sea Island i\>tton and ITovN vus of all kinds. A good
two-story Dwellin'.?, containing seven rooms, with four
;irc placew. and 40 i< et Pia. a ; Kitchen. Buu4e House,
tw. si u»ry i'.sion House, Gin House, ami other buildings,
are ou the premises, with a Well of g»n>d water a line
range for Hogs and Cattle . Fish and Oysters convenient
in large abundance A more healthy, pleasant location
is oot to be found in Southern Georgia Further par
i iculars can be obtained by application to the subscriber
nt Nsv&jtuah V. WOOLLEY.
novl.Vwtl*
COLEMAN HOUSE
BY LAMER A EADY,
XNOXVK.LK, TENS.
fa' 1 1 E unders gned ha\ ing taken charge of this large
I And v lumiixiions House, respectfully solicit and
hope to merit a liberal share of patrouge. The house is
iruished in the most thorough and modern style, with a
wto convenience ami comfort, it is situated in the
» ear: of the . ;y. convenient to all the business, and on
■he principal -treet. An omnibus is aiways in readiness
» ' "lives I'l'- ngt rs to and from the Depots ou the anri
v»*. aud departure of the cars. The Stage for Montvale
springs arrives and departs daily.
■ <e table will be .uppUcU with the best the market
‘ i' am. no pains will be spared to render guests
, . SAMPSON LANIER,
. y . ' \n V i i JOHN EADY.
K ' K ***tl^ S ' VM » krancisco.
BEARDEN & FRANCISCO,
I ), m MM %N .n € ‘° > V , . l^,ON m ER«HANTS.
■ , - r'.rn i ♦-T * v B * Con - Lard,
generally ’ Produce
Persons shipping to w> can rely u;>on prompt returns.
Kal Est TO
Merchant - and Citizen.- of Knoxville . Morgan A Go
.1 • Edwards. Jan.es t!. Litull. Comptroller. Nashville -
Richard B Campbell, ben Chandler a Co J \ m’
French, Chattanooga ; T J. Campbell, Cleveland; lie.
Jackson, Athens, Merchants of East Tcnnei.sc generally
mhSJO-wly
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK.
WOOD A. PEROT, Philadelphia. Pa., are pre
pared tofurr.-h IRON RAILINGS. f or Cemete
ries, Public Square.- aud Building.-,, IKON VERAN
DAHS. FOl NT AIN S. STAIRS. Garden 'ASKS.
dogs lions, chairs, settees, STATVARY.
fa BLES, and Ornamental Iren Work generally. Being
ilit--hide*! and largest manufactory in the I’nited State.-
fortius particular branch of bustneas, and having every
facility for conducting their bus ne— economically, feei
conJjdent that they can fumi-b all work, at the shortest
notice, aud at the nuxlerate prices.
w,. Lave appointed as uur sole Agents at Augusta,
m ," m * vs H GOODRICH and W H. SALfSBI RY,
U) wbv.m we r» tur all wishing anything fnour line They
«« i ,w our o*llgus, give all nece -ary iulbrmation,
and take orders j my l A>-d‘ua | WOOD A PEROT.
IxU’F prime UlCE.juat received and for
£ sale bv WM. H. HOWARD
i y Commission Merchant.
Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel.
d' .Sentinel.
For the Chronicle 4* Senlinel.
A New Soiik mid t horn* to nn Old Time.
The detlnrout EftielU of Hruvn R. Jourph to that ftmd/rrdon*
rebel, Tkonuu H. Thomas
Oh, wait a little longer, Tom !
!*•> "ait a little lc»nger,
1,1 ”’t make* row on Buc k jnst now
But wait a little longer.
There many a bigger “bug than yon
Seem* willing to knock under .
Our Editors don't wag their pens—
Hushed is our Toombs' thundc-r
Aiicl little- Aleck trims his sail*
To catch the jx/p lar breeze, sir.
He wants to kuow the way twill blow.
And when he snuffs will sneeze, sir.
So wait a little longer, Tom, Ac
Before yonr anger waxed so hot,
And pnt the spoils in danger,
W'l y con du tyou wait till J had got
My now; in the public manger.
Shut up 1 till every Democrat
With bin share of pap s provided,
Am! let usbe in harmony
Till the spoiL are all divided.
So wait a little longer, Tom, Sec.
lit re * that confounded scamp, Ben Ilill,
Keeps poking questions at me ;
Such puzzling ones that if I know
How Irn to answer, drat me.
Perhaps you've met Ben liill—if ho,
You're qualified for judging
How very small, or none at all,
lias been my chance for dodging.
So wait a little longer, Tom, Ac
Yonr conduct may be fun for you,
But I’d have you to know, sir,
You've put sharp sticks in Ben Hill's Lands,
To job into your Joe, sir !
You call yourself my friend, I believe ,
But when my foes attack me
Your licks don’t tall on them at all;
Is that the way to back me •.
.So wait a little longer Tom, Ac
’Tin not the first time by any means
You have blasphemed the party,
One thing may yet avert your fate—
Repentance, deep and hearty.
I do not wish to scare you, Tom,
But only wish to warn you—
The great and free Democracy
Will turn you out, consani you !
So wait a little longer, Tom, A c
You don’t read many pslalmsand hymns—
But one of them advises,
'Our little hands were nevfr made,
To scratch out each othi r’s eyr.uc*."
'1 ben-fore, till my election’s H’fe,
Treat Buck and W'alker civil,
Then you may be at liberty
To pitch them to the devil I
So wait a little longer, Tom,
Let Bu k ami Walker go,
Or nurse your wrath to keept it warm,
Your servant, GOVKUNOK JOK.
For the. Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
I-ciici from Col. VV. F. Wriglu.
Nkwnan, Ga., Aug. 17, 18f»7.
Mit Editor: —ldo not feel that a few facts,
briefly net forth iu relation to the “ paramount ques
tion ’ of past., tut well as present, political coutro
versy, would be uninteresting to the public : while
at the same time, I can answer the many inquiries
of friendsHH to what position I shall take in the pre
sent political campaign. I premise, by saying, these
facts and the history, though short it be, of the
Democratic party North and South, upon one 4 * vi
tal question” cannot fail to arrest the attention of
every thinking patriot. When it was clearly ascer
tained, years since, that the old Whig party was un
bound upon the question of slavery, the Southern
wing of that party, true to their instincts and in
terest •<, dissolved all connection with their Northern
brethren, and it was matter of plausible notoriety
too, that they did it from a sense of justice and
right to themselves aud their particular section.—
The National Democratic party kept up its organi
zation. lu the course of time a new party sprang
into existence, known as the American party, and
soon assumed a magnitude truly formidable.
The nmuifold elements and great variety of po
litical objects to be accomplished by that party,
with some very impolitic features, caused its defeat
in nearly every Slate in the Union.
While serious objections were made to some of.
the principles set forth iu the platform of the Nation
al American party, it was nevertheless regarded,
upon one question, as not only being entirely unob
jectionable, but highly deserving the support of
Southern men. 1 mean the twelfth section of the
American platform of 1855.
A great many men in Georgia, who had always
been Whigs, and seeing no reason why they should
join their ancient enemies, co-operated with the
American party in the Congressional and State elec
ton of 1855, caveing but little about, and disregard
ing many features in the platform, believing that
time and public opinion w ould rectify whatever
might appear wrong. I, for one, acted with them
on this belief.
The American party asHembled in Nationa
Convention in the city of Philadelphia in the month
of February, in tin* year lH. r »(>, and adopted a new
platform, wholly abrogating or Kiipplanting the
twelfth hoc lion, a feature iu the old platform that
utrougly commended it to Southern men. It wn.**
my opinion that the modification wan wrong, and
that- t lie platform as preaented waa inimical to
Southern inteieste, and ought not to be supported
by Southern men ; hence, 1 did refuae to vote for
Mr. Fillmore. It then became the duty of Southern
Americana to cast about them, to aee what was to
be done. They had dissolved their former party
utfiliations. A great question was to be settled, in
which were involved not only our rights aud inter
ests in the Territories of this Government, but the
permanency of the government itself. This state
of things brought about deep reflection in solid
minds, and some of t lie best, purest and ablest men
of the American party, refused to give their adlie
siontoa platform, and support to a man for the
Presidency, who, by his platform, was pledged
against what was considered our equality iu the go
vernracht. Men who had always been true to party
professiug principle—men who had never been ob
noxious to the charge of having “changed their poli
tics, ’ were forced to pass the ordeal of public vitu
pemtion, or support Mr. Fillmore. Many, very
many, ran the gauntlet.
In the meantime, the Democratic party, having
discovered the disafl'ection in tiie ranks of the
American party, South, on account of this change
in their platform, pointed them to a Convention
soon to assemble at Cincinnati, to erect a platform
and nominate a candidate for the Presidency, the
platform to be just and equitable in its principles,
the candidate, patriotic, national and conservative.
This Convention did its work. Its platform was
fair in words, recognizing to the fullest extent, upon
the principles of non-intervention, our equal partici
pat ion in the territories. The candidate put forth
by the Coon vent in reiterated the doctrines contain
ed in the platform. Hope ami assurance were
thereby given to the South. Southern men, Ameri
cans, who refused to support Mr. Fillmore, had, in
my opinion, but a plain duty, and that was to tall
into the r. nks of the National Democracy and sup
port Mr. Huchanan, its nominee.
They did so. Success, brilliant and triumphant,
crowned the Democratic cause at the South. The
whole country. North and South, bailed Mr. ltu
chanau’s election as a happy eveut in our political
history. Americans even, at the South, expressed
no regrets, and some distinguished for their states
manship. grounded their opposition aud gave a cor
dial support to Mr. Buchanan's administration. It
was but just, then, to anticipate a glorious return to
the purer days of the Republic. Fanaticism had
hushed. The dreaded enemies of tiie constitu
tional rights of the South, the Black Republican par
ty, by the “material aid" and co-operation of the
Southern States rallying to the support of Mr. Bu
chanan, were on erwhehned and routed. Peace and
quietude, the promised boon of Democracy, bid fair
soou to be realized under tiie auspices of Mr. Bu
chauan'g most gracious reign. Our Kansas Troubles
were all to be healed, aud mutual confidence re
-tored, through the opportune aud able administra
live capacity of one Robert J. Walker, of Missis
sippi, whom Mr. Buchanan appoints as Governor
ot that Territory. The South was resoiiaut with re
joicing at so fit’ aud wise a selection. No language
was adequate to speak the giatitude of the hearts
of tne people to the President, for his almost seem
ing partiality to us. as evinced iu this appointment
of a governor for Kansas. Truly, we thought we
hold a Northern man with Southern principles.—
Gov Walker reachtd tiie seat of his official duties
and publishes an address to tiie people of Kansas,
in which are contained doctrines not iu keeping
with the principles upon which Mr. Buchanan ob
tained the support of the South, to-wit. non inter
action and clearly foreshadowing a policy, if
carried out. must operate to tiie injury of, and work
a* great cheat upon the Southern interests in Kan
-as. This departure from official duty as well as
violation of law, brought down at once upon Gov.
Walker the condemnation of the American party
south, and created considerable muimuring in the
Democratic ranks. These complaints would doubt
less have ceased, for what Democrats thought in
sufficient evidence to convict Gov. Walker of a
dereliction of tVir rights, but for a speech subs*-
.lUently delivered, to the abolitionists, at a place
called Topeka, in Kansas Territory. In that place
i e said, iu relation to the final adoption of the Con
stitution : "I speak not now iu regard to the past or
auv registry of votes, nut I speak as regards the
future. My doctriue is this—that in the future,
w lieu the Const tut ion shall be submitted to the vote
of the citizens of Kansas, that it shall be submitted
to the vote of the whole people. 1 do not mean
those who are now registered under the Territorial
laws. Ido not mean those who were residing here
on the loth of March last, but 1 mean the whole
people of Kansas—not only those who are here now,
but those who will be here next fall as actual resi
di nts.’’ These people had assembled at Topeka in
pursuance of their designs of a separate, as well as
in opposition to, the Territorial Government , and
Gov. Walker took this occasion'to inform them,
and did exhort them to delay their movements, and
u-od an argument to convince them that their aims
belu * r accomplished when the Const it u
next not I*"** , Pl i° usd ** Emitted to the people
! Hll * or ratification or rejection.
Tuns the faithlessness of Gov. Walker be
ths established by hi s own declaration and conduct
™ ° f <*•«**. ttoSSTuft
presses ueuounced him m unmeasured terms as a
tiT I nVL. , Mr S U Utl i' lu ' dk>oke<l with ail abiding con
01 Gov
immediate retail Mr. Hueliauan apaat record but
more particularly hwwceut solemn pledges were
reaaoua web calculated to ,aspire tiie Souib with ,h“
hope ot, aud *aye them the right to demand Gov
W ttlker . iinwzduiU.rtxmU comiequeiitly, theGeor
gra Democracy,in State Contention assembled
uaseeda resolution resueeifully askinv the same to
be dope. Aud so surely did they thiiSr it would be
done, y.ey ventured another reeoltv, of continued
ettubdeneq, tu the president, that Conti
dom e ie. Was, 01 ever has been misplaced there is
at tbiatimea diversity ot opinion m the liemocratie
party ot Georgia As to the treachery of Gov
VV alker, there is not so much controversy, the only
thing to be determined, is as to the participation of
Mr. Buchanan, or as to whether the conduct of hi*
official meets his approbation. Gov. Walker in
reference to this subject, held this language “ with
these views well known to the President ind the
Cabinet and approved by them, I accepted the ap
pointment of Governor of Kansas ’ The Washing
ton l liion, the usually accredited organ of the Ad
ministration, and which, whenever it speaks is ta
ken ami received as coming er cathedra , fully hu«
tains the declaration of Gov. Walker, and bitterly
replies to the resolution of the Democratic party of
Georgia. From the otherwise ominous silence both
of the President and the Southern wing of his Cabi
net, ( who surely ought to speak, the South manifest
mg *0 much anxiety to know the truth,) it is pretty
generally yielded that the Pi evident has proved
pen i passu in this matter with Gov. Walker, if he
has not preceded him. To reasonable minds’ then
•Mr. Buchanan*bcomplicity in this matter is a fixed
fact; nor does it require time, or other circum
stances, to demonstrate it. This, then, 1 take to be
a gross departure from the principles and profes
sions upon which lie was elected—that the South,
entitled to better treatment from the hands of both
Gov. Walker and the President, have, by them,
been betrayed.
It is notoriously true that those Americans who
supported Mr. Buchanan last year predicated their
support upon the isolated question of slavery. By
his election Kansas was to be secured to the Houth.
To accomplish this much desired object, men every
where were exhorted to lay aside all party names,
prejudices and affiliations, and join in the holy
crusade for Southern rights, and men, prompted by
a patriotism higher and nobler than party feeling
or party pride even, heeded the call, and entered
cheerfully,cordially and industriously into the sup
port of Mr. Buchanan. I, for one, did it. The one
question of slavery not only called to his support a
portion of the American party, but as I understood
the then position of the Democratic party, it was
Mr. Buchanan’s soundness and favorable inclination
towards the South, that commanded their support.
And some of their orators were so deeply interested
in the one question, that Mr. Fiilmore would be
preferred, were he just sound, were it possible that
Mr. Buchanan could not defeat Fremont. No other
principle then was involved in the canvass of last
year, South, save the slavery question. It is with
some difficulty, then, Mr. Editor, that Mr Bu
chanan’fl administration can be sustained by any
party in Georgia. There is a well r ?cognized maxim
in law', “the reason reusing, the law ceases.’ The
reason why Mr. Buchanan was supported at the
•South having ceased, there can be found no law' of
party or morals that will bind men at the South to
him longer. 1 say he can no longer claim my alle
giance or that of the American party who support
ed him in his election. Will the Democratic party
still adhere ti him, or will they rather imitate the
motives and examples of the Americans of last year,
and soar above and get away from party shackh-x!
Parties may retain names, but when principles are
forsaken, they become mere engines of public plun
der. Is the Democratic party North and South
now held together by any principle, involved iu the
last canvas*, as deemed of any importance in the
South ? it doth not appear. The Democratic par
ty, not only of this Union, is broken up in its na
tional organization, upon principle, but its State or
ganization in Georgia is a mere mockery and
farce.
In one portion of the State the party sustains not
only the President, but Gov. Walker himself. In
another Walker is denounced and the President sus
tained; in other section both are condemned. The
Western A- Atlantic Railroad is a favorite scheme
with Cherokee Georgia; in Middle and Southern
Georgia they are clamorous for its sale and removal
from the hands of the government. This is surely
the condition of the party every wl ere. And what
is not a little diverting, they call to us Americansand
Whigs, who co-operated with them one year ago,
“to hold on, don’t leave us. We are still the glo
rious, harmonious Democracy.”
A few words in relation to the Georgia elections,
and lam done. Seeing, then, the Democratic par
ty, occupying such antagonistic positions in relation
to the Walker-Kansas affair, and the position of
the Democratic candidate for Governor, being un
defined, and if defined, differing from the senti
ments of a great portion of his party, if elected, who
can determine whether it is to be intended as a re
buke to the administration. It may be argued tlial
if he is elected, his position is sustained, and if he
condemn the administration it is condemned ; if he
sustain the administration it is sustained. I say, if
he will do this, well enough, but from the present
posit ion of that honorable gentleman, can you de
termine this question ? Isay emphatically no. I
want this question met and determined. The peo
ple desire it. How shall we then act so as to give
the seal of disapprobation to the conduct of the ad
ministration l Again, to you old Whigs and Ame
ricans, supporters of Mr. Buchanan —what should
be the line of your policy—to what party shall you
go to preserve your political consistency or politi
cal honesty even? Without dictating to others, 1
say 1 shall go to that party, who, in sincerity, is ina
king war upon the present corrupt, time serving,
ruling powers, and hope that the intelligence of the
voters of Georgia will cause them so to investigate,
and their patriotism so to act, as will bring them in
to 1 lie support of those men and measures best cal
culated to insure their country's greatest prosperi
ty. Those men advocating those measures are now
before the country. For Governor, I shall give my
support, to that man, whose genius is only equalled
by his merit, and whose birth-place, ability, patri
otism and integrity of character are safe guarantees
that 1 shall not again be betrayed, and whose elec
tion will, in an uumisiakeable manner, give to the
administration that rebuke which it should receive
from the entire South. I mean Benjamin H. Him.,
Very respectfully yours,
W. F. Wright.
For the Chronicle. 4* Sentinel.
Mr. Stephen**’ Letter.
M u. Editor : —After a preface of apologies which
this honorable gentleman would desire the people of
the Bth District to consider no apologies, for not.
making his sentiments known earlier in the canvass,
he proceeds to reply at great length to the calls that
have been made upon him to allow his name to go
before the* District again forre election. Whatever
may be the reasons, which he appears to think suf
ficient tor his long and profound silence, it is lair to
believe that they have not always existed since his
name has been mentioned in this connection, and
since his determination to become a candidate. 11 is
sense of duty will not permit him to decline—par
ticularly at this juncture , which juncture is just
when a representative is to be elected, and the same
sense of that overpowering duty has never yet per
mitted him to indulge “a day of rest in that cher
ished home,’ which he prefers to “ a whole life
■pent at Washington.” The people of the Bth Dis.
trict are altogether too exacting to require so great a
sacrifice of the honorable gentleman, and ought
really, in consideration of long services, and his
slaughter of the Know Nothings, to allow him to
remain at home, at least for one term.
It cannot be that Mr. Stephens intended to mis
lead, when he says, “ during the whole time I have
represnted the District, the honor has been con
ferred without any party nomination.” lie speaks,
pei haps, of the Bth District, but a wrong impression
may result from the vagueness of the terms em
ployed. lie caunot deny, that down to the last
election, he has always been a candidate of the
Whig party, whether of the 7th or Bth District, and
whether formally nominated or not. He will not
pretend, that, as to the old Whig and Democratic
parties, he has been in a state of delectable between
ity, and ready at all times to go to the strong side
If he wishes to say that he was not a Whig, let him
say it in so many words, and the people of the Dis
trict will be able to locate him. If he be a Demo
crat now', let us know it. Can he be any!hing else ?
There are but two parties in the South, the Demo
cratic and the American, for the Anti-Know Nothing
has been swallowed up in the Democratic party.
Is he afraid to publish what he is and where he is ?
Does he support llrown ? Will he vote for him?
If elected, when he goes to Washington, will he sus
tain the Administration in case Mr. Buchanan fails to
re call Walker by that time ? What indulgence will
he grant Mr. Buchanan ? How long will he W’ait ?
Do the principles upon which Mr. Buchanan was
elected, demand the re-call of Walker I If they do,
can they be trifled with? May they be frittered
away and their vitality be utterly eviscerated by
delay 1
Such are the questions of the canvass, upon which
Mr Stephens has entered, and he has signally failed
to define his position upon any of them He mysti
fies the issues by a two-column article, upon a text
taken from the Columbus Enquirer , and dives into
the census reports for statistics, which most men
care not to investigate at this time ; and if they did,
have no copies of the census at hand to correct his
mistakes by. Doubtless he hopes the people will
find
“The pleasure is as great
Os being cheated as to cheat;
As lookers-on feel most delight,
That lea it perceive a juggler’s flight,
Ami still the less they understand,
The more they admire his slight of hand. ’
But this tbiug cannot, must not cont inue. Voters
want light, even if they get it from a dark lantern.
It enables them to see a point, which is not to be
found in Mr. Stephens' long letter. More anon.
Marion.
Fore zc Cronical 4* SenlineUe.
Hillsvillx, Ga., Aug. 18th, 1807.
Mistair Preentair:—l smoke mi pipe, and
reed ze news-peppairs. I see niotch about ze po
litique of ze diflerents ordair of ze Damocrats. —
Among ze few’ 1 remembaire now, are ze names dat
follow : Anti-No Nottings, States-Ritea, Souderu-
Rites, Fire-Eetairs, Union-Men, Free-Soilairs, Nig
gair Driv&irs, Bucks :ind Braiks, Valkair Free-
State-Men, (vat is ze difference between deze and
ze Lane Free-State-Men, eh ?) and ze men fore
Kans-ass —and oddairs, ze reedt-r mai suppli fore
himself. Yes, sair, I reed all of deze ! Bot of one
of ze ordair, vieh I shall denominate Zs. Tird Reso
lution Partke, l see netting, I beer netting, 1 no,
netting. Parbleu ! Vat have become of dat par
tee ? Perhaps it is ze sami von vitch talk so xnotch
note, about “ vait a leetJe longair." Ze sobriquet
is verre approp«w to ilis partee. Superlre f excel
lent ! It suit ze conven&nee of all, and ville appli
to mo ttme parhculair. It ville do before ze elec
tion tore Govemeur, and affair ze election ot Go
veroeur. VeiTe nice before ze election of anniKl
dair President, and butifool affair ze election of
Aud dis is ze partee of von Mistair Browne, hoo
astonish ze peepel vis his lettair. He sai he ville be
tankfuol to be ze Governeur of d'is grate-fool pee
pel. Ze partee of strong Resolution, he express
damsel ves verre motch pleeze viz ze'‘t* over nett r's
; Mistair Browne) extraordinaire condescension. In
his lettair, Mistair Browne rite about tings ze pee
pel understand motch bettair dan himself. He verre
partial to “resolution,” and he expecte his frends
to maik several more of ze sairn sorte.
1. (Ze most important) ze resolution, to give him
dere vote.
'2. Ze resolution, to c-noourage love among ze
breddreu.
3. Z,e resolution, to prononce facts, u no-nottrng
lies." . ,
4. Ze resolution, to sai verre leetle, and ansatr
notting until ze election of , Mistair Browne.
5. Ze resolution, to do evreeting vitch mai be
calculated to till ze eyes of the peepel viz dust.
6. Ze resolution, to keep ze Damocrats from go
ing to sleep, bi bolding ze dark ianternF constant
before dere eyes, viz ze nife of ze midnite assassin
at dere trotes.
AU dia ia politic fore Mistair Browne and ze lee
daire, and politics fore ze peepel. Beside, dey most
relmqueesh dere rites as freemen and submit, like
ze niggaxr, to ze lash of ze mastair.
Agame, ze ooltcee of Mistair Browne and his par
tee is mum. Ino understand ze word. Hobrar !
»e Damocrat Hoorarfo re ze For re turn. Hoo
taf fore ze kquattair , Hoorar fore zo Alien Svf
* r V r .i i and DAM Xfc Arericaiii, is ze politics note
leeched by ze partee vitch have ze naims I have
give before.
More encore, Mekk^hach.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST ?<>, 1857.
For the Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
Hon. T. \V. Milter m Snxv Dn*r.
Mk. Editor : —On Saturday last, a very resecta
ble number of the citizens of Columbia county, met
the Hon. T. W. Miller at Saw Dust, to partake with
him a complimentary dinner, which they had pre"
pared for the occasion. Everything went off re
markably well. The cue was well dressed, and just
exactly the thing that every body wanted, and which
everybody enjoyed. Great credit is due to the
Committee for such an ample supply of everything
that was necessary to make a good dinner pass off
Well, especially when we know that it was gotten
up at short, notice. The citizens of Columbia,
(those in the neighoorhood of Saw Dust in particu
lar,) were anxious to be the first to express their at
tachment, and rtspect for him as a man, and their
confidence iu him to represent faithfully their inte
rests in the Congress of the United Slates. Mr
Miller doubt less feels highly complimented by this
expression of good fellrng towards him, and the
people will never have cause to regret that they
now have an opportunity of electing for their Re.
preeentative, one whom they have always believed
iu.
At 11 o’clock Mr. Miller took the stand, and com
menced his speech by thanking his fellow-citizens
for the distinguished compliment paid him in ten
dering him a public Barbecue. He acknowledged
himself highly flattered that any considerable body
of men should deeire to know his political opinions
in relation to the great questions which now divide
the parties of the country, and assured them they
should have his opinions iu candor and lainieos.
Mr. Miller then alluded briefly to his past votes—
announced himself unqualified opposed to Mr. Bu
chanan’s administration- —deprecated his course
in Kansas—denouncing him as a traitor to the
South, for having turned upon the interests of
the section of country that placed him pow er. He
took up the Kansas bill, and pointed out with
strength and force its violations ot the Administra
tion. He knew no line between Walker and the
Administration—the acts of Walker were but the
carrying out the instructions of Mr. Buchanan. He
spoke long and feelingly of the course of Mr. Fill
more, of the compliments paid him by all parties in
the country, at the time he retired from office.
Mr. Miller spoke about an hour and a half to the
most attentive and orderly political assemblage w r e
have ever witnessed, and at the close of his speech
all hands were invited by the courteous committee,
to partake of the ’cue, which they fell into with as
good will as they had listened to Mr. Miller, and
closed well satisfied with the ’cue, Mr. Miller, them
selves and everybody else. More real good feeling
has seldom been witnessed on any similar occasion.
After dinner, Col. Milledge was called to the
stand, and addressed the audience with a force and
eloquence peculiar to himself, iu which, if possible,
he made Mr. Hill amountaiu, and Mr. Brown beau
tifully less*—each effect equally difficult. He need
not speak of Mr. Miller—every person present
knew him personally, and to know him was to re
spect him ; he therefore would take up for his friend
Hill, who was truly a mountain, but out of sheer
modesty was named Hill. Col. Milledge spoke for
an hour aud a half, in w’hich he declared himself an
American from beginning to the end—from the lirst
plafform to the last — he swallowed them all, they
digested easily—they were the principles that every
native American honestly felt. The Colonel made
a forcible and able speech, and one that will be con
sidered well before voting, by those who heard him.
The whole scene dosed in admirable order, leaving
the Hon. Thos. W. Miller in tine spirits, assured of a
good report for Saw Dust in October next.
Cherokee.
For the Chronicle 4* Sentinel.
The “Skillet
Friknp “Woodstock** —Your letter through the
Chronicle 4* Sentinel ,” of the sth, is before me,
wherein you propound some very interesting ques
tions, which, of course, I’m bouud to answer, if I
can, that you and other friends, not so happiiy situa
ted, may get “posted up” about that “skillet
toting” mania so prevalent, just, now amongst the
great man and the small men of the Bogus Democ
racy. .Joe Brown says that he is toting the skillet
fixed up (I say; by the great “toter,” called the “3d
resolution” —that same Kansas ahrieker, who rant ed
around the Bth District in ’55, and, if all reports are
true, expect-to try it again in ’s7—and who beat up
on the rim of his skillet, and euug the Kansas Hal'
laloosong , “come unto nie Alexander Hamilton
Stephens, on the Georgia Platform, toting my own
skillet!” He is now fixing up the cracked rim of
that old skillet by the hocus poens he so well un
derstands, and when we hear the sound of the bell
meUle, we may look out for all sorts of “sop.” Let
us prognosticate a little. There, in the skillet, will
“boil and bubble” a few scraps of sound passable
meat, no doubt, but it will be smothered in such a
mess of bogus-fogus, Buck and no Buck, Bob
Walker and the d—d 3d Resolution, Joe Brown,
Kansas, with *ts “soil, climute and productions,’*
dead against slavery, Freesoil, Free-State, National
Democracy, that it will take you, “Woodstock,”
and Peter Q. C., too, next to always, to find one
single grain's weight of that sound, wholesome
meat “bobbin’ around” in a sea of incongruous and
stinking mass of putrid demagogueisms ! But, se
riously, my friend, with the Toombs, Stephens,
Thomas, and Jack Howard wing of the Democracy,
that “third resolution” is a move on the chess
board to checkmate Lumpkin's and Cobb's wing
of the same; and try and send Ho hue! back as a
U. S. Senator, over the head of any and all of the
old line Democrats, who have “Jit, bled and died,"
a score of times for the part/. It is my opinion
that our friend Bobnel won’t “ come in" for Che
rokee Democracy are “sot agin him,” say what
you will,and “third resolution” men and denouncers
of old Buck, may look out for squalls now, as the
fight between the “Kamsas shriekers ,” all of whom
claim to be Democrats, (Jerusalem! what a set!)
is one of great interest. Let us look on, and cn
courage, in every way we can, the contestants,
caring not a d—n which whips, but taking especial
care to whip them both out in October. This we
can do, if the honest masses of Georgia are correct
ly informed, and thoroughly “posted up.” That
there is any principle involved or contained in the
platforms or party arraugements of modern bogus
Democracy, no sensible man can for a moment be
lieve. That there is not one single iota of patriot
ism or love for the South and her institutions,
amongst the leaders of Bogus Democracy, is a well
know n, well-established fact. “A good tree bringetb
forth good fruit " Show me one good specimen of
fruit that they have brought forth in lo ! these many
years, and, for one, I will take especial pleasure in
jotting everybody see it and hear of it. The truth
is, the new accessions and the old lines of the Bogus
Democracy have entered into a Joint Stock Manu
facturing Company of “skillets" and although they
put different brands upon every job, the ear-mark
h the same. “ Deception ” (of the people) is the
“trade-mark” of the concern ! It is to be hoped
that in the present canvass and all succeeding ones,
the people of Georgia will require a plain, straight
forward, unmistakable reason from this Company
for everything they promise and expect to perforin.
We can then know what to do, and will not again
be caught, as so many good, honest, true and pa
triotic men have been in the past, by the chieaucery
of political demagogues.
Pktkr Q.C. Smith.
For the Chrpnicle 4* Sentinel.
To (lie Hon. A. 11. .Stephens.
Upon reading your long address this morning,
ami noticing its peculiar obliviousness, upon ques
tions of importance, and questions which should be
answered, I propose now to propound them, and if
you do not answer them, I suggest to our friends in
every county to have them propounded ; and 1 trust
your opponent will reiterate them : Are you now
runniug as the Democratic candidate for Congress,
or merely “ toting your own skillet V* Do you favor
a distribution of the public lands or the proceeds o 1
sales among the States ? Are you in favor of the
Government building the Pacific Railroad ? Are
you in favor of a suspension of our neutrality laws
with Spain ? If the French Spoliation bill again
comes before Congress will you support’it? If
Walker is not removed from Kansas, what will be
your position towards Mr. Buchanan and his Ad
ministration, and how long are you for waiting up
on him ?
The above questions are the only practical ques
tions likely to come before the next Congress, and
in a long address you have dodged every one—for
what reason I leave it to the intelligent voters of the
Bth District to decide in October next. If you pre
fer old issues, I submit the following inquiries : Do
you believe tlie Missouri Compromise, upon the
plan of “an equal division of the territory,' to have
been constitutional ? Do you believe that the Su
preme Court of the United State is an unsafe
tribunal to risk the rights of the South with ? Has
liberty still its charms for you ? aud|would you like
to see all of Adam’s race in its full enjoyment? and
would you still oppose the annexation of Texas, if
it were for the purpose of extending the area of
slavery ? Do you still believe that the higher the
tariff the lower the price of goods taxed ? Do you
still believe the United States Bank constitutional ?
Now, sir, if this will not suffice to show that in the
past you have a record, that will not bear scrutiny
or investigation ; before this canvass is closed, un
less you meet the practical living issues now before
the people, like a man, fairly ana squarely, 1 pledge
myself to produce that record, to the satisfaction of
every unprejudiced mind. Richmond.
The Americas Horses in England — The Ame
rican horses in England will have an abundant op
portunity to wipe away the stigma of defeat that
followed the Goodwood races as they are entered
for ten engagements, singly or together, running up
to October, the 29th. The first is the Champagne
stakes, one mile heat, at the Brighton meeting, for
which Lecompte and Prioress are entered with
twenty other horses, the fiowerof the English turf.
This race was run on the sth insL, and we shall hear
in a few days how Lecompte behaved. On the 10th
inst. Lecompte and Prioress run at Lewes, two mile
race; on the 10th Prioress runs alone at York, a
ei; gle dash of one mile ; again the latter at Here
ford, on the *27th, two miles and a half. Both Prior
and Prioress are entered at the same time and place
for the Royal plate, terms, conditions, weights and
distance the same exactly as for the Goodwood cup.
The next engagement is for Prioiess for the Leam
ington stakes. Septeml>er 2d, two miles, for which
the best horses in England are entered. The follow.
iug day the tnree American horses i un for the War
wick cup, distance three miles. At the Doncaster
meeting, Sept. 15th, Mr Tenßroeck has entered his
three year oidcolt Babylon. At the Houghton meet
ing, Oct. Prior and Lecompte enter for sweep
stakes of SIOO each, half forfeit, with SSOO added,
for a race over a track four miles, one furlong aud
one hundred aud seventy-three yards. The last
shows the speed and endurance of the horses, and is
considered the best for the American racers, which
have been trained to run greater distances the
English horses usually run.— Brit. American.
A Monster Tree. —Capt. E. T. Kendrick in
forms us that, while on a scout, a short time since,
he found on Fish Eating Creek, 13 miles from its
mouth, a live oak tree, measuring 37|feet in circum
ference, which throws a shade, at noon, 45 yards in
diameter. This tree has but five branches—one oc
cupying a central position ; the other four forming
angles, five feet from the ground and extending in
horizontal lines, giving the tree the appearance,
from a distance, of a small hammock, with a large
tree in the centre.
Capt. K. s whole company—Bß men—dined under
the shade of this tree, at noon, and hitched their
horses to the limbs.— Florida Peninsular.
Escape from Jail. —Wood and Knighton, the
two men, who came near being hung by a mob at
Leavenworth, Kansas, made their escape from the
jail at Delaware, in that Territory.
A Big Dividend.— The St. Louis Insurance Com
pany of St. Louis, on Wednesday, declared a divi
dend of fifteen percent out of the profits of the last
quarter’s busmens
Tlie TlHilary Revolt In India.
The London News of August Ist compiles the
following statement of the revolt in the Bengal ar
my:
The Siege of Delhi. —Delhi is still in posses
mod of the insurgents. According to the latest au
tbeutic accounts, which were to the lfith of June,
Gen. Sir Harry Barnard was waiting for reinforce
ments. Rumors of the capture of the ci y had in
deed been communicated on two occasions to the
Bombay government by their agent at Indore, but
these rumors were not confirmed.
The accounts we have of the opera!iou of Gen.
Barnard’s force are extremely imperfect, but some
facts are a>eertained. On the Bth of June, at 2
o’clock in the morning, he arrived at Delhi, when
the rebels who were outside the city were attacked
and driven from the position which they had occu
pied. They fled into the town, aud the pursuit was
so sharp that the gunners threw themselves off their
Lories, and left the field pieces standing in the sand.
“The heavy guns remained in position,” twenty six
guns in all were c aptured, and. in addition, large
quantities of ammunition and entrenching tools.
The outposts were taken possession of. We regret
to say that Col. Chester, Adjutant General, and
Lieutenant j Russell, 54th, were among the killed
Our loss was about 150, chiefly in the 75th Queen’s
regime nt. The army at the latest date was encamp
ing iu cantonments.
A message from Maj. Lake at Jdllunder, comrihi
nicating this information to Sir John Lawrence at
Lahore adds: —“The mutineers had guns in battery
round the flagstaff, but we outflanked them on both
sides. One column of ours marched down the trunk
road, and another through cantonments. We work
away with heavy guns to-morrow. This has been a
brilliant affair. The guns of the mutineers w ere
very well served, aud the fire was very heavy. Gen.
Reed arrived just as the columns moved off, but did
not command on the occasion.”
Our latest advices from Delhi are not encourag
ing. Gen. Baruard was waiting reinforcements on
the morning of the 17th, having repelled several sor
ties with success, and inflicted severe ioss upon the
rebels.
Regarding the internal state of Delhi, our news
is of an earlier date, and is contained in a letter to
the Rajah of Jdllunder from some one iu the city.
The Rajah placed the letter at the disposal of the
deputy Commissioner of Jdllunder, Mr. Farrington,
by whom it has been translated. The reports that
the King of Delhi had consented to the wishes of
the rebels are confirmed by this document, but it
does not appeal* whether ins consent was forced or
voluntary. The letter also states that the King
had given up his son to the insurgents, that helms
nominated a native magistrate, that he sbmmoned
—the royal style—the principal men of De'hi to at
tend him, but that they feigned sickness and refused
The city is reported to be in a most distracted
state and to have defied the efforts made by the
King to Yes tore order. “The civilization of 58 years,”
says the news writer, “has been destroyed in three
hours, good men have been plundered, scoundrels
enriched." The letter also furnishes a hint of the
fearful atrocities which have been committed by
the sepoys. “To-day,” says the writer, “some fifty
odd Europeans who had secreted themselves have
been killed, they (the sepoys) are huuting for more,
and if any be found they jvill be killed.” When
this letter was wrifteu there were six regiments, one
battery of artillery, and 500 troopers inside the city.
Since that time many other regiments have mutinied
and marched to the rebel headquarters, so that their
force must now be considerable.
A news letters from the city of Delhi says strict
orders have been issued by the King to the Hin
dootance soldiery to slay all the Sikhs who may be
met with ; even men who from their countenance
may be supposed to be Punjabees, are to be slaugh
tered.
A Fakeer, called Sham Doss, endeavored to raise
an insurrection in the territory of our ally the Rajah
of Nabah, whose troops are with our army at Delhi.
Major Marsdon, the Deputy Commissinor of
Ferozeporo, proceeded against him with a wing of
the 10th Light Calvary and two guns, and some ir
regular levies of Furreedkoia and other places, at
tacked aud dispersed his men, seized the Fakeer in
a village in which he had made a stout defence, and
hung him. The conduct and gallantry of the caval
ry is highly applauded.
Disarming or the Native Soldiers in and
near Calcutta. —lt is stated that the sepoys of
the 70th regiment at Barrackpore have refused all
food, so acutely do they feel tlie disgrace of having
their arms taken from them. About 120 men from
that station went off at night on the 15th. It is be
hoped they will be watched, and prevented from
plundering.
When tlie sepoy regiments at Barrackpore were
disarmed, their lints were also searched for arms,
and a large number of tulwars taken away. The
arms found in the huts were not, however, all tul
wars ; some ofihem were of the most murderous
description, as for instance swords with serrated
blades, two-handed swords, battle- axes, poniards,
yataghans, and weapons of various other descrip
tions, far more worthy of being called instruments
of torture than arms which a true soldier would
wield.
The Bombay Times says : “The disarming of the
troops at Calcutta, Barraekpore, and Mooltan was
simply a measure of prudence called for unques
tionably in the present emergency, ami probably
hastened at the two former places by governmental
intelligence which has not been made public. We
simply know that the Ex-King of Oude is implicated
in the business, and has been arrested by the gov
eminent, and all his retainers, some 700 or 800 men,
disarmed. A fakir who was sentenced to be hung
in Calcutta for tampering with the troops, is said to
have made the revelations which have led to this
important conviction.”
Mutiny at Benares. —There has been mutiny at
Benares. It appears that it was at first reported to
the authorities at that station the sepoys of the 37th
Native Infantry had been more or less successful in
their endeavors to tamper with the Sikhs. It was
accordingly determined to disarm the 37th. On at
tempting to carry out this resolve, the37th mutinied
and were joined by the greater part of the Sikhs.
The irregular Cavalry (13th) were ordered to act
against, the mutineers, but they refused, and a great
portion went, over and joined them. The artillery
succeed in dispersing the revolters, who took the
road to Allahabad. A letter gives the following ac
count of the affair:—
“Some of the 37th seized their arms and com
menced firing at their officers. This appeared to be
the signal, for the rest of the regiment then ran to
the bells of arms ; the guns, however, began to pour
in the grape so sharply upon them, that they were
glad to t eat a retreat; only a few of the most deter
mined rebels still kept up a tire from the right, wing
at the officers. The Sikh regiment all this time re
mained quiet on parade, passive spectators of the
scene, but at this crisis they loaded, by order of
Col. Gordon. An ominous change then came over
them. The cavalry first turned, and then the
Sikhs poured in a deliberate volley on the officers
standing around, three of whom fell. The artillery
in return gave them a shower of grape, which sent
them tlying off parade.
“ About 100 of the mutineers were killed, and 200
wounded; the rest bolted, throwing down their
arms. The mutineers of the Sikh regiment tried to
capture the guns, and were thrice repulsed, with
great loss. Only a few men of the irregular caval
ry and Sikh regiment stood firm ; all the rest rnut.i
med; their discomfiture was complete, thanks to
the bravery of 180 European soldiers, who defend
ed the guns and charged and shot down the muti
neers. Fight only, instead of -15 as reported, of
these brave soldiers were killed and wounded. The
lives of the civilians and their families who had ta
ken refuge iu the collector’s cutchery, were saved
by the presence and noble exertions of Soorut
Singh, a Sikh prisoner. He it was who went among
the Sikhs of the treasury guard and prevented them
from rising after they hart heard how the men of
the corps had been cut up, and by his influence they
were kept at their post until next, morning, when
the treasure was removed to cantonments uuder an
an escort of Europeans. The portion of the Sikh
corps over the treasury remained st aunch.”
The following is from Benares, dated 16th June :
“ Thank heaven there is one man of nerve here
not afraid to hang a few rascals every evening. I
saw’a Sikh hung yesterday for shooting at a non
commissioned officer. A gallows si auds in front of
the Main Guard, from whence the culprit is led at
the appointed hour, the guards uuder arms, and a
grave dug on the tiank. No useless parades or
prancing, station, stuff, pomp, &.C. Benares is ours,
and likely to remain so, thanks to our brave troops.
There is no excitement here; confidence is estab
lished, and martial law carried out. I suppose from
the position this will be chosen for the formation ot
a large force ; we hold still the fort of Allahabad.—
The natives about seem very anxious to circulate
unfavorable reports. All the 841 h will be here to
morrow, except the last detachment detained at
Shergotty.”
Allahabad. —At Allahabad the mutiny broke
out on the 4th of June, when the “loyal” <>th Regi
ment, which had volunteered to proceed to Delhi
against the rebels only a few days before, became
the assassins of their own officers, and then marched
off to join the mutineers, after burning the church
aud every bungalow in the place, and looting the
treasury. The Irregular Cavalry and Ferozepore
regiments, remained loyal, the f«»rt garrisoned by
European troops was safe. No Europeans, how
ever, remained outside the walls of the fort. Mr.
Archer, the Commissioner’s heal clerk, was e
only person saved out of his and his brother’s
family.
Shajeehanpore. —The outbreak at Shajeehau
pore seems also to have been very bloody, and cha
racterized by circumstances of peculiar atrocity. It
said to have occurred on the evening of Sunday,
the Bth of June, during divine service, when the
church was surrounded, and every man, woman and
child murdered, a detachment of t'ae mutineers be
ing told off to fire the cantonment and slay the peo
ple in the bungalows.
Caw spore.— -Concerning the mutiny at Cawn
pore, we are in much uncertainty. Part of Her
Majesty’s 10th Regiment and a battery of European
artillery were fortunately on the spot, and a repeti
tion of tragedies at Bareilly and Shajeehanpore pre
vented. There seems, however, to have been seve
ral days’ fighting, but the mutineers were eventually
driven out of the place. Many on our side are said
to have fallen.
Gwalior. —At Jhansi, near Gwalior, on the Bom
bay side, the left wing of the 12th native Infantry,
a detachment of native foot artillery, and the 11th
Irregulars, rose aud murdered all the Christians ;
but four escaped, and they are now iu Agra. Our
ladies and children had taken refuge in the fort,
they were, however, overpowered and sacrificed by
the villains. Mr. Raikes, one of the judges of the
Sudder Adawlut, with much exertion and a vast ex
pense in which others joined, raised a non-military
party ot some fiO Europeans mounted ; with these he
hastened to the aid of some ladies who had collect
ed at Etawah. He returned with his charge all safe.
How I envied him. The ladies of Gwalio and the
officers of the Contingent have all reached Agra.
The Marshal protected our ladies aud our officers.
The soldiers of the Gwalior Contingent demanded
that their officers should be delivered up to them,
in order that they might murder them ; but the Ma
haraj would not do so, aud these dear irregulars
were disappointed.
Jullundur. —On the night of the Bth a portion of
the uative troops at Jullundur broke out, and after
wounding a few persons and losing twelve of their
own number, made off in the direction of Phillore,
crossing the Sutlej, it would appear a few miles
above that place. They have been pursued
by a squadron of cavalry, some European Foot and
guns, and a body of horsemen belonging to the Al~
lowall&h ltaiah. The latest intelligence received is,
that this force was about to cross the river in pur
suit. The Sikhs belonging to each corps, beside
others, of which the number is not yet correctly
known, have remained staunch.
The Native Troop of Artillery behaved through
out in the most admirable manner, tiring on Uie
mutineers and maintaining unflinching fidelity.
The Allowalla chief renderedmost cordial assistance.
The bulk of the treasure has been brought offiu safe
ty by the native guard.-: which were in charge of it.
Forty of the 12U mutineers of the 55th Native In
fantry were to be executed at Peshawur on the
13th. The 64th Native infantry had been ordered
in by forced marches to witness the execution.
Nusseerarad. —At Nusseerabad the mutiny
broke on the 2fith May, and commenced with the
Bth and Light Companies of the 15th, who seized
the guns and retamed possession of them though the
cavalry made several charges. The cavalry lost *2
officers killed and 2L wounded. The 30th soon joined
in the mutiny. Alltlie ladies escaped to Beawr.
The mutineers, having expelled their officers and the
English proceeded toward BLurtpore, aud on the 9th
June were supposed to be three stages from Bhart
pore, having abandoned the guns two or three days
previously.
Azimgurh. —The mutiny of the 17th Native In
fantry at Azimgurh, broke out on the 3d between
9 an<l 10. The Europeans on the first alarm repair
ed to a sort of fortified incloeure, but the guard on
duty there refused to fight against their mutinous
brethren. Lieut. Hutchison went forward to try
and bring the mutineers to their duty, when he was
shot by them The quartermaster sergeant of the
regiment was also killed. Most of the other Euro
peans, including the ladies and children, escaped to
Ghazeepore. Major Burrouglis, commanding the
I7th. aud some other officers, are missing. A tiea
sure of ten lakhs of rupees was in charge of a small
party of Irregular Cavalry at Azimgurh, and Mr.
Ilorue. C. S.. has left Ghazeepore with 50 sowars to
try aud save it.
Bareilly. —The mutiny at Bareilly seems to
have been a very tragic unair. All the bungalows
are burnt to tlie ground, and we are in uncertuiutv
up to this time, of the fate of forty Europeans
known to have been there, of whom nearly one half
werewomen and children.
Bhurtpooß —The mutiny of the Bhurtpoor lev
ies. under the command of Captain Nixon, and that'
of the Malwa Contingent of Meh id pore, have come
to supplement our difficulties. The former troops
were supposed to be actuated by the best feeling
toward us. forming part of the body guard to his
highness the Maharajah of Gwalier.
“Immediately the news of the Neemueh disturb
ances reached Captain Nixon, he set out with the
Bhurtpoore Levies, accompanied by Captain Gore
Munbee, of the Bombay Engineers, who, though
senior iu army rank to Captain Nixon, waived all
etiquette in the matter, and placed himself under
that officer's command. They had only proceeded
a couple or three marches, when the men refused to
be taken against the mutinous Bengal Sepoys, aud
*et the authority of Captains Nixon and Munbee at
defiance. These officers had to fly for their lives,
aud in doing so passed through districts where they
w ere frequently fired upon by the insurgents, and
after many hair-breadth escapes, were fortunate
enough to get safely to Buurtpore, where they now'
are, neither of them having, we rejoice to say, sus
tained any injury. ’
The infantry* and artillery of the Malwa contin
gent are said to have remained loyal, the cavalry
mutinying on the march to Neemueh, and mur
dering their officers, Lieutenants Brodie and Hunt.
Dacc a. —Letters from Dacca, of June 18th state
tiiat great alarm prevails there, in consequence of
the expected rising of the rabble, and the miscon
duct of tlie sepoys of the 73d Native Infantry, who
refused to allow the artillery officer to take arms
from the magazine for the defeuce of the city.
Hyderabad. —The tide of revolt appears to have
reached the city of Hyderabad. Placards were
posted all over the city ou the 12th of June, signed
by certain Moulavies, calling upon the faithful to
enrol themselves, and murder the Feringhees . aud
at live in the evening three guns from the Horse
Artillery, with a detachment of the Cavalry Con
tingent, went down to the residency. Each regi
ment had a company under arms at their barracks
at night, which,'however, passed without any alarm.
The crisis is a dangerous one, and the grand display
made at that station by having the whole force out
in lull marching order, with forty rounds of ammu
nition per ip fan try man, and a field service comple
ment for the artillery is considered to have caused
great uneasiness both there and in the city.
It is also thought that the Madras government
had committed a very grave error in sending the
Ist Native Infantry to Secunderabad. Then; was a
grand display ou the morning of the 15th ; all the
troops, including the Ist, assembled for brigade ex
ercise with blunt ammunition; the Resident was
present, aud ou the conclusion of the parade he
rode up to the 7th Cavalry, and told them it had
been reported to him that in the event of a distur
bance they had declared to join the city people.—
He added that he did not believe this report, but
that he considered it his duty to inform them of
what he had heard, and left them to settle the same
with their officers. A Fakeer from Bowenpilly had
beeu apprehended and heavily ironed ; a Lascar
had also been discovered but particulars regarding
him have not yet reached us.
Neemuch.—A letter from an officer who escaped
from this place t-o Odypore, gives the following ac
count ol what happened at Neemuch :
On tjie night of the 3d of June, about. 11, the can
tonment was aroused by the report of one of the
guns,on which several bungalows broke into flames.
(>ue wing of the Gwalior corps, under Macdonald,
was iu the fort; the other, under Rose, in the va
cant hospitals. On the alarm, Rose attempted to
get his wing into the fort, but the meu refused to
go ;.aud one fellow fired his musket point blank at
Rose’s head, but fortunately missed him. After
some delay, Macdonald came down and got the left
wing into the fort; they then made some show of
defence, but said, “If guns are brought against us
we must give in.” Shortly after, a trooper rode
down, and told them to be ready aud join them.— •
At length, the meu told Macdonald and Rose to be
oil', otherwise their lives would be taken by the
cavalry.
On this, Macdonald, Rose, the adjutant., (name
unknown) and Dumfort, made a bolt to Daroo, and
on the way they were joined by the artillery offl
cers. Coates, all the cavalry officers, and several
others, in all about, fifteen sahibs and five women.—
The cavalry men were the worst of the mutineers,
and spared no Europeans that came across them.—
The mutineers created Shaik Alii subadar of the
first cavalry, brigadier of the station, who issuediin
mediate orders in the name of the King of Delhi,
and distributed the treasure among the sepoys.—
Everything w’as done iu form ; a big tent, with a
tlag Hying before it, was made the headquarters of
the brigadier, who appointed the several subadars
and jemadars, colonels and majors respectively. A
Mussulman subadar, Shaik Kasin, commands the
7th Gwaliors. Lloyd had received a report that, an
agent from Scindah had been tampering with the
troops, and that it is Gwaliors intention to set up a
Raj at Neeiauch.
Macdonald attempted to take away with him ? his
colors, but they were snatched out. of his hand. Ab
bott, on the afternoon of the 2d, at tempted to snmjhao
the cavalry, that as they had sworn to be faithful,
they ought to regard their oaths when they broke
out with “ why did you break faith at Lahore and
again in Oude, and now you want to take away our
religion, but you shan’t.” I have neither space nor
time to give you all the details told me, but
he says that of all the bloody disasters that have ta
ken place, the Neemuch one exceeds all in cruelty.
Those houses and t.h ngH that would not. burn they
destroyed with hatchets. Old Pestonjee they blew
away from a gun, and it. is believed ' they treated
some European women the same way ; they have
all gone up towards Delhi and Showers is too late
for them. Take my advice, disarm the cavalry at
your station, and let slip Übliy Singh’s men and the
J{heels at them ; shoot them down like inad dogs or
they will take you unawares, and then God help you.
Don't be mistakingly merciful; d< dares that
the cavalry are sworn to murder all Europeans.
Proclamation to the Sepoys ok the Punjaub.
—The following proclamation has been issued by
Sir John Lawrence to the Sepoys in the Punjaub :
Sepoys—You will have heard that many Sepoys
and Sowars of the Bengal Army have proved faith
less to their salt at Meerut, at Delhi, and at Fereae
pore. Many at, the latter place have beeu already
punished. An army lias been assembled, and is
now dose to Delhi, prepared to punish the muti
neers and irsurgent* who have collected there.
Sepoys, I warn and advise you to prove faithful
to your salt. Faithful to the government who has
give . your forefatners and you service for the last
hundred years. Faithful to that government who
both in cantonments and in the field has been care
ful of your welfare and interests; and who in your
old age, has given you the means of living comfort
ably in your homes. Those who have studied his
tory know well that no army has ever been more
kindly treated than that of India. Those regiments
which now remain faithful will receive the rewards
due to their constancy. Those soldiers who fall
away now will lose their service forever.
It will be too late to lament hereafter, when the
time has passed by. Now is the opportunity of
proving your loyalty and good faith. The British
Government will never want for native soldiers. In
a mouth it might raise 50,000 in the Punjaub alone.
If the “Poorbea” sepoy neglect the present day, it
will never return. There is ample force iu the Pun
jaub to crush all mutineers. The chiefs aud people
are loyal and obedient, and the latter only long to
take your place in the army—all will unite to crush
them. Moreover, the Sepoy can have no concep
tions of the power of England, Already, from eve
ry quarter, English soldiers are pouring into India.
You know well enough that the British Government
have never interfered with your religion.
Those who tell you the contrary, say it for their
own base purposes. The Hindoo temple and the
Mahommcdan mosque have both beeu respected by
the English government. It. was but the other day
that the Juinmii Mosque at Lahore, which had cost
lakhs of rupees, and which the Sikhs had converted
into a magazine, was restored to the Mahoinme
dans. Sepoys, my advice is that you obey your
officers, seize all those among yourselves who en
deavor to mislead you. Let not a few bad men be
the cause of your disgrace. If you have the will
you can easily do this, and the Government will
consider it as a test of your fidelity. Prove by
your conduct that the loyalty of the Sepoy of Hin
doston has not degenerated from that of his ances
tors. Lawrence.
■ Slave. Catchers at Chatham.—Yesterday two
Southerners, viz: —John W. Wells, Lynchburg,
Va., and T. G. James, Nashville, Tenn., as written
upon the Hotel Register book, arrived at Chatham
aud put up at Mr. Pritchard’s Royal Exchange.—
The object of the visit of these personages was to
recover the body of a smart colored lad, named
“Joseph Alexander,” aged about 20. As soon as
this tact became known, a large party of colored
persons, among whom was the identical Joe, well
dressed from top to toe, assembled in front of the
Hotel, but nothing disorderly occurred. In conver
sation with Mr. James, who professed to own the
boy, we are told that “Joe” escaped from him for
Canada some time in May last—that he was a
“good boy,” bat almost too “big” and “saucy.”
The master told us that he had “never whipped
Joe” but once, aud then because he got drunk, and
impudent, and allowed a span of horses to run away
and break a carriage all to smash, when, said
James, “1 did take a strap and whip him right
smart, but it was nothing more than lie deserved.”
Joe recognized his old master, and asked him quiz
ingly, when he was going to leave Chatham,
James told him “at noon.” Joe said “I’ll be at the
depot, and go on with you.”
We learned that James is Well’s uncle, and that
both are extensive slave dealers in New Orleans,
their “pen” being in rear ot the famous Bt. Charles
Hotel. The firm of James <&. Co. is said to be worth
upwards of $3,000,000, aud the “pen” is one of the
largest in the Union, containing for sale on an ave
rage about 500 negroes, good, bad, and indifferent.
Agents of James for the buying of slaves, are em
ployed in all the Southern States. Before leaving
Chatham, James offered “Joe” SIOO if he would go
down to Windsor; but the latter informed us that
he had rather not be in the old man s company, es
pecially out of a crowd; for, says Joe, “I ajp posi
tive from what I know of him. that as soon as he
got me out he would shoot me dead, and then leave
me, for he would just as soon shoot a man as a black
squirrel, and a wnite man as a black man ; and his
nephew is just like him.” This being the case, we
don't blame Joe much for not going.— Chatham
( Canada) Planet, Aug. 5.
ANf.w and Alarming Doctrine.— Tliere is a
Judge in Washington by the name of Crawford,
who has enunciated a new and startling doctrine on
the subject of the rights of native and adopted citi
zens. H*f maintains that if there is any difference
between these two classes of citizens, it is in favor
of the naturalized class. Here is his language:
“A naturalized citizen has a right to his vote as
much,” said Judge Crawford, “as you or I, or any
other native, and that right must be fully respected.
Is it not prepostery,' continued the Judge, “to re
f&se a citizen his right of suffrage because he was
bom in England, or Ireland or Germany. If there
be any difference—as in fact tliere is not, and ought
not to be in reason nor in law —the difference i* in
their favor, for they have made this country flair
own, by adoption, tty rot untar y choice ; whilst we
had no rhoice, for we were horn here.”
Commenting npon this the Lynchburg Virginian
has the following:
“Here we have most sublime doctrine! The dif
ference, if auy, is in favor of the foreigner—for he
came here from choice, while we are here because
we couldn't help it!
“The difference being in favor of the foreigner
wc would suggest that oar Constitutions, State and
Federal, be so amended as to permit none but for
eigners to hold office. If the difference is in their
favor, there can be no objection, of course, to ma
king this difference applicable to offices, as well as
t unrage.
“How many of these foreigners, before coming
here, supposed that they had greater rights here
than the native bom f How many of them even
supposed that they would be entitled to the right of
suffrage at all 7 Notone, we venture to sav in a
thousand.”— Richmond Whig,
Costly Diamond Found in Illinois.— One of
the workmen eugaged in boring an ariesian well in
Stryker, a village on the Air Line Railroad, about
90 miles from Toledo, found a pure diamond last
week at a depth of about 110 feet. The diamond is
of the size ot an ordinary marble, and competent
judges say it is worth at least $2,000. Its lucky
finder, a poor, honest Irishman, named Michael
Sheh&n, no doubt believes he “was bom to good
luck.”
From the Ijondon Times. July 31.
Goo«Dvood Rarer*. Thursday, July 30.
Ime Cup Day. —A great trial of strength with tlie
Amenean, French, ami English horses impaTted an
additional attraction to the “Cup Dav Pryor
white^V! came {V 1 * la,l<j with a vast reputat i i
be coufessedlhat. althoughPrv„ r ami Priori- w,',
defeated, tbev were not .figra.-V.I, Tim hors.'lath -
ed considerably on being stripped, hut 1,. ra „
lI P in front to the distance, where Drier* '- i .
looked so formidable that a shout of "What
tlie Americans ?’ was raised by manv voj«>» * i
was reserved for Kt-inro, however, to bear off t : , ■
honors of the day, Mouiirque, w iio ran third for
the Cup last year, winning if on the nrea.-nt <v
easion after one of the most eroding finishes . v,-r
witnessed.
lhe English horse made no inglorious exhibition
and “performed” suflieiently well to sustain their
h'gh reputation. As our deshiption of tie- re .
will show, the eueounter was marked by a oasualt v
winch miuht have been as lamentable in that which
occurred Vast vear for the Goodwood Stakes. U„u
strr L f , ,U| ?’ fftU th *' ‘urn into the
stru'frht, and Arseual, who was in his wake, jumped
upon lam, aud stumbled, Ford ham, however maua
gmg to keep bis seat. Gemma di Verge ami Kc *
el were no so fortunate, both coming heav.lv to
tlie ground, but their riders escaped any serious
juries. David Hughes was carried into the sin, .i
and the Duke of Kiehmond will, his usual kindm'-s
and urbauity, was instantly iu attendance upon him
Hughes was only severely shaken ; he wi; ivioov.-d
to tile Chicester Infirmary, where he received
prompt medical assistance. It is impossible now to
tell what might have been the result of the race had
!1° *® cl^ent happened. The general opinion w .
that the American horses—which were ridden bs
native jockeys, iu striped jackets and starred i-m.
—might have figured still more prominently h.-id
they been intrusted to men as experienced and i.c
complished in their profession as English jock*
Indeed, in turf phraseology, Prioress looked 1 . >
over the winner” at the distance. The French peo
ple present were not a little gratified by the suce
of Mouarque, and the prize which they will c o w
with them to France is a trophy worthy of p> -
sion.
That most important and uncurtain element in i
Englishman's enjoyment—the weather—proved pro
pit ions and a finer day for the celebration of tlu
sport could not have been derired.
Perhaps the attendance of general company va:
never larger ou any formal- anniversary of I lie “Gii|
Day.”
the race.
The Goodwood Cur, value 3(M I so vs., the r«vd le,
subscription of 20 sovs., with MM! added. T!<*
second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, anc
the third 50 so vs. Two miles and a half. 10 subs
Count Frederick de Lagrange’s Mouarque, by tlu
Baron, Sting, or the Emperor, 5 yrs, Bst. Mlb. ( Yrii
mallj 1.
Mr. J. Merry's Riseber, 3 yrs. 7st. 21b. (Bray,) 2.
Mr. Starkey's Fisherman, 1 yrs.os! lib (Wells,) 3
Mr. F. Robinson's Auton, 3 yrs. 7sl. 7 lb. (Flatinmi,;
4.
The following also rail: —
Mr. Saxon’s Mary, syrs. Oat. 5Jb. (Dales.)
Mr. R. Ten Broeck’s Pryor, 5 yrs. Bsl. 01b. (Little
field.
Captain Christie’s Kestrel, 1 yrs. Bst. fill). (J. Ro
gers.)
Lord Clifdeu’s Melissa, 1 yrs. Bst. Gib. (J. 0.--
bome.)
Mr. GratWicke’s Viscount, 4yrs. Sst. 11b. (Kendall.)
Mr. R. Tenßroeek’s Prioress, 1 yrs. 7st. lllb. (Gill
patrick.)
Mr. J. Robinson’s Gemma di Vergv, 3 yrs. 7st !*ib.
(Aldcroft).
Mr. Howard’s Arsenal, 3 yrs. 7st.2lb (Fordham)
Mr. J. Hawkins’s Gunboat, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b. (includ
ing 71b. extra) (Hughes).
Mr. Lupin's Flora, 3 yrs, fist. 71b. (Hunt).
Betting at Starting.—s I o 2agst Gemma di Veigy,
1 1 to 2 agst Anton, 11 to 2 agst Riseber, *.» to I agst
Arsenal, 14 to 1 agst Fisherman, 15 to I agst Me
Marque, 15 to 1 agst Florin, lsto 1 agst Melissa, 20
to i agst Gunboat, 14 to 1 agst the American hoist s
coupled.
After the starter had paraded the horses in Indian
tile past the Grand Stand lie conducted them t«» the
post, and endeavored to draw them up inline, a
task of some little difficulty, owing to the fraction
ness of Pryor, who caused several breakings away
When the flag was dropped Viscount rusie d to tlu
front, but on reaching the Grand Stand, Riseber,
who was pulling hard, went up to him, Viscount,
Monarque, Gunboat, Fisherman, and Melissa dug
tering well up, tlie American horses bringing up the
rear.
On turning out of (he straight , however, Drif t -
emerged from the ruck and went away with a lend
of half a dozen lengths, Florin, Gunboat, Monarque,
Fisherman, Viscount., and Arsenal running ina lm
dy next. On rounding the turn toward the dump,
Prioress ran wide, and Gunboat was leit iu posses
sion of the lead, which he carried on into the dip.
On rising into sight Riseber and Prioress were sern
iu clcse company with Gunboat, followed by Metis
sa, Florin, Monarque, Fisherman, and Arsenal
They ran thus to the last turn, and on descending
the hill by the half mile post Gunboat slipped up aud
fell, and Arsenal jumped upon him. Fordham tor
tunatelv kept his seat, but Kestral and Gemma «b
Vergv both came to the ground. The lamentable
occurrence of last, year immediately rushed upon the
minds of the spectators, ami the most painful inter
est was excited. All fears were dispelled as the
jockeys were seen to scramble up apparently unin
jured. After this accident Riseber w r as left wiili a
slight lead, with Monarque at his quarters and Pri
oress next, with Pryor well up, the American horses
going particularly strong and well.
At the half distance Monarque went up to IU
ber, and Prioress gave way to Fisherman. The race
from that point was virtually reduced to a match b<
tween the first two, Monarque winning by a head,
three lengths between the second ami third, Anion,
who met with a disappointment by the accident
mentioned above, was beaten about three lengths
from Fisherman, Prioress was a bad fifth, Pryor ami
Melissa were sixth and seventh, the others vm •
pulled up.
Ftmn Bell's Life in Lon,Lae, Aug. 2.
The American Horses and their Rider
When the competitors came on to the cmn>the
Americans of course were the “lions,’’and t h sp.-«
tators anxiously crowded round whilst they under
went the operation of saddling. Pryor, who was
led by a tall intelligent-looking negro, is a remarks,
bly handsome chesnut with two white fed and a
blaze of white in his face; he st and fifteen hands,
has brilliant act ion, and is said to possess wonderlu!
powers of endurance. His appearance, however,
betrayed great want of condition, and the owner in
formed us that the horse was “ho badly off” be.fore
leaving his training quarters at Stockbridge, that
he should not, have started him but for the improve
ment be daily exhibited after his arrival at Good
wood on the previous Sat u day. Prioress is altoge
ther a different looking animal, being fully sixteen
hands high, and rather leggy, with a good forehand,
and immense hips, which somewhat redeem her
shabby loins.
She looked fitter to run than her companion, and
her appearance did honor to Mr. R. 1). Palmer, her
trainer, who at one time lived in a similar capacity
with the late Mr. John C. Stevens, the head of the
American Turf in his day, for whom he was very
successful with the celebrated Black Maria, and
other horses, which he “handled’ on Long Island.-
Mr. Ten Broeck’s “turn out” was in every respect
a national one, his jockeys being Americans, who
wore the colors of the Stal es—crimson and white
striped jackets and blue caps. The toilette ofb'dh
men was unexceptionable, though in England Lit
tlefield’s high military heels seemed as strange on a
ockey as Gilpatrick’s genuine Yankee beard. The
latter, who came over with a special retainer to ride
in the Cup, is considered the best rider in America,
we believe, and to his charge was entrusted Prior
ess, albeit Mr. Ten Broeck declared to win will* the
horse.
The Americans adopt altogether a different style
of riding to that of our own jockeys. The formei
sit down on their horses all the wap, as if riding ;»
trotting match, always have a “hard pull” on, and
never shake or “roll” them at the finish of a race,,
consequently, as was the case on this occasion,
ninety nine spectators out of a hundred might nut u
rally imagine from the absence of all movement of
the arms that the riders were “roping!” All sorts
o-frumors were afloat that the Yankees had tried
to beat the best time ever known in England, hut
it was tout auconlraire —the trial “came oi’etrabbs,’
inasmuch as a two year old, which joined in with
the cup nags at the end of a mile and a half t o finish
the last mile with them, won by an i ninense dis
tance, and was in turn “beaten into fits" by a two
year old in the Danebury stable.
This result of course weakened their owner’s con
fidence considerably, but from the improvement
his horses exhibited after their arrival at Good
wood, aud satisfiedjof their real form in America
Mr. Ten Broeck and his friends, as well as all the
Americans who visited the meeting, supported
Pryor and Prioress with considerably spirit, and
beside backing them to win between £9,000 and
£IO,(MM), Mr. T. B. plucklly made a £2,(MM) book on
the race! Among Englishmen they Imd very few
supporters, though everybody admitted them to be
“good looking” and ‘ fine goers !” The race wc
run at a wretched pace; throughout, tier two miles
and a half occupying sm. lfisec ,27 sec. slower than
last years. Americans ran much better t han was
expected of them—in fact, our opiuion strengthened
by that or many of the jockeys who rode therein, is
that it was quite upon the cards lor Prioress lo
have won.
She lost a great deal ot ground at all the turns, but
looked so “dangerous” even up to the distance that
under such disadvantages it is by no means impro
bable, it skillfully handled, she might have obtained
a much more prominent position at the finish. Mi
Ten Broeck, we believe, was greatly dissatisfied
with the riding of Gilpatrick, who seemed to be all
abroad. He “squared accounts” with the jockey
next morning, aud the latter’s next mouut, we take,
will be in Aiqerica. Both horses are certain of “see
ing a better day,” for the manner iu which Pryor
st ruggled to the end is a proof that no journey is too
long for him; aud we must do brother Jonathan tier
justice to state that lie was by no means so disgraced
as his opponents reckoned upon.
A Man ok Business.—ln one of the western
counties of New York, is a man by thfr name «•.
Zadock Pratt, one of the bone -« intelli
gent mechanic and farmer, who has contributed
greatly to the general prosperity, as well as to his
individual wealth. In a speech at an Agricultural
Fair, in Green county, New York, he said that,
since he had been engaged in farming, he had em
ployed over fifteen thousand years of other men*,
labor ; had employed thirty thousand men, and p . id
them for their labor over two millions five hundred
thousand dollars. He had cleared over ten t housand
acres of land, used over two hundred thousand
cords of hemlock bark, and paid over half a mil
lion of dollars for it. He had used and worn out
five hundred horses and one thousand yoke of oxen,
used two hundred thousand bushels of oat.-, one
hundred and twenty thousand tons of hay, thirty
thousand barrels of beef and pork, nearly one hun
dred thousand barrels of flour, and potatoes without
number or measure. He had tanned over one mil
lion two hundred and fifty sides of leat her ; his usual
disbursement is over five thousand dollars per day,
and he has used in his business over ten millions
He has never had a side of leather stolen, and
never was sued on account of his business tram
actions. We should say that Zadock wa> a valua
ble member of society Moreover, this shows tic
advantage of diversifying labor, and of bringing • i,
man who consumes by the side of him who pro
duces.—jßichmond Dispatch.
V’uYAOE OK A YACHT OK TwkNTITHRKE TON
kbom New York to Liverpool.—The Liverpool
Post, in ita issue of J uly 29, says : ‘‘The arri val at
this port, yesterday, of the yacht Charter Oak, from
New York, furnishes a striking proof of what per
severance can accomplish, and show to us Engh h
the kind of stuff our transatlantic cousins ate made
of. The Charter Oak is a little vessel, 43 feet loop
13 feet wide, 5 feet 3 inches deep, and measures 23
tons. She was built and rigged by her captain and
owner, Mr. Webb, in Connecticut , and by him and
one man brought safely across the stormy Atlantic,
in thirty-seven days. She started with the capta , n
and two men, but one of them was unfortunately
overboard the first day. To most of men Ull ® ,
have been enough to frighten them off then P - •
enterprise, but our two undauntedl nav lg - so
of whom had never been at sea befoeJ gs uo oue
reached Liverpool in tl.e time rnent.on-
ApPOINTHtNT —Hon. K. lj Allen, of Manea
chueette. haa been appointed by Ibe Jyuik of Ibe
Sandwich Inlands Chief Justice and Cbaucellor of
the Kingdom, in the place of the llou. W L Lee,
deceased.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. NO. 34
Deiall* of lhe Collision on lhe Sound.
The Collision occurred at 2 o’clock Saturday
morning between the steamer Metropolis, Captain
Brown, ol the Fall River Line, and the propeller J.
V Harris, (’apt. Smith, which was on her way from
New York to New London. Tin* Metropolis was
making her regular trip from Fall River to New
V oik. The cutwater of the steamer struck the pro
peller a little forward of midships, < ausing her to
sink almost instantaneously,
i'he Metropolis received a severe shock, bul was
net wiously injured. On the propeller were, as
m arly as can be ascertained, fourteen passengers
s j;d a crew of eleven persons. <)f these, twelve in
>• w*-ie saved, including the captain, first and sec
",lu engineers, two deck hands, and seven passen
gers.
Ljnt or the Drowned.— -Tne wife and child of
Ml - A- E. Smith, of Brooklyn, New York.
y Gordon, daughter ot George Gordon, of New
John Smith, aged nine years, Eliza Smith, aged
seven, and Mary Smith, aged live, children of the
captain ot the propeller.
Stephen Prentice, mate of the propeller.
Geo. Allen, deck hand.
iUiry Withers, chambermaid.
liuV
A gentleman, wife aud child, name and residence
unknown. •
Ihe propeller Imd a miscellaneous load of iron,
provisions, fruit, *fce. Not au article was saved by
any of the crew or passengers, except what they
happened to have on. As soon as the accident oc
curred, the Metropolis was stopped, ami a large
nu in be * of life-preservers were thrown over. Boats
were also lowered aud cruised about t lie spot until
daylight. 1
A subscript ion for the relief of the survivors and
aimlies ot the lost was taken up on board the Me
t ropolis, reaching sl‘»s.
St vtkmkntof the Captain okthk Propeller.
■—lhe Metropolis reached her landing at. Pier No.
1 2 East River, at half past nine o’clock this morn
mg, and intelligence of the disaster immediately
spread oyer the city. Our repqpternt once sought
ail interview with Capt. Smith, of the lost- pro
peller, in order to obtain his version of the calamity
but he was too much overwhelmed by the loss of
his children to be able to give a correct account.
He say-t.hal there were fourteen passengers ami a
< lew ol eleven on board, but the passenger list. Inns
gone down with the propeller, and there is no
means at hard to obtain the names.
The propeller was three years old, a staunch boat
valued at $22,500, and owned by a company. Mr.
J. N. Harris, from whom the boat was named,
owned a fourth and he (Capt. Smith,) had $2,250
invested in her. She was insured against fire, but
there was no marine risk on her. She had a valua
ble cargo of merchandise consigned to different par
ties in New London, and probably uninsured. Tlie
cargo consisted chiefly of provisions, groceries, dry
goods, and some 40 tons of pig, chain ami bar iron.
“The Metropolis struck us just, forward of the
pilot house, and probably cut completely through.
We hud a sail up at tlu; time. We had been stopp
l'd some time when the collision occurred. I have
nothing to say as to how it happened. It was
bright starlight and the weather was not rough. ’Flic
woineu and children were all lost. They were abed,
aud those that were asleep had hardly a chance to
save themselves. The propeller went down within
less than five minutes from tlie time she was struck,
i have lost three little children ; that will bo hard
news to carry home.”
While Capt. Smith was giving his statement an
old gentleman walked into the cabin of the Metro
polis, and approached with an agitated manner.—
‘How do you do Mr. Gordon?” said the Captain
extending his hand, and at the same time averting
liis face. The old gentleman took the proffered
hand, aud said in a tremulous voice ; “I came to
ask you about my daughter—is she alive or not?”
“She i.s gone," said the Captain. “Oh !my God I”
exclaimed t lie old man, as he burst into tears. There
were no dry eyes in that cabin.
Afterwards the captain said to our reporter; “She
was a beautiful girl, only 18 years old. Mr. Gordon
gave her into my charge only yesterday afternoon,
to lake her to her friends in New London, but now
she has none with my children.”
Mr. Gordon is a merchant tailor, doing business I
■it No. (»5 Chatham street.
Ca stain Brow n’s Statement.-- -Capt. Brown, of
ilie steamer Metropolis, makes the following state
ment of i lie disaster :
Capt. Win. 11. Lewis, the first pilot, had charge of
ilm : (earner at the time of the collision, lie Ims
been on the line ever since it was established, and
there is not a more reliable pilot, lie feels as bad
ns Capt. Smith, and does not wish to make any for
mal statement himself, but he has related the whole
affair to me.”
VV’*; left Fall River about 7 o’clock last evening
with some 200 or 300 passengers. About five min
utes before 2 o’clock, between Falkland Island and
New r Haven, the pilot saw a vessel about a point
anda half on the starboard bow, which he supposed
to be a schooner. She showed a very little light,
aft, but no head light at all. She was goiug east
half southwest, and we were in the exactly opposite
course.
When steamers meet, head to head, the rule is for
both to part their helms to port and pass to the right,
hut sailing vessels we must give their course. So,
supposing this vessel to be a schooner on a tree wind,
our pilot kept off* to the left, trying to pass on the
south Bide, but she saw that wo were a steamer, and
trying to pass to the right brought ua inevitably in
collision. The bell was rung to atop the engines,
but in about a minute we struck between her masts.
I had got up and got. to the window when she struck.
The foremast went on our larboard bow and the
mainmast, on the starboard bow. Wo were proba
bly running at the rate of iii miles an hour, and
must have cut her through. It was bright afar light,
a litt.ie haze in the water, but if there t ad been head
iigliis we could have seen them 1 think the engines
were reversed, but am not positive. The collision
did not shake our boat much—persona alt m.glil not
have been awakened by it. The only damage to
tla; Metropolis is the loss of her cutwater. She does
not leak a drop on account of it, and we shall run
ba> kto Fall River to-night. The live-oak stem is
scarcely scratched, but we may have logo outlie
ways, when it is convenient, because the cutwater
is carried away under water.
A H er t he accident there was some confusion about
geiting the boats over, but we had a little dickey
boat in the water in about, two minutes, and two
others in about five minutes more. The crew threw
ropes to the propeller, and saved all they could in
that way. and I lie passengers threw over life-preser
vers, and whatever else would float. We have ten
boats on board. We could hear men crying and
struggling in the water the moment we struck. We
haul --I m three men over the bows. One saved
himself in the wheel; and Capt. Smith clung to the
bm • The propeller sunk in about sixteen fathoms
of water.
AU cr this we laid to till daylight, and did not lose
1 iii! ground, v, e could see the “slick” on the water
caused by the oil on the propeller. We had hopes ot
finding somebody floating on bales or boxes, but
none wore to be seen.
Dim mon the Metropolis.-— Among the pas
sengers on the Metropolis was Mr. George Tappan,
a merchant of New Bedford, and a man of consul* r
able property. Me has been subject to tits, and
on hia way with his wife to visit the South for his
health. When the disaster occurred he was very
much exceed, and, while making some inquiries lie
fell back in an apopletic fit and expired almost in
stantly.
Incidents, &c. —Among the thrilling and heart
vending incidents connected with the disaster, a
passenger relates the following :
A woman was seen struggling in the water, sup
porting her infant child in her arms—a rope was
thrown to her, which fell within her reach, and
whe might have seized and saved herself, by relin
quishing her hold upon the child. She looked up
saw the rope, saw those who would have given al
most, their own hold upon life to save hers, then
pressed her child to her breast and sank forever.
These we.e the only persons seen in the water
that were not saved; ail the others appear to have
gone down in the propeller. The husband of the
woman was among the lost.
An old man, 74 years old, who could not swim,
got. upon a plank and was saved hy one of the
boats. Mis name is Daniel Ayres.
The clerk of the boat heard that hia wife waa sick
and went to New London yesterday hi the steamer
Connecticut, by v\ hieli iheana his life was probably
saved, lie is supposed to have the freight list in
hia possession.
Capt. Smith has a Wife and infant child in New
London. The child is the last remaining of nine
children.
About two years ago the J. N. Harris ran aground
on Norwalk reef. She was then commanded by
Jonathan Smith, Leonard Smith’s father, who died
in consequence of over exertion on that occasion.
Mr. Stephen Prentice the pilot of the propeller,
leaves a wife and son in New London.
Chinese Customs—'Thk Antipodes of English.
—The very strikirg contrarieties in comparison with
our own, are amusingly given in the following ex
tract from a w«»rk published at M acao :
“ On inquiring of a boatman in which direction
Macao lay, I was answered in the West north, the
wind, as 1 was informed, being East-south. We do
not say so in Europe, thought 1, but imagine my
surprise when, in explaining the utility of the com
pass, the boatmen added that the needle pointed to
the .South! Wishing to change the Subject, i re
marked that I concluded he was about to proceed
to some high festival or merry-making as his dress
was completely white. He told me, with a look of
much dejection, that his only brother had died the
we*fk before, and that he was in the deepest mourn
ing for him On landing, the first object that at
tracted my notice was a military mandarin, who
wore an embroidered petticoat, wilh a string of
beads around bis neck, and who, beside, carried a
fan ; ii wu-: with some dismay I observed him mount
on the right side of his horse.
< in my way to the house iny attention whs drawn
toi#veral old Chinese standing on stilts, some of
whom had gray beards, and nearly all of them huge
goggling spectacles ; they were delightedly employ
o»l in Hying paper kites, while a group of boys were
gravely looking on, and regarding the innocent oc
cupation of their seniors with the most serious and
gratitied attention. Desirous of seeing the litera
ture of so curious a people, J looked in at a book
< ore. The proprietor told me that the language
had i o alphabet, and I was somewhat astonished,
on his opening a Chinese volume, to find him begin
at what J had all my life previously considered the
end of the book. He read the date of the publica
tion— The fifth tenth month, twenty-third
day. We arrange our dates differently, I ob
served and begged.that he would speak of their
ceremonials He commenced by saying, ‘‘When
you receive a distinguished guest, do not fail to
place bkii on your left hand, for this is the seat of
honor; and be cautious not to uncover the head, as
it would lie an unbecoming act of familiarity.”—
Hardly prepared for this blow to my established
notion . J requested he would discourse of their phi
losophy. • r
He re-opened the volume, and read with becom
ing gravity: ‘The inost learned men are decidedly
of opinion that the seat of human understanding is
the stomach !* On arriving at, my quarters, I
thought that a cup of ‘Young Hyson would prove
refreshing, feeling certain that, in this at least, T
-Ituuld rnee* with nothing to surprise me; imagine
my ao .mi hrneut when I observed that the ‘favorite
leaf tiie Chinamen was about to infuse* locked quite
different Uvanyl had ever seen, it being, in color, a
duii oii vc, having none of the usual bloom on '
surface. 1 remarked on its appearance, ""f'j j fc J
•aiendant quietly said that they i*ver u*e
tea in China; bub* the foreign*? W
W ; * >- « wI., U U..
i '.ld. Ui ey "I ruureehadn J ■ made from
''''"iod!" becomt a cob
""■‘rrb it.h.&vi.'K the other Chinese C»«-
tu.iMAi.f— The British coinage for the
f- -rii 4 «ofi 159 sovereigns, 2,391,909 haif
>^ 4 ' earns 2,2»i,760 florins, 3,168,000 shillings,
dn IF'ii sixpences, 95,010 groats, 4,158 four
* lieneesl,olß,29* three-pences, 4,720 two peaces,
Jiii.t 7 92ti’silver peiice. The total value of the gold
coined last year was £6,002,114, and that of the
Silver coin £462,528, the real cost or value of the
rne’Hl having been £434,699. The copper coinage
of ] 856 included 1,212,288 pence, 1,942,060 balf
p-i ce, 1,771,392 farthings, and 913.920 halt farthings,
making a total value of £143,717. The purchase
value of the copper was only £73,324. East year
234,200.371 ounces of silver com whs purchased lor
re coinage, at a nominal value of £6. / ,550, and the
mint value at ss. 6d. an ounce, being £602,-146, it
follows that the loss by re-coinage was £75,101.
Thf Stolen Cattle.— The rumor that the Chey
enne Indians had stolen 800 head ot cattle on the
wav to Utah, designed for the subsistence of the U
S troops, is confirmed by information received at
the War Department. The loss falls upon the army
contractors, and not upon the government
From Ike Jacksonville Nctrs of August Hlh.
Imliiui News*
We have been kindly permitted to make the fol
lowing extracts from a private letter from Capt. J.
h*. Micklerto Lieut. Canova, in relation to the In
dian news we published last week ; which will, we
doubt not, prove of interest to all our readers :
. Fort Myers, July 26,1857.
Dear U.: —l embrace this opportunity to advise
you ot my success in capturing a party of Indians,
which doubtless you wifi have heard of ere receipt
ol Mms. On the 2d inst. 1 reported my company
ready for duty at Tampa, and on the 3d I took my
departure for Fort Kissimee, where I arrived in
safety. On the 12th, I descended the River iu boats
to Lake Okechobee, and (established a station on the
Northern shore of said Lake.
On the 15th l started ou a scout wth 30 men,
ieaving the residue of my command at the station .
on the evening cf the same day, we returned to sta
tion having met with no success, either in seeing
Indians or their signs. On the 17th 1 started again
with tiie same number of men to examine the Saw
Grass Plains east of the Kissimee river, shoving
<*ur boats as far as wo could get them, I then climb
ed up a tree and discovered several small islands in
the Saw Grass; selecting one of the most prominent
ones, I started with 25 of the men, (leaving the
other six to guard the boats.) On approaching the
island we could hoar w ood chopping, thereupon di
vided my men into two squads, surrounded the is
land and ordered a charge, which was promptly
obeyed, and crowned with great success, capturing
fifteen (15) Indiaus, six squaws and nine children,
three of which 1 captured myself, running like wild
horses through the Saw' Grass. Collected them all
together and started back towards the boats, and
before arriving heard the report of a gun in the di
rection we wore moving, together with loud yells,
which caused us to anticipate an attack every mo
ment, they however, were but merely moving from
us, as it proved.
Upon arriving at the Boats, one warrior was seen
by the guard aiming for his boat, whereupon three
of the men started in pursuit of him, and but for the
accidental discharge of one of their own guus,
which inflicted a llesh wound on one of my own
men, wrould have captured him. After securing the
prisoners, I returned to the Island with live men
and burnt their camps, Ac, and then started for
this place where I arrived in safety ou tlie22d inst.,
and obtained a check for $3,000 to be divided among
my men. 1 leave again for the same neighborhood
ou tomorrow’ morning.
Your Brother, Jacoii E. Micklf.k.
A Pkrm.ous Ascknsion at Troy. —Professor Ma
rion made his t hirty-fourth ascension from Troy, N.
Y., on the Bth instant, under circumstances so
hazardous and with a result so peculiar as to place
it among the most remarkable events in the history
of ballooning, fraught as it is with thrilling|advcn
tures. The Troy Tunes states that the ascension
took place from a lot near North Baptist church,
and that a lady accompanied the aeronaut, to the
height of about forty feet. The ascensive power,
however, not being sullicient for the weight of the
two passengers, tin* balloon rapidly descended, and
the lady was left ou In ra firma. The account of
t.he second ascent, is then described by the Times as
follows:
Getting off again, he ascended quite rapidly, but
was earned by the current of air upon which lie
struck rapidly toward the church spire. When his
attention was turned from the crowd, lie found to
his astonishment, that he was within twenty feet of
the church, and going toward it at, a dangerous rate
of speed. To clear himself he immediately grasped
a bag of ballast and threw it outside. In descend
ing, this passed w ithin some two feet of the head of
a lady who was looking out the window of an ad
joining building, made a clean hole through a grape
arbor, and broke a board in a back stoop by its
weight. After throwing out the ballast, the balloon
ist, ascended very fast, but, it soon became painfully
apparent to the auxoius crowd below that a collision
with the church spire was inevitable. This soon
occurred. The balloon, which was then going at a
rap.id speed, came in contact, with the lightning-rod
at the apex, with a blow similar to that, of a vessel
surging at a high rat eof speed against a rock. The
concussion was terrible. The Professor, who had
anticipated the shock, braced himself in the car, ami
anxiously awaited the result.
After swaying to and fro an instant, the balloon
caught, apparently, in a bolt connecting the rod
with the spire, and tore, with a sound wliich was
distinctly heard from the earth. The rent was be
tween ten and twelve feet in length, leaving a mon
strous aperture, through which the gas rushed with
a sound like that of the wind. A thrill of horror ran
through the crowd below, accompanied by exclanm
lions indicative of the general belief that the death
of the jeronout. was inevitable. But, not.withstand
ing the hazardous situation in which he was placed,
he maintained the most perfect self-possession uni!
equanimity. The balloon hung suspended oy the
spire for a moment, the gas meanwhile escaping at
a fearful rate, and with a sound which to a man
possessed of only ordinary nerve, would haveseom
ed a sentence of death. Tflen, disengaging itself, it
rose slowly and with a vascillatiug motion, caused
by the collapse, until it had reached an altitude
of five hundred feet. It then descended rapidly
again.
To retard this momentum another bag of ballast
was thrown out, and the effect was to cause a se
cond ascension. The balloon arose swiftly and
gracefully, us though the power which carried it up
was not constantly being lost. If anything could
have allayed the anxious excitement of the crowd,
it would have been the apparent indifference of the
Professor to the terrible danger of his situation.—
When in an altitude ot a thousand feet he leaned
forward from the ear and waved his hat to the crowd
below. 'l'lie gas rushing out at the rate of over a
thousand feet a minute, the balloon soou lost its as
censive power, aud when near the State dam began
to descend at the rate of twenty feet a second. The
danger of descending in the river became immi
nent, but. by leaning over in the car and carrying the
weight on one side this waa avoided, and the de
scent was made upon the dock, within twenty feet
of the water. The concussion upon striking the
ground was very great, the car rebounding a dis
tance of three or four feet, aud then urifi ing towards
the river. A number of persons who were present
prevented it from going into the water by seizing
the net ropes and holding it with strong hands. The
result of the pulling and pressure of the escaping
gas was a collapse of the balloon from top to hot
tom. The danger was over—the Professor had com
pleted an ascension which, we venture to assert,
was as hazardous as any ever made by an icron&ut
who escaped from his adventures with life and
limb.
The scenes during and immediately succeeding
the accident beggars description. When the bal
loon struck the spire there was a general exclama
tion of horror, and hundreds averted their heads,
expecting that the ieronaut would be dashed to
pieces on the instant. Alter the spire had been clear
ed the crowd rushed forward frantically—men,
women and children—anticipating that , at the farth
est, the balloon would descend below fioosick street,
and that the death of Mr. Marion was inevitable.—
They were happily disappointed, as we have seen.
While the Professor was packing his disabled bal
loon at leaaf two thousand persons had arrived in
the neighborhood, who followed him in a crowd
down to the city. It was a scene of the wildest ex
citement, as it had been before of the most, thrilling
anxiety.
Alleged Cruel Punishment in the Army.—
The Lawrence, Kansas, correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat narrates the following case of ex
cessive punishment in the army:
An incident occurred last year at Fort Pierce,
which possibly has never come before the public
1 have reliable information that a private in the ar
my at that place, some time last summer, commit
ted some trilling offence against the military digni
taries, for which he was court-martialed and sen
tenced to receive fifty lashes. The sentence was
executed with great, severity, so much so that, the
soldier died in tue operation or soon afterwards
Another member of the army at that place bad been
accustomed for years to write for Southern journals,
and at this time he made a note of the incident, in
which he rather intimated that the officers were cul
pable for being so severe in the execut ion of law as
to cause death. For this, and this ouly, the writer
was arraigned before a court-martial and sentenced
to receive thirty, or silty lashes—to have one-half of
his head shaved, ami to wear the bull and chain for
one year ; and the poor man is now at, Fort, Kiley
suffering the last part of the sentence. This is the
statement as l have it, and I believe it to be correct
in all essentials. The names I could furnish if nec
essary.
Mail Rohijeiiy Near Centreville.— I The mail
from Easton (Md.) for the Wilmington distribution,
including many letters for Baltimore, wus found in
the woods near Centreville, Md., on Tuesday morn
ing last. The mail was the one which left Easton
on the Bth instant. The mail-carrier between Easton
and Greensboro’, it isallegd, was introxicated. and
did not miss the mail until he arrived at the latter
place on the following day, when Mr. Woodward,
the conductor, hastened to Easton in search ot it. It,
was, however, found by Mr. Joseph Share, of Balti
more, who was on a visit to Centreville, and at the
time of its discovery was in the woods looking for
berries. Most of the letters were rifled of their
contents. A large amount of checks was found on
the ground. The mail contained packages for New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Rich
mond, Aunapolis, and several other points in Mary
land. The Easton Bank had determined to send
$15,000 to Baltimore that day ; but from some slight,
cause the cashier deferred it, and thereby saved the
money. Mr. Share handed the whole mass over to
Mr. T. J. Keating, assistant postmaster at. Centre
ville, who holds the packages for futher orders.—
bait. Sun.
High Water in the Lake.—The water of Lake
Michigan is now said to be higl»er than it lias beeu
ever known since 1838, when the rise was so great
tvs to kill trees over one hundred years old. The
level now is but fourteen inches below that of 1838.
The fact is not in accordance with the supposed pe
riodical rise and fall known as the seven years theo
ry. The mouths of the completed city sewers are
half filled with water, which demonstrates that they
have not been constructed too high. A heavy north
• ast blow, raising the water a foot and a half high
er, might do considerable damage to goods stored
in many of the cellars of the city — Chicago Time*.
Pearls found in Hi'AKTanbuhg. —There were
shown to us, a tew days ago, by Dr. W. C Kilgore,
three beautiful pearls which he informed us had
been taken by one of his neighbors from some mus
cles found iu Ben’s Creek. They were submitted
to the inspection of Mr. Charles Bechtler, of out
town, who has been engaged in the watch and jew
elry business for a number of yea* nd 18
fore, very competent to judge " f "f/ r w. re
and In-, pronounced them genuine peiukThey
of a bright brilliant color, almost transparent We
would judge them to be'of considerable value -
Spartan.
The trial of the counterfeiters recently airested in
The trial O ;t , Kipley comity in that
State La . Some of those arrested confessed their guilt,
told where a list of the gang, three hundred in
and told w e ro ,. ur ,.a The list was tound at
{'.““l, J.e indicate!l, and the officers,,! Kipley,Dear
!'*' adjoining counties, are in pursuit of them.
Act eat many persons, it is said, have been taken
Ivitii a sadden leaving for Kansas and other new
countries.
Counterfeit Coin. —A man named Ephraim
Conway w-ris arrested yesterday for passing a coun
terfeit fifty cent piece upon J. W. Phillips, a shop,
keeper at the corner of West Broad and Harrison
streets. Upon being searched, sl.2sin fifty aD,t ten
cent pieces were found iu his possession. He is
evidently a rascal, and none the less so for being on
a small scale. — Savannah. Republican.
The Filibusters. —Theaclual number of men
couveyed to Nicaragua from the State ol' California
to the tlag of Hen. Walker duriug the last two
years, as shown by the books of the old Accessory
'Transit Company of diaries Morgan &. Sons was no
less than 7,00(1 men shipped up the San Juan river,
and 3,500 received from California. Mr. Bostwick,
late Secretary of State to (ieneral Walker, says he
can prove, by documentary evidence, that no less
than-,,700 filibusters have found their graves in
Nicaragua.
Completion ue the Treasury Extension.—lt
is estimated that the Treasury extension will re
quire three or four yearn from the preseut time for
its completion. The entire building, when finished
according to the original plan, will cost about sl,-
000,000. Washington Union.
Mortality.—The whole number of deaths in
New York last week was 636, an increase of 85 up
on the number of the previous week. A startling
fact disclosed in the returns is, 24 deaths from vio
lent causes. Two deaths from cholera are recorded;
134 from cholera infantum ; and 45 from consump
tion Natives of the United States, 522. Deaths
in the Almshouse and other public institutions, US,