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i . . S■ • 1 form; auU flie pure
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i. 4 ♦ 1 and li\*.iod >n the iiibictts of Cbctniu
ti’y, N.iitUPl, I'hilorioj.by ami Astronomy.
ti i . - .nil fe< a. w.'gmti b- fawjisti a tboiougl* pro*
(l ira! .1* ‘ Hu* fiMWiaity of Virginia.
1 it 1 \,i >■ ••niain two tvntm of five mouthe
K’ pun.- for each Icnu, ft r board find tuition in all the
duin.it!. -f* imdtMMQg uv.-.vtbwg except light*, i|l2s,
1 abb 0* the rtr.d day of the term
I’m 11 iiUi eoiiianiing more parti* nlar information
sol itm either of the principalA, at Clforlottf .vilh*, Va
Ittf KRKNQCS.
Tl: i ’;• tfllv of the U uiveiriity ol V - (fima
eaOoMt
Id >lt M - oy, Nationel OUaor
H 1 - iib i v fti ery \ Wb<-, Uiehtund, Vi.
Va ! J. if 1 -on KeuiAelph. Ohertottoavdle, Va
KnuiKhn Minor. do.
11. Johurion Iferbonr, ..liarhom svUU* Va.
J. l<aiKi“!pb-Tn V.-T, K 1, WitMthHter,Ta.
Hon .1 M. Mason, Senate.
.1 111 * Coot-t . p*rio,(la.
lion. O U ‘liinier, Lexington, <*a.
Henry Hull, K.*.p, Albenti, (*u.
I*l*l l.cHiai . S. C Ouloan'U.
DBOPBY CUR^JD.
11M t -1 mvl i ■ • to •me Urop.sy iff every
I , ftii ; U ‘ .hr 1 real
ment oft *i <n e tor ihtrt.v years H tan bn seeu
... >i 1 -mUTii l'nion Point,t>r addreMed
i ylellui i that IHi •* t'h*’ medrtie can lie seul any
ntuiehy t: i 1 <ij •• ith di-e t ons *>l taking it- or f
vmII atf-iii p-i ‘m Uty, if ro.|Uo|tel, and paid fnr my
I will buy groe .dftcted vrllb Irropsy, or
. are them, as the own. May jrtNifer. 1 have never
l-nowna<a -to n'vura when nuwd by uiy remedy.
Hatlslnctory rt'f reneew given, if desired.
Mil I'M U Hi'ooWK
r ... r*.. .7uK r. i *.7 jyTi wtjat
M ’ s-\LF.
mHB o : ten Ingram, in Wilkin
-1 r .ni.ib. i g Three *fh* utmud Aeie, the
greater p .A uio'ei t.- ire, and about one half cleared.
’
IrwiutoM.aud .Uhom thnCectial KailMud. U is well
wuti i. i all l limboieit ;■ ban a good (>wlling, Nngro
Hmi . Grist Mill, (Shi House, and all •eertesary oat
buildiiir ■ Hoi iVirlhi-i |mu ti< iilhih, sddresß or owli on the
, • i.ii.et, Hsmb*if*h ut (1
* hi WII.I.WM INOKAM.
NOTTOE TUTS.
iI'IIK :■!. •!! .r,-li*vi!ig <Utnriiuo* to inuv* Watt,
| i iu- ..no .if ili m<wtd.>lrblß*VM;MS ui
the 1 1 (If . *. ouiaiidiTt* throe iota or nquarcs,
i-i i 1 ‘. ‘b o. OplethovL.*, in Mfteoscounty,
hi *n l. o . ■iy location iu Qoorgia There are
... . . . | ! o* ‘ - o.'iu acres
.-l.ia-.-ivv .!■ ui th JiutWr ;fv*-alt *tf a light gray
e.-b . v Uad&pti 1 tojhc iuiodnetion of i-etto.u All of
the l.i .1 hi n-v level a.; uotfld ba desired: well watermi,
ft. *l good wu-.i •*, wiib wti liupvovotucnhi ueoaftsary tor ft
Hot iu Ka’n- C. nllot’ , titu, QearandHtrpnr, aliof
thu b. st inftterUiH. ana an well trade ami arranged. a
can be.
Bt* k, Farming rteufdla* and provisknw enough for
tin pi... e. wilrf * fnioisht’d t* the pnvdtfosar, if desired,
ut la r price- A.. di ;-n choer iau go# e groat bargain.
All of If . <o\i’ named artiih*s >ud place will he offered
u liberal tc. i. v ahd if 1141. !.l before the :!rs Tuesday
iu Nnvei.ib.-r i-8 t, lie ofllWed at ptfolie *alo iw the
f Ogh
I a* -.1 Oiler my HO (IK Rand LOT In BfddtttW u for aale,
and l tiunW u . ne t the u os* plonaantly situated fi<r a
‘.i>‘ ‘ A "’ WILUAM ELLIH.
UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE.
IMU-I MK.IUCAI! HKFAKTaMNT opens
H-:h . tm-i re PrelUnln&ry Cwnr*e OOTOWBH
le A j ply to If All LF. AVH, limam
I’HK HOLLRUIAi'K UI'VAitTMKNT Wen tern
Military limuiuie. couimvact -ax’ wwio% ANFTEM
HKKi It ntHft uipi te ('foesUsl t'ows®, aa
Elective I’ottrs'Mu BngtriWrmg, in Btienttfe and Agrb
. ultural braiiclien, an- a Fn panrtafy igchbol.
Boarding. V. anhing. Fuel, s[oo \ • r tei ia. of “AJ v*evk
M<wl. ru ljangnagaf. etc . each 810 per term.
l.ii. t year tt.cro woreds*stndout in iho two Dcpasft*
Apply to"’ 11. U ,L iTINSIiN, Sapt^intemLmt.
IS hvilio, Tenu . Jtlfjr 11, d-a M‘
wOoduwk roa salC
H l! -nb ci iber, desirottft of nvoAleg West, often for
. \V*o in n. formerly tue ro,id*m-e of the Hon.
Win I Hraw ivru, tb i- -*t. iylrjgv-nthe #vtg'ae Branch
.*f il i ; > : Uaftr. ul. m \ rw of tha hrtiagtoe De
pot • p. . * vc.mau.iwf airrcs m Laud, ‘vitu *
bawtiome It- vidvßce. and all ua'f -an’ Oiu lluldmg*—
ail m pood mp.i.t. Also, a very chwic nulcetioii of
-
ALABAMA \ wANTATION TOR SALE.
r |M* •• tldenif- ah hi* valuable PLAN-
I l ATlltN, btuia-ml <u ibe ontf at Macon,
m b*. v , wary and West Vein* Uailroad. 7
ndlee* f Tn -re. l imnaoo ereefi, onitaining UiOO
;.crc >i I..ir. !- .v o: which is e 3 Hu.’ .siato of euitira
tioa Vh,- wi-ii watered ftai due./t.ubred:
!u a H,x ju.d proH* tom au i oOs eifital to any
lands .n this ,! u Uu the prciptH*. lies U a large
>w. ng 11* . w’.ihjjr.fcHi ISifraMd Berew and all e
---4, ~h V m M.l c Form.A.’ of
i if ‘\ggii I'KONvL Ala , “c Oa nudes
. gtio.l -u ih* ■ PFTK i DnInKILL
* FOR SALE.
•I'm’ .nder-Hj-ae i . de-ttes-. at .crvuif ihw State.
I offers * e > kla, U b RF A L HMTaP* **
tho ow nos WantA* -g, Wstrencwmlß, via. o>u>mttug
v* a Dwll.'use, IT'.J l.<# ofW'on< dve aerwo t
• ... v jj, • unto Sl.opai.a c. ‘L Tcura, Macbten,
•tnubn! vi -111 * atiH X, tofelher ith *4 Ula dniahvu
m a j,; t > twmtv %t..'#L--a.d dokaM worth c 4
o rkca*. \- v -••'is..** ’ • at gomt prana*, at thi
KPhiil'u .to*.ra
lV .Y* -i will tx’ s'. *i *m ’.*i.. t. O* jor
•br iIKOIUiB U 80S8VII.
W*rr*ntoa. vl*. Jan* j>‘< w.i
ro *!'*•
otTer fur sale my eatire Uo er A TtUK.
•* or ’ laift* --:'f CoHuatou- <xi . In lUrkoor
eoiiMv M lmJ oo.rto Ctuutalmuches ri**r. oomain
ojt•ioiitniil'A'li* • dw> >Uu of cuttivatisa ill
~! , ; an A r*od Water fiis and Mary across the
Shaiill. ,!vi.-nv. The • hove will he Her ute sfsny
Cjic acta ->I udj>t>see**oo*l tortus Ic suu Mr
chadors- Uaafiftfl MATTHEW AVBRETT.
TOR SALB.
\IM. t\T VTItIN ceutaUM* Ijttßmcm lead, wall
limberol ‘AS’ sftj’ rijesre*, ariprvjuoai the tn
Sc lMauU ou.iu su.WV’r stetuor all toil* A peod
two-smev Dec ag, ta-.Bfoe *** rooms, with fear
ttro-ou. *• :et ft> -.u Kitchen, Stroke House,
lw „ , ( ,, r v t ettea It “ >i Hon w. see other kuW tag*,
arc o i the prem , ft* WcH et good water . a tiae
ranee for 11 s-tuil Call - Vwt ana OyaMß cootewaral
tn Urco sbundaavw A%toro ho*Ahjr, Dmmm toeauaw
is not to be found irt S- tthmi Oorgm ranker par
li( .„ ..., be obtaiavdby applicat ,uU the soWnhsr
at *• WOOIXBT
aovIS-wtf .
COLEMAN HOUSE
B%’ lu<WK * T.ADT
1 KMUXVII.iI, T*N. f
rjiHE uadar ewodhav “ -**• Maa(v-rf **"*•
1 and asarisofifoa* Hoe,* w.ps'tfhlif foUsit safi
fcoi>i to moj it * ttmrrn *>t pat roug9 Tn# I*
furmshed 4 UpvtMagt a4 utoAecii
?lew*u> Muwietm aaid i rt. -ft * ** ••
hMtrt ot ;Ut* t y.ion'. iM<uit<-al the bu*i*“iW. ai*d cm
tt*<* pruicipal A.* l orsuulMM * always x raa<lts*
to convey pa* cinfrs to xi*t frvta (ho Depots ub tba art#-
val and dc t air u* af *fce fa: s. The SuLca fbr MoM vale
Spring arnraat:4 dafiaru daily.
The uab.tt will be *aj -ami with tha bast Ui market
affords and no pain< Will be spared to render gvetts
comfortable SAMPSON LAKIt’.R.
Jcly l*. IS3B .jySMt; ;uHN BABY
K_ BkAßl’ V v\M a. MtAsasco.
BEARDEN A FRANOISOO,
I )BODI'C'£AN'D ( MERCHANTS,
_| B4.a< ‘m Ga ,w ll sell on Conuaisaiom Bacon. Lard,
Floor, Cora, Oalfc Frkther*, aad 1 Produce
aanerally m
Persons fthipp.ug to as rc roly upon prompt return*.
F.vrkH TO
Merchants tad CiUten* w* KaoarllW ; Morgan A Cos.,
Jo Edward.-. Jauif* C. Lit:* 1. Camptroiltr. Naahvillc ;
Richard b Campbell. Beu Chaaaler A Ca. J AM.
French, CbattaaoOga ; T. J Campbell, Cleveland: R.C.
Jack*m. Athetu, Mcrchaatsoi Ea-ITfuaaa*e generally
mlEjb-wty
DISSOLUTION.
r|’ IIE tinn ,fw.s, b W ILKIhSOX. 1s dtssolreS bf
X the death v in New York, on the Uth et *
W tlkinson.
1 he uudeis*nsd, kierivies muartaee. etL (few the
busmesv.f the less Urn: t WU.KINtX>K
July is, iSiT r *Aa
C OP hfi T HE* SH ie.
THE have fenawd a OopaitDemhlp
.dating iron. 13th last.,) unapt ae Ann o: W LLMifie
BON A KAROO; &ud Lavr g r*’ ~~* K irriT she stork ai
the late ti:p> ot M- A B Wilt tmup. em contone tbe
Wboleaale Grocery bu at the uu*4s
* , “ wii.m^hw,
es late firm of M t B WilkLsom
J O. FAktVl.
of late firm U Adaai> a Fargo
July -*5, 157. j*wtu
i i ‘ ‘ ‘” ‘
Qrotiick &
For the C!< ronicle \ Sentinel.
To Ik* llan.ThaniHa W.Thauiu.
Sol.a on* ha* given th* opinion thatgovernment,
from it* very nature, i* and usurping.
tannin,: toward* unlimited power, and sometime*
towards unlimited territory. We are repeatedly
admonished that eJJ the cherdt* and restraint, which
the Const itutiun thrown around our government,
require In be kept up with great vigilance. And
the point to which affair* have arrived, a* regard*
the South, we cannot be too jealous of the action of
our Chief Magistrate It very evident that the
Unitalioß of the Presidential term to torn years, is
no security against the steady increase of Execu
tive power—at least in tho band* of a Democrat,
and the unjust use of it by a succession of Presidents,
managed by an intriguing, unscrupulous and cor
rupt party. The Democratic party has min*ained
a succession of Presidents, who ha. c each added
. more or less power to the office, and have always
shown a ready disposition to make any use of it
that would consolidate, strengthen, and extend the
uiU.Min-e of tbe party. They have unmistakably
de: eloped their policy to be, tomake the Democratic
parly perpetual—to make it irretitlible —and the
nex* step is a natural result— despotic. It requires
no leasnuing to show that a change in the form o
onr government will then take place. Some propof
witi* ‘ns are too plain to argue upon, and this is one of
them. The power of wrong is coincident with the
power of right, in every President, and often much
stronger.
It may tie supposed that no President at this day
stand* in fear of an impeachment They can now
ooktrei, at all times, a strong minority at least; in
cases o£ emergency it is difficult to say what they
might be able to do. The hope,or the fearful en
joyment, of office, exercises a very powerful influ
ence over a vast multitude of people, and is the
must efficient and unobstructed Executive power in
he world. And a President will not so glaringly
violate the Constitution, or so openly disregard his
oath, but that ndvocate* may Sud room to excuse,
and even defeud him against a direct charge. Vou
have some evidence of the truth < f this in the in
stance before you. The danger to our free institu
tions I consider to be greater, as it is insidious.
Tbe conduct of (or. Walker in Kansas, is an in
stance in point. The President has acted through
him. Tiie Constitution, however, was not violated.
His offence is the infringement of a side agreement;
ho tulcrfd erf where interference was prohibited by
all parties concerned. He falsified good faith by
vitiating the busis of peace, the principle of nov.-in-
IcwHtwn. That Buchanan has morally peijured
himsi If, is impressively fixed in the mind of every
man. with a delicate sense of feeling on the subject
of official cat he.; but not In a maimer to sustain a
direct charge. Mr. Buchanan has excusers and ad-
Vooates, as you see.
That Walker has acted iu Kansas—has doueail he
lias done—with the full consent, if not positive di
rection of Mr. Buchanan, is to my mind evident
enough ; and may be inferred from a few plain facts.
Wien the appointment was tendered, the President
Could scarcely have been ignorant of Wa'ker’s
vievo generally on this subject. For, in Septem
bei last, during the canvass, Walker made aspeech
in Pennsylvania in which be held the same views
he lias expressed iu Kansas. He says this much
himself in a letter. But to say that Mr. Buchanan
was not sufficiently inhumed, isto admit bis iuipru
deuce iu making the nomination without a proper
knowledge. But then he had time to repair ail er
rors utter the arrival of Walker iu Washington City.
Tbe latter was at the Capital for several weeks, iu
dally consultation with the President r and it would
be tolly to presume a full understanding did not
take place. The advocates of Mr. Buchanan must
attribute to him very careless statesmanship—in
deed, no statesmanship at all—if they supposed he
sent au cflicer on to delicate and uifficult a mission
without being fully understood, after having hipi ip
daily intercourse for weeks. Aud this is not all ;
Walker wrote his proclamation, or address, to the
people of Kansas, in Washington City. That he
submitted so important a document to the President
is a conclusion no sensible and rational man can
help arriving at. And if Mr. Bnclianan did not
choose to correct the iusti uinent where it committed
him, it is his own fault.
With these simple and telling facts before them,
how raa the Demoorotlc paity pretend to say that
Walker has transcended his instructious ? The
plain letter of them may not bear him out—but at
tendant ciroanastanoe* will. Mr. Browu says he
will nut. condemn Buchanan ; but wait and see what
tbs President, will do! Is Mr. Brown blind troin the
fact that he will not see! Is he stupid 7 A fool 7
Or a knave 7 Does lie approve the third resolution
of your Platform 7 Do you entertain an idea that
Mi Brown believes that Mr. lluchnuuu will remove
Walker 7 Or that your candidate for Governor will
repudiate him if he does not 7 Sir, the subtifuge is
as transparent as it is contemptible. I know you to
be personally, too fearless, open and honorable to
equivocate ; and the ho .only of such a nature is
pnißed to see the leader of a great party hesitate,
evade, dodge, and sneak,—fearful to tell his real
sentiments, though his owu honor and the public
good imperatively required it—while the duplicity
of the Democratic party and the success of its mis
erably policy, forbid it. 1 have no doubt you have
regretted more than once to see Mr. Brown place
bnusoU in a position so untenable. Heaven protect
me from the despotism of “Party !”
Did uot your candidate for Governor approve, ac
cept , and endorse your platform, without exception
or demurrer ? And does uot that platform pledge
tho Democratic party and Mr. Brown to resistance
—bold, determin'd resistance, to Executive ag
groeaion, if Buohanan did not immediately repu
diate Walker’s acts, and recall that officer 7 An
affirmative response is the answer to these ques
tions. There was uo such tiling mentioned ns va it
tog an indffinilc time , not eveu till after the elec
tion was over—or till the President, through Walk
er, should have accomplished bis nefarious designs.
No, sir, it was to be prompt. And I, as one of the
citizens of Georgia, though often befofe deceived
by such Democratic protessiuns, was simpleton
et ough to trust again, and believe they meant, at
last.U) do what they boasted—especially as they
wero now driven to the wall. I stood by, and ex
pected to see Hie roused chivalry of the Old Dem
ocracy do great deeds! To see the lightning flashes
of tlieir indignant anger scathe both the usurper
and his “satrap,” and hurl them to earth—proudly
redeeming ana redressing Southern honor and
Southern wrongs! 1 watched with intense interest
when the sword of retributive justice should flash
in tho : urid circle of its avenging stroke, aud deal
upon the head of aggressive Power a blow that
should toroe it to respect a people's rights’ But,
alas’ iu that anxious mid critical moment, instead
Ol the bold “shout to the Battle,” —there came the
timid, feeble, pUsilanintous cry of—” W nil /” The
sentinel of the enemy gave Lhe alarm, aud the wiley
President, either knowing the ‘'Mexican quality’
of Ills mutinous Southern allies, or having them
iiound by some secret tie. did not deign to notice
them hirnst 11, but sent tbe keeper of his kennel to
lash them into obedience, if not respect! Oh!
shadoof Bombast* Ob 1 caricature of heroics ! If
this is a favorable specimen of Democratic courage,
valor and heroism in defence of Southern Rights, iu
the uaine of high Heaven what would be Democrat
ic poltroonery!
But, sir, I turn from this picture, which brings a
bmsa te my cheek as a Southerner. I cannot tell
how 1 might fee! as a Democrat—but it matters not
as mv aspirations do not ascend to the honor of be
ing a ueinber of a “great National Party,” if it forces
no thus to deny the instincts of my better nature.
1 rum from the pintoro to bring to notice a oompar
nrti between the policy of Gen. Taylor, the Whig,
in regard to Terri tones, and Mr. Buchanan, the
Democrat, on the same subject.
Gou. Taylor sent the Hon. Thomas Butler King,
of this ,State, as Beater of Despatches to California,
and to officers in New Mexico and elsewhere. In
these, he expressed the desire that each Territory
should form a Constitution and State government at
the earliest period that would allow of it i and “to
settle all their domestic relations at that time, to
sun themselves.” On the til it of January, 1851*.
he submitted a message to Congress, from which I
extract rite fol'owtng paragraph. It foreshadowed
the principle of “so* laft—rra/fom, ’ which ultimate
ly prevailed, but which has been so wantonly sub
verted to muchiet by Mr. Buchanan. It speaks
the languid* of a true National American states
man
“Any attempt, ’ said Gen. Taylor, “to deny the
people of the Stale the light of seif government, in
a mailer which peculiarly effects themselves, will
itifaikbly he regarded by them as an invasion of
toeir rights * ’ * * To assert that they are a
conquered people, and must, as a State, submit to
tiie will of their conquerors, in this regard, will meet
with uo cordial respvuse among American Freemen.
* * * * No language of menacy to restrain
them . thee-rrreiteot an undoubted right, substan
tial!? guarantied to them by the treaty of cession
ileal’, shat; ever be uttered by me. or EkCov RAGED
AND SCSTUNXD BY VERSONS ACTING UNDER MY gE
thoriti. * * * * The people residing there
will. *1 the time of their incorporation into ths
Union as a St Ate, settle all juestions of domestic
posses to suit t neussetues.”
Such was the language of an honest, upright,
-freightforward man—a patriot and statesman of
the okt National school. Had he have done as Bu
chanan has dons, God knows what wonld have been
th.- result—bat he preferred to do right. He was
eo intriguing, seinsh. bigoted, freesoii Federalist.
There is uo bullying, in person or by others—uo
threatening, no menacing a whole people to please
a faction. Uis language knows no South or North
—onir right and justice. And yet, sir, Gen. Taylor
was not sustained in these views. No, sir, not sas
tamed, as Messrs. Robt Toombs and Alexander II
Srepheas oan u-stify.
the policy of Mr Buohanan m bat the policy of
the FreeeoiVrs. Nothing more nor lass than what
they contended for at the time of the Compromise.
He has committed a breach et the peace, and cast
a direct insult into the teeth of the Southern people
He has told them as plainly as acts can speak, iha t
no obiigatioue to the South will weigh a feather with
him He treats us as a degraded and conquered
people . aud though we have been willing to pur
rhaee a peace by a liberal compromise, he has. like
(heGaOtie King, insolently thrown his sword into
the balance. What can it mean to ns. my honors
bie friend, other than it did to tbe unfortunate Ro
mass? H',e to the conyncred Sir. we have
looked in vain to the Democratic party, with all iu
boastings and almost universal power, to protect
onr rights, and save us from dishonor. It only seeks
-to take care of itself! And instead of defending
us. it too violate* its solemn pledge*, turns traitor,
and U 4 holds the power that would enslave, anu
wrest from us our rights!
There is no questioß but that the pp’ tlkTery par
tv had the power in Kaneas, at the time of the ap
pointment of Walker ae Governor. The Frneeoilere
knew tine—and knew further, that all their excite
ment would avail totem* without some other aid.
1 do not aeeert that Mr. Buchanan wae threatened
bv that win* of his party. lamby no means oer
lata he wae not. But it ia very well known that he
was not floe month ia the Presidential chair, before
be declared, “watt weir than ku aswaf explicit
*•*,’ that the agnation of the aiavery question
must oeem. that “lie Democrat* parlf eamU mat
lon/fr UanJ ux&atcmao of Uu South l” But the
pio-eiaverv mania Kansas with qiuetoews aad order
pufoeea their policy. Nothing but prompt and de
cided interfererav could *owc the territory to tin
Kreeeoilera Cutsna, reai, bonadde cimxht, and
not Ahent. wear only allowed to vr for delegate*,
by the act which oouadthe Cowv ti w Walker
coord act overture that. The only - *noa waa to
pul a baa aponth* iahonof (haCot. otlou. This
he did. by iemaiuDatt that the Const.tation formed,
cLorfd bo submitted to, aad voted upon by every
wiMMU* t of lias Territory, at the time it should
ai up tor latSdaotioa It ia auk easy to eouefowe
of a greater pteoa es official uapudenoe Thera was
DO real neueeeity for submitting >t to the people for
ratification. It is scarcely ac ’stomary thing. The
law calling the Convention did not require it; and
under the present excitement, it would be wise not
to do so. And if the Convention is made of such
stuff as freemen ought to be made of, it trill not he
done. But three fourths of the Convention will be
Democrats, and that, is a bad sign—a very bad sign
indeed.
If, therefore, tbe Constitution should be pro
slavery, and it is submitted to the inhabitants , ac
cording to the dictation, we may expect to see it
rejected ; and we shall have the Democrats and
their Administration to thank for it. If it shou dbe
anti-slavery, the great National Democratic party
wili have the donor of doing it—they having an im
mense majority in the Convention. However, “let
us vail.” as Mr Joseph E. Browu says.
Bot, “He Democratic party cannot stand the dog
mas of the South /” said Mr. Buchanan, “with more
than his usual explicitness.” Indeed, sir, is the
party so thoroughly Freesoii aa that? The Presi
dent is politic. Fremont had made serious inroads
upon the Democracy. The Freesoii and foreign
vote was about to be loet to the party. The wind
must he taken out of FremoDt’s sails, or Democracy
would be defunct. It had already sacrificed all the
principle it ever had, to retain the Freesoii aud
Foreign vote. There was no better means pre
sented to regain them, and break down Fremont, than
to give Kansas to the Freesoilers, and the right of
suffrage to the aliens. It was a deßperat6 high
price, hot it must be paid —“anything for the good
of the parly /” And the South is called on to pay
it —ordered to pay it —threatened if she does not
bullied, menaced! Will she submit to it 7
“ The Democratic party cannot stand the dogmas
of the South!” It at once exposes our weakness
and oar pusillanimity— at least of the Democrats.
The power of numbers rests with the Freesoii wiiig;
and in all matters affecting the interests of the par
ty, the weaker must give way. And for the sake of
keeping the Democratic party whole, and in power,
and for no other purpose, you are called upon, sit;
to sacrifice Southern rights, Southern honor—and
even the small remains the equity of the Compro
mise of 1850 left us! You are threatened by your
party g President, with the whole power of the Free
soilers if you do not submit to the sacrifice !—and
submit to it quietly at that! You are not even al
lowed to object to having it taken away by Execu
tive influence, it by that means the strength of the
>arty is increased at tbe North. Solemnly, and be
i ore God, I look upon the conduct of James Bu
chanan as tbe most gross, insulting, high-handed
outrage ever perpetrated upon any section or people
in this country ! The American party of Georgia,
1 know, will resist it with ail the might they pos
sess—l hope the Democratic party will do the same.
But I fear for them. If they will be cringing and
mean enough to still bow at the footstool of
Buchanan, it is to be feared they would submit to
the indignity of being spit upon, even by Walker,
himself. With very great respect,
An American Citizen.
For the Chronicle if- Sentinel.
Mr. .Stephens’ Tetter-—No. 3.
“In my judgment (says Mr. Stephens) the princi
ples upon which this policy (that of the Kansas Act)
rests, are worth the Union itself.” Then (of coarse
he and bis confederates who established tils policy
will expect to stand in histoiy by the side of the
founders of the Union ! It is not wonderful that he
looks complacently on his share in a measure that
is to bring him such renown. Perhaps, however,
an inquisitive posterity will deny to him the honor
which he lias the presumption thus to claim. They
may ask how he happened to remain so long in Con
gress without discovering tbe merits of this precious
policy 7 why he buffered so many territories to be
organized without it; aud why he so long tried to
fasten its asserted opposite (that of the Missouri re
striction) on much of onr Western domain 7
Nothing ’n Mr. Stephens’ letter is more remarka
ble than the extravagant faith w inch he expresses in
the president. Says he, “Apart from this Walker
business, no Administration has ever, in my day, so
fully met my cordial approval.” Now weask, what
has the Administration dons, good or bad, apart
from the Kansas business t On what other subject
has it disclosed its policy 7 It may possibly be pre
paring groat measures—all to be revealed in due
time. But unless Mr. Stephens has information not
yet before the public, lie cannot show that the Ad
ministration has a policy, aud what tbatpelicy is, on
any other subject; and his “cordial approval” rests
on the very Democratic foundation of utter iguo
ranee.
He further says that there ore no grounds “even
to suspect ” that the Administration will take sides
with Walker, except that he has not been removed.
Tlijs small exception contains enough to prove the
whole case. Gov. Walker could have no more effectu
al ratification. But does Mr. Stephens count for
nothing the uneontradicted declaration of Walker,
that one “higher than he” agrees with him? Does
be count for nothing the labored vindications of
Walker that have appeared in the government or
gan at Washington 7 He is very quick to rail at
tho Americans of his own State for every passage
in their newspapers whioh he can distort into a bad
meaning ; aud might, therefore, be expected to sus
pect that the Administration approves what its re
cognized organ defends.
He says ; “ Iu my judgment, Walker ought to
have been removed. I am not, however, in the
habit of condemning without a hearing. Mr Bu
chanan may have reasons for bis course we know
nothing of. ’ Why then is lie so hasty to condemn
poor Walker 7 Why is Walker to bo judged by
one measure and the President by another ! Has
Walker had a hearing 7 May he not also “ have
reasons for his course we know nothing of?” To
us, Walker's guilt is self-evident and so is Bu
ohauan's. But of these equal ofieuders, Mr. Ste
phens has a large amount of charity for the one who
has foreign missions and other places to bestow,
and none at all for bis less fortunate subordinate.
While the South is startled by the “ monstrous and
outrageous” conduct ot Walker, and the President,
who in one hour can rebuke, disown and recall him,
forbears to utter the slightest murmur of disappro
bai ipii, Mr. Stephens is consoled by the hope that I
jfood reasons may yet exist in the royal breast of
our Democratic ruler! Where did the man learn
such sycophancy ? What influence has so cowed
his once independent spirit f Two years ago he
likened his opponents to a dog dragged through
town, chained to a cart. Was this an unconscious
prophecy of the position which he now occupies T
He claims for the Democratic party the exclusive
right of rebuking Walker. Has he eo far forgotten
the elements ol republican doctrine as to withhold
from any American citizens the right of investiga
ting the conduct of public officers, and of condemn
ing it when WTong 7 His party is eager to secure
this privilege to felons from the prisons of Europe ,
and yet he writes as if he would deny it to thou
sands of his native countrymen. Fortunately, our
rights as citizens are not held at his wfll ; and we
shall exercise them by resenting usurpation in Walk
er, Buchanan, Stephens, or any body else.
He seems to re|y on fifty one Democrats who
have been elected to Congress from the North, to
assist iu ceusuring Walker. A more shameful
mockery was never practiced even on Democratic
dupes. He knows that none of those fifty one has I
condemned Walker. He knows that tho press at
the North in their interest unanimously sustains
Walker. He knows that if the third resolution of
the Convention of his party in Georgia should be
offered in Congress on the first day of the next ses
sion, not one of those fifty-one wouid vote for it
They censure Walker! Their political existence
depends on Walker's success iu making Kansas
free, and they are as destitute as Mr. Stephens of
the Uoumn virtue which would sacrifice self to
country.
Finally, he says : “ So far as 1 am personally con
cerned, I can say with truth, I wouldnot give a day
of rest at my cherished home, for a whoie life spent
at Washington.” His practice ill comports with
this prufessiou. But let us take liim at uis word,
and leave him at that “ cherished home.” If he is
sincere, such a result will gratify him. If be is in
sincere, a defeat will be the |ust punishment of hy
pocrisy.” Webster.
[communicated.]
Ta the Independent Veters es Burke County.
Since the announcement of my name as an inde
pendent candidate for the Legislature, my connec
tion (as chairman) with the meeting held during
May Court, and the course 1 deemed proper to pur
sue in the meeting held in Waynesboro’, on the first
Tuesday in July last, have been the subjects of se
vere animadversions aud gross misrepresentations.
Justice to myself, as well as the colleagues with
whom I am associated on the independent ticket,
(now fairly in the field.) requires ine to answer these
animadversions, and disabuse the public mind.—
Permit me. therefore. Mr. Editor, to solicit the use
of your columns for this purpose.
In an interview I had with J. J. Jones, Esq , and
several other citizens of the county, on the morn
ing of the day appointed for our May meeting, we
agreed to support in the meeting the call of a dis
trict convention of the county, as the most proper,
prudent aud satisfactory course form to pursue. A
resolution to that effect was reported through a com
mittee to the meeting, but voted down, and a mass
meeting instead was determined on. To ibis, and
this only, wss the action of the meeting in May com
mitted, and as far as I feel authoriied to speak, the
sentiments of tbe eonntv seemed to favor the nomi*
nation of a ticket composed equally of ths various
parties dividing the county ; in short, a ticket com
posed equally of Southern Rights and Union Demo
crats and old line Whigs, wouid have been accepta
ble to the citizens of the county. Thus far, I stood
committed to the action of the meeting, and am
willing to meet its responsibility: with this call for a
mass meeting in July, and the sentiment alluded to
controlling it. the meeting adjourned. Following
close upon the adjournment of this meeting, a feel
ing sprung up in tbe county that the Southern
Rights Democracy were unwilling to admit ths
churns of Union Democrats and old line Whigs, to a
representation on a ticket, but would, if a favorable
opportunity offered, place Southern Rights Demo
crats on the ticket for both branches of tbe Legis
lature Several prominent Union Democrats and
Old Line Whig* expressed their fears of the proba
ble course of tbe Southdrn Rights Democrats . but
I hosed better things, and sincerely defended them
from the charge. I was anxious for a ticket which
oosld unite the county, aud acted in good faith as
song as I could consistently hope. The day ap
pointed for the meeting on first Tuesday in July,
round me ready to co-operate upon the principle al
ready announced, a fasr and impartial representa
tion of the different parties in the county.
On the morning of the meeting in July in can
vassing around to ascertain the drift of feeiing I
found enough to sahsfy me that the fears of Old
Line Whigs and Union Democrats were bnt too
wed founded. My coarse w&s immediately de- I
teruunad upon. 1 resolved neither to support nor
countenance an attempt, so unw&mnt&hle, to con
duct in so unfair, ungenerous, and partial a manner,
the political affairs of the county. I therefore refus
ed to act as Chairman of th< mating thsingh solicit
ed to art by the gentleman who did preside. I
offer another consideration for the refusal My own
sense cf propriety would not permit me to preside
over a body, the .ending members of which bad
declared :ke.r at;ern,motion ton,,, n independent
candidate <igainxtmr., tkonid I be fatria nominated
by the meeting. W ill they deny this charge T I wae
present in the meeting, but refused to allow my
came, as a candidate, to be submitted to it I taw
the result of the meeting would be to ostracise an
old friends, who stood up with me whet the princi
ple* of the Compromise of 50 were the issues be
fore the people, and I preferred to fall with them
If the Union Democrats and Old line Whig* were
to be “the hewers of wood and drawers of water'’
oi the Southern Bights Democracy, there was hut
one course to pursue—to ignore the action of the
meeting. The reeultof the dissatisfaction thus ex
cited among the Union Democrats and Old Line
Whigs be* been to place before sou an independent j
ticket. It ti for you now to decide whether the
“Waynesboro clique'ft bah control political mat
tars or ndß
But, fellow owiaana, there is another eocsideratioo ,
which DM iti influence in determining the position
I occupy before you. “I look upon Toombs’ elec
tion to tbs V. 6. senate aa the most important mat
ter that will come before the legislature.” Should
the Dominated ticket be elected. I am sure Mr.
AUGUSTA, GA., MOitNING, SEPTEMBER i), 1857.
Toombs will not be their choice. But I am au
thorized to say, if a contest for the seat in tbe U
S. Senate lies between Mr. Toombs and Gov John
son, Mr. Toombs is decidedly the choice of the in
dependent ticket.
Now, in conclnsion, fellow-citizens, allow me to
say that personally, I have Dot the slightest feeling
against either of the candidates on the nominated
ticket, but lam opposed to their position. My own
experience in political life is, when politics inter
vene, friendships must stand aside unlit the issue
is deter tunned. Yours respectfully,
~ , Joseph A. Sheivmake.
Alexander, August 31, i857.
R similar train of circumstances in
this county, produced a like result. An indepen
dent ticket was brought out in opposition to the
regular ticket, unfairly nominated; A gentleman
acting with the party nominating tbe regular tioket
afterwards accepted a place on the independent
ticket, and wa3 triumphantly elected. Let those,
now condemnmg me for my position, who justified
long aud loudly that movement, relieve themselves
trom this dilemma, and I shall not need any further
justification at their hands. J. A S
[COMMUNICATED.]
Mr. Editor : Permit me to say through the col
umns of your paper, that I have not had, nor do I
intend to have, any part or lot, in the highly impor
tant correspondence now going on between Charles
Pemble, Esq., of the city of Augusta, and an anony
mous writer stiling himself “Coweta,” in relation
to the former having thrown from the cars certain
valuable political papers, belonging to Mr. Huff, of
Wonenton. I make this statement simply to repel
the inferrence that might be drawn, from a commu
tation of Mr. Pemhle's, published in your Daily
of this morning, that I had been connected in
some way with this controversy. I covet no such
honor or distinction, and, therefore, protest against
any such inferrence being made by the public
Yonrs truly, fitc., R, Simmj.
Newnan, Ga., Sept. 2,1857.
Report of the Board of Health for August.
Diseases. I Whites.\Blacks.\Total.
Cholera Infantum 6 a 8
Dysntery , j
Diarhiea - l 13
Typhoid Fever 5 3 7
Inflammation of tbe Lungs. 2 2
Do of the .Brain. 1 12
Dropsy f j 2
Consumption l 12
Cramp Colic -.. 1
Paralysis 33
Apoplexy 1 1 y
Convulsions 2 2 4
Child-Bed Fever..... .... 1 1
Measles 1 2 3
Congestion of Brain 33
Cancer of Womb 1 j
Debility \ \
Old Age j 1
Sun-Stroke... 1
Unkn0wn,,,,.,,.,,.,... 1 12
Number of Deaths in each Hard.
In the ist Ward 9 deaths:
“ 2nd “ 14
“ 3rd “
4th “ 20 **
It will be seen by the above table that the num
ber of deaths within the corporate limits during the
month of August were 49. Os these, 7 were from
Fever 1 13 from Cholera Infantum and other bowel
affections. Os the latter, 12 were children.
From this statement it will be perceived that our
city enjoys Its usual freedom from epidemics inci
dent to the season. J. M. Dti,
Ch’n. Board of Health.
Later from New Mexico.
Brasito, New Mexico, Aug. 5,1857.
Ur. Editor—The express from that portion of the
army under Col. Dixon H. Miles, stationed on the
Gila river, brings the gratifyi ug intelligence that a
-ever* battle had been fought between our troops
and lhe Apaches, in which the enemy were com
pletely routed, losing forty-eight killed upon the spot,
and some thirty odd taken prisoners. This ia deci
dedljr the severest chastisement the Indians have
received since New Mexico has been attached to
the United States, and It is to be hoped it will be
l°i>g remembered by them. Lieuts. Steen, Lazalle
and Cook are said to have distinguished themselves,
having fought the Indians in a hand to hand fight.
The oommand, it is thought, will return to the val
ley of the Rio Grande by the last of this month.
There is considerable difficulty existing between
the revenue department of Paso del Nor*e and the
contractors for army supplies—the contractors re
fusing to pay duties upon grain and flour brought
Mexico, by setting up the plea that the county
ot Ei Paso, Texas, has been detaphed from the re
venue district of Paso del Norte, by an act of Con
gress passed the 3d March, 1857, and the contrac
tors are supported in this view of the matter by the
officers of the army stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Indeed, so warm has been the dispute, and so deter
mined are the contractors not to pay duties, aa to
have caused the collector qf the department (Caleb
Sherman) to go on to W ashington to havo the mat
ter adjusted, leaving Col. A. B. O’Banncn, late of
South Carolina, a gentleman of great intelligence,
popularity and firmness, at the head of the depart
ment until his return.
The election oame off on the 3d inst, for State of
ficers, with the following result; J. Cresby, Judge;
A. C. Hyde, Senator, and Stephen Hale, Represen
tative to the Legislature.
Fine crops of corn and wheat have been mad#
this year all along the valley of the Rio Grande, and
the health of the country never better.—Cor. of ike
N. O. Picayune.
Collission on the Galena and Chicago Rail
road—Baa;page Master and a Large Number of
Passengers Injured. —Yesterday afternoon a fright
ful casualty took place on the Galena and Chicago
Union Railroad, about one mile West of Wheaton
station. The 9.15, A. M., passenger train of tbe
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, did not
leave the Central (lake shore) station yesterday un
til about 2, P. M. It consists of three passenger
coaches, and two baggage cars. It made a run to
Wheaton, which it reached at 3.26. The Dunleith
passerger tram was due at the Wheaton station at
3.28. By a misapprehension of the latter time, con
ductor Clarke only slowed his train at Wheaton,
and was soon thundering toward Winfield.
The Dunleith train passed the junction on time,
and made Winfield and the usual stoppage there,
and then left on time for the Eastward. About on#
mile West of Wheaton the two trains came in colli
sion with tearful violence. Both were running at
high speed. The Dunleith engine, tender, ana th#
b*gK a £ e cars, were badly broken. Neither of the
passenger coaches were much injured, and save a
few bruised and more greatly frightened, no injury of
moment was done to those on board. The engineer
and firemen leaped from their machine in time to
escape with a few bruises.
The Burlington train came oft less easily. Th#
engine, tender, baggage, mail and front passenger
car were completely wrecked and driven oae upon
another, a heap of ruins. Mr. Sargent, the bag
gage master of the train was instantly killed. A
gentleman and Lis wife, whose names none of our
informants were in possession of, were among th#
more seriously injured. It was thought the back of
the latter was broken, and that she could not
survive. Several other passengers received bruises
of a serious though it was not believed a fatal na
ture
The scene is described as having been most heart
rending while the wounded and injured were being
extricated from the wreck.
Meantime the wounded had been removed to ad
jacent houses, and were receiving every attention
trom the physicians and citiaens in the vicinity. A
special train of a single car and engine also left th#
Wells street depot at 7 20 P. M., with officers of th#
road and Drs. Freer, Hollister and others, for th#
scene of the disaster. —Chicago Prest , Aug. 28.
Man Shot in Memphis. —James R. Pollock, a
daguerreotypist in the employment of Dr. Y. A.
Can*, shot a man by the name of Slider, a black
smith, on Shelby street, last Sunday night. The ball
took effect in Slider’s stomach, and the wound is
pronounced a mortal one by the attending physi
cian. He was not dead at 7 o’clock last evening,
bnt it was thought he could not survive long. W e
gather the following particulars of the difficulty and
its origin from the News of yesterday evening i
“There was an unsettled difficulty between the par
ties, the origin and progress of which has been re
lated to us. It appears that they have both been
paying court at the shrine of a young woman who
resides on Poplar street, with whom Pollock had ex
changed daguerreotypes and perhaps other tokens
of reciprocal affection and confidence. But, as‘the
oourse of true love never did run smooth,” a misun
derstanding of some sort arose between them, upon
which Pollock demanded the return of his pictured
semblances. The lady complied, though, at the
time of giving him possession. Bhe took occasion to
express her opinion that he was ‘no part of a gen
tleman.’ Pollock thereupon replied that be oould
uot strike a woman, bat if any male friend wouid
take her part, he wouid resent the infulL Slider,
who was present, remarked that he wonld stand for
the lady. Pollock then drew upon him, but the in
terference of by-standers prevented a collision. The
parties did not meet again until last sight, when
Pollock eecorted a lady home from church who lived
on Shelby street. Slider and a friend being in ad
vance of them. Just past the house where the lady
resided, Slider halted, and when the lady entered, he
called to Pollock that he wished to speak with him,
advancing towards him at the time. Pollock told
him to stand back, and he stopped, when P. fired
upou him. After the shooting, Pollock entered the
house and remained a few minutes, when he left
and has not since been heard from.’
Slider is a German, and was in the employ of ’he
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad Company.
Bollock came from White county, Arkansas —Mem
But.
The Atlantic Tiligrafh Cable— Was it
Snapped by Design 7 —An extraordinary article ap
pears in the New York Commercial Advertiser, m
relation to the breaking of the Atlantic submarine
cable. It is directly intimated that the telegraphic
dispatches from Valencia stating that the wire was
broken in consequence of the application of the
brakes by the engineer, were prepared by person*
in the intereet of the company, ana not to be relied
upon.
We re then told that, on enquiry, it wiD be found
that the cable ica* broken on pvrpote, it having be
come apparent that the rapidity with which the
lateral currents were running off with the wire,
would use up the line before !lie vessels were one
third the way across, and that this alternative was
adopted under the conviction that it was better to
lose 300 miles of the wire than to proceed in the
face of the certainty that the whole of it woald be
lost in mid-ocean. It is broadly asserted that the
directors have not told the truth, and some very
pettineci questions are put to them which it will be
difficult to pass over without answering. If all this
be true, then—that is to say, if the lateral currents
offer so serious anmbet&cle in the success of the
plan, what becomes of those “deep sea-soundings”
reports, which aver that no obstacle woald be met
with on this score, and that the wire would sink to
its bed in still water, undisturbed by any influence
whatsoever ?
The significance of this article consists, not in the
fact that it appears as a newspaper editorial, but in
the well-grounded suspicion that it i#he product
of some person on the other ride, whose position
qualifledbim to write undemandingly upon the
subject
ExTkaoasisaKT —A traveler through
Wetiel county. Va., observed that in almost every
precinct there lived three or four iamiiies by the
name of Morris, and having some anxiety to learn
the extent of the family, made inquiry, ana was di
rected to the mother of the whole tribe for informa
tion. having been previously told that she still
lived, though upward of t*4 years of age. He inter
rogated the good old lady politely and gently, and
Muoceedtod in aicwttinug UiAt eit vai the mother
of tvtreaty-five children, 21 soon cad 4 dAUfirteit-
She has aue hundred arid twenty-one grand-chil
drau, and one great-greet grand-child, ail with the
exception of five dead, 2 girls and three boys, now
living in the one neighborhood- One of her sons
has le children, one 12. and another 11. One of tbs
girls is the mother of 12 children, and another is the
mother of 13. all the rest of them produced be
tween five aid seven One of the (OH, who ia no-7
quite an old man. lives withm seven miles of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, but never saw a rail
read until a few days ago. — Mickmond ( Fa.) Sooth.
Telegraph.
gfr iarye -flfagreif of interest has been felt in re
gaWto the striHnaruie telegraph that the full details
of ttsfe operzflftjgyrf .the fleet, which have been
broogat Atlantic will be attentive
ly rk£ Herald and tbe Times
nave lntereaMtateffiJtere:from their special corres
pondents, fleet, which narrate the cir
camstances.agnauMprijfe, departure of tbe expedi
tioufrom V nmitm tHF-proere-se made from day to
‘>'• and, e■ On the way back to
Plymouth, nnMng|rajomed cables with the Aga
memnon for ejftgfiffilnte, but the cable again broke
B ° <l an back proving afailure, an-
The total SjtouutfW; in laying was about 380
miles, ot which <snl/th|gj>ortion that lies within 400
fathoms of water willffobably be recovered. The
remainder is sunk inv 1,700 fathoms, and it was
thought that the strMnCaused by friction, iu the at
tempt to haul it upjMMWd be greater than the cable
could bear. The Cftnpany intended to commence
at once the work of hauling up. It is stated that
the loss BU3tamTTl!by.!jieLCompauy iu consequence
ofthe failure will amount to about £25,000; but it
haWiot beqjLjJcdded, at last accounts, whether the
attempt to L'ouWht* the work should be renewed
this season of JiF suspended until next year The
immediate the disaster is now said to have
been the incapacity rakesmau who superin
tended the “controller,” in failing to make tbe pro
per allowaflUasidr the pitch of the ship, at the time
tho breaks were"fcp!ied. _Xhe sadden rise of the
Niagara from the lßugh of the sea brought so great
a strain upon the table that it parted. Yet Mr.
Bright, the Company's Engineer, who superinten
ded the process of paring out, has signed a statement
exonerating all peSllns on board the Niagara from
blame. ‘ V
At the time of the accident, tbe Niagara had made
280 miles in a direct course from Vedentia, but 380
miljMf the cable had hum paid out—or o >t e hun
dred ttienTctual distance. At this
rate, the leujjth of the cable manufactured (2,50(1
miles) would have proved insufficient to reach New
foundland. The London papers, however, speak
very hopefully of the. ultimate success of the enter
prise, aud call attemToiito the fact that all former
attempts to lay submßne telegraphs have been
failures at first, with thWingle exception of the Nor
wegian cable, the length of which was only 90 miles.
It appeared to be.4bg general belief that the work
would be suapendedTcr this season, and in that case
the cable must be unshipped, a task ot no small
magnitude.—
Progress oFTTiffFLEET anu the Breaking or
the Cable.—The correspondent of the Herald
gives a detailed account of the preparatory opera
tions in Vale l.tia Bay, the sailing of the squadron,
the first breakage of the cable and its repairs, aud
the final departure of the fleet. Ail ‘these details
havealready been published. The first few days’
progress were without especial incident, the cable
running out property andthe hopes ah being buoy
ant that the labor would're successfully accomplish
ed. Ou the fifth day some difficulties occurred of
which the following account is given:
Fifth DaY—t August 10.—There was a pretty
heavy sea on during tbe Jrhole of this day, and it
was evident that there had been a gale somewhere
in tiie immediate vicinity, judging trom the size of
the The rate of paying out varied from four
and a half to aifVnots au hour, and the cable came
up from the coil as eaajly_as if the ship were only
making two knots. It is certainly a wonderful cable,
and those ceils are admirably adapted to tiie work.
There was, it muet.be confessed, a prejudice against
them at first, and whe'h they were suggested as the
best form that could be devised, some objected to
them, on the ‘gfound that they would be so liable to
kink. This opinion has now been proven to be er
roneous, and those who opposed the circles ore con
vinced by practical demonstration that they where
the best forms that could be adopted.
About eleven o’clock tbe Agamemnon signalled
us, desiring to know if we lmd any news, through
the cable, from the East Indies, a part of the Brit
ish dominions which at tins ‘particular time excites
the most painful interest throhgbout England. We
replied tbtit we hml not. There were, we under
stood, some on Ixflnd who had relatives there, and
who naturally felt anxious to hear about the condi
tion of things in that contry. At this time we were
in 2,150 fathoms water, and the cable was going
out in magnificent style. There wero none of thoße
sudden alarming runs which lmd i een predicted for
us wtien our ship should come to the great depths,
and had we not known from the chart of the sound
ings where we were we could not have told the dif
ference, so far as its effects upon the line were con
cerned. We could partly tell the strain by tiie an
gle which it made with tho water, while the speed
at which it went out was marked upon an indicator
connected with the machinery. The strain was
shown more accurately by another indicator, so that
we oould tell the exact number of pounds it was
subjected to at any particular time. This hardly
exceeded three hundred, except when the brakes
were put on, and then it was increased to fifteen and
twenty hundred, and sometimes more. Insllcases,
however, it would not do to take the indication as a
true guide, as the pitching of the vessel produces a
strain which is not always, if if is ever, correctly
marked upon it.
There was a great deal of excitement created by
the cable getting off the wheels twice this evening,
but fortunately it was put on again without any
other accident. It was, to a considerable extent,
a repetition of the same scene that took place when
the cable broke off the coast of Ireland. The ship
was backed immediately,the cable released from
the strain, and in five minutes, which seemed bo
many hours, it was put on the wheels again. When
tire order was given to the engineer to “go ahead
slow,” it is impossible to describe the scene which
followed—the relief from a feeling of terrible sus
pense and painful excitement to which every one
was wound up, the warm aud hearty congratulations
that were interchanged, and the eagerness with
which we still continued to watch the wheels, fear
ful of a repetition of the accident. The engineers
kept near the machine, ready, iu case of emergency,
to go over the work again; but fortunately there
was no call for their services in the same way this
night, after the second catastrophe.
The throwing of the cable off the wheels was
caused by the accumulation of tar iu the Bileaves,
which are not so deep and so wide as experience
has proved they should have been. Tiie tar, which
is pressed out of the iron or protecting wire as the
cable passes over the wheels, sticks in the sheaves
until it gathers in some parts iu large lumps, which
become hardened by exposure to the air. The effieot
of this is to throw the cable off altogether, as oc
curred in the two cases just mentioned.
We had hardly recovered from the alarm created
by these accidents, when the whole ship was thrown
into another state of excitement by the report that
the continuity was gone—that the cable refused
any longer to transmit the electic current i in a
word, that all communication between thß ship and
the shore had ceased in consequence of some acci
dent to the copper wire or conductor, of which no
one knew the cause. For two hours and a half tiie
continuity was lost, and believing that ail was over,
that the three hundred und odd miles which had
been laid were laid in vain, that we would have to
return und report our own fadure, when the eyes of
the world were turned upon us, and at a time, too,
when we confidently hoped that success was within
our reach if we only exeruispd a due amount qf
vigilance and caution —the Engineers, Captain
Hudson and Professor Worse had all agreed that the
only thing to be done was to cut the cable for the
purpose of getting it o f the paying out maoblne,
and tranafemng it to that which was to be used lor
winding up, and in regard to the successful opera
tion of whioh there were very serious and well
founded doubts.
Mr. DeSauty, the assistant electrician, and Mr.
Bright consulted with Professor Morse as to the
best course to be pursued, when be expressed the
opinion that the strain to which tiie cable had been
subjected at the time il Blipped off the wheels had
opened the gutta percha, aud thus destroyed the
insulation. This certainly seemed tiie only reasona
ble explanation that could be given of the affair,
andthe cause stated was generally accepted as the
true one. About two miles of the cable had been
paid out sinoe that accident occurred, and the
only question that now remains to be decided was
whether the winding machine could be safely
employed in under-running this length. This, as
Professor Morse said, was for the Chief Engineer,
Mr. Bright, to determine, and it rested with him to
give the order to have the cable cut, in case he
should eo decide. Mr. Bright did so decide, aud
preparations were being made to carry his order
mto execution, when Mr. DeSauty informed Prof.
Morse that the continuity had been restored, and
that the insulation had not been destroyed.
Iu five minutes more the intelligence would have
come too late, for iu that time the cable would have
been cut and the conductor thus detached fr om the
telegraph instrument conld not have given any in
dication of its being perfect up to tho terminus of
the vessel. The glad news was soon circulated
throughout the vessel, and ail felt as if they had
been imbued with anew life. A rough, weather
beaten old sailor, who had assisted in coiling many
a long mile of it en board the Niagara, aud who
was among the first to run to the telegraph office to
have tbe news confirmed, said he would have given
fifty dollars out of his pay to have saved that cable.
“I have watched nearly every mile of it,” he added,
“aa it came over the side, and I would have given
fifty dollars, poor man as I am, to have saved it, al
though I don’t expect to make anything by it when
it is laid down.” In his own simple wav tie express
ed the feelings of every one on board, for ail are as
much interested in the success of the enterprise as
the largest shareholder in the company They talk
ed of the cable as they would of a pet child, and
never was child treated with deeper gi-licitude than
that with which the cable is watched by them. You
could see the tears standing in the eyct of some us
they almost cried for joy, and told thsir mess-mates
that it was all right. They did not kn w anything
about the scientific deanition of the u --rd “contin
uity ” for to them it was a mystery which was in
capable of explanation, but when they heard it was
lost they seemed to understand it as if by instinct
and to appreciate the full extent of the loss.
I have said that it was a great relief to all to learn
that the elsotrie connection was still perfect, but
each man as he retires for the night, has a feeling
of nervousness and uncertainty lest the morrow
should have something still worse in store for us.
The final disaster is thus related:
Sixth DaT —Asgcst 11.—This has been a sad
day We had retired full of hope, not, it is true,
unmiied with a sort of dread that there was some
thing still worse than what had yet happened im
pending over Abe enterprise. This morning, about
four o’clock we were awakened out of our sleep to
hear the cable had parted in over two thousand
fathom water. Five minutes after it bad been an
nouneed every one was out of bed to ascertain for
himself it was indeed true. There was, however, no
reason to doubt, for there hung the broken end over
the etern swinging loosely and there were the
wheels as motionless as a rock. The other tad bad
not yet sunk to the bottom, it had to descend more
than two miles before it reached the plateau, and it
would require more time to accvmplisn that
The noise >s.t sounded like plea-ant music m our
ears had ceased, and the machine which had caused
us so much anxiety, had now become as so much
useless lumber blocking up lhe quarter-deck. The
cause of the calamity was the application of the
brakes at a time when it was almost fatal to use
them There was a pretty heavy swell on, and as
usual under such circumstances, the stem of the
vessel was elevated or depressed as she rose on
each wave. It was while her stern was down that
ti e brakes were put on, so that in addition to the
strain produced bv Hs nsmg again the imble had to
bewr an additional strain of three thousand pounds,
as marked upon the indicator. TTiis was more than
it could bear, and the consequence was that it part
ed, as has been stated. The moment the brakes
were used the wheels stopped, aud when the stem
rose again they remained immovable, so that, be
tween the strain brought upon the cable by the
vessel and that caused by tbe application of the
brakes it had, as I have said, to bear more than it
was ever calculated to sustain.
The indicator showed a strain of three thousand
pounds; but it is impossible to calculate the strain
by which it was broken. Had the brake not been
applied there is no doubt whatever that the cable
would have remained perfect to the end unless we
were compelled by very great stress of weather to
cut it. The circumstance, to say the least of it, waa
most unfortunate ; but if the enterprise has failed,
the expedition has proved one thing beyond ail pos
sibility of doubt, the practicability of laying a sub
marine telegraph cable across the Atlantic between
Ireland andhiewfoendiand. Os this every man on
board is as fully convinced as be is of his own ex
istence, whether it be aid next year or its accom
plishment be postponed for fifty yean to come.
This morning, sots after the catastrophe, a oon
sukatiou was held ia the cabin of the Xiagara, at
which Cant. Hudson, Cant. Peacock, Caph Wain
wrigbt. Mr Bright, Mr. Wt-odhouae, Mr. Canning,
ana Protestor Morse were present, when the ques
tion of commencing the work over again with what
cable remained on board both vessels was discussed,
but it was foond. after due calculation, that there
was not enough to oonneet the two points, the propo
rition of course did not prevail. The foilswing table
and statement show the amount paid out aud the
balance of cable ou hand :
Statute miles. Nautical miles.
Upper deck 130 m
Mam deck 094 255
Lower deck 182 157
Lower told 352 305
Wardroom *...297 257
Total 1,255 MBS
This, with ten miles of shore cable, made a tota
of 1,095 nautical miles. Os this, 334 were paid out
when the cable parted, leaving 759 miles on board
the Niagara, whioh, with the baif in the Agamem
non, left 1,847, ora surplus of 207 over 1,631 miles—
the distance between the termini at Newfoundland
and Ireland—an excess of 12} per cent. This was,
as has been said, considered insufficient, and the
proposition was accordingly rejected as impractica
ble. Indeed, it was deemed doubtful whether, if
the cable had uot parted, there would have been
enough to reach Trinity Bay.
Another proposition was made, that when the
vessels returned to England an additional length of
cable be made, aud with this and new machinery
the work be recommenced in October. This, how
ever, is to be decided by the directors, and in the
meantime it is understood that the Niagara is to lie
at Plymouth until future orders. It is believed that
if this proposition should uot be carried out, one
ship wilj be detained till next year when tbe tele
graph squadron will take a freah start, and when it
is to be hoped they will be successful.
Sot*n after the meeting Mr. Field left the squadron
in the Cyclops—the rest of the vessels, with the ex
ception of the Leopard, remaining to make some
experiments to test the practicability of splicing the
ends of the cable from both the Niagara and Aga
memnon. This occupied another day, and proved
that it was perfectly practicable to join the ends of
the cable in mid-ocean, should the plan of starting
from that point be adopted in the next attempt.
Conclusion.—The Niagara is now on her way up
the English Channel, and in a few hours more will
be iu Plymouth. The Captain ab >ut ten minutes
ago called a general muster of the officers and men
on the quarter dack, and read to them the following
papers:
Atlantic Telegraph C'ompant, l
Queenstown, Ireland, July 30, 1857. \
Dear Stß:—l have been instructed by the Direc
tors of this Company to forward you the resolution
of Lhe Board hereto attached, officially informing
you that they have committed to Mr. Charles T.
Bright the eutira control and direction of the pro
ccediugs naccessaiy for the proper laying out ofthe
Atlantic cable; and lam requested to say that the
Directors will feel it a favor conterred upou them
selves, collectively and individually, if you would
kindly use your efforts and influence to give effect
to such requests a* Mr. Bright may feel it ueeesaary
to make for,the effectual carrying out of our ccuimou
object. I am, dear sir, respectfully,
Geo. Sawakd, Secretary.
Captain Hudson, United States Navy, commanding
United States frigate Niagara, off Queenstown
Ireland.
On Board the Niagara, )
At Sea, August 13, 1857. j
Sir—l feel it my duty, before leaving the Niagara,
to state that I do not attribute (lie fracture of the
oable to be iu the least degree attached to any one
connected with tho ship; on tbe contrary, I must
take the opportunity of expressing, on tiie part of
the company, the great obligation we are under to
yourself, your officers aud men. And I shall esteem
it a favor if you will thank them on our behalf for
the never failiog zeal and attention which have
been so uuiverßmly displayed ‘ll our cause. lam
sir, your most obeaieut servant,
Chas. T. Bright.
Engineer to tbe Atlantic Telegraph Company.
Capt. Hudson, United States Navy, commanding
United States frigate Niagara. .
Results op the Expedition.— The first fact
wl’ioh has been established by the attempt to lay a
telegraph cable between Ireland aud Newfound
land is the practicability of the entei prise. It may
be asked, why, then, was the expedition attended
with failure—a question which very naturally arises,
aud which is very easily answered. In the first
place, the machinery, which was really the cause of
the failure, was unsuited tothewoik, and, in the
second, the cable was broken by an application of
the brakes at a time when the use of them was fa
tal. It is useless to say that if the cable had not
given way there was not sufficient to reach New
foundland j but until the assertion is proved by a
comp’ete test—until the two points are connected—
that point must remain a speculation—a mere matter
of conjecture.
There is one fact which it is well to consider in
th ; s connection, that while the speed of the ship was
five miles per hour the amount of cable paid out did
not exceed seven at the very utmost, which, allow
ing a surplus of twenty per cent, proves that there
was enough for the purpose. It is true that at the
rate of three miles to the hour the length of the ca
ble paid out was four and a half and sometimes five,
but this might be easily avoid and by running .he
vessel up to five knots and keeping her at that, in
stead of applying the brakes.
In the second place, the machinery had not been
tried before it was placed on board either the Aga
memnon or the Niagara, and when tried was found
to require a great many modifications. The cheaves
of the wheels were not deep enough, the winding
machine was entirely useless, so was tbe engine,
and brakes were better dispensed with, or replaced
by othe.s, the pressure of which on the wheels oou'.d
be better regulated.
Soma cbeek is necessary at times to reduce the
velocity of the wheels, so as to prevent a dispro
portionate expenditure of the cable, but the fact is
conclusively proved that the bleaks which have
been used were entirely unsuited to the machinery.
With these alterations and modifications there iB
no reason to doubt the success of tire next expedi
tion. It is particularly worthy of note that the Ni
agara, which was considered at first unsuited to tiie
talk, is now admitted to be better adapted than
any other vessel that could be procured; for this
reason the Atlantic Telegraph Company will do all
in their power to persuade our government to place
her at their command next year, when the work will
be again entered upon. There is some talk of try
ing it iu October, but the weather is so unfavorable
in that month that it is hardly probable they will
make the attempt.
From the London Star.
Loss Consequent Upon the Failure. —The
real cause of accident to the Atlantic cable appears
to have arisen from come want of skill on the part
of the man in charge of the break. There were
two men on board the Niagara who had charge of
the bl eaks in turn, Ruder the superintendence of Mr.
Bright, the engineer. The first and best breaksman
had retired from his task, and the man who succeed
ed him did not sufficiently account for the pitching
of tbe vessel and putting the ‘‘dead nip on, and
when the stern of the Niagara was in the trough of
Ihe sea, tbe suddenness of the recoil broke the ca
ble.
It is now thought that, in any future experiments
relays of breaksmen will be necessary, ou as to avoid
the chance of their being overworked or becoming
exhausted. It is estimated that the outside loss the
Company will sustain in oonsequence of the failure
will be £25,000. The experiment, as au experiment,
has given general Satisfaction. It is fully expected
that at least one half of tiie 335 miles now in the
Atlantic will be recovered. All that is within 400
fathoms will be got up, but that part of deep sea at
1700 fathoms will iu all probability not be recover
ed, as it is considered that the strain put ou by the
friction of the water will be greater than the cable
in the deep sea could bear. Tnis cable will, it is un
derstood, be forthwith hauled up.
The Atlantic Telegraph.
Notwithstanding tbe present failure in laying tbe
Atlantic Telegraph, tbe English Press generally
speaks in confident terms of ultimate success. The
following extract will serve to ahow the general
tone:
From the London News, August 18.
The first attempt to connect the New World with
the Old by means of tbe Submarine Telegraph has
proved a failure. In this result there is much cause
for immediate regret—none for permanent discour
agement. The Atlantic will not be annihilated this
year, but the success of the great experiment is on
ly postponed for a season. Our readers will remem
ber tr.e elaborate accounts, with which we have
from time to time presented them, of the manufac
ture and stowage of the 2,500 miles of cable des
tined to stretch from shore to shore along the bot
tom of the Atlantic main. They will not have for
gotten the report of that characteristic meeting at
Valentia under the genial presidency of Lord Car
lisle, when every topic of allusion aDd amplification
that could possibly be pressed into the service was
lavishly devoted to tiie purpose of speeding the
great enterprise on its way with appropriate rbetoi i
cal embellishments. The original plan of laying
down the cable had been that the Agamemnon ana
Nirgara. each with halt tbe length of cable on
board, ehould prooeed to an agreed point in the mid-
Atlantic, effect a junction between the two detach
ed portions of tbe line, and thence steam in oppo
site directions. Eastward to Ireland and westward
to Newfoundland. This plan was abandoned ; and
it was determined that the entire length of the vast
coil should be Bpread along tbe ocean bottom from
west to east in one continuous operation.
From Valentia harbor the great ships set forth,
the American frigate Niagara having the task as
signed her of “paying out” the first portion of the
cable She was waited on through the ocean by the
Susquehanna; the famous Agamemnon, her partner
in the great enterprise, was attended in like manner
by tbe Cyclops and Leopard. The first start was
an unlucky one. Afr acture took plane at the dis
tance of less than four miles from the Irish shore.—
The damage thus Gecaaioued war rpeedily repaired,
andthe five vessels again on Samrday’the Bth of
August, steamed out into tbe Atlantic. Till the
Monday following all went on prosperously. The
weather was favorable, the machinery worked ad
mirably, a depth of 2,000 fathoms had been reached
and some 300 miles of distance. The telegraphic
communications with Valentia were kept up with
out interruption. On Monday evening a heavy swell
set in, and a powerful undercurrent was experienc
ed. This increased through the night of Monday
and the early morning of Tuesday. At aDout half
past 3on the Tuesday morning it was found that
though the vessel was only making some three or
four knots an hour, the cable was paying out five,
six, and sometimes even Beven Itnots. At this rate
it was obvious that the quantity of wire on board
would be exhausted before the Newfoundland shore
was reached. It became necessary to tighten the
strain on the cable, and this was accordingly done
til! Ihe pressure reached three thousand pounds.—
This was at a quarter to four on Tuesday morning.
Ther “*<is a heavy swell running at the moment
th: tth .11 increased power was thus put on the
break; the stem of the Niagara was low down in
the trough of the sea. As she rose on tbe back es
tbe wavee the extra strain tons occasioned was more
than the strength of the cable could bear. It gave
way under the pressure, and, parting at some dis
tance from the ship’s etern, it sank down like lead
through tbe mighty waters on that portion of the
telegraohie plateau between Deland and Newfound
land where the Atlantic reaches its maximum depth
of net les* than 2,000 fathom*. At the time of the
severance the Niagara had made from 260 to 280
miles in a direct course from Valentia harbor, said
th* length of cable that had been let go was about
380 ufliee.
It is remarkable enough that a somewhat similar
failure has hitherto attended almost all these sub
marine enterprise* in the first instance. The provi
sions of science are extraordinary, but they cannot
quite dispense with tbe teachings of experience.
The general opinion amongst those most qualified to
form a judgment appears to be that we have learn
ed enough in this first essay to render tbe success
as the next attempt morally certain
Two important points have been decisively set at
reet by what has already been achieved. The nil’
paraded length of the cable, and the vast epth to
which it was sunk, have presented no obstacles to
it* telegraphic working . anti] the final disaster oc
curred, messages were flashed with tOe most perfect
suocees along 2,500 miles length of wire, a portion
of which was submerged to the depth of very near
ly two miles in the ocean. Another point relates to
the rates at which the cable can be paid out. It has
been conclusively proved that there is no obstacle
to laying it down at the rate of five miles per boor in
the greatest depth of water that exists on the propos
ed line of submersion, between Ireland and New
foundland. The principal defect appears to be iu
the “paying-out jjear,” the machinery which the
oable is delivered from the ship’s deck into the
ocean. Another difficulty to be overcome is sinking
a cable of such length to a depth so great —a dim
culty which has probably been more fully demon
strated by the results of this experimentthan it oould
have been by previous calculation—is the gTeat
fc-oe of the under-current While the direct courae
es the Niagara was only about 280 miles the expen
diture of cable was about 380—a difference which a
priori oould eearoely have been calculated upon.
E I'R OP KAN INTELLIGENCE.
nr THE ATLANTIC.
Aekairs in Great Britain. —Pailiamentary
proceedings ou Monday were unimportant. In the
House of Commons, Mr. Disraeli called for, aud
Mr. V emon Smith promised, the production of the
Act passed by the Supreme Council in Calcutta
with other documents relating to the restriction
lately established upon the Press in India. Tho lat
ter gentleman explained that the restrictive act was
passed only for a single year.
On Tuesday, nothing of consequence transpired
in lhe House of Lords, and in the House of Com
mons thedaily persevering opposition to the Divorce
Bill was continued.
Lord Palmerston, iu reply to an enquiry, stated
that there was to be a mutual conference of the dif
ferent Powers of Europe for the purpose of placing
the Commerce of Turkey in a more favorable posi
tion.
~ Lhe recent storms and Hoods had done considera
ble damage to the crops &o , in various parts of
England, but dry weather had prevailed during the
, “*y* preceding the Atlantic's departure and it was.
“SP®? tire effects of the rains would be much
alleviated.
The London Times says: “A merchant recently
deceased at Liverpool is said to have left liabilities
torching £3OO,(KKJ, of which £IOO,OOO are through
forged acceptances to his bills of Exchange The
Liverpool Post pronounces the story a hoax.
The mail steamer for India to sail ou the 19th Au
gust would take out about a Million pounds sterling
in silver. General Windham “the hero of the Re
dan was amongst her passengers. He goes out to
assume au important command iu tbe Army
AEFAtRs IN France.—The fete Napoleon on lhe
lo.h ot Augus’ passed off well, although the out door
amusements were marred by wet weather. The
Emperor on the occasion granted pardons, cominu
tations, or reduction of punishment to 1,112 prisou-
A Paris letter in the Daily* News savs: ‘‘lt is
generally asserted and believed in well’informed
quarters here that in case the Government succeed
in procuring the conviction, during his absence, for
coutumacy of Ledru Rollin. a demand will at one*
be made to the British Cabinet under the extrftdi
tiou treaty for the apprehension and surrender of
that individual. No one doubts that a conviction
will be readily obtained, the intervention of ts jury
in such cases not being necessary. It. Is further
stated that already communications on this subject
of a private sort, have passed between Count W:i
lewski and Lord Cowley, and the latter has, it is be
lieved, admitted that such a conviction would bring
Ledru Rollin within the provisions of the Extradi
tion treaty.
It is added that Ledru Rollin either has already
left, or intends to leave England, for the United
States. The Daily News indignantly protests against
such a sacrifice of a political exile.
The affair of the great robbery of the Northern
Railway Cos., of France, by Carpentier, Grelet ami
others, was to come before the Assize Court of the
Seine, on the 26th August.
Tbe Paris correspondent, of the Daily Neics y men
tions the departure from Paris for Marseilles, of
General D’Orgoni, and predicts that he will be
found at the head of the insurgents of Delhi before
November. It waa he who stirred up the last
Burmese war.
A jlist ot decorations in] the Monsieur on the
occasion of the Emperor’s fete, contains an un
expectedly large number of literary men, among
whom is Alex. Dumas, the younger.
The Emperor and Empress had gone to Biarritz.
The Pans correspondent ofthe London Times,
says the French Government contemplates sending
a naval and military expedition co Cochin China to
support a demand for satisfaction for an insult offer
ed to the French representative by the Emperor of
Annam. He also says that it is proposed to fouud a
maritime and commercial settlement in tho Bay of
Touraine in Cochin China.
Affairs in Prussia—A Berlin dispatch says
that great anxiety was felt at the continuous fires
that we taking place throughout Prussia, believed
to be the result of an incendiary spirit, although it
waa thought they might have been caused by the
heat of the sun’s rays. In the town of Bojanuvo,
in the province of Posen, 350 out of 420 houses were
burnt down, rendering 2,000 persons entirely house
-1688.
Affairs in Russia.—A telegraphic despatch an
nounces that it has been resolved to make u reduc
tion of upwards of 30,000 in the Russian Imperial
Guard. Also that the Russian Government is en
gaged in equipping a flotilla destines for the Chinese
seas.
Advices from Galatz state Indian Corn waa ra
pidly advancing in price at that port.
liAtCMt NeWN*
By Telegraph from London to Liverpool.
London, Wednesday Morn’g, Aug. 10.
From the Times’ City Article :—A rumor has been
circulated that a merchant at Liverpool, lately do- ‘
ceased, has left liabilities estimated at £300,000 of
which £IOO,OOO are upon forced acceptances. The
precise facts have not transpired, but the statement
is believed to be true.
The death of the defaulter is stated to have been
by suicide, and his losses are supposed to have been
increased by the heavy speculations both in Colton
and Shares.
Affairs of Carr Brothers, of Newcastle.
—Yesterday, at a meeting of creditors, held in Lon
don, Mr. Coleman, the accountant, submitted a
statement of the affairs of the above firm, which
showed a surplus of £38,000; claims, £678,000;
assets, £716,640.
The Northumberland District Banking Company,
who hold mortgages upon the principal part ol the
mines, havo considerately consented to allow mat
ters to stand over for a year, provided their interest
is paid, and inspectors are appointed. By a forced
sale tbe amount of the mortgage could be easily
realized, but the surplus, in that case, would for the
general creditors be small. The course determined
on by the meeting was to wind up the estate under
inspection, so as to secure a full return to the cred
itors, aud to give Messrs. Carr & Cos., time to eon
suit with their friends, aud perhaps make a suitable
arrangement without the transference of their pro
perty. The inspectors appointed are Mr. Bigg,
manager of the Northumberland District Banking
Company, Mr. Anderson, manager of the Newcas
tle Branch of the Bank of England, and Mr. G. S.
Smith, of Lombard street. The amount of debts
represented at the meeting was about £540,000.
Export of Silver to the East.—The amount
prepared for transmission by the steamer of to
morrow is £1,250,000, the largest fhipinent ever
vet made There iB room to suppose that the very
large quantity of silver exported this year may
have produced an effect iu the East which, before
the lapse of many months, will tend considerably
to check the magnitude of these operations. Mean
while the demand for silver for the Eaethas become
Jess active, iu consequence of the quotations re
ceived by the last mail.
Death of Lady Littleton. —The papers an-,
nounce the death of Lady Lyttleton, sister of Mr.
Gladstone.
Cash Plenty: —We happened in at Messift-
Swan <fc Co’s Lottery and Exchange Office, thia
morning, just as Wm. M. Spiller, of Texas, was
drawing the cash on prise ticket 10,229, class 44,
which drew $20,000. We are sure of one thing,
that Messrs. Swan & Cos. discount liberally when
the proper kind of paper, that is, their prize tickets,
is offered. In this connection we desire to speak
more fully of Messrs. Swan Co's office, whioh,
for convenience aud tasteful design, will oompete
successively with any at the South.
The front part it arranged as a reading room,
where can be seen the papers of the most important
cities, from Boston to New Orleans—also a ‘‘Tele- j
graphic Bulletin,” containing tho very latest news.
The room is covered with a very handsome floor
cloth, and lighted brilliantly at night, with gas. In
the rear of the counter are the various desks and
tables of the clerks, the large vault, the proprie
tor’s private desks, &c. The drawing takes place
in a large room in the rear, entered from a side door,
on the alley, which will accommodate a large num
ber of persons. We are glad to see the enterprise
and liberality so conspicuous in this large house. It
is, we notice, duly appreciated by our citizens, as
well aa by stranger?, for it is rare to pass the door
and find the room empty. —Despatch of Thursday.
Development of our Resources. —The Ala
bama Coal Mining Company’s steamboat, C. W.
Dorrance, which arrived here from Selma, on Satur
day last, brought down beven hundred tons of coal,
which, added to that now in the Company’s coal
yard in this city, makes the supply now on hand j
over seventeen hundred tons. ‘Tin* Coinpan) have
recently opened several rich seams, and they tue
now getting out sixty tons per day, at which rate
they will be enabled to have laid down in Mobile,
by the first of November next, over six thouseud
tons. This fair prospect should be highly gratifying
to ail the residents of Mobile. Heretofore our citi
zens have invariably, during the winter seasou, betD
obliged to pay enormously high prices for fuel, in
oonsequence of the limited and uncertain supply.
Sixteen and eighteen per ton for coal, and
ten and twelve dollars per cord for wood have been
repeatedly paid in this city. —Mobile Journal.
Death of a Revolutionary Veteran.—Mr.
Hewey Huxford died at tberesidence of his son, in
Baltimore,Jlaat Friday evening, at the pahiachal
age of 101 years. The deceased, who born in
the town of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., in tbe year
1756, was one of the most remakable men of sh
day, and up to within a few minutes of his death,
retained full possession of all his faculties. When
the Revolutionary war was declared, he connected
himself with the division of the army commanded
by Gen. Warren, and served meet acceptably until
peace was declared. He was at the battle of Bun
ker's Hill and LexiDgton, fighting for the libeties of
his country along side two of his brothers, and in
after eagagements conducted himself with such
bravery as frequently to receive the commendation
of his commanding officer.— Rich. Dup.
A Gallant and Noble Deid. —During the
passage ofthe steamship Glasgow from New York
to Glasgow, a female with a child in her arms wa y
accidentally swept overboard. Mr. Robertson,
husband of the vocalist and actress, Mias Georgia
Ilodson, observed the accident, and heedless of
daDger, loet not a moment in plunging into the boil
ing ocean. A life buoy was thrown to him, which
he caught simultaneously with his grasping the
sinking mother and infant. Tbe engines were
backed, blue lights were burned, as it was almost
dark, and a life Doat lowered, and the woman wi h
her infant, as well as their gallant preserver, were
rescued from their perilous situation. A medal has
been ordered for presentation to the hero of this no
ble exploit
New Cotto —The first bale of New cotton was
received in Montgomery on Saturday, the 29th,
from the plantation of W. R. Calloway, and sold for
To-dav August 31, the same gentleman
brought another bale to market, cabling G<od
Middling, and sold at 17*c. A bale was slso receiv
ed to day from the plantation of Col. B. F. Tarver,
and sold at 17$c.
This year the receipts of New Cotton in only three
bales to date. Last year up to the Ist of .September,
Receipts of new was 320 bales, and the year pre
vious 419 bales.— Mail.
stock on hand Ist September, 1856. Wn>.
280 219
Received since ....62,420 70,852
62,700 71,071
Shipped. 62,659 7 0,791
Stock on hand 41 280
Death or Commodore Cassi*.—Coin Stephen
Casein died at Georgetown on Saturday last, aged
upwards of 7U years. He has been in the naval
service fifty-seven years. He entered in ;800, and
was on the retired list at the time of bis death. He
commanded the Ticonderoga, under Commodore
McDonough, on Lake Champlain, 1814. He enter
ed the navy when a boy, and served under Perry
at the naval battle on Lake Erie, where he distin
guished himself and was promoted. He was a ter
ror to the pirates who infested the Atlantic oceao,
and on the 28th and 2!ith of September, 1822, be cap
tured five piratical vessels. The late Naval Boar
had placed him on the retired list. ■ ~ t
Information he. been received of the den ■ “
Wrn H. Cheever, who died at
the 13th July last.’ He was
States frigate Bt. Lawreuce.—Bntf- Amenca
P e °P le f* j££Sf a manner, an-
It is
emitter improper that such a celebration should take
•" un " B1 r ,JZ on the memorable battle ground,
tSfctaf Sto sci- neglected by the
l££i “nts of those who m the revo
lutionary struggle. —Jiich Difmich.
VOL. LXX.—NEW SERIES VOL.XXJ. NO. 30.
Lnier from Texan.
The New Orleans Ptcaynn? contains the follow
ing summary of Texas news, brought by the steam
er Opelousas:
Tho Galveston Nows, of the 25th, furnishes the
following intelligence:
We understand that there cannot be less than
1000 head of cattle that have perished on this Is
land during the !ale severe drought, for the want of
water, aud partly, also, for the want of grass, of
which there has been a great scarcity. Many of
loose cattle, within a week or two past have come
ituin the city limits in search of water, and num
bers have died here, and their bodies have been re
moved by the city authorities. We understand the
Island has been overstocked, and thateveu in favor
able seasons there is hardly sufficient gross for the
7.000 or 8,000 head that are said to be on the Island.
We hear the loss of one individual estimate i at
four or live thousand dollars. Those which have
survived this drouth are said to be so much reduced
that they ean scarcely recover sufficiently, even
should wc have good grass, to pass through the
winter.
A letter dated Sabin&l, August 13, says, the In
dians stilt continue doing mischief in that county
and vicinity, though the Mexicans have committed
no thefts of late. There been considerable em
igration there in spite of ludian depredations and
the unfavorable saason. ‘The grazing for cattle is
splendid in al! that country, and stock look remark
ably fine and fat. The health of that country is
universally good, there uot being a case of sickness
known.
.The subject of a constitutional convention is be
ginning to be agitated in Texas. Several ably writ
ten articles have already appeared in the Austin In
telligencer in favor of it.
The Columbus Citizen sugg ats the propriety of
the next Legislature appropriating a sufficient stun
to erect a monument to Gen. Rusk.
The Victoria Advocate, of the 22d lust., says:
The prospect of a large yield of pecans in this vi
ehiity was never better than th* present season.
The treos are literally loaded, and the nut is nearly
grown ; and unless it shall by some accident become
blighted and fall off, the yieM will be abundant .
The San Antonio Texan learns that tbe Indians
are ngain making their appearance at several points
>n the frontier. The Texan fears that they wiUsooh
renew their depredations, as the fall rains will soon
r su.vitate the grass on ti e plains in the upper conn
try.
The Texan also learns that C’apt. Whiting, of tiie
■‘*i Cavalry, wir* went In pursuit ofthe Indians that
attacked Capt. Wallace and his party with the San
Diego mail, hasovertahen the Indians, and captured
aIM lie mules and horses taken from the train.
‘.’he San Antonio Herald is informed that in eon
rficquunro of the continued insecurity of the Goliad
rout*? to Indiftnola and ofthe fact reported official
ly ot an intended attack upon the wagon train con
taining antiscorbutics for the army in Texas, Maj
Gen. Fwiggs. commanding tbs department of Texas,
has ordered an cflicer to inspect the route by Co
lumbus and Houston to Galveston, intending, if
toun l suitable, to establish it rb a route for the
transportation of army supplies from the sea coast.
The Sail Antonio Texan, learns by a letter from
Fort Clarke, dated the 6th inef., that (’apt. pope
Rod his party had arrived there. They were in good
health, and expected to reach the weucamp on the
Pecos, within eighteen days. The letter states that
the Indians are reported to be very troublesome
along the road, but it was thought that t-bey would
hardly dure to molest so largo a party as that of
Cap! Pope.
Tho Austin State Gazette, of 22d, furnishes the
annexed Indian news.
The last accounts from Fort Lancaster state that
two engagement with the Ind ana and the United
Slates troops had lately taken place, and but little
or no impression seems to have beeu made on the
Indians. In the first engagement Sergeant Theodore,
of tho Bth Infautiy, was killed and scalped. He
was one of a party sent out to eacort the Fort
David mail, and was attacked by the Indians about
twenty miles from Fort Lancaster. Capt. R. X.
Granger, of thd Ist Infantry, stationed at tho* latter
fort, promptly sent out a detachment of forty men
in wagons to overtake the Indians if possible. They
were hidden so well under tin-canvas of the wagons
that the Indians could not see the force brought
gainst them, and were induced to make an attack,
the men got bito position as soon as possible, and
fought bravely, killing two Indians without injury
fa themselves, but they were wholly unable to
strike ail effective blow. The Indians were mount
ed and armed with Sharp aud Minie rifles,and when
’hey got t ired of the fight , rapidly fled.
During the engagement, the command saw a body
of I? cl inns pacing up tho Pocos, on the other side
with betwetn fifty and seventy-five horses, doubt
lessly all stolen : and though at only a distance of
eight hundred yards, the United States troops could
do nothing because they were on foot.
The State Gazette, in commenting on this news,
’ remarks:
The facts of this and every Indian encounter in
the West, show that without mounted troops, but
little or no security can be given to life or property
on our frontier.
It is, therefore, to be hoped, that with the sagaci
ty and vart experience of Gen Twiggs, his views in
favor of raising a Texas regiment may be yet early
carried out.
The Goliad Express publishes resolutions of the
Committee of Vigilance and Protection of Liveoak
county. They instruct the Sheriff to resign, and
threaten condign punishment to any one who may in
terfere with them. Their object is the suppression of
crime, and the protection of peaeeable citizens.
From the Boston Traveller , Aug. 26.
8001, Shoe and Leather Trade es Bosteii*
* * * We see scattered throughout New
England a host of boot, and shoe manufactories,
each iu itself a sovereignty, each independent ofthe
other, and each individual workman his own lord
and master. Workmen generally receive such a
price per pair; acting their own pleasure as to the
hour aud time of labor; occasionally we see them
clubbing together, selling their own work by an au
thoriZr-d agent, again some, who l>y prudence and
foresight have amassed a small capital, engage their
workmen and play the overseer; while others, who
have an established trade, locate their offices in the
city, and with the assistance of foremen, direet the
operations of their factory, and manage the purchase
and sale of all the stock and manufactured goods.
* * # Recently there has been a canvass
made by a number of gentlemen thoroughly acquain •
tod with the trade, and it ha beeu ascertained that
there are 218 wholesale ana jobbing boot, shoe and
leather de'afars in
Boston, whose yearly sales amount to. ..$34,100,000
106 hide and leather dealers, whose year
ly sales amount to 25,650.000
To which we add the aalea of retailers
dte 1,490,000
Aud we have the sum total of. $61,140,000
Which is the gross amount of yearly sales of all
shoe and leather houses who have offices and stores
m Boston. Os the shoe houses
4 do a business of over $1,000,000 annually.
2 “ “ “ 800,000 “ *
9 “ “ “ 500,1)00 “
30 “ “ “ 200,W0 “
Os tho leather business
3 ads business of over $1,000,000 “
3 “ “ *• 800,000 “
7 “ “ “ 500,0(H) “
31 “ “ 200,000 “
Tiie whole number of persona employed in the
manufacture of boots, shoes and leather in our State
is estimated to be about 80,000.
Trade the present season opened rather sluggish
ly owing to the declining state of the leather market
and few buyers had the nerve to buy their good# in
the face of that decline. The decline being checked
and a large advance maintained, prices of all kinds
of heavy work advanced froms to 7\ per cent., with
an active trade: Southern and Western buyera
i/iwk hold with avidity, and so far, the fall sales are
fully equal to those of last year. Os the profits on
theoc goods we cannot eay as much, but we think
it w*eid be nearer the the truth to say, that lor the
last fifteen years the profit on manufactured goods
has not beJu so small as now. Prices have ruled
low, when compared with the cost, and very many
dcsirahla goods have Been sold at a loss. One rea
son for flits is, because many manufacturers ard
vvf rkmcn, witnessing the success of preceding years,
multiplied styles of goods which were undesirable,
and thereby enhanced the price of all kinds of stock
dimioibkiiig profits, and clogging the wheels of trade.
Manufacturers having had their fingers burnt, arc
now acting more cautiously, and we think the re
ouit will show, more profitably.
The New England trade will probably be light;
business generally having been to dull, a great ira
ny people have been thrown ou s os employment,
and ho iong aa people remain unemployed, we can
not expect a remarkable activity in the New Eng
land branch, of the shoe trade. The trade is, how
ever, but a drop in the bucket, when com pared with
the immense Western and Southern trade whieli
flows .nto our market, but as it comes iu later fol
lowing the greater, it operates very favorably in
keeping up a steady current of business, and iu giv
ing regular employment to workmen. The Califor
nia trade has been quite limited; shipments for the
last three montbH have beeflr much restricted,
amounting only to a bom 9,000 ea-cs. Advices
from that market arc not at all encouraging for any
immediate improvement, but, like a high lever, the
4 ‘ruu” is chocked, and a slow and certain cure,
w ith proper care, may be safely and truly predicted.
Koubzky*—Probable Arrest of the Thief.—
On Monday night lest, a man nanru and Parks, from
Tunnel Hid, v.-rs robbed of a considerable sum of
money in a Bar Room, in this city. We learn that
was drunk, and while “bobbin around*’ the
said bar room., a light fingered gentleman eased him
of liis “pile.’’ .Suspicion soon settled upou an in
dividual, whose name we have not been able to
learn, who was immediately carried to the Caia
boose and s arched. After a thorough eiamination
of his person without success in finding the cash, it
was suggested that the man might have dropoed it
on,the way to prison, and the polio officers took the
back track, and found the package of money inside
the enclosure, a few steps from tbe calaboose door,
where the man hod evidently dropped it. The accus
ed was to be examined before a Magistrate s court
yesterday, but we have not learned the result*
A tin uta Intelligence **.
Anecdote of a Railroad Conductor. —A wri
ter iu the Post tells the following story of one who
for 22 years w'&a ft conductor upon the Lowell Rail
road, and js now a depot master. “A lady who had ,
n boy with her < onritierably above the uon-payiog
age, attempted the rather difficult exploit (in the an
ti-crinoline period) of hiding her precious son under
her skirts. ‘Uncle John,’ who saw more bulk
he con’d account for by an ordinary theory of [ter
sonai enlargement, carefully recouuoitered the pile ;
and guessing the secret ot the lady’s extraordinary
expansion, proceeded without saying a word, to
collect fare for one paasenger and a half, and gave
the lady her change, which, without looking it over
she put it in her pocket. Bye-aud-bye, observing
that tbe boy wa* *‘ill kept in ‘durance vile, 1 ‘Uncle
John’ humanely whimpered in her ear, ‘You may as
weHlet biin out— paid for both!’ The tra
dition is that there waa some fun on the road when
child was delivered.”
The Farmers’ Bask op Virginia, and the
Oh; > Tni st Company. —A paragraph lias appeared
in some of the newspapers, stating that tne cashier
Os lie Ohio Trust Conn my was arrested “on the
suits of tue Merchants Bank of Wheeling, on<l 1
Farmers’ Bank of Virgins.” We are
the cashier of the Farmers’ Bank. that*j, j a tb ß
that institution is concerned, there w *w’ w j ;a t
Statement. Toe Bank has
ever with the Ohio Trust Company.
DLtpaUk. r
o, ,VKRY Agitation.—Drs.
European !"* 1 ao d various Theologi-
Merie D'Aubigne, addressed a remon-
U Profe*o of Germany, christiwM) jn the Cmtod
Strance to. ,f| r of domestic slavery. Thesa
wduld better attend to. their own
excellent person f( ., orm tiie social gnevan'es of
business- t they can demonstrate that the
f Ificlnstitutions of ie United States are con
iwy to Soripture, let thorn take in charge America.
—Kioh. />.
Counterfeit Port Wine. Thrus thonaand
pipes of counterfeit port wine of a vile were
recently seized ui Louden. It lesaid thattbestufl
was originally compounded in London and Ham
burg, then shipped to Oporto and thence re direct
ed lo London This is nothing new Aooorlmgto
the Philadelphia BulleUn. it is an old saying of En
glishmen, that to get real Port wine, yotuiust go
b, PueuigaL buy a vineyard, make the wine with
your owu hands aod rids on the barrel w sen you
take it into town with you.
Moa+ALlTl.-There were #l3 deaths iu New
York last week—a decrease of 87 as compared with
the number o! the previous week. In Phtddelphia
there were 324 deaths—an lucrease of 81.
From Kahhiik.
[Free State Accounts ]
Saturday, August 22d, 1857, will always be aroe
jnoraol© day in tb© history of Atchison. For although
e events of that day are not distinguished by any
wing worthy or honorable, they are of a nature
not easily to be forgotten. The remembrance of
some public outrage or wrong is as keenly felt as
that of something memorable or note-worthy.
Un Saturday, the a free state convention was
to have been held in Atchison for the purpose of
electing delegates to the Grasshopper convention,
and Col. Laue had been invited to deliver an ad
divas. It ia well known that Lane U quite obnox
ious to the most irftra fire-oaters of Kansas a:.d Mis
souri, and a little squad of Southerners who hang
around Atchison, swore that the Coionel could nev
er make a speech in -their’ town thotlgh the streets
rau blood. This squad, however, we-e painfully
aware of their ntftnerical insignificance, ami ap
pealed for ‘ aid and comfort” to their sympathising
colleagues of the Missouri blue lodges. A favorable
response was given, and then the builying commenc
ed in earn ost. The Atchison tire-eaters strengthen
ed by an inordinate quantity of “rectified Kansas
bourbon” and blue lodge promises, proclaimed
aloud “death to the d—d abolitionists”—“down
with uiggerism! ’ —away with Lane's carcass!’
Ac., &o. But little attention was paid to such
threats, and the day for the convention arrived.—
A few of our citizens went up to co-operate
with those who might organize for the purpose of
protecting life and property,’and as they were sin
gled out lor iesutt and indignity, we will give their
experience aud picture the ordeal through which
they weie forced to pass.
The party consisted of some eight Americans and
twelve Germans—thejformer riding ou horses and
the latter in wagons. They arrived in Atchison
about noon, and after putting up their horses found
to their amazement the/ no measure s had been toy
ken for the holding of the convention, or for the
proper organization of the free state forces. Tbo
streets were filled with men, and stacks of arms
were seeu in the grog-shops and groceries.
bone twelve ot tb-j Leavenworth company, about
*wte o’clock, were standing quietly in front of Ad
ams Al Swift’s office, when a disturbance was hoard
lip the street, where a large body of armed men
were collected. Eight or ten of our citizens (in
eluding F. G. Adams, a brother of our mayor, now
residing in Atchison) started iu the di*eciiou of the
scene. This movement elicited a “w oop” from a
noriui lie Missourian, which was answered up the
s'.ieet, and appeared to be a signal for tho general
gathering, as every house ami whisky shanty vomit
ed forth a set of rowdyish looking customers, armed
to the teeth, ami profuse in their denunciations of
everything pertaininga free state. About this
t ime also three wagous appeared in the streets load
ed with “passengers,” who sported, besides any
quantity of side arms, a lot of muskets
tin going up the stieet,the little free state band
found themselves completely encompassed by as
miserable a set of drunken and excited vagabonds
as ever disgraced humanity. It was here discover
ed that a tree State man—Woodward—had been
knocked down and otherwise maltreated by the
ruffians, who swore eternal vengeance against the
entire “race of free state men.”
One of these rowdies, with a Sharp's rifle ready
cocked, slapped Mr. Adams across the face, and
planting his rifle, threatened to shoot him as he
stood. The free state men quickly covered Adams
and drew their Colt’s, determined to die bravely
rather than see one ot their own number barbarous
ly murdered. This bold move had the desired ef
le t, and though the clicking of locks was heard on
every side, no shot was fired, and the free state
men were allowed to fall back to their original po
sition. While here, an excited ruffian jumped from
his horse, aud again threatened Mr. Adams, but ho
was quietly removed utter a little bluster, and ap
peased somewhat by copious draughts of whiskey.
Word was now sent by the invaders to Mr. Losee,
one of the tree State party, that he was taking too
active a part in the events of the day, and he was
advi.od to leave. Bui Mr. Loaee concluded te stay
just as long as he plea od, and the invaders wisely
concluded “to let him.”
As ambling 9nee again, they took a vote*on the
propriety of “killing Laue,” and almost unanimous
ly resolved that the deed should be consummated,
All this time the excitement was on the increase,
and the most violent threats were made against the
party of free state men who went up from this
Diace ; and it appearing to this small band too pain
fully evident that they could expect neither aid nor
succor from any quarter, it was thought advisable to
evacuate the town. Tins concluded, t lie Americans
remounted ami rode a short distance from the place,
where they dismounted to await the arrival of their
German friends.
While the latter were busy in “hitching up,” a
company of the pro-slavery fanatics rode up to Mr.
Adams’ house for the avowed purpose of killing
him, but he was nonest inventus.
The free state men—re united—waited an hour or
so for further developments, but nothing occurring,
they turned their horses’ heads towards Leaven
worth, and arrived here in the evening.
During the day it was generally rumored that
both the free state presses of Atchison were to be
destroyed, and many supposed that this would be
the climax—a fit one—of the day’s infamy. But
towards evening the excitement of the crowd be
gan to wear awuy, and, strarge to say, an address
was delivered by Dr. Stringfellow, in which the in
vaders were denounced without stint. The doctor
washed his hands of the day's doings, entered his
solemn protest against them, and withdrew his name
as a candidate for their favor and support.
Other addresses were made, we understand, of a
very similar nature, and we doubt not but that
every interested citizeu of Atchison, or honest sel
tier iu Missouri, deplores the event of laot Satur
day, which are so damnable and revolting iu all
their features and details.
Two important facts are established by this At
chison difficulty.
Ist. That the day of MitjHOuri iuvaaines is not yet
over.
iM. That there is still one place in Kansas where
free speech is forcibly denied.
Tin* oilier Side of ilic US lory.
From a Pro slavery Source.
Atchison, August I M, 1857.
‘Vo the Editor of the St. Loins tit publican .-
Sir—Yon have no doubt learned before this that
there was a ‘big row’ in Atchison on last Saturday,
Uia22d inat.,.andthat the Free State men were
driven out of Ibe place, and their property des
troy id. 1 know the facility with which Black lio
i publican tricksters in this Territory manufacture
yarns for political purposes, and being an eye-wit
ness of all that took place, I will give you an im
partial account of the same.
The people of Atchison aud vicinity have always
looked upon Lone aa the grand mover in all the dif
ficulties in Kansas, and viewing him ns such, re
gardless of hib politics, have taken the position that
they would respect and protect the rights of all or
derly people who might come, to Atchison, without
regard to their religions or political opinions, but,
that they would net permit Lane to come into thin
community and deliver one of his seditious ha
rangues, such as he js delivering all over this Ter
litory, with the view of renewing the scenes of last
summer.
It must be recollect and that at the late Convention
at Topeka, Lane was appointed Generalissimo, to
go over this territory and oiganize the militia, and
he has commenced bis work, and wherever he goes
threatens tbs final extermination of every pro ala
very man in the terri'ory.
Everything was qufot here, and free aud clave
state people were working together as brothers,
when about the 17t h inat a handbill was posted up
about town that there would be a free state meeting
at Atchison on the 22d iust., and that Gen. Jas. H.
Lane would addrqffi the meeting. It operated like
a fire brand, and at once every free state man in the
town, with one exception, c.ame'out and opposed
Lane's coiuingio Atchison, and a number addressed
a note to Laue informing him lie ought not to come
to disturb the good feeling of the whole people. As
I said, only one man expressed a desire for Lane to
ocuie, and and he alone, of all the Free St;.te men
of Atchison, acknowledged that he had invited him.
Tlmf man was a Mr. Adams, the brother of the no
table Mayor of Leavenworth (fity. The people of
the town universally affirmed that the Free State
people bad a perfect right to hold their Free State
meetings, and freely and fully express their opin
ions, and introduce any .speaker they pleased, but that
a few traitors, who desired an outbreak in Atchison,
should not bring Lane here to disturb the peace end
quietness of our town. Time passed on, and the 22d
came, and by noon the town was full of people ;
many repo ts were afloat, aud Uie people were con
riderably excited ; finally, it was ascertained that
Lane, with about thirty of his followers, were com
ing in from Doniphan, on the north, and that two
small companies of disturbers of the peace, one from
Leavenworth Hud the other from .Sumner, were
near at baud ou. tire south, coming to force the peo
ple of Atchison to listen to the agitator Lane. P re
clamation was made that the Free State people
could hold their meeting, and exprcee their opin
ions without any molestation whatever, but that
Lane should net speak in Atchison. About this
time, some altercation look place between the man
Adams, who had invited Lane to Atchison, and
some otlier citizen, and Adams wai slapped in the
mouth and retired hunt was reported to be near
at hand, and a party ofmen wens to the south side
of the town to prevent'lhe Leavenworth and Sum
ner soldiery from entering the town. Another par
ty went north, and discovered a party of about thir
ty near the northern dirnit# of the town—one of
them in female costume. They had halted, and it
whs said the female was addressing f ho company.
With this company Lane was said to be. and that
they were his body guards.
As soon as the party of citizen* appeared in sight
of tW valiant company on the north, they mounted
their bore.iu double quick time, ami scampered
off, when our citizens returned to the business part
of the town. The Leavenworth and Sumner com
panies pursued the course of their master’s guards,
and the people all assembled in the main street,
whore they were addressed by Free State and Pro-
Slave.-y Democrats, and out-and-out Black Repub
licans, who freely and fearlessly avowed their *en
tifnents to the whole assembly, and all regretted the
excitement and contended that an absti act propo
sition, every man had a right to eome to Atchison
and speak his sentiments freely ; but everybody
denounced Lane, and those who had induced him
to undertake to-come to Atchison; and the univer
sal opinion of both slave and free State people, was
that the whole thing bail been gotten up to produce
a difficulty in Atchison, to mar its prosperity.
I have now given you the whole affair. Not a
dollar’s worth of property was destroyed, or even
thought, about—not a man touched, that I am aware
of, except the slap in the mouth Adams received.
1 am well acquainted here, arid if there were five
men here belonging to the Democratic party, who
do not reside here. I am not aware ot it—yet *
first boat up brought the news from! lgJveMWU.
that on Saturday Atohieon was full of Masouriaus,
are! that every free State map hal been dnvemout
“SUa! M&sna* ffi.w. tor a
phaii, tanner bad raised a dietnr
was located *. n £ l)d ki iied the plane and the of
banee moved. The tree Stale men who
w"siwJ '• Atchison, unlike those of Doniphan.
nd Leavenworth, are ant-Lane men.—
eo for making Kaunas a free State quietly, by
Von Bit at the stet’ioi s, and that don t tuit the views
’ f ,b L*oe aud Ifobineon faction, who control at
those points. A otn Uiiuw.
lMter by Telegraph.
St. lot'lS, Sept- h—ike Kansan correspondent
ofths Deinocrataays thatat a meeting at Lawrence,
on the 2id last., o elect delegate* to the Grasshop
per Falls Convention, tlie Democratic wine of the
Free State party constituted five-sixths of the au
ditory. The delegatee were all in favor of voting at
the Fall election.
A nolle prosequi has been entered in the ease of
Capt. Waiter.
The Frosvect et DatHi—A ’.ate London letter
says: It seems to be very generally aomitted that
the next mail will not communicate the capture of
Delhi There are hints also that the rainy season,
already we suppose set in, will put a stop to mill
tarv operations and render Gen. Barnard s encamp
meat unhealthy and scatcely tenable, and expose
the besieging force to very great danger. Thu
would defer the full of; Delhi to Christmas W *
may therefore cousider it, weiear, r.3 a settled fact
that England has another great war on her hands,
and if she has “a second Sevastopol’ to conquer, she
wilt have to do it under much .renter disadvantage*
than ahe experienced in the Crimia. The distance
from England is four times as great, ana tne diffi
unity, danger and expense of or-amp*
munitions Os war wj|l be ’“definitely mcieasea.
Instead of the scene of aort being ft ur or live
nuUefrotn the see. it wilt iu India be many hun
dred of miles, and under a Beady tropical climate
through a hoelile population, and without any good
means of comiMmicatioii.