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viljjmklt i)c Sentinel.
EI'ROFSAN I NTKL LIWESCK.
BT TBE ARABIA.
The mails by the Arabia, wuich arrived at New
York on Wednesday, contain? a fttii report of the
debate in the English Parliament on the right of
search question, which. as a matter of general in
terest at this time, we give below :
On the 17th ult, it the Home of Lords, J the Earl
ot Malmesbury, in reply to some remarks of the
Bishop of Oxford, and Herd Brougham, on the sub
iect of the slave trade, made the fojuwicg remarks.
•Their Lordshipe had heard the nbservatmns ad
di eased the House, by the Bight Keve retl d Prelate,
with h -rtditary eloquence and hereditary feeling on
a subject aiwaye interesting to thie country, and be
wished be could ray that the eubject excited equal
interest in ot er countries. He regretted, however,
MY that they were not aided as they might wish
to be on thie subject by other nations. and Has was
one of the greal difEcul iee with which they had to
contend. With the greatest justicejthe/ight reve
rend prelate laid unmitigated blame on the Spanish
Government for a long course of breach of treaty
and c cruelties to the African natives. It all the
d-'patched written by British Governm .-nts to Spain
out iis sub|ect were woven together, he believed
i;.4i hey would rear.h from this country to Cuba
11*11. All the British Administrations, ore after
Hie other, bad done their best to induce Spain to do
ns duty, and all had signally failed. Spain bad op
posed what was the meet difficult opposition to
overcome—passive resonance; aud i: was not With
out very great risk of rupture with other couu.rie?,
that the British Government had sometimes en
deavored to lake measure- which appeared tothme
countries stronger than ought to be Uk*n. The
right reverend preUto must recollect that the Foreign
ALicsUr of this country oo M nut act entirely on
1 iiovn feelings lor this matter involved complica
’ a f da eo much riek of offence to olher coun
•■ie ’ which were not impressed eo strongly as thiß
c uh'try on this subjeoi, in respect to which other
nations had dta* ueded into a sort of relaxation of
feeling He alluded *n the tjstein of slavery itself.
He did no: demur to the doctrines laid down by the
noble and learned lord, but as the noble and learned
I ,rd had stated that there was a diffei cnee between
ihe right of search and visit, he must say that the
L'nited Sta e* positively, categorically, and con
stantly bad refused to admit fee distinction, and
ilie doctrine laid down by the United States was
adopted by ether countries Not long ago he en
deavorad to obtain from ail civilized countries some
agreement, by which British othcero might know
exactly how far they could go in cases of strong
suspicion, and be protected by the agreement
lie was anticipated by the f rench Government
which lad down this law,—that in time of peace
no French ship should be detained, or searched, or
hoarded, but that certain forms should he gone
through without detaining the vessel, which, to a
certain degree, though to a small degtee, might
enable the nationality ol the ship to be ascertained,
and her right to the Hag she carried. He had no
reason to conceal what be hid done since recent
events. He had admitted the international taws as
laid down by the American Minister for Foreign Af
lairs though not, of course, without being fortified
by the opinions of the law officers of the Crown .
but, having admitted that, he half put it as strongly
an possible to the American Government, that
when it was once known that the American flag
covered the cargo, every pirate and slaver on the
lace of the-sea would carry the American flag, and
tl.at, indeed ol the honor of the Hag being vindica
ted that very fact must bring dishonor on the Arne
ro an nation if an obstinate adherence to its present
declarations were persisted in, and the American
Hag would be prostituted to the wost purposes He
Had urged that it wss necestary, in these civilized
time, that there should be. if not a right by interna
lineal law, some agreement among the maritime
V'O vs to How far their < ffieers might go to veri
ly i ... nationality of vessels and the legality of their
itv, He earne-tiy hoped, from the language lie
uko u*ed, and ftom conversations he had with the
An.e: ican Minister in this country, and also from
perusing the able paper drawn up by General Gass
on this point, that a change of this kind might be
agreed upon’with the Duited States, eo that by in
structions given to Naval officers the Hag of the
country might lie verified without the risk of of
fence Os coatee their lordships would not require
iiiin to go more into derail as to the great practical
difficulties in the way of the suppression of the
■Slave trade, but he thought a mistake had been
. •lininitted in sendit gour squardron to the Cuban
waters, iuatead ol keeping it o i'the African coast.
He was told that at the beginning of the Kuseian
WHI ihe Slave trade was very nearly extinguished,
r,ni during that war a great jiortion of the squadron
was withdrawn from the coast ot Atrica, and the
Slave trade made greal progress.
If had always been the policy of this and other
European Stale* to support Spain in defending
the Island of Cuba against any hostile invasion,
Hut, he did not. hesitate to say iu his place in Par
liament that il Spain continued to show sich an ut
ter want of principle ami such base ingratitude to
this country, indiflerence would be exchanged for
amity, aid instead of taking her part we should
leave her to sutler whatever consequences might
ensue. The statement of his noble and learned
triend as to what had taken place on tbq coast ot
Liberia war very nearly a curat?. It appeared
that a French ship was laden with a number of
Africans who w ere called emigrants, but were to
be no more than Slaves. • .t-y were shackled and
manacled, and when the captain was gone on shore
they rose and kdled every Frenchman on board, ex
cept one. An Eughsh vessel, having heard ol the
disaster, chased ttie S'aver, and she immediately
gave henself up, the persons on board expressing
the greatest joy and pleasure at failing in with an
English ship. The French captain, who had been
following iu Ilia boat, took possession of her, as far
as Ihe command went. The French officer on the
■lation claimed the ship aud took her out of the
Liberian port. It appeared, as a matter of law,
that we were not justified iu takiug this slaver in
I,lberian waters without an order issued by the
Liberian Government, so that the quarrel as it now
stood between the Liberian and French Govern
ments, and tier Majesty s Government would have
nothing to do in the matter, lie believed that was
a correct account of what had been done. He be
lieved the state of the law was as he had describ
ed, and her Majesty's present Gov ernuient, as her
Majesty slate Government, were using every op
portu Ity to protest to Ihe French Government
against a line of c nduot which, though it affected
to be a species of emigt ation, could only be called
in the language of truth the renewal of the Slave
trade
*. (),, i jie ensuing day, ill the House of Commons,
Mr. Bright introduced the same subject, by referring
to notice already ot his intention to put a question
to the Under-Seoretary ol State for Foreign Atbrirs
on the proceedings ot the English squadron engag
ed in the suppression of tlio Slave-trade, and with
respect to our relations with the United States. He
did not wish at all to enter into a discussion of the
question which leas just now exuiliug to much in
terest, for lie understood that before very long an
Honorable member who sat on that (the oppositl.n)
side ol tho House, and who hail for many years ta
ken an interest in the Slave trade question, had de
termined to Bdhmit Ihe whole question to the con
sideration of the House. IBs (Mr. Bright s) own
opinions had always been very adverse to matu
ta ning an armed squadron lor the suppression cf
Ujh Slave-trade. li*s wished to a*k tha honorable
gentleman whether the Govtrmnent had received
anv information with regard to the matter which
o. lid he laid before the House, iu order to place the
public in full possession of all the circumstances of
Hie case, uud to allay Ihe apprehension which exist
mi in this country, and perhaps also upon the oilier
side ol the Atlantic. W Hat was said iu that House
passed over the world as soon as the post, and the
present was precisely one ot those occasions in
which great frankness and openness outhe pact oftbe
government would ptove most advantageous.-
There might lie seme persons iu both countries who
would not object to something like a quarrel, but he
l.eiieved that the great bulk of the people both iu
this country and in the United States, were disposed
to tuke a rational and morel view of the qua*.ion,
and would regret anything which might produce
discord between the two countries. Perhaps, also,
the honorable gentleman would have no objection to
state Ihe number of vessels scut out last year, ac t
whether that number was likely to be increased or
uot, and whether the officers upon that station had
received any new instructions. Lord Aberdeen had
stated, on the previous evening, that according to
instructions * f 1814, it was impossible that transac
tioussuchas had been complained of could have
taken place. Now, he thought that it was highly
improbable that British officers could have commit
ted the acts alleged unless they had received tresh
I list I net ions beyond those referred to by laird Aber
deen He asked ‘he question that evening, instead
■ t postponing it till Monday, because the steamer
iett Liverpool ou the to lowir.g day,and, in his opiu
1011, it WHS very desirable that anythiug w hich might
bo said should be raid that night, ill order tha it
reach the United States as soon as possible, and he
trusted that w hat might be said would tend to aitay
Ihe elarm w hich existed, both in that country and
iii Liii*. * ,
Mr S. KitsgerftUl rep'ied that the information re
by ihe government whs extremely meagre ;
and indeed that its principal source of intelligence
was lhe Atnericau Press. The bulk of the state
merits obtained t hence, were deemed gross exag
rations, and in support of thie view he comment
, a upon reports in the New York mid Boston pH
pel* at length His only desire in referring to these
statements was to do justice to the oonduotofßri
ud\ officers, and also to explain how it was that be
indulged the hope that upon further inquiry cireum
•eanoi-s that appeared menacing would be amicably
am’ satisfactorily arranged, 110 felt entire confi
dence lhat when the whole of the circumstances of
v the were brought under the notice of the Ante
n hii ti >\ eminent it would he found that they
would be disposed to treat the question in a eonoil
latory manner, and that our relations with those on
tl.e other side of the At.antic would be maintained
unimpaired. He would now inform the Honorable
gentleman what the views of Her Majesty's Gov
eminent were as to the claim of the American Gov
ernment that the right ot search or visitation should
be letiout ced This right had no doubt been a
constant source of irritation between the two na
luii s, and. w hatever uright have been the practice
111 preceding Governments of this country, it had
uevei been admitted by the Americans. It had
i.riomo the duty, Uttu of Her Majeety's Govern
ment in consequence ot the unfor.uuate circum
stances which liad recently transpired, to iuquire
what were our rights whether, if ** had such
rights we should be prepared to stand bv them :
auo whether, it w r hau them uot. we ought at once
. andldly to disclaim .hem. They tad accordingly
taken the advice of the law officers ot the Crown
whose oecided opinion was that by international
taw we lad no tight ot search-no rig hi of visiiation
w hatever in time of peace That being so be need
sav they had thought it wornd be unbecoming
ui ihe British Government to delay tor a moment
.he avowal of the conclusion. Put white tlmy per
fectly acknowledged tfct England had no right to
visit American vessels engaged in the peaceful
the omer hand, be wrong
Alt'll Auiriivau * • ‘ —fn_ . *
commerce, it would, on the osier band, be wrong
to say that tins country should abandon the policy
which had o t.otmrabiy guiahed her. or that
?ht sttouid oeaae to employ her fleets* iu putting
down the slave trade On this point, the position
iakt*n by the British Government was exactly that
vi bu U iu one ot tne bk *: able State papers had be n
lad down by Geceral Cass in his letter to Lord
Napier. In that d-vnmeut there was this pas-
A merchant vessel upon the high seas is protect
*d bv her national character. He who forcibly eu
leielier doee so upon his own responsibility. Un
doubtedly. if & vessel assume a national character
t*> which she is not entitled, anc is Bailing under false
< oiors, she cauuot be protected b} this assumption
of a naiiooality to winch she has ’no claim. As the
ideu'.uy of a person must be determined by the of
ticcr bearirtf it process to: his arrest, and determin
ed ai the risk ot such officer, so must the national
identity ot a vessel be de,enmiied at the like hazard
to him who, doubting the flag she displays, searches
urr to aactnam her true character There.uo doubt,
may be circumstances which would go tar to uuxH
ly toe complaints a nation wouiddiave a right to
make for su h a violation of its sovereignty. If the
boarding oflioer h -.d just grounds for suspicion, and
deported hnitfelt with propriety in the performance
ot lea task, doing no injury, and peaceably retiring
when sausfled of his orn-r ik* nation would make
such an act the subject of serious reclamation.’’
This, he believed, was strict.y the position which
wv were entitled to take by uatercatunai law. The
American Government had themselves acknowl
edged it on the face of Gen. Cass Stale paper to be
that which “no nation would make tue subject 0 f
serious reclamation and th.s course Her
Government would instruc t our cruisers :n future to
pursue. The Hon. gentleman had aiso asked wbeth
er any addition bad been made to onr fleet in the
t'ubaa wat ere. During the time that Her Majesty's
Government had been in oflioe, no such andiiiou
had taken place. And he might say farther that it
hau iKcaMriiy under their o, nsideration
whether Ue oonttnaanoe of our figuadron in thyge
waters was reou ; -eile tot the objoct which we had in
view, ulu Whether there were not also ki’*i bed to
its continuance their oljec ion# of another and Wore
serious character. I*. ar obvious that the question
of nuuntain iig a squadro* 00 the Coast o? Africa
wat very dhferent from the question of iiiaiiitauiUlg
cue cm me ( oast of Cuba. A squadron on the coast
c < üba wa- m the highway of American eox
i rt e. Each day it nopld not fa? 1 Icr Jpnrt a&m*
t- •- . vessels of American- rigin peaceably ?n
----g&ged inigada And it was obvious that, as in car
j > i* v * nt ihc ine? ructions given to them much must
Let * f-wiriiy be left to the diitctiou of our olfeaen*,
thane must always be far greater iisk of mkuiii'r
tiafesiimf—if not collision— in ihe case of veeaels in
such a sea. Whereat on the coast of Africa, w here
the comaerce was much more scattered, it was
much easier to ascertain the character of a auspi
cious ship than whenehe was among a number of
Other vessels pursuing lawful commerce. It was,
therefore, now under the consideration of Her Ma
jeere'e Government, whether it was not more desi
rable at once to withdraw our squadron from the
Cuban waters.
The original pian by which that blockade was in
stituted, be was free tofoonfeas, was adopted at the
suggestion of the American Govern mart, but
neither that Government nor the Government of
this country at that time saw the grave objections
to which it had since become liable. The honora
ble member had further asked him whether any ad
ditional instructions bad lately been sent to thie
squadron. Now, there were the instructions to
which the honorable member for Birmingham had
alluded, and which were issued to our cruisers oo
the coast of Africa, at the time when Lord Aberdeen
held office tinder Sir Robert Peel. His right honora
ble friend at the head of the Admiralty had found 1 1
necessary, since became into office to give even
mote stringent instructions, enjoining suit greater
camion and discretion on our commanders in the
Guban water. Whether any instruction has baen
previously issued which had given nae_ to this in
creased activity on the part of our cruisers, he was
not in a position to state. All be cottld say on the
part of the present Government was that their ear
liest efforts were directed to inculcating the great
est care arid prudence on those engaged in this defi
ed and difficult task. He need only add that be
was sure he expressed toe sentiments of every man
not only in the House, but in the country, when he
stated that a more fatal thing for the civilization
and happiness of the world could not occur than a
serious misunderstanding between ourselves and
the United States. Meeiffig this case, as they were
prepared to do ; in a frank and conciliatory spirit;
relying on the just sentiments of the American Gov
ernment, and also of the American people when
they knew the truth, he believed he was not speak
ing too saaguineiy when he said he had a confident
hope lhat this dififertnee would at an early date be
sa’ .factor!ly and amicably settled.
Mr. K-iebuck observed that tilings had happened
iu America which, if properly understood, would |
have led to different conclusions. Mr. Fitzgerald |
i.ad, in most conciliatory terms, stated the views of
Her Maicsty's Government, which showed that he
understood the delicate position in which he was !
placed He (Mr. Roebuck, was bound to notice
the difference of proceedings ou the other side of
the water; that language had been used in the
American Congress in this matter, which was not
worthy of genfiemeu at the head of a great nation.
We w ere desirous oi maintaining good relations with
the Americans, and to defend our rights without in
sulting them. We were only anxious to put down
a great blot upon humanity—the slave trade; and,
to effect that, certain instructions had been given
and young men might have gone a little beyond
their instructions. He believed, however, the offi
cers had merely done their duty. Sure he was that
the people of England were desirous of preserving
friend y relations with the United States, and if we
wisheo to put down the Slave trade it was not with
the view of hurting anybody, but of benc-fitting
mankind.
Lord J. Russell said, there could be no doubt
that it Her Majesty's Government conducted these
affairs iu the very temperate spirit indicated by the
honorable gentleman, the Under Secretary for Fo
reign Affairs, the House would accord them its
ready support. The original instructions were is
sued by Lord Aberdeen, after a great deal of con
sultation with persons fuily competent to advise
him, and, among others, with Dr. Lushragtun. They
iu the most temperate spirit, arid after they were
issued they were communicated to the Government
ol the United States. During 15 years those in
structions had been acted on without any interrup
tion to amicable relations. Now, the question
arose whether the complaints that had been made
bail arisen from the inci eased vigilance—perhaps
an overstepping of duty—on the part of comman
ders of Bidish cruisers, or from the unwillingness
oftbe Americans to Bubmitto the excution of those
instructions which for 15 years they had seen practi
cally earned out 1 aud, in either case, what was the
duty of Her Majesty ‘s Government ! Id the first
case, their duty was to restrain the over zeal of
our commanders, and it became us, as a great na
tion, to acknowledge and repair any wrong that had
been done If on the other hand, the Americans
were unwilling to see those instructions carried into
effect, it would be for Her Majesty’s Government to
concert with the American Government sich mea
sures as might be necessary in such a case. It
would never suit the purposes of the Americans, in
carrying on their commerce on the Chinese seas,
where piracy prevailed, if after a pirate ship had
taken and plundered an American vessel, aud per
haps killed the crew, she had only to hoist a British
tlag, aud that tlag was to protect her against exami
nation. But as tho houorable gentlemen Lad justly
said, these were two great nat.ous having the same
regard for the rights of humanity , and he (Lord
J. Kussell) did not think very much oonsequeuce
was to he attached to the speeches made on tins
subject in the American Congress. He believed
the interest of those two great nations was to re
main united, and he was happy to hear that, what
ever was to be their decision as to the disposition
of the squadron, it was not the iutention of ller
Majesty s Government to deviate from that line of
policy winch we had now loilowed for so many
years, and which policy we were justified in con
tinuing.
Lord l’almerston suspected the excitement in re
gard to the outrages originated with the slave tra
ders. He also concurred with Lord John Kussell ill
thinking it was impossible to admit the naked prin
ciple, that the hoisting of the Hag of any particular
country was to be taken as an unequivocal proof
that the vessel belonged to the country whose tlag
she hoisted. It was welt known that every vessel
carried for signal purposes the Hags of various
countries , and it the simple hoisting of the flag of
England or the United States, or ot any of the nu
merous South American States, were to be admit
ted as a complete and sufficient proof of the na
tionality of the vessel, piracy of every description
would roam the seas with impuniiy, and every
country possessing a meicantile navy would soon
set-l the disastrous consequences of such an admis
sion. [Hear, hear.| He had not understood the
honorable gentleman, the Under-Secretary, to have
stated that the Government had adopted that prin
ciple to the extent to which he had referred.
The Chancellor ot the Exchequer (Mr. Disraeli)
had listened with very great sati faction to the ob
servations of the noble Lord, Ihe member for Lou
don arid-thought that the best answer to the violent
speeches that had been made in the American Sen
ate would be the calm and dispsts onate discussion
that had taken place that evening. His honorable
friend, the under Secret ary, iu bis statement on ti e
patt of the Government, bad stated what be (the
Chancellor of the Exchequer) migh’ mention, that
without conceding the poiut to which the noble
Lord bad just referred, and winch they had not in
any way conceded, her Majesly’s Government, af
ter pointing out the terrible abuse of their tlag un
der tho present system, aud that piracy of the most
flagrant character might be committed, had invited
the Government of the United States to favor them
with their suggestions as to the mode by which such
tilings might be prevented, aud had off ered to take
thou* suggestions into consideration, and, if possi
ble, to combine with that Government iu any ar
rangement that migh* promise a satisfactory solu
tiou of the difficulties which both Governments at
present experienced. They had not as yet received
any answer to that proposition, tut he was inclined
to be'ieve that it would be received by the Gov
ernment of the United States in the same spirit as
it had been offered. His houorable friend had so
fully entered into the question, as far as at present
we were masters of the details, that it was not ne
cessary, nor indeed would it be convenient tor him
(the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to go at any
h tigth into the subject.
He confessed he looked forward with great confi
dence that the existing misconceptions would eoou
disappear, and that their occurrence now would
lead to an understanding U]*m this subject that
would prevent a renewal of them hereafter. He
was sure that both the American Government and
the American people, wiien they had examined
thoroughly this subject and had paused and ponder
ed over all that had occurred, would feel that it wss
for the edvautage of both countries, and for tho
benefit of civilization, that there should be some
C:ear understanding as to the united course which
both Governments should lake upon this matter.—
Far from beiug alarmed, he was uot displeased to
hear that American ships-of-war had been sent into
the Cuban wateis, because the crews of those ves
sels would themselves be wituesses of what was ta
king place there, and he did not doubt that they
would act w ith the same promptness and fidelity
they bad shown ou other occasions, and to which
the noble lord, the member for Tiverton, had borne
witness. There was also another reason why he
took no gloomy view of our relations with the Uni
ted States, however threatening they might appear.
It was because upon all the great principles of
policy which influenced tbe system of the United
State* there was between the Government of that
country and that of Her Majesty, generally speak
ing, a complete accordance. VV e witnessed with
no jealousy the general expansion of the United
States ; we did nor find in the general course of
their policy a y cause of jealousy or distrust on our
patt; and, kuewing that there was iu general
nmoi g the public men of America a sincere desire
to cultivate frieudly relations with the Government
and people of this country, he could not allow an
accidental ebullition to induce him to believe that a
policy founded upon deep reflection and an inti
mate acquaintance with the mutual interests of the
two countries could he terminated or in any way
disturbed by circumstances which could only be re
garded as ot a transient nature, and which if con
sidered as of a minatory nature, assumed a far more
s* rious character than their essential merits could
justify.
The Brvkswick Herald and the Mats Trunk.
—ln our issue of yesterday, we published an article
from the “ Brunswick Herald” calculated if not in
tended, to affect the credit of the Main Trunk Com
pany.
We felt satisfied at the time, that there was some
mistake about the facto as stated by the Herald, aud
it adonis us pleasure to lay before cur readers the
follow tug correct account of the matter, which we
have received from the President of the Main Trunk
Company.
When it was agreed last fall to pay the Bruns
wick & Florida Kailroad Company #75.0111) for the
release of their chartered privileges, #40,000 of the
amount were given in a note ro Robert Coffins, of
Macon, one of the contractors of ihe Brunswick A
F.orida Kailroad, which Dote was paid when it fell
due on the I.sth diy of June last The remaining
$35,000 were given to the Brunswick Company in
five notes of #7.000 each. Shortly after the delivery
ot these notes to Mr Wheeler, the President of the
Brunswick A Florida Kailroad Company, Messrs.
Jones and Hayes, contrac tors on that road, stopped
the payment of these notes by garnishment served
upon the President of the Main Trunk road, and as
Mr W heeler has paid no attention to the matter,
the garnishment has not been dissolved, and the
notes consequently remain unpaid.
It is proper to state that the Main Trunk Com
pauy has been fully ab'e to meet promptly the pay
ment of all these notes, and would have eo done, if
Mr Wheeler had dissolved tbe garnishment by fur
nishing the requisite bond required by the Court,
or by giving ample security to the President of the
M&iu Trunk Company.— Nor. (Irort/uin. of Salur-
Shopping in High Life—Thf Matter Compro
mised—A wealthy widow, who moves in the flret
cirei* sos the iashionable society of this city, and is
considered as authority on all matters of ton, was
detected yesterday at -the dry goods store of W. P.
Koes & Cos , on Lake street, carrying off goods which
did ne t belong to be —in plain Saxon, stealing It
seems that she has long been a cut# uier of the firm,
and kept a running account with them. She was
considered a good paying customer, and the inno
cent clerks always waited upon her with much ala
crity and courtesy.
But appearances are often deceitfdL
Within a month or so goods have disappeared very
mysteriously. At one time, a handsomeaiik pattern
took ‘.o itseif wings and flew away, and no corres
ponding value was found upon the cash book or in
the money drawer.
Finally, ft cm certain actions ot this woman, she
was suspected of being the thief, and the clerks
were directed to watch her the next time she came
La. Yesterday she came sailing in as usual, not
aware that several pairs of argue eyes were watch
mg her. As she turned to go out again, after look
ing at some goods, she was politely requested to
stop, and under her shawl were found a valuable
lace cap and a parasol. She was at once questioned,
and acknowledged that she had taken several things
m the same manner. A .compromise was finally
inade by the woman agreeing to pay f3IK) to the
firm, ac-i the matter was to be hushed up.
That woman of stea ing and the law pre
scribes the punishment, but the paltry’ sum of §3OO
cheats the law and defrauds justice and the woman
unpunished. Great is the almighty dollar. —
C.ktcago Journal, 25&b inst.
S-Nkafft Effects of aTelegrafhic Mistake.
~ “ “fcioKion Stir -ays the parents, wile and
of W ? ne - now in that city
were thrown into the deepest distress by the teie
grap-uc announcement of Li* death. The dmatch
came -root the South, and Majo. Wayne DeuqTab
eent on du.\, their anxiety must have beenmes*
pauilul until the truth was ascertained.
Tow* os * Co.i Bed.—Steubenville, Ohio
stejads upon a coal bed. The Herald, of that place,
-ay, a shaft has been sunk in Market street, and
coal reached at the aeptfc of OSO feet. Tie vein is
tour feet thick, End the ooai is of a superior quaiilv
for houeehoid, mecLankal. manufacturing and gas
purpose*. About 1000 bushel* are raised daii/,
and the amount will noon be increased to 30uu bush
el- The Herald very aptly winds up its account by
hoping that the ooai hod will never taka fire ; it it
sucuid. Steubenville will have a hot time of it
From (lump Nelt<
The following are extracts from the correspond
ence of the Daily Timee:
Camp Scott, near Bridoer's Fort, j
Utah Territory, Saturday, June 5,1858. j
Messrs McCulloch and Powell, the Utah peace
commissioners, arrived at this camp on the ‘.9 h
ult- some hours after the departure of the mail of
that date, and were received by General John
ston, and the officers generally, with much cor
diality.
The commissioners were serenaded the evening
after their a: rival, by the excellent band of the
10th infantry, and on Monday following a dress
parade and review of the troops was ordered in
their honor. Major McCulloch, unfortunately, had
a slight attack of fever, consequent, doubtless, upon
his exposures daring the journey hither. He was
much better, however, on Wednesday, the 2d inst,
when the commissioners started for Salt Lake City,
accompanied by their escort of six men, who came
with them from Leavenworth, and Mr. B. F. Fick
lin, an employee of the camp, who on various oc
casions has proved his intelligence and skill In ex
traordinary services not strictly military in their
character Gov. Gumming was to have accompa
nied them, but after the commissioners had got
fairly on the road, found himaell unable to follow
them until twenty hours later.
Mr. MorreU, of New York, postmaster at Silt
Lake, also accompanied them.
Gov. Cumming started on his return to Salt Like
City on the 3d inst., accompanied by his wife, and
taking with him his furniture, Ac., with the expecta
tion of remaining there permanently, in the aseump -
tion and executi nos the duties of the Gubernato
rial office. He was accompanied also by Dr. Jacob
Forney, superintendent of the affairs, who goes to
the Indian Farm South of the city, and by David
A. Burr, eon of the late Seveyor Genertfi of the
Territory, who goee in, at the Governor's request,
to deliver up the books and papers of the Sur
veyor’s office.
The Governor is firmly of opinion that the Mor
mons will lay their city waste if the army enters.
He states that he saw many dwellings against which
piles of combustibles had already been placed by
their owners who seemed impatient for the word of
I their Prophet directing them to light up the flame
j which should sacrifice their property upon the altii.
of religious fanaticism. The photographers were
! reaping a rich harvest in taking pictures of numer
ous habitations, whose owners manifested their love
o the homes they were prepared to lay in ashes,
by thus preserving their shadows as souvenirs when
the origmais have been destroyed.
Opinions among the seceding Mormons and others
who have recently arrived from the valley differ
widely as to the probable course which Brigham
will take. It is rumored, upon apparently good au
thority, that a committee of “ Saints,” recently re
turned from an examination of Sonora, and tbe rued
thereto, report that it is inexpedient, at least at pres
ent, for the people to attempt to proceed thither.
An old Mountaineer is now m camp, who left the
valley a fortnight ago, having been living all Win
ter with the quartermaster of the Mormon army.
He is a man of much experience in thie region, and
of sound practical judgment. His opinion is that the
Mormons never have intended to move more than
one or two hundred miles below Great Salt Lake
City, unless pressed too closely by the officers of
justice, when, with a small and chosen band, they
would take refuge in the mountains. He says that
their means of transportation are totally inadequate
to a general movement of the people on a tong
journey,—and gives a touching picture of the dis
tresses of many of the people for want of sufficient
clothing,—the war having driven away all the mer
chants, and prevented the importation into the ter
ritory ot the ueeedd supplies of clothing fabrics.
One encampment ot Mormon emigrants broke up
several days ago, and most of tbe company have
proceeded upon their journey towards tbe East, al
though several have determined to remain here
and return to the city under tbe protection of the
army. Among the latter are Mr. and Mrs. Suther
land, formerly of England. Mrs. S. is the daugtiter
of Mr. Keddmg, an English author, and a lady of
education aud refinement. Becoming a convert to
Mormonism she abandoned her borne and country,
and went to Salt Lake, and married Mr. Suther
land, an humble but honest man, who was content
to live with one wife at a time They both profess
to have renounced Mormonism,having tasted deep
ly of its Iruitß. Mrs S. says it was Mrs. Cobb,
formerly of Massachuset‘s, who, when Governor
Gumming addressed the people in tbe Tabernacle,
arose and said that so far as she knew, there was no
suffering among tbe sisters, but all were satisfied
with their condition and prospects.
Gapt. Levall's supply train arrived in tbe camp
on the 31st, whereupon the reduced rations of flour,
rice and sundry other articles, were increased some
what greatly to the joy of the men. During all the
privations of the Winter, when living on short ra
tions, and dragging wood wagons by band through
snow and ice thirteen miles at a trip, the men never
seem to have thought of grumbling at their officers
or tbe government which they served.
An express arrived here yesterday announcing
the safe arrival of Capt. Maury near Green River,
with the animals purchased in New Mexico, aud ac
companied by about 300 of the third infantry aud
one company of mounted rifles, iu command of Col.
Loring. They will doubtless arrive in this camp in
the course of to day. Jim Goodal, the guide, had
gone around by the way of Laramie, with an im
mense flock of sheep designed for the use of the
army.
Colonel Hoffman’s supply trains have also been
heard irom Green River, aud will all be here by the
Bth or 10th inst. When these have all arrived, Gen.
Johnston is ready to move at once, aud will proba
bly do so on or about the 15th inst., as his orders
are to advance. Governor Cumming desires the
army to take its position upon the the Weber river
about 35 miles from the city, where its services
could be readily availed of if required.
Tbe good order of th e camp is theme of general
remark : for while we have a canvas town here of
so tie 18U0 souls, it is quiet and peaceable at all
hours, as a New England village A brigade
guard of about 200 men is mounted each morning,
and a dress parade is had every pleasant afternoon.
Tbe tenth infantry is now all in camp, and for the
iirst time since it was organized pareded altogether
on the eveuiug of the second inst.
The return of Captain Marcy awakens sad re
membrance of Seargent William H. Morton, of
Lieut. Dudley’s company of the 10th infantry, a
brave and worthy man, who froze to death while
struggling with Marcy’s command in the mountains
which so nearly became their tomb. Lieut. Dud
ley has in his possession the daguerreotypes of two
young sisters of deceased, to wcorn he would send
particulars iu relation to bis loss, if he knew where
to address them. Mot ton was an intelligent man,
having the appearance of one who bad filled some
higher sphere than that ot the common soldier.
We have had some excitement in camp ot late,
growing out of difficulty between tbe Quartermas
ter's Department and a targe number of teamsters
whose terms of service expired on the Ist June.
These agreed to strke for an advance of wages to
sixty dollars per month, and as that demand was
promptly rejected, they refused to renew their en -
gagemeuts. The Government, in engaging them,
had agreed to furnish them transportation back to
Leavenworth, aud rations while on tbe road ; but
as the supplies of provisions were short, General
Johnston directed that no rations be issued to them
for use outside the camp, at present, which, of
course, compelled them to remain here until ad
ditional supplies arrived. The army needs the
service of many of them, but they are now being
started upon the road as rapidly as trains can be
provided for them.
Correspondence of St. Paul Pioneer <s• Democrat
Indian Difficulties—Sacking of Mednry.
Sakatoua, on Big Cotton Wood River, Minn. \
June IG, 1858.
When 1 last wrote you (28th May, from Medary.)
things were well with us, and brightening every day
in Dakota. To night after a fatiguing retreat raaroh
of nearly 40 mites, I pause to pencil a hasty account
of what has happened, and of the alarming difficul
ties by which wo are still surrounded.
Day before yesterday three thousand Yanktonis
(the same Indians that caused the disturbances in
this vicinity last Summer, arrived before Medary,
aud demanded recompense for intrusions upon soil
which they claimed rightfully belonged to them, but
which was sold to government long ago by the low
er Sioux. Councils were held with their chiefs.—
They said their lands had been sold from them, were
being settled upon and dug up with roads, Ac., Ac.,
and that others were getting the pay for tbe land
and all extra privileges thereon. Government, or
tbe ‘ Great Father,’ had promised them money, but
it had not come ; aud they were now going to take
tbe matter into their own hands.” Upon this re
solve, although they had been previously almost
prevailed upon to pass on to the Agencies, they
commenced plundering the houses, from cellars to
garrets. They demanded everything, even to our
fire-arms and teams, but upon beiug sternly assured
lhat the white man would die lighriug before yield
ing bis arms or bis horse, they yielded this point. It
was, however, with great difficulty that we could
prevent, without violence, the young Indians from
cutting the harnees to pieces, while hitck’ug up our
teams for departure, as we were ordered to do. The
settlers, for several miles eacli way, were warned of
the danger, and they fled to the town, leaving near
ly everything behind to be plundered and burnt by
the Indians. At the moment we were ordered to
leave, the torch was applied to every building in
tbe town, and every claim cabin round about, which
iu our retreating steps we witnessed fall to the
ground—the toil of our hands were heaps of ruins,
the pioneers’ homes were beds of ashes, to be scat
tered again to the prairies.
A train of immigrants ooming into Medary at or
about this time, were plundered of everything ex
cept their teams to retreat with Word nas reach
ed us that Flandrau, 15 miles below Medary, was
also burnt down and the inhabitants driven off.—
The settlers between Flandrau and the Falls will
probably go into the town at the Falls and prepare
for defence. But I think the Indians will not go
that far South, as it is out of their range of opera
tions, for the present at least. They were to go
directly from Medary to Yellow Medicine or the
Upper Sioux Agency, where they would demand
the annuities which these other Sioux are receiving
on said lands, or the treaty therefor, to be now and
henceforward paid to tbem , and if the Government
Agents refused to acquiesce, they (the Indian-)
would sack every town on the Minnesota river, to
the foot of the reserve, and every town and settle
ment on Wasioja (the river we are encamped ou)
to its mouth.
Most of those that retreated from Medary and
vicinity are encamped at thie place and below on
the same stream. We have sent two messengers to
Yellow Medicine, while Mr. De Witt and party have
gone into the Lower Sioux Agency. Mr. D, will
go to Fort Bidgley aud probably to St. Paul. The
military force at Fort Ridgley is nothing for the
emergency, scarcely adequate to the protection of
the Fort itself against an invading host of unen
lightened savages. Something should be speedily
done to avert a most calamitous warfare. The
“strong arm of Government*’ is weak ! It is a
shame that things are eo. It is possible that the
Yanktonais may be prevailed upon to stay their
hands from further violence until the Commis
sioners from Washington can come on, with author
ity and means to paciflcate this turbulence. But it
is dangerous to wait. Prompt action by some de
partment should be taken. G. L.
Disease among the Cattle and Deer. —The
Florida papers, some weeks ago. gave accounts of
large numbers of deer being found dead in the
woods, and that the cattle were also diseased. We
are sorry to have to say that this scourge exists in
some ot the counties of Southern Georgia, particu
larly in the counties of Clinch and Lowndes. A
gentleman informed ns at Troupville the other day,
that Mr Benjamin Sermons of Clinch found thirty
bead of his cattle down in one of his pens a few
days since, and we heard of the disease at various
other places The ’Toods, it is said, are also full of
dead deer. The dL ease manifests itself by the great
stiffness of the animal, the beast walking like a bad
ly fontiertd horse. Saliva streams constantly and
freely from the month, the tongue becomes sore,
sweL-end ultimately turns black, and in a few
days it dies. On onr retnrn from Troupviile we
spent the night with Mr. Dennis Williams of this
county, and the next morning there was a cow at his
pen. down with this diseas- We saw a goat on th
road also, which we think was affected in the same
way.
These are the only cases which we have seen or
heard of in this county, and it is to be hoped that
this terrible scourge will not prevail to any great
extent. The cause of this disease, is ascribed by
intelligent planters, to rust, which exists upon vege
ration. It is known that the small grain crops were
destroyed in this section by a sort of rust, and we
are informed that the same thing exists upon vege
tation in the woods. This is beyond doubt, in our
mind, the true cause of the distemper among the
cattle and deer.
p. s.—Since the above was put in print, we are
sorry to say that we have heard of numerous cases
of *hu disease among the stock of this county.
A wash made of coppeias. burnt alum and salt,
freely applied to, and in the mouth ot the animal is
said to be a certain core.— Thomattille Reporter.
As Overseer Shot et a Xegro.— We are in
formed that on Saturday night last, a negro belong
ing to F. Scarlett, Esq., went to the plantation of
Mr. John Scarlett, where he has a wire, and shot
the overseer. It seems the negro suspected there
was improper intercourse between Mr. Jones, the
overseer, and fcis wife On his arrival at the plan
tation, not finding his wife in her cabin be went to
the overseer’s honse. and overheard the couple in
convereation. He then jumped into the window,
seized a gun and shot Mi . J. in the head, with
smalt shot. Oar informant says his recovery is con
sidered impossible. Hr. Scarlett immediately
brought the negro to Brunswick and lodged him in
iail— Bruntrwk Herald.
Correspondence of Ihe Ijondon Times
The Eruption of Mount Yeauvias.
Wishing to have another and a more perfect view j
of tbe burning mountain, on Saturday last, at about j
two hours of day, I started from Naples, and after j
escaping from ail the varied seccature of guides, i
toren-bearere, drivers, and a hoet of other impro- I
vised artists, found myself, after three-quarters of !
an hour’s walk, in front ot the fire. Early as it was ;
there were many there before me gazing on the j
wondrous Beene A vast bed of burning metallic- |
looking coke was sweeping down over Bmiliog j
vineyards, carrying everything before it. The j
mass was, I should say. 800 feet in width—the :
“Journal” says half a mile—and how long the eye
could not calculate ; for, looking upward, it was ‘
lost behind tbe heights. As to the rate at which it
was travelling nothing conld be more deceptive— >
Had it been a narrow channel it would have been I
comparatively easy to make some decision, bat its
very grandeur baffled me. Row after row of the
vffiea, however, fell before it—great trees shivered
and shook and tossed about as if a heavy wind were
blowing, though it was a dead cairn, and soon
yielded to the destroyer—and, marching continually
over the black fragments of scoria* on tbe surface,
on it came without ceasing.
Since mid day it bad advanced full 100 paces.—
There had been a house on a point not tar distant,
tenanted a few hoars before, the fragments of which I
I aaw in the folds of the lava. The poor creatures
had taken refuge in a cave formed between the up
per and lower strata of an old lava eruption. Bs
hind the shoulder of a hillock stood a handsome
villa which had been saved by its position ; the
grounds belonging to it were all, however, buried
under the black masses, and the tenants t ere stand
ing on tbe terrace looking down upon tbe rum and
calculating the probabilities of the stream touching
them. Though the whole of this enormous bed was
in movement, still, running over it, or sometimes
under it, were two channels of liquid red hot lava,
which had never stopped since they issued from
their sources. The blackened bed had become so
by an interval of suspension, ana was moved on by
the immense weight behind. On looking up and
arojnd me my wonder was whence couidbave
come this enormous quantity of matter. Could it
speak what a history would it tell; bow it had been
turning about to and fro under the surfaoe of tbe
land for the last six months, upheaving and ruining
great citiee, destroying cultivated lands, and carry
ing death to many thousands.
The speculation was not au idle one, for in less
than an hour later, said Prof Palmieri to me, ‘ I
think the period of earthquakes has now termina
ted .for the present. I connect this eruption with
them.” I passed through a number of hue young
vineyards, where the clustering lrui's held oat the
promise of an abundant vintage. One after anoth
er they were shriveling up and flaming like small
torches, while tbe country people were saving what
they could. 1 pass on to the next point of importance;
it is half way up the mountain. I wind and wind up
and make a series of short cuts, steep enough to
take all tbe breath out of a man’s body, and stand
all at once on a crag which commands a view of one
of the most magnificent spectacles I ever witness
ed. The whole stream is visible from the source to
the place which 1 have jnst left; it is coursing down
or rather they are ooursiDg down, for there is more
than one stream, as rapid as a cascade; iu fact,
they are cascades of as pure liquid tire as can be
well conceived; sometimes they are hidden under
the blackened scoriae, and then they emerge again,
and run on as if impatient of destruction.
It was one of those spectaclee so astounding to
look upon that a man seeks in some way to relieve
his feelings. He bursts if he is silent; be must
shout, scream, any thing to let off his pent up excite
ment, and I suppose that I did so myself. It is now
dusk ; the Italian night is descending rapidly upon
us, tbe sun has just gone down, and the stars are
out in a minute, and we have yet to climb to the
top; so one pull more. There is a lazy blaze French
man, with bis Cst toujours le meme: “And wby
should we go further f”—but we pull him along mo
rally and physically, and at last arrive at the Her
mitage. Behind it is another grand spectacle, per
haps grander even than what we have just describ
ed. There is less apparent activity, but tbe gorge
is wider, and the slow but certain manner in which
the mass moves on gives us a striking idea of pow
er. It is 750 feet in width -, to calculate its bulk by
millions of tons would be only trifling with a giant
—we might better calculate by the million tbe enor
mous quantities which are issuing every minute
from the many sources.
In all there are 17 and upward, says Prof Palmi
eri, and this fact constitutes one of the striking fea
tures of this eruption, as does also tbe fact that they
do not run in one line but are opened in vuiious
parts. Another new feature is the long continued
fluidity of the lava, all showing the over-gorged
state of the mountain and tbe immense power at
work. It was tbe opinion oftbe Prcfrssor, however
that the eruption was ou tbe decline, as no internal
rumblings were now beard. Tbe lava had found its
outlets, and was now pouring down with the rapidi
ty and tranqu lity of an unobstructed stream.—
There have been eight earthquakes since the erup
tiou began local only, perhaps; aud tbe last, as
rnarkeu in the seismograph of Palmeiri, bad laked
place that morning, at 7J o’clock. Nothing had
been removed from the Observatory, nor in fact
was there any immediate danger, as there was a
vast depth behind which was not filled up as yet.
An inconvenience might have arisen from a
union of tbe two streams, which were flowing down
and men were always out on the watch and to re
port. On descending we meet thousands of people
en route from Naples. The path for miles down
was marked by a line of torches; tbe gorge down
which the lava was coursing looked from a distance
like a vast crater, the wails ot which werej irradiated
by the tires below. The stream had advanced so
rapidly as to cut off our r- ad so we were compelled
to make a long detour. Arrived at the lava bed we
Btopped to gaze on tue scene of ruin and of gran
deur, bought some coins imbedded in lava, and fall
iug into tbe descending line of human beings soon
found ourselves in Resina. It is only a short hour’s
drive to Naples, and grand was the spectable which
the mountain preseuted from a distance ; up to the
very .-treets the reflection of two great streams fell
across tbe Bea.
On Sunday, at mid-day, tbe eruption seemed to
be on the decrease, and thd spectacle was less grand
in the evening. Last evening, however, there was
much greater activity, and this morning the in
creased length of the line of smoke seems to indi
cat much greater activity. No life has as yet been
lost, legs and arms have been broken, and a child
who had strolled out to tbe Ottrsjanoside of the
lava had fallen asleep, ana not until the stream was
close up to it had some men perceived its danger
ous situation, and rescued it at considerable risk to
themselves.
•Son Stroke—l Is Symptom? and Remedy,
On looking over our exchanges, we find that
thirty or forty persons have already suffered this
season from tbe effects of the sun, aud before the
summer is over, we shall iu all probability be call
ed upon to chronicle many other casualties of tiie
same kind. What, therefore, is best to be done in
tbe case of a sudden attack! According to the
New York Post, the symptoms of sun-stroke gene
rally indicate a constitution previously impaired,
tjometimee there is active congestion and apoplectic
effusion in the cranium, and in such caees death
genet ally ensues. But more often tbe signs are
those of physical, and, particularly, cerebral pros
tration ; the pulse is feeble, the cheeks, and, in
fact, the whole surface of the body are pale and
ghastly. The blood is defective in quality, thus
impeding the vital processes. The heart Is evi
dently them gan at fault, having suddenly suc
cumbed under fatigue aud exhaustion, though the
head gives the first intimation of danger. This
premonitory symptom of suD-stroke mentioned in
the first instance is recorded in history, which may
be found in the Bible i “And when tho ohild was
grown, it fell on'a day that he went out to his father,
to the reapers. ADd he said to his father, ‘My bead ,
my head !’ And he said to a lad, ‘Carry him to bis
mother.’ And when he had taken him and brought
him to his mother, he sat on her knees till uood,
and died."—2 Kings iv, 18 20.
Manaßses, also, the husband of Judith, tbe heroine,
(chap, viii, 2,3,) died in a similar manner : “Ma
nasses was her husband, of her tribe and kindred,
who died in the barley-harvest. For as he stood
overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field,
the heat came upon his head, and he fell upon his
bed and died In the city of Bethulia.”
Convulsions sometimes occur, aud in the inter
vals there are tremblings of the muscles and limbs,
not greatly unlike those of delirium tremens. These
are very common in diseases of debility, where the
nervous system is largely involved, but generally
do not require specific attention. Even during the
progress ol recovery, there is sometimes consider
able mental aberration.
Tbe premonitions of an attack are readily recog
nized. There is a feeling of pressure upon the
head, the blood tingles in tbe vessels, tbe air seems
too hot and tenuous for breathing. A person who
was once thus affeeted, tells us that he was cured
by immediately bathing the head, arms and should
ers in water. While undergoing this process, he
experienced a sensation as if burning coals were
spread over tbe whole scalp, but in less than an
hour every oppressive symptom passed away. A
brother ot the same gentleman, similarly attacked,
was uot so cautious. He fell to the ground insensi
ble, while at labor iu the harvest field, and after
lingering two or three days, much of the time coma
tose, and with what a physician mistakenly
termed aud treated as typhoid fever, was suffered
to die.
The remedies “laid down in the books” are alco
holic and ammoniacal stimulants ; these being
“diffusive” aud causing an equable circulation of
blood throughout tbe body, and particularly to the
surface. Tue patient is advised to swallow the
medicine, but if he is “out of his head” it can be
given by enema. Washing the head with cold
water, and rubbing liniments upon the surface with
the hands, keeping up the friction as long as may
be necessary, will generally answer the purpose.—
When much dullness or stupor remains, coffee and
strong tea are efficacious.
The means of prevention are simple. Persons iu
sound health are seldom attacked; previou* debili
ty, general depression of the vital forces, unusual
excessive physical exertion, violent gusts of passiou
excessive drinking of cold water, or of alcoholic
beverages, superadded to exposure to the summer
sun or a hot fire, create the danger
Gareful moderation in these particulars will gene
rally Becure exemption. The Arab, wandering in
an arid desert, subsisting ou camel's milk and a few
vegetables, usually enjoys immunity ; bis blood is
not vitiated by stimulating food or unwholesome
drinking. Sir Jos. Banks spent twenty minutes in
an oven where beef was cooking without bann
Fishermen for tbe sake of protection sometimes
fill their hatß with moist sea weed; though any large
leaves, or eveu a wet cloth upon tbe head will
answer as well. This is an infallible preventive
and should be more generally observed by laboring
men.
The Fire or Thursdat Night.— We have been
able to obtain tbe particulars of the losses by tbe
fire which occurred in Queen street on Thursday
night, more fully than was possible at the time our
paper went to press yesterday morning.
At the time of tbe fire there were in the store
bonse of Messrs. Hayne A Yates. 12U0 bales of hay,
3Ufl barrels of whisky, and 151 bhds. and 82 barrels
of molasses. The whisky, with the exception of a
tew barrels, was saved, by being roiled into the
street; bat nearly all of the molasses, and of course
all the hay, were destroyed and lost.
Messrs. Hayne & Yates were insured for Sio,BOU,
of which $5,(Jw was on the warehouse, and SIO,(MM)
on the contents of store. Os the insurance, $5,000
in the Augusta Insurance and Banking Company,
$5,000 in the South Carolina Insurance Company,
and $5,000 in the Agency of the Unity Insurance
Company, Liondon. It is thougbt that the insurance
will nearly or quite cover their loss.
The bunding occupied as a blacksmith shop,
whe. e the fire originated, and belonging to Mr.
Wm. L. Porter, was insured for SI2OO in the
Charleston Insurance and Trust Company.
The stock and tools of Mr. Gruendel, who occu
pied the building, were insured for $2,500 in the
Charleston_lnsuranee and Trust Company.— Chat.
Conner.
A Man with too Mi ch Money.—Mkiiy will re
collect that eccentric Englishman, Sir Wiliam Don,
who played engagements at all our principal thea
tres, a few years since. He once possessed a
princely fortune, but wasted it all by his extrava
gance. Strange to say, he was not inclined to be
dissipated, but appeared to be entirely wrapped up
in conceiving plans by which he might get nd of his
money. Hie wealth actually became a burden al
mc st impossible for him to bear. During market
days in Dresden, many booths and stalls are filled
with pottery, porcelian, and china ware of every
kind, which are offered for sale. Some of these
manufactures are -exceedingly expensive. Early
in the morning, when the market was crowded with
purchasers. Sir William would mo Ht a fine blood
horse, take with him a groom, who was also mount
ed. and. pushing into a mad gallop, would dash
headlong through one of these booths, smashing
and destroying the contents of ttte establishment.—
If one fierce charge did not suffice to render the
destruction complete, another was made, and eve
rything literally “cleaned out.” It is said tha Sir
William sometimes committed two or three of these
insane pranks in a single morning. As might be
expected. Sir William was, by his perseverance
soon enable to run through all his wealth, just as
he had run through the booths. What was still
worse, he was pal tntongh the court of bankruptcy,
was imprisoned by creditors, was often almost
without the necessaries of life, and has been in debt
ever since.
Count erfEits —We understand that one dollar
notes on the Bank of Chattanooga, raised to fives,
are in circulation in our community They are
very easily detected, and we call the attention of.
our readers to the matter merely to pot them on
their guard. —Knoxville Remitter
; Late and Imp'jrtani from Mexico—U. S. Le
gation to be Closed —Foreigners Ordered
from the Century.
! The steamer Tennessee arrived at New Orleans
j on Friday last, with news from Mexico to the 20th
! instant. The intelligence is interesting and impor
i tant. We copy from the Picayune:
’ A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Vera
j Cruz on the 19th inst, at half-past 9 o’clock A. M.,
but fortouately caused no damage.,: It lasted thirty
j seconds.
The m st important intelligence which we have
| by the Tctuissee is thaannouncemnet that the Go—
I vermi-n; had orderedKbreigners to leave tbe eoun
l try, and that in consequence of the enforcement of
j this measure the U. 8. Legation was to be dosed on
| the l'*th in it The particulars of the subject will be
j tf-und in the foliowjfig extract from the Mexican
j Extraeruinary, ot the 19th, a slip of which has been
politely forwarded to us from the office:
What we expressed as impossible in our last is
sue has actually come to pass. Tbe Government
has sent passports to foreigners, for their
non-compliance with of the law of
May 15-. ii, imposing an impost of 1 per cent, upon
all capitals ranging from SO,OOO to $1,500,000, with
out the presence of an armA force. The views of
the Government in this matter will be found in the
I following decree, providing for the expulsion of ail
! those who do not tamely submit to the wishes of
the Government :
of State )
fairs. S
“Yout Excellency :
“The protection due to foreigners, their business,
and their property, in all civilized countries, should
b as effectual and energetic as should be severe
the measures of suppression, when one or several,
led away by improper sentiments, or by a spirit
hostile lo established governments, affect not to
recognize their authority, and thus set a fatal ex
ample of disobedience to the laws.
“ The moment such a scandal iB p'rmitted, the
rights of a nation as an independent people would
be dispensed—even peaceful si rangers would be
come the objects of national hatred, aud pretexts
would be multiplied for civil war, assuming still
more hideous features than thoss which it already
wears. Governments would thereby incur respon
sibility for their want of energy in punishing a c ime
which no one can pardon, who esteems the dignity
of a country in a point of such delicacy and impor-
tance.
“The intended execution of the law of the 15th
May, with reepect to the imposed contribution, has j
been devised with the uimost prudence and
equity, and neither on account of the amount of the
cuotas assigned to those foreigners who were not
willing to furnish an exhibit of their property, nor
for any other motive, ought it to have encountered
a resistance which has already been converted into
a strong provocative of disorder, which tbe Gov
ernment cannot allow.
“ His Excellency, tbe President, has therefore
consented that, inasmuch as the supreme authority
has been set a* defiance, in a public and alarming
manuer, your Excellency proceed, with all the en
ergy which tbe circumstances demand, to warn
those strangers who have resisted the embargo, un
less sustained by the presence ulda armed force,
and also those who should for the future observe a
similar course, at once to leave the Rapublio, as
men wi nting in the reepect weich they owe to the
country, ana to the obligations which the law of na
tions imposes. You will alse make them under
stand that their resistance is the more glaring from
the fact that it has not been, end never can be,
either di'eotly or indirectly, countenanced by any
of the foreign Ministers accredited near this gov
ernment.
*• Your Excellency, who well knows how reluct
ant this government is to have resort to such mea
sures against persons who have commercial or in
dustrial establishments in this country, but which
nevertheless cannot assume so immense a responsi
bility, will carry into effect the order of His Excel
lency, the President, with as little loss of time its
importance demands.
” I renew to you the assurances of my distinguish
ed consideratiou.
“ God and Liberty. Cuevas.
“Mexico, Jane 16, 1858.
“ His Excellency, the Governor of the District of
Mexico.”
A number of persons have already been oidered
to leave the country within three days, aud have
been provided with the necessary passports. As
the assigned three days do not expire until to mor
row, it is difficult, as yet, to predict whether the
orders will be thoroughly enforced. Many incline
to the belief that tbe Government will, at the last
moment, In view of the great losses that must ac
crue to the Dusiness of those who are thus summari
ly expelled from the country, be pleased to grant
pardon for the alleged offence.
A communication from Gen. Alvarez, dated at
Providencia, May 24, acknowledges the receipt of
the official announcement of the Constitutional
President Juarez and his cabinet at Vera Cruz,
tenders to tbem tbe warmest felicitations and wel
come, and promises hearty cooperation in the effort
to restore the constitutional order of things. The
communication says:
In our behalf, you may assure the President that
no sacrifice will be spared in this respect, aud that
notwithstanding tbe limited resources to which cir
cumstance condemned us, a brigade of tbe division
under my command, aided in the re-establishment
of order in the neighboring State of Oajaoa, ad
vancing as far as Jamiltepec, Tutepec, and Juquila;
the Carnauo brigade penetrated into tbe State of
Puebla, as far as Atlisco, but misery compelled tbem
to retire to the District of Morelos; the Ilernaudez
brigade is at present in Huetamo, joining in the
operations of tbe forces of Sr. Huerta, Governor of
Micboacan ; another section is operating in the vi
cinity of Tasco aud Iguala; and lastly, the force
garrisoning the capital of this State vigorously re
pulsed the rebel Vicario, forcing him to flee for re
fuge to Chiapa, where bo will be attacked and de
feated to-day or to morrow without fail, as a strong
body of our troops must at once advance to the town
of Cuernavaca.
The Progreso oftbe 20th inst., has a long article
condemning, in very indignant terms, the barbarity
of Eeheagai-ay and tbe Zuloaguista chiefs under
him, in having caused a number of the National
Guard of Ja apa, whom they had forced to take
arms in their service, to be executed. We gather
from the article, that Geu. Negrete had abandoned
the Constitutionalists. This “ treachery of the
coward Negrete,” as the Progreso has it, is said to
have facilitated Eoheagaray to gain possession of
Orizaba, Cordova and Jalapa, the citizens of which
planes are represented in quite a defenceless condi
tion.
Oo taking command in tbem they are said to have
for, cd the National Guard, in opposition to their
views and feelings, into the ranks of their forces, al
ready filled by forced levies, causing great discon
tent, and to have treated them with great rigor.—
Some of the Guard revolted, in consequence, and
they were tried and executed for this without mer
cy. The Zuolaguiata forces, ostensibly besieging
Vera Cruz, are said to be sitting down about thirty
leagues from it; and certainly the tone of the Pro
greso would not suggest that any fear was felt of
their approaching it to a dangerous proximity,
Interesting News from Japan.
Shanghae, April 6 —Several times a month we
receive heie very interesting news from Japan,
which has now become the rendezvous of the ship
owners who send their ships in those seas and in the
Pacific.
The anglo-Ainericans work with an incredible ar
dor to become masters of the great market which
the large population of the Japanese archipelago of
sere for their goods. The Russians do not, however,
remain idle, aud their diplomacy is making efforts
which the Japanese government seems to wolcome
with a peculiar favor. I can give you as a sure fact
that in all the recent official interviews between
Admiral Poutatin and the Governor of Naugasaki
this high officer has assured him, iu the most deci
sive manner, that the government of Yoddo is de
termined to follow quite a different system to that
which has until lately prevailed. The intention of
the Court is to multiply as much as possible the
commercial intercourse of Japan with the great
maritime Powers, instead of impeding it as former
ly ; and in order to obtain that object sooner it has .
decided to send ambassadois to tbe great natives of
the West. A few days after his last interview the
Russian Admiral received au official eommuniea
tion from Yeddo which confirmed the statements of
the Governor of Nangasaki, and the fact seemed
important enough to him to Bend immediately one
of his aids-de camp to St, Petersburg. The Rus
sians are, in fact, through the mouth of the Amoor,
the nearest neighbors of Japan, and may have with
that country a very large trade, the produce of the
two nations answering perfectly to the needs result
ing from their habits and their respective climates.
In this point of view tbe Americans meet with
greater obstacles, for, according to the stipulations
of their treaty, it is mostly in specie that they have
to pay for Japanese goods, and if the payments
were made according to the rate of exchange fixed
last year, the dollars would lose fifty per cent of
their instrinsic value. The Consul General ofthe
United States has already succeeded in having the
principle adopted that the United States coin will
be taken at par; but it would be a hundred times
bettef if the interchanges of goods could be increas
ed in ordi rto avoid the importation of specie in a
country were the re-exportation thereof is not al
lowed.
Ihe port of Simoda,on the southern ooast of the
Niphon Island, at a short distance from Yeddo, does
not seem to offer great advantages to foreign trade.
But it is quite a different thing with the harbor of
Hakodadi, in the Straits of Yesso, where all vessels,
aud principally wha ! ers, which are very numerous
in the neighboring seas, will be able to revictnah
Until now it has been most difficult to obtain black
cattle, because tho Buddhism, which is the religion
of the Japanese, bolds lbs black cattle in great
veneration, and does not allow it to be killed; but
sheep, goats, chickens, fish, and a great variety of
vegetables, which are said to be excellent, can be
obtained in large quantities. In addition to the
facilities tor supplying provisions, it is to be taken
iu account that in the neighborhood ie a rich coal
mine, which will be able to supply all the steamers
plying between tbe United States, the several
archipelagos of the ocean aDd China.
It will seem surprising to you that in the midst of
this peaceful struggle ot the great maritime powers,
having for their aim tile commercial conquest of
Japan, the Hollanders remain behind, when for
three centuries they had the Japanese trade to
themselves. Without however making eo much
noise as other nations, the Hollanders know how to
take advantage from their former intercourse with
the government of Yeddo, and have already obtain
ed the appointment of a nephew of tbe Emperor as
the Japanese ambassador at Hague. If I can be
lieve a rumor which comes to us via Singapore, that
high personage has already embarked in a Dutch
ship, and must not be long in arriving in Europe,
with a brilliant suite. In acknowledgment of such
a high testimonial of favor, the government of the
Hague has, it is asserted, taken charge of construct
ing for the Emperor of Japan, at the arsenal of
Feyenvord, two war Bteamerß, the arrival of which
in Japan will undoubtedly be the inauguration of
the entire renewal ot the Japense navy.—Corres
pondence of the Paris Press.
Another Warkisg to Fast Youth.—A smartly
dressed youth, named George W. Warren, waacom
mitted to Jefferson market prison yesterday, to an
swer the charge of embezzling several hundred dol
lars from Mr. George P. Edgar, wholesale drug mer
chant, at Xo. J 74 Pearl street. The accused has
been in the emrtloy of Mr. Edgar for the past three
years, atd on account of his business tact and iu
duatry had been put forward from time to time, un
til fi- ally, ftom entry clerk be reached the posit'on
of assistant book-keeper. By means of false en
tries in the books over which he had supervision, he
effected the frauds charged against him. Young
W arren—be is not yet twenty years of age—con
fesses the embezzlement, and attributes it to hav
ing become associated with young men of expen
sive habits. From a desire to “keep his end up,*’
he says he rpreprinted hie employer’s money, his
own salary being inadequate to the fast, dashing
and gay hfe of his companions. ’He now bitterly
regret* having succumbed to temptation —A’. Y.
Timet.
n. w to Destroy Roaches. —Make a smooth
flour i aste in a tin vessel holding a pint Into half
this quartity of paste, while hot, place a shilling's
wortn of phoaportUg stirring it while over the fire,
unlit incorporated with the paste, which will require
about ten minutes. A stick about a foot long should
be used for this purpose, in order that a flying parti
cle should not burn the hand. When nearly cold,
stir in sufficient lard or grease to prevent the mix
ture from drying. Then spread it thickly upon pie
ces of glass and lay them within reach of the roach
es. They will devour it with great greediness, swell,
and die at their repast Nothing half so efficacious
as this, is sold in the shops.
Something New eor Georgia. — The Rome
Courier says : Several months since we made men
tion of a Slate Quarry, near Van W ert, in Polk
county, that was about to be opened for the pur
pose of manufacturing roofing material. The Qaar
ry has been purchased by g. Harris, of Allaoona,
and he has commenced getting out the Slate in
suitable shape for covering roofs Six wagon loads
were delivered here last Saturday to be u*ed in
covering the new store of R. 8. Norton ie Son
Those competent to judge pronounced this slate
equal to the best from the Pennsylvania Mines and
it will doubtless speedily come into use throughout
this section, in towns and for public buildings. So
far as we know, this is the only 81ate Quarry that is
being worked in tbe Southern States, except one
west of the Mississippi in Aikanea*. and R S. Nor
ton & Son will have the first building in the South
covered with Georgta Slate. This makes the very
beet of roofing and only o sts about the same as tin
We understand that Mr. Ham* furnishes the Slate
in Rome, and lays it, for ten dollars per square
WEEKLY
<%Amcle & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA. GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUI.Y 7, 18 SS.
The Polsoeiner Case—Verdict es the Jury.
The post mortem ‘examination of the body of Mrs.
Johanna O'Connor, supposed to have died from
the effects of poison administered in a glass of lager
beer, was conciudedjyeeterday morning, the physi
cians reporting that her death was caused by
strychnine. The Jury of inquest,](H. Baker . Coro
ner,") was engaged the greater part of the day in
examining witnesses. The evidence was very con
tradictory, and at seven o'clock last evening the
Jury returned the following verdict:
&We, the Jury, in the case of poisoning of Mrs.
Johanna O’C nner, find, from the evidence pro
duced before us, that she came to her death from
poisoning by strychnine, by some parties unknown
to ua.
A Colton Fan.
Thomas Oliver, of Yazoo City, Miss., has in
vented and Patented a machine for cleansing Cot
ton, which he designates a “Cotton Fan/’ and
which is described by the Scientific American thus :
Machines for Cleaning Cotton. —Thomas Oliver,
of Yazoo City, Miss.: I claim the arrangement of
the toothed rollers, abed and e, the guides h and
g, and toothed carrying apron, F., constructed and
operating together in the manner and for the pur
pose specified.
[“This invention consists in the employment of a
series of toothed rollers and a fan so arranged that
the cotton is loosened and its fibres separated one
from the other, so as to “lighten up’’ the mas sand
detach or loosen the drift and other foreign sub
staucea from it. The cotton being discharged in a
thin layer or eheet, so as to be effectually operated
upon by a blast generated by the fan, the blast se
parating the dust and other light impurities from the
cotton. The invention also consists in using in
connection with the toothed rollers and fan, a tooth
ed endless apron arranged relatively with a guide
board, whereby husks and other foreign substances,
which the cotton may contain, and which are too
heavy to be acted upon by the blast are separated
i from the cotton.”]
One of the machines is now in this city, in the
care of Major Thomas Tobin, awaiting the arrival
of Mr. Oliver, who will probably reach Augusta
in two or three weeks, when the machine will be
put in operation and its capacity tested satisfac
torily. When we shall have seen it, we will then
speak of its merits.
Robbery.
The residence of Mr. 11. Baker was entered on
Friday night last, aud his pocket-book, containing
between twenty-three and twenty-five dollars*
emptied of its contents. The money was in small
bills, the largest being ass bill on the Central Rail
road Bank, marked “A, No. 607.’* The remainde
were bills of smaller denominations on different
banks.
King ’a Shingle Machine.
This Machine is still in operation at the shop of
Wm. H. Goodrich, where a number of persons wit
nessed its working yesterday, mauy of whom were
very much pleased. It may be seen in operation
during working hours to-day. The public are in
vited to call and see it.
Dr. N. M. Crawford arrived here on Satur
day morning last, says the Temperance Crusader ,
his excellent lady preceding him a few days. On
Saturday night the students en masse, and a num
ber of citizens, both male and female, assembled
before his residence to give him a serenade and a
welcome back to the Presidency of the University.
The students having formed a very large semi-cir
cle in front of his door, called for him, when he ap
peared In the verandah and addressed them in a
few’ chaste and appropriate remarks, which were
well said and happily received by his auditory.—
After he concluded, Allen D. Candler, Esq., being
called out, responded in a happy manner, and gave
him, in behalf of his fellow-students, a warm aud
hearty welcome back to the Presidential Chair of
their loved institution. The Doctor has returned
among his old friends, and he finds them still as true
and numerous as in days past.
From Oregon.—The latest dates from Oregon
are to the 24th May. The news is important, being
to the effect that there ha* been another general
Indian out break in Oregon; and that a large num
ber of Indians had attacked Col. Steptoe’s com
mand on Snake river, near Fort Walla Walla,
where a battle had ensued, in which fifty U. S. sol
diers and three officers had been killed. No further
particulars had yet been obtained. Considerable
excitement prevailed in Oregon on the subject of
the new gold mines in British America.
Gen. Benj. Cleveland, an old and prominent
citizen of Habersham county, died at his residence
near Clarksville, on Wednesday last.
Russell’s Magazine for July, makes its appear
ance with its accustomed regularity. The number
is a fair average one. The article entitled “Notes
on the Wine and Vine Culture in France,” will be
found to possess much of interest to our agricultura
friends.
New York papers of Tuesday morning [report six
deaths from sun stroke on Monday, the thermometer
ranging from I)s° to 100° in the shade.
Lunar Rainbow.—On Saturday night last, says
the Athens Watchman, we observed a beautiful
rainbow about 8£ o’clock, P. M. We were of the
opinion that this was something new, but upon in
quiry learn that similar exhibitions have been wit
nessed before. The moon was shining brightly at
the time.
Large Tomato.—Mr. E. J. Dozier showed us
yesterday a Tomato, raised on Dr. Wm. Clare’s
place, near this city, weighing fourteen ounces,
Avoirdupois. It may be seen at the Drug Store of
Plumb & Leitner.
Effects of the Rust.—The Columbus Enquirer
says : We hear still further reports of fatality to
stock from eating oats affected by the rust. Cat
tle, we learn, have been killed by it in Russell coun
ty, and we heard a report on Tuesday that a gen
tleman of Barbour county. Ala., had lost several
mules turned in upon a field of oats only Sunday
previous. We repeat our warning to farmers —in
quire into the truth of these reports, and make cau
tious experiments with your oats.
Georgia Military Institute.—We learn from
the Marietta Advocate , that “eleven of the graduat
ing class of this Institute were recently expelled by
the faculty for attending the Masonic Celebration
on the 24th uit., without leave. The Board of
Trustees have their case now under consideration
§ appeal, as we are going to press. We hope they
may be able to reinstate them and let them have
their diplomas. The general conduct, of the class
throughout the course has been unexceptionable
we believe.”
Lose of the Steamer New York.—A private
despatch received by the agent at New York of the
Glasgow Steamship Line from his principals in Glas
gow, states that the steamer New York, whose dis
aster was briefly referred to in our news of yester
day, is likely to prove a total loss. She had run in
a fog upon the Mull of Kintyre, only a short dis
tance from the mouth of the Clyde ; and notwith
standing every exertion, only a portion of the car
go, it was apprehended, could be saved. The pas
sengers and crew were landed without Jos'? of life.
The Savannah Morning News of Friday last an
nounces a change in the proprietorship of that pa
per. It will hereafter be published by Meesrs.
Theodore Bloia, Maxime J. Desvergers, and John
M. Cocper. Mr. Thompson announces to the pa
trons of the paper that he will still preside over its
editorial columns and that no change will be made
in the character or tone of the paper.
Lawrence, Stone & Co.—ln the Insolvent
Court at Boston, on Monday last, eighteen addi
tional claims were proved against the estate of
Meesrs. Lawrence, Stone &. Cos., to the amount of
$99,087, the largest being for $26,234, presented by
the Andover Savings Bank. The whole amount
thus far proved is about $3,100,000.
A Vessel Wrecked.—The Savannah Republi
can of yesterday says The British schooner Ann
Sophia, which arrived below yesterday afLernoon,
from Nassau, has on board the crew of some wreck
ed vessel, the name of which we were unable to
learn.
Death of a Venerable Woman. —Mrs. Eliza
beth Parker, the oldest person in the State of
Maine, we presume, died in Durham, Cumberland
county, on the 22d. The Maine papers say her age
was nearly llh years. She was born in 1743, thir
ty-three years before the Declaration of Indepen’
deuce. Till she was about 110 she possessed bodily
vigor sufficient to enable her to work in the garden,
an employment she took great delight in.
Committed. —The examination of Wesley Mor
mon, the free negro charged with setting lire to the
extensive Mills ofHAKMON Rowley, at Helair,some
three weeks since, was concluded yesterday. The
evidence as to bis guilt was conclusive, and he was
committed to jail to await hie trial at the next term
of the Superior Court.
Printers’ Strike.*—The printers in Petersburg
Va., have struck against employers retaining more
than three apprentices in an office. The proprietors
of toe Express, the Democrat, and Llewellyn's Job
Office, consider such a movement as this an out
rage, and peremptorily refused to be governed any
longer by society rules, or even to employ society
journeymen.
The Nicaraguan Treatt.—Mods. Belly wss to
have left New York yesterday for Washington.—
The Times says he denies having been to Central
America on a ,l mission.’’ The New York parties
who claim the old charter fcr the Nicaraguan canal,
allege that there is no truth in the statement that
Com. Vanderbilt has effected a treaty securing the
transit route.
War on the Wildcats—Gov. Richardson, of
Nebraska, has instructed the Proeecuting Attorney
of the First District to take immediate steps in ac
cordance with law to get rid of the entire Utter of
Wildcats which infest the Territory. Some of the
banks are not anthcrised by law at all, others have
violated their charters, and the law of the Territory
is itself held by the Governor to be inconsistent
with an act of Congress on the subject, and there
fore void.
The four days ending with Wednesday, the 23d
instant, were the longest days of the year. On
each of these days the sun was above the horizon
fifteen hours and three minutes.
Killed bt Lightning —We learn that a negro
man belonging to Mr. Sterling Boykin, of Russell
county. Ala., was killed by lightning one day last
week. He had taken rnfnge, daring a rain, behind
a pine stump, which the lightning struok.
More of rhe Disease AmonK the Cattle and
Deer.
The following letter, received by the Savannah
Republican , from a subscriber in Florida, gives
additional information of the strange disease that
is making such havoc among the cattle and deer of
Florida and southern Georgia:
Wacahootee, East Fla.. )
June 29th, 1858. $
Editor Republican .—Just as we were congratu
lating ourselves over our splendid crops, and think
ing ourselves perfectly independent, with plenty of
friutton, corn, fine beef, milk aud butter, a dreadful
dftease has attacked our Stock, of nearly all kinds,
principally the cattle. They are sick by the thous
ands and dying by hundreds. The tongue seems
mostly affected ; it becomes swollen, and protudes
out of their mouths, aud they dia from inability to
swallow any thing. Ihe deer suffer worse than
the cattle, and it is thought ail in the counties
around here will die up. It is not unusual for the
largest old bucks to walk right up to ajimu’s boine
or fence, seemingly soliciting aid, such is their dis
tress. In some instances their tongues rot out be
fore they die. No individual has been affected as
yet, but most all our families are guarding against
eating any jerked meat. This will create some de
mand for bacon, I guess.
Cotton will be opening here in ten or fourteeu
days. Yours respectfully,
‘ J. C.T.
Passports for France.—Mr. Sartiges, the
French Minister, writes to Cass that the
regulations in regard to passports to France have
not been changed. The visa of a French agent.
ahead is obligatory on every person who wishes to
proceed to France. The consul-general, consuls,
aud, by exception, the French vice-consul at Balti
more, as well as the legation of the Emperor at
Washington, have power to grant these visas. Car
riers bearing official dispatches of a foreign govern
ment are exempted from the general rule in regard
to the visa, on condition that they are piovided
with a passport issued on the responsibility of such
government, and mentioning their character.
Wholesale Murder.—A gentleman whose rc
liabili ywa can vouch for, says the Charleston
Courier , writes us from Whiteville, tiie county scat
of Columbus county, N. C-, under date of the 29th
inst: “Last night, (Monday,) 28rh ulk, a man
named Rouse, who has been until recently an in
mate of the Insane Asylum at Raleigh N. C., cut
off the heads of his father, wife, and his three child
ren, at Whiteville.'’ The fact was communicated
to our correspondent on the cars, while the train
was stopping at Whiteville.
The White Slaves of England —The London
Times says that young milliners and dressmakers of
that city are condemned to sixteen, seventeen cr
eighteen hours of toil out of the twenty four in each
day and night. Their work is carried on in crowd
ed, unventilated rooms, where their frames are kept
bent at their labors until their eyes ache and their
limbs refuse to perform their duty. They have a
short painful life aud an early grave. In a recent
speech. Lord Shaftesbury said that many of these
young women had been trained gently and tender
ly in delicate and happy homes, possessing all the
virtues and tenderness that belong to the female
sex, and rendered, by those very characteristics
more obedient, more unmurmuring ; more slavishly
subject to the authority and tyranny of those who
are put over them. His Lordship adds that they
have no alternative between submission and the
street door, aud then asks, “Is the condition of
such a young woman one whit better than the most
wretched slave in the Southern States of America?”
Who Cares ?—The New York Journal of Com
merce positively asserts that Mr. Buchanan will
adhere to his original determination, aud not be a
cp.udidate for a second term. We apprehend no
body will be very much put out by this determina
tion of Mr Buchanan. We will wager a mug o
lager that he will run as soon as any respectable
party w ill ask him. No 1 the fact is, Mr. Buchanan
will retire from the Presidential chair to the infinite
satisfaction of all, for from one of the most popular
administrations since the days of Jefferson it has
become one of the most unpopular, from its weak
and vascillating policy on all questions of moment
to the country. So Mr. Buchanan may rest easy
on that score—for no body will ask him to be a can
didate tor re-election.
The Proposed Government Loan.—We stated
yesterday that Secretary Cobb had issued proposals
inviting bids for ten of the twenty millions of dol
lars which, by the act of the last session of Con
gress, the government is authorized to borrow'; said
loan to bear an interest of five per cent, and to
run fifteen years. The National Intelligencer add3:
The precaution of the Secretary in requiring all
bids to be unconditional and without reference to
the bids of others, is a proper one to prevent com
bination bids, complained of in reference to loans
lately made to one of the States. The plethora oi
accumulated capital in the moneyed institution
both of England and the United States, together
with the peaceful state of our relations with all the
world, renders the present an auspicious moment
for the government, and it is anticipated that the
whole amount will be taken on terms much more
favorable than were ever before offered; ai das
time has very judiciously been given by the Secre
tary to receive bids from Europe, it is believed by
commercial men that tenders will be made from
abroad at so high a premium as to carry the greater
part, if not the whole, of the loan into the hands of
foreign capitalists.
Tobacco in Massachusetts.—The Springfield
(Mass ) Republican says that larger preparations are
being made for the tobacco crop in that vicinity
than usual. It is one of the best paying crops on
rich land. About seventy days of good weather is
all that is requisite to mature the plant after its
transplanting. A ton’s weight of merchantable to
bacco is often realized from an acre, and from $l5O
to S3OO is its money equivalent.
Terrible Massacre in Burmah.—The follow
ing is an extract from a private letter, received by
the last steamer, addressed to a mercantile firm in
this city, and written from Ava, in the Burmese
Empire :
“ The King of Burmah has sent 10,000 rupees
(£1,000) to the committee in Calcutta for those who
have euffered by the late Indian mutiny. Ilis ma
jesty’s whole course, during the months this fearful
storm cf anarchy has been sweeping over India,
has been most praiseworthy. A civil war is now
raging in Yunan, a province in China, bordering
upon Burmah. The Mahommedan part of the pop
ulation rose upon the other creeds, and murdered
whole villages.’ After hundreds of thousands were
butchered the tide turned, and it is thought now
that not a single Moslem will be spared.”
Great Depreciation in Manufacturing Pro.
perty.—The Providence Journal says that the
print w’orks of Philip Allen &. Sons were sold at
auction yesterday for $124,800. The estate was
first offered in two lots, the largest at a minimum o f
$75,000, on which there was no bid. The whole
was .hen put up together at SIIO,OOO, and was bid
off at $124,800 to the Woonsocket Company. The
principal competitor in the bidding was the house
of A.& W. Sprague. The whole cost of the works
wa3 probably not less than $750,000.
An Editor Condemned to Die.—Mr. Lindahl,
an editor in Stockholm, has been recently condemned
to death by the axe, for having falsely aud with
evil intentions accused Mademoiselle lviendylehou,
of a revolting crime. His couusel, U. G. Uggla,
has been condemned to one month’s imprisonment
and to the interdiction, for having with full knowl
edge, undertaken the defence of an unjust case.
The supply ol water at Philadelphia gave out
Saturday last, the deficiency having been caused
by the waste in washing pavements, &c. The Bul
letin complains most bitterly of the distress it oc
casioned, and hopes the “water powers that be,”
will take the matter in hand, “and, by prompt ac
tion, save the groaning, sweltering six or seven him
dred thousand people of Philadelphia from a fre
quent recurrence of the miseries many of them had
to endure from ecarcity of water.”
The Rust in Oats!—The Columbus Enquirer
says : We understand that some planters in Russell
county, Ala., have lost stock by turning them upon
fields of oats injured by rust. Not only hogs but
horses and mules also, it is said, have died from the
effects es eating these oats. We have heard are
port that one gentleman lost sixty out of sixty-live
hogs turned into a field from which the oats had
been cut. If these reports are true, farmers should
be very cautious about feeding away or sending to
market oats thus affected ; and we hope that each
one will make inquiries and cautious ernperirnents
to ascertain the truth of the reports that have reach-
ed us.
Democracy in Illinois.— . The Washington
States publishes a liet of ali the Democratic paperi
in Illinois, stating (lie position of each in reference
to the two Democratic tickets now in nomination
in that State. Fifty-nine of these Democratic pa
pers support the Douglas State ticket, only six the
“regular’’ or Administration ticket, and three have
not yet defined their positions. Os the six Buchan
an papers in the State, one is edited by one of the
Administration candidate , three by postmasters,
and one by a mail agent! Yet many Democratic
papers of the South, says the Columbus Enquirer,
still try to humbug the people into the belief that
the Administration has any respectable or indepen
dent support in Illinois 1 The ouglasites contend
that the Buchanan party cannot draw off votes
enougli to prevent their carrying the State ; but we
still believe that the Black Republicans can beat
both the Democratic factions.
Minnesota. —The Minnesota State government
went into operation last week. The State officers
are : Governor, Henry W. Bible; Lieut. Governor,
William Slocombe ; Secretary of State, Francis
Bassen , Treasurer, George W. Armstrong ; Attor
ney General, C. 11. Berry , Auditor, Wiiiiam F.
Drfnbar.
Removal of the Remains oe President Mon
roe.—The arrangements for the removal of the re
mains of ex President Monroe from New York to
Virginia are about completed. In addition to the
Richmond steamer Jamestown, the Savannah stea
mer Alabama, Capt. Scheuck, has also been char,
tered to convey the National Guard to Virginia.—
The occasion is destined to be a memorable or.fi.
The fullest and most satisfactory disavowals by
the French Government of all complicity in M.
Belly ’s project in Nicaragua and Central America,
were tendered througn Count Sartiges during an
interview between that gentleman and Secretary
Cass, on Saturday.
The colored people of California are discussing
the advantages of emigration to Vancouver’s Isl
and. The prejudice against them, is very strong
in that State, as it is in some others.
A Rat.—A very remarkable rat receives honora
ble mention from a cotemporary, as follows : There
is a tame rat on board the City of Memphis, says
the Appeal, which stands up on his hind feet, when
ordered, licks his master's hand, and kisses him,
climbs up over him, holdes a little stick in his fore
paw, and stands up like a soldier ; comas when call
ed, goes away when told to do so, and enters his
cage as an obedient child would do at the request o,
its parent. He seems possessed of an eltraoidina
ry degree of knowledge, and divines his masters
desire by a natural instinct.
itloncf Vernon.
The Baltimore Patriot contains the following j
letter, addressed by Miss Cunningham (the “South j
ern Matron ,) to the Mayor and Jlldcimen of Balti- j
more:
Richmond, June 28, 1858 <
To the Manor and City Council of Baltimore. I
Maryland :
Gentleman:—You are aware that through the ;
influence of the women of the country, Mr. Wash
iDgton has been induced to sell Mount Vernon t->
the “Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Uu- j
ion,” anu that although four years are allowed fi*r
raising the money, yet pokses.icu will be given at .
any time the full amount may be paid, and it is ihu !
earue.-t desire of the Association that this m y be ;
done by tiie 22d of next February.
In order to facilitate this important event, 1 have •
invited th? Mayors of the principal towns o. every i
State in the Union, to devise such plan as may seem !
to them best for making contributions to the pur- I
chase fund on the approaching -4th of July'.
Baltimore has not been backward in showing her j
apDreciatiou of the illustrious Washington, as the j
noole monument supporting the color a! figure of j
the Pater Patria* can attest, nor is she unmindf.il j
of those who have fought and died m her d-t : e. j
as,the.Baltimore Monument proudly tells iu k-turs !
of brass ou c. curing marble.
Since such is her patriotic spirit, vri.'l she ms. ou :
the anniversary of our national independence, taka* ;
a deep interest iu the sacred work ot res. umgjrmi j
dbcay the home and grave of Washington, a -d by
her oontiioutions, ba able t > claim her pari a.neog
the owners ot Mount Vernon ? Many of the te.hU
have long been actively engaged m this labor of
love and gratitude, and through Baltimore wo h -,'c
to see Maryland awakened t> a perception ot tv*
beauty ana fitness of making this “ Mecca of iu
West” a 4 holy shrine of national .'-tie.
l beg leave to append an extract fr.uu ou? by
laws, by which it wifi be seen that tvs mall sum from
oaca individual confers the privilege of meinb rship
iu an association, the boo. mpibhmn.t of wh &
work must be an object o: pride and gratification to
ail who l ave aided in it, however hdmblv, and 1
enclose a subscription paper. Tiie money which
may be collected can be sent to George VV. Riggs,
Esq., Washington, D. C., Treasurer of the As.-oeia
tion. Thetiames of subscribers to be sent to the
Regent.
1 have the honor to be, with great respect , yours,
Ann Pamela Cunningham,
Regent Mt. Vernoft Ladies Associat e n.
Extract from By laws of th Mount Vernon 1. •.dies
Association:
“ADy citizen of the United States from whom the
Regent, any of the Vice Rgeu s, th Simtu'\
the Treasurer, or any local board, or authorized
ageut, may for that purpose receive, or ice gu ze
the receipt of the sum of one dollar, shall be u
member oTthe Association, and the payment <•( tin
further sura of one dollar,, on or before the 2.sd oi
February in any ore year, shull eutirio a member to
attend and vote at the annual meeting of the As >-*
ciation of that y ar.”
More Levees Giving Way.—The Memphis.
Bulletin o f Thursday says.:—We received last night
by the steamer Kate Frisbee the foHowing note from
our esteemed friend, Judge J. Hardeman, of Tunica
county, Miss, which conveys sad intelligence of the
sudden and unexpected breaking of the Tunica
county levees:
Tunica County, Miss., June 30, 1858.
The levees of Tunica-county, Mississippi, haying
withstood the flood of Waters up to Sunday night
last, there was then an almost simultaneous give g
way aWhe following points, viz: ‘the span
ning the overflow to Beaver Dam Lake, between
the ridge at Austin and Kit's, li herto supposed
to be the most substantial levee in the counily.
the newly repaired levee between lven’s and Har
berts’ broke at three points between O’Neill’a and
Major Miller’s. The water passing through the
above crevasses, or the larger portion <M them, wilt,
bo concentrated through Beaver Dam Lake and
Flower Lake to the Yazoo Pc 3 an i to Cold Water.
The Crevasse at Doctor Jameson’s, emptying its
water into McKinney Lbke, may, m re or less,
damage the plantations iu the virinih oi com
merce. These breaks in the levees have Iran; r -d
almost entirely, (save a narrow ridge in iron ) the
Welborn Highlands, hitherto supp. ad to bo above
all overflow. There are also other ‘<*-
ported; one above Col. Trotter’s, at Will *w Sl> ugh.
The break in the ieveo of this county* will pi\ ve to
be more disastrous to the plantations in their vicim
ty, and to the country below, thau any c evades
heretofore reported. Th- river at Austin rose one
and a half inches in the last t welve hours.
Hor Weather.—From last Friday to Ti;u:rn.;y
(our latest dates.) New York was suffering under an
excessive and almost intolerable “heated tern.”—
The thermometer fi r hours indicated a hen*, equal
ling blood-heat. Seven cas%S of sun strike
reported on Friday. More tlmn thirty ea a occur
red on Saturday and Sunday. Six strokes were re
ported on Monday, and the coioners of l,be city
were kept busy all the time holding inquests. Fifty
horses on one of the city r diroads were disabled by
the heat. On Friday the thermometer registered
96° to 98° in the On Saturday the thermom
eter at Rushtou’s, iu Broadway, indicated a tem
perature of 98° in the shade. Sunday was no cook r,
and cn Monday at 12 m. the thermometer indicated
98°, and at 3p. m. 100°. The Evening Best says
the heat moderated on Tuesday. All the neigh
boring cities suffered similarly.
Philadelphia papers of Monday chronicle live fa
tal cases of sun stroke, and the Press of Tat-day
gives a list of nine strokes on Monday,
There was a ase reperted in Baltimore on Tuer- j
day.
End of a Silly Marriage.— On the 15!hof j
April; says the Buffalo Commercial, we detailed the j
circumstances of a hasty nm'*ri -:e at tiie Genesee 1
House, in this city, in which a bod widower “met
weed and won” a Dulcina in the short space of an
afternoon, and the departure of the coupTfe for the
country residence cf the rich Ur.f.Au tu'tiv&t'd bii
groom. Such matches are not marie in if oav !
Last week the young ar.d di-appi ii sand : ride pre
tended to make a visit some d'st -nee from 1 imo
but carefully packed up her tffircfg r.i and left h rku
band forever, having gone west with a relative
Here is a lesson fi r ambitious damsols, who > acy
that wealth is better than “love, hi a cottage,” aud, j
we trust that it will uu!. l e lost. The ck\ u instances
of the hasty wedding, the immediate and intense
grief succeeding the ceremony, the ,'o >u-y honey
moon and flight, all -“point a moral,” if they do not
“adorn a tale.”
Bank Resumption in Alabama.—We under
stand, says the Montgomery Confederation o’
Thursday, that the Central Bank will resume speoic j
payments this morning. Tife Commercial B mk |
we suppose, will follow suit. Both inetitu ions are
doubtless abundantly abbs to meet m y a id every !
demand that may be made upon them for either j
specie or exchange. We rejoice at thi:i conaurr - |
mation, as it puts all the Banks of our State upon
an equal fooling with tho mo ■ tVroi ’ ‘-lukin fr ■
Btitutions of the count v.
The Main Trunk under Protest.—The Bruns j
wick Herald says : “It is with deep regret we hov
to announce that one at least —and we sup£o.v all
—of the notes, (amounting in the aggregate to $75,- j
000,) received by the Brunswick F'orida Rail -
road Company from the Mam Trank Company b .
been protested for non payment. These notes v err
given last December in pursuance of the arrange .
ment then made by the two companies.”
Death of a Clergyman.—TheThiladelphia pa, ‘
pers announce the death cf ILm Rev. Dr. Janeway j
’ one of tiie most eminent Presbyterian clergymen in
the country. He died at New Brunswick, N. J , !
on Sunday, in the 84tlt year of his .He was j
formerly President of the Western Theological j
Seminary, in Alleghany city, Pa., and Pastor of the j
Second Presbyterian Church i Philadelphia
Insurious Effects c f New Types.—lt is well •
known, says the Parle correspondent of tiie Morn- {
ing Advertiser, that new type h : a very injurh uh
effect on the fingers, and that children, cvpeciaMy
employed in sorting it in founrlaries, very often lose ,
tiie use of them. The Union Medicate relates the j
following recent cane of paralysis caused by hand- j
ling new type:
“A compositor, a god thirty i. I:-, in perfect!
health, was provided, some time ago with a new*
fount of type. He had scarcely used it a* week.;
when his wrißt became weaker ami weaker; tin !
skin of the thumb, index, and middle linger was j
worn off-ar the tips, ai>d in a clays more he had !
completely l-'ri the use of his hand. H'h ir/Mical .
adviser, Dr. Salter, rightly attributing this rfi rder j
to the poisonous effects of the lead contained in the?
type, caused him to bathe his hand several times a j
day, each time for a space of three hours, iu a rolu- !
tion of sulphuret of potassium. This local ret a dy |
effected a complete cure in the course <f • •. • y•. j,
without the aid of any other medicine.”
More Swindling Blown Up.-t About three j
weeks since Mayor Tiemann dispatched a policeman
to Washington to watch thq dead lefidts whi'di
have been stoppen through his orders, and break ;
up thq various swindling concerns thus exposed :
The first establishment broken up was the North 1
Carolina Lottery, or a brand 1 i‘, 1” - 1 iu Jor- j
sey City. Theburi* ‘>va< ■: ■ Iby . C
Casey and Col S. C Narks’, alias Moldy e, a -K.
Iteaddin &. Cos The company had firs’ -nt ot
17,000 circulars for the year. lut to promptly vra.’
the concern broken up, that they did not rev i a
dolla-’e return for all of them. A similar concern
in Cincinnati, called the ‘‘Carrier Dove,’’ by
6l Cos., was also stopped. It was discovered that a
man in Phi adelphia, oalliDg himself, Keen, was
sending out circulars relating to the “Secret L"a
gue,” a bogus affair, claiming an orga zit ton of
1,200 counterfeiters in different phrts of Ihe coot.- •
try—the object of the scheme being to get fees for
membership, Arc., in an association having no exis- j
ter.ee. An obscene paper, believed tube published
in Philadelphia, call’d “The Miscellany ’’ was j
also stopped.
Railroad Track Displaced by the Heat of
the Sun —On Wednesday, one of Hn; trachrnen on
the railroad belweeii Rochester an Buffalo, dis
covered the rails were bent in two places, and an j
examination sh swed that the heat of the sun had so I
expanded the rail that it had curved each way (it
being the combination rail) fully six inches out of
line. Alt this expansion must lave iaken place
within two or three hours, as not more than ti.-.t
time had elapsed since the trains had p-. sod over j
the track.
Squaw Slaves in Utah - The NewYo: k Tribune.
says, an intelligent w. iter in the train of the Dta 1
Peace Commissioners sates that the s oin .1
buying and selling Indian women is carried ca a
along the route across tire plains, among the tradsrs
and frontiersmen, as a regular e.-tab u lied practice-
Almost every white mao along trhia route has an
Indian concubine purchased, in the ca-e < f yo
and beautiful squaws at as high e price ns three < r
four horse*, though old and ugly ones may be had ‘
at a much less cost. Opce sold to the while man’ ;
her Indian relatives renounce all further interest in j
her, and not merely her person, but her life, is
the disposal of her owner. When a white
tired of his slave wife, he ships her off and geto
another. The children of these unions are totally
neglected by the fathers, alia grow up as they may
under the case of the mothers. At all the forts “ on g
the route, the young effieer?, settle*'.s and nil w 0
can afford it, keep the equaws
The Shout time Ststem.-A Northern editor,
ppenking of the credit sytUm. y there is a mer
chant living near his office, whj insists ou giving
him credit for whatever be wants, and very fre
quently sends the boy to collect the bill before he
gets home. This be calls credit on Jh; short time
system. ,
Gen! Twiggs was received with a giad- “
ness on his return to his old quarters at San Anto
nio, after hia > .cctirf martial. Cannons wore filfccf, .
and the people shouted. The General ha* resumed
his contra arid.
A semi mothly line of wail steamers has b i n* s
tabiis-ed between Mobile &. Ualvest m, Text*.
Auw Orders. —Oo the supposition that the
| Mormons do not intend to resist tho entrance of the
U. S. troops into S-ilt L ike Valley, tbe War Depart-
I mimt orders the following disposition of forces:
Fig l ’* v mpanics 2d dragoons, Phelps battery of
Ith artillery Reynolds’ company of 3d artillery,
; and three regiments cf infantry, all under Colonel
j Johns will remain in Utah. Six companies of oav
i *dry w ill remain ou the Plains all the summer to act
j as p. lice over the Indians. Berry’s aad Hunt’s
•iv - • • w 1 return to Fort Leavenworth. The 6th
I intaufry is to opei. a road through Chienne Pass,
id th n retuia to \V‘et Point. Col. Marcy’s escort
! ii to return to New Mexico.
<; 1 1’i ney, after making the above disposition
;’ f *‘J ! ’p s > I s return to St. Loais, but if he
| eliou and prev;ou3.y receive satisfactory intelligence
| - I ‘ l -’ -h* l ‘ unanssion of the Mormons is not to be re*
; l ed on, b r serious resistance will be probable, h#
I is >o exi arise his discretion, and advance with the
| v I” ‘ ’•* , cC > ugw route on such part as may be
X • cHiatal reports have yet,reaehed the Depart
; in* nt ot (J.*!. Stoptoe’e defeat by the Indians in Ore-
I f : u. ba cone.d Table reliance ia placed in the gene
! *d < : V.e forces there are consequently to be
j Mr* j.’gthenea by t o S xth Infantry, who will march
j ihitV r direct lrom Utah, unless rfioh a proceeding
| be cousid *r*d unsafe by Col. Johnstou
j Pirates— Pirates still swarm in the waters of
|%be China seas. The schooner Heather Belle, on
h r way from Mae* ato Hong Kong, woe attacked
by three pirate junks off Cast lepeak, and the mas
ie.r and Manila crew murdered. One Chinese es
caped in a.S.unpau and brought tbe news to Hong
Hong. A British gun boot was eent jn search of
these pirates and succeeded in capturing seven
junks. One hundred pirates made their escape*
o g’-y were drovvnednand seventy captured. The
China Moil makes the following statement: —
j The United States sldp Mississippi, cu her pass
age from Manilla, observed the masts of a vessel
.ibove water, about thirty miles southwest of the
Ladrone. and reported the same to Admiral Sey
mour. His Excellency immediately despatched the
Niger in search of the wreck, which she found and
described as follows:—115 feet long, white mast
heads, fid of topmost of wood, ship rigged, head to
nor’west on i-tcrboard tack, perfectly upright,
mizzcMi topsail yard at masthead, and braced ou
.-larbowd tack, three mastheads above water.
horn ihis description there reason to fear that
the vessel bis been taken by pirates, plundered
aud scuttled.
Distressing Casualty—Four Persons Drown
ed.—Tho fidfowing is an extract from a letter from
a you g lady residing in Lake City, ou Lake Pepin,
Minn • ota, to luir friend iu New York :
> “ Lake City, June 15,1858.
“ On Saturday, the sth iuefi, my two oeusins,
Rebecca and J ilia, two Misses Stowell from Ma
xeppa, cousin John, a young gentleman named Cor
n-in and mysebetook a sail over to Maiden’s Rock,
ifhe morning tfas wry pleasant, but soon after we
left tor borne iu the afternoon it began to blow, and
lie lako w quit enough. When about half a mile
from the shore tho boat capsized. After struggling
for some time iu the water, we were able to get
upon the boat, which whs lying on its side, but
found that Rebecca the elder Miss Stowell were
drowned: When we had drifted about half wajr to
rhe shore, Julia and the other Mies Stowell slipped
off jhd were also drowned. Mr. Corwin did all he
uld to save them, but was not successful. The
1.-Jeo was dragged for four days, but the bodies were
not recovered till last Saturday, when they were
dealing near the shore#. They were buried on Sun
day morning.”
The surviving young lady is a daughter of Mr.
t'hom&s P. Cooper, latcof New York.
Tty-: Nicaragua Transit Route.—ln reply to a
letter of inquiry from Mr. J. C. Lea.Seoretary of the
American Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Com
p my, the Nicaragua Minister has written the fol
lowing letter :
• Brooklyn , J une 28,2858.
J. C LEA,<Esq. —lkar Sir . —ln answer to your
ti l i 1 this date, I cun only state that I have never
ic -eived butond despatch from thq Government of
Niear till i, by Hie Mo&es Taylor, and it. is dited the
.’8 fi •• May Inst, in it nothing is said with respect
{ o the Compauy of which you are Secretary, nor
m I mformewthat a: y contract has been mails
•vri.h Mr. Vanderbilt or any other persou whatever.
I believe tho news to bo untrue ; for, if the fact
were o, 1 should have bei h informed of it Jjy my
Government. Such an event cun Id only take place
after a decision agaiurt the < ornpany, in pursuance
of the stipulations of the contract, which require
that, every question between the Government and
the Company shall be first submitted to arbitration.
Beside that, it is stipulated that the Government
shad iv t. Contrac t wilh any other person or company
” Idle the grant t;> the Canal Company remains in
duo . Yours, very fespeclfully,
A. J. De Yiussarri
The Garnishment Law—lmportant Decision
-in the Savamiah lb publican of Saturday, we find
the following le ‘er,dated Macon, July let:
“The Supreme Court decided this morning that
the Attachment and Garnishment Act passed 1855-6
—generally known as “Cqp's” Attachment and
Garnishment Law, and which by the 55th’ section
repeals “-'ll acts and p rts of acts upon the subject
o; Attachments and Gariu^hifierifi,” —does not re
peal the stntr.e pal 1/ *. 27i.h'J845, “exempting
the wages of journeyman mechanics and day la
borers', irom process and liability to garnishment.”
This decision will be hailed with delight by the class
of peftom thus relieved from the vexatious process .
i ri rnniidj o fi but the profession will regret to see
I the Supreme Court making instead of declaring the
law.” •
| Thk Gold Humbug in lowa.—The Dubuque
j Horukl speaks of the gold excitement iu lowa as
’ iot promising any golden results. It says :
A mftfiber inclined persons have
on various occasions procured quantities of brhss
/i/ings and strewed them in the planes where they
expected gdld-hunten- to fiuflthem among the sand.
Among the specimens cf gold on exhibition at the
• slice of the emigrant Association is a sample said
l j be f.nn Kaglp -Point, which has been labeled
thin.: “lira <4iliug3 from some place and black
: iicd from pome other place. Presented by Mr. .”
No Bell tlaUiiine.
A numbu of supposed speoimeng of gold have
b. ..;i discovered to he nothing more tlmn straw
colored mica, whoee shining appearance is calcula
! ted to deceive a’person ot limited observation ou
such bubjet ts.
A Youno Devil—The Baltimore Republican
gives the following as a few of tbe exploits of a boy
only fifteen years of age, the eon of a very respect a
ble citizen of that city: •*
“ Not long ago, a young Newfoundland dog, the
ivoriteof his father, was securely tied by a young
Nero, who saturated the body with camphine or
* iherial (.9, and set five ho the inflammable fluid,
* i*!. had the * fleet cf roasting poor Toweer until
j rife became extinct, alter tiie endutApceof the most
| intense, r nuking suffering which the human mind
| can conceive.
I•• The young demon being well pleased at the re
j suit of this grand experiment in cruelty, next en
| delivered &:so to roast alive Lis litth; sister, a bright,
! i t-Jiige l ■ child, about six years of age. Having
[ jriayfufiy uni her legs and’ arms with a clothes
I line, he placed her upon .the cooking nfiive in tho
f Kitchen, heated to jin intense degreft, to
i prepare dinner for the family. The shrieks and
yclisof tbe ago 1 : zed little victim were fortunately
ii aby tiie rqpther. whoruehed down aud roinov
ed the p <>r child before she wn: fatally injured. Tol
ration of the young'vilUau’s crimej had now ceased
ho be a virtue, an t the father Was engaged in pre
all-ms to f ff.oi his removal to the House of R*j
fti-pj, when yreliopeful youth suddenly disappeared
a i/lA irom his dwelling, dnd no tidings have been
; A Fortunate City.— The total indebtedness Os
| the city of Louisville, Kentucky, is $34101,000; she
i claims assets of $4,015,703, of which $1,055,703 aro
1 in real estate, wharves, markets, &c., $185,000 in
:-ras stock, $525,000 iu first mortgages-iu two rail
j roads, $1,700,0(10 in stock of two other railroads,
i and $550,000J0 Water Company stock. She has a’
! nicking fund crealed by her'new charter in 1851,
: which receives the income from licenses, market
i houseand wharves, amounting to about $95,000 per
I .vii.urn, am', which, it is stated, will afford ample
■ uiiaua to pay all the bonds of the city as they fall
# due. The i icreaeed value of the taxable property
| for 1857 wa* $33,625,564.
There b a good deal of confusion upon this istb
TOUB transit question, and every day gives mb a di
versified phaie of it. At one inrfment we aro assur
i ed that Af. Udlly has been entirely out generated
by Com. Var.derbilf; and now we arcras confident
ly informed thaf the Vanderbilt achievement, is a
grand hosx, and that. the whole matter is doing
service among the stock-jobbers. Whatever may
bo the the case we shall submit our credu
lity to public rumor with the least possible anxiety,
satisfied that wfceu*any European nation shows an
intrusive hand it .will be time for the United States
•to take positive action at once, and—that she will
do it.
Gi.ynn County —According to the Rrunewick
Herald, the finance* of this county are m a condi
tion that indiea t a great caieleßene.-s, if not rogue
I*y, Mcrr.ewhere. In reply to certain inquiries of a
•rrenpond “.t, (he Herald eays •
“AM *hat we can about county matters
, that tl*?y ere in great confusion, with but little
.r Fp'e. ft! ir l-'-ing an d No one seems
i know what is the amount of t lie county indebted.
j “V- Hints, or Burmibes are thrown put that some
, r ai- h have already been paid two or three times
there is do system followed in Ihe'payment of
i -1 ii tv ( rders, and none in issuing therm We are
’ it. ‘- itof ee our correspondent calling public at
• . nto thi- subject,, for if the public oo cot look
‘er i* ihe public mobey is pretty sure to ooze out
•f the treasury i some mysterious manner, an fno
! <me be responsible for it.”
.The Oregon War Rumors Unfounded. — A
e- patch from Washington dated Wednesday June
j 30lheay:
“The (Jregon.war rumors are an undoubted fab
I : icaUon. Gcv. McMullin’s letter was not official,
| s ud it is beleived here thpt he was imposed upon
‘•Captain Swords, Quartermaster at San Francis
co, writer: that he had received information of the
J }?p I ted re ver.re of the troops, and states that he
i lad Ler-n requu/ed to hurry forward reinforce
‘‘Tue Oregon steamer arrived at San Francisco
r:.y a tew hours before the sailing of the Panama
j f learner. Gen. Clarke sends nothing to the D
i ailment, but bis Adjutant, Capt. McCall, writes
t :iat the rumors of disaster are unfounded/’
i A Religious Fourth or July.— At the Old
j flcliool Presbyterian General Assembly, which met
at New Orleans, Louisiana, lasts month, a resolution
\7ftß adopted recommending thak-as the Fourth of
; July this *year comes ou Sunday, it should be re
ligiously celebrated by ft natigpal prayer meeting at
10 o’clock, A. iI., for one hour, in aik-the churches
; in the Union. _
Nova Scotia Salmon. —The catch of salmon
about Halifax, N. S., this summer, haa been very
large. Immense quantities have been exported to
the United .States. The price ip the Halifax mar
Lets ie from live to six pence per pound.
Texas Land Warrants.—At the late session ot
the Texas Legislature an aofc was passed establish
ing a Court of Claims, before whom the Ist, 2d, 3d
and 4‘h classes of hetfd-right certificates, and ali
, bounty and dopation land warrants must bo pre*
! t ented for registry and approval, before the first
; day of September, 1858, or they will be forever de
’ barred.
The Florida Tragedy.—The Tampa (Fla.)
Peninsular of the 26th ult., two days later than the
letter to the Savannah Republican, giving au ae
I count of the hanging of four respectable citizens ot
that place by the Regulators, contains nothing \u
reference to the subject. The whole thing is pro
r babiy a fabrication of the Republican’s correspon
dent. The action is too contemptible to be termed
i “a hoax.”
Curious Desire.—Not long since, atone of (be
morning prayer meetings iu a popular church, a
i dole aged gentleman requested the prayers of
i < ’Ligregatiou“as he was about choosing acorn
panion.