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1858!
HOME INDUSTRY!
A NEW ERA!
MENDENHALL’S
NEW AND IMPROVED
BA N I) LOOM!
Patented in 1857.
rpillH I.OIMI iri dpftignt-d especially for Planter* U*
1 and may bo Introduced with advantage and irofh
on every Farms ,and Plantation in the Ntate ll iau be
|>erate<l by ay person from a girl of fifteen >ears, and
will weave eauily, Ir. m twenty flve to thirty yard* pei
day, with more facility and eane than eight >ardn tan
be produced on the old fashioned L shl.
The Machine iof the the aimpleai con**ruction, the
Urgent fM-cupyiug liptMof 41 Os ‘• feet, 1 !'’ i high,
and can be kept in perfect order with the leant iiuagina
tilecare. It ■* eaily operated, requiring but two jno
tloa*of the hand, with the lav or baton to thr w the
shuttle, operate the narneHß, take np the doth, and let
dill LUt web II in, theietoi •, recommended with the
greatest confidence to the uae of Planters
It in ao arranged that eight different kindM/ t go <!b
can he wovcu on the nine weh, and the al.eration* re
qnired to produce any drmreil lab. ic can be made in a
few iiiinuten —an, for example,
Single Plain, Double Plain, Ken
tucky Jeans, Satinet, Hot ring
Bone, Blanket Twill,
Seamless Bags, &c.
Oanbe readily produced. Thoao conatitute the moat
iiaetiil and durable t ibricn.
Thm Loom waa Patented, injanuai y 1n57, and may
be neen in operation at the Htore of VV it 4!RIO FIN,
Broad Htraat, to whom or the undersigned nil orders or
enquiriea mut be addreaaed WILLIAM HILL,
FOB SAMI,
! VALUABLE PLANTATION
Belonging to the eataie of John 11. Milner, deceased,
lying on
KLKIN H GREEK,
Three and a half miles went ot Zebulnu, l ike county,
til, and tourteeu mile* from Gridin.
TUB TRACT CONTAINS
ONE THOUSAND ACRES,
Ai>oat 900 of wuich is bottom land, which if properly
ditched, would be worth SSO per acre A considerable
portion of te uncleared uptand is worth s‘o. ItiHrich,
and that which baa been in cultivation has proven to be
avail adapt and to the (growth of cotton, corn, Ac
The entire tract is lev* I, sad is bordered on the Last
and South by Elkins’ Creek, and the Farm is inter
Hpersfd with Cany branches, well adapted to keeping
cattle iu winter at very little expense
On the whole, it is oue of the best Plantations in Mid
die i teorgia ami a • the Executors wish to sell it during
the present year, purchasers are requester! to call and
see it. IL W. MILNKK, L,.
ap va ha N. 881 KCOM, S
EARLY m\m LANDS
FOll SALE.
\\J R offer ff*r sale Fifteen Hundred Acres of first
Vs quality Oak and Hickory and Hammock LANDS,
eight mile* from Blakely, on the Cuthbcrt road, joining
lauds of Mr. Fred. Otist and the late Major Joel Craw
font, and others, and iu the neighborhood of the ate l>r.
11. O K. Neabett's plantation. Three huudred ami titty
acres are iu a high state of cultivation, the whole unsur
passed by auy other lands in this section of country tor
iouveuieuce and fertility of oV. The Lamls all lie
A< vel, water goori and abundant good Gin House ml
ttcxew ; eight comfortable new negro Cabins , Cribs,
Htables and Lot. together with all other uecosaary out
buildnig •*. and a comfortable Overseer's House We are
deteiuuued to sell, aud invite those wishing to buy a
good Plantation, to Cl me and nee ours.
RKFKKfcNI'K* —Col. G. W Dudley, I> 45. E. Craw
ford, American (la , Col. Win K DeGraflenried, M •
con. 41a , and Col. 8 8 Ntafibrd, Blakely. Geo
We also offer for sale the H TBL AND
iu the town of Blakely, n<*w occupied by James B
Brown.
For particulars, address the proprietor, at Blakely
41a Price and payment will he made to suit the pur
ohaer, for any or all of the property offered.
jev . 4ui /.. W . I.KK A lIItUTIIKItN.
EXECUTORS’ SALE.
r| Ml K following property, comprising the whole es
I tale of Joel Crawford, deceased, late of Early
•ounty. Ga. will be sold at public auct.on on Wednes
day, the 15th ot DECEMBER next, unless disposed ot
prev oualy, by private contract, to wit:
XUK) acres of Oak and Hickory LAND, on Spring
creek, iu the 4th district of Early county—looo acres
cleared
g 166 acres of Pine LAND, including Mill and Red
dence on Colotnokee creek, in the sth district of Early
—about 300 acres cleared.
JaH) acres in the‘Jd district of Giltner county, consist
ing of Lots No ‘J4iB in the 11th district and 319 iu the 25th
district of said section.
Also. 90 NEG ROES, and the other personal estate of
deceased.
Terms of sale.—One third ou delivery, one third iu
one year, and one third in two years—the two latter
bearing interest from date ot delivery
JAMES BUCHANON. 4
Oil AS. P. CRAWFORD. V
May 19, 1858.
notice.
IT being Um opinion of iodic of the citueu.-. i our
community, that one NICHOLAS LONG, now de
MAiod, left*of tbi* county, and formerly of Augusta,
On, died possessed of considerable property, and that
be left the same in obscurity :
Rtsotvfd. That our Ordinary, for th, period ot o. e
mouth, tn the Albany Patriot, and one of the papers pub
liahed in the city of Augusta, publish a not ee ot the
above, and forward copies of the same to the relative* o?
the said .Nicholas Long, that they have an opportunity ot
investigating the affairs of said state
J M COOPER,
Ordinary Dougherty county
CHAS K. Mai.laky. Foreman U J j*24 4w
STRAYED OK STOLEN
AHK I tiHT Sorrtd MARK. ab< ut t* years old, be
longing to C J Carpenter, of this city. She to of
medium site, has a white spot on the forehead, left hind
foot white up to the tetiock, and the back of the neck is
affected with poll evil A liberal reward will be paid to
any one who will return said Mare or give any intouna
ion which may lead to her recovery.
C J OARPEN'I F.R,
myti wu’ Augusta, (la
RANAWAY
tfgO.M she subscriber, on the 25th mat , my Negro
Man. AUSTIN, wh • i ahout fifty-four years old
His complex iau U black: height five font teu inches ;
weighs about one bundled and fitly pounds . with a
from tooth out. Had on, when leaviug, a dark colored
bombazine Coat, patches ou the shoulder, and a high
crown hat and dark pantaloons. 1 will give, for hu and
livery to mo, ou my plan la mu in Warren county, uear
Powelton, Fen Dollars, or if lodged iu any safe jan
where 1 may get him; and will give Fifty Dollars iI
found in the possession of any white rnau who is at
tempting to make off with him. with sufficient proof to
convict any such person, or persons, o the same.
BENIAMIN F. ROGERS.
Powelton. Oeo . April 27. lSoc my2-w3ui
PLANTATION FOR SALE
riMlik subscriber is offeringfor ale his PLANTA
1. TION m Clay county. On. containing about T.M
acre*—about 250 acres cleared. good Dwelling. Gin
House and Screw, all new. and ly mg on the river abon;
p or 9 miles above Fort Gaines
febs wtf JAMSB GRIF.R
FOR SALE,
A PLANTATION containing 1500 acre* Laud well
timbered: 200 acres cleared, and produces the best
Sea Island Cotton and Provisions of all kinds. A good
two-story Dwelling, containing seven rooms, with four
and 40 feet Pinna . Kitchen, Smoke House
wo-story Cotton House, Gin House, and other building*,
are on the premises, with a Well of good water a fine
range for Hogs and Cattle, Fish and Oysters convenient
In large abundance A more healthy, pleasant location
M not to be found in Southern Georgia. Further par
tcolars can be obtained by application to the subscriber
at Savannah V WOOLLEY
dot 15-wtf
DROPSY CURED
fl’ IIK undersigned proposes to CURE DROPSY of
A every description, lie can be seen personally five
miles sooth of Union Point, or addressed by letter to
Union Point, Greene county, Ga The Medic ne can
be sent anywhere by railroad, with directions for
giving tt; of. 1 will attend personally, if request
ed. and paid for my trouble. 1 will bay Negroe*
afflicted with Dropsy, or cure them, as the owner may
ureter Satisfactory references given, if desired.
MILES G BROOME.
StoU of Georgia, Orem/ count)
Thu is to certify that mv father had a negro man af
dieted with Dropsy in ISM . he had been treated by se
veral physicians without any cure, when he applied to
M G. Broome tor his remedy, which cured him He is
stiii living, and in good health.
Jau. 21, ISSfi. Henry Uhampion.
Unioo Point, < ; reene co., April 7, ltQe.
wtjaal 5$
banksY blmbi lauds : lands •:
AI.AKbK quantity of the best Planting and Fanu
tng LANDS in southern Georgia, and elsewhere, in
Tracts of 250 to 2,000 acres to suit purchasers. Also,
ten to fifteen leagues of select Texas Lands, with clear
titles, is now offering at very low rates at the the Georgia
Land Office, in Augusta
Bills of the Augusta, Savannah, Athens, and the
Charleston and Hamburg suspended Banks, wil beta
ken tn payment at par value. Negroes will be taken al
*o, and the highest cash prices allowed.
Person * desirous of forming settlements, or making
safe investments, will find it to their interest to call at
oar Office, Warren Range, Augusta, Ga
JAME.n M DAVISON,
Land Agent and Real Estate Broker,
oct 17-d lwAwtf
STRAYED OR STOLEN.
BOM the subscriber, about the 12th ot May a two
’ year old rtd Sorrel MARE COLT. No marks re
collected with the except u=a a white spot in the face
Anv person taking up *md Filly, so thai 1 get her, will
be rewarded ROBT. N HAKNESBLRGEK
Washington, Wokeseo., Ga, June 12, 185 e.
jeSo-win
PATENT MEDICINES.
The Liver Invigorator,
PREPARED BY DR. SANFORD
great -eventide medical diacov. ry. and ‘;■ ’•>
1 working care*. almost too gre*t to believe It cute?
as if by magic, even the firs: rio-e giving benefit *r. •,
s. ’.dom more than ooe bottle is re .n rc-d tncore any kind
(if Liver Pom plaint, free the worst Jaanffice i'.
xtoi common headache, all of which are the result ot
a diseased Liver.
Tb Uv u one <i tbe *■* |.r.o. ip.l reg-uUv.r. of tie
bun,n body. ai.l etra.l v infnni llui U
the p ner/of :te *y,t~n, v*. .re fnlJy deve.op. and TANARUS!.
r.Jar l.S.r. > - I- t on the he .Hl.y
action of the Liver for the O proper performance of m
functi r wh*-i. tbe s* it> acb l atCau t, tb< bowt:*
.. i. ..i r .nffpn in ronAe.
(Ut* uult, aad U)*- WD ■!* Lm hV • * e ihl *
do itsdut y* For tbe discaa ies of that organ, one of the
proprietor* La- Liable it X hi* atudy. in a practw e cl
m re than twenty yea rr, lio hod some remedy where
wit!. !. conr.tera*t tie many derangement*
To that tbi re raedy is at laat fouod ary
per -.o troubled with Liv er Complaint in any
of it • form*, ha* hot to try s ‘w’ h ttle, anu conviction is
A compound ha* been v, formed by di solving gums
n<J extra* ting that part which in soluble for the ac
ail morbid or bad from the system. supply
mg in their place a healthy >llow of bile, invigorating
the t .math a ~-.ng fe- r u Igest well, purify inc
tbe bio *l, giving tone and y health to the whole m&'b<
aery removing the can*- of tbe disease, and eftWt
mg a radical core without Maoy of W:e disagreeable
titer effect*, felt by using m Cai -mel or Mineral Po.
son that is usually tutor ted to
One done after eating is euffinent to relieve tb<
stomach and prevent the Alfred from rising and sour
*°*
Only one done taken before retiring prevents
nightmare y y.
Only one done taken at nigi t loosens the bowel*
gently, and cure* c stive l ness.
One dosetas enafter each meal will cure Dyspepsia
(>ne dose of two tea ■ spoonsful* will always r< •
Ueve Sick Headache.
One bottle taken for fe male obstruction remover
tbe cause of the disease, L.J and makes a perfect cure
Only one don* named > ’’ ately relieves Cholic, while
One dose often repeated is a sure cure for Choi
era Morbus, and a prerT. ventive of Obolera.
One doee taken often the recurrence
of Bilious Attacks while* it relieves all painful feel
Only one bottle i needed to throw out of the
ay- ‘iein the effect?, of rnedi after a long aicknes
One bottle taken for Jaundice removes al
yellowness or unnatural’ 1 color from the skin.
One dose taken a short tune betore eating gives
vigor to the appetite ami W makes food digest well.
One dose often repeat cl r cures Chronic Diarrhea
m its worst forms whil* Summer and bowel com
plaint* yieid almost to tii.- first dose.
One or two. m run *? * attack rawed by worms,
while lor worms iu i Mid fU ren, there is no surer, -.ai
rr or speedier remedy in r the world, as it never fails.
There is no exaggeration m these atatementa ; they
are plain, sober facts, that we can give evidence
to prove, while all who use-fs it are giving their unan
m.u-- testimony in its (/J favor.
We takfl infinite pleasure in recommending this medi
cine as a preventive for Fever and Ague, Chiu Fever
and all Fevers of a Uiliotw type. It operates with cor
uinty, and thousand* are willing to testify to its won
deriul virtues.
Among the hundreds of Liver Remedies now oil cried
non# we can w> I blj *
mend a I>R HANFORD S INVIOORATOU, aa gene
rsiiy known now throughout the Union. This preo&ra
ti.,u s truly a Liver Invigorator, producing the most
happy results on aii who use it Almost innurne able
certificate* have beeu given to the great virtue of this
medicine by ilukh- of the highest standing in society,
and we know it to le the bust preparation now before
tbe public Hudson County jtemr.rrai.
FRICK ONE DOLLAR PJsR ROTTLB.
HANFORD CO.,
Proprietors, Broadway, New Fprk.
PLUMB l LKITNER and W H TUTT, Agents in
Augusta M Id by Druggists generally.
mhlO'sß-dtwAwly
EUREKA OIL
IN the result of many years’ experiments made by a
medical man, a dealer iu slaves, in efforts to meet
aud successfully combat the different ills and aches
those uiuier his care w< re subject to from the various ex
posures in traveling and camp life. It ha. been found
from experience to possess restorative and heatding vir
tues equalled by no other mixture or compound yet dis
covered for the following afflictions :
Sores or Eruptions of the Skin, Ulcerated Boros on the
by *or any part of the body, Rheumatism, Neuralgia.
I had Ache, Tooth Ache, Bone Feltons, Tetters, Pains,
re Throat, Swollen Glaus, Sore or weak Byes in man
or beaut, Ear Ache, Gramp or Pain in the Stomach,
Colic, Weak Back, Spinal Affections, Sore Breads, Sore
or Cracked Nipples, Fever Korea, Scald Head, Pre.-h
Cuts and Bruises, all Fains in the L mds and Joints,
Sprains aud Strains, Swollen Feet and Ankles, Burns,
Stricture.
We claim no magic for the workings of this great
soother ami successful competitor iu the healing art, of
all the I .•uie.ii.- All! I. bn . e I,c l) pill set WHI and for public
favor. II the first applicationdoeauntgive relief, try the
second, third or fourth, and we w 11 g arantee the sutler
e/shall not be disappointed. Where it has been Intro*
duced it has superceded DeGrath's and all othr reme
dies. We challenge the world for the production of its
equal in allaying pain, or iu the healing art. it would
seem superfluous to mention the wonderful cures pro
duced in a very few minutes iu the streets of Columbus,
Ga, when administered to a horse judged to be dying
under the effects of the bota, and on two other occasions
when administered to mules suffering greatly with colic.
Price ONE DOLLAR per bottle.
For sale in Columbus, Georgia, by Danforth, Nagel
a (Jo., Pemberton, Nucknto *v Go , Brooks A CL. , \p
man . Nance A Owner, Robert A. Ware A. K. Ayer.
This truely great Medicine is sold in the o.iy of Augus
te only by CLARKE A WELLS, Druggists, who win hi
every ease refund the. money when satisf .ction is not
given iu Out ii io of one bottle, if used strictly as dirret
ed for any of Rm bhovo diseases. For (toughs common
among the people, the EUREKA 4)lLhas no equal. 12
or 15 drops jn water throe or times in the day, the
same at night if needed, no charge vijl be nude for the
Oil in case of. etnm of Chill and Fever. Ii ribbed well
ou the spine and breast and neck iu time of Uu mr, kitty
the lever a continuation of the .:ame application, and
take 15 drops iu waters every five hours, till the time tor
Chill passe* oft’
Every bottle is properly dlractffl, with certificates at
ached. I lantern need no other doruar cjj their planta
tions over Eureka Oil. Try it —It sh no huniimg. flalt
the quautity fi>f children.
dc2-tf G W ORGFT A 00., Atlanta, Ga.
IF YOU HAVE DYSPEPSIA,
list* the Columbian Bitter*
If you liave HKADACHE,
lJ.se the Columbian Bitters.
If you have GIDDINESS OK THE HEAD.
llse the Columbian Billers
If you have DEPRESSED SPIRITS,
tse ihe Columbian Billers.
If you have PILES,
Use Ihe Columbian Biller*.
If you have NO APPETITE,
Use the Columbian Bitter*
If you have PAIN in SIDE and RACK,
Use Ibe Columbian Biller*.
If you have SICK STOMACH,
Use Ihe Columbian Bitter*.
If you have JAUNDICE,
Use the Columbian Billers.
If your IJVEK IS DISEASED,
Use the Columbian Biller*.
If you are subject to COSTIVENESS,
lisethe Columbian Billers.
Solti at PIETY CEN TS a UolfJe, by Merchant*
voneially, ami by
HAVILAND, CHICHESTER & CO ,
WB 11 TITTT
PI.U.MH & I.EITNER
jelS-d&wlfm Auuneta. Geo.
JACOB’S CORDIAL.
CALL AT OUR STORK
CALL AT OUB STORK
CALL AT OUR STORK
CALI. AT OUR STORK
CALL AT OUR STORK
CALL AT OUR STORE
AND GET THE PRICES
AND GET THE PRICKS
AND GET THE PRICES
AND GET THE PRICES
AND GET THE PRICES
AND GET THE PRICES
OF JACOB'S COE DIAL.
OF JACOBS CORDIAL,
OF JACOBS CORDIAL,
OF JACOB'S CORDIAL,
OF JACOB'S CORDIAL,
OF JACOB S CORDIAL.
THAT GREAT REMEDY,
THAT GREAT REMEDY,
THAT GREAT REMEDV,
THAT GREAT REMEDY,
THAT GREAT REMEDY,
THAT GREAT REM EDA',
GREATEST OF ALL REMEDIES,
GREATEST OF ALL REMEDIES,
GREATEST OF ALL REMEDIES,
GREATEST OF ALL REMEDIES,
GREATEST OF ALL REMEDIES.
GREATEST OF ALL REMEDIES,
IN DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA,
IN DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA,
IN DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA.
IN D'iSEKTERY AND DIARRHEA,
IN DYSI NTEKY AND DIARRHEA,
IN DYSI NT ERA’ AND DIARRHEA,
BY THE DOZEN,
BY THE DOZEN,
BY THE DOZEN,
BY THE DOZEN
BY THE DOZEN,
BY THE DOZEN.
BY THE GROSS,
BY THF. GROSS,
BA” THE GROSS,
BY THE GROSS,
BY THE GROSS,
BY THE GROSS,
BY THE TEN GROSS,
BA THE TEN GROSS,
BY THE TEN GROSS,
BA THE TEN GROSS,
BY THE TEN GROSS,
BY THE TEN GROSS.
BA THE HUNDRED OROSS
BA i’HE HUNDRED GROSS.
BA I E HUNDRED GROSS.
BY THE HUNDRED GROSS.
BA THE HUNDR-D GROSS.
HA THE HUNDRED GROSS.
HAVILAND. CHICHESTER & CO..
Wholesale Druggists, Augusta Ga
jelt*dtwk wlui
AYERS CATHARTIC PIELS!
PILLS THAT ARK PILLS.
PROF HAYES, State Chemist of
Hr Massachusetts, says they are the he*t of
m ailPiiU. and amused are the men who
certify that Dr Hayes knows :
§9 y H j GARDENER Governor of Y as
-at
M EMORY WASHBURN, Ex-Gov. of
W Mas
SIMEON BROWN Lieut. Gov ofMa*>
E M WRIGHT. Secr**tarv O; State of Mas
(JOHN B. FITZPATRICK. Catholic Bishop of
Boston
Prof. JOHN TORREY. of tte College of Physicians
and Surgeons. New York Citv
Dr C T JACKSON, Geologist of the Public Lands of
the United States
MEN THAT ARE MEN
Amoug the dtofiasfis this PiH has cured with astonish
ing rapidity, we may mention
Oostiveueas. Bilious Complaints. Rheumatism, Drop
sy. Heartburn ; Headache, arising from a foul stomach;
Nausea, lnd ; gest>or. Morbid Inaetuia of tie Bowels and j
p uns art->ng therefrom. Flatulency, Loss of Appetite, j
all Ulcerous and Cutaneous Disease* which require an
evacuant Medicine. Scroftllaor King s Evil They also
by purify :nr the blood and stimulating the system. Cure
aiauy Complaints which it would not be supposed they
could tvarh, such a? Deatue-s, Partial Birndneis, Neu
ralgia amt Nervous IrriubU ty D rangements of the
j Liver and Kidney (foot, ami other kindred complaints,
arising from a low state ot the body, or obstruction* of
its functions They are the l*est Purgative Medicine
ever discovered and yon will but need to use them once
to know it.
Prepkred by Dr J C AYER. Lowell, Mass . and s* id
by every respectable Druggist :n New England
For *aieby HAVILAND. CHICHK>TBR A CO„
Augusta nyl6dlwrM>
IMPROVED EAGLE COTTON GIN.
HATF.**. H YDf A € •>.,the manufacturers of thin
improved Grn, to introduce it to the attention
of Georgia Planters They hsve been in eiteusive use
in Louisiana. Alabama Mississippi, and Arkansas, for
several years, where they give univer*ai sat farUon,
and are regarded the best Gins made, both for speed,
durability and the fineness of the Cotton. A specimen
may be ■** atthe office of D'ANTIGNAC, EVANS A
CO., of this city, which Planters are invited to examine.
Oide> .* addressed to BATES. HYDE A 0O„ tit dge
water, Mas* , will be promptly attended to. jelS-U
Cjpnifk & $ ratine!.
>ir. Vance) on the ('iinlerence Rill.
M May 24, 1858.
Mr. Thomas J. Orme .
Bip. : —I received your note of the 20lh instant a
few momentb since My opinions on matters ot
poblic interest are always at the command of my
countrymen; and as it b quite uncertain when the
< fficiai report of the proceedings of the late Con
veution will appear. I will fjive you my views in
brief on the n.alters you propound.
Ist. 1 did uot introduce the subject of the Atriean
rlaxe trade int • the lat*r Southern Convention.
The previous Convention, held at Knoxville, had
the subject under consideration for sever 1 days,
and appointed a committee to invea’igate it and to
report to the late Convention at Montgomery I
was not a member of that Convention, but was ap
’ point* and by Its President to be oue of the committee,
without being consulted.
When the Convention met at Montgomery, the
Chairman of tha’ committee, Mr. Spratt, made an
elabcrat report in favor of the re opening of the
African slave trade. I had never read it, nor knew
of its contents until it was read in Convention. —
The presumption is, that all members of a commit
tee approve of a report, unless they express disaeut.
As I we a not prepared to give an unqualified ap
provalor dissent to all the arguments aud proposi
tions of that elaborate paper, justice to myself re
quire! that I should explain my position on the
question , and on the next, morning I wrote nod
submitted a brief report of tuch views on the sub
ject as i had formed an opinion upon, and upon
which I wa* prepared to stand.
2d. It will be seen, by reading my report, that I
neither recommended or disapproved of the re-open
ing of the African slave trade ; on vctiich, in reality
1 Lave n t matured and fixed opinions, but to which
my mind D favorably inclined.
%Vha I did recommend, was simply the repeal of
the ;aws of Congress making the foreign trade in
slaves piracy; on the ground chiefly, that thoee
laws stood on the statute book as a direct condem
nation by our own government of the institution of
in its moral and social aspects, and indi
rectly op rated to restrict our political power.
In making this rec mun.ndatiou, my care was not
mo mu:*h for the African slave trade, but was to strip
the ISoutheru ship of State for battle—to furl and
cut away every sail that, would impede her move
ments —to cast kx*Be every rope tha would bet:
drag upon her progress. We have now the moral
condemnation of Christendom upon us. We have,
nince 1807, born the stigma placed upon us by the
laws of our own government, making foreign trade
iu slaves a piracy. We have, since 1851, had the
stigma of congressional lawn placed upon the in
ternal slave trade also ; a law which makes a slave
tree if a citizen of any of the Southern States
should carry him to the District of Columbia for
sale.
On this view of the subject 1 had a light to expect
a cordial and united support of all pro slavery’ men
i'hat it did not receive such support, is owing to the
tears party men had as to the effect ttiu matt;-r would
have on our ‘Northern allies.’
I know that in the Convention I urged several ar
guments designed to show that the re-opening ot
that trade would be beneficial to the South. These
were ia reply to counter statements , but I also ex
pressly slated, that a-* to that po nt, I wa3 for leav
ing it to be rtguUmd by the laws pf Congreß-% and
the States would each possess the power to aitow or
to prohibit that trade. / am for repealing these
congressional laws, and for leaving the matter to he
regulated by the States themselves .
1 expressly disclaimed any desire to make an is
sue upon this matter iu the South. 1 have no such
desire Hence 1 did not press the matter to a vote
i only, eii the matter was before the Convention,
desired the Southern mipd to be directed into the
proper channel of thought, aud tp tbmjf aud reflect
upon it, as being one ot that series ot cungresuioiml
act* which has tended to increase the power of the
North, and to cripple and sia/matize the South
One of them has recently been exposed in all its
M-liiui; qud corrupt deformity (the fish bounty law)
by the wise, pa(.tipa) statesmanship of our efficient
Senator, Mr. Clay.
Neither am 1 for making the u<aue of disunion
now upon the African slave trade, or on any other
question though individually prepared for the issue,
when the 804th uhftll deem the time has arrived to
resist the ar cumulated wrongs of half a century of
hostile legislation. I expressly disclaimed sffcp in
tention iu the late Convention.
Neither Jim I in favor of making up au issue of
condemnation ot our representatives iu Congress on
account ot their support of ‘the nonfereppe bill-’—
Such an issue would nt once divide aud distract that
noble band of Southern Rights men, who believe in
secession, and have ever been ready to exercise it—
upon whom the South can alone rely in her greatest
need—who though not perhaps a majority, yet by
1 heir earnest action —by intellectual ascendency—
their known political probity—the fairness aud in
tensity ot their faith have,
giving direction and control to public opinion at
the South Many of the choicest, spirits of that class
of Southern men are now in Congress, having voted
for that conference bill, under a auje-ere mis-appre
heusion, in my opinion, ns to the true design and
character of that measure. I would deeply deplore
making an issue with such men—an issue which,
whatever might be the mere personal result, could
not but 11 Hid a deep and lasting wound on the
caui*e pt the South. Ihe only Bet of men in our
midst who their energies to produce
eueban issue, In my opinion, ai\; the Union-loving
(orgies, who expect to rise upon the ruins r^h.qltjug
from a quarrel among the State Rights men.
Rut lain for a free ditcussiou of the merits ot
1 hat measure. I am tor a daily reckoning of the
position of the South. I think it prudent to know
our Utitu4 e & n( l longitude, daily—to heave the lead
Dourly, to ascertain sfiUijdin?*?—and if the ship
ot state has been wrongly cirecied, should bo
put upon the right track at once. In tbic? view L
candidly nay that in my opinion, Quitman and Ron-
Man: were right in voting agaiust that “Conference
bill.”’
Hy the treaty with Franop, by which the United
States acquired he territory of wuich is a
she government guarantied in the 3d article
that “the iuhfrbitanlsof the ceded territory a hall be
incorporated in the Union irf the United States, and
admitted as soon an possible according to the prin
ciples of the Federal Constitution,” 6c o.
Hy the Kansas act, 19th section, it was provided
that a temporary territorial government should be
©r pteo “and when admitted as a State or States,
the gaid or any por ion of the same shall
be received into the Union, with or without slavery
as their constitution may prescribe at the time of
their admission” The 32d section provided th*t
the people thereof shall be left “perfectly free to
form and regulate their domestic institutions in their
ovii ;yay subject only to the Constitution of the
United states.”
The National Democratic Cincinnati Convention
of June, 1856, “Kesolved, That wo recognize the
right of the people of all the territories, including
Kansas ami Nebraska, acting through the legally
and fairly expressed will of a majority of actual
residents, and whenever the number of their in
habitants justify it, to form a cdnatjtutjon wither
without slavery, and be admitted into the Union
upon terms ot perfect equality with the oth.cr
States.”
The Ist clause, section 3d, article 4th, of the Fede
ral Constitution prescribes that “new States may
be admitted by Congress into this Union.”
These, 1 believe, are all the rules which a Demo
crat would look to in coming to a conclusion on this
question; and it seems to me clear that when con
strued together, ha must come to the conclusion,
first , that by treaty the inhabitants of Kansas have
a right to be admitted into the Union ‘ as soon as
possible, according to the principles of the Federal
Constitution,” and therefore that Congress has
bound itsf If to exercise its general constitutional
discretion as to admitting new States, in favor o! an
admission of Kansas.
Second, That the Kansas act has transferred to
the people of Kansas the light “to qrm and regu
late their domestic institutions in their own way,
subject only to the Constitution of the United
States,” and to be admitted as a State.
Third , That the National Democratic Conven
tion has explicitly recognized this right to admis
sion. The Democracy and the opposition both con
ceded the question as to numbers—the only issues
being, were, Ist, as to whether the Lecoinpton Con
st tutiou expressed the will of the people and 2d,
as to the admiasii nos a slave State in any event.
The Democracy framed a bill in the Senate to ad
mit Kansas. Jt passed that body, ami was defeated
iu the House by a Combination of Black Republi
cans, of Douglas Democrats aud a few South Arne
ricans.
The Kansas Conference bill was then submitted
aud passed. The Democracy combined with a few
South Americans, and portion of the Douglas De
mocrats, carried it through. That bill was, in mv
opinion based on this fundamental error—that Con
gress had a right, to refuse to admit. Kansas as a
State, unless Kausas would enter into & contract
with the General Government, whereby, 4 in con
sideratiou *>f certainland grants, the new State
would re ease certain powers, which are specified in
the following provisions i
“The foregoing propositions herein offered are on
the condition that said State of Kansas shall never
interfere with the primary diape sal of the lands ot
the United States, or with any regulation which
Congress may find necessary for securing the title
in said soil to bona fide purchasers thereof; and
that no tux shall be imposed cn lands belonging to
the United States, and that in n case shall non
resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Sixth, and that said State shall never tax the lands
or property of the United States in that State.
The leading press in Alabama which advocates
that bill, said it was necessary to make those pro
positions a condition precedent to admission, be
cause otherwise, “the right to tax and dispose of
the public domain would be wholly in the hands
and at the mercy of the State, if she choose to ex
arcise it.” — Confederation.
One of the ablest supporters of that bill in the
State, says, “The consequences of admitting a
State without a recognition precedent of the right
of the United States to the public domain, are in
my opinion, the transfer ot the useful, with the emi
nent domain, to the people of ti e State thus admit
ted without reservation.”
Hon. Jeff. Davis.
Another proiniuent advocate of that bill said in the
s nate, in speaking of the bill the Kansas Con
sti ution, “we do not alter that, we except that part
..f your proposition, and we give you the ordinary
grant of laud, but we will Dot give you the extra
seventeen millk-nacres you claim. It they will net
agree to this, what is the consequence ? The bar
gam is at an eud, of course the constitution fails,
j and she is in a territorial condition.”
Hon. Robert Toombs.
’ These extracts shows the principles upon which
; the Conference bill refits, a* defined by its irienda
Now, as l nave shown that Kansas is entitled to
i admission “ as soon as possible, consistent with the
principles of the Federal Constitution,” it follows
that the principles above quoted as ground for her
rejection, unless she accepted the proposition of
Congress, to be valid, must be “ in accordance with
the principles of the Federal Constitution.” If they
j are not, Uien tne Conference bill ie fundamentally
an error.
I think I shall be able to show that it is a funda
mental error, by the decision of the Nupreme Court
of 1 he United States.
The lends in a territory belong to the General
Government, as trustee for the States. What is
called the eminent domain invested in the United
States “ for the purposes o temporary govt-rnmeut”
alone. Wheu the terriiory becomes a Sta'e, the
new Stale succeeds at once to the rights of an emi
nent domain—aud nothing remains to the United
States but the public lands. These principles are
not new They have been declared to be correct
by the Supreme C ourt of tfie United States, in Pol
lard* L-ssee vs Hag -.n et al., 3d Howard a Rep.
In that case the Court says :
’ We think a proper examination of this subject
will chow that the United States never held any
munu ipal sovereignty, jurisdiction or right of soil,
in and to the territory of which Alabama or any of
the a*w States were formed, except for temporary
purposes, and to execute the trust- created by the
; “kicia aud Georgia Legislatures, &Dd
the deads of the ceariou executed by them to the
• ate< ’ created by the treaty
with France. oU3**h April, ceding Louisiana"— ,
This decsion then places the Territories as far as
UufipnDCiple touivolved.au on the same footing. !
and the prmciple aj phcable to Alabama is therefore I
applicable to Kanea*
The Supreme Court then say. further: “When
| Alabama was admitted into the Union, on an equal
tcoting with the original S atee, she succeeded to
I a’l Ihe sovereignity, jurisdiction, and eminent do-
I* main which Georgia possessed at the date of the
cess-on, except so far as this right was diminiahed
by the public lands remaining in possession and
under controlj)f the United State*, for the teinpora
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1858.
ry purposes provided for iu the deed of cession.—
Nothi g remained to the United State* according
to the terms of the agreement, ami the legislative
acts connected with it, but the public lanes. And
if an express stipulation had been inserted in the
agreement, granting the municipal right of sovere
ignty and eminent domain to the United States,
such stipulation would have been void and inopera
tive: because the United States have no constitu
tional capacity to exercise municipal jurisdiction,
sovereignty, or eminent domain, within the limits
of a State or elsewhere, except in cases in which it
is expressly granted * (by the federal constitution.)
In the opinion of the court then, it seems that
neither an act of Cougrees requiring the assent of
Kansas (nor an acceptance of that requirement by
Kansas,] to a disavowal of anv right to the eminent
domain over the public lands, would operate to
confer on Congress any right incident to the
eminent domain, for eucb would be “void and in
operative. The lands belong to the United States.
The sovereign municipal power over them belongs
to the States , and no act ot Congress or asstnt of
Kansas, can alter this state of things.
Let us apply these principles to the conterence
bill. The first and second of these conditions pre
cedent required by Congress, it is now near, are
“void and inoperative” iu the opinion of the Su
preme Court, because Kansas had no right in the
public lands, and therefore could no more interfere
with their sale by their owner, than she could with
a sale of hie lsnds by an individual citizen.
The fourth condition precedent is of the same
character, the constitutio 1 of the United States for
bidding a State to tax the property of a resident
Sec r a.-e ot Wiley vs. Parmer. I I Alabama Reports.
These questions have all been adjudicated ; and
and the courts have jusisdiction over them, and
constitution of the United States prevails over any
State enactment or even constitutional provision
on the subject.
These views were relied upon by Congress, when
she admitted California, a free-&oil State, and at the
same time rejected her land ordinance ; and on
these principles the Senate Kansas bill was based.
Why were they suddenly departed from in the Con
ference bill ?
The remaining conditions relate to the taxing
powers of the State.
No one pretends that Congress can alteracjn
stitutional power to tax, in a State constitulion.—
Ihe original thirteen States had that power, and
were not requited to concede it before admission ;
and Kansas had a right to admission upon an equal
footing with the old States. Suppose Kansas should
say to the General Government, “I do nt choose
to yield my sovereign power to tax property within
my borders lor any quantity of laud—l therefore
will make no contiact with you 7” Will it be pre
tended that Congress could keep Kansas out of lhe
Union on that account ? It it is so contended, I
demand the clause iu the constitution giviug it that
power. Congress may require that the constitution
shall be republican—Congress may require that her
bo mdariee be rea.- nable; but where does Congrepa
get the power to restrict exercise of that highest at
tribute of sovereignty—the power to tax property
within the limits of anew State ? But it is replied
we claim no such power for Congress, we only
claim that unless Kansas yields the right, she shall
not be admitted. This yields the question that
Congress lias no right lo force the State to restrict
its taxing power, but claims that Congress may re
fuse admission of the Slate unless it is restricted!
This is whipping the devil around the stump. It is
using one power of Congress for the purpose of
getting the exercise of another which does not be
long to it. Rut I deny that Congress can make
this a ground of refusal of admission—because the
treaty with France obtained the pledge of Congress
to admit
soon aft possible according to t|ie principles of the
Federal constitution.’ The pi inciples ot that cou
stitution are that the powers not delegated to the
United States by the constitution nor prohibited by
it to the States, are reserved to the States respec
tively, or to the people ’ The power to tax lad
within its borders ia a “reserved right,” and any
attempt by Congress to force a grant of such a right
by denying the Slate admission unless she yields it,
in die face o{ ttfLt treaty stipulation, is in opposition
to the spirit and “tne*principles* of thp federal con
stitution.”
It is said, however, that Kansas asked too much
and and Congress should not have yielded to that
request .* I agree to this. But the acceptance or
rejection of ihe land ordinance and the admission
of the are two eutirely distinct measures. The
land ordinance and the w.onstitution were two dis
tinct matters, in no way dependent on each other—
for the Srate may refuse to accept of any donation
of laud from the General Government and not
yield onp of tier sovereign rights. The new State
was entd ed to admission, but had no right to any
more laud then Congress should choose to give her.
The State had a right to be in the Union, with or
without laud ; apd Congress 0.1 just principles was
in duty bound to admit her ; but might say to her
we reject yur application for land, and make
another proposition, which the State could accept,
or reject. Hut, Congress had no right to say, your
admission shall depend on your agreeirg to our land
proposition. Here is the voice of the Conference
bill, in a constitutional and legal view'. Congress
refused to the new State its undoubted right of ad
mission, and in order to its enjoyment of that right
demanded of the State the restriction of another of
its r gbtrf.
Aft a measure of policy, in my opinion, the Con
ference bill was a bad one. Tne object of the free
poil opposition was L. obtain a phancp, through the
vote of the people of Kansas to destroy the Le
compton pro slavery constitution. The object oi
the South was to force an issue with the North on
the admission of a slave State. This was the
legitimate issue arising under and design by repeal
of the Missouri compromise. The South had, in
eve'iy njedged itself to meet all the conse
quences of Bucn issue,
Far better bad the issue been met. The South
had done its duty in using exertions to bring Kan
sas into the Union “in accordance with the princi
ples of the constitution.” She had done it, know
ing that the new State would be represented by
ireeaoij §epators and Representatives. She had
nobly done her duty, w'itur ut the cost.—
Why should she have hazarded her own unity, and
compro nise her own position by further efiort?—
Gen. I)avi& answers and says by this bill, “the
country was relieved flora an issue which, had it
l>ten presented as threatened, our honor, our safe
ty, our respect for our ancestors and our regard for
our posterity would have required the South to
meet at whatever sacrifice.” Gen. Davis may be
right, but the fact is that the North laughs at us, ad
we stand, not exactly a scorn unto ourselves, but
certainly without any cause of congratulation at
the result.
What has been the effect? To divide the South
—to depress the spirit ot its people—to abate their
confidence in their chosen leaders—to cause them
to believe that they have lost all the substantial
benefits which were expected to be realized by the
country from tue result of (be canvass of 1856—t0
create distrust and dissension among them.
They were prepared for any result attendant up
on forcing the nuked, simple issue of the Kansas
question—they were not prepared for this unfortu
nate denouement.
Respectfully your fellow citizen.
W. L. Yancey.
Horrible Murder— On Tuesday of last week,
the ‘29ih ult , Thomas Bibb, a sprightly eon of Por
ter Hibb, J£sq , aged about 13 years, living near
Moon aville, Ala., left his father s house to go to a
neighbor's on a hunting excursion He took with
him a double barrel shot gun, about three pounds
of shot, and powder in proportion. His absence
for several days, therefore excited no surprise. But
on Friday morning last his dead body was found
about a quarter of a mile from his father’s hpuse.
His skull had been badly broken by a billet of wood
found near by, and several small shot holes on the
top and back of one ot his shoulders, and pome of
his ribs were torn out as if done by hogs. His gun,
ammunition and hat were gone. The tracks of the
boy were found running and those of someone pur
suing, and marks around a tree, as if the little fel
low tried to dodge his pursuer. The pursuing tracks
were those of a negro A negro man belonging to
Mr. Bibb, who has been in the woods tor several
mouths, and has been lately seen more than once in
that vicinity, is suspected of having committed the
fiendish murder ; and that it was cione, too, to get
the gun and the ammunition. No pains or expense
should be spared to arrest him. Such an outrage is
horrible, and its commission has very naturally and
properly excited much feeling in that moral and or
derly community. We deeply sympathize with the
afflicted members of the family, ana hope that con
digu punishment may soon be visited upon the mur
derous wretch, whose act has brought such woe up
on them.
P. S.—Since the above was put in type, we learn
that oae of Mr. Gibb's own negroes (not the run
away one either) has confessed ;o murdering his
young master, and has been committed to jail. H~
said he killed him to get the gun with which he wish
ed to kill his master, aud the gun was recovered.—
Huntsville Advocate.
Out-Door Sports and pASTiMES.—With pride
and pleasure we note the rapidly growing taste for
all descriptions of health invigorating out-door
sports. Our columns are replete with the details of
base-ball clubs, cricketing,rowing, yachting, fishing
shooting, and other pastimes which give vigor to
the frame, brilliancy to the eye, nervous energy to
the brain, and the glow of health to the check.
Our wann and hearty advocacy of all descriptions
of out door amusements is well known, and we re
joice in the success which has attended the efforts of
ourselves and others in directing attention to the
absolute necessity of particapating in manly out
door pastimes, unless we desire to become a sickly
and effete race, and in constitution the reverse of
our robust English cousins Go on and prosper
with your base-ball and cricket clubs, your rowing
matches and yacht races, and every sport that
compels exercise in the free and open air, and rely
upon the cordial suoport of Porter's Spirit.—Por
ter s Spirit of tiie Times.
Dreadful Accident. —Yeeterday morning about
9 o’clock, a dreadful accident occurred in Miller’s
foundry, near the eastern wharf. It appears a
young man, named Micheal Rry.-in. an apprentice,
was fixing the belting of the machinery wbde in mo
tion and hie shirt sleeve coming in contact with the
irank of the wheel he was whirled rapidly around
several times, breaking his arm in two places, and
sustaining other internal injuries. It was thought
at ti r st he could not be extricated, but he twisted
his legs abound the crank and in this position made
several revolutions, until the maceinery was stop
ped. He was as easy as could be expected last eve
ning.—Savannah Georgian of Friday.
Complimentary Dinner —A great dinner is to
be given on the 22d instant at Beach Island, in hon
or of Senator Hammond's return home. The en
tire Carolina and Georgia delega.ion in Congre.-s
are invited to attend. Large and munificen - pre
parations are making, as we understand, to enter
tain an immense number. From the well-known
spirit and hospitality of the Beach Islanders, we
predict a glorious day. It will be a rich treat
enough, to hear our distinguished Senator speak to
bis beloved constituents in “ thoughts that breathe
and words that burn But when,auperadded to this,
a noble feast shall grac - the day. and the presence
of a high strung auditory animate the grove, while
strains of exciting music shall blend all hearts in
harmony and enthusiasm, may we not safely reckon
upon a really delighfu: occasion. Who will go?—-
may we not rather ask—“ who will rot go ?” It will
be a pleasure to ua all, to join in this demonstration
of applause to the civic hero in whose honor the din
ner is given. It may be too that we shall there see
some of the other Congressmen >f the two States.
We have heard with pleasure that General Bonham
will probable speak. So perhaps will one or more
of the members from Georgia Let us then go down
like an army with banners, and enjoy the ample
hospitality ot our generous Bench Island neighbors.
—Edgefield Advertiser.
The French Armament. —A private letter from
a French gentleman to a friend in Paris ,in answer
to an inquiry about the “armament,” says:
“In spite of the official and unofficial denials in
the French journals, the activity in maritime ar
maments does not the less continue. A sum of 75,-
000,000fto appded to the blindage ‘sheathing wiih
iron plates) of the ships, and 12,000,000f to the
construction of steam machinery of 150, 600, and
1900 horse power A naval man of high standing in
his profession, and of high official rank, said a few
days back that France wanted about 18 months
s more to transform the whole of her flret and to
; finish the ships in the docks Then he said, France
may dispose of a maritime force sacn as she has not
, had since Louis XVI ‘
Algerines and Neapolitans —At Bona, Africa,
the native Age ines. angry at no rain fading, seiz
ed ha fa dozen Marabouts, and plunged the holy
men into the sea. keeping them in the bath until the
shower came. It actuailv begun to pour down at
once. The L&zzaroni at Naples are trying a simi
lar experiment against the lava of Vesuvius with
Ia wooden doll of St. Januarious.
Letler from Nat i ovtnsrood, of Tenn.
This well known correspondent of the Nashville
Union , eends the following brace of good ones to
: that paper:
Jim H— tells a goo ‘ yarn about one of cur “
bark lawyers. ‘ His client was up or. two eruai*
charges, “frivolous chargee,” as shell bark desig
uated them, (surging a note of hand and stealing a
horse ) On running his eye overthejury, he didn’t
like their looks, so he prepared an affidavit for con
tinuance, setting forth the absence in Alabama of a
principal witness. He read it in a whisper to the
prisoner, who, shaking his head, said, “Squire, I
can’t swar to that ar dockymint.” Why V “Kase
hit haint true “ Old thcll inflated and exploded
loud enough to be heard throughout the room.
“What! forge a note an steal a how, an can’t ewar
to a lie ! D—n sich a squeamish atumick es that!
I’m done w ith all sich infernal fools.” And he left
the conscientious one to his fate. * * * * -
Now for old Shell Hark again. Showing what
an unexpected course a “law case” can take when
it tries itself. Jim Thomason was “bed up” for tar
ing down a bouse, breaking the delf, and “fling
iu, an oman (into a mill pond.” The case came
up btfore two Justices of the Peace for a moun
tain district. Court was to be held in a small log
school house in July. There was a cloud of witness
os and no cloud over the sun ; while the prisoner’s
guilt was quite clear, and old Sbell very cool. Af
ter soft shaping the two old spectacled gourd heads
about their intelligence and profound legal ability,
he drew from his Saddle bags a greasy copy of
“Cobb,” and read therefrom that “whar an emer
gency arose requiring the temporary absence of the
defendant's counsel, uot gwine beyaut four hours
and fourteen minits, that -aid cou reel mout demand
(to further the ainds ov justice) that all parties to
the case should be put onder rule wsitin his return,
au es he staid beyanr his time a verdick wna tube
given again his client by the court while onder rule.”
Whereupon he claimeu to have forgotten a book—
w’ouldbeback in two hours—and demanded the
operation of the rule as to the court, witnesses, aud
spectators. Oneot the court eaid “’twould be
powerful hot iu the house.” “Very well,” eaid old
Shell, “we will go out into the dog fennel iu the
field and ordered the court to the shade of a per
simmon tree ; the w itneeeea under a clomp of pines,
the spectators to the shadeward of a blackberry
thicket, the prisoner on a stump, and the constable
mounted a mound in general charge of the motley
crowd, each lot separated about torty yards from
the other. Old Shell u uuuted his horse, and as he
passed the stump he remarked to the prisoner ; “Jiet
es soon es the top of my hat sinks behind yan hill
du you jist run like hounds wer arter you, an mix
yerself in that ar thicket an never be seed in these
parts agin,” which older was fully obeyed. The
constable started in chase, but bethought himself
that the prisoner was bu’ one party out of the four
so he returned to stand guard over the remaining
throe. After awhile the spectators broke iu a crowd;
still it was two to oue, and he remained with the
“corn t,” and the witnesses, and the last Old Shell
heard from there he was still in charge, the “coqrt”
exhorting him to “stand square up to hi* duty es
hit lasted till Gabriel blow’d his horn.” It is need
‘ess to add that old Shell has not practiced before
that court since, nor has he been on that circuit.—
Old Shell is prudent as well as sagacious.
I have a story of the trials af an M. D. in collect
ing a medical bill from a country court against a
pauper, which I will send by the first safe convey
ance *
The United States Supreme Court on Visi
tation and Search —Some years ago the “Mari
ana Flora,” a Portuguese merchantman, was cap
tured as a pirate, by the American schooner Alli
gator. A suit was brought and damages were
awarded by our Courts against IJeut. Stupkton, of
ihe Alligator. The tollowiug is an extract from the
decision of the United States Supreme Court, in
that case. It will bes en that tne Court held that
even the piratical character of a suspected vessel
must be ascertained by means other than search or
visit :
“In considering these points it is necessary to as
certain what are the rights and duties of armed and
other ships navigating tlje ocegn in time of peace
It is admitteed that the right ot visitation and search
does not, under such circumstances, belong to the
public ships of any nation. This right is strictly a
belligerent right, allowed by the general consent of
nations in time of war, and limited to those occa
sions.
It is true that it haa been held by the courts of
this country that American ships offending against
lur laws, and foreign ships in like manner offend
ing within our jurisdiction , may afterwards be pur
sued and seized upon the ocean, aud rightfully
brought into our ports for adjudication. This, how
ever , has never been supposed to draw after it any
right of visitation or Thp party jn such
cases seizes at his peril. If he establishes the forfeit
ure, he is justified; it he fails, he must make full com
pensation iu damages.
Upon the ocean, then , in time of peace, all possess
an entire equality. It is the common highway of all
appropriated to the uho of all; and no one can vin
dicate to himself a superior or exclusive preroga
tive there.
Every ship sails there with the unquestionable
right of pursuing her own lawful business without
interruption; but whatever may be that business,
she is bound lo pursue it in sfich a manner as not
to violate the ights of others. The general maxim
is, Sic utere tuo, utnon alienum ladas.
It has been argued, that po ship has a right to
approach another at and tpat every ghip has a
right to draw round her a line of jurisdiction, within
which 110 other is at liberty toiutrude—in short that
she may appropriate so much of the ocean as she
may deem necessary for her protection, aud prevent
nearer approach.
This doctrine appears to us novel, and is Dot sup
ported by any authority. It goes to establish on
Ihe ocean a territorial jurisdiction, like that which
is claimed by all nations, within cannon shot of
their shores, in virtue of their general sovereignty.
But the latter is founded upon the principle of sov
ereign and paramount, apppropriation, and has
never been successfully asserted beyond it. ** *
Such a right [of approach) seems indispensable for
the fair and disi.rbet exercise of tjiejr authority, ond
the uh 6 of it cannot be justly deemed indicative of
any design to insult or injure those they approooh,
or to impede them in their lawful commerce. On
the. other hand, it is clear that no ship is, under such
circumstances, bounh to lie by or wait the ap
proach of any other ship. She is at full liberty to
pursue her voyage in her own way, &c. * *
Such a state of things carried with it very different
obligations and responsibilities fyom tjiose which
belong to war, aud ia not to be confounded with it.*’
This case covers th? whole ground of the ques
lion growing out of the “outrages in the Gulf,”
and makes a very appropriate addendum or corol
lary to our recent article on “Visitation aud Search,
according to the law of Nations.”— N. Y. Journal
of Com.
The Living and the Dead Monroe. —lt is just
tweuty-eight years since James Monroe left Vir
ginia to reside in New York. If tradition epeak
truly, he departed uuder circumstances not very
creditable to the character of the State whose an
nals he had illustrated by is wisdom and his vir
tues. Although he had been engaged in almost
every variety of civil employment, from the lowest
and ‘east profitable to the highest and mos’ lucra
tive, in his old age he retired to private life without
the resources even of a comfortable subsistence.—
His poverty was not the result of vice or indolence,
but of the entire devotion of his energies to the
service of the country. His virtues were univer
sally revered, and he was already a chief among
the historic worthies of Virginia. Nevertheless, he
wqs reduced to the sad necessity of giving up his
property for the satisfaction of creditors, and of re
moving to another State, that he might enjoy pro
tection under the roof of a generous descendant.—
in a short time after his residence in New York, he
died, it is said, of vexation at the delay in allowing
a long standing claim for a balance on an adjust
ment of his accounts with the Government.
After twenty five years of repose in another State
to-day the remains of James Monroe will be deposi
ted in the soil of his nativity Virginia, who silent
ly witnessed the exile of the aged patriot, and
made no effort to lighten his sorrows, now received
his bones With every demonstration of respect for
his memory. The contra.it is striking and instruc
tive, between the pageant of to-day and the specta
cle of the old man wending his solitary way with
tottering step to a distant State—covered with glory
but clad in poverty, surfeited with applause but
wanting the means of a decent livelihood, renown
ed in history for the expbits of statesmanship and
his valor, but neglected at home in the obscurity of
helpless old age Such are the freaks ot fortune—
such the capricious gratitude of Republics
The associates of the living Monroe iu Virginia,
administered no relict to his necessities, but suffered
him to subsist in a distant laud upon the bounty of
a generous benefactor. A generation passes away,
and the ashes of the dead patriot are reclaimed by
his native State, with an o*tentation of homage and
munificence of expenditure that would have glad
d. ned his soul and alleviated the burdens of his
declining years. These posthumous honors cannot
C‘ -mpeusate the neglect of our fathers, but they
attest our own appreciation of the personal virtues
and public services which are imperishably associa
ted with the name of Jams Monroe.— The South.
The Fould Family. —ln the list of recent mar
riages in “high life,” you may note that of the eld
est son of the Emperor’s Minister of State, and of
the Imperial household, M. Fould, of the great
banking firm of that name. The father pos^eeses*
! alents, education and address, aud as much of
Louis Napoleon’s personal confidence as any other
of the superior functionaries. Last mouth he lost,
by dea h, a brother of most estimable character, M.
Louis Fould, who quitted business about two years
ago, with a very large fortune, and seemed likely
to enjoy a long period of liberal leisure. He had
just built in Rue de Berry, a noble mansion, in
which he was about to place and arrange his rare
and precious collections of art. There is a Turkish
proveib—“Wheu the house is finished, Death en
ters ” The deceased was a liberal patron of the
fine arts, and of the members <>t the professions
In 1857, he founded in the Institute an annual prize
of twenty thousand francs for the best work on the
origin of the fine arts, and the history of them be
fore Pericles. On the occasion of his funeral his
lamily bestowed three thousand francs on the poor
of the district of Pans in which they reside. The el
der of the banking firm eree'ed, many years ago,
near to Versailles, a beautiful chateau, to wheih be
attached an extensive domain, now highly cultiva
ted, and parks and gardens in the English style
The neighborhood owe to him a perennial fountain
ou the uiaiu road to St. Gtrinan, aud a very neat
village. One of the brothers Peieire has finished
his grand structure in the Rue du Faubourg St.
Honoie, and has begun a magnifi cent chateau iu
the vicinity of St Germain. Tne Foulds are He
brews.— Cor. Boston Post.
Terrible Accident in the Schuylkill Coun
ty Mines Four Men and two Boys Precipitated
a depth of tiro hundred and forty feet, and Dashed
to Pieces —W’e are pained to announce the occur
rence of a sad catastrophe, the result it 13 to be feared
of carelessness. It appears that about noon on
Tuesday last four men and two boys ascended the
shaft at the Thomaatown colliery, in a car resting
on a cage. When within a few inches of the top
a pin, upon which the cage rests when it reaches
the top. was pu led out too Boon, and the car was
not on a level with the platform sufficiently to per
mit it to be rolled off the cage In this position two
of the wheels of the car were rolled off the cage;
but it was found impossible to get the other wheels
off. A signal was teen given to the engineer, who
could not see the positi on of the cage, to hoist it a
little Unfortunately, i’ was hoiateo too high ; the
car tilted, was freed entirely from the cage, and the
next instant, with its freight of precious lives, con
sisting of four men and two boys, was dashed down
the shaft, a perpindicular depth of two hundred
and forty fret. The remains of the unfortunate
men and boys were, after the occurrence, removed
to the surface in a shockingly mutilated condition.
Two of the men killed.named Sullivan and Kcn
wich leave families. Tte other two, oDe of whom
was named Brennan, were unmarried. The name*
of the two boys we have not learned.
The Modified Usury Law.—The modified Usu
ry’ Law, as passed by the last Legislature, went
into effect on the firet of the present month. By
this law, money can be borrowed and loaned, ac
.•ording to the terms agreed upon by the parties
There is no restriction with regard to the rate. This
to as it should be There are times and seasons
when money may be very valuable to an individual
for a few day**, and when he may feel justified in
giving a remarkably high rate of interest. : here
may be other periods, as at present, when the regu
iar rates are unusually low. Bat in a matter of this
kind f here should be no legal restriction. And
hence the policy aud propriety of the new law. It
cannot but exercise a beneficial influence, aud
aff*. rd facilities which have not heretofore existed.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
j Correspondence of the Troy Daily Whig.
The Womnn w ho Lives Without Emfnc.
June 24, 1858.
Mr Editor : —On theprincipal C'roe! in the vil
lage of Chester, stands Wetherhead's Hotel. Im
mediately in front of it is the reservoir, owned and
constructed by Charles H. Faxon, Esq., through
which forty different houses in the village are sjp
plied with excellent sprmg water. On the North
side of the road which runs at right angles with the
principal street, and at a short distance from the
reservoir, stands an unpretending budding about
fifteen sett square, and one story aud garret high.
It is clad in a coating of u>.ik browo paint, auii is
by no means an old building Here reside Mr.
Simeon Hays and his wife Betsy, the latter better
known aa the woman who lives without eating In
company with two ladies, and under the escort of
Mr. Faxon, I visited this anomaly ou Thursday
last, aud will endeavor to describe what I saw and
heard on the occasion.
The oue story which forms the available portion
pf the house is divided into three rooms. The first
into which we eutereu was formerly used as a gro
cery store. Here we found two farmers, who, like
• urselves, had come to see the wonderful women.
A few shelves still remained ou the walls, and in
oue corner stood what had once been a counter. —
Au old stove and a couple of chairs completed the
furniture. BassiHg througli this room we entered a
smaller room, separated by a slight partition from
the apartment occupied by Mrs. Hays. Here pov
erty assumed a poorer Bhape than in the room we
had just left the only articles w hich it contained
being a ebair, a table and a step ladder which led
to the garret above In the partition was a door
and a window, the window being used as a place
whence at times to observe the sick woman. On
entering Mrs. Hays’ apartment, the first object that
met our eyes was a portion of flesh of transparent
whiteness, partly sunk in the piiiow of the bed, and
protruding trom beneath the dothiDg, giving one
the idea cl a human body terminated by a long
neck, instead of a head.
On a closer examination we found that Mrs Hays
was in a spa-m, that although reclining supine and
at fall leugtb, her head was doubled back, and un
der her neck, in such wise as to bring htr face in
immediate contact with the pillow, thus givin
that awful appearance of a terminal headstalk, that
so startled us at the first sight At this time there
was no outward sign of respiration, the only mo
lion of the person visible being a twitching of the
lett shoulder. While we were observing her in this
conditi n, she suddenly brought her head forward
with a powerful motiou of the muscles of the neck,
and commenced throwing the upper portion of her
body about in the most violent maimer, bringing
her head down to the bed at each convulsion with a
force sufficient to have broken it bad it met with a
hard substance. These motions continued for nearly
a minute, and ended temporarily by her throwing
herself back on the pillow with her head partially
doub ed under. By this time she had recovered
her breath, yhich she drew with short and quickly
successive spasmodic efforts. This condition was
immediately followed by the most violent retchings,
whereupon we all left the room. As soon as we
were outside the door, Mr. Ilays, who followed us,
assured us that whenever her Bpasms left her, he
and all others were obliged to leave the room, inas
much as the presence ot any one when site breatned
tendered her sick, in a few minutes the spasms
returned with increased violence, following by a
course of proceedings similar to that above de
scribed, and daring the quarter of an hopr that we
remained at the house, this programme was four
times repeated. When we lett her she was lying
supine, with her head doubled back facing the pil
low, aud with the exception of a violent twitching
of the left shoulder, motionless.
During her convulsions, slip would, ut times,
while restiag oa her buck, elevate her person so as
to fonn a semi-circle, the termini of the curve being
her teet at one end of the are, aud her face buried
iu the pillow at the other. Whenever she threw her
head back in the peculiar manner already describ
ed, her tace would appear flushed, and after her
most violent motions her brow would be moist with
perspiration. The appearance of her skin maybe
likened to that of an infant's and ia yery soft to the
touch. She is short in stature, slight in person,
delicate iu formation, has small hands and feet, and
is about twenty eight yeurs of age Her hair is
black, aud it is said that neither that nor her nails
grow. She has been married about twelve aud a
half years and has had four children, three of whom
are now living. Her illness commenced on the Bth
November idf>4, aud first developed itself in a
lumeuet-s oi the back and across the hips She soon
became unable to siai.tl ou her sept. ‘
One day as her nurse was aid ug her to get from
bed to a clour, -in jell to the fl >or, aud, in conse
quence ot this uceidi-nt, was cuutiubd to hpr bed un
til July, lboo, Siie\yauthpu taken with spasms,
which have continued ever since, but are much
lighter now than formerly. Those who are ac
quainted with the facts of the case agree in saying
that she subsisted entirely on apple sauce ft ,and beriy
sauce; uot averaging more than three or four
spoonfuls per diem from early in J une, 1855, to the
t&tb of June, 1856, aud that Irorn ihe latter date to
the 20th of February, 1857 her nourishment was in
a liquid form, aud consisted chiefly of biuonade, in
the composition of which a pound and a half of
sugar and sixteen lemons only were used. During
this latter period of eight months she look, in
addition to the lemonade, twenty drops of laudanum,
two leaspoonful of berry juice, and one teaspuo ful
of currant juice. ‘J'nie was Ihe whole of jier die!.
.Since the ilijb of j.i'ebruary. jH.)/'to the present
tiipe, she haz eaten nothing and, drank nothing.
If now you ask me what my opinion is concerning
this woman, I reply that I am inclined io believe
that she does live without eating or drinking. Seve
ral physicians have visited aud examined her. One
of them avows that her heart and lungs are per
fectly sound, and that her blood is in a healthy state,
with a circulation quite perfect. This, he supposes,
is the caijfie of the comparatively fresh, healthy, and
active condition of rnauy portions of her system
On the other hand he declares that the action of her
stomach and liver is suspended, and that for this
reason she rejects all nutriment. One question,
boweves, I cannot satisfactorily answer, aud that is
this : Does the waste and wear of her bqdy apt pn
the fluids of her system or on the muscular tissues ?
If it is on the former then it may be possible to solve
the problem of her existence in her present state
from the known laws of physiology. If, on the con
trary, the muscular fabric is made to bear the bur
den of her tremendous convulsions, then the myste
ry deepens and the explanation becomes more and
more involved.
She does not talk, the only noise which escapes
her being a stiffed groan, and many suppose that
che neither sees or heais. Whatever the truth may
be in connection with this ca-e, one thing is certain
and that is this, a thorough investigation of the
whole matter should be made by competent medi
cal men, and a report thereon shou.d be given to the
world.
A Wholesale Wedding. —A correspondent of
the Memphis Appeal thus describes a connubial con
vention and demonstration that occurred recently
on the plantation of Captain J. W. Jones, near that
city:
Mr. James Hubbard, the faithful and excellent
manager, assisted by bis kind and affectionate wife,
had every thing in readiness. The brjdes, peauti
fully attired, were ip waiting; the bridegrooms,
each ot ebony color, nine in number, made their
appearance and were conducted to the proper cot
tage aud the order of the evening made known.—
Then with preliminary arrangements, they with
each of their attendants, four in number, marched
forth to join the brides and their attendants, under
the blue canopy of heaven, and on a beautiful blue
grass plot prepared tor the occasion, foi no house
could oe found to accommodate the crowd of over
one hundred and fifty. They (the nine couple and
attendants; then formed and inarched in oilence in
front of the dwelling where had as-embled many
friends of Capt. J nee and Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard
to see an unusual sight; nine happy couple to be
uuited in the holy bonds of matrimony by Rev.
John Rosser, servant of Major John Rosser, of Cam
d n, South Carolina
Each couple, with their attendants, marched up
after the ceremony, by our pious minister, and he
knelt in prayer, imploring Heaven to bles each
one of the nine couple. And, sir, the prayer seemed
to be breathed with fervor and devotion for aaaia
tance from on High on his fellow servants. After
prayer, tuch kissing and joy as was manifested by
the friends of each. Then in a few minutes supper
was announced ; and permit me to say, that it was
the most orderly crowd I have ever seen of blacks,
attributable, no doubt, to no spirits or wine being
used on the occasion After supper, came the
dance for the non-religious ; but near by on another
equally beautiful gtass plot, were found about one
half—the religious—in play of Sister Phoebe and
other kindred plays. And never have I had the
pleasure of seeing a happier crowd.
They danced and played until near the break of
day we understand, and to their credit be it said,
everything passed off without any interruption ; and
this morning, Monday, all are ready with cheerful
hearts (recounting his fun at the wedding) to do his
day’s vork.
Couldn't Speak French. —An American at
Pane vent to a restaurant 10 get Ins dinner. Uu
acquainted with the French language, yet unwilling
to show his ignorance, he pointed to the first line on
the bill of fare, and the polite waiter brought him a
plate of fragrant beef soup. This was very welt,
and when it was despatched he pointed lo the se
Cond line. The wailer unders’nnd him perfectly
and brought vegetable soup. “Rather more soup
than I want,” thought he, “bat it is Paris fashion ’
He duly pointed to the third line, and a plate of ta
pioca broth was brought him . again to the fourth,
and was furnished with a bowl of preparation of ar
row root. He tried the fifth liue, and was supplied
with some gruel kept for invalids. The bystanders
now supposed that they saw an unfortunate indi
vidual who had lost all his teeth, and our friend, de
termined to get as far from the soup as possible,
pointed in despair to the last line on the bill of fare.
The intelligent waiter, who saw at once what he
wanted, politely handed him—a bunch of tooth
picks This was too much—our countryman paid
his bill and incontinently left.
A New York correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal writes :
Business is dull—very dull. Hundreds of young
men have no work. Four thousand clerks have
left the city for want of employ. Fine looking, in
telligent and capable youDg men, take any menial
service rather than not have work to do. One
young man, a capable book keeper, may be seen
daily on a dray, with his horse, getting a living on
that plan. At no time since the panic began, have
“times” been so hard for men of moderate means.
We have a great many of your Boston young men
here, out of employment, who left good, comforta
ble situations at the East, attrarted by the glare
and temptation of New York. Many of them wish
themselves at home. All business is overdone—the
law, physic, merchandise, trade, clerkships—all but
preaching. If any man, “right smart,’ wants to
come into the mission field of our city, work like a
galley slave, and get his “victuals and his clothes,
the first scanty, and the last coarse, he can come to
New York and get employment. All others had
better stay away.
Newspaper Proscription in Germany. —There
must be something rotten in the State of Prussia
when it allows itself to be frightened by half a doz
en German newspapers published in the United
States. We see that the government at Berlin has
begun to imitate that of Louis Napoleon in its cen
sorship of the press. The tecretary of the interior
of Prussia has accordingly prohibited the circula
tion within that kingdom of two German papers
published in New York—the Staate Zeitung ana the
Neue Zeit (the latter being already defunct) ; of one
published in St. Louie, der Anzeiger des Westens
of the Wisconsin Demokrat, published in Mainto
woc; of the Volks Zeitung, of Michigan; of the
Davenport (Iowa) Demokrat, and of the Chicago
National Demokrat What offense they have flem
mitted is not known.
Death of Jas 8. Scott, Esq-We regret to
announce the death of Mr. Jas. S. Scott, the Presi
dent of the Exchange Bank, who departed his life
on yesterday afternoon. We have known Mr. Scott
for many years nd can say that we have rarely
seen a more accomplished financier or one better
Qualified for the position he held.
His loss will be deeply felt in the instuution over
which he successfully presided Asa kind friend
and courteous gentlemen he has left behind him
many who will mourn his loss.- -Columbia (8. C.)
Guardian, B th mst.
An assembled family, as the legacy to each was
read aloud, sobbed and wished that the father had
lived to enjoy his own fortune. At last came the
beqaeet to his heir : “I give my eldest a
shilling, to buy a rope to hang himself with.
“Would to God,” said Tom,sobbing, like the
rest, “that my poor father had lived to eqjoy it him
self.”
Report of the Mount Vernon Lndlo*’ AMocla
tlon of the Union.
The Secretary of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Asso
ciation respecfully submits the following report of
the present state of its affairs :
In the month of April last, as the publio have
been already informed by the regent ot the associa
tion, a contract was executed with Mr. John A.
Washington, in due legal form, for the purchase of
Mount Vernon. In this way the object, so long
pursued by the government of the asscociation,
has been obtained, it is believed, in a man
ner most iu consonance with the publio sentiment
The contract provides for the purchase of two hun
dred acres of the land belonging to the Mount Ver
non estate, including the mansion house and its ap
pendages, the garden, the landing from the river as
already established, aud above all, the tomb, which
contains the mortal remains of the Father of his
Country.
Whenever the terms of the contract are fulfilled,
this invaluable domain, around which the patr.otfc
feeling of the Union gathers as to a central shrine,
will psss into the possession of the Mount Vernon
Ladies’ Association, to be by them dedicated, and
forever held sacred to the memory of Washington.
It has been already stater in the appeal of the
regent above alluded to, that the sum stipulated or
in the contract of purchase is two hundred thousand
dollars; eighteen thousand of which were paid at
the execution of the contract, aud the first instal
ment of fifty-seven thousand dollars is due on the
Ist of January, 1859. The balance is due in three
annual instalments, aDd on the fa lure to pay the
fifty-seven thousand dollars due January, 1859, the
sum of eighteen thousand dollars, already paid, is
forfeited Tbe sums now on hand oontriouted by
the members of local associations, by various pub
lic-spirited bodies and individuals, and acorumg
from the delivery of Mr. Everett's address, are suf
ficient to meet the instalment due in January next
The sums required to meet the other instalments
aud the payment ot interest if interest should be
come due by f ilure to obtain possession on the 22d
of February next, by tbe consummation of the pur
chase, are yet to be provided. The government of
the association is well aware that the sum contract
ed for, as the price of the estate, is greatly beyond
its value as a piece of property. On this eubjeot, it
is sufficient to state that it oould not be obtained on
any other terms. The proprietor has been offered
that, and even larger sums, by parties who wished
to acquire the property for pecuniary speculation,
and he considered that be had performed bis duty to
the public by refusing to sell it for aDy Buch pur
pose. Indeed, he at first publicly declined selling it
at all, except to Congress for the United States, or
to the State of Virginia. Neither Congress nor the
Legislature of Virginia seeming disposed to make
the purchase, Mr. Washington was induced to ao
cept the offer of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Asso
ciation, which is bound by its charter to keep it in
alienably sacred to the memory of Washington.
In addition to the large sum required to fulfil the
contract of purohase, a considerable amount will
be necessary to repair the mansion house, to res
tore it with the garden and grounds as nearly as
possible to the condition in which they were left by
the Great Proprietor, and to meet the expense of
managing the estate and securing its permanent
preservation. For these purposes the association is
authorised by its charter to hold property to the
amount of five hundred thousand dollars, including
the purchase money. For the large portion of the
sum stilt required to be raised, the subscriber,
od behalf tbe of government of the association,
appeals with confidence to the patriotism of
her countrymen, and especially to the sympa
thetic co operation of her country women.—
The sum is undoubtedly a large one, but surely
there cannot be wanting a sufficient number of
persons in this vast and populous country to raise
it, and even a much larger sum, by a contribution
of a very trifling amount from each individual. A
dollar each paid by one in sixty of the population
of ihe Union would effect the objeot. The only
difficulty to be overcome is that of establishing an
organization sufficiently detailed and compreheu
sive to reach every individual of the onuntry dis
posed to give his mjte fer this patriotic objeot.
The association, it is well known, is an incorpora
ted body, existing under a charter granted by the
legislature of Virginia at its lastsession. Its organi
zation admits of indefinite extension throughout, the
Union, and the government of the association ear
nestly desires that such extensions shall take place
as widely as possible, aud with the least practitable
delay. As veneration jor the great nacne to which
Mount Vernon is consecrated, is a sentiment which
pervades ihe Union, it is obviously proper aud high
ly desirable that the eitizens of every State should
be represented in its preservation and custody. The
const (tution provides for the representation of its af
fairs through a vice regent, and under its provision
the regent has already appointed representatives
for ten States. The following are the officers who
at present compose the Grand Conncil of the As
sociation :
REGENT.
Miss Ann Parmela Cunningham, South Carolina.
VICE REGENTS,
Mrs. Anna Cora Ritchie Richmond, Virginia.
Mrs Alice H. Dickinson, Wilmington, North
Car lina.
Mrs. Philoolea Edgeworth Eve, Augusta, Geor
gia
Mrs. Octavia Walton Le Vert, Mobile, Alabama.
Mrs. Catherine A. McWiUie, Jaokspn, Miesiss
ipsL. Margaretta S. Morse, New Orleans, Loui
siana.
Mrs. Mary Rutledge Fogg, Nashville, Tennee
86Mrs. Elizabeth M Walton, St. Louis, Missouri.
Miss Mary Morris Hamilton, New York city,
New York.
Mrs. Louisa Ingersoll Greenongh, Boston, Massa
chusetts. ,
Mrs. Susan L. Pellett, Secretary, Riokmond, Vtr
gjnia.
George W. Riggs, Esq , Treasurer, Washington,
District of Columbia.
The Constitution also empowers the regent, by
and with the advice of the vice regents, to provide
a plan of organization for State action, and to ap
point a board of managers for each State. In con
sideration ot the difficulty of devißing any one plan
calculated to meet approbation in sections of the
country differing widely in population and in the
structure of society, she deems that the advance
ment of the cause wilt best be promoted by leaviug
it to each vice regent to enlist such aid for the col
lection of funds as will most conduce to the success
of the enterprise.
The sum of one dollar constitutes the contributor
a member of the association, and the name, sum
and residence of every subscriber must be carefully
registered by lhe persons who are authorised to
make or receive collections in aid of the Mount
Vernon fund. It will be the duty of suoh persons
to transmit the same to the vice regent of the State;
in default of a vice regent, to the treasurer of the
association, who will cause them to be published in
the National Intelligencer and Washington Union,
and forward a copy to the regent or secretary.
The generous offer of the Masonic fraternity of
Virginia, and, through them, of the Union, to aid
the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association in the ao
complisliment of their sacred object, bas been
gratefully accepted, aud it iB confidently believed
that their contributions will be equal to their high
appreciation of tbe character and virtues of their il
lustrious brother.
On what more appropriate occasion than the an
niversary of a nation’s independence could a simul
taneous effort be made by the citizens of this great
Republic to honor the memory of him who achieved
it ? May not the hope he expressed that the 4th of
July, 1858, will record a nation’s gratitude on the
tomb of itß Patriotic Father.
Susan L. Pellet, Secretary.
Richmond, June 27,1858.
The Cure of Hu mbuo —The New York Jour
nal of Commerce refers to an individual, calling
himself Dr. Robert Bland, who has been testing
human credulity, which is rather capacious in the
rural districts, to the utmost, though it is huped,
without much success, at least since MayorTiemann
entered on his brilliant crusade against swindlers.
The “Doctor” has for some time been sending a
circular over the couutry, which he oalls the
“New York Journal,” and in which he offers to dis
close, for a compensation, all sorts of impossible
things—such as transmuting base metals into gold,
making one dollar appear and be as satisfactory to
the recipient as two dollars ; also, how to render
one self invisible, and numerous others equally ab
surd, which would be very funny as a supplement
of Baron Munchausen's adventures, but are very
serious and wicked impostures, as a meansof making
money. Measures have been taken to have the
letters of this sublimely impudent fellow detained
at the post office, and forwarded to the Dead Letter
Department at Washington. The Journal of Com
merce expresses the hope that the time will soon
come when the blackheads who now furnish suoh
profitable game to these imposters, will know
enough to take care of themselves, without any
frieHdly official interposition.
We are afraid that that time is yet far distant.—
The vast pecuniary harvests reaped by quacks and
impostors in this country will coutiuue to stimulate
human ingenuity and perseverance in cultivating a
field so much more extensive and profitable than
any of the usual pursuits of human industry. Whilst
Brandeths convert pills into palaces, and Baruums,
in shameless autobiographies, transform roguery
into a virtue, and a thing to be proud of, we may
be sure the army of impostors will never lack re
cruits, and, on the other hand, whilst popular ig
norance and human gullibility continue, we have
no reason to expect that mankind “will know
enough to take care of themselves.” The best way
to take care of them is the universal education of
the people.— Rick. Disp.
First Blood in the Revolutionary War.—
The first blood shed in defence of liberty, and in op
posing English oppression, was in the South. The
State of North Carolina—the “old Nor h State,”
and twin sister of South Carolina—iß entitled to the
honor. It was during the gubernatorial adminis
tration of the notorious Governor Tryon, the Eug
lish Governor at the time, who built one of the
most splendid palaceß in either North or South
America, at Newbern, N. C , with the proceeds of
taxes imposed upon the people for the purpose, and
to resist which taxation a portion of them rebelled,
just as did the men of Mass cbuaetts afterwards.
It took place in the year 1771. On the 16th of May,
in that year, a battle was fought between the
Amerioan and British forces, on the banks of the
Alamance river, in what is known now as the
county of that name, called the battle of Alamance.
The American forces were called tie Regulators,
from iheir efforts in endeavoring to bring about au
equitable regulation of taxes and other oppressive
matters. The American forces amounted to two
thousand, and were headed by taree men, named
Husbands, Hunter and Butler; while the British
forces, including militia called out by Tryon, amount
ed to upwards of eleven hundred but had the ad
vantage greatly id arms and disc pline. As might
have been expected, the Americans were defeated,
after an action of two hours, with a loss ol twenty
dead and several w junded, while that of the royal
f,,rcee, in killed, wounded and missing, was sixty
one. It was at the battle ot Alamance, and not at
Bunker Hill, that the fiiet American blood was shed
in the cause of liberty. “ Houor to whom honor is
due.”— Charleston Mercury
Clerical Horsewhifping.— The Roman Cath
olic clergy have auopled a summary mode of check
ing the “great social evil.” A Longford paper says
Lhat as a prieet was passing through that town the
other day, he noticed an uufortunate woman on the
road. lie stepped down off the car, took the whip
from the driver, and, without any provocation
further than her unfortunate life, commenced lash
ing and lieating her with the whip, the sound ol
which might be heard 100 yards off Having to
some extent gratified himself, following and lashing
her for thirty or forty yards, he re urned to the car
and puisued his journey onward. The
woman made no resistance, but ran an gj
like a spaniel dog, nor was there a
cieutly near to save her. In ihe country d.stncu,
of Ireland the clergy are great adep‘‘ ■f
whipping. Latterly, however, the peasantry have
shown a diepoeirion to resist this degrading treat
ment, and public opinion is likely soon to put an
end to it.—Eng paper.
The Shipment of Vegetables.— The operations
in this little line have reached the enormous amount
of eight thousand five hundred barrels, siLCe yes
terday afternoon. The Caledonia, bound to New
York, took 100 barrels; the North Carolina to Bal
timore 1 50U ; the Louisiana to Baltimore 1500 , the
Jamestown to New York 3500, and the Pennsylva
nia to Philadelphia 1000—total 8500 barrels. This
truck wih average $3 per barrel, and foots up the
snug little sum of twenty five thousand five hundred
dollar woitb of vegeiaoies m two days .—Norfolk
Day Book, Wednesday.
The Paris correspondent of the Itlactrated Lon
don News announces a discovery of a new tenor,
one M Lebet, with an upper note more in hit voice
than Signor Tamberlik himself.
VOL. LXXII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXII. NO. 28.
Gev. Camming’* Reception at Salt Lake City
Described by a Gentile Refugee.
Thomas Cornd-de, a Gentile, who passed the win
ter among the Mormons, and who took advantage
ot Gov. Gumming s protection to escape from Silt
Lake City, thus describes his reception by Brighum
Young, the twelve Apostles and the Saints of Utah:
Brigham passed out into an ante-room, and re
turned with two gentlemen, whom he introduced to
the audidence as Gov. Camming and Col. Kane.
Kane never said a word.
Gov. Cumming said to the people he had come
there as Governor of Utah, to do them good—not
harm.
The people cried out, “ Speak loader.”
The Governor repeated what he had aaifi and
added, “ I am your friend.”
Voices—“l don’t believe it’’—“ It is a lie.”
“ Governor Cumming—l have oorae out here to
see that justice is done you —to see that you are
protected from the Indians. I have come on my
own responsibility, without an escort, or guard, or
auy arms—not even a penkuife.”
Audienoe—” Itis not true; it is false. You have
oome supported by 2,0(10 bayonets.” This war
hallooed out with gieat noise and rage. It was then
added, “We won’t believe you are our friend un
til you send these soldiers back.” It was a perfeot
Bedlam, the people hallooed out any and every
thing, and gross personal remarks were made. The
audience became so violent Brigham frequently
had to interfere to quiet them.
Oue man said, “You are Dotbing but an office
seeker.” The Governor repl ed that he obtained
his appointment honorably, and had not solioited it.
Tbe people then cried out, “We will not have a
Missourian to rule over us.” The Governor replied
that he was not a Missourian, that he was a Geor
gian.
John Taylor got up and apologized, saying that
Mr. Cumming must excuse them—they had thought
he was a Missourian; then he went on to recount
what they had suffered from the hands of the Mis
sourians, when Brigham stopped him by sayiug
that there was no necessity for narrating that. The
hallooing, talking and soreaming lasted over two
hours.
John Taylor made aspeeeb, saying, “We are flee
from the Gentile yoke, and we never will be under
it again; we are free, and will remain fret forever.”
The whole assembly dapped their hands at this sen
timent. “Brigham,” continued Taylor, “has slipped
out es the voke, and old Buchauan is uearly crazy
because he has to oarry it alone. We never inteud
to be yoked up with Gentiles again; no, never,
world without end, for their dominion is sealed.”
Governor Cumming had a paper read which
sounded like a proclamation. The Governor said
in it that he governed the territory—that all its arm
ed oitizens were under his oommand—that all the
roads in the territory were open and i ree for travel.
An Irishman named Clemens, who is not a citi
zen ot the United States, spoke two hours. He
called all persons who desired to leave, rascals and
sooundrels.
Brigham Young then got up and said ; “If there
is any man or woman here who really wants to go
away, and feel that they have been deprived of their
rights, I want them to hold up their right han a ”
I looked around to see if any hands were held up,
expeoting a good many would be, but there waß
not one. I then raised my hand, and the people
cried, “Here is a hand.” Right after, other hands
were held up.
Brigham Young then asked me it I had been
treated right while in the territory I said, as re
gards that, some two or three of the Bishops have
treated me very kindly; but I must say, there are
a great many people in here who are not as honest
as they should be.
Brigham eaid, “That is so.” The people applaud
ed that. Brigham said, “Let every man and wo
man who wants to go away, give his name to Gov.
Cumming, and they can go aud welcome.”
Murder of a Georgian in Louisiana—The
Lake Providenoe Herald, of the 12th met., gives
the followiag account ot a shocking murder at
Floyd, in Carroll parish, Louisiana, on Sunday
night, dih inst.:
Mr. R M. Flournoy, a peaoeable and worthy
citizen and planter, residing not far from Floyd,
having heard it intimated that a young man known
as -‘Bob Stripling, ’ was unlawfully tampering with
a negro girl of his, called to the girl to como away,
or to go home, or something to that effect. This
gave offence to Stripling, who accosted Flournoy
with some suob expression as “Who are you V and
receiving no reply, remarked that he would make
him answer, and thereupon went up to Flournoy
and plunged a bowie knife into his ripht side.—
Flournoy then went to the post office, which was
near by, and made known that he was killed by
Stripling, in the manner and under the oi.'cmn-tan
ces described. He survived his wound about an
hour. Meanwhile, Stripping had gone to his room,
where he was abed, with the bloody knife under
his mattress, and was arrested. He was put into
prison aud heavily ironed From the intense ex
citement which pervades the community, we learn
that be is in great danger of being shot throug’ i the
grating, or taken out and being hung, at any mo
ment,
Robert Manor Flournoy was born in Telfair
couuty, Georgia, February 23d, 1833. He was the
youngest child of the late Rev Robert and Sarah
Flournoy—was raised in Culloden, Ga, aud educa
ted at Bridgeport, Conn., and Franklin College,
Ga After having unished his studies, he moved
to Camden county, Ga„ to plant rice. Here losing
his health, he gave up hie farm to Sis brother, and
read law with Messrs. Perkins & Niabet, of Ran
dolph oounty. His|healtb being restored, be deter
mined to seek his h> me and fortune in Louisiana,
where he moved in January 1857. Aud reader you
may judge of the shook, but cannot feel the pangs
of grief the ab ve announcement will impart to his
surviving brothers and relations. So young, so in
telligent so agreeable in society, so endearing to
all who knew him—none knew him but to love and
respect him (except this midnight assassin.) He
was eeldom ever wrong in any ofbis plans or un
dertakings, aud by far the most promising of his
famdy for usefulness and greatness.— Montgomery
Mail.
Arrival of the Bremen at New YoRK.-Tbe
new screw steamship Bremen, which sailed from
Bri men direct for New York, on Friday, the 18lh
of June, arrived early yesterday morning, after a
pleasant trip and a fair average run in point of
time. She landed one hundrea and eighteen pas
sengers.
The Bremen is the pioneer of anew line of steam
ships, to oonsists ot four vessels, organized by the
North German Lloyd, for the purpose of plying to
New York from Bremen without stoppage at any
other port. The ships are named as follows:—Bre
men, Hudson, New York and Weser. They are
each of 2,500 tons burden, of 700 horse power, and
have been constructed by the most celebrated ship
builders in England and Scotland, with an especial
view to security, oomfort and quick travel
The Bremen, now in port, was built by J. Laird
& Cos., of Greeuook, Scotland, and arrived at Bre
merhaven from the Clyde on 2d of Judo. On that
passage the Bremen proved herself in every respect
a most perfect and safe seaboat, having reaohed,
without the aid of sails, a speed of fourteen and a
half knots an hour. Her build rg guarenteed on
taking the contraot a speed of thirteen knots, and
most satisfactorily acquitted themselves. The re
maining three vessele of the line are rapidly ap*
proachisg completion. The Hudson will take her
place on'he 17th of July, and the New York and
Weser immediately afterwards The Bremen will
sail July 17 from New York, the next will be the
Hudson, which is to leave Bremenon July, 17, and
New York on August 14. From this tme forward
one steamer is to ssil regularly every fortnight
from either of the ports.
The Lloyd of Northern Germany was organized
in the winter ol 1856-57, by combining the follow
ing companies :—The Steamship C- mpany of the
Weser and Hunse ; the Township Company of the
Lower Weser; the Steamship Company of the Up
per Weser, and the United General Ship Insurance
Company of Upper Weser. A little later the Uni
ted Steamsh p Company of the Upper Weser
joined the Lloyd association. Their nominal capi
tal consisted of four millions of marks banco in gold,
of which sum about three-quarters have been paid
in. It is anticipated that the most important results
to the trade between the whole of Northern Ger
many and the United States will foil w from the
working of the company and the operation of the
new line of steamers.
Passengers and goods may, during the winter, bn
directly transported from Germany to the United
States, without being obliged to pass through En
gland or F.ance.at much greater expense. On the
other haDd, the emigrant, who is provided with com
parativeiy small meaDS, may go directly at Minden,
in Hanover, on board the river steamers of this line,
and then be transported to New York. Ttie same
is the case with goods which may be shipped at New
York for Bremen, aud thence be carried direotly by
towboats to the wagons of the railroad, which
transports them to all parts of Germany. The
postage for single lett- rs on this line is ten oents to
Bremen, fifteen cents for all States belonging to the
Austrian-Geiman Customs Union, and twenty-two
cents for all ether States of Germany.— Neto York
Herald.
The Manufacture and Use of Lager Beer—
The business of brewing lager beer has become one
of great extent in Philadelphia, there being now
about forty individuals engsged in its manufacture,
and who own extensive vaults for its storage. To
give some idea of the extent to which this business
iB conducted it is o ily necessary to state that one
vault, Bergner’s, near Fairmount, will hold about
6,000 barrels, containing 372,1KK) gallons of lager.
The entire amount made in the city during the win
ter months is estimated at 100,000 barrels, each of
which contains about 32 gallons, making a total of
3,200,000 gallons. The lager is drawn off for con
sumers principally in quarter casks, holding about
8 gallons, or from 90 to 100 glasses, which are sold
at .rom *1 50 to $1 75 per cask. To manufacture
this quauiitv of lager over 200,000 bushels of malt
are required. One of the peculiarities ol lager beer
is the Savor imparted to it by the casks Th; casks
previous to use have their interior completely
coated with rosin , this is done by pouring a quantity
of melted rosin into ‘be cask while the head is
oat, and igniting it; after it has been in a blaze for
a few minutes the head is pat in. wbiob extinguishes
the fire, but the roein still remains hot and liquid.
The cask is then rolled about, so as to ooat every
part of the interior. This rosin imparts a trifle of
its pitchy flavor to the beer.
Walking and Pure air —Anaximines taught
that air is mind. Someone else says that air is the
bidden food of life. Plutarch seems to incline to
Anaximines’ opinion, remarking that perhaps the
reason why there is a sympathy of feeling on various
subjects arises from breathing the same air Air is
au exhalation of the minera sos the globe ; the mo.t
elaborately finished of the works of the Creator—the
rock of ages disintegrated and fitted for the Hfeof
man. All classes of men affirm this. Bydney Smith
says to public speakers that if they would wal*
twelve miles before speaking, they wjuld neve
break down. In English universities, boat ra e ,
horseback rides, and ten mile walks are a par
educational means for pyhsical deyelopme •
says a walk in the open air will almost cure a
guilty confluence. — Emerson.
Rev Theo Parker on Charlotte Cushman s
Macbeth -“'A thou-and years ego your andl my
MACBETH living in mean hovels, for their
wherein with quarter
slaves o. spears, or swords, men laid at each other
.rlr .evave joy, and were often hurt and some
lirnea slain at that bowling wilderness of
Amusement, who could have forseen the time in
another land peopled by other Saxons—in Boston
two thousand Chris’ lan men and women should
come together in a theatre, paying large prices to
see a great scene of ambitious human life, done into
magnificent language by an old English Saxon poet,
cbiefest of his tribe, and that grand poetry enacted
into a grand drama by a New England Saxon wo
man, who transfigured his thoughts to life, teaching
how the justice of God comes and tormen'B the
murderer, and her who incites the murderer, walk
ing in snob ghastly sleep I Who, a thousand years
ago, in the rough sports of our Saxon forefathers,
could have imagined a Boston audience thrilled
wit jEiti.etic and religious delight at seeing Mac
beth fitly enacted by fitting men and women 7”—
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
The N icaragua Transit Route Quarrel.— Mr
Lea, secretary of the Nicaragua Canal Company,
publishes a reply to the Vanderbilt manifestoes, id
which he as erts that Vanderbilt’s alleged grant of
the route across the Isthmus amounts to noth ng,
and that the canal or Jo White grant is still valid.—
He admits that Vanderbilt has a charter to establish
a land and steamboat communication across Nica
ragua, but it is conditioned on the ncn-fulfiUment
of the Canal Company's contract, which has two
years more to ran. Tnis is a contingency which Mr.
Lea says can never oocnr, and consequently Com.
1 Vanderbilt’s promise to reopen the route it, for
this reason, if lor no other, good for nothing. The
same, basays, is the case with Mons. BtUy’i tobtine.
Destructive Overflow in Memphis—Loss of
Life and Property.
K _vicinity of our city was visited last evening
6 most fetuful and destructive rain
n f l iat eyr occurred, perhaps, in any latitude.
■too li ,e,’.T bloh T a f ac ® om P®uUd by ihe mo.-t ter
rific lightning and thunder, commenced descending
in perfect torrents about five o’clock in the alter
noon, and continued without intermLsion for a pe
riod of three hours, flooding our streets and avenue;
wtth water The present height of the river, and
descending floods contributed to swell the Bavou
Gayoso, whioh extends throughout almost the entire
length of our city in the eastern suburbs, until it
reached a height between four and five feet in ex
cess of any thing ever known before. At the late
hour at whioh we write, it is impossible to give the
particulars of this fearful calamity, but there ha*
doubtless been a loss of three lives, while property
to the amount of SIOO,OOO has been destroyed. The
tives reported to be lost were those of two negroes
aud a little child.
The most material loss of property will accrue to
the Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company, the
passenger depot of which is on the Memphis side ot
‘he Bayou, and is connected with the engine an 1
machine depot by a private bridge leading to the
east side ot the same. The railroad bridge was
damaged to such an extent as to be almost iuvolv
iu£ a loss of at least $20,000. Including the railroad
bi idge, no less than seven bridges have been de
stroyed, while the loss of individual property is im
mense, aggregating doubtless SIOO,OOO.
Union street bridge was considerably damaged—
houses, bridges, and floating timbers from above
wore lodged against it, aud the water backed up
between Third and Fourth streets. The Madisou
street bridge was damaged by the formation of a
rafe of timbers above and a stable, between Madi
son and Monroe streets, was washed up aud a num
ber of mules drowned. Court street bridge was
washed away and lodged against the private bridge
of the pleasure garden of Mr. W. G. Wilkins, form
ing a raft of over half au acre. Air. W.’s garden
was entirely flooded aud there was over two feet of
water in his house.
Raleigh street bridge was but slightly damaged,
although the ground between the bridge and the
pleasure garden was eutirely submerged. The
Yleinpins and Ohio Railroad bridge was washed
down, aud it will be some time before it can be re
paired. Saffarana’ bridge was also washed away
It was made of brick. Mr. Folwell's planing mill
was also submerged. Poplar street bridge was
washed away, together with Mrs. Graham’s grocery,
just below. Mrs. G. narrowly escaped with her
children. One of Mr. F. G. Butler’s children also
narrowly escaped drowning.
The waters commenced receding about 10 o'clock
at night, when the great destruction of property
was somewhat apparent, even in the midst of the
darkness which pervaded the fearful scene.
In the inea time, the wildest excitement pre
vailed throughout the city, aud we cpu at this time
only make a bare allusion to an event which was
as remarkable as it was sudden aud fearful.—Mem
phis Avalanche of Monday.
Power of the United States. —A Beilin cor
respondent of the New York Herald, referring to
the late difficulties between Great Britain and the
Uuited States, says:
No little alarm has been excited in the commer
cial world by the threatened difficulty between Ame
rica and England, which, however, is allayed by the
conviction th t John Bull will knock uuder aud not
suffer the quarrel to pioceed to extremities. What
a curious spectacle it is to see on the one side (he
United States, without fleets, without armies, with
out fortresses or arsenals, and on the other the mon
archial nations of Europe, armed to the teeth, their
shores bristling with cannon, and their resources
lavished on enormous military aud naval establish
ments, and yet whenever a dispute arises with the
young giant of the West, they all turn pale, back
out of the iray as quick as possible, and leave Jona
than master of the field. He seems perfectly de
fenceless, open on every side to attack, and without
a single friend to take liis part, and yet they stand
in such awe of him that even English diplomatists,
usually so imperious aud overbearing in the r trans
actions with foreign nations, are as gentle and for
bearing towards him as any rnemoer of the Peace
society, and submit, to insult with the most lamb
like patience. Is it because John Bull, who crows
so loud on his own dunghill, finds that Jonathan can
crow still louder than he ?—or is it the secret power
of republican institutions that iuspire their posses
sors with a confidence and iutrepedity which s i ikes
terror to the hearts of their enemies, aud make them
hesitate to arouse the spirit of a people whose bold
attitude appears the more formidable aud myste -
rious from the paucity of the means employed to
support their pretensions? 1 believe the explana
tion has been given by the English historian Alison,
who says that although the superior military and
naval strength of Great Britain would enable her
to inflict the most serious blow upon America at. the
Commencement of the war, “the extraordinary vi
gor of the American people aud their native cour
age” would beeure to reuder them success.ul in the
end.
The ohief reason of the reluctance of foreign na
tions to go to war with the United States, is their de
peudence upon this country for cotton, bread, aud
for luxuries which habit has made almost utcesst
ties. Moreover, a wide oceau rolls between aud
supplies the place of expensive fortifications. No
power but our own can u sver make enormous mill
taiy establishments necessary, and deprive us of the
abi ity to remain in continual peace beneath our
own vine and fig tree. — Rich. Disp.
The Washington Union, the Richmond Enquirer
and the South, unite in regarding the Lecoinpton
Constitution, which has made such divisions in the
ranks of all parties, except the Black Republican,
as an “obsolete issue.” This position is taken, we
suspect, with the view to restore the party to har
mony. The Douglas democrats, north, and the
fraction of the party, south, which rejects the En
glish bill, are necessary to the future successful
hunt of the spoi s, and therefore Lecomptou must
be consigned to the tomb of the Capulets—it must no
more be acknowledged as a living issue. Tuis
within their ranks. What is sauce tor them, they
will not allow to be sauce for any body else.
Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Bell must still be de
nounced by them aud the “dead issue” to demo
cracy made an active, living issue as to them 1
Now, this is “intolerable injustice.” If Lscompton
is a thing of the past, and should be buried ana for
gotten between democrats, so should it. be to ail
others. It is best for the country that Kansas, m
all her complications, should be regarded as a “van
ished issue,” and the whole people, not the demo
cracy alone, permitted to think of something else.
All of us have had enough of her for the present —
and we don’t see how any one can desire a “drap
more,” just now.— Nashville Pat.
A Splendid Weapon.— Several mouths &go, as
our readers will recollect, we noticed au applica
tion made by Mr. A. Le Mat, of this city, tor a pa
tent fo r an improved revolver of his invention. He
has secured his patent, and yesterday showed us
one of them. It is beyond all comparison the finest
weapon we ever saw. It is a revolver of nine
chambers, charged with conical expanding balls,
which are tired iu the same manner as the ballH of
the Colt’s Army Revolver. But in addition to these
there is a large centre barrel, the charge of which
oonsists of fifteeu or twenty buckshot. This bar
rel is independent of all the others, aud is discharg
ed by means of a sliding hammer attached to the
regular Colt’s hammer. The -adjustment for the
discharge of the central or grape shot barrel can bo
effected by a single motion, in two seconds. In
weight this weapon is about equal to the regular
Army revolver, but in efficiency it far surpasses
it.— N. O. Crescent.
Daring Attempt at Rubbery.— About 121
o’clock. Sunday night, the residence of Mr. Einstien,
n Liberty street, was entered, from the rear, by
some audacious villian, supposed to be a negro, with
an intention to rob. He brat entered the kitchen
in the basement and lit the gas; then proceeded to
a small room at the end ot the passage occupied by
an Irish servant gin, and opening the door unex
pectedly found her awake. She.immediately gave
the alarm, whereupon he threatened to kill her if
she spoke another word. He then advanced to the
bed with a bottle of chloroform, a large portion of
which he emptied in the girl s face. Ihe streams
of the latter awakened the family above stairs, and
as one of them came down with a lamp, the tbeif
rushed by her and made his escape through the yard
and stable.— ISav. Rep. _
The Texas Fke£ Negro Law.— The last legis
lature of Texas having passed an act allowing tree
persons of color in that state, of their own-tree will,
to seiect masters and become slaves, some of the
free black are availing themselves of its beneticient
provisions. A Bastrop correspondent of the New
Orleans Delta reports the case of “William, a free
man of African descent,” who filed his petition, and
was, on the 7th instant, allowed to choose his mas
ter. The applicant was an intelligent man, who
had been North and seen the true condition of the
free negroes of that region; his age is about thirty
yeais, and he has a good charater for honesty and
Industry. The presiding judge was careful to in
stitute a searching examination to ascertain wheth
er any undue influence had been used to induce the
petitioner to make his application, and finding that
it was his voluntary and deliberate act, bound him
over for life to a good master In the language of
the Delta’s oorreepondent, William “preferred a
southern gentleman for a master to a northern
Abolitionist for a companion.”—Exchange
Revenue from T.baccu.— Statistical tables re
cently published show lhat tbs annual revenue ra fed
on tobacco in France amounts to about $20,000,0110,
and in England to about $23 000 o<H>, or to a total
tor both countrioi of about $43,000,000. Nearly all
of this is grown in the United States, and by slave
labor. 1 hus France derives one half of her r. venue
from customs, and England one founh from the pro
duct of slave labor ot America. What a blessed
condition they would oil be in if their Bhort-sighted
philanthropy could out open the goose that lays the
golden egg!
The French Slave Trade —The Society of
Friends have addressed a letter to the Emperor of
France entreating him to exercise the nower en
trusted to-him, that no proceedings on the part of
the French government may in future open the way
fora revival of the trade in human beings; that
all attempts to introduce into the colonies of > ranee
natives of Africa, under th’- name of free emigrants,
may henceforth be absolutely proh bited.
Frightful Accident.— At the wholesale liquor
store of John Grout, iu Pittsburg Pa , a large re
ceiver was pumped out for the purpose of ben g
cleaned, lost Tuesday evening, and Henry McKee
got inside with a lighted candle, which instantly
caused the alcoholic vapor inside to ignite, and
nearly a minute elapsed before M’ Kee could escape
from his bath of flame. He was dreadfully burned,
and died the next day.
Death of a Venerable Matron —Mrs. Eliza
beth Parker, died on the 22dult,in Durham, Me.-
at the advanced age of H 5 years. Up to the age,
of 110 she used to work daily in her garden.
The fight oetween Paddock and Sayers, for £3OO
and the Championship of England, came off on the
15th in-t. After fifteen roun s, which la-ted au
hoar and thirty-five minutes, Sayers was declared
the winner.
Weather Wisdom.— Dutchman, Goot morneu,
Patrick, how you tuz 7
Irishman, Good mornin t'ye John, think ye will
we get iny rain 7
Dutchman, I thinks not we never have much rain
in ferry try times.
Iris! man, and ye’re right there, and thin, when
ever it gets in the way o’ rainin not a bit of dry
weather will we get as long as the wet spel huwlds
00.
A lively Hibernian exclaimed, at a party where
Theodore Hook shone as thetveniug star, “Och,
Master Theodore, but you’re the hook that nobody
can bate.”
While an officer was bowing, a caunonball pass
ed over h'S bead and decapitated a soldier who
stood behiud him “You see,” said the officer to
ttiose near him, “that a man never loses anything by
politeness.”
Mr. A. F. Snow, of Brunswick, Me., says a few
applications of castor oil will kill any kind of warts
on man or beast, without'soreness.
Simplicity is an exact medium between too much
and too little ; Grace is the medium of n o ion ;
beauty is the medium of forin.audgenteelness is the
medium of tashion. — Reynolds.
A little boy, whose father was miserly in his hab
its, took it upon himself to “say grace,” as follows :
“Four slioes of bread for four of us; we bless the
Lord there ain’t no more of us.”
Adversity overoome is the brightest glory, and
willingly undergone, the greatest virtue. Sufferings
are but the trials of gallant spirits.