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BT THE FULTON.
The European mail* by the Earner j
rived at New York on Tuesday. We .aijo.on .ome ,
mterenting detail* of her newo:
Arr*'Bs I* Gkbat h , & ax. D d
proprietor of the Indian “ D J W line from
vewel. and ™ e j B Advertised to nail on the
*’ tb July. Ttu* v - j meoii to put a third
fL the line bel.i eo Galway and
P-t'ou.tx. m;>. Advice* have been received this
mil,in* June 2. from the Capo of Good Hope to
Anril ™th- l,r IMMi* w reported to have ar
rived here all wed. .
The Time* *ay* : The stoppage hae been anuotine
of Messrs. Bristow, Warren 4*. Harrieou, wbole-
P ,ie enters, with liabilities at between £50,000 and
£60,000. .
The llera and r*ye Archdeacon Thorpe.of Bristol
has invited the eiergy ol that dioeeee to petition,
now that the Jews are to be admitted to Parliaraen,
I'a clergy of the Established Church may not be
disqualified a* member* of Parliament.
The Herald contain* the following Ihe mu
rlaKe of the Prince Koval of the Two Millies ■
IheDurbe** Maria of Bavaria, wiilbe celebrated by
proxy, at Munich, in October neit. . .
The Herald sv- : A letter from Naples Mtdjun*
the followingVeeuviu” has ceased to be in erap
tioi—at least only a thin stream c! lava Hows from
ITand thHolcano ha* resumed its ordinary appear
“Mr Karev accompanied by Mr.Goodeoough, had
thfhon^o/ixbibltii* before Her Ma,eety Prince
Aiben. Kin* of the Belgian*, and tlie member* of
the Koval Household, on Saturday.
Affairs ib Spain, Austria and KtJsi*. The
*. yß -The periodical pres* i* very violent in
lacondeinnation of the calumnies of the English
against Spain in reference to the treaties on the sub
ject of the slave trade.
J The Herald sys : —letters from V lenna report
that the forthcoming budget will be an unfavorable
one, exhibiting a deficiency of 4*),000,000 florins,
jsVws from Piacenza mention that the Americans
are hastening the constrnolion of new fortifications,
10 more forts are to be added. . .
A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Nord, de
scribsss the aovanoe of a Kussian column in the Cau
casus, along the banks of the river Adagoum, to a
point called by the parties the tomb ot Kalalat. On
the 15th May tbe column arrived at this spot, and
immediately surrounded it* position with pn.isadt*.
On tb following day the troops commenced work
ing on the foundations of anew fort. \ ery little re
sistance was offered by the inhabitants, who with
drew into tbe interior.
Ari'AiKS IK India —The latest news of the Com
mauder in Chief is to the 25th May, when be amy,
ed •£ ( fe t|W feEnf^roccupied
Niftbamdee without oppoiition, the enemy retreat
in* into <)ude. Bir Hugh Rote was attacked by the
Cal pee rebel- hie camp, four milea below tbe city,
on the i&d. Lit, repulsed the artacic, the enemy euf
erixur severely, ana on the following day he occu
pied the city and fort with little difficulty. In the
pursuit 000 of the enemy were killed, and 8 guii
taken. gun*, 24 standards and immense storea
of ammunition were found in the fort. The rnuti
neers were quite discouraged. A rabb*e of d-MM)
or 4tKM) crossed into tbe Doab on the 26th, apparent
ly making for Oude. In the Southern Mahratta
ooun'ry Mr. Man* n, of the civiUervice, had been
murdered by the Chief of Nurgoond, who has been
taken with six of his principal followers. Mr Ma-
MJll s t the time of hie murder, was attended only by
a few horsemen. He was treacherously attacked
on the night of May 29th by BHO men ; he and all
his e-cort were murdered A Madras column un
der Maior Hughes, Jun. ■ .it, took the fort of Copal
bva*ault. On the same day, Col. Malcolm, with
a light Bombay delachmeut, arrived at Nurgoond
ana stormed the town. On the next day he occu-
PI The > Aurungabad district* are much disturbed by
Arabs and Kohillas, wbo have plundered several
towt.s. A field detachment, about lot) meu of all
arms, bas been despatched.
The rebels near Sbahjehanpore were attacked by
sir Colin Campbell on the 24th May, and driven
back to Mohundee, which place was taken by our
f °On the 28th May, 5000 rebels, in two bodies,
crossed Kaliee Nundee, and marched along the
western boundary of the district, burning and des
iroving villages. Two Princes of the Delhi were
arrested on the 214th May, by the Tessildar of Hua
‘"‘Xparty of about i 00 men, wi;.h four guns, reach
d Azury, near KhikTipore. The roadie fairly closed.
Thousands of the rebels are proceding to Oude.—
Brigadier Sir E. Lugaid defeated the rebels near
Judgesporeou tbe 26th May, killing a great num
b<,“ Our force, by tbe latest accouuts, are stiU.in
pursuit Calpee was entirely in our possession, both
town and lort, on the evening of Hie 23d May.—
Igirge stores of guns, gunpowder, and other muni
tions were found in the fort. A flying column which
was sent in pursuit of the rebels quickly came up
with them, killing a great number and c apturing 8
Os their guns. Scindia is anxious for the speedy ad
vauce ol British troops on his frontier. The column
under Brigadier Smilh recap! u-eel Cl undaree.
The Foreign Office telegram confirms the cap
ture of Calpee hir Hugh Ruse captured Calpee
on the 23d ol May, h.nii g been twice ineffectually
attacked by the rebels during his advance. Sir
Hugh K'ise made his approach by tbe river side,
beluw Calpee, having entered into communica
tion with Col. Maxwell, who held a positiou on the
west bank of the Jumna, so as to shell the town
ami fort. The enemy made no resistance, and the
cily fell withmo any loss on our side. A rapid
uuisuit was made by cavalry, and the result wan
the capture ol all the guns, elephants and auimuni
tion. llwalior had been attacked by the rebels and
plundered. After the relief of Sbal jeliatipore, by
Jones, he was surrounded by masses of the enemy.
On the 23d, Sir Colin Campbell drove back tbe
enemy, capturing Mohundee. Oude is still disturb
ed the rebels again i) preaching Lucknow. It was
net thought, however, they would venture mi an
attack as the city is fully defended, and the gatri
son very strong
Corretpoudence of the Loudon Acre*.
Affairs in China.— Our advices from Hong
Kong arc to the sih of May. The following is from
the summary of Ibe China Mail of that date :
“AtTaiis progress at Canton towards a thorough
complication. The Uoppo has been arrested and
Pihkwei put under surveilance, because the former
wnH attempting to leave the city privately, and the
latter having secretly s. ut Ai! his seal and his ser
vants to Fatshan, was about to follow them himself
along with the judge; but. so far as we cau learn,
there is no truth in the very improbable rumor that
Pihkwei has admitted that llHng, the new Cover
uor-G’ neral, lias orders to retake Canton. The
Cantonese are impressed -,ilb tbe idea tha’ Hwang
|as received such orda, o -as very likely he has—
and hence the panic into which they have laden.
Hwang tsun-han is said to be at a place about
twenty miles north from the city Pihkwei and the
other functionaries wished to leave iu order to meet
him being afra-d that the leaser mandarins, who
had'tied before Wviild misrepresent I heir stay and
endanger tlmir heads. At present Pdikwei is under
charge of captain, a subaltern, and 50 men of the
Ist battalion oi Uoyal Marines, who are quartered at
hi* yamun, to his great dismay.
“Large bodies ol braves are beu g collected in
ibe vicinity of Canton, ami we liavenceived infor
mation that attempts are being made to induce the
Tartars, aud the Kveha, or naturalised Tartars, in
Canton, who together number about 20,000 fighting
men. to be prepared to rise against the allies A
high Tartar officer in Canton, writing to an ac
quaintance, gives it as his theory of the matter that
the Tartars ure being stirred up by agents of the
rebels and thieves, vri > wish lo injure the banner
men and plunder the people as they remove their
valuables from the cily ; and lie expresses an anx
ious wish that ‘the great general who is in Kwoou
yaiu-shall’—General Staubenzee —should adopt in
stant measures to prevent the Tartar* being misled.
Tbe explanation may not be worth anything, but
the wish expressed strongly confirms the report
that the Tartars and the Keeha have been holding
suspicious meetings and been secretly receiving
supplies of arms. The latte: people are famous
among the Chinese for their ske and strength ; they
speak only Mandarin , and, coining out ot Kwangsi,
settled in Canton about the middle of the 17th ceu
,Ul‘2A few nights ago, an officer cf the night patrol
found one of the street gates barred as he was go
ing his rounds, and while in the act ot climbing
over, for the purpose of unfastening it, he was tired
at arid very nearly shot. A gentleman in the con
sular service, when going down to the river in a
sedan ehair through the suburbs, was surrounded
tiy a crowd, in part composed of shopkeepers, w hich
111 oted and threatened hun to such a degree that he
expected every moment to be attacked. Two cf
the* shopkeepers who joined iu this riot were aftei
wards apprehended ami Hogged. They were also
tiued slV’ and SSO, res|>e lively, aud these tiuea
were paid down at once.
“The surve llauce unde. which Pikhwe:, Han,
the Hoppo, and Tsai, the Judge, have been placed,
iu Pikhwei s yamun, docs not appear as yet to be
attended b) any evil effects ; and the people seem
rather inclined to smile at their superiors being in
such a ludicrous tix. or to treat it as an affair not be
ougiug to their ‘pidgeou.
“In the old city many shops are closed, and the
streets are not so busy looking as they were, but
this bad feature bas not increased during tbe last
few dave it is not very observable now in the new
city, aud scarcely at all in the western suburbs
Her Maiestv's Consular Chop, as well as the Arne
rieau one, is new stationed on the river at Canton.
The man who wounded tie Marine policeman was
hanged on Monday, at the gate where he commit
ted the offence. The Commissioners askeu Bilik
wei to have him strangled after the Chinese lash
ion but the old gentleman replied that it was as
much as his head was worth to accede to the
requeet, the criminal not having been tried by Chi-
Among other proclamations lately issued by Gen.
Straubemee. one is to the effect that all empty
tiouset must be kept with the doors open, and in
charge of someone, so that the police may prevent
thieves secret mg themselves. A second forbids Chi
uie walking in the streets after 8 o’clock in the
evening . a third intimates ih* arrest of all persons
who mav attempt to pa, s the city gates with weap
on* or g'unpowder in their possession ; and a fourth
orders the pulling down ot houses wh eh are close
by the city walls. The Commissioners have issued
a tmxdnmau.'t’ which was much needed hut It is
uotUklelv to to of very much effect, torbidding
bribes being paid to the Chinese in their emp.oy.
“ A certain mystery hangs over l anton amt its
neighborhood. The powerleseness of Pihkwei since
hie appointment from Peso’, the mannerm which
lie has coutiued himself to mere acqmesceuoe, the
auxietv of the Chinese authorities to escape trom
“he city the delay of the Imperial Commissioner,
the popular panic, aud the tampering w.th the Tar
tars all points to the suspicion that L ;ni Elgin s
movement toward Pekin may have induced Vie
government there either to decide on a sudden
effort against foreigners, or to limit his offeusn e
uun&n* by keeping Canton in sui'h a stat® that no
tioop* aud no more gunboat* can be withdrawn
trwn it,”
Kl’ HOP KA N INTSLtieiNCK.
BT THE , SAA.
Halifax, July lt>, 1858 —Tie steamehip Canada
toft LiTarpool at noon of the lid iust , and arrived
at Halifax at 8.30 A. M of Friday, the ltithinat.
having been detained fifty-five hours by fog off
Halifax harbor.
The Canada experienoed strong westerly winds
during the entire passage Saw nothing of the tele
graph deet. , ■
Gheat BlUTiia.—Oa the ‘.tilth. the House of
Horde was not in sees on, and the Commons were
engaged in debating the marriage law
On the Ist, in th* House of Horde, the question
of the admission of Jews into Parliament was bro
ken up. Lord Derby receded from his opposition to
the measure. He believed it was impossible to’
maintain inviolate the principle* tor which their
Lordships had so long contended, without bringing
tkeateelvee iuto ootfieion vrilh the House of t om”
uious Therefor*. he fell it the du'y of the House
to consider whether ibete wa J any pownbiiity of
satisfactoryv settling all the difference*. He be
iiered that tbe suggestion of L'rd Lucan, that the
Commons should be allowed to dispense, by reeo
lution with the ward*. “on the faith of a Christian,”
when a member of the Jewish persuaeiou applied
to take his seat, afforded the only solution ot the
difficulty and therefore, though with gTeat regTet,
be was prepared to accept the measure
Lord Lyndhuret consented to postpone Lis btU,
ana Lord Lucan, in m.o trg the tcooiic reading ot
bis measure explained that it gave the House of
Commons the power of omitting the words -on the
true faith of a Christian” by resolution, but re
ouired that any membu of toe Jewish per uaaioo
should present himself in the first instance at the
tAbk of the House. and state his objections to tbe
oatfa jn the form in which it now stood.
After some debate, the second readuig wasoar
’ riad by 143 t) 97. ,
In the Commons the India bill was farther de
b it-.!, and a variety of amendments were offered,
I • il voted down. ....
u the 2d, in the Lords, the bill abobehu g church
kattefe, was taken up. Led Deiby opposed it, and
it was rejected by 151 majority.
In tbe Commons further progress was made in
the Government India 810. v *
A i tent ion was called to the fact that the Perav u.n
Government was setting guano to the American!
lower prices than to tbs English Government 1
I was replied that Peru had promised to reduce the
I price to the American standard,
j It was thought that Parliament would be proro
| gued before tbe end of July.
I The British revenue return* for the year ending
i the 30th of June, show a decrease of over £5,000,-
ii sit), nearly all of which was occasioned by the reduc
tion of the income tax.
i The Judicial Committee of the privy Council in
j tbe appeal against the decision which held the steam
er North American liable tor damages in her eo.h;
| .-ion with tbe American bip Leander, bad affirmed
the judgment of the lower Court. .. ..
Much anxiety was felt in England as to the At
lantic cable, but there was no new* of !■ Up
departnre of the Canada . .
Messrs. Skeen and Freemen, timber brokers of
London, had suspended for . ,
The large failure a! Kio Jane ro reported per
North American, was that of Domingo. Ferreira
Eaten*b> Telegraph.
fywnoN July 3—The Times city article
(hat the funds opened yesterday at
a ‘further decline of {, but subsequently sligbt
recovered. There was a very active de
mand in the discount market and at the Bank,
to meet tbe bli'e due on tbe fourth, and full rates
were demanded. Tbe shipment of specie to the
East, by the steamer of the 4th, will be £98,000 —
nearly all in stiver.
A report wa* circulated that the laying of the
Atlantic cable was nearly completed, and eharee
advanced from £SOO to a nominal quotation of
£6OO to £BOO.
An important private meeting of the sharehold
ers of the Illinois Central Koad was held on F'riday,
and a Committee of ten was appointed, one of whom
will probably be deepatehed to New York, to co
operate wit i the American directors. Among other
changes, it is recommended toat a resident English
director shall be app <inted The Daily News jour
nal says that of the one hundred and seventy shares
In tbe Company, considerable, upwards of $30,000,
were represented in the room.
11 is reported that another of the failures in Kio
Janeiro is Uiat of Astley, Wilson & Cos., for £l5O
-
F'kab< x. -The Paris correspondent of the Daily
News says that the aflair of Montenegro ana the
ticklish state of diplomatic relations between France
aud Turkey and Austria are considered very se
rious ; that F’rance has sent an ultimatum to Tur
key, and if a satisfactory answer should be return
ed at once, more ehip* will be pent to tbe Adriatic.
Advices from Lyons reported a decided improve
ment in commercial affairs. That improvement was
algo observed in a leas degree at Marseilles.
Tb* Monitenr contains a decree which continues
the law of June, 1854, forbidding Corsicans to carry
arms till June 1863. .
Heveral districts in France were suffering severe
ly from a great want of water. In Paris it be
ing u*ed very sparingly by the lower classee. >
The Patrie says t hat a Kussian frigate haß joined
the French squadron in the Adriatic, and been
placed under the ordere of the French Admiral.—
This news had created a great sensation at Vienna.
In Paris, on Friday, the three per cento, cloeed at
’ Spain.—A telegraphic despatch gives ITie follow
ing as the new appointments in Spain : Minister of
Foreign Affair.-! and of War, O’Donnell; Minister of
.Justice, Nagrette ; Minister of Finance, Salaverra ;
Minister of the Interior, Daherra ; Minister of Ma
rine, Noedda.
A Madrid despatch says that General Concha
has complained to the government of the insults of
the English in reference to the slave trade ques
tion.
The Madrid journals say that the government in
tends to call on England for explanations of the
gratuitous insults to which Spain has been exposed
in the debates in the House of Lords by Earl Mal
mesbury and others.
Italy. —The Tribunal of Appeal at Naples has
declared the recently liberated steamer Cagliari a
good aud lawful prize.
A contract for a loan of 40,000,000 francs was
taken by the Rothschilds, of Paris, and the Com
mercial Bank of Turin.
Sanguinary conflicts were almost of daily occur
rence between the French and Roman eoldiery.
Prussia —Tbe King of Prussia had quitted Ber
lin for Tegemze, and it was announced before his de
parture, that he had conferred the entire direction
of State affairs until the 2d of October, upon the
Prince of Prussia.
A serious di-pute has taken place between Prus
sia and Austria iu regard to the garrison at Rad
stadt. The cause of it is said to be, that instead of
a moderate contingent by Austria to replace the
Russian soldiers, she sent a large force, thereby,
say the Berlin papers, attempting to diminish the
influence of Prussia. The newepaper controvery
which this difficulty has excited, rages fierce on
both Bides.
Denmark. —A Dresden journal declares there is
no foundation for the statement that France has
taken measures for bringing the question of the
Duchies before the European Conference, aud
gives room to believe that the confederation is to
proceed with energy against Denmark.
Russia. —It was said that one hundred and twen
ty six thousand soldiers would assemble in the camp
of Powoueki, near Warsaw, at the end of August,
for inspection by the Czar.
The cholera had made ito appearanco at Bt. Pe
tereburg. * . .
A fire had almost entirely destroyed the shipping
at Helsingfors.
Turkey —lt was announced that the Turkish
Government had made amp!*, satisfaction for the
attacks on Mr. Von Blanque, the British Consul
General at Belgrade. The regiment to which the
soldier who made the attack belonged, has been
withdrawn, aud the soldier and his officers sent to
Constantinople for trial. The Pacha had personally
expressed the regret of the Porte to the Consul,
and ordered salutes to be fired in honor of the Bri
tish Consul.
It was stated that Fuad Pacha lnd communica
ted a telegraphic despatch to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of France, giving fresh assurances that the
’ tr .ops sent to Herzegoi ine were not intended to fitft
against the Montenegrins, and that in no case shou’d
that country be invaded by the Turks.
The Montenegrin frontier commission meets at
Ragusa ii the middle of July.
Greece —The liberal customs tariff adopted by
the Greek Government, exempt machines and im
plements for ngi icultural purposes from all duty on
importation.
The Greek Government has placed ito subjects
resident iu Canada under the protection of the French
Admiralty.
Cape of Good lie pk.— Cape of Good Hope dates
are to May 21st. A fierce struggle was going on
between some of the frontier tribes.
i)r. Livingston had met wi.h an enthusiastic wel
come. His expedition had left for the Amberoa.
Correspondence of the St. Louis Democrat.
From I lie Army*
Headquarters Sixth Column, )
Camp on Big Blue, July 2. $
Incidents of a tragical character have occurred
since our arrival here, which wil! long cling to many
a stern soldier with a painful remembrance, and
cause this camp to be regarded as the “Camp of
Horror.”
On the night of the 28th uit., from some cause or
other, I was aroused from my sleep about midnight.
The night was one of calmness and beauty. I was
aroused by No 1 sentinel crying. “Number one—
twelve o’clock, and all i* well.’’ Tlie cry was ta
ken up by each sentinel in his turn, and repeated
all around the camp. The weird chant had scarce
ly left the lips of the sentinel and went echoing up
the rocky ravine upon which he was posted, when
l heard the brisk clattering of a horse s hoofs com
ing up the stony hill from the river. A moment
more and the rider drew rein in front of Maj.
Emory’s tent, whom he called up, and then rode to
Sergeant Maj. Clias. Green’s, whom he also called
up. 1 now heard the Major order him (Sergeant *
Maj. Green) to make out a detail of six meu from
each mounted company, to go under the command
of Licuta. Berry and Cunningham and two non
commissioned officers, Lieut. McGruder had been
murdered at a settler’s cabin, over tbe river, and
this first detachment was sent to arrest the murder
er. Dr. Joseph R. Smith, a non-commissioned offi
cer, and a detail of two mounted men from each
cavalry company w’ent to take charge of the corpse.
The news ot the murder soon spread over the camp.
The meu came out of their tents aud congregated in
groups to discuss the tragedy. The clattering of
horses’ feet were heard going hither aud thither.
Lieut. Johu T. McGruder, of the Second Cavalry
was ou detached service, assisting Lieut. Berry iu
the command of Company A, Dragoon recruits. He
is a Virginian by birth, but bis father is at present a
resident of Washington City.
At two o’clock on the 29th he wa? buried. The
whole of the sixth column turned out aud followed
his remains iu solemn funeral procession. Dr. J. R.
Smith official ed as chaplain in the funeral service.
The last res-iug place of the deceased is on the point
of a eminence, overlooking th<* sur
roundiug country. To-day they are erecting a large
stone mound over the grave.
A few nights since a drunken row occured at a
liquor shanty near by, in which several teamsters
were horribly mut lated—almost literally out to
pieces. None of them, however, are quite dead, al
though iu a critical condition. The same night, I
am informed, a soldier belonging to the fifth column
which is also encamped over the river, was shot
dead. The night alter, a wagon master of an ox
team shot one of his ox drivers through the head.—
Last night two teamsters of a mule train were bad
ly wounded by pistol shots fired by ox drivers.
These deeds of horroi are all attributed to the in
tluence of liquor. Thus you see, rum, that foul fiiend
and agent ot the devil, is here, is every where do-
U'g his full share in the destruction of human life.
But 1 am about to neglect some of the part iculars
in relation to the murder of Lieutenant McGruder.
He had been ou a visit to the officers of the fifth co
lumn. and was returning when, on passing the house
aforementioned, he got entangled in an altercation
with a citizen by the name of Prore, who fired up
on him. The gun was loaded with a ball and a num
ber cf buckshot, all of which entered his face aud
head, killing him instantly, I understand that the
civil authorities of Marysville arrested, tried and
acquitted Prore of the murder. Yesterday the Ma
jor sent out a detachment of seventy-five men, un
der command of Lieutenants Crittenden and Ingra
ham. in quest of the fugitive. But they have re
turned after a fruitless search.
This morning there was about sixty persons on the
sick report. Nearly every case was the dysentery,
and nearly every patient was a raw recruit, fresh
from citizen life. Os course, it must be expected
that a change of diet, a change of climate, a change
of physical exercise, and anew mode of life alto
gether, will have such an effect upon men. The
oniy wonder is that there are not a greater number
“ down with the same complaint.'’ The doctor has
no sariou* wder hi? care The sw*rl hco'*i.
of the troops ie excellent. Some few, who, like my
self, have traveled over Mexico and Texas, and con
tracted the chronic diarrhoea, have had a return of
the dreaded disease, bur hope that, by temperance
and care, we will soon be around again.
Ever since we left Leavenworth wo have had a
rainy day about every fourth day. When it was
not raining, the weather has been excessively warm
and oppressive. If it were not for the fine prairie
breeze, we would sometimes positively suffocate.
Decline in Heal Estate in Philadelphia.—
The recent stringency of monetary affairs has caused
a decided decline in the price of real estate in al
most every section of our city, and rents have
also in many instances receded. ’Small stores and
moderately Large dwe Uing houses in best locations
continue to leot readily ami bring lair prices. The
number of houses for sale or to rent is now larger
than for twenty years past, and the number is daily
increasing. In mo*t instances where leases have
expired, the parties have either retired from the
building or compelled the owners to submit to lower
rente; and in the extreme northern sections of cur
city, where many bouses have remained vacant for
some time past, properties have been disposed of
at considerably less than the cost. We notice also
by the sheriif s advertisements that an unusually
large amount of property has fallen into hie hands,
the meet of which is disposed of at ruinously low
prices, but in many instances subject to §u h litiga
lion as to make the investment by ths purchaser a
doubtful one. Until there is some improvement in
mercantile circles, some activity in inanu*acturing
inierests, more employment for the laboring classes,
and a restoration of that confidence which formerly
existed, we cannot ioofc for any improvement from
the present stagnant state of affairs. Large quan
titles of {pound taken up by speculators a year or
two ago in the extreme borders of the consolidated
city have recently reverted to the original owners,
the advance money being forfeited by the stringen
cy of the tunes. Many building associations also,
which commenced a year or two ago, under the most
encouraging auspices, have collapsed, leaving the
unfortunate shareholders without either their money
or property Pluladelpliia Ventaylratuiu, July 9.
Drop of Water in a Queer Place.— We were
shown, while attending the annual examination of
L mo l 35 *’ P easant Ridge, by Dr E. F.
Bouchelie, one of the most interesting geological ca
riosities we ever saw or read of. I: consists of a
specimen of rock of tbe primitive order of forma
tion, and of the psoteifatl order of csysializstion
v omainmg m its centre a gWbu.e of wkter movea
ble and visible. Tne water is, if there be any truth
n geology, one of the oldest drops of water in the
universe, tatmore ancient than the waters in the
dood of Noah. To use the language of Dr. Bou
ebelle, * 4 it is a drop of the waters that covered in
darkness Jie face f the great deep, when the earth
was without form and void; in other words, this lit
fie drop is a portion erf the first water that was cre
ated during the six days of Genesis, ami became
t-ntaagled among the particles of the rock during
the act or process of orystaiiaation. The rock
ing primitive, or of the first creation, the water must
also be primitive ’ Any person wishing to see this
geological wonder, can 00 so by calling on the Doc
tor<— (Ala} Observe.
PROtl OREGON, Arc* j
Tbe steamship Star of the I Vat, with the Cali- J
L, rniamails to tbe 21st ult.. 250 passengers, aed j
$1,401,713 in specie, arrived at New-York on j
Wednesday. The news ia interesting and diverei- j
tied.
California.
We extract tbe following item* from the summary !
of the lateet news, prepared for the steamer edition i
of the San Francisco Bulletin :
The past fortnight baa been one fall of excite
ment in this state. The news from the gold dig- j
Kings in British America, continuing to be favora
ble, an extensive exodus of population from Cali- j
fomia baa been going on, directed toward Fraz.r :
river. The newspapers have been full of letters ■
from persona in the new diggings, which are read
with avidity to the exclusion of almost everything .
else. No other topic has been thought of but the ;
new mines.
The people of San Lnis Obispo county are |net
now in a state of great excitement, owing ‘o the!
discovery amoDg them ot regularly organized ban- !
ditti, who, tor several years past have been en- 1
gaged in aseassmating and robbing whomsoever j
they suspected of having money or valuables that
could be stolen. The massacre of two Frenchmen, j
Messrs. Barratie and Borel, on the San Juan Capis- |
trano ranch, 45 miles from Nan Luis, on the 12 li of
May, arous*-'! the people of the county, who organ- |
ized tbemseivee into a Vigilance Comm.ttee. and j
set about detecting the assassins. Four of the m
were caught and summarily executed at different j
places. Tuey were ail native California Spaniards. |
The noted Jack Powers, an American, is said to be
tbe chief of this gang of bandits. The people of
San Luis threaten a wa- oT extermination against
them. . ,
Following close after this excitement in the South
comes the news of a similar explosion in Carson
Valley. Some time ago, apoor Frenchman,nann-d
Hnrt Gardere. was murdered and robbed in lic-m-y
Lake Valley. A man named Stow was seized by
the people there, and the circumstances proved
against him showed too plainly that he was con
cerned ia the crime. To save his life, he confer ed
that he belonged to a regular band of robbers, gave
their secret signs and pass words, and turned a num
ber of his confederates. It was given out that
Snow had been hung, aud the matter was kept
dark —but measures were taken to capture the en
tire gang of assassins with certainty. These proved
successful, and on Monday, 14th June, seven of
them were suddenly seized by an armed band of j
citizens, at Genoa, Carson Valley, and were at |
latest accounts being tried for their lives by au im- ;
promptu jury ; and it is thought that three of them,
W. B Thornton, L. Olds, and one Edwards, would j
certainly be hung.
A duel was fought near Marysville, on the 11th ,
June, by Albert Turner and William Houser. Tne
parties were armed with fowling pieces, loaded
with ball. Four shots were exchauged without in
jury toeitfcer; in tlie fifth round, Houser had his arm
shattered by his adversary's bullet. The difficulty
grew out of a lawsuit between the parties.
The quartz leads iu Tulare couu'y, ou Kern river
vrawxr xwrrxjtij berru fraj'ug itnrjrtrfcaDTy well. O’ me
of the rock has yielded from $165 to $450 per !OJ.
Owing to the Frazer river fever, the previous ex
citement in Toulume county, as to new gold quartz
discoveries, has partiahy subsided. From the la
test accounts, it would appear that rich auriferous
buartz leads ate extensively diffused over the coua
try.
A fire broke out iu Mhriposa on the 18th of June,
andjhe greater portion of the business part of the
place was destroyed. The fire commenced at the
lower ena of Main street, and spread rapidly on
both sides until checked, at the Post-office, on the
East side, aud at tbe Union Hotel, opposite, which
buildings were saved. Among the buildings de
stroyed were the El Dorado saloon, Newcomb &
Biumenthal’s saloon &c. The losb amounts to about
$225,000.
There had also been a large tire at San Andreas,
Calaveras County, by which property to about tha
amount of two huudred thousand dollars was de
stroyed. The losses are thus reported :
The papers from Nothern California furnish Borne
details of troubles among tbe Indians of that vicini
ty. The Creeent City Herald of June 2 says
The troops under the command of Lieut. Ihrie
went up on Friday last from Whole’s Head to Pis
tol river, and camped. Not thinking of danger they
sent back the pack train, undercharge of B. Whit
man, John Walker aud J. H. Baker, on Saturuay
morning for this place without an escort About
three miles this side of Pistol river, the train came
into an formed by cutting brush,
etc. immediately opened a tire and
killed Baker, wbo was riding the bell horse in front.
He was shot with two balls, either of which would
have proved mortal, though he ran same fifty yards
before he fell. The train with the exceptional’ two
riding animals fell iuto the hands Os the Indians,
who ham stringed eleven of them, the other four
having been taken by a band of friendly Indians.
Neither Whitman or Walker were hurt. They
returned for the troops as fast as possible, and on
coming back with them, found the body of Ba
ker mutilated iu a manner too horrible to describe.
Mr Thomas HeNabb, at Sau Francisco, had
been successful in an attempt to ride two hundred
miles within ten hours, lie rode Calildrnia stock
entirely, forty-two horses kaviDg been provided for
the occasion. The running commenced at 7 o’clock
iu the morning, and terminated at 5 o’clock in the
afternoon, less 13 minutes, leaving him winner of
the wager of $2,500 by 11J minutes. Mr. McNabb
stopped to refresh himself between the 71st and
8(!th miles, and again between the 111th aud 120th
miles, occupying Irorn four to live minutes each
time, aud on another occasion sat ou the grass and
rested for nine minutes. The shortest time of ac
complishing any single ten miles wa3 26 minutes, 15
seconds. The longest, 33 minutes, 30 seconds.
On the l Jth of June the ship Caribbean arrived
here from Hong Kong, bringing twelve shipwreck
ed Japanese seamen, who had been picked up at
sea on the 20th of last May, boating upon a dis
abled junk, in iat. 43 40 N , lon. 171. These people
had been driving about, at the mercy of the wind
and waves, for five months. They were treated
witli great kindness by the captain of the Carib
bean, and conducted themselves with propriety on
his ship. Since their arrival here, they have excited
much curiosity.
The news that the Government was about to pur
chase the naked rock at the entrance of this harbor,
called Lime Point for $200,000, has awakened a
lively indignation in San Francisco and throughout
the State. The whole ranche (upon which is situa
ted this site,) would uot sell under the hammer for
five thousand dollars.
The Sunday law, which went iuto effect on the
Ist June, has produced considerable feeling through
out the states. In the Ulterior towns it was gene
rally observed—but one or two of them ignored it
altogether. In San Francisco, the officers have de
termined upon its rigid enforcement.
Two of the Kogue river Indian chiefs, a father
aud son, were sent down from Fort Vaucouver,
W. TANARUS., to San Francisco, by the steamer Columbia.
On their passage down these Indians were inform
ed by some of the foolish passengers that they were
going to be hung.
The savages i esolved to sell their lives dearly;
so in the dead of night, on the Uth of June, while
the passengers were all asleep, these Indians stealth
ly rose*and stealing from some of the slumbering
guards, revolvers and knives, suddenly commenced
au indiscriminate cutting and shooting among the
people around them. Tne passengers startled from
sleep by the Bound of pistol shots and the shrieking
of the wounded, became panic struck. The lights
were put out, and an indescribable scene followed.
One passenger was shot in the breast; three others
were cut; one woman being badly injured. The
officers of the boat finally armed themselves, and
after a desperate struggle, succeeded iu wounding
and overpowering the savages. They were both
wounded, one of them very severely.
The Frazer Kiver Mines — All the California
and Oregon papers are filled with accounts of and
speculations upon the new gold mines discovered
upon the Frazer river and surrounding regions.—
The expectations which the first discovery exceed
seem likely to be even more than realized. The
latest accounts represent that not only is there an
abundant supply of gold, but that good order pre
vails at the mines ; that no difficulty had occurred
with the Hudson's Buy Company; that the Indians
were friendly and peaceable; ana that goods of ;II
kinds were a mitt- and free, except liquors. A gen
tleman just returned from the mines, (Mr. Lewis
Lewis,) reports to the editor of the Sacramento
Mercury that he spent seven or eight days on and
near the river, and was well satisfied that the mines
are immensely rich ; that he saw SI,BOO which had
been taken out by one man in fourteen days, and
that he was about immediately to return, taking his
wife and family. He recommends the Victoria
route as the least expensive. It is added
The Surprise is running on the river, and the cur
rent may be estimated from the fact that she made
sixty miles in two hours and twenty minutes down
stream. A trail has been opened from Fort Hope,
by which goods can be conveyed on mules. No
important gold discoveries have yet been made ex
cept on the bars of the rivers, which he thinks are
enough to give employment to all who are going.
The excitement in San FranoißCO is plainly very
great. At every arr.val from the new mines the
newspaper and express offices are besieged with
persons seeking information, while persons newly
arrived are waylaid and followed by crowds of ex
cited men eager for whatever news they can com
municate. Tbe steamer Republic, which arrived
from Frazer river at San Francisco on the l'Jth of
Jane, brought down about 300 oz. of gold dust, and
her report is as follows :
Owen Hoy, formerly ahackman in the employ of
Mr. E. E. Kerrison, came down. He has been at
work ou Hili’s bar, and when mining he did not
make less than $25 per day, and from that to SSO.
Thus far, the miners have not attempted to go to
the bed roek. It appears to be generally conceded
that when men are at work, with the water at a fa
vorable stage, they can earn from $8 to SSO per day
to the hand.
At present the water is too high to allow of wash
ing ou the bare, and it is not expected to fall before
the 15th of July.
The Indians do not allow the miners to work on
Thompson’s river.
Provisions are reported to be scarce and dear in
the mines.
Miners at work in the bauka of the rivers are now
making $5 per day.
Central America.
The local news is of little importance
The Panama Kailroad Company had nearly com
pleted a substantial wharf at Aspinwall, with stlii
cieut depth of water to permit vesse sos the largest
size to lie alongside.
Advices from Bogota to the Sthof June had been
received at Panama. There had been no definite
disposition of the Casa uRU treaT y
units, no pwiuon at that time was that the House
had accepted the treaty an originally presented,
with a slight change in the 7th article, altering the
word ‘’permission’’ to “privilege"’ to buy or rent
certain lands in the vicinity of Panama, for the use
of th© U. S. Government. The Senate had totally
rejected this 7th article and modified articles 1 and
2. A committee of conference had been appointed,
but had accomplished nothing up to the latest ad
vices. El Porvenir of Bogota expresses a hope
that the matter will be satislactorily settled, and
the treaty finally adopted in the original form. Oa
the ether hand, St Tiampo is of opinion that the
House will ultimately agree to the Senate's amend
ments, rather than hazard the shelving of the whole
measure by a disagreement in joint convention.
On the 22d of June, by the going into effect of
the new constitution, the ‘‘republic of New Grana
da ceased to exist, its place being taken by the Gra
nadian Confederation,’’ consisting of the states of
Autioquia, Bolivar, Boyaea, Cauca, Cundinamarea,
Magdeiena, Panama, and Santander. The popuja
ticu of these states, their representation in the Na
tional Congress and their general revenue are shown
in tbe annexed table :
Inhabitants. Senators. Represen- Revenue
tatives.
Antioqaa 244,441 3 4 Si 43,000
Bolivar 162 157 33 109,000
Boyaea 379 062 3 9 56,000
Cauci 330,331 3 6
Cimdirun&ica 517,646 3 9 132.000
Magdeiena .. . 73,093 3 1 60,000
Panama 136 106 3 2 93,000
Santander 376,376 . .3 . 6 83,000
Total 2,243,637 24 40 #678,000
The general limits of the confederacy are the
same that divided the Vice Royalty of New Grana
da in 1810, from the Captain-Gener&icies of Vene
zuela and Guatemala, and from the Empire of Bra
zil ; and provisionally, on the other side, the bounda
ry eetabkshed by treaty with Ecuador in 1856, and
those a: present dividing it from republic.
By the new constitution, the term of office for
the President is four, and of the Senators and Re
presentatives two, years. All are to be elected by
a direct popular vote.
The New Granadian House of Representatives
have passed on a first reading a law authorising the
executive to declare war on Ecuador.
The Panama Star and Herald pabiisces a decree
of the Nicaraguan government co: ferring upon
James Thomas, an American citizen, the exclusive
privilege for six years of tanning hide® in that re
public. ~ -
Trial of Johnson —The examination oT James
Johnson, at the last Rappabahnock court (Monday;
itfbarnd with the murder of bis wife, by ice admin
istration of strychnine, roeu‘ted in his being esut on
to the Circuit Court lor further trial Every thing,
we learn, that has been heretofore published, in this
and other papers, concerning the horrible affair,
was fully established by proof either positive, or
strongly presumptive. Letters that had parsed be
tween him and tbe unfortunate girl, to marry whom,
he murdered his wife were read in court, ruily pro
ving their mutual guilt jn everything but the mur
der—-to this the girl seemed decidedly opposed. The
excitement against the prisoner was very great —
Culpepper (Vi.) Rep.
Correspondence of the St. leoum Republican.
Cairo After tbe Flood.
Cairo, July 5, 1858. —Tue water is not yet out
of tbe town, although the sewers are open, and it i*
receding very slowly The ground show* itself in
several places, but it cannot be said to be either
high or dry ; for although it is possible, in places, to
walk over it dry shod, it is generally hardly navi
gable for anything but hogs and other water craft.
” The Taylor House is not out of water yet, al
though tb river has dropped below the floor. The
ba ement is still inundated, and the hotel business
has not yet been revived, es the only access from
the levee is by the means of ferriage. A fence from
I below has moved up in front of this hotel, and the
plank work, which led thence to tbe levee, has en
; tireiy disappeared, beisg either Hoated oft or HU;;k
I Very few fences, around houses and yards, have
■ es -aped destruction, most of them having been
I lifted bodily from the ground. They are miseella
i neously distributed over the town plat, and are not
easily recognizable by the owners. Small outbaild
-1 ing.. and the like have generally shared the same
| fete, and have mostly sought new locations and re
: cambent positions A large quantity of drift w od,
: consisting of trees, logs, lumber, and a genera! a£-
j eortment of all kindp of timber, has taken posses
sion of the place. Much of it has been towed out
j through the crevasses, but much bas a so entered,
and that which was formerly unnoticed in the eu
! bulbs, ha* made itself very conspicuous in the
] streets. Looking south from the corner of Com
i mercial avenue and Seventh street, it looks as it a
I young hurricane had been carrying a devastated
forest in a southerly directio’ , but had grown weary
when it reached Cairo, and dropped Us load. At
tbe comer of Sixth street there are two very large
trees recumbent, one of them fully four feet in di
ameter at the butt. Just above the old Cress
Levee, and scattered for a considerable distance
along the Ohio Levee, the quantity of drift is very
large, and in addiliou to the usual assortment ot
logs aud trees, aconple of small log houses, which
had floated down from the woods, have located
themselves in very uncomfortable attitudee
The antics which some of the sbantie3 and smaller
buildings about town have cut, in seeming effort to
better their condition, are really amusing A tene
ment known as the “Cairo Heat Market,” former
ly situated on Commercial avenue, took a souther
ly track, and Bettled in the rear of a brick building
below its former location, quartering its face to the
southward. At the Bame spot a heavy wagon, (ex
cept the top,) a lot of ploughs, several out houses,
and a mess of lumber and other “truck-’’ have set
j tied, including several “segments” of plank walk,
j The frame of a small house, built somewhere in the
! upper part of town, took a journey to the south for
| its health, (it looked consumptive), and found heal-
I thy and high ground in the middle of Washington
| avdnue, near Seventh street. At the same corner,
alongside of the remnant of plank walk, is a pair of
outside house stairs, which do not lead anywhere
in particular at present, and have probably forgot
ten to whose house they belonged. The Mayor’s
grounds have suffered considerably, his neat yard
aud garden being entirely ruined, and in the rear
of bis house there has collected a quantity of small
nut-hzuaoe, pieces offences, remnants of roofs, &c,
from all points of the compass, and very general in
character. Near the Ohio Levee, on Eighth street,
is a small white house, which probably didn’t like
tbe shape of its lot, and sought a situation in which
it thought it could get a better breeze and a finer
view. But it was tied with a bed cord, reaching
from the chimney to another bouse, and only suc
ceeded in achieving an unpleasant position.
The jail, a heavy structure, built solidly of syca
more logs, with an upper story, took a fancy to
change its location, and moved about a mile in a
northwesterly course, looking for the proposed “St.
Mary’s Parkbut probably not liking the loneli
ness of that neck of woods, it returned, grid settled
near its former residence, showing its sense by se
lecting higher ground. Some of the smaller houses
have attempted to float, either on business or pleas
ure trips; but although they havo slightly “moved
from where they live now,” they have only catacor
nered, up ended, or twisted themselves about, not
improving their condition at all. A tenement gall
ed the “Old Hickory,” used as a whiskey shop, took
a swim to -the northward, but concluded to return
as it had*previously been settled under a large elm
and doubtless liked the shade. A carpenter’s shop,
somewhere about where Twelfh street ought to be,
alter having been get at-abie only by trestle work
for several weeks, got til ed of tlie wood butchering
business and floated towards a lawyer's residence for
professional advice. But latterly it has located ou its
own street, on the side opposite to its former posi
tion, and has very properly turned itselt around, so
that it* front doors may be accessible and sign visi
ble fom the street. A stable, just above, proved
itself very uu-stable, and journeyed toward the le
vee, doubtless for the purpose of accommodating
the starving and houseless stock. A house (two-sto
ry) in the upper part of town, has performed a queer
feat. The water mark upon it is diagonal, reaching
. from the second story in the front to the lower floor
in the rear, showing that the house must have stood
or floated on a corner, with two edges elevated.
Such is a rough record of the condition of Cairo
after the overflow. It shoul Ibe remembered, how
ever, that no houses have been moved from their
foundations, except small and unsubstantial tene
ments, and but comparatively few of tho3e. The
damage to the insides of the submerged buildings
has been pretty heavy.
From the Texas Republican — Extra.
Southern l’ucitic Kailroad.
At the request of the President, Dr. Jeptlia
Fowlkes, we publish in an Extra, for the benefit of
the Stockholders and others interested in the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company, the opinion of
Messrs. Jennings, Adams, and Murrah, in relation
to the Trust Deed aud the sale under it, on the Ist
of Juue, ultimo, of the property and franchises of
that incorporation. It will be seen that they regard
the whole prrceedings as a nullity, and that the
purchasers undsr that sale have acquired no legal
or equitable rights to tho property iu question.—
These gentlemen are among tlie most eminent law
yers in Texas.
OPINION.
In the matter of tho execution of the deed of
trust, on the 19th October 1857, by George S. Yer
ger, as President of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, and the sale made on the Ist Tuesday in
June, 1858.
We ara of the opinion that the deed of trust is
illegal and void, aud that no title has passed by the
act of the sale.
There is no grant of power, by the act of incorpo
ration, authorising the Company to mortgage the
franchise.
The Franchise and Corporate rights of the com
pany aud the means vested in them are necessary
to the existence aud maintenance of tlie object ot its
creation and are iueapable of transfer or Bale .
Canal Cos., vs. Bonham, 9th Watts and Serg. 27 ;
Angell on Corporations 185; Iredell Ken sth vol.,
p. 306.
Theac. of the 19th December, 1857, entitled an
act, supplementary to aud amendatory of an act, to
regulate railroad companies, approved 7th Februa
ry 1853, does not include the deed of trust. Statutes
are not to be construed to have a retrospective ef
fect unless the terms are explicit. P.umb 2, Saw
yer 21, Conn. 351. Ottr Constitution prohibits such
acts and when they effect previous vested lights,
they are void.
The actof December 19,1857, declares “Thateve
ry railroad company shall have power to make by- ;
laws as they may think proper for the goverinent ;
of the company, aud that it shall require a vote of
a majority of not leas than two-thirds of the stock
of the company ts establish such by-laws, and no
company shall have power to make any trust, deed
or mortgage on the franchise or prope ty of tne com
pany unless tlie power is expressly given by the by
laws of the company. We are clearly of the opin
ion, the Directors could not authorise the President
to execute a deed of trust on the franchise and pro
perty of the company in the absence of a by-law
passed e pressly for such purpose, and that no act
of the company in such absence ot or without such
by-law, having been.first enacted can operate as a
recognition or tffirmance of such deed of trust.
The sth Section of the act of incorporation de
clares that all conveyances and contracts in writing,
executed by the President and countersigned by
the Secretary, or any other officer or person author
ised by the Directors, under the seal of the com
pany and in pursuance of a vote of said Directors,
shall be valid aud binding. This deed was signed
by the President only and is void. The mode pre
scribed for the ex eution of the instrument essen
tial, Vide Angell on corporations, page 101; 2cl
Crauch 127; 2d Johnson’s Reports, 114; Powell on
powers 88 9 ; 2nd Bae Abr. Title corporation 452.
Verger had no right to perfer creditors under the
resolutions authorizing the execution of a deed of
trust This he has done.
He had no authority to recognize the stock claim
of Hal!, Wigfall, Scott and others, and by agree
ment to conver. the same into a money demand
against the company, and mortgage the franchise
aud property of the company to secure the pay
ment of tbe same, this is prejudicai to the rights of
creditors and the stockholders.
No act of the Legislature becomes a part of tLe
original act of incoporatiou unless the same be
adopted by the company as part of their act of in
corporation. This act ot Dec. 19. h 1857, not having
been adopted by vote or resolution passed by the
company previous to the sa e, the deed of trust and
sale cannot iu any manner be cured by the satire.
We think the facte connected with the execution
of the deed of trust, and of the tale render both
void, as against creditors and stockholders.
C. M Adams,
(Signed.) P. Murrah,
D. S. Jennings.
Office of the S. P. Kailroad Cos., )
Marshall, Texas, July Ist, 1858. \
To the Editor of the Texas Republican .-
As much misapprehension prevails, here and
elsewhere, as to the regular adjourned meeting of
the Stockholders of this Company, at New Or’eane,
on the 2d June last, we deem it to be a duty to
Texas, whose grants, and to the stockholders whose
money, constitute the means for building the Koad,
to state the tacts connected with that proceeding.
In conformity to the adjournment of the stock
holders in December last, to meet early in May,
and in pursuance of a subsequent By-Law, the
stockholders were notified by a published card of
the Secretary of the Company, to meet at then
office in New Orleans, on the 2d of June, between
thß hours of 12 ai.d 2P. M. This meetii g occur
red at the time and place designated. Store than
half the stock of the Company was represented on
the first day. Col Archer, the Chairman of the
meeting in December, was the regular presiding
officer, and signed each day's nroru—
oicouuu ot Directors more man two thirds of the
stock of the Company was represented, and wher
ever necessary a two-thirds vote was given. We
were present each day, and know that the stock
holders adjourned from day to day in conformity to
the By Laws. The entire proceedings were legiti
mate and regular. The organization was comple
ted on the 8:h June. Nineteen Directors w ere
elected, ail of whom were eligible, and eleven of
these were residents of Texas. A Vice President,
Treasurer, and Secretary, now reside in the State.
The chief office of the company has been estab
lished at Marshall. One of the Texas Directors
having declined to serve, his place was tilled by
another resident of Texas AU these facts are per
sonally known to us, and admit of no cavil.
Respectfully, your obedient servant.
C. S. Todd,
Vice President, S. P. R. R. Cos.
T. H. Wiles,
Superintendanr and Treasurer.
R H. Russell,
A Director S. P. R. R Cos.
Buried Alive. —On Friday, 23d uit, whi at two
men, by the names of Bush and Richmond, were
engaged in digging a weil at consi erable depth, at
Ann Aibor, Michigan, the curbing gave way from
the pressure of the currounding earth, and suddenly
buried them to the depth of some twenty feet. So
soon as it was known that they were thus entombed
alive tbe excitement in the vicinity became intense,
and from every quarter t e pet pie rallied to the
rescue. The first thing to be done was* to remove
the remains of the old curb and sink a large one for
the protection of the laborers engaged in removing
the din. This was accomplished at great personal
risk, as the sides of the pit were entirely unsecured.
It was, however, done, a larger curb was put in.
and the work of einking it down to the bnried men
prosecuted vigorously. Their situation must be
imagined. One of them had been caught nearly
erect, tbe other in a sitting posture. Every sound
from above was audible to them, while no intima
lion of their existence reached their friends above.
Darkness made no interruption in the work, but
relays of men succeeded each other. At leßgth. af
ter twenty-six hours of toil, the first man was taken
out almost uninjured, though exhausted by his
close confinement. Some time longer “was eons tinn
ed in reaching the second, in consequence of bis
position, but he too waa rescued,. and thus tbe
labor of the day was richly rewarded. Altogether,
this is a remarkable instance of danger and success
ful rescue.
An Interesting Discovert.—We see it stated,
upon what in&y be considered reliable authority,
that thirty thousand Christiana have been found
upon au island north of Celebes. It was rumored
for a time there waa there a Christian people for
gotton and forsaken, which, however;yet possessed
three Bibles, and continued steadfast in tbe faith.
When missionaries first landed on the island, they
met with a school teacher and bis pupils who re
peated in the Malayan tongue—“As the heart pan
teth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul af
ter Thee, O Lord ’ No Bibi-s were found, but the
precious promises of the Bible written upon tbe
bark of trees. They knew theapostle’s Creed, and
the Heidelberg Catechism t and had ■Christian cus
toms. Twenty churches and schools jet existed.
Official Communication from I’lah.
The Peace commissioners to Utah, Messrs. Me
Culloch and Powell, Bends a letter to the Secretary
of War, dated Salt I-ake City, Juue 12, in which
they sav:
We are Informed by the people ar and chief men of
the Territory that they will cheerfully yield obedi
ence to the constitnt on and laws or the Laitwl
Statee. They cheerfully consent that the civn offi
cers of the Territory shall **u .er upon Vhe discharge
of the;r respective duties They will make no resis
tance to the army of the United States in ita march
to the valley of Salt L-*ke or elsewhere. We nave
their assurance that no resistance will be ma-.e to
officers, civil or mi.itf*ry, of the L nited States, in
the exercise of their various functions in the Territo
ry of Utah. ,
Tbe people have abandoned ail the settlements
north of this, and all the lamilies have left the city,
only about fifteen hundred persons remaining here
to take charge of the property, and to burn it it the
difficulties had not been settled. The people from
tiiis city north of it have gone south to Provo, litty
miles south of this, and to points beyond.
We wiii visit Provo and the settlements south in
a day or two, and see and confer with the people,
and inform them that the difficulties have been set
tled, aadlhua induce them to return to their homes.
We hajflßßen to Gen. Johnston by the meusen
£ r th! j . intor.ninir him oi wh;*: has
ht-fii MVitn’ *• mid march hi? army t < the
vnlley^j^^Hf^Ye deeired to do so.
In a letWto Gen. Johnston, advising him rela
tive to tbQhtering of the army into the Valley of
Salt Lake, the commissioners say :
The houses, fields and gardens of the people of
the Territory, particularly in and about Sait Lake
City, are very insecure. The animals of your army
would cause great destruction of property it the
greatest care should not be observed in the march
and iu the selecting of camps. The people of the
Territory are somewhat uneasy for ‘.ear the army,
when it shall reach the valley, would not properly
respect their persons and property. >\ e have as
sured them that neither tbeir persons nor property
wou’d be injured or molested by the army under
your command. We would respectfully suggest., in
consequence of this feeling of uneasiness, that you
issue a proclamation to he people of Uttli, stating
that the army under your command would not tre
pans upon the rights or property ol peaceable citi
zens during the sojourn iu, or the march of your ar
my Territory. Such a proclamation
would the existing anxiety aud fear of
tu ;h -8- v, t,..> i: z\* abandoned
t.> . ou-- ai.j n'.f.r:*.
In the requeet made in this letter,
Gen. tLe following “proclamation ’
“To the people of Utah
The commissioners of the Ur ited States, deputed
by the President to urge upon the people of this
Terri ory the necessity of obedience *> the constitu
tion and laws, as enjoyed by his proclamation, have
this day initialed n e that there will be no obstruc
tion to the administration and execution of the laws
of the federtl government, nor any opposition on
the part of tlje people of this Territory to the military
force of the government in the execution of their
order: I th -v fore feel it encumbent on me, and
have great satisfaction in doing so, to assure those
citizens ol the Territory who, I learn, apprehend
from the army ill treatment, that no person whatever
will be iu any wise interfered with or molested m
h s person or rights, cr in the peaceful puisuit of hie
avocations; and should protection be needed, that
they wilt find the army (always faithful to the obliga
tions of duty) as ready now to assist and protect
them as it was to oppose them while it was believed
they were resisting the laws of their government.
A. S. Johnston,
Colone’ Second Cava ry and
Brevet Brigadier General, Commanding.
Revolting Case of White Slavery in New
York— Late on Tuesday night, Sergeant Berney,
with eight of the Mayor’s police, and eighteen of
ti e Fourth Precinct, made a sudden descent upon a
notorious den of infantry, kept by Pete Dawson
and wife, at No. 58 Cherry street, arresting the
keepers, his bar-tenders, musicians, female inmates,
and visitors—in all, 33 men and 15 women. The
girls arrested expose a system of slavery kcown
but to very few in the city. On being taken to the
squad-room of the Mayor's police at the City Hall,
yesterday morning, they made affidavits stating
that they had, after being induced to go to Dawson’s
dance house, been deprived of ah liberty; were
not allowed to leave the premises, the bar-tenders
at the entrance of the brothel keeping a constant
watch over them, preventing them from even going
to the door steps; that when they attempted to
leave, Dawson invariably threatened them with a
charge of larceny, ho having got advantage of
them by seci eting articles afiedged to have been
stolen in their apartments, and always having wit
nesses ready to prove they had possession of the
evidences of their guilt. One of the f iris testified
that she had been enslaved in this way for four years
aud a half, without, in all that time, being allowed
to go out of the house.
It was further shown that the prostitution of these
females were for the entire bene fit of Dawson , who,
with bis ber-ksepers, received all moneys at the
bar. In this way Dawson was said to have become
quite rich, aqd is worth upwards of SIOO,OOO. He
is a most notorious character, having been arrested
fifteen times w'thm the past few years. Some of
the police in the Fourth Precinct seem to have had
a knowledge of this infamous system of slavery,
and have been used by Dawson iu frightening his
girls into subjection. One of the girls stated that
she was arrested a short time ago in attempting to
leave the house, on a false charge of larceny, and
that the policeman who arrested her, instead of
taking her to the police court, locked her up in a
room of Dawson’s dance house. Complaint bias
been made against the officer iu question, and he
will doubtless be dismissed from the department.-
The female prisoners seemed delighted with their
rescue by the action of the Mayor’s police, and
were determined to have Dawson prosecuted. The
Mayor held Dawson in $2,000 bail for trial, Daw
sou’s wife in SIOOO bail, and detained the girls aud
other parties connected with the establishment as
witnesses.
It wa3 stated that Dawson was also extensively
engaged in kidnapping sailors and shipping them
while they were intozicated.— N. Y. Cour. 4* Enq.
Another Elopement. —The Riviere affair is not
the only scandal which has lately excited the inha
bitants of Hoboken. A similar drama of a moat
extraordinary character has been in j: rogress during
the pa;=t week, and has created an intense interest
among the Hoboken. Germans. Mias Louise Har
tung, the daughter of the proprietor of the Vauxball
Garden, who was considered a very good girl, and
bore au excellent reputation, was early removed by
the mother from the evil influence of a public place
of resort such as the Vauxball Garden is. Shortly
before her return home she became intimately ac
quainted with a young man named Fritz, said to
be a teacher of equestrianism. They formed an en
gagement, which was opposed by Mr. and Mrs.
Hartung, aud from that time frequent differences
occurred between parents and daughter.
But Louisa Hartung had to contend uot only
against the opposition of her psrents but also that,
of Mr. Muller, a rival lover, who was supported by
the mother.
On the 15th of last month, Mr. Fritz received a
letter from Louise, requesting an interview, which
accordingly came off at the place atsigned (Gutten.
burg.) She informed him that an immediate mar
riage was necessary, or their wishes would be frus
trated by her parents aud the intrigues of her se
t cond lover, Mr. Muller, and his friend, a Bremen
I merchant. Mr. Frits consented, and they imme
diately proceeded to the house of a minister, but
< Louise, not being 18 years of age, the marriage
ceremony, according to the laws ot New Jersey,
could no!: take place without the consent of her pa
rents. The next day, however, the lovers were
married m this city by the Rev. Mr. Tehraunn, in
the presence of three witnesses, whereupon they
lmd their portraits taken and exchanged, at a Da
guerrean gallery, and they parted temporarily, in
tending, after ;:ome necessary arrangements, to re
join each other, never to part again. Louise went
home, and thence to her brother s house at Hacken
sack.
In the meantime, the mother was informed of the
movements of her daughter by one of the witnesses;
this news caused the utmost indignation and ex
citement in the house, and resulted iu the greatest
misfortune to the newly married couple. Muller
and his friend immediately proceeded to Hacken
sack The latter, it is asserted, locked himself up
in a room with the young wife for an hour. What
means, whether persuation, threats or inducements
he used, is not known, but the result was that Miss
Louise contracted a second marriage in the State
of New Jersey. Mr. Muller was the bridegroom
this time, and Judge Nelson, of Hackensack, officia
ting magistrate/ Tne fourth act of this pretty drama
is being played at this moment, by lawyers, judges
and police officers, the second bridegroom and the
bride, having, meanwhile, disappeared up the river.
Criminal Zietung.
Extensive Swindling. —About a year ago Ches
ter Moses, of Marcpius, and James Fitton, of Sha
neateles, pui chased of Deraatus Kellogg, before his
assignment, a large stock of cloths rfnd raw mate
rials remainin’ in the factory of Mr K., and com
menced manufacturing on their own account. The
operation resulted profitably, and they have since
continued the business on a private speculation.—
About the middle of June, Fitton went to New
York, ostensibly for the purpose of raising funds for
the purchase of wool, Mr. Moses in the meantime
being at the West engaged in contracting for its
delivery.
Mr Moses returned from the West about the first
of July, and owing to the unexpectedly long ab
sence of Fitton, proceeded to New York for the pur
pose of ascertaining the cause. Arriving there, he
found that Fitton had drawn and negotiated about
$40,000 of the Company’s drafts in Wall street, but
could learn nothing further. This aroused his sus
picion, and he returned home for the purpose oi
further investigating the matter.
On his arrival he ascertained that a Mr3. An
drews, or Anderton, of Skaneateles, with whom Fit
ton was suspected of being on rather familiar terms,
was missing, and this satisfied him that there wa3
roguery iu the case. Mr. Moses returned to New
York, where he aseiilained, beyond any reasonable
doubt, that Fitton, accompanied by this weman,
had.sailed in tbe Asia for Europe, on the 21st of
June, under fictitious named. As more than three
we*ks have elapsed, tLey are beyond tbe Atlantic.
Fitton played his card well. Among other mear.s
resorted to by biin for the purpose of avoiding sus
picion, he employed somebody in N w York to
write frequently to his partner, Mr. Moses, and oth
ers, advieiog them of his progress in negotiating for
funds, and of his intention to be at home on the first
of July. This correjyaAii4 c ‘* w * A tar P l up until
tne ecouiiaieiwag tar on his way to Europe. Yv hen
Fitton went East, he took bis family to Providence,
R. 1., to visit some friends, and they knew no hing
of the transaction until the facts all came to light.
His wife was greatly overcome by the astounding
intelligence.
Prompt measures were taken by Mr. Moses for
the pursuit of the fugitives, and a detective officer
will start for Europe by the next steame r from Bos
ton, accompanied by Mr. Lucien Moses, of Shaneate
1* s. There is a fair prospect of the arrest of the fu
gitives &ni the recov the money.
Previous to this aflp Fitton had maintained au
unimpeachable character, and had tbe confidence of
the whole community. The husband of Mrs. An
derson has been in California for a year past. Dur
ing this period it has been Fitton’s habit to make
occasional vis tstoNew York, and it is now ascer
tained that this woman always happened to be in the
city at the same time. Fitton is an Englishman,
and formerly resided at Providence. Besides the
funds he drew on his acceptance, Fitton had about
SIO,OOO of his own money, which, if he arrested,
will serve to pay the expenses of Lis capture.—6’y
racuse Standard, July 12.
Bloody Affray in Florida. —We received the
following letter, yesterday, from an old subscriber
in. Florida. Knowing the writer well, we are wil
ling to endorse his statements, a thing that we did
not do in the case of the Tampa letter :— Savh. Re
publican 1 6th trust.
Wacahogte, Marion Cos., Fla., )
July 12,1858. $
Mr. Editor Ig a ess y our ’Tanapa Bay affair
was a little fishy, but this is a real life and death
scrape.
Wacahoote is known as the birth-place of Gen.
Billy Bowlegs, and it would seem Jhafc some of his
successors are equally brave and impetuous. There
has, it 3eems, been sem 1 difficulty brewing between
Lafayette Gay and William Stacdly, for some time,
and they appointed to meet st Wacahoote last Fri
day, to settle it. Accordingly they met, atttended
by ten or fi teen friends on either side, probably
most of them armed for deadly strife. Gay brought
a double barrelled shot-gun. After some few words
blows ensued ; pistols were drawn : Gay caught up
his gun, fired in quick succession at Mr. James Gio
bons and at William Gibbons, both friends of Stacd
ly. ad both fell dead. He then clubbed bis gun,
and struck such a violent blow at Siandly that he
severed the breech, locks and barrels upon him.—
Blandly is yet aiive. btl there is little eXpeeation of
bis surviving. Three were left aa dead on the
ground withiß a tew feet of each other, and one of
Gay's brothers hobbling off. shot through the ieg.
In the general melee 0/ dirks, knives, pistols and
sticks, it is a wonder others were not killed.
• A Citizen.
Surgical o>erat*>*. —Dr. William*Henderson,
of Bucksport. Me, eitractea July Jth, last, by a
surgical operation from the cavity of the abdomen
of Miss Nanco Jane Shute, of Stockton, Me., eleven
gallons and a half of witer. resembling soap suds,
weighing ninety pounds. The liquid has been ac
cumulating for four or five years. She bore the ope
ration well, and when finished, said she felt so light
she almost comd fly. It fe the opinion of the writer
that this is the largest quantity of fluid that has I
ever been taken from aiy person at one operation,
in the United State®.— Portland Argus.
WEEKLY
Cjjnmick & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 91, ISSS.
Blank Books.
As this is the season when many merchants and
business men are giving orders for Blank Books,
we desire to call their attention to the following
facts:
Ist. They can have their Books made at this of
tice of the beet material, to any pattern, in as hand
some style, every way as good or better, and as
cheap as at the North.
‘2d. YVe do not, as tiiey do at the North, make
quires of 16 to 20 sheets of paper. Our quires are
24 sheets—or 96 pages to a quire.
3d. Let those who have bought Blank Books of
Northern manufacture, examine the number of
pages in each Bock, and test the number of quires
by this rule, and compare it with the number of
quires for which they paid, as marked on the back.
Such a calculation may open the eyes of some peo
ple, and show them how it is “ cheap Blank Books”
are made at the North.
Ith. Examine any Blank Book made to order, or
“/hr the trade,’ in a Northern Factory, and if one
is found giving more than 20 sheets to the quire, it
is an exception to the rule. Those made for the
trade, average id to 18 sheets to the quire. We
give one third more paper.
sth. If you want Blank Books, made of the very
best material and in the best style, leave your
orders at he office of the Chronicle 4’ Sentinel.
Southern Cultivator.
The August number of this excellent Agricultural
periodical is on our table. It contains much that is
*f interest to the Agriculturist, the Horticulturist,
an 1 the Mechanic. An exchange says: “Every
Farmer and every Gardener should take the Culti
vator. The priced l per annum) is a very small
investment, compared with the large amount of
valuable information contained in it should induce
every one to subscribe for it.” We annex the table
of contents :
Plantation Economy and Miscellany.—La
borers for the S >uth ; Farming Profits ; Improve
ment of Land— Dr. Parker’s Experiment; Oats—
Rust, See. ; Moles ; A New and Good Bee House ;
Alpaca—PacoorPaca— a species of Llama; The
Heighth of my Ambition (poetry); Kentucky Blue
Grass ; Greensand Marlin the virility of Washing
ton ; How to me Horn Piths. Oyster Shells and
Bones ; Burning the Dead—How to do it; Rota
te m for a Clayey Farm ; The Life of a Farmer, <&e ;
Serin tor Mason on the African Race; Girls at Home;
Re Shingling Old Roofs; China Berries ; Limp as
in Horses; Difference in Soils; Home on the
Farm ; Miles on Horse Shoeing , A Cheap Stump
Machine ; Spreading Manure on the Suiface; llot
Bread Unhealthy; H-tbits; ‘.‘Grasshoppers; Honest
Labor; Recipefjr Small Beer; Farming Profits
— again -, Chicken Disease — Horses, Mules, &.C. ;
Lice on Hogs; Sorgho Sugar made at Home.
Editorial.— Fruit Meeting at Athens ; Vine
Growers’ Association; Grape Growing in the South ;
The Author of “ Georgia ;’ American Pomological
Society ; Our Book Table ; To Texas Correspon
dents ; Errati,&.c.; The Female Slaves of Lon
don ; The Season —Crops, Fruits, Sec.
Horticultural Department.—Hints lor the
Month; The Ages of Trees; Southern Fruit—Re
port of f.d interim Committee of the Pomological
Society of Georgia ; Viu9 Growing in Missouri;
New Method or Drying Peaches ; The twelve beat
Spirceus for the South ;To Preserve Fresh Fruits,
*fcc.,in Cans; Remedy for tha Curculio; Fruit
Growing and Wme Making in South Carolina;
Fruit Stealing ; A New Kentucky Seedling Grape;
How to have Fruit.
“ Saturday Post. ’’—Any person possessing a
copy of the Philadelphia “Saturday Post” of April
10, 1858, will confer a favor by giving us the use
of it for a ftw days. It may be left at the Office,
or enclosed per mail to the Chronicle Office, Au
gusta, Ga.
Fire.
Between 9 and 10 o'clock Saturday morning, the
roof of the kitchen attached to the premises of Mr.
James Miller, on Greene-street, adjoining the
City Hall Park, was discovered to be on fire. The
engines were soon on the ground, and the flames
were speedily subdued, the damage being confined
principally to the roof. The fire is supposed to have
caught from the cii mney. The fire companies de
serve much credit for their activity. In fifteen min.
utes after the first alarm was given, a stream of
wati r was pouring on the flames.
Fruit and Melons.
We are again under obligations to our friends for
some very choice varieties cf fruits and melons. —
Among them were some splendid Plums and a very
large early from the orchard of John E. Mc-
Donald, Esq , of Hamburg, who is quite a cotnis
seur in fruits. And our friend, Geo. W. Evans,
“ turned us quite down,” with a Watermelon of the
“ Cates’ ” variety, weighing forty pounds , and a
fine “ Persian Canldope.” The latter, anew va
riety to us, was rather too ripe to determine its
quality.
Heavy Fall of Unin.
A friend, residing near Powelton, Hancock coun
ty, who keeps a daily record of thermometrical and
barometrical observations of the weather through
out the year, sends us the following :
Powelton, Hancock co., Ga., July 12, 1858.
Dear {Sir:— i'he Charleston Courier records,
that on the sth inst. there fell in Charleston rain
amounting to (3.25 inches) three and a quarter
inches. By way of comparison, and to show that
we sometimes have “copious showers” in the in
terior of Georgia, 1 send you the result of my raiu
guage measurement for the present month, to date.
There fell, up to the 11 th inst. 3.05 inches. On yes
terday, the 1 lth, it began About 2 P . M., and during
the succeeding seven hours there fell three and
81-100 inches (3.81 inches,) which is unprecedented
in my tables of rain measurements.
For the whole month of June there fell 6-19 inches.
Yours truly, H. D. S.
Che Weather at the North has been again ex
cessively hot. Monday’s New York papers report
six cases of sun-stroke on Staturday and Sunday
On Monday the weather moderated.
Escaped Convicts.— The Atlanta Intelligencer
says : Gen. Eli McConnell, keeper of the Peniten
tial y, offers a reward of $250 for the delivery to him
of Jesse Roberson , George Hicks and George An
derson, who escaped from thence on the sth of July.
Jesse Roberson was one of those, sentenced from
Fulton county, at our last court.
Heavy Rains.— Our up country exchanges, one
and all, brings us accounts of very heavy rains on
Saturday and Sunday last. The Rome Courier
says : Throughout this section we are having a
ruinous amount of rain. For the last three weeks
it has been pouring down nearlyfcvery day. Neaf
!y all the wheat crop is yet “shocked” in the fields,
and, between moulding and growing is rapidly go
ing to destruction. This weather is also unfavora
ble for growing crops—the cotton goes too much to
weed and the weeds grow too much among the
corn and cotton.
The Curiosities of an Order File.—A
friend, says the Charleston Courier , who has
travelled round extensively and with eyes open,
gives us a batch oi rare and curious orders taken
from the files of a drug store not more than two
hundred and fifty miles from the city of Augusta,
Ga. We quote a few sample® :
* Granite Pills—Senia and Salts—Gum Alum—
Gum Cravet, to exale it in Brandy—Accommoda
tion Salt Killer—Alum Seed—Camphor Root —Bow-
rux—Seedlits Powders—Ciedley Powers—Pairy
gorick—Tricoferus—Quaabyer VVood Cup—Cass
teel Sope—Ruburb Rute—Seenyer—Soils—Sau’ts—
Loduum—Ox Salic Asid-Essentse of Siuymon—
Tinctyer Murr—Gum Goak —Crab Soda —Auther
of Rose—Mcrcurial.lime —Kamfer—Jerusalem Gin
ger—Columbus Root—Benny—Surup of Squilts—
Poak Rute—Oyl of Anniseade—Flour of Camy
mile.
Sea Island Cotton. —The Charleston (S. C)
Mercury learns that the cotton and rice crops all
through the Sea Island region ot that State, are
very promising and in excellent condititTn.
Steam Fire Engines.— St. Louis has now five
steam fire engines, and will shortly have two more.
The last engine is named “Missouri, No. 5,” and
was presented to he city by the underwriters, on
condition that the city should herself furnish two
new ones, which was acceded to. With thia ma
chine, steam was raised and water thrown in the
ahort space of four minutes after kindling the fire,
through one hundred feet of hose, from an inch end
a quarter nozzle, two hundred and nineteen feet.
The Washington Union says that “the Adminis
wrion uao its naQCH lu l.” The Louisville Journal
says that one weuld suppose from the very rapid
disappearance of the public money from the Na
tional Treasury, that the Administration and all its
officers have their bands full.
Earl of Glengall. —lhe Irish papers an
nounce the death of the Earl of Glengall on the 22d
of June. rather suddenly at Cowes, Isle of Wight-
He wa3 sixty-four years of age. In default of male
issues the earldom becomes extinct. The deceased
earl was the author of the popular farce of “The
Irian Tutor,” and other dramatic works of respecta
ble talent.
Renovation of Mount Vernon.— The Newark
Daily Advertiser says :—The ladies of the Mount
Vernon Association have solicited the services of
Mr. Geo. C. Tborbune to take charge of Mount
Vernon. It is intended to raise a large fund
-1500,000 il possible—the interest of which will be
appropriated towards beautifying Lhe place from
time to time, the cultivation of rare and beautifuj
trees, flowers (seeds and cuttings of which will be
distributed throagh the country), laying out the
grounds in the most tasteful manner, and, in a
word, making it the Garden of America. Among
other improvements contemplated, are the restora
tion of an old church on the premises, built by
Washington, which baa long gone to decay, and the
building cf a mausoleum to cost from $25,000 to
$30,000.
The American Chess Champion. —The London
Star of Jane 24, says : —The American chess cham
pion, Mr. P. Morphy, of New Orleans, has come to
London to follow up his challenge to play our Eng
lish champion, Mr. H. Staunton. Mr. Morphy is a
marvel of memory and ski.l, having, we are inform
ed, sustained no fewer than seven games simulta
neously, without eight of the boards. He will attend
the annual meeting of the chess Bavans, in August
next, at Birmingham. Mr. M played yesterday
with some of the members of the Bt. George's Chess
Club, and exhibited wonderful power.
The Boston Traveller says that the shoe business
in Lynn at this particular time, is very dull, West
ern buyers not having yet come to market. The
spring and summer purchases were made later this
year than usual, and, from present appearances, the
fall trade is likely to follow suit.
Death of a Venerable Mason.—Died in
Stoughton, Benjamin Capen, at the advanced age
of 86. He was probablythe last surviving origins
member of K ; sing ‘ Star Lodge of Free Masons
That Lodge was chartered in the year 1799. In
1800 it was constituted, and its officers publicly in.
in the meeting bouse in Stoughton.
“The Beam that in in Thine own Eye.”
The following, which we take from the Griffin
American Union, is to the point We commend it
to the special consideration of those Democrats in
the south who roll up their eyes in holy horror attho
idea of southern men supporting Mr. Crittenden for
the Presidency, and are nevertheless anxious to af
filiate with Douglas and Douglas Democrats. Aye,
anybody for the spoils :
We see, from our exchanges, that the Democratic
press. North generally, and some in the South, are
laboring earnestly to reconcile and compromise the
differences between the Lecompton and anti-Le
compton wings of the party. They argue that the
difference in opinion on this question ought not to
create, or operate to effect a division in the party,
which simply mean : that the question of freesoil or
slavery ought not to make any difference among
Democrats.
But let a proposition be entertained to run Mr.
Crittenden for President, aud the horrors irnmedi
ately seize upon every Democratic paper South, be
cause, they say, the Know Nothings are going to
amalgamate with the Black Republicans.
Now, what is the difference between a Black Re
publican and a Douglas Democrat ? They are both
equally freesoil iu their notions; and, as regards the
slavery questiou, they are precisely alike. They dif
fer, it is true, but their ditference is upon other sub
jects, while, upon the matter of freesoil they are the
same. And, if our Southern Democratic cotempo
raries are iu earnest when they denounce the pro
ject of running Mr. Crittenden with a prospect of
“getting votes from those who have been Black Re
publicans, they will scorn the idea of any reconcili
ation between the Lecompton and anti-Lecomptou
wings of their own party. If they do this, they may
lay some claims to consistency, and sincerity. But
if thev seek to reconcile the two wings of their own
party’ all their denunciations of the Crittenden
movement are mere humbuggery and outright hy
pocrisy. The Southern American party are no more
culpable for voting wi h freesoilers of one class, than
they are for voting with freesoilers of another'class.
And if it should happen that the Americans are sus
taining a Southern man, a slaveholder, aud one of
the greatest and purest statesmen of the age, while
theyaie uniting with and binding themselves to
abide the decision ot National Convention, iu which
the freesoil element holds the power of control, the
Americans will occupy the safest ground as regards
the interests of the South.
Naval Schools. —The proposition to establish
schools for seamanship at the principal seaports in
the United States has repeatedly received more or
lees attention, and something practicable has been
accomplished at Boston and Baltimore; but the
results thus far are quite insignificant, when com
pared with the prospective want of the naval aud
mercantile marine. Iu England efforts iu this di
rection seem to have been attended with better
success. By the following extract from the London
News of the 21st ultimo, it appears that the Liver
pool school for seamen on the Mersey is doing well,
and that at.other of the same charaeteri s to be es
tablished on the Thames, near London :
“To provide with certainty for a large class of
lads without the costliness of emigration, it is now
proposed to establish in the Thames a ship refoima
tory, where strong and healthy beys may receive a
training cr preparation for sea-faring life, and be
rendered valuable as apprentices for her Majesty’s
navy, the merchant service, or for other similar
employment. A large number of young offenders
found in our prisons have the restless ness which un
fits them for ordinary trades, and at the same time
the dash and daring so much va ued on ship board.
The proposed experiment is not anew one. The
school frigate Akbar, established in the Mersey
early in 1856 by the Liverpool Juvenile Relonna
tory Association, has turned out good seamen, and
no difficulty has hitherto been found iu providing
situations as soon as a boy could be recommended
as fit to go to sea. The strict order and discipline
which proverbially distinguish the administration
of a ship peculiarly tit it to be a school for the un
ruly spirits who have defied society aud the law.
The Committee of the Reformatory and Refuge
Union, who have long had the establishment of
such a reformatory near Loudon in contemplation,
now see their way to the execution of their project.
They have obtained their ship, with a promise of
further aid from the government, aud now only re
quire funds, for which the public will not suffer
them long to want. A school-ship in the Thames,
supposing it to take on bqard as many as the Akbar
now holds, would save in emigration and analogous
expenses about £14,(500, being nearly equal to the
sum required for its equipment.”
Important to Farmers.— Mr. Lewis
writing to the Rome Southerner from Farmers vile,
Chattooga county, Ga., says :
“I write you a few lines, so that you may,
through your valuable paper, warn the public
against the danger of feeding cattle with green
Chinese Suge Cane. I have been taught by better
experience, that it will ki l a cow in thirty micuteß
after eating it. On last Friday evening I was
thinning some growing cane, and gave a handfull
of the staiks to my cattle about dark. Next morn
iug one of them was dead —had not moved out of
her tracks, but looked as if she had fallen down
and had died without a struggle. One of my neigh
bors the other evening tried the same experiment
with his cattle, and, in about thirty minutes, two of
them were down. lie drenched them with lard,
aud they got well.”
We feel much obliged to Mr. Pyles for the above
information, (says the Soulherntr) aud should be
glad to hear the experience of other farmers on
this subject. Some say that it is excellent food for
hogs, and that they thrive upon it.
More Lynch Law in Missouri.— lt was stated
recently that a man named Kessler had been hung
by a mob in Gentry county, Mo., for killing an
other, named Timmons. An accomplice, named
Milligan, was arrested at the time, but his case was
laid over until the next term of court. A letle r
from St. Joseph, July 6th, says :
A guard was appointed to watch his prison. No
appropriation was made for their support, and they
became wearied with so thankless and tedious an
employment, and abandoned their posts. The mob
went to the county court yesterday and demanded
an appropriation for the expenses ot a guard, and,
upon a refusal, they proceeded to the prison, took
Milligan, out aud led him to the same tree upon
which Kessler had, ten days before, been hung.
He requ- sted to be baptised, which was done in a
brook near by. Here he had an interview with
his old father, which was deeply affecting. He
was then taken back to the tree and hung until
dead.
How Steamboats Explode. —The following ex
tract from the testimony before the Coroner’s jury
at the inquest held on the body of John Ladge, one
of the victims of the unfortunate steamer Pennsyl
vania, shows to what the loss of that boat is attri
buted :
Isaac Wieler sworn—“ Was employed as afire
man ; was at the door at the time cf the explosion ;
knew the boiler to leak badly ; had to watch it con
Btant,ly; boiler leaked at rivet heads on starboard
side for about two feet; could have made more
steam but for leaky condition of boiler. The sec
ond engineer was on watch at the time of the ex
plosion ; boat had rau a race with the steamer Duke,
in which race the Pennsylvania ran aground ; after
they left the Duke, the eugineer told Mr. W. to
fire up, as they wished to keep ahead of the Diana;
she must not pass before we get to Oiro. When I
came on watch, there was not much steam, but we
threw on pine knots and coal till we got on a good
head of steam, and was running very fast at the
time of the explosion ; the fire was as strong as
ever made ; coula not make it greater.”
Cereals in Spanish Portp. —The following in
formation ot the action of the Spanish Government
in admitting Flour and Grain free of duty, is of in
terest at the present moment:
Department ok State,
Washington, July 10,1853.
The following information has been received at
this Department from J. Somers Smith, Esq., the
United States Codsul at Malaga:
“In consideration of the reasons set forth by my
Council of Ministers, I hereby decree as follows :
“The prorogation, which I thought proper to au
thorize by my Royal Decree of the 16th ot Septem
ber for the free importation into the Peninsu
la of wheat, flour, barley, Indian corn, and other
nutritious grains, according to what was prescribed
in the Royal Decree of the Pith of May, 1847, is
extended until the 31st day of December of the
present year.
“Given at the Palace of Aranjues, on the sixth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
“Signed by the Royal hand.
“Javier Delsturiz,
“Preeident of the Council of Minister'!.”
The United States Senate.— The terms of the
following United States Senators will expire on ihe
4th of March next:
Clement C. Clny, of Alabama, re elected ; Wm.
K. Sebastian, of Arkansas ; Martin W. Bates, of
Delaware; Robert Toombs, of Georgia, re elected ;
S. A. Douglas, of Illinois ; G. W. Jones, of lowa,
James W. Grimes, chosen as his successor; John
B. Thompson, of Kentucky, L. W. Powell chosen;
J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana ; W. Pitt Fessenden,
of Maine ; Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts ; Chas.
E. Stuart, of Michigan ; Albert G. Brown, of Mis
sissippi, re-elected ; John P. Hale, of New Hamp
shire, re-elected ; Wm. Wright, of New Jersey ; D.
S. Reid, of North Carolina ; Philip Allen, of Rhode
Island, Henry B. Anthony chosen ; A.P. Hayne, of
South Carolina; John Bell, of Tennesse, A. O. P.
Nicholson chosen; Samuel Houston, of Texa3,
J. W. Hemphill, chosen ; It. M. T. Hunter, of Vir
ginia ; James Shields , of Minnesota.
A Comet. —The Nantucket Inquirer of the 9th
Bays that a faint telescope comet was discovered by
Mbs M. Mitchell, of that town, on the evening o f
the Ist inst., in the constellation of Leo. It was al
so seen on the 4th, sth and 6th. Its position is so
low that she is unable to obtain sttc’i measurements
as will poove it to be a new one, or show that it is
one heretofore seen.
Southern Merchants.—A letter from Boston
says : —Very little is done here on the credit system
at present, but the Southern merchants appear to
get far more indulgence and accommodation than
any other class. I understand that they meet their
payments more punctually than the same class
from other quarters.
A Grand Edifice.— Archbishop Hughes, it is
stated, ha3 addreesed a circular to oue hundred of
the wealthiest of his co-religionists in New-York.
asking them to contribute $11)00 each to commence
the building of an immense cathedral, which is to
be 322 feel long, 97 feet wide, and 100 feet high upon
the inside.
Death Warrants.— Gov. Packer, of Pa., hes
signed the following death warrants :—John Lutz,
Alleghany county, to be executed October Ist; Wil.
liam John Clarke, Montour county, to be executed
September 24th; Mary Twiggs, Montour county, to
be executed October 22d.
The Weather in London. —The heat in London
during the last week in June, was greater than in
the corresponding week for 43 years. The ther
mometer rose to 94° in the shade.
Liberal Kailroad Compant. —The Grand
Trunk Railway Company, of Canada, has furnished
the clergy of all denominations, with permanent
tickets, enabling them to travel in any direction on
the Grand Trunk Line for half price.
The Hartford Courant says a dictionary is soon
to be published, which will contain ten thousand
more words than aDy of its predecessors.
It is Btated by a New York policeman, that owing
to the extremely dull times and the warm weather,
over 30 per cent, of the first class palaces of infamy
in that city have buret up.
Theie are no less than.Bo persons aged 70 years
and upwards in the small town of Hebron, Conn., a
place with 1,300 inhabitants.
The republicans of the 22d district of Pennsylvania
have nominated Bobert McKnight for Congress
over Purviance, present member.
Mr. Stoeckel, the Russian Minister, took leave of
Secretary Cass on Monday. He goes to Europe to
remain until next spring.
It has been discovered that “Yankee Doodle’’ is
identical, note for note, with Danze E’par La, an
old Spanish tune.
The Latest “Go." —Henery Watkins, a Lon
don photographer, has been getting up visiting I
cards with the caller’s portrait on one corner.
Mrs. Esther Boice died in Gates county, N. C., > n
the 9th inat., aged 103, she professed religion whin
80 years old.
Dentil of Gen. Quitman.
We have already announced the decease of Ger.
John A. QuitmvK on Saturday last, at Natchez
Miss. We copy from the Charleston Mercury of
yesterday, a short sketch of his life :
Gen. Quitman was bom in theSta’eofNew York,
of Italian extraction, his father being a preacher in
that State. The sou bore all the lineaments of his 1
origin, resembling, both in fea’urea and dignity ol
bearing, the Roman of old, whether as solder or
seuator. Nor was his character unlike his appear
ance. He emigrated youDg to Mississippi and en
tered the profession of the law, which ho continued
to practice until a late period. In political views
he was from early mauhood a firm aud consistent
States Rights Democrat. Ho was in 1850 a member
of the Nashville Convention and a Secession!:, t, ad
vocating the separate action of Mississippi. His
course iu Congress has identified him with the truest
and staunchest defenders of the rights and interests
oi the South at Washington. Asa brave and able
soldier, his conduct in council and iu the field iu
Mexico give ample proof, manifested by the respect
of that whole matter.
He was regarded to be one of the few thoroughly
reliable Southern Demociats of the States Right
school—a man true to his section, far sighted and in
corruptible. His judgment, his honesty, and tin
sterling manhood w hicn gave weight and influence
to his opinions and positions, established him in the
respect and trust of the people. The South is
menaced by dangers from her enemies without and
her self seeking aspirants within, and needs the help
of spirits such as Quitman’s.
Moved, than, by feelings of special regard aud io
tere.-t,and by considerations of ihe Southern cause
and its necessities, we deplore the event as a gene
ral calamity, and claim to shave the griei with Miss
issippi.
- Savannah Item**.
We copy the following items from the Savannah
Republican of Thui sday morning :
Attempt at Suicide.— Jessie J. Dean, a sieve
adore, residing on Habersham street east of the old
cemetery, attempted to take his own life, at an ear
ly hour this mori.iog, with an old razor. He cut
his throat severely, sepa?ating t wo veins aud sever
ing the anterior two thirds of the wind-pipe. Dsau
has for several weeks been on a spree, and was, at
the time of the act, laboring under the effect of
delirum tremens. During the summer of 1854, a
like attempt was made under the same circum
stances ; consequently, during the present attack
he was watched carefully, and his wife had only
absented herself from the room for a few moments
when he committed the desperate act. Medical at
tendance was immediately procured, and the wound
sew ed up, but at last accounts the physicians were
unable to determine the probable issue of the case.
Another Foundry Accident. —A young lad,
named Michael Sullivan, an apprentice at the
Foundry of A. N. Miller, in thiscily, had one arm
and both legs broken yesterday, while assisting to
adjust a band over ope of the pulleys attached to
the engine. Less thwn a week ago wc recorded an
exactly similar accident that occurred to another
lad at the same establishment. The repetition
argues a censurable degree of carelessness some
where.
A Prize Fight in Savannah.— We learn that a
prize tight came off yesterday, in the vicinity, near
the S. A. &G. Railroad depot. The champions
were John McGuire, an Englishman, aud J unes
Duftie, a runner tor oue of the sailor boarding hous
es on the bay They fought fourteen rounds, and
McGuire win declared victor by the knowing onos
present—of whom there were, according to our in
formant, in the neighborhood of one hundred. It
was a regular butchery, so far as it could be effect
ed witti lists, and both parties are said to be severe
ly bruised. Duffie is a sort of -cock of the walk
among his class, and McGuire a noted pugilist who
has recently returned from a professional tour
through Canada and the Lake country, where he is
said to have “tanned out every thing of his inches.”
We take it for granted that the parties to this dis
graceful affair will be promptly arrested and ealt.
with to the full extent ot the law. A prize light is
anew feature in tbe excitemen’s of our city, and
an example thould be made that will be long re
membered.
Where were the police when these preparations
were going on and ihe crowd going out, that none
of them were present, and all wore profoundly ig
norant cf the disgraceful spectacle. We under
stand it had been getting up tor several weeks past.
Fire.—A fire broke out about one o’clock yes
terday morning, in the drug store of Mr. J. E. De
Ford, coryer of Broughton and Barnard street. The
store was closed at the usual hour (10 o'clock.) and
no fire or light left iu the room, and at the time first
mentioned a dense smoko was seen issuing from the
crevices about the doors and windows. In burst
ing open the latter, ore entire rear corner of the
store room was in flames, embracing the partition
aud shelves. The alarm being given, the firemen
were soon on the spot and had no difficulty in ex
tiuguishiufi the flames before any material damage
had been done to the building. Mr. DeFord, we
learn, sustained some $3,500 damage to his stock cf
drugs, from the fire, water and smoke, agaiuat which
he is fully insured .n tbe Home Insurance Cos., of
New York, of which Wm. King & Sons, of this
city, are Agents.
Nothing is certainly known of the origin of the
fi re.— Savonnah Repubhean.
The Increase of Specie.— Early iu May last
the banks ot five of the leading cities in the United
States, had accumulated in tli3ir vaults an amount of
specie equal to $64,000,000. The decrease since that
time may be estimated at something like $2,000,-
000. The Boston Advertiser, alluding to these
facta, says that the present plethora of gold is . a
phenomena, which, to its actual extent, was im
possible twenty years ago, for the plain and euffi
eient reason that there W'as not a sufficient amount
of gold in lhe country. In the year 1837, the banks
held about $38,000,000 in specie, the circulation of
gold and silver was estimated at a little more than
$17,000,000, and the amount absorbed in plate aDd
for similar .purposes was set at $25,000,000. $55,-
000,000, therefore, appears to have been the entire
amount ol specie available for purposes of curren
cy, and subject to the direct control of commercial
influences. It is computed, however, that the
amount of precious metals now in the shape of
plate is $40,000,000, while in the last year the trea.
sui y had $22,000,000, the banks $58,500,01)0 and Ihe
specie circulation SIOB 500,000. The whole amount
of our specie currency, therefore, exceeded $189,-
000,060, and although its distribution has since
been changed very materially, the amount held by
the banks being increased, and that in the treasury
having fallen nearly to zero, still tbe aggregate has
probably increased since the above estimates were
made.
A New Counterfeit. —The Constitutionalisl of
Saturday says:—A new counterfeit twenty dollar
bill on the Bank of Hamburg, was offeredatt.be
Mechanic’s Bank in this city yesterday. The bill
was in a package of money reoeived from Tennes
see. The counterfeit is a good imitation of the
genuine bill, but the filling up is poor and the paper
rather too dark. The date on the bill is October
6tb, 1856.
Naval. —A Washington letter says: The Wabash
and Macedonian, which were sent to the Gulf, have
been ordered to pursue their original course to the
Mediterranean. The Fulton, Arctic and Water
Witch are ordered home, leaving the original Home
Squadron in possession. The Fulton, Watei Witch
and Harriet Lane, mounting ten guns in all, c m
pose the main force for Paraguay, and under Cap
taiu Page, can hardly get ready before the Ist of
October, or reach their destination before Janua-y.
Consequently Congress is likely to be adjourned fce
fore their operations will be known here. Tbe Pa
raguayan fort on Parana River mounts 100 guns,
which were well aimed on former occasions.
Terrible Affray in Lawrenceburg, Ky.—
a barbacue in Lawrenceburg, Anderson county,
Ky., on Friday last,, two young men, named Miller,
from Washington county, became excited with
liquor, and on an attempt being made to quiet them,
assaulted four men, three of whom were brothers
by the name of Lurcy. Two of tie Luroys were
killed, the third was mortally wounded and the
fourth man shot dead. The murderers have been
arrested.
Reportoral Feast. —At Toledo, Ohio, on “the
Fourth, ’’ a reporter, specially engaged to report the
oration, took down his Declaration of Indepen
dence, as it was read, instead. When the reading
commenced the reporter began likewise to ply bis
pencil most vigorously, and under ihe impression
that it was “the greatest oration, by gingo, that he
ever had heard,’’ became exceedingly zealous to
report it fully. When he wrote it off, from the notes,
it was so highly embel ished that the editor scarce
ly recognised it, til! he came to the “names of the
signers,” reported a’ the “committee of arrange
ments !”
Return or a Hungarian Exile. —Gov.Ujhazy,
the Hungarian exile, has been spending a few days
in New-York, and left last Saturday on his return
to hia home in Texas. He was tn ilia way from
Europe, whither he had been to visit the members
of hie family. As the Austrian government would
not allow him to visit Hungary, his relatives were
obliged to meet him in Belgium. The interview
took place in Ghent. His daughter, Madam Mad
rasz, accompanied him back to America.
Very Frenchv. —lt has been intensely hot In
Fans, and many Parisians have converted night
into day, in order to enjoy the more moderate
temperature of that portion of the twenty four
hours. The Bois de Boulogue (the Paris Park)
was crowded wi ll carriages of all descriptions
from nine o’clock in the evening till two in the
morning.
A Puzzle to the French.—A Frenchman can
never understand the energy and pluck of the
American character. It is a common saying, in
France, “/-’American 7te xe (lout! de vienV’ which
is equivalent to : “An American doesnt distrust
Lis ability to do anything he chooses.” John Bull’s
bad manners do not aatonish Johnny Crapeau any
more than Jonathan’s enterprise.
Sharks—A shark was caught in the Connecti
cut river at Lyme, on Wednesday of last week.—
The fish was a regular man-eater, measuring
feet in length, 3 feet 9 inches in girth, and weigh
ed 250 pounds. It tad a tripp’e row of teeth of a
formidable appearance. In bis stomach was 22
“bony fish.’’
The Courier de Rheims complains that the con
sumption of champagne wine has of late years been
on the decline, and in proof, it states that whereas
in 1856-57, J 1,421),198 bottles were exported, and
2,468,818 sold in France ; in 1857-8 only 7,308,310
were exported, and 2,421,454 were sold in France.
In the former year the total was 10 959,016 bottles,
and in the latter only 9,789,764 bottles.
Narrow Escape.— At the late term of the Rich
mond County (Va.) Court, a slave named Eli, was
tried for committing an assault upon a white wo
man. The evidence against him was strong, and
four of the Justices were for hie hanging; but the
fifth having some doubt of the identity of the pris
oner and the perpetrator of the crime, was for ac
quittai; so the Coart ordered the negro to be sold
forthwith.
The region at the West recently submerged by
the overflow of the rivers, is now atii icted by mias
ma, caused by the decaying matter left upon the
subsidence of the Hoods. Droves of bogs turned
out upon reclaimed lands along the Illinois shore,
are dying ofl rapidly (topi an endemic which has
suddenly broken out; the health of the inhabitants
is beginning to suffer. *
Slaverv Discussion. —The long talked of debate !
between Parson BiWnlow, editor of the Knoxville
Whig, and the Rev. Abram Pryne, a Congregational
Minister, and the editor of an anti-slavery j
published in MoGrawvilie, Courtland county, New i
York, styled the Central Reformer , is announced
to come off on Tuesday, the 7th of September next, i
in the city of Philadelphia.
Citizens’ Bank of NnakviHe anil Memphis-
We yesterday announced the closing of the doors
of this institution, the principal Agenoy of which is
located in Memphis, Tenn., and the rejection of its
bills, by the other Banks of the State. It is gene,
rally regarded as a complete swindle The Mem
! phis Bulletin of Wednesday, says : “We under
stand that most of the depositors were settled with
during yesterday. It is the general opinion that
there will be little or nothing for the note-holders.”
The Avalanche, of Wednesday says :
Tbe annru icement of the failure ot the Citizens’
Bank yesteiday morning, came upon our uosuj
oectiug citizens as unexpectedly as a clap of tbun
dsr from a cloudless sky. Many of the more know
ing ones, who inferred from the signs of the times
that the rotten concern was scattering her notes
broadcast Ihroughout the eouutry, and making oth
er preparations tor a grand and profitable failure,
have ‘’agacioudy rejected the notes for several days,
aud thin averted the loss which fell with sinhcrush
ing effect upon Ihe more credulous and confiding.
It had been officially announced in the morning
papers that prevision had been made for the pay
ment of Ihe depositors, and it was supposed that the
Bank would open her doors at the rnual hour yes
terday morniug for the liquidation of such claims.
At an early period of the moming. therefore, long
before banking hours, the approaches to the Bank
buiidinj were thronged by hundreds of eager de
positors, with care-worn countenances, and bank
becks in band, ready to make their demands when
the stroke of nine should announce the hour for bu
riness. Mingled among the anxioui crowd, a for
loru note holder might be seen, with all hia earthly
store, perhaps in hand, hoping to realize at least a
sma 1 per cent upon the unfaithful promises of the
hard-hearted bauker. Iu the throng we observed
more than one poor woman who had been reduced
to beggary by the failure, and whose tears gave
painful expression to the feelings which follow the
disappointed hopes of the poor, the unfortunate, and
Ihe injured.
The hour of nine was announced, and alt the
banking establishments iu the city, whose period of
failure is held in abeyance through the public cre
dulity, had proceeded to business, but bo did not the
financial heroes of the “Citizens “ Fearing vio
lence from the iujured party without, an officer of
the institution called upon the Mayor for protection,
and Ihe City Marshall and a posse of police took
possession of the building, fasteued it up securely,
whereupon the crowd dispersed one by one, doubt
l“ss with distinguished considerations of the Tennes
see banking system, under the “individual liability’’
clause.
Tiie news of the failure spread like a praire tire
before the wind, and the trains from the different
directions that r< ached the city yesterday, were
freighted wilh thousands of dollars of the worthless
issues of the bank, the holders vainly hoping to
realize something upon the representative of their
labor and the resuits of legitimate trade. A hand
some sum thus came forward from Brownsville,
but the best transaction that came to our know
ledge was the Bale of a small package at fifty cents
on the dollar, hater in the day we teamed that tbe
notes depreciated to ten cents on the dollar, and
we were informed last evening that Citizen's Bank
paper was dull at five cents per yard.
Various expedients were resorted to to get rid of
the worthless notes, many of which were somewhat,
amusing. In one instance a “liquid” acquaintance
of ours offered a two dollar bill for a single drink,
but he was promptly denied, an! the rags would
not even buy a modicum of “Dean’s extra.” Citi
zens who were victimized in a small amount was
even l ash enough, we are informed, to present the
venerable editor of a morning ootemporary with
t welve dollars in Citizens Bank currency. It did
not seem to mollify the feelings of ourgifted friend,
however, for at the last account he was disposing of
the entire Bank question to an admiring audience
on a popular corner.
We observed a little fellow with a wonderfully
exaggerated nose, who had a package of the “Bow
legs” notes in his hands—some one asked how much
lie had, he answered, “these bills amounting to
t hree hundred dollars, are the profits on my labor
for six months past—look at my hard hands and see
how I have toiled ; I have a wife and children, for
whom 1 must buy bread, and for whom I must pro
vide a shelter and a home, hut, gentlemen, it is alt
gone—they mav be houseless wanderers, and home
less beg gars, if I should knuckle to this misfor
tune. It is all gone.”
The little gentleman with the Slankenbergiua
cose which we read about in Tristam Shandy, at this
point in his speech “humped” himself, aua began
to lay down his wildcat bills in a row down the
center of the street. When they were thus distri
buted he turned to tbe crowd saying, “genth meu
and ladies, I will sell this d—d internal Btuff at ten
cents a yard, tape measure.” The crowd roared,
and good humor was thus substituted for the angry
feelings for sometime manifested, and which, by
any accident, might have resulted in the demolition
of the Bank building.
Seriously, wr have many instances in which tbe
ladders of the uotes have been reduced to utter
want by the iailure of the Batik iu question. A
young countryman, who has been laboring asaidu
ously to acquire a sum of money whieh would en
able him to purchase a small tract • f ground, had
all his earnings m the notes of the broken inatitu
tion. lie had the desired sum in his possession,
aud came to this city ycßlerday to make the pay
ment and insure the transfer of the property. His
feelings may be imagined when lie received tbe
sad announcement of the failure of the Bank, ard
the destruction of all his hopes.
Wo do not relate the circumstances as a veiiti
eation if the old saw, that the biter was bitten, bu t
we learned last evening, that a gentleman who had
been a director cf Ihe concern, was victimized to
the amount of S7OO.
Passing the banking-liouso last evening, we ob
served that some thoughtful individual bad hung a
horse shoe on the door-knot, to insure the establish
ment immunity from witches! goblins, and other uo
natu'al ills The precaution is rather late to prove
effective, bu’ we suggest that there are concerns ol
that ilk of a somewhat similar character that will re
quire something more potent than horse-shoes to
preserve them from the suspicions of on outraged
people.
New Orleans Medical News and Hospital
Gazette. —The July number of this valuable me
dical periodical is on our table, and we take great
pleasure iu bringing it to the notice of the profea
sion, ns every way worthy of their patronage. The
original articles in thia journal are written with
marked ability ; they posses a vigor aud Ireßhnesa
that makes a lasting impression. Its selections are
fine, and its editorials need no commendation at our
hands, they will always recommend themselves.
The present number contains an article from the
pen of Prof. Robin, of Paris, on some points of the
Normal and Pathological Anatomy of the Mucus
Membrane ot the Uterus. M. Roiiin is one of the
greatest Pathologists of the day, aud has written
this article expressly for the New * 4j- Gazette, aud
it probably be continued through two or three
numbers. is edited by Professors D.
Warren Brickell aud E. D. Fenner ; price sf>
per annum in advance. All communications should
be addressed to D. W. Brickell, M. D., 165 Car
ond’elet street, New Orleans.
The Government or Oregon —lndian Troublet,
—The Washington correspondent of the New York
Timex, in a letter dated Tuesday, Pith says:—A
nide question will soon be presented to the Secre
tary of the Treasury for hia decision. Oregon
organised her State Government on tbe sth iust ,
and the same is, no doubt, at this time in full opera
tion. Vet several of the Territorial officers, some
of whom arc here, will insist upon their righ tto a
continuation of salary under the defunct Territorial
organization. Gen. Lane, the delegate from the
late Territory of Oregon, has given formal notice
to the Treasury Department of these facts, and it
now remains to be seen whether Secretary Cobb
will recognize the existence ol the new Government,
or continue to pay salaries to the old Territorial
officers.
Gen. Lane returned to this city yesterday, after
a week’s absence iu New York. He is dispose! to
ejoubt the news of Col. Steptoe’s defeat by tbe
Indians, but, should the news prove true, thw
gallant soldier will leave by the first steamer for
Oregon, to engage in quelling the outbreak. The
country around the crossing where Col. Steptoo
was said to have been surprised, is a rolling prairie,
without any kind of timber which would furnish an
ambush for Indians. If true, Gen. Lane thinka
the Government has on its bauds a troublesame
Indian war, as he says these Indians are the
rioheet, bravest and shrewdest on tbe Continent
and are supplied with an abundance of the best
rifits and revolvers. They have never yet been
whipped by the whites, though often engaged in
conflict with them.
Girls— There are two kinds of girls; one is tbe
kind that appears the be.-t, abroad, the girle that are
good for parties, rides, visits, balls, &.C., and whose
chief delight is in such things ; the other is the kind
that appears best at home, the girls that are useful
and cheerful in the diningroom, aud all the precincta
of home. They differ widely in character. One ie
often a torment at home; the other a blessing. One is
a moth, consuming everything about her, the other
is a sunbeam, inspiring life and gladness all along
her pathway Now it does not necessarily follow
that there shall be two classes of girls. The right
education will modify both a little, aud unite their
characters in one.
The writer might, with equal truth, have added,
one is of no value for any purpose, while the other is
above price.
Coal eor Locomotives.— The Middieboro’
(Mats.) Gazette Btates that four out of the twenty
locomotives belonging to the Old Colony and Fall
River Railroad have been changed to coal burners,
and a fifth ie now in process of transformation. It
‘aires about 2,500 weight of coal to drive an engine
from h all River to Boston and back, occupying
three hours and twenty minutes,’and costing $7. The
same power of steam created by wood costs sl7. —
The coal used is Cumberland.
Falls oe Niagara. —A letter written at tbe Falls
of Niagara says :—For fifteen years I have been an
annual visitor here, and Niagara never has before
impressed me with so much sublimity. I attribute
it to greater quantity of water at present than upon
any former occasion. The Cataract itself doss not
present any marked change of features, but the
“Rapids” and the “Whirlpool” are more grand and
impetuous that the “oldest inhabitant” can reeol
lent. It is staled, upon reliable authority, that the
surface of Lake Erie is from five to six feet higher
now than before in thirty-one years. Much laud is
inundated upon the southern shore of said lake,
and the farmers alongshore are loud in Iheir com
plaints against the public works at Black Rook
which they allege dam up the Niagara River so as
: o cause the rise in tbe Lake.
Punished for Insulting the Emperor.—A
man named Leger Ferre, carpenter and poet, has
been tried for an insult to the Emperor Napoleon
On Easfer Monday he accompanied the fraternity
of carpenters of Chartres in a procession, which it
is their wont to hold on that day, and after dinner
he sang a ribald song, of his own composition, en
titled ; “Confessions of the Emperor to the Arch
bishop of Paris.” The Chartres tribunal sentenced
him to three months imprisonment The govern
ment not thinking the punishment severe enough,
appealed a minima, and has obtained a judgment
of twelve months.
An Awkward Dilemma. —An old man aged 81
years, was picked up adrift, two or three miles from
Marblehead light, Maes., in a small boat. By some
accident the old man lost his oars, and as the wind
blew quite fresh, and the sea was rough, and his
boat drifting seaward, his prospects were rather
gloomy. He had been in perils before, having
been twice taken prisoner during our last war with
England.
Ex-President Pierce and wife were to leave Ma
| deira on the first of June for Lisbon ; thence, avoid
! iig the larger European cities, for Vevay, in Switi
■ erland, where he will spend the summer. Mr. Na
ibaniel Ilawthorue and Mr. John Howard Maroh
: will be with him in Switzerland.
There are 20,000 women employed in watoh-ma
! king in Switzerland.
A mammoth mechanical bakery has just been
opened at Cincinnati,