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HOME INDUSTRY!
A NEW ERA!
MENDENHALL'S
NEW AND IMPROVED
HAN I> LOOM!
Patented in 1857.
III* I.OIMI in (lexiguedespecially for Planters’ use
I and may be introduced with advantage and profit
on evory Farms nd Plantation in the State. It can he
operated by aay person, from a girl of fifteen yearn, and
will weave easily, from twenty five to thirty yard* per
day, with more facility and caae than eight yards can I
be produced on the old fashioned L jod,.
The Machine is of the the aimploat construction, the
largeat occupying a pace of 4$ by 6 feet, 4 feit high,
and can be kept in perfect order witb the least imagina
ble care. It is easily operated, requiring but two mo
tiona of the hand, with the lay or baton to throw tire
shuttle, operate the harness, take up the doth, and let
off the web. It in, theielora, recommended with the
greateat confidence to the use of Planters.
It is so arranged that eight different kinds and go ids
t ail be woven on the same web, &ud the alierations re
quired to produce any desired fab. ic can be made iu a
few minutes —aa, for example,
Single Plain, Double Plain, Ken
tucky Jeans, Satinet, Heiring
Bone, Blanket Twill,
Seamless Bags, &c.
Qan be readily produced. These constitute the most
useful and desirable fabrics
This Loom was Patented, in January 1857, and may
be seen in operational the store of W B. GRIFFIN,
Broad street, to whom or the undersigned all orders or
enquinea must be addressed WIIJ.IAM HILL,
Augusta, May 2 IfiSti
GROVER A BAKER’S
SEWING MACHINES.
R MAHON* why the GROVER A BAKER Machine
is universally preferred for family sewing :
I. it ia more simple aud easier kept in order than any
other Machine
‘2d. it makes a seam which will not rip or ravel,
though every third stitch 1m cut
Id It aews from two ordinary spools, and thus all
trouble of winding thread is avoided, while the same
machine can be adapted at pleasure, 6y a mere change of
spool, to all varieties of work.
4Ui. The same machine runs silk, linen thread, aud
k'uuiuuu spool cotton withequa facility.
Mb. The seam Isas elastic as the most elastic fabric,
so that it ia free from all liability to break in wash
lug. Irouiug, or otherwise.
Mb TheStitcb made by this machine is more beauti
ful than any other made, either by hand or machine .
Merchants can secure the sales of these Machines in
their different local! ies, with profit to themselves and
their customers, by applying to the undersigned, owners
oi the Hlgkl for Georgia
These Machines are always on exhibition at their Sales
Km>ui, on Broad street.
myII dirwly THOS P. STOVALL A CO.
m V. VILLIiI S & CO.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
OFFER FOR SALE LOW
JUUObags Rio Java, Laguyraand Mocha COFFEE ;
400hbda. P. R . N. O.'aud Cuba SHUARS ;
tiOO bbla. Olaride * and Crushed
•200 hhds choice Os ha ami Muscovado MOLASSES
4000 coils prime Male HOPE ,
600 bales Heavy Gunny BAGGING
1500 baaes Adamantine and Sperm DANDLES ;
2000 kegs NAILS.
POWDER, SHOT, LEAD. TWJNR ;
KWi. S ALT, tU A. !• tw.Vei.n
SINGER & CO.’S
UNRIVALLED
XBUINIi MACHINES,
FOR
FAMILY AND PLANTATION USE.
>|’HK!>K ar* tll only Mm liiuoa whioji will do, ON
1 THK BAMK MACHINE, both tti Boost aud
.-oarM.t work.
Principal OtHc... 4.V Broadway New York
Charleston llflioe. King tleet.
Columbia, 8. 0.. liouaon A- Sulphen. A rent
AUtII'STA AGENCY, at H. D.HORKKU.'S 800 t
Store, U 44 Broatlmreei.
KLAATHBEAU, tor Plantation uae; SILK ‘1 WIST,
Hewing Maihine OIL. NF.KHI.ES, ic. for sale.
Apply tor a copy el Singer A Cos s Uar.ette Sent
Cre.’ by mail taytkl oawdA-twAw
mm mm, gi
JUNE 30th, 1858.
niH|HUAHB|t> MPUT OK UKtlHttlA. aa a
1 a PUBLIC BA SORT, i*. aud ha. be.n opened
alnre 10th June aud needy tor all who may pay u a
vialt We .hall uot make further rouiment on the beauty
aud benednofavit to Uv.delightlUl clime. Ail wlw
have ever visited the M ADI.SUE SPRINGS, will to ti
ly to It. beneficial effecu. and why should any . tie wish
travel North, aud .pend their m.mey amongst strau
ger. Ac when they can Had climate, wwfety, aud eve
ry thing else, optal, if not superior, to rny -jwt in the
Southern country- then, we say, “ Come why l
Come!” We .hall be happy to we • ” = ~f0t...-e
.them they shall not gti away disaatlstte.l
DANIEL SCOn 4 TYNER.
*MT Augusta Constitutionalist. Savannah Republican,
YtaoMi Journal A Messenger, Soutiwr* Watchman, and
MaiHMu, Atnwis, Ga., will please ©opy
jyi-dA wlm
DISSOLUTION
r |'HK Ooptnaorship of JACKSONS, MILLER A
I VKRDKRY. having expired by its own limitatioc,
ou the Ist urtant. the undersigned have pm chased the
uuurs intercut of W E. J AOKSON. and iaten i cuntian
lug the WHOLESALE DRY QOODB BUSINESS, (at
tb* old stand,) under theuame and*;yleof JACKSON.
MILLER A VKRDEKY
GEORGE T JACKSON,
JOHN T MILLER
EAMI EL A VERDERY.
Augusta, Ga, July 15,
NOTICE
HAYING duponed of my interact in the late firm of
Jackeou-s Miller A Yerderey, io GEORGE T.
JACKSON. JOHN T MILLER and fiAMUEL A
V f-aKDBRY. vho will eotuaiue the bußineiiA, i cheer
hilly commend them to a continuance of public.Uvor
W. E JACK ON
Augubia, Ga, July 15, ISSS. iy!6-d6Aw3t
NOTICE REQUIRED BY STATUTE
r> contemplation of a renews! in a iiffoKUl form. the
1 special limited Partnership hereUdore *xi-lm* in
thin city between the undersigned. will be vlissotreO by
mutmal consent on the 14th of August next
W B JACKSON. 1
OEORUB T JACKSON. I Special Par Wet*.
JOHN T MILLER. I 1
SAMVEL A. VKROEKV, I
£. f KINIULhi, L.enemi Partners
K 8 SANCHEZ. jt.euemt 1-artners.
Aurusta. July 15. 185 c. jyi6 w 4:
DROPSY CURED
r|* UK undersigned propoeea u> CI'RK DROPSY “f
f every description He can be seen personally five
miles south of Union Point or addressed by letter to
Union Point Oreene county. Ga The Medic ae ran
be sent anywhere by railroad, with directions for
giving u ; or, 1 will attend paraouaiiy. if request
ed. and paid for my trouble 1 will buy Negro, s
aMirled with Dropsy, or cure them, as the owner may
prefer Hat isles to ry reference* given. tf**™
MILKSG BROOME.
•** of Owgri*. Oram* am :
This uto Certify that my father had a negro man ai
fltctod with Dropsy m 1853 , b* had been treated by e
vertl phyrimn* without any cur*, when be applira <o
M G Broome for hi* remedy, which cured him He i*
•till bring, and in good health.
Jan 21. 1858. UFJiKT Champion
ITnion Point, Grwwi eo . April 7, 1858.
wtjani
NOTICE
Hi' VI AW A V from the subscriber on the lOtfc m*L. *
Negro Boy named ANTHONY, about 27 years >t
age, dark mulatto color, weigh* about IGO pounds, heavy
bead of hair, with a aoar upon bis upper Up. Sad Ne
aro was recently from North Canmua Any perron who
will apprehend said Negro and lodge him in jail, shall !*♦*
ifluooablj rewarded for the same and all necessary ex
penaee paid oytbe snbebriber TJ. TAILBTON
jy!7-w:tt
RANAWAY
ttuiiH the subscriber, on the 251 h inst.my Negro
1 Man. AUSTIN, wh >is about iifty four years old _
His complexion is black; height five feet ten inches ,
weighs about one hundred and dft) pound. . with a
fro hi tooth oat Had on. when lenrtjW-* dark colored
bombaxlna Coat, patches on the shoulder, and a hi ,h
crowa bat and dark pantaloons. 1 will give, for his de
livery to me. on my plantation in Warren county, near
Poweltou, Ten Dollars, or if lodged in “* “*
where 1 may get him; and will give Fifty Dollar* if
found in the possession of any white man who is at*
tempting to make off with him, with sufficient proof tn
convict any such person, or persons, o’ the same
BENJAMIN F ROGERB.
Poweiton, Geo . April 27, lt>sc. my-J w.iir
SITUATION AS TEACHER WASTED.
A. YOUNts UKNTLKMA.V from Virginia, who
was educated at one of the best Colleges in the
United Staten, wishes a SITUATION as Principal of an
Academy Assistant Teacher in some good School, or
Tutmilir a private family
Would be competent to teach the Latin, Greek and
m athamntics. The beet of reference given, as to char
Tier and capacity. Please address
|, r nsswtf H V HMITHHOW. Aucuvtsita
—TO RENT,
rasHK OVERHEAD of the commodions BRICK
I BUILDING, five door, above the Planters’ Hotel,
.teunnetan rooms, exclusive of ironing, washing,
snd two servant*’ rooms. Now occupied by
uitenen j. Apply to
EUGENE VEKOEEY
LOOK HERR
Farmers, Planters and Keepers of
HORSES.
“ Keep your Horses in Good Condition.. ’
iii: imts ns
GEBKAI VEGETABLE DU Pill
f | ’IIE e*trkofdinmT virtue*of the celebrated GER
1 MAN HORSE POWDER are attested by thousand*!
who have lined it It in composed of Vegetable Roots
and Herbs, and in highly recommended for the cure and
prevention of all tho*edi-ea*e* to whic h that animal—the
Horse —is subject : as Distemper, Hide-lv>and, Drowsi
,es*. Loss O! Apietite. Inward Sprains. Yellow Water,
Fatigue Iron* hard exercise or work, Inflammation of the
Eyes, Debility. Wasting of Flesh, Ac. It carric* off all
gross humors, prevents horses from becoming stiff or
foundered, puritic-: and cool* the blood, and improves
their general condition. The constantly inc reasing de
mand for this celebrated * HORSE MEDICINE ’ is one
of those unmistakeabie proofs of its worth. Ju ca. c*B oi
Hide-bound, Losa of Appetite, Drowsiness. Fatigue,
Distemper, Inflammation of the Eyes. It improves the
condition of the Skin; impart * a fine glossy coat of
Hair ;itia a universal Condition Powder Farmers and
Planters should not he without this valuable Powder.
For ale, wholesale arid retail, by
FISHER ti HEJNITBH,
Columbia. S. C. t
and by
PLUMB & LEITNER,
Wholesale and Retail DrnggisU, Augusta, Oa.
mviW-wly
FOR SALE,
3 250 ACZRES
VAU.'AISLE LAVII!
A GREAT BARGAIN OFFERED!
r j'IIK subscriber > Hers for sale, on the mo*t libera
X terms, aPLANT A r l ION conuinmg J,*JSO acre.i
lying upon t *e waters of Spring c eek, in Early county
Ga, composed of Creek Swamp, Hammock, and Pine
liands. There is about twelve hundred acres opened
and in a of cult! vat ion, good water, and healthy I
location.
Rein.; ‘eiermined to sell, I will give the best bargain
to be had iu a valuable Plantation in Soutliwebtern
Georgia.
Apply to *. S. STAFFORD,
jyl4*w2m Blakely, Early county, Georgia.
FOR SALE,
A Valuable Family and Commercial
HOTEL.
r | , HE above is located in the town of Marysville,
I Blount county, Tenn , aud contains ‘24 convenient
hitting and bed Rooms, offices Ate., witb large basement,
Dining Room, Kitcheu and other suitable out buildings ;
also, good Stabling tor thirty head of horses, Hay Sheds,
Carnage Houses, Horse Lots and Garden.
Marysville is the county town of Blount county, and
on the Knoxville aud Montvale Springs’ road, Hi miles
from the former and 1* from the latter. Being the only
Hotel in the place, it necessarily commands the travel
ing custom between the two points, as also that of the
County, Circuit and Chancery Courts, and in the Mont
vale Springs season, considerable pEtronage from visi
tors. Any gentleman, wishing to locate in a healthy
aud advantageous business position, will find this an
eligible opportunity. Apply to
R. McKINZIE, Proprietor.
Marysville, Tenu , July 14,1858. jyl7-wlm
PTATION
MILLS,
AND
XHIVTE ARR
I.G VIC miles south of Auburn, Macon county, Ala.,
. upon Cbewacsla creek. I offer for sale the above
mentioned interest. Plantation contains HiHO acres of
Land, rUO of which are in a good state of cultivation,
well improved, with Dwelling, rud other houses of all
kin u, well watered, and as healthy as any residence in
the State.
A Merchant's Mill, iu good repair and running daily ;
two Saw Mills under the same r >of, upon the same
creek with the above Grist, iu good repair and running
order.
The Lime Quarry is of superior quality Rock, and in
exhaustible. To auy who wish to avail themselves of
the advantages of the East Alabama Male College, of
the convenience of the Montgomery A West Point Kail
road, and at the same time saw Lumber, burn Lime, or
make Corn aud Cottou, I would say, come and buy my
place cheap I Cheap • I Cheap !! I
JOHN 11. KCIIOLB.
Auburn, Ala., July 11, 185S. jy2o wit
TALLADEGA LAND FOP SALE.
I oI'FKK for sale fit 15 acres of LAND in Talladega
1 county, Ala , 24 miles from Oxford, on the road lead
ingtrom Talladega to Boiling Springs; 250 acres cleared
and in cultivation. The tract fronts (Jhockolocko creek
for one mile; contains 250 acres prime bottom land, which
will yield w to 12 barrels corn, 25 to 30 bushels wheat, aud
12 to 1500 lbs, cotton per acre. The upland, mostly
oak and hickory, will yield half these quantities. The
location is healthy; range for stock of all kinds, prime ;
community, moral, social and intelligent; schools and
(•lurches,good and convenient. The cars on the Ala
bama and Tenne-sie Railroad run io JO miles of the
place, aud Railroad is graded 30 miles beyoud, and runs
within two miles ; so that the crop of ’59 or ’CO may he
shipped from Oxford, only 24 miles off.
In salubrity of climate, fertility of soil, accessibility
to market, intelligence aud morality of the community,
lew places are superior to this.
For particulars, apply to the ‘undersigned at .Silver
Run. ‘Talladega county, Ala.
Iv I I tin S.G JINK INS, Agtnt.
EARLY COUNTY LAM
H SA IYIC.
\\f K offer for sale Fifteen Hundred Acres of first
Vs quality Oak and Hickory and Hammock LANDS,
eight miles from Blakely, ou the Cuthbert road, joining
lauds of Mr. Fred. Grist, and the late Major J<e) Draw
ford, aud others, and iu the neighborhood of the late Dr.
H. O. K Nesbett’s plan tat. ovc Three hundred and fifty
acres are in a high state of ccivfvatinn, the whole unsur
passed by any other lands ini.: .section of country tor
convenience and fertility of soil. The Lands all Me
level, water good and abuudant, good Gin House ed
Screw ; eight comfortable new negro Cabins ; Cribs,
Stables and Lot, together with all other necessary out
buildings, and a comfortable Overseer’s House. We are
determined to sell, aud invite those wishing to buy a
good Plantation, to come and see ours.
REFERENCES —Col. G. W. Dudley, D O. E. Craw
ford, Americas Ga. ; Col. Wm. K. DeGraffenried, M**-
con, Ga., and Col. S. S. Stafford, Blakely, Geo.
We also offer for sale the II /TEL AND STABLES,
iu the town of Blakely, now occupied by James 8
Brown.
For particulars, address the proprietor, at Blakely,
Ga. Price and payment will be made to suit the pur
chaser, for any or all of the property offered.
je2s 4m /.. \\ . i F.F. A BROTHERS.
EXECUTORS’ SALE.
IIK following property, comprising the whole es
1 tate of Map Joel Crawford, deceased, late of Early
county, Ga., will be sold at public auction on Wednes
day, the 15th of DECEMBER next, unless disposed of
previously, by private contract, to wit:
JBOO acres of Oak and Hickory LAND, ou Spring
creek, in the 4th district of Early county—UJoo acres
cleared.
21H6 acres of Pine LAND, including Mill and Resi
dence, on Colomokee creek, in the sth district of Early
—about 300 acres cleared.
;i2U acres in the 2d district of Gilmer county, consist
ing of Lots No. 268 in the 11th district and 319 iu the 25th
district of said section.
Also, 90 NEGROES, and the other personal estate of
deceased.
Terms of sale. —One-third on delivery, one third in
one year, and one-third iu two years—the two latter
bearing interest from date of delivery.
JAMES BUCIIANON, l ...
CPAS. P. CRAWFORD, > * jX r ’
May 19, 1858. wtitn
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
‘’Kills! sub>criber is offering for sale his PL ANT A
1 TION :n Oiay county, Ga., containing about TOO
acres—about 250 acres cleared, good Dwelling, Gin
House and Screw, all new, and lying on the river about
S or 9 n.:ies above Fort Gaines.
febs wtf JaMKS GRIER.
FOR SALE,
\ PLANTATION containing 1500 acres Land, well
timbered ; 200 acres cleared, aad produces the best
Sea Island Cotton and Provisions of all kinds. A good
two-afcary Dwelling, containing seven rooms, witb four
firepl*c*s, artd 40 feet Piar.za ; Kitchen, Smoke House,
wo story Coitou Reuse, Gin House, and other buildings,
are on the premises, with a Well of good water, a fine
range for Hogs and Cattle; Puo *nd Oysters convenient
In large abundance. A more healthy, pleasant location
Is not to be found in Southern Georgia. Fuciher par
icnlars can be obtained by application to the subscriber
at Savannah. V. WOOLLEY,
novlo-wtf
BANKS! BANKS! LANDS ! LANDS! !
ALAKLk nsjptity of the best Planting and Farm
ing LANDS in *oat2&eni Georgia, and elsewhere, in
Tracts of 250 to 2,000 acres tc suit purchasers. Also,
ten to fifteen leagues of select Tslw with clear
titles, is uow offering at very low rates at the Georgia
Land Office, m Augusta *
Bills of the Augusta, Savannah, Athens, and the
Ch&rtafttc u and Itamborg suspended Banka, wll beta
ken u. payment at par value. Negroes will be taken al
so. on ’ tiro cash prices allowed.
Persons detiroaj of torming settlements, or making
safe investments, will and il to their interest to call at
our Office, Warrec Range, Augu da, G*.
JAMES £* DAVISON,
Land Agent and Real Estate Broker.
octl?-dlwJLwtf
IMPROVED EAGLE COTTON GIN.
HATe.si, JIYDF A t 0.. the manufacturers of thin
improvedGjj, desire to introduce it to the attention
of Georgia Planters. They have been in extensive use
in Louisiana. Alabama. M*_. —cippi, and Arkansas, for
several years, where they give universal satista. tion,
and are regarded the best Gins made, oaUt for speed,
durability and the dneness of the Cotton. A specimen
may be seonattbeuffi. e of D'ANTIGNAC. EVANS A
CO . ofthfc city, which Planters are invited l.’ examine.
Orders addrswsed to BATES.HYDE A CO,, Bridge
water. Mass., will be promptly attetried to. ielS-tf
SPRINQ PI EL 33
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
MASSASOIT
FIRE INSIRANCE COMPANY.
A. t'. FOKf'K, Agent.
Augusta, (lx. June 1S5I?. t* 3o
CELEBRATED PHILADELPHIA BALM.
(MUBQUITO ANTIDOTE.
‘I’HIS invaluable article wifi prevent Mosquitoes.
X Bedbugs, Ac., from stinging, biting and touching
th* bumJiu body wherever it is employed ; it will re
mo ve Taa v*d Sunburn Iwtiattwowly : beautify tne
complexion, impnrt softness and lily whitene-s to the
skin, and through the continuance of its use deprive the
human of Freckles or Pimples. Price 25 cents a botl*
For sale at I.*TABTK •
j3-3iu Wholesale and Retail Drtv Store.
MADISON FEMALE COLLEGE,
irl liT. OK KAI.I. TKRAI of this weli
renown lnstftm,” will b-gta on the FOURTH
MONDAY. (23d day IN AUGUST, nnder a full corps
° , oS3£s are earnestly solicited to bring
itfr^ir-Seward., at the opening
which begius the scholastic year K U -
thopougheducat ion is furnished here, and at
teal as the same quality o. educate*. <■“**•*
elsewhere, and perhaps more so, wh< * “ *
that the French and Latin Languages and \ ocai *ute
are taught m the reyuliir course without extra
Calaiogueti contain tug tall particulars a* to J>ta -.
Rale*. Rates 4c . may be had on appUcmt>“ v
JAMES L PIERCE. or the undersigned
W 0. BASS,
Secretary and Treasurer
BURKE LAND FOR SALE
IN not previously disputed of, I will sell oo the first
Tues>dav m NOVEMBER next, at the Court Hoe**
in WayneLoro', Burke uianiy, my PLANTATION on
Briar creeh. in said county, containing Ttarteeu Hun
dred A re* of Oak and Hickory Laud This plaie is
weli unproved, well watered and healthy. aUot 25
miles beiow Aiqju-t*. ani 3 miles from Green's Cut, on
.Savannah 4 Augusta Railroad.
Terms of sale—Oue-third Ist of January nekt; the
iu two equal instalments, payable January lent)
udMgWiib trterotfrom day of sale
wishing inforuialton in relation to thi* place,
•he subscriber at Berxelia. Cos lumbia couo
tv. C,9 : iy*-w4 wtd| JOHN B WHITEHEAD.
CONCENTRATED LYE
AM FPIs V received by
tUtwim WM. H. TU i'T.
Cfarumck ti Sentinel.
Correspondence of the Savannuh. Republican.
Letter from Hie Telecrapliie Fleet.
U. 8. Steam-Frigate Niagara, )
At Sea, June, 1858. \
Editor Savannah Republican:
Dear Sir:—On Thursday, th lOtb iuet., in com
pae y with the other hipe the Telegraph
u-Squadron. w fawit adieu to TTfit ITlllunl. Ml 4
proceeded to sea, l>oond for lat. 52.(L’Ion*'. TMB.
the spot deifiKned ae a place of rendezvous in the
event of our aeparation. I cannot say that the ma
jority of us grieved at our departure, for although
not uninindtul of the many kindnease** extended to
uh during our visit, some of us after a long absence
had enjoyed the sweets of domestic life but a brief
period before being ordered to sea.
Hut a short while before our departure, the news
of the outrages by the British cruisers in the Gulf
or Mexico, wan brought to our notice. Aa a mat
ter of course, the subject was freely discussed, and
our indignation naturally and justly aroused Be
lore this reaches you, doubtless the matter will have
been amicably adjusted, perhaps almost forgotten.
Some days before we sailed, it was understood that
orders had been issued for the recall of the Com
mander of the Styx, and it was presumed explana
lions had been already sent to our Government. It
may not be generally known, however, that the
British Government issued o r ders of such a nature
to the Commander of the West India Squadron, the
execution of whiflb would assuredly give rise to
much ill-feeling, and could be productive of perni
cious results. A Captain in the British Navy saw
those orders before they were issued, end informed
some of the officers of the Admiralty of the conse
quences which would inevitably attend their exe
cution, but bis suggestions were disregarded ar.dhis
predictions verified. The “amende honorable” will
be made to Brother Jonathan, the Commander of
the Styx will be recalled, probably promoted for hi
*chl (ala Crampton.) and six months hence John
Bull will tax his ingenuity in devising other means
for disturbing the equanimity of his trans-atiantic
cousins.
About this time another circumstance occurred,
of not a grave nature it is true, but which did not
tend to mollify the ruffled feelings of the crew. A
reporter of the London Times visited the ship and i
is surmised he took exception to the manner in
which he had been received, for in a few days after
wards, a copy of the Times made its appearance or.
board, with a lengthy description of the Niagara,
which was more noted for its abuse than veracity.
Now, “Jack” considered this as “adding insult
to injury.” for he views an attack of that de-scrip
tion on his craft, even if true, as a wanton invasion
of his domestic rights, not at all to be tolerated, and
is therefore prepared ta believe if the reporter afore
said is as economical in pecuniary matters a3 he is
of the truth, within a reasonable length of time,
he may be able to’ construct a ship upon his own
model.
We had comparatively comforable weather until
Sunday, the 13th inst., when it began to blow and
show indications of an approaching storm; by this
time the Niagara and Agamemnon had lost fight ot
thh Gorgon and Valorous.
From that day until the following Sunday, it blew
at intervals quite heavily, and the falling barome
ter gave us intimation we had not seen the worst.
The wind increased in violence during the night,
and the next morning, Monday, was gloomier then
the preceeding. The Agamemnon was then on our
starboard beam about a half mile distant, and it
was observed that she was rolling heavily : there
waj a frightful sea ou, and objects were distinctly
recognized on her spar-deck as she rolled towards
us. She signalised to us that she was easiest ofi
her present tack, but shortly afterwards she was ob
served going off before the wind, aud we soon lost
sight of her. We had now to philosophize upon
our own discomforts. Our ship w r as rolling deeply,
but as easily as could be imagined, and although it
was blowing heavily, and there was an uglv sea, we
were enabled to meet at the “festive boards” at
regular hours, and every one was delighted with the
behaviour of the ship. By Tuesday noon, the gale
had considerably abated ; the only damage we had
euntamed from the nine day’s blow, was the loss o!
< ur flying jibboon, winch was carried away by a sea
aud which also slightly ruffled the plumage of our
eagle on the how.
On Wedneeday we arrived at the rendezvous,
where we met the Valorous and Gorgon, awaiting
us ; they had also experienced heavy weather to the
Im ulhward. Our ill fortune was still in the ascend
ant ; it began to blow again during the night; we
eparated from the two ships but regained our po
:ition on Friday afternoon, when we also had the
pleas tire of meeting the Agamemnon. Immediate
ly lifter we hove to, the Captain of the A. visited us,
when wc- ascertained that he had been obliged to
scu i for 30 hours before the gale ; during this time
several tons of coal shifted in some way, breaking
one man’s leg and another’s arm ; 80 miles of cable
also broke adrilt and was twirling, writhing and
twisting into every conceivable shape, rendering it
a physical impossibility to secure it; a h-tavy sea
struck the ship, prostrating every man on the spar
deck, and the ship’ water ways opened inches,
during the hub bub a marine became insane ; it is
supposed literally had his wits frightened out of him.
C/uite a “chapter of accidents,” and it is a source
oi gratulation that more serious damage was not
sustained.
Early on Saturday morning, June 20th, the hum
of machinery on deck announced that preparations
were being made for splicing the cable. A hawser
was passed from the stern of this ship to that of the
Agamemnon and made fast; after which, one end
of the cable was also passed to her in a boat,; by
noon the splice was effected ; the hawser was cast
loose when the two ships began slowly ‘he separate.
The depth of the water was about 1000 fathoms, or
nearly two miles; the sea was perfectly smooth,
the machinery working beautifully, the cable tun
ning out easily, aud the electric communication
perfect. It was proposed that the .ships should
pr. ceed at tht rate of not more than two miles an
hour for two hours, so that the cable should reach
the bottom before any strain should be brought upon
it; the speed was then gradually to be increased.
We were in ecstaciee at the manner in which things
were progressing, and were flushed with the hope
that fortune had at length tavored us. At the expi
ration ol 15 minutes, about 21 miles had been paid
out, and whilst in the height of our pleasing
emotions, the order was suddenly heard “Stop the
engines!” then followed a snap, a twang, and the
cable had parted. The cause of the accident proved
to be that h portion ot the cable as it came out of
the coil whilst running over a wheel became slack,
and when it suddenly straightened, it flew from the
groove of one wheel into that of another, became
jammed, and before the ships could be stopped all
w'as over It was an accident, which had never be
fore occurred during any of the experiments, and
the possibility f its occurrence had not been guard
ed against. All the work had again to be perform
ed, but we went so diligently about it, that by 5 P.
M , we again bade each other adieu, aud headed
for our respective shores. Everything again went
swimmingly ou, and our hopes were ad buoyant as
ever. We gradually increased our speed until an
average of about 3$ knots per hour was attained ;
the cable was running out with an expenditure of
25 or 30 per cent, with a strain of 2300 lbs upon it.
At about I o’clock Sunday morning, the electri
cianß, who were constantly receiving aud transmit
ting currents, observed that the “continuity” was
treken; a few minutes ot anxious suspense were
passed, when “no reply *’ from the Agamem
nan increased the fear of another accident having
occurred. According to a previous agreement, we
waited until l o'clock, A. M., for a communication
from our consort; receiving none, the cable was cut
and our ship put about for the rendezvous.
Various were the conjectures iu reference to the
origiuof this failure; it was hoped some accident
had happened on board the Agamemnon, as in that
event it might be of such a nature that a recurrence
could be prevented; whereas, if it had parted in
the sea the chances were against a solution of the
difficulty, or the application of a remedy. Thirty
miles of cab e was sacrificed by this mishap; as a
matter of course the Agamemnon lost the same
amount.
About noon on Sunday, 27th June, the ship “Alice
Monroe” passed us, bound for Boston, by which the
uews of this misfortune was sent to the United
States. We arrived at the rendezvous on the same
afternoon, about 5 o’clock, saw the “Gorgon” in
the distance, but during the night drifted so that we
did not regain our position until Monday afternoon,
whep we me: all the squadron. We immediately
ascertained that the cable had parted under water,
then our worst tears were realised.
It was now determined if the cable should again
part before oue hundred miles had been paid out
from each ship, we should return to our present
position, and make another attempt; if over one
hundred were laid, and an accident happened, we
should proceed to Cork, aa the ships would then
need coal. On Monday afternoon, June 28th, the
cable was again spliced; for the tnird time we
shook hj£>i*3 the Niagara heading for Trinity Bay,
the Agamemnon fjdr the Bay of V alentia. As be
fore, everything worfcea beautifully. W fe were
naturally very apprehensive during t&£ irhole of
Monday night,’ but Dy noon on Tuesday our appre
hensions were measurably allayed. The ship was
going at the rate of about 41 knots, the cable run
ning out at about knots an kou'', with 1,900 lbs.
strain. The sea was smooth, although the breeze
had freshened, and circumstances appeared to fa
v.'r u?. Thiu. ye progressed until half past nine
o'clock P. M , wh*n one of the electricians was
m-en hurrying across the d*v,k in search of Mr.
Field—an officer approached us and whispered, “J
fear the coutinuity is broken. ’ It was too true.
Inquiries were made, and the catastrophe was ini
mediately knowu to every man iu the ship. A feel
ing of gloomy disappointment pervaded every one,
tkoUfiu a bickering nope existed that perhaps the
electrical vr&e at fault; this was soon dis
pelled by the reception of terrestrial currents. As
soon as the first shock of tbe uawpicome intelli
gence had passed, as before, surmises we*e i,eicg
made relative to the cause of the disaster. As the
cable goes over the stern it is observed to twist,
and the number ts its turns has been ascertained to
amount to ]0 or 12 in a distance of about 50 feet,
aud the torsion appears to increase with the amount
of strain applied. ‘
From tiiis fact, some argue, a? this rotary motion
is transmitted to an indefinite extent t-he ca
ble, it is eventually twisted off. Others tiicugh*
too great a strain had been placed upon the cable
that i f should not be checked but be allowed to run,
an u tee speed of the ship increased so as to compen
-s.’.c for would otherwise be too great an ex
penditure
To convince you how the latter opinion is
entertained by some, 1 will ment ion that acm.e genius
in the crysalis state. being filled with inspiration
find ftot having the tear of the Telegraphic Company
before ii. eyes, perpetrated the following :
“ Pay it ml. oh ? pay out,
As Ost you arc able .
For so sure’s ike brake's pul on.
Pop goes the Cable!”
It thw euioQ us the mua*g should ever be diaoov
ered. he will be properly cared for. The above
opinions were, howeve*. caly expressed by thoee
termed “outsiders.'’ I have not heard wbai ideas
are entertained by those who have derived iLforma
tiou months of practical experience.
After the destruction of the continuity no longer
admitted of a doubt, an attempt was made to part
the cable by applying the brafcere, when to the as
tonishment of ail. it sustained for soma fconre, over
S,hOU Ibe weight, and still kept siowly paying iuelt
out. Stoppers were then applied, and the ship ac
tuaiiy rode by the cable over an hour, it was at
Iriigtii forced L> part by other means.
This experiment materially increased our confi
dene* in its strength, and we yet hope it may have
parted on board the Agamemnon, for reasons alrea
av advanced Our hopes accord with the opinions
of the electricians, who think perhaps the accident
• •ocurred whilst endevourlng to shift from the spar
deck to the main deck coil, the time, nine,
being about the hour that the former would b*ve
beeu expended. ,
We were not very cheerful the next day for ob- j
vie us reasons, ami thoee who were pecuniarily iu
*erested in the enterprise, if possible, leas bo. One
hundred and forty five miles more of cable had been
lost trom each ship, amounting to a total loss 0!
nearly four hundred miles, including that used for
expenmect , a* it cost nearly five hundred dollars &
taile, the Toes is a serious one
If we eventually succeed, it will not be felt, but I
must acmit some of us are not so sanguine as we
were some weeks since, although few, if any,
doubt the practicability of the enterprise, and re
verses but slimufkte u to greater exertions.
Harloß of Cork, Ireland. July
We arrived early this morning and find the Aga
inetnuon has uot made her appearance ; therefore
our future movements are uncertain.
Yours truly : H
ritree vessels lrom ihe American lakes, v* : the
iback Hawk. Chieftain anUE. S. Adams, attract
ed considerable attention at the docks at Liverpool
AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1858.
I From the N. O. Picayune.
From Mexiro—> Inter eating nod I mporianl.
The steamer Gen. Rusk, with Brownsville (Tex
as) papers to the 2Lt inst., arrived at New Orleans
Saturday last. The news from Mexico is highly im
portant. The capture of San Luis Potosl by the
Liberalist force under Zuazua is announced, and
the abdication of Zuloaga is reported. The latter
news needs confirmation. But to the particular
The Brownsville Flag, of the 14th inst., say* :
The progress of the Constitutional party iu Mex
ico seems daily approaching the haven of sunless.
By the tr.a ; l that airived at Matamoraa from Mon
terey, on Saturday last, we havfc files of the “Bole
iin Oficial” from the latter place, which announces
the final canture of the long contested city ot San
Luis Pol jsi by the forces under Col. Zuazua. I'he
fact -4 announced in an official despatch from Col.
Zuazua to Gov. Vidaurri, dated from headquarters
in the village of Santiago on the 30th ult., as fol
lows :
“Excellent Sir —Yesterday, at 10 in the morning,
we arrived here, and immediately despatched to the
comm&udantot the plaza of San Luis the conunu
nication, a copy of which, marked No. 1, I have the
honor herewith to transmit to your Excellency.
[This copy is a brief order to surrender the place in
two hours or take the consequences of a refusal.—
Ed. Flag.]
“After the two hours fixed iu this communication
I received the reply expressed in the copy marked
No. 2, [a refusal to surrender— Ed. Flag.] which
determined me to immediately prepare for military
operations, by making a rapid reconnoissance of the
fortifications of the plaza, and gave rest to the
troops in order on the following day to commence
attack in form.
“Thus we commenced the fire at 9 P M , and by
4 of the afternoon, our brave troops had possessed
themselves of the place, proceeding for more than
two hours through a very lively firing, from all
parts, both from artillery and small arms
“Ail my subordinates have deported themselves
with their usual gallantry, and notwithstanding the
formidable fortifications of the enemy, we have su.
tained but a amali loss, for which we are very grate
ful. With sorrow I have to report to your “ Excel
iency, that among the wounded, though not seri
ously, is the meritorious and valiant Colonel of Ar
tillery, Edward Ii Jordan.
“The. loss ou she part of the enemy has been*
much greater, aud among the prisoners are several
chiefs and Officers. 1 ,shall embrace the first op
portunity to give to your Excellency t e particulars
more in detail, concluding for the present by con
gratulating tlie nation, the State, the Supreme P>w
era and your Excellency tor this very important tri
uinph that has been obtained by the decision and
bravery of the Constitutional forces.
Advices have also been received from the troops
of lamaulipas under Gen. Carvajal. A portion of
his command had incepted and captured a large
train of goods, consisting, it is said, of 1400 mule
loads which had left Tampico in the direction of
San Luis. The greatest enthusiasm pervades their
ranks, and they, as well as the other cti vision of the
Northern army, were being increased by the daily
acquisition ol volunteers.
The Flag of the 21st inst., says:
“The news from the belligerents across tho river
remains abeut as we left it last week. None of the
details of the taking ot San Luis have yet beeu re
ceived. This is accounted for by the report that
the courier despatched after the one annouciug the
capture, had been killed by the Indians between
that place and Monterey.
“Col. Guadalupe Garcia last week left Matarno
roa with troops to reinforce the Tamaulipas division
now iu the field We that, it is the intention
of the commanders ot the troops of all the frontier
States to unite their forces and together march upon
the capital. Gov. Garza, it is said, wiil also leave
Matamoroe iu a few days The greatest enthusi
asm prevadea the ranks of the liberal party trorn its
recent success, and the confidence thus instilled
into the rank and file of its army is equivalent to
another victory There is no stimulant to deeds of
heroism like that of conscious superiority.”
Under the heading “Latest from Matamoroa,”
the Flag has the following :
“We learn that Gov. Garza left yesterday for
Victoria.
“A rumor was in circulation there that President
Zuloaga bad abandoned the city of Mexico, and
left the Government iu the hands of Cauto, one of
his subordinates, and two bishops. The news ia
said to have come from Monterey by private let
ters.”
In relation to this latter report we have the fol
lowing extract, from a letter,dated Matamoroa, July
19, with which wc have been favored :
“We have an express from Monterey to-day,
bringing dates up to the liit.li inst., with the most
gratifying news Iroin the Liberaliats.
“Zuloaga, the reactionary President, has abdica
ted, and has left the city of Mexico witb an escort
of 300 men, leaving the government in charge ol
L>. Bernardo Cauto and t wo bishops.
“All through the interior, wherever the Constitu
tionals show their faces, tho despotic party are seiz
ed with a sudden leaving.
“I presume you have heard that San Luis Polosi
was taken on the 30th of last month, by Zuazua,
alter eight hours’ had fighting.
“Gov. Garza left Matamoros this evening for
Victoria, on his way to join Vidaurri and march ou
the city of Mexico.”
The above comprises all the Mexican news we
have by this arrival, and it is of such importance
that we shall awaii further advie.es with great, aux
iely, and with the hope of a speedy confirmation
of the report of Zuloaga’s abdication, combined
with an assurance of the complete triumph of the
Liberaliats.
We omitted to meqtiou t hat we have a letter da
ted Monterey, July 4, in which our correspondent
(an American) says: “Gen. Santiago Vidaurri
raised the Mexican Hag over the Palace ia honor of
our great national day of independence ”
Since writing the above, we find, on referring to
the Brownsville Flag, that Col. Win. Henry, ot
San Antonio, has issued a printed circular to the
people ot Mexico, or more properly to the Liberal
party of Mexico, encouraging the leaders of the
Constitutional parly to persevere in their laudable
struggle tor the liberties of their countrymen, and
offering in the event of need, the aid of himself and
followers. This circular has been published in the
Boletin Oficial, of Monterey, the organ of Gen.
Vidaurri, which also contains an article in reply,
from which we infer that Col. Henry’s offers of aid
have been declined.
We have not room lor the whole of the Boletiu’s
article, but the tone of the following extracts, ia so
indicative of that self-dependence which is so ne
cessary to a people struggling for freedom, that we
cannot omit them, or the remark that if the Boletin
gives a reliable idea of the feeling and spirit actu
ating the body of the people of Northern Mexico,
they deserve to be free, and have the capacity to
maintain their freedom.
“We recognize the merits of the offers of our
neighbor, and we are convinced that among the
Americans t here exist very warm sympathy and
good feeling for those of us who contend lor liberty;
because our thoughts are the same as theirs, and
we desire for our loved country the same principles
that have sustained them in their wise institutions.
We appreciate as far as we can the sell-denial of
the sons of Washington for their sacrifice at our
side in the conquest of liberty, and for all we render
the tribute of ourco'rdial respect, and full and sin
cere thanks.
“These ideas are dictated by the consciousness of
oar power, and the intimate conviction that we are
able to triumph iu a complete and definite manner
over the sworn enemies of Mexico, who with the
sword and helmet pretend to govern us. The histo
ry of coming events w ill respond to the truth of
what we say. If up to the present the action of the
army of the North has been slow, this is owing to
the necessity of making great preparation to secure
iu any event tiiid triumph.
“ For the moat part all is uow arranged, and a&
we said in our last number, we wiil enter iu full up
on the completion of the work. This commence
ment will bo from the time we have announced for
the inarch of Sr. Vidaurri.
“ It is generally believed that the people of the
interior are a prey to fanaticism ; but in this there
id a lamentable exaggeration, for the people of the
interior are rising en masse, to combat the re-action,
and we are certain t bat the triumph we uow shall
gain will eau?e to disappear from Mexico the united
power of the hyssop an l the epaulette ; and to ob
tain this triumph these people will contribute an
important part, as \a actually beiug doue by those
of San Luis and Zacatecas
“ Mr. Henry has presented us some examples,
such as that of the renowned Gutierrez, our com
patriot, who went to the United States and brought
sons of that country to do battle for the indepen
dence of Mexico; and that of Lafayette, with lik
ten thousand fellow-citizens, who came to fight for
the independence of those same United States.—
Without any desire of hurting the feelings of Mr.
Henry, let it be allowed us to say, that the circum
stances iu which we find the Mexicans now placed
are not the same as those in which our fathers found
themselves iu 1810, or those in which were found
the English colouies when they struggled for their
independence.
“fn these two epochs iu the history of the Ameri
can eontiuaut, Mexico, submerged in ignorance and
fanaticism, contended against a that for
three centuries had overwhelmed her, without di
minishiug during all this time the weight of oppres
sion : and the English colonies, although composed
ol men inured to war. enthusiastic for liberty aud
the defence of their rights, had to contend for them
with the colossal power of England. At present
the is uot in Mexico as in the epoch that we
have cited.
“Now there are ideas, there are principles, there
ia an impulse which leads to regeneration and,
what is more, there is a portion of the nation which
is governed by one will alone, and is animated by
one spirit only, namely, that of giving perpetual
liberty to the Mexican nation, and base her govern
ment upon the principles of progress that have been
followed by the enlightened nations. This portion
ot the Republic of which we speak is no other than
the frontier, where there exist a unity of thought
and a unity of action, and hence the indestructible
force which has changed and ever will change the
political phases of nations. ’’
A Mammoth Gold Vein —ln a former issue we
mentioned that some rare specimens of quartz rock
had been picked up on a fraction below Bearden's
Ford. Since then, we arc pleased to say, the vein
has been located, aid a wonderful vein it is! We
have been a resident in this county for many year,
and witnesr*ed the development ol Pigeon
Calhoun, and more recently the Findley A Cos. mine,
but ail, iu our spinioo, fail short of the splendor and
lUdmsSsof the one just discovered. The vein is on
a fraction owned by Mr- Boling W. Field,of this
county, and is being operated upon by himself in
connection with Mr Gregory, the discoverer. We
visited the min eon Monday iat, and Found it in the
bed of the Chestertee river, imbeded in hard trap
of *l#te rock. In ordt-rto work it more effeetualiy,
a pood was oooxtracted, aud wedges, cold chisels,
and sledge hummers were the only tools employed-
The maiu gold bearing quartz is confined to a widA
of st or eight inches, but interspersed with gold lor
about the width of four feet While there a dis
laUor of from ten to twelve feet of the vein was
made bare, and we could distinctly B*e liie metal
the whole length of the exposure at several teet die
tance. Iu fin-, it is the gold mine of gold miues.—
Dahlonega Sternal, Jidtf 24.
Early Ripening Wheat. —Its Advantages
John Johnson, the father of underdraining in this
State, and one of the most su .ceesful wheat grow
ere, says he would give a prize of to any ono
who could tell him h-w to r.peii his wheat ten days
earlier tit does u<jw. fciveu four day* ahead ot
his neighbors is a great a*ivantage, and saves him
in a great measure from the ravages of tne midge:
and this is one of the advantages hfc gained by
the use of salt, lime, high manuring and underd/ain
ing his land. His object is to have his wheat in ea*
trom the sth to the ltTdi of June, and then, even, if
it afterwards ripen slowly, it is t*> forward lor the
midge. One piece this year, that was several days
more forward than usual, be speaks of as “ splen
did,” while all around other farmer* are mourning
the utter destruction of their crops. — S. Y. Tribune.
Fire at Wells burg. N Y—About 12 o'clock
on the nighi of the 24th inst, a firs occurred in
Wellsburg Allegheny county, in which seven build
ings were consumed The losses are as follows
H G. Taylor, carriage and fanning miil factory, SO,
gOO no insurance , A. C Bronson, on tools, &* ~
*6OO. no insurance, A M. Haliett, house and
store with household goods, $5,000, insured for sl,
500 ; W. A. Pacer, barn, $200; A. N. Cole, Free
office, S7OO C L Farnum. goods abd store, S4OO .
W\ Van Buren, on carriages $200; D. K (’harles,
boot and shoe stre, $*H), folly insured on goods,
but luss on building S2OO , D. Goodrich, damage *n
goods s2oo , 11. Baines, store, loss S6OO The fire
was the work of an incendiary.
Correspondent of the N nra^jUhßej/übhean.
(T 0..: I. „ . ~ oli
Seizure of a Su*iecied SI.-ivßProolie*. Ar.
Hay Ha, July 25, 18.8.
Since I last had this pleasure, F have taken the
opportunity offered me, by that rare thing— a leisure
morning—to pay a visit t
ers are not probably aware, is located
on the other side of'. ur bfivbnr,lHediataly oppo
site this city My .bj of in g.qoj kfcere was to ex
amine anew railroad dep l, whif^Hkadheard one
if -th- altnaeeua (warehouses) haSKeii converted
into by an American architect, Sheppard Reynolds,
Esq . formerly of New Orleans, for the railway n*w
building between Regia and Mabinzas Imagine
how surprised 1 was on stepping from the steam fer
ry boat, a! finding, where before stood an ugly ob
long warehouse, sn elegant gothic building, near y
300 feet iu leog*b and about and” feet hi breadth. The
painted doors and windows are all of solid mahog
any. The former being open, I folk the liberty of
walking inside Tiieo* I was received politely’by
Mr. Edmond Slater, of Newark, N 3 , the mister of
the machinery, who kindly aided as my cicerone .
showing me all there was worthy of observation.—
The first things which attracted my attention, were
two new splendid locomotives, called “The Mar
quis de la Habana” and “Jacinto G. Laninaga “
They were built at Patterson, N. J . and each weighs
eighteen tons. There is, 1 was told, a third locomo
tive, the “ Edward Fesser,” built al Philadelphia,
which was then employed on the line. Entering
one of the first class passenger cars, I was delighted
with its admirable ventilation and general comfort
and elegance : the paintings ou the panels are per
fect gems of art, and had time permitted, I could
have passed three or four hours in examining these
really beautiful pictures The cars were built by
William Gumming, of Jersey City. Alter this, I
walked a lew hundred yards on the railway and
could not avoid observing the great firmness with
which the rails are laid. ‘J he rails themselves, too,
possess uncommon strength weighing no less than
68 IBs. to the yard WSfen this railway is com
pleted, it will prove oi immense public benefit; at
present, tix or seven hours are iff going by
a circuitou route, change .f ciVs, &c., to Matan
zar. By the ikw line, wij-cti is direct to Matanzas,
h man wiil be able tak an early train and be in
Matanzas in good lime tur breakfast, remain there
through the day, and return to this city in the eve
ning. This fact must speak so forcibly as to the
. great public benefit, the new railroad will prove
that. 1 need not further expatiate on it.
We were startled last, week, by a rumor that a
gentleman Lad been brutally shot, by another gen
tleman at Regia. Enquiry led to the following dis
closure ot facts : Two officers of the fSpanish Army
belonging to one regiment, had a quarrel at a gam
bling table, and as ia too often the case, a duei was
resolved upon. They met according to appoint
ment with seconds at an old quary at the end of
the main street in Reglu, in the road to Guauabu
con. Their weapons were their swords. One of
the principals were either cut down or sipped when
liis opponent’s second deliberately drew’ a pistol,
be having a previous pique against the man on ti e
ground, and shot him; of the wound so received he
died on the following day, and was buried with all
military honors.
The principal aud Lis second, who committed the
above related cow*.<dly act, at first made off, but
1 hear they have since given themselves up, and as
tlie gentleman who was killed was a lie whew of
General Tersuudi, the Captain Genera) of Madrid,
if is not probable thay will get off’ with a slight pun
ment.
The Spanish steamer Mnjicoon the JOth instant
brought fifty two more Yucatan Indians, who,
though sold into servitude for a term of years, are
called “tree colonists.”
We have had the U. S. sloop-of-war Jamestown
twice off this harbor since. the date of my lastlet
ter, and the U. S. sloop-o! war Constellation once.
We have also hid ifince thai period two or three .
visits from the British gunboats Jasper and Jas
seur.
The brig C. Perkins has been raised, pumped out,
and taken possession of by the Government ns a
lawtul prize. Iu her hold were found a nlave deck,
extra c >ppers, shuckleu, &c , Ac., giving evidence
of the trade in which it was designed she should be
employed.
The brig Nancy of New Orleans, has also been
heized by the government, and her Gapfain aud
crew arrested and imprisoned under a charge of
being about to engnge in the African slave trade.—
The brig has since been hauled to the wharf and her
cargo discharged, it. was composed of scantlings
and planks, some iron bars, coppers, or kettles for
cooking, a quantity of rice, beans and codfish, and
a large number of casks of water —a suspicious
cargo certainly—but it is doubtful if it supplies suf
ficient evidence to condemn her’
There have been three arrivals with “Asiaticos
Free Colonists’ during the last two weeks—a Pe
ruvian ship with 661, a Chilian ship with nearly 100,
34 of whom a e women, and a Spanish ship with
218—nearly a thousand tree souls doomed to endure
the “tender mercies” ot Spanish planters, tor ’.he
next eight, years! God help the poor wretches !
Si hunky ’
Another Swindle—A Government Contrac
tor Absconded.—On the 15th of May last a con
tract was signed with the War Department to fur
nish for the Utah army 50,000 bushels of corn,
(grain of 1856) at eighty cents per bushel, to be de
livered in two instalments, viz the fi st 25,000
buehels on the 1 0th of June last, at. Nebraska City,
and the other 25,000 bushels ou the 18th of June
last, at the same place; it. was also stipulated that,
the grain mqst be there a few days prior to the ap
pointed day of delivery tor Hie purpose of inspec
tion. An officer who was commissioned to that
duty was at the proper time in Nebraska City, but
there was no grain, and when the day of the first
delivery passed, and no indications of any grain be
ing delivered, he reported the fact to the Quarter
master-General. The latter instituted inquiries of
Ex-Governor Porter, who wap the security for the
contractor. An answer was returned that they did
not, know where the contractor was, and the ex-
Governo. came to this city, expressing great sur
prise, and asserting t hat, he had not seen the con
tractor since the day the contract wa* signed, (the
15th of May.) In the meantime the 18th ot June
approached, on which day the whole 50,0(10 bushels
ought to have been delivered, but- instead of which
the War Department received information that
there was no grain. The Department then dis
patched an officer to look after the contractor. AT
ter several weeks 1 absence, during which he
many places in Pennsylvania, and proceeded sllr
as to Nebraska City, he returned
Washington, and reported to the War Department
that he was unable to ascertain anything of the con
ti actor. Asa matter of course, the Depart menrdis
patched an agent, to buy grain at. any cost., and to
hold the bondsmen responsible. The ex-Governor
was again in this city, and remained nearly a week,
and I was told by some of his friends that ihe ex-
Governor feels quite comfortable, being convinced
that the Government, will riot, hold him responsible.
This, however, remains to be seen.— Washington
Correspondence of Ine. Philadelphia Press.
Complimentary to the Last.—M. Hue,the
great French traveller in China, concedes that his
polite countrymen are outdone by the Chinese
He Hays that no where else than in China could men
be heard exchanging compliments about a coffin
“In every country people forbear to speak of .this
mournful object designed to contain the remains of
a relation or friend. It is prepared in secret, out of
sight of the world, an < when death enters the house
the coffin is introduced by stealth to avoid aggrava
ting the grief ot a heartbroken family. The Chinese
view the matter in a totally different light. In their
eyes a coffin ia .an article of the first, necessity to the
dead, aud of taste and luxury to the living. In the
great towns they are displayed with elegant decora
tions in magnificent shops and carefully painted,
varnished and polished, in order to allure the passer
by, and induce them to buy. People in easy cir
cumstances always tn fact provide themselves be
fore hand with one to their fancy, anduutil the time
arrives for lying down in it, keep it.in the house as
a handsome piece of furniture, of which the utility
is not immediate, but which cannot fail to be a
consoling and agreeable object iu a handsomely
decorated apartment.
The coffin above al! is considered an excellent
method for children in a decent rank to show the
intention of their filial piety to the authors of their
being It is a great consolation to a son to be able
to purchase a coffin for an old father or mother, and
make a solemn offering of it when they least ex
pect it. When we love we ari always ingenious in
contriving agreeable surprises. If a person is not
sufficiently favored by fortune to keep a coffin
ready, care is still takenjlot to wait till the last mo
ment, that the dying man, before saluting the world,
as they say in China, may have the satisfaction of
casting a glance at his last abode. Thus, when a
patient is given over, if he has the luck to be sur
rounded by loving friends, they never fail to buy
him a coffin and to put it by the side of his bed.”
A Case of Pining to Death.—A few months
ago, a gentleman residing in the interior ol the
State, returned from Cali fora'a, bringing with him
a little prattling Indian girl, a sweet, interesting
creature, as ever proved a “well spring of pleasure ’
in a h usehtld. It was rumored that the mother of
the ohild was an Indian woman, and the father a
white man. How that may be we know not; such
at least was the supposition. The gentleman for
some reason, did not care to have the child remain
in the family, and brought her to this city and placed
her in the orphan asylum aud promised to call often
to see her. For a few days the life surrounding her
eeemed to furnish sufficient entertainment, but it was
soon apparent that something wa* lacking to satisfy
her t mind entirely—a void which could only be filled
by the presence of someone whom she had learned
to call “papa.” She became list leas and melancho
ly and the sports of the children failed to please or
interest. Visitors to the asylum petted the little
“Pocahontas” as she was called, bat their atten
tions scarcely ever rallied her spirits. Constantly
upon her tongue was the name of “papa.” She
grew weary and tired, and gradually faded, like a
flower of her own mountains in autumn. There
was no apparent disease, but a perceptible wasting
away of the natural energies. The gentleman who
left her at the asylum had never called to see his
little charge, and although ?he was nourished and
cared for with all the tenderness possible, slow
ly drooped, until a few days sine*-, when she died—
with the last fleeting breath still murmuring the
n&ine of “papa,’ as she had frequently done iu her
drear**.— Cm. (inz.
As American Chess Player in England.—Mr.
Paul Morphy, the New Orleans chess player, whose
arrival in England has already noted, is creat
ing considerable interest among the chess magnates
of Loudon, by Lis superior play and the pluck Le
eihibits in offering to match for any amount with
the best players of Europe. His challenge to all Eu
rope has been accepted by Staunton, ths well
known English chess author, aud the meeting will
lake place suajetime in September next. As yes,
Staunton and Morphy have not met, and there is,
so fur, do ißfc(Ui ot tt-Hliuji the relative skill of (be
two champions The match is for j£soo ($2,500)
aside. Twenty one games are to he played, draws
not counted, and a winner of a majority ol them
wilt take the stake;:. It is also understood That ne
gotiations are on the tapis for chess contests between
Murphy aud Hartri z, while it i.- uot oulikely that
the American champion will break a lance with
Prof. Anderson, the great Prussian player Mr
Murphy Las o far proved victorious over all the
t-layers he has met in England. Hi, moat formida
hie antagonist so far has been Mr Barnes, a ceie
brated amateur, who succeeded in beating Morphy
four games. Put wa- in turn worsted eight games by
the American. All Murphy’s other competitors have
been badly beaten.
Ci-XKotuE, in thi. Bai l Boom —A correspon
dent of the Chicago Press and. Tribune, writing
from Atlanta, Bogan county, 111., thus describes the
singular termination of the Foortl of duly ball in
■hat town : It appears Bat the managers. scvaral
days since, sent special invitations to tne m rioters
of the various churches in town, to attend the
deuce to Lave* give: iaugh to theinae ves over it
hut to the surprise ot those present alter the hall had
got under fuil headway, fonr of the aforesaid minis
tens made their appearance in the hall, and soon
were mingling with the by-landers. The ‘-gat’’be
ing through, the announcement was made that the
ministers having beeu solicited to attend desired
that a portion of the time should be set apart for
them, which was acceded to. Then commenced the
reUeuiujt ejxrcu css of -Ike baU; One preached.
another prayed, and another struck up a good old
religions hymn, when the dancers, seeing wuat turn
matters Were likely to lake, ordered the musicians
to proceed, and began the dance again, leaving the
ministers to do their own singing, and make their
exit the best way they could.
Ban for a Patriot.—The Wytheviile (Va.)
• Telegraph says that Bl President Comonlort, of
j Mexico, dined at that place in passing through on
. Sunday, aud was ousted from the table by the land-
I lord tor ‘conduct unbecoming a gentleman “
Lairr from New Mexico.
The Santa Fe Gazette, of the 13th ult , furnishes
the following intelligence:
On the 29th of May, Major Brooks, commanding
the post of Fori Defiance, sent a couple of mounted
men to visit the hay grounds known as Ewell Camp,
as has been the custom, to see if any .animals were
glazing there. The party returned about uoan.and
reported they found a number of cattle and horses
which they drove < ff, but which the Indians imme
ffiatety drove back again, giving the meu to under
tnmi they intended to keep them there. These aui
mals, or most of them, belonged to Mmuelito, one
of the head chiefs, who whs there iu person, and
came into tlie garrison with the men. He confirm
d tlie ptatemeHt of the men, and said that it was
his water, his grass, and his grounds, that he was
bom aud raised there, nod that he would not give it
up. He said Col. Loriug in his talk last year had
admitted the Navajoe eiaim to this portion of the
Canada, the par! known as the upper camp, be
tween the two upper springs. Msjor Brooks ex
amined. the pane s, and could find no such admis
sion on the pari of Col. Loriug, or of any other com
mander, but from the papers t ii file, th-* rights of
the post have been fully and frequently admitted,
and grass has been cut there in three different years.
Manuelito was tcld this, and also that the rights
of the post there would be maintained by force, if
necessary. He replied that lie did not want to go
to war about the grass, out that he would stay on
the grounds even at the risk of his life. After some
further conversation* with rhis chief and find
ing him still persisting and deiyiug, Major
Brooks told him and the rest ot the Indians, a good
number, that he could not regard .hem in the light
of frie; ds, and ordered them all out of the garrison.
Ao such a stand ou the part of the head chiet could
u be overlooked, Capt. M Lane, Rifies, with
Lieufo. Whipple ami Walker, 3d Infantry— twenty
rifles and sixty muskets—were ordered to inarch to
Ewell's camp, and drive off* by force any Indian
herds that might be found there, a-d that in tiring
upon the herd, io take care not t:> fire upi.u auy of
the Indian?, unless they tired upon him or resisted
him, while in toe execution ot his orders. In doing
this, M’Lane was compelled to kill forty-eight head
ol cattle ponies. While driving off the
ponies, an Indian made his appearance and tired at
some ot the meu. The mounted men immediately
pursued, and while in pursuit, some twelve or fif
teen Indians, well mounted, aud armed with pis
te's and and rifles, were started from their hiding
places, aud immediately made light. They escaped,
uow ever, as their hoises were fresh, while those of
the troops were completely exhausted. None were
kided or wounded on either side. So the matter
res:s at preseut.
A post office has been established at Fort Craig,
and all communications for that post should be ad
dressed accordingly, instead of to Socorro as hereto
fore.
A Billiard Challenge. —The Spirit of the
Times says :
An Englishman authorizes us to challenge any
Billiard player in the United States (except High
am and Starke) for SSOOO, $201)(I forfeit. The Eng
lishman to play against the American will not be
either Roberts, Kentfield, or Green. ‘The match is
to consist of three games—the French Carom of six
; een points up, the winner of the first eleven games
to be deemed the winner ot that part of the match,
the English winning and losing, of 1000 ; points and
pyramid, or fifteen oall pool ttie winner of the first
eleven games, as played in England, to be deemed
the winner ol t.iat part of the match. The winner of
two matches as above out of three, to be entitled to
the stakes. Each party to select sii umpire, the
reteree to be a gentleman thoroughly conversant
with the games and to be altoget her uninterested
in the result. The match to come off in June next,
in London, on one of Burroughs A*. Watts’ tables,
with the usual sized bails, as played in England.—
The forfeit ($21100) to be deposited with the Editor
ot “Bell’s Life in Loudon,” or such other person as
tin. parties may agree upon, three months before
the day fixed lor the match to commence, and
either party failing to appear to forfeit the amount
deposited. The remainder ot the money (S3OOO on
eaoh side) to be deposited the day before the com
mencement of the match. The winner to allow the
loser SSOO for traveling expenses in case the match
is played out. This is a bona fide proposition. which
any gentleman can accept through our columns, af
ter which preliminaries will be arranged.
Morphy’s Chess Challenge to all England.
—The celebrated American chess-player, Mr. Mor
phy, has arrived in London, and requests us to an
nounce, in ail courtesy and respect, that, he ia pre
pared to piay any man living a match of chess for
any sum from one hundred to one thousand pounds.
The match to consis’ of twenty-one games, exclu
sive of draws ; to be icgun directly, and the mo
ney posted down. Mr Morphy would like to com
mence af. once, os he intends visitiug Birmingham
about the end of August , to play a’ the great chess
gathering then and there to be holdeu. We believe
Mr. Morphy's views as to details to be gentleman
like aud chess-like in every respect. He would ob
ject to playing in a private room, preferring to have
his play looked over; iie would leave the selection
of tlie arena, we believe, to his opponent ; but. we
do not. bind ourselves to state more than an outline
of his views. He would like to play daily—say
trom noon till the game whs ended; but would ob
ject to leave games unfinished, aud would, we hope,
insist on some plan of regulating the tine, which,
without limiting the period really required by his
opponent tor calculating his move, would prevent
all shabby recourse to delay, such as si; ting for hours
over a single move when the king is in check and
has but one square to go to. Mr. Morphy means
chess, and nothing but chess.— Bell'a Fife, in l.on
don, July 6.
Cotton in British Guiana.— There is scarcely a
limit to the quantity of cotton, of a very superior
description to any now imported from the East In
dies or from some parts of America, t hat, might be
grown in Jamaica and British Guiana, provided the
attention of the Lancashire mill-owners, merchants
and bankers, could be attracted to the subject. It
would surely be worth their while to devote some
time and money, and to incur, each, a comparative
trifling risk, to insure a constant and large supply of
superior cottou from our own colonies, and thus to
become less dependent, on countries with whom we
may possibly be at. war, or whose domestic arrange
ments, a-* they are called, do not afford satisfactory
security of a continued, much less increased sup
ply. There is little doubt of obtaining extensive
grants of virgin soil, in suilabia localities for the
growth of cotton, on most advantageous terms, from
I the Government, provided only a few of the leading
manufacturers and merchants of the Northern
counties would undertake the direction of a com
pany—to be formed in the principle ot limited lia
bility—by which the work might be prosecuted
with a degree of application, energy and perseve
rance which must insure success in a country where
the cotton tree ia known to produce at least two
crops in the year, and where it does not require, as
in the United States, to be re planted.— London
Nonconformist.
A Better Time. —The Boston Transcript says:—
“There can be little doubt that those who have
bravely withstood the gale without lowering their
colors, will shortly sea better times and brighter
skies. The stagnation existing for the last ten
months, in its depressing effects, has prevented pro
duction in tlie great sources of wealth until recent
ly. Asa consequence, consumption never stopping
a market, has been gradually forming. ‘lt is an ill
wind that blows nobody any good.’’ The wrecks
that dot the ocean of trade are so many beacons of
safety to after adventurers not only in the advanta
ges afforded by example, but. from the fact that the
pecuniary oestraction of every individual carried
down by the votex. decrease? ths disagreeable ri
valehip of trade. With the enlarged home demand
the dimunition of the means of supply, and the easy
terms upon which capital can be obtained, why
should not the coming season be tine p,ofi it to lrage
classes of traders, aud to many deecriptins of manu
facturers 7”
The Austrians in Italy. —The French Courier
des Flats Unis publishes a detailed statement of
Austrian tyranny and cruelties in Italy, from the
pt u of a Fiench gentleman, who went to that coun
try with prejudices in favor of the Austrian Gov
ernment, but whose personal observation of the
actual state of thing?, has worked in behalf of out
raged humanity, to give the truth to the world. The
atrocities practiced by the Austrian Government
and soldierly upon the unhappy people, as recited
by this impart ial observer, are enough to make the
blood run cold. This unadorned statement of facts
requires no comment, and needs no appeal to the
passions of men, to awaken the indignation and hor
ror of the civilized nations. We had not supposed
l.ha‘, in this age of the world, Bach a brutal and hid
eous despotism existed on the face qf the earth.—
Such a tearful record ot murders, rapes, and whole
sale slaughter, for the must trival offences, we have
never before heard of. If a tenth part of the state
ment be true, it is enough to warrant the extinction
of Austria from the roll of nations. — Rich. Disp.
Pic Nic Romance.—An amudintf and romantic
• vent occurred at a German picnic in Westfield,
Mass., a few days ago. A cigar roaker, says tbe
Republican, had long sought the hand of one of the
daughters of Westfield, but met with continuwus
disappointment. It hapened that both were at the
picnic, and, amid the other pleasures, someone
suggested in sport, ihat “vve have a weddiDg. ’
The lady uueui-peetedly turned to her oft discarded
lover with ajoc-ose invitation to join hands, and a
magistrate, who also dlls the office of Town Clerk,
performed his duty h.s* in fun than the bride had
imagined as was apparent when the hu; hand came
with a properly made out certiticate to claim her
hand. It is said that there was a br.ef exhibition of
tears, a very mod-jst lingering between maiden
and wife, and then a hearty acceptance of the hand
that had been so gallantly but unceremoniously
won. The bridal pair entertained their friends that
night with champagne and good things, and there
was a bridal tour the nex‘ day.
Distribution ok Clerkships at Washington. -
There are 23 clerks in the department at Washing
ton from Maine, with a:: aggregate compensation
of $33 200 ■ from New Hampshire 17 clerks, with
$-j7,800 compensation : from Vermont .j clerks, com
pensation $27,310; trorn Rhode Island, clerks 3, com
pensation $i,200 ; from Connecticut, clerka 18, com
pension $27,200 total from New England, clerks
81; $127,440. These, however, numerous as they
H~em to be, mak* but a fmiallshow alongside of the
States bordering on the capital. Pennsylvania
sends 100 clerks whose aggregate compensation is
$140,800 ; Maryland has 83 clerks, whose compensa
tiou is $118,780 ; Virginia 117 clerks, with an ag
gregate compensation *>t $ l *>6,300, while the Dis
trict of Columbia looms up with 382 clerks, who re
eeive $120,6J3, besides 43 temporary clerks and a
legion of copyists extra. In all 1,320.
Increased Annual British Emigration to
the United States —The annual report of the
British Emigration ComraiwioßOT, pist publi.-hed,
states the total emigration from the United King
dom lor tbe pas! year to have been 212,57 b, show
ing a moderate increase on the two preceding
years, but still a tailing “ff ot 12H.649 freon the ave
rage ot the four year* trom 185] t <■ 1854 The num
ber of emigrant* who returned from the United
trtates during the year wan 15.448, of whom 11,154
arrived in the last ha:.’ of the year, during the pro
gress of the eotninernal crisis. Last year, the re
LDittanees from the United States by previous Irish
emigrants, to enable tbeir friend* to join them,
amounted to only £59-1,165, while the average of
the preceding ten jeare was about a million ster
ling.
Tat btiv m tuk TKi-scHiPH.—The Court of
Appeals of Kentucky has affirmed the decision ot
Chancellor L gau is the telegraph r ase. The his
tory of the case is briefly this : —Mr. A. Camp made
an offer, by telegraph, to a party in Cincinnati for
a lot of whiskey at a specified sum. In tbe tram
ie ssion of the despatch over tie wires a mistake of
a J cent was made, by increasing llie price offered
for it by Camp, and ‘he party at Cincinnati sold it.
Tlie whiskey was shipped to 1 ,.*11U- villa, and Camp
discovered tha mistake He thereupon brought
suit age met the telegraph company tor the differ
ent*. The.company in tbeir answer, pleaded the
printed terms -..idcpumuuoe-wiiiehkead tbeir ines
sages, to ti,r. effec :bat tbe Company do not bold
themselves -vspoueibie for the mistakes in the l-ane
tniseiou *f messages unless the same are repeated,
for which one half the original price is charged.
The c- urts sustained ibis piea.
Lynchiko—A physician, practising in Woodna,
Orange county N Y., (a v'llage near Newburg.)
being charged with negiectiug his family, and pay
ing too much attention to a fair widow, was sub
jected recently to rough usage. The doctor having
received notice to quit, wa3 about complyiog, but
was t,ken from bis wagon by a mob, and after bis
pockets had been emptied. was ducked in a pond
He was than enveloped in a coat of tar and feathers,
hoisted on a rail and esourtad from the town, while
the perpetrators of the deed, principally laborers of
the town, were rewarded, it is said, with the cheers
and smtlee ol their wives and daughters
Fruit from the South. —A New York paper of
Saturday last, iu its review of the “family markets”
tor the week, says :
The running of steamboat lines between this city
and the Southern ports is revolutionizing the whole
vegetable business of our markets. In
former years the Jersey and
reaped rich harvests from the sale of their early
vegetables in New’York, and they dictated terms
to our dealers. Within a tew years, however, all
this has b en changed, and now our market is tilled
w ith the productions of Southern States for months
before our farmers have reaped their crops. Every
year adds to the extent and importance of this busi
ness, aud large amounts of capital have been in
vested in the lands adjacent to Savannah, Ga.,
Charleston, S. C., aud Norfolk, Va Potatoes, to
inatoes, cucumbers, green peas, string beans and
turnips, are among the articles most dealt iu. The
period of the supply of each variety is ou the average
doubled, thus extending to our citizens at a mode
rate cost, luxuries formerly enjoyed but tor a brief
period. Jho peach trade is now’ to be added to the
others. It seems that the peach orchards of the
South Lave beeu very fruitful this year, and great
numbers of them have found their way to this city.
It is a noticeable fact that the peaches from the ex
treme South are very hardy, much more so than
those from more northern climes. Thus, the peach
es that arrived here from Savannah and Charleston
lost. Tuesday week, were sold in the market, y ester
day, in good < ouditiou ; while those which came iu
the steamer trom Norfolk last Thursday evening
had to be thrown away. A week is as long as it is
safe to keep Jersey peaches after having been
gathered from the trees, but these Southern peaches
are good tor two weeks. This is said to be due to
tlie practice they have in the far South of planting
Hie almond tree and grafting the peach upon it.—
Some of these peaches have a very tine flavor.
From a statement published by Drew A, French
we learn the following fact;
The Hon. Wm. Gregg, of Kalmia, South Caroli
na, shipped the first peaches from the far South in
1856, consigned to F. A. Wiikiuson, of Washington
Market. The enterprise of Mr. Gregg proved a
success, and the business has increased to su3h an
extent that the last Charleston steamer brought to
Mr. W 979 boxes, of about one and a half bushels
each, besides considerable lots to other parties.—
Mr. Gregg sent 150 of the number. The trip usual
iy occupies about forty-eight home, besides the in
land travel of 150 miles, and a large part of the
fruit arrives in pretty good order—some of it quite
fresh and luscious.
There have been so far about 1500 boxes from
Charleston aud 500 from Savannah. Yesterday
there were but few peaches in market, the anticipa
ied supply trom Norfolk having been spoiled.
A correspondent of the Newark (N. J.) Adver
tiser, writing from Florence, Italy, under date of
20th ot June, says : “It is rather remarkable that
no Italian power ever had the slightest possession
on the (Amer.cau) continent, though its first four
discoverer —-including Verrazanno, a Florentine—
were all Italians ; a significant historic illustration
of the course of empire. The family of Americus,
who was himself never married, is still represented
in this city by the worthy descendants of an uncle.
The present head of the family, a gallant young an
tiquary of noble preseuce, is in honorable employ
meat under the government. One of the sisters is,
1 believe, less honorably associated somewhere in
the United States. The original family residence is
here carefully preserved, and an authentic bust of
the great navigator adorns the public museum. A
tine portrait by a distinguished cotemporary mas
ter was confided to Mr. C. Edwards Lester, some
years ago, as a present to the Government of the
United States, though, it is said, the trust has never
been fulfilled.”
The Ogdensburg (N. Y.) Republican, in a descrip
tion ol the celebration ol the 4th ot July in that
place, has the following notice of the lady referred
to in the above paragraph :
“Madame Vespucci threw open her house aud
grounds to the free ingress and egress of specta
tors, and thousands visited her gardens and beauti
ful walk', and very many made her acquaintance
and partook of her hospitalities. These gardens
aud grounds have beeu laid out, cultivated, and
ornamented, entirely under her direction and guid
ance, and they combine in themselves a degree of
comprehensiveness, ingenuity, and refined taste,
which is seldom, if ever, surpassed in this country.”
Mr. Morphy, who wived out by the Afrioa, quiet
ly walked into the St. George’s Chefs Club oue
eight laßt. week, and, after beating Mr. Lewen, who
is a recognized champion, with the greatest ease,
offered a challenge to Mr. Staunton, the British Cieur
ile Lion of the noble game. Mr. Staunton accepted
the proposition, sat down, went to work, almost
cleared the board in some twenty moves, and was
about withdrawing in contempt, when lie was arrest
ed by a “check,” which in three moves more grew in
to a “mate.” You may imagine the consternation
of the hero and of the lookers on. “May 1 ask your
name, sir?” said Mr. S. “Certainly, sir,” replied
his young antagonist. “My name is Morphy.”—
“Oh! of America?” “Yes Bir.” “Ah! then, I
am sorry, but l am not quite in play just now.’ I
should rather not risk another game just at present .”
, And so Mr. Staunton withdrew. The event Las ex
cited quite as great sensation in the world of chess
as was bred in the world of yachtsmen by the vic
tory of America; and Mr. Morphy has made up a
match with Andersen, the Hungarian, upon which
all England that playeth chess will, of course, be
vehemently betting in the course of a fortnight
You may regard this as a set off, perhaps, against
the defeat, of Mr. Ten Broeck's horses, though it
should be remembered that the battle even there is
not yet given up.—London Times.
A Rich Case.—ln one of the numerous counties
ol Georgia, not many years ago, a medical practi
tioner not a graduate—sued one of his patrons for
what he owed him in a Justices’ Court. A limb of
the law, suited to the locality and the client, under
took the defence, and contested the claim on the
ground of the disoiple of Esculapius not being a
regular graduate. Our friend, the Doctor. fe!tnon
plussed. All his rides—his valuable lime—and
doses of physic seemed to have been bestowed
for naught.
But patience and perseverance overcome all
things, and necessity is the mother of invention
The day of trial arrived. With an air of triumph,
the defendant’s lawyer pnraded his authorities and
made a crushing argument, utterly demolishing the
poor M. D., a8 he thought.
When lie had concluded, the Doctor approached
the Justices and depositing what he claimed to be
Ins diploma, and with a respectful bow, politely re
tired to his seat. The lawyer looked at the formi
dable document, scrutinized it several minutes,
while big drops of sweat i oiled down his face. Un’
able to dispute its authority or find a flaw, he hand
ed it in despair to the Justices. These gentlemen
looked at the mysterious characters, and turned the
sheet in every possible position. After having ex
amined it to their satisfaction, and privately con
sulted over the case, they decided in favor of the.
Plaintiff.
The friendly paper was a circular in reference to
to Jew David's Plaster, printed in Dutch!—Atlan
ta American.
The Massacre of Christians at Jidda.—The
telegraph announces that the late massacre of
Christians at Jedda, has created great sensation
throughout Europe, and that the French and Eng
lish were, about to occupy the place. Jedda is one
of the principal trading entrepots of Arabia in He
jaz, and belongs to Mecca. The stationary popu
lation is eat imated at 22,00(1. It, has been under the
rule ot the Sheriff ot Mecca, from the time of Mo
hammed, to the present century ; it has, substan
tially, been a part of the dominions of the Pasha of
Egypt. The annual Indian fleets here unload their
cargoes, which are transported by merchants of the
place to Suez and Cairo. Jedda is also somewhat
celebrated for having within its precincts the repu
ted tomb of Mother Eve. That it is a place of some
trade, we may mention that fifteen or twenty years
ago its imports from India and China alone, were
$1,000,(MM). In 1843, its total imports amounted to
$2,500,000. Some of the merchants there are
millionaires. It is a prominent resting place, an
nually, for pilgrims, who arrive in the city by thou
sands cn their way to Mecca. The geographical
student will find it on the Arabian Coast, border
ing cn the Arabian Gulf or Red Sea, lat. 21,28
North; lon. 39,13 East. It is spelled Jedda, Jidda
D'jeddah.
Action for a False Telegrachic Despatch.—
The Court of Queen’s Bench was on Tuesday, the
6th, occupied with a case of great importance to the
commercial world. In the month of July, 1857, a
report reached the head-quarters in London of the
Southeastern Railway company that the Lewes
Bank had stopped payment The cashier of the
company adopted the report, and telegraphed to
their servants at the various stations on the line that
they were to take no more notes or cheques on the
Lewes Bank The notice of the alleged stoppage
wa? also posted up at some of the stations, alongside
a correct announcement that the Hastings Bank
had suspended payment. In consequence of the
publication of the false report there was a run upon
the Le wes Bank, in order to meet whi h the securi
ties had to be realized at an enormous loss. The
jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with £2060
damages. It appeared from ‘.be statement of the
counsel that if the message of the cashier bad not
been published at the stations, it might have been
looked upon as a privileged communication be
tween the cashier and the subordinate servants of
the company.
Thr Citizens’ Bank and its Assets.—We un
derstand lour or five suits were brought against
tics corporation ast Saturday, on their Bank bills,
:or a considerable amount, andjudgment rendered
against the Bank by His Honor, Judge H. F. Hill.
The Bank appeared by its Attorneys. As all the
bids of this Bank are made payable at theii Bank
ill Knoxville, on demand, the plea was put in that
suit could not be brought unless demand had been
made at theii Bank, at Knoxville. Upon opening
the roll of bills, the ,1 udge attached to each a certifi
cate of a Notary Public at Knoxville, that, he had,
on tile 21. t July, 1858, “presented said bills at the
Citizens’ Bank in Knoxville, to Mr. Craig, the
Cashier, for payment, and that he replied, hehad
no funds m his hands." —Thereupon jndment was
entered by Judge H for the face ot the bills aud
costs of protest.
We understand a levy has been made on the
Banking House ot the Citizens’ Bank, oh Madison
street.
These bills were placed by tlieir clients in the
hands of the Messrs. Haynes, of this city, for codec
tiun, about a week ago They at once sent thenvto
a Notary Public, at Knoxville, and they were re
turned, duly protested and judgment redered
uge.ii.rl the Bank in five days —Memphis Avalanche
Adulteration or- Tobacco.— lt wonid appear,
front a recent report of the Commissioners of the
1 aland Revenue ot Great Britain and Ireland, that
tire adulteration of tobacco, prompted by the ’ high
dnty levied on that article, is carried to a great ex
tern. especially in Ireland—sugar, alum, tar mo
Irsaee, chicory leaves, dried rhubarb leaves licorice
oil, and lampblack, (the two last used as coloring
materials,) being extensively employed lor that
purple. Stjuff in found to be with Band
salt orris root, ferruginous earth, dbalk colored
wif i peroxide of iron, roasted oat meal, fuatic, and
she bromate of potaeb. The capacity of tobacco to
absorb water it* a quality of which the adulterator
largely avail themselves.
The same report represent* that, notwithstanding
the temperance agitation, a large increase i faking
place in the counumption of Hpirifa, the duties on
which produced in the year 1857-’SB no leaa than
£9,230,903. The Commiaioner that t e
attempt to limit the number of beer and spirit li
eenaee haa only led to a large increase in the num
ber of licensed liouHen at which liquor* are aecretly
sold.
Will Kemain in the United Status.—Pro
feasor Agassiz has wet at rest all doubfa as to the
permanency of hi.-* residence m this country. At
the featival of the Ph ; Beta Kappa fraternity, held at
Cambridge, M:.-* . last week, the great naturaliat
wa-* called nt for a apee. h In the coarse of hia re
inaika, he aimouncea that “he regarded hims.df no
1, nger as a Europeanwhereupon the enthusiaatic
and much pleased Bostonian* leaped to their feet,
a* one man. and interrupted the speech by cheering
vociferously. When this tumult subsided the Pro
feasor resumed with a declaration that be designed
to remain in America, “if tor no other reason than
to show that science here could be free from the
trammels of routine ’
Kemgioub Bkvival in Kome—A religious revi
val has been going on for some days past at the
Bapti-tt Church in this city There has been a
goodly number of seekers, and some professions.—
Tiie interest in the meeting seems to increase.—
Rome Courier.
VOL. LXXII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXII. NO.ill.
Dangerous Sport on the Plains.—A corres
pondent of the St. Louis Democrat, following the
United States Army, 330 miles from Leavenworth,
July 3, writes as follows :
Wolves were seen frequently during the day,
and lust as we came on the camping ground, a large
one was started. Gen. Harney’s greyhound caught
sight of him, pursued him, overtook him and—
never touched a hair. Whether he was afraid of
the wolf, or merely friendly to the wolf, I am un
able to say. This chase was hardly over, when a
herd (seven or eight) of buffalo were discerned
about two miles otl. Captaiu Pleasanton, Gen
Harney’s aid. set out iu pursuit, by himself, armed
only with a Colt's pistol, aud had a dangerous ad
venture. His purpose was to run the game to
wards the camp. lie succeeded iu driving them iu
the direction intended, when a body of teamsters,
desirous of witnessing the sport, came in sight. The
Buffalo took fright, aud made for the hills. The
hunter pursued them, but he rode a horse which
had uever before seen a buffalo, aud which was
hai and to manage beside. The huuter singled out a
bull aud shot him twice, wounding him each time.
By this time he was quite close to him ou the verge
ot one ot those clayey precipices with which the
place abounds.
The hunted animal suddeuly stopped, stretched
out his forelegs, aud wheeling upon them as on a
pivot, thus bringing himself face to face with his
pursuers. The horse was unmanageable aud rush
ed ou the bull, who set his horns to meet the onset.
The collision was fearful. Pleasanton, conscious of
his situation had disengaged his feet from the stir
rup?, and just as the shock took place, or perhaps a
moment sooner, sprung upon the back of the bull,
trom which be rolled down the precipice. The horse
having been gored in the breast and belly, died in
atrantly. The bull next charged on the dismounted
rider, but two more bullets from the revolver per
suaded him to alter his course. Captain Pleasanton,
1 am rejoiced, suffered no personal injury. He took
the affair coolly, unbhckled the girths of his slaugh
tered steed, slung the saddle and accoutrements
across his shoulders, and carried them into camp.
No terreador or matador in the Spanish circus
could have a more formidable antagonist or a nar
rower escape.
The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain.
--We extract the following from Stavert, Zigomala
A. Co.’s Manchester Trade Circular :
The East India trade has been during the past six
mozths the mainstay of the spinners and manufac
turers of Lancashire; for whilst to the important
markets of the Americas the shipments have enor
mously declined, those to India and China have
proportionately increased, notwithstanding the dis
tracted political condition of those countries. We
subjoin the following abstract from a non official
source, but which is sufficiently accurate to illus
trate our argument:
Declared value of cottou yarns and manufactures
exported to India during the six months ended 16th
June, 1857 and 1858.
Goods Yams.
Calcutta- 1858 £2,221,856 £469,668
1857 1,797,662 210,414
Increase £424,194 £194,256
Bombay—lßsß £4,341,286 £244,916
1857 720,178 70,921
Increase £621,078 £ 163J95
Ceylon—lßsß £ll9 744 £19*44
1857 116,179 13,952
Increase £555 £5,191
Madras—lßsß £ 119,943 £ 111,126
1857 51,365 64,896
Increase £68,578 £46,230
On the other hand, the exports to the markets of
the New World preseut a corresponding decline,
which is mainly attributable to the disturbance of
credit aud the losses on produce occasioned by the
events of last autumn. Recently there have been
symptoms of a revival of demand for the United
States aud British North Air erica, as well as for
Brazil aud the markets of the West coast. There
seems to be a well grounded opinion that the Au
tuuon demand will be large and vigorous, both for
the home consumpt ion and exportation , in which
case there will bean ample requirement for every
bale of cotton that is likely to reach our ports.
The World.—The following was one of the late
Major Noah’s stories :
“Sir, bring me a good plain dinner,” said a mel
ancholy looking inaividual to a waiter at one ot our
principal hotels
“Yes sir.”
The dinner was brought and devoured, and the
eater called the landlord aside, and thus addressed
him—
“ You are the landlord ?”
“Yes.”
“You do a good business here?”
“Yes,” (in astonishment)
“You make—probably—ten dollars a day clear ?’■
“Yes.”
“Then lam safe. I cannot, pay for what I have
consumed ; I have been out of employment seven
months ; but, I have engaged to go to work to-mor
row. I had beeu without food four and twenty
hours when I entered your place. I will pay you
in a week.”
“I cannot pay my bills with such promises,”
blustered the landlord , “and Ido not keen a poor
house. You should address the proper authorities.
Leave me something for security.”
“I haveuotlnug.”
“1 will take your coat.”
“it I go into the streets without that, I will get
my death such weather as it is.”
“You should have thought of that before yo
came here.”
“You are serious? Well, I will solemnly aver
that one week from now, I will pay you.”
“I will take the coat.”
The coat was left, and a week afterwards redeem
ed.
Seven years after that, a man entered
the political arena and was presented at a caucus
as an applicant for Congressional nomination. The
principal of the caucus held his peace—he heard tlie
name and the history of the applicant, who was a
member of the church, and one of the most respec
table citizens. He was chairman. The vote was a
tie, and he cast a negative—thereby defeating the
wealthy applicant, whom he met an hour after
wards, and to whom he said—
“ You don’t remember me ?”
“ No.”
“ I once ate a dinner in your hotel, and although
I told you 1 was famishing, and pledged my word
and honor to pay you in a week, you took my coat
and saw me go out into the inclement air, at tlie risk
ol my life, without it.”
“Well sir, what then ?”
“Not much. You called yourself a Christian.—
To-night you were a candidate for nomination, and
but for me you would have been elected to Con
gress.”
Three years after, the Christian hotel keeper be
came bankrupt. The poor, dinnerless wretch that
was, is now a high functionary in Albany. We
know him well. The ways of Providence are in
deed wonder l ul, and the world’s mutations almost
beyond conception or belief.
Free Masonry.—On the occasion of laying the
foundation stone of the new hall for the Grand
Lodge of Free Masons of Scotland, on the 26th ult.,
Sir A. Allison recounted a family anecdote to show
the advantages of masonry, and its humanizing ten
dencies. In the American war one of the British
officers was wounded with a bayonet while storming
an entrenchment. The bayonet was at his breast,
when he caught hold of a young American officer
and gave him the Free Mason’s grip. The latter
instantly struck up the bayonet from the breast of
of the British officer, thus saving bis life, and the
American afterwards took him to his home for some
months, where he was treated like a brotfier. The
officer came home to Scotland, married a young la
dy related to the noble family of Erskine, and the
issue of that marriage was bis wife, Lady Allison.
The Season and Crops Abroad —Letters from
Europe and India speak ot the remarkable heat of
the season. The last accounts from India reported
the intense heat of the country appears to have a
fatal effect upon the English troops. In the 35th
regiment 84 deaths of apoplexy are announced.
The London theatres have been deserted on ac
count of the great heat, and several persons are re
ported to have died from the same cause.
The drought throughout France is excessive. The
Seine is reported to be nearly as low as as It was
in J 719. In England the crops are reported to be
very promising, exept in districts where the
drought has affected them. In Spain the harvest is
very fine.
Bleeding in Apoplexy and Sunstroke.—Dr :
Sam’l. Dickson, of London, who was formerly a
medical officer in the British army, disapproves en
tirely of bleeding in cases of sunstroke, but relies
upon ammonia, quinine alcoholic stimulants, and
the prompt application of cold water to the head. —
This is upon the principle that opening a vein di
minisbes the power of the heart, already deficient,
while the stimulants tend to restore the circula'ion
to the standard of health.
Cholera among Hogs in Wilkinson and Lau
rens Counties.—There has beeu the greatest des
truction among hogs I ever heard of in my life, some
farmers have lost all their logs; some, all but a tew.
1 heard of a farmer on Rocky Creek, Laurens coun
ty, who lost 80 head of hogs in three days. If the
disease don’t cease, it is thought it will hardly leave
stock hogs. Also the.cattle has some kind ot a dis
ease, that is killing them very fast.— Cor. Federal
Union.
“I say, Jones, how is it that your wife dresses so
magnificently, and you always appear out at the el
bow /”
Jones (impressively and significantly)—“you see
Thompson, my wife dresses according to the Ga
zelle of Fashion , and I dress according to my Led
ger !’
(Thompson smells a rat, and immediately tries to
get his little account settled—aud don’t succeed 1
Punch.
“Defining their Position. ’—We often see
speeches iu the newspapers, from prominent poli
ticians, “defining their position.” ft is curious how
long it takes to define a political position, and how
very indefinite it remains after it is defined. Yet
there is nothing more determinate in a!l the world
than the principles of politicians—“five loaves arid
two fishes.”— Rich. Disp.
Presidential.-—The Chicago Democrat, repub
lican, in an elaborate article, argues a renomina
tion of Col. Fremout for 1860, as Ibe opposition
candidate, and its mam reason is the 1,300,000 vote,
he received, which it takes as Ike index of his popu
larity,
A Hale Old Man.—Oue of the subjects ol Pari
sian gossip just new is a rare i-ase, lately brought to
light, of a mau 120 yearn old. __ Kour years ago he
married a wife who waa bin juulor by jot a hundred
years; and by whom be has three children’
A full account of the burial of Dr. MilcheU, on
Mount Mitchell, in North Carolina, (the highest
point of land in the United States east of the Rocky
Mountains,) is given in the Raleigh Register The
funeral was attended by the most distinguished men
111 the Slate, and the ceremonies were very impres
sive. , ’ ,
New York Canal Tolls—The tolls on the Erie
Canal for the first week in July show an increase ot
$1,987.45, and for the second week a decrease of
$11,366.62, as compared with the same period last
year.
But One Berth Left—There are seven hun
dred oelis in the Ohio State Prison and six hundred
anil ninety-nine convicts, leaving only oue cell va
cant.
The monument erected by Napoleon 111, over
the remains of Queen Hortense, in the Chuck of
Kuell, was consecrated on the 27th ult.
Mr. Fuller, formerly editor of the Evening Mir
ror, is the New York correspondent of the Loudon
Illustrated News.
Six hundred and seventy ladies have petitioned
the Common Council of Detroit for the abolition of
concert aud lager beer saloons
Along tbe shore of Lake Wiuuipisengee, it is 80
miles trom Moultonborough to Centre Harbor, while
iu a direct liue it is only four miles I
1 be ship Great Republic has been chartered to go
out to San Francisco with coal, at sl2 per ton. She
will take about! 000 tons.
Less than an acre of land in St. Paul, that was
purchased in 1848 at $1.25, was sold on tbe 2d in
stant for SIO,OOO.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says the
lake commerce of lhat city, thus far this season, far
exceeds tbat of any previous year.
We have often beard of a man “being iu ad;
vaoceofhis age,” but never, beard that of a wo-
Troops Ordered to the Pacific.—There are
already in Washington aud Oregon Territories, it is
said, some Iweuty three companies, but they are
far trom being full, and are believed to comprise
less'than twelve hundred men. These do not of
course include the reinforcements from California,
which are supposed to uuuiber some six hundred
men. To day, 100 men will sail from New York in
the California Bteamer, en route for Washington
and Oregon territories, and it is expected they will
make the trip to Vancouver iu thirty five days.—
The following oflieers are ordered to aooompany
these reinforcements :
Maj J H. Carleton, Ist dragoons, Capt H O.
Wallen, 4th infantry ; Capt. T. C Euglish, 9th in
fantry ; Capt. E. Underwood, Ith infantry , Lieuts.
L Byssel, C. C Woods, P. J. Quattlebamn, and
J C. Bounycaatle, 9th infantry ; R. Johnston, Ist
dragoons, and R. B. Ayres, Jd artillery.
Sir Philip Crampton’s Coffin. —By the singu
lar directions of Sir Philip Cramptoo, made just
prior to hia death, the body was placed iu a solid
Irish oak coffin without any lid ; arouud this was
placed a thick concrete of Roman cement, which
was made to till up all the spaces in tbe iuterior of
the coffin not occupied by the body, which was cov
ered over, aud entirely imbedded iu the cement, of
which nearly tive hundred weight was used. The
heavy uia*s was placed within another Irish oak
coffin of great strength, which was covered with
tine black cloth, on the lid of which was a shield
bearing tie? following inscription: “ Sir Philip
Urampton, Bart., died June 10th, 1858, aged eighty -
oue years.”— London paper.
No Prejudices of Color.—ln his recent aboli
tion speech Lord Brougham related the following
anecdote:
“ Loid Lyndhurst gave me a short time since an
auecdote of a gentleman who was connected with
the Hague, and who on one occasion received an
invitation to the house of a Cuban gentleman, a ue
gro proprietor of a Urge estate, where he was re
ceived with utmost hospitality aud treated elegant
ly. He said he was rather eutert allied when, after
dinner was over, his colored host said he was a man
without any prejudice whatever, and that whenever
he found a person honest, honorable and rptpeota
ble in every point of view, he held out the hand of
fellowship to him, even though his color were as
white as that table cloth.
Mysterious DisappearanceL. M. Bassett,
Professor of Music, from Mirichville, Canada West,
a man of 45 years, tall, pale, with blue eyes and
pleasant face, travelling south, in consumption,
stopped at Weldon on the 7th March last. He left
there for Augusta, Ga., via Charleston, aud has not
been heard of since. He has no male relatives, and
his neice, H. M. P. Miller, of Concord, N. H , writes
iu behalf of his wife in Canada, to get some clue
of his whereabouts or decease.
He had a black trunk, marked with his name,
No 64 Donaventure street, Montreal, Canada, a
* atch, violin, &o. Auy information in regard to
him, left at this office or seut to Miss Hilier, will be
thankfully received by his relatives.— Charleston
Mercury.
A Model Town.—lt is stated, upon the authority
of the orator of the day, for the sth inst, for the
town of Peru—a town of about 1,000 inhabitants,
•u the Green Mountains, in the Southern part of
Vermont— that within the last ten years, there has
not, been a criminal prosecution iL that town ; nor
>i law suit of Huy kind within two years ; that there
is not now a pauper or a drunkard in the town,
and that, during the festivities ot the 4th, not a per
son was seen at all, so far as could be discovered,
under the influence of liquor. It is just to add that
a prohibitory liquor law has force there.
Importation and Consumption of Wine.—Ten
million, three hundred and thirty-six thousand eight
hundred and forty-eight, gallons of wine were im
ported into the United Kingdom, iu the year end
ing Dec. 3J, 1857. The quantity charged with duty
for home consumption, was seven million, forty-two
thousand and forty-two gallons, and on the day
named, thirteen and a half million gallons remained
under bond iu the United Kingdom. The return
from wbioh we derive these figures shows 787,763
gallons.of wine were imported from South Afrioa
last year.
Government Foundry in North Carolina
The Secretary of the Navy has designated a com
mission, cpnsisting of Capt. Wilkes, Chief Engi
neer Martin L. Hunt, the Naval Contractor Pook,
with instructious to examine thoroughly the coal
and timber lauds of the Deep river county in North
Carolina, aud to report upon the expediency of es
tabliehing at some point in that State work&uops for
the construction of engines, boilers, fee, for naval
vessels. This is in pursuance of a resolution of
Congress.
Poisoned by Wild Cherries—The Gallatin
( Tennessee) Examiner saya that a child of Mr. Read,
in that place, died in a very few hours, the past
week, from the effects of eating a small quantity of
wild cherries. This should be a warning to every
one. It is not generally known that prussic aoid,
one of the most rapid and deadly poissns, is found
in the wild cherry.
A correspondent in the New Orleans Creaent
writes as followers : —“Here is something I saw my
self. A few days since a verdant youth with his
blushing bride arrived at one of the principol hotels
iu this city. The head of the family immediately
registered his name as ‘S B Jones and lady, Ala
bama, on a bridle tower.’ Is not this anew way to
inform the public you are in the hyinenial halter?*
A Curiosity.—At the house of a friend in Beall -
wood, near ‘his city,are five kittens, littered by
two cats that were somehow'killed when the kittens
were very young. In this stage of their orphanage,
the five little kitten* were taken in charge by a
young slut that has never had pups, but which,
strange as it may appear, affectionately suckles
and affords milk to the young feline family. Is the
philosophy of this phenomenon explained in the
medical books ?— Columbus Enquirer.
Can a Man be His Own Grandfather—The
answered in the affirmative : ‘ There was a
widow and her daughter-in-law. and a man and his
sou. The widow married the son, and the daughter
the old man; the widow was therefore metber to
her husband s father, consequently gutudmotJier to
her own husband. They had a son, to whom she
was great grandmother ; now as the son or a grand
mother must be either a grandfather or great uncle,
this boy was therefore his own grandfather. N. B.
This was actually the case with a boy at school at
Norwich.— Notes and Queries.
Supposed Poisoning.—The Indianapolis Sentinel
says that the superintendent and family, all the
teachers aud forty or fifty of the pupils of the Blind
Assylum were suddenly and singularly affected on
Monday of last week. After diuuer, they were at
tacked with sickness in the stomach, accompanied
by vomiting and, in some cases, extreme prostra
ti. >u. Some of those who suffered thought that they
could taste the metal taste caused by the poison ;
The Britishers Excited—A terrible excite
.nent was lately created at Kingston Ja , by a re
port that the British cruiser styx had been captured
by the U. S. frigate Wabash, and brought into a
port in the United States. They calmed down on
hearing that they had been hoaxed.
A German Festival —The Germans of Pitts
burg had last week a grand gala festival in the way
of a shooting match. The prizes were: Ist, a fine
ridiug horse, valued at s‘2oo; ‘2d, a cow and a calf,
wortti $75; 3d, a ‘‘billy” goat, $10; 4th, a lady’s
shawl, worth $10; .sth, a ram, $10; 6th, an ewe,
valued at 3-
Thk Harvest Moon.—This year Ibe liar vest
moon occurs in August, rising for six successive
uiglits at nearly the saute hour. The July moon
will also be oue of unusual interest, and scarcely
inferior to tl.e harvest moon in those particulars
which give to the latter its distinction, being re
tarded only 23) mittutes in the Average of ail risings
after the full.— Albany Journal.
A French engineer was traveling upon an
old Ohio steamboat. He observed to the captain ;
“But this engine is iu a very bad condition
“That’s so,” was the reply.
“And how long do you expect to run it ?”
“Till it bursts,” was the cool reply.
After the next landing place there was one
Frenchman less on board that boat.
Death of a Priest from Imprudent Bathing
—Father Win. Barrett, pastor of St. Thomas’
Ca-holic church, died in Cincinnati, on the 18th
iust. His death was caused by imprudent bathing
several weeks ago. Removing Mb furniture one
war o day, he became overheated, and while in that
condition took a cold bath He was instantly seized
wnli a fever, of which he died.
Graceful Compliment.—Washington, visiting
a lady in bis neighborhood, on leaving the bouse, a
little girl was directed to Jpeu the door. He turn
ed to the child and said, “ I am sorry, my littledear,
to give you so much trouble.” “I wish sir,” she
replied, “ it was to let you in.”
■Dignihed.—The Syracuse Journal, wishing to tell
the Editor of the Albany Knickerbock that he lies
avoids that vulgarity by the severer method of a*
scriptural reference, and assures the Albany man
tbat “ be is perfectly well aware that be is guilty of
the sin for which Ananias was struck dowu by an
indignant Deity.”
From the Fisheries.—A correspondent of the
Newbuiyport, Ma-s., Herald, writing from Marble
head, sayß that the fishing schooner Florence arriv
ed there last Thursday, from the Western Banks,
with 15,000 fish. She brings good reports from
some of the fishing fleet that she spoke on her home
ward passage.
Agriculture in Franc*.—A long report, re
cently submitted to the Emperor Louis Napoleon,
states that iu France there are now fewer than 42.
(KM),000 hectares (the hectare is two and a iiAtf
acres) of laDde under cultivation, wh.eb are divided
into 130,000,000 holdings, possessed or occupied by
at least 7,060,000 heads ol lamiiies.
Large Quantities of Furs—The St. Paul Pio
neer of the 21st ult., says some two hundred aud
fifty carts from Pembina, laden with lure, are en
camped on the outskirts of that city, and enough
others are expected to swell the number lo six hun
dred Altogether they will bring furs to the value
of SSO 000. These carts are of the most primitive
character, and are drawn by oxen and the stunted
ponies of the plains. a
Mills’ Btatuk of Washington.—The artist,
Clark Mills, is busily enaged on bis great national
etatue ol Washington, tbe castings for whioh will be
commenced in about three weeks. Tbe artist is en
deavoring even to surpass tbe universally admired
equsstriau statue of Jackson.
Caution to Divers. —8. 8 West, of Palmyra,
New York, while bathing recently, at Marquette,
Wisconsin, dived head foremast from a pier, strik
ing the bottom with such force as to cause paralysis
of fbe whole body from tbe injury received by the
spine. He died in a few days.
Moke Ora NOE Troubles— The war steamer
Ajax has been ordered to proceed Irom Dublin to
Belfast, aud there remaiu until after tbe 12th of
July. Tbe step is said to have been taken on ae
count of the preparations of the Orange men for a
formidable demon itrafion on the 12th.
Expenses Increased.—Tbe ordinal y expenses of
the French government are increased as follows ■—
They were, in 1847, 1,431,774,014 francs; in 1848,
1,597,000,000 francs; iu 1857, 1,645,000,000 francs;
in 1858, 1,736,000,000 francs. Only 300,000,000
fraDCS in ten years!
The Watering Places - This is the time that is
ordinarily considered the height of the watering
place “seasoD tut there are fewer guests than
usual at Uockawav, West Point, Newport, Sarato
ga, Niagara Pallß, aud all tbe places of fashionable
resort.
Agricultural College.—Michigan is the first
to inaugurate an Agricultural College. As yet it
has ouly accommodations for one hundred students.
At the commencement of the present term there
were but twenty eight vacancies, while ninety-three
applicants appeared and were examined
A Mistake —The report that Prof. Mono has
received tbe first instalment of the sum of SBO,OOO
voted him by tbe continental governments, is con
tradicted on authority. The Professer has had
no intimation as yet of the payment of any part of
SBO,OOO.
A ooquentte is a rosebush, from which “very
young beau plucks a leaf, and tbe throne are left; for
the husband.
Miss English, author of the “History of the Tu
dors,” was run over by a butcher’s cart, in London*
and died soon after.
Ex Governor Reeder, it is said, will be the anti
Leoompton candidate for Congress in the thirteenth