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ijl-rt*d tbe Bed Sea route m pre erence to that by
she l'eralan (iuif, aud tbat communication would be
... npleted early next year a* lar as B.rusaa
H e total number of the Q icen * force in India or
.. heir way u t were 78,416, but 7,456 were re
rt. and rick and 1 153 were draft* on their way out.
K the la'est return* th*e were 60,000 effective*
- d ,IU draft* A* to the Company’* forces,
Itiev were 16,858 European* on the it of July
A >er a deouction tor casualties there was then a to
ta 1 of between 86,000 ana 87,0H0 European troop*
In India. With regard to the I-jdian oran
(ii tad been borrowed, leaving x, >-r , u “ suit to
b - borrowed There would be amp e mean* from
tLi* source to defray the expense* lor the wuOle ot
the current year I istrucuou* had been sent to pro
claim in her Majesty * name an authority “i luuia,
and the instruct t- n* sent out cleariy announced the
in entionof the (government not to interfere with
the rebellion of tbe natives , .
Both Houses were actively engaged in cleanng
up the business of tbe ressiou, and an adjournment
was expected on the 2d. ~ , .
Tbe Queen s speech was adopted at the Cabinet
Council eu the day the Niagara sailed. Tue speech
y, i be delivered oy commission.
The race for tbe Go ,dwuod Cup reeulted in the
triumph of Saunterer, K.si.erman coming m second,
and nothing else near mem. Only eight horse* ran
Ts A iiunmu CliarlfcstoQ wits the law* but
Prior***did not start. Mr. Merry, the owner
of eaunterer, i* said to have won £20,001) on the
event The r*ce is thusde*cribed : Ventre St Gris
aigi Hedbury raced for the lead, and noon placed a
wide interval between themselves and their pursu
er* at tbe head of whom were ttauuterer and Ruin
at on On quitting the straight run the ft si two
were upwaida of a dozen lengths ahead Ruination
on jig on third, with Arsenal and Saunterer next,
and C carles ton, who bad occupied a forward place |
up to that point, dropping nearly a hundred yards
astern of everything. they rounded the clump |
wrhuut changing positions, but immediately alter
wards Uie advanced lot closed up, and when th*y !
reappeared in sight, Saunterer was seen w.th tee |
lead Fisherman occupying the second place, with
Ventre St. Gri* third, aud Sedbury fourth. Next in
pursuit aud lar behind them were Schiedam and
Arsenal. Ou descending tbe hill Ventre St. Oris
w. il’ UP to Fnberinau * quarters, bu’ was shaken
off 111 ike bottom, whence the race was confined to
the first two Fisherman made a game eff ,rt to
reach Saunterer, iiut tailed and was beaten a length.
Neatly a dozen length* off, Schiedam was th.ru-
Ventre St Gri* was about ten lengths belnuu him,
and far in lbs rear the others finished a* it at exer-
Oise—Arsenal being last ot ail !
The large cotton epmuitig mill of W Stephenson
i „ear Psiselv. had been destroyed by lire,
the loss amounting to £60,001)
The harvest reports trom Ireland continue very
satisfactory. Tbe potato blight had not made it*
“ pearance to ai.y appreciable extent in any part of
Jr *'rmn official return* it wa shown that forty four
ve>sel* of war, of ail olaases, were lying at Chat
ham. and oould be brought forward lor immediate
service If required.
The papers give an account of a gland banque
Tf<%ut]y given by George Peabody to Mr.
the American Minister to France, on lne visiting
L mdon Upwards of a hundred Americans and En
gus'ti were present. Mr. Mason, m acknowledgmg
k toes', made an allusion tn a speech of considera
ble eloquence, to ‘lie alliance winch hae recernly
art rung up between England aud Fiance. From the
litler country he had received many proofs of Bin
der* Irienuship, and acts of grace ul kindness to
ward* himself and the nation which he represented,
and claiming tbe privilege of bis countrymen, lie
ventured t. guess that the approaching me. ting ot
the Sovereigns of England and * ranee would tend
iriani'v to strengthen tbe entente cordm/s between
two western nations of Europe ho far a* his
lu i.ntrv was concerned, the progress winch It had
made was conducive toihe interests of civilisation,
m“d no one could doubt that the adm.i-lon of
Texas and California into the L mon had been of
much greater advac'age to the commerce of the
world than if those Stateo hsd remained under their
obi firm of government
Various amicable toasts were proposed andre
apouded to. Henry J Raymond, of the New York
Time*, spoke f, *r the pres*.
Imnia—'The Bombay mailsol July 3d reached
Suez on the23d. The recapture of Gwalior is con
firmed. Tbe rebels lost twenty seven gun* besides
elephants and treasure to a large amount. The fu
gitives from Gwalior are laid to be hemmed in on
I * l UcpeUrant gained a brilliant vie
torv at News Gunge, near Lucknow, r apturing &
large number of guns aud driving the enemy across
tk Tuecelebrtbd Moulvie,for whom £5(100 had
been offered, wbh killed-
Oude continue* much disturbed.
The Governor General on receiving Lord Ellen
borou l, li’s despatch Issued a proclamation giving an
amnesty to all hut murderers. The results aie not
yet know.o
Tbe details of Sir Hope Grant s victory near
Luoknow, elate that the rebels were nearly 20,(ICO
strong and their loss was (ion men and six gun*. —
The British had li killed and 3” wounded. Tnc fight
lasted three hours, and the rebel* were ulteily rout
ad A good effect we anticipated.
The Azinghur and Gbeseporl di-tricts were much
disturbed by the rebels, who plundered the towns
ai The Ur Gormekp r oie 3 and Allahabad districts had
b< Tu the” Agia division Sir H. Bose’s activity had
restored confidence end tranquility.
A rebtt! U-tjah bad surrendered in Lohilouna,
where the rebel* were also being put down.
The Bombay Money Market was easy. Trade
was auiet but the imports hail slightly improved—
Freights Were rather better. Exchange l#lUda2s.
The London Times says the above news had a
greater effect in restoring confidence on ’Change
lhan on anv previous oooasion.
The Time* in an editorial, characterizes Sir John
I.awrenoe the idler of the Puqjaub, a* the lore
most mau in India, and calls on the Government to
con'er thepeersge on him
France —Tb approaching Cherbourg /e/e* yn
<srosK©d ultciilioii.
* Humors were current that a conspiracy against
the Jf"*p* r °r had heeu discovered at St. Etienne,
bnt the v want confirmation.
The prefect of the department and sub-prefect of
Cherbourg bad been called to Paris, to concert
with the au'hortiies mea are* of police lor the sale
• of the Emperor, “and of vigilance as regards
On rnsey and Jersey. .
l' : „. London Globe says tnsf only two ships of
war accompany tbe Boval Albert, and Admiralty
va h’s will aooompany Vlotoria to Cherbourg.
Leiters from Paris asseit that there is some ex
peotal.il of the Credit Mobilier winding up, pr
that a fusion will be contrived with the discount
bank of M de St. Paul.
prim e Napoleon is said to l>e devising measures
to divert the 81 ream of emigration which flows from
Frauoe and Germany lo America towards Algeria.
Kxlra-udinary advantages are to be holdout to
Atrio n oolonist*.
Pauls. Friday Night—The Iheree percents
leseat6Bf.2oo.
BeloioM —The discussion upon the proposed ad
dli'-.n U> the fortifications of Antwerp was progress
ing ill the Belgian Chamber ot Representatives
KraiN —The Queeu and King were meeting with
the most enthusiastic receptions in their j mrucy to
Anautograph letter from the Empe
ror U published, conceding sundry rslorms m the
Lombardo Venetian Provinces.
’ Turkey —F'resh despatches mod fy very much
the grave oharaotet of those which announced the
attack on tbe Montenegrin* by the lutkc Ibeai
tar k was only on one ot the outpoets, ttio responsi
bility ot which cannot be fixed on any superior offi
cer No serious representation* on the subject
have been made to Turkey.
Tire Porte had addressed a remonstrance to r.ir
T 1 I* Kulwer respecting the continued oocupalion
a letter from Belgradesay* that aTuikish soldier
having given a verbal lueult lo the Prussi m ff g.
the Consul saitfacttHm.
Arahia Two l ‘ioOred of people
U.e A masm.r. “ the Cin'Utian, at Jeddah had bee,,
arrested _ ,
Latest by Tele#raj*
I,onos, Saturday.—Tb limes’ City Article
gar* . The lands opened yesterday with gieat
a njHtiou at a slight advance. La e in the “ay
tl - market was less bouyant, but it still presented a
good appearance The fineness of the weather, a
specie arrival from New York per C.ty of VV ashing
ton, a further influx of gold to the tiaug, and the
quietness of Con’ mental news, contributed lo the
general steadiness Money is m uudimimslied
abundance TheTUilway Share market is buoyant, |
at H general advance of three quarters to one per |
Daily News City Article says —“The tend- .
ency in the Sux-k matket is most tavorable, aud
there is more animation shown than (or some months
past. All the market* closed very firm ’
The shipment of specie to the East on the 4th
will reach £IOO,OOO to £ 120,00*1. Continental En
rlniT*** are satisfactory. W. B. Jones A Cos..
ShTnwr'vht*. of Liverpool, have suspended, liabid
fry - , The Times arvuses the Ministry of a
desire to burk ‘b<* question of the war in China, and
onSe~mue*.,u'^ modeof conducting it. and
w ams ao pu bho of tn,’ Provable
Commercial ('.vielUgenre.
LrviarooL Cottok Makk £ V-Th.< BrokejX.r
cular reports The *a!eß of tbo w6e * f or ~X D^rt
which 3000 were on speculation and & * \ OT rt
AU qualities were slightly lower, the dec..’^ ’
in the current quality* ot American 1-16 J. A*l
- inferior descriptions sand The sales ot rridsy
were 8000 beds, of which 8500 were on speculation
„„J foe eepert, Ibe rnerkel > i*>u -t.ady at the fol
kiwirg ant non led QtoUtiout hair Orleans 7 li-lod;
Middling Orleans n s ,l . Fair Mobiles 7 5 It'd , Mid
c'inK Mobile* 613 Rid; Fair Upland* 7Ji. Mid
.flint Upland* 11 It'd. The stock in pon was ee
tin-aterl at 667,010 balee. of which 587,000 were
American. _
The Ufisr —Lirxaroon, Saturday noon.—
Messrs Btobaid-on, Spence A Cos. quote the Cot
ton market steady and Urm, with estimated sales oi
t*HH> to 10 I*oo bn’fS.
LivinriH-i Bkeapsto.s Markit -Messrs.
v.gharJson. Spence \ Cos. quote dour du.l and od.
f’ . Philadelphia and Ba tiniore, ,1* od a--
•V* er ’. ,k v.trrk hi; do. via New Or |
Ohio via I-i, ,Ci Wheat firm but que’ red
leans. 84* 6u
‘V 5d white Southern, t - 1
white W estern, b*J V. Bomiwi l, yellow 33 *3*
whlSsMdi.a? The been havoia
b The BrokenF*!and other circulars a>t !iiAi C ° rU j
Wae Is K'wer on the the week. !
Tie Latest—Liverpool, Saturday, no and , j ,
Messrs. K chardson. Spence A Cos. quote the brea- i .
■tuffs market irenerally dull, bot ratee um-i.anoeo -
State or Tkadi.—The accounts from Manchee
fa; *re favorable, n twitbstauding the decline at ;
Liverpool, ‘he market dosing quiet but steady. ,
Ha\'Ua Makaii For the week ending Ju'y ]
87th. L.e'uatve —Cotton firm: sales of the week \
14 500 bald, stock 138 OiH) balee; New Orleans |
Tree Ordinaire •* 05'ranos. Th- manufacturing ad- t
vices aie favorable Breadstuff? him owing to i
heavy rams ; prices wore uualtered and the market t
cult at Havre, but in the lutenor markets ratee j
Were slightly higher. Ashes firm. Coffre firm— t
Oils alow ot ur, but prices unaltered. Rice quiet j
aud quotations barely maintained Sugar firm and ,
all qualities slightly higher. Lard quiet Whale- j
bote an average business without quotable change c
In prices.
China akd the OtTßiDis*.—Sext to the at- J
qe’ ‘ p; of a number oi full grown men to drive an 1
pij-toiate pig In a particular direction, we know of a
noising so perplexing and ludicrous as tie present c
(Sorts ‘ll the Great Powers to make China k in
the wav in which she should go At the las’ *g.
counts the stiSe ot effairs remaiued pretty much as j ;
tt was previous.'*. P-Aw stM continuing the capital v
of China, and the Cbioeee being moatiy engaged 1 ,
In making tea The sar* *' f L ,l “ t> ro “Pt ana . ;
•traighttorward as usual; Baron Gros was backing ,
vp D>rd Elgin, and Mr Kc-d- on ‘he deck ot !ue -
Minnesota. was taking a oistaiT tT1 *“
(r of the Suu through a powerful u'hsck pe 1 his i„
very encouraging, but. on the other h.'° a ’ “ W “P;
tsU'ig snung had proceeded to Canton, a. “ tE T.
verucr General, Tam. had nothing dcCJaive.-'NU'*
tnond Ihtpatch.
OisplaV IK Dkasi—A Parts correspordei t I
writes that the yuroii, i Ho laud latsty visited ire
American Chapel in Paris, and he ladms pr-,e t
were much surpris-d at the siinpliwty of her am; f. i
She p said to have been a'tugetber the most pla niy i
dressed lady in the Chapel, and really app.ard it i
■he had gone to Church to worship God, aud not to I
ext ibit herstlt. Tue royal pereonages, and uobi.ny <
of Europe, except on grand oocesiuus. a:e said to be i
Oietingnis'.ed by their uupreteud.ng style o’ drrs-, i
which ir m.re than oao he said of the sovereign* ot t
fashion in America. 1
From California, Ac.
| The etaxnebip St. with two weeks later
news from California and Central America, arrived
at New York on Wednesday last. We bilow
as complete a summary of tbe news at our space
will allow :
From thr San Francisco Weekly Bulletin, July *26. ‘
During tbe pa*t fortnight, Fraser Kiver matters
have con’inued to monopolize public attention— ,
For the first few days after the departure of the
! last Eastern mail, tbe emigration to tbe North con
j tinned nnabated. The newe then brought from
there was contidered as unfavorable * and up to the ,
present, this has continued to be the obaraoter of
tbe Intelligence Tbe oonsequence has been the
immediate cooling down of tbe fever that raged so
violently throughout the State for the pad? eix ,
weeks. The tide thitherward has received a sudden
check; and at present writing, the number of
fc rosei River emigrants to be met is not very great.
This is perhaps exceedingly fortunate. The num
ber of young men who have hurried off from our
State to the new mining region approximates to *25,-
OOG Many of these were badly provided with mean.-
to exist for any length ot tiioe in a country where
commonest ueeeoearies of life are exorbitantly ex
pensive The waters of Fraser River and i‘ tribu
taries still continue too high to allow of their beds
being worked. Consequently, grea suffering and
destitution already to manifest themselves in
the new mines; and the probability is that much
more will be lelt before the mining season begins.
In the meantime, matters on Frazer river con
tinue really in tbe condition that all we r l informed
people expected they would be at this time. The
river is very high, and is kept up by the melting of
the mountain snows during the present summer
weather in that region. The snow, a while
will be exhausted , or if not, when tbe cold sets in,
it will freeze ; an 1 the r.ver will go down, and en
able the miners to wo k the bars, on which the rich
placers are believed to cxw.. How long it will be
before this takes place, if it will ever happen, is
now the question under Two months
at fartnest, say the sanguine. The desponding say,
wnen the snow freeze-; the rainy season will have
set in—thus supplying the stream all the year round
with an abundance ot water. 8o littli reliable in
formation aboui this country is in possess ion of the
whites as yet, that nothing is left but to wait
patiently the operation ot time for tbe solution of
this disputed point. About tbe existence of rioh
mines on Frazer river and its tributaries, there
seems to be no dispute. Tue difficulty is, that these
in.nee are now covered witn water, aud are kept bo
by the melting snows in the mountains.
It is* said that - *dry digging*’ have been di-oov
ered at a few places ; yet the extent < f these and
I their general character for richness and facility of
working can only be deUrrm.ned by “future pros
pecting At present, the vast body of miners on
I Frazer river are kept together in a few camps, by
j tue desire lo poseeaa themselves of ‘•claims” ou the
j rich bars, when the stream falis, and by the dread of
bosiile Indians molesting email parties who might
travelse the wilderness in t-earcb of dry diggings
l Further news from tbe Fraz-r River mines, to
gether with some important information aa to the
supposed rights of the Hudson liay Company, we
are compelled to defer j
A disastrous fire took place at Oroville, in Butte
county, ou sth July, which destroyed nearly the
whole business portion of that town Tbe ior*a is
estimated at from $200,000 to $300,000. The fire
br-ke out in a Chinese hut.
It is stated that a rich vein of mineral coal has
bvea sliveoe—e.j • ooaafj-, nbout ill UlUfrt
from tbe town of Petaluma. The coal ia described
a* being very similar to the English Channel coal.
D F. Hamilton was killed by the fall of a tree, on
the Ist of July, near VV addeli’s mill, in Santa Cruz
county. He was a native of Kentucky, aud aged
about 32
The Merced Mining Company, in Mariposa coun
ty, have been in difficulty with Col. John C. Fre
m ut. On Friday, July 9tb, an ermed par y made
an attack upon what is known an the Pine Tree
Drif;,” a quait*. lead worked by Col. Freemont
Fremont s men prepared to defend themselves, and
held the tlace for several daye, with arms in their
hands, lu the m-antime, a correspondence was
carried on between Col. Fremont aud the leaders on
the other ride, which resulted in an agreement to
forbear from hostilities until an application could
be made to the Governor. Hearing afterwards that
the Governor intended to call out the military to
disperse the attacking parly, the assailants prudent
ly withdrew, and left Frement in possession of the
claim.
The politicians throughout the State are me king
a stir, preparatory to the September election. There
is a damper Je fight going on in the Democratic par
ty between the Administration and Douglas men.
The Federal officers in this State are making a
strong effort to get possession ot the Nominating
Convention which meets in Sacramento t e begin
ning of August. Broderick’s friends are striving to
defeat them. In either cnee there will be a split,
and in all probability two distinct Democratic tick
ets in the field. It is thought tbe Republicans will
rally to the support of the Douglas wing, and thus
delcat the Administration party in California. At
auy rate, au interesting political fight is ahead of
us.
On the 17th July the County Treasurer of Man
posa county was robbed nt Sacrameuto of $7,601) of
the public funds he was conveying to the State
Treasury.
From Oregon. —From Oregon we have dates to
the lnth. The Legislature convened at Salem on
the 7th, and oil the 10th both houses met in joint
convention to elect two United Senators. The elec
tion resulted in the choice of Gen Lane and Dela*
zon (better known as “Delusion”) Smith. The
failure of Congress to admit Oregon into the J Union
gee ms not t< have been anticipated, from the haste
1 with which they proceeded to fill these offices. No
furthe Indian outrages are recorded in the Oregon
papers, with tbe exception of an attack upon a
r prospecting party of miners, none of whom, how
* ever, were killed. The confidence of the Orego
‘ nians iu the richness of the Fraser river mines ap
-1 pears to be unabated. New and rich gold discove
ries iu Oregon are also reported as constantly tak-
iiig place.
3 From <'outrnl America*
Passage or tue Cass Herran Convention.—
I Smce the sailing of the ias steamer lor the United
States, the most important news has been the pan
i sage of the Cass Herr an Convention, with the al
terations and rejections made iu it by the Govern
, inent at Bogota.
The Panama Star and Herald has the fallowing
i notices of the passage of the Cass Herran Con veil
- tion by the Government of Bogota, and as it em
braces all the alterations and inodi' ; cationß, we
i give it in place of the original document.
j To our view, there never was a greater piece of
diplomatic scheming displayed than has been exer
i c.ised throughout the entire action of the Granadian
Congress respecting this treaty.
> The Convention has been before the C ngress at
Bogota, during its entire session. Yet, although
- there was no question of more improtanoe to settle
it has been kept almost entirely out of the way un
til the very last moment, aud then it has been pass
, ed so mutilated iu ltd leading features that it is hard
ly possible it wifi be thus received by the United
f States Government.
t Had the Congress at Bogota, as it should have
dope, either manfully rejected or accepted the Con
i ventjon in the first instance, the whole difficulty
would in all probability have been settled by this
• time, but instead of doing ho, and in order to avoid
coming to an arrangement it dodge a the quest on day
after day, until it finds that the United States Con
gress ha-a jju.ned and therefore can take no 1
action, for months to come, on whatever decision i
the Grauacian Government may feel disposed to .
make of it
The modification of the first article of the treaty, i
wherein this Government refuses to acknowlede i
frankly its eniire liability for the outrages of the j
15th April. 1856, or its obligation to protect Arne- j
rican life and property crossing this Isthmus, is
equal a most to a total rejection of that article, ami
iho ditavowal by this Government of its respousi- !
bility to * rant satisfaction for the losses sustained
in proper l y under charge of the Panama Railroad
Company, mere y because that Company has a
contract with this Government, appears absurd.—
The treaty of peace, fco, b-twneu the United
States and Granadian Governments guarantee pro
tection by the latter to all United States citizens 1
and property in thi territory and no private con- I
tract entered into by New Granada can violate this
treaty.
The rejection of the 7th article, which ia one of
great importance to the United States, shows a dis
position on the part ot this Governm nt to avoid
rendering any accommodation to that of the plaited ;
States, and the reasons set tbrtu for refusing to
grant a coal depot to the United States floveru
medt on ore ol the islands of the Bay of Panama,
appear quite absurd, because the article itself cx
preeslv stipulates that the United States bhould
hold such a depot exclusively uuder the sovereignty j
of the Granadian Government.
The entire mode in whioh the Convention has
been finally passed plainly denotes that the object
of this Government throughout has been to shuttle
otV their respi nsibility as long as they can, and we
hav no doubt the alterations now made by them
have been done with the hope that one or two more
sessions of Congress will be wasted in debating
them, before they ir* finally compelled to come to a
settlement.
That the Government st Washington will view I
the matter In this light we ente*v*uu very little
doubt, aud we trust that after the Convention
reaches the United S-ates little time will be W%t by
that Government in extending such iretention u>
I their citizens and property on thi? Isthmus as they
mav in future req ire.
“Nicaragua —The West India mail steamer
Thames arrived Ht A*pinwall on Wednesday evm
ing. ,21st) from San Juan del Notte. It is reported
tbat Allen and Webster have n t been successful in
their contemplated arrangements with the Nicara- |
guau Government, Mods Belly's scheme being still J
the favorite one, and Vanderbilt's $10!i,00() not be
ing considered sufficient to induce the President U>
giverhun the privilege.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
More Fraud in Teuueese*—Arrest of a Mem
ber of the Legislature.
A Representative from the oounty of Hamilton,
inTennesee. by the unfortunate name of John W.
While, was arri s't-d last week onachargsof forging
papers to secure Laud Warrants from the United
States Government. The tacts ui the case are about
as so lows i
“ilr White himself has, for some time past, cor
responded witu the proper department at Washing
ton di'ectlv o r indirectly, or through Hon. S. A.
Smith, the’ Representative from his districts! Wash
ington, as an agent or attorney for those entitled to
itnd wa-wams or pensions. Recently some nine or
ten applications were torwarded from Chattanooga,
the place ot White’s residence, in the name of Far
quharson ’ Tiler* applications comiug from that
place, and the fact be-eg known to the department
that White was engaged in tid same business and
Lad, up to that time, apparently, the contr .1 almost
of that species of bpsiuess in his region excited some
suspicion . and. upon examination, it was ascer
tained from roils in the office, that one person in
- whose behalf applications were made ha t died 20
| years since, a special ageut. Mr. Lueien Peyton
was dispatched to Chattan xiga to arrest end have
! piuuishod, it possible, the person, who, by ins linger
ies had beer, de, riving both II n Mr S.nith aud the
Peparunent Mr. Prftcc arrived at Chattanooga
some days since, and was ii.uc-1 iou.-ly engaged in
searching for ‘Farquhareon.’ Hearing of no such
man an being there or having ever bei-n in Ghatta
Uia-ga, he Eegncluded the came was one need by
siime other ptrs. and he was not long in ascertain
■lg tha’ Mhe was prwhibly that person. Sunday
iast he had W Lite arrested
“He was takfio to Athens for eiamu.g’’on before
Judge Patrei. u. then b ‘.ding the Circuit tk<r.--
He however declin. and the examination, when Oil
was returned before V, m. Lowry. E.-q , a
c s Commas oner. G- Ramsey, the tJ.B. Ui*-
>-ier Alton er who 6* on his way to
Men - a’ Chatfonsga and re-
Men phus * -V ’ the c# . t For the
turned to A aeus to t J at .
prisoner John Ul f -’- v ot .atumce, a. upon
tGrnui‘. apce&red acd tsUru ay - * Thi*
the affidavit ot White, until Mtnru*, nel . im
was granted, aud the pn-oner die; hargea iy
ia a boui of 8,000 to appear at Cleveland on t*.
How far these facts will brin* home Mr \\ hite and
quiet whan, must be dem* stated, by proof upon
tne trial. family connections are bigbty reepect
able, ax.d make the present disclosures, a subject 01
deep regret.
Firing Cans n to Raise Dead Bodies from
i he Bid of Water— The Chicago Times iuforme
us that cannons were fired ref>ently, on Lake M'vhi-
Ifau, near the spot where three persons, named
Scott. Palmer a;*d Pt* k. were drowned, in hope of
causing the dead bootee to esesnd to the surface.—
Tbe proved intffec ual. On the follow
ing day. however, the body of BoMt roee to tLe
smtaue ;-cd a heavy thunder-s'orm having occurred
ovnti the n*-xt morning Palmer and Peck's
I ** ®P- Times contends, however.
“a™ r ‘Bmg of these bodit-s waa in no way de
! c P*J n artillery of earth or heaven, acd
* .v i e ld t a 0 c tl ,nR CHDnOQ for such a purpo*.
1“’ h:k*@<-pfcy cf ih** problem may be thu- solved
AUu or animal b dy. after beiug submerged
tor eme cha? it* catnre and becomes fill*
ed w ith gse, cu.-’ bu",yn c; . At a pvucu wr pe
f;. di! in l * wa 1 - !a- i te’ , ed to the bottom R fro ‘
oenl>.> rise The ot.iv adventage. therefore, that
could rcuit „ m the ti mg of cann- n. heavy thun
der, or other c ui _i. r causes, would be the agitation
produced in the wale, by sudden oonousaiou de
taching the submerged body from any slight de
tachment to the water's bed, causing it to rise per
haps a tew hours sooner than otherwise
! Correspondence of the Savannah Republican. |
From Cuba-Opening of the Havana and >la
lansu- KaiiroaU—Arrival of Cootie* —Affairs
In Alexiro* JLc.
Havana, Aug 9th, 1858.
The Bay ot Havana and Mataozoe Railway wac
opened with great cere i.ony to Guanabaooa on
Sunday evening, a week last. His Excellency the
Cap’am-General and suite were present, ana also
the Right Reverend the Bishop of the Diocese. As
on ail public occasions in Cuba, there was a great dis
play of the military. Tne steam-ferry boats, con
nected with the line, which ply from this city to
Regia were gaily decorated with flags and streamers
as was also tne Railroad depot at Regia—nor could
I avoid observing the stare and stripes floating no
by amoDg the rest from the pretty ship Riga of
Marblehead, which was at her berth alongside the
company.e wharf. In the Railway depot an altar
had been erected, at which the R;ght Reverend the
Bishop performed his sacred duties, which termi
nated by a sprinkling with holy water, of the loco
motive, (which decorated with flags and fljwers,
stood panting with anxiety, as it seemed, to depart,)
the railway passenger cars, eDgine-driver, and in
deed every one in any way connected with the
event
Accompanied by a band of music, tbe locomo
tive, having given a preliminary enort, darted off
dragging behind it three or four of the elegant cars
of the company, in which were seated His Excel
lency, the Captain General and suite, and a large
number of ladies and gent emen, woo had been in
vited to partake of the festivities cf tbe occasion.
Whilst the train was cone to Guanab&coa, tbe
depot at Regia was lighted up, and an elegant col
latio.i placed upon a table the whole length of tbe
building. Os this, His Excellency, the Captain
General, and the vast concourse of invited guests
partook with apparent delight. Then all returned
tot is city, wuich they reached by 9 o clock.
At Guenabacoaa commodious station-house has
been built It is the Grecian style aud Corinthian
order ot architecture, poeseosing a lofty, well pro
portioned portico, which renders it a feature of el
egance to that town. Property there has greatly
increased in value, and many houses are there be
ing built.
Tne following day (Monday) more than ten thou
sand pereona passed over the road to a majority of
whom a railway ride was a novelty, aud the trains,
which run every ball hour daily, cohtiuue to be
crowded.
The cargoes of “Asiatic os free Colonists,” under
the Holland and Spanish fligs, have arrived during
the la.-t two weeks, 495 and 253 in number. There
were 92 deaths on the passage of tbe former—how
many on the atter I have been unable to learn.
The brig Nancy, late of New’ Orleans, baa been
condemned. Her late captaiu (Williams) and her
crew, who were imprisoned, have been feet at liber
ty the forme , aftei a few days confinement, out
ot courtesy to tbe acting U S. Consul, Gen. Thos.
Ravage, E-q., the latter on Friday last.
By the English Mail Steamship Solent, from Vera
Cruz. I uni in possession of correspondence from
the city ot Mexico to 3d iuet. ThiDgs appear in a
wretched state there, as will be seen from the follovr
ing extract from one ot the letters I have rece.ved :
“The internal conuition of this country ia truly
dreadful. No man can be considered safe at this
time. Several of our first men nave been thrown
into pri-ou because they retused to lend money to
the Government All the Liberal papers are stop
ped—the only Liberal editor allowed to roam at
large is William Merun, Eq., editor of the Extra
ordinary. Tnis paper is suspended, and his office
closed.
/’ K// ('ll AV-. O’ WO, Aug-. 7ifl.
Another Breadful Steamboat Accident—The
Virginia Explodes—Lo** of Life.
This morning at a quarter past 9 o’clock, the
steamer Virginia, lying at the wharf of the Jeffer
son and Lake P< litc hart rain Railroad, blew up, the
entire upper works back to the davits being de
stroyed, aud the boat sinking immediately, so that
the water came above her decks. She was just
getting up steam preparatory to starting on her
proponed excursion trip to Point Clear. We under
stand that she had got a head of steam on sufficient
to work the engines, in fact was pumping up water
iuto the larboard boiler. The cause of the explo
sion is, therefore, a matter of conjecture. The lar
board boiler was burst, though it was not moved
out of it3 bed.
Tne following persona were scalded by the water
which was thrown from the boiler : John Doyle,
mate, badly; L. M. Racey, water-tender, badly;
Prosper Blair, pantryman , John Fitzgerald, fire
man ; Alfred, a colored boy; McNeil, a colored boy,
fireman ; Eclipse, a colored boy, scalded and woun
ded by a Hplinter in the head, belonging to Mr. A.
W. Bosworth , Joe Meyere, colored, cabin boy ; Mr.
John ‘McCarthy, a plumber from the city.
The cooks and several other persons belonging
. to the boat, at the time of tbe explosion, were sup
posed to be asleep below, and when our informant
left had not been seen. It is feared they went
’ down with the boat.
, Fortuoaiely the passengers who contemplated to
make the trip to Point Clear had not arrived, and
Ia mournful destruction of human life was saved,
i Rumors are rife in regard to the accident being
the result ol a plan far the destruction of the boat,
but tbo suggestion h so terrible that we cannot be
lieve a full examination of the wreck will be found
to give any confirmation of it.
The w< uuded were taken to the Charity Hoe
pfial. We learn that John Doyle, the mate, is
dead.
Great, praise is due to A. Firlb, the conductor of
i the Jefferson Railroad cars, for his promptness in
getting a car and piovidiug the means of taking
the wounded to the hospital.
From the Picayune of Augusta B—A. M.
\ But little additional information has been ob
, tained since our notice of the accident to the Virgi
\ niat in our evening edition. The facts, however,
, that have been learned, throw a mystery around
i the explosion which cannot be solved without the
most careful investigation of the appearance of the
wreck We are assured by (’apt. Myers, that at
the time of the explosion, there were not three
pounds of steam raised. It was impossible for the
engine to work. In fact, the men were just mak
ing their preparations to get up a head of steam for
use some two hours later in the moruing.
The nature of the wreck is such aa to evidence
- the work of a tremendous power, such as might
] have been expected if the boilers, with a large ex
ci-ss of steam, had been blown to pieces and sent
whirling out of the boat , yet the larboard boiler,
which in slightly rent, was not displaced, nor is the
fissure ii ir nuc;h aa might be expected it the power
r which strewed the larboard side of the steamer with
ruins, came from within it. A hole was broken
through the bottom of the vessel, nearly below it,
) of BUc.li magnitude as to cause the boat almost iu
stautly t j sink. The office above was literally de
f stroyed, its contents being thrown far into the lake.
These are a few of the singular circumstances at
i tending this explosion, which have given rise to the
suspicion that it wa. the result of gun powder,
t It is, however, difficult to explain, on thissuppo
, si tion, how the powder was in the flue it. was sup
. posed to have been in, or to ooi jeoture the exis
tence of a heart so cepraved as to jeopardize the
lives of hundreds to gratify auy private hostility to
the boat or to any of its officers,
j An examination is demanded by the officers, and
will probably be given, as the features of this ex
i plosion are so novel aa to excite curiosity, and to
demand the most careful scrutiny.
We find our report of the wounded mainly cor
i rect.
The first cook, Pat Heffner, very badly scalded,
in his fright jumped iuto the water aud was drown
ed John Boyle, the mate, is dead. Samuel Poor,
* a fireman, from St. Lawrence county, New York,
was badly scalded, and will probably die. J. Fish
er, plumber, from 134 Camp street, was also baclly
scalded. Auguisse, a colored boy, belonging to Mr.
; Geo. Fosdick, was slightly scalded. Dick, colored,
and Poinpey, ditto, belonging to Capt. Myers, were
injured—the first slightly scalded, the latter slightly
I contused.
The boat is insured in seven city offices for sßi,-
000, and will probably be soon repaired. Iu the
. mean lime, it in, we learn, the design of the Mis
sissippi Round Company, to whom she belongs, to
charter another boat to take her place.
ltcligiou**
Revival in Griffin —The religious revival
mentioned in our last ist ue, still continues in this
place, with increasing interest. Quite a number
I have professed conversion, aud united themselves
with tue church. The congregations are large at
’ every hour of service, and when an invitation is
giveii to come forward, the altar and its vicinity are
crowded with mourners. Our ministers and offi
cial members are increasing in their labors and ma
ny of them begin to exhibit evidences of physical
exhaustion. They might be very much relieved by
aid ruin abroad. We make this suggestion with
the hope, that it may meet the eye, and influence
the action of brethren in the neighboring country.—
Empire State.
Revival in Sandersville. —For twelve days
pa.*t a meeting of great interest has been going on
at bisters (Baptist) Church near this place. The
meeting was closed on Tuesday last. The first of
last week tlnee candidates weise baptised, on Sun
day nineteen, and on Tuesday, the day the meetiDg
cloned, tour were bap ised, making in all twenty six
that have been added to the Church iu twelve days.
We have seluom, if ever, seen so much feeling man
ifested among both members of the Chuich and
others as was kept up during this meeting. May
the interest continue to increase until we shall have
such a revival of religion as was never known be
fore in this community, and may the fruits of this
meeting be aa bread cast upou the waters which
> ‘ all be gathered atter many days. The majority
ot tm* . who have professed conversion and united
with the Cuurch, are young ladies and young men,
several of whou* a , e under 17 years of age. O
may the Good Sht phe.d carry these tender iambs
in his bosom and shield tiuu from the temptations
that will surround them.
; frayer meetings are still kept up. There will be
a pray *r meeting at Sisters on Sunday raoruine next
j at 10 o’clock, and preaching there again ou Friday
, nigbt helo.- e (he first Sabbutfi iu September.—Geor
gian.
| Revival is Bome.—The meetings, here are still
going on prayer uice'mg every morning aud preach
’ iug every night There have been over twenty
conversions aud many more are anxious lor their
soul’s salvation.— Courier.
! Revival jn Calhoun, Gordon Co.—Forseveral
I days past, there has been going on at this place,
quite un interesting revival ol ieugion at the Bap
tist church. The meeling is still going on with in
creasing interest— Platform.
CrTCRE or an American Built Slaver by a
Bkituh Ckliser —We are sure tbat there is not
a respectable citizen of the United States who would
no* teel indignant were he to know the infamous
: uses to winch the flag of bis free and independent
nati..n is applied on the coast of Africa. VV e have
recorded ::it capture of the schooner Lydia Gibbs
by the Tridei t. The circun,stances attending the
boarding ot that vessel are tot singular, although it
: seldom Happens that they terminate so successfully.
The Lydia Gibbs is an American-built vessel, of
| about 2t-0 tons, of the model of the far-fame yacht
America. Sie had b eu for some time at anchor in
\V bydab if _>ads. but having American colors flying
there was a difficulty iu examining her c osely, as
hercargo appeared to be undisturbed, and no Uuited
State* matt of-war was a’ hand to asee.taiu the Cor
rectness of her papers Boats of two or three of
the E irtish cruisers had been alongside, but couid
’ find nothing to justify a minute search likely to lead
: to detention. Tne Lydia Gibbs was. however, on
the 29th May, fallen in with off tbs coast by Com
mander Ciose. of the Trident, and that officer, un
der morai conviction that the viee; was not en
gaged tn -awful business, sent a boat to board her.
Ti e party were received civilly, and seemingly
w.tb unconcern; but tiis examining officer being
; on the point of lifting the tarpaulin which covered
! her suspiciously-large hatchway, the pseudo Ame
-loan ekipper saw th-t his gains was up. He order
ed the mate to ‘’tear down the rag,’ as he was not
going .o oc cap'ured under those colors, which or
ders were hu-.a v amp ied with, and a’ the same
rime he threw the paoei's overboard. The vessel
b iug then densttonal zed, the British officer pro
ceeded to open the hatches, when cut vaiked ten
Spaniaids, terming the slave crew, who had been
Coi. e.iic below Tne Lydia Gibbs will, in all pro
bability. be c t and ortoed in the Admiralty Court
Umted Service Gazette.
4>if the Mes or Tut bout h Dr ckiratikg
i PhemCe l. s is a question which is being deter
miued by reseerch, ‘ns inquisition having been com
menoed last fall. The question was raised by tbe
promulgation of a Northern theory, that the iLfluen -
ees of lit” >n the South had induced a special de
geueracy in tbe physical conformation of our men
i'be-'stem acophed has Oeen to lake the average
weight aud stature at various military academies
and m.-dicai c lieges, and the resuit is an entire re
futauon of the theory, and would be eves more de
eidedlv so had any plan been devised and acted
noon ior arriving at the average of the genera, pop
uGtior.. for stucents as a siaes.oficessari.y lack.from
me manner ot their iives, the weigut and de v efop
meet which follows from active pursuit ot thsms-
c uanical arts, agricultural occupations. Ac. Tne ,
average height of for y two students ot tbe Lmv er ,
S ty of Louisiana, as furnished by Dr. 1
;
jdW 5
weight 145 pounns. Ot ,j.
Miliary Institute, 5 feet if folfav. weight lilt
porn,d r rom the above i: wtd be
tpr --n Os the L misiana Co3**e Were 1
” -—see University tbe bcav-teat, ana (
tboee ot the leue- -lev the lightest ~*'■
it the A lrginia lare with 1
bave no oi Northern c*eu to A?m|r if
tbvse, but we doubt if an exhibit from thodA fr j c
could b*-ar any favorable comparison with tne ; ,
loreguiug.— AtvOil* TleiruUr. *
Origin, Cost. Arc., of the Telegraph Cable.
While the public are rejoiciDg at the consumma
tion of laying the telegraph cable, it is a source of
j ustifiable pride and exulta'ion that this great work
is purely of American origin. The Atlantic Tele
graph enterprise was born in tbe dining room of
Cyrus W T . Field, 84 Gramercy park, in tbe city of
New York, one quiet evening in the early part of
March, 1854. There were present Cyrus W. Field,
his brother David Dudley Field, Samuel F. B
Morse, Peter Cooper, Moees Taylor, Marshal O
Bobers and Chandler White. Maps were laid upon
the table, and a general conversation ensued upon
the practicability of the enterprise and the best
route. They then and there formed an association
for the purpose of establishing telegraphio com
munication between America and Europe. The
most feasible mode of accomplishing it was thought
to be by way of Newfoundland , and it was deter
mined to apply to the Legislature of tbat island for
an act of incorporation.
Tne two Fields and Mr. White immediately pro
ceeded to Newfoundland to lay the matter before
the Legislature of tbat Island, and to ask for a char
ter and other assistance. These three gentlemen
arrived at St. Johns about the 20th day of March,
1854, and at once called upon the Governor, who
convoked the Executive Council the same day.—
These gentlemen appesred before them, and David
Dudley Fteled made an elaborate and powerful ad
dres*. The Governor promised them an answer in
the coarse of that day. In an hour or two the an
swer was given to them in writing, that he would
immediately send in a special message to the Leg
islative Assembly, then in session, recommending
them to pass an act of incorporation, with a guaran
ty of the interest on the company a bonds to tbe
amount of £50,000, and a grant of fifty equare
miles of land on the island ot Newfoundland, to be
selected by the company.
The proportion in which the shares were taken
were lUI in Lonrtou, 88 in America, 86 in Liverpool,
37 in Glasgow, 28 iu Manchester, and the remain
der in other parts of England. George Peabody,
Esq , the American banker in L mdon, has been
one of the most liberal and devoted friends of the
enterprise from the start
When the telegraph sailed on its last aud fortu
nate mission, the £ 1,000 shares in the undett&kiDg
were offered for sale, in the London share market,
at £350, without buyers. The suocessfnl laying of
the cable no doubt raised the shares to par value
and should ‘urther experience prove its capability
to perform the work expected o: it, they will soon
command a high premium.
The cost of the cable laid between Ireland and
Newfoundland is given as follows:
Price deep sea wire per mile .8200
Price spun yarn and iron wire per mile 2f5
Price outside tar per mile 20
Total per mile 818a
Price 2,500 miles $1,212 500
Price 10miles deep sea cable, at $i 450 per mite.. 14,550
For 25 miles shore end, at $1,450 per mile 31,250
Total cost $1,256,2-0
The telegraph house erected at the head of Bull's
Bay, will be a spacious frame building, containing
in addition to tbe office or operator’s department,
i a sitting room, a kitchen, eight bed rooms and all
i the other et ceteras of a well appointed household,
i A library will be provided by the company for the
use of the operators, as they will have everything
that they could desire for the purpose of spending
their time in an agreable mauner. The force of ope
i rators will number seven, aud these must have
among other qualifications, a perfect knowledge of
French, German, Italian and English so that they
may be enabled to receive and transmit messages
, in all those languages. Iu addition to the opera
tives there will be five mechanics to repair the tele
graph instruments, and to perform any other work
that may be required of them in their particular
trade.
TheLeveesof the Lower Mississippi.—Next
to the yellow fever, the orevasee is tbe most dread
ed enemy of the inhabitants who dwell on the Low
er Mississippi and the large streams which empty
into it. The region around the mouth of the Mis
sissippi, even fur several hundred miles above the
Delta proper, is a half-formed piece of country, dis
covered and settled by mau before it had been turn
ed out complete from nature's worksfiop. It is an
alluvial region, degenerating from a rich low bot
tom, in the vicinity of the Red river mouth, into
the mass of ooze, half water and half mud, which
forms the tongue stretching out into the Gulf
The ground on whioh tbe city of New Orleans
stands is so thoroughly saturated with water that a
hole dug a few feet helow the surface beoomes filled
by percolation in a few hours. It is impossible to
to dig g> aves, and all the cemeteries at New Orleans
are above ground. The coffins, instead of being
deposited iu the earth, arc simply laid on it, and
. protected by vaults. Had the discovery of this
cont nent been delayed a few centuries, the region
around and above New Orleans would, by succes
sive annual deposits from the river, have acquired
, the elevation aud consistency of completely formed
I land. As it is, the magnificent sugar and ootton
plantations, which, with a narrow front on the riv
, or, extended t ackward for miles, are several feet
below (lielevel of the river at high water, and re
’ quire to be protected by artificial levees, running
I along both banks. Those levees, or systems of
levees, are built by the planters, each of whom con
struct h and repairs the portion iu front of his own
, estate. Their entire length is about 1,200 miles,
and their cost has been about six million dollars,
p The levee ot one planter in Mississippi was built at
1 an expense of S3O 000, and other plantations have
, been protected from the waves at even a greater
’ cost.
It is estimated that in tbe State of Louisiana
alone there are 15.000 square miles ot fertile allu
vial soil which lie below high water mark, and re
- quire to be protected by tneae artificial embank
, ments. The levees are generally made simply of
[ earth, though in some places they arc strengthened
i by rocks and piles. Usually they are effioient bar
i riers against the progress f the waves, but during
t extreme floods they a e worn away in places by the
j washing of the water, undermined and broken, and
) tbe • the circumscribed stream rushes through the
• gap in an irresistible torrent, spreading over the ad
• jaeent country, deluging plantations, sweeping
away negro cabins, and bearing down everythin^
> in its course, until it finally finds it way through ba
t yous and lagoons to the Gulf.
Five times has the city of New Orleans been par
t tially submerged by the crevasses—in 1785,1791,
, 1799, 1816, and 1849. At the recent flood the Ms
, sissippi attained a higher elevation than it has stood
r at since 1849, and the consequence is a number of
i crevasses in Louisiana and Miseissipppi, the most
i formidable of which is the Bell and the Lablanche
, crevasses, the first three aud the latter twenty miles
above New Orleans. Damage to the amount oi
. millions of dollars has been caused by these breaks,
but the city of New Orleans has not been reached
by the waters on account of the unusual precau
-3 tions taken since 1819 to strengthen the embank
ments which protect it.
We have before us a wood cut picture of the Bell
. crevasse, issued by the New Orleans Picayune.—
The gap is two bnndred and fifty feet wide, and
s twenty-five feet deep. Through it a branch from
3 the “ Father of Floods’’ is rushing with fearful ra
pidity, covering the adjoining fields, rising around
1 the walls of a sugar bouse, and even threatening
tbe plantation mansion. On the sides are the tongues
, of the Bunderea levee, a few inohes above the level
of the river, and surrounded by a waste of waters
Nevertheless, they are thronged with people who
have come from the city to behold the truly grand
i though terrible spectacle.
, The Atlantic Cable and London Messages.—
, It has been stated that au order was issued not to
receive any more through messages for London uu
• til the line was announced as ready for business.
This is a mistake. Messages will oontinue to be re
, ceived for London and the Continent, and will be
i plaoed on file in tbe order in wbich they are rscei v
• ed, and when the line is open they will te Bent in
the same order. Messages for the Continent will be
sent, the tolls to be collected forward from London
at the regular rates.
On the first day tbe cable was announced aa suo
i cessfully laid, thiee business messages were receiv
ed at the American Telegreph Office, containing 21,
20 and 57 words each. The latter message was
handed in by Edward Jaffray, Esq., of J affray &
I Sons, for whioh $57 were paid. After the Queen’s
! and the President’s messages have been exchanged,
Mr. Jaffray’s message, being the first on the file,
, will be the first message sent through the cable.
The others will then follow in the order iu which they
i were received. There liavo been received since
one message of 43 words and several of 20 woids.
As already state J, tbe rate ie $1 for each word. The
office is at the corner of Wall and Broad streets.
Should Prof. Hughes’ instrument answer the ex
pectations heretofore formed of it, and prove itself
capable of transmitting aud recording messages as
well as it has upon the land line, there will be no
difficulty in sending and receiving messages from
each side of the ocean at the Barne instant. For the
present, however, it will fully satisfy the public if it
works well in one direction only at the same time,
as in tbe ordinary way. ’
There was, yesterday, great impatience manifes
ted to receive the Queen’s Message; not so much
to know the contents of the message itself, as to af
ford the fullest assurance that the thing is possible ;
for, despite tbe general rejoicing, it was not difficult
to find, here and there, an unbelieving Thomas,
who declared he would not believe until he saw the
print of the message. Every person who was for
tunate enough to possess a fragment of the cab e,
carefuliy drew it out from its hiding place, while
groups peered over each other’s shoulders to get a
glimpse of tbe little curiosity. Wall street wa9, all
day yesterday, decorated with flags, the number
rather increasing toward evening. The great num
ber of these national ensigns which were suspended
across the street from the American Telegraph Of
fice to the Custom House, literally threw everything
into tbe shade beneath them. Tnere were also ten
or a dozen flags of the largest description strung
across Wallßtreet from the Atlantic Insurance
Buildings, the English Union Jack, and the Cress
of Saint George blending with tbe Starr and
Stripes, the French Tri color, and the Harp of Erin
upon its green field. The roguish news boys, who
rushed down the street cry, ‘• ‘Ere’s the Queen’s
Message,” found a rushing sale for their Evening
Editions at 60. a copy, tbe buyers good naturedly
pocketing the paper and the joke at the same time
when they found they wete sold.— N. Y. Times , of
Wednesday.
Horrible Confession of a Pirate.—Peter
Williams, under sentence of death at Auburn, Me ,
with a colored man named Abraham Cox, for tbe
murder at sea of the captain, two mates and one
man of the brig Albion Cooper, of Portland, has
made a confession, which is printed in the Lewiston
Falls Journal. Williams represents that he was
born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1830, his father being a
sailor; he ran away from school, and never learned
to read. He first went to sea when nine years of
age, and has served on shipboard in all parts of the
world ever since—at one time on a German man
of-war, and then again in the employ ot the East
Inoia Company, sctiDg as captain in the main
top in one of their veesels. In July, 1857. he be
came acquainted with an Irishman named Tuomas
Fahey, and both went to Portland sh pped in the
Albion Cooper. Tbe brig, soon after eaving port,
was found to be leaky ; tbe second mate is stared
to have treated both iliiams and Cox, the negro,
with great barbarity, and finally Williams stabbed
him, for which he was placed in irons. Afterwards
the mate called him into his room, drove a nail into
a beam and hung him up by the beam, the forward
part of his feet just touching the floor. He was in
great pain, and finally fainted.
Finally Cox broached the project of a murder of
captain and crew, and supplied some knives and
razors, which Williams fastened to stioks. The
Irishman Fahey was alone taken in'o their confi
dence. They first killed Capt Humphrey, who
was asleep on the deck, with two blows on the
head with a hatchet. His head partially turned,
but be died without a struggle. He then went be
hind tbe second mate and struck him in the head
with a hatchet. His cries brought out the first
mate, who was also struck in the head. He reheat
ed to his cabin, where he had a bard struggle with
his murderers, but was finally despatched. As be
came out, Williams met the 2d mate, whom he had left
for Cox, and finished him with a few blows of tbe
hatchet. Tne last murder was of a seaman named
Burns or Davis They put iron witn the bodies
and threw them overboard. Afterward they set
the vessel on fire and abandoned it, and were picked
up by another vessel, when Fahey disclosed the hor
rible tragedy in which ‘.hey had been engaged.—
Williams and Cox wilt be hung on tbe 27th inet.
Specie in the Covnirt.—lt is estimated that
the amount of specie in the United Sta’es, at the
close of 1849, was $114,000,000 ; the coinage at tbe
Unite” Siates Mint, emce 1849, has amounted to
$ 180,000,000 ; the amount of spece brought jeto
the country by immigrants, since 1849, is estimated
at $120,000,000; the amount of bullion now on
hana in the country is estimated at $94,000,000 ;
making a total of $808,0*10,000. The exports of
specie ('ess imports) from tbe United States since
1849, have amounted to $308,000,000 ; leaving the
amount of $500,000,000 existing at the present
time, in the United States, in the ehape of gold and
stiver coin and bull: >n. The product of the Cali
fornia mines, since their discovery, has amounted
to $713,000,1)00 ;of the Australia, to $615,000,000- ’
It has been estimated that at least fonrteen ban- t
dred millions of dollars have been added within the
the last decade to the stock of precious metals ex
isting in the world.
Had Never Seen a Colored Person —A lady
twenty years of age, accompanied by a friend, ar
rived here in a ves-ei a few days since from Mat hi
as, Me. Singular as it may appear, this was the
- - time ifie had ever taken a “leave of absence’’
nit. - •*. states that she never saw a color
ntTa railroad
Bedford \-Ne* Bedford Mercury, fltt.
WEEKLY
(%mticlc ft Shfoel.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AEG. IS, IS3S.
The Atlantic Telegraph— First Message front
England.
After many day3 of anxions expectancy it is
our happy privilege to announce the reception of
the first message from England—the greeting of
Qneen Victoria and England to President Bc
chanan, and the United States. The practical
success of this great enterprise is thus fully estab
-1 shed, and the doubts of tbe most sceptical unbe
liever are at once dissolved.
Tbe Hews was received in this city Monday evening,
between seven and eight o'clock, with a transport
of enthusiasm and excitement. Bonfires were light
ed on Broad street, and fireworks and illuminations
kept the city in an uproar all the evening.
By order of the Mayoi, a sa'ute of one hundred
guos were fired yesterday, at twelve o’clock.
Fire.
The Bar-Room and Eating House on Ellis street
between Campbell and Mclntosh, known as “The
Shades,” was destroyed by fire on Sunday night
last. The building, which was owned by Mrs. Ann
Anthont, leased for a term of years to Messrs.
Heckle & Wilson, and rented by them to E. D.
Myers, was valued at about $1,50(1 —insured for
SI,OOO. Mr. Myers’ loss in liquors, furniture, ,
is estimated at about SI,OO0 —no insurance. J. H.
Alford, occupying a room in the building, and
asleep at the time the fire broke out, barely escaped,
losing money, watch aud clothing, tn the amount of
about SSOO. Columbus Alford also lost all his
clothing.
The fire first broke out about 10 o'clock at night,
was subdued, and again broke out about two o’clock
in a part of tbe building which had been left stand
ing, destroying tbe aocount books, &c., of J. Jlc-
Dade, clerk for Messrs. Heckle & Wilson.
The steam fire engine of Messrs. Platt & Cos.,
was not in running order, owiug to some repairs
which they had been making on their cistern.
Lnbor.HAYtng Plow.
i C B.Magruder, ofTh masville, Ga., offers for
sale County and S'ate rights for the manufacture of
a valuable improvement iD Plows. See advertise
ment.
Yellow Fever in Cliurleston.
A despatch from Charleston, received Friday,
says that there have been several deaths from yel
low fever in that oity, though the disease by no
means exists in au epidemic form. Exaggerated
reports have been in circulation for some days, and
we are glad to learn something definite in regard to
the matter.
Mr. Eve's Barbecue.
The annual Barbecue of our generous and en
terprising townsman, Wm. J. Eve, Esq., has become
a recognized “Institution” among us, and is always
looked forward to with the most pleasant anticipa
tions. The entertainment of yesterday passed eff,
as usual, to the very great enjoyment of the nume
rous friends who attended, and was, altogether, an
occasion to be long remembered.
It Imß been customary, of late, to extend invita
tions to tbe gentlemen only; but, at the suggestion
of the accomplished hrstess, the party of yesterday
was graced and enlivened by the presence of a large
oompany of the fairest aud most attractive ladies
of our city aud vicinity, who whiled away the time
most agreeably to themselves and their companions,
in threading the “fairy mazes” of the dance, and
in the interchange of those delightful courtesies
which make up the attraction of social life.
The servants’ dinner, was also, as usual, a very
important feature of the occasion, and seemed to
give the greatest satisfaction both to participants
and spectators.
We oommend the example of Mr. and Mis. Eve
to our planting friends, and trust wo shall itave to
chronicle many happy gatherings like this hereaf
ter.
Catawba Grapes !—Dr. H. It. Cooke, of Beech
Island, S. C., (a genthman very favorably known
for his taste and enterprize in rural affaire) has fa
vored us with some samples of Catawba Grapes,
frem a young vineyard just coming into bearing.—
These Grapes were of extraordinary size—many of
the bunches weighing nearly or quite a pound each
—and of euperior flavor; and we most heartily wish
. the Doctor a success commensurate with so favora
ble a beginning. There is no doubt whatever,
that we have the finest climate in the world for
Grape growing and wine-making, and we hope to
see the culture of the Vine greatly extended.
Fire in Memphis. —A destructive fire occurred
in Memphis on Wednesday evening last, which de
stroyed property variously estimated at $15,01)0 to
$30,000. The principal sufferers were Messrs.
Ward & Jones, Druggists ; Messrs. Adams & Stet
son, the proprietors of the building occupied by
Ward &, Jones ; Messrs. Ford, Begbie &. Cos,
Candle, Mix & Cos., Barinds & Cos., and G. W.
Hanna.
i Health of New Orleans. —We learn from a
reliable source that the report of interments, made
to the Board of Health of New Orleans, on Monday
morning, for the week preceding, shows a mortali
ty of 306 including 14(1 deaths by Yellow Fever.
! The increase ofYellow Fever cases over the pre
ceding cases was about one hundred per cent.
Quick Work.— TheAthens Walchmansnys ■ “At
the last parade of the Athens Fire Company No. 1,
1 an experiment was tried to ascertain in how short
; a space of time the engine might be got to work at
[ a fire. The members of the company was scattered
about promiscuously awaiting the ringing of their
1 bell. As soon as it was rang they rushed to the en
gine house and in four minutes from the time the
eignal was given, the “Hope” was playiDg two
streams of water upon the building in which our
offioe is located, on Broadstreet! Can any of the
Augusta Companies beat that J”
New- Cotton. —Ten bales of the new crop were
received in New Orleans on the Bth inet., of whioh
eight were from Vicksburg and two from. Bayou
Sara.
The Weather in St. Louis.— Tue thermometer
in St. Louis on Wednesday, the 11th inet, leached
104 deg., in the shade. There were 11 oases of buu
stroke, 7 of which were fatal.
Fate of Coi.. Titus. — A correspondent, at Kan
sas City, Mo., of the St. Louis Democrat, has the
following: “News reached us this morning of an
alarming nature, concerning the fate of Col. Titus
and the company which recently left this point for
Arizona. It is said that the Colonel has “raised a
row” with the Cherokees. and came off second best
having seven of his men killed, and, report says,
himself taken prisoner.”
Travelling in the Olden Time.— The Phila
delphia North, merican quotes some curious and
suggestive passages from the journal, lately pub
lished in LtUells Living Age , of Mrs. Knight, who,
in 1704-’5, performed a journey from Boston to
New York, transacting business in the latter city,
and at various points on the route. The time spent
in the saddle, for she travelled on horse back, was
about four weeks, two in the journey out, and two
in the return. And the whole time occupied was
five months, to accomplish what could now be ef
fected in as many days.
“Pulaski Times.”—Under this title anew week
ly paper is to be started at Hawkinsville, about the
Ist September, by P. F. Scarborough and O. C.
Ho re. It is to be neutral iu political matters, and
the subscription is $2 per annum.
Counterfeit. —We understand, says tl.e Athens
(Tenn ) Pest, that a few days since a SSO 00 coun
terfeit bill Branch Bank of Tennessee, Athens, was
presented at the counter of the Bank here. It is
not anew emission, but en-: of the batch of coun
terfeits floating around in 1854. Look out for them.
The Matanzaa (Cuba) correspondent of the Sa
vannah Republican says :
“The Cane fields lock promising but rain is now
much wanted, the heat being intense and much
sickness in consequence, both in the harbor and on
shore. The deaths from yeliow fever ate very nu
merous, more so than during any former season
within our recollection.”
The Blount-Zouave Affair. —We are induo.
ed to allude to this subject again, says the Savannah
Republican, simply from a desire to do an act of
justice to the young lady. We are assured, and by
those who have had every opportunity for correct
information, that the confession of the marriage
was made under tbe force of improper influences,
and that under different circumstances she did
not-hesitate to declare it utterly untrue, and to ex
press her contempt for the man who was pursuing
her.
Newspaper Changes—Co!. Gaulding has dis
posed of the Griffin Empire State to Messrs. John
H. Steele and V. P Sisson, and purchased an interest
in the Atlanta Intelligencer, of which he will also be
an associate editor.
Does Chinese Sugar Case Kill Cattle ?
Col. A. G. Summer, iu a communication to tbe
Charleston Mercury, says decidedly, no. It is the
feeding of cattle with an undue quantity of it, when
in a hungry condition, which does the damage.—
Corn, peas, green corn and green wheat will also
kill cattle under the same circumstances. Coi. S.
has used sugar millet four seasons in every stage Os
its growth,—green, i ipe and cured,—and has found
it the best soiling plant he ever raised.
Eight Boys Shot— At Pittsburg, on Sunday
night last, an old man named Robert McCurdy max- ’
ried a young girl, whereupon a crowd of boys ga
thered around the house and threw brickbats and
stones at it. McCurdy came out and told them to
go away, but they did not, when he fired a horse
pistol heavily loaded, with shot at them, wounding
eight of the boys, eeveral severely. ,
A Counterfeit.—A S2O counterfeit on tbe Bank
of Charlotte, N. C , has been shown the Fayette- ‘
vilie Observer. The signatures of the President J
and Cashier, H. B Williams, and W. A. Lucas, are (
engraved, not written with a pen ; and the paper i
is very soft and inferior. This one is dated 19th j
July, 1858. e
Insanity.— A most singular delusion controlled a
Mrs. Chadwick, ol Peekskili, during temporary fits
of insanity, and wbich finally led to a very sad re 1
suit. She would constantly repeat the scripture : ’”
“If thy ri ß ht hand offend thee, cut it offand one
day last week she severed her right arm clear off 1
from just below the elbow
A Nxw W rinsle for Geologists.— An attempt a
to sink an artenvi well at Columbus, Ohio, has de- t
veioped a fact in geology wtieh is new to the de vo- C
tees of that science. The well has already reached r
the depth of 1708 feet, more than 1000 feet of which t
are through solid limestone t
Novel Fire Arm*.
We have received from E. Remington jc. Sons
(the proprietors of a well-known aud extensive
I establishment at Ilion, Herkimer, co., New York,)
samples of three new and very ingenious “imple
ments of destruction,” which may be described as
follows :
Beals’ New Patent Pistol.—This is a pocket
. Revolver, of 5 chambers, similar in some respects
, to the well-known “Colt” pistol, bnt possessing the
advantage of lees size and weight, with equal
5 aocuraoy and foroe. The most striking feature,
f however, is an arrangement by which the cylinder,
f when discharged, can be removed in one second.
‘ and a loaded one substituted :so that, by having a
1 number of duplicate cylinders, the pistol can be
rapidly fired any number of times. These duplicate
• cylinders can be purchased with the pistol at a
small cost. The pistol can be carried in a good
, sized vest pocket, weighs but 11 ounces, and is
t altogether the neatest an i wickedest looking little
■ “barker” that we have yet seen,
s Gun Cane. —This is a newly patented Gun in
the form a neat walking cane. It is arranged for
l shooting either ball or shot, the barrel being made
of cast steel, aud the whole covered with Gutta
Pereha or Vulcanized Rubber. It weighs from 20
to 24 ounces, and though it is difficult to describe its
3 peculiar construction, it is considered one of the
t most perfect aud complete implements of the kind
, ever invented. It must be seen and examined, to
be fully appreciated.
Burglar's Alarm —This is a very ingenious
. little instrument intended to be so attached to the
inside of a door, that it will be impossible to open
the door without discharging the “Alarm.” It can
l be loaded like a pistol, and so arranged as to shoot
the intruder or thief, in addition to alarming the
f household by the report. All who have reason to
s fear a visit from burglars or who are subject to
nocturnal depredations, should attach these alarms
to their doors or gates. They will be found “a
t terror to evil doers.”
All the above may be ordered from E. Remington
& Sons, Ilion, Herkimer co., New York, who manu
facture them extensively, and supply them to the
trade on very reasonable terms.
’ The Blunt De Riviere Affair— Slight Mis
take.—The Savannah Republican says:—Some of
our cotemporaries, in writing of this curious re
manoe, seem to think the objectof the Zouave is
f to marry the subject of his adoration. Miss Blount,
. This is a mistake. The young lady asserts un
qualifiedly that they were lawfully married before
they made the tour to New York, aud had lived as
man and wife for weeks before the separation. The
’ secret of his pertinacity, then, is simply to hold on
} to the prize already won. The fact of bis having
, another wife now living in the State of Pennsylva
j nia, seems to be, in the present status of the case
, the only family obstacle to his success.
“By the way, we learn that the romantic Captain
grew quite chivalrous on the eve of his departure
from Savannah. He remarked on board the steam
er that fighting was simply a pastime with him, and
i if any gentleman desired to be amused in that way
> he was always ready to accommodate him after
- breakfast hours, as he was generally at leisure the
, remainder ol the day. lie would lie over’tillthe
next steamer to oblige a belligerent—meet him
i half way, or, rather than be nice about it, go the
whole distance himself ! Verily, the Zouave is a
trump.”
J Dead.—Hon. John Duer, chief justice of the Su
, perior Court of .New York, died on Staten Island on
’ the Bth inst. Last winter he met with an accident
( while visiting a friend, by which he broke his leg,
and although he partially recovered, the effect!! of
j the fail, no doubt, hastened the disease which finally
; terminated his life. Judge Duer was born in the
year 1786, and came of an old and well known En
, glish family. His father was Col. Wm. Duer, und
( his mother, Lady Catherine, was a daughter of
t Lord Sterling, a family well known on the other
side of the ocean. The Duers have been diamante
for the estates of the Sterling family growing out of
, the intermarriage of the two houses.
Gold in Africa.—The Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin ha* been assured by a gentleman whose
! integrity it is willing to vouch for, and who had
i been eighteen years in the Guinea trade, that the
amount of gold which abounds in some places, aud
, which is protected by superstitious tatoos and “set
. isb” notions from being gathered, is literally in
f credible. It is believed that all that has been found
i in California or Australia is as nothing, compared to
i what will yet be gathered from the obscure and
burning regions of Africa. The individual white
, miner can do little save superintend such a digging,
-and the Bulletin recommends the free negroes of
> the North, who are now looking about fora spot to
which to emigrate, to go to gold hunting in Africa
under the auspioes of some American oompany.
Etidemic Disease in Virginia— Terrible. Fa
tality.—Dysentry of a violent type is prevailing to
a fearful extent in Pendleton county, Va. A letter
from Franklin, the county seat, dated the 28th ult.
■ says:
, “Mrs. Martha McCoy was buried on yesterday,
and also Mrs. Dunkle. Isaac Finn died some two
weeks ago, and Bince that all his children, four in
number. lam not able to give the names of all
who have died during the last month, but there has
hardly been a day but there has been from one to
! four deaths a day for several weeks past. At this
- time there are not so many cases of the disease in.
. town. Mr. Campbell Masters is still poorly and is
not expected to recover, Mrs Fairburu aud child;
■ J. G. Hille’s child; Mr. Skile's children and some
blacks are suffering from the disease. The doctors
are all going sonstantly, and there is no telling when
it wid abate.”
t Another letter from the same place, dated the Ist
, inst., says:
t “Mr. Campbell Masters died on Thursday last,
t about 4P. M., and Bince my previous letter we have
, had some ten or twelve deaths, mostly children.—
1 Mr. Philip Bible is very low and not expected to re
r cover. The disease, lam told, is somewhat on the
. decline, at any rate, this is the case about town.”
3 This painful disease is also prevailing to an alarm
-3 ing extent, in Hampshire county, on Cabin Run and
r its tributaries. A correspondent writes that:
i “Several persons, both old and young, have al
ready fallen a prey to it; and many others are now
confined to their beds on account thereof. And so
stubborn in its character that it refuses, in almost
* every case, to yield to the usual medical remedies.
1 Truly, this is a sad and distressing state of thiDgs.”
i *
Tampico.—Advices from Tampico to the 20th]ot
July, report that affairs there continue in the same
state as heretofore reported. Gen. Carvajal had
cut off communication with the interior, and was
supposed to be preparing to make a move on Tam
pico. He had behaved very handsomely toward
the train of goods which he stopped, sending both
boats and mules back to the city with their cargoes
untouched. The Tampico Journal accuses the
liberals of having got some of Gen. Walkers’s old
followers to serve their artillery at the siege of San
Luis. Zuazua, the liberal leader, had imposed a
forced loan of $120,001) upon the merchants there.
In Mexico there lias been a complete change in
Gen. Zuloaga'a oabinet. The liberals have re-cap
tured Tuspan.
The Cotton Manufacture.—An intelligent cor
respondent of the New York Times, writing from
Providenoe, furnishes some interesting information
in relation to the cotton manufacture. He states
that the best ootton now costa, when delivered
either in Providence or Boston, 13j cents per 18.
Cotton has been steadily advancing in price for ]
eight or ten years, notwithstanding a rapid increase
of production. In 1848 the crop exported from the i
United States was 814,274,000 lbs ; the average 1
priece was 781 cents per 18. The crop of 1846 ex- ‘
ported were 1,354,431,701 18s., at 9-41 cents per 18.
The exports of 1857 were 1,048 282,475 lbs. at 12 55 i
per 18. The borne market inlßs6absorbed 640,000
bales of 400 pounds each, or little less than one-sixth
of the entire crop. At present prices this amount
of raw material would be worth $31,000,000. It is
impracticable to ascertain wlat additional value is
given it by the labor, skill and ingenuity bestowed
upon its manufacture, but it is probably no exag- 1
geration to estimate the gross proceeds of this
branch of industry in the New England States at
$150,000,000 per annum.
Cotton Seed Oil.— A (ireat Discovery. —The 1
manufacture of oil from ootton seed has been car- i
ried on to some extent for several years, but the l
process of clarifying the oil so as to fit it for illumi
natmgor lubricating purposes has attraoted the at
tention of those skilled in chemistry for a loug time, i
but all attempts have failed up to within the last 1
few months. The Cincinnati Price Current, how-
ever, says:
Mr Davies, of this city, hae, we have no doubt,
at length solved the problem. A sample of this oil
prepared by him hat been in our possession the
past week, and we having tested its illuminating
properties thoroughly, feel no hesitation in saying
that it gives a light far clearer and brighter than
lard oil; does not erust or gum the wick, and is
freer than any other oil from any disagreeable odor
while burning. We regard Mr. Davies’ discovery
a most important one, toe value of which cannot be
well estimated in dollars or cents. We learn the
process is at once cheap and simple, not increasing
the cost but a trifle, as the article, when clarified,
is sold at 9U ceDls per gallon. It will remain liquid
at as low a temperature as the best sperm.
France is determined not to be behind England in
great enterprises. She attempts achievements upon
the iand as remarkable as those of England upon the
water, Whilst the latter is making an experiment
with the monster steamship and the Atlantic Tele
graph, France is abont to undertake the gigantic
project of tunnelling the Alps by the force of com.
pressed air.
Out of Leading Strings.— The Princeof Wales
has now fairly slipped from the royal apron strings,
He gives dinner parties at his Lodge at Richmond,
and goes to the opera on his own hook, making
good Mr. Gibbs sit on the back ground, while be
Lunges in front with his friends and associates, criti
cising the singers and dancers with the air ofacon
noi ear. He has lately given dinners to the Count
de Paris, the Count de Flanders, and two or three
youthful members of the English aristocracy.
The oldest clock that has been brought to public
notice is thus described by a writer in the New Ha
ven Palladium:
The writer is the owner of a clock made in Lon
don, A. D. 1609—1G0 years ago—l 7 years after the
discovery of Amenoa by Columbus. Its frame is
of English oak, rudely carved, but in a g>od state
of preservation The machinery, of course, exhib
its some marks of the “tooth of time,” but a small
expense of labor and skill would enable this con
temporary of old Harry the Eighth to make a good
start again m the world.
The Sparta Times publishes the following mar
riage notice: “Married in Madison county, Aik,
Joseph Rogers, formerly of Sparta, aged ninety-two
yean, to Miss Nancy Chsmdler, aged 25 years. By
this marriage Mr. Rogers becomes brother-in law
t@ his grandson—his grandson having married bis
wife’s sister some 15 or 20 years since. A singular
analogy of the relationship can be traced from this
marriage, as the old man has great great grand chil
dren. We head our cotemporaries this time on the
marriage question. They may knock under and
take down their sign nntil further dispatches from
head quarters of xJm army of occupation.”
New Books.
s Doctur Thorne A novelby An thosv Trollofe,
Author of “The Three Cleiks, “liarcheeter
8 Towers,” &c NewYotk; Harper &. Bros.
) This is a highly interesting story of English coun
‘ try life, written in a forcible, pointed style. The
B characters are boldly drawn, and present something
original. We commend the work to those fond of
1 light reading.
8 For sale by Thos. Richards &. Son.
8
,1 Fred Markham in Russia : Or The Boy Tra
vellers in the Land of the Czars. By W. H. G.
’ Kingston. Esq Au'hor of “Peter the Whaler.”
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j The Histort of Kino Richard the Second.—
s By Jacob Abbott. Harper & Bros: New York.
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, Jacob Abbott. NewY'oik: Harper & Bros.
1 These three works are gotten up in a suitable
, style for youths of ten to eighteen years of age.—
, They are profusely illustrated with exoellent wood
engravings, and will be found very interesting and
, instructive.
For sale by Thos. Richards & Son.
1 Destroying Eighty One Thousand Dollars
i to Spite his Son.—A correspondent of the London
1 Times relates the following story—if story it is—
’ locating the parties in Vienna. St range things hap -
’ pen frequently in the “old country
A few days ago a Baron Silberstein died hero,
1 and after his death no money was found in his
house, though he had always passed for a wealthy
. man. Inquiries were made by bis heir, and on its
being discovered that a hanker bad paid into his
> hands the sum of 170,000 florins but a few days be
[ fore bis death, his valet was arrested by a polic -man
on suspicion of having made way with the money.
As the man said that his master left his bed a
couple of days before he died, in order to burn eome
i papers in the stove, the bed r.om was searched
, Nothing but the remains of documents were touud,
aud tbe servant was kept in custody until it oocur
* red to someone that it might be as well to examine
i the other stoves. The examination was made, and
i the numerous remains of bank notes of 1000 florins
each, proved the innocence of the valet and deetruc
tiveness of his master. The Baron, who was di
-1 vorced from his wife, often expressed doubts about
tbe legitimacy of his only son, aud in order that he
should profit as little as possible by his death, lie
burned bank notes to the value of 170,000 florins
(E 16,200.) When the door of the stove was open
ed, the word “thousand” was distinctly visible on
many of tbe consumed notes which, of course, fell to
f pieces when touched.
The Right of Search (Question. — Official
’ Vie ic.—The Union, adverting to the doubts that
’ have been expressed as to the completeness of
the settlement of the right of search question,
i
says ;
“The facts are briefly these ; When the English
1 Cabinet repudiated the claim of a right to search or
i visit our vessels, aud abandoned the practice, they
, suggested at the same time to our government that
’ great abuses might take place from the assumption
of our flag by vessels not entitled to it, aud propys
e i that some plan should be agreed upon by which
the nationality ot vessels might be verrined, and
thus these abuses prevented. They stated, at the
1 same time, that the French government had pro
! posed, with this view, that a boat should be per
mitted to come alongside the vessels, but should not
i enter unless allowed to do so. And our govern
mei.t was invited to propose such plan which would
be acceptable to us, aud at tbe same time provide
■ for an adequate verification.
, “To this proposition it was answered that the
American government saw great difficulty in the
way ot reconciling any examination with that, en
‘ tire immunity of our vessels, which was so dear to
i the American people, nm had no proposition to
make upon the subject. But it was added, that if
’ the British government would submit any project
for that purpose, it would be fully considered by
the government of tho United States. This is all
that has passed upon the subject, and here tho mat
i ter rests. Should the United States agree to any
plan upon this aubjeot, that conventional arrange
ment will settle this poiut. If it does not take place,
’ the parties will occupy thi Sr respective positions
f under the law of nations, that neither of them has
the right to enter by force the vessels of the other,
under any circumstances whatever.”
Camp-Meeting Prevented by Hoop Skirts. —
Tue Rockingham (Va ) Register say s that a projected
camp-meeting in that county was indefinitely post
poned in consequence of the immense expansive of
hoops. A considerable enlargement of the “camp”
would be necessary to accommodate tho ladies, aud,
considering the expense ami the shortness ot tho
time to make necessary arrangements, it was con
cluded to indefinitely postpone the meeting. See,
1 ladies, what you have done by your expanaivo sys
tem.
Buried Alive.—A rich manufacturer, named
Oppelt, died about 15 years since, at Reichenberg,
in Austria, and a vault waa built by his widow and
children in the cemetery for the reception of the
( body. Tho widow died about a mouth ago, and
waa taken to the same tomb, but when it waa open
ed for the purpose, ihe coffin of her husband was
found open and empty, and the skeleton of the de
ceased discovered in a corner of the vault in a sit
ting posture. A commission was appointed by tiie
authorities to examine into the affair, when they
ga \f their opinion that M. Oppelt waa only in a
tra joe when buried, and that when coming to life
he forced open the coffin.
Old Coins.—An extraordinary discovery of old
coins has recently been made in France, of whioh
the Court Journal says .*
A most extraordinary discovery, which, for ob
vious reasons, is sought to be kept a piofouud secret
has taken place in an old ruined house at Iriel. Au
immense chest, full of gold and silver coins of Eng
lish stamp, has been found oonce&led in one of the
cellars, where it had been carefully wailed up. From
the papers and documents contained in the che3t, it
has become evident that the house was once inhabi
ted by Bolinebroke, who must have lain concealed
here during the period wherein his whereabouts has
always remained a puzzle to biographers and his
torians In one of his letters he mentions that “his
retreat is convenient to the Seine,” aud the house
iu question is found to possess a subterranean pas
sage leading down to the water’s edge. The mom y
is evidently the result of the nubdcripion ruined l>y
the party of the Pretender, for want of which the
latter was prevented from atr king a decisive blow.
Mexico.—The London correspondent of the New
York Commercial Advertiser says :
Au opinion prevails among certain capitalists
that before long there must be some important rise
in the prica of Mexican stock. The ‘1 per cent, bonds
can at present be purchased for 20, although they
carry arrears of interest to the amount of about £7
or £B. As the customs’ duties pledged to the bond
holders (apart from the general revenues of the
state) would, if properly administered, be fully
sufficient to provide all that is required, it is seen
that under a United {states protectorate the stock
ehould be worth at least 50 or 50.
On the other hand, supposing the United States
to be unwilling to have anything to do with the
country, it is quite certain a time is approaching
when the European governments will be compelled
to interfere for the protection of their subjects. In
the latter case, strict arrangements for the fulfil- i
mentof the speoifio assignments made to the bond- i
holders would necessarily be exacted. Hence, i
whatever may happen, it seems that an advantage- 1
ous change for these persons cannot be long d-lay- )
ed. Whenever it may arrive, it wi 1 at the best be
a poor compensation for their losses, since they
have remained for vears without tangible dividends, ,
and have submitted to compromises which have re
duced the interest payable to them fsorn 6 per cent,
to 3. ]
Mail Routes.—We find the following letter from <
the Post Office Department in several of our ex- y
change. A copy has been addressed to each mem
ber of the House of Representatives, and is thus t
laid before the public as the best means of com- [
manicating with their constituents:
Post Office Department, / .
Contract Office, July 30th, JBSB. \ f
Sir : —During the recess between the past and r
next Sessions of Congress, the advertisement of
mail routes in the Southern Section of the Union, f
will be prepared ; and it is desirable to invite pro- f
posals for any changes which the interest and con- \
venience of the public may require. j
You will therefore oblige me by communicating
as far as practicable with your constituents on this {
subject, and advising me, during the recess, what *
changes in existing routes may be required, with
the reasons therefore.
New contracts will be made next Spring, to take I
effect Ist July 1859.
Very respectfully, your obedient serv’t, f
Wm. U Dundas, b
2nd Assistant P. M. General. I
Hon. M. L. Bonham, E tgefiei and, S. C.
Cure for Rheumatism.—A gentleman, says B the *
Edgefield Advertisei , who has tried the subjoined *
recipe, pronounces it good, and desires it published *
for the benefit of all sufferers under this terrib e t
malady : One teaspoonfull of Aloes dissolved in
one pinto! whiskey, the best onetable-spoonfull
of Tartaric Acid dissolved in one pint of water.— v
Mix the two, and take one tableepoonfull of the /
mixture three times a day. Take water with Tar
taric Acid in it, as a drink while using the medicine, j,
h
The First Native Wine.—R. Buchanan reports *
in the Horticulturist the following incident con- “
cerning the first experiment in Wine making at the \\
West: s
My friend, Dr. S. told me that about thirty years
ago, when our native wines were much talked of,
but scaicely known, he was invited by ahosptiable
farmer of a neighboring Slate, to dine with him ;
and, amongst otbei inducements, was promised a
glass of native wine—the “pure juice of the grape “
At dinner the wine was produced ; it was of a fine
red color, like claret or Burgundy. “There,” said
bis host, “is something that I am proud of, for I
made it myself, and know it to be a pure article
none of your foreign mixed stuff.” The Doctor took
a good taste of it, made a wry face, and set his glass
down, remarking “that it was unlike any wine he
had ever tasted.” “I fear,” said his friend, “you
d-n’t like it; but you need not be afraid to drirk it,
for it is a genuine native wine, and I pledge you
my word it is the ‘pure juice of the grape,’ without
a particle of sugar, or a drop of water in it. las
sisted myself to gather the grapes, of the best varie
ties, from the woods, had the bundles packed up
carefully in anew, clean barrel, and filled it with,
whiskey —the best old Bourbon I could find—to ex
tract the grape juice. If that is not the native, I
don’t know what is.” The Dootor suggested that
“it might be native enough, but was not wine.”—
“Nonsense,” said his friend, “have I not made
‘peach cordial’ that way many a time ; and why
not wine 7” It was a longtime before the Doctor
ventured to taste another glass of native wine made
in that neighborhood.
Wasted Sympathy. —A few days ago a tremen
dous excitement prevailed in St. Louis, Mo , from
the finding of the bodies of two fine looking children
in a box. A Coroner was called, and a jury scraped
together, when the children were found to be of
wax.
Curious Slave Case.— The Rapids (La , Demo
crat ol the 20th ult., tells a curious story of a slave
who, six years ago, runaway from his maoter in
Georgia, married a white woman, who had several
children by him, and settled near Bertrand’s Prairie,
Rapides parish. His personal appearance had never
led one to suspect his African blood, but bis old
master by some means learned his biding place and
came on in pursuit of him two or three weeks since
He and his companion, armed with shot guns, met
and recognized the slave, and on his attempting to
escape, shot him twice, wounding him, but not se
verely enough to prevent his escape. His owner
offers a reward of S2OO for his arrest.
Naval.— A letter from China says: The preeent
disposition of the U. S. squadron is as follows:
Powhatan at Shangh&e, Minnesota at Pei ho, Ger
mantown at Whampoa. The Mississippi leaves
here, to-day, for Hong-Kong, where, after provi
sioning, she has orders to proceed to Japan, and
there await further orders from the commander in-
Chief.
When a party of four have devoured two pints of
strawberries what term should we apply to them I
We should say there’s a quartet.
Georgia Items.
Almost a Suicide*—A correspondent writing from
Sheltonville, Milton co., Ga , under date of August
Bth, says: Acuiious circumstance occurred here
Tuesday night last, which very nearly terminated
in the loss of life. A man by the Dame of McGinnis,
hung himself, it is supposed, merley to frighten his
wife. He tied a cord around his neck and attached
it to the joist, jumped off and hung suspended until
the terrified lady succeeded in'cutting him loose in
time to save him. He came within a minute of
passing into eternity.
Murder in Forsyth County.—The Athens
Watchman says: We learn by a letter received
from Mr. Thomas Collius, that a murder was com
mitted on Saturday night last about a mile from the
Wild Cat Court Ground, in Forsyth county. The
man killed was Claibon e Vaughn. At the time our
correspondent wrote his letter, an investigation was
going on before the Coroner, from which it appear
ed that some half dozen or more persons were con
cerned in the perpetration of tbe foul deed We
omit their names, because, it seems, the testimony
was incomplete. All of them, save one, had been
arrested.
Franklin College—New Trustees.—The Ath
ens Banner says: At a late meeting of the Trus
tees of Franklin College, at commencement, the re
signation of Messrs. Jas. H. Couper, of Glynn eouu
ty, and A. L. Alexander, of Wilkes county, were re
ceived. Messrs. Win Dougherty, of this place, and
John Barnard, of Liberty county, were elected to
fill their places.
The Sandersville Georgian says that fine rains
have fallen indifferent parts of tho county, (Han
cock) within a few days past. Our farmers are
now busy saving their fodder aud picking cotton.
The crops n Hancock are good, but have been
injured by the recent drought.
The degree of D. D. was conferred upon Prof. P.
H Mell, of Athens at the late Commencement of
Franklin College.
Ma.i, George Heard, and old and respected citi
zen of LaGrange, Ga., died on Tuesday last. He
had attained the ripe oil age of sventy three years.
Air Line Railroad.—The LaGrange Reporter
says that J. Noneross, President of the Air Line
Railroad, reports that the prospects of the contem
plated railroad are very encouraging, and the prob
ability is that the work will be commenced this fall.
Homicide in Coffer County.—Extract of a let
ter to the Milledgeville Recorder, dated Jackson-
ville, Ga., August 3 :
Mr. Benjamin E. Girtmau, a highly respectable
citizen of Coffee county, was killed on Saturday,
the 31st of July, at a Justice’s Court ground in said
county. It seems there was a tight in which seve
ral were engaged, and after pear, had bsen restored,
one of the par ies, James L Tillis, went towards
Mr. Girt .nan, (who had been careful to keep out of
the affray,) with a pistol in his hand, and when
within four feet of Girt man fired, the ball passing
through bis body. Tillis says it was au accident,
and some of the witnesses th nk it was. Mr. Girt
man, to the last ins Lied that it waa not an accident ,
that Tillis pushed the pistol against him, and that
Tnlis had an old grudge against him. Tillis has
been committed to Irwin jail, to await the action of
the Grand Jury of Coffee county, at: the next term
of the Superior Court.
This is a most lamentable affair ; a worthy and
upright man has been cut dowu by a rowdy. If it
was an accident, it was gross carelessness . and if
intentional, it waa a ba.-.e murder. The citizens,
generally, are much incensed against Tillis.
A Most Brutal Murder —On Sunday last as
the evening train w as coming in from Macon, on the
Muscogee Railroad, about three miles from town,
the engineer saw lying on tho track, a short dis
tance ahead, a woman, and as she did not move
when he sounded'the whistle, he stopped the engine
before reaching her, aud on going to where she was
lying, it was found that she had been most brutally
murdered and placed upon the track, in order, it is
supposed, for the car to run over her, and create
the impression that she had been killed by it. In
formation was conveyed to Coroner Wright, who
repaired to the spot, and had tho body conveyed to
town for the purpose of holding an inquest. It waa
identified as that of Mrs. Ivey, wife of Giles Ivey,
living near the line of the city limits, on the road
leading to Wynuton. They wore married, we
learn, but a short time since, though it is stated they
lm 1 been living on terms of intimacy for some time
previous. Her name before marriage was Mrs.
Curry. An examination of the body showed seven
wounds, any one of which would have proved fa
tal. The verdict of ihe jury was that the deceased
“ came to her death from wounds inflicted with a
sharp instrument in the bands of some person or
persons unknown to the jury ”
Suspicion rests upon Giles Ivey, the reputed hus
j band of tho deceased, as her children state that the
two started oil in the direction of where the mar*
• der was committed in the morning, under the pre
l fence of going to church, and as he was seen alter
, the suppose time of the murder m ch excited, and
with blond upon his clothes, and also attempted to
1 kill hifl daughter, there appears to be little doubt
that, he committed the bloody deed. There are a
I thousand and one rumors about the affair whioh wo
will noi mention, as they will serve no good end,
and will only feed a depraved taste, to relate 4 hem
Ivey, we learn, has left for parts unknown, and wo
i know not what efforts arc making to apprehend
, him.— Columbus Sun.
, Sad Occurkrence.—Drowned near Libertv Hil
Ga., on the 7th inst., Thella S , son of Jos. C. Hunt,
eged seven years, two mouths, and nineteen days.
He was in a pond bathing in company with another
lad about the name age No other person was near
to render him any assistance in his struggles with
the liquid element, into whioh he had at an un
guarded raoment.venlured too far, — Griffin Union
Drowned. —Dr. Ray, a travelling dentist wa
drowned last Friday, 6th inst., while bathiug with
four or live other young men, in a place some thirty
feet square, just below Sanborn’s mill-dam, near
Attapulgus in this county. He waa not missed by
his comrades for some forty minutes. Thinking ra
ther strange of his sudden disappearance, they
waded the place and found the body, which they
conveyed to Attapulgus, whore it was interred. —
Bainb ridge Georg ia n.
The Gold Mines ok Lumtkin.—Extract of a
letter to the Savannah Republican , dated :
Dahloneua, Aug. 6, 1858.
The crops in this part of the S'ate are tine—never
belter, I reckon , and the discoveries Ot gold Would
perfectly astonish you. Were Ito tell you what the
ore is worth per bushel in the Fields mine, you
would not. believe me, but it is so. The ore they
are now raising is worth one thousand dollars per
bushel. There are several very valuable mines
now nearly open and in operation, and there will
be many more. Yours, R.
The Banana in Bloom.—This beautiful produo
tion ol nature iu the vegetable world may now be
seen on the back lot of the dwelling premises of
Edward Remington, Esq., of this place, in full
bloom. The embryo bloom is enveloped in a shuck
of purple col r, not unlike in formation to an ear
of corn in the shuck, the point down. As the fruit
dfevelopes a leaf of the shuck ia lilted, and the fruit
springs out immediately below it, foinied in a semi
circle around ihe stem, ihe blossom of a light brown
tint approaching to yellow. When we saw this
plant it had four of these semi-circles of fruit un
covered upon it, and a singularity pertaining to them
was, that the first row had eight pods, the second
nine, the third ten, and the fourth eleven. Whether
the fruit will continue to develop iu this way we do
not know. The sight of this plant is well worth a
walk from any part of the city.- - Thomasmile Re
porter.
Destructive Hail Storm.—One of the most
frightful and disastrous hail storms that has ever
been known in the West, visited the town of
Dwight, in Livingston county, Illinois, on line of
tho St. Louis, Alton &. Chicago Railroad, last
Saturday. The facts are scarcely credible, but arc
vouched for by the Chicago Journal, as follows:
The hail stones were like cut Ice, and some of
them were seven inches in diameter They fell iu
perfect torrents, striking down cattle, men, shrub
bery, and crops as if beaten down by a shower of
itones. Thousands of acres of corn were cut down
as if by reapers, and rendered a total loss to the
farmers. Orchards were stripped, arid gardens and
oats and wheat fields beated to the earth Window
sashes and roofs were also in many cases badly cut
and split. The cattle that happened to be in the
fields at the time had gashes cut into their flesh
inches in length, and one man was ho badly cut and
bruised by the heavy hail atom s, that he is not ex
pected to live. After the storm, the earth was com
pletely covered with hail inches in depth.
Doulas and the Union.—The Washington
Union and Senator Douglas are complimenting
each other in the most vigorous billingsgate. Here
is a spe dmen of how the Senator replies to the
Union :
This man , YVendcll , and his hirelings , whose
whole object is to filch money from the public treasu
ry by their lobby operations , are attempting tocon
t ol the politics of Illinois with the view of secu
ring the el* cti< nos men who will act in harmony
with them in their peculations o the exclusion of
the Democratic party. Follow the lead of the
Washington Union, and the corrupt gang who con
trol it, and you will rend the Democratic party
asunder, and not only break down those against
whom its denunciations are hurled, but disgrace the 1
Administration which it professes to support, whilst
i cover ly manes war upon the leading declarations
and recommendations of the Preddenr and his Cab- .
inet. I ha o never noticed the Washington Union
before, because l have had such loathing, such con
tempt, such dixgusl for the corruption that hangs
around it l, and the cormpl purposes far which its
columns are used by the men who lule and control
it, that, I did not wish to trust myself in an expres
sion of my opinion iu relation to it before an au
dience.
What Railroads can no for an Editor. —The
Weekly Southern htandard, published at Trenton
Ten., thus discourses out he near completion of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad to that point:
Good News. —We are pleased to learn that the
track of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was yester
day thrown across the Obion river. So the iron
horse will, in a few weeks, really be snorting at
I iciiton. Then a city—a great big one—will spring
up around us—we will w ear store clothes, own a
spotted dog, edit the daily Standard, and have in
it a spicy police report like unto Hi Walker's of
the Nashville Banner—we ll do the railroad print
ing, make, a fortune, ride in the cars, drive a fast
bnree, get a pretty wife, raise a large and respect
able posterity, put on city airs generally, and when
oi r form is knocked into pi, the daily papers of our
city will be snrouded in black I Come on, yuever
lasting snorter, we are wailing for yon Ji n g l-e;
Jin g-l-e 1 Ho-o t-t o-o-t 1 1 Buy a morning Stan
derJ, sii^
Eoypian Mummy Rags in a Yankee Paper-
Mill.—A (correspondent of the Journalof Com
merce, writing of the paper-mills at Gardiner, Me.,
says :
“ Yesterday 1 visited in company with Mayor
Woods, (of Gardiner,) the two principal P*P er **“’
tor is, and I was astonished in looking at the mil
lions of pounds of rags piled up in warehouses or
spread over acres of ground, to find that a portion
of them had recently arrrived from A exandria m
Egypt They were the most disagreeably odorife
rous old clothes that I have ever had the bad for
tune to smell. This, doubtless, was owing to the
fact that a part of them were in a damaged state.
The Egyptian rags had been collected Ircm all the
corners of the Pacha’s dominions—from the living
an t the dead. Ilow many cast off garments of
IJnwsdjls and Hacj : how many tons of big, loose,
Tirkish, ragged breeches , and how many liead
piecesio the shape of old doffed turbans ibe depo
ne it Bayeth not. But the most singular and the
cl sliest division ot the whole filthy mass came
no’ from the limbs of the present generation of
travellers—pilgrims, peasants, soldier- and sailors
of Egypt -but were the plundered wrappings of
mm, bulls, crocodiles and cats, torn from the re
spec'able defunct members of the same. What a
seme to call up the gri m past.
ArpoiNTMENTS.—The Washington correspondent
of .de New York Times says that Mr. Yancey, of
G 1 rgia, has received his instructions, and will
leave in a few days as Minister to V enezuela. Al
so that a New Yorker who hails from Indiana, a
special friend of Senator Bright, receives the ap
pointment to the Argentine Repub ic.
“It is a curious fact,” says some etomologisl,
“that it is only the female musquiio that torments
us.” A batcbelor says it is not at all “curious.”
Relieve misfortune quickly. A man like an egg—
t e longer he is kept in hot water the harder he is
when taken out.
Crops, &c.
Extract of a letter dated She tonvi ’e, Mi’ten
county, Ga., Aug. Bth:—Farmers here, the most of
them, have lately finished getting in the r whetfc
which hn3 proved to be almost a total failure. Mr.
A S. Bell sowed ten bushels, from whioh he realised
209 bushels, being decidedly the best yield I have
heard of this year. Corn is literacy burning up, and
the squares are falling from the ootton ; in fact there
cannot be more than a half crop made. Buaineea
of all kinds dull—no money in circulation.
Yours, R.
Correspondence of Savannah Republican.
Lumber City, Aug 4th.
Mr. Editor —l have recently traveled thiough
Montgomery, Laurens, Wilkinson, Twiggs, Pulaski.
Wilcox and Telfair counties, and, from the generw
appearance, aud from what information I obtained
from the farmers, crops are certainly very promis
ing. Corn crops are nearly made, and the frequent
showers will make au abundant yield Cotton ia,
according to the etatemeut of farmers, from three to
f,.ur weeks in advauce of last year’s crop and if no
unforeseen disaster befalis it, the crop will far ex
ceed that of any year previous. It is opening and
the picking will soon begin. The prevalent disease
amongst the cattle is fast disappearing, very few
cattle died that I could hear of.
Yours, A. G. M.
Coi'refpondcnec of the Savannah Republican.
Washington, Cos., Aug. 13,1858.
‘ The prospects for a good cotton crop in this
county and adj *ining ones are very good. The re
cent drought has caused considerable shedding of
t he* squares and blooms, but as the weed is general
ly lnige, and as it has a month longer to bloom, the
chances are very good for an average crop or more.
Corn ia fine . every farmer, nearly, will have corn
for sale ; it ia going at 60c. per bushel and but little
selling at that.
Respectfully yours, D. E. C.”
Correspondence of Edgefield Advertiser.
Baker County Ga.. July 23,1858.
Mr. Editor— Recently 1 have visited many parts
of the County, have Been and conversed with many
of the oldest, inoat skillful, energet-c, and persever
ing fanners, all of whom unanimously agree that
the present crop of corn and cotton at this season of
the year, tar excels any previous crop in the whole
agricultural history of South Western Georgia. The
Cotton now averages irom mid thigh to waist high
every stalk is tilled with full pods and innummable’
forms. I strolled over the plantation of Mr. Wesley
Culbreath, an experienced aud enterprising farmer,
recently from your District, and notwithstanding
the difficulties incident to anew settler, he has a
surpeiior crop, his cotton averaging from w aist to
breast high to a man. I never saw a better pro
spect for an abundant yield boih of corn and ootton.
Very Respectfully, E.
More Rain.—We w’ere visited yesterday by an
other line rain, which makes the tourth evening
that it has rained in the city within the last four
days. ‘A he consequence is, the ground is thorough
ly saturated. But while we are thus blessed, we
regret to learn that iu some portions of the oountry
eat, aud north ot us, they are actually suffering for
w’ant ot rain, and yesterday a gentleman having a
plantation on the Musoogee Rail Road, some twen
ty miles below this city, informed us that his own
aud several of his neighbor’s crops had suffered
very materially, and that uearly all the bolls and
blooms were dropping off their cotton, and that the
late corn waa drying up. We apprehend that this
state of things doe* not exist to any great extent.—
Columbus Sun, 11 th inst.
The Weather and Crops.—For nearly three
weeks we have been scorched with an extra share
of warm and dry weather. The most of the Corn
crop was just in progress of maturing, and was be
ing injured very fast from the drouth. Partial show
ers, how ever, have been falling out in various parta
of the county during the last week, and on Monday
evtniug last we were blessed in this place with a
very good rain, which has cooled the atmosphere
very much and revived the drooping crops of oorn.
It the showers whioh have been falling during the
week were general, the corn crop will be an ave
rage one, aud nothing more, as it is already con
siderably injured by the drouth.— Calhoun ( Gordon
co.) Platform.
Weather— Cross —Our thermometer has ranif
ed the past week from 78 to 92, extremes. The
weather is warm, though not oppressively so—ow
ing to the frequent oopious rains whioh have fallen
for the past lew days. The orops are not suffering,
but oontinue in flue growing condition, with a pro
mise of an übundant yield—indeed, the crops in
this section were never better. Our fruit orop has
also presented au extraordinary yield, judging
I rout i lie wagon loads that are daily brought to this
market.
As we go to press, we learn that a heavy storm
passed through the Southeastern portion of this
county on Sunday eveuiug last, doing considerable
damuge to the growing crops and uprooting trees to
eO’ hau extent that the roads are impassable.—
Albany Patriot.
Crops in Burke County.—A correspondent of
the Savannah Nines, noticing the crops along the
Augusta & Savannah Kailroad. says
“We were particularly struck with the inferior
appearance of the crops between Waynesboro’ and
this pluoe. We have been accustomed to travers
the same section, in this season, for several jears
past, but do not remember to ever having seen the
corn look worse and cotton bo backward. Ther#
seems to have beeu abitndanoe of rain along the
road latterly, but we suspect they received the fa
tal blow at the time when wo were Buffering so
much. We have been informed, however, that in
this county (It ch bond) in some parts the crops are
that could be wished—Bpots more fa
vored than the rest.”
More New Cotton.—The steamer John G. Law
ton, whioh arrived yesterday afternoon from Par
aebucta and landings on the river, brought down
lix hales of new upland cotton, from the plantations
of J G. Lawton, J. H Roberts, Est., of J. Maner,
and J VV. Maner. They were consigned to E. C.
Wade A Cos., It iVHiit A Lawtou, Richardson dk
Murtin, and J. F. Pelot.— Savh. Rep., lMi trut.
Alnbnma—Crops, Ac.
Cotton Prospects Changed.—For some time
past we bad indulged the belief that the cotton orop
of this year would be large. The prospects as gen
erally reported in the cotton region, justified tho be
lief, uotwilhstaiiding the damage caused by the
overflow of tbe Mississippi. But withiu the last
week, we hear of a most unfavorable ohange in the
prospect for a ootton crop. For example, one of
our best planters some ten miles west of the city
put the damage to his crop w.ithin the last week at
twenty-five per cent. Another in a different direc
tion, some six miles south-east of the oity, makes a
similar estimate of damage to his crops. Rust and
worms are doiug the greatest part ot the misohief.--
From Lowndes. Rerhmtr, end otUur Qouuliofl, we
hear of like injury to the crop. As August and Sep
tember are regarded as tbe most critical period of
the cotton season, and as tbe damage bas begun so
early in August and as tbe dis esters to ootton
seem to increase as the oountry grows older, we
fear that all our calculations of a good orop will b e
disappointed. Some few will doubtless make good
crops—for that is always the case—but speaking
generally, tilings begin to look badly for a good crop.
And the planters may as well begin to make their
calculations to make up in nrioe, what they lack in
quantity. —Montgomery Mail.
Crocs in Alabama. —The crops of ootton from
what we are able to gather from the p unters, are
doing well and are quite promising There is con
siderable “ talk” at this time about boll-worm.
They have made their appearanoe generally, and
we are informed by the planters that there are a
great number of the Hies to be Been in the ootton.—
We have had no ram of Consequence in town for a
week, but undeistand there has been several fine
showers iu various parts of the neighborhood. It is
generally believed now by planters tliat the oorn
crop will not be so heavy as it was supposed it
would be a short time einoe. There is au unusua 1
quantity of shuck ou it. —Uemopolis (Ala.) Gazette ;
Fire in Tuskegee, Ala.— We learn from a
gentleman who was in Tuskegee ou Monday last,
that a tire occurred in that place on that day. con
suming the residence ot Mr. M. Stephens. M. st of
the furniture and clothing of the inmates were
saved, with the exception ol that of e widow lady
who hoarded iu the In iue, her room being locked
and she absent with the key, the oontents of her
room were entirely consumed. When our infor
mant left a subscription was on foot for her benefit.
No insurance on the bouse or oontents. The tire Is
supposed to have originated from the carelessness
of a servant while ironing.— Columbus fjun.
An Alum Spring in Montgomery, Ala. —lt is a
remarkable fact, says the Montgomery Mail, that a
day or two since a well on the lot of Mr. Englehardt,
Court street, was discovered to be strongly impreg
nated with alum. A gentleman who ought to
know, tells us the water is quite as strong as that of
the Virginia Alum Springs. For some time a
peculiar taste has been observed in the water oi
this well, hut it is only very reoently that it was
ascertained what occasioned the peculiarity.
M irder— A most foul and atrooious murder
was committed on the person of an unfor unate
stranger named Ell s, Borne day last week, on the
Oclocknee river in Wakulla county. The only
motive that can be assigned for this horrid dee i
was to übtnin possession of a small amount of
m -imy he was known to have about h s person,
being in that vicinity for the pu-poae of purchasing
preemption claims < f settlers. The body when found
we learn, was mutilated to in extent that would
put to the blush the wild Indian in bis moat savage
and unrelenting moods.— Apalachicola Advertiser
bill inst.
Shocking Murder in Huntsville, Ala.—A
most shocking and brutal murder was committed
in this place, on Wednesday morning last, on the
person ol Mr. Wm. 11. Spence, by h s negro boy
Ralph. The particulars of this shocking aliair as
we have heard them, areas follows : The negro, we
learn has been drinking very hard tor some time,
uod became in consequence, almost unmanagable.
On Wednesday morning he was at work In the gar
den with a spade, and Mr. S. undertook to whip him
when he slruck him three times on the head with the
o rner of thespade, killing him instantly. The negro
then attempted to escape, but was caught in the
grove by Col Nich Davis, and he is now safely
lodged in jail iu Huntsville.
Great indignation was felt on the part of the oiti
zi ns ngains t the negro, and at one time we thought
tliey would take the law into their own hands, and
hang A bim without judge orjury, but they wisely, we
thi.ik, concluded to let the law take its course with
him.
Mr. Speuce was a wor'hy and eitimable citizen,
aid his loss will be deeply felt m this community.
He leaves a wife and three children to mourn their
loss. They have the sympathies of our entire oom
m unity.— lndependent.
Tri Weeki.y Paper at Marietta.— We have
ri ceived the Prospecfus of anew triweekly paper
to he published at Marietta, Ga., between the 10ih
and 25th instant, by B. A. Grist and J.B. Law
rence. under the title of the “Patriot.’’ The price
will be f :i P er annum. Touching its its character,
the Prospectus eays :
“The Patriot will be Independent In politics;
and we wish it distinctly understood, in the outset,
ti it we believe Gov. Brown’s Administration to be
a failure, so far as it has gone, and can only result
to ‘he injury of our noble State. W shall be par
ti. marly careful in showing up the ridiculous man
ic <-ment of the W. Sc A. K. Road, an enterprise in
which the whole State is deeply interested, and
more particularly this section.”
The Administration on Central American
A ; faihs. — The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times notes :
General Jarez, the special representative of Ni
caragua, with his suite, is expected m this city to
morrow morning from Bedford Springs, where he
hin been to have an interview with the President in
relation to the affairs of his country.
I he policy of the Administration In reference to the
N.oaragua Transit has been thoroughly anddefi
n.’elv settled. Wit bout undertaking to define the
p. mliar interests of our citizens, they are deter
mined to require and enforce the opening of the
route, and fully to protect whoever may be the
legal claimants under the Niceraguan Government.
General Jarez’s mission will turn out an uttei fail
ure, as the Administration will iu no event permit
11 <■ Nicaraguan Government any longer to trade
and traffic on the transit question.
Suit.—The editor of the Saratoga (N. Y.) News
has brought au action in the State courts against
tint postmaster of that village for negligenoe, or ra
ther impromptitnde, in delivering the papers ad
dressed to the News.
The Spice Island.— Official information has been
received At the State Department, that on and after
the Hist of May next, seventeen porta in the island
of Java, two in the island of Sumatra, and the port
ot Sitapit in the island of Borneo, will be opened
to foreign trade.
The Drought.—The accounts from some eeotions
of Virg nia and North Carolina, relative to the oorn
crops, are very distressing. The oorn is drying up
and large fields will prove almost worthless.