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HCME INDUTRY !
A NEW ERA!
M ENI) EN HALL'S
NEW AND IMPROVED
HAND LOOM !
Patented in 1857.
WHIN in dfalirard e*peeia i I Plane ‘ ii”
1 And may be Introduced with aevanlage *nl pr.,it
on ♦ very V arm* id PUntfttln&in the .Mare. I <r , i.e
operated by a*y person from a v>rl of fi t-i i*• r*.r Rnd
wlil weave easily, from twenty r.v to thirty yard 1 pci
day, with more facility and a>e than igh ja:ds n:.
be produced on tho old fashioned L nu .
The Mac-blue is of the be •imp’*** r>: n. •tim, tl.
largest occupying a rpaee of 4} by fi fi ; 4 fei t hijrfc.
and can be kept in perfect order with the ieu,.i iinagln
blecare. It I• easily operated, requiring but two qu>
lions of the band, with tbe lav orba* -u to thr w I
shuttle, operate tbe I'ftri.i- tH, take up tt.--cloth, mul lei
off ttie web It in. the efor , recommended with the
greatest confidence to the tine of V or* .
It la M arranged that eight different kind* i po ‘&
can he woven on the name web. and the al.editions re
qulrcd to produce any d< sired fab. ic cun be. made in .
tew minutes—as, for example,
.Single Plain, Double Plain, Ken
tucky Jeans, Satinet, Hetring
Bone, Blanket TwiJl,
Seamlesß Bags, &c.
(an be readily produced. Th o con'dd He •\t
useful and desirable ‘ ibric*
This Loon* wan Patented, in January 1857, and may
be Keen in operational the store of W. B GRIFFIN,
Broad street, to whom ortho undersiernod all orders r
auQtiiries must be addressed W! LLIA V LIU..
Augie.fi. Mava
NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL OF V,EDI
CINE.
HITUATKD ON” COMMON HTKI KT, < i I'OMTi:
I IIK CHAItITY HOSPITAL.
| IIK Regular Course of Lecture iu t'i * frwtitm.n
a wil commence on Moaday, the loth NOVKMBKH,
1808, and enutmue twenty *eeks.
FACULTY.
ERABMUB I> PENS KH, M I) , Professor of Theory
and Practice cf Medicine.
ANTHONY A. PENLSTON, M D , Pr<l. .rof Pby
ayology.
AUBTN FLINT M. D., Prof. of Clin Med. and
Auscultation an t Pert-usdon.
THOMAS PENIS tIN, M. D, “rneritm Proltwaorof
Clin. Med and Auscu Utiou and Percuss,on.
SAMI ML M !>., Processoro! S -<ery
ISAAC L. CR VWCOFR, M D., Prde.or of Ch inis
try and Me i a. Jurisprudence
HOW aRO SMI I 11, At. I) .Professt rof Mat.* a Mcdi
ca and Therap utics
JOHN M. W PiCTON,M. D , Profeaaorof Dl an
of Women and Children
T> WAUhF.N im.CKMLL, M D, Prd. rof Ob
Mtct’ lea.
CORNELIUS C. BMAHO. M I) Prole ior of Ann
to - y
J. F. GRALL. W. 0., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
The Diiaectii g Rooms w 1 be opend on tt e 15th f t
October Cltbkat -nMiuct on will be given dei'y in the
wards of the Char ty Hospital, and three t-mt h a week
at the College Hi-penaary, where the pa-i. c’. number
atiou one hundred awe tk. The distinguished abilities
of t rot. A FI n, l oth as a lecturer and wr-t< r u Clini
cal Medicine, will here tiud an adm rable ti. and for dis
plav.
The PrnfeMom w ill take pleasure in ad ng the Sm
dents to procure cheap and comfortable l.o*.rd aud lodg
ing.
Amount of F< in for the nil Course of Lectures *IOB (K)
Vatncilia ion Fee (paid but once) 5 0 ‘
Dissecting Fee 10 (l)
Graduating Fee SS 00
For any further Information address
I. b FENNER, M. D. Dean cf the Faculty.
No. ftCarond. l t street.
New Orleans, June, 1858. nn l-wti j
GEORGIANS,
NO HUM BU Grl!
GEOUUE 1.. SUMMEI,
f .ItOPKIFTOK f,.rSl’ofOeorgl<.’ Wii!i’ l.- i
I provrd MAg cat TOBHOIN WATER VIIKKI j
cheai-esi aud best in the world.
Address Marble Works I*o , Geo
OtIJEST ESTABLISHMENT SO! TO,
SUMMEY & HURLICK,
DEALERS LIST
MONUMENTS. TOMBS. VAULTS, T -.BEETS, j
URNS, liEAD AND FOOT S TONE'S, ard -\RBLK |
WORK of every description, cheaper than any other j
concern South.
Autlres-s. Marble Works P. 0., Pickens comr y <ia
*•& A8 ‘▼ !
TO Tin; PLANTERS OP i IE
EMPI liK STA TE.
■ WOI 1.1 l mo.t c r dally Invite the a fen; u o; . y
1 friends and the Planters generally, to an i ■ ment,
luvented by myself, aud patented on the JO. October,
lfis7.
The oblec* of this invention is to increase i • jr n;s
x it* manual labor. Its merits hive been thoiomrhly <est
vd upon rav farm , and it has been preto nera ly
inToduced to the Planter.: in the adjoii ing i. antic of
Georgia aud Florida “ho place- the gbe an ut
e-i It, and are availing themselves of it gr t a-Ivan
Uges. 1 can assert from actual
the ne s>t this impleno nt Mto 100 p< r ient lannalta
bor, as will be testified to by hundreds w hoar- n quaiut
eJ with its ugerior advantage*
The Double-Acting. Ci clt -Adji ting
PPO W .
is so t*ecu iarly con tiueted that y-'u may r with
one, two, or three shares of aav width roru uu h
es. deep or sha low. Aiso, as a suhsei <r, 1 t a turn
sha ein ad ance. and immediately ii the r r . sob.
*uler turning over the surface soli aud thor uh.y pol
reritingthO tub oil.
I off. r bberal indneements n the a e of * tntv and
Mate rights. Address t'. B. MAdRI Kiy
Variety Farm. Thomas co ,Gi soi : •
GORDON COUNTY ANDS ?OK
f SALK
ritilK atiscril- i wi< ig to iuyvp W. t :V* * for
J in, le his FARM, lymg m Oorcbn count -a. im
mediately on ILe Western A Alia ..tv K.
wav be ween Oattmun aud K->*ra—cor .g *0 ;
Acres, more or less. This is an up;t ; i Far. . v .ch
offered tor a*J*'. but of good quality O. e h.. and t i and
fiiiv ac ec- cleared ami uaacr a good fence ard c • tiva
X ou , the rema ning tonr hundred auvi twenty acres well !
timbered with fine, oak au-i hickory.
There ta ou the place a comfcnable il og. i
Neff” aud out houses wUh good stabu several wel > !
aud two springs of |OO l:meat>ne wa:er A -c. a
Weed and Water Stat; *a. waere the w.*od from the
Farm can be cis, oood of a remuu r. ring pric* - The ,
grow .ng crop of Corn, w ith Ntock ot variou kinds, w ill .
be sold wi.h the place if desired. ....
Tuose who wish to get a good bargaw ;n Gordon coun .
ty lau t ba<l betu r come and look at ®*y J- • r i*r
ticuUrs address J i ‘oLE. ,
auM w3m Ca houn, Cser on core ty Ua. j
SAVANNAH RIVER LAND
FOR SALE.
■pliv i’* 1 ” R*IGXI k I
L TATIUkS. lrp* L.:, •N- .w Bar.-Frr
rr, ou H>a **?“•“ R ! T * l “<; 1 a “’> _ ~ .
Uioio* *.'•<■ ‘‘Bi.dnsl aid acre-. . * bw.u rrd
,ad m.elT aert. t ,'hich .no ,n cu u. an-n. an.. > t
which one hundred >*d<wr M-em an.l
tro nundreal and u’ty auo -nree : iDarei ‘•‘'U 11 - Vl
There is betwet n hr? httuarc*i anu foor -un reni acn s
of woo l land The tlK* “ ?*•? 11 11 a
comLutable Uwellws. a -'>™”
and *U oe.-e,.ry l , ut * ‘^g
Well of 4-i tate tr tB the y* 1
Mort particuiarlar descnpltoc i-- “*• >
in this advertisement. Persons wntuuf w u> it* , -
auested to N>me and examine for i am
anxious to aelt, tor the purpose ot remov-g !” . ;
and will hotd out iuoucvnienta ‘ e {\ K nK
Linco'r Geo. 1858. aug -
Abbenbe Banner will copy until ordere v>p
ped a.nd forward b . 1 to this ■ th re
IOOK ‘ LOOK! LOOK!! !
H AVI NO cotrelr qulllbe Fra -• .i Medirioe. 1
praport ‘O send to aoy P*oa wlK> will -C*oerae I
. um of Two Dollars a Kevipv Kr:b< core nl Gou. ■ •
rhora Gleet, Ltoeorrtira, Acute and chron c \S m -. :
Ml *lldiaea.-itf a similar nature, lnm eor le.-w. I
iTw II also cure Sjyhi'.x* in -ay !--nu that is curat..# By j
anv otb.r plan of treatm-nt 1 hare never anew ,t .s’ ,
ffifm one single case whi,h it was treated ta rly-
iaentire y vegetable, and can be ,repared
T Ly OM < coaou jodgmant, ana u.ed eutire.y prt- ;
“Any person wUh-n g recipe, will er.cl „ the sum of
two doiiar* with postage stamp, ad'reused t \ b
XlPElTLs'rgton- Oglethorpe county, Geer,*, and j
*■ D :_ I
burke LAND FOR sALL.
i\s£Ssiasaaia'^SSrs;
dred Acre* of Oak. and Hickory Lan i Thisp.a e
well improved, well wavered and fceitny a _ ut ~
mile* below Auguet*. and 3 miles from tiieeu s L
Sava.naju. &. An#utA Railroad. .
Term* of fake—O e-third Ist of January nexi; tre
balance in two aquai insia'uienU. pay a ala January l£t>o
and ‘6l. with irt*ret from day of sa.e.
Persons within (information in relation to this place,
can aadre^i’ ue aubacnber at Bertelia. Columbia co-o
----y, Qa <)yStwA tdi JHS B. WHITEHEAD _
SITUATION AS TEACHER WANTED.
A YOUNG GKKTtrKSIAN, from Virginia, who
wa educated at one of the best Colleges in tne
United States, wishes a SITUATION as Principal of an
Academy, Assistant Teacher in some good School, or
Tutor in a private family
Would be competent to teach the Latin, Greek and
Mathematics. The best of reference given, as to char
ster and capacity. Please address
janJl dAwtt H. V. SMITHSON, Augusta Ga.
| | ‘ | |
LOOK IIERK.
Farmers, Planters am! Keepers of
HORSES.
“ Keep your Horses in Good Condition-. 1
irmrsiis
BHd VEGETABLE BSE HIM
r | , I!K extr*-ordinary virtnesof the celebrated GER
1 MANHO'isLPO ‘"DER *r-attested by thou*and*
who have useo t ! t i fc composed of Vegetable Rook*
ad Herbs an li* h*ghly recommended for the cure anc
i*revention f t all to which that animal—the
Hot* —i* subject: a- Disteinfer. Hiae-brund, linwsi
ueas, L mm of ! ppe'ito, Inward Bpraioa. Yellow Water
t-’at.gu- rot. h. rd exe <. <•. - work. luflammatjon of the
Byes I> ty, \v"ago i eah ke. It carries off ail
•to-.- humor*, nrev*;t- Lurncs from becoming stiff or
‘d, and improves
’ Ee.r general conditif a. The constantly mcreasD g de
rated HORBB MEDICINE” Sa one
i :
” nd, L ■! ppetite, Droero MM, Fatigue.
D •'■ per Lifl&mma on of tlie Eyes. It improve! the
mos the . imuarts a tee glossy coal of
• er Farmers aad
I* antufs ttho lid not be wt'.r nt thia> valuable Powder.
FI HER A HEINITftH,
Columbia, S C.,
PLUMB & LEITNER,
v - ■ i eai l Retail ruggiata, Augusta, Ga.
FOR SALE,
ACRES
VILI 4ME LAXI> !
A GREAT BARGAIN OFFERED!
‘ > Jit* Mir - riber ( ff.-r for sale, on t'-ie mr-t libera
1 it, FLAKS i J(>L contain-ng 3,250 aore--
iiig *ion t * writers of Springe cek, in Early county
p Hammock, and Pine
Land* Tbrreii a mt twelve hundred (>pened
il na: gb late of. ul ivation, good water, and healthy
i'> it-, determined to f ell, 1 w ill give the best bargain
* be bad in a valuable Plantation in South western
Georgia.
A, yto H. H. STAFFORD,
■ ‘ui B akeiv, Early c .untv (ieorgta
TALLADEGA LAND FOR SALE.
I Os’s tiC !•*.- o’fiija'te* of LAND in Ta .adega
i . Oxford, on the road lead
rig rom Tal'adeg'i to Boiling Bprngß. 25l acres cleared
nd in cu t. vat <*n. Ti tract ir nts Cbockolocko <-reek
f>.r ore-cii <•. cyiij'.e di d&cres prime bottom laud, which
w ill y v.d 8 t<> i inriela eorn, 25 ti* 30 burhel4 wueat, aud
•Si to ISPO Ih cotton p*r acre. The upland, mostly
ball th—e OTiatlfiM. The
. ral ( for itoefc oi at. kinds, prime*,
• >r. im.nity, n ■ rai, .ocial and intelligent; schools and
A. i
bama nd Teona •> e Railroad run in 30 miies of the
. lid 90 nilies beyoml. and runs
In la ill it theen pof 59 or (.0 may be
shipped from Oxford, only Si miles off.
In salubrity of c imaie, fertility or soil, accessibility
•<> market, inteii-nee and moraliry of the community,
few pi *ees a ; e superior to this.
i’or particular.- apply to the undersigned at Silver
Bun. ‘ ala iega c maty, Ata.
jv 14 w3m s. G JINK INS. Agent.
m\ Mmm
b\>Ll
fer for IU m Hu tdi .1 Acre iof first
If lllickorj id Ham mock LANDS,
eight miles froi i , r . |j thi Cutbbert road, joimug
M i Jt e i Craw
-1 “ hit*.ate Dr.
‘I.G K Ncfibett *. plant At. t Three hand*'.’ll and fifty
-• r* •r la high in ofct ration, the wlwkj uusur-
The'l ?s2l iir
.: good Gin
ro Oab ril
..tablesand Lot. togctb -i v.ithall other .it
hrereeer , s Haas . t
mined nvite those wi Ein r . | ty a
goo i Plantation, toe. me and see ours.
I • ■ ( w
>:• - -• <>• iM M
c ... Ga . and Col. 8. S. Stafford, Blakely, Geo
We a! m ”• AND LI
•
i
G:t. I'rice and payment will be made to suit the pur
ha m t for any or ai) of. the property offered.
X W. KB db BROTHERS.
tom —nun linos
FOR. SALE.
I‘“MiE 1 ale the! illowlng proper
. • di DW BLLI NG
, .i : :did gardeo, orchard oi cboi—
ai 1 t rty teven acres of laud attached,
P ng . and, smi *ea from Marietta, and
4 i “in the Go* , ,a M litary Institute.
PLAN A * IN near by, containing Six Hun
dt. .1 au-i tj'u a.: f . :<OO c cat ei; about one hundred anc
m eventy ot which are
. ■ p’nce an* Nr-gn
C ibins, Bams, lio Mouse, Screw, &e., &c In connec
elf or 14 likely NB
GR ES, several MULES and HORSES, CATTLE
HOGS, CORN, FODDER, OATS. A;c , Ac,
i h, balance in one and two years,
with interest from lt January next.
U W JOYNER,
jy3l wtf Marietta, Ga
I : > Coli nbi i Bnqnlrer and Tslkb—Q (Fla.)
• ibove weekly, til't rbid, and
senn . paner • ontn ujiue the same to R W. JOYNi E
NDS TEXAS LANDS!
I*( j , iAO At Iti-.S OF LAND in Eastern Tex
l) * % V 7v* h hiiivily Timbered, and well adapt
train, possesc tug the
vs i Sgesof pure - ater, good health, aud convenience
ehll:n Mo hot l shreves
port and Gaivesto’* T ties clear, aud will be sold in
quantities to suit purchasers.
i are in Gr > on, Polk, Trinity, Angi-lira.
Jeff rson and Smith counties Also, 7,000 Act— in Me
ive mil— of Waco, the county
si to, ail of which will ne sold low tor cash, or Negroc
v. ill betaken in payment, at a cash valuation ; also, old
P ants • will an 11 n hai g from purchasers,
when desired, as a matter ot accommodation, at a fair
All communications addressed to me at Augusta Ga.,
or Woodvilie, Green coua.y, will receive prompt atten
tion.
Pe smai interviews are jirrferr. and, as 1 have a my
en • i Btat of Texas and ‘trace
red—also, afu 1 deserip-
COQ ti in the state, up to the
! pr. cut year, 185-: JMtHM DAVISON,
Laui Ageu f , Augusta, Ga.
Align t 11, dlwArwtf
EXECUTORS’ SALE
’ • I li F foliowring property, comprising the w :ole es
i L —of Mai. Joel Crawford, deceased, >ate ol E rty
: couuty. Fra. will be sold tt public auct.on oi* Wednea
nay, the 15th of DECEMBER next, unless dlap cod o
t * wit:
, L y K)O acres of Oak aud Hickory LAND, on bprin?
creek, in of Early oonnty—looo ctvt
clean and.
i ti r t acres of Pine LAND, including Mill a-d Res’
, dence, on Golomokee creek, in tho sth district of Boris
j —about 300 acres cleared.
320 acres in the ‘Jd district of G ilmer county, consist
• iug of Lots No 268 iu the 1 Lth district and 319 in the2stfc
I distric t of said section.
Alsu. NEGROKS, and the other personal estate ol
! deceased.
j Terms of sale.—One-third on delivery, one third ir
i one year, and one third in two years—the two latter
i hearing interest from date of delivery
JAMES BUCIIANON, *
( HAS. P. CRAWFORD, S
May 19, 1858. wSm __
PLANTATION FOR SALE
. jib, subscriber i-offering tor sale bis PLANTA
i. TION in Olay county, Ga., com sin ug about 7.U’
r v- xbont 250 acres ch ared, good Dwelling, (vie
H> si and Screw, all new, and lying on the river abc ui
. 8 *r 9 miles above Fort Gaines.
t>l 5 w t JAMES GRIER.
Tike cTunty lands.
V\ iLi 181.8 PLANTA ION f r lying in
Pixecouu It joins Z bn lon on the Noitb, 11
m... sfr. m Griffin It conta us 1,.00 acres, and 200 ot
t -s Li.it.-m ai .1 ; 40or sotthe same iu cultivation,
which wlthrng 10 bai r. Is of corn per acre. There is a
g and cii.i -eat o'* tire place. The improvements are all
goo.i a dm w and well watered. < onv*nient to rna •
. Hi l '., au •. church, aid school Two Gin Houses anc
Scj w 1 woub. -ell the crop now growing, as 1 desir*
r. • g v.. - Ai.v > ew stung to buy. would io well
to cal ind • i m < rife dmfives. Low w h
JAMES BECKHAM.
1* S There can iLa 400a* r s joining if auy person j
wished more. (jy7-w3m| J B
THOMSON LANDS TOP - SALE.
\\ T Ih ,1>(, to change investment, I offer for sab
Ts i hree Huudred and fifty acres <f fir t qualitj
PI -E LAND ited n (Georgia Railroad, and ad
i .i ing the Town Lo a ot Thomson *n the east tw
buna red of which is cleared >nd m a high stat.* o- cnbi
an two m *ikmeste, w th out
; bun ags. an*i d<> irable locations tor private residence.’
fbe j ,v .1 well waier<‘d by constant running streai.i>
! Per-4'ns w sbing a quiet, healthy loc.ition, in the midsi
man t with dmnhes
-t, would 4o wall to ca l at
ear man- e puichasing eUewfere.
A o ■ i. ; cuita ring Glo liundrei and TANARUS: ii*ty
’ Ac:-, -.‘on Georgia Rai mad, halt r. i e west of
! i;; c; rate c ttoc land, with about one hundred acres open
iin the pm. isos is a comf rta e Dwelling good Gil
I it ;*. e. Packing Screw and other out bu iding9. For
! health, Ac., this place is unsurpassed and furnishes **
| p . and. tool p re water as can be found in aty part 01
; rgia The above places will be sold separately oi
t ether, to suit purchasers Terms ac ,in accordance
w ith the times. F„r particulars address
C. C. RICHARDS.
v N Thom-on, Ga.
BANKS BANKS! LANDS LANDS!!
VLAK(< E quantity of the best Planting and Farm
ing LANDS u southern Georgia, and elsewhere, ir
j Tract* of 250 to 2,000 acres to suit purchasers Also
ten to fifteen league* of select Texas Lands, with cleat
. - - now otYering at very low rates at the the Georgia
j Land Office, in Augusta.
•T.ls of tbe Augusta, Savaunah, Athens, and th*
Jharie-: on and Hamburg suspended Banks, wil beta
ain payment at par va tie. Negro— will be taken a’
I so, au*i the highest cash prices allowed.
Person- desirous ot forming settlements, or making
sale invest* ents, * ill find t to their interest to call a
>ur Office. Warren Range, Augusta. Ga.
JAMES M DAVISON
Land Agent and Real Estate Broker
detlT-dlwJrwtf
iKPHOv'Fr EAGLE COTTON GIN.
1 )ATF>. HYDE v.v CU.* the mauutacturersof thn
la Improved Gin. desire to introduce it to the atientiot
of Georgia Planters. They have been in extensive usi
• n Louisiana, A-abama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. fo>
several years, where they give universal satisfaction
aud are regarded the best'Gins made, both for speed
1 rab.litvaad the fineness of the Gotten. A specimei
ayb.T'o® at the office of D ANTIGN AC. EVANS a
20.. otthis ;uv which Planters are invited to examine
J * Order- addressee to BATES, HYDE A. CO,, Bridge
*r**r '<! •%ri' T *'T>tlvarfe *oedtr
MADISO.i FEMALE COLLE3E
‘£i H U Mk'T. OK FAIL TLK.M of this well
-1 k.j.-wn Institution wll begin on the FOURTH
| MONDAY, (23d iay: iN AUGUST, under a foil corps
of competent msunciors
I Parents and Gaani axis are earnestly solicited to bring
| their danght.rs , nd wards at the opening of *his Tenr
, w cich begins the scholastic yesr Every facility for *
jth rough tdu.^aiion is fum.sbed here *.nd at as eooacm
j <oal rates as tte same qaa. iy of education can be hao
i-Uewhere and •,-erhaps mere so. when i: is consider.c
-hat the French and l-at.-n Langnages and Vocal Music
“ r „ taught ia th* regular eorrse without extra charge
Oat* vues coutuiau g tail particulars as to Mudies
Hu es Kate- it nay b# Lad ot. applcation to Rev
JAMES L PIERCE Prurident,ortbeuntesi^d.
>N . L< DAb§,
j\3o-wf: Secretary *rd Treasnrer.
fwiGGS ACADEMY.
ti- i| r.-o-.iea or tue FU session SEPTEMBER
• <*th lev- The coarse ot study is compietu—u>
, eluding ite h gher Mathematics, Aicieut and Mo era
Eauguages Terr, s per Quarter of e even weeks, fern
S.O B ardinguiay be cb ;* aed at tow rates convenient
to the SetooL . . .
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NOTICE. .
Alel* per-ons are tertby a ntdagai it tracing for
two certain promis-ory NOTES. el’ by me one
for # .00. the oihf r for ssu, both of said notes beannt
daie J -’- y JsMb. j?*s-. at.d made payable one day after
date to R. F >*-av or bearer J. B ASKEW.
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C T 1 ON YARNS AND OSNAJ-U^GS
f I‘ll ti unders:ened kee s a constant supply oi suoenoi
X Y ARNS ana OSNABURGS, made by the New tot
Manufacturing Company. These Goods are in every
i of the best quaLty
For sale by A r. ohhK ,
jy 10-dAAtw A win. Ag*nu. A uguata, Qa.
Cbrnnick ft: Remind.
Tne following lines were not inf nded for the
public eye, but at our earnest solicitation we have
been permitted to publish them . and we do eo, be
lieving that they give evidence of a high order of
poetical talent—emanating, as they do, from one of
tender year.- 3 . Wo hope that she will not let her
pen be idle.
For the Chronicle Sentinel.
The Invitation.
TO MARTHA B
Oh J come to the South, love, cane hither to me,
Por the br ghtest of smiies love, await to g-eet thee;
Tis the l&n i where awee unceasingly b ow,
W ere the jasmine and ivy in wild beautj grow ;
Where the monarch of woods, waving lofty and free,
Sings, “tbe bright unny Southland, the Soatblard for
Oh! come to the South, love, where streams, sparkling
clear,
Are the favorite haents of the fawn and the detr,
Where the birds sing their songs in notes sweet and low,
And the golden-eyed Sun in soft radiance doth glow.
Then why l'nger tarry * —come fcithei — be free—
Smg ‘Tin bound for the Southland, the Southland for
The North may shine bright, with its mountains of snow,
An i the East in its splendor more brilliantly glow,
While tbe prairie-bom zephyrs may sigh in the West ;
But the South is the land of all others ihe best.
Then come to my fair, sunny South 1 and and be
la my own happy home, beloved one, with me.
Oh I come to the South., love, and all that you see
Oi the bright and the beautiful shall yieid unto thee;
Tkou’lt be crowned with the sunshine, smiles garland
thy throne,
Aud earth’s happiest moments sh< claim as thine owu ;
Then, indeed, all yonr joyous songs ever will be,
“The gay, happy Southland, the Southland for me I”
Come, hateto my side, in my revelries share,
Th* canopy above me is glowing and fair,
While nature is wafting her fragrance around,
The birds’ gashing melodies above ever sound,
As they wander the wi'd woods, so happy and free,
They burden their lays with “the Southland for me !”
Then come, my dear friend, while you’ve youth and a
heart—
Come, share in my freedom —iu my joys bear a part;
Why in the cold North w 11 you lingering stay r
To tne bri. ht, golden South, come away, come away :
Then your songs, like to mine aud the gay birds shall be,
“The fair blessed Southland, the Southland for me I”
Hot.
Correspondence of the Boston Host.
A Fugitive Slave Case*
Nfcw York State, August, 1858.
Dear Post: —Ll nie tell you about the fugitive
slave case, the one before which the Boston one
pales ila ineffectual fires.
There is h town in the interior ol this State, the
name of whir h town tortures couldn’t drag from
me, but tl e first two letters of its nickname are the
Valine City. Now, the inhabitants of this city have
a great and abiding horror cf the fugitive slave
law. They have a lugitive slave bell, to be rung
only up< ii dire emergency; they have fugitive
slave vigilance committees, and are cocked and
primed generally tor United States Marshals.
Now some wicked man, name unknown, once
t. h graphed from Buffalo that the slave catchers bad
seized a colored gentleman in that city, and that
they and their victim would be iu t ie Saline City
oy the 12 50 train.
Immediately Ibo fugitive slave bell was rung ,
it •? effect uas marvellous. It reminded one of Mrs.
Neman's “Bended Bow” or Roderick Dhu’s Fieiy
Cross.
Every colored person who heard it dropped what
ever he was doir g and hastened to tbe tquare
Bai ber’s apprentices left astonished and irate old
gentlemen halt slaved, boot blacks left, incensed
exquisites with but oce polished boot, waiters
c iUHt-d late breaktasrers to go hurgry, and in the
twinkling oi an eye tbe square was filled with a
dense mass of “thick darkness that could be felt.”
i he crowd were L Id of the cause of their being
called together and were admonished to be at the
depot when the 12 50 train came in.
When the 12.50 train came, the depot presented
a strange spectacle. Not a white face was to be
seen. An Er glishman who was on board the train
made a note in his pocket book that a city in cen
tral New York wan entirely populated by negroes.
They ca t such a gloom over everything that the
lamps had to be lighted a! midday.
The mom* nt the cars stopped, the leaders of the
black guards jumped on board and rushed through
iu search of the poor captive. In the last car they
found an unfortunate African, whom they immedi
ately laid hands upon and bore off in triumph.
He, finding himself seized bodily by a dozen ex
cited men, was seared almost white and howled
merrily. II!•< cries were taken ub maniteitations of
ear le the should be re-captured, utid consolations
were heaped upon him.
“ Don’t be afeerd, chile! Dey sbant nebber git
you agin. Now, uoney, you’s ah right. Don't be
s are.d at dent white t ash any more.”
And he was borne iu triumph through the crowd
and hurried into a coach which was waiting out
*iae. By this time he whs petrified and speechless,
saying bis prayers inwardly, and making hurried
pi''partitions lo die a violent, death.
11 is liberators, swelling with just pride, set sur
veying him with the pleasing consciousness of hav
ing done a good action; but the coach had not gone
many yards before one of them began to rub hiu
eyes and look savage. Then he brv ke out —
“Look here ! Isn’t dis JSain Jonsing, who liba up
in Salt alley and mends bools dare?”
“Yes sah !” faltered Sam, who had been born in
the/:ity.
“Den what do you mean by fooling us in dis
way, eh ? Get out of dis immediate, and take that
wid you!”
That waa the assistance of a No. 14 square toed
pegged boot, which sent Mr. Jonsing out ot the
ciiach Hying and ended the Great Fugitive Slave
Case. Alf. A. Sigma.
Ghost Stories.—While the Thirty-third or Wel
ingtou’s Regiment wai- quartered iu Canada, the
oili ers ot the mess table saw the doors open and
-i figure pass through the room, lie was deadly
paie, and was recognized as a brother, Wynard by
name, known to be then in England, on sick leave.
There being but one exit, and as he did not return,
someone of the party looked into the room he en
tered, but fouud no trace. Not merely one, but all
figure. Some took notes of the incident,
and in the ‘log book’ of the regiment, (if a nautical
phrase is admissible in matters purely military.) may
tie read the written statement of the facts. News
•f his death, afterwards received, proved the hour
of his dissolution aid appearing to have been sim
ltaneoue. An instance similar to the Berroford
case, and others, 1 could mention, where doubts
have been entertained as to the possibility of a deni
zen of a higher sphere appearing to its beloved ones
on earth, occurring to a friend of my own, and to
the companion of bis early youth, who, having ob
rained a cadet ship, went to India. His story runs
t hus : Several years ago, the former was, towards
evening, alone across a wide, barren heath. Sud
iei.ly, by his side in the vehicle, was s en the
figure of his playtna'e He knows not w T hy. but
h experienced neither surprise nor dread. Hap
pening to turn his head from him to the horse,
aud on locking again, the apparition had vanished !
And now an indescribable teeling of awe thri’led
hroughhim; aud remembering their conversation
together, he doubted not, but that his friend was
at that moment dead ; and that, in his appearing to
him, he was come in the fulfilment of their mutual
promise, in order to remove all pro-existing doubts.
By the next India mail was received intelligence
of his death, snowing the exact coincidence as to
the time of the two events, aud bringing home at
• nice conviction to the mind of the oereaved. One
eonclUfk n is evident, from ail I have hitherto gath
ered, r hat in our future and disembodied state our
jreaeut identity is retained. More, that 20 years
•go, 1 was called, before daylight, to visit tbe late
Mrs. S, living in Maryhead Cottage, and found her in
•i most excited state, arising from an impression on
her mind, as she stated tome , that she had seen her
dd friend, Mr. Adams, who lived near Tones, open
he end curtain of her bed and L.ok at her, and that
he whs conscious that he was dead. A tew hours
ifter, a lady brought a letter announcing his death,
it the very time that she had seen him. I learned
tfterwards that her husband had destroyed himself,
*n l that she said she heard a pistol shot, and the
ball roll along the floor—he being ,far away. —Notes
and Queries.
How Gold Lack is Made —ln an interesting
description of tbe method of manufacturing gold
ace, an exchange pointedly says that gold lace is
ant golc lace ; it does not deserve this title, for the
4,-Id is applied as a surface to silver. It is not even
diver lace, for the silver is applied to a foundation
,t ,ilk. The silken thread-* tor mtk ng this mate
iai are wound around wi hgold wire so thickly
to conceal the silk. The making otthis goll
•vire is one of tt.e meat singular mechanical opera
tions imaginable. It the first place, the refiner
prepares a solid rod of silver about an inch in
thickness; be heats this rod, applies upon the sur
ace a coating ot gold leaf, burnishes this down ap
plies another coating, burnishes this down, and so
n until the gold is about one fcundreth part the
thickness of the silver. Then the rod is subjected
o a train of processes which briDgs it down to the
date of fine wire, and it is passed through holes
n a steel plate, lessened step by step m diameter.
Tne gold deserts the silver, but adheres close
y to it, and ehaie all its mutations. It is
Qurdreth Dart the thickness of the silver at the be
ginning and it maintains the same ratio to the end.
As tc the thinness to which the gold coated rod
>f silver can be brought, the limit depends on the
ielicacy of human tkill; but the most remarkable
ever known was brought torward by Dr. w oilas
ton. I his was an example of solid gold wire, en
tirely free from silver. He procured a small rod ot
diver, bored a hole through it from end to end, and
inserted into this end the smallest gold wire he
*ould procure. He subjected the silver to the wire
drawing process, until he had brought it to the
ine?t attainable state, being, m fact- a silver wire
as tiue as a hair with a gold wire in its centre, lo
isolate this gold wire, he subjected it to warm ni
roue acid, by which ihe silver was dissolved, leay
ng a gold wire one-thirty thousandth of an inch in
bicknees—perhaps the thinnest round wire the
•.and ot man ever produced. But this wire, though
t>eyond ail comparison finer than any employed in
namyactares, does not approach in thinness the
fine fi.m of gold on the surface of silver in gold lace.
It has been calculated that the gold on the fioeet
-ilver wire for gold lace is not more than one-third
of one millionth of an inch in thickness—that is, not
obove one-tenth the thickness of ordinary gold leaf.
Coffined Dead in Dwelling Hocses— ln
point o* fact, tbe corpse is buried in China when it
:■ laid in its coffin. The coffin ie made of very thick
eavv timber, and the joint# are all carefully clewed
oy pasting layers o. paper over them, eo as to make
’.hern perfectly air tight. For greater security a lit
•le lime is generally put in with the corpse. In this
way it is possible t j aeep the coffined corpse in the
house for years, without any unpleasant consequenc
es. Tbe practice, indeed, is not uncommon. Some
are not the means at hand for burying in such e*yie
as they would wish. They must wait for better
iys Some do not find a place to suit them
Thus it sometimes happens, that on entering a Chi
nese gentleman's house, a coffin is one of the most
prominent objects seen among lh articles of furni
ture
Here it is now Here is the news from Kansas !
The Vincennes Gazette hes it!
The English Bill Damned “Ye Great Pacifica
tor Foiked End Up !! Leoompton, Jr , Lnani
iDously Kicked Out of Kansas 1 !! The Bribe
Spurned !!! The Slave Question forever Remov
rti trom C .egress—in a born !
A little urchin in hnneay school at Butfaio was
• What did our Saviour say when he knew that
Judas betrayed him
The urchin scratched his head a few moments,
and then gravely answered
-Eternal vigilance is rie price of liberty.
A book was published in England during the pro
tectorate of Cromwell, with the following title :
‘ Eggs of Charity.-’ laid by the Chichkens of the
Covenant, and boiled by the waters of Divine
Grace, take ye and eat.”
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY UC LYING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1858.
From the Richmond South.
Plantation Life in Sonth Carolina.
The following letter was addressed to R. F. V*.
Allston. E j q , Governor of South Carolina, by Dr
R. W. Gibbes, a medical gentleman who attended
the slaves upon severa es the principal plan ; arions
of the State for many years, and who ha 3 here given
the results of his observation si fir as the philau
thropy and thoughtfulnc.-e of the proprietor.- was
involved in their treatment of tbe slaves The
whole correspondence wa- elicited by certain que
ries prop unded by Gov. Cobb, cf AI ibama:
“Columbia, March 6.1&>8.
“My Deay Governor :—You ask iny experience
iu relation to the economy and medical management
of the plant at i-.-ns in ID2 neighborhood ot Columbia.
I commenced attendance in 1833 on the p!anta ! ioTv
••f Col. WVde Ilairp’uD, an i, soon after th* se of
Col. Richard Si; g eton, Major I h.’oa? Tayior, B
F. Taylor, E q., and other'*, and for many vears
bad several thousand negroes under my cate I
can, therefore, speak with fair know.edge oi their
treatment by our prominent planters.
“Ou every plan; alien, the sick nurse, or doctor
woman, is usually the most intelligent female ou the
place, and nhe luii au’h rity, Uuder tha phyei
cian, over the nick. Tha overseer sonde her to ail
cases, and she r -ports to him: if the cases art
slight, ho or she, (oftener she,) p eer rihes for them ;
if they are at all serious, the physician is sent ft,
and at any hour of the mght. Often have I ridden
twelve, or fifteen miles ou a coid aud rainy night to
an infant, or even to an old and useless negro, when
they have been considered in danger. When there
are many sick, the physician sent for to any serious
case is usually asked to K;e all that are complain
ing ; and where there are Several nurses needed,
additional provision is always made.
“it a husband is seriously sick, or child, the wife
or mother remains m the house to attend to their
wants; or if the wife is ill, the busbacd is allowed
to be with b*r. Whenever ti e physician find? that
the nurse is inattentive o. inefficient, he selects the
most intelligent young woman to supply her place,
and trains her for the succession. Oden have I
done this, which every planter knows it is his in
terests t< approve, acd found the confidence well
repaid. The necessity of having on intelligent,
nurse, anti one in \ i..>m reliance can be placed, is
very important; as on her firmness in tbe discharge
of her duty depends much of the success of medical
treatment. Negroes aregeuerally fatalists, and be
lieve that every one has hie time appointed to die,
and if it be ‘come/ they expect to die ; lid, if not.
they will get well without medicine. Often have 1
found them under conviction that they were to die
and resisting medicine as useless, or fancying, un
der pressing symptoms, that they would recover
without taking any—and imperative treatment, de
pending on tbe faithfulness of the nurse, absolutely
required to be rigidly enforced. Frequently have
I found the patient’s bed turned from its position of
the day before, in order that he might die ‘with his
face toward the rising sun/ and often have I had it
restored, and'informed them that their ‘time had not
come to g > home/ as they call it. This is essential
to relieve the mind from the depressing influence
of the expec'aiiouof death, and to procure an in
spirin'advantage of hope, which cheers the heart
aud exurfs important curative * ffecta. An intelli
gent nurse soon learns to appreciate the ueces-ity of
her authority, ana to exercise it.
“Oa ail the plantations that 1 have attended, I
have always directed any diet that might be need
ed, which if not immediately procurable, is oentt for
to Columbia Brandy or wine is constantly de
manded, and if not on ihs place is procured by my
ordt-r wherever I please, audeh rged to the owner.
Often h ve I known Col. Hampton to Bend to a
sick negro boy sherry or Madeira of a quality Bel
dom found on sale; he di-pt used it libt mlly when
required. In relation to my lamented friend, I may
be allowed to say that In* ouce received a letter
from a young physician offering to reside cn his
plantation, for a moderate salary, to attend to his
people. llis reply to him was, that his own family
physician must be the physician to them. This id
general.
“In the hygiene of the plantation there is much
cleanliness requ’red and the house < are whitewashed
and abundantly supplied with wood iu cold weather.
Several teams are constantly employed on the large
plantations to supply fuel, an negroes bear cold bad
ly. The risk of tire, esp* with children, in
duces the u?e generally ot woolen clothing, but in
summer cotton ostia burg is the material mostly sup
plied. Where pneumonia, the most fatal of ail
diseases among negroes, is apt to prevail, flannel
shirts are frequently distributed; and woolen stock
ings to the female?. Expert* nee shows that their
use with good blankets and abundant fuel, are the
best means of diminishing the prevalence of this
disease on the river-swamp plantations, w here it
is u -ually seen in iie w< rat form.
“Tnere ia uu class of working people iu the world
better cared for than the Southern slave—and in
childhood or old age there is no difference shown.
I have often received a large fee for a surgical ope
ration on a superannuated or useless negro, when
humanity dictated it to relieve suffering, or for the
removal of cataract to allow old age the precious
privilege of a restoration to sight. I have seen the
mistress give the same attention habitually to the
sick negro child as to her own, and sit up at night,
to see that it was not neglected. This, however, is
not confined to the plantations, but may be seen ai
any time in our vi lages and towns.
“Within the past fifteen years, religious services
have been introduced generally ou the plantations
in this district, and in many instances the owners : f
plantations have engaged the rfated services of
ministers of the Gospel to preach and give instruc
tion to their people. 11 is very lor the
young ladies of the household lo Yave ( lasses on
Sunday of the children as well i:e grown negroes, Jo
whom they give oral inri; notion, texts of Scripture,
and hymns.
“The kindness in sickness iu seeing after the com
forts of those dependent beings, causes a strong at
tachment from early childhood towaid their masters
and mistresses; and this grows with thei. growth
and strengthens withlheir strength. Sickness of
the latter, or any members of tiie lainily, ia as much
a source of solicitude ar and distress to the former as
among their own families ; and death is a greater
grief to them, as they rarely mourn the loss oi their
owu children, while the sense of submission from
childhood to their earthly master no doubt practi
cally iLflueuce that to the providence of God
They feel the privation of comforts that the master
or mistress disp uses. I have seen far greater ex
hibition of real feeling at the lore of a young mas
ter or mi-tress than at the loss of members of their
own family.
“An to another branch of medical treatment : A
working woman who goes into a lying in hospital in
Europe for her confinement., is usually dismissed on
the eighth day—on our plantations one month is al
lowed before any service is required, and then the
mother returns to the quarters several times during
the day to suckle the mlant, which is left iu care of
an elderly nurse, who has others to take can* of.—
When the child is two or three months old it is car
ried into the field to the mother by the child nurse—
the children from seven to twelve or thirteen years
being used as nurses. When negroes are iu weak
ly health, they sometimes make good shepherds ; or,
recovering from sickness, they usually are put at.
some light service, such as shucking and shelling
corn, making clothes, or spinning, &.C., until well
enough for field work, and in wet and bad weather
they are given some in-door occupation.
“In addition to regular allowance of bacon, meal
and molasses, with at some season potatoes, all who
are disposed to be industrious have gardens aud
poultry, which are sources of comfort as well as of
profit. Eggs and chickens are supplied by them in
large numbers to their owners, who pay them their
full value, or to neighbors. I have recently pur
chased 400 bushels of corn from tbe negroes of one
plantation in my care, aud the overseer has just in
formed me that there i3 as much more f*r me. I
have known a single negro to receive $l2O for his
year’s crop of corn and fodder, raised ny hia own
labor, when his owu task had been done.
“ I have written you rather a discursive letter,
eurante calamo , but trust it will give you an idea of
the treatment on our Cougaree.
Very sincerely yours,
“ Robert W. Gibbes, M. D.
“ Gov. R. F. W. Allston.'’
A Successful Merchant.— l urn a cit/ iner
chant, having commenced my career a? an adven
turer from ihe farm, ou a salary of SBO per year,
and having passed through half a year of incessant
toil to reach the point where dependence ceases and
“dinner ahead ‘ begins. I tilled a clerkship iu
several first-class mercantile houses, and w as asso
ciated with a very considerable number of sales
men, accountants, and clerks generally. Nearly
thirty ytars have passed since my city cleik-*hip
began, and the retrospect has developed the inflow
ing results :
All mercantile houses by whom I was employed
have since tai'ed—one, atter au eminently credita
ble career of fifteen years, was carried into a hope
less bankruptcy by outside speculation; and anoth
er, after thirty five jears of unbounded success and
credit, was a few months since in inextricable diffi
culties—the result of a single dash of the pen—aud
has forever closed its mercantile existence. Os all
the clerks with whom I have been associated, not
one has achieved permanent success equal to the
value ol a weU-etoeked hundred acre farm ; while
Irom the most brilliant of tne number, the peniten
tiary, the hospital, aud the drunkard's grave, have
claimed their victims. Some embarked in business
with lofty anticipations of success, but as soon pass
ed away in disaster, and the career of not a few
would fill thrillingly illustrated chapters in the un
writted history of city merchants’ clerks, and prove
beyond a question that —
“Vice is a monster of such frightful meia,
Thai to be hstedceeds but to be seen ;
But seen too cf . familiar with its face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace. ‘
Some Bangui ae >outb may ask where the suc
cessful men originate. I answer they are one in
one hundred of those who embark in business, and
in several huudred of those who seek clerkshipe,
with anticipations of fortune in prospect.
Personally, by a rare combination of favorable
circumstances, those “wonder fljwers” that bloom
but once in a lifetime, I am meeting what is called
success. The way to it waa paved by years of in
cessant labor of 16 to 18 hours per day. and such
days and nights of toil as no fanner's bey that l
have met with dreamed of in rural labors, and
which, if applied to cultivation of a hundred acre
farm, would have developed hidden treasures not
dreamed of by the reluctant plowman.
But, as years pass aud develop, along with the
vanities ol lite, the grey hairs which are stealing
upon me, my thoughts often revert to the home
scenes of my childhood in tne c- untry, and I feel
tempted to shake off this artificial life, and seek for
my declining years that repcee and quiet which I
imagine might be found in iural life, among an iu
telligent and open-hearted population devoted to
agriculture, and secure to my racniy those health
giving influences, both mental and physical, which
cheerful country .ife must eupply to genial minds.
Advice to Consumptive Persons. —Fresh Air
—Dr. Hail's Journal of Health gives the following
advice to consumptives :
Eat all you can, digest, and exercise a great deal
in the open air, to convert wbat you eat into pare,
heal.hy blood. Do not be airaid of out door air day
or night. Do not be afraid of sudden changes of
weather; let no change, hot or cold, keep you in
doors. If it is rainy weather the more need of your
going oat, because you eat as much upon a rainy
dav as upon a clear day ; and if you exercise .ess,
that much more remains in the system of what
ought to be thrown off by exereese, and some U 1
result, some consequent symptom or ill feeling is
the certain issue. If it ie cold out of doors do not
muffle your eyes, nose and mouth in furs, veil,
wooiien comforters and the like; nature has ? np
plied you w.th the best muffler, the beet inhaling
regulator—that is two lips; shut them before you
step out of a warm room into tbe cold air, and keep
them shut until yen have waked a few rods br sk
ly, and quickened the circulation a little : walk fast
enough to keep off a feeling of chilliness, and taking
cold will be impoeeible What are the facts of the
case ? Look at a railway conductcr going out of
tbe hot air into the piercing coid of winter, and in
again, every five or ten minutes, and yet they do
not take coid oftener than others yon will scarcely
find a consumptive person in a thousand of them.
It is wonderful bow afraid consumptive people
are of cold air, the very thing that would core
them —the only obstacle to a cure being that they
do not get enough of it, especially if it is oolu,
when it is knuwn that the colder the purer it must
be ; yet if people cannot go to a hotter eiimate they
will make an artificial one, and imprison toemselves
a whole * inter in a room with a temperature not
varying ten degrees in six months. All such peo
ple die, and yet we follow in their footsteps. If I
were seriously ill of consumption I would live oat
of doors day and night, ex ept it were ra ning or
mid-winter : then 1 would sleep m an unpialtered
log house.
Light Ikfaktbt.— The itinerant vender* of lu
oifer matohee.
O Pledge 3le not with Wine.
BY JOaLE £ HUNT
Oh. pledge me not with wine, dear love f
I shrin* f-om its ruddy glow ;
And wh.Te an l eo and a deathly fear
Drops iat > my he nt like snow.
Oh. pledge me not w th wine, dear love I
Through its mist of rrsy >o-m
I count*tbe beat of a broken heart—
I see a desolate home
Oh, pledge me no with wine, dear love I
I -hive- wi h :cy dread
Each and op t * me is a tear of blood
That sorrocrf.ii e - es have shed.
I have a picture laid away
TTrd*r the dust of years.
Come look on it rnd y urheart will break,
Dike a summer cl ud, clears.
Night and a storm of autumn loet—
A hearth without fire or light
A woman—an angry man—a door
That opens into the n g t.
Hot ban s that cling tc* the crazy latch.
Lies • igid and whit- w ith pain—
A c rst—\ blow —aud a waging babe
B rte ont in the wind and ran
A woman dead, w th her long, loose hair
Soaked wet in the weeping >nn,
And her pallid arms half fallen back
From a baby’s waxen form.
A woman dead in the pitiless rain;
And. spa-k Sing on tt.e sand.
Her God ‘—a golden marriage ring,
Dror ped l lose from her wasted hand
A white mo m striving through broken clouds,
A borr.fied man at prayer —
The c-y of a pass onate heart's remorse
And a passionate hrarc’s despair.
This is tbe pictrre laid away
Under i he dust of years ;
For this dna the r*-.d wiue look to me
The flowing of bloody tear--.
Oh, pie. ge me not, though the wine is bright
As the rarest light that flows
Through the sunset's cloudy gate of fire
Or ihe morning's vein >f ose.
Sqftjjp vn ;he cup ‘ I blood,
(♦■Fished, thr .a bing, from hearts like mine !
Lor ‘rope, tor peace, and .or ove a dear sake
Oh, pJedge me not with wine !
From the Pittsburg Despatch
A White Slave Declared Free.
Mason County, Ky . August, 1858.
On August 11 anc 12, one ol the iu< st exciting
cases ever occurring in rin ce*lion of countiy, and
one, too, in which the lee.ings of all were deeply
eulieted, came before the Circuit Court. Tho cir
cumstances c-f the case, briefly stated, are these :
Abou- a year and a half tince, a woman was ar
rested by order of a man named Dodson (acting as
agent for one Mrs. Goddard,) and brought to our
to vru aud lodged in a negro jail for safe keeping un
til further disposition could be made ot her pers* n—
the intention of the person or persons ordering her
arrest, undoubtedly, being to sell her to go down
South.
Seeing what appeared to every oue a white wo
man bed in bondage as a slave and confined in a
negro jail, enlisted the deepest, feeling iu her behalf.
She was immediately taken from her captivity, a
bond was drawn and signed b} 7 acme of our most
wot thy citizens for her security, and she ret urned to
her home and her friends. The truth of tho matter
was this : She had been held as a slave for more
than twenty years, and to make it appear more tui
ly that she was a slave, her so called owner had re
cognized her marriage wi;h a negro man, which she,
ignorant that she was not a slave, had consented to.
Thus was a dars veil thrown over the scene, to
blind more fully those who much sooner would have,
looked into and lerreted out this unprecedented
case. When her al eged owners found out that sin
intended sueing for her freedom, upon the ground
that she was not a negro but a white woman, with
not a particle of negro blood in her veins, I hey had
her arrested and lodged in jail, so as to sell her t<
go South, thus getting her out of the way, and
thereby relieving th onaelvea of further trouble
But thanks be to God, they werechecked in their
double dyed villiauy A suit for her treed *m was
instantly instituted, and on Tuesday aud Wednea
day the trial came off in our Circuit Court, the se
quel of which is as follows :
Tho very ablest ct tmael of which our bar can
boaat had enlisted themselves in her behalf—net
from any expectation of any pecuniary reward or
gain, for they expected none; they knew they would
receive none; their reward was simply the privil
Hge of being able to give “justice to h r to whom
justice waa due/* and their gain to know that she
was free.
Wiines:* e were called one alter another, the sub
stance of whose evidence showed c early the vil
lainy of the whole case ; that the plotting and coun
ter-plotting had been laid ao deeply that, for more
than twenty years, it had escaped the observation
us inquisitive eyes i that the father of the woman
was Mr. Goddard, whose widow claims her as a
slave; that her mother was a respectable white
woman, who has since been married and removed
l a Western State with her husband; that when
this woman waa born, he (Goddard) placed her iu
tlie possession of one ol his slaves, (a light mulatto
woman.) with the injunction that she should rear i:
as though it were btr own child; that this mulatto
was threatened if she divu ged the secret of the
child’s true parentage, r acknowledged that she
was not mother, even to the unfortunate child,
that her file should te the immediate penalty
Knowing as she (id the ttermie-s of her master, it
is not strange how well she k> ptihe secret.
That Mrs. Goddard knew this woman’s parentage
is not doubted ; for evidence preeephpd proves that
on one occasion she introduced her al her daughter,
and ou another, to secure her property from attach
ment, she had secreted her slaved, retaining this
woman in her hou. j .e, io that when theoffiei iv* came
and were about to take this woman, slm told them
that she was a white woman and not her slave.
The witnesses being all examined and disposed of
t en camo the argument to the jury. But who are
they who constitute this juiy ? Would they be
capable of rendering an impartial decision ? They
wereFro-Slavery men—and more, too a 1 of them
were slave-holders Messrs. John D. Taylor, Rich
ard 11. Stanton and Wm.H Wadsworth, the able
counsel for tHe prosecution, making their happiest,
aud ablest efforts, while the tr.fliug arry of counael
in the defense had but little to any, but that little
was much worse than should have been said.
The case being thus submitted to the jury, they
retired to prepare their verdict. Language is inad
equate to express the suspense then p*-valent in
the ciowded Court room, and when the jury return
ed, aud the foreman answered the question of the
Judge that they were agreed,ao still aud death like
wss tli c ci owded hall that the dropping of a pin, or
even the alighest breath, would have been perfec -
ly audible while they waite : for the breaking of
the sealed verdict L’.;t when the Beal was broken
and the verdict that the prisoners, though prisoner
no longer, was tree, one universal and long contin
ued shout of applause rent the air. The counsel
who labored so strenuously in her behalf know not
how great is their reward. The sequel shows t:.at
justice in Kentucky is justice sti 1.
Salaries and Wealth of Actors — A New
Yoik paper has been publishing some statistics on
tbe tubject of the pay of actors aud actresses, which
possesses much interest, and especially io some of
the young amateurs woo so m delusive ideas of the
splendid incomes their talent will secure ldr them
when they come regularly before the public. From
this it appears that Forrest receives s2lill a night,
or half th house ; but then, this is not a regular
salary, aid probably no other man on either side o
the Atlantic coulu ask or get asimilar sum. George
Jordan receives the largest regular eala: y of any
mar- on the stage iu the United States. He gets
$125 per week, (good looks will tell) Lester,!
Brougham, Blake, James Wallack, Walcot, Henry
P acide, Eddy, Charles Mathews, for self and wi.e,
and Conway, when plajingona salary, receive
SIOO per week Jefferson has been receiving $75,
nut intends demanding mere next season. (J.
Wheatleigh, Burnett, H A. Perry, Tom Placide,
SSO. Mark Smith, C. Pope, A. H Davenport,
George Holland and T. B. Johnson, S4O. H. B.
Phillips, (prompting and playing) C. W. Clarke,
(managing and playing,} G. C Boniface, G H.
Fox, John Sloan, H. Watkins, $35, and ooondow.i
to 4 Supernumeraries are paid 25 cents \er night;
wh.-n they black, 50cents.
Os the actresses, Mrs. Hoey receives SSO; Mrs.
Vernon, $35; Mary Gannon, S3O; Mrs. Hugh-s, M 83
Wells, Miss Hathaway, Rosa Ciioe, Mrs. Parker,
and Ada Clifton, $25; Mrs. Afleu and Sarah Stevens,
S2O; Ballet gills from $3 !o $6 per we< k each. The
above sums refer to regular salaries, an \ have no
reference to stars, whose incomes vary with the
places m which tney act. Taking the best of the
above salaries, allowing for lost rime between en
gagements, the expenses of wardrobe (ex ra wash
ing, for the wardrobe is often a considerable item
in an actor’s expenses), and otherf,crawbacks, and
it will be seen that the pay of actors is by no means
extravagant. These salaries it thould as• be borne
in mind are what they receive in proep rous times.
As to wealth, Forrest and Burt m are the richest,
both being set down at about $300,000 each ; Bar
ney Williams ats7oj’UO; Collins, the Iris i actor,
Miss J. M. Davenport, and Char frau. $30,000 each;
Bouricault and C. W. Clarke. $25,000 * h ; Ne&fie
and the Florences about S2O 0 i0; Brvugh mi Eddy,
Eliza Logan, and Matiidi II rron a out SIO,OOO
each ; Maggie Mitchell about $7,000; Edwine Bootu
$5,000, anu A. H. Davenp rt. $2 000.
Orioin of Brandy.—B anoy began to bo dis
tilled in France about the year 1312, but it. was pre
pared only a.- a medicine, and waa considered as
possessing such marvellous strengthening and
sanitary powers that the physicians named it “ the
water of life/* [Veau de me,) a name it atill retains,
though now rendered, by excessive potations, oue
of life’s most powerful and prevalent de-troyers—
Ra) mond Lully, a disciple of Arnold de Villa Nova,
considered this admirable essence of wine lo be an
emanation from the Divinity, and that it was in
tended to re-animate and prolong the life of man—
He even thought that this discovery indicated that
the time had arrived for the consummation of all
things —the end of the world. Before the means of
determining the true quantity of alcohol in spirits
were known the dealers were in the habit of em
ploying a very rude method of forming a notion of
the strength. A given quantity of the spirits was
poured upon a quantity of gunpowder in a dish and
set on fire. If at the end of the combustion the
gunpowder continued dry enough, it exploded, but
if i: had been wetted by the water in the spirits, the
flame of the filcohol went ou r without setting’ the
powder on fire. This was called the proof. Spirits
which kindled gunpowder were said to be above
proof.
From the origin of the term “proof/’ it ig obvi
ous that its meaning must at first have been very
indefinite. It could serve only to point out those
spirits which are tco week to kindle gunpowder,
but could not give any information respecting the
relative strength of those spirits which were above
proof. Even the strength of the proof was not
fixed, because it was influenced by the quantity of
spirits employed—a emnll quantity cf weaker spirit
might be made to kindle gunpowder, while a great
er quantity of a stronger might fail. C arke, in hia
hydrometer, which was invented about the y-ar
1730, fixed the strength of proof spirits on the stem
at the specific gravity of 0 U2O at the temperature
of 60 degrees. This is the strength at which proof
spi it ia fixed in Great Britain by act of Parliament,
and at this strength it is nu more than a mixture of
49 pounds of alcohol with 51 pound- of water.
Brandy, rum, gin and whiskey contain nearly simi
lar proportions.
The Closing Item —The True Delta tells a hard
story on a lawyer at Carrollton, concerning his ma
king out a bill of coets in a case in which a raft had
hern tied up, whereof one Jeptba Wabash was cap
tain. The captain finally caved, paid the claim and
costs, and then requested a bill of items of the costs.
Tne lawyer Sp fiLs, proceeded to make it out, the
seizure of the raft, constable's keeper of the raft,
same man going twice a day to see about the raft,
ropes to hold the raft, keeping a general lookout fur
the raft, dc-c . dt.c., wereal. duly aet down, and yet
the total fell $lO short of the amount named in the
*rcund*’bill Sp tfl=e was puzzied, and Wabash
looked on with the air of a man resigned to Lis fate,
and indifferent to all small matters. Sp:files stood
in need of an idea and an item ; the latter being
powerful y necessary to establish a proper degree
of uniformity between the two bills, and he leaned
back in his chair, and nervously scratched bis bead.
L“ was certain he had forgotten something. Sud
denly, the face of Sp.fiLs is lighted up win a look
of intense satisfaction ; he dashes his pen into the
ink-stand and addressing himself n a rather harsh
manner, wonders thaf he could have overlooked
“those two men.” Sp.files triumphxnUy completes
the bill as follows ;
“To services of two men. two days, at $2 50 per
day. pumping out raft $10.”
Wabarh was peechiees, and with his eves fixed
upon that last item in his bill, he gradual!v d.sap
pear ed around a oomar, entirely absorbed in in
oomprehenaibUity.
she American Mini-tcr in China—lnterview
with Chinese Coiiin)i*ioner*.
A correspondent of thr* Daily Times, writing from
oi board the U S. steamer Antelope, off the Pei ho
river, China, on the 10* h of May. and subsequently,
thus minutely &*?ribe* ttu j interviews of Mr.
Reed with the Chinee? Commissioners :
Mr Reed came this morning from the Minnesota,
having an engagem r t t. meet the Imperial Com
missioners at 11 A M. Proceeding to the landing,
be Sent a message on b> ore to ascertain wpether
suitable ar;augments had been made for hi * freeep
tion. The answer returned was, that landing waa
out cf order, the sedan not in waiting, and more
ban all, that tbe C< ro missioned had not arrived.
Hearing this, Mr R ed, not without some feeling
ot indignat'on, gave orders to return to ihe Ante
lop*l.
Mr. Marrio, however, who. in the meantime, had
s>oue ashore, ascertained ihat the report of the first
messenger wa incorrect in its most essential fea
ture. The three Commissioners were already in
ailing; “ai tl I confess,” said Lieutenant Colonel
Chin, eiiikii g his voice to r. whisper while giving
the info, manor, “that though it may be sacrificing
• heir dignity to say so, those high officers have ac
ually been on the grout and Waiting the arrival of
the American Minister, since the hour of 9 o'clock.”
Mr. Martin, inquiring higherauthori
rit*s to whom he might explain th-.? mistake, Ts’ien
tarjin, the Treasurer ol the Province, presented
himself. Mr. Martin suggested that while the sedan
aud waders were being g l in readiness, aw officer
should be dispatched 1 1 • Ante!, pe with the card
tit the three Commissioners, to es.-ure Mr. R**ed
that they had beer, on tbe ground from an early
hour, and were stifl exp. cling his arrival. This was
instant y complied with, and Mr. Martin spent the
hour which intervened before arrival of the
M nisier and suite, in a bine tent, near tbe taberna
cle of audience, surrounded by a group of Manda
rins, who express and their opinions without restraint,
and exposed their ignorance without shame.
They inquired the oir.ri: ctionß of official costumes
in use ammig us ; ask?J many questions relating to
the geography and history of our c untry, and in
quired partiotUarly as lo the principle by which of
ficial appointments arc regular> and. They heard with
unrestrained admiration, ! t with us, the Chief
Magistracy, and nearly all other civil offices are at
the disposal of tbe people, and expected to be be
stowed on those who merit popularity by integrity
and abilities ; tint we have classics iu three lan
guages more am <*::t than those of Confucius ; that
while the boobs < the Jews aie the foundation of
our religion and el . s, riio. eot Greece and Rome
are the basis of oiu belles lcUrej. Nor did any
thing surprise them more than to learn that we
“ barbarians” as we are, actually have grades of
literary merit, and competitive, examinations in
some respects auswermg to their own. They in
veighed without reserve against the conduct of
England and France in carrying on the present
war; and when told that the “Allies” are desirous
ot peaceful negotiations, provided the High Com
missioner will exhibit credentials of hia full powers,
such as Keying exhibited in 1842, they exclaimed.
“ Those of Keying were a forgery, manufactured
for the oc asion, but our present High Commission
er ia incapable of so base an act, aud our Emneror
is not accustomed to issue such documents. ” From
this they proceeded to discuss the characters o> the
British and Russian interpreters. Learning that
Mr. Martin was personally acquainted vith Mr.
Wade ana the senior Russian intarpreler they very
considerately spar and them. They, however, cen
sured Mr. L. in’ no measured terms, fa* his violent
and unoou.r.eous bearing, and criticised the scholar
ship of Ming la nyia, the junior Russian interpre
ter.
Mr. Reed and suite were received and greeted,
as on the former occasion, when Mr R introduced
the burines of the day by inquiring for the summa
ry of topics ot ditcuesion which he had sent to the
High Commissioner on the previous Saturday.—
Fan tu-jin produced a copy.
‘ But where is the original paper I sent you?”
asked Mr. R.
“This is a true copy,” said Fan, “and will an
-Bwerju*t as well.”
“But. I would like to see the original documents,”
said Mr. Reed.
Commissioner Fan—“ The original is reserved for
the inspection of His Majesty. I waa afraid of soil
ing it, and took a copy for my own me. it is a true
one, you may reßt assured. I would not. dare to fal
sify it. ’ — ,
Mr. Reed—“ls the original within reach, or at
hand?” ? ;
Commissioner Fan —“It. id.”
Mr. Reed—“ Can you send for it V*
Commissioner Fan —“It is not convenient.”
Mr. Reed—“ Now, tell me the truth, have you not
sent it to Pekin V
Commissioner Fan—“l have.’’
Mr. Reed—“But did you not say it wa- at hand V*
Gommi sioner Fan—“lt may as truly be said to
be at hand at Pekin as if it were here, for I can ob
tain it, if desired.” 4
At this puerile subterfuge Mr. Reed loet patience,
and cautioned the High Commissioner against, re
sorting to such prevarication iu future, as it would
inevitably undermine that mutual confidence so ne
cessary to successful negotiation. Commissioner
Fau renewed his protestations of veracity and sin
cerity, and, had he been required to swear by Styx
itself, it is probable that, he would not have declined
the oath.
The importance a tachin r to this apparently tri
lling preliminary may not. at once be apparent to
your readers. Mr. Reed had the sagacity to sus
pect that Commissioner Fe;. had already violated
ids engagement to agree upon the whole treaty be
lore asking the Imperial sanction to any part ot it,
by submitting iu advance tl:e programme of points
which must embarrass ill fur;her negotiations, if
not check them in limine. Commissioner Fan,
too, had, sense enough to discover Mr. RaecUs ou
ject by bis very firet inquiry, and hence his desire
to elude a direct answer.
All the proposed amendments then passed in re
view. The champions of conversation and of pro
gross exerted all* their powers. The auditors of
both nations were held in breathless suspense! The
contest was kept, up till near night. Particular ad
vantages was gained and ost, but no important or
permanent result was achieved.
After agreeing to resume the subject on the next
day, at noon, in case the Imperial rescript, a copy
of which was to be sent, in the morning, should
[.rove satisfactory, ILs Excellency and suite took
leave and returned to the Antelope. Before part
ing, however, Commissioner Fan, though so reluc
tant to concede even the most moderate demands,
or to satisfy the most just claims, such a t those ol
indemnity for American property destroyedjby the
Cantonese, had the face, nevertheless, to beg Mr
Reed to “enlighten the English on the principles of
justice,” and also to “employ Ins influence, with the
Russian Minister toward the settlement ot the boun
dary question.”
May 11.—Before breakfast Chong, the Major, and
Rien, Secretary to the High Commi sioner, came
. ff with the dispatch containing the promised copy
of the Imperial rescript. The character of this docu
ment, Mr. Reed had inferred from the fact, that the
cunning commissioner had, in a previous communi
cation only referred to it. in general terras, and rot
offered to furnish a copy until it was directly de
manded. The perusal confirmed I*ih conjecture.
His Majesty graciously condescended to receive
the President’s letter by way of Teentsinginstead
of Canton, but dropp and not even a hint of any in
tention to answer it at al—much le s on equal
terms, lira cm ditions of the proposed interview
were not fulfilled, aud Mr Reed sent Mr. Martin
and two other gentlemen on shore to say that a
written reply to ti e communication of this morning
mirfht be expected by HA. M. to morrow. Tney
were conducted to •* “blue tent,” where they de
livered the.r message, and were soon surrounded
by a group of Mandarins, bearing the sounding title
of Yala myiaf great old fathers , or patricians.
The official interview not taking place, these men
were disengaged, and entered into conversation
sa/.s ceremonic. Fruits and confectionary were
placed before us, and the delightful aroma of our
smoking lea, the.* calumet ot China, and next to the
unadulterated fountain, the best beverage that
earth affords, relaxed tbe frigid tetters of suspicion
and warmed into life the better feelings of our
hearts. Classic jests and high-flown compliments
passed round the circle, and as a proof ol the ex
tent to which this kindly feeling prevailed, I may
• say that one of the mandarins, the prefect of Chaon
[ Cuow, actually invited m to allow my* ell a few days
of relaxation, to visit him at tho chief city of his
prefecture. There was no danger of my accepting,
as the place was tw o hundred and fifty miles dis
tent ; but iu an exclusive country Ike ibis the very
thought was treason, aud. it reported to his superi
ors, might have been visited upon the un weary offi
cer iu the shape of degradation, it n.jt a graver pun
ishment. borne Christian almanacs, which Mr.
Martin distributed among Mie company, attracted
much attention. Wang Yalaonyia, tho same who
had invited me to hia bouse, turned over the leaves
until he came to the Ten Commandments, and ran
liis eye hastily over them until ii rested >n the tenth
when he exclaimed, “Admirable! this is, iudeed,
equal to the teachings of our holy sage Gon ucius.
If all men would obey this precept how happy the
world would be ’’ Mr. Martin, not forgetting h s
function as an interpreter ot the divine law, took
this for a text, and lecapitulating whole Deca
h'gue, discoursed to an attentive audience of the
first minds in the povince concerning their relations
as the creatures ol God, aud members of the hu
man family.
“But what nati ms,” asked W . :g, “beside
your honorable country, profess th:: (Jin istian faith?’’
‘ Russia, France, England, and ”
“No,” interrupted Wang ; “ i.< En.riand. They
can’t prulees the Christian faith, ten ? y did they
would observe the tenth commandment, and not
covet our cities or lands , and the six ti, too, which
they would not violate as they do, by vending opi
um, and diffusing death aud misery throughout our
provinces.”
Ta koo, Tuesday, May 18, 1858.
Y'our readers may perhaps remember that a letter
from President Pierce to the Emperor of China, con
veyed to this country by our late M nister, waa re
turned with the seal broken and unanswered, he
cause it had not been forwarded by way of Can
ton, as in previous cases, but by Foochow, which is
also admitted in tbe treaty as a proper channel tor
communication. Our present Minister, warned by
this indignity, has taken every precaution that the
letter of which he is the bearer shall be received with
due respect and acknowledged in becoming terms.
He has not, however, sought to secure this by
transmitting it through “ the customary channel,”
or even through one of those others specified in our
treaty. But an extraordinary concurrence ot events
catling for extraordinary measures, he has come to
this, the entrepot of the capital, and properly intro
duced negotiations by the presentati not that doc
ument. Though a formal paper, it was important
as a guage of international feeiing.
The High Commissioner first pledged his word
that it should be treated like its predecessor. Hit
word was not a sufficient guarantee. He then pro
posed reteiring it to the colonial office, but that
was decimed on the ground that the United States
is not a dependency of China. He finally proposed
to ask for an Imperial rescript reaper; iug it; and
Mr Reed accord ngly withheld the letter until the
Imperial will should be known. In a few days he
was furnished with a copy of the edict, giving as
durance that the letter ehou and be received with dne
reelect but preserving a studied rilence as to the
qiestion o answer. It was regretted that the sub
iect should be again laid beiore His Majesty, and
an explicit an- wer be obtained aa to the terms in
which he would reply to it. This was done, and
:his morning a second rescript has been received,
which is well worth ail the pains taken to obtain it,
ai it admit* what the “Son of Heaven’’ never be
tore acmitted ot any foreign country, that the U.
States, is not a dependency of Cnina, and that he
would reply to the President e letter without tna
tjmg use ot auy haughty or offensive expressions.
Jothing could be more eatiefactory. Mr. Keed
consented to deliver the long talked of letter, and
assigned the presentation ot ittoCapt Dupont, as
a mark of regard for that distinguished officer.
At 3 P.M.the captain proceeded by a page
bearing the letter, unaer an escort of marines, and
followed by several memoero of the ns-gatim and a
number of naval ■ dicers, in full unilorin, proceeded
to the “Yellow Tent.’ He was received at the
door by tne High Commissioner and associates and
takirg the kaeket containing the letter from the
hands of the page, p.aced it on a table covered with
yellow snk. the High Commissioner, advancing
touched the c-atket reverentially with the tips of
his lingers, and then seared his Western guests at a
separate table on the left, wLile he and his Mancbu
ana Chinese friends occupied one on ihe right.
Tbe meeting wa. uue of ceremony, and do topic of
DuSUjeae Ww but several matters of in
terest were broached, which may at no distant day
beceme important items in our relations with ibis
empire. The principal of these was the appoint
ment of a Chinese Mn Liter to reside at Washington,
and of Chinese Consuls to look after the interests
of their countrymen in Colifornia.
May 19.—Dr. Williams, Secretary of Legation,
and Tseen, Treasurer of Pecheie, met for a discus-
sion of amendments proposed in our treaty prepara
lory to a final revisiou by our Minister and the Im
oerial Commissioners. The last articles were un
d-r review when a messenger arrived with a note
trorn Mr. Reed, informing Dr. Williams that the al
lies held resolved to storm the forts on to morrow
morning. Dr W. accordingly took leave, merely
agreeing to give notice when it might be oonven
lent to hav& another interview. Oar negotiations
are uearly completed, and if the threatened hostili
t es were only delay, and for a few days, we should
have he treaty of Takoo” on its way to Washing
ton, with many improvements on that of Wanghas,
and with that saving proviso, that whatever privi
lege* may hereafter be granted to any other nation
shall ipso facto De conceded to us.
A renewal of hostilities by the Allies will, how
ever oblige us to renew our negotiations at another
tuna and place, and perhaps too with another
Board of Commissioners. But whatever may be
the result, our Minister is no longer liable to be
charged with merely following in the wake of the
Allied arms. For while he has in the main agreed
in policy with the representatives of the other Pow
ers, he has vindicated his independence ot judg
ment by differing from L rd Elgin and Baron
Groa aa to the powers of the Imperial Commission
ers, amt commencing negotiations in advance of
them, iu this the Russian Minister agrees with
him ; and both had well nigh accomplished the ob
ject oi their missions, when the startling announce
ment not only arrests the progress of their officers,
but virtually nullifies what has been already done.
Still I cannot but think that the collision was in
evitable, aud what is mere iudispeusab’e to the right
arjusimeut of our relations with China. Nothing
but force will humble the pride or break down tne
prejudices ot these conceited Asiatics. In the fiist
war Ningpo and Shaughae were occupied by British
troops, and iu both these cities auy well dressed Eu
ropeau may pass through the streets, not uly iree
from insult, but everywhere treated with respect
and deference. Fuchow was not even approached
by the British troops, and the random of Canton
passed current fora successful dt fence. The in
habitants ot these places, aud especially of the lat
ter have been distinguished for their insolent bear
ing, until the late bombardment, since which they
have been seen to doll’ their caps obsequiously to
marines aud blue jat kets.
The bombardment was to have taken place on
the 14 h inst.; but a communication from the Hgh
Commissioner to the effect that he had memorial
ized ihe Emperor to grant their claims, and particu
larly to admit them to the capital, induced them to
postpone it in hopes of obtaiumg their ends without
havii g recourse to arms. It is now known that
Ihe Emperor has retused his consent; and the Al
lies, alter Jong forbearance, are again compelled to
appeal to the ultima ratio.
The Collision Between the Arablu tint! the
Europn.
A gentleman who was a passenger on the steam
ship Arabia has furnished au interesting account of
the collision with the steamship Europa on the
night of the 14th iustaut.
He states that at 11 o’clock, when the coflisiou
occurred, meat of the passougt rs had retired to rest.
All the ladies had retired some time betore. A few
gentlemen w ere on the hurricane deck, aud a halt
dozen were sealed iu the saloon, engaged in con
versation. {Strangely enough, the thetue of their re
marks was courage exhibited by persons of different
temperaments aim mental peculiarities ia times
of great danger. Individual instances of courage
aud fear were cited in illustration of opinions ex
pressed.
In ihe midst of this conversation a loud crash
waa heard forward, not unlike a clap of thuoder,
and this was rollowed by a grinding sound, as ot
something rubbing against the side ot the vessel.—
The crash startled everybody, and she discussion on
physical courage was by tacit agreement, postpon
ed indefinitely. Passengers rushed out of their
staterooms in the wildest excitement; several faint
ed, and hardly any ou board failed to uetray eigi.B
of deep emotion. Our imormant had a lady in nia
caie, and ins first object was to secure information
ato the nature and extent of the damage. His
lmpressiou was that they had struck au iceberg,
several of wrhich they had seen the day previous.
Gciug forward, he ascertained that the starboard
bow of the Arabia had come iu collision with the
port bow of the Europa, and learning that there
was no immediate danger,he went below ana stated
the fact.
According to the usual custom of steamers in
meeting one another, the helm of the Europa, on
observing the Arabia’s light, was pul hard aport ;
the officer of the Arabia discovered the Europa’s
lights, when he saw that if he ported his helm ihe
Arabia would inevitably strike the Europa amid
snips. He therefore gave the order to put the helm
a hard starboard, which threw her bows around, and
thus prevented a collision which otherwise would
probably have been fatal to one if not both vessels.
Captain Stone at once dispatched a boat to ascer
lain the extent of the damage sustained by the Eu
ropa. The Captain of the Europa requested thai
the Arabia stay by and keep her compauy into St
John's Newfoundland.
Cantaiu Stone came into tho saloon, stated the
facts to the passengers, and informed them of his
intention to comply with the request of the Captain
of the Europa. But the Arabia had hardly got un
der way when the engineer discovered that th*
machinery had been and maged, aud he waa com
pelled to stop the engine. Au examination dit-cov
ered that the plummer block of the starboard wheel
had been broken when the two eteainera swung
broadside to, aud that before they could proceed
further the engine must be disconnected with the
starboard wheel This caused a delay of twelve
hours, and in the mean time the Europa had pro
ceeded on her way to St. Johns, and as she had prob
ably reached there, Captain Slone concluded to con
tinue his course to New York with the port wheel.
From the appearance ol the Arabia, says the
Tribune, we should judge that she must have been
run into by tne Europa. Her cutwater is smashed,
stem started, ana starboard trailboard gone. This,
with the exception of a little damage to the rail,
and a slight chaffing of the copper, is all the injury
that is visible iorward. The stem of the Europa
appears to have glanced along the Arabia’s bo.v,
causing her to heel over to port somewhat, and then,
betore she righted, the Europa swung around so as
to bring her port paddle box guards against the
Arabia’s starboard paddle-box, smashing up her
heavy oaken guards, and knocking tiie pillow-block
out of place. The repairs to the Arabia will be
completed in time to allow her to sail on her regu
lar day.
A portion of the Arabia’s passengers, after much
solicitation, it is said, have published a card, ac
quitting the Arabia’s officers of blame, because of
the collision. The majority of the passengers re
fused to sign the card, and there was much contro
versy among them about it. The collision was oer
tainly one of the most alarmiDg ever had—with au
escape so close—and, luckily, it was between two
Cunard steamers, instead of an American and a
Cunarder, so there is no chance for taunting now
about seamanship.
Effect of too much Acid—lmfoktant Advice.
—There are many perso a in the world, says the
Scientific American, who, thinking themselves
either too thin or too corpulent to accord with their
b r au ideal of symmetry and beauty of person, are
constantly exercising their minds with a view of in
creasing or diminishing their rotundity, and in
many cases applying remedies for their supposed
defects, which eventually destroy thtir health.—
Y.<ung ladies of full habit, fearing further innova
tion upon the symmetry of their waists, are not
slow to resort to copious and constant draughts of
acidulated liquids, without, reflecting that they im
pair, and, in tact, arrest the operation of the diges
tive organs, when taken beyond a certain point.
There is reason in the vulgar notion, unhappily
too fondly relied on, that vinegar helps to check
any alarming obesity, and that ladies who dread the
appearance of their graceful outlines in curves of
plumpness, expanding into fat, may arrest so dread
ful au evd by liberal potations of vinegar ; but this
can only be accomplished at the far more dreadful
expense of health. The amount of acid which will
keep them thin will destroy their digestive powers.
Portal gives a ca e which should be u warning :
“A few years ago a lady in easy circumstances
enjoyed good health; she was very plump, had a
goad appetite, and a complexion blooming with
roses on a polish* and ivory ground work. She began
to look upon her plumpness with suspicion, for her
mother was very lat. aDd she was afraid of becom
ing like her. Accordingly she consulted a woman,
who advised her to drink a glass of vinegar daily.
The young lady followed the advice, and her plump
ness diminished She was delighted with the ex
periment, but she soon began to experience tbe
evil effects. A cough ar and slow fever came on, with
a difficulty of breathing; her body oecarne lean,
and wasted away, swelling of her lower limbs and
feet succeeded, and a diarihea terminated her life.”
If ruddy and rotund young ladies pine for grace
ful slimness and romantic pailor, let them avoid
vine.arßnd other acids destruc ive to health, aud
either accept with a laughing grace what nature has
bestowed ou them, or else practice a proper regimen
and a system of habits, to av..id what they so much
dread Take plenty of exercise, be less indolent,
and more moderate in the quantity ot sleep, indulg
ed in, as much sleep implies much inactivity, and
leads to an accumulation of fluids in the body, and
the consequent deposition of fat inhabits predis
posed to **ec!etion. Those, on the other hand, who
wish more obesity, we would advise to indulge in
good feeding, composed of plenty of farinaceous
food, with but little meat and plenty of pure, fresh
water, and lead a calm life, free from mental in
quietude.
A Decidedly Cool Request and a Rather
Icy Reply. —lt will be recollected that the mem
bers of the Wisconsin Legislature and divers and
sundry other persons have been charged with re
ceiving from the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad
Company a bribe, in the shape of the bonds of that
Company. At a recent meeting of the officers of
said Company circulars were ordered to bei-sued
to holders of these bonds, requesting them to return
the same. A gentleman by the name of Woodle,
who received one of thece circulars, replied to it as
follows:
Janesville, July 16,1858.
Sir Your kind favor of tbe 16th instant inform
ed me that a committee had been appointed by the
Board of Directors of the La Crosse and Milwau
kee Railroad Company for the purpose cf calling
in the bonds familiarly known as the “corruption
bonds,” has been received. YjU trust that I will
nee tbe importance of immed aiely returning to the
Coxpany the Bondi received by me.
In reply, permit me to say that, by the aid of my
optics, 1 have as yet been unable to see the impor
tance of returning the said bonds to the Campany.
although lam not near sighted and have “looked.*
I have however sir, toa-k that you wi 1 defer any
further action on the subject until I shall have re
ceived Lord Rosa’ telescope, for wt ich I have sent
a special messenger this morning, and through
which, when received, wil: take another observa
tion. Hoping that you will oe able to refund your
floaring debt, and pay your coupons, I remain
yours in the “bonds, ? &.c.
Isaac Woodle.
To Wa A. Guest, Chairman, tec.
The Cable Tow.—Tne Boston Poet is responri
ble for tbe following :
1 he westward course of empire yet
Dexn&ud-s a higher speed ,
Columbia would go ahead
While Europe iajsiLdeed.
But Field has found a remedy ;
As Europ is so slow,
Our continent impatient, tak3
The eastern world in tow
Heroic Devotion to his Art —Mrs. Matthews,
in her “Anecdotes ot Acto a/ gives an amusing in
stance of this. In that scene in the play of the
Committee” where Obadiah hae to swallow, with
eigned reluctance, the contents of a black quart
bottle, admistered to him by Teague, Munden was
observed one night to throw an extra amount of
comicality and wigor into hia resistance, bo muebeo,
hat J Lnatone, (“Irish Jobnetone/’) the Teague oi
the occasion, fired with a natural enthusiasm, forced
him to drain the bottle to the last drop. The effect
was tremendous. The audience absolutely scream
ed with laughter, and Odadiab was borne off half
dead, and no wonder. The bottle, which should
have contained sherry and water, was by some
mistake half filled with tbe rankest lamp oil. We
will let Mrs Matthews tell the rest:
“When the cuff-rer bad in some degree recovered
from the nausea the accident caused, Mr. Johnstone
marvelled why Muuden should have allowed him,
atter his firi-t taste, to poor the whole of the disgust
ing liquid down his throat. ‘lt would, said John
stone, have been easy to have rejected, nr opposed
a i epetition of it, by hinting the to him.
Mr. Munden’e reply, by gasp*, was as follows :
“ ‘My dear boy—l was about to do so—but there
was such a glorious roar at the first face I made
upon swallowing it, that I hadn't the heart to spoil
the scene by interrupting the effect, though I
thought I should die every time you poured the ac
cursed stuff down my throat.’ ”
VOL. LXXII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXII. NO. 35.
Liner from Northern Mexico.
The steamship G-*n. Ru - k at New Orleans, from
Brazos San'iago. brings Brownsville papers to the
18th inst She furnished to the Picayune interest
iug uews from Mexico.
Gen Vidaurri h and left Monterey with the 2d divi
sion of the army of the North, lie has a park of
fourteen cannon, including six pieces which com
pose a beautiful light battery which recently passed
through Brownsville. Brilliant e’ ploits are predict
ed from this well equioped army ot frontiersmen.—
Certain it is that Vidaurri has the love, al nost
amounting to worship, of the people of his State, the
result of his uniform success in their cause. The
Brownsville Flag learns that the General will never
furl his victor ous banners until they wave over the
strongholds of the Capitol.
The fi rces of Tamaulipas are not idle, though
their plaus are perhaps alone known to tbe coin
mauders. Their headquarters are near to and com
manding Tampico into which place a detachment
had driven G-n. More o. The intention seems to
be to capture Tampico, as the forces are evidently
concentrating at that point.
They had two slight engagements, aud taken the
important s-a p* rt town ot Tuspau. In one of these
encounters two of the re actionist officers were shot
after they were taken prisoners—oue of whom is
said to have been the man who ordered the exeou
tiou of the wounded Quintero at Tampico A Col
Barragan, well known in Matemoros, s said to have
ma ;ti a uar-ow escape on a fl-et horse iu a skirmish
in the country of the Aguaateca.
The Flag, ot the 18th, baa the following;
We have dates from Monterey to the 3d of the
preoent mouth. The Bole tin, of the 3d, publishes
two letters from Gen. Detroflado, the Const itutio
oal Minister of War, to Gen Zuaza. In oDeof
them, dated July 16 r h, he says that he has received
no ice that on the 3d of last month there was a
promtnciamento in Mexico for the constitution of
1824, headed by Znloaga. and another for Santa
Anna—and that the soldiery of the capital had
turned agains* Znloaga, who had fled with his Minis
ters , or had taki-.u refuge in the house of the French
Minister; ana th&t there was still auother pronun
ciamento by the people against the soldiery and
tor the constitution of 1857, reformed; leaving at
the head of the Government a Mr. Juan Jose Bax
and the array iu oummandofGens.Parrodf, Rangel
and Tracoi ia.
In his other letter Gen. Degoflado informs Zuazua
that Mir&tnon had leit Guadalajara on the 13tti ulr.
with 2,000 men and fiffeen pieces of artillery, iu the
direction of Lagos. “It is stated,’’ says the letter,
“that he goes to fortify the bridge at Tolotatlan,”
but the General thinks the movement is to deceive
Zuazua, and that he has either marched upon San
Luis or has taken another road for the city of Mexi
co.
Degollado thinks that Miramon, whom he calls
the .iero of ddteats, after having suffered those at
Carretaa and AteLquique, will now suffer a last
and flual oue.
Those two letters speak of a proposition to unite
the forces of the Constitutional s s beiore marching
upon the capital.
A Courageous Woman. —The following account
of the courageous conduct of a young lady has
been communicated to a New Jersey paper :
A Mr. M., whose health was fouud to be impair
ed by the climate of the seaboard, was induced to
remove from the city of New York to the interior
of Illinois, his family consist rag of his wife and
three children, the oldest a young lady of seven
>een summers, aud the youngest some three years.
Early that spt iug, a maiden lady, a particular friend
of the family, aud very much attached to Mrs M.
and children, removed from New Yoik and took up
her abode with them. She had not been long in her
new home befoie the was su- rniy taken away by
death. While Mr. and Mr.*. M. were attending the
funeral of Misa W., Miss M. was left in charge of
the house and the young child, and the late room
containing tbe effects ol the late Miss W., which
was situated ou the second story of the house, was
locked by the young lady anti the child put to sleep
in an adjoining room, while Miss M. was busying
herself with her duties below. Some time after
wards, Misa M. hearing a noise up stairs, and sup
posing the child had awoke, proceeded so look atter
it, but found it sleeping quietly. With a thought as
quick as electricity, phe concluded that someone
ii ad entered Miss W.’s room from the outside for
the purpose of robbing it. Acting on this theory,
she immediately went down stairs, procured her fa
ther’s doubled barrelled gun and returning, opened
the door of the room of the late iV.ißs W., when her
expectations were fully realized in beholding a
stout man iu the very act of appropriating a gold
watch aud chain, which he had just taken from a
trunk of the late Miss W. fShe ordered him to lay
down the watch, and the fellow noticing her deter
mined attitude and manner, very readily complied
She<n xt ordered him to take the money from his
pocket, which he had extracted ; he denied having
taken any, when she gave a more peremptory or
der, accompanied with uitable movements of mili
tary nature, when he, thinking “discretion the bet
ter part of valor,” produced the money and de
posited it with the watch. Bhe then gave him the
passage and orders to march, which he readily
obeyed.
On the return of her parents, measures were ta
ken (which proved successful.) arid the fellow, after
being caught, was epe< (lily brought to trial, fully
identified, convicted and sentenced to the Slate
Prison, and tbe Court caused io be presented to the
young lady a testimonial iu the form of a beautiful
pin, with a suitable inscription.
A short time after this, the same young lady was
at home alone as before, and her parents not return
ing at dark, she took the precaution to fasten the
outer door. She had not long doue so when she
heard a knock, but before exposing herself to dan
ger she took the precaution to provide the means of
defence in the same t wo-La’reled gun she had used
on the former occasion. On carefully .opening the
door, a strange man presented himself and inquired,
“Are you MiesM?” She replied, “Yes, what do
you want?’ He inquired again, “Are you the
young lady who had a man sent, to the State Pri
i:OU?” She replied, “I am ” “Then,” said he, “I
am his friend, aud have come to put you out ol the
way /’ and, drawing a long dirk kni.e, was pro
ceeding to enter the door, when lie deliberately
aimed the gun at. him, and told him if he advanced
a step he would be a dead man. .She immediately
noticed that he changed countenance and began to
tremble ; whereupon she, pursuing her advantage,
ordered him to about face, march, which he vtry
readily obeyed, and as he was retreating, she gave
him a parting salute, by discharging one barrel
her trusty companion, which unfortunately only ac
celerated his retrograde motion.
“The Mother of Waters.” —Lieut. Harber
sham, in his letters from China to the Philadelphia
Ledger, asseits that the Mississippi River, which
we call the “Father of Waterß.” is not to be com
pared to the Yang tee Kiang River, to which he ap
plies the name of “Mother ot Waters.” In proof
of this he compares the width and volume of the
two streams. The Mississippi opposite New Or
leans is not quite 600 yards wide, with a mean depth
of 100 feet, and a mean velocity of nearly 1$ miles
per hour. Thus a body of water miles long, 600
yards wide aud 100 feet thick, is driven into the
Gulf of Mexico every hour. A little more than one
hundred miles from the mouth of the Yang-‘*e Ki
ang (the Sun of t.ie Sea,) is located the ciiy of Kiang
Yin. The river hern id 1,900 jards wide, has an
average depth of 99 feet, and a mean velocity of
two miles per hour. Thus we have, he remarks, a
body of water two miles long, 1,900 yards wide,
aud 99 feet thick, hourly urged in’o the bosom ot
the Yellow Sea. Compare this volume with the
fi-st, and it will be found to be almost double.—
Were the leDgt.h of the great Chinese water course
only known, the comparison might be compl* ted ;
but that cannot be un f il the interior of China i-<
opened to the world. Its estimated length is 3,0u0
miles. Lieut Habersham estimates .hat the wa
ters of the Yang-se Kiang carry along in suspen
sion the remaikable q lantity of about 33$ per cent,
of sedimentary matter. According to this earimate,
1,986,336,000 cubic feet of mud is hourly transpor
ted to the sea by this river. It seems quite incre
dible, but as the earthly matter discharged by the
Yaug-tse-Ki-uig colors the water at its mouth, giv
ing to them the name of the Yellow Sea, besides
forming immense flats, the amount must be very
large.
Tne Yang tse Kiang, however, bears no better
comparison with tho Amazon,than, according to
Lieut. Habersham, the Missis!-ippi does to the
Chinese river. The Amazon, th oh is the largest
river in the world, is 1 769 miles in length in a di
rect line, or, including Ob w ildings, nearly 4,000
miles, while 400 miles Irom the Atlantic it is more
than a mile in width, and has a velocity of 3J
miles per hour, and in mid current no bottom is
fouud with 20 fathoms or 120 feet. This noble river,
wuhita tributaries, is estimated to afford 50.000
miles of inland navigation.
An Indian Stratagem.—l learn that at Fort
Kearney there are now located several villages of
Pawnees, comprising several different bands, and
numbering five hundred warriors and au equal num
ber of non-combatants.
On the day before the arrival of General Harney
at that post, a war party ot Cheyennes and Arra
paboes made a sudden decent upon one of the scat
tered villages ot Pawnees while the greater portion
of its legitimate occupants were absent at the gar
risen paying their respects to the great Indian
fighter, and succeeded in overpowering the small
party of Pawnees and driving off all ttieir animals
The noite of the skirmish soon brought a large
force of Pawnees to the sceue of the discomfit
ure of their detachment, which immediately dashed
. ff iu pursuit of the rnareuders, and after a short
tight recovered their horses and put. several of the
Cheyennes horse de combat The manner in which
the attacking party, consijting of only forty war
riore, effected the surprise of the Pawnees is wor
thy of record as au instance of cunning and strate
gy of which these savages are capable. The whole
troop, forty in number, had by some means obtain
ed hats of various descriptions, which they assumed
in order to mislead their enemies as to their real
character. When near the village, whiuh is situa
ted some three miles from Fort Kearney, they fell
mu ti es of twos, in the order ol our dragoons, im
mediately in the rear of one of the supply trains,
which they quietly followed until sufficiently near
to charge the unsuspecting Pawnees, who to< k
them lor solders until undeceived by -the sudden
outset. The different, tribes of Indians engaged in
like encounters can always e designated by their
arrows. .Several of those gathered upon the field
of battle, which I examined, each present some
distinctive mark by which their makers may be
known and detected, aud this means Ci id-mtifica
lien is the one accepted by all woo have ever en
gaged in border wars & Ao uisvillt Journal.
Warm Political Canvass in Illinois. —The
political contest in Iliiiois is getting somewhat
warm and considerably personal. Air. Lincoln and
Senator Trumbuil are Mr. Douglas’ opponents on
the stump. The former recently charged that
Mr. Douglas, though now proclaiming popular sov
ereignty, really ha - conspired with the administra
rion to subvert the constitutonai power of tbe
S ates, and establish slavery over the land. Mr.
Douglas, in a recent speec h at Beardstown, pro
nounced this statement “an intamous lie.’ Mr
Trumbull, in h s address to the people, made thv
charge distinctly, and furthermore said, that to “the
rnan who denies it, I wiJI cram the lie down bis
throat till he shall cry enough. Douglas, in reply,
comes up to his work boldly, and says ;
“ This charge was once made in a much milder
form in tbe Senate of the Dui ed States, I did
brand it as a lie, in tbe presence of Mr Trumbull
and Mr Trumbull sat and beard it thus branded,
without daring to say that it was true. I tell you,
he knew it to be false w en be uttered it at Chi-
ne anew - —; —. 7 ”
cago, and yet be says that he is going to cram
the lie down the throat of the man who denies it,
until he shall ory enough. The miserable craven
hearted wretch, he would rather have both ears
cutoff than to use that language in my presence,
where I could call him to aocouat.”
Tnese extract* will serve U> show the temper of
the canvass in Illinois, and tbe likelihood of the
Republicans and squatter sovereignty Democrats
coalescing.
Depression or Trade in England —The quar
terly returns of the R-giairar-General of Eagtand
affbrd unraistak cable evidence of the depression of
trade during tbe last winter. In the quarter that
ended on the 31*t of March, 60,068 psreons were
married, being 6,700 fewer than the number who
married in each of the winter quarters of the two
previous yeard. The inhabitants of the manufac
turing districts were under the greatest depression
and the number of marriages in Cheshire and Lan
cashire fell from 5.821 to 4,790, more than I,MJU;
but all tbe arts • f England aud Wales aie so’ inti
mately associated iu evil as we l as in gm and fortune
that in every diviei n the marriages declined. In
the spring quarter ended on the 3utb of J une. 169,-
170 births and 107,193 deaths were registered, thus
the natural increase of the population of England
and Wales was 61,977 in 91 days, or 681 daily ; 40,-
301 persons emigrated daring the quarter.
Ten Thousand Dollars in*thk Suds — An ex
banker of Cincinnati, who “went undbr” during
the “ late financial crisis, ’and was compelled, by
“ outside pressure,” to “ abut up shop,” and endea
vor to “realize assets amply” sufficient to <w.r
all his lie abilities, was thrown into a wild state ot
excitement, on Tuesday last—so humorously re
marks the Commercial, of >hat city. He was in
fact, in a condition of mind bordering upon phr-ozy.
It seems that he has a queer habit of having breech
es washed. He sends tbemou: to a laundress. Last
Thursday the ex bankers unwhisperables went out,
ms usual —one pair, at least—but the waeherW man,
from unexplained cause, was dilatory, aud did not
put the bifurcates into suds as prompily as she was
wont. Saturday came, and she concluded to lay
the job over until the first of the week. Monday
she was interrupted, and the unmentiouabies were
again put aside until Tueediy. That morning,
however, she re olvtd to dispose ot the contract,
aud accordingly she prepared the inatru uen s. She
got the water hot, the suds made, aud held the
“ breeks” by the waistband, aud was about, to sub
ject them to hydropathic treatment, when tier hand
was suddenly arrested, and her heart sent strug
gling into her throat by a furious rapping at the
oor.
She hesitated, stood aghast between terror anu
her wash tun, but before she had time to oollect her
faculties her patron stood before her, his
distorted, his eyes blazing with trantic excitement
Surveying her an instant, he screamed rather than
interrogated, “ Have you— Have you wa-lied my
breeches ? HAVE your washed my breeches 7
You've ruined me, ruined me ; have you washed
my”—but suddenly catching a glimpse of the gar
ment still clutched by the suspended hand of the
terrified laundress, he leaped forward with nervous
energy, and snatching them from her, he ran his
own hand hastily al mg the waistband Uutil he met
with something that seemed to satisfy his desires,
and sinking down in a chair he fairly went into
hysteric*. By this time the poor women found
voice aud asked him “why, Mr. , what is the
matter ?’ “Oh, woman, woman,’ he sobbed,
“what an escape'. There is ten thousand dollars in
those breeches. Where's your scissors 7 Get them,
quick. Had you washed those breeches l would
have been ruined What an escape 7” The laun
dress got the scissors ; the sce&UM>i lUji
was rij ped open in an instant, and beL.re her as
tonished gaze beheld layers of bank bills—of what
value she knew not, ea\e that he repeated, “ten
thousand dollars , ten thousand dollars ! What au
escape ! What an escape ! ’
Mrs Partington at .na ac ga— “Every back
is fitted for its burden,” said Mrs Partingrou ai she
stood by the Cougrs Spriug, from which one hai
just emptied the eighth tumbler down his gul'et,
‘ and every stomach for its portion. Heaven that
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, I due say, will
also temper the water to their capacity to bear it. (
for we read that, Apollos shall water and that the
will be given, which mu-t mean Saratoga
water, and the iucivasothe debility to hold it, though
how folks can make a mill race of their elementary
canal is more than I can see into.” R >ger stood
looking at the vie im, as the tumblers disappeared,
when he turned round to Mrs. Partington and ask
ed her if she remembered what Macbeth said to the
Fifer in the play. She couldn’t recall the name of
Macbeth, but remembered to have heard the name
of Macaboy mentioned somewhere. He to'd her
that the remark alluded to applied to the scene ihen
enacting, for the hard dm k-re seemed to be saying,
by their acts, “damned be he who first cries, hold
enough.” “I thii k they all hold too muck,” re
marked the dame. R tger nodded and smiled, say
ing, “and need damming, too.” Ike stood watch
ing the boy who drew up the water, pocketing the
half dimes so coolly, aud woudered wht he was go
ing to buy with all his money, and tl i. k : ng how he
could make it fly if he had ir. He had invested all
iris available funds in red crackers and hadn’t a cent
to bless himseli wi h.— Boston Gazette.
The Atlantic Telegkaph Cable.—The cen
tral conducting wile is a strand umdo up of seven
wired of the purest copper, of the gunge known in
the trade as No. 22 Tne strand iteelt is about the
sixteenth of an inch in diameter, and is formed of
one straightly drawn wire, with eix others twisted
round it; this was accomplished by the central
wire being dragged from a drum, through a hole in
a horizontal table, while the table itself revolved
rapidly under the impulse of steam, carrying near
its circumference six reels or drums, eaoh armed
with copper wire. Every drum revolved upon ite
own horizonal axis, and so delivored ite wire as it
turned. Tnia twisted torm of conducting wire was
first adopted tor the rope laid across the St. Law*
rence in 1856, and was employed with a view to the
reduction to the lowest possible amount of the
chance of continuity being destroyed in the circuit.
It is improbable in the highest degree that a frac
ture could be accidentally produced at precisely the
saire spot in more than one of the wires of this
twisted strard. All the Heven wires m ght be bro
ken at different parts of the strand, even some hun
dreds of times, and yet its capacity for the traua
mission of the elecirio current not be destroyed or
reduced in any inconvenient degree. Tue copper
used in the formation of these wires is assayed from
lime to time during the manufacture, to insure
absolute homogeneity and purity. Tie strand it
self, when subject to strain, will stretch twenty per
cent of its length w ithout giving wav, and, indeed,
without having its electricity-conducting power
much modified or impaired
The Sabbath in London.— The American Pres
byterian contains a letter from Lmdou, which
doses with the following notice of the good order
that pervades London on Sunday :
The Sabbath is observed better in London, I re
gret to say, than in Philadelphia or New Yo k
Newspapers are not cried, and scarcely anything
else is cried or sold in the streets here on tSuurb y %
There a e railroad and steamboat excursions, it is
tiue. and many shops are open in the morning,
hut closed at noon, and a bad plays at R geni s
Park in the evening. But no military companies
parade the streets, and with their music in full
blast, pass thechurdhes, in defiance of decency
and order. The police are about everywhere, en
forcing most stringent, laws, and especially oro
tecting religious worship from disturbance Vehi
cles pass churches on the waik, and a movement of
a policeman’s hand reminds every diiver of hie
duty. This is London, not Philadelphia.
Rescue of Three Children.—The Windsor
(Ohio) Herald, says that < n Tuesday, the 10th inst.,
as Mr Owen was crossing from Sandusky to Kings
ville in a small schooner, when about eight miles
from one of the islands, ho tell in with a small boat
containing three children, the odest about 11 or 12,
a girl, the others much smaller. The boat, was full
of water, drifting before the wind, and they up to
their necks in water. From being so long in the
watorthey had become almost speechless, and were
with difficulty freed from their hold on the boat.—
From the eldest Mr. Owen learned their name-* and
where they belonged, and took them home. From
the father he learned that they had been in the wa
ter from BA.M. to 5 P. M. They had been seen in
the boat in the morning, shortly after wh ch they
were missing. The father started in pursuit, but
failing to find them, returned to the island.
England and America in 1812.—The following
ip from the Lnidon Ticnes, of March 13, 1813:
‘ Tne public will learn with sentiments which we
shall not presume to anticipate, that a third British
frigate has struck to an American. T iis is an oc
curence that calls for serum rellecnon—this and
the fact stated in our paper yesterday that Lloyd’s
list contains notices ot five hundred British vessels
captured in seven months bv the Americans. Five
huid ed merchantmen and three frigates.” (Aye >
and three sloops of war.) Can these statements be
true; and can the English people hear them un
moved 7 Any one who had predicted such a re&u t
of an American war this time last year, would have
been treated as a madman or a traitor. lie won'd
have been told, if his opponents had condescended
to argue wi h him, that long ere seven months had
elapsed the American flag would have been sw< pt
from the sea, the cno emptible navy of the Uni'ed
States annihilated, and their me.; ilime arsenals ren
dered a heap of rums. Y* i, and ;wo to this minnte,
not a single American, irigate has struck her flag.
They insult u j and laugh at < ur want of enterprise
and vigor. They leave their ports when they
please, and return to them when it suits ‘heir con
veniences; they traverse the Atlautio, they beset
the West ludia Islands, they advance to the very
chops of the Channel, ihey parade along the coa-ts
of South America—not hit g chases, nothing inter
cepts, and nothing engages them but to yield them
triumph.”
Bf x Measures for Farmers and Planter*—.
A box 21 by 16 incaes tquare, and 29 inches deep,
wilt contain a barrel—s bushels, or 10,376 cubic
inches. A box 24 by 16 inches square, and 141
inches deep, will contain half a bushels
or 51176 cube inches. A box I6by <6s inches square’
and 8 inches deep, will contai;- a bushel, or 1150$
cubic inches; each inch iu dep.th ho ding one gallon.
A box 24 by 111 inches square, and 8 inches deep,
will contain also a bushel, cr 2158$ cubic inches,
each inch in depth Ending one gallon A box 12 by 11$
inches square and 8i ches deep, will contain had a
bushel, or 1075$ cubic inches, each inch in depth
holding hall a gallon. A box Bby 8$ inches squsr-,
and 8 inches deep, will contain half a peck, or J9s
cubic inches. Toe gallon dry mea c ure. A box I
by 4 inches square, and 4$ deep, will contain ono
quart, or 6J$ cubic inches.
How the People take the ‘‘Great Event op
the Age ’ —Mr. Smith was highly delguted ; de
clared that it was wonderful; that it was the first
instance within his recollectu nos a cable Laviug
been laid across the Atlantic.
Mr. Jones was “near y crazy,” immediately or
dered a dozen on the halt shell, and said it was hard
to heat.
Mr. Brown doubted whether it could really be.
true ; staged his willingness todrirk if invited.
Mrs. Thompson was wild with joy ; said she never
did—only to think—good gracious.
Messrs. Johnson, llall, Miller and Green, who
were attending a private primary meeting at the
•Pitcher and Three G asses,’’ resolved that it was
a great thing, and was an additional for sup
porting the general administration.— N. Y. Pott.
An Irishman in Court. —During a session of the
circuit court at Lynchburg, an Irishman was in
dicted for stabbing another on the canal, and the
only witness was Dennis OBrine, who was requir
ed to enter into bunds for his appearance at the
next court. The recognisance was read in the
usual form
“You acknowledge yourself indebted to the Com
moTiwealth of Virginia in the sum ot fdOO.”
Dennis—- ‘I don’t < we her a cint, sir.”
As soon as tbecleik recovered from the amuse
ment at the answer, he explained the meaning of
the form, and then read it over again.
Dennis— 4 1 tell ye I don't owe her a cint. It*
more money nir I ever saw, nor my lather before
me,”
At thts stage of the matter a brother of Dennis
interfered, and said :
“Ye n.usr jest eay it, Dennis ; its one of the form*
of the law.’’
Dennis —“But I won’t. I’m & docent hour at man,
what pays my debts, and I'll spake the truth, and
the divil may drink all my whin ey for a month if
1 say I owe anybody a cint. Now cheat me if you
can.”
A Tough Yar ; —The Alta California, of July
20th contains a letter from Frederick Lichenberger
M. D., who s ates that a companion, Mamed Etntßt
h'iutchterspieger, while prospecting for gold in the
neighborhood of Fraser river, U und feme geodew
which are masses o< quartz, confab ing cavities
lined with crystal. One of these containing hah a
pint of fluid, called the water of cry stall zalion , war
orunk by the unfortunate man, wi'b a jesting re
mark, and Boon after he comp ained of great weight
and pain in his stomach and bowels. In a short
while be died, and his body instantly became rigid
dn “ ,u * hears petrefaction tock place, the whole
oody, flesh, blood, heart, liver, intestines, dtc , be
coming stone. Thus, by drinking half a pint, the
poor f .flow became quartz.
An Irishman who had bten reading in this mom*
teg’s paper the despatch from the “ reliable gen
tleman at St. John's who is in a position to obtain
the earliest and most correct unofficial intelhgei ce
concerning the cable,” was overheard to observe
to his comrade :
“ Honey, do you read that 1 AH the intillieeoee
coocee tine nay and commed the ha’pnrtb will on
baik. They needn't wo.rit them elves about the
recording instruments and t e eignals. Nothing
that come* from on'et to Ameriky, will
ever go back—JV Y. Post. 1
The Cable PoeiPoNta a Case ti, Ci uht —The
tint postponement ot a law cate, ter the purpcee’
of Communicating by Atlantic Telegraph with
Ureat Britain waa, cn Wednesday, bad in the Su
preme Court ot New York.