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MHOFEAN INI RLLIOKNfE.
BY THE AKfiLO lAION.
Tbl Anglo Sax on, trom Kirope on tbe
a*oru uj of th* llta Augu*., arrived at Quebec on
Sonday.
Great Britain. —Great auxiety wmfelt in re
to tbe Atlantic cable Tbe first rtgjVtr * r: *?
• age from NetrfoatffianG vrna received at v aientia
cratbe nqrbt of th* ?tb. The epeed of transmission
* a dto be greater tUc we? attained at Pijmoc h,
. and the correats were apparently a* strong The
: tares continued to be quoted at £*X). No mea-
‘e. exc-p r Government one*, can be sent during
ec'rica 1 experiment?, which were expected to
l, jp y week?.
Victoria and A bert embarked at Gravesend on
]* hto v t ih'.ir daughter, the Pride*** Fred*-
: k William.
At a meeting of the Great Eastern Steamship
t . npany. it wf> resolved to receive offers for the
purotate or charter of the ship, and to advertise
L-r fo* tal at e net ion, aid in the meantime to ra:*e
money on mortgage
Tbe London Tima* Tevtews editorially‘be la
.iietitable c mdi’tooof Mexico, and conclude* as foi
loa :
*'jt seems them i;: nothing toft for tbe United
Vales but to consummate the work they have be
k n, and annex the land of Montezuma and Cortex,
•vhich, even under the lash of the slave driver, wi-i
, *: • g.et the illusion oi the liberty of the Mexican
The telegraphic communication between the
h giith shore and the Channel Island* ha j been
f-rc-fu'iy r'.mpiefed bv a submarine cable.
A * the Arahra was leaving Liverpool for New
<. f! u atsconder from New York,
nai and .Jtmea Fitter), who was doubling on his pur
- r . by returning to America, ra- arreted by tbe
r - y.cd lodged in j-ul Nearly $3u,(M) ) in Ame-
Securilie?, wm found in his poaseaaion.
‘• prospectus has been issued by tbs Malta and
* randria Telegraph Company to complete the
\f .1 tsrranean portion of the line to Ind a. Tii*
~ .... hto s-ibioerge a cable from Mai*a to Can
. whence iim* j will diverge to Constantinople and
Alexandria.
TneTimes reiterates ira objections to tbe Char
•>ourg demonstration, and argues that defensive
.or- at area on the part of England are absolutely ne*
•>-aary.
J silent by Telegraph.
London. 11th.—The daiiy news reports the Funds
Uat yesteid y at l lb decline, owing to the non ap
arance of the Government Broker as a buyer
1 ;'.i* e Bide were and scounted at 21 u2l per cent. —
1. ** sup; : y of money continued large.
pur*.* letters describe decidedly more coutidence
.n the Bonne.
The Tin-e City Article says funds closed firm
U ci* with l 'land tug the slight fall during the day.
K r Juo. Lawrence, who ia on hia way home, has
ffcrepted the proffered seat in the new Indian
The principal papers published to day give long
Hecouftts of Ibe voyage of the Agamemnon. Tfie
l afck* whether it w'-uld not be worthy of the
om to conftr rewards upon her officers and
,;| fF.
The India Calcutta mail, July 4, and Madras.
10th. bad arrived h‘ Alexandria. News cf little im*
xrtance. The rebel* had returned in force to the
•jungh-■ of Ju i'P’ re. Genera! Lvyard had reeign
. <:i account < f ill health. Toe Gwalor rebels
xt-iis r.ciiev- dto be making for Bburiporo. Mauu
Singh was besieged at Spagurh by the Begum’s ar
. y General Whitlock’s force bad captured Fitr
iiuan in Banda.
(;m>4 -H..n > Kongd tea ai* to June 23, and Pie
£.O Ju. o—. 1 j* gunboat*! had advanced to Tien Kii
>‘hout eppon in sand commanded both the river
+<l ‘/rear, canal. ‘ln English at and French Ambus
nadrli were loci ted ashore near Tien-Bin.
Tha An*®* 10 *.u and Kusii&n fleet had followed the
ndies up the riv*r.
A vuiu'larin of high rack . the second otiicer in the
E n *re t.vi arrived from Pekin hh special Com
im :o> rto negotiate.
Ksm orceuienta con* inued to be dispa bed trom
UongKuug.
i * u,on c#n‘'!u*-d much disturbed —several Eu
ropL ant* and ft*poys are reported as having b*en
oiurdk'rud.
h ham e - The paper* teem with accounts of the
i :hei uoiirf’’ fele* % which had ooix luded at a ba’iquet
h)i!(l !-<■ HretnKß'). Npolc<.u, m propo.-iiiK
Vu uirin’i lienllb. Dihd a v,ry oiuii üble epetch
Cl. li e fielH proved li.itt 1.0.1i1e pnaiu.M, eid
cd bv few uineriunate incident*, did not euciCeed
■D Hl eiing either the frieudahip eiiftiug between
(e„ ixviiciowi e,or the denire ul the two netiom to
4i*inuin at pence. He euteilained a sincere hope
that, if at teh p a were made lu dir Dp the o:U resent
meohi nod pareioußof aautber epoch, they wouid
tirewk io pn eea upon common “* use.
Priuee Albert reepouui and, eipre. ntr the newt
irieoily beutimenU ~n iwl.alfof the Queen, lie
mid be wan nappy at having an rppi.rtnuity, by
h . r e'.ee el Qiierbouig, of idoing in eml-avoi
” , , ...f.-.ngthen ...’ much aa pos.ihle the hood* of
f iridabiu i.etween thenaiioo.,,a fi lend-hip bnse.t
. .I.erity, and the hlnitaiug cl Heaven
®“ £ or.ind lie ( occluded hy pr. posieg
. tenet tothe Emperor and E upree*.
’ Queen Victoria tun on the blii under a triple sa
u rp.j p, f igs were continued o the 7th by the in*
.<dgitra'.!• *>ft'.'c N•ip.-ieon do.k and the launch of
II ,1 an d-wai Vdiode Kante- I’he ooineumptmu
jf (.nmu.wder during the /. ” * enormous
f, was in i.meii that Nap d-ou will reiurn Victo
. .■ j.: iin a private trondlyway at Osborne dur
ing the Autumn ....... ..
TV Emperor bad ordered a pyram.d ol giamta
luecreeled at the l ead ol the new dork lo per
.Detoale the Queen’s visit .
i* Tne I*o. terminated on the Bth with the uaogu
tMionai the ‘atu-a of Napoleon I. Toe Emper.r
• V rl n pa'ad I vpeeob on the occaaion, saying ir
HP pear. J to tie part ol Ins dealiny to acnomplish by
: „ L ; )H ~, ,!( deMp;us conosived (luring war. lie
&l th. Uoveri.ri. il! would not wage wur except
~ii deduce of the ..a'iota. U'-o.i audthe greai lu
pi >iic r.eople.
‘li t i„7v>rittl v :-itor embs-rked li i}r*i?t vu tlie
“dVo I. 1 a. ‘, I ,*Cr drtimlely decided . .. th. cor.
, ,t fl t .)uiir,u tml port at Brest, and also
the t'ein'o eioenl eftbe P'-' ; f,f
Tlwil’a.% I■■ Uia.net was dig! and drooping
Tie neiolial one hei ween the (tsverptneut anil
.1. I; Ii ou.iMMie had been concluded ,'7 the
. ..Mawtiig tbe interest at lj pe.
r r'la.- suionnt expetVjed on the newlines
provided ihe dividends ou Ur. oG hues are reduced
‘"'the Paris ‘'llouree was D>;d on er tfie p.gfeiul
u IM . i!.e Cherlmurg tifmonidratios, she
Vh.ee ..... rvi.bt ci. ed on the llb et litf£
S".iar,rb wee current W ministerial
. h,i o-vir/tt’ O n Bose do Olaiio htin.'ig fc-en
1, -'. at the Queen.
* ,nnr7 Iliad b,.so .h-chired a lot tilled place ot
i!n> tillit cine*, and new’ tcriinontion* were tube
nixed there. , . , . .
| T .-,.r --The whe.w < r.'P maples had provei
~ ral g.iotl, but the oats and barley had
’ inplealy tailed. The mail* Crops were very
~ ?T* Sa'> re. , prie- a... rs had been conveyoclu
tour “I winii’hn ent publicly in irons, and
he rrocMiding ca.--ed considerable indignation
among the pe. pie. U,".ruu.ont persecution was
U*;ug uneeted e. ‘liiist the ndvocatesuf the prieou
*raflntf akd —Letters contradict m positive terms
tbe alleged intention of the King to ab.no&te
Ti.hkkV —The English and brei.cliti. ve.ogieu s
it... l ied on the proeeontion of the n,as.uug a
li idd ‘ !I-K1 Oogiunissiouer* were to be sent out by
the West Coed re
port that th- ifritlsbtteaiaar Indent had .brought
latapon ns a pne-t er the oip E. a
rfXihha t\'ltl with eiavoflecks aaustores.
Au’tKLi —-The Australia , ma„. to June If.
had nu. mil England, but tune is noUurg ot 1111-
purtaui a in aildiiion to the telegraphic acctipcis.
tomucrclwl Intalligcncc.
1 umiavi OolT.*’ Jlarkkt—The sales of Cot
t., 11., I ven “and Bud bet f.r the three daya end
lofbW were 14 UOd bales, of which
Tonnui ‘* wire euapecutatieo and 1,8110 bales for
J '’ , oi.e market opened hgeyaut, but c'used
onSc itoegb pricea rtinaintd steadj: “t the quota
! '7t, v.'i t Ktuc —Tbo advices from. Mate a.•-
Itr iu tunable Prices of Qocde and Yarue wt
6r ili*hnoi,l.'RKAi)STi'rt a'iRKiT —Theweather
bad be“ n .avorahio b r the cr,p-. ,tnd tha.e hod been
a ktoeial mail* nt action in Iru tsllresdsteffs.
*&. RUV ; .ce
ir delnwn l'o-lnieU hia and Haltnnoie. -ts 10
-►>. Ohio a*vi ill. Id Whaat a sligi t decline
in the lower qualities had taken pitws ; West
•rn * i 3d Red Southern, s@. Jod tx* •f j ,
\\ W(-stern. (>. • tv. 4d. Whit© Sontto^p,
~, ;i ('..rn was liim for inferior, ejul aim
: LS* v\ bite, J!s ®34* 611 >-1
kra, 38s*. e'33s 6d While via Nsw Orleans, A'.-.u
.y*.
bunher i.reisnhsin b> ike Canada.
tJnirir Ang.-4 —Tbe H. M. etoaicebip Cana
da t ap: Lsng, trom L’verpoul at noon on the HtS
ast *1 .vert here at I t past 9 o clock thisev X
- ’ H r dales are U tea data lat.r than thoseal
’ * ,* rt. An., in’ h. 1 pa.erogere is Major-
\V Eeewiik WiHiau s. IC. B. on a
ttemrai.. , V mce Nova Scotia. Hewns
F.do P a*iißt7"“lbe'wovMTeC*ned heroot Kara
tiat-.T BniTAiN.— Politic* th Cana
lb, T . . ... acVr. .Hit *• 1 • K J t
dian Ministry, say* “A gnat iw elico.d! not
lave come .u a qu. s’.on mi i icin': eu**. 1
h.tion . t the taith of the C cry as vriiUge” . • tier
Msjssty. at and we only trust tta -ome
be found !mh wi t save llieColony o’ nU. togu
tal 1011 of ha.l iaull. and pieveat a disrup'o not the
coi. n .and. cied by li e act es IMP. May u.>* .that
xneana b< pretitsb'y f. ui and in a Icdermtxm ot n... he
ItntishC. on sin the Northeast of America.
Am ir.onal U* ’bn CoU n.‘U office ou tha necessi
ty Kir to) AueUalittu uia.l by ti.* 4 Faua*’ a roil-*’ *s
iu the course if among the leading
iaierested in Au^tiaUa.
The half yearly tMlw&y were progress
k u . . . tLe i dlls'f and d.vidande andgeu
rial ir.’-n: o j- ‘ ■ es ti e r.. ?i c - had called Krti:
- ‘ of tbe pr.f-*
4 LRbliu tr!*“;iam iliat ter . as note hive
-* ktn o'd * l Kilkenny, and that iiifuiiated mob>
aio t ” ura i mat bine* and aMailUng their
otk '‘* r a * ~,gMrates held a meeting and re
owns - ,j t . government tor an additional
ecma. pf “ f . Joloe Soldier'* Mere subse
audat the latest dates
qneut’y etnt x-
UMqa:.iiy prrv ('able continued to
pav.-au.* v\ 1 ntia was presumed
be rtceiveu - **u •• “ ‘ vrell p<>sted
that the Abbmh - t 1 ‘ • ‘
to Mr. Bucksaw, was
j-f. 1 ’ co ;’r war a* 1 ti.s day before tne .ct-.sda
oattad.
Latest by Tit graph ios.i.o ro l.ir
LoM>on”, Saturday —Tbs Times’ City Article oi
... -v_, sa yi, that yes ardsy the nrraugemsi.
. i'^’’. ,b v settlemeU in the Eoreign anu
Si-s*e *. .< i- tv., dan inoTcaeed deicgct tor
b „ t a .,, o t eminent Securities were
*n rtvi..’ 7 iper c. :! or j percent bowlta
rates VfTbar>.iov 1 ~r* was again a total ab
erne* . i ‘or or. t'sv- s. sod although all panics cow
cccm i ‘ e beo< me converts to the belief Thai
>ne ui/.a > r r r * at Cherbourg andgenerak
>y tnrot ‘i ‘Sii F.at o. i- .ve a serious sign e am’e.
v et *h>s i 1 am s> ‘■ aud tbe eseuran e that it
gives tut ad, a are precauti. il* will be taken tea
t c ?eel ugs v. fsevunty engendered by
the Eastern ten o! the las! three maiis. so that
there ig more confidence ui the public mind tivan
iias hero ei.'ertained at any previous period cf the
year The firm appearance of T he Foreign Ex
ehange* ane .'tie p o,pe< 1 that tbe various gold ar
neat- which ncy take place during tbe next few
„,, Ks will be taaen to the Hank of England. like
wif., operate tavorahty end check any adverse io*
Busuce tcatcnigiA bs r*.lod by the approaching
India loan.
Hamburg U’.-s :’•• lailure oft’ b
Overweg At Cos.. to be fc rather a Urge
amount „ .. . .
lud a and ChI’'* 1 ’'* ? : 1 ‘ ® ‘ ■dcutla man of
July 4 u. reacL iw u t.atwuJ ay tnomdjf.
The 1 nits is n b.e to s a 1 ...at Sir John Law
wm will not!. av k f *' m J?** ua,li “* !r “’
* , Vaa'<’r—T .e Emperor was continuing Lit tour
it Vr ns.ov.mretiug.it i mid. wrti oaoealerabi.
Co- rerv e.e said to have taken up
the question of -e ■■ F h y s ,ko: France hw*
and Hard- of
- D ‘ ! n th- branch bar k-ofl.tßO.'k* francs
“*?*•• -redited agent ha* arrived in Faros to nego
y
oft e Express says that
IP r.raTran vest on ThunMay lor tbe lbih
tkP w‘.'!iriv.. flu’, list Monday ami realty be
dsv Wbaueear the que:iou ot the navi
.W oi o e Oaunbe may ovine upou the tap.-, it
o ir J e au *4journmeiit to ena
tob,s °-
rm*t
Tbe Moniupur acnouccesttbsa f the cbieta of De
mar, one ot she most imputact diutrieta of Senegal.
h*v prayed to be p aced under the protection of
French autboritiee.
A letter etafe* that durirgtbe voyage from Cher
bourg to Breet, Admiral Dsiifo—a eignalled from
•<h* mart head of the Bretagne that he had, at the
requeat of tie Empre**, j?rant*d a general amnesty
tor a ! effe’ cea in the fleet. The Emperor signed
the decree on hoard the Bretagne augmenting the
pay of several elaane* of warrant officers.
Belgium. —The Moniteur says that a treaty of
commerce and navigation between tbe_ L cited
States end Belgium was completed on the 7th July,
a* and that it wouid be presented to the Chambers at
the next seor.ee.
Spai*.—The Queen remained at G^jon.
The Epoca says that :t appears certain that on
the re*u-n of ‘.be Court to Madrid the Cortes will
be dissolved, and that the state of siege will be
raised in all tbe provinces in which it now exi-ta
Tbe same journal says the Minister of Finance is
preparing several important refoima. among them
one on tbe tariff.
Diplomatic negotiation: between tbe representa
tives of Fpain and Mexico for the settlement of the
long pending dispute were expected to commence
very shortly. Genera] Almonte. Mexican Minister
tv England and France, had notified Spain that he
was named plenipotentiary ad hoc. The Daily News
says that Gen. Almonte resigned his London mission
on account of ill health, but would continue to rep
resent Mexico at Paris.
Austria. —The Augsburg Gazette contradict* the
report of the concentration of additional troops by
the Austrian government on the Daimation frontier
The forces already in that position would, it says,
be perfectly etflicieut to protect the frontiers in
case of even though of a serious charac -
ter.
An improved understanding ha* been arrived at
between Austria and Ru&eia.
Italy —The Paris correspondent oi the Timet*
says it :s reported, and not unlikely to be true, that
thi- existing repture between Naples and the West
ern powers was the subject of convention between
tbe English aLd French statesmen at Cherbourg,
ai.d that h renewal of negotiations was spoken of
as desirable, provided the King of Naples relaxed
the obstinacy with which he has been accustomed
to reject good advice. The genera! feeling in that
diplomatic intercourse is itkely ere long to be re
Burned.
It i* said that the revolution committee in Lon
don has circulated, by ix:-aDB of the post, in !he
Grand Duchy of Posen, ntunerouscirculars inciting
to insurrection.
Prussia —Queen Victoria had reached Potsdam
on a visir to her daughter.
Very unsatisfactory accounts had been received
at Berlin, from iegertze, of the health of the King
of Prussia.
Tne M* ntenerrins burnt many houses and car
ried away women and children into captivity.
India and China —Details of the Calcutta mail
of July 4th, add nothing important to the telegraph
ic despatch.
The negotiations with tbe neve Chinese Commis
sioner wei e proceeding at Tienizio, and an inter
view was to take place on the 7th of June, which
won and decide whether the Chinese Government
w< uld yield to the uemande ot England and France
or force them to continue the war.
The Loudon Poet s Paris correspondent writes
that official despatches had reached Paris, trom
which it ia concluded that the Chinese go vein meet
desires peace. When the despatches left, it was
expected that terine of peace w uid be offered, ac
companied with permißHion to establish Embassies
at Pekin representing England and France.
A panic iu the Shanghai native Money Market
caused a suspension of trade.
Russia. —A despatch says the reported restora
tion Oi Sebastopol is untrue, and that it remains ex
lictly as the Allies left it, with the addition of the
confctquentdelay cocaf-ioned by neglect. The ef
forts < i the American Company which undertook
t< raise tfcs ships, have failed. Toey raised one
Tui kish steamer, which was rotten. The Ruaeiau
Bhipr* being ot green wood, are prooabiy iu the same
Htate. Their mast* are gradually disappearing.
A letter from Warsaw Bays that a religious re
form has taken place in tbe Russian Government,
which has limited the authority of the Orthodox
Greek Clergy in certain matters, and euppressed
mane ridicaloas cv rem.miee which had been intro
duot and into the public worship.
Turkey.—Tne late collision in Bosnia iu Turkisk
Cortez and Montenegro, have caused a eort of pan
ic iu the capital. The Mu**selmen and Cnriatiaus
were living in a etati* of mutual fear of one another.
The Sultan, to dhow hid confidence, had gone with
a fieet on an excursion to Smyrna and Archipelago.
A plot having for its object the massacre ot Chris
tian*, had been discovered at Smyrna. The Gov
ernor had made a seizure of arina and sent the guil
ty parties to Constantinople.
it was repoited that on the 28ch cl July, a band of
Moutenegrans, lUOM strong, assailed Kolatieain
killing nearly 10011 of its inhab.tants, who confidii ,
in the armistice were unarmed.
Commercial Intelligence,
London Money Market.— Baling Broth
ers quote money abundant, and in rather more de
mand, but raies unchanged. Consols closed on
Friday at 96$ w Uoj for money and lor ac
count. The bullion in the Bank, ot England had
d**f;* eased £lO2 (MM). Barailverwas quoted at 5.?
Dollars t* l Eaglea763 3d.
Liverpool Coiton Market.—The Brokers Cii
cular states the sales of the week at 45,0<!0 bales,ot
which 1,200 were on speculation and 5,500 for ex
port. Holders offered their stocks freely, but show
ed no disposition to press sales, and quotation :
were barely maintained. Friday’s sales were 7,O<H;
bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation and for
export, the market closing dull at the folio* ing au
thorized quotations : Fair Orleans 7 jd; Middling do
7d. Fair Mobiles 7 7 IG.J, Middling do 615 16d
Fair Uplands 7|d Middling ao 6£d. Stock 631,000
bales, cf which 455,000 were American.
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market.—Mee.ii.
Richardson, Spence &. ( o. stale that the weather
had been good and the crop prospects were favora
ble. The flunk'd was well advauced and tho yield
of wheat good. Flour very dull and prices p.i j ier
though not vary quotably iower Philadtlphi&aud
Baltimore, 21s fid v 22s ; Ohio 22?. fi 1, Western
Canal 20* a 21. Wheat very dull, and Id J*2d low
er Red Western 5a 5d u(i i *Jd do , Southern 5a lOd
uj fig 2d. White Western and Canadiau fia d-sis 2d .
do Southern fi.( 9d©7s 3d Com very dull and
quotations nominal; Yellow 33? fid a 34; White
I N .rtlieru, 34 i/34i fid; do Now Orleans 3de a 33.\
of Trade Manchester —Tbe advices
from Mamduvitpr w.re favorable, and there was a
good demand toi goods and yarns at firm price?.
Havre Market.—For the wimefcerdmg 16th inst ,
inclurive. —Cotton firm, and ail qualm*-.* slightly
Jiigher, owing to very unfavorable advices from th •
manufacturing districts; sales ol the week 10,Win
in.,-r>; stock 111,500 bales; New Orleans ties or
dinair* M 1
Breadstuffs tm*. lightly higher rates, owing to
tempoiary short euppltn). Ashes firm. (> (fee
buoyant. Oils nominal. Rice dud apd nominal.
►Sugar firm. Lird quiet. Whalebone qtiiei bu f
firm
LaUtl Market.
Liv> Rfoo>., Sauuuo/ coon.—Messrs. Richard
Spence A Cos., report ail ilia prarketsquiet, and
Ukicniuijjed 1 lie estunated sales of notion are 6000
bales.
London, Saturday —Contois open in lwt
night’s prices.
ItuMsell’rt Mnffnzinr.
The poetry of Russell's Magazine hqs challenged
lira- approval and favorable attenriun ol critical
readers, in ail
has been filled w ici; fastidious selection and exac
tion, and, iu the short c.a**Nur tfiready fulfilled by
Russell's Magazine , we can quote i.u4 inention,
we believe, in re decidely good and
valuable additions to our poetical literature, iu son
nets, songs and smaller poems, than have been ut
tered through any American t*rgan, new or old, in
HU) .'a mo apace of time.
When a Lkui’ar opirion was expressed, some
mouths since, by ourselves and some exchanges,
it was deemed by a Dw readers,
whose comments induced ot cor rea
ders, who concurred in ha judgment, to propose a
reference to the files and the hid ex. The re&gltof
this examioatioa was that, in the opinion of all cob
suited, the praise accorded to Russel/'s on this score
\vi richly deserved.
opinion, however, is only comparative and
ftwerts i-Ud *uiauva superiority of Russell's, in its
poelic element, iiioctlilies with which it would
Do properly compared. We udmit that a relative
superiority will not imply neressariiy, n 7 high in
trinsic merits, and that the poetic J crandnid o quv
Magaziue literature—ia not that word right spelled
in some casts, with a second “t”—is, by seme,
priced very low*. We will not, however, rest on
(hi* gumption or inferei ce, but can confidently
claim for iu,< sell's the praise of having presented,
comparatively, g.vodlv number of good poems—
poems, that under any *ai competent examination,
will b? pronounced intriiisicaliy, poed<aily ad ar
tistically good. We have, occasionally, nulled ?*
lections tor our “poet's corner,” trom the original
yO£*rv An ct poems offered in this Magazine, and we
can, tlicivo**e, with more confidence appeal to ou r
lenders who **osely our poetic selections, in
confirmation of gov n- That we have not
re frequentiy and Jully usea u.-. . cetic resources
#B,.“teii&!s presented in Russell s ha* due
übiytoUw !act that the Magazine itself ei jy? u j
good and iiuJcw.'iug circulation within our own
range.
Unerring to the Ales and U> the judgments of
readers tor specifications iapioofc.* the opinions
we l ave uttered now and previatisiy • opin.ous
wi.wii our space o!teu limits to general enwnGkr
tuuis. bui, nevertheless, opinions found* and on close
observation aw our most d*liberate judgment we
again ask lor RuisriTs Magazine & ikgrte and
uic£:ure ot regaid iu pioportwn, not to its promi
ses tn- position, but to its *ud consum
mated TehuUs and achievements.
Tro? iikti ViUuno—ot six months issue? each—
will Lc with Zfie September nua'ber,
which writ bs* issued, as u. oA*, on the fir?t of ihe
:•. nib u<- bmein* • address i? and oon
veniently. “ Magazine ihe ad
dress of all matters tor editorial inspection
and examination is, Editors R-u**ei:'? Magazine,
Charleston, > C .—Charleston Couner.
Snakes t* JL^-^TKalia. —A recent writer, in a rte
scriptionof “Life *u f tpetrala,” gives the following
a? his experiences among e.:.*tkes jit that auriferous
Fvadist*. It true, we shuld IntufiL'dy j rater taking
ourchosres of life among tbe “rattlers’ exd “pi
lotV* of wee Rike county. Pennsylvania
I have met wno several, and w .tcessed many,
and narrow scapes in the course of my
travels. A friend, who had out shooting f° r
some hour**, cmiitig home tired, vriiii*>d thought or
rdiertion, was *Hx ihe pv int ol throwing biysc.’ ou
a stxrtcffier forest. Wt.a i.e was eudueuiy puiled
back by a bystander who LsA observed a tremen
dous browm et'.ake Colled up on lie cloak.
He was horrified, but providentially asyed. The
of course, waa >oon dispafened. Aucther j
friend, on a cruise, put his **iddle down for a pillow .
ai uigbt, as usual, and ou liluug up the saddle flaps j
the nail moniiug, he observed a beastly deaf aedej j
tying fiat down lie soon dropped fbe fiud j
killed tke an&ke While giving our horses w&te. \
one day my cot. ai saw a bla k auake, half in and j
half out the water , he shot it end put it on an aid i
hill to watch the ants at work , ao engaged,
its mate eaaie at us, pa sing over my iastep ui a ;
state of great excitement i was also shot. On
going over the Main Range, a deaf aader was ob j
eil creeping on a poor quail which crouched or. j
the growiJ fascmated we allowed the poor bird j
:o tali a vic'.tu. &sd then struck at the adder the j
blow and and not take efftvu and tbe iept,le sprang three j
feet at my friend, who escape.} unhurt thr adder j
was subsequently killed.
figain. being one day em-amped ou
Rarge. y?T the purpose cf cutting b&rh. with n.y ;
bruther ano - ‘f iend, 1 had to go down to a little 1
hole to fill the qua. pots for tea . w hile stooping J
down to my task au us black snake slid
down ‘he bank, quacking ana *ssmg; betere 1 .
could i vi'ft trom my firv-t tie hod ■vermy
arm and up lot oppooi e bank ; l was toonsuea w-r- .
ntied to stoot • aiffl. tbough I kp f> J
sido. Tiro more will ... flue A utt.e
coiid. tua daußbter of a ftioniof miae. pA>ai on j
tho vtiaadaa, was on ’.he point ot pitting “PJ*‘‘“j j
she th. a*n: a p*eod ot varnished wood, . ►;. and j
£ might was it extended, when ber father C&Ucd
back . the sdeke <for such the piece of wood turnea
out to be] basAiLg in the sun, proved to be a large
diamond snako. about nine feet long. Again, l
sitting with uiy aister, after the children were pi
bed. aIJ havug Leani tLat a £ink- haa beea
iu the house during the day. we were frightened
wt.iie engaged iu cocvoi'saiion we beam notstsw i
Cah, cab, oah,’ issuing from the rafters an- iD * j
glo.'. and, to our horror, beheld fi yenow •
snake Longing down ever our heads, as if abou*. to
cpr.Lg upon rn ’ Up we et&rtcd, sgun was brought,
and he was killed. *
Texas Life.—The Sherman Patriot lean;** that a
notorious ceiperado, named Joe Meadows, was :
killed, a short lime since, in Washington county,
Arkansas, by a party of Textx, who went iu pur
suit oi him, f,*r o and offences. He made a desperate
&nd to thot twenty-one tunes before
betel, his camp wa? surrounded, and it was im
to-tic.*: for hoi to escape. The Dauas Heraid
i earns that after the tiling, the Texans were arreei
ea, taken betore a magistrate and acquitted that
ey wer e r*-an©,ted, tskm before onoiber magis
trate, and, through me Rfi ;eoce of the Meadows’
gang, their bail was fi xea at * 6 000 the gang hop
ing thereby io get tiem in jail, and then wre&k their
vengeance upou tiem : wnen, to the agreeableeur
pme of ue irxans, fifty -two among the best citi
xeus of that region came forward and volunteered
their at rvicea in their behad.—Gaice*to* Mews 7tk
rut.
Terrible Hassacre on an Aniertraa Wbnle- J
Ship.
ThrxlUng Details —Confession of the Murderers — 1
Seem on Shipboard— tSvJf erings of a Wounded
Officer, SfC.
It was announced by telegraph yesterday that the
mutineers of the whale-ship Junior, of New Bed- |
ford, had been commu ud for trial at Boeton, and
that five of them had written confessions, in which
they exonerated the rest. The names and ages of
the are as follows : Cyrus W. Plummer,
cf Providin'*:, 21 ; Jacob Wright, of New Yo*k
city, 26 , William Sampeon, ol Buffalo, N Y., 27;
Joseph Brooks, of Utica, N. Y., 24; W r >liiam H
Carina, of Albany, N. Y , 20; Adam Connell, of
New York, 41', H. Stanley, of Pennfieid, N. Y ,
213*. W'idiam Herbert, of Newark, N. J., 18 Plum
mer was the instigator and leader oi tbe mutiny.
Those who have confessed their guiit are Pitname'.
Hail, Cartha, Herbert and Burns, the latter still at
large. The Baston Herald, referring to their ap
pearance in court, say s :
The prisoners, who are aii Americans, are not a
very ferocious looking set of men. Plummer, the
ringleader, has an evU eye, on close inspection of
hies aspect, bat hardly any of them would oe select
id in a crowd as fit heroes fur the “P*rate's Own
Book.” Tr;ey were chained in couples by their
wrists and the legs of each were chained together.
Piumrner had his coat off ana a blue* flannel shirt
on. Tne remainder were decently dresaed anu ah
looked clean and in good health. Tney did not ap
pear very anxious in regard to theii condition, but
daring the long delay before the commissioner took
his seat on the bench, they ta’ked ana laughed
with each other as if the rattling of the chains upon
their arms and legs was a rather pleasant joke.
A a regards the murders and butchery on boaru
rhe? Junior, nothing equal to it can be found in the
aniibL of crime cm the high staa. It appear-’ tom
mure detailed accounts than heretofore publifhrd
! L&t on the morning of Saturday, December 25‘b,
1857, every thing wore the usual appearance Ui.Tii
about one c’dock, when the cabin was attacked
by five men, ltd on by Cyrus Piuo.mer, who shot
tue captain with a whaling gun. Three balls pass
ed under his ribs and entered the side of the ship.
The captain sprang up in bis berth and said, “ My
God, what is this ! ‘ Plummer replied, “ God d—n
you it is me !” He then seized the captain by his
iiair and dragged him from his berth and called up
on the others to cut him with their hatchets. He
struck him three or four tim*:s with his hatchet and
then let him fail on the fl jor. The mate was shot
by a w baling gun io the hands of John Hall alias
Wm. Payne, at the same time the captain was. The
gun was so close to him as to bum the skin on his
left cheek, and three bails entered bis left shoulder.
He was stunned, and when he came to himaelt, hw
ctiled the steward, who was met at the door by
Hall, who threatened to cut him down. He went
into tbe second mate s berth and found him dressing
himself. He ha been shot also. The third mate
was out of his berth on the deck, dymg. He went
to the capUi*n*s room and found himself stepping in
blood, and being barefooted, this naturally caused
a tbnh of horror. He called the boy to bring a
light, and louud the captain lying on the floor dy
ing. He got the captain’s revolver and loaded
with the intention of shooting the ringleader. Ice
mate found the ship on tire in the cabin and called
for help to see how many were on his side. No
body came, and he told the mutineers to come and
put out the fire. They answered him with oaths and
iold him to come up on deck or they wouid shoot,
hm. lie got a bung borer and went into the hold
to get some water, and hoping to shoot the ring
leader. He was two days without food or water.
He had been iu the hold five days when they ma m
proposals to him to take the ship into port, and he
accepted them.
The third male had the boarding knife run
through him several times by Cornelius Burns, aud
Cartha struck at the second mate wita another
boarding knife. The mate caught the knife and
bent the p- iut over a board, when Cartha shot him
in the breast with a pocket pistol. At this time I
came on deck, saw the captain aud third mate w**ie
dead, and tho second mate wounded. Between
one and two o’clock Saturday morning all the fore
mart hands, not engaged in the muuity, w< rv
roused from their berths and informed by the
mutineers that the elnp was iu their possession, and
t hat the captaiu and third mate were dead. The
mutineers then made the other sailors come on deck
and arm themselves to meet my .-elf and the second
mate. When wo came ou deck the second mate
was seized and put in the torecastle, and Plummer
set a wa'eh over him. At this time there was a
fire below, caused by the discharge of guns in the
berths, and all hands except two at each hatch,
were sent below to extitgui.-b it. Aa soon aa the
fire was subciued, a • eel tackle was bent on the
captain’d ancle, the body was hauled ou deck and
then thrown overboard.
After these matters had been disposed of, Plum
mer ordered the ship to head W. N. W., think >■ g
ue was steering for Cape Horn, but he was in fact
heading for Lord Howe’s Gland. After this the
Phip wa? steered for Cape Howe, Australia, and
made the laud January 3,18.78. On the same day
all hands were made to come on deck and throw
over boaik everything pertaining to the whaling
voyage. The mutineers then broke out the step?
in the ship and took all the stores They then broke
into tbe cabin and took everything that they could
lay their hands on. Such articlesas they wanted
were kept and tue rest thrown overboard.
The experience oi the mate during the five days
that he waa in ibe hold must have been one of tbe
iiioet fearful ever encountered by a mortal. On the
second day, whi n he bad lost all hope from any oth
er power, he prayed to God for water, and heard a
blink moving on a cask in such a way that he
thought there muit br water in ii. It waa with great
difficulty l hat he procured water, having to tear off
his slnit collar, dip it into the water cask and sue.a
it By crawling about he found a cask ol bread with
the bung up, and extracted sustenance therefrom.
His should* r mortified from the effects of his wound.
Tue wound was dressed, aud his life saved by the
mutineers in order to save them-elves from destruc
li.tii. He consented to work the ship in order to
save his own life, aud the ship for the owners.—
When these bloody murders were committed the
Junk r was about four hundred miles from Austra
lia, ,c if the Cape of Good Hope.
The crew left the ship i two whari boats, tak
ing everything of value they could find, and landed
ou Ninety Mile Beach, where iix of them left find
* into the interior, the other four sailed to Two
fold Bay, w here they gave themselves out an Amer
icans on the voyage from Melbourne to Sydney.--
Suspicions being excited tney were arrested, but.
lor want of evidence were and scharged. They con
tinned in this locality some time, leading u gay and
i eckless life Plummer, who called himself Wilaou,
became quite a ladies’ man, and when arrested Was
on the evn of marriage.
When the men left the ship they imposed an oath
cn I • * mate to take the ship to New Zealand. Had
he done this tfiero Yycnld have been much ti j .
elapsed for the men to look out ror their safety, but
ot course disregarding an oath thus imposed, he
born for the nearest port. He find shaped his
course for llobart Town, nut meeting a vessel, was
advised to sail for Syney, and did so. On his ar
rival h a story excited the deepest sympathy, and
ay the earnest efforts of the English authorities all
the men but two were arrested and given over to
the American consul for transhipment to this coun
try under the extradition treaty.
What could have led tbe mutineers to the com
mission of so fearful a deed does not fully appear,
bus they were probably induced to it by the ma
chinations of the seaman Plummer, who had once
before heap engaged iu a similar deed, and passed
part, of Jiisbfe 5.3 Australian busbman, to which
inode of living ha pvobab!/ wUJied *o return, and
induced the others to join him.
T. vj English authorities are spoken of iu term3 ot
the warmest praise, as the caee has there been most
thoroughly examined and transmitted with an ex
act ness extremely unusual. An English guard waa
sent over iu the ship which brought the mutineers
; his count!y, and day and night have the prison
ers bew.il mest carefully watched. They are mana
cled in the most heavy- m..mur, „ud have worn the
Fame irons ever siucetiny left Sydney,
t heir confession, which appears to have beengratu -
itoualy given, there is ample testimony to convict
them of the crime.
Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
f .\ Uuba— C.otton—An Incident—The New
ff'nihon* 1 , Ac., Ac.
The Havana coiTeßpo;;dpp£ of the Savannah
Republican , after describing anew iron ivailioac
bridge, the Lunatic Asylum, House of Correction,
Ac., says
Another thing which attracted much attention was
a field of growing cotton, planted with seed sent out
by p. society at Manchester, England, under tho
auspices o. a J’ int Stock Company here called the
Airogoni.ru. Thero 7” no doubt that cotton can be
successfully cultivated in tfia Vvost [ndies. It was
tried some years ago iu Jamaica, and only *a,:ea
because the requisite continue us labor could not be
commanded. S-iould tbs above referred to field
<u ceed, as from its present appearance it will p. o
bably do, thrnitis likely many ot the planters of
this Island will turn their attention to the cultiva
..cl of cotton, and Georgia, the and the
other cotton States, may yet find Cuba a
rival in ‘he cotton markers to t^ f e worid.
By the last trip of the Philadelphia from 11e\/ Or
leans there ai rived here an American female who
called herself Mrs. A she put up at a respec
table Spanish house, the San Fernando Hotel
j poop after her arrival she waa observed to be drow
ry and apparently unwell—was advised to go to
bed, and she men .. mfeseed she had taken a dose of
opium. A doctor Hnu tna police was sent for; the
f.rmer administered a powerful emetic*, the latter
proceeded to examine her trunks, in which they
b und a lump of opium and a bundlerof letters from
v ,-ihl gentlemen, and also several portraits or
likeness*-* of several gentlemen.
The history of tide lady in somewhat romantic.
Sue state? that the initials of her name are H. E F .
that sbe is a native of New-York, but has latterly
resided at Memphis, where she admi'B the life she
toto .* as not exactly that of a Lucretia. At Idem
phis sue barame intimately acquainted wi h a Mr.
M. F. A . a native to this Llaud, who has been do
ing business in that city, to whom cbe became bc.
paseu nateiy attached that sbe followed him from
Memphis to New Orleans and thence to this Island
aiuj occauee be could Lot immediately find him
out, an** took opium to destroy herself. Sbe says
the will follow Mr. 4- to the euda of the earth.
The medical man :s.ve4 the lady ‘s life, and geu
erouaiy gave a certificate that ihp ha f taken an
over-ctoe of opium by acciaent, tor the rtoivf o , u .
chronic ear arLe —and she has been aved the pun
ishmeiit w*uld Lave accrued for her attempt
to commit suicide . which is here a very serious
crime.
thi.3 lid*’ lias since become an inmate oi a house
of a certain in this city, where she will
become satfie entjy note, ,our. ii he be not already.
I pray it may not bo supposed that i have been one
of ihu lady s visitors, for such is not the case the
‘oregoiug information respecting her was derived
but is neverthelet s authentic.
The re v-ipU the new Railway for to days
,j R y S ending the lhtla insl. amounted to more than
$20,000. Is this not a complete sucoass 1 Remem
! *er, the railway is not four miles long
j rluo- e &ie five Spanish men-of-war sunk just in the
! mouth of ir.. to bur, two of them have been there
j ever since the period when England achieved a eon
I ouest cftLl- Lland. 1 hoar from reliable authority
i ’hat an American engineer has offered tbe anthori
i t:--? orth 1 ’ Is and, twenty-seven thousand doltara
! for the five ships* aud their connects. The specula
tion, doubUes.-*, would be a safe one.
1 Tne public health. lam sorry to say, is very bad
J fids is a nbiect upon which I shall net again write
| yes uatfi j can have the pleasure of giving a very
j different repnfi
I A few additional iicme ucw- and from
j the kte?t Havana papers
| The Habaneros are looking anxiousiy tor a con
j nection of telegraph through Florida to Key West,
‘ ;n order to commence the laying of the submarine
j cadis connecting Key West with Havana Tbe
{ Company organ for this purpose have received
I from tbe stockholders on* pc/ cent of the amount
! of their subscription to tne undertakioiM*.
! Railroads.—The receipts from passengers alone
over tne Havana ana Mat&nzas Railroad, for the
j TT-tk ending Aug. 23d, were |0,141.45, according
j to the o2lchl report.
• T;:e receipts of trie Guantanama railroad for the
mouth of July, w re to w.t: $6,583.29
j trom freights, and $507 25 from passengers.
TLe fi llowm*: were the receipts of the railroad
between Remedioe and C&ibarien for toe month of
July: From passengers $1,15155: freights 2,062.
7 7 i— total $3,214 32*
Canal rhROLoH thf Rocky Mountain.-—Du
ring a recent debate in the Bmish House of Com
j ’ru ns on tbe subject of the removal of the Hudson
! Bay Company a privileges. L #i Bury affirmed that
| a communication might readily be estab.ished be
tween Lnke Supenor and the Pacific ocean, by
r . i if a ship canal connecting tne head waters
of we Saskatchewan and Columbia rivers. Both
livers take their rise iu the Rocky Mountain, the
Columbia flowing Wert to the Pacific, and rhe Sas
j katchewau running east to Lake Winnipeg, a little
to the northwest or Lake Superior. With the ex
ception of a single rapid, ( which might be avoided
by a canal.) L;s lorcsuip stated that the navigation
of ite Saskatchewan effere no difficulty. With that
one exception, a vessel of considerable size cun be
taken up to the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and
at this point there is a gap in th® mountains which
would interpose no great obstacle to the junction of
the Columbia and Saskatchewan, whose sources
are but a little distance apart. Thus a direct wa
ter commuuicatio would be established with ti e
Pacific. _
Vermin Residence. —Half an ounce oi eoap,
boiled in a p.nt ot water, and put oq with a brush
white boiling hot, inlaliibiy destroys tbe bugs and
their eggs.
From the Key West Key of the. Gulf , Extra , An
gust 23.
A Slaver Captured by lb** I'. Brig Dolphin—
Three Hundred and Thirty Slaves on Boitrd
The U. b. brig-of war Dolphin, six guns, Lieut
Commanding J. N. Maffet. arrived in our harbor
ye*te r day afternoon, from SAgua ia Grande, Cuba
—having the day before captured a brig loaded
with slaves.
It seems —and we intend to give only a synop
sis at th S time, on the most reliable authority—
that on the 21st inst., while the brig Dolphin was
cruising off Sagua la Grande, a brig was discover
ed coming from tbe E set ward, and her movements
being suspicious, the Dolphin at once commenced a
chase, under English colors, which a determination
to overhaul her. The chase commenced at six a.
m.. and continued lor nine hours, and was an ex
citing and animated one throughout.
At about three p. m.. two shots, biank cartridge,
were fired from the Dolphin, for the brig to Leave
to. but she neither obeyed, showed colors, or made
anv movement but to escape. At 320 another shot
wag fired from the Dolphin, which passfd under tbe
vessel's s;ern, and sbe then run up American colors
and the Dolphin did tbe same. This produced
much excitement cn board the slaver, as she had
been caught in the trap, and renewed efforts were
made to escape.
At 5.3'J p- ni., the Dolphin being about two ana &
half miles from the sliver, another shot was fired
which pa sed her masts, and caused her
to heave to immediately.
Gsp’ Maffet on nearing the vessel sufficiently,
senwarmed boats and took possession of her So
intense was tbe excitement at this time, that it was
with difficulty that the men were restrained from
giving “three times three ‘ cheers in gratification
of the capture.
The prize had on her stern “Echo.'’ and painted
out waa “Putnam of New Orleans.* The crew con
torted of twenty men, half American and hall Span
iah. No cue woi.li acknowledge the command :
tbe supposed aud probable captain—who is evi
dently an American—upou tbe Question being ask
ed, “Who is captain ?’’ replied with the utmost cool
ness and dignity, “Aii are captains.” The vessel's
papers, colors, and everything calculated to identi
ty her, or those connected with her, were destroyed
immediately upon the conviction that escape was
impossible.
Capt. Maffit put Lieuts. J. M. Bradford and C. C.
Carpenter with twenty men on board, confined the
brig’s crew in double irons—except the supposed
captain, who, as beseemed to be an intelligent and
determined man, was taken on board the Dolphin,
where be now is in double irons—and ordered the
vesetl to Charleston for adjudication, lor which
port all saii was then made and the two veesels par
ted company.
Two sick passengers—against whom there was
no proof of complicity—were taken on board the
Dolphin and put ashore at this place.
This ia the first s aver captured by an American
man-of-war and the prizs with slaves sent to a
United States port; and it cannot tail to create con
siderable excitement at Washington, and indeed
throughout the country.
The prize had on board, when taken, about three
hundred and thirty Africans, mostly young—none
of whom were over thirty-five years of age; and
there was evidently several births on the voyage.
More than seven-righths of the slave?, male and fe
male, were in a nude state They were confined
to tho deck in a sitting posture—“spoon fashion,’
and, as we learn, from Dr. J. M. Browne, of the
Dolphin, presented a most disgusting, sickening
and revolting appearance. Many had rhe leprosy,
others with their eyes obtruding trom the sockets,
others with horrible sores and almost all conceiva
ble ailments, consequent to their position in confine
ment and treatment onboard. Orginally, there
were 470 taken on board, of which number 140 had
died.
Among the incidents cf the capture/ we learn
that re l.igbt before that event, the vessel being
within about eighty miles of the port of destination
a grand champagne “blow-out” was had on boa*.cl
in anticipation of soon successful completing the
voyage aud fingering the proceeds—of which we are
intoinud each of the crew was to receive S9OO, and
the owners expected to clear $130,000 —but before
they had time to sleep off the effects of their pota
tions, the Dolphin hove in sight, at daylight, much
to their surprise and chagriu. A so during the chase
when it was thought by the slavers that their ves
sel was distancing the Dolphin, they again indulged
in champagne, drinking confusion to the pursuers,
leaning over the rail and bowing and tossing off a
bumber in the moat improved aud ‘don’t you-wish
you could-catcb-ua” style. But when tho last shot
was fired, going between her masts, (heir self assu
rance and hopes of esoaj e turned to fear and ex
citement, and after the capture they expressed
great astonishment as to the accuracy of the shot
and ashed “what kind of a gun sent a ball that dis
tance.”
The Slayer 6ii..iu*ur#ii—Laws on <he Slave
Trade.
The Charleston papers of Saturday contain an
announcement of the arrival of the captured brig
“Echo,” with her cargo of Africans at that port.—
The Mercury of Monday says
Being curious to see the cargo and arrangement
of the Echo, we obtained a permit from Dr. W. C.
Kavenel, the Port Physician, and with one or two
Others accompanied Lieut. Bradford iu a small
boat from the wharf. Upon clambering up the side
of the hi ig a strange and startling sight presented
ltstoi; a deck covered with native Africans in a
state of complete nudity, with rare instances of a
narrow sti ip of rag an inch wide round the waist
These people were seated for the most part with
their h gs stretched out flat or drawn up iu front or
dollbi'to up , some squatted on their feet and hands.
A few were . landing about and a few lying down.
None were tied or fastened in any way. The ma
jority were very young, apparently from eight to
sixteen years ot ago, some younger and some older,
scarcely one, however, over twenty-five &ome
of them were able bodied, good sued aud in good
case: but the greater part were half-grown children
only, weak and worn. Many were much emacia
ted, and snowed plamly the effects of their long
and crowded passage in a confined ship. A few
were evidently ill and soon to die. All were pure
black iu color except Ibe dropsical whose skino
were tawny from disease. Their hair is very 7 short
ar*d crisp. Those who were well appeared curious
aud pi used, sopQd of them ogling and giggling and
chattering, and others smoking tobacco out; of short
clay pipes with cane stems, just aa our own negroo
do. Those that were thin aud sick looked dull and
brutish, but there waa nothing wild or ferocious in
their aspect.
They looked amiable aud docile, and readily
obeyed the commands of the person who had
charge ot them. Tney are great thieves, however,
and appropriate whatever they can on every occa
sion. There were 2-4(5 males aud 60 females, who
were kept separate on deck apd in the holds. The
men ad boys were kept on the forward deck arid
iu the forward hold, which latter is 55 feet long, 19
feet wide in the broadest part, and narrow hi the
head, and 11 inches high, the floor being formed of
loose boards, moveable ai. pleasure. The hold for
tbe women and girls is behind this. It is of the
same height, 12 feet long and 19 wide. Under this
temporary flooring ia stored the provisions, consist
ing of rice, peas, and the water to drink. Their
mod ia boiled like “hoppinjohu,” put In buckets
twice a day, at 10 and 4 o’clock, and placed iu the
midst of circles of eight or ten each, and well guar
ded to prevent the strong negroes from taking more
than their share, although all are liberally allowed.
A pint of water is given to each, morning and even
ing. Most of them sleep on deck, being placed in
close order, spoon-fashion, on their sides, and not
j permitted to (urn or move during the night. At day
light they are dashed with buckets of water to wash
them off They sing songs, flapping their hands
and rocking their bodies in time, and these songs
have a great resemblance to some of our negro spiri
tuals. .Several of the negro fellows exercise autho
rity very much after the manner of our drivers,
with airs of authority and ridiculous gesticulation
and grimace i. Oth* rs were cooking the “big pot”
like good fellows, and with cid breeches on too, ob
tained from the oailora. The captaiu of the hold un
derstands their lingo, and says they are very averse
to going back to Africa, as the United States’ law
requires. Our coast resembles that they come
from, and the group of pines opposite the city on
the south, looks to them like cocoauut trees of their
native Africa.
Yesterday, under the direction of the United
states civil officers, the negroes, 306 in number,
were taken by the .termer Gen. plinch and con
veyed to Castle Pinckney, in our harbor, where
they will be guarded by a detachment from the gar
rison at Fort Moultrie. As they passed the plank
to gain the steamer’s deck, they presented a strange
and affecting 6ighf, many of them being reduced to
mere skeletons by the suffering and deprivations of
the voyage. Several were in a dying condition—a
few dropsical, and a goodly number apparently in
health. They were vitoted ou Saturday by Mayor
Macbeth &$d several Aldermen.
We give below the laws of 18}9 and 1820 bearing
ou this question, which, at this time, will be found
interesting :
Law ot* IHI9*
An Act in addition to the Acts prohibiting the Slave
Trade.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America, in Con
gress assembled, T’nat the President of the United
States be, and he is hereby authorized, whenever
he shall deem it expedient, to cause any of the arm
ed vessels of the United States to be employed to
cruise on any of the coasts of the United States, or
territories thereof, or of the coast of Africa, or else
where, where he may judge attempts may be made
to parry on th - slave trade by citizens or residents
of tho United States, in contravention of the acts
of Congress prohibiting the same, and to instruct
and direct The commanders of all armed vess Is of
the United State.-*, to seize, take, and bring into auy
port of tbe United States all ships or vessels of the
United Sratt e, wheresoever found, which may have
taken cn board, or which may be intended for the
purpose of taking on board, or of transporting, or
may have transported, any negro, mulatto, or per
son of color, in violation of any of the provisions
of the act, entitled “An act iu addition to an ar t to
prohibit the importation cf slaves into any port or
place within the jurisdiction of the United Sratee,
trom and after the Ist day of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight honored and eight,
and to repeal certain parts of tbe same/* or of any
other actor acts probibi ing the tiaffic in slaves, to
oe proceeded against according to law . And the
proceeds of all ships and vesat is, their tackle, ap
parel; and larniture, and the goods and effects on
GO&rd of them, which shall be so seized, proeccuted,
and condfmned, shall be divided equally between
the United .States aud the officers and men who
shall seize, take or bring the same into port for con
demnation, whether such seizure be made by an
anned vessel of the United States or revenue cutter
thereof: And the same shall be distributed in like
manner as is provided by law for the distribution of
prizes taken irom an enemy. Prov ided, That the
ofiicefs and men, to be entitled to one half of the
proceeds aforesaid, shall safe keep every negro,
mulatta, or person of color found on board any ship
or vessel so seized, taken, or brought into port for
condemnation, and shall deliver every such negro,
mulatto, or peieon of color, to tbe Marshal of the
district into which they are brought, if into a port
ot the United Stales, or, if elsewhere, to such per
son or persons as shall be lawfully appointed by the
President of the United States, in the manner here
inafter directed, transmitting to the President of
the United States, as eoou a* may be after such de
every, a descriptive fist of such negroes, mulattos,
or persona of Color, that he may give directions for
the disposal of them And provided fuither, That
the commanders of such commissioned vesse’s do
cause to be apprehended, and taken into custody,
every person lound on boar 4 of such vessel sd seiz-
taken being of the officers or crew thereof,
and him or them convey as soon aa conveniently
may be to ibe civil authority of the United States,
to be proceeded against in due course of iaw, in j
some of the districts thereof.
hF.c 2. And be Ufnrtkei enacted, That tkePresi
dent of the United States be, and he is hereby au
thorixed to make such regulations and arrange
ments as he may deem expedient for the sate keep
ing. support, and removal beyond the limits oi the
United States of ail such negroes mulattos, or per
sons of co'or, a.- may ce so delivered .and brought
within their jurisdiction And to appoint a proper
person or persons, residing upon the coast of Africa
as agent or agents for receiving the negroes mulat
tos, or persons of color, delivered from on board
vessels seized in the prosecution of th® slave trade
by comtuondera of tne United States armed ves
sels.
Sec. 3. be ti further enacted, That a bounty
of twenty-five dollars be paid to the officers and
crews of the commissioned vessels of the United
States or revenue cutters, for each ar.d ne
gro, mulatto, or person of color, who shall nt*ve
been, as hereinbeiore provided, delivered to the
marshal or agent duly appointed to receive them
And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author
ized and required to pay or caused to be paid to
such officers and crews, or their agents, the afore
said bounty, for each person delivered as aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be ti further enacted, That when any
citizen, or other person, shall lodge information
with the Attorney for the district of any State or
Territory , as the case may be. that any negro, mu
latto, or person of color, has been imported therein,
contrary to the provisions of the acte in sucq case
made and provided, it shall be the duty of the said
attorney forthwith to commence a proeecution by
information ; and process shail issue against the
person charged with bolding such negro, negros,
mulatto, mulattos, person or persons of color, so
alleged to be imported contrary to the provisions of
the acta aforesaid : And if, upon the return of the
process executed, it shall be ascertained by the
verdict ol a jury that such negro, negro-*, mulitto,
mulattos, person or persons or color, have been
brought in contrary to the true intent and meaning
of the acts in such cases made and provided, then
the oourt shall direct tbe marshal ot the said dis
trict to take the said negro*, mulatto*, or persons of
0 lor, into bis cus’ody for safekeeping, subject to
coe orders o C the Preeid ant of the United States ;
, <icd the info finer c-r info rmers, who shall have lodg
ed the infori nation, eha j be entitled to receive, over
and above the portior . of the penalties accruing to
him or the mby the provisions of the acts in such
case made und prov ided, a bounty of fifty dollar?
for each and every/ negro, mulatto, or persons of
color, who shall ha’ ;e been delivered into the custo
dy of the maebal ; aDd the Secretary of the Treasu
ry is her ;by autb orized and required to pay, or
cause to ’oe paid., the aforesaid bounty, upon tbe
certificate of the. clerk of the court for the district
where the p ros*>cixaou may have been had, with
the seal of office thereto annexed, stating the num
ber of mulattos, or persons of color so de
iivered.
S £C - *O. And be it further enacted , That it shad
be the -duty of tbe commander of any armed ves
sel of “the United States, whenever he shall mak“
auy ts ipture under the provisions of this act, to
bring the vessel and her cargo for adjudication into
some of the ports of the Stale or Territory to which
inch vessel, sc captured, shall belong, if he can as
certß in tne same if rot, then be sent into any con
venient port of the United States
Law of IS2O,
Act Actio continue m force “An Act to protect ‘he
commerce of the United States , end punish the
crime of th racy ‘ and also to make further pro
visions for punishing the crime of piracy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Rep
resentatives of the United Staees of America in Con
gress assembled, That the first, second, third, aud
fourth, sections of an act, entitled “An act to pro
tect the commerce of tire United States and punish
the crime of piracy,” pa.-*sed ou the third day of
March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen,
be, and the same are hereby, continued iu force,
from the pnssing of this act for the term of two
years, and from thence to the end of the next aes
aesion ot Congress, and no longer.
Sec. 2. Atui be it funher enacted , That the fifth
section of tne said act be, aud the same is hereby,
continued iu force, as to ail crimes made punishable
by the same, and heretofore eommi.ted, in all re
spects as fully as if ihe duration of the said section
had been without limitation.
Sec. 3 And be it further enacted That, it any per
son shall, upou the high seas, or iu auy open road
stead, or in auy haven, basin, or bay, or in any river
where the sea ebbs and tiows, commit the crime of
robbery, iu or upon any ship or vessel, or upon auy
of the ship’s comj any of any ship or vessel, or the
lading thereof, such person shall be adjudged to be a
pirate; and, being thereof convicted before the
circuit court of the United States for the district into
which he shall be brought, or in which he shall be
found, shall suffer death. And if any person engaged
iu auy piratical cruise or enterprise, or being of the
crew or ship's company of any piratical ship or
vessel, shall land from such ship or vessel, and, on
shore, shall commit robbery, such persou shall
be adjudged a pirate ; aud on conviction thereof
before the circuit court ol the United States for the
district into which he shall re brought, or iu which
he shall be found, shall'suffer death : Provided ,
That nothing in this section contained shall be con
strued to deprive any particular state of its juris
diction over such offences, when committed within
the body of a county, or authorize the courts of the
United States to try any such offenders, after con
viction or acquittance, for the same offence, iu a
state court.
sSec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any
citizen of the United States, being of the crew oY
ship s company of any foreign ship or vessel eu
gaged iu tho slave trade, or auy person whatever,
being of the crew or ship’s company of auy ship or
vessel owned iu the whole or pari, or navigated for,
or in behalf of auy citizen or citizens of the United
States, shall land, from any such ship or vessel, and,
on auy f* reign shore, 69ize any negro or mulatto,
not held to service or labor by the laws of either of
the States or Territories of the United States, with
intent to make such uegro or inula!to a slave, or
shall decoy, or forcibly bring or carry, or shall re
ceive, such uegro or mulatto ou board any such
ship oi vessel, with intent as aforesaid, such citizen
or person shall be adjudged a pirate ; and, on con
viction thereof before the circuit court of the United
States for the district wherein he may be brought
or found, shail suffer death.
Sec. 5. An be it further enacted, Tuat ifuuy citi -
zt*n of the United States, being of the crew or
ship's company of any foreign ship or vessel en
gaged in the slave trade, or any person whatever,
being of the crew or ship’s company of any ship or
vessel, owned wholly or iu part ,or navigated for,
or in behalf of, any citr/eu or citizens of the United
States, shall forcibly confine or detain, or aid and
abet in forcibly confining or detaining, on board
Buch ship or vessel, any negro or mulatto not held to
service by tho laws of either of the States or Ter
ritories of the United States, with intent to make
such negro or mulatto a slave, or shall, on board
any such ship or vessel, offer or attempt to sell, as
a slave, any negro or mulatto not held to service as
aloresaid, or shall, on the high teas, or anywhere on
tide water, transfer or deliver over, to any. other
ship or vessel, any negro or mulatto not held to ser
vice<lß aforesaid, with intent to make such negro
or mulatto a slave, or shall iaud, or deliver on shore,
trom ou board any such ship or vessel, any such
negro or mulatto, with intent to make sale of, or
having previously sold, such negro or mulatto, a?? a
slave, such citizen or person shall be adjudged a
pirate , and, on conviction thereof before tue circuit
oourt of the United States fjr the and strict wherein
he shall be brought or louud, shall suffer death
Approved May 15,1820.
Railroads in Tennessee..-- On yesuiuay v, o
had a conversation with Col. Payne, Slate Com
missioner ol Roads, and learned the following facts
with regard to tho extension of railroads iu Ten
nessee.
lie say . that there ill be more iron laid in Ten
ny Hses this year than has ever been laid in any one
year.
Miles. ‘<
The East Tenn. and Va Road has laid 27
The Chattanooga and Cleveland will lay,- 30
In East Tennessee.
Winchester and Alabama.- 15
Tennessee and Alabama.. 15
Louisville and Nashville 30
Edgefield and Kentucky 30
lu Middle Tenueasee 90
Mobile and Ol io will lav 6ft
Memphis and Ohio will lay 25
In West Tennessee 85
Total in the State 232
Col. Payne Rays too, that there will be more road
bed prepared for the ir,>n this year than ever before
iu the same rime. This is a very remarkable con
dition of things, and it shows the astonishing re
sources of our people, who, despite the extraordi
nary pressure of the past twelve months, have been
steadily pushing on so large an addition of road im
provemnt.
An additional item of interest, which we gather
from Col. Payne, is that there is; now in active op
eration in this State, 670 miles ol railroad ; that, by
the first of January next, there will be 875 miles
running; and that by the first of January 1860, the
number of miles in active operation wiil bo 1,146.
Col Payne’s entire familiarity with the progress and
conditiou of roads ia this S:ate renders the above
statement, perfectly reliable, aud it is with great
pleasure we lay it belore our readers. —Memphis
Eagle and. Enquirer, August 11.
The Murder at Tunnell Hiel, S. C.—Many
portions of tlie district were in a high state of ex
citement during Monday and Tuesday last, in con
sequence of the exaggerated rumors of murder,
bloodshed aud outlawry generally, at Tunnel Hill,
that were iu circulation. We have endeavored,
without bias iu anyway, to get a correct statement
of what occurred on the occasion referred to, aud
submit the •following:
First and foremost, with the law on their side and
the utmost vigilance, the contractors have been un
able to prevent the introduction of liquor, wh'ch,
with t'*e concentration of six hundred Irish labor
ers on the “Hill,” a row occasionally, with here and
there a bloody nose and bunged eye, ia to be ex
pected. But this is more serious than a row, or a
bloody nose—it was a murder, and, if the truth has
been told us, it was an inhuman, brutai murder!—
But to our narrative.
On Sunday last, John Smith, recently from Geor
gia. was on the “Hill,” drinking to excess. A diffi
culty occurred (bow we have not ascertained) be
tween him and one or more Irishmen, who were al
so drinking. Fire arms were used Ireely, we un
derstand. Smith, in endeavoring to escape, was
knocked down with a rock, killed by a pistol shot,
and his body afterwards badly mangled. Tee pro
vocation, it any, must have been great to induce
such conduct. Warrants were issued for the ar
rest of the guilty ones, and those accessory to the
crime, but they could not be arrested. A messen
ger was despatched for the Sheriff, who summoned
a posse, and, with his usual promptness, repaired to
the scene of action. Bat the man who committed
the mnder had escaped. He succeeded in arresting
however,eome ten Irishmen, charged as accessories,
and they are now in jail.
An inquest was held over tho body of Smith, and
the jury returned, as their verdict, that he was
“willfully killed by some two or three Irishmen,
aided by some ten or fifteen others.”
The citizens on the “Hill’’ complain, and very
justly, too, no doubt, that they, as well aa the work
men, are greatly annoyed, and often abused, by
transient persons, who are worthless and drunken,
and who live, vampire like, by preying upon the
ignorant and unsuspecting. Admitting this to be
true, the citizens and contractois should, neverthe
less, see that tbe laws are strictly enforced. The
murderers of Smith should not have been permitted
to escape.
On Tuesday, when the Sheriff left the Tunnel,
peace and order had been measurably restored, the
laborers having returned to their daily employment.
Keotoee Courier.
The Negroes of the South According to G.
P. R. James —ln a deHcription of country aud plan
tation life in Virginia, recently published, G. P. R.
Tames, the novelist, writes
The negro life in Virginia differs very little, l
believe, from the negro life all through the South
In return for food, clothing, house room, medical
attendance and euport in old age, about ono-third
of the labor which is required of the white rnau in
most countries is demanded of the black. He per
ioi me it badly, and would not perforin it at ail if he
were not compelled. The rest of his time is spent
in einging, dancing, iaughing, chattering, and bring
ing up pifcfa and chickens. That negroes are the
worst servants in the world, every man, I believe,
but a thorough bred Southern man, will admit; but
the Southerner has been reared amongst them from
his childhood, and in general has a tenderness and
affection for them of which Northern men can have
no conception. Great care is taken by the iaw to
guard them against oppression and wrong, and al
ter six years’ residence in the State, I can safely
say, I never saw more than one instance of cruelty
toward a negro, and that waa perpetrated by a
foreigner.
That there may still be evils in the system which
might be removed b/ law, and that there may be
individual instances of oppression and even bad
treatment, I do not deny, but those instances are not
so frequent as those of cruelty to a wife or child in
Northern lauds, as displayed every day by the news
papers ; and in point of general happiness, it would
be amiss to alter an old adage and say : “As merry
aa a negro slave.’’
I mint not purt as this branch of the subject far
ther. for I can pretend to no great love for Dr. Liv
mgstoue’s friends, the Makalolos. There are, be
yond all doubt, some very excellent people among
them ; but, aa a race, the mere I see of them the
:ess do I think them capable of civilization, or even
htted to take care of themselves.
How a Prince’s Fall Made a Blacksmith
Rise.—Among other historical obscurities with
which Paris is filled at this moment, may be quoted
Herr Baron G , who, enriched and ennobled by
the King of Prussia, rose from the humblest origin
to a, position of h gh consideration in the world
v\ hiie the present Prince of Prussia, then aa infant
or -ome three vearsof age, wag staying at the Pa
jaee of Babeieburg, by some negligence of his nurse
ue was left alone tor a lew minutes in an apartment
on the third floor. With the marvellous instinct of
mischief peculiar to children of that age, the little
prince took immediate advantage of the absence ot
the nurse to accomp'ish a teat of which he had,
Loubtiess, been for a long time ambitious, and
; ‘--ct. a uujc ainoiuous, ana
*meb consisted in an agreeable walk outside the
window, upon tbe narrow ledge of tbe coping stone,
whence he couid conveniently climb up tbe back of
the lion rampant which supp rts the entablature of
tue frontispiece which adorns the building.
A poor blacksmith's workman, who had been
sent for to execute eome repairs in the palace, was
just coming up to the garden, and beheld with hor
ror the situation of tbe child. With true presence
of mind, he hastened geotJy to the spot beneath the
window, following every movement of the urchin
with the keenest anxiety, and extending wide his
leather apron as he gazed upwards to watch the
dret symptoms of giddiness which should occur to
the boid little adventurer. As tne child drew nearer
to the lion, the ledge no longer afforded such firm
footing and presently, with a loud cry, he pitched
over, from that terrinc height, right into—the leath
er apron of the blacksmith, which sustained the
shock without tailing, and in another moment the
little prince was restored, safe and well, to his royal
parents, who in teken of their gratitude, took im
mediate charge of the fortune of the brave young j
workman, and bestowed upon him a handsome
pension, with the title of Baron, to both of which he
has done honor durit g a well spent,* useful life.—
Court Jouriuu.
Homdekxsss, N. H. Aug. 34—A shck of an
earthquake was experienced here to day, shaking
the houses, but causing no serious damage.
WEEKLY
Cjjrmrifle £ Sentinel,
AUGUSTA. GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1, 1818.
King's Shingle Machine.
Oke o! these Machines is now in successful ope
ration on the plantation of Mr. L. Hofkins. in
Burke county, about seventeen miles below this
city, near the Augusta & Savannah Railroad. It
is worked by ordinary plantation hands, and ~3
are assured that its operation is perfect, that it runs
smoothly and reguiarly, and give3 no trouble from
disarrangement or other defects. The number of
shingles which it will turn out in a day has not yet
been satisfactorily tested. Here is a chance for a
good speculation on the part of any who may feel
inclined to purchase State or County rights See
advertisement in another column.
To Teachers.
Any competent person, desirous of seecunnga
location, is referred to the Advertisement of
I. K Bka.vham, Eatonton, Ga., to be found in
another column.
Alaboiwi l.amts for Sale.
Thomas J. VVincTok, of Clambers county, Ala.,
advertises a lot of superior land for sale at a bar
gaiu.
Eclectic Magazine.
The September number, just received, contains
a varied assortment of selections from foreign
periodicals, among which are several lengthy but
highly interesting essays. The illustrations em
brace a portrait of the Rev. C. Kingsly, and an
animated portrait groups of David Gvbriok and
his Wife.
ilenllli of Charleston.
The odiciat report of the number ot deaths in
Charleston for the week ending Saturday, ,'Sth,
shows a total of 55—39 of which were from yedow
fever, being an increase oi eleven over the pre
vious week.
Health ok Savannah.—The Republican, of
August 27th, says :—We rvgret that we are forced,
by the injustice of scute people to us unknown
again to refer to ttia subject. Notwithstanding the
assurances we have given from time to time, we
learn that rumors of tbe prevalence of yellow lever
in our city are still current in the up-country, and
that a number of travaiero going north have already
been induced thereby to change their course and
take the overland route. Wo again take occasion
to characterise these reports as wickedly idle and
false, and we hope we have some reputation for ve.
raci y that entitles us to be believed over the igno
rant or malicious mischief-makers who have no bet
ter employment than traveling over the country re
tailing slanders upon the oty of Savannah. We
are assured by a number of our best physicians,
sharing the larger portion of the city practice, that
not a case of yellow fever has occurred within the
city limits up to yesterday. The weekly reports of
our Board of Health may be relied on, and as but
fifteen deaths were reported for the last week, ws
think no one can question the genera! health of our
citizens, at least so far as any fata, disease is con
cerned. The public may rely upon us to sound the
note of warning, the very first moment that- danger
presents itself.
Since writing the above, we have been furnished
by a special committee of the Board of Health with
a copy of the uotiee which we subjoin. It specks
for itself;
Health oi>in aiiiiab.
Reports prejudicial to the interest ot Savannah
having been circulated in the city and country by
parties evidently wishing to injure the heretofore
good repute which she has borne in regard to
health, we, a committee, appointed by aiid from
the 11 mrd of Health, have examined thoroughly
and assert that since the year 1854 our city has not
been visited by any malignant or epidemic disease
of any kind, and that the reports were maliciously
circulated.
Savannah isattln. j time freer from disease of
every kind than we e ever known her to be a*
l his reason oi the year, in proof of which we refer to
our “Weekly reports of interments.” The public
abroad may rest assured that if si< kness of an epi
demic nature make its apptarauce in our midst,
prompt information will be given of the fact by the
Board of Health and the press ot the city
generally are re3pectiully reques
ted io copy the above.
W. T. Thompson
Chairman, B. 11. j
Geo. P. Padelford, M. D
Vice Chairman. B. H.
L. W. Wells.
J. T. McFarland, hi. D.
Philip M. Russell.
John E. Van Moi.le, M. D.
A. B. Luce.
W illiam T. Heidt, M. D .
S. A. T Lawrence, M.D
New Cotton.—The receipts of new Cotton at
Mobile up to Saturday last were 431 bales, against
three bales to the same date last yeai
The Atlantic Telegraph Charter.—Loid
Derby has signified the willingness of the British
GovernmentiLo so amend the charter ol the Allan
tic Company as to place the United Slates
and the British Governments on a fooling of abso
lute equality.
Business in Boston. —The signs ol a general re
vival of industry and business activities are a*auin
ing fair proportions in most of the Atlantic cities.—
A prominent architect in Boston, writing to a build
er in Baltimore, postpones a visit to the South, he
says, “ because ho has at present forty-four large
first-class stores on hand, two prisons in Maine, one
court house in New Hampshire, and some twenty
draughtsmen diligently engaged, whose proceedings
are under my immediate supervision and direction.”
This has a lively aspect, and the ring of good cheer
in it for the most decpoudmg.
The Shipping Interest in England.—A letter
from Liverpool, recently received, says that the
shipping interest has never been so depressed as
at the present time. A great many British ships
are hauled up, there being no business obtainable
that will pay running expenses, to say nothing of
interest or depreciation. The large packet ships to
New York are loading deep with full and heavy
cargoes, and freight lists of £SOO, not half enough
to pay their expenses in port. For Boston, salt is
shipping at 5a per ton. The prospect for the busi
ness the coming season is very poor. Both in En
gland and on the continent there is two year’s sup
ply of guano on hand, and every wurehouse in
Liverpool and London is full of East India produce.
In England the crops will be unusually large of
everything raieed there, eo that there will be but a
small quantity of breadstuff's and provisions requir
ed from the United States.
Improvement in the Manner of Laying Rails
on Railroads.—A correspondent of the Boston
Courier suggests an importantjmprovement in the
mode of laying the rails on railroads, so that the
end of one rail shall come opposite the middle of
that on the other si’. 1 e ; thus preventing the jolt
when both wheels of the axle pass over the con
nection at the same time. This has been tried on
the Boston and Maine road, and besides the addit ion
al security which it giveß, it makes the motion of
the train more even and continuous, and the whole
rail having the effect to lift the whesl over the op
posite joint. It seems natural that safety, conve
nience and economy should result from tnia eimple
arrangement, and it is only singular that it had not
been tested before.
Insanity at Different Periods of Life.—
The London Lancet says, that to determine the
period of life, which furnishes the greatest number
of insane persons it is sufficient to bring together
the records, made up under different circumstances.
One of these, made at the Bieetre, Prance, where
poor men only are received, another at the Salpe
triere, a hospital for poor women, the third, an
establishment devoted to the wealthy, have been
examined, and it appears that the age which
furnishes the greatest number of insane, is—for*
men, that from thirty to fortyyears, while for women
it is that from fifty to sixty years. The ages which
furnish the least, for both sexeß, childhood, youth,
and advanced age. Among women, insanity
appears earlier than among men, indeed from
twenty to thirty years of age. The rich ere more
subject to insanity in proportion than the poor.
Goon News.. —One of the oldest inhabitants of
Ocean county, N. J., say that in the vicinity of
Tom’s river, there are heaps upon heaps of pota
toes as big as your fist; and they will be down to
fifty cents a bushel. Corn in such abundance he
has never seen before, and he inclines to the idea
that what with this great abundance of corn, pota
toes, &c., and what with the fieh that swim in the
sea, there is no fear of starvation.
Brigham Youro’s Damages. —Brigham Young
is disposed to make a good thing out ot the Mor.
mon war. Taough it has cost some millions of dol
lars to bring that respectable prophet to a sense of
the duty he owe3 the government he lives under,
he has the impudence to present a bid against the
War Department of $2,000 for the use of the
“church pasture for the army horses.
April and December. —Robert F. Gourley,
Esq., of Canada, now in his eighty-first year, was
married last week tc Miss Mary Keeman, who is
in her twenty-eighth year.
Some of the merchants of St. Paul, Minnesota,
are importing largely from Europe direct, by way
of New Orleans and the Mississippi river. They
say that the whole cost of transportation from Liv
erpool to St. Paul, by the way of the Mississippi, is
little greater than that of transhipment and charges
from New York. ______
New Tobacco. —The first hogshead of the new
crop of tobacco was received in New Orleans on
Monday last. The tobacco was shipped byMr.G.
Cox, from his plantation in Henry county, West
Tennessee, on the 7th inet., but was delayed in its
transportation from thence.
An Opportunity for American Artists.
The Queen of Greece invites the artists of all parts
of the globe to send plans to Athens for the new
Museum of Antiquities intended to be built in the
metropolis of Greece. The period for receiving
them is fixed at twelve months, bo that American
art eta who desire to avail themselves of this op
portunity to transplant their genius upon classic
soil, must send in their applications and designs in
the’ course of this year, or at all events so as to
reach Athens before the spring of 1859.
For California and Frazer River.— The
emigration to the new guld diggings does not seem
to be materially affected by the last contradictory
aeoounts from there. The steamship Star of the
West, Capt. Gray, with about 500 passengers, and
the Granada, Capt. Berryman, with 400 more,
sailed from New York, Friday, for Aspinwali. The
bulk of the passengers were for the F razer River
gold mines. The e teams bje.Hermann, Capt. Caven
dy, sailed Saturday for San Francisoo and Frazer
River, with nearly 000 passengers.
Prospects of the Growing Crops.
From present piospects, we judge that the cot
ton crop ti is season will be about an average one
—at all events not more than au average. A few
weeks ago, hopes were indulged that the yield
would be a very large one —the largest made for
| many years —amply more than suffioi-nt to make
! up for he deficiency caused by the overflow of the
j lands along the valley of the Mississippi. Within
the last three weeks, however, our own correepon
d noe, as well as information from other eourc s, on
which we are disposed to place a certain degree of
reliance, bring u* accounts of injuiies from rust,
worms, and wet weather, which must seriously
affect the general yield and instead of tho full crop
which, a month ago, was universally anticipated, we
see no grounds for believing that the general yield
will be more than an average one.
The corn crop is generally made, and is, with the
exception of a few localities, acknowledged to be a
first rate one.
We give below a number of Extracts from our
exchanges received during the past week -
Falling off in Wheat.—The Athens Banner
says:—By the following statement, which Mr. H
H. CLimp, of Walton, kanded us tho other duy, it
appears that the falling off in the wheat crop has
been considerable
I find a large falling off m the wheat ciop. I
thrashed last >ear 37 crops, and it made 6057 bush
els. The pre.-ent year 1 have thrashed 5*2 crops,
yielding but 4155 bushels. H.H. Camp.
Grain Crop.—Wheat has disappointed the farm
ers considerably iu the yield, and 75 cents are readi
ly paid at our mills in town for prime qualities.—
Tne falling off in weight is unprecedented. Corn
promises a full crop.— Clarksville (Tenn.) Chron
icle.
Rust in Cotton. —The complaint is becomining
very general in this suction, of serious damage to
Cotton from rutc. Many plauters tell us that tueir
crops will fall I-• t one third, some say one ball.
We are dispose- think that there is more foun
dation for their n -i of a diminished crcp. than tbe
city dealer is * ed to credit.— Griffin Indep.
South.
Rust in Cotton.—We understand that tbe rust
is materially injuring cotton in Walton county. Mr.
Thomas Clegg, an intelligent farmer, in lor ms uh
that it may be stopped as follows : Mix dry cow
manure and sulphur—deposit it at various points in
tbe cotton field—about suudown set it a fire, ami
let it burn all night. He says he has twice tried it
successfully. —Athens (Go ) Watchman.
Weather —Health—Crops.—The Weather i'oi
the past few days has been unusually cool for the
season. Our Thermometer rauges from 70 io 80
degrees, extremes. Crops as usual lock favorable,
aihl the health of the country generally good. We
can learn of very little sickness throughout this
section, and the prevalent opinion that this is an
unhealthy country is to a certain extent entirely
erroneous. Our climate has been uuld the present
Summer, and our population look as healthy as
mountaineers.— Albany Patriot.
The Crops.—One of us having passed the las!
two weeks iu the counliy among tho plantations ol
Autauga, can give some reliable informatii i re
specting the crops, of that section at least—consid
ered among the best in tho State. Fifteen day ago
the proc-peet of a fine yield of eottou has never been
surpassed within our recollection; nor ba, <we
ever known so fine a premise blasted in so ifi rt a
time. The rain set in about that period, a> df >r
fen days we had it, sometimes iu torrent 3 , very
day. The cotton soon began to grow', and um to
weed enormously, and throw eff the forms ami
blooms until scarcely one remained. In soma in
stances the greater portion of large fields were ta
ken by the rust, and others by the worm or g ass
hopper. We neither saw or heard of a planter who
had not suffered greatly from some of these causes.
We find, upon an extensive enquiry from p< :hoiu
from this neighborhood and other portions o S >uth
and Middle Alabama, that the same causes, effects
And complaints are universal. But it is a misfor
tune that can easily be born by the planter, fi r ho
will bo more than remunerated in price. We si >uld
bo thankful that the corn, pea and potatoo on p has
rarely been so abundant. Mo that, after all tho
season is destined to he ono of prosperity and
plenty.— Montgomery Confederation.
Correspondence of the Savannah n.
Milford, Baker co., Ga., August ‘4.
Editor Republican —You ark information io re
ference to the crops througu this section. A- tar as
I can learn mid set*, we have good corn crops, an J
the prospect, at one time, for cotton, was fine bul
like all sublunary things, it has changed, and for the
worse. I have seen much tor myself and heard
many of the opinions of good practical plauters,
and they universally say that they will have short
crop, owing to a few week's drouth and the rust. 1
have not heard of a farm in south-western Georgia,
that is tree from this, the terror to planters. It is
very donbtfu! about our crops reaching even la t
year. The plantation from which such fine speci
mens of weed were sent you last spring are now
literal!}’ destroyed by rust, we have some worm,
and no boiis now smaller than a pari ridge egg —
which shows conclusively that the cotton has done
nothing for several weeks back. Tuose correr;;;ou
dents, who name certain individual crops as being
so extra fine, I will warrant, are nearly dead to sell
out, aad think by that means to direct public atten
tion to then* places. Yours, Omickon.
Washington, Wilkes co., Aug. ‘2O.
The health of our county woo never better. Our
crops of corn are unusually good, and cotton prom
isea f. full crop without some disaster , picaing has
very generally commenced, My opinion is, there
will be a larger yield of cotton in Wilkes than we
have had tor some years. The cow epidemic has
pretty well subsided ; it appeared among us in
rather a modified form, and was not so fatal a in
the lower counties. Yours, &.C., R.
Costly.—The Baltimore Patriot states that the
New York Custom House coat $1,100,(100, the col
1 actions at that port for the last year amounted to
more than $42 000,0110, and more than one thousand
persons were employed in its collection. The Cue.
tom House in the city of Philadelphia coat about
$500,000, and that in Boetou about $1,000,000.
There are two other Custom Houses, one at New
Orleans and the other at Charleston, not yet finish
ed and no data furnished what they will cost when
completed. Already more than $500,000 have been
appropriated to build these two houses. There is
where the money goes. It is supposed that the i
Charleston Custom House will cost $5,000,000. til !
1857, it employed forty-eight persons , and the -v°i- i
nue collected was but little over $500,003.
The New Usury Law in Canada. —Thi • i
dian Parliament, have passed an act changing the
aw of interest. Hitherto the legal rate ha* been
six per cent, but by the now act individuals may
allow and exact on any contract or agreement any
rate of interest or discount, that may be agreed
upon. Banks are, however, forbidden to reserve
or take a higher rate ot interest or discount than 7
per cent ,and are prohibited from paying inte eat
upon deposits.
The Hog Cholera. —This disease has made its
appearance in Catoctin Valley, Frederick county
Md., in its most virulent form. The Register state*
that Mr. Peter Culler has lost 30 head, Mr. Phillip
Coblentz 31 and Mr Henry W. Summers 8. It al
so hears of other farmers whose porkers have tallen
victims to the epidemic. The Register adds :
Mr. Culler thinks he arrested (lie disease and
saved the remainder ot his hogs by using the fol
lowing remedy, which we append for the informa
tion of those whrse hot's may have contracted the
disease:—l lb. of sulphur, I lb. of rosin and { lb.
saltpetre, beaten into a powder and given in tbe
proportion of a large spoonful to seven hogs every
other day.
Extraordinary Recovery,— At Lagrange. Mo ,
last week, a man giving the name of Brown, and
claiming to be from Memphis, Tenu., attempted to
commit suicide by shooting himself through the
bead. Upon examination by a competent surgeon,
it was ascertained that the ball pas-ed through the
skull between the eyes, and lodged in the back part
of the head. Part of the brain was scattered over
the front of his hat. Remarkable to say, be is now
fast recovering, and able to converse with bis at
tendants.
Indians Chastising a WhiteMan for Brutal
Treatment <fa Woman. —The Hudson (Wia.)
North Star states that one Hamilton, who lives by
the side of Willow River, had shamefully and bru
tally abused his 6ister, who is partially insane,
whereupon a party of the Chippeways, who were
encamped in the vicinity, repaired to Hamilton's
bouse Eoinetime during the evening and found him
in an altercation with his wife, threatening to whip
her, &c. which further incited them to the deed of
summary justice. Four of their nurn her were sta
tioned at the door, while the others made a noise
which caused Hamilton speedily to appear minus
his outer habiliments. The Chippeways then treat
ed him to a ride upon a rail, after which they dives
ted him of his hair and whiskers.
The Hughes Telegraph Instrument. —The
New York Herald states that a proposition has
been made to Hughes to put Lis inslrumeut on the
submarine line between Sardinia and Malta, as by
the eystem now used it is impossible to obtain a
higher rate of speed than four words a minute
We may state also that the Red Sea Line lias en
tered into negotiations with him for the use of Ids
machine, and we have no doubt it will eventually
eupersedo ail others in the working of submarine
telegraphs throughout the world. He has offered
to send messages through the Atlantic cable at a
rate of ten words a minute each way and at the
same time, making twenty words a minnte , but as
yet no arrangement has been entered into with him
by the company, and the line since the sth of Auguet
—the day on which it was successfully submerged
—has been in the exclusive possession of White-
house.
Peach Leaves for Yeast. —The Rome Courier
says : Mrs. Daniel R. Mitchell, of this place, has
discovered that peach leaves are superior to hops
for making Yeast The bread made from it is
quite as light and equally well flavored. We un
derstand that the yeast is made in the same way
except that dried peach leaves are used instead of
Hops
Twelve Hundred Dollars Reward.—Wm.
Hudnali, Jr., of Enterprise, Miss ssippi, offers SIOOO
reward, and the Mayor of that city s2Oll re * ard, for
the apprehension of J. M Steele, who murdered
Wm. P. Hudn&ll, Sr., in that town on the 11th inet.,
and made his escape.
General Tap.rant, a fighting pioneer of Texas,
died recently. He was one of the members of the
Convention that met at Austin on the 4th of July,
1845, that helped to frame and sign the articles of
annexation, and a member cf the Convention that
met at Austin on the 27th of August, that framed
and signed the Constitution of the State ; and ren
dered such service in that Convention as will al
ways endear him to the people of Texas. Since that
time he has been a member of the Legislature.
Summary Proceedings —At a camp meeting in
Loudon county, Va., last week, the ‘•Committee”
seized upon one hundred and forty gallons ot whis
key being vended in the vicinity, and poured it on
the ground. This unexpected spiritual manileata
tion took the rum Bellers so much by surprise that
no resistance was offered to the proceeding.
More Indian Depredations at Fort Areuc.
kle.— The Fort Smith (Ark.) Times, of the 4th in
stant, has a report that the Camanchee are again
commencing hostilities in the neighborhood of Fort
Arbuckle. A large number of horses have been
stolen. Lieut. Oppley, with a detachment of sol
diers, has gone in pursuit.
A wine company has jus been organ aed in Ala
bama, with a capital of $25,000, all of which has
been subscribed. It is called the “Mobile Wine
Company,” and baa for ita object the growth and
production of native wine.
Not Very Complimentary.—lke Boston pa
pers are very muck deaatk.fi and with the English
electricians at Trinity Bay. Tne Boston Journal
says ‘‘they seem to be an arrogant, Self-conceited,
Belf opinionated clique, with the genuine old sash- 1
ioned John Bull prejudices against Yankees and
Yankee inventions.” The gist of tbe complaint •
appears to be that the English electricians appoint
ed by the English stockholders, who own the great* j
eat proportion of the cable are not disposed lo be
dictated to by the American stock holders, or Willing |
to allow them more thau their joat share of direc
Lion. In this, probably, they act under instruction
of their employers. The comments of the Joarnc
would imply that there has been a rupture between
the English and the merican managing agents. —
It says :
“ While we rejoice, therefore, in the successful
laying ot the cab e aa au extraordinary triumph
science, and ike opening of anew era in the inter
course of nations, we U k upon the result not p
much as a success as the harbinger of succfs ’- I
is not for a moment to be supposed that t hi* tele
graph, owned and controlled by a British company,
is to have a monopoly of the telegraphic commun:
tion between the ola vc .rid Dd tbe new. The pro,
ject of an ocean telegraph originated on tin* .Tide
of the water, and it is 6aie to say, ILat while British
capita! has iuriiished .he means, tho telt-i rapli
would not have beeu established without American
science, ckill and indomitable perseverance, v hid:
have largely contributed to the tuccess that ba
teuded the experiment But while B itish efiotn
cians are tampering with the cable, aud biunatrib:
witli iuefiicieut instruments American sciern .* ti
mauds a more unrestricted field lor the exercise ot n..
powers, aud American interests call for a more in
dependent line ot telegraph to the old world We
want a telegraph winch shall be wholly under our
own control, aud which our government can us ■
with a conviction that its communications are in
violable, and mat it will not be turned against us iu
case of war.”
The Traveler also assails the English electricau;-.
It says:
“Tneir conduct Mjust like that which hasatiend
ed ail their movements since the cable was lauded
ami placed iu their charge. Taey may be, and
und übiedly are, sclent fi ■ men iu ihoir line of midi
ness, but evidently belong !o that class by fa too
commota in society, whose arrogance and sup* r
oiliousnesa render iheuuoi little esteem in tho world,
outside of their own mutual admiratiou circle
These assaults on the agents of the company arc
significant ot no very amiable stale of leelirg be
twee : those who do and those who want to manage
the telegraph.
Reform in Criminal Law.—Lord Campbell is
about to introduce into the British Parliament a bill
dispensing with the practice of requiring a u< ani
mous verdict from a jury. He does not propose the
majority principle, but he wishes to get rid of the
tampering with a jury by placing one man upon i!
to hold owl against all the otte rs. He desires tha!
if, after certain deliberation by the jury, they a l !
agreed except one or t wo, the verdict of thus, who
had agreed should be considered an good as the
verdict of the whole twelve, bubject, however, lo bo
reviewed, and, if necessa-y, set a fide. T. is would
tend comp'etely to break up the piactiosof pack
ing juries, or increase tho risks, by making it ne
cessary to bribe more than one of tho juror Wo
do not see why, subject to tha review of the court,
this would not
where tho tempta*i< n to pack the jury is so strong
Corn Crops at thf West. — A cording the
Louisville Courier, the present crop of com throu. M
out Kentucky, Indiana, illin* i-• and Tenne • waM
be tho largest ever grown. The planting w *s rath
er late, but the summer .-..een unusually uvova
ble, causit g the crop to mature rapiuly, wit
danger by early fro -ts.
An Item for Drinkerj.—We copy the follow
ing for tbe benefit of that class of drinker wlo
make a practice of imbibing to excess and “lyii g
around loose.” May they profit by the wanting
•‘At Cincinnati, tho other night, a man nam- and
John Butts, while going home do* x eater!, fell in tin
street, anil rolling over nto the uu>u h < t sew* r,
cam© near being eaten by r*i!v Ii ae ms that a- offi
cer Lewis WHri going hisxonuds about 12 o'clock ar
night, :ie dhmvered a pair of legs Mil king out
from the well hole of tho h w. r. ilo forthwith re
paired to the spot-, and biding m arouse iko owner
of the leg •, o tught him by the heels and draw him
out, when it appeared that oueofhis ears waa eaten
off by rata Tne vermin hid c-nmm need iiu fi
repast, and would doubt less have finished him b
morning.”
Appointment.-The President has appointed
Maj Chas. J Helm, oi Kentucky, a3 Con -ul G; ne
ralut Havana. Major Holm wa? an applicant for
the London Consulate. lie had been promised the
London Con. ula*o if Gen. Campbell was remov .J,
but having accepted the place at Havana it is now
understood that no change will be made at London.
Major Heim will sail in about six weeks
Tbe War D partment ha * determined to order
Gen. Harney to the command of the army in Wash
ington Territory to conduct !h? Wilder campaign
against the Indians, flo and his stuff will leave for
the Pacihi in about six weeks, a din lbo im.an
time all needful preparations for th successful pro
sedition of the work will be made.
The “Zouave.”— li. • M.w York correopuiHtent
of the Philadelphia Ledger iays: Tbe gallant
“Zouave” is untiring arrangements to * *
partnership with Lola Monti ‘ Vi ?> ■
give a series of lectures ae/i • it . h i .alt* i
evenings. The Zona’ ~by fi < i - <©d !**• >.< ,
to-day from Mill ‘ hroit v< ~y • ■
Mobi e, August Id” m- . 1
watched bv .. .ipu* t. i: . .. <••.•> j
by bribing <• ie • his wlI- L •• ■ .ii’ - i\<
a let!-sr in tii i PI-tdice :.i •;*!. fii fore fi .
instructions t: ids count . a> • . uress I
a. note to Col. tilo L;c, r'A'iog him tc ii ’ xpliuitly,
whether bo (Blount) r j so so- to his agree
ment” or i'OL, Ir: . whether he intends J
to drop all !iui.h > . to bis matriuivninl j
alfo.i.: /.-•* s daughter. If the answer be unfa- I
volatile, the gallant Zuuavesays he will go buck to j
Mobile, and “haunt the Colonel quite asp-o m* *
tently as before.
Rather Kkknchy.—The Vienna correspondent :
of the Brussels Independence writes: “The duel
ling fever here appears to have become epidemic, j
Some cavahy officers have met in this way during j
the last few days; but what do you think of the fol- s
lowing: Two young men of Lemberg wished to \
fight, but in order to escape the disagreeable con |
sequences which tbe death of one entails upon the I
other, they resolved to draw lots as to which of the ?
two shwulti kill himself. I /’horn fete favor.
to quit the city, recalling, in a letter to his ad vei ea
ry, the terms of their agreement , and actually the
unhappy young man, obedient, to the exigen< if-s of
mistaken honor, did not fail to blowout his tin* j
on the day and the hour fixed.
Cable Connected with Cuba —Th K*-} West j
Key of the Gulf, after commenting on tl me j
cess of the Atlantic Cable, speaks an follow of j
the projected fin fnw Florida to Cuba Ti *inno j
small Tin affair, we hope it will b accomplished
at once:
Now that the success of this great and imp -riant
enterprise has, by this time, be-n cnnonnC' ■■■ it is
but, fair to presume the connection to Cuba will be
made without delay. The result of the'ate Golf
soundinos and trial of current, made by C ipt
Sands, U. S. N , between Cuba and thid pin - -by
which he found t;.— depth of water to be fro n two
hundred and eevi uty to eight hundred and three
fathoms—was perfectly satisfactory, and proved the
practicability of a f, I graph between the two
points. Some of our exchanges have propon ,i that.
Savannah be connected with Jacksonville , in 1 then
the wire extended to St. Augustine, and do n the
coast to Cape Sable; from that point a sub marine
cable, falling north of the Keys to this place In a
commercial point < f view, ihis line would he of
great advantage. Dr-e'er- on tie coast coin! be
conveyed instantly to any point, and assi.inrce
rendered atonco. Vessels in iho Gull, by rearing
the coast at fixed points, could communicate with
New York, or any other point in a few hums, &c.
Success to the entorpri •
Anecdote of Gov. McDuffie, Tristrau Bur
-0E36 and David CnotKtTT —A correspon ;> cf
the Charleston Courier tel 1 # the following i liarac
teristic anecdote, for the truth cf which ho v idles:
When Mr. McDuffie war a member of Congress,
he made one ot his usua'ly able reports the tir ject
of which we have forgit'en A short time ..
Mr. Barge-d, ofßiode Island,in a s .., b k oc
casion to allude to the report, aud to < bar; 7*l r
McDuffie with plagiarism We rente ,ber w. 11 Mr
McDuffie’s indignant denunciation and and. i,.l of
the charge, filial the be, w .'d gave to ti e ven
erable slanderer—for ■he and ffi-rer.c- In Imi • r
Mr Burges: being, perhaps, the older’ and Air :4c-
Dnffie aln \
preoluded any other nonce ci: by the iat'.-r No
body who knew Mr McDulii.- for i. moment be
lieved the charge, probably not even the ven- rable
Tristram himself, however well it may have -Urted
hie immediate purpr s-e to make it.
Soon after the adjournment of the body, when
the memoers were e-sembled in groups in 1 ro
tunda, David Crocket walked upto Mr Burgees,
and laving hie broad hand on his shoulder.il ui pith
i:y addressed him : “O dman, ifyouhad been twen
ty years younger to-uay, ytu'd have been that
much lest tasty. 1 ’
*Tne grey- beaded vitupsrator could not uz held to the
usual responsibilities
Combat Between * Tragedian and a:. Ca
gle.—A Cincinnati papt-r gives an amusing ac‘
count ot a combat between Murdock, the trage
dian, now living on his farm near Loveland, and a
monstrous eagle, in which the ‘ heavy tragedy man”
had to beat a rapid and inglorious retreat:
it appears that on Sunday morning ia- ! Mur
dock, hearing a terri.'Ee noise in We ba eyfud, sal
lied cut and found an enormous eagle bad tautened
its talons on a veiy y lung calf, had plucked ou’ its
ey s, aud was endeavoiuig to rai*’ with c *.Hig
gling and bleeding victim. Murdock made .charge
on the imperial bird, hut, was finally cuinpr lieu to
beat a hasty retreat to secure his gum ihe eag.e -
triumph w sos short duration, for Master dames
Murdock, the tragedian’s ecu. an intrepid little boy,
only nine and a half years old, appea ed upon t He
ecene with a double barrelled m./t at Uitj first
dir'barge brought his imperial >■ aje- y to the
ground. He mevd.-e-d six tee. iwon.chce from up
to tip of his wings, trod wi'l be preserved as n me
mento of Ma ter-lan.*;.- I ‘-
The Florida Indians. —Capt. Shaw, of th U.
S. steamboat. Ranger who arrived at New Orleans
on Friday last, from Tampa, Fla., state: that Capt.
McN’ail, who was in charge of the party endeavor
ing to open communication with the Tallahassee
Indians, had a talk with two of the Chiefs, who in
formed him that they wou and get ready to emigrate
in the Fall, provided Billy Bowlegs would return and
have a talk with them. It appears that the Talla
hasrees were not aware that Billy had already emi
grated. In all probability they will soon come in.
New Branch of Commerce —The New Orleans
Picayune notices a hun.er of Alligator:, who has
captured 41,'0 in the wampe near that city since
May. He goes into the swamps at night with apan
of tire and shoots them as they crowd around the
light. The skins are Hold at 75 cents each, and
make the very best boots. The oil, tusks snd hid s
of these 400 captured animals have netted the cap
tor $560 in three months.
Great Sacrifice —The Shr-vspott (La.) South
western states, that the United States steam snag
boat Gopher, which originally cost the government
SII,OOO, was sold there recently for $1,175; the am
chiue boat, which cost SI,OOO, sold for $290 i and
the tackle, tools, etc., wbioh cost $12,009, sold tor
SIOOO. The government abandons tse attempt to
improve the Red River rest.
GEORGIA ITEMS*
The Bainbridge Argus announces r the death of
Mr. Daniel J. Brnfon, a prominent, useful and es.
teemed citizen of De?atur county. He died on
Saturday night, the 21st inat.
Appointment by the Governor.—Mr. Edward
Young Hill, Jr , having resigned tha office of
t Solcitor General of tbe Coweta Circuit, Thomas
j L. Cooper, Eeq., of Atlanta his been appointed to
i fill the vacancy.
Look our for Bogus Bank Notes —Au attempt
was made by a woman, Tuesday night, to pass off
two twenty dollar bills of ‘ The Insurance Bank of
Columbus,” located at Macon. There nno such
bank in existence, aud our readers would do well
| to be on the lookout for notes of this character,
as the person who attempted to pass them says she
received them in this city.— Savh. Rep.
Stolen Negroes Recovered—The eight ne
groes stolen from the plantation of Oren Davis, in
Wilkinson county, have been overtaken, n gether
ith two wnite men who enticed them to runaway.
They were fouud secreted in a swamp near the
Oconee River, waiting for the e? dement to cool
i ft; but while socae : rtens were l iving through
tbe swamp they etuinofod upon * e negroes aud
white men, for trie arrest of whom a reward of
SSOO was offeree, by Mr. Davie.— Federal Union ,
Homicide in .Bryan County.—We regret to -
1* am that l)r VV ai. S. Harden, a highly reepeota
ble ohizsn of Bryan county, was killed Thursday
morning last, by his step-eou, Charles R. Lane. He
shot iu Lis own house with a double barrelled
gun, twelve buckshot entering his back just above
ihe loin and four of them passing entirely through
his body Uo survived ih occurrence about au
hour. We have heard some facts connected with
(his dreadful affair, but we abstain from any fur
ther remaiks upon it, as it will likely undergo e ju
dicial investigation. Lane had not been arrested
at last accounts.— Saw Rep.
Fatal Accident at Dalton, Ga.—A gentle
man by the name ot Carr, was killed very suddenly
at Col. Green’s Stettin Saw Mill iu this city, on
Wednesdayjlafit under the following circumstances:
In changing tho stock carriage for the reception of
a long stock, alter having sawed a short oue, the
hands were in .he habit of using a piece of scant
mg, by which Ihe head bi'ock was held at tionary,
and the carriage run hack to the proper distance ;
the scantling in the meantime resting against a
erths sill in front of Ihe saw. In performing this
duty, Mr. Carr, standing in i root of tha saw, extend
ed his scantling too far, when it was caught by the
teeth of the saw, causing the end which tie held in
Lis hands to be thrown upward with terrible force,
striking him on the sde of the neck, and breaking
it (his neck, not the scautlii g) “short off.” He was
from South Carolina, where i.e /eaves parents and
friends toniouru hie untimely end. He was a young
man.— Times.
The Difference of lime.—The success of the
Atlantic catia has called attention to tbe difference
of time in various cities in different parts of the
world. A table prepared some tune since by Mr.
fohi> R. Burnet, of Livingston, N. Y., gives the foi
owing interesting information :
When it is 12oYloek high noon at New Voik, tbe
time is as follows a! the stated places:
a m f.. m .
Newark, N. J LI s*J2l I London, Eng 4,55 4*
New Brunswick... 115a0 Montreal ISO 44
Morristown ... .11 58 00 | sebaKtopcl /.
Paterson 11.19 VO It. etersburg 6.57 YO
Plainfield li 5h.i2 | Turin 516 58
Princeton H 57.16 Jerusalem 7 17*^4
Trenton 115700 j Hamburg 6 J 0.48
Burlington 11.f6.32 j Geneva 5.\!0 42
Easton, Pa ... 1< 55 00 1 Edinburg 4.43 lfi
Alton’ill ..10. i228l Constantinople.... 6.51.44
Hutt: 10 1*.56 32 I Calcutta . 10.49 56
Char estou 11 53 40 J Madrid 4.40.31
C ncirnaii
Dubuque .. 10. >:< 00 1 Atheus 6 3106
Harrisburg 11.4544 Rome 5.46 03
Macon <’a 1i.*21,16|8t Helena 4 33.40
Key West, Flo —1 • f *_B . f 2 | Stockholm 6.(.8.20
Now Orlea is 10.55a0 • iverpool *44 36
Philadelphia. 11.5x22 | Dublin 4 30 56
Salt Li e City 9 2740 I Florence .. ...... 54 .24
Oregon City 8 4M.40 Albany, N Y 120106
Honolulu, S. I,
Tne difference of time between the extreme El.lt
and Wri st points of the United States is 3 bourn, 50
;nii iPe.-i. When it is Monday noon at New York, it
is 6,58 A. M Tm*day at Tihiti, and between 12
und 1 A. Mfi of Tuesday at China. Iu the China Sea,
bet ween Singapore and China, it is midnight when
ii fi* noon at New York.
T i time at Et John s, Newfoundland is 1 26 08
P. M , and the Oi sere nee in time between Trinity
Bay aud Ylentiaß.iy is about 2 hours and 48 min
utes.
The Woman who Lives without Eating.—A
medical correspondent of the Newark Advertiser,
haviik, recently visited Mrs. S mecu Hays, “the
woman who lives without eating,” at Cheater,,
Warren county, New York,says :
The c lear discriminating statements ot Prof. Van
Muren, of tbe medical department of the New York
University, whosaw her receutiy, and cf ray in
vettigatiug fuei and, Dr llicman, m Brooklyn, who
raw her to-day, and with whom I intented io go,
leave me in little doubt with regard to the case.
It is unque.'tionab'y one of hysteria in its most
aggravated form L.ttle food i.l required in such
cases, and this little is unquestionably administered,
it appears that two sisters have had somewhat
siinil n* attacks of hysteria, which indicates tho con
stitutional teud'mefi aof tho family. Tout implicit
credent e is not plat ed in the statement of Mr
Hays, after all, may be inferred by the fact that
within the last few days tbe citizens have n et to
appoint n vigi'auce commit tee to watch and de
I ermine rouclu ively whether food is taken or not
There is not. Taere is not here a want ot motive.
Although the husband has properly refused to con
■snt l > let his wile go so Albany or New York for
exhibition, she has been removed to a sort of ex
hibirion looking building in a village accespafoeto
-hi well by a plank road. llth Mr. Hays, the
I hot< keepers and gate tenders fi id their incomes
e..u bus i mss increased. Doubt less they feel sensi
i bly Lit‘it is hu ill-wind that blowH nobody auy
l r CbRCULio.—In a discussion whioh occurred
i -for. l t: fiuitglowers Convention, at Athens,
l v u .3 and inst., after a lull and free interchange
o- i and experience liom peveral speakers,
the. that seemed to bo considered settled by
j experince and observation were :
Ist. That the Curculio, being a winged insect,
will migrate to a considerable distance. When
stone fruit is raised in new localities, that while in
such places the fruit is little injured the first year
I of bearing, it soon becomes ah badly injured as in
j older orchards.
j 2d. That there are aucceHsive broods of the in
sect during the season, and lhat tho time the in
j sect remains in the earth after hatching is proved
j by experiment, to vary from sixteen to at least
j thirty days, varying with the temperature.
{ 3J That it is probably worth while to raise a
! few Nectarine trees to at i act the Curculio from
I the Plums and Apricots, which are less to hia taste,
especialy in our section, where the increase of the
insect in checked every two or three years by the
{ destruction ol our stone fruits by spring frosts.
ttli. That where a few Iruits are punctured in
; tho spring, if the insect is untnoles’ed, the suoces
} sive generations from these will generally destroy
Inn -st or nil of the crop before ripening.
sth That tho fruit may be paved by first shaking
the tree and rily upon sheets aid catching and killing
the inßccu, amt the method pursued by Mr. Ban
croft, who, from i.ome half dozen trees, had this
season collected in a bottle near 800 Curculios. 2d.
By also shaking the trees and allowing tho dropped
fruit to be eaten by poullry, pigs, &0., gathering
I daily anything left by the animals, which are to be
sod mj i watered directly under the bearing ‘trees,
| as practiced t y Hr. White. In destroying the fallen
j fruit while >"urjg, the Muscovy duck has been
I found especially valuable.
In sections where the Curculio is every few yeare
nearly annihilated by la’e frosts it is not d^lll cult by
eith r ol the above methods to raise a good crop of
P.ums, &.c., in good Hensons, and they are always
to md to succeed perfectly where the ground is con
Btantly trodden, and for a year or two alter coming
into bearing in new locations.
j An Answer.—When Judge McLean was Post-
I master-General, ha was grossly abused by a disap
pointed applicant for re appointment as postmaster
I in one cf the e nail towns. He at length demanded
to be informed, in writing, why ho was not re-ap
pointed. He was so informed; and it is said that
the following is a copy of the letter with whioh he
wat favored by the Pus!master-General:
Post ffice Department, June 6, 1856.
Sir Toe allegations against you are numerous
and sir mg, and are chiefly these :
That you cannot write or n ad well enough , are
not. u :ale accountant.; have been guilty of the gross
eet negligence in not delivering letters when called
for—a negligence always inconvenient and often
attended with it jury; delivering letters frequently
to persons lor wt.om they were not inlet ded, and
sutler it em to be taken away; fail to send letters
and packrigts by mail in proper time ; sometimes
■ Ending off the mail without putting into it any let
ten or | rickets that trad In-* n longed at your office,
rever.-o the destination of letters, and Hend them
back to the place- whence they came : have not
ease enough to Uiscover the error after the letters
have been r. peatedly returned ; made frequent and
grr B-mistakes in the bills forwarded to other offi
ces , open par; ages addressed to olhar postoffices ;
When a mall is Called for by a neighboring pcstinas
ti-r, banding out at.y one, right or wrong; disobey
the regulations respecting dead newspapers; ap
propriate half a dozen of them to your own use tor
two or three years, and resort to the miserable
speculation of Belling them for wrapping paper ; fill
up a circnlating library with periodical works ob
tained in this w y . are unnonib in your behavior
odinUß to th' population; heap error up’ n error, and
avail youreeli of tin uu < rrois in oro.r tc supplant
y.ui employer; nave, been tried by the. vicinage
ur.d found wanting aud, to sum up, they Charge
vo! Writ want of principle and capacity.
Respectfully, your obedient,
John McLean.
Curious Story about the Queen's Jliesage
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Republican says:
I have heard from a high scource a somewhat sin
gular statement, which, if true, (and I cannot doubt
it,) explains two matters, nam-ly : First, how the
President was secured troin being hoaxed in the
matter of the Queen's message on the sub-Atlantic
Telegraph ; arid secondly, why he should come from
•he Soldiers Horne into the city, near midnight, to
write his answer, ‘ihe statement is, that copies ot
oo’h documents were prepared some time ago and
r-xi hanged between the parties, and that Queen
\j. :,-,na’s note and a copy of Mr. Buchanan’s reply
v;, re locked up in the State Department. This was
done, it is eaid to prevent imposition, and a very
able plan it certainly was. The reason why
i Piesideatreturned to the city is hereby madeob
. iuiis, as it undoubtedly was for the purpose of cum
pt,. ir g the message sent to him with ihe copy pre
v 1 u-iy pieced in his possession, and also to obiain
• ■ ii prepared reply from tne State Deps tmeut
T fact of the Queen’s message being incomplete,
sail what was the substance oi the closing portion,
veins to have been known to Mr Buchanan when
he wrote his reply; aud the wording of the reply
tbelf favors the latter assumption.
$20,090 for a Young Lady ! — A paragraph has
been go ng the rounds of the papers recently, etat
ing that “an old lady of Tuscumbia, Alabama, of
fers a reward of $20,000 to any young lady not ovet
17 • ears of age, who Is willing to live in the capac
ity of an adopted daughter to her.” The Tttscum
bia Democrat says this is a hoax, but if. seems one
a.. “bit at the bate thrown out.” A few days
IC a letter lor the old lac y who offers $29,000 re
ward tor a young lady, wa3 received bythePoet
ri ter at Tuscumbia, which is published in the De
irN.erat, as follows:
“ So. Ca., July 30th, 1858.
‘ -far Madam : Iseean advertisement in the
Columbia paper purporting to be from yourself,
expressing a desire to adopt some child as your
own.
i have tour daughters, who are natives of this
State—some one of whom perhaps would suityou
,is 17 years old, is a good English scholar,
real: Freucn, and is well acquainted with muaic.
painting, drawing, needlework, &c.
- —, is 16 years old, isa good English scholar,
reads French, and is also acquainted with music,
needlework, &c.
anil IS s!adying grammar, geography, Slo.
>fce
i am a Minister of the Gospel, my salary is small,
and if you are willing to adopt any one of my
daughters 1 have no dcubt but that they wilt cod
sent to live with you. For further information, ad
A Funny Expanation.—The New York Herald,
exp a.ning the r eent oo lia'ou off the coast between
the Cunari tteamers Arabia and Europa, rays that
the “Arab a, it appears, mstook the lights of the
Europa kr Cape Baoe light.” Is the Arabia in the
habit of tanning into the Cape Raes light when eh#
s>es it I