Newspaper Page Text
BY W. S. JONES.
TERMS.
THE WEEKLY
Cl’ MJNICLE & SENTINEL
S HJB JSHED EYERY WEDNESDAY,
AT
TliK E DOLLARS per Annum;
OR,
T vVO DOLLARS WHEN PAID IN
advance,
oi wltlrin THREE MONTHS after the
commencement of the
Subscription.
i O CLUBS or INDIVIDUALS sending as Tec
>'■ nca. ol A copies 1 tbe paper will be sent for one
year, thnefurniahlng the paper at the rat* of
SIX COPIES FOB TEN DOLLARS,
or a free copy to all who may procure us Five aub
< :!fcer -,nd forward aa the money- The pa
per will in no instance be sent at tbia rate unless the
tin dollars ia paid strictly in advance. Nor will
par aof a Club be received. The whole six must
COmr tosrlkrr
TBT! CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
DAILY AND TKI-WEEKLY,
Are a,, o published at this office, and mailed to acb
a • Ibera at the following ratea, namely:
DAILY PAPER, if sent by mail Save a Dollars
per annua in advance, ami Eight Dollars if
payment be aeiavcd three months.
TRIWEEKLY PAPER Poor Dollars, In el
aa, ■*, and Five Dollars if payment be delayed
rnr.ru months
Hates for Weekly Ad vertleemente.
OaiiirApy advertisements, publiabed once a
*eek in Dally, Tri-Weekly or Weekly, Seven and
iMlf cr.nli per line, for each ineertiou.
Hplcial. Notices, 7Vn Cent! per line, for the iirs
insertion, and Fight Cent! per line for each subse
qu©nt insertion.
I>njpi 4Trn Aivektiskmk*tß, T*n Cents |>r
tine, tor each insertion
Marriages, Dfatih, and Foweral Notices
fifty Cents each. Obituaries, Ten Cents pe
line
MON ROE
FEMALE IMVEHSm.
1013 0.
I 'Oil Hql.’ years, under this present ciyanl/.ation,
thi flourishing Institution has enjoyed the increas
log confidence and *ii|>|.or* of an intelligent public Its
natrons are of that class •u education
ought to command tbe highest respect. This lu.stitution
FIYK (iLNKHAI. DKPAKT.HEKTS!
f A COLLEGE I> BP ART MF-NT, which embrace*
a so >r yean’ course of study, including all the branches
ofscleoi ury to make Young Ladies thorough
and accomplished s ho ar-.
II AN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT, in which pu
p|is are properly t reared for College, and a good basis
laid lor thorough acholarship.
Jli, A MUBiO DEPARTMENT, with tried teachers,
oomj -item to give Instructi- non the Piano Forte, Gui
tar, Harp, Harmonium, Violin. Flute, Ac. Advanced
pupils are taught to c impose Music, if desired. Prof.
FIBIIEK D an admirable composer
IV AN ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT, in which
pupils are taught Painting in Oil and Water Colors, Ore
clan Painting, Oriental Painting, Penciling, Monochro
matic l rawing. Wax Fru tand Flowers, Crape Work,
Embroidery, Paper F-ow**r ■, Rosin Fruit, A c.
V- A DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT, in which pupils
afstaugh the elementary and Practical Principles o Do
meatic Affairs Two hours on every Tnesday, Thurs
day -:ii aturday will be deroted to this Department.
The time thi.s employed vlll net in the least interfere
with the Lit rary Department.
This is the College in Georgia giving attention to
thin most eential part of Female Education.
The Hoard oflrntruo’. ion are thorough scholars and
experienced teachers, three of whom gradual and with
honor at Mercer Un vers ty.
A BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION
this H where the daughters us Ministers ol the Gospel of
model ate means, are educated WITHOUT CHARGE
FuRTL'IT ON. moreover, worthy indigent orphans
and daughters of needy Ministers will be boarded from
£> o r o 4 ,er cent less than the usual rates.
Pupils are here taught Economy. Extravagance is
k*et allowed. Jewe.ry is not w rn, A pupil’s dressing
v r a year, need not cost more than from S3O to sf>o.
BOARD OF TRI’STKEM.
Rat ADIBL SHERWOOD, D D.,Qrtfla, Praa’L
Rev. SVLVANUB LANDRUM, Macon.
Rev ELI JAH .1 PANNAL, Louisville.
Kev. WM C W ILK EH. Forsyth
Hon CINCINNATI!!* PEEPLES, Forsyth.
Hon JOIINT CROWDER. Monrue county.
Col. JAH H PINCKARD. Forsyth.
EDEN TAYLOR, Ea<j , Coleparchee
DULAIN F PONDER, Esq, Forsyth.
JOSEPH J. OARnon, Esq , Ma ou county.
■DANIEL SANFORD, Esq., Forsyth, Secretary.
..’ol joir T STEPHENS, Forsyth.
DEO A CA BANISH, Esq., Treasurer.
FACULTY.
Kev WM C. WILKES, A M, President
p.of R T ASBURV, A. M
Dr CEO T WILBURN, A M
lrot W M. FISHER. A M
Mm MARY A WILKES.
Mrs KATE AS BURY
Mrs MARY A. LAND
MU JULIA A STANFORD.
MLnROXIKA CHAPPELL.
M s CARRIE E LAND
Tuition from slfl to ♦'.() per year; Music, §SO; Board
s<Oner month, exclusive of lights and washing.
Tne Spring Term will begin on the !7tU JA NUARY.
J\>r further Information, addre** any member of the
Faculty, or Trustees
WILLIAM C. WILKES, Prea’t.
lUCUARDT. AbBURY, Hec’y.
Forsyth, Oa.. Jan 1 t. 1859 lans
MMD LEARN!
r11 )| V Exurclses of Cl LVFRTON ACADKMA will
Ibo resumed JANUARY 17th, 1859, under the charge
, f j u SHOCKLEY and Mias E. LIVINGSTON,
graduates of Southern Colleges They teach All Ue
bra v hen usually tAßtfht in tie best high schools, an.
t * prove, by their diligence, that their School is not
infer lor to any.
The Academy i in a healthy locality, and one ot the
very ben eU'uipn s In the Sist. ; where every ait n
iou will bo given to the moral and literary training of
ti;;/ pupil Board and tuition are low. There are
churches convenient, and a daily mail.
For f.irtber particulars, addres ■
J G. SHOCKLEY, or
11 C CULVER.
> dft ’• a, Haocnk i.•.••■it'-. Oa dt<29 *i
IX)()K HERE.
Kariucrs, Planters and Keepers of
HORSES.
’ • Keep your Horsea In Good Condition..’
imuTsiis
tnim lunuu horse pish
I, he extraordinary Virtueaoftha celebrated GER-
M AN IIGRSEPOWDER, areattested by thousands
.bo htve uml . t It la oompojod of VegeUble Kk>U
~.,1 Herb., a.i 1 ‘•i'gbl.v vo. ommeaded for the cure and
•recent’on of all rV .jokmm to wbn-b that amoral- th*
v: ms—l as iK J temper, liide-bnund, Drowsi
uess of Appetite, Inward Sprains, Yellow Water,
F* bfus'run exercise or work. Inflammation of the
Kvta” Debility ngof Flaab. 6 o It carries off all
gross humors, prevents horses from becoming st iff or j
f*aoder**d. nuriiles and cools the blood, and improves
their gt-uera condition i'lr constaiitiy
maud*for Uiis t e'l ‘.-i.-tt'd ’ IIOP.feE MEDICINE * is one
of those uuiui* takeable proofs of Its w M rth. In cases o l
Hide bound, L . • of Appetite, Drows.uow, Fatigue,
Distemper, luflammation of the Eyes. It improves the
condition of the Bkiu; impart-’ a flue glossy coat of
Hair it is a universal Condition Powder Farmers and
Planters should not be without- this valuable Powder.
For sale, wholesale and retail, by
PI3HB& i HEINITBH,
Coltuabia, S. 0 ,
PLUMB &LEITNER,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Augusta. Ga.- -
’ prolkTc cotton “seeE
I>l. AXTIiKS are informed that 1 have succeeded in
pr.xloc ng a PROLIFIC COTTON that yields more
to the st \la than any 1 have ever seen. Being fond of
exper. mi 1 have for the last twenty-the >ears,
every van My of cotton that promised a large yield, aud
have found coihing that equals my present stock of
Seed. It is a hybrid of the Bond’s and other Proiidcs
w ith the Petit Gulf 1 have *taiks now in my office,
Foai feet high, with 15' bolls on it.
Three feet hi*’*, with P 25 4i
Twy feet high, with 75 “ “
As many as two hundred aud Arty bolls and forms have
• n counted on a tew large stalk*'. Every parson who J
ha- seen my crop pronounce it heavies holiedeottoa
they ever saw One Planter pulled off a limb twelve
inches loug. having uine bolls on it. As this Cotton does
not hmb a’ long as Petit Gulf, it can be planted closer in
ihe row aid drill, thus securing a greater number of
ttalks to the acre.
I will fill orders for Seed at ONE DOLLAR AND
TWENTY-FIVE CRN TS FER BUSHEL, sacked *u
new cotton sacks, ani dvl.vered in Augusta, and for
warded as dim ted. Address.
GEORGE SCHLEY,
novfhwtf Augusta Georgia.
DOWNING HILL NURSBRT,
rpHK aubscribors beg leave to call the attention of the
X public to their extensive collection of
SOUTHERN RAISED FRUIT TREES,
‘rvmbracaag all the best variet.es that have been tested in
the Southern climate.
A.so a due c?.lection of ORNAMENTAL TREES
and SHRUBS.
Catalogues sent by mail, free ot charge, to all appli-
Address PETERS. HARDEN A CO..
novll w4m Atlanta, Ga
GROVER fc BAKER’S
SEWING MACHINES.
REASONS why the GROVER A BAKER Mach.ae
l* an versally preferred tor .amily sewing :
L It ;• more simple and easier xspt in order than any
other Machine.
’2d I*. makes aseamwhKh wdi not rip or ravel,
though every third stitch is cut.
3d It sew * from two oniuiary spools, ana thus
trouble of winding thread is avoided, while the sane
rnach ne can be adapted at pleasure, a ewrr cAangtej
xpoof, to all varieties of work.
4;hl The same xnacLuie runs silk, linen thread, and
common spool cotton with equa facility.
sth The seam u elastic as the nos: elastic fabric,
•o that it is free from all Lability to break in wash
ing. ironing, or otherwise.
flth. The stitch made by this machine is more beaati-
Uxl than any other made, either by hand or machine.
Merchant* can secure the sales of those Machines in
their d.Seren; locali ses, with profit to themselves and
their cu tomn, by apply mg to the undersigned, owners
of the Rlgiifvr Georgia.
These Machines are always on exhibition at their Sales
Room, on Broad reel
myil diw w THOS P STOVALL 4 CO
DA.XIEL H. WILCOX,
OTFE0 TFEI **, FOK AT REASONABLE
PRICES—
t,OOO sac AS Liverpool SALT •
100 “ Alum Do. ’
25 “ Ashton Table S ALT
150 bales Gunny BAGGING *
SMJ oo.is Kentucky ROPg ,
PJO *’
SO hhda Port Rioo and Musocrado SUGAR
‘JfiO bnls Clarified
lUO “ Crushed and Powdered rv.
5 0 bag* Bio COFFEE
100 “ Java. Laguyra and COFPf.E
iOOO kegs NAILS, assorted six
60 bbla New Or>eans MOLASbES
60 “ Sugar House SYRUP i
i6 hhda Onba MOLASSES .
boxes Star and Sperm CANDLES ;
-jftO •* Choice CHEESE ,
“ TOBACCO, all grades ;
• 300,000 Havana and German CIGARS ;
mackerel soap, starch, vinegar, soda
BUCKETS. BROOMB. POWDER, SHOT and LEAD,
*rd all other articles usually tound in a Wholesale Gpo.
•ery. excepting Liquors aep’J? 14wr-rr;
ONION BETTS
WE have received a very superior jupply of ONION
hJKTTb wk.ck are fine and dry
aerfi PLUMB A LEITNRB
C|ronick & SfastmL
from the Louitrillr Journal.
Other Dave.
A 4ream o; the Pact, confused ai.d die,
La*u cigbt was round my besxt,
Ani I rawisgein the pass.ugye*n.
Like a *. -- ion of Love depart.
But ’he Htrarigir star in it.-i lefty sphere
With it'i wmg spread eastward bright a.d clear
Shone like the iuq .a a bribiant tear.
In the m.dcigbt dream once more I saw
The friends ot early days ;
Friends that I loved oefore 1 knew
Life’s varied and shadowy ways ;
Frie d>? wi ose hearts were & eal and true
To cue as the sun to the far eff bine.
And I loved this dream centered and dim.
As I loved the n Ate* oi some half bea.’d hymn.
And I beard a?ain the wind
As it i ghed long, long ago.
V'ben it passed through the yellow leaves in Fall
Mu-icai -oftandiow;
And the raven perched on the saoe dead limb
Wit glifi’.’m g eye and neck stretched slim,
Is the same I saw there in those years
When Hope made r&jnbowso'er our tears.
It seems a long and weary path
To tread the hills of Life,
To walk the varied vales of earth
With their pleasures and pa ns and strife ,
Bat with pleasure now we tai- look bar k,
To the Pa*it, life's sunny and shady track.
And dreams of the Pa*t make as nweet a spell
As the music of waves or an ocean fahell.
There are rone that have never felt the touch
Os sorrow’s dark hue<l wing.
And there are none but in dark boors
WM to soine bright h'.pe clmg ,
And tLua with sorrow, joy and strife.
We pass through the abode and shi ae of life
Tiii the sun's ia and ray at even,
Our spirit* pass to the far-off heaven
The Olden Time.
“BY BLANCHE W'OODBURT.”
Where are the homes, the dear o’d bernr 3,
The homes as they used to be;
With the frugal wive-, and their busy live-
A* they sang right merrily,
la their ipron check and ’kerebiet and neck,
Till the distaff ct flax wm spun.
T hen hearty with mirth, rou and the hla/in hearth
They woke the spirit of Inn t
Where the old watch dog with his lazy jog,
The cushioned monaer h's foe.
And Uncle Tim, with bisgoufy limb,
And bis beautiful lock of snow,
Th n tbp Obr.Htmas ‘ crack” f 0111 Santa's pa k,
The “bon*bcns” beyond compare;
The “hide and seek’ and the ‘ b in fold” freab,
Aye ! the strut of the wee one ere t
Where the oaken floor and the quaint latched door,
Thar to let virtue in,
Wbire health’s fresh cheek bid her blushes meek,
Aud tashi-.n owned mod sty kin,
When the Blessed Book knew its honored nook,
It’s powe and author t>'s sway,
When the ‘ curtesy” low and the brief bent “bow
Were reverence s primitive way
When the whit Land lent, to the garments rent,
A beauty unkn .wu before.
Aud thehouest glance ne'er looked askance,
When a creditor parsed the door ,
When tfco pattering rain rang the miniature pane,
Or lu eful on roof, as it fell,
L ke tones afar, from a sweet guitar,
Or chimes from some tairy bell
When the sweet, sweet sigh cf a holy light
Shone clear from the love lit eye.
And friendship's band and the cordial hand
Were precious in days gone by ;
O, the key to the homes, ibe dear old homes,
The homes as they nued to be,
For which we mourn and hopelessly yearn,
Is but virtue’s simplicity.
Boy’ Triiiln.
The Springfield Republican haa a capital article
011 this subject. Here are some extracts :
11*8 Regulations with the “Old Man.”—Wo
suppose that the first severe trial a boy has to un
dergo is to submit hit* wili to the old man, whom he
is taught to consider bis father. To bo restrained in
doore at. night, to be mrbidden to go in swimming
five a day, or to be hindered from pinching
the real of the children just for fun, ia an interre
rence with nature 1 inalienable rights, every way
injurious to the feelingH. And then, when upon
some overwhelming temptation, the boy aaaerta hit*
independence of parental control, and receives a
“tanning,” with a switch, from a quince bush,
either upon h.n back or his bp.r© feet, it becomes re
ally a very serious tiling. We never could aee that
the smart ol an operation like this waß at all Kfisucg
ed by the affectionate aeeuiance that it was be
stowed out of pure love.
Sittim. with THE Girls.—The next great trial
of that boy is be obliged by a cruel master to ait
with the girls at school. This uauaily comes before
the development of those undeniable affinities
which, in afterlife, would tend to make the punish
ment more endurable. To be pointed out aa a “gal
boy,” to be smiled at grimly by the master, who is
so far delighted with his own ineffable pleasantry
as to give the little boys license to laugh aloud, and
to be placed by the side of a girl who had no hand
kerchief, and no knowledge ot the use of that article,
is, we submit, atrial of uo mean magnitude. Yet
we have been there and have been obliged to “sit
up close” with big Rachel, laughing and blushing
till wo came to hate her name. We wonder where
the overgrown frowzy creature is now, and what
the condition of her head is ?
The First Long Tailed Coat —We do not be
lieve that any boy ever put on ni3 first long tailed
coat without a sense of shame. He first twists hia
back halt off looking at it in the glass, and then
when he stepa out of doors if seems to him as if all
creation was in a broad grin The sun laughs in
the iky ; the cow* turnH to look at him ; there are
taccs at every window ; his very shadow mocks
him. When he wake by the. cottago where Jane
fives, he dares not look up for hia life. The very
boards croak with consciousness of the strange spec
tacle, and the old pair of pantaloons that stop a light
in the garret window nod with deriaion. If he ia
obliged to pass a group of men and boys, the trial
assumes its most terrific stage. His legs get all
mixed up with embarrassment, aud the flap of the
dangling appendage ia felt upon them, moved by
the wind of hia own agitation ; he could not teel
worse were it a dishcloth, worn as a bandage of
disgrace. It ia a happy time lor him wheu h* gets
to church and sits down with bis coat tail under
him , but he is still apprehensive w ith thinking of
the Sunday school, and wonders if any of the chil
dren wiil ank him to “swing hia long tail blue.”
Goiko Home with the Girls.—The entrance
into society may be said to take place after boy
hood has passed away, yet a multitude take the ini
tiative before their beards are presentable. It is a
groat trial, either to a tender or a tough age. For
an overgrown boy to goto a door, knowing that there
are a di zen girls inside, and to knock or ring with
absolute certainly that in twoininutts all their eyes
will be upon him, is a severe test of courage. To
go before these girls aud make a satisfactory t -ur
of the room without stepping ou their toes, and then
to sit down and dispose of oue’a hands without put
ting them into one’s pockets, is su achievement
which few boj e can boast. If a boy can get eo far
as to measure off ten yards of tape with one of these
girls, and cut it short at each end. he may 6tand &
chance to pass a pleasant evening, but let him not
ilatter himself that all the trials of the evening are
over. There comes at last the breaking up. The
dear giris don their hoods and put ou their shawls,
and look so saucy aud mischievoue, and uuimpressi
ble, as if they did not wish any one to go home with
them Thou comes the pinch, and the boy that has
the moat pluck makes up to the prettiest girl, bis
heart in his threat, and his tongue clinging to the
roof of his mouth, and crooking his elbow, stammers
out the words, 4 Shall I eee you home ?” She
touches her fiugers to his arm, and they walk home
about afoot apart,feeling as awkward as a couple
of goslings As soon as she is sate inside her own
doors, he stru:s home, and thiLks ho has really been
and gone and done it. Sleep comes to him at last,
with dreams of Caroline and Caiico, and he awakes
in the morning and finds the doors cf life open to
j him. and the pigs squealing for break’aet.
Concluding Reflections. —We have passed
over churning, and learning the catechism, because
vs are teariul of makiLg tins article too Lug, al
though we might have talked of butter that would
uot bepursuaded to cc me, and perplexities of literary
turn of mind, and a head that measured seven and
4 quarter wheu asked what the chief end of mac
wtw. Boyhood is a green passage iu man’s expe
rience in laors senses than one. Jt is a pleasant
thing totbiukover and laugh about now, though it
was serious enough theu. Many of our p*e;ent
trials are as ridueulous as thoee which now touch
the resibles in the recollection, and when we get to
■ ihj* world and lock upon this, aud upon the
1 vthii-oy of the soul through which we passed here,
wr iiavo no doubt that u e shall griu over the trials
whL-li we experienced when we lost our fortune?,
wheu oCY miits were swept away or burned, and
when he didn't get elected to the legislature.—
Meu are but boys of larger g.osTb.
Frkzxolini's Lover Dead.— A Touching TaU.
—A letter from Paris to a Boston paper, says -
During the month of December there died in
Paris one Louis Lambert, Xwwrly eons prefect of
Sceaux, who was brought id a state trom
America, by Frvssolici herself, lie was once
known iu the best Parisian a aim? as tne ‘jeau
Lambert,* and was considered tl*s most handsome
and fascinating man of bi<? day. An obscurity atx-ni
his birth did not lesson his attraction female eyes
by some he was presumed to be the eon oi Marshal
M&guan. and his resemblance to that doughty war
rior seemed to warrant each an idea. He lived the
career of ail young, good looking Frenchmen;
liberal'}* provided with money by the Mat shall, he
went the round of vices and aissipatiou, liasons,
jjkc.. and finally becoming attached to Frezzolini,
then youthful and possessing charms, he devoted
himself to her—and her fortunes, his own exchequer
being dilapidated. With her he visited America,
where the climate proved unfavorable to a conetitu
tion weakened by every kind of excess. His health
grew rapidly desperate, and. lingering in illness, be
existed only long enough to see his ‘cher Paris
once more, his death .aking p.ace almost immedia
tely upon liis arrival in France. Frezzolini was as
generous as devoted to him. aud his tuneral and
monument in Pere la Chaise were paid for by a canta
trice, now poor and broken down herseix, who was
the only faithful friend of one who was once the envy
of all the youths ia the metropolis—says a French
paper—the idol, the object of love and jealousy, the
] ‘beau Lambert. The tale is really touching
Vesuvius.—Wehave been permitted to make an
extract !rom a letter addressed by Hon. Joseph R.
Chandler, Min.ater Resident of the United States at
the Court of Naples, -o Prof Henry, of the Smith
soman Institution, iu which Mr. Cnand er farniebea
a brief account of the circumstances current at Na
ples at the date of the letter, December lbth, re la
tive to an expected eruption of Mount Vesuvius.—
He says —Aar. Intel.
“At the present moment the people of this city
are m great excitement at the indications of a dan
gerous eruption from Mount Vesuvius. For along
tune great masses of lava have been issuing from
apertures on the side of the mountain, about half
way up and these apertures have been augment
ing* in number and size eo rapidly that not only is
there apprehension ot au eruption, but serious fears
are expressed that the sides of the mountain will
eoon be so worn and perforated as to be no longer
able to sustain the superior portion, and people are
leaving the viemity and coming iuto the city proper
Last night the mountain was truly grand. Tne hun
dreds of great fires on the sides hot lava * were
terribly brilliant, while the vast volume of smoke
that rose slowly from the crater above had its side
ihumiuated by the tire on the flacks, and presented
an appearance of indescribable grandeur. I. of
course, am unable to say whether these fears are
well-founded, but they are enteitained by men of
science ana experience here. To-day the people of
tne city are commemorating the first annivertary of
the awful earthquake of 1857, and they are all going
to church. We seek God when we find no help tn
man. and perhaps it is a part of God’s providence
that we should be visited with scourges tha. man
cannot direct or withhold.'*
The Gold Fever— We learn from a gentleman
from Minnesota, that the gold fever is raging
throughout the West and hundreds of young men
are preparing to start early in the spring for the
newly discovered mines of Western Kansas. In
many of the large towns, companies of 50 to 100 are
organising, while individuals are hoping to realise
fortunes by fitting out transportation trains, to con
vey provisions to the ‘diggine, ‘ and passengers, at
a certain prioe per head It is expected that iarge
I profits will be made on the provisions, which will
oommand the highest pncee at the mines,—A'. Y.
Journal of Com mar te
From the Savannah Republican.
Properdins* of the First Convention of Young
.Hen , ChiUiinn Association* of the South
ern Dintrirr.
Savannah, Jan. 22.
The first Convention of the Young Men's Chris
tlaxi Association of the Southern District met in the
Lutheran Church, at 10$ o’clock, a m . and was
called to order by J. T Thomas, President of Sa
vannah Young Men's Christian Association.
J. T. Tbomae was appointed temporary Chair
man, and J. S F. Lancaster, temporary Secretary.
The devotional exercises were conducted by
Rev. Alfred Taylor, of Philadelphia, after which the
roll was called, and the following delegates were re
ported :
Augusta—W', C. Derry and J. W. Bones.
Athens'—J. D. Eve’er.
(’ iumbus—E H Hamden.
Charleston—Alfred Taylor.
Macon— Robert A. Smith, J.
Bl&ke’ey Smith, L. W. Hunt, J. Pugh, C. U. Free
man, C. Campbell.
Swaunah— Y. J. Andereon, J. T. Thomas, J. S.
F. Lancaster, J. F. Caen, C. D. Rogers.
The following perrons were invited to eit as cor
responding members Rev. Mr. Croee, of Balti
more, \V. ri IS; gart. E j q., SavanDah ; and Rev. S.
A'crntrcng, of Alabama. *
The following gentlemen were chosen permanent
officers of the Convention :
Pres.—W. C Derry, of Augusta.
Vice Pres Robt. A. Smith, of Macon.
Sec’y —J. S. F. Lancaster, of Savannah.
Tne President, in a feeling and appropriate man
utr, thanked the Convention for the honor conferred
upon him and the A-eociation which he represen
ted.
Tee following Committee was appointed to pie
pare business tor the Convention : Prof. J. D. Eas
ter, J. W. Bones, Rev. J. Biakeiey Smith, E. 11.
Hamden, Rev. Aiired Taylor, Y. J Anderson.
Prof. Easter, Chairman, after consultation, made
the following report:
The Business Committee beg leave to submit to
the Convention for ira consideration and discussion,
the questions :
Ist. Reporta of the Associations represented.
2d. Limitations on the privileged and duties of
associate members.
3d. Lectures and Lecturers.
4th. Frequency of,meeUnga in the individual As
sociations, and the best means of out the
members.
-sth. Place of next meeting.
Th*.- report was accepted and on motion, the first
in order waa passed over until the evening meet
ing.
The second being under consideration, C. Ander
son rose and briefly presented his views. Jle thought
there should be a difference in the privileges and
duties of active and associate members ; still let not
that difference bo too great. Awaken the interest
and secure the co-operation of the associate mem
bers. Let themfeei that there is woik for them to
do.
Prof. Easter gave a statement of the early or
ganization of the body represented by him In
some rtspects, k had been unsuccessful. it had
failed to carry cut fully the primary object of
Christian Association, in his judgment, u was
partly owing to the fact that the active members
did not alone control its action. Tne literary ele
ment had beea introduced, and made too promi
nent.
W. H Biker, in an able and interesting manner,
presented bi3 views, claiming that the active mem
btrs should have the control of these societies. He,
however, regarded the associate principle as apromi
uent feature in their organization, and would only
limit the privileges of ihia does of members in refe
rence to voting and holding office. Scill he would
place t\iem upon committees, lor there was much
work, which they could and would do well and
cheerfully.
J. T. Thomas thought a middle course preferable,
he believed that the Constitution of the Savannah
Association held the proper ground ; believed that
associate members should be placed upon com
mittees, but not in the mfijority. He would, Low--
ever, quality hid remarks by saying that he did uot
know ihat any evil would arise by allowing them
to veto for permanent officers.
Rev. J. Blakely Smith after a few’ remarks ottered
the following resolution :
Resolved, Teat it be th© eenee ol this Conveu
tiou, that associate members should be allowed all
the privileges of active members except voting and
holding • fiico; al3o that in tne appointment of com
ifiiitees, the Chairman should always op point a ma
jority of active mernb
C. Anderson moved to amend, 00 as to allow as
sociate members to vote, provided that no votes be
received except for active membeis.
J. VV. Bones seconded the amendment, present
ing his views with force and earnestne s. The As
sociation which ‘’e represented, accorded this privi
lege to its associate members, and it had been at
tetded with the best results. The action of the
Association hud been harmonious, and the views of
the active members always consulted by tho asso
ciation
B. Mailon, of iSavunnah, was opposed to granting
associate members the privileges of voting or hold
ing office. He feared that the religious aims and
objects of these bodies might be perverted. Their
labors should be those of Christian benevolenoe ;
they should cultivate a spirit of piety in the indi
vidual members, and inculcate religious truths.
Y. J. Anderson, in an able and loreible manner
eu orced the same views. lie could not think it
tho part of wisdom to grant the same privileges to
the tw’o classes of members. There wa3 too great a
teudency, in this age, to freedom of opiniou. Ho
would have a line marked and well defined, drawn
between the two classes, and yet he would have
them feel that it was alone by the grace of God,
even tho merits of Ckiiet, which caused them to
differ. He then off ered the following substitute for
the resolution and amendment:
Resolved , That this Convention concur with the
General Cjnventiou at Charleston, that associate
members be not allowed to vote or hold office, but
that they have all the ether rights aud privileges of
activ. members.
The qut stion being called for ou the substitute, it
was lost by a vote of four to two. The amendment
was also lost, when the original resolution was
passed by a vote of five to one.
After some miscellaneous business, on motion tho
convention adjourned, atter devotional exercises by
Rev. C. B. King.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Prosident announced as the subject before
the Con vent iou, Lectures and Lecturers.
Prof. JBaoter made some remarks in explanation
cf this question, stating th3t he did uot wish to have
those Associations converted into literary societies,
while the spiritual and religious wants of tho mem
bers were neglected.
Rev. J. Blakely Smith offered the following reso
lution, which, after an extended discussion in which
C. Anderson, Y J. Anderson, Malion, Cann, Taylor
aud others joined, was passed.
Resolved, That it bo the sense of this Convention,
that in the selection of lecturers, wo ought to select
men who are religious, and that the subjects be re
ligiouß, moral or scientific.
The Convention having passed to the considera
tion of the 4ih subject iu tho committee report,
adopted the following resolution, introduced by C.
Anderson :
Resolved, That each Association should meet at
least once a week, and the exercises should be, as
far as possible, of a devotional character.
Ou motion of Rev. J. B. Smith, Macon was made
the place of the next meeting, and the last Friday
in April, named as the time.
The Union Hymn Rook was unanimously re
commended for adoption in the various Associa
tions.
The Convention then adjourned to the rooms of
the Young Men’s Christian Association, to partake
of a collation prepared by the Ladies’ Aux. (3. As
sociation.
It need cot be said that every thing had been
done in th© best possible manner, for it was the work
of the ladies. Wreaths of evergreen, mottoes eng
geetive and impressive, and flowers of tee most ex
quieite beauty, ornamented the rooms. Tho tables
were richly tarnished with everything which oould
satisfy the taste or delight the eye. At the close of
the entertainment a hyme was sucg and then a call
for speeches from the delegates.
The Convention, aud those present, then passed
over to the Masonic Hall to attend the evening
meeting.
There was a large and intelligent audience. J.
F Cann, Chairman of the Committee of Arrange
ments, welcomed Rev Dr. Thorn well, who had
been invited to deliver the Anniversary Discourse,
and the Delegates present, m the most happy man
ner.
Then followed the addresses of the Delegates
from the different Associations * W. C. Deny, of
Augusta: R v M Cross, of Baltimore: E. 11.
iiarnden, ot Columbus , C of Macon
J.D Easter, of Athena, Rev. Alfred Taylor, of
Charles ion
After which, Hon. b. 8 Barton made an able
and deeply interesting appeal iu behalf of the Li
brary Reading Room.
The exercises of the evening were interspersed
with delightful sacred music from the choir of ladies
and gentlemen, whose services were kindly and
gratuitously rendered for the occasion.
At the close of tiie exercises the Convention was
called to order by the President.
C Anderson moved the foilowing :
Reso red, Thai ihe candid and fretcrual reception
which we have met from our brethern oi the Sa
vannah Christian Associari-.n. entiiLe tbsm to the
warmest thanks of our hearts. We assure them we
can never forget ibeir kindness, nor can time sun
der the ties wrich bind them to us
Resolved, That we teuder our grateful thanks to
the ladies and citizens generally cf Savannah, for
tbeir oounteoas hospitality, and tne warm interest
they have exhibited in the proceedings of our Con
vention. We cannot fail to bear away with us
i*>i’Dg and pleasing reminescencea of our visit.
Kobt. A. Smith introduced the following:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be,
and are hereby tendered to our President and Sec
retary, for the faithful and satisfactory manner in
which they have discharged tueir duties.
Y J. Anderson moved the foilowing
Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to
‘urrnsu a report of the proceedings of this Conven
tion to the papers of this city, and the Young Men's
C ariztian Journal.
On motion the Convention adjourned.
W. C. Derrt, President.
J. 8. F. Lancaster. Secretary.
Oswego Starch.— The article of starch, though
apparently one of no great cost, enters largely into
tne domestic consumption of every family, and
many are not aware of the amount of capital and
extent of buildings and machinery neces.ary to sup
ply the demand for it. The largest ana most ex
tensive works aw thoee of the Oswego Startch
Factory, which is said to be the .eading one in size
in the Union, if not in the world. It is sufficient
to say that ODe hundred and fifty pairs of mill atones
are employed to grind eix hundred thousand bush
els of corn’annually, frim which species of grain the
starch is exclusively made, ana eo much care is
used to maintain the reputation of the article that
no box is allowed to leave the works if its quality
does i-cu. come up in every respect to the standard.
The starch is sent to every part ol the United States
and Europe, ana especially to Great Britain, and
also to South America. The immense eaie of this
e*ach and the very great satisfaction it gives to the
public are the strongest guarantees of its superior
quality that can be adduced.
New Bank Bill —Tee Bank of Charleston has
‘U£i issued a bill o: SSOO from anew plate, which is
considered a rerv excellent specimen o: bank note
engraving. In the cen lie above is a palmetto tree,
with a t lew of an harbor, shipping, fcc . in the
background. On either side of this, and on the
upper margin, is the designation 500, wtue anu
pure, on a black tinted ground, with another shad
ing of reddish hue. At either end of the plate, and
centra! u> tbe end. areovais wiib pertraiis.. On ihe
right is primed an admirable and expressive like
ness of Henry W. Conner, Esq., ana on the left,
with equal accuracy, is the portrait of Henry Gour-
Gin. K-q. Over either oval is a cluster of leaves
and branches, in w hich the cotton plant is copsp'-
cuons, and beneaih is a sheaf of rice. At either
end ol the promissory formula, and partly covered
by the words, is the designation of value again, in
the shape of a D, in light red', with shading around
and within of deeper red. The date is January 15,
186”, letters ZZ. and imprint ‘ American Bank Note
Company.”— Char. Cour
The Decimal Ccrrenct is Canada. —The
Canadians have long the denomination of dol
lars and cents on their bank bills, and they have
more recently adopted the declined notation in
their coin. Three new silver pieces are issued, of
the value respecti rely of five, ten and twenty cents.
These pieces present a medalion likeness of Queen
Victoria, surr coded with the following inscription
“V.ctcria Dei Gratia KeginiaCanada and ou the
opposite a crown, beneath whioh ‘ five cents, 1858
surrounded by twooak twigs bound together at the
•teal
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1859.
j John Randolph on Woman and Servant*.
! Tee first number of Mr. DeWitt’a new paper the
j “Index “ (published at Richmond. Va.,) contains a
highly characteristic letter from J .nn Randolph, oi
Keacoke, never before published. We ®°y it be”
low,’ together With the introductory letter of the
friend who communicates it to the'.lndex :
Charlotte Court Hoise, Va.,
November, 1868. $
I send you a copy of a peculiar production o r one
ol the most peculiar of men. J.ha Kandolph ot
Koauoke. It is a faithful copy of the original, uicii
was read as evidence in the celebrated legal Ptn*
eeedmgs instituted to set aeide the last Wid and
Testament oi Mr. Kandolph, on the grounds of his
being ..on cs r/.p.-'■ Tue incident which elicited the
strange inediey was as follows:
,He i:ad been visiting in this v.libge at the
house of a friend, and.aittr his return he_inissed his
po net Unite. A messenger was at, once sent from
ms plantation at i Koanoke,tdistanl about teu miles,
ana when the kmfe was uot iuunu’ a very free ex
pression of sentiment was indulged in to the effect
that Jasper, the littie yellow boy, had pocketed it.
JleeeeDgers were sent twice respecting ihe lost arti
cle bet .re it was found, and a special d.apatch, as
below, when it came to light.
Jt may add something to tho inter sit of this com
muniea .on lor mo to say that my residence is now
in the . same house at whicUMr., Kandolph was a
guest, and that X have many times occupied the bed
room which he insisted he had lost the knife in, bat
in blissful ignorance of the celebrity who had pre
ceded me. Jasper he “yellow boy,” is yet living
near here, a faithful old slave, who can tell many
things of interest respecting the eccentr.c gue=i of
his old master M . If.
xioA.soKE, Saturday, Dec. 17, 1831, ;
Half-past 12. J
Dear M : On taking out. my chariot this
morning for the first time since I got home lrom
your house, to clean it aud the harness, (for this
dreadful spell ot weather has froze us ail up until
to-day,) the knife was found in the bottom of the
carriage, where it must have dropped from a shal
low waistcoa* pocket, as I got in at your door, for
l,missed the knife soun alterward. When 1 got
home I had the pocket of the chariot searched,
and everything there taken ou'.—and it was not
until John had searched strictly into my portman
teau and bag, taking out every article therein, that.
I became pe.fectly convinced of what I was before
fatly persuaded, that I had left the knife in my
chamber at your house ou Tuesday, the tch; and
when 1 heard it had not been seen, I took it for
granted that your little y ellow boy, Imwi’ g “ found
U,’’ had, aocordiug to the negro code of morality,
appropriated it to himself. In tics, it seems, X was
mistaken, and 1 ask bis pardon, as the best amends
I can make him , and at tire saute time, to relieve
you and Mrs. M. from the unpleasant feeing that
such a susp'Cton would occasion, I despatch this
note by a special messenger, although I have a cer
tain conveyance to morrow
1 make no apology to you or Mrs. SI. for the frank
expression of my suspicion, because Truth ia the
goadese tit whose sbrme 1 worship, and no Hugue
not in France, orMoiiecoiu Spa n, or Judaizing
Christian in Portugal, ever paid mure dearly for his
heretical schism than have I tor leaving the estab
lished church of Falsehood and Grimace. lam
aware that ladies are as delicate as they are charm
ing creatures and that in our intercourse with them
we should strain tiie truth as tar as possible.—
Bt ought up from infancy to disguise their real sen
timent, (fora woman would be a monster who did
not practice this disguise,) it is their privilege to be
insincere, and we should despise them, and justly,
too, if they had that manly frankness which consti
tutes the ornament of our character as the very op
posite does theirs. We must therefore keep this in
view in our intercourse with them, and reeollict
that as our point of honor is courage aud frankness,
taeirs is charity and dissimulation; for, as X said
before a woman who dissemble her real
feeling is a monster of Impudence. Now therefore
if does so happen Jas Mr. Canning would say; the
truth is very offensive to the ears of a lady, wheu
to those of a gentleman (her husband for instance)
it would not be at at! so.
To illustrate, Mrs. K ,of B -, my brother's
widow, was beyond all comparison the nicest and
best housewife I ever saw. Not one dtop :)t water
was ever suffered to stand upon the sideboards, ex
cept it was in tile pitcher ; the house from cel
lar to garret and in every part aa clean as hands
could make it, and everything as it should be to
suit my fastidious taste. J. lived there, alter my
brother’s death, from 17'JG to 1810 inclusive, ana
never did I see •: rsaiel! anything to offend my sense
or rcy immagination but once. Kxcopt. in autumn
I would defy any otto to linu a leaf or a feather in
the yard. No poultry y.-ete permitted to come into
it, and we bad no dirty children, wbito or negro, to
make litter or tihh. A strong enclosure of sawn
plank, eight feet high, fenced in the kitchen, smoke
houses, ice bouse, meat house, wood house, in which
the wood for the bouse was stacked away under the
Jock aud key. The turkey and hen houses were in
the earns enclosure, which had two doors, one next,
the dwelling house for the use the mistress and
bouse servants, and one large ettough to admit a
wagon ou the back or north side—beyond which
was a well built quarter, with two brick chimneys,
and two rooms with tiro places, and four rooms
without fire places, aud four rooms without, for ser
vants. There was also (what I had forgot) a spin
ning and wheel house.
At night this enclosure was locked up, not a ser
vant being allowed to sleep in the enclosure, al
though every one of them were within sound of the
lady's bell.
On one unhappy day, during a very hot and wet
spell of weather, of long continuance, a piece of lam b
was brought to the table that was spoiled—the first
and last in nearly fifteen yeats, of tire slightest neg
lect of b usehold economy. I ordered tfio servant
to take it away, it being spoiled. Mrs If. resented
this and fiatly contradicted me, aud although the
lamb absolutely etuuk, she ate a piece of it to prove
her words true, and web affronted with me almost
past forgiveness. 1 dare say if I had not noticed
the lamb she might have given the servant a hint to
take it away ; but the honest naked truth was not
to be borne". We had no company but D. and her
younger son, three school boys and an Englishman
named Knowles, who acted as overseer or steward,
and dined with us until he took to drink. Mrs K.
stoutly denied that the lamb could be spoiled b -
cause it had been boiled only the day before, and
had been in the ice-house ever since. I admitted
her facts and denied her logic, which was purely a
woman's. I maintained that the highest evidence
was that of the senses; that must reason from
facts when we could get at them, and it was only
when we oould not that was fair to arguo from
probabilities, that the iamb stunk, and therefore was
uot sound. This she denied, aud to prove her words
actually made shift to swallow bait a mouthful,
which under other circumstances she would not have
done for a thousand dollars.
So much for the ladies, charming creatures, suit
of the earth, whom, lik- uncle Toby, I. never could
thoroughly understand for want of the key of mat
rimony, which can alone unlock their secrets and
make plain (as many a husband can tell) all the ap
parent contradictions in their character. Yes, so
much for the fairer and better part of creation, (as
from my soui 1 believe them to be,) but who, as tho
Waveriy man says of kings, are kiltie cattle to shoe
behind. Aud sc it ought to be. for it is their poor
and almost only privilege to kick, while we roam
white we will, and they must sit till they are asked.
1 therefore am for upholding them in all their own
proper privileges, as long as they don’t encroach
upon those of men. A woman who uusexea herself,
deserves to be and will be treated as a man.
As to the honesty of servants, I have always
thought mitto “indifferent honest,” as Hamlet says ;
and yet I should have been very sorry that the b jy
that boars this letter should have found my knife, or
either of the two little urchins that you eee here,
about the yard.
“I didn’t take it, master, (for a negro never
steals,) I didn't take it, eir, I find (found) it 1 ”
What virtue m terms’ Corporal Nym, a high
professor and practitioner in tile art of taking,
says • “The wise cal! It convay.” In Shak-peart.
1 never knew but three mulattoes whom I bcherrd
to be honest and out of near three hundred, I have
not a dozen negroes that will not take or convey.
John 13 as honc6t as you and 1 are. So la old
Hetty, I know, ana several of the children, I btlieve.
Qcei-n ia very honest sue is too lazy to ettul Juba
i, so so, but uot strictly boneot i he is a finder eome
t mes, and can be trusted wita anything but money,
with which he will buy whiskey.
My regard to Mrs. M Truly yours,
J. K., of Koasoke.
Thr West—Land e rChii.dßen —“The West,
the Great West!” is now the prevailing cry. Ar
kansas, Texas, and Louisiana are the prominent
and attractive points, wither emigration is tending.
The plea for leaving old and tried and cherished
homes for new ones, is, “I want to procure iand for
my children” —“I cannot bear to leave them a
heritage ot wotu out and exhausted fields ”
That in many portions of Middle and Upper
Georgia, the lands present a very forbidding and
discouraging aspect ia very certain, but whose
fault is this ? Certainly not that of the soft or the
climate. And will not western lands, however rich
and productive, after a while, present
cheerless aspect, under a similar system of waste
ful and improvident husbandry ?
But cf what use will any lands be to children
who are not taught practically and experimentally
the lessons cf intelligent aid thirftv agriculture.
So long as all lessons and habits ot industry are vir
tually ignored or discarded, of what avii is a landed
or any other heritage to children ? Unless labor
shall be dignified in the eyes cf their children—un
less they study the soil and take pride in developing
aud promoting its fertility—unless they shall cease
to devolve everything upon overseers—often men
without the intelligence or disposition to practice
Ihrttty and skillful husbandry—how can they hope
long to do better in anew country than they have
done in the old ?
The great misfortune is, that we have too much
land—too much for good neighborhoods, and
schools and social advantages. It takes but com
paratively a small tract oflandto meet the actual
wants ot a tamiiy. W e say then to those who have
plea,- ant homes in the old States, do not desert
them hastily. Take the Southern Cultiyhtor, South
ern Planter, and other valuable Agricultural Jour
nals. Study the profession of tanning. If you
have eurplus slaves, sell them to good masters, |and
put the proceeds into railroad or other stocks, or
home improvements and comforts. This is our ad
vice, which may go for what it is worth. —Macon
Journal A Messenger.
A.’ Eloquent Extract. —“Generation after
generation.’ says a fine wnter, “have felt as we
feel, and their lives were active as our own. They
passed away like a vapor, while nature were the
same aspect of beauty as when her Creator com
manded her to be. The heavens shall be as bright
over her graves as they are new around our paths.
The world will have the attractions for our off
springs, yet unborn, that she bad once for onrseives,
and that she now has for our children. Yet a uttle
while and all this will have happened. The throb
bing heart will be stilled, and we shall be at rest.—
Our funeral wiil wind its way, and the prayers wi.l
be said, and our friends wii! all return, ana we shall
be left behind in silence and daikcess for the worm.
And may be for a short time we shall be spoken of,
but the things of life will creep in, and our names
will soon be forgotten. Days wiil continue to
move on. and laughter and song will be heard in
the room in which we died; and the eye that mourn
ed fßr us will be dried and glisten again with joy;
and even our children will cease to think of us, and
will not remember to lisp our namee. Then ehall
we have become, in the touching language of the
Psalmist, ‘forgotten and clean goße out of mind.
Death of a Noted French Lady —Madame
Dumas de Maaelhargue died in this city on Y\ ednes
dav. sged 96 years. Her husband was one of the
richest French merchants who established them
selves in this country a: tne beginning of he cen
tury His richest amounted to five miUons of
dollars. During the last war between France and
England fourteen large ships with valuab.e cargoes
belonging to Mr Dumas, were taken by the English
cruisers, and several warehouses in Martinique,
Guadeloupe, and other ports, were sacked and
burned. Mr. D. died of grief, and left bis wne
without any property. With her fortune passed
her friends: but a few of her countrymen remained
faithful to the last moments of her life.—staff, iiun.
The Selection of a Wife —Sam Siick, in hia
late •’ sayings,” gives seme advice about the selec
tion of a wife. Says he:
“ Don’t marry too poor a gal, for they are apt to
think there is no eend to their husband s puree; nor
too rich a gal, for they are apt to remind you of it
onpicasant sometimes ; ncr too giddy a gal, for they
negiec their families : nor too demure a one, for
they Rre most apt to give you the dodge, race off,
and leave you. nor too weak minded a one, for
ebildren take all their (glens trom their mothers
Exploration of the North Pacific—A Submar.ne
Mountain.
Oar Sandwich Island fileygivea aii intereitioK
account of th<? cruisa of the United State© survey
ing-schooner Fenimore Cooper, which arrived at
Honolulu November 9, after s trip of forty three
dayt from Sad Francisco. She had been occupied
moe: of the funs in sounding, and in repeatedly sail
ing over the positions of Cooper a Is.aud. and some
seven other reported dangers. She had Rood
weather and winds th- whole time. F.xcept
lug a mountain ridge about midway between
Honolulu and the American coast, on which there
! were two miles of water, the Cooper found an al
i most uniform depth of three miles, it being the
I very same in those very places where shoa ? were
j lookei for. It is well known that many of the re
-1 ported isiands and shoals in this portion of the
North Pacific ocean have a very doubtful existence.
A dark c oud near the horizon, with lighter clouds
near it, is quite I kely to be mistaken for land . and,
i: seen in the evening, that impression will proba
bly remain, followed by the report of au island dis
covered in a certain latitude aud longitude. In
the eame way, the shadow of a cloud becomes a
dangerous shoal. A chart of ail these reported dan
gers has bean carefully prepared, with this inten
tion that each should be diligently sought for, and
all that have no existence be removed from the
charts. Part of this work will be performed by
the expedition of the Fenimore Cooper.
The Polynesian says : After remaining a short
time at Honolulu, to make observations aud to rate
chronometers, the Cooper was to sail for the Caro
line and Ladroue Islands; after which she wiil pro
ceed to Hong Kong. Tnence she wiil visit the is
lands south of Japan, touch at Hakhodadi; and
thence return to the United States, after a proba
ble absonce of twelve months. In case of attacks
trom savages or pirate3, she Las .sufficient force to
protect herself, being provided with a twelve-pouu
der and two small swivels, besides small arms for
all on board—four aft aud thirteen forward.
It appears from L eut. Brooke’s account of the
expedition, wo far, that au hour and a half is re
quired to sound a depth of rhree miles, and four
hours more are necessary to wind in the line—two
meu turning a hand-reel for that purpose. , He iits
specimens of ihe mud brought up a‘. each sounding.
These are carefully put up in vials, and the latitude
and longitude as they were taken, together wth the
depth of water, are marked on each vial.
in this age of progress we may look forward to
the time when it will be proposed to lay a Pacific
Telegraph , and ail must be gratified to learo that,
thus far, no natural obstacle to such au enterprise
has p esen’ed itself. Lieutenant Brooke has de
clared it to be a? easy to lay a cable in threo as in
two miles depth ot water. In neither case should
the wire be all- wed to hang perpendicularly, as by
that means it has to bear thß strain o.r two or more
miles ; whereas, if the vessel has sufficient speed to
keep tfie wire ia a nearly horizontal line, it will
sink gradually i f nd have but little strain upon it.—
Such being the case, the depth of water is of but
little consequence. The exact direction of the sub
marine mountain ridgo above mentioned was uot
ascertained by Lieutenant Brooke. It was evident
ly from north to south, but as it was merely crossed,
and not sounded along its length, nothing further ia
known ou the subject.
This expedition of the Fenimore Cooper is a very
important one. Asa line of steamers between
California and China will probably be established
at. no distant day f it was deemed expedient by our
government to obtain more thorough know edge of
the ocean to be crossed } the general direction of
the winds and currents required to be ascertained,
eo that the best route might be laid down ; certain
places required to be selected for coaling, or as
points of departure, aui their exact positions noted;
besides, the safety of life and property required
that, aa lar aa possible, all dangers should be cor
rectly pointed out. To effect these objects, the
Fenimore Cooper, a hue little Bchooncr ot 95 tons,
wa3 fitted out by the Navy Department, and put
under the command of L eut. John M. Brooke,
whose reputation as a talented officer is world-wide,
and who is well known as the inventor of the ad
mirable sounding apparatus which bears his name.
The Cooper was formerly a pilot-boat, and, like
moat ol her Glass, was built to encounter rough
weather. She is well pr vided with everything
needed iu such an expedition.
Among other things is an excellent .transit inslru
raent, to be used in making obeen ations on shore ;
aleo, seventeen chronometers, of the best manufac
ture, to prevent alteration from any sudden shock
or jar. The latter are deposited ia cases imbed led
in gutla-petcha. Their rates are calculated with
more than ordinary accuracy, thermometers being
placed iu the cases, and Ihe temperature noted at
regular ft will be recollected that Joseph
Heoo, the Japanese who was picked up at sea tome
years ago, and eduoaled in San Francisco, id now
on liis way back to his native land, on board the
Fenimore Cooper. The progress of this vessel will
bo watched with much interest, especially by the
citizen: of San Francisco, whose immediate interests
hre much conuectad with the results of this expedi
’ tion. Although the principal officers have been re
peatedly alluded to in the columns of the Bulletin,
we repeat their names here, as follows : John M.
Brooke, Lieutenant. Commanding ; Charles K.
Thornton, Lieutenant, and Afr. Kern, Draughts
man.
The London Time* uo Jfr. lluclianan’ti .Mexi
can Policy.
The Loudon Times publishes in its Oily Article
an anonymous political letter from Washington in
regard so the President’s views of the Mexican
question, aud prefaces the letter with the following
remarks :
“The following private letter from Washington
purports to describe the policy of Mr. Buchanan
with regard to Mexico Partial absorption is still
to be the object, instead of a defined protectorate
or complete annexation. To seize or obtain under
cover of a totally inadequate payment, which will
be merely a bribe to such military ruffians at Mexi
co aa may happen to be parties to the transaction,
the large provinces of Sonora and Chihuahua,
abounding in mineral wealth, and the Tehuantepec
isthmus,-a orta in itself ‘more than California aud
Mexico, 7 would satisfy for the present the desires of
the American Cabinet. The opposite party, headed
by Mr. Doug as, and denounced iu the following
communication, take, however, a bolder and more
logical aiai. The Jriends of Mr. Buchanan claim for
him that he is desirous of being governed by inter
national law, but they have yet to explain on what
principle of international law the United states can
tie allowed exclusively to wrest territory from Mexi
co iu satisfaction of their deirands. The demands
of the European Powers are more serious iu charac
ter, larger in amount, and for the most part much
older in date than auy of those that can be alledged
from Washington. Consequently, if Mexico is to
betaken in execution, eauh must grasp sufficient
for the amount due, crone nation must be fairly
aud honoraoly appoiuted assignee for the whole.—
In adduioti to the bearing of the caee on individ
ual interests, the only other plea upon which inter
lereuce iu Mexico can be justified, is the necessity
of putting a stop to atrocities, the continacge of
which ia an opprobrium to ihe civilised world, and
this is a point in which all Christian nations have a
common interest. America, being in contiguity, is
the country that could most naturally and conveni
ently take the matter in hand; but she must either
assume the task on its reputable and dignified
ground, and encounter all its responsibilities, or con
sent to share it with or forgo it to others. Mr. Bu
chanan's plan would apparently evade every broad
principle ot this kind Uo would go on taking ter
i itory bit by bit, and thus by further weakening thp
State, leave it siilf to paes through years of rapine
bloodshed and ganeral anarchy. Such, indeed, has
been opsaiy avowed as the motive which should
govern American feeling. ‘‘We must have the
country,” it ia virtually intimated iu home quarters,
“but we must get it for nothing, at our own time,
iu our own way, and without trouble as regards
moral considerations. To step in aud restore or
der would be to assume a grave duty and defined
liabilities.
Sympathisers from our frontier, and filibusters
from California, must be allowed to prepare the
road ; they will take care that the nation shall drmk
toe cup of anarchy to the very dregs, aud it will
than lull to us as a helplees prey.’’ France and
Spain have not been disposed, however, to let their
subjects, meanwhile bo robbed and killed with im
pumty, and it is tc day announced that the latter
power has already obtained full satisfa tion for some
ot the most recent outrages inflicted. It is the En
glish Government alone, which, desirous, perhaps,
of showing how little of the ‘ firo brand’’ there is in
Lord Malmesbury, is content to permit indignities
aud spoliation to any extent, provided they take
place in a region that excites little parliamentary
attention. The merchants in the city know that
abcut twelve millions eteilirg of debt, and a large
trade, as fcweli as the national name iu the Spanish-
American States, are all compromised by what is
going on ; but to th 6 politicians of the day Mexico
constitutes uo theme for appealing to the pas&ions
of the community.
Balloon to cross the Atlantic in Sixty
Hoi’H> Mr. Steiner, a well known American
ler uaut, las been engaged in an attempt to solve
the problem, of aerial navigation. Mr. Steiner has
perfected the plans and specifications of an aerial
ship, with which he claims he can cross the Atlantic
in sixty horns. The general idea of this plan is as
follows :
The bottom i9 to be of thin sheet copper, weigh
ing not more than half a pound totheiquare foot.
It ie to be cigar shaped, very much like tuc Winans
steamer, 300 feet long and 80 feet iu diameter at
the centre, tapering toward each extremity. Be
neath this balloon is to be suspended by wire cables
a platform of the same conical shape with the bal
loon itself. Ou the central part of this platform is
tobeplac9d the machinery of the air ship and the
cabin for passenger. The surface measure of the
balloon will be 151,425 equare feet, and its total
weight will be 37£ tons. It will contain 2,894,4f1U
cubic feet of gas, which will support id the air a
weight of 861 tons. The platform, cabin, machine
ry, 6uC. f are estimated at eighteen tons, leaving still
power enough to elevate 21 tons of passengers,
freight and ballast.
It is proposed to propel this vessel by means of
iarge paddles or fans, to work in the air as the pad
dles of a steamboat work od the water. There is to
oe one wheel on each aide of the vessel, and at the
stern is to be a screw propeller, all of these to be
worked by steam engines placed at the centre of the
plattorm. The side wheels have the paddles so ar
ranged as to fold up like a lady's fan aa they enter
the wheel-house above, and to unfold again aa they
strike the air in the desired direction. There are to
be three small oscillating engines, of five horse
power, one for each wheel.
To confine the balloon to a given height above
the water, it must be evenly ballasted, and attach
ed to a copper float in the water, connected to the
platform underneath the air-ship by a coil of wire
rope. Ac ingenious contrivance, which cannot be
satisfactorily explained in a paper, is attached to
the platform, whereby the balloon is as certainly
steered as a vessel in the water.
Mr. S. think3 he has effectually overcome the
two great difficulties encountered by all experi
menters in a-rial navigation, viz : the expansion
and contraction of gas. and the difficulty iu ex
hausting the common air from a balloon with rigid
sides, without having it crushed. Tne means used
to obviate these d:ffi uitiea we have not the space
to explain : but, suffice it to eay, the process seems
wholly practicable and effective.
It is calculated that, with head winds, a speed of
40 miles an hour can be obtained with this air-ship,
aud with favorable ga.es the speed would be in
creased to 100. Mr. S. estimates the cost of build
ing such a baiioon at $40,000.
Latest from the Mivks —Prevunu Reporte
Confirmed. —We have been shown letters from Mr.
Daniel Biuckei and Mr Cheatiey, from the mines,
under date of December 18th, who went thither
from Elwood last fall. We have not space to pub
lish the letters in full, but wiil say that they corro
borate the previous reports as to the existence and
abundance of the “precious stuff “ They eay that
“gold has been dug close to their shanty, and that
it paid about eight dollars per day to tne man A
snow of two inches in depth had fallen a few days
previous to tne date of the letter, which was still on
the ground. They had a very pleasant trip out.
cad plenty of fresh buffalo meat all the way out
from the Blue. Game of ail kinds was abundant.
The region is better timbered than moet prarie
countries and abounds in pine, hickory, osk and
chest nut —Elwood [Kansas) Press, Jan. 15.
Mr. Barndm s Lecture on “Money Making,”
at St. Jamet’ Hail, London, was a success, an
“apothesis of notoriety,'’ to use the expression of the
London Times, which says : “If Mr. Bamom has
got nothing else by the aamiring throng who push
ed, and listened, and cheered, yesterday evening,
he has at least got anew chapter for a second edi
tion of his autobiography. Having already related
how he drew together a mob of Yankees, to see a
few tame bulls, he can now describe the eagerness
of John Ball to see the most enterprising of Yan
kees 7
The Douiilan null Riteli Diflieally.
Hostile Correspondence between V. S. Senators—
Withdrawal of Offensive Language by Mr. Fitch
The telegraph has announced the settlement of a
difficulty between Senators Douglas, of Illinois,
and Fitch, of Indiana It originated in a debate ou
the question of comi-naing non. E. D. Feller, as
collector of customs at Tolledo, Ohi >. The Wash
ington correspondent of Ihe New York, herald,
ssys:
Mr.Pugh opposed Potter's nomination, as the
man displaced was hie friend. He saia if i|>■ I‘-esi
dent desired an issue with him Pugh) be was ready
for it. He denounced the appointment and failed
on every Senator who uas his (Pugh s) friend to
vote agaiLdt it. Douglas respond'd, saying he
wouU vote with the Senator from Ohio. He then
branched off on the Illinois appointments, and said
they were dishonest, corrupt and incompetent.
.Senator Fitch interrogated DouHas. and said it was
untrue. Douglas again reiterated what he had said
it itch again said it was untrue. Cries of order were
then made Douglas continued the debate. Fitch
replied to Douglas with great bitterness, and said
Uiat Senators knew bow to prize anything coming
from that quarter. Cries of order wereagain made
Douglas theu replied, and was c.alied to order
Motions were then made, that Douglas be allowed
to go on in order. Jeff. Davis opposed it, and said
turning to Douglas, he had listened with indigna’
tion to the language used, and it was that of a high
wayman and bravo. The debate continued some
time, when a motion was maae and the Senate ad
journed. It ia said the lie was given aud most se
vere personal remarks made.
Mr. Davis, ot Miss, on Friday, rose in his seat
aud apologized for his share ip the transaction.—
The other difficulty was adjusted by the following
correspondence, of which Senator Benjamin, of
La., was the bearer for Mr. Fitch, and Reger A.
Pryor, cf Va , for Mr. Douglas :
Washington, Jan. ill, 1859.
Sir To day, in secret session of the Senate,
you offered me an affront so wanton, unprovoked’
and unjustifiable, that I am obliged to infer it must
have been the impulse of momentary passion, and
not of deliberate premeditation. This note is writ
ten for the purpose of affording you an onporiunity
oi saying whether cr not my conclusion is correct;
and, further, of affording you un opportunity of re
tracting the offensive language which you thus
gratuitously and unwarrantably applied to” me.
Respectfully, &c.. “ S. A. Douglas.
Hon. Graham N. Fitch.
Washington, Jaa. 22, 1859.
Sir Your note of yesterday was handed me
this morning. In reply, 1 have to say, that you yes
terday jnade a charge that the late-appointed fed
eral offioers in Illinois were corrupt, dishonest men
—or words to that effect. You know my sen to be
one of those officers, and you could not expect me
t•’ hear such a charge without prompt denial of it3
truth. I pronounced it to be, to your knowledge,
■untrue. You nuD6equently so modified it as to sat
isfy me that you excepted my son from the general
charge, although you did not name him. aud I made
eo further issue with you on that subject. When,
at a subsequent period of yonr remark,s you attri
bated to me statements which I had not made, I re
quested that in quoting me you would do so truth
fully. Theee remarks were certainly not “ delib
erately premedit.ited,” but they cannot be qualified
correctly as the “ impulse of momentary passion.”
Tho first was prompted by a determination to de
fend the honor and character of my eon, as dear to
me as my own, against an attack so general iu its
terms as necessarily to include him ; and the second
was the exercise of my right to rectify a misrepre
sentation of my own remarks.
.Respectfully, &c , G. N. Pitch.
Hon. S. A. Douglas.
Washington, Jan. 22—9 j P. M.
Sir—Your notu of this date has just oeen placed
in my hands. I admit, without hesitation, your
right and duty to do justice to the reputation of
your son. At the same tians I maintain my right,
in the discharge of my duty as Senator, to comment
freely and fairly on the character of execu ive ap
pointments, especially in my own State. I deny
however, that my general remarks in relation to
the list of Illinois appointees, confirmed by the Se
nate during my absence, could be fairly inter
preted to embrace your sou. When you seemed
so to corißtrue them, I promptly replied that what I
had said of tne Illinois appointments was true, as a
general rule, but ihat there were exceptions, among
whom I recognised some of my own friends. Aliu
dng particularly to your son, I added that I had
nothing to say iu regard to the merits of his appoint
ment, choosing to leave that question where I placed
it by my remarks to the Ssnate during the laet ees
iion, iu you presence, at the time of his confirma
tion. You admit that you understood this exulana
tion to exempt your son from the application of
my general remarks ; and yet, you have failed to
withdraw the offensive language, but, on the con
trary, at a subsequent stage of the debate witen
apologizing for a breach of Senatorial decorum, yon.
expressly declared that you had nothing to retract
—thus appearing, in my apprehension, to reaffirm
the words.
As tq the other ground of cff'enco admitted in
yotii reply to my note, I have to eay that I did not
understand you to assume to correct me in a ques
tion of youi language, as I was unconscious ol ma
king any such citation, but to repeat the original
offence in another form; otherwise, I would have
made a proper response ou the instant.
This explanation, which is dye alike tons both,
on the points presented in your reply, affords you
ariptiipr opportunity of withdrawing the offensive
words which you admit you applied to me in yes
terday’s debate. Respectfully, Ac.,
S. A. Douglas.
Hon. Graham N. Fitch.
Washington, Jpn. 23,1859.
Sir : Your note of last evening was handed me
at 12, M., to day. Yonr explanation in regard to
my eon being now explicit, I have no hesitation in
saying that if you had excepted him from your
charge, or not made it general, I would not have
deemed myself wan anted in repelling It in the
words ot which you (ompiaia as offensive, and
which, in consequence of your explanation, I now
withdraw.
I am aleo inlormed by your note that, if you had
not been mistaken in relation to my remark on the
subject of your misrepresentation of my sentiments,
you would at the instant have made a proper re
sponse. This likewise enables me to say that in my
closing remarks explanatory to the tjenate of my
share in an exciting debate upon a subject not rela
vant to any thing befuro that body,and therespon
sibility-for the introduction of which rested solely
with you, I should have witbrawn, as I now do,
the second offensive remarks, if you had made the
same satisfacloiy explanation then you have now
made. Res pectfully, &c., G. N. Fitch.
Hon. S. A. Douglas
Washington, Jan. 21, 1359.
Slit: your cots of yesterday jias been received :
aud while J accept your withdrawal, of the words
to which I have taken exception, I owe it to my
self to protest against the idea you seem to en.er-‘
tain, that my note of Saturday was intended as a
precedent end inducing condition of the redress
which I solicited, instead of being, as I certainly
designed it, merely responsive to the specifications
in your reply to my first communication.
In regard to the introduction and relevancy of
the matter in the debate out of whioh this difficulty
aroee, 1 cannot think that a proper subject of dis
cussion in the present correspond nee.
Respectifully, &e., S. A. Douglas.
Hon. Graham N. Fitch.
Washington, Jin. 24, 1859.
Sir: Yournoteof today was received at 11 j a.
in. It ia uot for me to judge tbe motives whioh dic
tated yours of the 22d. I can only say that my an
swer was predicated upon the explanations it con
tained. If your explanations are disavowed, my
withdrawal must likewise be disavowed.
Respectfully, &c., G. N. Fitch.
Hon. S A Douglass,
Washington, Jan 34,1859.
Sir : I am averse to prolonging this controversy
after gaining the substance of my demand; but I
cannot close without responding to your last note
by saying that it is immaterial to me upon what you
predicate your withdrawal since I have guarded
against a misapprehension of my positiou.
Respectfully, &c., S. A. Douglass.
Hon. Graham N Fitch-
Terriui.e Suffering at Fraser River —The
w’rnter has been terrible in British Colu nbia. On
the 14th inet., a party of miners, numbering one
hundred and twenty, started down Fraser River in
canoes, until they were stopped by ice, aud then
started ufoot for Fort Langley, 45 miles distant. —
The Star says i
A frail had to be made over high mountains,
through teu inches of snuw , . Lug ,s, wvst deep,
were waded, Ihe cold being intense, and tne under
brush thick, and passed with difficulty. They had
only one day’s provisions, and were three days
wiihoutprovisi . iis. Many were front bitten.
A Dutchman aud wife, names ULkuown, were
frozen to death.. Completely exoansted, many eat
down to die. Mr. Bryant, late Superintendent of
Lillooet trail, gave up four miles this side of Lang
ley, and advised his son to go on He also gave
out two miles further on. George French, a hardy
pioneer late Lillooet train surveyor, formerly Sur
veyor of Butte county, California, laid down, worn
out with toil. When hope was waning ta3t, the
whistle of the steamer Enterprise—which had got
out of the ice—was heard, and they were saved and
carried to Lang ley. Rumors are conflicting as to
the number of deaths.
From the summary of news from Fraser river,
published in the Gazette, we take the following ex
tracts ;
Tbe Enterprise left Fort Hope on the 9th Decem
ber, with about one hundred and twenty-five pas
sengers, for Langley. Suddenly the weather grew
intensely cold, and ice formed eo rapidly in the
river, that it was impossible to proceed, and she
was forced to stop. Soon she was immovable—
frozen fast in the ice. There being no provisions or
accommodations on board for so large a company
for axy length of time, about one hundred of the
passengers and one or two of the officers deserted
the steamer, determined to make their way into
Langley on foot through tbe woods. Without food
—in many instances poorly clad—with snow aud
ice on the ground, these desperate men commenced
their sad journey. For three days they wandered
through the woods, ehivering, foot tore, and almost
starving, in the rain and through the Bleet and ice.
In the meantime, the weather had moderated a
little, and the rain hal soitened the ice in the river.
The Enterprisegot free again, and ran up and down
the river, blowing her whistle and firing her guns to
attract the attention of thoee on shore. Here and
there picking up a straggler, who had wandered to
the river banks, perhaps to die. On the the third
day. when about five miles from Langley, she came
up with a great majority of her passengers, who,
feeling it impossible to proceed further, had camp
ed on the bank to await assistance from the town,
for which they had sent by four of their hardiest
men.
Mr. Bryant informs us that a few miles below the
month of Harrison river, his party discovered a man
on the bank of the river. They took him in their
batteau. when he tg>‘d them that in company with a
party of four others, left Fort Hope in a canoe; that
the day before, while the sail of their boat was hois
ted, a sudden puff of wind struck the sail and cap
sized the ooat. His three companions were drown
ed, and he got ashore. He described his suffering
trom the cold as terrible. JTis hands and feet are
badly frozen, and it is supposed hie feet will never
again be of the leaet service to him. He was ta
kan to Langley, and we believe was brought to this
place by the Santa Cruz. The names of the drown
ed men are Frank Riley, Joseph Corcoran, Peter
Driscoll, and a man whose name is unknown.
Three men ate said to have been found frozen to
death ob the river in a canoe. Names unknown.
A man who came direct from Fort Hope telle us
that on Saturday night last he camped at the cabin
of a miner named Fargo, about 15 miles below
Hope. He says there are upwards of one hundred
men there who bad been caught on the river, and
had sought this cabin for protection against the im
elemency of the weather.
Waste of Food. —Tne waste of feeding grain
in a aiy state to stock is iilnetrated by the fact, tbat
hogs will fatten on the droppingß of a herd of cattle
fed on com. Only think of it I Nutriment enough
wasted by a stock of cattle fed on raw, or uncrushed
grain, to fatten a herd of swine ! And what if the
same material had been fed to the swine first 1 —
Why. then, they would have was'ed an equal pro
portion, and nothing would have followed to prevent
the waste. Farmers, see to it, that the fool given
tc animals be so prepared that ail its important nu
tritive properties wiii be extracted bythoeeto which
it is first fed —Rural American.
From California, China, See.
The steamship Quaker City, with California ad
vices to January sth, arrived at New Orleans on
Saturday;
The weather had been unfavorable, and the cold
was unusual. Cousiderable rain bad fallen, and
several of them were complaining of the curse of
mud.
For the two weeks, since the last mail, the usual
number of aecideuts aud deeds of violence had been
chronicled.
The total treasure exportations from California
during the year 1858 was $47,724,1190 79. of which
$263,500 came to New prleans, aud $36.578,256 57
went to New York. The shipment of gold for 1857
was $49,256,182.
The_ total yield of gold for 1858 was $70,000,000 ;
for 1857 the yield was $65,550,000.
Thereports tromthe mining regions continue to be
ffattering. Iu tbe Tuolumne region there seems to
be no eud to new discoveries of quartz rock bear
ing gold. Almost daily uew veins are found, and
the work of mining ie carried ou with unabated
vigor. Numerous mills have been erected for
crushing rock, and others are going up daily.
Ia the Nevada, mining operations are arrested by
the cold weather. At Brandy City .diggings, the
water iu the ditch dug to facilitate the operations of
the miners, on the 3i inst., was frozen over for
eleven miles. At Camptonviile, and other moun
tain towns, mining was arrested.
Late examinations indicate that the undeveloped
mineral wealth of Sierra is beyond all that has been
experienced in California. Every acre, it is be
lieved, contains gold, aud quartz mining enterprises
in thst quarter promise more than in auy other part
of the State.
The progress of California is decided.
There are in the State 135 rtouring mills, the ag
gregate capacity of which is upwards of 2,400,000
barrels per atmum ; aud their assessed value is jl.
500,000.
Ot saw milts, there is 385, the value of which is
estimated at $2,000,000, and their capacity at about
500.000,000 feet annually.
There are thirteen establishments for the refining
aud assaying of gold and silver, several of which
are of an extensive character ; and in the extracting
of gold from quartz tailings, they add materially to
the products of the precious metals. There is one
gold and silver refinery capable of refining 20,000
ounces of gold per dy.
As nearly as a calculation can be made, there
are, at tbe present time, about 235 quartz mills in
our State, the majority of which are iu active opera
tion.
As to the stability of quartz mining, no one can
question it; as years roll by, the more important
will it become. A greater depth will be attained,
and the miner, half a century hence, wil 1 no dcubt
receive a larger reward for his labors than be ia re
receiving at the present day. Os the number now
engaged in the business, it is impossible to tell
There are many thousands directly embarked in the
pursuit, and five times as many mere, in all the
cities and towns, who have their fiDgere in it.
The chemical works, near the Mission Dolores,
have been during the last three years, in successful
operation. The annual value of their products is
about $100,090.
In San Francisco there are two extensive sugar
refineries in successful operation, the value of whioh
is estimated at $ 160,000, and their capacity at 15,-
600,000 pounds of sugar per annum, besides 300,000
gatlous of syrup.
The manufacture of furniture is becoming a busi
ness of considerable importance. A large propor
tion of the best furniture used in this state is
now manufactured here.
The building of steamers and sailing vessels is
carried on with considerable activity in San Fran
cisco. The United States Government is now build
ing a steamer at Mare Island, and a sloop of war is
soon to be built at the same place.
Theee, as well as other manufacturing establish
ments, aud the steady increase iu agricultural pro
duction, show that an era of stable prosperity has
commenced
The whole number of State bonds issued under
the laie fuudiEg act amounts to 3863. The outstand
ing debt of the State on the let of January, 1859
not funded, was about $143,000.
There was $518,906 97 in the treasury of Califor
nia at the close ot the 31st of December, 1858. Os
this sum $147,138 15 ie set aside for interest money.
The first interest on the new bonds was begun to
be paid on the Ist of January, 1859.
During the year 1858, there were 87 suits for di
vorce commenced in San Francisco—64 by wives,
and 23 by husbands. There are now 95 divorce
suits pending in this city. During the year 62 di
vorces were granted.
In 1858, there were 94 applications for insolvency
in San Francisco, with an aggregate of liabilities of
$1,609,534, and assets amounting to $70,603.
The New Idira quicksilver mines, situated on the
border of Monterey and Merced counties, are being
opened aud worked, with good prospects of success.
One hundred aud fifty men are said to be at work
there, and a large amount of capital ia embarked iu
the enterprise. Now that the working cf the New
Almaden quicksilver mine has been stopped, the
opening of the New Idria mine is a matter of great
importance to the people of California. By it the
price of quicksilver may be prevented from becom
ing exorbitantly high.
Conaiderabl whaling business is done at Monterey,
in this State. During the past five years 73 whales
have been killed there, which produced 77,550 gal
lons of oil, worth $55,000. There have been about
15 men engaged in the business, until last year,
when others have gone into it witn goud sucoeac.
An attempt to sink an artesian wpll,gua salado,
about forty miles from Stoakton, has brought to
light come unexpected geological revelations.
Tue commencement of tbe well was some 80 feet
of sandy soil, then through 30 feet of a clayiah for
mation. The balance was through slate and marl.
There was some half dozen strata, of from one to
four feet in thickness, some of substance resem
bling and burning like Newcastle coal, which had
resin scattered in small pieces through it ; some, pf
a material resembling iron pre. am} others ot a pe
trifaction wh'ch, though too hard to be broken with
a hammer when taken out, was easily broken with
the fingers, after exposure for a few days to the air.
This petrifaction is full of decayed roots of trees
and brush, and was found at the extreme depth. At
the depth of 150 feet, sand stone of a good quality
was found, and under that stratum 14 feet of regu
lar beach sand. At one point there was four inches
of pure mica.
A terrific hurricane visited Swatow ou the 31st
September, destroying almost the entire shipping,
both native and foreign, and caused much loss to
tbe Chinese. Large vessels, says the Hong Kong
Mail, were carried a long way inlandi by the huge
waves; and not only were houses unroofed, but
some of them had their walls blown down. Even
the hurricane whioh visited Bombay in the com
mencement of 1855, was inferior to this, before
which every thing went down that offered any rn
sistance. Two hundred Chinese junks were de
stroyed, and it is supposed that (4,00(4 peisonu lost
their lives. There were (.wenty-one foreign vessels
in port, and all of them save one were swept away
from their anchors by a great wave, twenty-five
feet high, which carried them about two miles over
a mud fiat which has but two feet of water ou it in
ordinary times.
At Canton, up to the latest date, improvement
steadily progressed, and trade was being rpvivefi,
wi.h an approach to confidence in ths settlement
of affairs, ftie river was resuming its usual ap
pearance, teing crowded with boats of all descrip
tions, and even two of the largo junks had come
down from Fatshan to their old moorings beneath
Dutch Folly. Mandarins were busily engaged in
detecting smugglers. Tbe markets iu the city were
well supplied, and provisions were elieap. First
rate shops remained shut, but the number of small
shops open continued steadily to increase. The
streets were full of petty tradesmen and hawkers,
aud foreigners could walk in apy part with perfect
safety. There was, however, still a feeling that the
war might be renewed, and that, together with the
dread of “squeezing,” kept away many Chinamen
of substance Foreign missionaries wer( taking
up their abodes in various parts of the city and su
burbs, without requiring the protection of foreign
bayonets. A commencement of rebuilding among
tbe extensive ruins had been made. Placards, by
native wits, wore occasionally posted, holding up
the Chinese authorities to ridicule.
The rebels in tbe north were again showing signs
of activity, and were said tp have issued out of
Nanking and killed some thousands of Imperialists.
They had also taken a number of cities in the pro
vince of Chehkiang, and were everywhere victori
ous on the north side of the lower part of the Yang
tsze.
A piratical town, named Sapoo, of 2,000 houses
and about 12,000 inhabitants, situated some three
miles up a narrow creek on the south branch of the
river Han, Swatow, was bombarded on tbe 16th
October, by boats from H. B. M.’s ships Magi
cienne and Fury. The town contained the nest of
pirates that recently plundered the British ship, the
Pantaloon, cf a cargo of sugar, valued at $12,000,
and afterwards pulled the vessel to pieces. About
1200 houses were leveleed with the ground—a mere
masß of mins. The inhabitants escaped death by
flight.
Murder of Indians in Texas.— The Waco
(Texas) Southerner has a letter datod Brazos Agen
cy, Dec. 28th, giving an account of the deliberate
murder of a party of Indians. It says :
There were seventeen Indians, men, women and
children, encamped, grazing their horses, in a bend
of the Brazos river, about the mouth of Kechie
creek, about 15 miles from the Brazos Agency.
They had been there for some time, and had
been visited by tbe white people, and had con
ducted themselves in a peaceful and quiet manner
But on yesterday morning tome white men stole
upon them, killing four meu and three women, and
wounding nearly all the rest, though they have suc
ceeded in getting back to the reserve. Two Cad
does were killed, one man and one woman ; the
rest were Anadakes.
The bodies of the seven Indians tbat ware k'lled
were lying in their beds with their eyes closed and
their countenances indicating that they were killed
while asleep. In addition to the seven killed,there
were four wounded. One little boy among the
wounded :s expected to die. One warrior outside
tbe camp ; he and his wife were both shot. After
being shot, he secured his gun and shot the man
that killod his wife, through the head, and at the
same moment another of the white men shot him
throQgb the head.
Another letter of a subsequent date says:
“ A fight took place between eight of Clapt. Wil
liams’ men and eight Indians, on the 20th of De
cember, on the head of Cowhouse Creek, on the
east side of the mountains. The whites killed two
on tbe ground and wounded three more ; one of the
wounded was shot off his horse. One man got off
of his horse to shoot at tbe Indians, and his horee
broke away from him and followed tuem ; a; other
man’s pistol went off accidentally and killed his
mule; this was all the hsrm that was done to the
whites.
“ We recovered fourteen head of horses from the
Indians.”
A Prettv Conceit. —We yesterday saw, in the
parlor of a friend, a very beautifnl conceit. I> is.
of course, the fancy of a lady, and consists of the
burr of a pine tree placed in a wine glae half full of
water, and ‘rota between the different laiera of the
burr are 6hooiiug firth green blades—bright, beau
tiful, refreshing. For a little thing, we have seen
nothing that so pleased us by its beauty and novelty.
And the secret is this—tbe burr was found dry and
open, the different circles were sprinkled with grass
seed, and it was placed in a wine glass, with water
in as above. In a few days the moisture and
nourishment gave the burr life and health ; the dif
ferent circles closed and buried with themselves the
grass seed, and a few days more gave to the seed
aleo life, sprout and groutb, andnow a pyramid of
living green, beautifully relieved by tbe sombre hue
of the burr is the resn t —as preffy and novela
parlor ornament as we have for a long while seen.
Imagination in Disease —A good story ia told
by a physician of Cincinnati about one of his pa
tients Tbe sick man had rbeumatio pains, which
the Doctor thought would be relieved by nitrate of
potash. Tbe patient took tbe medicine for soma
time, but was not much benefitted, and asked for
mother remedy, which the Doctor prescribed. A
few days after he met him and asked after his
health “ Ob, I’m getting well doctor,” was tbe re
ply, “ but ’tain’! your medicine. I tried that some
time, till a neighbor told me of something he took
for his rheumatism, a very simple remedy. I tried
it, and its done me a great deal of good.”
“ What is it 7” said the Doctor.
“ Oh, it’s so simple I’m afraid you’ll laugh at me
if I tell you.”
The Doctor promised to control his risables, and
the patient, after much urging, informed him that
it was saltpetre !
The Doctor wasn’t true to his promise. He
laughed quite heartily, and told the astonished pa
tient that nitrate cf potash vise tbe chemical name
of the substance known to commerce as saltpetre.
A pretty fair illustration, that, of tne inflaenoe of
the imagination on disease.
VOL. LXXIII,—NEW SERIES VOL. XXIII. NO. ‘*.
Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
From Havana—The Gen. Keneau Alt ilr—Ca
ban Tlirenm—An Incident In the Bay—More
Cargoes of Africans.
Havana, Jan. 25th, 1859.
Herewith you will receive an impression of the
Gaceta of the 9th inst., under the heading “Parte
uo Official,” in which you will find an article, (which
Ia press of business does not permit me to translate)
j relating to wi idle report that had been circulated
! in tbe United States, respecting a revolution being
about to break out in this Island, and au offer said
to have been made to the Captain General, by a
person named Rsueau who calls himself a Brigadier
General, of fifteen mi lions of dollars in bonds re
deemable iu this Islauil. if he (the Captain General)
would declare the Island independent, and himself
its first President.
I: would seem that I ought, from the date of the
Gaceta containing this article, to have inlormed
you ot it iu my last letter, but the truth is, that
during the years 1 have lived in this city, the pres
ent is the first occasion in whioh any thing of an
interesting nature has been published under the
“Parte no Official” heading in the Gaceta, and I
had, like most other persons, only examined tho
official portion of the paper, and it was not until 11 th
inst., when the Dlario dr la Marina copied the ar
ticle, which is styled “Interesting,” and accompa
nied it with certain remarks, tbat I perused it. In
the accompanying observations ot tbe Dtarto de la
Marina, as well as in the original article Os the Ga
cete, the threat is held out that the scene witnessed
by the walls of Fort Atares will be reproduced,
should auy foreigners dare to enter into conspiracy
against this Government.
Fools, indeed, are they who hold out thie threat,
because they kuow full well that uot a single for
eigner resident in this ishnd wiil ever enter into
aught like a “couspiracy.” 1 will not, however,eay
that should the Cubaus make a blow to attaiu tbeit
freedom, that ns foreigners here iu Cuba would nor
freely give all tho aid in our power to afford, aud
no threat about Atares will prevent our doing so.
We value uot our lives eo dearly as uot to be wil
ling to sacrifice them on the sacred alter of Liberty.
The Atares affair was a disgrace to civilized nteu,
and none but brutal fools would dare to ‘hreaten a
repetiliou of those inhuman st sues. The true his
tory of it remains to be written at this time, as no
good could result trom my makiug public any por
tion of the stories commonly repeated here of the
shocking events of that day, and, as I might en
danger my own wolf ire by writing them, they are
pro lent, kept back. Let me however de justice ;
“the d—l is not as black as be is paiuUd,” and from
all that 1 can learn other parties than the Marquis
de la Habanaate more to blame for the scenes at
the base of Fort Atares. which iu sober son-mu
truth were an utter disgrace to common humanity !
The off, rot fifteen millions of dollars iu bonds, if it
were indeed made, was stupid and silly The slave
tradore, who kuow the characters of their country
men thoroughly, always pay their bribes ia Spanish
onzas. Gold, current gold! would alone effect auy
desired result in Cuba. Give but gold enough to
any one in the Island and you may lead him to
forswear his parentage or do anything else you
may desire.
The Diario de la Mar ina recently intimated'that
a notice had been given by the Emperor of the
French, if my memory does not deceive me, to the
United States, that Frauoe and England, would uot
permit auy aggression upon this i stand, aud more
recently the Diario de la Marina compliments a
“New Orleans colleague” upou the admission that
if auy aggression were made by a foreign country
upou this island, other foreign posers would have
the right to interpose their powers to aid Spain.—
Indeed, indeed senor. Let us carry out your idea
to the lull and see to what it would lead, The Span
ish authorities iu this island are, (we will say, for
the sake of argument,) to repeat such outrages as
those of the lllinoise and Black Warrior affairs, and
then should the United States at once, as might
with justice he done, declare such au act a casus
belli, then I suppose Franco and England would
have the right, tbe one to send her hordes of sold
iers, the other her mighty fleets, to prevent the
United States from inflioting proper punishment,
and obtaining adequate recompense for such out
rages ! Is such your idea ? Because if it be, I can
tell you, that if you look to England for help, you
“reckon without your host.” I write advisedly,
when I state that England, tired of the long contin
ued dissimulation of Spain with regard to the Afri
can Slave Trade, cares not how soon Cuba passes
iuto the possession of some more civilized country
that wiil put a stop to that infamous traffic. But
what were all the soldiers of France, and all the
ships of England here together, lo prevent the Uni
ted States from making a conquest of Cuba, were
the sovereign people of tbat “land of liberty” to
decide upon making the conquest 1 Think you all
the soldiers and all the ships of those two countries
could prevent the desired consummation 7
“I tel! you nay I”
About half a league beyond the Moro Castle Is
situated a little Bay and fishing village, ualled Cohi
ma. It too, has its fortress, a square tower which
mounts two iarge cannon and several oaunouades.
A detachment of thirty men, commanded by an of
ficer 21 years of age, who has just arrived from
Spain, is stationed there. One night about half
past eleven o'clock, the week before last, this offi-.
cer imagined be beheld two large sized vessels en
tering the Bay. Instantly he had his entire detaoh
ment under arms—tbeir muskets loaded and tired
at what he supposed to be two vessels—having
either Africans on board or filibusters ! Finding he
could not iuducu them to retire by the use of small
arms, he commenced loading his large cannon and
absolutely did load one with round and another
with grape shot, wheu a fisherman came running
up and informed him, the two targe vessels which
he supposed he saw, were mere fishing smacks!—
The soldiers returned to tbeir quarters aud next
day they succeeded in drawing the charge from
one of the cannon ; the other caution held the grape
shot eo tightly that tha charge coul t not at once be
withdrawn, since then the Bay has been survey
ed to ascertain the depth of the water—to see I
suppose, if vessels, of auy cousiderable tonnage
could enter it!
I hear that some three or four cargoes of Atvicaus
have been recently lauded at uo great distance from
this city, aud lam tuld that quo of these cargoes,
said to have been imported by a high officer oi thi.
Government, positively passed quite cluse tc the
Quiutu (country residenue) of the Captain General.
The Inliian Schools at the Sioux Agency.—
Ou a late visit to the Sioux Ageucy, we remained
for uearly a month, aud had ample opportunity to
gratify a desire we have long had of YUiliog the
Indian schools of tbat place. The gratification it
afforded us to see tbe song lines of Indian boys end
girls pursuing thejr studies wae great. Ou entering
the school room, the first thing which attracts at
tention, is the order w|th which everything con
ducted ’Jfbe natural curiosity of the Indian must,
of coliras, be gratified by gazing at the stranger
upon his first entry; but a tap on the desk from tbe
teacher’s rule sets them all to study again with re
newed energy ‘ The moet perfect decorum pre
vails ;no buzzing is allowed, no h'spering or tit
tering ; but everything orderly and quiet, and each
soholar apparently intent upofi study alone. We
had tbe pleasure of hearing some of the children
read qua spelt, both in their own language and in
English , aud we cap safety say tbat we have sel
dom been iu auy white school where children of
that age had made greater progression than those
little Nioux literati They are taught all the sim
pler branches of learning—reading, spelling, asith
metic, and writing ; and in this last, some even of
the smallest scholars have astonishing pro
gress. The Sioux fhild is naturally of lively aud in
telligent mind. It is quick to learu, possesses a
retentive memory, and la even more roaffy at ex
pressing aud explaining that which it hsfi already
learned, than the white child, jt would, in fact, be
difficult to draw any meptai dividing lines between
tbe two—although the physical differences are plain
enough. The missionaries all bear testimony to
these facts— Herndon [Min.) Democrat.
Congo Idea ok Hooped Ss<R*x. —Some of the
Wanderer s Africans fire lu Mississippi. Tbe Vicks
burg Sun eays :
We do not think they are valuable, from the foot
tbat we believe no while mau wiuld like to over
see a set of such hideous, senseless lucking crea
tures ; besides, it woulc), in our opinion, be a great
deal of trouble to keep them at work. They can
ask for tobacco and whiskey, and perhaps chew the
former aud drink tbe latter, but they can do nothing
else. Tbey know nothing about the use of clothing,
and would as soon plane a pair of pants ou their
shoulders as on their legs. One of them bas formed
a great saucy for umbrellas, aud when a oouple of
young ladies approached him, dressed in the pre
sent extensive fashion, he flung down bis boe and
pursued one of them with all possible speed, and as
he came near her he vigorously grabbed at tbe
skirt of her dress, but before he succeeded in get
ting bold of it, one of the attaches of tbe Mississippi
Central Railroad succeeded in knot king him down.
Mr. Montague then took him iu charge, aud asked
him >u bis own gibberish what he pursued ‘be lady
for, when he replied that she had an umbrella under
her dress and he wanted it.
Queer Phenomena of Intense Cold.—Of the
cold between tbe 9th and 10th insts., at Ogdens
burgh, N. Y., the Journal says :
A gentleman residing ou the west side of tbe
bridge froze bis face and ears while on hie way to
church, Sunday morning A man in passing from
Johnson’s Hotel so the Railroad Depot, froze both
eais cioße to his head. Time occupied in tbe pas
sage, less than five minutec A farmer attending
church in tbe village, froze his ears to the very
roots. One of the ferrymeu between this place and
Prescott, while crossing the river, this Monday
morning, froze four fingers. A small boy on bis
way so church, Sunday morning, froze bis nose
A young man going from bis borne to tbs store
where he is employed, froze one thumb, both ears
and his nose.
All night long, both Saturday and Sunday, the
action of the frost upon tbe ground, sidewalks,
buildings and streets, produced frequent reports
not unlike the sound of discharged fire arms and
field-batteries. The partiug of spikes in the side
walks and the nails in buildings afforded a repre
sentation of a “ scrimmage” keeping up a continu
ous pop, and frequently several letting off together.
Deaf ano Dumu Comi-ositors.— ln Germany,
as tbe birthplace of printing, a great interest is still
felt in all the pertains to tbat art. An event has
recently taken place at Zibiageu, in Wurtembnrg,
which is attracting considerable notice M. Theo
dore Algered, who has laog shown much sympathy
for the deaf and dumb, had conceived that those
who were suffering under that calamity might be
usefully aud profitably employed in the print ng
office. Following out this idea, tbat gentleman has
now in bis employment one hundred and sixty
operatives who are deaf and dumb, and of whom
eleven are females, all of whom he has, at his own
expen-e, aud personally, instructed to such an ex
tent that they are now expert compositors. The
government of Watemburg have thought that this
experiment, of which the object was to give work
aud sustenance to many of this class of unfortu
nates, ia well deserving of encouragement and of ac
knowledgment, and t ue king has, in the mean time,
given orders that a large gold medal should be pre
sented to the director of this uew and silent print
ing office, in testimony of the high sense which hia
majesty entertains of M. Algerad’s benevolent un
dertaking.
Free Negroes in Arkansas.—A bill has been
introduced into tho Legislature of Arkansas whose
object is to rid the State cf free negroes. It pro
vides, in substance, tbat all free negroes now in the
State may bscome slaves, by choosing their own
masters or own mistresses, who shall never sell them
to third parties, and that they shall not be liable to
seizure for the debts of their masters or nils re see
thus chosen; that all free negroes found in the State
after January 1.1860. shall be indicted by the Grand
Jury of tbe respective counties, and may b e n
victed of a high misdemeanor (in being so found in
the State) aud eentenced to the . >"* *“j
ry house” for a year, and if again found in the State
sTx months afterwards, lobe again arrested andren
to tbe penitentiary for life. The Arkansas papers
think the bill will P“ 8 -
Duelling in Francz.-A great many duels bav
ini been fought ‘*> recently and several
proved fatal, tbe Government has determin
ed to prosecute all duellists. Several editors of
ROva-o the newspaper, are under examination for
their recent duels. A good joke is told ia connection
with this duelling mania; It appears to be the
custom in’Paris for lawyers about to defend a client
before a Court Martial, to send hie card the day
before to the members of the Court. A lawyer re
cently complied with the custom, was visited the
neit morning by the two seconds of a sergent major
who happened to form a part f the Court, and in
hie inDocence supposed it was a challenge the law
yer sent him.
Franklin College.
Last week, we merely noted the commencement
of the exercises of this Institution. Wah *re idea
tion we now chronicle the tact, that nearly every
one of the old students returned, and there is a
larger accession of new atudeiaa than there has
been for several years heretofore. We understand
there are more than a hundred now ou the roll
There have been in years past larger numbers, but
we are authorized by those who know, to say that
there never was a time when so large a proportion
of the students were scholars indeed, nor wneu so
high a of scholarship was averaged by the
several classes. One of its distinguished Trustees.
(Judge Lumpkin,) in a few remaiks betore the
feenatus Academicus this winter, cballergsd a com
mittee of the Legislature to examine the students
of Franklin, and compare them, with any other Col
lege in or out of Georgia. We sincerely regret that
the measure recommended by the Trustees, to the
Legislature, for the appointment of such a oommit
tee irom their own body annually to attend and re
poit upon the examinations, was lost, like many
other good measures, by the haste of adj .*uriiment
Os the scholarship of toe students we speak from
the information of others. But of their behavior,
we can, as citizen, speak of our own knowledge. A
more courteous, gentlemanly, well-behaved colleo
tion of youug men cmuot be found In auy College
in this Uniou. We may sa’ely add more, that there
is a standard of morality and ;iety among them,
that we believe has never heretofore existed in the
College. In saying this, we but echo the sentiments
of our community. Aud it is with sinoere pleasure
that we award this justice to the students of Frank
lin College.
In this connection we may add, that our town
now affords facilities for a high education of males
and females which are not tv celled in any Southern
State. The “Lucy Cobb l stitute,” we are inform
ed, has already as many day scholars es the Trustees
desire, and within a halt dozen as many boarders
aa they can accommodate. The plan of this school
is to limit the number of pupils to one hundred ami
twenty-five, aud to give tbo greater attention to
this limited number
Within a short time it will be necessary for appli
cation tube made some u oaths in iu order
to secure certain piaces in the school. We bear
that the Trustees eschew the Larne of “College, *
as such h not professed by the school. It is merely
a select High School, w In re young girls are olasetd
according to their attainments, and advanced ao
cording to their improvements. We have htrcto
torespokm of the success of the Truale-s in secu
ring iheir Principal Teachers of established repu
tat ion. We are glad to learn tr m them that the
assistant Teachers are giving the most perfect satis
faction.
The effects of our schools upon our tov n are man<
lest. Every house for rent, is oocupien, aud town
properiy advancing daily iu value. Success eay we
to the Colitge, to the schools, io the cause of Edu
oat ion everywhere ! —Athens Banner.
An English Woman’s Opinions of American
Ladies.—Madame Bodichun, who has recently
published a tract on “ Women and Work,” ex
presses her opinion that the life of most women is a
practical denial of their duties to God. While on a
visit to this couutry, she was struck by the utter
idleness of the “la ly class” in society. There is,
she says, “ in America a large class of ladies who
and * absolutely nothing. In every large town in the
United States t here are large hotels or boarding
houses, containing several buudred inlmbitan.*
each. This hotel population mainly consists of
families who live altogether in hotels . and the L
dies—having no housekeeping whatever to do
have few of tho usual duties of women in Europe
and are more thoroughly given up to idleness and
vanity than any women, I believe in the world.
These ladies have not the cultivation whiohg.oes&i
oyer the lives of so many women in Europe, and
gives them solid value in society as upholder* of tho
arts and literature; but are generally lull of tho
strangest affectations and pretensions. The youug
ladies, especially, reminded me of certain women
I have seen in seraglios, whose whole tune wad
taken up in dressing and painting their faoes . with
this difference—the ladies of the East upeud their
days in adorning themselves to please one lord and
master—the ; iadies of the West, to please all tb
lords of erection. Which is the noblest ambition V’
She also notices the fact that there is in this com*
try aa strong a publio opinion against women work
ing tor a livelihood as iu England. We never heai
of a lather in independent circumstances giving hi*
daughter a professional education. 4i lf We can !iv
in come style, be counts on his daughters marrying,
and if he caunot, he,probably sends them to hoid
relative in a city, who receives them for a loug
visit, in the hope of -getting them off .’ Many thou
sands of youug girls come to the cities to stay with
brothers, uncles or friends, for this par pose, a
wprso preparation for any serious life cannot b,
oonoeived. Years of idleness ara of ten passed to
this way; years spent in nothing but dressing anti
dissipation, and what does ft Wad to ‘( Marriage
probably ; but what sort of marriages o&u be formed
by young girls looking at the world from such a
false position ? With ®Ufch a beginning to life, it U
almost impossible the girl oan ever became a nob.e
humau being.**’ “In America— in that noble,* free,
now country—if is grievous to see the old, false ]
suobbish ideas of ‘respeotability* eating at the heart
of society—making generations of women idle and
o irrupt, and retarding the ownward progress of the
Great Republic.”
A Man without Joints. —A moat remarkable
instance of the ossification of al the joints in the
body of a man, has come to our knowledge within
a few days. Valentine Perkins, of Man ua, Por
tage County, Ohio, is tho persons who has been
thus singularly effected. lie resides with his moth
er, Mrs. Mary Alvord He was born in * Henrietta,
Ontario county, N. Y., in March, in 1813, and is
consequently 45 years of age.
With the exception 01 an impel feet motion of the
right shoulder, one joint of the first two fingers of
hi* right band, ana a limited motion of one or two
lvei. every joint in his body is completely ossified,
and as firm and immovable as it one bone constitu
ted his whole frame.
Until ha was eleven years old he enjoyed robusr
health. At that time the family had removed to
KirtlaDd, Lake c< unty, in this State. In June of
the year he was eleven, he was thrown from a horse
and hurt one knee, and teen going into the river to
bathe, he took cold in the injure I part, inflamma
tion enau°d and the oartilages aud ligaments were*
destroyed* anp ossfication took place. After thia
bad transpired, the uninjured knee was attacked
! with infiamation. and finally became completely
1 ossified. Then joint after joint passed througa tho
ordeal, until now lie is in tne condition mentioned
I The same disease commenced at the roots of his
finger and toe uaiis. The nails came off, and a
new substance resembling nails grew out, at
right angles from 1M fingers aud toes, full half an
inch.
IIU jaws have been set an i motionless foi tbi/iy
years, aud bin front teeth have loosened and come,
out, forming an aperture through which he taike
and reoeives his food. His food ia prepared
for him in a suitable manner, and be a’w.tys has*
retained a good appetite, though he is not g ut ou
ous.
Twenty-four years since he became blind in one
eye, and for twenty-three years he has beeu tot illy
blind. All his other senses remain as perfect and
acute as those of any person.
Hi* limbs remain near the size they were when
he was hurt. His head, neck aud body have attain
ed full size. His neck is nearly as large as hie
head, and measures nineteen inches in circumfer-
while his wrist measures only four and
a had inches. His weight is about one hundred
pounds.
His body is in a semi reclining position, and he is
not affected by heat or oo;d ua much as persons or
dinary. He i-j always cheerful, and very fond of
talking. His intellectual powers are fairly develop
ed for one of his condition, and his memory is excel
oeUent. it is said of bim that be oan tell the names
and ages of a large proportion of the persons in the
town of Mantua with accuracy. He (foes not sleep
more than persons in good Lealth, and is not troub
led with sickness, aside from the disease which hat*
taken possession or him.— Ravenna ( Ohio) Journal
Visit to the U. 8. Frigate Wabash by the
Grand Duke Constantine.—A letter in the New
York Journal of Commerce, dated Genoa, January
Ist says that the Grand Duke Constantine, brother
of the Emperor of Russia, visited the U. 8. steam
frigate Wasbash at that port. When he arrived in
port he was saluted by the Amerioan frigate, and
next morning early he returned the salute. Flag
officer Lavalette and other officers of the Wabash
went on beard the Kussiau ship to pay their re
specta to bim :
“The Grand Duohess aud her sou, of ten or
twelve years of age, were present, and conversed
with the officers in English with great fluency. She
was suffering not a little from a severe cold, and re
marked that she was not a good sailor. The Graud
Duke most kindly and eoutbingly added that he
thought the Duchess was making good progress in
the profession. The interview is said to have been
a very pleasant one, and the Duke said he had
heard so much of the W&bash lately, that he bad
determined to come and see her. He should re
main in the port only twenty-four hours from the
time that he entered it, and as be Lad only five or
six hours more to stay, he would visit the A mart
can frigate between eleven and twelve o’clock
He regretted that the health of the Grand Duchess
would not permit her to accompany him, and she
participated iu the regret which he expressed.
“About half past eleven he was onboard the
Wabash, accompanied by some half a dozen offi
cers of high rank attached to his Hag chip, and
tbey examined every part of the ship with great
minuteness, asking a thousand questions, which the
officers were glad to answer most satisfactorily, and
er joying their visit to the greatest extent.
“The Graud Duke is a young man, thirty-tbr**.-
years of age, very muon devoted to the naval pro
fession, and in ail respects a plain, practioal gen
tleman. He was charmed with the Wabash, and
so expressed bis approbation wherever he went.
He spoke in the highest terms of our naval con
structors, and said he was expecting that his new
frigate, now building at New York, would be tha
greatest and beat man-of-war upon the ocean.”
Bacon.—This article makes some sudden and
wonderful changes in price, which may be account
ed for partially by the so owing schema exposed by
the Louisville Journal:
A confederacy agreed that eaah should contribute
an equal quantity of bulk skies, which should be
sold as low as possible. The sale should be tele
graphed from the “Grand Center,” “even from
Cincinnati,” to the four quarters of the earth, and
tten great should be the tall of “bulk sides,’ and
great the jay oJ all the boars, large and small.—
Forty casks —just forty—were contributed by this
confederation, ooinposed of a Baltimore and a
Philadelphia and a Now York cub—who having
thus “mined the markets.*’ left for borne before tne
“explosion.’’ doubtless intending to “go in” after it
occurred. But alas’ the vanity of humau wishers
and human efforts. The forty casks ! were pold,
aud rold low. The sale was duly telegraphed from
the “Grand Center” to the four corners of the
earth—hut nobody uoticed—nobody was frightened
—the market did not hreak down, and every body
laughed at the puny effort of the “little bears'”
The Subtlety of Chess —The Paris correspon
dent of the Washington Intelligencer relates the
following story in relation to the recent chess con
test in that city, and illustrative of the philosopy of
the game
In the course of one of the games between Mor
phy and Anderssen, a move of the former exoited
much surprise among the bystanders. He bad de
clined to take a piece, which, though an apparently
change of knights, would have resulted, it was
thought, conclusively in his favor. The game pro
ceeded, nevertheless, without verbal commeot, and
was rapidly won by Mr. Morphy. No sooner did
he deliver the “checkmate” than one of the most
intense of the lookers on, breathless with pent up
emotion, exclaimed, “For the love of heaven tell me
why you did not take the knight.” “Because, said
Morphy, alive to the nature of his friend s c secern
it was a deep laid plot. In a few moves more I
should have lost the geme by a stale mate. Mr.
Anderssen saw the game was desperate, and he
planned thie snare for me.” So saying, lie'replaced
the pieces as they had been at that critical moment,
and demonstrated by a series of moves, wLicti
would have been inevitable, had be taken the
knight.
Anew loci motive bearing the oberishtd nnoet f
the late E nersou hot t -. was placed on tuu (South*
Westeiu roau, Hriday last,