Newspaper Page Text
BY W. S. JONES.
TERMS.
THE WEEKLY
CIM’OMCLE SENTINEL
S FUe ISHED EYERY WEDNESDAY,
AT
TIiK K MILLARS per Annum;
OR,
TWO DOLLARS WHEN PAID IN
ADVANCE,
■•ithin THREE MONTHS after the
commencement of the
Subacriptiort
* •.!, LBS or INDIVIDUALS eerjdln ua Ten
- i* SIX copieaof the pper will be sent fvr one
y obr ‘ : rais.fing the. at the rate of
SIX C0P7~3 FOB TEN DOLLARS,
r , A copy to a* who may procure u* Fiv r. sub
0 -i forward aa the cnooey fs**Tbepa
,, „ lio irj* 4 .trice he eeot at this rate unless the
4 it'i it. nh is paid i ru”ly in advance. Nor will
„ -, r r, ;ub b*- received. The ickoU ttx o u*t
‘. tr CHRONICLE /* SENTINEL
OAH.V AM) TRI-WKEKLV,
t : . -., ■ ■ ..-,d at this office, and mailed to eub
\‘<w\t>x rate#,namely:
I**4!,// pV-LK if h .t by mail, Seven Dollars
ara in a . ranee, and Eioht Dollars if
. !'#•!!* he delayed three months,
l-fti WEEKLY PAPKk, Four Dollars, lo ad
■ •**... f'vt ‘ ),u. a iis if payment be delayed
itfitt'M Tor Wfrkly Al v* rflr mr nt.
■ :** r advertisements, published once a
v* <- ■ ; i. !>.*.. v Tn-Weekly or Weekly, Sec*-/. ond
taif an , per line, lyr ea< h insertion.
,ii m i a i. N r k eh, 7Vn Cents per line for the lirs’
■ n, n.id Fight (’rut* prr line for each subne
i>;ipi.ayei> Advertisements, ‘/Vs Cents per
lir.e for evh insertion.
Marriaoe*', Deaths, and Funeral Notices
Fifty Cents each. Ohituaries, 7V Cents pe
MONROE
mnu;
1009.
{'lift *’ i l ' l i * r thU present oi .rani/ation,
, < iuMiitutioa L** eujoyed the lucre**
i, , , .• mi! “tipport of an intr-illgeot public Its
m i iie opin one oa adw atlsa
• • Tkis la titution
Vi Vi <.INKK\L DEPARTMENTS!
f A COLLI.GK Dr'PAHTMENT, which embiAcefl
f j •i, / r-<f titudv. Including all the brao<-bH
,iy t i iaal.< Young Lh'li*a tho.uugh
RADKMIC DEPARTMENT, in which po
r jM-r.y i r.-pared for College, aud a good bants
; H i j,i tli-■; igh scholarship
li , *( j( • I>BI A KT.MHNT, with tried teat hers,
• e attraction on the Ptsao Sofia, 00l
i; ~ jJi.'im .niuui, Violin, Flute, Ao Advancf'tl
are taught to ( •MupoMi* Mu-ic, if deiired Frol
• i ilji.R n mi admirable < ouiooner
. ILDIPARTMIMT, la wbkk
■.i i Water Ck m,On
•• Painting Peeetling, Monochro
Fra t and Flo re • Crape H h
i: . b f nil a e
, a i* iv. hS HO DKPAKTMBisT, la wh'eh pupil*
[,-* • .• ij •*’ • e.le.-.-'n'ai' y and Practical Principle* oi Do
i tl<- Aiu.ii ; l'W' boara -oi every Tuesday, Thui*-
lay , 1 Kturdsy will be ilevoted t.* this L*epai luio .t
. oj oyed will not in I .e leaat klerkn
v\trt: i! 11 - ;,‘t, rary !>• |*artnjeut.
i thnotly Cos ‘ lege la Ueorgla giving attention to
t l i.,,i ir. iwtai part of Female Kdncatton.
The Hoard **f iii-trunlon ar thorough scholars and
■vj i■: ii .ed tliree of whom graduat and with
i- .-.l Mei. er ('ii vern tv
A I4;r.VOLKNT INSTITUTION
tngbtei f MinUter** of the Oo t
aed R I IOUI CHa OE
, pun u reover, worthy in ligent \ phana
. nldaugi.t th'-I Mftedy Mniters wilt be boarded from
* percent loh* than the usual rates
r i . • ure l. r* taught Bcouoiny. Extravagance In
i t a.lowed Jrwelry is not w rn, A pupil's drmslug
ii a year, !.,■ ■! uot cost more than from iiO to jffs)
lIDA RD OK TIUJHTKES.
i . . ADIHL HUF.KWOOI). D 1) , Orlffln, PreVl
, . sVhVANI •& Ii AN DRUM, Macon
Rev DMI.UI J PANNAL, LoUviil*
W.M “ WII.KIS Forsyth
<:i : ~ a l l S Forsyth
il i, JOHN I’ i'ROWDER. Monroe county
. lAM Ni i\’ KARI F.rsvth.
- DI.N 1 ’> V I.UR, -h*q , Coleparchee
IH I.AIN F PONDER, Esq, Forsyth.
Hi ‘.l'll J CAR on, F.S'i, Ma on county
:> A RKIiSAM'oKD, Es<|., Forsvth,Secretary
JO.I i NTEPHFN.S, For./y th
ii BO A CAB.VNISB, Treasurer
I'Am.TV,
Kc-v WM ( WILKES, A M President
.i.t K I ASHIIRV, A. M
!>. HI • * T WILBURN, A M
Frol WM FINHF.K. A. M
I , M AUV A W ILK IMS
,> .AT BAM.CRY
Mrs M ARY A LAND
do .1/1 1 V A. STANFORD
,i UOMK A CHAPI'FLI.
.M ,C\ UK IF. F. LAND
,ir ; M IV."ii £ •toA .0 per y* ai . Musi*, SSO; Hoard
,* per month. -xt iu.ivo of lights and ‘* ashing
TANARUS:., : priiM'Turin w*l Ingiu <>athe 17th JANUARY
F.*r ii fiber informatlou, address any member of the
V/1 LI. IAM O. WILKES, Pres't.
JUCIIAHUT. ASBUKY, Hec'y.
E (la . Jan lit, l 6. r U. |an. r )
NOW READY!
Scut INtsfiii'iil on K(‘C(‘i|il of Price.
NEW ILLUSTRATED
K f UAL MAN l AI.S.
I”' if* •! * olmi.es arc devoted to a popular exposl
lion >’ i ie more iuiportant brauohc* of Rural Econo-
Kn . 1 kits 1 pahUe task, en
j ... u.i . !:i c.-tr -rt, aud diminishing the expense*
. I e profits Os Kind Life and L'd.i-Uty
. cv m• mUpietl t>-all section*, Southern h* well a*
Lmlurn u ’ ie*.!* bti.ug la thfully represented therelr
T 11E HOUSE:
A ket Manual of Rural Ate: (lecture, or 11 w to
Build 11 u os Barn* aval Out Buddings, with mauy
Pn. . iu paper cover*, JO cent* ; lu muslin 50 cents
TH E GARDEN :
i ■ ~ i -,i g Direct*'-!!* tor the Cultivation i>f Kitchen
V i fc**i aide ’ t nut s. Flowers, and Ornamental Trees aud
-.ii ai:.l si expo.utiou of the Lae* of Vegetable
l ~e and C.r ,wth.
t i . • in paiH-r covers JO c uts . cm U.
PI CJE TPA-UUSitE;
Wit 1 r bapters on Agricultural Chemistry, Sol *, Ma
• ics lira . lrrigatFeuciug, Farm l’nplemeut*,
lilustrated
Pri< < ui paj er covers, JO cents; in muslin 50 cents.
DOMESTIC ANIMALS :
v p rkvl Manual -t’ ‘ a 1 1*. Home and Sheep Hus
, w ,tb ns for tho BroeiHojj ami Mail***
.j ,*■’aio, I “il ry, P;geou. Itabbit*. Dos, tie,
ii n *tinev ‘t cflheir Uiseaaea, and a Chapter < u Bees.
.'u pajer cover.'. OeenH, m mnaUil 50 cents.
i lie House—Tlm"liarilen—Tin* Farm,
ami IKintestif Animals.
H imliu.nn Ur** b.odlt'n-’.’ gilt volume, m*y be
, tHFuminuno* hi
-i \K L ’ a IKSnmt .b. uld b*v a |Ue on the book
• ,I,'V issidout l ibe country. Sent f- paid
vFtKSTM.IL. Addr.-it
rOWLF.R & WELLS,
tt . j. v , No JOB Broadwaj. N Y
HOW TO DO GOOD AND GET PAID
FOR IT
ill IKK an Aceucv for our Publication The term
t are vrch.tLore can be no POSSIBILITY OFLOBB
Cvcrv Kauiilv will l>e kad to obtain soma of the • For
am art a.'i.trtu FOWLKR A WELLS.
iebf"4t* No Broadway. New York
X §■*'=£'ss ‘ “‘-T a> *t) *t; a l^
inn bohv h.> :•'•• go .in. i.. i c.fi*
r. 1 Shop. sh'uM take tbe AMERICAN
v rOi'K JOURNAL. published munUily at NO Fulton
Now \ ,-rk. at 1 per t ear Specimen cople.
gratis—rend and gat one. *•**’ *
t? >v * fc.-fc > s.>i> *
LOOK HERE.
Fanners, Planters and keepers of
HORSES.
Keep yom Horses lit Good Condition..’
iIEIMTSir.S
BEBM&I TESTABLE Ml PBWBEEL
I' UK extraordinary vimie* of the ce ebrated QF.R
M \N NORSK POWDER, art* atteated by thousands
who hare it It * composed of Vegviable R** u
and Herbs ands highly recommended for ibe cure and
~ O ,aU those diseases to which that aounal—th
subject as Distemper. Hidebound. Drowrt
” , Appetite. Inwardspratna. hellcw Mater.
I- -ar <n hard exercise or work. InfiauimaUon of the
Eves Peb-litT Availing of V!eah. Ac It carriea off all
grows humor.” prevents horses from bommg stiff or
~ “..rod rarities and cools the blood. and improves
hl’- U-s a universal Cond.t.on Powder Farmer, and
“Inter; sh ntld not be- thout this valuable Powder
V-r a* e* wl let*aleand retail, by
l r sale w. ie* FISH ER A HEINITBH,
Columbia, 8. U-i
Iby pLUMB & LEITNER,
STholesaie and Retail Druggists. Augusta, in
.v*)wly
BANKS 1 BANKS! LANDS! LANDS!!
a I.AKKE quantity of the best Planting and Parm-
A ng LANDS m aou'thern Oeorg.a. and elsewhere in
Tracts of 2 r .0 to 2,000 acre* to suit purchaser*. Also,
tea to dt t _ e Sg ,.s of aelect Texas Lands, with clear
Vitl* * ■ now offt-r ..ig at very K’w rates at the the Georgia
J.*r. I Office, u Augusta.
Bv ff the Avista, Savannah, Athens, and the
Char .eston and HaLaurg suspended Banka, will beta
ken in payment at par vane Negroes will be taken al
o and the L gh-t a*L price* allowed.
Person* desirous tt forming settlements, or makinf
Mk?e invatm-*uis. *iina .t w thair interest to call at
tor o&f*e, Warran Range Augusta. Ga
JAMES M DAVISON,
Land Agent and Real L state Broker.
ocllT-dlwAwtf
downing hill nursery.
rrBE ut>sori6ers bes ea\ to call the attenuon cf the
1 public to their axteuaiea collection of
SOUTHERN RAISED FRUIT TREES,
embracing all the best vartetiw that hare been tested in
ire Southern climate.
Also, a fine collection of ORNAMENTAL TREES
,nd SHKL'BS . . „
Catalogue* nt by mail, free of charge, to all appii-
PETERS. HARDEN 4 CO ,
Ad D d ova—.m
notice.
VWXUUKR -ninthsuftr dsiteAppiioAtinn will be md
T to*b *Cy Bins for the pymnt of ‘TescivDc:
ik,
3^ 7 T. m *a l b “ IW '“ D B ‘ BAMXD r LINTON
detflb-lAW Sax
(Ljjronifk & Sentinel.
U
.% Survivor of Fulion'e unhoutl re w,
A correspondent of the New York Jouniei o:
j L,v®merce baa obtoioed from Captain M Kinney,
; ho w&s one of Falton'e crew when that invei/ r
I tried hi* first eteainer, the Clermont^the following
! account of that craft and lier tiret trp t>
Albany in 1807 :
(.'apt McKinney say* the boat was l f on# haa
! dred and h.rty feet long. She wai fiat bottomed
j like a Bided straight like a uoow, etern .ike -i
: .-k.fi. She was painted lead color. Ten Clem, lu
drew t wenty-two incsbee of water, and the rude
j went below the b-ttom of the boat. To the rudder j
p rot two pieceti of wood were fastened. Tnes*-
prijected e >on furor five feet, and a bolt exti.-i ti
ed acroea vhem to prevent the rudder from “going
down ower than it ought ” la addition, the rudoer
no arrange-for hoal water that it oould be
lilted to the service il necee*a:y Her whee .- ex
tended below the bottom of the b_>*t.
A fiy wheel wan attached to the paddle w> ■ ,
having e rino tear inebea wide, which Mr .Jar-krf* i .
the engineer, toidCoptain McKinney i t niak •
the paddle wheel pa**H the centre without a jerk
‘ Thera h big hab,” continued (,’ap M -Kinney,
“just inside the boat, into which the-haft n fo. 1
could be unshipped with a crowbar, and t.v- revo
lution of ore of the wheel.- stopped when they want,
ed to turn the boat round. There w*-re two row
of fire br.cks which the boiler ret <-d upon. These
bricks imp rted fr.in Kngland, and cost nix
cents each. ‘I he boiler wu‘ copper, t< pa < ied
the bottom curved upward The lx>i!f*r fed iNelr
The captain’s description of me of the ma/. i
nery will be both ainusing and iastruilive loth, ee
j who have watched tue progress o! tnis branc. i
mtchauics His own lai guag-, in describing tb-
I apparafu-* for supply g water to the holer will
,;ive a far rrune graph l *: idea thau any whic hwe
c uld hope to convey. “A grindstone was ou-j-m
and and from the center by a with inside the bo! .r. A
lead pipe run from the boiler to the water. The top
o! the grindstone wan level with tho water in tL
boiler, as the water boiled away, Die s’oiie would
tail, a* the boiler was tiled up, the stone would
rise. Machinery working like a pump handle Con
nected with this grirjdtt'oi.e a ith the cock of the
wn'.er pipe outside of the boiler. Aa the grindst* i.e
tell it would open tLe Cock wider, and the reverse,
6lc. , A'.c.
Cap* McK i ney days that when the “Cl*rm n* ’
s'arteo on her trip to Albany, she left New \> ig,
according to his recollection, aboiL !*o’clock, in /.e
morning, and went up a* far ac* the Living ton Ma
nor the brut day. There she remained ail night, and
received passengers—gome r <l the L vicgetou ?.li
ly The next rix ruing hhe proceeded on Ler j ur
tey, and arrived at Albany late in the afternoon.—
Ail the way up the river the steamboat attracted
great attention People tbrorgid the banks or
pulled cut into the stream to have a closer view of
this new monster. The “CMenuont” made about
s. knots an hour. On the first Trip the crew i-in
sisted of only half a dozen men, while those whom
Capt. McKinney took to be passengers might num
ber S.t or B<l persons.
At A.bany he says that Fulton went ashore, tel
ling them to let no one come on board, and the
boat was pushed a plank’s length from the shore,
hut the engineer dieoneyed so soon as Fulton wad
out of Might, mid admi/ed the people at a York shil
ling a herid. They came on boa and ho fast, that in
five minuttti they took twelve dollars. So many
cmne at laat that they were compelled to turn the
tide ;n ihe opposite airectii*n, and ordered them
“ a 1 ashore. Fuiton’s Captain, tays our hero,
was named Hunt, and on the passage down was
bribed (so Madame Rumor said.) by the sloop own
eis, lo run the experimental steamboat ashore. In
accomplishing the wu-li of the skippers, *ne of the
wheels was broken, and ti.e , ‘ Clermont” was navi
g .ted to New Yoik with one wheel.
A I'r.mkk’j Chkisimas— The editor of the
Sxndy li El Herald nays that oa Christmas live an
ex-piessiuau delivered to him an exc-jecingly mys
terious box. After paying the chargee—Jß cenlb —
being just the amount of money he hud by him—he
proceeded with nervous hand* to exani ne its cod
tents He Bays: “The cover is removed, when
our eye* weie gladdened wi ll ♦he sight ot a fiue,
tat turkey The next thing brought to light wss a
bottle of chftinpagne, and the next, and last a huge
dim'johii, marked ‘O Tar.’ What in the world is
O Tar 1 It must mean Old Tar; but what in the
world induced any one to send us either old c: /■•
t. 1 We havn’t g*.-t, any wagon ; ai.-d as for g/
ting up a IxMire lor the benttit of Iho “Republi
cai s - ’ we are not in the humor. We have it! Wo
will Bell it to the l*very man. Called on him, and
he said he did not u-*e tar, but grease, on hiR wa
gons. Brought it back to the office, in no v* ry
good humor, still wondering why it was sent to us.
Resolved tiual'y to dr. w the cork. Did bo. It
wasn’t tar. Smelt of it. Kuew by the that
it wasn’t tar. Tasted of it, and became ful y s..tin
tied that it waan t far. Tasted aga n, aud then drew
up a resolution declaring, in the most emphatic
terms, tbet it, wasn't tar. ‘Listed again, and then
entered the resolution among the regular proceed
ings, to make it sure th?;t it wasn’t tar. Tasted
agrin, and felt very happy.
Tasted again, and toon became very rich, and re
solved to give our cottage to a poor widow, aud
purchase the elegant mansion over the way—to
donate our office toJabe,and buyout, the New
Yoik Ledger. Have the ‘ikvii’ a s‘*U gold pi oe
for Christmas, and promised him a round SU : O for
New Yeai's. Bought a $5,000 pair of nags and a
sleigh cushioned witheoHriet velvet and dencra’ed
with gold aud pearls. Ordered from the Sjuli* a
uarkey driver and postman, whoso laces shore ’ike
a gla.-* bottle under a direct sun lay. Went over
to the lluion, and told Fred to send every poor
family in town a barrel ot Julijn Mills’ ll >ur. and
namele-s other articles to render them comfortable.
Bought all the wood in market, and ordered it to
be sent immediately to the afoitaaid pour families.
Gave eti h of the clergymen in town SI,OOO ; adopt
ed fourteen orphan girls and fifteen orphau boys ;
run around and paid all debts, (what printer on
earth ever done that ?) hissed (before we thought)
a pretty girl who called to wish us a merry Christ
mas, (somebody locked unpleasant wheu this hap
pened ;) settled the matter by ordering a $1,(•<>()
shawl, and a set <*f furs costing an equal amount ;
put on our slippers, (imagining that we heard mu
sic;) did hear music , for somebody came near be
ing kicked out of bed. Alas’ we had only been
dreaming.
Value of YVit. —We take the following excel
lent passage IV in a review of “The Autocrat,” in
“ The Century,” the weekly paper recently estab
lished iu Now York ;
A wit is a priceless man for a community . not a
scandal monger, a heel-biter, a detractor, a cynic,
whose own happiness in iife being spoilt is bent up
on uiaktng otners miserable, but a geuial, benevo
lent reformer, a wholesome and winning though
caustic surveyor of events. People breath more
freely when they know there is such a man iu the
ascendant, for wicked men will be afraid of him,
weak men will strive to be stronger, and qua* ks
will not have i’ all their own way.—Society is con
tinually in need of the exploits cf that knight errant,
the wit. Evils creep in unawares some good, but
very foolish man perpetrates a good deal 1 1 nonjeiise
which is tolerated and even ad mired* by virtue**! his
goodness, and fixed as an institution before it ; in 1
convenience is mlly suspected. Honest sentiments
with errors sticking to them are gradually heaped
up into a monstrous aggregate of prejudice. Some
bloat*d and overfed tiutfi weighs society down like
a huge nightmare, till the w.t comes along to tickle
the sensoriuui amt wake us up once more into day
light with a sensation of free honest living, or the
old moral it iee of the world get dull and common
place, worn, trite, and battered, the effigies nearly
off irom them. The uitis a general refarbisher, rt
casting the oldcoiu and presenting it to us again
current with she image of to-day.
Caught in His own That —The Ooonom *woe
Free Frees related a reoiarkNble occurren. e which
took place in Erin, Washington county, Wiecc.neui,
oo the ni|{ht ot the Ist of February, and the partic
ulara of which are derived from a reiiabie eource
Toe town treasurer !iad collected most of the txrs,
and had the money in the house. In the af.uaoou
he told his wife he wa- to a distant part of
the county, ai;d would uot be back till the next
day. That evening a pedlar well known in the
neighborhood, and who had been in the Lab it,
when in that place, of stopping at the treasurer’s
bouse, came along, and as usual, put up hw team
and retired to bed. In tbe night three men, dis
guised, entered the house, and two of them gfi/.ed
tbe woman end threatened to shoot her if she made
any noise. Tne pedlar was aroused, came out with
a revojver. fired, and killed one of the robbers on
the stairs, when’he other two instantly tKd. A
was procured, and. upon examination, the
dead robber was found to be the town treasurer
himself. There is quite an excitement m the nei*h
borhood, and strong efforts are beinj made to dis
cover his two accomplices
A Touching Incident at the Boston Fire
Tbe Host in Ledger records the following incident,
in connection with the destruction iu that city by
fire, .*1 the Mechanical Bakery
Puiitsg the tire, when men, women and children
were deeing from tbe burning dwellings, a police
raau discovered on the sidewalk two iiti.e ehiidtvu
nearly raked They were tied together with a sim
ple band ol white cioth. Tbeir little and# Were
clasped iu each other’s, and they were crying lor
their mother. Once or twice they narrows/ ei
raped death from a paasiug engine or a falling
building and when found their little voices were
almost stifled and their forms stiff with cold. They
were taken to the residence of a gentleman in Char
ter street, where they were kindly oared for by the
ladies. Yesterday morning, search was made for
iheir parents They were found in one cf the rooms
of a dwelling which narrowly escaped destruction
from a fallen wall. When found, they were both
so drunk that it was impoesi leto arouse them from
the stupor It is supposed that the mother of the
children tied them together, and put them to bed.
and they being awakened by the no we and light of
the fire, strolled into the street, as they were found
near the place where their parents were sleeping.
Taxing the XamisoK Passengers on the Erie
Rail Kjap— Fi nny Scenes and Answers.— By
a recent edict f the president of the New York
and Erie Railroad, the conductors are required to
&Sxerta;u the Lames of all the passeLgers and make
a register of them ia a book provided tor that pur
pose The absurdity of the requirement was aptly
liiustra’ed tne other day on toe Elmira and Wat
k:ns branch of ibe road. The conductor, coming
up to a pavenger, demanded his name. “Jackson**
was the reply. To the next he put the same inter
rogatory. and was promptly answered, “Charles
Moran.” The third gave Lis name as “Headley**;
but the fourth, uot being quite so accommodating,
or supposing Lheie was some uneoeesary’ use of his
name, rep.ied. None of yourd business
Ihe conductor put the answers a! down, and the
.as! one was as rear correct as the three preceding,
though there was a kind of bitterness in the tone in
which it was uttered. Iu this way it goes—scarce
ly a passenger g.ving his right name to the con
ductor. The names thuscohected. however, are
sent on to head quarters with regularity and des
patch and President Moran, it is said, nas begun to
tuink that he and die brother officers have a great
many namesakes trave.ung over the road lately,
as scarcely a list is presented him but he finds his
Dame upon it, as well as those of all the other c-ffi
cere of the company. —F mira Advertiser.
Supposed Loss cf the Barque Mimosa \nd
all on Board. —The barque Mimoev. (.’apt Geo.
Euward King, left Smyrna on the of Septem
ber last for this port, ana notk.ug uavmg tince beeu
neard trom her, it is supposed that she and all on
board are lost. She had on board thirteen souls
Among whom was a passenger named YN in. Henry
Want, twenty-three years of age, ana son c r Mr
Isaac B Wait:, of this c ty. YY ait: bad many
mends and acquaintances in this city, by whom he
was held m high esteem He was formerly book
keeper in the houses of Chafes YY ilkios A; Cos , ana
Thomas Page dc Cos .on Long whart. A boy. one ot
the crew, bore the name of Bariett Bray, ana be
longed on Cape Cod. Capt. King belongeo la
Medford —Boston Journal
A Philanthropist at Work Again —Mr John
W. Farmer, the benevolent geo Leman who nausuch
an original way of conferring his charity during ‘ast
winter, has re opened his hVee Dining Saloon, at 4v>
LudL*w street, >’ew York, though on a different
plan to that of iaet winter. It was impuesibie for
the most willing to obtain employment, lie was,
therefore, unable to make any distinction between
the industrious anu idle , now it is different, and all
app..cants for relief have to do something — for In
stance, tailors and shoemakers mend the clothing
and shoes of those in want of it. Laborers clear
the side walk* or streets Me
Correspondence of tiit bit Lou :s Republican.
Frowi l ir.h.
| Gkeat .Salt Lake Citt, Jan. 14, ISA/—I have
r.o ing important to nay, other than that things
! have arrived at such a pass, tbit the authority or
the Ftd.ral Courts is a rn-re mockery of justice.
Neither murder n* r other crime has be*,-c or can be
puLushed. Jhe Mormons have every’hmg their
own way. Judge 8 Lciairbas arjoa.tied his court,
fend v.i.l, oa next Mo..cay. &a}ourn it sine au, for
*he rc-aaon that the laws o: the L’oitca States can
n Abe executed ui this Territory. Both Judges
c acloir and (.r a delb a ugh will leave n*-xt
ing, sa-if tied >w i: try are that their presence an
V - - rai officers iu l ju.inisteriug to- laws is merely
Ur., .* . . A mao f* a?o, careful y prepared, will b
. ried, as 1 liti informed, clearly setting lo*th their
reaeon* m detai:. 1 have been a caielui obseiver
1 ■ events :i. thii Territory, an . aun now more than
ever satisfied t:a the;e :t no loyalty to the Gov
eminent amoug *he Mman people, and while to &
certain exfeat they payreepec: to the mere form oi
iavr, they ueitiier recognize nor respect its fcpir:;.
T Lfc officers ot the govern meal (and Ife.’er partiru
iy - j the Judiciary ) altooug.'i uot openly insulted,
f-el that they are powerless, and are treated with
such contempt and tzieerj, lb to make their ai uati wn
auythu gbu ecvlacle Anonymous uotea have been
pieced ;ne doors of the budding where th-;
court ia it. I, not ic'imidating or threatening, Lu:
deaiing in muendoes and criticisms, so peculiar to
tne Mormoii nation.
Judge Sinclair has per formed Li* duty in the pie
‘ibiy, will, a wise Lead and discriminating
judgment—m earnest desire to dtai impartiality
.ill.: all, and a fi:mne:s that Las never yel waver
ed. il- ic < hained downed in his efforts to admin
iitertbe laws by the Morinan theocracy, wi.ich
hoi da the *. usK .*. ue*-s and uatus of jurors in its
keepi; g I speak thus ot Judge Sinclair, because
iis p *ii!ioii ‘vi been a frist delicate and r* Bponsi
}* c • n-, sin/1 in aejourniog hi court, he baa ihe
approval •*! evt ;y vvcii informed man m ibis Terri
tory. t -
Judge t ra*llebaugh a c.au whose mental, both
M a gentleman and a jariet, in of the clearest ring,
and has proven h inself in several instances, which
it not now necessary to mention, and one who
brought *•■ light some ci cum taccea about which
the world wi 1, in due course otrime, be informed.
It. mny be asked why should this state of thir.gs
ex ri‘ v. ’li the Hence of an army here ? 1 answer,
;hai toe ari:i> h under instruciioi.s, a mere mi i ary
poHse, a police, if you please, and ri bound hand and
toot, mo tar as active operations are concerned, and
eamio ac’ except under orders.
Gov. Camming also feels ihe high reepons!billty
that attaches to iihriself, and those who know hiui
need no te:Lm**i y to bu assured thnt when an exi
ge i* y ar.- . when the overt act lu.s been commit
ted, that lie w ill use all his prerogatives, and the
army will have what they have long wanted—some-
thi- g to do.
The Ljegiaittturhaa been in a. Solon here now
sov_ral weeks ; they have as yet done nothing.—
Tnid eerns fetraegj too, as it is composed* entirely
of Alormous, wi.n one exception, and the work is
always cut and cried at the* palace ot the great Mo
gul himself.
The East* rn mail had nut arrived in time foret-ve
rn l ip.*, the snow iu many places being from fif
toen o t /.’eiity feet in depth, troiri drifting by storms,
o tuac F is impossible to make .a trai:.
There are negro bails here every week. They
a r e iiberal'y attended by both Mormon men and
women, and not unlrequeuily u few Gcntilef*. Tha
Wuiiisu eeem to ei joy ILeiumo-t. K. A.
Curious Phenomenon.
A correspondent io the Eastern part of Messa
eluselts heeds to the New York Evening Post the
r if joined account of a singular meteorological phe
nomenon observed during the cold weather in Janu
ary :
“The reason of my writing this letter at this time
in my present state ot health, is one thut lias kept
you in my thoughts almost constantly lor tour days
past, the facts oi which I thought y *u might like to
preserve in your paper, i fear I cannot hope to
give *uch a descripium as to produce a reeult node
Mir&ble. As with you, we have had that sfrai.ge,
mysterious visitation of the iroftt-uphit, whose chili
hand seemed to be laid upon us so aa to chain the
mercury m ilia glass for two whole days; its high
est point during all that time being two degrees be
low zero, while t!.e whole air was full oi mist, as if
Hie particlesol vapor
troy their transparent y.
■Ou Weunes iay the weather began to moderate
n little, and on Thursday, when the day dawned, it
lucked upon the most glorious light, it seems to me,
it could ever have seen in i*K march of arges around
ths globe. Every tree and shrub to its minutest
twig, every weed and spire of grass, however
threadlike its sprays; the needles of the pine, in
tact, e\ ery object iu the air and on the earth, was
covered v. i‘h frost crystalization ro delicate that
the Hiighteet breath *. air would cause it. to l!y like
down -, and yet all above and below was shrouded
with if, even to the attenuated threads ot Ihe spi
der’s weaving. Many of these project!mg feathers
stood out Uiree or lour inches from the objects to
which they were attfv fed, and I saw none less than
an inch iu length. You can judge of the stillness of
the atmosphere wheu y u know that this strange
magical scene coatinw-d all day till in the evening,
when, with a single puff’ of air, so slight as scarcely
to be felt, it vanished at once away. This cry stall
zatiun was made up of, first, a thread as line as the
silk fibre; to this were attached similar fibres
sanding neatly at right-angles with the first, crowd
ed close to each other, and on these agaiu were
on almo it to an indefinite
extent, until the feather—for so it was—was made
up. The t;>.o s*?- med mighty plumes, the branc lit-8
just showing through the downy covering with a
siigbt degree of shadow,stanc ing so still in th-charm
ed air that all seemed much like a dream or an en
chantment, which woo.ld vanish as quickly. Even
the vibration produced by a loud tone of voice was
sufficient to disrobe cue of these feather-clad treec.
As it r garde the position of these frost-feathers upon
the upright objects and those whose inclination was
sl'gbt, they Blood out hcrizonially ou the northeast
side, iu other cases they Blood ou the upper side
pointing vertically. I noticed two years since r.
somewhat similar effect, an account of which 1
wrote tor ti: Evening Post, I think, but iu that
case tbo crystals were single end pointed like nee
dUfl, ut.d occupied the upper t nd northwest sides of
objects.
*()t Salur ’ay u r had another display of frost
work, no S. ; oudi-Lut than tae first, but quite dif
f< rent in *•:•••. ; -./ - : i’ *; < ating of ice
loading the trees ; this, on melting, produced iciclta
of vnrious lengths, crowded very dcaely together,
every e-bj- c r . being covered A’ in the tiist case. The
scene presented na oi e altogether indeserihabie.
This has n id with us two days.
It is difficult fi* define the impression left upon
the mind by the first scene. The vfipor iu the at
musphtre, w .iuh i * ko! i:k;- feathers c snow, hung
there aeon every ri.iog b low , Ihe purity, delicacy,
and eo'tmus which Bsemed to be embodied, as it
were, and spread out wherever the eye could reach,
aud all so whim, without a stain in the heavens or
oa thoea th, all conduced to produce a result which [
a poet alone could put iu words.”
Letter from France—Th© Proposed Marriage. *
Paris, Jan. 20. —The marriage wi'h the poor J
voting Princess of Piedmont is an object which en- 1
grosses public a* tendon. In .‘people who aio loud ;
of* lyrical allusions call her Royal Highness “Ipbi- |
* genia.'’ and eay her lather has no right whatever to *
play the part of Agamemnon as he is doing, and to J
sacrifice ihri poor child cl liiteen to the “Goos! ‘ — j
Sue. herself, has distinctly said she married the |
Prince to ensure to her father the support of |
Fiance, and if it were not for that consideration she j
would not have consented to the ma-viage.
Two nights before starting for Piedmont, the lu- |
tui e bridegroom bad the uubeliev.ible bad tarde to |
show himself at the Grand Opera in a conspicuous l
box with iwo of the most notorious fair ones of tho I
less than Demimonde of Palis! It is said iu some |
newspapers, unusually well informed, that the j
Prince will give his antique habitali.n ol the i
Champs Elyseee—bis lv man Hotel—to.hie young j
wife. If so, tho will succeed two women, w hose \
names, poorc ild! can never have reached her L
ears, even tu the wo.sl tongue of Bad Fame, and ;
whose lives must be forever a mystery to her, but j
who, alas! were the coirq anions of her father when
he paid Ins visit to Paris some four year ago.
Your lady readers may perhaps take au iuterest
in knowing that the vorbeiUe of the mture Priuceea
Napoleon, is reported to be of the most extraordi- •
nary maguificence. A diamond necklace given by j
the Empress is said to be worth upwards of ten
thousand pounds, and the furs, that are the present
of the Wine; ss Mathilde, are worth scarcely less.
It is reported that several of the dresses I sprke of
to you latterly tas being of such a curiously uew
shape) are being devised for the Princess, and
some of them are described as to be of the worth of
X, 100and £ot)0(lu,000 and 12,000 francs!) and this
i? merely from their materia 1 , which is ui velvet,
with gold or silver embroidery.
On your eiueof the Atlantic you would be much
amazed if you could assist at some of the Old YY'orld
discussions that are carried on here touching the
airival of the new princess. It is impossible to say
hovr Lightened at the poor little creature most of
:iadits ut ilus court are (including the Empress)
—f. i if ever members of a royal slock were brought
uT’ with stifi* pitiless etiquette, tis these Cariguau?.
Ti e torcea Democratic opinions of her father have
Ln i no iLiiuei.ee ia this respect, and those who have
b.*id opportunities of approaehieg the late Princess
<':v>*.i!de, say *he resembles a l the princesses of her
hi use in so far as this is concerned.
She is said to De as lovely as w as her mother tan
Aust ian Archduchess,) but it is described as “ very
haughty.’* and as singu arly well versed in heraldic
science, for which she has an extraordinary taste.
It is quite certain that her arrival is the cause of no
end of anxiety and alarm oa the part of the Court
outrage, and uever was a bride less longed for than
is the Princess Clotilde iu the imperial circles. —
Paris Cor. Boston Cour.
A Men’s Brains Knocked Out, and Yet he
Still Lives!— The Eau Clara (Wisconsin Te e
graph narrates the following singular case of sur
gery. The ease is that of James Campbell, a labo
rer in the employ of George C. Irvins, of Dunn
county, whose brains were literally knocked out by
tne tailing ofatiee. seme six weeks ago. and strange
to say. he is not only still living, but has regained all
his faculties, and bids fair to recover his usuai sound
health. Dr. Crocker. DonnviUe, the surgeon in
attendance, thus describes the case
“I found the patient lying insensible, with a large
hole broken into the left side of the ‘kuil, just over
the ear—both the left frontal auu parietal banes
shattered, and two pieces, one an inch and a half by
two inches square, driven completely into the brain
and portions of the brain protruding.
• Alter removing the tragments of the bone. I
then removed three fourths of a wine glass of brain,
in conjunction with three piece* of the uee. which
uad &iio been driven into his head. From the first
there was a copious discharge of thin watery fluid
from the ear. of course through the Eustachian tube.
I considered the case hopeless, for several days al
ter the first dressing the brain continued to ooze
out. and pieces as large as a wainut sloughed off
before the wound began to cicatrize. The case pres
ents also a remarkable mental phenomenon which
will interest phrenologists. Toe patient before the
accident was never known to sing or whistle a tune
in his file—but no sooner was he able to speak than
he began to sing with perfect correctness, and now
displays a taste ror musv amounting to a passion.”
The Alexandria Sentinel tells tbe familiar story
about Col. Benton s refusing to recognise the. House
of Representatives as a legal body af:er_the 4th of
March :
It was Sunday morning, and tbe 4th of March of
the short session. Cos.. Beuton he;d that as the 3d
of March was the end of the period for which the
Representatives had been elected, the Iloase had
expired at midnight of Saturday. By a sort
legai fiction, however, the House ciaimed not only
j° be living on Sunday morning, but was calling up
its absent members ; and it so fappened tha'iost as
Col. Benton, after a good night’s sleep and hearty
breakt&sr. reached the door of tbe Hall, his name
was ca::ed by the Clerk. Immediately ‘his iudig
“-i° D WM 'freav You ,han’t cal! my name sir.’
1L sis n House. Sir And lam no member. Sir.
I ii sue you, u yon call my name in there. Sir.’
In aadit.on to tuis Col. Benton tola them it was a
he wag ‘-a memberof no such body.
Tfce present Speaker On, wa* i n the Chair at the
time, and be promptly replied : -As the gentle
■na:. aentee b eing a member of tnis House. the
Sergeact-at Arms will pieaee remove him from the
Hail. The remark created a roar of laughter,
and Old Baliicn. in a towering rage, eta.kea oat of
the Capitol.
Two Sims to it, Faskt.—Fanny Fern tays “if
cne ta sos the girl* knew the previous life of the
men the • marry, the list of old maids would be
wonderfully increased.” If the men knew. Fanny,
whattc.ir future lives were to be. wouldt it in
• case u. list of old maid* atihi further I
AUGUSTA, GA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY •>:}, 1859.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
EY THE AMERICA.
Halifax, F-b. 1-L—The steamship America
Liverpool at J P. M. of the 29th u’t., arrived at Hali
fax at Id P. M. of the 1-1 ch ins'.
The America Las expirenced a succession of
strong westerly gales during the entire voyage.
The -vamthip City of Manchester, noai Now
York, arrived at Liverpool at3 o'clock on the
iiiornirgof the 28th.
Tne screw steamer Lebanon let: Liverpool at the
same time La the America, for New York direct.
The City of Manchester is substituted for the
Vig.-, and leaves Liverpool Ftb. 2d i'or New York.
Great Britain —The approaching opening of
Parliament is looked forward to wi'h unusual n
toreb\ in hepts that *ue:; expiana’ ions will be made
be. willmoti/'y the g su 3 perse.
It is alleged th&r the English ODvernmcnt have
completed a orntract R”h itree large iron compa
nies for a supply of 3ixty-eight pounders &s fast as
they can be ca-r. An important contract for gun
powder haa also been concluded.
A large portion ol the Red Sea Telegraph Cab
haa shipped from Liverpool in the learners
Imperadeo and Imperatrice.
A number of forged bills of Exchbange to a large
amount have been r-uccesslully put into circulation
. London They purport to D*-c r awn by the Bar
hadoes bran* ot the Colonial Bank on the parent
establishment, in London, anti are supposed to
have been manufactured in New York, where aber
having parsed through goad bauds they were re
mitted to London to several respectable firms for
c-iilec ion. Taose already presented a: the Cos o
nial Bank amount to about £9,000 and from ihe
manner ;n which they are nurnbe ed, it ib inferred
the * at leas: a total ol £15,000 La9 been put forth.
Tie fleet nations in the Stock Exchange have
been slight. Wy little business bad been done
a:.d the tenor oft be mark.-1 was heavy.
On the 28th the !und> were steady, notwithstanding
adverse reports from Faria, and the ma.ket ck.-eU
firm.
Latest. —Tho Daily Nhwb’ C-ify article, dated
Friday evenii g, says : ’ The Kulcis remain strong,
and despite the variation in the French Rentes and
contradictory rumors from Pari.i, Consols have no:
varied more than one-eighth per cent, and closed
with marked fiimnea*. In the other departments of
the Stock Exchange the immediate tendency was
more lavorable, especially in the alternoon, tbe ex
caption being in French Railway Shares. In the
Discount iiiaiket to-day a good demand w&b expe
i ienced, but in exceptional instances transactions
!Oi*k p!ace as iow as two per cent. The arrival o.
JC in Austrian gold was announced to day,
but it will not bo delivered for some days. A large
poition is expected to be sent in o the Bank.
The suspension of Prior, Turner Cos .iuth -
Neapolitan trade was announced to-day. ‘The
liabilities of the London firm are stated not to ex
ceed £20,(100.
The i iiuus’ Chy Article of Friday evening says :
\ Ob present dullness in the S r ock markets is expec
ted to continue till the opening ot Parliament, To
day ihere was a total absence of l ews. The heavi
ness on the Paris Bourse was counteracted by the
arrival of g fid ships, and alter the regular close there
was a .- lent disposition lo improvement.
The Times contains the following upon tbe Tea
market: In consequence of intelligence* from China
confirming the previous reports of short supplies,
there was gusut excitement ui the tea markets, and
considerable demand for most descriptions at higher
prices. Soma holders withdrew altogether.
Sditpetre has been active during the week, and
extensive transactions have taken place ; low to
line 39 dri3j per cvt. More than one-third of the
stock in the port of London ha3 changed bands, be
sides parcels sold afloat. A considerable part has
been taken foi the Sardinian Government. The
Times says a great part of the business done ap
pears to be speculative.
The Paris correspondent cf the Daily News states
that warlike preparations are g= ing on so actively
I hat the breaking out of hosrilities would seem not
a question of weeks but da>s. The demand fer
cavairy is bo urgent that orders have been given to
buy burses nine years old. Letters from foubn
state, that sixty-two war transports are to bn ready
bv March first. The Supplemental Surgeon in ihe
M iitary Hospitals at Pans and Marseilles are order
ed to ho u theni clvts iu readiness for active ser
vice. In the Artillery there are companies, in
which five-sixths of the men are excused from regu
lar duty, because they are making cartridges. A
letter from Grenoble speaks of the continued arri
val of troops and tarnation of a Corps d'armee on
the A *p®. Three men of-war left Toulon on the 2fitb
fur Gt.-noi 1 , tuppOßtd for the purpose of accompany
ii l .: Pr.iioe Napoleon and Lis bride to France.
Twee riiip. of ihe line were under orders ar (’her
bouig to join the txperimenta! squadron in the
Mediterranean, us quick aa possible.
The Moniicur *1- ia <.’o!en//ation contains a Min
isterial decree cf Pr nee Napoleon, dated 6th Janu
ary, by which all ic ruiliLg of immigrants at the
eastern coast of Africa and Madagascar is pro
hibited.
The Independence Beige asserts that, tho English
Cabinet is making effort 9 at Paris as well as Vienm;
and Turin, to tIV ■ci a pacific arrangement of exist
ing difficulties It has been suggested to udopt Ihe
plan proposed by Austria herself to Lord Palmer
etou in lb-18, by which Lombardy would have ob
tained h separate aud self-gov lining administr tion
on constitutional principles. The French Govern
ment has given a favorable attention the proposi
tion. Tha Cabinet ot Vienna, without committing
itsell to any definite course, i* Paid to have been
converted to the idea of an European Congress,
though at first it was decidedly hostile to such a
plan. Loudon, and not Paris, ;a ibis time to be the
place where the Pieuiporenliaries are to in**et. Ac
* ordiog to Pari ? correspondents of the Times and
ileraldr the project, oi warding off hostilities by
convoking a Ccugret-s id ed nugatory.
The Pans cun ej’puiident of the lieraid w riting on
tbe night of the 27th says : “The opinion is now ai
most universal in Paris that a crisis has arrived in
ihe til lira of Europe, more momentous thau y
which has arisen aiuce tho wars of the ikfct Empire.
Airoug tb* lower dosses the war feel ng is stimula
ted by k La Preese and La Siecle, and is dailygrown g
more intense.
The latest correspondence of the Times says that
contradict ry facta and rumors are still the ordt-r ot
the day. There are r**j>o:t i that it is on the political
attitude of England that war is in reality depen
dent, and there is also a report that Count de Per
siguy is likely to go to England once more as Am
bassador. llis re-appointment would bu regarded
as a sign of peace ;
Tbe Couri of Appeal of Paris has confirmed the |
sentence of imprisonment for three years and flue
of 40L0 francs passed on Proudhon, ‘lie Socialist,
tor the sentiments contained in a recent work by
him.
Tho Paris Bourse of Ihe 2(fib, showed a slight re
covery. On the 27tbit opt-ned strong, but after
considerable fluctuations closed heavy at a decline
of j per csnt. On the 28th an announcement inLe
Noid, t!at ti e Commander-in-Cnief had been ap
pointed to tho Piedmontese Army, ana a ruin.;red
insurrection at Ravenna increased the flatness at
the Bourse, and the rentes rec eded to GSf. 15c. To
| wardßthe close, however, considerable impruve
j meat took p’acc and the last quotation was fieif 85c
i for money, aud €Bf 75c lor account.
t Bpain.—The Spanish Government suspecting j
! that a project had been got up to rescue the Nea-
S politan Exiles on their lransshipmenf at Cadiz tor j
i New r Y-rk toon measures to prevent it
| Italy. —A letter in the Opmique of Turin states i
1 that the Grand Duke cf Tuscany has refused to ac- I
iced to Austria’s request regarding the exchange of ■
I Tuscan for Austria u troops.
j It liud been officially announced to the Court of !
j Turin that tne Prince of Wales would pay ii visit to
| ihe Kir* of Sardinia in the Spring.
The Times’ correspondent confirm? the repoit of
I* a note having been addressed by the British Gov
ernment to the Cabinet of Sardinia couched in very
earnest terms strongly deprecating the war policy.
it .s stated that the Alodense G jvernment have
sent 50(! men, and two pieces ol artillery to watch
the Piedmontese frontier.
j The Opinique of Turin, referring to a late art icle
I iu the MonitfcUf upon the French and Sardinian
! marriage, says that the alliance between France
! and Sardii is is quite distinct trom the marriage,
: and that if France is to intervene tor the indepen
j dencc of the Dalian peninsula, it is because her in
terests induce her to do so independently oi the al
liance just conc.u !ed.
The Minister of Finance laid before the Cham
bers at Turin on the 2Sib, a proposition for a dowry
to the. Princess Clotildc.
1 Austria. —The Daily News haa the following :
We have received trom Austria an account, upon
w hich implicit reliance may he pieced, of expres
sions usea by the Emperor of Austria in an inter
view with ike Directors ot the National Bank on
Monday last, liis Majesty declared that he could
count with certainty, in the case of need, upon the
strenuous support of ihe entire population of Ger
many, but assured the deputation of his complete
ccntrdecce that an amicable ana-gement of the
difficulty w ould be very speedily effected.
He added that Le had just received dispatches
from P.:ris w hich greatly etreng’.hened this convic
tion.
It is etAted that considerable agitation prevails in
Austria. Poland, and Hungary. TLe Globe's Paris
correspondent say s that tLe fermentation in Galli
cii is such that eighty thousand troops l ave been
concentrated along that frontier and Lemberg.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times is positive
that Austria would never consent to the Italian ques-
tiou being settled by a European Congress.
It was reported that Austria and K:)?■% appear
to be on better terms, audit is related that a lelt-er :
from Alexander to the Emperor Fratcis Joseph ba* !
been received, which the latter considered extremely
satisfactory.
The pretensions of Napoleon to piay the part of
European arbitrator begins it is supposed to be re
garded as somewhat dangerous.
Prussia— The Princess Frederick William was
safely delivered of ajson on tbe 27th. The news cf
the event reached the yueen of England at Windsor
Castle in six minutes alter its occurence in Berlin.
Demonstrations of rejoicing took place at Windsor,
and at Berlin the Begem and his consort appeared
on the balcony of toe Palace amid vociferous cheer
ing, and thanked tbe populace for their sympathy.
Tne Engl.sh papers have congratulatory leaders on
the event as tender to strengthen the bonds uniting
Eogland and Prussia, and thereby assisting the
peace of Europe.
” Russia. —The advices from St. Petersburgh re
present as nearly concluded the luan which ha.- been
under negotiation with tbe Rothschilds for some
rime past. It is to amount to thirty million- of rou
bles. and the basis of the transaction it is said to be
agreed upon.
Russian letters and journal* do not believe in
war.
The Calcutta Englishman complains strongly of
Lord Clyde's tactic* as nothing but treeless march
ing and counter-marching, and concludes that the
reai object of the government is cot to cut up the
rebels but coerce them into accepting an amnesty.
Xena Sahib is reported to have stopped et Bithoor
to dig up his buried treasure.
The U. S. steamer Powhattan was in Canton
river at the latest dates.
Commissioner Reed left Hong Hong on the Bth
December in the steamer Minnesota, bound for In
dia, en route for America. The American Lega
tion was in charge of the Chinese Secretary Dr. S.
Wells Williams.
Baron Gross had signed the tariff regulations on
behalfof France.
Tee Army Register for 18o.’ has iust made its ap
pearance. ‘We find that our present force of regu
lar soldiers consist 3 of nineteen regiment*, all told,
as follows: Tsn regiments of infaury. averaging
ten compamee cf seventy men eacn : lour of artille
ry. averaging twelve companies of about fifty men
each one of mounted riflemen, two of cavalry, and
two of cragobns, each of tbe latter numbering ten
companies" of sixty men. It would be aiflicult to ar
rive at a con ect estimate of me actual fightiug ma
terialat tbe disposal of the War Department, but,
we presume, tbe entire strength of our army is little
over or under 16,000. The Register shows the
grand aggregate of the militia, al! told, to 2,721,426.
Thf Fobtt-Skcosd British Reoimest.—The
Xew York papers find that they have been hoaxed,
about the probability of the Ic'd Highlanders, visit
ing that city. The kitts,’ which arrived from En
gland were for,the “Canaoian Rtfies, ‘ and not the
42d. The Boston Bee says:
The F -,v-second Higbianders are known as the
u Black Watch.’’ They were raised originally as a
guard to protect the Lowlands from the Jacobite
incursions of me adherentsof the Stuart race in me
Soottish Highlands. Under a false pretence the re
1 g : ment was marched into England, and from thence
! to the Continent, and fougnt under Marlborough at
Fontenoy and at other great battles. Some ot the
i offioera and men refusea to go abroad, as the de
mand was contrary to their articlee of enlistment
| They were court marualed and shot. They died
i tike brave men
Platform of ihe Virginia Whigs.
The following series of resolutions were adopted
ae the “plat'o.m’ of the Virginia Whigs at their re
cent Stft*e Convention :
Re to!red, TUi the rcckles--. extravagance of t!.e
preceding nrd preset- Ada-inietrst ens of the Fed
era! Govern.re:.‘, by which the public expenditures
have been ; n rea.-ed from lifty to near one hundred
millions of dollar?, and the pubi c debt so greatly en
larged, is a w.oDg that must be corrected and shouid
b-: rebuked.
-. That the rccomme.-'datioßg cf the President
that C r ,;r. . s: ali divett itseitet the war and
treaty making powers and cculer them upon bim
sclf, subk-ciiujr, a* the same time, the army a-.d
navy to his control, coupled with the proposition for
enormeue appro )iiv. ions out of the public Treasury
to carry out Lie views, ar - the inoet astounding that
Lave been ever . übaitted to the conside ration cf i
the American people, and csU for the m..st unea.dv- j
ocal coademnat. u that the public voice can pro I
r.ounce In our relation? with other Stales were,
cognise all there international obligations which our
position as a member of the great family c-f nations
! ~P f on u>, a! - J *>■’ wouid c-ver coufcriu to the
requirements of fhope obi'gf.io’ie.
3. That we are opposed to the doctrine of “frio
tr.de and direct taxation,” maintaining that reve
line suffi. .eut so. an economical administration of
the Government ought to be raised by specific uu
tiesen foreign imports-i.-cs and, in adjudiiig a
tar.fi. wo bold that it is the duty of Corgree- to
make such discriminations as will afford to Ameri
can i dastry the incidental advantages to which it
is.iustiy entitled.
1. That the f übiic lands are held by the General
Government iu tru-: v-r.; • benefit of all the Sta'es
that such disposition shouid be made of them as
w;d enure cquaiiy to the heron; cf ail, by a dist r ;.
button of the proceeds of the .-a e thereof; that Vir
giuia, V. r.r: gave most and baa received least, should
now bo .Viewed to have her jmt pr. portion, and
that any party that opposes this is opposed to Ihe
oes; iuteres'soi t!*e State, and aiiows, it it does m*t
favor, a continnation of ihe heavy taxes which at
U:ct licr people.
Ttiat, in respect to the Territories, we adhere
to lho principles of the compromise measures cf
lo.dl. We repudiate Ihe modern doctrines of
“squatter rovere'gnfy” and “alien suffrage,’’ and
hold that to the inhat itantsof the Territories, who
are lawtu! citizens ot the ITntted States, belongs the
r'gh\ when they come to form a Str.le constitution
lo fashion their domestic ineli utions according to
their own pleasure, wiih the privilege of admission
into tha Color, upon equal terms with the citizens
ol the other bfates whenever they have the requis
ite population for one member of the Home ui’ ken
resentatives.
•j That by the unanimous endoreatiou of the pre
tent Administration, Ihe I>emocratic Convention
ot this S’a;e iateiy held at Petersburg haveassuni
ed the respousibiiiiy ut ail the eirors and misdeeds
cl which we cunipltiiu, and upo.l their party aud
tueir nominees the public judgrueut ntusl be pro
nounced.
7. That the llou John Letcher, iahis declared
willingness to divide this ancient Commonwealth
for the purpose of exterminating slavery from ihe
section in which be r-sided, committed au cti'.nce
which is without jubiitication, txi use, or paliiutioii
and upoa Liui we invo* e Hie deliberate judgment
oi the people oi this Statu.
8. That ihe unfinished and unproductive condi
tion in which our Kiuat lines of lnternnl improve
intat have been left to iaoguiah demands that the
beet exeriione of ail shouid be directed to their early
completion.
9. ILat Iho Union ot the States, ah ©Etabliahud by
t!ie Federal Constitution, is ihe surest guarantee of
th** libel t.y of the people ; and the eafi-st support ot
thuir per.*’ and prosperity, and we deprecate all
means aud repudiate ail partiod that tend to its
overthrow. We hold the power confided to the
General Government aa sabred trusta to bo faith
fully exercised for the common benefit, and we de
plore ail eectiocai organ s zations which threaten *o
pervert those powers L.. the ends ol injustice and
oppression. We know cf no diversity of interests
amoug the several Statts iucoinparibie with an ad
ministration of the Govenmient (’ incident with the
cquui rights of each, and we hold it to be tha duty
oi the Federal Government a.-i each department
ot it within the just liuiits of Die Constitution to
i; remote by every means the rea: Interest of all
the States.
Alter a Li iei uobats th*:f.-e rosolut ions wei r miaui
inously adapted.
A Lively Tovm : Live In.
An Ainuricau sojourning at Muzatlau, Western
Mexico, gives th? iollowing giaphio accufint of tbe
p-entlo manners <f the people indigenous to that
earth.quaky L calitv :
Ir. my last. ‘eUer i o you 1 stated that our city was
declared in n state of oiee;■*, ilu the enemy or
opps>sition party as a long way It*. Things re
maiued in that condition until about eight days
ago, (29 h ult.) when 1 whs iufunned privately, at
about 8 o’clock in the evening, that theemuny, cr
“Lioeraf party, bad arrived within about tivo
luayueeof tha town, and intended to attack the bar
racks and Die quarters of the Governor that night.
And as there would probably b j a sack or whole
sale robbery at the time, 1 gave my friend ail my
most valuable watches and jewelry to take care ot,
his home not being t o liable to attack as iny own.
1 lastenened my doors and went lo bud, as usual,
hoping r might i e a lake report. But 1 awoku
about t‘2 o’clock, and in a few minutes after a
booming of cannon aud rattling of small arms com
menced 1 was uot I cup in bud. you may be sure.
My arms, which are always iu readiness, were
placed so that i could fire through the door, it Ihe
enemy attempted to break in; and placing all ttie
beat, customer watches aud f>so i:i silver money iu
my carpet. b?:g, and eigbteeu gold doubloons iu my
pocket, I prepared for a run out. of my back door
aud over ihe top of my neighbor’s kitchen. Thus
ready for fighting and running, I remained for more
than t vo In irs listening to the terrific roar and rat
tle ot thus ? midnight gun's. During the night seme
ut the robbers went by yellihg like devils, aud I
huaid others break.i g in the doors of stores in
Main street; but 1 nothing certain until
morning, wheu a countryman told me that as a-son
s Ihe attack was made by the Liberals ou the bar
racks, the i-.riininale, seventy in number, in the
calaboose, were released by a party outside; and
being j oined by other villains from our population,
commenced breaking open and lobbing ihe stores
on Main street.
! One store was gutted, she loss being si3i!o9,
j other stores were robbed to the amount of $2,UUii or
$3 009 each. Arms and ammunition were liret
seized, and then other goods, and'even women ana
children were seen carrying off bundles of goods.
Only one man and one woman the robbers
were killed, and some dozen or more woueded. Os
the storekeepers, win* were unprepared lor theeud
den attack, t-ome were killed. Among the o'Ler
criminals who escaped was the ra-.cal who tried to
murder me übout a year ago; he had been sentenc
ed to ten years at hard labor. The Liberals failed to
take the barracks, and retraced io their camp bu ore
daybreak, without Icsmg a man. Iu the barracks
one was killtd and four wounded. There was*
enough firing of cannon a:d musketry to have
produced al. least one hundred killed aud five him
] dred wounded.
The stores that were robbed all belonged lo so
j feigners —French, Spaniards, Germans and Italians.
There are no American stores here except the drug
| utoie, at v/hi h the robbers g‘we few blows, Lur
j soon left for more attractive pirn Ah the L*bo
| lals are only waiting for a reinforcement from So
I nora to make an attack on a larger scale, the so
; eign merchants and etorekeers have closed their
places and have been removing their goods to their
respective consulates, tor protection. Every night
they mount guard over thtir goods, armed to the
teeth. The French itro the most, numerous, and
have mounted two or three small cannon on tbe
parapet of their Consul's house. Th-, Eagli-h Con
Hulteiit word to me, iLe day after the fight, lhat 1
could send my things to LL house if I wished. My
carpet bag, with customer watches and silver
money, I deposited in hia safe, aud went my t**o!a,
materials, Ac., to Beaven's drug e ore, over which
a lew Americans have hoisted the American Hag.
The valuables I gave my friend before the fight are
now with .mi safely aboard a German ves.-c!, an
chored two milts from town.
My .'hop is of course closed, like all the res‘, aud
our town locks like a city infected with the plague.
For eight days the e things have beta this ay.
and in the meantime ail kinds ot minors are cur
rent. At the last reliable accou./a the enemy were
sixty miles from here, i.nd are overwhelming in
numbers, so that I hope our otupld Governor wiil
surrender at the first summons, and thus avoid a
right and its consequences; or that tie people and
the garrison hero will pronounce in favor of Liber
alism, and thus put an end to the wax iu these parts.
Taree fourths ot the population, foreign, as welt as
native, are, and always have been, in favor of tbe
Liberals, and this party Las been augmented by
the tyranny of the Governor and his friends iu mu
king forced loan-? from both Mexicans and foreign
ers. He cemands a certain amount of money of
the peitn ks whom he thinks has it: and if they do
not pay, they aro taken lo the bairacke and con
fined ii. a )• om, with nothing to eat until they tub
mil and fork over. One miserly o.d woman has
been coufiued three days, ihouj.n her friends with
out contrive to supply her with a little bread, whh-h
keeps body and e. ul together ! The demand upon
her ie $ 10,000 ; how it wiil end God only knows!
Treaty with Nicaragua.
We ler.ru that the Government received offi ia!
information on Saturday of toe final ratificat on by
Nicaragua of the Cats-Irisarri Treaty, negotiated
in this city last year. Ws append a newspaper
summary of its provisions :
By this treaty the Republic of Nicaragua con
cedes to the United States, and to their citizens and
property, the “right of transit between the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans through the territories of that
Republic, on any route of communication, natural
or artificial, whether by land or by water, which
may now or hereafter exist or be constructed under
the authori'y of Nicaragua, to be used ia the same
manner and upon equal terms by both Republics
and their respective cit zens . the Republic of Ni
caragua, however, reserving the right of eov ereign
ty over the same.”
The United States agree to extend their protec
tion to all such routes, and to guaranty tbe neutrali
ty of the same. They also agree to employ their
influence with other nations to induce them to
guaranty such neutrality and protection.
Nicaragua engages, also, to establish a free port
a: each extremity of the transit tor merchandise and
effects in transitu.
Troops and munitions of war can be carried by
tbe Cnited States across this transit.
The Postmaster General is authorized to convey
the maiis across this transit by contract or other
wise.
Nicaragua agrees that in case sue should fail to
protect persons and property upon this transit, that
the United States shall have power to do so so loDg
as such military protection may be considered ne
cessary.
Any company establishing a transit commut l v
tion througr, Nicaragua is only entitled to the pro
tection ot the United State so long as it fu.fiii ir.e
purposes and adheres to the spirit and intentions of
the treaty. If any transit company whatever im
poses exorbitant tolls or otherwise miscmduet it
self, the protection of the United States can be
withdrawn upon due notice being given to Nicara
“"'-p, fc ijghts and privileges guarantied by this treaty
cannot be infringed by the terms of any transit
contract, any charter or grant infringing upon these
rights and privileges being essentially null and
void” and by tne fame article tfce protection of the
Uni’ed States is withheld from any transit company
until they shall make the terms aLd conditions of
this treatv. in effect, a portion of their charter, as
fuiiy as if it had been embraced in the original
g Tu further “ provided that nothing herein con
tained *i. e. in the treaty) shall be construed either
to affirm or deny the validity of any of the said con-
Any transit company wuich may be established is
forbidden to pay or declare dividends exceeding fif
:een per cent, per annum.
The ensuing article de_- ares that nothing ia tbe
treaty shall affect the right* of Costa Rica to a free
p&es&ge m tbe river San Juan.
It is underatOGd tnat a similar treaty wa% nego
tiated here on the part of England by her Minister
Sir YVin.Gore Oueley, and the Minister of Nicara
gua, which ia probably also ratified, so that we may
hope to hear no more of the diplomatic bicker.n*e
and threats of wa r about Central American “diffi
culties” with which the public ear baa been dinned
ard the patience of peaceable people sorely tried
for a year er two paet.
A lad who began to weary of tne cruiciama of a
party of een lemen on crinoline, exclaimed, “So
long a? hooped ekirte keep foolish people at a con
venient distance; juat 00 loDg wili they be tole
rated
From linyti—Tlie Em?ir* Abolished—A Re
public Proclaimed.
1: Lr - beer, already stated that Emperor Sou
| louqtie, of Hayti. Lad been compelled to abdicate
aai take retuge under the British flag in Jamaica.
lID Hrtytien Majssty will henceforth be entitled to
i add to his imperial title of Faustin the First that cf
Fiustin the last TLe New York Commercial says
From the accounts before us it appears {Lit the
j revolutionary leader, and low Pretilent ot the
Hay lien Republic, entered Pcrt-au-Prin •, ti vc- pi
t-det H .yh. on the afternoon ot January uvh
* ui ary opposition; Lis fi-rces surroundtii ihr* Km
peiar's house, which contained himself, fauniy and
staff, whom Geffrard made prisoners, but immedi
a riy and magnanimously tr referred to the protec
j L.on ot the French legation, lest they shouid suffer
1 from the violence of the revolutionists. The capi
■ tal was i,lumiua*ed that evening iu honor of the
j event, aid G -m.Gsffrard audreesed the people from
the Exchange.
Th. revolution he - been accomplished iu about
three wt-ek?, and was commenced under apparent
ly most inaspicious ci: cumstacces, Geu. Geffrard
being at.firet joined only by his son and iwo others,
one of whom was not a but a Frenchman.
We have no authentic evidence that even one iife
Las been lost in conflict, tLe revolutionary general
eeecniug to have relied mainly upon the Emperor's
unpopularity and tic general dissatisfaction for
success in bis movement, aud iu that he has uot
hsen disappointed. Intelligence of the formal in
stallation ct the President Las not yet reached us,
bui it will follow as u matter of course. Let us
hope that this time ;he Haytiem will adhere to a
republican form of government.
General G< fi ard had been solemnly proclaimed
President u. ti. • Republic of Hayti, and General
8- ulooque condemned to be before the
High Court ot Jus.ice, on several accusations, as
1 olio we :
The . epartmental committee,sitting atGonaives,
consider ng that General Suulouque had abused the
power winch Lati Keen conferred upon him—shed
ding innocent b!-od prmusely. Considering that
General SouUu t ue iias perjured tiie national faith
in upset ling the institutions by which he Vi as in
vested with the authority, he is in consequence ds
p ived ui Lu privileges, fur having :
l Filled the prisuua with citizens, without con
viction.
2. Embezzled all the funds in the general trea
sury.
3. Embezzled the produce ot the fifth part ou cof
fee.
-1. Embezzled the produce of the sales of ma
hogany taken from the public Linos.
•. Ordered tho secret issuing of treasury bills to
his own profit.
fi Organized a high-handed plunder upon the
coos! s by the marine, initdeeus which have compro
mised the honor of several Haytiens and of many
strangers, in preventing them from answering to
their engagements.
The New York Post has the following sketch of
the history of Soulouque:
SouL uque, who now seeks and finds protection
under a British flag, was born a *lave and belong
eg to a French planter. Joining the army at the
tin.c ct the negro insurrections, near the end of
the last century, he gradually rose, until tbe tide of
fortune made him president of ilayti iu 18-47. Two
years presidency Had Bcarctly expired, when, by
a coup d'etat that foreshadowed, as we have said,
the more important one of Louis Napoleon, he
made himself t-mperor. A man of evident energy
and some ability, but wituout education or rtfine
meut, t:ie moment he found himself wielding the
supreme power he commenced to ape the manners
and customs of the dynastic monarchies of Europe.
Verbose and magniloquent proclamations were
issutd ou tne meat iriv&i matters. The etiquette of
hia court wan most pompously sustained ; be creat
ed orders of nobility and negro nobles, swelling out
with Belf-importaoce, decorated their burly forms
with tawdy bita of ribbon, ala legion ot honor; bis
grace the Duke ot Lemonade, bowed and scraped
before the imperial throne, iu corjunctiou with his
highness the Duke of Marmalade. The Emperor
sought, to annex Dominica to bis dominions, and
was preparing to resume a war broken off by a
ihivo years’ armistice, wheu an insurrectiou in his
own petty dominions overthrew his government.
Aiu hkky.—The Boston Courier, gratified with
ihe fact that the world moves, as indicated by the
general partic’ pation in tbe sports of skating by
the men and women of New Ei .gland, now recom
meirda archery as the Summer successor of the
Winter spurt. I'says, “so tar as we know, there
i < but one archers’ dub in this country—the United
1> milieu of Philadelphia—but we should rejoicp to
know that such clubs existed throughout the coun
try, and should regard their formation &s a firm and
decided step in the march of physical education.—
Tho practice of archery might, form a very pleasant
addition to (he attractions of a Summer residence in
I he country, and by the establishment of shooting
galleries it would also furnish healthy and pleasant
recreation for the city, when the weather was such
as to inteirupt out of door sports. Shall we ever
have the pleasure of seeing on Boston Common a
match between the Archers’Clubs of New York,
Philadelphia and Boston ! ‘
Thesohr. John A. Burgt-os, Capt. Holt, from Du
rant's Neck, N. C., with a cargo of 3,530 bushels
Com, bound to Charleston, sunk while at anchor
inside of New Inlent Bar, Cape Fair River, about
11 o’clock on Sunday night. The captain and crew
cmne ashore in thtir Coat, and have arrived at
Wilmington, N. C. On Friday night, Feb. 11,
aboir 11 o’clock, Cape Lookout bearing N. N. W.,
about 25 miles, w’itii a heavy sea from S E , Capt.
Holt discovered his vessel leaking badly, and bore
up for Cape Fear, crossing New Inlet Bar on Sun
day at 5 o’clock P. M , bui owing to the light wind
ai.tl tide had to auebor, and she bunk as noted
above. The Burgess was coueigutd to|L. A. Ed
mondston, liDq ,of this city, and the cargo waa in
surtd in l iie Agency of the Augusta Insurance and
Banking Cos for $2,470. The vessel is owned in
North Carolina, but whether she had any insurance
on Ler wecou'd not learn.— Chas. Courier.
‘lhe Chinese Cotton Tkade —The Chinese
tariff’, arranged by Lord Elgin and Mr. Reed,
proves to bs extremely liberal, compared wiih the
previous one, and especially so far as the duiitßon
cotton piece goods are concerned. Under the pre
vious i egulations lor.gcloths cf forty yards, utual
width, have an ad valorem duty of about 22 1-5 -P
cent. The highest figure in Ihe new tariff’ levied on
fabrics ot all kinds only ranges (in specific duties)
from 2 candarines (about three cents) to 2 mace
(about 290.) per piece. The duties on drills and
jeans, 30 inches wide aud 40 yards long, is under
the uev; tariff, 1 mace per piece, (about 14 4-5
cents.) Under the old tariff, the ad valorem rates
of all kinds of cotton fabrics ranged from 14 4 sto
225t0 29 3-5 ¥ cent ad valorem. These compari
sons show u most important change in the duties
under the new tariff’, which are li;tle more than
nominal. When it is considered that our largest
direct exports to China have hitherto consisted of
heavy cotton piece goods, the importance of this
nev* T imd reduced tariff to our manufacturers may
be imagined - the more valuable by the additional
number of porls opened to foreign trade, while
commerce directly with the interior has been made
more accessible. With such an opening it. is rea
sonable to expect a large increase iu our trade with
me 400 000,000 inhabitants of that empire. —Penn
sy Iranian.
Cotton Factories in Maryland. —The Balti
more Price Current furnishes a table of the cotton
factories iu Mary laud, showing the daily consump
tion of raw cotton to be nearly fifty thousand
pounds, * f the value of over six thousand dollaro—
operating 07,500 spindies and 1,736 looms. The
large amount of cotton duck, and other heavy goods
made, exp'ains the paucity of looms. It adds:
The capital invested in these various properties
is about three millions of dollars, arid the value of
their annual product, at present price of manufac
tured goods, is about three and a half million of
dollars. Niue of these properties arc corporations
the balance oft hern belong to individuals.
During the last five years the manufacturing in
terests of the country have been much depressed,
and Lin- condition of ihe Maryland factories are not
excepted. In 1857, owing to tae high pries of cot
ton, t*;d the unremunerating price of manufactured
goods, many mills were obliged to work bhort time,
arid otherwise curtail their expenditures, and some,
from necessity, had to stop their machinery entire
ly. Ail our mills are again, however, at work,
though not to their full capacity, except the Savage,
Oak.and, Powhatan and Pocahontas factories,
whose machinery Is stili idle.
A correspondent of the Washington Union, wri
ting from Hong Kong under dale of November
27tb, nays :—“lt is proposed, I believe, to establish
in all the ports open to foreign trade, a foreign in
spectorate, slmi’ar to what now exists at Siianhai.
This wdi hav** the o :h good • 11 ct of placing every
one on the same footing ; but i think it is a mistake
t*> attempt assisting the Chinese m the execution of
their own laws on their Own territcr/. The treaties
(iodare luch and *u"h goodsjia'ole to certain duties,
and the Chinese illicia'.s are appointed *o carry out
these regulations. But it has became ‘o'd custom
tor the Chinese customhouse tliijers to ’inakee
settee,’ jh i* is termed in the Canton lingo—that is,
to compound, on receipt of a personal present, for
h portion of the regular duties. As an elderly Ce
lestial here once actutely remarked, ‘That manda
rin, suppose puttee duliar luside he *-y*;, he how
rasbion can ste ; suppose ounce opium he mouth,
he how fashion can taikee ?’ i’nis is perfectly un -
derstood, and in Chinese morality i eous’dered cor
rec* enough The Joreign inspectorates will do
av ay with most, if nut all, ot this ; tut, they will
also prevent houses of more influence and more
power of bribery from getting any advantage over
those of fewer connections and leas tin.”
A Chip off the Old Block.— ln the action off
Callao Lord Dundonald tells ua in his narrative,
“my little boy had a narrow escape. When the
firing commenced, I had placed my boy in my al
ter-cabin, locking the door upon him ; but not li
king the restriction, he contrived to get through the
quarter gallery window, and joined me on deck, re
fusing logo down again. A, I could not attend to
him, he was permitted to remain, and, in a mini*
ture midshipman's uniform, which the seamen had
made for him, was busying himseif with carrying
powder to the gunners. Whilst thus employed, a
round shot took off the head of a marine c.qse to
him, scattering the uniucky man’s brains in his
face. Instantly recovering his self-possession, to
my great relief, for believing him killed, 1 was
spell bound with agony, he ran up to me exclaim
ing, ‘ I am not hurt, papa , the shot did not touch
me Jack says the ball is not made that can kill
mamma’s boy.’ I ordered him to be carried below ;
but, resisting with all his might, he was permitted
to remain on deck during the action.’’
Danger of Cats Sleeping with Children
A small girl, seven or eight years old, on the night
of the 27t.h ult., came preLty near losing her life by
a cat. Her mother heard a strange noise which
awakened her, she hastened to the bed where the
child was lying, and found the cat with her mouth
close to the child’* mouth. At first they took the
child to be dead, but they soon perceived it seemed
to catch for breath occasionally. After two or
three hours she was reetored to consciousness. but
has been very stupid and unwell since. Parents
.-houid beware how they trust their cats to sleep
with their children. —Galesburg {III.) Democrat.
Improved News Arrangement at Cape Race.
—ln view of the uncertainty attending the opera
tions of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the As
sociated Press have adopted efficient measures to
organize an efficient and permanent news estab
lishment at Cape Race, N. F.. and there is a good
reason to expect that from and after the first of May
a very large mejority of all the European steamers
will be boarded by tne news collector of the Asso
ciated Press off that point.
Tne owners and rfficere of the several lines of
steamers have given the most gra ifying assurances
of their valuable assistance, and the arrangements
of the Association will be upon such a liberal scale
that news from Europe can hardly fail of being re
ceived in from five to seven days, and very regu
larly after next May. The public, therefore, will
now regard the arrival of steamers at Halifax and
Portland in the same light as they now look upon
an arrival at Boston.
Arkansas Legislature —The proposition to
appropriate SO,OOO per mile for the benefit of all the
railroad projects in the State, has failed, and, as a
substitute therefor, the Legislature has passed a
bill appropriating sso iKHi to the Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad and $40,000 to the Gains’ Landing
road A charter has been granted to the Des Arc
and Fort Smith Railroad.
Popularity cf Poets.— ls the ‘almighty dollar ‘
which the poet's book brings to his publisher, is the
scale by which to measure merit, then according to
our trade aa ea the poets range first Shakspeare,
then Byron, Moure, Wordsworth and Burns.
Letter from \V. (Gilmore sintirv*—Generation
of Epidemics—Vemi.ntioiit A e.
At the anniversary celebration of the Charleston
Chamber of Commerce, cu Wednesday last, the
following letter trom W. G ill.more Simms was read,
which we reproduce, together with the toast which
accompanied it:
Woodlands, S. C , Feb. 14, 1859.
A O. Andreirs.Esq . President Chamler of Com -
rne.-ee of Charleston —My Dear Sir;—l should
find gieat pleasure in complying with your wishes,
so g atefully expressed, to dine with the members
of your Chamber - ’ ou the return ot their anniver
sary tor this year but circumstances deny me this
privilege, aud I eau only express the regret which
I teel m being compelled to hold myself aloof froi:*
a re union which promises so much good fellowship
with the “ soli i men” of iny na! ve city.
1 should have been pleased to be present for other
reasons thin these which affect my own simple
gratification Were I with you, aud on such au
occasion, I should certainly seize the opportunity
to present to yoor view iny speculations ou a sub
ject of permanent importance to the welfare of
your city— a subject which haa engaged my thought n,
intervals, for more then twenty year?, and in
which 1 have learned to differ, iu vital respects from
most persons—i mean the local climate, the causes
of epidemics in the low latitudes, and the possible
remedies and preventives. Tnis subject, and the
establishment of direct communication with Europe,
through your own shipping, constitute, to my mind,
the most important subjects for the earnest conside
ration of your “ Chamber.”
It would be easier to deliver my views on the
formei topic orally, than to elaborate them ou pa
per—since my professional and domestic duties find
me enough to do—and properly to report my con
clusions -vu so vexed a subject—one oo intimate,
and which has divided the public and professional
mind for two hundred years, would task a whole
year's labor of the pen, aud require a very copious
octavo.
But I may, even iu the brief compass of a letter,
suggest certain clues of thought and study which
may, give the necessary provocation to other minde;
and, as a word “to the wise” is usually sufficient for
them, it is possible that what I may say, even in
these brief limits, may be of some service toothers
ia the consideration of this topic.
1. First, then I deny that marsh, swamp, filth or
decaying vegetation, are at all essen'ial to the gen
eration of disease in your city. I deny that miasma
is absolutely essential to malaria. We have the
marsh, tilth, swamp, bard labor and poverty and
squalid habitations always, every year, but cholera
and yellow fever only occasionally’ Vegetation
does uot begiu to decay, but is mo&i beautiful and
fresh wffien our pestilence are most furious I admit
that exaiations from swamp, morass ond filth may
nay must increase the malignity of the epidemic,
but assert that they cannot general- it by themselves,
and independently of that condition oi the atmos
phere, which is essential in its production, that ail
these are perfectly harmless.
2. I contend that a certain condition of atmos
phere, arising from a continued prevalence of cer
lam winds, which are in their character feeble, ami
uot adequate tu maintain the atmosphere equili’ rium,
Ac., keep the atmosphere iu tiiat degiee of agitation
which is necessary to its purity, is the first essential
condition and this cooditiou implies a certain degree
of fixation or stagnation in the atmosphere in which
the air currants do Lot run at all, or if they do—pur
suing only one course—into a cut de sac.
3. I hold that this fixation, or comparative stagna
tion iu the atmosphere, must liret be produced before
it can be impregnated with miasma. So long as
the wiuds blow wiih rianey to and fro, with frequent
changes from one point oi the compass to the other,
the exhalations from the earth caunot be localized!
but must be dispersed infinitely through a thousand
miles of space.
4. I hold, however, that when the air is thus com
paratively stagnent, it needs no impregnation from
any foreign source to become malaria , it is then
per se malaria, being, like the blood auu water—
nay, more subtle than either as a fluid—capable of
purification only by progress audits owu circula
tion.
5. I ho’d that in the general notion of the impreg
nation of lhe atmosphere by miasma, as the essen
tiality of malaria , we have been diverted from our
true necessity, which must contemplate ventilation
as much mote important even than cleanliness.—
Wh must drink the air, though we may find a sub
stitute for bad water, and every introduction of the
stagnaut atinesphere acts directly upon the lungs,
and upon the circulation, and diseases all. And
heru 1 might stop, satisfied wiili indicating my gene
ral notion as to the source of the epidemic, but that
1 deem iL proper to add, that if these premises be
true and well grounded, any c. imate may Le ren
dered healthier, if not absolutely healthy, by me
chanical agency. Let me add, that l have no
doubt that in the course of tbe next fifty years cities
will be kept thoroughly ventilated by steam, and
that every sleeping room will be kept pure by a
pleasant agitation of tho atmosphere, maintained in
iree and equal circulation by the employment of a
simple piece of furniture, with vane, and worked by
clock machinery—ropee, weights and puileys.
But lam at the bottom of my sheet. I a.n sorry
that my apace and time do uot allow me to dwell
longer upon a subject which, properly developed,
would require a volume. Were I able to prepare
this volume, my first care would be to meet and an
ticipate every exceptional case—the ueual mode of
argumentation adopted by all routine disputers,
aud all who aro in permanent possession of an an
cient Lobby. 1 persuade myself that lam prepar
ed to do this, but the labor is immense, experiments
costly, my time greatly absorbed, and rny means
very limited. If what I have B&id shall suggest a
single clue tu any active and independent mind, not
fettered by a pet theory, I will be quite satisfied
You will smile, perhaps, when l add to this, that
probably in about one hundred years cities will not
only be ventilated by steam, but lighted by bal
loons. The time is hardly arrived yet for either.—
The public mind has to unlearn a thousand old
things before it can fairly grapple with a single
uew truth.
I add a brief toast, which, if you please, may bo
offered during your festivities.
I aiu, oar sir, with distinguished considers lion,
Your obedient servant,
W. Gilmore Simms.
*• Independence of thinking, courage iu truth the
li i'Bl grand necessities of all moral prog re 88.”
The Last of Earth. —Tne Paris correspondent
of the Boston Traveler, has the following .-
“Never envy any man. AH have their burdens,
and he‘that tempereth the wind to the shorn iamb’
hath endowed habit wirii the power of alleviating
the heaviest loads. The other day there waa a
splendid funeral in this street, a few iloors below the
home in which I five. All the hideous pageantry
which increases the horrors of Death was assembled.
The crowd was numerous. The luxurious mauaion
of the groat banker was one great funeral chamber.
The Banker is worth a million of dollars. His ave
rage income ia a hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars. He ia the head of a j oint stock banking com
pany, which enables him to diapoae of ten millions
of dollars at his pleasure. . He is one of the lions on
’Change. Don’t you envy him? Oh, no, don’t en
vy him; he has his sorrows as well as anybody,
for it was only six mouths ago the undertaker laid
his third son, e —the other day hia
second son was carried away by the same sombre
tradesman to the graveyard, though the boy waa but
one and twenty—bis eldest daughter is a hunchback
and is in declining health-his second daughter is bed
ridden with consumption, and will surprise the doc
tors if she outlives the winter—the banker himself
is blind from over labor—he has been known to pass
twenty dayv without once undressing and sleeping
in a bed ; all his repose being a few hours of fever
ish slumber snatched from corroding cares—a res
pite paseeu on a sofa! Oh! don’t envy the rich
Danker, though his coffers overflow with gold, for it
avails little to him ; and though, as I grant ye, the
resonant chimes of coin, teased about as so much
trash in the cash office sound musically to the ear,
yet the oft heard passing bell and doctor’s treed
common in that house as the resonance of gold,
destroy all the effect, except, the painful contrast
between the emptiness oi human vanity and ambl
tion ! So envy no man !
A naval officer, writing from Hong Kong to tha
Pbiladeli hia Ledger, relates the following incident,
illustrative of the ingenuity of the Japanese in me
chanical contrivances : “Before leaving Japan we
saw a most intereeling display of a ‘winter evening
amusement for children.’ Or eof our Dutch friends
had presented us with a small box, containing what
look -d like Several hundred pieces of brooin straw,
from three-eighths to an inch in length. ‘Throw
one of ;hose in that cup of hot water,’ he said. We
did as desired, and it had no sooner touched the
Burface than it expanded into a perfect representa
tion of a Japanese woman in full dress. Another
proved to be a very buffalc-like cow ; a third was
a sword, and a fourth a handsome walking cane.
‘Throw in a dozen at a time,’ said our friend. Os
course we complied, picking them up at random,
and all proved t • be different. There were houses,
dogs, short-tailed cats, horses, trees and flowers;
and 1 suppose had we thrown in half of the box, we
should have seen duplicates of almost everything
known to the Japanese. As it was, however, we
curbed our curiosity, divided the contents of the
box between us, and stowed them away in our
rooms for the purpose of astonishing the natives at
home.”
Japanese Youths Learning the English
Language. —When the American treaty with Ja
pan was negotiating, an application was made by
two Japanese > oaths, of good position, at Nagana
ki. for instruction in the English language, and in
other branches of education. This demand was
readily complied with; and the Chaolainof the
American steam vessel underto k the task, tor
two mouthe he daily gave lessons to these young
Japacoe; and he informs us that their progress,
during that short period, was quite surprising.
They learned to read, to pronounce, and to under
stand such short and simple sentences as are taught
in children s ahooi books. They displayed a pecu
liar talent for arithmetic; easily learning t.o know,
and to calculate wi b, the Arabic numeral*— which
latter feat costa children no iittie trouble, and, to be
soon mastered, must require considerable mental
power on part of persons before entirely unac
quainted with it. la geography they took great in
terest, and. by means of maps, obtained much
knowiege, to them perfectly new.
These Japanese were anxious to qualify them
selves as interpreters ot English ; but this design
was violently opposed by tbe Dutch settled on an
artificial island, which they formed and occupied
more than two centuries ago, in the Bay of Naga
saki. Following the short sighted and exclusive
policy which has made Dutch colonies and settle
ment* one of the curses of the East, they wished the
inquiring youth of Nagasaki to learn Dutch alone,
and did ail in their power to put a stop to the study
of English.
A Skating Basket— A skating basket is an
apparatus to assist tbe lad'-s in mastering the new
and fashionable accomplishment of skating It is
apparently modeled after tbe common hooped skirt,
and consist* of four hoops, fastened to as many up
right pieces, terminating in a ball, which rests upon
the ice. The upper hoop comes to a convenient
bight, for the learner to rest her hands upon. Once
ensconced within the hoops, there is no possibility
of falling, and the ladies, we are happy to say,
soon become adept? in the srtof skating. It is
quite an improvement on the barrel, as used to
other places, because, in addition to its lightness
and e -e of movement, it does not necessitate any
crinoli c -densation.
A Chinese widow being found fanning the tomb
of tier deceased husband, and being asked the cause
of so singular a modeoi showing her grief, account
ed for it by saying that he had made her promise
not to marry again while the mortar of hia tomb re
ma ned damp ; and as it. dried but slowly, she saw
do harm in aiding the operation.
‘ Hold on, Dar.” —The Piqua (S.C.) Register has
the following, in a recent issue, describing an inci
deni among the slaves
“Quite a revival is now in progress at the Afri
can Church in this city. We were present a lew
evenings since, and witnessed, with much gratifica
tion, their earnest devotion. Os the incidents we
cannot fail to note one. A brother was supp.ica
tiog the throne, eloquently, when another brother
called out in stentorian voice.
“Who dat pray’ng ober dar !
“The response was, ‘Da f ’s brother Mose.’ ”
“Hold on dar, brudder Mose !’’ was the dictum
of the former, ‘yoa let brudder Ryan pray, he's bet
ter ’quanted wid d9 Lord dan you am.” Brudder
Mose dried up, and brudder Ryan prayed.”
A slightly “ intoxicated” gentleman got on the
cars of the O. A M. R R a lew days ago to go—
somewhere. The conductor coming around, gen
tleman hands him a dollar bill, not. telling him where
he wants to go. “ Where you going ?’
tbe conductor. “To (hie) bell, I reckon.” “ Well,’
(handing him sixty cents, in change,) “ you get off
at Sandoval, then
VOL. LXXIII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXIII. NO.*.
From the Madison Visitor.
Excitement iu Madison—Eunealily “behind
the Law.*’
The usual quiet of Madison was dis urbed \n I
Thursday eveciug last, by an occurrence well cal
culated to excite the indignation of au iutelligent :
and law observing community. Tne most unoder i
ate of our citizen? regard it a? a high hands inter j
ference with tbe affairs of our coumy, tod the uu sf i
ungenerous reflection upon their well established i
capacity to attend to their own business, lr t .y |
pears that ;a company ot itinerant land-sharks, ;
strangers to t itr community, seeking to enhance i
the r own private interests, at the expeuso of anv- )
body, saw fit to pay our Court House a visit, ou the !
iuonfiDgof that day. After exsoiiniug the tsx books,
they copied therefrom some fifty or sixty names of j
ihe most responsible aud high toned citizens of our
county. Their names were submitted to a respec
table merchant of this place, with a req jest that lie
should strike oft tii9 name of any ’ clever ma’.”
that might appear ou the list. He replied, “that
if he struck one he must strike all,” for bs regarded
them all a3 among the best oirizeus ot Morgan
county, and would, therefore, make no discrimina
tions. Upon which, he was informed, by the per
son who had presented the names, that he was an
employee ot certain attorneys, residing in Fayette
ville, aod was paid at the rate of teu dollars per day
to furnish names o persons from different, counties
in the State, who,from the apparent low estimates of
their property ou the tax book, might be suspected
of “giving iu ” their property at too lw an aver
age The name of this person is William Whatley,
some sears siuce a resident of this oounty, but more
recently of Fayette.
The name ot his accomplice, iu this scheme of ras
cality, is l)r. Phillip U. Braseell, a man never heard
of before iu this community, and, yet, appearing in
the character of an informant, aav-uinmg to know
the precise value, in dollars and ieut. j , ot the pro
perty, ot sixteen of the moat respectable cit'.ztas m
Morgan county, even more correctly, os we have
observed be.fore, thau they themselves could esti
mate if with ‘heir asrets in their own hands aud uu
tier oath. Os the fifty or sixty names submi. ied us
above stated, writs were issued against the sixteen,
aud lau dollars on every hundred claimed, to bo
divided etweeu them aid the Is ate <*n an amount
iu several instances, double tu* valuation of the
property as rendered in to the Receiver ot Taxes.
Newso! these pr, csedings soon spread abroad, and
in a very short time n feeling of indigu itioa, per
haps rarely witnessed before in the history of Madi
sou, was aroused. Old muu and young m?u, t jivn
au horitiesand those not in authority, old fogies and
young America, white folks and uiggere, drums,
lifes and tin pans, hotel gongs and other instru
ments capable of expressing universal Contempt,
were brought in!** active requisition. The sound of
themiuic was so animating as to luspiie the leg-* of
liie said Dr. Phillip H . Brassell with such rein oka
ble elasticity aud fastness, that they moved off hi-?
body with unusual celerity, and n has not been
heard of since , ami the r.o vou.s, delicate system of
his boon companion—Whatley—was so unhinged
by the noise, confusion and general uproar (hat pre
vailed, that Irs muscles actually refused t> follow
t heir guide, and he was left to be escorted from the
field of his anticipated profit, supported by old but
sympathieing acquaintances, without Ihe corpora
tion, accompanied by uiueic not unfamiliar to other
gentlemen ot ihe same stripe, similarly engaged in
business not v* ry honest.
Tbe n'toruey* engaged for the prosecuti >n of the
before mentioned writs, are Messrs BUiock A
Fleming, of tbe same county with their clients,
names not very well known to fame, but if they iol
low their present clients, destined to bo signalized
on the rolls of infamy, at least in Ihe county ot Mor
gan, if not elsewhere.
We are in favor of a strict execution of law by
properly constituted authorities, and as a matter ot
course, ere opposed to anything like illegal violence,
but when men occupy the position of itinerant pub
lie prosecutors indiscriminately, and with no other
object than the hope of gain in view, we are dis
posed to leave them to the mercy of an outraged
community, and if they should receive a coat of
Ur and feather j , for their unjustifiable officiousnege,
we hope that the’- will lay no blame at the door of
the Georgia Weekly Visitor.
Ae these gentry will doubtless vies*: other com
munities, it may be well for our editorial brethren
generally, to apprise their respective readers of their
character and mode of attack, that they may b3
better prepared so extend to them such a welcome
as their very respectable vocation bespeaks for
them. They are already boasting of having fleeced
the county of Cobb out of forty thousand dollars
in the way of compromises, which shows that their
object ia not to benefit tho ytate but themselves.
Mysterious.— Tne New York Times of Wednes
day’ *-*tyw : It will be recollect* *1 by our readers
that in July !avt. great * xoife-ment waa cause ; 02
Staten Island by the mysterious disappearance of
Mu . Brnnuan, tho wile of an cilicer in the United
States Army, and the daughter of the late Col.
Crane. She wai, at the time, residing with her
mother at Chelsea, Staten Island, and wa j sen
to le-.ve the ferry boat a f Tompkinsvi the
afternoon cf the 20th of July. A large rt- .was
offered for any information which won and l*: • her
discovery, ana a thorough investigation vi made
by the Police, but no clue was obtained to l inys
tery of her disappearanc?. Since the exam mirion
was dropped by the Police, the investigation has
been resumed by her husband nnd brother, under
Ihe direction* of ex-Chief of Police G. W. MrJsell,
aided by J. T. B.ady, E=q , and Lot C. Clark. E.q ,
of Staten Island. There are reasons for believing
that the unfortunate lady was most foully deal with,
and circumstances point strongly towards a sus
pected person as having been involved in her mys
terious fate.
A Niagara Centenary. —Upon our Northern
frontier, near tbe mouth of our noble Niagara, at
the fort which bears tbe name of ihe river upon
whoso banks it stands, one of the moat important
events in the early history of America occurred ou
the 24th day of July, 1759, and it iy now proposed
to have a central celebration upon tho spi t then
conseoiated by *he patriotism and blood of our
British forefathers. Upon that day one hundred
years will have elapsed since Fort Niagara was sur
rendered by the French to the English, aud the
v:*nt marked an important crisis in the old Fiench
War.
Prof. Morse in Porto Rico. —Prof. Morse, who
is making a tour ot the island of Port.) Rico, has
built a short telegraph line in the town ol Arroye,
between the Hacienda and the counting-house of
his son-in-law, Mr. Lind. The Bolotin, of Porto
R'eOjSaya that it has senna dispatch sent by that
telegraph, and aiMsi “The government of the i
land has sent Mr. Morse a possport, by virtue of
which he can travel all over the island. Prof. Morse
has also offered his services to the government in
case the latter Rbould design to establish any lines
of telegraph. It ie understood that, in tho opinion
of Mr Morse, it. would not be very expensive to
fstabbsh a general telegraph line throughout the
island.”
Ikon Foundry. —W'e had the pleasure, yester
terday,cf couverriug with Mr. M. M.Montgomery,
tao superintendent of the Cherokee Iron Company,
near King’s Mountain. Tne afiaiis of this, we are
pleased to learn, are in a prosperous condition. For
the laet year it haa declared a dividend cf six per
cent. , and seven per cent, for each of the preced
ing years. it was the first rolling mill established
in this Stato. Ds existence dating back some thir
ty years. The demand for their manufacture is al
together local. Beyond that, it cannot compete
with the productions of the foreign forge. The
capital stock of the company amounts to about
SIOO,OO0 —not quite large enough to induce us to
league with Pennsylvania. —Columbia South Caro
liman.
Loss of the Yemassee.— The intelligence per
America, telegraphed to New York from Halifax,
embraces an item announcing the loss of the fine
ship Yemassee, Captain Childs, of this port, ai. the
Die of Skye, the largest of the Hebrides, a group
off the western coast of Scotland. She is reported
to be broken in two. The crew were all saved.
The Yemaspoe sailed trom Liverpool. January
Br.h, for Philadelphia, with a large and valuable car
go, and put into Belfast Lough, on the eastern
coast of Ireland, on the 14ffi of the same month, re
ported us suffering tlie loss of some sail-* and spars.
Sho sailed from the Lough January 19th, on the
northern passage, around the northern point of Ire
land, for America. She is reported to have been
wrecked on the 20th, the next, day following her
sailing. If the accounts be correct, she must have
made rapid progress, and been driven tar out of
her course. The distance between the two points
is nearly 250 miles.
T.ie Yemassee was owned by Messrs. Ravenel A.
Cos., of this city, and was one of the finest ve-sels in
our mercantile marine. She was built at Richmond,
on the Kennebec river, in Maine, in 1854, was 767
tons register, and rated A 1 at Lloyd’s. The ves
sel was insured to the extent of SIO,OOO, equaiy di
vided between two offices in this city. There is
still farther insurance upon her at the North, how
much we could not learn — Char. Mer rury.
A Big Sleigh Ride. —The Springfield (Mass)
Republican gives an account or wi.a u calls the
“great grand father of sleigh rides,” being a popu
lar excursion to that city of fifty to sixty double
teams, with 750 persons from Holyoke, ou Saturday
last. The party consisted of the employees of tbe
Lyman Mills at Holyoke. The trains were decked
with flags and evergreens, and the grand proces
sion passed through the principal streets of tbe
town, exchanging happy greetings with the thou
sands that were drawn to witness the spectacle,
and creating great excitement wherever it w'ent.
Another Mission to Japan.— We have hereto
fore mentioned that the reform Dutch Church had
appointed the Rev. Mr. Brown, ** 3 a missionary to
Japan. The Presbyterian beard have also appoint
ed the R*v. IP Hepburn and wife a? missionaries
to Japan. Tney were formerly- missionaries in
Siam, and are “acquainted with the Chinese lan
guage.
From Porto Rh o From Rurto Rico w have
advices to January 2 Professor Morse, who is
recruiting his health at San Juan, has been aston
ishing the population by erecting a short line < f tele
graph from tbe town to a hacienda in the vicinity.
The government of the island bad invited him to
superintend the erection of lines connecting all the
important towns and the island iteeh with St.
Thomas.
A St. Paul, Minnesota, paper mentionr arrival
ofa dog train from Pembiaa. It*ays: “T e large
wolfish- looking dogs, attached by thong a long
sledge, about eleven feet In length, turned ip at the
end, and laden with furs, pemmiean, dtc., besides
the three men on it, came driving through our
streets a* quite a btrik ra*e. After tarrying a day
or two, tney smarted on their return. We believe
they make about 40 miles a day on tbeir journey.”
A PRETTY THOUGH r
Ti e night is mother of the day,
The winter of the spring,
And ever upon Oid decay,
The greenest mosses cling
Behind the cloud tho starlight lurks .
Through showers the fiuubeam fall*
For God, who loveih all bis works,
Has left his hop. s with all.
Mount Vernon. —Miss Ann Pamela Cunning
Lam, announces in behalf of the Mount \ ernoi
Ladies Association of which she is Regent, ri.a tne
sum off 117 000 has been raised towards the pur
chase of Mount Yemen.
Should an extra session of Congress take
as now seemßlikely.it wid be caned for Jane, and
special elections would have to beheld mall tbe
Southern States but those which have already held
elections--Florida, Arkansas, Missouri, and South
Carolina and Virginia, which elects in May. The
Preside t’s proclamation would have to go out to
California and Oregon by the fifth of March, or
these States will be unrepresented.
Summer r* Coming —Peach, plum, and other
fruit trees, are in full blossom tbe jessamine, black
berries, and other wild Lowers bo plenty in the
woods, are in full bloom ; the orange buds to
swell; the -loth of gold and other beautiful flowers
in our gardens, fill the air with sweet fragrance;
green peas and other vegetables are abundant, snd
all around us reminds us of summer.— St. Augus
tine (Fla.) Examiner , Feb. 12.
Reduction of Expenditures.— The Secretary
of the Treaenry, in response to a resolution adopt
ed in the House a short time ago, has sent in *
communication embodying a plan reorganizing tie
collection districts throughout the country. He re
duces the number from about cne hundred anc)
forty to seventy-five, various ports of entry and
delivery being discontinued, and the ar nual ex
penwe of collar in? the revenue being reduced near
ly $150,000, $117,643 of which f* la upon New
York. It is proposed in the Senate to make still
greater reduction in the txpenses. A bill, to carry
out the views of the Secretary, will it is believed,
be reported in a few days.
Fron th-: Savannah Republican.
Derbaiott* by the 4 *uri of curftY.i i<(
:>lurn—J.iniimy Term, IBY>.
Monday,Feb. U:h 18;V.
i The followingju igments were traversed to- lay
! B. T. Russell, vs. E lvoaruey—Erroi, lion ILui
I ton 1. A cony of thrt registration of a ma.riage
I --ettleiut executed and registered iuNorth GaroS.na
; though uu-y certiiitU ui.der the Act of Corgresa,
I ia not admissible in evidence i.ero w tl. r. f the non
■ production of the original is accounted Lr, uuksi i f
I h shown that such copy would be evidnn • in that
i .Stale und< r similar c rouiiij.d n. o-* ‘.V It v • not
error to allow a paper to bo road by eon?.! 1 *! lor
I plaintiff below, attei both sicei ha i dosed, the
I counsel on ih* other side not claiming lo be sur
j priai i. 3 The owner of a life estate in a iu g* • u
not \ trustee tor there who will be entitled to the
property after hi* death. I. The owner of a !ite
estate in a negro can only recover in trover tin
value of such life-estate (with hire and coats) and
h mt entitled to recover the full value of the. negro
;• It was error in the Judge to intimate to tho jury
his upinion upon the evidence of identity of tl o u -
gro sued for. Judgment reveieed. Warrsu, tor
Plaintiff , Whit lie & Powers, for Defendant.
Abert S E.tno'e, vs \V. Speara and ithere—-Er
ror, from Macuu. A bill tiled by a creditor t>.i -
cover property of bis debtor, alleged to have b.ien
fradulently e*>id, is not technically a “creditors bill,*’
ivnd the plain iff i< not bound to i ‘in other cre
ditors with him in the bill or to file it in their behalf.
Judgment re verse* l. Hall soi a Plaintiff. Ccok for
Defendant.
J W. Brown, Guardian for It. N. Westbrook, a
umatie, vs. Catharine Westbrook—Error from
Houston l A suit for nullity of marriage cannot
be brought in Georgia—the only suit by which a
rna- riage can b dissolved is a suit for a divorce
*. When a suit for divorce was brought on the
ground that the husband wai a lunatic at tho time
of iho t arriage -II ild that the isaue of such mar
i age was not a has aid, and w/i3 entitled to share
with the other children of the lunatic by a forme’
wif-* in the division of his property . and that in
jury might in their vtrdit t provide fhrt.be eupcor.
of the wife, as well as the lunatic, during life. ILn
’•mg J , d>*Hsen‘"'g Judgment reversed. Giles A
U ill, for P'.-iiuiilT; liinter A Iviilen, for Defendant
Thomas \V . Sfanf rd, vs .lames M. Pruitt, Kn
corner—-Debt—In enr from Musccgce.— A. the
maker of a pron i <ny note, payable t* B. or order,
procures from B. in the State of Alabaine, an tu
and ‘moment of it lo C. Ihe endorsement u a i.-r :.
aocomtnodri'ion of A At enraidu A. delivers .e
not® iu Georgia, to C. The note w;. Ailed a
“Columbus, Ga ” Held, that the cudois meet h.
a Georgia contract, and that i* must be govern U
by the laws of Georgia, regulating endorsement*
Johnson & Sloan, for Plaint.iV§ in error ; Dougluu
ty, contra.
William Slade vs John J Street— IMI i * Kquitt
In error :rom Dooly. Judgment below reversed
the Courts of Ordinary iu Georgia have the pov, i
to establish, in lieu of the origiual paper, tho copy
of a will, or of a paper m ekiug probate as a u i.(, in
all cases where the original has bc;:u destroyed
And the fraudulent euppres ion es such a paper by
tho persou naund as executor ii> i* dots not coni* i
upon Courts of Equity, jurisdiefi >u oft! e case.-
S?ul<l)3 aid Hill represent i’ g Diwson, for Plain ill
Miller and Hall and Scarborough, conha
Felix McNair, is. Bateman A Tadon—Ccrtio:.
ri—ln error from Macon. Judgment below affirm
ed. An aHas /!. fa. founded on a judgment tniule*
edagainst a defendant in the Circuit Court slim
Halted S ate® for the S juthern District ot G<* irgi*.
is a bightr lieu ou property of the defendant, than
a mortgage J:. fa , fouud* don a mortgage 1 ‘
aatne property by said defendant, made s bs€q;iMt,?
to t!ie judgment on wbfch the a'ins /-’ fa was issued
although tlio aliasfi fa i*v v uuger than the ns nl
gage. Kiileu &: Giles, for Plaintiff tu error: Priu
gle, contra
The Confidence Game Annin.
A gentleman who arrived in Savannah by one
of the latest steamers furnishes the inpubliccniw)ih
the following
On Saturday last, just before the steamer lob
New Yoik, for this port, our Irieud S , of Rhode
leiaud, who was hound t*> Montgomery, Ala., was
met. by a well dressed man on board one iff tbe
steamers, who, after leaiuing In* p!a *o of dertina
ti.-n, said his uauia wa* B i > Austin, and remaiked
that lie was a merchant doing bus.nese just below
Montgomery, Ala., whither he win now about r?
Uirniug by Name uteanier, liavirg been on to Nevv
k lo bt*y good-*, wlm h wo o on board.— Om
tiieuds congratulated themselves, timr th.-v had
found so good company, him! thought they should
have a good time. After a little familiar convert
tion.Mr Austin said ho must bavo some cigars t-
Boieko on tho way, and invi ed S- —to take a waff
just u<> in Waahiugnm Hi,re t., vvaero he wmu.d ti.ut
Llia article he wanted. A tier turning the corne:
iu’o Washington stioet, tln*y met nn ..cquaiutancrt
ot Mr. Austin, who \va.i in ioducod t our tncud,
Jas. M. Diividsou, a uhJcsile instchant in that
city. Said Austin, 1 wu just going up to > cur t l
doe to Obttle that li 1, did von see to sending my
trunk down to the -Gamer? Ve-s, Davidsoi ,
I sent it by tho Express over *JO minutes ago, did
\on no: get it ? No, well it must be there veiy eoi,
Now about thv bill, said Austin, 1 am in a gO;>a
deal of a hurry ! S* Haying lie haudd*D. asiOn
bill, and showed iu* root thas.une sorf in his poc i.
ot book. Said Davidson, I cannot ouasge it here,
but will do it af my otli Austin r‘piu-.*l t’.-at 10.
was in great htu-Le, as th*’ steamei'wtudd i<• ,i bt*
tff ; and turning to our friend 8 , asked if K could
not change it No, I cannot, oaivl S., 1 have mi. ho
much money with nn- Il >vy mack have you
said Austin. About sfiO,vaidS. Now ifyou vi!
let me have s6l), I will hand it back lo you imrne
diateiy ou our roturu to tho steamer. Wc! 1 , fluid
S., wiiat, I have is in uold, and 1 should not “ke h
let it go w'i'.tiout gold ia return. All right, sad
Austin, I will re-pltice it. with g-JJ as soon as I g v
to my trank ou the a’earner With ’i*iH uadersla id
ing, our friend S. let Austin have S6O, with win i:
Austin paid Mr. Davidson, and bidding him good
i>yo. The two friends >; artod i*:i their return t.. Iha
steamer. ().• their way, said Austin, 1 want to call
iit here a moment, and will be v.oy much obliged
if you will just step ou and see about my trunk,
that, it ie attended to, it ia merited ‘B. O. Austin.
Our friend S. readily consented, and came to \bo
steamer, looked ou the wharf, in the carts, ami in
the baggage room, but saw no trunk, nor has l. <
yet seen hie particular friend Mr. Auhuu. 11 *.i J.
*as he narrated the occurrence, “I aon alrriCHt
ashamßU to tell if, gentlemen, a** it, wi‘l only show
what & consummate fool 1 wee.’’
Americans in the Tropics. — The London Tele
graph, generai’y speaking, a candid and ur.pr j* .
diced journal, in au artioieou President Buol)buau > H
message, makes the following remarks
“ The statesmen of North America ere warned
by mends more officious than sinoeie, that theii
countrymen may lose bone and muscle if they ever
venture with the globe and sceptre of conquest, into
a torrid zone. But, if the L ured Stairs dare uol
penetrate into the South, h*w have E ‘giit-hmeu
founded a realm iu the Ena! ( It ih an antiquated
theory, altogether salsa ami dtu a ory. When the
Moguls, at the bead of t ::eii hardy Tartar legions, in
vaded the iriicny and fertile levels of lliudooetan,
the prophets of their race declared that the pr de of
Mama acand would speedily dcget:erate into a rm
tion of Bengalees when the B.ilish delcatou Du
plex, and out mai.’Duvred li iiiy, their enemies pro
dieted that, within a bundled years, the tiHckbouo
ot Yorkshire itpelf and the ribs ot Northumberland,
would melt under an AhiatG eua.
“ Little, therefore, need Pn sident Buchanan rea
that in paesing tho limits of Tehuantepec, his coua
trymen will Buffer in nerve or muscle, and emasou
late themselvee by planting settlerneuta on fcvi
banks of the Amazon arid X ; ngn They may
rear*!-. Guiana, ami they wnl suffer no more t! .
Eng ishmen do in the West Indies., in Aaeam o n
Burmah. The-ruth of wh oh w<* wish Englishmen
‘o be convinced is that, we, as a hh ; ou, have i
moral or material interest in clin king the progn -i
of the North American Republic.. ’*
California Fruit —The San Joaquin (Cal I
Republican, in urging increased attention to fru.t
culture, remarks :
In no portion of the earth are fruit trees ki su
to thrive better, or to produce fruit earlier and •
abundantly as in this State. And this is purlieu
•arly the fact in regarjl to the peach, the mos.
luscious and health-giving of all fruit*. Therein,
we Dar, a very erroneous unpiession abroad among
<ur people in relation to the prospective supply oi
the demand for this fruit, and tbe character • i*>
vestments in this depa- r meut of home production
Let such weigh well the following facts.
It is a fact that the gloss receipts of one peach
orchard in this State, for ihe crop of 1858, being the
seoond crop of the orchard, was and the
net receipts $62,000 over all expenses. Jtis h far.!
th&t peaches can be prcfitably grown for four cent a
per pound, and that our population will rouiun-i
immense quantities of this luscious fruit, when if i
thus brought within the reach d‘ aI. It is a fae:
that we import annually ab ut $>50,000 worth cf
dried fruit, and that it would take ten times tie
number of bearing trees in the State to furnirh this
supply. Indeed, it would require about 2 000 ucr *
of peach orchard to supply ur mirkei with dried
peaches, whilst we have nut 1 000 acres fur all our
purposes. _
There ib an attempt at Washing ton to get up an
mor that Spain wni not receive tue newly nppom
Minister from the United Staten. Tho report i- too*
absurd to obtain credence with any we l iDformeit
peieou. Another report a; the same quarter, and
ot equai authority, i* tha‘ iVliramon'd au-ged n i
hesion to Ziioaga, President of JU xito.i-* u
s!.>gated by France and England, ZuioagH, *
iicve, is kliramou’s father-iu-law.—;V. Y. C> r
mercial Advertiser.
Marrying “for a Consideration.” in
Northampton, Ma*. Gazette says that an
mafohed couple from the town m Pru was married
it: Williamsburg on the 2d insf Ihe bridegre ut
was a verdant looking youth of sixteen years, and
the bride a dashing widow ol thirty 1 ur, who had
already buried two husbands, the last of whom wa*
eighty years old. ihe minister at first hesitated,
hut being assured by tbe lad's father that st wen
“ all right,” performed tbe ceremony. The widov,
deeded a tarm to the lad before they were married
She was one of the “ vidders,’ certain.y.
Vessel Sunk.—Tue United State* revenue-cut
ter Washington, Capt. Hunter, arrived n New
fork Monday evening, bringing the officers end
crew of the brig R B Clark, of Boston, which PnnU
Monday morning 23 miles (S L by E j from B*r
negat. This br-g was fr.*xn Philadelphia, bound to
Boston with a load of coal, and sprang a leak
Fortunately their signal ot di sir ess was notJchd by
the cutter, which was on a cruise frr the relie! of
vessel* in distress, and her crew were Immediately
:aken cn board the Washington, sbr rt!y after which
the brig went down. The K. H. Clark mbs o 171
tone reg ister, and was buiit in Luber. Me , in 1854
She was owned and commanded by Cant. Rumuey
Mr. Eliia, tho successful New York Cameo Cutter,
.8 engaged upon the medal gianted by Cougrme in
memory of Dr. Kane. The shell woich he 4c tv i
- trom the “king couch,” which comes from
the Pacific leianda. It consist* of two layers, one
white and the other purple brown, or other dark
tint. The white outline of the figure is cut down to
the darker plane, which is used a* a relief.— JSa/u?
day Frets.
Touching Obituary— John 11. Davis, a heavy
packer ot Cincinnati, died suddenly on Saturday. —
A local paper says : “ He whs highly esteemed as
a man of benevolence and enterprise, and was a
good j udge of pork.”
Tbe Paris correspondent of the Daily News learns
that tne Minister of Commerce Lmb drawn anew
corn law, which is now before the Council of State.
A moderate fixed duty is to eupercede the present
sliding scale.
Killed —We learn lrom the Talladega (A a.)
Watchtower that Mr. Richard B. Abercrombie, of
laliadega county, was kiik-d in Calhoun (formerly
Benton) county, on Saturday, sth instant, by a
man named Meadow’s. A butcher knite was tbe
weapon said to be u.-ed iu the killing. Mr. Aber
crombie leaves a wife and childitn.
Thunder Storm.—On Tuesday night last we
had a heavy fall of rain accompanied by thunder
and lightning, which rt minded us cf the rapid ap
pfORCh of summer weather. Our Non ho? u Diende,
wLo are sleighing and skating timid storms ot Bleet,
snow and hail, w ill probably envy us our pood ola
iashioned thunder and lightning storms, April erow
ers and bright euuiiy daps — Et. Augustti.e (cla)
Examiner , 12 Ik ii.st
Cotton Mill Destroyed.—The ectfon miff
owned by Mr. MoCariy. about a mile and a half
above Conehohockeo, caught fire on Saturday after
noon, and wa* totally deairoyed Ihe loss las id
to be between twenty and ihiry thousand dollars,
f rhi"h ‘-riiy •* • r "-*n is covered by insurance —•
Philadelphia Bulletin .