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MONHOE
FEMALE UNIVERSITY.
18S9.
1 ‘OR of.fii thla present organization,
| ti,,,!!'-*- i k lnatitution enjoyed the mcreaa
. j rou •• nod enpport of an intelligent ab ic. IU
l.airouaaraof that cion* wboae opmiona on education
• to command the highest reapect. Tbia Inatitntion
HVK DKNEKAL DEPARTMENTSI
I. A COLLEGE DEPARTMENT, which embraces
a f’. year • i.>:rhft of turfy, including all the branches
<.t i cii’llci* once -f ry to make Young Ladlea thorough
and accomplished *- ho'or*.
II An ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT, in which pu
ar<- properly r*pted for College, and a good baso*
!aid for thorough • hnlorblp.
I!J. A Ml >IC DEPARTMENT, with tried teachers,
• , . im tract! ii on the Piano Forte, Gtu
Violin, Flute, Ac Advanced
pupi r-. are taught lo tompoae Mu-dc, if deaired. Prot.
* Y\-.’ AN OKN*AM LNTAL DEPARTMENT, in which
• i and Water Color *. Gre
cian FaintinK Oriental Pointing Penciling, Monochro
iia ‘ ravvii!'.:. Wax Fru tan<l Flowers, Crape Work,
Kmbroldery, Paper F owr% Roam Fruit, Ac
V \ l>oYU'..-s IIC DEPAKTME TANARUS, in which pupils
n i.. no nary and Practical Principles <>i Do
’ Affairs Two hours on every Tuesday, Thurs
day arid aturday will be devoted to thin Department.
•1 to in:. tli'H employed will cot in the least interfere
with the ‘ it :rary Dejiartincnt.
i lim \* the only College in Georgia giving attention to
~„„hi a! part of Female Education.
The Hoard of iutrucilon are thorough scholars and
exiiei ienced teachers, three of whom graduat and with
honor at Mercer IJn vers ty.
A BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION
, y, tlie daughters of M misters of the Gospel of
derate tieans, are rducated WITHOUT CllA <GE
a,', h j iT I ‘ON, moreover, worthy indigent orpl ans
•0 dsoghti r iof needy MinisUws will be boarded from
. ,%o ~er cent less than the usual rates.
>Uare here taught Economy. Extravagance is
.* I *ed. Jeweiry is not w rn, A pupil’s dressing
! • a . a need not cost more than from $.lO to #SO.
b OA KD OF TIU HTEES.
~ *v , , .Ml KRWOOD, D D., Griffin, Pres’t.
•’ v sYIV ‘m* LANDRUM, Macon.
Kev FI UAH J P VNNAL, Louisville.
K,v WM r. Wll.K.'b Forsyth
ciNOINNATI'S ;*EE('I,BB, Forsyth.
||„„ jo‘hnT imoWilt?. Monroe ooonty.
CoI.JA.S H HNCKARD K.THJth.
FGJ N TAYLOR. Esq., Colepk’Chee.
111 LAIN F PO.vDBR, Esq., F.unyth.
jo. i i>ll J. CAR--ON, Kq , Mm oncoau-T
----DANIEL SAN FORD, Esq., Forsyth, hcoreUry.
C., ; John i\ STEPHENS. Forytß
OH) A CAHANISS, Esq., Trsaanrer.
FACULTY.
Rev WM C. WILKES, A M., Preniilcmt.
Prot K T. ASBCRY, A. M.
Dr UKO T WILMURN, A M.
Prof WM. FISHER, A M.
Mtk si .bYA WILKES.
Mr., KATE ASiIC ItY
Mrs M ARY A LAND
Mi JULIA A STANFORD.
MKsKOXIEA CHAPPELL
Miss OAHRIK E. LAND. Li. . _ .
Tuition from SIB to SSO per yew; Music, 850; Board
$lO per month, inclusive of li,hts and washing.
To*’ spring Term wi.l begin on the 17th JANLARY.
For furtUer inform.tlon, eddresa any member of the
Fncoltv. or Trustees _
y WILLIAM 0. WIIiKES, Prest.
UIOIIARDT. ASBCRY, Sec'y.
Forsyth, (la., Jan Ist, 18ft!). 1 lU *’
ONU DOOR BELOW THE
MECHANICS’ BANIi.
IN my Utimk i>f Hood., bmgM of the Kiecntor of the
late Mr H F. Chew, there are ft yre.-it many articles
, h a . out of th UMOtbMtom which I carry on,
and w ill, I d.uol ml. nd to keep in future Among tb
T Vki'iNk ilbUIIAld, I>KEP WELL AND FORCE
PI M.-S . URN WILLS, STRAW CUTTERS,
MANII K • ORKS CARPENTERS’ TOOLS,
CROSSCUT SAWS BRADS, C 8.
’ null K aud PL S I BKINO T KIW
ELS. DUAWINIJ KNIVES,
FILES. RASPS, AC.
tip >ronß wi hieg to buy any of the above men
tion -rlc ‘’ 1 w ' m 1 lLem cheaper than ANY
OTHKR in Augusta, aud for less thou was
‘"’l'liave’^now 0 |e store a very flue and full stock o.
n 1 i., n • ti-irn ware. Tin Ware ; Cook, Parlor and
BiiSinvr. 1 is era k'nd Hydrant pumps, wth Block
T i r .lid . alvaunse 1 •>“ Pipes and a general a-s
“"•'* , t ~v n , r icle in ihell use Furni fling line.
* l and ‘v! t.er nlaCv r c lying additi. usto it
]2 it'll ‘ sod the public are respectfully invited to
giro , e a ca I ami sans y theuuetvM that lam telling
them at ( v -'jmoAmM’ pr t-t-- } BUOKMASTER
DROPSY €I!REI!
fIMIK under ;gned professes to cure Dropsy of every
I d.” Tlidlo i. He can he Been personally live niw
sjath idUniou Point, or addressed by let er to Union
P. let. lire, ne county,Ga. The in.dtcinecan be sent
anv where by ral road, with direct ous for giving It; or 1
W M .need personally. If requested and paid for icy
Troupe. | wdl .my neg oea .ftlleted wtth Drop-y o.
care them, as the owner may pre er. Rent! me len
Dollars ami 1 wilt send medicine enough foroue month.
MILES G. BROOME.
Tbi* it> certify tht m> tather had a negro man al
dieted with I)roi iy In 1853; he had ben treated by
severn.’ physiciai s w bhout any cure, when he applied
lo M O/i i me ‘or his remedy, which cured him. He
is stlil living aud in good hiolth.
H. Champion,
flreeneaboro’, Go., Jan.2lst, 1858.
Tn . i, to certify that I had a negro woman badty al
flirted w*th Dropay for a considerable time, fche was
attends*’by s j.htsirlsns, they failed to make,
cure l heard of GJ. iJroome, and put her uuder ms
treAt ug'U *uti iu less than a year she was thoroughly
cured otDrorY jAM “JSEiS T
Pej field. Ga mb( ’ wlf
LOOKHERE.
Farmers, flannrs ami Keepers of
HORSES.
Keep youi Horses In Good Condition..
tiEmrsirs
mi VEGETABLE flflfiSE Hffl.
f ■ I b ,*xtr%ortiiUtTV virtues of the celebrated Gt-li-
L MAN UORsSU I’OWDER, are attested by thoUßAuds
who have used U It is composed of Vegetable Roots
-ad Herbs, and is highly recommended for the cure and
v.reveution of all those disease# to which that animal—the
Tlorae—.* subject: as Distemper, Hide-bound, Drowsi
ng Appetite. Inward Sprain* Yellow Water,
-'atiirue .rom hard exercise or work.. Inflammation of the
fives Debility. Wacting of Flesh, kc. It ©arris* off all
tos hiuuors. prevents horses from becoming stiff or
pari ties and cool* the blood, and improves
cheir irenerai condition. The constantly increasing de
mand tor celebrated ‘ HORSK MEDICINE l is one
of those unaiistahealne proofs of Its worth In cases oi
Hide bouud. L ‘ss of appetite. Drowsmess. Fatigue.
Duvemper i idammation of vhe Eyes. It improves the
condition of the Skin, imparts a flne glossy coat of
Hair it is a uu>e*>al Condition Powder Farmers and
Planters should not be without this valuabU Powder.
For sale wheleaaleand retail, by
FISHER * HEINITSH,
Columbia, S. 0., 1
“ dfc7 PLUMB & LEITNER,
Wbo.erale and Retail iTUsgiiW, Augusta, Oa
l y
BASKS! BANKS! LANDS LANDSM
AI.U(!K quantity of the best l anting and Farm
mg L ANDi> a southern Georgia ted elsewhere, ia
TracU of *250 to 5,000 acres to suit \ rchaaer* Also,
ten to fifteen league* of select Texas 1 t nds, with clear
titles is now offering at very low rates at the the Georgia
Land Office, in Augusta.
Bills >f the Augusta, Savannah. Atcens, and the
Charleston and *-amburg suspended Banks, wil 1 beta
ken m pavineut at par va ue Negroes will be taken a!
ao. and the highest cash prices allowed.
Parson de> rous of forming settlements, or making
Mtfo investments, will find it to their interest to oaii at
our Office, Warren Range Augusta. Ga.
JAMES M DAVISON
Land Agent and Real Estate Broker
otl?-dlwAwtf
EVERYBODY who likes good Hur ts good Cams
i or good Sheep, should lake the AMERICAN
STOCK JOC ‘N IL. published monthly si 140 Fu tou
Street. Nee-> ork. st St per yer. Specimen copies
grnt is—send and get one. tel 6-n ts
jfc ‘W * - r 5 ‘6 •feffc
FOB SALE.
fr w f\ ACRES Pine LA>D lying each tide of the
J ,) II tieo g.a Railroad, womi.es above Berxelia
ISo seres or whi h are to caliica: eu, the remainder well
timbered. ! here is on the place a good Dwelt ng and
onthuudiDgsandaspleno dWe. of water 1 hare m
fi.-.le Horses Mules, Hog and Plantation Tools wuich
fwillaei! with the place. x MEF t.
jaa ‘swtf Berasiia, Columbia cod y. Os
fok sale,
,-,o ACRRS of LAND on the . and is a fine
1 VS Kitchen, cmoke House, and other
Maaey, Depot on
the oeu.gta uom*. P ses ., on giv.n lmttedtateiy
ton lor jerchac r. ng Foss A. SPERRY.
Rsq.ii.ft-’ ‘truea
■abS w ■
CASH PAID
fob old ropb and baoqino
J?°t2SSnT* at
euwitbetween JaoXsoii and MOnK-h
C|rflnttie &
Tbw Di flrrence.
[The reader wi ! ! find, in the annexed lines, a sar
casm on the injustice< f the world, replete
everything that cau g>ve pungency to satire and
critioiem. It cannot be denied, that the iijorice.
to which theee star.ta* refer, is realised every day,
and every hour, by woman j
M N.
If he wear* a g -od coat,
Lftb map i t h:m up ;
Tht ugh he b ba; a Dioat,
L:lt him np.
If i e ba* noi common sense,
And < an bo**i af .w pence,
Lift him up.
If b?s face show* no >bame,
Lift bits U, If him ur>;
TLour crime uhu name.
Lit. him up.
Tbosgti their he his sport.
Let y ur daughters, him court—
Left him up.
Though he bring* tome d : sgrace
Li.t him up, ):tt him up ;
And brD gs the biusb toyotrrface,
L f: him up ;
Society him needs—
Never mind bis black deeds—
Lift him up.
WOMAN.
If woman o ce errs,
Kick her pown, kick her dowa ;
If rnisfortu e is h rs,
K ck h*r down ;
Though b r tears ;ail like rain,
And she n er smiles again,
K ck her down.
If a man break her beart,
K ck her down, k ck her down;
Redouble the .mart—
Kick her down ;
And if ion in co dttion,
On, on ?o pe e', it.cn,
K ck bar down.
Tin* Kuroprun War (|uetion—>tatemeni of
the isrlliah Jliuister and Debate in l'ur
tiameßt.
L >ndon papere brought by the steamer Bremen ,
at New York, contain the explanations on the pre
sent state of Europe, made in Parliament on the
18th u!t, by the English MinUfry :
In ihe House oi Lords, oa Monday night, Lord
Maiixieebury, in ca nog the aliention of the Lottso
to this stale of affairs on the Continent, said it
would be fresh in the memory of the House (bat
in the beginning of this year a conversation had
occurred which showed that the relations between
France and Austria were not on so SYtiafafctory a
footing as cou.d have been desired, while the rela
tions of this country with ad parts of the world
were to disoouragiog that we were well fitted to
take the part of meditators He then briefly re
viewed the position of the three principal Powers
in regard to this country, and observed that, al
though connected with Austria by punilarity of race
and an ancient alliance, the people cf this country
were alienated fiuw her by the po.icy which Aus
tria had pursued in Italy.
No statesman in this country would for a minute
deny the right ol Austria —rights wh ch had been
acquired by conquest, inheiitance and treaty, pre
cisely in the same way as this country held many
of its own possessions. These righ * were secured
by treaties which we had signed, and which every
government was bound to uphold, liut a true
cause of compla nt against Aus’ria arose from her
interference with the other Italian States besides
Lombardy. In pacing to Sardinia, he said that a
strong feeiing in her favor existed in this country
by the aseimilation of her inatrutions to our own,
and he regretted ihat after her nobL conduct in the
Lite war she should have so far forgotten that unid
Ury glory ought not to lie the eole object ot a gov
ernment, tor it wan Irom this cause that the present
difficulties have arisen. It was difficult, he observ
ed, jo understand why Prance should involve itself
in this question, but France had thought fit touuite
her cause with Sardinia, and to assert her right to
1> ok into the affaus of Laly in opposition to Aus
tria. Such wun the i*tale oi affairs in the month of
February, at which period Lord Cowley was des
patched to Vienna. Thoroughly conversant with
the views ot the French government in regard to
the Italian question. Lord Cowly had calmly, and
as a Ii lend, discussed the subject with Count Buol.
It was matter for regret that Lord Cowley had not,
been allowed then and there to meditate, as there
would have been more chance of a successlul re
sult than at present.
Lord Cowley, on his return from Paris, found
that negot >llOllß had going on between
F ram e and Russia during bis absence, the conse
quence of which was a proposal from Russia that a
Congress of the tive great Powers should be held,
to which proposal Her Mtyesty’s Government had
agreed, as they felt they should incur too heavy a
responsibility oy refusing. On the 22d of March
Haron Brunow had proposed to him the bases on
which the Coiigrei * showid take place, to which he
(Ijord Malmesbury) added the stipulation ihat the
treaties of 1815 should be left undisturbed. To
these stipulations the five Powers had agreed, but
subsequently two oolla eral questions arose as to
the composition of the Congress aud the disarma
ment ot the Powers an.agonistic to each other.—
Much discussion had t-ikeu place on these pointe,
the latter ot which had, he regretted to say, not
been settled. It was the opinion, however, ot Her
Majesty's Government that a disarmament was ne
cet-eary previous to the assembling of the Congress
The Cougress was to consist, of the tive great Pow
ers ; but, as the questions to be Considered affected
the social aud political importance of Italy, he
thought that the different Italian natk ns should be
represented, aud it had therefore been prone sed that
these nation* should be invited to attend, and ad
mitted when the Congress wished to hear them
ihere were two precedents for this course—The
CougretS of Laybach and the Cougitss cf I>3o,
to settle the disputes between Belgium and Hol
land. In such a decision th-re was nothing dero
gatory to the dignity ol the Italian States Sardi
nia would therefore not be represented in the Con
gress, but invited with the other Italian States to
Bend a delegate to put its wishes before the Con
gress. Narrating the different proposals and couu
ter proposals which had been made on the ques
tion of a disarmament, he informed the House that
Austria and Frame had agreed to the principle of
a disarmament, but differed as to the Lime and
mode ot carrying it out. It was his opinion that it
vtculd be much better to submit this point to a
commission, in order thatouiis meeting Congress
i-houid dicou.s , urel> political subjects. Sardinia
had also been invited to disarm on the same foot
lug as Austria, hut r. lusedon the ground of her
non admissiou to the Congress He regretted that
he Ci>uld not give a more satisfactory account of
th***e negotiation-, but ii might be presumed that
for their own credit the Government had used
every tffort to avert a war which would be no
common one, hut would be a theatre for the dreams
of ihe wildest theorist and the most unprincipled
adventurers.
auveu’uicio.
bord Clarendon wiehed Ihat Lord Malmesbury
oould have made a more salistaotoiy statement
previous to ihe dissolution of Parliament, in order
to allay public aniiety. Assuming, he said, ihat
the various Governments were sinctre, and not
pursuing a policy they were a hamed to avow, it
was hard to conceive how matters had arrived at
their present state. They had all declared their
intention oi not attacking each other, England aud
Prussia had done their best to mediate, but still
armaments were going on among them. Iu France
everything deuoted a campaign ; Sardinia was
draining her resources to support her army, and the
war spirit of Germany could be hardly repressed;
and yet, allbough they were all clamorous for a
Congress, they oould not agree on the conditions on
which that Congress was to meet. Passing to the
discussion* that had takeu place us to a gt nerai
disarmament, he thought that matters had gone too
far for none of the parties would now trust each
other. If however, there existed a real desire for
peace the’ whole business might be concluded by a
Congress in a fortnight At t resent it was hard to
know what a Congress was wanted for. If it were
to alter Ihe territories of Austria iu Italy, Austria
wouid not reeogi ize the power of the Cougrt ss of
[g :) y (0 a b.oga>P the settlements of the Congress
of 1815. , _ ,
It it were that Austin, was to abandon the Papal
territory Austria was ready to do so it France
would abandon Kome. He agreed with Lord
Malmesbury that Lord Cowley might have flu shed
this business satisfactorily at Vienna, if lie had had
the power, lie objected to the alteration cf the
treai es of Vienna, for be thought they bed an
swered their object in preserving the peace of Eu
rope The object of these treaties, he explained,
had been to create a barrier against France in the
North of Italy, and it was by the universal wish ot
Europe that Austria bad been secured in her pcs
sesetom. there. So far as Austria stood on treaties
she ought to receive the support of the other Pow
ers ; but she bad no right to transgress the tin its ot
the territory assigned iter, and ought not to oe
allowed to reduce the other States ot Italy .0 a
condition of political vassalage, lie oonetjered
France was responsible for the defects of the Papal
Government, aud he could not imagine a great
mgiun in a more unworthy P’ sition. He did not
fear the withdrawal of the French and Austrian
troops from Chp Papal States, for he believed that
the patty of order constitutional government
increasing in infiueuuo }” those States.
The babble ot Italian unity hau length burst,
and the detestable party of Mazjinl aud his ac
complice* were almost extinct. 11.” corn not corn
oeive what was the necessity for war. Mi ar cou.d
not settle the Italian question. lor. suppos.ng tuat
Austria Wf-s driven out, and Lombardy was anu-x
----edto Piedmout, the people of Milan and Y emoe
would never agree with those of Sardinia, but
would be more discontented than they even were
now But, in fact. Piedmont had been nothing
more in this matter than the advanced guard of
France and he considered that in case ot Austrian
defeat ‘only one master w.u'.d be substituted lor
another There was •ue principle he hoped the
Congress would establish—that of non intervention
—for ‘he Italians were quits capable of conducting
their own affaire Trusting that Lord Manneebnrt
would carry to the Congress with bun the whole
moral support of this country, he assured him that
S parry spirit wou.d prevent him from making
every al.owance for the aifluult.es of this sub,ec
andThat ho be only too glad to tear ot his
BU Lerd Derby thanked Loci Clarendon and Par
liament for not embarrvuc.ng Goviirnrne.u m the
present condition es est ti e. af tbeb- 5 . chance ot
maintaining peace was that .t should be wet under
Stood bv Europe mat so d.fferenees existed on i tha.
point in the English Partams.pt T-oreconh be no
ooubt. alter the stipulation adasu by Foreig
Secretary to ths four points of barea f
the intention of this country, and ot the four g*ea
Powers who had consen'oa t > that sttpula.ion, to
maintain the treaties of 1815; It was, indeed, a tint
oua non of the Congreve The course twk£n of
jai. ietry haa been cue c&loulated to preveut war )u
Europe, but he could not help eoucumog that their
m ght have been a greater chance ot eucoese it the
matter had been left is the bands of Lord Cowley,
who had auoceeded in laying down bases on which
France and Austria were disposed o treat, iue
proposal of Rm.ia, from which it was lmpoeeible
f.r the Government to has e W-thheM their consent,
had introduced ad the subeequa-t difficulties. He
quite agreed that it did not seem har o, yeouncile
hue expressed desire for a Congress with the g
rv preparations on both sides. Much ot t-ese diffi
culties was dne to the King of bardima s word—
that “a ary of anguish came from ltaiy. and he
SSdUTMda rYu ‘ When such words were
1! was not unnat.ral that Austria make pre
parations on a large scale u.th-ugh had
nothing to fear from AusD-.aso long as she kept
within her own bounds. He agteea Lord
Ciarendon to the i. juriow reiU.t£ of tiie ureauea
which Austria b<td entered into with the IL&ii&n
Sta.ve. and thought it would be wtae for her to re-
consider them.
In regard to the Papa! State*, he thought that it
would be beet to leave that matter to France and
Austria during the Congress, allowing the Pope a
voice in the question The time was now nearly
come, he said, when it was a question whether a
Congress should be held at all, and when the terms
on which such a Congress should be held ought to
be known. The time, in fact, was nearly at hand
wheu England would have to say that the time for
trifling had gon*- by, and she wouid therefore with
draw from interfering in affairs where she could not
do so effectually. It theie were a war, which God
forbidit wouid not be localized in ltaiy; it would
be impossible to confine it to tnat country; it would
extend itself and involve the world in universal con
flagration. It would, in accordance with treaties,
brag the whole of Germany into the field, and it
would be impossible for this oountry to lock on
moved on the occupation of the Adriatic and the
Meditterranean, and it would be as impoeaible to
I confine such a war within limits as to foresee who
I wou and be drawn into its vortex. The policy of this
| country in saci an event was neutra ity—but if
neutrally, i‘mu>t be an armed neutrality; and he
h >. ed that this decision of her Majesty e Govern
rnent would meet with the assent of Parliam nt. He
true tea that the storm might pass without breaking.
The chance of peace, however, would be immeasu
rab:y streegihened in Europe if it were known that
this country w -uld not remain an unmoved spec
tator of any point in which htrhonor wes concerned.
The aubiec* then dropped.
In the Hod-'* of Commons on the same night the
Chancellor ts the Exchequer made substantially
the same s'a’ merit a* Lord Malmesbury bad given
in me U iuseof Lords
L id Palmerston said he believed Her Majesty's
Government had ac f ed from a sense of duty in en
gaging n these inf rma! negotiations, though he
tbuugLit ‘bat had they b *en ot a mure so mal charac
ter, tney might have had a mere issue.
It was natural that Austria should have wished that
the negotiations at the Congress should have been
p-needed r accompanied by a general disarma
ment; but it was an unreasonable condition that
B>trainia alone should disarm, and he thought Her
AI jesty’s Government were right in objecting to it.
lie wa3 glad to hear inat France and Austria had
*g eed to tbe principle of a general disarmament;
but it appeared to aim that the going into a long
discussion to tis point, instead of discosnng in
Congress the rea questions at issue, would be a
waste of time. Why should not ihe Congress meet
at once and settle the material points ia dispute,
instead of discussii g the vague question of a general
disarm&ment ? This would reqjitea long space of
time, and i it3 a'jm'mem wa3 to be preliminary
to the negotiation they would be postponed in
definitely.
The Cocgrees might meet at once and discuss and
the real questions upon which the peace of
Europe depended. Let France and Austria with
draw their troops from Central Italy, and pledge
themselves that under no circums r acc&B, at a y fu
ture time, should they return; the Congress then
might, if it pleased, go into the question of the
ameii of Italy in general. But he withdraw
al of the foreign troops would lay a foundation for
reforms in the Slates south of the Po. The present
difference arose from the indisposition of Sardiuia
disarm unless admitted to the Congress. As she
force of S rdinia was bo much less than that of
Austria, the latter need not be alarmed, aad Eng
land arid France night set her at ease in this re
epect. No doubt, it might be said that Sardinia
was not one of the grea’ leading Powers of Europe;
but she was a member cf the Conference at Paris,
and she might be said to stand in in analogous po
si lion now. .>be wni also one of the parties called
upo:i to disarm, and if that question was to be dis
cussed in the Congrei-s she might say she Lad a
right to be there aLd be a party to the discussion.—
He trusted that no Government would be so biin l
to its duties, to itself, to its subjects, to Europe, and
to mankind a* to enter into a * ar without necessity,
which would be not merely a fault, but a crime.
Mr. T. Duneombe said the state cf Italy was a
disgrace to civilized Europe, and he wanted to
know what hope there was for Italy in theee nego
tiations. He insisted that Sardinia ought to be
represented at the Congress; the reasons of Count
Cavour were, in his opinion, unanswerable; yet
the five great powers tyrannically said she should
not be present to plead too cause of Italy. Italy
Imi t be rid ot Austria before the peace and happi
! • sos her people could be secured.
Mr Gladstone expressed bis regret at the remarks
of Mr. iJuncombe, which, in bis opinion, tended to
widen inconveniently the field of discussion Until
he was aware that the policy of Her Majesty’s
Government had taken a wrong turn he should be
doing an injury by adopting a tone of accusa ion.
There were, however, two observations which fell
from the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon which
he was unwilling to put the construction they would
bear, lie had said that, the conduct ot Austria
throughout these complications had been marked
by a spirit of digLitied cone liation, and that that of
Sardinia had been perplexing and ambiguous He
questioned the justice of both these observations.
He did not think that the refusal of Sardinia to dis
arm just ified this accusatory expression.
Lord John Russell said but for a remark of Mr.
Duncombe he should tot have taken part in this
aia ussion, because first, he concurred in all that
bad fa>len from Lord La merstou, and secondly, he
felt deep:y the responsibility atfacbiag to every
thing which was said in that House, and feared be
might drop a word that might impair the prospects
of peace. As to the admission of Sardinia to the
Congress, though the Government might be einhar
ra.'.-ed by tha proposal of Russia’ acceded to by the
Emperor ot the French be thought it would be
conducive to the interests of peace to admit Sar
dinia t< the Congress. As to the rea) pointe in dis
pute, the House had do certain knowledge of the
demands of the different powers and what were the
real causes of the disagreement. As her Majesty’s
government had not communicated them to the
House, it wou'd Dot. be prudent to speculate upon
them. He could only say that, at all events, he
hoped they would enter into no engagements bur
deußonue to the people of this country without the
knowledge of Parliament.
Tuc discussion whs continued by Mr. Milnes,
Gen. Thompson, Sir B. Walsh, Sir 11. Vorueyand
Sir H. Willoughby, aud the papers were ordered to
be laid upon the table.
Comments of the London Times —The London
Times of the I‘Jrh comments at length on the slate
iuentg of the Ministry, and whilst concurring in the
opinion that war is almost inevitable, combats Lord
Derby’s opinion that England will necessarily be
come involved in it:
If the circumstances of this debate offer slender
hope* of a peaceful adjustment, and if the Minis
ters spoke with true furebodiug of the result of the
proposal to Sardiuia. which, as the telegraph has
just informed us, has been rejected, our despair is
by no means occasioned by the gravity of the mat
ters indifference. The danger is not in the avow
ed grievances, but in the unavowed desigus It is
in the incongruous character of the declared ob
jects of France and Russia, when viewed in relation
to the position of Powers who put forward those
objects, that the difficulty lies. It is vain to attempt
to clear away uifliculties in a path in whie’> the halt
ing traveller has no desire to proceed. Lord Cla
rendon put the point epigrammatically, but justly,
when tie said that “one despotic Power has pro
poted to another despotic Power that by menus of
a Congress a third del potic Power shall pave the
way for liberal ins itutions in Italy. There can be
no sioceri yin such a course as this. The parties
to such a compact cannot be sincerely tending to
wards the object they avow.
It is this conviction which creates the very gene
ral despair of the preservation of peace, and which
prompted tLose earnest appeals which Ministers last
night addreewed troin their places in Parliament to
the Powers now so wantonly provoking this terri
ble war of principles and ot pai-sions. Perhaps,
however, the sentences which fall most unexpected
ly and most unwelcome upon the public m nd are
those in the speech of Loid Derby wherein our
Minister offer so little hope that we shall be able to
preserve ourselves from being drawn into this cra
zy turmoil of War. Lord Derby gives us no indis
tmot in.iination that, it war is once lit up, England,
if her destinies remain in his hands, must pass
through short, sharp stages, first into a sta'e of
armed neutrality, and thence into the condition of
a belligerent Power; and we are shown the glorious
but unpleasing prospect that we shall soon take our
part on that side, wba ever it may be, “which the
honor, the interests, end the dignity of the country
may indicate as best deserving our support.” This
is a necessity which we believe the English nation
is not prepared to admit, and i8 the only part of the
speeches last night delivered in the two Houses of
Parliament from which they withhold their concur
reuce.
Later from Eui opr- By the Bremen.
The screw-steamer Bremen, from Southampton on
the 19 h ot April, arrived at this port yesterday,
bringing three days later intelligence from Europe.
On the 18th the long-promised ministerial state
ments of the progress and actual state of negotia
tions upon the Italian question, were made in the
11 ur:e of L>rdj by the Earls of Malmesbury and
Derby, and in the House of Commons by Mr. Dis
raelli. From these revela'ions it appears that the
informal intermediation attempted by the English
Goverumei)’ through the visits of Lord Cowley to
Paris and Vienna, had reached au encouraging
ft age when the proposition of a General Congress,
emanating from Russia, was received. Abandon
ing its individual efforts, the British Cabinet at once
devoted itself to advance the Russian project, but
early encountered a serious difficulty in the refusal
of Austria to treat unless Sardinia disarmed. Subse
quently this difficulty was obviated by a suggestion
that the thiee quasi beiligerent{powers should disarm
previous to the meeting of the Congress. Austria
acceded to this plan, but Sardinia declined, and the
Emperor of the French would only comply with au
imp, riant modification—namely, Ithat if Sardinia
disarmed, 6he should be admitted to a seat in the
Congress, and that the disarmament should not
precede the deliberations of the Congress, but
should constitute their initial topic. As there was
no hope of Austria or England acquiescing in theee
requirements, the ultimate possibility of a pac tie
settlement seemed at the departure of the steamer
to have entirely vanished. Indeed, in all well-infom
ed circles, it was understood that the object of the
counter proposition ot France wss merely to gain
time for the completion other military preparations.
Parliament has prorogued ou the 19th ult. The
write for anew Parliament were to be issued on the
23d.
Consols on the 18th ult. stood at 94* for money,
ano 94* to 95 for account.
she English papers of the 19th ult. contaiu the
following despatches.
Tcki.n, April 18.—Tne Piedmontese Gazette of
to day publishes the answer of the Sardinian Gov
ernment in the London Cabinet, with reference to
the request of the latter, that Sardinia should con
sent to fee principle of a general and simultaneous
disarmament before the assembling of the Congress.
This answer was forwarded by telegraph, and the
following is its text:
It Sardinia had been admitted to the Congress on
the .-aine footing as the other great Powers she
would, .ike France, have accepted the principle of a
general disarmament, in the hope that her assent
would not produce consequencee detrimental to
Italy. Her exclusion from the Congress does not
permit her to make any such engagement, and still
leee the engagement which Ku. land ri quires. How
ever. to conciliate the efforts of England in behalf
of the safety of Piedmont and in order to maintain
tranquility in Italy, Sardinia is willing, if Austria
wi.loease sending lresh troops into Lombardy, to
undertake—
1. Not to place her reserve under arms, as had
been resolved on since the Austrian reserves had
been called in.
:>. Not to mobilize her army, which is not on a
war footing.
j. Not to move tor troops from the purely defen
sive position which they havs occupied for three
montts.
‘Marseilles, April 18.—The mail steamer has
arrived here this evening from Nspiea_
Several letters auucunce that the King being on
the litb inst in a very suffering conaition, the Boy
ai Prmces had been summoned in haste to Caserta.
Tne Nord publishes me following telegram:
GbsoA, April 18 —Six hundred Tuscan volun
teers have arrived, and a second detachment of the
esnie strength ie hourly exp#ctad.
Letters fr. m M.lan state that the Archduke Ma**
iuaihan has left for \ ienna.
Trieste, April 18.—Tbe ehip-chandlers of this
town have received orders from London to be pre
pared for tbe arrival cf English menof-war.
The Austrian Government has hired six Austrian
steamers. , _ _
firm. Rentes’B7 85 fur money, and 67.60 for account,
being a rise ot i per cent sin;e Saturday s c.osing.
Later from Rurope-By the Norik Briton.
Qcxexc, May ‘2.— Tbe steamship North Bnton
from Liverpool April 20, arrived this morning.—
Her advice* are oi_e day later than those by the
Brenien, at New York.
Both Housed of P&riiaxnen assembled on the
19ih, for the purpose of prorogation. The Queen -
speech was read Dy the lora Chancellor It mere.y
says that it is intended to dissolve parliament
forthwith, with the view to enable the people to ex
press in the mode prescribed by the Constitution
their opinion on the state of public affairs : thanks
the Commons for granting the necessary supplies ;
and concludes by stating that a dissolution has been
rendered necessary by ihe difficulties experienced
in carrying on the public bueiness as indicated by
the fact tnat within a little more than a year two
successive administrations have failed to retain the
conti teoc* of the House of Com uons ; and hopes
the reeult may enable tne government to be con
ducted by a government pressed of the confidence
of Pariiument and the people
Mr Disraeli said that Parliament would be for
mally dissolved anu writs issued for the new elec
f> th City Article of dm Daily
New*, the funds opened at a fall of nearly t per
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1859.
j cent., the feeling of discouragement existing being
! increased by the Mmisieral statements on Conti
j nen‘al politics. The downward tendency was
■ however checked by the appearance in the Moni
| teur of another official note of a pacific character,
but more by the fact that the supply cf
stock afloat is limited. During the afternoon the
market stiengihened, and at the close firmness was
induced by the statement tha: Sardinia had consented
to disarm. Console fiualiy left off the same as the
day previous The.drain or gold from the Bank in
payment of the silver ootained from the Continent
continues. The amount withdrawn since the date
of the last return is about j£*&U 000.
Ihe Times’ Ciry Article says the ministers’ state
ments caused the Funds to open very heavily at j
decline, at which they remained sometime, but the
article in the Moniteur caused a rally ‘o the prices
cf Monday. Lord Derby staied that before finally
abandoning ad hopes of an aejustment, the B i ish
Government had suggested one more proposition,
the nature 01 waicn he wbs not at iiberty to state.
The Tunes save this proposition is understood to
have been only despatched to Vienna on the 18th,
and the answer hes not been received.
Chance.— The Moniteur of i9rh has an official
articitr 011 continental ass airs, explaining the baris
agreed on for the proposed Congress, and the pre
sent position of the negotiations, and says that
France, willing to prove her conciliatory disposi
tion, promised to request Piedmont to disarm, on
tiie condition that Pieumout p.nd the other italiat
States be invited to take p*r; in the Congress. It
hopes this proposal will meet with the unanim u?
consent of the Powers, i? ranee has even added
that she is disposed to assent to a disarmament, pro
visionally, to the Congress. Everything therefore
justifies the belief that if ail the a Realties are not
yet removed, a definite understanding will ere long
be established, and that no further obstacle will op
pose the as embling of the Cor gress.
‘I be Paris Bourse, on th 18 n, was buoyant, and
ac advance of a quarter took place ; on the 19tb the
Threes opened at a fur:her advance of nearly a
quarter, out receded, closing fiat at IG7 05c.
Sardinia. —The Daily News has the following
despatch dated Turin 19th At a council of Min
isters held this morning, at which the King was
present, it was resolved that in order to give Eu
rope evidence of the desire of Sardinia to remove
tfce difficulties which delay the meeting of the Con
gress, Sardinia yields to the demand of England
and France, and accepts the principle of disatma*
ment, the details of which she leaves to be discussed
in Congress.
Austria —The London Herald denies that Eng
lish ships of war are to be sent to Tri ste.
All the routes leading to Italy are still covered
with military convoys, and are monopolized for the
public service.
The entire second Austrian corps d’armes has left
to join the army at Italy, and the nomination of their
new Field Marshals is spoken of.
Italy.— The King ot Naples had been reported
dead, but the latest advice, to the 16th, say he still
survived—be baa, however, takeu leave of his
family and received the eacrament.
Austria is increasing the garrison of Ferrara.
India.— The Bombay Mail of March 26th a’riv
ed at Alexandria, April 12th. Oude was tranquil.
The increase in the import dories caused great ex
citement among the mercantile community of
Bombay. Meetings were held to protest against
the measure and a memorial was being prepared
for the Government and Parliament. The
last trace of the rebellion was fast disappearing
The Money Market was easier. The Import Mar
ket was quiet. CottOD was in good demand.—
Freights steady. Exchange 2s. ®2*. 7s<l. fur
credits, being an improvement ot 3 per cent, in
favor ot Eng and. At Calcutta 17th March, Ex
change wae unaltered.
Foreign llliacellnny.
Reported Visit of the Emperor of Russia
to France. —The approaching visit of the Emperor
of Russia to the Tuilerles is talked of as acer ain
ty. Confirmation to the report is given by the pre
sence in Paris of the Mayor of Cherbourg, who is
supposed to have been sent fir to receive instruc
tions concerning the ceremonies to be observed on
the occasion of ihe landing of bis Imperial majesty
at that port. Fetes upon a scale of magnificence
never before witnessed are said to be in prepara
tion for the event —Court Journal.
Mr. Morphy, the Chess Champion.— The Sun
day Times announces the arrival of the American
champion in England, fresh from his “ French cam
paign.” As yet he has not played at all, but has
notified his intention of playing eight games, blind
fold, at the London Chess Ulub on Thursday, the
l‘lth. M. de Riviere is also in London, having ac
companied Mr. Morphy. We anticipate some good
games from these masters daring their sojourn in
London.
The Suez Canal. —lt would appear that M
Lesaepo is not progressing very satisfactorily with
his scheme of the Suez Canal for it seems tfiat on
bis beginning to stake out the place where it should
commence, by some unaccountable accident all his
stakes were removed during the night by the Be
di uiu Arabs or eome other irresponsible pet pie.—
How they came to know that they were to do it
does not transpire, but the fact remains.”
A letter from Bologne informs us that seventeen
of the Neapoli an exiles arrived there in cne of the
Lord Warden steamers, and on landing were heart!
ly cheered.
Accounts from Marseilles state that wine has ad
vanced in price in that city, owing to the intelli
gence from Languedoc that some injury had been
done in the vineyards by frost.
Paul Morphy's Reception in London.—This
gentleman, now recognized as the champion of the
chess world, returned to London on Monday last,
en route to ha Western home, and hie arrival has
proved the signal of greater activity in the metro
politan chess circle than we ever remember to
have witnessed Mr. Morphy took up hi3 resi
dence at the British Hotel, Coobspur street, and,
we are truly delighted to add, intends making a
somewhat longer stay with us thau he at fi r et pro
posed. His departure, w’hich bad been fixtd for
Friday last, will now probably be delayed for up
wards of a week.
On Monday evening the young champion was
the guest of Mr. Mongredien ; on Tuesday visited
the London Club, and played a game, (which was
not finished) with Mr. Medley, the hoDO able Secre
tary, giving the odds of P and move. In the even
ing he was the guest of Aerr Lowenthal, at the St
James’s, and afterwards played two with Mr. L.,
each scoring one.
On Wednesday, for a third time he exhibited his
marvellous powers of playing blindfold, contesting
eight games simultaneou ly in the Loudon Crab
with eight of its most talented players. His oppo
nents were Messrs. Greenaway, Jones, Janssens,
Maude, Medley, Mongredien, Slous, and Walker,
six of whom we may consider as ranking among
the best metropolitan phyers The room was
thronged with visiters, among whom w T ere Lord
Arthur Hay, M. Wyvill, Esq, M P; T. Worrall,
E q ; Messrs. Barnes, De Riviere, &c ; and
Herr Lowenthall fiiciated as recorder f the rboves
played between the combatants. The exhibition
commencing at five P. M., was concluded soon af
te- midnight, with the following result : —Messrs
Jones aud Maude lost their games, and the remain
ing six were drawn. The excitement during the
play was intense, and, looking at the array of tal
ent opposed to him. this must be looked upon as
the greatest triumph Mr. Morphy has yet
achieved in thectiess world.
OnThuisday Mr. Morphy was invited, aud ac
cepted the hospitality of the London Chess Club at
Greenwich. Upwards of forty members, with their
frienas, set down to an excellent dinner at the Ship
Hotel, and a more pleasant evening has seldom
been passed by the lovers of chess. —London Era,
April 17.
The Seat of the Taste —The Clinique Euro
peene contains an account of certaiu experiments
made by MM. Klaatsch and Stich, to ascertain the
real seat of the sense of taste, which, generally and
erroneously supposed to exist on the whole surface
of the tongue It appears, on t e contrary, that
the only portion of that organ which is sensible to
taste is a narrow space ali round. The breadth of
this sensible zone varies in different subjects—in
some it is not more than two Hues in others double
that breadth, aod it rarely exrenas into the
interior surface. In the experiments alluded to, a
substance having a strong taste was first placed on
the centre of the tongue, where it produced no ef
fect ; >t was then gradually spread out until the per
ception ot taste was announced, this occurring
generally on the border, but iu some individuals
beginning at the distance of a line from it. The
velum pedulum of the palate is also sensible to
taste, but the pharynx and tonsils are deprived of
the gustative faculty This is proved by the fact
that if they ba touched with stick caustic the patient
experiences no taste, provided he keeps his tongue
and the velum pedulum away from the spot.
“Old Ksick.” —The proprietors of the Knieker
bocker Magaziue, the oldest of American month
lies, send ue, says the Philadelphia Press, an adver
tisement of various attractions in their May num
ber, and modestly entreat, “Pray give a two line
notice, if not out of rule.” Only two lines for
such a magazine as the Knickerbocker—indeed,
and indeed, that wouid be out of rule. It deserves
half a column, though want of space oompela uato
brevity. Why, gracious public, this very maga
zine has been nearly thirty years supplying you
with varied information—soDg, story, romance,
travels, sketches of society, criticism, literary
news, and, to crown all, such an Editor s Table as
brings the reader at once, in one chair, vis-a vis
with Lew ; 6 Gaylord Clark, the most genial of liv
ing editors. Well, in this May number, besides
articles by Dr. J. W. Palmer, Osmond Tiffany,
Park Benjamin, Alice Carey, Dr. Osgood, and oth
ers—not forgetting Clark himself—a new European
novel, called “The Romance of a Poor Young
Man,” will be commenced, and a right good story of
domestic life wt hear it is. There will also be giv
en the first of a series of articles on the Adultera
tion of Food, Liquors and Drugs—the facta ascer
tained by chemical analysis, and the name of the
peccant manufacturers and vendors boldly publish
ed. Something like this was admirably and inef
fectively done, a few years ago, by the London
Lancet, but the present is the first essay at analysis,
detection and exposure ever begun in an American
magizine. By the way, an engraving of the famous
Madame De Chereuse, the beautiful intriguante of
the days of Richelieu andMazarln. (whose Memoirs
were published the other day, by Delliser & Proc
ter, of New York.) will gracefully be the frontis
piece of this May number of the Knickerbocker.
A Queer Occurrence— Who can Explain it 1—
We are nformec of a queer ncident which occur
red ic this place during the Odd Fellows celebra
tion. It seems there was a ca.f, some two months
oid, confined in a lot close to the Methodist Church,
and when Capt Lucas brass band commenced to
play one cf thoee soul stirring airs which always
arouses to the highest pitch the feelings and pas
sions of the human soul, the cal? became intense y
excited and began to dance and leap about and so
continued to do so as long as tbe music was kept
up, until finally it became as it were frenzied by
the excitement, and after making one or two tre
mendous bounds it fell and died instantly without a
struggle Will some of our wise savans and learn
ed doctors explain this anomalous this queer phe
nomenon? Shakspeare says, “Music hatn charms
to soothe the savage beast,” and it may be true for
aught we know to tfie contrary—but the question
is, as to the effect cf music on calve.s. It might be
well for s**me experienced doctor or dancing mas
ter to investigate this matter and let the word know
the result.— Chester( S. C.) Standard .
Riot at Panama —On last Sunday evening
about 6.50, ana immediate y after the customary
Palm-Sunday procession had reach-d the Piaya de
las Monjas, a dispute arose between Mr. Juan Yal
ierino and a colored man. the latter as we are told,
wishing to settle, by blows, some old standing quar
rel After some words, a fight commenced, in
which the friends of the pugilists joined, and the
result wa- a general melee, in which a young man
named Sea a, and another named Casanova, were
badly wounded with stones, and a person named
Gom-z received a pistol shot in the thigh.
Later in the evening the Governor tearing a fur
ther riot, ordered out about twenty soldiers to
patrol outside the walls, but they were met at the
revelling by the outside population who forcibly
opposed them This resuited in the Governor or
dering out the rest of the soldiers, who, when they
joined tbe first party at the end of Main street, were
ordered to discharge blank cartridge at the mob ;
this, however, only exasperated the mob, by whom
several shots were fired at the soldiers in return,
Mining Captain Navarro and one of his men. The
fire was then kept up at short intervals throughout
the night oa both sides, but strange to say, no fur
ther carnage was done than the wounding of two
of the outside party, and before daylight ihe mob
retired.— Panama Star and Herald , April 19.
It’s a great pleasure to be alone, especially when
you have your sweetheart with you.
From the National Intelligencer.
The Utah Difficulties.
Telegraphic reports to the Nor hern papers state
that the gscre’ary cf War has received voluminous
deepatehfcs from Col. Johnston, commanding vn
Utah, who gives a gloomy account of the conflict
there himself and Gov. Cumming, aud be
tween the Governor and the Judiciary. Judges
Siuclar and Cradlebaugh aeked of Col. Johnston
military protection for the court, witnesses, and
prisoners, aud he sent to Provo Chy a company of
infantry-or that purpose Gov. Cumming, siaipg
with the Mormon*, protected against this, aud de
manded of Col. Johnston that the troopi should be
withdrawn. The demand was refu-ed, and the
Governor threatened to cal’ out the Mormon mili
tia to drive them off, when Col. Johnston ;-ent up
eeveral additional companies of infantry, me of ar
til ery and one of cavalry, to sustain th* l jpuatd if
necessary tMich was the petit-on <*f affairs when
the express left. It is paid that the Department ap
proves ot the course of Johnston.
We ex ract from the S'. Louis papere the enb
joiaed official co respondecce on the subject be
tween Governor Cumming and Col Johnston :
Provo. lU. TANARUS.) March 20.1859.
Sir : I arrived in this village 0® the 14thicstaat,
and found a detachment of United Stales tr -ops
Quartered in auct around a rouse in which the Hon.
John Cradiebaugh, Uoitea Slates Judge, was hold
ing court for th;s dietret. The officer in command
of the attachment occupying this extraordinary
position is a coptain of the 10th infantry, and still
continues to occupy the position in opposition to
reiterated protest from ihe inhabitants ; and he has
not deemed it necessary t j report to me officially,
although I have been six Cays in this village.
I have been informed ihat the lion. Judge
Cratlieoaugh broug t hither and retained the com
mand, cot from any “just reason to expect pposi
tion,” but for the purpose of confining and securing,
ui der military guaid, prisoners charged with crimi
nal offecce3.
The Mayer of Provo has offic ally informed me
that the civil authorities here are now and have
been prepared and ready to securely aid c-ately
keep all prisoners arresiea for trial at this Court,
and the detention of any other persons whose pres
ence may be necessary thereto.
I have been verbaily but unofficially tdvistd
that a detachment cfeven or eight hundred soldiers,
from Camp Floyd, are now en rou e to this neigh
oorh >od uuder the command o! Major Gabriel R
Paul, of the 7th infantry.
I herewith enclose extracts from my instructions
as Governor of Utah Territory, bearing date July
30th, 1857, (a copy of which is in your office ) From
a perusal of these extracts you will perceive the
reason and necessity of this communication.
I therefore respectfully request that you will
promptly order the officer in command of the de
tachment, now encamped at the court house, to
occupy a poeition outside of the w'all of the village.
Also, to order Major Paul, with his command, to
assume such a position as will relieve the inhabitants
from the influence of a military encampment in
their vicinity.
It is with’pleasure that I announce to that,
after careful observation, i am satisfied that tne
presence of the military force in this vicinity is un
necessary ; and for this aud other reasons I desire
to impress upon you the propriety of the immediate
dispi sition ot the troops as above indicated. S ouid
I be deceived in the opinion now expressed in re
gard to the peaceful dispeeitiou of the inhabitants,
you may be assured, sir, that 1 will take prompt
measures lor securing the services of the military,
if necessary, to act as a posse comiiatus where c.ud
whenever required.
1 have the honor to remain, very respectfully,
your obedient servant, A. Gumming,
Governor of Utah Territory.
To Gen. A. 8. Johnston, C01.2d Cavalry, commai d
ing Department of Utah, Camp Floyd, U. T.
Headquarters Department of Utah, \
Camp Floyd, U. I’., March 22, 1859.
Sir : —1 Lave just received your Excellency’s
letter, dated on yesterday.
The company of the Tenth Infantry mentioned in
your letter was designated by my order “to Like
charge of certain persoos who had been arrested
and held for trial before the United Sea 1 es District
Court,’ at the request of the lion. J. Cradlebaugh,
United Slates District Judge lor Utah. There be
ing no jail iu this district, nor any means provided
for the subsistence of the prisoners, as represented
bv hi* Honor the Judge, a refusal on my part wouid
have rendered it impracticable to bring these cul
prits to trial, and the Judge would have had no
alternative but to turn them loose. In my judg
ment tuere was a necessity for the aid which the
Judge officially holicited, and the force was ac
coroingly furnished, and instructions given in re
ference to the special services to be rendered,
whioh required irom Captain Heth, the officer in
command, to take all proper measures for the se
curity of the prisoners, aud to deliver them over to
to the Court, as called lor, under the directions cf
the Judge.
Auxi *us, in the performance of every duty in aid
of the Executive or judicial authority of the Terri
tory, to give the peoplt not a shadow of cause of
complain . Capt. Heth was directed to encamp
without the limits of the town of Provo, where the
Court is held; but it appearrd, subsequently, that
the limits of this town arc very great, extending
several miles away from where auy business is
transacted. Capt. Heth, at tLe suggestion of the
Judge, seeing that to comply literaiiy wiih his or
der would prevent him, on accoupt ot the distance,
rendering the aid expected of him. encamped ou a
lot of ground (which was approved bv me) the house
on which had been rented f -r a court-house, for the
use ot the United States Government.
From the tenor of Capt. Heth’s report, which
had the concurrence of the United States District
Judge, I thought it expedient to dispatch an addi
tional force under M*>jor Paul, as in consequence of
the arrest ot the Mayor of Provo, and the intention
to arrest the Bishop of Springville, there was an ex
citement among disaffected persons which, with the
small force under Capt. Heth, might lead to colli
sion with the troopß, which i3 equally to be avoid
ed, if p* saibie, and deprecated, .nd which the pres
ence of a strong force wou:d no doubt prevent.
I have been thus lengthy and circumstantial in
presenting this narrative tiiaf your Excellency may
see how improper it would be in me to change the
position, at your request, of a body of troops posted
for a special service, with no instructions beyoud
the security of the prieoners in charge. Under the
direction of the proper representative of a cc-ordi
nate branch of the Territorial Government, with
whose requisition, concurs ntly with your own, 1
am instructed by the General in-cbief to comply,
by furnishing any portion of the lorce under my
command that may be needed, and then while act
ing in their civil capacity, that is, as a poFss, in aid
of the execution of the law, or iu aid ot their admin
istration, to go according to the direction of the
civil officers upon whose call they were ordered
out, or under whose directions they for the time
being may be acting.
Although your Excellency has a copy of my ia- ■
Btructiune, it is presumed that you have them not I
with you. I therefore send you an extract from !
them that you may see that I but act perfectly in
accordance with them in declining to make any
change in the disposition of Capt. Heth’s company,
or the force under the command of Major Paul,
which was ordered to encamp at Battle Greek, but
afterwards encamped atTimpanogos, until the Uni
ted States District Judge iufoim* me that he will
dispense wrh them, when Major Paul will advance
to Provo and take charge of the priaoneis, if neces
sary, and return the same day on his way back to
camp.
1 beg leave most respectfully to sugg* stthat, un
der the circumstances, tLere would have been a
manifest impropriety in Capt. Heth’s reporting to
you; such an act would be an acknowledgement
of military supremacy on your part which does not
exist.
To prevent any misunderstanding hereafter, I
desire to say to y ;ur Excellency that lan under
no obligations whatever to conform to your sugges
tions with regard to the military disposition of the
troops of this department, except only when it may
be expedient to employ them in their civil capaci
ty ae a posse; in which case, should the emergency
arise, your requisition for any portion of the troops
under’my command will be complied with, and
they will be instructed to discharge the duty point
ed out.
I have only to say that to secure the military con
victs who were requhed as witnesses by the United
States District Attorney, it w uld have been neces
sary to send a force to Provo with them, whether
asked for or not. There was nothing in the manner
ot making this movement that could have been
construed as an intimidation, or should have caused
any apprehension in the midst of a population whose
police force greatly outnumbers the force sent among
them; and Ido not ncr do I think that it should be
viewed by well disposed and well affected citizens
in any other light than a subject of gratulation that
their Government has the ability to bring offenders
to justice, and to sustain by its power the adminis
iration aud majesty of the law.
I acknowledge, also, the receipt oi au extract from
your instructions, which I have read ; they were
also shown to me by Col. Grosman, but of which a
copy is not in my office.
With great respect your obedient serv’t,
A S. Johnston,
Colonel Second Cavalry aud Brevet Brigadier
General U S. Army, commanding.
To his Excellency, A. Cummino,
Governor of Utah, Provo City, Utah Territory.
Headquarters, Department of Utah,
Camp Floyd, U. TANARUS., March 24, 1859.
F. J. Porter, Assistant Adjutant General.
extract.
“It is your duty to take care that the laws are
faithfully executed, and to maintain the peace and
good order of the Territory; and also to support by
your power and authority tbe civil tfficers in Ihe
performance of their duties. If these officers, when
thus engaged, are forcibly opposed, or have just
reason to expect opposition , they have a right to
call such portions of the posse comitatus to their
aid as they may deem necessary. If circurn
stances should lead you to believe that the ordina
ry force at the disposal of such officers will be in
sufficient to overcome any resistance that may be
reasonably anticipated, then you are authorized to
call for such number of troops as the occasion may
require, who will act as & posse comitatus ; and
wile thus employed they will be under the direction
of the proper civil tfficer, and act in conformity
with the instructions you may give as the Chief
Executive Magistrate of the Territory
Correspondence of the New York Times.
The Tronblea Among the Utah Authorities,
Provo City, Utah Territory, Thursday, March
31, 1859—The United States Mrscal and his depu
ties have been thwarted in every manner in their
attempts to serve the processes of the court, during
the past week. Tney have experienced the greatest
difficulty in finding any one lor whem they were
searching.
In the village, they can obtain nothing but eva
sive replies to their inquiries relative to th* resi
dence of any one, and tnt few of the inhabitants
seem to know even who their nex - door neighb >r is.
On Monday morning, ihe 28th ins r .. Depu y Mar
shal Brookie attempted to arrest George Hancock,
the Bishop of Payson, but after searching thorough
ly his house retired unable to find him. Hancock
was tbe prineiaal actor in the murder of Jones and
his mother We have now positive information
tnat not only this Bishop of Payson has fled but
also the Bishops of Cedar City and Parowan, John
D Lee anc H. Hai/ht, who were deeply implica
ted in the Mountain maaaa< re, Aaron
Johnson, Bishop o Springville who directed the
murder of the Parrishers. Potter and Forbes;
Blackburn, Bishop of Prove, and W'illiam Snow,
President of the Provo Stake, accessories to these
and other crimes, ana Evans, Bishop of Lehi,
.oncerned in the murder of Jacob Lane, have ail
made their escape to parts unknown.
Four ot the persons who eat on the Grand Jury
I&te.y discharged oy Judge Cradiebaugh, have
been deeply implicated by the evidence adduced
before the Judge, and have fled, ae also tbe father
in law of anotner ot the Grand Jurors. But few of
tbe others have called for their pay and are not to
be seen. This forme a most striking illustration of
the working of tbe law passed by the Legislature
at its last eeseion and signed by Gov. Camming,
which prescribes that juries for the United States
District Courts shall be selected by the County
Courts. In this case the County C mmissiocers,
wno constitute tbe County Court, being ah men of
high standing in the Mormon Church, and appoint
ed by Bngh&m Young, thought that tney would
prevent an investigation into the crimes committed
under the direction of the Church, by taking tbe
“bull by the horns,’’ and piaeed upon the juries th
very criminals themselves ?c^ ether with their rela
tives, friends and accomplices. At the time the
G and Jury were sworn in, the Judge had to dis
miss one of them, on the groand that he had an
affidavit already filed before him implicating him
to the Parrish murder.
The prisoners now in custody cannot procure a
single witness for the defence. Every person who
knew the leas: thing concerning the crimes under
investigation have either tied under a conscious
ness of guilt, or have been compelled to leave by
the church authorities. The following statement
mad under oath by one of the prisoners implicated
iu the Parrish murder, w ll fully illustrate by whom
witr-eeses and othtrs are “intimidated.”
Dur.ee, hie companion, whoj deed him in eeeking
the protection of Secreta y H rtnett, it will be
found by the histor • of the Parrish murder, which
I herewith inoloee, waaoueo! the chief executi mers
of the Church, but he preferred to risk his neck in
;he nalter. which the law now holds over him, than
to the dreadful tenures and butcheries prescribed
by the Mormon Church, which he himself had as
sisted in inflicting ou others.
By recent advices from the Sou:hern settlements
w~ are inti rmed that the town in the vicinity of the
scene ot the massacre at Mountain Meadows are
almost depopulated In Cedar city, a town of be
tween eight hundred aud nine hundred inhabitants,
there are but twelve or thirteen families left The
men have all fled in consequence of the news which
had reached them of the decisive action of the Uni
ted Stares Court iu this city.
The Indians, under the leadership of the Mormon
Chi*f Ca nosh, are collecting in the neighborhood
or Mountain Meadows, and are already one thou
sand Kroug. Ca nosh ha? been joined by two cf
the Southern tribes, and his force, is increasing
daily. He expresses his determination to resist to
the death all attempts to arrest any one in that
vicinity. We are ai3o informed that there are
several white men with him.
On tLe morning of Tuesday, the 29th day of
March, Marshal D >t?on having received informa
tion which led him to suspect that certain offend rs
against whom he had warrants in his possession
were still concealed ia the town of Springville, ae
cretly summoned a posao of tive civi’-'&ns, and
having made a requisition upon Major Paul for a
company of dragoons, left this place between two
and three o’clock iu the morning with this force.
The company of dragoons were commanded by
Lieuts. Garden and Livingston, of the Second
Dragoons, and accompanied by Lieut. Kearney, of
the 10th Infantry.
Previous to ihe departure of the main body a
mall party was detac ed, who proceeded rapidly
in advance and stationed themselves at a po ? p
where they could intercept any messenger who
might be sect to give notice of their approach. As
the party, however, leftmost secretly and silently,
in the midst of a heavy snow storm, no one seeroi
to have noticed their departure.
Upon reaching the town it was immediately sur
rounded by details from the company of dragoons,
who were so stationed that no one could possibly
leave the city unperceived by them.
Just at daybreak the Marshal, with his deputies,
entered the town, and commenced the search of all
those houses iu which it was suspected that the
offenders might be concealed.
The house of Bishop Johnson was one of the first
entered, but no one was found therein except his
ten wives. Four of wives are sisters and the
Bishop’s owu nieces, and he has besides these, two
sister: 1 cut of one family, ai.d also mother and her
daughter. This is polygamy with a vengeance.
These wives received the Marshal with a very good
grace, even j tking with him in regard to the fruit
lessnees of his search.
After ah hour’s search, no trace of the persons
sought for (some eleven in all) could be found. Not
only those implicated had flown; but also many
others not befme suspected. In fact, nearly one
half of the male inhabitants ol Springville, where
the Parriehes were murdered, have run off and
concealed themselves, leaving their numerous wives
and families at the mercy of the “and and Gentiles,”
and a “licentious soldiery.’’
It being rumored that some of them were con
cealed up Hobble Creek canon, the Marshal pro
ceeded up the canon some eight miles, but not find
ing any trace of them, ar.d th* enow becoming very
deep, so that it was with difficulty that the horses
could proceed, they returned to this city from their
ui.succeeslul march.
Gov. Cummings has at last defined his position,
unmistaiably and unequivocally. He has got him-
Belt up in opposition to tha effoitsof the Judiciary
to ferret out and punish those who have been guilty
of those heinous crimes which have made the term
Mormon almost synonymous with that of a treach
erous murderer, and now endeavos, by a usurpation
of power, to make the Judiciary subserviant to the
Executive in order to carry out the policy so earn
estly advocated by the Mormons before the Peace
Commissioners, viz : “let by gones be by genes.”
Ihe position now assumed by the Governor in
regard to bis authority over the United States
troops is this : He concedes that the United States
Judgs and Marshal have the light to make a re
quisition for troops, but ho contends that after they
have procuied those troops, that he has the full
control of them. It would be strange,if the Judges
have the power to call for the af-sistance of troops,
that when they have obtained that assistance, it
should be by Executive dictation ihat it would be
come of benefit, or would be removed.
Immediately upon the receipt ot tbe Proclama
tion here it was publicly reported that the Gover
nor had issued orders through Lieutenant General
Daniel H. Wells for the millitiato prepare them
selves aud be iu readiness to march and drive the
troops from Provo by force, if they were not re
moved y order of Gen Johnston,
In Salt Lake City the band of the Nauvoo Legion
serenaded the Governor the night afeer he issued his
Proclamation.
Mississippi lliver Items.
The river opposite this port came to a stand
Saturday, and commenced receding again yester
day, having fallen up to six o’clock last evening
three fourths of au inch, by accurate measurement.
The weather the past tw o days has been cloudy and
rather cool. The levee on Saturday presented quite
an animated appearance, some five of six packets
leav'mg in the afternoon.
TheJ<hn Simonds came in yesterday morning
with a very fair trip. We learn from Capt. Smith
that the crevasse a’ Concordia has doubtless been
closed. When the Simonds paseed on Saturday
there were some two hundred hands at work
on it, and there was only a gap of about twenty
feet to fill. The overseer was confident that he
would have the break entirely and eecurely closed
by ten o’clock yesterday mornmg.
Another heavy rise of over fifteen feet was re
ported in the Kenawha river on Thursday, and the
Tumberland was again rushing rapidly at Nashville
on Friday. The Kentucky river was also pouring
out an angry flood on Friday. These rises cumiug
down on tbe present high water in the Ohio will
doubtless swell that stream still more, and we fear
keep up the flood in the Lower Mississippi for some
time to come. —Memphis Enquirer , 2 d inst.
The Louisville Journal oi Friday has the follow
ing:
“The . river rose two feet night before last and
one foot yesterday. By the mark there were then
22 feet water in the canal. A foot more rise would
bring the waler in the buildings between Sixth and
; Seventh streets. Our Cincinnati dispatch reports
|it rising there slowly, and the tributaries between
! ‘.his and that city have doubtless ceased rising. The
late rise at Pittsburg has not yet reached here, but
it will likely have no more effect than to keep the
water at its present stage a little longer.”
Loss of Five Coalboats —The towboat Judge
McClure, which cleared from this port a few days
ago for New Orleans with five coalboats in tow,
three belonging to Messrs. Hyatt and two to Dravo
& Cos., sunk ali of them iu Rockhaven Bend on
Tuesday night last. The McClure returned yester
day morning. The value of the boats and coal is
$7,000, and there was no insurance on them.
The Courier of the same day says :
High Water— Heavy Rise. —The river during
the 24 hours ending with last evening had risen fully
5 feet at the head of the falls, winch was an average
of 21 inches per hour. This is a heavy rise at the
present stage of the river, making 10 feet water on
the falls, and 45 feet in the channe’ below the falls.
The weather continues quite cool, and we had no
rain yesterday, for a wouder, with the hope that it
will be dry to-day.
The water has risen to within 18 inches of the
flooring on the Third street bridge, with a prospect
that it will be on the bridge to-day. Tbe houses
along the lower wharf are threateeed, but we think
the height of the freshet will be attained to-day,
with no fears ol an overflow. The weight of the
rise yesterday was evidently from the Kentucky
river, which was very much swollen, and we learn
by a traveler, who arrived from Frankfort yester
day on the cars, that the Kentucky river at Cogar’s
Landing the night previous had risen 7 feet. That
is a point some distauce above Fiankfort.
Shield of Saturday says :
The variations of the river for each day of the
week, since last report, have been so near 11
inches, that we omit the daily record. The tali
since last Saturday has been 8$ inches and still
falling at about that rate. The total fall, since the
last rise ia about 14 inches, and since the highest
water in March, 20 inches. The river is now about
33 inches below 1858.
Not to be Eatkai'Ped—We yesterday visited
thesebooner John K. Trovia, Capt. Henry E. Tolly,
wbicb is now unloading al Cowley's wharf, and
while there gathered the outlines of an affair which
is not without features of interest to our people. It
appears that Capt. T. reoently made a voyage to
Providence, Rhode Island, for a cargo of ice, and
encountered “track efiri’.sand white” of almost
every conceivable shape and size. On board of
Lis versa!, among other bauds, is a negro named
■Sam, from Dorchester county, Md , w here hiß mas
ter resides, and soon after their arrival at Provi
dence, a number of philanthropists in that city be
came aware of the fact and at once prepared plans
to release the “hereditary bondsman.” For this
purpose, they employed a number of half starved
free negroes to watch “SamivelV movements, and
they were not long in finding opportunity to com
municate with him. He desired to see the sights
and started off on a stioll, was soon beset by a num
ber of darkies, who carried h.m by force to some
locality remote from the wharf—pernaps in the very
temple of justice—where the law of Rhode Island
declaring him a free man was expounded and ex
plained to him. He was tteH asked what he in
tended doing, when he replied that he was going
back to the vessel —that he was free as be wanted
to be, bis maßter having instructed him to runaway
whenever he wished to leave his service. Failing
in this wise to accomplish their object, one or two
pious whites passed the hat round, realizing be
tween fifty and sixty dollars by the operation. Sam
was men requested to take the pile, remain in their
midst, laugh and grow fat; but it would not do
he stubbornly declined their aid and sympathies,
when they immediately changed their tactics, de
nounced him with bitter curses and threatening to
give a hundred and fifty lathes for the con'empt
manifested for their love. Sam conceived that
matters were culminating, and availing himself of
the earliest opportunity to make good his retreat,
reached the veeael in safety though hotly pursued
Here he announced to Capt. T. the straits through
which he had passed, and immediately prepared to
defend his castle, the galley, with a broad-axe.—
Capt T. also prepared for war, and the scoundrels
becoming intimidated, -eiinquished their game, sat
isfied that every effort to Bave Sam was vain.
Sam is between forty and fifty years old, con
verses rather intelligently, and is withal a trump of
a darkie He delares that nei’her the offer of free
dom nor the money haa temptation for him after he
had looked upon tne miserable condition of the ne
groes there. The whole cir umstanoe is a signal
rebuke of abolition fanaticism.— Portsmouth ( Fa.)
Tran*cript.
Fib* asd Loss of Life —A very distressing oc
currence is to be recorded from tne Bainda side of
this District, ifce dwelling b’ use of Zcbedee Ha
vird was destroyed by fi.-e curing the attemoon of
rhe 22d April, and in it perished a little daughter of
the unfortunate man. Mr. Havird had lost bis wife
only a few weeks before this terrible accident
Having occasion to leave home on the day of the
sad calamity, his children were placed in charge of
his sister, with special instructions to be very care
ful of them. Atter dinner, this lady walked ont on
a visit to a neighbor’s house, in sight, and only a
few hundred y.-rda distant. She had scarcely reach
ed the place, when, on looking back, she discovered
her brothar s cottage already in a blaze Haste
end help were unavailing. Before assistance could
come, the building was wrapped in flames. Four
little children escaped; they seem to have been
playing in the yard. The eldest child, a girl of
seven, and very smart, would appear to have been
in the house asleep However this may be, her
bones were f urnd after the fire, amid the smoking
cinders. —Edgtfteld Advertiser
Political Moveheat— Jaa Kelly, chai r man of
the New York State centra: republican committee,
and t-reDty other prominent New York republicans,
have issued an address to the republicans of New
England, deprecating tbe proposed “two years law”
in Massachusetts, as calculated to be dieasfr- ,s in
its effects upon tbe republican party, by alienating
tbe foreigners from the party who bave heretofore
given it their countenance and support.
The Earthquake in Quito.
We translate from the Seiade Marzo of Guava,
quil the following details concerning the earthquake
which recentlyoocurred in Quito:—
From the different accounts which the government
has received, it learns that the dreadful eathquake
which was felt in this city on the22i of the present
month has caused terrible disaster an very iamen
table 1* ssea in the capital of the republic, in ail the
neighboring towns, in the capital of the province of
Leon, and atnonf? the towns of of the can f onmcnt
of Latacunga. Equal or greater have been the in
juries caused by me earthquake in all r)ti sand
settlement* of the beautiful province otlmbabou e,
the details of which have not been as yet received ;
but we shall hasten to mafre them public a* soon as
p ssible. In the meanwhile, we give place in th*
present number to the following at tice from El
Artesano, which gives an account, in the manner
of the official eonin\nnicHtions, and various private
letters, f the lamentable sta r e to which that c ity is
now reduced, end the mournful condition of its un
happy inhabitants.
The 22d < f March, 1859, in Q'tito.—The sweat
and ianor of mao mingled togemer during many
centuries, and trarsfo med into eumptouous tem
ples, have just beeu demolished by one of those
terrible convulsions of the earth which from time to
time strike the vergincf the new world wi h con
sternation.
A few seconds have been sufficient to cast to the
earth the magnitient works of architecture which
were the glory and the pride of the opulent Quito.
Yesterday, the 22d of March, at halt past eight
in the morning, after a slight atmospheric detona
tion, the most violent movements of the earth were
felt, in tfhich it was seen that the city had reached
its last end.
The voice of man was hushed in his ordinary af
fair*, and bitter lamentations and prayers to hea
ven ascended in the midst of the quivering of the
earth, the sundering of mountains, the terrifying
leports of the towers and cupolas of the temples
and of the tiles and walls as they fell to the earth.—
Seventy-four seconds were sufficient to reduce to
ruins the proud edifices which the perseverance of
man had raised up in the course of many long
years.
This eminently Chatholic city, although hardly
Christianized, prostrated to tho earth perhaps, for
its off nces, loudly implored the clemency of offen
dsd Heaven in such awful moments.
As soon as the convulsions of the earth bad ceas
ed, anew, horrifying and tender scene took place
on the sceue of terror. The parents sought their
scattered children ; these, in their turn, their pa
rents ; members of families imnlored one another
with vehement breath, in the midst of the weeping
and contusion, as if hoping that they might unite
together so that one spot might eerve them for a
common sepulture; or, in consolation, shedding
tears one over the other.
Here some sustained in their arms dismayed and
aged people; their tender virgins whose strength
had deserted them ; further on were to be seen
groups of parents and friends whose intertwined
arms expressed the pleasure which they felt at
meeting.
As soon as there was a little calm of the feelings
we went out to examine the ruins, and we have
passed by the feeling of breathing the dust of the
ruins of the temples Here the Eternal seems to
have said, “I will root out my house and my habi
tation from among an ungrateful people.”
There is notan edifice which has not suffered, and
many do not admit of repairs unless they are de
molished. The cathedral is mutilated, and one part
of its balustrades fell to the ground, and the place
which was used as an Ecclesiastical Court also lost
its roof. The portico of the chapel of El Sagrario
lost its best half, and the middle aisle is greatly
injured. The temple of the Augustines lost its prin
cipal cupola and the tower and angle of its cloister
The temple of the Catalines came to the ground in
its main part, which formed the front and the cupo
la, leaving several persons in its ruins, who, in
consequence of its immensity, it is impossible to
discover until after some days of labor. Os the
temple of the Dominicans there fell the balustrades,
two angles of the principal court and one of the
second. The tower of the hospital demands imme
diate demolition, in consequence of the ruinous
state in which it has been left. The church of our
Lady del Carmen is greatly injured, the great bars
ot iron which supported its angles having fallen.—
The magnificent temple af Santa Clara has been
completely damaged, in consequence of the loss of
her collaieral arches and the destruction of her little
cupola. From the temple of La Merced there 101 l
the high cupola, some convent cells, and the littie
cupola of the tower,while the clock was striking the
fatal hour for the last time. Both towers of the
temple of San Francisco were found to be greatly
damaged; but this one has suffered the least, al
though the interior of tho convent is greatly dam
aged. The temple of St Rogue lost its tower, and
one of the two temples of St John the Evan
gelist lost one of the two which il had. The church
of Reco eta de Dominicos, is completely ruined.
Os the public edifices the walls of the company
at the corner of the San Francisco place are ruined,
and the tiles of the building which was used for the
transaction of the business of the Supreme and Su
perior Courts have fallen. The government palace
is completely injured iD its two cabinets, as well as
archiepiscopal palace. The college-- and chapels are
all lett in greater or less rum. We conclude this
faithful account by statiDg that, although there are
a few houses not completely destroyed, th re is not
a single one which does not demand immediate re
pair.
The number of victims ascertained up to the mo
ment is very small, and does not exceed ten persons
who have perished under the ruins.
From some accounts which we have received
from adjacent places we learn that the city of Ma
chacbi is destroyed, as also the t wns of the North—
Perucho, Pomasqui and Cotocollao, including the
habitations of the fields. We are even ignorant of
the number of persons who might have been in the
towns, and even of the motive cause of so lament
able a catastrophe.
We wili hereafter, a? we have promised, give
more detailed, accounts o the injuries which have
resulted from the earthquake in the towns of the
North.
Beginning of the “ Exposition"—The State
E od Frouiituieil to Uov. Browii’n lie-elec*-
tiou.
W take the following letters from the Atlanta
Confederacy a Democratic paper— as the beginning
of itß promised exposition of th abuses that aie as
sociated with th present management of the
Western & Atlantic Railroad. We presume these
letters are genuine, and admitting them to be so, it
is dear that the offices and other favors connected
with the Road are U3ed, not for the good of the pub
lic, but tor the advancement of the political inter
ests of Gov. Brown :
But let the letters speak for themselves. They
contain a mortifying picture of men and thing* :
KiNGiToN, April 25th, 1859.
Dr. James P. Hamblen n—Dear Sir : —ln reply
to your letter upon the subject of the bargain and
sale between G>v Joseph E Brown and the Hon.
John H. Lumpkin, I will emphatically and u.equi
vocally say that I was offered the agency at King
ston, if I would cease my opposii ion to the re-nomi
natioo ot Governor Brown, which offer wae made
after the Dalton meeting, and a few days
afterwards Judge Lumpkin seeing the offer was
not acceptable to me, said he could not give
me the Depot Agency at Kingston, in consequence
of a discrepancy against me, on the Books of the
road, (against which discrepency I have an account,
according to my understanding with Col. Spullock,
which will very nearly balance it, and which bal
ance I have held myself ready to pay at any mo
ment,) but that I could have a route mail agency
upon the Western & Atlantic Railroad, if I would
accept it, at the recommendation of Gov. Brown
and Dr. Lewis, if I would atop my opposition to
Gov. Brown. I told Judge Lumpkin that I could
not, under the circumstances, so sacrifice my self
respect as to accept it. His reply was, ‘ W‘hy not ?
they all do it.” I told him he might, but I could
not. My reason must be obvious to all—l looked
upon the offer as a bribe.
I wili litre state, m justice to myself, that if the
above had not been overheard and gotten into the
public prints, it would not have beeu made public
by me.
You have my consent to use this as may seem to
you best.
I am very respectfully,
E. V. Johnson.
Kingston, Ga., April 25,1859.
Dr. James P. Hambleton :—Your favor asking
information with regard to the reported “Bargain,”
between the Hon. John H Lumpkin and Gov.
Joseph E Brown, has been received. So a proper
understanding of my connection in this affair, you
must permit me to premise by saying, (that with a
copartner) lam extensively engaged in the manu
facture of Lime, about two miles from the village
of Kingston, Cass ecu ty, that we have erected an
improved perpetual kiln at a heavy expense within
some 300 yards of the line of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, capable of producing daily moie
Lime than the two other kilns in this county, and
inasmuch as sidelings had been constructed by the
authorities of the W. & A. Railroad for the con
venience of shipping Lime at these kilns—neither
of which is as far lroin a regular Depot as our own,
it was our confident expectation to obtain lime
privileges ; in this, however, we have thus far been
disappointed.
Now to the facts. Soon after the meeting of the
Hon. John H. Lumpkin and Joseph E Brown, at
Dalton, there being a current report with a general
belief from the very sudden change in the minds of
some who have been violent in their denunciations
of Gov. Brown, that an arrangement had certainly
been made by which a complete reconciliation had
taken place, X called on Judge Lumpkin and ask -A
him how he and Gov. Brown stood dow —he replied
“he was satisfied.” I then said to him, that such
being the case, he might benefit me in exercising
Lis influence to obtain a sideling at our Lime kdu
He stated that be had asked a favor himself, and
upon my asking if he had succeeded, he replied be
had—and that was to erect near his plantation in
Tennessee a Depot for his convenience in sending
off produce and receiving supplies.
This was substantially the conversation which
took place between us, and you are at libeity to
use it as you like. Very respectfully, y urs, &c.
S. V. Sheats.
A Female Traveller. —Mrs.Louiea Hay Kerr,
the well known Scottish traveller and author, is at
present residing at Vienna. This lady, who has
already travelled in China, the East Indian Archi
pelago, Egypt and other countries, is now occu
pied with arehseological studies and investigations
relative to the f rmer history of tbe various Sclavic
races. She is a member of the Asiatic Societies of
Lon Jon and Paris the Arctteological Societies of
Great Br tan, Pale-tine and Athens, es Societies
Ge< graphique of Paris, and of several < ‘her learned
societies. It is understood that Mrs. Kerr intends
again to visit Servia. with the view of publishing
at a future period a large work cn the subject of
that country.
A Border Ruffian Outrage Exploded.—
Bofne weeks since, a pathetic account of an attack
upon W. W. Bloss an assistant editor of the Lea
venworth (Kansas) Times, went the rounds of the
Republican prees, which they iudignan'iy denounc
ed as a pro-slavery outrage up-m a man on account
of his anti-slavery viewe, &e. Tbe story was
dished up in the usual style ot Kansas border ruffian
ourragea. The tacts of tbe c : a- have since come to
light, ny which it appears that Bioss had grossly
insulted the wife of a Mr. White, who had kmdly
taken him into bis family sad nursed him wbiieeick,
and fading to make a proper amend for his conduct,
received a severe puniahmen* from his aggrieved
benefactor In this ea-e, like many others, the real
eff-nder was made a martyr, and tbe facts were
misrepresen'ed and used for political effect.—iV. V.
Journal of Commerce.
Sentence for RoAepaNG a Man to Death. —At
tbe Liverpool Assizes, on the fi stof April, Mitchell,
the second engineer of the Bogota steamer, was
tried for the murder of Linoor. a fireman of that
vessel. The deceased had, as wiii be recollected,
been tied by tne prison- r to a ladder in the stoke
hole, opposite the furnace, and tbe beat produced
each an effect upon him as to render him insensible,
from which state he never recovered. Buchanan,
the chief engineer, who ordered Mitchell to tie the
deceased, has did from justice The prisoner was
found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to 15
years penal servitude.
Impending Outbreak is Hungary. —The Gv
zette de Cologne and Le Telegraph, of Brussels,
both contain aiarming statements as to an impend
ing outbreak in Hungary. The removal of tro-ps
from Gallicia has sstthe Sciave population of that
province in a ferment, which Russian agents are
accused of originating, though spontaneous com
boetion is no; wonderful there, as the massacres of
Tarn w and the conduct of the Archduchess Sophia
in 1841 are not forgotten. Italian regiments, tbe
only troops now left, are scarcely to be depended
on daring the war, and Kaiser Franz Joseph is
playing a desperate game by drafting all his availa
ble bayonets into Italy.
VOL. LXXIII.—NEW SERIES VOL.XXIIJ. NO. 19.
The Dumb Spenktug and ihe Deal Hearing.
\ I3IT THE “INSTITUTION DEsSoCRDS MUETS’
in Paris.— Edward Gould Buffum, E?q., sends the
N. Y. Herald the following interesting description
of a vi-ittothe Deaf and Dumb Institution in
Paris :
Paris, March 29,1859.
Somew hat tired with the rourina through which
allotraugera in Paris paes, I strayed aside from the
ordinary pacb which they usually lake, and yts
terdav paid a visit to the ‘ lustiiurion des Sourds-
MueU ’ —the Deaf and Dumb Asy urn of Paris. I
witnessed there s >me very wonderlul examples of
the results of patient labor, which certainly surpris
ed me, and I thought posainiy a plainly written ao
count of my visit might be interesting to your
readers. Although l have seen published state
ments to the effect tha: considerable success had’
been achieved iu teaching children who were born
deaf, aud who consequently had never exercised
their organs oi speech, to speak. I Lave never seen
auy plain etattmeut of sac y iu n.i ion to the mat.
ter which gave me auy idea cf the perfeettou ‘O
which tie system, which tlas been iu operation ouly
a tew yeaie, ban been alreaay b ought. I propo.-e,
therefore to give you an account ol my viait to the
Institution ot “Suurd-Jdue'a,’’ and, lor convenience
sake, euaii give the cunvereatioue (which were, of
course, ail held iu French) in the English language ;
and it should be distinctly understood that they
were held through tbe medium of the customary
organs of speech, and not by means of signs.
The guide showed ue into the room where a teach
er, surrounded by thirty or turty boys, between the
ages of cix and fourteen yeats, was writing some
grammatical exercises ou the black board. As soou
as we enter and the room the teacher, who appeared
to be a man about forty years of age, descended
from the bench ou which he elood, and coming up
to me addressed me with some winds of welcome,
saytug that he was always very g!ad to receive
visitors, and that be would exhibit to me some
specimens of the proficiency to which his pupils uad
attained in speaking, although ihey were all born
deaf. I noticed a peculiar “clipping’’ of some of
the words, aud a harsh guttural souud which be
gave to others, but supposed the ‘cache to be a
German, and after thaukiug him lor his proffered
kindness, bp called up a bright, intelligent looking
little fellow. Th- boy looked closely at the teachers
lips while the latter told him to bid us good day
The boy immediately spoke to me, enunciating bis
words clearly and distinctly, and with very correct
accentuation, and said:—
“How do you do, sir V’
I replied, and the teacher requested me to ask
the boy a question. I did so, merely moving the
organs of speech without uttering any sound, and
asking with my lips how old he was ?
lie instantly replied “ thirteen years aud a half.”
“Upon being told by tbe teacher, he aeked me
“where did you come from V’
I replied intheaame manner as before, from Ame
rica
The boy repeated “America,” aud tkeu taking a
piece of chalk wrote upon the black beard
“You have come irom a great distance, and
must have seeu a great many savages who were
very wicked.”
During all this time I had been conversing with
the teacher, he giving me information about bis
pupils, and requesting me to question them, with
out ev>-r having a suspicion that Ifcvas talking with
a deaf man aud listening to a dumb one, aud should
have remained in this state of ignorance, had not
the guide, alter he bad permitted me to enjoy my
error for a quarter of an hour, imormed me that the
teacher, as well aB the pupils, had been born deaf,
end, until within the last live years, had uever
spoken a word.
Two of the boys stood upon a platform, at the
teacher’s suggestion, and held a conversation with
each other, and then each wrote sentences upon the
hoard and read them in a loud aud distinct voioe.
Another boy was called up and handed a book,
whioh I opened for him at random, and from whioh
he read two or three pages, rapidly aud without the
slightest hesitation, aud with areally musical, agree
able voice.
The pupils, of course, receive the idea intended
to be conveyed to them through Ihe formation of
the lips, and onoe or twice, when tbe teacher was
speaking to them, they made a motion signifying
that they did not fully understund him, aud once
one of them drew him to the window, where the
light played !u!ly upon his lips while he was utter
ing quite a loDg sentence. Os course they can have
no idea what sound is, and the only difference I
noticed between their utterances and those of other
children was that the modifications were not al
ways correct, and some of them kept the voice at
the same pitch while speaking or reading an entire
sentence. But so perieetly can they interpret the
movement of the lips, that when pitied;.o that they
could only Bee the side of the toacber s mouth, they
understood him evidently tie well ns wlieu looking
direciiy al his lips. So perfect, indeed, was ihe
whole exhibition, that had I dropped in accidentally
without knowing where I was goiug, the last place
i should ever nave suspected myselt to be in would
have been among deaf and dumb chndren
It was in this room alone 1 learned from tbe
teacher that spoken language was employed, and
here no signs were used, the children being taught
their lessons either by speech or writing, and lbs
smartest and most capable children are placed
here. I remained there an hour, aud a crowd of
strange, suggestive thoughts came over me as I
lelt. Where, after such uu exbibiliou as I had
w.tnessed, could bouuds be put to the results of
patieut labor ; where can be placed the limits of
possibility ? I doubt whether the good Aobe
L’Epee, who founded Ue institution, ever dreamed
that in so shurt a time the truths of the text from
St. Mark, which is inscribed over the chapel altar,
“11 a Men fait toutes choses. 11 a fait entendre lea
sourde et parler lea mueta,” would have been so
literally verified as I had seen it during my visit.
Governor Wise. —Tins H etimond Enquirer of
Saluiday, pub i bed in an extra sheet, a letter from
Gov. Wise to Wni. F. Saimord, E q , of Alabama,
in reply to one from that gentleman, asking bis
views iniegard to Ibe powers and duties of tbe
Federal Government over the Territories. The
Governor's letter is very long—occupying nearly
twenty-nine column of the Enquirer. It is an
elaborate comment upon the powers of Congress
and the Executive under the Constitution, and re
view of the history of the territorial legislation of
Congress, the acquisition of territory by the United
States end the admission of new States The pom's
made, a id conclusions drawn Irom the criticism and
review of the Consti'ution and the acts of Congress
are too numerous for suoh brief reference ns it is in
our power to give. The Governor maintains gene
rally that the doctrine of non intervention by Con
gress n the affairs of the territories is an absurdity;
aud that the Federal Government is bound to in
tervene for various purposes, and among them for
• the protection of the lights of property in slaves,
sfcv uld that be molested or placedin jeopardy in any
territory. This obligation, he contends, is imposed
by the Constitution lie admits that Congress has *
no right to intervene to regulate ‘•domestic institu
tions but a territory, he contends, has no “do
mestic institutions,” all her institutions are Federal
i r national, deriving authority and form from the
Federal Government; “domestic institutions” are
those of the seperate sovereign States of the con
federacy. The territory has those only, when she
frames her Constitutit.n and becomes a State ; aud
then “at be time of her admission and not before,’’
(he argues) she “may elect to have slavery” “or
not, as her State Constitution, not her territorial
laws, may prescribe.” Until then he contends
Congress has power over the territory and is bouud
to see that the rights of all its inhabitants under the
Constitution are protected.
The Governor reviews at length the Kansas-Ne
braska law and the Kansas troubles, and maintains
the position of his Tammany letter relative to the
Lecompton Constitution and the popular sovereign
ty.—Rich. Dispatch.
The Tkobbi.es in Utah.— Tho Washington cor
respondent of the Baltimore American says :
Washington, May I.—Tbe official accounts
from Utah conflict with each other very emphati
cally, so far as the action of the military and civil
authorities is represented. They state the case
quite differently, and each, doubtless, as seen from
its own stand point of view. From the start, there
has always been a certain degree of jealousy and
sensitiveness between the powers to be exercised
by the Governor aud the commander of the troops,
which has now fouud expression in a manner well
calculated to impair the influence of both. The
immediate cause of this seeming conflict of autho
rity was tbe requisition by Judge Cradlebaugh for
a sufficient force to protect him in the administra
tion of the law, and which Gen. Johnston properly
granted under his instructions. It tbe accounts
which have reached here be reliable, the Judge was
more anxious to acquire notoriety than any thing
else, and that at the- hazard of pernicious conße
quences to the maintenance of peace and order in
the Territory. It is stated in official letters that he
not only violated all judicial propriety and usage
in regard to the dismissal of the Grand Jury, but
carried bis invidious discrimination so for as to al
low to persons, not Mormons, charged with most
heinous offences, to go unwhipped of justice, though
indictments were pending against them. Ah a
Bhort cut to the solution of this difficulty, Judge
Gradiebaugb wili be superseded. Me hails from
Ohio.
Another American Shot in Mexico. —Among
the prisoners taken by Miramon in the battle of
the Cumhre3, the 7th and Bth inst., says a private
PueMa letter, with which the New Orleans Pica
yune has been kindly favored, was Mr. Robert
Oskar, a native born American citizen. He died
like a man, asking no favor but a pencil to write
a last word to his wife, which was denied him, when,
kneeling down and pulling his cap over his face, he
ordered them to fire. He fell, pierced with five
bails. The order to kneel and cover his face was
designed as an indignity.
Mr. 0., aa we are further informed, held a Cap
tain’s commission in Ampudia's army. During the
American occupation, ten years ago, he held the
office of Collector of Customs at the port of Tam
pico. He was married to a Mexican lady of great
worth and large family connections in Vera Cruz.
The letter, which io signed in cypher to avoid
bringing veDgeauce down upon the author's head,
adds: “The timirs are horrible here. There is noth
ing to be done. Evep the richest merchants are
doing nothing. Everything is dead.”
The Foray upon Chihuahua and Sonora
Onr correspondent from l eavenwor h City, says the
Missouri Republican, confirms the views which we
have heretofore expressed, in regard to a foray upon
Cnihuahun and Sonora, in the event of tbe failure
of the Pike’s Peak gold adventure. That agents
have been at work in getting up an expedition,
which is to be concentrated in Chihuahua and So
nora, does not admit of doubt; and the condition of
tbe men who have gone om to the gold region—the
destiiution of many of them even when leaving our
frontier, and the probability that hurdreds and
thousands will be in a state of absolute starvation,
and therefore ready for anything, soon after their
arrival—all theee things warrant the belief that an
inroad, peaceable or otherwise, will be made into
the Mexican S’ates which we have named. All that
is wanted to give asucees-ful issue to such an ex
pedition, is money—money to pay for the provisions
for the nse of the men This has been the main
difficulty in the way of an earlier organization and
may yet prevent ao efficient force from being set
in motion. The country will look with much in
terest 11 tbe future movements of the filibusters on
the Western plains.
The Kentucky Giant.—James Porter, the
famous Kentuck'y giant, whose death e announe
ed a few days since, was beljeved to have been tbe
tadert men in the world. The following in relation
to him is from the Louisville Democrat:
It is remarkable that for the first fourteen years
of bis life he was Bmail for h's age; so much so that
he was often engaged to ride races on the old track
where the Elm tri e Garden now is. At seventeen
he wee apprenticed at coopering, an ‘ his remarka
ble growth commenced. It is stated that the most
be ever grew in one week was one inch I* was
his habit, while growing, to measure every Satur
day night end bis own testimony, and that of his
family and friends, is evidence of this remarkable
fact.
Mr, Porter soon got ao tall that it was impossible
to r -ooper barrels, and he wa- employed on hogs
heads. This, however, became equally impossible,
owing to his remarkable height, and he was com
pellt dto abandon the business He then engaged
in keeping and driving backs. In the years 1836-37
be went East, and appeared on tbe Btage in one or
two pieces written especially for him. He returned
i to Louisville, a few years later bought the ceff-e
----| house which he was keeping at the time of his
death.
“Do you know wno built this bridge V ’ said a
person to Hook. “No,” replied the wit; “But if
you go over you 11 be tolled!”
Coming Around.— Tho May number of the At
lantic Monthly, whose pages are gene ally filled
witli the lucrubrations of Abolition writers or by
their allies, has a concession Bomewhat remar able
in the article entitled a “ Trip to Cuba.” The wri
ter is said to be a poetess, and the wife of a Doted
Abolitionist. The Boston party were landing at
Nassau, of which the writer says:
“ There wore many negroes, together wit'* whites
of every grade; and’ some ot our number, leaning
over the side, saw for the first time th- raw mate
rial out of which N irthern Humanitarians have
soun so fine aekein of compassion and sympathy.
Now, we who write, and they for whom we write,
are all orthodox upon this mighty quest ion; we have
ail made our confession of taitb in private and in
public ; we all on suitable occasions wa'k up and
apply the match to the kog of gunpowder which is
to blow up tbe Union: but which, somehow, at the
critical moment tails to ignite. But you must al
low us one heretical whisper,—very smalt aud low;
Tbe negro of the North is au ideal negro; it is the
negro n-lined by whit- culture, elevated by white
blood, instructed even by whito iniqui-y;—the ne
gro among negroes is a coarse, grinning, flat-footed,
th'ck beulied creature- ugly as Caliban, lazy as
the laziest of brutes, chiefly ambitious to be of no
use to any in the world. View him ae you will, hiu
stock in trade is small; he has but the tangible in
stinctsof all creatures, love of life, of eas , aud of
offspring For all else, be must go to sohool to the
white races audit s disriuiue must be long aud la
fa,moue. Nassau, aud all we saw of it, suggts ed to
us the unwelcome question, whether compulsory la
bor is not better that; none But as a question, 1
gladly leave it, and return to the simple narration
of—what befell.”
American Ploughs in Tunis.— ln their perse
veriug efforts to cultivate cotton in Northern aud
Western Africa, as well as India, an association in
Manchester obtained somo two years ago, a grant
of land from the Bay of Tunis. Many difficulties
have been experienced iu the cultivation, and not
the least is the self conceit and obstiuaoy of the
directois who aro too wise to be instructed by men
of practical knowledge. A former citizen ot Loui
siana, by the name of Hose, who had spent many
years in the cot'on business on Red River, was em
ployed to superintend the Tunis enterprise. This
gentleman, it i- said, finds tbe theories ot his em
ployers, who never saw a cotton field in their lives,
constantly opposed to his experience as a cotton
grower. An American gentleman, who recently
visited that region, says that somo time since Mr.
Rose told his superior that, it was impossible to do
anything with the ploughs they gave him, and sug
gested the propriety of gettinga few from America.
The proposition was hooted at , what 1 could they
not make better ploughs in England than anywhere
else in the world f But as the present ones would
not work, they finally commissioned him to order
two of American make. They arrived a short time
since, aud were found to w, rk to the admiration of
everybody. The Are lie flocked from all quarters
to see the newly at rived wonder. T:.e oountry
was in a ferment Nothing else was talked of.—
Finally, it reached the ears of the Bey, who couldn't
sleep until he h and seen the phenomenon with his
own eyes. He u stoned to the scene of action;
saw the ploughs work ; declared he had never seen
anything so wonderful in his born day ; got so ex
cited he “couldn’t hold himselftook off his coat,
rolled up Lis sleeves, and went to ploughing him
self! Nor is this sll; he has just ordered one kun
dred American ploughs to be used on his big farm,
the Kingdom of Tunis l—Rich. Disp.
An Item eor Wine Drinkers. —An American
physician has lately announced that having been
called upon to analyze some samples of wines, he
found that not one of sixteen different kinds con
tained so much as a single drop of the juice of tho
grape. The port, exhibited a complicated super
structure of elderberry juice, alum, sugar and
spirits, upon a basis of diluted sulphuric acid. The
sherry was formea of a pale deouotion of mail, fla
vored with bitter almonds, acidulated with sulphur
ic acid, and slightly braudied The Madeira <as
simulated by meaus of hop, t'oa, rum, sulphuric
acid, and honey. Iu tea, drugs, pepper, and other
apices, fish sauces, oil cheese, inilk, and even flour
and bread, foreign and i ften noxious ingredients
are introduced—while to obtain pure alcoholic
drinks is next to impossible, whiskey being often
impregnated with strychnine, and g-mnine brandy
only surpassed in its scarcity by the nectar of the
gods. The French Government has enaoted severe
laws against all poiaoners of winse, liquors, and any
other articles of human food or beverage Yet in
despite of all the legislative care that has been ta
ken to prevent adulteration, it is a notorious fact
that mock wines are the chief source of profit in tbe
city of Gette on the Mediterranean. Very inferior
French wines are there perfumed with various es
sences, to produce the peculiar aroma derived
from the vintages of the Rhine, of Hungary, of
Spain, aud of Portugal, and the Madeira islands.—
Rich. Disp.
“The Way of the Transgressor is Hard.”—
Jos. N. Rogers, a young man of previous exo-l'ent
character, was arrested in Albany, N. Y., lad we. k,
for robbing his emp oyers. After being commit
ted to prison, he refused to take food, and on Sat
urday was arraigned for examination. The Jour
nal says :
The Rev. Dr. Magoon appeared in Court in bis
behalf to plead for mercy. He sta'ed that Rogers
was a metnberof the Hudson e’reet Baptist ( bur- h,
and was also a teacher of the Sunday Sohool. Up
to this time his honesty or integrity hsd never been
brought in question, for his conduct had been suoh
as to avoid suspicion While Rev. Dr. Magoon was
addressing the Court in his behalt, Rogers swooned
and fell upon the fl -or, which was followed by in
tense excitement He was picked up and soon af
ter recover and, and was carried out of Coart by five
men a raving maniac. He was taken into a room
in the City Hall over the Court Room, when medi
cal attendance wae piocured Drs. McNanghton
and Charles P. Staats were in attendance upon him
for some time, but up to noon the disease had uot
yielded a particle to their treatment, and they were
fearful that he would b-come a raving maniac.—
During his ravings he wanted bis hands out off’ and
the utmost watchfulness was necessary to prevent
him lroin doing himself bodily injury. Truly, “the
way of the transgr. s-or is hard,” aud this case is u
fearful warning to those who are inclined to be dis -
honest By order of the Recorder he ha 9 been Bent
to the Lunatic Asylum.
Sad Occurrence. —A priva'e letter received Iu
Norfolk from the U. 8. brig Bainbridge, dated Mon
tevideo, Marcli 8, 1853, says:
I am happy to say that we have returned down
the river Irom Paraguay qai'e safely, with the ex
ception of two or three men getting drowned from
different vessels. One sad oocurrenoe happened to
a man on hoard the Atlanta There had been some
men on liberty, aud breaking it, or stay ng beyond
their time, were ordered by the Lieutenant t > have
their heads shaved, but when they came to Bhave
one of them, be would not allow it, and said he
would rather die than suffer such disgrace. Ac
cordingly the Master-at-Arms was sent tor, the man
being in irons, but before the Master could get to
him, he taised b s hands high above his head, shout
ing in a firm voice, “ Good-by, shipmates,” leaped
over the ship’s side, and sank to rise no more.
The letter does not give the name of the unfortu
nate sailor.
Movements of our Minister to Mexico.— We
learn from Vera Cruz that Mr McLane had. when
the last steamer left, about abandoned the idea ot
going up to the table lands for the present And
ibis both because of the di tracked state of the
country and the desire to be near the Government
with which he is in official communication. He
proposed, therefore to go on board one of our ships
of war at Sacnfioios—probably the Savannah—till
her relief by the Saratoga.
We also learn that he proposed or had proposed
—in what manner we ar<- not informed—to put him
self in communication with the leaders of the op
posing party, for the purpose of protecting the lives
and property of American citizens, and iu the name
of humanity, staying tnia unnatural war, or at least
softening down nma of its more formidable fea
tures — N. O. Pic
Prorabiuty of Marrying.— A table inserted
in a paper in the London Assurance Magazine ex
hibits results of a rather startling character. In the
first two quinquenial periods, ‘JO 25 and 25-30, tbe
probability ot a widower marrying in a year ie
nearly three times as great as that of a bachelor.—
At 30 it is nearly four rimes as great; from 30 to 45
it is five times as great, and it increases, until at
60 the chances of a widower marrying in a year is
II times as great as that of a bachelor. After the
age of 30 tbe probability of a bachelor marrying in
a year diminishes in a most rapid rate. Tne pro
bility at 35 is not much more than half that at 30,
and nearly the same proportion exists |betweeij
each quinquenial period afterwards.
Hayti Unsettled.— According to private letters
received from Hayti, President Geffrard is any
thing but securely seated in power. Several politi
cal clubs are formed against him. Tbe blacks seem
almost universally opposed to him, on the ground
of his being a mulatto. He seems to be struggling
hard, however, to postpone or prevent any out
break.
I and J.—There are no two letters in the manu
script alphabet of tbe English language, which oc
casion so much trouble or cause Su much miscon
struction as the two letters, I and J, as many inad
vertantly write them The rule for writing theru
ptoperly, and which should be universally under
stood and adopted, is to extend t.he J below the*
line, while the I should be written even with the line.
If those ho write I for J knew how it sometimes
puzzled printers, they would remember the above
suggestions.
New Bedford, May 2.—The great trotting
match between the Benecia Boy and Lady Mac
came off this afternoon on the Point Road. Large
ameunte were pending on this trial of speed the
odds on the It necia Biy Distance four miles. It
was won by the Benecia Bey iu eleven minutes four
seconds by a length and a half.
Indian War in Texas.— General Twiggs bor
dered out a cavalry for-* for active service against
the Indians in Texes Major \an Dorn i*charged
with the duty of scouring the country to the western
lir eof the State. The force n rubers about one
thousand men. The settlers on the frontier erm
plain bitterly of new outrages from the savages,
she arrangements made by tbe Government for
the. removal t the reserve Ind ans beyond tbe
limits of the 8’ te are said to be at the point of con
summation.
French Mer antile Navy.—The French mer
cantile navy con led cn the let of January last of
14,9110 sailing ves ’s, f which 11 000 were engaged
in distant voyages, and the remainder were in Ike
Mediterranean. It. mprised, moreover, 330 steem
veseele, of which 19 were engaged in distant voy
ages, and 148 in tbe editerrauean.
Export of Brlatstuffs. The export of
brtadslufl'B from the U ed States to Great Britain
and Ireland, from the Iri of September o’ the latest
mail date- from the shipp ,g ports, wae 85.768 bbla
flour, 415 800 buhe| west, and 319 452 bneheb
com, agamst 784 378 fable. flour, 3 468,970 bushels
whea', 25i (l 223 bushels ootn in the same time last
year. To the continent o! Europe the shlotnente
iuce is’ September ] aKt j, ave been 44 jjg
flrur, 07,278 bushels wheat and 25,450 bushele
corn
9’ Ayer, the world renewed Chemist of
New England ‘e now stopping at he Burnet bouse
in this city. He has been making a tour of the
Western States, with his scientific associates to in
vestigate their remedial productions n r suoh’ as he
can make remedial. We notice be has been receiv
ed with mark disunion by our leading citizens of
the West and are rejoiced to find they have shown
a proper estimate ot the man who has perhaps done
more for the relief of human life than any other
American.-- Daily Jour., Cincinnati O.
Debut of a Russo-American Countess —Conn
tea* Guerebelia, formerly Miss Ward, daughter
O’ the late American Consul at Liverpool, has made
her debut as a vocalist in Paris. She is the same
lady who, being deserted by her husband, a Rus
sian Nobleman, is some pretext of informality in
the marriage ceremony, applied to the Czar, who
compelled the husband to be married over again.
The Journal du Va contradicts the announcement
of ti e deeth of M. Alexis de Tocquevllle, wbioh ap
peared in tbe London Timee. He is represented to
be lying extremely low in the Isles d’Hieree.
A Large Divorce Docket.— The Goshen (Ind.)
Democrat says that the dhorce docket of Elkhart
county has enrolled the names of thirty nine appli
cants (or disunion and secession from the state of
matrimony.