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Tkt European War—The Othir Side.
Tat representation* we have received of the
event? now occurring and believed to be impend*
in* in Europe concur eo (federally in casting upon
Austria the chief burden of responsibility, a* well
tor tbe cauF<w which underlie them as for the steps
which are preeunied to have immediately precipi
tated the outbreak of actual boetilitiee, that, in sim
ple justice to the historical position of that great
Power, we give below tbe other side of the pending
qu eel ion. ae prented by a European correspondent
lor one of the .eading journals ox Boston. Writing
from a German capital, and occupying, we may
presume, to some extent a German stand-point in
tis oi ervationa on the origin and motives of the
exist mg complications, be naturally see* the princi
ple* believed to be at issue in quite a different light
rrom that by which they are viewed at Bar is or
Turin At the same time it will be perceived that,
while asking a more lenient judgment upon the
course of Austria in this great transaction, be does
not *eek to hide from the reader tbe considerations
wi k b may w ell excuse a friend of liberal govern
ment for withholding bis sympathy from both tbe
parties arrayed on tbe respective sides of this mo
mentous controversy. If, therefore, disposed to be
in some degree the apologists ol Austria, it would
seem that he is not her determined partisan—a fact
which may deserve to give the greater weight to
his representations in mitigation of the prenc-ses
sions conceived against that Empire.— Sat. Intel.
Correspondence of the Boston Courier.
Berlin, April 25 1850.
“What’s in a name?"’ Every thing. Men do
not like :.o think. Thoughts are laborious, name*
are easy. That mixture of strychnine and other
which goes by the name of brandy, who
would touch it If it were labelled mixture of “strycb
nine and other poisons ?” The world is governed
by words. Hence the trick, go transparent, 00
threadbare, and yet so invariably successful, of po
ll’ ians, diplomatists, and others to gull the nympa
thies of the world into complicity with villanoiL*
dreigns by affixing to them the names of right and
liberty. * • * *
The Italian question, like every other point of
dispute between any of the great Powers, presents
itself under three aspect* : the international, the
nfo lonai, and the cosmopolitan, (for want of a bet
ter word.) With regard to the first, it is curious te
iee how during the last few weeks the sympathy
with the pretended objects of Louis Napoleon and
Victor Emmanuel has produced such an entire con
furiou in contemporary heads as to have them ac
tually represent tbe matter as if Austria was tbe
aggrest-or and Kardinia the victim. Now, the facts
of ; he ca*e are these :
Austria lias a double position in Italy, viz : 1,
with regard to the Lombardo Venetian kingdom ;
and, 2. w ith regard to tbe Italian States.
Arid I .* At the Congress of Vienna (Art. 95 of
■he act) Austria received, by the generai agreement
of a;i Ue Powers and in exchange for Belgium,
which was to be annexed to Holland, tbe following
territories of Upper Italy, viz : the Duchies of Mi
!v> ar.d of Mantua, the Republic of Venice, and tbe
Vai Tel Imi It is these different portions, which,
being combined in two administrative districts, are
af present known under the name of the Lombardo-
Venetiaa Kingdom, or the Austrian pOHuessious of
Jtaly It. is quite evident that, leaving aside for
the present all questions of natural law or national
and popular rights, and looking at tbe subject mere
ly in,in a constitutional point ot view, those prov
iiii ee are guarantied to Austria by the public law of
Europe, and she has to them a good a right as any
.State on the face of the earth has to its dependen
cicr, more particularly as good a right as Sardinia
has Jo the poi-session of Genoa. France to that of
Loiharingia and Alsace, Russia to that of Poland,
Bessarabia, Finland, and by tar the greater part of
her immense po> sessions. Indeed tbe title of Aus
tria to the Lombardo-Venetian Kiugdom is much
better than most of the other mentioned ones. She
received thoee territories of Upper Italy, not mere
ly by way of barter in exchange for other provin
ces, or from mere diplomatic consi(|er&tion, as, for
uidiatice, Sardinia received Genoa, but all those
lour States, with the exception of Venice, were old
feudal dependencies of the German Empire, which,
with tlie gradual dissolution of that polity, had
passed over into the hands of Austria, and had only
been temporarily wrested from her during the
French wai. As to Venice, that Republic was des
troyed by France, who ceded it to Austria by the
peace oi Campo Formio in 1797. As far, then, as
tbe Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom is concerned, and
with exclusive reference to the international law
and constitution ot Europe, the triple alliance be
tween France, Sardinia and Russia, for the purpose
of driving Austria out of Italy is a lawless breach
of the peace on tbe part of those Powers, and no
more justified, from a legal point of view, than
would he an unprovoked attack upon the integrity
of any other European Slate.
2. lu addition to those Territories the treaties of
Vienna guaranty to Austria the right of occupation
in Piacenza, Ferrara and Comachio, “tor the
protection of her possessions.’’ By a special treaty
of February, 1848, wilh Parma and Modena, she
is entitled and under obligations of occupying these
Duchies “in times of danger.” Finally she occu
pied the legations at the time wbeu the French oc
cupied Rome for the suppression of the late revolu
tion the object of those Austrian treaties and oc
cupations waM a double one. On the one side they
were intended to crush out those liberal and na
iional tendencies which were antagonistic to the
Austrian principles of government; on the other
hand, they were to serve as a bulwark againßt the
intentions of France, tbe old rival ot Austria and
ever ambitious to make the Mediterranean a French
lake through the possession of Italy. Now, with
regard to the first point, it the Italians propose to
rise, arms in hand, against Austrian supervision and
interference, in their efforts after freedom, we think
there never was a better cause, or one appeal ng
more powerfully to the active sympathies and aid
of Americans.
But the law of revolution is not the law generally
acknowledged between Government and Govern
ment. The treaties concluded between Austria
and the Governments of the middle States of Italy
tor the suppression of revolutions are, as above
observed, partly embodied in the consti
tution of 1815, and were partly concluded at the
same time, (within a few months,) when Erance
(under this very Louis Napoleon) intervened in
Rome in favor ot the restoration of Papal tyranny,
and when Russia intervened in the Danubian
Pi mcipalities and in Hungary in favor of Turkish
and Austrian order respectively. In the face of
such facts, the demand of France and Russia upon
Austria to give up those treaties simply amounts to
their calling upon Austria to get up and let them
have her seat. Ab between Governments and
Governments, all three based upon the same prin
ciples of despotism, it is an insult, a provocation,
and a breach of international peace, which Austria
could not submit to without abdicating her indepen
dence. and which ought to be resented, for their
own safety’s sake, by the combined opposition of
ail the other Governments, in fact, that would
have been the only way to prevent the war.
Now, the fact is, as every body knows, that the
first and very obscure intimatiou on the part of
Louis Napoleon, of his being affected in his feel
ings on account of the Austrian mauner of govern
ment in Italy, was simultaneous with the most ex
tensive and threatening armaments, both on his
part and that ot Sardinia. Whatever may be the
objects of this war, so much is certain, that the
preparations for it did not proceed from Austria ;
that had been entirely inoffensive, both with re
gard to France, Sardinia, and Russia, and that she
was forced to arm altogether and entirely agaiuet
her own will by the unmistakable intention of her
French and Sardinian neighbors to attack her as
soon as they should be ready. Now, this forced ar
mament was a horrible blow for Austria. She had
lust overcome the most arduous part of ?he task of
recovering her financial equilibrium. The position
was not l>y any means secure, but, by dint of per
severance and with the prospect of a prolonged ne
riod of peace it had ceased to be desperate. The
menace of war lias agan thrown her back into
chaos. Every d%y ot continued armament brings
her nearer to the point of financial incapacity to
carry on her own defence. Her antagonists know
this They have speculated upon it from the be
ginning. They have put her in that predicament
designedly , they have placed her in the alternative
of fighting at once or not fighting at all. Under
those circumstances it is queer logic to blame Aus
tria for refusing to allow himself to be dragged
through a Congress which can have no other object
than that of exhausting her capacity for war be
fore war begins, or to represent Austria as the ag
gressor for refusing to enter into any negotiations
before Sardinia and France have disarmed. Nor
ought it to be forgotten that in March, 1818, Charles
Albert invaded the Austrian possessions without
any previous declai ations of war. The present
case it* not much better. From auy point of view
the sudden armaments of France and Sardinia are
unprovoked, as they were not preceded by any
kind ot remonstrances. If Austria is to be blamed
tor anything it is for not having occupied Sardinia
before the French were able to cross the Alps. In
deed, that whs the intention of the young Empe
ror, whose youthful ardor guided him better than
the rusty wisdom of bis old counsellors.
Such is the only logical view of the case, from a
point of view of international law and justice. If
the question were between Austria aud Italian
freedom there could be no hesitation as to which
side to take. But it is nothing of the kind, it is a
question between Russian, French, aud Austrian
despotism in Italy and elsewhere. It being such,
the natural feeliug of the Republican spectator
would be to look upon the quarrel as unworthy of
his sympathies on one side or the other. And,
indeed, it is a matter of very little consequence to
us whether the Austrian Government as such be
for once in the right and its enemies in the wrong.
But it we find the Emperor of France preparing to
change tbe map of Europe, aud to trace the deeti
iues of her nations for another century to come, the
pi (sumption is that mischief is brewing; and it
behooves us to pause and look the facte soberly in
the face before we allow our sympathy to be led
astray by a devil quoting the gospel of liberty.
From ike Platte Hirer (*oll Region.
Tue following letter, vouched for a? authentic, is
published in the Sal tonal Intelligencer
Cotton )Voon Springs, /
Louisa station, April 28, 1858.
Dear Sir* : We are in a very tight place here.
On the road from the crossing down we have tive
elation*, which are crammed full of beggars from
morning till night, and at the rate we are doing
business we will *OOll have to close. Pike’s Peak
has turned oat to be a humbug, and the road is
lined with starving men, and God knows we have
got to give them something to eat as lung as we
have it. 1 cannot see a man lay down in the prai
rie and starve. If you could do something to keep
the poor deluded devil- from starting youlwor.ld be
doing a kindness to humanity. We will try and
get through as weli as possible, but lots of the poor
tellows are bound to die. There are no provisions
in the country only what belongs to the Mail Com
pany. The trader- along the road have nothing in
the vrsy of provisions. They (the emigrants) have
not attempted to tore-’ any thing yet. but they are
bound to do it if you do not gtve them something to
eat.
Night betore iaet tifteen Pawnee Indians came
up here and stole thirty head of horses from the
Ci erenue village, now camped at this station. So
mom,eg eighty Cheynene braves mounted their
war hcaffit started in pursuit, and overtook Mr
Pawnee at Cold Water Station. IS miles below
here, w hile they were at the station trying to teller
irade the ponies. They made the swoop right
ouick, as George Akifts. our station agent, shovels
Mr. P&wiee out doors, and lets them settle their
own difficulties prarie style. The Cheyennes kill
ed eleven of the Pa vnees in shoit order. Four of
. ::e latter are dangerously wounded, so to nigh: we
are having a great time The Cheyennes are hav
ing their celebrated dance, and we are all hands
reducing over the victory. All there is wrong about
it is then was not enough of the Pawnees to give
:bem any kind of a tight, and all we grieve about is
.1 at there were not enough of the Cheyennes killed ,
us we are thankful tor small favors, and hope for
more fights and both side* equally victorious. Ali
> y;.t, we don't care which side whip*. Go in and
‘The mai, will be along to-night, and I must close
to go to the war dance.. The blacksmith and wa
il- shop-* are both full ot gentlemen from Pike's
iV&k, mmua the jfoid, and glad to sleep on the
shavings. Great old country this.
Years, truly, j £ Bro*i.et,
Route Agent from Kearny to Laramie.
M-sura J M. H"Chaday ,y Cos
Emigration pro* Liverpool ,to the United
States in ISh'J Emigration to the States has not
lor a lengthened period been *0 active as at present,
aaJ several vessel* have cleared in rapid succes
fcioo, with numbers ranging from 61*1 to 7nu on board,
and it 1* believed that the next lew months’ emigra
tion to the United States will be the larges: expe
rienced for several years. In the month cf January
seven shin* sailed for the Mrrsey, conveying 01
cabin and 1,058 steerage passengers, the latter con
sisting of TtS English, SI Scotch, AM Irish, and bo
ft reign emigrants; in February. 10 ships with 7y
cabin aii.f bli steerage passengers—iob English.
J'-’ Scotch. ‘"Oillrish, and 5*3 other emigrants 1 and
in March, 13 ships, with -1,1(71 steerage passeugers
—St*. English. 10” Scotch, fiyßß Irish, and 180 other
emigrants Off the returns for January, however,
must be deducted ‘SS pat.-engers who returned to
port in the isaio Webb, and reehipped in the ve*e!i
sailing in the succeeding month. Ju the correspond
ing period of 18-18, ‘ St vessels, carrying till cabin
an : ti-JUS steerage passengers, sailed for the United
1 tes In “shoit-hip*,’’ duriag the last quartos.
11l bpass-n.ers took'their departure hr ‘he West
ern Continent. —London Ttmet, April **.
ty*r in fcttfti**’
The sieameri Aiago. arrived atKew York,
brings some further details of the war movements
in Europe. She left Havre on the morning of tLe
4th instant, and Cowee on the evening of the same
day.
The French Army Crossing the Alts A
writer in the London Timee, who dates his letter at
Geneva on the Ist instant, gives the following in
Lereeting description of the French army met by
him croeeing the Alps :
“On tie evening of tbe 26th I crossed Mont
Cenif, where there were report* of slaughter the
previous evening of a large portion of the Sardinian
army by the Austrians, and of the rapid advance of
the latter upon Turin. Theee report* were con
tradicted when I reached Susa, tbe morning of the
J7th , indeed, it appeared to be geneiallv doubted
whether the Austrian* had aa yet crossed the Ticino
in any force. I found at that town the advanced
guard of the French army—some two thousand
men, consisting of Chasseurs de Vincennes and in
fantry of the line—ready to be pushed on by raii to
Turin. Tickets were only issued to .passengers for
the six o'clock evening train. The same day, as I
re trowed Mont Cento, I met two battalions of in
frantry , and again, on the 28th, I passed, at diffe
rent stages of the route, between Landleeboarg, on
the Savoy side of the mountain, and Culos, on the
French frontier, not less than seventeen thousand
troops, including three regiments of light and one of
heavy cavalry, a large body of Chasseurs, and six
teen brass field piece*. Three regiments of infan
try were marching rapidly along the line of rail
within a few miles of each other, while others were
being conveyed in the train. I wae etruck with the
disproportion both of cavalry and artillery to the
whole of tbe above mentioned force, as the road
from St. J6an Man-ienne, where the railway termi
nates, to the foot of the Cents Pass, is excellent.
Sixty thousand is said to be tbe number of troops
about to be transported along this route. The guns
were ail rifled, quite new and very light, drawn by
four horses, which appeared to my eye to want a
little more blood. The cavalry were well mounted,
and the infantry had tbe appearance of being ad
mirably efficient, both in discipline and condition—
active, sturdy little fellows. Although only on the
outset of a campaign every man looked as if be
bad passed every hour of his existence in the field
—hardy, skilful, and self relying. The truth of the
matter is, that scarcely a day passes in garrison
that the French soldier is not compelled to fence or
to go through tbe bayonet exercise with his com
rades until his eye is quickened, his libs strengthen
ed, and he has become thorough master of his wea-
pon.”
Austrian Theory or the Italian Question.—
On the 29tb of April Count Buol addree.-eo a circu
lar despatch to the diplomatic agents of the Austrian
Government at foreign Courts:
“By her refusal to disarm, Sardinia (it says) has
proved that Bhe is resolved to continue her attack
on the indisputable rights of Austria, to disturb the
tranquillity of Europe, and to encourage the hopes
of the revolutionary party. The Sardinian Govern
merit ha- abused the national feeling of the Italian
races AU the germs of discontent in Italy were
long assidnouely cultivated, and, as soon as they
began to spring up, Piedmont took the field as the
champion of all the Italian nationalities Sardinia
can never have sincerely wished that Italy should
remain in a state of peace and prosperity, for when
ever the Italian monarebs have displayed clemency
and shown a spirit ol conciliation she has redoubled
her tfforts to rouse the evil passions of the people.—
When the Emperor and Empress were in Italy,
the public papers were permitted to speak in favor
of regicide : and when his Majesty placed his broth
er, the Archduke Ferdinand Maxmilian, at the bead
of the administration of the Lombardo-Venetian
Kingdom, tbe agitators at Turin systematically mis
represented every act performed and every meas
ure taken by that benevolent and generous Prince.
“ Austria is a conservative power, and religion,
morality, and historical rignts are sacred in her
eyes. The possessions of Austria in Italy are
guaranteed to her by the very powers whiob gave
Genoa to Sardinia. Lombardy was for many cen
tunes a lief ol tbe German Empire, and Venice was
given to Austria instead of her Belgian provinces.,
Sardinia tells us that the real cause of the discon
tent of the inhabitants of Lombardy aud Venice is
the dominion of Austria on the Po and Adriatic.
The right of Austria to Lombardy and Venice is
irrefragable, aud it will be defended agaiußt every
attack.
“ France, which long shared with Sardinia the
moral responsibility for the sad state of things in
ftaly, now openly supports the revolutionary move
ment which has begun. The second French Em
pire is about to realise its long cherished ideas, for
tbe throned power in Paris has informed the aston
ished world that 1 political wisdom’ will replace
those treaties which have so long formed the basis
of European international law. The traditions of
the first Napoleon have been resuscitated, and Eu
rope is not ignorant of the importance ol the strug
gle which is about to begin.’’
The Lonoon Times on the Address of’ Na
poleon 111. —The London Times of May 4th in
dulges in comments on the late address of the Em
peror ot the French on departing to take command
ot the army in Italy. After a summary of the ad
dress, the Times thus speculates as to the purposes
aud probable results of tbe war :
“It is utterly beyond human forethought what
will be the relative position of France, Austria,
Sardinia, and other states of Italy and Europe, at
the close,of this war, whenever it may be. ft may
be remembered that even at the termination of
the late Russian war, one of a singularly definite
character, it was impossible to argue from any sup
posed original objects what the final settlement
should be; aud the language of the treaty of Paris
was rather to take for its basis tbe then existing
•tateof things Who can pretend to say how the
billigerents will find themselves situated after two
or three campaigns, or even who the billigerants
will be? Besides Lombardy aud Venice, besides
Piedmont, Genoa, Savoy, and Sardinia, there are
also Tuscany, the Duchies and the Papal States
directly involved in the quarrel. Is it possible that
the Two Sicilies should not be absorbed into it ?
Will the other powers of Europe stand aloof? Ab
the war proceeds new matter will be imported into
the quarrel, if quarrel that can be called which is
simply a I rial of strength between all who choose
to join in the strife. Objects, as “they are called,
claims, grievances, rights, justice itself, disappear
in the mere clash of arms; and ten years of Buch
confusion drive the original objects into ae remote
an antiquity as the claims of a banished pretender
or the title deeds ot a landowner dispossessed cen
turies ago. What we see before us is war. The
end of tuat no man can see.
France aud her Emperor can be no stranger to
these considerations. They are well aware that the
end of a war is not to be conjectured or limited by
its beginning. They know the questions of reward
and punishment, ot annexation and combination,
that grow out of a war. Even supposing so simple
a result as the immediate expulsion of the Austrians
from Lombardy and Venice, and their submission
to that disaster, it would be urged that something
more was necessary than to leave Italy to itself.
Large portions of the classic soil, for which France
avows so much sympathy and interest, and with
which it boasts historical connexion, would be actu
ally going a begging. Either Sardinia would be
made a first-rate power, or anew kingdom would
have to be founded in the north, very much larger
and richer than any one now in the Peninsula.
With all this to be done in the event of a more re
mote settlement, Napoleon 111. must be aware that
territory will be thrust on the victorious and suc
cessful ally who has made Italy her debtor, added
one more link to her ancient connection with that
country, and left one more track of glory on her
oft-trodden soil. With this consequence in view,
almost within grasp, in what sense, and with what
degree of resolution, does the Emperor repudiate
all thought of conquest ? Not to doubt bis sinceri
ty, what is his meauing / Will he refuse Savoy un
der all ciroumstances, and will his hatred of foreign
interference carry him so far as to refuse a throne
or a ducal crowu for hie cousin or his eon ? Will he
object to a Bonaparte as well as a Bourbon on tbe
throne of Naples ? We need only allude to the
questions which would arise in case the war crossed
the Alps aud descended the Rhine. All that is to
b said, aud it ought to be borne in mind, is that
with ail >hese contingencies in view—with con
quests thrust upon him—Napoleon 111. now repu
diates it. Come what may, he will not accept
more territory, even though all nations should be
scrambling for it. He will not stain his honor or
his friendship by auy such gross calculation. We
wish we could believe him sincere in this wise and
honorable declaration. At any rate, he will be re
membered that he made it.”
Si'AiN.— Madrid, May I.—The Government has
applied to the Cortes for authority to increase the
army to one hundred thousand men, in order to
protect the neutrality of the oountry during the war
in Italy.
The Madrid journals of the 28th ultimo state that
it was believed that it had been resolved to pass
without delay the bill for the levy of twenty-five
thousand men. The Espana says : “We learn that
the Government has just received a telegraphic
despatch from our Ambassador at Rome expressing
the opinion that it is desirable to increase the garri
sons of the Balearic Islands by ten thousand men,
in case the Pope, in the event of having to abandon
his capital by the spread of the revolution in Italy,
should decide on establishing the seat of the Holy
See in one of the Mediterranean Islands. ’
Storm of Wind and Hall.
The Yorkville Enquirer reports a terrific storm.
On Sunday night, at About ten o’clock, the West
ern portion of our District was laid waste, by a
storm of wrind and hail, which in violence and de
vastating effect exceeded any similar visitation
within the experience of our people. The record
we ha7e to make is indeed saddening.
We have only heard from that portion of this
track of desolation which commences at Wylie's
Store, and extends in trtdtk to Clark's Ford, a dis
tance of more than three miles. From that point a
terrific hurricane, accompanied by a storm of hail
and rain, extended towards the South, passing the
cross roads at Berry’s: over Bullock s Creek at the
bridge on the Rutherford road, the eastern edge
touching at Blatnville, laying waste the plantations
of Rev. Mr Russel, Samuel Blair and others , while
on tbe weetern edge it followed Bullock’s Creek
and thence embracing the scope included between
a line running to the east of Bullock's Creek
Church and another to the west of Pinckneyville,
it continued its way—how far we have been unable
to learn.
We have heard of no loss of life except in one
! instance The house of Mrs. AlbersoD, not far
irom Bullock s Creek Church, was blown down.
Her mother was instantly killed. and a lady who was
in the house, but whose name we have not learned,
had a leg broken and is thought to be injured mor
tally. while other members of the family were suf
ferers to some extent. A singular instance of
Providential interference alone arrested the de
struction of the entire household ‘
The damage done to tbe growing crop is beyond
calculation. The wtioie length and breadth of the
track is a perfect wreck —the wreck of a Simoon
blast. The hxrricane. the hail and the lightning,
intermingling their elements with awful fury, have
left upon the forests an impress of ruin which ages
cannot wear away. The fields have been laid bare
at every point; wheat has been b-aten down, not
a staik remaining , aud the traces of the growing
com and cotton utterly obliterated An idea of
the truth may be gathered from the fact that in
drifts on Monday, the hail lay upon the gronnd
from three to fen r feet tn depth 1 The roof of near
ly every outhouse, bam, stable, and negro bouse
throughout the entire sweep of the storm, has been
blown off and destroyed ; ana so&reely a “panne!’
of fence remains anywhere The story sounds as
if it were of the terrors which broooded over and
burst upon tbe Carnatic : tbe wreck may well re
mind us of the blasting career, the unmitigated
havoc of an Indian whirlwind. But we have heard
the story trom those who have suffered and from
those who have escaped, and we are confident that
our sta.ement is not overdrawn. The wonder is,
that human fife has been so signally spared.
The tanners have to now undertake their winter
work again—wintry work, it is! The houses must
be built: the fences made, and in many places the
enure crop of com and cotton planted over. And
the year's labor cannot be more than half rewarded
at beet. Indeed, years will not suffice to recover
entirely from this swift and overwhelming destruc
tion of property.
We shall endeavor next week to collect such
iteoic as will enable us to give a clearer and more
reliable statement.
The Cheeter Standard reports the same storm :
Avery severe storm of wind and hail, accompa
nied with rain, passed over the upper portion of the
District on iast Sabbath evening, leaving a complete
wreck of fences, crops. Ac., in its wake. It is pain
Ini to learn that two old ladiee—Mrs. Aiberson aud
her sister—were killed by the falling timbers of
their house, which was blown down in the storm.
We are informed that there were at the same time
a number of children in the house, who escaped
without any injury. It is reported, though, that
they were blown some distance from the house by
the violenc* of the wind, and their (preservation
seems almost miraculous
Sudden Death —lt gives us pain to announce
the sudden death of our oldest citisen, Mr.. Robert
M. Sterling, who accidentally fell, on Satarday last,
whilst attempting to rise from his seat Being sick
and very feeble, Mr. Sterling found himself falling,
and in attempting tc reoover, threw out his band,
which struck a board, not well balanced, on which
a window pane was lying, tilting it so as to throw
the pane under the calf of hi* nght leg, which sev
ered the main artery, producing death in a few
minute-, and before the aid ot physicians oould be
procured. His -i-ter wa* * he enl i person present
to witness the distressing a n, ** r Bterlirg was
than.’:- 1 -
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Georgia.
This conclave of mischiei-makets who have
hitherto succeeded, under a false flag, in concealing
their real intentions from the people of tbe south,
after a session of five days, in Vicksburg, adjourn
ed Friday last. Direct Trade, the Pacific Railroad,
and perhaps other matters, were incidentally touch
ed upon and made the subjects of resolution, but
the great object of the meeting evidently was to
re open the African slave trade. Four out of tbe
five days were occupied in tbe dtocussion of a reso
lution to print the speech of Mr. Spratt, of South
Caroline, m favor of the trade—a subject of vast
concern, indeed, to engage the attention of some
eighty southern gentlemen! During the discussion,
though, tbe whole wild African business was fully
gone into, and as a specimen of the patriotism and
loyalty of the Convention, we are told that a Dum
ber of its member, boldly advocated resistance by
fo;ce to the laws of the country. These Hotspurs
were brought to from their crazy fits by Ex-Senator
Foote, whe openly denounced them as traitors to
the country, and expressed the opinion that the
slave-traders and then advocates should be visited
with condign punishment.
He seems however, to have been in a minority;
for notwithstanding his withering invective and
eloquent appeal*, the resolution to print Mr. Sprati’e
speech was adopted by a considerable majority,
together with another denouncing the prohibitory
laws and demanding their repeal. The proceedings
generally show a settled intention on tbe part of
le agitators to declare war against tbe laws of the
land, and oppose their execution with violent
hands. It is absurd to suppose that Congress will
repeal the slave-trade prohibition—and ws hope it
never will—and the only rational conclusion os to
the objects of the Convention is set forth by Mr.
Foote, viz: a treasonable rebellion against their
government.
Tbe votes in the Convention were taken by Statu
—a very shrewd mode of coucealiiDg the impo
tence ot the body, as the vote ot a State for auy
specific measure has a far more formidable aspect
that ten votes of Tom, Dick, and Harry, who rep
resent nobody and nine tenths of whom are un
known to their assumed constituents. We per
ceive, from the minutes, that the State of Georgia
was made te appear in the person, of two indivi
duals by tbe names of Jones and Morton. The
first-named we take to be a venerable old Dia
unionist wbo resides somewhere in the Cherokee re
gion, and has long been considered crazy on all
mattere political*. Our readers will recollect the
intuiting letter written by him to Mr Campbell, of
Ohio, a year or two ago, and no doubt more parti
cularly the reply of the latter, which took Mr. Jones
close off at the knees, to the infinite amusement of
the public generally. Mr. Jones, probably, repre
eents as few of the people of Georgia, as any othtr
man within its limits.
Os the other Georgia member, Mr. Wm. S. Mor
ton, we must plead entire ignorance. There is no
man by that name, to our knowledge, who occupies
a public position in the State. Whoever he may be,
we would be pleased to.have him unite with bis
colleague, Mr. Jones, and tell the world by what
authority they went to Vicksburg as the represen
tatives of the people of Georgia, and when there,
in their behalf cast ten votes in favor of a revival
of the African slave trade. We repudiate them as
oar agents, and as the State, herself, has long re
fused to have aDy connection with the treasonable
conclave of which they were members, they are
not to be regarded as having authority from her.
The next session of the Convention, we perceive,
is to be held at Atlanta, in this State, on the second
Monday in November, 1860—one week after the
next presidential election, we presume to adopt the
mode and measure of redress for the prospective
defeat of the Democratic party. After the clear and
unmistakable manifestations of her disapproval of
those conventions so often given by Georgia, we
consider this appointment as nothing short of a
positive insult to the State, to he resented by every
citizen who feels an interest in her dignity and good
name. In view of tbe treasonable objects devel
oped at their late meeting, we hope the next Legis
lature will take the matter in hand, and positively
forbid the assembling of such a body within our
borders. The State of Georgia has distinctly repu
diated the Convention and its objects, while her
own constitntion and laws place upon them the seal
of condemnation. This is no soil for the feet of Dis
unionists or traitors, and if Deßow, Stuikrath A. Cos.
will continue to plot treason and make war upon
the harmony of the Union, let them do it at home,
and not obtrude themselves upon States wbo have
no sympathy for their schemes of mischief and folly.
—Savannah Republican.
‘Without knowing positively, we think the Repub
/icon Is mistaken, that the member of the “Jones
family ” referred to is from Columbus Ga.
Ed. Chron. & Sent.
Opposition Meeting in Monroe.
The Americans of Monroe county met in conven
tion, at Forsyth, some days ago, Jno. L. Woodward
presiding, and selected A. D. Hammond, Col. Jno.
T. Crowder, A. H. Watts, Jno. L. Woodward, and
J.R. Banks, as delegates to the Congressional Con
vention of the Third District.
The meeting also adopted the following resolu
tions :
Resolved. Ist. That the American party of Mon
roe stilt adhere to the principles as enunciated in
the platform of 1857. and invite al ! who feel an in
terest in their maintenance, and those who are op
posed to the extravagance of the present adinmis
tration, and are against uniting the sword, purse
and war-making power in the hands of the Presi
dent, to co operate with us in the approaching elec
tions.
Resolved, 2d. That the interests of the South re
quire that we Bhould no longer trust our destinies
to the faithless policy of the Administration. It has
left the Treasury bankrupt—attempted to revive
a ruinous Tariff system—and projected a Pacific
Railroad scheme, requiring a large expenditure of
public money, which will tend to add strength and
power to the North, and to the disadvantage and
inquality of the South in the Union, and which, if
accomplished, will become a source of corruption
in coming administrations unexampled in the his
tory of the country.
Resolved, 3d. Thatthe“44NorthemDemocrats,’’
with Mr. Douglas as their leader, have proved
faithless to the pledges of Southern Democrats, as
we prophesied and expected—that, having with
drawn their forces, they have left the Democratic
party disorganized, with no principles in common
—and in many parts of the Union the remnants of
that organization have become mere factions with
no name nor object save the spoils ot office.
Resolved, ith. That the American party having
repeatedly declared against “popular sovereignty, ’
and in favor of non intervention in the territories,
need no Northern interpreters of their creed—and
are determined to maintaiu those principles with
out compromise with any section, for political suc
cess or power.
Resolved, 5 h. That we are pained to announce
the determination of our immediate Representa
tive, Hon. R. P. Trippe, to decline a re nomination
to Congress. Should he consent to answer the unani
mous wish of his party—he is our first choice for the
succession. His eminently patriotic course, his
incorruptible integrity—his ability aud devotion to
the best interests of tbe South and the country, de
maud the gratitude of his constituents, ana this
expression of our sorrow upon his retirement.
Resolved, 6th. That we accept the suggestion of
of our friends of Crawford county, that a conven
tion of the American party be held in Forsyth, on
the Ist Wednesday in July next, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for the 3d Congressional
District of Georgia.
An Incident of Revolutionary History. —A
correspondent of the Southern Christian Advocate
relates the following interesting incident in South
Carolina revolutionary history. Tbe heroine, Mrs.
Trammell, died several years since in Alabama, in
the 94th year of her age :
Mrs. Trammell was old enough to have been
familiar with many of the bloody events which oc
curred near the close of the Revolutionary Wav,
in the immediate neighborhood of her home, which
as near King’s Mountain, in South Carolina. Her
husband, Thomas Trammel, had unhesitatingly
identified his fortunes with thoße of the “ Liberty
Party,” aa they were familiarly called, and being
a good shot and of unflinching courage, he was a
terror to all the friends of the King, as far as his
name wae known.
At the time of which we write that section of
country was overrun by a band of torriea encamp
ed in large numbers at King's Mountain under
Gen. Ferguson. There was in this command a
noted tory by the name ot John Towns, who had
long been the neighbor and professed friend of
Trammell. At this time Towns was a sergeant, aud
was constantly upon the scout for the purpose of
capturing men, horses, etc. Young Trammell
cojld not feel much affraid somehow of Towns.—
He thought, “surely he will not injure me,” but in
this he was mistaken, as he afterwards had occasion
painfully to learn. He had been for sometime
hiding and keeping out of the way, as best he could,
until one night he ventured to sleep in his own
house. Just before day he was aroused by the
heavy tramp of horses, and ou arising he found the
house quite surrounded by a troop, which proved
to be Sergeant Towns and his band. Trammell
was at once seized and bound, and carried out into
the yard for execution. Towns produced his au
thority, executed in due form, and flourishing it
over Trammell’s head, pompously offered, to free
him if be would take the oath of allegiance to the
King and take up arms against his countrymen.—
This proposition Trammell met with merited scorn,
and said in reply : “you can carry me bound to the
King’s army, but you can never make me fight
against my countrymen.”
After some consultation, they concluded to try to
get hold of some of Trammell's horses, knowing
that he owned some very fine ones which were hid
out, and they knew not how to find them without
using him as a guide.
So very anxious were they to get them that they
proposed to relieve Trammell upon condition that
he would go and drive them up. He went and
found them, but rode and drove them another way.
After waiting until all hopes of his return had
vanished, eating, a- inking and pillaging everything
they could turn to account, and feeling no little
chagrin at their disappointment, Sergeant Towns
called on Mrs. Trammell for some clothing for his
men, or goods out of which to make some. She re
plied, “ sir, you have already stripped me of all. I
have nothing more for you. except your nephew
there,” pointing to his sister’s son, an orphan boy,
whom tney in charity had taken some time before
to keep from suffering , “he has a few clothes,
which I have made for him; you can take them if
oouwlll.” But they did not suit.
Abont this time, his eye rested upon a strong
box, whioh sat near tbe tire-place, and be said,
“what have you in that box ?” She replied indig
nantly, “sir, it is none of your business.” “Well,’’
said he, “it is my business, and I’ll see what it
contains.” “No, sir,’ said she. “you will not look
into that box,’ and arizing a heavy iron poker she
placed herself between Towns and the box, and
planted herself firmly, resolved te defend her little
treasure. The box* contained a few quilts and
counterpanes, the work of her own hands. Towns
advanced and drew his sword to intimidate her,
but she maintained her position, without moving a
muscle. He presented his sword aud sneeringly
said, “Now, would you hit a fellow ?” She said,
“Do you advance a step further, and you will see.”
He looked her in the eye and saw plainly what her
determination was, and retired and left her in pos
session ot her little treasure.
Paying the Fiddler for Mr. Buchanan. —A
correspondent, says the Washington States, demo
cratic, asks us for information regarding the cost
of the Marine band. We have enquired into the
matter, and the following are the facts of the case :
The regular pay of the Marine band, independent
of the cost ot their subsistence, quarters, clothing,
etc., is about $6,000 a year. But the act of August
18, 1856, gives them $1,200 a year extra for per
forming at the President’s House and the Capitol;
that act which allows $4 Der month extra to the
band “as ions as they shall perforin at the public
grounds,” is eo liberally construed as to pay them
SIOO per month for every month in the year, wheth
er they so perform or cot. The Government is also
taxed for the line of omnibusses to carry them to
and from the public grounds, as well as for the pur
chase of instruments, etc. This band renders almost
no service to the Government, and are maintained
and supported at the public expense, whiie nearly
all their time is devoted to military and other pa
rades. balls, etc., for which they are extravagantly
paid.
An UNEiri-CTEP Finish. —Speaking of the ten
dency ot temperance orators to eet forward them
*elve* as previous example* of the blighting effects
of drink. the London correspondent of the Liver
pool Advertiser says: “This predilection was
smartly satirized the other evening at a temperance
meeting A person in the ball got up and said :
“My triends, three months ago 1 signed the
pledge (Clapping of bands and approving cheers.)
In a month afterwards, my friends, I had a sove
reign in my pocket—a thing I never had befoi e.
(Clapping and loud cheering ) In another month,
my friends, I had a good coat on my back —a thing
I have never had before. (Cheers and dapping
much louder ) A fortnight at ther that, my friends.
I bought a coffin.’ The audience was going to
cheer here, but Btopped and looked serious. “You
wonder, continued the lecturer, “why I bought a
coffin.” Well, my friends, I bought a coffin be
cause 1 felt pretty certain that if I kept the pledge
another fortnight, 1 should want one.
Dr. Jas. B. Davis, of Fairfield District, So. Ca.,
a gentleman prominent in that State for his enter
prise in stock raising and agriculture, and who was
employed some years ago by the Sultan of Turkey
*„ introduce the cotton culture in his dominions,
■•-rhinl.
died on u...
.t thapifii of! Gunfibridert
Unless the public pinto are most egregious bats,
which some of the uninitiated are ill natured enough
to say they are without the benefit of an “unless,’
a vat_ number of people on the other side of the
Atlantic are at this moment engaged in the inter
esting occupation of “burning gunpowder.” That
precious material, seems in a fair way to euppknt
those other engines of civilization, the sabre and
bayonet, as it long since supplanted the bow and
quiver. It is not altogether malaprops, therefore,
to enter into an enquiry with regard to its origin,
and to correct certain erroneous opinions with re
spect to it
It has been usual to ascribe the invention of gun
powder to a German name Schwartz, and to fix the
date of the invention about the year 1320. English
writers, indeed, assert that it was made before by
their conntrymen Roger Bacon, better known as
Friar Bacon, from the fact that he was a monk, and
tney prove this by quoting words used in one of
his essays about fifty yeats before the date of
Schwartz's alleged discovery—that is, in 1270. A
careful examination of what Bacon actually eays,
will show that neither he or Schwartz wes the in
ventor, aud that, so far as he wae concerned, he
did not claim to be- He expressly tells us that it
is an amusement in which children in many parts of
the world indulge, to make up a roll about as large
ss a man’s thumb, fill it with the salt called salt
petre, and set it rn fire: and that the combustion
produces a sound louder than thunder, and a light
brighter than lightning. It was evidently therefore
well and widely known before his time, and neither
he dot Schwartz could claim the honor of the dis
covery. Dutens asserts that Bacon got his idea
from the MS. works of Magnus Gallos, which exist
ed in his day, and to which he probably bad access;
but it is not at all oecessary to make use of snch an
hypothesis, in order to prove that Bacon did not
make the dicovery. since he speaks of it as well
known. The title of the work of Gallus, proves,
indeed, that in his day, (a century before Bacon,)
the miiitaiy uses of gunpowder were understood,
for besides giving directions bow to make a rocket,
he goes eo far as to say that willow is the beet ma
terial for the charcoal to be employed in the manu
facture ; a fact well known to modern chemists
The book in question purports to be “a treatise on
that description of fire which has virtue and efficacy
for buraing up enemies and fleets ” It is in other
words a treatise of military pyrotechny.
It is evident, then, that neither Gaul, Britain, nor
Germany, neither G&Hus, Bacon, nor Schwartz, can
lay any claim to the honor of this most humane in
vention. The question is, who can ? Ascending
the etreetn of antiquity, the enquiry becomes more
perplexed at every step taken in advance. It is
said, upon what authority we know not, that gun
powder was in use, for military purposes, among
the Chinese, long anterior to the Christian era, and
it is very certain that they employed it in rockets
and tire-works, many ages before it began to be
used in Europe, for any purpose whatever. The
earliest recognized date is 355 before Christ; but
the circumsracces under which it was then em
ployed, prove that it must have been known long
before, for it was then used for warlike purposes.
Indeed, in the code ot Hindoo laws, its discovery is
referred to a period, which in tbe opinion of the
best oriental scholars and antiquaries, corresponds
with the Age of Moses. In the life of Apollonius of
Tyana, by Philostratus, we are told that Alexander
the Great was deterred from attacking the Oiydry
cal, a DHtion whose country lay between the Hy
phasis and Ganges, by a report that they were
defended by their gods, wbo overwhelmed their
enemies with thunder and lightning shot from the
wails of their towns. It there be any truth in this
story, it seems possible that these nations, between
wbem and the Chinese it is probable that an inter
course was kept tip by means of the caravans,
which from the remotest antiquity seems to have
conveyed the merchandize of the East from one
country to another, had derived from the Chinese a
knowledge of tbe virtues of gunpowder, aud had
used it with such good effect as to inspire the neigh
boring tribes with a wholesome awe.
The next remarkable occurrence ot antiquity, in
which the agency of gunpowder may be suspecied,
is the destruction of the Roman fleet before Syra
cuse, by Archimides, B. C. 212. Vitruvius, an
engineer ot great celebrity, who had wrote uuder
Juliui Caspar, and who served Augustus, tells us
that this was effected by means of engines, which
hurled liugh .-tones to a vast distance, with a noise
resembling, and louder than thunder. Now it is
certain that no mechanical engine of that day an
swered to this description, which is pefectly appii
cable to cannon of a large calibre.
Authors who reject the claims of Schwartz and
Bacon, seem agreed that a knowledge of gun
powder was first brought to Europe from the East
by the Arabs. Uffano, au Radian author of the
14th century, says it was known to the Chinese at
least aa early as 85, alter Christ, and doubtless, if
the Arabs knew any thing about it, they imported
the knowledge from China. The Tartans, in their
invasion of China, (900 after Christ,) are said to
have used it. If they did, they doubtless got their
knowledge ol it from the Chinese, for they were not
themselves sufficiently advanced in the arts of life
to have any chemists among them. The first writer
who says any thing definite about it is Escorial, an
Arab, who wrote about 1249, twen’y years before
Bacon, and who seems to have been acquainted
not only with ordinary gunpowder, but with the
detonating material also.
Artillery is said to have been used at the battle
of Creasy, (1346) This lias been denied, upon what
ground we do not understand, since the probabili
ties seem to be in its tavor. Froissart, we Ihink,
said nothing abont it, but he was not in the battle,
and only got his information at second band. But
to say nothing of the Chinese, Casiri speaks of it
as having been in use in 1312; and Barber des
cribes itaa having been employed by Edward 111,
in his Scolish Campaign (1327) Father Daniel says,
artillery was used by the F’reuch in 1338, and the
Venetians were certainly acquainted with it much
earlier.
Byron came to the conclusion, after examining
the question thoroughly, that the author ot the Let
ters of Junius was “nobody at alt.” That is exact
ly the conclusion we have arrived at, with regard to
the inventor of gunpowder.
Revolution in Tuscany—Exciting Scones nud
Incidents at Florence.
A correspondent of the New York Express, wri
ting from Florence on the 27th ult., gives some in
teresting incidents of the late bloodless revolution
there, which led to the flight of the Grana Duke of
Tuscany. We make a few extracts:
Early this morning our Padrona rushed into our
rooms, exclaiming, “The people have declared in
dependence, and are marching to the Pitti Palace,
to force the Grand Duke to abdicate, and they have
hoisted the Republican flag, crying ‘Viva la Liber
ta, Viva Italia.’ ” True enough was this news, as
our ears informed us before our eyes confirmed it.
The people, in number several thousand, assembled
in the Piazza Maria Antonio, (so named after the
Grand Duchess,) with music and tri-colored flags,
from whence they marched in the moat orderly
manner to the Palazzo Vecchio, tbe government
palace, on which at noon, precisely, was raised a
large and magnificent banner of red, green and
white, with the Florentine Arms emblazoned in the
centre. The military, the guard of the day, then
saluted it.
The Grand Duke and his family fled at once to
the Beividere Eortezzo, in the Boboli Gardens, ad
joining the Pitti Palace. He ordered his guard to
point the cannons upon Ibe city and fire. He was
refused. The Archbishop hastening to his Highness,
and on his knees, ’tis said, implored him to abdi
cate. The old Duke obstinately refused. He was
prepared, however, for what was coming, and had
made up his mind, it seems, what course to take.—
He had had warning, truly, as some 501) men assem
bled before dusk last evening, at the Pitti Palace,
and cried “Viva l’ltalia,” whereupon the Duke
commanded his soldiers to shoot them down. Not
a musket was raised in obedience. The Arch-Duke
and the Grand Duchess were moßt anxious for his
yielding to the demands of the people; but they
had to pack up aud be off this evening, by the walls
of the garden, stealing away, instead of remaining
at home, ruling in part. ‘Tis said the old Duke
sweats he will return at the head of the Austrian
troops, and resume his throne, ere many days aro
passed.
The excitement throughout the day has been of
the most joyous kind outside of the palace walls.
The streeis, thronged with men, women and chil
dren, in holiday attire, every creature decorated
wilh tri colored rosettes, aud leaves of the Bay (em
blematic of Hope) in their hats and hands, were
nearly impassable by voitures, yet Ibe best people
here, Italians, English, Americans, <fcc , were seen
driving around, the horses and servants decorated
with ribbons and flowers of the republican colors,
aud the occupants even of the hired equipages,
dressed in bounets composed of these colors—with
parasols adorned with them, and carrying boquets
of white and red camelias, and fillies of the valley.
Every shop girl wore a cluster of red and white
flowers, and a rosette in her bosom. Every man’s
cap had a plume of mingled red and green, or a ro
sette ou the side. Nearly every house had a flag
waving from some window—many doors were
draped with red and green curtains.
The windows of the modistes were filled only
with bonnets composed of the hues—and ribbons,
woven of the three stripes, were to be purchased
in the street, on every side, ready to make up into
badges and banners. Everything told of several
weeks secret preparation for this day. No tongue
wasstill—“Viva l’ltalia,” was heard every in
stant,—and men rushing into each other’s arms,
kissing and embracing on all sides. The old wo
men would cross themselves as if in prayer on meet
ing acquaintances. Everybody shook hands with
everybody, when no kissing was going ou. In short,
the atmosphere seemed fall of exhilir&Ling gas, and
people acted as I have seen patients under the in
fluence ©f chloriform, when it would not stupify.
Never was a complete revolution eo peacefully
terminated. No city election in any of our cities
could have gone off better. Does this not prove
the Tuscans capable of self-government.
As Bad as Seward. —When Senator Seward, a
few months ago, made the declaration at Buffalo,
N. Y., that there was an “eternal and irrepressible
conflict between freedom and slavery,’ and that
the one system or the other must be overthrown in
this couutry, there was a very general and very
just reprobation of this sentiment throughout the
South. Democratic journals united cordially with
those of the Opposition in denouncing it aud its
author. Since that time a large and influential
branch of the Democracy of Pennsylvania—styling
themselves “the States’ Rights Democracy “ —have
taken precieely the same position, but we have
heard no Democratic thunder against this mani
festation. Our patriotic Southern Democracy—so
ready to anathematise Seward for his hostility to
our section—have probably been stricken dumb
with astonishment at this Pennsylvania Democratic
declaration of implacable hostility to the South aud
its institutions ; at all events, they have not “a word
to say on eit let side” (as the Irishman remarked in
congratulating Mr. Buchanan on his hoped-for
“neutrality” of the Atlantic cable), although the
Pennsylvania movement is a much more formida
ble and startling one than a repetition by |Seward
of his life-long abolitionism.
To show how closely the Pennsylvania declara
tion es war against slavery parallel.-* that of Seward
we copy below a remark made by Hon John Hick
man at the convention of “the States’ Rights De
mocracy.” Our readers will recognize Hickman as
a prominent supporter of Mr. Buchanan in 1858; he
is now a Douglas Democrat. Mr. Hickman said :
—Columbus En/jr.
“Let this truth be made prominent—that there is
an eternal antagonism between freedom and slave
ry. The Constitution of the human mind and the
human heart makes it inevitable, and the one or
the other must eventually gain the ascendancy.”
A New Association— Not satisfied with the
Southern Convention as a means of mischief, or
apprehensive, perhaps, that that peculiar “institu
tion ‘ has drawn its last gasp, the agitators have
fallen upon anew plan for keeping themselves be
fore the public and the country in hot water. It is
called the “African Labor Supply Association,”
and wa.- formed at Vicksburg after the adjourn
ment of the late Convention. J. D_. B. Deßow was
elected President, R. T. Archer, N. Ross and I. N.
Davis Vice-Presidents, and Gen.W. H. McCardle
Secretary. The next meeting of the Association is
to beheld in Mobile on the third Monday of next
February. L. W. Spratt was selected to deliver
the annual oration, and Wm. L. Yancy and H. M.
Bennett alternates.
The object of the Association is said to be “the
legal promotion of the Slave Trade”—in other
words ‘he doing lawfnlly of that which is contrary
to law 1 An association to do murder legally, or to
counterfeit according to law, would be quite as
reasonable, tor the laws against these crimes and
that of the slave trade will be repealed about the
same time. The real object of the Association can
be nothing else than turmoil and strife among the
people of the South, and eventually a disruption of
the Union. It is to be hoped all good men will eet
their faces sternly against it — Sark. Rep.
The Lost Darlin. —This forenoon a man in
search of • lost child, was bailed by a ponderous
Hibernian, who thrust his half naked frame through
the window of a dilapidated three story wooden
building: Is in a ahiid you want?” “Yes.”—
“About three years owld “’ “Y'es.” “He has fair
hair, blue eye*, red etockins an’ smoke colored
gaithers TANARUS” “Yes I” “Had he a plain dhresa and
white elhraw hat on im V’ “Yes! yes! Is he up
there with you!” “Ah, no, sir, but I saw hie
mother a while ago lookin’ for the darlin’ I “—PiUt
hvrg Chronicle.
Deserters Captured— Seven seamen who de
serted from the Prussian war frigate Geffon at Nor
folk, Va.. a few days since, were captured near
Suffolk. Friday, and carried back. They showed
some resistance but were overpowered. The pun
ishment in Prussia for desertion is quite severe, be
ing close confinement at hard labor for fire or
seven year*
WEEKLY
<%oitid£ & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1839.
Tennessee Lands for Sale.
Some valuable lands near Kuoxvil e, Tennessee,
are advertised for public sale on tbe 9th aDd 16th
of July next. For further particulars see adver
tisement.
The Law Card, of John Whit Thomas, of
Cuthbert, Ga , will attract the attention of those
having business in the counties of Randolph, Stew
art, Quitman, Clay, Early, Terrell and Calhoun.—
Hie references are of the most respectable char
acter.
Flour from New Wheat.
Carmichael A. Cos., on the 17th, dispatched a
small shipment of Flour, ground at their mills, from
new Wheat, grown in this neighborhood, which was
forwarded in last Wednesday’s steamer from
Charleston to New York. This is the third sue
cessive year that Carmichael &. Cos, have suc
ceeded in getting tbe fiist new Fiour to New York.
Death of Dr. Girardey.
Dr. Edward Girardey, who was, it will be re-
wounded by the accidental discharge of
a pistol in the hands of his wife on Wednesday,
11th inet., died of his injuries at a late hour on
\\ ednesday night last, 18th inst. An inquest was
held by Corner Baker, the Jury returning a ver
dict that the cause of his death was purely acci
dental.
Richmond County Superior Court adjourned
Saturday, after a session of five weeks. The ap
peal for anew trial in the case of the State vs
Thus. Jones, couvicted of mutder, was not settled,
the Judge concluding to hold the case in considera
tion until the re assembling of the Court, which
takes place a-me time in July tor the completion of
unfinished business.
“Soiiihern Fit Id and Fireside.”
The initial number ol this new enterprise in
Southern literature, for the appearance of which
the public have been ktoking with an unusual de
gree of interest, was issued on .he 21st; Saturday
being selected as the i egular day of publication. It
is of the same size and form as the New York
Ledger, and in its mechanical arrangement and
typographical execution presents an exceedingly
neat and tasteful appearance. The contents, as our
readers aro probably aware, are divided into two
departments, literary and agricultural. The litera
ry department, under the editorial management of
W. W. Mann, of this city, opens with the first
ohapter of a graphic, life-like sketch, (which, sajs
aulbor, id nut all fiction,) entitled “ Master Wil
liam Mitten ; or, A Youth of Brilliant Talents who
was Ruined by Bad Luck,” wiitten by Judge Lo.vg
stkeet, now of Columbia, S. C , the well-known au
thor ot “ Georgia Scenes,” &c. The Field and
Fireside has gained a strong point iu securing the
tavor aud assistance of Judge L ’a brilliant pen,
and we congratulate its readers upon the pleasure
in store tor them. The literary department aleo
embraces the opening chapters of “Jack Hopetou
and his Friends ; or, The Autobiography of a Utor
gian,” by W. W. Turner; “Toil and Victory,”
by Mias Annie Blount, well knowu over the nom
deplume of “Jennie Woodbine “Grace Ather
ton ; or, The Child of the Wreck,” by “ Maud
Moreten,” whose pen flows with an ease and grace
fulness, indicating practice ana talent. We notice
also a ballad written by W. Gi Elmore Simms, aud
other poetical contributions of merit.
The following sentiment, expressed by the editor
in reply to a poetical contributor, is worthy the
highest commendation, and we trust he will adhere
to it rigidly :
“We will not, from fear, favor, or affection, ad
mit ofl-haud trash or labored stupidity, into the po
etical department of tbe Field and Fireside.
Rather than so, we’ll publish “ selected” poetry
all the year round. We will Dot, of course, require
the highest order of excellence ; but there musi be
positive merit, or, if the writer be very young, good
promise. We mean that admission into our col
umns shall be, and shall be deemed, an honor
The Agricultural department, under the manage,
meat of Dr. Daniel Lf.e, of Athens, displays suffi
cient judgment and variety to render it interesting
and instructive, as docs also the Horticultural de
partment, under the charge of Wm. N. White, of
Athene.
In ocnclusion, we extend to the Field and Fire
side our best wishes for its success, aud trust it may
become a permanent “ Southern institution.”
The Chens Match.
The telegraphic Cheß3 Match between the Augus
ta and Charleston Chess Clubs was re commenced
on Thursday evening sth inst, according to agree
ment, and the iouFth game was concluded on Mon
day evening last, Charleston resigning. We give
below the moves in the game, which will be found
quite an interesting one :
Black—Charleston. | White—Augusta.
1— to K 4 Pto K 4
2 K Kt to B 3 I P to Q 3
3Q4IP to K B 4
4 P takes K P KBP taken K P
5 K Kt to Kt 5 I P to Q 4
6 P to K 6 | K Kt to R 3
7 Q to K R 5 check | P to K Kt 3
8— Q to K R 3 I Q to K B 3
9 Q Kt to B 3 I P to Q B 3
10— B to Q Kt 5 I B to Q Kt 5
11— Castles I B takes Kt
12— Q takes Kt I II to K 4
13— KBto K 2 |Q B takep P
14— P to Q B 3 I <4 to K 2
15 — Kt takes B | Q taken Kt
ifi—Q BtoK Kt 5 |Ktto Q 2
17— P to K B 3 BtoKB 3
18— P takes P K castles Q R
19— B takes B Kt takes B /
20— P to K R 3 P takes P
21— QtoKKt7 K t to Q 2
22 BtoK Kt 4 Qto K Kt square
23 (J toQ 4 P to K K 4
24 B to y square y to y 4
25 y takes yR P y 10 yB 4 check
26 y takes Q Kt takes y
27 R to K square K R to K square.
28— P to y Kt 4 Kt to Q 6
29 K R to K 3 Kt to K B 5
30— B to y B 2 Kt takes K Kt P
31— K R takes P R takes R
32 — B taks R. Kt to KB 5
33 K to R 2 PtoK R 5
34 R to K Kt square R to Q 7 check
35 K to R square Kt takes K R P
36 R to K square Kt to K i* 7 check
37 K to Kt square | P to K R 6
At this point Charleston resigned, and the next
game was commenced forthwith, Augusta making
the first move. Eae,h party have now scored one,
and the next decisive game will conclude the
match :
White— Augusta. Black—Charleston.
1— P to K 4 P to K 4
2 P to K B 4 P to y 4
:i—K P takes yP P to K 5
4 B to Q Kt 5 cneck P to y B 3
5 P takes P P takes P
6 B to y B 4 K Kt to B 3
7 P to y 4 | B to y 3
The playing will be continued Wednesday eve.
Dwelling House Burned.
About 2J o’clock last Monday night, a fire broke
out in the dwelling house ownea and occupied by
Mr. Laugh lin Burnes, on the south side of Broad
street, above the Upper Market, and the house
with all its contents, the kitchen, and a email stable
in the rear, were entirely consumed. Mr. Burnes
and his family barely escaped in their night clothes,
the flames having made great headway before be
ing discovered. The family lost all their wearing
apparel—Mr. B. some money, his wife $l6O in cash
and a gold watch, and they were unable to save
any of the funiture. The front part of the building
was used as a grocery store. There was a small stock
of goods in it valued at about SSOO, which shared
the fate of the rest of the property. The house was
woith SI2OO, and was insured for S6OO. The great
distance of even the nearest engine to the spot,
made it impossible for the firemen to be there in
time to save the edifice. The fire had done its
workt before auy of them arrived—and the nearest
cistern was some 400 rods distant.
Another Fire. —Wednesday night between 11
and twelve o clock, a bright fight was observed in
the upper part of the city, and an alarm of tire was
given. It was found to proceed from a small wood
en building cn Jones street, a few rods below the
Upper Market. The frhop, which was used aa a
store-room, and contained abont 3,000 feet of lum
ber, a quantity of blacksmiih’s tools, &c., was
consumed, with nearly all its contents, only a few
articles of little value having been saved. Tbe
building was owned by Mrs. Harriet Calvin,
and, with the lumber, &.c., which belonged to other
parties, wa.-* estimated to be worth S6OO. No in
surance. The fire was evidently the work of an
incendiary.
A Fire Prevented. —About 11 o’clock Tuesday
night, the Carriage shop ot J. Hulbert, on Mcln
tosh street, between Ellis and Greene, came near
being destroyed by fire. Some of the men employ
ed in oar office first discovered the fire, and were
on hand in time to check its farther progress. It
was evidently the work of an incendiary, as shavings
had been placed under the building, and the floines
had made such a headway as to burn through the
floor, filling the room w ith smoke. Had it not been
for this timely discovery, tbe shop must have been
consumed.
Liability of Railroads.— The Supreme Court
of Georgia, recently decided : “It cattle are killed
by a Railroad car, the presumption, in tho absence of
proof, is that the killing was the result of the negli
gence or carelessness or improper conduct of the
Railroad, its agents or officers.”
To our mind the presumption would be much
more legitimate and reasonable, that the cattle
were out of place ; aDd hence the Statutes of the State
should punish the owners to the extent of making
them pay the damage the Railroad Company sus
tains. There is certainly neither justice or equity
in making a Railroad pay for stock killed by the
trains, when the company is m pursuit of its regu
lar business on its own land, and veiy often is dam
aged ten or a hundred times the value of the stock
killed. It is true the Legislature of the State
should enact a much more enlightened, equitable
and just law, than that which ia declared by the Su
preme Court, to be the law of the State.
“ The Democracy will be about as mnch hurt by
the little kick up in Case and Fulton counties as a
steam engine would be by a Shanghai rooster in its
pathway. ’
Th is is the opinion of the Federal Union, as to
the probable damages to be anticipated by the
Brown democracy from the malcontents of Fulton
and Cass counties, in the eveDt of the re-nomina
tion of Gov. Brown, which that journal now con
siders a fixed fact. The Union may be ooraect as
to the effect in those two counties, but are there not
many in other counties who indulge a State pride su
perior to party, who may desire to see the Executive
chair occupied by a man whose intellect better fits
him for the position ? We “ merely ask for infor
mation.”
Sailed for Europe. —The steamer Niagara
sailed from Boston Wednesday for Europe, with
about $500,000 in gold bars. Among her passen
gers are Hon. Rut us Choate and sen, Mrs. Fanny
Kemble and daughter, and Joseph Proctor, the
tragedian.
N .*noi*Uet fcitb bfiUfiius*
u *he Dongl&a Democracy hsvf* broadband UQ
equivocally denied the preservation of law and
order in the territorieo where the rights of the
southern man and slaveholder are concerned. * *
These are the friends with whom we are asked
to confederate, and on whom we are to depend, for
the advancement of principles and the preservation
of our rights and institutions derivable therefrom.
The South can acknowledge no each friendship
She can consent to no snch alliance. She will re
fuse to ignore the assertion of her rights, and mast
require fidelity and soundness of all who want her
friendship.”
Thus speaks the Charleston Mercury , an ac
knowledged and leading orgau of the Democracy
The Mercury has long exhibited the wonderful
faculty of always condemning the Democracy and
their acts before an election, but some how or other,
invariably manage%to support the candidates of
the party. It labored zealously to elevate General
Cass to the Presidency, the father of sqnatter
sovereignty—and Pierce, who favored the Kansas
swindle, because it would advance the cause of
h reeeoil. It has been equtlly zealous tu sustaining
Douglas and all that class* 1 politicians, and all the
Democratic platforms ever* ouetrueted, which were
invariably so formed as to l*e construed one wav at
the North, East and North-west, and a different
and directly oppeeite way at the South ; when it
well knew that the final construction was to be
determined by Congress, wi eu the South was in a
hopeless minority. With euch antecedents, the
Mercury has little cause to complain, we think,
and we should not be surprised to see it wielding its
power and influence to elevate to power and place
the very men and party who have deceived and
betrayed the South heretofore—the men with whom
it now declares its determination to form no alli
ance—the men who it pronounces unsound and
unsate repositories of power. We sincerely hope
we may do our contemporary injustice, for we
should be pleased to see him wielding hi-powerful
influence against a party he pronounces so corrupt,
and bo entirely unworthy of the confidence of any
portion of the country, but his antecedents do not
aathori e the cherishing of uny such fond hope.
Time, however, will develops.
The Fire at Oshkosh, Wisconsin —The Mil
waukie News has the following explanation of the
recent great fire at Oshkosh . Wis., by which $500,.
000 in property was destroyed:
“It will be remembered that last February we
published an account of the burning of two houses
of prostitution, in Oshkosh, by the indignant citi
zens, and the conveying of the inmatee, twelve
girls and a man, to jail The houses were burnt to
the ground, and the olothing, trunks and jewelry
belonging to the inmates were a'so destroyed. As
before stated by us. the girls were liberated after
trial. The next move was a convention of this class
of “artists.” At this convention, it is said, a solemn
oath was made to bum the cily, from end to end,
before the summer was over, in revenge for the
buning of the two houses aforementioned.
The city is now in ashes, evidently fired by an
incendiary, bnt who the incendiary is, we cannot
yet tell. There is not a store or business house left.
One hotel remains out of five. Four printing offi
ces, all the plaoe had, are in ruins, and the total
loss cannot fall short ot $5(10,000. For some weeks
the city, learning the threat, kept a vigilant night
watch, but as the spring advanced, and the wooden
buildiugß became as dry as powder, the watch was
discharged on account of the expense. The build
ings were close together and built of wood. This
made insurance so high, ranging from 4J to 8 per
cent, that but very few were insured, and the loss
is mostly local.”
This ss quel of mob-law should teach the oitizens
of Oshkosh, and all other cities, their duties toward
this uufortuuate class of beings. They should be
every where protected by law against the turbulent
and lawless, aud compelled to keep orderly houses.
They have rights as well as other people, and are
certainly entitled to be protected frommob-violeDCe,
the actors in which are frequently more degraded
and vicious than their unprotected victims. Other
haunts of vice, infinitely more prejudicial to the
good order and well-being of society, thau these
frail and these fallen creatures, are tolerated and
countenanced in every city, and thoee who fre
quent and keep them, not only go unwhipt, but are
not unfrequently the leaders and abettors in the ciu
sadt-8 against fallen and abandoned women.
Discontinuance ok the Overland Mail Ser
vice. —The failure of Congress, at its late session,
to make the usual appropriations for the Post Ofiice
Department, has induced the Post Master General
to scrutinize the service, with a view to disconti
nue all that may be dispensed with without material
injury to the pubiio convenience. The territorial
routes between Neoeha, Mo , and Albuquerque, N.
M., and between Kansas, Mo., and Stockton, Cal.,
which were let to contract last year, have aecor
dingly been discontinued-the discontinuance to take
effect from the Ist day of July next. For some
time past (as it appears from the reporls on file in
the Department) the aervice upon both of these
routes has been almost entirely interrupted.
There is no evidence that the mails due, on the
first route, at Neosha in December and January
last, and at Albuquerque in December,February and
March, ever reached their respective points ofdes
tiuation; or that those due, on the Becond route, at
Kansas in November and March, ever arrived. On
the first route, the mail due Albuquerque in No
vember was not received until the Ist of January
following; and, on the second route, the December
and January mails failed to arrive at Kansas until
the last day of February.
These failures have rtsulted from various causes,
but mostly from the presence of hostile Indians
along the lines, who have frequently compelled the
mail carriers to return, and in one instance the
carrier was taken and the mail destroyed.
The natural result of such irregularities has been
the reduction of the mail matter, until the amount
for transportation has become comparatively in
significant. The entire mail which left Albuquerque
for Neosha iu October last consisted ot but two
letters and a newspaper. This service may, then,
certainly be dispensed with, and the remaining four
territorial or overland routes,’ including the main
route from Independence to Santa Fe, and the
Isthmus route, will doubtle.-s furnish abundant mail
facilities for the entire public necessity.— Washing
ton Constitution.
After euch an expose as this from the Adminis
tration organ, the utter bankruptcy of the Poet
ollioe department will not astonish any reflecting
mind, for it affords a fair index to the way the busi
ness of that department has been managed under
this Administration. Mail routes are established
through sections of country, deserts and forests,
where there is no population except savages, and
no necessity for them, simply to give brawling
demagogues and partizans a fat contract. And
this is the manner in which the public service is
performed, and the public money squandered ; aud
when there is no longer any money on hand to
squander, the organ makes a virtue of necessity,
and tells the people the character and service of
the routes.
Value of n Newspnper.
Ihe following little incident, no uncommon one
in the history of oities, which recently occurred in
New York, very strikingly illustrates the conse
quences of not reading newspapers :
The Patent-Safe Swindle.— A day or two
ago, says the New York Tribune, Mr. 11. H. Chand
ler, a carriage maker from Georgia, while tempora
rily sojourning in this city, was induced by a gentle
manly looking fellow to accompany him on an ex
cursion to Siaten Island. Upon arriving at the
Quarantine Grounds, the fellow swindled Mr-
Chandler out of $1!I5 by means of the patent-Base
game. Mr. C. subsequently gave a description of
the fellow to the police, when Detective Elder ar
rested one David Moffat on suspicion. Moffat, it
is said, has just returned from Pennsylvania, where
he served out a sentence of eighteen months for
swindling by the patent-safe game.
Without knowing anything of Mr. Chandler,
we venture the assertion, that he is not a newspaper
reader; for we take it for granted, that no man who
takeß and reads a newspaper can ever be victim
ised in any such way. We have seen several of
the victims ot these swindling tricks and never yet
saw one who was a newspaper reader.
Chess-Problem Tonrimment*
The Charleston Courier, as an inducement to
the study and practice of Chess playing and an
encouragement to the display of talent and genius
in original composition, offers the following prizes
to-contribntors, which we publish for the considera
tion of our chess-playing readers:
First Prize.—For the best set (Ihree in num
ber) of three move problems, a splendid set of
Ivory Chess Men and a Board—to be of the full
value of fifty dollars.
hEcoNn Prize. —For the best set (three in num
ber) of four move problems, a set of Ivory Chess
Men and a Board—to be of the full value of forty
dollars.
Third Prize. —For the best set (three in num
ber) of two move problems, a Bet of Ivory Chess
Men and a Board—to be of the full value of thirty
dollars.
Fourth Prize —For the best of all the compe
ting problems, we offer a Gold Medal, of the full
value of twenty-five dollars, to bear a suitable in
scription.
Regulations.— Each competitor will be required
to place his (or her) positions on proper diagrams,
headed by a motto, or initials, to be accompanied
by a sealed envelope, beaiing the corresponding
motto or initial on the outside, and containing the
solutions, together with the real name and address
of the composer. “Suicides'’ and conditional pro
blems are excluded, and “castliDg” is prohibited.—
Taking the Pawn en passant (when the only move)
is compulsory. Any of the prizes may be competed
for separately, as suits the fancy of the composer.—
The time for closing competition will end on the Ist
September next, and the awards will be made as
socn thereafter as possible. Messrs. L. Avery, E.
A. Balaguer and J. Palma, have kindly consented
to act as a Committee of Examination and Award.
The competing positions will be re-written in
three distinct parcels and copies furnished each one
of the Committee, so that the decision of any one
shall in no way be influenced by the opinion of
another.
American Claims Aoainst China. —The firs
instalment ($100,000) of the debt, as ascertained and
adjusted in the trea'y recently concluded by Hon
W. B. Keed with the Chinese Government, due by
that Government to certain American citizens, ha ß
been already received at Washington.
Death or Hon. Daniel Wallace. —The Spar
tanburg Express chronicles the death of Hon. Dan
iel Wallace, a prominent South Carolinian. He
died at his residence in Jonesville, Union District,
on Saturday evening last.
Bailroad Accident.—There was an accident
on the New York Centra! Road on Thursday last,but
there are no particulars, except that among the
badly bruised are Rachel Posman, Mis. Matilda
Brown, and Mr. Brown, of New Orleans.
A Cincinnati paper says that within a fortnight
thirty young Germans, sympathising with Austria,
have left that city for Europe.
Misdirected Letters.—ln the advertised list
of letters remaining in the Post Office at Savannah
on the 16th inst., we recognize the following misdi
rected letters:
M. W. Woodruff fc Cos., Augusta, Ga.—two let
ters.
Dillard, Poweil & Cos., Columbus, Ga.
Edmund Bellinger, Esq., of Charleston, has
been appointed Commissioner to oodfiy the Laws of
South Carolina.
New Orleans Thinking Out.— Last Sunday's
Picayune states, that the city is perceptibly thin
ning out, and that the symptoms are unmistakable
of the approach of the “summer season.”
Every boat, every train, every steamer, is carry’
ing away its full freight of passengers, and though
some also come in, from day to day, it is not in such
numbers as hitherto. The weather is deiigbtul for
travelling, and that amusement has indubitably
oommenced as briskly as in any former season.
Sundat in New Orleans—A number of the
leading hatters of New Orleans have signed a mu
tual agreement to close their stores hereafter on the
Sabbath.
DniifimUe Opiaioi* o>JSnfh other.
The following interchange of ocVtesiea betw-en
the “Federal Union” and “Atlanta Confederacy,”
both Democratic organs, are the moi? retreat -ug
ae they are both members of the same family and
may be supposed to be familiar with each others
character and proclivities. The Atlanta oifun
teems cot to estimate very highly the veracity of
Governor Brown’s Siiliedgeville organ, aud D re
than insinuates that his Mtlledgeville brother i ■ a
great “economist of truth.” They know each o< ier
aDd we let them speak, presuming neither will no’ be
urjustto a brother:
The Fulton Democracy. —“ Since the quesi ion
ha3 been settled in the Governor’s favor in Fu on
by a general meeting of the Democracy .”—Federal
Union 1 Hr/: inst.
This Milledgevil’e sheet is so addicted to iuve'e
rate misrepresentation of everything it touches, t at
we hardly know whether the above statement is
worthy of a reply and correction.— Atlanta Con/, de
racy.
Ihe Cass Delegation —“ Cass is the ouly .coun
ty which sends a lull delegaticu opposed to the
Governor; and we have no reason to complain i hat
her delegation is headed by a discharged Kail K ad
agent and a disappoint ed ofiice seeker. Gentlemen
in this predicament will no doubt be as faithful aud
as active in carrying out the will of the majority of
the meeting by which they were appointed iu op
posing Governor Browne le-nomiuation, as any
others who could have been appointed. Query.—
Had the agent been retained, and the otfice-seekers
ail appointed to ofiice, it is probable the result of
that meeting would have been different, or that the
monthly paymeuts from the State Hoad i the
Treasury would have beenlaiger ?— Federal Union
of 10th
The foregoing extract is a cowardly and covert
attack upon E. V. Johnson, and with it is ooupled
an insinuation that is only made by a hireling pimp
of a political neophyte.
E. V. Johnson is a gentleman known and ac
knowledged in his county as such, and wherever
he is known, and was too proud to be brought by
Joe Brown through the instrumentality of John U
Lumpkin. It little becomes the Federal Union,
by inuendo, to attempt the destruction of gentlemen
who are above suspicion, and whose influence could
not be purchased neither for a Depot or Bo ite
Agency. —Atlanta Confederacy,
The Climax ok Meanness. —ln our estimation,
he manwho will have a daily paper left iu hie house,
and read it for years, and when he is called upon
te pay for it, declines doing so, pleading as his ex
cuse, that he did not want it, has reached the high
est pinnacle of meanness —of the very lowest spe
cies of meanness. He will reap the advantages of
another man's labor and money, with the delibeiate
intention of swindling him out of its value.—Ex
change.
In a connection of near a quarter of a century
with the presp, we have often thought it the best
position in the world, to be made familiar with the
concentrated littleness and meanness of a large
portion of mankind—to see to what little tricks and
unmitigated falsehoods they will resort to defraud
publishers and avoid paying their just debts. There
is no position within our knowledge, so well calcu
lated to make upon a man's mind an unfavorable
impreesiou of the honesty and lair dealing of his
fellows. It is true, aud we take great pleasure in
saying, that a great many pay their indebtedness to
publishers with promptness and cheerfulness, in
deed, take pleasure in doing so, but a very large
class, aud some nieu who occupy respectable posi
tions iu their respective communities, do not hesi
tate to resort to any means, however despicable, to
defraud a publisher—indeed, some of them aeeui to
regard it a virtue.
Large Strawherrieb—Mr. John E McDon
ai.d showed us, yesterday, some Strawberries of
the “California” variety, grown on his place in
Hamburg, S. C., which were truly remarkable for
their size aud beauty. They were picked Satur
das, and had lost muohof their plumpness and fresh
ness, but were still considerably the finest we have
seen this season.
A Hindoo Lecturer—A Lecture is announced
in Baltimore, on the “ Manners and Customs of the
Hindoos,” by a Brahmin of the highest caste, edu
cated for the Priesthood and consecrated to the of
fice at the age of twelve years. He is a native of
Bali, a village about five miles from Calcutta, a
convert to Ciiristianity, and is preparing to preach
the Gcspel to his countrymen. He ombiuesthe
advantages of Hindoo and Christian culture.
British Railways, —The London Times says
that there are 0,000 mites of railway in Great Bri
tain, which baa cost £315,000,(XIOor $1,575,000,000!
The average interests which they pay is about JJ
per cent.
The Wheat Crop, —The editor of the “Nine
teenth Century,” published at Fort Valley, says :
“During the laet few days, we have made general
inquiry relative to the Wheat crop and learn that
the rust is doing less injury than was at first antici
pated. The disease has, thuß far, confined itself to
the blade and lower joints, and we are informed by
old and experienced wheat growers, that as long as
the “bead shaft” is free from attack, the wheat will
sustain no material injury. Wheat that is fertilized
with guano is injured more with rust than that which
has no fertilizer ap plied. The crop has so far ad
vanced that the rußt can do no harm frem this out.
One thing is very certain, Hauetoncounty will make
enough for home consumption, and seme to spare.'’
A Governor Presented. —The Grand Jury of
Alachua county, Florida, have presented Gov.
Perry of that State, as a “ nuisance.” Their indig
nation was arousid by his course ou the railroad
question.
The Panama Star says the Cass Herran treaty,
which was sent from Washington to Bogota for
ratification, has been lost in the Magdalena river,
by the capsizing of a boat iu which it was plaoed.
An Abolition Fund.— C. F. Ilovey, of Boston,
has left $30,000 to W. L. Garrison, Weudall Phil
lips and Francis Jackson, as his residuary legatees
to be expended in tie publication of abolition
tracks, papers, &c.
Successful Forgery —A short time since a
stranger got a discount of $4,000 at the Wameset
Bank, Lowell, on paper which turns out to be for
geries.
Two Steamers Burned. —The steamers Monon
gahela and Edinburg, were burned to the water's
edge opposite St. Louis on Saturday, 15th inst.
Loss $3,800. Insurance for $20,000. There woe
no freight on either boat.
Fire in New Orleans.—The Lafayette Sugar
refinery and several adjoining buildings, oocupying
an entire square in New Orleans, were destroyed
by fire on Saturday, 15th inst.
Heavy Punishment.—l). C. Dowry, for enter
ing a smokehouse with a false key, and stealing
therefrom one pint of whiskey, was sentenced by
the Circuit Court of Calhoun county, Ga., to the
penitentiary for six years.
The President has formally accepted an invita
tion of the Trustees of the University in North
Carolina to visit Chapel Hill at the annual com
mencement, in June. It is expected that the Secre-
the Interior aud other friends will ac'iom.
pauy him.
W. D. Phillips, a lawyer from lowa, and late a
Clerk in the General Laud Ofiice, is now in jail at
Washington, to answer an indictment for forgery.
He admits that hs used Senator Douglas frank with,
out his knowledge or consent.
Sale ok Old Coins. —A recent sale of old coins
in Philadelphia brought together a large number Os
ooin collectors, and there was quite spirited bidding
for many of the rare specimens. A dollar of 1838
sold for $16.75 ; Washington cent of 1791 for $8 ;
three cent piece of 1849 for $6 ; a cent of 1793 for
$3.75 ; another of the same date for $5, Sco., Sen.
Death ok Mrs. Key. —Mrs. Mary Taylor Key,
died at Baltimore on Wednesday laet, at the ad
vanced age of 75 years. This venerable lady was
the widow of Francis S. Key, author of the “Star
Spangled Banner,” and mother of the unfortunate
P. Barton Key, of Washington City.
Count Cavour has written to the editor of the
Eco d’ Italia in New York, that what Sardinia
wants just now is not volunteers hut money.
He thinks the “cause” can be as effectually atrved
by liis countrymen remaining in this country and
using their influence iu favor of Sardinia’s efforts
to free Italy.
The Waste ok War. —ln the sixteen years in
tervening between 1797 aud 1810, the French army
absorbed 3,556,000 men. The number raised by
conscription for Napoleon's army was 2,476,000
men. The army of 1813 was composed of recruits
from eighteen to twenty years of age. Os a mil
lion and a quarter raised in 1813, only 100,000 re
mained alive in 1814. France, in addition to this
loss of her citizens, had to pay 700,000,000 of
francr as indemnity of war to the allied Po'wers
and 400,000,000 for the support of foreign garrisons.
These figures show the cost of a war such as the
powers of Europe are now about entering into.
Qdarant ine at New York— lt p stated that at
a meeting of the Health Commissioners on Satur
day, an informal decision was made, to the effect
that the lighterage system should be open to a limi
ted competition. It was understood that the chargee
are to be regulated by a tariff of rates mutually
agreed upon between the Chamber of Commeroe
and the Health Commissioners.
In Cincinnati the Americans and Democrats have
coalesced, with a view to carrying the coming State
election. “The coalition,” says the Albany Sta’es
man, “is as yet confined to Hamilton county, bnt
it is to be pushed through the State. J. Scott Har
rison, son of the ex-President, being the candidate
for Governor. He is a Democrat, with Whig and
American antecedents, and the combination is made
with the full concurrence of the Demociatic party.
He is to run as an independant candidate, and the
Democrats are to give him their support/’
Indian Troubles.— A dispatch dated Austin,
Texas, May llth, says : Captain Bayler entered
the Upper Reserve on the 3d with fifty men and
killed fifteen Indians and fled; a party of dragoon
Indians pursuing. There in great excitement. The
Indians in the Lower Reserve have left their farms
for Capt. Ross’ encampment.
The first deposit of money of the New Bedford
Institution for Savings, at the commencement of
operations by that successful institution, was made
by a woman on the 15th of J une 1825, and it has since
emained undisturbed, accumulating interest ,to
more than double the amount of the original deposit,
until the 16th instant, when, after the lapse of thirty
three years, it was withdrawn by its depositor, now
resident in the State of Illinois.
Lost Passengers of the “Pomona.”—The ship
Pomona, from Liverpool for New York, had on
board when she left Liverpool, 393 passengers
namely, 16 married males and 26 married females
148 single males and 164 single females, 32 children
between the ages of 1 and 12, and 7 infants. Q
these only three passengers were saved, viz:
Matthew Lees, Bartholomew Reilly, and John
Raber.
Travellers in Eurofe.— A letter from Milan
says that in consequence of the warlike attitude of
affairs, travellers staying in Milan are exposed to the
greatest annoyances, and are compelled to present
themselves to the police every twenty-four hours
The hotels are empty, the theatree dosed with the
eiception of two, to which scarcely any one got e
The cases and public promenades are deeeited, and
every face betrays the greatest anxiety.
Military Etid.inpmenl- Target .HHbotfng, A.dt
According to previous announcement, the O/e
----thorpe Infantry and Clinch R fles, on Wednesday
afternoon last, !o <k op their line of march for
“Camp Piatt, a weil selected open p ateau, -me
t.hrt - or four miles from the city, near the Mitledge
ville Road, to form a hree davs - encampment, en
joy a short relax*'i Irom ■>- ,rts ‘ bußimss,
and extend the usual hoapiiaiiliet :be ire peotive
friencs Ihe af ernoon of their departure tri m the
city was rather saowery, rendering their qu> rters
somewhat uucomfor able for ihe first night. Tteir
spirits, however, were Irish and movent, and the
comparative novelty of ihe occasion gave them
ample souroes of amuse .lent. Toe toll wing day,
Thursday, was pais-m parity in ue vari, us
exercises of military an 1 ceiup day, and uuuly de
voted to the contest lor prizes ny the active tu< m
bers of the two companies, wuioli re.uhtd as fol
lows :
ooi.r-’i i-;pi infantry- regular members.
‘l.O rug .o’ ‘ mpaiiv prizes were tbs’ suoi for .
j-h ist iiiz Jo- —v Modal-won by U. k.
B.iUl.kneau —As.,og oi i leoohots, 4, nche-.
Second Prize —Maltese Cross, pre-eateu to he
Company ny ,1. M. Brenner, of Pliliadeiph'fe—
won by Corporal A. J. Seize—Average 5J incl ea.
Four silver prize.! were next coutendea ior, aud
were awardeu as follows :
First Prize —Silver Tea Set:, <•: ■’ a pieces—wou by
Lieut J. O. Clark—Average ot ihressnots if
inches.
Second Prize Avery handsome L q or Case,
presented to the Company by A. P. Boggs —wen
by Lieut. S. C. Foreman —Average 4j inches.
Third Prize—Sugar Bowl—wou by F. W. Stoy—
Average oi inches.
Fourth Piize— Crust Stand—won by G. E Boui.e
neau—Average 6} inches.
clinch rifles—regular members.
First Piize— Sliver Tea Sett—won by Corporal
Z mmerman— Average of three shots, -Ij inches.
Second Prize— Pair of Gold Lined Salt Cellars—
w e b j Seargenl J. C. Moore —Average 413 16
inches.
Third Prize-Pair of Silver Butter Knives—tie
between Coipat Rowland and VV. M. Whiting
—Average 615 i6 inches—to ho shot for to day
Fourth Prize —Minute Rifle, presented to the
Company by Henry Moore —wou by L. C. Dem
ino—Avtrage 7p inches.
The Fifth Prize— a Company Belt —had not yet
been awaided.
The prizes are to be delivered to the active mem
bers to day
Yesterday the contest for prizes by Ihe Honorary
members of the Companies Look place, resulting
as follows :
CGI.ETHORI’E infantry—honorary members.
First Prize. —A Sdver Kgg Stand, with cups
and spoons lined with gold, very complete, and
beautiluliy tiuiskeit-won by J. D. DawsoN-sibgle
shot 1 inch.
Second Prize — Pair of Silver Salt Cellars, lined
with gold—won by JJ. Clayton—l j inches.
Third Best Sho'. -P. R. Rhodes— 3J inohes.
clinch rifi.es—honorary members.
First Prize.— Silver Tate-a-Tete Set—won by
Miss Mary Platt (Sergeant J. ('. Moore, proxy)
average of three shots 2 1116 inches.
Second Prize —Sliver Rutter Dish—wou by J-
Rolled— average 2J inches.
Third Prize. —Silver Ladle, lined with Gold
won by Mrs. A P. Boggs (W.T. Dortic, proxy,)
3J inches.
The Honorary members having one luded their
shooting, the prizes were delivered to the success
ful competitors ; after which all present repaired to
t ie tables, which had been spread iu a shady grove
c'ose at baud, and which wore found oovered with
all the good things incident to an aeration of the
kind. The day was a very pleasant one, and many
of the lady friends of the members of the two com
parries were present. AH seemed to ei joy them
selves, aid will no doubt look with pleasure for a
return of the day.
Georgia In the Soullicrn Convention*
Some idea of the ridiculous extremity to which
matters were carried iu the convention may bo
formed, says the Savannah Republican, from a
perusal of the closing proceedings which have just
ooine to hand. In this respect “Georgia” seems to
have takeu the lead, with an apparent determina
tion at out-lierod Herod himself. Take Ihe follow
ing, as a specimen of the manner in which onr dig
nified and conservative State was represented. It
will be found iu the last day’s proceedings :
“Judge Jones, ot Georgia, offered tlio following
resolution, which on his motion was laid on the
table, subject to call:
“Whereas the people of the free Slates aie in the
practice of sending emissaries among our Biases lo
render them discontented witli their condition, to
induce them to runaway, and to incite them to iu
emrection.
Resolved. That we reeoinmeed to the States re
presented iu this convention to pass laws to preclude
all intercourse between them and the people , and the
States North of the Potomac.”
Who will say, after reading this resolution,
that Judge Jones, is not a radical of the first wa
ter /
While on the subject:, wo would take occasion
to copy the following “ first-rate notice” and obi
tuary on the convention, from the Memphis Eu.
quirer:
“We have no dispcsitioii to follow it, (the conven
tion) beyond the tomb to which ils own misdeeds
have consigned it. There were among its members
sincere and earnest, though we think misguided
men, and it is to be hoped that the lesson they have
now loarned will profit them hereafter, and serve
to keep them from the agitation of wild schemes,
which can Bcrve no purpose but that of oreating dis
cord and diesaensiou among those whose interests are
inseparably bound together. For the past we are
willing to extend to them the charity ot silence. In
our opinion the convention can never be got to
gether again, and we dismiss it from further consid
eration by borrowing the enitaph upon Billy Prill
gle's pig:
“When it lived, it lived in clover,
And when it died it and ed all over.”-
Receipts of Societies. —The following is a
comparative statement of the receipts for two years
of the various institutions which held their anniver
earies in New York last week;
1858. 1859.
American Bible Society, $390,759 $115,011
American Tract Society 386,153 383 274
A. B G. Fo'\ Missions,” 188,736 206,210
Free. B. for Al ssions 223,978 230,031
Am. Homo Missionary Society.-. 175,971 188,136
Am. and F. U. Union 76,603 73 203
Am. Anti-Slavery Society, 18,012 13 885
N. Y. State Colonization Society,.. 15,624 26 835
Am. Fern. Guardian 49,719 36 039
N. Y. Sun. S. Union, 13,089
Am. Sea. Frisnd Society,..'.... ...25 336 61,700
Female Magdalen Society, 2,926, 6,184
Five Points House of Industry,... 17,28) 11 535
Ain. aud For. Bap. Bible, 23,000 30,879
Boston Tract Society, 57 061
Lying-in Asylum, 2 638
Am Bap. Free Miss., 17,000
Am. Congregational Union, 12,117
P. 11. Church Mis. Society, 7,822
N. A'. Bible Society 18,712 16,781
’Nine Months.
The First Arrival of French Troops in Pied,
mont—Their Reception.—The first advance
corps of French troops arrived in Cbambery, Pied
mont, on the 25th uit, and had a wildly enthusias
tic reception. Some of the old inhabitants, who re
membered the first republic, and the firstempire, said
that the at approach of the old “ Army of Italy”
the enthusiasm was not more demonstrative. The
people in denEO crowds gathered around the depot
and impatiently awaited the arrival of the train. A
leiterof the 25th, says :
At last, at 1 o’clock, tha sound of the steam
whistie was heard ; the locomotive which has come
from Culoz with the velocity of flight pauses; there
are thirty errs in the train, they contain the
Chasseurs de Vincennes of the Nineteenth Batta
lion, and several companies of the Forty-third of
the Line The whole body of spectators uncovers.
The soldiers show themselves at the gates. The
air resounds with prodigioui acclamations :
“ Vive la France !” “Vive l’Empereur!” “Vive
le Roi I” “ Vivent les Chasseurs da Vinceunea I”
“ Vive the Forty-third of the Line!” At this mo
meat the air Parlaut your la fiyrie mixes with the
noisy welcome.
At the end of ten minutes tbe tram resumes its
way to Saint Jeanede-Marienne, wlu re a reception
1,0 less ardent awaits it. At 2:31) P. M. it enters
that e.ty. The Syndic, his adjunct, and the{ sever
al authorities, with the Bishop, Monsigneur Vibert,
accompanied by two priests, hasten to greet the
brave toldiera, who appeared charmed with this
welcome ot a people who, more than once since
1815, has yearned towards France.
Every three houis new transport trains pass
through Cbambery. The railroad management has
suspended some days four or five of the regular ar
rivals and departures of trains. Tho enthusissm is
no less expressive on Ihe part of Montineiian,
through which marched the troops, which, lor a we. k
pad, have been stationed at Grenoble and its
neighborhood. To-day new troops, infantry, ca
valry are arliilery, and passing through in express
Irains every three hours.
The Democracy of Texas on the Re Opening
of the Slave Trade.—Tie following resolution
was adopted by a Democratic mcttiug in Galves
ton the 2d inst:—
Resolved, That our delegates to tbecoveution to
assemble in Houston, be instructed to vote against
the adoption oi any and all platlorms which in any
way would tend to the re-opening of the African
slave trade.
And the foilowing by a Democratic meeting held
in Parker county on the 2d ult i
Resolved, That we demur to-any law of Congress
making the foreign slave trade piracy, as a uaurpa
tion of power not wairanted by the constitution of
the United States, and ought to be repealed.
llr.Avy Failure at Boston.—The Boston pa
pers of Wednesday announce with regret, the fail
ure of the well-known wholesale grocers,*(Messrs.
Dexter, Fay &. Sous, who went to protest Tues
day. Their liabilities are said to be about $300,000!
What their assets are, or probable dividend to pay,
is not as yet ascertained. It (s said they have loet
largely in California, and their heavy operations in
merchandise. The firm has always enjoyed a high
reputation for honorable dealing, and have had the
confidence and respect of the businlss community
to any extent, and hence their paper was freely
taken for cargoes of different kinds of merchandise.
The Ledger says:
We can scarcely recall a .ingle failure which has
taken place m our city which has caused more re
mark ti.au this, and taking into view the antece
doiitiJ of tbia tirm, w ith the unbounded credit they
have enjoyed, and the audden change of their re
epooaibility in the eatimatiou of thiae who have
implicit confidence in their eolidity
and Btrength. wiil do much to cause a more rigid
scrutiny into the affairs of those who are engaged
in speculations outside of their legitimate business.
The Washington States (Douglas organ) advises
Mr. Buchanan to convene Congress on the third
Monday in September—the substantial reason for
an extra se.eion being furnished by our peculiar re
lations with Mtxico. The States adds that as far
as “concerns detriment to good neighborhood,
peace aed commerce, “ the gem of the Antilles’ is a
mere stocking horse to us at present, while Mexico
is a laud, out-spokea. palpable reality.
Further intelligence from the Pike’s Peak gold
region confirms the report of great suffering among
the emigrants. Two thousand men are reported to
be at a point fifty miles West of Omaha in a starv
ing condition. <
A Return. —The Cheshire, N. H , Republican
says a negro, formerly a slave, but who has been ex
periencing the blessings of liberty in Canada for
some time, passed through that town las’ week bark
to her Southern home. “ Freedom ” didn’t agree
with her ideas.
lUr. Crittenden.—Hon. JohnJ. Crittenden of
Kentucky, and lady, were at Vincennes, Indi on
Friday Mr. C. bad not visited the “Old Post ”
before since 1812, when he was there for several ■
weeks on the sick list as a soldier,
Dfi S. J. SAKKOLh, ofMadison, Ga., a phyiician
heariy seventy years of age, died on Friday, ,13th
inst
An Excursion to Nashville —The Chatham
Ariillerijr, of Savannah, have resolved to pay the
city ot Nashville „ visit, oo or about the 13th of
ilex’ month.
Fiki H i iNoKKs- ion ai. District—Col. James R.
Gamble, c f Chatio -ga county, is aunounc. ci as an
American eandu it.; to represent the Fifth Congree
i ional Di-gib i, in the next Congrets.
Dinner to Mr Stephens,— a number of citi
ze sos this city anti county, have tendered the
Hoc. A. 11. Stkpaeks a public dinner, which wii 1
be given ou Saturday, the 2d July next.
Supreme Court.—Linton Stephens, Esq., of
Hancock county, has been appointed by the Gov
ernor, to fill the vacancy on our Supreme Bench
caused by rue resignation of Judge McDonald.
Hon. Alfred Iverson has acoepted an invita
tion from the Democracy of Grlffi i and vioinity, to
a public dinner, to be given on Thursday, tho 14th
ot July next. The Senator is making es bold a
struggle as lie is capable of for a re-election to the
Senate.
Catoosa Springs.— Tho Ringgild Express,
speaking of Catoosa Superior Court, says : “An
other important case was tried, the result of which
was, to pass the properly of the Cotoosr Springe
trout the hands of the 1 resent owners (Hickmun Sc
Batty) and vest it in Samm 1 Beuaett. The case
goes to the Supreme Court.”
Railroad Enterprise —The cititizsns of West
Point held an enthusiastic meeting on Saturday
last, on the eubject ot building a railroad from
West Point to Eiytou, Ala. The proposed mate
wilt be an air line 105 miles, and will intersect the
Alabama and Tennessee Rivera Railroad. Sub
scriptions to the enterprise reported at that meeting
by the committee amounted to $200,000. The road
passes through a very rich section, aud through
coal fields in Alabama said to be of tho vory best
and inexhaustable. Success to all suoh South, m
enterprises, say we.
State aid to Railroads.— At a meeting of tha
Democratic party in Morgan county last week, as
ssmbied to appoint Delegates to their coming Gu
bernatorial Convention, Col. John B. Walker in
addition introduced and addressed the meeting in
support ot the following resolution, which was pass
ed:—
Resolved, That we are no friends ofSta'e ad, n
works of loternal improvement, and we tru-* triat
our lei i lalive lolly will o‘\ r tax one po tt nos
the people, to tuise a land lor the contuuyi m -f
railroads for (mother porlion of toe pi >i!, b. e iu
dustry and lab >r of a people nhoutd never h- ~jod
except lor purposes of government, that i;,-ie K He
lp nee, protection, and the light ot nappiua s to all
classes of citizens. No tax, no aid for lutcr-iar im
provement, is our doctrine.
State Bank.—At a special meetihg of thu Luard
of Directors of the Bank of theSta'eof Georgia,
held at the Bankiug House in Savannah on Mon
day, the following gentlemen were duly re-eleoted
Directors of the Branches of the Bank for the en
suing twelve montl s:
For Washington. For Augusta.
Saiuul Barnett, Thomas Barrett,
Garnet Andrews, 1 P. Garvin,
A. L. Alexander, Wm.C. J esup,
A A. Cleveland, J. 11 Phiuizy,
.1 P. I viu, Lindsev Warren,
G P. Cozart. John W. Walker,
Geo. W. Lewis.
For Eatonton. For Athens.
A S. Reid, Jno. B. Cobb,
M'chael Dennis, Edward R. Ware,
W. li. Carter, John R. Mathews,
S. B Marshal!, K. I. M >
B. F. Adams, W. G. Deioney.
Sad Occurrence.— We regret to ler.rn (hat a
little child of Samuel Harwell's fell info r, pot of boil
ing lard, dHy before yesterday, and v;nu so badly
hmued that no hopes of recovery are entertained.
LawrencevilU News, Sat u rday, 21 si,.
Sad Occurrence.—We learn that a Mr. Ste
phens, a laborer in the Canton copper mines, fell
the distance of one hundred and sixty feet in one
ol the ahal'is, on ihe evening of tho 16 h inst He
leaves a wile and two children (o mourn his demise
Marietta Patriot.
Arrested and Bound Over— We learn that,*
negro man, belonging to Mr. Darius Cox, of this
county, was arrested in Alabama, by a requisition
upon the Governor ot that State, lor an assault and
buttery with intent to murder, upon Mr. Haines
father of our Deputy Maistial, sometime part,. The’
negro was brought before Justices Turman and
Hutchins and bound over in a bond of 81.5011, to
answer at the next Superior Couit.— Columbus
Sun, IS/'/.
An Abolitionist Despatched.— Philip McNul
ty, a travelling agent for a patent bedstead, hailing
from Ohio, was detected last week iu an attempt,
to decoy certain slaves of Covington to a free
Stale. The citizens of that plaoe rid themselves of
the scamp by shearing his locks, applying a think
coat of printer's ink to his person, and then riding
him on a rail to the depot, where he was allowed
to depart. Seived him exactly right, only a good
cowhiding might have justly been added.— Savh.
Rep.
Sad Accident.— Wc regret lo learn that a small
lad, named John Burke, a beneficiary of the Epis
copal Orphan’s House, iu this city, wa3 accidentally
diowued, Friday last The children wore spending
the day at Bonaventure, ou a pic uie, aud the un
fortunate boy having ventured to the edge of the
bluff, it caved in and precipitated him into the wa
ter below, where he was drowned before assistance
could be rendered. The body wus recorved aud
brought to the city, where an inquest wns held by
Coroner Eden. —Lamrenccvillc Republican.
Ui'son Superior Court —The Superior Court
for Upson county, after a laborious session of two
weeks, adjourned on last Saturday. Phil, anegrr,
hoy, charged with an assault on the body of Dr. t..
T. Shackelford with the iuteut to murder, was. ty,„l
victed and sentenced to be whipped, and bj-Vided
on the cheek. George Kenneduy, charged wi:U
stealing a slave, was also convicted, buhlp j ~res
iding Judge believiug the verdict not wariallied
by the testimony, granted the accused anew trial
Upson Pilot VMii.
Homicide,— We learn through our reporter Mr-
Edward Hatcher, that an old gen Ismail by the
name of Wm. Griffin, was killed by a Mr Alex
Spear and a Mr. James Braxtrn, on Saturday even -
ing, on the Savannah river. The affray, as we un
dersland, originated in a joke. Wo-have not aa
yet learned the full particulars. Since going to
press Mr. Samuel Griffin called into our ofiice and
corroborate 1 theabove.— Waynesboro’ News, 17/A.
A Bear Killed.— Messrs..I. R. Boyd, A. B iy<l
John Scott, and G. W. Brinson.kilieda oearabout
seven miles trnrn Waynesboro', m this county on
the 10th ‘net., weighing two hundred sounds His
too’ measured eight inohes iu length and five in
width. He was run some time by tdtiu dogs, and
shot seven time* before he “gave up the ghost.”
He must have been an emigrant from tne moun
tains, or ouo of the passengers of the Wanderer ;
at any rate we tiiiuk he was a strauger iu old
Burke.—/*.
Startling Occurrences in Greene. We
iearn that there was quite a eensaiion in the ne gh
bormg city of Greenesboro’ on last Wednesday It
appears that Air. Briscoe, the meumbent of t'e
Male Academy of that place, had occasion tu our
rent a boy by the name of Adams, about 15 v*p.rt
ot age, lor incorrigible idleness, and that Adams
on returning to his seat, drew a pistol, deliberitoiy
hoisted a window preparatory to escape, an . tirod
at Mr. Briscoe. Fortunately for him, he m ssod 1,.b
aim. He escaped from the wiodow, and toe uit
Bince been heard from, up to Mon ay night.
On the evening of the same day. a tew miles
irom Greenesboro Mr. W. F. Luckio, in pr~pariug
to chastise one of hie negroes, was m s’ brutally
murdered. We learn from a friend in that neigh
borhood, lhat he was stabbed with his own knife
thirteen times, wtiieh was wrested from his hands’
There are some circumstances which have been
developed since the killing, that are rather indica
tive that other parties were connected with this
bloody transaction. We feel, however, that the
suspicion is not sufficiently well founded to warrant
the publication of names.— Madison Visitor.
Murder in Appling County. — A murder was
committed at Osmond Waithour s steam mill, on
the Gulf Road, about 60 miles from Savannah, on
Wednesday about 5 o clock in the afternoon, under
Ihe following circumstances: It. appears (hat two
negroes belonging to Mr. George Al. Dean, who
had been runaway abou a year, had made their
head quarters near the mill, in which one of their
brothei s was at work. A party of men who were
in pursuit of the negroes heard of their wherea
abouts, add went to the Superintendent of the mill,
Mr. A. D. Graves, to find out from a negro work
ing a the mill where the runaways could be found,
wbicli h* revealed alter being whipped , but the
runaways received information which induced them
to change their oarnp. The pursuing parly found
them by the directions of tLe negro at the mill, and
while at the camp wanted to whip the negro again,
which Mr. Gravm resisted, and a fight, ensued in
which Mr. Graves was badly whipped, his head be
ing much beaten and one ear bitten off. Mr. Graves
started to return to the mill, the pursuers following
him; when he was within fifty yards of the mill
they again insisted upon whipping the negro, and
upon Mr. Graves making resistance another en
counter took place. Mr. Graves called for hie guu,
which was brought, to him, but it ha.i been dis
charged. A Mr. Stafford, who seemed to be Ihe
ringleader, at this juncture, shot, Mr. Grave? in the
breast with ad mble barrel gun, killing him the
first tire j he, however, tired a second shot, aud an
examination by medical men seems to indicate that
he was shot a third time. The parties have n t
been arrested yet, but it ie presumed there will lm
noeecape. Mr. Graves’ body was brought to fj>.
vannab last night for interment. He was, we be
lieve, a native of Delaware and a very wort*- v in
dustrious man. ‘ ’
A young man, whose name we did ar t ] esr „ at
tempted to settle the quarrel peaceably and’was
badly shot in tbe legs. He was also bmught lo
town, and placed in the *
publican.
From the Greensboro’ Qr, zeUCt Extra—May 20.
Another Terrible Tragedy— A Wire Murdered
*’ ” er **ubam!—Attempted Hulcidc, dkc.
Yesteiday morning c-arly, the quiet of our town
was thrown into considerable excitement, by the re
ported murder of a wife by her husband, a tew ruth s
from this place. The particulate of which are re
ported as follows :
On yesterday morning, a little before daylight,
Mr. Geo. Crutchfield, a citizen of this county, who
reeides eight or nine miles from this place, and who
is thought at times to De insane, called ou some of
his servants to get up, feed, light tires, &c., which
they did, his wife, Martha M. Crutchfield, being
awake at the time, also told a negro gir, who was
in the room, to light a fire in her room, and dosed
off to sleep again, leaving her husband sitting up
dressing himself. He teen, no doubt, being tempted
by the devii, ordered the servant girl to get the
matches and light a lamp which was standing on
the table ia the parlor, which order she obeyed ,
Mr. C. then got his pistol, a single rifled barrelled
one, and loaded it, putting in twc summon s zed
slugs, went deliberately into the room where bis
wiie was asleep, placed the deadly weapon an inch
or to from her head and discharged it, the contents
of which took effect right in the centre of her fore
head, and going out on the back pa t and into the
pillow upon which her head rested, killing her in
stantly.
Mr. C , after committing this most horrible deed,
walked back into the parlor and loaded his pistol
again—taking care to put in a very light load of
small shot—with the pretended intention of killing
himself by placing the muzzle of the pistol just be
hind his right ear and discharging it, making a se
vere, though not considered a dangerous wound.
When bis brother, who lives but a short distance
off, was infoimed of what had occurred, he ran up
and found the wife on the bed weltering in her
blood, dead, and him sitting in the middle of the
room, apparently unconscious of what he had done.
A doctor was soon sent for ; when he get there anti
examined the wound of Mr he lound some four
or five shot lodged iu his skull-bone, and the patient
m but little danger.
After his brother had a 1 rived at the house, Mr.
C. got his razor and acted a though he was going
to cat bis thioat—which, if he had been desirous of
doing, he could have done befi re bis brother could
of reac^< i knn. He must have had some policy
m thus ac.-rg. Some intention of not kil ing himself.
, has, we understand, been arrested and put
under guard, to await some steps being taken to
asoertam whether he was Eeally insane or L-ot
Horrible must have been the scene. A mot r
lying with her brains shot out, with an infant on „■ r
aim gored in her blood.
Enjoy the blessings of tbis day, if Go! ten a
them; and the evils bear patiently aid surety
ror this day only is ours; we are dead tryer t oaV
and we are not born to-morrow. * * ‘ 1