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From t*r Kn <••** Realon— Kmigranfs
KHoroing -Conflicting Areoooia.
T rcgVar correspondent of ffie Democrat, wri
rt'W Denver City, on the 9th irst.. recounts a
kv dej,,'rabie condition of thing* on the Plaint
I -:ay of the ©migrant* were dying of starvation,
. * other* were wn brisling oti pnckiy pears and
nioi - f'-*ond along the road Tee agent
- . and picking up a man named Bine aho was
eduoa to a skeleton from starvation He had
farted wire his two brothers. One of them died,
.1 the remaining two ate bis body. Another
#d. and he in turn was nearly devoured by ibe
; :rviTor A mao nameo Gibbs had reached the
i• m a starving condition, and be expressed the
i- r. at bis party, numbering nine, had all per
•* u d M any grave*- are reported along the route,
and im- h property bad been abandoned and des
royed on the r< *ad
The wr ter of the letter says that the departures
from the in nee are about equal to the arrivals.
A foot sri retaming emigrants reached St.
Jo-.*ph or* Saturday. ail of whom c onfirm the pre
*. e of tbe suffering and privations on
A V -♦ Kearney, ‘May #chj correspondent of
- K* . o*epb Jou'nal says that not tees thau *OO
w .g*i belonging to returning Pike s Beakers
pas-ed the Fori during tbe week previous The
i“appointed gold seekers are selling their outfit*
st a song. They sell their flour at from $5
* har**n at JO cents, horses an*, cattle they
-.re * :ng for a*most nothing, and wag* ns and
and* art* they give away Tshre are some return
wbo have not a cent to take them back, while
’f -- w , have anything are hurrying back a
- ♦ ae they.can to keep from being robbed by the
rest
Correspondence of the St. Jxruu Democrat.
Bt. Joseph. Mo., May 15, 185'.'.
ine steamers iatan and Win. Campbell arrived
to-day trm Omaha, with over a hundred discon
tents i|Pke a Peak emigrants They bring deplora
bie accounts of mining prospects, and report terri
ble suffer,ng and privation on tbe Plains. It le es
timated that twenty thousand men Lave their backs
Turned upon the mines between here and Fort
Kearney, who will re-eh the Missouri river towns
w in a fortnight. Mr.-t of them are destitute of
money and tfc- necessaries of life, and are made
reckl-ns and desperate by reason of their desolate
roudilioo. Threat* are made of burning Omaha. St.
Joseph, Leavenworth and other river towns, on
their arrival, and at PlattamcKitk, fears of carrying
their threats into exe utioo* are current, and some
of the residents have closed their business and fled
•he place Two tLo u .and men are reported at Plum
Cre-k fifty miles W eat of Omaha, in a starving
coo li'ioo, and con*. erable excitement exists along
k river from here 4 o Omaha. This is without doubt
the advance detach nent of the immense returning
turong which has ci owded the Missouri river towns
the last two mont. a on their Western weary way,
and before the expiration of a week we shall be
overrun with returning emigrants, in this city there
is no fear of violence, but some of the upper small
er towns may suer injury at the hands of the des
titute and hungry tneu.
From the St. Joseph [Mo.) We*/, May 10.
W yesterday morning bad a conversation with
Mr .Staonun, .t Keokuk. lowa, who was just in
fr> r i tbe Plains. Mr. Htannus was one of a large
party of Pike n Peak emigrants, s< rue eighteen or
twei.; yof wh m, be says, prospected in the mines
for about eighteen days. He was not at the mines
himself, hav ng stopped 100 mile- this side to await
the result of tbe examinations made by his friends.
The whole party returned, having satisfied them
selves tha they could make nothing in the mines.—
T 1 *• 1 eat diggings they found would average only a
fourth of a cent to the pan The party trier! the
I mrdigg ngs known as Cherry Creek, Arrapahoe,
Mexican and Table Mountain diggings, allot which
are about alike It was thought at first that gold
would *.ft found higher up in the mountains, but all
who tr ed were disappointed the higher up they
went tne l**na appearaiice of gold they td\md. The
wl < party unite in ooudemnmg the thing as a
humbug gotten up by traders and speculators.
From the St Joseph (Mo ) Wert, May 17.
We acknowledge ourselves puzzled by the cou
fl iug reports from the gold mines. Many of those
wuo “tarred out. with high hopes have returned dis
p riled and dhappointed, and others are reported on
{• ir ‘aay back, suffering, desperate, and threaten
ing vengeance against all whohave been instru
ct n'ai in deceiving them. Those who have return
ed to this place (the greater portion of them, at
least) weie not in the mining region, and those who
were, only remained a tew days—too short a time to
acquire a very thorough knowledge of the country
‘1 he men with whom we conversed appeared to be
hr ncs’ and truthful, and to have no other object in
vi- w tdan to save those who l ad oct yet left the
iM i.d*; a ‘ uitlssfl journey , but they had never been
to the untie*.
I’m* company halted one hundred miles from
Chur) Creek, nud sent a delegation in to ascertain
tii * truth and report to them. This delegation pro*
* Jed to the mining region, prospected for ten
*nd became so discouraged that they.induced
the company, already hopeless from the reports of
those whom ;<.ey met. to return. But while these
iiniav’ - uOte accounts are brought by the return.ng
auveniiirets, the press of the country is teeming
vi : *h 1 tiers over well known and responsible signa
tures, nivmg tar more favorable accounts than have
ever before appeared. W hat are we to believe
under these circumstances ? Are we to discredit
entirely the statements of Messrs. Henderson, Scud
utr utiU a Lost ot others who have been in the mines
tor o.t tithe, and give implicit credence to those who
have never been to the mining region, or, having
been there, remained only ten days I
| We must not be in too much haste to arrive at
an unfavorable conclusion, and while the varying
r ports may well “give us pause,” it would be an
injustice to our aciuaiutanc.es and friends who have
written us from there to credit the reports of mere
st r angt ts in piefereuce. Under the circumstances
it auiiid be well to await further advices before
ooimng to any determination with regard to the
mines it were certainly folly to start ou so ardu
ous a venture *u tbe race ot the conflicting testi
tnony . but we think the evidence so far adduced is
acarrely sutlicient to make out a case against the
mines
Omaha, May 12, 1819.—The latest news from the
geiu fit Ida of K-tusas and Nebraska is of the most
discouraging and depressing character. Mr. James
Bradley, ot Racine, Wisconsin, came tn here to day
uirot from the mines. He went out in January last
as he pioueer of a company from Wisconsin, and the
company ware to meet him iu Omaha, and if his re
pcit should be favorable they would go forward , if
not, return. To day, Mr Bradley arrived, having
left Aurarla ou the 17th of April, aud reports the gold
mines as being a humbug, and that there i9 not even
the “ color of gold ’” there, to use bis own expres
sly . that the whole thing has been gotten up by
speculators and land sharks, aud that it is a swindle
upon tbe people
From the hey of the Chtlf.
Terrible 1 •iitlugrutioti ! The Husiii*** Part
•I Key V% *•*! in AHhcn !
it is our painful duty to record tbe most disas
trous event iu tbe history of Key West that has oc
curred beiore or since the great gale of 1846.
Eighteen acre*, comprising the business portion of
our once fair and beautiful city, is in ashes. Through
bo charted aud leafless branches of the almond and
the cocoa uut the winds sighs a sad requiem of deso
lation, while the smoking mins of stores, offices and
dwciilL-gb tell of hopes crushed, oi pi verty aud de
spair in a word, a moat terrible calamity has be
fallen our Island homo.
About bait-past oue o'clock this inoruin#, Mon
day, May ICth, Mr. E. L Ware discovered a lire in
the dry g<*ods store of Mi. L M. blmier, i->t3uiDg
from within the store out through the weather
board* about six feet above the floor aud some
twenty live feet from the real - end. Where the
tUadiuu incendiary applied the torch i> as yet con
lecture. The alarm was promptly given, but the
Atutpiead with rapidity and in a short time the
whole building was in flames.
Tue stone building ou the right, owued aud oc
cupied by Wall *V Cos., as a com mi said house
and ship chandlery, beiug separated from the buru
iuk building by ouly eight or ten feet aud exposed
to so much boat, soon took lire through the doors
aud windows, which were of iron, red hot aud bulg
ad out, aud was totally destroyed, nothing but the
walls left standing. The fire also extended to the
tdieae iu the rear, stored with cotton, lumber, &c.:
to lb* stores of Messrs. Papy Almeda, John Molina,
mid Henry Mulreuan, liquor dealers, on the right
Packer & Clarks store on the left, Wall & Co’s
stone budding occupied as the C. 8 District Court
rooms, offices of U S. Marshal, Agent of Under
writers, aud Judge Betflel, in the upper story, the
lower beiog stored with provisions belonging to the
U. 8 . la •to the warehouses, stables aud office of
.lames F dor, City llall and Market House crossed
Duval street to the warehouses and oflicefof
O’Hara & Wells, K P* Campball’e book store and
intermediate buildings. crossed Front street to
jB >wne A: Curry's buildings, totally destroyieg the
stores o ihe block with the exception of Mr Boyle’s
alley aud dwelling—a*though several times on fire
—arid two other buddings . recrossed Duval street
to the “Exchange,” totally destroying the “Russell
Home,” * Alhambra,” Posfcoffiee and other build
ings of the block . crossed to Mr. Gandolpho’s
dwelling aud houses ou both aides of Front street ;
aud wnf finally checked in that direction by blow
ing up Judge Douglas’ dwelling, pulling, down
Xlr Mulreuan sand the small houses opposite.-
Our aitixen* were promptly ou the grouud aud
worked like heroes, in eudeavoring to extinguish
the flarntw. removing goods, Ve., Lapt. Brauuan
in oor-mtfid ot the garrison, with his officers aud
men. rendered very efficient service aud materially
a eisted iu supi resting the flames by blowing up
tom large wooden buildings Also to Commander
Perry, nl the L t>. btoreehip Keluf, bis officers ami
orew arc we indebted tor much generous and etli
oien:, service
Tie want ot ladders aud proper organisation tor
liaasiug Water trout the harbor was great!, felt.—
Wito a tire engine and n bat service might have
een rendered by pacing water in buckets the
note would o.ive been grautied but in the absence
i- tio;b of Un-sa requisites. tbe whole of Uiat and
three other tine blocks is now a mass of smoulder
ru'us. audreari, all of tbe property contained
u tbem is also destroyed—in ail about tertntf . at
slots* and dwellings aud sorts out-bouses, property
valued at $200,000.
It was stayed in its course northward and east
ward by pulling down the old “Key West House.”
and on the southeast, at the drug store, by blowing
ip C. -tk s baker,. The Custom House and a large
amount of property was saved by the well-directed
ador e of the Collector and tis boat bands assisted
a, some ot th • crew of the Kelief. A. K Tilt s
eureoouses and office were saved solely by tbe
uobie exertions of a few of our citizens and his
servants, which is a subject of gratulation.
Here f jbows par'iculars of losses which we have
no room tor in our present issue. About one third
..f the property destroyed is-aid to be insured.-* Kd.
Stp. _
Aisothik Distucctiyx Wsaroa—LauuE i>it
iM ra x Emilasd KußAtußii ts Ftiuu.t-
Tfce arge quantity of firearms and gun making
t; vokiu.-ryanendv tuintsned to KngiauJtrom Ameri
can Wotkabope. proves to have been but tbe pre
cursor ot more ex ended orders. Hitherto our me
oantes hare restricted their efforts more particular -
tv to U s manufacture of small arms, iu which their
skii, ho* been amply acknowledged, but now. we
rear casualty of a couple oi monster t ided guns,
which have been in course of prepared l. by the
web known manufacturers of Chicopee. Mas-.—the
\atee Manutacturing Company—aud that the re
. sot a preliminary trial are of an extraordinary
-.aracter Or ei! tns.--o gui--is intended for the
Cctteo states 0 ivemtnen! the other wtii be taken
~h. in the Kin iau tngste Genera Admitai, tor pre
sen anon to tbe Caar ot ail the Kussias A few days
sdioe, Capt. Chestokoff, the tuture commander of
tbe new steamer, heard of the pert irmance of the
r.ew gun. and with characterietic leal. at once de
termined to obtain a duplicate in behalt of his sov
ereign.
in several re-peris the gun here referred to coo
ru_“ to tbe description recently given in Er.gi-h
papera of the celebrated “Armstrong “ gun It has
a rfiset bore, of a diameter capable of receiving a
tour p -uac ball but the missiie here employed is
so elongated that the weight of metal is increased to
thirteen pounds. The rear section or base is com-
T-teq of ‘ead. presenting a concave surface to the
i ai-r’-’g with tbe view of its beiug forced into the
grooves by the expansion of the powder behind it,
Thus preven’itjg ioss ot’ explosive power by wind
age A ptow pen: object m the experiments mads
gee* to ascertain the efie t of increasing the num
't>ex of grooves. The remarkable accuracy finally
ohc/dned is shown by tbe tact that three ‘-j.. f were
Miwrs through the uw. perforation, with only a
tiid.qg variation, at the distance of bait a mile. The
urge! was placed on the slope ot a hid while these
experiments wet c tu prcgr-.ts, with tbe supposition
thai tbekfliru oy iLe target would pre
vent tbe liiueh beyond , bat a tnee^euger
.jruught word that damage was being done two
wiiaee further nil Bai.s were then tired so that they
eL -uck info the earth a comparatively short distance
Him ’he target, and P*- ‘■iug cug out were foUDd
■: A ttjreu • l<* OODChW^^
We tarn tha* #r £. ‘ • Haughwent ■ agent for
the Amts Manufacturing .JLTp"*
were brought out by the last
and, sic immediate construction i.
lit gcl tor tbe manufacture o 4 **• ••**'?*
approved American firearms, and that the same
kave been put in band for execution, both at Cbico
:.ui otner works offeriuif tbe needed
laiCx *ie Tbe afjents of tbe British Government
ibece olden, also briiqf a instaiiueut
gold, aud are unreitneted &e to tbe
aßU4fi( of #oik 16 t># ioist tb Aifia&Jifc tflivLii.’
ery In Engi&jd U worked up to Ita tullect capacity,
‘nming out several thousand guns per month,
under of workmen from toe shops at
Chicopee.
We nderetand a public trial of the new rifled
cannon will eooo be made at Governor e Inland, un
der miicary supervision, probably during tha pres
ent week
The United Stater gov nment armories, both at
Springfield and Harper Ferry, are manufacturing
the rifled mrtket for the United States army. This
weapon m aestrucuveneas wfi. compare well with
the Minie rifle, or anything else in use. About
13 000 of these markets will be made at Spriagfieid
in the course of the present year at both place*
borne thing like 20,0CK1. — Jour. Com.
The Poll Office Department.
We give below a statistical exposition ot the
finance* of the Post Office Department. a* contain
ed in the official journal of yesterday. Tbe review,
which is Gi.-pa** mate in .~'yie and we presume ac
curate !n its statements, covers, as will be seen, a
period of fourteen years, dating as it does from the
postal act of 1845 It would seem to be the chief
purpose of the exhibi- to show that the Executive
Head of the Post Office Department cannot be
justly held mainly responsible fer the increased ei
peddiUtres and consequent embarrassment of the
postal service, which has been often compelled to
nuflerfroji ‘hasty and improvident” legislation on
the part of Coogres not so much perhaps ip the
matter of the successive reductions of the rates of
postage as in the establishment of new mail routes,
almost incredible in number and often unearned for
by the real wants of the community—route-, in
some ca-seas the official journal says, “stretching
thousands of miles through a wilderness and desert
country, and involving the expenditure of tabulous
sum* for their maintenance.’’ The Poet Office has
thus oeen sometimes unduly pressed into service as
an ag*nt for the promotion of colonization and set
tlement in tbe as yet unvccupied parte of our coun
try, instead and being-confined to its legitimate func
tion. And. in addition to these onerous and unnatu
ral burdens, it has also, according to tbe declara
tions of the Constitution , been treated “as a slave
that could at will be subjected to the service of
every aspirant for office in every pare of the
Union.”
We are pleased to infer from tbe official designa
tion and denunciation of these abuses a *. having
previou-ly attached to the working of the Poet
Office Department, that they will no longer find any
at tne hands ot the present Postmaster Gene
ral. who, we are informed, acting under “the press
ing necensity for retrenenment and reform created
by the failure of Congress to pass the usual appro
priation bill for the support of the Post Office De
partment,’ and availing himself of “the temporary
freedom thus given to consult the national interests
in the administration of his office, has been inces
santly occupied in the endeavor to place the ser
vice on the most economical footing possible. All
useless agencies are being lopped off, and a thorough
reconnoissanoe of all the mail routes of the country
is being made, with a view to curtailment at every
point where it is practicable without serious de
trimeut to the public.”
As the postal .service, more nearly perhaps than
any other under the ordinary control of the Gov
ernment,{affect* the convenience and welfare of the
community, it is certainly desirable that its admin
istration should be placed on a liberal footing, but
all will admit that public considerations are alone
involved in the true theory of its work, which
should never he c umbered by petty and local, least
of all by political interests. The present Postmas
ter General has been called to the discharge of an
ungrateful ta. k under circumstances of peculiar
difficulty and embarrassment, but if, without detri
ment to the iubstantial demands of the public ser
vice, he shall succeed in “restoring tbe administra
tion of his Department to a basis in harmony with
the theory of its creation,” he will not only afford
an example of signal executive talent, but will also
earn the popular gratitude by converting what
seemed a public misfortune into a national bless ’
iog. Os the fidelity and intelligence with which he
ha.- thus far discharged his responsible trust we
need not speak, as the evidence of both are best
seen in his works.— Not. Intel.
Post Offic£ Departmewt.—The act of 1845
reduced the gross receipts of the Department from
letter postage $988,738 in a single year but, as
they recovered from this depression the year fol
lowing to the amount c.i f 103,959, the difference
between these sums— $021,779—may be accepted
as indicating the permanent reduction occasioned
by the act referred to.
Under the operation of the act entitled “An act
to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the
United States aud for other purposes,” approved
March 3, JB5l, the receipts from the same source
fell off in a single year sl,lß2,993—being 22J per
cent.; while the revenue from newspaper*, pamph
lets, and printed matter was reduced under the
provisions of the same law $213,881 —being a de
cline of 23j( per cent.
Deficit in revenue from letter postages tbe first
year alter the present low rates were
eetalisbed $1,185,993
Deficit from the same cause in revenue
from printed matter 245,884
Aud deficit produced by statute of ’45. 624,779
Aggregate deficit $2,i;56,657
We have here presented the beginning and also
a sub sequent marked epoch iu the permanent fi
nancial embarrassments of the Department. Hasty
and improvident legislation, looking seemingly only
to the advancement of loqal and personal interests
and to the accomplishment, of political ends, suc
ceeded these ac*a, and has continually given an ac
celerated impetus to the downward tendency of
the oppressed aud sinking fortunes of this branch
of the public service Routes, almost incredible in
the.r number, uncalled for by the postal wants of
the people, stretching thousands of miles through a
wilderness and desert country, and involving the
expenditure of fabulous sums for their mainte
nance, have been established by Congress, not
oniy against the convictions of the Department,
but without consultation w’lth it. These routes, al
most wholly unproductive in their character, have
been aud are still as an incubus weighing down the
energies and compromising the reputation of the
postal service. Had the talents and virtues of an
archangel presided over the Department, it could
not have rendered itself self-sustaining, or achieved
either tame or enduring success under such a sys
tem of legislation as this. It baa been treated as
though its vast and beneficent power was a slave
that could at will be subjected to the service of
every aspirant for office in every part of the Union.
The result is such as might have been anticipated
They who prostituted its high functions now de
claim against its purity, and they who opened ita
veina and gave its life blood to the vampires now
declaim against its weakness and inefficiency.
The following tables exhibit the mail routae es
tablished by Congress iu each year from 1852 to
1858, inclusive, and the cost of putting the same in
operation :
In the Atlantic States.
No ot routes No. put in
Year. established, operation. Annual (Jost
1853 5836 115 48,646
I*sl 425 211 1,004,232
1855 351 163 118.992
1856 620 357 377,346
1857 401 221 *546,570
lbsß None let
2,196 292
•Includes coßt (#350,000 per annum) of the rente from
New UrleaD'i to Sau Francisco, by Tehuantepec, estab
lished in 1855, but not *et until tbe fiscal year 1857- ’SB
Also, the Independence, Mo., aud Stockton routes
(#79,999) established 1855 and let 1857 ’SB.
On llu: Pacific, including New Mexico, blah, .
No. of routes No. put in
Year established operation. Auuuai Cost
1852 21 18 #7,565
1853 2 I 600
1854 3 1 25 15,126
1855 5 4 2,390
1856 17 17 8,936
1857 13 7 b 22,410
657,017
Includes #6OO 000 per annum for the overland route
from tt. Louis and Memphis to San Francisco.
Cost of Land Matl Service to California, Oregon,
1852 to 1858.
1852. 1853. 1854. 1855.
California .#128,880 #143,214 #ll2 933 #127,515
Oregon 41,962 45,622 45,151 28,517
New Mexico.. 13.100 26,000 28,600 34,650
Utah 2,<95 2,095 2.545 14,748
186,627
Cost of Land Mail Serru e— Continued.
1856. 1857. 1358.
California #142,344 #113,797 #154,397
Oregon 59,871 31,852 33,586
New Mexico 34,650 34,650 24 536
Utah 32,407 32,467 33,107
#245,62 >
Mississippi river mail service between Louisville
and St. L-uia aud New Orleans, aud Cairo and
New Orleans.
Underact of Augustlßs4, contract was made
with Eastham, Gaines *V Cos. tor service between
Cairo aud New Orleans and Cairo aud Memphis at
$329,000 per year, ami that sum paid from January
1, 1850, to June 30, 1858.
PAt OF POSTMASTERS.
1855. Increase of compensation to pcstma.stcr.-j, under
act of June 22,1854 #316,493 0)
1856. Increase under the same act 330,010 00
Increase of compensation te postmas
ters in California, under act of
July 27, 1854 50.000 00
696,498 u 0
Extra pay, etc., allowed Ma 7 Contractors, under special
Jets oj Congress, from 1853 to 1S 8, tnclustcc, (dttails
. omitted,) #649,16
RECAPITULATION.
Increased annual expense from the establ th
ment of rew routes. fcc , since 1852, lathe
Atian ic Mates #2,196,292
On th Phi tic, includ ug New Mexico, Utah,
4cc 657.017
In California, Oregon. Ac . since 18 2
Mail from Cairo to New O.leans 32< 000
Increased compensation to postmasters 6‘*o 493
#4 594,823
Extra allowance to contractors, agent-. Jfcc.,
by special acts of Congress, #*>4, 42.22; be
ing an average aunual allowance 0f....... 107,8 7
#4,702,680
While, therefore, Congrves, by its reduction of
the rates of postage iu 18-fii and 1861, diminished
the revenues of the Department ft!,056,667, it has
since inopaved upon it an additional yearly expen
diture of $4.70*d,G81. thus lessening its capacity to
meet its engagements by upwards of -ix mihiou
seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars an
nualiy And yet there* are those who profess to
wonder why this Department is not eelt-euetaiiiiui.,
and who clamor against it as extravagant and mis
managed because they And it thus crusued beueath
the mountains of debt that a reckless and selfish
legislation has keapr.d upon it.
CURTAILMENT AND RETREM H.MKN T.
The cost of the Isthmus service prior to the Ist of
April, 1857, was legtuatedby weight at twenty-two
c ents a round, an i the amount oaid lor the year ended
March ; st. 1857, tthe last year under ihat arrangement)
was $100,3^1
The service has been pertonnod since that time,
under louttacl, for the yearly compeu'ation
0f... 100 000
Stowing a saving per aunnm of 60,321
Add to th< amount <avd by discont in nance of
Gt vern *nt mail agents on thx New York and
Caiiforuia route, about bMX)
64,121
The cot of the European ad service under
former contracts was—
OcHiw* *ine, 10 trips a year 5-. ‘•* ,000
Bremen line, 12 trips a year 200 000
Havre line. 12 trips a y ear 150.0 Cu
8735.000
Theooet of an e,aal number of trip* per
formed under present contract*for the pO'tage*
taking the average sums paid during the past
year .-vs the basis, is now a to lows :
Twenty trips between N York and Liverpool,
at 87.12* per trip . * 5142,300
Twche trips between N York, South
ampton and Bremen, at .621 per
trp 10X452
Twelve trips letwe .n N. York. Sonffi
amp ton. and Ha\re. at per
trip... dk*.aw2
Total cost 335,544
SL ow mg ad: ffereoce of 3&9,156
Aggregate anaoal saving on European and o*..
i .trma lutes 463,2.*
Under the preee'ne’ necessity tor retrenchment
and rc form, created by the fan are ot Coogreas to
riaaf the ueual appropriation biii for the support of
the Poet Office Denartment. and in consequence of
the tsmootsrv treeciom thus givva the prsset;! Post
master General to consult the Datiooal interests ia
the adnumstiatton ct bis office, he has been moss
santly occupied in the endeavor to place the serv ice
on the most economical footing po~kUe. Aii csaless
agencies are being topped oil. and a tooroagh re
connoisauce of ail the ,uuui routes of the country is
being made, with a view to curtailment a: every
point where it te practicable w'tbout serious detri
ment to the pubuc. This is a Herculean undertak
ing. and it is prosecuted in the midst o: continual
clamor and complaint. Overwhelming as are the
public consideration* involved, it is not possible to
consult them without invading at every moment
petty personal and local interests, which raise an
outcry tierce and loud, as tncugh the dearest rights
of the Bepubiic were trampled under foot The
work, nevertheless, goes steadily on, and will oou
tifip. 10 do *°-
~ ‘ mined summary will show the results ae
, 2LdiiV*s* . the 14th March—a period of little
comphshed sine..
more than two mouths. transporting tbe
l uder existing contracts io. . ™
mail* between the Atlantic and Pacific
Vtctiu *ad ti>; Telsu*ii!*|j#i., ibe etti if * to’.*
10W 4 i
Per anaara
Between New York, New Orleans, and A pin
wall, N G via Havana, m steamships,
semi-monthly #290,000
Panama Isthmus service, under contract 2btk
April, 1-57 100,000
Between Panama, San Franc:sco. and Astoria.
in steam hips, semi-month If - - 34-2 0
B‘ tween New Orleans and Yentosa. via Isth
mus Tehuantepec 250,000
Total #988,250
Prom and after the iaiof October next, by vir
tue of a c>ntr-kct just concluded, semi month
ly service between New York and >'an Fran
cisco, and also between New Orleans and
flan Francisco, via Nicaragua, will be pro
cured at the rate of zib.uuu
Saving * #772,250
>aved per annum by discontinuance of sixteen
special and fourteen route agencies 49,930
By withdrawing additional compensation from
postmasters 24,201
By mailmen: and discontinuance of mail ser
vice in the Atlantic States 554,041
p ac jg c 50,00 b
#1,451,022
Tha? exhibiting an aggregate annual saving,
effected within this brief period, of fourteen hun
dred and fifty one thousand and twenty-two dollars.
By tbe refusal of tbe Pcetmaster General to put
into operation the six hundred and eighty-eight
new route* created in 1858, (including the Puget
Sound and Bt. Paul route.! bu, for the support ot
which no appropriation was maae, it may te safe
to assume that at least the further sum cf halt a
million of doriara has been saved to the public
Treasury.
The nation, we doubt not, will accept these en
couraging reeulte aa proof of the sincerity ot the
effort which the Postmaster General is making to
restore the administration of hia Department to a
basis in harmony with the theory of its creation.
EL ROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
BY THE ASIA.
The at earns hip Aaia. which left Liverpoo’ on tbe
afternoon of May 14th, arrived at New-York cn
Thursday iaet.
The position of a flair* at the peat ot war had un
dergone no apparent change, and no collision had
taken place.
The War.—The Emperor of the French embark
ed on board the Imperial yacht Reine Hortense at
Marseilles on the 11th, aid arrived at Genoa on the
afternoon ot the toliowing doy. He landed at the
inner port, Darcena, and proceeded direct to the
Royal palace, from the balcony of which he pre
sented himseif to the assembled populace, who
greeted him with enthusiastic plaudits ami. accla
mations The Emperor was accompanied to the
palace by Prince Cangnano, Count Cavour, and
Count 1> Auvergne, the French Ambassador. The
port was lull of ornamented small boats crowded
with spectators, and on shore the city presented the
appearance of a fete. A large structure, covered with
flags, a symbolical representation ol the French
and Sardinian alliance, was erected at the landing
place. Flowers were cast before the Emperor by
the populace during uie progress.
Tbe Emperor heki a review of some old soldiers
in the Court yard of the Royal palace, and iu the
evening he went to the theatre, where his recep
lion was most enthusiastic. He was accompanied
by Prince Napoleon and Prince Cariguano.
On the following day the King of Sardinia went to
Genoa, and after paying a briet visit to the Emperor
he returned again to head quarters.
The Emperor was expected to take hra departure
from Genoa on the 11th for the army, to whom he
had issued the following order of the day :
“ Soldiers. —1 come to place myself at your head,
to conduct you to the combat. We are about to
second the struggle of a people now vindicating their
independence, and to rescue them irem foreign op
presrion. This is a .-acred cause, which has the
sympathies of the civilized world.
“ 1 need not stimulate your ardor—every step will
remind you of a victory. In the Via Sacra of an
cient Rome, inscriptions were engraved upon the
marble, reminding tbe people of their exalted deeds.
It is tbe same to day. In passing Mondovi, Ma
rengo, Lodi, you will, in the midst of those glorious
recollections, be marching in another Via Sacra
Preserve that strict discipline which is the honor
of the army. Here, iorget it not, there are no other
enemies than those who fight against you in battle
Remain compact and abandon not your rauks to
hasten forward. Beware of too great enthusiasm,
which is the only thing I fear. The new arms de
precision are dangerous only at a distance. They
will not prevent the bayonet from being w hat it has
hitherto been—the terrible weapon of the French in
fantry.
“ Soidiers ! Let us all do our duty, and put our
confidence in God. Our country expects much
from you. From one end of France to the other
the following words of happy augury re echo:—
4 The new Army of Italy will be worthy of her elder
sister.’
Given at Genoa, May 12, J 859.
“ Napoleon.”
In regard to the movements ot the respective ar
mies, the following are the official bulletins pub
lished by the Sardinian Government:
“ Ti kin, May 11. — Bome Austrian siege trains, a
regiment of infantry, and a detachment of Chas
seurs, have re crossed at Gravelona, and directed
their course towards Casal aud Pusterbengo, in
Lombardy. Many of the enemy’s troops are con
centrated between Mortara, Palest.ro, and Eobbio.
The head quarters of the Austrian etaff are at JVlor
tara.”
“ Turin, Friday, May 13.—The enemy are in
creasing their forces near Castle St. Giovani, on the
road from Piacenza to Stradella. They have con
structed bridges near Vigevano and Motta Viconti,
to protect their retreat of to-day. Our soldiers have
pushed forward a strung reconuoitering party as far
as Cascine di Sera, near Vercilla, and our Artillery
began cannonading the enemy, which, however, was
not replied to by them. Our troops have re-taken
their former position.’’
A later bulletin of the same date says: “ The
Austrians on their way to Piacenza have occupied
Revergare on the river Trebbi. The bead-quarters
are at Kobbio The wounded have been conveyed
to Oocimiano.”
Marshal Canrobert had addressed an order of
the day from his head quarters at Alessandria, to
the troops under hia command. It concludes as
fojlow ß : “Soldiers ! The precipitate march which
you have just made across the Aips, has not allowed
I lie solicitude of the Emperor’s Government to sup
ply you w’ith all of which you stand in need. You
will soon receive it. You must call to rniud that
the warriors, our forefathers, who have preceded
us in these tine countries, were of every
thing at the time that they covered the Hag of
France aud the country with immortal glory. The
great French army will soon find itself opposite the
Austrian army. They are old acquaintances. Both
have seen each other at Lodi, at Arcoli, at Marengo,
aud at Wagram,—illustrious names, which you will
soon cause to be followed by others equally glori
ous.”
The Paris Pays says that the depredations com
mitted by Austria in Piedmont are for the purpose
of filling the military storehouses at Lombardy.—
They are literally stripping the Piedmontese prov
inces of hay, grain, provisions, and everything they
can carry off; and according to the French journals
they do this with the greatest rigor and cruelty.
The London Star argues that England by declar
ing her neutrality in a struggle, the only avowed
object ot which is a violation of treaties, confesses
that the treaties of Vienna are not worth fighting
.bout, and gives them up altogether.
The London Times, in its City Article, has the
following remarks upon the possible effects of the
war upon tbe commerce of England in the event of*
that power being involved in hostilities: “The
most important question in connection with the
possibility of England finding herself involved in
w ar is, what effect will it have upon our commerce !
Iu the old war with France the suspension of our
maritime supremacy would at any period have
sealed our ruin, aud the grand effort of Napoleon
was ro achieve a European combination such as
shoule exclude us from every port. So long as the
prfiti’sof our euormous trade remain undisturbed
we are sure to tire out our opponents in every
struggle. Can we count with certainty upon being
able now as hexetotcre to secure that result ! Many,
looking at the fact that the French fleet is alleged
iu number aud powrer of guus to be superior to ou r
own, aud contemplating tbe possibility of its being
aided by that of Russia, are disposed to entertain
misgivings. But these persons omit to recognize
the alterations effected bv the lapse of a generation
in the international system of maritime iaw. Under
no conceivable circumstances of temporary or even
prolonged disaster could our general commerce now
fie interferred with. We might for a time lose our
carrying trade, but that is the utmost injury that
coulu be inflicted upon us The doctrine accepted
during the Russian war, aud subsequently confirm
ed by the Paris Congress, that free ships make
free cargoes, has settled this point definitely. Our
interchange of goods, therefore, would go on with
nearly at much steadiness as ever, although the
whole ot Europe may be arrayed against us.
Tne business would be conducted by the United
States. Their ships would bring us cotton, corn,
and all other staples according to our requirements,
and would in turn distribute our manufactures over
the world. Thus we should go on buying, selling,
aud making money iu our old fashion, while cur
opponents were suffering exhaustion under the
effects of financial mismanagement, commercial
prohibitions, and the depressing influence of con
scriptions. It will be urged, perhaps, that in the
event of all our ports being blockaded, even the
American marine could then be of no service to us,
but that is a contingency which few Englishmen
will think necessary to discuss. It would more
ov r, be as fatal to America as to England, and
would therefore soon make that Power a party to
the quarrel. But it may yet be said that, although
the inviolability of neutral vessels wa? so recently
affirmed by France, Russia, Sardinia, Austria, anil
Turkey, a* well as by this country, the three former
Powers may, if it should suit their purposes, dis
claim with as little scruple as they have lately
shown in stultifying their decisions at the same
Congree* regarding the Danubi&n Principalities.
There i? no room for any such apprehension. Those
who attempt to <et aside the new principle, must
dofso at the peril of immediate war with the United
States. It is a matter on whiclj the Washington
Government will entertain no question, and the
fir.-t interference with an American veasei would
be followed by an instant demand for sat -faction.
Happily, therefore, the bearings of the case are
now entirely independent of the wishes or decisions
of the Continental Powers. Whatever dreams may
be nourished of fulfilling to the letter the traditions
of the first Empire, that of forming a coalition to
shut out aud destroyed tue commerce of Great
Britain, must be considered by the progress of civi
lizatiou to have been shorn of nearly all its terrors.”
Again, iu the City Article on the 14th, the Times .
return* to the subject and points out that although
the Statute Law of the I'mted States prscludes al
togethertbe possibility of registering European ships
Under the American -iag. it will be quite practicable
to piaee such ve.aels under that flag by a biil of
a!e, drawn up by the American Consul, together
whh a certificate that she is owned by an American
citizen. She will then get the protection afforded 1
by the U. S. Government, remaining with regard to
tonnage dues and all similar conditions under tbe
liabilities common to any foreign vessel. Should
England become involved in war it is probable
that increased latitude might be given, by special
a. .*, to facilitate the granting even of a national
registry.
Fr anc e. The Paris correspondents ot the London
oops re are in describing the enthusiasm
of the people upon the Emperor's departure tor the
army in Italy as immense, ‘'•act a reception the
Emperor has never beiore met with, and he was
evdentiy surprised at its unucual warmin.
The correspondent of the Times says —TheiL&ni
featauon of pcpifiar feeling in Paris, on the deptat
ure of the Emperor, appears to have been marked
with a spontaneous enthusiasm which has not been
witnessed in that capitoi ten rr-any year= As the
Imperial carriage panned out of tha court yard of
tbe i liilleries, the Emperor seea ed to he taken by
surprise at the unusual warmth of the de onstratiec.
He was atte uiad only by a few of the Cent Gardes,
and. on arriving at the Hoteldc \ ilie, the imposing
ovation iiad produced it* effect. The Emperor or
j dered his guards to move on: of the way, ana the
i < amage was instantly surrounded by the enthusias
tic crowd.
The correspondent of the Herald report - that the
stern, unbending features of L uis Napoleon quiv
ered with emotion, while the Empress was weepiDg
without any attempt at concealment. The Em
peroe put Lis hand-, out oi tbs carriage and the
o&mc&de maker? oi the Rue S:. Antoias bending
over and kissing them, saluted him with reuewed
erica of enthusiasm,. When the cortege resumed
:s march a band of workman stood between tbe
imperial carriage and the L ent Gardes, and pro
,-ceded with it aii the rest of the way. singing patri
tic songs, iaclnding the Never hss
the Emperor received such cocclusive proclof his
popularity with tbe people and the popularity of the
cans* which he wassailing Wf defend was equal*
ly demonstrated.
It i? said mat more than double the amount of tbe
five hundred mi Lou francs as & war had been
suhscribad for, ana that three times the £um might
-be had lor the same purpose. The Empress had al
ready Uansaoied business, and was to hold weekly
reviews of the National Guard. Tkh gun boats are
not to be employed, bat five frigates wets to be im*
mediately prepared for saa.
It is staiea that the Emperc* had decided that no
cerrespondant ol a newspaper or journalist, shall be
permitted U> follow the Jfranch army in Italy.
On the other baud, it ie fiaieo that some journal- ,
Els have been selected to aocompanv the Emperor,
aud among them M Penon of the MooiUwi. and
M Dreoile of the Coneututionnei. Measures u*4
been takefi le?c9tid‘&g aetttal official despatches to
Paris every cay.
The army of Lyons had received orders to proceed
to Italy. They would increase the force in Italy to
nearly 209,000 men.
A decree postpones, sine die. the expected legisla
tion on the corn laws
The monthly returns of *he Bank of France shew
a decrease in the cash in Lari of 25,000.000 francs.
The Pari? Bour-e on the 11th and 12th was quite
! buoyan‘ and tbe Three Per Cents advanced to 61 80.
On tbe 13th, however, under the influence of ru
mors from Berlin that a t hange oi Ministry, inimical
i to France had taken place i winch proved to be
false), there was a reaction, and the 3’a declined to
\ 615 for money, closing flat.
Austria —The Archduke John, is dead.
A despatch from Kaguea says that the Austrian
w&r-brg Mriton, had been blown up. According
| to one account the number of killed and missing
was about 80. but another despatch says that part
| of the crew were ou shore at tbe time, and that the
number of killed was oniy 4; wounded 9.
The Austrian postal service between Trieste and
i foreign ports has teen interrupted.
Germany.—At an extraordinary sitting of the
Federal Diet, at Frankfort, on the 13th, tue propo
sition of the Mi itary Commission to put the garri
son of tbe Federal Fortresses on a war footing, wa*
agreed to. The Hanoverian representative pio*
posed that a coips oi observation should be placed
: on tbe Upper Rqiuo, but Prussia protested against
such a measure.
Prussia —A parliamentary Commission had been
sitting at Berlin to examine the exceptional laws
rendered neeeesaryby the present cruis. The Min
1 ister of Foreign Affairs declared verbally beiore the
Commissi jd, that if even it should happen that the
efforts of the I’a'ian to obtain a better admiui-lra
tion should degenerate into revolutionary move
ments, Prussia nevertheless would see no reason for
giving armed assistance to Austria. The Report of
:he Commission contains these words
“ The stronger Prussia becomes by the harmony
I between the King and people, the less can she inter
fere by arms’ in countries where such harmony does
not exist England, it is added, would remain neu
tral as long as her subjects were unaffected ; and
Prussia timply reserved to herself the right of quit
ring her watchful attitude the cu which other
Powers iuterferred in this war.”
On the 12th instant, alter six hours’ debate in the
Chamber of Deputies, during which aii parties ex
pressed tr.e sentiment of German Nationality, the
| Loan asked for by the Government for the militaiy
j and Laval adnrnistration, together further
I means for reisitg money, were unanimously voted.
On ths following day the Upper House unanimoua
! iy concurred.
The Fatal States. —The neutrality of the Papal
i Government had been formally announced to the
Austrian and French Government, and formally
accepted.
A dispatch from Rome says that orders had been
sent to the Pope’s Nuncio to quit Florence.
According to orders received Irom Vienua, the
state of seige had been raised at Ancona, and the
light was again displayed in the Light-house.
Turkey.— Advices from Constantinople to the
ith report increasing agitation in the Turkish pro
vinces 4 especially Bosnia. An ii creased number of
troops had been placed on the watch.
The Austrian Go vet nment had stopped the trans
mission of political news to Constantinople by tele
graph, and the European inhabitants had requested
that the telegraph at Jassy might be joined to the
Russian lines.
British Neutrality.
isY THE QUEEN —A PROCLAMATION.
Victoria R.—Whereas we are happily at peace
with all Sovereigns, P wers and States ;
And whereas notwithstanding our utmost exer
tions to preserve peace between the sovereign
powers and States now at war, hostilities have un
happily commenced between hia Inicperial Majes
ty the Emperor of Austria on the one part, and his
Majesty the King of Sardinia, and his Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of the French, ou the other
pari
And whereas a slate ( f war now exists between his
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, ou the
one part, and his Majesty the King ot Sardinia and
his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, on
the other part, and between their respective sub
jects aud otheiH inhabiting within their countries,
territories, or dominions;
And w hereas We are ou terms of friendship and
amicable ictercour e with aii aud each ol the sove
reigns aud with their several subjects, and others,
inhabiting within their countries, territories, or do
minions;
Aud whereas great numbers of our loyal subjects
reside and curry on commerce, and possess property
and establishments, and enjoy various rights and
privileges, within each of the dominions of each of
the aforesaid sovereigns, protected by the faith of
treaties between us and each of the aforesaid sove
reigns ;
And whereas we, being desirous of preserviog to
our eubje3te the blessings of peace, which they now
happily enjoy, are firmly purposed aud determined
to abstain altogether from taking any pari, either
directly, or indirectly, ih the war now unhappily
existing between the sail sovereigns, their subjects
and territories, and to remain at peace with, and to
maintain a peaceful and friendly intercourse wib
all and with each of them, and their respective Bab
jectfl, and others inhabiting within any of their
countries, territories awd dominions, and to main
tain a strict and impartial neutrality in the s&id
hostility and war unhappily existing between them.
We, therefor.*, have thought fit, by and with the
advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal
Proclamation.
And we do hereby strictly charge and command
all our loving subjects to govern themselves accord
ingly, and to observe strictly a neutraliry in and cu
ring the aforesaid hoetUitiea and war, and to abstain
from violating or contravetiting either the laws and
etaturi sos the realm iu this behalf, or the laws of
nations in relation thereto, as they will answer to
tbe country at their peril.
And whereas in and by a certain staiut e made
and passed in the fifty-math year of his Mej c sty
King George tbe Third, entitled, “An act to pre
vent the enlisting or engagement of his Majesty's
subjects to serve in ioreign service, and the fitting
out or equipping in his Majesty’s dominions vessels
for warlike purposes without his Majesty’s license,”
it is amongst other things declared aud enacted as
follows : That if any person within any part of the
United Kingdom, or in any part of bis Msjesly a
dominions beyond t he seas, shall, without the leave
and license of his Majesty for that purpose first had
and obtained as aloresaid equip, furnish, fit out,
or arm, or attempt or endeavor to equip, furnish,
(it out, or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished,
fitted out, or armed, or shall, knowingly, and assist,
or be concerned Jn the equipping, furnishing, fit
ting out or arming of any ship or vessel with intent
or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed
in the service of any foreign prince, state or poten
tate, or of any foreign colony, province, or part of
any province oi people, or of any persou or persons
exercising or assuming to exercise any powers of
government in or over any foreign state, colony,
province, or part of any province or people, as a
transport or etoreship, or with intent to cruise or
commit hostilities against any prince, state, or po
tentate, or against the subjects or citizens of any
prince, state, or potentate, or against the persons
exercising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of
government in any colony, province, or part ot any
province or country, or against the Inhabitants of
any foreign colony, province, or part of any pro
vince or country, with whom his Majesiy shall not
then be at war, or shall, within the United King
dom, of any of hia Majesty's dominions, or in any
settlement, colony, territory, island, or place be
longing or subject to his Majesty, issue or deliver
any com mi sion for any ship or vessel, to the inten
that such ship or vessel Khali be employed as afore
said, every snob person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and Bhall, upon convic
f ion thereof, upon any information or indictment,
be punished by line and imprisonment, or either of
them, at the discretion of the court, in which such
offender shall be convicted ; and every such ship
or vessel, with the tackle, apparel and furniture,
together with all the materials, arms, ammunition,
and stores, which may belong to or be on board of
any such ship or vessel, shall be fortified ; and it
shall be lawful for any officer of his Majesty’s Cue
toms or Excise, or any officer of his Majesty's navy,
who is by act empowered to make seizures for any
forfeiture incurred under any of the laws of customs
or excise, or the laws of tr..de and navigation, to
seize such ships and vessels aforesaid, and in such
places and in such manner, in which the officers of
hi? Majesty’s Customs and Excise, and the officers
of hie Majesty's Navy are empowered respectively
to make seizures under the laws of Customs and
Excise or under the laws of trade and navigation;
and that every ship and vessel, with the tackle, ap
parel, and furniture, together with all the materials,
arms, ammunition and stores, which may belong to
or be on board of such ship or vessel, may be prose
cuted and condemned in the like manner and in
such courts as ships or vessels may be prosecuted
and condemned by any breach of the laws made
for the protection of the revenues of customs and
excise, or the law’? ot trade and navigation.
And it ie, in and by the said act, further enacted,
that if any person in any part of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any part of
his Majesty’s dominions beyond the seas, without
the leave aud license of his Majesty for that pur
pose first had and obtained as aforesaid, shall, by
adding to the number of the guns of such vessel, or
by changing those on beard for other guns, or by
the addition of any equipment for war, increase or
augment, or procure to be increased or augmented,
or shall be knowingly concerned iu increasing or
augmenting, the warlike force of any ship or ves
sel of war, or cruiser, or other armed vessel, which
at the time of fier arrival in any part of the United
Kingdom, or any of his Majesty’s dominions, was
a ship of war, cruiser, or armed vessel, in the ser
vice of any foreign prince, state or potentate, or of
any persou or persons, exercising, or assuming to
exercise, any powers of government in or over any
colony, province, or port of any province or people
belonging to the subjects of any such prince, state,
or potentate, or the inhabitants of any colony, pro
vi- ee, or part of any province or country, under
tbe control of any person or persons so exercising,
or assuming to exercise, the powers of government,
every such person so offending shall be deemed
guilty ot a misdemeanor, aid shall, upon being con
victed thereof, upon any information or indictment,
be punished by tine or imprisonment, by either of
them, at the d>eretion of the court before which
su u offender shall be convicted.
Now, in order that noneol our subjects may un
warily render themselves liable to the penalties im
posed by the eaid statute, we do hereby strictly
command that no person or persons whatever, do
commit any act, matter or thing whatsoever, con
trary to the provisions of the said statute imposed,
and of our high displeasure.
And we do hereby further warn aud admonish all
our loving subjects, and all persons whatsoever en
titled to our protection, to observe towards each
aud all.of the aforesaid sovereigns, their subjects,
and territories, aud towards all ueiiigerants whatso
ever, with whom we are at peace, the duties of
neutrality ; and to respect, in all and each of them,
the exercise of those beiligeraat rights which we
and our royal have always claimed to
exercise.
And we do hereby further warn all our loving
subjects, and all person.- whatsoever entitled to our
protection, that if any of them shall presume, in
contempt of this our Royal proclamation, and of our
high displeasure to do any acta in derogation of
their duty as subjects of a neutrai sovereign, in a
war between other sovereigns, or violation or con
travention of the law of nations in that behalf, as
more especially by breaking, or endeavonng to
break, any blockadejlawfully and actually establish
ed by or on behalf of ar.v or either of the said sove
reign?, by carrying officers, soldiers, despatches,
arm?, ammunition, military stores, or any article or
articles considered and deemed to be, contraband
of war, according to the law or modern usages of
nat ions, for the use or service of any or either of the
s&:d sovereign*, that all persons so offending, to
gether with their ships and goods, will rightly incur,
and be justly liable to, hostile capture, and to the
penalties denounced by the law of nations in that
behalf.
And we do hereby give notice, that all our sub
jects and persons entitled to our protection who
may misconduct themselves in the prfcmises, will do
so at the:r peril, and of their own wrong . and that
they will in no wise obtain any protection from us
against such capture, oreuefc penalties as aforesaid,
but will, on the contrary, incur ottr high diepieasure
by such misconduct.
Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this
thirteenth day ot May, in the year of our Lord, one
tK ueand eight hundred and fifty nine, and in the
twenty second year of our reign God save the
queen
lAitesi from ljindon to Liverpool.
Germany.—lt is affirmed in Ministerial circles at
Berlin. tha* Prussia for the moment maintains an
expectant policy and has not bound herself to any
power to remain neutral Germany is disposed to
jeare the initiative to Pruasia, as she will have the
heaviest burden to support in tbe common de
fence.
Resignation of Count Buel.—Frankfort,
—Count Rechberg. President oi the Fede
ra: Diet and Austrian Ambassador, has left tor
\ tenna. Laving been appointed Minister for Fo
reign Affairs, in the place of Count Buoi Schauen
stein, who has tendered lis resignation.
Liverpool, Mav 14, 9 P M.-The Asia was
detained here half aa hour, (till 3.30 P. M .) to ena
ble merchants to answer letters per the Arabia.
The Arabia's passage was inside of 9j days.
A Berlin correspondent write*: “Humboldt, in
hia last hours, was nurrounded by hie nephew* and
his niece. Baroness de Bulow. and retained to the
2nd the full use of his faculties. Ka asked several
lime* g* en the King would return, and said that
be had hoped t£ have seen him again. Humboldt
has bequeathed a targe portion ot his library and
inairameuts to hie old servant and travelling compa
nion, beyff&rth, who tended him for upward* 30
years and yhv is now himself bedridden ’
WEEKLY
Cjprmtttk &
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY’ MORNING, JUNE 1,1839.
Gold Foil.
We were informed, jesterday, that fine gold foil,
for Dentists’ usee, is now manufactured iH this city
by Dr. D. S Chase, Surgeon Dentist. It is made
from Georgia and Carolina gold, and will be sold as
cheap as that manufactured at the North.
Found Drowned.— The body of a negro wo
man. suppcs3d to be ab3Ut49 years old. was found
in the canal, just above ita mouth, about II o’,
clock yesterday morning. It is not known to whom
she belonged. Coroner Baker held an inquest,
aud a verdict of abcidantally drowned” was ren
dered.
Reduction of the Legislature.
This subject i? attracting, as it deserves, the veiy
general attention of the people of Georgia, and we
are pleased to see is being discussed with great
calmness, which augure well, not only for the suc
cess of the measure, but for a wise system. That
the body ae at present constituted is too large, no
one pretends to controvert—indeed, all admit. The
only question therefore that now presents itself for
consideration is, how shall it be re * uce.d ? The plan
and extent of the reduction being a matter for subse’
quent consideration. There are but two modes of
altering the Constitution —one by a Convention and
the other by the Legislature. We infinitely prefer the
former, because it will be a body elected with eepe*
cial reference to the duty to be performed, and will in
all probability, as it should, embody much more in
telligence, and a very different class of men general
ly than the Legislature, and will, therefore, in all
human probabi’ity, secure to us a much more en
lightened system than we cau hope for from the Le
gislature. We shall, therefore, in the progress of
the ensuing canvass, urge upon the consideration
ol the people, the pr priety of calling a Conven
tion, to reduce the Legislature, aud to alter our
present Jury Mystem, which is so lamentably defre.
tive, that the great mass of < danders go unwh pt
of justice; a result which we think is mainly attri
butable to the defects of that system.
Dolbear’s Commercial College —One of the
finest monuments of individual enterprise to be
6*olll* ir- New Orleans, is the Commercial College
ol Rufus Dolbear, E-q., IC6 Canal street. It was
founded nearly a quarter of a century ago, and has
steadily inc reased in usefulness and popularity ever
since. The system of education adopted by Mr.
Dolbear is complete, and works admirab y. The
building is divided into nine apartments—an elegant
parlor, an apartment for the English, one for
French, one for Spanish, one for German, one for
Mathematics, cue for Book keeping, one for Pen
manship, and cue for Phonography, and each branch
is taught by a separate professor ip a separate
apartment. The College is open allthe year round
and from 300 to 400 pupils attend annually, from all
parts of the Sou‘h, and of .all ages, from 12 to 60.
All pupils have the privilege of attending until ae
perfect as they wish to be ; and if their studies are
interrupted they have the privilege of resuming at
any future time. All the branches are taught practi
cally, and students possessed of ordinary intelli
gence aie enabled at ouce to enter upou the d;s_
charge of their duties in a Mercantile house, Bank,
Insurance or Railroad Company’s office, or Steam
boat. The system of teaching the languages is also
highly approved, and the pupil is enabled to read,
write and speak the tongue studied, after a three
months’ application. Mr. Doi.bear’s references
are numerous, aud some of them of the very
highest character from the most distinguished men
of our country. Strangers visiting the city are in
vited to call and judge for themselves. Circulars,
with the terms of tuition, &c., may be had on appli
cation.
“Tlie John A* Moore.”
The new Fashion Line Steamboat. * l John A.
Moore ” et&rted yesterday, on her first trip to
Savaimah, touching at ail the landings on the
River* A short trial trip of five or six miles, w 8
made on Saturday afternoon last, a number of invi
ted guests being on board; everything worked
satisfactorily, and we hail with pleasure this new
and handsome addition to our river craft. The fol
lowing description of the boat we take from the
Dispatch of Saturday :
The John A. Moore is 150 feet iu length, between
perpendiculars, 24 feet, beam, aud 5 feet hold ;
height between decks, 14 feet six inches, giving
sufficient capacity for the storage of 1,000 bales of
cotton. Her boilers were made at the “Novelty
Works,” and are two 42 inch cylinders, 15 feet
long, w ith 28 four inch tubes in each. They are
supplied by a “Doctor Engine, v to which are at
tached bilge pumj.s for fleeing the boat of water,
in case of snagging, and also a fire pump, which
added to two other fire pumps with 300 feet of
hose, give her a fair chance to extinguish any fire.
She has two chimneys, 32 feet high, and 36 inches
in diameter. Her water wheels are 20 feet iu
diameter, with 7$ feet, s : x inches face of bucket,
and two feet dip, and are driven by two high pres
sure engines, the cylinders of which are 14 incher iu
diameter with five feet stroke, arranged with fosaet
valves Her cabin is on the second deck, and con
tains 20 States Rooms, with double berths, and all
the necessary doors, &-C., to give free ventilation.
Her main Saloon is 65 feet long, sufficient to seat
at the table 100 persons. Her Ladle's Ba loon oc
cupies the after part of the boat, and is arranged
expressly to make that portion of the travelling
public comfortaole.
No pains or expense have been spared in getting
up ana furnishing this boat, and ehe is now offered
to the travelling and busines* public as in eveiy
particular worthy of their patronage. Her Cap
tain, Thus N. Phi'.pot, is well known on the river,
as a thorough going and accommodating officer,
and her first engineer, Mr. Thos. Bachus, has no
superior in his line.
The Hull of the John A. Mocre, was modeled and
built by Mr. Chaa. Grim, of this city, the cabin by
Mr. Win. 11. Goodrich, both of whom deserve cred
it for the marner in which the work is executed.
The Chesh Match. —The playing iu the fifeh
game of the telegraphic Chess match between the
Charleston ami Augusta Chess Clubs, had psogre.ss*
ed as follows up to Monday evening last:
White—Augusta. I Black—Charleston.
I—P to K 4 I Pto K 4
2l* to KB 4 Pto Q 4
3 K P takes yP I Pto K 5
4—B to Kt 5 check IPto QB 3
5 P takes P P takes P
6 B to q B 4 I K K.t to B 3
7 P to Q 4 j lito q 3
8— (i Kt to qj Ii 3 B to Q Kt 5
!—K Kt to K 2 KKtto q 4
10— Castles | P to K B 4
11— B?oQ2 BtoQR 1
12— Qto K square ] Btoy Kt 3
13— QKtto Q square • | to KB 3
14— y to K B 2 1 Castles
15— Bto QKt 3 I Kto R square
16— PtoQB4 j Kt to K 2
17— B to Q B 3 I Q to Kt 3
18— Kt to K 3 IBto Kt 2
The playing will be continued Wednesday night.
Knickerbocker Magazine.—This did establish
ed and popular monthly still preserves the even
tenor of its way, and, like wine, steadily improves
with age. For years it has been the medium through
which the most cultivated minds have sought com
munication with the reading public. The fi:st
names in our literature may be found in its list of
contributors ; aod everything that is pure and health
ful in tone aud chaste and beautiful in expression,
characterizes Us articles. The editor, Louis Gay
lord Clar k, has become a veteran in the service,
having for years presided at the head of his “Table,”
dispensing the choicest literary viands and most
delicate “ tit bits” to tickle the palates of his nu
merous guests. Something “ rich and rare’’ can al
ways be found in this peculiar department. Through
ail the chances and changes of time, “ Old Knick”
has held up bravely, exhibiting no signs of desue
tude, but is as hale and hearty to-day as it was
ten or even fifteen years ago. Indeed, there is a
perceptible advancement; a more varied interest
is manifest, and a richer melange given than for
merly. The May number begins two serials: one
illustrated upon the Adulteration of Food ; another,
a French translation from Octave Fenillet, en
titled, “The Romaece of a Poor Young Man, ‘ said
to.be a most fascinating and powerful story. There
are other articles of value by popular contributors;
and these, with the Literary Notices, and Editor’s
Table, go to make up a capital numberr Terms $3
a year. Published by John A. Gray, 1C and 18
Jacob street, New York.
An Old Counterfeiter.-Thursday morning last,
Washington, alias Peter Taylor, was arrested
In New Jersey, aud carried to Philadelphia, on the
charge of making and passing counterfeit half dol
ars. Taylor lived in a farm-house, and owns two
large farms adjacent to each other. On searching
the premises, the officers discovered one of the most
complete and extensive note counterfeiting estab
lishments iu the country. There was a press, which
was a most complete and compact speciment of
workmanship; a number es graver's tools, acids
and paper. In counterfeit notes there were twelve
thousand dollars in s’s on the Caifiden State Bank.
There were three thousand dollars in fives on the
Easton Bank, very well executed. On the Far
mers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, of Camden,there were
five thousand dollars in counterfeit five dollar bills
There were a number of plates engraved on cop
per and steel. One on the Cambridge Market
Bank ; an unfinished plate on the Northern Liberty
Bank tracings on gelatine paper of the Corn Ex
change Bank; of the Bordentown Banking Com
pany , of the Rhineback Bank; of the Bank of New
ark ; of the Hantmdon County Bank, and the New
York Exchange Bank There were a number of
other plates partially finished. The prisoner is
about six feet in height, slim built and gray bearded.
He is about sixty-two years of age, and has been
in prison before on the same charge. He is one of
the oldest hands in the business, and has been, it is
estimated, in this business for the .ast forty years.
From Utah. —Ihe Utah mail of the GJi reports
the Mormons quiet. Superintendent F’orney has
arrived with sixteen children, tbe survivors of the
Mountain Meadows Massacre. Lieut. Potts is
dead.
—
Export of Specie.— The steamer Arago sailed
from New York on Saturday with $1,756,000 ; the
Vigo with $700,000; and the Weeer with $60,000.
Tne Arabia, on Wedneeeay last, took out very near
$3,000,000, making the total shipments for the week
about $5,500,000.
Facilitating the Mails.—The Presidents of
the railroads between New York and Charleston,
and tbe President of the Fehiacdina road are now
in Washington, making proposals to the Govern
ment to cany the mails from New York to New Or
leans more expedition® !y than heretofore.
Destructive Tornado.-—There was a terrific
tornado on Friday iaet near Springfield, Illinois.—
Sixteen persons are reported killed, and many se
riously injured. Houses and barns were blown to
atoms. _
The Population or Illinois.—Tbe population
of Illinois ie estinfhted by the Chicago Times at 1,-
750,000. The Times thinks that at the Presidential
election of 1864 lilinoia will have nineteen eiectcra l
votes. She baa now but eleven. There is no doubt
that, in population, Illinois is now the fourth State
of the Union. It will Is a close run between Indiana
and Virginia for the fifth position.
Candida!? fat CoiiiNVw.
J. 8. Slaughter, ohe of the editors of tbe Atlan
ta American, announce* himself a candidate to re
present the Fourth Congressional Distriot. The
following is his card to the voters:
To Ike Voters of the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict : —The under®.gned is induced by circum
stances to become a candidate for Congress in op
ppeitton to English bills—to the present ruinous
Federal misrule—to the tolerance of a party dynas
ty in this free and happy land that indulges in the
most reckless extravagance, and the most diaboli
cal abuse of power, overriding all constitutional
limitations, and establishing worse Federalism than
was ever suggested by Hamilton or Adams
If elected. 1 shall stand firmly upon the Georgia
platform—he advocate of Union. Constitution, Re
trenchment, Reform. Liberty.
I hate the present Buchanan administration as I
abhor violenoe, misrule and corruption.
Expecting to make myself more fully understood
in the ensuing canvass,
I am. respectfully,
J. 8. Slaughter.
As yet, there is no Democratic candidate in the
field, and will not be till a selection has been made
by a convention, for which there are quite a num
ber of aspirants, who feel that they have strong
claims,” indeed that “ the country cannot longer
do without their services.” We learn that a large
portion of the party aro heartily siok of their late re
presentative, (quite an astonishing reau t after the
labored and studied system of puffing resorted tj,
to sustain the “ distinguished member !’’) and are
very desirous to supply his place with a more ao
ceptable man.
Appreciating the Democracy.
The New York Herald, now the leading organ
of the Northern Democracy, in an article on the
Charleston Convention, and the want of harmony
among the various faotions of the a-ls styled De
mocracy, makes the following very just remarks
which very conclusively demonstrates how well the
Editor understands, and hew fully he appreciates
the ohara cter anti instincts of his party, North and
South. He says:
“ Unquestionably ‘the cohesive power of the pub
lio pluuder’ will be put tea severe trial in that Con
vention ; but wp incline to the opinion that lu the
spoils there will be discovered the basis of a plat
form upon which Wise and Hunter, and Jefferson
Davis and Di uglas. and Slidell and Soule, and
Dickinson and Seymour, and all their factions, and
all the other cl ques and factions of the party, may
harmoniously sit down together as at a family love
least, and go forth therefrom ‘like giants refreshed
with new wine.’ ”
The Herald is right, the soent of the spoils will
bring the spoilsmen together, and we may expect
to gee in the Charleston papers, even the Mercury,
a great glorification over the harmonious oration
Wuich shall witness the white spirits and grey spir
its, and black spirits, and red spirits, all other shades
of political camelions harmomziog for another con
test for the spoils. “ The ooheeive properties of the
public plunder,” are altogether too powerful to be
sundered by any of the Democratic faotions. There
may be individual cases, but, they are merely the
exceptions to the rule.
The lilacU Republicans In Distress.
A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, of the 24th
•nst., to the New York press, informs us that:
“Amass convention of the foes of the Fugitive
Slave act, aßsemb led there that day, was well at
tended. Avery large number were present from the
Reserve counties. Everything passed off orderly.
A declaration was read, denouncing the Fugitive
Slave law and the Dred Scott decision. Resolu
tions were also read, “eelaring that the Fugitive
aotwas unconstitutional and void, and that the Su
preme Court bad degenerated, and that it was sub
servient to party politics ; that the life tenure should
be abolished, and the judicial circuits remodelled,
that the conviotion of the Oberlin rescuers was dls
graceful and unparalleled ; that the prisoners were
entitled to their liberty, and that the freedom of
the country i ests upon the great republican party.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Giddinga, Chase,
Wade and others.”
These poor, miserable agitators feet that their
occupation is on the wane, and are making a des
perate iffort to rally their forces again; and in their
desperation have seized upon the Oberlin rescue
cases as a forlorn hope. Unfortunately for them,
the people of the North, the reflecting conservative
men of the free States, have been gulled quite long
enough by these agitators, and they will not again
rally under the standard of Giddings Sc Cos. They
have learned a lesson in the last few yeais, by
which they will profit, and will therefore let Gid-
DiMiS Wade, Chase Sc Cos., play the demagogue
to their heart's ooutent. The signs are every
where favorable for the predominance of a sound
conservative sentiment.
Mexican Affairs- New York Custom House.
The special correspondent of the New York
Herald, furnishes that journal with the subjoined
intelligence, which indicates that Mr. Secretary
Cobb is threatening to practice what the Demo
cracy prate so much about, “retrenchment and re
form.” “Better late thau never,” is an adage as
ancient as veritable, and. our fear is, that it will
all end in Democratic ■promises and bluster, and the
expenses of the government go on increasing, how
ever loudly and vociferously the demagogues and
organs prate about “ retrenchment .” We have
heard these promises before, and we can generally
estimate their value :
Washington, May 2d.— An extraordinary session
of the Cabinet was called at an early hour this
morning, for the purpose of considering the instruc
tions which have just been prepared for our Minis
ter iu Mexico. The critical condition of affairs in
Mexico neretsitates caution on the part of our gov
ernment. Minister McLane is evidently in a quanda
ry. His letters clearly indicate that, and he asks
instructions from our government upon a number
of points—one whereby the right of way will be
secured to the United States across the isthmus of
Tehuantepec, and also through Mexican territory
from the Rio Grande to Mazatlan and to the port
of Guaymas. Other arrangements, commercial
and postal, the administration is desirous of effect
ing, and instructions covering them will be des
patched at once.
The Secretary of the Treasury is resolved to re
duce the expense of collecting the revenue at New
York, as be has dote at other porte North and South
by cutting off all the inefficient and unnecessary
officials. He is also resolved to break up and put
an end to the feeling of officials for any purpose. by
merohanta or brokers, and to increase the efficiency
of the custom business by requiring the ohief offioers
to see that the time and services of the employees
necessary to the prompt and faithful discharge of
their daily duties are devoted faithfully to the pub
lio service. He says there is no good reason why
government employees should not give their whole
time to a service tor which they are paid, the same
as other persons employeiHn private business are re
quired to do i and if these reforms oannot be brought
about by the present chief offioers of customs at
New York, other remedies will be applied. Quite
a number of New Yorkers are here endeavoring to
persuade the Secretary to let up on the Custom
House iu New York . The Collector is expeoted
here to-morrow. They cannot avert the impending
storm. Secretary Cobb is unrelenting.
State Aid to Railroads— The question of vo
ting the aid of the State for the construction of rail
roads, says the Savannah Republican , is beginning
to excite an unusual amount of interest, in certain
sections of the State. A number of new roads
have been projected of late years, and their friends
are exerting every nerve to secure the public money
for the purpose of enabling them to build roads
which the peopie interested are unwilling or unable
to build for themselves. The Albany Patriot re
commends a convention of all the friends es State
aid, at Atlanta, on the first Wednesday in August
next, and a number of influential interior presses
accord their cordial endorsement.
We regard this question with no small degree of
alarm, especially as the interest in the matter has
become so diffused throughout the State as to ad
mit of a combination which, we fear, will override
all opposition. We have no local prejudice to gra
tify nor local interest to serve by the triumph of
our views on this question. We do not believe
that a railroad will be built in Georgia, under any
circumstances, that will injure the city of Savannah
to the amount of a dollar ■, to the contrary we feel
assured that all such improvements will build up
her trade and pour wealth into her lap. We regard
the whole question as, exclusively, one of principle
and sound State policy, and viewed in this light,
we do not believe that a measure has been projec
ted since the formation of the government, so
freighted with harm to the financial, and moral
condition of the State.
At the proper time, we shall enlarge upon these
points and give the reasons for the faith that is ip
us. Our present purpose is, Bimply, to indicate
where this journal will be found in the discussions
that are likely to arise.
Opposition Meeting in Baldwin. —A portion
of the Opposition ot Baldwiu county held a meet
ing at hlilledgeville, Saturday last, at which a re
solution was adopted repudiating a District Con
vention for the selection of a candidate for Con
gress, and declaring their intention to support the
Hon. Augustus H. Kenan, in the approaohing con
test.
With all due respect fer our Baldwin county
friends, says the Savannah Republican, we fully
agree with the Recorder that the summary and in
dependent action of the meeting, without respect
to their political friends throughout the District,
was “ ill advised and impolitic.” The “ good old
Republican usage” may answer when all parties
adopt it, as they did in good old Republican timet,
but when it is all on one side, we cannot conceive
of a more effective mode of giving aid and comfort
to the enemy. The Seventh District is one of the
only two now held by the Opposition ; with this
sort of trifling with the little power we have, we
shall not deserve to hold it, nor will we. The gal
lant Third will soon stand “ alone in her glory.”
We appeal to our Baldwin county friends to re
oonqider their action and discard all mere personal
preferences, in a matter in which so many are in
terested besides themselves.
It is hard.y necessary for us to say that these re
marks are confined to the action of the meeting and
have nc personal reference to the able and gallant
gentleman whom it seleected as a candidate. We
may also add that we have seen nothing in the po
litical course of the present Representative of the
District to forfeit the confidence and attachment of
any portion of his constituents.
Failure.—A despatch dated New Orleans, May
25, says: Messrs. Hargous Bros, of New-York,
have suspended in consequence of the failure of
the Tehuantepec Company to cover their drafts.
The disturbed condition of financial matters in
Mexico has also prevented the receipt of remit
tances from their house there. The war Dews has
interrupted the operations of the Tehuantepec
Company ior negotiating funds to meet the pay
ment ot a large amount due here last week, and to
cover their drafts. The money market is getting
tight here.
The Administration and Judge Douglas.—
The Washington “ Constitution” characterizes as
an “unfounded statement” the rumor that‘‘a
meeting had been arranged and had actually ta
keif place between the President and Senator
Douglas, at which their political differences were
satisfactorily adjusted.’ “No such intervieif.”
adds the Administration organ, “ has token plane,
nor has anything been said of done by the Presi
dent which could give the least foundation for the
report.” So the war goes on.
On Monday, smoking cars were put on the New
York Central Railroad. These cars are of the oidi
nary size of passenger cars, neatly but plainly fin
ished, having a row of revolving chairs along either
side.
Atw Hsok’
The I*:t.LAB ol I'fRE; or, Israel in Bondage By
Rev. J. It. Ingraham, author of the “Prince of
the Houee cf David.” New York : Pudney At.
Russell. 18.YJ.
This is a handsome 12 mo. volume, of 600 pages,
with a handsome steel frontispiece entitled “The
Finding of Moeea.” The reverend author has
chosen an unhackneyed theme —being the history
of Moses and those grouped around him in Egyptian
annals—which he has treated in a masterly manner,
and with that skill in delineation and vigor of lan
guage wh'ck give him high rank as an author. An
able critic says, that while he has conscientiously
adhered to the Bible record in his narrative, “the
charm of the volume to many will be found in his
attempt to illustrate that portion of the life of Moses
which is not revealed in the Bible, an 1 which i as
evar been a fruitful subject of conjecture with all
imaginative minds. Here, we cannot bntthi-k..
the author has been extremely happy; at oooe ex
hibiting a high degree of dramatic power, and yet
preserving the severe simplicity and loitiuees of
style appropriate to a character as exalted as that
of the most highly-favored of all the servants of the
Most High.” We have no doubt the bock wili find
numerous admirers aud readers. If its success is
at all equal with the companion volume, the “Prince
of the House of David,” it will meet with a cordial
reception.
Mr. E. H. Balsman has been appointed agent for
the sale of the work in this city, and will supply
subscribers with copies, direct from the publishers.
Failures. —Tne New York Courier 4- Enquirer
in iu commercial columu of Tuesday evening, says.:
—“The failure of Messrs. P. A. Hargous & Brother
was announced early this merniug. The Mechanics’
Bank, by their direction, refused paying their notes.
Their losses have been very heavy from engage
ments entered into to carry out the Tehuantepec
route across South America. Their liabilities are
understood to amount to $3,000.000. Their failure
excites a great deal of sympathy, as both members
of the firm are held in the highest esteem.
We obeerve also that the house of Meyers A?
Steucken have dissolved partnership. Mr. Steuoken
is in Europe, and Mr. Meyers has, it is understood,
made an assignment in consequence cf the adverse
judgment obtained against him for $240,000 iu our
Courts, as bas already beeu reported.
Important Movement op Negro Men.—The
oolored people of Chicago, a* a meeting on the
25th ult., which was very numerously attended,
adopted resolutions declaring it the imperative
duty of every free colored man in the United States
to emigrate to Hayti, and appointed a committee
to open a correspondence on the subject with that
Republic.
Slave Marriages.— A very interesting report
has just been submitted by the convention of the
South Carolina Episcopal Church, at their session
in 1858, in respect to the marriage of slaves. The
following is the substance of the decision arrived at
by the committee. The relation of huaband and
wife is declared to be of divine institution, and to
be equally binding on the slave as on the master.—
The injunction of the Saviour, for bidding the sepa
ration of husband and wife is obligatory on tho mas
ter, ana every master should so regulate the die
posal of the slave as not to infringe the divine in
junction. Voluntary abandonment ou the part of
a married slave ought to oome within the same tule
as in the case of a free person; but when the
abandonment is involuntary, and caused by cir
cumstances without tbe control of the parties, the
refusal to allow a second marriage would often pro
duce much evil and hardship; but in giving its
sanction to such second marriage, the Convention
would do so in the qualified language applied by the
Apostle to cußes of self restraint. The report makes
the remarkable statement that there is uo instance
in South Carolina of a legal divorce.
“Censoria Lictoria,” “Rising Young Men,
and Other Tales."— These are the titles of two
woiks written by Miss Louise Elemjay, who is
now at the Globe Hotel in this city, where she will
remaiu for a abort time for the purpose of disposing
of them. We have not yet had an opportunity to
examine sufficiently into their contents to pronounce
as to their merits. “Rising Young Men,” from a
cursory glance, we judge to be a stoiy of much iu
terest, written in an independent but graceful style,
and we think will amply repay perusal. “Censoria
Lictoria” is made up of letters and sketches, run
ning through a period oi some twenty years, mod.
of them of a satirical, caustic, and spicy nature, and
bearing evidence of the author's keen and close ob_
servation of men and things,
Mies E is suffering under a severe infirmity, and
we commend her claims and her fugitive sketches
to the sympathies of our oilizena. She will proba
bly remain in the city only a day or two.
Bpain.— A private letter from Madrid of lhe2Gth
inst., emanating from a member of the Liberal par
ty, says that public opinion there is favorable to
Italy, and would see with pleasure a Spanish con
tingent join the Franoo-ltalian army, just as it was
desired that it should take part in the operations
in the Crimea, side by side with England and France:
The Court of Madrid (it goes on to say) would
desire to intervene on behalf of the Pope ; but, in
the meantime, it is with the government in observ
ing neutrality. The Ministers are then decided on
neutrality. They say tha‘ family pacts and allianoea
have been fatal to Spain ; that they will remaiu
strictly neutral, and leave the nations to get out of
the war as best they may. I do not doubt that Spain
will maintain this attitude as long as she can.
I suppose that if the Emperor Napoleon tries to
make her do otherwise, she will seek the support of
England in maintaing it; bat ii perchance France
and ELgiand act in ooneert Spain will follow both.
In the meantime the Nuncio frequently confers with
the Minister of Foreign Affaire, and the latter with
the English and French Ambassadors. I do net
know what haß passed between the Nunoio and M.
Collantes, but I can assure you i hat the latter has
spoken to them of a project to bring tbe Pope to
the Balearic Isles, where he would reside at the
expense of Spain. I doubt tbe Emperor's allowing
him to come here. The project is the same as that
of M. Martinez de la Rosa, Ambassador of Spain at
Rome ia 1848, during the revolution, when the Pope
fled from Rome to Gaeta.
A Brave Commander.— The Wexford Constitu
tion of May 4, says that Capt. Merrithew of tbe
Pomoua, was entirely blameless (or tbe loss of his
ship. The crew deserted him, led by the 3d mate,
at the first moment, taking away with them the
only two boats that remained, and though each of
these boats could have easily contained tit) persons,
only 22 despicable cowards landed in them in safe
ty. The Captain, it is said, was invited to jump
into one of the boats, but the answer was “No, l
shall drown with the ship.”
A Valuable God-Mother. —The Princess of
Montenegro haß received, from the Empress of tbe
French, a magnificent cradle, surmounted by a
golden qrown, for the Princess to whom she has
just given biitb, aud of whem Eugene is god
mother.
Gas Fountains. —Near the town of Howard.
Canada West, there are three wells, through the
waters of which streams of gas rush up, the roar
ing sound of which may be heard a quarter of a
mile. The owner has driven a pipe into one of
them, and uses the blaze for domestic purposes.
Victoria's Birthday.— The fortieth birthday of
Queen Victoria was commemorated on the 24tb
inst. in New York by her subjects in that city with
every mark of loyal devotion usual on such occa
sions. The British shipping in the harbor, especially
tbe Canard steamships, made a splendid shov of
bunting, and fired royal salutes at noon, while their
loyal crews drank tbe health of their mistress. The
United States revenue cutter Washington joined in
the salute, in acknowledgment cf which “Hail
Columbia” was Btruck up by the Persia's band.
Mitchell on National Democracy. —Tbe
editor of the Southern Citizen, who belongs to the
Democratic party, and is therefore competent to
speak of its character, says :
“My own decided opinion is, that at the present
moment the Southerners who are the most effective
allies of Mr. Seward and tbe North, are those who
call themselves National Democrats. These are not
the worst people at the South, and most of them
mean well; but they cannot discern the signs of
the times. Their party at tbe North is wholly a
Freesoil party—is as resolutely Northern, for all
Northern purposes as the abolitionists themselves,
but infinitely wiser, and therefore more fatal.”
Compliment to Lieut. MAURy.—We believe
the compliment implied in the following letter to
our distinguished countryman, is altogether without
precedent:
Hall op the East India Marine Society,
May 18,1829.
Whereas Lieut. M. F. Maury, Superintendent of
the Observatory at Washington, has devoted a
very considerable portion of hie life to nautical re
search, and has done more to promote the interests
of the mercantile marine than any other living man
acid whereas one of the principle chjectH of this
Society is to advance nautical science and know
ledge, therefore, with a view of expressing the high
sense and appreciation of the Society fo’ the impor
tant and invaluable services he has rendered bis
country and the commercial world—
Resolved, That Lieut. M. F. Maury be, and here
by is, elected an honorary member of the East India
Marine Society.
Unanimously adopted
From the Plains.— James Maginnis, of Lock
port, Mo., who has just returned from the Plains,
publishes a statement in the St Louis Democrat,
that the Kansas gold mines ie the most stupendous
humbug ever perpetrated on Americans.
Death or Hon. George W. Thomis.— The
Stockton (California) papers announce the death of
Hon. George W. Thomas, who died on Saturday
morning, 30th April. He had represented Stanis
laua county in the Legislature fpr the past three
years. Deceased was a native cf Georgia, but emi
grated to California from Texas in 11840. During
the Mexican war he served as surgeon in the army.
He was aged fifty-two years.
An Impressive Scene. —The death of Cape. Geo.
A. Paige, assistant quartermaster to the Utah regi
ments, hae already been announced as having oc
curred at Camp Floyd on the 18th April. The bu
rial was conducted in a most impressive martial
manner, and attended by the whole military force
of the camp, the Episcopal service being read by
Capt. Simpson, of the topographical engineers. A
letter to the St. Louie Republican thus alludes to
the scene:
Probably there has never appeared, in tne history
of our army, a larger oonoourse than were present
at the funeral of Capt. Paige, the estimate being
from fifteen hundred to two thousand officers and
soldiers, added to a large number of employees of
the quartermaster s department. The whole occa
sion was deeply impressive; the bands of regiments
playing the mournful airs peeu iar to military fune
raa, and the horse of Capt. Paige following, in sable
housings, his master to his last resting place.
Hew Jersey ranks as the fifth State pf the Un
ion in point of manufacturing indue ry. The ncm
her of establishments within the State are stated at
4,207, employing a capital of $22 293,258, using
raw material of the value of $22,011,871, employing
29,068 males and 8,762 females, the coet of whoee
labor per annum is $9,361,740, snd producing
manufactured articles estimated at a tot"! yalue of
of $39,851,256 ______
There are n o less than ‘ll ,600 Lodges ot Free Ma
sons in the (Jnited States, nearly all of which are
said to be in an unusually flourishing condition.
Democracy Suuiklng.
Tbe following account of a Democratic meeting
in Columbus, Ga , which we copy from the ‘ En
quitet.” affords an apt illustration of the taotioe of
the party. It should be read by every man who
would understand the Southern Democracy, who
although enteitaiuiug, or professing to entertain,
principles as opposite as the poles, yet always
harmonise when the spoils are scented. Great are
“the adhesive propen lee of tbe public plunder!”
The Democratic Meeting— EhuJ/emg the
Points .'—The Muscogee Democracy baa their
meeting at the Court House o:i Saturday, to appoint
delegates to the Gubernatorial and Congress ol Con
ventions. Tuis they accomplished without diffi
culty, aud Brown, Iverson and Crawford were eu
dorsed with equal readiness. But wueu they came
to feel each other's pulses to ascertain their reaped
tive temperaments towards the Federal Administra
tion of tueir oboioe. ’.here was such a conflict of
feeling and policy a- to forbid any idea ot haimoni
uus action. Tbe best they could do was to do
n. ice, and this they finally resolved upon.
W motion cf Gen. Williams, a committee
was ap) ‘limed the Chairman to draft resolutions
and repelr c.. •> lit'lo tin’tiling was occa
sioned by Gen be dec.iuiug to serve ou the
committee, on Ihe ground that he “was not a
Democrat iu full fellowship,” having never left
the platform of 1850
While tie committee was out, J lines Hamilton,
Esq , (la'e of tbs city, but now a resident of Mem
phis, Teun.) wns o .lied up for a speech. He spoke
with his usual readiness and force of expression,
fully endorsed the Administration ol Mi. Buchanan,
and avowed h s faiih in ihe cent nue-i integrity and
fidelity of the National Democracy.
l'he committee reported resolutions sustaining
Gov. Broun, Judge Iverson, aud Mr Crawford,
aud recommending their re-eleotiou, also appoint
ing delegates to the tw o Conventions aud instruct
ing them to adhere to the preference of tile meet
ing. Another resolution reported declared it inex
pedient for the Jlabi rnalona! Convention to take
any action or make auy expression in regard to Na
tional politics ?
A. R. Lamar, Esq , offered a series of counter
resolutions, declaring that the Democracy of Mua-
Ocgee county bad an abiding faith iu Dsmocratio
principles, bu‘ had been disappointed bv the Ad
ministrate u of President Buchanan and disapprov
ed of hie leading measures—lst, his desertion of the
foreign policy of the Cincinnati Platform ; 2d, his
support cf Paulding ; 3d, his unauthorized contract
for the support aud educa'iou of negroes in Africa ;
4th, his advocacy of a specific and protective tariff;
and sth, his weak aud vacillating policy iu Mexico,
and his unmanly ooursc towards Minister Forsyth.
In bis remarks, Mr. Lauiai alluded to the repudia
tion of the Administration by tbe Democratic can
didates for Governor and Lieut. Governor in Vir
ginia, and declared tbai the Democratic parly could
not take up the Admimsiratiou and carry auy can
vass tnrough succcsstully. The Administration
hsd proved a miserable aud ridtoulous tailure, and
it not lepudiated, it would des roy the Democratic
party and perhaps the American Union.
Porter Ingram, Eeq , one of the committee, said
the committee had l bought it the best policy to pass
over all these questions, as the Southern Democra
cy approved a part and disapproved a part of the
acts of tbe Administration. They should leave the
Administration to take care of itself, aud atteud to
tbe State canvass Tbe true policy in reference to
this matter was total silence.
John A. Jones, Esq , earnestly opposed this ‘ poli
cy.” He said that those who were convinced that
the Administration was faithless to its trust would
become parties to its dereliction by silence , they
would be recreant to their trust it they failed to
repudiate it. And on the other band, it they ap
proved the course oi the Administration, they
would not be acting in good faith by refusing to
say so. He did not, however, wish to go to the
length of Mr Lamar's resolutions, and offered a
substitute declaring that the principles and the
pledges of tha Democratic party had he m violated
by the Administration, and resolving that the De
mocracy of Muscogee county finds little cause to
congratulate the country on the success of Uu Ad
ministrate nos James Buchanan.
Gen. Williams moved to lay Mr. Latnai’s resolu
tions and Mr. Jones'substitute ou the table. He
contended that it wusa meeting to nominate dele
gates to a Gubernatorial Convention, and not to
take into consideration national questions. He le-
Sardtd President Bucliaiiaii as a dead lion, and
lougbt that he ought not to be kicked. He allud
ed to the disfavor with which the movements of
Columbus politicians were received, and hoped
that there would be no new mauifedtation.
Alex. Cooper, Eiq., contended that the commit
tee had themselves introduced national topics by
their resolution approving the speech and course of
Judge Iverson, aud that it was inconsistent iu them
now to insist Uiat national questions should be ruled
out We should at least re affirm the Georgia
Platform. Does auy one desire to desert it 1 lie
offered as an amendment, a resolution declaring
that the meeting had no confidence mat the Nation
al Democi any represented by the Administration
intended to maintain Southern rights.
Jae. M. Russell, Esq., sustained ilia motion to lay
on the table, aud contended that the Administra
tion was right in its Kansas policy, which had been
defeated by the course of six Southern Americans.
Gen. Williams’ motion to Uy on the table was
carried, ou division, by a veto of 34 to 17.
Tbe resolutions of the committee was then adop
ted.
John A. Jones, Esip, with a view to test the feel
ing of the meeting, offered a resolution— iu antithe
sis to his own views—to the effect that the just and
conservative Administration of James Buubunau
meets the hearty approval of lliie meeting 1 This
was received with meriment. Gen Williams mov
ed to lay it on the table ; und, after vainly appeal
ing to him to allow a direct vote, Mr. Jones with
drew it.
It is a fact worthy of note, that not a single resi
dent Democrat defended the Administration, though
so freely denounced ! Mr. Hamilton, of Memphis,
alone said a hearty good word for it; and it was
suggested to us that he, in his well known good na
ture, was only actiDg on the principle that insti
gated Harvey to stand up for his friend in the
Methodist meeting. Tbe story is, that Harvey was
by some means induced to go to church in a time
of general penitence, and the preacher had request
ed all who were friendly to religion to rise from their
seats. The whole congregation did so. He then
called upon all who desired to see Satan and his
kingdom prospei to rise from their seats. Harvoy
alone arose, aud explained his vote as follows ;
“Had the vote been lees unanimous, 1 should
have retained my seat; but I make it a point of
honor never to abandon a friend under adverse cir
cumstances”
The entire discussion wan conducted in a courte
ous, geullemauly manner, and there was no person
al feeling displayed.
The Myrtle Wax.— Messrs. Editors ‘ The an
nexed article from the Washington Constitution,
containing a communication from Robert B. Camp
bell, our Consul iu London, to the Hon. Lewis
Cass, Secretary of State, may be a novel to many
of ihe inhabitants of the United States, but to the
people of Louisiana will not present the same fea
tures of interest.
It is well known that the myrtle plant, whioh is
indigenous to the Southern coast of our oountry,
produces a berry from which wax has long been
manufactured for domestic consumption. And, as
a member of St. Mary's Agricultural Club, permit
me to use your columns to bring this fact before the
public,and suggest to the authorities at Washington
that in the introduction of plants and seeds through
the Patent Office, it would answer a better purpoee
to look at home for agencies to add to agricultural
productions of the South, lest they commit the same
error fallen into by the Department when a lama
attempt was made, some years bye gODe, to intro
duce new varieties of sugar oane for the planters
of Louisiana, w ilhout sending some practical man
from our midst, acquainted with the growth of
sugar cane, to make selections. J. T. U.
[Franklin (La.) Planter's Banner,
The correspondent of the Banner, J. T. H., for
got, we presume, that the practical business men
of Louisiana, who knew something of sugar cane
and its cultivation, were not biawling partizans
and in search of a place. The man who reoeived
the appointment, was probably some hanger-on at
Washington, for whom the President and the De
partment had to provide, and his fitness for the dis
charge of the duties of his station was perhaps never
thought of or cared for. Such an idea is not only
old fogy ish but decidedly obsolete with the spoils
men of the administration.
An Excellent Idea.— The New York Courier
publishes the following paragraph under the head of
‘‘An Excellent Idea.’’ It is so excellent that it
should be not only an Idea but a practice in all our
large cities. A lounging, smoking, chattering po
liceman is a disgrace to the department, a constant
sign of the neglect of hla superiors to enforce proper
discipline, and an offence to the public. Here is
the paragraph :
Acting Superintendant Carpenter has issued an
order to the Police Captains of the Metropolitan
Districts, notifying them (hat tho Rules and Regu
lations respecting the deportment of Patrolman iu
the street, must he hereafter rigidly enforced. The
order states that policemen are forbidden to lounge
on the corners and talk with their fellows or with
acquantances, and are also forbidden to smoke
cigars under any circumstances while on duty. All
policemen are to be considered on duty while wear-
Dg any p ortion of their uniform.
The Rush to the Gold Mines,— The emigra
tion to the Pike’s Peak gold mines isems so be un
precedeutediy large, far exceeding that to Califor
nia upon the discovary of gold upon the Pacific
coast. The Omaha Nebraskian of the 30th ult
says :
The city is alive with strangers, m route for
Cherry Creek. Over one hundred wagons left for
that region on Tuesday morning, an equal number
on Wednesday, and Thursday we look a at.roll
Shout the city and counted two hundred anj thirty
one. camps, remaining. Their numbers have been
augmented every hour, during daylight, since.
About seventy five wagons started out yesterday,
nearly the same number to-day, and Mo.-iUay next
whl witness the departure of more than have start
ed in any one day yet. More than five hundred
emigrants have called at our sanctum for Nebras
kaiius since our last issue. The great mass of theße
were men of intelligence, who would be a credit to
any country in the world. All with whom we have
conversed, concur in stating that not one hundredth
part ot the emigration that is coming, has started,
and that thousands will be here in the course of the
next three weeks.
Oi the emigrates mentioned above, we Bhould
think nine-tenths were from Wisconsin, Illinois,
Michigan, and Easte u lowa. They are just the
men to develop, by patient industry, the vast re
sources es the Rocky Mountain range.
An Indian Prophecy—Tbe correspondent of
the London Times writes that the germ of a con
spiracy among the Sikhs, who have done such good
Bervice in suppressing the late mutiny, lias been
discovered. It seems that the chiefs ol the Sikhs
have determined to strike for empire after the main
body of tbe European troops have returned home,
which they think will be about I8G& The Times’
letter says:
“ An old S’kh colonel named Cheyte Singh, waa
11 religions devotee named
ttqodh Singh, ol treasonable practices at Lahore.
His house was searched and a paper fonnd, copies
ot which he peeme to have circulated pretty wide
ly. It is a prophecy couched in a somewhat mys
tical tone and professing to be written by a Sikh
of Jubbnlpore. It predicts that in Idol! the Sikhs
shall ar-se, exterminate the children of Christ, keep
English women in their houses, and restore the su
preme power oi tbe Khalsa. That is a pleasant
little prediction, and one which the Sikh very often
thinks himself quite competent to realise. It may
be fulfilled, but meanwhile, as a lesson against be
ing in advance ot the age, the conspirators were
seized, tried and condemned to five years t the
Andamans, ail within 48 hours They were con
veyed instantly across the frontier and are on their
way to their destioati’ n. This terrible prompti
tude alarms tbe inqjlisb idea of justice, but India
rebels are anarchist*, and the first business of all
governments ie to prevent anarchy.”
Indictment at New Orleans. —The grandjury
of the United States Circuit Court at New Orleans,
on the 10th inst., indicted Wm. Brailsford, Thacker
V. Bordnax, Nelson C. Trowbridge and W. Allen ;
tbs first and last for holding slaves imported from
Africa, and the otbei two for balding ami selling
slaves imported into tbe United States from Africa
French Commerce —A telegram from Mar
seilles, which has not been made public, brings a
piece of news which gives rise to extraordinary con
jectures, namely, that French commercial vessels
have received a warning from Government that it
is not safe to leave the port of Marseilles.
|n t. r acoountTltom Mexico state that Sants
Annfi s titles have been restored, and Mlranpou in
vited bis return. r
“So ” said a young gentleman to a beautiful
young’ lady *t a party in Arkansas, “you won )
take ny of tbe fardi ee ?” “No.” said she, “but
I'll take sums of tie greased naioatn.”
OB0R31& JTYMPi
Judol McDonald.—The Columbus Corner Stouß
suggests this gentleman for the U. S. Senate, and
says, as a matter of party justice, the Democracy
art- bound to elect bim.
Patent—ln the list of patents issued for the
week ending the 17th instant, we perceive one to
Joseph Hawthorne, ut TLomas county, Georgia,
for an improvement in the cotton press.
Si i’keme (.hurt. This body convened in Athens
ou Moudoy last—Judges Luurpkiu, Bouniug aud
Stop 1 errs, and the other offioers of Court, as well as
a r-spectable number of attorni ys being in attend
ance
Second District. —TheSoa'hsrn Georgian sug
gests that the Oppi* tion of the Second Congrea
•ioual District hold a convention at Cnthbert, on
the 20th day of July, to nominate a candidate for
Congress.
Attorney for the State Road —E. W. Chaa
tine, Esq , resigns Ins position as Attorney for the
State road on tbe 29:ij of June. Tho Macon Tele
grapli says there are not more than fifty applicants
for the place.
Second Congressional District. —The opposi
tion in this District have decided to hold a Conven
tibn at Cnthbert, ou Wednesday, the 13th of Ju'y
next, to non iuatc a candidate for Congress. If they
nominate a man cf any force they ought to elect
him over the present incumbent, should he be the
candidate, who is an exceedingly weak man.
Mus3 Between a Town and a Railroad. —The
Dispatch says the towu authorities of Newnau and
the Atlanta and l.vGrange Railroad Company are
at loggerheads about the tax levied on the depot
and property of the road in the incorporation. The
property bas been levied on, and advertised for
sale, but the Superintendent has notified them that
if the notice is not withdrawn he shall move the
depot a mile from the town.
b raklin College.—The Governor has appoint,
ed tha following named gentlemen a Committee to
atteud the examination of the Classes in Franklin
College, commencing Tuesday, 21st June next:
Hon. Henry K Jackson, Chatham countv.
Col. Solomon Cohen, “
“ Yelverton P. King, Greene
“ Henry H. Camming, Richmond “
“ Thomas L. Coopei, Fulton
Rev. William FLiuo, Baldwin “
Hon. M. J. Welborn, Muscogee “
Hon. A. A. Allen, Decatur “
Col. Win. W Paine. Telfair “
“ Peter Alexander, Upson “
lion. E. A Nisbel, Bibb “
“ Wm H . Hunt, Gobh “
l>r. H V. M Milter, Floy,!
Col. M M. Ilaramoud, Clark “
Rev. Dr. Nathan Hoyt, “ -
hAsT Calculation.— Tiie following paragraph
appears in the Pulaski Times of last week :
“We are informed that $637,(Ki1l hue riot been
act ually subscribed to the Fort Valley A Brunswick
Railroad Slock as staled in our last, issue Tin
amount actually pu’ down by good men is butlittlu
over $350,0(1(1, aud the balance only promised. The
subscriptions ot Houston and Pulaski amount i to
$335,000.
We did not intentionally, make this incorrect
statement, hut war led into il by the fast calcula
tion of a zealous triend of the entoipiise.
The Stranded Vessel— The ship repot te tin
yesterday’s issue as having gone aground on llun
tiugton Island, proves to bo the Connecticut from
Mobile, in ballast, and consigned to Me tors’ An
drew Low & Cos. of this city. She has got ; T teat
of water in her hold, but when the tug R t solute
left her at 11 o’clock, o. ni , yesterday, she was ly
ing iu an easier position, aud there was mime hope
of getting her off after stripping her of tackling and
ballast. — Eav. Hep., 26 th inst.
Capt. Townsend Acquitted. -The renowned
Capt. Townsend, ol the tc-ive brig Echo, was tried
last week before the U. J>. District Court at Key
West, Judge Wm. Marvin presiding, and was ac
quitted and discharged from custody. The Key of
Ihe Gull says : “ The Judge charged the Jury, itoin
the insufficiency of tbe evidence procuoed, to bring
in a verdict of “not guilty.” which they did
without leaving their seats."—Nan. Rep.
The LaGhaNuk A Columbus Railroad. The
Kailtoad meeting held in this place on Sat urday
last was of the uiust cheering character. Persons
who were, desponding ou the subject went made to
(eel confident ot the euccees of tbe projool, and i,
we may judge by the spir.t manifested in the meet
ing, and the subscriptions already made, the c,u
struct ion of the road may be considered certain --
Already $175,(100 has been subscribed between La
Grange and Hamilton, and the amount iu prosp, u
tive and certain, which will bo subscribed, will pu’
Ihe subscriptions up to $300,000.-thereby inakim
the road certain of success so far as the upper end
isooucerned. JI the people of the southern pari oi
Harris and the northern part of Muscogee will come
up to the ret-oue, the success of tbe elite,-pris, \v ill
be placed beyond a doubt; and we l;avo ey iv
reason to believe that they will. — l./iUrange Re
porter, 26/A inst.
Hydraulic Works —Being exceedingly tired of
the usual routine of the eanoty.m, a lew days since
we concluded to take a stroll down to the llydraul
i” works of Mr. 11. Kelbj-, Superintendent of the
New York Mining Company. On reaching
mine we mere met by Mr. K by with a hearty wel
come ; and alter oiyveymg nis mdi, which was per
forming its duty o,i orushing the quartz most admi
rably, w’e we’.G conducted up to the hydraulic
operations, v/fcfiuh pies mted a most magnificent ap
pearance. This branch ot the operation on the
mine was commenced tnt a few cays previous to
our visit, aud presented to our view was a chasm
of ninety feet depth and about one hundred and
fifty test in breadth. About ninety feet of four inch
hose with one inch nozle is employed The walei
is thrown about ninety leet, and effective ssrvioe is
dune at a distance ol from sixty to seventy feet..—
Mr. Kelly assured us that this pipe with live hands
removes about tive hundred tous of earlh daily, lb.
truth of which we have not the least doubt. ‘11,5.
earlh is concentrated into six hundred leet of sluice
boxes, which pays an exuellant protil; from each
days operation fifteen tons of ore are obtained,
which gives a yield of from five to eight penny
weights of gold per ton. Upon the whole we were
much pleased with the operation, our spirits much
refreshed, aud far more eanguine in the belie! t.lml
the mineral regions of this country stands unsur
passed — Dahlonega Signal.
Vass Him Around— The indignation of oar
oitizeus was aroused on Tuesday last against an
abolition emissary by the name of Philip McNulty,
who has been travelling around selling tho right to
manufacture a patent Bodstead, which afforded
him an opportunity of spreading insurrectionary
doctrine and insunordiuation among the slave
population ; instructing them in the modus opcrandi
of making their escape to the free statee and thence
to Canada, where they will be out of reach of tlieii
“unchristian and barbarous owners.” After a fait
investigation of the charge preferred against thin
Hympathiser and friend to the negro race, in which
the committee allowed him every means that he
cou and procure (or disproving the charge, the said
Philip was turned over to a oommittee appointed
lor the purpose of escorting him to the Depot, und
it being left to the committee to determine the
style of escort, they I bought it might enure to his
future benefit, to give bim u genteel ride ou a sharp
edged rail; so they sheared him of bis oily locks
gave him a thick coating of printer’? ink, and a free
passage to the Depot, “sitting on a rail.” Mc-
Nulty is a native of Canada, and hails from Ohio,
is about twenty four or five years old, dark skin, and
but Utile show of beard an his face ; is considerably
marked by small pox, and at this time, his hair is
remarkably short. He is a character entirely un
suited to this latitude, and it would be well for the
people to keep a sharp look out for him He says
that lie was raised an abolitionist; he believes that
no Christian will owu a slave, and that ho will as
sist auy slave to escape from his master and go to
a free state. The brethren of the press will please
pass him around.— Covington Times.
ALABAMA ITEMS.
Escaped erom Jail. —We learn tha’ or, Sunday
night in-', the Fiokens county jail was btahen and
three prisoners—Leroy M. Briggs, Macaulay,’ and
and Kirby—eeoaped from custody. All these
prisoners were charged with heavy ‘offences, the
first and last with murder, tbe other, we understand
with forgery. It is suppo-ed that they were aided
by some person from without (Ala.)
Messenger, 24M.
Restitution.—-Practical Christianity.—
Comptroller Green informed us yesterday morning
that he had just received through the hands of Rev.
J M Mitchell, Ri'-’or of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of this city, the sum of two thousand five
hundred and fifty dollars ($2,550/ in cash, with the
information simply that it belonged to the .State of
Alabamu. Any attempt to discover from whom
this money is received will, of course, (as 9 should
be) entirely futile. It is enough lo know that some
penitent haH fulfilled a solemn obligation, and made
restitution of money unjustly obtained from the
State.— Mont. Adv.
Fike in LaFayette., Ala— We regret to learn
that the Tannery belonging to Mr. J. J. Dodson,
in LaFayette, Ala, was entirely consume! by
tire, on Sunday morning 21st, about 3 o'clock, to
gether with all it contained, consis.ing of shoes,
leather, tools, Ac. This is a sad calamity on an
aged gentleman who has labored long and ai
dently to accumulate a competence. Everything
except th* bark shed and the leather which was
in the vats, was entirely consumed, and is a to
tai loss. It is supposed to have been Ike work
ot au incendiary. We have n t learned the ex
tent of ihe loss West Point (da.) Cihien.
Small Pox in Troy. —lt is seldom that wo are
permitted to pen an article which gives us so much
pleasure as Uns. The small pox in this plane seems
lo have run its course the deep gloom and feelings
of despair which overspread thin community ate
fast giving way—
“ The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears.”
We have had no new case since last Monday week
ten days since, and we feel pretty sure tlml no new
case will appear, except one or two who have been
wailing on the sick aud greatly exposed. They,
however, have been thoroughly vaccinated and cam
only have varioloid. Mach ol our sunc&s in ar
resting the disease is attrihutaole to the vigilance
( omnn! tee ol health, supported by a few of our
patriotic and fearless citizens in wiiose praise much
may tie said —Troy American, (tilth inst.
Shooting Difficulty in MosiLK.-La.-t night,
about nine o’clock, Btry O lorn, a pilot on the.
Alabama river, shot U G MoCliutock, Esq., one a
of our most worthy aud respectable citizens, iu ihe j
chin or neck,ii. dieting a dangerous and, w‘ fear, aj
fatal wound. There were several gentlemen
sent, wild had been at tbe launching of the ueufl
steamer Coquette, w> ieh we have noticed 10-dxyß
among whom were Messrs, McCfintock and OduinH
After the shooting, the assassin tied, apparently, !<S
the guard house, to save bims.lt from the punishß
ment that wouid have been administared to hiinfl
on the spot by the outraged and indignant specta-®
tors. We iiojj&e tbs law will hereafter shield us fromM
further outrages by this cowardly assassin's |
“bloody hand.” He was promptly arrested and ‘
committed, after a hard raoe, by officers Keenan,
Kennedy andthe horrified spectators who witnessed ‘
this murderous assass.nation.— Mobile Register, iMth
Hail Stors;.— The Selma (Ala.) Sentinel is in
formed by Mr. Gantt, conductor ol tbe Alabama
and Tenneesee Rail Road, that a heavy hail storm
passed over the country near the Ooosa Ativer
Bridge, on Wednesday night, literally tearing every
thing to pieoee. In many places, there are no leaves
left on the trees.
The Selma (Ala ) Reporter of the “aOisays, we
regret to learu that a severe hail storm passed over
the lower part of Talladega county on Wednesday
evening last, which, it is said, doig, great damage.
Since the above waa put in type, we have received
the following letter:
Wilbonvilxk, May 19, 1859.
Mcsi. s. Shelley and Wil’.ianss— Gentlemen
Yesterday evening, about five w’clock, we hail a
hail storm in this neighborhood, commencing about
two hundred yards above the depot. The hail stonea
were irom the size ot a partridge to a goose egg.
I saw a bucket ful about dark the size of hen eggs
which had meited eonje. L, tors off and split the
shingles and board.* from every house on Mrs
Robertson’s and U B. Oden's places, aud killed the
geese, chickecp, c. The corn and cotton will have
to be planted over. Fences and timbers were
blown down; the like never before Been Worse
over the river than on this side. The woods look
bke dead of winter; limbs and leaves stripped oft’
The had was from six to eight inches deep. As far
as heard from it has been very destructive to crops
Yours truly, _ Rost. R. King
Peace with the Mohave Indians.— The a*
laud uml from Arizona and California whi- i‘*
rived on Saturday night, brought us a brim-If’
from Fori Yuma, dated May 1 It oontaUi .L - 1 ®
portant intelligence that Col. hoffman
mand had just made a treaty with rim Mot C T’
diaus. Fuither hostilities, thertioro wifhtKi la ’
erful and mischievous bibs ra Yr,- IK B l’ ow
avoided, are tor tha present