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I A *l.l ..til*: DEPARTMENT, which embraces
nii .~R i ..... l itiHv. r-.u.iiuKaU the branches
H N aVjailTAlk: CPAHTMi:NT, In which pa
I,ii nr.. riy for Collar, aud a good baris
HI A Mi sk; lihi'All'i'MKST, with triod f*acb*ni,
roii. |- t . lit l> ‘.vi’ in strut: 1 ;<m < u tl.i\ano Forte, (in.-
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1 , 11 j.. i :. r i- i;i i, (ii i•> • ■:.aj M uric, if dcriml. Prof.
i A )KN AM K.NTAL OKI*A RTMENT, in which
, . r* I'sl.itij : iu OiUnd Water Color Urr
e v, ■ rk,
Ahiit r idei y, Paper K ■ wit*, Ur tin Fruit, 4kc.
A (MiVKF I IF DKPAK’I MKNT. in which pupils
... *.•!,! fhi rU - i!o*iitary and !'r:tical Frinciplrs ot l>o*
... ,*■• A flair . Two ln.un on every Tuesday. Thun
and . . ~l'trds- will be devoted to tbl. Department.
*J I . • Iht: employed will not n tl.#* lend interfere
with H-i a. rary I# partini nt.
I h. , the only tJolh-K’- in Georgia giving attention to
thi. d< .n-ialpart-■ Feutale Kdiieation.
in.. Itourdof In arm: mn are th<ir#.ugh srli.ilars and
I ;ea< hen, three of whom gradual <1 w ith
A HKNI VOI.FNT INSTITUTION
M ii iv„, .• till- daughters of Minister.-; of the Gospel of
.1’ ii• ■ I , m*• educated WiTIIOFT CIIAKGK
lnd.lH igtitifM.d inedy Ministers wUI be boardel fom
•,;S 1., . j r rentier i tb.iu the usual rates.
F00.1.* hm hen- taught Hconojuy. Extravagance is
r*"t nu-v • I Jewelry i-* not wf ru, A pupil’s dressing
i.„ xy# i- . not *• • n...r than from
ft (Ft It!) OF TIC I ST I! IX.
H ADIF.L S!!!:RW(oi), D. I) , Griffin, Pres’t.
Itev. NY I.VANI S FANDUF.rt, Maeon.
Kev t l MAH.I i’ANNAh, Louisville,
itev V\ M F. W ILK FS. Forsyth
i! >, rIPfI’iNNATT.S PKBPLKB, Poroyth.
lion JOHN T (JROWDMK, Monroe c -übty.
(.VI J \ H PINCKARI). Forsyth.
KIKN TAYLOiI, 1. *t , (Jolepan he# .
illlh.UN’ r E#l , Forsyth.
.1 ONF. I*ll J. GARMON, F f| , Ms m uuty.
DAN IF, L SANFORD, K ■#.(., Forsvtli, Ber tary.
Got JOHN T. S I KFIIHNS, Foraytb.
UKO A GA It AN IHS, K;u|., Treasurer.
KU l I.TV.
Rev w:<: ( WII.KKS. A M , Frendotit
|*r<•. K ASItIJKV, A M
Dr (JKi) 1 WII.R* KN A M.
li. i WM.PIMIKH, A M
Mr. MARY A WILKF.S.
SI . h ATF. AS HI KY
M MARY A LAND
Jlf I,IA A SPA NFORD.
M. KOXIK \ OHAPPKLL.
Mi.. GAKkIR V LAND
i * 11. . •.. i t jf-l*. | AM) peryear ; Munie, <A.#O; Board
• ...* .exOn .v* of lights and waihiDfr.
I . .spr.i • I erm will hegiu outbe lilh JANUARY
F..r further intoriuatiou, atldr *.s any member of llio
I*acuitv, or liustei .
WILLIAM C. WILKF.S, lhes’l.
Hit*HARD I*. ASHFKY, See y.
Forsyth, Qa., Jan. Lt, ISSO. janh
m for nit; mim.ion:
.Is rn-i'.pt id five I>i.liar., I wrl s. ndfrw, by mail,
W I , •, a.i'ir# u the I n.tod State.-, complete
I>i;n Ic. I |lll I.(’ I'-CNS FOR MAKING hUO to 1,000
, \ ll. i..*r srro. of e\. I)#*ut WINK,-.till or sparkling,
lolly < .uni if uot ope. r. t • any Catawba made. Tim
’oml! t! ■■i wili’ lh ‘ h iuany vhuiate iu tl*#’ Union, and
, M u ’ lv ~| n i wet It N not .subject to attacks of
~ i ~„.t .1.. it i. t uulil long alter inatnritv. It
, ~1 t.. \ iiltiv.itrd #4 * 4-a ily and eheaply a Indian Com,
H„d I4 . • dio'ilh mu#!) better. It may he planted Ir. io
,0 Mh< Ii t- liret of July, and the harvest may e*
~,| iVi.l,l July lo Nov. mher. The fruit ripens iu mu
. . on. Pink the gathering much easier than (bat of
ijit.c lo ile 1L u nit is much larger. Free I'mni ail
1 . 1, ~• i ,'l u ( . in ..at, blight, mildew or wet. no fail-
■ , , 4- nu cur. exeept i out mtcessivM had.
s, ~|t n Im- ~! Mhlmlst twenty five cents per acre. No
, i R.loig, I.* • irt iu h phnsiug require#!, to prej.are the
:jii'i i ‘ • Will!-V l a ■ easily managed as cider. It
) 41 ’ , if*'*xtawba, excellent tlavor, but slightly
At tw*( uty. cuts p ( i l>ott:e, It will pay t etter
u.a iinv ci. i>cult vatetliulhe United States.
Ado- cud. mg l ills of *uv specie -paying bank
Y M. V.AKNF.s,
Raysville lVst,d*ue, Columbia county, Oa
om: hook kelow the
IIECHANICS’ BANK.
2s , . , ~(■ ihu li.uirfhtof tb* Kxrcutor of tin*
J it* M, li \\ t.ti**v.. tb-r • are a great mauy articles
v ,i. , i ;lt* lii f'l lii im which l carry ou,
mul ‘vlii. U 1 .1 ’ n.*t i’ l *l to keep in future. Among the
i, vi .. \M.uivu>. tn:r < r wf.ll and force
LS HTRAW CUTTRKS,
MAM'iiK FOUL*. r/UU*KM MRS'’TOOLS,
r.Jtrs.sri.v. sanvs i.rads, <\ s.
iittlt k an l FLASTKRINO TROW
l.i.s, DRAW iNti KNIVES,
I’i LF.N, U A SI'S, At
T an per-on m : ,u. ; to buy auy of tin above n;en
lion. . 1 “> *<*’• tL.sn cheaper Uiau ANY
<t : U ili't sK iu A N usta, .rod for leas than was
pni.lou them in New York.
\ row m store a very tine and full stock ot
11. ,Hardware. Tin Ware; Cook, Parlor and
;< .s.oo.i'i > aud Hy tram Pumps, w ,th Block
T ! # land it. .* •el Iron Pipes and a general as
.o, me. otewr, :r.. ce iu thellnus Furubhmg iine,
mu t -.ball be r.tftuhu v rectiv ing additions to .t
s v tuern! . and the'public are respectfully invited to
,rive ue a call, and ati.v\ tbemsolvea that‘l am selling
it ~1 * cry i. . delate p tits.
1 ... a *y, t Jfi. J BUCKMASTRR
luroest ci icr.iir
il f r uder „m and pix te cs to cure Drop >of every
oath oi'rmmtP. ml! or'‘addle,’ ed by lePer to 1 xr.ou
I* ~t tireeu. roaotv.O* rhe U.eilicnecan be rent
im wi. . v rattroad, with direct oua tor fixing it. or!
w.datnuif pci .-uiiiy. it requested, and paid for my
1 w II buy ncgiot iitiicied with Dropsy, or
liretliein n- the owner may preier Hera t me'Ten
i.ollar id l will send medicine enough for one mouth.
MILES G. BROOME.
’ .... , . • . ’. Viri'i'-'.V* W ltd by
s.-yera* j . ’ w ib-v.n anv cure, when he applied
to M i v r bis remedy, which cured him. lit*
is ‘l. . N fti-.ii m nxd health.
11. Champion,
Ttu'ist-*.! ‘ .;y t'latlhad a negro woman badly al
!'•.. c i v\: 1)1 for a conside able time Mie was
attended by - everal physu-i.-ns ; they faded to make .
.i • ..i | pm l. r mpdp hi*
St :n and m It” than a \ear e was tl;ortughly
1 oi t)r .; sy. I>AVANf
Pt lie id. if a iuhc* wtf
500MLLAR8RBWARQ !
1 ‘Oil She ap,-t el r. uof my Boy W ASBINQTON,
I oi. H.c about the -r*:h of March :a- Na.d
H V ; * years of age. and a mulatto; •> quit*
!•-been t;u .-.V- tie bit hand . is a
>. i akei by trso. *, and us very >U w of speedi when
m b-a to. It i- thought that he has a tree pas#, and i<
trying t. v. k* way to the live State- The above
row at** v if ► a t*n for the apprebensum. w itb proof to
o ; v’ v:I y w e person of having fornfehed hiiu with
t”Nv* papt ora reasonable c< u?t*evisatiou will heps id for
‘ * V ■ : . .■. . . lgvi in any jail so
that djg. i U . ISAAC iRAMfifKY.
\
i |KS! BANKS!LANDS LANDS!!
i 1.4 id. 4; K quantity of the beat 1 anting and Farm-
I lag U VNDS.u southernCeorgia vnd ebewhere.in
: Mitt <oto 2.t.k)n aces to suit \ vrchas*-r> Also,
ten to t'^> v e* u U*agnea of .select Texas | 4 nd*. with clear
Ut i*jr i.ov .fleriugat very low rates at the the Ueorgia
Un,r ; . , i : . Augusta.
j ~Mit Augusta, Savannah. Atcena, and the
CLa-"***io;-. and Itatubarg aaapended Hanks, will beta
k _ j.> . .out at par value. Negr.-ea w dlbe taken al
>. and th* highest cash prices allowed
jVr.vn* iio,iras of forming settlement*, or making
ep’e mvec ms, w ill t'.nd it to the r interest to call ai
our Odice, Wamm Range, Augusta, Oa.
JAMKS M DAVISON.
Land Agent and Real KsUteßroker.
oct!7 dlwAwtf
S- # *? % ‘v S{
| H KKk BOIV who ;ikr, go, and H*'i>es, good Cattle
I*4 . .1 Bbeep, should take the AMKRICAN
STOCK JOl RN AL published monthly at 140 Faiton
Street, New-York, at *1 per year. Specimen copies
g u scud and get one. tebo-wtf
■ ■ ‘ v ■> •
foh sale.
p- - r\ ACHES P.B LAND, lying rtch side of the
i . >\ ‘ (J. .rgi* Itilri*d -wo miles l-oee Berieii,
I jO Acres t .fwfci< hare in caUivstion. the remainder well
l. tiered. There ison t!u- piaeea go.d De:lmg and
oulbinidicfs and a splendid Well of water. 1 have ...o
(lattle. Horse-* Mu*. Hogs and i-iantat.un Tools wnich
1 e li jell w.*L liso place. Address
‘ H A MEP..V.
iau2S n ts Beriella, Coinmbia coo i .j.Oa
CROP 1
\iri sr- r fs.elvmg a part of our supply of FRESH
W G ARDKN BKBDB. Our stock wdl be complete
as soon aiut i .bie to have the heed*! put up. Ag
heretofore, we commence
SCBDaS ONLY PLLRB a. LLITNER
novi
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Ckanick Sentinel
o
Scene In the t irkbura ( onventfua.
The New Yc rk Herald gave a complete report of
the Vi. Itabcrff C’onverri. n. TVeceneof M e Con
ventioii ww that recorded brlow. A Mr Rpratf. of
S ••titli <*ar#iif>a. had made a speech io lav r of the
re opening ol th* - ave trade. Mr. I>el'ow hffd
c intneocnd h epee b which had been inteirnpted
by n ii..*?ir-n f * adjounj. when a motion **. hj made
:*ti‘’ eb.n ‘ that Mr. Spratl, of ls>nth (Carolina,
;.r#uld he requested to furninh to the Secretary, lo
be printed for tl e u- e r.f the Convention, the *p#** eh
w iih i-e had favored them that morning. The
‘J V- ir*. u n WM a simple one enough, ana would
ordinarily have patwed without dispute or question.
B t ii;ntftnt!y ex Senator Henry S Foote, of Mu
- ippt f*tar;#rd t* hit# feet, and in an excited m nner
declared a thing waa unprecedented ; and
he went on to pour out in a rapid manner Lift pro
testation.* >-gHii. j * the* adoption of any such proposi
*i i,. At tirst, what with hie impetuosity, the sbuf
li’.pjr ot lee* and moving of chairs, as the Convention
was about breaking up, and the emprise and this
unexpected incident, it was impneaibie to hear did
tircrly w!.a- Mr K*o'e was saying, or trying to say.
l?ut then theie wad a general shout for b in to take
the Ht/ni'J—and with a briskness more in keeping
with the * thick head of hair, and dark well
trimmed beard, indicative of youthful vigor, which
he now (thanks to peruquia! artiets and ioventoi.H
of hair dye) fcportn. than with the thin locks and
grey w;.irk#-rs to which they ha\ e succeeded—he
u...unted the rained platform whereon the Presi
derit'i# chair was placed, and an.id much vociferation
on the part of the audience, and violent gesticula
tions on his own part, he delivered himself ot the
hi-owing:
No one. fir. mid be, listened to that speech, (of
Mr. Spratt, of South Carolina.) with more satisfac
tioi than myrelf. so far ad it w*a a mere literary
effort. 1 listened to U with profound attention, and
J carefully noted every prominent feature of it.—
The proposition now before the body, however well
iotended—as it uoubties#* was—is a very extra
ordioaiy #*r;e. It i* one tha* Is unprecedented on
any occasion of kind, i i*s of a nature calcu
lated, L adopted without due deliberation, to com
mit to some extent this whole b* dy to that immense
mass of new, complex, and, as I conceive, dange
rous doctrines with which that speech is fraught,
b *r ’ue I iua not willing, tili I shail have had an
opportunity of ponde ing over its contents more
K .e'uniy and profoundly, to give my aieent in any
shape or form to the promulgation of the opinions
contained in it, or so their dilution throughout tlie
c< mmuuity MHiiiped with the odioialearcion of this
high body. (Uproar and confused cheers, laughter
and great excitement) I charge, and lam prepar
*-d to establish it whenever i iiave an opportunity
ol d*ing r<>, that that speech is fraught with treasona
ble doctrines. I p< ak deliberately. I epeack not ap
a pariisai; or n aectionalist. I belong to no politi
cal parly under the sun. No party ip responsible
for me and I am respossible for no party. I
am nfliliated with no body of men on any
political ijueetiou. But 1 isay deliberately that
however lionet*: and conscientious that gentle
man (Mr. Sprat l) maybe, however high may be
his character iu iSouth Carolina, the speech he Las
delivered here is fraught with treasonable matter ;
and if put in practice by any body of men in the
manner proposed, they would each ol them be guil
ty of high treason, an J be subject, and deservedly
subject t<* be hanged by the neck until they are
dead, dead,dead.
Mr. Foot accompanied lis words with ge3ticula
tinij* ho appropriate and ho earnest that, he brought
down loud vociferations, though the most of them
were expressive rather of erjoymeut of the ecene
than ofi-yrnpathy wi:h the sentiment*! expressed.—
Os court every one wan standing. Those who
could gel on chairs or t ables did ho, and the rent
crowded round to get as near the stand as possible.
• hie old gentb man got up to the stand arid tried
some encouraging familiarity wi ll the? speaker but
the latter was too much in earnest to brook inter
ruption, and he threw him off. Some of the more
prominent, of the lire-eateis attempted to interrupt
hiiu by some angry or u-rulting expression; but
bold, fiery and impasmnned, he waved them hll elf,
and growing more animated as he proceeded, lie
thus continued :
This sir. i;- the ! nd of law Thank Clod it U a
country that is ye: replete with the spirit of heroism
that animated our heroic iorelathers. Thank (*od
there are yet numbers of men in this land who re
spect the con titulion and the Union, who reverence
the sacred examples of their forefathers, who have
a one respect 1 >r these wise and noble institutions
under which we live, and who have too much re
gard for the examples and teachings of those who
preceded them in this republic to degrade them
selves by practising such doctrines as have been
this day calmly and deliberately pioclaimed to
them.
Here the excitable gentleman, who had got up to
the platform, and who bolds the rank of Major in
the M saisrippi Keueibles, made another etlort to
draw Mr. Foote’s attention, and appealed to him to
lei him fay one word. The appeal was fruitless.
My dear sir, skid Koote—pushing back his friendly
tormentor- do sit down. ih Major took the hint,
but could not refrain, an be got off the platform,
fr* m shouting out his linn conviction that Patrick
Henry had never done better. The sentiment was
bailed with loud laughter and applause. Mr. Foote
continued :
The proposition that the Constitution of the Uni
ted Stales is no longer a valid and binding infetru
,.i* nt—Mie proposition that the sacred laws of the
Union- enacted by wiser men than now live, and
wise men, 1 tear, than will ever live in the country
again—-(appreciative laughter and cheers) —the
proposition that these laws, marked with the most
proiouud wisdom, the object of admiration to the
most enlightened men of ail nations —that these
laws are ,and! it led to no r# pect, and that violation
on vi. . .iion of them may be perpetrated on the
high seas and on the laud of this glorious continent;
that these laws may be set at naught, and the gov
ernment functionaries defied, and that reliance may
be confidently placed on the juries of the country
by perjury to ni quit, lelous, is one of the most mon
strous and vile propositions that could be made in
the hearing of an intelligent and high minded peo
ple.
Hero the wincing among the ultra fire-eaters
could no longer be concealed. Half a dozen of
them tried to edge in ome sort of denial, explana
tion or justification. They were very much excited.
Mr. N n. ietnii, member of Congress from Missis
- iI.I.i, made a nervous advance towards the stand,
at company ing it with the words, “No sir; no sir.”
M McUardle, one of Ihe S.-cr farios of the Con
vention, and editor ot the Vicksburg Southron,
tried to get in a remark, requesting these who felt
hurt by the expression of these sentiments to keep
silent tor ihe present. A delegate from South Caro
lina neke.l the sneaker to allow him to put a ques
tion to him, but Foote gave an unhesitating refusal,
ami in a most sweeping style of oratory, which told
with wonderful etlect on all who heard it, con
tinued :
1 ask, aid he, no applause, and I defy censure.
1 speak for the country, and I take all the retpon-
Bibiltty of what 1 say. - I will meet the whole band
of Southern chivalry at tlie sword's point, at tiie
pistol's mouth, or anywhere. (Cheers.) I have
no id# h of :>eing my country’s liberties cloven
down, the constitution and the laws of the country
trampled under toot, ami stand quietly, submitting
to that inglorious degradation, without raising my
feeble voice in solemn exclamation against that un
righteous conduct. I dare the publication of that
speech. 1 was glad to hear it for 1 knew that such
doctrines had been for some time smouldering in
certain bosoms, and I was afraid there would not
be sutlicient inatilim ss and frankness to disclose
them. 1 wished the monster of treason to untold
hiinßeifto public view that lie might be attacked,
and, in all his monstrous deformity, put to death
by the voice of freemen. (Encouraging cheers )
j Here he was inteirupted by Mr. M< Cardie, who
taid, “ i <>u say you dare the speech to he published.
I can tell you it will be published.”]
Mr. Foote—l do not object to its publication. I
challenge its publication. All 1 demand is that it
shall not be published with the official sanction of
this body. We are asked to publish it, par excel
lent’ . as a matter or compliment to it, and as, to
some e\:eu . the cfn.nal voice of this body. lam
opposed to that, it it was a speech of Henry Clay
or ot Uaritd YYebsteroua question subject to fair
dispute, 1 would rolu e that privi.edge. Neither
4*f these gentlemen would have ever thought of
tak.ng such an advantage over their adversaries.—
All l ask on this occasion is a fair trial of strength,
that those associated with me and myself may be
allowed to enter the arena on equal terirs with
our antagonists, and. Cod being our helper, under
the shelter of the constitution aud the laws ot the
Union, the spirit of high-toned patriotism, and the
spirit of our fa; hers on high aiding us in the struggle,
we will uuhooe our adversaries aud put them to
the ground, tLoud huzzas and great excitement.)
I want a tair tight and no advantage 1 have no
idea if publishing any man’s speech with the official
bAUCtionnt this body. 1 would consider myself pre
sump! u us it 1 asked that my owu should be pub
lished, and I should discard the friend who asked
for uie such a privHedge, because it would be unfair,
Who i* there here w ho knows precisely what was
in that speech ‘ 1 took notes of it. and have studied
if ever ?itice : but 1 am not sure that l understand
all its points 1 know its leading proposit ons, and
i infeud toahow that these leading proposit ions lead
t* high treason, and that the only escape that is
elil cut to acknowledged felons is'through perjury
in the jury box—the most vicious morality ever
daringiy inculcated in a free country before. 1
undertake to say that if the morality of that speech
should tine popular sanction in tfci” country, the
country w*md be worthy ot being the residence
of any honest man or patriot
The earnestness with which this was said, and
the conviction of the truth of the sentiment, raised
the enthusiasm ol some, awakened the patriotism
of others, and excited the laughter of still more,
and tor some moments the mingled expressions of
these various feelings to which the audience gave
vent, caused the orator to pause in his vehemeut
latiHUßtfe. KenUßning it, he said:
It is an attempt to break down everything like
chastity and purity in public life, and to reduce
public honor to a mere shadow. Everything like
purity and respectability would be lost to the peo
n!e forever, it they should deliberately give their
sanction to the accursed monstrosities of this most
extraordinary speech. That is my opinion of it,
and i defy any u.an to come before me and refute
S
t’an hua. !ace to face wi'h every man that South
Car, na contains. (Applause.) ’ 1 would say it in
Charleston. I would say it everywhere, and dare
contradiction. Now. gentlemen, take your owu
course about the matter. If you choose to give
your -an* lien in advance to that speech, before we
have act ance to answer it. do so But I tel! you
that we intend to answer it deliberately, paragraph
by parse ! . line by line, jx sitiou by position .
aud we pledge ourselves before God that we en
ter tain a thorough conviction that we will over
throw every proposition in it. nullify all its insane
teachings and make the man who delivered it
ashamed that he e rer dared to emerge from his
own Stare < r the purpose ft high treason. (Ap
plause : 1 regret to have felt comp lied t*> express
inyeelt so, ami to dencuoi'e a speech delivered by a
gentleman with whom l have no personal acquain
tance . but 1 am prepared to go to tke world and
make good every position that l have l|dd down,
on any field of warfare, of any sort of description
that anv man can name
The Editor of the Vicksburg True S*-*uthron a
tempted to reply to Foot, but got alougbut slowly,
aud the Coaveutiou adjourned.
His Hkains Blown On.—A Cincinnati corres
pondent of the Kentucky Turf Kegieter tells the
following story:
While playing a late engagement in the “City of
Po: kers, Mr. l>arry Su:livan.an Irish trageciauof
some note, was introduced to a distinguished in
habitant of that famed city, who has the uol-alwHye
to-be-commended habit ol >aying what he thinks
and anything what he pleases.* The first conversa
tion between the. distinguished tragedian and the
democratic Cincinnatian was upon that—to Mr.
Sumvaa—elevated aud digu liedsubiect. Mr. Barry
Su hi van's talent, which is principally the subiect of
Mr S*s conversation. So much was it so in this
particular case that the democratic gentleman be
v aiiie disgusted, and suddenly stopped Barry in his
eu'’gy upou Sullivan,
• Are you, sir. the Sullivan whom Tom. Hyer
whipped several years ago. Mid who afterwards
went to California and blew Lis brains out 1 ”
The tragedian smi*ed faintly a in K chard. “No, *
he aiu-wered, at but recovering sufii* lent presence
ol Uiimi. “no. it is h&rdly posib‘o tb&t 1 could bo
IL* rn&u wbobiew Lij bruius out.
-'1 didn't know, &ud merely aekdd for information.
You dott i apptar to Kart any.”
(■uribaldf,
i The brilliant uccesses of General Garibaldi, at
| Como and CamerkMto. will bring him p’omiaentiy
i before the public, and the follow ng sketch of Lia
I life, from the New York Courier, w.llnot bi without
j interest at this 4ir.e:
A nativ- of Piedmont, Garibaldi, Ike his father
i and grandfather, early iu iite became a sailor, and
: prfc rmed numerous voyages in the Mediterranean
ni.i L* van*, until, having joined the secret
ol i:kitaii Patriots, he was condemned to death
and escaped trom Genoa to Marseilles in disguise.
In one of his early voyages he Lad visir.-i R.jine
Having subsequently pent a lew mouths at Rio
•Janeiro and iearued the condition ol the Republic
Os Rio Grande, which Lad rebelled against the
tyranny of the Brazilian Empire, heeinbaik-d with
General Kosetti in a riuali vessel to go to their as
sistance, and capturi-d a few coasting vessels on his
way, under the authority of the tiag of the new State.
He was soon after attacked in the Parana, by a
Brazilian vessel of much superior force, aud laid
senseless on Lis dev k by a shot in the neck, which
rendered hiin unconscious 1 1! after the lepuise of
the enemy.
Heie commenced Lis military life, which con
tinued fourteen year- in South America ami through
the revolutions of 1818-41# in Italy, ann afforded a
variety of scenes of alternate trial, success ana
dis&eter seldom paralleled. A chief object at which
he constantly aimed in his romantic South Ameri
can military career was to train lo arms Italians
who were In exile in those regions, and to prepare
them to fight for their own country. Such was his
success that, though he commenced under many
adverse circumstances, the “Italian Legion” soon
began lo reap laurels, and at leugtb took the trout
lank in the armies lor discipline, daring, constancy
and eu ccers. In his servi.es iu Italy during the
lp--t revolution he had many of his old soldiers in
hie files, and, doubtless, some of the survivors
must be with him now to struggle against the Aua
triar.B.
bom jof the most interesting passages in Garibal
bi’a life relate to his wile. He married a iady of
extraordinary qualities, a native of one of the
•States of South America. She was trained to horse
manship and the mo-t athletic habits which prevail
among the females of those countries. Though,
like mm, noble hearted, affectionate and dieinterert
ed, she also possessed a dim:iar degree of personal
courage and fortitude which have seldom been
displayed, and still more rarely depicted by any
authentic pen. A Ur liei marriage she accompanied
him in Lis battled by aea and land, and, although
usually unarmed, and keep eg at his side only as
Lis companion, she sometimes aided Inins most
desperate conilict by dealing out powder, loading
guns, and even firing them at the enemy.
The sufferings which she endured among the moun
tain? in times of adversity aud eeaeonsof tempests,
were severe and almost incredible. The shoit ac
count of her escape from a Brazilian guard, after
capture in an engagement, and hei journey of
several days and nights on horseback and alone,
through wild foier.ts, swimming swollen torrents on
her way by holding to the mare or tail of her
hoise, in exceeded only by the sad narrative of her
death, in 184'.#, on the banks of the Po, when, after
resolutely accompanying Garibaldi on his retreat
trom Rome, she lauded with him, in one of the
boats, iu which he was seeking to reach Venice,
then the only place in Italy which held out against
the enemy.
Garibaldi declined the proffered honors of a pub
lic receptiou, on his arrival iu New York in 1049 ;
urgently recommending to his exiled countrymen
here, to apply themselves to such honest employ
ments as they could obtain, for their independent
support, “not hesitating at accepting the most hum
ble—even sweeping the streets.” As soon as his
feeble health was restored, iu strict consistency
with his precepts, he set the example ot engaging
in daily labor, in the candle manufactory ot his
friend and countryman, Signor Mencci. on Staten
Bland. While thus employed by day, he continued
at evening for soyri time to add to his manuscripts,
at the request ot the American friend to whom he
had committed them, until he found it necessary to
intermit his literary labors, in consequence of his
physical fatigue.
lie afterwards spent several years in command
ing commercial ve6elH between Peru and China,
and then returned to Piedmont, his native count)y,
where he was allowed to reside by the government,
and where he superintended the education of his
two young eons, and endeavored to colonize the
little it land of Capua, on the coast of Sardinia,
wdiich he had purchased with money bequeathed
to him by his mother. When the present war was
threatened, lie was placed in command of a division
of the army of Piedmont, ami assigned to an im
portant advanced post in the left wing, where his
standard has been joined by thousands of the most
enthusiastic Italian soldiers, viz: the volunteers
who have Hocked in arm. from every part and cor
ner of the Peninsula.
The biographer might h .ve mentioned other in
teresting incidents iu Garibaldi's life, as for in
stance, his acting as one of the Triumvirate at
Rome during the Revolution of 1818. His coadju
tors were Mazzini and Avezzana.
Tin* I *e of Deadly Weapon*.
The authorities of Cincinnati have authorised the
police to arrest and bring before them all persons
who shall be found carrying concealed or deadly
weapons. This order has been given under alaw r
which was passed during the last session of the
legislature, and which took effect on the first of the
present month. It makes it a misdemeanor to car-y
a pistol, bowie-knife, dirk, or any other concealed
weapon, under a penalty or tine not exceeding two
hunured dollars, and an imprisonment of not more
than thirty days for ttie first offence. The second
is punished still more severely. Commenting upon
this wholesome law’, the Philadelphia Inquirer
says:
“A similar law should be enacted and enforced
in every State iu the Union. Scarcely a day goes
by in which we are r.ot called upon to record the
i art iculars of some frightful scene, often terminat
ing in bloodshed and death, and caused iu some
ceses by the sudden and fearful use of deadly wea
pons. Tim practice is at once cowardly and mur
derous. It prevails, too, we are sorry to sav, to
nu alarming extent. This is particularly the case
iu the South aud Southwest; and even the leading
cities of the North, such as New York, Philadel
phia, and Baltimore, are disgraced by bands of
ruffians, who organize themselves into clubs and
associations, with offensive names and wicked ob
jects, and go about, by day as well as night, armed
to the teeth, and prepared for the fell work of vio
lence and death. This condition ot affairs is at
once lamentable ami deplorable, and the existing
laws which apply to the evil cannot be too rigidly
enforced. It they are not sufficiently stringent,
others of a suitable character should be adopted.—
Doubtless many of the young men who aim them
selves with knives and pistols do sounder the be
lief that they are merely adopting the policy of self
defence, and that they will not employ these dange
rous weapons unless they are attacked.
“But they torget the effects of excitement, in
temperance, rashness, ami bravado, and thus it not
unfreque-utiy happens that they discover too late
that they have imbrued their hands in the blood of
a fellow-being. We are told that even in this city
organizations exist in which every member, when
he ventures abroad after nightfall, carries concealed
and deadly weapons. Animosities have sprung up
against some rival association, threats have been
uttered, feelings of vengeance have been etimula
ted, and thus the idea is inculcated that knives,
bludgeons, pistols, and similar weapons must be
worn as a matter of prudence and precaution. All
this is wrong, and the effects cannot but be deplora
ble. It may seem a harsh insertion, and yet it
strikes us that every individual who makes it a
habit to carry deadly weapons upon his person
nurses a spirit of incipient murder. The practice is
vile, base, and dastardly, and our authorities can
not exercise too much vigilance iu bringing it to an
end. The arrest and punishment of a few offen
ders would doubtless exercises salutary influence.”
An Excursion Tr. atn in Danger— On Saturday
evetiiEj; last about eighty of the citizens of CSiica
go, who had been on the excursion to Cincinnati,
started from that city in the Indiauapolis and Cin
cinnati express train, bound homeward. Every
thing went on smoothly till about fifteen minutes
past nine o’clock, when the passengers felt a severe
shock, and a most disagreeable jarring sound, fol
lowed by a slight tippiug over of the cars, when
the train came to a full stop. The cars were off the
track, and on examination it was found that some
miscreant had placed two logs or heavy pieces of
timber right across the track, the one about ten
rods apart from rhe other. The first log did its
work —the other being left untouched. Fortunate
ly, and most wonderful to record, none of the pas
sengers were injured. The engineer and firemen
were thrown eeveeal rods from the engine, and
were somewhat though not seriously injured. How
they escaped is a miracle, for the engine was com
pletely stripped and landed in the ditch a perfect
wreck.
After it was found no one was injured the passen
gers met in council to iuvest gate the cause of the
a cident and upon evidence furnished hy several
parties who lived iu the neighborhood, suspicion
was thrown on a man named William Ford, who
lived about two hundred yards from the place
where the acoideut occurred. It appears that a
short time previous he had two calves killed by a
train, aud ever since he had threatened to be re
veuged. It was also a suspicious fact, that while
all his neighbors came down to the track as soon as
they heard the eras'*, he did not make his ap
pearance. After some consultation, it was thought
advisable to send tor him to come down, to “assist
in r elieving the Bufferings of some parties who were
ir iured.’ but he informed the deputation that he
could render their, no aseistauoe. They ask him tor
“an axe to cut out the engine,’’ but he replied that
be “had no axe. ’ This deputation returned, and
another and a large one was sent to “bring him
down. This time he consented ; but not before ha
had fully armed himself and another man who
worked for him, with revolvers and knivee. A
few question? were asked him about the logs found
on the track, hut he gave no satisfactory answers,
and proceeded at once to try and prove an aiibi by
his man. His equivocations and replies not being
satisfactory, upon a given signal, the men were
secured and tln ir pockets searched. In the breast
pocket of Fora was found a six shooter, full loaded,
and on his man were found a single-barrelled rifle
pistol, also loaded, aud a bowie kmte. Among the
p.H'Seugers there was a strong disposition to “lynch”
the men ou the spot, but as no one was seriously in
jured. it was decided to fake them to Indianapolis
and lodge them iu jail, w here they were left In the
morning.
The place where the accident occurred was about
forty miles on the other side of Indianapolis. As
soon as possible, information was sent to Indianapo
lis, when anew engine and cars were despatched im
mediately to the place, where they arrived about
half-pas* four o’clock on Sunday morning.—Ctii
car vo l'rets,JuHt ti.
The Slave Tra z and the Ashburton
Treaty. —A special telegraph despatch trem W ash
ingtou to the New York Times says that a corres
pondence has been going on for some time between
our own government and that ot Great Britain,
with reference to the better carrying out on the
part of the United States of the provisions of the
treaty between the two governments for the sup
pression ot the slave trade on the coast ot Africa.
Tl *- despatch represents the British government as
seriously complaining of the inefficiency of our
squadron on that coast, and says that Lord Lyons
has recently laid before the State Department a
communication received by his Government from
Admiral Gray, commanding the British African
squadron, in” which that officer complains that
Commodore Conover, commanding the United
S'ates f,madron, is unable to carry out the treaty
stipulations. Admiral Gray affirms, in this com
munication, that the African slave trade is now
carried on almost wholly uuder the United States
flag, aud enumerates twentv-tive cases as coming
within biff owu knowledge. This, of course, ueutra
i - Great Britain’s efforts to suppress the imamous
traffic, and according to the despatch in question,
she intimates a desire that either the United States
government will pertornr its part of the humane
duty imposed upon both governments by the treaty
or mat measures may be taken for the abrogation
of the contract. It is further said that when the
new gunboats now building are completed, the
President will send them, or some of them, to the
coast of Airica. to render the squadron there efiec
tive. — Bak. Amrr.
Gen. Foßey. —This General, who commanded
the victorious French at Montebello, is a soldier of
much experience and reputation. He served ten
years in Atrica as Colonel ot the Twenty-sixth
Regiment of the line. W hen the Crimean war
broke out he had command of the Fourth Division
of the Army of the East. Ue was at the Battle of
the Alma, and it was he who. on the morning of
the cth of November, vigorously repulsed that part
o', the Kussians which attempted to penetrate tne
French treuyhef, while the battle of iLkero.au was
going ou.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE ‘22, 1851).
Kflecia of Kided Cannon ut Moutebelto.
Marskillks, May ‘S> —Detailed information
which has been received from the seat of war rela
| ltv f to the a!i t hr artillery action near Yalenza. m
whic*h the rilled four pl unders were tirsi brought
into action. Las afforded great satisfaction to mill
ta r v men. and has quited many apprehensions, by
demonstrating ?fce practical utility and immense
superiority of the new arm. The range was over
metres, jards.) upwards of a mile aud a
j i.a : Iht* accuracy of Ur* was no less surprising
| than the range, and the destructive effect was still
u.orc marvellous. Those who have witnessed the
eipcriments at Vincennes, wheu the solid masonry
fortifications were shattered by a few rounds, aud
yards of atone revetment were tumbled do*n, were
scarcely prepared tor the results obtained at Ya-
I*-nza against earthworks. After five rounds, the
fortifications of the Austrians were reduced to ruins.
1 ? is believed that these effects were due mainly to
the long range, aud that at short distances the tire
would ha\e been tar lees destructive, as the shot
would have made a clean hole. To understand
fully the advantages of the rilled gun, it should be
remembered that the Napoleon cannon—a light
twelve puuuder—cannot be relied upon for ranges
beyond one thousand yards, aud that the infantry
r tt *s wiii not carry more than eight hundred yards
with accuracy. The French authorities have rep
resented to an officer of a foreign army that they
have two hundred of these rilled cannon in lbed
inoti!, and here an artillery officer said they had
twenty batteries or one hundred and twenty guns.
There is good reason, however, to believe that
both statements are exaggerated, and I had evi
dence to-day that the resources of France iu medem
artillery are exhausted. This morning the batteries
that were embarked were a!! smooth-bored guns.
I examined one of them, and found, to my surprise,
lhAt it was an eight pouuder, cast at Toubuse, No
vember 11, 1851, and engraved with the Kepubli
can motto “Liberte, Egalite, Frateruite.” and near
the muzz e with the name of a French victory,
Bautzen. This fact speaks volumes, and proves
that, with all the progress which has been made
during the last eight years, and the expenditure
daring the Russian war to provide specimens of
the new arm, the re-organization of the French
artillery is not sufficiently advanced for a great
European war. Still it is believed that iu rillsd
guLs the possesses a great superiority over Austria,
who is said to have none with her armie.-r and only
a few, after the Bwed?oh system, in her fortified
towns. Indeed, it is stated here, in military cir
cles, that if it had not been for the superior range
and accuracy of the four guns which General Forty
opened upon the Austrians a: Montebello, the result
would have been very different, and that the Allies
would have been compelled to give way before the
deadly effects of the Tyrolese riffes, which wound
ed the colonels of the tour regiments engaged, and
thinned the ranks of the officer? to an extent to
undeceive many as to the nature of the contest.
From the National Intelligencer .
“ Holding a Baby in the (Jars.’ —The story
under the above heading, whicn appeared in your
paper of the LM instant, reminds me of an anecdote
somewhat similar, which 1 remember to have heard
narrated of Sir A. L. H., an English baronet, and I
think also a distinguished officer in the Royal Navy.
Sir A. L. Ii was proceeding cityward iu that
rather republican conveyance a public omnibus ;
aud, as he was a well known denizen of the “West
Find,” he may have been supposed to have been
desirous to preserve the incognito, and to have
been especially willing to avoid any subject of no
toriety. Sir A. had nearly reached the city when a
young mother, holding an iufant in her arms, en
tered the vehicle and took a place beside him. The
gallant baronet and the fair unknown soon found
themselves alone. Suddenly tlie lady looked from
th<* wiudow, and her lovely lace seemed to glow
with a glad smile of recognition. Speaking hastily
to the conductor, ehe turned to Bir A. with a request
that he w r ould hold her child for a minute, and im
mediately vanished in the direction of the supposed
object of her pursuit. Minutes tied apace, aud the
brave officer began to s#*o himself a dupe.
But he was far too well initiated in the “insou
ciance” of a man about town to betray by even a
solitary complaint to the conductor the nature of
the dilemma. The omnibus proceeded on its way,
end Sir A. dandled his unwelcome charge with all
tlie apparent gusto of a genuine “pere dc famille
A city omuibua does not ordinarily remain long
with but one passenger for its tenant. An elderly
female entered. The baronet carefully scanned
tier features, and, coining to the conclusion that she
bore iu her countenance unmistakable signs of a
benevolent disposition, resolved to bide his time.
The vehicle pulled up at the curbstone. Sir A.
strained his eyes to see some imaginary acquaint
ance. “Pardon me, madam, lor one moment,” he
exclaimed, as, with a bow, he tenderly delivered to
the lady his burden. The gallant baronet disap
peared in his turn ; nor have I subsequently heard
what became of the child thus unceremoniously
shitted twice in the couise of a morning drive to
the city. C. L.
The Fatal Stater.—A letter from Rome says :
—“Volunteers are daily leaving this city in vary
ing numbers, and these departures lead to scenes
of despair, in which Italian passion gives way to
all its violence. Men and women may be seen
rushing to the palace of the Governor of Rome,
loudly demanding a son, a father or a husband,
and the public is really gettiug alarmed at a deser
tion which has ail the characteristics of a moral
epidemic. To prevent the distress and inconve
nience that may be caused to families by such de
partures of volunteers, the police now require them
all to produce the consent, of their parents if minors,
and of their wives, if married, ilis Holiness or
dered the celebration of services for three days this
week, in the Church of Sail Carlo Borromeo, on the
(Jorso, to implore peace from God, through the in
tercession of the holy Archbishop of Milan.—
Monsignore Borromeo, Dean of that. Church, was
charged with the celebration of this pious duty, au
honor to which he had a two fold claim—his posi
tion and his name. The splendid reliquiary con
taining the heart of St. Charles, the gift of a Cardi
nal of his family, was placed on the altar of the
Virgin during the three days. Both the morning
and evening services which were performed by
Cardinals and Bishops, were attended by over
flowing congregations.”
Incessant attempts were made by the revolu
tionary party to get the Swiss troops in the service
of the Pope to revolt. The following proclamation
w as distributed iu the Swiss barracks :
“Soldiers of the Foreign Regiments!—Austria,
the sole cause of our wlavery, is already enclosed in
a circle by the invincible armies of France and
Piedmont. The people are rising in crowds to de
fend the rights of Italy. Soldiers, you have the
choice either to reinforce the ranks of the Italian
army, or to return freely to your families. Soldiers,
will you tight in defense of a tyrannical Govern
ment—you, the sons of William Tell, of noble
Frauce and Germany, of independent spirit—you,
the children of nations too generous to disgrace
you*selves by such ignominous conduct? Recol
lect that your officers deceived you when they in
duced you to enlist, with promises they have never
fulfilled. Wmarethe victim s—you are the instru
ments of brutal oppression. Recollect that you
have been treated uot as men, but as brutes. Do
not trust in your officers, who are actuated by the
vilest motives. They would engage you in battle
with a people who aspire to conquer that which
you enjoy in your own country. They would force
you into an unjust contest by invoking the honor of
your flag; but can there be honor where there is no
justice ? Moreover, what, will it avail you to tight
since France is with us? Follow, therefore, the
examp e of your brotl ers, who, in 1848 fought glo
riously beside us, and mixed 1 heir blood with ours
in the holy cause of Italy. Soldiers, come then to
us ; we will receive you with open arms as brothers,
crying at the eame time ‘Long live the soldiers of
the foreign regiments! Italy forever!’ ”
The Cuban Coolie Trade.—Havana, May 29.
—The French snip Alexander Balli, Ferr&ud, ar
rived at this port ou the 27th from Macao aud St.
Helena, after a voyage of 128 days, having on
board 398 coolies for Cuban service under eight
year contracts. The number of coolies shipped for
Havana from the Asiatic ports, acoordiug to the
record I have kept since the beginning of the en
terprise, now amounts to 45,382, of which 38,457
have been delivered alive, and (*,935 died on the
passage. The trade is now pretty generally dis
tributed between EnglHnd, the United States,
Spain, France, Holland, Portugal, Bremen, Nor
way, Chili and Peru, but not by any means equally.
England has been from the beginning, and is still,
by far the most enterprising and extensive shipper.
Her citizens, located here, were among the earliest
contractors, and for many years monopolized the
trade. Having made their fortunes, however,
many of them have retired from the field, and at a
fortunate time, as thereby they avoid the obligation
to return the emigrants, “after eight years service,
tree of expense, to the ports from whence they
were shipped,” as was stipulated iu their contracts.
These 45,382 emigrants were shipped here in IG(>
vessels, of which 3li were British, 17 American. 14
Dutch, 13 Spanish, 12 French, and the rest divided
among the Hags mentioned.
The moral aud political evil of this abnormal im
migration into the islaud is already beginning to be
apparent, not only in their own insubordination,
but in that of the African race with which they
come in contact. But what is to be done is not so
clear. There does not seem to be any way of se
curing the return of the Asiatics, unless the govern
ment should do it at its owu expense. It is not
likely, indeed, that over twenty or twenty live per
cent, ot those brought here eight years Biuce, could
be found to-day ; but, with constantly increasing
importation, the remnant will soon become a dan
gerous element in our social organization.
As to the treatment of the coolies on our estates,
it is said to be kind . indeed, the law expressly for
bids auy cruel punishment being indicted upon*
them. But their tenure of life is very trail. De
bilitated by tbe long and immoderate use of opium,
their constitution break down on the first exposure,
and render them peculiarly liable to any epidemic
that may be prevailing. The opium is brought in
small quantities, tbe better to evade the revenue
laws, aud distributed by Chinese agents of the Eu
ropean speculators. But the evil does not stop
with the demoralization of the coolie. The African
race quickly learn the use and become the slave of
their enervating narcotic, the evil effect of which is
already daily seen on every plantation where the
two races have been domesticated together.
The yacht Wanderer, on a pleasure excursion,
arrived here yesterday, four days from Savannah,
Mr. Lamar, her owner, on board—all well.—Cor
respondence of N. O. Picayune.
Southern. —This has come to be one of the most
commonly contemptible terms, when used in con
nection with the success of an enterprise. Appeals
are daily made to the people ol the South lot the
support of some magazine, newspaper, artist or
artisan, because he or it is ‘'southern.” We do not
wonder that so many of the schemes and prciects
of Southern men fail, when this is the only ground
upon which a support is claimed—when they rest
their claims to success upon a ground so selfishly
narrow and sectional. What patriot of us will not
tire of this silly aud common place argument ’ Apd
where is the laborer who w.ll not refuse to spend his
hard-earned gains in the support of a cause which
brings in no return, e ther pecuniary or otherwise,
merely because it is ‘ Southern Let a man
among ns engage in the publication of a literary
journal, or claim the support of his countrymen in
any other field of the tine arte, aud fail, immediately
the cry is raised, because it was a “Southern enter
prise” it failed. Is this the actual reason I We
think not. There is a reason which lies deeper in
the nature of things. And the true secret of the
tailure of such Southern enterprises may l>e found
in the character of our political relations. While
we occupy the unequal poanisn we do in the Union,
it is in vain to hope for the accomplishment of any
thing for fame, in literature or art. The muses
caaDot be success! oily wooed by a people who suf
ler their birth rights to be filched away without an
eti'ort to maintain tneir libertiee. Away then with
this childish reasoning, that we must palxouiae
Southern enterprise iu auy ehape Let Southern
men deserve success, and not claim it as their right,
without an effort to winit. —Seicberry Comervalut.
Value of Water-Tight Compartments —lt
is a fact worthy of note that altough tne coiiisiou
last week of the steamer Edinburg with an iceberg
occurred . one hundred and eighty miles east of St.
Johns, and two of her compartments were filled
with water, the vessel was carried safeiy into that
port by keeping the water out of her other compart
ments. Tue value of these water-tight bulkheads
cannot be too highly appreciated by our shipown
ers, for by their use, unless a vessel is absolutely
shattered irom stem to stern, she can be kept afloat
until succor arrives or a port is reached. All of
the Cunard steamahips were buit with theee hu
mane precautions, and mftt of the steamers of the
Vanderbilt and Collins lines Lave been altered so as
to contain them. We should think that so simple
and etiicccious a measure of safety ought to be
universally adopted, not only for steamers, hut ail
saiiiing vessels w the passenger trade.
Operation** of tbe United Hlntr* Mini
As mm h interest has been recently excited by the
j dis ass ions which have arisen, both in this country
and Europe on the politico-economical relatijus of
the increbsed supply of gold, we have thought that
the statistics showing the gross product of that pre
cious meta! from domestic sources in the United
States might prove irs'ructiv#* to the intelligent
reader. According to tt annuo! report of the Di
rector of the Mint at Philadelphia it appears tlat,
hf'ia th* commencement of its operations to the
30th ot iluue U-o. the gross product i as reached the
turn ot $443,127,921, of which, as the fallowing
table shows, more than ninety live hundredths have
been drawn from the mines of California:
(California $424.464.240
Georgia gold mine? b. 708,910
North Carolina gold mines 8.729,1594
Virginia goldmine? 1.510,4iMi
South Carolina geld mines -.- 1,247,856
Alabama gold
Tennessee gold mines 84,889
Oregon go’d mines 63,466
New Mexico gold mines 48,397
Other .States 78,819
Total $413,127,921
As the total gold coiuage of the United State?
during the same poriod has amounted to $651,639,-
969, it results-that of this sum S2OB 511,168 have
been derived from foreign gold.
As showing the comparative operative opera
tioLS of the mint at Philadelphia and itj different
branches, under the bead ol the coinage derived
from both domestic aud foreign sources, we append
the subjoined statement:
Mints Deposits of Total of coinage
American go.d. the U. States.
Philadelphia $237,292 937 $411,895.969
San Francisco 92.543.133 91,333,072
New Orleans 22 200.555 63,680,415
Charlotte 4,063 273 4,611/>29
Dahlonega . >923,503 5.925 914
N. Y., assay office. 80 504,457 74,102,090
$ 443,127,921 $651,639,061*
From the annual Treasury Report for 1858 we
learn that tl e total coinage of the last fiscal vear
has been as follows :
Coinage from Total Comparative
Riuts. Jane 30, 1857. annual eo.-tof
t. June 3), *SB. exp>yj*&. coinage
Philadelphia.. .sif>,427,i;i;u si.-d OCO l.ao per cent
New Orleaus... 4 257,1KK# 75.C00 170 do
San Francisco.. 19,423 598 215,000 l.li jo
Dahlonega 100, Hi? SOU) 800 do
Charlotte 177,970 8 000 150 do.
N. York assay
office 21,970.652 t>9,030 032 do.
Total $500,010
[National Intelligencer.
From the Charleston Courier.
The Old Bibles.
F.dUors Courier —Allow me through the columns
ol your paper txj ask my brother “Chip” whose
Bible—as mentioned by note in the Courier —takes
precedence of the one in my possession, in age, if
he will oblige us by giving something of its history,
i.e., when and where obtaiued ! how long in his
possession, or that of his family, 6cc. ? To allow
that I am uot disposed to ask more than I am wil
ling to accord, I give below a short account of the
one in iny hands. Soon after publication, it was
purchased by the family then residing iu Eugland,
and deeceudod from fattier to eon, without leaving
the family from that period to this, as mentioned in
my note. It was brought to America by Col. Chas.
Hammond, who came over trom England in com
pany with his friend aud class mate, Governor
Dunmore and other?, and with them settled in Vir
ginia. On the fly-leaf of this Bible is the following
entry:
“Charles Hammond, his book, sent to Scotland
and new bound. Come into Virginia again in the
ship Hope, Capt. Hector Amour, Commander, the
2d of November, 1759. Per me,
Charles Hammond,”
“November 25th aud year above.”
On the inside of the cover is the following text
aud lines, iu the handwriting of the late Col. Samuel
Hammond :
John, 15th chap., ver. am the true vine;
the Father is the husl-andmau.”
“Great vine, on thee, on thee, the cluster bancs.'’
| Young's Fight Thoughts, p. 202.
“The nund that would be happy must be great ;
Great in its wishes, great iu its surveys.”
| Young, y. 207.
This Bible was brought from Virginia to S-mlh
Carolina by the family, who removed hither just
anterior to the Revolution. During the struggle,
the Tories visited the family residence in Edgefield
District, destroyed it, and all the buildings on the
premises, together with every article upon which
they could lay their uands, and ran off ail the
slaves, none of which weie ever recovered. To
give the finishing touch to their fiendish work, they
tied the old gentleman’s hands behind his back and
compelled him to walk to Fort Cornwallis, at Au
gusta, where he was held a prisoner. His five
sons were at the time absent in the service of their
country. His wife and three young daughters were
left by themselves without a particle of anything
sa,ye the clothing they had on, and the old Bible,
which had been saved trom the burning dwelling
by Mis (Catharine Hammond—some of whose cards
oi invitation have been given iu the Courier.
This lady, at, the risk of her life, rushed into the
burning building, under the curses and threats of
Davis a notorious Tory thief, of being kept there if
she entered, secured the book aud passed out with
it concealed under her apron, thus preserving it
from the flames and the Tories. To accomplish
this, Miss Hammond had her clothing, bauds, face
and hair badly scorched. The pleasure she ex
perienced iu returning the precious volume to her
aged father on his liberation, fully compensated her
for what she suffered iu rescuing it. At his death,
it became the property of his son, the late Col.
Mamuel Hammond, in whose possession it remain
ed until his death in 1842, something over sixty
years. At this period, it passed by gift from Col.
Hammond to my eldest son—his grandson—Samuel
L. Hammond, where it now remains. It is printed
in the old German Text, aud bears evidence of
having been well read. Its second biudiug being
pretty nearly worn out, it is no longer used.
A. L. Hammond, M. D.
The RatM of (lie West—l mineime Depreda
tions on the Cora Fields.
Farmers from all parts of the couty inform ua that
their corn has been considerably damaged by rats.
The rats dig below the stalks aud eat the kernels.
Mr. Hefner, who resides in Money Creek township,
killed more tliau two hundred rats a short time ago.
lie counted his victims until their number reached
two hundred, when he stopped counting aud con
tinued killing. We learn that eleven huudred rats
have been killed on Jesse Funk’s farm, and Cyrus
Jones informs us that l is first day’s work in the rat
killing business was quite successful. Ho put one
hundred and fifty huge fellows out of misery, aud
intends to favor many others with the same kind of
treatment. When we saw him yesterday he was
negotiating for a rat terrier.
Jacob Hieser, who lives three miles north of
Twin Grove, informs that the rats have made a
“dead set” at his corn, and that many of his neigh
bors are in about as bad a fix a* himself. Due of
his corn fields, containing eight acres, has been
fairly riddled by rats—some ot which he thinks are
nearly as large as yearling kittens. He says lue
entire field will not yield a dozen bushels. Ilis rats
are very tame ; they come from his corn fields in
the day time, when they and the weather are drv,
and drink out of wash tubs in front of his door. He
was in the city yesterday for the purpose of laying
in a stock of ammunition, with which he intends to
slaughter the long-failed animals t hat are growing fat
at his expense.— Bloomington (111.) Pantograph.
The corn-e.ribe being empty, and very little pick
ings to be fouud in the barn yards, their ratships
have betaken themet Ives in a body to the corn fields
and in some instances, rooted up nearly every ker
nel. Theodore Jones, of Belle Prairie, had twenty
acres destroyed, aud McDowell, of Avoca, has
the same story to tell. Dr. C. B. Ostrander, of
Hickory Point, has had very hard luck, according to
our informant. He says the Doctor told him (our
informant) that, upon discovering that rats were the
cause of the trouble, he got three and a half pounds
arsenic, aud mixing it with three and a half bush
els of corn, scattered it over the field. The result
was just as tne Doctor expected. Up to the present
time he has carted off six wagon loads of dead ra‘s,
and tbe half is not yet removed! Out of one hole,
the Doctor says, he pulled out one hundred and
twenty dead ra‘s and a bushel and a half of corn!
We rather think that the number of dead “var
mints” might be reduced a tritie, but we publish the
item just as we get it. But that the Doctor’s com
field is riddled, and that completely, is only too true,
lie is replanting it, however. —Pontiac (Livingston
county) Sentinel.
“We've Struck Kentucky.” —lt is well known
to most of our readers that the enterprise of Ten
nesseeans has constructed turnpikes in all direc
tions from this State to the Kentucky line, under
the promise irom our Kentucky neighbors that they
would continue them into their State. All these
pikes still end at the State line, with no prospects
of their being extended. The consequence is that,
in a season like the present, when the roads are
soft, and there are frequent rains and snows, and
heavy crops to haul over the roads, they get into
the most horrible condition, and it is no exaggera
tion to say that the traveler from Tennessee abso
lutely drops into Kentucky. aud if he does not
drop in so deep that horses can’t haul him out, he is
lucky beyond the average of his class.
A few days since a traveler from foreign parts
took passage on the two wheel mail cart for the in
terior of the State, and was enjoying a good nap.
From this nap, however, he was suddenly aroused
by a tremendous concussions, which threw him vio
lently against the side of the box. skinning his nose
and otherwise bruising his body. _ Upon looking
about he found the vehicle in the midst of a limit
less sea of mud, about the consistency of thin
cream, aud the bottom of the box below the water
line ; the horses heads aud necks were the only
portions of the animals in sight, and the driver
was laying the whip on to them. The traveler, re
covering himself, with a vehement execration, in
quired: “What is the matter ?” “Nothing,” re
sponded the driver, busily plying his whip the
while, “only we’ve struck Kentucky.”
Our traveller, in relating his experience, said that
he had, in the course of his life, been in a good
many tight places—that he had been blown up on
steamboats, thrown off of railroads, and upset in
stages —but that was the first time he had ever “ran
against a State,” and he believed that Kentucky
was the only State on the face of the earth where
the thing could be done. —Exchange Caper.
Heavy Loss by the President.— On Thursday
afternoon the President of the United Slates gave
an endoised draft on a banking house in Philadel
phia for the sum of $7 ,0110, to a messenger for de
posit in Higgs A* Co.’s bank. The messenger
started for the bank, and proceeded down on the
inside walk of the grounds towards the State De
partment. When near it, be was accosted by a
very polite, unassuming gentleman, with the in
quiry where he might fiud the Navy Department.
The messenger kindly informed him, when the
stranger began to remark on the beauty of (he
buildings, grounds, &.C., and, after a minute’s con
versation, proceeded on his errand to the bank, tbe
Dtranger e * _-e same time proceeded in the other
direction.
On arriving at the bank the messenger found the
draft missing. It immediately occurred to him
that it had been abstracted Irom his hand by tbe
fellow who addressed him at the department, which
seems now to be a fact. The sharper has not been
seen since, and probably left the city in some of
the outgoing trains or boats last evening. This
dratt was not entrusted to the President’s regular
messenger, Mr. McManus, but in his absence was
given to a young German who thus acted as a sub
stitute. The draft wae not presented for payment
here, and, no doubt, has been stopped in Pbiladel
fihia, where it was due. This incident certainly il
ustrates the fact that there is a class of -light-fin
gered’’ gentry around tbe public grounds anu build
ings, who are ever willing to impose upon the un
suspecting and credulous Washington Elates.
Convention of Shoemakers. —A convention of
bc-ot and shoemakers was commenced, in Boston,
on tbe 15th instant, which represents about 10,000
journeymen. The objects of this meeting is the
regulation of wages. Committees were appointed
to prepare an address to tbe mechanics of Massa
chusetts and tbe United States, to draft resolutions,
and also to draft a constitution. The committee on
resolutions reported a lengthy series, which declare
the necessity of some definite measures being taken
to advance the interests of the journeymen boot
and shoemakers of the State, and that the time has
come when the journeymen should arise and de
mand from the macutaclurerf just compensation
for their labor. Another resolution declares that
this object can best be obtained by tbe formation
of protective leagues aud associations. These were
severally adopted.
EUROPEAN INT ELLIG EN C E •
Addition!!! by the North Briton.
The so lotring is tbe summary t f the European
news brought I y ilm North Briton at Quebec, tele
granhdd to the New York press. The nows is to June
la* :
The War.
TLenews from the seat of war is unimportant.
Au t tiicial Sardinian bulletin says that the Sar
dinians passed the Seri a in the face ot4he Austrians,
who were fortified at Pal astro, alter a severe con
flict, and carried the place making many prisoners.
The Sardinians were under the immediate command
of King \ lot or Emmanuel.
Garibaldi was making some bold movements in
L imharjy. On the 27th, after a furious tight of
three hours lie enterrd Colne. The Austrians re
treated to CamerlaiXa where the combat was te
newed, and the Austrians again retreated towards
Milan. All the steamers on the Lake were in the
hands of the patriots.
It was reported via Berne that on the29;h Gari
baldi was defeated by a superior force aud with
drew iuto the Canton Tessin, b'ut this lacks con
firmation. and Turin despatches give the impression
that he was making iurther progress.
The contents of the French bulletin are unimpor
tant.
The Emperor was about to move his head quar
ters from Alessandria, and it was reported he w*ould
go to I’asale.
Tbe Austrians in considerable force had occupied
Bobbio.
It was reported in Pari? that as soon a?
French cuter Milan, England and Prussia will
make most strenuous efforts to end the war.
A fight had occurred at Floreuce between some
EDglisu war sailors and some American sailors on
account f the latter wearing tri color rosette, but
no details had been received.
The Emperor of Austria quitted Vienna on the
29th, and arrived at Verona ou the 31st May, ac
companied by his brother, the Archduke Charles,
Gen. Hess and others.
Great Britain. —The English Parliament met
on the 31 at May. Speaker Denison was unani
mously re-elected.
The terms ctiered by the government to the At
lantic Telegraph Company, to bo considered at the
approaching meeting, are an eight per ceut. guar
antee for twenty-live years, provided tbe (able i? iu
successful operation at the rate of one hundred
words per hour, and they will pay £20,000 per an
num for messages, the arrangement tor £14,000
per aunuui to stand good to the company in return
for the surrender of the exclusive privilege of
landing a cable on tue coast of Newfoundland.
The Red Sea cable was believed to have been
successfully laid from Sutz to Perim a dittanceof
1269 miles.
The English Funds were buoyant at the advance
quoted.
France.— lt was rumored that Napoleou returns
in August alter the first series 01 limitary opera
tions.
Heavy shipments of artillery and siege material
were progressing.
The Paris Bourse was buoyant at over one per
cent advance ; the three per cents closed at 62 f. 75c.
Germany. —The Military Committee of the Ger
man Diet, was reported to have approved of a mo
tion to place an army on the Rhine, and will pro
pose its adoption.
Latest by the North, Briton .
London, June I.—The Times announces that the
address in reply to the royal speech will be moved
by the Hon. Algermon Kgerson, M. P. for South
Lancaster, and will be seconded by Sir James El
phi neon, M. P, for Portsmouth.
The held a council yesterday.
The Earl of Elgin had an audience on his return
from China, and Viscount Stratford de Redeliffeou
his return from Constantinople.
Dr. Heathby, the medical officer of health for the
city of London, reports that the Thames has, within
the last lew clays, notwithstanding the early period
ot the year, exhibited unmistakable symptoms of
offenßiveness, and more puugently than last sum
mer.
Gen. Sir Harry Smith, commanding the Northern
and Midland districts, will relinquish his command
in September next.
The Banker's Magazine , in reference to the
prospects of the money market, says that the ex
pectation seems to bo that the value of accommo
dation for I he pfesent will be comparatively 9asy,
but that subsequently an increased demand will
arise, which may even carry the rate, towards the
close of the year to four and a half or five per cent.
The Daily News City Article of Tuesday eve
ning says : The fresh vise established in the funds
to-day amounted to throe eighths per cent, making
one per cent, in two days, and a total rebound of
nearly live per cent from the lowest point touched
during the pauie. Most classes of other securities
a'so participated to-day in the upward movement.
Among the considerations which assisted the rise
to-day was an impression that the Austrians are
getting the woret of the struggle, and that an early
and general advance of the allied forces is proba
ble The improvement established in the foreign
exchanges, at a moment when gold is tlowing in so
freely from Russia, Turkey, and the United States,
independently of the remittances again becoming
due from Australia, likewise operated on the favo
rable side. There weie no bullion operations at
the bank to-day. The gold arrivals from St. Pe
tersburg to day amopnted to £8!), 000, nearly the
whole of which is expected to be taken to the bank.
The foreigu exchanges this afternoon were more fa
vorable for this country.
The Times’ City Article says the Funds opened
this morning with undiminished firmness. There
was no news to excite attention, and speculation is
dormant. The savings bank purchases appear to
have ceased. Os the £208,000 by the Niagara
£ 140,000 have an ived in London, and been taken
lor the Continent. The remainder being on French
account, will go to France direct from Liverpool.
In foreign exchanges this a'.ternoon the rate on
Hamburg was slightly higher. During the month
just ended the movement in Consols has been en
tirely upward, and an advance has been establish
ed of three and three quarters per cent., although
scarcely a siugle fact has transpired to alter the
complexion of political affairs.
% I$Y THE FULTON.
The &eam hip Fulton arrived at New York on
Monday, with advices from Southampton to the Ist
inat. We subjoin a summary of the news :
England. —The Cuua.d Company has sold a
fourth steamer, the Lebanon, to the Spanish Gov
ernment.
The Times says -.—Two Russian frigates passed
Great Yarmouth one day last week, holding a course
at some distance from the shore. The frigates
were heavily armed and were goiug southward.
The Shipping Gazette has the following :
Trieste, May 2b —Reports were current at Cor
fu, May 20, of the capture of tw o oilier Austrian
vessels, one of which was said to be the ship Flo
rida.
Private intelligence per telegraph reports the ar
rival at Marseilles, on the 22d May, ol the Austrian
brig Buonaforte, from Segua, captured during her
voyage.
Dardanelles, May 2b.—The French frigate
Pomone yesterday chased the Austrian schooner
Madonna Atsunla, from Constantinople for Barce
lona, also an Austrian vessel from Constantinople
for England. To avoid capt ure,;both ran ashore on
the coast ot Troy. The Pomone captured and
towed into Teniars, an Austrian bark, name un
known.
The London Times make 9 the following remark
on the late battle ot Montebello :—“On the whole,
however, this must be considered a fair account of
the battle. The Austrians confess to a loss of 2114
killed, 718 wounded, and 283 missing—in all c 10.53
on 1300, of whom 200 are prisoners. The French
state their loss at about 700, an estimate not ao un
reasonably low as to excite suspicion, and which
we may accept as fairly accurate. The result of
the battle is honorable to the French, and it will be
for the Austrians to show, if they can, in future en
gagement* that the success of their enemies was
due, not to superior military qualities, but only to
the uncertain fortune of war.”
The London Observer says :—“Among the offi
cers who distinguished themselves, the youDg Cap
tain Bonaparte, is mentioned. Th is is the grand
sm of Prince Jerome by his marriage with the
American lady, Miss Patterson.”
France. —The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Post -ays The Empress and Court are about
to retire to St. Cloud. Her Majesty presided again
to-day (Sunday) at a Cabinet Council. The same
correspondent says that Sir James Hudson is not
to be removed from his j ost at Turin, and sent on
a mission to Naples, as originally proposed. Prince
Napoleon’s army in now complete, and prepared for
campaigning. This division of the French army
has received marching orders, and will begin to
operate immediately. The Times’ correspondent
says : It is believed that as eoon as the French
enter Milan the most strenuous efforts of England
and Prussia will be,turned to effecting some ar
rangement between the powers to put an end to
the war. A letter from Toulon of the 27th informs
us that the greatest activity prevails in that port.
Admiral Bouet Wiliaumez, who has been appoint
ed to the command of the ilotilla laden with Beige
artillery, is expected to sail daily.
The London Post says It appears the govern
ments ot Eng'and and France have the same ideas
about how to treat the Neapolitan difficulty. It is
quite possible that the proclamation of the King
will prevent any attempt at renewing diplomatic
relations for the present. The Times says: It is
uot surprising that trade is dull in Paris, when the
uncertainty of the direction of the war is considered.
The Paris Flour market was firm..
The War in Italy —Alessandria, May 28.
The Emperor has decided that all wounded prison
ers shall be sent back to the enemy without ex
change as soon as they are in a fit conditiou to re
turn to their country.
Lugano, May 28—noon.—The troops of Gari
baldi occupy Camerleta, and are preparing to pur
sue the Austrians who are retreating on Mariano.
The Moniteur also says : “Hitherto the Govern
ment of the Emperor has never considered coal as
“ contraband of war,' 1 and we are enabled to state
that during the war it will conform to that view.
Turin, May 28.—Official Bulletin published to
day. Garibaldi has occupied a position at St. For
me, but many of h:s officers are killed and wound
ed. The enemy is still at Camerltea. At Lunigiana,
in Parma, the people have risen and pronounced
for the King of Sardinia. General Ribotti with
Tuscan troops, military engineers, and gen d’arines
had entered Parma amidst the plaudits of the
people, who declared for the King of Sardinia and
Italian independence. The Parmesan troops had
retired.
Turin, May 28.— Yesterday after a severe con
test Garibaidi repulsed the Austrians and entered
the town of Como.
A telegram sent by Garibaldi, dated Como, May
28, 10 A. M., states : We attacked and defeated the
enemy yesteroay evening, and entered Como at 10
o'clock the same night. The Austrians were com
pletely routed, and fled in the direction ot Monza
This news was received at head quarters. The
King Bt-nt, in reply, a telegram to Garibaldi, eulo
gizing that General. On the Eastern bank of the
Sesia, laciug Vercelli, a trifling engagement took
place, in which the Austrians were repulsed.
Turin, May *2o.—Como has decidedly declared
her adhesion to the Government of the King of
Sardinia. A telegraphic communication between
Turin and Como is re established. Advices receiv
ed state that the population of the surrounding
country is hastening to place iuself under the flag
of Garibaldi. Other reinforcements have also loined
his corps. The inhabitants near the Lago Maggiore
are preparing a lierce resistance to auy general at
tack of the Austrians.
Venice, May 516.—The municipality of Venice
has requested a reduction ol the loam ihe Presi
dent and Vice-President of the Chamber of Com
merce have resigned their otiicial positions. Yester
day a cannonade was directed from the Lido b urte
against the French squadron.
Trieste, May 29.—An English war steamer ar
rived yesterday at Venice. Au English steam fri
gate has also put into Ancona.
Berne, May 28.—Advices have been received
from Lugano, dated 25th, noon. The Austrains,
pursued by Garibaldi, are withdrawing towards
Milan. Garibaldi occupies Camerleta and Lecco.
Insurrectionary movements have taken place in the
Valtelline, and 500 Valtelline insurgents are now Ia
possession of the Austrain steamers.
Berne. May 28.—Yesterday evening, after a
furious fight, which lasted from sto 8, Garibaldi
entered Como The combat was renewed at Ca
merleta, and the Austrains again gave way and
retreated. All the steamers on the lake are in the
hands of the patriots.
Kerne. May 29. —Garibaldi has left Como,
having repulsed the Austrains from Camerleta.—
The Generals Garibaldi and Kiel are expecting the
Austrain carpi d'armtt , commanded by General
JjFtJrban
Berlin, May 28.—According to advices from
Florence to-dav, Russia, Prussia, England, and
Turkey are said not to have recognised the Piovi
Isional Government of Tuscany, and the representa
tives ot those countries are also said to have w ith
drawn their Flags.
Turin, May 30.—(Official Bulletin published to
day.) The Piedmontese army has passed the S-s a
iu the face of the euerny. who were fortified at Pa
lestro. After a severe conflict, our troops under the
command of the King, took the village from the
enemy, and made many prisons?s. The details if
tlm victory are still wanting. The Emperor his
t> day visited .be soldiers wounded at the battle *f
Montebello, who are now in the hospital af Ales
sandria. He distributed money among them, and
spoke words of consolation. His Majesty subse
quently departed for Ytroelli.
Turin. May 39 Gar.btldi had received rein
foreementa at Como. The Artillery had been or
ganized, and a National Guard mooibz-d. Volun
teers are hastening to increase the Militia. The
National movement is spreading and the town of
Lecoo is free. The Austrians, in considerable
force, have occupied Bobbio.
Berne, May 30 (via France.) —An insurrection
has broken out iu the Valteliine. The population
is repairing in masses to Sondrio, the centre of tbe
revolutionary movement. The A us: rian gen d’armes
who have retired iuto Switzerland, have been dis
armed by the Swiss authorities, and sent into the
interior cf the country. The Federal Council has
despatched troops to the frontier of Orisons. Gen
eral Garibaldi's vauguard is at Canta. The tele
graph to Como is worked by Sardinian employees.
It is stated that 8,099 Sardinians are at Vares?, aud
that a French corps d'armee is expected there.
Berne. May 39 (via Germany.)—General Gari
baldi yesterday suffered a defeat by a superior
force ot Austrians, aud has withdrawn iuto the can
ton of Tessin.
Turin, May 31. The first details of, the tight at
Palestro have arrived here. The enemy were in
trenched oil’ Palestro, Cassalino and VinzagHo, but
after an obstinate defence, our troops carried the
intrenchment at the point of the bayonet with ad
mirable bravery, took two pieces of cannon, and
many small arms aud prisoners. The toss of the
enemy was very great, but the extent of our loss is
as yet unknown. Veroelli was yesterday evening
illuminated. The Emperor traversed the streets on
loot, aud the town was en fete. The King passed
the night at Torrione among the encamped troops.
Commercial and Financial.
The Times’ City Article ha3 the follow ing: “The
market continues to be but eiigbtly influenced by
the accounts from Italy and Frauce. The report
that M. Beuedetti is about to proceed from Paris
on an extraordinary mission to the Germanic Con
federation, tends, according to some views, to
strengthen the supposition of a pc asible compromise
at no distant date, by means of Russian ageocy, to
terminate tbe present war.” The Times ot the
3lst has the following: There were reports that
there will be no disturbance of the Ministry at the
opening of Parliament. The exchanges riiow firm
ness, and a rise of 28 cents in Austrian Stocks,
which occurred this morning at Amsterdam, led to
new surmises of the possibil ty of some peace ar
rangements being contemplated through Russian
agency. There was only a small withdrawal of
gold troui the Bank of Eugland. The new French
loan is quoted in Paris It. premium for the subscrip
tions lor 19f. rente, which it is was announced will
be granted iu full, and 89c. premium for larger ap
plications. Os the latter, the allotments are ex
pected to be one sixth of the amount tendered.
Three-fourths of the deposits of subscribers for
higher sums than I Os. rente have already been re
turned by the government. About £267,000 iu
Austrian gold is now considered due. The question
as to the immediate prospect ot re-establishing
telegraphic communication with America will be
decided on Wednesday week. The Company are
then to hold an extraordinary meeting to submit
the terms they have obtained from the Govern
ment, aud to see if £600,909 —the required amount
ot the new capital can thus be raised. The new
capital is to be in the form of preference shares of
£5, each entitled to all the net profits of the Com
pany up to 88 cents, and to divide.all further profits
with the original shareholders.
BY THE EURCPA.
The steamship Europa, from Liverpool on the
4th inst., arrived at Halifax on Tuesday last. The
following summary cf her advices was telegraphed
to the New York pres :
The War—Sanguinary encounters had taken
place at Palestro.
The Sardinian Government had issued the fol
lowing official bulletins :
Turin, May 31.—A fresh victory was gained by
our troops at 7 o'clock this morning. Twenty live
thousand Austrains had endeavored to retake Pa
lestro. The King commanding the itli Division in
person, and Gen. Cialdini at the head of the 3d
Regiment of Zouaves resisted the attack for a con
siderable time, and then alter having successfully
assumed the offensive pursued the enemy, taking
1099 prisoners and capturing eight cannot), five of
which were taken by the Zouaves. Four huudred
Austrains were drowned in a canal during the com
bat at Palestro. Another fight took place at Con
tienza, in the province of Somellins, in which the
enemy were repulsed by the 49th Division after a
two hours’ conflict. Last night the picket of the
enemy endeavored lo pass the Po at Cerveseva,
but were repulsed by the inhabitants. The Aus
trains have evacuated Varso in the province of
Bobbio.
Turin. Juue I.—The victory gained yesterday
has been follownd by a second victorious combat,
which took place at 6 o’clock this evening at Palea
tro, which the enemy endeavored to re enter, but
was repulsed again by the Division of Gen. Cialdi
ni, co nposedof Zouaves and Piedmontese cavalry.
The King pressed forward where the tight was most
furious, the Zouaves vainly trying to restrain him.—
On Tuesday tlio Austraius attacked the Sardinian
vanguard at Sesto Calaude, and the tight lasted
two hours. Our troops crossed the Ticina in pur
suit of the enemy.
A numerous Austrian corps d'armec appeared
before Varese, but Garibaldi ordered the National
Guard not to resist and fell back on Lago Mag
giore.
Au attack was attempted by our troops against
Lavena on the Lago Maggiore, but without result.
Additional details of the battle of Palestro state
that the Sardinian right wing w r as at one time over
flanked by the Austrians, who threatened the bridge
of boats across the Sesia, over which Caurobert
was to effect a junction with the King. At this
juncture the Zauavea came to the rescue and turn
ed the tide against the Austrians. The Zouaves
lost, one officer, twenty men killed, and two hun
dred wounded, including ten officers.
The Sardinians are believed to have been terri
bly cut up, but their loss is uot mentioned. An
Austrian General is reported killed. Napoleon
subsequently visited the battle field and congratula
ted the Sardinians on the result.
The Turin despatch of the 2d says that the Aus
trians on that morning advanced from Bobbio to
wards the French outposts, but retired alter a short
fight. The movement was made to conceal the re
treat of the Austrians wno had begun to evacuate
Bobbio, carrying with them about 1,000 wounded.
On the 3d it was telegraphed from Turin that
the Austrians had withdrawn to the Eastern bank
of the Po, and had abandoned Terre Berilii and the
neighboring country.
The Paris Moniteur publishes despatches l'roin
Vercelli which the Emperor had made his head
quarters. These despatches are confirmatory of
the Sardinian bulletins, and Hay that the Sardinians
behaved moat valiantly at Palestro.
In regard to the part taken by the Zouaves, they
oay that they performed wonders. One dispatch
says: Although unsupported and in front of the
Austrian battery of eight guns, the Zouaves crossed
a canal, ascending tlie heights, which were very
steep, and charged the Austrians with the bayonet.
More than 400 Austrians were thrown into the
canal, and six pieces of cannon were taken by the
Zouaveß. The loss ot the French was inconsidera
ble.
The Emperor has conferred the Grand Cross of
the Legion of Honor on General Forey,
• The French troops were concentrating at Castile,
Valentza, and Vercelli.
The Austrian accounts of the Palestro affair were
not published.
A Verona despatch of the Ist says that the allies
had attacked the vanguard of the .Seventh Austrian
corps d'armee , but that their further advance was
stopped by the corps under General A great
number w ere reported wounded.
Garibaldi had met with reverses. A Vienna
telegram of the Ist annouces, on official authority,
that Garibaldi was driven back from Sandrie into
the mountains, aud that General Urbano with his
troops were pursuing him. The only issue open to
Garibaldi was the Steivio.
An official telegram from Milan states that on the
Ist, Varese was cannonaded and taken by Urbano,
who re-instated the legal authorities aud levied war
contributions on the city.
It was te'egraphed from Turin ou the 3d that < ia
ribaldi had surprised and beaten the Austrians at
Varese, and that the town was again free of the
enemy, aud also that Garibaldi re-entered Como on
the night of the 2d.
General Niel entered Novara ou the Ist, alter a
slight encounter with the Austrian outposts, who
shortly lied. The Emperor arrived there the same
eveniog, amidst the acclamations of the people.
The Austrians endeavored to cross the Po at
Bassignares, but the inhabitants opposed them,
tiring upon and destroying au Austrian bark.
The Valtelline was iu insurrection, and the town
of Sandrio had proclaimed for Victor Emanuel.
The Duke of Parma had arrived at Switzerland
with a numerous suite.
The French officers of the Engineers had arrived
at Inti a, and were collecting vessels to cross the
Lago Maggiore with five hundred men.
The F. ench squadron iu the Adriatic had cap
tured thirty-five Austrian vessels, the estimated
value of which were tour million francs.
Latest Intelligence by Telegraph.
London, Saturday, A. M.—The Daily News has
a special dispatch, dated Turin, Friday night, say
ing that the Austrians, m full retreat, were re cros
sing the Ticino ; that Garribaldi had gained anew
victory over the enemy, and that the insurrection
in Lombard was spreading.
Great Britain. —Parliament had m-t daily to
swear in members, but no business would be trans
acted until the delivery of the Queen’s speech on
the 7th.
The race for the Derby was won by Sir Joseph
Hawley : s Musjid. The value of the stakes was
nearly £7,000, and it was reported that Mr. liawley
had won about £IOO,OOO.
The London Ministeralist learns that, the moving
of an amendment to the address to the Queen has
been abandoned, ar.d that another method of as
sault will doubtless be tried.
Large purchases of English horses were alleged
to be ia progress for the French army. Many thou
sands were required.
It was stated that the prospectus of a company
would be issued in a few days tor laying two tele
graph cables from Cornwall, England, to Canada
direct, aDd that the proposed capital of the compa
ny was half a million a'erliu.
It wrh vaguely rumored that the Duke of Cam
bridge was likely to retire from the command in
chiei of the army, on account of some disclosures or
reflections in au investigating Committee Keport
on the sale of army commissions.
A great explosion of saltpetre occurred on board
the troopship Eastern Monarch, trom Kurrachee,
while at anchor at Spill.ead She had GOO soldiers
and their wives on board, returning from India.—
The ship was speedily enveloped in flames, but
prompt action saved ail but seven persons, includ
ing five children who were killed by the explosion.
The Bank of England bad reduced its rate of
discount from 1J to3| percent. The event whs
fully anticipated and produced no effect on ha
market. The joint stock Banks, &c., had aiso
reduced their rates.
The Stock Exchange was quite buoyant. Consols
reaching 93$ to 932 on the 2d ; but after some
fluctuat ions they closed at a slight decline. On the
3d the decline made further progress and the mar
ket was weak at the quotations given elsewhere.
The Daily News’ city Article of Saturday, says the
rapid rise in the funds induced realizations and a
partial reaction. Consols on Friday sustained an
extreme tall of nearly five-eighths, but became
steadier, and at the close were only three eighths
lower. The rates of discount are still falling. First
class bills are negotiated at 2$ &2 4 per cent., and
in exceptional cases a3 low as 2J per cent. The
discount houses only now allow 2 per cent, for
money on demand, and 2J per cent, lor eeven days’
notice.
The Times’ City Article of Friday evening says
that the accounts of the active progress ot the in
trigue to stir up an insurrection in Turkey hae con
tributed to a depression in the Funds. The foreign
exchanges to-day shows no cLange. The .commer
cial advices from Germany continue to show great
anxiety and distrust. Another large failure has
taken place at Augsburg, that of Mr. Paul Von
Stetten. In the railway share markets to-day a
general heavy decline took place, and the tendency
I at the close was unfavorable.
The Herald efientionsa rumor that Mr. Bright
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j and the Radical?have been gained by the Govern
luont by the offer of threw seats in the Cabinet.
hitvNCK.— lhe Moniteur publishes the t Ilicial
notifies ion of the blockade ot Veuie*
The recall of tiie French soldiers n leave .t ab
sence had added 120.000 veteran soldo?.s to the
French army.
Flat! bottomed gunboate were being c i?‘vncf
©d in Francs for the navigatum of the Po, T.inno,
ar.d other rivers.
Extraordiu&iy excitement had prevai nd in p.v i?
on account ofrunmro that a general rc!u>u was
progressing all along the line, that G-u Oynl&i was
killed, \c., all of which ptoved uufciiuded.
Preparations were ven made for a grn.id illc.ni
nation in honor of tbe expected victory.
Twenty-two additional battalions of foot Chas
seurs were to oe organized.
The Paris Bourse was fluctuating on the Ist, but
closed firmly M a night advance. The 2d was a
holiday. On the 3d, the market was animated and
higher, and the Three Per Cent.) closed at 63f. for
Money and 62f. 6.0. for Account
Italy.—The U. S. frigate Wabash was at. Na
pies, and, together with the British inen of war
there, tired half hourly guns as a tribute to lhe
memory of of the late King
The Government of Naples, it is said, has prohib -
tied the export of sulphur.
SJTlie F rencli Engineers are said to have re com
menced the fortifications at Civitiv Veochia.
The Paris Debats has a letter from Rome stating
that Piedmont has recognized the neutrality of the
Pontificial Stat j s on certain conditions.
Germany. —The feeling in some of the States of
Germany agaiust tbe French nso strong tnat a
French manufacturer at lies-se Cassel, employing
790 workmen, has been compelled to quit tbe place
on account of the excitement prevailing.
Prussia —The terms of the new loan are an
nounced. It beats live percent interest, and is to
be issued by public subsoriptu n, the redemption to
commence in 1863 by the payment of one percent,
annually. Thirty million thalers is the amount.
The Ecclesiastical Council has ordered prayers in
the churches for the preservation of peace in Prus
sia and Germany.
Turkey —Tiie garrison of Belgrade had been re
inforced, and it was reported that it would be
trebled. It was also said that the Porte was about
to send a strong naval force to the Adriatic.
The Herzegovina was reported to be in open re
volt, and the latest intelligence says that tbe whole
of European Tin key wan bordering on revolution.
iKiiorioM Hi© AriininUlcntlon.
The Federal Union has a tart lecture on this sub
ject, just iu time for the Democratic Convention.—
it, by turns, exhorts pathetically and threatens
terribly. The President, in the main, ha? plumbed
tue Democratic line, ami >tood squarely by the
South, and it would be an outrage to repudiate him
by a “charitable silence.” Thus argues the Union,
and it takes occasion to pour a regular broadside
iuto those pen-feather Democrats whose beards
have not grown three inches under the genial rays
of a Democratic sun, and who are the source of all
the troubles of fheonee harmonious political family.
By these we understand the Union to mean the
Toombs and Stephen’s taction, who not only claim,
and uet, all the offices, but insist on having things
their owu way generally. The Union is about half
right, if not all the way so. Well may the Dem
ocracy exclaim, “A true Roman has become a stran
ger iu Rome.”
But to the Union’s article, a portion of which we
copy below: — Savh. Rep.
We have been astonished at the proposition in
certain quarters to ignore the Administration of Mr.
Buchanan in the approuchirg Gubernatorial Con
vention. It is agued by the udvocates of this pol
cy that the present Convention has assembled for a
particular purpose, and to perform a single duty,
and that if the Convention goeß beyond that object
it transcends its duties, and multiplies the sources
of party trouble. When, we ask, did any State
Democratic Convention, assemble for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for Governor, over refuse
to pass a resolution endorsing the Democratic
National Administration ? is Mr. Buchanan's Ad
ministration to be the first to be damned with the
charity of silence? An Administration that has
brought down upon it the anathemas of Black Re
publicanism from Maine to Maryland—an Admin
istration that has received its moat material injury
on account of its resistance to the dangerous here
eies of Douglas and his confederates’ Because we
may not agree with the President in his Pacific
Railroad policy; (and right here we would remind
the friends of a prominent candidate for the U. JS
Senate that he too is committed to a like policy,)
because we may uot be willing to go a? far as Mi
Buchanan has done in his tariff policy—are these
reason? sufficient to induce us to forget Mr. Buchana
and his administration, and the earnest &:id manly
support tiiey gave the Southern Democracy iu the
memorable Kansas struggle?
Let Georgia Democrats remember, that tiie very
men who are most prominent in this effort to put
the seal of their condemnation on the administra
tion are, ou the one hand, recent converts to demo
cracy —men whose beards have not grown six inches
under the heat of a Democratic sun—and on the
other hand, men who harbor personal resentments
agaiust, the President for his efficient execution ol
the laws touching* the African Slave trade. Shall
the old lino democracy ot Georgia depart from the
landmarks of their fathers, that some new light
members of the party may win an ephemeral noto
riety ? Shall we solemnly and deliberately turn our
backs on au Administration that has boen true to
the South, in every instance, to gratify the private
griefs of a lew, and the rival aspirations of others.
No , let the democracy of Georgia do as Tennessee,
Kentucky and Louisiana have done. Stand by the
President of your choice. If in some instances he
has not come up to the me&arne of your expecta
tions, or adhered to the line of principles you have
laid down for your guidance, let us not be so unjust
to ourselves, to the National Democracy and to a
Northern Democratic President, as to give the cold
shoulder to an Administration which has gone as
far in defending the constitutional rights of*the
South, ou the slavery queatiou, as any of its prede
cessors.
From /he Daily Mrnnesolian , June 6/A.
Storms and Flood.* in ih© Nor!l)west—Tliril
liiik Scenes*
The flood of 1851 cannot be compared with the
present as regards damages, for at that time there
was but little property, relatively sneaking, to be
damaged.
Incidents and Items. —On the upper tlat the
root and pipe of Cobb’s sawmill still glimmers
above the water. It will sustain much injury,
while some logs aud timbers have been boated
away. The few houses at the foot of Eagle street
are isolated aud surrounded, and partly tilled with
the water. A steamboat, has gone up the tlat, back
of the saw mill, where none ever went before , as far
as we can learn.
Carls loaded with stone were going over the
bridge on Saturday morning, dumping the stone
down to protect, the embankment at the end. It
was piled full of furniture all day, and a procession
of cows, horses, pigs, and wagons loaded with fur
niture, Jkc. f was coming over.
W e cannot pretend to give any figures of the
loss, and damage occasioned by the flood. In the
aggregate it will be enormous, if the waters do not
subside. Coming as it does iu the hardest of hard
times here, it will be more severely felt. After this
flood, w T e predict no one will want to settle on
bottom lands again, while our high, rich, rolling
prairies invite settlement..
The Flood at Sr. Anthony.— At St. Anthony
aud Minneapolis, tiie siorm and flood have been
terribly destructive, and property to the amount of
huudred.s of thousands of dollars have been de
stroyed and lost.
The St. Anthony Evening News of Thuredey,
June 2d, says : Tiie storm of Tuesday raised the
river at St. Cloud two leet in a single night, and
the water at this place shows a similar increase in
volume. Last night it rose 14 inches. At six
o’clock this A. M. tle boom of the St. Anthony
Water Power Cos., gave way under the long pres
sure, and about 5,099,000 ot logs, (valued at § 19,009)
went over the Falls. About 1,000,000 of them to
the value of $28,000, were the property of the Mill
Cos. The boom at Coon Creek contains about 10,-
000,090 logs, and is momentarily expected lo give
way.
still later.
A friendjwho came down on Saturday evening
furnishes us the following memoranda :
Flood at St. Anthony.— Tiie pier on which the
Turn-table of the upper bridge at St, Anthony
stands, (the bridge is a draw-bride,) lias been
moved down stream some thirty feet ! Another
piei nearer shore lias been swept away, taking about
100 feet of the bridge with it! The water was level
with the bridge at 10 A. M. to day, and is probably
over it by this time—there is great dauger of the
whole bridge going !
The Suspension Bridge is as yet intact, being
about three feet above the water. Tbe fifth pier
(from the St. Anthony side) of the lower bridge has
goDe, taking about 150 feet of the bridge with it!
Both adjoining piers are being undermined by the
flood. The Suspension Bridge is probably safe,
unless the one above it should come down in a
body.
At least $130,000 worth of logs and lumber have
gone over the falls within three days. Two small
shingle mills were carried away.
The tails, we are told, present an appearance
both fearful and sublime. The torrents pour over
the precipice with terrible force and increased
roar, and the spectacle has attracted even persons
from this city. Portions of the rocks, we learn,
jve r which those torrents have poured since the
time that the Almighty first set creation in motion,
have given way to the pressure of waters and
fallen down, creating a still more rugged cataract.
“Spirit Island,” just below the cascade, has also
been nearly hwept away. The Minneapolis Mill
Co.’s dam still stands intact, while the drift flood
does not yet reach the only bridge that can l>9
crossed—the Suspension.
From the St. Cloud Democrat, June 2.
We bad a frightful storrn last evening, or rather
a succession ot storms, lasting from eight o’clock
until midnight. The first came from the east, wind
and sheet lightning. It was but past, when a se
cond came up from the North, bringing myriads of
hailstones and torrents of rain, battering and de
stroying vegetables, riddling windows, carrying off
fences, capsizing hen houses, tearing up trees and
lighting the work of destruction with an inces
sant play of blinding sheet lightning. This was
making a grand finale, when storm third rushed up
from the West, pouring out sheets of rain, like
great billowy rivers, and bringing still more vivid
lightning with stunning thunder
At St. Augusta, a large Catholic Church, with
steeple unfinished, was hurled from its foundation
and destroyed. A large store house, three stories
high, occupied with grain and goods, was leveled
to # the ground. A blacksmith's shop was blown
down. The water power saw mill had its roof and
one side carried away. Two dwelling houses were
unroofed, and trees in all parts of the town and
along the river were torn up by the roots.
Political. —At a Democratic meeting hold at
Grnham, N. C\, last week, Stephen E. Williams,of
Caswell, was nominated to oppose Mr. Gilmer for
Congress in the Fifth District. Mr. Williams was the
opponent of Mr. Gilmer two yearn ago. and made an
astonishing run. He is, says the Newberu Pro
gress, a young man of line talents, and one of the
best stump speakers of his age in the State. Thomas
Kufliu has been unanimously nominated for re-elec
t ion to Congress by the Democracy ot the Third
District of North Carolina
Mr. Robert Mallory, of Oldham, has been r.omi
nated for Congress by the opposition in the Seventh
District, in place of Colonel Humphrey Marshall,
who declined are election. A correspondent of the
Ixmlsville Democrat says that Mr. Mallory “is a
Virginian by birth, a classically educated gentle
man, a thorough man, and would be a capital Con
gr ess man were it not that his politics is most execra
b!e.” A letter from Mr. George 1) Prentice, of the
Louisville Journal, who was much talked of I■r the
nomination, was read to the Convention, He says:
“A seat in Congress would by no means be agiee
able to me, and I am very eure that I w ould not at
ail suit the place. Ido not want it; i could not ac
cept without a sacrifice of feeling- I i'ke my pres
ent place, and if my political friends are satisfied
with the manner in which I discharge its duties, let
them signify this by not asking me to leave it.
The bank question is a prominent one in the Ten
nessee canvass, the democrats declaring that all
banka are wrong.” that “every paper dollar la
aued bv State authority ia an unconstitutional dol
lar and every legislator who votes for paper money
violates hi* oath to support the Constitution of the
United States.”
The opposition citizens of Richmond, V a., propose
presenting Mr. Wm. L. Goggin with a splendid
carriage and span of horses, and to Mrs. Goggin a
magnificent set of silver plate.
Slander. —Let no one suppose that by acting a
good part through life he will escape slander.
There will be those even who hate them for the
very qualities that ought to procure esteem. There
are some folks in the world who are not willing
that others should be better than themselves
(U'lVnuH of Amt ri.-Mtii Senpori*#
The New YotL Ohauiber oi Uoromerce has lately
prutted a pamphlet entitled “The Dangers aud De
%Uw \ork, ’ *dUi**aHi to Urn lion. J. B.
Kioyd, Srciefary ot War, by M jer b. liaruaid,
corps i U. S E igineerd.
In I hut pamphlet Major Barmv.d ivffiws all Ihe
incidents of the rect-ic struggle in I tv-p* which
tend to i lueliate the unity, neceadty and ry
of loitlic tlLi a against moi nut* att.ii-hw, audio
eltuw l A ~v cHuae:e s are the uusn idve si *ns aar.
upon tiitui by persons not thoroughly acquainted
with the tarts, founded upon one %.i two anomalous
cams. He prows that maritime tbittucat .oiis. con
stiucled upon precisely *ha same principles as our
I'WU, their object, having pi-m-.w *■ : two
years , iu great pu ts aud the c lint and ,li t* Eon
piie o* Rur-.-ia against the mewl formidable . uva!
arniainaiv.s that ever tl .ated on the ocean, that
they maintained the national honor untaruisued,
and proser\d the sea's of wealth from the spoiler**
hands.
Having arrived at this point. Major Barn u*d pro
ceeds to state what degree of defensive strength be
(“enlightened” as he says, “by previous labors iv
the Board of Engineers, aud by the opinions ot of
ficers of experience,’) eonooivirs lobe now neces
sary tor New York, and the following \ anagraph
will illustrate the principle which guides him:
“ The lesson t.- bo derived by ourselves is too ob
vious to be dwelt upon. Our own great maritime
places would be the points at which alone an Eu
ropean enemy could hope to strike great blows;
New York pre-eminently If it is left undefended,
or is inadequately ddfeu.Ld, its immense commerce,
its rich dept sits of wealth and military and naval
resouices, the lives aud property of its citizens
will be, throughout the whole period of the war,
at an unpity ing enemy’s mercy , aud the national
honor will suffer an ludellible slain, by sucha de
gradation of its great commercial emporium. If
defended as it should be, its defences must be cal
ciliated to grapple with such annamenls, as wo
kuow can and will be brought against it, and upon
the success of the conies*, immense consequences—
perhaps, as at Sebastopol, the issue of the war —will
depend.”
Major Barnard is of opinion that “avast nidi
tion” is necessary to the existing defences of New
York, uud roughly estimates the cost at ‘Tomes*
or eight millions of dollars.” lie does imt recom
mend a general enlargomut iu similar proportions,
of our system of coast defjncro, but says- “it is
against our great seaports and strategic points of
coast defences, such as New York, Now Orleans
aud San Fraud too— pre eminently N* • ’ York— that
an enemy w ill concentrate his efforts. Agaiuat there
lie will call into existence such special ageucies of
attack, which, unless met by an impregnable defen
sive system, shall inputs success.*
If the experience of*the last war with Great Bri
tain benny guide, there is another point of attack,
which mi enterprising enemy will select for the
eclat , if not the profit of the thing—we mean tlm
federal capital. No American can remember with
out mortification the capture of Washington in the
late war. True, it was in an unprepared condition
for defence, and it is quite as defenceless, if not
more so, now. What with the introduction of steam
in maritime warfare, and the large number of steam
gunboats in the navies of all the great European
powers, Washington might bo demolished, aud per
haps its public buildings again destroyed, within
twonty-lour hours alter the arrival of a hostile
tquadron on our coast.
The Boston Post gives a “Woman’s Rights Con
vention,*’ recently held in that city, the following
“first rale notice:”
The Women in Council. —The women right’s
women, the strong minded women, the shrill voiced
women, and women of sharp features; the women
who prefer cowhide hoots to Cinderella flippers,
and woolen socks to silken hose; the women in fa
vor of the free and independent use of pitchforks,
razors, butcher knives and broom handles; the
women of voluble speech and elongated tongues,
held a convention at Meicuntilo Halt yesterday af
ternoon. To use a common phrase, there was a
“general upheaval ot the masses” on the occasion
The hall was completely filled, w well as several ot
the adjoining rooms. Every seat, was occupied by
the women, and a few of the “weaker u ex” were
sprinkled around the “outskirts, like tliisth a iu a
bed ot roses, or thorns in ilie thistle bed. 1 The os
tensible purpose of the convention was to consider
the “rights of women.” Jt is maintained by many
that the rights of women are patent , as a natural
consequence it. follows that they are “patent rights,”
and it is undoubtedly lor the purpose of renewing
the patent, or obtaining a re-issuc before the old
one expires, that conventions of the character no
ticed are held. Judging Irom the nuiubet in at
tendance, and the interest manifested at the con
vention yesterday, there is evidently a strong tide
of feminine sentiment in favor of a general revolu
tion iu governmental affairs; in favor of tearing
down the strongholds of Satan and erecting in
stead the breastworks of Zion. A large number
of eolid looking feminine dignitaries were seated
upon the platform, evidently for the purpose oi
giving weight to the movement. Mrs*. Cardins \V
everanoe presided.— Boston. Dost, 27 th nit.
The Cost of Foreign Travel. —We extract,
from a volume just published, entitled “From Wall
Street to Cashmere,” by John C. Ireland, the fol
lowing information as to the expense of foreign
travel:
“Travelling in England, with moderate speed, in
first class rail carriages, coaohiug, or occasionally
posting, when in out-of-the-way places, always put
ting up at the best, hotels in London, with rooms at
Long's and with meals there, or at the clubs, costs
niue or ten dollars per day. This is an average ex
pense for a gentleman to travel on and live coin
foitably, with a reasonable quantity of good wine
for dinner.
On the continent lire same can bo done, in
cluding the living iu Baris or any other capital for
$6 per day at the hotel or good lodging.- 1 ., and dining
at the best restaurants. In Syria, or on the Nile, if
travelling alone, the expenses would be about $8
per day, or with one friend, about $6 ••!), and I wo or
three from $1 to $5. Usually eveiy one travels
there with one or two Irieuds. I always did. except
the last time when 1 went to Palmyra. Then be
yond Suez the steamer charges are on an Average
£5 or $25 per day, including wines, beer, A c , and
the expense of the route known by the distance, as
there vessels never average over 180 miles a day.
Jn fair weather, under the most advantageous cir
cumstances, they reach nine to nine and a half
miles an hour, and 1 have had an experience of
eleven different steamers, and mostly their best.”
Statistics of Breadstuffs. —From the into
resting statistics of trade aud commerce contained
iu the June number of Hunt’s Merchant’s Maga
ziije, we learn that the present fiscal year, which
ends on the 30tb June, 1859, will probably present
a smaller quantity <f breadstuff* exported from
the United States than has been witnessed in any
year since 1843. Up to 1816 the largest quantity
of wheat that was ever exported in one year since
the great European wars of the first Bonaparte whs
11,138,365 bushels iu the year 1841). In 1857 1h
amount exported was 33,730,f>96 bushels ; iu 1858
it was 26,487,041. For the current year I lie amount,
will be greatly less, while it will also present the
new feature of enlarged imports of wheat from
Europe.
From these same tables we learn 1 hat. the total
imports of wheat aud flour into the United King
dom of Great Britain, amounted in the year 1856,
to 5,207,147 quarters, of this sum 29,3 b - quartern
were furnished by France, while 2,105,581 wore
supplied by the United States. In 1858 the total
British imports under the same head were 5,313,109
quarters, of which 1.283,465 quarters were drawn
from France, and 1,098,871 from the United State.*,
t hus showing that, while Franco in 1856 iu mailed
almost nothing, she supplied Great Britain in 1 80S
with nearly one-fourth of her whole importation of
breadstuff?, and, what, is more significant, it ap
pears that this Empire is now our great competitor
for the British market in this commodity, as the
t rade of the United States has been proportionably
diminished by the amount of breadstuffa doiived
lrom France. — Nat. Intel.
Paying off the Frigate Minis ksota at Bom
ton. —The crew of the frigate Minnesota, number
ing about 600, were paid off yesterday, the amount
required being over $ 165,000, in sums varying from
S2OO to SSOO. The gates were closed, and nouo
but those connected with the yard were allowed U>
enter until the men were paid off. The crowds oul
side the walls was large. The streets were flanked
with hacks and boarding house runners. Several
philanthropise individuals were inside the yard,
and as the sailors entered, imparted wise counsel
and encouraging words to save them from the pii.
falls which surround them. The crew as a whole
are a noble set of fellows. John Boles, one of theii
number, lost the use of his right hand in practising
with the guns and his shipmates contributed SI7;
to bis relief. Another named George Cummingharu,
now at the Chelsea Hospital, under treatment fm
an ulcerated leg, was presented with a purse of $209
from the firemen’s gang. —Boston Daily Ad cert is, r,
June 11.
Private European Advices toGf.rman Men
chants— Sympathy for Austria.— lt is said that
German merchants of this city are in possession of
private advices which render it certain that Prus
sia and all Germany will immediately join Austria
in her struggle with France. These advices, it is
asserted, are from persons in (lie confidence of the
Government, and are regarded as trustworthy.
Perhaps it is largely due to their traditional ha
tred of the Bonapartes, that the sympathy ot the
Germans o! the city in beb<of Austria seems to
be general and cordial. Ah an inetauce, one 01
them, a young and wealthy merchant, has already
ruhde arrangements to go by the next steamer, and
enlist in the service, lie says his family were
massacred by Napoleon J . and he will have revenge
upon his successor. — N. Y. Tost..
A Chinese Temple. —The Mmyoville (Cal)
Democrat of the 7tli May says :
The Chinese, yesterday, were making sacrifices
to their idol, Josh, and curious it was to se them
They had no general public demonstratrm, but
made their offering* privately in their own houses.
Seated in a sort of private sauctuary—something
like an open cupboard—was Josh, a small image
made ot China-ware, and prepen ting anything but
a formidable appearance. Near him stool a uum
ber of diminutive tapers ready to be lighted, and
before him were oranges and flown . VaiiotH
smaller images, painted on slips of paper, vne
stuck up inclose proximity, aud certain brazen
emblems, bearing some kind of meaning or other,
were also arranged in the Hnlyot Holies. The
policeman who was with us was about to lay in
hand ou Josh familiarly, to see how a Chinese God
would feel to the touch, when a sensation of honor
was visible iu the countenance of the moon eyed
worshippers. Several women were very busy
rnakiug little paper boxes of peculiar shape, the d*
sign of which we could not ascertain. Indeed, the
whole eacrific&l presentment and concomitants
were entirely beyond our comprehension. No
doubt a clear and reliable explanation of tics sac> 1-
fice would be interesting.
A Bov’s Head Cut off bv a Locomotive —An
extra train, containing several of the leading offi
cials and stockholders of the Cleveland and Toledo
Railroad, was approaching, Grafton, coming to
wards the city at a rapid rate. Just before the en
gine reached the Black Kiv*-r Bridge, a small ho/
ran up th bank of the river and stood upon theab.o
ment. He was a foot or so from the rail, and evi
dently fancied oiniselt secure from danger. The on
gine**r, Mr. Rust, saw him and shouted to hirn to
get out of the way. The hoy heard him but did nut
fc rir from his perilous position. He wss laughing
and indulging iu all sorts of boyish grimaces, when
the engine struck him, taking bis head entirely < 11
The engineer did not *e; the boy until lie was al
most upon him, and of coarse it uiu impossible to
s‘op the locomotive in time to save him.
| Cleveland Plaindealer.
Moke Improbable Gold Stories -Very exciting
accounts continue to be received from Pike’s Peak
Gold mines. Claims that were considered wort hit- *
a month ago are. selling at from 2000 to oOOOdolhi.-.,
At Gregory’s diggings the miners are said to be
making twenty five dollars each, per day.
California Morals. —The proprietors of the San
Francisco Evening Bulletin were arrested on tho
13th ult., on a charge of violating the law against
obscene publication’s, in having spread betore their
readers the reports they found in trie Eastern papers
of the Sickles trial.
Battle with the Cam anches—-Forty-five
Killed. — Si. Isouis, June 13. — A special dispatch
trom Independence to the Republican says that a
party of United States soldiers surprised ab. ut
eighty lodges of Camanches, near Pawnee Rock,
and killed 25 men and 20 womeu.
Rev. J. P. Tuetin, formerly a prominent minister,
in the Baptist Church, has applied lor Episcopal or
ders. He is oow in Europe.