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The waite by the Europa reached New Yo.k l!e
Wedotwd&y The iir uewv, obtained ic
tl.e Ifttc.-t ieepalct;©* from the e**al of wax, wau
Mi full in out January pnbtiebed yesterday
tsin ‘i : Wp give in additi. u *otn iLteieatiuK
t-vr .;*? fix ui Karopeen papers.
Pros re cl the War.
Tl ( tnbftt deepen?. On Monday. Victor
!•'manual, at tire head of tne fourth Division of the
A .*d A"u:y, • ‘owed !he .Seem near Vercelli. ic the
iar of :he ens; y. Yercelli, Novara and Mort&ra
term an equilateral triangle. each side betc# about
• : **©n mile* r teniftii; and it hould be < baerveti
r ’rr<'ff tie greai road* from Milan, paw;hr
’ . ugh N vnra and Mortara, wLk h are about ten
u. s werjterard of tb© banka of ttw Thu unite at
’ excel!- The Austr hh have Iron, me beginni ng
kept a lnr*e force, not ieee than 60,000 men, at
Kovsra and Mortar a, because it was pretty clear
that if ‘hey are compelled to abandon those towns
they must era- the. T*cino. It war natural, there
fore, that they should watch with the utmost jea
lousy any attempt, of the Sardinians, to approach
either of ihoee place* ; and accordingly they pent
• >ut frequent and powerful reconnaissance# from
Novara and Mortars toward* the be*ta, in order to
ascertain the movement* of tbeir enemy. Not
AStiefied with this th- Austrians seem to have for
tified the viUafc©* of Palestro, Casalino and Vinza
iio, situated within the nr.gie formed by the road
between \ ere ii and Novara and that between
VeroeOi end Mortars f*>r when the Kinjr crowed
witn Ctftldini'i division he found the eoemy en
trenched, and only carried their portion after an
obctin&t© at the point of the bayonet. Al
though the wboie extent of the losses on either tide
is yet unknown, etiil the Sardinians took two guns
and some prisoners. That night the King slept at
Tomone amongst his troops a* they lay encamped
on the left bank of the Sesia. Verceli: was illumi
nated to celebrate the victory, and the French
Km per or having transferred fns headquarter** from
A *--aiidristo Cana’#', not an hour’ journey by
aiiway lrom Yercelli—-walked through the erreets
of the rejoicing city Hat the battle was not yet
< ver. The Australn officer* determined to renew
the combat. On the Tuesday morning, therefore,
the King, before he had time very Materially to
strong ien hi* position, was attacked by the
Austrian corps d'armee of 20,000 men Tne King
riiuiseif, at the bead of the Ith Diviri >n, aided by
the lid Regiment of Zouave**, for a time maintain
ed a defecs.ve atU ude, bat presently ne#*.uming the
offensive, ranted upon the enemy, defeated them
with the loes of eight gun* and 1 COO prisoners.—
Am ngit the troops who fought, the Z ju&vee, ac
cording o the account in the Munite ur, did great
thing*. In the face of a battery of eight guns,
they crossed a canal, climbed a steep height, drove
499 Australia at the poiut of the bayonet into the
canal, ar.d carried away six gun*. Bat, as at
Montebello so at Palestro, the Sardinians bore the
brunt of the contest.
It wu now Tuesday morning, but the Austrians,
though reputed, at once arranged another a'.tack
(or the same evening. Nor is it difficult to under
stand the grounds of such a resolution. Unless the
numbers ol the Austrian troop* which crossed the
Ticino have been grossly exagerated, it seems clear
that them© betweL-n Novara and Mortaraought lat*(o
outnumber a single division. The Austrians, there
fore, might reasonably expect to annihilate tue King,
weakened a* he was by two severe coinbat*, before
be could be reinforced. On the other band, the posi
tion of the King was each that, if he felt himself
strong enough, (** he certainly would be after being
reinforced) he might fall upon the Austrian troops at
Novara before they could be joined by those at Mor
tara, and so open one of the great roads across the
‘Ticino, or he might fall on the troops at Mortara—
break the Austrian line—open the other great road
to the Ticino, and then advance against the Austri
an r.glit wir.g, isolated as it would thus be, and
drive it back to the Ticino. Indeed, even if there
were no apprehension of being attacked by over
whelming numbers on one point oi the line, it is Dot
only barrasing, but even dangerous, to have a great
body ol troops within six or seven miles of the enemy,
more especially if, in case of deteat, it would ne
necessary to withdraw acroM a broad rivei like the
Ticino. The troop* oau never be at lest, and in case
of a reverse the probability is that a great portion of
Hie baggage inual be lost or destroyed. Whatever
may have been the reason* upon which the Austrians
acted, ceitairi it u that on the same Tuesday even
ing, about six o'clock, they endeavored to dhiodge
the King from Li* position at Palestro. Hut again
they were repulsed by Cialdini, the Zouaves, and the
Sardinian cavalry. The detail* are wanting.
Hut we know that the king displayed, according
to hi* wont, that chivalrous and almost, reckless
courage 4or w hich, through life, he ha* been so fa
mous and which has rendered him the idol of his
people. It the spirit of a nation and its fitness for
freedom are to be tested by conduct iu the field, the
nation from which the army of V ictor Emmanuel
is recruited, lias nobly vindicated its c aim to the
privilege Whether the Austrians will bring up
more troop* and renew the attack on the King it
would le unsafe to predict. And most assuredly
the Austrian* are in an awkward position for whilst
they are obliged to maintaiu themselves in Novara
and Mortara, some tit teen mile* dial ant the one from
the other, at the ii*a of exposing their communica
tions with Milan, the Kardunan torce, being concen
trated within e rhi or nine miles, may at their op
tion fail upon either extremity of this line, or cut it
in half. Possibly, therefore, the next move may be
that the Austrian* will re cross the Ticino. At all
events, the change of the Imperial headquarter*
from Alexandria to Casale seem* to point to some
movement on the north, not on the south bank of
tbs l\>—the plan, indeed, which has always seemed
to ue the most feasible. And the leport that the
vanguard of the Sardinian army bad attacked and
defeated some Austrians at Sesto Calends, at the
south of the Dago Maggiore, confirms the idea iu*t
suggested.
MOW GARIBALDI CROSSED THE Tl< INO*.
A letter from Yercelli, of the 30th May, iu the
Si- rle, - ays:
The manner in which Garibaldi crossed the Tici
no and bn tiled the Austrians, who acted on infer
matinn obtained by their spies, was curious, and
may now be divulged without danger, lie left
Turin with three thousand seven hundred men, and
the day after his departure he quitted Biella and
proceeded to Horgomanero, where he passed the
night ar.d part of next day. lie there prepared his
plan,', and put them in harmony with the inatruc
tions given him at headquarters. The principal
ohjeot. to cross the Ticino, and effect the pas
sage and invasion without danger to himself or
inen. Garibaldi knew that all those men risked
their lives.inasmuch as before becoming soldiers they
weie refugees, and by bearing arms, they incurred,
according to the Austrian code,the penalty ol death,
lie accordingly spread the report that he intended
to atp at Arena, and he even wrote himself order*
Hi have slotes and lodgings prepared there, and the
churches titled up for tne reception of horse*. No
eooner had he eent off these orders by special me*-
aeugers to Arons, which is on the Logo Maggiore,
than he gave order* to hi* men, each of whom car
rier! two muskets, to leave for Ua*te!letto, where
<hey crossed the ‘Ticino in a ferry boat to Sesto Ca
le;4o, and bj a forced march proceeded to V'arose.
The Austrians, on learning how they had been
tricked, assembled at Camerlata, and intercepted
:he line of the Ticino at Varese, believing that they
would thereby cutoff the retreat of the force and
surprise it. doubled himself little about
that proceeding, and induced the towns aud villa
gi ?to revolt. Hie success in this was so great that
he had to write to the King for eigLt thousand
muskets and eight tbQtiaaud great ooate
Foreseeing, however, an attack on Varese, he
barricaded the town, wuiob do*a not mean that lie
barricaded himself iu the town. That done, he left
you ot his men, who, with the assistance of the pop
ulation, heroically resisted the Austrians, who soon
attacked the place. In the mean time he marched
with the main body of his army from the town to
wards the hills; and some time atter surprising the
enemy in flank, defeated and routed them. The
Austrian* retired in great disordor, and only re
formed at Camerlata, a very important position,
from which Como can bo defended without great
loss. Hut Garibaldi scarcely left them time to
c ount themselves, as he attacked them again, and
after a sharp combat, in which many of their offi
cers were killed, dislodged them, he then entered
Como, where he received a positive ovation from
the population. All the country is iu full insurrec
tion. Young men are putting themselves in uni
form and arming themselves. All classes, without
distinction—noble*, peasants, citizens, iueu, women
and children—are prepared tor resistance. Gari
baldi has taken the precaution of being able to
supply the population with andamunition.’
VKCCLAMATIOIt OF THE KINO OF SARDINIA AFTER
Hl* VICTORY.
From the Principal Head Quarters,
at Tokrion* . May 30.
Soldiers 1 Our tirst battle ha* marked our first
victory. Your heroic courage, the admirable order
of your ranks, the daring and sagacity of the leaders
have triumphed to-day at Palest.ro, a; Yinxaglio, at
Cass&Uno. After an obstinate defence the enemy,
repeatedly attacked, abandoned to you bis strong
position. The campaign could not open under hap
pier auspices. Today's triumph is to us a sure
pledge t jat you have in reserve other victories for
the glory of your }• .ng aud for the fame of the
valiant Piedmontese army. Soldiers! Your coun
try, exulting, expresses to you its gratitude by my
voice, aud, proud of our battles, already points out
to history the names of its heroic sons who, tor the
second tune on the 30th day of May, have valiantly
fought for it. Victor Emmanuel.
HU HUNTS OF THE WAR.
A Jet ter bom Yercelli, wiitteu before the Empe
ror's headquarters were established here, says .
The first thing which 1 did on alighting at the
Hotel do Trois Kois, where about a fortnight ago a
part of the Austrian start’ had taken up tueir quar
ters, was tvt*.*uter into conversation with the land
lord lie related to me not in a piteous but iu au
indifferent tone, that the enemy had * illag* and him
without mercy bad robbed him of money, horses,
mules and carriages—ia word hail shorn him like
a sheep. Other in habitant*, fco whom l afterwards
spoke, gave a similar account, and fully confirmed
ail ths facts related in the ipurnal*. What astonished
me was the calm aud iud-iVerept tone in which those
poor people related their lamentable history as
though they were not the -uffsrerJ by wbat the)
were talking of. While 1 was in my room preparing
to go out. I heard the sound of a uliarp fire of nine
kotiv. 1 rang the bell, aud asked the waiter what
the tiring was lleoooly replied : ‘‘Oh, sir, it is not
in the street, it is only iu the neighborhood of the
town,’ aud then withdrew, apparently surprised
that 1 should have noticed such & tritie. The fa* t
is that fighting had been going ou from au early
hour in the morning at a very short distance from
Yeroelii. I with a friend, provided like my
self with a pass, towards the fcjesia. Ingoing along
the outer boulevard we saw a uumber ot men cut
ting down some of the tine chestnut trees which orua
uifiit that promenade, for the purpose of constructing
a bridge. Al ter proceeding or a short distance we
found ourselves m presence of two Sardinian sen
tiuels, posted at the bead of the bridge ever the
Ucrvo, aud who interdicted our crossing.
VVe showed them our passes, but as tney could
cot nuderstaod them they called a corporal. He
knew a* little about it as tee soldiers, but be eff'ered
Cos take us to the officer commanding the post at the
other side of the bridge. While crossing the Cervo
we met some muix beanug litteison which five
wounded Piedmontese were lying One of them
bad l>ot*u hit in the chest by a bail, and was in a
dying state. The officer received us with the gteat
est politeness, but said be could not allow ue to go
towards the Seda He added, *lf you wish to see
what is going on. I wiii take you to the house you
see yonder. We accepted the pivpcsition,
were soon inetaiied in an upper room, whe.e we
founds priest, who, like ourselves, bad come there
from curiosity. From the window of that room we
could not distinctly eec the Austrian? and Piedmon
tese—but to tell the truth, we arrived just as the
fighting had finished. The Austrians were retiring
by degrees, and in a very short time not a white
Uniform was to be seen. The priest was a canon of
Verve. . After giving us some little in Urination
about the residence i*t the Austrian* in the place,
he A?kcd Vs i- we had seen the celebrated manu
script of St. Eusebius I confess to my shame that
1 never heard of it, but not to give a canon
each a sad idea ot my ignorance, I warded off the
nutation by saying tnat it was an anpropitiou- time
to ttuuk cl” book* in the m-.det of fighting. ‘ What
signifies the fighting ! ’ insisted tb© canon “you
- ,>nll not think ot bring at Yercrlii without seeing
t‘-e Gospel* ot Saint Lu&e. copied in the fourth cen
tu r y by Sr Eusebioue, who was bishop of our
town We were consequently obliged to follow
h m to lit* cathedral and see this treasure.
The ink was. however, bo whitened, not to say
•ffioed by age*, that any one might have written
on the parchmeLt without diacjvering that be was
writing ovex tnat of the saint. Just cs we were
about taking leave of the canon and the librarian,
who wo* present, tne latter told u* that he had been
for some time occupied on a work to prove that the
author of tne “Imitation de Jesus Christ,’’ was
neitner Ghereon cor Thomas a Keznpie, nor Martil
lac, but a canon of \ eroeiii named Gensen. In
support of his assertion he showed ue a document
of 1340, wh'Oh proved that the ‘‘lmitation’’ is an
terior to Gerson and Thomas a Kempis, wno sr-re
oorn, the former in 13&* and the latter in 1830. !
Happy man ■ to be thus able to pursue his studies
with war at the gates of the town On leaving 1
the cathedral I eaw two Sardinian .eh at ihe
Sate of the bishop's residence, and I hear that it is j
tat General Cialdini, of course w ith the content of ‘
the bishop, has established himself. 1 had a letter :
ol introduction to the General, but be was with hi*
staff on the banks of the Besia. The episcopal
palace of Y ercelii had also served as the residence !
of General Gyuiai during *-is stay There
at the pr*'?‘*n \\n twelve th*u*eod Piedixon
troop? aud two ‘ nfipah’e* of French ©urre-ts
mt !© n A!? th* c irrr she*, with tbo exception
r - t'. - cathedral, ar* occupied by tbe e r >id;**rs, who
a’ Light sleep on straw spread for that purple-
Thr \Var-3p?riat Au*tritn Correspondent
of tut* Cosfloa Tim*-'.
We make the following ex tree's from the letter*
of the special correspondent of the London Times
a“.acbea to the A strain cart p :
Austria* Iliatquarters, Garlasco May Sj.
—O i Sunday, the -2i f a* I informed you in my
le -r ‘he I >*dm *n‘*-e croesed the r>-v*ia near
Yerc-iii and we* * driven back. On Monday, tbe
Kr-nch wot a f'rone party acre** the Beia’ near
Landix, probably with tbe twofold intention of
recocncprmg tna of a'.armiDg the Auatrians. It
reu.eu :.tr aebort engagement. Ihe patrols have
low d>Xy skirmishes, and officers here are becom
ing very uneasy a? the recklessness of the Hunga
ra. hvs, wno dt pi*© their enemies, the Pied
uiontcflp, a great deal 100 much. Aboot 10 hussars
t aught batting in the Sesia the other day by
a Pi - imooteee patrol aud taken prisoner*.
A* Montebello on the 20th, the Austram-, who
Lad but ‘JOd men actually engaged, had killed,
w ( rseded and missing 1 ’■ cffice<r* and 1 ‘32 men, of
whom tl officer* and 283 men were killed.
i mentioned in my last that Gen. D Urban waa
blamed for too great ardor, having pushed on too
far and too fast It w* thij impatience which
brought the small body unsupported in face of a
superior force Count Stadion’s orders were that
D'Urban should move with two brigades by tue
main road from Stradelia on Casteggio, clearing the
moun’a ls on his left by partie* of Jagers, Lieut.
Gen. Haumgarten was to operate with the brigade
ol Gen. Bds ag*;n?t Caeatisma, a stnaii town on
the plain to the north of the road, and with Gen
I Gaai a brigade again*? Robeoco, a village close to
| Casatiema and the Pnuce of * brigade was
j to move through Verrua on Br&ndu/zo to secure
| the right tlvnk .V) far ai: waa done e- dßrected. —
j Count Stadion, however, wished a delay to take
piar;e wr en tne had proceeded so far. to
enable them to advance simultaneously at twelve
I o’clock—bat Gen. D L’rban, Laving taken Casteg
| gio by eleven o’clock, followed up the enemy witn
•nly twe brigades, drove him beyond Montebello,
and actually occupied Genestroiio, a village still
further westward. He was soon obliged to retire to
Monte be .o, and, before Gaai’s brigade arrived t.
; support him, had suffered severely.
One small battalion, the 3d Jagers, alone, lost 8
I officers aud 118 men, of whom 2 officer- and 61
j men were khied. Ihe three brigades held thtir
ground for several hours, fresh French troops ar
riving all the um-s by rai.way, and finally withdrew
| in good order in the face of a greatly superior
J turce. Lieutenant„.Prokeech, of the artillery, is
much prai-ed for the manner in which, with two
: guns, he held the main road for a long time. He
waited till the enemy’s column came within about
j forty yards, then fired, and cleared the road, loaded
I again and waited , the enemy again came on, and
again he mowed them down, until dead and wound
ed barricaded the road. He ha* been recommend
ed for the Cross of the Order of Maria Theresa, a
reward not lightly bestowed. Count Thun is also
! mentioned an having displayed great coolness in re
! ceivicg a charge of cavalry, forming his battalion
’ of infantry (of the Hess regiment) into a square,
and a'ui ‘st destroying the cavalry by a well uirect
| ©a fire of musketry. Several conflicts took place
j with the bayonet, bat the Jager* pre.'erred using
i the but end of their rifle*, with which they did grear
I execution.
I Tnose who think the Austrian troops are dispirit
! ed.or that any of them are wavering in their alie
J giance, are much mistaken. Nothing can exceed
th* spirit* of ail. and the common enemy has caused
all internal dislikes to cease, at uii events tor the
moment One battalion bivou&cks in thesqua. e
ot this town. These men I have observed atten
tively, and, for the instruction of those who think
the Austrian troops barbarian*. I will tell you how
they pass their evenings. About 5 o’clock* they all
crowd around the band, which is led by F’arbacb,
the well known Viennese composer, and take the
greatest delight in listening to the murio.
During the intervals of the instrumental music,
parties ol twenty or thirty of these so called savag
es sing in a manner which I have not yet had the
pleasure to hear equalled in France or England.
Tyrolese songs follow Yiennese, and then some
times the band strikes up some Hungarian tune,
and in an instant apace is cleared, and every Hun
garian iu tbe crowd joins in a dance, or Farbach
gives one of his exquisite waltzes, and a hundred
Germans seize the opportunity of enjoying their
favorite dance. Hairy fellows, in thick ehoea and
great coats, are their only available partners, but
still it is very pleasant to see these men amusing
themse.ves in ho refined a manner. 1 have seen
one man mounted on a chair reciting poetry to an
attentive crowd. The Italians stare at ail this.
Their behavior is very uncertain on all occasions.
1 even saw one inhospitable inn keeper the other
day.
Count Gyulr.i has thought it prudent to order
them all to be disarmed, because one hussar was
murdered iu Vogbera, and on the 20th some laborers
or men dressed an such, engaged in the fight at
Montebello. General Zobel reports from the right
that patrols have been seen dressed as country
men, supposed to be a part of Garibaldi’s corps.
As these might enter singly even the head-quarters
here, you will see how absolutely necessary it is to
turbid all but soldiers to carry arms. Officers here
are requested not to ride out aloue without great
circumspection, and to distrust all parties ot men
even though they may appear to be engaged in the
harmless occupation of haymaking.
Correspondence of the. London Lost.
EFFECT OF THE WAR ON AMERICAN TRADE WITH
CiEKMANY.
Ii amburo, May 28.—The Americans have taken
the dorm, and tear that if the war should be ex
tended to the northern part of Germany their trade
with the Hanso Towns would be seriously injured.
There has in consequence been a meeting at Bremen
of the United States Consuls of Hamburg, Bremen
and Lubeck, with the view of coming to some un
derstanding on this subject, insofar, at least, as
that the mail and emigrant packets between the
Weser, the Elbe and New York might not be ren
dered liable to a maritime blockade of the northern
ports of Germany.
The result of this movement cannot yet be as
certained, but it can scarcely be expected to be
successful unlews the same privilege were to be
extended to vessels of the same class belonging to
other nations; but the difficulty may be surmount
ed in another way, for neither the island of Heligo
land nor the port ot Touning, which is in Schleswig,
and does not form any portion of the German Con
federation, would coins within the limits of such a
blockade, and ships might enter and leave the for
mer as a British possession, and the latter as a
Danish seaport., wr hout et or hindiauce ; and when
once there the experience of the last Continental
war would be sufficient to show how trade could
beamed on from the former, while the railway
communicatlon|from the latter to all parts of Ger
many, would moat effectually set at defiance every
attempt hat might be made to put a stop to it in
t.kat way, though it might contrive to make the
mode of carrying it on somewhat more circuitous.
LETTER FROM MUNICH.
The following is an extract from a private letter
from Munioh, dated the 27th of May:
Munich is now transformed into a vast camp one
sees nothing but soldiers, aud drums are constantly
dinning in ones ears. This amall kingdom has call
ed together an army of 100,000 men, and youths of
good family aud education are daily joining the
ranks as volunteers. 200 young men from the Uni
versity have enlisted, ana those who are called on
by the conscription never think of getting substi
tute?, but go themselves.
The town has oeen enlivened the whole of this
week by the passage of Austrian troopa rom Hun
gary vii their way to Italy. About 20,000 have al
ready parsed on, and a* many more are expected
Munich is behaving most, generously to those allies
who are going to tight the common enemy. Every
soldier who arrives is treated to a good warm din
ner, plenty of beer, lots of cigars, and other little
luxuries At the expense of the town, a sort of
(‘amp has been fitted up at the railway statiou when
the troopa arrive, and the whole population ie there
from morning till night, receiving the different regi
ment* with open arms, aud treat ing them to a great
deal more beer than the poor fellows can stand. At
the same time the worthy, burly Munichers, do not
tail to set their Hungarian brothers a most laudable
example. It is really a sight altogether, and amuses
U 8 vastly.
Imagine au immense crowd of ladies, gentlemen,
officers, soldiers, working men, children, Ac., gath
ered together ou an av tully dusty plain, and all
drinking beer, except when a train comes in, when
all begin to shout till they are hoarse, and then beer
again, fraternizing most enthusiastically with the
Hungarian*! I was on the spot yesterday eveniug,
and a regiment of Hungarians had just departed.
They were not well out of sight when tbe munici
pality, the officers, the ladies and genrlcmen, the
soldiers, the policemen, the people, aud the children
ali sat down quietly aud good humored !y, and di
rected their attention to their beer jugs once more
with as much ardor a* if they were only beginning.
I suppose you will not expect me to say that they
all were a* s.,*ber as if they had been fresh and fast
ing, or a* perhaps they ought to be , but there was
no disorderly conduct.
The New York Lost contains two interesting let
ters from Alessandria, the latest dated May 27. We
make several interesting extracts :
VISIT TO THE BATTLE-FIELD OF MONTEBELLO.
The day after the engagement I visited the bat
tle field. Alas! it is a sad thing to do; all the glory
and pomp of war fades iuto insignificance before
the utter misery and desolation of a battle-field the
day after the action. At the time I arrived the bo
dies of the dead had been collected and were lying
in rows near the cemetery ; the faces of the men
were covered over, and near them stood those of
their comrades whose duty it was to bury them.
In a heap, piled away from the rest, I recognised,
from their uniforms, the bodies of the officers who
had died bravely facing the enemy. If you have
never witnessed such a sight, I advise you never t )
do so as long as you may avoid it. one's reflections
are not gay death, in all its most revolting aspects,
faces you. forcing upon your mind the suffering that
must ensue when the loss of the men you see
stretched lifeless before you becomes known to
! their families. How many a poor mother, thought
1, is waiting in an agouy of hope and fear tue list
; of the killed and wounded to know whether her
: darling sou is among them.
Going from Vogbera to the latter place, one sees
1 on the left of the road a grave marked by a large
j white cross. It is there that several Freuch sol
! diers were buried. They had been wounded at
1 Montebello aud died on the route to Yoghera. Fur
| ther along one sees a large tree that was completely
j cut in two by a cannon ball. A short distance
I further on. evident sign* of the conflict may be
seen ou ail sides. The trees are cut, in many places
i tbe ear'll is torn up, while the large path? which
have been tramped through the wheat fields show
| that the artillery uust have passed by there.
The regiments that went to Montebello after the
action found over three hundred Austrians that
were dead lying in the hollow, where the wheat was
unusually rank They had probably, when first
wounded, crawled to these places to get away from
tueir enemies They were all buried in the same
large trench, at the foot of the hill ueaV the place
where they were found.
THE AUSTRIAN PRISONERS AT ALESSANDRIA.
Many ci them are boys from sixteen to twenty,
who had beeu pressed into the Austrian service.~
They were most kindly treated and received every
attention. Some of them bad but very slight
wounds, and wereg&ily talking, smoking the segar?
given to them by the officers present, and drinking
lemonade that was furnished for them. Still I no
ticed several that were dangerously hurt. One in
particular had three serious wounds . the one most
so was a ceep cut on the forehead. On it was laid
a piece of cloth that had been wet and placed there
to cool fcis head. A young French officer who was
passing noticed the poor fellow’s sufferings.|and
taking off tne email bit of dirty cloth, he took trom
bis pocket hi* handkerchief, and dipping it in some
cool water he laid it upon the fevered brow of the
prisoner. The relief wg.a gTea* the man opened
his eyes, took hold of the officer s hand and pressed
it to his lips The young man passed ou I hasten
ed to have a look at one so kind-hearted, and saw
that he waa decorated with a variety of crosses and
medal?, that proved that he was b-ave as well as
generous. The treatment extended to these wound
ed Austrians is so kind that they seem really as ton
isi:©<i at it. Many of them say that their officers
had soured them that the French would treat them
with the utmeet barbarity, while, on the contrary,
taey stteu i-d to with all the care and attention
that the Freuch Folaiers meet with no distinction
is maui- Ktween the wounded.
The ladies cf Alexandria attend to tbe wants of
the wcauded eoic.ers , French) now at the hospitals
witn the greatest care and solicitude; sugar, leoi
oIS iu:cu. and ail !2e little comforts that tend to
rend©: the sick room lev* .rxsome are sent to these
meD who have come to conquer for Italy indepen
dence and a constitutional government.
AUSTRIAN OlT&AoK
In Striking contrast with tne conduct of the
French is tb© manner with which those so unfortu
nate a? to fall into the power ol the Austrians are
treated. At Casteggio, a village near Montebello, j
through which the Austrians passed the day they
mad© the attack on the division of Gen. Forey, tht-y j
found some of the tamilies still in the place wno had
not heard of the approach of the Austrians in time
to escape la the house of one of these famines
the? found an old gun which had been used by the }
head cf th© fainilv in his quality of National Guard.
They executed the whole of the nine persons that j
formed tbe family for this reason. Among those put
to death there were two children under seven years j
ot age. and three women. The atrocious barbarity i
of the act needs no comment. 1 have been assured j
of the fact by one of tbe villagers, who was hidden 1
iu a pit—a ?'*rt of place tor k©epin<? farming uleo : .
eils in the side of n hill From bis hiding p’a'e !
he taw the cie< uiion. ant. ■when triiing me ot it, his
eve:- glared and h:-” whole frame Took with horror
andemotoo. . ,
At a vii.age near daiing the time that
the Austrian - occupied that place, they ten* out j
each day parties of troopa hunting lor provibioce,
which tney took without payment from tbe country
people. In searching a bo--e they found in it a
journal that is inioiuai to Austria. Tney took the
whole family on the public square ana shot them
ail—men, women atd children. They were all kill* ■
ed. with the exception of one of the men. who 13 |
now !\ iug in tue hespitat at Vogbera, where he was
convened by the people af:er the departure of the !
Austrians I have seen the man and conversed
with him; his name ia Cignoli. Hundreds beside
myself have seen the person and heard his account
of the atrocious action perpetrated by the Austrians.
To-day I have seen a letter written by tbe vice
syndic ot Pgnarolo. who was taken by the Austrians
a.- a hostage when they were in the place yester
day T ANARUS! ey have a habit of doing this when they
find a citizen whose importance renders his fate an
object of interest tc the people, and then they
for provisions or money, threatening upon non
compliance with these demands, to put the hostage
to death. Thus the vice-syndic, in his letter, an
nounoes that unless the people give the Austrians
information in regard to the movements of the
French, they will shoot him.
FEELING AGAINST ENGLAND.
A great change has occurred here at Alessandria,
a9 regards England—the sentiment of admiration
with which her liberal institutions were regarded
by the Italians is changing into a feeling of hatred,
occasioned by tbe speeches made by tbe Derby
ministry upon the Italian question, which caused,
as they assert, the Austrians to go on in the r at
tack against the country, relying upon the aid of
Eugland—an inference they had a right to come to
from the tenor *fthe discourhea i mentioned. Add
ed to ai! these real causes of complaint is the
course pursued by the Times, in its leaders, that
so etrongly advocate Austria’s cause, and the cor
respondence dated from the headquarters of the
Austrian camp, which tend to ?how that the horri
ble outrages mat have been committed by the Aus
trians OD;y ex st in the imagination of the Piedmou
te*e Mer. w h >?e mothers, and eisters have
suffer-d from the brutal last of the Austrians, shiver
with ar:ger aui disgust when they hear such state
ment-, aid t .ey extend to the English nation the
ba rtu ti at li e falsehoods of the journals inspires
them wi-fi Facts that are palpable and know;, to
ad E irope—the devastation of whole tracts A
country and acts of atrocious cruelty—are refuted
by the Times’ correspondents, who, in the most
baretaoedminner, deny thing* they moat know to
be true.
THE AUSTRIAN TROOP*
A correspondent of the London Times, writing
from the Austrian headquarters, says :
“ Those who think the A'astrian troops are dis
pirited, or that any of them are wavering in tbeir
allegiance, are much mistaken. Nothing can ex
ceed the spirit of all, and the common enemy has
caused all internal lielikes to oeaee, at all events
tor the moment. One battalion bivouacs in tbe
square of this town. These men I have obrerved
attentively, aud for the instruction ot those who
think the Austrian troop* barbarians, I will tell you
how they pass their evenings. About five o’clock
tney a . crowd round the band, which is led by
Farbach, the well known Yiennese composer, and
take the greatest delight in listening to the music.
During the intervals of the instrumental music
parties of twenty or thirty of these so-called savages
sing iu a manner which I have not yet had the plea
sure to hear equalled in France and England, Ty
rolese sengs follow Viennese, aud then sometimes
the baud otrikes up some Hungarian tune, and in
an instant a space .* cleared, and every Hungarian
in the crowd joins iu a dance ; or Farbach gives
one of hin exquisite waltzes, and a hundred Ger
mans seize the opportunity of enjoying their favo
rite dance.”
KOSSUTH’S POBITION.
Kossuth, in a note to the London Times correct
ing misrepresentations, Fays:
‘‘The purport of my argument is this : If England
abstains from taking a p?*rt in this war, the war
will remain restricted to the Austrain dominions
and to the Italian peninsula ; if, ou the contrary,
England interferes, the war will become a general
European one, because Germany will not plunge
into the war if told that she will not be supported
by England; and in this case Russia, too, will re
main neutral, but if England should either direct
ly support Austria or assist Germany in supporting
her, then Russia, too, will step in, tut on the oppo
site side—she will support France. So that if the
present war aseumes general European proportions,
it will be entirely the work of England’s interven
tion.”
Special Correspondence of the Picayune.
The Civil War in Mexieo.
Vera Cruz, May 20,1839.
The civil war continues, and euclosed you will
find the authentic documents by which to trace its
devastating couise. The sacking of Morelia, by
Marquez, is but an incident. We do not, indeed,
as I am well assured, even hear of one tenth the
atrocities committed iu the interior. Nor could we.
All regular communication with the capital is cut
< ff’; besides, people are afraid to write upon such
things, as their letters are frequently seized, and
they would pay the penalty with their life. \ r ou will
also find in the paper* I send you, a fine pictute of
Robles Pezuela. This contemptible he*ro of no
battles is still statioued at dalapa, by order of Mi
ramou. Nowjuct look at the ridiculousness of the
tarce. All interchange of goods from this port has
been prohibited; but as the clergy government has
neither head nor tail, permits to several houses
have been granted, stipulating the customary duty
of 26 per cent, witn the only condition, to be paid
in advance.
Large lota of goods left this city in consequence,
and now we have rumors that Robles will not allow
them to pass Jala pa, unlees they pay to him an ad
ditional 60 per cent., which, however, I still hope
may not Oe Hue, as, by so doing, he would not only
rebel against the orders of bis superior, but put
himself below the highway robber, who, at least,
risks his lite to obtain other people’s property.
If we must expect this oi Robles, who, as far as
education goes, is considered the most decent of the
whole pack, what may not the other* be capable of
doing ?
Judging from this, it is a ridiculous farce to an
nounce a conducts, not only with highly increased
duties not authorized by tariff', but knowing be
forehand that nobody will have faith in the escort
that could be sent to protect it on the road.
1 am very much afraid that the assaeeinations of
Marquez will be continued. Woe to the English
merchants who sigued the representation against
the Tacubaya massacre, if he should come back to
Mexico, because the protection their Minister would
extend to tnem everybody may anticipate.
To what amount must their sufferings have risen,
when, being amongst the bloodthirsty rabble, where
escape maybe impossible, still they did not hesi
tate to speak out the truth boldly at the risk of their
lives.
It is confirmed that Zuazuahas been named Gen
eral-in-Chief of the army of the North, which brings
under hi* command also the States of San Luis,
Aguasc&lienfrs, Guausjuato and Zacatecas.
As the marcii of Gen. Won \tne woman whipper)
against San Luis and Tampico is now an ascertain
< and fact, the Saratoga left our port yesterday for the
latter port, whither the Fulton, on her arrival, will
follow her. But perhaps more vessels will be u ed
ed, as perhaps nothing short of an interference by
force uia be required.
T.ie Brooklyn has aljo gone on a cruise along the
coast, a id Mr. McLaneon board of her, to be absent
tor a few days out of our hot climes. *
Vera Cruz, May 28, 1869.
The Ministers of Miramon have at last formally
decided on an expedition, under the command of
Cobos , to invade the State ot Oaxaca, aud the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The press in Mexico is
favoring the project, and points out the benefits
that maybe derived trom suehau enterprise, in
glowing aud bombastic paragraphs.
The Tehuautepec people, i. e., the inhabitants of
the village of Tehuantepec, are mostly Spaniards,
and never were under obedience to the Juarez
Government, unlesd compelled by a force from
Oajaca, of a garrison of the I’atricios Juchilan In
dians.
The plan of the Church party, to send an expedi
tion to these regions may, therefore, find favor with
the inhabitants of Tehuautepec, though all the sur
rounding countries, as well as the State of Oaxaca,
will be deadly opposed to any attempt of the kind,
and defend their ground to the utmost.
The nows reached here this morning that Zuloa
ga and his friends Miranda and JJaregui have.been
arrested and throwu into prieoD, by order of Mira
inon—the British Legation not being any longer a
place of refuge tor Zuloaga. The long pentup
war between the leaders has then broken out open
iy-
News also reached us this morning that Gen.
VYoil, on his march to Tampico, retraced his steps
wheu within six leagues of Tampico, showing him
self a* great a coward as Miramon when at the
same distance from Vera Cruz.
We have nothing further from the interior, nor of
the whereabouts oi the assassins Marquez. Mejia,
and others.
Lnicr from ('nlifnrniH.
California news to the 20th ult, has been received
r.t New Orleans. We copy the following paragraphs
from the correspondence of the New Orleans Pica
y u ne:
California Mines. —By the last steamer, over
two millions of dollars in go’d went forward to
New York, aud not far from that amount will be
sent by the steamer of to-day. Doe* not this argue
that our gold mines are still in their prime ? Despite
the croaking* of the New York Herald and other
papers opposed to the progress of this Slate, we are
steadily advancing, and increasing the amounts of
our monthly shipments. The snows have now
melted from the principal mining localities, and the
click of the spale is resounding far and wide. One
day this week, over a ton ot gold arrived in this
city from different parts of the mines, all of which
will go forward to-day, to swell the golden current
iu the great eea of commerce New in ventions are
constantly being made in the important art of sav
ing gold. It is estimated that the aggregate amount
if gold wasted by imperfect machinery is equal to
tbe entire quantity produced. That vast sum? are
thus lost there can be no question. The inventors
of different apparatus have lately set their machines
below the regular works, of companies, aod have
made as much from the “tailings” or waste dirt, as
the original workers. In many instances this has
been tbe case.
it theu is evident that the amount of gold that
can be produced in California, can be nearly doub
led by the application of proper machinery to save
it, and this machinery may be need without the
necessity of much additional labor. It follows then,
that even were the actual productiveness of the
mines lefc*ening. the amount would not be decreas
ed, from the fact that every year the facilities for
saving the gold are augmented. New assay offices
are being established here, and the receipts of gold
at the mint are steadily increasing iu amount. Ia
three mining counties new piaoers nave been dis
covered, where rich strikes have been made, rival
ing even the glorious days of 18-19-50. Add to this,
that the rates of living in California are constantly
cheapening, owing to the fact that mauy articles of
consumption, formerly imported, are now raised in
the mountains, and there can be but little question
that California holds out at this moment greater in
ducement* for immigration tnan any other country
in the world. Within last year attention has
| been paid to tbe mining of coal and other sub
stances. which are now giving employment to many,
outside of the regular gold ciggings.
California Crops.—During the last fortnight
we have had three consecutive rainy days—a rare
occurrence at this season.
The rivtrsand mountain streams in the lower
part of the country were flooded and the effect was
generally beneficial upon agriculture in all this re
gion of the State. It extended tar into the interior
of the State. Latterly, the regular ocean summer
winds have set in, and it is safe to say that the rains
a r e over until the succeeding winter. The history
of the State since the settlement by Americana offers
no parallel to the present auspicious appearance of
the crops Far and near, wherever the husband
man has devoted his iabor to the soil, the response
has been a crop which promises a rich return this
fall. Immfn-r quantises of grain are sown. Great
tracts, w ic:i until this year were neglected, have
be-n puuuucer cultivation and all nature laughs
with plenty. Ta© country is now in its zenith of
rural ep!euu~r At no other season of the year does
CaiihT’i.-x p. eseat the rem&rkaDie floral spectac'e
*ia low presented. The plains are carpeted with
an innumerable variety ot wild flowers, and the
site. u* in©vr very tops, wave in the luxuriance or
!>j© wild •**?, wnich, as you know, are of spontane
ous growth here.
From tkf Gulf of Mexico.— The Navy De- ■
pariment has received dispatches, dated Tampico,
31st ult., from Capt. Turner, commanding United
States ship Saratoga. Rumors reached V era Cruz j
that Gen. Woll, with a detachment of Reactionists,
was about to make a descent upon the city cf
Tamoioo. and Minister McLane thought a vessei-of
war necessary to protect American interests in that
quarter, especially as the General commanding at
Tampico had directed the American flag to be
hauled down from the American Consulate, insisting
that all consular exequaturs have been, by public
decree, withdrawn by the Reactionary Govern
ment. The Saratoga sailed to Tampico according
ly but as General Woll, instead of marching upon
lampico, proceeded to support General Mesia in a
contemplated attack upon General Deganado. and J
as no apprenensioLS of immediate danger to Ameri
can interests at Tampioo were felt, the Saratoga |
was to leave for Vera Cruz upon the Ut iitft. j
Prom the White CUud [Kantas) Chief , June. 9.
Horrible Talc* ol Suffering on the Plain*. j
Two y a UGg men, unmed Eraa’.ue B. Griffia and
Preston Caves, of Williamsburg, Wayne county, j
Indiana have arrived here direct from Denver j
City They went cut iast October, and left Denver j
r*n the 6:b of May A gentleman in this place was .
acquainted with them, and pronounces f hem to be i
per;ec ly reliable. They prospected two months
aud made two dollars and forty cents, all told. They
proepected up and down the Platte, and on the i
head waters of tbe Colorado. Tbev think there
may be eome gold in the mountains, but there is no
ebanre to get it, as there is deep snow all the year
with the exception f about two months.
The best day’s digging they did, paid them one doll
ar and six cents. Thi? was on another mans
claim, who wanted to sell it and come borne. They
asked to try it first, when they woiked one day at
washing dirt which the fellow had thrown up. They
worked with a long tom and sluice, and washed out
one dollar aud six cent*. They then worked lour
days linger, digging up the dirt for
ar.d in fear day? they took out fifteen ct nts. After
that, the pay was smaller, wheu they gave it up.
They are confident that the fellow had prepared his
pile of dirt as a bait ,
Tney report horrible Bufferings on the Smoky Hill
route, which has been so be puffed in eome or the
papers. When they left, but ten per-oce had reached
the mine? by that route, who reported that three
hundred had died on the way. One of the men re.
ported that be had .-sen six dead men lying within
reach of each other and another eaid that he had
himself buried twelve men. One ©1 them had lived
tea days on thefflesh of hs dog. They reported that
some had!Of! their wav. SconU were immediately
eeDt out aud some of the lost ones were found
within ten miles of tbe camp, to weak, that they
had to be fed with spoons.
Id Denver City, several months since, iota were
selling as Ijiyh as t-' ! ‘ hen the young men left,
donation shares, containing eight lots, cou.d be
bought for so. Denver has several hundred small
cabins, many of which have no roofa. They are
I occupied by any who ehocsee to do so. The pro
prietors have made a poor epeculation, as there is
j not money enough in the country to pay house rent.
Provisions were very scarce, and bread was selling
i a t fifteen cents per pound. The baker waa the only
i person who had aay gold dust, for those who got
any were compelled to buy bread with it. One of
! our informant? gave the baker a gun which cost him
$26, tor four pounds of bread.
These young men threw their tools into the
: Platte, and started home on foot, takiDg only two
j blankets with them. For two hundred miles they
i lived on prickly pears and wild potatoes. They
; built bat two fires from Denver to Fort Kearney.
; Once they killed a prairie dog and roasted it. An
| other time they came to v. here a man and his
: family were encamped, and asked for bread. The
: man at first refused it, but at length agreed to let
them have eome, for which he took their blankets
as pay ! They then had to sleep on the bare prairie,
aud once tbe Cheyenne Indians came near taking
their coate from them 1
A young man named Win. H. Joslyn and another
person from Monroe county, New York, have since
arrived, and report similar to the above, and much
more which would be interesting had we room for
it. They spent a great part of their time in the
company of old mountaiuers, who assured them
,hat gold could not be found there in paying quan
tities. We hear enough every week to fill our pa
per. ad are enabled to give but a tew of the princi
pal items.
Great Trotting Match between Flora Temple
am! Princcaa for 85.00 U,
It has been briefly mentioned that the trot be
tween Flora Temple (owned by Mr. Wm. McDon
ald, of Baltimore.) and Princess, three mile heats,
to wagons, for $5,000, over the Koiipse Course,
N. W, took place on Thursday afternoon, and wes
won by the former in two straight heats. It is
estimated that 20,000 persons were present. The
Herald thus describes the race:
First Heat. —As they started ihe rain began to
pour, Princess on the inside leading half a length,
which she rapidly increased as she went around the
upper turn, and at the quarter pole was a couple of
lengths in advance. Princess, on the backstretch,
made'the gap still wider. As they reached the half
mile post Flora closed up about a length, but was
again shaken ofi and the distance widened to three
or four length on the lower turn. Coming up the
homestretch Flora closed, and they passed the
stand, Princess leading about a length Going on
tbe second mile Princess drew away from Flora,
aud at the quarter pole was about two lengths
ahead, which she held all the way down the back
stretch. Flora closed on the iower lurn, when
Princess again left her. Up the homestretch Flora
made a desperate but unsuccessful effort for the
lead, and as they passed the stand Princess leading
by a length. Going into tbe last mi'e Princess
drew away from Flora, and at tbe quarter pole was
about three lengths in advance of her. The strug
gle now commenced iu earnest by Flora making a
desperate burst for the lead, and she gained eo
rapidly that she showed her nose in front of Prin
cess before the latter reached the half mile pole.—
Prinoers was then rallied, and again showed in
front for a moment, and then they went into the
lower turn beautifully, head and head together.
Princess now’ began to flag, and the little mare shot
ahead of her aud took a lead of two lengths as she
swung on the homestretch. Flora now had every
thing her own way, and came home triumphantly—
a winner by half a dozen lengths—Princess seem
ing the more fatigued of the two. The first mile
was trotted in 2:37, the two miles in 5:17 1-2, and
the heat in 7:51.
Second Heat. —'l he rain had ceased, and a great
change had taken place in the atmosphere, the air
being pleasant and refresning when the horses
came up for the word. They had a beautiful send
off, Flora on the inside. She made a dash for the
lead at once, and took it, going to the quarter polo
about three lengths in advance. Their relative
positions were unchanged until they approached
the stand at the finish of the first mile, when Flora,
excited by the Bhouts of the spectators, increased
her speed, and widened the gap between them to
about four lengths. Princess, however, in making
the upper turn on the second mile, reduced the dis
tance between them to about two lengths, and at
the half mile pole there was but an open length be
tween them, which relative position they main
tained all the way round until they had paseed the
stand and gone through the first quarter of the
third mile, where Flora increased her speed and
opened a gap of three lengths. At this juncture
Flora had the misfortune to cast a fore shoe, which
did not appear to effect her speed at the moment,
and she went as if nothing was the matter. She
ltd in about the same way alter leaving the half
mile pole and coming around the turn ; but as they
entered on the home stretch Flora showed symp
toms of unsteadiness, and finally broke into a run,
which made maDy pereons, unaware of the cir
cumstance of her having cast a shoe, believj that
she was exhausted, and had broken up from sheer
inability to continue her trot to the score. Prin
cess had been gaining on her siowly all this time,
aud as she reached Flora’s wheel at the draw-gate
every one supposed she would win the heat. Just
before reaching the score, bow-ever, Flora regained
her trot, and went over the score half the length in
advance of Princess, amid the shouta of thousands
of the well wishers of the “ tjueen of the Turf—
The time was 7:5t• J, hardly good time for second
class horses.
According to the Herald, the birth-plaoe of Flora
Temple was somewhere near Utica. It is said that
she was brought from there to Duchess county, and
finally to New York city, having been previously
purchased for SBO. The horse dealer who brought
her to New York sold her for $350, and after win
ning two or three raeeß in very good time at the
Ked House and Long Island, she was sold for $550.
She changed owners frequently at increased prices,
until she was finally sold to Mr. McDonald, of Bal
timore, her present owner, for SB,OOO. She is now
between fourteen and fifteen years old, and when
young was so intractable that no one supposed that
Bhe would ever make a trotter.
Princess was raised in New Hampshire, and ta
ken to New Orleans, where, after winning one or
two unimportant races, waa sold for $2,000 to Mr.
Andrew J. Daniel, who took her to California. It
was there she gained her celebrity, beating the best
horses of that country. She trotted eight races
while there, in four of which she was successful.—
Her quickest time in public was exhibited in her
race with a horse called New York. She was again
sold in California and purchased by her present
owner, Mr. Teaole, for $5,000.
The Turf— Fashion Course, L. I—The match
race between James J. Bevins’ horse .Bill Cheat
ham and O. P. Hare’s horse Tar River, two mile
heats, for $2,500, came off yesterday afternoon over
the Fashion Course. The result was in favor of
Bill Cheatham, who beat Tar River m two straight
heats, in 3:47|—3:42J, over a rather heavy track.
Tar River seemed to be rather stale iu his first
heat, although he did better in the second. Proba
bly the racing that he has done this season, aud his
four mile race only a few days ago, over the Eclipse
Course, may have stiffened and taken away some
of his uauai fleetness. He wants a good let up af
ter thd three mile race which is to take place be
tween him and Bill Cheatham on Friday next, tbe
day after the great trot between Flora Temple and
Princess. The weight too, which Tar River car
ried in this race, may also have had its influence in
causing his defeat, he having carried 121 lbs., while
Bill Cheatham carried but 104 lbs., a difference of
seventeen pounds in favor of Cheatham. The
same weights are to be carried again on Friday ;
the ages of the horses making that inequality in
weight. An opinion generally prevails that the
weight for age system is not a good one, and that
the more reasonable way would be to weight horses
with a greater regard to their relative weight car
rying powers. Cheatham certainly seemed as ca
pable of carrying weight as Tar River ; and if the
weight had been alike on both horses, the race
would have been far more interesting. As it was,
however, it was a beautiful race from beginning to
end, and to those who witnessed it as mere specta
tors it was very gratifying.
The attendance was very small, a trotting match
on the Union Course having drawn off many to
that vicinity who would otherwise have attended,
showing again most conclusively that the very best
runuing will not induce attendance at one race
course while a trot is going on at another. There
has been a great dea! of both racing and trotting
lately, and the great mass of patrons of these
amusements—who do not belong to the upper ten —
will not consent and cannot afford to lose valuable
time and money so frequently as has been deman
ded of them lately. A good thing once in a while,
however, will always command patronage—such as
it is thought the trot between Flora Temple and
Princess on Thursday will be; when, no doubt, a
very large attendance will be present to witness
the performance of two of the fastest trotters in the
world to wagons.
The betting on the race yesterday was in favor of
Cheatham winning, the odds being generally about
one hundred to eighty, although in eome instances
one hundred to seventy-five was offered and taken.
During the running of the first heat five hundred to
two hundred was offered on Bill Cheatham, bat
there were no takers to be found.
The following are the details of the race :
First Heal— Both horses started off at the word,
Tar River ou the inside, but Bill Cheatham leading.
At the quarter pole tney were close together, where
Tar River made a aash for the lead, but Cheatham
drew away from him a couple of lengths, ana at the
half mile pole was about four lengths in advance.
Tar River closed up a couple ot lengths on the
lower turn, when Cheatham again drew away trom
him up to the home stretch, and passed the score
about four lengths in advance. Going around the
turn into the second mile. Tar again made a brush
to overhaul Cheatham, but was unsuccessful, as
Cheatham outran him, and opened a distance of
some several lengths on the back stretch, keeping
up this advantage a!! the way round, and coming
home under a hard pull a few lengths in advance, in
3:47 J-
Second Heat. —They went off rapidly from the
score together, but as they reached the turn going
to the quarter pole Tar River made a rush for the
lead, and succeeded iu gaining i: oy a clear length. !
Before reaching the hall mile pole, however, Cheat- !
ham had again made np his loss, and they were :
side and side. Cheatham then drew away from j
him slightly, and they ran down to the lower turn
nearly lapped, when Cheatham opened daylight be- !
tween them, and came up the homestretch to the I
score leading an open length. There was no change |
of position until they reached the backstretch, when
Tar River appeared to give up the contest, and I
Cheatham's rider took up his horse for a time, j
which appeared to freshen him, and he still further !
increased the gap between them. The River's j
rider made every exertion to torce his horse along 1
by the free use of whip and spur without avail, and :
Bill Cheatham came home a winner of the race a
couple of lengths in front, in 3:42J. The following \
is a summary:
Fashion Course, L.l.—Match $1,500, pay or
pay-
J. J BeviDs named b. b. Bill Cheatham 1 1 l
O. P. Hare namsd br. h. Tar River 2 2
Time, 3:47$ —3:42j.
A trotting sweepstakes for $3 750, two mile
heats, in harness, wiii come off tais afternoon over j
the Eclipse Coarse, fer which Prince, Mountain I
Boy and Native American are to contend.— X. Y. !
Herald.
Bask Robbed —On Tuesday moruing the most
accomplished feat of burglary was perpetrated m
thie city ever known in tne Weeiern country, Tne
Piatte Valley Bank waa robbed of about $3,000,
mostly in gold and silver. Tne robber or robbers,
between the hours of one and four in tne morning,
entered the private dwelling cf N. 8. Haraing,
Esq., cashier of the bank, entered his sleeping
room, took the keys of the bank, the vault, the
sate, weet to the bank, took about $3,000, locked
the safe, vault, bank, and returned the keys, plac
ing them on the door step of Mr. Harding's house.
A reward of $250 is offered for the apprehension of
the robber or robber*.— Xebraska City Xetcs,
June 4.
WEEKLY
Cjjnnndc k Scnttwl.
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY’ MORNING, JUNE ‘22, 159.
BOOK BINDING.
Persons who wish Periodicals, Bocks or Music
bound, or Blank Books made, at SHORT NO
TICE, can be accommodated by applying at the
Office of the Chronicle & Sentinel.
An Imposter.
YVe are informed that a man calling himself Al
fjied or Alpert Jones, and representing himself
as a brother of the publisher of the Ckromrle <y
Sentinel and Southern Cultivator, has been solicit
ing subscriptions to both these journals in the vi
cinity of White Springs, Hamilton county, Florida
He is an impostor, we hope the public will be
on their guard, and lynch him if he can be found.
ry We have no agents soliciting subscribers.
Mnp of ihe Sent of War.
On the third page of our paper, this morning,
will be found a Map of the Seat of War, prepared
for the Charleston Mercury , and generally ac
knowledged to be authentic aud reliable. Totliose
who are watching with interest the exciting contest
now progressing in Europe, a map will be found
highly useful, and we would suggest that they pre
serve copies of it for future reference.
To Contractors.
It will be seen that the Ciiy Council advertise for
proposals to furniek a large quantity of Earthen
ware and Cast Iron Pipes for the Augusta Water
Works. For & description of the pipe, quantity and
qualifications, see advertisement.
Democratic Economy—s3 for a Letter.
The following specimen of Democratic “ retrench
ment, reform and economy,” is worthy of public
consideration. The financial operation of payiDg
three dollars for the transportation of a letter, for
which the Government receives only three cents !
is worthy of the “ harmonious ” and “ progressive ”
Democracy of the day; and we suppose affords an
•lluetration of what tbe Democracy means by “ re
trenchment and reform,” and an “ economical ad
ministration of the Government!” The establish
ment of the “overland mail route,” which was
never demanded by any public want or necessity,
was doubtless to give some hanger-on about Wash
ington a douceur in the shape of a fat contract at
the rate of eix hundred thousand dollars a year 1
If the Post Office Department could have withstood
these shocks of Democratic economy, every thing
would have gone on very smoothly, and tbe people,
the good, unsophisticated, dear people, would never
have known what it cost the Government to trans
port a letter ovsr that route—but the hopeless in
solvency of the Department has led to au investi
gation, and Ufa is one of the beautiful develop
ments. When the enormity was discovered, the
Attorney General was besought to know if the oon
traot oould not be rescinded, but that officer has
made bis decision, which is summed up in the fol
lowing paragraph:
The Attorney General has decided that he cannot
reduoe the service on the great overland route. It
will continue to be performed twice a week each
way, at $600,000 a year. The average number of
letters conveyed ou each trip is 1,000. The cost of
conveying each letter is $3; the sum paid to the
Government is three cents.
Naval Academy Graduate.— Among the uam e
of actiug Midshipmen who have recently graduated
at the Naval Academy, is that of George A. Bor”
chert, of Georgia. He has been ordered to sea
in the Constellation.
Lieut. John K. Duer, commander es the U. S.
surveying schooner Vixen, died at Apalachicola,
Florida, on Tuesday last.
More than half tbe counties in Virginia havegiv
en majorities for Goggin. In 1856, Buchanan had
majorities in about three fourths of the counties of
that State.
Sewing by Steam.— Sewing machines are run by
steam in Bridgeport, Conn., at the rate of 1,200
stitches per minute.
Prospects of Peace with the Indians.—
Passengers by the last overland mails report that
the Texans, at the Caddo reserve, have disbanded,
upon assurance from Vandorm that outrages should
not recur.
American Prisoners Released. —The Paris
correspondence of the New York Commercial says :
Five American citizens who had been in prison in
Rome, have beeu released ou demand, and are on
board the U. S. steamer W’abash.
The bark Ann Elizabeth from Rosario, arrived
at New York on Wednesday, reports hearing the
firing of guns while passing Buenos Ayres, which
was supposed to be a battle between the Paraguans
and the Buenos Ayreans.
Lieut. Maury. —The New Y’oik Commercial
Advertiser saye . We hear rumors that the removal
of fhis distinguished officer from his present impor
tant anti honorable post is in contemplation, or that
at least there are those jealous of his justly earned
fame, who desire and are working for such removal.
We sincerely trust that neither the President nor
the Secretary of the Navy will listen to any such
suggestions. The whole commercial marine of the
United States, and of the world, are too much in
debted to him for the services his scientific attain
ments have already wrought in their behalf, and are
too deeply interested in the success of his further
studies to permit of any such change of his position.
If his removal is seriously contemplated, we recom
mend the President to make known the fact, aud to
wait awhile before the design is carried into effect,
and if the government is not overwhelmed with re
monstrances, we are indeed very greatly mistaken.
We trust, however, that no such purpose is enter
tained by the Administration.
Wii.d Horses from South America.— Captain
Thomas, of the schooner Burdett Hart, at New
York, from the river Platte, has brought with him
five horses and four ponies. They are beautiful
specimens of the wild horses of that country. Capt.
T. spent some time and traveled a considerable
distance to procure the finest and best that could
be obtained, and these are selections from droves
exceeding ten thousand in number. They are, in
deed, a noble sight, and though they have been on
board for forfy five days, they are in as good con
dition as though just taken from a stable.
Thf. Sons of Maris. Louise in the Austrian
Service. —Among the commanders of the Austrian
army, Count Neuperg, the son of Marie Louise,
and half brother to the Due de Reiehstadt, tbe eon
of Napoleon 1., stands foremost. A rencontre be
tween him and tbe Emperor of the French would
be singular enough. The Count is said to bear a
strong resemblance to the late Due de Reiehstadt.
Texas Wool.—A traveller from Texas publishes
a letter in the Mobile (Ala.) Mercury, in which he
says that the steamer iu which he took passage
down Red River had 94 bales of wool, weighing 300
4bs. each, and that the wool from the clip of one
sheep farmer for the past year sold for $16,000. He
says that the town of Jell'erson, on Caddo
soid, last year, between 4000 andsooo balesof wool,
and expects, this year, to sell more.
Coinage of the United States.— Since the
establishment of the United States mint the coin
age has amounted to $651,639,060, of which $208,-
511,168 was coined from foreign gold. The amount,
of gold from North Carolina mines was $3,729,000,
Virginia mines, $1,510,000, Georgia mines, $6,708,-
000, and from South Carolina mines $1,217,000.
The Carstano Jury.— The jury in the Carstaug
Breach of Promise case, after rendering a un
animous verdict, have got by the ears since their
discharge, aud are ventilating their differences in
the press of St. Louis. One of the jurymen having
declared himself “badly sold,” two others publish
cards indignantly repudiating the imputation so far
as they are concerned, and re-afli-m the justice of
their verdict. Mr. G. N. Chadwich says:
“For one, I answer that the verdict was made up
from the testimony proven: it was at the time
deemed just, right, and not excessive—the wealth
and position of the defendant, as proven, consider
ed.”
Another juryman says:
“I believe that the verdict was just and righteou
but will deny that I was ‘sold,’ because I claim tha
plamiff proved the obligation—that she proved her
self to be an honorable and virtuous woman ; and
to take into consideration the defendant’s attempt
l to damn her under any consideration, I feel that
she deserves even more than she claimed.
J. L. Casperson.”
The Match Between Thompson and Morphy.
—The match between Morphy and Thompson, in
which Mr. Morphy gives his veteran adversary the
odds of a knight, is nearly concluded. Six games
have been played. Os these six games, Mr. Thomp
son won the first two, and Mr. Morphy has won
four. As tbe match is for five games, Mr. Morphy
will undoubtedly soon be declared the victor. This
will make it a fixed fact that Mr. Morphy can give
the odds of & knight to any mau in America.
Minister to France —A special dispatch to the
Charleston Courier, dated New Orleans, June 13,
says : “The Picayune has received a dispatch
fiom Washington, announcing the appointment of
Hon. John Slidell as Minister to France, and hie
acceptance thereof. Mr. Slidell has been absent
from here for some days, and knew nothing of his
appointment when he left. The Picayune, in an
editorial announcing tue appointment, Bays that
Mr. Slidell could have received it two years ago,
but expressed his determination not to accept it,
unlese there was a strong probability of his being
able to negotiate the acquisition of Cuba.”
Later from Mehco. —A special dispatch to the
Charleston Courier dated New Orleans, June 13
says:—“Advices from Minatitlan to June 1, have
been received. Gsn- Miramon had arrested Zuloa
ga and Miranda at Marquesas, and sacked the town-
Gen. Woll had been driven back from Tampico,
where tbe U. S. war steamers Brooklyn and Sarato
ga remained, under the orders of Minister McLane,
who was at Tampico. Gen. Robles remained at
Jaiapa, and had cut off communication with the
capital. It was feared that the specie conducta,
previously bad not got through. \ era
Cruz remains healthy-
Harbor Filli-" 10 Up.— The harbor of Newport’
B. 1., the meet extensive, secure end accessible
port on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States,
is said to be slowly but surely filling up, at the rate
of about one inch per year. This is attributed to
two causes, via : the wash of the streets through
tbe sewers, and the ashes and cinders thrown over
board by steamers, before reaching their wharves.
Tue latter is surely preventable. I
The Democratic Convention*
Although we have already published a brief
and vtry comprehensive synopsis of the action
cf this body . yet, as a part of the history of the
times, we subjoin the official report, omitting the
names of delegates, aud accompany it with the re*
port of the Editor of the Atlanta Ameiican, who
was present, which does not present quite so
smooth a surface as the official document. The
reader should study the action of the Convention
carefully, as it will be the frequent theme cf discus*
sioa during the next ninety days.
From the Federal Union, Extra,of Thursday.
Democratic State Convention.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Gi., f
Thursday, June 16th, 1859. $
This body assembled m the Representative Hail
at 10 o'clock, on Wednesday, June 15th.
Col. D. C. Campbell, of Baldwin, called the Con
vention to order, and for tne purpose of organiza
tion, moved that Col. Wm. Tennille, of Muscogee,
be called to the Chair.
On motion of Coi. l)e Graffenreid, of Bibb,
Messrs. Pringle, of Houston, II J. G. Williams, of
Baldwin, and Tomlinson Fort, of Baldwin, be re
quested to act as Secretaries.
The roll of counties was called, and the following
Delegates answered to th. call of their respective
counties :
TThe list embraces about four hundred delegates.]
Mr. Steele moved to dispense with the list ot
delegates, and that the Convention proceed to
business.
Jones, of Muscogee, moved that a committee of
one trom each judicial district be appointed by the
C iair to report officers for the permanent organiza
tion. Carried.
Mr. ChastaiD moved that the same be re-consid
ered, and that Hon John B. Waiker be made Pre
sident by acclamation.
Chastain, Drane ofTalbot, and Phillips, commit
tee to conduct the President to the Chair.
Oa taking the Chair, Col. Walker addressed the
Convention and returned thanks.
Mr. Hillyer, of Walton, announced that he had
been appointed by proxy to represent the county
of Rabun.
Terhune moved that the said Proxy, and all
others present, be received and reported to the
Secretaries.
Chastain moved the appointment of a Committee
of one from each of the Congressional Districts,
to report business for the action of the Convention.
Pending motion Mr. Salford moved that George
D. Phillips, of Habersham, and F. J. McGebee, of
Houston, be Vice Presidents, and that the present
acting Secretaries be appointed permanent officers
of the said Convention.
President declared Convenlion organized.
Mr. Chastain to extend the number embraced in
his resolution to three from each of the Congres
sional Districts.
Jones of Muscogee moved as a substitute that
this Convention substitute themselves as a commit
tee of the whole and nominate Joseph K. Brown for
Governor by acclamation,
Mr. Chastain withdrew his motion.
Mr. Jones’ motion decided to be in order.
Mr Seward offered the follow.ng substitute:
Resolved,, That a committee of three from each
Congressional District be appointed by the Presi
dent to leport business for the action of the Con
vention.
Resolved, That the two propositions submitted
to this Convention be referred to a committee of
ten, and that they report as early as practicable,
and that the President appoint eaid committee.
Both withdrawn for the present.
Mr. Terhune offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That in voting, this Convention shall
observe the customary mode, allowing five votes to
each county entitled to three members of the Leg
islature, and three votes to those having two mem
bers.
Mr. Moseley of Spalding offered the following
resolution, which was adopted.
Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Rep
resentatives of ths Legislature of Georgia, be
adopted as far as they may be applicable for the
government of this body in its deliberations.
Mr. Jooes’ motion renewed.
Mr. Seward’s motion also renewed.
Mr. Terhune moved to adjourn to half-past two.
Chair decided it lost. A division was called for,
and decided it in the affirmative by yeas 163,
nays 78.
2 1-2 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. Brown moved that Mr. Guerry, of Sumter,
be allowed to enroll his name as a delegate from
the county of Sumter.
Mr. Steele offered the following resolution, which
was adopted :
Resolved, That the editors and reporters of news
papers preeent, have the privileges of seats upon
the floor during the deliberations of this Conven
tion.
Mr. Seward offered the following resolutions :
1. Resolved, That the Democratic party of Geor
gia continue to adhere to the principle.* announced
by the National Convention of Cincinnati, in 1856,
and its determination to insist upon their being
carried out in the administration of the Federal
Government.
2. Resolved, That we have confidence in the
ability and patriotism of James Buchanan, the
President of the United States, and that the Demo
cratic and National principles declared and set forth
in his Inaugural Address and Annual Messages
upon the subject of slavery meets the approval of
the Georgia Democracy.
3. Resolved, that the honesty, fidelity, and ability
which Joseph E. Brown has manifested, as the Ex
ecutive of Georgia, entitles him to the confidence
of the whole people of the State, aud we hereby
nominate him by acclamation, as the candidate of
the Democratic Party of Georgia, for the next Gov
ernor.
Mr. Ashton moved the adoption of Mr. Seward’s
resolutions.
Mr. Jackson moved that the resolutions be taken
up serialem.
Mr. Tracy moved to take up 3d Resolution of Mr.
Seward first.
Mr. Arnold rose to a point of order.
Mr. Tracy withdmw hia resolution aud moved
that the Resolutions of Mr. Seward be laid on the
table.
Mr. Tracy of Bibb moved previous question, and
a call of conuties ordered; pending which the motion
was withdrawn,
Mr. Seward’s resolutions laken tip in their order,
and the first was carried unanimously; 2d, on a call
of counties, was yeas 371, and nays 34 ; the 3d reso
lution unaiiimonely carried.
On taking the voteon the 2d resolution Mr. Blount
entered the following protest:
Being one of the Delegates from the county of
Randolph, I protest against the passage of the second
Resolution endorsing the admistration of President
Br.chanan. J. D. Blount.
Col. Campbell ofßaldwin offered the following
resolution which was adopted :
Resolved, That the President of this Convention
appoint an Executive Committee of seven, whose
province it Bhall be to perform the usnal duties of
such a Committee, until another Convention of the
Democracy of Georgia shall assemble.
The Chair appointed the following
Executive Committee:—D. C. Campbell, of
Baldwin ; T. P. Salford, of Morgan ; A. J. Lane, of
Hancock ; W. K. deGraffenried, of Bibb; Dr. E.
J. McGehee, of Houston: J. M. Gray, of Jones;
T. W. Burney, of Monroe.
Mr. Smith, of Towns, offered the following reso
lution, which was carried:
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed
by the Chair to notify the Hon. Joseph E. Brown
of his nomination, and request his acceptance of
the same.
The Chair appointed the following named gentle
men as said Committee:
Smith of Towns, Steele of Spalding, Jackson
of Chatham, Campbell of Baldwin, Ingram of Mus
cogee.
The Committee returned bringing His Excellency
Gov. Brown, who being conducted to the Chair by
the President, returned his thauks in eloquent and
patriotic terms for this renewal of the confidence of
the Democracy in his administration.
Ashton, of Scriven, offered the following resolu
tion:
Revolved, That the thanks of this Convention are
due aud are hereby tendered lo the President, Vice-
Presidents and Secretaries of this Convention for the
able, dignified and impartial manner in which they
have discharged their respective duties.
John B. Warker, Presd’t.
James A. Pringle, I
H. J. G. Williams, > Secretaries.
T. Fort, J
From, the Atlanta American.
The delegates assembled in the Hall of the House
of Representatives at It) o’clock, A. M., when, on
motion of Col. 1). C. Campbell, Col. Wm. Tennell
was called to the Chair, and Messrs. Pringle, Wil
liams and Fort appointed Secretaries, for temporary
organization.
Mr. Jones, of Columbus, moved the appointment
of a Committee of one from each Judicial District
for the purpose of selecting permanent officers, and
the preparation of business for the action if the
Convention. It being suggested that the delegates
had not yet been enrolled, the motion was with
drawn and the enrollment of members commenced.
Maj. Steele moved that the reading of the list of
delegates be deferred, and Mr. Jones renewed his
motion for a Committee on offioers and business.
This was agreed to, but before the Committee was
announced Col. Chastain moved that Col. John B.
Walker, of Morgan, be chosen President of the
Convention by acclammation—which motion pre
vailed, and Col W alker was conducted to the Chair,
from which he delivered a neatly prepared speech.
Drs. McGehee, of Houston, and Phillips, of Haber
sham, were, on motion of T. P. Safl'old, appointed
Vice Presidents, and the temporary Secretaries
made permanent officers of the Convention.
Col. Chastain moved the appointment of a Com
mittee on Business, (it will be remembered that a
similar resolution bad been previously passed). Mr.
Jones, of Columbus, said that inasmuch as the
Convention seemed disposed to do nothing except
to nominate Gov. Brown for re election, he was in
favor of making short work of it, and moved that
Joseph E. Brown be declared the nominee of the
Democratic party for the office of Governor by ac
clamation, and called the previous question. Col.
Chastain requested the withdrawal of the call,
which being acceded to, he proceeded at some
length, and in a vehement manner, to express his
views on the measures of the Federal Administra
tion. He approved some, and was opposed to
others. He was frequently interrupted, but paid
little or no attention to the hubbub he had raised.
He bad not had his full share of the spoils, but be
lieved that he should have another installment after
a while, as he felt sure of being returned to Con
gress from the Fifth at the next election. He wish
ed it distinctly understood that he was for Joe
Brown and for Jim Buchanan too. He belonged to
the old panel—the old iron-ribbed Democracy—
and did not believe in the new lights.
Mr. Jackson of Chatham, called the gentlemen
to order. Col. Chastain insisted that be was in or
der. He had made no motion, and could not be
out of order. Mr. Irwin of Wilkes, stated the ques
tions before the Convention, and sustained the
point of order. Several gentlemen arose and each
proceeded to addrees the Chair. Col. Chastain
called them all to order, and persisted in hie right to
the floor. The Chair put the question on the sub
stitute (Mr. Jones’ resoluton.) It was and fflcult to
decide from the sound, bat Mr. Jones claimed that
it was carried. A general Equabble ensued—seve
ral declaring that the question had been decided
differently. The squabble became more squabbled
and things very much entangled. Col. Chastain
withdrew his motion for the present. (A little while
before he disclaimed having made a motion ) Mr.
Jones insisted on the putting es his motion again,
and called for a division. A Committee on business
is called for by several delegates. Great confusion
prevailed in all parts of the Hall. The Chair deci
ded that it is impossible to proceed with business
unless gentlemen will preserve order, and declares
that he will entertain no proposition that is not sub
mitted in writing. Mr. Terbune endeavors to dis
entangle the tangle, and states the questions before
the Convention. The Chair agrees with Mr. Ter
hune. A dozen or more address the Chair at the
same time, amid cries of order, sit down, dee. The
Chair undertook to put the question, but yielded to
Col. Seward, who expressed himself in favor of
laying down a platform of principles before making
the nomination. Gentlemen were mistaken in their
notions of the propriety of ignoring federal politics
in this canvass. They must take a position—it was
necessary in order to strengthen the Congressional
candidates—it was in accordance with their ancient
ueage of the Party—the people expected it, and, if
it was not done, the Oppoeition would force ismes
upon them that would be troublesome. He was in
favor of some of the President's measures and op
posed to some.
Mr. Mosely made some suggestions. The Con
vention had been proceeding in great disorder, and
every thing seemed to have got wrong end fore
most. Before entering upen business, he wished to
know who were entitled to vote—some counties had
larger delegations than others—there was no need of
hot haste. For the purpose of settling this matter,
he requested that the motion to adopt the substi
tute be withdrawn for the present. Mr. Jones with
drew the motion. Mr. Terhune proposed a basis
for determiniag the questions before the Conven
tion—those counties entitled to three representa
tives in the Legislature to cast live votes, and all
others to cast three.
The Chair acknowledged that he did understand
exactly the position of things—the Convention had
proceeded in a very disorderly manner from the
teginntog. Mr. Terhnne’s motion was put and car
ried. The rules of the House of Representatives
were adopted for the government of the Conven
tion. Mr. Jones again renewed his motion to nomi
nate by acclamation. Mr. Terbune moved au ad
journment until 3 o'clock—negatived. DivUiion
called for Various motions made—division insist
ed upon—the motion wes again put and lost, and
again a division was oalled for, as were also the
yeas and nays Great confusion existing, the
Chair vainly attempted to restore order. Pickett
rose to a pint of order. The Chair yields in de
spair. Dr. McGehee took the gavel, and made a
desperate effort to restore order. Ho put the mo
tion to adjourn, which being again negatived, a
division was called for. It was urged that a divi
sion could not be bad, as there were not chaiis
enough to accommodate members; bat, at the
suggestion of a delegate, this difficulty was obvia
ted by squatting first and then rising. The motion
to adjourn was finally carried—7B to 63.
The Convention re a'sembled, and was called to
order at 2.45 P. M. Delegates from Sumter ap
peared and their names were enrolled. The Chair
made an earnest appeal to members in behalf of
order. Mai Steele moved a resolution inviting
Editors and Proprietors to seats, which was adopted.
[Being in the gallery, and seeing no possible
chance to obtain a seat on the floor, we thought it
best to remain where we were.] Mr. Jones re
newed the motion to nominate by acclamation.—
Col. Seward submitted the following resolutions as
a substitute, which he supported in a short and
forcible speech:
1. Resolved, That the Democratic Party of Geor
gia continue to adhere to the principles announc
ed_ by the National Convention of Cincinnati, in
1856, and its determination to insist upon their being
carried ont in the administration of the Federal
Government.
Resolved, That we have confidence in the
ability, patriotism and integrity of James Buchan
an, the President of the United States, and that the
Democratic and National principles declared and
set forth in his Inaugural Address and Messages
upon the subject of slavery meets the approval of
the Georgia Democracy.
3. Resolved, That the honesty, fidelity, and
ability which Joseph E. Brown has manifested, as
the Executive of Georgia, eutitles him to the con
fidence of the whole peo,-leof the State, and we
hereby nominate him by acclamation, as the candi
date of the Democratic Party of Georgia, lor the
next Governor.
A delegate moved to strike out the second reso
lution. The motion to nominate was again made
by another delegate. Mr Jackson of Walton
asked Convention to take up the resolutions serinr.
tim and discuss them tairly. He was in favor of
them as they were read. Several delegates objsc
ted—didn't want any platform—better go on wilh
the business regularly. The Chair decided that the
resolutions were in order. Mr Mosely thought the
question as to the vote to whioh each county was
entitled had not been decided, and that it was first
business in order. Maj. Steele was sure that matter
had been settled, and explained the basis. Mr.
Terhune rose to a point of ordei. Maj. Steele re
plied. Dr. McGehee explained hie understanding
of the unfinished business, which was to perfect the
list of delegates, This having bnen done, the Secre
tary proceeded to the call of counties and delegates.
The Chair decided that the first business in order
was the consideration of the resolutions otiered by
Col. Seward. Mr. Terhune desired to read a
seried of resolutions—objected to —he asked it as a
matter of courtesy—he would read them for infor
mation—but the reading was not permitted. The
resolutions of Col. Seward were again read—sever
al conflicting motions were made. Mr. Tracy oalled
up the resolution to nominate by acclamation. Coi.
Seward declared the motion out of order, as aleo a
motion of Mr. Jones to lay the second resolution on
the table. Maj. Steele was opposed to the resolu
tions. He aid not wish to tack Gov. Brown on to
the tail end of a set of resolutions. Col. Sews id
replitd that it was necessary to iay down a platform
of principles—honestly stated—and believed it im
possible to elect Gov. Brown unless such aoourse was
pursued. A delegate from Liberty was opposed to
so much confusion. Col. Wright spoke in support of
the reeolntions and in defence of the Federal Ad
ministration. He had reason to krow that Gov.
Brown was the friend of the Federal Administration,
and desired the endorsement of Mr. Buchanan’s
course. Mr. Jones wished to know by what au
thority ho expressed himself thus. Col Wright
replied that his opinions had been formed from con
versation with the Governor. He denounoed thß
disunion movement, and regretted to learn that
Democrats favored it. He had been told that
some, perhaps then present, desired to skulk an en
dorsement of the Federal Aministration in (he hope
that thereby the Democratic party might be die or
gamzed and the Union dissolved. He disagreed
with the Federal Administration in some of its
measures, but he would stand by it and the Union.
Col. Wright spoke for some minutes, eloquently and
with great vehemence. He was frequently inter
rupted from all parts of the Hall, by “harsh and
ungracious’’ remarks, and by hisses.
Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, replied. The proposi
tion to endorse the Federal Administration was im
properly pressed —Southern Democrats differed
widely in opinion on that subject, as on others, but
they had, or desired to, agree to disagree upon all
questions in whioh they could Dot fully concur, and
did not wish to mslce their differences the talk in
the camps ot the Opposition. Mr. Jones made a
capital speech, and was warmly applauded by bis
friends.
Mr. Ashton replied, and moved the adoption of
the resolutions. Mr. Jackson called the previous
question. Much confusion ensued; several gentle
men bacoming greatly excited. The Chair made
some decision tuat we did not hear. The decision
was appealed from, and the yeas and nays called
for. Dr. McGehee (who had again taken the gavel,
which had been again surrendered by the President
in utter despair,) begged, “ for the Lord’s sake,”
that gentlemen would preserve order. The confu
sion continuing, Dr. Phillips, second Vice President,
addressed the Convention. He had been familiar
with deliberative bodies for many years, but he had
never before witnessed so muoh confusion. He was
ashamed of their conduct that day.
Mr. Moseley obtained permission to address the
Convention, aa to the effect ot the motion before it.
He was in favor of the lirat and last resolutions, but
thought the second unnecessary, and feared if a vote
on it was pressed, it would show some opposition to
Gov. Brown.
The yeas and nays on the call of the previous
question being pressed, it was pr* needed with amid
the w.ldest excitement, the thumps of the gavel,
cries of order, &e. After some time had been con
sumed in the call, the motion was withdrawn, aud
a direct vote taken on the first resolution, which
was unanimously adopted. The second resolution
was again read—this time shorn of the important
words, “ and integrity" —and adopted in the face
of a grandiloquent protest from a Randolph county
delegate—yeas 371 to nays 34. The third resolu
tion was adopted unanimously.
Hon H. R. Jackson responded to a call, and
spoke for Mr Buchanan.
Gov. Brown was then introduced to the Conven
tion—returned his thanks for the confidence re
posed in him, and spoke of the success and honesty
of his administration—hoped the Opposition would
bring out their strongest man against him—he felt
confident that he should beat him him thirty-six
thousand votes. He stood upon a platform that
would bear him triumphantly through the canvass
—it was constructed of dollars—trom $35,0611 to
$16,000 per month of earnings by the State road—
there was ns humbug about that, because the mo
ney was thar, (in the Treasury) subject to the ac
tion of the Legislature.
Mr. Tift offered a resolution demanding retaliato
ry legislation against Northern States, but it was
not acted upon. The Convention adjourned in an
uproar, but in great good humor, about 5j P. M.
Proportion of Clergymen to Population.—
According to the census of 1850, there were in the
United States 23,191,876 people. At the same time
there were 26,842 clergymen, or one clergyman to
863 people. But New Hampshire takes the lead in
supporting clergymen, as she has one clergyman lo
every 490 people. Connecticut stands next, with
one clergyman to every 526 people. All the New
England States support one clergyman to less than
600 people. New York has one clergyman to every
722 people, Virginia one to 1317, South Carolina
one to 1410, Louisiana one to 3000.
Property Rights of Married Women —The
Supreme Court of Michigan has affirmed the deci
sion of an inferior court that a woman had a per’
feet right to oontral in ail respects all property &c
quired by her before or after her marriage that be’
longs to her, independent of her husband.
Dodge, late Minister to Spain, lias ar
rived at Washington City. Tne General speaks in
glowing terms of the Spanish people, and especially
of the Queen Mother, whom he considers to be a
kind-hearted, amiable person. In regard to the ac
quisition of Cuba, the General is not very Banguine.
Our present Minister, he thinks, will be very popu.
lar ; but whether he will be able to get Cuba by
purchase or otherwise the deponent sayeth not.
A Suggestion.—The venerable National Intelli.
genoer, speaking of the approaching Fourth of
July, suggests that it would be a beautiful aud ap
propriate idea for the school children of all our
cities and towns in the United States, to assemble
on the morning of the Fourth of July, to hail the day
by sougs cf thanksgiving and patriotism.
M ilk Business ok New York.—Some idea may
be formed of the extent of the milk Lusiness by the
quantity which arrives in New York daily through
one channel. About two hundred and forty single
and double wagons cross the Jersey City ferry
every night for their supply of milk, which arrives
principally by the New York and Erie Road. The
wagons average eighteen cans of forty quarts each,
making a total of 176,800 quarts. The freight upon
milk on the New York and Erie Road amounts lo
about SIOOO per day.
Hangman’s Dat.—The conviction and sentence
of Felix Sanchez, on Saturday, makes fonr culprits
now under sentence of death in New York, who,
unlees the higher Courts interfere, will be hanged at
the same time, on Friday, July 22J, viz *— Janies
Stephens, for poisoning his wife, James Shepherd,
for arson, burning his wife to death ; Qairnbu Ap
po, for murdering his landlady ; Felix Sanches, for
murdering hie father in-law ; two Iriehinen, one
Chinaman and one Spaniard.
A New Bridge over the Mississippi —The
St. Paul Timeß of the Hist alt., says : “ The bridge,
which spans the ‘Father of Waters’ at this point,
is nearly completed. Yesterday the first team
passed over it—a span of horses attached to a
wagon. It is as firm as a rock, and is a work which
will prove of incalculable benefit to St. Pauls.
Indian Battle. —A dispatch to the St. Louis
Republican from Independence, Mo., pays that a
party of soldiers had surprised about 80 lodges of
CamaEches Dear Pawnee Creek, killing 25 men and
20 squaws.
The Paris Preese states that M. Pert/., a librarian
at Berlin, has just discovered the manuscript jour
nals of two Genoese navigators, Tecdoeio Dorio and
Ugolino Vivaldi, who doubled Ihe Cape of Good
Hope in 121*0, or two hundred and seven years be
fore Vasco de Gama.
Curiosities of the Telegraph.— The news
brought by the North Briton, which was telegraph
ed from New York at ten minutes bafore ten o'clock
on Saturday morning, reached New Orleans at
nine o’clock. As the diiference of time between
New York and New Orleans is fifty-five minutes,
the despatch was five minutes in going seventeen
hundred miles.
It is said by the New York correspondent of the
Baltimore Son, that German merchants of New
York arjatoj possession of private advices which
render it certain that Prussia and all Germany will
immediately join Austria in her struggle with
France. These advices, it is asserted, are from
persons in the confidence of the government, and
are regarded as trustworthy.
The Kennebec Journal says that on Friday last
a fine colt, four years old, owned by Wm. Mer
rell, of Vassal bore, was killed in his pasture by
lightning. It has been said that lightning never
breaks the flesh. This case explodes that theo-y, as
the lightning struck this colt back es the shoulders,
and made a passage through the animal's body,
lungs and heart large enough to admit a man’s
fist. On being struck he made a desperate leap of
about fifteen feet, and fell dead and rigid.
The proprietor of the Maren Citizen proposes to
issue a daily paper, after the first of September
next. It is to be the same size as the semi Weekly
Citizen, and wifi be published at lb per annum.
Medical Works.
The Southern Medical A Surgical Journal.
—Tbe June maab rof this invaluable Medical pe
riodical is on cur table, end from a cursory view,
wa find that the number before us sustains the high
character that tlis work has taken in the Medical
literature of the country, and it afforls ns pleasure
to recommend it to the Profession as worthy f their
patroDage. It j 8 edited by Professor H. F. & R
Camthell, M. D., and published in this city by
Jeremiah Morris, at $3 per annum, in advance.
New Orleans Medical News and Hospital
Gazette.—The Juno number of this valuable and
spirited monthly is before us, containing its usual
variety of and editorial matter.
This is one ot the very best journals in the South,
and we commend it to our readers as one that we
are confident will interest, improve, and please
them. It is edited by Professors D. Warren
Brickei.l and E. D. Fenner, and published in
tbo cry of New Orleans at $5 per annum, in ad
vance.
All letters should be addressed to D. Warren
Brickell, New Orleans, La.
Frost in June.
The following account ,of Irosts in June, we
copy as a part of the history of the times :
From the Albany Journal of Monday evening 13
Severe Frosts-The Weather.—The recent
cold snaps have made a withering mark upon vege
tation in this vicinity. For the past three days the
weather has been nucomfortably 0001, the thermo
meter marking near the freezing point. The heavy
white frost seen here on Saturday morniug extend
ed some distance over the country in this vicinity,
aud was nitre severe than any of the pievious
ones. We learn from a Shaker from Lebanon,
Rensselear county, that the tops of the corn and
potatoes are cut off, and that the beau vines are
withering. The peas are not irjured. The same
s'ate of things exists in Bethlehem in this county.
Mr. Seobie informs us that the tops of the corn must
be cut off, and for the purpose of making a crop
lure he intends to sow new seeds between the hills.
He thinks that the potato crop may yet be saved,
by cutting ofi’ ihe tops of the plant, provided the
weather speedily moderates. He thiuks the blast
on Saturday morning was by far the most disastrous
yet experienced. Vegetation is almost at a stand
stiil, and the crop quite dubious.
From the Hartford Times of Monday Evening,
June 13
More Frost.—Another visitation ot frost oc
curred in many parts t’ this State on Saturday
night. Thin ice was found in some places ill Hart
ford on Sunday morning, but no great damage
seems to have been done, beans, squashes, dee ,
sufferiug a little in many gardens. In other towns
it was-more ssvtre; teuder vegetables, in half a
dozen towns north, west and east of this city, being
wholly hilled. It killed in one garden, Lima beans
which had just been covered with straw to protect
them. In iowiis along the valley of the Willi an
tio, as Stafford, VVilllugton, Mansfield, Windham,
Ac., Ihe frost eariy on Sunday morning in exposed
spots, was half ati inch thick ; some damage must
have been sustained by fruit and corn.
In Farmington a considerable track of the wes
tern part of that town suffered severely hy Sunday
morning’s frost. Mauy large fields of potatoes are
blackened, and ihe potatoes will be hurt, probably,
in many other towns. Corn is frost bitten, but
will recover. Beans, squashes, &0., are killed in
hundreds of places.
In Litchfield County the frost was severe. In
New Milford and vicinity, potatoes and corn were
blighted, and the ground’ froze. In the upper part
of New London County the potatoes in several
towns (which were quite forward) killed outright.
More Frost.—Last Sunday night there was a
heavy frost in East Haven, North Haven aud
Hamden, as well as in this city. At “Foxon,” ioe
formed in several places. Unusual weathor.— New
Haven Journal.
Minister* to France mid lliiglnuit.
The special Washington Coirespondent of the
New York Herald, under date June 13, says :
A statement whioh appeared this morning that
Senator Sli ell has been appointed to and accepted
the French mission is untrue. It was tendered, to
Mr. Slidell over a year ago, but he peremptorily de
clined it. The President has had no communica
tion with him upon the subject since that time.
Whether, since his triumph in Louisiana over Soule,
Douglas &. Cos., he has changed his mind, and is now
willing to accept it, is not known. The President
is exceedingly anxious, and hopes he will accept.
The presell! Minister at Paris is very willing to re
main, and has not signified any wish to come home.
The Eoglish mission will probably not be filled
untill after the meeting of Congress.
Lynch Law in Oregon.—At Raseherg,Oregon,
ou the 7th ult., the sheriff of Douglass 00., attempt
ed to anest a desperado named McPherson, for
shooting a man in the hand. McPherson resisted,
aud the Sheriff oidered several citizens to assist
him. McPherson drew his pistol and fired several
shots, killing Brad Robinson and wounding two other
men. On the 9!h ult.,during on examination before
the Justice of the Peace, the prisoner attempted to
wrest a knife from the witness, who was testifying
against him and to escape. This so exasperated
the populace that they hung him without further
ceremony.
Freaks of Lightning.—During a heavy storm
last week, the lightning struck the residence of
Mrs. Joel McKinney, of Appomattox county,
Va., ran down into the chamber, knocking down a
young man and a servant gill with a child in her
arms, aud firing off simultaneously a double-barrel
gnu aud rills which were in the room loaded. There
were other persons in the room at the time, and al.
though the electric fluid played about in different
parts of tlie room, no serious f-’amagb was done.
Death of Chancellor Dargun.of S. C.—A
dispatch to the Charleston Courier states that
lion. G. VV. Daruan, one of the Chancellors of
South Carolina, who had been in precarious health
for some time under paralytic attacks, died at Co
lumbia, on Monday night.
Origin of the Prairies.—Professor Wilber,
State Geologist of Illinois, has recently delivered a
series of admirable lectures ou his favorite science.
We oopy from the Genesee Republic the following
abstract of his theory on the origin and formation of
the prairies:
Prot. Wilber adopts the theory that at one time
—very far back in its history—this vast country
formed a portion of the bottom of the ocean—that
through the eruptions caused by the internal heat,
together with the labor and activity of those master
masons, the coral insects, our continent was raised
to its present position above the water. Tu prove
this bold proposition he refers to the mauy indicia
of salt water presence, the trequent occurrence of
shells which legitimately only belong to animals of
the sea—the evidence furnished by the recks of the
labor of the zoophytes, unmistakable in its develop
ment ; the frequent discovery of the remains of
monsters of the sea deep imbedded in our limestone
system, the existence upon our surface of huge boul
ders, Ihe former appanages of polar shores, drifted
far away to the southwest imbedded in huge frames
of ice and dropped down at length upon the oceane
b?d, whence ;hey arose with cur con inent. The
arguments, if not quite conclusive, are em’nently
suggestive, and should open the eye? of thinking
men to the wondrous mysteries buried deep in the
earth upon which we so fatuiU&r'.ytread.
The existence ot our prairies is accounted for in
this wise. The result of tie “drift system” was to
give to this part of the country a soil of unparallel
ed fertility, ana, arising from this, were the very
large grasses, which are peculiar to this soil alone ;
luxuriant, and undisturbed, they grew to agieat
height, and fairly wove the surface of the earth
with a thick, almost impenetrable covering. In the
autumn, when this mass of combustible matter was.
dry, how easy for a shaft of lightning to send a
c utlagraticn from one boundary of tile couutry to
the tilhei. The sprouting twigs of sturdier growth
would perish by the frequent occurrence of these
fires, aud hence the treeless appearance of the
West. To aid the idea, it is claimed that the In
dians, when they did arrive, which is supposed to
have been long subsequent to the first period men
tioned, regularly burned the prairis graeses, for the
purpose of driving the game into more circum
scribed quarters, so that it might fall tu easy prey
to their arrows, and to lessen the difficulty ol travel-
Hug.— Life Illustrated.
Punishment for Crime in North Carolina
A correspondent of the New Haven Register gives
us some insight into the manuer in which crimluals
and delinquents are puniehed in the “ Old North
State.” lde writes:
The administration of justice in Noith Carolina ie
much lees miid than in mauy of her sister statee.—
Having no “ state prison,” the old punishments of
the English common law are still intfeted; such as
branding, whipping, cropping the ears, Arc.
On a beautiful May morning, I strolled into the
temple where the goddess of the sword and scales,
aud the bandaged eyes, is supposed to preside In
one of the passages I encountered the High Sheriff
of the county, carrying a tinker's furnace in one
hand, and what seemed tome a soldiering iron in the
other. On inquiring whose “gude wife’s” pans he
was going to mend, he informed me that he was
about to brand a man who hau just been convicted
of bigamy. A curiosity which I was ashamed of but
could not resist”, led me into the court room. I found
it crowded.
In a few minutes the Judge entered, and taking
hie eeat upon the Bench, with bis hat on, (judges
here sit covered.) ordered the crier to open the
court. That important functionary then stepped to
an open window, put out bis head, “O yes” ed
three timeß, and the “Honorable, the Superior
Court was opened in due form. The prisoner was
then brought in by tbe Sheriff and an assistant—
whereupon his counsel moved anew trial, on the
ground that the defendant had been unable to pro
cure the attendance of all his witnesses. His honor
inquired if he couid give the requisite security. On
being answered in the negative, “then,” said his
Honor, “let tbe sentence of the Court be executed
forthwith.” ’J he Sheriff and his deputy then blind
folded the prisoner, tied his hands, and bound hia
head firmly to the bar.
Taking tue branding iron from the furnace, the
sheriff applied it red hot to the cheek of the biga
mist, burning a plain letter B, an inch and a half
long, and nearly half an inch deep. The prisoner
wae then remanded lo jail, wuere bis head and
hands were introduced into the pillory, and “forty
stripes save one” was applied to his bare back, af
ter which be was discharged.
Every jail in North Carolina is provided with a
whipping post, stecks and pillory. Murder, rape,
arson, burglary, and all the higher crimes aud mis
demeanors are punished with death , manslaughter
by branding the letter M in the right hand. The
convict’s hand is bound to the bar, and the brand
ing iron held upon the palm until he oan say “God
save the State” three times; theft and minor of
fences by whipping, standing in the pillory, or sit
ting in the stocks.
The Chicago Times says that the newspape
statement of a conspiracy to destroy railroad trains,
purporting to have been revealed in the course of
the trial of McLaughlin at Chicago, is made of
whole cloth. The conspiracy seems to have been
to procure the prisoner's conviction, rather than a
plan of bis own against otherß. The Times says:
The papers which have given publicity to the
story, obviously do not understand that the said ‘da
ring and diabolical gang of villains, both male a
female,’ are cteatiens which have their birth only in
the fruitful imagination of certain ‘ detectives’ here
about, by and through whose instrumentality the
‘several confidential letters’ were concocted and
written. The jury who tried McLaughlin acquitted
him instantly, being as fully and entirely convinced
of his innocence as they were of the immorality, not
to say criminality, o! the means used in attempting
to fasten the deed upon him.”
Pine Sugar Factort.—A correspondent of the
Weaverville (Cal.) Journal, writing from the North
Fork of the Trinity river, says:
Mr. Engelfried, the brewer here, has been experi
meriting on the sugar pine tree, which grows so
abundantly in this section, and has satisfied himself
that sugar and molasses, manufactured from the
pine, excels that made from the maple, fie had
made about one hundred and sixty pounds from
five trees, and did not commence until lh season
wai far advanced. He will go into the business ex
tensively next year .
A Settler.—ln the Tennessee Gubernatorial
canvass, Col. Nederland, the Oppoiti° n candi
date, recently gave a quietus to his competitor s
doleful whine about negroes and slavery agitation
by stating, what everybody knows to be tbe fact,
that all the Abolition candidate* for the Presidency
have been taken from the ranks of the Democratic
parly. Van Burer, Fremont, Birney, alt sprung
from the Democracy. Such stock never was be
gotten by the O^oeition.
GEORGI A ITEMS.
The Savannah Republican, ou Monday morn
ing last, made its appearance m a nowand improv
ed drees. We congralulate cur esteemed cotem
porary on this evidence of j resperi'y.
The Charleston Courier says J. B. Platt,
enterprising and ingenious artisans of Augusta,
Ga., have received a patent for a “Traveler’s
Copying Frees,” which is a beautiful specimen of
inventive haudwork. This Press is light, simple,
oampaot, easily worked, expeditious, and power
ful.”
An Egg Within an Ecu.—Mr. W.i Header
son, of Lincoln county, sends us an account of the
finding of a large hen's egg, which, on being bro
ken was found to contain a smaller one, about the
size of a partridge egg, covered with a tough skin-
Though by no means common, this curiosity is not
extremely rare, as we have had occasion to’ notice
a similar instance in our oolumns within tbe year.
Capt. Kffbler—The s’.eauier Swan, which
came down the liver Wednesday, confirms the re
port of the recovery of Copt Keobler’s body It
was found fluatiug, a short distance from the wreck,
with no marks upon it whatever, and has ben
taken to Purysburg for Interaijnt.— *Saui,. Jirp.
Capt. Kekbi.f.r —A report was brought to !own
yesterday that the body of Cipt. Ketbler. of the
ill-fated Lawton, had been found floating in the
river, a short dia‘ftnoo below the wreok. If tins
be true, there is but one missing, a colored deck
paaaanger whose name iff unknown.— Sark. Rep.
Accident.—On Monday evening last, Mr&. An
drews, wife of Mr. J. H. Andrews, in riding out,
became .darmed at the restiveiiesa of thn horses,
mid in jumping from the carriage fractured her
aim near ihe shoulder. We are happy to learn that
ahe is doing well.-Afaroa Messenger.
S. M. Female Colleoe.—The examination of
™ ineti, btion in now in progress. We
efvmfi-ttf, a nd!? lea ™ that ir 5a iu qte a flourishing
.a. ‘ * \ ae hundred and eighty-three youny*
ioholMUo yea? 0 aUeudaD<,e du,ii: ff the P“A
aud^Wedawi^n'ext 8 —
Fatal Accident-Go Saturday 4th inst., as
Mr. John Jenkins, a citizen of this county was
re i U .iriT K lmv m v ‘Tr 11 ’ Accompanied by his son
v.s hi 8 >?r 8 old—the lisle follow
Vas by accident, precipitated from the wagon
wuile it was m motion, the whsels of w | lie h na , ?Bd
over his body causing almost instant datb —N, ’,
aeriviue Ueorgian.
Another Old Citizen Gone!— James Mo
Cleekey.Efq., an old and highly esteem >d cit-e-i
of Jacksou county, died in this place, at the hou-'e
of his daughter, Mrs Lyle, on Satur ay night last
after a painful illness of several months which ha
bere with Christian forlitnde. The fuueral services
at the Methodist church, were attended hv a l hl tM
concourse of our eirizeus ou Sabbath atteruo o
Athens Watchman.
District —We have heard ths name of
01. limes Iloit, ot Muscogee, eugg ;e.l ns the
opposition candidate iu the’ Second District A
better man to meet Crawford, ami pin him to the
wall, could not, in our opinion, be selected. n-.n
we do not know that the utliuo has any charms for
such a mau. He, nevertheless, might be inducnl,
from motives of patriotism, to accept a nomination
it tendered to him — Macon Citizen.
The Savannah Republican. —The Savannah
Republican of the 13th inst, comes tons with a
new dress, looking clear and neat. Wo eongratu
late our cotempotury on its improved appearance
and only wish its polities would undergo as thorough
a renovation.— Aug. Constitutionalist.
We are duly thankful for the congratulations of
our ootemporary, but if he expects us to “renovate
our politics.” as he did, by goiug into the Demo
cratio party, we rather think he will have to wait a
long time to see us in •‘a new dress."— Sank Repub.
Georgia Penitentiary.—There are at present
we iearn, in this institution, two hundred and thn
tern convicts—forty of them having been commit toil
to it within the pri sent year. This ie a larger man
ber thau has ever been in it at ono time before
The inoreaee of orirne, it would seoin has inspired
the several courts with a determination to try lie
certainty of punishment, rather than clemency, to
bring about a sound state < f morals.— Mil ledger;.'-
Recorder.
Gov. Brown. —Wo are reliably informed that
Gov. Brown has resolved not, lo take Ihe slump in
the approaohing canvass. We regard the decision
as most becoming lo himself and |ust to the dignity
of tlie office he holds. This thing of the Governor’s
abandoning his official duties and descending to a
wrangle on the hustings for a re-election, is of mod
eru origin, aud we commend Gov. Brown for setting
hie face against so pernicious a practice. Should
the Opposition run a candidate against him, wehave
no doubt, he will square his own couduot according
ly.— Hath, Rep.
Painful Rumor—A report ie in town that Mr.
Perry Rigby, a former well known citizen rtf thin
place, has lately been garoted in the city ol H i
vana, on a charge of careless or negligence m
running a train, ot which he was the engineer, by
which a run off occurred aud several persona lo*
their lives.
Mr. Rigby was for a long time connected with
the Central Railroad,and his deatbwill besincei.-ly
mourned by many friends.
He was an industrious, kind hearted man, and
while iu Macon was considered a cautious and pru
dent Engineer, and his friends are inclined to the
opinion that there must be some mistake in regard
to the charge made against him.— Macon ((4a.)
Telegraph.
Characteristic.—The proceedings of the Dem
ocratic District Convention, which nominated Cot.
Gartrell, last week, are characteristic of the 111 H
uaned Democracy. The Atlanta Intelligencer
glides most gracefully over the courageous action
of that complacent body. “It was thought best,’’
say the amiable editors, “not to erect a large plat
form, hut leave that matter to the prudence amt
wisdom of the .State Convention torncet next week
believing that the Democracy ot this Dislriot will
heartily aooepttbe platform of that meeting, in aJ
dition to what was adopted.”
But suppose “that meeting,” like the illustrious
one io Newuan, has not the uorve to send forth a
declaration cf principles and opinions I Will not
Col. Gartrell be very muoh in Ihe category of
“Japhet in Bearch of a father I”— Macon Mess.
. Strange Occurrence.—The house of Mr. J. H.
Powers, near Mossy Creek Camp-ground in White
county, wai set on fire on the Bth inst., by a man
who calls himself Sylvanus Stokes. The inoendia
ry states that he was directed to tlie aot by the
spirit of God. He gave a strange history of hia
life, from which it appeals that he was born in
Tennessee, and at the age of ten years went to
Alabama, where he joined the Bapiat Church. He
has been a preaoher, has wandered over the North
west, and now pretends to be a phrenologist. He
lias been arrested, tried and now lies in llarber
sham jail. Whether his insanity is assumed or real
the Court will doubtles determine. When mad
ness leads to arson wo know of no safer and ir.bra
appropriate asylum for the lunatio than a miarm
Athens Banner.
A Model Car. We have had tbe pleasure of ex
amining anew passenger car built by Mr F H
Alley, master carpenter in the Southwestern Raii
Road shop at Macon. It ie now at the Central
Kail Road Depot in this oity, and it ie, by far, the
moat complete, iu all its appointments, that we
have seen. Externally and presents but an ordinary
appearance, as experience has proved that tlie fine
panels aud voneenng outsido, are a oonlinual source
ot eipen-e so long as they last, whioh is but a ahert
time. The interior, however, is worthy of ail com
mendation, The seats are of anew pattern, admi
rably adapted to the convenience aud comfort of
the occupant, and so arranged that one traveler can
not occupy two seats. In addition to the movable
baoks, there is a Lead rest which can be used m
dispensed withal pleasure; so that a night’s eeq,
can be easily obtained with groat comfort. Too
wood work is of the most substantia! and eleganl
kind, the aides being finished with solid (not venee*
ed) black walnut, polished and varnished All the
wood work is made of wood grown in Georg >.
finished by Georgia workmen iu a Georgia shop,
and reflects much credit upon the builder, Mr. A'lov’
as well as upon the Southwestern Company.— NYuJ.
Republican.
ALABAMA ITEMHi
The Great Alabama. ‘Wilt, Cace.-Tlib great.
Henry Lucas will Involving property to tlw
amount off 1 ,o0(),oo(), will be heard on the firs!
laesday aj>r theseoond Monday iu August next
rtoH A. U. Stephens, of Georgia, will represent
b *twf* at Bw - who contest the will on the ground
that the testator was non campon mentis when he
made it..
Strange and Moke Horrible than Fiction.—
I learned from a source perfeetly reliable, (oil Sat
urday last) while on a visit to the Southwest of the
oounty of Wilcox, that Mr. Davis, a very poor man
who resided with his wife and four children in a
sparsely settled pineywood neighboreood in tli's
county, was confined to his bed by a disease
threatening bis life, when his two children, (sons)
who assisted him in the cultivation of his farm, af
ter completing their tasks on Monday lasi, went in
search of angelica, commonly called Ealroot. Pro
curing a large quantity os they support of Un
root sought, they ate freely of it, and took with
them some for the children who remained at home.
They alno partook of it. The roots proved to bt
tbe deadly hnnlock. In a few hours the two first
named children were taken with convulsions and
died. The remaining two who had not eateu so
muoh of the poison, were also seized with oonvu!
sions, and became blind and deaf. To add to the
horror of the scene, the mother was taken in labor,
and gave birth to a fifth child, in this situation
the family remained until the following Wednes
day, no one of the family being able to leave the
house, aud no neighbor calling. On Wedueids) a
passing neighbor called, and found the dead child
ren still in their clothes to whioh they died-.and in a
state ol decomposition. Their condition was soon
made known to all in reach. The dead were buried,
and all living have been since proper y cared for
The two children wbo ate the hemlock brought
home, are still expected to die. The kindness ac.j
attention of Mr. J. R. Hawthorn to ttis distressed
family deserves particular notice, and ooip'.neniln
tion. It is to be hoped that this woful providence,
will teach parents greater care and vfaLchfutoess
to the management of their children. Can,,ten
(Ala.) Republic.
TEN.NICSAHEK ITE9IN.
Destructive h rre in Memphis.— Two build
togs, occupied by a livery stable, marble works an u
billiard salooD, were destroyed by fire in Memphis
en Tuesday. Loss $45,000. Insured for $5,000.
Supposed to be the work of an Incendiary.
The Lebanon (Tenn.) Herald leurns that during
a thunder storm on the night of the Bth Instant, Hi
mules, belonging to B. D Motley es that vicinity,
were killed by odb stroke of lightning. They were
all huddled together under a tree. They were young
mules, and were worth at least $2,500.
Hog Cholera in Tennessee. — The Huntingdon
(Tenn.) Patriot is informed that the hog cholera is
ranging to a fearful extent in portions of Carro 1
county. A farmer In Georgia, who has triah h <
says if bogs are put in a lot where they will La eu 1
tirely excluded from water, that the disease will a'l
once be arrested. We don’t know how this
may be, but at any rate it is worth a trial.
The Germans and the Italian W}ak.—A letter
from Munich in the New York Herfeld mentinvtt.
some particulars tending to elucidate'-- the teetmr.
which exists in some of the States of th'ie Gcirenah,
Confederation towards France and Austria.whilst
fighting in Italy. The government of RaW/jp
although professing neutrality, had orilsied all the
great lines of railway in the kingdom to be placed
at the aae of the Austrian offioera for ibe purpose
of conveying an army of fortydive thousand men
to the scene of contlrot. die advance guard of this
toroe had reached the city, and both officers and
men were received with the greatest enthusiasm- -
the ladies throwing them boquets and the men erv
ing vivas for Francis Joseph Gen. Clam Dallas
Austrian commander in the Tyrol, had sent in 1-to
stud of war chargers, consisting of twenty pure
blooded Arabians, to Munich. Bavaria excuses
herself for this oourse by asserting that the Austrian
army of Bohemia forms part of the German Con
federation.
Protecting our Foreign Commerce. lb*
State Department at Washington is receiving let
tera from leading commercial men in various sec
tions of the country, and also from the Chamber of
Commerce of New York, and the Board of Trade
of Boston, urging the govervment, in the event of
the extension ot hostilities in Kurope, to increase
the Mediterranean squadron, with the view
proteotour oommeroein that sea. The unsettled
condition of the maritime neutral rights question to
referred to as requiring speedy action. The sub
ject is now under advisement, only the diffioultv i,,
the way of augmenting our force in the Medite,
otoe D rqwtor? y ° f kWpiDg “ P “ at,OD for to