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C/2TIOLIOM, Italy, June 24. P M., 1859.
! cam.- from Bretc ti early tbi* morning, and ar
*. ; • : '■ wiioaflt the last cf wbat
\ have v*ry little doubt will turn out to have been
ire grratmt battle the modern world La seen. You
* > ge :hf* official summary of ite reeu!‘t by teie
*pb before this letter roaches you, at and wil be
4 spared, therefore for thin etateoaaat of it* raagni*
nidc I cannot describe it with aoy precision as
• ■ —for i. has lasted all day, and extended over a
rcutt of not lees than fifteen miles . the noise of
e cannonade, and even of the musketry, more
over, is still in my ears, and none ot those engaged
’-i it, except the wounded, have returned to give us
•any ctMtinc*: and connected report. But not iee?
iban i.vnuiO rntc have been engaged jo it . and of
L.cM rxt lees than tO.OttO—dead or disabled-— lie,
*n this bright, starry night, upon the bloody held.
The battle commenced a little before 5 o'olook in
the morning—not far from snorlre. Joet back of
Caatigliooe risee a hijrh rang* of hills—whioo pro
tacts a Oille or thereabouts into the plain and then
I teaks off towards the left into a wide expanse of
-matter biwe, and eo info the robing surfaoe which
that portion of the plain The Austrians
hod taken position upon these hilk—planting can
non upoo ifaoae nearer to Castigiione which they
jould app *cb, * the French army was in foil
force in and around that little village,—and had
4ta h i. a tteir imfnen-e array ail over the surround
ing olain As nearly as we can now Learn the
Emperor France Joseph bad collected here not lees
t; an 225 f >J tro-ps, and ccmmacde 1 them in par
eon. iiis evident purpose was to make a stand
here and link the fortunes of the w&r upon the
beards of the day Napoiecn prompt y accepted
the challenge, ami commenced the attack as soon
as itwsel’gct this mor;.mg, by placing caonon
upon r be iniis still nearer to Castigiione than those
held by the Austrians, and openirg fire upon them
on foe heights beyond lie took bis own stand
upon :ce highest ot these—a steep, sharp backed
ridge, which ootr.r/iands a magnificent view of the
ontiro o ; renit of the plain, and Rom that point di
rected the entire movements of bis army during
the ear y portion of the day. The Wrench very
Soon drove the enemy out • f the posts they held
nearest to the town and followed them into the
mall villages ot the plain below. The first of these
wea Soifenno, where they had a sharp and prott ac
ted engagement
The Austrians disputed every inch of the ground,
and fought here, as tney did throughout the day,
with the iitine-t desperation. Tney were three
tin ts driven out ot the town before tney would etav
mt Te people of tr.e village, moreover, took
part agaioat the French, upon whom they fired
fr >m the windows, and the French were compelled,
in awl: lefence, ’o burn the town. When they
iovnC it imp’ -aible to hold their ground any long
er, they fell back alcwlv and steadily until they
reached the village of Voho, which, a* you will see
iy the map, lies cirectly u jutheast trom Caetiglfone,
and ;• only about a mile from the liver Miapio,
win which, h .'Wever, it is separated by a tange of
m Upon these hilis, in the rear of the town, and
overlooking it completely on the south and south
s>jei eides, tte Austrians na i planted very formtda
bif batteries and wnen I arrived upon the field
and went a’ once to the height where the Emperor
h.d stood at the opening of the engagement, but
which he bad left an hour before to follow bis vie
tortoni troops, these batteries were blazing away
upon the French who w>re stationed on the plain
below. I was too far off to observe with any accu
racy the successive steps of the action, but I could
dierinotly see the troops stationed upon the broad
plain, an i moving up in masses towards the front,
wh re the artillery was posted, as their services
were rtquir* and But as soon as they reached this
point they were speedily enveloped in the smoke oi
ihe rami'ii, and disappeared from observation.
Bflt the general result was soon made evident by the
slackening of the Austrian fire, and by the falling
back of their smoke and a corresponding advance
on the part of that which rose from the French ar
t\ Lcry The cannonading at that point lasted for
over an hour i bat iri precisely what direction the
Austrians retreated, it was not possible, from the
position I occupied, Ij see. 1 was afraid to change
it, moreover, because a.though I inigut easily have
gone more directly and closely upon the field, I
could not have found any eminence upon the plain
from which I could have bad so sweeping and oom
plate a view Bart of the Austrian force probably
crossed the Mincio river, which flows southward
fmm the lower end of Lake Guards, and empties
Into the Po.
Bn* the battle continued to rage all over the re
giou northwest of a line connecting the towns of
Caatiglions, Solferino and Volta. At one point after
another a sharp cannonading would arise and eon
uoue ter half or three quarters of an hour—and
alter ea b successive engagement of this kind, the
4-eeult became apparent in the retreat of the Aus
inane and the advance of the French foroes.—
During all the early part of the day the sky had
been clear and (be weather hot. But clouds t.egan
to gatht r at about noon, and at 5 o'clock, while the
cannonade was at ltd height, a tremendous thunder
a'oiin rolled up from the northwest; the wind came
lift?, sweeping trom the parched streets an error
iuou.! t .udof dust, and was soon followed by a
L*avy f•’ of u ; n, accompanied by vivid lightning
cud explosions of rattling thunder The
riorra lasted tor about an hour, and thecannouading
foi ,3 wo could distinguish, was suspended. Then
the rain oefuieid, the o.ouds blew away, the sun
siumo out Agaiu, and (he air was cooled and per
lectly delighlfuly. Though the cannon may have
• eased tor a time to take part In it, the fight had
meantime gone on—aud when I again resumed my
pot* of observation, from which the storm had
r-xpelled me, the cannonading commenced quits on
the extreme left of the entire field and on tne very
borders ot the lake, nortbest from Castigiione and
wee* ot Peachiera. The Piedmontese troops, under
tba King rfho commands them in person, had been
posted there and received the Austrians as they
around. From about 7 o'clock until after
nik!>t full an incessant and most terrible combat
Wli4 pere kept up. The batteries of the two armies
wc.-j apparently about half a mile apart—and at
the oUUeI they were both served with ntarly equal
and effective vigor. Hut the Austrians gradually
iiKukeued their lire and several times took up new
poeiuons—while the Sardinians poured a rapid and
uninterrupted shower of balis upon them—suspend
ii.g only for tt few minutes at a time, and then
renewing it again with redoubled fury.
The wind had now gore down, the air was still,
aud the sound of musketry, as well as of the can
non, wa dirttineily heard. The former was oon
Unions, sharp und incessant, sounding like the
oonstant and irregular pattering of hail upon a
r< of, while the latter was occasionally suspended,
but whi.e it lasted was overwhelmingly grand and
teirib e. Over the Sardinian park rose a dense
wlnte cloud oi smoke, directly unwards, its sides
rvrleclly upright rtud well dttlned, and
cuvwsru both ways ot the tup I ke an enormous
surg'd whn.t. i'lie uu was making a gioriuus
sotting in the wee', aud an his li|(ht praduilly de
paittd, aa® vivid Osshee Bt u.h discharge of the
cannon ‘.’Vented Urough the smoke like sharp
ttgMuiug tro.i.<h ttie tireast ot’ an enormous cloud,
utms. my csiugle dash would basnen, theutwo
or tt.u-e at mice, aud some lines halt a dozen would
b. rna fjrih in inaraut succession It was beginning
to to daik wiien I turned to descend the hill, and
all the way down i still heard the roar of the cannon
and the ctatieruig ot the guns of the infantry. Hut
the Austrian* were clearly falling back, aud could
scarcely have tailed to sustain a total route It is
posable they maybe la condition to make one
more struggle in tue morning, but judging from
n.y own observation, It certainly is uo! probable.
Vue- httve sustained an overwhelming defeat, and
; s.etus to me not unlikely tha* tbe Kmjeror m".y
now lie iuduoed. by tire representations of tbe
neutial Powers to accept the peace which hiapo
icon will be very likely to tender him.
,lusl be'ore nigbltall a tremendous cannonading
wae distinctly visible in the directi in ot Mantua,
aud k Wes supposed by one or two French officers
that Prince Napoleon was assaulting that toitrtas
espaf of the geuetal plau of the day’s opera ions,
wboe the Kinperor was engaging the enemy in the
, neti tield. But I see no reason to suppose that
tins id u ne, a-’ Prince Napoleon could scarcely have
ion he.; Mantua by this tune, as he was in Florence
cut) a week ago.
1 have thus given you a very general outline of
Ibis great battle as tt came uuaer my owu observa
Uio 1 have mentioned no names of subordinate
odSc-rs, because t iiove had no opportunity to learn
tbe specitie part which individuals took in the en
gageuieiit Alt that I must leave for subsequsi t
letters, or refer you for it to the official reporta
eviccu we liere shall nut see ter three or four days
&Ksr they are published iu Paris.
1 .m afraid to veuture upon any oonjecture as to
the nbruher of hided aud wounded in this battle*
bu: H oik ’ * -lature of the Cass it must be enormous.
I am ccnkapOUt tliat not less than leu thousand
wounded h*-’ been brought iuto this village aloue
during the oay-to say nothing of those that were
left on the tield or taken to other places The first
Intimation we received of au engagement haviog
taken place, was Horn meeting three or lour oarts,
drawn t>v oxen, and tilled with wouoded—before we
reached fconuohiaw on the road trom Brescia. As
‘we bad heard oi uo battle, we naturally supposed
that tli. se wounds had been received m tome skir
mish sdfcn alter we met a one horse carriage, in
winch was laid at full length an officer of rank, whose
face wore so ghastly a look as to make it evident be
was dr ing. On teaching Moutechiuro, and stopping
fora moment to rust our horses, we were told that a
great battle was then going on in tbe plain betore
I’astigUoue ; and goiug at once to the summit of
some old tort dictations which once defended the
r<wca- 11 , we could sae with our glasses the smoke of
the engagement We lost no time in pushing for
ward, although we were told that we eouid not
.each Ousttß’ioßh because tiie roads were complete
ly com pied by artillery held in reserve. We went
however, continuing to meet carriages and
Oorts laden with wounded, and passing the French
camps of the previous uight, came to a point, at
about halt a mile from the towu, where a park of
artillery wagons was defiling from their camp into
the road Watching o r chance, we drove in be
tween two of tbe wagons, and so entered the town
under cover of the enormous iloud of dust which
ti-,-v raised The utaiu street was densely crowded
w ;a carts, carriage*, horsey donkeye.oxeb, soldiers,
suto-rs and persons and animals ot every deeorlp
\v c pushed our way, without hindrance, ai
tv.-|y file tottse markedksthe Quarts, Geno
- , 4 ir oeaa q tarlers of the Emperor, and were
-nits rlWtttu camp. We had gone but a short
d’s -Tcv frhea came to where the great preoes
sion of th* (founded was turning down a cross-street
to a church witch had been taken for a hospital
It was certain** ij>® most dreadful sight I ever saw
i'verv rvinoeyvabl* kind of wouud which can be tn
rivted upon mn was i.<re exhibited. All who were
able to uo so. ww obliged to walk-the wagons
SUl<l timmild at ocuuaiaud all required for
t*-. to • lioutd not otherwise h. moved. Soma
wi.'kod along, thott fatM* completely covered with
blood fn m t abre ohte upon their headd. ii&cy
bail thvtrernis shattered, —liuiidreusliad their hands
Had up —and (vino eanttdmcat xtsstly wound*
upon tiieir fme* Some had tied up tbe-r woonde,—
and others had skipped away tie dotting which
.' l ,aU and and made them wone I saw one man wa.i
ig along with a firm step and a rwsoiute air,—naked
tot'.is waist, and having a ballet-wound upon his
■tide, an ugiy gash along hie cheek, and a deep
oat on- (hru-t, received trom behind, io his sioul
del Most oi those who were walking wore a
eus look, —conversing but little with ona anotuer,
t’ V.gn they walked two aad two.'—atd tew of them
earned opon their iaces any considerable expres
sion of am . . , . ,
Thoes who were more severely mmred rode upon
donkeys or in carts,—ana a few were carried upon
matkersee on men's shoulders. But these were
meetly officers, and nearly ail I saw carried in that
way were so badly wonuded that their recovery is
scarce v possible. One had both his legs crushed by
a canooo bah AooLher bad receives a hail in h.s
(k'gh. and was eviaeutiy sutlsring the most inte-se
ngo. ‘v. Many ot those whoee wounds were in their
ics jure seated in chairs swung across a donkey—
orTe b*> ng open each .id*. Several who were thus
carried, .atd were supported by ujiditrs walking by
their jioe. were ai parent!y uLceiweinm, and seetned
to be o ficg. Then would come carte, large and
•maU. oriryirg three, dve. and some of theta ten
and fifteen each A steady suearn of tbe ghastly
vie bus of the battle of the day poured through the
town. I eti*jd in the crowd by tbe side of them as
Che eafi procession passed a'ong. and watched it at
this point to*, over an hour. It vm not interrupted
tv r a moment, except a v and then by a crowd of
premier* and it <v-3i*;uttd thus from abut )0 in tbe
mo:: .ng, when it negan to now, until 1 left the
street long after dark Every ohurch, every large
hall, every private house In lao town nas been taken
tor the service of the wounded. Those whoee in
jun** are s lgfct, alter having them dieseed, paes a!
cc e into the reck. aui mingle witn their comrades
I coked into the ehotch as l passed by. All the
•eats, racings, Ac , had bean removed mattresses
of hay had been spread upon the floor, and were
completely filled with wounded men, ta every stage
of sufiieriog and of peril, lying side by eide. The
surgeons were drew g their wcunde Sisters of
Charity and other women were fTving them wine
and jtherwise ministering to their comfort, but
woming, I am sure, will dawn open a large propor
-gs. of them relieved forever from their pain, i!
anything ran be ti.ore borribi-t than a soldier** life,
Oertakdy it is a soldier s death.
When we drove into town, we were warned by a
French ggmirinan, wbo had arrived a little before
at that unless we p eocd our carriage is the stable
dr'grounds of seme private ciuien, it would oer
teiuty be sei.ed for the servioes ot the wounded,
ash bad been Aj it was all we oould rely on for
a bedroom , as well as safaris of iooorootioc, we were
suwilliny thus to lose it On going to a private
l house, therefore, to make such au arrang.mmt. we
found it had been taken for a ixiyital, and among
its inmates was a tri andcr.—a woman of perhaps
thirty, dressed in the style of onr Bloomer*, who
had received a bail in her band while following her
occupation aud cirryicg water and wine to the
soldiers during the action Two surgeons from tbe
Emperor s fami y were dressing her wound—and
though pate from ices of biood, she was conversing
cheerfully and even gai’y with them
Six or eight fimer while I stood upon the street
watching the wounded, there came a,ong squad* cf
prisoners taken at various stages of the ac ton.
Sometime* there would be only three or four-then
twenty fi'’y or a hundred, and in one company
over tlKi They walked closely tog other six or
i eight deep—the ctficers being generally in the mid
de-and were guarded by a single hie of troop*
walking on each side Ae a general thine they
wer not bad looking men Very many of them
were very young-cot over 1C certainly—and on.y
now and then you would aee a particularly brutal
ar.d etupid coantan&jca. There was nothing like
or shame on their facee , they leemed gene
rally wholly indifferent to their position, but look
ed auout with a g od deal of curiosity upon the
crowd which surrounded them They were gene
rally client, though now and then they would talk
and laugh with eceh other ae they parsed along.—
Tne officera were, with scarcely an exception,
handsome, manly and Intelligent fellows. All were
witLcut arms The uniform of the men was a very
coarse brown etuff, made of flax, very plain, and
with scarcely any attempt at ornament Towards
night, carte began to come in laden with wounded
Austrians, hundreds of whom passed along while I
stood there, and were taken directly to the hospi
tals, where they received precisely the same treat
ment as the Frenoh. Most of them seemed to be
very badly hurt. Among the number, both of the
wounded and ibe prisoners, were many Hungarians.
The town to-night, ae might be expected, is simp
ly a camp The streets which are narrow are
crammed with artillery and provieion wagons, try
ing, almoet in vain, to make their way through the
town —bivouac fires light up tue orchards and fields
all around the village—two etreams of troops pour
oat on tbe two roads leading to the field of battle,
extending as far as the eye can reach—eutiers, fruit
peddelrs and ?mail dealers of every kind circulate
among the soldiers who crowd the|atreets —an lm
mence train of Piedmontese arti'iery are brought to
a stand in the street while trying to make their way
tbrougn the town to their place of encampment—
and thousands of French infantry, despairing of
reaching their tents, have seated themselves upon
tbe narrow sidewalks, and with the bouse walls for
a back and their haversacks for pillows, they have
addifeAsed themselves m that position to tbe labor of
obtaining a night’s rest. It is a striking scene most
certainly—and the most wonderful part of it is the
perfect order and good behavior of the troops. I
have not seen, during the whole day, a single in
stance of disorder, or of even rudeness in word or
deed from any soldier Not one have I seen in the
slightest degree intoxicated , cot one have I seen
shouting or singing, cot a rough or rude remark
have I seen or beard addressed to any-one, nor have
I failed, in a single instance, whenever I have ap
plied to a soldier for information or addressed him
on any subject whatever, to receive a oourteous
reply and t e most polite endeavor to aid my wish
es. Nor have I heard a single cheer over the victo
ry—* r a single syllable of exultation ovor the pris
oners as they come in. The moet reepeotful silence
has in every case been preserved.
Expressions of sympathy with the wounded were
constant, and crompt attention, so far as possible,
was always given to their wants. Private proper
ty in tbe town, so far as I can see, baa been treated
wiih perfect respect. In selecting fields for the
camp, those which will be injured by it least seem
uniformly te be chosen. Bakers’ shops, and gro
ceries with cheese, bacon, sausages, 6lc , freely
exposed, are open, —and I have repeatedly seen
soidieiH hai gaining for supplies at their windows.
But I have heard of no instance and seen no indi
cation of the slightest interference with private
property. Yet there is no great rigor of discipline
enforced—for the soldiers seem to be quite at their
ease, and wander about town very much at their
own discretion. But they look upon war as a busi
ness—as something to be done, like everything
else, with as little fuss and exoitement as possible.
So they look upon a battle, and tbe operations at
tending it—the care of tbe wounded, the reception
of prisoners, &C —as merely part of the regular
routine— just like cleaning their muskets, or boil
ing their soup over their bivouac fires.
But It is 3 o'clock in the morning, and you will
excuse me trom a general disquisition upon the
character aDd habits of tbe French soldiery. I
slept upon a bench last night—and, if the fleas per
mit, have hope of a little better accommodation for
the few hours that remain of to-night. I have
written this letter, however, in order that you may
receive as early a report as possible, of the great
battle and victory which will make the 24th0l June
a day long to be remembered in the history of the
world.
I shall send this to Brescia in tbe morning, and
hope it may reach Liverpool in time for the steamer
of the 2d of July. H. J. R.
Battle of Sol fori no.
To gratify the general desire to see the details
cf this great battle, we append some additional re
ports. Tbe letter of “ MalakoffJ’ the correspond
ent oi the N. Y. TimeSy who was with Mr. Ray
moind on tbe battle-field, is not less interesting than
Mr. Raymond’s admirable letters.
Later from Castiolione on the Dai of the
Battle of Holferino—Details of the Action.
Castioi.ione, Friday, June 24.—Francis Jo
seph has commanded and lost to-day his first bat
tle. His army, concentrated at leisure within the
last fortnight, was the most formidable in number
of modern times. It was stationed at a point cho
sen by himself, where he had the advantage of a
superior position, and yet he was beaten completely
from the field by the French army.
We were fortunate enough to anive on the ground
in the early part of the fight, and during a portion
of the time were stationed on a hill, at the very
spot occupied by the Ecnperor Napoleon during the
first few hours of the day. From this point we
could take in with the eye tbe whole field, and not
withstanding the extent of the ground fought ever,
were able to comprehend tbe ensemble of the battle
The two armies had been gradually approaching
each other for several days, and it wa9 generally
understood, as well in the army as iu the country
near the ecene of the great conflict, that field bat
tle was imminent. The army of the Emperor of
Austria, which had gradually retreated from the fa
tal field cf Magenta, halted, demoralized, at the
Mincio. The Emperor, who had been collecting re
inforcements—one might call it anew army—at
Verona, advanced a week ago with this force, and,
Joiuing with the army which had fallen back from
Magenta, moved to the encounter of the Freroh, to
seek revenge for the defeat of Gyulsi. Tbe French
were only too weli pleased to meet their enemy
thiß, and tbe encounter on the plain of Cautiglione
was as if by mutual agreement.
The Emperor’s head quaiters on the 23J were at
Mont< ohiaro. A part of tbe army, however, camped
the same night at Castigiione, and on the 23d tbe
whole army was encamped, a portion at the farther
border of tbe town of Cad igiione, and the balance
along tbe road to Montechiaro. A body of four
bannred and fifty Austrians had been captured on
the 22d on the road to Castigiione, and the ad
vanced poets of each army were constantly in the
neighborhood of one another.
Castigiione, a compact town of perhaps two thou
sand inhabitants, and almost two thonsaud years
old, is built upon a slight elevation, which is actually
the termination at that place of tho Lombard an
Alps. To the south and west of the town extends
as far as the eye can reach, the level and highly cul
tivoted oouutry for which this part of Italy is so
celebrated. To the east if the towu there extends a
aeries of hills, three or four hundred feet high, in a
circular form, presenting their concavity to the
south, and terminating at a disianoe from tLe town
of perh&DSeix miles. Around this tongue of hill
the plain extends to the north, where it terminates
at the strongly fortified town of Poeohiera.
On tbe night of the 23d the whole Austrian army
moved up to the vicinity of Castigiione, within a
mile of the advanced camp of the French army.
They came up so noiselessly that the French sup
posed it to be their intentiou to sweep around and
encircle the town. No such attempt however was
made, and at 5 o’clock this morning the battle com
menced, but by which army the first gun was fired
uo one thus far has been abls to inform me. It was
an understood thing, no doubt, in both armies, that
the moment had arrived for the decisive trial of
strength, and it mattered little who fired the first
guu. Both armies were eager to begin the struggle,
and only awaited the signal of attack.
The Austrian centre was on and toward the ex
tremity of the long tongue of hills to which I have
referred; their right on the same raDge of hills,close
tip to the town of Castigiione. and their left extend
ing dircotly out across the plain to the south of the
termination of tbe tongue of hills. On these hills
there were two villages occupied by the Austrians,
and a high old tower overlooking the plain and the
whole country around. The Austrian position was
in a crescent (as at Magenta), about eight miles
long, and was exceedingly strong in every point of
view, since the French were obliged to attack from
the plain, in full view, and in a concentrated form.
During the first hours of the battle the French
were twice driven back by the superior numbers
aud the impetuosity of :he Austrians. But tbe re
trograde movement was not a repulse, and the
ground lost was immediately regained. It was the
First Regiment of Zouaves that suffered most at this
moment. At 1 o'clock I eaw two cart loads of
wounded men of this Regiment as they came off the
field, ou their way to the hospital at Castigiione, and
they told me that at that moment not a single com
missioned officer of their Regiment was ou his uet.
Their brave Colonel, who bad been promoted only
three days before, in place of their Colonel killed
at Magenta, bad received three wounds, and
in effect 1 saw him carried from tbe field soon after
wards on a litter, covered with blood and dust, and
apparently suffering deeply from his wounds.
The two villages on the line of hills held by the
Austrians offered the greatest resistance to the ad
vance of the French. Oue of these, Solferino, was
taken and retaken three times by Canrobert’s
aivision, and it is said that at this point the dead
bodies actually concealed the giouud from view.
Another village nearer to Castiglioae, in which,
strange to relate, both the men and the women of
tbe towu tired upon the French, was totally burnt
down by Marshal Canrobert’s orders, who was nat
urally indignaut at such conduct. I bad this detail
from different persons engaged in the battles but
the burning took place early on the day, before we
arrived on the ground, ana we did not, thereiore,
rse this incident
The Austrians were gradually driven back over
the plait, and from their skong position on tbe hill
sides, till at 4 o'clock they made their last obstinate
stand at the town of Volta, six m.les east of Castig
lione. An hour s work eooa dislodged them from
this plate, and then, at 5 o'clock, a violent rain
storm coming up. attended with iigbtning and thun
der, the rekeat of Lhe Austrians commenced
During this storm, which lasted nearly an hour,
we ti ck refuge in one of the division head quarters
of the town, and there assisted in dressing the
wounded as tney were brought in. The storm,
which was but a curst, and winch seemed to have
been sett expressly to cool the ho: air and to lay
the dost, bad no sooner . eased than tbe thunder of
the artillery was again heard, bn; this time around
and to tae north of the poiut of hills in the direction
of peechiera. The battle bad been renewed, or
prrbape to us at the village, only drowned by the
storm We hastened to a high hill half a mile east
of tbe town, to a point near where the Austrian right
rested at daylight in the morning, and at the very
place on widen Jiapoteoo had stood during the first
hours of the battle, and from this point we could
see distinctly what was going on. Away to the
northeast, towards Peechiera, which was clearly in
view, and apparently near the borders of the lake
of Garda, the battle was raging with renewed fury.
The Piedmontese, fifty thousand strong, command
ed by the King, who had stopped the night of the
2Sd in advance of Senate, and wbo bad come to the
field ot action in the rear of the Austrian morning
position, bad attacked tbs Austrians in tbe flank as
they rekeated. We could see each discharge of
the cannon as they vomited forth in rapid suoces
sion their death dealing missiles, and when we
sladed our ears behind the orewo of the hill on
which we stood. eou.d bear distinctly not only the
discharges of the cannon, but the sharp, rapid
cracking of the rifled muskets of the infantry.
Tne scene at tide moment was cue long to be re
membered Tea miles north oi us, and on the eas
tern and western shores of the lake, the Alps reared
theu* enow covered tops above the clouds. The
storm had cleared away, and the sunset was never
more beautiful in this ceonky of lovely skies.—
Jfearer to us, on the south side of the lake, where
the shore is nearly level, the battle was raging, and
ti movements oi the batteries from point to point
could be perceived. The rays of the setting sun
1 laminating the snow clad tops of the mountains,
rendered their * sidee dark ana sombre, and threw a
•cade upon the water beyond the contenamg arndte
which brought tbeee into strong relief. Tl_s Aus
trians could bes en steadily ree ding , the batte
ries of artillery on both side* were iwnatantiy shift
ing from one little hillock to another, and as soon
as placed in position a regular rolling discharge
oould be heard and a line of fire seen like a confla
gration. Tre scene was auke picturesque and
terrible- , .
The Austrians continued to recede towards the
Mtooio at Peecb'era, and it was reported in the
French army that the bridge at that place had been
cut, some said by Oaribalai, some by the people,
and that tbe Austrian retreat being thus cut off,
they would be ah surrounded Others pretended
that Gar.baldi was on the other sice ot tbe lake
awaiting the Anstnaos on their retreat; but all
these statements may have been mere surmises
At 0 o'clock we left our look out to hunt up a corner
in which to write you theee details, and as we de
scended the ravine on the eide of tbe town, wa till
heard, although we could no longer see, the die
chargee of the guns, and ku®*w that the work of
deatu was going on. We are naturally anxious to
learn the result of the closing ecene in the loug and
bloody day's work
At Mantua, which could be seen in the distance
to tbe southeast, there wm a great quantity of
smoke, which gave rise to the eappoeitino that the
Prince Napoleon had arrived from the Duchies on
that side, and had commenced the siege of that
place. But this is problematical Other patches
of smoke were seen nearer, which induced the be
lief that the French were parauing tbe Austrians in
the direction of Mantua. We shad eoonknow the
truth on these points.
This great battle, which wil'. render So'ferino and
the 24:b of June memorable in history, lasted from
5 o'clock in the morning till 3 in the evei icg—a
total cf sixteen hours ; and it may be that the pur
suit is ne t yet tuspeeded. It w&a a battle in which
French skili in the art of war once more proved
superior to that of Austria, he- ancient enemy, aud
it would seem that she ought now to be willing to
make peace. •
We were unable to arrive at an approximation o
tbe caaualuea cf the day. Ail the officers who might
have been able to furnish U3 correct information
oontinuea in the pursuit of the eDemy, and we were
obliged toreiv upon what we saw with our own
eyes and could obtain from the wounded them
selves. From these data we feel warranted in
saying that tbe French must have had 23,000 men
hors du combat We certainly saw ourselves
10,000 wounded men come from tbe field, on oarts,
wagons, mules aud litters. The proceseion of the
wouoded was continuous during 12 hours that w_
remained spectators of tbe scene, and now, in the
morn mg hours, tbe stream is pouring on, seeking a
reeling place in the of the surrounding
villages and hamlets towards Brescia, all of which
have been seized by the surgeons for hospital pur
poses. It is a blessing indeed that on such occasions
as Lais the country should be so well supplied wih
larg* and elegant churches, for they form admirable
hospitals, and serve as a resting place tor wounded
men who might otherwise die on their carte on the
highway for want of shelter. The hospital and
eburcbee of Castigiione are reserved for the wound
ed officers and the men on whom capital operations
are to be performed, especially for the amputated.
The ireiical officers expressed at the
disproportion of men who were brought from the
field with wounds of the arm3 and legs, and in
effect we observed this singularity among the
wounded. But then it must be recollected that it
is only wounds of the circumference that are not
fatal, and that these of the chest and abdomen
generally remain on the field The moet horrible
wouade to look at, however, were those of the
face. Two Zouaves of the First Regiment had the
whole underjaw carried away, and yet these
brave fellows walked behind the carts of their
comrades more dangerously wounded than them
selves. Some had their eyes closed fiom blows
with the butts of the muskets, othehs had their
oheeks or mouth in lambeaux from sword cuts,
others the cheeks swollen to enormous dimensioca
from balls that had pierced their faces through aud
through.
Tne Cent Gardes had established their ambulance
in the house at which we had placed our oarriage
for safety during the battle. Several of these men
were wounded near the Emperor, and t e surgeon
to the corps assured me that the Emperor had a
ball on the top of the shoulder, under the epaulette.
Several of the officers of His Majesty’s etat my or
were also wounded, and from all I can learn (he
cae ialtieß among officers on the French side were
numerous.
If auythiug were want ing to prove that the French
were the most admirable soldiers in the world, as
weil on tbe field of battle as when wounded, it was
surely manifested on this memorable day. With
the exception of a few men who were dying as they
were jolting along the streets in the oarts, aud from
whom escaped the involuntary gioans of the djing
hour, not a word of complaint was uttered ; and I
saw officers and men, ou whom the blood was
oozing from ghastly wounds, calmly smoking their
pipes as they passed along on their way in search
of an ambulance and a surgeon. Altogether it was
a fearful sight, and excited the pity Os the most
hardhearted. The women who had remained in
the town of Castigiione shed tears apparent y at the
litter hopelessness of rendering assistance to such
a number ot brave and suffering men. Yet every
hou-e was thrown open, and every hand was ready
to aid in alleviating their pains. For the most part
they asked but for wine or water, for the loss of
blood creates thirst, and tbe fatigues of the day
must have been great from the length of the kittle
and tbe extent of ground to fight over. Many of
the soldiers were naked to the waist, their coats
having been torn to pieces in the bayonet and hand
to hand fights, and their shirts torn up to staunch
their blood. All were oovered with du9t and had
their clothes more or less torn, both officers and
men, and presented, even in the absence of blood
stained clothes, the most pitiable appearance. But
all who were not suffering had stamped upon their
countenances that quiet, determined look which
soldiers acquire in battle, aud which is called in the
French army the “professional air.”
The air of resignation, and the quiet, respectful
manner of theae brave fellows, rendered the scene
more touching, more s> mpatbetic. A noisy, bra
vado air would have seriously detracted from the
sympathy and the horror of the scene. But all this,
as the wounded men said, was nothing to the field
of battle, only on tne field of battle they thought
neither of their own wouuds, nor of the mass of
their dead comrades over whose bodies they were
obliged to march. I have no estimate of the num
ber of the dead.
We saw about three thousand Austrian prison
ers brought in. How many were taken during tbe
day could not be ascertained. I saw one crowd of
600, auother of 450, and many smaller squads. The
Austrian wounded were piled iuto the carts some
times indiscriminately with the French. The
largest gang I eaw were brought in by the Turcos.
They were obliged to stop on account of the crowd
ing at the point where I stood, and 1 thus had an
occasion to t&fee a good look at them. A conside
rable proportion of these were Lombards, a fact
which a Urge and savage locking Turco of the
escort evidently did not know, for he explained to
us in ridiculing the n. thU they fired but once and
then laid down their guns. Poor fellows, they were
no doubt glad to remain on their own soil, even a9
prisoners, and one only wonders at the blind ego
tism of the Austrian rulers in placing reliance upon
men who have no love for them, and who are com
pelled to fight against their brethren and their own
firesides. The Hungarians also were in coneidera
ble numbers, aud some ot these werß large and
magnificent physical men. But they were not
quics: enough nor powerful enough for our Turcos
and Zouaves, who, while rendering justice to the
good will and obstinacy with which they lought,
merely talked ot their inferiority as a matter of
course and of their own success as*equallya sure
thing.
The Auetrian uniform, while convenient to the
wearer, is moet ungainly and unsoldier-like in ap
pearance, consisting of a duet-colored coat, dirty
green pantaloons, and a cap almost invisible from
its size and cilor. The officers we saw, were ex
ceedingly handsome, gentlemanly looking men, and
Here distinguished more particularly from the men
by a bright golden-star on tbe front of a dark green
cap. Ihe officers walked in tbe middle of the gangs
of prisoners, and although they remained sileut, they
did not look downcast or humiliated. The meu
ohatted with such cf their escort as could talk Ger
man or Italian.
In and about Castigiione, there were 20,000 sol
diers in charge of tho enormous train of the army,
while in the rear of the town there remained a re
serve of 20,000 men, to support the army in case of
disaster. Add to this 10,000 or 15,000 wounded men
in Castigiione, ana several hundred thousand men
scattered over the plain iu conflict, and dead on the
grouud, and you have a scene encompassed in a
space of eight miles’ diameter, such, perhnps, as this
land of great battle scenes never saw before From
the big’, peaked bluff from which we watched the
last hours of the battle, all this ecene couldj|be taken
in and comprehended at one glance. It was a great
battle, and surely ought to decide, once for aii, the
vast superiority of French over Austrian arms.
The Emperor’s head quarters were moved from
the village of Castigiione to Volta, the most distant
of the captured villages, at 6 o’clock in the after
noon. The crossing of the Mincio will no doubt
take place to-morrow, for Volta is within a mile or
two of this river, aud the Emperor will not now be
likely to give the enemy any rest.
Malakoff.
Montechiaro— -Morning of the 25th.—I was
obliged to return here this morning, which is four
miles on the road to Brescia, in order to get food for
man and horse, intending to return again to the
battle field in the afternoon. During the two hours
I have been here, oue continuous train ot wagons
has been passing with the wounded, seeking, where
ver they can find, tar or near, but alv. ays toward
home, a resting place to get cured of their wounds.
The women and the priests carry them out wine
and compresses for their wounds, while tho men of
the town help soldiers, such as wish to rest awbilo
on their feet, to descend and remount again to their
wagons If I aid not already know tbe result of
the battle, I would be ready to suppose, from the
enormous number of wounded soldiers at this mo
ment passing my window, that tbe French army
had been literally destroyed. I am quite eure, no
matter what the French official report may say, that
my preceding estimation of the numbsrof wounded
is small.
Mr. Raymond, Judge Forsyth, of Troy, and my
self were the only strangers, (with the exception ot
two English journalists, whom we knew to be such,
ou the ground during the battle.
We have only been able to preserve our carriage,
which is rather an elegant one for this country, aud
two horses, by a pat sport,.aa Bearer of Dispatches,
which l was fortunate enough to have in my pock
et, and which was given to me by the American
Minister at Turin. All other private carriages have
been seized to convey wounded officers back to
Brescia. This mere semblance of officiality goes a
long way with the order loving, respectful, and al
ways polite French officials. They did not happily
even examine into the utterly worthless character
of my passport on the ground where I now am.
I have had to come all the way to Brescia to put
these letters in the mail, and if it had not been for
my passport I couid not have got into or out of the
town, which is under martial law. malakoff.
OBSERVING THE ENEMY FROM A BALLOON.
The Frenoh Emperor employed the brothers God
ard to take au observation from a balloon of the
position of the enemy at C*Btelnedolo. M. Godard
rose to a height of from 500 to 700 ysrds, stopped
for a minute or so, and then descended again, with
as much regularity as he had shown in ascending
Ic is believed that the ba.ioon will be a useful aux
iliary in the war.
Correspondence of the Paris Patrxe.
French Accounts.
Cavriana, June 25,1859 Another glorious day.
1 cannot give you all the details of the battle, for as
yet I do not know them ; but I present briefly, the
facts which have come to my knowledge.
“Btiug at Brescia on the 20th and 2let instant,
we learned that the enemy had abandoned Mon
teohiaio and Castigiione. Consequently we march
ed forward with tre Emperor to occupy these posi
tions. On the 25th we arrived at Caaiigliene at 6
o'clock in the m. rning, and we found a column of
our meu half a league thence, fighting with the
Austrians commanded by the Emperor in persDn,
who, they say, had promised to take them to dine
that very evening at Milan, and the day following
to drowu us ail iu the Ticino. Useless to say that
their army w as formidable.
Ihe attack c mmencod at Solferino, near Castig
hone and Lake Garda, on one of the mameion
forts of the mountain chain of the Tyrol. It was not
without sensible less on our side, for the two regi
ments, 91st and of the line, as weil ae the 17th
battalion of Chasseurs, l ist corps.) had to fight
with a body tec times tceir owu m numbers, and,
moreover, advantageously posted on this mameion,
and protected by a strong embankment which
crowned its summit. Our men began to fall back,
overwhelmed by numbers, wbeu a battalion of
Chasseurs of the Guard, and he first regiment of
the Yoltigeur, forming together the first brigade.
(M--usque's) atd the 2d division, (Camon'e) rushed
to ineir assistance, as we looked on they threw
themsrives again on the enemy, who was repulsed
and driven from hie position. We pursued them
with bayonet in to the bottom of the ravine,
where there is another village. Tbe firing recom
menced trom the windows and the roofs. It is al
ways on these occasions that we lose the most men.
Nevertheless, we drove the Austrians from this
village and from six to eight fine positions which
they occupied on the numerous elevations which
flank Lake G&ida. Several villages besides were
also oarried. Finally, by sharp shoot.Dg we exhaus
ted our ammunition, and we had only for our de
fence onr bayonetsaud the sfonts which were at
hand. We made good use of them, but the enemy
perceiving our situation, took advantage of it to
cease his retreat for a moment. Then the Grena
diers aid Zouaves came up and joined us, and
kept up the lire with the artillery while we laid in
anew stock of cartridges.
As soon as this was done, we charged and they
fell back on a fort in the village of Cavriana ; they
entrenched themselves in the houses and tbe stee
ples of the churches, whence, to tell the truth, they
did us great harm but as soon as we were in pos
session of the heght on which the village stands,
we made a horrible earn ace of them, and drove
them bacK ;o Peectiera. While tne infantry and
the mam gnard performed these feats in the moun
tain, all our cavalry, which bad joined cs only a few
hours sm :e, did as well on the plain to our right,
where they fought the strongest Austrian cavalry.
The emperor was in the midst ot us, going from one
point io another without iearmg the firing and
bullets of the enemy, which reached that far. He
encouraged us all day, aDd we had need ot it, for
we were forced to run, climbing and descending
hills, from four in the morning to nine at night, and
that under tropical heat, withont drinking or eating
ail the time. To dAy. as at Magenta, there is a
suspension of arms to allow us to bury the dead and
assist the wounded, We have taken a great
quantity of prisoners, and many cannon. We have,
moreover, all the good positions, and we are on the
Mincio. One or two such blows more as that of
yesterday, and I think the eoemy will have en
ough.”
A letter from Cavriana. of the 26Lb, to a Paris
journal, says:
“The Empercr having arrived at Castigiione at
eight o'clock in the morning, the 24 h June, he first
ascended an eminence which commands the town,
and offers an excellent point of observation. His
Msjeetj immediately eaw that the enemy were en
gaged in a heavy struggle. In fact, considerable
masses of Austri-ns occapied the heights of formida
ble positions, and the battle whs raging over an
extent of five leagues, from Lake Garda to Guidiz
zoia. The Empeior immediately moun ed his
hoise, and, accompanied by ail his staff, proceeded
to Solferino. There Ihe combat was going on with
the greatest desperation. It was equally on this
point that the efforts of the army were displayed on
the first victory, gained by Augreac in 1796
Thrice this important point was taken and retaken:
it was finally carried by tbe bayonet under the
eyes cf the Emperor, by Forey s division. Tne
Piedmonttse, who occupied the left wiog, fought
admirably. The Austrians, who made a final fcffort,
began to yield in about twj hours. The oattle had
commenced between two and three o’clock in the
morning. The Aue:riana showed great energy ;
their positions were wisely chosen. The Emperwr
Francis Joseph commanded in per?oa, aud con
tributed by his presence to sustain the valor of his
troops. Driven from Solferino, the Austrians con
centrated their efforts on our right, where our cav
alry made an irrreeutibie dash [elan.) Oar infantry
and artillery were, as usual, admirable.
“The Emperor, pushing his courage to temerity,
electrified his solaiere by the sang froid which he
always showed, he was forward in the fight, and
never ohanged bis position under a shower of balls
and bullets. Every cue trembled to witness the
Emperor so expose Limself, and the soldiers seeing
it, loudly expressed their regrets. His Majesty has
been established since yesterday in the house which
the Emperor of Austria had himself chosen for a
residence. The enemy has sustained immense
losses. We cannot yet have the necessary details
to fix the number of our losses, which, though much
inferior to those of the Austrians, are considerable.
General Auger is tha only one of our Generals who
is grieviously wounded. The Emperor appointed
him General of Division on the field cf battle. It is
said that the Austrians are completely broken in
spirit ( demora<ise*).
“We are here far from telegraphic lines, so do not
expect frequent communications.”
We take from a private correspondence, dated
Castigiione, 26tb June, the following:
“After the combat and the retreat of the enemy,
his Mejesty, accompanied by Baron Latrey, Phyai
cian-in-Chief to the army, visited the battle-field,
caused the wounded to be lot ked after, and properly
assisted. The feats of all tbe army deserve notice.
General Ladmir&ult, an oid colonel of Zjuaves,
w£B remarkable for the vigor of his attack. The
cavalry, it appears, acted remarkably well. The
Sardinian corps, which formed, under the orders of
his Majesty Victor Emanuel, the left wing of the
allied army, sustained intrepidly for several hours
the shock of the enemy—so-r times their own num
ber it is said.
“The King himself charged at the head of a squad
ron of Civa.ry. According to the evidence before
us, 490,000 men were engaged in the battle, whic i
is incomparable for its duration eave by the battle
of Hochotedr, where Latour D’Auvergne was killed
and where General L .combe fought the Austrians
till 10 at night, driving them rrom their positions bv
the bayonet. There wa9 not a donbt that the ene
my thought to surprise us. It was he who should
have been so, when he saw in thirty minutes, says
a dispatch, 120,000 men—infantry, cavalry aud ar
tiilery—engaged iu battle. According to technical
meu the battle of Solferino took place under con
ditions the least favorable for the Franco-Sardinian
army, which had not a guarded position, while the
enemy had been intrenched for weeks. Abrupt hills,
redoubts sk lfully constructed and defended by a
pi werful artillery, all concurred to render the Aus
trians very strong. Without exaggeration it may
be said that betw-een the Cbiese aud the Mmcio the
resources of art, fitted to aid the nature of the
ground, are prodigious-while the positions of Puz
zolengo, of Solferiuo, of Cavriana, and of Castelgo
reddo, were, and can be justly considered, as so
many links of a chain impossible for us to break.”
News by tbe /Ttnn.
The steamship A'*: na which sailed from Liverpool
on the 2d inst., brings the following intelligence of
the great battle :
THE AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT OF SOLFERINO
The Austrian accounts admit a loss of 20,000
killed, wounded aud missing. The right wing of
their army occupied Bczzelengo, Solferino and
Cavriana. The left wing marched on the 24th to
Gurdizalo and Castel Goff redo, and repulsed the
advancing enemy. As the Imperial army contin
ued to advance towards the Cbiese, the Frenoh,
who had also assumed theeffensive, with their
whole force, pushed forward such large bodies of
troops that there was a general engagement be
tween the two armies,at 10 o’clock, on tbe morning
of tbe 24th. The right wing was formed of tbe se
cond army, under Count Bchlick, who maintained
tbe position first occupied until 2 o’clock, P. M.,
and tbe left wing, composed of tbe first army, under
Count Wiinpseeu, continually gained ground in (he
direction of the Cbiese. Towards 3 o’clock, the
enemy made a vehement attack on Solferino, aud,
after several hours hard fighting, obtained posses
sion of tbe place, which had been heroically defended
by the 5.h corps d’armee. They then attacked
Cavriana, which was courageously defended until
evening, by the Ist and 7th oorps, but eventually
left iu the hands of the enemy. YVhile the struggle
for Solferino and Cavriana w r as going on, the 8:h
corps—which was on the outer flank of the right
wing—advanced and repulsed the Sardinian troops,
but tho aavautage did not enable the Imperial
Army to recover the positions they had lost iu the
cent ie. The 3d and 9:h corps, which, supported by
the 11th corps, were engaged ou the left wing, and
reserved for cavalry attacks, made several brilliant
attacks. The unusually heav/ losses, and the fact
that the left wing of the first, army was unable to
make progress ou the right slink and centre against
Volta, led to the retreat of the Imperial Army. It
began early in the eveuing, during a violent storm.
AN ENGLISH ACCOUNT.
A correspondent of the London Herald says, so
little did the French expect a battle, that on the
previous night a message, received trom the King
of Sardinia asking for support in case he should be
attacked, met with a relusal, ou the grouud that an
attack by the Austrians was not probable. At day
break, however, the oorps of D Hilliers came in
sight of Solferino, and was immediately set upon
by a Urge Austrian force aud fought dtsperately.
The Marnbal resisted to the best of his power and
sent off for support; but not before three hours of
dreadful carnage had passed, did Neil’s corps make
its appearance. The Austr ans were then slowly
driven back and the French continued to gain
ground, heaps of corpses marking the fluctuations
of the fight.
Tne Au trians were thus slowly driven out of
Solferino, but all of a sudden they made a tremen
dous burst forward, and the French were driven
dow’n tho hill. They were admirably supported by
their artillery, however, and made a stand and
commenced once more advancing. It was like a
hail-storm of builet6and bails, and whole files were
mowed down by a single discharge.
In the meanwhile the right and left wings of the
Austrians were decidedly getting the best of it.—
The Piedmontese were slowly driven back. Can
.robert’s corps was also heavily pushed, and had
there been a skillful General in the Austrian army,
to collect and concentrate their forces against a weak
point in the enemy’s lines, matters would have
assumed a different aspect. The French comman
der sent forward the Imperial Guard and a strong
division of infantry into the line against the Aus
trian centre, and succeeded in breaking it. Instead
of bringing up forces to repel this formidible
attack, the supports were sent to the left and right
wings, which aid not need them. Desperate at
tempts were made to recapture Solferino, but the
Frenoh held it, aud presently the Austrian bugles
commenced sounding a geueral retreat. An at
tempt was made by cavalry to pursue them, which
led to an encounter between the French Cbassenrs
and Austrian Hulans, in which the former rapidly
put to the right about, and retreated
It is stated that not a single Hungarian regiment
was allowec to take part in the battle, and the Ita
lian regiments had all been previously sent into
Tyrol.
Over 20,000 corpses are said to have been buried
on the day after the battle, and many more were
left lyiDg in the cornfields and ditches.
Vienna letters speak confideutly of negotiations
having bet>n opened by Prussia with England and
Russia, for tbe purpose of establishing a basis for
combined mediation.
The military commission appointed by the Frank*
foit Diet, it Is said have approved of the demand of
Prussia to move the army of observation on the
Rhine.
The French are making immense naval prepara
tions lor the Adriatic. Five ebips of tbe line, 8 fri
gates, 6 war steamers, 13 floating batteries, 9 gun
boats, 9 brigs, 3 three masted schooners, were at
Auteaca, with troops and enormous supplies. The
Brest fleet is said to be composed of 9 liners, 2 heavy
frigates, and 1 floating battery.
Ihe London papers state that Garibaldi had re
ceived orders to occupy Upper Valtelline, and was
expected at Torauo with 3,000 men, where 500
Piedmontese had already arrived.
Skirmishes had taken place near Bomico between
a French corps aud the Austrians marching on
Stelvio Pass. A battery had been placed io posi
tion to command the road to Stelvio. Barricades
have also been ereoted, and there is great fear of
the descent of Garibaldi.
Tbe Swiss Federal Council has decided that any
soldiers seeking shelter in Swiss territory, shall be
sent back to their country, the government enga
ging not to employ them again daring the present
war. %
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
BY LATE BTEAMEFS.
Great Britain—Ministerial Explanations
is Parliament. —Ou the evening of June 30, in
the House of Lords, Earl Granville made the tol
lowing statement on behalf of the new Ministry:
Lord Palmerston had, as their lordships were
aware, succeeded in forming an ad min if t ration,
which he might say—though it would be egotistical
for some of bis friends to make the same declara
tion—conlaintd many whose past political services
and high character gave them a considerable el&irn
to th- confidence of the country. At ihe same time,
they felt it wae not on past services they must rely
for the support of Parliament, but upon the man
ner in which they conducted home aDd foreign
affairs. The arrangement of the finances of the
country would sfford no inconsiderable difficulty,
aud woulddemand the co operation cf the House of
Commons. Another question which also demanded
attention was the improvement of the representa
tion cf the people in the House of Commons.
No doubt it would be advantageous if the gov
ernment were in a condition to be able to deal with
that question at once, as public opinion had been
very much formed and brought to a point by the
debates end discussions which had recently taken
place, pmd as there existed a disposition on all sides
to make concession ; but he believed that no at
tempt would be made to pass a bill in tbe present
state of the session, which would be to trills with
the question. No bill, therefore, would be infro
duced this eesaion, but ae soon as Pari ament assem
bled, after the ordinary proro*. a measure
would be laid upon the table. Iu the meantime, it
would be the duty ct government to do all in their
pewerto piaoe tbe defences of tbe country upon a
proper footing—not from the lear of evasion, tor he
believed there was not the slightest ground for ap
prehension, but with the anxious desire of preparing
the country for any emergency that might arise, as
well as of placing her in a favorable position to step
in at any moment to make tbe diplomatic arrange ■
ments which might be necessary for restoring
peace.
With regard to foreign affairs, the interst was
entirely centered in the war now raging io Italy
It would be oat of place for him to allude to the
circumstances which had given rise to that war,
bnt he might say that a great deal depended on the
wisdom of the policy whioh the government of this
country might pursue, as the most fatal conse
quences might ensue to all Europe from a false step.
In the opinion of all statesmen anfl the oouutry
generally, it was the dmy of her Majesty’s govern
ment to preserve a strict, bona jid* neutrality, but,
while using every endeavor to keep the country
out of war, to neglect no means by which it might
be possible to restore peace. (Cheers j He thought
their lordships would agree with him that the
proper way to accomplien that object was not by
eariv intermeddling, and making propositions which
would be rejected with contempt, out by watching
careiully that no favorable opportunity for diplo
macy 6hould escape. (Hear, hear.) He believed
that m adop-.ing that course the government would
receive that support from their lordsaipe which
would be necessary to enable them to conduct the
affairs of the country. (Cneers )
And in the House of Commons on the same
evening, Lord Paimereton made the fouowiog
explanation :
I will avail myself of this opportunity to offer a
short statement to the boose, not so much with
respect to matters of which every one is folly in
formed, but as iegardi the coarse of business
which we propose to follow. It is weil known to
ah that on the failure of the endeavors of my noble
friend the Eaii Granville to torm a government,
I *as honored with the command of her Majesty to
endeavor to construct an administration. Tne first
ctep which I took under circumerancee was
to aedress myetlf to my soli friend the member
for the city of London, between whom and myself
already existed an agreement that whichever of ns
should happen to receive the commands of the
sovereign to form an administration, we should
both of us co-operate for the purpose of forming an
efficient and strong goverumnt.
My noble friend, with the ut nost promptitude and
generosity, consented to join with me for that pur
pose. ana undertook that office which, at all times
the mest important department of the state, is under
the present cuvumiMSßise, beyond all others, of uni
versal importance and difficulty—l mean the de
partment of foreign affairs. My noble friend and
m>eelf were enabled to surround ourselves with col
leagues eminent for their public position, and re
markable for ability and knowledge of administra
tive affairs, and I trust that we have succeeded in
presenting to Parliament and the country an ad
ministration which, from the distinguished elements
of which it is comprised, will command and secure
the confidence of Parliament and the country at
large. (Cheere ) I need not say taat in some re
spects the duty weich I have had to perform baa
been a painfnl one, because I was unable to ask
and ot*ain th* assistance of the personal friends
with whom it has been my pleasure and pride on a
former occasion to co operate in public lifs whose
talent and ability in the discharge of their duties
entitled them not only to my esteem and confidence,
but also to that of their fellow countrymen. (Hear,
hear)
The administration having been formed, it now
becomes its dnty to consider, at this late period of
the year, audio the present stateof tbe business be
fore Parliament, what course of proceeding it will
be best to pursue. There are two great questions
whioh pre-eminently occupy public attention—first
the state of our foreign relations as connected with
the important events now passing in the South of
Europe, and second.y, with reaped to the amend
ment of the laws regulating the representation of
the people in Parliament. The coarse which we in
tend to pursue with regard to the first great ques
tion is the one chalked out for us by our predeces
sors, and what has been recommended by my noble
friend. (Lord Elche,) that is, a course of strict
neutrality. (Loud cheers.) I trust that nothing
will involve the country in hostilities which, as far
as human foresight cau diecern, are not likely to
have any direct interest for the people of this coun
try. So remote is the present course of hostilities
from tne direct interests of this country that it would
be unpardonable in any government to involve it
in them.
It will be our duty, as it would no doubt have
been the duty of the late government, to avail cur
selves of any favorable ooportunity which may
occur to tender the goo 4 offices of the blessings of
peace ; but I can assure the house that a step of
this kind ought not to be ligh’ly taken by a country
of the power and authority of Englaud, unless it is
likely ’o be accepted, and not liable to involve any
loss of dignity or influence on our own part. With
regard to the other great question, the amendment
of the law regulating the representation oi the peo
ple in Parliament, I think it needless for me to eay
that, considering the time of the year, considering
how short is the period which will elapse before tbe
session must be brought to a close, and the inevita
ble business which has to be gone through, I think
the house will see that it would be trifling with so
great and so important a question to attempt to
briug in a bill during the present session.
It will be our endeavor, as it is our determination,
to avail ourselves of the earliest moment of the
next session of Parliament to prepare and introduce
a bill. For this I will give the assurance of myself
and colleagues. When that session will be must
depend upon the course of events and the course of
business. I therefore withhold giving any opinion
on this point fct th 6 present moment. Toere may
be events which will render a session indispensable
earlier than the usual period. There may be events
of precisely an opposite tendency. I therefore
reserve to myself and colleagues to state, at a
subsequent peri* and, our intentions with respect to
the necessary business before us There will be
the estimates, there will be the budget of my right
honorable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and probably some measures rendered necessary
by it.
There wiil also be measures of minor importance
which we may feel it to be our duty to propose, but
I think that this amount of business will probably
occupy as much of the remaining period of the
Summer as we can expect to obtain the attendance
of honorable members. In conclusion, the noble
lord made an appeal to private members, in consid
eration of the state of the case, to give up Thurs
days to the business of the government as it was
called, but which was in reality the business of the
country ; and accordingly he gave notice that he
sbouid move that on Thuredsy lortnight, and ail
succeeding Th rsdays, orders of the day should
have precedence.
Mr. Cobden had addressed meetiugs at Liver
pool, giving an account of his v(3it to the United
States, for which we have not roo n to day.
Notice has been given in the House of Commons
of an enquiry into the expediency of cancelling tbe
government's contract with the Galway line of
steamers^
The Independence Beige says that the Palmers
ton Ministry had counselled the German states to
moderation.
Lnte*t News by ihe Cnnndn,
Sackvillk, N. 8., July 13.—The news by the
Canada, at Halifax, has reached this place by horse
express, but is mainly superseded by the arrival of
tae Etua at New Ymk. The following is the latest
news received at Liverpool, just previous to the
Bailing of the Canada :
Paris, Saturday, July 2.—The Mouiteur con
tains the following telegram :
Valeoio, Friday.—The Emperor to the Empress:
“The whole army has passed the Mincio.
“T.ie Sardinians have invested Pescheiara.
“Tae reinforcements which I have received by the
arrival of thirty five thousand meu, under Prince
Napoleon, have enabled me to approach Verona,
without compromising myeeif iu any way, as I have
left a corps aarmee at Goito, to watch Mantua, and
am about to assemble another at Breccia, to watch
the passes of the Tyrol.”
The Mouiteur also contains the following official
bulletin of the battle of Solferino :
Tue force of the army (enemy’s) amounted to
from 250 000 to 270,000.
The new artillery produced terrible effect. Its
dischargee reached the enemy at a distance whence
their heavy guns could not reply, and covered the
plain with dead.
The loss of the French is 720 officers hors du com
bat , 120 of whom were killed, aod 12,000 privates
killed and wounded. Among tha killed are seven
Colonels and six Lieutenant-Colonels. Among the
wounded are five Generals.
Vienna, July I.—The Austrian correspondent
says that the loss at the battle ou the 24ffi, as far as
yet ascertained, is 1900 killed, and 8100 wounded.
Further information will be published.
Verona, July I .—Since the 24th of June, there
have been merely important ekirmiehes between
the putposts. •
From the Rochester Union, July 7.
Another Railroad I>i*n*ter.
The Buffalo a and New York express train on tho
Central Railroad, which left this city for Albany at
7.55 this morning, was thrown off the track half a
mile ea*t of Oneida station, and a number of pas
sengers were injured, but none fatally, we believe.
The train was composed ot three paesenger cars,
well filled with people, including a number of the
Central Railroad Directors and others, on their way
to Albany to attend a meeting. The cars were
thrown down a slight embankment, aud were some
what broken.
The train in flying from the track prostrated tho
telegraph poles ar.d broke the wires. To get news
of the occurrence to Urica it was telegraphed from
Oneida to Syracuse on one wire, and thence to Utica
on another.
P. B. Yates, the conductor, had charge of the
train. He was uninjured. John H. Cnedell, of
Auburn, Horace White, of Syracuse aud Jacob
Gould, of Rochester—all Directors of the Central
Railroad—were in the first car.
Five others are reported injured. One man had
his shoulder diciocated.
At a quarter before one a wrecking car and two
passenger cars, with Major Priest and a number of
other lailroad men, loft the depot in Utica to go to
the ecene of the accident, bring down the passen
gers, and repair the damage done to the road and
tbe train.
Tbe cars sent up from Utica, together with the
engine, baggage and smoking care of the express
to wtfcli, train the accident occurred, came down
here at 2 30 this afternoon, bringing tbe passengere.
Our reporter saw General Gould at Bagg’s Hotel,
in this city, and obtained from him an account of
the disaster. The train wasooming through Onedia
on time (11:14 A. M..) at the speed of 40 miles per
hour. About half a mile this side of Ooedia the
train passed over a spot where new rails had jußt
been laid, wid where the rails, as is supposed, were
not eulKei secured to the ties. The locomotive,
baggage car and smoking car passed over safely,
but the passenger coaches, five in number, were
thrown off the track and down the embankment,
parting couplings with the smoking car.
The first passenger car, in descending the em
bankment (acme 20 or 30 feet high,) struck a Iree,
aud the forward part of it was smashed to splinters.
The remaining cars reached the bottom, and now
lay broken and wrecked in the most complete man
ner. Tne wreck is described as presenting a worse
appearance than after any eimiiar accident for
years.
The cars were well filled with passengers, who
were thrown againet each other and against the
sides and roof of the car, bruising almost every one
in a greater or less degree. Hardly a person has
escaped injury of some kind. We are happy to
record that not a Bingle life was lost, and that none
aie considered dangerously hurt It is estimated
that about forty are seriously injured. None of the
employees of the road were injured except one
brakeman, who is badly bruised.
A number of the injured were left at Onedia.—
We saw one person passing through here who had
his arm broken. A large number of those who
passed through Utica had bruises and oontusions
all about their laces and heads, nearly every one
showirg evidences of the fearful scene through
which he had passed.
J. H. Chedell, ot Auburn, one of the Directors
of the Company, was in the first passenger car.—
tiis shoulder was dislocated, ana he received a
severe oontusion on the head. He has returned to
Auburn. Horace White, of Syracuse, another of
the directors, was in the same car. He was injured
about the head, and also returned home.
Horrible Scenes at the Late Railroad Disaster*
W. J. Hawkes, Esq., of Charleston, Va., furnish
8 the Free Press with a thrilling account of tbe
late horrible accident on the Michigan and Southern
Railroad. Mr. Hawks, after stating that he was a
passenger, and that he was swept forty yards down
the stream from where the train was precipitated
iuto it, says :
On reaching the shore I 3tumbled over a man—
turned and found him alive—l asked him hi3 name.
He replied, “Walworth.” I could not raise him,
and went to the oars for assistance, ten or
twelve dead bodies on the beach. Arriving at the
wreck I found someone had procured a light
returned and found Walworth dead. He was a
large, fine looking old gentleman. I afterwards
assisted bis son in his last moments.
The first thing that arrested my attention on
entering the car that I bad left was that I was
standing on a pile of dead bodies. One man I
thought alive and gazing into my face. I turned
the lamp around, aud tbe glazed eye of death told
me that a 1 was over. A lady had her arm clasped
around his neck, with a frightful wound in herhea 1,
her feet caught and crushed in the wheels of the
car. At their feet lay a beautiful boy, with his head
severed from his body as close as it coaid have been
done by the guillotine. Some were just in the pangs
of deatu. Others, caught and crushed by the failing
timbers, begged me to kill them and put them out
of their misery. There was a lady going to meet
her husband, with her daughter, *ix years old, and a
babe at her breast. Tfie mother aod little girl were
killed. The mother had clasped the babe in such a
manner that it was unhurt.
The ground was etrewed with heads, arms, legs
and dead bodies. I saw several with their backs
broken and their lower limbs paralyzed, writhing
in the sand. Some of them would clutch me as I
passed with a grasp from which it was almost im
possible to free myself. Several beautiful boys and
girls were taken from the water and laid upon the
bank. They were drowned, but looked beautiful
in death. Others were crushed between the wheels,
with their faces and bands upturned in a supplica
ting manner. I passed a woman who ‘‘begged me
to find her children.” She was cryiDg, “Oh ! my
dear family ! ob, my six children!” Both of her
legs were crushed off below the knee, fche lived
ten or fifteen minutes. I afterward assisted in
taking two of her children from tbe wreck dead.—
Two more fine boys of hers were found—one with
his leg cut off; the other had lost an arm, and both
were living when I left them.
Coroner's Verdict —The Coroner’s Jury have
completed their investigation and made their ver
dict on the railroad accident at South Bend, In
diana. It fully exonerates the company from all
blame; finds that while the embankment and
cuivert were very thoroughly and substantially
built, and of sufficient capacity for ail the wa te
that has been accustomed to run there, or has been
there for twenty years past, yet it would have had
to be doable its size for such an unprecedented
flood as this was. They say that the train was run
with great care and caution, which is true, and the
devotion as well as the confidence of the men in
the safety of the culvert, is proved by their being
found at their posts.
Snow Spouts.— A s.nguiar performance of the
wind is noticed on the hill-side near Monte Cristo;
air currents strike a enow drift, and piercing it,
catch the dry fiakee, bringing them forth and r sing
in the thape of water spouts at sea. Frequently a
number of the spirals form and unite at a ueigbt of
from thirty to fifty feet, when they separate end fall
like water spray. This phenomenon, while it re
sembles the water spout as perfectly as could be, is
more astonishing, and it ctrta.nly belongs to tbe
moet remarkable order of natural wonders.— Sierra
{Cal,) Citizen.
WEEKLY
Cjjnmicle & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA. GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 20. 1839.
BOOK BINDING^
Person who wish Periodicals, Books or Music
bound, cr Black Books made, at SHORT NO
TICE, can be accommodated by applying at the
“Office of the Chronicle & Sentinel.
An Editor on the Battle Field.
We publish, this morning, a highly interesting
letter from H J. Raymond, one of the editor* of
the New York Times , now at the seat of war, giv
ing a clear and well defined account of the battle of
Solferino. It will amply repay perusal.
To Merchants—Boots anil Shoes-
The attention of dealers in Bfots and Shoes, and
of country merchants generally, is invited to the
advertisement of the manufacturii g and wholesale
house of Wm. Smith Brown & Cos., No. 29 Cham
bers street, New-York.
Osnabnl'g Sewing Thread.
We would also call atiention to the advertise
ment of Cyrus J. Lawrence, No. 29 Chambers
street, New-York, offering anew article of Osna
burg Sewing Thread, put up in two ounoe balls and
packages.
The Dispatch Line.
Anew steamboat line has been formed with the
above title, which has taken the place ot the Iron
Steamboat Company, reoently dissolved. The
steamers of this line are of light draught, are noted
for speed, affording good facilities for the transmis
sion of freight, at reasonable rates. The Excel,
one of the boats of the now line, is anew steamer
and we understand it is the intention to still further
add to her attractiveness by a thorough overhaul
ing and refitting. Se 9 advertisement.
“It is said that Jefferson Davis is preparing a
bill, to bring forward during the neat session of
Congress, to repeal the laws against the Slave
Trade.’’
Jeffrson Davis, in his efforts, during the'last
few years, to acquire notoriety at the South, has
done many silly and ridiculous things, but he has
perpetrated no act more silly than this would be.
The Mississippi Senator combines the elements of
the politician and demagogue, without a trace of
statesmanship, hence his ffounderiug about in pur
suit of notoriety.
Proposals Accepted.— The Committee on Wa
ter Works, we learn, have decided on accepting
the proposals from R. D. Wood it. Cos., of Philadel
phia, tor furnishing Iron Pipes, and from A. Sil
vester &. Cos., of Boston, for furnishing Hydrai ta
and Stopcocks for the projected Water Works. No
definite contract, however, has yet been entered
into.
Medical College of (lieorgiu*
From a pamphlet before us, entitled the “Twenty-
Eighth Annual Announcement of the Medical College
of Georgia, at Augusta,” we learn that thie institu.
tion is in a very prosperous condition. The ensu
ing course of Lectures will be commenoed on the
first Monday in November next. We note no
change in the Faculty since the close of the ltß s
session. The course of Lectures, however, is to be
enlarged by the addition of a special courte upon
the subject of the “Physiological Peculiarities and
the Diseases of Children,” the duty of which has
been assigned to Dr. Robert Campbell, who has
been appointed Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics
The College Museum has also received a large ac
cession, within the year, in the collections added to
it by Dr. Joseph Jones, Professor of Chemistry
So many advantages are presented by thin institu.”
ticn, for the acquirement of a thorough medical edu
cation—an able and experienced Faculty, a large
and well selected Library, an extensively supplied
Museum, the inoet ample clinical advantages, and
other constantly increasing facilities for the study
of all the various branches of practical Medicine—
that we feel no hesitation in recommending it as in
every respect wortny the continued confidence and
support of the Southern public.
The Faculty have determined that at all future
commencements, a gold medal, of the value of fifty
dollirs shall be awarded to the writer ot the beat
thesis, and one of twenty-five to the second best,
Letters of inquiry should be addressed to Dr. I.
P. Garvin, Dean, Augusta, Ga.
Hot Weather.
Yesterday (Monday) was decidedly the hottest
day of the eeeaon. There was a fierceness and
power in the cun’s rays that admonished pedes
trians to avoid exposure to them as much] as
possible, especially at noon day. In our office, at
5 o'clock P. M., The ttermometerjetood at 93deg.;
while at many other places in the city it reached
97, and even as high as 100 in exposed localities.
In this connection it is proper to caution people
agaiuet undue exposure to the intense heat, as
cases of Buu stroke are of frequent occurrence. A
wet sponge or cloth, placed on the top of the head,
are both said to be preventives, green leaves are
also recommended, as they will impart coolness to
the head. Precautionary measures like these,
adopted at the right time, would prevent serious
aua often fatal effects from sun stroke.
Georgia Gold.
Yestejday wo were shown by Mr. Geokcik Ma
ori)der, two bars of gold, which were taken from
his miue “ Auriferous Hill,” iu Lincoln county
near the line of Wilkes and Lincoln, and distant
twelve miles from Washington. Tne bars weighed
twelve hundred pennyweights, and are the product
of the labor of fourteen hands lor seven weeks.
A New Daily Paper in Richmond.—“ The
Morning News” is the title of an extremely neat
looking daily just started at Richmond, Va., by
Messrs. Crockett & Gary. It seems to be edited
with ability, and ils selections made with discrimi
nation and good taste. We wish the proprietors
abundant success iu their enterprise.
We are indebted to the Griffin Empire Elate for
an advance copy of the speech of Hon. Alfred
Iverson, delivered at a public dinner at Griffin on
Thursday last.
Misdirected Letter.— ln the advertised list of
letters remaining in the Post Office at Savannah on
the 15th inet., we notico a letter addressed to Mc-
Cord, Horton &. Walton, of this city.
Hon. Jacob Bond I’On, a venerable and dis
tinguished citizen of South Carolina, died in
Charleston on Sunday last.
The Courier says : “ Iu 1803 he was graduated
at Ya'.e Co.lege. In 1811 he entered the United
States Army, as Captain of the Ist Regiment of
Artillery, and served until 1815. At the reorgani
zation of the army, upon the close of the war, he
was retained. The fortifications at Charleston and
at Savannah, Ga., were entrusted to his command.
He was for many years a member of the Legisla
ture and President of the State Senate.
Thomas Owens, says the Laurensvfile (S. C.)
Herald, who was charged by the jury of inquest
with killing his brother on the 14th day of May, has
been arrested in Summerville, Ga., and brought
back to this place, under a requisition of the
Governor of this State to the Governor of Georgia.
He is now in jail awailirg his trial.
A College at the Blue Sulphur. —The Bap
tists of Western Virginia have determined to es
tablish an academy at the Blue Sulphur Springs, in
Greenbrier county. They have entered into ar
rangements for the purpose with the Springs Com
pany, and the proper buildings will be iu readiness
for the opening of the first session the ensuing Fall.
The institution will be styled “ The Trans-Allegha
ny High School.” As the vacation will occur just
at the time when the Spring season is in the full
tide, it cannot be objected that it will at all inter
fere with the studies of the pupils.
A Woman in Disguise. —A correspondent of the
Cincinnati Daily Times, en route for Pike’s Peak,
writes from Denver City, Kansas Territory, as
follows :
One of the return coaches which we met a day
or two since, contained a young woman from
Indiana, dressed in male habiliments, who had been
spending two or three months at the mines, and was
now returning home. She attempted to pass for a
boy, but her gait and voice betraying her, she
finally confessed that she had run away from her
parents, who were in good circumstances, merely
from a gi'lish fondness for adventure. She was
intelligent and well educated ; but evidently con
cealed the real motive which had actuated her.
Yellow Fever at Havana.— The Havana cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier says :
With rains almost every day,’ the weather is ex
cessively warm, and, I am sorry to say. yellow fe
ver is making great headway amongst the shipping.
Fortunately, however, the type of the disease is not
so malignant as formerly.
Hot Weather.— As early as the 14th of June,
when it was quite cool in this country, the heat was
so great in Bt. Petersburg, that several houses
took fire. A St. Petersburg letter of that date,
says:
O wing to the excessive heat and absence of rain
for some weeks past, fires have become of almost
daily occurrence here. The day before yesterday
the Rojestynskii faubourg of St. Petersburg was
burnt to the ground, six streets being entirely de
stroyed. Yesterday a fire broke out near the
Apraxine Dvor bazaar, and great fears were felt
lest the conflagration should extend to that laby
rinth of narrow streets and little shops, which must
have been totally destroyed. Luckily the progress
of the fire was arrested in time. To-day the atmoe
phere has been refreshed by a torrent of rain,
which lasted for two hours, to the great joy of all
the inhabitants of St. Petersburg.
Ex-President Pierce and wife have arrived in
Paris, and were to have left for London on the 128th
ult. Mrs. Pierce’s health appears quite restored,
end the General looks ten years younger than while
burdened with the cares of office.
Tomato Catsup.— A oorreepondent of the Co
lumbus Sun, gives the following receipt, which be
says makes a catsup that “surpasses anything.
Chinese, French, or Dutch,” that be has ever tried :
To a half bushel of skinned Tomatoes, add 1 quart
of good Vinegar ; 1 pound of Salt; j pound of
Black Pepper; 2 oz.of African Caytrene ; J pound
of Allspice; 1 oz. of Cloves; 6 good Onions; 2
pounds Brown Sugar, and one hand full of Peach
leaves.
Advice erom a Ladt to the Ladies—A lady
writes as follows concerning hoops and lifting up
dresses;
“The hoops should be near together, say two or
three inches apart, ard come to within as many
inches of the feet or the bottom of the dreea. A
woid about the management of dreaeee. In the
first plaee, in going op stairs yon need only lift the
front of your drees, and in descending, the back of
your skirts. The front part of your dress can by
no effort be soiled in descending, nor the back part
by ascending a pair of stairs. Do, therefore, have
a reform in this to my mind immodest habit yon
have needlessly gotten into, of dragging your dress
behind going down stairs, and lilting it up in front
instead.
Democracy by a Democrat.
The following sketch of Democracy by a South
ern Democrat is not without point:
Salem, Ala., Jaly Jlth, 1859.
Eds. Mail: Fo lar as one tumble'voter is oon
earned, the iaft holocaust on the altar of National
Democracy has been offered. No more victims'.
Why should Southern man labor to main.ain a par
ly iu power, which has so falsified its pledges ? so
long held the word of promise to the ear and broken
it to our hopes ? The South has gained nothing
by the admission of Texas, and during Mr. Bnchan
an a Administration, unlike the French King, at the
battle of Pavia, not even “ saved its honor.” In
fact, I maintain without fear of successtnl contra
diction, that had the Black Republicans been in
power the last four years, they could have done
nothing more to abridge the rights of the South ; to
organize and concentrate the antagonisms to Shuth
ern expansion; to repress the energies of a growing,
expanding and patriotic people seeking to vitalize
and perpetuate an institution upon which depends
their very political existence, man has been done
by the National Democracy and its co-workers.
This is not mere political vituperatiort, the ver
juice of partisanship. I have not for the last twelve
years cast other than a Democratic vote I have
stood to the party banner, when others have
tiinched—when Mr. Clapton himself was prowling
through the District, organizing secret political so
cieties, that the great work might inure to his bene
fit, who was oooly maturing his plans, all leading to
the same position he now seeks—until Virginia
thundered; he was then returned as non est inventus,
and true to bis instinots dropped back into the safe
line of majorities. And now it is political heresy to
question hie orthodoxy—it is contumacy to rsk,
whither is Nationalism leading us ? The whippere in
of the party are busy with the lash, driving the politi
cal herd to the polls, that the South may onoe moie
be saved, that “Old Ben” may onoe more thunder
‘n the Senate! And I, aud we all, are denounced,
if we assert free and unrestricted suffrage; the in
terests cf the South, to the views of politioal clique ;
the maintainance of our lights, to the mere asoeud
anoy of National Democracy. This to freemen—
this to those whose ev< ry aspiration has been for the
South—its lull measure of rights—its just equality
in the Union, if possible—out of it, if uuav idable.
But this not less than Bcc ain stupidity and more
than Austrian insolence wliioh attempts to subordi
nate tree suffrage and enlightened Southern senti
ment to party designs aud party harmony, can have
no effect on a truly iuuependant man. Suob men
can neither be awed by denuuc ation, not deluded
by a venal press. Failing to rebuke the Admiuistra
tion by defeating its candidates, they will go stead
-1 ily forward to the great heart of their hopes and
undertaking—the regeneracy of the South, through
an honest, cordial and independent organization of
Southern men, irrespective of party names or per
sonal antecedents. Respectlully,
S. M. Strong.
The London Times gives a long description of
the new iron steam ram, which it says will be
afloat next June. Her total length will be 380
feet, breadth 58 ; total weight at sea about 9,000
tons; full speed 10 miles an hour. About 220 feet
of the broadside of the vessel will be of teak, 21
inches thick ; this will be covered by armor plates
11 inches thick on the deck. The ram will be armed
with 35 Armstrong guns, each throwing 100 lb. Bhot
over a rznge of six miles. The ram will ran down
ships by driving straight at them at full speed. If
she only does one-half of what may fairly be anti
cipated from her, she will be cheaper to the nation
than a dozen sail of the line. The cost of the hull
will be about £200,000, the engines about £75,000,
and her fitting for sea about £45,000 more, or £320,-
000 in all.
Ancient. —The Vicksburg Whig reports an old
fashioned gold watch seal which was recently found
imbedded in a hard limestone rosto* five miles north
of Clinton, Hinds county, Mies. The rook was first
blasted with powder, and when the ornament was
discovered, it was cut oat of the stone with a ohis
el. It has a large cornelian set in it. How long it
has taken to form the rook over it we leave to geol.
ogists to determine. Toe ledge of rock where it
was found, appears to have been a favorite resort
of the Indians when they were the Lords of the for
ests of Hinds, as the holes in the rock where they
pounded their hominy are still visible.
Beer in St. Louis.—A St. Louis paper, the Han
dels Zeitung, the organ of the Germans of that city
contains some astounding disclosures as to the
amount of beer brewed and drank there. The
number of bieweries is 35; the capital invested in
the busineis, $200,01)0,000; their production annu
ally, 115,000 barrels of lager beer, 74,400 barrels of
commou beer, which, at $8 and $6 per barrel re
spectively, foot up a sum of $1,366,400. Over and
above this supply of 189,000 batrels of beer, In
order to guard against all contingencies, upwards
of 50,000 barrels more are annually imported from
other cities in Wisconsin aud Pennsylvania. It is
well to note that the courts have decided that lager
is not an intoxicating drink.
Sunday Travel. —The question of Sunday travel
upon the passenger railroads in Philadelphia is
about to be tested. On Sunday last several of the
lines ran their cars, and thedriverß were arreoted and
fined. The legality of the fine will bo tested by
appeal to the higher courts. The pro.- s, so far as
they have spoken on the subject, appear to favor
the running of the oars on Sunday.
The Balloonists at Lcggerheads. —Profs.
Wise and La Mountain are having a bit of quar
rel in the New York papers. What the particular
points in dispute aie, we know not, but we regret
tnat thess gentlemen, to whom we are to look for
further and grander triumphs in aerostation, should
entertain other than the most fraternal feelings to
ward each other. People who sail in the air, ought
not to fall out by the way.
New York Savings Banks. —There aresaidto
be upwards of thirty million of dollars deposited in
the Savings Banks of New York and Brooklyn on
aocount of tha working classes. On the first Juiy,
these institutiocs carried to the accounts of sewing
girls aud mechanics generally, a million and a half
of dollars. It may ba argued, therefore, that the
chances for employment since the late panic have
increased wonderfully, aud that mo-t of the effects
of that commercial and financial disaster have
passed away. The large deposits of money—most
ly wages —speak well for the prosperity of the in
dustrial masses of the New Yoik population.
The report that Commander Maury was to be re
moved from the Washington Observatory and sent
upon some active service is ooutradicted. Mr. Bu
chanan Is said to have remarked upon a reoent oc
casion that “Maury iB in uo danger of beiug re
moved from the Observatory, where he has rendered
so much valuable service. ”
England and America at Billiards. —The
New York Courier says that a gentleman at pres
ent here from Dublin has arranged, by authoriiy, a
billiard match between Mr. John Roberts of Liver
pool, the champicu player of Great Britain and
Ireland, aud Michael Phelan, who has thus far
proved hinsell'to be the best billiard player In this
country. Mr. Phelan accordingly signed the ne
cessary proposition on Monday, and it will bo imme
diately forwarded to Mr. Roberts, who wtll no doubt
accept. The parties, in order that neither oan get
the advantage of the other in their national games
will play the French oarom game, which Is the
most scientific of the three. The sum played for
will not be less than SS,UUO, and at not more than
SIO,OOO a side. The match will probably come off
about the 27th of November.
Auction at the Seat of War. —Near tha Buffa
lora custom house, writes a war correspondent, there
was an enormous pile of knapsacks, oartridge box
es and clothes ; Zouaves’ turbans, Tyrolese green
vests, grenadiers bearskin oaps, blue cloaks, white
roundabouts, rod pantaloons. 1 hey were all sold at
anoticn. A white roundabout with yellow or blue
collar, fetched 1G sous : It is true there was a hole in
it and a large brown spot all round the hole ; a pair
of rod pantaloons for 12 sou*; not much to be sure,
bnt it is torn by grape. The peasants tako every,
thing. Those who have not money help themselves
in the heap. All the knapsacks are open, and the
modes, fortune of the soldier thrown to the four
winds! How many letters were scattered over the
ground!
A Singular Suit. —The New York Times reports
the particulars of a singular law suit brought by a
young lady to ccmpel her guardian to disclose to her
the names of her parents, and other parti ulars of
her early history. By her story it appears that she
has been brought up by a gentleman of wealth and
respectability, under the impression that she was
entitled to some property; but now, she being
nineteen yeais of age, he has notified her that she
must provide for herself, and refuses to give her
any information as to her parentage, and denies
that she has any property.
A Strange Statement. —The New York Leader,
one of the weekly organs of one of the various
cliques into which the numerous employees of the
New Yotk custom house are divided, complains
lugubriously against the purpose of the Secretary
of the Treasury to reduce the Lumber of thote em
ployees, the salaries of some of them, Ac.; alleging,
among other things, by way of argument against
it, that it is customary there to tax such persons
well nigh half their pay for the Government to raise
the means of paying political expenses I
This is the way the reign of Democracy is per
petuated. After ail, office-holding under a Demo
cratic administration is no great crackß
Mount Vernon.— Toe Alexandria Gazette says :
The Home and Tomb cf Washington will soon pass
into the possession of the Ladies’ Mount Vernon
Association. Various repairs of the premißee have
been commenced, under the superintendence of
Col. Charies g. Prioe, of this plaoe. The carpenter’s
tools, imported from England by Gen. Washington,
during hie life time, have been preserved, and will,
in all probability, be used now in making the con
templated repairs.
Rev. Kingman A. Knott, pastor of the Broome
street Baptist Church, New York, was drowned
while bathing in the Raritan river on the 7th inst.
Munificent Donation.— The daughter of Jo
seph Charless, recently assassinated at St. Lonis,
carrying out the intentions ot her father, has given
$20,000 to endow tho Professorship es Physical
Science in Westminster College, a Presbyterian
Institution, located at Fulton, Missouri.
Sale of the Collins Steamers.— The Pacific
Mail Steamship Company on Friday completed the
purchase ot the Collins steamers, viz .- the Adriatic,
Baltic and Atlantic. It ia the intention of the
Company to run these boats, on the completion of
their oontract with M. O. Roberts, September 30,
1869, to Aspinwaii, via Panama Railroad, in con
nection with their line on the Pacific. It it under
stood that uniform passages of eighteen days will
be made from New York to San Francisco. The
Collins steamers have large freight capacity—say
from eight hundred to one thousand tons, and
facilities long needed by shippers to California
will be supplied by the purchase of these boats for
the Atlantic service, and must add largely to the
business of the Panama Railroad.
A Good Defosit. —ln laying the Corner stone
fora Preebyterisn Church, in Stockton, Cal, on
the 10th June, one of the papers deposited was
“A receipt in fn’l for the Contractor from all the
amounts due on aooount of the building.”
We recemmend the example to building Cipm- J
mitteee. :
The Naturalization Question.
Reference having been made to the course pur
sued by Mr. Fillmore’s Administration in relation
to naturalized American citizens who return to their
native homes, we publish on this subject the opin
ions of Mr. Webster and Mr. Everett, each of
whom was Secretary of State during that Adminis
tration ;
[Extract.]—Mr. Webster to Ignacio Tolen, N. Y.
. Department of State, )
Washington, June 25,1852. S
The inspect paid to any passport granted by this
Department to a naturalized citizen, formerly a
subject of Spain, will depend upon the laws of that
nation in i elation to the allegiaDoe due its authority
by its native bom subjects. If that Government
recognises the right of its eubjects to denationalize
themselves and assimilate witn the citizens of other
countr.es, the usual pa-sport will be a sufficient
safeguard to you: but if allegiance to the Crown of
Spain may not legally bo renounced by its subjects,
you r-auat expect to be liable to the obligations ot a
Spanish subject if you voluntarily place yourself
within the jurisdiction of that Government.
Department of State, )
Washington, June 1,1852.
Sir : I have to acknowledge the reoeipt of your
letter to Mr. Reddall, of tha 27th ultimo, inquiring
whether Mr. Yictorß. Depierre, anative of France,
but a naturalized citizen of the United Stat s, can
expect the protection of this government in that
c. uutry when proceeding thither with a passport
from this Department. In reply I have to inform
yon that if (as is understood to be tha fact) the
Government of Franca does not acknowledge the
right of natives of that oonntry to renounco their
allegiance, it may lawfully claim their services
when found within French jurisdiction.
I am, sir, very respeotlulty, year ob't serv’t,
Daniel Webster.
To J.B. Nomes, Esq., New York.
Mr. Everett, in a letter addressed to our Minister
at Berlin, under date of 14th January, 1853, in refe
rence to several CSB9S which had been presented by
that Minister, wrote as follows :
“If, thon, the Prussian subject, born and living
under this state ct law, chooses to emigrate to a
foreign couutry without obtaining the certificate
which alone can discharge him from the obligation
of military services, ho takes that step at his own
risk. He elects to go abroad under the burden of
a duty wbiuh ho owes to his Govemmeut. H s de
parture is of the nature of an escape from her laws;
and it, at any subsequent period, he is indiscreet
enough to return to his native country, he cannot
oomplain il thoso laws are executed to his disad
vantage. His case resembles that of a soldier or
sailor enlisted by conscription or other compulsory
ptooees in the army or navy. If he should desert
the service of his country and thereby render him
self amenablo to military law, no one would expect
that he oould return to his ua'.ive land and bid de
fiance to its laws because in the meantime he might
have become a naturalized citizen of a -foieign
State.
“For these reasons, and without entering into the
discussion of the question of perpetual allegiance,
the President is ot opinion that, if a subject cf
Prussia, lying under a legal obligation in that coun
try to | erform a certain amount of military duty,
leaves his native laud, aud, without performing that
duty or obtaining the prescribed “certificate of
emigration,” comes to tne United States aud is
naturalized, aud afterwards, for any purposes what
ever, goes back to Prussia, it is not oompetent for
the United States to protect him from the opeiatiou
ot the Prussian law. The case may be one of great
hardship, especially if the omission to procure the
certificate arose lrom iuadvertence or ignorance ;
bnt this fact, though a just ground for sympathy,
does not alter the case as one ot international law.”
Origin ok the Imperial Guard.— The Imperial
Guard originated in the first campaign cf Napo
leon I, after the taking of Milan, when the Freuoh
were in pursuit of the retreating Austrians near the
river Mincio. The circumstances are thus uarrated
by Abbott, iu bis “Lite of Bonaparte
“Though the Austrians were some fifteen thou
sand etrong, aud though they had partially demol
ished the bridge, the march ol Napoleon was re
tarded scarcely an hour. Napoleon was that day
sick, Buffering from a violent headache. Haviug
crossed the river, and concerted all hie plans tor the
pursuit of the flying euemy, he went into an old
eaetle by the river side to try the effsete of a foot
bath. lie had but a email retinue with him, bis
soldiers beiug diepeised in the pursuit of the fugi
tives.
He had just placed his feet in the water, when
he heard the loud clatter of horses’ hoofs, as a
squadron of Austrian dragoons galloped into the
oourt-yard. The sentinel at the door shouted, “To
arms f to arms! the Austrians I” Napoleon sprang
from tho bath, hastily drew on one boot, aud with
tho other iu his fca"d, leaped from the window, es
caped to the garden through the baok gate, mount
ed a horse, and galloped to Masseua’sdiviaiou, who
were ocohing their dinner, at a Hhort dielanoo from
the ca tie. The appearanos of their commander in
chief among them in such a plight, roused the sol
(tiers from their tamp kettles, and they rushed in
pursuit of the Austrians, who, in their turn, re
treated. This personal rißk induced Napoleon to
establish a ‘ ody guaid, to consist of five hundred
veterans, of at least ten years’ service, who were
ever to acoompany him. This was tho origin of
the Imperial Guard, which in tho subsequent ware
of Napoleon obtained such a world wide renown.’’
From Mexico. —A special aispatcb to the Charles
ton Courier says : “It is now stated positively that
Mr. McLsme has failed in the treaty arrangements
aDd negotiations which have been in progress for
some time, and he has abandoned ail hope of a
satisfactory treaty w ith Juarez, or with Miramon
in the present condition of Mexican affairs. It is
believed to be his opinion that nothing can be prc
cured but by force.”
Concerning these negotiations, says the Cornier,
Mr. Forsyth, lately Minister to Mexico, states in the
Mobile Register of Wednesday :
“We have good reason to know that a negotiation
is on foot. The basis of it we understand is pe
cuniary aid from the United States, in consideration
of the cession of Lower California. Juarez Gov
ernment wished to include in the treaty a guarantee
of its permanence and power, but Mr. McLane had
no instructions to authorize this. A postal arrange
ment wiil bo made ; perhaps a reciprocity conven
tion. When the Tenneesee left Vera Cruz, the
Liberal Government had almost made up its mind
to abandon a deep rooted Mexican prejudice and
to aeoept the servioesof a corps of American volun
teers, three or four hundred strong. The Washing
ton writers, who started this report, now take it
back as false. There is nevertheless truth in it;
and the next steamer may briug Lerdo do Tejada
or Gen. Degollado to make tho arrangements.”
The Florence correspondent of the Boston Cour.
ter says : “The French have been delighted with
their reception in Italy, and thiuk it a very jolly
thing to liberate oountries. One of the infantry was
narrat ng lately the welcome that awaited them at
Pisa, which he stated was far more enthusiastic than
even that of Florence. A beautiful young lady
rushed out to meet them, exclaiming ‘Ah l met chers
amis, je suis si conterUe de vous voir /’ ‘Fancy,-
said the officer, and a glow of pleasure epread over
hie face, ‘fancy this beautitul girl calling us her
dear friends.’ It was a pretty sight to see a little
child of two years old, dressed in the trioolor*, dis
tributing cigars to the soldiers in the Casoiue. Suob
unparalleled generosity from such a source seemed
to confound the bronzed Frenchmen. As yet bat
one Zouave haß been seen iu Florence, and is of
course a reiaarkuble curiosity. I have been told
that the Austrian soldiers are laboring under the
delusion that each Z mave carries a cat on hie hack,
which takes refuge in hiß knap sack.as long as pow
der is used, but the moment the cry ‘a la bayoune’
is given, o\t springs the diminutive tiger, flies at
the eyes of the enemy, and deprives him ot tight.
You possibly recollect that a cat was tha insepara
ble companion of one Zouave in the Crimea, and
this instance may have given rise to the on dit.”
Underground Lakes in Michioan. —Soattered
throughout the peninsular State are large numbers
of beautiful, clear lakes, from a tiny pond to those
of miles iu oircumference. Sometimes those lakes
are found under a crust of earth from six to ten feet
in thickness, the Burfaoe bearing the appearance of
marsh or meadow. In building the Central Road,
iu crossing with an embankment for the track, a
place of this kind, near Niles, considerable difficulty
was fonnd in making the road-bed substantial.—
Recently, In constructing a wagon road near Battle
Creek, another one was found. Tho weight of the
material used for the track crushed through the
crust which covered the lake, and entirely disap
peared, so that not a vestige of it can be seen. The
lake ie about thirty rods across.
A gentleman announces in the Buffalo Advertiser
that he will deliver a looture in that city, in the
oourse of which he will exhibit “ a model of his
steam battering ram, by which two men can whip
out any war veeselnow afloat, without firing a gun
or losing a man; and also the model cannon, that
will load, aim, fire and swab itself out.”
Railroad Baths. —We learn that the proprie
tors of the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad have
authorized the ereoticn of a force pump and conve
nient troughs in a buildiug near their depot in De
troit, for the purpose of aocommodating passengers
with gratuitous ablutions, where they may bathe
and cleanse themselves with pure and refreshing
water, after a long ride in the cars. Dressing rooms
ore soon to be added.
A Long Drive with a Pair of Elk —The
Cleveland Leader announces the arrival in that
oity of Mr. George Raymond, ail the way from Salt
Lake City, via Cherry Creek Mines and Kansas,
having oome the entire distance driving a span of
elk before a wagon. Tbe elk in question are only
three years old, an age at which horses are not at
all fit for uee, yet Mr. R. assures us that he aotually
traveled ae far as one hundred miles in a single day.
Mr. R. is on his way to Vermont with Lis novel
team. The elk have now upon their heads horns
three feet in length, which have been only Bix weeks
in growing.
A New Bank, established under tbe general tree
banking law of the State ot Alabama, has gone
into operation at Selma. It is oalled tbe Bank of
Selma, and its bills are secured by the deposit of
$1W),000 of United States and Alabama State bonds
in the Comptroller’s office.
Closing Churches in Hot Weather.— The
New York Ezprett denies the ass irtion that the
majority of the churohes in New York are cioeed
during the summer season. On the contrary, it
appears that bat two or three congregations, of the
ultra fashionable sort, shut up during tbe summer,
and permit the pastors and their flocks to visit the
green pastures and still waters of Saratoga and
Balislon. The great body of the clergy act upoD
the conviction that the hot weather causes no
abatement in the energies of their great spiritual
adversary, who, though he may be no stranger
at the Bprlnga, is too much accustomed to hot
weather to desert the oities althogether in tbe sum
mer months. Knowing that this roaring lion is
going up ind down seeking whom he may devour,
the shepherds aot wisely in watchiDg their folds.
The Washington States gives the following among
the “on dits” of the day “We iearn that it is
positively certain Mr. Otway, tbe British Minister
to Mexico will be recalled, and that Mr. Matthews,
former British Consul at Charleston, will probably
be appointed his successor, and accredited to the
Government of the Liberalise.
The Jews in Russia. —An Imperial ukase, just
published in St. Petersburg, makes some important
ameliorations in the position of the Jews in Russia
The value of the concessions obtained may be
gathered from the fact that they embrace, as w>
are assured, all the principal points for whioh Sir
Moses Montefiore asked, upon his visit to St. Pe
tersburg, some five years ago. They include the
admission of Jews into the high trading guilds, as
well as into the Russian colleges, 2ko.
Health of New Orleans. —There were 131
deaths in New Orleans during the week ending
July 10th, Hone from yellow fever.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
Democratic Nomination. —The Democratic
Convention for nominating a candidate for Con
gress for the Third District, came off in Mecon cn
Tuesday. After a few ba'.lotings, Alexander M.
Speer, Esq,, of that city, received the nomination.
Fat Dividend.— The Hawkinsville Times, of
the 7tb, says that the Ocmulgee and Altamaha
Steam Navigation Company have deolared and
paid a dividend of forty per cent, on their Capital
Stock out of their net earnings during the last boat
ing season, besides reserving a sufficient surplus
for repairs and contingencies.
The oitizens of Bainhr dge, Ga., have raised by
subscription the suui of twenty-five thousand dol
lars, to secure tho location of the Female College
proposed to be established by the Florida Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This
sum was demanded as a conditiou precedent.
Negro KiLled. —Wo leaiu from tha Dispatch
of Monday, that a negro, belonging to Mr. Win.
McCoy, of Morgan county, was run over and in
stantly tolled by the down train on Saturday eve
ning, between Rutledge Station and Madison. 110
was lying asleep or insensible upon the track, and
was not seen in time to prevent the accident.
Tax Returns of Clarke County, Ga. — A sta
tistical statement of the various items of taxation
ct Clarke county, for the present year, hao been
published, which shows a total of taxable property
amounting to sß.soo,ooo—an increase over bat
year of nearly two millions. This, the Athens
Banner thinks, is a good showing for a county in
tho North of Georgia—speaks well for the industry
and enterprise of its inhabitants, and exhibits a
reasonable increase in population.
Crawford Nominated at Cuthbert.—Tha
Columbus Enquirer eays :—Wo learn verbally that
Hon. Martin J. Crawford was unanimous y nomi
nated for re election to Congress by the Democratic
District Convention at Cuthbert; that his whole
course in Congress was approved; that Judge
Iverson was sustained and a hope for bis re election
expressed ; aud that Presidont Buchanan's Ad
ministration was warily ignored! It was doubt
less thought to be as unworthy of notico as Mr.
Crawford's anti-Texas report.
Senator Iverson at Griffin.—The editor of
the Atlanta Intelligencer, (Dein.,) who attended
the Ivereou festival at Griffin, Thursday Inßt, gives
the foliowidg genera! notioe ol the allair :
“A large orowd was assembled on the occasion,
variously estimated from three to five thousand
The Hon -rable Senator made a good speech tn the
estimation of many who heard it. Being cut and
dried, by several monlhe’ preparation, os wo sup
pose, written aud read, mainly, to the audience, it
did not produce that effect which was anticipated
by many. We concede to Senator Iverson sound
ness upon all eou'.lieru questions, but must beg
leave to differ with him upon soma ot the positions
hei assumed ia his speeoh. As we understand it
wi.l be published, wo tor hear any criticism upon
it until we shall have given it a careful perusal.”
The Late Shooting Affair in Terrell Coun
ty.—A correspondent at Da Wdon, Terrell county,
Ga., writing under date of July 7th, Bonds us the
following statement and ooireotisn of an error in
regard to the legal proceedings attending the cose :
“A lew days after tho killing Howard wont be
fore one Justice of the Peace aud made his own
statement, and plead a charge of manslaughter,
whereupon that cuuit (individually) bound him iu
a bond of $2,001), whioh act was non judiss Rnd
void. A tow days after that, the friends ot the de
ceased came dowu and employed oounoel, and had
Mr. Howard arrested and brought before three of
toe Justices of the Inferior Court, which Court
bound Mr. Howard in a bond ot fifty thousand
dollars, and Howard is now in tho cuetody of his
securities, under a liond of $50,000. I suppose tho
$2,000 bond was made up according to the verdict
of coroner’a jury, whioh was manslaughter.”
Fourth Congressional District.—Messrs.
Wright and Gartkell, the opposing candidates
for Congress, have made tho following appointments
to address the people :
McDonough Ist Tuesday in August.
Jonesboro’ Wednesday, August 3d.
Fryetteville Ihuisday, August 4th.
Palmetto Saturday, August. 6:li.
GrautviUe Tuesday, August 9ih.
Luthers vide.... Wednesday, August 10th.
Greeuville Thursday, August 11th,
Carrollton .Tuesday, August Ititli.
Villa Kica Wednesday, August l?tb.
Powder Springs Thursday, August 18th.
Marietta Friday, August 19 it.
Franklin Tuesday, Augusi ‘M'l.
Liberty Hill Wednesday, August 3ist.
West Poiut Thursday, September Ist.
Cuuipbelllon Saturday, September 3d.
Atlanta Tuesday, September 18th.
Newnau 3 liursday. Sept. 15th.
Decatur Monday, Sept. lUih.
Stone Mountain Tuesday, Sept. 20th.
Census of Dougherty County, Ga.—The Al
bany Patriot has been furnished with Iho following
figures, exhibiting the population of tilts county s
Males between 6 and 16 years old 283
Males under 6 “ •• o;ju
Males over 16 “ “ 7fiz
Females between 0 and 15 .. 271
Females under 6 years old 21!)
Females over 15 “ “ 581
Deaf and Dumb 5
a, , . 2361
Total Slave population 54%
Free colored . 5
Tola) 7852
The Patriot lemarhs : “In 1850 the population
of Baker county—which then inoluded the territory
of what is now Baker, Dougherty, Calhoun, Mitch
ell and a part of Miller counties—wbb 8,120. —
Dougherty county ino’.udes a little more than two of
nine land districts of old Baker, and its present
population is 7,852. This shows a large increase.
If the whole territory had increased iu the same
ratio, its present popu’ation would be over 30,000.’*
Accident.— On Tueeday last, we hear, Mr. Ri ü
ben Saturfield was working at a thresher near
Lafayette, when a wheel bursting, one ol (lie frag
ments Btruck him on the jaw, and smashed it so that
his death issoou expected.— Ringgold Express 14 Ih,
Penitentiary Convict Caught —Jesse R.hm
sen, who was sent to the Penitontia'y, some 12
months ago, from this oounty, and escaped from
pi ison some months age, passed through this <tty
eu route to Milledgeville, on Tuesday night last.—
He was arrested in Memphis, Teno.— Atlanta Intel.
The locomotive of the up night passenger train cn
tho W. & A. Railroad, was thrown from tho trark
on the 7lh inst., by the spreading of the same, and
one of the fireman eo badly scalded that he is not
expected to Burvive. Tho engineer, Mr. Thomas
kfopwood, was also seriously scalded, no other per
sons were injured. The locomotive was badly
wrecked, eo also were several of the cars.— Dalton
1' lines, 14 Ih.
Another Old Citizen Gone.— Daniel Grant,
Esq., for ma.iy years a highly esteemed oitizen of
this town, departed tbie life on Saturday last, at tho
residence of his son. Col John T. Grant. A largo
ooncourse attended the funeral on Sabbath ester
noon.
Tho deceased was, we believe, a North Caroli
nian, and about 75 years ot uge. Ha w.-.s not on y
an honest man and a good citizen, bat a pious
Christian Peace to his ashes ‘.—Athens Watchman,
lith inst.
Death by Accident.—We regret to have to
announce the accidental death of Mr. John Polhill,
brother of our friend and townsman, B. M Polhill,
Esq , which oocurred yesterday about eight inilea
from town on the survey of the Macon & Bruns
wick Railroad. Mr. P. was a member of the En
gineermg oorpe.and was killed by the tailing of a
tree which struck him on too head. He was brought
to this city and died lrom his injuries last night at
his brother’s residence, where bis funeral takes
place at four o’clock this afternoon. Ho wo3 a
promising young man, whose untimely death will
be mourned by many relatives and filends.— Macon
Press , 13M inst.
Destructive Conflagration.—Between 12 and
1 o’olv ck Ja9t irght, we were utartled from oar slum
bera by the cry ot fire ringing out upon the still
night air. Hastening on our clothed arid Into the
street, we found the carriage ho|j of Mr. Edward
Tucker, in the lower part of the city, near the “Sas
peen Heuse,’, enveloped in flames. When first dis
covered, the tire had made considerable progress,
aud it was next to impossible to save the building
or any part of its contents, all of which wero de
stroyed, including the blacksmith shop contiguous.
The loss is estimated at between 5 aud $6,000 —no
insurance. The fire was unquestionably the work
of an incendiary, as there had oeen no fir* about the
building: since early in the evening of the previous
day.— Dalton Times , 14 Ik.
New Steamer Launched. —The new steamboat
now being built in this place by the Coosa River
Steamboat Company, wes lauuched on last .Satur
day. She is trim built aud symmetrical, and now
in her incomplete state and without machinery only
draws four inches water. It is estimated that when
completed and in a condition to tun that she will
draw eight inches water. If eho realizes tbe ex
pectation of her builders she will be one of the
lightest draft boats known. She is named the
“Alvarata, ‘ from the name of an Indian maid who
lived on the banks of tbe blue Juniata in Pennsyl
vania, and endeared herself tu the whites by ap
prising them of the wicked plots of her dusky
brethren She ia a stern wheel boat—lss feet Jong
and 23 feet beam with 3 feet hold. —Rome Cour.
Good News from Carroll I—We have heard
some exceedingly good news from Carroll. There
ia great disaffection in the Democratic rar.k? , and
honest, reflecting men of the party are coming over
to Wright’s cause by the acores. If the report is
true it is certainly good news. We cannot qaeaiion
it, as it came from the mouth of a gentleman nursed
and reared in tbe lap of Democracy ; but who has,
for sufficient reasons, discarded his old political
earociatea to engage in the cause of Wright.— La
Grange Reporter .
Shooting Scrape. —On Thursday night last,
Mr.F. M. Rollins, of Gwinnett county, was shot in
the arm, by some person unknown. He, with a
number of others, were encamped near the place
where the public execution was to take place the
next day. A row was raised m whioh his brother
was engaged ; he interfered, with the result above
mentioned. The wound, though severe, ia not
considered dangerous.— Atlanta Intelligencer, j
Unfortunate Difficulty.—On Tuesday last,
a Mr. Wm. Jenkins, and Mr. Pleaaut Chance, had
an altercation in the streets of WSiyneeboro, in
which knives were used and both received sever©
wounds. Jenkins’ wounds caused his death ia at out
four hours. Chance fled and has not yet been ar
rested. The difficulty grew out of an old grudge
of some time standing ; and they wer# both, we
learn, under the influence of liquor.— Waynesboro *
Metes.
Newnan Items.—The following items newa
are from the Newnan Banner 4* Sentinel of the
15th instant:
Incendiaries and thieves are still prowling about
our town. On Thursday night last, someone en
tered the house of Mrs. Sanders, and stole fifty
dollars, alarmed and frightened the inmates, and
made good his retreat. A few nights before, Col
Erskine’s stable was set fire to and burned down,
and the night following, a house on the premises of
Col Ligon, in the same neighborhood, was reduced
to aahea by the torch of the incendiary.
The Newnan Guards, we are informed, are ac
tively engaged in preparations for a camp mister
next week, at tbe Cureton Mineral Springs, below
town, beginning on Mornfay. On Wednesday J.
D. Watson, Esq. will deliver an Address at Camp,
to tbe Company, and the citizens of the ceunty gen
erally. are respectfully invited to be present, as
well as on other days during the week, whenever t
may be convenient for them to attend.
Narrow Escape.— Morgan H Looney, Editor
of the Casket, at Fayetteville, on Friday last, about
halfway between Jeffereon aid Lawrencevifle,
was thrown from hie buggy, falling on bis head’
between tho fore wheel aud the horse. In the fall,
the lines got wrapped somehow around bis body]
and the horse, taking irigbt, ran off, dragging Mr!
L. Borne twenty yards, till the lines broke, which
alone saved hie life. He ig badly bruised, and
-eriously hurt. He oame on to Mrs. Wynn’s, 20
mileß from Atlanta, where be is stopping till he
shall be able to travel, whioh his physician thinks
he ran do in a few days.
When the lines broke, both wheels of tbe buggy
ran over Mr. L.'e head. Mrs. Looney and then
little boy about two years old, were in the bugg
but were neither of them hurt.—Atlanta Intel. ’
An exchange says, the b .at cure for palpitation
or the heart is to leave eff hugging and kissing the
girie. If this is the only remedy that can be mo
d“oed ’ “7.V or ° ne :<st ’ palpitate’’—v
Springfield Repubhcani