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MONROE
female mum.
loss.
***** Ahi* present organization,
4 tUnHAtA* nfi institution ba.-> pujoyed the increaa
iu*’ ,-,a ...... . kijil snpjiort of an intellbgent public. Its
patroi are of that claps whose opinion* on education
- . • t respect, rhls Institution
FIV i: (.JNKiIAL DEPARTMENTS l
J A COLL KG K DEPARTMENT, which embraces
a f-Hir y a coin •• of study, including aii the branches
of -ru mti* ,'try to make Young Ladies thorough
a,id a eompl bcd s’ hoiar*.
li AN ALA LI MIC DKPARTMENT, in which pu
pi: ; art* prop< riy prepared for College, and a good basis
laid for thorough scholarship.
JIP AMi SIC DKPAKTMKNT, with tried teachers,
conifi. tentto give instruction on the Piano Forte, Gui
lar. Ham, Harmonium, Violin, Flute, Sir. Advanced
pupils are taught to compose Music, if desired. Prof.
FISHER is an admirable composer
JV \N ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT, in which
p are engbt Painting in Oil and Water Oofton, Ore
, tan Puiiiting Oriental Painting Penciling, Monochro*
ic i rawing, Wax Fru t and Flowers, Crape Work,
Lmbr-oi.-iy. Paper F ower*. Rosin Fruit, Srr
V. A DOM KKTHJ DEPARTMENT, in which pupils
*r •j-h’ the • in. i-ii’ary and Practical Principles oi Do*
I needay, Thttra*
i iu .,j ; aturday will be devoted to this Department.
IY time thus employed will not in the least interfere
wiiki the Literary Department.
This i> the only College in Georgia giving attention to
shiv u,<mt i-Hsential part of Female Education.
The Hoard of lu-truc ion arc thorough scholars and
icpenenced teachers, three of whom graduat and with
honor at Mercer University
A BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION
this is where the daughters of Ministers of the Gospel of
moderate mean . are educated WITHOUT CHARGE
FOR TUITION, moreover, worthy indigent orphans
ami daughters of needy Ministers will be boarded from
•j. r , to f>o per cent less than the usual raea.
Pup Is are here taught Economy. Extravagance is
not allowed. Jewelry is not w r rn, A pupil's oreasing
or a year, need not cost more than from S3O to SSO.
BOAIID OF TRUSTEE*.
I lev. ADI EL BHKRWOOD, D 1) , Griffin, Prest.
Hev SYLVANUB LANDRUM, Macon,
fit. V. ELIJAH J PANNAL, Louisville.
Itev. WM. C WILKES. Forsyth
Hon.
Hon. JOHN T OROWDBR. Monroe county.
CoI.JAK S FINCKARD Forsyth.
EDEN TAYLOR, Esq., Coleparchee.
DUI.AIN F I*oivDElt, Esq . Forsyth.
JOSEPH J CARSON, Esq , Macon county.
OANIKii HANFORD, Esq., Forsyth, Secretary.
Col JOHN T. HTEPHENB, Forsyth.
GEO. A. CABANIBB, Esq., Treasurer.
FACULTY.
Rev WM. C. WILKES, A M , President.
|*ruf R T ASBURY, A M.
rtc. GEO T WILIUJRN, A M.
Prof. WM. FISHER. A M.
Mrs MARY A. WILKES.
Mrs KATE ASBURY.
M * MARY A LAND
Mis JULIA A STANFORD.
Miss ROX IE A CHAPPELL.
Miss CARRIE B. LAND
Tuition from sl6 to SSO per year , Music, SSO; Board
$ id nor month, eac.lu ive of lights and washing.
The Spring Term will begin on the 17th JANUARY.
F *r further information,address any member of the
Faculty, or Trustees
WILLIAM C. WILKES, Pres’t.
RICHARDT. ASBURY, Bec’y.
Forsyth, Ga., Jan Ist, 1859. jans
IMUM.rs IIVK HOI SK,
NO, -.'ll OREBNK STREET. AUGUSTA, GA.
Established in 1852
OoniA nil you kind people of the old State,
Aud listen a moment to what I reiate ;
Have you heard of DOIMIKB DYE HOUSE, the
pla e of ronowu.
Who the La>hes all say he can dye hair brown i
It i at this place where they are always dye log but
are not yet and ad.
From the light.-. ! pink to the choiry red ;
And a so from the lightest hoe,
To t’i dark, deep Prussian Blue;
Tu Purple and the Lilac too,
Is nought with'U i is hand to do;
And I the colors you would wi hto find—
Tho Orange, on e made lamoaaby Jenny Lind;
tjonts, .11 g m your Coat sand Fauta, he will Dye them
lt.uk as nut,
\u . elean •• them lean a Linen, aud warrant them not
Wl.l r: NO INK is manufactured at this Establ ah
ittutr. aud Ink hr marking Bales or Bags, sold at
Wholesale au 1 Retail.
ly Q R. DODGE. Prepr etor.
one book below the
ntdlAUl'S’ BANK.
IN my stock of Goods, b night of the Executor of the
late Mr It E. Chew, there are a great many articles
whuh a-e out of the iine of business which l carry on,
and which Id not intend to keep in future. Among the
articles are the following:
I.AKOK KMLROAD, DEEP WELL AND Y OKCL
PI mi*s CORN MILLS. STRAW CUTTERS,
MANURE. FORKS, CARPENTERS'TOOLS,
CROSBCU 1\ RAWS BRADS. C. 8.
BRICK and PLAS I EKING TROW
ELS, DRAWING KNIVES,
FILES. RASPS, Ac*.
To all persona wi hingtobuyauy of the above men
tinned article. l will sell them cheaper than ANY
O THER HOUSE in Augusta, and for less than was
pald for them in New York.
I have now iu store a very fine and full stock 01
Housekeeping Hardware. Tin Ware ; Cook, Parlor and
Box St yes ; < - • naudHj Irani Pumps, with Block
Tin. Lead and Galvanize* Iron Pipes and a general as
ortment of every article In the H> use Furnishing line,
and shall be r gularly r. wiving additions to it.
My triends and the public are respectfully invited to
give e a call, aud alia y themselves that lam selling
them at very moderate pr tits.
vu'Awtf E. J. BUCKMASTER
•urn COMBM
r|i II K undersigned professes to cure Dropsy of every
1 description. He can be seen personally five miles
oath of Union Point, or addressed by let er to l nioo
Point, Greene county. Ga. The medicine can be sent
auvwt ere by rai road, w.th direct ousfor giving it; or 1
wid attend personally, if requested, and paul for my
rouble I will buv neg oesafiin ted w-.tb Dropsy, er
ure them, as the owner may preier Herat me Ten
Dollars sad I w ill send medicine enough for one month.
MILES G. BROOME.
This a to certify that my father had a negro nian at
dieted with Dropay in 1853; he bail been treated by
several physicians without any cure, when he applied
to M G. hr. me for his remedy, which cured him. He
U still living aud in good health.
H. Champion,
Greeucsbotv , Ga, Jan. ‘Jlst,
This t i certify that 1 had a negro woman badly at
ti ,; and w .:h Drr'.ssy t\ r a considerable time. She was
attended by several physicians; they faded to make .
cure l heard of GJ. Broome, and put her under his
treatment, and iu less than a year she was thoroughly
cured ot Dropsy. James Davant.
Poufield, Ga. mhfi wtf
Ull KUOkKir LAND]
Great Bargain!!
ri'llE übscriber offers his PLAN TATION for sale
1 ivittg in YY tutne.u county, Uo , containing 1.340
screiot rich valiey Laud Lit. with in fire or U tniles
oi I'A.I ■ there are 350 acres in cultivation and 3SO
acraa cleared. l.'ie 1-an.i is fri-ati. and not to bo sue
plx-dauvoltre Plenty of excellent water—Spring
bra oh running through it. good We i. The Western
a Atlantic Rx .r ad passe., through , and a better t m
boxed or more healthy location cannot easily bo found.
The bui.d.ags are new and substantial. Dwelling
Houseß’ .ck, likewise the Dairy ; B-rn. Thresher, and
all other necessary outbuildings, as Negro Housea, die.
This • oertapi, the cheapest place in Upper Georgia.
PriceA. V SUTHKKLAND.
atydi-wtf Dalton. Geo.
500 DOLLARS REWARD!
, .v,e a u prehension of n.y Boy WASHINGTON,
f „. B rujaway about the 25th of March last. Said
Bos i. about 4i> year* of age, and a mulatto ; is quite
gra . ‘ended- the small huger and the one next to it,
has been cut *otf—thought to be of the left hand } is a
ihoemaker bv trade, and is very slow of speech when
spoteu to it i. thought that he has a free pass, and is
trying i. like h sway to the free States. The above
reward w ,i be given lor the apprehension, with proof to
convict xuy * hue person of having furnished him with
free papers. ot , reasonable c. mpeoation will be paid for
his deuverv .o the subscriber, or l.vdged in any jail so
tbat 1 get him ISAAC RAMSBY.
Columbia County. Ga., April 13, 1559. apl6
BANKS ! BANKS! LANDS LANDS!!
AI.AU UK quantity of the beat 1 anting and Farm
ing LANDS iu southern Georgia tad eiaewhere, in
Tracts of -dot) to 2,000 acrea to suit | . rchasers. Also,
ten to fifteen leagues of select Texas Lx nds. with clear
t.liea. is now ofier.nga: very low rates at the the Georgia
Land Office, in Augusta.
Bids of the Augusta. Savannah, Athens, and the
Charleston aud Hamburg suspended Banks, will be ta
ken m payment at par va ue. Negroes wtiibe taken al
ao and the highest cash prices allowed.
Person- desirous of forming settlements, or making
safe investments, will find it to their interest to call at
onr Office. Warren Range, Angusta, Ga
0 JAMES M DAVISON,
Land Agent and Real Estate Broker.
octl7-dlwAwtf
I-, VF Kl BODY Who Ilk.** good Hufee*, good Cattle
U ir enoi Sheep, xhoaid take the AMERICAN
htoOK JOURNAL, published monthly at 140 Folton
Street, New -York,.at 1 per ,r. Specimen copi
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£
From the Memphis Avalanche , Monday , Avgust
Hth.
Deatru rtKe Conflagration—Lon 812 J 000.
It seems that the ruins of one d:*aetrooe tire
scarcely become cool before our city is visited with
another equally destructive. The conflagration of
yesterday, we believe, mek*-s the fourth since Jan
uary last, in which large amounts of property and
several lives have been lost
About noon of yesterday, while many of our
citizens were in attendance upon the services held
at the different church#?* the alarm of fire was
given from the large plating noil &nd extensive
lumber yard of Moore, Halstead 6c Cos , on Second,
between Union and Gayoso streets, and before an
engine could reach the scene, the burning had made
such fearful and rapid progress, that the entire
building, a large two s*ory-and a*half frame, to
gether with a similar adjoining tenement, immedi
ately on the corner of Gayosi, was under control of
the flames. The heat became bo intense in a short
time, that even our brave firemen—and none are
more so than ours—were forced to move their en
gines farther from the crumbling ruins. The wind
blowing in a northerly direction, and pretty stiff a
the commencement, the fire communicated itself to
three small frame shope, and progressed toward
Union street, bat was arrested in tha* course by the
timely pulling down of the wagon black-smithing
establishment of Mr. A. M. Warner, next to the
corner tenement of Union and Second
In the meantime, the flames had taken bold upon
several of the lumber piles in the rear of the mil!
and aii efforts to stay it seemed unavailable. As
stack alter stack of the dry ar.d seasoned plank
blazed up, the row of small frames on the ecutb
side of Gayoso street from Second to Third jtreet,
was in such danger as to require the efforts of the
firemen to prevent them from al! being fired at
once. Despite ail exertions, the house occupied as
a residence by Mr George Harver. the second
from the corner of Gayoso and Second streets, be
came so rapid<y enveloped, that the aid of the
Hook and Ladcer had to be called in for the pur
pose of!-;veiling it—which was accomplished in a
few minutes During the demolition o! tus build
mg. one of the firemen, whose name we did not
learn, was flightJy injured by some of the falling
timbers. The oouree of the fire was then forced,
by a change of the wind, easterly toward the bayou,
over the main portion of the lumber yard, and to
ward the rear of the residences of Messrs. Ma'loy,
Fackler. and Williams, fronting on Union. ADd it
was only through the efforts of several of the en
gine companies, unabated for some five hours, that
the magnificent residences ot the ab ive mentioned
gentlemen were protected from the destruction
which everything in its vicinity At the
eame time, the fir from the lumber on the side of
the yard, fronting Gayoso street, had reached the
long frame building, running along Gayoeo to the
bayou, and formerly occupied by Wm. Hill as a
cotton pickery. A part of this, the northern wing,
was saved by tearing down the gallery which ran
between it and the burning portion.
For a few moments, it wa thought that the con
flagration would be checked without further de
struction, but another sudden change in the wind
swept the flames across Gayoeo street to anotbej
small lumber yard, belonging to Moore, Halstead
6c Cos., tilled entirely with dry, white pice plank,
and its fire, in a short time although battled against
as bravely as ever firemen did, rag#-d as fiercely as
the one on the opposite side of the street. From
th s newly ignited lumber, three very neat frame
cottages, occupied and owned by free negro
washerwomen, were fired aDd consumed in the
space of twenty minutes—also a blacksmith shop,
with its contents. These buildings ran along Ga>o
so toward the bayou. Several dwellings south of
Gavoso toward Heal, were only protected from the
conflagration by the most vigorous efforts. The
dwelling ot Mr N. T. Pendleton was preserved,
though in a damaged condition, principally by the
members of Company No. 3, who were surrounded
by flames and smoke for at lest five hours, but,
like heroes, they never deserted their post for an
instant. The fire was here finally overcome, after
about six hours of the hardest kind of fighting.
The planing mill of Moore, Halstead Ac Cos., was
one of tne largest in the South, and gave employ
ment to some thirty operatives who, by this and saster,
are thrown out of work. The loss, by thedes’ruc
tion of the mill buildings, together with its machin
ery, dressed lumber, etc , will amount to at .'east
$25,000, i.,elusive of the workmen’s tools, which is
their individual loss. The uudreeeed lumber of the
two yards will reach from $45,000 to $50,000. We
are pained to learn that Meser*. Moore, Halstead
V Cos , were not covered by one cent of insurance.
Everything they possessed was swept by one blow.
The large building adjoining was owned by Mr.
Mahan, who occupied a portion of it as a family
residence. Another part of it was used by Mr.
Louis Lagoixiamuo as a grocery. Hi< loss, un
covered by insurance, is estimated at SI,OOO. The
three work shops north of Moore, Halstead, &. Cos.,
were occupied by .Smith & Lane, carpenters, and
Mr. A M. Warner, blacksmith. Their looses were
inconsiderable, as they saved most of the contents
of the buildings The second story of the larger
trams, belonging to Mr. Maian, has been occupied
by one of the city schools, but there is an insurance
ot SBOO upon the fixtures and furniture, which fully
covers the entire loss. None ot the buildings de
stroyed, so far as we could learn, had any insurance
on them. The cottages of the washerwomen were
valued at about SI,OOO. The property of many
others, whose houses were not burned, received
eerioua injuries from the tearing down of fenoea,
out houses, exhausting cisterns, and the damage to
furniture in its hasty removal.
Some eight or ten of our gallant firemen were
overcome by exertion, excessive beat and sun
stroke, and received some accidental injuries. We
are pleased to learn, however, there was no loss of
life. Mr. A. J. Burr, Company No. 3, was run
over by a hoae carriage, and somewhat severely
hurt. Arthurs. Harrington, and Mr. Johnson, of
same company, and Mr. John Kay, of Company
No. 5, were stricken down by the beat and sun, but
will recover There were several others, of diffe
rent companies, who suffered similar misfortune,
but we did not learn tbeir names.
The tire originated in the basement of Moore Sc
Halsteads Planing Mill, which was filled with
shavings. No douot exists that it was done by an
incendiary, for there had been no fire about the
establishment for several days.
What’s in a Dream f— The Weetern Christian
Advocate publishes the tollowiug remarkable narra
tive. The high character of that journal requires
that we receive the aocount as true, or at least
that it has been told to the editors as true. Having
ourselves “uo faith in dreams’’ we can only remark
that the Mr. B in question was unusually favored,
but we should scarcely advise auy cue, bachelor or
widower, to delay his happiness until thus marvel
lously guided to the goal in “dreams and visions of
the night.’’
A Sinoular Dream.—Mr. B. had been twice mar
riec!, but was left a second time a widower with
six daughters and one son. After these bereave
meets, Mr. C. inferred the L:>rd did not design him
to erjoy the blessing of a wife, and he resoived to
saenhee all personal couveuiences and enjoyments
of the conjugal relation, and never at empt to
select another partner in life. This resolution he
sacredly kept tor ueariy three years, when the
arguments and counsel of the miuister of the oircuil
il ‘he state of Delaware, prevailed on him to
chAn te his mind. The consideration of his numer
ous Vunhy of daughters requiring so much a moth
er's care and instruction, was cue of the strong
reasons that had induced him to admit that his
resolution might be founded in error. The minister,
encouraged by the good impression he had made,
and tbe influence he had gained over Mr. B . took
the liberty to name to him a lady residing in a
certain ueighborhoed of his circuit, whom be
thought would make him an excellent wife aud a
good mother for his children, and appointed the time
aud place for Mr. B to meet himand be introduced
to her Some occurrence took place whioh pre
vented Mr. B. from meeting the minister according
to appointment.
The minister, intent upon his plan, procured Mr.
B s consent to meet him a second time, aud the ap
pointment was made ; but en unexpected Provi
dence again prevented Mr B. from being there at
the time. They then made a third arrangement,
and Mr. A. determed, if life aDd health permitted,
he would certainly meet his friend, aDd be made
acquainted with the lady recommended. Before
the time airivrd, however, Mr. B. was admonished
in a dream th .t the womau so favorably spokeu of
by the minister was not the one he ought to marry,
and he was conducted iu a vision to the residence
of the young lady who would be a suitable help
mate, aud that Providence designed for him. The
distance was sixty miles, aud he had only travelled
twenty miles in that directi: n Yet the map of the
whole road was laid before his mmd, and the way
he should go so distinctly marked in his dream, that
he seemed perfectly familiar with all the road. He
dreamed the distance, the name of the young wo
man, and the name of her step father, Col. Vickers,
the appearauce of the house in which he lived, how
it was painted; that it was situated near a river,
with a warehouse near at baud. He dreamed also,
that there were five young ladies belonging to the
same family, and had the one selected ior him eo
accurately described in his dream, that he could
easily distinguish her from the other four.
In the morrnug he awoke and thought nothing of
hie vision, except as au ordinary aud rather re
markable dream. The next night he had precisely
the same vision repeated, and the eame things pre
sented to his mind in a still more vivid manner.
Mr. B. then began to think that there might be
some indication of Providence in his dream . and
ail that day hs made it tbe subject ot sincere pray- r,
that God should direct him in the way he should
go in a matter so grave, and involving so much in
terest to himseif and his motherless children. That
night he had the vision repeated the third time, and
he cetermined then to follow the direction furnish
ed him, and fully test the circumstances of the
dream by a practical examination, aud see if the
reeulte would be developed as he dreamed the m
H e immediately sent a note to the preacher, inform
ing him that he had changed his otind, and must
decline meeting him at the time appointed Mr.
B started m tbe direction indicated by his vision,
and alter passing the twenty imies he was acquaint
ed with, hie dream was his only guide. He, how
ever, had no difficulty . for the map of the road
was so vividly impressed upon his mind, that he was
able to distinguish his road from others. The gen
tleman whoee name was given to him in his dream
he had never seen or heard of. He knew the farm
as soon as be saw it The house and everything
about it appeared precisely as they had been pre
sented in his vision.
lie alighted from his borse and entered the beau
tiful house The personal appearance of the young
lady was so vividly impressed on his mind by the
vision thrice repeated, that he readily reoeguized
her in company of the four others, whom he iound
in the same family. He soob ascertained the name
of the young woman, and found it to be Sarah TANARUS„
according to his dream. This young lady had de
termined. and had often said, she never would mar
ry a widower. Miss T. said tbe veiy moment she
first saw Mr. B. she felt a strange tremor pass over
her whole system. She had a vivid impression that
he was a widower, and that he had come to eee her.
She afterward confessed that a sudden emotion of
affection for him arose in her heart as soon as she
came into his preeenoe.
Mr. B. obtained the pleasure ot an interview with
her that evening, and was succeesful in securing her
consent to visit her again, and aodreee her on the
subject of marriage. He, however, did not tell her
his dieam till she Lad engaged to become his wife
Alter a courtship of a few months thev were happily
married, and lived together for more than fifty > ears
Mr. B. died the 25th of March. Ifi42, and Mis. B
lived till 7th of April. 1547. For sixty years, per
haps. they were both distinguished and useful mem
bere of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Betsey Baker's Bov mt —The collection in the
rooms of the Rhode Is and Society for the En
couragement of Domestic Industry has received an
interesting addition—a boegtet braided by Mrs
Betsey Baker, in exact imitation braid, shape# and
trimming, of the the first straw bonnet ever braided
in this country. Sixtv-one vsars ago, when this
venerable lady was a blooming maiden, she deter
mined to have a straw bonnet 1 not knowing any
other way to get it than to braid it herself. Miss
Betsey Metcaif, that was her maiden name, saw an
imp rted Dunstable straw bonnet in Col. Whipple's
store, and bring a true Yankee girl, she set heteelf
to work to imitate it The interesting memoir
upon straw braiding, contributed by Judge staples
to the last volume <jf the Transactions of the Do
mestic Society, shows how she s eceeded With
no instruction, without the opportunity of unbraid
icg a specimen of the work to see bow it was done,
she persevered till she made a bonnet that was the
envy of the other girl*, Thence sprung a business
which to-day employs 10,000 people and turns out
6,000,00 b bonnets and hat* annually, in the single
State of Massachusetts.— /Vpvtttrnos Journal.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
BY THE SOVAeCQTIA*.
Farther Point. August 7. —The steamship
Nova Scotian, from Liverpool, at 8 o’clock on the
morning of *J7th ult. has passed this f oint on her
way to Quebec.
The Peace Conference—Nothing of moment
i'as transpired in regaid to the Conference at
Zurich, nor is it known whether Sardinia would
lake part.
A dispatch of the 25th from Berne, however, says
that the Representatives of the three Powers were
expected to meet at the end of July.
It was vaguely rumored in Palis on the 25th that
Napoleon would visit London.
The Daily News believes that although the
scheme of an Italian Confederation may not have
beeD formal y struck off the programme, it is not
now insisted or by its author, and that little more
will be heard of it
The French fleet had sailed from “Lzzoria,” and
it was reported, that a portion of the French army
had began to leave Italy.
Count Persigny had arrived in Paris from Lon
don. It is said fie took with him an assurance,
that England would give her adhesion to the Con
gress on condition of a general and immediate dis
armament.
I he Paris correspondent of the Times is informed
that the English G jvsrnment had offered to send a
representative to tfce Congress, provided France
disarmed ; tha r the French Emperor agreed to do
so, on condition that England did the same ; that
England consented on condition of a general disar
mament by land and sea , that France will begin
the movement, and that the English Government is
well satisfied with the conduct of the French
Emperor.
The Independacce Beige gives a report that the
proposition for a disarmament proceeded in the first
instance from Napoleon.
It is assertec that a Military Convention between
France and Austria, relative to Italy, has been con
cluded, and that Lombardy is to take a fair share of
the National Debt.
The Par,s Mooitenr of the 26th contains the fol
lowing : “If is endeavored in England to attribute
to France the causes of the English National bur
dens, but the English people are deceived merely
in order to further the National defences; the exag
geration of our armaments is to jastify a considera
ble increase of the budget for the army < nd navy.
A comparison of the budgets of England and
France will show that these considerations have
been enormous. Since 1815 the army expenses of
Eogland have increased by two hundred million
trance, making for 1860, a total of more than six
hundred and fifty million francs, while the French
army budget for 186 * wili not exceed four hundred
and sixty-three millions. One, therefore, asks
whether it is to France and her extraordinary
armament that the heavy burdens which weigh on
the English people are to be attributed, or whether
those enormous exyenses and taxel which are the
consequences of those burdens must not be attrib
uted to other reasons.’’
The Paris Patrie, referring to the above article
from the Mouiteur, says that France has done
everything to free England from the night*mare of
invasion iu order to restore her to her calmness and
repose. If unsuccessful, England can only blame
herself tor the tears which agitate her, and which,
if prolonged, would be an affront to the sincerity,
frieudly feelings and actions of France.
The Post’s Paris correspondent says there is the
same disposition as ever iu official quarters to as
sure England that the Emperor and his advisers
consider the Anglo alliance now, as ever, necessary
for the tranquility and prosperity of Europe.
The Paris correspondent of the Times says it was
reported that Count had drawn eut a
plan for the confederation of Italy and submitted it
confidentially to the Cabinet. It consists of seven
States and the Presidency ia given nominally to the
Pope, but really to the Kings of Sardinia and Na
ples alternately. The strong places to be garrisoned
by Federal troops are Gaeta, Mantua, and Piacen
za. The votes in the Federal Diet are to be dis
tributed as follows : Parma and Modena one each ;
the Pope two, Tuscany two, Sardinia and Naples
each three.
Great Britain.—ln the House of Lords on the
25th, Lord Lyndhurst, after defending himseif from
the charges made against him by Mr. Bright on ac
count of the warning voice he had raised, asked if
the Admiralty was aware that the French were
arming their fleet with rifled cannon ?
The Duke of Somerset said he believed rifled
canuon are being prepared for the French flset, and
that although England had an improved cannon in
course of manufacture, it would not be ready for
some time to come.
In the House of Cos nmons, Mr. Adderly advoca
ted improved defences for the Colonies by means
of increased forces.
Sidney Herbert said the Government had order
ed an enquiry on the subject.
Sir De Lacy Evans moved a resolution that in
viow of the relations between the great military
powers ot the Continent, a commission be appoint
ed to enquire into the national defences of England,
and report what improvements may be made
therein.
Sidney Herbert said the Government would
assent to the substance of the resolution, but not
to the motion itself. The Government were about
to appoint a committee, the names of which would
be a guarantee of the earnestness of its endeavors
to place the great ar ,enals of the country in a state
to resist all attacks.
It would be too extensive an enquiry for a com
mission to consider what force was necessary for
the defence of the country. They would only en
quire what permanent fortifications were requisite
tor the defence of the Dockyards aud Arsenals.
Sir De Lacy Evans’ resolution was negatived.
The proceedings of both Houses on the 26th
were unimportant.
A fire at Liverpool ou the 26th destroyed the ex
tensive North Shore flour and rice mills, four lives
were lost and many persons injured, loss £50,000
to £60,000, including a large quantity of grain.
A lire occurred on the same day in the brandy
vaults of the London Docks ; the damage was very
considerable, and several lives were reported to
have been lost.
A deputation from the British and Foreign anti-
Slavery Society, headed by Lord Brougham, bad
an interview with the Duke of Newcastle in regard
to Coolie emigration to the West Indies. They
urged tne appointment of a Committee of Enquiry,
but the Duke said that the time would not permit
this session, but an ofiici&l enquiry should be insti
tuted in the Colonies.
At a public meeting at Galway a letter was read
from the Treasury Department, saying the Govern
ment could not comply with the demand to make
Galway a Harbor of Refuge.
France.—lt is said that the Emperor will make
his public entry into Paris, on Sunday, August 14th,
at the head of part of the army of Italy. The troops
will halt on the following day for the usual Fete
No poltou.
After the 17th the Emperor proceeds with the
Empress to the Pyrenees.
Tne Duke of Malakoff had been appointed Grand
Chancellor of the Legion ot Honor.
The Emperor had granted a pension of three thou
sand francs from his private purse to the mothei of
Gen. Auger killed in Italy.
It was reported that 200,000 men are to be dis
charged from tho army on rerewable furlough, the
advantage being that the government will have them
still on hand, while their ooat can be diverted to
other purposes.
The Paris Flour and Wheat market was firm
owiug to reports that the Wheat crop will be less
than has been anticipated. The provincial corn
markets close firm, and advancing.
Accounts frem the wine regions are unfavorable ;
t*ie grapes had been injured by the excessive heat,
ard prices tended upward. Brandies were quiet.
The Moniteur de la Flotte, government organ, says
that Deumark has ceded the island of St. Thomas to
the United States.
Count Pourta es, the Prussian ambassador, had
arrived in Paris.
Tue B mreehad been animated and higher; but
on the 26th, the article in the Moniteur on arma
ments caused a reaction, and prices declined one
fourth ; the Rentes closed flat, at 67f, 90c.
Sardinia. —Le Nord says one of the first aota of
the new ministry will be to put an end to the pre
sent dictatorship ; to convoke the chambers and
present an electoral bill applicable to Lombardy;
a dissolution will afterwards take place. In order
to effect in the new chamber the complete fusion of
Piedmont and Lombardy, the KiDg will preside
and the Parliament will sit altercate years at Turin
and Milan.
Turin journals say that the Sardinian army, rein
forced by recruitments in Lombardy, is to be raised
to 100,ti00 men.
Italy.—ln regard to Garibaldi’s position, it is
said that he wj* on the 15th summoned to Brescia
by General Della Marmora, with whom he had a
long confidential interview ; that he had a force of
12,000 men, which continued to increase, aDd that
he expressed confidence in the King of Sardinia’s
not forsaking the national cause.
A letter from Milan say* that Garibaldi was con
templating a move from the Alps to the Appenines
—from Northern to Central Paly. Then there will
be a gathering of about 50,000 volunteers in the
Romagna, and Garibaldi’s corps joined to that of
Mezzoeapo will form an army capable of securing
the independence ot Central Italy at least against
any Roman or Neapolitan force.
It was rumored that the Duk9 of Moden* pro
posed to arm 4000 Austrian troops, to enable him
to enter his States ; also that a division of the
French army wili enter Parma and Tuscany, and
another corps the Rjman Legation, for the pur
pose simply of pieserving order and allowing a free
expression of public opinion.
The municipality of Florence had formally ex
pressed a desire for annexation to an Italian King
dom under Victor Emanuel, or Tuscany should be
governed by a Prince of the House of Savoy, in
case annexation should be impossible. The Tuscan
Government had sent Prof. Mallencel on a special
mission to Turin and Paris
Rome.—The Pontifical Government had issued a
circular to its Representatives abroad complaining
that the refusal of the dictatorship of the Roman
Legations by the Kirg of Sardinia was completely
illusory . the nomination of the Marquis dAzeglis
is complained of as a flagrant violation of its neu
trality . o;her acts of usurpation against the legiti
mate authority of the Pope are quoted, and the
circular says they provoked in the Holy Father
much indignation at seeing that such enormities
proceeded from the government of a Catholic King,
who had accepted the advice of his august ally to
reluse the Dictatorship offered him. His Holiness
decrees this protest to be communicated to all the
European powers, and trusts they will co-operate in
vindicating his rights, for which purpose he Invokes
their assistance and protection.
Great numbers of addressee were being signed in
the Romagna against the return of the Clerical
Government, and in favor of union with Sardinia.
The country had resolved upon keeping up public
order, and of repulsing every attack of the Swiss
troops in the service of the Pope; also that regular
voting should take place in expressing the wishes
of the oountry.
Letters from Rome assert that the principal of
aa Italian confederation had been accepted by the
Pope. A majority of the cardinals in conference
voted in favor of the Pope accepting the Presi
dency.
The French Ambassador had an extraordinary
audienoe of the Pope of two hours’ duration.
The Latest.
The Daily News city article says the Funds open
ed on Tuesday with increased firmness at a fresh
advance of one-eighth.
The article in tht Moniteur taking exception to
the Military and Naval Expenditure of England
then became known, and a tall of one-quarter
occurred in Coneoli. From this there was no re
covery, and the closing quotations were an eighth
below Monday. In all the other markets a ten
dency to improvement was shown in the morning,
followed by dullness in the afternoon. The demand
tor money oontinuee steady, and the leading dis
count houses are lees inclined to take beet bills
below two and one half per cent. One handred and
ninety five thousand lbs. in gold had been with
drawn from the BaLk since the last returns.
The Times city article says, after various minor
fluctuations. Consols closed at a decline of one
Quarter. The article in the Moniteur exercised a
depressing effect. The continuance of the slight
drain of gold from the Bank which has set in, was
likewise against the market. Money was in good
i supply, and the demand for silver rather slackened.
The report of France being ready to disarm had
a limited influence, the belief being that the army
wu’d not tolerate such a step on an extensive
scale.
A Paris telegram dated Tuesday evening, to the
London Post, saj § .—Sardinia has named as her
Plenipotentiary at Zonch, M. des Ambrois. a very
enlightened man. It is expected that he will visit
Pans before proceeding to his destination Austria,
however, refuses to meet any Sardinian Represen
tative, but will leave it open to Sardinia to accede
to the treaty after it shall have been aoncluded be
tween Austria and Prapce.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 37, 1851).
The same authority says the Grand Duke of Tus
cany has expressed a willingness to abdicate in fa
vor of his son, who promises a Constitution, but the
Tuscans object altogether to the dynasty.
The Herald has the best authority for stating
that the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia will
soon visit England.
The tfliriai accounts of the London Dockyard
fire show that only about 50 casks of brandy were
destroyed. Many persons were prostrated by the
heat, but no lives were loet.
The Times says that another French loan will
be warned before long. The eame journal replies
to the Mooiteur’s article ou the armaments of the
two countries, and says it is in many respects de
ceptive. The Times strongly urges the immediate
arming of the navy with Armstrong guns, and in
creased expedition in the manufacture ot guns by
private contract.
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool Cotton Market —Tae sales of the
Liverpool Cotton market for the three days footed
up 22,000 bales, including 3000 bales for export,
the market closing steady and firm at previous quo
tations In eome cases, however, an advance of
had been obtained. The quotations for New
Orleans Middling was 7 3 16d
State of Trade —The advicee from Manchester
continue favorable. The market was firm and ac
tive for Yarns, which had advanced slightly.
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market.—Messrs.
Richardson, Spence 6c Cos. report favorable weath
er for the growing crops. Flour dull, but holders
demanding an advance on quotations, which were
los<rl2s. Wheat had advanced sold
at 7fc6d&9.6d for red, and for white
Western. Corn was dull at easier but not quotabiy
lower prices, mixed and yellow, white
7s£r7fe9d.
BT THE HAMMONIA.
The steamship Hammonia arrived at New York
on Tuesday last, with European advices to the
26th, not so late as the summary of news by the
Nova Scotian, published yesterday, but furnishing
some details of interest.
Madame Koeeuth had joined her husband in Swit
zerland. He would probably remain there dome
time. We presume that he, as well aa Garibaldi,
is included in the amnesty which formed part of
the treaty of Villafranoa.
The Papal authority had been fully restored at
Ancona.
The shtp Alena, from Calcutta to London, had
been loet, with twenty lives.
The seat of the Italian Confederation is to be at
Rome.
The Austrian General, Baron Hess, bad been
created field marshal.
The Emperor of Austria has addressed an auto
graph to the Archduke Governor of the Tyiol,
thanking him and the Tyrolese for their patriotism
during the war.
A telegraphic cable has been laid from Chios to
Sighajik, and from thence to Smyrna there will
soon be telegraphic communication.
A despatch from Belgrade says that Prince Mi
loech had arrested ana imprisoned six senators,
against the earnest remonstrance of the English
and Austrian consuls.
The Proposed Italian Conference.—The se
cond edition of the Loncnn Times of July 26, con
taiDß the following letter of its Paris correspondent,
giving the outline ol Count Walewski’s project for
the confederation of the Italian States, of which
we have had a telegraph abstract :
Paris, July 25 —The question of the Italian Con
federation which a Congress is to meet, already
occupies the serious attention of the French, and,
doubtless, of the Sardinian Cabinets, notwithsand
ing the well known dislike the King has to aeon
federation in the present conditon of Italy, or even
in the situation created for it by the treaty of Villa
franca. The French Government on this point, aa
well as on eeveral others, by no means agrees with
his Sardinian Majesty. M. Walewski, we are told,
has set his wits to work, and has drawn up the
draught of a plan of a confederation, and submitted
it unofficially or confidentially to the cabinets inter
ested. In it M. Walewski evidently takes for
granted the restoration of the deposed aovereigns
of Modena and Tuscany, and the establishment of
the DucheßS of Parma somewhere. M. Walewski’s
confederation consists of seven States. By the
Villafranca treaty the nominal or honorary presi
dency was given to the Pope ; that high office will
be filled in reality by the Kings of Sardinia and
Naples, each taking turn about. As such a body
cannot exist without the means of defence, a feder
al army will be created for the deteuce of the fed
eral territory—the contingents to be fixed accord
ing to the extent of the States respectively.
The strong places which will be garrisoned by
the federal troops are Gaeta, partly Neapolitan,
partly federal; Mantua, pnrtly Austrian and partly
federal, aud Piacenza, half federal and the remain
ing half Piedmontese. Qm*s custodiet tpson cus
todies ? M. Walewski, nis to be hoped, will dis
close the talisman by which be means to keep such
discordant elements as Parmesans and Swiss, Tus
cans and Neapolitans, the sold ers of the Pope, the
Sardians and Croats, in complete harmony.
The Federal Council it is proposed to organize
thus—Parma and Modena are to have one vote
each; the Pope two; Tuscany two; Austria, for
Veietia, two; and Piedmont and Naples three
each. Whether more concord will prevail in the
Federal Council tbau in the federal garrison, it is diffi
cult to say ; but, supposing tbe same conditions to
subsist, Austria could count on a majority of votes.
M. YValewski claims no monopoly in the fabrica
tion of confederations, for according to all accounts,
Cardinal Antonelli has also studied the question in
his owu way. The Minister id said to enter more
into details than the Cardinal. The latter claims’
not merely tbe honorary, hut tbe real aud bona-fide
Presidency for his Holiness. He has uo objection
to a federal army, not so much to g arr i ßon towns
and strong plaoes, as to defend the territory against
foreign aud domestic enemies. Who the domestic
enemies are may be guessed. Ibis last Beems in
contradiction to the principal of non-intervention
said to form one of the conditions of the treaty of
Villatranoa.
Piedmont would not, perhaps, absolutely reject
the notion of a Confederal ion, but I doubt that she
approves either M. Waleweki’s plan or that of Car
dinal Antonelli. while Austria would probably make
no great objection to either. If Piedmont accept a
Confederation she would not have Austria form ng
part of it; and moreover, she desires that a liberal
Government ehould prevail in the other States as
well as in Piedmont fir the better consolidation of
the independsnee and liberty of the whole Italian
people.
Italt.—The General Dissatisfaction.— The
following letter, taken from the London Times,
indicates wide spread and aotive dissatisfaction in
Italy at the results of the war :
Milan, July 22 —The petty communities of Cen
tral Italy will soon show the world to what extent
right cau avail against might. It would be impos
sible for me or any man iu the world to convey by
mere words an idea, even the faintest, of the ex
citement of the Italian population throughout the
oountry. Even here, at Milan, where the people’s
destinies seems so happily secured, there is lor
persons of both sexes, of all ages and conditions, no
other subject of talk than politics. Milan already
boasts its half dozen penny papers, and about noon
the poet brings it the half dozen Turin penny pa
pers. It is impossible to deny that these people,
iu spite of the deep ignorance of all things to
whicn Austria doomed them for so long a period,
show not a l.ttle acuteness and discrimination in
their discussion of political matters. They are
loud and somewhat violent, free-spoken to an incre
dible degree, but they give evidence of sterling
good sense and of genuine good feeling.
The peaow is made, they say, and some of its
conditions are clearly not to be averted. Venioe
ts'sacrifiocd. and the fata! Quadrangle renders Aus
tria stronger in Italy than she ever was ; but the
restoration of the Sovereigns of Central Italy is a
fact more easily projected than carried into execu
tion, and it is of the greatest importance that every
good Italian should do all in his power to prevent
it. The people of Parma and Modena, of the Le
gations aud Tuscany, are arming, and organising a
diplomat'C no less than a military defence. In the
Duobles municipal assemblies re-attest the vote by
whioh their territories were annexed to Sardinia,
and send deputations to all the European Powers,
intimating that the popular will is not to be disre
garded with impunity. In Tuscany an appeal is
made to the pnblis suffrage. In the Legations a
government is installed, the very first act of which
is a declaration of war against the Papal govern
ment.
Are those states to settle their own matters free
from foreign intervention ? Is the threatened res
toration of their respective Sovereigns to be left to
such foroes as those Sovereigns may dispose of, and
the favor of such partisans as they may have left
behind ? The Duke of Modena leads perhaps 1,500
men into the field. The Pope musters, may be,
3,000, between Swiss and native troops. The Duch
ees of Parma and the Grand Duke of Tuscany
have not one man under their standards. On the
other hand, Mazzooapo, Garibaldi, and other con
doltieri muster little less than 40,000 volunteers,
most of whom are, or soon will be. within the pre
cincts of the threatened provinces.
The Tuscan Division, 10,000 men strong, with a
reserve of several thousand, is travelling home
wards. and will soon take its place on the frontiers.
The whole population, besides, is mastering in the
battalions of the National Guard, which is every
where organized and actively mobilized. Private
oitizens and manioipal bodies cheerfully supply the
means for its vast armament, and, where it needed,
men and money would be freely given by Piedmont,
Lombardy and Liguria. The dethroned Sovereigns
have, indeed, a few partisans; but these never
showed any great spirit or devotion, when their
Princes still wielded the supreme power, when they
dispose of their own and of the Austrian torces
Now they are utterly ciowed and prostrate; they are
only anxious to escape the public gsste. Many of
them aooommodate themselves to new orders of
thiugs, and cry against their rulers all the louder as
their zeal is more likely to be suspeoted.
In the Tuscan army, it istrne, there are elements
of municipalism among the officers, but even those
who wish for an independent Tuscany dare not
openly pronounce for the recall of the Grand Duke
The Hapsburg Lorraine dynasty has discouraged its
staunchest supporters by its strong adherenoe to
Austria on and after April last. The threatened
bombardment of Florence, and his appearance at
the head of a Croatian regiment, have rendered the
young heir of Tuscany as “impossible” as his per
jured father.
How is, then, the restoration of the exiled Sove
reigns to effected T A few words in the Moniteur
and a military promenade of a French corps d'arm* e
through Parma, Modena. Bologna, Florence, and
Leghorn, on its way to France, might bind the
Italians to Btern necessity and save them the sacri
fices of a bootless resistance. Napoleon 111. can
still dictate his will without enforcing it otherwise
than by words. Bnt will he do so T The Italians
begin to flatter themselves that the Emperor can
not so flatly contradict his own words. They fancy
that Europe wilt take into some account the free
and general expression of their wishes ; that entire
nations or important factions of a nation, are not,
like dumb cattle, to be made over to Princes whose
right divine has been so shamefully abused.
On the other hand, it is difficult to guess to what
extent Napoleon 111. has bound himself to Austria
and Rome. If hie immediate object is to wage war
against, or at least to humble Prussia aud the Pro
testant element in Germany, there is no doubt but
all that oppose* the Papal Power and all constituted
authority in Italy must be sacrificed. If Franee
and Austria have cordially joined hands, the anti-
Austrian element in Italy, not excepting even Pied
mont. must submit Piedmont itself may be saved
by compromise ; but all that is called or mis-ca'Jed
“ revolution” must needs be crushed, even if
France and Austria were to share the work between
them, as they did in 1849. Bucb are the thoughts
by which men's minds are distracted in this country.
Secret news reached me to-day that the Pied
montese Government is oa the point of re-calling its
Governors. Commissionaires Extraordinary, and
all civil and military authoritiae trom Central Itaiy.
It is not clearly etated whether these measures ap
ply merely to the Legations and Tusoauy, over
which Sardinia constantly refused to exercise sove
reign jurisdiction, or whether they also oonoern the
duchies of Parma and Molena, which had been for
mally and ** irrevocably'’ annexed to Piedmont,
and where all the administrative and financial sys
tem of the Sardinian Monarchy had been installed.
I am of opinion, however, that Sardinia altogether
withdraws from the contest, and that the Duchies,
no lees than Tuscany and Romagna, are to be aban
doned to their fate—that is, to such destiny as
France, Austria, and their own despair may work
out for them.
The Papal States—The Pori's Protest.—
We have already mentioned that the Pope, chrough
the Cardina Antonelli, had addreesed a protest or
circular to the English and Russian governments on
the position in which he is placed by the late war.—
The following is the full text of the document It
will be seen, howrrer, that it has no reference to the
proposed ooufedaragoa of the Italian states aid the
I Pope's presidency thereof, as tbe telegraphic de-
I spatoh, professing to give its substance, led us to
believe:—
Palace or the Vatican, July 12.—Amid all the
apprehensions and anii'iee coousioned by the pres
ent deplorable war, the Holy See had reaeocto think
that it would be unmolested, a'ter tbe many assur
ances it had received—assurances with which even
the King ot Piedmont had associated himself, f r ou
the advice of the Emperor of the French, his ally,
he refused the dictatorship which was offered him in
the revolted provinces of the Pontifical states. But
it is paiofu! to state things have turned out very
differently, and facts occur every day uuder tbe
eyes of the Holy See and its giverument, which
show more and more how inexcusable is the conduct
of the Sardinian Cabinet toward the Holy See
oonduci which dearly proves that it is intended o
strip the Holy See of a part of its temporal domin
ions.
Since the revolt at Bologna, which his Holmes,
in his allocution of Jur e 30 has already taken occa
sion to deplore, that city has become the rendez
vous of a multitude of Piedmontese tffi :trs. coming
from Tuscany aud Mod-n t for tbe purpose of pre
paring quarters for the Piedmontese troops. From
these foreign states thonsvnds of muskets have beeu
brought, therewith to arm insurgent and volunteers;
cannons, also, have been mported to aggravate tbe
troublee in the revolted provinces, aud to encour
age tbe audacity of the disturbers of order.
Another fact, which renders the refusal of the
and ctatorsbip completely illusory, and adds to a
flagrant violation of neutrality and ac'ive coopera
tion in the maintenance of the states of the Chuich,
Is the nomination of the Marquis a’Azelio as an
extraord nary commission in Romagna to direct the
movement of the legations during the war: this
step, under the precious pretext of preventing the
national movement from leading to any disorder, is
a manifest usurpation of power which affects the
rights of the territorial sovereign of these states.
Events have moved on eo rapidly that tbe Pied
montese troops have already entered the Pontifical
States, occupying Torre Urbano and Castelirarioo,
in which places Piedmontese Bersaglieri and a part
of Nervi’s brigade have arrived. The sole object
of tuis movement is to join the rebels in opposing
an energetic resistance Yo the Pontifical troops,
which have been sent to restore legitimate power
in the rebellious provinces-
Finally, and to complete the usurpation of tbe
legitimate sovereignty of tbe Pope, two officers of
engineers, one of whom is a Piedmontese, have
been sent to Ferrara to mine and destroy that for
tress
Such odious proceedings, in the perpetration of
which a flagrant violation of tbe law of nationals
manifest iu more than one point of view, cannot
bnt fill the soul of the H’ ly Father with bitterness
and provoke in him a lively and just indigna ion,
which is rendered more poiguantstili by the surprise
with whieh he sees sue 1 : enormities proceed from the
Government of a Catholic King who had accepted
U e advice of bis august ally to refuse tbq dictator
ship offered to aim
All the measures taken with the view of prevent
ing or extenuating this series of evils having beeu
iu vain, the Uoiy Father, not forgetful of the duties
incumbent upon him for tbe pro ection of tbe States
and lor tne preservation in its integrity of the tern
poral domain of the Holy See, whioh is essentially
connected with the free and independent exeroisee
of the Supreme Pontifioate, protests against the
violations and usurpations committed in spite of
the acoeptance of neutrality, and desires that his
protest may be communicated to all the European
powers. Confident in the justice whioh distinguish
ed these powers, he feels assured that they will sup
port him; they will not permit the success of a
manifest violation of the law of nations and the
rights of the Holy Father He trusts that they will
not hesitate to co-operate in the vindication of those
rights, and to that end he invokes their assistance
and protection.
The undersigned, Cardinal Secretary of State,
conformably to Pontifical custom, sends the present
note to your Excellency, begging you to transmit it
to the Court to whioh you are accredited, and takes
this opportunity, &c. G. C. Antonelli
Stain. —The semi-official Correspoudencia An
tografa has the following :
“At Gibraltar the English are mounting batteries,
not only, as has been stated, in the forts, but even
in the midst of the streets. The day on which the
sentinel on the Straits Bhall light bis first match this
place will be transformed into a volcano of gun
powder and ball. Our forts of Santa Barbara and
San Feline, destroyed by the English iu the War ot
Independence, under the pretext that the French
troops might take possession of then*, are now only
heaps of ruins, and the broize artillerv with which
they were armed is still in the handtt of the English.
The .English will not allow these fortifications to be
restored, and yet we permit them to encroach every
day, by constiucting barracks on neutral ground,
and by taking the etona destined for their walla in
the quarries of San Roque.’’
Funeral of a Siberian Chief—At a late meet
ing of the London Royal Historical Society, Mr.
Atkinson, whose interesting travels among the
Kirgiz, and other nomudesof Siberia, have recently
been published, delivered to the meeting “A Nar
rative of eome of his Adventures among those lare
ly visited tribes,” giving a graphic picture of their
habits and manners. The following ia an account
of the funeral of a chief named Darina Syryrn, who
died near Norzaiaau, when Mr. Atkinson was on a
visit to the tribe:
“So soon as the chief was dead, musseugers were
sent off to invite the head men residing within a
hundred miles, who all immediately repaired to the
place. The body of the chief was Lid out in his
beat attire, his chair of state was placed at his heao,
his saddle, arms, and clothing were hung around,
and silk curtains were suspended from the roi l’ of
his yourt. His wives and daughters, with the fe
males of the tribe knelt around, chanting the fune
ral cirge, in which the voices of men occasionally
joinod. While this was going on, the funeral feast
was preparing. Ten horses and a hundred sheep
were slaughtered, and the flesh was thrown into
numerous cauldrons, boiliDg over fires kindled in
the ground, which were c.instantly kept stirred by
men ’stripped to the waist. When a sufficient
quantity of food was dressed, the feast began. The
guests sat iu a circle round the meat, tte chiefs
nearest the centre ; those of next degree next them ;
and the women outside.
The feast lasted seven days, during which 2,000
persons partook heartily in the consumption of
mutton and horse flssh. On the eighth day the booy
was conveyed to the tomb on a camel; the camel
a's > carried the chief of state. The two favorite
horses of the chief followed: alter which, went tbe
whole tribe, singiDg the funeral hymn. Ou reach
ing the place of burial, the body was depoei ed iu the
grave, and the horeea were forthwith slain, and
placed beside the body of their master. When the
grave was filled up, all returned to the encampment
to continue the funeral feast, which wa furnished
by 100 horses and 1,000 sheep, slaughtered for the
occasion. The festival continued for several days
after the burial, the chiete and tbe family of tho de
ceased chanting his praises evryday, until all tbe
guests had gradually departed for their homes. Tne
feast was kept up by the tribe fora considerable
time afterwards ; aud the cbaDting was repeated
every day, at sunrise aud suuset, for a whole year.
Mr. Atkinson dwelt on the very impressive nature
of the ceremony—the wailing mKßic of the funeral
ohants—the sorrow, apparent at least, exhibited by
an immense concourse of mourners miDgled with
the almost savage aooompaoiment of the feast: all
this in the midst of a desert which seemed of unlim
ited extent, produced an effect which aD Englishman
finds it difficult to picture to himself.
Terrible Explosion— Two Men Killed. —The
steamer Barnett being engaged In towing a ralt on
yesterday mornin: at about 11 o’clock, when with
in abont four miles of this place, her boiler exploded,
instantly killing a negro named Dave, the property
of Capt. Gomez ; Michael Kirkland, deck hand,
survived only about two hours, having been burnt
inwardly. Capt. Shaw is badly burnt and received
a very severe wound on the left jaw, extending
from the lower part of the temple to the chin—Capt.
James Jarmon is severely scalded and reoeived
injuries on the bead—Andrew Stephens, mate, is
severely scalded and also received injuries on the
head—John Towell (Ist Engineer) very badly
scalded, supposed to be injured inwardly, at and no
hopes entertained of hie recovery. John Irvin (2d
Engineer) severely scalded—Joe, the property of
Mrs. Wm P. De Wees, eonlded badly on the right
side—lsham, cook, belonging to Capt. Shaw, slight
ly scalded.
Capts. Shaw and Jarmon were sitting by the
Pilot House, at the time of the explosion. Capt.
Jarmon landed on tba forward deck ■, but Capt.
Shaw was blown overboard, and had it not been
for the timely assistance of Isham. his negro, would
have drowned. Jose was also blown overboard
but swam to the wheel.
Capt Shaw by this sad disaster, not only is a
great sufferer in injuries, but his pecuniary lobs
must be considerable. The rapid gathering of our
citizens to the wreck, evinces the sympathy of the
community. We are too fresh from the sad scene
to write, and must leave other remarks for a future
paper.
P. S —Since the above was put in type, Mr. John
Towell, (let Engineer) died of injuries received.—
Jacksonville (Fla.) Republican.
Capt. Thos. E. Shaw, who was reported as be
ing severely injured by the explosion of hie steam
er, the Barnet, near Jacksonville on the 4th, we re
gret to learn, from the Republican of that place,
died from the effeots the following morning. The
steamer Wm. Seabrook, the mail boat frern the
South, came up the river yesterday afternoon with
colors at half mast, in respect to his memory. Capt.
Shaw leaves a family residing in Jacksonville, be
sides numerous friends in this city and State, to de
plore his loss — Savannah Republican.
A Physical Fact.— The Pennsylvanian, one of
the great organs of the Democracy, inf jrms ns of
the following remarkable fact:
“It is a physiological fact that men by nature are
Democrats, and it is only when self interest perverts
them that they cease to be so. Hence, those who
are opposed to the Democratic party have loet the
purity of their nature and become more or less unfit
forpositione of trust under the Government.”
The Richmond Whig admits the fact, and replies
that, by nature, men are without law, except the
law that might makes right—the strong—without
property, except such as they acquire and hold by
‘ The good old rule— the simple plan
Ttat they may take who have the power,
And they may hold who can.’’
By nature, men are uncivilized, ignorant, brutal,
thievieh and blood-thirsty. We have an approxima
tion to man's condition, habits, and propensities, by
nature, in the case of some of the lower tribes of
Indians on this continent, and the baser develop
meats of humanity in Africa. It has been the effort
of all government, philosophy, and religion, for eix
thousand years, to get men as far away trom a state
of nature as possible. When the civilizing in
fluences of Art and Science, led on and exalted by
Christianity. shall have succeeded in completely
redeeming man from he depravities of his natural
condition, then, Heaven be praised ! there will be
no more Democracy. — Memphis Bulletin.
The Emperor of. Acstria. —The young Empe
ror of Austria, now about twenty-nine years old, is
said to be, in private 1 fe, an irreproachable man
and bv no means a despot in the exercise of the
despotic power which he possesses. Bur, if all ac
counts are true, the losses and defeats of Austria, in
the late war, are as much attributable to the self
sufficiency of Francis Joeeph and a vain glorious
idea of his miiitaiy abilities, which seems to have
taken entire possession of his brain, as to the supe
rior science and soldiership of his French adversaries
If this be ao, bis reflections upon the sacrifioee of
valliant hearts, which his inordinate self-conceit has
caused, would induce any monarch of ordinary
sensibilities, to abdicate bis throDe and spend the
rest of his days in a monastery. A finer body of
troops, according to ail accounts, than the late
Austrian army, never entered the field, and they
have no reason for the humiliation which it is said
they fee! at the interposition of peace. There are
no braver men in the world than Germans, who
composed a considerable part of the rank and file,
and most of the officers of the Austrian army. They
are noble specimens of well developed manhood,
and, if led by French genius, would be invincible.
It is lamentable eDoogh to think on such an army
being sacraficed by the blundering inuompetency
of their king—Richmond
Vitriol and Fence Posts.—Of the many meth
ods of preserving fence poets from decay, none is
pernape more simple and cheap than the one cf
soaking them in bine vitroL At a recent meeting
of the Farmers’ clnbin Hudson, N V., one of the
members exhibited a pest which, previous to being
placed in the ground, nad been soaked in a solution
of bine vitriol—one pound of vitriol being used to
twenty quarts of water. The poet was pine, and
when taken up was as sound as when fir.t put down,
eight yean since. This solution is good for ail kinds
of timber expoeed to the weather— * pouts, shingle*,
bean pole*, fcc,
From the Dahlonega Signa/.
Letter from Kunen*.
Georgia Gulch , Kansas, July 17th, 1559.
Mef.*rEditors: —As it is likely that any news
relating to the rniniDg operations in this country,
will not be UDinteresting to you or your readers, 1
will endeavor to give you a lew statistics relative
to what is goiog on iu our immediate neighborhood :
The prospect in the veins u; mountain
as they cad them here, is improving. There are
now about 75 sluices iu operation, all washing the
ore taken from the veins, which is paying variously
from f< to SSO per day to the baud. Some few
ot them are prepared ana haul their dirt, bul most
of them put it m sacks and carry it to the branch
or creek. New discoveries are beiDg msds every
day. There is a company of five men working
within 200 yards of this place, ou a vein which they
lately disc ivered, aud yesterday they carried tbe
ore to the branch, washed it in a common box
sluice, and made $125; anti to day they have ta
ken s.< out of a single pan of ore. The gulches aud
ravines are as yet but, very iitrla worked or pros
pected. We commenced operating there last
Saturday with one tom or sluice, and
here is the result of the first five days labor :
Saturday June 12th, 260 dwts.
Monday, “ Ihh, 360 “
T'.esday, ‘ 15 h, 274 “
Wednesday,” 16'h, 140 “
Thursday, “ 17 th ’ 202 “
There are several other companies working on
the same gulch, and are generally making fair
wages John B Graham and company, of Dawson,
aud McClusky of Hall county, are working on the
same gulch, making at present an ounce per day to
the hand. There are eeveral other gulches in this
vicinity that are expected to pay, when worked,
equal y as well as this one.
ignite a number of accidents have la’ely happen
ed—several persons have been shot through awk
wardness or carelessness. William Herbert of
Georgia, shot himseif when at the base of the
mountain near Clear Creek, and died instantly.—
Quite a number have been drowned trying to go
down the Platte iu badly constructed boats or bat
eaux. Five persons were frozen to dearb on the di
vide between t he Platte and Arkansas, during a snow
storm on the 24th of June. A number of persons
who started to cross the plains early this spring, on
foot and without money, (or brains) have died of
starvation.
It is reported here that the bodies of eighteen
men have beeu found in tbe mountains, who were
burned to death by the burning of tbe pine forest
of tbe mountains. The fores's are etill burning and
will in all probability continue to burn for some
time.
I am going to start out to morrow on a prospect
ing tour of eightor ten days, and if aDy thing should
be developed during the time Worthy ofuotiee I
will let you know it. Yours respectfully,
William G. Russell.
Letter from Hon. John P. King.
We have been tarnished with the following letter
from the Hen. John P. King, President of the Geor
gia Railroad & Banking Company, to P. G Garri
eon. Esq., of Carrollton, Ga. Ic was not originally
designed for publication, hut the consent of the
writer has beeu obtained, to give it to the public
It speaks of a subject in which not only the people
of Atlanta, but other portions of our State, are
deeply interested. The high eource from which it
emanates,; makes it a subject of interest to many
of our readers Wo, therefore, feel no hesitancy in
giving it publicity.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
Augusta, July 16. 1859.
Dear Sir .- I have received yours of the 12th inst.
We are very tired of building railroads, but our
people have always taken a warm interest in a road
upou the iine you refer to. I had an active hand
in procuring the charter, and at that time, there
would have been but little difficulty in making up
half tbe stock in this quarter. Unfortunately, how
ever, Atlanta preferred the Air Line Road One
would have considered this road as rather intended
to break Ihe unity of their efforts to get up their
favorite project. I told them then, as I believe
now, that the Western Road sto them worth, ado
zen of the other, aud I rather think they begin to
agree with me. I consider a road, leading West
from Atlanta, in tho direetoin of , Talladega
and Tuscaloosa, until it intersects the nett work ot
Alabama and Mississippi roads, running North east
and South-west, as the best line fur a railroad now
unimproved at the South. And if tho route be
practicable at moderate expense, it would be the
beet paying road, or one of ihe beat paytag roads
in the Union. I cannot, of course, now say what
aid could be obtaiued for the road heie, but I know
that uo other road would appeal so strongly to the
favor of our people, and if you will endeavor to in
terest the city of Atlanta in the road, I have no
doubt we can raise the assistance you require of us.
Yours, vtry respectfully,
John P. King.
Patent Pai'er Collars.—There is quite a de
mand springing up in the large cities for paper
collars, a comparatively new invention, said to cost
le-s than the usual rate charged for washing. It
appears that about four years ago an inventive
genius, supposed to be a etagle man, took out a
patent for shirt collars made cf paper and muslin,
ior the use of travellers aud old bachelors. A
factory was started in New York, but only con
tinued a short time, when a gentleman of Phila
delphia, some two years since, bought the exoiusive
right, and commenced the manut’ac’ure of the
collars in a large building near Falmou-b, and at
the present time, it is said, about fifty hands are
employed in the work, using up, by means of
steam power,, three tonsef paper per month, and
producing 60,1)00 collars, comprising the stand-ups,
chokers, Byrons, D’Orsaye, &c., weekly. The
Philadelphia Ledger says :
These collars are computed ofthe best white pa
per, resembling somewhat the paper used fir book
priuting, and this, cheap muslin. Machinery is
employed to cut the collar, muslin, button holes
&.o , and- then the materials are put together with
sizing by hand. After this they are passed through
acalendai machine, which gives Ihe paper asmooth,
glcssy. appearance, and also brings to the suiface
the impression ot the thread of tbe muslin, thus ren
dering it very difficult to distinguish theeham collar
from tho real. The edges are also adorned with an
imitation of the stitching, which remains visible
until the collar wilts, by occasion ot tbe heat, or be
comes as dirty as tb rag from which it sprung
The collar, once found so convenient for old bachel
ors, is now com ng into very general use, a9 ten of
them can be purchased for twenty-five cents, and
when dirty can be thrown into th -corner, and re
sold for weste paper, at from five to seven cents per
pound. This is the only disposit.cn that can be
made of them at present, though we have uo doubt
tbe inveutive talent of this oountry, abounding as it
does in brilliant ideas, will soon devise ways and
means by whieh they may be washed, and made fit
for use again.
Power of Imagination. —Dr. Noble, in a very
able and analytic lecture at Manchester, “Ou the
Dynamlio Influence of Ideas,” told a good anec
dote of Mr. Boutihouse, a French savant, in illus
tration of the power of imagination. As Dr. Noble
says :
“Mr. Boutihouse served in Napoleon’s army and
was presen at many engagements during the early
part of the last esntury. At the battle of Wagram,
in 1801*, he was engaged in the tray; the ranks
around him had beeu terrib’y thinned by shot, and
at sunset he was nearly isolated. While reloading
his musket he was shot down by a cannon ball. His
impression was that the ball had passed through his
legs below his knees, separated them from the
thighs ; for he suddenly sank down, shortened, as
he believed, to the extent of about a foot in
measurement. The trunk of tbe body fell back
wards on the ground, and the senseß were complete
ly paralyzed by the shock. Thus he lay motionless
among the wounded ar.d dead during the rest ofthe
night, not daring to move a muscle, lee- the loss of
blood should be tatally increased. lle felt no pain,
but thiß be attributed to the stunning tffect of the
shock to the bra'n and nervous system. At early
dawn be was aroused by one of the medical staff
who come round to help the wounded. “What’s the
mattter with you, my good fellow?” said the sur
geon. ‘Ah! touch me tenderiy,’ replied M. Bouti
house, *1 beseech you, a cannon ball has carried off
my legs ‘ The surgeon examined the limbs referred
to, and then, giving him a good shake, said, with a
joyous laugh, ‘Get up with you, you have nothing
the matter with you ’ M Boutihouse, immediately
sprang up in utter astonishment, and stood firmly
on the legs whioh he thought kit forever. ‘I felt
more thankful’ said M. Buulihouse, ‘than I had ever
been in the whole course of my life before. I had,
indeed, been shot down by an immense cannon
ball; but instead of passing through the legs, as I
firmly believed it had, the ball has passed under my
teet, and bad ploughed a hole in the earth beneath,
at least a foot in depth, into which my feet sudden
ly sank, giving me the idea that I had been thus
shortened by the lobs of my legs ’ ” The truth of this
story is vouched for by Dr Noble.
Terrible Indian Engagement.—From our
pieud, J. Jewett Wilcox, clerk of the steamer
Omaha, just down from Sioux city, w 6 learn that a
bloody and sanguinary butchery came off about
one hundred miles out in the interior of Nebraska
from Decatur, between the Omaha aud Brule Sioux
Indians, on the 23d ult.
A body of fifty O naba?, meD, women, and chil
dren, were returning from a hunting expedition, and
while encamped, were stealthily attacked in the
night by a large band of Brule Sioux. The Ornabas
had seventeen killed, seventeen wounded, and two
prisoners taken, and succeeded in killing and se
curing five scalps of tbeir enemies. The survivors
of the massacre arrived at iheir reserve, near De
catur, bringing tbe dead and wounded, on the dxy
the Omaha passed up. Mr. Wilcox states that the
S oux neither spared age n.r sex He saw a dead
infant with a trightfui wound across its forehead,
killed ia the eng-gement. The dead and wounded
lying in the bottom, presented a terrible spectacle.
The lamentations of tbe friends and relatives, with
faces blackened, and in deep mourning, were truly
piteous and heart rending. Tbe wounded are in
charge of tbe agent, who endeavors to ameliorate
their sufferings as much as possible.
Yancet's Opinion of Douglas.— Hon. Wm.
L. Yancey, in a recent speech at Columbia, iu
South Carolina, after sp-akmg in high terms ot the
ability and energy of Mr. Douglas, qualified his en
comium that he was, after all, “Ihe most danger
ous man to the South that the North has ever pre
sented in the Federal Council .”
Th s has always been our opinion, says the
Lynchburg Virginian, and we have freely express
ed it It will be observed that Mr. Yancey makes
no exception whatever. Seward, Sumner, Hale,
and ail those men who are conspicuous aa tbe cham
pions of aDti slavery, must yield the palm to the
Senator Irom Illinois. And the reason is plain. The
first are open and above board in tbeir views, and
moke no professions of friendship for the S >uth,
because they do not feel aoy. The Illinois Sena
ior, under the guise of love for our section, advo
cates doctrines far more dangerous to our rights
and our interests than any promulgated b, the
leading Abolitionists. Aa the Charleston Mercury
said of the National Democratic party, bo w c may
say of Doug-as—be “woos but to betray, and wins
but to destroy.” Give us, always, an outright,
plain-spoken, flat footed opponent, like Hale, who
caD be always found in the same place, rather than
one of your turning, twisting, wrtggiing. riding on
both sides of the sappling politicians, like Stephen
A Douglas. As, however, if he should be nomi
nated by the Charleston Convention, he wi.l be, of
course, proclaimed the greatest friend os the South
that ever yet was born, we deeme it to be borne in
mind, that Mr. Yancey pronounces him “the most
dangerous man to the South that the North has
ever presented in the Federal Council
American Association for the Advance
ment oe Science.— The American Association for
tne Advancement of Science, met at Springfield
(Maas) on Wednesday morning. Many scientific
men were present, representing nearly every State
in the Union. Members from Canada and Nova
Scotia were also present. They were welcomed by
an address from Mayor Calhoun, which was re
sponded to by Prof. Alexander, of Princeton, Pres
ident of tbe Association.
In the afternoon the Association assembled in
sections, and an interesting paper was read by
Prof. Pierce, of Cambridge, on tbe phenomena
presented by Comets from observations made at
different observatories Conclusions had been ar
rived at that tbe comet of 1858 bad an atmosphere;
that its metallic destiny was very email; that its
tail was similar to tbe aurora borealis, and that the
curvature of the ta.l was produced by its increased
motion as it approached ‘be sun Prof Alexander
read an abstruse scien ifio paper upon the lawß lor
determining the weight of the moon The meet
ing dromises to be very interesting and harmonious.
Profound silence in a public assemblage has been
thus neatly described : “One might have heard the
stealing of a poqket-handkerchief.”
Gov. Wise's Letter.
The correspondents of the New York Herald,
furnish the fallowing account of tbe manner in
which Gov. Wise’s late letter was made public.
The Governor Bhould have been admonished by the
old adage that, “he who liesdowuwith dogs, &.a :”
Washington, August 8. 1859.—The publication
of Gov. Wide’s letter in the Herald has. I under
stand, produced so much astonishment in Richmond
that not one of the papers there has opened its
mouth about it. The only paper here which has
any comments ou the subjeo’, is the Constitution,
whose remarks, you will perceive, are somewhat
unintelligible aud absurd Ae or Governor Wise
himself, now that the letter has been made public,
he is not the least disconcerted. The fact, however,
has enlightened him considerably as to the character
of tbe men who comprise the Albany Regency. He
has received a letter from the gentleman to whom
the famous communication was addressed, explain
ing the circumstances under which it was obtained
tor publication—circumstances which acquit him of
all blame in the transaction, as he was most treach
erously dealt with. The party to whom the letter
was written is said to Mr Bernard Donnelly, who is
iu the auction and emmission bus ness in William
street, New York. He is represented to be a trust
worthy democrat and sincere friend of Gov Wise.
I can inform you with confidence that Gov. Wise is
about to publish a letter none twen'y or thirty col
umns long about this business, in which he will give
a history of the Albany Regency for the last thirty
years that he has known them, from Jackson's day
to the present He wil expose all their schemes,
treacheries and back slidings, and show the South
what kind of men they are who are attempting to
control the State of New York and to adjust its del
egation to the Charleston Convention to suit their
own aims. It wiil be cue of the most scathing po
litical documents ever given to the public, and will
make the Albany political schemers wiuce like galled
jades under the lash. It will be ready for the press
in a few days. Something startling may oome out
of Mr. Wise’s letter betweeu this and the Charles
tou Convention which may materially affect the in
fiuenoe of New York m that body.
Albany, Aug. B—l have ascertained that the
party to whom the letter of Gov. Wise was address
ed is Mi. B. Donnelly, a resident ot Richmond coun
ty, doing business as an auotioneei and commission
merchant iu your city. It appears that the letter
was sh iwn to several of the soft leaders, some of
whom, in tbs temporary absence of Mr. Cassidy,
of the Argus, copied it. So it is said, at least, aud
I have heard that Cassidy expresses profound re
vret (!) at the publication ot the document. Dean
Richmond pleads ignorance of the whole affair
Who copied the letter ? That is the question. Cer
tain it is that a copy of it was despatched from
Cassidy's room to Mr. Dickinson, at Binghamton,
aud by him returned after careful perusal to Alba
ny. The original letter, lam informed, is still in
the hands of Mr. Cassidy.
The Wise Letter.—The New York Tribune
gives the following explanation of the way Wise’s
letter got out:
History is already familiar with an individual
famous as Jaek the Giant Killer, and we may hence
forth remember another hero as Eugene the Kilter
of Wise. It seems, according to a report iu the
New York Herald, a journal remarkable tor the ve
racity of its statements, that the late fatal letter of
the Governor of Virginia, whose disclosure before
tne Democratic State Committee at Albany, and
whose publication all over the oountry has caused
such a mingled burst of amusement, disgust and
rage, was commu icated by the correspondent of
Gov. Wise to Mr. Eugene Cassidy, editor ot that
genial aud good natured publication, the Albany
Atlas. Mr. Cassidy received it in confidence, and
undertook that it should be kept strictly private,
aud above al! that it should never get into print.
The object of showing the letter to Cassidy was
to convince the Softs that Wise was not their foe,
though he was a quaei friend of the Hon. Fernando
Wood ; and in order the more perfeotly to obtain
this noble end, Cassidy was allowed to show it,
confidently, to one or two influential Softs. But
never was confidence more cruelly violated ; for
the innocent aDd kind-hearted Cassidy, relying too
fondly upon his friends, did not prevent several
copies of the letter from being taken ; and eo the
mischief was done, in spite of him. We tender
him our sympathy iu this affiiotion ; and as for
Gov. Wise, though advice is useless to a dead man,
we suggest to him to write no letter lees than thirty
columns long hsreafter. Short letters, like this one
to the Softs, are always dangerous, but in a multi
tude of folios there is safety.
Test oj-’ Abolitionism.—All is not gold
shines, and tne loudest-mouthed philanthropists
and reformers sometimes cave in when put to a
severe practical test like the following:
“I had a brother-inlaw,” said Mose Perkins,
“who was one of the ravenest, maddest, reddest
hottest abolitionists you ever saw. 1 liked the
pesky critter well enough, and should have been
giadto see him cum to spend a day, fetch n’sister to
see me and my wife, if he hadn’t ’lowed his tongue
to run on so ’bout niggers and slavery, and the
equality of races, and the duty of overthrowing the
Constitution of the United States, and a lot of
other thiugß, some of which made me mad, and
the best part of ’em right sick. I puzzled my
brains a good deal to think how I could make him
shut up Ins noisy head ’bout abolitionism.
“Wall, one time, when brother-in-law come over
to etay, au idea struck me. I hired a Digger tohelp
me at haying time. He was the biggest, strongest,
greasiest nigger you ever seed Black! be was
blacker than a stack of cats, and just as shmey as
anew beaver hat. I spoke to him.
“ ‘Jake.’ sayß I, ’when you hear the breakfast bell
ring, don’t you say a word, but oome right into the
larlor and sit down among the ft Iks and eat your
jreakfast.’ The nigger's eyes stuck out of his htad
about a feet!
“ ‘You’re jokin’, massa,’ says he.
“ ‘Jokin’, sez I, ‘l’m sober as a deacon.’
“ ‘But,’ sez he ‘I shan’t have time to wash my
self and change my shirt.’
“So much the better,’ says I.
“Wall, breakfast come, aud eo did Jake, and he
set down’long side my brother in law. lie staid,
but he dindn't say a word. There wasn't no mis
take about it. Shut your eyes and you and know it—
for he was loud, I tell you. There was a fust rate
chance to talk abolitionism, bat brotber-in-law never
opened his head.
“ ‘Jake,’ sez I, ‘you be on hand at dinner-time;’
and he was. He had been working in the meadow
all the forenoon—it was as hot as hickory and bi>in’
pitch—and—but I leave tbe rest to your imagina
tion.
“‘Well, in the afternoon brother-in-law come up
to me, madder than a short tailed bull in hornet
time.
“‘Mose, said he, ‘I want to speak to you.’
“‘Sing it out,’ sez I,
“‘I have but a few words to say,’ sez he, ‘but if
that ’ere confounded nigger comes to the table
again while I’m stoppin’ here, I’ll clear out.’
“ ‘Jake ate his supper that night in the kitchen,
but from that day to this I never beard my brother
in law open his head about abolitionism. When
the Fugitive Slave Bill was passed, I thought he’d
let out some; hut he didn’t, for he know’d that Jake
was still working on the farm.”
Death.—The article on “Death” in the New
Cyclopedia has the following:
“As life approaches extinction, insensibility su
pervenes—a numbness and disposition to repose,
which do not admit of the idea of suffering. Even
in those cases where the ac ivity of the mind re
mains to tbe last, and where nervnua sensibility
would seem to coutinue, it is surprising how of'en
there has been observed a state of happy feeling
on the approach of death. ‘lf 1 had strength enough
to hold a pen, I would write how easy and delight
ful it is to die,’ were the last words of the celebra
ted W m Hunter, during his last moments.
“Montaigne, in one of his essays, describes an
accident which left him so senseless, that he was
taken up for dead On being restored, however,
he rays : ‘Metbought my life only hung upon my
lips; and I shut my eyes to help thrust it out, and
took a pleasure in languishing and letting myself
go.’ A writer in the Quarterly Review records
that a gentleman who haa been rescued from drown
ing declared that be had not experienced the slight
681 feeling of suffocation. ‘The stream was tranß
parent, the day brilliaut, and as he stood upright he
oould see the sun shining through tbe water, with a
dreamy consciousness that his eyes were about to
be closed on it forever. Yet he neither feared his
fate nor wished to avert. A sleepy sensation, whioh
soothed and gratified him, made a luxurious bed of
a watery grave.’ ”
A Confession —Democratic journals and orators
engaged in the various oanvasßss, have denied the
charge made by the Opposition that Democratic
Adminis'rations have been extravagant. They
deny particularly, that the present Administration
is obnoxious to that charge. The Washington States,
speaking sincerely no doubt, says :
Mr. Cobb is performing his duties admirably well.
He haß made diligent inquiry into every branch of
the service connected with the Treasury Depart
ment, and has instituted a rigid economy in each.
He is reducing, from month to moth, the enormous
cost of collecting the customs —dispensing with the
employment of all supernumeraries, without fearor
affection, who had found their way into office.
Now, it strikes us that, if the Government has
not been extravagant, there can be no occasion for
the reforms which Mr. Cobb is attempting to make.
The “enormous cost” in collecting the revenue and
the “supernumeraries” engaged in that work, have
met with the hearty approval of the partizans we
have alluded to. To them, Mr. Cobb's exertions
must appear niggardly.— Memphis Bulletin.
How and when to Eat Fruit:—Fruit should
not be indulged iu between meals, as though it was
a luxury, but used in moderation at meal time, in
tbe place of animal and other food. It should not
be eaten for desert,'after a tad meal has been made,
as is msually done —e custom which cannot be too
severely reprehended. Fruit may, with safety, be
eaten at any meal, but it would be well to confine
it te breakiaat. The old saying will be found true
by practice. “Fruit is gold in the morning, silver
at n jon, and lead at night.” Let it constitute a part
of the breakfast, and be eaten at no other peried of
tbe day; let it be ripe and not eaten immoderately,
and incalculable benefits will arise from its use,
both in preventing the access and etaying the pro
gress of disease during the summer and fall months.
[Halt's Journal of Health.
Thunderstorm at Sea Capt. Congdonofsbto
Caroline Tucker, from Callao, reports : August 3,
was off Barnegat in seventeen fathoms water ;
stood up along the land about a north course , was
eff tbe Highlands in the afternoon of the 4th iu
eighteen fathoms water, and not having a pilot, was
obliged to haul tffß.B. E. at 7P. M.; very heavy
thunder squabs coming off the land. During the
night we had c -ntinued heavy thunder, with most
vivid flashes of lightning over tbe whole heavens ;
the Bhip’e mast heads, the ends of the sky-sail and
royal yards were covered wi'h false lights or balls
of fire about tbe size of a small globe lantern, tbe
air being fil ed apparently with toul electric fluid
which ignites probably as it comes in contact with
harder bodies. Capt. Congdon says this night
caused him more anxiety than any night eff Cape
Horn. The thunder, lightning, deluge of rein and
gusts of wind, were at times appatiing. The ship
was under three close-reefed topsails. —New York
Tribune, B th.
A Sharp Trick —A free negro boy, frem Fred
erick city, lately found himself in Mount Airy,
Carrol county, Md., a long distance from his home,
wi’hcul money to get back. By putting on a sus
picious air he imposed on a gentleman, who took
him for a runaway, and, after questioning him, re
ceiving unsatisfactory answere, concluded to take
the cars, eecort the lad home, and pocket the reward
he had pictured in hie imagination. On arriving at
the end of hie journey, however, he lound that the
boy was free and had been practising upon hi? cu
pidity. He was mu< h crest fallen at the discovery,
and left as quick as possible.
Ocean Mail Subsidies—At a meeting of aee
lect committee, appointed by the Britisr Parlia
ment, Mr. Wilson, M P., stated, in reply to ques
tions, that tbe snm paid to Mr. Cunard for hi? c n
tract for carrying the mail? between the United
States and England is £ 191,030; a sum of £7B ifi'O
ia also paid for anew Contract, and £l3 500 for the
Galway and Newfoundland contract, maaiug a .0
tal of £212,000 for subsidiz nv the service across
the A lantic, or including tbe £35,000 pai' l by Can
ada to the Quebec line, a sum of nearly £320,000.
This sum is equal to $1,600,000. Yettbeßritish
government do not ssem to doubt the expediency
oi continuing this system, or that the advantages
at quired are more than equivalent for this large
expenditure in maintaining but a single branch of
the mail service.
VOL. LXXIII.—NEW SERIES VOL. XXIII. NO. 33.
Rattlesnake* aurt Whiskey.
We not nnfrequently see it stated in the news
papers that this thing aud that thing will care the
bite of rattlesnakes. Now. from personal observa
tion during a residence of five years iu one of the
Southern States, low down ou the Missifs’ppi, tho
writer of this article feels warranted iu saying that
but lirtle relis ei’ to be placed upon any except
what is denomina’ed the “whiskey cure.” This
has been the Southern remedy for the pa.it twenty
or thirty years. No other section of the Union can
compare with the South iu regard to the Dumber,
variety, aud size of its reptiles , and it is safe to
presume that more persous are bitten there every
year than in all other sections of ‘he country co-ii
biued. The invariable “cure” there is whiskey or
other intoxicating spirits. Before this remedy was
discovered the tcbacoo cure was re-orted to ; but
this is too harsh a remedy, and.it taken iu sutfioienl
quantities to overcome poison, it is liable to throw
the patient Into violent spasms. But in tha win key
care there is no danger. There can be no intoxica
tion until the poison is counteracted, no matter how
large tbe quantity administered, no more Ihsu if
water instead of spirits had beeu given. The cer
tainty of this remedy should throw all unreliable ones
—aud nearly all others that have been named are
such—aside It may be assumed as corr- ct that
what will cure the bite of poisonous reptiles in one
looality will cure it iu another ; henoe the whiskey
cure, from its reliability, should supersede ail
others that have yet been tested, aud in this way
many vr..liable lives may be preserved Persons
who have been bitten by rattlesnakes usually be
oome exoited, aud tbeir blood, if not already heated,
is sure to be so very soon. In this way the potson,
intermingling the blood, circulates with surprising
rapidi'y throughout ‘he system. Active and pow
erful, then, must be the treatment in order to rescue
the patient from immediate death. VYe have known
persons to beoome blind in twenty minu’es after
they were bitten, aud in such instances it required
over a pint of liquor to relieve them. Iu uo OHSe
where either whiskey or French brandy lias beeu
admiuisteied before the patient was actually dying,
did we ever know this remedy to fail.
Here iu the North, where poisonous reptiles are
comparatively scarce, rattlesnake bites have usual
ly terminated fatally. The most skillful physicians
have been completelly bsffied, after resorting to
all the remedies of the mat-ria medica, aud their
patients given up to die. But there is no reason
why tbe tang of a rattlesnake should bs more fatal
than the bite of a New Jersey mosquito. In case
you are bitten, then, resort to the remedy we have
named. We do not approve of drunkenness under
other circumstances, but should you ever be eo
unfortunate as to be bitten by a snake by all
means get “gloriously drunk,” and the sooner you
do so the sooner you will be “all right.” —New York
Express.
A Man Bit by a Rattlesnake —On Saturday
evening last, a man named Edward Turner, the
proprietor of a snake show, at Harrisburg, Pa., was
bitten on the hand by one of lug rattlesnakes. The
Hsrrisburg Union of yesterday says :
Tbe snake whioh inflicted tbe bite was one be had
purchast and on Saturday, and it appears from his
statement he had not got control over him yet.—
While handling tbe snake for the gratification of
tbe visitors present be was bit on the baud, which
immediately commenced to swell His attendant
immediately procured a pin*, of whiskey, which was
drank without producing any effect, when another,
and still another pint was drauk, aud then a pint of
brandy, before he felt the effects. He rested until
yesterday morning, when he drank a quart of
whiskey, whioh had the effect to thoroughly intoxi
cate him. H s hand was swollen considerably, and
when the doctor arrived, who was called in yester
day morniug, he had a handkerchief which was tied
around the man’s wrist removed, when the swelling
went up his arm, and appeared to give the patient
considerable relief. He was removed in the after
noon to the poor-house, and there are hopes that he
may recover.
The Culture of Kutn-Bagii Turnips—Rhodes’
Stuper-Pbosphnte.
We note with pleasure iu the June number of the
“It armer and Planter,” Columbia, an interesting
article ou the culture of Ruta Bagas—the important
adjuuot to plantation economy—aud in tbe same
oouuection recommend the use of genuine Super-
Phosphate ; which advice we heartily approve 01,
and, indeed, emphatically endorse, as it was owing
to the extensive cultivation of turnips and other
bulbß iu England, and to the truly miraculous effect
of Super-Phosphate on this kind ot crop, that this
manure so bood won the favor of the English far
mers, who are uow quite familiar with its chemical
character and mode of action on different crops, as
recommended by Baron Liebig in his great discov
ery of rendering phosphoric acid (tbe indispensable
nutriment of plants) soluble.
To planters who are not already aware of the far’.
we have pleasure in noting that Messrs. Rhett &
Robson, of this city, are sole agents for South Caro
liua of Rhodes’ Super Phosphate, a manure which
is attracting the attention of the agriculturists of
the United States; and being a southern enterprise,
we feel, naturally, a greater interest. Hence we ex
tract from the report of Prof. Samuel W. Johnson,
of Yale Analytic School, made last year to the Con
necticut S ate Agricultural Society, on the subject
of artificial manures, in which he says of Rhojes’
Super Phosphate:
“Making comparison with four best English sam
ples according to Prof Way’s analysis; ’Tue only
specimen of such a Super Phosphate that I have
analysed is that made by B. M. Rootles & Cos., of
Baltimore.’ He farther says: ‘The mechanical
condition of Rhodes’ Super Phosphate is unexcep
tional.’ Tho same eminent authority says: ‘Super
phosphate scattered on tbe surface is unaffected
until a rain falls upou it; then the Super Phosphate
dissolves aud trickles, or soaks down into the earth,
meeting here with a particle of potash, and de
positing a particle ot bone phosphate, travelling on
a little way and depositing another, and so filling
the whole soil to a certain depth with this precious
fertilizer.’ ”
We are confirmed in our own opinions by observ
ing in the June number *f the Southern Planter;
Richmond, Va., a highly laudable position the man
ufacturers have taken, iu which tbe editor of that
jjurnal takes part, and which we subjoin :
to the flanters or Virginia.
“After several years’ experiment with our ma
nure, we are tally confirmed of its value and impor
tance. Tbe only difficulty appearing to exist in the
ininds of planters is fur its continued good quality.
Now, with this view of removing this impression,
and making Rhodes’ Super-Phosphate a standard
manure, we do now warrant and agree that Rhodes’
Super-Phosphate shall be of a uniform s-audard,
fully equal to that heretofore sent iuto market, and
give warrantee to this effect, aud make the same
legal and binding upon us; and shall authorize our
agents, Messrs. Scharz, Kohler & Cos ,ot Richmond,
together with all others, to confi m this warrant ”
Executed iu duplicate, this ‘24th day ot May, 1859,
in the oity of Richmond.
B M. Rhodes & Cos.
Witness, signing: James E. Williams, Editor
Southern Planter.
Important Invention —Mr. John Mason, pro
prietor of the Eureka Brewery, has invented a
machine which promises to make an important
change iu the art of putting up beer, ale, porter, ci
der, etc., etc. The invention consists of a machine
by which carbonic acid gas is forced into kegs fmm
one to five gallons capacity, after being tided with
malt liquor, by which tbe fermenting qu liry i con
veyed to it, without the usual process of iermenta
tion in the larger vats. The ate is first allowed to
ferment entirely in casks until it becomes perfectly
flat—the working qualities having been allowed to
flow freely out at the but hole. When tbe fermen
tation has ceased, the ale is run off into small kegs,
and then He is conveyed by chargiug it with the
gas. By this procese, all the disagreeable cathartic
qualities of the ale are avoided as the liquor is run
into the kegs perfectly clear, owing to its having
settled in the larger casks. This livelinrss, or foam
ing quality, contributed by the gas remains in tbe
beer under all circumstanees until the last of it has
been drawn off. Exposure to the air has no effect
upon it. The value of tbe discovery consists in
tbe peculiar manner in which the gas is forced into
the kegs. A patent has been applied for, and the
ale thus charged will shortly be in general use. As
a California invention, it is worthy of particular no
tice.—San Francisco Times.
Catchikq the Lightning —While the men
were engaged > n putting a Lightning Rod to the
Methodist Church steeple, in this city, on Monday
evening, they received a severe shock es the elec
tric fluid, which came near throwing them fiom the
steeple. One of them was standing upon the Gilt
Ball (115 feet from the ground) and the other one
was just beneath it. Both had bold of the rod draw
ing it up to its place, when the lightning struck it.
It was one of J. A. Bacon's Charleston Cable Rods,
(reaching in one piece to the ground without joint)
and the lower end was lying on wet ground. The
flash waß very vivid and accompanied with a hiss
ing noise. Their escape can only be attributed to
the fact that the rod had no joint of any kind and
its good connection with moist ground, whereby the
fluid was conducted into the earth with such facility
that their bodies offered comparatively slight in
ducement for it to leave the rod. They, however,
received enough of it to make their arms lame for
a day or two and to teach them not to venture so
high with their rods when there is any thunder
about.— Jacksonville ( Fla.) Republican.
Getting a Railroad in Illinois.— The Chicago
Journal, in the following paragraph, bits ofi the
ambitious desire of all Western villages to “get a
railroad
Peaple are very solicitous, so far as we have ob
served, to have a railroad pay its respects to their
particular localities, and nothing can exceed the
fever into which little villages are thrown at the
faintest intimation that a civil engineer has been
seen knee deep in some swamp in their neighbor
hood. At once—‘in the mind's eye, Horatio” —the
streets grow like shadows in the afternoon , two
story taverns Bhoot up two stories more, blossom
out observations and turn into hotels ; omnibusses
dart in every direction like so many yellow hornets,
to carry the crowds that will be forever going and
coming; keepers of little eating-houseß placard
their doors with “meals at all hoursoscillating
creation is just finding its centrecf gravity and
motion, and precisely there !
Now they get a railroad sometimes—these folks
in a fever do—aud occasionally it doeß work won
ders with them, but quite as often, perhaps, it ab
sorbs the little town, and carries it off in the mighty
circulation , people and business seize upon tbefiist
opportunity of getting comfortably away and de
part together. A village has been known to run
after a raiiread bodily, in order to be at the depot
when the trains come in ; aiad we have two in
stances in mind where the houses have not all got
there yet ; you can see them stra gling along a
mile or more, any day you pass, and it will seem as
if the whistling engine were calling them away
from home I
Cricket—The All England Match —Now
that the great match between the Americans and
Canadians is decided, ‘he attention of the cr cketing
world in this country is directed to the still greater
and more important match, namely, Twenty-Two
Americans versus The All England Eleven. We
are able to give the names of the eleven players
from the Mother Coantry, who are now called the
All England Eleven, and who will probably arrive
in this country iu the early part of next month. —
Their names are as follow,; Caffya, Carpenter,
Liver, Grundy Jackson, L ilywhi f e, Lockyer, Parr,
Stephenson, Willsher and Wise _a. The Americans
have not decided upon the twenty-two who are to
contend against these world renowned players, Lu’
as soon as they are known, we shall give them for
the iotormation of those who are interested in the
game of cricket.
The first of the Beries of matches will be tne All
England Eleven against Twenty-two of Montreal,
at that city*.
The second match will be the All England Eleven
against Twenty two, selected by the St. George’s
Club, and will be played at Hoboken.
The third match will he the Ah Eugland Eleven
against Twenty two of the Philadelphia club, play
ed at Philadelphia.
The fourth match will bet e All England Eleven
against Eleven selected by the Montreal club, and
eleven selected by the St. George's club, of this
city, the rna'cb to take place at Montreal.
Since the above arrangements have been made,
tbe funds necessary for a fifth match have been
guaranteed. This match will in all probability be
played at Hamilton, Canada West, between the
All England Eleven and twenty two Upper Cana
da, about the latter end of September.
American School System —There are 4,900,000
studen's and 160,01'U teachers in tbe pnblio schools
of tbe United States. There is one student for every
five free persons. In Great Britain there is one
student to every eight pereopa. In Fraooe one to
erery ten.
The K.UUHHI* Sint:’ Con.liiniion*
The Times publishes a copy ot the Lew Siato
constitution for Kansas, ae adopted by the recent
convention at Wyandotte, ard to be submitted to
the people on the 4th of October next. An old -
nance preGxed to the instrument, declares mat the
State of Kansas will relinquish its light to tax ti e
i public lauds included within ita bouuderies, provid
ed that certain sections ot land are ceded to the
stale for the use ot common schools, &cl Then fo’ -
! lows a preamble, thus defining the boundaries ol He
i new state :
j “We, the peopie ol Kansas, grateful to Almighty
! God for our civil and religious privileges, in order u
| iesure the full enjoyment of our rights as American
citizens, do ordain and establish this constitution of
the State of Kansas, with the following boundaries,
to wit: Beginning at a point on the Western boun
dary ol the state ot Missouri, where the thirty sev
enth parallel ot North lnttuio crosses the same,
thence lunning West on said parallel r. toe Iweu'y
fifth meridiau of longitude West irom Washington,
tuence North on said meridi in ro the fortieth paral
lel ot Ninth lati: ude, thence Hast on the said parallel
to the Western bouudaryof the state ot Missouri
thence South with the Western bouudary of said
state to the place of Oeg-.mmig ’
The bill of rigti's ctiioprises twenty sections srt
tii.g lorla tbe usual principle, and disallowing im
prisonment for debt except in cases 01 fraud repu
diating slavery or involuntary servitude, excep’ for
crime ; abolishing all oistinctions between citizens
and aliens in reference to the perohase, enjoyment
or descent of property, &c
The constitution embraces fifteen articles tbe
noteworthy p rints of which are, that the Governor
may adj >urn the Legislature when the two Houses
disagree upon the lime for adjournment; the popu
lar election ot Judges ; general elections to be held
annually on the first Mouday in November; svery
white male pers nos fweuty-one years of ago and
upward, who shall have resided in the S ate six
mouths—and if 01 foreign birth, shall have deolared
his intention to become naturalized—shall be a
vorer, unless dirqualified by participation in a duet
or by complicity in bribery , provision by law for a
State University and for a perpetual common school
tund ; for charitable State institutions; all properly
employed in banking t bear its equal share of taxa
tion, but all property used exclusively for “State
county, municipal, literary, educational, scientific*
religious and charitable purposes,’’ with personal
property to the amount ot S2OO, to be entirely ex
empt 1 no special legis'ative act shall be passed
conferring corporate powers; do bank shall it sue
circulating notes of a less denomination than $5,
and ail banks shall deposit, with tbe Stato Auditor,
S’ate or United States bonds for the redemption of
their circulation; lotteries are Drohibited; the legis
lature shall provide for the protection of the rights
of women, in acquiring and possessing property
“separate and apart from the husband,” and “a
homestead to tbe extent of one hundred and eixty
acres of farming land, or of one aore within the
limits of any incorporated town or city, occupied aa
a residence by tbe family of the owner, with all im
provements on the same, shall bo exempted from
forced Bale under any prooess of law. ’ Then fol
low tbe usual resolutions praviug for admission into
tbe Union.
The Next Census—Timelt Suggestion.—ln
the ensuing year the eighth census of the United
States will have to be taken. No one not practi
cally acquainted with tbe difficulties of this effioe
cau begin to estimate the immense amount of labor
which (-evolves on those who attempt it. There
difficulties are manifold, growing in some cases out
of misconception of the objects, and often out of the
ignorance and perverseness of the people of whom
the deputy marshal is compelled to seek his infor
mation. Sometimes the officer is bothered no little
by reason of the reluctance ot the heads ol families
to give in detail the names ana ages of the mem
bers ; and not uufrequeutiy the law has to be
threatened against them betore this branch of in
formation can be fully obtained. Not unlrequenlly
it happens when the officer calls at the house in the
discharge of bis duty he finds the gentleman absent,
and the wile is not able to tell the number of acres
ot land, the number and age of neeroes, the number
and value of horses and mules, the value of the
f inning implements, the quantity and value of the
products ot ihe farm, and many other particulars
essential to the perfection of the work before him.
Now, what we euggest is, that each farmer this
fall, ub he gathers his crops, shall keep something
like an accurate account of the quantity and value
of tbe same ; and if he will take the trouble to
luake out a statement of the names and ages of his
family; the number of acres of land, cleared and
timbered; the number and ages of bis servants;
tbe number and value of bis horses aud mules; Ilia
number of bales of cotton, barrels of corn, bushels
of wheat, oats, rye, barley, potatoes, &c , and the
value of each, and leave it in some place where any
member of the family who may be at h rue when
the deputy marshal shall call can readily get hold of
it, it will save time to all concerned, and very greatly
aseist to make the ceuaus returns perfect, complete,
ad satiafaetory.-
We throw out these suggestions for the reason
that, haviug once performed the arduous duty ot a
census taker, and feeling keenly the disadvantages
under which an iuexperienced person labors in such
a vocation, and how very greatly his duties might
be lightened and its unp easantnesß mitigated by a
little attention on the part of persons who are
equally interested with the United Slates marshal
in having tbe work well and accurately performed,
we think we are entitled to speak on the subject.
We do not expeot again to be engaged in such a
work, but we bespeak the kindness and co opera
tion of the people to and with those who shall have
to perform that duty —Nashville Daily New i.
A Word to th e Neiuhhuks, kßotten Bridges.
—On Monday evening of last week ihe Lounger
as quietly riding in the cars upon the Troy,
Bennington and Rutla and Kail Koa4, and h ‘ard tiis
neigubors on the seat before him speaking of a trestle
bridge so dangerous th .t it was notorious. On
Tuesday evening a train rau upon the bridge, which
fell as Ihe locomotive struck it, aud a frightlul
slaughter followed
It appears that the neighbors of that bridge
knew iie insecurity as the neighbors in Indiuua
knew the insufficiency of the culvert, which pre
sently proved US incompetenoy by choking and
w ashing away the road, with a slaughter of some
forty persons. Os course, there ure plently ol such
bridges and culverte and other weak works left,
and daily exposing the lives of hundreds of people.
Equally, of course, the rail road companies prefer
to take the risk ot an accident to Ihe certainty of
not being able to pay the interest on their bunds,
if they spend money enough to keep the roads in
proper order. Let those neighbors, then, put the
public upon its guard, w herever a point upon any
road is notoriously ineeoure, let those who know it
announce it to the publio. Let it be understood
that whoever takes tbe cars upon a ceitain road
takes them at the imminent risk of his life. Let Ur
have a Railway Detector as we have a Bank Note
Detector, aud see if this national disgrace of rail
way murder cannot be oorreo'ed.— Hat pen Weekly.
Boxino with the Feet.—A correopondont of
the New York Post reports tbe story of tbs Zouaves
fighting with their feet, wbioh has been ridiculed aa
abturb. He says:
In the recent tocounts of the Zouaves wears
told that they also employ in battle !a Havate, or
tbe art of kicking. Having often heard of this, I
one day asked our teaoher in the gymnasium at
Paris if he knew it.
“Oh! yes.”
“Well, give us a specimen of it ”
“Very well; place yourself in position aa a box.
er.’’
I did so, and he advanced towards mo with his
hands alittle out from bis sides, like a wrestler ready
to take bold in any way.
“Now, I cau hick you on your forward leg, and
break the bone or hurt you. While you are dis
turbed by that, or, in case you draw it back, I can
raise my foot to your stomach or your chin.”
“Well, suppose you should kick at my chin, l
would catch your foot. Then what would you do’l”
“Well, try it ”
He kicked and I caught his foot, but while I held
it firmly, be turned, threw both hands on the ground
to support his body, and instantaneously brought
his other foot so near my nose that I let go of bis
foot in a moment.
“That is very clever. Is there any parry to that 1”
“Oh ! yes. It is very simple. You do what I did,
and I’ll show you.’’
I kicked; he caught my foot; I turned, threw
myself on my hands, and thought of course to kick
him with my other loot, but he eimply put ODe loot
firmly against the thigh of my other leg, and I wan
powerless. There was in his movements also this
same startling rapidity. Tbe kicks were like Hashes
ot lightoing, and the hands constantly ready for a
grapp e or a blow. From what I saw I have a most
rec-peotful dislike to la Savate , or, as we would eay
in English, the “Old Shoe.”
Carats Fine —The term carat, or karat, origin
ally designated an Abyssinian bean. BeiDg very
uniform in size, and undergoing scarcely any loss
by drying, they came to be used as the standard of
weight, in Africa, for gold, and in India for diamonde.
Eaoh carat was divided in 4 grains, of which 74 are
nearly equal to 72 grains troy. Tnis sytem of carata
and grains is still used in the valuation of diamonde.
But in the case of gold, tbe term carat implies, not
so much any actual weight, ae a fractional division,
of whioh 24 go to make a unit. Twenty four carats
fine expresses tbe unity of pare gold, and signifies,
□ot the specific weight of any given mass, but oDly
that, in tbe 24 imaginary parts into whioh it may be
supposed to be divided, there is no alloy.
The gold assayer takes his unit or integer Gor 12
grains troy. This small quantity is most convenient,
for purposes of assay, and these particular numbers
are used for convenience of calculation. This 6or
12 grains is oalled, by the English assayer, an assay
pound , and is, by him, divided into 24 carats, and
each carat again into quarters and sixteenths. The
arsayer of eilver takes 18 to 36 grains troy for his
assay pound, and divides it into 12 ounces, eaoh
ounce in 20 pennyweights, and these again into
half pennyweights—making, for the silver assay
pound, 480 i ivisions or reports, and for the gold
assay pound 384 reports. On the continent of Eu
rope the division of the assay pound for gold is
different from the Euglisb.
In the Englieh miut, the term carat expresses no
given weigat, but merely degrees of fineness, of
which 24 indicates purity. Ihe carat is subdivided
into quarters and these again into eighths, making
to each carat 32 parts, 7680f which represent pure
gold.
These varying, complicated and arbitrary sys
tems are tbe relic of au sge which delighted in n
triente, perplexing mysteries. They ate gradually
yielding betore the ecieu ific demand for uniform
and universal forum a- Instead ot eaco trace hav
iDg its own p-cu iar weights and measures, there
must come to be one standard for all business, aud
u'timately one for ail the leading nations of earth.
Instead of one measure tor cloth, another for length
and a third Ur laud; one measure for wine, another
tor beer, and another for grain ; one weight for the
apothecary, and another for ihe grocer ; one stand
ard for France, a second tor England, and a third
for America, there w ill he one uniform standard fer
ah, based upon the decimal system.
The Tomato as F’ocd —Dr. Bennett, a professor
of sine celebrity, considers the tomato as an inval
uable, article of diet, and ascribes to it very impor
tant medical propei ties : Ist That toe tomato ia
one of the most powerful aperients of the liver and
other organs , where caiemel is indicated, it is pro
bably one of the most effective and the least harm
ful remedial agents known to the profession, -j.
That a chemical extract will bo obtained from it
that whieupetsede the use of cslomt! in the cure of
disease. 3d. That he has successfully treated diarr
hea with this article alone. 4tb. That when used
as au article of diet it is almost sovereign for dys
pepsia and indigestion. sth. That it should be
constantly used for daily food ; either cooked, raw
er in the term of ketchup, it is the most healthy ar
ticle now in use.
She “Fi.u the Track!"—A Mississippi County
Ci urt Cleik having issued a marriage license for a
young man, shortly after received the following
nete from him;
“Steate of Miss July 5 1859.
“Mr. Moody pies let This matter stand over UDtil
further order the girl has Flu the track By her own
Rt quest and Release my name off of this Bond if
you pies’’ __________
Isterestiso k its in cam eat. — Two days ago
was h dged in the j m ot ■*County an eldery E’-
g isbman, named Joseph Elliots, f r a dent of sl6,
due for bis buaid. Eliiott has just r>ceiv<d letters
lrom Great Britain announcing the fact tha> the
sum of £5,400 sterling, with interest from 11:36, in
now lying to his credit io the Bank of England,
yet the old man has not the fees to enable him to
appear before the county judge to swear out of
fl.— Chicage Timer.