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COLUMBUS:
Monday Morning, July 31, IIM*
I.AUt.KST CITY OIHCULATION.
Columbus Mechanics’ Union.
The last meeting of this Association, on Fri
day night, was not bo well attended as we had
hoped to see it. Everything however must
have a start: and now that this lias been ob
tained, and tho future meetings will be more
interesting—(organizing is dry work)— we an
ticipate larger assemblages and a livelier inter
est. A Constitution and By-Laws were adopt
ed, being taken up section by section, discus
sed, amended, &0., and the meeting then ad
journed to Thursday evening next.
Splendid Coach.
We inspected a few days since anew and
magnificent Coach which had just been received
from the manufactory of J. S. & E. A. Abbott
of Concord, N. 11., and is about to be put on
Lee & Pridgen’s line between Silver Uun and
Eufaula Ala. It will accommodate comforta
bly, nine inside and fiv* outside passengers,
and is a model coach, whether for comfort,
strength, or elegance.
The travel from Silver Hun, the present ter
minus of the Mobile & Girard Road, to this
city, is rapidly increasing, the trains on that
Hoad always bringing in a full supply of pas
sengers. When the road shall reach Union
Springs, it will pour into our city an amount
of trade, travel and produce, which at present
can hardly be estimated. Meanwhile, so long
as the cars cannot be attained, we recommend
the line of coaches alluded to above, as the
next best substitute for, and almost equal to,
tho cars themselves, in every particular save
speed.
Hail Hoad DiuMtar*
For several days past wo have been publish
ing accounts of serious accidents on Railroads
at home and abroad, the results of Providen
tial causes, negligence, and in some cases, dia
bolical villainy—tributes, all of them, which
tho steam king levies upon his subjects in this
age of progress.
On the Georgia Railroad, it is stated, that
another attempt has been made to throw off
tho trains, by tearing up tho track. Such
outrages cannot bo guarded against by mere
severity of penalty—burning at tho stake it
self, would not deter tho wretches who perpe
trato these crimes. Norarowe advocates of bar
barous penalties like this. But it soems to us
that Railroad companies might diminish their
danger in this respect, by sedulously cultivat
ing friendly relations with all they have to
deol with; by sparing neither pains, time or
money to ferret out and bring to trial the
monsters they have to contend with ; and to
this last end, by establishing a more perfect
system of vigilance, embracing as one of its
features, a secret police force—ubiquitous
and incognito. It is the certainty, not tho se
verity of punishmont, which deters from crime.
But the present penalty in Georgia should be
increased in severity. Putting obstructions
on tho track, whether they cause accident or
not, should boa capital, instead of penitentia
ry, offence.
The Pennsylvania aecident, by which so
many children were killed, wounded, and
twenty four burned to a crisp, before thoy
were rescued, surpassesaoything wo havo ever
read, in the annals of railroading. There
must have been gross carelessness to have
brought aboutso frightful a catastropho. Glad
ly do we turn from tho scene, and drop the
veil upon the many hearthstones lmppy and
bright, in the morning, to be changed in a few
brief hours into altars of mourning.
“ The air is full of farewells for tho dying,
And mournings for tlio dead;
The heart of Kachcl, for her children crying
Will not bo comforted ! w
Ihe Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, and
Sain’l W. Black, of Pennsylvania, were to have
addressed the great democrtic mass meeting at
ludianapolis, on the 18th inst. The most dis
tinguished speakers in tho Union have been in
vited and arc oxpected. It is supposed that
there will be from 30,000 to 50,000 persons
present. It will bo tho largest gathering of
the people ever witnessed in the West.
The Latest Guillotine.
On Friday night last, one of the Telegraph
posts in Oglethorpe street fell to the ground,
thus lowering tho wire so that at tho second
crossing below tho Perry House, it was just high
enough to tako a tall pedestrian under the
chin; over the carriage way its height was about
such ns to strike a rider on horse back or driver
ot a vehicle, near the same tender spot. Some
gentlemen who wore crossing the street, no
ticed this new guillotined, or garrote if you
will, and after some deliberation concluded to
sever the wire and remove the obstacle and
tho danger. This was dono after a good deni
ot hard work, nud t’■ e wire was then drawn
taut and secured around tho nearest posts.
It was something of a liberty to take, but our
citizens, and the Telegraph Company should
tell obliged at it. It is not impossible that a
human life was saved by the act. Wo remem
ber to have read of a man somewhere North,
having his throat cut while driving rapidly one
night under a fallen wire.
What our Enemies are Doing.
Gcrrit Smith has contributed, at various
times, to the Free Soil cause iu Kansas, about
$?40,000. The Charleston Mercury comments
thereou as follows .-
This is the tribute of o:.c man’s mere hos
tility to the spread of Southern institutions.
We wish we could point to a Southern man
who, recognizing Kr. is ns the battle-ground
of the South—as the plnce where, of all others,
we are to determine whether we will hold our
position by power or henceforth exist by the
mercy of our enemies—we wish we could
name a Southern man who bad given as much
tor the cafety of his section as this fanatic for
the triumph of his,
Georgia and Florida Railroad.
The entire gradation of this Road, together
f lee and cross-ties, was placed
board measure— Alabany Patriot \lth. ‘
COMMENCEMENT DAY,
AT THE LAGRANGE FEMALE COLLEGE.
From the last LaGrange Reporter, we take
the following account of Commencement Day,
at the Female College in that city :
Wednesday, Commencement Day. We can
not speak in terms too commendatory of this
day’s scenes and performances. At an early
hour a vast concourse of people were assem
bled at the Chapel, by far the largest we have
ever witnessed on a similar occasion, various
ly estimated at from fifteen hundred to two
thousand persons, gathered from 8. Carolina,
Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Louis
iana and Georgia.
The exercises were opened by an appropri
ate prayer by the Rev. Otis Smith.
The Salutatory by Miss Laura E. Cameron,
was a very excellent composition, and wo may
say we have never heard it surpassed.
Miss Melissa A. Appleby, of Alabama, read
a very interesting composition on “ Kansas.”
Miss Martha F. Blackbun, of LaGrange, de
monstrated most graphically that “The world
is still deceived by ornament.”
Miss Laura E. Cameron’s “Appeal in behalf
of Mount Vernon” was gotten up iu handsome
style, and read beautifully.
Miss Martha C. Carter, of Meriwether coun
ty, exhibited in the most beautiful and spirit
ed manner the emptiness of self-gratulation,
and exhorted all who might feel self-exalted to
study Burns in that beautiful couplet,
“O, wild some pow’er tho giftie gie iih
To see ourwelves as others wee us !’*
One of the very best addresses of the day,
Miss Elizabeth W. Cunningham, of LaGrange,
most eloquently and touchingly dwelt on the
divine mandate, “ Thus far, and no farther
shalt thou go.”
Miss Sarah Craig, drinking in the inspira
tion of her theme, her native State, “Ala
bama,” demonstrated that, while her mind was
of no ordinary mould, her soul was proportion
ally capacions.
Miss Elizabeth A. DeLoacb, of Texas, need
not feel embarrassed, that being overpowered
with the associations of “My Native Western
/toine,” she was compelled to resign the task
of reading to the President; for tho whole
houso was electrified with the pathos and sen
timent that filled every paragraph of her es
say. Miss Louise D. Ellis, of Meriwether, read
one of the ablest and most chaste productions
to which it has been our good fortune to listen,
on the subject—
“ Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.”
Miss Martha J. Edwards, of Coweta county,
showed most conclusively, by facts and argu
ments, that—
“ Sweet words arc the pearls of life.”
Miss Anna M. Haynes, of Atlanta, caused
many a heart to take up and swell the chorus,
Eureka! Eureka!! Eureka!!! as she dis
canted so eloquently on the “ Rewards of Ge
nius.”
Miss Susan E. Harrail, of Alabama, gave
many a brainless professionist a merited chas
tisement as with severest sarcasm she touched
on “Quacks.”
Miss Nancy C. Hill, of LaGrange, carried
our minds back and caused us to dwell in
transport on the past as the reader dwelt with
unaffected emotion on her subject, “Sweet is
tho memory of departed worth.”
Miss Harriet N. Lipscomb, of LaGrange,
touched many a Christian heart and kindled
the fires of rapture on tho soul’s most sacred
altar as she portrayed in livid colors “ The
Land of tho Blest.”
Miss Anna A. Meadows, of Atlanta, well de
serves one of the young Brookses (if there be
one) for tho spirited and beautiful defence
which she made of tho distinguished represen
tative from the Palmetto State. Her subject
was, “Did he do right?”
Miss Martha P. McKamie, of LaGrange,
read a beautiful and ably written essay on the
subject, ‘-God In Nature.”
Miss RebeccaO. Powell, of Ilayneville, Ala.,
described in graphic strains tho great works of
our Ancestors.
Miss Mary A. Powell, of Hayneville, Ala.,
carried us into elysian fields, painting every
tlower and shrub with roseate hues as she am
plified her theme, “Poets and Poetry.”
Miss ludianna Pitts, of Newton. Ga., made
us feel that surely ours is a goodly land, a
glorious birthright, as she painted in glowiug
pictures the beauties and excellences of “Geor
gia.”
Miss Sophia L. Saunders, of Cahawba, Ala.,
will not soon be forgotten by our citizens for
the delicate, chaste, eloquent composition
which she read on “The Infant City, La-
Grange.” We acknowledge the justice of eve
ry rebuke, and glory in the sentiment of the
reader in the closing sentence—“with all thy
faults 1 love thee still.”
Miss Mary C. Tyler, of Columbus, Ga., “Pm
pleased and yet I’m sad,” was most delicate
ly and sweetly handled. Wo imagined our
selves iu the bridal hall the day after a fu
neral.
Miss Fannie C. Tennison, of Macon, Ala.—
The subjeot, “ Truly man mistakes the end of
his being,” was discussed with a strength of
argument and clearness of illustration that
commended it to attention.
Miss Philogenia Ware, of LaGrange, prom
ised to be another ardent admirer and able de
fender of our noble State, “Georgia.” Her
composition was well written and elicited much
attention and applause, as did nearly all that
were read on the occasion.
Valedictories to tho citizens of LaGrange,
Under Graduates, Faculty and President and
class were then pronounced in a style and with
a pathos that we have not known surpassed,
by Misses Harrail, llavues, Hill and Cunning
ham.
Address of Prof. Luther M. Smith, of Emo
ry College, commenced, and after continuing
for nearly an hour, at his request it was con
cluded tho next day— at tho close of which the
degrees were awarded to the graduates.
Thursday the anniversary of the Alum® So
ciety took place, and was addressed in the ab
sence of Hon. J. Glancy Jones, by Prof. L, M.
Smith, of Emory College—when ho conclu- I
ded tho address which he commenced on the !
previous day.
Our town was very much crowded during !
the week ; and a great many were disappoint
ed in not seeing Mr. Jones, of Pennsylvania,
who was expected to he present but was pre
vented from being with us for reasons assign
ed in a communication which will be found on
our first page. However, this occasion will
be long remembered by all those who were I
present.
Gift for the Prince Imperial.
A letter from Rome to a Brussels paper j
says: Among tho presents taken by Cardinal
Patrizzi to the imperial family of France,
there is oue that deserves especial mention.
It is a large emerald, hut is formed of two
parts fitted to one another, aud it encloses a
straw from the manger of Bethlehem. The
Prince Imperial is to wear this relic around his
nepk. The straw has been blessed by Pope
Pius IX.
It is very rare to find ground which pro
duces nothing; if it is not covered with tiowers,
with fruit trees and grains, it produces briars
and pine. It is the same with man ; if he is
not virtuous, he becomes vicious.
Broke Jail.
The well known burglar, Johnson, who broke
jail some six months since, and was recaptur
ed at Selma aud confined in his old quarters,
broke out again on Wednesday night, and es
| caped with a comrade named Bibb.
Johnson is remarkable for his ingenuity and 1
resources, and has boasted that no prison iu 1
the United States could contain him longer
than it suited his convenience. When recap
tured ho asked the jailor to put him in his
i strongest cell, as his propensity for wandering
was excessive, and he did not wish to compro
j inise any innocent persons. He was accord
-1 ingly put in a strong iron cage and fettered.
It is apparent now that he did not remain long
i in that position, but in a few days freed him-
J self of the said ornaments, and with a piece of
1 iron wire which he obtained from the bale of a
| bucket, contrived to pick the five locks of the
cage, and commence operations on the wall.—
This wall, consisting of about a foot of solid
I timber and about the same thickness of brick
j work outside, he succeeded in piercing, and
during the storm on Wednesday night descend
ed into the yard by a rope twisted from strips
of his mattress, and from thence (with his
comrade) picked the lock of the outside gate.
The said Johnson is somewhat remarkable
for his cool impudence, as well as skill, and
when ho escaped before, left some letters for
the county officers which attracted some atten
tion. On this occasion he addressed them,
leaving letters for the Sheriff, Jailor, and oth
ers. iu which he expressed his regret for his
unceremonious departure; stating, in fact, that
he fully appreciated the courtesies and hospi
talities of the officials of Montgomery county,
but as the musquitoes were getting somewhat
troublesome, and as his liver indicated some
disturbance in that important organ from the
beat of the weather, and as the season had
arrived for Southern gentlemen to change their
air, a duo regard for his health impelled him
to make a visit to the Spriugs, and that the
necessity of his condition compelled him to
depart hastily, and to his regret without tak
ing the formal leave customary in good socie
ty, &c.
Every caro and precaution have been used
by the jailor to keep this man safe, but all
without avail, and it would seem doubtful if
ho could be kept anywhere.— Mont. Journal,
18 th.
Sad Accident.
As the steamer Selma was nearing the wharf
on Tuesday night a female fell off the bluff be
tween the Ice House and tho old Post office
building. The height of the bluff at the point
where she fell must be sixty or seventy feet.
After the fall she raised herself on her feet
again but appeared to be badly hurt and no
doubt death will ensue. We did not learn her
name.— Selma (Ala.) Sentinel.
The Enlistment Difficulty.
By the Canadian we have the following
sketch of a debate in the British Parliament:
Mr. Moore moved in the House of Commons
that the conduct of the Government on the en
listment question had not entitled them to the
approbation of the House. Several members
appealed to Mr. Moore to postpone the motion,
but he refused, and the debate proceeded.
The Attorney General defended the Govern
ment andsaid that the United States dispatch
es were not such as might have been expected
from a nation anxious to preserve friendly re
lations with England.
Sir N. Thesiger said that the British agents
had violated equally the laws of the U. States
and of nations.
Mr. Bailie declared that England was dis
honored by her attempts to seduce citizens of
the United States from their allegiance.
Mr. Jas. Walsh said that the Government
had confessed, by not dismissing Mr. Dallas,
that they had done wrong.
Mr. Gilson said that Lord Clarendon’s con
duct was insulting towards the U. S. Govern
ment, and the American people should under
stand that the British people did not support
these Ministers therein.
Mr. Gladstone contended that the most
blameable feature was the concealment observ
ed towards the American Government, for which
Lord Clarendon and Mr. Crampton were equal
ly to blame.
Other members also spoke in a similar strain;
and Sir George Grap, Mr. Pkillmore, the Soli
citor General aud others defended the Govern
ment. The debate lasted for two days when
the House was divided on the motion for cen
sure and the Government was sustained by a
majority of 194.
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Remarkable Fountain in Florida.
Taking a narrow path, I crossed through
some dense underwood, and all at once I stood
on the Banks of the Wakulla Spring. There
was a basin of water one hundred yards in di
ameter, almost circular. The thick bushes
were almost growing to the water’s edge, and
bowing their heads under the unrippled sur
face. I stepped into a skiff and pushed off.—
Some immense fishes attracted my attention,
and I seized a spear to strike them. The
boatman laughed, and asked me how far below
the surface I supposed they were ? I answered
about four feet, He assured me that they
were at least twenty from me, and it was so.—
The water is of the most marvelous trans
parence. I dropped an ordinary pin in the wa
ter, forty feet deep, and saw its head with per
fect distinctnesss, as it lay on the bottom. As
we approached the center, 1 noticed a jagged
grayish limestone rock beneath us, pierced with
holes—through these holes one seemed to look
int* unfathomable dephs. The boat moved
slowly on, and now we hung trembling over the
edge of tho sunken cliff - ; and far below it lay
a dark, yawning, unfathomable abyss. From
its gorge comes pouring forth, with immense
velocity, a living river.
Pushing on just beyond its mouth, I dropped
a ton cent piece into the water, which is there
oue hundred and ninety feet iu depth, and I
clearly saw it shining on tho bottom. This
seems incredible. I think the water possessed
u magnifying power. lam confident that the
piece could not be seen from a tower one hun
dred and ninety feet high. We rowed on to
ward the north side, and suddenly we perceived
in the water the fish which were darting hither
and thither, the long tloxiblo roots, and the
wide luxuriant grasses on the bottom, all ar
rayed in the most beautiful prismatic hues.—
The gentle swell occasioned by the boat gnve i
to the whole an undulating motion. Death-like j
stillness reigned around and a more fairy scene
I never beheld.
So great is the quantity of water here pour- j
cd forth, that it forms a river of itself, large I
enough to float flatboats with cotton. The plan- j
ter who lives hero has thus transported his cot- i
ton to St. Marks. Near the fountain we saw
some of the remains of a mastodon which had
been taken from it. The triangular bone below
the knee measured six inches on one side. Al
most the entire skeleton has been sent to Bar
num’s Museum.
The Indian name of the fountain is beauti
fully significant. Wakulla means “ The Mys
tery. It said that the Spanisu discoverers
sprang into it with almost frantic joy suppos
ing they hnd discovered the long soughs “Fons
Juvontutis, or fountain of youth, which
should rejuvenate them after their exhausting
marches and battles.— Ballou's Pictorial.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Frightful Railroad Accident.
New York, July 18.—A collision occurred
on the North Pennsylvania Railroad to-day
near Fort Washington, with an excursion train
filled with the children belonging to St. Mich
ael’s (Catholic) Church, in Philadelphia. The
locomotive exploded, setting tire to the cars.
There were eight hundred on the train, of
whom fifty were killed, including Father Sher
idan, of Michael’s Church. Seventy were se
riously wounded. Seventeen were burnt to a
crisp in one car aud seven in another. Six
cars were totally demolished. The scene is
awful and beggars description.
Accident on the Central Railroad.
Macon, July 16.—A serious accident occur
red on the Central Railroad to-day, iu conse
quence of the washing away of a culvert near
station 13 J. The down night passenger train,
drawn by the engine McAlpin, ran into the
| breach, shivering the box, killing the 2d Fire
man, and severely probably fatally injuring
she other Fireman, and the runner, Mr. Hall.
None of the passengers were injured.
From jj|W ashington.
July 17.—The Senate to-day confirmed all
Naval nominations, consequent upon the ac
tion of tho late retiring Board, by a vote of
four to one.
General Gadsden, our Minister to Mexico
has been recalled, and Mr. Forsyth, of Mobile,
will be nominated to-morrow to the Senate as
his successor.
The U. S. Treasurer issued to-day warrants
for $200,000, the damages awarded to Messrs.
Glover and Mather for the breach by the Uni
ted States of their contract to carry the
mail between Louisville aud New Orleans.
Mr. Herbert’s trial is progressing, and great
interest is felt in the result.
’The Boston.
Boston, July 17.—The Niagara has reach
ed this port, and we learn from our London
files that the English Funds closed on the 4th
instant, at a decline of in consequence of a
hsavy draft for gold having been made on the
Bank of England, for the purchase silver for
Australia.
Railroad Iron Ashore.
Savannah, July 17.—The ship Amelia,
Captain McKenzie, owned by Captain James
Welsman, of Charleston, from Cardiff, with
railroad iron for Savannah, went ashore on
Monday night near Tybee, and will probably
be lost. The U. S. Revenue cutter is along
side of her.
Fatal Steam Boat Diaster.
Buffalo, July 17. —The Steamer Northern
Indiana, for Toledo, was consumed by fire this
morning and fifteen or twenty passengers are
missing.
Fossil Monster.
Mr. Kendall, writing from Texas to his pa
per, the Picayune, thus speaks of an immense
fossil animal of anew species, found in his
neighborhood:
The great local excitement or attraction
here just now is the fact, that within the cor
porate limits of New Braunfels, within close
pistol shot of our worthy mayor or burgomas
ter, the bones or remains of an immense mam
moth or mastodon have been discovered. I
have not yet visited the spot, or big hole in the
ground where the digging is going on, but am
told that the specimens so far dug up promise
a sizable skeleton when all are put together—
say thirty odd feet long by some twenty odd
in height. Barnum might make anew start in
the world were lie now here to take advantage
of this wonderful bringing to light of an un
doubted curiosity. Tho discovery was first
made by some German well diggers, who fell
upon a huge shoulder bone while prospecting
under ground for water. I will give more
full particulars when they excavate deep
enough to bring the ‘entire critter’ out so that
we Can all see him, she, or it. If there ever
was a spot upon earth where huge animal
could find a good range, it is right here where
the watersof the beautiful Guadalupe take in
those of the more beautiful Comal.
Dissolution of the Union.
There are now in circulation in all the North
ern States petitions for the dissolution of the
Union, having been sent out by the agents of
the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the
requestthatthey be signed and sentto Mr. Hale,
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wade, Mr. Seward or Mr.
Fessenden, for presentation to the Senate, or
to Messrs. Giddings, Burlingame or Comins,
for presentation to the House. It is charged
and not denied that prominent Republicans in
New York have signed these petitions.
The citizens of New Market, Va., on the
night of the 4th instant, burned in effigy
George Rye, of Woodstock, for attending the
Philadelphia Republican Convention-
The bill for the relief of the heirs of Gen. Ar
thur St. Clair of the Revolutionary Army, has
passed the Senate. The heirs by this bill
will get $30,000.
Why Not Successful-
The young mechanic or clerk marries and
takes a house which he proceeds to furnish
twice as expensivly as he can afford; then his
wife instead of taking hold to help him to earn
livelihood by doing her own work, must have
a hired servent to help spend his limited earn
ings. Ten years afterwards, you will find him
struggling under a double load of debts and
children wondering why the luck was always
ngainsthim while hisfriends regaded his unhap
py destiuion of financial ability. Had they from
the first been frank and honest, he need not
have been so unlucky. The world is full of
people who can’t imagine why they don’t pros
per like their neighbors, when the real obstacle
is not in banks, tariffs, in bad public policy nor
hard times, but in their own extravagance and
heedless ostentation.
Equestrian Statue of Washington.
Mr. Crawford’s grand and spirited equestrian
statue of Washington, for Virginia, is entirely
finished. The greatest interest has been taken
here in the casting of this colossal work, and
the foundry was visited by the King and Queen
of Bavaria, and the Empress of Austria. Af
ter the visit, the King sent to the hotel request
ing Mr. Crawford to come to the palace. Dur
ing the audience, his Majesty said that he could
not allow the artist to leave Munich without
expressing to him personally the great pleas
ure he had in seeing the statue, and his hope
that it would arrive safely at its destination.—
Mr. Crawford is closing his arrangements for
forwarding the statue, and will leave in a day
or two for Paris, en route for America. —Mu-
nich letter 12th ult.
Soliloquy.
“1 wish I was a ghost, blam’d if I don’t.—
They goes wherever they please, toll free;
they don’t owe nobody nothing, and that’s a
comfort. Who ever heard tell of a man who
had a bill against a ghost? Nobody. They
never buy hats aud wittles, nor licker, nor has
to saw wood, and run arrents as I do. Their
shirts never have to be washed, nor the trows
ers don’t get out at the knees, as I ever hearu
tell on. Ghosts is the only independence peo
ple I knows on ; I really wish I was one, blest
if I don’t.
GENERaI, items. -
Rev. Theophilus Fisk, recentlv .
I Church of Reconciliation in Uti P ° f ‘*•
called to the editorial chair of theD.il t, hee l
sylvanian, Pennsylvania. a 1 fcUl j*
Nathaniel I>. Baker, of Conwav iu
member of the Bangor Theological^™?"*'’ l 1
hung himself on the 15th instant ~ Darj
ES’BSKF’ ‘•‘i.Stlil
The haying season in Vermont l,
rnenced about three weeks earlier than C ° ai ’ I
and promises a crop one third larger
of two or three years past. b
On the 2d instant, four young l a j ie „ , fll
the white or novice veil of the Sisters of rt°S
rity of the B. V. M., at St. Joseph's
ten miles from Dubuque. On the same'?®
six novices made their religious r. ? Ua ®
and took the black veil-the final act
pation from the world. 1 I
At the Crystal Palace in London, whptl „11
fountains aro in full operation, they hav, n ■
788 jets playing, and the quantity 0 f J ’■
displayed simultaneously in them u , lV ■
120,000 gallons per minute. abcu ß
Visitors to Paris are struck with the ,i; m - 11
utive stature of the French armv A .n “I
offi.e to ten feet is a rarity. Th.p.S'J
I ranee seem to be growing like a cow’s
downwards. Napoleon ought to issue a deer ■
and have this stopped.
All the animals exhibited at the late imj
Agricultural show at Paris, were afterward*
sold at auction. Bulls at from 800 to 8 GGifl
francs, cows from 700 to 8,000 francs moll!
lambs at from 1200 to 3000 francs, and’ m .. *
swine at from 400 to 1800 francs.
A few days ago an affray occured at Vicks I
burg, Miss., iu which Wm. B. Blodgett was!
stabbed and killed by James Morris. Tj J
latter fired, was pursued, and shot, receivirj
a mortal wound. °l
Amos A. Lawrence, Esq., of Boston, noin-l
mated on the Fremont electoral ticket of Mas-1
sachusetts, has declined and will support Fill'l
more.
T. Buchanan Read, the poet and painter I
was married Tuesday evening, in Brooklyn |
N. Y., to Miss Hattie Denison, daughter of thi*|
late Edward Butler, of Northampton, Masa-I
chusetts.
Miss Morris, of Third Avenue, New York I
retired to bed on Monday night, taking a book 1
with her to read, but fell to sleep, without ex I
tinguishing the light. By some means the I
bedclothes took fire, and she is so badly burnt I
that she is not expected to recover.
The Pensacola Gazette learns, from a relia-1
ble source, that the Montgomery and Pensa-1
cola Rail lload company proposes to build the I
entire length of the Pensacola and Georgia I
Road to the Chattahoochee for five hundred I
thousand dollars, with the portion of the In-1
ternal Improvement Fund to which the road is I
entitled, and the lands lately granted to the I
road by Congress.
Lieut. A. J. Gwin, of the U. S. revenue I
service, and nephew of ex-Senator Gwin, of I
California, recently mysteriously disappeared I
at Vera Cruz, where he was on a visit. It is I
feared he has been murdered.
The London Post of Jun® 18th, observes; It I
is a remarkable feature in the history of emi- I
gration that has taken place of late years from I
the United Kingdom, that by far the greater I
portion of our countrymen have given the
preference not to our own colonies, but to the
United States.
Col. Bob Wilson, known in Texas as “hon
est Bab Wilson,” died on the 25th ult. He
was identified with the early struggles of that
State for independence. He formerly repre
sented it in the U. S. Senate from which body
he was expelled for rash words used in debate,
but afterwards returned by his constituents.
Mrs- Lucy Smith, the mother of the late
Joe Smith, the Mormon prophet, died at Nau
voo recently.
The annual cost of a first rate London Dai
ly is estimated by the North British Review at
about one hundred aud twenty thousand dol
lars, say $375 per diem. About eighteen
thousand dollars is paid to editors per annum,
besides a host of correspondents, sixteen par
liamentary reporters, and fifteen or twenty
other reporters. There are- about three hun
dred persons employed in the London Times,
in one way and another.
About ninety Mormons, driven out from
Beaver Island, arrived at Chicago last Wed
nesday week in a state of destitution. Others
were landed at Milwaukie and Racine. They
were compelled to leave their property behind
them.
Notices have been given of intended appli
cations to tho legislature of Pennsylvania for
new bank charters, together representing a
capital of $18,800,000, or a sum nearly equal
to the whole of the present banking capital of
the State.
The New Nork Bank statement shows an in
crease of loans of $480,400, and a decrease iu
specie of $2,035,827, which was about what
was expected.
A statue of Washington has been made from
sheet copper by a coppersmith of New lork
city with a hammer.
Moses Cawood, an old respectable citizen ol
Washington county, Va., shot himself with a
rifle, on the 2d instant, causing death in about
three hours.
In a recent case iu New York, brought by
George Austin vs. the New York and Erie
Railroad Company, for demanding extra pas
sage money because he did not obtain his tick
et at the passenger ticket office—it was de
cided, that rail road companies have no au
thority to authorize conductors to charge and
collect any extra amount from passengers,
who may fail to obtain tickets before the de
parture of the cars.
The Cincinnati papers record the death ot
Prof. John Locke, to whom the scientific world
is indebted for tho magnetic clock, for making
astronomical observations.
Eight hundred English Mormons, including
women and children, passed through Chicago,
on Monday, en route for Salt Lake. They
took tho Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to
the river, and go thence by the Mississippi
and Missouri road to lowa city. They, with
their baggnge, occupied twenty-three cars
At lowa city they will purchase wagons, teams,
provisions, &c., for the overland journey to
the Lake.
A tabular statement of the deliveries of gold
from California for the year ending June 30th,
shows a total of $41,979,104, which is only
about $55,000 in excess of the previous year,
while it falls short some five millions of dol
lars of the years 1853-54.
‘I see,’ said a young lady, ‘that some book
sellers advertise blank declarations for sale.
I wish I could get one.’ ‘ ‘Why? ’ asked the
mother, ‘because, ms, Mr. Murphy is too mod
est to ask me to marry him ! and perhaps ii
could fill a blank declaration with the ques
tion, ho would sign it.”