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COLUMBUS:
VVrtliie*day Morning, July !43, 1850.
LARUB4T CITY CIttCULATION.
Injunction Diseolved.
C Myoatt Ot. al. l injunction in Muscogee
VB ‘ 1 Superior Court.
It. It. Uoktchiuh. )
At the request of many of our readers, wo
shall publish to-morrow, a synopsis of the Bill
and Answer in the above case, which will con
tain ail the particulars necessary to a thorough
appreciation ot its merits.
Kxtra copies, should any be wanted, must
be ordered by nine o’clock this morning.
The Meeting at Salem.
A largo number of our citizens, we learn,
will be present at the political discussion at
Salem to-day.
•
Marly on the morning of the 10th iust. the
bank of L. G. Berry & Cos., Adrian, Michigan,
was entered by burglars through asecond story
window, and $8!*,000 were stolen from the
safe, the key of which was taken by the bur
glars from the pocket of a clerk who slept on
the premises. Three thousand dollars of tho
sum were in gold, the rest in bills.
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It is said that in their concert tour of the
last ten months, Md’lle. Parodi and Strakosch
have netted $50,000. They have given togeth
er two hundred concerts in various cities of'hc
United Whites, closing their tour at Toronto,
C. \V., by a concert last week, and they are
now at Lake George.
The report that Mrs. Lydia Maria Child,
the anther ess, had died in Europe, is contra
dicted. It is said sho is now living near Bos
ton, and has never been in Europe.
The Wavannah Morning News lias recently
donned u now and handsome dress—a good in
dication of its prosperity.
The Madison Family Visitor complains that
the Georgia Bail Road Company does not
provide a sufficiency of first class cars to moot
the wants of purchasers of first-class tickets.
Tho editor was stowed away ft few nights since,
in tho baggage ear, and wedged in with trunks,
oil cans, watermelons, &c.
We learn by a letter to the Columbia South
Carolinian, that the IJon. Preston S. Brooks,
does not intend leaving Washington until
after the adjournment of Congress. As soon
as liis election is had, he will promptly re
sume his soat, as a representative from South
Carolina.
Thomas W. Thomas, Esq., of Elbert, Demo
cratic Presidential elector for tho Bth District,
declines the office, for the want of time to ful
fill its duties. Alexander C. Walker, Esq., of
Richmond, his alternate, will take Mr. Thom
as’ place in the field. Mr. Walker is a man
of considerable übilty, and has made himself
somo reputation by his letters in the Augusta
Constitutionalist signed ‘An Old Line Whig.’
The Crops.
4ho last Macon (Ga.) Teiegraph, and Eu
faula (Ala.) Spirit of the South, complain
loudly of protracted drought, which is serious
ly injuring tho cotton crop, and has very
nearly made a finish of tho corn. In this sec
tion we are also suffering for want of rain,
but the sky gives no promise of it.
Rot for the Soason.
’ The following advertisement, signed by tho
pastor, appoared in a Worcester (Mass.) paper
last week:
Notice. —By particular request, there will
boa meeting at the Wesleyan Church in Lei
cester, ou l’leasaut street, at 5 o’clock, P. M.,
Sunduy, July 18th. Subject Hell-Fire and
Politics!
A Pacific Republic.
The Philadelphia Penasylvauian publishes
the following letters from California by the
last steamer, and written by men of high
standing and character:
Sacramento, Juue 4. 1850.—After giving
the particulars which have appeared in the pa
pers, the writer adds:
l ho truth is, tho leaders are Know Nothings
and secret Abolitionists, who nre determined
to establish a government hero independent of
the United States. Tho old idea of an iude
pendeut Pacific Republic is revived. You will
see ull the plans laid haro in the Sun of the
3d inst. Gov. Johnson was unwilling to re
sist at first, but now, three weoks after the
lcbellion broke out, lie lias this morning call
ed out the military of San Francisco, Sacra
mento, Nevada, &c. A company is already
organized here, and others will soon be ready.
San Francisco, Juno 3, 1856.—Disunion
is openly talked of nnd advocated by the press;
so you need not be astonished to hear of the
entire State Government being revolutionized
by tho mob, which is not confined to San Fran
cisco, but extends over the Slate. If, how
ever, the Governor will act promptly aud effi
ciently, the mobocrats may be quelled. It is
a Know Nothing revolution, aimed at tho
State Government. You can understand
something of tlio way in which the cat is
jumping, when 1 inform you that every Demo
cratic paper in the State, except tho Globe of
this city is opposed to the Vigilance Commit
tee. Tho rest, Know Nothings, Republican
and neutral, nro howling for the mob, and de
nouncing nil who do not obey their behetts.
Our last news from California stated that
the Vigilnuce Committee had disbanded, and
were no louger in attitude of resistance to
the State authorities.
New Seal for tho City of Macon.
The following Ordinance was passed at the
recent meeting of the City Council of Macon :
Be it ordained by the City Council of the
city of Macon, and it is hereby ordained by
the authority of the same, that from and after
the passage of this Ordinance, the Corporate
Seal of the city of Macon, shall boas follow*:
A round seal with a device codtaining a full
boiled Cotton Plant in bold relief and a train
of Railroad Cars in the rear surrounded by
the inscription “-lidos Mores Legesque Custo
dial,” ami under the device the words “Cor
pus Politician.”
Surveys of Utah.
W e learn at the General Laud Office that,
in consequence of the recent hostilities of tho
Indians in l tab Territory, it was considered
unsafe for the surveyors to go on with their
work, unless accompanied by an escort to pro
tect them in case of an attack being made
upon them.— Washington Star.
Fillmore and Donelson.
From tho Enquirer of yesterday, we take
the following resolution, adopted at the Fill
more ratification meeting on Saturday night.
Resolved, That the American party of Mus
cogee county, and other friends of Fillmore
and Donelson, assembled here to-riight, ap
prove of and heartily ratify the action of the
late State Convention at Macon. Wo accept
both its platform and nominees, and pledge
ourselves to our friends in other sections to
uphold the principles of tho one, as tho con
stitutional and true policy of the Government,
and to support the latter as men best fitted to
carry out those principles. Wo point with sat
isfaction and confidence to the past Administra
tion of Milliard Fillmore—with his emphatic
declaration that it shall be “the exponent of
the future”—as a gratifying assurance that by
his election, wo will secure a Chief Magistrate
in whom all sections of the Confederacy may
confide as a conservator of their constitutional
rights, as a faithful and impartial administra
tor of the laws, and a determined enemy of
sectional agitation and faction. Repudiating
any responsibility for the Squatter Sovereign
ty and Alien Suffrage heresies tliat have re
ceived the sanction of the present Administra
tion, and been approved by the candidates and
tho platform of our opponents, we adhere
to the principles of the Utali and New
Mexico Territorial bills, approved by Presi
dent Fillmore, as establishing and embodying
tho true Territorial policy of the Government.
By those acts, the principles of the Missouri
Compromise was first repudiated, tho odious
Wilmot Proviso defeated, and tho Government
returned to the constitutional doctrine of non
intervention—leaving to the new States, when
they becomo sovereign members of the Con
federacy, the decision of the question whether
slavery shall be admitted or excluded. We
depreoato further sectional agitation, whether
by attacks upon the Compromise acts of 1850
at the South, or by a crusade at the North for
the admission of Kansas with the Bogus To
peka Constitution or for the restoration of the
Missouri Compromise line. And hailing with
delight tho unanimity und enthusiasm with
which the conservative men of the nation are
everywhere rallying around Millard Fillmore
as the exponent of these principles, we enlist
under his banner in this contest, and assure
our friends of this and other States that wc
unite heartily with them in the support of
men and principles so worthy of the approval
of every patriot in the land.
The meeting was a very large and enthusii
astic one and was addressed by Judge G. E- -
Thomas, a delegate to Macon, Hon. T. 11. Watts
of Montgomery, and Hon. B. 11. Hill, one of the
Stato Electors. Tho meeting did not adjourn
until near midnight, and was spirited to its
close. Col. John Woolfolk presided, and Mr.
8. J. Howard acted as Secretary.
Herbert at Home.
The San Francisco Buletin gives tho following
of Mr. Herbert, the Representative in Congress
from California;
“His previous history is very much like
most of our public characters—one of infamy
and shame. He is well known under the title
of the ‘Mariposa gambler.’ He is a gambler
by profession, and W3 are told formerly dealt
‘monte’ somewhere in Mariposa county, and is
without tho slightest qualification for the res
ponsible position he now occupies.”
The True Californian of the 20th ult., has
the following article:
Hon. P. T. Herbert. —The murder recently
committed in Washington City, by the above
mentioned noted blackleg, was not the first act
of the kind in which lie was a |jloody partici
pant. A low years ago, this same Mr. Her
bert resided iu Texas, a few miles from the
town of Richmond, on tlio Brasos lliver. A
quarrel occurred between two gentlemen named
C’oliu Cocke, ami Jonathan I>. Waters. Waters
resolved to murder Cocke, aud lor that pur
pose, started over to his house, accompanied by
John Waters nnd the honorable member of
Congress. They were all armed with double
barreled shot guns ami revolvers. After reach
ing the house, it was agreed that Herbert und
John Waters should rush in and sieze Cocke
and prevent him from using his arms, as he
was noted for being a brave man and a most
desperate one. They accordingly knocked at
the door, and when it was opened they rushed
iu, seized their victim und held him securely
until Waters could take aim. They then re
leased him and Watei-3 fired. Rocke was not
killed the first discharge, hut leaped over the
bed and was about seizing his weapons, when
lie was shot down by the contents of the other
barrel.
In the agonies of death lie exclaimed, “give me
some water,” when his murderer drew his re
volver aud deliberately shot four balls into his
dead body. These are facts, and vouched for
by a gentleman now in San Francisco, who
heard tlie testimony iu tlio case. Such was
the prelude to the last tragedy at Washington.
May God shake the lofty mountains of Cali
fornia into the sea, if she can send such anoth
er Representative to Congress!
We are not disposed to credit the above im
putations upon Mr. Herbert’s character. Gen
tlemen who have conversed witli gentlemen of
Alabama, who knew Mr. Herbert before he
went to California, tell us that he is a clever
young man, according to the statement of his
Alabama acquaintances—a self-made man, and
always a strong Southern man in his feelings.
These attacks upon him are believed to havo
originated in that same malignant, abolition
spirit, which has perpetrated so many false
hoods against tho South and Southern men.
A Duel Prevented
A dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune, dated
Washington, July 10, says:
An affair of honor was nipped in tho bud
last night between Mr. Burlingame, of Massa
chusetts, and Mr. Brooks, of South Carolina,
by a meeting of tho friends of the parties—
Messrs. Banks and Ashrauu, of Massachusetts,
for Mr. Burlingame, und Messrs. Boeock, of
Virginia, and Boyce, of South Carolina, for
Mr. Brooks. The fatter demanded retraction
of language uttered by Mr. Bulingame in his
speech, which that gentleman declined, de
claring himself responsible for every word in
his speech, lie distiugished between the act
and the actor. Aud tnis was satisfactory and
the matter was thus amicably settled.
In the Griswold divorce case, the Court of
Common I’leas, Philadelphia, has decided
against the application of the libellant, Rev.
Rufus W. Griswold, D. D., to complete the re
cord by the substitution of alleged copies.
Mr. Griswold is well known in literary cir
cles, as tho nuthor of “Poets and Poetry of
America,” a largo and valuoblo, though not
his only work
Tho Secretary of the Treasury has asked
Congress to amend tho act of 1842 so ns in ad
dition to the prevention of the importation of
indecent prints, paintings, transparencies,
&c., to embrace statues and figures of a simi
lar tendency.
A Visit to Santa Anna.
A correspondent of the New Orleans Delta
in New Granada, thus notice.’ ft visit paid by
him to the ex-Dictator of Mexico:
“ A two hours’ charming ride led us te Tur
baco, where our friends, who were to pnrt
from us, had ordered a sumptuous farewell
breakfast. This village, situated at a distance
of about four leages from Carthagena, is the
present residence of Gen. .Santa Anna, the ex-
Dictator of Mexico.
“After having done full justice to the deli
cious viands spread before us by our friends,
with an ardor and gusto which our morning
jaunt sufficiently explains, a dozen of us light
ed our cigars, and set out to visit the man,
who, at ono time, exercised so considerable an
influence over the affairs of Mexico. His
house is a large, strong, stone building, iuthc
old Spanish style of architecture, with a col
onnade, a large court, anil garden. Its ap
pearance is very beautiful, and forms a strik
ing contrast with the humble cottages inhabi
ted by the wretched population among whom
Santa Anna resides.
“ We were introduced in a large parlor,
running through the whole front of the house,
whilst the General was being apprised of our
arrival. The walls of this apartment are pa
pered in elegant French style, and decorated
with some line engravings. The parlor has
two doors fronting on the street, and two oth
ers leading to a yard smiling with verdure.
Around the room may he seen two or three
sofas, a dozen of mahogany chairs, with side
tabic and lounges ; in the middle is a. marble
centre table, with exquisitely-wrought flower
vases. The ensemble of this furniture has an
appearance of calm simplicity, and breathes a
perfume of tropical comforts which strikes and
pleases at the same time.
“ The ex-Dictator appeared almost imme
diately. I had known him ten years ago at
Havana, and expected to see him, of course,
much altered; but if he is, it is decidedly to
his advantage. He has all the appearance of
a man in his prime, and is about five feet ten
or eleven inchs high, and rather corpulently
iuclined. Ilis eyes borrow from their shaggy
brows an aspect of concavity which causes
them to change color with the varying hues of
light. His complexion is of an olive brown ;
his face is shorn of whiskers and moustaches,
and is indented by no corrugation, except,
perhaps, some slight wrinkles near the angle
of his eye. His hair is a beautiful iron gray,
but 1 understand that he is in the habit of dye
ing it.
“Ho entered the parlor slowly, walking with
some embarrassment, and slightly limping,
resting upon a cane. His dress was extreme
ly simple, being that of a Southern farmer,
viz: broadlinen pantaloons and an ample white
sackcoat. The only attractive object which
he wore was a magnificent diamond breast
pin.”
Grain Crops.
A two weeks’ tour through the States of
Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa and Illinois, has
given us an opportunity to observe the grow
ing crops and to judge for ourselvos.
In Michigan, the corn is backward, but the
rains and sun are bringing it forward fast, nnd
an average crop is looked fer. The winter
wheat is good.
In Illinios, (the northern part,) wheat, both
spring and winter, is rank. Corn is breast
high, stands well, and promises a heavy yield.
There is, too, in this State, an immense
breadth of land sown.
Farmers are getting more independent, have
more facilities, and can take care of more
grain than heretofore. The trouble has been
with them that they could sow more than they
could reap, help in harvest being scarce. But
now, machinery plows, sows, reaps, rakes,
threshes and cleans their grains, and but lit
tle is left for man to do except to market his
crop.
There is no old wheat in the country, but
plenty of corn. Every farmer, almost, has
half or two-thirds of his last year’s crop on
hand lying in heaps about liis barns.
In lowa and Wisconsin there will be an im
mense yield of wheat, oats and corn; there is
no fly or rust yet visible, and this week the
wheat harvest will generally commence. Look
out for low prices.— Cleveland Plaindealer.
Pressure of Steam iu Boilers.
A pamphle has been published in England
by Mr. Anderson the well known machinist, on
the management of steam boilers, in which he
says that the pressure within a boiler is great
er than is generally supposed. With a pres
sure of fifty pounds per square inch, it amounts
to 7200 pounds on every part of the surface
exposed to the steam, amounting frequently to
many thousands of tons in the boiler, thus ac
counting for the enormouse havoc made by ex
plosions. The joints are weaker than the sol
id parts; good solid plate will withstand from
50,000 pounds to 00,000 pounds pcrsquureincli
of sectional area—the joints will give way at
about 34,000 pounds, which shows the impor
tance of seeing that the rivets and other fas
teuiugs arc always in sound condition. Mr.
Anderson divides explosions into four classes,
namely, from want of strength, deficiency of
water, heating of plates, nnd the variety of
other circumstances.
killed.
A man named Buggs was killed in George
town, Randolph co., Geo., on Thursday even
ing last by Mr. S. D. Betton. The deceased
was engaged in n dispute witli another person
iu a grocery, when Mr. Betton interfered for
the purpose of putting a stop to it. Some
words passed between them, when Betton
struck the deceased a blow on the head with an
axe helve fracturing his skull and producing
deatli in a few hours.— Eufaula Spirit ‘22nd.
New Trials.
The Supremo Court on Wednesday last re
versed the case of Bob, tire slave of Mr. Nat.
Roach, who was convicted of the murder of
Mr. Vining's little daughter at the last Spring
term of the Circuit Court for this county.—
They had previously reversed the case of An
thony, tho slave of Mr. Elias G, Hodges, who
was convicted of an attempt to poison liis mas
ter and mistress. Both the negroes were to
have been hanged at Clayton on the Gth of Au
gust. The decision of the Supreme Court se
cures them both anew trial.— Eufaula Spirit
2 2nd.
Ohio Oongregationalists on Slavery.
The Ohio Conference of the Cougregational
ist Church, held recently at Dayton, adopted
resolutions, declaring,
“ That as fellowship with slaveholders sanc
tions in the estimation of many, the practice
of slavery, the existence of the relation should
be taken as prima facie evidence of unworthi
new for Christian fellowship ; and if their be
exceptions, those exceptions should be made
manifest by individuals who mar be implica
ted.”
“Resolutions, denouncing the attack on
Sumner, and “the aggressions of slavery in
Kansas,” were also adopted.
Fresh Shad havo again made their appear
ance in New York market. They are brought
from Nova Scotia, side by side with the salmon
of those waters, on a flooring of iee, in the
fishing schooners.
An Act Granting Public Lands,
In alternate sections, to the Btate ot Alabama
to aid in the construction of certain rail
roads in said State.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca m Congress assembled, That there be and
is hereby granted to the State of Alabama,
for the purpose of aiding iu the construction
of railroads, from the Tennessee river, at or
near Gunter’s landing, to Gadsden, on the
CoOsa river ; from Gadsden, to connect with
the Georgia and Tennessee line ot railroads,
through Chattooga, Wills, and Lookout valleys;
and from Elytou to tho Tennessee river at or
near Beard’s bluff, Alabama, every alternate
section of land designated by odd numbers tor
six sections in width on each side of eacli of
said roads. But in case it shall appear that
the United States have, when the lines or
routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold
any sections or any parts thereof granted as
aforesaid, or that the right of pre-emption has
attached to the same, then it shall be lawful
for any agent or agents, to be appointed by
the Governor of said State, to select, subject
to the approval of the Secretary of the Interi
or, from the lands of the United States nearest
to the tiers of sections above specified, so much
land, in alternate sectious or parts of sections,
as shall be equal to such lands as the United
States havo sold or otherwise appropriated, or
to which the rights of pre-emption have at
tached us aforesaid, which lands (thus selected
in lieu of those sold and to which pre-emption
rights have attached as aforesaid, together
with the sections and parts of sections desig
nated by odd numbers as aforesaid and appro
priated as aforesaid) shall be held by the State
of Alabama for the use and purpose afore
said : Provided, That the laud to be so loca
ted shall in no case be further than fifteen
miles from the lines of said roads, and selected
for and on account of each of said roads : Pro
vided further, That the lands hereby granted
for and on account of said roads severally shall
be exclusively applied in the construction of
that road for and on account of which such
lands are hereby granted, and shall be dis
posed of only as the work progresses, and the
same shall be applied to no other purpose what
soever : And provided further, That any and
all lands heretofore reserved to the United
States by any act of Congress, or in any other
manner by competent authority, for the pur
pose of aiding in any object of internal im
provement, or for any other purpose whatso
ever, be and the same are hereby reserved to
the United States from the operation of this
act, except so far as it may be found necessa
ry to locate the routes of said railroads through
such reserved lauds, in which case the right
of way only shall be granted, subject to the
approval of the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
sections and parts of sections of land which
by such grant shall remain to the United
States, within six miles on each side of said
roads, shall not be sold for less than double
the minimum price of the public lands when
sold nor shall any of the said lands become
subject to private entry until the same have
been first offered at public sale at the increas
ed price.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
said lands hereby granted to the said State
shall be subject to the disposal of the Legisla
ture thereof for the purposes aforesaid and no
other ; and the said railroads shall be and re
main public highways for the use oftheGov
ernmeut of the United States, free from toll
or other charge upon the transportation of any
property or troops of the United States.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the
lands hereby granted to said State shall be dis
posed of by said State only in manner follow
ing, that is to say : That a quantity of land,
not exceeding one hundred and twenty sec
tions for each of said roads, and included with
in a continuous length of twenty miles of each
of said roads, may be sold ; and when the
Governor of said State shall certify to the Se
cretary of the Interior that any twenty con
tinuous miles of any of said roads is complet
ed, then another quantity of land hereby
granted, not to exceed one hundred and twen
ty sections for each of said roads having twenty
continuous miles completed as aforesaid, and
included within a continuous length of twenty
miles of each of such roads, may be sold ; and
so from time to time until said roads are com
pleted : and if any of said roads is not com
pleted within ten years no further sale shall
be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to
the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
United States mail shall be transported over
said roads, under the direction of the Post
Office Department, at such price as Congress
may by law direct: Provided, That until such
price is fixed by law the Postmaster General
shall have the power to determine the same.
Sec. 6. xVnd be it further enacted, That a
grant of land shall be made to said State to
aid in the construction of the following roads
iu said State, to-wit: the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, extending from Memphis,
on the Mississippi river, in Tennessee, to Ste
venson, on the Nashville and Chattanooga rail
road, in Alabama ; the Girard and Mobile
railroad, from Girard to Mobile, Alabama ;
the Northeast and Southwestern railroad,
from near Gadsden to some point on the Ala
bama and Mississippi State line, in tho direc
tion to the Mobile and Ohio railroad ; the
Coosa and Alabama railroad, from Selma to
Gadsden; the Central railroad, from Mont
gomery to some point on the Alabama and
Tennessee State line, in the direction to Nash
ville, Tennessee ; and that alternate sections
of the public lands to the same extent, and in
the same manner, and upon the same limita
tions and restrictions in every respect, shall
be and is hereby made to aid in the construc
tion of the roads in said State mentioned in
this act : Provided, That the lands hereby
granted to said State for the purpose of con
structing a railroad from the northeast to the
southwestern portion of said State, lying
northwest of Elyton, shall be assigned to Buch
road as may be designated by the Legislature
of said State.
Approved, June 9, 1850.
Coming Round.
The Northern papers are modifying their
tone towards Mr. Brooks. The Boston Pilot
says:
The speech of Senator Butler, to whom Sen
ator Sumner’s studied phillippic was a reply,
has been published. It is particularly distin
guished for its high gentlemanly tone and ex
pression and completely annihilates the pre
tence that Senator Butler had provoked the
gross personalities indulged in by Mr. Sum
ner. Last week Mr. Butler replied to Mr.
Sumner s speech in as gentlemanly a manner
ns was possible for a party personally injured
to deal with such a virulent attack. It is
quite evident that Brooks missed a figure in
interposing with his cane between his aged
relative nnd his ill advised and ill judgina: as
sailant. s
There are many complaints from Western
New I ork of the ravages of the weevil in
that quarter, to an extent that warrants the
saddest fursebodiugs relative to the growing
whoat. Some predict that this insect will de
stroy full two-thirds of that favorite crop.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS. T
Settlement of the American d1
New York, July 17.—8 y the V u
steam ship Fulton, arrived at this tmr , ‘“I 1
day from Havre, with advices to the
.mportant intelligence lias been receive T
substantial settlement of the difficult* W T
Great Britain arid the United Stated e “T
out of the misunderstanding upon the™. * I
tion of tin of U.hS’tfScT i
ton-Bulwer convention. A treaty h-is l 1 I
gotiated between Great Britain aud llemri! “ I
by which the Bay Islands are t
last named Power, upon such condition. 1
acceptible to our Minister, Mr. Dallas t l 1
accordance with the policy of our gove’rnme.l
The Steamer Indiana.
New York, July 19.— The Steamer 1n.1i,, J
which was burnt on Lake Erie, on the ]- jf
stant, is a total wreck, but all the passemrU
and crew were landed in safety. ‘
The Philadelphia Railroad Disaster ‘
Philadelphia, July, P.L-Sixty
young and old, are already known to have I*
killed by this sad disaster. Others are in , /f
ing condition. Much sympathy is f e l t f or ,:g
unlortunate victims of the accident. ,
Governor Gardner of Massachusetts
Boston, July 19. Governor Gardner of th,
State has published a reply to the recent eon!
mumcation of Governor Winston, of Alaban 1
returning the Kansas resolutions of the Mas
chusetts Legislature, and is very severe ,1
what he terms the assumptions of the latte 1
and valorously asserts that he will continue J
send resolutions to Alabama as lonir a. h.. 1
mains Governor. “ ‘1
Markets.
New York, July 19.— Cotton i s stiff ail ,
1000 bales were sold to-day. Flour hasV,i
vanced and Ohio is worthy $0.20 per bbl
Wheat is higher and Southern Red is quoted a
$1.70 per bushel. Corn is irregular and South
ern mixed commands 01 cents per bushel -
Other articles are unchanged. Freights
unsettled.
Professor Lovering, in an interesting es sni
upon the subject of atmospherical electricity
mentions some of the means which human ii t !
genuity or science has adopted in seeking pro
tection against the dangers of the lightning,
stroke. Cages of glass have been made foi
very timid persons ; but glass does not exclude
the lightning—a case being recorded of a con
servatory which was struck, and eight hundred
panes of glass destroyed, without injury to the
frames in which they were set. Metal about
the person or house modifies the effect of the
lightning; and although sometimes it ntay
provoke a stroke, it may at times, by takiii-’
the eharge, save the individual or building
from injury. Rydone recommends that ladies
should carry small chains, or fine wires, which
they may suspend from their bonnets, or other
outworks, in time of danger. There is less
danger from lightning in a city, where there
are many spires to disarm and neutralize the
cloud, than in the country, and a person is
safer above than among a crowd of people, It
is also well known that all persons are not
equally good conductors of electricity and that
some few, if made portionsfof the line of dis
charge, arrest it.
Storm at Mobile.
The storm that paid so angry a visit to our
city on Wednesday afternoon spent a large
portion of its wrath in the neighborhood around
Spring Hill. In many of the places there it
both uprooted and broke in twain large oak
trees — unroofed some outhouses, and entirely
knocked down the high tower lately built by
Mr. Stein at the Water Works. This tower
was not less than 70 feet high; but it now
lies prostrate on the ground and is considera
bly scattered about in detailed portions.—Rea
iiler.
California.
California is rapidly increasing in popula
tion and resources. According to Senator
Weller, the total value of exports from that
State during last year was over $4,600,000.
Among these was the item of flour to the ex
tent of $70,000. The change in this particu
lar is indeed remarkable. California, itwould
thus appear, is not only able to raise bread
stutts sufficient for her own consumption, hut
a handsome surplus. This too, in her infancy.
\\ hat she will be able to do when she becomes
older and stronger, the reader may imagine.
It should be remembered moreover, that the
price of labor in Californiais very heavy, when
compared with the rates in the eastern cities.
Senator Weller states that the amount from all
grain raised to the acre is much larger there
than in any other State of the Union. In the
number of horses and mules sho is exceeded
by only fifteen other States ; whilst in cattle
she is only surpassed by seven States. In
wheat there were only nine States which pro
duced more in 1855 ; while New York alone
produced a larger amount of barley-. Sixteen
States of the Union piroduced smaller quanti
ties of potatoes, and no State yielded so many
gallons of wine. In the aggregate of live stock
only fourteen States surpass it. In 1853 there
was imported into San Francisco, merchan
dise to the value of $100,000,000 ; or more
than the whole amount of goods imported into
the United States fourteen years ago. “In
point of commerce San Francisco is ranked
third or fourth in the Union, while the city,
although five times destroyed by fire, will now
compare favorably with any other city of this
Republic. In her schools, her churches, her
public institutions, in all that dignifies and
ennobles human nature, she has made more
rapid advances during the last five years than
any other city in the world.
An Important Decree.
We have seen, says the Washington Star, a
eopy of the Hat-Houmagoun, or Sublime Wri
ting. by which tlio Sultan of Turkey lias grant
ed entire religious liberty and equal rights tu
all the Christian subjects of his Empire, it I s
a document of tho highest interest and value,
j and ono which has never been equalled, either
in importance or sublimity. For the first
time, the principles of civil nnd religious lib
erty have been enunciated in the East. The
1 documents is considered by Chriotians as the
Magna Charta of the Turkish Empire.
Discovery at the Mammoth Cave.
Last Tuesday, the 11th inst., Stephen Bish
op, the guide, and three students, Robert Tay
lor, Clnrenco Bate, and Wm. L. Stouc, while
rambling iu the cave, discovered on entirely
unknown passage of some two miles in length
By this important discovery, the cave, already
the largest in the world, is found to extend
eleven miles instead of nine miles, ns lias hith
erto been supposed. This passage was lound
by the party to lead to chambers far surpass
ing all those formerly known, botli in extent
and magnificence. It is supposed that this
discovery will lead to others of still greater
importance.— Louisville Journal.
The Cunurd steamer Canada, which sailed
from Boston on Wednesday, took out 01 > e
hundred and eighteen passengers for Liverpoc..
and twenty-seven for Halifax. She has also on
freight $788,035.44 in speeie and one hun lrc
and twelve packages of merchandise.