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COLUMBIJB:
Tuesday Morning, August 5, 1850.
liAKOEST CITY CIRCULATION.
Prominent Citizens Dead.
Our community has lost within the past lew ,
days, several well-known citizens.
Hon. George Troup Howard, (late of this i
city,) son of Major J. H. Howard, and late
Judge of the City Court, Savaunab, died last
week at his father’s residence in YVinnton ; bis ‘
remains were interred on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. John Kyle, of the firm of Kyle, Eve- -
ritt & Cos., and one of our most prominent dry j
good merchants, died suddenly yesterday j
morning, after an illness of a lew hours.
Dr. Thomas Hoxey, one of our oldest citi- j
zens, died, as wo are informed, at Nlontvale
Springs, Tennessee, on Saturday morning
last, and his remains reached the city yester- i
day. The funeral will take place at'J o’clock I
this morning.
New Cotton.
The first bale of new cotton was received in
this city yesterday by Messrs. Hunter & Gnm
mell, from the plantation of Mrs. Ann E. Shep
herd, in Stewart county. It classed middling
fair and sold for 12J cts., Mr. E. It. Shackel
for boing tho purchaser. This is the second,
if not the third, year in succession that this
energetic lady has outstripped all her mascu
line competitors.— Sav. Rrp. Any. 2.
The above bale of cotton was received in this
city on the Hist ult., by Messrs. Hughes &
Daniel, sold at auction by A. K. Ayer, and
purchased by Mr. Alfred Garrard at \2fy cts.
We bad two reasons for not noticing the
transaction at tho time. One, that on that
day wo hud been eight miles into the country,
passed several cotton fields and were particu
lar to see if the cotton had begun to open, and
did not discover one solitary open boll. The
other, that we were satisfied the bale had been
gathered at the cost of much time in search of
scattering bolls, by an ambitious overseer; and
that the effect of the announcement would be
to givo a false impression abroad as to the real
condition of the cotton crop. Wo venture to
assert that where one plantation is now found
within tho range of this market, that has upon
it one bale of open cotton, two will be found
not to have 50 lbs.
Burning of tho John Jay.
Tho steamer John Jay, was destroyed by lire
near Garfield, on Lake George, New York, on
tho evening of the 29th ult. She had on board,
73 passengers besides her officers and crew.
Six of the passengers were lost, to-wit: Miss
Sherman of Albany, N. Y.; Mr. Rensliaw of
New Orleans ; Mr. Metcalf of Cherry Valley,
N. Y.; Mrs. Twing of Boston; and MissC.
A. Fleet of Brooklyn.
Tho lire is said to liavo been caused by the
burning of pitch pine wood, which choked
up the smoko pipe bo as to drivo the fire and
smoke into the fire-room, compelling the iiro
nmn to retreat to the deck for air, without
giving him an opportunity to close tho doors
of Hie firo-boxes. The sparks quickly ignited
the wood-work over head, and the boat was
enveloped in Humes almost instantly. The
passengers blame the captain for not running
on shore immediately, as she was near a sandy
beach at the time, instead of allowing her to
go on for tho purpose of trying to put out the
tire and saving tho boat, and at last being com
pelled to ruu on some rocks. Others attach
no blame to any one, and say that tho captain
did everything in lhs power to prevent the ca
tastrophe. A full investigation of the affair
is to be had.
Congressional Per Diem.
The U. S. Senate, on the 30th inst., took up
the bill regulating the pay of members. Mr.
Collamer proposed a substitute: “ That they
shall receive for their attendance at the ses
sions twenty-live per cent, additional to what
they arc now entitled to by law. The bill wns
referred to the committee on Finauce.
We had supposed that members of Congress
were already sufficiently compensated ; if they
are to receive higher wages, there should be
some provision by which to secure less talk and
more work.
Beverly T. Wells, formerly of Richmond,
Vu., has been tried and convicted of murder,
at Benicia, California, and sentenced to be
hanged on the Bth instant. The Richmond
Dispatch says that while Mr. Wells resided in
that city, he was much esteemed by those who
knew him, and was an industrious, peaceable
citizen. So much for such associations as are
to he found in California.
The Ohio River.
The Louisville Courier says the river is fall
ing slowly at nil points, and the Lower Ohio
will soon be in a worse navigable condition than
ever. In the canal, there are about three feet
water, which is more than can be found on
several of the bars below. The weather,
though clear and dry, is remarkably pleasant
for the season, the heat by the thermometer
uot reaching higher than 85 yesterday in the
shade.
Attack by Bees.
Recently Mr. Holden, of Fairfax, Va., was
driving a team of horses to Alexandria, and
stopped at Mr. Wm. Gooding’s on the Little
River Turnpike, to feed, when a swarm of bees
lighted on ono of the horses, and stung the
animal so intolerably that ho died before they
could be driven oft'. The horse had just been
sold for SIOO.
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Inoculation of Death,
The Petersburg Kxpress states that Dr.
Vick, of Sussex, while conducting a post mor
tem examination a few days since, upon the
body of a colored woman, accidentally cut his
hand. A portion of the virus from the body
entered the wound, and communicating with
his blood, caused death in a short time after
wards.
, The City Sextou of Montgomery, reports 18
bjrttbs in that city, for the month of July, ten
were whites, and eight black and col
ored; twelve of the whole number were chil
dren.
Gen. Tom Thumb Robbed.
Gen. Tom Thumb has bet i robbed at Cincin
nati of his box of jewelry and presents, valued
at $20,000.
Union of the Hards and softs.
The two wings of the Democratic party met
in separate Conventions, Syracuse, New
York, on the 30th ult.
After an organization in different Halls, ar
rangements were made fr ,r a consolidation ol
the two bodies. In the Soft Convention Mr.
15. F. Angell said, as a believer that but one j
sentiment animates the Convention, he would
ask leave to offer tho following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee of five he ap
pointed by the Chair, to announce to the other j
Democratic Convention sitting at Corinthian ‘
Hall, that this Convention is organized, and
| in pursuance of a recommendation of the Na
i tionul Democratic Convention, instructions of ;
i ouv constituents, and in obedience to the spoil- ;
taueous dictates of our own hearts, we are now j
ready to unite in one body for the purpose of j
consolidating the Democratic party in one sin- -
gle organization, and nominating one electoral J
and State ticket, so that, harmonized in prin
! ciplc and action, and reanimating our friends j
j in other States by the spectacle of our broth
erhood, and pledge of our success, we may
march together to a victory, which shall save
the Republic in the crisis that threatens it,
and perpetuate the Union of the States by the \
Union of the Democracy, and that wo invite j
j them to designate the time and place of such !
I meeting.
L. B. Shepard, of New York, said, that ns the
resolution so evidently gives words to the sen
timents of the Convention, he felt it unneces
sary to make any remarks upon it, and wished
to second it.
The resolution was adopted, and the Chair
appointed the following Committee: It. F.
Angell, L. iff Shepard, W. C. Crane, *S. B.
Jewett, S. D. Fairchild.
In the Hard Convention, Judge Beardsley
offered the following resolutions :
Whereas, The consolidation of the Democra
cy of the State of New York upon the platform
adopted at Cincinnati, and to favor the elec
tion of Buchanan and Breckenridge is essen
tial to success; and whereas, the principles
avowed by the two sections of the Democracy
of New York are in accordance with those of
the National platform, therefore
Resolved, That this Convention now pro
pose to the Market Hall Convention an imme
diate union of the two Conventions into one
body, for the purpose of nominating a single
State electoral ticket, and merging the two ex
isting organizations.
Resolved, That a committee of one from
each Judicial District be appointed to commu
nicate these resolutions to tho Market Hall
Convention, and arrange the time anyplace
for a joint meeting, and agree upon the per
manent organization of the United Conven
tions.
The resolutions were received with loud
cheers, and unanimously adopted.
The Delegates of the Soft Conventiou then
came into the hall of the Hards, and the Con
vention was organized anew by the appoint
mant of the following officers :
For President.— The Hon. W. C. Crane of
Herkimer.
For Vice President. —P. B. Sweeny, of
New York, A. B. Conger, of Rockland, E. iloes,
of Columbia, L. Stetson, of Clinton, D. Moul
ton, of Oneida, O. Crocker, of Broome, T. M.
Howell, of Ontario, and J. Granson, of Eric.
For Secretaries. —YV. YV. Sanger, of New
Y ork, YY r . M. Tweed, of New York, R. P. Tur
ner, of Livingston, and YV. E. Bryan, of Gene
see.
After the appointment of a committee to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the
United Democracy of New York, and to select
an Electoral ticket, the convention went into
the nomination of a candidate for Governor,
which resulted in the choice on the 4th ballot,
of the Hon. A. J. Parker.
The Convention gave three cheers for the
nominees, and adjourned over to the next day,
when they were to receive the reports of the
committees on resolutions and electors.
SECOND DAY.
The Convention re-assembled pursuant to
adjournment, and proceeded to complete the
nominations. Judge Vanderbilt was nomina
ted for Lieutenant Governor, by acclamation,
and J. L. Russell, on the second ballot for Ca
nal Commissioner. After some other aud
minor nominations the following Presidential
Electoral ticket was presented to tho conven
tion and nominated by acclamation :
Pist. Dist.
1. IV. Sidney Smith. 2. John Kicc.
3. p. O. Maloney. 4. Henry H. Howard,
a. M I’. McCormick 0. Jolni Cochrane, Ch in n,
7. Richardson 8. \V. W. Laugh.
‘J. Cioverneur Kemble. 10. Sam Fowler.
11. D. li. Olney. 12. 11. Hogaboom.
Id. J. 1,. Holmes. 14. Peter Oagger.
Id. J. Thompson. IC. P. P. Ellsworth
17. J. Tillinghast. 18. J. Speaker.
10. It. A. Leslie. 20. S. Vandeusen.
21. Edward Tompkins 22. D. P. Brewster.
2d, Alfred Fox. 24. T. G. Alvoord.
25. Pomeroy lucher. 2ti. T. M. Howell,
27. It. I>. Barto. dr. 28. IV.C. Rhodes.
20. O. ltice. do. Dean Richmond.
31. E. Williams, dr. 32. dolm Ganson.
33. T. A. Osborne.
The greatest harmony characterized the pro
ceedings of the Convention throughout, and
should nothing transpire to mar that harmo
ny, there is a prospect of their carrying tho
State.
That Luoky Typo.
YVm. Howes, a journeyman printer in Mont
gomery, Ala., recently came into possession of
4! 75,000. The fattest take he ever had.
The above item has gone the rounds of
the press lately. The Montgomery Journal
spoils the pleasing picture, in tho following
comment: “After dilligent inquiry wo can
hear of no such printer in this city. Our prin
ters are all poor, as they are everywhere else.
It is difficulty to imagine how such an item
could get started, without any apparent foun
dation.'’
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Haunch of tho Light Water.
Anew light draught Steam Boat, built by,
and at the Ship Yard of, Mr. S. M. Papot, at
Savannah, and intended for the freighting bus- |
iucss of the Alapalm and Ocmulgee rivers, was
launched on Saturday.
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The City Sexton of Augusta, reports thirty
seven’ interments in that city, from the first
day of July to the first day of August. Os
this number eleven died out of the city, and
were brought in for burial. Os the whole
number 27 were whites—ten, black and color
ed.
The Batavia (N. Y.) Times announces tho
death of Jemmy Johnson, head and chief warri
or of the Tonawandas, and who was the succes
sor of the celebrated orator Red Jacket. Ho
had reached a very advanced age, and was
oue of the best known and most esteemed of j
his tribe.
Congressional.
YVashington, July 29.—Tho Senate refused,
by a vote of 44 against 23, to order the en
grossment of tho hill appropriating $75,000 to
test the practicability and usefulness ol Rich
ardson's Atmospheric Telegraph..
The House proceeded to act on die various |
amendments? reported from tho Committee or
the YVholajto the Army Appropriation bid.
Mr. Barbour’s amendment to the clause ap- ‘
preprinting $.3,275,000 for the pay of the army ;
by adding a disapproval of the code ot the al
leged law's of Kansas in the manner in which
they are enforced, expressly declaring until j
they shall be confirmed by Congress no part of
the Federal military forces shall he employed j
for their enforcement, etc., and the amend
ment to this amendmen tdeclaring the laws of
Kansas null nnd void, were read find rejected
—by yeas, 88; nays, 89.
. The House concurred in Mr. HliermanT- j
amendment offered yesterday—by yeas, 91;
nays, bn.
The biii was then ordered to ho engrossed
by 93 against 30.
Before the vote was announced, Mr. Camp
bell, of Ohio, said, having been assured by
Mr. YYashburne, of Maine, that the Senate
would amend the bill by taking out tho obnox
ious feature, lie would record his name in the
affirmative. He should feel constrained to
I separate from those with whom he usually
acted in the vote on the amendment of
Mr. Barbour and Mr. Sherman, with refer
ence to Kansas, as they were introduced in vi
olation of the rules arid usages of the House.
It was the duty of the Committee ou the Judi
ciary of Territories at an early period of the
session to have introduced a measure propos
ing a proper remedy for the difficulties in Kan
sas. Now seventeen thousand men were em
ployed in defence of the Pacific coast, meeting
danger in every form, yet gentlemen proposed
substantially to withhold supplies from the
atm}', because in 1851 a legislative mistake
was made. Why was not such a proviso as that
on which the House wns now about to vote at
tached to the deficiency bill, which contained
an appropriation for the supplies of members ?
Why had this matter been postponed till the
end of the session ? lie wished it to be dis
tinctly understood that he would go ns far as
those that would go farthest for fair and legi
timate legislation relative to Kansas, but he
would not consent to the accomplishment of the
object in the indirect manner proposed.
Mr. Giddings explained why he did not.
move a similar restriction in the deficiency bill,
saying it would not have been germane to at
tach it to a measure providing for the pay of
Congress; but the House was now providing
for the support of the army, which the Presi
dent was using to overthrow the Constitution.
The amendment which Mr. Campbell complain
ed of was to preserve the Constitution and
the rights of the people against Executive
usurpation. YVould his coleague aid the Pre
sident to overthrow the liberties of his coun
try ?
A voice. Good hit.
Mr. Campbell replied that Mr. Giddings
knew well that appropriations for the army
were in the {deficiency bill. He (Campbell) un
derstood that some similar provisions were to
be attached to other appropriation bills, the
effect of which would be to defeat them. He
was unwilling to take the responsibility of
withholding supplies from the various branches
of the public service until the House shall have
done its duty in sending to the Senate some
bill by which all the troubles in Kansas may
be settled. He would favor it upon it3 own
merits. If the Senate, in defiance of tne pub
lic will, should refuse acquiescence, then he
would favor withholuing appropriations ns a
last resort.
Mr. Giddidgs aga n wanted to explain.
Mr. Davidson objected.
Mr. Giddings—l wish to know whether tho
gentleman from Louisiana (Davidson) lias tak
en the guardianship of my colleague.
Mr. Campbell—l can inform my colleague ;
no man has the guardianship of me.
Mr. Giddings—l want my colleague to un
derstand that he proposed to yield the iloor
like a gentleman, but the gentleman from Lou
isiana (Davidson) undertook to control my col
league.
Mr. Campbell expressed his belief that the
laws of Kansas was founded in fraud, and said
if the Committtce on the Judiciary bring in a
bill to repeal them, he would vote for it, and
for the repeal of the Nebraska Kansas act, and
for organizing anew, restoring the Missouri
Compromise. But because°a political party
had done great wrong, and the Executive ex
ercises liis functions corruptly, in a spirit of
usurpation, he should not- embarrass general
appropriation bills.
Mr. YYashburne said his faith w as in a Com
mittee of Conference rather than in the Sen
ate.
The bill then passed bv a vote of 89 against
80.
On motion of Mr. Dunn tho House recon
sidered the vote by which was referred to the
Committee of the YY’hole on the state of the
Union, the bill to amend certain acts of the
Legislative Assembly of Kansas, and secure to
the citizens of that Territory their rights and
privileges.
Mr. Dunn submitted a substitute, re-organ
izing Kansas, and providing the usual Terri
torial machinery. Provision is made for the
freedom of speech aud tho press. Test oaths
of whatever kind are prohibited, and civil or
unusual punishment are not to be allowed ;
all criminal prosecutions now pending in any
of the Courts of Kansas, imputing to any per
son the crime of treason, and all criminal pros
ecutions for alleged violation or disregard,
whatever, of what are usually known as the
laws of the Legislature of Kansas, shall forth
with be dismissed, and every person thus re
strained of his liberty released.
The bill also restores the Missouri restric
tion—provides for the encouragement of set
tlement aud education—and repeals all parts
of the Knnsas-Nebraska and other acts in con
flict with this bill.
Mr. Sneed moved that the hill be laid <>n the
table.
Motion lost by 77 against 93.
Mr. Dunn’s substitute wns agreed to, and
the hill thus amended passed by a votft of 88
against 74.
July 31.—The Senate passed n bill amenda
tory of a bill for defrnoing the expenses incur
red by Indian hostilities in California. Also
passed 18 YVestem and Northern river harbor
bills. Mr. Geary, of Penn., whs confirmed
as Governor of Kansas.
In the House the Kansas election cu-e win- I
taken up. Mr. YVnshburne, of Maine, admit- I
miited that- neither YVhitlield nor Reeder wns
legally elected, hut, as the latter received
more votes than the former, he urged the |
House to admit him instead of Whitfield.
Mr. Smith, of Term., enquired if might or
right was to prevail in this case.
Mr. YVnshburne said the House was coiupo- !
tent to admit either.
Mr. Stephens replied, deprocruting the i
course of that party who could thus trample I
on the rights of the people guaranteed by the !
Constitution, ns in the case of Sherman’s j
amendment to the army bill, restricting tlie
people from bearing arms in self-defence.
Mr. Sherman replied to Oliver’s minority j
report, and endeavored to maintain the truth ;
of the statements of the majority report.
Mr. Savage declared that the whole trans
action was an assault On justice and truth.
He said instead of facts, the majority repoit
was composed of the grossest misrepresenta
tions and falsehoods', not to say perjury. -
They were entitled to no credit whenever.
The’ statements were ns base and fictitious
as any ever uttered by Munchausen, lie con
tinued denouncing Aid Societies, their suppor
ters and abettors. |
Mr. ((liver followed defending the minority j
report. lie said the House would be lost to
nil justice find decency, to admit Reeder. The ,
clerk commenced to read a statement from
Reeder, who is now sick at Philadelphia, but
before concluding, the House adjourned.
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Letter from Mr. Toombs.
We find the following letter from Mr.
Toombs, published iu tho New Y ork Herald,
in company with a letter Iroin Athens, Ga.
Washington, D. C. July 8, 1850.
Dear Sir : 1 received your letter on the Ist
inst., together with its enclosures. Your let
ter to the London Times has become unneces
sary, as you will perceive loom the present
state of the questions discussed, and, besides,
if is altogetner too complimentary to me, lor |
me to lmve any agency in sending it. As 1 .
supposed, when 1 wrote you, public opinion in
England is right in regard to our difficulties,
and has made itself felt in Parliament, and j
oven tlie great Thunderer, (the Times) feels and
bows to it. Our danger is not from abroad, it
is at home. The election of Fremont would
be the end of the Union, and ought to he. The
object of Fremont’s friends is the conquest ot
the South. lam content that they shall own
us when they conquer us, but not before.
Respectfully yours, R. Toojibs.
Btorms and Tornados.
Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 185(5.
A terrific thunder storm raged here for an
hour this evening. The only damage as yet
known is tho striking of the Engine House of
the Baltimore and Washington Railroad Com
pany, the frame projection of which was entire
ly burnt.
Baltimore, Wednesday, July 80, 1850.
The storm has also been very severe here,
but we hear of uo damage.
Providence, Wednesday, July 30, 1850.
A letter from Green Island, Straits of
Belle Isle, dated July 7, speaks of a terrific
storm which occurred there July 1, during
which at that place twenty-nine vessels went
ashore, and three vessels off Dog Island were
lost with all on board. Only tw r oof the ves
sels that went ashore are named —the brig
Samuel Cook and the Schooner Sarah Louisa.
Three hundred and fifty-four men were living
in tents on Green Island. Only one vessel
there hud ridden out the gale in safety.
Carlisle, Pa., Wednesday, July 30,1850.
Avery heavy rain and thunder storm occur
red here last night. Five barns and one dwel
ling were destroyed by lightning. The barns
were filled with the entire crops. The losses
are heavy. Other losses are reported in the
county.
Cincinnati, Wednesday, July 30, 1856.
Almost a tornado occurred here yesterday
afternoon. Rain fell in torrents. Trees were
uprooted, and awnings demolished. On Third
street some buildings were blown down; killing
one man, and wounding five or six others.
We find the following in the Selma Sentinel:
Knowing that so celebrated a wit, and humor
ist as Jonce, always appreciates and enjoys a
good thing, even at his individual expense, we
give the following from an exchange, to make
sure it will meet the eye of our contemporary.
“A. S. S.—The Montgomery Mail proposes
that Buchanan men be branded on the flank
S. S. for sqattcr sovereignty. A correspond
ent suggest that tiie editor of that paper be
branded A. S. 8., for anti-squatter sovereign
ty in particular, as well as his merits in gene
ral.”
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Satisfied, at Last.
A committee of ladies in Syracuse, New
York, actuated by the kindest feelings, lately
visited the woman who calls herself Albert
Guelph, and who married a Miss Lewis of the
city, and satisfied themselves that the pre
tended husband is a woman. The visit was for
the purpose of convincing Miss Lewis that her
supposed husband was a female. The health,
happiness and future usefulness of this young
lady depended on her being undeceived; for not
withstanding all that had been said she still
clung to her with nil the devotedness of a true
wife and never until this visit has she been sat
isfied of the deception practised upon. She
then, in the presence of all, declared herself
to be perfectly convinced, and renounced her,
pretended husband forever. [Chicago Times.
The Calliope.
The Calliope or steam whistle was attached
to the Canonicus, and created quite an agree
able excitement as the steamer passed down
the bay and back, awakening the echoes of
“Old Dan Tucker,” “Pop goes the YVeasel,”
&c. Steam whistle gives no idea of this in
strument, which is a whole steam orchestra.
This Calliope consists of a series of pipes of
different sizes, through which the steam is pas
sed ; these are connected by wires to a table,
upon which is a series of keys, like the keys
of a piano forte ; by touching a key the cor
responding valve is opened and the required
note produced. We suppose there is hardly
any limit to tho volume of sound that, can he
produced.
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General Goicouria, Walker’s new Minister to
England and France, has arrived at YVashing
ton. He brings important news from Nicaragua
to our Government. He was to cull on Secre
tary Marcy, post him up in regard to affairs in
Central America, and then leave YVashington
for New York, from thence to England by the
first steamer, so as to be there at the final
settlement of the Central American cmbroglio.
Col. Brooks’ Election.
We observe in the YVashington Star a state
ment that Col. Brooks had six votes against
him; this is a mistake. A single vote in New
berry was blank, nnd is supposed to have been
given by u fifth cousin of a friend of Sumner’s.
Columbia S. Carolinian.
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Tho Houston (Texas) Telegraph, of tho 20th
ult. says:
During the ia a t week we have observed a
■‘-light increase in the number of waggon arri
vals, and somewhat more activity in our mar
ket. There is, though, litle business yet, us
the old crop has pretty well nil got in, and the
picking season of the new is just beginning.
An Austrian political economist lias calcu
lated that with the annual money paid in sala
ries to the prima donna of Vienna, “a hundred
square miles of marsh land might tie turned in
to fruitful corn fields.”
The Post Office nnd Quarter Master’s Store,
with their contents, at Indian river, Florida, are
said to have been consumed by fire on the 17 th
| ult. Origin of the fire unknown.
GENERAL ITEMS.
In the tow’n of Liberty, in Texas, a fine 0 f i
525 is imposed upon every man who utter
an oath in the presence of a woman.
It is stated that Judge YVartroUS, of the l
S. District Court for Texas, is to be impeach. s
ed.
Elijah Fillmore, Esq., an uncle of the Ex. .1
President, died at his residence in lieaiiiugton *
a tew days since.
Saratoga is about lull, it wns estimated J
on Monday tliatthe number of strangers iu tL, f
village was 10,000, yet the hotels and boarding !
houses manage to make all comfortable.
The celebrated landscape painter, Thom:,- \
Doughty, died on Wednesday week in New
Y ork, of disease of the brain. He wns in great i
pecuniary distress.
Tho quarterly conference of the Camille ]
Circuit (Georgia Conference) on the 12th July f!
passed a resolution declaring that the lottery 1
system is immoral and irreligious, and contra. I
ry to the spirit and intent of the Methodi-t 1
discipline.
Berlin letters say that the Queen of England 1
is decidedly expected to visit that city in Sej. ’
tember next, on the occasion of the niarriagi
of the Princess Louise, of Prussia, with the 1
Prince Regent of Baden, but nothing has been 9
officially settled on the subject.
“ Two years ago,” writes the Paris corm I
pondent of Le Nord, “there died at Versailles- 1
incomplete obscurity, a personage who has , fi
name in history—Count do Bombelles, who ‘
after Napoleon 1 and the Count de Nieppen I
was the third husband of Marie Louise.”
An altercation occurred at church on Sun
day week, in the county of Franklin, Va., be- 3
tween Mr. YVm. Keen Edwards and Dr. Clem
ents, in which the former wns dangerously if j
not fatally stabbed, and the latter severely
beaten with a stick.
It is stated that the last California steamer 1
did not, as some expected she would, bring
the money to pay the interest due on the Cali
fornia State debt. The interest is overdue one
month, and fears are entertained tliatthe State :
creditors will have to wait many months lon
ger for their money.
John Hall, of Kendall’s Mills, Me., one day j
last week, was carried over Ticonic Falls on a
jam of logs, having for his company some three I
hundred logs, tossing and pitching in every I
direction. He was taken out below the lower
bridge, with only a few scratches on his body
His chance for life was not one in a thousand
YVm. Mills, Esq., the author of a recent En
glish treatise on horse shoeing, puts a gutta
percha protection across the sole of the foot,
and secures the shoe on the fore feet by only
three nails in each. He has followed the prac
tico with six horses for seven years, and con
siders a larger number as very bungling.
The New York Times states that the com
missioners appointed to select a site for a post
office in that city—the President, the Post
master General, nnd the Secretary of the Inte
rior—have pretty much agreed upon St. John’s
Park, for which they have offered $850,000,
while $1,000,000 is asked.
R. R. Coz, London, has obtained a patent
for fuel made of equal parts of coal dust, spent
tan bark, cow manure, and four per cent, of
gas coal tar. These ingredients are mixed to
gether, moulded into blocks, and dried, when
it is ready for use. This artificial fuel will
burn very well, but its cost cannot be much
less than that of common coal.
The editor of the New York Pathfinder, who
was formerly a spiritualist, says: “We know
one individual in this city who has spent up
wards of twenty five thousand dollars in pro
mulgating spiritualism within the last two
years, and probably will spend twenty five
thousand more before he discovers the old ad
age that a loci and his money are soon parted
Mr. Barnes, an overland emigrant to Cali
fornia, had to winter among the Mormons, wli
levied a tax of twenty two per cent, on all hi
effects! One per cent, was a county and ten!
toiial tax, one per cent, a school tax, and twei
ty per cent, a “fort, or city wall” tax, a wot!
now in progress by the people of Brighin
City.
A young man named Chauncy H. Wells, re
siding in Northampton, Mass., has been shot
twice and poisoned once within the last eight
months. The supposed assassin was a forme;
suitor ot Mrs. Wells, who takes this erratic
method of manifesting the “love he bore for
her.”
J he criminal court of Breslau has condemn
ed a lady of rank, the Baroness Von Z., (daugh
ter of a Major General,) to six years’ solitary
confinement, besides a fine of one thousac
dollars and prohibition of connubial rights dur
ing that period. The charges brought again?’
her were swindling and forgery of documents
Robberies are numerous at Cape May this
year. Tn addition to several already stated
we learn that Monday, Mr. Jones’ room at the
Mansion House was entered while he was bath
ing, and his trunk broken open and robbed el
a gold watch, chain, studs, and two hundred
and fifty dollars.
Iroin all parts of New Brunswick, we have
the most flattering accounts of the variou
growing crops. Hay is most abundant. P
tatoes look excellent, and every other descrip
tion of farm produce is the same. In Nova
Scotia the farmers are reveling in plenty, the
prospect of crops promising an abundant siff>
ply.
Brother Grant, one of the many wived elder
ol Utah, in a discourse on a Sunday’ morning,
thus gave his experience of the peculiar insti
tution of the Salt Lake Saints: “You canm
, alter it: you cannot revoke this eternal la”
! If a man has fifty wives, and the fiftieth is tb
! best, does the most good, she will get the
I greatest reward, in spite of all the grunting
I on tho part of the first ones.”
G. Gillen, of London, has taken outa paten 1
i for making globes and shades composed ol
- prisms of glass. They are strung together
! and made toassunietheproperform on a frame
! By varying the shape of these prisms, very
beautiful and novel effects are produced.
Anew method of laying down the T. rail-
I by which it answers the purpose of the endle--
rail, has been invented. Tho ends are match
ed or morticed, forming a compound joint, so
that they slide into one another, forming a lock
or brace, and making it equally as firm as any
other part of the rail, nnd entirely preventing
1 the ends from settling, which causes such o
noise or chucking on tho cars. It has been
tested and is said to work well. Mr. Hilliari
formerly a rail road man, is the inventor.
The Abington (Mass.) Standard tells tho
following: “The Rev. Mr G., a clergyman
of a neighboring town, being recently absen
from home on business, his little sou. a youth
of four years, calmly folded his hands ami
asked the blessing usually pronounced by bb
father at their morning meal. At noon, be
ins asked to pronounce the blessing, h*’
replied with a grave face, ‘No, I don’t like
I the looks of them taters.’ ”