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\VedUfda y Morning, Anguit *0 1806.
liAftaßlV CITY CIUCtL-ATIUN.
City Criminal Court.
The first case on docket in this Court, Judge
Colquitt presiding, was tried Monday, con- j
sumiug the whole afternoon—the cane of the !
State vs. Kate Adams, charged with assault
aud battery on the person of Frances l'ratt —
J. Hamilton Sol. General, pro. tern., for the
State, assisted by Emmet Dixon, Esq. ; for
the Defendant, Win. P. Plane, Esq. The Jury
were hung for some time but finally rendered
a verdict of not guilty.
Yesterday the following cases were tried up
to the closing of our report, viz. :
Tho State vs. Elijah Cook, charged wi*h Ke
tailing without license ; Sol. Gen. Hamilton
for the State, Wiley Williams, Esq., for Deft.
Verdict not guilty.
Pending an assault and battery case, our en
gagements called us away. Wc got an item
from Dep. Marshal Robinson, however. After
the usual announcement to the world that the
Court had met, he wounded up in aloud voice,
with “ God save the State and this Honorable
Court,” wh’ch took us aback. A member of
the Bar informed us that this invocation was
common in Georgia, but though we have been
in and about Court Rooms not_a little, we nev
er heard it before. It is a good old custom,
however, and sounds well.
Judge Colquitt wears his honors with much
dignity and grace, and has become quite at
home on the Bench.
There was a lively Fillmore meeting at Tem
perance Hall on Monday evening, and address
es were made by Messrs. Chilton and Watts of
Alabama. Both gentlemen showed evidences
of fatigue from their incessant stump efforts
recently, and Col. Watts was so hoarse as only
to speak with great difficulty. Jlencc they did
not acquit themselves with their accustomed
ability. There was plenty of enthusiasm how
ever among the audience, and the meeting went
off very well.
Extra Session of Congress-
Tho Montgomery Advertiser has received a
dispatch from the Augusta Constitutionalist
announcing that the President had convoked
an extra session, to convene to-morrow, Thurs
day. Wo presumo tho Appropriation bills
wero not passed, owing to the obstuperous
and rebellious course of the Black Republicans,
and hence tho call for an extra session. It is
sincerely to bo hoped that a Congress such as
has disgraced tho National Capitol for the past
tow months, will never again be assembled
within its walls. Os course wo liavo no refer
ence to those gentlemen who have been faith
ful to their duty, but to those of whom Se
ward and Sumner of the Senate, and Anser
Burlingame of the House are types and speci
mens. Burlingame, we notice had not at last
accounts resumed his seat in the House, being
off on a stump excursion in favor of tho six
teen starred flag, and deterred from coming to
Washington also, we presume, by apprehen
sion of an overflow of “brooks.”
New Cotton.
Bales of new cotton have been received at
all the principal points where cotton usually
comes in, and also at some by-places; but we
attach no special importance to the fact, be
ing an indication of nothing except much time
and labor uselessly spent in hunting it up.—
Tho “short crop ” cry lias been raised this sea
son with unusual vigor and earnestness. An
early frost may cause the alarm to be genuine;
but should we hu ve a late fall it is quite proba
ble that the crop will not fall materially short.
In any event prices will be remunerative, for
the world wauts more cotton than it is possible
for tho South to raise. Tho demand progres
ses at a rate which the supply, so far, has been
unable to attain.
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The Cuthbort Reporter.
We have received tho first number of anew,
weekly, neutral Journal, bearing tho above
title and publ : shed at Cuthbort, Ga., by Maj.
B. F. White, Editor uud Proprietor. Wo wish
it the highest success. An article from the
Reporter in another coUunu, on the extension
of the S. W. Railroad, will attract attention.
Naval Station at Brunswick.
Neither telegraph nor mail has yet informed
us which House of Congress it was that pass
od the bill establishing a Naval Sta'ion at
Brunswick. The sum appropriated by the bill
is $200,000.
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The rumor that Secretary Dobbin was to
succeed Judge Mason as Minister to France, is
now said to be without foundation.
•
We find the following paragraph in rn eas
tern pnper, and can't, toll how it managed to
pass us on its way east, without our seeing it.
It is probably authentic, though wo have not
elsewhero met with it:
John Daberry lias been arrested at Colum
bus, Miss., for circulating the speeches of Sen
ators Sumner and Seward among slaves. Tho
punishment on conviction is ten years in tho
penitentiary.
We publish an account to day in regard
to the circulation of abolition books in Mobile,
and have very little doubt that proper inquiry
would lend to similar developements in some
localities at preseut unsuspected. But query
—where is the use of circulating printed docu
ments among those who cannot rend? Ortoput
tho question more directly, is not the colored
reading public on the increase, arguing from 1
the circulation of such matter ? We believe j
that it is, and the next question is who are
the teachers T It behooves the South to rouse j
herself from her long apathy on this subject,
aud more rigidly enforce the laws for her pro
tection.
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Yellow Fever in Charleston.
Orncx or Board of Health, 1
Sunday Night, 10 o’clock, j
The Board of Health report that there has
been no death or new case from yellow fever i
for the past forty-eight hours, and tbut there
being no cases now in the city, no further re- I
ports will be made unless the disease again
makes its appearance.
J. L. DAWSON, M. D.,
incendiary Pub lications.
There was much excitement in Mobile last
week owing to the discovery that Strickland
and Upson, booksellers of that city, were vend
ing incendiary publications there. A meeting
of citizens was called as we learn from the Re
gister of the 17th, and a committee appointed
to investigate nnd hear defence of the parties
j implicated. The following gentlemen were ap
, pointed, viz: lion. J. W. Lesesne, Dr. .T. C. ‘
| Nett, Hon. John Bragg, Dr. 11. S. Levert, Dr. ;
J. 11. IVoodcock, and John Secor, Esq. They
submitted the following report at a second 1
meeting :
The character of the evidence and of the
books brought before tho Committee, is such
that it would be unsafe and dangerous to make
| them public. It was therefore determined,
simply to announce the conclusion at which
they had arrived as follows:
Ist. That Messrs. Strickland aud Upson
have wilfully and intentionally deceived the
meeting in regard to tho procurement and sale
of the books in question, and that their state
ments on the subject, in view of the existing ,
facts of the case, clearly ascertained, are little
better than a tissue of falsehoods throughout.
3d. That the two persons are either on prin
ciple, abolitionists, and anxious to propagate
their faith on that subject among the slaves
aud slaveowners : or
3d. ‘They are unscrupulous and unprincipled
speculators without any just sense of moral
responsibility, and willing to make money by
the iudiscrimate sale of any and every kind of
book, to any aud everybody.
In either oose they aro dangerous persons in
a slavuholding community, and ought to be
ejected from it.
It is, however, desirable, for the purposes of
exact justice, and in order to preserve that ex
alted conservative character which has always
distinguished Southern communities, that this
ejection should be peaceable and without the
least personal violence: and the Committee
would deprecate as the last of evils, and as a
stain upon public character, any resort to vio
lence, or any excess in accomplishing the end
proposed.
The Committee, therefore, recommend that
three persons be appointed to wait on Messrs.
William Strickland and Edwin Upson, and an
nounce the conclusion at which the meeting
has arrived, and to inform them that unless
they leave tho city within five days, we cannot
guarantee their personal safety.
Tho report of the Committee was unanimous
ly adopted, and iu pursuance of it, three gen
tlemen were appointed to wait upon Messrs.
Strickland and Upson; these gentlemen pro
ceeded to the store of Messrs. Strickland and
Upson and ascertained that they had already
left the city.
The Committee of notification were Dr. J.
C. Nott, Dr. 11. S. Levert, and War F. Cleve
land.
The Storm at New Orleans
The N. O. True Delta received yesterday
contains but little additional of interest con
cerning tho lute storm. The number of lives
lost is estimated at two hundred. We have
nothing further from Calliou Island, in addi
tion to the dispatch published yesterday. We
copy from the True Delta the following:—
A sou of Hon. W. W. Pugh, a little fellow
about twelve years of age, acted quite gallant
ly and evinced great intrepidity iu saving sev
eral of his little sisters and brothers. This
whole family, consisting, of the two parents
and seven children, were saved, with the excep
tion of the youngest child, whose corpse, how
ever, was recovered and taken home. One of
two servants belonging to Mr. Pugh was lost.
Mr. Des' r e Leßlauc, of Napoleonville, par
ticularly distinguished himself in going to the
assistance of ladies and children at the risk of
his own life. We have heard his manly and
heroic conduct highly spokeu of by many of
the survivors.
In the House, on Monday, Mr. Scott Har
rison, of Ohio, made a personal explanation,
pronouncing a portion of Mr. Burlingame’s late
speech, in Ohio, an infamous and unmiti
gated calumny.
From the Mobile Tribune.
Affair of Honor.
Hollywood, Aug. 15.
J Messrs. Editors: An affair of honor, between
two prominent gentlemen of your city, was yes
terday amicably arranged, after the first shot.
The ball from Mr. M’s. pistol passed through
the lappel of Mr. W’s. coat, and the ball from
Mr. IV's. pistol slightly tinged Mr. M’s. hip,
just below the heart. Tho difficulty arose, as
near as 1 can learn, from a charge made by
Mr. W. against Mr. M. for taking up a collec
tion in the church at Hollywood, on Sabbath
last, for spiritual purposes and investing the
amount in spirits. As lam informed an ex
pose of the whole matter will be made, I will
leave the prominent features to bo judged of
hereafter. This has kept our quiet population
in a state of feverish excitement for the past
few days, “for thoso that fight and run away,
may live to fight another day.”
Sarah Gordon.
Reconsidered.
Judge Thomas has reconsidered his resigna
tion of the post of Elector in the Bth District,
as his Alternate, Col. Walker, finds it impossi
ble from business engaagements to canvass the
District. Judge T. has therefore again taken
the field, and will no doubt do good service in
the cause, —Macon Telcyraph.
Blow Out.
Yesterday, says the Petersburg (Va.)Ex-l
press, during a refreshing breeze, a hooped pet- J
tieout was blown out ot a window on Boiling- j
brook street, in full trim—five hoops, and as !
large as a half sized hogshead. Balloon like, i
it wiggled aud waggled about iu the air, ns if
uncertain whether or not it was really a ha 1-
loou, or a petticoat; hut it soon gradually des
cended, and majestically settled itself in .a mud
puddle. There it sat, like a bellows compress
ed, uutil a sly moment presented itself, vbeu
in some manner it disappeared from the view'. *
Original Portrait of Hampden.
The U. 8. Senate have unanimously adopted
a resolution accepting the portrait of John
Hampden, tlio great English patriot, and di
recting it to be placed properly in the Execu
tive Mansion. This portrait is offered and
presented by John McGregor, Esq., of London,
and is a worthy and acceptuble gift. In rela
tion to it we learn that “some uncertainty
seems to be attached to its parentage, but the
inquiry has been narrowed down to the two
, emineut painters, Anthony Vaudyck aud Sir
Peter Lely, cotemporaries not only of each oth- !
er, but of Cromwell, IlivnipJou, aud the Char
leses. its fidelity is unquestioned, nnd it there
becomes n rare nnd precious possession to our
Government and people. The circumstance 1
that Sir Peter Lely painted Cromwell, as the
latter strictly ordered him, with all the indura
tions, warts, and pimples on that iron visage, ;
may favor the idea that this picture of Hamp
den, who was Cromwell’s cousin, is also Sir Pe
ter’s.”
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Further by the Baltic.
There is little additional of interest from
Spain. Saragossa surrendered on the evening
of the Ist inst., ancl the Royalists entering
without oppositian, disarmed All suspected or
disaffected citizens. The tenor of advices from
all points that have been affected indicates a
general acquiescence aud submission under
’ O’Donnel. Groat anxiety is manifested as to
his programme of policy, of which as yetnoth
! ing is known. It is reported, however, that
| he will conciliate the Liberals.
I From France the latest uews of interest is
the honorary promotion of Pelissier to n Duke
dom, nnd a rumor that the Emperor is suffer
ing under a spinal disease.
Italian affairs are yet in confusion and de
rangement, and there aro no later accounts
that are clearly intelligible. It is reported that
France remonstrates with Sardinia In favor of
Austria.
Denmark proposes and is preparing to forti
fy tho posts commanding the Sound entrances,
acting therein, it is stated, under the advice of
\ Russia.
From Halouica (Spain) there is an account
of a fire and explosion, involving great loss,
both in lives and goods.
The French army on the Spanish Frontier
has been withdrawn. The Russians have sent
fifteen thousand more men to Kars to help re
pair the fortifications there.
Tho Times accuses Russia of bad faith in
carrying out the treaties. Difficulties aro ap
prehended.
The sales on Wednesday, the day the steam
er sailed, amounted to 10,000 bales.
The latest intelligence concerning the explo
sion at Salonica, is, that seven hundred persons
were killed and wounded, including tL: Rus
sian, Dutch and Sardinian Consuls, One hun
dred persons were killed instantly. Two hun
dred barrels of contraband powder exploded.
From YV ashing ton.
Aug. 17.—Both Houses of Congress were in
session until 5 o’clock this morning. During
the day and night ttiey passed all the appro
priation bills except the Civil, Miscellaneous
and Army Appropriation Bills. The latter is
considered to be in imminent peril, the former
are likely to be saved. A committee of con
ference have agreed upon an ocean mail bill
which includes a notice to the Collins Line of
the discontinuance of the extra compensation.
The bill to protect discoveries of Guano has
passed both Houses. The Desmoines Rapids
Bill was reconsidered and passed despite the
veto of the President. The President has
signed the Compensation bill. The House re
ceded from all the Kansas amendments to the
Judicial and Legislative bill, except that with
holding any appropriation to defray the ex
penses of the Kansas Legislature, which ap
propriation was lost.
Commissioner Corwine, who has returned
from Panama, recommends the exaction of im
mediate indemnity for the outrages committed
upon American citizen passengers by the Ori
zaba and others. If the indemnity is not
promptly paid, lie recommeds the military
occupation of the Isthmus by our Government.
The President disapproves Gov. Steven’s de
claration of martial law in Washington Terri
tory, and intended to remove him aud appoint
Gen. Laue in his place. The latter, however,
declines the appointment, and Gov. Stevens is
to be retained.
A caucus of the Southern American Con
gressmen was held yesterday, at which it was
resolved to continue to support Mr. Fillmore
for the Presidency as the only means of saving
the Union.
Another dispatch contains some fuller news
as follows:
The Senate has passed the Civil Appropria
tion bill, including another amendment of
$500,000 for the dome of the capitol. They
also passed the bill compensating members of
Congress, as amended by the House ; also the
Post Office bill, with amendments providing
that the compensation for the semi monthly
overland mail line to California shall not ex
ceed $500,000 ; and also the bill granting land
bounties to the crews of privateers engaged in
the war of 1812-14. The Senate lias passed
in addition the following bills: For extending
for 60 days the period allowed for the pay
ment of the Texas claims, and the Light House
appropriation bill; also the bill providing for
settlement of claims of revolutionary officers,
widows, orphans, &c., was postponed to De
cember. The Patapsco River improvement
was finally defeated, there not being a majori
ty to overcome the veto.
In the House, the Ocean Mail appropriation
was passed with a proviso terminating with
due notice to the Collins compensation, by a
vote of 119 ; and also the Senate bll extend
ing copyrights to dramatic authors.
On the night of the 16th, the Senate passed
bills to regulate and reform the Diplomatic and
Consular System; The auuual Fortifications;
Internal Improvements in the Des Moines and
Patapsco rivers, over the veto. The Senate
refused to recede from the amendments to the
Kansas bills ; but afterwards passed the Kan
sas Legislative bill. The House receded final
ly from the Kansas amendments, excepting an
appropriation of $20,000, and afterwards pass
ed thus the Kansas Legislative bill, and a bill
providing a Steam Revenue Cutter for New
York.
Aug. 17.—Both Houses continued the dai'y
session uutil 4.) a. m. this day. The Senate
passed the Ocean Mail bill, with the House
amendment cutting off the compensation to the
Collins line, and ratified treaties with the
Creeks and Seminole Indians, involving ap
propriations of $1,000,000. The House insist
! c l on its riders to the Army Bills, relative to
| Kansas, and several appropriation bills are yet
I in hazard from similar disagreements between i
I the two branches. $500,000 have been appro- j
| priatod for the New York Post Office.
Boston Quarantine.
Aug. 16.—Tho Aldermen of Boston have 1
voted to quarantine all vessels from Southern
ports at which the yellow fever has been re- *
ported.
Good Advice from Punch.
Always sit next to the carver, if you can, |
at dinner. Ask no woman her age. Bo civil j
to all rich uncles and aunts. Never joke with
a policeman. Take no notes or gold, with i
I you to a fancy bazaar—nothing but silver.—
Vour oldest hat, of course, for an evening
party. Don't play ut choss with a widow.—
Never contradict a “tan who stutters. Dull
| down the blinds before youput on your wig.
Make friends with the steward on board a stea
mer-there’s no knowing how soon you may be I
placed in his power. lit every strange house
it is as well to inquire where the brandy is !
kept—only think if you were taken ill in the
middle of the night. Never answer a cross
ing-sweeper. Pay him, or else pass quickly
and silently on. One word, and you are lost.
Keep your own secrets. Tell no human being
you dye your whiskers. Never offend a but
ler—the wretch has too many chances of
retaliation ! Write not one letter more than
you ean help. That man who keeps up a large
correspondence is a martyr tied, not to the
stake, but to the post. Wind up your conduct
like your watch, once every day, examining |
minutely whether you are “tast” or “slow.” |
South Western Railroad Extension.
The announcement was made to the citizens ,
of Randolph, on the 4th of last month, that the j
South Western Railroad Company had deter- j
mined to extend their Road twenty miles in the
direction of Cuthbert, and an intimation was
held out that if Terrell and Randolph counties
would take stock to the amount of $230,000,
the Road would be extended the whole distance.
Dr. Mercer, a delegate from Terrel, stated
that this county would subscribe SIOO,OOO.
provided the Road would pass within a mile of
Dawson, and the Company would give them a
depot at that point.
This left for the citizens of Randolph to raise
$130,000. The natural consequence was, the
Railroad fever.
It commenced in our town. At first, we could
only hear of a case or two, but directly the
contagion commenced spreading. The doctors
began to be alarmed. The more they applied
remedies, tho worse the fever grew. It spread
into the country and becamo unmanageable—
the physicians of Eufaula gave it tho last dose
at Georgetown on the 2d inst. Since then, it
has been raging with increased fury.
Upon a consolidation of the several lists, on
Monday night last, it was ascertained that this
fever had produced subscriptions to tho amount
of $122,900 —wanting only $7,100 of the sum
deemed necessary for the procurement of the
: extension. A delegation strong in influence,
j and commanding ample means, left our county
last Tuesday morning, for the purpose of being
present at the meeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Road, to be held on the 14th inst.,
in the city of Macon, to preseut the claims of
our place to the consideration of the Board,
and to pledge whatever additions to the sub
scription lists may be necessary. We wait
with hearts beating with hope, the action of
the Foard.
Meanwhile, we can but speculate upon the
future prospects of our beautiful and thriving
tow There seems to be but one opinion as
to the success of our petitions to the Board.
The people, in fact, have quit talking about
the chances of getting a Road, and have com
menced arguing which is the most eligible
point about town for the location of a depot.
Geographically situated as our town is, mid
way between the Muscogee and the Georgia
& Florida Roads, and far enough removed from
both to feel the rivalry of neither—surrounded
by a country unsurpassed in productiveness,
and peopled with wealthy planters, nature
seems to point it out as the place to which the
South Western Railroad should be exteneed.
One thing is certain ; if the cars arc not load
ing and unloading in our town in two and a
half years at the very farthest, it will be the
fault of our citizens. But we fear not. We
hear the heavy tramp of the Ivon steed in the
distauce, and with “prqphet’s ken” see the
turmoil and confusion incident to the first train
at Cuthbert—for a while the terminus of the
South Western Railroad.— Cuthbert (Ga.) Re
porter.
Saw-Fish.
The Charleston Courier of Saturday says:
A colored fisherman who was dropping a line
yesterday near Fort Sumter, in our harbor,
received an unexpected reply and an equal
ly unexpected haul. He hitched and captured
gallantly a Sawfish, measuring about ten feet
iu length and carrying a four feet saw.
The Mobile Tribune, of the 12tli instant
says:
“ Strange as the following narrative is, the
reader may accept it as literally true. We
know the writer of it:
Portersville, Aug. 8, 1856.—Gentlemen
of the Tribune:—Dear Sirs: Yesterday the
men in hauling the seine caught a monster in
tho form of a saw fish. They tied a rope to
the saw and brought it into shallow water.
“ Two mules, with ten to fourteen persons,
with all their strength, could move it only a
lew feet at a time. After much exertion, they
got it in water a foot deep, when began the
measuring process. From tlie.end of the saw
to the end of the tail measured nineteen feet
nine inches ; from fin to fin, aeross the back,
eight feet; depth, from back to stomach, three
feet. Dr. Moore thinks its weight 3,000 lbs.
The liver alone weighed 400 pounds, from
which a barrel of oil was obtained.
“ A thousand eggs, from the size of a mar
ble to twelve inches in circumference, were
taken from it. It presented the appearance of
a boat turned bottom upwards.”
Religious Ceremonies at Chicago.
A religious season, says the Democratic
Press, termed by the Catholics a Spiritual Re
treat, is now being observed in St. Mary’s Ca
thedral, corner of Madison street and Wabash
avenue. It commenced last Sunday and will
continue two weeks. Four Jesuit Fathers
from St. Louis are conducting the services, of
which there are six each day, while the church
is open constantly from morning to night, aud
is never without a large number saying pray
ers before the altar, or waiting their turn at
the confessionals. The number of penitents
is now so great that four temporary confes
sionals have been erected iu tho church in ad
dition to those in it before, and six or eight
priests are in constant attendance upon them
until the church is closed for the night.
Discourses are delivered every evening, and
of the crowds seeking to enter the church for
the last two nights, not more thap a quarter
could gain admittance. One of the Jesuit
Fathers appears to possess extraordinary pow
ers of eloquence aud persuasion.
Revolutionary Spirit in Europe.
1 lie manifestations of a revolutionary spirit
in Europe! show that the popular cause has not
lost its vitality, although pressed to the earth
by the immense physical force of despotism.
Wc cannot say, however, that we have much
hopes of a successful attempt at revolution
whilst Louis Napoleon lives. France must
lead the vanguard of European revolution, to
make it successful, and Franco is in the hands
of a master who knows howto eurb and man
age her. Were Louis Napoleon now, as for
merly, a friend of popular liberty, he could,
oven if a private citizen, secure the freedom
of the continent. He has the sagacity, the
tact, and tho nerve necessary for such a lead
ership, but, unfortunately, his wonderful pow
ers are all now enlisted on the wrong side, and
sustained by the whole power of the strongest
military government in the world.
Death of an Editor and Author.
Tne Newburytort Herald announces the
: sudden death of Enoch Hale, ii'., the editor of
the Rondout (N. Y. ) Courier. Mr. H. was a
writer of much ability, and a permanent con
tributor to Hunt’s Merchant’s Magazine.
For some time he has been engaged upon an
! extensive work that was to have been published
under the patronage of Mr. Hunt, entitled the
“Commerce of America.”
A vote was taken in a rail road car out West I
recently in the following manner: A Buchan- |
an man arose from his seat and called on all I
| who were in favor of Fremont to pull their
boots off. No one appearing to support, in J
this novel manner, the claims of the great Path
fin hr, he requested those favorable to Buchan- i
an to “ keep their boots on,” which all the j
passengers forthwith proceeded to do. Unan
imous for Buchanan.
Black Republicanism in Virginia.
We see by the Wheeling papers that a meet
ing of Black Republicans was held in that city
on Saturday evening. A constitution was rt
ported aud adopted, organizing an associa
tion to be called the Republican Associate,
of Ohio county, Virginia. Ihe constituti.,;
was signed and permanent officers elected. .
committee was also appointed to take iunne.
diate steps towards the formation of a li L ..
mont aud Dayton electoral ticket for the State
of Virginia. Thero is something that smack;
of daring and defiance in thus throwing doiu ,
the gauntlet in opposition to the slavery sene
rneut of the Southern section oi the Old Do
minion ; but tho proclivities of the Western in
habitants of that State have long been known.
Colonies from Western Pennsylvania and ein.
grunt Germans form a considerable portion
the transmontane population of Virginia, rlj
the attempt to establish some time since, at !
Wheeling, an auti-slavery journal, quixotic a ;
it may have been supposed at that period, wa
only a little premature. — Balt. Pat.
Miss Harriet Martineau
This strong-minded cousin has condescends,
to enlighten the English public, out ol'her a
bundaut knowledge, by a pamphlet of thirty-fiv
pages, on “The History of the American Coin
promises.” She knows about as much as me!
levs generally do, and this need not be a mat
ter of surprise.
While travelling in and through this state,
she was indefatigable in pumping all sorts
private details and domestic revelations out
bouse servants, while enjoying the hospitalities
of their masters.— Char. Courier.
Death of Mrs. Biddle.
Mrs. Jane M. Biddle died in Bucks countv. ’
Pennsylvania, on the 11th inst. She was si
widow of the celebrated Nicholas Biddle, who;-, J
connection with tho United States Bunk madt I
his name familiar throughout the country.- J
Mrs. B. was a lady of great accomplishment;-,
and occupied a leading position in fashionable 1
society years ago.
Mormons in New Jersey.
A correspondent of the Newark Advertiser 1
states that a Mormon church is in full opera
tion in Duncan county, N. J. The number of 1
converts is quite large and increasing. It i- 1
said that they maintain all the tenets of tin- I
Mormon church stoutly, and have preacher I
resident, and priest of higher grade frequent- )
ly visiting them from Salt Lake City, aud from i
New York. Although prevented by law from 1
openly practising polygamy here, they warm
ly defended and advocate it, and that by a 1
course and style of argument not at all ealeu I
lated to elevate the morals of the place. Large I
numbers of both sexes attend their church, 1
and they are proselyting very fast —particu- j
larly amongst the young men and women.- I
Take it all in all, Northern society is getting ‘
along towards its proposed millenium about a
rapidly as could be expected.
“Freaks of Lightning.”
We never thought so much of the “freaks’
of lightning as when we saw some of the es- (1
sects of the Monday’s storm. We could not j
tell where the lightning came from, but it ap
peared to have commenced on a common cedar
rail fence, on the lower rail. I stripped the
bark off the rail, and ploughed a furrow across j
the top quarter of an inch deep and three- ;
fourths of an inch wide. On the next rail it |
followed the grain once and a half round it:
anu then split the post into Tour quarters as ,
nieely as a man could do it with an axe. The 1
next rail it split into no matter how many
pieces ; then it went up a large oak tree stand
ing half a yard from the fence, and left a groove J
in the bark like those in the rails. Proceeding H
along the fence, it took the top rail in the next i
length, then the underside of the bottom rail ■
in the next length, split the bottom rail of the f
next into kindling wood, throwing some of the j
splinters more than sixty feet, and so on four j
lengths more, where all traces of it were lost \
Where it went up the tree t’ e marks were vis- )
ible about twenty feet. , The tree is about |
ninety high.— Worcester (Mass.) sEgis.
Rail Road Contract.
IV e leiun from the Sumter papers that 1
Messrs. Jones and Campbell, Ass’t Engineers ]
on the N. E. & S. W. R. Road have staked off
the contract (the $96,500 one) of Mr. JereH-
Brown and that he has commenced the work of J
excavating; Mr. Brown will finish it in the re- |
quired time. There is no show of going to 1
work in this, as our Gainesville friends will in I
all probability insinuate. We assure them, !
Mr. Brown is in earnest and is not doing it mere
ly to bluff them oW.—Eutaw (Ala.) Whig, 1 ith. i
Professor Morse has been invited to the cor
onation of the new Emperor of Russia, and. ■ 1
it is stated, has contracted with the govern
ment to establish lines of telegraph through
out the empire. With the usual magnificent fl
hospitality which the Czar always extends tc (
scientific employees, our distinguished coun
tryman is furnished with splendid apartments, h
horses, servants and all requisite entertain- ,
meut.
One of Pharaoh’s Dahlias.
Lord Lindsay states that, in the course of his a
wandering amid the pyramids ol’ Egypt, bes:
stumbled on a mummy, proved by its byero- p
glyphics to be at last two thousand years of
age. In examining the mummy, after it was
unwrapped, he found in one of its closed hands
a tuberous or bulbous root. Ho was interes- J
ed in the question how long vegetable life
could last, and ho therefore took that tuber- 1
ous root from the mummy’s hand, planted it 1
in a sunny soil, allowed the rains and dews ol I
heaven to descend upon it, and iu the course I
of a lew weeks, to his astonishment and joy, J
the root brought forth and bloomed in a beau- |j|
tiful dahlia.
Kissing a Qneen.
It was the custom at the Court of Franc; |
when Franklin was American Ambassador 1
there, to kiss the Queen, which was considered 1
in tho light that an American would view the i
shaking of hands.
It is said that lie was reminded by one of I
the dignitaries of court, that when lie wo-1
presented he must kiss the Queen, who, it wa- r
also said, was a very kissible woniau. TP I
Queen approached familiarly and veiy near- I
probably impelled by curiosity to see well thi- 1
handsome savage. Franklin remembering hi*
lesson, without reluctance put it into practice’
in the only way he had ever been tauglit t
I kiss, and gave the Queen a mighty Yankee bu”
. on the lips, to the great amazement and bor-
J rification of the o!d maids. But to the great
i amusement of all others—especially the king’
i who was delighted with this savage simplicity
j and it is said that he cried out —“Encorsßr
| Da Cappo,” or “Do it again.” Some of the nag
! of Paris had not the most implicit faith in j
Franklin’s simplicity, and said that lie kne* !
j more than he pretended to know.
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