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coltjmbtjsT \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. —- 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. - * —— 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. —■ - 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. WANTED A iKW lare of Building and Loan Associati -gjL Stock. August 9. R. M. OKA’ NOTICE. Mil. DARWIN BRYANT is no’ longer autboriz . j to sell rights for “Garrett’s Patent Oil Socket-'- for us. M. P. BLUE A t 1 ’ August 14, 1856. It Montgomery Ala-