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COLUMBUS:
Tueaday Morning, Augut <6, 1H56.
LA.RUEST CITY CIRCULATION.
Broke Jail.
Yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock, our
oitzens were much excited by a report that the
prisoners in the County Jail had killed the
Jailor and made their escape. The report was
but partially true. Throe of the inmates, who
occupied the upper story, drew the staples
from the doors of the cell, and repaired to the
lower story to await the usual opening of the
lower door by the Jailor, at supper time. But
it happened that the door was opened sooner
than was expected. Mr. lluckaky, of the City
Police, started up stairs to shift the bed
ding of the prisoners, and as he opened the
door was seized by two of the party who shov
ed him in to the passage way, and closed the
door.
They then made their way into the open air
and on getting out upon the commons, one
seized a horse belonging to Mr. V R. Tommey,
(in charge of Mr. T’s negro boy at the time)
mounted him, and made off. The two others,
less fortunate, had to trust to their heels. Af
ter some little necessary delay, the Police, with
a pack of dogs, got upon track, and thus the
matter rests for the present.
The names and description of tho parties are
as follows:
L. It. Parker, charged with negro stealing.
Weighs from 165 to 170 pounds ; fair skin,
full face, light hair; about five feet nine or
ten inches high.
Edward Wullnce, charged with burglary in
Montgomery aud Columbus: about five feet,
seven inches high, fair skin, yet rather swar
thy—complexion p ocular ; 28 or JUyears old,
thin beard, dark Lair, shaved clean yesterday
—an Englishman by birth.
Joseph Bonbon, charged same as Wallace,
five feet teu or eleven inches high, twenty-five
or six years of ago ; dnrk sallow skin ; dark,
but not black hair ; heavy beard ; Ims the pic
ture of a nude woman on ono of his legs, and
of a parrot and coat of arms, on his arms, to
gether with othor emblems—all indelible, and
indicative of a fancy man, and probably once
a sailor.
Since the above was writtnn we learn that
two of the parties escaped on the horse men
tioned—probably tho burglars. Alauy per
sons are in pursuit.
Cotton Market.
The new crop is beginning to arrive in small
ots, and meets with ready sale at prices from
10£ to 11 Jc. for qualities ranging from Strict
Middling to fully Good Middling.
“Mac.’*
Our new correspondent, we see very plainly,
belongs to the class of non-conformists, who
make trouble for themselves. We give him a
place to-day, but he must not look to us for help
in the hour of need ; neither must the reader
suppose that an editor necessarily approves or
endorses all he publishes.
A drovo of unusually fine-looking mules
arrived in our city yesterday, and took lodings
at Pitts & Hatcher’s Stables.
Drug.
An old gentleman from the rural districts,
came to town Saturday, with a load of peach
es, but they were a drug iu the market, that
day, and after vainly trying to sell, he made
several vigorous attempts to give them away,
not liking to carry them back home. Not suc
ceeding in ridding himself of more than a peck,
he turned his horses homeward, and shook the
dust from his feet, exclaiming that ho never
had seen such a town, nor such a people.
Thoy would not buy his peaches, nor take them
gratis—to him a mystery inexplicable.
One night last week, a worthy butcher of
this city lost eighteen fine sheep, killed by
dogs. We have an indistinct recollection of an
attempt, within the past few years, to pass
an anti dog-bill in the Georgia Legislature,
which signally failed and excited much silly in
dignation. In new countries, dogs are a neces
sity ; but in old States like Georgia, a costly
superfluity, and abominable nuisance. There
are many counties in Georgia, where sheep
raising would be immensely profitable, but is
not embarked in for the reason that the country
is infested with this nuisance. They consume
an immense quantity of food also, and not one
iu an hundred earns his salt. As long ago as
the Bible days, dogs were despised—“ls thy
servant a dog that he should do this thing ? ’*
Wo need a law which shall either rid the State
of dogs by a heavy tax upon them, or make
their owners responsible for their ravages, in
damages. This seems to us common sense And
common justice. But there is an infatuation
among legislators in favor of tho puppy race,
which makes the day of reform distant. Wo
have known some men who would fight for
their dogs twice as quickly ns for thomselves ;
but we could nover understand it. The law
will not let a man injure his neighbor with bis
ditches, his houses, or his fences ; but ho may
keep as many dogs as he pleases to kill up his
neighbor’s sheep. Lovely consistency !
The Marietta Georgian comes to us iu anew
and handsome dress—an evidence of prosperity
and enterprise which we are gratified to notice.
The Tuseutnbia Alabamian deuies that Hon.
Luke Pryor has taken the stump for Buchan
an. Wo copied tho statement from the Ala
bama Journal. Will the Alabamian tells us
whether or not Mr. Pryor is for Mr. Buchan
an ?—which he might be, without going on the
stump.
Since the above was put in type, we notice
that the Huntsville Independent answers the |
above question in the negative. Mr. Pryor is
not for Mr. Buchanan.
lhe Mobile Daily Register—Newspaper and
Job Office—is offered for snle, by Forsyth &
Harris, proprietors. It is probably oue of the
best paying establishments in the South.
It is said Fanny Fern has written a five act
drama, entitled “ The Student and the De
mon,” which will be produced at the National
Theatre, Boston.
The Bun Shines in our Face!
Our beaming friend across the Chattahoo
chee, forces us out, in the rnutt.r of that chal
lenge. While tho rest of our cotemporaries
rained and blew upon us. about it, we suffered,
as the man in the fable, silently ; but the
warmth of the Sun compels us to uncloak and
seek the shade.
Now, whether tho Sun can write as “long,
as prosy and as dull editorials” as the Mail,
we cannot say—though our modesty does not
forbid our saying that wo are hard to beat at ;
times, iu that way. Practice, however, makes |
perfect, and if our neighbor will resume the |
subject of “ Ladies’ Hoops,” he will be likely
to beat us off while he eviscerates the subject. I
Our advice, nevertheless, to our neighbor,
is to continue to run his lead—if he have any
—into drop shot; it is more saleable than the
same article iu pigs.— Mont. Mail.
ilav'nt any lead. If our neighbor will sup
ply us, we will make some drop shot, and
whenever his food needs seasoning, he may
confidently ask us for “pepper.” As to evis
cerating Hoops, it cannot be done. Our neigh
bor must turn to Webster for tho meaning of
the word he uses so confidently. He will then
see that to talk of eviscerating a hoop, is as in
correct as to speak of emptying a vacuum.—
Moreover, drop shot are not made in moulds,
us the Mail implies ; we refer him to his En
cyclopedia for an account of tho real process.
Jonce don’t seem to like our “Hoop” piece,
lie is not the only Hoop-er, that thought poor
ly of it.
At a recant shooting festival iu Switzerland,
tho first prize was awarded to a young lady, a
beauty of the county, daughter of a Bernese
councilm' , n.
The Viceroy of Egypt recently gave a series
of entertainments at the palace, which cost
upwards of £IOO,OOO.
Among the bequests of the late Dr. Tread
well, of Salem, Mass., is a farm of 70 acres, to
the Essex Agricultural Society, for an experi
mental farm.
For the Daily Sun.
VAGABUNDIA-No. 11.
“ From Ri Rve to gay—from lively to seveee.”
Blessed.
Blessed is the woman that never had her
ears pierced; she’ll never bo in want of a
“ drop” of “first water.”
Blessed is the woman that has no beaux;
she’ll never know how silly a man can be when
he tries.
Blessed is the woman that loves to scold ;
she’ll never be in want of a subject.
Blessed is she that has no beauty ; it’s noth
ing to her when the looking glass gets smash
ed.
Blessed is she that talketh scandal; she’ll
never be in want of hearers.
Blessed is she that had rather walk than
ride ; nobody wonders why she don’t keep a
carriage.
Blessed is she that hath abundance of freck
les ; like the eagle she may defy the sun, nor
care how small the bonnets get.
Blessed is she that wcareth hoops; her
starch box shall always be full.
Blessed is the woman that can not be suited;
every body will “ break their neck” to please
her.
Blessed is she that cannot sing ; she’ll never
be troubled with “a very bad cold, indeed.”
Blessed is she that knows when to faint;
there’ll always be somebody to catch her.
Blessed is she that inspires no tender emo
tions ; she’ll get no letters from a fool through
the columns of a newspaper.
Blessed is she who hates the men ; she may
thank her stars she is “ not like other” wo
men.
Blessed is she that has not a “pretty skin;”
her dress never trembles on the confines of
propriety, nor descends to the “ lowest edge
of decoruin.”
Blessed is she that loves a quiet chat in a
corner; when tired of listening, she may nod.
Blessed is she that despises diamonds ; she
may say of herself “I am one in ten millions.”
Blessed is the woman who never was court
ed ; she never was reduced to plain “Yes” or
“No.”
Blessed is the woman that contemns thedance;
no fool shoots another fool because of an error
in her “engagement” list.
Blessed is she that don’t play chess or whist;
she has tho more time for talking.
Blessed is she that reads nothing but novels
and the Lady’s Book ; she nover finds out what
a world this is.
Blessed is she that can’t wear No. 3 Gai
ters; her “footing” in society is never doubt
ful.
Blessed is she that has a “heap o’ sisters ;”
the chances are she was not spoilt in raising.
Blessed is she that can’t manipulate the
piano; she iuay be just as “stoop shouldered”
as she pleases.
Blessed is Bhe that “will have thelast word;”
people will be cautious how they take the
“ first.”
Blessed is she that won’t “listen to reason;”
reason has always something impleosaut to
say.
Blessed is she that has two strings to her
bow ; she can set them by the ears aud bo rid
| of them both.
Blessed is she that can cry at short notice ;
the “sceptre of Judah” departs not from her.
Blessed is the woman who apes the men ;
little study gives perfection.
Blessed is the coquette that pretends jeal
ousy of her lovers; some people never suspect
that she is envious of other women.
Blessed is she that idolizes her child; she
is the only graceful or pardonable egotist.
Blessed is the man that writ this piece—pro
vided he is forgiven for telling the truth. He
says it himself and what he says is “ so.”
MAG.
The New York Tribune has a letter from the I
Hon. Senator Sumner, to say that he is at last
convalescent. His recovery is singularly simul- ,
taneous with the adjournment of Congress.
1 he Fillmore State Convention of Ma-sachu- {
setts have nominated Amos A. Lawrence for
Governor, and Homer for Lieut. Governor.
A gentlemen once asked a lady of his ac
quaintance— “What are you making, Miss
Knapp ? “Knapp-sacks,” was the reply.
President’s Message.
On the 21st iust., Thursday last, in obedience
to the President’s Proclamation the U. S. Sen
ate convened in their chamber, thirty-eight
Senators being present. After the usual pre
liminaries, the President’s Message was re
ceived and read. It is os follows :
Fellow Citizens of the Senate
and House of Representatives:
In consequence of the failure of Congress at
its recent session to make provision for the
support of the army, it became imperatively
incumbent on me to exercise the power which
the Constitution confers on the Executive for
extraordinary occasions, aud promptly to con
vene the two Houses, in order to afford them
an opportunity of re-considering a subject of
such vital interest to the peace and welfare of
the Union. With the exception of a partial
authority vested by law in the Secretary of
War to contract for a supply of clothing and
subsistence, the army is wholly dependent on
the appropriations annually]made by Congress.
The omission of Congress to act in this res
pect beiore the termination of the fiscal year
had already caused embarrassments to the ser
vice, which were overcome only in expectation
of appropriations before the close of the pres
ent month. If the requisite funds be not
speedily provided, the Executive will no longer
be able to furnish for transportation the equip
ments and munitions which are essential to the
effectiveness of a military force in the field.—
With no provision for the pay of the troops,
the contracts of enlistment would be broken,
and the army must in effect be disbanded; the
consequences of which would be so disastrous
as to demand all possible efforts to avert the
calamity.
It is not merely that the officers and enlisted
men of the army are to be thus deprived of the
pay and emoluments to which they arc entitled
by standing laws, but that the construction of
arms at the public armories, the repair and
construction of ordinance at the arsenals, and
the manufacture of military clothing and camp
equipage must be discontinued, and the per
sons connected with this branch of the public
service thus be deprived, suddenly, of the em
ployment essential to their subsistence; nor is
it merely the waste consequent on the forced
abandonment of the seaboard fortifications,
and of the interior military posts aud other es
tablishments. and the enormous expense of re
cruiting aud re-organizing the army, and again
distributing it over the vast regions which it
now occupies.
These are evils which may, it is true, be re
paid hereafter by taxes imposed on the country,
but other evils are involved which no expendi
tures, however lavish, could remedy, in com
parison with which, local and personal injuries
or interests sink into insignificance. A great
part of the army is situated on the remote
frontier, or in tfte deserts and mountains of the
iterior. To discharge large bodies of men in
such places without the means of regaining
their homes, and where few, if any, could ob
tain subsistence by honest industry, would be to
subject them to suffering and temptation, with
disregard of justice and right, most derogato
ry to the Government.
In the Territories of Washington and Oregon,
numerous bands of Indians are in arms, aud
are waging a war of extermination against the
white inhabitants, and although our troops are
actively carrying on the campaign, we have no
intelligence as yet of a successful result. On
the Western Plains, notwithstanding tne impos
ing display of military force recently made
there, aud the chastisement inflicted on the re
bellious tribes, others far from being dismayed,
have manifested hostile intentions and been
guilty of outrages which, if not designed to
provoke a conflict, serve to show that the ap
prehesion of it is insufficient wholly to restrain
their vicious propensities.
A strong force in tho State of Texas has
produced the temporary suspension of hostili
ties there; but in New Mexico incessant vigi
lance on the part of the troops is required to
keep in check the marauding tribes which in
fest that Territory. The hostile Indians have
not been removed from The State of Florida,
aud the withdrawal of the troops therefrom’
leaving that object unaccomplished, would be
most injurious to the inhabitants and a breach
of the positive engagement of the General
Government. To refuse supplies to the army,
therefore, is to compel the complete cessation
of all its operations, and practical disband
ment, and thus to invite hordes of predatory
savages from the Western plains and Rocky
Mountains, to spread devastation along a fron
tier of more than four thousand miles in ex
tent, and to deliver up the sparse population of
a vast tract of country to rapine and murder.
Such, in substance, would be the direct and
immediate effects of the refusal of Congress,
for the first time in the history of the Govern
ment, to grant supplies—the inevitable waste of
millions of public treasure—the iufliction of
extreme wrong upon all persons connected with
tho military establishment by service, employ
ment or contracts—the call of our forces from
the field— the fearful sacrifice of life and in
calculable destruction of property on the re
mote frontiers—the striking of our National
Flags on the battlements of the fortresses
which defend our maritime cities against for
eign invasion—the violation of the public hon
or and good faith—and the discredit of the
United States in the eyes of the civilized
world.
I confidently trust those considerations and
others appertaining to the domestic peace of
the country, which cannot fail to suggest them
selves to every patriotic mind, will on reflection
be duly appreciated by both Houses of Con
gress and induce the enactment of tho requisite
provisions of law for the support of the United
States. FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington, Aug. 21, 185(1.
McMullen and Grander.
Many enquiries have been made of us as to
tho origin of the difficulty at Washington on
Monday last between the Hon. Fayette Mc-
Mullen, of Virginia and one Amos P. Granger,
an extreme Negro Worshipping member from
the twenty-foiyth congressional district of New
York. An eye witness states that the two
were proceeding to the Cupitol in an omnibus. !
Granger who is an Abolitionist of tho deepest
dye, soon commenced his vulgar tirade against
the South, her institutions, and all connected
with them, and stated that if the “Republi
cans” succeeded in electing Fremont they i
would force measures upou tho South that
would compel her to relinquish her present i
system of servitude, and if they could not do j
it in any other way, it should bo brought about ‘
(shaking his finger in McMullen’s face) by the j
force of arms, and concluded by calling him a
puppy. Os course this was enough to raise
the ire of any man; but McMullen, not forget
ting his position as a Southern member of Con
gress, restrained himself more than it seems
possible for human nature to do, and informed
tho Negro Worshipper in cool, but decided
tones, that his age atone prevented him from
putting him out of the stage. “ I’ll waive my
age, sir, 111 waive, my age, you dirty puppy,”
responded Granger. Thereupon, a fracas en- !
suod as a matter of course, and justly Granger
was punished.— Petersburg/! ( Va.) Express.
The Richmond Despatch interprets the “LL. |
D,, recently eonfurred upon Senator Sumner, j
to mean “Lammed Like the D— l,”
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Later from Kansas.
Sr. Louis, Aug. 19.—The steamer Lucas
arrived here to day, and brings the intelligence
that a party cl’ Southerners who left here two
weeks ago for Kansas, were attacked while on
their way from Kansas City to Lecompton, by
a large body of Free Soilers, when a desperate
conflict ensued. Many were killed and wound- j
ed on both sides. The Southerners were final
ly compelled to yield, and were driven from
the field.
Chicago, Aug. 20.—The St. Louis Demo
crat of yesterday contains a letter dated Kan
sas the 14th inst., concerning the affair of
Franklin. It appears that a large company
of Missourians and Carolinians, encamped at
Washington Creek, had been committing dep
redations upon the farms of the free State set
tlers in the vicinity, when they sent for assis
tance to Lawrence.
The people from there sent Mr. lloyt, for
merly o# Massachusetts, to the camp of the
Miss;uriaus and Carolinians, to ascertain the
reason of their depredations. Mr. Iloyt went
to their camp unarmed, and on the next day,
the 12th inst., was taken prisoner by them aud
shot. The Lawrence men, immediately on
hearing of this horrible and murderous out
rage upou a peaceable and unarmed man, pro
ceeded to attack the fortification of Franklin
for the purpose of securing arms to drive the
force out of the Territory: but sus
taining considerable loss in killed and wound
ed, in the attack on the fort, they were obliged
to return to Lawrence without attacking the
camp of the Missourians and Carolinians.
St. Louis, Aug. 21.—The Leavenworth City
(Kansas) Journal of thel7th inst., contains an
account of another outbreak which occurred in
Kansas. Mr. Brown, at the head of 300 Free
Soilers, attacked and drove into Missouri a
colony of Georgians, who were near Osawato
mie burning houses and destroying property.
On the 15th, the Treadwell settlement, in
Douglas couuty, numbering 30 men, were at
tacked by 400 Free Soilers, armed and mount
ed, under Messrs. Brown and Walker. The
Treadwell party were on foot, and they sent
to Gov. Shannon for aid. He called the U. S.
troops to go to their assistance, but thoy re
fused to do so.
The anti slavery men are driving as fast as
they can, all the pro slavery men out of Dou
glas county.
A fight occurred on the 14th, near Ossawato
mie, between two hundred Free Soilers and
twelve pro slavery men—thelattor were in the
fort. Fourteen Free Soilers were killed and
six wounded.
On the morning of the 16th, Lecompton was
attacked and taken by eight hundred of Gen.
Lane’s men. The United States troops having
in charge Messrs. Robinson, Brown and oth
ers, surrendered without firing a gun. Col.
Titus was absent at the time, having gone to
the assistance of the pro slavery party in
Treadwell. His house, about a mile from Le
compton, was burned. Mr. Clowes, the editor
of the Southern Advocate, and Mr. Systavre,
were killed.
A large body of men were organizing in the
border counties of Missouri for the purpose of
entering Kansas.
It is reported that it is the purpose of the
pro slavery party to burn Lawrence on the
20th, for which place a large force had left
Leavenworth.
St. Louis, Aug. 22—The latest advices from
Kansas say that Lecompton is not taken, but
is defended by the citizens and troops. Sev
eral companies of volunteers marched for the
place on the 19th, as there is great excitement
all along the border of Missouri.
Interesting from Washington.
Aug. 21—According to the communication
of the Secretary of War, sent to Congress to
day, the standing army, in regiments, is over
thirteen thousand men. More than twelve
thousand are engaged in protecting the fron
tier against the depredations of hostile Indians.
Mr. Arny, the agent of tho Central Kansas
Committee, arrived here to night to lay before
the President, to morrow, certified documents
showing the critical position of the settlers of
Kansas, and asking his interposition to protect
them from the threatened invasion of Missou
rians.
Many telegraphic despatches were received
by Western and Northern members to day, en
couraging them to stand firm by the Kansas
restriction to the Army bill.
The Washington Sentinel died of the neglect
of the Democratic National Committee, by
whose funds it lias recently been partially sus
tained.
All tho Democrats in the House voted against
the army bill. Mr. Davis, of Maryland, was
tho only Southerner voting in the affirmative.
The events of to day have dissipated previ
ous calculations relative to the probable length
of the extra session.
The tripartite treaty between the United
States and the Creeks and Seminoles, residing
west ot the Mississippi, is considered oue of
the most important ever concluded with the
aboriginal tribes. Tho Senate recently ratified
it, with the amendments, to which the dele
gation in this city have assented. It appro
priates $899,000, for which a bill Ims passed
the Senate, and awaits the action of the llousa.
These Creeks and Seminoles surrender lands
to such Seminoles in Florida as many remove
west, while the treaty secures to the last on
that condition, certain pecuniary and civil ad
vantages and permits them to enjoy their own
(a Seminole) government, independently of as
sociation with any other tribes ; a failule to
obtain which has been a prominent objection
beret : fore, to their immigraation. This, it is
supposed, will have a tendency to forever quiet
Indian disturbances in Florida, an important
consideration, in view of the millions of money
i expended on account of Indian hostilities in
; that State.
Aug. 23.—The Senate having adhered to
its amendments to the army bill, and the
House having determined that the Kansas pro
viso shall bo attached, the question on the pas
sage of this bill is at an end. Anew bill will
be introduced on Monday, and may run the
same fruitless course.
The Hon. James Meacham, representative
iu Congress from Vermont died to-day.
The Nautilus Positively Lost.
New Ouleans, Aug. 23.—The steamer Nau
tilus, the Galveston steam packet, is positively
lost, and nearly every one drowned.
Great Storm at Albany.
Albany, Aug. 21. — A damaging rainstorm
prevailed here for thirty-six hours, ceasing
this morning. It lias done great damage to I
tho crops, bridges, roads, mills, &c. The !
lower islnnds arc overflowed. The garden j
crops are destroyed.
The docks and piers here are all under wa
ter aud goods are being rapidly removed from i
the warehouses, as the water is rapidly rising.
It has risen eight feet since seven o’clock last
evening.
Laying of a Submarine Cable.
Boston, Aug. 20.—Tho submarine telegraph
cable irom the great point of Nantucket to i
Monomy Point, Cape Cod—a distance of 14 j
miles—was successfully laid yesterday by the
steamer Telegraph, under the superintendence
of S. C. Bishop, Esq., of New York. It will
be in working order in two or three days.
Execution.
The negro Bob, sentenced at their last ten
of our Superior Court to be hung for the m ui ’
der of Judge, a slave, suffered the extrt®.
penalty of the law yesterday afternoon. I'j,
time appointed for the execution was 3 o’clock •*!
but long before that time the square ie tii- ‘
rear of the jail, where the gallows was erectes
was tilled with a miscellaneous crowd, amot,-
which we were sorry to observe a large nil®,
ber of women. At ten minutes before three
Bob was brought out of the jail and couducte
to the gallows. He ascended the ladder with t I
firm step, and after the fatal noose was place -i*
round his neck, he stood there with great com.
posure, during the performance of tho religion,®
services. After the singing of a hyum bytj
preachers of the colored Baptist congregate B
Rev. Mr. Neal read the appointed service I
Two of the colored preachers then ascendt J
the scaffold and stood there, while Boboii 1
dressed the psoplc.
lie said that he had looked forward to thl
day with desire, for during his long imprison j
meut he had been led to reflect upon his pa, ’
life, and had repented of his course, audVj. j
now ready to die. lie warned all who heart
I him to beware of giving way to their passiot, :
as it was this which had brought him to anuc- *
timely end. He concluded by saying that t ;
though he had led a wicked life, yet he indulr
od a hope that his many sins had been forgiv
en through the merits of Jesus Christ, who l
trusted would receive his spirit.
Rev. John Cox, one of the colored preact M
ers, then addressed a few remarks to the a : J
semblage, enforcing what Bob had said, an; ’
stating that lie had been baptized, and astl J
thief on the cross was forgiven at the la
hour, so he trusted it would be with him, wk I
was so soon to leave this world. lie close 1
witli a brief and very appropriate prayer.
Deputy Sheriff Buckner then put theca; i
over Bob’s face, and adjusted the rope. Tht
clergyman, the officers, and his friends thei I
took leave of him ; Sheriff Cole asked him if 1
him if he was ready, to which he replied ie ;.l
firm voice,—“Yes sir, all ready, good-bye. I
The Sheriff cut. the cord, the trap fell, and 80l
had suffered the penalty of his crime. This ]
was the most quiet and orderly public execti- 1
tion we ever witnessed.— Savannah Mews.
Suicide.
We regret to state that yesterday morning,*
Mr. George Shegog, who it appears had pre B
meditated suicide, some two or three days pre *1
vious, deliberately placed his neck upon tkß
Rail of the Greenville Road when a train ofH
cars was about passing the spot where he had H
selected, and notwithstanding the Engineeiß
promptly reversed his valve, the Engine passed ■
over the unfortunate man entirely severing hi-1
head from the body. A letter found at his re- 1
idence, written by him on Monday last, dis- 1
closed the fact that he intended a rash aci||
which has been very deliberately carried out ;
—Columbia (S. C.) Times.
Excitement at Wheeling.
A few persons, calling themselves “Repub J
licans,” held a meeting at AVheeliug, Va., oe A
Friday night. A large number of person- 1
attended through edriosity, and much excite- 1
ment prevailed. A man named Smith made 1
a speech. At its conclusion he attempted t- i
leave, and was followed by a large crovi £
when a general skirmish ensued, during w hid: fl
two men named Harding and Ward were wound-1
ed, the latter seriously. This had the t-ffe:: J
to increase the excitement; and to prevent the T
indignant populace from lynching Smith on the U
spot the Wheeling Argus says he had to M
conveyed to jail.
Fall of the ‘ Charter Oak.”
Hartford, Aug. 21.— The “Charter Oak’ 1
fell this morning at a quarter before 1 o’clock i
with a tremendous crash, and but six feeto: j
the stump now remains. The famous tree win
far past its prime when the Charter was con- -
cealcd in it on the 9th of May, 1689, anclm
probably an old tree when Columbus discover-j
ed the New Wolrd. It stood then upon theolilfj
Wyllis Estate, and now owned by the Hou. J \
W. Stuart. Crowds of citizens are visiting 1
the ruins, and each one bears away a porlii® 3
of the venerable tree.
Tho Connecticut river lias risen here tec j
feet since G o’clock last night, and it is still 1
rising rapidly. It is now raining hard.
More Incendiarism.
An incendiary abolitionist named R. J. Lu- i
cas was discovered* iu Elbax, county, in tlii- 1
State, on the election day. He was treated t |
a free ride on a rail, an application of tar an- j
a coat of feathers, and invited to leave, wbicrj
lie did at once. Four others, named Ilutt- |
two were arrested and two fled. The people, a
of the South should watch tlie spread of F>’- U
montism.— Huntsville {Ala.) Advocate.
An heir to the great Jennings’ estate in Bug ;
land has turned up at Fulton, New Y'ork. kH
order to raise funds to prosecute the claim In J
has sold stock in it. One dollar in cash buy- 1
one thousand in scrip. About $10,009 ban I
been thus raised among the cities of Oswe? I
and Fulton.
The Emperor Napoleon has sent the Ke v f|
Mr. Stewart, chaplain in the Army, who (b y
tended him when his conduct whilst an exile i-H
New York was brought into controversy a h’ T ;H
months sinco, a magnificent diamond snuJflJ
box; and to Mr. Francis, tho inventor of the j
wagon pontoon for crossing rivers, which wa
lately exhibited before him, be lias also sent -
similar mark of approbation.
The report published in tho Baltimore Se-B
by a correspondent from Staunton about o f*;
breaking into tho Blue Ridge Tunnel ot H
large stream of water, and the washing out
the earth, is inoorrect. Nothing of the kfejl
has occurred. It was started by some p er!ol ||
merely for the purpose of “selling” that enter-1|
prising paper, and the joker’s success has bee:f|
complete.
Tho Albany Transcript states that one d*.'B
last week, the patent agency firm of Low, H- S.
kell & Cos., New York, made sale of halfthfl
patent right for the process of tanning leatl-)1
| er, for three hundred thousand dollars ca.-b il
j This is a bonafide transaction, and the large- 1 1j
j cash sale, we believe, ever made of a pater: H
right.
Fivo hundred ounces of strychnine wet’ I
withdrawn a few (lays ago from the New V r: I
custom house and shipped to California. F**’ H
hundred ounces of strychnine for oue State 1
What is on hand ?
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Dr. R. I. Cowper, of Murfreesboro, N- G- K-l
! has recovered $25,000 damages from the |
| clou and Wilmington Railroad Company. t ; j J
! injuries sustained iu a collision on that road i j
j February 1855.
Rev. J. C. Sullivan, of the Choctaw, Pre- f-|
, byterian Mission, died recently in Texa-. - r j
his way home from the station. He had bee-j
■ ordained but in October last. His disease v-j
! consumption.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmauge, pastor of tin-I
formed Dutch church, Bellville, was re-.’- ‘• • J
married, and on his return from his we-i'|-- |
tour, found his parsonage completely fu>’
ed, awaiting occupation.