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COLUMBUS:
Wednesday Morning, HepL ll> 1858.
LAKOKST CITV CIRCULATION.
The Fillmore Mass State Convention, ap
pointed to come off at Montgomery on the 20th
instant, has been postponed to the 15th of
October.
Mayor Wood, of New York, at the solicita
tion of a large number of the most substantial
citizens of the city, has announced himself a
candidate for re-election.
A negro man named Jim Heard, the proper
ty of Johnson Welburn, of Harbour county,
Alabama, who absconded from home the past
spring, was recognized last week in New Or
learns by persons who knew him, arrested
and placed in jail to await the demand of his
master.
Presidential Election Day.
The day fixed by law for holding the election
of eleotora to elect a President and Vico Presi
dent of the United States in ail the States in the
Union, is the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November. This year it will he the
4th day of November.
South Carolina convenes her Legislature on
the first Monday in November, to cbooso elec
tors for that State.
Struggle between Walker and Itivas.
A late letter from Grauada says: “Rivas
has fortified Leon, having placed cannon in tbe
tower of the Cathedral and around all the en
trances of the Plaza. Walker will have some
trouble in taking the town if he does not re
ceive more men and artillery. The army of
Rivns is about 2,fM)O strong. Walker's army,
on the other hand, is demoralized in every re
spect. Drunkenness is the prevailing vico.”
Overhauled.
The Montgomery Advertiser of Tuesday
morning, say.; Marshal Larkins, in company
with A. G. 11 nil, of the Police, yesterday af
ternoon arrested a scoundrel, lately escaped
from Columbus jail, calling himself Joseph
Doubou. This fellow broke into Winters’ Mill
last night and abstracted from the safe some
fifty dollars, which was found secreted in his
sock. He was also concerned in tiie robbery
of John Campbell’s jewelry store, in this city,
some time since. A negro fellow was found
in company with him, but in their effort to ap
prehend the white rascal, the Marshal and his
aids suffered the negro to escape. They were
fouud in the ravine, near the Railroad. He
stoutly resisted, and the Marshal deserves
great credit for the fearlessness and efficiency
displayed by him on the occasion.
The S. S. Prentiss, an Alabama River steam
er, was sunk at the Stockton Landing, on the
opposite side of the Ray from Mobile, on Sat
urday morning, in 22 feet water. She had
considerable lumber on board, and was to have
been towed to Mobile to complete her repairs.
The seams above her water line had opened,
and water commenced rushing in before the of
ficers were uwa e, and before step>s could be
taken to prevent the accident. She lies,
however, perfectly easy, and can ho raised
without much difficulty. She was owued by
C'apt. Sampson and Capt. Massey and was not
insured.
Aid for Kansas—A Proposition.
A writer in the Savannah Nows, who signs
himself “ A Member of a Volunteer Compa
ny,” says : Being a Savannaltian by birth and
in feeling, 1 desire and earnestly hope tlmt tho
truomon will proveto the people of the South
generally that patriotism prevails hero, and
that on tho subject of Southern Rights Savan
nah is “all right.” Feeliug thus, l propose
that each volunteer company of this city, (there
aro ton,) shall furnish five men to go there for
the purpose of aiding our Southern friends in
their struggle, in such way as will be decided
upon, the said men to arrive in Kansas before
the first of October. I make this proposition
to tho volunteer corps of Savannah, believing
that the citizen soldiers of our city will never
be wanting in patriotism or military ardor
when their State needs their assistance.
Dr. Livingston not Shot.
The correspondent of the Baltimore Suu, in
a letter from Washington, says:
“ Dispatches have just been received at the
State Department from our Minister at Nica
ragua, Mr. Wheeler, from which it appears
that Dr. Liviugston, our Consul at Leon, has
not beou shot. Mr. Wheeler has detailed the
circumstances under which Dr. Livingston bad
been arrested and ordered to execution. The
prompt interposition of Mr. Wheeler saved
him. Rivas had, it seems, determined to sa
crifice Dr. Livingston in retaliation for the ex
ecution of Salazar by order of President Walk
er.
Tho imo correspondent further adds :
“ The treaty now said to have been made
betweeu Lord Clarendon and Mr. Dallas, for
tho adjustment of the Central American ques
tion recognizes Walker’s Government, and
Lord Clarendon expressed to Mr. Dallas some
regret that Nicaragua had no representation
in London. The terms of tho treaty are those
which Walker had proposed to the English au
thorities. San Juan, under this arrangement,
is to belong to Nicaragua exclusively, and not
to be a free port, under the protectorate of the
United States and British Governments, ns was
proposed by the Webster-Crainpton treaty.
“The holders of the Shepherd's grant have
entered a protest before the British Govern
ment against any treaty uot recognizing that
grant.”
The Railroad Convention at ThomasviUu.
We learn from the delegates returned from
tho Convention held at Thomasville on Thurs
day, that there was a very large attendance of
the influential and public spirited citizens of
Thomas and Lowndes counties, the delegates
from Docatur being prevented from being pre
sent by the condition of the roads after the
late storm. The Brunswick Company was not
represented in the Convention. We aro in
iormed that the meeting was most harmonious
and agreeable, and that arrangements satis
factory to all parties were nmdo, by which a
co-operation of the people of the counties re
presented with Savannah in the construction
ot the Main Trunk Road was secured The
route of the road will, we understand, he from
the initial point by tho Brunswick line or
nearly so, to Tbomasvillo. This arrangement
secures tho State aid, and the speedy construc
tion of the road —Savannah Airies.
For the Daily Sun.
A Trip to Pine Knot.
Columbus, Sept. 0, 1850.
Messrs. Editors: I left here on yesterday at
4 o’clock, |a m., with a party of friends, by the
Muscogee Railroad, for Pine Knot Spring*",
situated about 20 miles from our city, for the
purpose of enjoying the luxury of the fine Min
eral waters which can be found at those
Springs. After one hour’s ride by Railroad,
we found ourselves at Station No. 3, better
known as “Uncle Fundyburg’s,” the place for
taking another mode of conveyance. Ou ar
riving there we found our friend George Jones
awaiting our arrival, and with that spirit of
kindness and generosity for which he is pro
verbial, had prepared for us hot coffee and re
freshments, which all seemed to enjoy, and
had we have had any of thebetter part of crea
tion along, and knew that our friend was still
in a state of single wretchedness , we could have
made many oppeals for him. After we hod
taken our coffee, wc found at our command a
good and substantial coach, with four as fine
mules as ever graced Kentucky, which had
been furnished by one of the proprietors of the
Union Dray Line Cos. We soon arranged our
traveling utensils and proceeded on our way
to the Springs, which was about 10 miles dis
tant, which wo accomplished in two hours,
having an excellent road—with one slight in
terruption—having delayed about 20 minutes
in repairing a bridge which hadfelt the effects
of the late storm On arriving at the Springs
we found pure and eool water, of which
we drank freely, and proceeded to Camp
Howard, where we fouud preparedfor us such
refreshments as the fatigue of our trip requir
ed. After arranging ourselves to rest, we
were soon informed by one of tho party who
hail taken upon himself the pleasing task of
being master of ceremonies, that breakfast
was ready—and oh! Mr. Editor, such abreak
l'ast would have done credit to the St. Nicho
las. Such a profusion of chicken, mutton
chops, hot biscuit, and good fresh butter, would
have made a king laugh. After enjoying the
breakfast which had been preparedby some of
the good wives of some of our party, all not
being single—thanks to kind Providence
some of the party went back to the spring,
some strayed off’ to the old spring, which was
about I.] miles distant, for the purpose of en
joying the fine bathing which can be found
there—this consumed the morning—and after
the return of the party from their jaunt, it was
near time for dinner, which was announced
by our gong—which consisted of an old tin
pan. But, Mr Editor, I have found out that
it does not require to be called by genuine
fashion, “China Gong,” to insure a good din
ner. For when I say that here 1 found the
most sumptuous dinner that I have had tbe
pleasure of partaking, I do not think I would
bo departing far from the truth—and if you
could have witnessed the savage manner it was
attacked by the party, you doubtless would
have arrived at the same conclusion. After
doing full justico to tho first, second, third and
tourth courses, the cloth was removed from
tho table, aud we partook slightly of the best
wine that could be got —which caused our par
ty to brighten up slightly—and was instru
mental ill bringing forth much wit and good
humor. Among those of our party who added
much to the pleasure of the trip, was my par
ticular friend from Crucker's Neck, who I had
the pleasure to know in old Green when we
were both boys. I find that ago has made but
little impression upon him. May he live a
long life, that his friends may enjoy his socie
ty—particularly on an excursion to “ Pine
Knot.” My friend who acted so well the part
of the hoosier, is some, and the responsibility
of gland children seems to have made but lit
tle impression, so far as his lively disposition
is concerned, as shown by the many amusing
reminiscences of gone-by days, so happily
portrayed by our friend on the occasion.—
Hunch will be long remembered by the party.
Our California friend seemed uot to forget the
training he got while iu pursuit of the hidden
treasures, for 1 think he can, with safety, wager
a small sum, that ho is the best walker in the
country, at least this was my experience. At
4 o’clock i*. m. we were informed by our driver
that it was time for our departure, aud after
drinking to our camp, we were ou our way
home. After remaining one hour at the sta
tion we heard the whistle of the engine, which
soon made its appearance, and we soon found
ourselves again at home, much pleased with
our visit. May wo all live to meet again and
under the same circumstances.
Melanoholy Death.
On the morning of Sunday last, a Mr. Fin
cher Bobo, formerly of Spartanburg District,
South Carolina, but late u resident of Missis
sippi. arrived at this place from Augusta, where
lie expected to receive a letter from Columbus,
advising him of the whereabouts of a negro,
whom lie had purchased, or desired to dispose
of. Not receiving the letter, he at once took
the LaGrange train to Opelika, intending from
thence to proceed to Columbus. This train
started at 4 o clock on the morniug of Sunday,
aud had proceeded but a mile or two from tbe
city, wbeu the unfortunate gentleman was told
by a passenger, that lio had uot taken the right
train for Columbus, upon which he immediate
ly seized his saddle bags, and niakiug his way
to the hindmost ear—the train going at full
speed—jumped out. Before the conductor
heard that he had done so, the train of oars
had proceeded a couple of miles, ar.d he conclu
ded not to return. At 5 oclock, the train lot*
Macon left this place, and reaching the point
at which tho unfortunate mau had jumped,
and at wiiich he lay; this train going, too, at
full speed ; ere it could be checked in its course
on the discovery of his body, the train passed
over it, mangling it most horribly. It is said
that tho mau displayed evidences of life when
the Macon train reached him, but it is presum
ed ho had been so injured by his leap from the
LaGrange train, that he was unable to get off’
tho track. Tho Macon train returned to this
city with his body, upon which a Coroner’s In
quest has been held, and the remains consign
ed to the grave. The money, saddle bags and
papers, with the ticket that he had purchased
at the Rail Road office here, in possession of
the deceased, arc all in safe hands.— Atlanta j
Examiner.
Maurice Strakosch lias bought a splendid
house in Twenty second street, near the Ninth
avenue, New York. It is furnished with ele
gauce aud groat artistic taste, aud is tho
resort of the most agreeable society in the city.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Important from Kansas.
St. Louis, Sept. 4.—Accounts received in
this city from Kansas, state that Gen. Atchi
son, with fifteen hundred men, is preparing to
attack Lawrence first.
St. Louis, Sept. s.— lt is rumored here that
a battle lias been fought at Ossawattamie, and
that the Abolitionists were routed with a loss
of twenty-five killed. The loss on the part of
the pro-slavery men is said to be five. It is
also reported that Ossawattamie was finally i
burnt.
St. Louis, Sept. 6. —Auother rumor is be
ing circulated here to the effect that the Abo
litionists have been driven from Leavenworth
at the point of the bayonet, and that their
property has been destroyed and confiscated.
The lowa road to Kansas is said to be closed
by armed bands of Missourians.
Forty Abolitionist sufferers have arrived in
this city, entirely destitute.
The President has ordered the Governor of
Kansas to enroll and organize all militia in the
Territory. Regiments have been ordered from
Illinois and Kentucky.
It is reported that the Pro-Slavery men and
Abolitionists had 200 men on each side engag
ed in the battle at Ossawattamie. Tbe Aboli
tionists fired first, which was returned by the
Southerners killing thirty Abolitionists. The
Abolitionists then attempted to escape by
swimming the river, by which a number were
drowned.
Market Reports.
New York, Sept, s. —The Cotton market is
active, aad has advanced £ a } cent per lb.
The sale during the day foot up 5,000 bales.
Flour has advanced G a 12.} cents per bbl.
New York, Sept. 6.—The Cotton market is
firm to-day. with sales of 500 bales. Middling
Uplands are quoted at 111 cents per lb.
Mr. Burlingame and Massachusetts.
We make the following extract from a speech
by Mr. Shephard, of Mobile, at a recent mass
meeting in Burlington, New Jersey.
In regard to Mr. Burlingame, he was then
skulking about Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
endeavoring to excite prejudice against the
South, and her institutions, in the vain hope
that the defamation of fifteen slavo States,
would relieve him of tbe stigma attached to
his character, as a trickster in affairs of hon
or, if not a pusilanimous braggart, in the eyes
of every gentleman. In bis hostility to cer
tain individuals, be has endeavored to enlist
the sympathy and co-operation of Pennsylva
nia against all southern persons, without re
gard to age, sex or condition; and thus ex
emplifying the vengeance of a Round-bead,
from whom he boasts his descent. I can only
smile at the shallow Yankee trick—a trick rc
lieved only by the cool impudence of its author,
when he informed the Germans and Irish, and
perhaps even the Quakers, that they had a
common interest in their Puritan descent;
and that they should unite with New England
in putting down slavery and Southern aggres
sion. This Burlingame would never have
been heard of in Pennsylvania, but for tbe ap
plication of gutta percha to one of tbe digni
taries of Massachusetts. But what has Penn
sylvania to do with that? Nothing whatever.
1 would, were Ia Pennsylvanian, say to Mr.
8., if you, in defence of Sumner and the hon
or of Massachusetts, have thought proper to
pass by the ground on which Barron and De
catur, Clay and Randolph, and Graves and
Cilley, fought aud have reaped contempt and
ridicule by your flight, that is your own affair,
the people of Pennsylvania have no participa
tion in the matter.
I did not accept (said Mr. S.) the invitation
to address a Northern audience, to soften op
position to the South, by propitiating the
Black Republicans, for 1 entertain an unmiti
gated contempt for that party and its objects.
Nor could I seek to enlist the sympathy of the
gallant old Whig party, so honorably and
gracefully slumbering in its grave; nor even
the co-operation of Democracy in behalf of the
section in which I reside. 1 merely invoke all
good men to stand by the Constitution, as it has
been handed down by our illustrous ‘negro dri
vers,’ Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Clay,
Calhoun, not to mention Webster and the elder
Adams, and to exert tlicir energies in this mo
ment of peril for the purpose of elevating the
honored son of the old Keystone State, James
Buchanan, to the Presidency.
In concluding his remarks Mr. S. said, that
whenever Massachusetts gets into a fracas of
her own creation, whenever her Senators de
grade the legislative halls, or the abolitionists
of Boston steal a negro and punishment fol
lows, they are sure to hold up their hands and
cry out Bunker Hill! I respectfully submit
that Bunker Hill affords no palliation for tho
failiugs of Massachusetts representatives.—
Bunker Hill was a skirmish, and a defeat, and
as a military fact gave the colonies no pres
tige; the British assaulting its defenders en
sconced behind their breastworks, and defeat
ing them. The battles at New Jersey, at Sa
ratoga, at Germantown, Yorktown, King's
Mountain and Eutaw, fixed the fact of Ameri
can prowess. And I would remind Mr. Bur
lingame that in the most important of these
battles, there were no round-headed Puritans
in tho ranks. But when Massachusetts was
overrun, and her capital in the hands of tho
enemy, thousands of the descendants of the
cavaliers, led by Washington, hurried to their
rescue. In the last war Hull surrendered his
army. He was a round-headed Puritan—a
native of New England. The country’s honor
was retrieved at New Orleans by the descend
ants of the cavaliers, (their uot being a Yan
kee iu the crowd), who boro aloft the stars and
stripes. And it is on tbe devoted bodies of
similar men that such heroes as the llurlin
games and Sumner intended, as they say, to
place their Cromwellian heels 1
Who were the opponents of the descendants
of the “cavaliers at Not a
vulgar horde of nasal tongued, psalm-singing
puritans from Yankee land, with “home-rities
in their hands,” and pitch pipes in their pock
ets ; but the veteran troops of gallant old
England, were the unfortunate men on that
day, who, after the peace, generously acknow
ledged the ability of Jackson, and the steady
good conduct of his Southern army ; and yet
it has been reserved for tho hatred, jealousy
and low fanaticism of New England to sneer
before a Philadelphia audience, at the ability
of Southern men to defend their Constitution
al rights. How was it in Mexico? We confi
dently rely oil our own men for an answer
Taylor, Scott, Smith, Quitman, Ringgold,
Ridgely, Davis, Harding, McClung, Bragg,
Bryan, Martin, Burgwyn and a host of others
rather than trust some future Peter Parley to
toll our children that South Carolinians, Mis
sissippians, and Tennessseeans ran away from
the battle-fields of Buena Vista, Chepultepee,
while tho stars and stripes were sustained glo- ;
riously by the round-heads of Massachusetts
and their descendants in Indiana and New
York.
The love of dress is rapidly gainiug ground
in this country. “Rigolette.” the correspon
dent of the Petersburg Express, informed it a
few days since, that onelady ntthe Montgome
ry White Sulphur had two hundred dresses,
another one hundred and fiftv, another seven
ty five.
Railroad Meeting at Fort Gaines.
At a meeting of the citizens of Fort Gaines
and the surrounding country, on Thursday, 21st
ult., for the purpose of considering the propri
ety of extending the South Western Railroad
to Fort Gaines, and also, for the purpose of
hearing the report of our Delegates, to wit:
Col. J. E. Brown and Judge William Castleber
ry, sent by us, to attend a meeting of the
Board of Directors of said Road, at Macon, on
the 14th August, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously passed, to-wit:
Whereas, at a meeting of the Southwestern
Railroad Company, held at Macon, on the 14th
of August, it was resolved by the Board of Di
rectors, that estimates of costs of Road be
made by Engineers, for the distance from
Cuthbert to Fort Gaines; and that so soon as
estimates are reported, the said Company will
be prepared to say, and will say, upon what
terms of subscriptions for stock and labor for
stock, the Company will undertake to carry the
Road to FortGaincs; and whereas, such action
on the part of the Board commends itself to
the immediate notice of tbe citizens of this
section of Georgia, and the adjacent sections
of Alabama, in view of the intimate interests,
they must feci and have in the extension of
said Road to Fort Gaines, aud impressively
calls for corresponding action on our part.
Be it Resolved, That we, (the citizens of this
place and the surrounding country,) here, this
day, pledge ourselves to render, to the utmost
of our means, evert’ aid and facility in our
power, for the speedy prosecution of the work.
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed
by ihe Chair, to be styled the Executive Com
mittee, whose duty it shall be to confer forth
with with tlic citizens of the several sections
interested in the extension of said Road to
Fort Gaines, and report as soon as possible,
what favorable action the said citizens will
take in tbe enterprise. The Cliair appointed
the following named gentlemen as such commit
tee, to-wit.: For the town of Fort Gaines,
James Mcßae, JolmW. Jones, James E. Brown,
Wm. Mount, Dr. Wm. J. Johnson and John
West. For the 7th District, Clay County, Wm.
Castleberry, Robt. Blake, Thomas Towson, R.
Thornton, Dr. Wm. B. Gilbert, IT. F. Rucker,
John Thompson, James Grier, jr., Thomas
Green, J. L. Sweet, W. J. Esters, George It.
Holloway, Jno. W. Smith, and John R. Pitt
man. For the McElvy District, Wm. McElvy,
Warren Sutton, sr., Peter Lee, N. McLendon,
and Henry Engram. For Calhoun County,
Solomon G. Becham, B. R. Hodge, C. and M.
Denvis, B. Duke, Henry Hays and Dr W. T.
Murchison. For Early County, Maj. J. Craw
ford, Col. M. Yi T . Stamper, Jos. Harris, B. H.
Robinson, It. B. Hill. For llenty County,
Ala., Col. C. O. C. Morris, Gen. A. McAllister,
Gen. A. C. Gordon, H. E. Owens, Col. J. Ben
nett, Gen. B. IV. Henderson, A. McAllister, J.
L. Irwin and Howell E. Chitty Esq.
Resolved, That the chairman of said Commit
tee, in communication with the members, be
required to call a mass meeting of tbe citizens
from the surrounding country, to be held at
Fort gaines, on some day couvenient for the
object of said enterprise; and that said com
mittee invite tbe President of the South Wes
tern Railroad, and such other persons as they
may deem proper, to be present at said meet
ing. Said meeting is to be held after the sur
vey and proposition of said company is made.
Resolved, That the thanks of the meeting
be tendered to Judge Wm. Castleberry and
Col. James E. Brown, for their able services
tendered in attending the meeting of the Board
of Directors, at Macon, and their Report, made
to this meeting.
The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN H. JONES, Chairman.
Dr. Lewis Paullin, Secretary.
Beecher Catches a Tartar.
The Rev. Ward Beecher, of Holy Rifles, is
taking a summer vacation among the moun
tains of New Hampshire. His expected arri
val in the little village of Bethlehem drew to
gether a crowd. A correspondent of the Con
cord Patriot tells the story.
“Tho coach arrived, the horses were chang
ed, aud were about starting, when an attache
of the Beecher party, addressing himself to one
of the crowd, asked. How are you here ? all
for Fremont? ‘No, sir—not. one,’ was the re
ply, ‘not one! ’ ‘Are you not a Fremont
man ? ‘ said he', pointing to another. ‘No sir.’
‘And you.’ ‘No, no no sir-ee,’ was the response,
as he renewed bis interrogatory, pointing at
each individual in the vain hope of finding
one supporter of the lover and husband of our
Jessie. ‘Go ahead, driver,’ lie cried; the
whip cracked, and they moved on with a flea
and hearty democratic hurrah in their ears.
“But the joke was not to end hero. Young
B. a democrat, and something of a wag, took
a seat upon the stage previous to its starting.
They had proceeded about a mile, when be es
pied young Wheeler beside a road upon the
hill side, moving. ‘There is a man,’ said he,
gravely, ‘who thinks slavery is an evil.’ ‘Ah,
then there’s one—such a man in this region.
Well, really, we must give him a word of en
couragement.’ As they were slowly passing,
they thus addressed him : ‘My friend, you are
the best mower we have seen since wo have
left home, and, what is better still, we are in
formed that you are a Fremont man, now can
you give us three cheers for the next Presi
dent ?
“Certainly.”
Ready, then—and tbe evangelical party
waved their hats, with feminine accompani
ment of handkerchiefs, and a loud hurrah
waked an echo from an adjoining hill—another
wave, auother hurrah—the third and last wave
and hurrah for James Buchanan was thunder
ed forth by our intelligent and patriotic far
mer—and James Buchanan echoed back from
our democratic hills. Tho mortification of
that gentleman of color who rolled himself and
his new coat in the mud, (thinking lie was lis
tening to the preaching of Whitfield.) when lie
discovered his mistake, was nothing in com
parison. They had uncovered their saintly
heads, waved their godly hats and ‘perfumed
handkerchiefs and, after all, Whitfield didn’t
preach. “Wo understood you to say, sir, that
that man thought slavery to be an evil.” “So
do we all.” ivas tho reply. They proceeded in
silence; the reflections of the reverend doctor,
whether upon religion or politics, Bibles or
Sharpe’s rifles, the poverty and hardships of
Christ and his disciples, or five thousand dol
lars per year, and political or pleasure trips to
fashionable resorts arc not known.
“Beecher thinks it a shnmo to firo at a man
and not hit him.”
A Fremont Storm
We have no desire, says the New Loudon
Chronicle, to injure tho molasses trade, but
we simply state the fact that Mr. Richards,
who keeps a store on the Hartford road, a few
days since, found in one of his empty molasses
hogseads a human skeleton, the remains, no
doubt, of a negro, who was probably asleep in
the hogshead when it was filled on the planta
tion.
One of the other papers thinks that this
“sweet burial” is a speciniou of southern dis
cipline.
Messrs. Strickland ,* Upson, booksellers, who
left Mobile so summarily, in consequence of
tbe excitement against them there, owing to
the report that they were selling abolition
books, have arrived in New York.
GENERAL ITEMS.
r
Corporal punishment lias been abolisfie ’ ■
the Mexican Army, by a “ supreme d ec . r * : I
The French papers say that Rachel j.
recovering her health, and expects to (l - ir
in public the ensuing winter.
The rumor in reference to Hon. Lin n £ . i
of Ky., having shot George Blakely, 0 f t ;';
State, turns out to be false.
A farmer returning home in his wagon R f,
delivering a load of corn is a more certain,
of national prosperity than a nobleman vju I
in his chariot to the opera.
In the lecture on “The Dead of the c-i /I
net,” delivered by Ex President Tyler, he?',’ I
the Petersburg Library Association, am]
lished in the Southern Literary Messemmi • f
September, it is stated that during the f.” [
years of President Tyler’s administration , [I
a single default occurred, and that scare, - H
wortliy of mention, for fifteen dollars, E)
part of a deputy postmaster, somewhere in !
interior of Kentucky.
There has been in use in Columbus, Ob’
for some weeks past, a three wheeled p| w ?', ]
which is said to work admirably, nn?l j|
thought will introduce anew style of vehic* il
into use. It obviates the annoyances now\
perieuced in getting into our modern % *
wheeled vehicles, and in turning them, r <
front wheel is so arranged as to run K teadi'* *
and there is less friction and consequently 1 ( ', I
resistance to draft.
A negro named Harvey Webb has beeu tr\ I
ing to swindle the subscribers to the umi t ’ if
ground railroad at Selma, Ohio, lie fefl]i i 1
sented that six escaped slaves were in want il
means to convey them to Canada, ami i„ [I
short time a fund was raised, but some
whom his own peculiar business had tauohf II
distrust the honesty of others, grew suspicion.; 1
which led to detection. There is a musty
verb applicable to this “diamond cut diamond ! I
developement.
Interview of the Kansas Committee wit]i i
President Pierce—Opinions of the Presi
dent, &e.
The deputation of free Statesmen that Intel ||
waited upon President Pierce, in relation t 1
affairs in Kansas, have made a report of tbei i
mission to the National Kansas committee I
They give tho following as a sum uiary of re. I
suits :
The opinions expressed by the Executive 1
are substantially as follows:
While Government has beeu exhausting it
constitutional powers (which are limited/ 1 1
maintain order, Kansas Aid Societies ban 1
been actively stirring up rebellion. Afactioiti
spirit among tbe people of Kansas respectit.B
institutions which they need not have concert ■
ed themselves about, and which would have i §
come right in time, originated the trouble,
From the nature, habits and education of tbe 1
border men, it was natural to find them excite :
by such an agitation. At this crisis, fc |
North, instead of sending in armed men, wb. 1
went about boasting of their ability to protect ~
themselves, should have sent in order-low 1
and law-abiding citizens ; should have sentii |
peace-seeking men, who would have promote: 1
concord by moral agencies—by Bibles ratk
than by Sharpe’s rifles. Such a course would
have strengthened the hands of the President. 1
instead of tying them, as they have been. Tl# i ;
sufierings of the settlers aro therefore, of tbei: I
own seeking, and the legitimate fruits of tk I
gunpowder bible preaching which they ac: [
their supporters at the North have advocated |
Each side is doubtless to blame. Inflamatoiv
appeals are circulated both South and North
and reports false or exagerated put forth b;
heated partisans to stir up sectional strfe. i: :
each party would get rid of about a hundrei
of their designing and restless leaders, agile I
tion would cease, and a speedy end he put t I
the disorders.
The interposition of the Executive is claims [
by both sides, each party urging against the [
otter exactly the same charges. At this die
tance from the scene of strife, the President will
not determine between them. His action mu-1
be guided by official reports. Gen. Smith coni-B
mnnicatcs a very differedt condition of thiipß
from the exagerated statements which have
gone abroad. No apprehension of anarmtil
invasion need be apprehended. But, should; |
happen, the whole power of the govcrnmeai P
will be exerted to repel it, come from whatevci
souree it may. The army in Kansas is Ml |
there to prevent or correct outrages unite |
they amount to invasion or insurrection. Tin |
civil power alone is competent to this. Appli-1
cation should be made there. Gen. Smith has T
no power to redress the wrongs of Mr. Straw-
He applied to the wrong quarter, lie shoui.
have gone to the courts. As to granting bit |
an esort, “Gen, Smith thought if Mr. Straw |
was smart enough to find His way safely to bin I
without one, he ought to be able to find his w j
back!” The courts are open to all classed
citizens, without distinction. No authentic is !
formation has ever reached the Executive and
an individual who has sought a redress
wrongs at the hands of the.civil power in Km- I
sas and failed to obtain it. If one such tt* I
had beeu presented, he would at once haven
moved the offending official. If the majorii)
of the People in Kansas laid wanted peace st:
quiet they could have had it. The waytog
it was for the settlers among themselves i
frown down all agitation growing out of differ
ences of opinion as to local institutions.
The Executive had always felt solicit*
about the Teritory, and bad exerted his consti
tutional powers to their full extent to present
order. The affair at Lawrence had given gm
anxiety, and he at that time telegraphed !>"■•
to Col. Sumner and Governor Shannon, bedt” I
sending a special messenger. (Here the Pie- B
dent produced copies of his telegraphic I
patches, which, we believe, were made pub I
at the time.) The outrages at Lawrence I
not done by authority. The President :idmi’ |
that mistakes have been made, as is evident }
his removal of Shannon. But an impart’ I
man has now gone there, who will see justief
done to both parties. If he should catch eith
er party in acts of violence they shall be hui
upon the spot. Tho civil power of the lei' ’
tory must be maintained!
The committee further report that the !' rr
ident assured them that there would be t*
change in the policy pursued towards the l fl
ritory.
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Sad Accident.
1 esterday afternoon a sad accident bappeji
ed off Coxspur Island, which resulted in
death of Lieut. Gardner and the Quarter Mi
ter, and the very narrow escape from a “ 1
ry grave of two teamen, all attached to * ‘
U. S. Revenue Gutter Taney. It appear
a boat from the Taney, lying at ('oxsp lir - U
off'from her to speak the steamer Gor I •
bound to this port. The boat of the < Ul,(
pulled up the steamer, having her h* “
stream. Tbe engine of the Gordon w>iscb-“
ed dowu, to enable Lieut. G. to transact
business, and iu an unknown manner the
of the Cutter’s bont drifted under the
of the Gordon, and was swamped, an *
Lieutenant and Qunrter Master were dre”
Every exertion was made by the officers.-•
and passengers of the Gordon to save the *
fortunate men. —Savannah Georgian.