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Cjjrtmulf ¥ %mtinfl.. DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY. ANI> WEEKLY. I y BY W. s. JONES- „ FRIBAY MOWM**;. wU S ' h Bap kit*# andKxcmandk «°y h»y o f ISj7. $ «j „ J "“■CT'iTi. «»lT h»ln-od«t ( " ■!":;X,'rter Hub, o« »Uloh ». re- 1 \’ you , vii | cooler a favor hi the pubuc by inform- , whether or not, the “Bank of OreensboTOßgb,” t fjR j* of the tribe denominated Wild Cat ' t I |„|ve fo-<l«y beeu shown n bill, denominated sl, i on tbs “ Wahoo Bank of Covet a,"' at Kewnen, « Ga. The name is certainly euphonious. ] under- i atitiid a oont.idemble amount of it is in cire 1 1st ion in ( West Alabama and Emit. Mississippi, where there ? is an Agency ; ia it a safe institution ? i I remain, very respectfully, your ob't. serv’t i J Wirt. IvEPLY or the \Kuitok. —The Bank of Greens j i boro’ is a Wild Cat of the purest blood, and is, in our opinion, entirely unworthy of confidence or credit. The “ Wahoo Bank <// Coweta ” is an institution of which we never heard before, and after some en quiry, have not been able to find any one who has- We have examined the acts of the Legislature, and cannot find that any such Bank was ever chartered. We, therefore, conclude it is a spurious, bogus con corn, ushered into existence without authority of law, and, if possible, a worse swindling shop than the “Wildcats.” Pet haps some of our friends in Newuan can give j ns some information in relation to this new concern. | We Bhall feel obliged to any one of them to inform tun if they know, or win hear anything reliable. KxrlinttMe of Old t'oiii for New. Under the law of Congress, authorising the Di rector of tli - Mint to give the new cent peice, in exchange for Spanish and Mexican silver coin, and the old United States copper (ten’s, that officer, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, has arranged with the Adams Ex press Company for the transportation of the m-w Cent Coin, at the cost of the Mint, to all points in the Atlantic States', accessible by Railroad end j Steamboat, and all other places which can lie reach j ed by means of conveyance not incurring unreason able expense. We subjoin the regulations adopted by the mint ' for carrying into«ff'eot (his object. The additional information may be obtained at the A dams Ex chess 1 Co.’s, office : 1. On and after tire twenty lit li day of May next, applications may be made at the Mint Ibr <-t tits ot tlie new issue, in exchange for “the pieces common- 1 ly known as the quarter, eighth and sixteenth of the j Spanish pillar dollar, unrl "I the Mexican dollar,” at ■ the nominal rates of ”5 et-nts, I2> t! eiits and t,j cents ! respectively ;or in exchange for the copper cents j heretofore issued ; and t se persons so applying will be attended to in their eider, daily, between the ; Lours of nine and 2 o'clock. 2. The silver or copper coins thus offered must be in even sums of five dollars, by count, and for ; the present, not exceeding fifty dollars ; and in the j case of silver, the sizes or denominations must be assorted and k*-pi separate, so that any one package ' shall contain exactly five dollars (or a multiple there- ' ol) of quarters, or of eighths, or sixteenths. Care j must be also taken to exclude from the silver any 1 other kinds of coin than those specified in the law.— ' A memorandum or label must be presented, shew- j ing the value by count, of the pieces offered, and ! the denominations thereof, and in the case of cop- ! per, it must stale that they are lawful coin of the | United States. Such pieces of silver ly are mutila- i ted or so much worn ;is to be illegible, or as have ! any appearaffee of being counterfeit, will not bo re j reived for the new cent.; . but packages containing the same may be exchanged at another office in the | Mint for silver coins of Jhe United States. To pre- j vent uncertainty as to what parcels fcontai: ing j mutilated pieces or such as aie worn smooth) will be | rejected, it may be stated, that if live dollars, by : count, of quarter dollars, shall outweigh $4.800f U. j B. silver coins of the present standard ; Or it the same j amount, by count, of eighths, shaft outweigh *4 ..(I, j or it the same count of sixteenths Bhali out weigh | $1.30, th<-y will be received at their nominal value j la exchange for the new cents; audit may save dis- j appointment if holders will ascertain this before of- i set ing th ?in, which may readily be don by the use ' • of an ordinary balance. 3. The reasonable expenses of transportation of i the new cent, in sums of tit y dollars, to any point | accwible by roailroaJ and steamboat, will be paid by the Mint. Frost in Max.—Postscript to a letter to the Edi tor. dated La Grange, Ga., May 5, says : “A slight frost this morning, although our latitude i« as low as that of Burke county.’’ Baltimore Railroad Riots.—The Baltimore Sun, of Tuesday morning, says :—As we stated yesterday morning, the most effective measures were adopted during the day for the protection of the trains which left the city in the afternoon. The result has been an apparently entire suppression of all the demonstrative elements of lawlessness which have been so disreputably exhibited in this affair. Peace prevailed along the line of the route, and tbrougli some induem-e, consistent at least, with (he common decencies of life, the rioters olf the day have been as suddenly withdrawn ns they- were sud denly developed full blown for outlawry and de struction. We cannot, at this moment, conjecture, what • further action will transpire in connection with the affair ; but we may reasonably expect that a tho rough investigation will be had through some of the appointed processes for I lie exercise of authority. In the meantime, we shall endeavor to keep our readers informed of events as they nmy transpire in ! the future. We earnestly hope that so disgraceful an erreute is at an end. We cannot cultivate fa- i miliarity with such transactions but at the cost of the dearest interests ot society. Tnfc National Hotel Poisoning.—lt has been stated by a Northern journal, and the especial at tention of the Washington Union has been called to the statement, that President Buchanan, when visiting the National Hotel, received a note w arn ing him against partaking of food at that estab lisbinent. If this is only one of the thousand base less rumors connected with the deplorablecalamity, it must be quite easy for the Union to contradict it on authority. We have as yet seen no such contra diction. Accounted For.—The Cincinnati Times unlocks the secret of the elopement of Miss Martin with Boyd, thus; She (Miss Martin) has been of late under the care of two maiden aunts, who have . raised her in total seclusion from company. M iss Bailie became acquainted with Boyd about a month since, and notwithstanding the vigilance of her guardians, managed to have stolen interviews with him at certain intervals. Snowdrifts on May Day.—The drifts, says the Hanford (C>inn.) Times, of the Ist instant, are still deep in Norfolk and the hilly portions of the State along the Massachusetts line, although it is now the Ist of May. Oil Wednesday, we learn by the post riders, the snow was five feel deep in i the road in the northwest part of Norfolk, and travel was still impeded ; while the drifts m’ New Maribors, over the Massachusetts hue were six feet deep. Damages for Seduction.—At Utica, Michigan, an action brought for seduction lias been brought by Mary Abrams against Richard It. Jones. The plaintiff is a youDg lady of rare personal beauty, but poor parentage. The defendant has wealthy con nections, who opposed the promised marriage. The jury touud a verdict of SL,B<)O damages for plain tiff. r " EsT - The St. Louis Republican < t T ?n d * y “ ttnleß9 killing frost should hereafter be made manifest, we are erne to have any quantity of peaches. Neither the snow nor the sleet nor the ice has as yet injured them in • this region." F rear of Lightning.—The house of Mr. Well® near Wauoolda, Illinois, was struck by lightning a week ago last Sunday. The electric shock follow •d the stove pipe into the bouse and exploded in the room in which the family were sitting. One of the men was struck and burned in several places, and • the sole of one of his boot* were torn off. Another man was somewhat burned, and strongly shocked. Mr. Weils is very badly injured and bss not yet re covered from its effects. agn&tt - - - - 3 nsrzmzpjs jjr, i The Baltimore American, so uommaiUhig upon th* recruit ipeeeh, delivered by the Him. Caleb Cl-sh iso, on bis return home, in reply to the welcome 1 extended by his fellow citizens of Kmrbnryport "“Y 8 ' —'There is a peculiar at this time in recalling * the qualities of forecast *ud wisdom which distin- * guisbed the Hwq statesman from the pretentious * eounteWWt. The Forcible Peebles of the country have invaded the seats of the giants in our day, and ( if the admirable stroke by which the distinguished j orator admonishes them of what iu the case of the 1 Conut Aranda, Governor Powuu.ll, and Alexander Hamilton constituted a title to eminence, answers | no other purpose, |t will direct public attention tjo the contrast.. It i» also an ingenious entrenchment ■ thrown around Mr, Cushing's position, untenable os we deem that position itself to be. and ta a iiieturieal souvenir of rare value. Hr first quotes from the se cret memoir, but recently published, which the Count of Aranda confidentially addressed to his sovereign, Charles HI, of Spaiu.on occasionot sign ing, in 1783, th» treaties acknowledging the indepen deuce of the United States : I !::*vc just doucluded and signed,” Fays the a treaty iof peace with England, and this negotiation has left in my mind a painful sentiment. We have recognised the independence of the En glish colonies, and that is to me a subject of grief arid of dread. France has saw possessions iu Ame rica . but she ought to have remembered that Spain, lier intimate ally, has matiy, which now remain ex posed to terrible convulsions. I will not stop to ex amine the opinion of statesmen, as well countrymen as foreigners, who agree with me in estimation of the intnnric difficulty of preserving our domination in America Without entering into those consider ations it suffices merely to speak of the perils with which w e are menaced, on the siue of the new pow er just created in a part of the earth where no other power existed capable of wi hstauding its progress. This new federal republic baa come iuto being a pigmy, so to speak, and in order to attain its inde pendence has needed the support and the forces- of two great powers, Fiance and Spain. The day is at hand when in those regions it will be a giant—a terrible Colossus Then it will forget the benefits which it has received from ua, and will think only of its own aggrandisement. The liberty ot con science—the facility of establishing new populations in immense torritor.es, and the peculiar advantages held forth by the new government, will attract thither cultivators and artisans of all nations, since men rush in pursuit of fortune; and thus, in a few years, we shall witness with sorrow the menacing existence of the anticipated Colossus. The first step of this power, when it shall have grown to strength, will be to possess ilself of the Fforidas, in order to command the Gulf ot Mexico. Atier hav ing thus interposed itself in the way of our com merce with N<-w Spain, it will aspire to conquer that great empire, which it will not be possible to defend against a formidable power, established on the same continent, and, what ia more, conterminous with |t I These apprehensions are well founded, and cannot ! foil to be realized within a few years, unless indeed, before then, revolutions still more disastrous should break forth in our Americas. " Commenting upon this extraordinary passage,_in which {tie comprehensive forecast bears the simili tude oi prophecy 1 , Mr. Cushing continues : Is not that remarkable ' The Count ol Arauda I «aw the white cloud in the sky; when it was no | bigger than a man’s hand, he knew that a tempest ! was wrapped tip in ils folds; ami he rough' to ward i oft the imminent peril, by coiistittiiiug the Spanish : colonies at once into semi-independent monarchies, governed by vassal Spanish princes, under Charles j as Emperor of Spain and the Indies, the latter re- j i taining the immediate government ouly of the Islands of Culm and Puerto Rico. If those provi ; dent counsels had prevailed, twenty years of revo : lutioii and of civil war would have been spared to j Spanish, as by timely application of the same policy i they have been to Portuguese America. Just so il was that, thirty yeais previously, Thos. j Pownall, the royal Governor of Massachusetts, ' sought to anticipate the independence ol the thir ; 1 ( u Britisli C'ilonics, by raising them to the condi j tion of federal members of o great British union, a ! grand marine dominion, as he terms it. so as to be- I stride the Atlantic, with one foot of the Colossus i resting on Europe and the other on America. If the far reaching views of either Thomas Pow ! nail or the Count ol Aranda lmd been adopted, how j different would be our present condition ! The Count of Aranda well knew that the results ! which lie apprehended in regard to the Floiidasand New Spain were still more certain as to Louisiana. I The annexation of that province to the United I Stati s was not, as too many suppose it to have been, : s ni ie Democratic ambition of the times of Tiro | mas Jefferson. There i- a memorable letter, address j ed, years before that, by Alexander Hamilton to I Harrison Gray Otis, iu which Hamilton strongly j expresses the longings after Louisiana entertained j by the irnni of Washington's particular school, aud , 1 avows the conviction that the possession ol it is in ; dispensable to Ihe continuance of the Union. Ho I did but see and feel os tb Louisiana what, in similar | circumstances, others, at a later day, distinctly saw j and felt as to Texas, and be it now declared, as to j California also, the necessary companion of Ore gon. _ Beginning of the Cunningham Trial.—The trial of Mrs. Cunningham, for the murder of Dr. Burdell, commenced in New York Monday morning. The Tribune, of that afternoon, says : “The Court room above the Court of Sessions in the larger of the law buildings in the Park was crowded this morning long before 11 o’clock, the hour appointed or the initiatory proceedings in the trial of Mrs. Cunningham. The large doors between that and the opposite room were opened, aud the curiosity of the public filled both rooms to their greatest capacity. Every lawyer who had a brief, and many who had not, were there. Three or four deeply veiled ladies in the corner, at the right of the Judge, were the aim of all eyes, and there was a decided buzz of expectation through the room. Mrs. Cunningham took a seat behind her c unsel. She was dressed in deep mourning, had very red cheeks, aud lieid' ker head mildly 011 one side.' Small Pox.—Ttie Griffin Empire State of the 6th instant aaylf:—We are happy to be able, in this issue of our paper, to announce the disappearance ! of this disease in our city. The report of the atten ding physician, as well as the members of the two families in which it has for several weeks existed, is, that all la well. It has now been two weeks or more’ since the last case appeared, and we are justified in the hooe, that there is an end to this pest, iu our midst ! W* are not of those who are wont “to hallow before ' they are out of the woods ;” and while we indulge ] in the hope above expressed, we admit that we are not entirely free from danger. We renew the pledge so often given heretofore, that our readers shall be faithfully posted up, on this subject. Constitutional Amendments.—The people of Massachusetts voted ou Friday last on amendments to the State Constitution proposed by the Legisla lure. The amendments were adopted by large ag gregate majorities. They are : 1. That every voter shall be able to read the Con stitution in the English language, and to write his own name. 2. Limits the House of Representatives to 210 members, to be elected by districts. 3. Provides for the choice of forty Senators in sin gle districts, instead of counties as heretofore. A Pelf for the Populace.—The Scientific American gives a v ery simple mode of examining the Satellites of the planet Jupiter, the means used beiug so common as to be within the reach of all. It says : Every person can view them, by reflection, using a common looking-glass for th • purpose. On a clear night lake it looking glass, and—either at the window or 01R of doors—so place it as to receive the impression of the planet. By a close examina tion of the planet as reflected in the glass, all its salellites will also be observed, provided none of them are eclipsed. It is rather remarkable, how ever, that although these satellites can thus be seen, while they cannot be seen by the naked eye, that neither Venus Dor the moon can be seen sc distinct ly by reflection as they can be by observing them with the naked eye. Remarkable Mirage.—The Oswego Times say* that the phenomenon of mirage on Lake Onta rio was witnessed on Suud&y to a degree never heard ot. From the high point near the Fort, Prince Edward's Island, completely across the lake on the Canadian shore, could be seen distinctly. The Duck and Gallon islands w ere so plainly marked out that the trees and small objects on the shore were plainly seen. Even the ice in the Stony Island passage, leading to Sackett's Harbor was visible. Frost in May.— Those who were “up and doing by times” ou Tuesday morning, the sth inst might have seen tlie last remains of old “white head ’’ Though it iatrue that before his final demise, he had »become a mere shadow of bis former strength Bn< j vigor, nevertheless there was enough telt by which to identify him. The shortness of the night, togeth er with the heavy deposit of dew, prevented a vere and killing frost, the disaster of which wou\d have been terrible. In this section, the wheat is generally regarded uninjarad; indeed, it is lookiug unusually well, and with good seasons henceforth iSKSf-' pit, ££T Ped Wlth COld; Tie** and white, [Wine Conner, 6th imt. ■■■ ■ —■" i t.Uaerm |>#***#»«*f-«A»*##i**»»Ui«r--»tlH» <W* <W*»**, A ovne*p*“' l * at ofthe Memphis Eagle hac rur a iiJ>o<! that journal with the following commamca tic®, showing tbe difference between the Demo ct'Atic and American parties. It is full of truth, and should be treasured by every voter, who bu at heart tbe interests of the country : Ist. Modern Democracy, for party ends alone, eucourages the influx of a class of foreigners whose general character wholly unfits them for discharging the duties, while they are clamorous for the rights a>*d privilege* of citizens. The American party oppose this policy as sub versive of ail moderate, conservative Govern ments lid Modern Democracy advocates tbe odious doctrine that unnaturalized foreigners have an eqlual right a itb native-born citizens, to our public lauds, it they have been but one week or one day in our territories; and that, while thus uuuatural- Ded, and while totally ignorant of our institutions and laws, they shall enjoy, equally, with the native born citizen, the right of suffrage, and thus decide tbe most delicite and sacred: questions of govern ment pertaining to our social and domestic rela tions. The American party denounce such demagogue ism as unworthy the spirit of American freemen. lid. Modern Democracy, by eucour&giug this in flux of aliens, is stabbing the South in the most vi ta) point; for these foreigners populate Northern re gions, make free State after free State, and thus strengthen the already powerful combinations against slave*y. The American party will not lend themselves to measures so disastrous to the security of Southern rights, and they point their countrymen of the South to'the late election in St. Louis, as the most signifi cant warning, that, where foreigners have tbe pow er) they will not tolerate slavery. 4. They believe that the lawsof the countryshould be made or executed by no man who acknowledges, directly or indirectly, that be ow es to any other pow er) civil or religious, a higher duty thau that which he: owes to the Constitution and laws of this. (The nature of tbe present Mormon troubles most Ibjribly illustrate the necessity of this policy: and the present Administration will yet be compelled to admit it, if it shall attempt tjo enforce, iu X’tah, an obedience to the lawsof this Government. 6. Modem Democracy rejects the old Jeffersonian doctrine, that “the patronage of the General Go vornmeiit should not be brought into conflict, with the freedom of elections but from the President down to village poet masters, it boldly and unblush ingly avows the Marcy and Van Buren doctrine that, “to the victors belong the spoils, - ’ and that this “patronage’’should be used to promote party and personal ends, and to maintain tbe “succes- B.ijn." r 6. Modern Democracy (South) oppose the con struction of the Pacific Railroad bv the General Go vernment, while it annually gives away millions of aeirea of the public lands to toreigners and to pri , vsite companies for the construction of improve ments entirely local. The American narty advocate this Pacific Rail roftd as a National work, and assert that, if it be constitutional to give away the public lands for the construction ot local raiitoads, it is equally consti tutional to appropriate there lands to the construc tion of such a national highway as this. 7. Modern Democracy insists that the public lands ! are held by the General Government as a trust for ! certain purposes . and that the Government, as | trustee, cannot distribute these lauds in a proper ratio oetweeu alt the States. The American party say, that if these lands be loud iu trust, it is for tbe common benefit of all (he Slates that the Democratic party has repeatedly violated this trust in its reckless donations of the lands for local aud not for general benefit; that, hajviug thus violated the trust, it is not for that par tylnovv to set up its peculiarly s tered aud iuviolab e ) character ; but that it is the duty of the citizens of the old Slates, whose blood aud treasure secured these lauds for a common good aud common end, to wrest them from the control of a party who have thus abused their trust ; so that they, as well as the )wic States, shall reap their proportion of the benefits that may result from n fund acquired, by the com fnon efforts ot all. | S. Modern Democracy, inj Tennessee, is for ele ivating to the Senate of the United States, a man who advocates such an amendment of the Constitu tion as will make the Supreme Judiciary of the Union elective. Since the decision of the Died Scott case, this is also the doctrine of Seward, Hale arid the Black Republican party of the North; aud the South can sec nothing in such an amendment but a total destruction of the last hope upon which she can rely for the impartial interpretation of her rights under the Constitution. The American party, therefore, will oppose the election of any mau to the position of United States Senator, who, like Governor Johnson, avows politi cal opin ions so dangerous to the liberties of the South, aud to the perpetuity of the Union. Sot thro. s . /•’ the Chronicle \ Sentinel. A Volcano in (-eornin. Lafayet i k, Walker Co., Ga , £ April 29th, 1857. \ Mu. Editor i-*-! sena yob the following observa tions relative to a volcano which has lately made its appearance iu Pigeon Mountain,about ten miles from this place. I have not yet had an opportunity of visiting the spot, and the following information is 'turn.shed me by a reliable gentleman who ; resides near the place, aud has carefully observed it, with the attending phenomena. Please insert it, or what portion of it you may choose, in the Ckiomclc Jj* Sentinel. Yours, very respectfully, A lea. Mickle. Since October', 1856, the mountain has been oc casionally attended with hollow roaring sounds, re sembling distant thunder, frequently accompanied with dull explosions. This was not very closely confined to any particular place, but seemed nearly equal for about a mile, extending each way from where the crater of a volcano has since made an appearance. This roaring sound continued, occasionally dying away and reviving again, until the fifteenth of the present month, when, (after an abatement, so long that it was believed to have entirely subsided) it be came suddenly and unusually boisterous, and was attended for the first time by a slight shaking of the earth. After this date it was comparatively tran quil until about midnight on the 24th, when tbe eai th was violently agitated several times. The citizens in the vicinity were aroused aud terribly frightened by the commotion. When observing the mountain they were more than ever terrified for a brilliant light was plainly seen issuing from the summit. The atmosphere soon became strongly Impregnated with a disagreeable sulphuric odor. On the following day a thick torrent of smoke and ashes ascended from where this light was previously seen. The smoke was not visib'e at night. This was perhaps owing to the elements being covered at the time with a very dark cloud. No blaze has yet been seen to issue from the crater. It has con tinued about as above described ever since, emiting smoke and ashes without intermission. The crater is thought to be about one hundred yards in di ameter: No one has yet ventured near enough to ascertain anything of its general depth. Several spriugs in the vicinity have totally dis appeared. Many of the citizens are ve;ry much alarmed, aud sortie are even moving out ot the valley through anticipation and fear of a violent eruption. remarks. The principle of a volcano has for many years been germinating iu Pigeon mountain. About ten miles south from where the preseut appeared, is the crater of an extinguished volcano, which appears to have been in an active state at no very distant pe riod. Every appearance goes to vindicate the coiyec ture, that it has been in a state of eruption within less than five hundred years. Several persons of credit have stated that in the winter of ’4B or '49, the earth in the vicinity was in a remarkably war state. Others have avowed to have seen smoke with a sulphuric smell issue from a very remarka ble cavity which is found in the neighborhood of this place. The Indians had a tradition, that a great many years ago, there was a lake of fire in this mountain. They pretended that it was frequented by invisible spirits, that when provoked they would pour fire upon their heads and burn their tents—that their equhws and ohildren were stolen away in their sleep and thrown into this lake —and finally, one es their warriors, by some magic influence, charmed away the evil spirit, and the fiery lake disappeared. This Indian tradition may, I think, be plausibly referred to the above mentioned volcano when it was in a state of eruption. A. M. Public Schools in Massachusetts.—The nmn- Wof public scboola in Maaaaabusetts in 1856 was <*4< 5; m 1856 the number is 4300. This -ri has grown notwithstanding the consolidation of schools in many places. The airhole number of do pits in 1845 waa 183,000; in 1856 the number is 222J853. The attendance shows that a little over 70 per cent, of all the children in the State between tbe ores of five end fifteen years are punila in the public soboo!*. Tbewhele coatof the system of school education in 1846 waa *933,607 1 In 1856 the •on* ha. increased average pay per month of school teachers in 1855 was iss6 the amount hee increased to *43.07. AW 144 VktOMtif 4* &4*+>nil. I* CwvlM.ion, Mon. W. W. Clarke, Mayor City es Cortngtna i j Sir :—ln compliance with request, J herewith i give you the following brief statement in regard to j Small Pox iu our town. Ten oases have occurred, six of Small Pox and four from Varioloid. All of these were confined to Mr. Cminingham's family, , with one exception, the case of his sister, who con tracted the disease whilst visitiug at his house, be fore the existence of Srnail Fox was suspected.— Three weeks have elapsed since she was removed from her own house to that of her brother, and no other member of her family has been attacked ; so that we have every reason to believe that there is now no danger to be apprehended from that quarter. Every body ou Ml. Cunningham’s premises has had tbe disease, and are now entirely well, except a negro boy, who is rapidly convalesiug. If tbe pro per precautionary measures are now adopted to pre vent its spread by means of fomitee, we may re gard all danger as past. It may not be uninterest ing to add, that most of the cases were miid, there having been but two iu which the disease was strictly confluent, one semi confluent, three dis tiuct. The cases of Variloid were, w ithout tion, mild. ‘ E. H. Pringle. Covington, Ga , May 4,1857. Covington, Ga., May 4,1857 Sir ;—You have enclosed Dr. Pringle s Report showing the condition of the Small-Pox cases in this place. The most stringent sanitary regulations have been adopted, and will be continued; no measure will fail to be put iu operation that can in any way prevent other cases occurring, and wo can now, with the greatest confidence, assure the public that we believe no danger ought to be apprehended from the disease of Small-Pox iu this community. Our population have been vaccinated. The houses where the disease has been located, within a few days will be destroyed or so thoroughly disinfected, under the direction of proper persons, as to give se curity to the public. W. W. Clare, Mayor c. r, J A. H. Hakfek, Clerk. [ COMMUNICATED. ) The May pic-nic at the residence of Thus. 8. Metcalf, Esq , was an occasion of deep and Tire interest to tbe young people (children) of our city- To see the young enjoying their innocent amuse, ments is always a delightful sight; but to fee them j collected from the various walks of life—from the lowly home of poverty, as well as from the "•ausion of wealth, and assembled together upon au equality —each made to feel that he is welcome—each catch" iug the glow of sympathy that seemed to pervade the whole assembly, was, indeed, a scene delightful . for the contemplation ol a philautrophic mind.— | And as we looked around upon the joyous throng, 1 we felt that eu\ iable indeed is the lot ofliiin who is j able to purchase the happiness of so many ; for | surely was his name written in kindness and love j upon the hearts of hundreds that night, as legibly as the star upon the brow of evening, i May 4,1857. A Guest. j Unconscionably Tough.—A correspondent of j the New Y'ork Spirit of the 'limes, writing from I Keesville, New York, perpetrates the following de. j cidedly tough dog story: i A most remarkable exhibition of cauiue sagacity 1 occurred in St. Lawrence county. Au eminent pby . siciau, Dr. MeO., of Potsdam, was hurriedly called | in consultation to a patient forty miles distant. His I dog, a faithful companion and splendid specimen of the Newfoundland species, accompanied him. On arriving at bis destination, he found himself minus a very important medicine, which could not be ob tained iu the vicinity. The critical condition of the patient would not admit of his returning for it. In and this emergency he bethought of trusty “Major, - ’ was ever willing to obey his mandate*. The doctor accordingly wrote a letter to iris student (whoslept in the office), wrapped it in a pocket handkerchief aud securely fastened it about the neck of “ Major,” then dismissed him for home. Tbe intelligent dog readily obeyed. Twelve at night found him h >wling at the office door ; his familiar voice awakened the 1 clerk, who let him in aud again retired, but this ’ would not answer the purpose of “Major,” who, having an urgent commission to fulfil, commenced j pulling the clothes from the bed. This unusual de | moustration alarmed tbe clerk, who, supposing he ; had admitted a strange, possibly a mad animal, got • cautiously up for his musket. The dog instantly be | came quiet; a match was lighted, when “ Major,” with a friendly wagof the tail, approached, and With a piteous whine attracted the clerk s attention to his burden; the letter was removed, “Major’fed a hearty supper, when the handkerchief with remedies i was adjusted, aud the trusty valet set out on his re , turn trip, which was accomplished before noon the next dav, carrying the medicines safely, and having traveled the distance of 120 miles within a day and a half. This marvellous feat of cuniue fidelity is well authenticated. * The National Hotel Again.—Dr. G. T. Jack son, of Boston, lias written a letter which goes far to r sustain the report of the Washington physicians in the matter of the “ National Hotel endemic.”— Citing the case of a legal gentleman w ho contracted the disease while taking depositions in the building, he says: This gentleman did not eat or drink anything in that hotel, and yet he was attacked with the same disorder as others who had been inmates of the l hotel, and he suffered more than three weeks r from it, aud was not quite cured when I left Wash r ington. This oac well ascertained case is sufficient to 1 prove that the disorder was not produced by poisons i mixed with food or drink. I heard of several others of the same nature, but I am not personally cogui zant of tbe facts. ’ From what I waa able to learn, I am perfectly > convinced that the disorder at the National Hotel j arose wholly from gaseous emanations from the [ drains connected with the common sewers, and it is highly probable that the very warm days of Febru * ary last contributed to the production of this pois i onous miasma. Ou the other hand, “The States, - ’ Mr. lit ss’ new jouual publisned at Washington, says in its Satur * day's issue; > All tbe testimony that has fallen under our obser , vation goes to prove that the sickness resulted either from drinking the water of the hotel, or from ' eating at its table. The waiter at the ladies’eu , trance declared that, having been on duty for many i hours without food, went into the kitchen and took , a small plate of 6oup, and that he was shortly after wards attacked with violent pains and paroxysms, which confined him to bis bed for days. Most of the physicians it attendance on patients at the hotel . concur in the statement, that all the symptoms in dicated poison taken into the stomach. Meanwhile, it is understood that such a state of feeling is aroused in Washington as will lead to fur ther and more stringent examination. The death of M-. Montgomery, recently mentioned, has renew ed the discussion of the subject throughout the coun try, and the demand tor thorough examination is very general.— Balt. Amer. Relic or Olden Times.—Ex-Sheriff Darrah is about demolishing, what irom time immemorial has been known as the “Preston Mausion,” about half a mile North of our town. The walls are of solid stone, and thick enough to have answered for a for tress, and each one of them has to ba removed by the use of a pick, the plastering having become hard as a flint. . A few days since, there was found in the wall a will, feigned by one Jonathan Morri son, dated over seventy years ago, so long since that the family are not within the memory of any one now living in the neighborhood—aud in that se creted nook this scroll had been safely reposing for near three quarters of a century. Among other things the Testator directed his executors “to pro vide a good dinner for those who should attend Ids funeral, and give them plenty to drink.”— Doyles town (l’a.) Democrat. Horn Houses of Lassa, or the Cai ital of Thibet. — There is a certain district in tbe suburbs where the houses are built entirely with the horns of cattle and sheep. These odd edifices are of ex treme solidity, and present a rather agreeable ap pearance to the eye ; tbe horns of the cattle being smooth and white, and those of the sheep being black and rough. These etrauge materials admit a wonderful diversity of combination, and form on the walls an infinite variety of designs. The interstices between the horns are filled with mortar. These are the only bouses that are not white washed. The Tbibetians have the good taste to 'eave them in their natural st&te without endeavoring to add to their wild aud fantastic beauty. It is superfluous to remark, that the inhabitants of Lassa consume a fair share of beef and mutton ; their horn houses are an incontestable proof of it. —Cape Colonist. Direct Trade between the Lakes and Eu rope.—Capt. Pierce, who commanded tbe schooner Dean Richmond, last year, on her voyage from Mil waukee to Liverpool, is having built at Cleveland a barque of 285 tons, for the same trade. She is to be ready for Sea by tbe 15th of June, and the Mil waukee Sentinel says that Captain Pierce intends to bring her to that city, aud thftre ta'ie in a cargo of Wisconsin wheat. He hopes to ge away by tbe Ist of July, and to reach Liverpool by the 15th of August. The vessel is to be named the C J. Ker shaw. Tbe lapse of a few years will, in all proba bility, witness the establishment, regularly, of a di root trade between the lakes and Europe. Court or Claims.—This court opened yesterday and transacted a great deal of important business.— A large number of decisions were delivered, sixteen, we believe, ir ail. In nearly every one of tbeee cases, certainly in every considerable one, the de cision waa adverse to the claimant. The court will continue to-day in the delivery of decisions, of which • good many remains to bo made. UUn*(#»«• «**•*« M •'♦I•»•!«». FU Mobil* *Atunlajr M», a five* th# following account of tbe effeoui oi iha *torei, of liu Tburaday and Friday, on tbe city aod its environ*: i The Mayday of 1857 will he "ever memorable in 8 Mobile when storm* ate on tbe to pit. Just as we were homeward bound, to a 3 o’clock dinner on Thursday, the rain begin to descend in profuse abundance , amt we consdentioßaly doubt if it has fairly stopped for five full minutes up to the present " hour. Certain it is that for no such period—night and day included—could the fortunate possessor of an umbrella relinquish bis hold of so veluabla a spread, eveu where a more social spread offered ' him in exchange. Such a continuous and heavy fall of rain the old- v est does not remember, nor the records report. . Cases have beeu cited to H 3 by veritable w itnesses, 1 that prove tbe fall of rain in the night of the '.tilth of i April to have been over two feet. And after a j pretty continuous supply during yesterday noon, it began again after dinner to rain as heavily as ever , and thus it continues up to the pres-ut writ ing, while its effects are absolutely beyond descrip- I tiou. i To enumerate abstract n .-.uito, and give de,ci p tioris afterwards. While inundating every snot iu the corporate limits, it effectually stopped all the usual supplies of water for domestic uses. Though clouding tbe city with cimirierean dark ness, it entirely stopped the supply of gas to tho citizens, and doomed houses and shores alike to in ternal and external gloom. It enforced a fast on Friday, even on those whose ! conscience does not require abstinence on that j day. j And it shut up the theatre, even before the bills ‘ announced it, the public required it, or the mauager ; decreed it. Sirauge as these propositions may appear, we are ; prepared to prove them correct. The Effects ok the Storm. —lt seems some- j thing after the notion ot counting eggs as chickens, to speak of the effects of a storm, eveu while the said storm is yet blowing. But many of these es- j sects are already historical, more are personally pal , pable, and still greater numbers are yet to be told. At Point Clear, we learu that a tree was rooted up, and iu its fall materially damaged, if not fatally injured oue man and served another nearly oa bad. The storm also drove out to sea a vessel loaded wii b oak knees, and some even add a similar fate to an other craft or two. How, like a besieging General, it cut off the supply of water from the be'eagured city—beleaguered with tbe forces of the very ele ment it would deprive us of—was thus. The flow of water in tbe creek on the Spring Hill road, near by and west of the reservoir, was so great that it carried away the bridge entirely, and by exposing the main water p : pe caused it to break in two where it spanned tbe creek. Thus the lull supply from the spriugsas well as from the reservoir, served to in crease the volume of the swollen creek. Then bow it put the city in-dark ness is not a very di -similar case. The flood in bayeau Marra&tte, which tlowseact of the gas works, had been so swelled with rain that the bridge was hidden, cud the surroundings up peared a mere lake. In the midst, like a beacon in the bay, stood erect the gas-light that edged the bridge and bayeau. It was a well known mark, this pharas of Stone street, and much valued by travellers; but just at midnight the insidious flood sapped its foundations, and toppling it over into the gulf, left exposed the sinull orifice iu the rnai-s gas pipe, whence it drew supplies. Through this little hole the overwhelming tlood soon made an entrance, and speedily stopped all the mysteries of pipe-lay ing between the city Hint the gas works The mo- ; ment the flood ceases to overflow the poor muiu, we ; shall have a smoking of pipes again. That it forced men to fast on Friday against their j wills is proved by the palpable fact that it shut out from market the supply ot meats from over the creek , and it shut up the theatre because little Gutfrge Marsh could not get gas enough to let his whimsical phiz be seen. Fatal Accident.— -Yesterday morning about fi o’clock, AYm. Hu.rows, foreman of the yard at the Gas Works, and Michael TiernCy were endeavor ing to make their way to the Retort Houses, which ; were nearly surrounded with water, when the latter 1 stepped aside from the deeply overflowed bridge on : Stone streetauddragged the former with him. Both men were whirled along the stream, utterly power less, for above fifty yards, when Mr. Burrows caught at the break work of (he old lank and scrambled | into safety but his poor companion was hurried along the stream, and as no more has been seen or | heard of him when otty last advices came from the J Gas Works, the worst fears are entertained of his life. The Newburg, N. Y., Tragedy.—Later ac counts from Newburgh, New York, says the body found naked with a cord around its u> < k, near there has been recognized as that of Mi-s Sarah B' kuii, of Shawangunk township. Her sister positively identified the remains . but William Jenkins, who furnished a conveyance for that young lady on Tuesday to go from Newburgh to Shawangunk, tes tified oil the contrary, that (lie body is not liers.— M iss Bloom came to Jenkins to procure u couvey- j auce; Jenkins furnished it and started with her, but sue left tiie wagon near the house of Mr. Mar ten at the basis, and since that time has not been heard from. A post mortem examination of the body of deceased reveals the fact that an abortion bad taken place a short time l»-fore d< •*th. The case is still in mystery. Jews Changing their Sabbath. —An Israelite iu the ti hades ton Mercury contradicts the report that a movement is on foot among the Israelites of Baltimore to change their Sabbath, and celebrate that of their Christian brethren. Tne Israelites of Baltimore have, os their brethren iu most of the large cities of the United States, established a Sun day School lor the religious instruction of their young, and hence the erroneous statement. There j is, thus far, but one Jewish congregation in the j world that worship on the Christian Sabbath—the j Reform Congregation of Berlin, in Prussia ; but no j suchooogregati n does exist iu the-United States, j It is true an attempt was made some three years j ago to est ablish one at Baltimore, but it broke i down after a few months.—.V Y Post. Mistake.—\Ye received a letter from \Yin Peek, Er {., of Cedar Town, Ga., informing us that the j Mrs. Ward, the circumstances of whose brutal mur der were developed in an article, copied in our last week’s issue from the Temperance Crusader, was not liis daughter, as was supposed—that she bad j never lived in Ohio, ana that a letter bad recent y 1 been received from her,stating that she was at that time in “good health. " We are very much gratified j to learn that all fears, that this unfortunate lady was > the daughter of Win. Peek, are without foundation, j Injustice to Mr. Peek and his family, we cheerfully make these statements. —Rome Connor. A Gay Lothario —A good story is told of a fel low of North Carolina. Having been put iu jail for marrying thirteeu wives, he made his escape, and was seen three or four days afterwards by a gentleman who recognized him. The gentleman, anxious to secure tue reward for his apprehension, invited him to his house to dinner, ana then slyly slipped out in pui suit of a constable,; but great was his horror on his return to find that ihc culprit had absconded with his own wife! The Reason. —The reason said to be given by the British; g iverament for tbe rejection of the proposi tions of tbe United States government for the modi fication of the project of a treaty negotiated be tween Lord Clarendon and Mr. Dallas. is that the government of Honduras had not yet ratified the treaty of 1856, by which the Bay Islands are ceded to the State of Honduras. This locks very much like an after thought. Redemption of Bank Bills —A few years ago a case of some interest to bih holders was decided in the First District Court in New York, on an action to compel the Marine Bank of that city to redeem a five dollar bill, which hail been somewhat mutilated, although the value! date, letter, number and signa ture of the president, cashier and State register were legible. The bank refused to redeem the bill, mid set up as a defense that it had been fradu’ently al tered or mutilated, and that the plaintiff was not the lawful owner. This plea, however, proved of no avail, as judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. Accident to Hon. Edward Everett. —The Chicago press says that on the 29th April, Hon Ed ward Everett having beeu on n visit to a school, caught his foot on the scraper when coming out .he door, and “fell forward on his face, receiving a deep cut on his upper lip and otherwise bruising his face. The wound ou his lip bled nearly all day, and at one time it was thought would prevent his" deliver ing his lecture last evening His injuries are, how ever, but slight, and will disappear in a few days." Outrage »n Milldury 'The house of A. G. Randall, a Justice of the Peace of some celebrity in Millbury, Mass., was invaded by an “infernal ina chine,” at dead of night, on Monday. A torpedo placed against the front door exploded by a slow match, the door was blown to pieces, w indows shat tered, and partitions shaken; but, fortuuutely no damage was done to the inmates. Washngton, May s.—lt is said in irresponsible quarters, that tbs Administration, although not ap proving of the supplemental Central American Treaty as amended, and doubtful of the propriety of wiUihbolding it, yet thought it but courteous to the Senate to transmit it to the British Government. So far as ha* been ascertained, not one of the members of the cabinet regrets the rejection of the treaty. The entire amount of public lands sold and loca ted in Wisconsin is about 10,000,000 acres. Newburg, X. Y., May 4.—Miss Sarah Bloom, . who was supposed to have been the murdered per son fouod near Newburg, returned yesterday alive * and well. There is no clue yet, either to the mur dered or the murderer. Several witnesses on the Coroner’s inquest awore to tjie body being that of Miss Bloom, and her return alive and well ocoa- surprise. The remains are still unre- Albany, May 4 th.—The heavy rains for tbe past two days have cawed another rise in the Hudson nver. The water hat risen considerably since yes terday morning, and is now three or four feat above the docks, and is still rising. a-* - ’ v . •: < . jc-.-*r rrsssc.'.aaancr jag. -.ss ._* * * Arrival «f FUltt,,,*,,, ~ New Orleans, May 5 \i; Armen river, brings 190 <.f J r , are in a destitute condition. Colton HurtiM, Halifax, May 7.—A fi ; m poo! destroying !>.\ ( , house of Malcomson >Y Co N» xv Orleans VJarLei Monday, May 1 -Corn.s bales. Tuesday. May s.—Ojirov- R < ba!<*4- Prices are barely u ,v Ktjjll cents. Rectip’.- DtHi h;,' « last year, at this p >rt : i| i ; port* 4IHJKMI bales. New York Mini,, i. ThL-rsday, May 7. ( • p.- , bales, jliuycrtj a-k a r« <lua ti,. n j firm, Flour buoyant— State h era brands low< r. Whit. \\ ; , ■». N Mixed (lorn 8 ie, <tmr lest on Market. Thursday, May 7.—Cot: ■, p, the Europa'snews. Sales of ti,, < v . ' Decreased receipts at all tU t . N Decrease in foreign exports Washington, May 1_ \ . the Clarendon and Dallas Tr- -y Government is O'lifinn.-d 1 .. ~ ter from Mr. Dallas to tin- Pr, \ . . 1 , is expected shortly to . ;fi.;... ■ , fact to the Government. w : .. considered by the Cub t .. witij Lord Napier,-wen- ti -|. , England would, ratify the Ti ... debates and adt ctiouM h oi < ;,m- Tue ifa.vy Department | wl , . t . . that the eh-w of the llighti r, v of Formosa, have been tmi-'ler. <], stnu tions to the E ,-i J. thither to make • n ins tio.- ii, . 1 . The order of the loti; ,yl ilt , the protection ot persicm at. i n the United States at Panama V- '■ require t.liis to be done at . ! j, seizure of tile. Isthmus The receipts into the United the (Quarter ending Aj-iil I -t. w f'OOj of which SI9,tmO.IMKI w- i.- and over $l.*)0U,(Mll) from t . t Tlie expenditures during ! <■ i 2.) 0,000. The President has ret-' n, /. <, guez, Coueu! for Keuadi l l; ,\. , t 0. Schott* r, Consul for lla o. v . r • i Will. V. N Prcntu e ha.- been Mail agent for the I listrie' ot (i sylv'ania ami Virginia, vie.. Mr; I June Ist. There was no meeting of! he C a the report that they had u.o|- r . jected treaty is erroue. us. Secretary Floyd is recov- .iug t which has contiuoa him to u,. past. 1 lie Court of Claims re. . n New Oki.e ins, M iy 2 —A ■. of Mexico to the 1 Silt haw .... r Archbishop and several p • > ! for attemptin'' an insuif. i would be bani hed. lb itish w ;■ ! at Sacrifieios causing some sp.. . object. Toe suppos tiou that liu , | to bully the government ha p: settlement ot the Engli-li rite of an intend. 1 lillitn; ’. Sonora. St. Loris, Alav I..—The 1> .u vices from Fort D-s M. nn i staling that from five to ,ix h.m i. .j ], «ii the lies Monies river, i i i . Fort Dodge, on Saturday, f that it had been at’ackeil, • t: wall iusutliei-.-nt to repel ,-ui h . i, j Companies Were organi/.ii ; , ■ of the Fort. Several fa ni . Fort Dts Moines and tin gr- .< j vailed iu the neighborhood. Wheeling, May 4, I'. M—T ( j risen to day to 20 t, a: iis . , I has rained inceman iy ■ iiu y« n , I is feared. Tiie Baltimore It I'drond/ 1 I bus ness here, ainl ! . ii ,| ! where 50 cur loads of st.-< \ v.. h. I Ohio to-day 1 ' New \ oi.H Miy 1— J tion against the New Polk; ( solved to day, leaving th- C to proceed to business. Norfolk, May 1 —Date- i >• lltli ult , rep< rt tin In s ot rh- , ta-u, of Philadelphia, bound to \ wrecked near Augutiiu on the f. T arrived here. PtIILADELI’HI M.. V- T on the Sciiulykiti riv r. T. - .e i . I was swept over the ua:n at 1- un-n were droWni'! Mon i real, May 4.- Tin- tirs’ . torn this season •: airi\ ing here at i 1* M OBITUARY The custom nl giving to t ■ these who pa -tr ia the -• .- ■ ; ing to thrf o-elings of .1 made to subserve the In-t ■ aud re igiuus btnug. Every tor by which other voya -a governed; thus eonxert i , tenee to the hem-fit oft L-. .-y ah-vres of Eternity. The late WILLIAM HARF! i! from Ireland, .May Islo in •; the summer of the same year. 1 brother, John, under th- mil i, who completed hi- aradei -e . I after leaving the academy h> t life, and for the k.pg p . . i ... i ■ p oqiinent*pos tion II nishfed. lie tas left his eliiid. -u t;. subied name. Generous in his nature, p • • ! I Constantin his friend hip-, lie - j large circle of trie ds Ihef u! j »hos«- common to i ,en ot ard-nt t- > i | In tbe c’ose of hia career, lie i, deep aid ct on. Peath im.-i led r!o : .. ■ I The chert'lied wife and mo her i < I monrd to her re-r—the eh ■ j -y of i “ ’Twas good for h.t.i that a :-i ; tied hts lieart to i. • • el- i ra i j death, he was doyly «-o> . ■ rued n i salva i >o —fit- found p-ai e n derett his life, oa the iihyt M ir him Who gave it, rep .-*,**. .... the i - r,t- oiil ' ’ ’Tis not all of li-V t Nor »il f f dea h <■ >i SHKCIAI. JNO'i-M I Aliisomc Notice.—r Lodge Xo. 1, will be held HiiS ING. t*th In -tank at 71 *Vi ■< k. By order of ihc W M njyF , C DWELLK. CgP The Favorile .S’e -.eisli •' G. K. Schenck. will sail fr-in M'.m: on SATURDAY. May at t. V.. k|- .'! PADELI'OKH. f VY a * mj -V-'. g9*Oulcthorpc I ufaut rv, \iscutini at your Drill Room, THIS (Friday • I'.Vb.M o’clock, equipped for Dr-11 Ity order of Capt > .I 'l mvß ADAM Host unit (I* ea |H"i 1 Furnishing. W.M. <>. PRICE A t my7| Draper-a.t Ta IS- White Tooth, Porliiincd Bn Hi Boniitiful Csniploxion can t. a ri “BALiM OF A THOUSAND FLOW i ' lady or gentleman would reina.n tint! r : disagreeable breath, when by u ng tk< • Thousand Flowers,” as a I>. ntisr.. . "i - render it sweet, but leave the-ir teeth vi . • 1 - » Many persons do n-.-t know their l>r.-.v,h i subject is so delicate their friends will u- < • Bewar* of counterfeits. Be .sure each ; < FETRIDGE A Co-, Pros •. r *• Balm of a ThoiL-and I - w ' For sa’c by all druggists. IIAVILAND, RISLEY A '-() apifim > Ar' The Niow nnd Eleg iut Sronin*b s' 1 lumbin, Capt. Btyrr.v commander, v 1 Wharf, Charleston, for New York, on SAT 1 f - AFTERNOON, May »;h, at 5 o’clock pre. isely Passengers by Friday night's trail fit>in will be in time for the steamer. JIENKY MI'ROON' jV O * n*, C lL ISAAC LEVY. myb Travelling Agent, AH 1 Havana Segnrs.—A full uml sek'O N ( the above in store and no* ’anding < ro,n steamer—among them the following noted brand* Rio Hondo, Ist and 2d. Chinehurreta, Mon'ezuma, Florencia, Fa metto, Estoy en Regia, Constant*, Cabai ga, Haldee, La Marina, Neptuuo, Regalia*, Media*, Panetel**, r ibuto- For Mile by F. 0. & S. C. bLACK. No. 11 Exchange *tree«, »p3O 8t Charleston- •’ * «