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CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
■IAII.V TKI-WKEKLY. AND WKHtC’
BY W. S. JONES
The American Minister In China —Inierest-
ing Description of an Interview with the
Commissioners.
The American Minister to China, Hon. Mr.
Ward, had an interview at Woosung on the 2d of
June, with the Impelial Commissioners. The offi
cial call wap made with that pomp which is neces
eary in China to command attention. A letter to
the New York Journal of Commerce thus de
scribes it:
The grand Imperial Commissioners, who negotia
ted the three treaties, the American, French, and
English, the last year, at Tien-tein, and who were
to conclude them upon the arrival of the respective
Ministers of these different governments, had long
been in Shanghai or the neighborhood, upon whom
Mr. Ward arranged to make his first official call in
.he afternoon of Thursday, June 2d. Our Minister,
to vigor of intellect and great strength, prompti
tude and decision of character, adaa the utmost
simplicity of manners, as a strong-minded man can
well alTord to do, the pomp and parade ot orieutal
diplomacy being held at their true value, while at
the same time he is not ignorant of his position or
unwilling to meet the conditions it imposed, Ac
cordingly arrangements were made to appear before
the two Imperial Commissioners, the two highest
officials in the Empire, and other dignitaries to be
present on the occasion, in a style corresponding in
some degree with Chinese ideas of official dignity.
Eighty marines from the Powhatan and Missis
sippi, under the command of Captain Taylor and
Lieutenant Reed, were designated as the escort,
with the fine band from the Powhatan, while all the
officers of both ships who were not on duty, were
required to join the procession, together with the
Americana resident in the city, or temporarily
there. The band, mostly Germans, with their brass
instruments glittering in the sun, took the lead ;
then came the large company of marines, dressed
in blue, with caps tied under their chins, and arms
polished to the whiteness of silver, while every foot
seemed to move by a common will which anima
ted all; the Minister and his Buit followed, and then
the officers ot the ships and American residents and
others, all in palanquins borne on the shoulders of
coolies, some carried by two and others by four,
according to the weight or taste of the occupant, or
the courage aud bone and muscle of the bearers.—
The coolies were dressed for the occasion, and
humble as is their vocation and poor their usual
dress, at the presentation they looked manly aud
even attractive in the strange and fantastic garb
they wore. They were shoeless, but not sans
culottes, all wearing blue calico pants and a white
lrock bordered with an inch of flaming red, while
their heads were covered with white straw hats
rising to a point, aud resembling a dish cover, to
the top of which red siik was tied in skeins, and
sporting in the wind, or moved by the jolts, grace
full covered the whole cap.
We approached lhe wall, the crowds still increas
ing; we entered the gate and plunged into a solid
mass of humanity, about five feet aud a halt deep
from top to bottom, and ten feet wide on each side
of the streets, aud at least two miles long. Such a
sight can hardly be pictured and conceived. The
streets are quite narrow, paved, but dirty; the re
cent rains also making them quite slippery. Seve
ral canals pass through the city, containing much
filth aud stagnant water, while in one place a heap
of foul matter had been piled up for manure, near
ly as high as the bouses, and covering a large
square. According to Chinese fashion, few of the
houses are above one story high, all joined together
in solid blocks, with the front rooms used for stores
and workshops. Occasionally narrow strips of
board painted red and covered with gilt Chinese
characters, suspended by the doors of the shops,
served to give a little taste and variety to the scene;
while not a tree, nor a plant, nor a garden, or a plot
of the narrowest dimensions, could be seen. No
thing was to be seen but solid masses of men, wo
men aud children without hats, without bonnets,
without shoes, and almost and often quite naked,
treading upon each other, pressing upon each other,
overtopping each other, reaching from the side of
the street back to the side of the houses, filling up
all the space under the projecting roofs, and then
the rooms used for stores ana workshops lying back,
whiie at the corners of the streets we turned the
eye could reach the same solid human flesh filling
the entire street for a long distance.
There was no movement; there was no out cry ;
not a voice was heard, nor was the expression of
excitement, or admiration, or dislike, seen on a
single countenance. The most perfect order pre
vailed, and the most stolid indifference. Such pas
sionless faces in the adult disgusted one, while the
little children, held by the hand or carried in the
arms, who in America would have been on the <jui
f. at hearing such straus and seeing such an im
posing procession, were equally apathetic, never
laughing, never crying, nor even apparently won
dering. All looked like two tiers of consolidated
human flesh, each two miles long, from the upper
surface of which innumerable heaas were thrust up,
like those of frogs in a pool or puddle. How they
could live was a grave question, and where they
could live not less eo. Degradation and im
mortality must be the necessary result, which are
the well known characteristics oi this immense
portion ot the human race. I could but thank
Heaven for the broad domain ol our own country,
which tor innumerable ages will forbid the sane
density of population and the came brutal life.
Turning streets, crossing bridges, and ever meet
ing the same dull and aipgusting aspect, at length,
when we had marched about two miles, the walls
arose on the other side of the city, as an unearthly
style of music euddeDly bursting upon the ear an
nounced that we had reached the Governor's
y amun, or paiace, where the reception was to take
place. Entering a miserable gate, we proceeded
through a narrow court into a sorry buildiDg, cov
ering considerable ground, but only one story high,
and cut up into various apartments, connected by
narrow and dark passages, through which two
individuals could not walk abreast. There was a
small attendance of sub-officials and servants, and
no military. The narrow, dark passages through
which we passed into the reception room, awaken
ed a suspicion that they were playing a ruse, and
about to conduct us down into the cellar or up into
the garret, till we were relieved by the thought
that in China garret and cellar there are not. En
tering at length the reception room, about 31) feet
square, with doors opening in front into a small
court, and without windows in the rear or on either
side, and all of the plainest workmanship, with
strips of paper eoverea with gilt Chinese characters
suspended here and there on the walls we stood in
the presence of the Imperial Ministers.
In the back of the room an elevation of one or
two expended from side to side like a small stage,
with one or two large chairs placed Lack of a table
in the iront. Close to the stage on the floor below,
were five arm-chairs, in which the Commissioners,
Mr. Ward, end other officials, were seated, while
Mr. Ward’s suite, the American officers and citi
zens, were seated in a line on chairs around the rest
of the room. Mr. Ward was received by the Com
missioners with many smiles and bowings, and con
ducted to the central chair, one of the Commie
sioners being on each side, the Tartar on the right
and the Chinese on the left, the two other chairs
being occupied by the tcu tai. or Governor of the
city and the other by the Governor General of
three adjoining provinces. Mr. Martin, Ward’s in
terpreter, occupied a chair immediately in front,
through whom Hr. W ard and the Imperial Minis
ters were able to keep up a brisk conversation, the
Ministers being in such good humor as often to be
guilty of an undignified laugh.
The first Commissioner is said to be nearly 70
years old, wears a quiet countenance, and appears
to be in full intellectual vigor. The second Com
missicner is a Mancha or Tartar ; bis etont lorm
and round face, and large head, indicating his race.
He is 60 years old, and full of good nature and talk.
He seemed to be better informed in georgraphy
and about the Western nations, than the Chinese
Commissioner. Kwei tsing, the Governor-General,
is slender in form, of sharp features, and wears a
pair of immense spectacles. He seemed to have
the mo3t active intelligence of the whole, listening
to every word, freely mingling iu the conversation
aud his face indicating emotion and activity of
thought. He holds in his hand the absolute power
of life and death over nearly one hundred millions
of people, or three times the population of the
United States ! His salary is $60,000.
Soon after the formalities of introduction, and
when all bad been seated, cups of almond tea were
served, which was quite agreeable, and then com
mon tea, of a superior quality, the tea leaves being
placed in the cup and hot water poured upon them,
the quantity in each cup being sufficient for three
or four libation?. After this the Commissioners
withdrew, with Mr. Ward, into another part of the
yamun, for private consultation, leaving, however,
Wang to entertain us, who was in fine spirits, and,
through the interpreter, kept up a spirited conver
sation, asking questions, and, in turn, cheerfully
answering them. It betrayed singular ignorance,
however, or else was an attempt at deception, when
he as-erted that Japan was a dependence of China ;
and when asked if the Emperor had a Minister
there, escaped by saying Japan was not thought of
sufficient importance to be entitled to one. lie also
admitted the Japanese paid no tribute.
At the end of an hour we were summoned to
dinner, in a much larger and better hall in the ya
mun, aud separated by passages, rooms and courts,
where a long table was set in European style, so
far as the Chinese could doit, and knives, forks and
chop sticks at each plate, that every one might
consult hie own taste or skill in his style of eating.
Mr. Ward occupied the centre of one side of the
table, with the Commissioners on his right and left,
as before. The conversation, again, was spirited ;
and pleasant between our Minister and the Chinese
Commissioners, the first and eldest of whom betrayed
surprising iguorance of geography and the form of j
the earth, inquiring whether Mr. Ward came to
China by the way of India, and how Russia was ‘
situated is relation to America. Mr. Ward explain- j
ed,—when the second Commissioner, the Manchu, '
as i f mortified by the ignorance of his Imperial
associate, seized nervously an orange, and turning
it round, expressed his idea of the turrn and motion t
of the earth. What shall I say of the dishes ? “Me t
miserum! Me infilicem ! Quo fugiaml" They s
were innumerable and nameless. 1 succeeded in r
swallowing half a tea cup full of bird’s nest soup, t
the article costing above its weight in gold, and L
being served yaly on the most important occasions,
and as a maijp of the highest honor. Shark’s fit s
had their place in the course, which I eschewed,
instead of chewing, and was proceeded satisfactorily
with several unknown articles, when my e.bow
neighbor cried out in horror, “Bow wow meat!
which instantly closed all further masticatory ope
rations. The characteristic of Chinese dishes is
insipidit y .
These great Ministers of State are remarkable
for the simplicity of their dress, nothing but their
Mandarian caps, with their buttons, and the feath
eu sticking out in the rear, indicating they are
more than common men. I had the honor to bow
t© the Prince Minister, and he returned it, as
though I was his equal, if not more. Thus we met
and parted, the sun being ready to go down ; and,
mounting our palanquins, we marched again
through the solid mass of human flesh, through
which a road seemed to have been cut, like a
canal through a stretch of marsh and quagmire.—
Two days after, Hon. Mr. Ward gave the Imperial
Commissioners a reception in return, at Messrs.
Heard &• Co.’s, which was as liberal and elegant
on his part as it wa~ as honorable to them. They
came in great force, if not in a tasteful display, and
retired with apparedtly the best feeling towards our
Minister, who has obtained a strong influence over
them by securing their contidence and respect.
From the Columbus Enquire*.
The Coat nml Management of the State Hoad.
Editor Enquirer : —The mendacity of the Fede
ral Union in saying the State Road should have
cost but three millions, is only equalled by its au
dacity in making a statement so easily disproved.
Gov. Johnson commenced his outlay for road bed,
right of way, bridging, iron, locomotives, cars, and
depot buildings in 1854, after the road had been in
operation for twelve of fifteen years. A friend of
the writer made a loan to the State twenty years
ago for pourposes of construction. Now, then, at
the time of Johnson’s advent the road’s cost in
principal and interest, commencing in 1838 or 1839,
at the rate which the State had to pay for money,
was not a farthing less than six millions of dollars.
This I knoic to be true. The subsequent outlay
made by Johnson for the purposes of construction
and equipment was (according to his statement,
which 1 gather from a Democratic Brown sheet,
the Bainbridga Argus) $1,314,576 25—nearly half as
much as the Federal Union says the road is worth,
or should have cost if built by private stockholders.
The items are as io flows :
Locomotives, about thirty.... $241,201 35
Cars, probably three huudred 322,656 59
Buildings for Depots, &,c 211,069 62
Construction, filling in, iron aud ties, &c 539,618 69
Total $1,314,576 25
These are all legitimate outlays, necessary for
doing the business of a great road, aud enabling it
to do an immense amount of transportation which
previously it had never been able to accomplish.—
The road was relaid with heavy and expensive iron,
well stocked with locomotives and cars, and well
supplied with thorough accommodations for its
business. After all this had been done and com
pleted. in steps the big l Gov. Brown, and reaps
in the harvest which Gov. Johnson has sown ready
for the reaper, and says “boys, lock and see what
lam doing!’’ No more iron to purchase aud put
down, no more rolling stock to pay for, no more
buildings to erect, and I warrant that not a dollar
will be expended in repairs of machinery, road bed,
bridges, Sec., more than he is compellea to do pre
vious to the election.
The whole game is as arrant a humbug as ever
was attempted to be played off on any community.
Wear and tear and depreciation of road aud machin
ery is as sure as death. The next two years will tell
a portion of the tale, and when the next election
e mes off, woe be to the successor ! He will have
to meet the question, and a sorry figure he will < u s .
The money will go into the treasury at one door
for receipts, and come out of the other for repairs.
Mark my words. There is no economy so expen
sive as the procrastination of repairs in machinery.
Fair Play.
A Nice Pnrty to Affiliate With.
We copy bdow the “ platform" upon which the
two wings of the Democracy ot New Jersey last
week united in State Convention. It is abolition
aud fresoil throughout, embracing Douglas’ views
and his interpretation of the Cincinnati Platform,
almost without do'ting an ior crossing at. It will
be remembered that our neighbor the Times, a few
days ago gave us to understand that it would be
willing to unite with Douglas and bis followers in
eupport of the nominee of the Charleston Conven
tion. provided the basis was a proper one and the
candidate a good man. Here s a “ basis’’ for it—
it is the only one on which it can co-operate with
the Democracy of New Jersey. Is this the “ en
tertainment" at Charleston to which it invites the
South? If so, it is co-operating with the enemies
of the South upon a “ basis” hostile to our institu
tions. If not, why does it not denounce and repu
diate the aggressive Northern alliance formed by
the Democracy of New Jersey ? It could do so
with much more certainty than it can denounce in
advance an imputed intention of the Southern Op
position party to unite with the Seward Biack lie
publicans; and we believe that it could do so with
a much easier conscience, because it would have
substantial facts on which to base its indignation
We copy the New Jersey resolutions (which
passed unanimously) just as we find them in a
Douglas Democratic paper, which rejoices over
them with exceeding great joy :— Columbus Ena.
“The Democracy ot New Jersey, by their dele
gates in Convention assembled, readopt and de
clare anew their adherence to the Cincinnati plat
form, and to the great Democratic doctrine of
popular sovereignty, constituting their doctrine as
understood by and interpreted in the Demonra ic
State Convention of this S ate, held iu August,
1556, and as interpreted by President Buchanan, in'
his letter accepting the Democratic nomination for
the Presidency, in which he said, ‘The recent legis
lation of Congress respecting domestic slavery
(meaning the Nebraska Kansas act) derived, as it
has been, lrom the original aud pure fountain of
legitimate political power, the will of the majority,
promises, ere long, to all ay the dangerous excite
ment. This legis ation is founded upon principles
as ancient as free government iteelf, and, in accor
dance with them, has simply declared that the peo
p'e of a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide
for themselves whether slavery shad or sh ill not
exist withiu their limits.’
“ Resolved , That we unqualifiedly condemn the
doctrine of that eectional portion ot the Opposition
who insist that slavery should be excluded trom the
Territories by Congressional prohibition, because
Congress has no power, under the Constitution, to
enact any such prohibition—because such a pro
hibition would be an unwarrantable and inexpe
dient interference by Congress with the domestic
affairs of the people of the Territories , and because
an effort to enact such prohibition endangers the
perpetuity of the Un'ou, and des roys the arnity
and fra'ernal feelings which shoj'd exist between the
people of the several St ites composing our glorious
and cherished Union.
“ Resolved , Toat wniie we taus condemn the Re
publicau doctrine of Congressional prohibition, we
with equal emphasis Condemn the doctrine recently
started and now zealously advocated by extreme
men. that slavery in the Territories should be fos
tered and protected by llongn osional ligislation
We condemn it, because it is violative of the tun
damen’al principles as self-government, and w-oug
and unjust in itself, terming to violate sectional
agnation, untri-ndly feeling, and disunion; and
because it is tn direct violation off the (Cincinnati
platform, and of all the pledges mad ■by the Demo
cratic parly m 1864, 1865 and 185 ti—pledges in
which tin whole par y, North and South, East and
West, united.
“ Resolved , That vi e deeply regret, and emphati
cally disapprove, of the attempts now being made
to build up a party in favor of reviving the abomin
able and inhuman foreign slave trade, and repeal
ing the la vs oi the land enacted against it, and we
earnestly desire that those laws may be rigidly
enforcer!.
“And wh<rea‘', the late division of the Democrat
ic parly in this State related exclusively to the ad
mission of Kansas ui.der the Lecompton Constitu
tion, and to the acti m of the national Administra
tion upon that question, both sections having cor
dially approved the course of the Admiuistrat.on in
other important matters and measures, and as that
question has been settled, and no practical good
can result from its discussion, or any expression of
opinion as to the ffst action thereon therefore,
"■Resolved, That ad sue. pest questions aud dis
cussions should, by common consent, be dropped,
leaving every Democrat to enj jy his own opinion
thereon, untrammelled by any parly action or reso
lutions, and that, burying tt.cse past controversies,
a common and earnest effort should now be made
by every New Jersey Democrat to re-establish our
party in power.
“ Resolved, That we highly approve of the exer
tions now being made by the General Government
to lessen national expenses, and in our opinion the
next Congress should second the work of economy ,
by discarding all needless expenditures and cutting
down every appropi iahon t > the lowest limit consis ■
teut with the. actual wants of the country."
A Good Idea.— Thera is in Ohio a State farm es
tablished for the remrmation of juvenile offenders.
The farm is carried on upon a large scale, and the
vagrant boys of the cities, who would otherwise be
inmates of prisons, are there taught to support
themselves at a business which never fails to yield
a gcod return to labor. It is said that the employ
ment of farming is so congenial to the active habits
of the boys, that they take great delight in it, and
oease to regard the establishment as a place of re
straint upon them, and seldom break any of its
rules. There are eighty boys in it at present. The
system has its different grades of honor and its
badges, and when a boy has reached the highest
grade, and worn for a specific time, and with appro
bation, the highest badge, he is honorably dismissed
to his home and parents, and has a passport into
any career of usefulness which he may choose ; his
transgressions are not remembered against him.
An establishment of this kind appears to us to be the
best of all;kinds of reformatory schools, and might
be adopted in every State with advantage.
From Mexico.— The Arizona carrespondent of
the St. Louis Republican, writing from Tubac, on
the 17th ult., says that an express from Magdalena
says independence is about to be declared in Sono
ra and Chihuahua, and Gov. Pesqueiera placed at
the head of affairs. Large supplies of cannon had
been received and 11,000 men enlisted.
Cjinmkle & Sentinel
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 7, 185«.
FOK GOVERNOR,
WARREN AKIN,
OF CASS.
FOR CONGRESS—EIGHTH DISTRICT,
A. R WRIGHT,
OF JEFFERSON.
FDR CONGRESS:
2.1 Dist.— MARCELLOS DOUGLASS, of Randolph.
3d Dist.— THOS. HARDEMAN, JR , of Bibb.
4th Dist—WM. F. WRIGHT, of Coweta.
7th Dist.-JOSHUA HILL, of Mortar.
Bth Dist.—A. R. WRIGHT, of Jefferson.
COE. A. R. W RIGHT’S APPOINTMENTS.
At the earnest solicitation of his friends, Col
A R. WRIGHT has been induced to change hi 8
list of appointments, so as to meet his opponent, be
ginning at Elbertou on the 25th lost., as follows
Pope Hill, Friday, 9th Sept
Gibson, Saturday, 10th “
Louisville, Tuesday, 13th Sept.;
Bark Camp, Wednesday, 14th Sept.;
Milieu, Thursday, 15th Sept. ;
Augusta, Thursday Night, 15th Sept.;
Waynesboro’, fcriday, 16th Sept.
Saw Dust, Saturday, 17th “
Between the 19th and 25th, the 25th and 27th,
the 27th and 30tb, the 3Uth and Ist September, the
Ist and 3d, the 3d and 6th, I will till any appoint
ment our friends may make for me, that will enable
me to meet the next regular succeeding one. If
they desire extra appointments, they can make
them without consultation with me, and I will till
them when I reach their several counties.
A.Ji. WRIGHT.
River News.— The steamer Wm. 11. Stark ar
rived from Savanuah yesterday, with a very heavy
ioad of freight The river at 12 o’clock, yesterday,
marked four feet six inches.
The Louisiana Sugar Crop.—A dispatch to the
Charleston Courier, dated New Orleans, Sept. sth ?
arys :—“Our papers now concur iu believing that
the sugar crop will be short, and some of our most
experienced merchants estimate the deficiency at
50,000 to 70,000 hhds.”
Nominations. —The Opposition of Thomas coun
ty have nominated Dr. D, S. Brandon as their
candidate for the Legislature, to run on the com
promise ticket proposed by the Democratic party
of the county. The Enterprise says that since the
nomination, the Democracy have shown signs of
“ crawfishing.”
The Opposition in Berrien have nominated W.
J. Mabry for the Senate, and James Griffin,
Jr., for the House of Representatives.
The Opposition in Muscogee have nominated
Hon. Hines Holt for the Senate, and R. L.
Mott for the House.
A remarkable case of eccentricity and meanness
has come to light in Savannah. A Ur. Hinker has
been arrested for burying a colored girl who had
died, in the cellar of his house, to avoid the expense
of a public interment. The girl died a natural
death, and extreme penuiioueness was the only
inducement to such an indecent mode of sepul
, ture.
Our Savannah friends will doubtless be surprised
at this paragrrph of home news, from abroad,
which we find in the New York Courier Enqui
rer. The circumstance, we believe, occurred in
Charleston.
One of the oldest locomotive works in the coun
try is the Taunton, established in 1847. It has
manufactured to order nearly 300 locomotives,
which are now running in almost every State in the
Union.
Akin Barbecue — Everybody Invited. — On the
last Wednersday in September, (27th,) there w'ij
be a grand Barbecue given at Atlanta, by the sup
porters of Col. Akin, to which every one will be
welcome without distinction of party. Distinguish
ed statesmen and speakers from this and adjoining
Stales are expected to be present, and every mea
sure will be taken to make it one of the most inter
esting events of the campaign.
The great Western plains are literally covered
with buflaio. The number each year seems to in
crease rather than diminish. They go in immense
droves, and at times seem to cast a dark shadow
■ over the valley.
Petrified Body.— A correspondent of the
Baltimore American, writing from the lied Sweet
Springs, and noticing the Beaver Dam waterfall
there, says:
“Besides toe leaping water, the wild and tangled
wood, the impenetrable shade which make the
waterfall so delightful a resort, there are oftentimes
to be found curiou-> and beautiful petrifieationa. It
| was thought at one time that the water caused these
petrificationß, but there must be something of a
petrifying power in the earth itself in this neighbor
hood. A year or two ago a gentleman who died
here and was buried on the hill, not far off, after
some months was uieinterred. The body was
found to be entirely petrified—a mass of stone—
every limb and feature perfect, except on one side
of the face where some slight decomposition had
taken place. My informant states “you could’nt
stick a knife in him any w here ”
Bears is Virginia. —The bears are very trou
blesome in Roanoke county, Va., this season, and
have committed great depredations on the corn, for
which the farmers have turned cut gunning for
; them. A letter says :
Three or four have been killed on Bradshaw's
creek within the lest two weeks, and on last Satur
day three were killed about three miles from La
fayet'e, near Price's, on the North Pork. W. C.
Waskey, Esq , shot a very large one this morning,
making the number killed seven or eight during the
space of three weeks. So frequently are they seen,
and so much excited has the neighborhood become
in their anxiety to capture them, that there is
scarcely a day passes without some party being out
in pursuit of them.
The Use of Quails — Win. Norton, an intelli
gent observ.ng farmer boy, who makes his home
in the Southern part of Illinois, has recently been
studying the habits of the quail, or incorrectly “par
tridge,” and gives the following testimony to the
Cincinnati Artisan :
lie observed a small flock commencing at one
side of the field, taking about five rows, following
them regularly through the field, scratching and
picking about every hill till they came to the other
side of the field ; then taking another five rows on
their return, and thus continuing till he thought
they were certainly pulling up the corn. He shot
one, and then proceeded to examine the corn
ground. On all the ground that they had been over
he found but one stalk of corn disturbed ; that was
scratched nearly out of the ground, but the kernel
was still attached to the stalk. In the crop of the
quail he found one cut worm, twenty-one striped
vine bugs, over one hundred chintz bugs that still
retained their individuality, a mass apparently con
sisting of hundreds of chintz bugs, but not one ker
nel of corn. The quails have been decreasing in
uumber in that vicinity for about five ymars past,
and the chintz bug increasing. It is believed that
these facts stand in the relation of cause and effect
to each other.
The Expected Visit of the Prince of Wales
to Canada. — Significant Article. —The Quebec
Chronicle says it has good authoiity for stating that
his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, with his
tutor, the Rev. Mr. Gibbs, aud one of the court
physicians, Mr. J. Holland, may be expected to
arrive in the next Canadian steamer, the North
Briton. The Toronto Leader, rejoicing in the pro
posed visit, very significantly adda :
His Royal Highness will receive all the respect
due to an heir to the English throne, and the son of
a constitutional sovereign, whose reign has been
marked by a series of practical reforms. On his
part, he visits this country with the full knowledge
that, from its position, it never can support a throue
for any of his numerous taraily, and that this loyal
people will oue day—it may be far diit&ut—march
quietly to national independence. But even when
that day comes, it will be a matter of real satisfac
tion and just pride to England Uat she has given
her masculine language, her just laws and her free
principles to a second nation in the New World.—
And in that feeling of pride and satisfaction, it
will not be bsneath a constitutional sovereign to
share.
Louis Napoleon’s Model Tenant Houses. —
There has just been completed on the Boulevard
Mazas, a block covering about 1,000 feet by 100,
which is divided into 311 tenements, 3b shops aud
10 porter’s lodges, aside from the fifth story, which
is cut up into single rooms to be let singly. The
whole building is supplied with water and gas. The
tenements consist of a small reception room, din
ing room, kitchen and one or two bed rooms.
Great care has been taken to secure good ventiia
n. The whole block will accommodate a popu
on of 1,200 to 1,300.
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL.
Regular Meeting, )
Sep 2d, 1859. >
Three o’clock P. M. )
Present—Hon. Foster Blodget, Jr., Mayor.
Members —Messrs. Foster, Clarke, Smith, Heard,
May, Usher, Miller, Gibson.
The Minutes were read, and during the reading
Mr. Usher gave notice that he should move a re
consideration of the proceedings as far as related to
the action at the last regular meeting es Council
upon the petition of L. Chas. Dugas, in reference
to paving in front of his property. The minutes
were confirmed.
Mr. Usher moved a reconsideration of the peti
tion of L. Chas. Dugas, ofFered at4he regular meet
meeting of Council, August sth, 1859. The motion
prevailed.
Mr. Usher moved that the petition of L. Chas.
Dvgas, cffsred at the meeting of Council, August
sth, 1859, ce refused. The motion was carried.
The petition of Susannah Broadhuret, requesting
Council to pay half the expense of paving in front
of her property, from Ellis to Greene street, was
refused.
Mr. Ford appeared.and took his seat.
The petition of J. Scully .and D. McCarthy, re
specting the signatures attached to the petition pre
sented to Council in reference to the location of an
Engine House in the centre of Dublin, was referred
to the Engine Committee.
The petition of Mary McAffetry, praying the privi
lege “of extending the portico in front of her resi.
deuce on Greene street, an additional width of one
and a half feet,” was granted.
The petition of- Stephen Faughnan, asking the
Council “ to fill up the ditch in front of his lot, op.
posite the Artesian Well on Lincoln street. Re
ferred to Street Committee.
The petition of several citizens praying the City
Council to have paved the following eidewalks :
the sidewalk on the South side of Reynolds street
between Campbell and Jackson streets ; the side
walk from Engine house No. 5, to the tank of the
Canal; the sidewalk on the west side of Washing
ton between Fenwick and Calhoun streets, and the
east side of Jackson from Greene to Telfair street.
Also, to grade and protect the sidewalk from the
Canal to South Boundary street, were read
Mr. Clarke offered this resolution,
which passed :
Resolved, That the Street Committee be author
ised to give the usual notice for paving the side
walks on the south side of Reynolds street bet ween
Campbell and Jackson; east, side of Jackson ftvtn
Watkins street to the Canal bank ; the sidewalk on
the west side of Washington between Fenwick and
Calhoun streets ; also, east side of Jack dou frnn
Greene to Telfair.
Resolved, That the sidewalk on Jackson irom the
Canal to South Boundary street, be graded and pro
tected Irom the eucroaebments of wagons, &o
The petition of C. P. Freval and others, requts 1 :-
iug the location of a Pump at the corner of Walker
aud Houston streets, was granted.
The following report was read :
The Bridge Committee report that they have
examined several plans for Draws, and think the
plan to draw back on the Bridge, the most feasible
and cheapest, w'hich will probably cost about three
thousand dollars, and your committee have thought
proper to make the report so that you may act as
you think best. If there is a draw put in the Bridge,
the wharves above will have to be repaired, and
the channel of the river deepened, to render the
draw of use, and it remains with you to determine
which will promote the interest of the City most, to
make these,improvements, or to extend the wharves
below the Bridge, ail of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
Wm C. Sibley.
S. I) Heard,
A. Usher.
Augusta, August 11th, 1859.
Mr. Usher was allowed permission by Council, to
have his signature erased from the above report.
By Mr. Gibson —passed
Resolved, That His Honor the Mayor, appoint a
committee of four to examine and report to the next
Meeting of Council the propriety of opening Cam
ming street between Eilis and Broad streets.
The committee appointed are Messes. Gibson,
May, Smith and Clarke.
Mr. Heard called up the Preamble and Resolu
tions offered at the meeting of Council August sth,
1859, in reference to the Augusta Law, and moved
to insert the -word Tuesday instead of Friday in
said Resolutions, the motien prevailed, the Pream
ble and Resolutions passed.
The yeas and nays being called for w*-re : yeas
Messrs. Smith, Heard Ford, May, Usher, 5 ; nays—
Foster. Clarke, Miller, Gibson, 4.
Mr. Heard called up the Preamble and Reso
lutions offeed at the last regular unset ng in rela
tion to a change in the Charter Election and moved
their passage —they passed
The yeas aud nays resulted as follows—yeas,
Clarke, Smith. Heard, Ford, May, f»; nays, Fos
ter, Usher, Miller, Gibson, 4.
His Honor the Mayor appointed the following
Committee, in reference to the Charter Election :
Messrs, bledge, Foster, Ford, Miller.
By Mr. Foster, passed :
Resolved. That the street committee be authoriz
ed to have Centre street Planked, from the Bridge
to Broad street.
The following Report was read and received :
Asgl'sta, Ga., Wednesday, Aug 31.
To the Honorable City Conned of Augusta :
Gentlemen —The Special Committee on Water
Works, byway of their usual monthly Report, beg
leave to state that nearly all the contracts for the
works have been arranged for the progress ot the
work under their charge, and that since their last
report the excavation, embankment, <fce , tor the
basins or reservoirs, and the brick and iron work
for the elevated reservoirs, have been iet to Mr.
Wm. V. Keener, Rutherford & Green, and Mr.
Wm. M. Might, as the lowest bidders for the werks
It is expected Mr. Keener will commence h's work
early next week, aud that the other contractors
are making the necessary preparations to proceed
expeditiously with their respective works. It is
expected that on the Ist of October the whale work
will be fairly under way, and that your Committee
will have the pleasure of c.-mmunicating to you the
satisfactory progress of this important undertaking
Some apprehension appears to be entertained
that the disturbance of the soil in our streets fir the
purpose of laying the pipes, will be dangerous to
the health of the citizens in their neighborhood,
and it will perhaps be a relief to the public to be in
formed, as the committee now inform ycur honorable
body, that no pipes will belaid before the Ist of
October, when, it is presumed, the sickly season
will be passed. Your Committee make this state
ment not so much from any fears entertained by
them as to affecting the health ot the city, as from
their desire to take from the captious all real or
imaginary sources for disquieting the oublic mind.
In this connection, it may be proper at this early
date, to meet a false impression attempted to oe
produced by those, who, in their position of form
ing, or leading public opinion should know better.
It is an error to suppose that large sums have been
saved to the city by the judicious, letting of the
contracts for the Water Works. Ttie eommitte at
the beginning had estimates made for them of the
cost of the various works &.C., and as some of the
bids were below, and many of them greatly above
these estimates, It does not follow that the dif
ference between the lowest and the highest bids
was saved, and the only saving, if it can be proper
ly so called, is the difference betweeu the accepted
bids and the original estimates. In some cases
bids have been acceptsd above the estimates, but
it is hoped that whatever is saved in one case, will
meet the increased cost in the other, and that the
whole work as we now have reason to believe will
be accomplished within the limits of the original
estimates.
The committee would also state, that the con
tract for furnishing the earthenware pipe have
been let to the Porcelain Company, and that the
President of that Company, Mr. O J. Jenkirs is
now at the North making the necessary arrange
ments, so as to furnish the pipe at an early day.
Foster Blodget, Jr.
Chm'u S. C. &. W. W.
J. A. Robert, Sec’y.
By Mr. Usher, passed :
Resolved, That His Honor the Mayor, appoint a
Committee of four, one from each ward, tor the
purpose of selecting a suitable person to take the
census, not to be taken before October Ist, IB£>9,
Erovided the same shall not cost more than three
undred dollars ($300.) Tha f Committee are
Messrs. Usher, Foster, Ford, and Sledge
Mr. Foster moved that the salary of the Collec
tor and Treasurer, be increased to two thousand
dollars ; the motion did not prevail.
The yeas aud nays being called for were Yeas
—Messrs. Foster, Ford, May—3.
Nays— Messrs. Clarke, Smith, Heard, Usher,
Miller, Gibson—6.
Mr. May moved that the salary be increased to
eighteen hundred dollars. Lost.
A reconsideration of the motion, authorizing the
increase of two thousand dollars, prevailed by the
following vote.
Yeas—Messrs. Foster, Clarke, Ford, May, Usher,
Gibson—G.
Nays—Messrs. Smith, Heard, Miller—3.
Mr. Clark offered the Resolution :
Resolved, That the City Council proceed on
Wednesday next, at 3 o’clock P. M., to elect a
Collector and Treasurer, at a salat y of two thousand
dollars, and Teacher for the Male and Ft male De
partments of the Houghton Institute, and that
notice of said election, be published in the public
Gezettes of this City.
The Resolution passed:—
The Yeas and Nays being called for were:—
Yeas—Messrs. Foster, Claik, Ford, May’, Usher,
Gibson—6.
Nays—Messrs. Smith, Heard, Miller—3.
Mr. Heard moved an amendment to the 111th
Section of the General Ordinances, to strike out so
much of that Ordinance, as authorises the Collector
and Treasurer, to allow three percent, discount on
all Taxes paid within thirty days, the amendment
was postponed until the next meeting of the City
Council.
Council instructed the Clerk to draw a check in
favor of David Daniel, for five dollars, for work
done on the streets.
The following reports and returns of c slicers
were made :
The City Marshal reports 544 nighta served by
Regular Watch; 107 by Substitutes, aud 171 by
Captains City Watch. Also, the confinement of 8
Whites and 13 Blacks since last report, and returns
$2lO 75.
The Sexton reports 34 burials : whites 19 ; blacks
15.
The Jailor reports 27 prisoners : whites 14; blacks
13, and returns $124 06.
The Hospital Keeper reports 9 patients: 6 males
and 3 females.
The Clerk City Court of Augusta returns $63 00.
The Magazine Keeper repor's 1,77-1 i kegs pow
der in store.
The accounts and salaries were ordered paid.
The City Council then adjourned until Wednes
day next, at 3 o’clock P. M.
S. H. Crump, Cfk Council.
From California — Seizure of the Island of
San Juan by the. U. S. — English Retisleh.ce, ,$-e
The overland mail from California, with dates from
San Francisco to the 12 s h of August, has arrived at.
St. Louis. Business genera’ly «.is inactive and
prices unchanged.
N P. Wilkins, E q., District Attorney for nutter
I county, nd a candidate for the Legislature, was
| shot by .Judge ■ ay, of Yuba county, whose daugh
! ter Wilkins had seduced.
. rnatdr Broderick addressed a pubiic meeting at
| Sacramento ou the 9 h uit.,and made a lull expose
! of the bang an and sale arrangements at the last
| Senatorial elec ion.
! Later da cs from Utah s’ato that a convention
held in Carson Valley had framed a constitution for
a Provisional Government, and declares that Car
son ValVy is independent of Utah It gives the
name of Nevada to the territory.
We also have Victoria dates to the 6th of August.
The island of San Juan, between Vancouver"and
the main land, is claimed by our government as a
part of Washington Territory, and has o-en occu
pied by sixty United States troops, under diri-o i n
of Gen Harney. Gov. Douglas has issued a i rotest
claiming the island for the British crown, lie has
also dispatched some armed English vessels to the
island, with 200 sappers and miners.
Trie United States vessels Massachusetts, .Irffer
roa Davis, Shu brick aud Active, and the British
vessels Tribune, Satteliite and Plumper were
either anchored < ft' the island or in the immediate
vicinity.
It was unofficially stated at Victoria, that the
maker would be compromised by the joint occu
pancy of the island until the British and American
governments are advised of the existing elate of
affairs.
The Fraser river mining news is enc imaging
Seventy-five thousand dollars worth of go d had
reached Victoria within a fortnight.
Advices from Oregon state that the Polose In
diars were harrarsing Lieut. Mullen’s wagon road
expedition, destroying mil - posts, and burning
grass on all the camping grounds.
The Los Angelos Vineyard of the 15th gives ac
counts of a ba'tle between fifty troops under Maj.
Armbtead, with four hundred Mohave Indians, on
the -ltb of August, in wh.ch about fifty Indians were
killed
The Seizure < k the Island oe San Juan —A
despatch dated Washington, S<ot 3d, rays :—Gen.
Harney has fully advised the Depart met t of his
proceedings in taking possession of the island of
! Juan. A reply will be s-nt by to-morrow’s steam
er. From what has recently transpired here, it is
believed that there can be no com promise by our
government, as it is fu 'y “Mi tied tl-.«i the rdand is
the clear property of cheJLiuiled State*.
An Acknowledgement vi Last.—liie Lin
don Times and Napoleon III.—Ju the London
Times of August 18, we fit d the sod >wing tardy
but not unhandsome a< knowledge cent that the
Emperor ot France has some goodness :
We have been among the sharpest criti-s of the
Emperor s career, and we shall be so again, if the
occasion arise. We have never trusted, and we
would never trust English intere.its to his forbear
ance, for England shou’d always b- strong en •uuh
to maintain her ow n position, and should never hold
it by sufferance. But we must fairly avow that
Napole n 111. has iu his dome * ic ru’e recently
shown a desire to return in.o 'a t right path from
which passion or r. sentm-mt, or ; Ym for his dynasty,
or bad advice, had caused him t > diverge imme
diate!} arier the Orsini tragedy. There is a w.scorn
about this iast set which ought not to pass with ut
appreciation. The greatest proof the Emp-ror
can give to Europe that bis power is consolidated
I and his throne secure would be to wipe away the
i past, and erase ail records of i-v. y dat ger he has
surmounted. If be has hope for his dynasty, that
is the on'y policy by whmh he can eauie that hope
to fruotity. A strong-minded man may govern by
fear, hut only interest and popularly can continue
the sceptre in bis line. We believe the time is
come when it has been made abundantly plain that
the party of order iu France is also the party of
strength, and when the best aeeuritv against the
designs of the enemies of order is to allow them to
propound their nonsense with impunity Tee Em
peror has not yet advanced so tar as this, but tics
amnesty is a great step, aud we shall have au un
expected reason to congratulate France upon her
Italian victories if they should have so far strsngth
ened her Emperor as to enable him to demonstrate
the extent of his power by the ienity of his rule.
Threatening Letters to Queen Victoria.—
A London paper says:
For years past John Wardie, a common miner, at
West Broomwicb, has attained notoriety by not
only asserting that he is connected with the royal
family (thiough his mother and the Duke of York,)
but frequently annoys Her Majesty by addressing
letters to the Sovereign. In these coarse, lengthy
and ill-spelt epistles, threats are held out it demands
for money are not complied with. The results of
such an inexplicable course (for the fellow is sane
enough) have been a regular prosecution of Wardie
(before the magistrates.) and imprisonment of
twelve months of the offender lie has also been
under the surveillance of the Deputy Chief Uonsta
file, and trusworthy officers report daily that they
have kept au eye on this dangerous an i infatuated
man. la this state of things, no sonnet has Wardie
been liberated from jailtban he, within a few weeks
past, compiles another epistle, a sac simile of its
predecessors, addressed t.s before, which he put
under cover to the Chief Constable, with a request
that this functionary would forward the letter to
Her Msjesty. The result was an order that War
die should be again taken into custody, and be was
brought before the magistrate at West Broomwieh,
on Saturday, on a ohaige of sending a threatening
letter to the Queen. Wnen brought to the station,
he remarked to Sergeant Richards, “They (the
magistrates) can only give me twelve months, and
when I come out again I’ll cook her goose,” alludii g
to violence on the person of the Queen. He was
remanded.
Improvements in Gas Manufacture. —Some
improvements in the manufacture of gas are de
scribed in the London papers. The principal fea
ture consists La the use of camphor dissolved in
naptha, in the manufacture of gas from oils or
grease. The apparatus used consists of a retort, aa
heretofore, heated external'y. The oil or grease,
in a fluid state, is fed into the retort by means of a
funnel or a pipe bent into two coils or hoop like
bends. Tne products rising from the retort by
a descending pipe below the suiface of red hot
melted metal contained in a close vessel, aud rise
up through such metal, and the gas pass -s away
for use. When gas is made from coal it flows into
a purifying apparatus to be purified. When puri
fying by liquids, the gas is Conveyed in a pipe to
nearly the bottom of tbs vessel, and there escapes
into the fluid contained in the vessel. The gas,
however, is not permitted to ascend directly through
the liquid, but by reason of there being a number of
discs, at intervals apart, affixed to the descending
part, the gas is deflected off towards the sides, then
towards the pipe, and then towards the sides of
the vessel, and so on until the gas arrives at the
upper part of the vessel, from which it is conducted
by a suitable outlet pipe. To give greater
briiliaucy to the gas before its reaching the burn
er, it is caused to pases through camphorated ether.
S ingular Ad ventures. —The Cleveland (Ohio)
Herald says that a young man is now in that city
in search of his parents, from whom he says he was
stolen bv Indians 26 years ago, and ever since has
been sold from one tribe to another, and has wan
dered over a large portion of the Western and
Northwestern regions of this continent. His last
sojourn was with the Snakes and
about 2200 miles noithwest of St. Paul, Min., and
about 300 miles from the Nortn Pacific Ocean.—
His tribe trades with St. Paul, sending a semi-an
nual train laden with furs, and he got leave of ths
chief to seek our his parents, and is required to
join his tribe in 1860. He expresses no desire to
remain among the whites, as he has a wile and two
children in his late home. He speaks English quite
well, having learned it while with Lading paitlee.
The Island of San Juan.
By the treaty which settler] ihe Or*go* boundary
d epute between the United States and Great Brit
ain, the 49th parreliel ofnor.h latitude was made
the Hue westward to the middie of the Gulf of
Georgia, thence southward, with the main channel
to the straits of kuca, and through the mid-t|.»
those Straits to the Pacific Ocean. But it f i.'.,ri
pens, according to au amhoriy before us, that oe
tween the point where the fine leaves the 49 h „ m
ahel and the p: i-rt where it enter.- the Strni s of
fuca, theie is the Archipelago da Haro, thou h
which several large channels run, the two ma u on,*
being the Rosario Strait and Canal de Han
former is the one most used by vessels go ; o' .„
the ocean to tne mouth of Fraser river "t V th
latter is the wider, though obstructed by sor. ~ , m
islets. Both are wide channels, deep emu
the largest ships. Between them lie a dozen
the chief of which are San Juan, Loptz an o,' r
Islands, and altogether they may include al ~U T -ipo
square miles of land, or 128,000 acres. Ski .tj,;,
Idand is the most valuable, and has aboi: ~|j
acres, much of it good soil covered with ti; .•
The British assert that the If sario Strai ; ,1
‘main channel’ meant by the treaty, and th i u :
cans say the Canal de Haro is meant.”
Both parties having joint possession of Sr In
a dispute has arisen concerning the title, w n a j
have to be settled by the two government • >
ested.
An account of this controversy reache u by
the last California steamer, and yesterday .. „ i, u j.
fished a despatch from W ashington, which, if enu
tied to credit, indicates that cur Government has
already taken the matter in baud, and settled it, 80
tar as the United IS ates are concerned. It consid
ers our title to Sin Juan as beyond controversy,
and announces, in advance, itsinten’ion to submit
to no compromise. Such is the telegraphic ae
counts
We hope there ia some mistake about this matter
and that our Government has not beengui y f the
folly indicatrd We preiend to know notnii gos
the merits of the question, but we regard it u- mi)8!
unbecoming, upon the very origin of a dripuf*
between two great nation.-, tor one of them to c 0!I «,
forward, in advance of all negotiation, 1 um iu«
mere desire to buily, or for popuiar effect, ana take
a stand, with the declaration that she wi,i not be
driven from it. We should learn something from
the sore experience of the past—at least we sho .id
shun a couise that once brought upon us an inglo
rious retreaf During the Orrgon d’soute, some
years ago, which we all recollect, Mr.‘ Polk was
guilty of the indiscretion of declaring in hi? annual
message to Congress, that our title to the whole of
that Territory up t.u 54° 40', was “dear end un
quest.unable, ’ and that, we shoo'd maintain it at
the point of the tw. r * No vi .1 Vr v,may have
been hi iudis Kina upon u, t:r? ileeiaration was a *
most unfortunate cite tor h - i.uief M’.gistiate, as
subsequent ev-nts mot. c. acu e-.ve'y establish.—
We began by as erring an iidispu ab.-e right to 54 J
41K, but ende t by c leerfu iy subscribing to a settle
ment on 49 J , in which i.ve a ■ a bait degree-of
latcut? ot this same p openy to which we" had so
clear a title, win acknos. lsdged to be the property
of Great Britain !
Let Uj .earn w.adorn from this ie.-son, and not
again disgrace ourselves in the eyes or the world by
a granaimquent boast, to be fold wed by an ing'o
rious‘‘let down.” If disputes arise, let us enter,
like a sober, manly nation, up-m ntgutiatiom- f.-r
l heir settlement, without anogat.cn boa t or huiiy
ii;g, and then maintain what a- ri*.ht :• the udef
Ue •■■hapter Savannah Rtpublican.
A 111 nek It epubticanG Opinion of Dougins.
Tne K‘•public—the organ of tb« Biack Republi
cans at Wa-bmgton- gives its ..pin: n, bridly but.
clearly, of D rnglas' last > ff>rt for the ive.-i e: cy.
V» e tally agree with our toU mm a ! \ ifcai. h t.>
efforts to sriiire both sections of th- Um u of ;r. c sr
vote-, he i.t u d.-inag. cue has faded o. joih, and
Will fiuO ' : e! ,10 the el.d, ‘e t l lag do Vil U '/LiV -rii
two chairs."
Here l t • IT public'? opinion, and we consider
it a very c-ns b e , ns:
“Th* Ort'GUs L) crKia* i}.j n •; luce
a consistent theory that we cad c tm. ia*<. so.. i ; ■«
fi'e disquisrtii tt of Judge Douglas on r> -- j .?
of-• Populai Sovereign-)' m the t'eir.i.uie.-,’' s ;
■ Tne V josti ution s ab-Liies slavery in it)- r,
ri'onea, bu - subject to the power of the pe*>i< « o
control it through their Teiritriai Lugiala or
Hence, in the absence of any legislation < u the .-ob
ject by the territorial Legislatuie, a riavt-h - r
wuu'il have a constitutional right to take hit ?!av; a
into the Territory and hold tn c m there. Butt- .s
would he a mere abstract right , wi'hcut any . .
</y i'ori‘B infringemen*; for he holds that the coa rs
can affirrl no protection to slave property an, i he
Territorial Legislature shall pas laws “, ri' .
remedies, and imposing penal, ms, and cont- ning
jurisdiction upon the courts, to hear and detenu ne
cases a? they may arise. - ' The mere refusal »>•
Legislature, therefore, to pa-slaw? providing -mu*
remednh, and conferring such juriediciion on the
Ci ur.s, wi 1 operate as a practical exe'u u nc:
slavey, althougn the const tin iomi right h *..> a
slaves will exist.
j “if this is not a fair statement of the do run*
I adv-ua'ed by Judge Daug’ac, we shaii be any
obliged to any one wl oshali point out its err I:
is a doctrine which will not be hkely to find muth
favor either in the North or in the .South.
“ The North will never at esp' a io< rine, mhi , i
admits that the Goi stitution establishes slavery
anywhere, in any sense whatever, or recogin.- - -• its
existence an) where, except as a State institution,
existing in a titate *• under the laws tiien-of,”
wholly independent of Federal authority
“The South will be as little diepo ed to sec ot a
il jctrioe, which, while it aimits their constituo n
right to take slaves into the Territories, denie- an
power to enforce and protect that right
“ The distinguished Senator will probably tvmS
; himself, in the end, “titling down between \ -.
I chairs.”
Canine Sagacity.— There may be«**en nta :th- -
! every hour in the day a white poodie dog, at the
i house of she Coho ksink U :sa U• r\ ..y. II t.**
j Around Irs neck a cottar !v?<r'" g ’ -.me ol C
i hooksink. This dog i< ;w • m.-miis <>l.l,
* and is a favorite with t--u member- ol the
! Company and the many friends t*.-» re of. Ttie am
nw! s 'mu almost endowed ■* -oh r-.-ast . mg i acuities,
and h s been taught t<> co .mu ideate an a! mu of
tire by the ringing rhe telegraphic beil at th
nearest station box W;.e. night nets in. this,
fai’hful animat proceeds f ■ tel -gr-cihio pale,
and coils himselt i-.t the rout thee-t. apparently’
asleep, but in reality p.-.ving ih.V ail aaims’, d
things are not asleep that ba. e torn- _v • -but. la.
cise of an alarm striking on ths be;', >listens very
attentively, and, as quick as raecrat' .;e starts
for the Hose House, and baik* f- r n nnia e or r -.
Ha then balks o indicate the atriaiu-r of ;be b-1 .
for instance, should the alarm come fr :n box t«-vry
ona, the animal barks four times m ra r >"d succession,
then stops a moment and barks one * '.me ; thus rh*
members of the com any ar- appri ■- -d tup' the tire
is nearest to box -ft, or tba - the alarm ies so-m
this uu nber Such remark able canu ■-* sagacity we
have seldom heard of. —Philadelphia Argtu.
The Presbyterian Colony.— i'ue j.r jeet :\y?
the establishment o: a Presbyterian Colony in i - ;te
Vv eat, recently started in Hollidays burg, Pa, ca
rnet with great favor. Ninety one men, most <>f
them having families, have signed a d«“ire to ton
bark in the enterpiiee, and have offered to invert
some $58,1)00 in it. Their vocations are variea
and suitable, comprising farmers, carpenters, ca
net makers, tinners, printers, teachers, preacher-,
stone masons, merchants, artoneys, clerks,
Having now secured about the complement fixed
upon in the first place, the managers of the all's ir
viii i sue a ca 1 for a meeting of those interested,
be held in the course of a few weeks, to appoin *
committee to visit and report upon pro osed lo<h
tiouß for the Colony.
Work fur the Next Congress.— The Nath • ,*
Legislature, at ns next session, will have coasidr a
ble service to perform ia the way of creating i>> v
governments, State and Territorial. N > less thin
tour Territories and two States wil ask recognition
The people of southern Nebraska, disappointed!!
gaming annexation to Kansas, are movV-tg for
State government. The Governor is about to tad
an extra session of the Legislature, that the worn
may be regularly commenced They intend to
appsy for admission in company With Kansas. !•;
addition, the people of Jefferson, Arizona, Daeofan,
and Nevada, are also anxious for Territorial gov
ernments.
?xta t. Escape —The schooner Neptune’s Bridge
arrived at New York, Thursday, from North Can -
‘ lmt > cringing a cargo or naval stores Upon
breaaiug up cargo, the dead body ot a siave vas
K und, where he was suffocated in his attempt !•>
• scape from slavery. When sou-d he was in a
sitting posture; his right head dropped forw&ru
upon his breast, his right arm resting upon the enr
go, and near him were some provisions. Apparent
ly the last act of his life was to partake of eom >
tood. He was in very close quarter-, where he
could scarce'y sit upright. From the state that ins
body was in, it is supposed that ho mast. ii«ve 0.,-u
soon after the vessel lett poit. His death vas
doubtlees caused by inhaling the foul air of the
hold, strongly impiegnated with turpentine.
Daring Robbery at Barnwki.l O. H—Oa
Wednesday morning last, between 8 and 9 o’clock,
?he Commissionei’s cilice was entered, and a port
folio, containing upwards of three hundred dollars,
besides one or two thousand dollars worth of notes!
abstracted therefrom. Mr. Bellinger fad step; *d
into the Sher.ff's office to transact some business,,
which required but a lew minutes, and ou his ie
turn, missed the portfolio. Suspicion rests on no
one that we have heard, and up to the present time
nothing b&s been discovered that wih lead to the
detection of the thief.— Barnwell Standard.
Mexico—Recam.§ f Mr Otway —There seems
no room to doubt That Mr. Otway has ceased U>
misrepresent her Britanie Majesty, at the capital of
the neighboring Republic, and that George B
Mathew, Secretary of Legation, it now entrusted
with the delicate duty of attending to the interests
of his country and bis countrymen, in tiie presence
of two contestants for the government. Mr. Ot
way's recall, however, must be indirectly a loss to
the Marimon taction , and we shall rejoice to hes r
tha f his locum /emeus has been instructed to join
the United States Minister in recognizing Juarez,
in whom alone there seems to be any hope oi order,
justice, or progress upwards from the mire ot revo
lutions. —iV. V. Albion.