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About The Georgia Jeffersonian. (Griffin, Ga.) 18??-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1854)
VOL. XV. TUB COHGIA JEFFERSOMJJL 19 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSPaT BY WILLIAM CL^Jjjj At Two LollolE and FiQf ftnm, crTwc aM f'SHTsictiTe Fires. ■* OXh ’ utsirtion, and ,j t (.polca tv.-o Uesti’iu .VJ",’ f or coik insertion .• deduction will he made lo tlKJpe nlrlllndver:, • l.y the year. * * All ndvr.iiscmenls not otherwise ordered, will he enr tin .cd (ill fori.id. irj’ yJILF.S OF I.AXDS hv Administrators, Kx*h itorsor(l'inrdinns are rennired t*i law to be Imld on the first Tnr-dny in the month, between the hour? Ot ten in the lofConon nnd three In tUc afternoon, at the Court-House, in the county in which flic innd is situated. Notice of these sale, must he ;iven in a public gazMir FORTY DAYS jwf'icus to the day of sale. SALES OF XEGROES must he madeat poll lie auction on the first Tuesday of the month, be tween the usnnl hours of sale, at the place of pub Jic sales m the eoiinly where the letters Tesla iientary, of Administration or Gnnrdianship tna have been granted; first aw in” FORTY DAY Police tl.jreof in one of the public jjazetles of tb ShaV, *n.t at the court house whe e such salrarsi lo Iw held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must b* giren in like manner FORTY DAYS previous t j lue day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate rimst he published FORTY DAYS. Notice that application will heinndetothe Court Ordinary fir i.f.avf. to sell land must be pub lished for TWO MOXTfIS, Notice tiir leave to fell negroes must be published TITO Afo-Y77/S before any order ab solute shall be made thereon by the Court. CITATIOXS for Letters of Administration, must be published thirty days; for Dismission from Administration, monthly six months; for Ehsmission from Guardianship, forty days. fiuli!-- for the Forecl<>siir<U)f Mortjjasre twist be published monthly for Rifta months, estah psli.ng lost papers for the full space of TiinKE months; for com.retline lilies from Kxeentor ors Administrator*,wheie a bond lias been giyenby he deceased the fill I snaee of three months. Los* of the steamer San I 1 rancisco THRILLING DETAILS. The following statement of the loss of the ill-fated steamship San Francisco, with an account of the sufferings of those on board, will be read with painful inter est. It was drawn up by L’ent. Wh. A. W inder, one of the United States officers who was aboardi- L.TEUT. WINDER’S STATEMENT. Ship Three Bells, ) At Sea, Frid iv, dan. 6th, ISsft. $ The steamer San Francisco, as yon are Aware, sailed from New York on the 22 J December, with United States troops, bound for California. The day was beau tiful, and everything promised a pleasant and prosperous voyage. The ship was well provided with everything which could render us comfortable, and eve y luxury that could be procured was placed on board. All these things, together with the gentlemanly and efficient officers of the ship,- and pleasant company in the cabin, served to render us happy and contented. But alas for all human calculatona! a 'bOtfL#rs‘<4cck the sec6.nl day out a gale sprung up, and continued to increase all ; night. At day light it was perfectly | frightful. During the n : glu, I think about j 12, our engine gave out, and soon our fore- j mast was carried away, which left us at j the mercy of the wind and waves. The scene in the cabin during this time was truly distressing. Nearly all had turned out of the state-rooms, despair depicted on the countenances cf all. A few of us who occupied the upper cabin left it and went below; and well it was for us, for soon af ter day -I think about 8 o’clock—a sea broke over our starboard wheel house, and with frightful force dashed against the after-cabin, carrying away all the cabin ami about 150 people, among whom were Cel. J. M. Washington, Maj. Geo. Taylor and his wife, Capt. 11. B. Field, and Lieut. Smith. Two or three males and females who were unknown to me, and two citi zen passengers, Mr. Rankin, our sutler— the other names I have not learned—were swept off. I had gone below but a few moments before this terrible crash, and was lying at the foot of the steps at the’ time. I never experienced such a sensa tion as when the water came pouring into the cabin, down upon my head and breast I was swept across the cabin with terrible force, but after three attempts succeeded in regaining my feet. I supposed that the ship had broken in half, and that wc were fast sinking. I followed after some I saw going on deck, and on reaching it my blood ran cold at the sight of the poor fel lows struggling among the fragments in the sea; the waves were, to my eyes, frightful; we could render no assistance whatever, and, in fact, expected ourselves that we should go down every minute.— With great difficulty we clung to the deck, the sea making a perfect breach over us. and the col 1 so great that an hour longer must have finished us. (.’lose by me was Maj. Wyse, his young wife and babe. It was a truly heart-rending sight. The poor c’ii!d must have been n arly frozen A bout this time Mr. Melires, the first officer of the ship, than whom no braver seamen lives, came aft with an axe; this not only surprised me, but greatly raised my hopes. I wa died him closely until he approached the only rem lining m st. lie attempted to cut it away, but the sea ran so high that he was unable to do it. This was the first time I was aware that the ship was aotfqMof water. Soon after this our gallanTTToiHftwdore Watkins came along. I asked him whafTOMT chances were; he replied, “Good.” I t l |^Sdctcr:ninod w to get into the cabin. fcKMhlmsca w;i.j running very hhr^^*^ M,l, wall pMCM 0. k here and there, with a M clinging to the pieces in orderuSlilM .1 selves, , In a few moments all wasMfs pone of them appearing. Not a was heard except the dismal moan wind.- On looking around, I suivSjß Murray standing at the mizzenmusj Jj went aft to him, and held on while, until the first mate away, which he failed in doing mnß the roughness of the sea. 1 if forward where I was first, autMp * ‘*f Wyse, his wife and child, Chandler, Van Voorst and DiC SatPHH We talked over onr chances foi/cscapc, and all came to the conclusion that we could not survive twenty raitfutes. At that time two negroes came along with life preservers; one of Fie soldiers handed ft Sh£ was so cold that we thought Kjj* prolonging onr, misery, the vex id go we did noi tin them. was making a breach over us at j"every roll. About this time we discovered that there were many persons in the cabin under us, principally ladies. Two or three of us were determined to go down, and aftelfVHfcfyindiieed Major Wyse to go down there with his wife and child. W 4 found that the ship was not in as bod a condition as we thought she was. We found there collected, in the after part of the cabin, a number of the officers’ ladies, who were in as dry a place as they could find. A portion of the cabin was broken by the sea that first struck, as I previous ly stated. We then covered ourselves up with wet blankets, for we were noarly fro zen, not having half our clothing on at the time. Here wc remained the greater part of that day, supposing the vessel would sink some time during the evening. Capt. Watkins came in and requested that we would go out to bailing the =hip, in order to keep her afloat. Two officers went out at a time, and they were reliev ed by others, each party bailing two hours. Wc kept this up all that night, wa ter gaining on ns, and our pumps fail ing to work This bailing was kept up four or five nights, until the pumps got to working again, and the sea went down.— We then gained on the water, and, by the e .ertions of the engineer, succeeded in clearing the ship of water for the time. The captain and officers of ihc ship with great-exertions succeeded in sopping the worst leaks altd repairing the decks with old pieces of s£ifs and otherwise patching them Up to try and save the ship. We kept'reliefs of thfve or fonr iften at eaefi end of the shaft, to prevent the water coming in, there, where it came fn by the bucketful 1. About tl Is time we were cheered with the prospect of sett ng the machinery in working order, so that the vessel might get into port. A temporary steering apparatus was erected, and an attempt was made to get the ship under weigh, which op to this time has been n( the mercy of the waves Aflcr one or two revolutions of the wheel it was prononced hopeless to attempt anything further All that could be done, said ti e engineer, was to keep the pumps working. During all this time the ladies behaved admirably, and no complaint was made by them. Two or three days afterwards we saw two sail: one ot them did not heed ns, but the other came along side of us and spoke to ns The captain said he was short of pro visions, and we sent him off a quantity, and she went off during the night. Du ring the time we were lightening the ship by throwing overboard all heavy articles that we could get at. We made ourselves as comfortable as p ssible, and got some thing to eat, and began to get some dry clothes, as we had been wet for nearly two weseks The next sail that appeared was the British brig Maria, and she took some of the passengers Ir.im us All this time we had very rough weather, until the bark Kilby spoke us. An officer went on board and made a contract to take all the passengers off and take them to the near est port. Captain Watkins stayed be hind to make one effort to save the ship; he called for volunteers, and in ten min utes he had the number required to stay by him. As soon as some of the passen gers arrived on board the Kilby we sent some twenty men on board to lighten the vessel by throwing a portion of the cargo overboard. About 2, P. M. we com menced transhipping the ladies and chil dren in small boats, and by night succeed ed in getting aboard about one hundred in all—men, women and children—intend ing to complete the shipment the next morning. About 7 o’clock wc were alarm* ed by the cry of fire, and found the ship to be on fire near the cook’s galley, but we very soon put it out. Some time during the night heavy gales sprung up accompanied by a most awful sea, and the vessel commenced leaking badly again, and we went to work ba ling that night ami a part of next day, the pumps giving out again The men at this time were so exhausted that it required great exertions to keep them steadily at work When morning came the Kilby was no longer in sight, and we supposed that she had made for the near est port, being short of water and provi sions, and it being unsafe for her to re main any longer by us, as the sea was running very high. This morning things looked gloomier than ever, having noth ing to eat, and being cold and half naked During that day, after getting through working the pumps, we began to get in better spirits, ami made ourselves as com fortable as possible. We kept the vessel clear without She aid of bailing. We then cut holes through the deck for the pur pose of throwing coal and other heavy materials overboard. About two days af ter a light was seen during the night, and wc commence ! fir.ng guns and making signals every half hour during the night. In the morning the British ship Three Belles, Capt. Creighton, bore up to us; but the sea was running so high, and the wind blowing so hard, wc could only com municate to each other by means of wri ting in large letters, on a board, our con dition and prospects. He replied to us and said they were leaking and short of provisions. As he parsed us he gave three cheers, which made us believe he would stick by us, and we returned them hearti ly. He went to windward of us, laid to, and remained by us during the night.— day, the sea runniquMrcry;, high, Bbaviug only two made • on * rt ’ to Hurts to ■, 1 B™ 1 !, ‘me tmt a pas j ,'BK'aft would be impracticable. night we came very near ‘jWjEßP’i. Un the fourth day, another in sight to windward, and vHLborc down to us, which last proved ■ H?he Antarctic, bound for Mvorpool. . -n Sii vessels lay by ns during the night, rough to attempt any passage ■s’ the fifth day the sipPjrn Weather subsided, aud we succeeded mi transporting all the passengers, all the crew and ship’s officers, except twenty-five or thirty men, iueludiug ship’s officers and firemen. During that day we succeeded in putting on board the I hree Belles som provisions and water. I kept th 6 men at I GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1854. the pumps during the day and night.— The next morning we got off the remain der of the officers and crew, iHcluding Capt. Watkins, and made sail for this port. The Antarctic sailed for Liverpool. Previous to falling in with the Three Belles, a sort of congestive diarrhoea broke out among the men, from eating potted meat and pickled cabbage It carried off about one hilmlred passengers, who were taken sick and in a few hours died. An accident occurred at this time.— Corporal Smith came to me and said his child was sick, and in about an hour after that, he sent word to me and said he was very sick himself, and would like to see me. I went to him and found that he was about dying; soon after his wife came in and told me that he and the child were dead. I had put her into a stateroom, and during the night she was found dead in bed, her only child, then living, lying asleep beside her She was followed to the other world soon after by her other child. On onr passage to this port in the Three Belles, we lost about thirty passen gers, who died of the effects #f outing pickled meats and cabbage. The chief steward of the San Francisco became insane while on board the Three Belles, and, although in charge of some of the men, he managed to get loose, jumped overboard, and was lost. Yours, Respectfully, Lieut Winder, U. S. Army. ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM LIEUT WINDER. . Ship Three Bells.) New York H artb-jr, .1 an 13, 1854. } Col. Gates, Maj Merchant, Col. Burke, Capt Judd, Lieut. Ercmont, Licit. *Loe er, and L'eut. Van Voorst, with all the ladies/ were put on board the bark KiWby, of Boston, an the 28th December. Lieuts. C. S Winder, and J. G. Chandler were put on the ship Antarctic and have gone to Liverpool. Maj. F. O. Wyse, and Lieut. W. A. Winder, on this ship, and are here. The men and women of the command were divided equally among the three ships. Col. J. M. Washington, Maj. Taylor and wife, Capt H. B. Fields, and Lieut. Smith with some 150 soldiers, were washed overboard on the first night of the gale. By publishing the above you will oblige the friends of our unfortunate parties.— We are all indebted to Capt. Robert Creighton, of this ship for our lives. He remained by us for four days. Very Respectfully, Your obedient servant, Wa A Winder, First Lieutonant Third Artillery. The Soule Duels M. Gallardet writes to the Courier des Brats Urns, a detailed statement of the ara unfdrtunate quarrel which Mr. Soule, oure bassador to Madrid, and had with the French Minister at the same Court, and the Duke of Alba, a near relative to the French Empress. M. feelings are not on the side of Mr Soule, but his account sufficiently establishes the fact that the provocation came from the other side. Ihe history of the quarrel seems to have commenced even before Mr. Soule reached Madrid. From the time of the reception of Mr. Soule as American Minister began to be agitated, M. de Tur got the French Ambassador, and Madame de Montijo mother of the Duchess of Alba, Showed little friendship for Mr. Soule.— Madame de Montijo is accused of having even intrigued to induce Queen isabclla to refuse to receive him. Thus matters stood until the occasion of a felt or grand ball, given by the French Minister in honor of the birth day of the Empress. All the foreign diplomatic corps were invited, and as a consequence, Mr Soule, his sou, who is also Secretary of Legation, and Mrs. Soule were present by invitation. Mrs. Boule, who is a hand some woman, was dressed richly, but I tastefully, and a Madrid paper states that she was queen of the ball, a id her euiranee produced a “sensation.” To destroy the favorable impression Madame Boule had made, a spirit of hostile criticism was manifested by a coterie led on by M de Turgot and Madame dc Montijo The Duke of Alba consenting to be ome the echo of th* toteric, remarked as Mrs. Soule passed by —“There goes Mary of Burgundy.”— Young Soule, being close by, heard the remark, and immediately resented the odi ous outrage upon his mother, and applied an epithet of contempt to the Duke. The parties were then seperated, but next morning young Soule sent to the Duke demauding ‘an explanation of the insult to his mother. The Duke explained and apologized, and those acting under young Soule declared themselves satisfied But the public applauded the spirit of “lajeane Yankee,” and the Duke was twitted on his lack of the old pride of the family. The quarrel was re opened, and the Duke sent the challenge to retrieve his damaged honor. It was accepted, and the preliminaries being arranged a duel with swords was fought. The fight lasted 20 minutes, both parties showing equal skill and courage. The seconds interfered, de clared that the honor of neither required further defence, and the principals shook hands and parted. Mr. Soule, Sen, however, considered it proper for him to represent to M. de Tur got, that his wife had been insulted in his (the Ambassador’s salons on an occasion upon which the Duke of Alba was the most honored guest, and the person from whom the insult came; that the affair had forced the sword into his son’s hond; that he had been informed M do Turgot was an instigater of the insulting remark; and consequently, as M. de Turgot had not dischrged his duty as a host, in exonerat ing himself from any sympathy with the insult, he was obliged to demand personal satisfaction. To Mr. Soule’s communi cation, M. de Turgot replied, denying that he instigated the insult, but refused to give any satisfaction for its occuranee at his fete. Mr. Soule peiaisted in his demand for re paration, wben the French Ambassador, said ho would make his reply at the pis tol's mouth. A meeting was arranged. Lord Howden and General Collier, acting as seconds to M. de Turgot, and Gen Valdez, (an old I Governor of Cuba) and M. Benito Alcjo de Gaminde, ex member of the Spanish Courts, as Mr. Soule’s) seconds. It pro per to state that IVifc. Soule signed his letter to M. de Turgot, “Pierre Soule, Citizen of the United Slates and not his official rank, thus scpiuatunr the pri rate indvidir.il from the nLobc officer. — Time was given to the principals to ar range their affairs; but that the Spanish Governw terfere to prevent the duel, Bbrd How len waited upon Mr. Boule, and urged him to consent to an earlier meeting. Mr. Soule replied that the change of arrangement wns inconvenient, but he did not wish to forego the satisfaction which was his right, and therefore yielded. ‘The meeting was then fixed for 12 M the next day, but on reaching the ground, new difficulties arose Mr. Soule’s seconds demanded in his name, that the combat be witli pistols, at ten spaces. The Mar quis de Turgot demurred and proposed a distance of forty paces! “Is that, Mon sieur in Marquis,” said Mr. Soule, “what you call replying to me at the pistol’s mouth?” But the Marquis persisted in his desire to bring down his antagonist at a long shot. The first fire was ineffectual. At the second, Mr. Soule’s bullet hit the Marquis in the thigh. “I am struck,” he said, and fell in o t!io arms of one of Mr Soule’s seconds. The wound is said to be serious. A recoucilliation had not taken place at the last advices. Much sympathy is manifested for Madainc Soule through oat the unfortunate affair, and in European circles, in which duelling is not considered a crime, opinion sustains the conduct of Mr. Soule and his son. from tie: Ricte^wa^Bquir^. Tax Diplomatic Duel. —We observe a disposition in the whig press to condemn the conduct of Mr. Soule in his recent difficulty with the circumstances which provoked the recount re. We are not sur prised at tlii3 exhibition of liberality, but we very much mistake the temper of the public mind if the conduct of Mr. Soule be not approved by the country. The appointment of Mr. Soule was in the first instance exceedingly distasteful to the Court of Madrid, insomuch that there was some doubt as to his reception Threats were made by the Spanish press that he would not be suffered to represent this country at the Courtof Madrid; bu‘ ,the apprehension, least such an act of hostili ty might provoke the displeasure of the Government, caused the adoption of a more gentle method of rebuke and an noyance. The plan suggested by a Mad rid journal was to give Mr Soule a formal reception, and then, by a system of pet ty annoyance and contemptuous demeanor, to render his position absolutely intolera ble. In persuattce of tlite design, no doubt the Duke of Alba availed himself of the occasion of an official reception by the Minister, to make a disparaging remark in regard to the dreris of Mrs. Foule. For tunately the sneer did not escape the ob servation of young Soule, who promptly re sented the insult in a very emphatic man ner. In our judgement, the conduct of Mr. Soule, Jr. is worthy of especial com mendation. He did right to chastise the titled minion for the insult to his mother; and it was proper that the punishment sholud be as public as the offence The wife of the American Minister is equal in ‘rank to the highest of Spanish dames, while in every thing that imparts dignity and respect to the character of woman, she is as much superion to the n as her country is superior to the corrupt and deciyed mo larchy of Spain The outrage upon Mrs. Soule could have oceured at no other Court in Europe; at no other Court woulu the respect due to her sex and her posi tion have been so basely violated. Where virtue is utterly wanting in woman, ii is impossible to look for chivalry in men. At a Court, the presiding spirit of which iu dalges in all the scandalous excesses of illicit love, we will look in vain either for refinement of sentiment or courtesy in man ners While the Queen of Spain parades her paramour in public, we must endure the rudeness of such blackguards as the Duke of Alba. It was due, if not to the claim of person al honor, at least to the insulted dignity of his country, that the young Soule should resent the rudeness of the Spanish Duke. The promptness and spirit which he dis • played in his treatment of the case are worthy of all commendation. We can readily imagine in what man ner Mr. Soule the elder became involved in a difficulty with the French Minister No doubt the Marquis dc Turgot thought to propitate the favor of his master by resenting the wrongs of his mistresses bro ther. As the difficulty occurred at his house, a pretext was not wanting for com plaint of the conduct of Mr. Soule, Jr. but Mr. Soule, Sr. would submit to no cen sure of his son, and thus in all probability he was provoked by the French Minister. ‘The particulars of the duel are given in a letter from Madrid. “Tne duel between Mr. Sonlo and the Marquis da Turgot, took place with pis tols, twenty pace, the parties meeting at Chainartin, a league from Madrid, at half past eleven. The first lire took place without effect. On the second fire M. de Turgot was shot through the leg, near the knee. lie was immediately removed home in his carriage, and bore the injury pretty well. The leg is now a jfsbl luStHtfollen, but as it appears that the knee-cap was not touched, and no principal artery wounded, it is trusted that his state is not one of danger. Mr Soule was not wound ed Mr. Perry, Secretary of the American Legation, was one of the seconds of young Soule, in his duel with the Duke of Alba They fought witli swords, but without either being wouMed, and it emlpd by the seconds drawing up a miuute of the pro ceedings as having been conducted iu a manner satisfactory to the honor and re putation of both bartiea.’ It was also agreed that the letters which had passed between them be mutually withdrawn. Ex-Prsident Van Buren is now in Rome, with his non, living in a small house with a large garden [cabbage?] on (he Via Gregoria. It is said he finds winter residence in Rome to agree with his health and spirits. S*epi>r* t’ Hip I!I eco:i ft Western itaii Road. We have before us the very satisfactory annual report of President Scott, of the Mtjcon & Western Railroad, to the stock ladders. The folic .via# statement is liigi ly gratifying: The gross receipts exceed those of the previous year $10,56 j 2Q, and have r- UiJUUH.'U, biciading $1,7T0 41 interest anif discount ou money loaned, to $280,515 95 And the expenses to 128,779 14 Net profits, $151,736 81 To which add amount of Cash Assets on hand as per Treasurer’s statement last Re port 92,579 53 Kec’d, sales of old Iron, 10,233 45 Rec’d for new Script Stock, 14,370 00 $268,919 79 Out of which the following dis bursements have becu made Paid dividends No 13 & 14, February and August last, $97,120 00 Paid for Company's Bonds, taken up and canceled 5,000 00 Int on Bonds, 11,576 26 Sta eandci y tax, 2,683 00 Paid for new con struction, 63,509 83 Ain’t of debt of .Sus pense Account, 8,701 67 * $188,590 76 Leaving in hand a balance of $80,329 03 to be appropriated to dividends. i he amount of $3,701 67 has boon paid fop several lots of ground ja the city of Vlaeon, some of wuich were wanted only for the purpose of laying tracks through to reacu others on which the Board con template the early erection of anew Pas senger Depot buiiding and Machine Shop. Wheu these improvements are finished, the land not needed for the Company’s use will he sold. President Scott adds: ’ he Board of Directors, on the 3d day of May last, by resolution, subject to the consent and approval of a majority of the Stockholders, resolved to increase the Capital Stock of the Company to $1,500,- 000, and thereby provide the means to li quidate the entire Bond debt of the Com puny, and to pay for the erection of the uew buildings, freight-cars, &c. as recom mended by the Superintendent in his last Annual Report. j lie approval of that measure was promptly given by a large majority of the Shareholders, and on the first day of July la>t 2860 S.ircs of Scrip’ Stock was issued pro rata among the then Stoe..ladders, on which the first instalment of six dollars per share has been paid, and carried to credit of Capital Stock. This arrangement provides with absolute cer tainty ample means for the purpose intend ed, and enables the Board of Directors to divide annually among the stockholders, the entire net earnings of the road, and affords the satisfaction of knowing that they represent a Company owning a Rail road inferior to none In this country, 103 miles in length, fully equipped with ma chinery, unencumbered by debt of auy kmd. No new connecting roads have been o peued during the past year, i'lie Tiiom aston and Bartlesville Railroad Company have made fair progress in the grading of their road bed, aud are, as J am informed, looking to this company for aid in some shape to enable them to purchase the rails necessary for the track. Although the road is a short o ‘.e (16 miles ) I doubt not that if will, when finished and in use, prove I to be a beneficial connection, and I trust! that their application may be favorably j considered by you. j Wild race of a Locomotive. A lew minutes past 10 o’clock yester day morning, a collision occurred on the Miami Road at Milford. There was no loss of life, hut the circumstances were quite remarkable. Tnere had been an unusually heavy fall of snow the night previous, by which die track became hea vy and the trains tell behind time. The mail train coming into the city was thir ty five minutes t euind time at the Milford station, where it is due 9.25. Conductor Osgood was on the platform helping the 1 uiies to and from the cars, when the whistle of the Hillsboro freight train was heard, and tin* locomotive seen coming around ttie sharp curve above Milford at full speed. The conductor of the freight train was on the engine and toiu his engineer to check up. The signal was given, but the brakes were insuffi cient to hold die wheels, and the cars camo booming dowm the slippery track w tli abated but dangerous speed; wheels were reversed, and the Conductor am, engineer jumped from the engine. A biakenian on toe mail train shouted to the passengers to get ouq hut before they could escape the descending locomotive came into >ne car with a terrible crash, and went nearly through, splintering wood and iron, but —and there’s the mar vel—killing not oneofthe twenty passen gers, the most of whom had got well for ward before the iron horse came thunder ing over their seats! When Mr. Watt, engineer of the mail train, he.nd the crash of the collision, he supposed his own tiam would be driven over him, and with his assistants sprang otf. Ihe turnace had just been crammed with wood, and there was a full head ol steam on. The force of the blow un coupled the locomotive and tender from the baggage car, at the same instant jerk ing the lever and throwing the throttle valve wide open I* Away sped the loco motive like an arrow, or if we might so say, like a fiat of Omnipotence, sweeping down the track at seventy miles an hourl Go l help any hapless train met or overtaken—help the city, but full foui , teen mil- s below,, fur that distance will be devoured in fifteen miuutes! The escaped Engine came howling by riuiuvillc, visible for an instant to the ap plauding villagers, switched off into the double track, as lightning from one steei rod to another divergent, and thund- red on t,o the city, whose spires must now have been seen from the iron disc of this fiery comet 1 --but there was none to se3, tr: ri- der or driver, or living human sous had the Engine none. On, straight oh, the ci ty! the city!! Happily the furnace door flew open, the draught ceased, and a little way above the upper Engine house, on a heavy up I grade, the locomotive’s breath was spent; 1 it came to a dead stand and stood there silent and cold, forming as much a part of *thc still jittery landscape as withered rock and shrounded trees on the bills above. The Sandwich Islands. The latest intelligence from these islands tells the same tale of a mixed feeling re specting annexation which other arrivals have brought before. The whaling fleet have all asiembled at their winter quarters in Honolulu They have had a bad season, their cach ings amounting to a little more than one half only of last season. There are a bout one hundred whalers in the port, with an average of not more than seven hundred barrels each. Much improvement is manifested in the islands, especially in those ports that foreigners visit. Agriculture is much at tended to. Indigo will soon bea profita ble crop. Wheat is being raised m consid erable quantities. One dis riel io the i< land of Maui loft raised twenty thou*unu bushels this year. Coffhe, sngar, and tobdcco are yielding abundantly; the production of sugar this year, iu the is lands, will amount to three thousand tons, and that of coff e to one hundreJ and fif ty. An energetic, industrious, audenter ptising population would soou increase these crops. A number of fine stores, anil a steam flouring anil!, are in process of erection, bu >ll of the coral rock. This is some progress for a nation that killed its European discoverer less than a ceo iur_i ago. Connecticut Couranl. Tub Agricui.tural Bureau op the Patent Office, says a coiresp mden’ of the Baltimore San, is now located in the room on the northwest corner of that edifice, under the care of Mr. Brown. The collection at present appears limited, but will soon incroase in number, and the enterprise must prove eminently useful to the tillers of the soil in America, as well as advantageous to the agricultural inte rest of afuer countries. Arrangements have been made with several foreign powers for a regular exchange of seed* of grasses, cereals, I'egumeq garden vege tables, flowers, nut trees, fruits, or other agricu tural products which can I e cul i i nvated,and would likely to thrive in any portion of the United States; and, as far as practicable, to obtain accounts of the character of the soil, the climate, mode of cukute, &c. Awful TraseJy in Sumter County A gentleman of high respectability, of Bunvtcr connty, has sent us the following details of a bloody transaction which took place in that county, on Saturday last: Americus, Jan. 9, 18 *4. Editor of the Georgia, Cicizen: Our county vras on last Saturday, the theatre of a most awful tragedy, resulting in the death of two men, by one and the same person. The two men killed, ( Wil liams at.d Johnson,) were near neighbors to a man by the name of Engrain, with whom they were at variance and enmity, arising from some previous difficulty of several month’s standing. From facts com ing to light, since the killing, it appears, that Engram had been expecting an at - tack, and had purposely avoided coming jiu contact with them,, bnt on last Satur j day, the three met at a mill, aud Engram’s i on (about thirteen years old) overheard j a conversation beteen Williams and John son, in which threats were made, either to whip or kill his father before night. This was communicated to Engram by his son Williams and Johnson, however, left the mill without making any attack, and after going about three miles, were overtaken by Engrain Johnson was standing in the road by the side of his horse cart, and Williams behind a large pine, immediate ly on the road side; and upon Engram’s attempting to pass, Williams stepped out with his rifle in his hand, caught the bri dle of Engram’s horse, and remarking at the same time, “now, d—n you, we’ll have it ” Engram having his double barrel shot gun by him immediately fired, and lodged the contents in I'illiam’s breast.— Upon which Johnson, who was some four paces in advance of Williams, coram meed advancing towards Engram, when, inline diately, he was fired upon by Engram, receiving thirteen buck shot in his right breast, killing him almost instantly. There was no one present but the parties and Engrara's son, at the time of killing. En grain gave notice to the neighbors of the act he had committed. The circumstances as I have stated them, were the statements mad * by Engram and his son. ’Orribi.e!—“Gathering Jane, for the last time, 1 ax you, will you ’ave me?” ‘William Henry, nut if all your panta loons were lined wi h gold/ I’d still say ■o'” Gathering Jane! ’ave pity! Call to you mind’s heye the many ’appy days that’.- parst —the strolls we’ve ’ad — the spark ling so iag* of the Pawk— and, more that hail, remember my devoted love to you!” I “Young man,’’ad you permitted me, 1 would ’av spued you a pang of h*u guish;but now, in all your mental hagony, recollect you brought it hon yonrself! Villiam Henry, 1 love another!” “ May all the part of his existance which bears any siinilaiity to his molasses or sweet, be turned to bitter gall—may V hexperience all the torture that I feel now —and, at last, when life’s pilgrimage draws to a close, may ’e rush to meet a tale to vich mine’s henjoyment! Fare well! Catherine Jane, farewelll” A splash follows and silence ensues— the silence is soon broken by the suum <>f oars rattling in their oar locks. A voice from the wilderness of darkness criel - there, danr y*our nightcap, vai jarc you a doin’on? The craft approaches and then—oh, honrible!—turns again up 1 on its course. Its inhuman guide ; discovered that William Henry is not i ’ any great danger, for ht jumped into shal - ow vvate . * The ship Great Republic was a vessel of 5,000 tons burthen, and was the six teenth of a mile long, or 330. feet. ‘Shr was estimated to carry 40,000 barrels c flour, and wa3 insured at- i;$300,00l) | : A arge portion of her cargo was on board when she was burnt valued at $600,090, insurance unknown. She was considered the largest vessel afloat in the known world. The Amazon s’eamship company are ‘•bout to despatch the Penobscot steamer, Capt. Wakeman, to the headwaters of the Amazon River, which reach into the in terior of Peru. l'he Brazilian consul at New York ha< ‘iven notice, that no vess el will’be per rutted by that government to enter th>> nouthfot the river, ‘l’he Amazon runs for about a thousand miles through the Braz line territory, and makes its em bouchmeiit there into the sea. The Presilen.’s house,says the Nation al lutelligencer, is now comple ely finish ed, and in full order for the reception of visitors. Ihe large lobby, or entrance ■‘all* has been handsomely carpeted, and the temperature ol the whole house ren- Jered agreeable, which was not practica ble on all occasions formerly. No previ ous time in its history ha./the Presidential, mansion equalled its present ioafafotf comfort, taste and style. On the 9th of January, the famous 3 ’ tor Library was thrown open to the p u b* It bears the name of its founder, t* l9 la • John Jacob - Astor, who -tie sum ot $400,000 for its establishment a id. support. The perusal of the volumes s tree t at!; which may be taken l"oma, oo receipting tor them,and read at leisur*, to be returned in a given time. A South American, from Ecuador, of the name of Borneo, has been smelting a !•*’ ruou of ore from the North Carolina ’o-.fier miu'-s, and asserts that it contains a very large proportion of silver, making it more valuable as a silver than as a cop per ore. The company are about taking measures to test this matter satisfactorily. The Queen of Portugal, whose sudden eath is reported, was but 34 years of age, kavi ig been born in April, 1819. She was about the age < f Queen Vi tori, of England, who was born in May the same y ar. Thejfrysial Palace Exbibit’on, it is stated, is to be a permanent ins iti. t'oa, d-** votid to the exhibition of indusTial and artistic productions of all nations; from time to lime juries will decide ou the com parative merits of the articles. Tne Chamber of C merce at Man chester is paymg a good deal of attention to the subject of cotton from the River Plate, samples ot which have been lately received in England. New Zetland flax is also under invesiigationjby the Society of Arts. The Washington Star says, that official notice has been received of Judge Clay ton’s resignation of the United States Con sulship at Havana. Truth by Mistake. —A printer is set ting up thefiinc: — Hell has has noJTfary like a woman by some oversight left out the s, and made it read— “ Hell has no fury like a woman corned.” A slight departure from the text, but none whatsoever from the truth. Three to make a Firm’in New Or leans. —An exchange says that, down in NewjOrleans, it requires three persons to start a business firm: one to die withjyel low fever, one to get killed in a duel, and the third to wind up the partnership busi ness. Wtffen’ a man takes a full morning bath, nine million months are open to thank him, for every pore of the skin has sept rate cause to be grateful for its daily ablution. Not so b ad. —A lady at a party in town the other evening was asked what made her checks so unusually red, and she promptly replied, the chaps.” “How do you accomplish so much in so short a time?” said a friend to Sir Walter Raleigh. “When I have anything to do, I go and do it,” was the reply. Hats worn on the heads of a discourse —the buckets that hung in “All’s well,” and fragmen sos the man that burst into ■ears, are said to be tho last curiosities found. The Albany Knickerbocker la!ely receiv ed a letter, inquiring, Rtuong other things, whether pig iron was petrified pork, and : f it was, which was the best way to cook it to make it juicy. If yon take the newspaper printed in your own county, and pay for it, rest assur ei von are prospering. Why are chickens’ necks like door bells? Because they are cTtbrf sprung for company. A Tiiivf in the Trap The Evansville (La.) Journal gives an account of acuri >us attempt at robbery in that city. It *eems that a few nights ag > the Rev. Mr. VlcCirer, of Evansville, was disturbed twice in the course of the night hy a noise about the house. Upon making his se cond thorough search he tnciced the noise to the Chimney. A close examina tion convinced hitn that some owl or othvr wild animal had taken up quarters for the night. In truly unchris.ian spi rit he resolved to burn the infru'l&f out, when what was his surprise, as the big volu nes of smoke and flame rolled up the chimney, to bear a half s iflei voice proceel from the tide iinploiing him to ‘put out the fire.” The ffte Was immr tiately qmenChed, the city marshal was sent for, and the occupant of the chim iev, who turned out to hp a strapping hies, was hoisted out of his nisi by means of a strong rope. Woman - the lust and best of the scries, ylf we may have her f>r a toast, we won't ask so/ a: ■* but her. No. 4.
