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VOL. XV. •: sw.ii jiifptsom. PUBLISHED EVERT TIIHRBIAT MORNING ‘V WILLIAM CLINE, i’ T yj 3 Dollar* and Fifty, Cents per an .j.nTwe Dollars paid m advance. ” r-L i'!St\l fciSTSare inserted at ONE ;g per square,for the fir6l insertion, and 7BJVT3 p<v square, for each insertion ‘■'■ ~maMc deducuoK will ftc made to those •> a s :rtir-by the year. . • : tiacnicnts not otherwise ordered, will •■ lorKHf. V i ALRS OF LANDS by Administrator?, •rGmrdians are required bj law to be • ‘•!>-; T .esday in the month, between • • il. the forenoon and three in the t the Court-House, in the county in • • ■ i.,rd is situated. Notiee of these sale, • ■ en tn n nublic gazette FORTY DAY S , liie duv of sale. .. iv> (>F NEGROES must be made at pub ■ ‘iic’ioii on the first Tuesday oi the month, be en the usual hours of sale, at the place of pub sa.es in the county whore the, letters Testa , a'a* ’, of Administration or Guardianship ma i ave been •.ranted; first giving FORTY DAY • :re thereof in one of thopuhlic gazetics of th S!"‘i, and at the court hotisc where such ealearsi t > be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property must g’.en in like manner FORTY DAYS previous i ine day of sale. Nat ice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate •ins} be published FORTY DAYS. that application will be madeto the Court “Ordinary for leave to sell land must be pub isherf for TWO MONTHS , Notice for leave to sell negroes most be >!: ished TWO MONTHS before any order ab *o!nte shall be made thereon by the Court. CITATIONS for Letters of Administration must be published thirty dais; for Dismission from Administration, monthly six months; so Dismission from Guardianship, forty day?. Rules forihe Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published MONTHLY FOR FOUR MONTHS,Ior pill) baling lost papers, lor the full space ol three months; for compelling titles from Executors, t tministralors, where a bond has been givu.fq a •he deceased, for tho space of three months. Fron the Unit-ill Slates R.mcw T A tyn*t, iS'> * Lanaey upon unconfincd Mad men. Perhaps you may suppose I am about to take up the subject in a medical light, and some of your readers not having taste for “apothecaries’stuff,” may pass on to the next article; but this is not my inten tion, nor are disquisitions secumdum*that aria n at ali in my line. It is more with in my humble province, to remark, that the public have fallen into a grievous error in supposing that the Bloomingdale Asy lum, Hartford Insane Retreat, oud a few pirate receptacles, contain all the ‘mad men. It is no doubt very flattering to think so, and what we think in our own favor, we arc very apt to say. Yet it is an egregious error, and I thing the cele brated Montesquieu was of my opinion, for he long ago is said to have remarked, “that by building professional mad-housex, men tacitly insinuate thrt all who are out f their senses are to be found in those -t'acfs” It would be a fine compliment to the majority of mankind, if it could be proved that none of our lunatic asylums bad any outside patients. A man would rather be thonprht to associate with the wise than with the foolish; but I strongly suspect that unless onr public receptacles be enlarged, it will be found extremely difficult as a matter of choice—nay, if the ’.ruth be spoken, he will allow that it is njiossible to class himself among those i who never stand iu need of a little tempora -7 confinement, salutary restraint, and an riphlogistic diet For my own part, while •coient my inability to make the selec .vii I could wish, I am obliged to listen ■ :.ivings as well as reasonings. lam insensible that I may occasionally have t a for I do firmly believe ( with •mission to the faculty be it spoken,) some kinds of madness arc infectious endemic if not epidemic. I have wn a whole village quite distracted . the choice of a constable, when the adjoining and having equally im -t appointments to make, had noth ■ < f the kiud. Semi-occasionally we i. • a whole city in a fit about “Police • : rm,” and not long since all the inhab it of the town in which I live, had • f. c heads turned about the cleaning of a thoroughfare. But these are partial fren zies; Jet us advert to the public at large. It has already appeared to me a very inconsistent thing, that while we are eager to notice the first symptoms of a bodily disorder, and immediately apply for the best advice, we should be so negligent as to let mental disorders have their own course, and never become sensible of the absurdity of such neglect, until some ac cident awakens us; and even then, all the atonement we make, is a wise recollection, an ex post facto enumeration of the reme dies that ought to have been administered, and a thousand or two tender pities that they were not administered sooner; nay, perhaps in the insolence of compassion, we go a little further, and boast our hav*. irg foreseen all that happened, as if fore* sight and the means of prevention ought not to be inseparable companions. Os all prophets there are none so common as those who foretell things that have hap pened, and whose wisdom, like a will and icslament, is never disclosed until the par ty is dead. But surely some penalty ought to be attached to such post obit sa gacity. There exist severe laws against he concealment of treasonable plots, al though the parties be not concerned in them, and I verily believe that misprison of madness ought to be punished with equal rigor. Why should it be thought unwarrantable to allow a man to go out cf doors with the symptoms of fever or inflammation upon him,and no crime at all to permit the same man to mix in society with every indication of a defective or dis ordered understanding ? What I con tend for, therefore, is, that we should care fully watch for the first symptoms of luna cy, that we may prevent the fatal conse quences of it to the party, his friends or family. “Venicntc occurrite morbo ,” may be too trite to be repeated, but I hope it is too just to be despised; and I really be lieve, the reason why less attention is paid to it than it deserves, is becanse we have narrowed the bounds and limits of luna cy. We have confined its species to a few . numerated in raedioal works, and this probably out of compliment to the build i >g above mentioned, which can hold only i certain number, or to our incapacity to creel premises sufficient to confine the more common, and 1 will venture to as sert, in many respects the most dangerous jhiode of the disorder. The latter objec- THE GEORGIA JEFFERSONIAN. tion, however, 1 hnmbly conceive might be obviated, in a great measure, because the species of lunacy which I shall notice are principally incident to people of so t o con siderable wealth and position, who might spare a little of their fortune for their cure, provided it were attempted in time —they might then, when the delirium of ‘‘Pat Hearn’s” or of the “Union Course” had attained its height, be able to say, ‘‘Wlicn house and land are yone and spent, A mad.liouse It most cscal ent.” But to proceed to particulars, I submit the following case : A. B. aged twenty four years, hale constitution, delicate fig ure, small head, &c. inherited a clear in come of ten thousand dollars a year, to gether with a large sum of ready money, which had accumulated during his minor ity. Scarcely three years have elapsed since he came into the possession of his splendid fortune, and it is all spent, and its surviver lives, if it can be called living, on precarious contingencies. And this large amount of wealth has been dissipated in so short a time by the frenzy of gaming. Now, gentlemen, let me ask you, or rather let me ask those learned Doctors. Tilden, Browne, and Ramsey, whether, in Bedlam or Bloomingsdale, they ever met with a more confirmed case of lunacy ? If rational creatures are to be judges, if the eternal principles of reason, of logic, pro priety with the natural bias of law and self-defence are to decide, ought not this person to have been deemed a Innatic, aud put under proper care, and everything hurtful removed from him, from a pack of cards to a blood-horse, until he had recov ered his senses ? Were not his friends ve ry culpable to allow him to go about with such a disease on him, on the foolish hope that it would cure itself, until his unhappy ease is-past all remedy, and he bad not on ly murdered his property, but laid violent hands on his character? What would have been more easy than to have pre vented all this ? The first game ought to have been carefully watched; strong symp toms of anxiety about the “odd trick,” might have given the alarm; too frequent visits to the race course are always marks of derangement, and a subscription to one of the fashionable gaming houses is a cer tain proof that the patient is,in a critical condition. I have had some disagreeable experience iu these matters, from a dispo sition to give advice unasked. I have been able to point out the approach of lu nacy in a “shuffle,” and I have seen it in a suit of “loo.” I have observed a severe fit coming on in Wall Street, but of all places, a stable is the most dangerous for infection. The above are cited as belonging to’the species of madness which are unaccounta bly shut out of the hospitals, and which are never the object of our courts. This is a vast injury to the public, for such ca ses are, above all others, the most infec tions. There are many others, which it might be thought tedious to enumerate. I shall, therefore, instead of a dry detail of incurable cases, which stare us every day in the face, offer, with all due deference, a few directions for the prevention of such disorders, by timely interference; and as nothing can contribute more to this desira ble end than the semciosis, or knowledge of the spmptoms, 1 will briefly state what I have found by experience to be infallible marks and evidences of approaching mad ness. When a young man, of wealthy expec tations, keeps, during his minority, a pair of fast horses, and frequents races, and in his conversation betrays much of that kind of knowledge which we expect more nat-- urally from horse dealers and jockeys, it is a sure proof that he is a little touched. When a young man has contracted, du ring his miuority, more debts than he has the means to pay when he comes to his estate, and yet continues a subscriber to clubs and gaming houses, and in all his bargains with tradesmen hesitates about nothing but the day of payment, it is a sign that he is very much deranged. When a lady sits up all night at cards, and either loses or wins (for there is in such cases no difference between winning and losing,) a snm disproportionate to the allowance her husband grants her for her personal expenditure, or finally to his whole fortune, and if upon a gentle hint of the impropriety of those risks, she drops such incoherent words as “fashion”—“compa ny”—“spirit” —“shabby”--“paltry”— “genteel”—or any such expressions, hav ing no kind of meaning, a temporary con finement is indicated in the clearest man ner. When a young married man spends more of his time, per annvm, in clubs and on race courses than with his family, and neglects his wife for the company of ladies of suspicious or suspected character; if when censured, his eyes appear inflamed and the word “pistol” be mentioned, it is a strong presumption, that if there is not already something wrong about his head , there soon will be. When a couple, just started in life, and the husband just set up in business,by the the assistance of their friends, and princi pally with borrowed money, launch out in an expensive style of living, giving fash ionable dinners, keeping late hours, and frequenting public places, instead of seek ing and finding comfort at home, you may be certain that the husband at least is non compos. When you meet with a man who has several hundred thousand dollars acquired by trade, and yet will not be content, but risks the whole in a speculation, (whether to further enrich himself, or to beggar his neighbor, is not material) and finds no happiness but in the ideas of accumula tion in adding “house to house and field to field,” without any purpose of public ben efit, or even of private charity, it is high time his affairs were put into the hands of trustees for the benefit of bis family. When a parent allows his sons as much money as they can speud, or are pleased to demand; when he delights to see them well dressed and well mounted rather than well taught; when it pleases him to see them enter with spirit into the arcaua and mysteries of fashionable life; when he con siders keeping a mistress as “seeing the world,” and the violation of confidence as an affair of gallantry, there is anjimmedi ate and very pressing necessity of apply ing to the court of chancery to appoint proper guardians for these forlorn youths GRIFFIN, (GA.) THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28. 1854. during their father’s melancholy incapaci ty. When a preacher of the gospel denies in actions tho virtues he recommends in words; when he becomes a bnsy-body iu political matters, and encourages factious commotion; and undeMbe plea of philan thropy preaches treason to the constitu tion, I never entertain any doubt of mad ness in such a case, and the public good would require stripping and confinement; yet what should be the place of confinement may be a disputed point, because in this instance there is such a mixture of rogue and fool, that it would be difficult to de cide on the respective claims of Bedlam and Blackwell’s Island. When a man connected with a flourish ing commercial house; and having a trade increasing by its natural progress, is seen whispering with a particular class of men in certain narrow places near Wall Street, and in the neighborhood of the Exchange, aud that without the knowledge of his partner, his lunacy may be ascertained by his frequently using the words, “bull”— “account”—“bear”—“a quarter”—“an eighth”—“scrip,” &c. This species of madness is remarkable for being attended with lameness. I might add to this list of symptoms a few others, but I perceive my letter has already extended too far ; I should else perhaps have noticed some of our editors and new philosophers; but they have taken so much pains to describe their own cases, that they are now perhaps sufficiently known, and some of them, I hope, in a fair way of recovery. I shall, therefore,-, add only, that if public attention be drawn to the subject of this letter, it will be pro per to consider the raising of a fund for the erection of asylums, or receptacles, sufficiently capacious for the objects 1 re commend, and even this, 1 trust, will uok, be difficult. Tl*e liberality of the public is never wanting when the object is that of pure benevolence; but here there would be such a return in the articles of public, family, and individual safety, and happi ness, that I canuot despair of a handsome subscription. “Appropriations” have been made for less worthy objects. But it is not necessary at present io dwell on this topic. S. Fmiu (he Washington Union. KiiowXofltlugs vs. Civil and Re- Hgions Liberty. The purposes and progress of the se cret society IfikFknow nothings” have atlained a poiiuxif notoriety that demands the -serious attention of the press, and the firm resistance of every faithful friend of our government as it came from the hands of the patriots and sages of the revoiu tion, andgis it exists under the protection and sanction of the constitution from its adop tion to the present time. Our government had its origin with as pure and as wise a band of true patriots as ever met in council; and though they had to speculate upon the grea-t problem of man’s capability of self-govenmieut, they moulded a foi in of polity that has been tested by the experience of nearly three quarters of a century with a suc cess that has never been equalled for the extent of prosperity and the blessings it has conferred on man. It has achieved everything that the great end of good government contain plates. It has worked with a unity of design and harmony of action that defy improvement in any of its essential fea tures. In the fruition of all those rate bles sings, secret societies, organized under oaths, signs, formulas, and covenants of the most absolute and debasing despotism in its impositions upon its members, are now working with active industry throughoutthe entire extent of our country for the success of their prolific scheme of mischief and danger. They are striving to control all popu lar elections, that ‘hey may obtain pos session of the powers of the government, to enable them to reconstruct its form for the indulgence of bigotry and persecution, intolerance and despotism. Such is the inevitable tendency of their'objects, how ever they may try to conceal them under tbe guise of protecting “Americau libs erty 1” - So sacred has been considered the per fect frame work of our constitution, that the wisdom and virtue of the country have stood sentinels to guard it against every sacrilegious hand. Some eccentric minds, and some vicious schemers have at different times impeach ed its perfection and essayed to improve it, but discomfiture and dishonor have been their only rewards. So profound are the prevailing watch fulness over and devotion 16 the constitu tion, that if any man, or combination of men, should meditate any change of its vital principles which, by possibility, might destroy its harmony and endanger the government, (however open and un disguised their purposes and plans,) it would rouse a universal opposition, and the arm of patriotism would be the shield of the constitution. How much more are the vigilance and condemnation of every honest mau and patriot invoked when he sees the secret society of know nothings cigjnized in darkness, trained in concealment, bound by o ahs never to divulge one of the se crets of its impenetralia; oath upon oath multiplied to make the cause, the progress and success of their scheme paramount fto every other obligation; and, by the nnalienable obligation of these oaths, as suming a bondage of themselves for all the objects of the secret association, not only for the present, but for an indefinite future as to time and purpose! Is it not a mockery for such slaves to talk about “American liberty?” Ameri can liberty has nothing to expect from such bondsmen but danger; American liberty asks no aid that is ashamed or afraid of the face of day, and dare not “walk abroad in its own majesty;” Amer ican liberty was born of parents who dared to assert and maintain before the world its high prerogatives. It has strug gled from iufancy to manhood supporting faithfully and fearlessly the principles of its illustrious progenitors. And now, with a self sustaining power commensu rate to all its wants, it asks nothing but. fidelity, and fears nothing but treachery ‘Are these dark, secret conspirators, who are threading all the avenues of so ciety under an incognito, unknown to ail beyond the mystic revelations of their own council rooms, to be trusted with a power to rpmodel, repudiate, or destroy the constitution and government as, in their wisdom or folly,they may meditate? Are these men nupre trust-woithy or more to be feared because of their secrecy? Are they wiccir than Washington, Adams, Jefferson, HaocoCti,a<l Frank Are they purer and greater statesmen and patriots? Are they such men as deseive a nation’s confidence for any sacred trust of liberty or honor? Hav.e they an oath, covenant, or pledge, made upon the al tar of their country, to be faithful to the constitution and laws? Have they not, by oath piled upon oath, been pledged I to violate and destroy some of the most precious parts of the constitution? Have they not, by all the forms of oaths and covenants, pledged themselves to strike down religious liberty, by ostraci zing religious creeds, and making the bands of faith that bind man to the throne of God a disqualification of civil rights? And furthermore, have they not sworn that they “will strict obedience pay” to the eonstitutio , laws, rules, rituals, and edicts of their grand council; which, from the nature of the covenant, is made paramount to every other obligation? Beyond what they have promulgated, or rather what has escaped their prison house, have we not a right to expect they have schemes yet untold and scourges hidden in store? After having ostracized one roligious denomination, will this satisfy the standard ot their or thodoxy? May they not find others with Catholic relationship requiring the same May. they not gO on from one of ion*to another, until all creeds be buried? and when they ex tinguish the last light of religious liberty, they may grope through tbe dark eclipse for the BIBLE; and, like infidel France in the days of her bloody revolution, pro nounce it “a fiction, and its teachings nonsense” But let it be remembered, that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. Af.er having opened the floodgates of religious persecution, would they, or could they, stay their devastation? No. It grows by what it feeds on. There is in every breast an inborn spiri. of res.st ancej to oppression, and there is nothing like submission on the part of the down trodden spirit of religious belief. It may dioop in chains, but its holy aspirations will live until the last ray ol life shall be lost in death. Religious 1 iberty in this country is the last inheritance that will ever be surren dered. It is linked to civil liberty, aud in that union they will live or sink toge ther. Ask the descendants of the pilgrim fathers of New England, the Catholics of Maryland, and the Huguetßrts of South Carolina, if they are alien to that martyr spirit that made our New World the re fuge and borne of their ancestors; ask the friend of civil and religious liberty every where throughout our land if they are willing to surrender this precious boon into the hauds of a secret society, who are the first to commence a crusade against this sisterhood, that gives to us ail the blessings of this life and the conso lations that look to the life to come?— No, no! Lot us be wise in time, and keep off the incendiary with his torch and the leper with his plague. Be it remembered that this crusade is not alone against Catholicism and citizens of foreign birth. It aims to disfranchise all who are not in membership with the order, whether native born or foreign.— No matter how largely they may share the burdens of government, no matter what may my be their rights under the constitution, they are held to be disquali fied for the most important civil rights.— Thus, civil and religious liberty are under these ban of these mysterious crusaders and new- boro zealots. Such a despotism can never have sway in this land of lib erty. This fell spirit may be thundered from graceless pulpits, canting hypocrites, sanctimonious propagandists, and inveig ling colporteurs, political demagogues, a stipendiary press, the rabble followers of vice, the mid night saturnalias of Council conclaves, and the incantations of black spirits and white, red spirits nnd gray; but the stern power of freemen will ga ther around the constitution, and give it new strength for the support of civil and religious liberty. Fu 1 ! Particulars of the Terrlbla Massacre at Fort Laramie. The St. Louis Democrat , of the gl3th inst. received recently, gives the full par ticulars of the terrible Indian Massacre near Fort Laramie, a brief telegraphic re port of which has already beeu furnished to our readers. The Democrat’s account is as follows: A Mormon emigrant who was travelling the road left, it seems, a lame cow, which was unable to travel, andanjold Sioux In dian, belonging to the tribe of Minnecon gou found it upon the roadside and killed it. Tne Mormon stopped with his wag ons at Fort Laramie, and so soon as he learned that it been killed, he made complaint to the officer of th 6 Fort and demanded redress. The officer in com mand, Lieut. Fleming, whom the story was told to, at once sent for the head chief of the Sioux—Matteiowen, the Bear, and demanded that the Miunecongou Indian should be delivered up. Matteiowen in formed him that if he would send a file of soldiers he would endeavor to have the Indian surrendered. Lieut. Fleming then ordered out Lieut. Grattan with twenty two meu, and the U. S. Interpreter, Au guste Lucian, to accompany the Sioux chiefto the Minnccongou village, which was situated some nine miles below the Fort, near Burdean’s house. The Lieutenant with his command marched down, taking with him two six pounders and planted them in the Wa-zha-zie camp, where the Indian in question was lodged. Matteio’ wan then went into the village and de manded the Indian, but the chiefs would not listen to him. They told him that they would pay for the cow, or they would replace it, or would leave the matter to be settled with the agent when he came, but that they would rather be killed them selves than to give up the Indian. Mat teiowan returned, made his statement to Lieut. Grattan—told him if he wanted the Indian he would have to go and kill him, as he was unable to get him, and then re turned to the Sioux camp. Lieut. Grattan had replied that if there was any killing to be done he would at ttend to that matter, and accordingly im mediately arranged liis pieces of artillery and commenced firing upon the village.— Three or four muskets were also fired at the same time, but the only result was to knock the toy off of one of the lodges, and to wound Mattciowan and his brother, who were standing in front—the former with three balls, the latter with one. So soon as the troops fired, the Indians re turned it, and poured upon them a shower of arrows. The first discharge killed Lieut. Grattan, who was standing by the side of the cannon. As soon as he fell, his command at once lost heart, and attempt ed to fiy—leaving their cannon, arms and everything else. The Sioux then charged upon the flying soldiers, and shot, aud lomahawked every man of them save one who made his escape by takiug down a ravine, and thus getting out of sight.— The interpreter who was with the party, Auguste Lucian, who had married a Sioux squaw, jumped upon his horse and at tempted to make his escape. He succeed ed in getting rid of his immediate pursu ers and in making a circle around the camp; instead of striking for the prairie he very foolishly attempted to run through the Brulie camp, which was directly be tween him and the Fort, and which was already alarmed by the firing. The result was that an Indian ran out and shot his horse with a rifle, and then came upon him with his tomahawk. Lucian cried out to him not to kill him, as he was a Sioux by mar riage, but the only reply the Indian made was to bury the hatchet iu his head. The soldier who escaped down the ravine was found by a Sioux named “Black Heart,” and owed his life to his assistance in get ting him back to the Fort during the night. The tragedy occurred on the afternoon of the 19th of August, and it was not un til the next morning that news of it reach ed the Fort. The Sioux then sent word to the commandant to send out some more of his men to bury his dead, and they would serve them in the same way. They also went to the depot of the American Fur Company, which was near their camp, and where the annuity goods ($50,000) were in store, and turned them upon the plain, and divided them out. Lieut. Flem ing, upon consultation, sent some five or six of the traders down to see the Sioux and to bury the dead, but they told the traders very explicitly that the quarrel was one in which they were concerned, and they had better keep out of it, and then drove them back to the Fort. The consequence was that when the mes-enger left, the dead bodies were still lying ex posed on the plains, only two, those of Lucian and another, having been buried by two returning Californians, who ven tured to execute the hazardous task for $25 a piece. Nothing further has been heard from the Fort, at the present time, and it would seem that the report that the Sioux had surrounded Laramie is not confirmed. Pacific Rail Road. The Houston Telegraph of August 16th, contains the following letter on the subject of tho Pacific Railroad, from {t. J. Wal ker and T. Butler King. Houston, August IT. Messrs. James IF. Henderson, and others: Gentlemen: We have received your letter of this date, requesting us, on behalf of the citizens of Houston, to address them on the subject of the Pacific Railroad.— The contract for the construction of this great work through Texas having been made by the company with which we are associated, and the governor of your State, we shall proceed with all practicable ener gy and dispatch until the road is comple ted. We have caused a complete instru mental survey to be made by a competent corps of engineers, of the whole route, at great expense, through Texas, and west ward to the Pacific, and ascertained that the road can be constructed upon easy grades, and but few exceptions, through a rich aud beautiful country, to that ocean. We have now several hundred hands at work under another corps of engineers, grading the road from the navigable wa ters of the Red river, near the eastern boundary of Texas, which force will speed ily be augmented in number. We have a large body of paying subscribers, whose number is being augmented every day, and every facility will be offered to the people of Texas to take stock on the same terms of the original subscribers. Permit us to say that we have entered upon this undertaking, the greatest of any age or country, aud which is destined to effect the last revolution in the route of the commerce of the world, with no view to any sale of the charter on speculation, but with a fixed determination to devote our best energies to the actual building of the road, until it shall be completed. ‘ In our letter of July last, to the people of Gonzales, we expressed the opinion, which is confirmed by subsequent observa tion, that the building of the great central branch through your State, from the wa ters of the Mississippi to the Pacific, will lead, necessarily and speedily, to various connections by railway with the Gulf coast, as indispensable to the entire suc cess of the main work. One of us, Mr. Walker, is prevented by hoarseness, arising from a severe cold, from complying with your request, and thus renewing his acquaintance with his fellow citizens of Houston, the place where he had the pleasure of addressing them immediately after the recognition of their independence in 1837; but Mr. King will address you at such and place as may suit your convenience, during the day. Very Respectfully, Your fellow-citizeu3, R. J. WALKER. T. BUTLER KING. Foreign Items. Cholera in tiie Allied Army and Na vy.—The Cholera in the French and Eng lish Armies and Navies operating against Russia, has been exceedingly fatal. More men have fallen by disease than in battle during the campaign. In the British Na vy, we see, the loss on board the Britan nia to be about 100, Furions 17, Albion 50, Trafalgar 35, and so on. In the French,,fleet the disease was still more se vere. Some of tho chips put to sea, in the hope that a short cruize would restore kwitii hG their occupants, Loudon Times of tne 2d iu3t. in referencotS tIMF misfortunes, says : “This curse fell upon our men in a manner which no foresight could avoid, and no skill prevent. Even after the vessels had put to sea to change the air of the coast, one of our correspon dents relates that a blast of hot air from the land seemed tohave struck them at one particular moment on the afternoon of the 13th of Argnst, after which many of the stoutest hands on board sickened and died, modi- cine being of no avail.— This dreadful trial, however, lasted but a short time. The plague seemed to have passed over them, as it came, in the air, and by the last accounts the sickness was decreasing as rapidly as it had commenced. The Crops in Great Britain —The Liverpool Mercury of the Ist has the /cl* lowing with regard to the harvest^pros pects : “The same genial weather which produced something like a panic in Mark Lane, on Monday, and a precisely oppo site effect upon the market for public se curities, has continued throughout the country, up to the present time, and from all quarters, accounts have reached us of its beneficial effects upon the harvest.— Within the last few days stocks have risen in the vicinity of many a homestead;reap-, ing has gone on rapidly; and there cannot be a doubt that-wider the-influence of the breezes and sunshine which have prevail ed, the quality of the grain which is still out of doors, whether cut or uncut, will have been considerably improved. There is so much uniformity in the reports from different parts of the kingdom, both with regard to the quality and quantity of the cereal crops, that it is difficult now to find an exception worth mentioning. The ac counts from abroad, too, arc equally cheer ing; and it is not likely that next winter any of tho Governments of Europe will be under the ; necessity of looking ahead under an apprehension of scarcity between that time and the next harvest ” The Times in a leader on this subject, says, that from this harvest to the next, there can be no doubt that the difference in the price of wheat, compared v ith that in the previous twelve/nonths, will be at least 20s. a quarter in favor of the public, which on the whole consumption will amount to a boon of 25,000,000 of pounds to that body on wheat alone, besides cor responding relief in other grain. Even the cost of the war sinks *to a trifle jcom pared with this bounty from the skies and notwithstanding all the lavish expen diture incurred, we now stand better pre pared for war by some twenty millions than a twelvemonths ago. Spain.— The affairs of Spain are once more becoming critical. It seems that Espartero, or his government,{considering that it might appear something like re venge to hand over Queen Cbritiana to the tender mercies of the Cortes, resolved to let her depart to Portugal. With the connivance of the government, she was got out of Madrid, not, however without some disturbance. The National Guard, in conjunction with the troops, stormed seve ral barracades, which had been erected, and crushed the insurrection; but to ap pease the malconteuts aud satisfy public feeling, a decree was about to be issued sequestrating her property and suppress ing her pension until the pleasure of the Cortes was taken. The clubs have been ciosed, and Madrid was again tranquil, but these evonts cannot pass over like a summer cloud unheeded, and the disturb ance in Aragon and other provinces plainly indicate thatj : further troubles are in store for all parties. The democratic clubs have been eadeas voring to overawe,Espartero, and, as usu al, they are playing the game of the court party. If Espartero should be overthrown bvjtlie ultra party, it needs little sagacity to predict that the old story of the Red Republicans in Paris, will be played over again, and thus a greater tyranny than efore will bo established. For the mo ment these*clubs are suppressed, but it is very problematical whether Espartero pos sesses sufficient power to carry out the revolution successfully. Espartero is en deavoring to raise money upon the pledge of the revenues of Cuba, but the matter is only taken into consideration.^,We ave not very sanguine about the issue of the late events. No one doubts the honesty aud integrity of Espartero, but whether he has the ‘power to control and subject to his will all the elements of mischief which have been recently evoked, remains to be seen. —European Times. The Successful Barrister.—Accord ing to the Par is’cor respondent of the At las, a young English barrister had succeeded in marrying. Mad’le R , p the wealthiest heiress in Paris, and connected with one of, the highest, families. The young lady was known to possess an un disguised weakness for a wal 1-dressed man, and by loudly expressing, this, opin ion, had been of more service to the'tailors of Paris within the last year than Count Orsay in double tbcjspace of time. The barrister had many rivals, but the most formidable was a gentleman acknowledged 13 be the most approved dandy in Paris. The lady selected these two to decide from, aid invited them both to her chateau.— The Frenchman declared to his friends that he meant to cut the matter short at once by outshining the Englishman by his dicss; that the latter would retire from the field crushed to atoms by the superior skill he was determined to manifest on the occasion. The Englishman said nothing, made no boast, but accepted,the invitation. Togeth er by the train the two rivals proceeded to the seat of War. It so happened that the French dandy had furnished himself with a regular trousseau for the occasion at the great English tailor’s in the Rue da He! der, find the English tailor, out of sheer coinpatriotLm, had told Mr. H of what it was composed. A sadden idea flashed across the brain of the barrister. His servant, one af the sanctified, hypo critical roue 7alets for whom London was always famous, is something about the heighth and size of the French prekndu.- “Mr. H immediately ordered for this ally an exact counterpart of every suit al ready ordered by the Marquis de la B . The first day at dinner, ,thc poor yonng marquis was rather disconcerted, when uj> on entering the dining: room his glances alighted upon. tho~ very counterpart of himself standing stiff and self-centered be hind the Englishman’s chair; and he loot ed angrily at his rival to see if any insult wa3 intended; but the Englishman was too intent upon making himself agreeable to the lady to notice his ruffled temper.— The second day the same scene was en acted, although our hero had completely changed even the style of his whole tour nure, and again was the same ill-humor displayed during the whole dinner, while Mr. Hfr was profiting by the silence of his witty rival. The third and fourth repetitions were too ridiculous. The young marquis, too clever, and too much the man of the world not to feel the absurdity of his position, prudently withdrew. Kovel Sceaae at a Dinner Party. A dinner has been recently given in Baden to the directors and principal offi cers of all the German railroads, who met at tket place to deliberate upon matters connected with railway lines. We find a description of the festival in a letter of “Boscaweu” to the Now York Courier & Enquirer. At a banquet served in honor ot this Congress, the guests, to the number of oue hundred and thirty-seven, were seated at a long table, which, by an ingenious al legory, represented a railway with a dou ble track. At a signal given immediate ly after the soup, a locomotive appeared upon tbe table, to which was attached a train loaded with dishes of the choicest and most solid food. The sncculant train advanced slowly, in imitation of the pas senger train upon all German roads. Af ter having made the tour of the table without stopping, in order to give a view of the good things with which it was freighted, the train again started, ma king a station in front of each guest, and permitting him to fill his plate according to his appetite and fancy. The train followed each other in constant successio for two or three hours, departing each time well loaded with comeatibles, and al ways returning empty to the depot. The dinner was as magnificent as It was copi ous, and gave a favorable idea of the culi nary art in Germany. Remarkable Occurrence. —The Liv erpool Mercury records the following fear ful and mysterious occurrence, which hap pened on Saturday afternoon to a number of persons who were engaged in felling and barking timber at Minwear Wood, situa ted a few miles from Haverfordwest, on the estate of the Baron de Rutzen. It appears that while so occupied, fifteen wo men of the party were suddenly Rtruck to the ground by some unseen force, and that with such violence as to be rendered quite unconscious. Most of them have recover ed, but four still lie in a very precarious state, little hope of their recovery being entertained. The strange part of the affair is this, that there was no electric fire or report, and all those affected were the women of the party, while the men, standing indiscriminately near, were un touched. One of the women says she fancied that a mist enveloped her in for an instant. It is strange, too, that tho sufferers are affected with insanity.— Whether any noxious gas could have been so rapidly evolved from the ground or trees, or whether it was a current of electricity arising out of the earth, seems a question worth the attention of those interested in electrical phenomena. It is stated by some that a most unusual smell pervaded the whole place. An editor in lowa has been fined two hundred and fifty dollars for hugging a young girl in church. Cheap enough! We once hugged a girl in church some ten years ago, and the scrape has cost us a thousand dollars a year ever since.— Chicago Young Amer - * t'-o. Boarder.—“ What large chickens these are!” Lady.—“Yes,chickens are larger now a-days than they used to be; ten years ago we couldn’t get chickens as large as these.’’ Boarder (quite innocently,)—“No, I suppose not; they must have grown some in that time.” The landlady looked as though she had been misunderstood. it Out.—A rural visitor to the metropolis, describing the many strange and wonderful things he saw, winds up by saying: “We saw the Astor House, the Metropolitan, and other Hotels,and were troubled to know where the money came from to build them; we paid our bills and felt relieved on that point?” Rather Particular. —“ls that the second bell?” inquired a gentleman of a sable porter at a conntry boarding house, the other day, “No, sar,” exclaimed the darkey, “dat am de secon’ ringn’ ob do fust bel), we has but one bell in dis house.” * Some villain out west perpetrates the following: When woman’s rights arc stirred a’ bit, The first reform she pitches onj Is how she may with least dehy, Just draw a pair of breeches on! A poor widow being asked how she became so much attached to a certain neighbor, she replied that she was bound to him by several cords of wood, which he had sent her during the winter. Hibernjanism. —An Irishman com plained to his physician that he stuffed him so much with drugs he was sick a long time after he got well. They must dress cool in Lafayette, la. A young lady, on being asked if she in tended to wear that great bustle to church, said she didn’t mean to wear anything else. So says an exchange* No. 39