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COLUMBUS:
Tuesday Mtirnlnjfi Aug 11, lH.’iU.
Wm. Cullen, for many years Harbor
Master of the Port of Savannah, died
near that city Sunday afternoon.
Horace Mann, Professor in the Antioch
College, died at Yellow Springs on the
1 st inst.
A dispatch from St. Louis, on the 2d,
states that the Republicans, in that coun
ty, were successful by large majorities.
Mr. George Melius, late manager of the
Louisville Theatre, died in that city, of
typhoid fever, on the 27th ult.
T. I*. Stubbs, of Macon, Senator from
that county, in the Legislature, died in
that city on Wednesday last.
.
A lot of 82 bales of fine cotton, a part
of the crop of Hr. J. S. Sims, of Lexing- ;
ton, was sold in Augusta, on Wednesday,
at thirteen cents per pound.
The Democracy of Spalding county, in
convention at Griffin, on the 2d instant,
nominated 11. P. Hill for the Sepate, and
Wiley Patrick for the House.
The President has returned to Wash- j
ington, from Ledford Springs, in excellent
health.
It is stated that Lieut. Mowry will meet
no opposition as delegate to Congress 1
from Arizona.
Mr. Jeremiah Pitman, an old citizen of
Montgomery, died at his residence in that !
city on Wednesday evening last.
The Winans’ steamer at Baltimore made
fifteen miles an hour, witli her new pad- !
dle-wheel, down the harbor, on Thurs- j
day, the 28th ultimo.
The Democracy of Chattahoochee coun- !
ty have nominated Col. Wm. S. Johnson j
for the Senate, and James Whittle for i
for Representative.
Glynn County.
At a convention of citizens of Glynn
county, Hon. T. Cutler King was nomina
ted as a candidate for tlic State Senate,
and Hon. John L. Harris for the House.
Arrival of tile Nova Scotian.
]!y a dispatch from Further Foint on
the 7th, we learn that the steamship
Nova Scotian has arrived at that point,
with Liverpool dates to the 27th. She
reports sales of cotton in Liverpool for
three days at 44,000; market steady,
and in some cases advanced Jd. Bread
stuffs were advancing. Corn and Pro
visions declining. Consols quoted at 03. !
The New York corresnondent of the j
Philadelphia Ledger writing on Sunday,
says:
Capt. Doßevicre, “the gallant Zouave,” j
made his appearance on Staten Island |
this morning, in a magnificent barouche, i
and cutting quite a swell. Several ladies
wero in company, but not Miss Rlount. I
The Paris Monitcur defends Napoleon’s
Peace Treaty, and on the 20th says:—
“Yesterday Napoleon received the great
bodies of the State, to whose congratula- j
tory addresses ho replied, justifying the
war and the subsequent peace.” *
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(<ov. “Wise— I Tlic Slave Trade.
In his recent letter Gov. Wise says :
“It would not only be ‘illegal’ and ‘incx- j
pedient,’ but immoral and’disgraccful, for
the United States to re-open tlio slave
trade, or to tolerate the new importation
of African slaves into this country.”
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Kxpcdition against Mexico.
Dispatches from Northern Mexico say
that within ninety days 3,000 American
troops will bo organized on the llio I
Grande, armed and equipped for march- j
ing on the city of Mexico and exterminat
ing the wliolo Miramon faction.
Texas.
Tho ‘Anderson Central Texan, of the
30th ult., says:
Cotton-picking commenced in this
neighborhood on Monday last, the 25tli
inst. The bolls are large, the cotton of
good quality and the plant promising an
abundant yield.
Mr. Samuel Passmore, overseer for j
Jas. W. Barnes, Esq,, gives us the pick
ing of four hands, as follows: 204, 213,
230 and 231. Not high picking, but very
good for the 28th of July.
The Galveston News says that the Sea
Island cotton crop of Texas will be two
or three times as large as that of last
year. The crop now promises remarka
bly well.
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Dtalli of a Kotcd Irishman.
Henry Grattan, the younger, is dead,
lie was once member of Parliament for
Meath, in Ireland, and only surviving j
son of the great Henry Grattan. This
event took place rather suddenly on the
10th ult., at his residence in the county i
of Wicklow. Mr. Grattan was among the
faithful few who adhered to Mr. O’Cou- 1
nell throughout his stormy career of
Irish agitation. Mr. Grattan leaves no !
male issue, his children consisting of
two daughters, both recently married,
and who, it is to be presumed, will in
herit his large estates.
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Impudence Taken Down.
A bright mulatto, a resident of Savan
nah, visited Charleston last week and put
up at one of the first class hotels, enjoy
ing his new position wonderfully, uutil j
the landlord was informed of the imposi
tion by a gentleman from Savannah.
Cull'ec was found at the breakfast table
in alibis glory, and expelled in a manner
more vigorous than pleasant. The Mayor
ordered thirty-nine, well laid on, and his
head shaved, lie returned home a sad- j
dcr and wiser nigger, and is now lying
up in ordinary, patiently awaiting the re- j
appearance of the capillary substance lost
“ in his adventure.”— Savh. Rep.
lJentli of Virginia Stewart.
This young woman died at 3 o,clock on
Thursday morning, at the New York Hos
pital. She had been rapidly sinking for
two days previous, and her death was :
hourly expected. Dr. J. L. Hull made a
yost-mortem examination, and found a
wound on the left side of the head, an j
inch and a half above the eyebrow, and,
on removing the skull cap, it was ascer
tained that the bullet had passed through
the brain, and it was found on the side
opposite to that on which it entered. The
ball was much bruised and battered. The
remains of deceased will be taken by her
mother to Boston for interment. McDon
aid, the murderer, was informed of her
death, and the news seemed to depress
his spirits very much.— N. 11 Xercs, s th.
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Catholicism in England.
We learn from the Loudon Times these
facts: “Her number of schools in Eng
land is now 372, and tho amount of money
granted to these by the State, for mainte
nance, within the last year, was <£24,001
Is. lOd. The number of paid teachers in
these schools is 350. Within the last year
alone there was the large increase of 32
new schools aided by the State. The
Church of Rome has lately succeeded in
obtaining the appointment of paid chap
lains in the army, with the rank of offi
cers. There are thus now 19 commis
sioned Romish chaplains in the State,
four of whom have been gazetted for the
army in England, and two for the navy
at Sheerness and Portsea. Over all this
the Church of Rome has now in England
a hierarchy of 13 bishops with territorial
titles, headed by a cardinal archbishop.”
P. 11. Donnelly, formerly a respected
banker of St. Louis, and a member of the
firm of Bei oist & Donnelly, was recently
sent by the Recorder of that city to the
Workhouse on a charge of vagrancy.
Wheat Crop of 1559.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: The
wheat crop of this country, just harvest
ed, is set down at 200,000,000 bushels,
or about 40,000,000 barrels, or one
and three-fifths of a barrel of flour for
every one of the 25,000,000 of individ
uals in this country. This would not
, seem to be a great deal more than our
j own wants would require, and it would
not be if we bad not the other cereals,
and particularly the great crop of Indian
corn, to help out the supply. Ohio is
given a production of 20,000,000 bu
shels; Pennsylvania 25,000,000, New
York 20,000,000, Illinois 20,000,000.
The New England States have decreased
in their production of wheat, but the
West have increased four to one. The
amount of land under wheat cultivation
this year is thirty-three percent, greater
than in 1855. We frequently hear of a
production of thirty-one bushels to the
, acre, but the actual production per acre
does not average two-thirds of that
amount.
Death of Richard Rush.
The Washington Constitution announc
es the deatli of the Hon. Richard Rush,
at Philadelphia, on Saturday last, at an
advanced age. Mr. Rush was the son of
I Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. Mr. Rush
was appointed Attorney General by Pres
ident Madison in 1814, upon the resigna
tion of the Hon. William Pinkney, of
Maryland. In 1817 he was appointed
Minister to England by President Mon
i roe, and he afterwards published a volume
| of his “Recollections at the Court of St.
James.” In 1825 he was appointed Sec-
I retary of the Treasury, by John Quincy
Adams, and made an elaborate report in
favor of a protective tariff. He was after
wards nominated as a candidate for the
Vice-Presidency on the same ticket with
Mr. Adams, who was defeated for the
Presidency by General Jackson ; was af
terwards identified with Democratic poli
tics, but we believe never again entered
public life.
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Savannah.
The Republican says :—We iftve nev
er enjoyed so pleasant a summer as that
with which we are now being blessed.
With the exception of some ten days or
a fortnight in July, the atmosphere has
been cool, with grateful showers, visi
ting us frequently enough to keep down
the dust and impart a freshness to vege
tation, that makes cur streets look more
like spring than midsummer. In point |
of health the present season has never
| been excelled. The doctors are being j
starved out, and will have to leave the ‘
city if business don’t improve. We j
would regret to lose all of them, but j
there are a few that won’t be missed by !
| their patients.
Telegraphic Communication xvlth
Tallahassee.
| The editor of the Tallahassee (Fla.)
| Sentinel, says that there is a prospect of
that city being put in communication
with the rest of the world by telegraph I
wires, within a few months. It is in con- |
| templation to project a Telegraph line !
from that place through Quincy and Chat
tahoochee to Marianna, at which point it
j will connect with the lino already in suc
! eessful operation from Columbus, Ga., to
| Apalachicola. Mr. Howe, the agent, has
| secured subscriptions enough to author
ize the ordering of tho wires, and it is !
intended to have tho line completed and
in working order by the first of Novem
ber. The distance is seventy miles, and
tho cost is estimated at SIOO per mile—in
! all, $7,500.
llog Cholera.
A gentleman writing from Tennessee
to our city on business, adds the following
recipe for hog cholera, which wo think of j
sufficient value to our readers to insert:
“ Should the hog cholera make its ap-
J pearance with you, I am informed by one
I of the largest hog raisers in this county,
that by sprinkling spirits of turpentine
on the ear of corn and giving it to the
hogs, it will prevent and cure the disease.
It ought to he generally known. Con
tinue to apply it, and it will certainly
cure. It is easily done and cheap.”
Ladies, Head. This.
The Boston Transcript says that the
ladies are introducing anew and beauti
ful ornament for the parlor, mantel, or j
centre table. They take large pine burs,
sprinkle grass seed of any kind in them,
and place them in pots of water. When
the burs are soaked a few days they close j
up in the form of solid cones; then the i
I little spears of green grass begin to emerge
from amongst the laminin, forming an !
ornament of rare and simple beauty.
We see in Montgomery papers the an
nouncement of our friend P. H. Brittan,
; as a candidate for Secretary of State of j
Alabama. Col. Brittan is the man for
the place, and possessing, as he does, the
personal regard of hosts of prominent
men in his State, there is every probabili
ty of liis election. A better man, or one
more capable, could not be chosen.
A terrible accident occurred on the
Northern Railroad near Schagticoke, N. j
Y., Tuesday night. The down train due
|in Albany at 7.25 p. m., while passing
over the bridge which spans the Tomhan- j
nock, was precipitated into the creek be
low, a distance of twenty to twenty-five j
feet. The water was about six to
eight feet deep. Over thirteen persons
are reported to have been killed.
Steam Plows in England.
At the meeting of the Royal Agricultu
ral Society in Warwick, England, July
12th, a prominent feature of the exhibi
tion was the collection of steam plows and j
steam cultivators. Sixteen steam plows
were entered for competition, and ten i
steam cultivators, the last named being j
intended for cutting and thoroughly pul
verizing the soil to the depth of six to
nine inches along a track four and a half
to five or six feet wide. The Manchester
Guardian says that “the most peculiar
and novel implement under this head*is
F. miaine’s patent steam rotary cultivator,
which professes to perform perfect spade
husbandry, digging six acres a day at
nine shillings ($2.1(3) per acre. The
machine is very cumbersome and unwiel
dy, weighing ten tons : but it does not
require any assistance from horses, as it
is self-propelling.”
Tlie Old Sea Serpent Again.
The schooner Arabella, Capt. Boothby,
arrived here last evening from Wells,
Me. Capt. B. states that otf Boone Is
land Ledge he and his crew distinctly
saw, about one hundred rods from the
vessel, a school of whales, eight or ten in
number. Among them was one answer- j
ing the description given of the Sea
Serpent. ihe monster several times
raised his head ten or twelve feet and
sometimes higher from the surface of the
water, then plunged it beneath, and
while his head was under water he un
mercifully thrashed the whales with his
tail. All hands and the captain were
witnesses of this sport some considera
ble time. Capt. B. represents his body
to be about the size of a molasses tierce.
; —Boston Atlas.
The most elegant suite of rooms in
this world is at the Hotel de Yille, ia
Paris. They form a circuit of about hnlf
a mile, and require for their complete il
| luraination 9,714 tapers and 2,387 gas
burners. 7,000 visitors can be accom
: modated at once, without discomfort, in
* these spacious rooms. i
The Duel Between Messrs. Mowry
ami Cross—Exciting Scene.
The Cincinnati Commercial has a letter
giving the particulars of theduel between
Lieutenant Sylvester Mowry, delegate
from Arizona to Congress, and Edward
E. Cross, of the “Arizonian.” It was
fought at Tubac, in that territory, on the
Bth ult. Mr. George I. Mercer acted as
Lieut. Mowry’s friend, and Capt. John
Donalson, United States Custom House
officer at Calabasas, seconded Mr. Cross.
The challenged party chose rifles of the
Burnside patent, and forty pace3 were
agreed upon. The writer says :
About thirty spectators were present,
comprising nearly two-thirds of the
American residents within a circuit of
fifty miles. It was a characteristic fron
tier spectacle. Every man on the ground
was armed with revolvers and bowie
knives, and strong partisan feelings were
manifested. The principals took their
stations, and the word was given by Mr.
George D. Mercer, Lieut. Mowry’s sec
ond. Three shots were exchanged with
out effect. Upon the fourth round, the
cap on Mowry’s rifle did not explode,
while Cross’ ball whistled harmlessly past
his antagonist. Mowry held his rifle still
j leveled, as an indication that he had not
had his shot, and many, not understand
ing the code, supposed that he designed
trying it again. Several grasped their
pistols as if to shoot him down, and
there were cries of “Hold your fire!”
; “Don’t shoot, Mowry!” Meanwhile Cross
stood perfectly calm, awaiting the result.
Mr. Mercer advanced, when Mowry im
mediately lowered his rifle and handed it
to his second. They still claimed their
j shot as a right under the code. Mr.
Cross unhesitatingly expressed his wil
lingness to grant it, but his second de
murred. After conferring with several gen
tlemen familiar with the code, who agreed
with Mr. Mowry that he was entitled to
the shot, Captain Donaldson acquiesced,
and Mr. Cross handing him his rifle, fold
ed his arms, apparently unconcerned, and
faced his antagonist.
At this stage of the proceedings the
spectators became terribly excited.—
Many, perhaps a majority, thought it un
fair, and some spoke of putting a sum
mary stop to the whole affair ; but, upon
learning that those present, supposed to
be best acquainted with the duello, had
declared him entitled to it, they reluc
j tantly fell back. At the word of com
mand, Mr. Mowry fired in the air and
declared himself satisfied. Cross had
; stood, with heroic valor, directly facing
him, not knowing that he could rely upon
his generosity to decline firing upon an
unarmed foe, fully expecting death, and
j yet not a nerve trembled—not a single
evidence of fear was displayed. His an
tagonist was completely unmanned. Tears
sprung into his eyes, and all enmity van
j ished before such an exhibition. A brave
i man could not look upon even a deadly
foe, thus circumstanced, without feeling
! deep emotion.
Mr. Mercer, Mowry’s second, crossed |
the field, and taking Cross by the hand,
| informed him that Mr. Mowry was satis
; fied. They started forward to meet Mow
| ry, who w T as advancing, and, after shaking j
hands, they stood some minutes to re- |
ceive the congratulations of their friends, j
Both gentlemen are excellent shots, but !
there w r as a very strong wind blowing at
the time, making good shooting impossi- j
ble, especially with the weapons chosen j
for this rencounter. The Burnside rifle j
weighs but 7.1 pounds, is short and not
well balanced. The bail is a large slug. !
over one ounce in weight. They will
project a ball 1,000 yards, and, like all i
guns ranged for long distances, are not j
well adapted for close shooting. Mowry’s
first shot grazed his antagonist’s ear,
causing an involuntary dodge, just per- i
ceptible, and Mr. Cross’ second shot ]
caused a similar movement on the part of |
Mr. Mowry.
Tlie Future of Clilna.
A correspondent of a New York jour
nal, writing from the U. S. ship Pow- |
hatan, in Hong Kong harbor, says that,
although tlie Chinese have been com- !
pelled to yield to European science and
arms, the Chinese pride is not humbled, I
nor the national spirits modified any more
than the Chinese features. Unchangea- I
bleness is the glory of a Chinaman ; when j
he yields, it is from necessity ; when, he j
changes, it is a sham, for the sake of j
gain. According to the writer, it is uni
versally admitted that the late war has
produced no perceptible change in the j
government, or in the temper of the peo
ple, which was confirmed by the state- j
ment of a highly intelligent French Mis- j
sionary from the Western part of China, j
where he has lived and ‘abored for a j
dozen years, but to which he is unable j
to return from the obstructions of the
rebels. lie told the correspondent that
a great part of the Chinese are even now
ignorant that a war has existed, and
treaties been made, while others, who
know these facts, assert that the Empe
ror concluded the treaties and made the
changes and innovations in the old usa
ges in intercourse and commerce with
j foreign nations only from necessity, and
not from his conviction and free will, and,
therefore, that neither he nor they are
bound to respect and observe them. Time
only can disclose the future of China.
Some even maintain that another war
cannot be far distant. Obviously, it is
I said, the central government has little
power, and the eighteen provinces, hav
ing each tho population of the United
; States, and even more, with a language
j so provincial as to be almost a distinct
one, patriotism and a national spirit are
simply impossible, and a consolidated,
energetic national movement equally so.
.
FlucU and Pam.
The Manchester (N, H.) American
says:
Seven years ago an English boy of
seventeen, stranger, engaged to work for
us at type-setting, with which be had an
indifferent knowledge. He was John
Bull all over, persistent, stubborn and
industrious—setting type by day and
reading law in Riddle’s building at even
ing. Some eight months passed, when
he told us confidentially that a fortune
was due his family in England from the
recent decease of an uncle. His father
was poor and aged, and he, himself, was
the only claimant who was able to look
after it. The next week he took passage
for Liverpool. It was two years before
we beard of him. Then he returned jolly
and radiant with a fortune of over $60,-
000. We were anxious for an explana
tion of the strange success of the almost
penniless adventurer. “Pluck and Pam”
had done the work. lie applied to the
then Forign Secretary, and showed that
persistence and courage which won him
the influence and advice without
his efforts would have been utterly use
less. He is now a thrifty young lawyer
in Wall street, and would knock down an
Englishman who should dare disparage
the old British Premier.
♦
The Successor of Count Cavour.
The London Times says that, to com
plete the public humiliation of Victor
Emanuel, King of Sardinia, Napoleon has
given him one of his own followers to be
his minister, in the place of Cavour.—
Count Arese, says the Times, is a man
against whom Austria could have naught
to urge, end whom she might herself have
appointed to TuscaDy or Modena, if either
of the Grand Dukes had failed her.
He has been the intimate friend of Louis
Napoleon during a long life, and was
with him in America in his young days of
adventure. The Times adds that Arese
is a Lombard and not a Piedmont
ese, and has no embarrassing antecedents
of a constitutional character.
Census of Augusta.
The population of Augusta, according
to the census of 1852, was 11,753 ; of the
city and suburbs 14,072. The census re
turns for the present year are nearly
complete, and we shall know the result in
a few days. We do not anticipate any
material increase in the population of the
city proper, for, since >852 the suburban
retreats of Woodlawn, the Sand Hills, and
other neighborhoods must have increased
several thousands, and their population
is made up chiefly of those who do busi- j
ness in the city, attend church here, and
whose dead swell the tables of our city
■ mortality.— Augusta Dispatch.
Origin of Slavery.
Mr. Bancroft in bis first volume of his
History of the United States, gives an
account of the early traffic of the Euro
peans in slaves. In the middle ages the
Venetians purchased white men, Chris
tians and others, and sold them to the
Saracens in Sicily and Spain. In England
the Anglo-Saxon nobility sold their ser
vants as slaves to foreigners. The Por
tuguese first imported negro slaves, from
Western Africa into Europe, in 1442.
Spain soon engaged in the traffic, and
negro slaves abounded in some of the
places in that kingdom. After America
was discovered, the Indians of Hispaniola
were imported into Spain and made slaves.
The Spaniards visited the coast of North
America and kiduapped thousands of the
Indians, whom they transported into sla
very in Europe and the West Indies.
Columbus himself kidnapped 500 native
Americans and sent them into Spain, that
they might be publicly sold at Seville.
The practice of selling North American
Indians into foreign bondage, continued
for two centuries. Negro slavery was
first introduced into America by Spanish
slaveholders, who emigrated with their
negroes. A royal edict of Spain authori
zed negro slavery in America in 1518.
s King Ferdinand himself seat from Seville
fifty slaves to labor in the mines. In
1531 the direct traffic in slaves between
Africa and Hispaniola was enjoined by
royal ordinance. Las Casas, who saw
the Indians vanishing away before the
cruelties of the Spaniards, suggested that
! the negroes, who alone could endure se
vere toils, might be further employed.
This was in 1518.
Sir John Hawkins was the first English
man that engaged in the slave trade. In
1G52 he transported a large cargo of Afri
cans to Hispaniola. In 1657 another ex
pedition was prepared, and Queen Eliza
beth protected and shared in the traffic.
Hawkins, in one of his expeditions, set
fire to an African city, and out of three
thousand inhabitants, succeeded in seizing
two hundred and sixty. James Smith, of
Boston, and Thomas Keyser, first brought
the colonies to participate in slavery.
In 1654 they imported a cargo of negroes.
Throughout Massachusetts the cry of
justice was raised against them as male
factors and murderers; the guilty men
were committed for the offence, and the
representatives of the people ordered the
negroes to be restored to their native
country at the public expense. At a later
period, there wero both Indian aud negro
slaves in Massachusetts. In 1620 a Dutch
ship entered James river, and landed
twenty negroes for sale. This was the
epoch of the introduction of slavery in
Virginia. For many years the Dutch
were principally concerned in the slave
trade in the market of Virginia.
Good and Bad Luck.
Good and bad luck are more intimately
connected with character than is general
ly acknowledged. 11. W. Beecher, in a
recent lecture, says :
“There are men who, supposing Provi
dence to have an implacable spite against
them, bemoan in poverty of a wretched
old age the misfortunes of their lives.
Luck, however, run against them and for
others. One, with a good profession,
lost his luck in the river, where he idled
away his time in fishing, when he should
have been in the office. Another, with a
good trade, perpetually burnt up bis luck
with bis hot temper, which provoked all
his employers to leave him. Another,
with a lucrative business, lost his luck
by amazing diligence in everything but
his business. Another, who was hon
est and constant at his work, erred by
perpetual misjudgment; he lacked discre
tion. Hundreds lose their luck by en
dorsing; by sanguine speculations; by
trusting fraudulent men ; and by dishon
est gains. A man never has good luck
who has a bad wife. I never knew an
early-rising, hard-working, prudent man,
careful of his earnings, and strictly’ hon
est, who complained of bad luck. A good
character, good habits, andiron industry,
are impregnable to the assaults of ail the
ill luck that fools ever dreamed of. But
when I see a tatterdemalion creeping out
of a grocery late in the forenoon, with his
hands stuck in his pockets, the rim of his
hat turned up, and the crown knocked in,
I know he has had bad luck, for the worst
of all luck is to be a sluggard, a knave,
or a tippler.
Terrible Explosion.
The steamer Barnett, being engaged in
towing a raft on yesterday morning, at
about 11 o’clock, when within about four
miles of this place her boiler exploded,
instantly killing a negro named Dave, the
property of Capt. Gomez; Michael Kirk
land, deck hand, survived only about two
hours, having been burned inwardly.
Capt. Shaw is badly burnt, and received
a severe wound on the left jaw, extending
from the lower part of the temple to the
chin; Capt. James Jarmon is severely
scalded and received injuries on the head ;
Andrew Stephens, mate, is severely scald
ed, and also received injuries on the head;
John Towell, Ist engineer, very badly
scalded, supposed to be injured inwardly,
and no hopes entertained of his recovery ;
John Irvin, 2d engineer, severely scald
ed ; Joe, the property of Mrs. Wm. P. De-
Wees, scalded badly on the right side;
Isham, cook, belonging to Capt. Shaw,
slightly scalded.
Captains Shaw and Jarmon were sitting
by the pilot house at the time of the ex
plosion. Capt. Jarmon landed on the
forward deck, but Capt. Shaw was blown
overboard, and had it not been for the
timely assistance of Isham, his negro,
would have drowned. Joe was also blown
overboard, but swam to the wheel.
P. S.—Since the above was put in type
Mr. John Towell, Ist engineer, died of in
juries received. Jacksonville Standard,
4 th inst.
The Emperor of Austria.
The young Emperor of Austria, now
about twenty-nine years old, is said to be,
in private life, an irreproachable man,
and by no means a despot in the exercise
of the despotic power which he possesses.
But, if all accounts are true, the losses
and defeats of Austria, in the late war,
are as much attributable to the self-suffi
ciency of Francis Joseph, and a vain-glo
rious idea of his military abilities, which
seems to have taken entire possession of
his brain, as to the superior science and
soldiership of his French adversaries. If
this be so, his reflections upon the sacri
fices of valiant hearts, which his inordi
nate self-conceit has caused, would in
duce any monarch of ordinary sensibili
ties to abdicate his throne, and spend the
rest of his days in a monastery. A finer
body of troops, according to all accounts, j
than the late Austrian army, never enter
ed the field, and they have no reason for
the humiliation which it is said they feel
at the interposition of peace. There are
no braver men in the world than Ger
mans, who composed a considerable part
of the rank and file, and most of the offi
cers of the Austrian array. They are no
ble specimens of well developed manhood,
and, if led by French genius, would be
invincible. It is lamentable enough to
think of such an army being sacrificed by
the blundering incompetency of their
King.
Destructive Fire.
Between two and three o’clock this
(Thursday) morning, a fire broke out in
the building owned and occupied by
Charles Spaeth as a saloon and boarding
house, on the corner of Jackson and Tel
fair streets; and, owing to the dry and
combustible natuae of the material, the
fire had made such headway before the
engines arrived, that it could not be
checked, and the house was entirely con
sumed. Mr. Spaeth saved a good part of
his filrniture and stock, although of
course much of it is in a damaged state.
Some of the boarders, of whom there
were about half a dozen in the house,
were obliged to leap from the windows
in the upper rooms to effect their escape,
losing a portion of their clothing and ef
fects.
The building was insured for $2,000.
The amount of the loss could not be defi
nitely ascertained.
The dwelling house of Wm. Hardman,
immediately adjoining on Telfair street,
was for a while in great danger, but by
, timely exertiens it was saved, with only
a slight scorching. The origin of the fire
is unknown. — Augusta Chronicle.
Interesting Statistics.
The conclusiou of peace in Europe ven
ders the subjoined thoughts and statis
tics particularly interesting. The domin
ions of the new Kingdom formed by this
peace are 37,640 square miles, with a
population of seven million eight hundred
thousand souls. Georgia has an area of
59,268 square miles, and her population
is not a million and a half.
Lombardy having been ceded to Pied
mont, it follows that the two fortresses of
Mantua and Peschiera, which have al
ways formed tart of Lombardy, must be
given up to King Victor Emanuel. Lom
bardy has a superfices of 8,538 square
miles, and a population of 2,800,000
souls. Lombardy has hitherto been di
vided administratively iuto nine provinces
or delegations, viz: Milan, Pavia, Lodi,
Crema, Cremona, Como, Mantua, Sondrio,
Brescia and Bergamo. The fortified towns
of Mantua and Peschiera form part of the
province of Mantua. The fortress of
Pezzighettone is comprised in the pro
vince of Cremona. After the annexation
of Lombardy to Piedmont, this kingdom,
the island of Sardinia included, will con
tain a superfices of 37,640 square miles,
, with a population of 7,800,000. As re
gards territorial extent it will occupy a
tenth rank in Europe, and will come im
mediately after the kingdom of the two
1 Sicilies, and stands before Portugal and
j Bavaria. With respect to population Sar
dinia will stand in the ninth rank, on a
level with Naples, and will be above Swe
den and Norway, Belgium and Bavaria,
j The following table will complete the
I comparison as regards Italy :
Area. Population.
New Kingdom 37,640 square miles. 7,500,000
Venetia 9,525 “ 2.200,000
Papal States 17.21S 2,000,000
Tuscany 8,741 “ 1,750.000
Parma 2,268 “ 500j000
Modena 2,000 “ 410,000
Two Sicilies 42,000 “ 5,400,000
Horrible Accident.
About three o’clock on yesterday after
i noon the engine F. 11. Elmore exploded its
boiler on the South Carolina Hail Road,
5 at the 76 mile post, 14 miles this side of
Branehville, instantly killing five persons
who were on the engine.
The names of the persons killed ate
King, the engineer, and two Germans,
firemen, one of whose names was Donne
gan, the name of the other we could not
learn; and Mr. L. M. Chitty and a Mr.
Mitchell. The two last named belonged
to the regular freight train, and the El
more was running on their schedule to
take up a dirt train at Aiken. They went
back to converse with the men on the El
more, and were riding with them, a short
distance behind the freight train, when
the boiler of the Elmore exploded, killing
them all.
Their bodies were horribly mutilated,
and Chitty was blown 100 yards. One
was dashed against a tree, and fragments
! of their limbs and bodies were fouud ad- ;
j hering to trees, and lying about in every I
I direction. Their remains were gathered
up and sent on to Charleston, where all, j
j or nearly all, of them have families.
We learn that Mr. King had been in |
the employ of the road for many years. !
As no one was left to tell the sad story of :
this truly horrible affair, our account of !
it to-day is derived from the report of it j
brought by the train last night. If other j
particulars are obtained we will give j
them to-morrow. —Augusta Dispatch, 15th. \
The Jews in America.
From a lecture delivered by Dr. Morris
J. Franklin, in Providence, on Sunday
evening, and reported in the Providence
Evening Press, we gather some facts in
relation to the Jews in the United States.
The Jews in this country, the speaker
said, now number about two hundred
thousand. The attention of the Jews in
Europe is turned towards America, on
account of the persecution to which they
are subjected in some countries on the
continent, and a rapid increase in their
numbers here may be expected by immi
gration. Many Jews in the country are
occupying prominent and influential posi
tions in politics and business. Messrs.
Yulee and Ben jamin, of the U. S. Senate,
and Messrs. Zollicoffer, Oliver, Phillips,
and Hart, of the National House of Rep
resentatives, are numbered among the
children of Abraham. Instead of reading
the Scriptures in the Hebrew tongue, un
derstood only as the Rabbi interprets it,
many now use the English version. This
class have introduced many reforms in
their mode of worship—they now have
their choirs, their organs, and their Sab
bath Schools. The Hebrew Christians,
the converted Jews in this country, num
ber three or four hundred, and of this
number nearly one hundred are engaged
in preaching the Gospel of Christianity,
or in a course of study preparatory to do
ing so.
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Dreadful Accident to a Lion.
The Cleveland l’laindealer fells of a
fearful accident in Van Amburgh’s mena
gerie. Some of the new keepers com
menced to torment the lion. Wishing to
hear him roar, the brutes spit tobacco juice
in his eyes. This thoroughly maddened
him, and his frenzy was terrific. The
lion made a tremendous dash against
the cage bars—they gave way—he cleared
the cage with a bound, and sprang for the
affrighted wretch on the pole. In the
blindness of his rage the lion missed the
man, striking his own head against the
pole, and splitting himself from head to
tail. It was done as evenly as though he
had been sawed by an experienced me
chanic. The uproar brought Mr. Van
Amburgh to the spot. The emergency
required promptness. This was no time
for reflection or argument. Seizing the
cleaved parts of the lion, the great “tam
er” clapped them instantly together.—
They stuck, and the lion was soon restor
ed to consciousness. But imagine Van’s
agony when he saw that he had put the
lion together in the wrong way; that two
of the animal’s legs were up and two
down ! But the lion got well, and seems
to enjoy himself better than ever. When
he gets tired of walking on two legs he
flops over on the other two. He is said
to be a curious looking lion.
Extraordinary Drought in Scotland.
Accounts from Scotland state that the
i drought during May and part of June
was more severe than during any past
year since 182 G. The rivers Earn and
Tay were nearly dry— the famous Boon,
immortalized by Burns, would slide
through a gallon measure, and other
well known streams and rivers were
thoroughly dried up. In some places wa
ter was so scarce that in villages it was
sold at five shillings per bbl, and many
had to go miles for water for their cat
tle. The crops, notwithstanding, are re
ported as looking excellent; and recent
rains will no doubt advance them con
siderably.
Gaining at the Springs.
The editor of the Warrenton Whig,
writing from the Red Sweet (Va.) Springs,
says :
“A few days ago a couple of Southern
gentlemen here, rich planters from Red
River, played seven games of old sledge
for §5,000 a game, and the winner took
every game. §35,000 were lost, and the
money paid, I learn, in a check on the
Bank of Louisiana. I could give the
names, but forbear.”
Alleged Church lleform.
Be see by the London correspondence
of the Churchman, that a pretty effective
war is making upon what is called the
“Pew System,” in all the Churches of
the Establishment in England. The ob
ject of the war is to demolish the pews
altogether, so that rich and poor may
meet together, all on the same level,
without distinction. The revenue lost in
pew rent, it is proposed to make good
by voluntary contributions.
Important if True.
Dr. Bissell, one of the quarantine phy
sicians at Staten Island, is of the opinion
that “if a person’s hair be washed he is
not liable to disease.” The Norfolk Her
ald supports the opinion: “So important
a result,” says that paper, “from so sim
ple a cause may see?n incredible to many,
but not to us. There is not a more effectual
preventative of disease than the imrner- .
sion of the head jn cold water the year
round.” i
Business Endurance.
Men of genius without endurance can
not succeed. Men who stait in one kind
of business may find it impossible to con
tinue therein all their days. HI health
may demand a change. New and wider
fields of enterprise and success may be
opened to them : new elements of charac- !
ter may be developed. Men may have a
positive distaste for some pursuits, and
success may demand a change. None of
these cases fall within the general rule.
Men may have rare talents, but if they
“are everything by turn, and nothing
long,’’ they must not expect to prosper.
No form of business is free from vexa
tion ; each man knows the spot on which
his own harness chafes; but he cannot
know how much his own ucighbor suffers.
It is said that a Yankee can splice a rope
in many different ways; an English sailor
knows but one inode, but in that, method
he does his work well. Life is not long
enough to allow any one to be really mas
ter of but one pursuit.
The history of eminent men in all pro
fessions and callings proves this. The
great statesman, Daniel Webster, was a
lawyer. His boyhood was marked only
by uncommon industry ; as a speaker he
did not excel in early life. With great
deliberation lie selected the law as his
profession, nor could he be deterred from
his chosen pursuit. While a poor student,
not the tempting prize of fifteen hundred
dollars a year as clerk of the courts, then
a large sum, gained with great difficulty
for him, by the zeal and influence of his
father, nor could all the persuasion of the
father turn him from the mark he had set
before him; and his great eulogist, the
Attorney-General of Massachusetts, is
another marked illustration of resolute
endurance and indomitable industry —
life-long—centering in one profession,
making him one of the chief ornaments
of that profession, if not its head in the
United States.
The Hon. Abbott Lawrence, whose
wealth is poured out for all benevolent
purposes in donations as large as the sen,
can recall the time when he had his pro
fession to select, and the first dollar of
his splendid fortune to earn. lie chose
deliberately a calling; he pursued that
occupation with integrity and endurance,
through dark and trying seasons, and the
result is before the world. This case af
fords an apt illustration of the proverb of
the wise men, that a man “diligent in his
business shall stand before kings, and not
before mean men.”
The late John Jacob Astor, as ho left
his native Germany, paused beneath a
linden tree, not far from the line that
separated his native land from another,
and made the resolutions, which he in
| tended should guide him through life:
1. He would be honest; 2. He would be
industrious; 3. He would never gamble,
i He was on foot; his wealth was in a small
bundle that swung from the stick that
laid on his shoulder. The world was be
fore him. He was able to carry them
! out. His success is the best comment on
his endurance.
Stephen Girard at the age of forty years
was in quite moderate circumstances, hew
ing the captain of a small coasting vessel
on the Delaware, and part owner of the
i same. No trait in his character was more
marked than his endurance, and this ele-
I meat gave him a fortune.
All men who have succeeded well in
life, have been men of high resolve and
endurance. The famed William Pitt, in
; early life was fond of gambling ; the pas
i sion increased with years ; he knew that
| he must at once master the passion, or
the passion would master him. lie made
a firm resolve that he would never again
play at a hazard game. He could make
i such a resolution ; he could keep it. His
| subsequent eminence was the fruit of that
i power. William Wilberforce, in his ear
j lier days, like most of young men of his
j rank and age, loved the excitement of
! places of hazard. He was one night per
| shaded to keep the faro bank, —he never
j saw it before; he was appalled with what
|he beheld. Sitting amid gaming, ruin
! and despair, he took the resolution that
he would never again enter a gaming
house. He changed his company with
the change of his conduct, and subse
quently became one of the most distin
guished Englishmen of his age.
; Dr. Samuel Johnson was once request
| ed to drink wine with a friend ; the Doc
j tor proposed tea. “But drink a little
j wine,” said his host. “I cannot,” was
j the reply ;“1 know abstinence—l know
I excess, but I know no medium. Long
; since, I resolved, as I could not drink a
little wine, I would drink none at all.” A
; man who could thus support his resolu
tion by action was a man of endurance,
and that element is as well displayed in
this incident as in the compilation of his
great work. When Richard Brinsley
| Sheridan made his first speech in Parlia
| ment, it was regarded on all hands as a
| most mortifying failure. Ilis friends
urged him to abandon a parliamentary
career, and enter some field better suited
to his ability. “No,” said Sheridan,
“No, it is in me, and it shall come out!”
And it did, and he became one of the
most splendid debaters in England.—
Loyola, the founder of the order of Je
suits, the courtier, the man of gallantry
j and dissipation, obtained such mastery
| over himself by labor and endurance,
that, to illustrate the fact, he stood scvc
ral hours, apparently unmoved, in a pond
of ice and muddy water, up to his chin,
j Perhaps, no other nation in Europe, at
j that time, could have won the battle of
| Waterloo, except the British, —because
no other could have brought to that con
flict that amount of endurance needed to
win. For many hours that army stood
manfully before the murderous fire of
i the French; column after column fell,
| while not a gun was discharged on their
| part. One sullen word of command ran
along (lie line as thousands fell-*—“File
up! file up!” “Not yet—not yet!” was
I the Iron Duke’s reply to earnest requests
made to charge and fight the foe. At
! length the time of action came. The
| charge was given, and victory perched
upon the standard of England.— Hunt's
\ Merchant's Magazine.
A Short Bridal Trip.
The Milwaukie News is responsible for
the following story:
On the 4th of July a business man of
Boston—one of the well off merchants of
that city—was married to a handsome
young lady of Boston, “e was rich, do
ing a good business, and forty years of
bis life bad passed before he saw Miss
M , the daughter of his lawyer and
married her. On the morning of the sth
they started on a western collectiog tour,
arid last week arrived at tbis city and put
up at the Newhall. On this short trip the
rose had greatly faded in her cheek, and
sadder had grown her eye. No one knows
the cause, but last Monday they visited
a lawyer ol this city, and signed papers
agreeiug forever to separate—each to go
where lancy or inclination might lead, t
and henceforth be as strangers to each
other. Ilg settled upon her Boston prop
erty to the amount of §20,000, and gave
her. besides, §I,OOO in cash, and yester
day she left for Boston. Both parties
were well educated, handsome, and ap
parently well fitted for each other's soci
ety, but some cause, unknown to out
| siders, led to the above results.
War with the United States wished
for by Mexico.
A correspondent of the New York Her
ald inwritiug from Mexico, says:
The tendency of affairs is growing
more positively and directly towards a
war with the United States. That is, a
certain party in Mexico are bound by all
their strength to bring about the occupa
tion of this Republic by American troops.
The immense contracts which were filled
; and paid for during Scott's invasion, the
j oceans of money then expended; the
prevalence of law and order, and the bet
ter times generally, have not been forgot
ton, and speculators here are just as anx
ious that such times should return as the
same class of speculators in the United
States. The large sales of flour, grain,
grass and animals, beef, and in fact
everything, for cash, at greatly enhanced
prices, are just as desirable now as they
were then, and the beneficiaries then are
working for a war now. They are the
men who are constantly irritating these j
. people against us, in hopes to produce
acts which we cannot overlook and which
we must avenge. j
I Figuring; ilse Tiger i:i Chicago—
s3B,ooo Won at Faro.
A few nhrlit - since, while the honest
! and peaceful citizens ot this great mc
! tropolis were dozing upon their pillows,
I and those only waked whom vice or crime
kept from slumber, a curious scene was
I transpiring in the i:m r apartment ot one
of the most fashionable and well known
j faro banks in this city The parties pres
’ ent were not numerous At one sde ot
the table, and at the right of the dealer,
I cat a well known Kentucky gentleman,
now a resi lent of this city, and very
popular as an auctioneer. Opposite to
! him were two clerks from dry goods stores
on Lake street At the foot of the table
were three voting gentlemen connected
with certain of our city banks, and lour
professional fancy men. The game com
menced at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. It
was now past 3 o’clock in the mopning,
and the contest was kept up with umii
minished vigor. Fortune early in the
evening bad declared for the gentleman
on the right of the dealer ; and although
luck occasionally deserted him, it again
and again returned, until his winnings
were enormous.
lie had up to this time won SIB,OOO.
The perspiration stood in beaded drops
upon the brows of the young men, and
as they nervously laid down their coun
ters on the squares, their hands shook
with an emotion they could not conceal.
Even the practical coolness of the profes
sional gamblers deserted them, and they
gnawed their lips in undisguised anxi
ety. The Kentucky gentleman suddenly
laid down checks to the amount- of SO,OOO,
and as the dealer began to draw out the
cards from the silver box in which they
lie, left the table, and walked to the side
board. The cards are dealt, and the
i $6,000 are lost! This reduces the win
nings of the Colonel to $12,000. A tem
| porary cessation of the game takes place.
A hasty supper is taken: the Colonel
! proposes to play no more. The others
object; they arc firm in the belief that
luck lias changed, and that they will win
i their losses, which have been fearfully
- heavy, back again. The Colonel con
| sents, and the game is resumed. It is
now 5 o’clock. Day has begun to break,
| but the thick curtains of the apartment
i keep out the strengthening light.
| The young men consult among them
selves. The Colonel has won $2,000
! again. He is now winner to the tune of
$14,000. They have SIO,OOO between
them. They put their funds together,
1 place it in the hands of one of their
number, and direct him to play until he
j loses it all, or until he wins back what
they have already lost.
The game goes on. The Colonel wins
! SI,OO0 —then loses $3,000. Hope again
j springs into the breasts of the young
men. Their representative makes a bet
|of $5,000. The company gather around
with desperate interest. The cards fall
| from the box —tliey lose ! Their funds
j are reduced to $6,000 —for they have lost
j some to the bank, beside that paid to the
! Colonel. And now their agent bets more
I cautiously—first SI,OO0 —then SSOO. lie
j loses steadily. Ilis last SSOO is reached.
| He is pale as death—his pallor is reflect
|ed in the faces of his comrades, lie pla
! ces their last stake on the cloth. The
Colonel doubles it upon the opposite color.
| The dealer hesitates —but only for a mo
j merit. The cards are dealt—the Colonel
: wins—the SSOO is shoved over to him
: and SSOO more to the bank —and the
j play is over. The Colonel rises with
j $28,000 winnings in his pocket. The
j others leave the tablej having lost nearly
i that sum—the bank itself coming out
j nearly even.
The next day the fortunate Colonel set
tled $28,000 upon his wife, and swore off
from the gambling hells. Whether he
will keep his word remains to be seen.
What the young gentlemen did, who in
one night lost $28,000 remains to be
seen.
But can $28,000 bo lost at a single sit
ting, at such work as this, by such men
as these, without serious consequences ?
The scene we have related actually did
occur. There are plenty of men who
will read these lines, who know how true
it is. Is a community in a healthy eon
j dition when such things occur?
There are nearly a dozen gambling
| rooms in this city, kept in first-rate style,
and doing a business like this every
night. Their location is well known—
they are to be easily found. The police
have orders not to disturb them, and they
flourish like a green bay tree. Chicago
Democrat, Jubj'2Gth.
Religious Freedom la Lombardy
Whatever political disappointmentmay
■ have attended the recent pacification,
j Lombardy has obtained rdigious freedom
by its annexation to Sardinia,
j The London Daily News remarks as
follows upon the recent decree of the Sar
dinian Government:
“ The Governor of Milan recently ap
pointed by Victor Emanuel, lias issued a
decree declaring that the same liberty of
conscience and of religious teaching
which lias for many years prevailed in
Piedmont is henceforth assured to the
people of Lombardy. Under the free in
stitutions that exist in the hereditary
States of the Sardinian King, men have
grown accustomed to think, speak and
print whatever opinions they believe to
be true in speculative and political
science; wbat is far more precious in
the sight of good men, far more perma
nently valuable even as a means of na
tional advancement of civilization in the
sight of deep thinking men, freedom of
worship and of education has been
established in all the territories of the
House of Savoy west of the Ticino.
And now that the dividing stream has
been crossed by the army of tho libera
tion, and that Lombardy of its own spon
i taneous will, as in 1848, has pronounced
i for union with Piedmont, it is wise and
just that the newly-organized govern
ment of the Provinces thus united should
afford the earliest proofs in its power of
the equal spirit which it- undertakes its
new obligations. A nobler evidence of
I steadfastness and soundness of purpose,
it could not give than this. There is no
sectarian object to be gained in Lombardy
by the enactments of guarantees of ‘ soul
liberty.’ There are no disaffected Hu
guenots to be won over by concessions to
the recently established order of things.
No powerful section or class is to be pro
pitiated as in other countries, by the
proclamation of the principle of religious
freedom.
Curing Green Corn.
The following is the Indian method by
which they treat green corn for m iking
succotash, &c., during winter. When
the green corn is fit for use, a pit is dug
from two to three feet it diameter at the
top, and gradually enlarging it at the
bottom, say five feet down, from six to
eight feet in diameter. A large fire is
then built near by, on which stones are
heated, and when redhot the stones and
live coals are shoveled into the bottom cf
the pit, and sprinkled over with fine loose
dirt. The corn is then thrown in with
the husks on, just as it is pulled from the
stalk, until the pit is nearly full. Then
comes a thin layer of loose dirt, then hot
stones, (enough to cover the pit,) and the
whole covered with earth to retain the
heat. When the whole cools off, (which
takes several days,) the pit is opened,
avid the corn is found to be most delight
fully cooked. When cool (he husks are
stripped off, and the corn dried in the
sun ; when thoroughly dried the corn is
shelled otf easily, and is then packed
away in bags for use.
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The Roman Catholic Bishop of Mon
treal has addressed a letter to his clergy
calling upon them, as soon as possible, to
pronounce from their pulpits “a strong
warning against the opera, the theatre,
circus and other amusements of a similar
nature which at the present moment are
a real scandal to our city and country
districts.”
Honor to Genet al Q,uitma*
We have been shown two designs for
the monument proposed to be erected in
Natchez, to the memory of Gen. John A
Quitman. One of will cost, when
completed, §50,000, and the other §20,-
000.— Vicksburg Whig. i
English View of American Imlt .
pendente.
the Hamilton (Canada) Times, of the
hh.lulv. give.; forcible exjua ...-lon to tin
just ari ! liberal views in regard t<> Amor
ica, and the war of American Independ
ence, which now prevail in the English
mind. The Revolutionary war, says the
Times, was not a war between the British
Empire and the American Colonists.
“It was a contest between human rights
and kingly insolence; it was a contest
between constitutionalism nu ! arbitrary
power; between common sense and hon
esty, nml/cudul pride and robbery. Eng
lishmen will needs mourn over the good
blood which was poured out on the field
of Ticonderoga, and lavished on the slopes
of Bunker Hill. The plain, honest men,
who fought for King George and died in
his service, did their duty as far a they
knew it; but better it was than that they
should have triumphed and lived—tri
umphed over the very genius of their
country, the spirit of its greatne-v, the
boast of its history, the hope of its fu
ture.
“There never was u moment, in the
course of that lamentable* strir*. when the
heart of England did not beat tumultuous
ly at the news of the Colonists’ tiimiipii.
It was no traitorous of felon sympathy.
Painful as were the circumstances tta-h.-v
which it was elicited, every patriot saw
that in the far off fields of America the
fate of England herself was in the bal
ance. The cause of that iratncidal e n
test, which the pride of a monarch pro
voked, was identical with that of freedom
itself, and though some of the Americans
of the present generation may have for
gotton it, their fathers knew that they
drew much of the inspiration by which
they achieved a final triumph trom the
knowledge of the fact that their course
was sympathized in by ail the tii and
friends of popular rights, and was in
strict accordance with the principle
which had even then given to Englishmen
the claim to be called free. There is
nothing of degradation to an Englishman
in reflecting upon the victories which
Washington won over the fories of his
day, any more than there is in the recol
lection of Naseby of Edgehill ; but it i a
source of infinite pride to him to reflect
that those bold ideas which have grown
with the growth of the English people,
and strengthened with their strength,
were still as dear to the American colo
nists as to tlieir British ancestors, and
that they could nerve arms on the Atlan
tic mainland in their defense, even as
they had nerved the sturdy islanders for
so many centuries.
“Nor have the results of the triumph
disappointed the hopes of those who re
cognized in the contest the war of princi
ple. The England of to-day is better,
freer, greater, from the results of the Re
volutionary War. The United States
have, by tlieir stupendous progress, ag
grandized the wealth and commerce of
Britain, and consequently her power and
influence. It is hard to say what advan
tage England lost by the treaty of Paris,
but it is certain that she gained much,
lessened her responsibilities, and consol
| idated her power. The broad lands of
the West have been as freely shared by
the British settler as by the American
citizen. The spectacle of the rapid ad
vancement of America in arts and com
i mercc, her power and prosperity under
popular government, have invigorated the
spirit of freedom in Europe, and given to
the human race a decided and glorious
j elevation. England is proud of her lusty
young scion ; and Canadians may, with
perfect propriety, join in the acclamations
with which Americans greet the “glori
ous Fourth of July.’ ”
These are noble and manly sentiments.
| Moreover, they reflect the pub
lic opinion of Englishmen of all parties
at this time. It becomes both countries,
belonging to the same parent stock, to
forget and forgive the past, and being
the only free nations on the face of the
earth, to cherish and consolidate their
! present mutual good relations.
♦
A Monster Prayer Meeting.
The Edinburg Witness gives a very
interesting account of a great Union
Prayer Meeting, held in the open air at
Belfast, at which thousands attended.
Some statements put down the number
present as high as 30,000; while the
lowest estimate that we have seen places
it at 20,000. The meeting was held in
the spacious grounds of the Royal Bo
tanic Gardens. The Witness says:
“Some idea of tho interest felt, may he
imagined when we state that it is com
puted that no fewer than 15,000 indi
viduals arrived in Belfast, and that from
35,000 to 40,000 persons, in all, were
present at the services. The leading
streets of the town presented, during
midday, a most remarkable aspect, par
ticularly after the arrival of trains. The
footways were literally thronged with
well-dressed and respectable-looking
people from the country—not passing
along with the negligent and easy-going
air of pleasure seeking excursionists, but
staid and solemn in demeanor—the
younger as well as the elder; and the
majority with Bibles or liymn-books in
their hands, as if proceeding to Sabbath
services. Thus the living stream—such
a stream as was never before witnessed
in Belfast—poured onward for at least
two hours, along both sides of the streets.
The Rev. John Johnson, Moderator of
the General Assembly to the Irish Pres
byterian Church, presided, and he was
supported by the ministers of the differ
ent Protestant denominations in and
around Belfast. Many were also present
from Scotland. At cue time there were
no les3 than twenty subordinate meetings,
numbering from 500 to 1,000 each. At
the close of the general meeting, one of
the ministers of the town, who has moved
a great deal among the juvenile popula
tion, was surrounded by a large assem
blage of boys, who ultimately formed
themselves into a procession, and march
ed into town, singing ‘Oh ! that will fie
joyful,’ &c.”
• ♦
Not His Mother.
There was a pine coffin borne
drifting snows. At the grave’s verge
the lid was tin-own back, and the lace of
the sleeper was revealed. It was a face
marked with time and care—there was
not a line of beauty in it; it was the
countenance of a poor plain old woman.
And yet I heard bitter sobs aud cheking
sighs not far from iny elbow, and looking
up I saw the children of the decease 1 ap-
proaching to take the last look at a face
which was dear and beautiful to them.
■ The affections never yet clung to an ob
ject, without investing it with a degree
of loveliness, and was there ever a kind,
gentle mother, who was not beautiful in
her children’s estimation? The hair
which is tucked away under the muslin
cap, may be thickly threaded with silver,
the forehead may be furrowed, and tbo
eye lusterless, still it is associated in the
mind of the child, with the love which
never slumbered, and a gentleness which
nothing could ruffle.
Ilow carelessly the sexton tramped
around that grave, treading the fresh
earth in among the new fallen snow 1 It
was not his mother he was burying—you
could see that at a glance—it was only a
poor, plain old woman; almost a pauper.
The cords rattled, and the clods after
wards rumbled. Heaven comfort the
motherless, in such an hour as that!
♦
Spontaneous Combustion Irnin I4u -
ty Iron.
Mr. Marsh, an able chemist, found that
iron long under water, when reduced to
powder, invariably becomes red hot, an i
ignites anything it touches. A general
knowledge of this is important, and it
accounts for many spontaneous fires. A
piece of rusty old iron, brought into con
tact with a cotton bale in a warehouse or
on shipboard, may occasion much loss ct
life and property.
It is said on authority that the “re
markable Alexander” Dumas, in writing
a book called Le Cauease, stole from the
narratives of the captivity which two
Russian ladies, the lhincesses Tchawt
chawzde and Orbeliani, and a French wo
man, Madam Drancey, underwent in the
hands of Schamyl some years back, and
a tribunal has fined him, his printer and
publisher together, 725 francs.