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From tlic New Orleans Picayune. A Gem of Soullicrn Verse. We are indebted to Mr. Walter Morton* of this city, for the following beautiful tribute to a Southern home, which he tells us has never before been published : TO THE “ VIOLET HOME.” The resident <■ of the Mi; m-s Morton, Coluinbu- • j: V CAROLINE LEE IIF.NTZ. Sweet, violet home, the fragrant air That round thee breathes, proclaims The flowers that own thy guardian care. And the white cott*igc names. Kiel) is the violet’s breath of balm, And fair its purple bloom; But there’s another, dearer charm, In this sweet ‘-Violet Home.” 1 love thy graceful winding chain Os mingling flowers and shell s, But more 1 love tlie gentle twain That in thy bosom dwells. Dear sisters! in thy hearts there lives A sweeter, fairer bloom, Than decks the violet’s velvet leaves, Or gives its deep perfume. What though the willow’s* bough no more Weeps o’er the violet’s bed, May this loved blossom ne’er deplore Its lowly honors shed. Ne er may the blighting wind and storm ‘ The violet home impair, , But may the richest sunbeams warm Anti beam in blessings there. * A beautiful weeping willow waved in front of the cottage, but was destroyed by a gale. A BUMKEB NIGHT. The summer night, her classic snood All flecked with ebon curls, And golden stars—a lire-fly brood— Her chalice filled with pearls, Came up the East all silently, Anti shut tin* glowing gate, When sat the sun so goldenly Arrayed in robes of state! (Slit- huflg her sable curtains down, All crossed vvitb silver bars, She drew them softly through the town, And hushed its daily jays. 1 saw the summer lightning fling His colors through the West; I heard the dreamy beetle sing His evening song of rest. I saw the chariot wheels of Mars Gleam through the distant 1 >1 no. Ami /hen a flash qf silvery cars, • Like the wiiite gleam of dew, Came gliding o’er the airy track < if moonlight, pale as dreams; I heard an echo heating back Like the quick pulse of streams. I saw the waning harvest moon, Bale like a fading crown, Dropping its jewels far too soon, All through the quiet town. Soft, dreamy clouds, like crystal cups, Sailed through the ambient air, Flinging the odorous etlier drops All o'er the night's dark hair. THE TWO^CBADLES. “ Won’t you make my doll a cradle’/” Said a little girl of six ; “My cousin Tommy made me one, But that is out of fix, And 1 want to have a nice one. Made of little willow sticks.” No mechanic's heart e’er fluttered With a more exultant throb, Than mine did at this order; And time can never rob My heart of its strange ecstacy, On taking homo the job. That “cousin Tom ” —I know not why— L never could abide; J felt a strange uneasiness To see him by her side; And to win her undivided smiles Unremittingly I tried. ■ Since then a dozen flowery Springs, In Time’s unceasing roll, Have laid their hand on Mary’s brow—■ Their impress on her soul; And I’ve another cradle made, • But ’tis not for her doll. J cannot toll you how it was— I’m sure I never thought, When but a boy of ten years old That first rude job I wrought, That wo should need another one, But so it has turned out. Os the two cradles I and she Have oftentimes conversed, And she declares the last one made Is clumsiest and worst, But l believe she likes it better Than she did the first. The Secret History of the Peace. M. Gaillardet, the Paris correspondent of the N. Y. “ Courricr des Elats Unis,” and one of the best informed of the wri ters for the American press, ascribes the recent peace, among other things, to a se rious misunderstanding between Napo leon and Victor Emanuel. The latter felt offended because his personal gallantry and that of his army at the battle of Pa lestro were not noticed in Napoloon’s Or der of Ihe Day. His anger was so great, that at the battle of Magenta, ho delayed to occupy the position assigned to him, and left the Imperial Guard to sustain, for two hours, unprotected, the shock of tho Austrian army. He nearly lost the battle by his delay, and the Emperor dil not hesitato to charge him with it, as he believed it was done on purpose. The King of Piedmont became so dis trustful, that when Napoleon announced tho hour for entering Milan in triumph, ho was at the place two hours ahead of time, fearing that the French Emperor would make the entry alone. These de tails came from Victor Emanuel himself, who told them in conversation with one of the Directors of the Lombardy Rail road. . M. Gaillardet writes also that though the Milaneso hailed the advent of the French with enthusiasm, the reception became colder as they penetrated Lom bardy. Whcu the Austrians approached Brescia, after tho battle of Solferino, the inhabitants replaced the Austrian flags, which they had kept in reserve. In the country the peasantry showed no good will to the French soldiers. In spite of the talk about the enthusi asm of the Italian patriots, there were very few enlistments—except five or six thousand patriots, mostly exiles, under Garibaldi. The population did not rise and take arms, as tho proclamation of Napoleon invited them to do. On the other hand tho Lombard troops in the Austrian army were faithful to their col ors ; and it was the regiments almost ex clusively Italian that fought most despe rately against the French at Marignan. It was only when vanquished and about to be crushed they cried Evviva L'ltalia, in order to get quarter. While the peasantry cursed the libera ting army, the shopkeepers and trades of Piedmont made spoil of its necessities, charging shameless prices for everything. Count Cavour was counteracting the policy of Napoleon, inviting insurrection everywhere, while the French Emperor was avowedly repressing it. Peace was made from a sentiment of distrust toward the King and Ministry of Piedmont, and of disgust at the conduct of the people, who so little appreciated the sacrifices and devotion of their allies. The Rev. Dr. McNeill, the editor of tho North Carolina Presbyterian, has recent ly been traveling at the North. In one of his letters we find the following : “A Start in Business.”—As we stood one evening on the steps of a Philadelphia hotel, a ragged little urchin, barefooted, but with a bright face, accosted us in the most earnest, undeniable terms, “Mister, give me a start in business.” It was a novel request, and wu* presented in such a droll manner and expectant tone that we ventured to inquire in what way we could accommodate him. He evidently did not intend to pass for a common beg gar, and was anxious to show that he dis .dained to be ranked as a street mendi cant. “In what business do you wish us to give you a start ?” “Oh,” said he, “it is tho newspaper business that I wish to entirr. Tlease set me up in the newspaper business!” Here was a character indeed, and when we told him that we were trying to “get a start” in the same business, it increased his importunity, and we imagined that we detected in his countenance a look of pity and sympathy for us. llis tale was soon told. Ilis method of getting a “start” was very simple and easy. “Just give me a quarter of a dol lar, and I will run down to the Evening Journal’s office and buy a dozen papers at two cents apiece, I will sell them for three cents, come back in the morning, and return your quarter, and have a “levy” besides—won’t you give mo a start in the newspaper business!” We hope the little fellow has got a’start, and made a “levy.” It were idle to spec ulate concerning his future, but Frank lin s prospect was one day as dark as his, and the wheel of fortune makes some cu rious turns. The steamship Potomac, from New 1 ork, arrived at Savannah on Thursday, Ilth inst. Napoleon on 15e Peace of Vlllafranca The Paris Moniteur, of the —Ofli ult., contains tho following: Yesterday evening the Emperor receiv ed the great bodies of the State; the Pres ident of which, M I'rotnpling, and Count Demorney and M. Borucher, addressed congratulatory speeches to his Majesty. The Emperor ilianked them for their de votion, and then explained the reasons for his conduct during the great events. lie said : Arrived beneath the walls.of Verona, the struggle was inpvitably about to change in its nature, as well in a military as a political aspect. Obliged to attack the enemy in front, who, entrenched be hind great fortresses, and protected in his flank by the neutrality of the sur rounding territory, and about to begin a long and barren war, I found myself in the face of Europe in arms, ready to dis pute successes or aggravate our revenge. Nevertheless, the difficulty of the enter prise would not have shaken my resolu tion if the means had not been out of pro portion to the results expected. It was necessary to crush boldly the obstacles opposed, and then to accept a conflict on the Rhine as well as on the Adige. It was necessary to fortify ourselves openly with the concurrence of revolution. It was necessary to go on shedding precious blood, and at last risk that which a sov ereign should only stake for the independ ence of his country. If'l have stopped, it was neither through weariness or exhaustion, nor tbtpugh abandoning the noble cause which I de sired to serve ; but the interests of France. I felt great reluctance to put reins upon the ardor of our soldiers, to retrench from my programme the territory from the Mincio to the Adriatic, and to see vanish from honest hearts noble delusions and patriotic hopes in order to serve the inde pendence of Italy. I made war against the mind of Europe, and as soon as the destiny of iny country might be endan gered I made peace. Our efforts and our sacrifices—have they been merely losses ? No; we hav#n right to be proud of this campaign. We have vanquished an army numerous, brave, and well organized. Piedmont has ever been delivered from invasion; her frontiers have been extend ed to the Mincio; the idea of an Italian nationality has been admitted by those who combatted it; all the sovereigns of the Peninsula comprehend the wants of salutary reforms. Thus, after giving a new proof of the military power of France, the peace concluded will be pro lific of happy results. The future will every day reveal additional cause for the happiness of Italy, the influencetof France and the tranquility of Europe. Rcmaikakle Criminal Trial. A remarkable criminal case was before the Court of Albemarle county, Va., last Tuesday, being uu indictment against a little negro girl, eight years old, for at tempting, by the most ferocious means, to murder her mistress. The Charlottes ville Republican says: The inhumanity and brutality of the offence for which tho accused was tried, and her extreme youth, make this one of the most remarkable cases to be found in the annals of criminal jurisprudence. The charge against her was that, in April last, she attempted to kill her mistress (who was confined to her bed from pro tracted sickness, and was very feeble, and entirely helpless,) by choking her, drag ging her out of the bed, and brutally beating her with the tongs, and burning her with coals aud hot embers. The probability is that she would have suc ceeded in killing Mrs. TANARUS., very soon, had she not been prevented by the arrival of the family physician, who found her up on the floor in a state of*insensibility. The prisoner, at the time of the com mission of the deed, was about eight years and nine months old. The cause consequently involved the consideration of the interesting question in regard to the age at which legal responsibility for crime commences, or, in other words, at what age a person is, as the law-writers .say, doli copax. This question, so far as we are advised, has not been settled by the judicial decisions of this country, tho tendency of the decisions in England being to make it depend rather on the intelligence, and the capacity to distin guish right and wrong, than on the age of the party accused. Blackstone men tions two cases as having occurred in England, in one of which the accused was nine, and in the other eight years of age, and in which they were severally con demned to capital punishment. Our Court, in view of the irresistible evidence in the cause, and the enormity and brutality of the act, felt bound to convict Judy of the attempt to kill, and to sentence her to be hung; but, in con sideration of her tender years, they recommended her to the clemency of the Executive. An English Scandal. Disgraceful as were the revelations made in the Sickles’ case of a certain kind of life in this country, they have been thrown into the shade by a disgust ing story just brought before the London public. Hardly a year ago, Mr. William Ilervey, a grandson of the late and nephew of the present Marquis of Bristol, having for some time resided in this coun try as an attache of the English Legation at Washington, went home to Great Bri tain and married there a person by the name of Fleming, notorious as a woman of abandoned character. A sister of Miss Fleming, ot like repu tation with herself, had previously mar ried the Earl of Stamford and Warring ton, the most dissolute of sporting peers ; and Miss Fleming had sustained unques tionable relations with the young Lord Ribblesdale, a step-son of Lord John Russell, and a lion, last year, of the Newport and Saratoga season. Lord Rib blesdale, 011 breaking off his connections with this person, had settled upon her an annuity of £4OO per annum, and this por tion she brought to Mr. William Ilervey. But with her dower, whether of dis honor or of shame, Mrs. Hervey seems to have been far from satisfied. Her in timacy with Lord Ribblesdale was re newed after the return of the nobleman from America, and has now been made the ground of an action of divorce by Mr. Hervey, in which heavy damages have been awarded against Lord Ribblesdale. The story is not a pleasant one to think upon, nor is it by any means characteris tic of English social life ; but it proves at least that in some respects that life can take upon itself hues as revolting as any which our English cousins were so swift to find in the case of the “Washington Tragedy.”—A’. Y. 2\mes. <> - New Dodge. The last dodge adopted by thieves to replenish their purses, is worthy the attention of all storekeepers. Two thieves (a man aud a woman) are passing along the street, apparently in earnest conver sation. Suddenly, having arrived in front of a store door, the man slaps the woman in the face. She rushes into the store and begs that “the cowardly vil lain” may be arrested. The clerks arc indignant aud run out to catch him. As soon as they are over the threshold, she turns her attention to the money drawer, rifles it and disappears as soon as pos sible. Greenwood Cemetery, near New Y'ork city, was founded in June, 1840, and from that month up to the 23d ult., G 0,040 bodies took up their residence in the silent city. Greenwood will, in the end, out strip New York, and, ere many years, will count its dead by millions. ♦ Tlie Roll of Honor. The following are the names and ages of the Revolutionary soldiers, supposed to be alive, who are pensioned on the rolls of the State of Virginia : Wm. Cunning ham. 95 years ; George Estes, 901; Dan iel Hicks, Sr., over 97 ; Wm. Oney, 98; Peter Rife, 97 ; Wm. Stewart, 97; Mat thew Seay, 96; Henry Willoughby, 109, Richard Dogwood, a wealthy old bach elor, who resided near Charlotte, N. C., was found dead near his residence on Sun day last, where he had been murdered. His head was shockingly crushed, the murderers having used rails and knots of wood for the purpose. Our RAII Road. We.are glad to see that the track-laying is going on with commendable speed. The President is devoted heart and soul to the enterprise, and in fifteeu or sixteen months at farthest we expect to be con nected with the city of Montgomery, which will place us in connection with all the great northern and western roads. The mail then can be taken from New York, via Washington City, Montgomery and Pensacola, to New Orleans, in four days, and to Havana in five and a half. What a revolution in trade and travel this will make! Instead of eight or ten persons arriving at a time, two or three hundred will come in on the cars almost daily. It will become the great thorough fare of travel to New Orleans, Texas, Mexico, Central America aud the West Indies; and this is but a mere fraction of the prosperity in store for us. We shall then be receiving at least 200,000 bales of cotton per annum, besides coal enough from the rich coal beds in Alabama, to supply not only cur own steam marine, but the steamers of all Europe that sail upon the Gulf of Mexico. For here coal can be delivered on our wharves, as soon as our rail road is completed, at $5 per ton, when it cannot be delivered from any northern port at‘less than $lO. So that when we take into consideration the quantity of cotton arid coal, added to the fact that we have the finest and most abundant supply of timber and bricks of any other seaport in the world, it is diffi cult to conjecture the future greatness of this Queen City of the South at no very distant day.— Pensacola Observer. Narrow Escape. On Friday evening there was a very heavy rain, accompanied by a very high wind, upon the line of the Charlotte Rail Road. We learn that, at the bridge, it tore up the cover of the bridge and rolled it back, both the tin ard the plank, on the track. It offered such an impedi ment that the train wpuld have been thrown off by it and-precipitated into the river. Fortunately, just before the train from Columbia arrived at that point, three negro men, walking across the bridge* noticed the obstruction and stopped the train. We learn that the conductor, Mr. Myers, rewarded them on behalf of the company, and that Col. Gladden, who was on the train, proposed to the passen gers that a purse be raised and presented to them, which was done. The injury was soon repaired, and both trains passed on with only a short detention. We also learn that the chimney of the engine of the train going up was struck when it was a few miles above Columbia. The iron, being a good conducter, the electricity was diffused without doing any injury.— Columbia Carolinian, 7th inst. * Stock of Pork. There is probably, now, the largest stock of pork held in the sea-board mar kets ever known in any previous season, and it must certainly seem strange to those who honestly believed last winter that there would be a great scarcity of the article this summer, where these im mense supplies come from. The exhibits for the Ist of August, as regards New York and New Orleans, stand as follows for a few years back : New York. New Orleans. 185 G 49,875 11,6G0 1857 34,407 12,700 1858 38,132 17,487 1859 90,500 34,620 As regards the stocks in the Western markets, we have no reliable data, but parties interested put it at 30,000 barrels, which may be considered within the mark. The stock of Cut Meats, particularly Sides, is comparatively small in the West, not as large by one-tenth as they were this time last year, perhaps ; but, as re gards this, nothing can be obtained, be yond a vague estimate, as it is absolutely impossible to obtain an accurate report from holders at any time.— Cin. Price Current. The London Mechanics’ Magazine states that there are verj’ extensive works at Stepney Green, London, in which great quantities of artificial leather are manu factured. In appearance, it resembles common leather ; and it is only by a very close scrutiny that the distinction be tween them can be detected. It is manu factured in webs 50 yards in length and 41- feet i tt breadth, and is now used for book-binding, and for several other pur poses for which tanned calf and sheep skins are employed with us. It is also used by saddlers for making harness, and may be made of any thickness desirable, and is capable of being stretched or ce mented. India rubber is the principal substance of its composition, but there are other ingredients mixed with it, whereby its leather qualities are secured. The method of making it is not given, and it appears that this is kept secret; but that such a substance is now manu tured, sold and used, in large quantities, is a fact of too great an importance to ‘tie overlooked. Later from tlie City of Mexico. Miramon has issued an order to tax all men, women or children, living in the Republic, from one dollar up to five hun dred. He has also proposed to issue eighty million dollars of paper money; it is stated that Miramon and Escandon agreed upon this measure, and that the latter subscribed for and bought a num ber of the bonds to be issued. A conspiracy was discovered on the 11th ult., headed by Raul Lagartna ; the plan was to assassinate the Governor of Mexico and Gen. Corona (chief of Mira mon’s Cabinet) and then to take posses sion of the chief executive power. The project was discovered, and the parties concerned in it arrested. The London Times says: The Great Eastern has been getting on wonderfully during the last few weeks. The three iron masts rise one hundred and twenty two feet above the upper deck, and have a diameter of three feet six inches for a bight of seventy feet, when they decrease gradually to two feet six inches at the cap. The three wooden masts, which are also in their places, are not built masts, but are single “sticks.” The fore and mizzen masts are one hundred and forty feet high, and they are thirty-four inches in diameter at the deck; the jigger mast is one hundred and twenty-two feet in Light, and of the same diameter. The trees which formed these masts Zealand pines. Asa sample of the coolness of rail road conductors, the Harrisburg Patriot aud Union tells the following tough story : “One of them having been discharged from his trust, applied to be reinstated. ‘You were dismissed,’ said the Superin tendent austerely, ‘for letting your train come twice into collision.’ ‘The very reason,’ said Qie other, interrupting him, ‘why I ask to be restored.’ ‘How so?’ ‘Why, sir, if I had any doubt before as to whether two trains can pass each other on the same track, I am now entirely sat isfied ; I have tried it twice, sir, and it c-a-n-’t be done, and I am not likely to try it again.’ He regained his situation.” Tax Returns of Upson County. Number of Polls, 924; number of pro fessions, 29; free negroes, 2; number acres of land, 229,47 G ; number of slaves, 4.982; capital in manufactories, $170,- 410; value of land, $1,490,415; town property, $114,450; slaves, 53,435,147 ; money and solvent debts, $983,301; mer chandize, $92,420; furniture, $19,491; aggregate value of taxable property, $6,- 502,590; average value of slaves, $690. Upson Pilot. Affray in Bibb County. We learn from a private letter received on yesterday, from Centrevilie, stating that on Monday last, the day of election, a difficulty occurred at Six Mile, between John W. Pratt and Wm. Lindsey, which resulted in the death of the latter.— Selma Sentinel. A visit to Lexington during the past week satisfied the editor of the Louis ville Courier “ that the fourth annual fair of the State Agricultural Society will be the greatest exhibition of the kind that has ever been held in the Ohio Yalley, if not upon the American conti nent.” Further by tbe Nova Scotian. Farther Point, Aug. 7. — The sales j of Cotton in Liverpool, for three days were, to speculators 3,000 and exp<#ters 3,000 bales. Middling Orleaus quoted at 7 3-10d. and Middling Uplands at 7d. Manchester advices were reported fav orable, and the trade active, at slightly advanced prices. j The weather for crops was regarded favorable. Flour was dull, as holders demanded an advance. Wheat had ad vanced 2d. Corn was dull aud easier, i but quotations were unchanged. It was rumored-that the Emperor Na poleon would shortly visit London. The London News intimates the pro gramme for an Italian Confederation, but says tbe plan will not be pressed at pres j ent. The French uaval and land forces have begun to leave Italy. Count Persigny had arrived at Paris, bringing assurances that England would give in, her adherence to a Peace Congress on the condition of a general and immed iate disarmament. It is stated that Count Walewski had submitted a plan for the confederation of Italy, which consists of eleven States— the Presidency of which is given nomi nally to the Pope, but really to the Kings of Sardinia and Naples alternately. The streng places to be garrisoned by the Federal troops are Goita, Mantua, and Piacenza. The votes in the Federal Diet will be distributed as follows: Parma, 1; Modena, 1; the Pope, 2; Tuscany, 2; Sardinia, 3; Naples, 3. Parliament was directing its attention to the state of the national defences. It was also stated that France was arming a a fleet with ritie-cannon. A fire at Liverpool had destroyed the North Shore Flour and Rice Mills. The loss was £OO,OOO sterling. Austria refuses to meet the Sardinian representatives in conference. Napoleon was announced to make his grand entry into Paris on the 4th of August. It was reported that the French army | had been reduced to 300,000 men, by re newable furloughs. The nccouuts from the French vine ; yards was unfavorable. The grapes had been injured by the heat. The Moniteur de Flotte says that Den- I mark bad ceded the island of St. Thomas j to America. The Bourse closed flat, at 07 to 90. Garibaldi had a confidential interview with Gen. Della Mormora, on the 15th of July. The former stated that he had an i army of 12,000 men, and that it was in- I creasing; also, that he was going to the ! Appenines to gather an army of 50,000, for the purpose of fighting for the inde | pendence of Central Italy, under the aus pices of the State of Modena. The Pope complains that Victor Eraau ! uel has asked foreign assistance to vindi ! cate his (the Pope’s) rights. The last Moniteur contains an article i taking exception to the military naval ex penditures of England, which caused a j j decline of one-fourth in the funds. A Curious Resurrection Case. The Columbus (Ohio) Fact says: A curious case occurred last week at Rome, in Franklin county, Ohio. Mrs. Peters, wife of a German of that name, after a short illness was supposed to have died Her husband made immediate ar rangements for her funeral, having pro cured a coffin in this city. On placing ; her body in the coffin, a general perspira tion was observed throughout tlie skfti, which was reported to the husband, with the suggestion that the burial be deferred, in the hope of re-animation. To this the husband objected, and had her interred the same day, (Saturday.) After the burial services were over, some relatives of the supposed deceased, I who reside in this-city, arrived at Romo ; to attend the funeral, which had already taken place, and, hearing of the circum stances, caused the body, which had then j been four hours in the grave, to be disin terred, when, to their surprise and joy, they found signs of life still remaining. Restoratives being administered, Mrs. Peters gradually recovered, was taken by her friends to this city, and is now well. We are informed that she refuses to again live with her husband. The circum stances connected with she affair are strange indeed, and should undergo in vestigation. An American Newspaper In Havana. The Mobile Register says, we have re ceived the prospectus of the “Cuban Messenger,” a weekly journal to be pub lished in the city of Havana in the Eng lish language, and to be “devoted to lo cal, American and European News, com mercial and shipping interests, and gen eral intelligence.” Its terms are $5 for one year, $3 for six months, and $2 for three months. We have the pleasure of a personal ac quaintance with one of the proprietors of this enterprise, Col. J. W. Bryant,, late of East Florida. lie has been for many years an eminent lawyer of that region, j His reputation as a gentleman of decided i ability and of great energy, affords an ex- I cellent assurance of the success of the un dertaking with which he is connected. An American newspaper in Cuba will be an interesting and attractive feature in the public journalism of the day, and the j publication of the Cuban Messenger at so important a commercial point as Havana, and with which Mobile is in close prox imity and intimate commercial inter course, will commend it to the patronage of our citizens. The first number of tbe new paper will be issued in October, next. Ah Anecdote of Mr. CHoate. Two or three years ago, during a sea ! son of illness, Mr. Choate was visited by one of his friends, who urged upon him the importance of paying more attention ! to his health. “ Sir,” said the visitor, I “you must go away; if you continue your professional labors thus you will cer | tainly undermine your constitution.” Mr. Choate looked up and with that graveirony and peculiar twinkle of the eye which i were so marked and indescribable when he jested, said, “Sir, the constitution was destroyed long ago; I am now living under the by-laws.” Kentucky Elections. Louisvilee, Aug. 7. —In Kentucky the Opposition have elected Congressmen in the third, sixth, seventh and ninth dis ! tricte—in the fourth district the result is doubtful—the remaining five districts re turn Democratic Congressmen. The Legislature, on joint ballot has a ; Democratic majority of about thirty. Tbe Democratic majority for State offi cers ranges from seven to ten thousand. Louisville, Aug. B.—The official re turns show a tie vote in the Gth district of Kentucky. Tennessee Election. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. B.—Harris, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Tennessee, is elected by G.OOO majority. I The Opposition elect Congressmen in the ! second, third, fourth, fifth and eighth districts, and probably in the first; the Democrats elect in the sixth, seventh and . tenth. The ninth is doubtful. The Leg islature is Democratic. Death of Judge Underwood. Judge Underwood, a well known mem ber of the bar in Upper Georgia, and fa ther of J. W. H. Underwood, candidate for Congress in the Fifth District, died in Marietta on Friday last. The Judge has for several years resided in Atlanta. He was widely known as well for his high legal attainments as for his facetious qualities, and up to the time of his death kept everybody in a good humor with his sharp sarcasms and quaint conceits. Few men possessed finer legal talents, and without the intense application with which most men purchase success, he oc cupied a high position at the bar. —Augus ta Dispatch. “Charles, love, won’t you take me out of town this summer?” “No, my pet, I can’t afford it—times are dull; but we will have the water cut off, the gas stopped, sleep up in the little back attic, and eat stale peas, and not gver fresh meat, and that will be a good j imitation of cockney life in tbe country.’ Remarkable Letter from Governor Wise—llis sentiments on 3icw York Politics. Tlie following singular letter from Gov. Wise, of Virginia, to a friend in Albany, Las just been made public, and lias crea ted quite a sensation among the politi cians now congregated in that city: Richmond, July 13, 1850. Dear Sir: 1 thank you for yours of the Bth inst. 1 have apprehended all along that the Tammany Regency would carry a united delegation from New York to Charleston. For whom? Douglas, I know, is confident ; but you may rely on it that Mr. Buchanan is himself a candi date Tor re-nomination, and all his pat ronage and power will be used to disap point Douglas and all other aspirants. Our only chance is to organise by dis tricts, and either whip the enemy or send two delegations. If that is done or not done, we must still rely on a united South. A united South will depend on a united Virginia, and I pledge you that she at least, shall be a unit. Virginia a unit, and persist ent and firm on a sound platform of pro tection to all pei sons of popular versus squatter sovereignty, slie must rally to her support all the South. The South cannot adopt Mr. Douglas’ platform. It is a short cut to nil the ends of Black Re publicanism. He then will kick up his heels. If he does or don't, he can’t be nominated, and the mainargument against his nomination is that he can’t be elected if nominated. If he runs as an independent j candidate, and Sewatd runs, and I am nominated at Charleston, 1 can beat them both. Or if squatter sovereignty is a j plank of the p : atform at Charleston, and Douglas is nominated, the South will run an independent candidate on protection principles, and run the election into the House. Where, then, would Mr. Douglas 1 be? The lowest candidate on the the list. If I have the popular strength you suppose, it will itselt fix the nomination. Get that, and I am confident of success. Hon. F. Wood is professedly and really, I believe a friend, and of course I would, \ in good faith, be glal of his influence, and would do nothing to impair it, and j could not justly reject his kind aid ; but ■ ! you may rely upon it that I am neither j completely; norat all, in the hands of Mr ; | Wood, or any ether man who breathes. ; 1 He has always been friendly to me, and I am to him, but always on fair and inde- j pendent terms. There is nothing in our relations which should keep aloof any friend of either. He knows as well as one can tell him, that his main influence is in the city of New York, and I judge what you saw of his country influence is correct. But lam counting all the time* without New York, and don’t fear the result. lam depending solely upon open position of principle, independent of all cliques, and defying all comers. We will overwhelm opposition in Virginia, and her vote will be conservative and national. At all events, I shall always be glad to hear from you, and am, yours truly, HENRY A. wiSE. -o Fraud on Shakspearc. All readers of Shakspeare will recollect the excitement created by the publication in 1852 of Mr. John Payne Collier’s edi tion of Shakspeare, corrected from mar ginal notes, said to have been found in a copy of the folio edition of 1G32, purchas ed by him in 1849. This famous volume was purchased by the late Duke of Devon shire. Mr. N. E. S. A. Hamilton, of the Department of MSS. in the British Mus eum, writes a long letter to the London Times, saying that the present Duke has allowed him to examine the book, and he has made discoveries that go to show that the pretended old marginal alterations, notes and stage directions, are of quite recejjt date. The water mark of the leaves pasted inside the cover is a crown surmounting the letters “G. R.” ( Gear gius Hex) the Dutch lion within a paling, with the legend “pro pallia,” showing that the binding of the book was some time during the reign of one of the Georges. He says that there is evidence to show that the corrections, though in tended to resemble a hand of” the middle of the 17th century, could not have been written on the margins o/ the volume un til after it was bound, and consequently not, at the earliest, until towards the middle of the 18th. He then enters into quite a minute description of the altera tions, an examination of which has satis fied him that they are of modern work. There is an infinite number of faint pen cil marks and corrections, in obedience to which the supposed old collector has made his emendations. These pencil correc tions, says Mr. Hamilton, have not even the pretence of antiquity in character or spelling, but are written in a bold hand cfthe present century. lie describes a number of these instances, and comes to the conclusion that “the emendations, as they are called, of this folio copy of Shaks peare have been made in the margins within the present century. He promises to lay the result of his examinations more fully before the public in another form.— Richmond Dispatch. The Cotton Tratle—The Quantity Exported. In spite of the war and individual los ses sustained here and there by the more timid holders, the cotton year of 1858-9 (ending the Ist of September next) will prove one of the most prosperous and re markable in the history of the country. The crop, estimated at 8,700,000 bales, is the largest ever grown in the United States, and estimated at the average of about SSO per bale, it amounts to the enormous sum of $185,000,000. The crop, so far, has been distributed as follows : Estimated crop, 3,700,000 bales. Quan tity exported to July 25 : Bales. Value. To Great Britain 1,935,000 $96,750,000 To Franco 424,000 21 200,000 To other foreign ports 537,000 26 850,000 Stock on hand 171,000 8,550.000 Taken by America man ufacturers 594,000 29,700,000 To be reev'd to Ist Sept. 39,000 1,950,000 Total 3,700,000 $155,000,000 Some su'ppose that the present growing crop of 1859-’GO may reach four millions bales, or three hundred thousand in ex cess of the present crop. If so, and the civilized world should remain at peace for a year or two to come, it will all be consumed at a remunerative price. Some believe, however, that the present sup ply of labor devoted to the culture of cot ton will not be able to carry the yield up to four million bales,’ and few or none consider that the growth can be pushed much, if any, above that amount for some time to come, without some aug mentation in it beyond the ordinary rate of increase.— X. Y. Herald. U. S. Circuit Court. The United States Circuit Court, Judge Nicol presiding, met yesterday morning. The following bills were presented to the Grand Jury : United States vs. Patrick llurke—Re volt. True bill. United States vs. George I. Pitts— Holding 3G African negroes contrary to statute. No bill. • United States vs. Charles S. Harrison —Holding African negroes. No bill. United States vs. James Yernoy— Holding and abetting in the holding of African negroes. No bill. United States vs. William Mahaffey— Holding and abetting in the holding of African negroes. No bill.— Savh. Xeus. —— - Happy Retort. . A Methodist Minister at the West, who lived on a small salary, was troubled to get his quarterly installment He at last told the non-paying trustees that he must have his money, as his family were suffer ing for the necessaries of life. “Money, - ’ replied the steward, “you preach for money ? I thought you preached for the good of souls.” “Souls?” replied the Minister, “I can’t eat souls; and if I could, it would take a thousand likeyouis to make a meal.” A man named Prigden, says the Wil mington Herald, was killed at Snow Hill, Greene county, N. C., on the 28th ult., by another named Kennedy. The jury returned a verdict of “justifiable homi cide,” and Kennedy was discharged. They were fighting about a dog, Prigden provoking the quarrel. Tlie Strong Men of Cincinnati. The papers throughout the country, since the debut ot the strong “Doctor in Boston, have been teeming with records of tlie herculean” strength of different persons. If these various stories can be true, tlffc degeneration of our race is not going on so rapidly as some of our dis tinguished sous of Hippocrates would have us believe. Some of the strongest men that have lived during the last twenty-five years re sided in Cincinnati. FRANK BUFFALO. First and foremost comes the giant (in strength) Frank Buffalo, a colored man, who lived here about tlie time of old Tip. and Ty. He was a man of medium height, with powerful shoulders, and his arms reached, when standing erect, seve ral inches below his Vnets. This man once carried a distnnet of twenty-three feet, a load of 1,590 poands. At anoth er time, he carried an anchor weighing 710 pounds, from the water’s edge about 100 feet below the Uncle Sam coffee house, and laid it iu the doorway of the old Cincinnati Hotel, now the Spencer House. At another tinn, two men, of reputed strength, came from the east with the expressed intention of having “amid” with Buffalo. Frank being of a peacea ble disposition, endeavored to avoid the difficulty, and actually suffered himself to be knocked down several times before be would resent his injuries. They had had their time, and now came his. De liberately puiling off his coat, he said, “go way white man. dis darkey can’t stan’ dat dar treatment any longer, no how.” Not heeding his warning they struck him again, whereupon, Frank “straightened out” on them with his long arms, and one stroke apiece was enough. He stretched them both dead at his feet. Many times in sport, he would go be hind a wagon, drawn by one or two horses, catch hold of the back axle, and brace himself so as to stop the horses. Many other as surprising feats are rela ted of him. He died in 1847. samson kirby. Another man, whose name will over be remembered in the annals of “ the StroDg Men,” was Samson Kirby, a member of the old Invincible Fire Cos. No. 5. Kirby, after performing various feats of almost unheard-of strength, attempted to, and actually did, lift both hind wheels of the famous fire engine Fame, which belonged to the above company. Some idea may be formed of the* strength of this lift, from the fact that the engine weighed over 4,000 pounds. Dft. RICHAB%GATEWOOD, better known as “Jawbone Dick, tlie Herb Doctor,” was as famous as either of the foregoing for his muscle. When the workmen were engaged in building the old Assembly Hall, on the southeast corner of Walnut and Pearl streets, Dick carried, in a hod prepared for the occasion, 150 brick up four lad ders without stopping, and laid them down on the roof. Estimating each .brick at the weight of four pounds, and the hod at twenty-five pounds, the total weight of the load was six hundred and twenty-five pounds. But Dick, as all other “good darkies,” could not withstand the hand of time, as he was found dead about a year since, in bis cabin on “ Millcreek’s marshy marge.” EZRA o’IIARA who was killed at the Empire House, on Sixth street, was another specimen of the “half horse and half man some claim ing for him greater strength than that possessed by Frank Buffalo. Someone or two of his feats are worth relating : Many times, for a small wager, he would carry three bundles of shingles up one, two, or three ladders, as the case might be. At another time he and Joseph Lewis, who still resides here, lifted and carried a few feet a hogshead of sugar Another one of his common tricks was to take a barrel of whisky, raise it above his lieid, and drink out of the bung hole. He once did this trick with a man sitting astride the barrel. JOHN s. POWERS. Our old and highly respected flour in spector, John S. Powers, is another model of bone and muscle. When the “Cincin nati Grays” were in the zenith of then popularity, they had their cannon, weigh ing 1,000 pounds, down at the liver, fir ing, as a tribute of respect to the memory of the hero of Tippecanoe, whose remains were passing on a steamer bound for North Bend. While there, one of the wheels of the gun-carriage sank several inches in the mud, so that the gun could not be used. The horses could not pull it out, but Sam Powers easily lifted the cannon off the carriage, while the others were engaged in puiling out the wheels. Cincinnati Gazette. American Respect for Age. At present in the United States the head of our judiciary department is filled by Judge Taney, a venerable gentleman, in the eighty-third year of his age. His eight associates in the court, with one single exception, are all three score years and ten, and some of them considerably exceed that number. The* commander-in-chief, under the President, of our regular army, who, in case of war, would lead Young America to battle, is Winfield Scott, who must be considerably over seventy years old, as be gained distinguished military laurels in the war of 1812 with Great Britain. The director of our foreign affairs, un der the President, and the head of our Department of State, is the venerable Lewis Cass, who has attained the age of seventy seven. The President, Mr. Buch anan, is full seventy years old, having for forty years held a most honorable place among American statesmen. The colleagues of Gen. Scott, who fill the highest military positions under him, are nearly as old as their distinguished chief. The old maxim is: “Old men for counsel and young men for war.” None can doubt that the United States has fulfilled the first part of his maxim, if not the second. Those who consult our political records will find that nearly all our Presidents and dignitaries, under the Constitution, have been men well ad vanced in years. With the exception of General Pierce, wo have had no Presi dent under fifty years of age at the time of his election. The framers of the Con stitution disqualified any man from being President who had not attained the age of thirty-five. Cincinnati Enquirer. Comparative Longevity. In the French Revue Encgclopedtque are some interesting statements on longevity, and the proportions of deaths to the pop ulation, in the different countries of Eu rope. According to the data here pre sented, the duration and value of human life varies much between one European nation and another. The British islands, and* especially Scotland, appear to be favorable to the life of man : in a million of inhabitants, the annual deaths are somewhat more than eighteen thousand. Sweden and Norway are also salubrious climates; there are only two deaths in that part of Europe for three in the southern countries. In Denmark and the greater part of Germany, the proportion is about the same. Russia and. Poland, where the mass of the inhabitants maybe said to bave scarcely the necessaries of life, ate astonishingly favorable to the continuation of existence; the population lives, on an average, half as long again as the Italians, and exactly twice as long as the inhabitants of Vienna. The mean rate of mortality is in Switzerland, in the provinces of the Austrian empire and in Spain, in which countries the annual deaths are about one in every forty. France, Holland, Delgium and Prussia do not vary much from the same proportion. In other parts of Europe, tll% deaths are one in thirty, and often more in the coun tries that border on the Mediterranean. [Kansas Sews. Denver City, (Kansas) July 29. There was great excitement created here by the discovery of rich gold diggings near the head waters of the Colorado. At Leavenworth City a Vigilance Com mittee has been organized, to break up the gangs of robbers and horse thieves in the Territory. Two victims were hung, and sufficient information extorted from others to disclose all the ramifications of the lawless gang, and cause them to dis band. The Mysterious Piano. Not long since I was invited to pay a visit to some friends out of town. Iu the family was three young ladies, besides j'ouug children Bring musical, we spent the greater part id the first evening of my visit in singing and playing, and, at a proper hour retired fur the. night, as we supposed. A- ! vis a grea.t favorite with all the giils, each one anted to sleep with me, and, t > effect ilifs. it was decid ed that, instead ot g<dng to my room, I should remain in t licit- double-bedded room. Accordingly, instead of going to sleep, we lay and talked (as girls otten do) some hours. Millv touched me on the arm, in the middle of a most interesting account I was giving hc-r of tlie opera, and certain regular attendants there, and said: “C , do you hear that?” “Hear what ? Ido not listen to people when they are r.ot talking to me ;” natu rally supposing she referred to Margaret and Fanny, who were in the other bed. . “There 1 now, girls, don’t you hear it ? Someone is playing on the piano.” “Who can it be ?” said Milly. “Why did you not lock it, Fanny ; it is your place to do it.” ‘•Well,” said Fauny, “I did, and the key is in tlie pocket of my dress.” This, of course, we would not believe. So, trembling from head to foot, she got up, dark as it was, found the dress, with the key in its pocket. All this, while we heard the piano, sounding in simple scales from top to bottom, and rice versa, but producing the most wonderful quality of tone, resembling those of a musical box more than anything else. We had all heard of spirits, and were quite sure there were some in the house, for it. was not probable that any of the children would be up at that hour of tite night. So it was decided that we should hold each other by the hand aud go across the hall to father’s room. All this time the scales were being played on the piano, | as if someone had been ordered “to prac tice for an hour. We succeeded in awak ening- Mr. \V., and iu a few minutes he came out with a light in his hand, when j we formed a procession after him, with ; chattering teeth, but, withal, eager faces, ! for our curiosity was stronger than our fear. We entered the parlor ; sure enough the piano is shut and locked, while the gamut is being played regularly aud dis | tinctly. The father asks for the key ; all the girls scream out at once : “Don’t open it: it must be spirits.” But Mr. W. docs not believe in piano- I playing spirits, and opens the instrument; j we are all huddled together, and he ex i claims : i “Gracious me, it’s a mouse!” How we laughed, and screamed, and ! looked for the little animal, but it was uo ! use, mousy bad practiced bis lesson and i gone. It was easy to account for the evenness of his playing, as he was too small to skip a note, and therefore touched every one. : —Musical World. I , Death not Painful. Ilealljq according to my observation, j the mere act of dying & seldom, iu any sense of the word, a very painful process. It is true that some persons die in a state of bodily torture, as iu cases of tetanus ; that the drunkard, dying of delirium tre mens, is haunted by terrific visions ; and that the victim of that most horrible of all diseases, hydrophobia, in addition to those peculiar bodily sufferings from which the disease lias derived its name, may be in a state of terror from the sup posed presence of frightful objects, which j are presented to him < as realities, even to | the last. But those and some other in stances which “I might adduce are excep tions to the geueral rule, which is, that I both mental and bodily suffering termi | nates long before the seene is finally | closed. Then as to the actual fear of . death ; it seems to me that the Author of our existence, for the most part, gives it to us when it is intended that we should live, and takes it away from us when it is intended that we should die. Those who have been long tormented by bodily pain are generally as anxious to die as they ever were to live. So it often is with those whose life has been pro tracted to an extreme old age, beyond the usual period of mortality, even when they labor under no actual disease. It is not very common for any one to die of j old age: “ hike ripe fruit to ilrop Into his mother’s lap.” But I have known this to happen; aud a happy conclusion it has seemed to be of worldly care3 and joys. It was like fall ing to sleep, never to wake again in this state of existence. Some die retaining all their faculties, and quite aware that their dissolution is at hand. Others offer | no signs of recognition of external ob j jects, so it is impossible for us to form 1 any positive opinion whether they do or (do not retain their sensibility; and oth ; ers, again, as I bave already stated, who j appear to be insensible and unconscious, i when carefully watched, are found not to ! be so in reality ; but they die contented ly. I have myself never known but two instances in which, in the act of dying, j there were manifest indications of the fear of death. The individuals to whom I allude were unexpectedly destroyed by hemorrhage, which, from peculiar cir | cumstances, which I need not now ex plain, it was impossible to suppress. The depressing effects which the gradual loss of blood produced ou their corporeal sys tem seemed to influence their minds, and j they died earnestly imploring that relief which art was unable to afford. Seneca might have chosen an easier death than i that from opening his arteries. —Sir ‘• Benj. Brodic. *- Summer Sours. Physiological research has fully estab lished the fact that acids promote the separation of the bile from the blood, i which i3 then passed from the system, : thus preventing fevers, the prevailing ! disease of. summer. All fevers are “bil ious,” that is, the bile is iu the blood. Whatever is antagonistic to fever is “cooling.” It is a common saying that fruits are “cooling,” and also berries of every description ; it is because the acid ity which they contain aids iu separating , the bile from tlie blood; that is, aids in 1 purifying the blood. Hence the great yearning for greens and lettuce, and sal ads in the early spring, these being eaten with vinegar; hence also the taste for something sour, for lemonades, on an at i tack of fever. But this being the case, it is easy to see, that we nullify the good effects of fruit and berries in proportion as we eat them with sugar, or even sweet milk, or cream. If we eat them iu their natural state, fresh, ripe, perfect, it is almost impossible to eat too many, to eat i enough to hurt us, especially if we eat t them alone, not taking any liquid with them whatever. Hence also is butter- I milk or even common sour milk promo tive of health in summer time. Sweet milk tends to biliousness iu sedentary : people, sour milk is antagonistic. The Greeks and Turks are passionately fond of sour milk. The sheperde use rennet, and the milkdealers, to make- it sour the sooner. Buttermilk acts lute watermel ons on the system.— JJalCs Journal of Health. Parental Government. Said the mother of John and Charles Wesley, “The first step to form the mind of a child is to conquer its will. When once subdued, then many indalgences*can be safely granted.” Said the guilty Web ster, when about to die for the fatal blow he dealt poor Parkman—not in malice, but in rage—‘‘ln early childhood, mine was a quick and off-handed temper, which was never subdued. I was a petted and indulged child, and all this is the end of it. liestraints are necessary for the young.” From Washington. Washington, Aug. G.—The Treasury receipts for the quarter ending June 30th, excluding trust funds, twenty-three millions one hundred and twenty-five thousand, exclusive fourteen and a quar ter million from customs, aud eight and a quarter million from Treasury notes. The expenditures for the same period were twenty-six millions, including ten million paid in Treasury note?, and a million and a half interest on the public debt and treasury notes, Tlie IfritlsL West India fßlacli) Reg iments. It has receutly come to light that the British ‘Government has determined to raise three more black regiments among the negroes of Jamaica. These troops are to be clothed in an uniform similar to that of the French Zouaves. The West India regular army will (hen consist of six regiments. The present three have been in exigence for upwards of hail'a century. They are all officered by whites, and some of the more important of the non-commissioned officers are likewise of that hue. At first, the rank and file were Africans, purchased from the slave ships and drafted into the army. Os course the finest men of the cargo were invaria bly selected. In consequence of the abo lition of the slave trade, great difficulty was experienced in obtaining Africans, and of late years native West Indian blacks have been enlisted. Towards the end of 1837, nine hundred men. the very pick of the rural population, were enlist ed in Jamaica, by Col. Whitfield, of the Second W. I. Regiment. The Colonel said he preferred the Jamaicans to the ne groes of any other colonies. Those of Demerara and Barbadoes, lie would hard ly have on any terms. It • is, perhaps, through tlie repretentations of the Colo nel that, the Jamaica negroes have re ceived the preference in the new enlist ment scheme. The W. I. Regiments did good service at the capture of Martinique and Gauda loupe, the names of which French colo nied they bear on their respective regi mental colors. During the Crimean war the entit4 2d regiment volunteered to take part in the struggle, and Col. Wliit- I field, who was in England, proceeded to Jamaica to embark his command for the seat of war, but the conclusion of peace prevented them from crossing bayonets with the Russians. The bands of all the regiments, composed entirely of colored men, are renowned, aud have been praised by Europeans and Americans, that of the od regiment in particular, rauking as crack band in the British army. Within a few months, the three existent regiments have been clothed in tlie Zouave uniform, and are said to have quite a picturesque appearance. It would be a curious, but interesting sight 1 to see them tackling the Turcos.— X. Y. j Express. Peat of Strength. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 4, 1859. 1 was yesterday an eye witness to one of the greatest feats of strength on rec ord. According to a statement recently made by some Professor of Gymnastics before liis audience, iu his lecture, lie said ! that the Belgian Giant, who was said to 1 be the strongest man in the world, could only lift, at a fair and square lift with his i hands, 900 pounds. If this be true, 1 yesterday saw Mr. Giant fairly beaten. Mr. Charles F. Fefry, a locomotive en gineer on the engine Hercules, of the N. 0., J. & G. N. It. R., lifted, at a fair and square lift, 1,000 pounds. Mr. Ferry is just six feet high, and weighs 202 pounds. I He stood upon a pair of Fairbank’s plat -1 form scales, and passed a three quarter inch rope underneatli them, allowing the j ends to come far enough through to run a stick through the loops. He then placed , 1,200 pounds in weights upon the beam ! and stepped upon the scales, taking hold . of the centre of the stick, and, with ap parent ease, raised the beam and held it in that position for nearly thirty seconds, j until all of the bystanders were perfectly j satisfied that it was a fair lift. At the 1 suggestion of some person presept, an other 200 pound weight was placed upou the beam, and Mr. Ferry took bold again, ‘and I confidently believe that had not the rope broken he would have raised the 1,200 pounds. Another rope was pro cured, but lie refused to lift again for . nothing. Mr. Ferry says that he can, by the aid of a strap across his shoulders, ! carry and walk twenty or thirty paces with 1,200 pounds. If all engineers were ’ possessed of such strength, jack-screws would be rather in the way in case of an accident, for half a dozen of such men would lift an ordinary engine or car and | place it upon the rail, in case it should i run off. l ours truly. Constant Reader. The First of its Kind In the United States. Au iron spire is about to be erected on a church in Pittsburgh. This will be the first construction of the kind in the Uni ted States, and it is fitting that it should be put iu the “Iron City.” This church (St. Philoniena’s—Catholic) has now a brick tower 100 feet high, which is to be carried up 65 feet higher; and upon it | will be erected a beautiful cast-iron spire, ! 85 feet high, exclusive of the cross that will crown the apex. The style is to bo perforated Gothic, of the middle ages. It will cost about SIO,OOO. There are now, it is stated, but two church spires in the world that are made of Iron, viz: at Vienna and Frankfort-on-the-Main. Idolatry. An exchange says that the Chinese have a temple in San Francisco which ; cost $20,000, aud have imported an idol from China at a cost of $30,000. It is the image of a man who figured in China three hundred years ago, and was agreat statesman and warrior, as one said, “like | your Washington.” The only efforts iu California to Christianise the Chinese, are by the Methodists at Sacramento. The law prohibiting Chinamen from coming to the State is pronounced unconstitutional, and their number, now sixty thousand, is rapidly increasing. Tlie Weather and tlie Crops. We have had plenty of rain the last two or three days, too late for some planta tions, where drought had already done its work. These are, however, for the most part, exceptions to the rule, the season having been generally favorable, and the crops promising well.— Eufaula l Spirit. Slabbing. A difficulty took place yesterday even -1 ing on the corner of Monroe and Court streets, near Zang & Behler’s beer shop, which resulted in the dangerous (if not fatal) wounding of au old man named Wesley Barry (or Barrett) a resident of Coosa count}’, by J. D. Morley, a non resident of this city.— Mont. Advr., ‘Jth. [Advertisement.] Still Another Version; A communication having appeared in the Columbus Enquirer of the 30th July, signed, “A Friend of Gen. Hull s Fami ly,” in which there are palpable misrep resentations of tlie facts connected with the “squabble about the negro girl,” of • which 1 am owner, I feel it to be my duty to make the following statement: It is positively false that Gen. Hull ever pur chased the giri in question, or ever owned her by any legal title, and to give the gentleman and his friends an opportunity to make something out of very small cap ital. 1 hereby pledge myself not only to relinquish my claim to the girl Adeline, but to transfer the whole of the family to the ownership of Gen. Hull, provided he will prove to any respectable citizen of Russell county, Alabama, or, of Colum bus, Georgia, by legal evidence, that he has or ever had a bill of sale or other title to said girl, or will show any receipt or voucher from me, for any paj’meut made by him to me, on account of said girl. Here then is a chance for “A friend of Gen. Hull’s Family” or the General himself to make at least $5,000, without any capital whatever. To my friends and the public I will say, for the last time, that the ingratitude of Gen. Hull for favors bestowed upon him for several years past, is as base as im agination can conceive. He came to Co lumbus, broken down in name and for tune, and bos for years been sustained by my bounty, and now he wishes to rob me of my property, to which he has not a shadow of title. This I say, publicly, and am respousible for tlie allegation. I . will, for the next month, be found at the Indian Springs, where the “Friend ot Gen. Hull’s Familv” or any other person aggrieved by this exposure of meditated rascality, can have a satisfactory inter view, in any way which they may select, for the adjustment of the difficulty. • p, McLaren.
