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COLXJMBTJS:
Tuesday Moruiag, Aug- 23 t 1850.
To tile Press.
It is rarely that we have occasion to
discharge a duty so pleasing, as one im
posed by the kindly notices and flattering
terms in which the Press generally lias
been pleased to speak of the recent en
largement and appearance of the Sun.
The life of the Editor has been compa
red to a desert; if there is any truth in
the comparison, his path through it is
relieved here and there with many re
freshing oases. Nothing has more en
hanced our gratification than the encour
agement of our cotemporarics.
♦
Governor Stevens has been elected, by
a considerable majority, delegate to Con
gress from Washington Territory.
The steamship Locust Point, from New
York, arrived at Savannah on the 20th
instant.
It is stated that the receipts of the East
Tennessee and Georgia ltail Road, for (he
current year, will probably amount to
$300,000.
♦
William B. Smith, Esq., has been elect
• ed President of the Union Bank, Charles
ton, in place of Henry Ravcnel, Esq., re
cently deceased.
Mr. John Ilill, for many years city
treasurer of Augusta, died very suddenly
in that city on Saturday afternoon.
The Dahloncga Sentinel states that all
the prisoners in jail at Cumming, For
syth county, made their escape on the
night of the 9th instant..
The new bale of cotton received at the
commission bouse of King, Allen & Ca
mak, in this city, the 18th instant, was
sold at auction for 12] cents, instead of
11], as stated.
At the Rail lload meeting held in Mem
phis, to agitate the subject of a connec
tion with St. Louis, which we mentioned
a few days since, the sum of $200,000
was pledged in aid of the enterprise.
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Fastest Time on Record.
A match came off on the 9th inst., over
the Eclipse Course, between Princess and
Flora Temple. Flora won it in three
straight heats. Time—2:23.]; 2:22; 2:23].
lion. Cave Johnson.
The Memphis Appeal, of the 10th, says
that the Hon. Cave Johnson, for several
years President of the Bank of Tennes
see, has resigned that office.
New Wheat,
The Chattanooga Advertiser, of the
18th, says new wheat is selling at 80 cfs.
without sacks in that market. The de
mand was Bacon was dull,
and little doing.
The steamship Parkersburg, bark Ma
ria Morton, sebr. Kate Brigham, from
New York; brig Mason B. Davis, from
Boston, and steamship City of Norfolk,
from Baltimore, arrived at Savannah on
the 17th.
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The last Waynesboro’ News states that
the Methodist protracted meeting which
was recently removed from Old Church
to Habersham Church, in Burke county,
has again been removed, and is now pro
grossing at Reese’s Church, in the same
county, with happy results.
Seventh Congressional District.
From an Extra of the Southern Itocord
er, we learn that the American and Oppo
sition Convention met in Milledgeville on
the 17th. On motion of IV. M. Lewis,
Esq., of Green, the Hon. Joshua 11. Hill
was unanimously nominated for re-clec
tion to Congress.
Kentucky legislature.
All the counties in Kentucky have
been heard from except five. The returns
in full, it is believed, will give the Demo
crats a majority of 18 on joint ballot.—
Thero has been a gain of six over the
number of Democrats in the last Legisla
ture.
It will be remembered that to-day comes
off the barbecue and Rail lload demon
stration at Dadcvillc, Tallapoosa county,
Alabama. The last Banner says a num
ber of speakers from a distance have been
invited. There is every pirospect of a
large attendance of the friends of the
connection with the Opelika and Colum
bus Rail Road.
Lanuch of the Pensacola.
This vessel, modeled by Mr. John Lcu
thall, of the Bureau of Construction, was
launched at the Navy Yard at Warrington,
Saturday, the 13th. As she glided into
the water, she was christened by Miss
Mallory, daughter of Senator Mallory, of
Pensacola. She is to be rigged and
sailed around to Portsmouth, Ya., to have
her machinery put in.
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A Foundling—A Waif for “Bill Da
vis.”
About 5 o’clock on Saturday morning a
male child, about 3 months old, neatly
dressed, and wrapped up in a shawl, was
found lying on the door step of a house in
Sutheidand street, in the rear of the South
wark Ilall, Philadelphia. On the shawl
a note was pinned, which ran in this
wise:
“Give this child to Bill Davis, lie’s
the father of it. I have kept it as long
as I can.”
Which “Bill Davis” was it intended tor?
The most singular lynching ‘operation
on record recently tock place at South
Bend, Indiana. The ladies of that place
assembled to the number of two hundred,
and lynched a woman of ill-fame, tarring
and feathering her. The proceeding does
not seem to have had the unqualified ap
proval of the entire male population.—
Two young men, however, rushed in and
helped the ladies smear with tar and feath
ers well the erring one. The embodied
male population of course did not make
an attack upon the female lynchers, ‘but
they took in hand the volunteer young
men, and lynched them in the most ap
proved style.
The Issue in the Election In Pifee
County, Alabama.
In this county in Alabama, Edward L.
Mclntyre, Esq., was elected Senator over
Hon. 11. B. Thompson upon the issue of
calling a convention in Alabama for past
grievances. Mr. Thompson opposed it.
It will be remembered that the Legisla
ture of Alabama authorized the Governor
to call a convention, in the event that
Kansas should be rejected admission into
the Union on account of the Lecompton
Constitution. The members elect to the
Lower House, we believe, were elected
upon the samo issue, and Pike was the
only coynty in Alabama where this issue
was raised.
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An Ancient City on the Pacific.
The Sew Orleans Picayune, says that
the American surveyors of the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec, in their exploration on the
k Pacific coast, discovered the ruins of an
H nncient city within a few miles of the sea.
BfikThe surveying party brought back a large
■Ljumber of terracota idols, musical instru-
silver rings, bas relieves, &c.; all
of which indicate an advanced condition
r ' s ‘■iUijo.tinn unumg tllA n lmvi (rir.nl r>pn-
Cotton in Liverpool.
The following is an extract from a let
ter of a Livtii <1 cone-p'.'Uder.t of the
Savannah Republican. The letter was
tft-ought over by the Asia, and though not
so late the- Hungarian, which has
since arrived, yet hi. opinion concerning
the prices of cotton next season will be
interesting —it being based upon the
probabiliti sofa four million crop. He
says :
People s minds arc made up as to next
year s crop, and a total of four millions
is considered probable. 1 should not
like to say at what price Great Britain
will be content lo take her quota, but the
prevailing opinion is that she will be
obliged to pay for it, more than she has
done for the crop that has just beeu de
livered.
Many look for a scarcity of Cotton
later on, but this seems to be more than
counter-balanced by the belief that the
crop will be early and large.
Spinners are too bare of stock to allow
of a drop in prices here; but until our
stock is considerably reduced, I can see
no prospect of real activity, butacontiuu
ance of hand-to-mouth buying on the part
of Manchester.
At sea 07,000 against 138,000 last year.
Surats command the full prices of last
week, both on the spot and to arrive.—
The effect of large exports to this country
is counteracted by the excessive demands
of China.
A good business has been done in long
stapled Cotton, at slightly improved
•rates.
The Rothschilds.
The Richmond Dispatch says: “The
retirement of these eminent bankers, an
nounced in an extra from the London
Star as certainly about to take place, is
one of the most remarkable incidents of
this remarkable year. Various causes
have been imagined to account for it.—
One of them is, that as the age of gov
ernment loans is over, their occupation
may be considered gone. But this ap
pears to us to be a very unsatisfactory
way of accounting for it. Loans to gov
ernments form but a very small part of
the enormous transactions of the firm.
We suspect the true reason is to be
found in the increase of the family. As
long as it consisted only of five brothers,
there was no difficulty in keeping the
united wealth together. But each of these
brothers had several children, and the
firm was every day growing larger in that
way. Doubtless they find Unnecessary to
settle a business liable in a few more
generations, to be divided among an in
calculably large number of persons.
Tire Cottou Crop.
We can report an abundance of rain,
which has fallen in the last week, and we
fear it has been too much for (he cotton,
for we have already heard that it is rap
idly casting off its fruit, and that much
apprehension is generally entertained that
the rust must follow in its wake.— Waynes
boro’ Metes.
The same may be said to be the condi
tion of a large portion of the cotton in
the vicinity of this city. Much of it is
dying from what is termed black rust, and
the whole is much disposed to shed its
fruit and forms. Much of this disaster,
we think, is attributed to the working of
the cotton when too wet, which many had
to do to save their crops from beiDg over
run by grass, owing to the great amount
of wet weather throughout the summer,
and especially during the last month.
An Electric Shock.
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Republican of
the Gth inst., states that while two men,
engaged in putting up a lightning rod to
the Methodist Church steeple, in that
city on Monday evening, they received a
severe shock of the electric fluid, while
one of them was standing upon the gilded
ball 115 feet from the ground, and the
other just below it. When the lightning
struck it, both had hold of the rod, draw
ing it to its place.
The rod had no joint of any kind, and
they only escaped because there was noth
ing to interrupt the passage of the elec
tric fluid to%e moist ground below.
The Sickles District.
“Pink,” the New York correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, says :
The contest among the rival aspirants
for the seat in Congress, now held by
Daniel E. Sickles, has commenced in warm
style, though Sickles has neither resigned,
nor intimated his intention of doing so.
If a vacancy is declared, the Opposition
will probably unite upon their former
candidate, Williamson, of the Sunday
/Dispatch. Among the Democracy there
will be high old times. Again the Cus
tom House and the Postoffice will be ar
rayed against each other as they were in
the last election in this District, and I
predict there will be the and 1 to pay
generally.
Mobile and Girard Hail Hoad.
ThefTroy (Ala.) Southern Advertiser,
speaking of the result of the election in
Pike County, says :
Mr: Thompson’s defeat, we know, so
far as lie is concerned, will not lessen his
zeal in advancing a work for which he
has labored so earnestly for the past three
years. It is most unfortunate, for the
prospects of the road, that it should have
entered into the politics of our County;
but for this Mr. Thompson is not respon
sible, nor will he permit the wrongs done
him by political partisans to deter him
from using every effort to push it forward.
The more intelligent well know that but
for his exertions and those of E. W.
Stark and Urban L. Jones, Esqrs., not
one shovel of dirt would have been re
moved from the line in Pike to-day.—
Hence, we say the work will experience
no draw-back on account of this unfortu
nate move, but its true friends, those who
have shown their faith by their works,
will stand firmly by it, and push it foi*-
warcl with all their means and energy.
Hon. Alfred Iverson.
We find the following in the Washing
ton letter of the Montgomery Advertiser,
of yesterday, in relation to this gentle
man :
It is said that the seat of the firm
friend of Southern Eights from Georgia,
the Hon. A. Iverson,’ will be contested
before the Legislature by one who now
holds a high position in the Administra
tion. We cannot believe that Georgia would
be benefitted in the change. In the Senate
of the last Congress, no one stood up
more boldly for the claims of his section
than Alfred Iverson, and if Georgia should
now show her lack of appreciation by
giving his place to another, we shall
really begin to believe in the ingratitude
of Republics. Let him be returned, and
Georgia and the South will always know
where to find him.
A correspondent of the Southern Re
corder recommends the Hon. A. 11. Ste
phens, or Titos. R. R. Cobb, Esq., for the
Presidency—not of the United States, but
l of the University of Georgia. Mr. Ste
phens has been oftener mentioned in
connection with the Presidency of the
United States, and we opine he would
more probably accept the latter.
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Tlic Next Electoral College.
The next Electoral College, if Kansas
should be admitted at the approaching
session of Congress, will consist of 300
members, 154 of which will be necessary
to a choice. The non-slavelioldiDg States
will have 180 electors, and the slavehold
ing States 120.
On the 15th inst., three negroes were
sold in Huntsville, Ala., for .cash, who
brought in the aggregate $4,180 —an
average of $1,300. A girl, 17 years of
age, sold for $1,430; a boy, 10 years old,
Tlie Southern Ultimatum.
The organ of the North Alabama De
mocracy, the Huntsville Democrat, has
announced its determination not support
the nominee of the Charleston Convent! n
“unless his antecedents are such as lo
justify the belief that he will be a safe
custodian of the rights of the South un
der the Constitution.”
This is the trne and safe course. There
is snch a thing as an acceptable Platform
and a nominee not acceptable. The
Charleston Convention may recognize the
rights of the South as defined by the Su
preme Court, and urge the execution of
laws guaranteeing those rights ; but un
less its nominee harmonizes in his ante
cedents with the Platform he accepts, the
Southern Democracy would not be safe in *
ratifying the action of thafL’onvention.
It is a remarkable fact that we have
lest only where we have conceded, and
gained where we have insisted upon the
recognition of our coequality in this
Union. The.present status of the South
is dire as much to the want of firmness
and faithfulness in those who repre
sent her, as to the grasping ambition of
our adversaries. All will be well if the i
Southern delegates to the Charleston
Convention, with unanimity, insist upon
not only an acceptable Platform, but a
nominee whose antecedents afford a suffi
cient warrant that the Soujh can confide
in him.
What could the Charleston Convention
promise us with such a nomiueeas Doug
las, on any sort of a Platform ? Experi- t
ence has demonstrated that “glittering
generalities” alone do not secure the full
measure of justice.
Tile Poor School Fund.
The act of the Legislature establishing
a system of Public Schools, makes it the
duty of the Ordinary of each county to
furnish certain information to the Gov
ernor of the State. As the same act
makes it obligatory upon teachers to fur
nish the necessary information to the
Ordinary, and as the law must be com
plied with soon, we append the follow
ing as embodying the duty required:
1. The number of children in your
school between the ages of 8 and 18
years.
2. The number taught the elementary
branches of an English education. Give
the number taught reading, writing and
arithmetic.
3. The number taught the higher
branches of education. This class in
cludes all those who have been taught
any of the branches higher than readiug,
writing and common arithmetic.
4. The rates of tuition in elemantary !
and higher branches. In doing this, set
down the highest and lowest rate, and I
the average rate for the scholastic year j
in the elementary branches, and the i
highest, lowest and average rate for the
highest blanches. This is particularly
required by the statute.
5. The number of males and females in
your school, and what number of each
have been taught the higher brammes. j
G. Give the number of children under i
eight and over eighteen years of age, j
who have attended your school; how !
many males and how many females. — :
Journal and Messenger.
Tile Atlanta Intelligencer on Gov.
Wise.
The Editor of this paper—we mean our
cotemporary of the Intelligencer—is evi
dently no friend to the aspirations of Gov.
Wise, the hero of the Know Nothing
Pharsalia of 1855, or, as he has been
styled, the “ my dear Governor of Mr. B.
Dooelly.”
The Intelligencer thinks he ought to be
read out of the Democratic party, on
account of his present position and rela
tions to that party.
We are no ardent admirer of Gov. Wise,
but we confess to a little more sympathy
for him than for the unscrupulous politi
cians of the “ Albany Regency.” •
As to the famous Donelly letter, if we
mistake not the Governor has admitted
its paternity, and his son, the redoubta
ble 0. Jennings, has denounced it as
“ worse than a forgery,” implying a gross
breach of confidence somewhere, which
deserves something more than four column
articles from the Richmond Enquirer.
New Mail Arrangements.
J. L. Mustian, Esq., President of the
Muscogee Rail Road, has been informed
by Mr. Geo. W. Adams, Superintendent
of the Central Rail Road, that the bid of
Mr. Cuyler for carrying the mails over
the South Western and Muscogee Rail
Roads from Savaunah and Augusta once
daily to Columbus, has been accepted by
the Department at Washington.
The Mail will leave Augusta 15 min
utes after 12, p. m.; Savannah 11, p.
m. ; arriving at Macop about 30 minutes
past 9, a. m. Returning they will run as
now with the Muscogee evening train.
The other train without a mail will run
according to the present schedule.
. As the Georgia Rail Road has two dai
ly mails, it is the intention of Mr. Cuyler
that the South Western and Muscogee
Roads shall have the same number. As
soon as the schedules are fixed to Macon,
Mr. Mustian will receive due notice,
Alabama Copper Mines.
The fact of the existence of rich cop
per mines in Talladega and Coosa coun
ties in this State, says the Jacksonville
Republican, is now wo suppose pretty
well established. A gentleman handed
us one day last week, some beautiful
specimens of copper ore, taken from two
mines opened by Mr. James Van Sandt,
one in Coosa ond one in Talladega.
Since then we have received from Mr.
Van Sandt, a letter containing about
three ounces of.the oxyde of copper, a
very rich specimen, and which also con
tains a portion of silver. Mr. V. informs
us in his letter, that the ore is in abun
dance, the vein being ten feet thick and
very much like the Ducktown ores.
That while he writes four young men
are in the shaft raising ore, which they
can do very fast. That in going north
west from the shaft they cross eight cop
per veins in one mile. There are two
companies, who have work going on, and
offer stock for sale, which if not taken
soon will seek a market in the north.
That First Bale.
The Mobile Register says: “The first
bale of new cotton, mentioned last week,
was purchased by Prout, Fowler & Sta
nard, for 11.] cents, and has been shipped
on the Adelaide Bell, for Liverpool. It
barely classed low middling, was cut in
the ginning, and-slightly stained.
The following is the list of members
elect to Congress from North Carolina:
Ist Dist.—W. N. 11. Smith, Opp. Gain.
2d Hist.—Thomas Ruffin, Democrat.
3d Dist.—Warren Winslow, Democrat.
4th Dist.—L. 0. B. Branch, Democrat.
sth Dist. —J. A. Gilmer, Opposition.
Gth Dist. —J. M. Leach, Opp. Gain.
7th Dist.—Burton Craige, Democrat.
Bth Dist.—Z. B. Vance, Opposition.
♦
From a special dispatch to the Charles
ton Courier we learn that Alexander Dim
itry is appointed Minister to Costa Rica,
and will sail from New York on Saturday.
This is the mission declined by Caleb
Cushing.
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The Richmond Morning News has hoist
ed the name of John M. Botts for the
Presidency, subject to the decision of a
The Sjifaklug at Temperance Ilall.
Pursuant to appointment, Marcejlus :
Douglas, Esq , the nominee of the Oppo
sition party tor Congress, addre ed the
citizens of Columbus last Friday night,
on the political issues of the canvass.—
The stirring music of the band was called
into requisition on the occasion, and soon
the latent excitement of the crowd mani
fested itself in enthusiastic cheers.
Presently Douglas made his appearance
in the Ilall, escorted by two gentle
men, who seemed determined to “put
him through,” and apparently, partook
fully in the excitement of the occasion,
while he looked as calm as if the storm
had subsided.
The performance was opened by James
Johnson, Esq , in a preliminary speech
of fifteen or twenty minutes. He told of
a convention that assembled at Atlanta,
and had nominated a man who would .
soon be known to Governor Brown and to
the people of Georgia. lie animadverted
severely upon the administration of Gov.
Brown, his management of the State
Road, “petty war” upon ihe Banks, &c.
He told of another convention that as
sembled at Americus, and selected as stan
dard-bearer, a man fresh from his law
books, and who was inexperienced in pol
itics, but honest, and he would vouch for
his integrity. He then introduced to the
audience Mr. Douglas, who was greeted
by his friends with uproarious applause.
He had no war to wage upon the voting
portion of the Democrats, it was against
those they had put in power that he
would direct his attention.
He proposed to represent the “peace
and dignity” of the country as public
prosecutor, and arraigned the Adminis
tration at Washington, to answer to seve
ral counts of an indictment, consisting of
the extravagance of its expenditures;
the rejection of Kansas from the Union ;
its course upon the question of the per
petual allegiance to their native country
of naturalized foreigners, and unfaithful
ness to the South generally. He com
mented upon all these to some extent.
The burden of his speech was the
“prosecution” of the Administration and
Democratic measures generally. He
seemed to think Democracy a “Pan
dora’s box,” from which had issued all
the evils of the country, and believed
that if it was deposed from power the
country would prosper under either the
Tariff or Free Trade and Direct Taxation,
from which opinion we suspect the Gen
eral, who was present, emphatically
; dissented. As respects the “glorious i
Union,” Mr. Douglas confessed to i great
love for it with all its faults, lie is
evidently not inclined to resign it, not
until the Opposition shall have had a
turn at the helm.
The speech was well received by his
friends, who frequently interrupted him
with loud applause, which must have
been of great assistance to the speaker,
who is a mild, amiable young man, mi
practiced upon tbe hustings. It was also
characterized by courtesy to his oppo
nents, and a due regard for the amenities
of debate. He is prepossessing in ap
pearance and quite young yet, scarcely
turned of thirty.
Tile Croup.
The Journal of Health says: “When a
child is taken with croup, instantly apply
cold water —icc water, if possible—sud
denly and freely to the neck and chest
with a sponge. The breathing will al
most instantly be relieved. Soon as
possible let the sufferer drink as much as
it can ; then wipe it dry, cover it warm,
and soon a quiet slumber will relieve all
anxiety.” A friend of ours who has,
peatedly tried this remedy, informs us
that it never failed to afford almost instant
relief.
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Ilig'U Price for Lands.
The following sale of lands in Virginia’
shows that they have considerably appre
ciated in value instead of depreciating,
as would be supposed. So much for the
effect of renovating old lands. Several
fine plantations in Alabama, could be
purchased for a little over half the amount
per acre:
On the sth instant, Waller Taylor sold
his track of land, on Bluestone, in Meck
lenburg county, Va., consisting of 770
acres, to Dr. George C. Venable, of Hali
fax county, for $10,500. For the larger
part of this tract, embracing the dwel
ling house and improvements, Mr. Tay
lor paid $4,000 nine years ago.; for the
residue, he paid $4,500 four years ago.
His net profit, therefore, is SB,OOO, near
ly 100 per cent. The price per acre is a
fraction over s2l 25.
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A rail road meeting was held at New
bern, Green county, Ala., Saturday the
13th instant, for the purpose of further
ing the building of a branch of the Ala
and Mississippi Rivers Rail Road to
Greensboro’ via Newbern. An examina
tion of the subscription books showed
that the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars had been subscribed for tbe pur
pose. The projected road will pass
through a wealthy country, and there is
every prospect of the consummation of
the enterprise.
Charleston and. Savannah Road.
It is authoritatively stated that the
Avhole of this gi'eat work will be done, with
the exception of some twenty miles of
track laying, by New Years day. If the
Savannah river bridge were done, the
cars would pass from Charleston to Sa
vannah by March, 1860.
Still It Conies.
The New Orleans True Delta says that
409 bales of cotton were brought to that
city the night of the 15th, on the steamer
Charmer from Vicksburg, 380 of which
are of the new crop.
The receipts of new cotton then, up to
the 10th, amount up to 500 bales.
Tennessee Elections.
There are seven candidates in the field
for Attorney General of Tennessee, and
the returns so far, leave it in doubt which
one is ahead.
The Legislature stands on joint ballot
10 majority for tlie Democrats.
The steamshipsTndianola and Arizona,
from Brazos Santiago, arrived a.t New
Orleans on the 15th instant with the
large amount of $815,194 88, in specie
on freight.
Notice has been given by the Post
Office Department that the new self
i ruling stamped letter envelopes will not
be ready for sale at the Post Office before
October next.
Our very able contributor of the Health
Department, Dr. John S. Wilson, of Co
lumbus, Georgia, has in preparation, and
expects to publish as soon as possible,
“Woman's Home Book of Health,” con
taining matter of the most vital impor
tance to every woman. From the well
known ability of the author, this will be
a book eagerly sought after, and one tuat
every head of a family should possess.
The above we extract from Godey’s
Lady’s Book, and we hardly need add
that experience and extensive profession
al attainments have qualified the author
fully for his undertaking.
The object of the forthcoming work is
laudable, and will supply a desideratum,
j which cannot fail to secure for it an ex-
T-iie Mnsccgte Rail Kocrl.
In liie Enquiri r, of .Saturday, we ob
serve a synopsis of the earnings, expen- i
ditures, profit?, ac , jof the Muscogee
i Hail Road tor the year ending 31st July,
1859, which allows it.to be in a most sat
isfactory condition, and betrays the ut
most efficiency in the President, Direc
tory. and all concerned in its manage
ment. We have not received a copy of
the annual report, but are gratified in
being able to publish the notice from the i
Enquirer:
We have been favored with a copy of
the Report of the Mugcogce ltail Road
for the year ending 31st July, 1559, and
take great pleasure in noticing the rec
ord of its success. The business of the
road has largely increased, and its ex
penses in proportion to its business have
decreased-—showing prudence, economy
and fidelity in its management. The num
ber of bales of cotton transported was
I 87,300, against 55,288 for the preceding
year.
The lleport shows that
The gross Earnings of the year are $202,714 48
Equal to $4,( 64 35 per mile
The expenses, including extraordinary
charges....,* 92,198 31
110,510 17 |
Interest on llouds and Preferred Stock
has been paid for the year 25.607 50
Leaving nett profits 54.9j8 07
Or 15 per cent, on the Capital Stock of
the Company.
The Stockholders have received S per
cent. Dividend 44,596 90
Leaves 41,012 07
Carried to surplus profits, which added
to the previous balance now am’t to 8!.447 94
Or noarly 15 per cent, on tlm wholo
Capital Stock.
The lleport shows in detail the working
of the road, to which we refer.
We congratulate the stockholders on
the gratifying exhibit. They have now
a road in perfect order, well equipped,
with a business increasing
1 regularly 8 per cent, per annum, and
have a surplus of profits on hand to the
amount of 15 per cent, on the capital, j
With this, showing, we. do not see why I
this stock should not rank in value with
any in Georgia.
Free Trade and Direct Taxation.
A large crowd assembled at Temper
ance Hall on Tuesday night, to give audi
ence to Gen. Bethune, the independent
candidate for Congress. lie repudiated
all parties, as they have ignored him, and
appealed to the independent men of the
country to rally to his support.
The General is, par excellence, the cham
pion of Free Trade and Direct Taxation.
“Solitary and alone” he is, as he said,
the only candidate for Congress in the
Uuited States, running for the exclusive
advancement of these principles, believ
ing them to be the only sovereign remedy
for the political ills of the country. But
every body is familiar with the General’s
opinions. He opposes “squatter,” and
we believe, “popular sovereignty,” Kan
sas, all sorts of corporations and parties
generally, and the Tariff particularly.
The readers of the Corner Stone not
present, would have recognized as old
acquaintances many of the ideas elabo
rated with so much ability /tor several
years past in that paper. The General
believes in the freedom and perfect reci
procity of commerce, and promises, if
elected to Congress, to carry out his pur
pose in wishing to go there, which is to
introduce a bill for the repeal of the
Tariff'.
The speech was interspersed -with an
ecdote, and his characteristic humor, and
was respectfully and attentively listened
to by bis audience.
Arrivals of New Cotton at Savannah
The bale of new cotton received in this
city Friday, from the plantation of Mr.
John M. Sapp, was received in Savan
nah Saturday morning. It classed mid
dling. Two other bales of new cotton
arrived by the same train Saturday even
ing. We learn from the News, two addi
tional bales were brought per steamer
Talimico, one from Beaufort District,
South Carolina ; the other from the plan
tation of Seaborn Jones, Esq., Scriven
county, Georgia.
Southern Steamship Building'.
A correspondent of the Mobile Tribune
learns from those who have made the es
timate, that the new war steamer Pensa
cola, just launched at the Warrington
Navy Yard, will cost about SIOO,OOO
less than any one of the other five vessels
of her class and ordered at the same time,
but which were built at the North. This
appears, at first sight, a great difference,
but when we take into consideration the
advantage of ship building on the spot
where the timber is grown, it is by no
means improbable.
A Testimonial.
Ilis fellow-workmen in the machine
shop of the Savannah Central Rail Road,
have recently presented Mr. Burrell Bou
lineau, assistant chief foreman, with an
elegant case of mathematical and drawing
instruments, accompanied by a set of me
chanical books. The whole was valued
at $225.
Brownlow on Long Sermons.
To sit now, and be bored for one hour
and a half, or two hours, by a man of
talents, in the delivery of a single ser
mon, is preposterous, but to be thus
bored by a man of moderate talents, is
an outrage which no congregation ought
to submit to. Formerly, in many sec
tions of the country, we had preaching
once in a month, and then long sermons
were tolerated. Now, we have it once a
week in most neighborhoods, and in
towns two or three times every week.
Therefore, in towns, when a sermon
reaches beyond 46 minutes, the audience
ought to leave the house. A man of ex
traordinary ability and fame, may preach
longer in a town, but let a “ one horse”
preacher cut short the work in righteous
ness !
A New Enterprise.
A Company has been formed in Pensa
cola for supplying the citizens, at all
hours, with fresh live fish.
They bring the fish alite to houses pre
pared in the water alongside of the
wharves, where they are kept, so that
any one can go at any time and select
the kind of fish he wishes, perfectly
fresh. No where, except at Pensacola,
can this luxury be enjoyed. So says the
Observe)'. a
Tlie Great Eastern.
The English papers state that the en
gines of this big ship are now erected,
the propeller is in its place, the floats
are on the paddle wheels. The machine
ry, indeed, is so far complete that the
steam has been got up to try the accuracy
of the bearing, &c. Os her six masts,
the first, fifth and six are in and rigged.
The carpenters having put up the deck
bulwarks, the painters are giving the
boards the first coat. In a short period
the Great Eastern will be coaled and pro
visioned, and ready to take her trial trip.
New Cotton.
The first bale of new cotton, was re
ceived in Macon yesterday, the 18th
inst., from the plantation of our fellow
townsman, J. B. Ross, Esq., and sold by
Adams & Reynolds to A. Le Sueur, at
12c. Quality good middling. The first
bale of cotton was received last year on
the Gth of August, twelve days earlier
than that of the present year, and was
from the plantation of J. B. Ross, Esq.,
and sold for 15c. —State Press.
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Sieinpliis and Charleston Rail Road.
According to the late report of the Pres
ident of this Road, its total cost and equip
ments amounts to the sum of $6,188,-
133.49.
For the current year the total receipts
from all sources amount to $1,330,812.40.
Expense of same $552,770.30; leaving
The Billiard Natch at Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Gazette-has along ae
j count of the billiard match between
Messrs. Bird of Philadelphia. Tiunann of
Cincinnati, and Michael Phelan of New
York, which was played before 200 hun
dred spectators. The Gazette concludes
its account ns follows :
“ Taken as a whole, the match was
somewhat of a disappointment to the
amateurs present It seemed to be gen
erally. felt that the players were not do
ing the’r best. In a certain sense they
were not, as they did not equal their
best play. The highest run made was
57, and that is nothing extrordiuary for
tip top players, But it must be remem
bered that this match was a friendly
match, aud they would not be likely to
exert themselves so much as when some
thing, whether money or reputation, was
at-stake. And as every billiard-player
knows, a great deal depends upon a va
riety of circumstances in themselves
small, but in the aggregate of impor
tance. Sometimes the best of players
cannot make the simplest shots. lie does
not appear to have control of himself.
Then again balls will run badly despite
his efforts to the contrary.
“ The balls used in the match on Sat
urday evening were a quarter of an inch
larger in diameter than those Mr. Phelan
is accustomed to use ; and it must be re
membered that he is Mr. Tiemanns
guest. Ilis reputation is thoroughly es
tablished as the best player in America,
and be would gain nothing by beating
his host.
“Y'et we saw enough of Mr. Thelan’s
power to convince us that he can, to use
a common phrase, ‘do anything lie wants
to with the balls,’ That is, thoroughly
he is conversant with the table.
“Mr. Bird is a graceful and rapid
player. His wrist is supple and his touch
delicate. He never hesitates as to his
shot, calculating the effect,'but seems to
be aware of it by instinct.
“Mr. Tieinann, on the contrary, is a
slow player. He studies the effect of
each shot, the position it will leave, &c.
But when his mind is made up he is sure.
That difficult business of nursing, which
appears so simple, and yet is so very hard,
he is a master of, and upon this he relies
for bis success.”
Annexation to Canada,
The Montreal Pilot, alluding to the
probabilities of Canada becoming part
and parcel of the United States, says if
Canada could in any way “ acquire the
State of Maine—which of right ought to
have been hers —it would conduce largely
and would add materially to our pros
perity and wealth.”
If community of sentiment and interest
constitute any reason for the acquisition,
not only Maine, but her sister New En
gland States, should belong to Canada.
Unfortunately the South is in a minor
ity in Congress, else Canada might secure
a great bargain, and every rampant abo
lition State would be bound to her with
“hooks of steel,” if she desired to pur
chase or acquire them in any way. We
would rather curtail our limits in the
North and substitute territory South of us.
Tile Edinburgh Review.
This excellent periodical, for July, is
on our table. The following embrace the
contents: State of the Navy ; The Acro
polis of Athens ; Memoirs of the Court of
George IV.; Life and Remains of Douglas
Jerrold ; Fossil Footprints ; Queen Marie
Antoinette; Dr. Cureton’s Syriac Gos
pels; Brialmont’s Life of the Duke of
| Wellington; Adam Bide; Tennyson’s
Idylls of the King; The Late Ministry
and State of Europe. The new volumes
j of the Reviews and Blackwood commenc
j cd in July, and now is a favorable time
to commence a subscription. These peri
odicals are worth all the worthless float
ing trash circulating through the coun
iry.
They are republished by Leonard Scott
& Cos., 54 Gold street, New Ycfi-k.
From the Times.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 19th, ’59.
Messrs Editors: Gen. James N. Be
j thane has published a card, in which he
| attempts to make capital for himself, by
| saying that I had refused to make ar
rangements to include him in such discus
sions as had been agreed upon between
Mr. Douglass and myself.
In teference to this matter, I have only
to say, that I know of but two political
parties in this District; one is composed
of Democrats, the other of the “O; posi
tion” to Democracy. And, as the “ Oppo
sition party” had the undoubted right to
select its own candidate, and saw fit to
choose another than Gen. Bethune to
! represent it, I had no alternative left me
but to arrange for discussion with him.
No one, I presume, would expect me to
engage in discussion with each man who
might set himself up as an opponent of
the Democratic party, even though he
said he was a candidate for Congress.
MARTIN J. CRAWFORD.
The President in A. I>. 1900.
The boy is now living who will be Pres
ident of the United States in 1900. He
is about ten or twelve years of age. Ilis
parents are in humble circumstances, but
of sterling traits of character, and their
son is not one of those dirty, noisy boys,
that spend their days, evenings, and Sab
baths,, in idleness and rowdyism. On the
contrary he is of a serious cast, is very
studious, and withal is well behaved.
Teacher, weigh well your responsibility !
The future President may be in that
grammar class that you think scarcely
worthy of a respectful attention. What
| boy of all our readers will lay claim to
this distinction ? Recollect, the future
I President is not found amongst the Sab
bath breakers, the every day idlers, the
evening rowdies, the blasphemous, the
vulgar, or among those that love and
make a lie. lie is not one of those who
pride themselves as being Youti- America,
and despise the authority of at; ti er, or
break away from the gentle resliaint of
a good mother.
Lager Beer Procession.
On the 9th, accompanied by a band of
musicians, a large body of the employees
of a number of lager beer breweries, of
Philadelphia, started in procession to the
new park, and presented a very strange
and amusing appearance during their
march. About twenty beer wagons were
in the line, some of them gaily decorated
with banners and ensigns bearing Ger
man inscriptions. The men in the wagons
were in their shirt-sleeves, and at inter
vals partook of the refreshing beverage
called lager beer. One large hogshead,
tilled with the Teutonic beverage, was
drawn on four wheels by half a dozen
horses, decked with evergreens. Without
interruption the party arrived safely at
the park, when the day was spent in
■ festivities.
Dliitakes in Per Ceatage.
Mistakes are often made, by persons
not business men, in calculating per cen
tage. If a merchant marks his goods for
sale at retail at 50 per cent, advance,
and 33 1-3 per cent, be afterwards de
ducted from the marked price,-he sella at
cost (because 33 1-3 per cent, of 1.50 is
exactly 50 cents, the profit marked on
sl.) If he sells goods at 25 per cent.
1 above cost, and deducts 5 per cent, from
the bill for cash, his profits are 18 3-4
per cent, and not 20 per cent , as some
persons at first sight would suppose.
Goods have been sometimes sold at a loss
through mistake in per centage.
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Fort Valley and Brunswick Road.
At a meeting of the General Committee
of the above Road, held at Perry on the
2d inst., the following resolution was
unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Engineer, Mr. F. D.
Holcombe, be instructed to run the sur
vey to the Main Trunk Rail Road, at or
near Waresboro’, in Ware county.
, Queen Victoria has called into being
another Knight in the person of John
Thomas, who is the Speaker of the Bar
’ badoes House of Assembly. He is now
. Sir John Thomas. His health is improv-
From the Levon worth linns.
Extensive Bands of Outlaws.
Within the last week, to our certain
; knowledge,., some ei iitiinnls have been
: savagely dealt with by .■ secret organiza
tion. lu one or iw-> iu.iance the penal
jty of death Ins been inflicted. In others
the victims have been puni-hed til! they
cuijlessod to all fans of which tl.ey were
cognizant.
These confession*, are v\ei calm, lated
to startle the general romniottit v, and
i create a Icelmg *t uiixn ly am . distrust,
not only in regard to ( ;-q r:y. but ; ite
| itself.
It seems that this vast Western region
’ is infested with. organized bands ofl.orec
thieves and cut-throats, who have their
head-quarters in remote aim oLsc -re
portion of the Territory.
The operations of these bands are
based upon the information of sj.ies ami
agents, who are purposely sent to every
; community.
All the booty secured, or the profits
derived from its disposition, with a per-
I eentage deducted in behalf of the rogues
who secure it, is put into a general fund
and used to advance the ends of villainy
on a still larger scale.
| The absence of any thorough organized
j government, or police system, of tele
graphs or rail roads, enables these scoun
drels to play their game boldly, with but
j little risk.
For long years the citizens of the Ter
ritory have been subjected to systematic
; losses aud despoliations.
It has become so, at length, that a man
i is unsafe in leaving his horse a moment.
! The thieves are ever on the alert, ready
j to seize every opportunity. Once mounted
| and on the prairies, pursuit is almost
useless, and capture next to impossible.
During the last year hundreds of horses
have thus been stolen and never heard of.
A gentleman hitches his horse, pays a
short visit, and comes out to find his ani
mal gone. A farmer steps into a store
to make some purchases, and when he
comes out his horse has disappeared.
Houses have been broken open, citi
zens waylaid, money and goods stolen,
farms and farmhouses plundered,and yet
there were neither prosecutions nor con
victions. The law seems totally i ade
quate to answer the ends of justice.
Goaded by their and such re
flections, large numbers of prominent
and intelligent citizens have joined an
organization which has grown terrible in
power, and bloody in’ its judgments.
There is no need to particularize what
has occurred. Though cognizant in the
main, of what has been done, we have no
desire to make public what few, unac
quainted with all the circumstances,
would justify, and what perhaps would
grate upon the public mind.
We wish to appear neither as the pros
i ecutor nor n defender of those who have
taken the law into their own hands, and
! pronounced the award of crime with such
j rigor and severity.
We well know how a lack pf confidence
i in the courts of justice, and a continual 1
series of successful thefts and crimes, are
; calculated to rouse the worst passions of
| a border community. We know, too,
! there are many palliating circumstances
1 to be urged in favor of the people adrnin-
I islering punishment according to their
| own code.
But the experiment is fraught with
! many dangers to the individual and the
j State. And while “Lynch Law” may
seem justifiable in certain cases, it can
qpt be sustained or enforced, in a general
way, without engendering greater evils
than those it seeks to eradicate,
i We trust, then, the action of the “Vig
j ilance Committee men” may soon be
brought to a close. They have struck
i terror into the very hearts of the outlaws,
| thieves and bandits. They have also
’ gained sufficient knowledge concerning
the operations and organizations of the
villainous gangs, and those associated
with them, to effect their destruction
through the law and recognized authori
ties.
The terror they have induced will put
a stop to further outrages on persons
and property, and we can enjoy a reign
of peace and order.
We feel confident that these sugges
tions will commend themselves to the
judgment and good sense of all orders
and classes of men. The vigilance or
ganization has done its work. That
work has been dark and bloody. The
necessity for its prolongation is over—if
it did exist—aud the time has now come
when the functions of established law
should be recognized, and the hand of
popular vengeance stayed.
Correspondence of tlic Daily Sun.
New Yobk, Aug. 13, 1859.
Eds. Daily Sun: When I left home I
brought with me some half a dozen of my
last Ai#brotypes in ctdors, to see how they
would compare wiih those of my “broth
er chips,” in the great metropolis of
Photography. Every oue who has seen
them, exclaims at once, they are the
finest they ever saw, and hardly believed,
when told, they were taken in the South.
Asa proof of their admiration of them I
have had several offers to open a gallery
in Now York City. Os course I felt some
what flattered, but most respectfully de
clined, as I prefer my own Southern home
the better. I will be home about the 25th,
and have my gallery opened by the Ist of
September, and will have all the machine
ry for taking Stereoscopes, and many his
torical views taken in different parts of
Europe and the United States.
New York is full of people ; all Hotels
of any size being crowded, particularly
the Western, and I would say to all South
erners visiting the North on business, or
pleasure, to stop at the Western; for in
the language of “Matt Peel,” Western is
a good man, he “knows hpw to keep a Ho
tel.” Hoping that the good spirit of
health and prosperity still moves over our
city, I subscribe myself, veurs, &c.
A. J. RIDDLE.
Heirs Wanted.
Jacob Star died in Rush county, in the
State of Indiana, several years ago, leav
ing property, the present value of which
is about- SO,OOO. The deceased left a
will, by which he bequeathed his real es
tate to his wife during her natural life,
and at her death to go to his brothers and
sisters, and their descendants, so far as
they can be found. Ilis wife has since
died, and there being no heirs to claim
the property, it was ordered by the Court
to be leased for the term of five years, by
the Executor of the deceased’s will; at
the expiration of which time, if no heirs
claim the property, it is to be sold, and
the money escheat to the State. It is
supposed that the deceased has relatives
living in the eastern part of Tennessee,
or in some of the counties of Virginia,
bordering on Tennessee. The heirs
will be furnished any information they
may desire in reference to the estate, free
of charge, by addressing, postpaid, El
liott Winscott, Deputy Clerk, Rushville,
Rush county, Indiana.
Rope Walking,
The mania for feats of this character
seems to be on the increase, and will not
be stopped until someone of these in
sane adventurers and seekers of notorie
ty breaks his neck. Blondin is already
in danger of Ceing eclipsed by another
Frenchman:
On Friday evening, says the Rochester
Union, after suspending work for the day
upon the rope, M. Delave went out some
fifty feet from the bank of Fall Fields,
and turned a summersault upon the rope.
This was done over a chasm 140 feet deep,
and witli rock3 at the'bottom. When we
take into account that there was not a
single guy made fast to the shore to stay
the rope, it was as dangerous a feat as
any that Blondin has yet performed.—
Delave is to walk the rope to-morrow.
The weekly statement of the Philadel
phia Banks, made up Monday afternoon,
presents ttie following aggregates as
compared with those of the previous
week: Capital stock, $11,020,290; in
crease, $l4O. Loans, $24,497,730; de
crease, $248,508. Specie, $4,990,541;
increase, sllO,lll. Due from other
banks, $1,388,344; decrease, $212,142.
Due to other banks, $2,721,907: increase,
$100,087. Deposits, $14^249,758; de
crease, $373,680. Circulation, $2,730,-
302; decrease, $73,154.
From Washington—Mexican Matter,
Washington, Aug. Hi, 1859.—Letters
from the Juan z or Constitutional Govern
incut, just received here, allude with
great satisfacti n to the favor with whie',
the decree fur the nationalization of the
church property is everywhere received,
even in the City of Mexico, and especially
i the visit of Caps. Aldham, Commander
of her Majesty’s naval forces, to the
President ‘mentioned with gratification, as
on that occasion he took pleasure in an
nouncing that by order of the Brit is!:
Government “he would not enforce the
measures heretofore con emplatcd for the
redress” of complaints, nor do anything to
embarrass the Administration.
Gen. Degollado is at San Luis de Potosi.
and has, it is supposed, about 9,090
troops under his command, preparing to
inarch ou the City of Mexico. Arms and
ammunition are constantly being received
by the Liberalists.
Scnor Mala, who has just returned
from New York, has concluded a contract
for materials of war, which will, without
unnecessary delay, be forwarded to
Mexico.
Mr. Whitehead, who was banished from
Mexico, where fie resided for many years,
will soon return to England in behalf of
British bond holders, and will exert him
self to satisfy all their claims, the church
property being the basis for the trausac- .
tion, and by which it is thought sonic
millions of dollars will be realized for the
benefit of the Constitutional Government.
It is not thought that Lerdo will make
any pecuniary engagements in New York,
but that lie will merely take preliminary
i steps to that end, to be submitted to his
Government for examination. His con
templated visit to President Buchanan
and Secretary Cass, with a view to have
a full and free talk on Mexican affairs,
wili doubtless have the effect of facilitat
ing the negotiation of a treaty satisfactory
to both countries.
Mr. Otway, the British Minister, was
at last accounts in the City of Mexico, the
dispatch for his recail not having been re
ceived. There is such information in the
city as justifies the assertion that the va
cancy thus occasioned will be filled by a
successor friendly to the Juarez Govern
ment.
The extensive machine, blacksmith and
sawing shops of the Capitol extension
work, were burnt at half-past three
o’clock this morning. The origin of the
fire is not as yet ascertained, but it is
supposed to have been accidental. The
buildings were comparatively valueless,
but the machinery destroyed was very
expensive, including a lathe for turning
the immense stone columns for the public
. buildings, and several powerful engines.
A large quantity of tools and some costly
marble, finished und unfinished, was also
destroyed. There was no insurance. The
loss is variously estimated at from $50,-
000 to SOO,OOO.
The itansns Gold Mines.
Leavenworth, Aug. IG. — The express
from Denver City has arrived here, with
dates of the Bth inst.
A nugget of gold, weighing 50 penny
weights, had been taken from the Nevada
Gulch.
Rich diggings had been discovered at
the head waters of the Bayou Salada.
Extravagant reports continued to be
Colorado.
A newspaper had been issued in Moun
tain City.
The State Convention, sitting at Auro
ria, had adjourned, having formed a State
Constitution, the features of which have
not been given.
The Convention voted to submit the
question of Territorial or State organiza
tion at the same time.
Terrible Gale--17pxva.rd of Kifty Lives
Lost—Numerous Vessels Wrecked.
Boston, Aug. 10, 1859.—Advices oftho
2J inst., from I’ictou, N. S., received
here to-day, state that that region had
been visited by a severe gale, doing much
damage, and occasioning a fearful loss of
life.
On the south side of Prince Edward Is
land, especially, the wrecks of vessels
had been numerous, and the loss of life
amounted to fifty.
Not the Youngest.
One of our exchanges mentions that
John Young Brown, Esq., recently elect
ed to Congress, from the State of Ken
tucky, is the youngest man ever honored
with a seat in that august body. Our
readers will remember that it has already
been stated in the Express, that Mr.
Brown will not be qualified to.take his
seat upon the opening of Congress, as he
does not attain to the age required by
the constitution, (twenty five years,) un
til some two or three months after the
first Monday in December, 1859. It is a
recorded fact, however, that Mr. Brown
is not the youngest man upon whom a
constituency have conferred Congression
al honors. The immortal John Ilan-
dolph, of Roanoke, when first elected to
’tiseat in Congress, was not twenty-five
years of age, although it has been asser
ted, that lie did reach the requisite period
of life required by the constitution, be
fore qualifying. It was in this connec
tion, that the anecdote which lias been so
often repeated is said to have originated.
Mr. Randolph, upon presenting himself
at the clerk’s table, to take the usual ob
ligation, was asked by the functionary
whose duty it is to administer tho
oath—“lf he was twenty-five years old?”
With his accustomed readiuess, he re
sponded, “Go and ask my constituents!”
Without further parley, the oath was
administered, and the youthful wit, sati
rist, and orator, entered upon that long
and brilliant public career, which was
only terminated by that event which ter
minates all sublunary things, and makes
us realize the solemn sentiment, that “the
paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
—Petersburg Express.
A Three Year Old.
The Rome Sentinel relates that a ‘three
year old girl accompanied her father upon
a visit to her grandparent in the country,
where a blessing is invoked by the white
haired patriarch before each meal. The
custom was ouc with which our little
friend had not been made familiar at
home, and of course on the first occasion
she was silent with interest and curious
watchfulness. I’ut when the family gath
ered around the board the second time
after the commencement of their visit,
she was prepared for the preliminary re
ligious ceremony, and observing that her
father did not seem duly conscious of the
approaching solemnity, she called him to
order by saying, with stern gravity, “I!e
still, papa; grandpapa’s going to talk to
his plate pretty soon !”
Blondii's Hat untl Cord.
We are indebted, says Porter’s Spirit,
to Mr. Jerry Bryant, of Minstrel fame,
conjointly with Capt. Travis, of rifle and
pistol celebrity, for the veritable beaver
worn by Blondin on the occasion of his
last tight rope walk over the seething
waters of Niagara Falls. With the hat
comes the cord with which the daring
rope-walker lowered the bottle to the
deck of the Maid of the Mist, after hav
ing drank therefrom. What makes the
hat more valuable, is,,it bears the mark
of Capt. Travis’ marvellous {skill, io the
’ shape of a bullet-hole, cut through it by
the Captain at the distance of two hun
dred yards below, as the aeronaut waved
it in his hand when midway in the road ol
exploit, lloth of these relics are now
among the museum of curiosities in our
office.
Mr. E. Meriam, of Brooklyn, Ne w
York, states that lie has kept a record ot
deaths, injuries and conflagrations, re
sulting from tho use of camphoric and
other burning fluids used for the purpose
of illumination, since July 22, 1850. Since
that date he has recorded the deaths ot
three hundred and seventy persons, Th®
looses by fire from these fluid? he estima
ted at upwards of one million of dollars.
Mr. Meriam says that when the weather
becomes hot, in summer, the danger in
the use of burning fluids will increase.
In the short term of thirty-six days,
within the present year, he has recorded
the death of nine persons by camphene
and burning fluid
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