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Correspondence Af tlie Hun. Montvale Sprixos, Aug. 12, 1859. It is seldom our presumption to write for the press. However, with the fond hope to interest some of your readers, we cannot refrain from indulging in a few wayside dottiugs, connected with the Montvale Springs. tin arriving here, the first object which we see is the main building, a stately mansion, with seven gables, and far-stretching corridors, and spacious balconies, which peer up above the trees in the dim forest. In front of the hotel are numerous Gothic cottages, tastefully arranged on the lawn. These buildings are well de signed and extensive, and give to the place the air and appearance of a village. The scenery around this watering place is truly romantic, sublime, beautiful and poetical, which cannot be contemplated by the lover of nature without much silent enjoyment. There are attractions here which “charm the sight and strike the soul.” Montvale Springs are located in a se questered valley at the base of the Chil howee mountain, and is encircled by spurs of the Allegheny. Fourteen hun dred feet above the sea, with the steeps of Chilhowec rising close behind, the fountain of health gushe3 forth, which contains medicinal qualities, not found elsewhere in this country. There can be no question but that the water will cure Dyspepsia, Scrofula, Dropsy, &c. The stories told of the miraculous cures ef fected here, seem truly strange and in credible. Invalids come here unable to walk, and are permanently cured. I meet some who come here for no other purpose than to visit the friend who snatched them from the grave years ago. This watering place, I think, will, (in no distant day) eclipse all others in this country. The visitors and others are very sociable and friendly; and alto gether, one can pass away several weeks as happily as heart could wish. Before we close let us take a glance at the many gay and fashionable belles, the gallant and chivalous Southern gentlemen and the humorous old men, who are sojourn ing here. It is night; let us enter the brilliantly lighted ball room of’ the Montvale Springs. The “ Johnson Band” are dis coursing sweet music. That stately, queenly lady who moves through the dance with ense and grace is Mrs. W., of Montgomery, Ala.; she moves a goddess, and walks a queen. Opposite is the commanding Miss 8., of Thomasville, Ga., the gaze of many a young man is centered upon her, while “She walks in beauty like the night, Os cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that’s best of dark and bright, Meets in her aspect and her eyes.” But more fascinating, and more lovely still is the little Miss Boykin, of Mobile, Ala. Robed in snowy white, a bewitch ing smile—a brilliant eye—an Angel. “ One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace, Which waves In every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face, Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure,’ how dear their dwelling place.” How shall we rank the elegant Miss S. W., of Nashville, on beauty’s page ? In her looks she seems a paradise of ever blooming sweets ; fair as the first idea painted upon a young lover’s soul, a be witching grace guides every gesture, and obsequious love attends all her steps. “A lavish planet reigned where she was born, And made her of such kindred mould to Heaven, She seems more Heaven’s than ours.” Who does not admire the dazzling eyc9 of glory, the sylph-like form of Miss W., of Thomasville, Ga., a beautiful bird of paradise, “Strayed-from some far off world of bliss, To make a Paradise of this.” Can the most callous look upon the per fect form of Miss E., of Nashville, and not feel the arrow of Cupid quiver in his heart. “On that check and o’er that brow, So soft, so sweet, yet eloquent, The smiles that w in, the tints that glow, Hut tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent.” Miss E., of Tuskegee, Ala., has her ar dent votaries. “The bloom of opening flower’s unsullied beau ty Softness and sweetest innocence she wears, And looks like nature in the world’s first spring.” Among them all moves, with a beauty all her own, the affectionate Mrs. R., of Thomasville, Ga., an eye within itself, a soul, a light of love, the purity of grace seem beautifully blended in her every ges ture. She is the image of my own dear C., “all that the gaudy heavens could drop down gracious.” There are others who do not engage in the dance, but, by their brilliant wit and lively air, attract the attention of all. Among the gentlemen in the ball room, and who seem to take the liveliest inter est in everything around them, you can not fail to notice the fine looking gentle men from Florida and Thomasville, Ga. But we liavo written already more than we intended, and here close this corres pondence. COLUMBUS. Revising the Massachusetts Stat utes. A committee of the Massachusetts Le gislature, appointed at its last session, is now sitting at the State House at Boston, for the revision of the statu'cs of the commonwealth. It is composed of the most eminent legal abilities of the Legis lature, though it is not without a dash of of the radical and fanatical element. Some of the proceedings of the commit tee are noteworthy. Among other things, it was proposed to recommend to the Legislature the adop tion of sections nullifying, iu effect, the fugitive slave law, and making it heavily penal for any one to aid in carrying it into effect within the State of Massachu setts. An attempt to make such an en actment, it will be remembered, failed in the Legislature by a most signal vote. After a protracted discussion, the prop osition was lost by the following vote— yeas 8, nays 18; and thus another rebuke was given to the fanatical factionists of the old Bay State. A motion was made to make the pun ishment for murder imprisonment in the State Prison for life. The committee re jected the proposition. An amendment to the statutes, to the effect that the ac cused party on trial shall have the closing argument to the jury, was adopted 14 to 9. The next day a motion to reconsider this vote was lost, 12 to 15. The law to prevent duelling underwent a thorough discussion, several amend ments to the existing statute being pro posed. An attempt was made to strike out the clause providing that a person engaged in a duel shall be incapable of holding any place of honor, profit or trust for the term of twenty years after conviction. Lost, 11 to 17. It was proposed to strike out the exist ing provision giving the body of an exe cuted murderer for dissection ; a prop osition which failed, 7 to 13; but the words “unless the friends of the de ceased convict desire the body for inter ment,” were added, without a division.— AT. 0. Picayune. O. Jennings Wise on tUe Governor’* Letter. The following is an extract from the Bichmond Enquirer, iu an article four columns long. It is addressed to the “Albany Regency:” “And now, Messrs, assassins and con spirators, what have ye done ? Imprimis —all Mr. Buchanan’s aspirations for re nomination are knocked into a cocked hat. Second—Squatter Sovereignty has received the severest blow it has yet en countered. A voice, which cannot be mistaken in its import, has been elicited, to proclaim that Senator Douglas cannot be nominated, or, if nominated, cannot be elected.” “Per contra: The assassin’s dagger has only glanced from the corslet of truth which shields the breast of an honest man; in a breath he has brought to his feet the traitors who sought his ruin. “New York swindlers have'been taught how much power rests in the unaided.truth and pluck of a single Virginia statesman. Poor tricksters, fools that dared to dream the lion could not break through the puny toils they have learned to set for foxes and hyenas! Will they carry a packed delegation from New York to Charleston now ? Suppose they do; suppose they can, in spue of popular indignation—can \ ptheir packed creation withstand the moral of Virginia chivalry presenting the pride of fair election and voluntary , unity?” j The following extract from an essay read by a young lady of llicbmond, at the commencement of the Mississippi Female College, v. ilf do to commend to some.— They can adopt its sentiments if they see proper: How TUB Glut.. ARC lI.MSEU NOW A days.—lt is astonishing that at this ad vanced age, when we see everything has a tendency to reformation, that there are such sad mistakes in the way girls are raised now-a-days. The time was when girls toliled like old women, wore dresses spun and woven by their own hands, assisted in houshold affairs, rising at day in the morning, re tiring early at night; but note, if they can arrange their toilet by nine o’clock, and appear with eyes wide open at the breakfast table, they look for someone to speak an encouraging word relative to their industry. They think it nothing out of the way to take a nap in the afternoon to refresh their bodies, so wearied by an hour’s practice on the piano, or humming a little are from the opera, accompanied by the guitar. They will cover their hands with a little Ijide —called by the fastidious kids or gauntlets—smother themselves in long-eared bonnets, daub white lead on their faces in order to elicit sympathy from some, and, on the other hand, serves as a bait for compliments from those who think colorless faces beautiful. One will exclaim, “Her face is of alabaster white ness;” another, equally as shallow, ex claims, “ Her face is like Parian marble ;” and she, so elated at her success in plas tering on these shameful cosmetics, adds to her hook and line, and empties her papa’s lard-keg to make a favorite poma tum for the hair. She will indulge in laic hours, flatter ing Mr. Dick So-and-so, or Tom ; they tell her she is pretty, smart, and good, and she, so delighted that she could sit until day-break without the shutters to the windows of her soul having any dis position to close, goes to school perhaps the next day and cannot say any lessons; thinks entertaining beaux better busi ness than studying. The girls now-a-day are very extrava gant ; to be anybody you must dress— dress. No matter how much you load on the fiinery, put lings on your fingers, and bells on your toos, if it is only the fashion. Nothing is beautiful now unless it is inlaid with pearl and overlaid witj> gold. Away with such {folly, girls; think less of the cart-wheels on your fingers; lay aside your superabundance of ribbon and lace-gear; go to hard work ; learn your books, and have more Anglo Saxon common sense to boast of. L. Ligiitfoot Conner.. * —— Logan’s Historical Sketches. The Abbeville Independent Press thus refers to the forthcoming volume of Dr. John H. Logan, of Greenwood, S. C., introducing a notice from the Columbus (Ga ) Sun, which lately appeared in the Courier: “ We commend to the kind attention of our readers Mr. Greene, the agent of Dr. Logan’s forthcoming work, the History of the Upper Country of South Carolina, and which will soon be issued from the press. The literary attainments of Dr. Logan, and the zeal and energy with which he has devoted himself to this work, cannot fail to make it a very valu able contribution to the literature of our State, and of peculiar interest.” In order to assure all readers who de sire to subscribe for this work, we can state that the manuscript of the first volume is ready for the printer, and is now in this city awaiting arrangements with a publisher, or publication by the author on subscription, as may be deemed best. We have examined the manuscript as fully as time and opportunities per mitted, and have intended to present our readers a few chapters or extracts as specimens. Such extracts would not, indeed, be fair specimens, as the work is continuous and integral in interest, but we shall take the earliest opportunity of offering some portions at least. We commend the work to attention as worthy in itself, and as an example pro mising other results of value. Dr. Logan is a young and earnest stu dent of our local history, and is in pos session of ample materials for other vol umes. Abbeville District, we know, will recog nize his labors, and all the districts of the upper country should do so. To the citizens of Charleston the vol ume now announced as forthcoming is interesting from the fact that Charleston contributed largely to the population of the upper country, and was, for a period, the only mart of the State.— Charleston Courier. Death of Richard Tattersall. The London Star, of the 27th of July, says: We have to record the death of Mr. Richard Tattersall, who was for many years proprietor of the “ Corner,” so well known to sporting men of all classes. Mr. Tattersall was held in high esteem by the large body of persons with whom his business brought him into contact; his dealings have always been of the most honorable character. He died at Dover in his 7Gth year. Mr: Tattersall was an honorary member of the South Carolina Jockey Club, hav ing been elected in 1837, in recognition of his general services in behalf of the Turf, and especially in consideration of the “ Tattersall Whip,” presented by him in that year, and won by Col. Hamp ton’s Monarch. For particulars we refer to “History of the Turf in South Carolina,” pp. G - GB.—[JvVs. Courier. A Magnlftclent Bequest. The Eufaula Express of yesterday says: The late Maj. M. A. llrowder left, by his will, the sum of SIOO,OOO, to theGlenn viile Collegiate and Military Institute.— The interest, on this large sum is to be applied to the payment of professors’ sal aries, and the education of poor boys.— This is, we believe, one of thejlargest be quests, ever made to any on institution in i the country. Major Browder’s name deserves to be handed down to the latest posterity, and his memory ever held dear by the poor, for whose benefit he has made . this princely bequest. Eleven Daughters. A correspondent of the Portland Ad vertiser, writing from Rumford, Maine, says that Mr. Calvin Howe, of that town, has eleven daughters, all living under his ! roof at this day. He says, “here you j will find Frances, Lucretia, Julia, Emma, Mary, Nancy, Althea, Catherine, Susan ! and Rosilla, eleven daughters, all living and born of one mother, who still cares for and protects them.” Mr. Howe would do well to husband some of his daughters, or, at aDy rate, his time. Arrival* from Texas. New Orleans, Aug. 15.— The steam ships Arizona and lndianola, have ar rived from Brazos, Texas, bringing eight hundred thousand dollars in specie. In Brownsville, on the 4th, the yellow fever was prevailing as an epidemic. A Ntw Orleans Merchant off. New Orleans, Aug. 15. —A. Titus, a wholesale grocer, has absconded. His * liabilities are about one hundred thou- j sand dollars. { Tlie Administration on Privateering Washington, Aug. 15.—The Adminstra tion emphatically denies the truth of the statement that it intends to abolish priva teering. On the contrary, in all diplo matic intercourse, it strictly insists upon it. The Texas Indians. New Orleans, August 15.—1,G00 In dians were expected to leave the Reserve on the Ist inst., under escort of six com- | panics. Lusus Naturre. ‘A curious specimen of malformation of the canine species may be seen at the drug store of Messrs. Green of this place, in a state of perfect preservation. It consists of a puppy with two sets of hind legs and tail, perfectly developed, the other parts of his dogship being a$ right. Union Springs Gazette. Additional Foreign Intelligence. Nr.w York, Aug. 14.— The steamship Vanderbilt arrived last night from Havre. Her principal news has been anticipated by other arrivals. She left Havre on the 3d iust. The London Herald says that it has reason to believe that Mr. Dallas, the United States Minister to the Court of St. James, has placed in the hands of Lord John Rnssell, a dispatch from Wash ington City, announcing that the United States had resolved to abandon privateer ing, and thus acquiesce in the policy of the maritime law, as declared in by the Paris Congress in 1850. The Paris correspondent of the London Times, says that Count l’ersigny had left Paris for London. No change is noticed in the Commercial condition of France. The accounts from the Rural districts are not unfavorable. Wheat has not sus tained much injury. Garibaldi issued substantially, the fol lowing manifesto, on the 19th of July: “ However political affairs may go for the present, or whatever the circumstan ces may be which will arise, it is the duty of Italians, not only to lay down their arms, or manifest discouragement, but to swell their ranks, and show !o Europe tliai, guided by the heroic Victor Eman uel, they are ready again to confront the vicissitudes of war. He declares that his army is ready, at any momeut, to con tinue the war.” The Rome correspondent of the Loudon Times says that great dissatisfaction ex ists in portions of the Papal States, and that the French soldiers alone keep down a general outbreak. The Jesuits have been driven out of Palanza, Ferli and Perrara. The Bologna Gazette publishes a decla ration made by the provinces of Bo magna, in which they declare \hat they have shaken off the Papal yoke, and are resolved never to submit to it again. They wish to be annexed to Sardinia. _. From Mexico, Panama and Havana. New Orleans, August 13.—An arrival at this port brings Vera Cruz dates to August 2. Gen. Miramon intends taking the field for active operations, and leaves Zuloaga acting President. He has notified all foreigners that they lose the right of protection by interfering in political matters. He refuses to recognize the decree of Gen. Juarez confiscating the estates of the church. Advices from Panama report the con tinuance of the gold excitement. Havana dates to August 9, state that the news of peace in Europe had an un favorable effect upon the markets there. Texan Election, New Orleans, August 13.—Returns from eighty-two counties give Houston a majority of 8,000 votes. Lubbock, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Gov ernor, is probably elected. Frank N. White, Democratic candidate for Commissioner of General Land Office, has 2,000 majority in the counties heard from. In the Second Congressional Dis trict, Gen. A. J. Hamilton, Opposition, is reported ahead of Thos. N. Waul, Dem. Out of fifty-four members of the next Legislature, twenty-nine are known to favor the re-election of Gen. Sam. Hous ton ter a seat in the United States Senate, and twenty are opposed to him. ■ Personal. It gives us pleasuro to state, upon au thority, that Maj. F. W. Capers, of South Carolina, has accepted the superintenden cy of the Georgia Military Institute.— Savannah Republican. We regret to say that the above is true. Major Capers having announced the fact to his cadets a few days since. Major Capers feels impelled to accept the situation in the Georgia Institute, from regard for his wife’s health, which has become seriously impaired, and for which he hopes to find the dry air of Ma rietta decidedly beneficial. He will ter minate his connection with the Citadel Academy on the first of October, and will commence his duties at Marietta between that date and the first of the following January. In parting with Major Capers, we but echo the sentiment of the State, when we say that it is with extreme reluctance. Major Capers has so thoroughly identified himself with the Citadel Academy, by his devotion to duty, by the high tone and loftiness of his character, by his unas suming and quiet demeanor —elements which we know he has successfully im pressed upon the many classes of Caroli na youth who have graduated under him —that all had began to regard him as a permanency in its corps of officers ; and the news of his resignation will be un welcome tidings in every district of the State. We heartily wish it were other wise.— Charleston Mercury. Peculiarities of the Mississippi. A late scientific paper, in discussing the peculiarities of the Mississippi River and the country upon its borders, main tains this theory .• The width and depth of the river from Cairo and Memphis to New Orleans is not materially increased, yet immense additions are made to the quantity of water in the channel by large streams from both the eastern and western sides of the Mississij*pi. The question natu rally arises, what becomes of this vast added volume of water? It certainly never reaches New Orleaus, and as cer tainly does not evaporate, and of course it is not confined to the channel of the river, for it would arise far above the en tire region south of us. If a well is sunk anywhere into the Arkansas bottom, wa ter is found as soon as the water-level of the Mississippi is reached. When the Mississippi goes down the water sinks accordingly in the well. The owner of a sawmill, some twenty miles from the Mississippi, in Arkansas, dug a well to supply the boilers of his engine during the late flood. When the water receded his well went down till his house would no longer reach the water, and finally his well was dry. He dug a ditch to an ad jacent lake to let the water into Iris well; the lake was draned, and the well was dry again—having literally drank ten acres of water in less than a week. The inference is, that the whole valley of the Mississippi, from its banKs to its high lands on either side, rests on a porous substratum, which absorbs the redundant waters, and thus prevents that degree of accumulation which would long since have swept New Orleans into the Gulf but for this provision of nature. British Minister* Their Ages and their Salaries. Premier—Lord Palmerston ; age 75 ; salary £5,000. Lord Chancellor—Lord Campbell; age 78; salary, £IO,OOO, with a retiring pen sion of £6,000, to which he is entitled if he remain only in office a single day. Lord President of Council—Earl Gran viHe: age 44; salary £2,000. Lord of the Privy Seal—Duke of Ar gyle; age 36 : salary £2,000. Chancellor of Exchequer—Mr. Glad stone ; age 50; salary £5,000. Foreign Secretary—Lord John Russell; age 67 ; salary £5,000. Home Secretary—Sir G. C. Lewis ; age 53; salary £5,000. Colonial Secretary—Duke of Newcastle; age 48 ; salary £5.000. Secretary of War—Mr. Sydney Her bert ; age 49; salary £5,000. First Lord of Admiralty—Duke of Som erset; age 55 ; salary £4,500. Secretary for India—Sir C. Wood; age 59; salary £B,OOO. Postmaster-General—Lord Elgin; age 48; salary £2,800. President of Poor-Law Board—Mr. M. Gibson; age 52; salary £2,000; now President of Board of Trade. Chief Secretary for Ireland—Mr. Card well ; age 46; salary £4,800. Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster—Sir G. Gray ; age 69; salary £2,000. Fire In ’Washington. Washington, August 16. —Early this morning the Machine, Blacksmith, and Marble shops at the Capitol Extension Works, were consumed by fire. They con tained valuable machinery, finished and unfinished, together with expensive Mar ble. The loss is estimated at $36,000. From the New York Tribune. Our readers will observe that we have transferred to our columns the important decision of Judge Giles, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, which seems to terminate the recent India rubber controversy. The decision was rendered after full argu ment ou a final hearing upon the plead ings and all the proofs which the parties saw fit to put into the cause. The con troversy has, in effect, been between Hor ace 11. Day, claiming the exclusive right to the use of vulcanized India rubber in all elastic fabrics, under grants from Charles Goodyear, the patentee, ou the one hand, and William Judson on the other, who claimed that he had acquired the exclusive right to all elastic goods, except cemented shirred goods ; also, un der grants from Charles Goodyear. Day’s title was the oldest in date, but Judson claimed that his title should prevail by force of some old contracts between Good year and others, which were known to Judson ns Goodyear’s atterney, and which be sought to revive in # his own favor. — Day claimed that the original deeds to him, executed by Goodyear in 1846, and to which Judson had given his assent, conveyed the exclusive right to use vul canized India rubber in shiVred or corru gated goods of all kinds, however the corrugation or wrinkling was produced, and that the old contracts upon which Judson relied did not run into the extend ed term of Goodyear’s vulcanizing pat ent, and therefore did not affect the rights conveyed by Goodyear during the pres ent extended term. The effect of this decision of the Uni ted States Circuit Court is to declare that under the contracts between Goodyear and Day, dated in 1846, Goodyear grant ed to Day the exclusive right to use vul canized India rubber in corrugated goods of all kinds, whether cemented, sewed or woven ; and that the goods sold by the defendants, which were principally woven suspenders, were a kind of corrugated goods within the meaning of these con tracts: and also that the deed made by Goodyear to Day in 1858, conveyed an exclusive license for vulcauized India rub ber in other kinds of goods, was a valid deed, and not affected by the contracts upon which Judson relied to give effect to his subsequently acquired title. The monopoly of shirred and other elastic goods containing vulcanised In dia rubber is thus affirmed to be the property of Mr. Day. American Iron. The experiment upon the Georgia Cen tral Rail Road, as to the telative dura bility and cheapness of the American and imported British iron, was conclusive as to the evident superiority of the former. The General Superintendent of that road has borne witness to the fact in his re port. We extract the following in rela tion to it: The Philadelphia North American pub lishes several conclusive testimonials as to the superiority, both in point of dura bility and cheapness, of rails made of Pennsylvania iron, over the imported British iron. An experiment was tried ou the Central lload of Georgia to test the qualities of the two kinds of rails, the result of which has proved in the highest degree favorable to the rails of our own manufacture from American iron. This road was supplied in 1856 with part imported and part American rails ; they were laid on opposite sides of the same track for a long distance, so that their qualities might be fairly tested, on per fectly equal conditions. The rails were of the same pattern, and an extra price was paid for the English rails to insure the best quality of iron. After more than two years of wear the General Superin tendent of the road has given his report, from which it appears that the American rails were much better than the imported ones. Testimony of this character will, of course, have its due weight. Tlie Roll of Honor. The following is a list of revolutionary soldiers on the rolls of tho States of Geor gia and Alabama, who are regularly re ceiving their pensions, and their ages in 1859: N Micajah Brooks, Polk county, Ga., 98 years of age Wm. Coggin, Gordon county, Ga., 104 years of age. Johu Hames, Sr., Murray county, Ga., 107 oears of age. John McMillen, Habersham county, Ga., 99 years of age. John Nicholson, Union county, Ga., 9G years of age. Reuben Stevens, Chambers county, Ala., 97 years of age. Crops in Mississippi. A correspondent of the Mobile Daily Tribune from Columbus, Miss., gives a discouraging account of the crop pros pects in Eastern Mississippi: Columbus, Miss., Aug 10. I have traveled through the counties of Winston, Oktibbeka, Noxubee, Monroe and Lowndes, Miss , and in Pickens, Ala., since June, and never saw better prospects for a good cotton crop. But the late rains must inevitably ruin them. The cloudy weather also prevents the bolls from opening and will cause a large quantity to rot. The worm is not much spoken of, but will, no doubt, be heard from next week. The crops of corn are not large, but there will be a sufficient quantity for home use. Street Paving. The New York Journal of Commerce says that the Belgian pavement, which it describes as cheap, durable, and alto gether satisfactory, has now been adopted by common consent as the most suitable kind for the streets of that city. The ample testing which it has received in Grand and Canal streets, the New Bowery and other streets, has conclusively estab lished its superiority. It is not patented, and costs less than half ns much as the Russ or iron pavement. All the projects now before the Common Council of.that city, for the repair of dilapidated streets, and among them Wall street, contemplate the use of the Belgian pavement. i A correspondent of the Constitutional ; ist, from Louisville, Ga., Aug. 15th, says: “ We have had any quantity of rain lately, which all are afraid will result in serious detriment to the cotton crop, | causing it to shed its fruit, &c. Rust is ; observable in many spots, and I under i stand is making rapid progress in some ; localities. Much fodder has been lost— those who pulled not being able to take it up, on account of the constant rain. Some S say they intend to pull, rain or shine; and if they can’t save it, intend to haul it into their cow lots, and make manure of it. Others, again, will not pull, unless the weather breaks, preferring to let it dry up on the stalks to taking it off. Corn is fine, and the country very healthy. Van Amburgh, the menagerie man, is said to be about to proceed, via Europe, to the East Indies, for the purpose of re stocking his menagerie. The Natural History Department of the Scientific Con vention will be gratified to learn that he will direct his special attention to the cap ture of two specimens of the pachyderma tous mammae, oue of which i3 white and the other of a dark mud color. Non scientific persons—if any such there be— may not be averse to learn that the spec imens above alluded to consist of a white elephant and a hippopotamus. Coincidence. The first bale of the new crop from the Mississippi river was brought to New Orleans by the steamboat Duke, and the first bale of the new crop of Alabama was brought to Mobile by the steamboat Duke. Wonders never will cease, and never have ceased since the time when Adam’s little boy wondered why geese didn’t go to roost. —Mobile Mercury. Jacob Little Reinstated. The New York Times says: The Block Exchange Board on Monday morning, by unanimous vote, restored Mr. Jacob Lit tle to bis seat, vacated by his temporary embarrassment last May. It is under stood that Mr. L. has adjusted all his contracts then outstanding and running against him, at the full measure of a hun dred cents on the dollar, with interest. Special Dispatches to the Charleston Courier. Additional by tile Worth American. Great Britain. —In the House of Lords on the Ist, the Earl of Granville said it was as yet impossible to fix the day be yond which important measures wou and uol be read a second time. Lord Elgin said, in reply loan inquiry, that he had impressed upou the Chinese government, while negotiating the triaty of Shanghai, the importance of sanction ing the introduction of British salt, but had failed, though he believed a different result might be arrived at if the Chinese authorities could be convinced that their revenue would not suffer for the change. In the House of Commons the increased income tax bill was ordered to a third reading. Sir C. Wood made a financial statement in respect to the government of India. He estimated the expenditure of the war at £40,900,000, whilst the estimated rev enue was only £35,800,000, leaving a de ficiency of £10,200,000. In addition to this, there are millions to be raised by England towards the expenditures of In dia, making the total deficiency £12,- 200,000. This has already been partial ly provided for, but there are £5,000,000 still needed, and he proposed to raise this in a further loan. He thought there was no likelihood of any improvement in tbs financial affairs of India for two or three years to come. No great reduction could be made in the expenditure, while the revenue could only be slightly increased by an additional tax on salt, licenses, &c. Mr. Bright advocated a decent reduc tion of government, reduced army, and curtailment in tae civil service salaries as the most efficient way of bringing about an improvement A resolution was adopted in favor of an additional £5,000,000 loan. On the 2d, in the House of Commons, Mr. Monkton Milnes moved an address to Her Majesty, praying her to enter into negotiations with the United States for the purpose of preventing nssaults and cruelties upou seamen engaged in the traffic between the two countries, and of bringing to justice the perpetrators of such offences. The Earl of Minto, father-in-law, of Lord John Russell, is dead. Some serious strikes were occurring in Loudon. The carpenters were demand ing a reduction in their hours of labor, and the employees of the gas companies were demanding increased wages, and for some time Loudon was in danger of being left in total darkness. The Attorney General said the govern ment had directed its a'.ention to the subject. He would never assent to giv ing the jurisdiction to foreign consuls. The only method would be either to fa cilitate the extradition act so as to have re course to the ordinary tribunals, or to deal with the matter in the same manner as with seamen’s contracts. The motion was agreed to. Ex-President Pierce had passed through Liverpool, en route for the lake district. He was expected to sail for New York in about a fortnight. Med Brace at Dr. Waddell’*. In the capital story “Master William Mitten,” by Judge Longstreet, published weekly in the Southern Field and Fire side, we are again introduced to our old acquaintance, Ned Brace. Not the tall man who walked with the little fellow at the end of the funeral procession, and left him in high wrath, when he found out that the dead man was Mrs. Noel’s Bill. Not the strange, solemn customer, who horrified the landlady in Savannah, by making a terrapin out of everything on his plate, and drinking both tea and coffee for breakfast, first a sip of one and then a sip of the other. Not Mr. Squee zlefanter’s enraptured friend Smotberg, who was so anxious to hear from Sister Dilsy, and Brother Ichabod on Sand Creek. Not the breathless enquirer, beg ging the man, running to a fire, to stop, and let him know if he had seen Mr. Peleg Q. C. Stone. Not Ned the man, but Neddy the boy, at Dr. Waddell’s school, at Willington, in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Wo are not to conclude that Ned was so wild, for the want-of switching in his boyhood. Look at the picture and recog nize the pencil of a master.— Georgetown ; (S. C.) Times. Effect of tlie Fall in Grain upon Debtors at tlie West. The Buffalo Republic presents a dis couraging view of the resources of the grain raisers at the West, who contracted debts in 1856 and 1857, which are yet unpaid. When wheat was selling in Chi cago at $1,70 per bushel, farmers bought lands at sls per acre, and now those lands must be paid for with wheat selling at 75 cents per bushel, or they must re vert to the seller. The same is true of other debts contracted when wheat was high. The business created by building rail roads has subsided. Some of them have suspended dividends, while a large class have repudiated stocks and bonds alike. By suspending necessary repairs some have paid interest on their mort gage bonds. The whole country is rich er in crops than was ever known, but there underlies the whole a mass of debts, made upon the inflated scales of 1856 and 1857, which will require all the skill of the debtors to manage. Kansas. The Leavenworth Times contains a full account of the Convention in Lawrence Aug. 3. which renominated the Hon. Mai’cus J. Parrott for Delegate to Con gress for the Territory of Kansas. Mr. J. W. AVinchell, of Osage county, presi ded. An informal ballot was taken, which resulted as follows : Marcus J. Parrott, 57; M. F. Conway, 26; Mr. Danford, 11; Mr. Foster, 3; Gen. Pomeroy, 3; Harding, 1 ; blank, 5. Necessary to a choice, 52. Immediately upon the announcement of this vote, Parrott was nominated by acclamation as the Republican candidate. Loud and enthusiastic calls for Par rott ensued, and the gentleman was in vited to address the Convention. He came forward, and was received with a wild hurrah. Order being fully restored, Mr. Parrott made an able and eloquent address, befitting both the man and oc casion. Mr. Parrott was followed by his rival candidates, Messrs. Danford and Conway, both of whom paid willing tribute to our candidate and cause. On motion, every Republican voter of Kansas was urgently requested to vote and labor for Mr. Par rott. On motion, the Wyandotte Con vention was indorsed and recommended to the people of Kansas. On motion, the Convention then adjourned sine die —the kindest feeling prevailing, and every del egate pledging himself to the support of the candidate, and the party he repre sents. The Abgquatulator. In our issue of yesterday morning, we announced the unlicensed departure, for parts unknown, of a wholesale grocer on the Old Levee, leaving a numerous body of creditors—not foreign ones, as Boston swindlers would, but domestic ones ex clusively—to bewail his unfaithfulness. The person alluded to is A. Titus, Old Levee street, aud the amount owing by him is stated to be fully equal to that al ready stated by us—one hundred thous and dollars. From every one he had bought goods where he had a credit, and from among his neighbors, poor and rich, he borrowed money wherever it could be obtained. We’are informed that, a short time since, he dispatched a vessel, full freighted, for St. Domingo, and thither he has doubtless gone to live, with some dusky houri of that luxurious isle, upon the ill earned gains of his infamous pro ceedings. His villainy will fall h&rd upon many little able to stand the loss.— N. O. Picayune. The annual report of the New York Chamber of Commerce, now issued, states that the quantity of brown sugar used by the refineries annually, in. that city, is abjut 252,000,000 of pounds (112,000 tons), producing, at an esti mate of sixty per cent,, over 67,000 tons of refined sugar. Why were the walls of Jericho like an uncaught fish ? Because they were never scaled. New York, Aug. 13.— The steamer Ocean Queen sailed to-day for Liverpool with $1,400,000 in specie. From the Home Journal. Some of the Battle Grounds. It was still dark night when we left Milan, by the Porta Ticinese , and drove rapidly along the banks of Ibe canal of Pavia, which leads from that oily through the plains of Lombardy to the river Adda. By daylight wo had reached Binasco, where I.e sloped to change horses; and I walked around the old castle where the beautiful Beatrice delia Tenda was be headed by her cruel husband in 1418, be cause the stars foretold she would become his destroyer. Until the sun arose, we kept the glass windows down, fearing the malaria from the rice plantations, which are several feet below the level of the road. They have canals running north and south, east and west, intersecting each oth r with the regularity of the streets of Phil adelphia. The squares between the ca nals are planted with rice. As it was harvest time, it had a rich yellow color, and hundreds and hundreds of peasants were gathering it in great baskets strap ped across their shoulders ; then wading up to their kuees in mud and water, up on which the rice appears to grow, they threw it into large boats, rowed by old women and children. The appearance of these poor creatures was pitiable. They had exactly the complexion of the “dirt eaters” of the pine swamps’of the South, and were like spectres wandering through the death-infected district. At the Sardinian frontier, where we were detained some hours, the officer told me the entire family of the posthouse had died within a month. The disease preva lent is a chill, returning every third day with greater violence, until it ends in death. There is no remedy for it, except in flying from the spot. So unhealthy is the cultivation of the rice deemed, it is only permitted in certain portions ot the plain. Near Pavia, we saw the celebrated monastery of La Certosa, erected by Giovanni Visconti, in expiation ot his crimes. It is embellished with splendid works of art, aud has a rich collection of pictures. It was within view of Certosa, where the battle was fought in which Francis the First was taken prisoner. Upon that memorable occasion, he ut tered the exclamation which has become almost a household word,“All is lost hut honor!” Pavia la Dotta (Pavia the learned) is thus styled from the university, estab lished iu 774, by Charlemagne, and even now containing one thousand students. The palace of Visconti, the friend and pat ron of Petrarch, is still standing; it was described by the poet in glowing terms. We wandered about the city until our postillion changed his horses (about two or three hours), and then driving over the long bridge which spans the river Ticino, we entered a higher country and more salubrious atmosphere. In a few miles we reached the river I’o, crossing it on a bridge of boats. Then the hills began, clothed to their summit with vine yards. In this region there was no ma lattia (disease of the grape vines), and the rich purple hue of the great branches, half hidden by the green leaves, was beautiful. For miles after miles we passed along small villages; and, save the embaukmeuts upon which the road ran, every spot of earth was covered with vines. So heavy and thick were the clusters of grapes on the hill-tops, they seemed resting like a purple cloud upon the green vineyards. We drove on through those lovely val leys until we came to the field of Maren go, where Napoleon fought the great battle on the 14tli of June, 1800. The Austrian army, numbering forty thousand men, was under the command of Melas, a general eighty-five years old. Napo leon was surrounded by his brave suite, consisting of Lannes, Kellerman, and Dessaix (who was killed there) ; but he had only thirty thousand men. At one period it was believed the battle was lost; then Napoleon, riding in front of the soldiers, said to them, as he checked their retreating steps, “Soldiers, you have retreated far enough; let us ad vance ; you know it is my custom to sleep upon the battle-field!” Anew enthu siasm appeared to animate their fainting hopes, and they rushed with such over whelming power upon the Austrians, they compelled them to retreat even into the river Bormida, where hundreds were drowned, and by night the river was al most filled with the dead bodies of men and horses. The Duke of Genoa was to review the Sardinian soldiers next day upon the field of Marengo, and several regiments were marching to and fro, and squadrons of cavalry dashing over the plains, giving a warlike aspect to the scene. The Sar dinian soldiers are strong, stalwart, no ble looking men, with most gallant bear ing. In the city of Alessandria we made the acquaintance of some of the chief officers. We found them intelligent and courteous men. They spoke with admiration of America and its onward progress, and most cordially invited us to attend the re view the next day. Alessandria has no particular interest of antiquity about it, save that conferred by its construction by all the cities which formed the Lombard League in 1164. They all sent money and men, and by aid of an astrologer, di vined the most fortunate place for a town of defence against the Northern powers. It was named for the Pope Alexander the Third, who was the protector of the Guelphs; hence the Ghibelines called it, in derision, the “City of Straws,” from its rapid growth, and the chaff mixed with the bricks with which it is built. It has, however, proved a substantial and thriving town. After driving across the “field of Ma rengo,” and admiring the spirited move ments of the Sardinian soldiers, we took the railway for Genoa, and in a few hours were by the shores of the ‘•Mediterranean—Sea of Memories!” OCTAVIA WALTON LE VERT. Hurrah for Georgia Her Wealth and Taxes. We learn that in consequence of the large increase return of taxable property to the Comptroller General, the Governor and that officer have felt authorized to re duce the per cent, tax to six and a half cents on the One Hundred Dollars, this per cent, being considered sufficient to raise the annual tax of $375,000 required by law. The per cent, last year was seven and a half cents on the Hundred Dollars. The return of taxable property this year, over last, is about Sixty Millions. So much for the last Legislature, in enact ing a law making Receivers of Tax Re turns assessors in certain cases. Before this year, and under the advalo rem no exception could be taken to the returns, however low, of a tax-payer, by the Receiver; and this being the case, many persons returned their property very low—much lower than their neigh bors; and others owning similar proper ty, negroes, in some instances, being put at an average value of S2OO, S3OO and S4OO, while others valued similar proper ty at SSOO, S6OO and S7OO. The act of ’SB made it the duty of the Receiver to examine all the returns, and to see that all property was valued pro perly, and as nearly uniform as possible. The result is as above stated. The State tax of Georgia, at this time, is indeed low, not being two-thirds of a mill on the dollar. Just think of it!— Under our tax system, a person owning S2OO and under only pays a poll tax of 25 cents! And as others owning more than S2OO are put upon the same footing, a tax payer who owns SSOO only pays a poll and property tax of 44J cents; one owniQg SI,OOO only pays 77 cents ; one owning $5,000 only pays $3.37 ; one own ing SIO,OOO only paying $6.62, and so on. Where is the State that beats Georgia for wealth and low taxes. — Fed. Union. Bostqn, Aug. 13.—A fire at Lawrence, Mass , burned the United States Hotel, the Central Congregational Church, and the new Court House. Loss $150,000. Westboro, Mass., Aug. 13.—The State Reform School is destroyed by fire. No lives lost. Brutus J. Clay, the K. N. candidate for Senator, in the Bourbon and Bath counties district of Kentucky, spent twenty thousand dollars in the canvass, and was defeated. Editors oh a Cow Catcher. Mr. J. R. Thompson, editor of the Southern Literary Messenger, N. P. Wil lis, and other editors, look an excursion over (be iiaitimore and Ohio Bail Load. Mr. Willi s thus describes a rather ticklish part of the ilie, 1“ ride uii the cow catcher : I took uiy seal >n ..on.-.- on the sort of grid iron we lg.-, in tr- m o’ •*■ * locomo tive, built for throwing i” the right of lett any number el stray cattle on the track. With the su i inteuse y bright, and the thermometux all day at ninety four degrees, my black iron seat was not the coolest, and the glowing admiration of the Martinsburg boys, who gathered around in the few minutes that I sat alone on the cow-catcher, in front of the sultry station house, made it promise, at first, to be too warm an experience. Present ly, however, I was joined by another of our charming party, to whom my exam ple had proved tempting; and, with Prescott Smith on one side of me, and Thompson, (of the Southern Literary,) on the other, I felt a little more reconciled to the risky possibility—that of being wiped off with my two brother authors, ty r any cow that should cumber the track, or, in other words, served up to fate in a lite rary sandwich with “forced cow cumbers.” Well—the iron steed gave his ac customed snort, (which it takes pretty good ear drums to enjoy as you sit direct ly under his explosive diaphragm,) and off began to rattle the fore foot we bestri ded. Behind glided the streets and peo ple of Martinsburg, and the hot air along with them—for to our exquisite delight, it grew cool enough in the second or third minute. Smoke, cinders, and second hand atmosphere, were all fanned to the rear. With the accelerated speed, the rush of air was a strife of unseen cares ses, a myriad of soft fingers stroking back the hair upon one’s temples, and pulling gently at the corners of one’s beard, like a shampooing by the daugh ters of Eolus—(a little imaginative, per haps, but remember there wei-e three au thors on the cow-catcher!) —while the handkerchief with which I endeavored to blow my nose was so forced up my nos trils as to make me sneeze. The “sleep ers” or braces across the rail track, at first separate and distinct, confused into a solid plank. Cow after cow came in sight, and in the next instant had a nar row escape of our rather-be-excused bo soms —pig after pig, iJem—idem flocks of sheep, grazing horses, drunken men aud Irish children. What a gauntlet of acci dents runs a common cow-catcher to be sure ? Tut, to thus be telegraphed in mc’s hat and boots, strangely removes some of one’s early prejudices. The way we jumped chasms and skimmed ponds— popped across rivers and cleft open hills —shot into caverns and under mountains, and spun away on the other side as if nothing had happened—skirted precipices and rounded bluffs —all at the same pace, and with no manner of recognition of mortal man’s comrnou hindrance and ob stacle. Why, it amounted to a “flight of fancy !” It was thought-travel—ghost flitting—angel’s errand going—(or rather “Adam’s Express,” before the fall) — a realization, in fact, of two of my once imaginative questions, in an early poem : Are yts thought rapid. Can ye fly as far, As iuutiiut as a thought ? To which any rider on the cow catcher of the “Baltimore and Ohio” would now answer “Yes-sir-eee !” Planters’ Convention Fair. We had the pleasure of au interview', on Monday last, with Col. J. V. Jones, of Burke county, oue of the Committee of the Planters’ Convention, charged with the duty of providing for an annual Fair in this city, embracing an exhibition, as well of Foreign fabrics, as of American Manufactures and Agricultural products, on an extensive scale. This project is already in flatteriug progress, two car goes of foreign goods, one from Bremen and the other from Antwerp, being al ready shipped, or soon to be, direct for Macon, via Savannah. It is contempla ted to hold the Ist Fair in this city on the Ist Monday of December, and to continue one week or longer, according to circum stances. The second Fair will come off in December, 1860, and continue three weeks—the exhibition to consist of three divisions—as follows : Ist week, devoted to the display of Foreign goods—2d. to the exhibition of Mechanical and Agri cultural products of the South—and 3d, to an exhibition of Stock, of every de scription. This is, we think, an excellent plan, and cannot fail largely to benefit this section, generally, as well as our city particularly. We are glad to hear that some three thousand dollars have already been raised by subscription, in Macon, for the purpo ses of the Fair, and that our City Council will do what they can to carry out, in a liberal spirit, this most important enter prise.— Macon Citizen. Correspondence of the N. O. Picayune. Interesting to the Business Community New York, Aug. 5, 1859. Messrs. Editors : We beg to call the at tention of your merchants to a custom that has prevailed to some extent for several years ; but which has, of late, assumed a magnitude that is causing se rious inconvenience. We allude to the furnishing of exchange on this city by your banks, at 30, 40 and 60 days after date, “ acceptance waived,” which is merely a promise to place the funds here at their maturity, and imposes no obliga tion on our banks, on which they are drawn, to provide for them. This class of paper is not negotiable; our banks, not recognizing such opera tions as legitimate, positively decline dis counting these bills, thereby rendering them entirely unavailable. We Lave now in our possession a large amount of these drafts belonging to our friends in your section, who are much annoyed at finding that which they sup posed to be the safest and best form of exchange, and on which they relied for meeting their own obligations and cash purchases, to be utterly valueless till they mature. We make these remarks more especially to enlighten your commission houses, who purchase most of the exchange for their correspondents visiting our city, as we do not suppose they are aware of the una vailable character of such paper. When time exchanges is required, we beg to suggest the purchase of bills drawn by mercantile or banking houses of un doubted responsibility, on similar houses in our city, which, when accepted, fur nish a class of paper that can be negotia ted with facility, at the lowest market rates. Yours, very respectfully, MERCHANT. ♦ Humored Retirement of the Roths childs. In the Paris correspondence of the Morning Star is the following: “The as surance given in financial circles of the approaching retirement of the Roths childs has created a strange sensation. If the rumor prove true, not only Baron James but both the sons. Gustave and Alphonse, would also withdraw from business, the accounts of the house in Paris be closed, and, in short, it would exist no longer after the month of De cember. The deplorable state in which Nathaniel Rothschilds still remains, who in the flower of his age and strength has been suddenly struck with paralysis, the uncertainty of financial operations in the present unsettled state of Europe, have decided Baron James to take this step, so it is said. But although the announce ment, even unconfirmed as yet by him self, has occasioned some little emotion amongst the moneyed men of Paris, men of experience in these matters, persist in declaring that such a measure is utter ly incompatible with the Baron’s age, his nation, and his love of domination; and they, therefore, reject the possibili ty.” The Baron has not accumulated “a competency” yet, and of course will not retire unlees forced to do so from age or disease. Cassius M. Clay, Esq., calculates that the birds visiting his thirty acres of fruit and pleasure grounds, destroy not less than 25,459,200,000 caterpillars and in sects in one year. Fruui tlie Atlanta Intelligent, r. Case* Decided by tUe Supreme Colirt, hi Atlanta, 1859, August Terir*. W L Callaway, plaintiff in error, vs Boswei.l& Sanders, defeuihints, and *Jas. j Freeman, claimant. Mechanics Lien ! from Spalding. DefemhitS’ in execution purchased a j house and lot in Griffin, aud gave claim ant their notes for the possession of the premises. Whilst they v.ere in posses sion, plaintiff in error repaired the build ings, and recorded his lien within the time prescribed by statute,.and proceed ed to recover judgment against defendant in execution, and levied the execution on ! the premises repaired. Held by the court, I that the property repaired was not sub | jeci to the lien. Ist. Because the pur chasers, Boswell & Sanders, were only teuants of Freeman until the payment of the purchase money, and could not en cumber the estate of their landlord. 2d, Because the vendor's lien is superior to all other liens. Judgment affirmed. Matiiew Cochin, plaintiff in error, vs Stephen Jones, defendant in error.— Ejectment from Pike. Judgment affirmed. Benj. Barkfield, adm’r, &c., plaintiff ! in error, vs. Wm. T. King et al., defen dant.—Equity from Spalding. Judgment reversed upon the ground that the court below erred in its charge to the jury, “ that if the heirs of Winford Barcfield had notice of the fraud in Sam uel Barefield, then the statute commenced to run.” A. B. Dulin, plaintiff in error, vs. R. & J. Caldwell & Cos., defendant in error. —Equity from Spalding. An award was ordered to be made the judgment of the court. A bill ot injunc tion was presented to the court, and re fused by the Judge. l’assiDg the judg ment of the court which was considered faulty, the bill was examined for equity, and found wanting. Held, from a want of diligence Mr. Dulin cannot open this award. Also, that the terms of the award concludes Mr. Dulin, and lie cannot at tack the award except for fraud. Judg ment affirmed. Solomon Odell, Pl’ff in Error vs. Isaac J. Hartsfjeld, Dpff’t. Complaint from Henry. Held, in an application for the benefit of the Honest Debtors Act of 1823, the records of the Court must show that tho creditors had notice of the application of the debtor to take the benefit of said act. Judgment affirmed. James M. Smith, et al, lTffs in Error vs. Tiios W. Goode, Deff’t. Rule from Upson. This is a case for Attorney’s fees. Four other cases were joined with this in the argument and decision. Held, that the settling of the amount of Attorney’s fees in a case, is matter for the jury. Judg ment reversed. Wilf.y P. ol and Wife, Pl’ffs in Error vs. Richard Morris, et al, Deffts in Er ror. Equity from Henry. Judgment re versed. Alueut J. Lingo, Pi’ll’ in Error vs. The State of Georgia, Deff’t’ Murder from Cobb. Judgment affirmed. Ist error complained of—“ that he was deprived of his rights in making up the jury.” Two summoned talismen did not appear. Held, that it was not necessary to pursue talismen, after a summons, by another call. 2d error charged—“ in ruling out evi dence.” It was offered to be pig>ved that Duncan, the killed man, bad made pre vious threats. Held, that Lingo having no notice of the threats, and not acting on them, it was not competent to prove them. Besides, the witness was not com petent, being wife of Duncan. 3d error charged—the verdict was con trary to the evidence. Benj. Walker, plaintiff in error, vs. Isaac Scott, defendant.—lllegality from Upson. Judgment affirmed. Wm. F. Davis, plaintiff in error, vs. Wm. C. Henenon, defendant.—Rule from Union. Held, that our homestead exemption statutes apply only to judgments on con tracts. Judgment reversed. Heart Rending Scene Appalling Death from Hydrophobia. We are nearly every summer doomed to record one or more of those most aw ful of deaths in which the King of Ter rors assumes the appalling shape of hy drophobia. Some four weeks ago, a Frenchman named Louis Laclere, a la borer, was bitten on the arm and wrist by a dog. About four days ago, the first symptoms of the horrible malady, he feared, began to manifest themselves. Ilfs employers procured his admission to the city hospital, where the best accred ited remedial measures were at once stu diously adopted in his behalf. Despite these, he steadily grew worse. For the most part entirely conscious of his con dition, he gradua, y became the helpless prey of a series of terrible spasms, which hopelessly increased in intensity and frequency. His agonies were as if an internal fire were consuming him. In calmer intervals, when water could be offered him he would snatch the dipper and greedily gulph the draught, upon which a spasmodic closure of the glottis and a seuse of mortal strangulation, as in lockjaw, would attack him and bring on the fiercest features of his madness. He would start violently and snappingly at tbc bystanders, giving vent, with hor ribly contorted features, to noises resem bling those of a furious dog. The spec tacle is described as heart rending and shocking in the extreme, until death re leased him from his tortures on Sunday night.— St. Louis Democrat. From Pike’s Peak. St. Louis, Aug. 12.—A special dis patch to the Republican contains dates from Denver City to the 3d inst. A Con vention of 166 delegates was in session, for the purpose of taking the steps neces sary to form the country adjacent to the mines into a Territory to be called Jeffer son. The intention is to apply at the next session of Congress for recognition as a Territorial Government. An Another Oberlln Case. Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 12. — This morn ing, Messrs. Peck, Carpenter, and Fair child, of Oberlin, who had been here at tending the Anti-Slavery Convention, were served with the notice of a suit in stituted against them by the U. S. Deputy Marshal for false imprisonment, the dam ages being laid at $20,000. The Great Southern Mall. Washington, Aug. 12. — The Rail Road Convention to-day decided to perform the double daily service over the Southwest ern route, between New York and New Orleans, commencing on the 18th inst. Other important matters are undecided. The Convention adjourns to-morrow. Caleb Cushing Declines the Mission to Central America. Washington, Aug. 13.—Gen. Cushing, who is now here, has been tendered the mission to Central America, but his en gagements are of such a nature as to ren der his acceptance of the appointment im possible. The Administration regards the position as of great importance under existing circumstances. That Iron Crown. As Fransis Joseph still preserves and means to keep the old emblem of Lom bardian rule—the famous iron crown, which the first Napoleon seized, which Garibaldi made a bold push at in Monza, and which Napoleon hoped to win at e rona—the superstitions attached to its possession will haunt all Italy, and make the belief popular that Austria, if not now paramount, will soon again rule all. The Crown has been taken to Vienna.— N. V. Daily News. Atlantic Cable. New York, August 16.—The Herald publishes a detailed list of the messages sent over the Atlantic Cable, while it was working. They occupy seven columns of that paper, and foot up 400 messages of 4,359 words. The Augusta Dispatch saj’s: The boll worm has made its appearance among the cotton in South-western Georgia, as might have been expected from tlie pro tracted wet weather. In many parts of Middle Georgia, they can do no harm, for there are very few bolls for them to destroy.
