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Rebellion nt Harper’* ferry—l'ntled
States Troops Called Out—Blood
Shed !
Washington, Oct. 17. —Rumors reached
this city, this forenoon, that a serious in
surrection has broken out at Harper’s
Ferry, Virginia. The trains on the rail
roads leading there have been stopped,
the telegraph wires cut, and the town and
all the public works arc in the hands of
the insurgents.
At first, it was believed that this story
was merely an exaggeration of an affray
among some Government employees at the
United States Armory. Later dispatches,
however, from Monoeacy, the nearest sta
tion to the Ferry, confirm the first state
ment.
The ‘trains have been stopped on the
several rail roads, and the employees
killed. The negroes on the plantations
on the Maryland side of the river have
been seized, carried over, and made to
join the insurgents.
All statements concur in saying that
the town is in the complete possession of
the rebels, together with the United States
Armory, Arsenal, Pay Office, and the
bridges. The insurgents are composed of
whites and blacks, and are supposed to
be led on by Abolitionists.
It-is supposed by some that the object
of plundering arms, ammunition, and
Government money, is for the purpose of
effecting a general rising among the
blacks of Maryland and Virginia.
One hundred marines, with two twelve
pounders, from the Washington barracks,
went up this afternoon to the scene of
hostilities; and will roach there about 8
o’clock p. ra. They have orders to clear
the bridge at all hazards. Three compa
nies of artillery from Old Point are also
on the way thither, besides which six or
seven companies of military from Ralti
more and Frederick City, Maryland, have
oflered their services, and have been ac
cepted by the President. They have gone
up on an extra train.
The insurgents are said to number six
or eight hundred, aud that they are un
der the leadership of a man by the name
of Anderson, who but recently arrived at
the Ferry.
One report from a merchant there says
that most of the citizens have been im
prisoned, and that many have been killed.
All the roads leading to the town have
been barricaded, and are guarded.
It is believed here to be a move of the
Abolitionists. Secretary Floyd received
some weeks ago an anonymous letter,
informing him that there would be a ris
ing, and an attempt made to capture the
Arsenal; but the letter was too indefinite
and improbable to be believed. The re
ports may now be greatly exaggerated,
but there is undoubtedly a serious disturb
ance occurring at the Ferry, and repi’Cr
sentatives of the press have gono up with
the troops to the scene of action.
SKCONI) DISPATCH.
Washington, October 17, 9J p. m.—
Nothing further has been heard from
Harper’s Ferry, except that the reports
are generally confirmed. The insurgents
have fortified the bridge with cannon.
The suspicion here is that the disturb
ance was caused by the failure of the
contractors on the Government dam to
pay the employees, several hundred in
number, and that the negroes have been
pressed into service. Several companies
have been ordered from Richmond, and
(hey will probably leave in a special train
to-night. Gov. Wise is en route for
Washington.
Additional from Harper’s Ferry.
Washington, Oct. 18.—A special dis
patch to the Baltimore Sun, says that the
Baltimore troops, and the Marines are
under the command of Col. Lee. The
army arrived near the Ferry at one o’clock
last night, and learned that the Virginia
rogiment, and the Frederick, Maryland,
troops had entered the town on the op
posite side. There was a good deal of
tiring heard, and it was reported that nine
persons were killed. The insurgents
are in posession of the arsenal, and were
willing to surrender; but they demanded
safe conduct out of the difficulty; other
wise, they threaten to sacrifice the lives
ot two ot the principal citizens, whom
they hold as prisoners.
Among the insurgents are Kegg, Sea
man, and Brown of Ohio, Todd of Maine,
Aaron Stephens, of Connecticut, now
dying, makes the following statement:
The plan has been concocting for more
than a year—the parties rendezvoused
at a farm, a few miles distant, which
had been hired for the purpose, by Cap
tain Brown, ol Kansas notoriety, under
the assumed name of Bill Smith.
Later. —The battle, last night, was
fought mainly by the rail road men; and
one conductor was killed, and two others
were wounded.
It is thought the Abolitionists will be
hung as soon as they are taken.
Later from Harper’s JPerry—Outlaws
Taken—Tke Armory Taken at the
Point of the Bayonet.
Washington, Oct. 18.—About daylight
the demand was made to the outlaws to
surrender, which they refused to do.—
The marines then forced the door of the
Armory, under a heavy fire from the in
surgents, which was returned by the
marines, who forced an entrance at the
point ot the bayonet. After a few mo
ments the conflict was over, and all of
the living insurgents captured. The
volunteers tried to shoot them, but were
prevented. Ossawatomio Brown and his
sou were both shot—the latter is dead,
and the former is dying; he talks freely,
and says that the whole object was to
free the slaves.
Audersou, of Connecticut, another
leader, was killed. Three of the marines
and several of the State troops were
shot.
Amongst those that were murdered by
the insurgents were several of the first
men of that section of the State. It is
feared that the insurrection has many
ramifications. In Baltimore, Washington
and Alexandria, the authorities are all
prepared for any emergency, if it occurs.
The governments of Maryland and Vir
ginia have taken every precautionary
measure. The population are very much
excited, and insist that the prisoners
should be tried by a drum-head court.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Washington, Oct. 18.—A company of
mounted men, under the authority of the
President, left Baltimore this afternoon,
tor the purpose ot pursuing the fugitive
insurgents, and overtaking them in any
State or locality of the Union in which
they may be found.
The United States District Attorney
left here this eveniug to bring on the
immediate trial of the prisoners.
Three hundred Virginia military ar
rived from Richmond this evening, but
found orders to return, as their services
were not needed. The most energetic
measures are on foot to ferret out and
capture all involved in the insurrection.
Quiet lias beeu restored.
Austin.
Austin, the capital of the State of
Texas, is in Travis county, where the
drought has cut short the crops for the
last two years, and outside of the usual
appendages of ‘the seat of government.’
presents very few attractions. The State
House is a huge pile of yellow limestone,
with no pretension to architectural beauty
or taste. The Governor’s residence is a
duplicate of the mansion of W. It. Hunt,
on Shelby street. This, with the new
land office, is the only edifice of public
buildings marked by any distinguishing
peculiarities. The only object of especial
interest I saw at the capital was the mon
ument in the vestibule of the State House,
erected to the memory of the heroes of
the Alamo. As you enter, the name of
Crocket stands out upon it in bold relief;
upon either side, the names of Bonham,
Travis and Bowie and under these, those
of their companions who so dearly sold
their lives on that memorable occasion.
Upon the monument are the following
inscriptions :
“To the God of the fearless and free is
dedicated this altar, made from tl*e ruins
of Alamo, March G, 1836, A. D.”
“Blood of heroes hath stained me. Let
the stones of the Alamo speak, that their
immolation be not forgotten.”
“Be they enrolled with Leonidas in the
k host of the mighty dead.”
“Thermopylm had her messenger of
4efeat but the Alamo had none
From the Savanafth News.
Tle Harper’* Kerry Insurrection.
Baltimore, Oct. 19.-—The dying con
fessions of some of (he insurgents dis
ciose tho fact that Ossawatomie Brown
was (he sole concoctnr and instigator of
the insurrection. Months ago he hired
a l'atm in the vicinity of the Ferry, where
he gathered around him several impov
erished Kansas discontents and fanatics,
witli whom he laid the plan to seize the
U. S. Armory, hoping thus to insure a
concentration of the slaves cf the neigh
boring counties of Virginia* and Mary
land, and to create a general, wide-spread
insurrection.
Tho insurgents state that on Sunday
they were to have been reinforced by
fifteen hundred men. Many citizens and
government employmees were on Sunday
night forced out of town by armed squads
of while men and blacks.
These spread the alarm and caused the
assembling of bodies of armed men and
military in the neighboring towns, who
promptly’ concentrated around the Ferry,
thus alarming the negroes who may have
intended to join the insurgents.
Tho rail road companies afforded every
facility for the transportation of troops,
and before the insurrectionists were
aware of it, every outlet from the town
was guarded, and themselves completely
penned. Previous to their being thus
surrounded, a portion of the abolitionists
had effected a stampede among the ne
groes on the neighboring farms, forcing
them away against their will; others had
conveyed government arms and muni
tions to distant hiding places. It is also
said that they plundered the Pay Office of
the U. S. Armory of some fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars in money.—
About dusk on Monday evening the local
military simultaneously attacked the
town at four different points, and drove
the insurgents into the armory iuclosure,
where they sought refuge. The fight in
the streets was very severe, fifteen of the
insurgents and two or three of their as
sailants being killed, and several wound
ed. Matters thus rested until the arrival
of the Marines aud Baltimore troops,
when the armory was forced to surrender.
At daylight on Tuesday morning, tho de
mand was made upon the insurgents in
the armory to surrender, which being re
fused, the Marines proceeded to batter
down the doors, succeeding in which,
they were received with a brisk fire from
the insurgents within, by which one man
was killed, one it is feared mortally
wounded, and two or three others slightly
wounded. The Marines having forced
an entrance, took the insurgents prison
ers at the point of the bayonet, and
liberated the citizens whom they held as
prisoners, and whom they had threatened
to murder in case they were attacked by
the troops.
The number of insurgents taken pris
oners is not stated. Out of the original
insurgents fifteen are dead and two are
believed to be mortally wounded.
Citizens Murdered. —Among the citizens
murdered are Messrs. Fountain and
Breakham, both prominent and much re
spected citizens ; Joseph Burnly, Agent
of the Rail Road Company, and George
Turner, one of the first men in the vicin
ity.
Killed in the Fight. —Uvan Dorsey, rail
road conductor, and George Richardson,
of Martinsburg.
Several soldiers sre seriously wounded.
Latest. —Brown is not yet dead, and
may possibly live to be hung.
The arrangements of Gov. Wise to
prevent the spread of the insurrection,
were complete aDd most admirably exe
cuted. The Governor himself arrived on
the spot too late to participate in the at
tack. He had seven infantry companies,
two rifle companies, and one artillery
company, all with full ranks, besides
several local military companies under
orders and eu route for the Ferry in less
than four hours after the news of the
outbreak had reached him at Richmond.
Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 19, noon.—
There are yet no signs of the fugitive in
surrectionists. The Chambersburg and
Bedford Rangers are searching the moun
tains for them.
Last evening a detachment of Marines
and Volunteers visited Brown’s house and
found a large quantity of blankets, boots
and shoes, clothing and tents, fifteen hun
dred pikes with large blades affixed, and
a carpet bag containing documents throw
ing much light on the insurrection, among
which are a printed constitution and by
laws of the organization, showing exten
sive ramifications in various States of the
Union. Among tho documents are letters
from various individuals North ; one from
Fred Douglas, containing ten dollars from
a lady, also one from Gerritt Smith about
money matters, and a che6k or draft by
him for one hundred dollars, endorsed by
the cashier of a New York bank, whose
name is not recollected. All these are in
the possession of Gov. Wise, who has is
sued a proclamation offering SI,OOO for
the arrest of Cook, one of the chiefs of
the insurrection. Large numbers of armed
men are now scouting the mountains in
pursuit of him. Cook took tea at his
father-in-law’s house, near the Ferry, on
Monday night, only a few hours previous
to the arrival of the Marines. It is re
ported that on Tuesday morning he was
seen in the mountains, only three miles
off.
Four wagons loaded with government
arms had been recovered. The insurrec
tionists did not rob the pay office as was
at first reported. There was a large
amount of money deposited there.
Among the letters found in Brown’s
house was the following, which we give
as a specimen:
“Dear Sin—l have been disappointed
in not seeing you ere this to take charge
of your freight. They have been here
two weeks, and as I had to superintend
the providing for them, it has imposed on
me no small task. Besides they are get
ting discontented, and if not taken charge
of soon, they will go back to Missouri.
They cannot be kept here much longer.
If any of them go back it will be
bad termination to your enterprise.”
It appears that the insurrectionists
had a printed constitution and by-laws
for a provisional government of the Uni
ted Slates, and had issued commissions
from the War office, near Harper’s Ferry,
of which the following is a specimen :
“Whereas, W. H. Leeman, has been
nominated captain in the army estab
lished under the Provisional Govern
ment: now, therefore, in pursuance of
the authority vested in me by said Con
stitution, we do hereby appoint and com
mission said Leeman, captain. Given
under my hand, in the office of the Sec
retary of War, this loth day of October,
1859. JOHN BROWN,
Commander-in-Chief.
11. Keys, Sec'y of War.”
The following is the anonymous letter
received by Mr. Floyd, Secretary of War,
at Washington City:
“Cincinnati, Aug. 12, 1859.
11 Sir —l have recently received infor
mation of a movement of so great import
ance that I feel it to be my duty to impart
it to you without delay. I have discov
ered the existence of a secret association
having for its object the liberation
of the slaves of the South by gen
eral insurrection. The leader of the
movement is old John Brown, late of
Kansas. He has been in Canada during
the winter drilling the negroes, and they
are only waiting his word to start to the
South to assist the slaves. They have as
one of their leading men a white man in
an armory in Maryland. Where it is
situated I have not been able to learn.
“As soon as everything is ready, those
of their number who are in the Northern
States and Canada are to come in small
companies to the rendezvous, which is in
the mountains of Virginia. They will
pass down through Pennsylvania and
Maryland, and enter Virginia at Harp
er’s Ferry. Brown left the North about
three or four weeks ago, and will arm the
negroes, and will strike the blow in a
few weeks; so that whatever is done
must be done at once. They have large
quantities of arms at their rendez
vous, and are probably distributing them
already.
“ I am not fully in their confidence,
and this is all the information I can give
you. I dare not sign my name to this,
but trust that you will not disregard
the warning.”
The following account of the arms of
the insurgents was found, among other
tilings at Cook’s house: 1000 pikes,
made in Connecticut, with ‘handles six
feet long, and broad, fiat two edged
blade, one foot long,; 900 Sharp’s rifles;
one box revolvers ; one box of swords.
Brown denies that any others except
those present at the Ferry are connected
wilh the enterprise. His wounded son
says that other parties in the North were
connected with them.
Still Later lrom Harper’s Ferry—
Jurisdiction of the Prisoner’s Set
tled-List of Killed and Wounded
Rebels.
Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 19. —The pris
oners, taken in the late conflict with the
insurgents at this place, have been com
mitted to the jail of Charlestown, (Jeffer
son county, Va.,) to await the action of
the Grand Jury. They will be indicted
aud tried in a few days. The arrange
ment about jurisdiction has been settled
in this way; the local authorities to try
the prisoners for murder; meanwhile the
United States authorities will proceed to
try them on the charge of treason. Gov.
Wise said to United States Attorney Gen
eral Ould, that he had no objection to the
General Government proceeding against
the prisoners, if anything be left of them
by the time the authorities get
through with them.
Brown is better. He has made a fuller
statement, in which he says that he
rented the farm, on which his rendezvous
was located, from Dr. Kennedy, six
months since, and that lie has paid the
rent for it until next March, lie says
that he never had over twenty-two men
at the farm at any one time, who be
longed to bis organization ; but that he
had good reason to expect re-inforcements
from Maryland, Kentucky, North and
South Carolina, and the Canadas. He
states fruther, that he had arms and am
munition sufficient for fifteen hundred
men ; that he had two hundred revolvers,
two hundred Sharpe’s rifles, and one
thousand epears, which were left there
at tho farm, where he had, also, an abun
dance of power and fixed ammunition.
He brought all his arms, from time to
time, from Connecticut and other points
in the Eastern States, to Chambersburg,
Pa. ; they were directed to J. Smith &
Sons, Kennedy Farm, (bis assumed
name ;) and were packed in double boxes
so as to deceive the parties who handled
them in transporting them to the farm.
He says that .he made one mistake in
either not detaining the train on Sunday
night, or in permitting it to go on unmo
lested. The mistake, he seems to infer,
exposed his doings too soon, land prevent
ed his re-inforcements from reaching him.
The names of all his party at the Ferry
on Sunday night, except three white
men, whom Brown admits were sent
away on an errand, are as follows; with
their proper titles under the provisional
government affixed : Gen. John Brown,
Commander-in-Chief, wounded, but will
recover; Capt. Oliver Brown, dead;
Capt. Watson Brown, dead ; Capt. Aaron
C. Stephens, of Connecticut, wounded
badly, has three balls in bis body, cannot
possibly survive ; Lieut. Edwin Coppice,
of lowa, unhurt; Lieut. Albert IlazleU,
of Pennaylvania, dead ; Lieut. Wm. Lee
man, of Maine, dead ; Captain John E.
Cook, of Connecticut, escaped; Captain
John Kagi, of Ohio, (raised in Virginia)
dead; Lieut. Jeremiah Anderson, of In
diana, dead; privates—Stewart Taylor,
of Canada, dead; Chas. P. Todd, of Me.,
dead; Wm. Thompson, of New York,
dead; and Dolph Thompson, of New York,
dead . These, with the three previously
sent off, make seventeen whites.
The negroes were : Dangerfield Newly,
of Ohio, raised in Virginia, dead; Em
peror, of New York, raised in South Car
olina, not wounded* a prisoner—the lat
ter was elected a member af Congress of
the provisional government, some time
since; Louis Leary, of Ohio, raised in
Virginia, dead; Copeland, of Ohio,
raised in Virginia, not wounded—a pris
oner at Charlestown.
Gen. Brown received nine wounds, hut
none, it is thought, would prove fatal.
There was about a bushel of letters dis
covered from all parts of the country.
One from Gerritt Smith, that informs
Brown of some money being deposited t\t
a bank in New York, to the credit of J.
Smith & Sons.
The letter appears to be one of the
many, that informed him from time to
time, as the money was received.
Intereeting from Brownsville and
Northern Mexico.
New Orleans, Oct. 19. —Advices from
Brownsville, Texas, to the Bth state that
the yellow fever had disappeared from
the city. The citizens had formed into
batallions, and were standing guard night
ly to protect themselves against the Guer
rillas.
News from Monterey, Northern Mexico,
says Durango is in a deplorable state.
The town of Durango was taken and
sacked by two hundred robbers, on the
10th ult. The troops had arrived and
dispersed them, killing a large number.
The army at Montere}’ had pronounced
against Vidauri, who, with Guazua,
(Garza) had left for Texas. Marquez was
defeated twice on the 10th ult.
It is reported that Guadalajara has been
taken by General Ogaron who is in com
mand of the Liberals.
Marquez has asked for reinforcements
of General Woll.
A Peculiar ami Remarkable Man.
A traveling correspondent, who writes
for the Greenville (S. C.) Patriot, in a
recent letter, says:
I forgot to mention in my last letter
from Boston, my visit to the Historical
Society of Massachusetts, and the library
of Mr. Dowse, presented to the Society
by that remarkable man. He was a na
tive of Sherborn, and nearly connected
with my family there. He commenced
life very poor, and had a passion for
books. As he made money he laid it out
in books, and read them. He went on
making money, buying books and read
ing them, till he died two or three years
since. Then he gave his books to the
Historical Society, which are valued at
fifty thousand dollars, and left forty thou
sand dollars to charitable purposes,
twenty thousand to poor relations, and
thirty or forty to other purposes! He
never had time to get married, attend a
political meeting, go to church, or write
a line for publication ! Ilis books are the
best bound and best selected library in
the United States. The Historical So
ciety paid three thousand dollars for
shelves and furniture for the room in
which they are placed.
Texas Cattle at Pensacola.
The Pensacola Tribune, of a recent
date, says:
The schouer Monte Christo, from some
port in Texas, arrived at her wharf yes
terday evening, with a cargo, consisting
in part of mules, ponies, horses and cows
and calves. The disembarkation of this
motley crowd was novel in itself, and
witnessed by many spectators.
♦-
The Central Georgian of the 19th, says:
We hear some of the planters of this
county boasting of their corn crops.—
Some say they have made the best corn
they ever made. The ears, they say, are
much larger than usual. Corn is selling
for less than we have known it for the
last three years, at this season of the
year—so and 60 cents per bushel.
Heavy Robbery.
The Savannah Rapublican of yesterday
says : “We hear that a countryman, who
brought to town last night a trunk con
taining §3,000 in money and notes, left
it in his wagon at the market, in charge
of a negro boy, while he went to take his
wife to a boarding house. On returning
he fouud the negro asleep and the trunk
missing.”
Mr. Thomas 11. Clark, an old citizen of
Tuscaloosa county, Ala., and formerly of
this State, died at the residence of his
son-in-law, in Tuscaloosa county, on the
loth ult. He was in the 96th year of his
age at the time of his death, and had
Berved three years in the war of the
revolution.
Corn anil Hogs.
We have additional and pretty full ad
vices regarding corn and hogs, since our
last.
We find that the corn crop has matured
pretty generally throughout the entire
west, aud none of consequence has teen
injured by (lie frosts of the past week.
In Illinois there is no doubt that the crop
is a large one; some of our correspon
dents estimate it three times as large as
that of last year, and some more than
this. In Missouri there is no doubt that
the crop is very good, both as regards
quality aud quantity, aud from the let
ters from various parts of that State, we
think we do not over estimate it when we
call th'e yield double that of last year, and
the quality of the corn crop very supe
rior. The following extract from a cor
respondent at Lexington, in that State, is
a fair sample of the advices: “Corn was
planted more exteusively last spring than
I ever remember before, and had the frost
of June and the drouth of July uot in
jured it, the crop would have been ,n my
opinion, fifty per cent, greater than any
ever raised in this State. As it is, we
have an excellent crop, well matured, aud
the yield will be more than double that
of last year. The supply of hogs is
good; the high prices paid for them last
winter encouraged farmers to make un
due exertions to take care of them and
they have been feeding the new coin to
them during the last six weeks, aud ex
pect to obtain nearly as high prices for
them as they a did last year. It. would be
difficult to purchase any now below sc.
nnd many farmers ask s£c , net. weight. I
have not heard of any contracts.”
Our advices from Kentucky, with hard
ly an exception, report a good corn crop
and a prospective large hog crop. Beef
cattle are represented abundant through
out the entire west, and in good condi
tion.
But the wheat crop is, without an ex
ception, reported below an average. We
might give numerous extracts from let
ters, in addition to those above, but they
would be but mere repetition, and there
fore unnecessary. The conclusion in our
mind is that the corn crop of the west, is
the best gathered for some years, taking
the whole country together. In 1857 the
yield was larger, perhaps, but a great
portion of it was ruined by the wet fall
and the severe frost of November. AdJ
as regards hogs there can be no doubt,
we think, of a very full supply as regards
number, and a large increase in weight
over that of last year. Cincinnati Price
Current, Oct. 12.
China.
There is no later news, but. the Paris
Pays furnishes the following in regard
to the movements of Mr. Ward, the
American Minister :
The latest news from Shanghai estab
lishes beyond a doubt the arrival of Mr.
Ward, the American Envoy, at Pekin.
This diplomatist ascended the Ki-Tcheou
Yun Hoj one of the brauches of the Pei
ho, accompanied by alj the members of
his Legation.
Arriving at Ning Ho Fou, the Ameri
can corvette, which had brought Mr.
Ward was retained in port. The mem
bers of the Legation, under the guidance
of a Mandarin, were placed in a huge
box, about five metres long by three
broad, which was closed everywhere but.
above, so as to prevent those it contained
from seeing the country. This box, or
traveling chamber, provided with all
things necessary to the comfort of the
traveler, was placed on a raft and taken
up the river, and then up the Imperial
Canal, as far as the gate of the Capital.
Here it was placed on a large truck
drawn by oxen, and in this way the Min
ister of the United States and the mem
bers of his Legation entered the town of
Pekin. They were perfectly well treated
by the Chinese, but were not allowed to
see anything. The truck was drawn into
the court-yard of a large house, which
was to be the residence of the American
Envoys, but from which they were not to
be allowed to go out.
At the last dates they were awaiting
their interview with the Emperor. They
had not been allowed to have any com
munication with the outer world, but
were permitted to send a dispatch to Mr.
Fish, the American Consul at Shanghai,
informing him of their safety.
After the interview the American Min
ister was to be re-conducted to the fron
tier in the same way as that in which he
came.
A Deserved. Compliment.
The Home Journal says: “Since the
appearance of ‘Jane Eyre,’ no volume
has fallen from the pen of a lady writer
evincing more power and learning than
the novel ‘ Deulali,’ by Miss Augusta J.
Evans, of Mobile. The scene of the
story is laid in a Southern city, and the
characteristics of the surrounding coun
try are well described. The heroine—an
orphan named Beulah BeDton—is en
dowed with a formidable will and an ex
cessive spirit of independence, which en
able her to rise from poverty and a me
nial vocation to an elevated social posi
tion and an honorable place in literature.
Early perplexed with sceptical questions
on the subject of religion, she examines
the most abstruse metaphysical problems
for the purpose of satisfying her doubts;
and, finally after laying bare the fallacy
of each, she finds that peace of mind
which only can be obtained through the
crucified Redeemer. The volume, simply
as a story, is full of interest, and much
skill is displayed in its development. The
work evidently is written with a desire to
inculcate in every soul a lesson of truth
and goodness. We do not hesitate to say
that in the production of this volume
Miss Evans has achieved the highest
rank among the novelists of her sex in
this country.
No more Seed! Head.
The most disastrous news which has
reached us lately, is the reported deter
mination at head quarters to abolish the
Agricultural Bureau, and to stop the
distribution of seed. While we are not
prepared to say that the country will suf
fer much by ibis unexpected act of the
Department, we cannot escape the pain
ful convictiou that the damage done our
Representatives in Congress will be irre
parable. How now will they remind their
constituents that they are remembered in
Washington? What slight token of af
fection for the dear people can they now
offer? How many Districts which have
heretofore blossomed like the rose, will
now cease to be garden spots where mem
bers of Congress have scattered broad
cast the seed of their popularity ? The
“Public Document,” with its worthless
contents, is all that is left for the “gen
eral muster,” and while their indignation
will be justly visited upon the authors of
the mischief, we beg them to remember
that our present representatives are en
tirely blameless. Expect no more seed
from Washington. —Spirit of the South.
Tlie Arctic Expedition.
It appears that Lady Franklin sank, in
the last expedition to the Arctic regions,
all her remaining fortune, and that her
failing health now detains her in the
South of France. An “Arctic Naviga
tor,” iu a letter to the Times, suggests
that, besides re-funding to the widow of
the officer who fell in the execution of his
duty, the sum she paid for fitting out the
Fox and her crew, she should be offered
a home for her declining days in the pal
ace of Kensington. The same writer also
suggests that Capt. M’Ciintock should,
by order in council, be allowed sea-time
as a naval officer while he commanded the
Fox, and receive his well merited knight
hood, and that the officers and crew of
the Fox ought to get the remaining £lO,-
000 reward for solving the'fate of the lost
expedition. Charleston Courier.
Anew Post Office has been established
in Walker county, Ga., called Chestnut
Flat.
The following offices have been dis
continued : Daviston, Talbot county;
Brooks, Worth county; Cornucopia,
Jones county; Celay, Jackson county;
Ghentsville, Henry county; Gordon
Springs, Whitfield county; Harmony
Grove, Jackson county ; Harmony, Elbert
county; and Location, Coweta county.
The Shelby News reports the existence
of hog cholera throughout that portion of
Kentucky. Some farmers have lost nearly
all their hogs.
Day of Atonement.
This evening the day of Atonement
t begins and lasts till to morrow evening,
according to the precept of Sacred Scrip
ture. The day is appointed by divine au
thority to alone man with his God, i. e.
to unite him again with his Father in
lieaveu, as the term ad unum or at one
I signifies, whereas sins separate man from
j God.
The means to expiate sin and re-unite
man with his God are stated in the Bible,
in the words, Ye shall afflict your
j Nepkegh ” This latter term signifies both*
the man spiritual and physical. There
fore, the affliction of soul and body is un
derstood by it. The soul shall be hum
bled before God in repentance of sins,
and the consciousness of its weakness
and evil propensities. It shall be hum
; bled before cur neighbor in confessing
the wrong done .to him and the desire to
; make good what we have doue evil. The
i soul shall feel the burning burden of sin
: and attempt to quench the consuming
fire by the tears of true repentance. The
body shall be afflicted in a negative way.
It shall be deprived of all pleasures,
such as eating, drinking, &c. Thus the
source of all sins, the sensual propensi
ties shall be subdued and subjected to the
reign of the spirit.. The will, the mind
shall rule supreme this day, and the pas
sions shall be silent. Thus man shall
learn his own spiritual nature, aiul ap
proach higher his God.
• This day is called in Scripture “ the
Sabbath of Sabbaths,” or the most holy
Sabbath ; because it is a perfect day of
rest. The body rests entirely, and the
, rest of the sou! is complete. It is not
i disturbed by carnal pleasures, its at ten*
j tion is not absorbed by worldly specta
cles, its rest is complete before God. to
review its own doings, repent its sins,
and prepare noble wishes and generuos
principles for its guide in future. — Is
raelite, Oct. 7.
Additional l>y tlie North Briton.
At Zurich on the third, all the Pleni
potentiaries were present at the meeting
of the Conference, when the articles of
peace were read over.
The Paris Patrie says that the treaty
will be signed in a few days, and that
the Central Italian affairs will be settled
by the Congress.
The London Times has another sharp
article about San Juan. It says that the
Island belongs to England, and stigmati
ses General Harney as a fillibuster.
The builder’s strike continue.
The Times says that the agents of
France,, Austria and Sardinia are solici
ting, and tender the English founde
ries contracts for a large quantity of
! rifled canuon.
The latest rumor say that the French
I preparations for China have been sus
pense'], and indications of backing down
| appear. Marshal Neil’s order of the clay
} on joining his troops, at Toulon, have
i been construed into admission of peace,
j that is not likely to last long.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Herald says nothing has been heard on
every side, but that preparations of war
give a similar picture to the affairs of
Austria and Sardinia.
Minister Mason died at Paris on the 3d.
A Paris letter says that the King of
Belgium’s visit to Biarritz was in rela
tion to a debt due to France by Belgium.
He made a perfect failure.
Sardinia urges the European powers to
insist upon the formation of a kingdom
in Upper Italy. It is asserted that the
Pope has ordered passports to the Sar
dinian Ministry, and it is reported that
this give rise to the collision between the
Swiss troops and the Neutral Italians at
Cattolia.
Garribaldi has been enthusiastically
received at Bologna. He has summoned
the Italians of Legation to arms, aud a
collision is shortly expected.
Beauties at Baden.
Carl Benson, in a letter dated Baden-
Baden, September 6, to the New York
Spirit of the Times, writes thus :
And now for Baden. The last fortnight
in August brought something like a rush
of visitors, not so great as usual, but
sufficient to crowd the hotels. There is
a fair share of female attraction, contri
buted by several countries, and America
in particular is represented by two re
markable beauties from New Orleans and
! one from New York. It may bo said,
moreover, of the ladies, that they are not
: subject to the usual European criticism
: upon our belles of undue physical fragility
—they are all in good condition, and their
| united weights, as the paragraph makers
say, amount to certainly more than three
! hundred pounds.
There are also among the latest arrivals
two charming Russian Princesses, of a
delicate and refined expression, very dif
ferent from the usual Russian style;
; indeed, persons who do not know these
two sisters generally take them for
Americans. The Russian great ladies
are generally a trifle too much got up,
I and—l won’t affirm they paint, but they
|look as if they painted. Then there is
I the regular belle of the season, Countess
Obelinska, and others, quos enumerate non
necesse est. Notwithstanding the beauties
and their equipages, it must be confessed
: that the general run of the company at
Baden is less magnificent and fashionable
than usual. The tag aud rag and bob
j tail of mankind do greatly preponderate.
Michael Angelo.
A number of interesting drawings and
manuscripts by Michael Angelo have just
been discovered in that house at Florence,
which all Italian touristk will remember
in the Via Ghibellina. The house has
| been changing hands lately in conse
quence of some law proceedings, and has
now become the property of the Govern
ment. A letter from Florence says :
“The Government has appointed a com
mission to arrange all the memorials, and
I have been assured by one of the mem
bers of the commission that there have
been found in the family archives many
drawings of Michael Angelo hitherto un
known, and writings of the highest value,
both original prose and poetical composi
tions from his pen ; letters, not only un
edited but quite unknown, from the most
illustrious men of his time addressed to
the artist, and tending to throw anew
light on the events of his life. Let us
trust that the students of art may rightly
avail themselves of these treasures, and
may finally write a complete story of
Michael Angelo’s life and times. The
commission is already engaged in prepar
ing the materials for a complete and cor
rect edition of his writings.”
Origin of the Newly discovered
Oyster Placer.
The New York Times says: “Some
time in the year 1841, a bed of young,
or seedling oysters were found near tlie
east beach, at the mouth of Nortbport
harbor, and there was a lively time
among the oystermen, while the deposit
lasted, in securing them for the purpose
of transplanting AmoDg others, a man
familiarly known at Huntington as “Dick
Scudder” was active with his little
schooner in conveying away the oysters,
his planting ground being directly across
the Sound, near Norwalk. Conn. In one
of these excursions, while beating over
against a strong northeast wind, bis craft
was struck by a sudden flaw and cap
sized, spilling overboard thirty bushels,
more or less, which were carried upon
the deck. The precise spot where this
accident occurred, nearly twenty years
ago, is now covered with a busy fleet of
oyster boats and vessels gathering a pro
lific harvest from the seed thus acciden
tally scattered.”
We read that Col. Wildmun, cf New
stead Abbey, died Sept. 20, suddenly.—
The deceased was the intimate frieDd of
the late Lord Byron, and purchased the
ancestral estate, Newstead Abbey, for
<£oo,ooo. The deceased was an old
Waterloo officer, belonging to the 10th
Hussars. It is stated that Newstead
Abbey will be sold.
Treasurer’s weekly statement by re
turns received to Monday, 10th October,
1859. Washington Constitution.
Receipts $1,136,099 99
Drafts issued 1,541,877 31
Reduction 405,777 32
Amount subject to draft 4,569,847 58
midnight Procession of the Sons of
Malta in New Yorlt — Festival of
the Seven Cardinal?.
According to previous announcements,
the Sons of Malta turned out last night
for a grand moonlight procession. Ihe
aristocratic Pro Patria Lodge issued tire
announcement that the cavalcade would
form at their room, No. 814 Broadway,
and that “dominoes would be furnished
at the Lodge room ; other Lodges invi
ted to participate. ’’ At 9 o’clock our re
porter left tire office to proceed to the
den from whence was to issue the gallant
Sons, and many were the difficulties he
encountered on his way. Broadway was
thronged with people of every age and
size, crushing and crowding each other
furiously in their anxiety to secure a
frout seat on the curb-stone or a lamp
post against which to rest their backs.
Hotel balconies and frout lobbies were
filled with gorgeously dressed ladies, and
more than theusual allowance of tooth
picking free-lunch eaters. At the street
corners were ancient and venerable
dames and their youthful and voluptuous
daughters, nudging and squeezing for
elbow room, and a place whereon to rest
the soles of their feet. From Canal
street to Union Square the crowd grew
greater as you asceudeu. In the imme
diate vicinity of Pro Patria’s room many
thousands of open mouthed and wonder
ing spectators were assembled, eagerly
stretching their tortured necks to gain
the first, glimpse of the promised specta
tacle. Here, too, were many private
carriages drawn up against the curbstone,
the inmates of which were doubtless flat
tering themselves on their advantageous
positions. Long and eagerly watched
the crowd, and still the procession ap
peared net. A few of the masked indi
viduals appeared upon the balcony, and
various were the remarks made upoD their
muzzled countenances. Cries of impa
tience presently begin to arise from the
expectant throng, and curious individu
als begin to ask “where now are the He
brew children ?” and other wondering
youths inquire why don’t you “come
out of the wilderness.” Soon a rush in
the crowd denotes the coming down from
above of the Spectacular Sons. Two by
two, tramping heavily down the stairs,
comes the expected procession. First a
long string of men with -white or black
gowns about their persons, their heads
covered with a sort of night cap corres
ponding with their gowns, a black and
white one linked arm and arm, and this
long string on reaching the street, turned
their heads up Broadway, thus for a long
timedisappointingtbe down town crowds.
Arriving at Union Square, tho accom
panying policemen make a furious dash
at the crowd of spectators, and gallantly
turning the switch, point the procession
down town. And here the procession
gets itself into shape, the last coming
first, and the first last, and now becomes
a proper subject for description Our
reporter mounted upon the top of the
stage, obtains a good view, and notes as
follows: The procession was headed by
sixteen small drummers, who beat their
sheepskins to a never-varying solemn
dead march, the drummers being prece
ded by a small squad of brass-buttoned
policeman, who in turn are preceded by
a large number of ragged urchins, each
with a big stick over his. shoulder, and
these were preceded again by other
small urchins without any’ sticks. Os
course, these could not be called legiti
mate Sons of Malta, but were the off
scourings of humanity that will be found
at all processions. Behind the drummers
followed Malta’s proper Sons, the first
dozen or so being dressed in stagy armor,
helmets on and vizors down, with drawn
swords and dangerously elastic steps.
One of these fantastic individuals of im
mense size, “all dressed up in blue, so,”
was particularly profuse in his sword
gesticulations, every movement of which
seemed to say, in the expressive lan
guage of the frontier Indian. “Ugh! big
Injun, me!” Following these high digni
taries was a small detachment of the
black and white amalgamatedly dressed
Sous, who preceded four others dressed
in red frocks, bearing upon their shoul
ders a gigantic book. Another squad of
the black and whites, then came a cc.ffln
shaped arrangement, covered with a black
pall, ornamented with a brilliant tin
Maltese cross. More black and white
fellows, interspersed occasionally with an
armored and vizored chap with a majes
tic walk, or a comically masked individ
ual who afforded much amusement to the
assembled spectators. One person with
a huge nose, dressed violently in black,
is vociferously hailed ns the gentle Bo
rneo, and receives innumerable lively
punches in the small ribs from the out
siders. Another sprinkling of black and
white, generously dealt out in respectable
doses of half and half, and the procession
had passed. But the crowd ask “Where
are tlie Seven Cardinals?” The question
is as vain as “Who struck Billy I’atison ?”
And our reporter returned to the office,
asked the people he met if they could give
him any definite ‘information regarding
the Seven Cardinals, but not a bit of in
formation could lie obtain. When we
add to our report that the various flags
and emblems of the Order were promis
cuously scattered through the proces
sion, and that several hundred of these
queerly dressed persons formed the line,
and that they presented an appearance
similar to the processions of monks seen
upon our theatrical stages, our readers
will know full as much of the affair as
our reporter or any one else who is not a
member of the Sons of Malta can know.
But our reporter insists upon asking once
more, “ Where are the Seven Cardinals?”
Tribune.
• . —♦-
Singular Hallucinations.
A Paris letter writer tells the following
rather amusing instance of hypochondria.
An individual was arrested on Friday,
who had taken off his clothes in the street,
declaring that he stood in no need of gar
ments, as every body must know him to
be “Adam, the father of mankind.” On
the same evening, another man was ar
rested, on the boulevards, who had fas
tened to his shoulders a'pair of wings
made of wire, and gravely informed the
crowd, attracted by his novel proceedings,
that he was about to fly away. This
person called himself an “aeronautic en
gineer,” and was conducted to the Pre
fecture of Police. A third case was that
of a clerk employed in a commercial
house in Paris, who managed to slip past
the sentinel on guard, and entered the
palace of the Tnileries, declaring to the
amazed servants that he was the only
son of Napoleon 11, and consequently
the legitimate Emperor of the French.
As this poor fellow has been shut up in a
madhouse. Napoleon 111 has not much to
fear from his rival for imperial honors.
lor th'e Sun.
Electioneering.
Now the election is over, it may not
be amiss to suggest that straight-forward
honesty is the best policy even in poli
tics. Buying votes —penning men—drug
ging liquors—and illegal voting, will not
pay.
I do not say that all these things have
been done, but if they have it is a shame
and a blot upon the character of the
country.
These are not the liberties for which
our forefathers tought and bled during
the revolutionary war. LACON.
■ ♦- ■
An interior editor gives the following
account of the origin of one passage often
heard on the stage :
One night, in Baltimore, Maereadyap
peared in that character, and at the time
the ghosts of Queen Anne, the two young
Princes who were smothered, and the
Duke of Buckingham appeared, Macrea
dy was so overcome with liquor and ex
citement he fell upon the stage. Quickly
recovering himself, he involuntarily ex
claimed, “ Shadows avaunt! Richard is
himself again !” and from that time it
has passed into the play.
The Currant Crop.
Letters from Zante (lonian Islands) of
August 16th, 1859, state that the Currant
crop this year is in a very prosperous
condition. The blight, which for five or
six seasons past has caused the destruc
tion of the vines, has entirely disappeared.
Zante would, perhaps, make twelve mil
lion pounds, of a very excellent quality,
Cephalonia thirteen millions, aud Morea
fifty millions.
TELEG-E lO_
—
Ailill VAli
rut sM^ 3TKAMKJ
E XT X M > P aY .
ALL QUALITIES SLIGHTLY ADVANCED I
Sew York, Oct. 19, 1859.
The British steamship Europa, with
Liverpool dates to Saturday, Oct. Bth,
has arrived at Halifax. Her advices are
three days later than the North Briton s.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The sales of
Cotton for the week were 55,090 bales.
All qualities had slightly advanced, and
the market closed with an improved
trade demand.
Additional by tlie Europa.
Halifax, Oct. 19.—The sales of cotton
on Friday were 10,000 bales, of which
speculators and exporters took 8,000
bales.
The stock of cotton at Liverpool was
580,000 bales, of which 540,0U0 bales
were American.
State of Trade. Manchester advices un
favorable. All qualities of yarns have
slightly declined. Quotations were barely
maintained.
Liverpool General Markets. —Breadstufls
firm. Provisions quiet, but steady.
London Money Market. —Consols were
quoted at 95-$ to 95|-. The bullion hi the
Bank of Euglaud has decreased .£27,000.
Money was easier, but unchanged.
Havre Cotton Market.—Tho sales of the
week were 0,000 bales. Orleans Tres
Ordinaire at 109f. ; Bus at 101 f. Stock
05,000 bides.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Liverpool General Markets. —Flour was
firm Wheat firm; there was a belter
tone early, but closed quiet. Coin buoy
ant : all qualities slightly advanced under
speculation purchases. Beef steady ; all
qualities of inferior slightly declined. —
Pork heavy and unsaleable. Bacon buoy
ant; quotations nominal. Sugar active ;
all qualities slightly declined. Coflee
quiet. Rice firm Tea —quotations are
barely maintained for common qualities,
others firmer.
London General Markets. —Breadstuff’s
quiet. Sugar firm Tea quiet. Stock of
Carolina rice exhausted.
General News. —The steamship Kan
garoo reached Queenstown on the (Ith.
The Persia and the Oceau Queeu reached
Liverpool previous to the sailing of the
Europa.
The Zurich conference still continues
its sessions.
It was reported that the Great Eastern
would leave Portland for llollyhead the
same day that the Europa sailed.
Italiau affairs are unchanged. There
was great agitation and numerous arrests
at Naples.
Late advices from India state that the
discharged European troops have con
sented to go to China.
The American ship Congress is ashore
in the English channel. It is expected
that she will be saved.
Tlte Outlaws at Brownsville.
New Orleans, Oct. 19.—The steamship
Indianola 11133 arrived, bringing dates from
Brownsville. Texas, to Oct. 11,
The Mexican outlaw, Cartirlas, with
several hundred man, was still encamped
above Brownsville ; and another attack
was expected before the governmeat
troops could arrive.
Cartirias had issued a proclamation in
which he declared that orderly, innocent
people have nothing to fear, his object
being to chastise the sheriff and the law
yers of the county.
A Federal Judge on Filibustering;.
’ New Orleans, Oct. 19—Judge McCaleb
in the Federal Court to-day, delivered a
strong charge against filibustering.
Indian Depredations.
New Orleans, Oct. 20. — The Indians
still continue their depredations on the
frontier of Texas. Several families were
fleeing for safety.
Runaway Negroes—Excitement in
Kaudolpti County, 111.
The St. Louis Republican, of the Bth
instant, says:
Recently, ten or fifteen slaves have
been abducted from the neighborhood of
Fredericksburg, Madison couuty, and the
event has stirred up considerable feeling
in that part of this State. On Saturday,
the 17th ult., three negroes belonging to
D. M. Fox, and two belonging to JohuM.
Gohlson, escaped and made Hacks for
Illinois. A large reward was offered for
the recovery of the slaves, and a party
was organized to go in pursuit of them.
Believing the fugitives would proceed to
wards the town of Sparta, Randolph
county, Illinois, where there is a nest of
Abolitionists aud underground agents,
the pursuing party went in that direc
tion. On Monday night, the 19th, it be
ing anticipated that the runaways would
attempt to cross Gravel Creek bridge, be
tween Chester and Sparta, eleven men,
duly armed, were stationed there to in
tercept them. The negroes, who had
joined some of those who had previously
escaped from Fredericksburg, did make
their appearauce at the bridge, as had
been expected. When they came up, the
white men rushed upou them, in order to
surprise and secure them ; but the fugi
tives were furnished with fire-arms, which
they immediately began to use. A gene
ral melee ensued, in which one of Mr.
Gholson’s negroes was so badly wounded
that he died in thirty-six hours, and it
is supposed that two of Fox’s slaves were
slightly wounded.
One of the party stationed at the
bridge, named Weatheringill, was arrest
ed for the killing of Gholson’s negro, and
conveyed to the jail in Chester, where he
was locked up to await trial. The news
of his arrest greatly exasperated the citi
zens of Madison and adjoining comities,
and a band of fifty or sixty persons was
organized with the .avowed design of re
leasing Weatheringill from the Chester
jail. They crossed over on Monday last,
and their appearance in Chester excited
the liveliest apprehensions. The Mayor
of the city issued a proclamation and
called upon the inhabitants to assist in
repelling any attack that might be made
upon the jail for the rescue of the pris
oner alluded to. A large number assem
bled, in which there were from thirty to
forty with muskets and other weapons,
but their appearance did not seem to de
ter the Missourians from their purpose.
Everything indicated a scene of confu
sion, havoc and bloodshed, until Mr. Fox
personally called upon the mob to dis
perse, and made a speech to them beg
ging them to desist and return peacefully
to their homes, leaving Weatheringill in
the hands of the law. The appeal of Mr.
Fox had the desired effect, and the medi
tated assault upon the county prison was
abandoned.
Mr. lox was in this city yesterday.
He thinks the negroes have made their
way to Chicago, and believes be lias laid
a train which will lead to their capture.
He also reports that two persons, resi
dents of Fredericksburg, Lave been ar
rested for running the slaves off, and have
confessed to having done so. They are
incarcerated in close quarters, and will be
tried in Madison couuty at the Fall term
of the Circuit Court.
East Florida.
A correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury, from East Florida, says :
“Our winters are warm and pleasant;
our summers cool and delightful, with
almost always a pleasant breeze from the
Atlantic or Gulf. Our hammock lands
will produce from twenty to fitly bushels
of corn per acre, and from one thousand
to twelve hundred pounds of long cotton
per acre; the pine Hinds six hundred to
one thousand pounds of cotton per acre;
but the pine lands are not generally very
good for corn. Take together, our de
lightful climate, the productiveness of
our soil, combined with thehealth we en
>y, aQ d it is one of the most desirable
places iu the Southern country.
Re learn that Judge Cook is seriously
indisposed, and N. Smith Graham, Esq.,
hail been selected by the Bar to preside
and continue the Court for a day or two
until he would get better, which we hope
will be soon. —Tuskegee Democrat.
Tiic Waudei'cr Stolen ami ftscaped
to Sea.
Early yesterday morning it was ru
mored mi the Bay that the famous yacht
Wanderer, which had been lying in the
stream below the Dry Hock for some two
or ilirce months past, had put to sea in
the night without, a clearance, and with
out the knowledge of her owner, (in
making enquiry in regard to the matter,
we learned that the report was true, and
the Wanderer had been stolen by a man
calling himself Capt. Martin, who, with
his crow, escaped with her down the
river between twelve and one o’clock on
Tuesday night
The facts of the case, as we.l as we
have been able to a-cei min, aie as fol
lows : ,
Since- her condemnation by the Gov
ernment and sale to U. A. L. Lamar,
E-q.. the Wanderer, having been thor
oughly overhauled, re painted and
fitted, had laid in oeir port, occasionally
Havana, and ouce or twice to the fishing
bnks —and coming back to lier anchor
age, which was shifted from time to time,
but where she lay quietly with no more
than a man or two on board, and with
no apparent preparation for a voyage to
sea. For some weeks past her sails had
been unbent and she bad dropped down
near the lower Rice Mill. A rumor hav
ing been in circulation that she was wait
ing here to aid in the escape gif the sla
vers confined in our jail for having been
connected with her previous \ojage to
Africa, Capt. 1) y, of tlie revenue cutter
Bobbin, had been instructed to keep a
close watch on her. to see tha’ she did not
attempt to escape with the slavers. Ac
cordingly. the yacht was steadily under
tlie surveillance of the cutter, until a i'ew
days since, when she bad her sails un
bent, was without a crew cr stores on
board, and was in every respect un
prepared to go to s - ea, it was deemed
unnecessary to continue the watch,
and tlie cutter, after being detained
several days by unfavorable winds, put
to sea on a cruise on Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday, and perhaps for a day or
two previous, persons on the lower Ray
observed that tlie Wanderer was taking
stores on board, and on the same after
noon her sails were bent. On Tuesday
evening Mr. Lamar, Ler owner, who had
been absent, and but just returned to the
city, met Mr. Collector Bostou, and stated
to him that he had reason to suspect
that Capt. Martin, who had been in ne
gotiation with him for au interest in the
Wanderer, and who, it seems, had as
sumed command of her, intended to steal
the vessel, and requested that he would
instruct the officers of the cutter to keep
a close watch on her. Mr. Boston in
formed Mr. Lamar that the cutter had
gone to sea, and that he had no means of
preventing his vessel from being stolen,
leaving him to employ such means as the
civil authorities of the port would afford
him.
j On yesterday morning, the Wanderer
having disappeared during the night, Mr.
Lamar called on Mr. Boston, and notified
! him of the fact, and asked him to write to
; the American Consul at Havana and to
I others advising them of the escape. Mr.
; Lamar subsequently (a few minutes after)
; returned to the Custom House and said
to Mr. Boston that the Wanderer was
j aground in the river, and requested him
! to furnish a steamer with which to go in
; pursuit of her. Mr. Boston informed Mr.
Lamar that it was anew case in his expe
rience—that the escape was a violation
of the revenue laws, but it was his (Mr.
L’s.) property that had been stolen—that
he did not feel authorized, the cutter not
being at command, to contract a debt on
the part of the government to recover his
vessel; at the same time informing him
that if he would procure a steamer to go
in pursuit of the Wanderer, he would in
struct an officer of the revenue to accom
pany him, and that he would lay the mat
ter before the government, aud if pay
ment of the expetise incurred was re
fnsed, lie (Mr. L.) would be responsible.
The interview between Messrs. Boston
and Lamar took place about nine o’clock,
at which time the Wanderer was seen from
the Exchange steeple aground far
from Tybee. Mr. Lamar procured the
steam-tug Columbus, and accompanied by
two Custom House officers, with a num
ber of friends, well armed—among whom
were several who had sold ship supplies
to the Wanderer, yet to be paid for—left
the city fifteen minutes past ten o’clock
in pursuit. From the steeple of the Ex
change the Wanderer was seen to get
under way about half-past eleven, and on
the arrival of the Columbus at Tybee, at
half-past twelve o’clock, the yacht, hav
ing a favorable wind, was entirely out of
sight.
We understand that the greater part
“of the stores of the Wanderer were pur
chased and taken on board on Tuesday
and Tuesday night, the bill for which are
unpaid. lie crew, consisting of twenty
seven men, were also shipped on i uesday
aud Tuesday night. She has two pieces
of canvass with a full complimentofsmall
arms and good supply of ammunition. We
hear it. stated that her guns were shotted
on Tuesday night, and that she was in a
condition to resist any attempt to capture
her.
Capt. Wm ■ F. Black, formerly of the
Richard Cobden, but latterly a shipping
master of this port, who went on board
on Tuesday night to collect his account,
and a runner by the name of Ned, who is
also a fisherman and pilot, and who went
on board for the same purpose, were car
ried off by the Wanderer.
The transaction is one of the boldest
and most high-handed outrages that has
ever come to our knowledge, and, accor
ding to our notion, approaches more
nearly to downright piracy than any
thing that the wanderer has yet been en
gaged in.
The man who assumes the name of D.
S. Martin, and who is the concocter and
executer of this successful scheme of vil
lany is from the State of Maine, aud is an
entire stranger in this community.—Sa
vannah News, of 20 Ik.
tils. Sun: I last night witnessed the
drama of “ Ingoinar, the Barbarian,” u3
played by Crisp’s Star Company. I have
not, for some time, seen any theatrical
periormances, and, by consequence, am
not so well qualified as I was some years
ago, to judge of the acting and actors,
yet some ol the old critical knowledge of
the Drama, I think, stood me in “good
hand” ljfst night. “ Ingomar” is, per
haps of all Dramas, the hardest to play
correctly. The scene is laid in ancient
Greece, in her palmiest days; in the
days when she was mistress of all that
pertain to the arts; when song, poetry,
sculpture, and all that is elegant and re
fining were the marked characteristics of
Greece. It is hard for a modern actor to
conceive the character of the G r eek free
man. Even the artisans and common la
borers were so much imbued with the
love for the beautiful, that we can scarce
ly conceive the passionate admiration of
the voluptuous Greek for music, song
and wine. Yet, notwithstanding all
this, the costumes, manners and customs
of tbs most unique people that the world
has ever seen, were very correctly repre
sented last night. Though, for the sake
of consistency, we hope that “ Alastor”
will not make his appearance on the
stage any more with a modern meat axe
on his shoulder. We should as soon ex
pect to see him with a gun. “ l’arthe
nia” was admirably played; yet, even
she, wants that self-possession or self
consciousness, which constitutes the
highest art by concealing art. The mist
en scene of the farce was altogether too
boisterous, aud, we think, that the
“Captain,” Lucretia’s lover, was more
like the conception of a pot house com
panion, than the gallant soldier who
wears the British uniform. Altogether,
they deserve patronage, and we hope the
people of Columbus will* show their ap
preciation of the legitimate Drama, i u *
stead of circusses and wonderful horse
manship. OLD KENTUCK.
R e learn that a telegraphic dispatch
vas received in this city yesterday morn
ing, which reported the sinking of the
steamer Czar, upward bound, from Mo
bile, at or near Tate’s Shoals. We have
no particulars, except, that the officer--
of the steamer Tiger, arrived last nigh l
at our wharves, confirm the report. There
was probabiy no life lost.— Montgomery
Muil, 18th.