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COLTJMBXJS:
Tuesday Morning, March 37, 1800.
The house occupied by Mr. J. H. Good
rich and owned by W. H. Goodrich in
Augusta, was destroyed by Are Friday
morning, with the kitchen and a portion
of the furniture.
A dispatch from St. Louis the 21st says
Nebraska has elected thirty-six Repub
licans and twelve Democrats, to the Con
stitutional Convention, from forty-eight
counties. Four counties are yet to hear
from.
Georgia State Bonds.
The following are the quotations of
Georgia State bonds, in the New York
market for four weeks; Feb. 24th, 102 ;
March 2d, 100; March Oth, 100; March
lGth, 100.
Big Sales.
The Chattanooga Advertiser says there
have been sales of grass seeds the pres
ent season in that place amounting to over
$5,000 —whereas three years ago SSOO
would have been deemed good sales.
On the night of the 13th inst., says the
Chattanooga Advertiser, Mr. Doatright
waylaid and shot John Keith, near Look
out, Ga. The cause seems to have been
Keith’s disposition to be too familiarly
disposed towards his daughter. Very
proper, excepting the waylaying to shoot
him.
Medical Association of Georgia.
The Rome (Ga.,) Courier, of the 20th
inst., says: A. G. Thomas, M. D., Secre
tary of the Association, gives notice that
the society will assemble in this city,
(Rome,) on the second Wednesday in
April next.
Steamsliij) Florida.
The Apalachicola Times says the Flori
da left New Orleans, Tuesday the 20th
for that place, and was due the evening
ofthe22d. Iler freight consists of 3,600
barrels, of which 2,500 are for the up
river.
Effect of Fright..
Margaret Dilleen, an Irish domestic,
who was looking at the l’embcrton Mill
when it fell, was so completely paralysed
that from that moment she lost the power
of speech ; and though she has attended
to work regularly since, she has not ut
tered a word.
Shooting Affray In Selma.
The Montgomery Mail learns by dis
patches received in that city, that a seri
ous affray occurred in Selina the night of
the 22d, or afternoon previous, in which
young Dr. Dickerson was shot in the
head. He was shot accidentally in step
ping to a couple of gentlemen who had a
difficulty. He leaves a young wife and
child.
The North Georgia Times of the 22d
says, a difficulty occurred in Dalton on
last Saturday evening, between a man
named Jackson Talley and another nam
ed Jasper J. Jolley, in which the latter
received a mortal wound, inflicted with a
pocket knife, of which he died on Sunday
night. Talley attempted to make his es
cape, but was apprehended about a mile
from town and brought back and lodged
in jail.
Col. It. A, Crawford—lt. C. C.
The Atlanta Intelligencer says this gen
tleman has been selected as the Colonel
of the Georgia Regiment of the K. G. C.
If he should conclude to accept the honor
which has been tendered him, it will be
known in a few days, and he will be active
ly engaged in raising a Georgia Regiment
to co-operate with the K. G. C. in carry
ing the principles of civilization and
good government to the benighted people
of Mexico.
.
Free Negro BUI in Tennessee.
The House of Representatives of the
Tennessee Legislature passed a bill which
provided, we believe, for the expulsion
of free negroes from, and prohibited their
immigration into the State. The Senate
passed one in lieu of it, which, on being
sent to the House, was laid on the table.
This amounts to a defeat of the proposi
tion, and like Missouri has done recently,
Tennessee has concluded not to disturb
the free negroes.
Coat Overboard.
The Apalachicola Times says James
Gandy, of Southampton, England, was
lost overboard from the steamship Mag
nolia on the 2d inst., as she was going
out of the West Pass of Apalachicola Bay.
He was second steward of the steamer,
and fell over while in the act of drawing
a bucket of water, which the steward had
forbade him doing, .knowing the danger
while the boat was under way. Every
effort was made to save him by throwing
over gangways, rail and stools, and by
stopping the boat as soon aspossible, but
he sank immediately. His body was
found on the 22d inst., washed ashore
on St. George’s Island, but was not at that
time identified.
Congressional.
Washington, March 23. —0n motion of
Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, a resolution
was adopted, instructing the Committee
on Public Lands to inquire into the ex
pediency of grafting public lands to
States where such lands are located.
Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, reported a
bill for the relief of the residents on the
Hosemas grant in Louisiana. The bill
to settle the titles to lands along the
boundary line between Georgia and Flor
ida, was passed. The private caleudar
was then taken up.
In the House the Postal Committee al
most unanimously resolved in favor of
the restoration of the mail service which
was curtailed by the Post Office Depart
ment, after the failure of the appropria
tion bill at the last session of Congress.
Private bills were taken np, and both
Houses adjourned until Monday next.
Judge Stump, of Baltimore, just remov
ed by the Governor of Maryland, was
charged, Ist, with gross and vulgar con
duct on the bench ; 2d, with having dele
gated power illegally to the Sheriff ; 3d,
that he willfully refused to obey the or
ders of the Court of Appeals; 4th, that
he has been intoxicated and asleep on
the bench, while important trials were
going on; and sth, that he has been
guilty of misbehavior in his office as
Judge.
Narrow Escape from Hanging.
The Baltimore correspondent of the
Macon Telegraph says an interesting lit
tle boy, the son of Captain Mitchell, in
making a feint to hang himself yesterday,
came near accomplishing his object. He
was discovered barely in time to save his
life, haviDg nearly strangled himself by
placing the noose of the cord of a window
curtain around his neck and throwing
back his head, by which it was drawn
tight around his throat.
Convicted.
From the Cassville Standard, we learn
that young Hainie, indicted for the mur
der of young Waldrop, in that county, has
been found guilty by the Jury at the
present term of the Superior Court at
Cassville. Anew trial has been granted.
Tlie K. G. C. and Mexico.
The Montgomery Confederation is in
receipt of private dispatches from New
Orleans by which it is informed that a
portion of this powerful military organ
isation is already on the march to Mexi
co, which is generally understood to be
the scene of action. From the same
source it learns also, that the Knights of
the Golden Circle have a numerous force
in Texas, fully armed and equipped and
under the command of experienced offi
cers ; among whom is Gen. Greer, dis
tinguished in the late war with Mexico
as the commander of the Mississippi re
giment. The general conjecture of the
public is, that it was headed by General
Houston.
The Confederation says, whether or no
the hero of San Jacinto has a hand in the
matter, we are unable to say at present.
The fact that Gen. Greer is known to be
acting under Gen. Bickley, the comman
der-in-chief of the American Legion K
G. C., would seem to indicate that the
latter is at the head of the Texas forces,
as well as the various branches of the
organization throughout the Southern
States. At all events the “ Knights of
the Golden Circle” seem to have grown
into such a formidable body, that a vast
deal of good or harm must result from
their operations as a natural consequence.
Rati Road Meeting—Organization.
The stockholders of the Opelika and
Talladega Railroad convened at Dadeville
on Monday last. A resolution was adop
ted accepting the charter granted by the
last Geueral Assembly of Alabama.
Sixty-two thousand dollars of stock be
ing represented in the meeting, the stock
holders proceeded to the election of nine
Directors, with the following result:
John R. Slaughter, John J. Holley, S.
L. Rainey, M. I). Stone, E. F. Pearson,
W. G. Williams, E. Hollice, B. B. Patrick,
M. J. Cliett.
We learn also from the Dadeville papers
that Col. John II Slaughter was subse
quently elected President.
The Times says the Directors determin
ed to locate the road-bed as far as Young
ville in this county, seventeen miles west
of that place, and about forty-five miles
from Opelika, to which point they will
direct their first efforts in building, after
which they will push forward to a con
nection with the Selma road. The Di
rectors adjourned to meet again at this
place during our Circuit Court, which will
be about the last of April, at which time
it is more than probable they will deter
mine to commence grading the road.
Gridin and Covington Rail Road.
At an adjourned meeting of the friends
of the “ Middle Ground Railroad” at
McDonough the 15th inst., the commis
sioners appointed to procure subscrip
tions in each county, made their reports.
Maj. Henry Moor, from Spalding, re
ported the sum of $8G,500 received in
“ bona fide” subscriptions.
Col. Q. R. Nolan, reported $77,000 for
Henry county, but which was subsequent
ly raised to $82,000.
Col. Harp, of Newton, assured the
meeting that his county would subscribe
her share of the amount required. A
committee was appointed to raise $75 in
each county by private subscription, for
making a preliminary survey of the route
from Griffin to Covington.
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The “ Southern Home Journal.”
We have heretofore neglected to notice
the fact that 11. H. Smith, Esq., of Union
Springs, Ala., designs to commence in
that thriving village the publication of a
newspaper to be styled the “Southern
Home Journal,” the first number of which
will be issued soon. The prospectus re
ceived, states that it will be devoted to
the maintenance of the Rights, Princi
ples and Interests of the South.
Mr. Smith is highly capable of making
such a paper a very readable and accep
table family Journal, and we trust his
efforts will be rewarded with the success
which such an enterprise deserves.
Mobile Medical College-
We learn from the Montgomery Mail
that the State Treasurer of Alabama has
paid to the order of the President of the
Medical College in Mobile, $50,000, ap
propriated under the late act of the
Legislature, which amount was yester
day placed to the credit of I. C. Dußose,
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, in
the Central Bank.
Tine Mississippi Central Rail Road.
The following is furnished the Southern
Herald, (Miss.) with the following state
ment of the business of the Central Road
for the month of February :
Amount received for freight and trans
portation of passengers $75,472 41
Number bales of cotton shipped North. 11,020
“ “ “ “ South. 12,152
This is a good beginning for a road just
opened.
♦
Mobile and New Orleans Rail Road.
The New Orleans True Delta says pub
lic opinion in that city has pretty well
settled down on the project of having a
railroad connecting it with Mobile, which
will also connect with the many watering
places on the Lake shore. The recent
Legislature of Louisiana passed a char
ter, incorporating a company to carry
into effect the project.
Death of Father Hackett.
The Mobile Register of the 15th says
the Rev. P. R. Hackett of the Catholic
Church, died the morning previous of
congestion of the lungs. For long years
has Father Hackett been a resident of
Mobile, and his long sojourn has been
characterized by deeds of kindness to his
fellow men and by long and consistent
efforts to do the work of his Master. He
has now gone to realize the reward of a
well spent life.
New Patents.
The official registry of Patents for the ‘
week ending the 6th inst., contains the
following among other entries : John
Armstrong, of New Orleans, for improve
ment in steam boilers ; E. H. Ashcroft,
of Boston, Mass., for improvement in
pressure guage for Steamboilers : A.
Dean, of Deadhatn, Mass., for improve
ment in Railroad car brakes ; H. W.
Dopp, of Buffalo, N. Y., for improvement
in steam engines; G. W. Gaiber, B. F.
Cowan and A. C. Wurzbach, of Memphis,
Tenn., for improved guage for steam
boilers.
Hamden’s Express Company.
Hamden’s Express Company, through
Capt. Hill, has kindly proposed to con
vey packages from the North to Military
Companies in this city free of all expense
Si generous an offer meets with a heart
felt appreciation from our volunteers. In
their behalf we return thanks.—Colum
bus ( Ga .) Times,
Commenting on the above, the Charles
ton Courier very pertinently and justly
says that the Military Companies refer
red to would meet a more hearty appre
ciation, if all their equipments did not
come from the North.
Found Dead.
The Albany Patriot states that the re
mains of a human being were found a
short time since in Hudson’s Pond, near
the line of Worth and Dougherty coun
ties. The Jury of Inquest represent,
from circumstantial evidence, that he
died by his own act, and that the re-
Mains are those of a citizen of Putnam
county, named John M. Daily.
Tlie Acquisition of Cuba.
A dispatch from Washington says there
is no foundation for the statement recent
ly put forth by the correspondent of the
New York Courier & Enquirer that Spain
has agreed to sell Cuba to the United
States, or that France has been advised
to that effect. Mr. Preston has never
made any overture, because, when the
President recommended the purchase to
Congress, the Spanish government offi
cially announced that any such proposi
tion wouid be regarded as an interna
tional affront, after its decided refusals.
When F. J. Grund, now Consul at Havre,
was sent abroad as the secret agent of
the Department of State, he presented
this subject to the attention of Louis Na
poleon, who suggested, as a mode of
compromise, that the people of Cuba
should purchase the island from Spain,
to be guarantied in their independence
by the joint protection of England,
France and the United States. Upon
this report being submitted to Mr. Bu
chanan, he said he did not like the part
nership.
Close of tlie Shad Season.
The catching of shad for this season is
at its close. The Savannah Express
says by the last voyage of the State
of Georgia, a number of fishermen re
turned to the North to prepare for
drawing their seius in Northern wa
ters. A number also left by the steam
ship Augusta on Saturday. It states
from a perfectly reliable source, that the
run of shad the present season has been
less than any previous season. Shad
have been retailed from the stalls in the
market this season at 50 cents to $1 each,
according to size and quality. At whole
sale, prices have been $45 to SBS per
hundred. For the interior trade the de
mand has been very great, many groce
ry dealers in the interior could not be
supplied.
Death of Gov. Blasell.
A dispatch from St. Louis the 19th,
states that Gov. Wm. 11. Bissell of Illi
nois, died the afternoon of the previous
day. The Charleston Courier, in a brief
notice of his death, says he was a native
of Hartwick, New York. In 1834 he re
ceived the degree of M. D. in Philadel
phia ; afterwards turned his attention to
Law, and in 1844 was elected “Prosecu
ting Attorney” for his District in Illinois
where he had removed. He was a Cap
tain in the second Illinois Regiment, and
was honorably active at Buena Vista, and
on other fields. lie was a representative
in Congress for three terms, beginning in
1849, and in 1856 was elected Governor
of Illinois.
Improved Cotton Press.
The Albany Patriot of the 22d, says
Mr. Griffin of Calhoun county, has invent
ed a press by which two bales of cotton,
weighing each 500 pounds, may be packed
at the same time, and which can be worked
with ease by four men without the assist
ance of horse power. The latteral levers
are so arranged as to press right and left,
that the “follow block” may not be in the
way while filling or packing. This in
vention is of simple construction, made
entirely of wood, and appears durable
and perfect, and may be built by an ordi
nary workman at a cost of from eighty to
one hundred dollars. Mr. Sam. B. Dick
inson is now on his way to Washington
City, to procure a patent for this ma
chine.
Shooting Affray In Summerville.
The Rome Courier of the 22d says Mr.
Joseph Glenn, of Summerville, shot a
man (whose name we did not learn,) with
a pistol last week. Mr. Glenn had the
man lodged in jail for debt, when he was
released he entered the office of Mr. G.,
where the difficulty occurred. Our infor
mation was not able to give us any fur
ther particulars. The man who was shot
was badly, but not mortally wounded.
Fires.
The Griffin Democrat says Mr. Jeff.
Jennings of that county had about nine
hundred bushels of corn burnt on Fri
day morning last. It was stored in a
small building near his mill, and it was
only by great exertions that the latter
was saved.
P. P. Whatley, also of that county, had
his dwelling house and all his furniture
destroyed by fire on the Wednesday pre
vious.
Destructive Fire.
We learn from the Union and Ameri
can that a private letter received by a
gentleman of Nashville, says a destruc
tive fire occurred in Gainesboro, Tenn.,
on the night of the 15th inst., involving
a loss of $25,000. The fire broke out in
the store of J. W. Setth, Esq., and was
the work of an incendiary.
Arkansas Rail Road.
The question of State aid to her rail
roads is now earnestly pressed by the
journals of Arkansas. A proposition is
made and favored to grant SIO,OOO per
mile to the roads within the borders of
the State, making an aggregate loan of
$10,000,000.
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Cooper’s Wells.
The Vicksburg Whig of the 15th says
the above watering place has been sold to
a company of Louisianians for the sum of
$50,000. The purchasers are to take
possession immediately, or as soon as the
terms of the contract can be complied
with.
Liberal Subscription.
At a meeting of the citizens of Colum
bia, S. C., and the friends of the Colum
bia and Hamburg Rail Road, the sub
scription of SIOO,OOO embodied in the re
port of the committee was struck out,
and $300,000 inserted and carried by an
overwhelming vote.
An extensive fire, says the Richmond
Index of the 20th, occurred in this city
on Sunday afternoon, consuming five
buildings at Rocketts, below Hague street,
owned by Mr. Hiram W. Tyler, a well
known ship chandler and grocery mer
chant.
♦
The South Carolina Banks have a total
circulation of $12,603,687, Deposits $5,-
001,054, due Banks $3,885,428. They
have in specie $2,560,250, due from
Banks $1,513,051, domestic Exchange
$14,825,041, discounts $12,736,629, &c.
♦
Free Negro Bill.
A dispatch from St. Louis, the 19th,
state that Gov. Stewart has vetoed the
Free-Negro Bill. This provided for the
expulsion of free negroes from and pro
hibited their immigration into the State.
Bernardo J. Arze, for a number of years
a barber and hair dresser of Griffin, died
very suddenly in Athens Tuesday. He
was in the battle of San Jacinto and tak
en prisoner by the Texans.
Gen. Wm. H. Loring, of Brownsville,
died at his residence in that places on
Sunday last. He was one of the mem
bers of the convention that formed the
present State constitution of Tennessee.
A man named Charles Love, living
near Cassville, was found dead in his bed
on Sunday morning last. The day before
he was well and at work.
City Cemetery—Proposition of the
Radies.
In a recent impression of the Sun ap
peared a brief communication signed
“Many More Ladies,” in which a propo
sition was made to pay half the salary of
a competent man, who could be engaged
by the City Council to keep the City Cem
etery in order for SSOO per annum.
We have since learned from an author
itative source, that a number of the City
Council is desirous to know the ladies
who made the proposition, in order that
the matter might be presented at a future
meeting, duly considered and definite
action taken. We mention this for the
benefit of those who made the proposi
tion, that they might pursue what course
they may think proper.
When the communication appeared, we
advised the Council to accept the proposi
tion ; but subsequent reflection has caused
us to change that opinion. It is a very
liberal one, but in our opinion it should
not be accepted. The City Cemetery is
under the supervision of Council, and we
think it devolves on them to make all
vision and use all proper means under
their control and at their command, to
keep it in proper order. It should be a
matter of sincere regret, if the City of
Columbus is so poor and reduced in cir
cumstances that her City Council have
not means sufficient and available for
this purpose. We do not know that the
members of that body design to accept
the proposition; they may coincide with
us in opinion, and we hope for the credit
of the city that they do.
In these remarks we do not intend any
reflection upon their efficiency; but know
them all to be gentlemen of sufficient in
telligence and comprehensive enough in
views to control and direct our municipal
affairs with credit to themselves and use
fulness to the city. We hope it can and
will be done without the necessity of re
sorting to any extraneous assistance.
Theatre—Thursday Evening.
The “Marble Heart.” a drama of un
common merit and interest, was present
ed to a very fair audience Thursday eve
ning. The cast of characters was judi
cious, and each was well presented.
Miss Maggie Mitchell as “ Madamoi
selle Marco,” surpassed herself on this
occasion, and her representation of that
character conclusively established her
versatility of talent as an actress.
The Avhole company appeared and sus
tained the principal parts with unusual
spirit and accuracy. Misses Emmons,
Germon, Atwood, and Mesdames Scott
and Grattan ; Messrs. Wright, Donal
son, Mortimer and others merit special
mention. “Stars” perhaps of greater
magnitude, have won more reputation on
preceding occasions, and particular char
acters have passed off with greater eclat;
as a whole, we do not hesitate to say the
“ Marble Heart” Thursday evening, was
the most successful entertainment of the
kind we have ever attended in Colum
bus. We regret that it cannot be repeat
ed again to-night; but the “French
Spy” and “ Robert Macaire,” favorite
pieces here, will be presented, and we
hope there will be a full house, as it will
be Miss Maggie’s last appearance.
Commander of the Department In
Texas.
As the present condition of affairs on
the Rio Graude renders the character and
standing of the officer in command, and
who suceeeds Major Gen. Twiggs in the
command of the Department of Texas, of
vital importance to the welfare of the
country, his military record cannot prove
uninteresting:
Col. Robert E. Lee, recently appointed
to this position, is a son of Gen. Henry
Lee, of Virginia, the distinguished parti
zan officer of the Revolution. He was
appointed a cadet on the application of
Gen. Jackson in 1825. In the Mexican
campaign of 1846, transferred to the lower
line and personal staff of Major Smith,
chief engineer, but was the confidential
and consulting engineer at headquar
ters, and ordered the attack at Contreras;
brevet major, April 18,1847, “for gallant
and meritorious conduct in the battle of
Cerro Gordo;” brevet lieutenant colonel,
August 20, 1847, “for gallant and meri
torious conduct in the battles of Contre
ras and Cherubusco,” in the latter of
which he was wounded; brevet colonel,
Sept. 13, 1847, “for gallant and merito
rious conduct in the battle of Chapulte
pec;” member Board of Engineers in
1848; lieutenant colonel, 2d Cavalry
March 3, 1855; and now Commander in
the exercise of his brevet rank, of the
Department of Texas.
The Mexican Embroilment.
A dispatch from Washington to the
Charleston Courier gives fuller particu
lars of the reception of the news there,
concerning the action of the Commander
of the American Squadron in the Gulf.—
The general bias is in favor of it; in
Congress, much feeling is evinced, and
it may become the occasion of a party
debate, and a very exciting discussion.
Two additional vessels have received
orders to fit out immediately for the Gulf
of Mexico.
All Abolition!xcd Ward.
The 20th ward American Council of
Baltimore passed resolutions on the 12th
inst., heartily endorsing and approving
the course of H. Winter Davis in voting
for speaker Pennington. They also passed
a resolution approving the course of Mar
cus Dennison and Robt. Turney for op
posing the resolutions of censure passed
by the Maryland House of Delegates.
Patuful Occurrence.
The Athens Banner says a man named
Nathan Jay, a resident of Hall county,
.was instantly killed in this place, near
the Depot, Monday morning last about
half past eight o’clock, by a kick from a
mule that he was currying. The hoof of
the animal struck him in the left breast
just below the heart, but strange to say
without breaking the skin or scarcely a
mark.
Tlie Egg Trade.
The following statistics relating to
the egg trade are drawn from official
sources. In 1815 the number of eggs
exported from France was 1,700,000; in
1816 it rose to 8,800,000. Six years la
ter—in 1822—the number was 55,000,-
000, and 99,500,000 in 1824. In 1830
the number declined to 55,000,000, then
gradually increased until 1845, when it
was 88,200,000, for which an export duty
of 114,000f. was paid. Nearly all these
eggs go to England. The yearly con
sumption of eggs in Paris is estimated at
165,000,000, and the total consumption
for all France at 9,300,000,600, so that
reckoning eggs at a sou this single article
represents 465,000,000 of frances.—Ga
lignani's Messenger.
Anotker Harper’s Ferry Victim.
A letter in the Richmond Dispatch, da
ted, Charlestown, Va., March 3, says:
“Mrs. Allibone, the oldest sister of
George W. Turner, who was slain by
John Brown and his associates, was bu
ried here to-day by the side of her broth
er. She died at Mount Hope Lunatic
Asylum, whither she was taken shortly
after her brother’s death. She never
rallied after his murder, but continued to
sink until her broken spirit bursts its
earthly bonds and returned to its Maker.
Another murder to be added to the Har
per’s Ferry list.”
Burial of Stephens and Hazlett.
Newark, N. J., March 19.— Stephens
and Hazlett, the Harper’s Ferry conspir
ators, were buried yesterday at Eagle
Wood, Newark, from the residence of
Marcus Spring.
Correspondence of tho Augusta Dispatch.
Columbus, Ga., March 10, ’6O.
Mr. Editor : Five miles west of Colum
bus is the celebrated place of Mr. Chas.
A. Peabody. To a person alive to the
charms of nature and the wealth of art,
this is a real paradise. The soil of this
famous farm was originally quite sterile,
being a rather hard piney-woods land. —
So far as I saw, the neighborhood is set
tled mostly by the usual piney woods
population. No planter of means has
been attracted to this region. So Mr.
Peabody’s extraordinary success cannot
be attributed to original fertility of soil.
Yet, upon this poor land Mr. P. has pro
duced crops of every kind that far sur
pass those of the most noted farmers on
the richest soils. While the best Chatta
hoochee bottoms average twenty bushels
of corn per acre, Mr. P. has made one
hundred. At the same time he has made
a bale of cotton weighing six hundred
pounds per acre. The cotton is of supe
rior staple, and valued at 20 cents per
pound when ordinary cotton is worth but
10 cents.
In a region where strawberries were
never seen, the most astonishing quanti
ties of this most delicious fruit redden the
tho ground over whole acres from early
spring through the entire summer, till
late into the autumn. And so with grains,
fruits and plants of every kind. Every
thing is improved, and extraordinary.—
Every thing apparently that is pleasant
to the eye and good to eat, grows in su
perb quantity and quality. While walk
ing through these enchanting grounds it
needs scarce an effort of the imagination
to believe the far famed gardens of the
Ilesperides a reality. In passing to this
place through long, dreary, barren piney
woods, you are like an Arab who has
suddenly come upon an oasis amid the
burning sterility of the desert.
But, how has all this been effected?—
How has the desert been made to blossom
ns the rose. Not by vociferating ‘hum
bug’ at every thing that seemed out of
the beaten track, pursued by our venera
ted grandsires. Mr. Peabody is the most
scientific and patient truth seeking and
truth loving of men. He visits his fields
with the microscopo and chemical tests in
hand, and is not ashamed to be so found
employed, which will appear immensely
ridiculous to the regular old Georgia far
mer. Mr. Peabody has thus originated
several varieties of fruits and grains.—
The secret of his marvellous crops is in
having discovered Dew varieties of plants,
and in improved cultivation. He thinks
he can progress farther still. What think
our old constitution farmers ?
Yours, &c., D. Swobe.
One Hundred Girls In a Telegrapli
Office.
In England the business of operating
telegraph wires has been to a great ex
tent placed in the hands of young ladies,
who find it very agreeable employment.
The inland department of the Electric
Telegraph Company in London now em
ploys one hundred young ladies, who re
ceive and transmit the messages from all
parts of the United Kingdom. The room
in which they are engaged is lofty, spa
cious, and admirably lighted and venti
lated. A number of long tables are plac
ed across the room upon which the in
struments are placed, an attendant being
seated opposite each one. There is one
table for Liverpool, another for Man
chester, a third for Birmingham and
Glasgow, and so on for the whole of the
chief towns. When not engaged at the
instruments, the girls employ themselves
with needlework or reading. The room
is in charge of a matron. The compen
sation ranges from 10s. to 255. ($2.50 to
$6.25) per week. Ten hours constitute
a day’s work. A period of six weeks is
sufficient to learn the whole process of
telegraphing, but longer practice is re
quired to impart efficiency and rapidity of
execution. There is a kitchen in which
the young ladies cook their dinners, and
a servant to wait upon them, with a lav
atory and other appliances for their com
fort and convenience. The access to the
room is by a staircase exclusively devot
ed to the ladies, and no person of the
ruder sex is upon any account admitted
into their department except upon a spe
cial order.
To the honor of the “fair sex,” the ex
periment has proved to demonstration
that the proverbial incapacity of women
to keep a secret is a great untruth. Os
the thousands of important and valuable
secrets which must yearly come to the
knowledge of these young ladies, not a
a single one has ever transpired. Many
of the fair operatives are closely related
to individuals distinguished in literature,
science and art.
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The Iron Trade.
The London Times says that the num
ber of furnaces in full work in 1859, in
the north eastern iron district, compris
ing Northumberland, Durham and Cleve
land, was sixty-eight, or ten more than
the average for 1858. The total produc
tion of last year was 620,000 tons, of
which 43,934 tons were exported and
424.066 tons were used in the district,
shipped coastwire and sent away by rail.
The total quantity thus absorbed was
571,000 tons, leaving a surplus of 49,000
tons over the deliveries. The stock,
December 31, 1858, was 25,000 tons, and
the estimated stock at the close of 1859,
was, therefore, 74,000 tons. Against
these stocks of pig iron, large sales have,
however, been made for future delivery.
Four furnaces were completed and putin
blast in the district in 1859; five more
are now nearly ready, and six more have
been begun.
The Philadelphia North American re
marks, that it is to be regretted that there
are not equally prompt and trustworthy
returns of the American iron production
at the termination of every year. It will
be seen that the average production of
the English furnaces was about 9000 tons
which, although large, is less than that
of the Lehigh anthracite furnaces. These
produced, in four or five instances, about
10,000 tons to the furnace during 1859.
The total production of anthracite iron
in the Lehigh region, in 1859, was
about 130,000 tons, and in the Schulkill
about 80,000 tons, in both cases a con
siderable advance upon last year. In
the circle of Philadelphia business, it is
estimated that the production for the past
year was probably 250,000 tons of pig
iron, but for more distant places it is
feared that the return will present a far
less encouraging statement.
From the Savannah Republican, March 22.
Savannah, March 21, 1860.
Mr. Editor: In your issue of Monday
last, you alluded to the person arrested
in Baltimore, at the instance of the State
Bank, for passing forged drafts, as “Bag
by, the bank swindler.” As such state
ments if allowed to go uncontradicted,
might prejudice the community against
an innocent man, I must claim some space
in your columns, to ask the public to sus
pend its judgment, until a legal investi
gation is had. I can, and will, prove an
alibi by the most incontestable evidence.
I ask this as an act of justice to an in
jured man. Thomas Bagby.
Poor Fellow!
It is said that a man living in Philadel
phia not long since attempted to escape
from a termagant wife, and to that end
hid on board a tow-boat that was soon to
proceed down the Delaware. His wife
tracked him to the boat but could'not find
him on board. Just as she left, the boil
er of the boat exploded, whereby her
husband was blown into the water, and
thence swam ashore within view of her.
She at once captured him and carried
him off, whilst he protested that he would
rather have encountered death than have
been caught by her.
A Long Political Career for a Young
Man.
Hon. James A. Pearce, who has just
been re-elected to the United States Sen
ate from Maryland, was an old Whig, is
now a Democrat, and has had the rare
good fortune of an uninterrupted public
service for more than thirty years. He
entered the Maryland Legislature at
twenty-five, was-sent to Congress at the
age of thirty, and after serving six years
in the Lower House, was elevated to the
Senate in 1843. His new Senatorial term
lengthens out his services in that branch
of the Government to twenty-four years.
He is now but fifty-five years old.
Direct Trade with Europe.
The Nashville papers bring us the grat
ifying intelligence that the Senate, by a
large majority, have adopted Senator
Payne’s resolution, encouraging direct
trade with Brussels, at the same time en
dorsing the appointment of Joseph Bar
bire, Esq., by our Board ot Mayor and
Aldermen, and authorizing the Governor
to give him the necessary papers as State
Commissioner to Belgium.
Now, iudeed, has the ball been put in
motion. The action of the Senate is truly
commendable, and shows clearly that the
officials of our city were equal to the
great question that received their appro
val, and it is truly gratifying to us to see
the able body of men that compose our
Senate standing up to this great measure
that promises so much for the South.—
Col. Payne, our able and indefatigable
State Senator, has evinced great foresight
and judgment in his efforts to establish
the first link in a great chain of commer
cial intercourse that is to connect the
South and the continent of Europe. Our
remarks are not given in a sectional
spirit. We merely suggest the propriety
of some little effort to bring into the com
mercial world the resources of an area
that divides, in quantity, the claims of
the North. With our Pacific slope, i. e.
the waters that fall into the Pacific,
whose area of slope is 778,266 square
miles, and our great valley of the Mis
sissippi,-with its area of 1,237,311 square
miles, we certainly make no invidious
comparison when we say in territory we
compare favorably, and certainly do in
native productions, with the North ; and
in inaugurating the movement that tends
towards the establishment of direct trade,
Memphis has done much to elevate the
commercial tone of the South. As to
Mr. Barbiere’s appointment it is highly
gratifying to us. This gentleman’s con
nection with us editorially—and the rela
tions incident to that connection, ignore
any comments from us. As to his fitness
for the position, that needs no discussion,
he is eminently qualified, and understands
the subject thoroughly. The question
that he has ably argued in the columns
of the Appeal, is a fact sufficient for a
guarantee of his knowledge of its merits.
Hitherto we have been producers of
the great staple, with but very little ad
vantage to ourselves. We have merely
acted as agents ; we must produce and
consume at home, without the intermedi
ate agency of Lowell or Providence. We
must manufacture. We must import from
first hands, we can and o it, and that easily.
The step has been taken that bodes com
plete success, and we again state that the
action of the Senate has been wisely ex
ercised iu adopting the resolution intro
duced by Senator Payne, and appointing
friend Barbiere to the commission. Ten
nessee is not behind in the race for com
mercial precedence: her action is not in
a spirit of antagonism to her northern al
lies, but she wants to assert her rights as
one of the great producing States of the
Union, and with others of the same spirit
w 11 build up a trade that will enrich her
inhabitants, and place her in the front
rank of enterprising, commercial spirits.
She has capable leaders ; let them be en
couraged, let no inertness put off to some
future day the culmination of this great
project. It is now in the right hands,
and must move in the right direction.
No one can form a proper estimate of the
magnitude, that this direct trade is sus
ceptible of, and it must be seen to be be
lieved.—Memphis Avalanche.
Attempt to Poison a Family.
Malloy’s Station, March 17.—Daniel
Ilayden, a resident of this county, was
arrested by a State warrant at this place
to-day at noon, charged with an attempt
to poison one Ashworth and family, also
residents of this county. The attempt
was made about a year ago by putting
red precipitate, corrosive sublimate and
arsenic into some corn meal, which luck
ily, however, was not taken by the family
owing to the peculiar stench the mixture
created. Ilayden was not suspected of
perpetrating the act until a few days
since, when in a state of intoxication he
disclosed the afFair to some persons living
here, threatening at the same time that if
they divulged the secret he would kill
them. A former wife of Ashworth died
a month previous to the happening of the
above, and experienced physicians gave
it as their opinion that she was poisoned.
A deep malice has existed between the
parties for years. The prisoner will be
immediately examined.
California Political News.
Mallory’s Station, March 22.—Cali
fornia telegraphic reports have been re
ceived up to the 8d of March.
The Democratic convention of the State
of California met on the 29th of Februa
ry, and adopted a series of resolutions, in
which they endorsed the Cincinnati Dem
ocratic platform, and the Bred Scott de
cision. They also express their approba
tion of the National and State adminis
trations; favor the overland mail route,
the building of the Pacific railway, and a
telegraph line to the Pacific; and also
favor the nomination of Daniel S. Dick
inson, of New York, for the presidency.
The convention did not instruct the dele
gates to vote for him. None of the dele
gates are known to be hostile to Douglas,
but seven out of eight are known to be
the friends of Mr. Latham.
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Losses by Fire.
Wiscasset, Me.. March 20.—The stea
mer Eastern Queen, plying between Bos
ton and the Kenebeck river, is burned.
Loss $79,000.
Black River Fall, Wis., March 20.
A fire Sunday morning, burned forty
three buildings, including every store in
town except T. L. Parsons’.
Lacrosse, Wis., March 19.—A fire oc
curred in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 16th
inst., which destroyed 24 buildings on
Jackson and Robert streets. Loss esti
mated at SIOO,OOO. No further particu
lars have been received. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work of an incen
diary.
Texas Matters &c.
New Orleans, March 20. —Gov. Hous
ton is at San Antonio, and will act in
concert with Colonel Lee’s operations on
the Rio Grande. Col. Lee was to leave
on the 15th for active work. Five hun
dred Rangers are already in the field
under Gov. Houston’s proclamation, for
thedefenceof the Northern frontier, where
the Indians are murdering, plundering
and burning in all directions.
Discovery of Missing ‘Woman.
New York, March 20.—Mrs. Brennan,
the wife of Captain Brennan, of the Uni
ted States army, who was supposed to
have been murdered at Staten Island
about fifteen months ago, was recently
seen in Florence, Italy.
Principal and. Agent.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial
Court decided in January last, in the case
of Greenfield Bank vs. Lyman:
That where a factor having a lien on
the goods in his hands, has made advan
ces for his principal, and has become lia
ble for him upon drafts, and other con
tracts, and both parties fail, the goods
upon which the lien was held, and the
proceeds thereof, are to be applied, first
to the payment of the cash advances made
by the factor, and next to the payment
pro rata of the outstanding debts of the
principal for which the factor had become
liable, and to which the lien applied.
As an evidence that Speaker Penning
ton is up to the times in doing the ele
gant part to pave his way to the White
House, he has taken a fine mansion in
I* and holds his levees with
as much pomp and ceremony as charac
terize those given by the President. This
evening he gave a dinner at which were
present Senators Crittenden and Ten
Eyck, Representatives Nelson, of Ten
nessee, Gilmer, of North Carolina, Adams,
of Massachusetts, Haskin and Carter, of
New 1 ork, Morehead and Scranton, of
Pennsylvania, and Dunn, of Indiana.
Fatal Street Encounter.
Sx. Lopis, March 18.—4 street encoun
ter occurred yesterday afternoon at Jef
ferson City, between James Hughes,
Deputy Warden of the penitentiary, and
Mr. Dosier, formerly a guard at the pris
on, resulting in the almost immediate
death of both. The cause was an old
grudge, aggravated by recent political
differences. Both leave families.
TELEGRAPHIC.
TELEGRAPHED TO THE DAILY SUN.
ARRIVAL.
OF THE STEAMER
CANADA.
COTTON DECLINED ONE-EIGHTH.
New York, March 23.
The steamship Canada has arrived with
advices from Liverpool to the 10th inst.
The Canada’s news reports sales for
the week of 47,000 bales. All qualities
had declined—Middlings and lower qual
ities declined fully The market clos
ed dull.
Consols quoted at 94£ to 94§.
Further by the Canada.
Halifax, N. S., March 23 .—Liverpool
Cotton Market. —Of the sales of the week
speculators took 1,000 and exporters
6,000 bales.
Liverpool , Friday. The sales to-day
were 6,000 bales. Tue market was dull.
The following are the quotations:
Fair Orleam 7%d. Mid.Orlaaaa 6%d
“ Mobiles 7}4<i. “ Mobiles. 6 7 16d
“ Uplands 7d. “ Uplands 6J4d
The stock of cotton in Liverpool was
830,000 bales, of which 696,800 bales
were American
The advices from Manchester were un
favorable.
The bullion in the Bank of England
had increased £49,000. Money was
slightly myre stringent, but active.
By telegraph to Queenstown, Saturday. —
The sales of cotton to day were 6,000
bales. The market was unchanged.
General News.—The Savoy question
was the principal topic of discussion.
Sardinia had consented for her inhabi
tants to vote on the subject.
Lord John Russell has stated that Aus
tria and Prussia had concurred iu the
views of England. Russia has not yet
replied.
The House of Commons had voted an
address to the crown approving of the
French treaty. The amendments were
rejected by a large majority.
It was reported, subsequently, that
Sardinia bad rejected Napoleon’s pro
gramme for Italy.
The French troops had received orders
to be ready to march at the first notice.
Experiments have been made in Eng
land with the Armstrong guns. The
floating batteries used for the purpose
were completely riddled by them.
The additional duties imposed on rice
went into effect on the 7th inst.
The Western powers promise to assist
the Turkish Porte in maintaining bis
rights in Servia and the Danubeun Prin
cipalities, in case of an armed interven
tion.
In London on Saturday the Funds re
vived, uuder the impression that France
had modified her programme, and had
proffered joint aid to Turkey as an evi
dence of the entente cordiale existing be
tween France and England.
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Later from Mexico.
New Orleans, March 22—The schoon
er Emily Keith, with Vera Cruz dates to
to the 14th inst., arrived here to day.
Gen. Miramon bombarded the city of
Vera Cruz on the 13th inst., but done but
little damage. A detachment of Mira
mon’s troops, from Alvarado, were at
tacked and completely routed by the Lib
erals, on the 14th.
A flag of truce, sent to Juarez, resulted
in the suspension of hostilities. A mili
tary congress, consisting of the Chiefs of
the two armies, and the representatives
of foreign governments, met on the same
evening. The result of their conference
is unknown.
It was reported that Miraraon had
abandoned the siege of Vera Cruz and
deserted his army, taken refuge aboard
the French fleet. Miramon’s communi
cation with the interior has been entire
ly cut off, and the city ofJVlexico has pro
nounced against him.
Gen. Garza has returned to Tampico
and resumed the Governorship. The city
was quiet, and the United States Marines
were still there.
Maryland Democratic Convention.
Baltimore, March 22.—The Democrat
ic State convention of Maryland adopted
a series of resolutions. They state that
as Maryland is a frontier slave State, she
is vitally interested in the faithful obser
vance of the guarantees of the Federal
Constitution ; they denounce as wicked
and treasonable, any attempt to invade by
incursions or otherwise, the domestic in
stitutions of any State or Territory; they
stand pledged to unite with their south
ern brethren in maintaining their rights
at every hazard, and to the last extremity
they endorse the Cincinnati platform;
the non-intervention with slavery by Con
gress in the States or Territories ; favor
the Dred Scott decision ; and the most
perfect freedom of opinion with individ
uals on all party differences, until settled
by the National Convention, or by the
Supreme Court. It will then be the im
perative duty of all Democrats to yield
their unquajified adhesion ; they approve
of the National administration, and
pledge their support to the Charleston
nominee. Speeches were made, counsel
ling harmony and moderation.
The delegates at large are John Com
tee, Wm. F. Hamilton, Lewis Nolford,
John R. Emory, and the nominations were
made unanimous.
E. Lewis Lowe and James L. Martin,
were elected by acclamation, as electors
for the State at large.
The delegates to Charleston are un
pledged, but it is generally understood
that they are anti-Douglas.
Interesting Mews from Vera Cruz.
New Orleans, March 24.—Theschoon
er Virginia Antoinette, which left Vera
Cruz on the evening of the 15th inst., has
arrived here. Her officers state the mili
tary conference for the purpose of sus
pending hostilities with the forces under
Miramon and Juarez had broken up with
out any favorable result.
Miramon commenced a bombardment
of Vera Cruz on the morning of the 15th,
which was continued with unabated fury
until the schooner Virginia left. The
shot and shell were falling on tho city,
killing several and doing much damage!
Many shots fell among the shipping under
the castle, but without effect so far as
was known up to the sailing of the Vir
ginia Antoinette.
Iwo Spanish war steamers arrived at
Vera Cruz on the 15th inst.
Steamer In Distress.
Philadelphia, March 20.—The bark
A. A. Herbert from Cordinas hither, fell
in with the steamship Commerce from
New York to GalvestcAi on the fourteenth,
in distress and unmanageable. The for
mer was considerably damaged by a col
lision with the steamer while assisting
her. All hands were rescued. The
Commerce when left was settling fast
with nine feet water in her hold.
Three Hundred Indians Massacred.
St. Louis, via Washington, March 20.
Later advices from Oregon state that
the white population of the interior,
having been driven to desperation by the
repeated outrages of the Indians, bad as
sembled a large number of men, and
made a simultaneous attack upon the
Indian villages on Eel River, indiscrimi
nately massacred some 300 men women
and children.
A Fifty Cent Bill.
The editor of the Livingston (Ala) Mes
senger has seen a couple of curiosities
that would please the antiquarian. They
are five and fifty cent bills, issued years
since in the old Rip Van Winkle State.—
The following is a copy of the bill for fif
ty cents :
50, 50
No. 9289.—This Note of fifty cents is
payable to the bearer at the Treasury of
North Carolina, agreeably to the Act of
Assembly of 1814, Chap. 6th.
John Hatgood, Public Tr
Raleigh, Bth Sept., 1815.
Marrying for Money.
A Rhode Island gentleman, who shall
be nameless, not long ago married a lady
reputed to be rich, who not only turned
out to be poor, but some seven hundred
dollars in debt, which he had to pay.
She assured him, however, that the debt
was contracted for dry goods, which she
bought to captivate him.
Baltimore and Boston Steamships.
Yesterday we referred to the adver
tisements of the new steamships placed
on the line from Savannah to Boston and
Baltimore. The following article is from
the Republican, which describes more ex
tendedly the new ships in question :
On the 23d inst. the S. R. Spalding
will sail from Boston for this port, and
test the practicability of establishing a
permanent line. She is said to be as fine
a ship as floats, built of iron, is entirely
new and has splendid accommodations
for, say ninety passengers. Her capacity
is 8,000 bbls. The desire on the part of
her owners—who. by the way, live in
Baltimore—is to mako it a permanent
route, and they have instructed the Sa
vannah Agents, Messrs. Crane & Gray
bill, to pursue a liberal policy. We have
not the slightest doubt of the success of
the enterprize, and congratulate our citi
zens that the hope of profit has achieved
what a sense of public spirit has failed to
accomplish.
Besides this line to Boston, we are to
have another line to Baltimore. Ihe
steamship B. DeFord, the exact counter
part of the Spalding, will sail from Bal
timore for this port on the22d inst. She
will come to Messrs. Crane & Graybill,
which with the line of Brigham, Baldwin
& Cos., will make two steam lines with
that city. During the past winter, Messrs.
Thomas C. Jenkins and B. DeFord, citi
zens of Baltimore, and largely interested
in these steamships, visited our city to
investigate our trade and gather statis
tics relative to the business. Their ex
amination, we are informed, was highly
satisfactory and produced a prompt de
cision in favor of Savannah. We cannot
believe the result will disappoint them.
Commercial Paper.
The following act in relation to com
mercial paper has passed the New Y'ork
Legislature, and is now become a law :
Sec. 1. Where no place of payment is
specified before the signature, in any
promissory note, draft, or bill of ex
change, or in the acceptance of any draft
or bill of exchange, notice of the non
payment thereof shall be sufficient to
change the endorser or drawer of any
such note, draft or bill of exchange,
without any previous presentation of
such promissory note, draft or bill of ex
change for payment.
Sec. 2. All notices of non-payment or
non-acceptance of any promissory note,
check, draft or bill of cxchang, may be
served by depositing them, with the pos
tage prepaid in any post office, directed
to the city or town, or other place indica
ted under or opposite to the signature or
endorsement of any endorser or drawer
of any such prommissory note, check,
draft or bill of exchange, as his, her, or
their place of residence, or place of busi
ness, and in the absence of any such in
dication, to the place where such pro
promissory note, chec', draft or bill of
exchange is dated.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect on the
first day of May next, but shall not apply
to any paper bearing date before that
time.
Free Negroes In the North-
The New York Express of the Bth,
says:
A bright-eyed, honest-looking negro
boy, about 12 years of age, came into the
Express office last night, begging for the
means to get something to appease the
pangs of hunger. He said he had been
to the office of a neighboring journal,
which is always shedding crocodile tears
for the poor African, but that he was only
shown the door there with “a kick.” He
said his mother supposted herself and
him by washing, but that having met
with an accident from burning, a few
days since, be was forced into the streets
to solicit charity—or work.
If that negro boy, now, had only been
as smart as he was honest, he would have
played “fugitive slave,” or got somebody
to certify that he was “stolen” from some
where South. In that case his fortune
would have been made. As it is, he
ought to know that “humanity” here has
nothing to do with free negroes.
Later from Havana.
New York, March 19.— The steamship
DeSoto brings Havana dates to the loth
inst. The weather at Havana continues
cool. Sugar dull.
An affray occurred in the harbor at
Havana, on board the ship Henry War
ren, of Baltimore, in which the second
mate was killed, and the first mate dan
gerously wounded.
The people of Cuba are still rejoicing
at the Spanish victories in Morocco,
and contributions were coming in freely
from all departments, for the benefit of
the Spanish army.
Advices from Nassau, N. P., March 10,
states that General Pierce and wife still
remained there.
An abandoned American brigantine
had been brought in, supposed to have
been a slaver.
The Trade of Charleston.
I have noticed with pleasure, Mr. Edi
tor, your efforts to bring Charleston prom
inently before your readers, as a trading
point for the South. And feeling a strong
desire to add my mite to the patronage of
our noble city, I had determined to go
down during the Convention, that I might
kill two birds with one stone, see the lions
and asses of Democracy, and lay in a
small stock of goods at the same time.
But I learn that during the Convention,
visitors will have to pay $5 per day for
their hotel bills. This is a sockdollager,
and it strikes me that commercial Charles
ton has put her foot into it just as she is
seeking the trade of the South. I sup
pose we might carry our provisions along,
provided the city authorities did not
charge exorbitant rates for the privilege
of sleeping on the stalls in the market
house, or on the grass of the Battery.
Please enquire the rates for such lodging
and oblige A MERCHANT.
The Strikers,
Boston, March IG.— The strikers of
Lynn made a great turnout in procession
to day, numbering over G,OOO. The spec
tators were double that number. Several
hundred banners were borne by the strik
ers, male and female; and the city was
decorated in many places with flags and
streamers. The procession comprised,
besides all the strikers of Lynn, several
military and fire companies with bands
of music, and delegations of ladies from
Swampscott, Marblehead, Danvers, Sau
gus, Reading, Stoneham, Woburn, Bev
erly, Salem, and other places. The weath
er was delightful, and the proceedings
were very gratifying to the participators.
+
Notwithstanding Macaulay’s reputa
tion for conversational power, he appear!
to have uttered few bon mots, to have made
few conversational points which are re
peated and remembered. One of the very
few good stories current of him is the fol
lowing: It is said he met Mrs. Beecher
Stowe at Sir Charles Trevelyan’s,
rallied her on her admiration of Shakes
peare. “Which of his characters do you
like best?” said he. “Desdemona,”
the lady. “Ah, of course,” was the re
ply, “for she was the only one who ran
after a black man.”
Arrested for Kidnapping.
Pittsburg, March 17. —The kidnap
pers, Wilson and Hall, who recently, > D
Lancaster county, kidnapped a free ne
gro and tried to sell him in Maryland,
have been arrested in Baltimore and bel
in SI,OOO bail. Brown has been sent back
to Lancaster. A man named James Fish
er, hotel keeper at McAul’s Ferry.
concealed the kidnapped negro, has
been arrested.
Congressional.
Washington, March 22.—1n Senate
‘the bill for returning undelivered lettei
when writers’ names are endorsed there
on, was passed. The Homestead Bill w
discussed.
The House proceedings are unimp r
tant. The Michigan election case e
under consideration.
California Democratic Convent too
New Orleans, March 22.—Th e ai1 ’
fornia Democratic State Convention
dorses the Cincinnati Platformrr-ihe I> re
Scott decision, and declares in favor o
David §. pickjnsan for the President’