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Desperate Prison Insurrection.
The New York papers give the parti
culars of tLo desperate attempt of six
convicts to escape from Siug Sing prison.
The projector of the plan was Tom Kel
ley, a notorious fellow, who has lately
given a good deal of trouble to the keep
ers, and who for some time past has been
subjected to tho ball and chain, as well as
the vizor punishment, for liis misconduct.
Tt was hoped by Kelly and the few who
had become parties to the plot, that by a
sudden dash they might murder their
guard, seize the sloop, which lay at the
prison dock, and during the confusion
which was sure to ensue, put off to the
mountains on the opposite side of the riv
er, whence it would be easy to make good
their escape. •
Accordingly, when it was believed that
tho favorable moment for putting their
scheme into execution had arrived, Kel
ly, who by some means had managed to
free himself from his irons, rushed upon
Mr. Ilosire, the keeper in charge, and
thrust a knife into his groin. The blade
passed upward and’ripped open the poor
fellow’s abdomen, inflicting a wound
which at once rendered him helpless. A
run was then made toward tho sloop, by
Kelly and his confederates, who raised
the cry of “come on, boys !”
The whole affair transpired so sudden
ly, however, that none of the prisoners,
except those already in the secret, follow
ed him, and by the time the conspirators
had reached the vessel, tho other keepers
were in pursuit of them. On the deck a
terrible struggle ensued. The six men
fought with desperation, and Capt. La
farge, the commander of the sloop, who
was on board when the irruption was
made was fatally stabbed in the side by
one of the ruffians, and also was struck
upon the head with a stone.
Some of the other convicts who had
been to the scene of the ass ray, praise
worthily went to the assistance of the
keepers, and finally tho revolters were
secured. Before this had been accom
plished several shots had been fired by
the guards, but none of the prisoners
were much injured. The prison is great
ly crowded, there being now 1,300 in
mates of it.
Items of news from the Macon Tele
graph:
New Steamship for the Savannah
Line. —Anew side wheel steam ship for
the Savannah Line is now in course of
construction at Webb’s Ship Yard in New
York. Its tonnage will be 1,500, and
the engines are being made at the Mor
gan Iron works. The whole to be com
pleted in six months.
Another Accident. —We learn that a
man named Thomas Wimberly, fell
through an aperture in the abutment of
the Railroad bridge, across the river in
this city, on Saturday evening last, badly
injuring himself. The distance from the
bridge to the ground where ho fell
through was twenty-five feet. A similar
accident from the bridge ever Walnut
Creek, three miles from this city, occur
red to him about a year ago.
Magistrate’s Court. —The negro girl
Becky or Rebecca, belonging to Dr. J. B.
Wiley, and charged with firing his dwell
ing, who was arrested on the morning of
the fire and has since been confined in
the guard house, was brought before
Justico Wood, Granniss and Ellis yester
day morning for a hearing. The only
evidence that could bo brought to bear
on the case was her own confession, made
at different times to different persons, in
which she acknowledged committing the
crime and related the manner in which
she proceeded to do the deed—in fact
every particular connected with the af
fair, and stated that she was prompted
to do the deed in order to revenge her
self upon some of the household who had
offended her. She was committed to
jail to await her trial at the next term
of Bibb Superior Court.
An Attempt to Produce Rain.
A letter from Lynchburg, to the Rich
mond Dispatch, contains the following
theory and experiment:
A gentleman who resides near Boydton,
Mechlenburg county, Virginia, has as
pired to anew science—that of controlling
the clouds, in order to cause it to rain at
will. With the view of attaining this end
ho has built a “rain tower,” which novel
structure is said to be thirty feet in diam
eter at the base, which size it retains to
the height of forty feet. To this height
it contains four Hues, each seven feet in
diameter. The number of flues is then
reduced to two, which run up twenty feet
higher, the top of the structure reaching
an altitude of sixty feet. The whole con
cern was erected at the cost of about one
thousand dollars. The modus operandi of
causing rain to fall is as follows: The flues
arc filled with dry pine wood, which is
set on fire, and which is kept up until the
desired effect is produced on the elements.
The theory is, that the great heat pro
duced on tho air above tho “tower” will
cause the clouds to concentrate over it,
when plenty of rain will fall in that vi
cinity. The originator in this novel idea
is said to boa firm believer in.the prac
ticability and utility of the invention,
notwithstanding the fact that after re
peated trials, during which he consumed
hundreds of cords of wood, his tower
failed to produce the desired effect on
the unpropitious heavens, he having been
a great sufferer from drouth during the
entire spring and summer.
The Wire-workers at Washington.
“ Occasional,” of the Philadelphia
Press, who, as we have remarked, some
times tells the truth, writes as follows :
Preston King, Chairman of the Republi
can National Committee in his full suit of
brown linen, with his long coat reaching
to his feet, may be seen carrying his im
mense weight along the avenue at stated
hours, exhibiting.as much activity and
zeal as a young man of twenty five, lie
is the vital spirit of Republicans here and
toils night and day in the cause of Lin
coln and Hamlin. Entirely confident of
success, he seems have no other object
but to provide against disaster and to
push on the column. lion. Miles Taylor
and the Wickliffes, father and son, have
charge of the Douglas organization, and
arc doing a vast deal of work. The
Breckinridgers, on Four and a half street,
are in possession of a fine room in the 2d
story of a spacious house, and enjoy an
advantage over the others on account of
being able to muster into service the dif
ferent clerks of the departments. This
organization is under the especial charge
of Gov. I. I. Stephens, of Washington
Territory. The Bell and Everett party
are marshalled by Hon. Alexander E.
Boteler, member of Congress from Har
per’s Ferry District, a gentleman of high
character and deserved popularity.
A Dog's Love.
The Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel gives a
“remarkable instance of canine affection
and instinct.” It appears that Mrs. Auer
recently lost a little girl, for whom a
Newfoundland dog had formed quite an
attachment. For a week after the death
of the little child the dog was kept tied in
the cellar, and at the expiration of that
time was released. He was missed short
ly after, and all search for him was in
vain, until some friend of the family hap
pened to visit the burying ground, where
the little girl was interred, and there,
stretched out upon the grave of his former
playmate, was the affectionate dog.
An Editor's Trials.
Mrs. Lookins was arrested in Norfolk,
A a., on the 28th ult., for having demand
ed the retraction, by Jno. R. Hathaway,
editor of the Day Book, of a local article
about her in that paper, and, failing to
get it, having placed a loaded pistol to
his head an J drawn a cowhide out of her
pocket. This conduct seems to have
been taken very coolly by the editor; but
a policeman, less gallant, took the offen
ding fair one into custody. She was held
to bail in SSOO, not to treat that particu
lar editor so aDy more. j
The receipts of wheat at Chicago last i
Tuesday were larger than ever before in ]
a single day, amounting to 192,394 bush
els. The shipments were 252,393 bush- !
els ; also the largest amount ever ship- 1
before in one day. The total receipts !
a 1 H nds of grain were 241,799 bush
i wv’ the Bhi Pments 314,034 bushels.
What a country t
Thoughts and Suggestions.
There are two oi’ three points in the
latest European advices to band of more
than ordinary interest, each affecting in
some way the commercial and other vital ‘
interests of the United States. One of
these is tho announcement that “the
Emperor of the French had made a speech
at Lyons in response to addresses by the
authorities. He condemned the unjust
distrust excited abroad, and declared that
nothing should make him deviate from
the path of moderation and justice. His
sole desire was the general interest of
France, and he urged them to give them
selves up with confidence to works of
peace. lie was determined, with God’s
assistance, that France should not de
generate under his dynasty.” These are
manly sentiments, and do honor to the
distinguished source whence they ema
nate. Let the Emperor but live up to bis
pledge to adhere to the path of “modera
tion and justice,” and “the unjust dis
trust excited abroad,” if persisted in, will
do him no harm. A speech of this pa
cifiic character, we are persuaded, was
not made at Lyons without a purpose and
a motive. The immense manufacturing
interests of France, centering in and about
that City, had been seriously depressed
by the threatening aspeect of the Italian
question, and by the reiterated imputa
tions of foreign journalists of certain ul
terior designs on the part of the Emperor,
which would inevitably result in renew
ing hostilities with Austria. Under the
apprehensions and distrust of the future
thus created, the manufacturing interests
not only of Lyons, but of all France were
suffering a serious depression, and it was
with a view doubtless to remove those
unfavorable impressions that the Empe
ror spoke as he did. The immediate
effect on the Bourse, as might be expected,
was most favorable, and we cannot doubt
that the same happy influences will be
felt in all the other channels of French
finance and trade, not only at home, but
in their various connexions in this coun
try.
A second point that effects certain in
terests of the United States still more in
timately, perhaps, is the fact that “an
imperial decree has been issued opening
the French ports for the admission, duty
free, of all kinds of*Forcign Grain and
Flour, irrespective of flag. Vessels laden
with Bread Stuffs will be exempted from
tonnage dues.” And the “admission.”
as well as the “decree” must tend to
greatly stimulate activity in the grain
movement here, resulting in a largely
increased demand for our flour and Corn
and Wheat, besides higher freights to
ship-owners. There is reason to believe
that not a little of the extraordinary ac
tivity which has characterized the New
York market within a day or two past is
owing to this circumstance.
The third and last point to which we
refer is embodied in the following item of
English intelligence:—Mr. Lindsay, mem
ber of Parliament, had been authorized
to proceed to Washington, and lay before
the American Government the views of
the British Government, relative to the
navigation laws, belligerent rights, &c.,
Mr. Lindsay sails on the Bth of September.
We trust Mr. Lindsey’s mission will re
sult in some understanding with our
Government in reference to the mooted
question of “beligerent rights.” It is cer
tainly desirable to have as much uni
formity of sentiment, and action, in a
matter of that kind as possible, with the
leading maritime Powers of the Earth ;
and if the Commissioner is prepared to
come over to tho American doctrine, as
laid down by late Secretary Marcy, his
mission probably will not be barren of
useful results. In regard to the opening
up of American coasting trade to British
competition, it is scarsely necessary to
say, that ho gave but little faith that he
will be able to bring any new arguments
to bear on the subject, of such a charac
ter as will move this Government to a
compliance with bis wishes. Neverthe
less, we are glad to see that our New
York Chamber of Commerce, at its meet
ing on Friday—on motion of Mr. Wetmore
—resolved to take the necessary steps to
place themselves in friendly communica
tion with Mr. Lindsay, and to confer with
him on the subject of his visit to the
United States. He |is a gentleman of
acknowledged reputation and standing
at home, and probably no man in Parlia
ment is more familliav than he is with
the practical workings of commerce and
navigation, in their connection with in
ternational legislation, and the higher
considerations of political economy. Let
him have a cordial welcome.—iV. Y.
Shipping List.
The War Excitement in Italy.
A correspondent at Turin gives the fol
lowing graphic description of the state of
feeling in Italy in regard to the present
contest.
“Young men belonging to the richest
and noblest families abandon their homes
of their own accord. They disappear
some fine morning without saying a word,
and at night their anxious relations, not
seeing them return, guess whither they
have gone. They have set out for Sicily.
They start without money, on foot, and
their friends, in presence of their immov
able resolution, have no resource but
resignation. Even children are affected
by the contagion, and escape from school
to go to Sicily. The case has occurred
at Milan, Turin, everywhere. Their
comrades make a collection ; they empty
their purses into the hands of those who
are setting out, and are proud of this act
of precocious patriotism. The chief of
the establishment informs the family of
the disappearance of the boy ; sometimes
it is too lato. We read last week, in a
Sicilian journal, an advertisement inser
ted by a father, who claimed his son. It
was couched in affecting terms.
The father told the child that he knew
he wa3 in Sicily—that he did not wish to
prevent his remaining there, but that he
desired to see him, to embrace him, and
to provide him with money ; and to this
end be made an appointment with him at
a Palermo. coffee-house. The boy was lIT
years of age. The Government cannot
prevent the departure of expeditions. It
could not succeed in so doing. At Milan
last week, I saw 7,000 Lombards and
Yemetians enrol themselves. Many were
refused on various pretexts. They even
went so far as to exact from them the sum
of 20 francs, on pretence that they must
pay for their equipment—a green blouse
faced with red, which is the uniform of
the Lombard Legion. Those who had
20 francs gave them without the least
hesitation; all emptied their purses into
the hands of the recruiting officer, and if
the sum required was not complete, they
entreated, even with tears, to be taken at
a lower rate. I saw these volunteers set
off. Half the population accompanied
them to the gates of the city with cries
and vivas.”
Coneculx Court.
The Messrs. Page and others, who at
the Spring Term of Conecuh Circuit
Court, were indicted for hanging the
murderers of the late Allen Page of that
county, have been discharged. Petitions,
praying the dismissal of the prosecution
on the part of the State, signed univer
sally by the citizens of the county, were
presented to the Court, and in pursuance
of what was manifestly the earnest pub
lic sentiment of all parties, His Honor,
Nat. Cook, the presiding Judge, ordered
the cause dismissed at the costs of the
State. We heartily endorse the action of
the Court in the premises, for certainly
the outrageous assassination of the late
Mr. Page, so unparalled in atrocity and
fiendlike depravity, was only to be met
by the summary execution of the vile
perpetrators. —Montgomery Man.
Melancholy Occurrence.
Another instance of the fatal results of
carelessly handling loaded fire arms has
come to our knowledge. Thomas Newell,
a young man between sixteen and eigh
teen years of age, in company with a son
of Dr. Gray, entered the office of Drs.
Bailey & Gray yesterday morning. While
there, he discovered a loaded pistol in a
drawer, and in examining it the weapon
was discharged, the ball striking him in
the right eye and passing almost through
his head.— Memphis Avalanche, sth.
The Great Eastern made her return
trip to Milford Havan, (England) from
New York in nine days and four and a
half hours.
Gen. Walker Defeated*
New Orleans, Sept. 10.—By the arri
val of the steamer Oceola at Batabano,
from Truxillo, intelligence has been re
ceived of the reverses sustained by Gen.
Wiu. Walker.
The English man-of-war lucarus, had
ordered Walker to surrender Truxillo.
Walker and O’Brien retired down to a
lower point on the coast with eighty men.
According to the last advices, his force
had been reduced to twenty-five, in con
sequence of the continued attacks of his
enemies. Walker had been severely
wounded in the face. Seven of his woun
ded followers he had left at Truxillo, and
had been placed on board the Icarus. He
had lost his Colonel. When the Ooeola
was leaving, Gen. Alvarez, with three
hundred troops, was entering the town.
The Fusion In New York.*
New York, Sept. 9.— The Douglas
Sub-Committee have finally agreed to al
low the Breckinridge men ten of the
Electors on the State Electoral ticket, as
well as the candidates for Lieutenant-
Governor and Canal Commissioner, and
recommends the State Committee to rat
ify its action. The matter now rests
with the Chairman of the Douglas State
Committee. There is a faint possibility
that some understanding may yet be ar
rived at by which a cordial union of all
opposed to Lincolu can be secured.
♦
Collision and Lots of Lift.
Chicago, Sepf. 10.—It is estimated
that the number of passengers on board
the steamer Lady Elgin, were three hun
dred and eighty five, of which ninety
eight were saved. One hundred of the
passengers almost reached the shore, but
were drowned by the breakers. Only
twenty one bodies have been recovered.
Latest from Mexico.
New Orleans, Sept. 10.—The steam
ship Teviat arrived at Havana from Vera
on the 3d inst., with four million
five hundred thousand dollars of treasure.
The Juarez Government had declared the
bark Maria Concepcon a legal prize. Gen.
Miramon was at the Capital, concentra
ting forces. The Liberals were rapidly
moving thither.
Vermont Flection.
Burlington, Sept. 7.—Returns from
143 towns give Fairbanks 1,475 majority,
a Republican gain since last year of 2,-
937. Fairbanks’ majority will undoubt
edly reach 22,000. The Senate is unani
mously Republican, while the House
thus far stands, Republican 175, Demo
crat 17—a Republican gain of 0 over last
year.
Physielans’ Certificates.
Charleston, Sept. 10.—The Charles
ton Courier publishes to-morrow the cer
tificates of five dispensary physicians, of
this city, stating that they have not seen
a case of yellow fever in their practice
this year.
Later from Havana.
New Orleans, Sept. 10.—Havana dates
to the 7th inst. have been received. Su
gar was dull, and Molasses unchanged.
Sterling Exchange loh to 16| per cent,
premium, and Sight exchange on New
York 4£ premium.
The health of the Island was excellent.
A cargo of slaves had been landed on
the coast of Cuba, but no particulars are
given.
ASrial Voyage to Europe.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—Prof. Lowe
has commenced the inflation of his bal
loon at the Philadelphia Gas Works, and
starts on his proposed trip to Europe at
half past three o’clock.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
New York, Sept. 7.—The shipment of
specie to Europe for to-morrow will
reach $1,100,000. The slave bark W.
B. Kibbee has been condemned and or
dered to be sold.
Milwaukee, Sept. s.—The Breckin
ridge Convention met in this city yester
day. About one hundred and fifty dele
gates were in attendance. A full elec
toral ticket was nominated.
New York, Sept. G.— Isaac Bell, the
oldest shipping merehant in New York,
died yesterday at Saratoga.
An Execution at Montevideo
A letter in the Norfolk Day-Book, da
ted on board the U. S. steamer Pulaski,
at Montevideo, July 20th, says:
Just before we arrived here, a soldier,
belonging to one of the negro regiments,
was executed in the little town of Co
lonia, near here, for stealing 20 ounces
from an officer. The culprit was taken
from the cabildo with his hands shack
led and surrounded by a guard of sol
diers, and marched to the public plaza;
a priest preceeding the procession bear
ing on his shoulders a huge black cross,
and chanting some part of the mournfully
monotonous funeral service. The doom
ed man being seated on a bench, the
death warrant was read by the alcalde
of the village, and having had the cru
cifix presented to his lips, the fatal sig
nal was given, and a sergeant stepped
forward from among the soldiery, seized
the man by the hair, and cut his throat
from ear to ear.
♦
It is stated that the private letters from
Europe by the Africa, draw a very gloomy
picture. The depression occasioned by
the unfavorable weather was increased
by political uncertainties. A leading
circular says :
The unfavorable appearances of our
crops and the threatening complications
in the Mediterranean have had an effect
upon the public funds, and will probably
affect the money market. Until some
thing more positive can be judged of
our harvest, business will be pursued
with great caution. We have had a few
days of fair weather, but they have been
succeeded by heavy rains and a close at
mosphere. As the blooming season of
the wheat was on the whole favorable, the
crop would have been a good one if it had
not been for the very ungenial weather.
Much of the crop is lodged ; a brisk wind
and dry weather are required to raise it.
There is a good deal of talk about the po
tato disease, but thus far only the early
kinds have been attacked.
Mr. Petigru, a distinguished southern
advocate, now rusticating at Sulphur
Springs Va., is thus sketched by a cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier:
“ Not far off is a gentleman whose career
is one of high renown—one whose emi
nent endowments have given him a wide
spread celebrity—the great southern
pleader, Mr. Petigru, of Charleston.—
This gentleman is not a “ladies’ man;”
we can say little in favor of the cut of his
coat, or the tie of his cravat; but the
countenance on which our eyes rests is
full of honesty and earnestness, one rarely
seen so late in life. It is the countenance
of a man to whom the innocent might
turn and expect sympathy when suspec
ted and insulted.”
An Extraordinary Oil Well.
The most extraordinary of the oil wells
discovered in Pennsylvania lately, was
opened at Tideout, Erie county, on the
10th ult., by Rev. Mr. Hequembourg.—
The Erie Observer says: “At a depth of
175 feet oil was struck, and it has since
been coming to the surface in a voluntary
flow of one barrel per minute ! Think of
this, ye men who are anxious to get rich.
At sl4 per barrel, a low estimate, this
well yields its owner $20,160 per day.—
We are assured by parties who have vis
ited the well that there is no humbug in
the statement—that it positively yields
its barrel per minute !”
It is said that in Japan old maids are
unheard of—do not exist. When the
girls do not get married voluntarially in
any reasonable time the authorites hunt
up husbands, and make them marry,
willing or not willing. An exchange
thinks that the Japanese know a thing or
two, even if they have been walled in for
four oenturies.
From Arizona.
Washington, Sept. 7. —A private letter
from El Paso, dated August the 10th,
says the Arizona gold mines extend to
certain limits, but are very rich.
The same correspondent says the pop
ulation at the mines numbers about one
thousand, and the average yield per day
for each man is six dollars.
From th‘e Chattanooga Advertiser.
“The Lord set m Mark upon Cain.”
Caiu through envy took the life of his
brother, for which the Lord set a mark
upon him. As to wbatthis “mark” was,
there is room for speculation; but evi
dence is not wanting to conclude, that it
was a change of color—that Cain was the
first black man. The Hebrew word (ath)
translated “mark,” means a mark of
miraculous character—a pbrophet ic mark,
whereby the certainty of his sin, and deg
redation might be known. The crime of
which he was guilty was of the darkest
hue, and the “mark” which emblemed it,
would of course shadow this horrid deed
in the blackest color possible.
All sin has a direct tendency, by Di
vine law, even physically to degrade and
blacken the animal man; and especially
such awful crimes as murder. We all
speak of it, as very dark and black; it
is so characterized by all painters, poets,
and orators
Whether this mark set upon Cain was
the product of a moment, is uncertain ;
but that it was instantaneous seems most
probable, It may, however, have been
the gradual result of his wicked conduct,
as a moral and physical cause ; but that
it was inherited and become the charac
teristic of his offspring is almost beyond
a doubt. That moral and physical de
basement descends, by progression, “to
the third and fourth generation” is a
fact, both of nature and Revelation. It
is probable that a “fugitive and vaga
bond”—a cursed fratricide, would beget
children destitude of the “mark” of their
parent.
This probability is almost demonstra
ted, by the history of the Antediluvians,
as contained in the Bible. It is gener
ally agreed that the “Sons of God,” spo
ken of in Gen. vi. means the sons of Seth,
and the “daughters of men,” the daugh
ters of Cain. Immediately upon the in
termarriage of these two races God an
nounced the awful fact, that “His Spirit
would no longer strive with man—that
He would destroy him from the face of
the earth, for his wickedness was great.”
The only inference that can possibly be
drawn from this language is, that these
intermarriages were not only displeasing
to the Lord, but were also the cause of
this “great wickedness.” Cain had been
driven out, a degraded, and deteriorated
vagabond—a blackened and accursed
fratricide. What would naturally be the
nature of his offspring ? Can an evil tree
bring forth good fruit? The moral and
mental depravity of parents is entailed,
by an irresistable law of sequence, upon
the children, more certainly than leprosy
or consumption.
The intermarriago of these families
deteriorated the children of Seth; and
subjected them to the curses, which
cleaved to the race of Cain ; “and it re
pented the Lord that he had made man
on the earth ” And the Lord said, I
will destroy man whom I have created
from the face of the earth.”
But these “daughters of men” are cal
led “fair;” how then can we say they
were ‘black?” The Hebrew word (to
voth) which is translated “fair,” does
not convey the idea that they were white.
It signifies “good, excellent,” to the one
who admired these “daughters”—it ex
presses no quality of complexion, nor of
beauty beyond what existed in the mind
of the beholder. When it is said of
Sarah, in Gen. xii, that she was “fair,”
meaning that she was of alight complex
ion, the word (giphath) is used, and is
the same from which Jephath is derived,
the son of Noah. It signifies liglA, bril
liant, beautiful.
Tlie Texas Troubles.
The investigations which have been
prosecuted in the disturbed districts of
Texas have not developed, with any de
gree of distinctness, the existence of any
other plot for ruin than what a few des
perate characters, without connection
with or hope of help from any other
quarter, might have formed. In some
cases the negro population have been de
moralized evidently by the insidious pro
mises of white men, and the work of ruin
wrought has doubtless been mainly their
work. But not half of what lias been
confessed seems to be borne out by later
facts.
The strychnine said to have been dis
covered in the hands of negroes turns
out to be very harmless, having no affini
ty with the deadly poison which it was
supposed to be. The wells thought to
have been poisoned, late accounts declare
to be untainted with any deleterious sub
stance.
Stript, however, of all exaggerations
resulting from the gravity of the danger
threatening the inhabitants of Texas, the
actual truth is sufficient to justify all the
acts of precaution that have been taken.
Texas, like all of our frontier States, has
been the point where desperate men have
congregated, and her whole history is full
of violence and outrage inflicted by the
foes of society. Aroused by the present
danger, the good citizens of our sister
State have now taken the most effectual
means to bring such offenders to justice,
and to break up all combinations for their
protection.
The excitement produced will not pass
away without producing a most salutary
change in the police discipline of the
country. Too much freedom has, doubt
less, there, as elsewhere, been given to
servants, and not enough oversight has
been had of their habits and morals.—
Without doubt, this neglect, under the
stimulus of the late difficulties, will be
amended, and the occurrences which have
taken place there should be a warning
against similar neglect elsewhere.
On the outbreak of the alarm in Texas,
we cautioned our readers against adopt
ing all the reports from that quarter as
true, believing that somewhat, at least,
of their coloring, was due to excited sus
picion, that made the slightest circum
stancial evidence as strong as proof from
holy writ. The result of the investiga
tions made accord with that caution,
while it reveals enough to warn and in
struct the entire South.— N. O. Picayune.
A Case of Poisoning.
An interesting little girl, of a family
in this city, about two years of age, and
a negro child about the same age, ate
yesterday, of the bark of the yellow jes
samine vine, growing in the yard, from
which the latter died, and the former is
lying dangerously ill, though in a condi
tion, it is thought, favorable for recov
ery, We take the liberty of relating an
effecting incident which occurred in the
room where lay the little girl, when it
was supposed she was dying from the ef
fect of the poison.
A sprightly little brother, about five
years old, hearing the sad remark fall
from the lips of the distressed family that
his little sister was dying, called upon
the family and visiters, to kneel around
the bed side that “he might pray to God
to save his dear little sister.” Os course
they did so, when the saintly little broth
er knelt and sent up to his Divine Master
a beautiful and thrilling supplication that
his little sister, calling her by name,
might be saved from death. It is stated
to us by one who was present that the
scene was touchingly sublime and beau
tiful, and touched the hearts of all pres
ent. The little sister is yet alive, and
who will say that the ejeculation of the
little Christian hero was not heard ?
Pensacola Observer.
The Corn Crop In Southern Georgia.
After extensive inquiry and observa
tion, we have the proud satisfaction of
reporting an abundant corn crop in that
portion of Georgia bounded by the Alta
maha river on the east, and the Alapaha
on the west. The planters have made
enough to do them, and to supply the
non productive portion of the community.
The cotton crop will come very near
up to an average yield, so near it, that
our people are perfectly satisfied, and no
despondent grumbling is heard among
them. — Georgia Forester, 6th.
Spbikgfield. Mass., Sept. 3.—There
is a promise of a greater and better col
lection of horses than on any former oc
casion. Five hundred horses are already
entered. The city is thronged withstran-
and great numbers are expected to
night and to morrow. The weather is ex
cellent, and the arrangements for the
show and sale of horses, and the accom
modation of visitors are unexceptionable.
Garibaldi’s Marriage.
The Paris correspondent of the New
Orleans Picayune gives the following in
teresting account of Garibaldi’s Marriage
and its denouement:
I dare say you have heard a great many
allusions to Garibaldi’s marriage, and
have been rather puzzled to form an opin
ion whether he wsb or was not married,
the whole matter being shrouded in mys
tery. I think I can tell you tho whole
story. Fie was engaged to marry Miss
Josephine Tlaymondi, a “daughter” (so
every body said) of the Marquis Raymon
di, a wealthy Milan landed proprietor.
The Marquis Raymondi lives with Ron
coni’s wife’s sister, and Miss Josephine
Raymondi is the eldest of the five children
(all daughters) that have issued from this
union. She is a tall brunette, with brill
iant eyes, regular, but prominent features,
‘and a rather flat face. She is two-and
twenty years old. Last summer when
the Italian campaign was at its height,
the Marquis Raymondi and his family
were residing at his summer residence,
Fine Castle, which is some fifteen or
eighteen miles from Milan, and is situa
ted on the western bank of Lake Como.
Garibaldi and his band were at Varese,
lie had entered Como a few days before,
and made the acquaintance of the Mar
quis of Raymondi and his family. The
Austrians had marched forward, out of
all communication between Como and
Varese, intended to concentrate their
forces by different roads on Varese in
large numbers, so as to surround and
crush Garibaldi and his followers. The
Podestet (Mayor) of Como was anxious
to communicate this intelligence to Gari
baldi, and made a proclamation to his
fellow citizens, calling upon one brave
Italian to volunteer and risk his life for
Garibaldi’s safety. Nobody offered.
When Miss Josephine Raymondi heard of
this, she became indignant at the cow
ardice of men, and offered herself as a
volunteer, saying to the Podestat: “Give
me the dispatch. I will go to Garibaldi,
and will bring back his reply.” The
Podestat hesitated to accept from a young
girl of one-and-twenty (who by reason of
her sex ran much greater risks than a
man would be exposed to) services deemed
by men too hazardous to be encountered.
But Miss Josephine Raymondi insisted so
strenuously that the dispatches should be
given her that the Podestat yielded ; be
sides, whom else had he to send, and the
danger pressed ? She got on her horse,
and in an instant disappeared in the
mountain’s defiles. She knew every path
that lay between Como and Varese, for
from her youth she had trod them all
afoot or on horseback. She escaped the
Austrians, and at sunrise was at Garibal
di’s camp. She delivered the dispatch
into his hands. She returned home as
safely as she had gone to her destination.
Being forewarned. Garibaldi was fore
armed : he forced Borgho Vico defile, and
drove back the Austrians beyond Lake
Como. After the peace was made at Vil
lafranca, Garibaldi paid the Marquis
Raymondi a visit at Fino Castle, for the
fair warrier of Como had made a deep
impression on him. He asked her in
marriage of her father. The Marquis
was delighted at the proposition, and in
stantly gave his consent, and the mar
riage was announced everywhere in the
neighborhood, and was soon heard of
throughout Europe. When tho Marquis
told Josephine that he had given her hand
to the Liberator of Italy, she appeared
stupefied, rather than delighted. She
could not refuse to web Garibrldi, for
every Italian regards him as something
more than a demi god—besides, what
pretext could she give ? Her family took
her stupefaction for the emotion natural
to her sex at this supreme hour of wo
man’s life, and they hastened the prepa
rations for the marriage. The whole
Raymondi family were soon collected at
Fino Castle. Garibaldi came with all his
friends and a second marriage was soon
negotiated between Garibaldi’s son and
a younger sister (said to be a beauty) of
Josephine Raymondi. All at once, and
tho day before the time appointed for the
marriage, Miss Josephine fell sick. It
was hoped she would be better the next
day; on the contrary, she became worse;
two —three—sour—five days came and
went; Miss Josephine became worse. The
physician said it was nothing serious, and
at last the father of the bride determined
to make her dress, and have her carried
to the altar; the marriage was to be cele
brated in the chapel in his castle. It be
came necessary to take some measure of
this sort, for all the newspapers in Europe
were making inquiries on the subject, and
several persons from remote cities had
quitted their ordinary avocations to act
as Garibaldi’s groomsmen, (among them
Mons. Alex. Dumas) and they could not
be expected to wait there indefinitely
dancing attendance upon a woman’s va
pors. The marriage ceremony took place
in Fino Castle Chapel, but after the cere
mony the bride declared she felt worse
than ever, and begged her friends to ex
cuse her from taking any share in the
festivities prepared in honor of the oc
casion, and took to bed. The wedding
party was, under these circumstances,
gloomy, as of course, and soon broke up,
leaving Garibaldi alone with his new
family. He could not enter his nuptial
chamber—his wife’s illness forbade that.
He slept in an adjoining room. The mails
next morning brought him a letter—an
anonymous letter—sent, so it stated, by
one of his friends. It acquainted him
that Miss Josephine Raymondi, or rather
Mrs. Josephine Garibaldi (for such she
was now) had long honored her cousin,
Count , with her favors. The most
irresistible evidence was given, and the
names of witnesses cited. Garibaldi gave
the letter to Marquis Raymondi, who
hastened to the bride’s room, and gave
her the fatal paper. There was no deny
ing the charge made. A distressing scene
took place between father and child.
Garibaldi quietly quitted the house, and
went to his retreat in the island of Capera.
Josephine quitted her father’s house next
day, and fled with her seducer to Switz
erland, where they now are. Who sent
the annoymous letter ? It could not have
been a friend, for a friend would have sent
it before, not after marriage. It is said
’twas sent by some Italian devoted to
Austria, or some adherent of Mazzini, to
fever Garibaldi with military phrenzy,
and keep him from the quiet of a home
and wife.
Abolition Fruits In Louisiana.
A private letter to a gentleman in
Charleston from Alexandria, Louisiana,
dated August 18th, says that abolition
and republican documents, considered
incendiary in their character, have been
sent to nearly all the clergymen of every
denomination in that region of the coun
try. These missiles come from the North
ern States through the Postoffice, and are
considered a great annoyance. It is
further stated that the negroes on two
adjoining plantations, about five miles
from the town, were found together in the
woods, believed to have been consulting
together, planning mischief or insurrec
tion. Two slaves, both intoxicated, were
detected hurrahing for Lincoln. Patrols,
composed of the best citizens, have been
instituted, in apprehension of further
disturbance.
California. Scandal.
Mr. Duncan W. Perley, a well-known
lawyer of San Francisco, (the same whose
quarrel with Senator Broderick led to the
fatal duel between the latter and Judge
Terry,) escaped an outrageous husband’s
violence only by fleeing in scant attire
from a room in an improper house, leav
ing behind him his entire suit of apparel,
with arms, pocket book, two hundred dol
lars in money, and valuable papers, and
after running a block or two, took refuge
in a livery stable, where he procured a
carriage and buffalo robe and rode off.
Mr. and Mrs. Fall are the other parties
in the affair.
Mr. 11. 11. Ilyott killed a rattlesnake
in his field last week, which measured
seven feet four inches in length and thirty
inches in circumference. It had fifteen
rattles and a button. When cut open
fourteen young rattlers came fourth, the
longest of which was two feet long. Two
of these were curiosities—their tails and
heads being joined together. They ex
hibited signs of anger, snapping savagely
at every thing presented, but died in a
short time after they were brought to
light. So says our informont.— Waiter
borough Sun.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
New York, Sept. B.—The committees
of the Breckinridge nml Douglas men
have adjourned. No fusion was effected
Cincinnati, Sept. I.—The Democrats
have nominated George H. l'endleton, in
the First District, for re-election to Con
gress, and Alexander Long in the Second
District.
Washington, Sept 4. —Observer, the
correspondent of the New York Times,
has been arrested and held to bail for
libel on the Secretary of War in refer
ence to the Degrout claim.
Lexington, Mo., Sept, 4.—Senator
Polk addressed a crowd at the Court
House to-day in favor of Breckinridge
and Lane.
An Irish citizen, named Jas. Gallagh
er, was shot by George Callahan last
night, and died almost immediately.
Washington, Sept. 7. —A private let
ter from El Paso, August 10th, says that
the Arizona gold mines are limited in ex
tent but are very rich. 1,000 persons
are at the mines. The average yield is
six dollars per day for each man.
Lockport, N. Y., Sept. s.—The Daily
Advertiser, of Niagara, a Democratic pa
per, the only paper in the county at the
masthead of which the uames ot Douglas
and Johnson have hitherto appeared,
this morning came out in favor of Breck
inridge and Lane.
St. Louis, Sept. 4— The census ie
turns are so nearly complete as to render
it certain that St. Louis is the most pop
ulous city in the West. The total will be
about 101,000; again since 1850 of 100
per cent.
New York, Sept. 4.—A dispatch from
Kingston says there is trouble between
the Prince of Wales’ party and the
Orangemen there The Prince refused
to land, and the Orangemen will not yield.
There is great excitement there and also
at Toronto. The difficulty is understood
to be, that the Prince will not take part
in the procession where party colors are
worn and party tunes are played.
Toledo, 0., Sept. s.—The lodging
rooms of the Catholic Orphan Asylum in
this city were destroyed by fire last night.
Three Children and one Sister of Charity
are missing, and it is supposed that they
perished in the flames.
Another Sister was seriously injured
by jumping from a window. It is repor
ted this morning that the remains of one
child have already been found in the
ruins.
Baltimore, Sept. 7.—Douglas in an
swering portions of Breckinridge’s late
speech, said that he must have beaten
Lincoln in every State, except Vermont
and Massachusetts, if Breckinridge had
not been nominated, and that the election
of no man was sufficient cause for a dis
solution of the Union, as that he would
hang any one who attempted it, as high
as Virginia hung John Brown. He de
clared that Breckinridge, in 1848 and
1855, openly advocated non-intervention,
and charged the secessionists with being
hand and glove with the Black Republi
cans in asserting the right of Congress to
interfere with slavery in the Territories.
Tall Walking.
The Boston Daily Advertiser of the
14th February, 1829, says that a young
gentleman of Boston walked to Charles
ton, South Carolina, eleven hundred and
fifty miles, in thirty six days; from Nia
gara Falls to Rochester in two days, ac
complishing the first day forty-nine
miles, although he was detained three
hours in Lockport; from Saratoga
Springs to Boston in four successive days;
from Providence (Blake’s Hotel) to Cam
bridge street, Boston, in less than ten
hours, including stops: besides other ex
cussions to Ticonderoga, Flatbush, New
York, Burlington, Vt., Mount Washing
ton, New Hampshire—amounting in all
to twenty-seven hundred miles.
Aii. Outrageous and Infamous Act.
Some fiend in human shape attempted
on Friday night last, to throw the 12
o’clock freight train on the Geo. R. It.
from the track, by placing several cross
ties and two bars of Railroad Iron across
the track at the crossing on the end of
embankment near the Brick Y r ard. The
act was committed between 11 and 12
o’clock, between the passing down of the
passenger train and the arrival of the up
freight. Fortunately no damage was
done to the train, the cross ties being
knocked off by the fender in front of the
engine, and the bars of iron cut in twain
by the driving wheels. — Covington Times,
of the 6tli.
Remarkable Success of Women
Novelists.
Within the last twelve month Derby &
*Jackson, the publishers, have issued no
less than four novels by four different au
thors, that are beyond question the great
est successes of the season. We refer to
Mrs. Stowe’s Minister’s Wooing, which
has reached thirty editions ; Miss Evans’
Beuleh, twenty four editions ; the new
novel, Rutledge, not yet twelve weeks
from the press, has gone up to twelve
editions : and Marian Ilarland’s Neme
sis, the first edition, ten thousand copies,
beiDg required to fill advance orders.—
New York Post.
Improvement of tlie Cotton Gin
Mr. W r m. Field, of Providence, has
perfected some improvements of Whit
ney’s Cotton Gin, which very greatly re
duces the power required to operate the
gin. The Providence Press says that
the new machine will enable the planter
to work the gin efficiently with one or
two horses, and that the invention “di
minishes in a great proportion the
weight of tUe gin, brings it within a
smaller space, and adapts the form of the
receiver so as to render the action of the
saws more speedy and efficient.” At an
exhibition of this machine, “one hun
dred pounds of cotton, packed as it came
from the boll, were weighed and fed to
the gin, which in sixteen minutes, clear
ed the cotton from the seed in the hand
somest manner.”— Boston Traveler.
The Cuban Messenger, of a recent date,
gives some interesting statistics of twen
ty-three of the largest Sugar estates in
Cuba, showing their size, production, and
tho number of slaves employed. The
largest estate has 11,390 acres, the crop
is 16,000 boxes of sugar, employing 866
slaves. None of the three estates have
less than 6000 acres of land. The small
est number of slaves on any one estate is
300. The average crop is 23 boxes of
sugar, or 10,000 pounes per negro. There
are about 2000 sugar estates on the Island,
and the number is constantly increasing.
The first sugar estate there was estab
lished in 1535.
A correspondent of the New Y~ork Trnies
says: “One of the most interesting inci
dents which occurred in Seward’s journey
was the addition to his party at the Sus
pension Bridge of two Southern gentlemen
—one from Mississippi and one from
Alabama. The former, Mr. Orr, a brother
of the ex-Speaker, has become one of Mr.
Seward’s most intimate companions,
stopping with him in this city at Senator
Chandler’s. At Chatham, in Canada, on
the route, one of Senator Toombs’ runa
way slaves came into the cars and held a
long conversation with the two Southern
ers.
American City Rallroa<l in Eng
land,
The celebration of the opening of the
first street railway in Europe, at Birk
enhead, England, took place on the 80tl>
ult. This is essentially a Yankee enter
prise, and conducted by a Y’ankee, Mr.
_G. I. I rain, of Boston The system of
travel by horse railroads, which has
proved such a convenience in this coun
ty* is thus fairly inaugurated on the
other B,de of the Atlantic, and will no
doubt soon prove such a necessity that it
Euro b pe ad ° Pte(l 1D eTery lea< bug city in
Coroner’s Inquest.
Coroner Eden yeaterday morning held
ln Q ueß t on tho body of an infant, the
child of Miss Mary Leary, which was
found on Saturday morning in the sink
at the residence of Ann Daily. The jury
were of opinion, after a post mortem ex
amination by Dr. Wragg, that the child
was born dead, and was thrown into the
sink by its mother.— Sav. News, 16th.
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Snake Charming.
Mr. G. F. Wirsen, the professed snake
charmer, from California, has arrived in
this city, and has exhibited his poisonous
reptiles to a portion of our commuuity.
On Tuesday last we witnessed his per
formance. The reptiles seemed to be eu
tirely under his control. Among them
we found, first, four of the poisinous
Trigocephalus Contortrix, oroottou mouth
moccasin. Second one, Crotalus Durissus,
or Northern venom Rattlesnake. Third
one, Vipra Niger, or the black hog nose
viper. Fourth, Coluber Sipedon, or the
common water moccosin. Sixth, Viper
abeus, or spotted hog nose viper, making
nine in all. He exercised his control over
them by the influence of magnetism, and
his power was full and complete. The
snakes seemed to dislike the company
present, but entertained every fondness
for the exhibitor, frequently coiling
about his person and apparently kissing
and otherwise fondling with him, showing
to a certain extent their protection for
him against the intrusion of strangers
His power over them seemed to be per
fect. He represents that iu five minutes’
time, he can perfectly control the most
poisinous reptile. Yesterday he obtained
a very large Rattlesnake, having seven
rattles and a button, from the country.
At an early hour a portion of the commu
uity assembled at ltawson’s Hall to wit
ness one of his daring feats iu the way of
snake taming. As soon as the huge
monster made his appearance out of the
box iu which he was confined, Mr. W.
seized hold of him, and notwithstanding
his many efforts to completely
overcome, and to the utter astouishment
of all uresent, he placed his snakeship iu
his bosom, having perfect control over
him. —Albany Patriot, 6/A.
Lady Byrou’s Will.
The will of the late Lady Byron, who
died in England, May 10th, 1860, in her
sixty-sixth year, has been admitted to
probate She was the relict of the poet
Byron, who died as long ago as the year
1824, and was, in her own right, Baro
ness Wentworth. Iu addition to $200,000
personalty, she was possessed of a number
of valuable estates. She has left a con
siderable amount for various charitable
purposes; but the most remarkable item
iu the will is the following: She gives
“to Charles Follen, of Boston, United
States, £2OO (about $1500) to assist him
in the difficulties he will have to contend
with in his disinterested advocacy for
the rights of the colored race.”
The Baroness has devised the estate
Oxpeyfield, situated at Darlington, in the
county of Durham, to her grandson,
Ralph Gordon Noel King, the son of her
daughter Ada and the Earl of Lovelace,
which is entailed upon his issue, and in
default thereof, then to her grandson,
Viscount Oakham; and that the inheritor
of the estate shall use and acquire by
Royal license the sirname of “Mil
banke,” which was her Ladyship’s maiden
name, her father being the late Sir Ralph
Miibanke, Bart, who upon the death of
his brother, Thomas Nowel, late Viscount
Wenworth (title now extinct,) acquired by
sign manual also the name of “Noel.”
To her grandson, Ralph Gordon, she also
leaves a legacy of £25,000. To her
granddaughter, Anne Isabella Noel King,
she leaves a life interest in all her other
estate, and on her death to be divided
amongst her children.
♦
Supreme Court—Judge Lumpkin,
The case of Clark Beggerly plaintiff in
error vs. Josephine F. Croft deft, in er
ror, has been the subject of much interest
in this commuuity. This was a case of
slander from Fulton Superior Court, in
which a verdict was rendered against
Beggarly for four thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars, in favor of Miss Croft.
The case was carried to the Supreme
court, and the decision of the court below
reversed, upon the ground that under all
the circumstances, the verdict of the Jury
was excessive.
Judge Lumpkin delivered the decision
of the court. He is always eloquent,
when any proper circumstances, connect
ed with a case, upon which he has to
pronounce the decision of the Court
present themselves On this occasion he
said much that every parent in the land
should have heard. He spoke in the lan
guage of a father and a friend to the
young people of the country. He por
trayed iu the most feeling and affectionate
manner, the evil consequences resulting
from the want of proper discipline by
parents over their children, especially
females. His lectures on such occasions
touch the hearts and consciences of all
persons present, and are listened to with
much interest. Judge Lumpkin, besides
being a good Judicial officer, is a good
moral lecturer, and we venture the opin
ion that a good preacher of the gospel
was spoiled when he was made a lawyer.
| —Atlanta (Ga ) Intelligencer, Sept. 6th.
Affray at Furman University.
A correspondent of the Charleston Cou
rier from Greenville, S. C., Sept. 3d says:
A difficulty occurred here at a ball on
last Friday night, between Messrs. Da
vant, of Benfort, and Scaife, of Union,
students of Furman University. The
parties were seperated at the time, and
the affair was considered settled.
This morning the students met at the
University, when Mr. Scaife advanced
with his stick upon Mr. Davant and
struck him, whereupon Mr. Davant drew
a revolver, which snapped several times
without going off. Mr. Scaife then drew
his revolver and fired three times, one ball
grazing Mr. Davant’s abdomen, and one
taking effect in the-left breast, near the
shoulder. Mr. Davant succeeded in get
ting his revolver to go off, but without
effect. By this time the Professors
rushed out and separated them. The phy
sicians do not think Mr. Davant’s wound
serious, although they have not yet been
able to find the ball.
Wild Boar Hunt In Virginia.
Mr. Charles Birdsong, an overseer, for
Mrs. Dunn at Port Walthall, went out to
one of his fields on Thursday night Aug.
30, to find out what was committing such
depredations on his corn. He had not
been out long before he heard a* rustling
in the field, and starting in that direefion
he discovered two large wild boars play
ing havoc with his corn. As soon as he
was seen they made an attack on him and
his dogs. He shot the first one at the
muzzle of his gun, and killed him instant
ly. The other was keeping his dogs at
bay, and had killed one before Birdsong
could capture him. The two were
brought to marke t the next morning and
weighed 500 lbs. and upwards.
♦
Crops lu Liberty County.
A correspondent of the Savannah News,
writing from Liberty county, Ga., on the
Bth, says : “ The corn crop was damaged
considerably by the long drought we had
in July and August, but I believe we have
made sufficient for our wants. Our cotton
crop, though greatly injured by the late
drought, is fair. I think our crops are
remarkably good, when compared with
the the crops iu other portions of the
State.”
Drowned.
On last Sabbath, says the Clarksville
(Ga.) Herald, Mr. Jeff. Centers was
drowned in Chattahoochee river, in the
upper part of this county. Report says,
he was bathing, in company with others,
and all had come out and dressed. Cen
ters taking a notion he would have anoth
er swim, pulled off and plunged in and
was drowned. He leaves a wife and three
children.
Alabama and Florida Rail Road.
We are informed that the gap on this
road, between Pensacola and Montgom
ery, is now only fifty miles, which are
traveled by stage three times a week.—
The cars from this place are running up
45 miles, and from Montgomery to Gar
land, 65 miles. The timo of travel from
Pensacola to Montgomery is now about
22 hours.— Pensacola Observer.
Abolition Resistance to the Law In
Wisconsin.
A few days ago the U. States marshal
iu Wisconsin made a second attempt to
arrest Booth, the abolitionist, who is
charged with violating the fugitive slave
law. He was met, however, by about
sixty armed men, who threatened his life
if he laid hands on Booth. The marshal,
in consequence, was compelled to desist.
From the" Memphis Avalanche, 3d.
Looks Like an Outrage—An Alleged
Texas Abolitionist Kidnapped | u
Memphis.
Last evening three men arrived iu this
city on the steamer John Walsh, and at
once proceeded up town. They returned
to the levee in a short time, accompanied
by another person, and all four went on
board the steamboat. While conversing
in the cabin in a friendly manner, the
three men all at once shoved their com
panion into a stateroom and secured him
They thea proceeded to Capt. Lamothe)
of the Walsh, and told him that they Lad
arrested a man who was guilty of incit
ing an insurrection in Texas, and desired
to be landed on the Arkansas side of the
river, as near Memphis as possible. The
Captain inquired of some of our citizens
if they knew the three men, but as they
were strangers in this section, he refused
to have any thiDg to do in the matter—
The prisoner protested his innocence and
expressed his willingness, to return to
Texas with his captors, but desired first
to acquaint his wife and child who live
in the city, with his departure. * This
was refused, and he was placed in a skiff
and taken to the Arkansas side. We
could not learn the name of the man ar
rested. We are informed by gentlemen
who witnessed the affair that they would
sooner suspect the captors of being guilty,
than him. It may be, however, that he
is guilty, and if so he should be punished.
But there is a way to dispensd justice
and we of Memphis, as a general thing)
like to see it administered with order and
decency. It was the duty of those men
to take legal steps for the arrest of their
prisoner, and the fact that they would
not let him communicate with his wife
even in their presence, shows that there
was something loose somewhere. On the
whole it is one of the strangest affairs
that ever came to our knowledge, and
the appearances are that a very great
outrage has been committed.
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From the New Orleans Picayune.
The Civil War In Chihuahua.—Suc
cess of the Church Forces.
Springfield, Mo., Sept. 6.—The over
land California mail, from San Francisco,
arrived at this point to day, bringing ad
vices thence to the 13th ult.
The news from California, Oregon,
Washington Territory and British Colum
bia, by this arrival, has been fully anti
cipated by the overland pony express, at
St. Joseph, Mo.
In Chihuahua, the civil revolution was
progressing.
Sharp encounters between the Church
and Liberal forces had taken place, in
which the former had been victorious.
The Church forces are fighting gallant
ly, and evince a determination to drive
the Liberals out of the State.
At the latest accounts the Liberal
Government had fled to the Territory of
New Mexico.
The latest advices from Sonora state
that Governor Pesquiera is fast losing
ground.
The stories which have been circulat
ed, in regard to the discovery of new and
rich gold mines in the Territory of Arizo
na, turn out to be totally false. Many
persons, who sacrificed their all to getto
the mines, are returning.
Every thing along the valley of the
Rio Grande appears to be dull.
Death of an Actor*
NewY'ork, Sept. 6.—Mr. G. H. Bar
rett, the celebrated comedian, died in
this city to day.
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“White Folks Blame Fools,”
A friend of ours near Tampa Bay, in
Florida, employed a number of New York
mechanics to do a piece of work. It was
a government contract, and required par
ticular dispatch. The men worked as
Northern mechanics know how to work.
Old Jupe, one of their employer’s slaves,
watched them-out of the corner of his eye
for several days. Something was evident
ly working in his mind which puzzled him
badly. At last he came up to the fore
man of the gang, and said :
“Massa ChSrles; what de debbil you
all work for so, eh ?”
“To earn money, Jupe.”
“Money!” said Jupe; “money great
ting. Y'ou work soNorf, MassaCharles?”
“Yes, Jupe.”
“Y ou make a great deal ob money ?”
“Not a great deal, Jupe. Spring, sum
mer and fall we do well, but work is slack
in winter time, and if we get around again
to spring and make both ends meet, and
keep the wife and baby in something to
eat and drink and a house to shelter them,
we generally think we have done well.”
“Spose you sick, Massa Charles, who
take care ob you ?”
“Then work stops, and we get very
poor, and suffer great privations.”
“Dat’ll do, Massa Charles,” said Jupe,
“I thought white folks sensible people;
’taint nuffin ob de sort. Work, work,
nuffin but work ; gets sick, and nobody
take care ob’em. White folks blame fools.
Jupe work, too. Nebber hurt himself
working though. Jupe gets sick. Miss
Sallie come down and nurse him. Massa
Bob send a boat sebenty miles up the
riber to get a white doctor for him. Norf
good ’enough for white folks, but reckon
old Jupe stay at home.”
And old Jupe went off in a state of dig
nified disgust at the folly of white folks
generally at the North, and a particular
determination to do as little work himsolf
as possible—a determination which his
master says, Jupe was never known to
break.— Exchange.
Lady Franklin.
A correspondent of the Boston Atlas
writes as follows:
One of the pleasantest incidents of our
short stay in Montreal was a call upon
Lady Franklin. She was the guest of
Mr. Stevens, one of the wealthiest and
most estimable citizens of the Canadian
emporium. Sending in our cards, we
were greeted by Mr. Stevens, who soon
introduced Lady Franklin. She is a lady
whom it would be difficult not to respect,
even from her personal appearance. Her
manner is dignified and cheerful, but
evidently long contemplation upon the
fate of her husband, and anxiety for his
rescue, during a period of ten years, have
left their marks upon her character. —
Her conversation turns frequently upon
him, and the kindness and sympathy
which she had received from Americans,
for which she expressed the warmest
gratitude. Accustomed to receive atten
tion and homage as the heroic wife of a
man whose adventure and daring in the
cause of science and discovery have given
him fame throughout the civilized would,
she accepts honors not for herself but on
his behalf. Though salutes may not
have hailed her arrival at Montreal, she
must have been made to believe that in
the hearts of those around her there was
more genuine admiration for her hus
band’s heroism and her own devotion,
than for the young scion of royalty,
whom the arches and decorations saluted
everywhere as the future king.
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Great Canal Project In Illinois.
Whilst Virginia i3 about to push to its
consummation, upon a grand scale, the
James River and Kanawha Canal, we per
ceive that the enterprising people of IHi*
nois have in contemplation the great pro
ject of connecting the waters of Lake
Michigan with those of the Gulf of Mexi
co by an uninterrupted channel for
steamboat navigation! The citizens of
Chicago have revived the original scheme
of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which
comprised a ship canal of sufficient ca
pacity to float the largest class of vessel
that could navigate the Illinois river, but
which was given up for want of means,
after a considerable portion of the work
had been constructed upon that plan, and
completed for ordinary canal boats only-
The probable cost is estimated at from
ten to twenty millions of dollars. Tbe
concentration of the commerce andintei*
ests of a vast region in Chicago seems
to warrant this gigantic enterprise.” >
Richmond Dispatch, sth.
The negro boy Hal, who was convicted
at the last term of Russell Circuit Court)
for an assault with intent to commit a
rape, suffered the extreme penatly of t-* e
law, on yesterday at Crawford.
gathering in attendance, was estimat®* 1
at 1500.— Optliha Fra, Bth.