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TIMES & SENTINEL
- COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 2, 1857
Geortjfa Literature.
We are pleased to learn from the New York press
that Mirabeao B. Lamar, Ex-President of Texas, has
at length been prevailed upon to collect and publish in
book form a number of his poetical effasioDe. This oon
tribnlion to literature is modestly entitled Verse Me.
morials , and is particularly designed to embalm in verse
the names of a few friends he has been happy to honor
in life.
We copy the following notice of this production from
the New York press :
The New York Evening Mirror says ;
“General Lamar's Poems. —The gifted and gallant
ex-President of Texas is publishing an attractive volume
of poetry entitled Verse Memorials. The title is ex
pressive ol the character of the collections, for they are
records of the heart which, in the changes and wan
derings of the eventful life cf the ‘Soldier Statesman,’
had dropped like wild flowers along the rugged path
of his public duties.”
The New York Evening Express says;
“Verse Memorials. By General Mirabeao B. Lamar,
Ex-President of Texas.
“Like John Q. Adams, Gen. Lamar has diversified
his official life with a pursuit of poetry and the fine
arts, and it is, to use his own phrase, the wild flowers
of thought dropped along the wayside of a life, full of
anxieties and exertion, which fill op thb pretty volume.
Gen. Lamar prefaces his book with a modest disclaimer
to all aspirations for fame as a poet, and only desires
to be judged by the feelings which his writings portray,
r ather than by any claims made to reputation for the
highest order of poetry. In this we think the heroic
Ex-President is a grain too modest That his poems
are full of that warm generous feeling which is his own
most prominent characteristic, no one who reads them
can doubt; but they have other excellencies, by no
means to be overlooked, beoause of their author’s shrink
ing disclaimer. Most of the poems are either address
ed, or dedicated to ladies with whom ho has been in
ocial intercorse, and are remarkable, both from the
warm, earnest feeliDg, and for the happy turn of
thought,—sometimes taking the form of a sentinm nt —
sometimes expressing a compliment,—with which they
are addressed to the person thus honored. The lead
ing poem partakes somewhat of the pas'oral, and we
have some fine pictures of the scenery, blended with
glimpses of household life in the south-west. After a
life of Executive duties, in which he rendered the term
of his Presidency an honorable feature in the history ot
Texas, —thus gaining a wido reputation over the land
his heroism as a soldier helped to conquer,—the Gene
ral distinguiabed himself in the Mexican war. Since
then he has settled down on his lands on the Bravo,
turned his sword into a pruning hook, and tilled the
soil over which he once fought and legislated. From
what we can gather from his writings, Gen. Lamar
must have found a semi paradise in this peaceful home.
Married for the second lime, to a young and lovely
wife, whose character and person are charmingly por
trayed ia the fiist poem, with an only daughter to
share his heart, and surrounded by a host of friends,
he has retired from the turmoil of life, and thus found
time to gather up these scattered poems—some writ
ten years ago,—some tho result of his iater experience.
“We do not look upon this volume as coming under
the ordinary class of works sent to our book table. It
seeks us with no pretentions on the author’s part that
need challenge criticism, but simply as the homage of
a mind of no ordinary capaoity and fine culture, laid,
with the best feelings of a good heart, upon the altar of
friendship, embalming a few names in print which the
brave General has been happy to honor in life.
“The dedication to Mis. Gen. Caznau, in which her
gallant husband, Gen. Leslie Caznau, is mentioned as
his dearest friend, is in good taste, and has an interest
from its historical associations. Gen. Caznau was a
leading member of Lamar’s Cabinet, when the Gov
ernment of Texas was first organized, and this dedica
tion to bis lady,—certainly one of the must brilliant
women of America, taken either as a writer or a lady,—
ia a worthy .compliment.’’
Congressional Conventions.
While the public mind is engaged iu working out
the problem which the Democratic Gubernatorial
Convention will soon solve, aud the question decided
who shall succeed Governor Johnson to his hgh po
sition. the exoitemeut of friends for their favorites to
bear the Democratic standard in some of the Congres
sional distriots, is waxing warm and hot. This is natu
ral and right, so there is harmony and good feeling, and
all are prepared to unite upon the nominee as the ntan
and bear him triumphantly to a glorious victory.
In the 3d District the Democracy have many gallant
men who are every way worthy and fit, who can unite
the Democracy in the coming canvass. The majority
at the last Oatober election was only forty-four votes,
and as it is more than probable that the exalted love
of eountry and purity of motive which has characteriz
ed the actions of the Democratic party has led many
from a conviction of their duty and the best interests cf
the people to leave the ranks of a factious opposition
and align themselves with it, the reasonable conclusion
is, that the Distriot will give a large majority for the
Democracy, and our eaudidate will be triumphantly
elected. With such men as Ramsey, DeGraffenreid,
Speer, Bailey, or Smith, to lead the Democratic column,
there will be no danger us defeat.
Linton Stephens is the man for the 7th Distriot, and
few doubt his prospeots of success. As the other Dis
tricts are all Democrutic, we are sanguinof congratu
lating the Democracy of the State and the country
upon a full representation of true Democrats to the
next Congiess of the United States.
We are not given to prophesy, but the hand-writing
is too clear to mistake the popular verdict and voice
of the people in Oatober next. All hail the bright and
glorious prospeot of such a result 1
The North anti the South.
The South is opposed to political di6an:on. That
issue was settled in 1850. The North and the South
must live together under our Federal Government for
some years to come. But this does not necessitate a
religious or social union ; and every day adds to the
proof that before long we must become in these respects
two distinct and separate people. The hostility of the
fanatics of the North to the institution of slavery is of
so malignant a typo as to assume the character of per
sonal antipathy to the persons of Southern men, and
must eventuate in a severance of all social ties. We
have long wondered that Southern men will force
themselves npon their Northern fellow citizens when
their presence is so distastefnl to them. The charms
of Northern scenery has proven hereto strong enough
to induce an annual migration of Southern citizens to
Saratoga and other watering places; bat when the
South is connected with Europe by steam ferry lines,
the superior .attractions of European travel over North
ern, added to tho , ’antipathy that is growing more and
more intense every year between the citizens of the two
sections of the Union, will put an end to Northern mi
gration from the South during the summer months.
And so of religions union. The lending Protestant
denominations have already divided ; and every year
is widening the breach. The Home Missionary Sooiety
and American Tract Society, have felt the fearful influ
ence of slavery agitation. The South must withdraw
from these associations or submit to the degredation of
being kicked out by the fanatics. Wa must rely upon
borne institutions for the instruction and enlightenment
of our people. We publish in another column an in
structive article on this subject from the Washington
ifnion.
Troup Superior Court. —Simeon J/urton plead
gnilty to the charge of horse stealing and has been sen
tenced to the Penitentiary for four years. The case of
the State vs. Aaron, a slave, charged with the murder
of Mrs. Allums, was undergoing investigation on the
27th inst.
Chattahoochee Court.— in consequence of the
continued indisposition of Judge Kiddoo, we learn that
Chatlaheoehee Court has been adjourned until the third
Monday io July.
There has been sown an unusually large amount of
wheat in East Tennessee, and if the season is good
from this to harvest there will be a crop gathering that
will astonisb a the natives.
Democratic Convention —Ratio of Representa
tion—The Ballot.
The Convention which will assemble in Milledgeville
on the 2411i June, to select a candidate of the Demo
cratic party for Governor, will, in effect, elect the Chief
Magistrate of Georgia for the next two years. The
ratio of representation, therefore, ought to be based up
on sound principle and not upon ancient usage. Every
part of the State should have an equal voice iu the Con
vention. In all our National Conventions, representa
tion io Congress, is the basis of representation in the
Convention. This rule approximates to justice be
eanse representation in Congress is founded on Federal
numbers. In Georgia, however, representation in the
General Assembly is so arbitrary and unjust as to be
utterly worthless, as the basis of representation in Con
vention. Every county iu the State, no matter how
sparce its population, is entitled to oue Senator and one
Representative ; and no connty in the State, however
great its population, is entitled to more than one Sena
tor and two Representatives, And to add to the ine
quality of our representation, the right to *eud two
Members to the Lower House is arbitrarily given to 37
counties having the largest number of voters, aud de
nied to all the balance. Nor is the old apportionment
more just.
In a Republican Government, populatioa is the true
basis of representation ; and if this be true, then pop
ulation should be the basis of representation in our Con
vention ; for its action will elect the Governor of the
State.
We hope, therefore, that the approaching Conven
tion will take this subject under consideration and
adopt an equal and just ratio of representation.
Timid men will cry out against this proposition as
one likely to create dissensions in the party. Well, dis
sension does not necessarily lead to division. Be just
and fear not. Tbii is the secret of all true success. —
There are portions of the State which have long felt
the injustice of the ratio of representation in our Con
ventions, and are tired of it. They say that they are
deprived of their due right iu the deliberations of party
Conventions ; that the claims of their couutymen are
disregarded ; that they are made hewers of wood, and
drawers of water for other and more favored seotious
of the State. Their complaints are well fouudtd. Let
the Convention apportion the vote of the counties ac
cording to their population, and the nominee of the body
will be the choice of the people and his election be se
cured.
There is another reform that we w'ould like to see
adopted. The secret ballot was intended to protect the
poor, the timid and the weak, from the dictation of the
rich, the bold and the strong man. It does very well
when the citizen acts for himself; hut is entirely out ol
place in Conventions, where delegates are selected
to represent their constituencies and act and vote for
them, and not for themselves. We wonld prefer the
vie a voce, or open mouth, vole, even at the polls ; be
lieving it to be the most honest, independent, and re
publican mode of procedure ; but certainly when a del
egate is selected to discharge a public trust, he ought to
be required to do it in the face of day. lie gives the
vote of his constituency, not his own ; he reflects their
will, not his will. It iB, therefore, their right to see
and know how lie acts. Under the vole by ballot the
delegate may disobey instructions and defeat the will of
his ooDslituants.
“Thus,’’ says the Huntsville Democrat, “tie avoids
all responsibility to bis constituents. He becomes not
only independent of them, but superior to and above
them. Instead of being governed by them, he governs
them. Instead of being their servant, he makes him
self their master. And they may never know that he
misrepresents them, deceives them and betrays his
trusts. Thus, all guaranty of popular rights is destroy
ed. Thus, all obligatious to obey popular will is remo
ved. The people may be laughed at, scorned, con
demned, disobeyed and be ridden, like beasts of bur
den, devoid qf reason and virtue. Such a mode of
election by representatives, is a mere mockery of rep
resentalive government. It is at war with the genius
of Republican institutions. It contravenes the spirit
and intent of all our governments, both State and Fed
eral.”
These are necessary reforms. The Democracy have
the reins of government in their hands. No power
can stand before them. It is their duly, therefore, to
base all their actions on principle, and see to it that the
voice of the people fairly expressed, sbail control and
govern their party action.
Alabama Politics—The Convention.
The Democratic Stale Convention of Alabama will
assemble at Montgomery, June Ist, to nominate a can
didate for Governor. Col. Samford, Cochran, Phelan
and Moore, are the principle candidates before the
Convention. The first is a true champion of Demo
cratic principles. In 1844, he was a Democratic elec
tor in this Slate, aud tread her mountains and valleys—
the eloqueut apostle of a pure Democracy, and should
the Convention make him its choice, be would grace
fully wear the robes of State and confer as much honor
upon, as he would receive from them.
In Col. Cochran the Democracy will have an able
representative, and he will confer honor upon himself
and State should he be selected as the standard-bearer.
We only kDow the other gentlemen who will be
before the Convention by reputation, and they are
worthy. The Democracy of Alabama should feel proud
t-f Buch men and their talents. We regret the loss of
the services of Col. Samford, but believe that the De
mocracy of Alabama will give him a good vote in the
Couvenlion in appreciaiion of his high order of talents
and his known loyalty to the best interest of the party.
Should they nominate him and place him in the Gu
bernatorial obair, Georgia’s old heart will warm with
the success of her son, and the proud position which
has been given him, and which an exalted lose of pure
principles and an able advocacy of them in times past,
justly entitle him.
Delegates to the State Convention es the Democra
cy of Alabama, are passing through this city en route
to Montgomery. They are from South Eastern Ala
bama, and are to a man, in favor of “Wire Grass
John’’—betier known iD Georgia, as John Coohran,
Esq., of Barbour oounty, whose chances for the nom
ination are decidedly good. His principal opponents are
Col. Wm. F. Samford, of Maeon county, and Judge
Andrew P. Moore, of Sumter oounty. They are all
committed against State Aid to Railroads.
The Convention will meet at Mongomery, on Mon
day, 2d June.
Charleston Celebration.
The delegates from Memphis, Tenn., to the Charles
ton Railroad jubilee, reached Augusta, Ga., on the 25th
inst., and were received aDd entertained by the city
authorities and citizens, in the roost hospitable manner.
A considerable number of ladies accompany the dele
gation, and also about 20 soldiers of the wars of 1812,
1836 and 1846. The Fire Company No. 5, from
Memphis, bring wilh their engine two casks of water
from the Mississippi river to be mingled with the salt
water of the Atlantic to symbolize its union wilh the
Father of waters. We learn from the Charleston pa
pers that large preparations have been made in Charles
ton to entertain the delegation. A portion of the del
egation arrived at their destination on the 26th inst.
We learn from the Savannah papers that the Mem
phis delegation have acoepted an invitation to visit Sa
vannah, on their return from Chailesion.
Columbus Guards.
Our account of the target practice of the Columbus
Guards, which came oil on Monday last, did not do jus
tice to tho skill of that excellent company. We stated
that the best average was 3 1-6. By way of correction, we
publish the report of the judges as per memorandum han
ded us:
Sergeant Hodges 3 i_i6
Private Potter G 1-8
“ Everett. 7 5-16
We think thismay be , considered betier than average
shooting, as the Guards were not using an arm to which
they were accustomed, and firing one hundred yards, a
distance nearly double that of ordinary target practice.
City Light Guards.
This gallant company, Lieut. Moffat commanding,
paraded through the principal streets of tne city on the
29th inst., aDd afterwards repaired to the North oom
mon for target praetice. The target was riddled with
balls. The following iB the average of the three best
shots in the corps—private Thomas 3 1-2—private
Thweatt 4 1-2—oorporai Groves 4 7 12 inehes ; distance
60 yards. Out of 38 shots there were 21 averagee.
Georgia News Items.
Third District—A writer iu the Federal Union
suggests Dr. K. J. MtGehee, of Houston County, ns
a suitable person to be ruu for Congress by the De
mocracy ot the 3d District.
Bibb County. —The County Cmvention of Bibb co.,
reoommend Henry G. Lamar for Governor, and Wil
liam K. DeGraflVnreid for Congress. The following
are the delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention :
Messrs Richard M. Clark, James Dean, Jas. A. Nis
bet, P. Travy, B. Hill, O. A. Loehrane, Leroy Napier,
Joseph Clisby, J. T.-Coxa, L. S. Avant, J. 11. Brant
ley, C. A. Tharp, A. Dessau, 11. J. Lamar, A. M.
Speer, S. H. //unter, A. Powers, S. F. Grove, E. L.
Stroheeker, L. N. Whittle, F S. Bloom.
The Federal Union —This old and valuable paper
closed its -7th volume with its last is*oe. As the can
tral organ of the party it is worthy of the patronage
of the public.
Democratic Convention. —lt is now settled (hat
the State Convention of the Democratic party will as
semble at Milledgeville on the 24th June. There is
some question as to the basis of representation. The
practice has been to allow each county represented in
Convention twice as many votes as it has members of
the General Assembly. Wo presume this basis will
be adhered to iu the next Convention.
Richmond County. —The Democratic party of Rich
mond met in Convention at Augusta on the 23d May.
The following delegates were appointed to the Guber
natorial Convention : Messrs. E. Starnes, Thos. Bar
rett, J. T. Nisbet, T. J. Jennings, J. B. McKionie,
Jas McNair, A. C. Walker, B. J. Winter, G. T.
Barnes, J. B. Weems, D. Kirkpatrick, jr. J. M. New
by, Turner Clanton, Julieu Camming, George M. New
ton, Henry Moore. The Convention declared their
preferenee for James Gardner for Governor, and A.
11, Stephens for Congress. The Convention say of Mr.
Gardner, that they “place him before the party, and
urge his claims distinctly upon the ground of fitness
and of service —a fimess equal to that of any other in
dividual of the party, whose name trill probably ba be
fore the Convention, and a service quite as distinguish -
ed, useful and arduous, and which, up to this time, has
received no proper recognition fiom the party.”
Killed. —Wm. A. Goddard, late of Macon Ga.,
was shot dead at Ossanokee, Kansas, on the 2d May,
by a hotel keeper.
Serious Accident. —James Brown, a drover, on a
visit to Macon, Ga., was thrown from a buggy on the
261 h iost., and seriously, if not fatally, injured. He
was taken to the residcuoe of Dr. Clenkscales in u
senseless condition.
Railroad Accidents —A car cf the special train oi
cars, on board of which were the Memphis delegates to
the Charleston oelebration, was thrown from the track,
12 miles west of Chattanooga, on Sunday 24th inst.—
Several persons were injured, and one, George Moore,
killed. Another accident happened to the same train,
near Social Circle, and E. Mendel was so seriously in
jured that his life is despaired of. Both acoideDta hap
pened by the breaking of axles.
The Savannah Republican approves of the sugges
tion, that tho “Whigs and Americans” hold a conveo
tion on the 12th August, to “determine upnn a policy
and select a candidate for the Gubernatorial race.”
This combination of “Whigsand Americans’’ surprise
us. It was the boast of the latter two years ago, that
they had “risen upon the ruins’’ of the former, ll
seems that the dead is alive again.
Col. Seward Is likely to have opposition for Con
gress io tho Ist district. Win. B. Gaulding, of Liber
ty, and Henry Hamilton Eden, of Chatham, are an
nounced as candidates.
The contest between tho friends of McMillan and
Jackson for the vacancy occasioned by the elevation of
Howell Cobb to the Secretaryship of the Tieaenry, is
waxing warm. Keep 0001, gentlemen, or you will dam
age your friends. Personal preferences are not fit sub
jects to quarrel about.
Mnj. John 11. Howard.
We have no disposition to quarrel with the Columbus
Enquirer about John 11. Howard. We have always re
garded him as one of the wisest, purest and most uselul cit
izens in the commonwealth, and if he will go before the
Democratic nominating Convention as a candidate for the
office of Governor, he will be supported by a host ol
friends. But it is well known that John H. Howard is no
aspirant for political honors, lie has over and over again
declared to us when approached on the subject that he
would not have the offiao of Governor. lie may or may
not be in favor of direct taxation. We do not know. But
he never can be used by the opposition to break down the
Democracy. He has been identified with that time-honor
ed organization lor years, and will not desert it in his age.
lie is too wise a man not to know, that if any useful re
form is needed, it can be achieved only througli the instru
mentality of the Democratic party. And when he shall
grow ambitious of promotion, he will allow his friends the
privilege of using his name, before he will ask the votes ol
his life long political enemies.
If the opposition have no other hope of success than the
defection of Maj. Howard from the Democratic party,
they had as well “hang up the fiddle and the bow.” He
is a States Rights Democrat of the strictest sect, and has
no sympathy for the opposiiion.
Summer Travel.
Very many people imagine that because New York
and Boston are nearer to the arctio regions than Geor
gia and Virginia, that the summer heats are less seveie
beyond than this side the Potomac. This, though a
great mistake, may iu part account for tli9 preference
that is given to Saratoga over the White Sulphur
Springs. The altitude of a place determines ils tempe
rature, not its latitude. There are points ui:ser the
equator which are blessed or cursed with perpetual
snow, and others within the arctic oircle which, daring
the summer months, are rendered uninhabitable by heat
and musquitoes. It is weil known that St. Louis, Mo.,
is the hottest place in the Union; while Lookout
Mountain, Geo., is always so cool as to make winter
clothing indispensable duriDg the nights of August. If,
therefore, the Southern people desire to be cool during
the summer, they will seek high altitudes, and not high
latitudes, for summer resorts.
Possibly we are not posted as to the objects of our
neighbors in leaving home for the summer. They may
consider Northern society preferable to Southern, on
the score of gentility. They may love their yanhee
brethren all the better because they vilify and abuse
them, upon the principle that a dog loves his master the
better the more lie kicks him. De Gustibus non <jrc.
If that is the case, there is an end of the argument.
There is no doubt, however, that Northern travel is
made attractive by the superior hotel accomodations of
their watering places. We do do not blame Southern
era for giving the preferenee to commodious hotels,
good beds, and abundant and well served tables, over
log huts, corn dodgers, hog and hemonv, because the
first are Yankee, and the last Southern characteristics.
If our Southern landlords expect to compete with their
Northern rivafr, they must pay more attention to the
accomodation of their guests, and not quite so much to
their own pockets.
We are happy to bear our testimony to the improve
ments which have been made at Southern watering
plaees during the last few years. Our old friends, the
Laniers, promise great things this year at Montvale,
and Mr. Marks, of the While Sulphur, offers many
inducements to health and pleasure seekers. Let us
give them a fair trial this summer.
A correspondent of the Georgia Telegraph , sug
gests the same of Col. George R. Hunter, of Crawford
County, as a suitable candidate for the Democracy iD
the Third Congressional District.
Alabama News. —Hon. Sydenham Moore, of Greene
county. Ala., received the democratic nomination for Con
gress in the 4th district of that State.
Religious Meeting. —A religious meeting is going
on the Methodist Church of the city, and there is ser
vices every night. The Rev. Dr. Pierce is assisting
the Ministers in charge, and preaches with all the fervor
of a young man, though he has been in the ministry
fifty five years.
William O. Goode. —We learn from the Virginia
papers that‘William O. Goode has been re-nominated
by the Democracy for Congress over William C. Flour
noy, and is probably re elected, as the Virginia elec
tions took place on Thursday, 2Sth inst.
Gen. D. E. Twiggs arrived at San Antonio, Texas,
on the 14th of May, and was received wilh a militury
salute. The General takes the place of Col. Johnson,
in the command of that department.
Costly Ignorance—An Incident.
“An incident illustrative of the prevailing ignorance
relative to the lime, as well as other numeral resources
of tliis State come to cur knowledge a few days smee,
w hioh is us follows ; A gentleman living at Ca
hawba, some ten miles south of Selma, requiring a
considerable quantity of lime, came to this city and
purchased the Thomastou article at $2 perbbh, which
price, together w,lh cartage, steamboat charges to Ca
hawba, cfo., made it cost him over $4 per bbl. At
the same time, Shelby lime, which is far superior, could
have been obtained iu Selma, for $1.75 per bbl. Many
other instances of like character might be mentioned.’’
We take the foregoing from the Mobile Tribune
We do not know which to pity most —the Egyptian
iguorance of the “gentleman living at Cahawba,” or
tho parsimony cf the Shelby Lime Company. If the
Company had advertised their lime, the “gentleman
living at Cahawba’’ would have saved $2.25 per bbl.,
and the Company have mada a handsome profit out ot
the lime he would have purchased from them. This
repugnance to advertising is characteristic of the South,
and is the bane of all our enterprises. If a man here
engages in a manufacturing enterprise, he anouuoes
the fact in his ooauty newspaper, and imagines the rist
of mankind are thenceforward fully acquainted with
his business. He may retain his local custom, but nev
er can extend it, under this system. Advertise, ad
veit’se, advertise : this is the seoret of success, the
world over. Look at the quack Doctors. They in
variably make foriunes. Why ? They advertise their
wares and bring them to the doors of the pubiia. II
the Selma Lime Company would follow their exsmple
“gentlemen living at Cahawba’’ would uever dream of
buying lime from Tbomaston at $4 a barrel when they
could produre a better article at their own doors at
$1.75.
Central Board of Commissioners of New Orl
eans.
Judge Cotton has been appointed Superintendent of
elections, and Messrs. J. A. Baud and J. A. Rogier,
members of the Central Board of Commissioners of
elections for the city of New Orleans, La. The Couri
er is much pleastd with the appointments. This board
is vested with the arrangement of precincts, the ap
poiutme-ut of judges, and the details of the mode of
elections, and was rtud'-rtd necessary from the fact
that under Know Nothing rule the vote of New Orl
eaus rapidly fell from 14,000 to 10,000, and then to
7,000, and finally to 5,000 voles, in the face of an in
creased population.
“Is theie any citizen,’’ says tho N. O. Cornier,
“who has a dollar of interest in cur oily, who lias a
spaik of right feeling in his breast, who has not de
plored the brutal outrages which have disgraced our
elections, disfranchised over 0,000 of our legal voters,
and sent more than 20 human beings to an untimely
grave, who does not rejoice that the power to cure
these evils and restore to us an ‘era of good feeling,’ is
now entrusted to men whose names and antecedents
are earnests of the better time coming l”
Flint Sated from Frost.
Our neighbor, R. J. Mosis saved his fruit from the
fatal edge of the Bpring frosts by bunding fires iu his
orchards. We hear of another orchard, a long ways
from home, it is true, situated on Soda Lake, Texas,
which is full of living growing peaches. It belongs to
Mrs. Swanson. As fir's piesuvtd one, water saved
the other. A writer in the Texas Christian Advo
cate saj s :
“One thing struck me os remaikable, on the planta
tion of Mrs. Swanson, about one mile aud a half from
the Lake. Her peach trees are literally full of living,
growing, peaches! This is the only instance of the
kind, of which 1 have heard, in all the country. The
only reason that can be assigned for it is that the farm is
directly south of the lake; there was a strong North
wind blowing during the uigbt of the freeze. The
warm mist from this vast sheet of water, was blown
over the plantation, and mysteriously protected the fruit
trees, as weil as everything else in the immediate vi
cinity.
The forest trees vrilh their full coat of loug green
leaves, here and immediately around the Lake, present
ed a strange contrast with their wilted, withered neigh
bor, of only a ir.ilo distant. The cotton also looked
better on this plantation, than any I ever saw else
where.”
These facts if treasured up and acted upon, hereaf
ter, by Horticulturists, will ensure fruit hereafter, in
spite of the seasons. Fire and water are good things
in themselves—good (or cold—good for heat—good for
navigation—good for cooking, and now that they have
been proven to be good for frail io cold weather, we
shall not blame the heathen for making gods of them.
Third Congressional District.
Taibotton, Ga., May 29,1857.
Messrs Editors: —Allow me to present through your
j paper the name of Col. Levi B. Smith, as a suitable can
| clidfite for Congress of the Third District. Col. Smith
has been a democrat ir in liis boyhood to the present day.
| He is a man of extraordinary talent; has all the elements
j of a statesman, and is a gentleman of the highest tone. —
j Ua has several times been a candidate for the State Sen-
I ate, and has never failed to run a long ways ahead ol his
I party. If he is nominated by lhe Convention, we then
I will feel assured that the Third Congressional District will
I be represented by a statesman.
I It is not often the case that Talbot troubles this district
| or the State with a candidate in their Conventions, bn*
when she doe 9 it by presenting such a man as Col. Smith,
wo think she ought to be heard. With him for our stand
ard bearer, we feel assured lhat the forty lour votes would
be easily overcome, and our district again represented as
jt should be. A DEMOCRAT.
Gov- Walker’s Final Manifesto.
Upon the new plan, which Gov. Walker promul
gates for the settlement of the Kansas and ffirulty, w
cannot venture an opinion before we scrutinize it in de
tail. There is one point, however, upon which we can
give an instant and emphatic judgment ; and lhat is.
the proposition to submit the Constitution cf Kansas to
a popular vote. In respect of general policy, such a
step wonld inevitably involve very disastrous conse
quences. In the first place, it would inflame and pro
long the controversy, and would ohimately throw Kan
s-s into the arms of tho Abolitionists. But any dis
oussion of the measure in regard of expediency is un
necessary and irrelevant, since the Convention which
is to frame the State Constitution for Kansas is endow
ed with no authority to submit their woik to the pop
ular vote. The act by which the Convention is aseem
bled ascertains aud limits ils powers, and in that act
there is not one word about submitting the Constitu
tion to the people. The Convention can do nothing for
which there is not an express authority in the law ;
and as there is neither an express or implied authority
in the law to submit the Constitution of Kansas to tlie
vote of the iohabitants of the Territory, the step would
be an illegal and invalid usurpation of power. The
proposition is too plain to admit of controversy. Sub
mit it to any lawyer in the land, from Chief Justice
Taney or Reverdy Johnson, to the poorest pettifogger
in tho most obscure country village, and the instant an
swer will be, that the Convention in Kansas haß.no
right to submit the Constitution to a popular vole.—
The journals of the North concede tiie point, and de
claim against the law calling the Convention on the
ground that it makfs no provision for a popular vote on
the Constitution. Why then does Governor Walker
raise the question ? It is especially surprising that he
should assume an undeniable untenable position.— The
South. >
British and American Enterprise in South Ameri
ca. —About seven years ago an attempt was made by
a British company to open the river Magdalena, iti
New Granada, to steam navigation, in the prosecution
of which three steamers were employed ; but the af
fair was not judiciously conducted, aud it did not suc
ceed. Another attempt, made four years afterwards,
also failed ; the vessels were not adapted to the water.
Since then, the company has been fused with an Ameri
can company, and two new boats are building at New
York and Wiliningtm, Delaware, which are very shal
low, and well calculated fur the business. These are
to be added to those now employed, making nine in al!
though part of them are of 100 great draught of water
to he of proper servioe. A great deal of money has
been expended in the enterprise.
Col. Stallworth Accepts.— Col. J. A. Stallworth, in
a very neat letter, accepts the nomination tendered him
by the Alabama Democracy of the first District for Con
gresa,
Tho “Sonora* Filibusters.
Henry A. Crabbe, the leader.of the Sonora filibusters
who have lately all bean shot by the Mexican authorities,
was a promioent candidate lor United States Senator irorn
California last winter. Colonel K. N. Wood, formerly ot
Mississippi, and last years Presidential elector iu Califor
nia, was, it is supposed, with .the expedition when ft was
captured.
Later from Senator Butler.
Auuusta, May 22.—Senator Butler’s relatives regard his
ca-e as hopeless. He will probably never rise from his
bed.
The Great Railroad Celebration.
St. Loins, May 20.—At a meeting of citizens last night
a committee was appointed to act in conjunction with I lie
City Council in making arrangements tor the proper re
ception of the guests of the city on the occasion of the ope
ning ot the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
Death of Senator Butler.
Augusta, May 26.—The Hon. Andrew Pickins Butler,
U. S. Senator from South Carolina .died at his residence,
at Edgefield Court House, at six o’clock last evening ol
dropsy.
The Kemphis Delegates at Augusta.
Augusta, May 26 —The Memphis Delegation to Char
leston was escorted through this city to-day by a large
procession of our ciiizens. A magnificent dinner was ser
| ved up at tile City Hail, with the appropriate aceompani
i ments of speeches, toasts. &.C. The delegation leaves to
j night on the 10 o'clock train for Charleston.
Gov. Walker for Kansas.
j St. Louis, May 22.—Gov. Walker arrived here yes
j terday, and left fur Kansas this morning.
Troops for Utah—Laws to be Enforced.
Washington, May 22.—Two thousand troops are
now moving in the direction of Utah to euforee the
laws of the Uniltd States and protect tho citizens
agayist the Mormons.
Governorship of Utah.
New York, May 22. —The ‘Washington correspon
dent of the New Y'ork Ileraid says that Gov. Wright,
of Indiana, is selected lor the Governorship of Utah.
His friends say he is a candidate for a “foreign appoint
ment, and will not accept the post.
Washington, Slay 22.—The Governorship of Utah
is not yet settled. The Administration has aot yet
found anybody who possessed at all the required char
acteristics.
Several gentlemen are soliciting the appointment.
The whole programme of operations will be completed
with the least possible delay.
It is reported here that Col. Cumrniup, Superinten
dent of Indian Affairs, has beta teudered the Gover
norship of Utah, but has decliued.
Adjournment of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Harrisburg, May 22.—80th houses of llio State legir/a
tuture adjourned finally at 11 o’clock to-day. ‘Die Senate
elected D. A. Finney,the republican and American can
didate, speaker.
Explosion of Pyrotechnic Works.
Boston, May 22.—A portion of tlie pyrutecnic works ol
i Messrs, llovey &L Cos , in Cambridge street, were destroy
ed this afternoon by explosion. Only one man was injur
ed, and he not fatally.
Arrest of a United States Consul.
Washington, May 25.—1 tis repotted that J. S. Jenkins,
U. S. Consul at the Navigators’ Islands, has been arrested
on the charge of piracy, for seizing and selling the cargo
of the ship Eudora at Apia.
Memphis Delegation—Railroad Accident.
From the Charleston Courier tilth.
We are indebted In several of our Memphis friends, and
especially to J T Tresevam,Esq , for the particulars of
accidents to the trains on the Nashville and Chattanooga
and the Georgia Railroads, on Sunday and Monday last,
and which were conveying the delegation from Memphis
on their way to this city.
The crowd of passengers at Stephenson, Tennessee,on
Sunday, rendered it necessary to divide the party there;
and on tile first train were nearly ail of the Memphis
Delegation, including all the ladies. The second train, 1
consisting of three passenger cars, a baggage car, and an
open car, with the hogshead ot Mississippi water, followed
on about thirty rmnutes behind. About half way between
Stephenson and Chattanooga, at about 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon, in pasting around a very sharp curve, and on a
lilty feet embankment, tlie wheel of the first passenger car
broke. This car was thrown down on its side and broken
in pieces. The baggage car was upset in the same way,
but not broken at all; and no other part of the train in
jured.
Air G. Moore, of the Memphis fire department, who
was on the platform ear, attempted to spring off, but fell
on tile cross ties, his head striking them, and the blow re
sulting in his death that night.
Another of the fire department, Mr. Pan! Kay, had his
arm broken, and several were somewhat bruised.
The train was going very slowly, or it would have all
gone down the steep grade, and perhaps not a life been
saved.
The second accident occuired about 11 A. M. Monday,
on the Georgia Railroad. Leaving Atlanta about 9a.in ,
they had all the cars attached to the locomotive. In the
last car, was the Military Company of Memphis—the
Washington Rifles. About 11 A. M , the rear wheel or
break on the rear car gave way, and the car was thrown
ofl the rails.
There being no bell rope, in the last few cars, tho rear
car was dragged upwards of a mile before the accident
was known to the engineer. In the meantime, several of
the company, fearing the car would be soon shattered
i jumped out. One had his leg and another his arm broken,
i besides receiving bruises Ibat, it is thought, will cause
| deatii.
Gen. Walker at New Orleans.
I New Orleans. May 27.—The steamship Empire City
lias arrived at this port, with Gen. Walker and 250 ot his
men on hoard. Gen. Walkor capitulated to Capt. Davis,
of the U. S. Sloop of War St. Marye.
Death of Senator Bell.
Concord, N. 11., May 26.-Senator Bell of this State,
who has for some time been ill, died last evening.
Mail Contract.
Washington, May 26.— The Post Office Department
has awarded to the Southern steamship Company the con
tract of the semi-monthly rervice of the mail from New
Orleans to all the Gulf Ports on tho Florida Coast at the
rate ol $70,000 per annum.
1 he New Cent Coinage.
Philadelphia, May 25.—The new one cent coin was
issued from the mint to-day. Large amounts were drawn
out by citizen*, and lor distribution by express to other
cities.
flic limdf.ll Murder.
New York, May 24.—The Sunday Mercury reiterates
it? statement oflast week, that the Burdell murder was per
petrated by two assassins, who entered the house by a back
window, that evidence thereofYvill be forthcoming. The
motive was revenge on the part of one of the parties, and
an “honorable one.”
Mercer Female University.— The Constitutionalist of
the 27th, announces that James Gardner, Esq., has ac
cepted an invitation from the Trustees, Faculty, and Se
nior Class ol the Mercer P’emaie University at Forsyth,
Georgia, to deliver the annual literary address at their
commeneemeilt, on the 2d Wednesday in July.
Bishop Elliott. —Among the passengers who arrived
yesterday nt this port, by the steamer Isabel,from Havana,
we observe the Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliott, Episcopal Bishop
of the diocese ol Georgia and rector of Christ Church in
this city. We were pleased to see that Bishop Kllict’s
southern trip during some weeks past, coßtributed much
to the improvement of his health.— Sav. Georgian, 28i/j.
The Ashland District. — A private telegraphic dispalch
to the Louisville Courier, informs us that the Democratic
Congressional Convention, which met at Cynthiana yes
teiday, nominated Hon. James B. Clay, ol Ashland, for
Congress, by acclamation, and that Mr. Clay has signified
his acceptance of the nomination.
Mr. Clay is as true, and brave and gallant a patriot as
breathes ; and we have an abiding faith that the Old Whigs
and Democrats will be true to themselves by returning him
to Congress. Let them buckle on their armor and go into
the fight as becomes men conscious of the integrity of their
motives, and all will be well.— Louisville (Ay.,) Courier
May 22. ’
From Kansas. —Advices lrom Lecompton to May 18,
state that a serious difficulty had occurred between Gover
nor Charles Robinson and George Washington Brown,
the editor ot th e Herald of Freedom, at Lawrence. Ro
binson charges Brown with an attempt o sell out the tree
.State party to Governor Shannon, and Brown has written
a letter, in which he applies some strong epithets to Rob
inson. General Harney and staff’ have arrived at Fort
Leavenworth. Hon. James L. Orr, of South Carolina,
reached there on the 16th. A public dinner and reception
were tendered him by our citizens, but Col. Orr declined
tho compliment. General John Calhoun, the Surveyor
General of the Territory, has alse arrived from St. Louis.
The arrivals at the hotels here average fifty per day.
The Government and Utah. —The Washington cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun, says:—“'l he Govern
ment has taken a decided course in regard to Utah aflairs.
Since the dispatch was received from Major MeColloch
declining the office of Governor of that Territory, it has
oeen offered to a gentleman in ludiana, a lriend ol Gov
Bright’s, as I have learned, who indicated him as a suitable
man for the crisis. The military force ordered for Utah
will concentrate and take a position upon the Government
reservation, forty miles south of the Salt Lake Valley,
aud await orders and events.”
Election of Professors in Columbia College. —The
election of new professors and the re-organization of
the oorps of instructors in Columbia College, New
York, has just taken place. The trustees have divi
ded the Chair of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry
into two distinct professorships, the former ol which is
held by Professor R W. McCulloch, and the latter by
professor Jay, of Union College, Dr. brands Lieber,
of Columbia College, South Carolina, was chosen to
fiil the chair of History and Political Economy, and
professor Charles S. Davies, formerly of W est Point,
that of Mathematics.
The Professorship of Mental Philosophy is Dot yet
filled, but Chancellor Tappau, of the the University of
Michigan, is spoken of as the probable incumbent, lhe
saLries of all the professors are fixed at $4,006 per
annum.
Small Pox in Griffin. —The Empire State of the
27th says ; Since our last report, another case of this
disease has appeared io our city. A negro girl, belong
ing to the family of Mr. Pritchard, has taken the die
ease, smee his death. The two Misses Pritchard, are
convalescent, and are expected soon to be well.
Ogllhorpe University. —George A. Gordon, Esq.,
of Savannah, w ill deliver the Anniversary Oration be
fore the two Literary Societies of Oglethorpe Univer
sity at the approaching Commencement. Rev. R. R.
Nall, D, 1). of Mobile, alia., will preaoh the Missionary
Sermon on Sabbath of Commencement week, so we are
informed.— Fed. Union.
Boston, May 19.—The Senate passed to-day to an
engrossment, the resolutions appropriating SIOO,OOO to
aid the Free State settlers in Kansas, wilh an amend
merit providing that the opinion of the Supreme C urt
iu favor of the constitutionality of the appropriation
must be obiained before a dollar can be drawn lrom
the treasury.
A Pious Theft. —The Boston Traveler of the 22d,
says :
“The Kansas Aid Resolves came from the Senate to
the House yesterday, in their amended form, and were
read by the Clerk. They were soon ailer among the
missing, and ihough diligent inquiry and search has beeu
made, they have not yet been found.”
Jj* The Philadelphia Inquirer states that distressing
circumstances thicken about the case of Judge Von
dersrnith, who is charged with fraud and forgery upon
the United States Government, and is at present cod
fined in the debtors’ apaitmeut at Moyamensing priaoD.
His wife died recontly rt her residence in Lancaster,
after a protiacted illness, aud her brother had been
previously committed to prison for thirty days, for
druiikenness aud disorderly conduct. The decease of
Mrs. Vondersmilh appears to have been a powerful
blow’ upon his spirits, aud there are no Jess than 15
bills of indictment pending against the judge for fraud
and forgery upon the United States Government, and
if tried and eonvioted upon all, his term of imprison
ment could be made to reach 150 years 1
Certain members of the Canadian Parliament have
been charged with receiving heavy bribeß for pushing
threugh railway charters and contracts. Proofs of
bribery in one instance to the amount of $50,000, and
in mother of SIOO,OOO have been discovered aud will
be produced in evidence before the railway committee.
Damages. —llenry Hurley, a printer, has recovered
$750 against the city of New York for damage iu fall
ing through a sidewalk where rotten plank had been
laid over an old well.
N. F. Bryant, of Barre, Mass., In s brought a suit
agaiust the Boston and Maine Railroad for $3,000 due
to him for services as lobby member of the Legisla
ture.
According to the last reports lliere were in London
143,000 vagrants admitted in one year into the casual
wards of the work houses.
Death of Mrs. Early —We regret to announce
that Mrs. Early, wife of Ilev. John Early, Bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, died at her residence
in this city, on Sunday morning, 17th inst. Her fune
ral obsequies took place on the morning of the 19lh
inst., at 11 o’clock.— Lynchburg Virginian.
St. Louis, May 18. — The St. Louis delegation at
tending the Unitarian Conference at Alton, Illinois,
withdrew on Saturday, 16. h, on the adoption by lhe
conference declaring the eonstilulion of lhe United
Slates a failure, aud the decision in the Died Scott
ease of no biuding power.
The Opinion in the Dred Scott Case.—The official
report of the opinions of the Supreme Court iu the
Dred Scott case have at last appeared. They are pub
lished by the Applelons, who purchased the privil-ge,
it is said, from Mr. Howard, the reporter. They make
a volume of just three hundred octavo pages. Judge
Taney’s opinion occupies sixty-three pages; Judge
Nelson’s twelve; Judge Grier’s less than half a page ;
Judge Daniel’s twenty-feur pages; Judge Campbell’s
twenty-six ; Judge Catron’s eleven ; Judge McLean’s
thirty-five ; Judge Curtis’ sixty-eight.
Murder in Kansas. —We learn from the Leaven
worth Jouoal that Wm. A. B. Goddard, formerly ol
Macon, Ga., was shot dead on the 6th inst., by James
M. Tatum, Sheriff of Jefferson county. Tho Journal
pronounces the deed a cold-blooded murder, Tatum
had fled the country.
- ——*-
Progress of Black Republicanism. —Providence,
Rhode Island, is taking the lead of the other northern
cities in woiking out the destiny of the Black Republi
can parly. She has lately elected a negro Alderman,
and a petition is now being circulated in that city
headed by the Rev. Dr. Wayland to amalgamate the
white and negro schools.
Sparta and Tennille Railroad. —The citizens ol
Hancock county, seeing tiie impracticability, nay, we
may add, hopelessness, of constructing a continuous
line of from Macon to Augusta, though the counties
lying between the Georgia and Central Railroads, have
turned their attention to an independent outlet of their
own to the sea-board market. It is proposed to con
struct a branch railroad from Sparta to Tennille on the
Central road, a distanoe of twenty-seven miles, there
by answering all lhe ends they had in view in their
original project.— Sav. Republican, 26 th.
Another Great Railroad Jubilee. —The city council
of Cincinnati, Tuesday evening, 19th inst., passed reso
lutions inviting the President, Vice President, Cabinet
members, Foreign Ministers, the Governors of Mary
land, Virginia and other States, the Mayor and Council
of Baltimore and others, to visit Cincinnati during the
contemplated excursion to inaugurate the opening of
the Ohio and Miasissipppi Railroad. The arrangements
for the occasion will be on a grand scale.
An Arrest —The Indian Enos, who was Fremont’s
first guide across the plaois, has been captured and taken
to Port Orford, Oregon, for trial for being the chief of a
gang that murdered lhe Indian agent Wright and his
party, a year cr two since.
A Legal Decision.—A ease of interest to Railroad
Companies was decided last week in the Cirouil Court
of Prince William county, Virginia. The suit was in
stituted to recover the value of two mules, a horse and
a oow, killed by the train of the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad Company ou unoccupied lands, and was con
ducted ou both sides by eminent counsel. On the ap
plication of the defendant the Court instructed the Jury
that Railroad Companies iu Virginia are not liable for
the killing of stock on the commons, without proof of
lie S^B enoe °r carelessness in the management of the
train at the time of killing, Verdiot for defendant.
Frauds at the New York Custom Hou se
We publ,sired yesterday, sajs the Phi!ad e ||.! Uil i I
ning Journal of May h6.li, inan editorial arriclt"-'•
first page of the Journal, extracts lrom Inins
respectable commercial firms in Boston, Ph.i 0 ‘ ■
Aix-la-Chapelle, and elsewhere, showing that “ i'"’! 1 ’ ‘
al revenue isgros-ly wronged by'lake apprxisen- . !' 1 ’
imooned goods, and that this abuse oeeais pi
New York. Our purpose’was te explain lhe rii,s!n ’ ’
til import trade of the country is done chiefly . , *
the port of New York, and why. if the cause’. “
to operate, the foreign commerce of Philadelphia n.u.,” ’
iu time, utterly destroyed, and the whole ot it ah
by the “Empire City.” In confirmation of the
ny already quoted respecting the matter, we were
ed this morning, by one of our most eminent ao.l tl .
able mercantile houses, the following note, which riy
no comment:
To the Editor of the Philn. Evening Journal:
May lGih, Is;,;
My Dear Sir :—Bearing in mind your editon:.; . *
evening, 1 send you an extract from a letter received ■;
morning, from a highly resp'etabie house in Liver:
by the “Asia,” in corroboration of yeur : s-enions. j
letter is dated Ist inst. The extract is as follows :
“I was told yesterday lllat the reason why the p;
delpliiaus will not import directly by the -or w
is, that they can import for has duties in New YiiL.
the dollar is more powerful there. Can this Ut rt ,
and New Yotk flourish at the • xperise ol lhe lr. r
She may well flourish, if that is the eis , hut itsavtrim,,
for the morale of the government agents.”
lion. Ell S. Shorter.
AVe this day hoist the name of Hon. Eli S. Shorter, s .
tlie administration candidate for 1 re-election to Cot-:.,,
from this district. As we anticipated, the cnr.vv:.t;
Troy proved but a small one. Those who were
however,nominated Col. Shorter by acclamation. U
county in the District had previously nominated him,,
consequently, the Delegates appointed to the meeting
Troy, deemed it wholly unnecessary to attend. Ccli:-
Shorier has ably and laithlully ieprefent;d the ;-’ [
tills District in Congress, and we hazard nothing u, ;
dieting, that on the first Monday in August, he w ill recev,
lrom his constituents such a triumphant re election t
dom tails to the lot ot a politician. Mr. Buchanan cart
this district by over twenty two hundred majority—
Col. Shorter as our standard bearer at the approaching si
tion,that majority,from present appearances, will be.-,
ly increased, and that too, in -pileoi ail the “War 1
and “Doctors” in the opposition ranks. The K
Nothings seemed disposed to run a candidate again-:
and the “organ” here, and a little Know Nothing me
in Lowndes, have designated Dr Batt Peterson et .
county as the man. Well, trot him out Mr. Native-
You want some member ol your party mashed, ami ...
suppose the Doctor will make as good a victim to bes,
riiiced upon lhe crumbling altars of Know Nothingisni ■
any one else you may select. Besides, while he ism
going the delightful operation of being “killed oil,” t
can ‘bleed’ him freely—he can stand it.
Col. Shorter will canvass the District, whether op;, . ,
tioubemadeto him or not —Spirit of the South, 26H
Climate of Nicaragua.— A returned soldier, desen;,
his experience in the New Orleans Times, gives the
ing couceruiug the climate oi Nicaragua :
A word about Nicaragua, and first I will give myti.
perience of the climate tor the short time'that I was-
The rainy season had almost ended when 1 arrived the.--,
however, we were in time lor the iarevvell week, and v
disembaiked from the “Texas” in a tiiick pouring it
which would continue for half an hour or an hour, arc
would he succeeded by a warm sun (not overpowei
ihough) of perhaps an equal duration, and so through,:.- t
day ; ana alter a week ol this weather a warm sun a 1,::- f
w armer than at present iu New Orleans.) would hold. -
disturbed sway in the heavens during the w hole day a:,:
meanwhile, provided only you could obtain sh
front tho almost vertical rays oi the sun, one would cr
a mild and delicious breeze during the whole day, and ;; :
night, it would be just sufficiently cool to leel a blank-: t
luxury, and a heavy dew would fall.
My health, you are awate, was not good when 1 -k.
for lliere. Weil, 1 have got soaked with heavy rain-,
got dried in the sun, during the rainy season. 1 have j j
pretty well scorched during tlie dry seasons; I hates.-.- I
under sheltei of a root, and w ithout shelter at all, and l
through lrom heavy dews, ana in audition, have had ; i
dure the attacks ot mu.-quitoes, besides the ‘ roughing” .-i
cidental to the expedition ; and 1 do say I am returnee
the enjoyment ot betier health than 1 have experiouea I
during the past two or three veals ; ar;d I, who before".; [
exceedingly fastidious in tlie choice and furnishing mmy j
bed, and withal found it a luxury rarely to be comp.. -.. |
to enjoy a sound sleep, last night—when, for the lint in:.- |
“in the last two months, 1 had a bed to lie in—was moie
than once templed to prefer tlie floor to my couch.
An American Circus in England. —ll ewe ami Co- ■
ing’s American Circus h shslouislied tlie people ol I. o
et pool. While the Eng fish C.reuses build houses to sluov
iu, the American concern has a mammoth tint, w: |
lights upon acly at night, and flits :.way with trie .
of morning. A rival English Circus paraded the sti . s
with e : ght horses to the band chariot. Tile Livery.,..
Times thus speaks of the American Circus :
“The American procession was on a larger seal—ri
fine cream colored horses, hair abreast with a charin', r
who wore rather an anxious appearance. He did not -
the whip—as iar at least as we could perceive—ami
was saiJ that he could only check the movements u’ i..<
leaders and wheelers. There were men on each s 1
the horses conducting them—an indispensable prtc.ii.
tion under the circumstances, but which seemed rail
disappoint the public, which always delights in then.-
veil .us. Then came lhe Indian wigwam, driven .
negro, and other illustrations incidental to the ii:
States, which the other establishment did not suenip:
rival. We n -vtr remember thestreels so denseiv cr,. .
ed as on Thursday, to wiiuiss the American display, :
such an extent was this carried, tint (or some h m
the ordinary business of the town might be said to bt. •
u lly suspended.”
Important to Hog Drovers and Tobacco Smokers.— l:
is rumored at Washington ithat a correspondent, .
from Kentucky, informs the New York I’o-t that “'.tie
hog pestilence has been traced to some droves that pas-ti
througli a ud-teco growing district on their wayEasl
He also remarthat tobacconists are using Jifu.-sic acni
to give an am 0,..! flavor to the leaf, and, in eousequenc
ot this poison, a “inber ol smokers have lost the u.-c
their lower limbs.”
Real Estate in Sue Franoisco —As an example in its
fall of prices in San Fianci-co,a correspondent writing
under date of 18th April, says:
“A ceriain hotel in this city, once leased at $72,000 r
year, is now let at $7,200, or 10 per oi nt."ol the first sum
think to what disasters a man might e led, predicating in,
movements upon the first named iuc. me! Not iar h i
where 1 write there is a building under lease at S3O :
month, that once paid S4OO a month But these instance 1
are so common—the ruin and wreck in real estate 1 -
siuce so general, they have ceased to attract notice.”
The Joyful Spring.—'The New Yoik Daily News
says: “This 20th of May the most enjoyable thing, are
rousing fires in your rooms—overcoats, wrappers and iar,
for the streets, and gmbrellasto ward off lhe chilling rani
Truly summer has set in with unusual severity.
Peaches will arrive before we see the blossoms.”
Brigham Young —The Governmeet has recently re, -
ved despatches from Brigham Young, declaring that a
quiet in the territory of Utah, arid that the Indians are
contented and peaceable.
Brigham then, of course, has not run away from tlie
his forty wives, but remains to oversee ilie lambkins
his flock, and administer to the wants of the" Latter Day
Saints.”
Hard Times in North Alabama. —The Huntsville
vilie Democrat of the 20th inst, says:
“We propose a meeting of the people of Madison >’3
Saturday next, at the Court House in Huntsville, to pro
vide means T the relief of tlie starving people of her sister
counties.”
The Demo t learns that in parts of Blount, Hancock.
Walker and Marion, especially, many of the people a; J
their horees and cattle verge on starvation. The citizens
ol Lawrence, about Moult, n and Courtlandt, have subsii -
bed over SB9O ior the relief of Hancock and Walker.
Many had left their homes and’gone to neighborhood
where tood could be had, there camped—leaving it :
fields untended, f>r want of ability ot man and beast te
work without food, ll is said that many cattle aud hr,
have died of starvation. The consequence will be a sear
city next fall, winter and spring.
“Hard ’Times.”—The Dahlooega (Lumpkin county.
Ga.) Mountain Signal, says-’
“The cry of ‘hard times,’ is to he heard in all quarters
of the up country, in Gilmer, Fannin, Union, and our
own county, provisions are becoming exceedingly scares,
and we fear that many of our people will sutler grea'.ly
before the harvest season rolls around. Many of the lam
ilies now in our country, from what we can learn, have
been without meal for weeks, and but a small allowance
ot bread. Many calfle and hog- are dying lrom linncr’
A gentleman informs ns, who has ju-t passed through
Fannin and Union counties, that he scarcely passed a isrm
that did not give evidenceof some decayed carcass, nisi y
of which he saw. Truly, the times are becoming dis
tressing.
An Important Question Decided —Recently f
- has arisen ucfbi-e the Post Master General
whether a deputy postmaster can be compelled to obey a
summons to appear in court with a valuable or other let
ter that reels in bis office addressed to another party.—
The Post Master General, under a decision ol the At
torney* Geuerai’s office, decided that be cannot legal l )’
do so.— Star.
Does the Earth Receive Daily ?—ll has leng been :1
favorite theory ot astronomers, btlievedby many tube
verified by the tacts, that the earth revolves daily ; bat a
writer in the London Chrouiele says ho cun prove the
theory untrue. Follow him :
The distance of the sou from the earth, is 82,000, 00t*
of miles, and placing lhe sun in centre of the eelipta',
the diameter will beat feast 164,000,000 ot miles, ana
the oircumterenoe 515.221,195 miles, which, in about
365$ days it is said the earth surround-, at the rate ‘ t
1,410,593 miles each day, or 58,744 29-24 miles each
hour, which is 979 34-60 miles every minute of time
Now, suppose lhe poles of the world are to be plac'd
perpendicular, the earth would move horizontally around
the ecliptic circle; but if the said poles are to be
horizontally placed, then the earth would have to ascend
and descend in surrounding the circle. The solar sys
temists also assert the earth has a daily revolution ol not
more than 1,000 miles un hour; who can believe ih s
when the earth advanots nearly 1,000 mil s every minute
of lima ? I declare I can demonstrate the earth has not
a daily revolution.