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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1858,
Change of Proi rletors.
Messrs. Colquitt & Warren having purchased the in
terest of Tennent Lomax, Esq., in the Times it Sentinel
the business of the paper will hereafter be conducted'un
der the firm name of R. ELLIS & CO., to which’address
all business communications must be sent.
Personal.
The connection of the undersigned with the Times and
Sentinel will be dissolved on the Ist July.?
During his editorial career, he steadily aimed and un
ceasingly labored to advance the intellectual, social, mor
al and political interests of .Georgia- He retires to the
shades of private life, with a conscience void of offence to
God his and country. He may have been, and doubtless
was, often in error, in the views, sentiments and the policy
he advocated, but is not aware of any article he ever
penned, which he would willingly blot.
He retires with the kindest feelings for his brethren of the
press, and with profound gratitude and respect for the peo
ple of Georgia, and will never cease to labor and pray for
their prosperity and happiness.
He will be succeeded in the editorial department by
Messrs. Peyton (H. Colquitt and James W. Warren,
both of whom are men of intelligence and honor, and de
voted to the rights of the States and the Union of the
States under the constitution.
His late partner, Roswell Ellis, Esq , continues in the
office, and will fulfill all contracts of the firm of Lomax fit
Ellis.
Wishing the paper every success under the new manage
ment, I bid the patrons of the Times &. Sentinel an affec
lionate farewell.
TENNENT LOMAX.
p. S.—For twelve months past the Times & Sentinel
has been under the editorial control of Peyton H. Colquitt,
Esq.
Salutatory.
With this issue dates our association in the editorial
management of the Times fit Sentinel. This change of
advocates involves no departure from those great princi
ples, the fearless advocacy of which has illustrated the
editorial career of our able predecessor. Like him we be
long to that school ‘of State. Rights Democracy, which
acknowledges no other chart of political guidance than the
Constitution of the country. From thence we deduce the
doctrine of State Rights and State Equality, and under
the banner of this. principle we shall stand or fall, as it may
float in triumph or sink in shame. Administrations, when
they shape their ..course by the plain directions of this
chart, shall receive our humble but zealous support; when
they depart therefrom, they will encounter our insignifi
cant, it may be, but determined, persevering opposition.—
For the Union of these States we profess an attachment,
rational, we think, in its kind—far from superstitious in
degree. The constitution contains the terms upon which
it was formed. Without the promise to observe these con
ditions, it could never have existed; with their violation
it should cease to be. This attachment for the Union is
secondary and subordinate to our love for the ‘South. To
her we owe our first duty and ackowiedge our chiefest
allegiance. To stimulate, as far as we can, the expansion
and development of her moral, intellectual and material
resources, to defend her institutions agaiost open attack,
to guard her rights against insidious encroachment, to give
timely warning of w hatever danger may threaten her, are
objects embraced in the mission we to-day accept-
JAMES W. WARREN,
PEYTON H. COLQUITT.
The Montgomery Advertiser and Ourselves.
Our gallant cotemporary of the Advertiser, whose true
Southern spirit we admire, takes us to task in a very pleas
ant way for the discrepancy of our views in relation to
the apostacy of Douglas and Wise to the Democratic par
ty. The idea is thrown out that we “apologise for the
Southern Wise and yet denounce the Northern Douglas.”
We cannot arrive at the same conclusion with our co
temporary from a perusal of our article. We see no apol
ogizing for Governor Wise’s recreancy to his past.princi’
pies. Our allusion to him was incidental and the language
used was not too moderate. We said in connection with
Mr. Letcher’s great fitness for the Governorship of Virginia,
that Mr. Wise would hardly be re-nominated—that his re
cent course on the Kansas question would scarcely be en
dorsed by the democracy of the good old dominion” —that
a “proper regard for the purity of the party and the ad
vancement of its cardinal doctrines would lead them to
decline advocating his claims.” This language we con
sider strong enough and is not in the nature of an apology-
It is true, we shall make no war on Gov. Wise over an
obsolete issue, if he desires to act with the democratic party,
any more than we would with the Union men of ’32—the
Harrison party of’4o—the Union men of’so—or any other
party based upon a past issue. Still our confidence is di
minished in the integrity of the man and we do not desire
his course endorsed by the democracy.
The readers of the Advertiser we are sure will not re
proach us for any want ot spirit or Southern patriotism in
not using harsher language towards Gov. Wise. We do
not express our love for the South in this way. We may
not indulge in the extravagant spirit of our cotemporary,
towards a recreant leader and yet be as sensible to a wound
inflicted upon the honor of the South. We do not expect
to stir up the ashes of departed fires to show our zeal tor
Southern Rights, but will meet the issue bravely we trust
when it presents itself. Gov. Wise thinks the election of
a Black Republican President sufficient cause to dissolve
the Union. He was prepared for the issue at the last elec
tion and will perhaps advocate such a policy for the South
in 1860. This we think would lead our friend to exercise
the Christian virtue of forbearance towards a faithful old
soldier the infamy of whose desertion may be covered by
the glory ol his patriotism at the Waterloo battle yet ahead
f us.
Affairs in Mexico—Mr. Forsyth Coming Home
Our latest advices from Mexico introduce the prospect
ot some trouble between our government and that unfor
tunate people- We published, a short time age, a letter
from our Minister, Mr. John Forsyth, to the Minister o
Foreign Relations in Mexico, protesting against the im
position of a tax in the shape of a “forced loan,” by the
government of the latter, upon the citizens of the United
States resident in Mexico. Mr. Forsyth based the claims
of our citizens to exemption from payment of such con
tributions chiefly upon a treaty between the two countries,
made April sth 1831. In compliance with his views and
exhortations, the subjects of this government have resisted
the collection of said tax, in consequence of which their
goods have been seized, and they ordered to leave the
country. Mr. Forsyth, thereupon demanded, and has re
ceived, his passports. His mission is thus terminated, and
the causes which controlled his action have become ques
tions of public interest. They lead, necessarily, to nego
tiation, and possibly, to war. We have heretofore intima
ted bur opinion upon tlra question thus presented. We
cannot agree with our Ale minister that, in the absence of
treaty stipulations, there would be merit in his position.—
We think, however, that the treaty of April 1831, fully
meets the case and completely sustains him.
By that treaty it is provided that, “The United States of
America and the United Mexican States, designing to
take for the basis of their agreement the most perfect equal
ity and reciprocity, engage mutually not to grant any par
ticular favor to other nations in respect of commerce and
navigation, which shall not immediately become common
to the other party,” again, “They (the citizens of the two
countries respectively’ shall not pay higher or other duties,
imposts or fees whatsoever, than those which the most fa*
vored nations are or may be obliged to pay ; and shall en
joy all the rights, privileges and exemptions, with respect to
navigation and commerce, which the citizens of the most
favored nation do or may enjoy.” The tenor and object of
the whole treaty is to place the citizens of either country
upon the most advantageous footing in the other compati
ble with its interest, and the plain, unambiguous letter of
the instrument guarantees to them all the rights and im
munities secured by treaty to the citizens of other nations.—
We have not been able to see the treaty concluded between
Mexico and Great Britain to which Mr. Forsyth makes
reference in his letter, but we presume that the portion ot
it which bears upon this question is correctly quoted, where
he says that, “In the convention celebrated between Great
Britain and Mexico, at London, December 26, 1826, Arti
cle 10th, it is clearly and emphatically stipulated that ‘no
forced loans shall be levied upon’ British subjects.” The
only question, then, to be decided is whether the tax com
plained of fulfils the requisites and conditions of a “forced
loan.”
This question can be satisfactorily determined by an in
spection of the decrees having reference to the exaction.—
The first decree imposes a contribution of one per cent, up
on all capital in the country within certain limits, as to a
mount. The second decree provides for the repayment of
the contribution in eh ar sofa National Bank to supply
which with capital is the chief object of the levy. If this
be not a “lorced loan” we are greatly at loss for a defini
tion. We admire and commend the spirit and firmness
with which Mr. Forsyth maintained his position and trust
that our government will begin just where he left off, and
use the proper means to compel an observance of the
treaty. , r
Fare Reduced.— The New York and Savannah steam
ships have reduced cabin passage between those two pla
ces from $25 to $,5. This is good news jto the traveling
public, who will find this a pleasant line of travel.
Central American Affairs—European Pro
tectorate.
The public mind has been attracted lately to the won
derful scheme of a Frenchman, by the name ol Monsieur
Belly, to secure the monopoly of the Nicaraguan transit
and procure an European Protectorate over the territories
of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. We do not know that be
is authorized by the French Government to enter into such
negociations as he has accomplished, but we are quite sure
he traditional policy of our government and the senti
ment of our people will not permit a European Protecto
rate on this Continent and least of all an ascendancy upon
the Isthmus of Darien- The scheme is proposed in the
shape of a “Convention.” The governments of Nicara
gua and Costa Rica in the first place grant to Monsieur
Belly the right to construct a canal across the Isthmus.—
The work is to be commenced in two years and comple
ted in six, and the canal is to be wide enough to allow the
passage of two vessels abreast. This part of Mr. Belly’s
negociations, we regard so impracticable as to forbid
discussion. But granting that it is not, the great sum of
money to be raised, amounting to $50,000,000 to prose
cute the enterprise renders it a chimera in relation to the
parties who are engaged to undertake it. The idea of
this enormous sum being raised within the next two years
on tne Paris Bourse, is laughed at even by the London
Times. But the question assumes a ’ more important as
pect when it is viewed in a political light. The construc
tion of this inter-oceanic canal may be an impossibility,
yet k the rights acquired by the ,French Government, by
the terms of the “Declaration,” over those of any other
country, may be a pretext for any interference on their
part with the Isthmian affairs. The French Government
is allowed the privilege of keeping two ships of war in the
proposed canal, while all other nations are denied the right.
Thus it will be seen that we are placed under many dis
advantages in comparison with those enjoyed by France.
We regard the American supervision ol this transit route
absolutely necessary for the protection of our coast wise
commerce, a sale communication with our possessions on
the Pacific and our ascendancy in the Gulf of Mex
ico. We cannot believe that it will be the policy of
the Administration to’ allow an European Protectorate
over Central America, as cined in’the agreement be
tween Mr- Belly and the Costa Rica and Nicaraguan go
vernments .
Already has Mr. Buchanan repudiated .the principle up
on which that infamous Bulwar-Clayton treaty rests and
we are sure that, aside from the united voice of the people
he will not allow the French to gain a ’supremacy and ex
clusive supervision of the Isthmian routes. On the con.
trary, we indulge the hope that should France attempt the
prosecution of this idea, our government will assert its
right to the control of this route, as did Great Britain to
that of the Ishmus of Suez, preventing even a discussion of
the question in the Conference at Paris. Our possessions
beyond this transit demand that the United States should
be alive to any negociations on the part of foreign coun’
tries, by which the control of this route would be placed
beyond our reach. Besides as Nicaragua and Costa Rica
assert in their “Declaration against the United States and
in favor of an European Protectorate,” that the United
States encourage (filibustering, that our •‘official agents”
are “accomplices,” that our minister is in favor ot a “fresh
invasion of the fillibusters already organized at Mobile un
der the American flag,” and are insensible to the wound
inflicted on the United States by the administration in op
proving the high-handed outrage and usurpation of autho
rity on the part of Commodore Paulding, in taking away
from their shores a military leader, whose claims to the
Presidency of their Republic would have been enforced by
the success of his arms—then we say let us suspend the
execution of the neutrality law, and let them protect
themselves against hostile invasion without assistance
from us.
In such an event Mr- Belly’s scheme would vanish into
thin air, and their own ingratitude to the United States for
the protection granted them against Walker, would be an
era not to be lorgotten ; n their political history-
Hamilton Female (7ollege--Uur Visit.
We had the pleasure of attending, a few days since, by
invitation,the concluding exercises of the Anniversary cel
ebration of this Institution. It is now under the guardian
ship of Messrs. Stanford and Lovelace, who, from our
limited acquaintance, we judge every way worthy their
high and responsible position. We regret that we were
unable to attend the exercises from the beginning, that we
might convey to our readers some idea how this Institu
tion iscoDducted, which has risen up near us so recently.
From hearsay evidence, however, we are prepared to say,
the examinations were creditable to the young ladies,and
evinced much care on the part of the Principals, in in
structing their minds thoroughly in the (different branches
of knowledge. The examinations were concluded the
third day, as the Institution only numbers some seventy or
eighty scholars. It was a pleasant recreation to escape to
this delightful retreat—to lay aside the pen and scissors—
to bid a temporary adieu to our proiessional engagements,
and loiter for a season in these Academic groves and clas
sic shades.
The Concert we attended, under the diiection of Prof.
Dalkert, was a rich musical treat. Four Pianos were us
ed tor the occasion, and the delightful strains which pro
ceeded from them and fell upon our ears were more con
genial to our tastes and feelings, than the sound of'proof!’
‘proof!’ which daily greet and harrgss our editorial labors.
The commencement exercises were well conducted.—
The young ladies who received their diplomas, acquitted
themselves in a creditable manner. Their essays, filled
with the rich gems of golden thought, were read in a clear
and audible tone and were well received.
The exercises were concluded by a short address from
President Lovelace, conferring the degrees and awarding
the diplomas and also an address to the graduating class.
The party we attended, the evening of the Commence
ment day at the College Hall, where wo radiated in the
sunshine of the smiles of the lovely fair—and we had al
most said, had our heart pierced through with Cupid’s dart
—“went off merry as a marriage bell.” Even now while
we write, we can see in our imagination,. the bright eyes
that met our own, peeping into our dark and batchelor
sanctum.
Let it suffice to say, our visit to Hamilton on this de
lightful occasion will belong remembered. We greeted
many friends with whom we have heretofore communed
only through the medium of our journal. It was pleasan
to shake them by the hand and discuss past and present
issues which divide the great political parties of the coun
try. But enough. The reader will excuse us for wander
ing out of our stormy, political path on this occasion, to
dwell for a season in the haunts of smiling beauty and
joyous youth. It may have a refining influence over .our
boisterous nature and smooth the rough asperities ol our
political life.
Western So Atlantic Railroad—Anotlier Di
vidend,
Ben. May, Esq., Treasurer of the State Road, has trans
mitted to the Treasurer for the State, at Milledgeville,
$25,000, being the nett earnings of that road for the month
of June. This, added to the amount of the two proceed
ing remittances, makes the pretty little sum ol $92,000
which has crept into the State Treasury from that quarter*
since the first of April last. Whatever complaint may
proceed from certain quarters , against tne management of
that road, the logic of these tacts is hard to be refuted.—
Those of us who regard such matters from this distant
stand point, see the result and not the process; but if the
former satisfies us, we are apt to applaud the latter. ‘The
tree is known by the fruit.’ This is rather a severe test to
apply to the conduct of public agents we admit, but the
management of this business will bear it triumphantly.—
Gov. Brown in the work of reformation which he has pro
secuted so energetically, could not have more faithful and
efficient coadjutors than Dr. Lewis and Ben. May.
War with England.
The Savannah Republican of the 30th ult. says.—We
have the authority of a private letter from a gentleman
occupying a high position in the Cabinet lor saying tnat
the plan of adjusting the “Gulf outrages” that has been
submitted by the British authorities to the Government at
Washington, is deemed by the latter entirely just and .sat
isfactory. They propose to make ample apology for the
indignity, lull reparation for all damages sustained, and to
guarantee our commerce against a recurrence ot the inter
ruptions complained of.*
Union Springs Gazette.— Mr- H.H. Smith, the edi
tor of the above Journal called on us to-day. Union
Springs is in such close proximity to Columbus by means
olthe Railroad, tnat an identity of interests will keep up a
Iriendly union between the two places. Our merchants
who look for trade in this direction, will find the Gazette
a fine advertising medium.
Death of Mayor Wayne.
Tha Savannah papers come to us to-day, dressed in the
habiliments of mourning for their late and worthy Mayor
Richard Wayne, who died Sunday at 51 A. M. He has
been in a critical state for a week and hence the announce
ment of his death does not surprise us. although we share
the grief of that stricken city. Dr. Wayne was born in
1804. Has held many positions of public trust duriog his
life. He was a Surgeon in the Army and stationed at Fort
Moultrie during the troubles between the General Govern
ment and South Carolina. Represented Chatham county
several times in the Legislature and has served as Mayor
ofihatcityas long as six years in succession. The Mili
tary, Masons. Odd Fellows and Fire Companies took part
in his burial and the flags ol the vessels were hung at half
mast.
The Policy of Public Executions.
On yesterday, James Thompson suffered the penally
of death for the crime of the murder of Jno Calhoun. This
act of public justice was witnessed by an immense throng
of people. They came in carriages, ’ wagons, on horse
back and on foot. All ages, conditions and sexes were
represented, making the most motley exhibition ol hu
manity we have ever seen-
We have long thought that this mode of executing the
s entence of the law was fraught with evil to society. The
proper object of puuishment is the prevention of crime.—
This object is partially defeated if the circumstances at
tending the infliction of the penalty tend to mitigate in the
public mind the heinousness of the offence or the guilt of
the criminal. Those terrors with which it is the wise in
tention of the law to invest the doom of malefactors are,
in our judgment, greatly softened by the pomp and dis
play of a public execution. When the criminal ascends the
scaffold it is generally long after the commission ol the
deed for which his life pays the forfeit, Those who wit
ness his atonement know nothing of the enormity of his
offence or the degree of his guilt. If they had this know
ledge there is no time nor room (or these reflections They
see nothing but the prisoner in the iron clutches of the law,
bouDdand dressed for the gallows, and taking counselcf
sympathy, they readily transform him into a martyr. They
scrutinize r the manner in which he awaits his fate —catch
with eagerness his last words, and if from the scaffold,
which pity hath robbed of half its infamy, his eye does not
quail, nor his cheek olanch, nor his voice falter, they as
sociate with their remembrance of his fate the display ot
a redeeming heroism and insensibly contract the impres
sion that death on the gallows is not such an ignominious
end after all.
Notso with private uexecutions. There is nothing in
the last act of the drama here to relieve the ‘public mind ol
horror for the culprit’s doom—nothing to disconnect in the
imagination the r punishment and ihe crime—nothing to
soften or warp our judgment of the offence, or bring into
exercise sympathy lor the offender. Besides, there is
something revolting to the mind .in the contemplation cl
death surrounded by the gloomy terrors ol privacy. All
this is as it should be. Death is the highest penalty
known or possible. To make its infliction of the greatest
efficacy to prevent the crime of which it is adjudged, it
should be stript ot whatever surroundings may relieve its
terror or its infamy.
We intended to say something in this connection of the
propriety ofladies witnessing such exhibitions. We re
member, when a boy, we were shocked in reading that
Roman ladies attended the gladiatorial contests —saw men
hack and butcher each other, and with llieir smiles and
sympathies encouraged the savage combattants. Those
of our fair countrywomen who witnessed the tragedy on
yesterday, will forgive us for saying that, they displayed
a want of delicacy and sensibility equally astonishing,
and a curiosity equally reprehensible. We hope our next
legislature will consider this matter, and will take such ac
tion as will deprive this morbid appetite of any nourish
ment therefter.
Tax Receivers and Tax Payers.
The late circular issued by the Comptroller General—
Mr. Thweatt—to Tax Receivers, informing them of the
penalty the law inflicts upon Tax payers, who make false
returns of their property and the manner of estimating it,
will be of service to our officers in making heavy returns
to the Treasury. Department.
We learn Irom very reliable authority since the
publication of this circular, lhat a Tax-payer ol Baldwin
County who has been accustomed to give in his tax at a
certain valuation of his property, has, since the Comptrol
ler issued this circular, returned the same property at more
than double the valuation heretofore placed upon it-
So much for the energy of Mr. Thweatt who seems to be
interested in having the State receive all the money to
which she is justly entitled under the law. All persons who
have not put a proper valuation on their porperty would
do well to make the correction before the Receivers books
are closed.
Andrew lI.H. Daxvson’s Oration.
We have received the oration delivered by Mr. Dawson
relation to the purchase of Mount Vernon with the kind
equest from the author, that we would read it. We have
done so in a cursory manner and find in it many be au
tilul figures, fine passages and classical illusions. The siyle
is flowing and full of the wild exuberance of fancy. We
have one objection to the oration, which perhaps does
not mar its beauty a great deal. The superb tropes and
metaphors which flow in rapid succession do not dove tail
very well. Wo are sailing at one moment in a rapid
stream, amid shoals and quick-sands, and are transported
over hills and dales in a second’s time to new scenery,
new objects, a calm sea without the slightest conception
how the change took place ! With this exception the ad
dress is very readable and will doubtless find a quick sale
at our book stores. The reader will find a vindication of
John A Washington Esq., the owner of the Mount Ver
non property in the oration—Chaffin & Johnson —Book
Sellers in our city, have a few copies ol the oration for
sale.
The Steamship Arabia and the Cable Fleet.
Halifax, June 27.—Nothing yet seen of the approach
of the Arabia, which left Liverpool on the 19 h insf, nor
has anything been seen or heard of the cable fleet Grea
excitement exhibited and ardent hopes indulged in the
success ol the wire fleet.
From Utah.
St. Louis, June 29.—News had reached St. Louis horn
Camp Scott to the 10th inst., which states that Gov. Cum
miug had distrusted the Mormon promises, and that the
army would move forward to take Salt Lake city on tho
]sth inst.
From Washington.
Washinston, Monday June. 28.—The Government has
informed the Central American States that the adminis
tration had determined to maintain all the rights and in
terests secured to American citizens by the Grant Charte
for that quarter.
Change of Schedule.
From and after the Ist day of July the following will be
the schedule of the mail trains upon the Muscogee and the
Montgomery and West Point Rail Roads :
DAY TRAIN.
LEAVES . ARRIVES AT
Macon 9.45 a. m. [Columbus 3.50 p. m
Columbus 4.30 p. m | Montgomery... .10.30. p.m.
Montgomery 8.30 a. m. Columbus 2 30 p- m.
Columbus 3.30 p. m.[Macon 9.20 p. m.
NIGHT TRAIN
LEAVES ARRIVES AT
Macon 11. p.m. I Columbus 5 ]5 a. m.
Columbus 6.15 a. m. I Montgomery... .12.00 p. m.
Montgomery... .9.30 p m. I ColumDus 300a. m.
Columbus 4.00 a. m | Macon 9.50 a. m.
The Right of Search Abandoned
From the news received by the Arabia and published by
us a lew days since, it will be seen by our readers, that the
British Government has abandoned the pretended right
to visit and search American Vessels suspected of carrying
on the slave trade, which was set up by Lord Aberdeen in
1842 and which has since that period governed the Ad
miralty in its intercourse with other nations. The Earl
of Derby, at the head of the present ministry, has officially
announced this settlementof the differences between
the two Countries. Lord Napier, the British Minister to
the United Slates, bas officially informed Gen. Cass of
the action ot his government. England recognizes the
principles of international law lard down by Gen. Cass to
Lord Napier in April,to bo correct and that the Ashbur
ton treaty of 1842 with the United States in no wise su
percedes that law. This puts an end to our'unhappy dif
ference with England and we rejoice that the question is
settled in conformity with the principles of sound law.
Acknowledgements.
We are indebted to our friend and patron Mr. James S.
Walker of Mulberry Grove, Harris County, for a number
ofthe largest and best flavored apples we have seen this
season. Surely the red hiis of Harris have virtue in them
yet.
Mercer University.
We have received a catalogue of this flourishing institu
tion situated at Penfield, Ga., N. M. Crawford, D. D. is
President of the Faculty. Hon. Thomas Stocks is Presi
dent of the Board of Trustees. The name of Rev. J. II-
DeVotie from this city appears among the list of Trustees.
The College numbers 122 students—See the advertisement
m another column.
Military Institute—Commencement—We learn that
upon invitation Gov. Brown will deliver the diplo
mas to the graduating Class ofthe Georgia Military In
stitute at Marietta at its Commencement on the 14th inst.
The Paris Constitutional says that the Court of Berlin
has nearly accomplished an arrangement between Don
Pedro and the Pretender Don Miguel, under which the
latter renounces all claim to the throne of Portugal, on
condition of the restoration of all his sequestered property,
in the kingdom, and a well-secured annual pension.
Murder in Desha Cos. Ark.—The Vicksburg Whig
learns that Dr. Samuel Mitchell was killed in Desha coun
ty, Arkansas, on Monday last, 21st inst., by two men
named Williams, father and son. The homicide was
committed at ihe house of the elder Williams, about twen
ty miles below Napoleon. Dr. M. formerly resided in
Mississippi and his wife now lives near Vicksburg.
Blackwood’s Maoazine. —The June number
welcome periodical is on our table, filled, as usual, with
entertaining matter.
For the Times & Sentinel.
LETTER FROM A CHUNENNUGGEE LADY
Bidding adieu to the beautiful “City of Flowers,” our
little party entered the cats, and at the shrill sound of ihe
whistle, away we dashed on our visit to the “Queen of the
West.” The country through which we passed was love
ly indeed, and the beauty and variety ofits scenery would
have charmed the most fastidious lover of Nature’s beau
ty. On the one hand, are spread out to the view broad
and undulating fields, touched with the verdant ‘tints of the
newly sown crops, or o’er which waves tho golden grain
already ripe for the reaper’s blade. On the other hand
alternating hills and valleys meet .’the eye, clothed in the
luxuriant verdure of a Southern Spring, decorated with
Flora’s choicest gifts,and stretching lar away until lost in
the distant horizon. Stiil.onward, as we speed cur way
each view presents, like seme grand Raieidoscopes, a
new and lovelier scene. Rising cloud high in the distance
and “clothed in its azure hue,” we behold the dim outline
of the majestic mountain. As we push onward, another
appears, until at last in whatever way we turn the eye,some
giant peak rears its dark blue wall, as if to dispute our iur§
ther progress. But still we halt not. One moment we are
darting merilySacross the grassy vale, while the next finds
us suspended Jar above,the torrent that roars hundreds of
feet beneath us. A moment more and we are thundering
through the tunnelled mountain, and the next winding
around another’s rocky base, far above the awe-inspiring
abyss that lie* beneatii us; while thousands L os feet above
us rises the blue ciad'peak,a monument to the grandeur
and sublimitf of nature.
But as we were whirled mile’after mile, each particular
scene fell back in the distance, and at last the well known
signal warned us that we were approaching tho end of onr
journey. When the rumbling of the cars had ceased, and
we had entered the omnibus, we realized indeed,shat we
were in the city of rocks, tho beautiful “Queen of the
West.” Land of my birth, home of my’childhood! I ielt
like kneeling and kissing the hallowed dust for the sake
ol by-gone days. Who that has a soul can refrain from
emotions of rapture, when after long years of absence, he
re-visits the hallowed land of his birth, the cherished home
of his childhood. But alas! the unsparing hand of time
had left his impress here as ‘elsewhere, and naught was
seen that did not remind me that ‘naiure’s law is change.’
Each old familiar.spot, where once I loved so well to
sport in girlish glee, was now so changed as to have almost
lost its power to charm. Many a dear one, too, who
knew me well and loved me, whose faces were ever bright
as the May morn, with youthful anticipations, and whose
bosoms swelled with the noblest aspirations, are now
missed from the stage on which they once promised to have
played so honored a part. Where are they ’now! Alas !
they have long since been wrapt in their winding sheets,
while their bodies repose beneath the grassy turf, in the
cold, siient and solemn tomb, and their spirits are reveling
in a brighter and happier world. Other faces, too, not less
loved, nor less lamiliar, though still spared to share the
joys and contend with tiie difficulties ‘'of life, had almost
grown out of my recollection, so much had they changed
since last we met.
Nashville is situated on the Cumberland river, and is a
large and important commercial city. The oft-repeated
whistle ol the engine, the frequent arrival and departure of
first class steamers, the constant rattling of drays, carts,
&e.,the throng of people that continually crowd the streets
—the display of every variety of merchandise, are things
that attract the observation of all visitors. The beauty
and elegance of the buildings, both public and private,lead
all to the conclusion that Nashville is an important busi
ness emporium, and a plaee’of wealth, taste, elegance and
refinement.
On the morning alter our arrival vve visited the capitol,
which is said to be one of the finest buildings in the Uni
ted States. It is composed entirely of marble—is of the
finest architecture—cost the State several millions, and
presents a grand aud imposing, appearance. There we
found assembled in the Senate chamber, the large and in
telligent body of ministers which composed the Confer
ence of tho M. E- Church,South. After .getting a seat,
which was procured with great difficulty,-on account ol
the galleries being already densely crowded, I gazed
around, and my dazzled vision could hardly discriminate
whether I was awake or dreaming. The magnificence of
the interior ofthe building was (alone ‘sufficient to excite
my admiration; but when I beheld the giant mass of in
tellect assembled before me, the grand display of intelli
gence and refinement that greeted my eye on every side,
the beauty and grace,that wreathed the orows of the fair
Representatives of the city and Slate,'my admiration was
kindled into enthusiasm. Feeling oppressed by the exces
sive heat, we again sought the street aud the refreshing
influence of the balmy breeze.
The next place of note that we visited was the residence
of Mrs. Polk. Fortunately for us we found her at home
and were delightfully entertained during our visit. She
is exceedingly fascinating and possesses all the attributes
of a true aDd genuine lady, .vi/. —beauty, intelligence and
piety. The monument of the ex-President is situated in
the front yard of his elegant mansion, and around it has
been placed by the hand of her who cherished his memo
ry with fond recollection, beautiful shells, flowers and
shrubbery.*
Early one morning I visited the Cemetery. As l enter
ed the ga.e, I could not resist the feelings of awe and
solemnity that stole over me, for I felt indeed that 1 was in
the silent city of the dead. As if to counteract the sad
dening influence exerted by the presence of the assembled
dead, the grounds have been beautifully laid off, with peb
bled walks, and decorated with shades and bowers and
shrubbery, while here and there blooms the fragrant rose,
placed by the hand of affection over the last resting place
of some cherished and loved one as a last token of fond
remembrance. As I wandered over the grounds and re
membered the old adage that “Death levels all distinc
tions,” Icould not help but he struck with the great diver
sity of monumental marks that had ibeen erected (.over the
sleeping ones beneatii. Here, over the remains of some
proud son of wealth, unknown to honor or distinction,
save that which gold confers, rises the splendid mausoleum
upon which the sculptor’s art has been exhausted, and upon
the tomb isseen,
Not what he was,but what he should have been;
While in yonder corner, quietly reposes the remains of hon
est worth, with nought but the grassy mound to mark the
spot, and not even an humble slab to tell who rests below-
Reared in the lap of poverty, and blest only with an hon
est heart and generous soul, his name is his monument and
his epitaph is engraved upon the hearts of his friends.
Ida of Tiiornville.
communicated.
Religious News.
The Rev. Mr. Ryerson of Augusta, who was expected
in our city a week since, will preach in the Baptist church
this evening, and on each successive evening during the
week.
We are also informed, that the right Rev. Bishop Elliot,
of this diocese, is expected here by the afternoon train, and
that he will administer the ordinance of confirmation to
such as present themselves for that purpose at the Episco
pal Church this evening.
It is with pleasure, lhat we announce arrivals of this
character, for we can receive nothing but good from these
messengers of peace. Besides, the laborers are too few for
the reaping and garnering of the harvest in onr (midst, and
it is well that there are those abroad who, like Paul of old,
do not resist the calls of the Spirit, but have “come over’’
to “help us.” May those who have gone thu3 far with
zeal into the good work, still hold up the hands of these
men of God until Israel prevail.
General Cass.
The Washington correspondent ofthe Philadel
phia North American pays the following well-de
served and graceful tribute to the illustrious states
man who is now at the head of the State Depart
ment. Speaking of the probable satisfactory solu*
tion of the right of search question, he says:
“Nor should the occasion be allowed to pass,
whatever difference of political opinion may exist,
without a just and becoming tribute to the able,
resolute, and patriotic course of General Cass. If
there be one question, more than another, to which
he has especially contributed the efforts, the zeal,
the investigation, and the unswerving purpose of
the last twenty-five years of his public career, se.
conded by all the influence of his commanding
character at home and abroad, it has been this
right of search. Indeed, it had come to be consid
ered to some degree as his peculiar province or
speciality. And when his instructions to Mr. Dal
las come to be scanned by the impartial judgment
of men disembarrassed by all parties, it will be seen
how much the country is indebted to him for the
settlement which at once relieves our diplomatic
relations of their most vexatious and threatening
aspect. It is gratifying to me,as a political oppo
nent, to have the opportunity of expressing these
sentiments. * * * o
This is a great triumph in every sense and noth
ing but the most narrow and bigoted partisanship
can deny those who have achieved it the high cred
it which they are entitled to claim from a generous
public.”
Southern Recorder says the following
banks have fully complied with the proclamation
of Gov. Brown, in making out their semi-annual
returns.—Central Rail Road Bank, Bank of Sa- i
vannali. Bank of Fulton, Manufacturer’s Bank of !
Macon, Southern Bank, Bainbridge, Bank of Au
gusta, Bank of Athens, Bank of Columbus, and
Georgia Railroad & Banking Company. *
From the Charleston Mercury June 28th.
Our Policy.
It is just cause of congratulation that the little
cloud which recently boded division and distraction
among true men of the South, in Alabama and
elsewhere, is passing away. The great reach of
Southern statesmanship now, is the union of the
South for action. The signs of the times indicate,
unmistakably, that we are drifting to a critical,
and it may be the turning point, in our history.—
The period is fast approaching when the peopleot
the South will have the decision forced upon them,
either to live in the Union as inferiors, or to main
tain their independence oui of it. It is true that,
theoretically, the South has torn from the statute
book some odious badges of inferiority ; but what
then ? Is there any abatement of the volume of
fanaticism ? Is there any pause even of ihe tide ?
No. In the Senate there were, but a few years ago,
only two or three Abolition Senators; now there
are more than twenty. The fanaticism of the
North has made a still greater acquisition of
strength in the lower House of Congress. Is not
this fact full’of significance ?
Yet, in one important particular, vve may con
gratulate ourselves that the South has gained, too
—not in the increase of numbers on the floor ot the
Senate or the House—but in the union of her peo
ple. Fanaticism is fast concentrating opinion and
compacting against us the Northern States. Re
sistance to fanaticism is doing the same thing for
the South. The Southern States possess, in abun
dance, all the elements of wealth and power, and
they lack only union and will to maintain their
equality in the Union, or their independence out of
it. This union we are fast securing, and the will
is unmistakably springing up, fresh and irresistible.
We do not mean the preliminary union of all the
Southern States, but those which are more deeply
interested in the preservation of the institution of
slavery. .
With this prospect before us, we earnestly sug
gest this is no time to sow discord it foment divis
ions in the ranks of true Southern men, either on
the Conference Bill or any other issue. Let no oc
casion be sought to kindle rivalries or animosities
upon by gone issues. Let not feelings or convic
tions be gratified, at the expense of the public in
terest. The Southern column is organizing for
the march, and let not dissension invade the ranks,
or even decided differences of opinion divide the
true.
These thoughts have been called out before by
the signs of division which recently clouded the
Southern sky. Therfc was certainly a feeling of
great dissatisfaction at the passage of the Confer
ence Bill. The eyes ofthe people ofthe South had
been turned intently upon the Senate Bill. Any
departure from this was of course received with
distrust and coolness. In the struggle upon the
admission of Kansas we contended for ihe right of
a slave State to be admitted into the Union, and
for the finality of the Lecompton Constitution. Ma
ny of the truest and soundest men we have think
the Conference Bill does assert such right of ad
mission, and that in lit the Lecompton Constitution
is accepted as final and complete. This muchjis due
to truth and justice. Whatever we might have
wished ourselves, the Conference Bill was the act
ofthe South—of her most trusted statesmen, such
as Davis, Clay and Hammond. It was bitterly op
posed by the Black Republicans, and has not di
vided the South. It had the sanction and support
of Southern men whose patriotism and Southern
feeling i* unquestioned, and whose abiliiy is ac
knowledged.
We then deprecate agitation and division on this
issue, for agitation and division will but weaken
and debase us. Our State is now united. She
should continue so. We have been, and still are,
engaged in a great struggle, and South Carolina
cannot afford to make any but the plainest issues,
or to cut down any of her tried and trusty sons, to
whom the maintenance of her rights and honor has
been committed.
An issue on this subject, under existing circum
stances, would be fatal to the cause of Southern ac
tion. With these views, we have thought it prop
er at this period, before the expression of popular
opinion on the fourth of July coming, and before
our members of Congress have spoken, to utter a
word of caution to all as to the manner of handling
this subject. Much harm maybe unwittingly done
by rashness and indiscretion.
Silence in Ranks.
Under this caption, [says the Spirit of the
South] the “Southern'Native” commenting on our
notice of the course of tiie Florida Democracy on
the Conference bill, throws out some obscure inti
mations, that we have changed our position on
that subject. So far from such being the fact, we
have from first to last, ever since the passage of
the bill, uniformly adhered to the same ground,
and while condemning its provisions and regret
ting its success, have deprecated any issue with
the Southern members who supported it. Having
expressed this opinion at the outset, we after
wards quoted with approbation the remarks of Mr
Yancey to the same effect in the Southern Con
vention, and when the Florida Democrary assumed
a similar position, we again declared our
satisfaction. Our reasons for such a policy have
also been stated more than once. They are not
founded on any considerations of party success,
but on the highest regard for the interests of the
the South. We should despair of Southern Rights
if we could believe for a moment that such men
as Davis, and Hammond, and Clay, and Boyce,
and Keitt,and Clingraan, and many others with
antecedents equally sound, could be deliberately
unfaithful to the cause. That they erred, we have
not a doubt,and that it was in good faith and from
patriotic motives, we feel equally certain. What
can the South gain by an issue of this sort? The
question is not whether we shall send men to
Washington to pass such a bill, for the bill is al
ready a law, and the defeat of every man who sup
ported it, could not change it. Suppose the issue
made in every Southern State, and what would
follow? A contest fruitful only in bitterness, dis
cord and alienation, and violent beyond parallel.—
The South distracted and divided over an issue no
longer practical! Now our great need has always
been southern Union,and experience teaches us that
without at least a close approximation to it, a suc
cessful stand lor our rights is impossible. Is it not
then the plain dictate of wisdom and patriotism
to husband our resources for the next emergency,
which cannot be far off, instead of producing dis
cord and strife among our people? *
The New York Daily News in a recent article upon
the Slave Trade and the unwarrantable means which
England has lately employed in the gulf for its suppression,
thus touches up her coolie and apprenticeship system:
It is known and probably susceptible of legal
proof, that the new slave-trade under the specious
title of the apprentice system and other beautiful
names, is the worst possible, because the most
fraudulent and oppressive type of the slave trade
which evercame into existence. For instance, un
der this system, a superior class of beings to those
which constitute the staple of the old slave trade,
are the victims; and a bloody and piratical war
fare is opened in those colonies in Africa which
have lelt the benefit of civilization, in order to sup
ply the demand.
Again, it is asserted and seems to be proven,
that whenever it suits the convenience of the mas
ters or employers of these coolies, or apprentices,
the certificates of their apprenticeship are destroy
ed or altered, and new ones are made out with
new names and dates, so that when one period of
service has expired, by a little change of locality
these helpless dupes are readily made to serve an
other term, and so their bondage becomes perpet
ual in slavery, as unmeasurably more burdensome
than that in the South as their habits and intellects
are superior to the simple savage negro, who has
ever been benefited by being brought under the
rule of our own “peculiar institution,” and will ev
er relapse into barbarism when removed from the
influence and control of the white race. Yet this
is not enough. The Indians of Usatan are now to
be stolen and sold for a term of years, and that a
term which like the other, only ends at the grave,
if it so please their masters.
And philanthropic, abolitionist England, favors
this system, a system whose inevitable enormities
are two fold, because, first: the slaves are as a
general thing of a superior order socially and intel
telectuallv ; and second : the master not having ab
solute property in them has no pecuniary interest
in securing for them humane treatment, as has the
Southern slaveholder,
It is well for the London Times, therefore, to
urge the British Government to recede from the
attempt to prevent the slave traffic upon Ameri
can waters. Consistency could ask no less; and
humanity is out of the question on her part. Her
own eminent men and public officers recommend a
resort to the apprentice system as the only means
of salvation to her West India Colonies; while all
the world knows now, or will soon know, that
these fine pretences, so nicely covered by cunning
misnomers, are but the foundation of a slavery more
terrible than any which has presented itself Such
is British philanthropy and European consistency
concerning slavery and the slave trade.
[From the London Herald, Jane 11.]
The English Press on the Search Question.
The American difficulty is the third of Lord
Palmerston’s legacies to his successors. Whether
it was prepared expressly to be at hand for use
when wanted, we, of course, are unable to state;
hut the question is open to very shrewd conjecture
Whatever may have been the orders which have
led to the unwonted activity of our cruisers in the
Mexican Gulf—for that activity is an unquestiona
ble fact—they were orders sent out by the late gov
ernment, not by the present; and we fancy we can
trace their origin in the correspondence towards the
close of the last year between Lord Napier and
Gen, Cass, in which our minister complained of tiie
remisness of the American government in its duty
of helping to suppress the slave trade, notoriously
carried on as it is in American ships sailing under
American colors. The reply of the United Slates
Secretary could not have been deemed satisfactory
to the British government, which seems to have
been suddenly seized with an inexpressible desire
to put down that particular branch of the slave
trade which flow’s tnto Cuba while showing itseit
quite regardless of the new slave trade between Af
rica and the French West India colonies, a re
markable illustration of the atrocities attending
which we printed on Tuesday in our intelligence
from the west coast of Africa. Is it possible thai
Lord Palmerston may havo seized the opportui ity
to gratify a personal grudge, against the govern
ment of the United States under cover of this
known zeal for the suppression of the slave traffic !
And were urders sent out to exercise the right of
visitation and search rigorously, in order to excite
a quarrel with America , in which the“spirited”min
ister might have an opportunity of avenging his
humiliation on the enlistment dispute, and perhaps
find anew lease of power?
We are, of course, unable to answer these ques
tions, or to affirm anything on the grave point they
raise. But we know what is said in the U. States,
and what the circumstances, so far as they are yet
ascertained, do not contradict. Lord Palmerston
is held to be answerable. “When,” avs a New
York paper, (the Herald) supposed to know very
well what the opinions of the Cabinet at Washing
ton are, “when Lord Palmerston found that he
could not compel Louis Napoleon to desist from
his scheme of African apprenticeship—the slave
trade revived—he determined to make a great fuss
about the slave question in other quarters, in or
der to attract attention from his failure in connex
ion with the French Emperor’s plan. The sup
pression of the slave trade is but a pretence—a
subterfuge on the part of Palmerston—to carry out
his double purpose of screening his own failure and
indulging his spleen against the United States.”—
Whether this be the true, solution or not, time will
show, li e mention it here because it is important
to know what the Americans thinkoj the matter
But,however that may be,it is perfectly piain
that the American government can never be
brought to acknowledge the right of search, and it
would become the British nation to inquire and
decide how far it is worth whiie risking a war with
a great and kindred people for the sake of a con
tested right like this, in promotion of so doubtful
a means of suppressing ttie slave trade as is the
blockading squadron. The conduct of England
on this subject has been most contradictory, aud its
results most unsatisfactory. We almost altogether
ruined our West Indian colonies by suddenly sup
pressing slavery, and subsequently, while binding
Spain by a treaty and a payment of £400,000 to
stop the slave trade in Cuba, we allow that treaty
to remain a dead letter, at the same time opening
our all-important market to the slave-grown sugar
of Cuba at the same duties as free labor sugar.—
Thus, with one hand we apply the utmost possible
stimulus to the Cuban slave trade, and with the
other irritate the American government to the very
point of war by our right of search for the avowed
purpose of suppressing that trade. Can anything
be more absurd than such a position as this?—
And how can the Americans or Spaniards believe
in our single-minded desire to put down the abom
inable traffic? We shall, of course, be accused of
reviving projects of protection when we say that
the only way to put a stop to the slave trade is ab
solutely to prohibit the importation of Cuban slave
growrr sugar. If that is not to be thought of,
blockades and right of search will do little good,
and may produce much evil.
Governor Gumming and his Movements in Utah.
By the arrival in this city of Col. Kane we have
been able to gain a little more insight into the pe
culiarities of Gov. Cumming’s administration in
Utah, or rather into the tone and character of his
government, We have, for instance, the distinct
authority of Col. Kane for saying that Gov. Cum
ming resolved to enter Salt Lake City in the spring
without having made any arrangement, through him
or otherwise, in reference to his visit. It was Gov.
Cumming’s intention last winter to hav separated
himself from the army, and to go to the Mormon
capital. Not only, then, does it appear that Gov.
C. acted with great energy, hut it turns out that
in all his addresses to the rebellious people ho de
manded unconditional submission. He would recog
nise the Mormons as brothers only on the express
ground that they should recognise the laws aDd
constitution of tho United States as binding upon
them. This bold, fearless language, uttered by a
man of large heart and commanding intellect, won
the respect of the Mormons; and hence we have
been so liberally reported and published by the re
turn party of Col. Kane.
We shall look with profound interest to the de
velopment of affairs in Utah. There is a mystery
in that Territory which it will require time to
solve. The power that moves a whole communi
ty at a signal, is worthy of calm investigation, and
its future may well be watched with extraordinary
interest. Such a people have a future. This is an
important fact to be kept in view—the Mormons
have a future. They are encumbered with vices
and moral excrescences which it will take time to
remove, but with the vast field before them in the
interior ofthe continent it is certain they have a fu
ture ! ,
We regard it as fortunate that one so intelligent,
firm, and sagacious as Gov, Cumming is charged
with the delicate duly of administering the govern
ment ofthe Mormon people.— Washington Union.
Northward Bound.
The Savannah News saye: Our citizens have
rarely had a more beautiful sight than was presen
ted to them on Saturday evening last, in the de
parture of four first class steamships: the Augus
la, Capt. Lyon, and the propeller Huntsville, Capt.
Post, tor New York ; the State of Georgia , Capt.
Garvin, for Philadelphia, and the City of Norfolk,
Capt. Greene, for Baltimore. By reference to our
shipping column, it will be seen that they were all
well filled with passengers and freight.
We are pleased to notice that much of the tide
of travel North, which has heretoford gone by way
of Charleston, has been turned towards Savannah,
and we feel confident that the excellent accommo
dations afforded by our hotels and steamship lines
and the great saving in price, will have a tendency
eventually to swell it to a still greater extent. So
mote it be.
The Trial of Gen. Lane—The trial of Gener
al Jas. FI. Lane for the murder of Col. Gains Jen
kins, commenced in Lawrence, Kansas, on the
14th, before the preliminary court of investigation,
Mr. Ladd, J. P-, presiding. Five Lawyers are en
gaged on each side—Col. Young of Independence
Mo.; James Christian of Lawrence; Hugh and
Thomas Ewing, of Leavenworth, and Jno Hutch
inson of Lawrence, for the defence; and for the
prosecution, Messrs. Coe, Collatuer, Stafford (pros
ecuting attorney) S. N. Wood and ex-Secretary
Staunton.
The medical testimony showed that Col. Jenkins
had died from wounds inflicted by the defendant,
and that there were ninety-eight shot wounds in
the body, most of which were in tho right side, tiie
breast and abdomen.
Vice President Breckinridge. —The Senate be
stowed a worthy compliment upon the Vice Presi
dent, on Monday, in recording their unanimous
appreciation of the urbane and acceptable manner
in which he had discharged the difficult and deli
cate duties of its presiding officer. The resolution
was moved by Mr. Seward, the leader of the party
opposed to Mr. Breckenridge in sentiment, and was
concurred in by every member of every political
opinion and prejudice belonging to the body.
There is no office of more real dignity and hon
or in the government than that of Vice President
ot the United States. He is the “heir-apparent”
to the government during the constitutional term
of his service, and lie presides over the delibera
tions ol the most learned mid august tribunal
known to our institutions. The incumbent of such
an officejnecessariiy holds a high place in the regard
and pride of ihe people of the Union ; and when
he happens to be a person in tho bloom of manhood,
endowed with the graces of mind and character of
the present incumbent, the people aro apt to wel
come with lively satisfaction such generous testi
monials in his honor as that of the Senate on Mon
day.— Washington Union.
Judge N. L. Hutchins.
We have attended the Courts ofthe western cir
cuit during the riding just terminated, and have
witnessed, with great pleasure the manner in which
his honor Judge N. L. Hutchins, administers the
law. His long and active career as a lawyer has
rendered bin a proficient in this noble science; ami
being familiar with the decisions of the Courts, In
is enabled to dispatch business with a rapidity a , j
correctness rarely attained. While lie conduct:
himself in the court house with all that pleasant
urbanity for which he is so distinguished out of it
he maintains the best order, and all the machinerv
of business runs smoothly and agreeably. Ileholds
the scales of justice with an even hand, unbiassed
by wealth or influence. The same measure is
nieted out to the rich and powerful as m the- p oo r
and humble. So far as we have heard an expres
sion ol public opinion, it has been that of approval
and satisfaction. We congratulate the citizens of
our circuit upon having secured the services of
such an able and upright Judge. —Athens Bee
rier.
Death of Old Hannibal, the Elephant.
The following we copy from the Cleveland Pi 3 ; a
dealer:
This old and justly distinguished elephant died
at Canfield on Monday. Ho was quite old
tremely so. We have heard his age stated varies.
ly at from five hundred to one thousand years
At Slimes Hannibal was rather wild. .
troubles may have been the cause of this. We u'l
lievehis faults wereof the head, however, not of
the heart. He never used tobacco in any form
and in all travels was never forced to “spout” j.:.
tnwk fir his hotel bills. What other showman of
any note can say as much? Still, the fact can’t fa
disguised, Hannibal cut up some very hard cap- s
during his life. In Maine, years ago, he has shut
up one night in a shed. In the morning he was
found three or four miles off with the rocf of ii iß
shed upon his back!
When connected with June & Titus’s circus and
menagerie he had a falling out with some of ihe
performers, and one day whilst they were makim*
their grand entree in the ring, on their high m -
tied and gorgonsly-caparisoned horses, Hanoi’ a(
burst his fastenings, rushed into the ring, and un
horsed every man of them. After tossing ti.em
around for a while he returned to his accustomed
’ place, and permitted his keeper to tie him ur,
again. Going from Boston to .Salem, some years
ago, he became enraged about something or other
and made terrific work on the road—tearingdown
fences, tipping over wagons, and tossing men and
horses isto ‘lie air.
Traveling from one small town to another one
Sunday afternoon, in New Hampshire, Han:,!,;.:
met a long line of carriages, filled with people go
ing home from church. The man in tiie head
carriage struck the elephant a smart blow with h; S
whip as he passed. Hannibal immediately uni
ded the entire line ot carriages. No one was se
riously injured. One n ght as his keeper was
driving him through a strip of woods in Vermont,
a violent thunder storm arose. A tree was struck
by lightning, and one of the shattered brandies
struck his keeper and kiled him instantly. A!
night long the elephant watched the dead man cic.-c
----ly and tenderly, even as a mother would watch tiie
corpse of her child, and never from that moment
left him until he was buried. Hannibal in.;...t
well. We don’t hear what ailed Hannibal—pr -
ably it was old ase. Wo undrstand that in- o-t
his last owners, Van Amburgh & Cos., four!’ a
thousand dollars. Peace to his ashes.
Laws of D;vorce.
We have thirty-two States, and there arc almost
as many different laws of divorce as there are States
The reader may see some of these differences by
the following statement :
1. In the States of Georgia, Alabama and Miss
issippi, two-thirds of the Legislature must con
cur with a decision by the Court to make a di
vorce.
2. In Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South C
olina, Louisiana and Missouri, no divorce can;
granted but by special act of the Legislature ; and
South Carolina has never granted a divo ee.
3. In the States of Connecticut, Ohio and Illinois,
| all divorces, are total.
4. In Massachusetts,New York and North Caro
lina, nothing but adultery is cause of divorce.
5. In Illinois two years’ absence, only, is a cam
of divorce.
(i. In Indiana, we believe, anything is a cause
in the discretion of the Court. In the recent Pres
bvterian Assembly at Chicago, an elder from tha;
State rose, on the trial ol Mr. Shield, and said dial
as he came from Indiana, he desired to put on re
cord lhat Ames Dunn goes against divorce ‘.-Cin
cinnati Gaz.
Estimated Destruction of Property ey the
late Freshet-.—Tiie diversified nature cf the
devastation and the vast extent of country which
it covers, renders au aeeuraie estimate of the
damages next to impossible. We can however,
approximate to a result, as follows :
Cotton crop, 400,000 bales §16,000,00“
Grain crop - 10,000,000
Sugar crop, 50,000 hogshead 3,000,000
Towns, buildings, bridges, mills, levees
and farming stock 3,000,000
Railroads and canals 1,000,000
Total 33,000,000
This is but a rough .estimate. We feel certain
however, that so far front exaggerating the aggre
gate losses sustained as set down, oui figures fall
short of the reality. And thesel osses, though not
generally felt by our financial and commercial
clases now will undoubtedly leave their impressions
upon finances, stockjobbers, hanks, merchants, and
all interested in the profits and losses ofthe great
Mississippi valley —.V. I'. Herald.
Narrow Escape of a Train.—Track Dis
placed by the Heat of the Sun.—The train
which left Buffalo yesterday afternoon for this city,
narrowly escaped being thrown from the track by
the dipiacement of the rails. The train had only
proceeded a couple of miles before it was stopped
by a signal from sotue of the track men, who had
found the rails bent in two places. The train came
to a stand still without accident, when an exami
nation of the track was made. It appeared that
the heat of the sun had so expanded the rail, that
it had curved each way —it being the combination
rail—full six inches out of line. All this expan
sion must have taken place within two or three
hours, as not more than that time had elapsed since
trains had passed over this track. It appears that
when the track was laid the rails had not been
placed far enough apart to allow for the greatest
possible expansion under the heat of summer. —
The passengers felt much relieved when they
learned the cause ofthe stop and the narrow es
cape they had made.
It took about one hour to fix a track so that the
train could pass. It then came on and nearly made
up the time to this city, coming down in one hour
and fifty minutes, which is first rate time.—Roch
ester Advertiser, 24.
Ofr Professor Hamilton, in an address before
the Liverpool Philosophical Society, gave an ex
planation of the gyrascope, an instrument which
has long puzzled the scientific world. According
to Prof. 11. the reason why the disc, when in rap
id motion, did not perceptibly altar the place of its
rotation, was that, before the Iptteral force applied
to any giveu point of its circumference had time to
act, that point would have changed its place, and
thus the same force which, when applied at the top
ofthe circle, would tend to overcome the perpen
dicularity of tiie disc, would, when the point ac
ted upon had reached the bottom, operate to re
store it. The phenomenon of the rotarv motion
imparted to the horizontal ring of the instrument,
by suspending a weight to one side of it while the
disc was rotating, was explained by the fact that
a -sphere could not rotate about two axes at the
same time, hut would take an intermediate path,
which would be the resultant of the combined ac
tion of the several forces brought to bear upon the
moving body. In the case of the gyrascope, this
would be compounded of the tendency of the
weight to overcome the horizontal position of the
ring, and the tendency ofthe rapid .motion of the
disc to maintain it, the result being the horizontal
motion of the ring.
|aP~E. L. Heriot chief engineer of the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad, having been requested by the
Board of Directors to report which of the three
lines under consideration he has surveyed and
considers the most practicable, has repotted in fa
vor of the most Southern lino, which runs about
three miles to the south of Troupville, crossing the
Withlacoochee R ver near the mineral Springs. —
His report was adopted by the Board of Directors
and tho line located accordingly.
P. T. Barmun sailed for Liverpool on Thursday
in the Kangaroo, whether he goes to complete ar
rangements for the exportation of the Lundy Ope
ra Troupe, for a grand campaign in the fall.