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B 0 L GH TOx\, NISB £T& BARNES, Publishers and Proprietors. R. X. BOICHTOS, JON. 11. iVIHBKT. Edif«rii. T I: H !| N. 72X2 PEDSXLAi 1/2*10 Iff, Is puUmhtd Il'icUy, in Milledgrrille, Ga., Corner of Hancocli und Washington Sis., (opposite Court House.) at $2 a year in advance, (Unuws in An' ANCK, $3 Per Annum.) KATKN OF ADVIiBTISINC, Vct sjuart of hcelee lines. yCine insertion $1 Or^and Fifty Cents foreachsub- sequent com.; nuance. frho.,e sent without a specification of the numher | of insertion;., will be published till forbid, and cliTii.-ed accordingly. f Business or Professional Cards, per year, where tli y lo not exceed JSlX Lines. - - $10 00 A Idaral contract trill fie mr.de Kith those tcho trish to Ailcertise by the year, occupying a specified spare. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, E vcciitovs or Guardians, are required by lav.- to be li dd 011 the First Tuesday in the month, between tlie hours of 10 in the forenoon and 3 in the after- . at the Court House in the County in which ; • property is situated. Notice of these sales mnst be given in a public paz; tie 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must be p v n In like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to tlie debtors and creditors of an estate must also be published 40 days. N' ■ ice that application will Ire made to tlie Court o! ' )i dinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must b<; published for two months. < Potions fur letters of Administration, Guardian* Clip. A c., must he published 30 days—for dismis sion from Admin'-r, ition, monthly sir months—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers, for the full spare of three months—for com pelling titles from Executors or Administrators, v.-V-re bond has been given by the deceased, the fell space of three monihs. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered, at the following R A T E S: | Citations on letters of Administration, Ac. $2 75 “ dismissory from Admr’on. 4 50 “ “ Guardianship Leave to sell Land or Negroes Nolice to debtors and creditors S lies of persponai property, ten days, 1 sqr. Sale of land or negroes by Executors, Ac. E strays, two weeks For a man advertising his wife (in advance) 5 00 itfttnil VOLUME XXIX.] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY JULY 13 ; 1858. [NUMBER 7. 8WAN & C0 ! S., LOTTERIES. TRIUMPHANT!! swaTXco. Continue to Draw as Usual Without Interruption SWAM & CO’S., LOTTE ItlES Jl lit; I.GGAIj, AMD AUTDOBISBD 11V THE STATE OF GEOBGIA l Tlif I.aic ntiruipl lo Injure Our Firm Hum Mliown Thai our I.otMrirw ore iliawn Fairly; Thai our Friers are l'aid Puurlually; and llial our Schemes Are more Liberal than any Oilier Lottery lit the AT oeld ! Tlio following Scheme will be drawn by S. Swan A Co., Managers of the Sparta Acad emy Lottery, in each of their single number Lotter ies for JULY, 185-, at AUGUSTA, Georgia, in public, under the supsrintendcncc of Commission ers. dai s 22 draws on Saturday, July 3, 185S. Class 23 draws on Saturday, July 10. 1858. Class 21 draws on Saturday. July 17, 1858. Chars 25 draws on Saturday. July 31, 1858. On the plan of Single Numbers. 50,(100 Tick ets ! Five thousand four hundicd and eighty- five prizes. Nearly one prize to every nine tick ets. MAGNIFICENT SCHEME' To be Drawn each SATL'KXiAl in JULY! 3 00 4 00 3 00 1 50 5 00 1 50 1 Piizeof I 1 » 1 “ 1 “ UKNERAL ADVERTISEMENTS. A (AT S. $70,00" 30.000 10.000 5.000 4.000 3.000 ] ,500 1.000 4 4 4 4 50 50 J00 230 900 800 700 600 500 300 125 J00 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. NEW STOCK OF GOODS B. Brown’s Old Stand.) LEATHER STORK. [Next Door to CONN’S FANCY Store.] THE subscriber has just received from New ! receiving it Fork, a choice selection of ttd rjIrnilciHcna’ Muddles, Certificates of Packages will be sold at the fol- _ ,,, . _ . lowing rates which is tlie risk: Saddlery, Bridles, Carpe\[ Bags, Saddle Bags, llhtps Certificate of Package of 10 Whole Ticke's, $80 Spurs, Harness amt Sale l.cal/icr, Kid and Calf j Skins, Lace Leather, Bond Leather, 8fC. A*c. Also Men's Dottide Sole Russet Brogan Shoes. * eC Saddles and Harness manufactured and re paired on short notice. “ “ 10 Half “ 40 “ “ 10 Quarter “ 20 “ “ 10 Eighth, “ 10 In ordering tickets or certificates, enclose tlie money to our address for the tickets ordered, on rw Also Boors and Shoes, manufactured and ! receipt of which they will be forwarded by first repaired to order, with neatness and dispatch { J The Boot mid Shoe department will he under the direction of Mr. SHEA, (in experienced workman. CALVIN C. CARR. Milledgeville. April 13, 1858. 4ti tf NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED! I "42 m *i • TA j. 1 1 • 1 i 'A3 and under, paid immediately after the drav TJ 1 <lllOr]il£' EiStniOlSDlllCnt 1? I otherprires at the usual time of thirty days. ■ — Li *“ I All communications strictly confidential. mail. Purchasers can have tickets ending in any figure they may designate. The list of drawn numbers and prizes will be sent to purchasers im mediately after the drawing. I'#*” Purchasers will please write their signatures plain, and give their post office, county and State. Remember that every pnze is drawn and payable in full without deduction. All prizes of $1,000 drawing— SPERLING & BROWN are now Rrrciving a NEW and well SELECTED STOCK of the very latest PATTERNS of Cloths, Cassimcres, Drillings, and Fancy Goods for Pants. Wc have a large and choice selection of the latest Plain and Fancy Vestings, Ac., Address orders for tickets or certificates, to S. SWAN & Co., Augusta, Ga. nr Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala., or Atlanta, Ga., can have their orders filled, and save time, by addressing S. Swan & Co., at either of those cities. tyA list of the numbers that are drawn from the wheel, with the amount of the prize that each all of which have been selected with great care by one is entitled to, will be published after every one of the firm, and purchased for tlie cash, which drawing, in (he following papers: New Orleans will enable us to put up Garments for our pat- Delta, Mobile Register, Charleston Standard, Nash- rons upon the most satisfactory terms We invite our patrons and the public generally to give us a call and examine our Stock of Goods. I W* We have the Latest Fashions. Milledgeville. April 5th 1858. 45 tf IcllCb'l'X. grateful for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon him, takes this opportunity of informing the citizens of Mil- ledgeville and vicinity, that having associated with him Mr. WILLIAM Gksnf.ii, an experienced Client- ille Gazette, Atlanta Intelligencer, New York Weekly Day Book, and Savannah Georgian, Richmond Dispatch and New York Dispatch, Paulding (Miss.) Clarion, and Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist, Little Rock (Ark) True Deni TRUNKS, V GENERAL ASSORTMENT of ^TYT very Superior TravelingtatV i T-, • . i -ii u , -1 Tranks, VALISES, CAKPET^™*^™ ist and Druggist, he will be enabled thereby to ai- Sp^rr;».: dv ”“ s “ “ assrastifa., rmi «■ A. L. VAIL, Ag t. 1 11 E May 17th, 1858. 51 tf. WILL be continued at. the OLD STAND, under the name ami style of HI'RTY & GESNER, where we will continue to keep a full assortment of Drugs, aGedicines. Chemicals. Paints and Oils, &c , together with all articles usuallv sold in our line. FOR THE TOILET, French anil American Perfumery, Hair Oils, Potc- ders, S’C . Hair, Tooth amt Soil Brushes, Tmlrt Bottles, Sec., Sec., Also a lot of TUBE PLANTS, and an assortment of MUSIC and Music Books. In the Stationery Line, will be kept a popular selec tion of BOOKS, Note, Letter and other Papers, with such other articles as are usually called for. To the Preparation of Prccrriplion-i and Ph.ir- niacerftifal Preparations Mr. GESNER will give Window Glass. TI7TNDOW GLASS of all sizes from 7*9 to IT 2fpf3t3 kept constantly on hand for, sale by April GRIEVE ck CLARK, Druggists. !G 1858 48 ti. MATS! JUST RECEIVED AT THE Milledgeville Clothing Store. HOTEL, NO. L LARGE assortment of HATS, iz: BEEBE'S SUPER MOLE SKIN. BLACK and FANCY CASSI- MERE and FELT HATS ; also Wool, his personal attention, and endeavor to please all i Panama, Straw anil Leghorn. Also who may favor him with their confidence. 1IERTY &. GESNER. Milledgeville, April 5,1858. 45 ly CHE MX CALS, assortment of YOUTHS AND A. May 11, 1858. a genera BOY’S HATS. C. VAIL, Ag’t. 50 tf I lilE Subscribers bare received from one of the . i. Ho!! For The New Store THE IS W : 000 S3.: I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE to receive for the next WEEK, a HANDSOME and WELL SELECTED stock of Chemists, an most celebrated Manufacturin assortment of jwas which arc warranted to lie of the full strcngl Erected by the W. S. Pharmacopoea, among which aie Blue Pills. Sweet Spirit of Nitre. Hoffman’s Anodyne- Dther Chloroform. royip. extract «f foi.ocY.vrn. luwcrutiL oi\Tnr\T. Also, many others in general use. These preparations, exclusively, will be kept for sale, and for compounding Physicians pre scriptions. The attention of Physicians is called to these articles, as many of them are such as are not readi ly procured of reliable strength and quality. For sale by GIUEVE & CLARK, Druggists. April 27, 1858. 48 tf. BUY CrOODS, tsrt.Ai.juycsst'iar AND "g C8 MILLINERY GOODS, J. BRAYHAN, J r ,, ATTORNEY AT LAW, EATONTON, GA. March J. 1858. 40 ly GENERAL AGENCY, ft MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA. "V" C. Barnett, General Agent _L a • for the transection of any and all business at the Seat of Govornineht. Charges reasonable. Jan 1. 1858. 32 ly Dawson, Warren & Hydes Celebrated “Tip Top” Gold Pens!! H AVING received an assortment of the above pens of various styles and patterns, we are prepared to furnish them at manufacturers prices- They are acknowledged to be the best made. GRIEVE & CLARK. April 26 1858, 48 tf. »'y“ The attention of the Ladies is railed to the Ad- .s'crti.seinent of Dr. Cheesman. to be found on the 4th Page of this paper Which were bought CHEAP, ami which I pro pose to sell at EXTREMELY LOW PRICES for If any one doubts the asser tion, they have only to call at the New Store, Opposite Hie Milledgeville Hole!, Where I can show them a very nice French Organdy Robes at $3,50, Jaconent Organdy Dou ble Skirt at $3,5(1 and $5,75, American Organdy Robes at $1,40, Side Stripe Silk Robes at $25, Flounced Silk Robes at $22, worth more money, Lawns, an endless variety from ten to 25 cents per yard. 2,(tot) yards Madder Prints, at 9 cents, colors warranted, 2,000 yards at Oj, fine figures and good colors. Black Silk at 85 cents per yard, better than can be bought elsewhere for $1,00. A nice assortment of Summer silks at 50 cents per yard. More of those Brilliants at 12} cents. Ma’-sailles for ladies basques, from 25 cents to 80 cents per yard. Four Bales Stark Mill Sheetingsat 9 cents, very heavy. Three bales of Atlanta Mills at (>} cents, worth more money in New York. More of the wide sheetings at 25 cents, the last I can sell at that price, some wider at 30 cents. A grand as sortment of %w>% rnvv For Summer, some as low as Bidets. 50 doz ladies hose at (i j cents. 100 dor do do at 10 to 124 cents. Men's half hose at ti-} cts and up. Lace Mitts, a large assortment, from 30 cents up Embroideries, a nice line. Also a fiue assortment isa&a.isssai' WHICH IS COMPLETE, and at prices that will astonish those who have been in the habit of buying on a year's credit. My stock has been se lected since tlie Ni-w York openings, which gave me an opportunity to get the present Spring styles and fashions. Also a good assortment of WHICH I will sell at about HALF The Usual Prices. W. G. LANTERMAN. Milledgeville, April 7th, 1858. P. S. The opening for Millinery will take place Wednesday, April 14th inst. 4G tf. Misedbiuflus. 4 “ " 300 * “ 30,000 1,200 4 “ 200 “ lo.otio “ 800 4 “ 125 5,000 “ 500 4 “ 100 “ 4,000 “ 400 4 “ 75 “ 3,000 “ 300 •1 “ 50 1,50U “ 200 5,000 “ 20 are 100,000 5,485 Prizes amounting to $320,000 WHO! E TICKETS $10, HALF ES $5, Q! ALTERS $24- ZH A Circular mIiow iat44 the plan ofIhe Lollcrit's will be went lo any out «!c»iroti* of From the Home Journal. TDE HEROIC AGE. The following reminiscences by the Hon. David Sherman Boardham, of New Milford, Connecticut relating to the personal appearance of the greatest citizen of his country, is an ezceedingly interest ing narrative, and the venerable writer, now in bis ninetieth year, has kindiv yielded to our re quest, and detailed the impression made upon his youthful mind by the sight o! the grandest fig ure that adorns the heroic age of the Republic. Washington’!! Personal Appearance. I first saw General Washington on the ]7th of October 1778, when for a short time he had his headquarters at a house then occupied by Col Kane, (great grandfather of the late Dr, Kane,) some two miles westerly of the Quaker meeting house on Quaker Hill, in the present town of Paw lings, formerly called Fredericksburg, Dutch ess county, and on the road leading to Pough keepsie. The encampment of the largest portion of the Continental army then collected in one place was on the same ridge ofland with the Qui- ker meeting house, and from two to three miles South of it ou the roud from Cold Spring to Car mel, the present county seat of Putnam county, and within the limits of the town of Patterson in the same county. I was at that time in my tenth year, and like all boys belonging to ardent whig families, at that Stirling period, was Intensely in terested in the great events occurring around me. My father and mother took me with them to see the camp, about ten miles distant from tlieir res idence. The 27th of October was selected as the time for "the visit, because it was known that there would be a grand parade and festival on that day, it be ing the first universary of the surrender of Bur- goyn.e For the same reason many others availed themselves of the occasion to visit the camp, and a large crowd of both sexes was collected. As ev erybody was eager to see General Washington, they huddled together upon the road leading front the General’s headquarters to the camp, all on horseback, as everybody then rode who rode at all. The cavalcade of officers and their atten dants who Lad gone up to head quarters to escort the Commander-m-Cbief down to the place of ea tertainmeut soon made their appearance. As it was passing the company of spectators, my father inquired of a soldier sfanditig by the road whether ‘•his Excellency” was in the train which was just riding by. He answered, I remember thus:—‘"Yes sir; he’s on the right hand iu front, on the blaze faced horse”—and a noble horse he was. The cavalcade, immediately it had passed the throng of spectators, wheeled to the left of the road into an open field at the foot of a very abrupt but short ascent to the fiat upon its top, where the tables set under a long shade of green boughs. As soon as tlie Generals horse came to the foot of the hill he sprang forward with the swiftness of a bird and ascended rather by leaps than an ordinary gallop and reached the top before any other one of the es cort had got half way up. Certainly never be- foie, nor during the long years since did I behold so noble an equestrian figure, for General Wash ington excelled iu horsemanship, as he did in ev erything else which he undertook. When the general and his attendants had arrived at tlieir destination, the spectators dismounted, and took their stauds outside of the assembly ol officers, who joined iti numerous parties in con versation for a long while before dinner was serv ed. My eyes were riveted during the whole lime upon General Washington, whose noble personal appearance and majestic bearing so far exceeded any other present as to leave no ground for com parison. A lofty stature two inches over six feo‘, with a formas perfect iu its ptoportions as p> ssible represent both gracefulness ami strength—a near er and repeated view of him many years after wards, when in the office of President of the Uni ted States,enables me to say. that my first estimate •of his personal appearance « as not a mistaken ornthough ft run din the enthusiasm of hi yhood. I gazed at him for at least two hours, scarcely hav ing patience to have my attention turned to other distinguished officers whom my father pointed out to me—such as the Baron Steuben. General Knox and the the Baron DeKaib. I then believad that I was looking at the noblest and best man in the world, and eighty years leading and retk-ctiou which have since elapsed has in no wise changed that early impression. The General was dressed in a blue coat with liufl'lacings and large gold epaulets, with bufi'- colored small clothes and vest, and boots reaching quite to the knee. His hair, of which he had great quantity, was craped and turned back from his forehead, and dressed in a very large and long braid or twist upon his back; the whole profusely powdered, as was the fashion. His sword was called a hanger, shaped like a sabre, but much shorter and lighter. It was worn attached to a belt around the waist, under the coat. The han dle was of green ivory, the hilt and guard of silver and was the same that was presented to Congress some years ago by the relative to whom it was bequeathed by the General’s will. Such were my first impressions at the sight of the greatest man of his or any other age. The picture is stamped upon my memory in living light, and time seems only to increase the freshness of its coloring. The last time I saw General Washington was in May, 1790, during the second session of the first Congress under the present Constitution; it being held in New York, and the last which was con vened in that city. 1 was then in my twenty-sec ond year. My brother—the late Elijah Boardman afterwards and at tho time of his decease United States Senator from Connecticut—making an ex cursion to New York. Iaceompan ed him, in or der to see the city, which I had never visited, and to take a look at Congress which I had a great de sire to see in session. We arrived in the city on Salur lay tveriing. We agreed to go to the chinch next morning where we supposed the President would attend, for ihe purpose of seeing him though we had both seen him while in command of the army; and my brother, indeed many years older than myself had served a campaign under his or der. The President then resided in the centre house of what was called Mr. Comb's block on the western side of Broadway, between Trinity Church and the Bowling Green. To accomplish our object wc went first in f ront of Trinity Church intending to wait the.e until the President's car riage came up, and if it stopped there to follow him iu; but it it went by, to repair to St. Paul’s knowing that he would attend service at one of them. When we reached our proposed stand we fouud a large number of gentlemen occupying the ground, doubtless influenced by the same motives with ourselves, and had already formed two lines reaching from the church door to the middle of the street,jand a few yards ajiait The Presidents coach soon came up, arid stopped at the mouth of the avenue formed by the spectators. He stepped out of it with his hat (such as lo used lo wear while in command of the at my) in his hand, and walked through the bowing lines of admiring gazers with that gravely serene bearing and majesty of countenance such as in my estima tion, no other face ever bore. He was followed by Mrs. Washington j escorted by a gentleman of the family, and by the private secretary and lady. His dress upon tho occasion was precisely like Stuart’s portrait of him, (except the sword,) to wit —black throughout, silk stockings, and silver- buckled shoes; his hair dressed in front just like Stuart’s portrait has it; on the back it was enclosed in a black bag of silk shift, such as in those days the first magistrates of States often wore, if favor ed with a full and flowing head of hair. Tlie en tire costume was exceedingly graceful and becom ing. Our seats in the church being remote from his, we could only see that he was very intent up on his prayerbook and possessed the air of sincere devotion. It so happened that a Captain Clark, a coaster, from New Haven Connecticut, boarded at the same house with us ia the city, and from him I learned that he had been applied to, to carry the President out to a good fishing ground in a distant part of New York harbor, where he proposed to amuse and recreate himself for a day or two in fishing. He informed ine that he should take liis vessel from the east river around to the North side to a w harf directly in the rear of the President's house, and there receive him on board, Greenwich street not being built upon then. Determined to avail myself of another opportunity of seeing the great object of my youthful admiration I went alone to the wharf indicated by Captain Clark, and took my stand upon it. The President, at the appointed time came out at his back door, at tended by some two or three of liis family and a servant, and stepped on board the vessel, where he met with Gen. Cadwalader. a member of Con - gresa from Pennsylvania, and one or two other gentlemen who were to share the proposed amuse ment. with whom he conversed lor a few mo ments, while the vessel got underway. Captain Clarke having informed me that he should remain but one night, and return in the afternoon of the second day, I again kept w atch and when I saw the vessel approaching the city I resorted to my former stand upon the wharf, and again saw the President when k: came up to the wharf leave the deck of the vessel and return to the house. I heard some of his conversation in this free and unrestrained intercourse with his companions but no circumstances could detract from his won derful dignity of manner and deportment. This close and minute inspection only added to iny previous idea of his character. The tones of his voice were deep and clear, and bis smile peculiaily winning and pleasant. 1 afterward asked Captain Clark if the President was successful as a fisher man. ‘'Yes,'’ be said; “all tlie fish come to his hook ” Upon these occasions, he w as iu a very different attire from the one above described. Ho wore a round hat w ith a very large Lrim. a light mulber ry overcoat, with an nnderdress of a correspon ding color. His hair was in a very long qnie, reaching front his waistband buttons; and the ends ol the hair below- the riband showing a sprinkling of gray—a slight one, though a man of fifty eight. I have, thus, perhaps with tedious minuteness described the personal appearance of General Washington at the last moment I ever saw him, except in the mental contemplation of his undy ing glory. P. S. There is a fault in Stuart’s portrait in rep resenting his f ice toe fit-shy, or, adjudge Wash ington expressed it to me more than forty years ago, “too fat.” The best representation of his looks that I have ever seen is a profile in Spark's life of Washington. D- S. B. An Exciting Trial at Yew Orleans—Interesting Details. The trial of George W. Harbv—an old and respected citizen of New Orleans, and a veteran teacher in the public schools fur over a quarter of a century—for the killing of Clias. H. C. Stone, (a native of Virginia.) a young man of pre viously irreproachable character, and a junior member of one of the largest and most respecta ble mercantile houses of that city, took place on the 18th inst. The killing grew- out of the charge that Stone had seduced the daughter ofHarby, and then refused to marrv her. The trial seeins to have created intense excitement, and the court room was thionged with an anxious multitude. The defense admitted the killing, but contended that, under tlie circumstances, it was justifiable. Mr. Durant, counsel for the accused, made the following interesting statement to the jury: “Mr. Stone was introduced to tlie house of the prisoner hv a gentleman whose word was a full guarantee for the respectability of his acquain tance. He was received with the warmth of heart natural to the prisoner, and it is a most painful circumstance in itself. He soon became a frequent visitor and the watchful eye of the parent soon discerned that his attentions were of that character which end in marriage where honor and love unite in mutual attachment. The father was not unwilling to observe the condition of things thus grow ing up, because he believed Mr. Stone to be honorable, and knew him to occupy a position where his exertions afforded hint a respectable support. After a time, the father ascertained that his daughter and Stone were engaged to be mar ried, and that tho event was only to be postponed until Mr. Stone should realize liis expectation of being admitted as a partner in the highly respecta ble house of Dudley & Nelson, where he was clerk. To this the parents, of course, made no objection, being rather pleased with the display of prudence which seemed to dictate the postpone ment. The confidence of the parents in Mr. Stone was ample and complete—they looked upon him ns the future husband of tlieir daughter, and as such they treated him. He visited her con stantly, they attended church regularly together; they went unaccompanied to all places of public amusement—there was neither suspicion nor restraint. “But now we approach a most affecting scene in this drama. The girl is taken ill, her sickness is not understood, and cannot be accounted for; a physician in the neighborhood, a Doctor White, is called in to attend her; he no doubt perceived without much delay the real cause of her illness, though delicacy compelled him to refinin from communicating it to the parents. Towards tlie end of November, of last tear, the parents called on that eminent physician, Dr Stone, who at once stated to the unhappy girl that lie perceived her situation. She imploerd him, in agony, to con ceal the mbtter from her father, which. 1 need not say, that honorable gentleman refused to do, but he was prevailed upon by her to defer the an nouncement fora brief period—until the next day. He then, accordingly, disclosed the dreadful secret to the parents. You may well imagine, gentlemen, although I cannot describe to you the dieadful scene that took place:—tlie mother over whelmed with mortification and confusion, the f ither cast down from tlie pinnacle of hope to tlie abyss of despair; the blow was too heavy for him; he could have borne all tiie ills that Heaven could inflict upon him in any shape but that; lie had garnered np in that child all the riches of his heart, and a cruel thief had robbed him while he slept. Shame struggled with indignation in his bosom, and reason tottered on her throne. He pressed liis daughter to a confession, and found that the m .n whom he had reared as a pride and cherished as a friend, had treacherously stabbed his peace and ruined him forever. Yes, throwing herself at her father’s feet, in guilty tears and penitent con trition, she confessed, with convulsive sobs and ieai-s, that Charles Stone had seduced her, and she w as then with cliiid by him. She saw in her father’s countenance the dr- adful purpose which had taken possession of his soul and overmastered all his judgement; she feared for tlie man who had wronged her, but whom she so fondly loved, and implored lier father to grant but one day that she might have one more interview with her lover, for she was confident, she said, he would do her jus tice. The father consented, and he wrote to Stone in the language of affection, saying. Dear Charley, Caroline is very sick; come up and see. lier tins evening, and he omitted all mention of the dis covery he had made; ali was calm, for he was too deeply touched to. bo clamorous. Stone came in the evening. The father had him conducted to bis daughter. His purpose was then settled. He armed himself. After Stone had been some halt hour in his daughter’s chamber, the father entered, a brace of loaded pistols on liis person. He does not conceal his motives or design. He entered ihatroom with the deliberate purpose of slaying the seducer of his child—not absolutely, not unconditionally, but provided he should refuse to make reparation by marrying. Surely it was an awful, an affecting scene; there lay the daughter stretched upon a bed of sickness—a fair flower trampled like the vilest weed—and by her bedside sat a man whom she had trusted, on w hom she had lavished rich treasures of her maiden love, and who had abused her trust, mid consigned her in this world to i n iless infamy. And there, too, was the father, calm and insensible, lie humbled himself before the seducer of liis child, he ap pealed to tlieir ancient love, he invoked tlie sa cred rights of friendship and of honor, imploring him not to bring ruin and disgrace upon bis family not to send down his gray hairs in sorrow to the grave, to have mercy upon them, to do them justice. Hearts are steal, and Lis merit must have been harder substance to remain unmoved under such an appeal; he was touched by if, he rose from liis scat and walked towards the mantel, leaned upon it: then said the oh] man, are yon not the seducer of my child! A guilty silence was the only re spond’. Are you not, said the indignant voice of the parent, the father of the child she is about to bring forth? There w as no reply. He looked at the old man, and saw a glance of wild excitement in his eye that mado him quail and fail of voice; for God’s sake, said he, Mr. Harby, commit no violence, and to-morrow morning, at nine o’clock I will make any reparation iu my power. AYliat were the defendant's feelings them? The crime was acknowledge and atonement promised.— AVliat could the unhappy man slay the youth then? Impossible. His daughter lay iu a pre carious condition before him; must she see her lover die by her lather’s hands before her face! — Tiie thought rushes through his mind. lie prom ises reparation—it is all lie can do—it is all I de sire; but should I slay him now, my child can never have reparation done lier. So lie said you may go, but Charley, remember, so sure as God reigns in heaven, you will incur a father’s ven- gence, if you do not keep your promise. He fol lowed hint down stairs. In dec-ending, Stone said again to-morrow at niiv o’clock; and as they shook hands at parting, for the father’s hope w as renewed, and his heart sat lightly again in liis bosom, and lie gave the youth his hand, as lie was wont to do of old in friendship, and Stone said again, to-morrow at nine. “How anxiously tlie defendant waited for the appointed hour on the morrow. I need not tell you, it came and passed, but the seducer game not with it; it was some hours after the time that liis brother, Mr. Joseph Sftme, presented himself; the defendant expressed hits surprise at the visit, and told him that it was the brother he had ex pected; Mr. S. made some evasive excuse for the absence of his brother, and asked to be admitted to see poor Caroline. He was admitted. When he returned to the parlor there was more evasion, expressions of condolence, of effected sympathy for thesuffering girl, but lie said he must see hisbrother again. He departed. The father saw- that he was trifled with, aud that Stone had deceived him as he had deceived his child, liis purpose was fixed. He would be deceived and trifled with no longer. He at onco left home to seek the guilty seducer. I need not tell you his purpose. Had they met then, the event that brings you here to day would Lave been anticipated. But Stone had escaped; he had left the city, and the father’s search for him was in vain. His extreme mental excitement and suffering brought ou an old dis ease of a debilitating character, which prostrated him on abed of sickness. It is miserable to be weak, dying or suffering. On his bed of sickness bis wife and daughter kneeled before him, beg ging him to foregs his purposes, at least for a time. Let me fly from this city, said tho mother, where we are disgraced, and hide ourselves where we shall be unknown, and after the event that is to come shall happen, and Caroline becomes a mother, Stone’s heart ntav then be touched with compas sion, and he will do her justice. Weak, sick.and dispirited, the father was prevailed upon. He left his hearth and alter-stone, abandoned the city where he had dwelt so many years in usefullness aud peace, and ou the eve of sixty-years, started out in the wide world anew to seek another home. The counsel continued, in an affecting strain showing how the prisoner and his family arrived at St. Louis, in midwinter, friendless and poor and unable to obtain employment. Soon they re ceived a letter from their daughter am onneing the birth of her child. He returned to New Orleans, and found to his infinite h rror, that shameful re ports which could have had but one origin, were in circulation to blast the reputation of his child, and to stamp her before the world not as the vic tim of seduction, but as herself a wanton. This was only wanting to make him desperate. His wrongs were becoming too heavy for him to bear. Ihe daughter, however,attempted to pacify hint. She wrote to Stone appealing to him to fulfil his promise, hut the letter was not answered. It wa> then that the father, driven.to desperation, sought out the seducer and shot him dead. Miss Caroline M. Harby, the daughter who had been seduced, was among the witnesses on the tri al. The Crescent says: She was neatly dressed, disclosing a graceful rather small figure, and was closely veiled. After receiving tlie oath she took her seat in the eleva ted chair, still veiled. Mr Moise told her politely that it would be necessary for her to raise her veil, edie raised the heavy brown veil which hid her face, leaving a black lace veil still hanging.— Her face however could be plainly seen. She was veryy pale but ver resolute looking. In reply to the questions of Mr Durant she gave her an swers in a clear ami firm voice, and in language which proved iier to have received the education ofa lady. Upon being asked by Mr. Durant in a'manner as decorous as the case would allow, if Stone had not seduced lier and if he was not the father of her child, her firmness deserted her. She bowed over the arm of tiie chair and cried and sobbed bitterly. Her father also gave way, aud the feel ing spread among t le spectators, jurors everybody. We {never saw so much silent weeping iu any crowded assembly as there was on this occasion whilst the father and daughter sobbed together. TI e scene lasted several minutes. The main points of her testimony are enibraeed in the remarks of Mr. Durant. She swore positive ly to the seduction, aud Stone’s promise to marry her and his subsequent refusal to comply with his promise. 7 he prosecution having introduced two wit nesses who swore that they had criminal inter course with Miss Harby, and that she had asked Stone for money, she was recalled to the stand. She mounted the steps firmly and instead of seat ing herself, stood up raised her right hand, and, in a clear loud voice, which fell with electrie force upon tlie breathless assemblage, said: “Before Almighty God, and by all my hopes hereafter, I do solemnly swear, that what those men have sworn about tne is false—false—false— [stamping lier foot.] IJ ten thousand lives depen ded on it, it is all false! I don’t see how any man could come here and talk that way about me be fore my father and”— Here she fell in the chair and gave way to a hysterical fit of weeping and sobbing. The court was farily [stunned by her vehemence, aud the dramatic force of the scene. Upon recover ing herself Miss Harby stated that it was false that she had ever askeii Joseph Stone for money.— He had professed great sorrow for her distresses and had offered the money to her and insisted on her taking it. She had written him notes to come and see her but she had never asked him for money. She never had criminal intercourse with any one bur Charles Stone. The ease was submitted to tho jury without ar gument, and in a few minutes returned a verdict of ‘not guilty.” The result produced a scene sel dom witnessed in such a place. Cheer after cheer resounded through the building and ineignant re- stranees of the Judges and the vigorous exer tions of tlie Sheriff’s failed to quiet the enthu siasm. The demonstrations were renewed outside tlie court room until Mr. Harby succeeded in get ting away from his friends and driving off iu a carriage with his daughter. Front the Washington Union. Ilefrcitr’wirnt of Expenses—Decline of the Rev enue. We would like to have it understood that there is a wide difference between tire decline of the public revenues and the extravagance of the ad ministration. This difference nr.-ty be best illus- rated by stating two current facts in connexion with the revenues and the appropriations and the expenditures of the government during the pres ent year: First. Tlie receipts into the treasury have great ly declined. Secondly. The expenditures of the government have been less than heretofore. Those who charge the President with the issue of treasury notes and bonds should credit hint with the current deficit of the revenues in order to get at the true state of the accounts Had the income of the treasury been wholly cut off, it is manifest that still larger amount of notes and bonds would have been required to meet necessary expenses: because the amount of cash on hand was inefficient, nor would the administration be properly chargeable with such a condition of things. ’Fhe recent revulsion, acting directly up on foreign trade, has reduced the revenues more than one half; and this tact is a sufficient justifi cation for the issue of treasury notes and bonds. The present condition of monetary affairs was, to a great extent, anticipated by the head of tlie Treasury Department and by the President; and every effort was made to induce Congress to limit the appropriations to correspond with the dimin ished receipts of tho exchequer. These efforts, too, in spite of the extraordinary demands arising front tlie despatch of a large force to Utah, have been, in a great degree, successful. The expenses of the government have been largely retrenched, notin amount proportioned to the diminished re ceipts, because that was impossible. Besides, it is believed the striking diminution of the incomes of the treasury cannot be of long continuance. The almost complete suspension of imports which we have witnessed within the last eight or nine months, indicates rather a healthy and recuperative process by which the enterprise of the nation will soon recover its wonted tone and energy. We know of no possible injury which is likely to result from the present depres sion to any of our great interests, not even to the treasury itself, which, enduring a temporary em barrassment, will be placed on a substantial found ation and be ready for and realize a future success ful business. These facts instruct us that it is something worse than folly to say that the temporary wants of the treasury are in any sense chargeable to the administration. The failure, for the time being, of federal in comes. is due to circumstances over which no body had the least control. Every employment, occupation; and trade have tlieir vicissitudes, and in this country where capital is limited, they bear directly upon the public revenues. This is more certainly so, perhaps, in the United States than in the older countries of Europe; be cause money is more active here, draws higher in terests, arid its employment more likely to be ef fected by impaired confidence in mercantile cred- iis and responsibilities. We fall quickly from high estates and propriety ; and we rise rapidly from depressions and embarrassments. The na tion is now engaged in two notable works: Firs;, in its usual productions; secondly, iu consuming the stock of foreign goods which were imported in excess during a long season of geuerai pros perity. These facts indicate habits of economy and national and individual retrenchment. They point directly to the future. They do not promise a revolution in public tastes and habits, but they do promise a desirable change. The future, then, is to be under certain modifications, what the past lias been—a restoration of confidence and a gener al resumption of business, chastened by the dis astrous experience of tlie last year, and leading ou to higher conditions of public and private prosperity. It is much easier for individuals than for nations to accommodate themselves to the special neces sities of the day. It is easier to impede the loo rapid progress of the light than a heavy vehicle— to control the action of tho few than the many. In the present instance it may be counted as a great good fortune that we have at the head of the government a man of the largest experience in public affairs, upright and honorable through a long life, sagacious, vigilant aud faithful as a high functionary, one above all others in the na tion to whom the people would intrust their most sacred in erests; for, even before the burden of the storm had reached us, he exerted every faculty of his office to trim the sails to meet its blasts, and to guide the helm so as to impart universal confidence to all, that he was able and qualified to command the ship in the hour ot peril. We say this in the spirit of candor: and we point to the great fact in justification of it that, notwithstand ing the extraordinary war service required of the President, the expenses of his administration have been largely retrenched. From the Valley Farmer, lifll l«.a Hissosii Farm. We recently visited the farm of Mr. Richard Gentry, of Pettis county, Missouri, and, as we have frequently seen flattering accounts of large farms in other States, we have concluded to furnish a description of this farm, to our readers, in order to show that Missouri is not behind her sisters States in large farms or good farming. The farm of Mr. Gentry contains seven thou sand acres of land, three thousand five hundred acre? of which are nnd r excellent fence, and in a high state of cultivation. It is divided, chiefly, into lots of forty acres—making over thirty miles of fence ou the farm. The fence is mostly of rails, with stakes and riders, and kept up in the b“st condition. There is, however, a mile and a quarter of post ai d board fence on the farm, and some two miles of Osage orange hedge, which liouever, has not yet been turned out. There are on the farm sixty-five large gates, of the best construction, and about the same num ber of draw-bars. The gates and bars are made in a large carpenter shop, in rainy wether, when the hands can be employed at nothing else. All of the implements are put in repairs at such times, and many of the simpler ones manufactured.— About two thirds of the farm consists of high, moiling prairie, of an excellent quality of soil, and the other third is in timber, immediately ad- joining the prairie. There are fourteen hundred acres of tho farm set in bluegrass, seven hundred acres in clover and timothy meddow, three hundred and sixty acres in corn, one hundred and sixty acres in oats, twenty acres in Hungarian millet, and the bal ance of the farm under fence is in woods pasture. There are on the farm twenty-seven large arti ficial ponds, many of them of much depth, afford ing stock an abundance of water at all seasons of the year. During our visit, three stone-masons were employed in erecting large stone pillars in various parts parts of the farms, at the outlets of streams, iu which large water-gates were to be hung, so that in case of freshets, which are common on large prairies, tlie gates would open by the action of the water, and close when the water had passed, and prevent the fence from being washed, and the escape ofstock from one field to another. One of the most striking features observable is, that on this immense farm not a single weed is to he seen. Even the fence-corners, that common receptacle of all that is foul on most farms, are as clean of weeds as any city lawn. What do farm ers who have only two or three hundred acres under cultivation say of this? Here are upwards of thirty miles of fence, without a weed or briar surrounding it, while many farms, with only a mile or two of fence, raise enough weeds t-> seed the whole neighborhood! The whole farm is a pat tern of neatness. The hands pass over every field as often as it is necessary, and pull every burr, briar, and weed that dares to show itself. This has been done many years, until the weeds have been subdued. Mr. Gentry has been a large sheep-grower — Some fifteen years ago. finding the market dull for horses and innles, lie concluded to try sheep, lie accordingly procured from Kentucky some four hundred head of the best Saxon and Spanish merino ewes, as the foundation for the future Hock. These he raised for a numher of years, increasing the size of his flock until it ranged for many years from two thousand eight hundred to three thou sand head. He went to great ex; e ise in procuring the best bucks, and by judicious management, ob tained a very superior flock. For the last four or five years he has been crossing his flocks with the French merino, paying as high as $150 per head for the bucks. He has some imported bucks of this breed now on his farm lie thinks the French merino superior to the Saxony or Spanish merino, as possessing more constitution, greater weight of cprcas, much greater weight of wool, though not of as fine quality, though sufficiently so to command as high a price in market. He has had the very best success in raising sheep; his floeks have never been affected with any con tagious disorders, and many of the diseases is prevalent in the East have been entirely unknown in his herd. He has recently reduced the size of his flock to about one thousand head, for the purpose of giving more attention to raising mules. He is already quite extensively engaged in the business, but intends to give it more prominence hereafter. There are kept constantly employed on the farm twelve grown hands and six boys. Our readers may wonder how so large a farm can be so well managed by this small number of hands. It was a wonder to until we saw the perfect system of Mr. Gentry’s plans. Everything moves like a clock-work. There is a time for every thing, and everything must be done in its time. There is no hurry and flurry—but every thing moves along evenly and quietly. Each piece of work is atlen- dedtto tilljit is-done - But system is not the only secret success. All of the best laboYsaving im plements and machines are used by him, so that with one man he is able, in many kinds of work, to perform the labtrot ten men. By this means he is able to accomplish that vast amount of work. Mr. Gentry has a number of bnildings erected, in which he carries on, for his own use, various operations not common among farmers. For in stance, there is a large mill-house, where all the nteal for the family and stock is ground, and where various other mills and machines are used. There is also a large slaughter-house, with kettles set in arches, anil an excellent apparatus for ren dering out lard. Then there is a tool-house, a car penter shop, a harness-house, a shop to make shingles, Ac. There is also an excellent pair of Fairbank’s cattle-scales, which will weigh six tons each operation, with all the appendages for weighing cattle, sheep, swine, hay, grain, But the next question is, will farming on such a magnificent scale pay? Of course it will. Any kind of honorable business, managed as well as this farm is, would pay largo profits. Upon our inquiry, Mr. Gentry informed us that the gross receipts from this farm last year amounted to over twenty-seven thousand dollars, (a larger sum than the President of the United States receives annu- ally.) though driven to despair, still forgets not his filial duties. The rich man looks on the scene with wonder and admiration, and begins reflect- ing upon his wicked and unconscionaL le practices; how much suffering he has caus ed, and how much misery his transac tions must have spread in countless fami lies. But he still doubts that virtue to be in others of which lie himself has little or none, and orders Chun sun, if he Las any words of endearment, to speak to his wife befoiehe parts with her forever; and to be in a hurry, as he is about to take ber away. A tender scene follows, not so he roic perhaps, as the famous parting scene between Hector and Andromache; bnt much more tearful. The rich man sits by and listens, until entirely overcome with the awakening of his hitherto dormant feelings of humanity, he tears the bill of sale iuto a thousand pieces and scatters them to the winds. “Happy” he is sup posed to cry “happy the father of such a child! Blessed the man that can call him son.” He then gives his own story, nar rating how that he is rich in the possession of wealth and wives, hut he is growing old and has no children. The moral interlude finally closes with the adoption of the pi ous and obedient son by the rich man, who as an earnest of his affections, at once be stows upon him one-half of his immense wealth. From the Courier aud Enqnirier, June 25th. ltemofui of President Uourocs Remains, The joint committee of the common council appointed to make tlie necessary arrangements for the removal of tho re mains of President Monroe held an ad journed meeting yesterday at the City Hall, Alderman Adams iu the chair.— Mr. Samuel L. Guverneur, a near relative of the deceased, appeared before the com mittee and stated that through some misapprehension on the part of the Virgi nia legislature, the public labored under the impression that President Monroe lay buried in a public burial-ground, or sort of Potter’s field, instead of a private cem etery, by the side of his relatives as is the case. The proposed removal to Rich- ntond lie considered very decorous and appropriate. Colonel Peyton, chairman of the committee of Virginians now stay ing in this city, was disposed to suffer the authorities to conduct the ceremonies in their own way. They (the Virginians) merely awaited instructions. The chair man of tlie joint committee remarked, with all defereuce to the relatives of President Monroe, that his remains were the pr»p- erty of the Union, and that the purest motives had directed all the arrangements that had been made. Colonel Peyton deprecated any intention of the Virgini ans to interfere with the details of the arrangements made by the committee.— The following plan was finally agreed upon between the joint, committee and the committee of Virginians, vizi That the body should be removed privately from the cemetery by tho Virginians, the friends of the family, and joint committee of the Common Council, aud conveyd to a private residence in the vicinity of 14th street; then to be taken in charge by the municipal authorities co-operating with the Richmond committee, and the commit tee of Virginians in New York. Hr. Jones said that the Virginians had re ceived a telegraphic despatch from the mayor of Richmond, stating that the Common Council of that city had appro priated $2,500 to entertain the National Guard while on tlieir visit to that city, and that they were to be the guests of the Richmond Volunteers. It was also stated that the authorities of Petersburg, Va., would meet them at City Point, and ten der them a public breakfast on their way to Richmond. Civilities of the National Guard had also been tendered by other cities. The committee then adjourned. Where arc the Mormons GoingI—A Washington letter writer gives currency to the conjecture that Mormons arc taking their way to some convenient place on our Pacific coast, in order ultimately, to embark for the great ami fertile Island of New Guinea, or some other locality in the South Seas, near the polygamous communities of the East, where they can enjoy their peculiar beliefs and practices unmolested by any other people. lie who stoops topick up the devil’s gold, in evitably drops liis own soul. Governor Harris, of Tennessee, offers a reward of $500 for the arrest of Dr. N. Burton, late Secre tary of State, and a defaulter to the amount of of $30,000. The plot of a Chinese play—Chun Sun was a young man active, industrious and persevering at work, but very poor, and barely able with the'utmost toil to support his wife and aged mother. What was worse than liis own poverty, his deceased father had left him heavily in debt for borrowed moneys, which he had lost at play; for in China though the father never lias to pay the debts of the son, the son is always hound to hay the debts of the father, and this it appears, even when the father has left no property whatever.— The creditor is a rich old man named Chun (^ttong Lung, and the play opens with his appearance and demand upon the debtor for the money. Chun Sun replies that lie has no money and cannot pay. The creditor insists, stamps, fumes, raves, beats Chun Sun over the head with his fan and carries on at a great rate, to all of which the latter submits with the most patient and Chinese-like spirit. The uproar made the Chinese creditor become at last so great, that Chun Sun’s wife and mother came ont of the house, the latter very in firm and leaning upon a staff. As she ap proaches Chun Sun is struck a severe blow by the enraged creditor, and in falling strikes his mother, and she is also thrown upon the ground. As the old lady falls, the kind son and daughter-in-law rising in an instant; rush to her and raise her upon her feet with the most pious solicitude.— Meanwhile, the eyes of the rich creditor fall upon the debtor’s wife, and being struck by her beauty, he proposes, if the debtor will deliver up the wife—a lawful traffic in China—he will tear up thebond and cancel the debt. Chun Sun bears great reverence for the memory of his father and though he dis likes much to part with his beloved wife lie still considers it best to make known to her the proposition of the rich man, and ask her advice. She replies, in some choice phrases, on the duties which the child owes to the pareut, aud the obliga tions he is under to pay the parent’s debt: he says she is ready to sacrifice herself; hut tells her husband confidential)*, that she will hang herself as soon as possible after she enters her new* master’s house. A stormy scene ensues, accompanied with most unearthly, hut perhaps appropriate music, and at last Chun Bun signs the bill of sale for his wife, and with a sort of trag ic despair throws it into the creditors face At the same time the old lady—mother hobbles to the front part of the stage, and attempts to throw herself headlong upon the audience, which means that she at tempts to cast herself from a precipice.— Narrow Escapeofa Train—Track D/s- 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 displacement of the rails. The train had only proceeded a couple of miles before it was stopped by a signal from some the track men, who had found the rails bent in two places. The train came to a stand still withou? accident, when an examination of the track was made. It ap peared that the heat of the sun had so expanded the rail, that it curved each way—It being the combination rail—fully six inches out of line.— AU this expansion 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 of the stop and the narrow escape 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.—Rochester Advertiser, Thursday. From the Charleston Mercury. First Blood Shed for Libert; In the Revolu tion. The first blood shed in defence of liberty and in opposing English oppressions was in the South.— The State ofNorth Carolina—the “old North Stata the twin sister of South C'oroliua—is entitled to the homir. It was during the gubernatorial ad ministration of the notorious Governor Tryon, tho English Governor at the time, who buiit one of the most splendid palaces in either North or South America, at Newbern; N. C., with the .proceeds of taxes imposed upon the people for the purpose and to resist which taxation a portion of them rebelled just as did the men of Massachusetts afteewarda it took place in the year 1771, and is narrated by Mr. Wheeler in his history of Nortli Carolina.— Oh the 10th of May in that year, a battle was fought between the American and British forces, on the banks of the Alamance river, in what is knownnow as the county of that name called tho Battle of Alamance. The American forces w«r« called tho “regulators” from their efforts in en deavoring to bring[about an equitable regulation of taxes and other oppressive matters. The Ameri can forces amounted to two thousand, and were headed by three men named Husbands, Hunter and Butler; while the British forces including mili tia called out by Tryon, amounted to upwards of eleven hundred, bur had tho advantage greatly ia arms and discipline. As might have been expec ted the Americans were defeated, after an action of two hours, with a loss of twenty dead and sev eral wounded, while that of the royal forces, woun ded and missing was sixty-one. Mr. Wheeler says: ‘.‘Thus ended the battle of Alamance. Thus and here was the first blood spilled in these United States, in resistance to exactions of English rulers and oppressions by tho English government.— “The great wolf of South Carolina” showed his bloodthirsty temper by acts of revenge, cruelty and barbarity. He hung Captain Tew the next day, without trial on a tree.” It was in this case, as Bjron truly says in one of his poems, “For freedom’s battle once begun. Bequeathed fiom bleeding sire to son, Though sometimes lost is ever won.” Thus we see that it was at the battle Alamance, and not at Bunker Hill, that the first American blood was shed in the cause of liberty. “Honor to whom honoris due.” Imprisonment for Debt in France.— According to the official returns just pub lished the number of persons imprisoned for debt throughout the whole of Franco in 1856 was 1981—of whom 1894 were males and 87 females; 1813 breach and 168 foreigners. At the end of that year only 360 debtors remained in prison, the other 1621 had been released, 325 in con sequence of the funds for their support not having been supplied by their credit ors, 486 after payment of their debts, and the remainder in consequence of age or other motives. George Peabody a Loser by the Mistin’ sippi Floods.—The Cairo (IU.) City Prop- perty Company, which suffered severely by the late flood, is represented by stock to the amount of $4,000,00, of which George Peabody owns 700,000 having r purchased the same during his visit to thia She is prevented however, by the son, who I country last year.