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C. Dtlii's Projects ia Nicaragua anti Central
America.
There can be no dmihtth.nt the proceedings of
Monsieur Belly, the pseudo agent of the French
Emperor in Nicaragua, have been without the
authority and are without the sanction of the
French government. Involving as the operations
of this personage did, if they had been official, a
clear violation of the well-known policy ot this
government in regard to European colonization
amljthe establishment of exclusive Etiropeanj uris-
diclion on this continent, it was not to have been
supposed that the French government could have
authorieed the action which has been taken by
him in Nicaragua, Hut our Secretary ot State has
not been left to friendly conjectures on this sub
ject for the French government lias been very
prompt to tender the fullest and most satisfactory
disavowals or all complicity in tbo recent trans-
aetions-of M. Belly in the premises. That person
age is not in Nicaragua in the character ot a diplo
matist or agent of his government; but only as an
nsr ajieoiity.
* LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
rub: 51.
AN ACT making appropriations for the support of
of the army for the year ending the thirtieth
June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.
lie: it enacted by the SeJtatc and House of Rrpresest-
taticis of tin I nittd States gf America in Congress
assembled, That the following sums he, and the
same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. for the
support of the army f ir the year ending the thirti
eth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.
For expenses of recruiting, transportation of
recruits, three mouths’ extra pay to non-commis
sioned officers, musicians, and privates on re-
enlistment, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.
]■ or pay of the army, three million five hundred
and ninety-one thousand seven hundred and eighty-
four dollar
nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand four bun
dled and thirtv-four dollars and fifty cents: Pvo-
individual engaged in the prosecution of private j (■or commutation of officers’ subsistence,
enterprise and in the establishment of private
interest. His operations in Nicaragua, therefore,
at once sink from the dignity of a groat national
movement efthe French government into the
proportions of a private speculation of a French
adventurer.
We believe it is iu the contemplation of the ad
ministration to order a larger naval force than we
have heretofore had into the waters of Central
America and the Gulf; hut this w ill he not on ac
count of any new demonstrations of interference
by foreign powers iu that quarter, hut with the gen
eral design of more effectually protecting the law
ful rights of our citizens, and guarding our national
interests from jeopardy in that part ot the world.
(_ Union.
For repairs and improvements and new niac.nu
cry at Springfield armory, Massachusetts, titiv-nv o
thousand two hundred and tw enty-seven dollars.
For repairs and improvements aud new machin
ery at Harper's Ferry, one hundred and one thou
sand nine hundred and seven dollars.
For surveys for military defences, geographi
cal explorations, and reeonnoiasauces, tor military
purposes, and surveys with armies iu the field,
ninety -five thousand dollars.
For purchase and repairs of instruments, lifteen
thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey of the northern anu
northwestern lakes, including Lake Superior,
seventy-five thousand dollars.
For printing charts of lake surveys, ten thou
sand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of War to employ tem
porary clerks in the office of the Quartermaster
General, ou bounty laud service, five thousand
dollars.
For the support of four companies of volunteers
mustered into the service of the United States, at
Camp Scott. Utah Territory, iu October, Novem
ber, and December, eighteen hundred aud fifty-
seven, one hundred and seventy-three thousand
From CoiTJspondnce of the Mobile Register.
City of Mexico, June 1!*, 1858.
There is very great excitement here in conse
quence of the armed •enforcement on several for
eign houses, among which am sumo American
ones, of the war, “contribution” recently dcc.eed
by the Government, in defiance of solemn treaty
stipulations, and against which Mr, Forsyth has
protested, as you hove doubtless heard, in tlie most
energetic terms. Foreigners who rufuse to pay j hundred and eighty thousand six iiun
this iniquitous tax are charg' d u till contumacy by ; tiity-two dollars and sixty-five cents,
the government, and threatened with banishment. ! 1 y*r clothiug for ihearuiy, camp, aud garrison
Indeed, an American meicliant has already been j equipage, one million and sixty-two thousand
furnished with a passport, ordering him to leave | seven hundred and two dollars and ninety-nine
tided. That the superintendent of the military | four hundred and seventy-eight dollars aud eighty
academy, while serving as such by appointment cants
ot the President shall have the local rank, the pay
and allowances of a Colonel of Engineer-: that
the commandant of the corps of cadets at the mili
tary academy while serving as such as by appoint
ment of the President, shall have the local rank,
the pay and allowances of a Lieutenant Colonel of
Engineers, and besides his other duties, shall be
charged with the duty of instructor in the tac
tics ot the three arms at said academy; aud that
the senior asistant instructor in each of the arms
ot service, viz; of artillery, cavalry, and iutautry,
shall severally receive the pay and allowances ot
the assistant professor of mathematic
l or commutation of forage for officers' horses,
one hundred aud twenty-four thousand one hun
dred aud twenty-eight dollars.
For payments to discharged soldiers for cloth
ing nut drawn, fifty thousand dollars.
For payments iu lieu of clothiug for officers'
servants, thirty-nine thousand eight hundred aud
ninety dollars.
For subsistence in kind, one million three
d and
the Republic (!) within three days. As this refii
salto pay is in strict accordance with the advic«
publicly given by the A merican Minister to hit
countrymen, this last arbitrary measure is clearly
and offensively directed at him. and li
a very curt note to the Minister of Foreign Adairs.]
A suspension of all official intercourse with the
Mexican government will probably be the grave
consequences, though the gove.nment fully
pected that Mr. I
cents.
j For the regular supplies of the quartermaster's
department, consisting of fuel for the officers
| enlisted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and
prompted . offices; of forage in kind for the horses, mules,
and oxen, ot the quartermaster’s department at the
several posts and stations, and with the armies in
the field; for the horses ot the two regiments of
dragoons the two regiments of cavalry, the regi-
v.ould indignantly demand his j ment of mounted riflemen, the companies of light
artillery, and such companies of infantry as may
be mounted, and for the authorized number of
officers’ horses when serving in the field aud at
the outposts, including bedding for the animals;
ot straw for soldiers’ bedding, and of stationery,
including company and other blank books for the
ard'y last a i army, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank
j forms for the pay and quartermasters’ depart
ments; and for the printing of division aud depart
ment orders, army regulations, and reports, one
million seven hundred aud forty-five thousand dol-
passports, which is exactly what they wanted, be
ing desirous of getting rid of the ablest and most
uncompromising diplomatic officer by whom it
has ever been forced to do unwilling justice, at
any price whatever. Snell an irresponsible gov
ernment fear not even the wrath of I Tide Sam,
know ing that it's ow n existence will
month.
Never was American influence or the piestige
of the American name as great here as now. The
course of Mr. F. has won the admiration of his
countrymen and all the foreigners throughout the
Republic. The French Minister, Marquis de Ga-
briac who sided with llie government, is univer
sally anathematised by the French and others un
der his diplomatic protection, while Englishmen
say that Mr. Otway might have followed with
more graceful alacrity ill the footsteps of his col
league of the United States. Meantime hands of
soldiers are visiting the couniiiig rooms of mer
chants and embargoing "their goods. At San
Lous Potosi respectab e Englishmen have been
compelled to march in the ranks of common sol
diers for refusing to pay a new ‘'contribution.''
The baleful fires of civil war continue to burn
all over the country, and thinking men gravely
ask rack otherwhere this colossal saturnalia is to
end.
iu view of the unprecedented condition of the
country at large, and of the govrnment here,
which is moneyless and must sell territory to the
United States or fall soon, I cannot help thinking
that Mexican nationality is approaching its end,
and that there is a strong probability that the
mission of Mr. Forsyth will be ’lie last mission
from the United States here. The most intelli
gent Mexicans and the mass of the foreigners, ex-
i For the incidental expenses of the quartermasters
{ department, consisting of postage on letters and
i packets received and sent by tiie officers of the
j army on public service; expenses of courts mar-
j ia! and courts of inquiry, including tiie addition-
! al compensation oljudge advocates, recorders,
'members, and witnesses, whileon that service,
under the act of March sixteenth, t ightc.n hun-
i died and two; extra pay to soldiers employed
under direction of quamaster's department iu the
erection of barracks, quarter's, storehouses, and
; hospitals; in the construction of roads, and on
other constant labor, for periods of not less than
! ten days under the acts of March second,eight-
: teen hundred and fifty-four, including those em-
• ployed as clerks at division and department head
quarters: expenses of expresses to and from the
truutier posts aud armies in the field; of escorts
to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and to
trains, where military escoits cannot be furnished,
expense of theiiuterment of officers killed in action,
or who die when ou duty in the field, or at the
posts on tho frontiers, and of non-cumissioned
officers and soldiers, authorized office furniture,
hire of laborers in the quartermaster’s department,
compensation ot forage and wagonmasters,
tept, perhaps, the Spaniards, are warmly in favor
of the extension hither of the power of thatcoun- j thorized by the act ot July fifth, eighteen hundred
try. The English eagerly desire it as the only j and thirty-eight; for the appichcnsion of deserters:
try. The English eagerly
method of securing their enormous claims so Ion
unpaid. The throes are quick and violent, and t
am anxions to be in at the death of the sick man.
The witnesses of the national demise would afford
much curious and valuable instruction and offer | companies ol infantry as may
such opportunities of observation and experience Hie purchase ol portabl
as are rarely enjoyed by the most fortunate in this ’’ ’
life.
From the Times & Sentinel, Juno 29.
Jail and Prisoner Burnt.
Mr. Editor: On Wednesday night. 23d inst.
our jail and a runaway confined in it were entirely
consumed. The citizens were alarmed by
negro's cries, which were made about half-past
eleven o'clock at night. He had been taken up
and imprisoned only the day before. The jailor,
with all haste that he could possibly make, ran to
the jail, which appeared to be tired on the inside
and the expenses incident to their pursuit; the
following expenditures required for the two
regiments of dragoons, the two regiments of caval
ry, the regiment of mounted riflemen, and such
he mounted, viz.
_ n , blacksmiths' and
shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes and nails, iron
and steel for shoeing, line of veterinary surgeons,
medicines for horses and mules, picket ropes, and
shoeing the horses of those corps, five hundred
thousand dollars.
For constructing baracks and other buildings
at posts which it may be necessary to occupy du-
the ! rin & t * le year; and for repairing, altering, and
enlarging buildings at the established posts, in
cluding hire or commutation of quarters for
officers on military duty; hire of quarteis for troops
of storehouses for the safe keeping of military
tores, aud of grounds for summer cantomen
and threw open the doors, when the flames, which ) f 11 ^ lor temporary frontierstatious, seven hundred
t t i i i • -t .fa. IlllliU Ft 11 .*11 h 1 in Hi I v t linti •. tnl ti !:ir*c
had now completly enveloped the inside of the
building, burst out in a large volume, entirely
filling the entrance. The boy ceased to make any
cry or noise before the doors were opened, and
probably bad been suffocated by tho smoke and ,
flames before attention was attracted to thejaih— j •r ° r mileage or the allowance mail
hundred and ninety thousand dollars
i' or the repairs of the barracks at Ilaion Rouge,
Louisiana, the sum of twenty-five thousand dol
lars, to he expended under the direction of the
Secretary of War.
to officers
It is certain that the jail was fired from the inside i°ftli6army tor the transportation of themselves
by the prisoner, and that the fire had made consid
erable progress before he gave the alarm. He
procured matches from tiie outside or concealed
them about Lis person. He doubtless tired the
the building with the view of escaping in the
noise and confusion of the burning. He bad,
when arrested, several passes; one of them direc
ted to the Conductor of the Central railroad au
thorizing hfm to pass to Savannah. The negro is
named in the pass Jones—and one of them is da
ted June 22, 1658 and signed “J, C. Willbum.”
The unfortunate creature lias certainly been
tampered with by some white man—perhaps the
victim of some negroe philanthropise
The negroe said his name was Barrel, was a
bright mulatto, said that he belonged to Col. John
Darden, who lives in the neighborhood of Colum
bus, Ga. He was about five feet seven or eight
inches high, and weighed one hundred and sixty
or one hundred and seventy pounds, and was very
lik-ly, and bore unmistakeble evidence of kind
treatment by his ove rseer. His body, with the
exception of bones, was entirely consumed.
Yous truly, James J. Ray.
Clerk Superior Court.
Knoxville, Crawford co., June 24, 1658.
CliOIxEIliY
Ascertain Cure for this Disease may
be found m the use ol
i£ERY DAVIS’S
VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER.
•TOY TC SHE WC2.I3 !
Dt Ait Sin :—I feel that it is a duty to suffering hu
manity, that I should give a relation of the great bene
fits 1 have derived from the use of Ferry Davis's Fain
Killer. I ^ast summer I had the misfortune to lose two
of my children by that dreadful scourge—the cholera—
and in all human probability should have fallen a victim
to the pestilence myself if a kind Providence had not
provided me a help in the hour of need. I first became
acquainted with the Fain Killer whilst travelling on the
river *ith my husband. A gentleman passenger had
Some with him which he recommended in the highest
terms as a remedy for cholera. I thought no more of
it at the time, but tho same night I was attacked by the
cholera iu its worst form. I resorted to various reme
dies used to arrest its progress, but all iu vain. I w as
seized with violent cramps, and iny discharges began to
assume the same character us did those of my dear chil
dren previous to their death, I was lo< iked upon as lost,
I all at once thought of the FAIN KILLER. My hus
band obtained thejbottle from onr fellow passenger and
administered to me a dose. 1 exjicricnced almost im
mediately a cessation of pain. The dose was repeated
at intervals of fifteen minutes, four or five times, ami
the result was my complete recovery. I feel confident that
I owe my file to the Pain Killer, aud only regret that I
had not have known of its extraordinady virtues earlier
I then might have saved the lives of iny dear chidron.
Since that time 1 have used the Fain Killer in my fam
ily extensively,and the more I use it, the better I like
it. As a greut family medicine it has no equal.
SARAH SANDEHBEKY, St. Louis.
I beg leave to corroberate the above statement of iny
wife in every particular, and would further state that
nflera long experience on the Western waters, I have
never met with u medicine so well adapted f< irsteamboat
men and steamboat pass* ngersnstlie Fain Killer. I have
found it valuable, and can confidently recommend it to
all as a compound of inestimable value. t -It.
For s ale by Druggists, and Grocer dealers gener
ally— John 15. Moore & Co., Savannah; and Havi-
land, Chichester & Co., Augusta. Wholesale Agts.
Chii.bi.aixs.—This painful affection may be easily
cured by a few applications of Perry Davis’ A egetable
Pain Killer. It is equally effectual in curing scalds,
barns, See. No family should be without it. 7 It
Strength and Health Restored!
Mr. John Davidson, living ten miles above Pitts
burgh, on the Pennsylvania Canal, sax's: ‘"When I com
menced taking Barliave’s Holland’ Bitters, I could
hardly walk. >’ >w. I enjoy excellent health.”
HEADACHE AND DEBILITY.
Mr. Silis J. Liacomb, of Birmingham, says:
“I have found in Bu-rlinve'sHolland Bitters a reme
dy for Headache end Debility. My wife has also used
it with the greatest Denefit.”
Mr. A. S. Nicholson, of Pittsburgh, also remarks that
lie ha: ex]H-rienced much relief from its use for head
ache.
Sold by Grieve, & Clark, Milledgeville.
I and their baggage, when travelling ou duty with-
j out troops, escorts, or supplies, one hundred aud
thirty thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, including the
baggage of the troops when moving either by land
or water, of clothing, camp and garrison equi
page from the di pot at Philadelphia to the several
posts and army depots; of horse equipments aud
of subsistence from the places of purchase and
from the places of delivery under contract, to such
place: as the circumstances of the service may
require them to be sent; of ordnance ordnance stores,
and small arms, from the foundries aud armories,
to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and
army depots; freights; wharfage, tools, and fer
riages; for the purchase and hire of horses, mules,
and oxen, and the purchase and repair of wagons,
carts, drays, ships, aud other seagoing vessels aud
and boats required for the transportation of sup
plies and garrison purposes: for drayage and cart
age at the several posts; hire of teamsters; trans
portatiou ol tunds for the pay and other disbursing
departments; the expense of sailing public trans
ports ou the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico,
and the Atlantic and Pacific; and for procuring
water at such posts as from their situation require
that it bo brought from a distance; aud for clear
ing roads, and removeing obstructions from roads,
harbors, and rivers, to the extent which may be
required tor the actual operations of the troops on
the frontier, three million four hundred thousand
dollars.
For the purchase of horses for the two regiments
of dragoons, the two regiments of cavalery, the
regiment of mounted riflemen, and the companies
of light artillery, two hundred thousand dollars.
For contingencies of the army, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For the medical and hospital departments, one
hundred and five thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of tiie adjutant gen
eral's depaitim nt at division and department
headquarters, five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the clerk and messenger
in the office of the commanding general, two
thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the office of com-
m.'inding general, three hundred dollar
For armament of fortifications, three hundred
thousand dollars.
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies, in-
j eluding horse equipments for the mounted regi
J nients, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
I For the current expenses of the ordnance ser
vice, including experiments in the manufacture of
cannon and cannon powder and for tests of arms
and ammunition, not otherwise piovidod lor, one
] hundred and fifty thousand dollars
j For tiie purchase of gunpowder for the land
! service, one hundred thousand dollars.
For the manufacture of arms at the national ar
mories four hundred thousand dollais
For the purchase of breech loading carbines ol
tin-best model to be selected and approved by a
board of ordnance officers, twenty-live thousand
dollars.
| For the alteration of old arms so as to make
I them breech loading arms upon a model to be se-
| lected and approved by a board of ordnance of
ficers, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided:
That any portion of said sum not exceeding
live thousand dollars, may be expended under the
direction of the Secretary of War. and at his discre
tion in applying to the old or new arms any recent
improvement in the mode of primin
For the Allegheny arsenal, thirty-five thousand
one hundred dollars
For Fort Monroe arsenal, twenty-four thousand
nine hundred dollars.
For Kenuebecarsenal, eleven thousand six hun
dred dollars: two thousand dollars of which may
be used in bringing gas upon the arsenal grounds,
and with leave to extend gas pipes, through tiie
grounds by the gas company.
For St. Louis arsenal, thirty-one thousand dol
lars.
For Washington arsenal, nine thousand three
hundred and seventy-nine dollars.
For additional timber and carriage storehouse at
North Carolina arsenal, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For Watervliet arsenal, thirty thousand dol
lars.
For repairs and preservation of public buildings
fences, drains, culverts, and so forth, at all the
smaller arsenals, twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the construction of the arsenal
in California, one hundred thousand dollars.
For contingencies of arsenals, ten thousand dol
lars.
For repairing the arsenal and two eighteen
pound gun carriages, at Stonington, Connecticut,
seven hundred and fifty dollurs.
For continuing the construction of the iollow-
ing works of defence:
Fort at Hog Island ledge, iu Portland Harbor,
Maine, forty thousand dollars.
Fort Richmond, Staten Island, New York Har
bor. New York, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Fort Delaware, Deleware river, Delaware,
seventy-five thousand dollars.
Fort Carroll, Roller’s Point flats. Baltimore Har
bor, Maryland, seventy-live thousand dollars.
Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, seventy-five
thousand dollars.
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Tortugas, i iorida,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Fort Point, San Francisco, California, one hun
dred and twelve thousand live hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of fortifications, pre
servation ot sites, protection of titles, aud repairs
of sudden damages, thirty thousand dollars.
For constructions of permanent platforms for
modern cannon of large calibre in existing fortifi
cations of important harbors, thirty thousand dol
lars.
For the payment of claims favorably reported
upon bv the board of army officers (appointed un-
per tiie sixth section of the act approved August
thirty-first eighteen hundred and titty-two) in tiieir
final report to Congress dated April nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and fitty-five, seven thousand
eight hundred an d seventy-two dollars and fitty-
two and one-third cents.
For the construction of bridges and the improve
ment of the crossings of streams on the road from
Fort Smith in Arkansas, to Albuquerque in New
Mexico, titty thousand dollars: and that the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars be, and is hereby
appropriated, out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in
completing connected sections of the road extend
ing from Albuquerque, in tiie Territory of New
Mexico, westward, on the route to tiie Colorado
rivi r, ou,or near the thirty-fifth parallel of north
latitude.
Sec.1. And be it further enacted-, That the balan
ces from the appropriations for “preventing and
suppressing Indian hostilities,aud for travelling al
lowance of volunteers’ already expended in the pay
ment of Florida volunteers called into service by
authority of the War Deparment, may be ap
plied by tiie accounting officers of the Treasury to
the settlement of the accounts of Paymasters by
whom said balances were disbursed.
Sec. 3. Amt be it further enacted, T hat it shall
be lawful for any commissioned officer of the army
to administer the prescribed oath of enlistment to
recruits; Provided the services of a civil magis
trate authorized to administer the same cannot be
obtained.
See. 4. Aadbr.it further enacted, That there be
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, lor preparing the draw
ings of the sailing charts of the Bhering Strait
and North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Ex
pedition under the control and direction of the
Secretary of the Navy, but not for printing the
same, six thousand seven hundred dollars.
See. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
eleventh section of the act of third March, eigh
teen hundred and forty seven, entitled “An act
making provision for an additional number of gen
eral officers and for other purposes,” which de
prives sutlers in tiie army of their right to a lien
upon any part of tiie pay of the soldiers or to ap
pear at the pay table to receive the soldiers pay from
tiie Paymaster, be and the same is hereby repeal
ed.
Sec. 6- And be it further enacted. That all tiie
existiug laws, or parts of laws which authorize tiie
sale of military sites which are or may become use
less for military purposes he, aud the same are
hereby repealed, and said lands shall not be sub
ject to sale or pre-emption under any of the laws
of the United States, Provided, further, That the
provisions of the act of August eighteenth, eigh
teen hundred and fifty-six, relative to o rtain re
sei rations in the State of Florida shall continue
in full force.
Approved 12 June, 1S5S,
Pub: 52.
AN ACT making appropriations for the expenses
of collecting the revenue from customs.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled That there be, and is hereby appropria
ted fertile expenses of eolleetingtbe revenue from
customs for each half year the sum of one million
eight hundred thousand dollars payable out of
any moneys iu the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, together with such sums as may be re
ceived from storage, drayage, and labor for said
half year.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That from and
after the said first day of July eighteen hundred
and titty-eight, all laws and parts of laws which
authorize the payment of expenses or any portion
of the expenses of collecting the revenue from
customs to any port orpoits on the Pacific Coast
of the United Statesout of theaccruiug revenue
before the same is paid into the Treasury, shall
be, aud lierebyare repealed.
Sec. 3. Aud be it further enacted. That the Sec
retary of the Treasury shall report at the next
session of Congress a plan of estimates for re
ducing the expenses of the collection of the reven
ue, in arcordauce with the gencial lecouimenda-
lions ol liis last annual repoit.
Sec. 1 And licit further emitted, That the sec
retary of the Treasury be and lie is hereby au
thorized at his discretion, to discontinue all ports
of delivery the revenue received at each of which
does not amount to the sum of ten thousaud dol
lars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no collec
tor of the customs, deputy collector, naval officer
deputy naval officer, surveyor, general appraiser,
superintendent of ware houses, or appraisers
shall receive a compensation more than twenty
five per cent greater than is now paid to the offi
cers and persons engaged in said sei vices at the
port of New Yolk: Reunited, that this section
shall not be so construed as to increase the com
pensation of any officer of the customs, or ot any
person engaged in the collection thereof.
Approvi d 14 June, 1858.
Pub: 53.
AN ACT making appropriation for the completion
of the military road from Astoria to Salem in Or
egon Teiritoiy.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in Cau-
uress assembled. That the sum of thiity thousand
ilollars ($3l»,0Utl) be and the same is hereby appro
priated lor the completion of the military load
from Astoria to Salem, to be completed uniter the
direction of the Secretary of War.
Approved 14 June i~38.
Pub 55.
AN ACT to supply deficiencies in the appropri
ations for the current aud contingent expenses
of the Indian department, and tor tultiling treaty
stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the
year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred
and titty eight.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That the loliowing sums be aud
they are hereby, appropriated, out otj any money
iu the treasury not otherwise appropriated, tor
the purpose of payi. g deficiencies iu the appro
priations for the current aud contingent expenses
of the Indian department, aud tultiling treaty
stipulations with various Indian tribes:
For restoring and maintaining, by peaceable
measures, friendly relations with the Indian
tribes in Oregon Territory, or so much thereof ns
may be necessary for expenditure during the
year ending thirtieth June eighteen hundred and
fifty-eight, two hundred and sixty-four thousand
dollars.
For payment to such Cherokees as were omitted
in the census taken by 1). W. Siler, but who were
included aud paid und< r the act of July, eighteen
hundred and forty-eight, the same per capita al
lowance that was paid the other Indians under
that distribution provided the Commissioner of
Indian affairs shall be satisfied they ought to bo
included in said capita distribution, three thou
sand two hundred aud seventy eight dollars and
thirty-two cents.
For contingencies of the Indian dapartment, or
so much thereof as may bo required lor expendi
ture curing tiie year ending June thirtieth, eigh
teen hundred and fifty eight, twenty five thou
sand dollars.
For indemnity to George W.^Stedham, a Creek
Indian, for property stolen from him and injured
bv a citizen ot the United States/me hundred and
twenty-five dollars.
For geueial incidental expenses of the Indian
service in the territory of Washington, or so
much thereof as may be required during the year
eudin<>" June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-
eight,'sixteen thousaud dollars.
Senecas of New Yorlc.
For interest, iu lieu of investment, on seventy-
live thousand dollars, at five per centum, per act of
twenty seventh June eighteen hundred and forty -
six three thousand dollars.
For payment of the difference in salaries of the
agents for the Sioux and Seminole Indians, for the
Omaha agency, for the Kickapoo agency, for the
Kansas agency, and for the Neosho agency, be-
sorvice perfo.inod under tins act to any officer
whose salary is established by law.
Approved 14 June, 1858.
Pub: 58.
AN ACT in relation to courts, and the bolding of
the terms thereof, in the several Territories in
the United States.
lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America ia
Congress assembled, That the judges ol the su
preme court of eacli t erritory of the l nitrd
States are hereby authorized to hold court wiihiu
their respective districts, in the counties wherein,
by the laws of said Territories, courts have been
or may be established, tor the purpose of hearing
and determining all matters and causes, except
those in which the United States is a party: Pro
vided, That the expenses thereof shall he paid
by the Territory, or by tiie counties in which such
courts may be held, and the United States shall in
no cast* be chargeable therewith.
Approved 14 June, 1858.
The Banks.
On the 1st day of last month Governor Brown
published a proclamation calling tor a statement
ot their condition from the Banking institutions
of this State. So far as we fan learn two have
made complete, tiie rest yuasi reports. T he former
are the Central Rail Road Bank and the M anufac
ture’s Bank of Macon. The act of our legislature
passed at iis last session, to provide against the
fo;feiture of the several Bank Charters m this
State on account of non-specie payment, declares
in Sec. XI, “that the affidavit of bank officcis, to
, their annual and semi-annual reports, shall in all
pensatiou of eight dollars a day and his ae- j cases statl , t [, at t ", le Hank of which they are officers
•**■"••11 Ike rates as fixed previous to theact ol.liii J
March, eighteen hundred and fifty seven, and the
rate authorized by said act from the third March,
eighteen hundred and fifty seven to the thirtieth
June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, three
thousand nine hundred aud ninety-one dollars
and sixty eight cents.
For compensation of one clerk in the Indian
office, employed to enable the Secretary of the
Interior to carry out the regulations prescribed to
give offect to the seventh section of tiie act of
third March, eighteen hundred and fifty five, gran
ting bounty lands to Indians, fourteen hundred
dollars.
For compensation of two extra clerks, employ
ed to carry out the treaty with the Chickasaws in
the adjustment of their claims two thousaud eight
hundred dollars.
For defraying the exp .uses of the several expe
ditious against Ink-pa-du-tab’s baud, and in tne
search, ransom, and recovery of the female cap
tives taken by said band in eighteen hundred and
fifty seven, the sum of twenty thousand dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary; the
amounts to be ascertained aud paid, on satisfacto
ry proof, under the direction of the Secretary of
the Interior.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That none of
the money herein appropriated to the Indian ser-
\ ice iu the territories of Oregon and Washington
shall be paid, until the claims which they are in
tended to satisfy shall have oeen audited and sta
ted by a Commissioner to be sent to the said Ter
ritories by the secretary of tiie Interior, and ap
proved by the said Secretary. The said commis
sioner shall be appointed as soon as may be prac
ticable by the Secretary of tho Interior, to receive
tual traveling expenses whilst engaged in the
service herein prescribed. And it shall be the
duty of said commissioner, to examine the vouch
ers, and to take testimony if necessary in regard
to the claims accounts which may be presented
against the government aud to report the result
of his investigations and his opinion thereupon to
the Secretary of the Interior, who shall pay such
claims, if he approves them, so far as the appro
priations herein made shall be sufficient for the
purpose.
Sec" 3. And he it further enacted. That in execu
ting process in the Indian country, the marshal
be authorized to employ a posse-coinitatus not ex
cluding three persons in any of the States res
pectively to assist in executing process by arres
ting aud bringing in prisoners from the Indian
country and to allow them three dollars per diem
in lieu of all xpenses and services.
Sec. 4. And be it farther enae'ed. That the su
perintendent and agents within the snperintenden
cy of Texas shall be hereafter appointed in the
same manner as other superintendents and agents
appointed and confirmed.
Approved 14 June 1858.
Public 56.
AN ACT making appropriations for the transpor
tation of the United States mail by ocean steam
ers and otherwise during the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and lil-
ty-nine.
lie i! enacted by the Senate and House, of Representei-
tires if the l nit ed States of America in Congress as
sembled, That the following sums be, and the same
has not by itself, its officers for agents, in any par
ticular, violated the provisions of this act.” All
the Banks, with the two exceptions above named,
have seen fit to disregard this provision by not ap
pending to their reports tne oath it requires It is
contended, we understand, that they are relieved
from the operation of tbo law by the resumption.
We have no organs to comprehend the reasoning
by which such a position is defended. There is
certainly no warrant for the conclusion in the sec
tion we have quoted, nor in the act of which it is
a part. That the legislature lmd tiie right to make
| the requisition is a proposition which will not ad
mit of argument. A bank is an institution created
solely for the public benefit. No consideration of
individual interests could ever induce the legisla
ture to convey to a body of men such important
franchises. The old idea that a charter is a c ntraet
and therefore, cannot he taken away without a
violation of the constitution is fast yielding to the
advance of truth, and will, in due time, be swept^
away by an enlightened judicature.
That which is organized and set ill motion for the
public benefit should, in rig-lit and reason, be limited
in its duration by that benefit. If the legislature
is to be denied this supervisory care of irs own
creatures, it were better—far better that, it lie de
prived of tiie power of creating. It cannot barter
away the people’s right of self-defence. In the
power to destroy is included the power to limit
and control. With regard to banks the legislature
has seen proper to exercise only the latter. In the
obligations which it has imposed we see nothing
harsh or unreasonable; and if there was, their
discharge should be enforced so long as the law
appropriated, to be paid out of any remained upon the statute book. In these rc-
tbuugh slutteriugly whispered, “Mamma prayed
for you last night.” and then disappeared aa
noiselessly as he had come.
Thauk God, thought we. for that mother's pray
er! And though years have passed since then—
though we have bustled through noisy incidents,
and mingled in life’s struggles, as 'vve are all
forced to do,—a remembrance of that “Mamma
prayed for yon,” still sounds as grateful and as
sweet as when it first fell from the lips of that in
nocent boy.
Fo reign Skews.
ARRIVAL
are he
money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and fifty-nine:
For transportation of the mails from New York
to Liverpool, aud back, three hundred and forty-
six thousand five hundred dollars; and it is here
by provided that there he paid to the Post Office
Department out of said appropriation such sums
as may be required to procure the transportation of
marks we are prompted by no enmity to the banks.
We believe that, when properly conducted, they
are a valuable agency in this mercantile and com
mercial world; but we believe, also, that they
should be subjected to the restrains of law.—
Creatures of the people, they should not be al
lowed to defy their aulliorily and “become a law
unto themselves.” Moreover this Act in their
own bantling It was framed, or accepted by
the mails from New York to Liverpool, and back, j their friends, passed by the legislature, vetoed by
on such days as the Collins line may fail to take j ihe Governor and re-passed by a constitutional
them from New Y
For transportation of the mails from New York
to New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Havanna,
and Chagres, and back, tivo hundred and sixty-
one thousand dollars.
For transportation of the mails from Panama to
California and Oregon, and back three hundred
and twenty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars.
For transportation of the mails between San
Francisco, California, and Olympia, Washington
Territory, one hundred and twenty-two thousand
five hundred dollars.
For transportation of the mails on Puget’s
Sound, twenty-two thousand four hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. A nd he it further enacted. That there be
paid to the Post Office Department, out of the ap
propriation of three hundred and forty-six thous
and five hundred dollars granted by the first sec
tion of the act of third March, eighteen hundred
ond fifty-seven, “for transportation of the mails
from New York to Liverpool, and back,” the sum
d seven hundred aud fifty-seven
majority ; and now, when the Governor, as he is
in duty bound to do, asks them to complj* with its
provisions, they repudiate their own offspring—
with bow much decency we will not say.— Times
,S" Sentinel.
The Crittenden Ovations.—The opposition pa
pers are filled with glowing accounts of the little
popular demonstrations which have greeted Hon.
JohnJ. Crittenden at several points altng the
line of his homeward journey from Washington.
According to these, no Roman conqueror, return
ing from some “world-o’erthrowing fight,” laden
with spoils of vanquished nations, and dragging
a score of captured Kings and potentates at Iris
chariot wheels, even received a more flattering
reception from his fellow citizens.
The description of his triumphal march from
Cincinnati to Frankfort, has inspired the rattling
skeleton of lllnggery with a sort of galvanic and
spasmodic vitality, and its old men begin again to
see visions and to prognosticate the downfall of De
mocratic power. The matter is fixed. Crittenden
f sixteen thou:
ollars and seventy cents, for five outward trips I‘s to be the next President! 1 he discordaut elam-
from New York to Liverpool, to-wit: on four- ors of a Black Republican mob in Cincinnati,
leenth February aud eleventh April, eighteen bun ~ ”
dn d and fifty seven, and thirteenth February, thir
teen ili March, and tenth Aprii, eighteen hundred
and fifty-eight, when the Collins line failed to per
form service; and that the further sum of thirty-
five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, be paid to the Post Office Depart
ment, out of the appropriation aforesaid, to ena
ble the Postmaster General to procure the traus-
rtation of the mails from New York to Liver
pool and hack, on the twenty-fourth April, the
eighth and twenty-second May. and the fifth and
nineteenth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight,
if the Collins line should fail to perform service
on those days.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the fol
lowing sums be, and tiie same are hereby, appro
priated, for the service of the Post Office Depait-
lnent for the year ending the thirtieth of June,
ghteeu hundred and fifty-nine, out cf any money
'ngfrorn tiie revenues of said de
are magnified into the unanimous voice of tiie
country—the spontaneous acclamation of the
universal popular heart, summoning the “honored
and veteran statesman” of Kentucky to take the
helm of State, and save his devoted country from
impending shipwreck. He is the great Palinurus
of these siormy times—the only living pilot who
can weather the dangers ahead, aud bring the
vessel of his country’s hopes safely into port.
Alas, poor Fillmore 1 how soon art thou forgot.
But a few short years airo, and the whole country
leverberated with glorias in ezeetsis to Millard Fill
more, the double distilled essence of unadulter
ated patriotism—the corporeal embodiment of all
that was sound, conservative and patriotic—the
impersonation of administrative wisdom and ca
pacity—in short, a colossal giant of moral gran
deur and sublimity of character; who, by the puis-
ance of his mighty arm, could lift a whole nation
up to the same “high empyrean” of poliiical ex
cellence in which his own ’mmaculate spirit floats.
AFRICA.
COTTON BUOYANT AND ADVANCING.
Breadstuff's Dull.
Money More Stringent.
NO NEWS OF THE CABLE FLEET.
France Indignant
Rumored Coalition Between France and
Mpain.
Fire in Dantzic.
New York, July 8.—The British and Norih
American mail steamship Africa, Capt. N. Shau
non, has arrived with Liverpool dates to June
2fitli—three days later than those brought by the
City of Washington.
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—The sales of Cotton
in the Liverpool market for the week preceding
the departure of the Africa, were 45,000 halos —
The market opened dull, but closet! active and
buoyant, add with an advancing tendency. The
sales on Friday, (the (lav immediately preceding
the sailing of the steamer.) were 10,000 hales—
exporters and speculators each taking 3,000 bales.
The market closed at the following quotations :
Fair Orleans 7 9-ltid.
Fair Mobile ..7jd.
Fair Uplands 7Jd.
Middling Orleans...... GJd.
Middling Mobile fi I3-I6d-
Middling Uplands - 6 4 lod.
The stock of Cotton on hand is G46.000 bales
— including 555,000 American.
Sta e of Trade at Manchester.—The Manchester
advices were favorable, holders demanding an ad
vance in prices.
Havre Cotton Market.—The last dates from
Havre are to the 23d inst. Orleans ties ordin
aire is quoted at 104f.
Liverpool Breadstu ff's and Provision Market.—
The circulars report breadstuff's dull and prices
nominal. Provisions are also reported dull.
London Money Murlut.—There has been an in
creased demand for money, and it is quoted as
slightly more string: lit. Consols closed at 95 j for
account.
London Markets.—Rice heavy. Turpentine
steady at 47s.
General Ncics.
The bullion in the hank of England has increas
ed £ 114,o( 0 sterling.
No later news of importance has been received
from India or China.
In Parliament the Indian bill was passed on its
second reading, by a majority of 28.
The Africa saw nothing ot the cable fleet.
Lucknow was threatened by twenty thousand
rebels—the force h- ing reduced to two thousand
infantry. The heat in India is said to be intense
and the country very sickly.
The debates in tho English Parliament on the
free Cuba system have excited the Indignation of
France. It is reported that Spain lias applied to
France for support and assistance against the Brit
ish pressure on the slave trade on the coast of
Cuba, and that the application has met with en
couragement.
A tire had occured in Dantzic, destroying fifty
five houses, at a loss of one million thalers.
From the Nashville Union and American.
Srcccljr EntfMWf Bell art Crittenden,
The New York Tribune contains the follow;,,-
correspondence on tho subject of the proposed en
tertaiuraeut to Messrs Bell and Crittenden in \ ' t
York city. -
The following is tho letter to Senators Critte
den and Bell, inviting them to a public dinner •
this city, which one of our Washington c , rre ln ^
E undents telegraphs they have been comp e |i"q
y the pressure of their engagements todeel;,,...
Hon John J. Crittenden and Hon. John Bell fi
ted States Senate:
Gentlemen—The undersigned have coute
plated through years with profound and ii;e r( , m
mg admiration, your eminent patriotic, iu a t,T
manlike and truly national coarse in the co ' llnp ;f’
of our common country, by devotion the i ustit ' s
tions, not of a sectional merely, but of our w |]
Uniou. and especially in a late critical and dan
gerous emergoncy, in which a perilous agitation
has been calmed, and a possibility of civil Va r . '
rested in a good part through y uur wisdom ml'
tice and moderation— ’ J
Respectfully ask you to meet them at a pnblir
dinner in this city at such day succeeding tu
close of the session of Congress as will him, ?
convenient and agreeable to yourselves. '
They beg leave to assure you that the sen*i
ments which have prompted this invitation are
shared by many thousands of your fellow citizens
by whom a visit from you will be hailed
sincere gratification, as well as by
Yours, truly,
Luther Bradish,
"ith
Win. M. Evarts,
A. C. Kingsland,
Simeon Draper,
George Griswold,
Joseph Bunt,
Shepard Knapp,
H. J. RAYMOND,
TRUMAN SMITH,
J. Phillips Phoenix,
Thomas Denny,
Chns. A. Davis.
Washington Sliith,
James Brooks,
Robert T. Haws,
Edward W. Fisks,
J. I!. Yarnum, Jr.,
C Y. Anderson,
HORACE ORE ELY,
Thomas A Emmett,
George Brigs,
ERASTUS BROOKS,
Dei.uing Duer,
William K. Strong,
John H White,
George W. Blunt,
E. .). Brown,
B. W. Bonney,
R. M. Blatohford,
C. A. I’eabody.
in the treasury arising iroi.i me reveuuts or sam ue- 8uchare specimens of the metaphorical puffery
partment in conformity to the act of the second of so much dea!t in by the Fillmore panegyrists of
July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
For transportation of the mails from New
York, by Southampton or Cowes, to Havre, two
hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
For transportation of the mails between Charles
ton and Havana, fifty thousand dollais.
For transportation of the mails across the Isth
mus of Panama, one hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. A ml hr it further enacted, That it shall not
he lawful for tiie Postmaster General to make any
steamship or other new contract for carrying the
mails on tiie sea for a longer period than two years,
nor for any other compensation than the sea and
island postages on the mails so transported.
Sec. 5. And he, it further enacted, That the Post
master General he, and lie is hereby authorized to
cause the mails to be transported between the Unit
ed States and any foreign port or ports, by steam
ship, allow ing and paying therefor out of any mo
ney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, if
by an American vessel, the sea and United States
inland postage, and if by any foreign vessel tho sea
postage only, on the mails so conveyed: Provided
that the preference shall always be given to an
American over a foreign steamship when departing
from the same port for the same destination, with
in three days of each other.
Approved 14 June 1858.
Pub: 57.
AN ACT to authorize a loan not exceeding the sum
of twenty millions of dollars.
Beit nun tell by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of tin United States of Amcricaa in Congress
ussen bled, That the President of the United Slates
he, and hereby is. authorized, at anytime within
twelve months lrom the passage of this act, to bor
row, on the credit of the United States, a sum not
exceeding twenty millions of dollars, or so much
thereof as, in his opinion, the exigencies of tlie pub- Mr. Fisher—“terms cash, nothing delivered, unli
lie sei vice may require; to he applied to the pay-j paid for”—wo feared would dampen the spirits of
by the Fiilmore panegyrists of
that day.
But a new idol has assumed the place of Fill
more ; and now the sky is rent with hosannas to
the name of Crittenden. What pleasure or satis
faction full-grown people can find in the ridiculous
ceremonies of man-worship, in this "‘free and
enlightened” country, is beyond our comprehen
sion. However, the amusement is perfectly
harmless and no doubt grateful to the venerable
recipient of so much homage; and, for ourselves,
we do not object to the melo-dramic performance
being played out. Only, wake us up when Kirby
dies!—South Sid' Democrat.
Sale of the Furniture in the Old Represents
lives* Hall.
The Washington Uni n, says;
By ten o’clock at least one hundred persons,
were in the hall, a number of them ladies. They
were of all ages; and though dilligeutly searched
for, tiie “Middle-aged Man,” could not be found.
The interest manifested in the sale, the patience
with which the spectators and the purchasers fol
lowed the auctioneer from desk to desk and chair
to chair was worth}' of imitation. This furniture
was all of solid mahogany, and the prices, instead
of being uncommonly low, exceeded the expecta
tions of many who thought to procure groat bar
gains. A considerable portion of it was in a
damage condition; and so great was the competi
tion, where competition was least expected,
that a single arm-chair with a writing accompani
ment was knocked down at ten dollars and a quar
ter, instead of the fiie or six dollars that the
purchaser had mado up his mind to give. Those
old chairs, many of them with screws loose,
brought an average of thre" dollars apiece, and the
carpet was sold at about eight cents a yard.
The opening announcement of the auctioneer.
Three days later from Europe.
Arrival of the Fulton.
Cape Race, July 10.—The U. S. M. steamship
Fulton arrived off Cape Race to-day. She brings
Havre dates to the 20th and Liverpool to the 3oth
nit. She experienced heavy westerly winds but
saw no ice.
The steamer Fulton saw nothing of the cable
fleet on her passage.
A New York correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal writes:
Business is dull—very dull. Hundreds of young
men have no work. Four thousaud clerks have
iett the city for want of employment. Fine look
ing, intelligent and capable young men, take any
menial services rather than not have work to do.
Our young man, a capable book-keeper, may be
seen daily on a dray, with Ills horse, getting a liv
ing ou tiiat plan. At no time since the panic be
gan, have “times” been ss hard for men of mod
erate means. We have a great many of your Bos
ton young men here, out of employment, who
left good, comfortable sitnations at the East, at
tracted by the glare and temptation of New York.
Mony of them wish themselves at home. All bus-
in< ss is overdone—tiie law, physic, merchandise,
trade, clerkships—ail but preaching. If any man,
lit smart,” wants to come into the mission
field of our city, work like a galley slave, aud get
his “victuals and his ciothes,” the first scanty, aud
the last coarse, ho can come to New York and get
employment. All others had better stay away.
A Singular Coincidence.—Not the least of all
the memorable incidents of the day is the fact that,
while two brothers were suspended from two of
the most important dioceses in the Episcopal
Church in this country, in the run to elect their
successors in office, with years intervening, two
brothers succeeded and two brothers were defeat
ed. The suspended brothers were the Rt. Rev.
II. F. and B. T. Onderdonk, two brothers who were
consecrated respectively Bishops of Pennsylvania
and New York, A. D., J827 and 1839—some thirty
years ago—and are now consequently venerable
with the snows of many winters. The two suc
cessful candidates for their official position were
tho two brothers, the Rev. Drs. Alonzo and Hora
tio Potter. Tho two defeated candidates for the
same honor are the two brothers, the Rev. Dr
Frank Vinton, of New York, and the Rev. Dr.
Aiex. II. Vinton Rector of St. Paul’s, Boston.
[Portland Mirror.
Ilhruitiali<<Mi—Is only cured permanently by
‘Finch's Anti-Rheumatic Poirdcrs," as it is the only
remedy extant that attack the root of the disease; all
others being ointments, embrocations, &c., are merely
palliatives.
It is sold, wholesale mid retail by J. G. Gibson,
Eatonton, Ga., and retailed by James Ilerty, Milledge
ville. Ga. 21 tf.
A
savs
ment of appropriations made by law, in addition to
the money received, or which may be received, in
to the treasury from other sources: Provided, That
no siipulation or contract shall be made to prevent
the United States from reimbursing any sum bor
rowed under the authority of this act at any time
bidders, but as that worthy gentleman commenced
with andirons, (congressional andirons, mind you,)
which were knocked down at a very low figure,
confidence seemed to be perfectly restored, and
from that time to the end of the sale there was no
flagging, no hesitation in the bidding. The first
after the expiration of fifteen years from the first j of the desks of the old members sold was that oc-
day of January next.
| ctipied for so many years by Hon. Joshua Gid-
Sec. 2. Ami be it further enacted, Tint stock shall j dings, of Ohio, who, until the last session of Con-
he issued for the amount so borrowed, bearing in-! gress, were remarkable tor his persistent opposi-
torest not exceeding five per centum per annum,! tion to the institution of slavery and its exteution
payable semi-annually, with coupons fur the semi- When the desk was pui up, w e looked around for
annual interest attached to the certificates of stock ! black-republicans, supposing that they would be
thus created, aud the Secretary of the Treasury be,
and hereby is, authorized, with I lie consent of the
President, to cause certificates of stock to be pre
pared, which shall be signed by the Register, and
s'-aled with the seal of the Treasury Department,
for the amount borrowed in favor of tiie parties
lending the same, or their assigns: provided, that no
certificate shall be issued for a less sum than one
thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. -4«J he it further rnarted. That, before
I awarding said loan, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall cause to be inserted in two of the public
newspapers of tiie city of Washington, and in one
or more public newspapers in otiier cities of tiie
United States, public notice that sealed proposals
for such loan will be received until a certain day
to be specified in such notice, not less than thirty
days from its first insertion in a Washington news
paper; and such notice shall state the amount of the
luaii, at what periods the money shall be paid if by
instalments, and at what places. Such sealed pro
posals shall be opened on the day appointed in the
notice, iu the presence of such persons as may
choose to attend, and tho proposals decided on by
the Secretary of tiie Treasury, who shall accept
the most favorablo proposals offered by responsi
ble bidders for said stock. And the said Secreta
ry shall report to Congress, at the commencement
of the next session, the amount of money borrow
ed under this act, and of whom, and on what
terms.it shall have been obtained; with an ab
stract or brief statement of all the, proposals sub
mitted for the same, distinguishing between those
accepted and those rejected, with a detailed state
ment of tlie expense of making such loans: Pro
vided, That no stock shall be disposed cf at less
than its par value.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the faith
of the United States is hereby pledged for the due
payment of the interest and tho redemption ot
the principal ot said stock.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, to de
fray the expense of engraving and pririting cer
tificates <Jf such stock, and other expenses inci
dent to the execution of this act, the sum of five
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated : Provided,
That no compensation shall be allowed for any
eager to obtain the prize. After a momeut's pause,
one of them went "a dollar-and-a-half," a second
feebly cried out “a dollar seventy-five,” whilst a
third articulated “two dollars.” It was here that
we thought the bidding would cease, so long did
the auctioneer dwell upon that word “two dollars,
going, going, going.” but just as tiie word gone,
was struggling for utterance, a fourth gentleman
bid, “two-and-a-quarter,” and the desk was sold
The desk and chair occupied by Hon. John
Quincy Adams brought $50. The bidding for
Jftis turniture was quite animated, and it was re
marked by the by.standees, that in Massachusetts
it would command $'>00. The desks occupied
by Col' Benton and Mr. McDffie of Soutli Carolina
brought $6 25 apice; the desk occupied by Go-
onel Brooks ruu up to $9, and that used by
Govenor Wise, sold for $7. Upon the remainder
of the furniture the bidding was very brisk, and
the competition became very great. We under
stand that tbo total sales amounted to between
two and three thousand dollars.
Something to Feel Glad About.—Sitting in our
sanctum, says the ediior of the Leavenworth
Times, now some years past on a cold aud blus
tering autunm day, wo were attracted by the
entrance of a bright-eyed, thoughtful littieboy,
but tinily clad, who told the story of “no father—
family sick—out of employment,” &c. We were
at first disposed to express a mock sympathy,
and say we could do nothing: hut the boy’s largo
ey« were so swimming with tears, and lie so
trembled from bead to foot, while his conduct and
demeanor bore such a.i impress of truthfulness
sincerity, that vve could not find it iu our heart to
speak hatshlv, and finally dismissed him with
quite a handsome little sum, contributed in the
main by our printers—who, by the way, are pro
verbial, the world over, for generosity. The next
evening we were somewhat surprised to find the
little fellow once hanging diffidently about our
office door. This time, however, his eyes were
bright with happiness, and • sweet smile played
over and lit up his handsome features. We asked
him to come in. but he merely stopped forward
timidly, so as to catch our ear, aud earnestly
remarkable occurrence.—An exchange paper
: “a few nights since a L'nited States soldier,
bound with hiscompany for Leavenworth. Kansas,
accidentally fell off the railroad bridge, at Har
per's Ferry, into tiie Potamac liver, a distance of
thirty feet. The night being dark, the soldier came
out of the ear and walked off the platform upon
what he supposed to he the ground, until he found
himself in chaos. When he struck the water his
hat floated down the stream, and when the soldier
blew tiie water from his mouth, instead of making
immediately for shore, lie swam after his beaver,
caught it, and paddled towards shore witiiont a
tch. This feat astonished all who witnessed it,
and created a tremenduous excitement.
A just sentence.—At the recent term of the Cir
cuit Glourt of Montgomery county, a man by the
name of Watson was fined three hundred and fif
ty dollars for whipping his wife; and another man
by the name of Myriek was fined five hundred dol
lars for not clothing his negroes In botli of these
cases we say the sentence was just. We know
nothing of the facts in the case, hut from the heavy
fine imposed we are inclined to think it was very
aggravated.
Macon Gas Company.—The State
Press represents the (Lis business in Ma
con to he in <i prosperous condition .and
pnjing 12 per cent on the capital stock.—
This prosperity docs not date very far
back, and is said to result from the change
of rosin to wood gas, the latter being found
more brilliant as well as much more eco
nomical in many respects. The change
vve learn from private sources, has added
at least G per cent, to the net income of
the company.
Mr. Editor:—On tho 5th day of July, I ex
hibited in my garden, at Genevia. Georgia, one
thousand and fifty tomatoes growing upon one
vine. And in the same hill grows a squash vine
measuring 25 feet across, from point to point. I
I also gathered a branch, six inches in length,
from a cucumber vine, bearing fourteen cucnm-
bcis.
F. M. Boynton.
If any of our readers in the tomato, squash or
cucumber line, can beat this, vve would like to
hear of it
We clip the above from the Columbus Sun.
We have heard of snake stories, hut they must all
cave in to tomatoes, squashes and cucumbers.
Genevia must he a great place, and if the above
is a sample of its productiveness, living ought to
be cheap.— Auguslu Dispatch.
MARKETS.
Columbus. Ga., July JO.—Cotton—Sales yester
day ware 9 bales of poor cotton at 9c.
Baltimore, July 7.—Flour—400 bbls. Howard
street, 200 bbls Ohio Super at $4 374, and 100 bbls
Rye do at $3 3fij.
Molasses—Molasses may be quoted firm at 25
at "26 cents for clayed Cuba; 30 a 34 cents for Mus
covado do; 28 a 31 cents for English Island; 30 a
33 cents tor Porto Rico, and 38 a 40 cents ror New
Orleans.
Provisions.—Bacon is selling in jobbing lots at
G a G 1-4 cents for Shoulders, aud 8 a 8 1-4 cents
for Sides, but for large lots Bacon could be bought
considerably lower than the above rates.
Sugars at the following rates viz. $6 75 a 7 75
for fair to prime New Orleans; $6 75 a 7 25 for fair
to good Porto Rico; $7 50 a 7 75 for prime do; $8
for choice do; $6 75 a 7 50 for fair to prime Cuba.
New York June 6, 1858.
RErLY.
Messrs. Bradish, Kingsland, Evarts, Draper S(c:
GENTLEvtEX:—Your letter ot the tith inst., ad
dressed to the lion. John Bell and myself, invi-
ting us so me> t you at a public dinner in the city
of New York on such a day as might be agrees-
able to us after tii • adjournment of Congress was
not H-civcd till ycsteiday.
In associating iny name with that of the justly
distinguished Senator from Tennessee, you havu
added to the great gratification which your invita-
tation has afforded me.
I thank you, gentlemen most condiallv, for tin-
expressions of regard and approbation "contained
in your invitation. Such commendation might
well reward much higher se; vices than mine. °
Circumstances will oblige me to return to Ken
tucky as soon as I can after the adjournment of
Congress, and I must therefore, though with
great regret, decline your honored invitation.
Be pleased to accept my very .sincere acknowl
edgements.
I am very respectfully yours, dfcc.,
J. J. CRITTENDEN.
Washington, Juno 18. 1858,
Greely, Truman Smith & Co., “have conteni-
plated through years, with profound and increas
ing admiration” the “eminently patriotic, states
manlike, and truly national course” of these Sen
ators, “in the Councils ofour common country,
“and especially in a late critical and dangerous
■mergency,” to wit: the admission of a slave
State into tho Union, in opposing which measure
the Black Republican brotherhood think Messrs.
Bell and Crittenden have exhibited their “wisdom
justice and moderation.''
;Frankiiu College,
At the close of the Senior Examination,
the following honors and appointments
were awarded by the Faculty.
11. C. Humber, LaGrange Ga, 1st hon
or.
W. H. Pritchett, Cherokee co., Ga.. 1st
honor. (Salutatory.) j
R. W. Adams, Athens Ga 2d honor,
(Valedictory.)
A. P. llodo, Pickens Co., Ala., 3rd
Honor,
J. M. Oliver, Jefferson co., Ala., 3rd
honor.
Gilmer Banks, Columbus Ga.
S. T. Beasely, Troup co., Ga
AYm. T. Mitchell, Columbus Ga.
J. R. North, Newnan Ga.
G. G. Ragland, Columbus, Ga.
W. R. Roberts, Burke, co., Ga.
Joseph Taylor. Cuthbert, Ga.
Music by Lightning.—It is said that
electricity is about to be applied to music.
A performer seated before a piano, con
structed for the purpose, in London, Mos
cow or St. Petersburg, will play a morcean
every note of which, by means of the elec
tric wire, will be repeated by another in- }
strument in one of the concert rooms in
Paris. We already have music by steam,
now we have music by electricity. Lungs
are therefore menasced with being ruled
out of fashion by the lovers of music.
The World’s Fair or All Natiox*. Among the
noticeable things ou exhibition ut the Crystal PaTne .
we saw the contribution of New Pills, from the labor;,
toryof Dv.J.C. Ayer,the author of the widely known
and valued Cherry Pectoral. As it is against the «-
press regulations of the Palace, to admit any quack
medicines, this fact shows that his remedies are not
placed in the category by the authorities. Indeed, wo
nave before known that his Pectoral was highly appre
ciated by scientific men, and have seen lately that his
Pills are held in greatestimation by those deeply learn
ed iu the healing art.— True Reformer, Mass.
Hollnvays Pills.—Coughs, colds, influenza, anii
asthmatic affections are always more or less associated
with irregularities of the secretions. The stomach, the
bowls, and the liver, cannot be in a healthy condition
wile the lungs ami the air passages leading to them are
obstructed, ami all disensesof the respitory organs tiie
effect of the Pills is highly salutary. As an outward
application for sore throat, croup, asthma, and hrnr-
chetis. Holloway’s Ointment is invaluable. Itsoonre-
relieves the irritation of the mucus membrane of tie
trachea and the bronchial tubes, and removes tiia:
ehokii!*; sensation so alarming in croup and asthma.
Wood’s Hair Restorative.—Tins is said to bee
Inost excellent preparation, the result of extensive
scientific research, and is used with great success'—
However venerable a bold head may appear, it is st
dora considered as either comfortable or elegant, an l
those thus afflicted should try Prof. Wood's H;.ir Re
storative, and be ennbled to rejoice once more in the
plentiudeof nature’s greatest ornament.
Caution.—Beware of woithli ss imitations assevcrsl
are already in the market, called by different names—
Use none unless tho words (Professor Wood’s Ila.t
Restorative, Depot St. Louis. Mo., and New Yelk),
blown on the bottle. Sold by nil Druggists and l’atei'
Medicine Dealers. Also by all Fancy a ndToilet Good" ,
dealers in the United Sates am! Canadas. 7 2t
A Sixteen Gun Corvette Raised at Sebastopol.—
From a letter Jilted Sebastopol, May IGth, in the
Courier, we make the following extract:
During tbe last week, the American Company,
which is at work iu the harbor of this place, un
der Col. Gowen of Boston,have succeeded in raising
from her former submerged postiou a corvette of
sixteen guns in an entire condition and in a go n 'l
state of preservation. The vessel was raised by
means ot thecaissens of the Company, which un
til within a few days, have not all be ready fat
the work reqnircd of th;m. The corvette is the
first vessel that lias been raised whole, and no*
that the machinery for raising tho vessel is in
order, it is confidently expec ed that the remainder
of the work will be persecuted without delay —
Dining tiie past ten months the Company, liar 1
been engaged in destroying certain of the vissrN
under water, and in raising tho pieces. About
fifteen ships of war have broken into fragments by
blasting, and the greater portion of the mate
rial of which they were composed, lias been rais
ed.
Agassiz and Napoleon.—Notwithstanding the
liberal officers made by the French Emperor to
l'rof. Aggassiz, he has determined, it is said, tore-
main i:i America It is not tiue that lie is going to
France to take the Emperor s offer in consider*- j
tion. lie docs not feel able to leave his engross
ing studi ck even lung enough to make a visit to
his aged Mother in Switzerland.
A man attempted to get married to a woman »'
Rachiuc. Wis , the other day, but as heronb'S**”
that he had a wile living in Michigan, lie found
that it was no go. Not to be behind hand. th»
woman acknowledged to the tact of having a b ns "
band in Indiana.
1
Award of Damages.—The case of JoL- 11
A. Moore, of the Fashion line of stoaff'
boats, against the South Carolina Itailr®* 1
Company, was decitled on yesterday. ■
awarding the plaintiff the stttn of twenty*
nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-
two dollars and icventy-one cents. 'Ll”
case was instituted to recover damnp f5
front the railroad company for obstructive
the navigations of the Savannah river k
the erection of the railroad bridge.
matter was submitted to tbe award ot * r *
bitrators, who assessed the damages to tM
above amount.— Comt.
At a debating society iu Schenectady the o
day, the subject was: “Which is the most beam*
production? a girl or a strawberry/” After *
tinning the argument for two nights, the nici^
adjourned without coming to a conclusion" ,
old ones going for the strawb* rries, aud the J c
ones for the girls.