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with it!
BY THE EDITOR.
Th** ripple tbit appeal turn the surface of a small
body of water, after a stone lias been cast inio it
dues not more certainly resell every part of it.
loan uu tiie laslaous which spring up in uur com
mercial centres, extend, by slow degrees, from
■ citvto town, from town to village, and from vil
lage to hamlet. The Miss Flora McFlimseys of
Fifth Avenue have their admirers and copyists
among the Polly Ann Wigginses and Sally Spikes-
e» of Pi my Woods : and if the Miss Floras can
boaat a precedence, by reason of their proximity
to the great centers of modern invention, the Miss
Polly* and Miss Sallys, have this advantage : they
pay lesa for their fashions and enjoy ranch more
what they do get.
Of all those modern inventions which the Ge-
nin* of Fashion has conceived to captivate her
votaries, none, perhaps, exceeds in breadth of pop
ularity, the Hoop SKIRT. Although its advent
amongst us dates back but a few months, yet to
what an extent it has already spread ! Withered
age; ancient maidenhood ; artless girlhood, ayei
and prattling infancy, offer incense on the Altar of
Crinoline. Thu “young ’uu” that sports a hoop
of Flour barrel dimensions, and the elegant young
Lady who has just finished a course at Madam
Fuliere’s, and wears a skirt that would hive the
“Philistine of Gath.” all bow in adoration at the
shrine of Crinoline. Color makes no difference;
for Dinah fresh from the Cotton patch, with more
self-importance, and extravagant conceit than be
long to her young mistress, sports her unobtru
sive but unyielding grape vine.
Uncle Biliy Spikes, as he was familiarly called
in his Decstrek, came to town a few Saturdays ago,
with a load of Ifutermillions,, a basket of peaches,
a bucket of honey, six pounds of bees-wax, and a
little of tke aid ’Oman’s truck. Finding a ready
market for his products, he set out at once, as he
said, “ter git sumthin nice for liis gal, for she and
Mose McMillun was agwino tu git marrid nex
Sundy morn’n at the Rocky Spring cberch, aud
he lowd, how as Sal was entituld to er present
from her old Dad, ef it want no more an a fine
tuth comb.” Uncle Billy entered one store and
another until he had exhausted his own strength
as well as the patience of the merchants He
looked at one thing aud another, asked the price
of every article and “eluded lie wouWnt trade.”
As he was leaving the last store, his eye caught a
glimpse of a “Patent-Extension, with self-adjust
ing Bustle attached,” swinging near the ceiling.
That was something he had’et seen, so he let off |
in this style. “Now. Squire what du you call that |
ar fixin up thar, ef I mout be so ’ quistive to ax I
yer"1 The merchant, we suppose, intended to im- i
press the old man with a sense of its novelty as j
well as its importance, so he told him it was a !
Crino/tffc Uncle Billy nodded his head and began j
to think all to himself. He “callated” he had se» n
the article used before, and as Mose and Sal would j
have to ride to the meeting House, he could’nt see I
any better way to spend his money, and concluded |
to boy “one on ’em, at four dollars cash ; a large
sum, to be sure, for a poor man to spend on a wed
ding present but he “lowd how as Mose wud soon
take his gal off’n his bands,and ’twus but simpul
jestisto the pore crittur, enny how.’’ Uncle Billy
paid down the cash forhis 'boss tackle’ and march
ed eff with it under his arm, to the wagon. He got
home about sun-down; and as Mose was down in
the orchard where Sal was drying peaches, the old
man together with the old ’otnan and the hoss
gear, were soon in pursuit of the happy couple
Correspondence of the Norfolk Argus
! Horse Taming—Hr. Rare>*« Seere* Biaclooed
Himself.
Pro
ct Place, Southhampton Fng.,
June lit 1858
Dear Argus-
1 have just met with a littie work on
training of horses,” published at Routledge. I
send below for the benefit of your readers, (espe-
pecially , to whon I was indebted
for very many pleasant rides.) Mr. Rarey s “fun
damental principles.” There can be no doubt of
this hook being from Mr. R’s pen. for it accords
exactly with what he said in his lectures:
First.—That he (the horse) is so constituted
by nature that he will not offer resistance to any
demand made of him which he fully comprehends
if made in any way consistent with the laws of
nature.
Second.—That he has no consciousness of his
strength, beyond his experience, and he can
be handled according to our will, and without
force.
Third.—That we can in compliance with the
laws of bis nature by which he examines all things
new :o him, take any object, however frightful,
round, over, or on him, that does not* inflict pain
without causing him to fear.
The horse, though possessed of some faculties
superior to man being deficient in reasouin
powers lias no knowledge of right or wrong, of
free will and independent government, aud knows
not of any imposition practiced upon him how
ever unreasonable these impositions may be.—
Consequently, he cannot come to any decision
as to what he should or should not do because he
lias not the reasoning faculties of man to argue
the justice of the thing demanded of him. If he
had taking into consideration his superior strength
he would be useless to man as a servant.
Every one that has ever paid any attention to
the hoist has noticed his natural inclination to
smell every thing which to him looks new and
frightful, this is hisstrange inode of examining ev
erything, and when he is frightened at anything,
though he looks at it sharply, he seems to have no
confidence in his optical examination alone, but
must touch it with the nose before he is entirely
satisfied; and assoon asthisis done all is right.
We might very naturally suppose from the fact
of the horse s applying his nose to everything new
to him, that he always does so for the purpose of
smelling these objects, But I believe that it is as
much or more for the purpose of feeling, and that
he makes use of his nose, or muzzle, as it is some
times called, as we would our hands; because it is
the only organ by which he can touch or feel any
thing with much susceptibility.
We know from experience, that if a horse sees
anu smells a robe a short distance from him he is
very much frightened (unless he is used to it) until
he touches or feels it with his nose; which is a
positive proof that feeling is the controlling sense
in this case.
It is a prevailing opinion among horsemen gen
erally that the sense of smell is the governing
j sense ot the horse. And Faucheras well as others,
| has, with that view, got up receipts from strong
smelling oils. & c., to tame the hose, some
times using the chestnut of liis leg, which
| they dry, grind^iito powder, and blow into
his no-trils, sometimes using the oils of rhodium,
origanum, Ac., that are noted for their strong
I smell: and sometimes they scent the hand with
i the sweat from under the arm, or blow tlieir breath
into their nostrils, &c , &c. All of which as far as
the scent goes have no effect whatever in gentling
the horse, or conveying any idea to his mind,
| though the facts that accompany these efforts—
j handling him about the nose and head and patting
him, as they dirt ct you should after administering
I the articles, may have a very great effect w hich
they mistake to be the effect of the ingredients
used.
Now reader can you qr any one else give one
single reason how scent cau convey any idea to I
the horses mind of what we want him to dot If]
not then of course strong scents of any kind are of
no avail in taming tlie unbtuken horse.
In order to obtain peifect obedience from any
horse, we must first have him fear us, for our
minutes he will lie down As soon as he lies down ! H e ht - belI V 8 tbe chara V ter of the . organization and
he will be completely conquered and you can ban- re I ,uted P ur P°^ of lts operations
die him as you please
Rust in Oats—What is ItT
Throughout the whole south western portion of
the Union the oat crop has suffered from a terrible
blight, which, from its resemblance to the fungous
substance that sometimes attacks wheat by that
name, has been called rust. So far as we are in
formed, rust in oats has hitherto been unknown.
We have never heard or read of anything of the
kind in any section of the country. The fact that
it is thus unusual opens a w ; de and interesting
tie d to the naturalist, and in this case to the ento
mologist, as it invites investigations in a channel,
so far as we can ascertain, heretofore unexplored.
While in West Tenessee, a short time since, we
took occasion to examine the blade of the oat un
der a microscope, and were greatly surprised with
the phenomenon*which the glass revealed. Since
then we have followed up those examinations, by
the aid of more powerful instruments, at the Med
ical College, in this city in company with several
scientific gentlemen, among whom were Drs.
Briggs and Buchanan, of the Medical Faculty.
The cause of all this destruction of the oat crop
is a living worm, too small to be plainly seen with
the naked eye. A single blade or leaf of the oat
sometimes contains hundreds of them. They lie
encased in the tissues of the leaf or blade where
they have been germinated, beneath the epidermis
or thin pellicle over the exterior portion of the
blade, and as they progress in development the
skin of the leaf is raisi-d into curious puffy blisters.
The growth of the worm subsequently ruptures
these, and it escapes to feed on the plant. When
first released from their covering they are of a
beautiful, clear, red color, almost transparent, but
soon begin to change color and form, getting more
opaque and dark in appearance, until, in the
course of transformation, they become a black bug,
with legs and wings, when they attack the head
or grain of the oats.
Under the microscope the dust which remains
on the leaf closely resembles that on the wings of
butterflies.
How this innumerable army of infinitesimal
worms originated is yet a mystery. It is a singu
lar fact, however, that wherever the greatest
piantity of rain has fallen, there the oat crop has
fared the worst. In our recent trip through West
Tennessee we saw but a single field of oats, be
tween the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers, which
was not a total failure, or into which it would not
folly, to put a scythe blade. The field was near
Denmark, in Madison county.and was sown very
■arlv. It is well known that more rain has fallen
n West Tenessee this season than in any other
part of the State: hence the extreme wet weather
must have had some agency in the production of
this auimalculae. It is also well known that
moisture and beat will produce and multiply ani
mal life millions per hour, .therein we judge is the
secret of this destruction of the oat crop. It is
one of these eases of natural phenomena, which
occur only at a certain stage in the growth of
plants, and under peculiar states of temperature
and weather. It may happen next season, or it
may not occur again for many years.—Southern
Homestead.
_ moi to is, fear love and obey; and we must have
Yonder cuin’s Dad, said Sal. “Yes, (returned the j the fulfilment of the first two before we expeat the
old man) and gess Gal, what I bort yu. Taint ! latter: for it is by our philosophy of creating fear,
j love aud confidence, that we govern to our will
every kind of horse whatever. I should not want
■ for myself more than a half or three-quarters of an
; hour to handle any kind of a colt, and have him
j running about in the stable after me; though I
wouid advise a new beginner to take more time,
and not be in too much of a hurry. When you
have entered the stable stand still, and let your
i horse look at you a minute or two, and as soon as
he is settled in one place, approach him slowly,
nun of yer thrip caliker, nur homespon nuther.”
“My sakes, (said Sal) what kin it be—du tell me
Dad or I’ll git a fit—is it ruin gluvs, er sum smei-
in water, er sum stockins, er some gisgy -cake, er
sum what: do tell me Dad for I’m er eechin all
over to see it.” The old man slowly hoisted his
old blue jeans coattail, and produced the present
to the excited and impatient lovers. He told them
what it was and all about its uses. He said it was | with both arms stationary your right hand Jiang-
a “Cntterdine,” and besides helping the looks of jingbyyour side, holding the whip as directed,
horses in harness, it would “keep ofFn the flies j and the left bent at the elbow, with your hand pro-
frum a peckin at ’em."’ He told Mose to come
round early Sunday morning and hitch Blossom
to the “chicken waggic,” put on the •‘Critter-line.”
and drive Sal to church ; while he and the “old
’oman wud wurry along with the little Bull in the
Sbingul waggin.”
Sunday caipe, and with it Mose bright and early.
We will not attempt to describe the outfit of our
hero and heroine as they appeared on the eventful
morning, set apart for their bridal solemnities;
that would make our story as long as Lige Dad’s
ball of twine that his dog swallowed, and Lige
trod on some days after; which (the twine) Lige
says, “never did kept from a cumin’: an notwith-
standin’ the dog run pow'ful fur, hit hilt on ter
him.”
It is sufficient to say that they were arrayed in
the habiliments proper on such occasions and in
such settlements. When Mose came to put on the
Crittcr-linc, he was puzzled sorely where to begin,
and where to stop. The old man soon settled the
“diffikilty” by directing Mose to tie the “leetle
eend” around the crittur’s neck, as that “wud
give the big eend a chance to flop off"n the flies
frnm its sore back.” This “diffikilty” arranged,
the wedding Party set out for the meeting-house
at Rocky Spring.
It is proper to say that Uncle Billy was a leading
man in the deestreck, and had a great many friends.
And as his “only darter” was going to be married,
it may well be imagined that a large crowd had as
sembled st the Church to witness the interesting
ceremony. Befoie the cortege reached the Church
it had gathered on its march a great number, riders
on horse hack, foot attendants, and occupants of
littie vehicles like the old man’s Bull and Shiugle
cart.
Being at a friend’s house in the -neighborhood,
we accepted an invitation from his accomplished
and beautiful daughters to accompany them to the
Cburcb, and be au eye witness of a genuine
“Country wedding.” Of course our crowd was
among the most eager anticipants of the arrival
of the Bridal party. Pretty soon after we got
down, the vehicle containing Mose and his intend
ed sored slowly out of the woods and caine direct
ly up to the horse rack, about ten feet from the
platform where we stood with the young ladies.
Slowly, solemnly and with great dignity. Mose
told Biossom ter tear! Acd Blossom irswd ter onct.
Reader did you ever see an old Rooster’s tail just
after a drenching rain 1 You have 7 Well you
know just how wc looked. The girls at our side
looked with downcast eyes at each other and really
seemed to feel more ludicrous in their position
than did Sally behind the new fashioned fly net.
“Hello thar,” said Jim Jenkins, "what’s that on
yer hoss, Mose'”? “Go ter h—11, Jim Jinkins, and
speek when yer spokla ter,” replied the unterrifi-
ed Moses. “Mose, yer ain't gwine sanein, is yer,”
said Bill Jones—“take off yer boss kiver, Mose,”
said Wes Blunt, “far it mout rain, and durned mi
lites, ef it dus, ef that ar enssed thing don’t dry
up so tite roun Blossum’s neck it’l choke the crif
tar to death.” These and similar expressions
greeted Mose from his intimate associates as he
was “lightin” from the wagon. But Mose had'nt
time or temper for a fight, so he took Sally by the
hand and led her iu the Church. After a while we
heard a great noise just outside of the church as
if a team was moving off rapidly. It increased,
mud pretty soon 6 crowd rushed for the door. When
wegptin sight, we could just see a little bit cf
Cotta* cloth flapping in the breeze, aud moving
a* the rate of ten miles an hour. Nobody knows
how Blossom “cum to run away, sich a steady hogs
as every body knowd Aim to be.” But certain it
was, he had run away, and nobody could tell how
it happened. But Wes Blunt says, “he heerd
Tim Simpson sgy, he heered one of the niggers on
Squire Jones’ settlement say. he knowd whar tlier
was chesnut busacloMterther cberch, and he (Wes)
suspecks, but don’t know, ef it ain’t likely that
sum of the boys put one under Bloesum’s tail
while Mose was • gettin’ spliced in the mectin
house."
Wes further says, be “folia*’some of the “hoss
Udtil" on a crab-apple tree, about six miles from
* the cberch on the Monday morning after the
“scrape,” and that he “tuk hit home wid him to
keep fur a reelic cfMose McMullin s bridul down
at ther Rocky Spring Cherch haltur.”
■•re EeMeaec Respecting the reliability of
■ Swan Ac*.
The Jalapoosa Times, after giving the concern
of Samuel Swau Sc Co , of Augusta, Geo., a very
good character, says. Of Mr. S. Swan, we feel it
our duty to say that we have, upon all occasions
found him strict!? honest, gentlemanly and punct
ual; his promptness in paying bis prize tickets can
be attested to in this county, by those wbo hare
drawn prizes of some importance; since be has been
engaged in the lottery business; all of them were
punctually responded to. Their lotteries continue
to draw srery Saturday throughout the year.
jecting. As you approach him, go not too much
towards his head or croup, so as not to make him
move either forward or backward, thus keeping
your horse stationary; if he does move a little
either forward or backward, step a little to the
right or left, very cautiously; this will keep him
in one piace. As you get very near him, draw a
little to his shoulder and stop a few secopds. If
you are in his reach he will turn his head and
smell yonr hand,not that he has any preference
for your hand, not because that is projecting, and
is the nearest portion of your body to the horse.—
This all c ills will do, and they will smell your
naked band just as quickly as they will of any
thing that you can put in it. and with just as good
an effect however much some men have preached
the doctrine of taming horses by giving them the
scent of articles from the hand. I have aiready
proved that to be a mistake.
As soon as he touches his nose to your hand
caress him as before directed, always using a
very light sott hand merely touching the horse
always rubbing the way the hair lies, so that your
hauds will pass along as smoothly as possible.—
As you stand by his side you may find it more
convenient to rub his neck or side of his head,
which will answer the-same purpose as rubbing
his forehead. Favor every inebriation of the horse
to smell or touch you with his nose. Always fol
low each touch or communication of this kind
with tlie most tender or atfectionate caresses, ac
companied with a kind look and pleasant word of
some sort such as "Ho my little boy! Homy little
boy 1 Pretty boy I Nice lady!” or something ot
the kind, constantly repeating the same words,
with the same kind, steady tone of voice, for the
horse soon learns to read the expression of the
face and voice and will know as well when fear,
love or anger prevails as you know your own
feelings: two of which, fear and anger, a good
horseman should never feel.
If your horse, instead of being wild, seems to be
of a stubborn or mulish disposition, if he lays back
his ears as you approach him or turns his heels to
kick you, he has not that regard or fear ot man
that lie should have, to enable you to handle him
quickly and easily; and it might be well to give
him a few sharp cuts with the whip about the
legs, pretty close to the body. It; will crack
keenly as it plies around his legs, and the crack
of the whip will affect him as much as the stroke.
Besides, one sharp cut about his legs will af
fect him more than two or three over his back, the
skin on the inner part of his legs or about his
flank being thinner, more tender, than on his back
But do not whip him too much.
HOW to SADDLE A COLT.
Any man who understands this theory can put
a saddle on the wildest colt that ever grew with
out any help, and without scaring him The first
tiling will be to tie each stirup strap into a loose
knot to make them short and prevent the stirups
from flying about aud hitting him. Then double
up the skirts and take the saddle under your
right arm so as not to frighten him with it as you
approach When you get to trim rub him gently
a few times with your hand and then raise the
saddle very slowly, until he can see it and smell
and feel it with his nose, Then let the skirts
loose, and rub it very gentle against his neck the
way the hair lies, letting lain hear the rattle of
the skirts as he feels them agai st him, each time
getting a little farther backward, and finally slip
it over his shoulders on Iris back, Shake it a
littie with your hand, and in lese than Jive min
utes you can rattle it about over his back as much
as you please, and pull it off and throw it on again
without his paying much attention to it.
HOW TO MOUNT TIIE COLT.
First gentle him well on both sides about the
saddle and all over, until he will stand still with
out holding, uudis not afraid to see you anywhere
about him.
As soon as he will bear this without alarm un
tie the stirup strap next to you, and put your left
foot into the stirrup, and stand square over it,
holding your knee against the horse, aud your toe
out, so as to touch him under the shoulder with
the toe of your boot. Place your right hand on the
front of the saddle and on the opposite sideof you
taking cold of a portion of the mane and reins, as
they hang loosely over his neck with your left
hand; then gradually bear your weight on the
stirrup and on your right hand, until the horse
feels your whole weight on the saddle. Repeat
this several times, each time raising yourself a
little higher from the block,until he will allow you
to raise your leg over his croup aud place your
self in the saddle.
By the process of leaning your weight in the
stirrups and on your hand, you can gradually ac
custom him to your weight, so as not to frighten
him by having him feel it all at once. And in
the third place, the block elevates you so that you
will not have to make aspring in order to get on
the horse’s back, but from it you can gradually
raise yourself in the saddle. When you take the
precautions, there is no horse so wild but what
you can mount him without making the jump
\ have tried it on the worst horses that could be
found,.and have never failed in any case.
HOW TO MAKE A HORSE LIE DOWN.
Everything we want to teach the horse must he
commenced in some way to give him an idea of
what you want him to do, aud then he repeated
until he learns it perfect.
To make a horse lie down bend his left fore
leg and slip a loop over so that he cannot get it
down. Then put a surcingle around bis body,
and fasten one end of a long strap around the
other end under the surcingle, so as to keep the
strap in the right direction, take a 6hort hold of it
with your right hand; stand on the left side of the
horse, grasp the hit in the left hand, pull steadily
on the strap with your right; bear against his
From the Macon Telegraph.
The Snprcme Court.
After along, laborious and exciting session,
closed its labors on Miturday night last. The case
of Melinda Winn, against the Macon & Western
Railroad, being an action for damages for injuries
to a child, has beeu affirmed. The verdict of the
Jury in the Court below, was for seven thousand
dollars. This case has been before the Court two
or three times, and has created no little interest in
our community. The action grew out of the ac
cident. which occured on the Macon & Western
Railroad several years ago, about twelve miles
above Macon, in which two children and the dri
ver of a carriage were killed, and Mrs. Winn and
the child now surviving, were seriously injured.
In the case of Bill holder of the Planters and
Mechanic's Bank, vs. Alexander J. Roberson, from
Columbus, the Court have decided. (Judge Lump
kin dissenting) that all suits against the Bank dr
its Stockholders, terminate with the expiration of
the Bank Charter. The Charter of the Planter’s
and Mechanic’s Bank having expired in 1857, the
stockholders are thus released from all liability to
pay the bills and other debts of the Bank. With
out pretending to discuss whether this decision be
well founded or not in law, we appeal to the next
Legislature to pass an act making the Banks and
Stockholders liable to suit after the expiration of
the charter. If this is not done and the decision
of the Court as stated above, is to be the law, it is
an invitation to all Banks, to expand their circula
tion, increase tl.eir debts make way with their
assets, and when the Charter expires, the cred
ulous Bill holder may whistle forliis money.—
When a private citizen dies ; his debts do not die
with him, but liis estate is liable for the last far
thing. Why should a bank be released after death
from the payments of its debts? This decision
may be founded in law, but its justice we em
phatically deny. The Banks should not enjoy
privileges, and immunities of exemption from
liabilities, other than the humblest citizen: aud
the law which gives such exemption, should be
repealed; and we call the attention of tiie Legisla
ture, to this subject, hoping that at, the next scs-
scsion “justice will he done though the heavens
fall.” We understand that Mr. Dougherty as
counsel, has about two hundred cases pending
in Muscogee Court against the Stockholders of
broken Banks, but by this decision, they all go by
the board.
The Decision in this case changes the judge
ment of the Court as rendered when Judges War
ner and Nisbet were on the Bench, when the same
question came before them in a similar case. So
we go. Oh the glorious uncertainty of the Law
Retaliation.— The Legislature of Texas, at its last
session, passed the following act:
“Section 1. Beit enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Texas, that the following sums be and
they arc hereby appropriatied for the use and
support of the State penitentiary, for the years 1858
185J. [After naming the various items, the law
makes this further provision]: “For purchasing
and putting up additional machinery, $18,000
provided, that no part of the same shall be expen
ded in the State of Massachusetts, nor for machin
ery manufactured in said State.”
Another Important Decision.—The loan Associa
tion loaned money to If. and took a mortgage on
real estate. B. dies leaving no other property.—
The widow claims her year’s support as provided
by tiie statute' The court decides that the lieu of
the Statute for support to the Widow overrides
aud precedes all other lieus, and therefore the
widow gets her support of the estate Mortgaged
to the Loan Association.—Macon Telegraph, 25th
Lust.
The Printing office has indeed proved abetter
college to many a boy. has graduated more useful
and conspicuous members of society, has brought
more intellect out and turned it into practical use
ful channels, awakened more minds, generated
more active and elevated thought than many of
the literary colleges of the country. A boy who
commences in such a school as the printing office,
w ill have liis talent aud ideas brought out; and, if
he is a careful observer, experience in his profes
sion will contribute more toward an education
tban cau be obtained in almost any other manner.
At the Fourth July celebration held at Lexing
ton the following toast was offered:
“Hoops and Tight Pants—the unqualified rep
resentatives of financial extremes. May the
charms of the ladies be as boundless as their skirts
and may the gents never get as tight as their
breeches
The itlantif Telegraph fable.
The London Times estimates the value of the
cable lost in the late experiment to form a tele
graph communication between the two Continents
at £25,000. -On the return of the Niagara to
Queenstown the stock of the company immediate
ly declined in the Loudon market, sahres of £1,-
U00 selling at £200. On next day, however, they
were quoted at from £300 to £-100. Concerning
the failure of the first two attempts, made on the
2tith and 27th ultimo, a correspondent of th%
Hew Turk Times, on board the Niagara, furnishes
the following:
‘Saturday, June 26.—Joined cable with the
Agamemnon. The wire parted. We spliced again
and had paid out forly-two and a half miles from
our ship, ail going finely, when the continuity
suddenly ceased. The Niagra continued to pay
out three hours longer, at slow speed, when it
was decided to haul in.
“Sunday, June 27.—At 5 A. M. commenced
eauliug in the cable, with a presure of forty-two
thousand pounds. It soon parted, and we re
covered hut one mile. The Niagara, therefore,
lost upwards of forty miles of cable, and the Aga
memnon probably lost some portiou of her share.
The following explanation has been forwarded
from Qneenstown to the Directors in Loudon by
Mr. Cyrus W. Field:
“The accident is plainly attributable to the bad wea
ther which prevailed iu the Atlantic about the time
fixed for making splice; during the latter pert of last
week the opinion was very generally expressed here,
by nautical officers and other content to form a
judgement, that such a result might be anticipated.
“Though there has been another failure, so tar the
hopes of all here are still high that success must be ulti
mately attained. There is at present, even with the
large loss, such a surplus of cable as will warrant
the renewal of the expidition without any further delnx
than that involved in getting in a sufficient supply of
coai. Indeed, it is believed that to be a false calculation
made in respect to this supply at the begining is due,
in a great measure, the necessity of the return of the
Niagara and Gorgon to Queenstown, as the original
arrangements were that even should breakage occur
when five hundred miles had been paid out tbe vessels
should come together again for a new splice*
“The directors, witli Mr. Seward, Mr. Whitehouse
and others interested iu the company, proceded at
once to Cork, there to consult and decide on the course
to be adopted in order to make the delay in resumption
of the undertaking as short as possible.”
Montgomery, June 15,1S58.
Dear Sir. Yoar kind favor of the 14th is re
ceived.
I hardly agree with you that a genaral move
ment cau be made that will clem out the Augean
stable. If the Democracy were overthrown it
would result in giving place to a greater and
hungrier swarm of flies.
Tne remedy of the South is not in such a pro
gress It is in a diligent organization of her true
men for prurapt resistance to.the next aggressiou
It must come in the nature of things. No national
party can save us; no sectional party can do it
Bui, if we could do as our fathers did, organize
“Committees of Safety” all over the Cotton States,
(and it is only iu them that we can hope for any
tfective movement,) we shall tire the Southern
heart, instruct the Southern mind, give courage to
each other, and, at the proper moment, by one
organized concerted action, we can precipitate the
Cotiuu States into a revolution.
The idea has been shadowed forth in the South
by Mr. Ruffin; has been taken up and recom
mended in the Advertiser, under the name of
“League of United Soutliei uers,” who, keeping
up their old party relations ou ail other questions,
will hold the Southern issue paramount, and will
intiuence patties, Legislatures and statesmen. I
have no time to enlarge, but suggest merely.
In haste, yours, &c.
W. L. YANCEY
To James Slaughter, Esq.
In a previous article, we took occasion to com
ment iu gcueral terms upon the folly of all such
combinations, with the design of bringing about
an immediate dissolution of the American Con
federacy. Our remarks were intended as an
earnest remonstrance against the rash counsels of
those, w ho, with honest but mistaken sentiments
of indignation and resentment, were in favor of
separating from the North. But while they in
cluded tbe entire class of unqualified disunionists
in the Southern States, they had no special
reference to any particular sect or organization.
Beliving the great majority of such men to he
misled by momentary passion, and disposed, as we
were, simply to expostulate with them and
endeavor to re-call them to a just appreciation of
their duties and responsibilities as rational citizens,
we confined ourselves to a calm and perspicuous
argument of the questions presented by the issue
of disunion.
We are not disposed to treat this movement
of C<)L Yancey and bis associates with the same
degr- e of forbearance. We tiunk we understand
tiie hidden motives and objects of the actors in
this little by-play; but without troubling our
readers with tbe uncertain results of speculation
and conjecture, let us come at once to the scheme
as developed in the above manifesto of Col. W M
L. Yancey. As a Virginian, we may well feel
intense indignation at the ungenerous and ground
less reflections which Mr. Yancey has thought
proper to indulge upon her fidelity to tiie Southern
cause. But her history is a suflieh ut vindication
from all such assaults. If, as the greatest plril-
hic statesman of England lias said the use of
character is to be, a shield against calumny, then
may the Old Dominion, ou whose sovereign
escutcheon there is neither spot nor blemish, defy
alike the malice of avowed enemies, and the mi-
just imputations of deluded friends. She needs no
defence.
But Mr. Yancey and his associates have aimed
blow at the institution of slavery itself. Not
only are tin y striving to weaken its political in
fluence ami its material strength. Not only do
they seek to divide and distract the energies and
power of the south, by an absorb policy of dis
crimination and insulting suspicion against the
integrity of five Southern States. If this was
the extent of tlieir offending we might afford to
treat them with perfect indiffeience. They have
gone farther—they have impugned the moral and
reiigious relations of slavery. They have struck at
the very root of our social system. They have
proclaimed to the world that self interest alone is
the foundation of Southern sociology. That the
people
would descend with the Abolitionists into all
the details of a distant eleetiou. He declared
even that any constitution adopted should be voted
upon directly by the people, though the latter, as
.. .1...— — .,r *i,. iTnwin bad decided other-
in a dozen States of the Union, had decided other
wise. This was non-intervention iu the eyes of
the Senator from Illinois, who had pleaded years
for the grea‘, principle that the people of the place
were the exclusive judges of their own affairs,
and who had denounced the claim ot Congress in
such cases as utterly unconstitutional.
“Iu the progress of the controversy to which
we allude, it becaine'evident that the original Le-
compton constitution could uot pass the national
legislature. In tact, it was defeated ou a direct-
vote having previously passed the Senate by a
decided majority. We say it was defeated; not
exactly so ; the coalition got up what is known as
the “Crittenden amendment,” which was substitut
ed fur the Senate bill, and passed. Mr. Douglas
supported, we believe, tins amendment, and now,
at Chicago, extols and endorses it. Aud what
was the Crittenden amendment? It proposed the
admission of the State under the Lecompton con
stitution, which should, however, be referred to
the people of Kansas for their approval or rejec
tion ; and, iu the latter event, provided that they
should frame a new constitution, which, also,
should be submitted to the people, and, being af
firmed, that tbe State should be forthwith admit
ted into the Union under the proclamation of the
President. In other words, tiie Crittenden amend
ment conferred full authority upon tbe most ultra
crazy Abolitionists in the country to frame a State
government, with just such clauses in its consti
tution as they might insert—nullifying the Fugi
tive Slave Law, or otherwise, and so placed the
whole matter as to bring that government into
tbe Union, thus introducing into tbe family of
States an element of hostility which no effort
could have removed. The Senator from Illinois
endorses the Crittenden amendment! He finds
fault, too, with the English bill, which he con
demns, while he upholds and applauds the meas
ure of ultra negroism of the Senator from Ken
tucky.”
“Such we understand to be the attitude of Hon.
S A. Douglas at tbe present moment. Whether
be is acting with reference to special interests at
home or not vve do uot care to inquire. Our De
mocracy runs deeper than the shallow current
which is just sufficient to bear up the party in one
State; and it is too just to admit that the capri
ciousness of" Illinois politicians may of right
trample under foot the express will of ail the rest
of the Union. But we do not admit that the silly
parade of hostility to the conference bill urged
by Mr. Douglas expresses the views of the Demo
cracy of Illinois. It is impossible. If that peo
ple could not concur in the propriety of the enact
ment of tlie English bill, we feel confident they
have too much respect for the great majority of
the Democratic party elsewhere who did, and too
little confidence in the patriotism and integrity of
the Republicans, whose cause is thereby to be
beuefitted. to wage a wilful and pointless war
against the Administration and that leading meas
ure of its adoption."
Sttcli appqjir to be the position and purposes of
Judge Douglas, as discovered in his Chicago ad
dress We regret his resolution, but if he be de- I ington Market. The enterprise of Mr. Gregg
stand true to their section.
The defeat of the Republican party he believed
the great achievement which patriotism demand
ed, and to that end the effort of every southern
man should be directed. Like old Calo, who com
menced and concluded his every speech before the
Roman Senate with the statement, “Carthage
must be destroyed,” he would, were he to make a
hundred speeches, conclude every one with an
earnest appeal to his constituents to make unend
ing war on the Republican party. He believed it
the most dangerous, atrocious, and baneful organ
ization which had ever existed, and he hoped the
South would appreciate the necessity of united,
determined, and energetic action for its over
throw.
Wo have not endeavored to give the substance
of Mr. Breckenridge’s address, but merely to pres
ent its leading ideas. Even in this we feel that
we have uot succeeded, and can but regret that
we are unable to give our readers a full report of
his remarks.
Fruit from the South*
Under this caption, the New York Herald of
Saturday has the following in reference to the fruit
trade ot the South :
The running of steamboat lines between this
city and the Southern ports is revolutionizing the
wnole fruit and vegetable business of our markets.
In former years tbe Jersey and Long Island farm
ers reaped rich harvests from the sale ot their
eai Iv vegetables in New York, and they dictated
terms to our dealers. Within a few years, how
ever, all this has been changed, and now our
market is filled with the productions of Southern
States for months before our farmers have reaped
their crops. Every year adds to the extent and
importance of this business, and large amounts
of capital have been invested in the lands adja
cent to Savannah, Ga., Charleston, S. C., and
Norfolk, Va. Potatces, tomatoes, cucumbers,
green peas, string beans and turnips, are among
the articles most dealt in. The period of the sup
ply of each variety is on the average doubled,
thus extending to our citizens at a moderate cost
luxuries formerly enjoyed blit for a brief period.
The peach trade is now to be added to the others.
It seems that the peach orchards at the South have
been very fruitful this year, and great numbers of
them have found their way to this city. It is a
noticeable fact that the peaches from the extreme
South are very hardy, much more so than those
from more northern climes. Thus, the peaches
that arrived here from Savannah and Charleston
las: Tuesday week, were sold in the market yes
terday, in good condition ; while those which came
iu the steamer from Norfolk last Thursday even
ing had to be thrown away. A week is as long as
it is safe to keep Jersey peaches after having been
gathered from the trees, but these Southern peach
es are good for two weeks. This is said to be due
to the practice they have in the far South of plant
ing the almond tree and grafting the peach upon
Some of these peaches have a very fine flavor.
From a statement published by Drew & French
we learn the following fact:
The Hon. Win. Gregg, of Kalinia, South Caro
lina. shipped the first peaches from the far South
iu 1'56, consigned to F. A. Wilkinson, of Wash-
From the New York Express, July 22.
Tkc Riviere and Bfount fasc—-Baacfcr Tfoed
mid Isipi'iMmed*
The curtain fedyester lay upon the de Riviera
scandal, at least un il such time as the "gallant
Zouave” may turn up, if he ever does turn up —
One of his aidors and abettors (Huncke) has re
ceived the reward of his complicity in ihe abduc
tion of Miss Blount—having been sentenced to pay
a fine of $200, to be imprisoned twenty days i n
the county jail of Hudson, and on the ex-
piration^ thereof to be further imprisoned uu-
til the fine be paid. Judge Ogden reviewed the
matter in a clear and forciblo manner in a very
able opinion. His honor plainly said that, while
he would impose such a sentence as would show
that he would uphold the dignity of the court, and
teach people that they conld not contemn its man
dates with impunity, he would also teach them
wiatitwas toaid the machinations of a foreign
adventurer ot questionable, if not reckless
character, in keeptng a chiid from her parent, and
he“husfa,nd lf V°k reb ^ 1 *\ aiustthe authority of
f iil to i.ivf. „ ^ Ucb * decision, we think, cannot
aw ve-M ilford 6 ?, 1 • 8atlS , ,aC V 10n ’ In re K ard to the
when ws Hn l ,’ .‘" de ' d a sad state of things
when ws find a nu mber of an honorable profession
apparently in good standing, guilty 0 f aubordina
tiou ot peijury, aiding thisVvenriLr in roblW
ehildfnth* 118 C l d ’ ;“ ld himself carrying tba”
child in the compar y of a hctel-keeper and his as-
Ton^tZ't 1 ° f to an “fher city, and
Judge Width,;,, with the able assistance of
Messrs. J B Ransom and A. K. Brown, h„Vr-
tbe m.l'l' CC0 *' ed la - vin K bare and holding up to
the pnbhc view a plot which may well be said to
be uuparalleled in the anuals of crime.
We congratulate Colonel. Blount on having ob-
dmIau P ° SSes f° n of a daughter who, from he* ap-
pearance on the witness stand ou Tuesday, we
should say. still loves him with true and filial af
fection, and only trust that the efforts of friends
who nave promise to persuade his wife to return to
him may be successful.
The August Elections*
The approaching elections in several of the
States are beginning already to attract attention
and to to afford matter of speculation to the politi
cal quidnuncs. By way of imparting additional
interest to the elections to be held for members of
the 1 Inrty-sixth Congress in the month of August
and during the coming autumn, is not forgotten
to be mentioned that the choice of a President in
case of a failure by the people to elect our nex
Chief Magistrate will constitutionally devofvo
upon the Houseof Representatives, whose political
complexion, therefore, assumes a special P impor
tance in view of that possible cont.ngency The
approaching elections, moreover, will be watched
with interest as serving to afford the first indica
tion respecting the drift of popularsentime.it upon
certam questions agitated at the late session of
Congress-—questions which are known to hive
nlr^'in? 886 ?* 1 ?" 3 the r81lks of tLu dominant
party, and which in certain quarters have here-
garded as furnishmg the possible basis of new
political combinations 1
fermined to push bis personal fortunes at the ex
pense of the Democratic Party, he must prepare
himself for a policy of reprisal and aggressive
attack.
Vtrr President Breckinridge.
Tbe Lexington Statesman contains a long and
interesting report of the pioceedings of a mass
meeting of tbe Democracy of Kentucky, had at
Harrodsburg on the loth inst., and gives a full
synopsis of the eloquent speeches which were
made to the immense assemblage bv Vice Presi
dent Breckinridge, Janies B. Clay, and Col. Win.
Preston.
The address of Mr. Breckinridge—able, earnest,
eloquent, dignified and statesmanlike—was the
great feature of the occasion, and produced a pro'
found impression upon the audience, as it will up
alue of slavery is estimated by southern citizens j on ,be country. The appearance of the Vice
by tne fluctuations of the cotton market; that in President before thejieople at this meeting, to dis-
tact, Sambo is so many bales of tbe great staple
commodity! In the name of the People oe the
South, we repudate Mr. Yancey’s school of social
ethics; we reject and spern his new evangel. We
w ill never consent to place the defence of negro
slavery upon the suggestions of unadulterated sel
fish n ess. We will not reduce our theory of socie
ty to the Picayune dimensions of a bale of cotton
a hogshead of tobacco, ora bushel of wheat. We
rise to higher nobler ground. We plant tbe ban
tier of the south upon the loftiest eminence of jus
tice and right, and appealing only to the ‘Searcher
of hearts,’for tbe rectitude of our course and the
sincerity of our convictions we will hold our sa
cred citadel of Southern rights at “all hazards, and
to the last extremity."—South Side Democrat.
From the Richmond South.
Douglas and the Eeniorrarr.
We presume nobody will suspect us of intempe
rate hostility to Judge Douglas, since our recent
proposal for reconciliation with the Anti-Lecomp-
ton Democrats of Illinois.
In the interest of the South, the Union and the
party, we suggested a rennion of the North
Democracy, as affording the only possible hope
for the defeat of the Abolitionists in 1860. The
circumstances of the movement were peculiarly
favorable to an adjustment of the Lecompton dif
ficulty. The Kansas controversy had been settled,
tiie public mind was quiet, and no issue remained
to exasperate the Democratic organization. So
far as might be foreseen the future was full ot
peace. It was only necessary that the dead issues
of tbe past should be buried out of sight, iu order
to effect a pci f* ct reconciliation between the hostile
wings of the Democracy.
In ihe South the Lecompton Democracy occupy
the position of power. Iu Virginia ninety-nine in
every hundred sustain the policy of the Adminis
tration. We could afford, then, with the grace ot
magnanimity to propose au oblivion of the past,
aud a reunion of old comrades on tbe condition ot
cordial co-operation in the future. The Lecninp-
ton principle had triumphed ovei all adversaries.—
The Kansas difficulty was adjusted in a way to ob
viate tbe chance of subsequent complicatiou.—
How foolish, then, to persist in a distinction for
which there was no basis in fact or reason, and ot
which the inevitable result would be to destroy the
Democratic party and precipitate a dissolution of
the Union! 8o we thought, and accordingly wo
ventured to suggest an amnesty for past offence as
a pledge of good behavior for the future.
The proposition was not thrown out without so
licitation from the opposite faction. We had
very particular reasons for believing that Judg<
Douglas and his associates regretted their separa
tion from the Democracy, and were unaffectedly
anxious to be re-admitted into the party. Weari-
assured that their feelings and principles, in regard
to the rights of tiie South, had undergone no es
sential modification; and we understand, on the
best authority, that they only demanded a mutual
oblivion of recent differences. Under these cir
cumstances we did not hesitate to advise the De
mocracy of the South against the policy of perpet
ual estrangement fiom the Anti-Lecoinpton non
conformists of the North. Certainly there was
nothing of intolerance in the proposition If ob
noxious to censure at all, it was open to the objec
tion of extreme indulgence. Aud upon that score
it was sharply criticised by some of our most re
spected cotemporaiies at the South.
Alter Hie exhibition of so liberal a spirit by the
Democracy, all that was necessary to consummate
the re-nniou of the party was the acceptance of
the conditions by the recusant members. In some
suspense the country awaited the reply of their
cknowledged leader. He has spoken at last; and
we are soiry to say that his response is by uu
means satisfactory.
We repeat, that we had the very highest author
ity for the belief that Judge Douglas would ab
stain from any invitation discussion of extinct is
sues, that he was earnestly solicitous fora recon
ciliation with the Democracy, and that he would
pursue a policy which would not hazard tiie har
mony of the party. To be still more specific, we
will say that we understood him to acquiesce in the
settlement of the Kansas difficulty on the basis of
the Compromise bill. Such certainly was the as
surance of liis most familiar followers.
In liis Chicao-o Speech, Judge Douglas redeems
none of these pledges. So far from ignoring obso
lete issues he parades bis anti-Lecomptonisin into
the very front of his position. So far from ac
quiescence in the Conference bill, he subject* it to
a criticism as acrimonious as unjust. Instead of
that decent forbearance towards the administra
tion aud the Democracy which we were persuaded
to anticipate, he exposes the President to an obli
que but not less effective attack on the party.—
At the same time he abounds in compliments to
Crittenden and “other Americans and old-line
Whigs" who did tlieir utmost to defeat the settle
ment of the Kansas controversy and to overthrow
tbe ascendancy of tbe Democratic party.
Afterjthis ungracious demonstration,— after so
rude a repulse of such amicable overtures,—
Judge Douglas can scarcely expect further indul
gence from tbe party. Indeed, it is impossible to
resist tbe conclusion that he is indifferent to the
forbearance of the Democrecy. We cau assure
him that, however much we deplore a schism
which may possibly insure the triumph of Aboli
tionism in I860, we will not be backward to accept
the issue which he so defiantly flings into tbe face
of tbe Southern Democracy.
The Washington Union, in behalf of the Ad
ministration, gives this clear and satisfactory defi
nition of Judge Douglas’ relations to the Party:
“The most fierce and turbulent of all our contro
versies arose in Kansas, on the principle of self
government embodied in Mr. Douglas’s bill ol
1854. The Senator from Illinois has not forgotten
the events of the election of 1856, aud the position
of the Democratic partyinthat election, rioi need we
remind him that at the very first Congress there
after, the President, his Cabinet, and fifteen-six
teenths of the party in Congress, and nearly every
Democratic organization throughout the country,
united in recommending the admission of Kansas
into tbe Union, on tbe basis of a constitntion
adopted by a regular convention of the people duly
cuss the political <ssRR before them in the canvass
which is now progressing in Kentucky, lias drawn
out some ill-natured comments from the opposition
press, upon the grave imprepriety of his conduct.
For ourselves, we are very glad that he has been
guilty of the impropriety, if impropriety it is for
one in high official position to obey a call of his
constituents and give them from liis own lips the
views which lie entertains upon political questions
which are agitated among them. We are glad
that be has been guilty of this impropriety. Ru
mor before and since the adjournment of Congress
has assigned tbe Vice-President the same position
upon tiie Kansas question occupied by the minori
ty of northern Democrats, w ho opposed the Ad
ministration upon that question. The statement
was not credited, it is true, but it served, connect
ing it, as many did, with the studied reticience
which he observed upon tbe Kansas question
whilst it was agilated in Congress, to create an
unpleasant impression that, if not dissatisfied with
the action of the party, he was at least disposed to
shirk the issue made upon it. His speech at
Harrodsburg has dissipated all such impressions.
It is a bold, able, unconditional endorsement and
vindication of the action of the party and of the
Administration in disposing of the Kansas ques
tion, by the passage of the English bill. We sub
join a portion of tbe synopsis of his remarks
furnished by the Statesman, and take great pleas
ure in commending them to the attention of our
readers.—Constitutionalist.
We will not attempt to give even a synopsis of
his speech, confident that any report from memory
would do him manifest justice. We can only re
gret that a stenographer was not present to have
takeu it down as delivered. In method, style,
temper and fact, it was an address calculated to do
immense pood, could it be gotten before the people
of Kentucky and the South. Every sentence was
perfected as it fell from his lips, and the whole ad
dress was free from passion. It was a calm, liber
al, and fair discussion of the great questions w hich
divide the parties, an impartial comparison of the
strength of the opposing organizations, a broad,
statesmanlike survey of the battle-field, and an
unerring indication of the point where the strug
gle lies. He did not deal iu detraction or epithet,
treated his foes with courtesy, hut in argument
dealt them many a bluw, could tbe stroke be made
with the attention of the people. He briefly re
futed the idle charges of extravagance and profli
gacy brought against the administration, mention
ed the very conclusive fact that the current fiscal
year would show a more economical administra
tion of the government than that w hich preceded
the advent of Air Buchanan's and then cast aside
such a charge as idle clamor, as compared to the
momentous subjects calling for the attention of
the South. He congratulated the country upon
the honorable settlement of the search question,
which had so long stood unadjusted, and presum
ed that it would never hereafter be said that
American vessels were subject to the visitation
and search of any other power.
Touching the subject of Kansas admission, he
approved the policy of the President and believed
tbe measures be had pioposed for the adjustment
of that question, characterized by the disinterested
patriotism aud by sound practical wisdom. He
then entered into an elaborate argument in sup
port of the position taken by the administration
and the South, and sustained himself by so fair a
review of the facts and by arguments so conclu
sive that it was difficult to believe any fair man
ould controvert bis positions He reviewed the
history of tbe formation of the Lecompton Con
stitution, step by step, legal and formal. Indeed
so perfectly regular bad been the formation, that
its opponents yielded its legality and fell back up
on charges of fraud, and finally its northern oppo
nents rested upon the rough tact that it recognized
slavery as the true ground of their hostility to the
admission of Kansas under it. Under all these
circumstances he believed, and had ever believed,
that the President had recommended the wisest
measures for the proper and peaceful adjustment
of the difficulties. In this connection he alluded
to the po.-ition taken by a portion of the South
American party. This faction stood upon a ques
tion of slavery, irreconciliably opposed to the
position taken by the administration, by the whole
remaining South, and by a majority of the North
ern Democrats; and it was for th*: people to say,
after hearing the facts and understanding the issue,
who was light and who true and loyal to their con
stituents. lie believed the Republican party
strong, well organised and formidable, and how
ever much men may desire the fact to be different,
it is yet practically true that there are but two par
ties in tbe country. The Democratic is the only
political organization willing aud able to cope
with the Republican, and the dear duty of the
South was to unite in solid column, thereby to en
courage our northern friends and secure the victo
ry. He believed the battle of 1860 lay between
these two parties, and that the battle would be
made not upon Kansas or Lecompton, but upon
tbe well understood doctrines of the Republican
party. Those boldly enunciated in the speeches
of Hnle, Seward and other exponents of its creed,
aud thos** principles he beiieved if ever inaugur
ated, fatal to the continuance of the Union. Up
on the side of the Democratic party would be ar
rayed all who dissented from the anti-slavery prin
ciples set out in those expositions of Republican
ism, and upon the other would stand all who were
fanatical enough to defend them. With such an
issue and such parties contending for the ascen
dency before the country, he called upon the peo
ple of Kentucky to stand true to the South, true
to their section, true to their honor and their in
terests. Let the insignia of office be torn from
every man who squints at coalition with the Re
publican party, and let every public officer who
does not boldly and unqualifiedly resist every
movement of the abolition organization be reduced
to the lowest rank.
The contest of I860 he believed would be made
upon the issurs between the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties, and the South should be well uni
ted for the struggle. Lecompton would passaway
Kansas would not enter the canvass. A straight
out Republican will run uponastraight outRepub-
lican platform, aud every southern man would
have to take his position cither for or against him.
praved a success, and the business has increased
to such an extent that the last Charleston steamer
brought to Mr. \Y. 079 boxes, of about one and a
half bushels each, besides considerable lots to
other parties. Mr. Gregg sent 450 of the number.
I lie trip usually occupies about forty-eight hours,
besides the inland travel of 150 miles, and a large
part of the fruit arrives in pretty good order—
some of it quite fresli and luscious.
i here have been so far about 1,500 boxes from
Charleston and 500 from Savannah. Yesterday
there were but few peaches in market, the : ntici-
pated supply from Norfolk having been spoiled.
What it is doing for the sick!
Win. Sliuckman, Esq., the well known Lithographer,
says: “1 have frequently us Buerhave’s Holland Bit
ters, and find it invariably relieves indigestion and de
bility.
liev. Samuel Babcock, says: “I found special relief
from its use, for asevtre headache, with which I had
long suffered.”
J. \V . Woodwell, Trq., Bays: “I have used Beer-
have’s Holland Bitters myself, and recommended it to
others, knowing it to be just what it is represented,”
Aid. Jonathan Neely, of Lover St. Clair, says: “I
have derived great benefit from its use for weakness of
the stomach and indigestion.”
James M. Murphy, says: “After several physicians
had tailed, Bierhave s Holland Bitters removed the
pain my heart and side, arising from indigestion.”
Heeling of the National Democrats of Chicago.
On the evening of the 23d instant, a meeting
of tbe national Democrats of Chicago was held in
that city, agreeably to a call which has been al
ready published in this paper. All the papers
concur in stating that, before the meeting had
been organized by the committee under whose
management it was gotten tip, the chair was
usurped by a lawyer named Tracy He was in
formed by a policeman that he was usurping tho
chair, when an altercation ensued, which ended
in t he arrest of Tracy and his removal from the”
hall. At eight o'clock Col. R. J. Hamilton was
called to the chair. A considerable number of
police was stationed in the hall to preserve order—
preparations having been made, evidently, by tbe
enemies of the meeting to create a disturbance.
Col. R. B. Carpenter was the first speaker. He
proceeded at some length to define the political
positions of the Democratic aud Republican par
ties, the principals they each professed, and the
objects they desired to accomplish. At the con
clusion of this part of his speech he proceeded to
examine Mr. Douglas’ position. When his name
was mentioned a loud clamor arose throughout,
tbe hall, and Col. Carpenter was inturrupted by
yells, hisses, and cheering. The arrestof an ac
tive disturber was followed by quiet. A subse
quent interruption of the speaker was quelled in
the same manner. Col. Carpenter then proceeded
to discuss Illinois politics and to defend the natio
na! Democracy from Judge Douglas' charge oft
coalition with the Republicans, to defeat him for
the senate. Ho continued his remarks at con
siderablc length. Hon. John Dougherty, oandi
date ot State treasurer, next occupied the attention
ot tlie audience for two hours, reviewing the past
and present position of Judge Douglas in detail,
and charged him with betraying the Democracy
that lie might promole his own ambition, eliciting
applause from the national Democrats present,
and interruptions from the partisans of Judge
Douglas. Speeches from E. W. Tracy, Esq., aud
Henry S. Fitch, Esq., a sou of Senator Fitch of
Indiana, concluded tbe entertainment of the eve
ning. The ball, it is stated, was crowded in every
part, and the meeting, in point of enthusiasm
and earnestness, was not inferior to any ever held
in Chicago.— IVashingtnu Union.
Proclamation of Lot. fumming.
To the Inhabitants of Utah and others ichom it may
it may concern.
Whereas, James Buchanan, President of the
United States, at the city of Washington, the sixth
day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, did
by his proclamation, offer to the inhabitants of
Utah, who submit to the laws, “free and full par
don” for all treason and sedition heretofore com
mitted, and
Whereas, the proffered pardon was accepted
with prescribed terms of the Proclamation by tbe
citizens of Utah.
Now, therefore, I Alfred Cumming, Governor of
Utah Territroy, in the name of James Buchanan,
President of tbe United States, do proclaim that
all persons who submit themselves to the laws,
and to tbe Federal Government, are by him “free
ly and fully pardoned” for all treason and sedition
heretofore committed.
All criminal offences associated with or growing
out of the overt acts of sedition and treason are
merged iu them, and are embraced iu tbe "free
aud lull pardon” of the President.
And I exhort all persons to presevere in a faith
ful submission to the laws, ami patriotic devotion
to tiie constitution and government of our common
country.
Peace is restored in our territory.
All civil officers both federal and territorial will
resume the performance of tbe duties of their re
spective offices without delay, and be diligent and
faithful in the execution of the law.
All citizens of the United States in this territory
will aid aud assist the officers iu the performance
of their duties.
Fellow citizens: I offer to you my congratula
tions for the peaceful aud honorable adjustment of
recent difficulties.
Those citizens who left tlieir homes I invite to
return as soon as they can ffo so with propriety
and convenience.
To all I announce my determination to enforce
obi dieuce to all the laws both Federal and Terri
torial.
Trespasses on property, whether real or person
al, must be scrupulously avoided.
Gaining and other vices are punished by terri.
torrial statutes with peculiar severity, and 1 com-,
mend the perusal of those statutes to those per
sons who have not had an opportunity of doing so
previously.
Hereunto I set my hand, and cause the seal of
. the territory to be affixed, at Great Salt Lake
City, in the Territory of Utah; this fourteenth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-eight; and of the Independence of the
United States the eighty second.
, A CUMMING.
By the Governor,
John Harnett, Secretary.
In a large majority of the States the next elec-
t.ons are appointed to take place in the fall. Aud
S l aiL ?| lr ? W !“ ch elec,iuIls ar « to be held dur
ing the month ot August, Missouri, we believe, is
the only one in which members of the next House
ot Representatives are to be chosen. The election
takesj place in this States on the first
Monday m the coming month, on which day also
a general e.eetioii will be held in Kentucky fertile
choice of a clerk to the Court of Appeals, district
judges, and oth« r minor officers. On the first
I hurst!ay in August North Carolina will be called
to elect a Governor and members of the State Le<r-
tslature, upon which will devolve the duty of
e eetuig a United States Senator in the place of
Mr. Biggs, who lately resigned his seat In that
body Ihe candidates for the post of Governor
are the Hon. Duncan K. McRae and Judge Ellis,
both of whom, we understand, are Democrats,
though the former lavors the Whig policy of dis
tributing the proceeds of the public lands among
the several States, and will therefore most likely
receive his principle support from the opposition
to the Democracy.
I he other States which hold elections in August
(Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee) do
not this year choose either State officers or mem
bers of the next Congress.
[ W ashington paper.
Prof* Wood, 312 Broadway,
Is ruining the Hair Dye trade. People will uot use
dyes when a natural restoration to tbe original color
of the hair can be produced by natural remedies.—
Dyes are artificial agents, and dangerous in their ap
plication, but Wood’s Hair Tonic is a healthy stimulant
and causes a healthy growth. A growth of gray hair
on young person’s head is unnatural, and to apply a col
oring fluid produces an unnatural result; the color is
changed; to be sure, but not through the roots of the
hafr. Ladies, do you see that geranium plant in the
window yonder? how yellow and faded it looks. It is
alive and growing; yet where is the beauti ul, rich,
dark green that belongs to it? Gone. You can color
those leaves by an external application of chemicals,
bat they will uot remain colored. Do you desire to do
it naturally? Make a solution of guauo water, apply
it to the roots, anil the plant will take it up into the sys
tem, and then you will see a rich green permaiont hue.
Professor Wood’s Hair Tonic works ou the same prin
ciple. The roots of the hair drink up that application,
any high health and beauty result.
Caution.—Beware of worthless imitations as several
are already in the market, called by different names.—
Use none unless the words (Professor Wood’s Hair
Kesforalive, Depot St. Louis, Mo., and New York), are
blown on the bottle. Sold by all Druggists and Patent
Medicine Dealers. Also by all Fancy amlToilet Goods
dealers iu the United Sates and Canadas. 9 2L
—
Coy. Brown’s Pruriamation.
In another column may be found the proclamation
of the Governor, in relation to those banks which have
not made returns in the manner pi escribed by the late
banking Act of the legislature. As to that act or any
of its predecessors, we have nothing to say at present.
It will doubtless prove the theme of prolific newspaper
discuss; *u, but nothing can be done to avert its conse
quences until the meeting of the next legislature. We
are fully satisfied that Governor Brown has but follow
ed out the line of duty laid down for him in issuing his
proclamation. In this connection we may be allowed
to express our ustonishuieut, that the Republican has
not seen tit.ti> launch another volley of vituperation
and abuse at Gov. Brown. It abused the governor for
vetoing tin* Bank Bill, and rejoiced at its passage over
liis head; it abused him for calling for the Bank returns
ill accordance with that Bill, anil counseled the Banks
to treat his call with deserving contempt. It now
turns its batteries upon the bill itself, passed bv the
friends of the hunk, and does not even award to the
Governor the poor return ofits commendation for the
discharge of liis duty, and has no word of comfort < r
consolation for the Banks, who now find themselves
in a quandary consequent upon tlieir failure to compl y
with a law passed for their benefit. We think it un
fortunate in view of the excitement existing in the pub
lic mind upon this Banking question that the Banks did
not follow out faithfully the direction of the creature of
tlieir own making, especially since some of the Bank-
have given the late Bank Bill the endorsement of their
sanction, and compliance with its provisions, aud since
iu tlieir present position they must necessarily forfeit to
some extent popular sympathy aud support."
The mere fuet of the Bills of those banks which have
failed to respond to the call of the Governor, not being
receivable in payment of taxes, will not be productive
■if harm or inconvenience to the Banks or the peopli
n'these bills are equal to specie funds—as the Republi
can says—specie may be easily obtained for them or the
bills ot other banks, with which to pay taxes. Iu the
meantime we may be allowed to express the hope tliut
the discussion of this question may be relieved of all
violent and paitiznu spirit, and be" conducted with the
Wisdom and moderation that its importance deserves
nn-l ihat our law-makers may ut the next session of the
Legislature, enact such measures as shall effectuahe
prutect the people mid the banks, amt give satisfaction
to both. We cannot conclude without deuiauding us a
natterof justice- from the ltepublieau a retract mn of
some of the abuse winch it has heretofore heaped upon
Gov. Brown, If the Bank bill which Gov. Brown ve
toed is a “most consummate piece of folly” he certain
ly does not deserve to be villitied for vetoing it and
since it was passed over bis head by the friends of th*
banks is it not a most flugraut act of injustice to ubu-e
him for performing a duty which he did ah m his power
. Sav. Georgian.
to avoid.
OHOLER.A.
Holloway's Pills and Ointment—Avoid Imposture!
—As there may counterfeits in the market, it is well to
know that there is a sure protection to the purchaser in
the Water-mark that exists iu every leaf of the genu
ine directions, viz., the words, “Holloway, New York
and Loudon,” which can be seen in tiie paper itself on
being held to the light. In external innamation there
isan unnatural rush of blood to the part affected. The
effect of the Ointment is to disperse the local fever. —
The Pills relieve the system, through the bowels of all
morbid and irritating influences.
Crops—From what wc can learn the crops are
doing finely, and the prospects everywhere, very
flattering indeed,
A Certain Cure for this Disease may
be found in the use ol
?SR&Y DAVIS'S
VEGETABLE JAM KILLER
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Dkak Sin :—I feel that it is n duty to suffering hu
manity, that I should give a relation of the great bene
fits I have derived from the use of Perry Davis’s Pain
Killer. Last summer I had the misfortune to lose two
of my children by that dreadful scourge—tiie cholera-
anil in all human probability should have fallen a victim
to the pestilence myself if a kind Providence had not
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river with 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 ot
it at the time, but the same night I was attacked by tho
cholera iu its worst form. I resorted to various reme
dies used to arrest its progress, but all in vain. I was
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I all at once thought of the PAIN KILLER. Myhus-
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medintely a cessation of pain. The dose was repeated
at intervals of fifteen minutes, four or five times, and
the result was my complete recovery. I feel confident that
l owe my life to the Pain Killer, and only regret that 1
had not have known of its extraordinady virtues earlier
I then might have saved the lives of my dear chidren.
Since that time I have used the Pain Killer in my fam
ily extensively, and the more I use it, the better Ilike
it. As a great family medicine it has no equal.
SAR AH SANDER BEK Y, St. Louis-
I beg leave to corroborate the above statement of mV
wife in every particular, and would farther state that
after a long experience on the Western waters, 1 have
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men and steamboat passeugersasthePainKiller. Ihave
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