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^0-3 PLANTATION BITTERS
Special Paris and Continental Cor
respondence.
Paris, July 17, I860.
To the Editor Telegraph:
Sir: Franz Joseph is determined not to
bend to circumstances ; he will, however,not de-
Imperial were obliged to undertake the journey
alone, as the Emperor is unable to leave Paris in
the present unsettled state of att.iirs. The Em
press and her son were every wh> rc received with
marks ot respect: at Mcaur, Capitol ot the Brie, at
Epemay, ut Chalons, the railway stations were
ined with gaily dressed ladles, who offered
fond \ ienna; he has appealed to the patriotism ■ bouquets of flowers to the Imperial pair. Her
of liis subjects, and more especially to that of Majesty, always popular, has become more so since
tho Magyars. Tho news which reaches us from her visit to the cholern sufferers at Amiens.
Austria is most contradictory; at one moment A female decoration.
we hear that it is the intention to resist to the ‘ Many well-thinking persons who would wish to
utmost, and at another that it is hoped that stem the torrent of female extravagance in dress
France will step in in time and prevent the Aus- ; and household expeases, and desirous of holding
trian Empire lrora crumbling to the ground. ; out some temptation to the fair sex to reform, . . . , , •
All those acquainted with what is taking place ; bavc proposed to the Emperor to create a female of * petition to Congress ort ca 1 ouo sa
- 1 - ‘ — ThU petition was presented in 17u). Con-
ernment had nothing to do, and,possessed no pow
er to act; its regulation and its dealings being
within the reserved rights of the States in which
it existed; which, at the time of the adoption of
the Constitution, comprised every State save one
in the Union.
But slavery, thus recognized, thus protected,
thus the subject ot the local polity of the States,
was seized Isold of ns the point of attack by the
malign spirit to which Mr. Luut justly attributes
the origin of the war. That spirit was Abolition
ism. It began its assault upon the Constitution
and upon the local Institution of slavery, immed
iately after the organization of the National Gov
ernment. Its first demonstration was inthclorm
in Germany, affirm that there is no hope left for
the House of Austria, as the different nationali
ties of which tho Empire is composed—
Tchegnes, r, !es and Magyars—that their
»f great service in making people I hour of deliveranco is at hand, and are more glad
V keeping them ao. They should be than sorry to aee tho Prussians triumphant.
. j er*ry household. THE PRUSSIANS ADVANCING.
” (f (in te#* *° vigor to tho I King William and hii victorious army is at
•^rt-ove dark doubts and unhappy feel- Brun, within threa days’ march of the capital,
.«Ststh* mind. They relieve pain and for- and there i»no chance of the Austrians being
! whole system againit the attacks of dis- able to offer any resistance-
The slowness of the Prussian troops since the
is nothing better to take “for tho Stom- victory of Sardowa, bas been much criticised, es-
■j jsj," then tba Plantation Bitters. peclally as they have in no way been harrassed by
i T paaPyspepeia, Heartburn, Indigestion, I the enemy since then, but it must be known that
j,- Headache, Pain in the Side, Liver the King of Prussia has at heart the well being of
-’.lint,»■><1 Rheumatic Pains, with magical I his soldiers, and a few days’ rest was more than
j necessary after the seven days of heard fighting.
, , fj tffeet is felt at once upon making the The First Napoleon would very probably have
xr it I* 0 c b ,n S® ® r diet is necestary. Eat gone quicker, but he waa not very nice as to how
><!«* esn get, and all you want. Follow I be treated the inhabitants of the towns which lay
■ Jlicni and you will soon feel j on bis way. At the time of the great wars of the
" irrti Strong and Heartt flrst Empire, Napoleon leit Paris on thcl3Uiof
— April, 1809, gained tbo battle of Tern on the 19th,
jcsqnsT Postmasters in the South. I the battle of Abenberg on the 20th, tbo battle ot
....-coasters in the Southern States who, I Eckmuhl on the 33d, entered Ratisbonne after a
‘.wtommencement of the war, stood in- final grand victory on the 33d » and was ln tUe
7 dIO the Government, and who have as 0,1 ? 4 ‘ h ’ Tire Prussians will
,w , . a , . I shortly be at Vienna, but they will not have gone
tiiii <o balance accounts, are being- pros-1 g0 q U i c jjiy a * Napoleon L
d by the Post Office Department. Quite I Whilst the armies af Moravia were marching
number in the several States have ml-1 forward, the Prussians were fighting in Franconia.
,-rbwn arrested and held to bail in sums You already know the fate of Kissengen, where
a* from one to -five thousand dollar*.— the aflrl S htcd v * ter drinker, were obliged to fly
k’lt hardship in their case is, that the T p he ™ takc “ a “ d ret f ken
- » . r . . ’ I six times by the Prussians and by the Bavarians,
tif-jtracy required them to turn over to 11145 > 000 of the latter had to give way to 00,000 of the
tie Ftderal assets in their hands at the I former. The Prussians agree in praising the cour
ted seewsion, and this amount they arc age of the Bavarians in the highest terms.
v ctlled on to make good. the battle of ascuaffenburg.
i . I The combined armies of Bavaria and Hesse
I Third District. The Convention of this I Darmstadt tried to oppose the advance of the
Ugrcaional District, which assembled at 1 Prussians, and an engagement took place at Asch-
Guns*, on Wednesday, elected Hon. E. I affenbuig, on the Main, in whleh General Falken-
r Worrill and Hon. Hiram Warner, to repre- * telB routed hl * enemies. It would be tedious to
tube district in the Philadelphia Conven- de \? la ° l flU tkese * tU «»
, . . . . . pretty much alike; suffice it to say, that at the
K *“d appointed Hon. W. P. Wnght and preaent wolnentj ** 80 , dler3 of BlsraarU have
loc. Porter Ingram, alternates. The Con- planted
ration also recommended Hon. A. H. Ste- the Prussian flag on the walls of frank-
bens. Hon. H. V. Johnson, Hon. A. H. fort,
I happell mad Hon. D. A. Walker, as Dele- And that free town, so interesting in hittorlal as
ior the State-at-large; and as alternates a< ’ cUt,0IU ’ the birth-place of the illustrious Goethe,
- ¥_• TT UT TT TT ii tt and of the first of the Rothschilds, is now in the
n. Dsvid Irwin, Hon. W. Hope Hull, Hop. ^ of yon Bl(mark . Xhc Diet ’ hag ,. cnt and
run,” and is now in safety at Augsburg. Numbers
of families were leaving at the approach of the
1 Prussians.
CIALDINI IN VENKTIA.
The new Italian General at the head of 180,000
Vm. Law, and Hon. C. B. Cole.
A Delegate to the Philadelphia Conveu-
ioa, asks: “Ought not the Delegates- to
Mine showing of the regularity of tlieij I
t! If not, how arc the railroads
men has now taken possession of Padono and
tfcr Convention to know they are not I Vicenza. He has turned the Quadrilateral, and
I ? 8 delegates !” before many days have passed away the city will
1 -3inswer we would say that as regards have received the Italian army and fleet at the
iiputien by the Convention, in cases where Isame time. Victor Emmanuel, (who is bound
Apia have not been officially notified of not to lay down his arms unUl bidden by the mon encomium upon the ‘’Origin of the
' .1 ... . haughty Hohensollern,) is now on the track of War” to say that it is well written, able and
the P ub 6shed proceeding. Q and £ ^ hjs ^ , Tjthin
[ -e District Conventions will be satisfac- the walls of the Auitrian C a P iUl. Menotti, Gar-
ibaldi, and the brilliant Hungarian legion com-
to meet the requirements of the I manded by Kosantb, will, if posaible, proceed to
Kmd Companies, as the first ticket bought Hungary and deliver the Magyars from the
t * return ticket, and consequently re-1 dutches of the Hapsburgs.
i in the delegates possession, if exhibited revolt in Hungary.
^officers of the remaining roads, it will Itia th *‘ the emiMarie s of Kossuth
• a PP oin |nM‘iK. I sort Frsnz Joseph, wheie will (perhaps the last)
: ^tGIA DELEGATES TO THE PIIILADEL- j *ke Hapsburgs hide his diminished head ?
PHIA CONVENTION. * napoleon ni,
tL. -n- » * . . . , I Who is very averse to seeing Austria completely
the District Conventions have been cru#hed , and no doubt fancie , that Prussia may
irom, and the delegates stand ns fol- some day become a too powerful neighbor, is
using his best efforts to briag about a peace.—
I ■ i; District.—Hon. W. B. Fleming, Gen. I The official press leads us to believe that the
^B. Gordon. Alternates, T. J. McIntyre, Hohensollern is not unwilling to meet the Em -
C. Pendleton, * ’ I peror of the French half way. We are, indeed,
decoration to be awarded to such women belong
ing to no matter what class, as have distinguished
themselves as good wives, mothers and housekeep
ers. Other countries have thcirfeinale medals, to-
wit: the Austrians, the star spangled cross; the
Bavarian, orders of St. Theresa and St. Anne; the
Spanish order of Maria Louisa; the Mexican
order of St. Charles; and finally that of St. Cath
erine in Russia. This long .list ot lemale orders
ought te make France blush that she has not yet
one to recompense female merit.
la oaribaldina.
Much sensation lias been caused in Italy by a
young female volunteer, who now goes under tbe
name of La Oaribaldina, and who, notwithstand
ing every opposition on the part of the officers, is
determined upon marching with Gnribaldi to Ve-
netia. Had the hermit ot Caprera several thou
sand of such irresistible soldiers, it would not be
long before the Raiscriicbs would lay down his
arms.
TIIB TRANS ATLANTIC CABLE,
The persistance of our neighbors, the English,
o unite the New World with the Old. The Great
Eastern left Berehaven on Saturday, July IStb,
with the cable improved and corrected; let us
hope that the efforts of our neighbors <F entre
mattehe will be crowned with success.
A touching incident occurred during tbe visit
of Her Majesty to the Hotel Dieu at Armens: a
young English girl, a Protestant, who bad been
condemned to three months’ impri&onment, was
brought lrom tho prison to the hospital, suf
fering from an attack of the cholera. Her Ma
jesty, who was attracted by the dejected aspect
of the girl, made some inquiries respecting her,
and before her departure promised to intercede
with the Emperor in her behalf.
P. S. I re-open my letter to inform you that
His Imperial Highness, Prince Napoleon, leaves
for Italy on a mission to Victor Emmanuel. The
departure of the Emperor’s cousin coincides with
tho departure of M. Benedilte (French Ambassa
dor at Berlin) for Vienna. It is, therefore, sup*
posed that some arrangement is likely to be come
to which may bring on peace; bnt we have been
so often deceived that we dare not be tx> san
guine.
ORIGIN OF THE LATE WAR.
Traced from the beginning of the Constitution to
the Revolt of the Southern States. By George
Lunt. New York: B. Appleton & Co.
We are indebted to the courtesy of the
Author, for a copy of this work. We have
read it much to our edification, and with in
finite satisfaction. A Northern historian wil
ling to do justice to the South is to bo met
with bnt once in this generation of men.—
The more grateful will therefore he the la
bors of Mr. Lunt to the Southern people, even
though he has been faithful to truth in tell
ing them of their errors. It is but a corn-
honest in all its arguments, and entirely relia
ble in its facts. As Southern men and friends
to truth, we thank the author for his work,
and trust it will meet with a ready sale and
large circulation in the South. As far better
than any comment we might make on itsmer-
its, we annex a well-digested review of the
work which we find in the Boston Post;
The late civil war through which the country
has recently passed, was one of the most gigantic
wars on record—gigantic in the number of men
employed, In the treasure expended, and the pre
cious lives which were lost, in Its wide-spread de
vastations, and tbe sufferings and miseries which
it has entitled. We believe that war was unneces
sary—that It grew out of sectional passions fomen
ted by unprincipled and reckless demagogues; and
that it might hare been avoided by wise and pru
dent forbearance, and by timely concession and
itor and judge, will detect and designate the true
criminals, and brand npon their foreheads the in
delible sentence of condemnation, from which
no atonement nor expiation can rescue their
names through all coming time. Apprehend
ing their righteous doom they are now strug
gling to evade it. The makers of fictitious
history are now busily at work in their at
tempts to transfer the responsibility of the war from
the shoulders of its red authors, to those of in
nocent parties—nay, to tho shoulders of those
who, from ho beginning of sectional agitation
and the fermentation of sectional hate, denounc-
gress answered it with an absolute and unqualified
denial of the power of the National Government to
act in the premises. For years, we may say for
nearly two generations, the Abolitionist* WetB a
weak aud’coutemptible faction, lew in numbers,
and possessed of neither power nor inflaence. But
ln the lapse ot time circumstances occurred in tbe
party politics of the country, which gave to Abol
itionism a formidable growth, and established it as
a triumphant power in the Northern States. The
long ostracism from place and power of th; party
opposed to the then dominant Democracy, famish
ed ready and willing recruits to the black banner
of Abolitionism. Despairing of winning their way
to power, and to offices and honors, by an open
fight with the Democratic party, the demagogues
of the opposite party allied themselves with Aboil
tionism, and engaged in tbe wicked and pernicious
work of fermenting6ectional animosity and hostili
ty, to the imminent danger of the Union. At last
thi y succeeded, and the culmination of their suc
cess was civil war I
Mr. Lant traces, with the hand of a master, the
progress of the abolition excitement from its ori
gin to Its final denouement itr the accession of the
Republican party, (which was the representative
name of Abolitionism and its allies,) to power,
and the inauguration of the war, which its leaders
seemed intent on bringing about. And while he
performs the task of tbe historian with a rare and
consummate ability, he does it with an impartial
hand. The truth of history compels him tore-
cord, that the Democratic party have not been
guiltless of the sin of tampering and coquetting
with Abolitionism. Bnt while in this regard ithas
occasionally erred, he acknowledges and shows by
indubitable proofs, that it has been mainly true to
its allegianca to the Constitution, and that with a
self-sacrificing heroism worthy of the best days of
the Republic, it lias manfully fallen in its defense.
Upon tbe Abolitionized-Repnblican party he fixes,
by the most unquestionable and conclusive evi
dence—by legislative records, and by party pro
ceedings- the guilt and the responsibilities of the
late civil war, and, consequently, ail the sacrifice
of life and treasure, all the sufferiqg and sorrow,
and all tho bitterness, present and future of which
it is, and is to be, th« cause. Terrible indeed is
that guilt and that responsibility, the weight of
which in time will ernsh the authors of the war in
defeat, and cover their names with infamy. No
denials of guilt, no asservations of innocence, no
appea’s for mercy, can save them from the inevita
ble doom which impartial history has in store for
them.
While Mr. Lunt fixes the origin and author
ship of the late war upon the Abolitionized Re
publican Party, and, of course, its consequences,
and among these consequences, tho suspension
of the relations of the late revolted States with
the National Government, he also shows that the
same party, actuated by the same wicked and
malign spirit of hatred of the South and the love
of party power, is endervoring to prevent the
restoration of those States, thus contending for
practical disunion, and prolonging the dangers
which menace the peace of the country.
But we are conscious that we can do better
justice to Mr. Lunt’s moat excellent and valua
ble work by cordially commending it t> our read
ers, as we do, than by a more elaborate notico of
it. We can aay with sincerity, and we believe
with trnth, that he has performed his task with
rare and eminent ability. Hi* style is chaste
and classic, and when the occasion justifies it,
breathing the spirit of true eloquence. His po
sitions are fortified by the undeniable
authority of fact and record, and truth
id tl Impartiality pervade every page.—
We commend it to the Democracy especially, in
asmncli as it is a conclusive and gratifying vindi
cation of their fidelity to the Constitution and tbe
Union. It is a vindication eqaally conclusive and
gratifying of the fidelity and patriotism of tbe con
servative Whigs, to whom It must be equally ac
ceptable. And to the earnest seekers after troth
in the Republican ranks, who are true patriots at
heart who seek the best interests of our country
amt who prefer country to party, Mr. Lunt’s book
will be read with pleasure and profit It will be
adopted aa a textbook by tbe public speaker, the
editor and the patriot, concerning tbe matters to
which it relates, and it should find a place in every
well chosen library, as an anthentic history of the
origin of the most stupendous war of modern
times.
From tho N. O. Picayune, 31st ult.
THE RIOT YESTERDAY.
A Large Number of Killed and
Wounded.
The Police Active.
THE MILITARY CALLED OUT.
. , compromise. It was a huge blunder and a huge
^totriet,—Gen. Eli Warren Judge J. L. liT,n S ,n troul * ,ous time*, and are daily hoping , crimCj imposing upon its authors a crashiug load
^btrly. Alternate- Col A S Cutts Mai ^lat we may aoon again enjoy the blessings °* j 0 iguilt. History, the stern and inexorable inqnis-
■ y At Chalons the Bishop, Monsaigneur Meignan,
I, "“frirt.—Hon. Hiram Warner, Hon. E. J addressed a few complimentary words to the Em-
■= oorrell. Alternates, Hon. W. F. Wright, preas, amongst other* requesting hi* Sovereign
1^- Porter Ingram. I to excuse tbe ruined atate of the Cathedral whieh
|7 Drietrict.—Hon. Thos. Hardeman. P. had been profaned and almost destroyed by the
l" Al«lnd*r Alte’-nnrei Dr Ten F Dimrco invading foe; bnt he hoped that the powerful
P Uwl AltCrnRt ^ Dr ’ IraE ’ Du P rw ’ hand which was effacing the treaties of 1815
I -i ii would dispel every trace ot the damage done to
11Vr?~ H ° n ' Llnt ° n StCphen *’ ° Cn ' thi* splendid monument.
L n 8“t. Alternates, Hon. James S. THE bishop op Orleans and female educa-
jjr _• H. R. Casey. tion.
bhlriet.—Hon. John II. Christy, Col. I A* we are talking of the Bishop of Chalons I
McMillan,. Alternates, Hon. H. P. will not omit to apeak to you of a little pamphlet
P'toL8amuel J. Smith. I which haa just been published by Monseigneur
P^rfrf.-Hon. Richard F Lyon Hon. I Hupanlongs, on the education of children, and
|*Uoer. Alternates. T F Smith M more especially young girls. His lordship say a:
W ’ "Wraw^T.F.BRUtt.W. M. „ wh0 u tbe fittest person to give primary in-
I* •* “ ar * ow » S-*Pnntup, A. J. struction to children? evidently a mother; but
I ■. Lewis Tumlim, J. R, Parrott. I what i* to be expected from tbe dressed up dolls
I dklf.oatks-at-large. I of the present day, whose whole occupation it . .
I ** wdorsement of tbe ticket for del- drew, and whose aim aeems to bo to imitate the showing rho true origin of the war, who were its Louisville road, where be had been waiting
r«kr bi for weH educated, orderly and Christian wo-' the burthens which it nas imposed upon the | led to this unfortunate affair, ns far as we
ti JT, DlSt " CU ’ ™ : ***??"*» 8eCOnd men, whose whole pleasure 1. in their homes.
|^o a p ’ settles the quotum as to AU»! my lord, I would answer 1 femr you will
I- " be the delegates, to-wit: non. A. ha vc much to do to combat what is called the
j- Hon. n. V. Johnson, Hon. A. I Benoiton influence: show, show, is the order of
and Hon. D. A. Walker. tbe day, and as Mengin, of black-lead pencil
7,'Propose, however, and wc are.sura it | memory, need lossy, “ if poverty vow-a-days it
J** »ith universal approval, that aU the\nataerime, ' N « vary % : ,\y defect:'
voted for as delcgates-at-large bv p “ rU at P rcaen , 1 like »
■ , , • I -.11.1 all llin.-e who have ilic moans phut up their
u * conventions, attend ns tlie repre
SnooTiNG Affair.—A rencontre took place
about twelve o’clock yesterday morning, be
tween Col. John D. Ashton, of Scriven, and
Janies W. Kearney, of Bnlloch county, in
which Col. Asliton was shot in the head, the
ball entering above the left ear. The ball
penetrated the head about six inches, touch
ing the brain, and producing, it is thought, a
ed and protested agaiit those acts which menaced j mortal wound. Col, Ashton, after being shot,
the peace of the country and the safety of Re
publican institutions. Many . books have been
and are now being written, whose object is to
shift the burthen of guilt from its real authors,
and fix it upon them who havo no responsibility
in tbe matter. It was time, therefore, that-an
authentic and reliable history should be written,
waa taken to the Planter’s Hotel, and tficbest
medical aid procured, Drs. Bulloch, Charlton
and Waring being in attendance. At a late
hour last evening his condition was very
critical.
After shooting Col. Ashton, Mr. Kearney
walked off, and was seen half an hour after
the occurrence to enter his buggy, on the
and all those who have the means shut uf
^btitM utlcuu i,: ; IUD "P™-1 bosses and repair either to the country or to the
( .,0 Georgia. Other Stutr- hare j gca . g j d#( in order to i .-.-apr the sufferintrs which
*nfour delegatea-at-large, though on- h„u*t be now borne in the capitol during the
fionther of votes can be cast by them eaniDe, (dog) days. Politics alone have thepowai
■•■ion. and there i« no reason whv " ur in,crt ' M : *^ i? “ * , “ nd
^Iklhall 1 , . r. r , still. The theaters arc closing their doors tor want
' ; ! '7 m:, ' L au iences, an«l our law courts are preparing for
m 01 aU tin- •,« iilhmcnnanv •!, as theholidtye. The Faria Bourse, or stock cxcliun<;e,
been selected and rccomme . led by |u the only place where a little bustle is to be seen.
“ *1 highly respectable bodv ^ of her Our Bonrelers cannot make up their minds to leave
Paris, as is their wont at this time fif ths year.—
'"'fed certain tl,,. • .... Vicliy Bhurlta Dieppe and Dagucres do Bizarre
] bCr V 8 110 ° i,p0SUlO!1 ‘° will not see many bears or bulls this year, as there
n, am in that event the ileitga- . g more attractive in tho Temple Place d* ta
Many stranger* leave* Paris without vfcit-
This is a
8,Y*i'\*^ and 113 follows: A. H. Stephens,
• ohnson, A. II. Chappell, D. A. Walker,
7 1 ’’ *od Andrew J. Hr.nsell.
fw ^ arner’s name has
arners name ];as been omitted, as
•totted to repr, ent the :trd Dis
• c, 'njunction with .1 :dge Worrell.
&Tm,,
iofr w understood
it (Jcnernl Fuller-
1 New Orleans, to
Secretary of the President.
Bourse. Many strangers lcav
jug this resort of our stock brok
mistake, for no other place in the world presents
such a scene ol hustle, not unlike a beehive, as the
Paris Bourse.
JOURNEY OF Trn: EMTItXSS AND PRINCE 1M-
ri:n!.\!,.
The Empress and i’rince Imperial lrfl Paris on
Saturday for Nauy, to be present ut tlie celchra-
ti >u of the 100th anniversary of the annexation oj
I mfine to Franc.' Her Majesty and the Princ-
people, to be borne for loDg generations yet to ! could learn them, were as follows: Col.
come. Mr. Lunt’s book is justauch a history, \ Ashton and Mr. Kearney were sitting down in
and its appearance is most timely and opportune i stow of Messrs. Clark & Hirscb, convers-
to counteract the misrepresentations and soph is- j >"g alx>ut * U 5* u ' t > regard to which -Mr.
- i i j _ e ,i » „ i. . Kearaev asked Col. Asutons legal opinion.—
tries of he epecral pleader, for tire pajt.es really ^ {Iccline(T t0 R
;ivc a gratuitous
guilty, who are labonng as aarnesUy and fran- Qpin j ou iu t])e case? |)Ut c 5 prcs . e) | ) jis wi]I .
tically to forestall tire sentence of posterity, as j j n j, ne?3 to take charge of the suit it the usual
Hercules labored to tear from his back the fatal retaining fee were paid him.
shirt of Nessus. A short time alter this conversation, Mr.
In the brief space which we can devote to the j Clark and Col. Ashton went up stuirs and
subject, w» are prevented from making an elab- j left Mr. Kearney sitting in the store; they re
orate review of the work under consideration. - turned in a few moments and went next door
We must content ourselves with a mere sketch into tllC store of Me-.-rs. Ileidt & Ludlow,
of its object and scope. lbr l, ie purpose of securing some revenue
Mr. Lunt takes for his stand-point the Constitu- stamps. • _ . .. . . „
tion Of the United States, which establishes a ceu- 0n coining out of Me.-,rs. HtidtA Ludlow s
tral government supreme in the powers delegated * torc ' ,m ' * l la ” l 'iev were met at
to it binding the several State.-and tha people in “*° door, by Mr. Kearney, who renewed the
ooenatSmOUy, and possessing ali the neees-arv conversation about (he mit, and asked Col.
, i i r, , i , . 11 ..mi Asliton if lie would take Iwentr-ftye dollars
fnaislionA for eeneral qcicusq uihI i>rotccti*>n, »ni(.l . . , > *■ .
uiiiuiuh. ^ . 1 as a retainer. Col. Ashton Tn&dc home ro-
“d the preservation ot internal trauqui UJ ; but !nark> whicil wc were uuahk . to lcar ,, n( ,
leaving to the States tire management ofthe.r own fae ^ hMrd t . nou ,, h ftbout tlu , lnutt ’, r _ s ; )ni( ,
domestic institutions, and the administration ot ; j^jg^ words ensued, when Col. Ashton slan-
their own local polity. It estatdished lor the : j )c< j or s trliek Mr. Kearney In tlic lace, knock-
protection of the people uuU the States, and of lum down. Mr. Kearney, on risitu, drew
thetr domestic Institutions, not for aggression up- } v j 3 revolver, whieh being observed by Col.
on them, nor for their destruction. Among die Asliton. the latter returned initneiliatolv into
internal institutions of the States the Constitution the store of Messrs, lfeidt & Ludlow’s"store
and was passing behind the desk when he
was sliotut by Mr. Kearney, who liatl follow
ed him there. Mr. Kearney then walked out
of the store amt went into the store of Messrs.
Clark & Hirseh. through which he passed
anti went off'.—.Su\ 1 lent hi. >Ul.
The proceedings of yesterday form certain
ly a sad chapter in the history of our city.—
It is now useless to dwell upon what brought
it about. It is only too well known. It is
only strange, that in an enlightened age like
this, that such scenes can be systematically
brought about against every admonition and
every warning.
Those who were not witnesses of the bloody
fray cannot realize to vjliat extreme measures
the affairs of yesterday were carried. IVhen
we closed our evening report of yesterday it
appears that the bloody affray had but com
manned. The crowd in and' out of the Me
chanic’s Hall were worked up to a pitch of
desperation and madness, and fire-arms were
handled as freely as on the battle field. The
reports of pistols were heard in every direc
tion, and balls whizzed by, threatening as
much danger to the observer as to the active
participant.
Towards 2 o’clock in the evening, the
wounded and ail active participants who
could be arrested, were hurried to the police
station, and the lockups were soon filled with
one conglomerated mass. Not less than two
hundred negroes were taken to the station ot
the First District, a majority more or less in
jured in the melee that occurred, and some
thirty or forty whites. It was certainly a
trying day to the police, but under the cir
cumstances they performed their duty -.veil
and flinched at nothing. Some few may, as
it is rumored, have exceeded their duties', but
under the circumstances, taking things all in
all, they did even better than could have been
expected.
None regret the bloody, details of yesterday
more than we do—it was horrifying; but
there seemed no alternative; fanaticism ruled
for tho day.
The bloody strife continued until at a late
hour (between 3 and 4 o’clock,) at which time,
in response to a request from the Mayor, the
military turned out, and Canal and other
streets near the Mechanics’ Hall were lined
with infantry and artillery. Those in com
mand appeared determined to restore order,
and the crowds which had assembled at tlie
various corners were dispersed at the point
of tlie bayonet. Under the tremendous ex
citement existing, it was anticipated that the
city would remain Dartially under military-
rule.
In our present report we will not endeavor
to give a list of the names cf the negroes
who were wounded or arrested. At the First
District there were upwards of one hundred
and fifty or two hundred taken. At the Sec
ond District Station, fifty-three were received.
Three died after being brought to the station,
and three others arc supposed to be mortally
wounded. In all, we suppose there lias been
about forty or fifty negroes killed.
Below we give a list of the whites arrested,
a majority being more or lcs3 wounded. Dr.
A. P. Dostlc was shot three times—twice in
the head and once in the body. Ho was
taken to the Second District Station, and
was living up to a late hour last evening.—
There was no hope for his recovery, how
ever. He was sensible, at a late hour, and
conversed pleasantly to those who waited
upon him. [At the present writing we learn
that he is dead.]
Officer Sckaloski, a well known and faith
ful officer, received a ball in the groin, ard
is not expected to recover. Officer James
Henry is also said to be mortally wounded.
Lawrence Duffy, employed in tho foundry,
corner of Claiborne and St. Louis streets, is
said to he mortally wounded in tlie head. A
son of Dr. Cenas, a medical student, while
stepping out in the rear of the Medical Col
lege, received a shot in the neck from one of
the windows in the Halil, and expired im
mediately. He had nothing whatever to do
with the battle then raging. A negro, who,
we are iniormed, still “showed fight,” after
being shot on Philippa street, was stabbed
and killed by a woman who lives in a house
of ill-fame on that street.
Ex.-Gov. Hahn was cut in the back, and
also received a spent ball on tbe top of the
head. His wounds are not considered dan
gerous. Ex-Sheriff Alfred Shaw received a
shot in tbe fleshy part of the shoulders. He
did not seem to suffer much from its effects.
Dr. Hire and John Henderson, Jr., were bad
ly wounded, and were in a very critical con
dition at a late hour. R. King Cutler, Esq.,
was arrested at a late hour in the evening, in
the Hall. He is said to have concealed him
self in one of the chimneys of the Hall, and
was dragged out, covered with soot, and was
taken to the station. W. R. Fish, formerly
of the True Delta, was arrested without inju
ry. His life was saved from the mob by Lt.
Ramcl and Officer Boullosa, who placed him
in a cab, audwith pistol in hand, kept tbe
mob at bay.
In another article the Picayune says:
There was never any purpose to interfere
j ]' ce had been enanged in clear-
• ing the streets, and attempting to preserve
order outside. Attacked from the rear, thev
advanced to take possession, and were resist-
I ed at first. But a white flag was exhibited
in token of surrender to the authorities; but
when they undertook t<- march in, thev
were received with a volley of balls, and a
conflict ensued, in whieh a number were kill
ed. The members of the Convention that
remained were arrested by the Convention
police, and such ot them as were not hurt in
the affray, or subsequently were permitted to
go to their own homes on parole. Some vio
lent scenes occurred, which are to be deeply
lamented as facts. They should be made the
subject of more minute inquiry than we are
able to give-them at this time—when the on
ly task we have proposed to ourselves, is to
state a_s calmly as possible the source of the
calamity ol yesterday, to aid in determining
where the responsibility ought to re9t.
IRON-CLAD NAVIES.
British Lessons and English Interferences
from the Visit of the Miantonomoh.
From the London Times, July 16.]
* * * AVe fear Sir John Parking ton has
scarcely realized the astonishing progress
made by the navy of tlie United States. He
said the other day that “not only England,
but every maritime t State in Eurojre, more or
less, according to its circumstances and means,
and also the United States of America, are
now in possession of armor-clad fleets of men
of-war." “Also the United States!” The
plain truth is—and it is one which no one
will deny who lias seen what the Americans
are doing— that the United States alone
among the nations of the world have an iron
clad fleet worthy of the name. Sir John
Parkington will find in the Admiralty official
information repeatedly sent by English offi
cers specially employed to make reports up
on tlie subject, which will fully satisfy him
upon this point. Bnt Admiralty officials, like
too large a portion of the public out of doors,
set out with the firm conviction that nothing
which is done out of England can be done
well; and more especially is the Admiralty
reluctant to believe that there is anything to
be learned beyond the Atlantic. The Mian
tonomoli has been openly proncunced a failure
by some of our officers, and its very principle
is condemned, notwithstanding that the ruins
of one of the finest.cities in the United States
remain to this moment as evidence of the ter
rible power of such vessels. The officer at
the head ot the United States Navy recently
declared that if the experiment could be
made without exciting ill-feeling on either
side, he would allow the whole iron-clad
fleet of England to open fire on the Mianto-
nomoli and continue it for two days, provi
ded the Miuntonomoli might afterwards be
allowed to have ten hours’ firing at our ships
in return. Of course this will be called an
example of American “brag;” but there is
scarcely a practical and competent officer in
the United States Navy who would not be
content to risk his existence on the result of
that trial; for, however much the Admiral
ty authorities may refuse to believe the
fact, the monitors have been tested in
every conceivable way by the Americans.—
^he fifteen inch gun—a better gun, in tlie
opinion of many among our own officers,
than any we possess—lias been fired at them
at moderate ranges without doing them the
least Injury. Tlie monitors carry that gun ;
they will soon carry a twenty-inch gan instead,
and they could anchor cnlmly under any of
our forts, and let it fire at them for any length
of time with comparatively little damage to
themselves. An iron-clad,"the Keokuk, was
indeed, sunk at Fort Sumter in 1863, but
since then immense improvements have been
made in the construction of monitors, till, as
the Admiralty must be aware, from the state
ments of its own officers in America, they are
less vulnerable to all projectiles yet discover
ed than any vessel ever built. They are scarce
ly the height of an ordinary walking-stick
out of the water, and consequently present
tbe smallest possible mark to the adversary,
whereas the only iron-clads we have afford as
ood and broad & target as gunners could
esire.
The only question hitherto has been wheth
er the monitors eould make an ocean voyage.
One of them, however, the Monadnock, has
been round Cape Horn, through the stormiest
sea in the world; and now another of the
same size, and carrying the same number of
guns, has crossed the Atlantic with ease and
safety; and still there are officers of the Ad
miralty who speak with ridicule of these
tremendous instruments of war, while in the
meantime the Americans go on patiently
bnilding them, and know they can afford to
listen to their laughter. “Monitors,” say
these officers, “are uncomfortable vessels to
sail in.” The criticism is absurd. They are
not built to afford splendid-state rooms for
admirals; they are built to damage and de
stroy the enemy. In that they have succeeded
in almost every case where they have been
tried. The Admiralty we repeat, lias been
kept tlforoughly informed by its own officers
in the United States of everything done in
the navy yards there, and it is due to the
American naval authorities to acknowledge
alreads , bnt, although this may be a matter
of doubt, it is not in the least a matter of
doubt that if we do not imitate their energy,
and endeavor to imppove our navy, we shall'
some day or other have cause to rue our ob
stinacy. The most defective breech-loader
known to the Americans is an immeasurably
more serviceable arm than the needle-grin,
which has startled the War Department into
a spasm of activity, while some of the best
of their rifles have scarcely been seen iu thi3
country. It is exactly the same with their
navy; while we are hesitating and delaying,
the Americans are working and finishing Sir
.John Parkington has a great opportunity be-
forehimlie may entitle himself, and the ad
ministration to which he belongs, to the last-
fo£ gratitude ot ii is countrymen. But wo
learn slowly in England. Wo are slow to
form new ideas, and, what is far worse, wc
are slow still in abandoning old ones. Yet
something may be done—nay, it mast be
done, for waste of time is perilous. The
Ministry might do worse than rely for its
success upon a good administration of the
army and navv.
“AVho Pcse Dew Local Editors *
The Cincinnati Times has the following :
Detective Larry Hazen was met yesterday
by a keeper of a beer saloon on A r ine street,
over tlie canal, who was laboring under con
siderable apparent excitement. Recognizing
Hazen, he stepped up to him with the ex”
clamation:
“Who pese dese wot yon calls local edi
tors ?”
“They pick up items,” said the officers,
“deadhead into shows, etc.”
“Dey pick up items f I tiuk so. Is gold
watch items ? Is sixty tollar items ? ncy f”
He was asked to explain what he meant,
which he did as follows:
“Dis morning I was drinkin’ lager mlt
mine friends all the while iu mine saloon, und
in gomes a young man wot dere never was
already—and he pulls out a leetle sheepskin
pook and a lead pencil, and lie wants me to
tell him all vot there wa3 pout the row mit
mine peer saloon last night.
“I asks him wot kind o’ business he wos to
that row, by tarn, wot kind of right ?
“Und he says he reports urn iu de papers.
So I tell him all vot I don't know pout the
rows vot some tain rowdies tries to kick out
of mine saloon last night. Und mine poard-
ers get around und they dells more tings vot
I recollects, und dc nice young man, he sticks
cm down in his sheepskin pook mit his lead
pencil. Den lie trinks glass lager, which lie
don’t let himself pay for, by tam (I felt sure
as never was he one little newspaper fellow
when he didn’t make j>ay mit my lager; but
makes notting tiffcrence; der’s no brinciple
in dat) und den he goes out, and I don’t sees
him again all de ■while.
“Den one of my poarders he finds himself
stole away from his gold watch, py tam; und
my neighbor Schmitt, he found sixty tollar
what he hadn’t got.”
“The nice young man who pretended to be
a local editor, waa a pickpocket," said Hazen,
“who took that means to enrry on his trade,
and he succeeded pretty well if he got a gold
watch and sixty dollars.”
“I tinks he succeeded pretty well, mine
Got! De next time a man gomes in my sa
loon mit his tam sheepskin pencil and lead
pook, und says he is local editors, py tam he
don’t comes in.”
that they make no secret of any of their under-
witli the Conventioni'sts, and none of the ; takings, but throw their yards' open freely to
calamities of the day arose from any attempt
of tlie kind. There was, nevertheless, gen
eral uneasiness felt lest a mob spread should
be excited. The principal stores in Canal
street and the vicinity, were closed, and the
streets filled with idlers, thus facilitating a
disturbance they came at first to \\ itnes3.—
There were few persons, except negroes, in
front of the building, en Dryades street, when
the rump commenced their sitting, and no
signs were given of any attempt to disturb
them. It appears, however, that not relying
on the protection of the city, and not asking
for it, they had taken a considerable number
of armed negroes, held the house, and to this
incident most of tlie bloody incidents’which
follows are fairly to be attributed. This dis
turbance outside commenced with the arri-
the stranger, and explain minutely every detail
of new ships or inventions they may have in
hand. Have we profited by this information 1
The answer is that our flag-ship in the Med
iterranean is still a wooden three-decker,
which, with her 1000 men, could be sunk or
burnt by a loug-r&nge shot or shell from a
gunboat, and that the iron-clads we are now
building are still built on the old pattern, so
as to present the best mark for an enemy’s
guns.
AYe trust Sir JohnPnrkinton is prepared to
Drink Less AVith Your Meals.—Ono
rent error we commit is that we drink too
much at our meals. Before wc have suffic
iently masticated and insalivated our food to
enable us to swallow it, we force it down by
taking water or warm drinks. This not only
dilutes the saliva, but weakens the gastric
juice after tlie food gets into the stomach.—
Many persons take a swallow of flu; A with
almost every mouthful of food. Look Hong
the side ot the dinner table in any of our
hotels, and fashionable private dining
rooms, and you will be surprised at the quan
tities which are drank during-the meal; and
if your mind be not taken up with observing
tlie errors of others, you may discover the same-
evil in yourself, and thus be led to correct
it. This habit, sooner or later, ends
in producing dyspepsia and stipa-
tions, than which tliere are no affections
more destructive of health and comfort.—
AVlten we are thirsty, at our meals or ot other
times, we should drink to allay such thirst
only. All solid food should be thoroughly
ground and mixed with saliva in the mouth,
unaided and undiittted by water or other
drinks. Rely upon it, this apparent necessi
ty for drinking is a mere habit, whieh we can
correct at will, and all who prize health at
its true value will not consider its preserva
tion or purchase too high at the cost of at
tending to so simple a matter.—
In this age of tobacco-chewing and smok
ing, the salivary glands seen- to be turn
ed to a new office—that of cleansing this fil
thy narcotic from the teeth and gums. AVere
they (the glands) endowed with language,
verily might they exclaim—
“To what vile uses have wc come at last!"
AA^io can wonder at tlie ltoilow and wan
cheeks ot mankind, when such a continuous
drain is established upon them—a kind ot
perpetual catarrh or lachrymosis ofthc mouth.
Take warning by what we say : If you would
have good digestion, proper action ot the
system, and full ruddy cheeks, eat -lower,
masticate your food better,, drink less at your
meals; and you who smoke and chew, if
smoke and chew you will, avoid spitting as
much as possible.
Coal Oil for Steam PunrosES.—A Lon
don correspondent of the New York Times
says, in a letter dated the 11th inst. t
“The experiments at Wooltvicb- on tho use
of coal oils for steam engines are of such ira-
makc a resolute effort to reform these abuses. 1 portance that I must once more ask for them
for be does not, like some of his subordinates j the attention of American engineers. It was
pronounce iron-clad vessels to -be a failure, j found in these experiments that the Amcri-
and declare that we liad better wait tor some t can coal oils would convert water into steam
more perfect invention before taking steps to | at tlie rate <4 one pound of oil to thirteen of
make our fleet a solid protection to us. The j water, which is nearly double the power of
val of a gang of armed negroes from the j whole American naval service cannot be coal: but it was also found that a pound of
town district.s which fired into the crowd at j wrong in the estimate they place upon their j English lock oil. distilled from, shales, would
the corner of Canal street The conflict com- monitors. They have seen them tried in^ ao- evaporate oyer eighteen pounds of water. I
tion; wc never have; they know wliat our need not point out the economies- of space
fleet is, and from the rear Admiral down- ' and weight by the use of oil. Th© engineer
menced there. The police succeeded in ar
resting the man who fired that shot, after
some tumultuous resistance. Tlie excitement
wards tliere is not an officer in the service
rcco 'ni/.' tl dareiy, granted to it certain privileges,
util! •~'Uaraiileed to it protection to a certain extent.
Tlii- cMice-.-ion was necessary, indeed, a condition
precedent to tlie adoption of the Constitution, and
the establishment and
With t.. • tale of the i
,animation of ttie Union,
stit ut ion, t!w General Gov-
of the negroes grew to be ungovernable. The j who does nob firmly believe that we
police, desiring to abstain from all appear- are weaker titan ever we were be-
inee of intimidation to the convocationists, : cause they arc al-o much stronger
had not been posted In force in the direct , than we are. Let us allow lor ffitng-
neighborhood. Just after disturbance at the . geration in these pretensions, and then arc
Canal street corner broke out, firing com-! they not worthy of being carefully considered
menced at the other end of the street, | and sifted ; Our fleet can only be consider-
near and about the corner of Common.— | ed strong until it is brought into comparison
The Chief of Police arrived soon after, with one upon which e eery effort of naval
and was received bv a volley of pistol ■ and mechanical science has been lavished,
shots, and immediately there’ was firing , every new and proved principle adopted, and
along' the line. The negroes had their every important discovery applied. Already
clubs, and some had revolvers, which they the Americans have eighteen monitors carry- j
weilded with vigor; but the police wero too ! ing four guns, and when others actually under
strong for them, and citizens came in with construction are completed they will have
wbat -W8 consider a super-seviceable aid, for seventy-five of various tonnages. Their iron-
all purposes. The police account, corrobora- clad fleet is now larger than their wholo naval
ted by witnesses, is, that while they are en- \ force was in 1801. Our system is to neglect
"it ,r ed with the negroes in front of the build- the discoveries or inventions of our own ofli-
in<L thev were fired on from the west windows cers, and underrate tfiose of other nations.—
from the negro party within. The Chief of) The Americans have gone upon tho prin-
l’olice bail been singled out for a bullet from
tbe windows, which had failed in its mission.
The police returned the fire, and that
was the first movement against the
building. Up to that time, the po-
ciplo of sactifi. ing persreal interests with
out scruple, in order to secure the most power
ful fleet in the world. That is distinctly their
lias his fires at perfect command, to increase
or diminish from moment to moment. Ho
needs no stokers. The drops of the furnace
are never opened. No stirring of fires—no
burning out of plates. The space, weight
and labor saved will make it an economy.—
As to the oil, that distilled from the shales
and iron ore of North Carolina ought to be
as good as the best English. This inajtep is
worth the attention of the government, and of
capitalists."
pf* Among the mourners m the proces-
-ion which followed the late Col. Scziton to
the grave at AVusbingtou City, on the 18th
ult., were a number of compositors, who had
lx i n setting type in the office of the Nation-
til Intelligencer for fifty consecutive years.
In the class of I860 of Harvard Col
lege the flrst scholar is a rebel Captain who
lost in arm at Petersburg, !>U4 not far from
him on the same bench sits a colored youth,
it recognized member of the same class.
Run your body well with vinegar, and the
aim, and they spare no labor or expense to * flea will cut your acquaintance as quick us hi-^
achieve it. They think they have succeeded , ht-tic legs will earn- him off
