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SATURDAY, MAY 23.
Hrunswick Matters.
The annual Convention of the Stockholders of
♦tie Brunswick and Florida Railroad Company was
held at Brunswick on Wednesday the 13th inst.
From the report submitted by the President we
learn ‘hat the road is completed and in operation
from Brunswick to a point three miles West of the
Satilla river, a distance of thirty and three-quarter
miles. Beyond that point the grading is nearly
completed to Big Creek a distance of eleren miles,
and West of the Creek, some two hundred hands
arc engaged on the road.
There was no report from the Treasurer, and
consequently no information before the meeting of
the financial condition of the Company.
Dr. Collins, of Macon, offered a series of reso
lutions instructing the Board of Directors to make
m proposition to the Directors of the Main Trunk
Eoad, which would reconcile the differences be
tween that corporation and the Brunswick and
Florida Railroad Company and secure the subscrip
tion of the State for a railroad across the southern
portion of the State. These resolutions propose
that the Main Trunk road shall connect with the
Brunswick road, at any point on or near the present
fine of that road, Fast of Big Creek, the Main
Trunk Company paying the Brunswick a fair
equivalent for all work done by it West of a pro
per point of divergence from its present line, to
»eac)» the initial point, and obligating itself to
make fair and equitable arrangements with the
contractors, to whom the Brunswick road is al
ready committed, for a change of their work to
the Main Trunk road. The resolutions were advo- 1
catcd by lion. Jambs L. Seward and L. J. Knight,
of Lowndes and opposed by Thos. Telfair Long,
Esq. They were adopted with great unanimity,
there being only one dissenting voice. From our
Savannah exchanges we learn that the Directory '
of the Main Trunk road have alraady acted upon
and accepted the propositions of the stockholders (
of the Brunswick road, contained in these resolu- <
tions, and nothing will probably intervene to pre- 3
Tent an arrangement, between the two Directories (
upon the basis which they propose.
A sale of town lots was made in Brunswick on (
the 13th and 14th. The editor of the Savannah <
Republican who was present, states that “nearly
two hundred were disposed of, and at prices near %
ljr equal to those obtained at previous sales.’’
The Convention of the American party of the i
First District, to nominate a candidate for Con- *
gross, watt held at Brunswick on the 14tli inst. It «,
did nothing, except to pass a resolution declaring
it inexpedient at present to make a nomination. t
The Clerkship ol the next House. 1
There are already a number of candidates for
th e caucus nomination of the Democratic party, I
for the clerkship of the next House of Representa
tives. The Washington Star mentions the names
of the following: A. 1). Banks, Esq., of Virginia; J
the lion. J. C. Ali.dn, of Illinois; the lion. John t
K. Robinson, (now U. 8. Marshal of Indiana, a
former member .of the House); Richard B. Co
boi.lt, Esq., county clerk of the city and county
of Now York ; and the Hon. Harry Hibbard, of
New Hampshire. Mr. Banks, of Petersburg, is the
only candidate from the South, and will have the I
best chance for the nomination and for the office, <
it J. Glanct Jones, of Pennsylvania, or Thomas
L. Harhs, of Illinois, or any other northern or
western man is elected speaker.
The Acquisition of Cuba.
The long silence of the press upon this subject,
lias been broken by a Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald, who furnishes that paper
by telegraph, with all the details of the plan, by
which, as he asserts, the administration will seek
to acquire the Island of Cuba. The story is pub
lished in the Herald of Saturday lust, and Bknnkt
characterizes it us “curious, unique, originul, yet
Consistent and credible news” an endorsement
which, we presume, will not increase its credibility f
with the majority of intelligent readers.
The j*l.in of tlic* administration for the acquisi
tion of Cuba, as announced by the IJerald's corres
pondent, is to purchase it. One hundred and
twenty millions is the sum which is to be offered
f<»i it, “and the reignin# house of Israel,” the Kotii
cliilds, are the ugonts selected by whom the ar
rangement is to be consummated. All the foreign
appointments arc to be made, with direct reference
to thi* matter of the acquisition of the Island of
Cuba by purchase. Auguste Belmont, the agent
of the Kothchildsin New York and now Minister
to the Hague, is to be sent to Madrid, to supersede
the Hon. Auia si C.ksau Doooe, SenatorSlidell,
of Louisiana, known to be decidedly in favor of
the acquisition of the Island upon any plan, is to
be sent to l’rauce, and the missions to Entrlaud,
Russia and Home are to be entrusted to individuals
who will, all of them, zealously co-operate with
Mr. Belmont, in carrying out the programme.
Thirty millions of the purchase money is to go
into lh • Spurn.-h treasury, and the remaining nine
ty millions, is to be employed in financial and
other negotiations at Madrid, London, Paris and
Rome. These are the general features of the plan,
detailed with great minuteness by the correspon
dent of the Nt »v York Jit raid.
Os course the story is without foundation, and
eutitled to no credit. It is without doubt, the
earnest desire of Mr. Ur chan an to signalize his
administration of the General Government, by the
acquisiiiou of the Island of Cuba. It is true, too,
•h.it if this important and magnificent accession
to our territory is made during bis term of office,
is will be made -not by forcible seizure or by tilli
buster movements against the Island, but, peace
ubly and honorably, by purchase. So much is
true— Mr. Buchanan desires to illustrate his Presi
dential term, by the purchase of the Island of
Cuba, and is prepared to make tins the great point
of his foreign policy, but he does not probably at
this day, know the plan he will adopt to accom
plish his object. The Herald's correspondent, un
der these circumstances could hardly know all the
details of the plan. We conclude that the corres
pondence was manufactured in the Herald office.
Afltiir.s iu Utah.
We publish this morning u number of contra
dictory tttutemeuta in refereuco to affairs m the
territory of Utah, and tlie position of Buigham
Young with the Mormons. The following is the
best explanation of the rumored tlight of that ca
pable scoundrel and imposter, which we have met
with :
“ The Philadelphia Bulletin has seen a private
letter from one of the Saints among the Mormons
of Utah, dated “ Great Salt Lake City, Feb. 2«V
in which n > allusion is made to auv trouble about
Brigham Young, but states that he is preparing to
go on bis aunual trip among the settlements. The
Saint adds:
“ He goes North of the city this season for some
hundreds of miles, accompanied by upwards ot
ouo hundred of his chosen boys, amongst whom
I have the honor to be numbered. We expect to
start about the Isth ot April, and
about eight we*ks.“
The Weather*
We are again under obligations to the Electric
Telegraph Company for the annexed statement oi
the weather:
Wednesday Morning. May 2d, 7 o'clock.
At Charleston, clear and pleasant.
“ 3avannab, quite eu 1 and dear.
“ Macon, clear and cold.
u Columbus clear and cool.
“ Montgomery clear and "
“ Lmvr Peach Tre?, clear and cool.
" fobile, clear and pleasant.
“ Gainesville, Ala , clear and pleasant*
“ New Orleans clear and very cold.
And we mar add, at Augusta, cod and clear,
with the thermometer at so*
Democratic Meeting in Bibb.
The Democracy of Bibb met at the Court House
in Macon, on Saturday, the 16th instant to appoint
f delegates to the Gubernatorial convention. The
s meeting expressed its preference for Col. Henry G.
Lamar, of Bibb, as the nominee of the Democratic
* party for Governor, and by resolution appointed
the following gentlemen to represent the county in
: the convention:
Richard 11. Clark, James Dean, James A. Xis
bet, P. Tracy, 11. Hill, O. A. Lochrane, Leroy \a
pieT, Joseph Clisbv, Dr. J. T. Cose, L. 8. Avant,
John H. Bruntly, Cicero A. Tharp, A. Dessau H.
J. Lamar, A. M. Speer, Samuel B Hunter, Hon. A.
■ v° Dr - K - L - Strohecker,
L. N. \\ Little and F. S. Bloom.
The following resolution was oßered, in refer
ence to the Congressional nomination in the third
district:
Itesolced, That this meeting do now express its
preference as to the name which shall he presented
to the convention as the candidate of Bibb.
This was carried, and the following is the result
of the ballotting: \V. K. DeGraffenukio, eighty
nine, A. M. Spear, fifty-nine, Nathan Bass, eigh
teen, and A. 11. Chappell, two. Col. DeGraffex
reid will therefore be presented as the candidate
from Bibb county for the Congressional nomina
tion. The twenty-second of June was recom
mended as the time, and Forsyth as the place for
the meeting of (he Cohgressional convention.
Uunk of the State of Georgia.
The following gentlemen were elected on Mon
day last, (by the Board at Savannah) Directors of
the Branch of the Bank of the State of Georgia, in
this city:
Thos. Barrett, L. C. Warren,
I. P. Garvin, Geo. W. Lewis,
W. C. Jessup, John W. Walker,
John G. McHenry.
At u meeting of the Board in this city yesterday,
Thomas Bahrett was re-elected President.
Bank of the State of Georuia.—At a meeting
of the Board of Directors of the Bank of the State
of Georgia, held at the hanking house in this city
yesterday, the following gentlemen were duly
elected Directors of the Branches lor the ensuing
year, viz:
For Aurjuvla. —Thomas Barrett, I. P. Garvin, W.
C. Jessup, Jno. G. McHenry, Lindsey Warren,
George W. Lewis, John W. Walker.*
For Warhington. —Samuel Barnett, Garnett An
drews, A. L. Alexander, A. A. Cleveland, J. T. Ir
win, G. P. Coxart.
tor Athena.-— Edward R. Ware, Thos. N. Ham
ilton, Juhn B. Cobb, Joliu K. Mathews, It. L.
Moss.t
For Entonton. —Henry Branham, W. B. Curter,
S. B. Marshall, A. S. Keid, Benj. F. Adams.
tl *n N ** laCe ° f *** denkina, E® f P. who declined a re-elec- (
„t Etcctml to dll the vacancy occasioned by llie death of B. M.
.Savannah lirpublican, Hay 19.
Senator Unllcr, of South Carolina.
We were informed yesterday afternoon by a gen
tleman who left Edgefield C. H. on Tuesday, that
Senator Bi tler was very ill in that villugc with
the dropsy, and although reported to ho somewhat
belter, but little hope was entertained of his re
covery.
South Carolina College.
The Board of Trustees of this institution has
had recommended to their consideration the poli
cy of educating, free of tuition charge, one poor
young man from each District in the State.
2*?" The New York lit raid , of the 9th inst., con
tains the following proclamation extraordinary,
somewhat similar to the one recently issued by it
to the friends of Col. Fremont :
Notice to the Friends or Mu. Fii.lmohb.— ln
behalf of numerous supporters of Mr. Fillmore,
we cull upon his friends throughout the country
to proceed without further delay to organize for
the campaign of 1860. The dismantled condition
of the Democratic and Republican forces, and the
great issues which are operating to divide the peo
ple of the Union into two absorbing sectional
parties, call for the immediate organisation of a
ifuitor between the North and the South in the
next Presidential election. Many friends of Mr.
Fillmore believe that in the eight hundred thou
sand votes which lie received last November, from
all parts of the Union, there is still existing the
nucleus upon which to build a conquering party
in 1800. To this end it is desirable, not only that
Mr. Fillmore’s adherents should proceed in every
State, county, city, town and hamlet, to re-or
gunizo for active service, but that from every
quarter such an impulse shall be given to the
American National Convention of the second of
•I line, at Louisville, Kentucky, as shall result iu
the enthusiastic reconstruction of the party upon
the genuine, broad and liberal principles* of the
Constitution and the Union.
The Herald , in referring to this proclamation,
says that it hail supposed the American party de
tunct and decomposed, but it has been satislied of
late, that, like Mr. Webster, it “still lives”—that
Col. Fremont will probably be superseded as the
Republican candidate at the North, by the schemes
and intrigues of the Seward managers—that the
Democratic party will be in a minority through
out the northern, and upon a sectional platform
throughout the southern States in the Presidential
canvass of 1860, and that it is a favorable time to
rally around Mr. Fillmore, “a lofty-minded, hon
est, homogeneous and most formidable conserva
tive Union party for the succession.*’ It is impos
sible to sound tlie depths of the duplicity of the
Herald, but the probable explanation of this last
extraordinary movement, apparently in favor of a
re organization of the American party, for the
Presidential cauvass of 1880, is to threaten the
Seward wing with a division of the Republican
party, and new combinations, if the track is not
ielded to Col. Fremont in 1860. The American
party cannot be resuscitated by a ukase from the
Herald office and they are exceedingly simple
who believe from the proclamation it publishes,
and the llood of flummery with which it deluges
Mr. Fillmore and his supporters, that that Satanic
press is disposed to aid in its reorganization. It
has neither the ability or the disposition to re
trieve the desperate fortunes of the American
party, as a uational organization.
Charlks C. Moore, the murderer of J. R.
Wood, at II runs wick, was arrested by Gen. Hil
liard and others, at Centreville, iu Camden couu
tv, on Sunday last. Moore was taken back to
Brunswick, and Judge Cochran ordered him to
be conveyed to Chatham county, as there was no
secure jail iu Glynn eouuty. Moors is uow in
jail iu Savannah.
The reward of SI,OOO, offered for the arrest of
Moore, was promptly paid by the Mayor of llruus
wick.
I# Texas papers, says the New Orleans Pica
\ received at New Orleans, announce that Col.
i’KN. MiCullocr has been qualitied as Marshal of
the Ui ited States, for the eastern District of
Texas, and given bond, which was approved
by the Judge of the Court. This settles the fact
that Col. McCulloch has refused the appointment
of Governor of Utah.
ESTBowbn, of the silk house of Bowen & Me-
N'amee, New \oik, is said to be the money writer
ot Henry Wa?,d Rkcc-uv.r’s irreligious religious
j paper, tlic /niepemA end reporter of the “black
lisi” of failures which regulaily appeals iu that
Abolition sheet
$ Mi*. John Inokrsoll. an old and worthy
me reliant, formerly of Savannah, but more recent
ly Rome, G*., died recently at Springfield
Mass.
Hr Wo have seen a note from Col. Alpheus 15 a
ihK, of Alabama, stating that he will be obliged
to visit Eufaula, his home, before addressing the
people of this city upon Kansas affairs, and that
his address consequently may be delayed btyond
Monday the 2,Vih—the day upon whija we have
anuuuuacd ‘.hat it would be delivered,
Parade of the Fire Department.
i For the past few days the -Etna Fire Company
of Charleston, on a visit to Augusta, have been the
i guests of the Fire Department of the citv. Yester
day, in compliment to the visiting firemen of
Charleston, all the fire companies, and Pioneer
Hook and Ladder Company, turned out, under the
c >mrnand of Mr. F. Lambauk, Chief Engineer, and
after forming procession in front of the Methodist
Church, and marching to Centre, and down Centre
to Broad, and up Broad street to the cistern in
front of the Planters’ Hotel, the several fire com
panies proceeded, in the order of arrangement, to
test the power of their engines, and the flexibility
and strength of muscle of their members.
The engines came up to the cistern in the follow
ing order:
“ Georgia,” First Division Independent Fire
Company.
“ Mechanic,” Second Division Independent Fire
Company.
“Washington” No. 1, Augusta Fire Company.
“ Vigilant” No. 3, “ “ “
“ Fillmore” No. 4, “ « «
“ Augusta” No. .*>, “ <« ««
“Columbia” No. 6, “ “ **
“ jEtna” Company of Charleston.
The wind was blowing slightly, and in varying
directions, during the time that several of the en
gines were playing; und may have prevented some,
if not all of the companies, from exhibiting their
greatest power. However, they all did exceeding
ly well, and our city feel justly proud of the sever
al companies, as well as the entire fire department,
and under very particular obligations to the /Etna
Company of Charleston for inciting the display of
to-day.
The following is the result of the playing, as
furnished to us from the book of the judges:
“Gkoroia,” playing through an inch nozzle.
First Trial —Solid stream 158 7-io
“ —Spray 181 2-10
Second Trial —Solid stream 186
“ “ —Spray 177 3.10
Mechanic,” playing through an inch nozzle.
First Trial— Solid stream 165 5-10
“ “
Second Trial— Solid stream 16? 6-10
“ " —‘Spray 179 3-10
The “Mechanic” burs ted a section of hose ou
the second trial.
Washington,” No. 1.
First Trial.— Solid stream 155 11-20
“ “ —Spray 165 5-20
The spray beyond the ropes measured 181 17-20
but the judges determined that the stream and
spray, between the ropes, could alone be measured,
Second trial— Solid stream 154 l-lo
“ Spray 161 7-10
The first trial was with a seven-eighths, and the
second with a three-quarters of an inch nozzle.
“vigilant,” no. 3.
First trial —Solid stream 142 7-10
“ “ Spray 1518-10
Second “ —Solid stream 151 8-10
“ “ Spray 155 5-10
The Vigilant company used the Clinch engine,
No. 2. The engine formerly belonging to the
Vigilant is now called the Columbia, No. 6. A new
engine is, however, at present building for the
Vigilant company, aud may be received here dur
ing the summer.
“ Fillmore,” No. 4—through %ths nozzle.
First trial —Solid stream 155
“ “ —Spray 150 3-10
Second trial Solid stream :... .146 4-10
“ “ —Spray 150 4-10
“Augusta,” No. s—through one inch nozzle.
First trial— Solid stream 104 8-10
“ “ —Spray 199 7-10
Second trial—S*did stream IS4 1-10
“ “ —Spray 101
During the second triul the “ Augusta” bursted
a sectiou of hose.
“Columbia,” No, 6 —'through %ths nozzle.
nrsl cnai—S oiiu stream * c -i*»
“ “ —Spray 176 5-10
Second trial —Solid stream 150 6-10
“ “ —Spray 173 6-10
“ /Etna” Fire Company of Charleston
First Trial Solid stream 170 4-10.
“ “ —Spray 176 2-10.
Second Trial —Solid stream 171 4-10.
“ “ —Spray 178 4-I*.
The .Etna burst her hose twice.
About two o’clock, 1\ M., the several companies
marched from the city to Dulaic.li’s grove to par
take of a Barbecue.
We are informed that there was an abundance of
all those things usually provided for such an en
tertainment, und that the utmost good feeliug pre
vailed.
At five o’clock the companies returned to the
city, and conducted the /Etna engine to the rail
road, where it was placed on board of the cars,
and was fowarded last night to Charleston.
This morning the .Etna company leave for their
sea-board home, and we know they will bear with
them the best wishes of all our citizens, for their
safe arrival and future health, happiuess and pros
perity.
The Weather.
We arc indebted to the agent of the Telegraph
Company far the following statement of the weath
er for Friday, May 22d, at seven o’clock, A. M.
“ Savannah, clear and pleasant.
“ Macon, clear and warm.
“ Columbus, clear and warm.
“ Montgomery, clear und pleasant.
“ Lower Peach Tree, clear and pleasant.
“ Mobile, clear and pleasant.
“ Gainesville, clear and pleasant.
“ New Orleaus, clear and pleasant.
And we add at Augusta, clear aud pleasant.
The telegraph lines are now’ in flue order from
New s York to New Orleans.
Post Offices.
Among the new Post Otlice3 recently established
are the following in this State: Peru, Jefferson
county, E. Rosenthal, postmaster; and Lime
Sink, Laurens county, Hknky M. Burch, postmas
ter.
Among the offices discontinued, we notice the
following in this State. Statesboro’, Bulloch
county; aud Buchanan, Gwinnett county.
The Sonora Fillibusters Shot.
We published on the 16th inst, a dispatch from
New Orleans dated the 14tli, stating that fifty-nine
of the filhbusters who had invaded Sonora, inclu
ding Col. Crabu, their commander, had been taken,
and “ were to be shot.” The New Orleans Fiea
ytinc of the 16th inst., noticing the arrival at that
port, on the 15th inst., of the schooner Major Har
bor, with advices from Vera Cruz to the £th inst.,
says:
Owing to the lateness of the hour, we were una
ble last eveuing to get hold of our regular mail.
Vera Crux papers, furnished bv Capt. Arnett, make
no further mention of the fillibuster rout in Sono
ra. We learn, however, from passengers, that the
prisoners taken at Caborca, on the 6ih inst., sixty
five in number, and among them Capt. Crabb, had
all been shot, and that the Government was on the
look-out for other parties < f the fillibuster band.
These facts wtre obtained from official accounts re
ceived at the capital on the sth inst.
Dk.vtu’s Doings. —The whole community pro
toundly sympathizes with the family of our friend
and fellow-citizen. Col. Pulaski Holt, on account of
the afflictive bereavement which Isas just befallen
toem. On Monday the 11th, Miss Julia A. Holt,
an only daughter, was buried. On y aterdav, a
son, Peyton C. Holt, aged twenty-two, was con
sign* d to the tomb. And to-day, another son.
Grimes Holt, who died yesterday noon, is to be
buried And we also learn that Mrs. H. is now
King very ill f Truly this i- a sad record of Deaths
doings in one family, within ten days I
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Convention.
y A convention of the Presidents and Superinten
e dents of nearly every railroad in the South, and of
r * many of the principal officers or managers of
f steamboat and stage line 3, was convened in this
r city on Thursday last, for the purpose, as we un
e derstand, of interchanging views in relation to the
d tariff of rates charged upon their lines for passen
d gers and freights—as to the policy of graduating
c prices for through or long travel, or advancing
11 the rates—and, in general, to consult freely about
- all matters affecting the rights and interests of all
'> the lines under their control or management.
y It is highly important that officers, in prominent
positions on lines of travel, should be known per
• sonally, if not intimately, to each other; and
should occasionally meet and interchange views
b in regard to matters entrusted to their guardian
ship. The interests of the public are promoted,
- and the stockholders in all such public enterpri
ses are also benefitted.
We copy the following list of the routes repre
sented, at>d the names of the delegates in at ten
. dance from the Dispatch t of yesterday:
1 Petersburg and Roanoke railroad, by C. O. Stan-
J ford. Superintendent.
i Wilmington and Weldon, by S. L. Fremont,
, Superintendent.
• j South Carolina road, by John Caldwell, Presi
' ( dent, 11. T. Peake, Superintendent.
, Charlotte and South Carolina railroad, by Wm.
• j Johnson, President, T. J. Sumber, Superintendent.
Greenville and Columbia, by E. F. Rawworth,
; Superintendent.
j Georgia railroad, by John P. King, President,
, and Geo. Yonee, Superintendent.
Central railroad, (Ga.,) by K. R. Cuvier, Presi
dent, W. M. Wadley, Superintendent.
Augusta and Savannah railroad, by Dr. F. T.
Willis, President.
South Western, by R. R. Cuyler, Piesident, and
Ge<>. W. Adams, Superintendent.
Macon aud Western, by Emerson Foote, Super
intendent.
Muscogee railroad, by John Mustian, Superin
tendent.
Atlanta and LaGrange, by John P. King, Pres
(}. G. Hull, Superintendent.
East Tennessee and Virgiuia railroad, by Sam
uel Cunningham, President.
East Tennessee and Georgia railroad, by C. Wal
lace, President, R. C. Jackson, Superintendent.
Western and Atlantic, by J. M. Spullock, Super
indent, E. B. VVulker, Master Transportation.
Charleston and Savannah railroad, bv T. F.
Drayton, President.
North Eastern, N. C., by Allen McFarlane, Presi
dent, S. S. Solomon, Chief Engineer.
Cheraw and Darlington railroad, by Allen Mc-
Farlane, President.
Memphis and Charleston railroad, by Samuel
Tate, President.
Nashville and Chattanooga, bv H. J. Anderson,
Superintendent.
Raleigh and Gaston, bv Dr. Hawkins, President.
Wilmington and Manchester, bv J. P. Robertson,
Superintendent.
Rome railroad, by W. T. Cothran, President.
Seaboard and Roanoke, by Alexander Worrell,
Superintendent.
Steamers between Mobile and New Orleans, by
Captain Grant.
Steamers between Montgomery and Mobile, bv
John J. Cox.
Steamers between New Orleans and White Riv
er, by A. T. bavilette.
Stage Line between Montgomery and Mobile,
by James R. Powell.
Montgomery and West Point, bv Charles T. Pol
lard, President, Samuel G. Jones, Superintendent.
The D.'tllas-Clarendon Treaty.
The Anglo Saxon, a paper published in Itoston,
and devoted to lirilish interests, has the following
article in its issue of the 16th instant, in reference
to the rejection of the Dallaa-Clauendon treaty by
the Government of England. It stales that the
British Government reluctantly accepted all the
amendments to the treaty which were made bv the
Senate of the United States, but could not ratify
it, because Honduras bad not ratified the treaty
which Ungland made with her, in reference to the
Hay Islands, and which hud been made a purt of
the Dallas-Cla ekndon treaty.
"It is time that the public mind waa set right in
1 Jgunl to tloM-eal factsconneeted with this affair,
edttie treaty on account of the amendments made
by the Senate of the United States. Tins is a total
error. On the contrary, the llitish Government
accepted all the amendments ot the Senate, though
with some reluctance, us may be supposed, w hen
their nature und bearing ere proper!v looked at • '
but such was the desire of her Majesty’s Ministers
to settle the entire <|iiestinn in regard to Central
America that they unanimously resolved to waive
all minor considerations for the sake of securing
the great healing measure itself.
“Rut the diflieulty of the case was here: The
ratification ofaprevious treaty made betm en Great
Britain and II milurns ir-u r'i rn-tit; J, and the hist
article of the Dallas-Chueuclon treaty had reference
to that treaty. England ceded to'Honduras the
Bay Islands-Uualuii and the others of the group
—upon condition that Honduras guarantied liber
ty, trial by jury, Ac., to the people of those islands,
and also engaged to make a provision for the Mos
quito Indians. Upon t teee consideration* England
ceded, or was ready to cede, those islands, and al
so, subsequently, to make the Dullas-Clarendon
treaty with the United States. The conditions of
the first treaty, to a certain extent, carried them
selves into the second, and the failure of the one ■
involved the suspension of the other.
" We repeat, ilien, that the amendments of the
Senate was not the cause of the present difficulty,
us England accepted them ail as fully as the Irish- 1
man did the thirty-nine articles.
“ We will go a step further, and declare it as our
belief that should the ratification of the Honduras
treaty . a>.r •; nt Lord Napier would net hesitate
one moment in proposing the Dallas-Clarendon 1
treaty over again to the American Government.
“ These facts our readers may be relied on."
We do not credit this explanation of the Anglo-
Saxon, although we observe that the National In- '
te'lUgtncer considers it "authentic and reliable.’’ 1
But it is not a matter of much moment to ascertain 1
what was the motive which influenced the British :
government to reject the treaty. The fortunate 1
fact :s, that it was rejected, and we trust that it is
finally and forever dead. Its failure releases the 1
United States troui all the obligations of a copart
nership with Great Britain in the afiaits of Ceutral ’
America, and leaves it free to pursue a positive,
bold, American policy, iu that region of the world
|sff-The soda waterestablishment of P. Hiller.
in Savannah, was destroyed by tire ou Wednesday
night.
JOts” Col. Ever Wbite, died near Memphis, Ten
nessee, on the 10th inst. He was a native of Geor
gia, but had resided in Tennessee for the last twen
ty-seve« years.
Lr/ A card is published in our Savannah ex
changes, signed by all the cotton merchants of that
city, in which they state that they have agreed and
mutually pledged themselves to each other, that
they will, from and after the first day of August
next, charge tiro and a-half per cent, oommieiion,
on all cotton sold by them, instead of fifty cents
pea bale, as heretofore.
We learn from the Savannah papers that
Mr. J Wood, proprietor of the Oglethorpe House,
at Brunswick, was shot by Chab. Moore, Marshal
of that town, on Saturday night last. Mr. Wood
expired immediately. The difficulty occurred
about whipping one cf Wood’s negroes.
The Mayor of Brunswick has offered a reward of
one thousand dollars for the apprehension ot
Cbakies Moonr, who escaped immediately after
the murder.
The Charleston ir on did not reach this
city until half-past five o'clock yes’erd iy afternoon,
being delayed by injury to the railroad, caused by
a break in the read about thirty miles below Ham
burg.
f ’ST’The Sparta Central Georgian announces
the death t Thomas N el;,, l’sq , which took place
at Mount Zion, • a Saturd w. the ICt'i instant.
Tnc ir.il,* i.rauol c- n, of the 22d instar.t,
sa.'s: “ Next Monday, the 25:h Mav, the Supreme
Court will commence n spt .ng sitting in Athena,
for this, the F'ourih District, in the State.”
Later From Utah Territory—The Late
.Mormon Outrages.
[- A correspondent of the New York Time*, writ
r ing from Salt Lake City, under date of March sth,
I details the recent outrages at that city, where a
band of armed Danites entered the United States
. Court room while the Court was in session, and by
threats ofpersonal violence compelled JndgeSTiLEs
. to adjourn the Court / tie die. The J udge, previous
! to submitting, appealed to Brigham YonfG for
protection, but that functionary replied that he
: would not interfere, but let “ the boys” have their
own way, for the Court had already given him too
much trouble. The correspondent savs:
“ All the members of the bar are Mormons ex
cept Mr. David H. Burr, United States survevor
ge: era I; T. S. Williams, and Dr. Hurt, an officer
of the United States Indian Department. It is
contended by the Mormons that the United States
Court has no cognizance of any but United States
cases, and that all offenses committed in the Ter
ritory, and all territorial suits must be tried before
the territorial courts and by the territorial laws.
Starting upon this pretext, while the court was in
progress on the 12th ultimo, the Mormon members
of the bar and others of the Danite bund inveigled
Judge Stiles into a private room, locked the door,
barred the windows, and then with revolvers at
his head, and knives within an inch of his throat,
forced him to promise to uphold them in whatever
they did, and to “ sustain the laws of Utah 1” Ttius
overpowered, threatened and intimidated. Judge
v'Miles yielded, dismissed the jury and adjourned
the Court. J
The writer goes on to state that the Mormons
then.informed the United States Marshal that his
services were no longer required, as thev had a
marshal of their own. On the 13th Judge Stiles
again opened court for territorial business, when
a Mormon lawyer commenced a tirade of abuse
against the court and Messrs. Williams and Burr.
\\ hen the latter got up to reply, the territorial
marshal ordered them peremptorily to stop ; and
immediately the whole audience sprang to their
feet, and the Danite murderers, who filled the
court, threw off their coats, brandished their
knives and revolvers, and created so great confu
siou that the judge was obliged to adjourn the
court at once.
The next morniDg, which was Saturday, the
court oiiened amid immense excitement. The
whole Mormon populace were armed, and had been
inflamed to such a degree bv the incendiary speech
es of Ferguson, Stout and others, that the least
pretence would have been availed of to massacre
every Gentile in the place. The names of Messrs.
Burr and Williams were stricken from the list ot
attorneys, and the court immediately adjourned nine
die. Thus closed the last term of the United States
court that can ever be held in this territory until
the government establishes its supremacy by a vig
orous exertion of physical force.
The “American Organ” the Know No
thing paper in Washington city, is on its last leg 9.
The publisher has announced that if the concern
is not sold out by the 25th inst., the materials
will be sold in lots to suit purchasers.
Dr. Ceieever, of the Church of the Puri
tans, Union Square, New York, who has been re
cently exercising his talent for vituperation
against the Judges of the Supreme Court, the
South and southern slaveholders, has been re
quested by a number of the members of his
C Lurch to resigu. T;ie following are their names :
Albert Chossbro, J, R. Johnson,
John N. Bradley, J. Linslev,
L. J. Bacon, R. N. Havens.
S. T. Hyde, L. K. Mather,
Stephen Paul, Chas. 'Lay lor,
L. R. Cowley, E. J. Owen,
O. K. Wood, Richard Brown,
Daniel Hodgman, S. Conover, Jr..
E. M. Kingsley, Wm. Way,
A. Dwight, C. H. Isbatn,
11. A. Hurlbut, J, Walter Camp.
On Monday evening last, there was a meeting
of the congregation to consider the matter, when
the pastor was sustained by a rote of forty-eight
to twenty. Mr. O. E. Wood, however, one of
those who signed the letter requesting him to re
sign, announced that the vote did not settle tbc
matter.
Henry C. Bowen, of the firm of Bowen &
McNamee, reporter of the list of failures in Henry
*• ft*
was to have been tried on the 20th inst. in New
York.
: The Charleston Oourier, reports the de
ercaso in the teceipts of cotton 604,224 bales, com
pared with the same time last year.
I Ex-President Pierce, with his wife,a.t ived
in New \ erk, Monday afternoon from Philadel
phia. He stopped at tho residence of Senator
Fish, during his sojourn in the citv, and left for
Concord yesterday.
The St. Louis Infelhgenctr of a recent date, no- |
Pees the arrival in that city direct from Charleston,
of one hundred aud thirty bales of Hay, which was
sold at a profit to the owner. It was carried over
the Memphis and Charleston railroad, making the
journey from Charleston to St. Louis in six days.
The Inteltgenro- says that the completion of the
railroad has inaugurateda heavy trade between that
city and the southern Atlantic cities. The Balti
more Amiriotn, in remarking upon the enterprise,
says that it makes an era in the trade life ot the
South and South-west, yet that paper takes occa
sion to caution the managers of the rival line to St. i
Louis, which has its terminus in Baltimore, that 1
they do not permit " to fait behind their young !
competitor.
Sai.e op a Railroad at A. ctio.v.-The BuiTa- j
10, Corning aud New York railroad was sold bv
auction at Coining on the I4th inst., on account of
the first mortgage bondholders, and brought f 275.-
000, namely: Railroad and franchise SBOO,OOO,
and rolling stock *75,000. The first mortgage
bonds .amonr.t to *1.000,000, thus sweeping the
whole assests, which yield the bondholders seven
eights of their principal. The purchasers were
the trustees of the same class of bondholders for
their behalf, who now become the stockholders of
a new company about to be organized, and who
will finish the road at once from Batavia to Buffa
lo, thirty-two miles being ready for the iron. The
nett earnings of the road are about sufficient to
pay toe regular seven per cent, interest on the
*1,000,0000 first mortgage bonds.
John Claiborne, Esq., formerly editor of the
New Orleans Gmrier, has been appointed special
agent for the Government, to collect statistical in
formation in Europe in relation to the use and con
sumption of cotton.
Cbrrctpondence of the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, May 13.
Information which I have received from gentle
men now here from lowa and Utah is contradicto
ry of the rumored abdication and flight of Gover
nor Brigham Young, from Utah. On the contrary,
it is believed that he is diligpntlv and zealously
engaged iu strengthening his position, preparatory
to an expected conflict with the United States au
thorities, iu the e\ent of his ejection from office.
He has an army of twenty-five hundred men who
arc well appointed and equipped, and are every
day under drill.
It is very true, however, that dissensions among
the Mormons have arisen which threaten to over
throw his power, and, perhaps, to break up the
political aud religious organization upon whxh
it is founded. The danger is that ho may be
strengthened by exterior hostility to Mormon in
stitutions.
It is supposed that Maj. McCulloch will accept
the appointment of Governor, in which case he
will arrive h- re in a few days and receive his in
structions. It will be necessary to give him the
aid ofa miliiary force at lea»t, equ .1 to «b .„ which
ll igham Young may be able to bring into the
field in case of u collision with the federal g <v:m
ineuk By very judicious management Governor
McCulloch may be enabled to give effVct lo ihe
iaws and protect the community from the abuses
ot Mormon rule without resorting to force.
lon.
A Vact Woirrii Knowing.—lnasmuch as postage
on Is tiers is three cents pei half ounce, it i< worth
knowing that the weight of au AimTicen quarter
h oiiaS fourth of an ounce, the weight of two oeirg
Uct equal to wiuil oan be aentfor a sirglcpostage.
The Canvass in Tennessee.
The election in Tennessee for Governor, mem.
bers of Congress, and members of the Legislature,
takes place on the 3d of August. The Chattanooga
Advertiser furnishes the following list of Congres
sional candidates:
Ist District—A. G. Watkins, old line Whig; N-
G. Taylor, Know Nothing.
2d District—Warm* \V. Wallace, Democrat;
Know Nothing candidate not yet selected.
Gd District—Samuel A. Smith, Democrat; the
Know Nothing candidate not known.
4th District—John H. Savage, Democrat; Know
Nothing candidate not out.
sth District—John K. Howard, Democrat; Clias.
Ready, Know Nothing.
Bth District—George W. Jones, Democrat; no
opposition.
7th District—J. V. Wright, Democrat; no oppo
sition as yet.
feth District—Democratic candidate not selected;
F. K. ZollicofFer, Kansas-Nebraska Know Nothing
hth District—J. I). C. Atkins, Democrat; E. Eth
eridge, Know Nothing, with Biack Republican
proclivities.
10th District —W. T. Avery, old line Whig ; W
H. Stephens, Know Nothing.
We have seen it stated that Colonel Howard has
declined ihe Democratic nomination for Congress
in the fifth District.
Tiie New York Time *, one of the ablest or
gans of the Black Republican, and cn that account,
and on account of its conservatism and moderation
when compared with the Tribune or Evening Post,
one of the most dangerous, in announcing a change
in its location next Fall, announces a change also
in its political conduct. It says:
“It (the Times) will be hereafter, in its political
conduct, entirely independent of ail po.ideal par
ties—judging all events and all men upon their
merits, and giving praise and censure, support and
opposition, where either may be deserved, by a
strict and impartial regard to the public welfare.
It will not be reckless or independent ts principle
in its political discussions, but will aim to conduct
them always with dignity, discretion, and a due
sense of responsibility. But it will not receive its
guidance or inspiration from the dictates of any
political party, nor consult the fortunes of any
political aspirants in preference to the require
ments of the public good.
“It will appeal always to the great body of the
people against mere party projects and factious
schemes, and will seek constantly to represent and
to advocate the welfare of the masses rather than
promote the designs of those who seek to use them
for their own aggrandizement. While we know
that it is by this course alone that success is to be
deserved, we believe that it is only thus also that
it can be attained.”
Jk.vny Lind Coming to America.—A correspond
ent of the Christum Enquirer, writing from Vi
enna, says:
“ While in Dresden we had the delightful plea
sure of seeing Jenny Lind often in her domestic
capacity of wife and mother, and it is a great source
of satisfaction to me to find her in those most in
teresting relations of life as happy as it is possible
to imagine. She has a fiue boy three and a half
years old. Her voice is as excellent and touching
as ever; if anything, more so; and lam glad to be
able to say that we have at least a chance of hear
ing her again in the United States, for she will
probably settle down, permanently, either in Eng
land or the United States, within six months ; and
although I think that sLe will prefer the former
country, I am almost sure that sne would m such
case, visit us, as she has a great desire to re-visit
America, not for the sake of making money, but
because she likes the country and the people.
Still, if once there, she will sing, fhr ‘ she must be
singing/”
Additional Foreign News.
We make a few additional extracts from our files
by the Arago at New York:
The steamship City of Manchester, from Now
York, arrived at Liverpool on the Oth inst. The
United States mail steamship Washington, from
New York, arrived at Southampton on the 3rd,
landed her mails and passengers, and proceeded to
Bremen. The mail steamship Niagara, from Bos
ton via Halifax, arrived at Liverpool 4th inst.
Enjlarul, —Lady Ashburton died at Paris on the
ith instant. She was the eldest daughter of the
sixth Earl of Sandwich, and was married to the
present Lord Ashburton, then Mr. Bingham Bar
ling, in 1823.
timfrf SPPSpcim^,nffiePaSwirA screw,
Atlantic telegraph cable, under the cuinmanV of
Mr. Noddai, Master, Royal Nanv, had topmasts
pointed and was progressing rapidly in her rig.
Lord Elgin embarked at Marseilles on the Ist
instant, in the packet ship Caradac, tor Malta, on
las way to China.
A Bristol paper asserts that Milford Haven has
been selected as the English port of the Great
Eastern steamship.
1 he London Turns of May *sth says; Persons in
America directing letters for London should bo
careful to put the initial letters of the metropoli
toii district intended above the word “London,”
aud not under it. A heading house in New York
; having transmitted bills for s7<y>oo in a letter di
i rected “London, W. C.,” it was earned to London,
j \\ estern Canada.
j Ireland. —The Belfast merchants are in great-
I &! ee ** arrival at that port of the Florence
Nightingale, from China, with 7,r?83 chests of tea,
value, dutv paid, upwards of SBO,OOO. This is the
first vessel with anything approaching the quantity
of tea that has ever arrived at Belfast.
It is reported that the government intend follow
ing up and completing, l.owovei tardily, the act of
grace that restored Mr. Smith O’Brien and others
••t the IS4B exiles, to their country and friends by
permitting the remainder of those men to return
unconditionally to their native land,
i According to the annual report of the Irish
| Church Missions Society, there are now in the em
! ploy meat of the society four hundred and one mis-
V number oi hers •
) siytdv engaged in imparting instruction to the
j Irish speaking population. The inhabitants of Ire
, land are divided as to language at the present time
I»* follows: Speaking Irish only 31‘»,062: both
I English ..h iI: j h1- . • A .
France. —Commercial affairs in Paris, which it
v.-as hoped were beginning to rerorer from their
long inaction, were again paralyzed by the cold
weather which prevailed.
M. Alfred de Musset, one of the most celebrated
poets of France, died on the Sd, aged 45.
From Australia. —We have news from Sydney,
Australia, to the 10th of March. A correspondent
of the London Times writes : Since last summary
the markets have been glutted by excessive arrivals
from England, and the prices have been inordi
nately depressed. Several failures have taken
place, but they are mostly among small firms of
limited means, and happily not likely greatly to
influence the markets. Yet confidence has been
shaken, and few but cash transactions are ven
tured upon. The depression in commercial matters
generally is exercising an unfavorable influence*
with respect to gold as well as other commodities.
Yet the yield of the various gold fields is tolerably
steady, and the returns do not present an unfavor
able appearance. The gold shipped during 1857
amounted to 626,874 ounces and 11 dwls.
Thb Printer. —The Belfast Mercury gives the
following in relation to the printers:
“From high to low they are the same careless,
light-hearted, clever, well-informed, reckless fel
lows. knowing how to act better than they do—
nothing at times—everything if the occasion re
quires, or the fit takes them. No sooner are they
comfortable in one town than they make tr.xks
for another, even though they travel on *ha»i*
space’ means. And to what will they not turn
their hands ? ‘We have seen,’ says the American
editor, *one and the same individual of the craft
a minister in Cali torn ia, a lawyer in Missouri, a
sheriff in Ohio, a boa man on a western canal,
sailing a privateer, tod a pressman in a large
priuting office. Nor are the characters confined
to any country—they are everywhere the same.
We hare met them as lecturers, actors, traveling
preachers -in fact, everything. We have meton a
tramp in this country membei b of this roving pro
fession from all parls us the globe—Frenchmen.
Spani «rdfl, Portuguese. Germans and Swedes, aud
i ll apparently as much at home as in their own
country. Ardent lovers of liberty—they are al
ways with the people. When the Chartist excite
ment was raging in England, the most eloquent
and spirited leaders m the movement were prin
ters. When barricades were rained in P&ris in
1543 the coinpositoig cast tr>ir type into bo'lets
and fired them at the royalist troops. When the
mericang were at war with Mexico, one of Geo.
•iV >v '& regiments was composed almost entirely
of primers, aud they wtr* '-he bravest of h»a
troops.”
Be -to:?, Mar 19.—A member of . Chr.rtcs
town (Mass.) Board of Aldermen has absconded,
taking, us is alleged, at*out $2 , *,0*»0 belonging to
his partner and other citizens at Charlestown.