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Little Fool" and Great One*.
BY CMAKLEft UACRAT.
When al the social board you sit.
And pass around the wine.
Remember, though abase is vile,
That use bust be divine;
That Heaven, in kindnem, gkve the grape
To cheer both jrroat and small—
That littie fools would drink too much.
But great ones none at all.
And when in youth's ton fleeting hours
You roam the earth alone.
And have not sought sobm loving heart,
That you may make your own ;
RemetuM-r wnsnaub pmek«s worth,
And think when nleusures pall—
That little fools will love too much,
llut gn at ones not at all.
And if a friend deceived you once.
Absolve f«>or human kind,
>'or rail against your fcltow man
With maliee in your mind ;
But :r» your dally InprtKjpnrse,
K‘-Tmoi,ber. hit jpm f.tl’
That iittii fools coufl le too much,
Jtut great outs not at all.
. In work or pleasure, love or drink.
Your rule be Mill the same—
I’.mr work not toil, your pleasure pure.
Your love a steady flame;
Your drink r.**i tuaddealrjK. but to cheer—
shall your bliss not pill—
For little fools enjoy too mu.*.
But great out* not if all.
The t.l. »#..k live.
Come sister, come brother, come c ousin away;
At the ol i oak tree tlie -.port ha* begun.
There* Harry ami Annie Im -e join* d In the play ;
Come, h-t us go and partake of the* fun ;
Ilark! how they’re shouting ; come, let us go;
They call us —they call us. to join In tftt ir glee ;
Let us run for It. Off! away we go;
Hum! huzza! for the old oak tree.
Haste, dearest, haste, the bright moon is smiling.
The night dancers gather U.neath the osk tree.
And time, the old lifer, is cheerfully beguldng:
llasb*. dearest, haste, they wait but for thee.
Haste so the place where In childhood we met.
On the evenihgs of bright summers’ days.
Where in song we united with the gay merry set.
Or joined in their sportive plays.
Come, come, old dame, supporting each other.
We’ll totter along to the old oak tree;
W« sing In our childhood, we (lanced there together.
When beauty and youth were smiling on thee ;
But the havoc of Time has altered thy check.
And feeble has rendered thy frame.
But come, let us go where the younger ones meet.
And look at our childhood again.
From the Newark Advertiser .
Lord Palmerston.
The last time I saw Palmerston, was in the sum
mer of 1854, in the House of Commons. Il was a
field day, and he had been running a tilt against
every Parliamentary knight that dared break a
lance with him in the encounter of debate. His ,
face was Hushed, his eye was bright, and with the ,
snows of seventy winters on his head, he appeared
so me a perfect miracle of intellect. There is age j
in his hair, his limbs and his voice ; but this is phy
sical decay only —the intellect is unconscious of
decline, the sword is not the less sharp that it gra
dually cuts through the scabbard. .
The late l)r. Muginn, writing of the mythically |
old Mr. Rogers, said that after passing the first ,
eighty or ninety years of his age m the dissipu- ,
lions of youth, he began to think him of a profes
sion ; and in the same way the illustrious career of ,
Palmerston commenced when his lordship was at- ,
turning half a hundred years. It is true that he ,
was in the House of Commons before he was in a |
beard; but the silence of some twenty years
would appear to intimate his profound conviction,
that the Homans were right in admitting to the |
Senate only those who had attained the dignity of ,
forty years. Hut although he came late upon ihe ,
House of Commons arena, his whole life hud been
spent in office.
He has held office nineteen years under the
Tories, and about sixteen years under the Whigs.
He was the Secretary of War who signed warrants
for the conveyance of Napoleon I. to Si. Helena—
and he was the Secretary of State who offended
Ins sovereign by recognizing that Napoleon 111.
had commenced to riign. As the English cricket
ers would say “he has had the largest innings on
record.’* His offices, too, appear to have been no
Sinecures. He was Secretary of War at war time;
ami his sixteen ycuis of foreign Secretaryship
were sixteen years of attempts to break the peace.
With the pressure of age he has nothing to do—
the daring ami the indifference of youth are tlx*
salient points of his character to this day—und
from the time when he, on behalf of Cunning, un
dertook to crush ‘‘the Duke,” to that manifesto of
a few years since, when in answer to some Scotch
clergymen who petitioned him to advise her Ma
jesty to fix a day for a national fast on account of
the cholera, and he suggested “ they had better
look after the to\yn drainage,” he has always mani
fested the same energy, spirit and humor; and
now in 1867, in his seventy-fourth year, the vete
ran statesman has triumphed iu one of the tierces!
popular struggles England has witnessed since the
days of the great Keform agitation.
The high position of Lord Palmerston in tho
House of i'iuninn us i» nlirthntnhlt *, not only to I
Ihe foot that he is a first rate intellect, leading the
century, but to his most emphatically practical
character, polished into statesmanship by the ex
perience of more than forty years of responsible
Office.
He is said to be the only peer of pure Saxon de
scent, and has always appeared to me ilie intensest
Englishman in English public life. No one has
perused his recent Parliamentary effort*. hut has
been sti uck with the vigor and variety ot his intel
lect. Practically comprehending all the details of
English statesmanship, and thoroughly conversant
with the political history of European polities,
beta a pet feet giant in debate. Cool and saga
cious, he is ever prompt and ready at self-defence
Full of humor, and abounding in sarcasm, lie is a
most formidable adversary in the running tilt of
an oil-hand debate. J. W.
Mr. Dvi.las at the Ocumno nr tub Art Trea
si'hks Kxhiuition. From every corner opera
glasses were pointed towards the dais in the trans
mit where the American and Belgian Ambassa
dors bad already taken their seats. Mr. Dallas, a
tall, venerable, grey-headed man, of determined,
American features, was dressed in an old blue-top
coat, with velvet neck. The Belgian ambassador,
Mr. Van de Weycr, was decorated with numerous
orders, and gaily walked about, chatting in the
most tiueot English. An amusing scene happened
at this time, one. which expecting, we kept a sharp
* look to see in full. The ambassador from llavti,
Baron Damier is a black of the lirst water, with
as greasy a skin and as plump and merry a face as
well-to-do blacks usually have. He hud been prom
enading during the morning, and we anxiou-dy
waited to see how he und Mr. Dallas would treat
each other when they met, as repot** says the llay
tien noble delights to bother the citizen Dallas by
liroving on all occasions that he is a “man and a
Brother.”
At length they, Dallas, (standing') and Van de
Wevcr were on the dais coversing, in the
presence of toe vast assembly. The black am
bassador came up the steps, and his Belgian ex
cellency,* with the politeness of a Frenchman, rose
and shook him bv the hand. The Haytien glanced
at Citizen Dallas, as it he expected a similar greet
ing; but a wave of the hand, directing him to
pass by, was all thatjhe representative of that re
public which declares that all men ur& equal, could
give to his black brother. The sight caused many
smiles and curt remarks unfavorable Vo our Amer
ican cousins.— Warrington Guardian.
Cheap Paint fob Houses, Ac.—A correspondent
of the Ohio Farmer gives an account of Ins meth
od of making cheap paint, as follows: I make a
thin sizing of glue and Hour, to give one coat.
This applied, I next sift through a coarse strainer
a quantity of water lime; this done, I next mix it
with oil and while lead, so that the mixture will be
about one-third lead. This mixture I applied as
the lirst coat upon the sizing. When suHieietltly
drv, a second coat was put on. of oil and !< ad. M v
last and ti istnng coat was with oil and z:nc. A
purer white, or a better coat of surface paint, it
would be difficult to find. The main body of the
house is twenty-eight by eightv-two feet; the back
kitchen is about nrenty feet squate, and one story
high. The amount of material used was four
pounds glue, eighty cents; three pounds flour,
eight cents ; seventy-five pounds white lead, seven
dollars and fifty Ct-nts ; one hundred and twenty
five pounds zinc, twelve dollars and fifty cents ; six
and a halt gallons oil. seven dollars and thirty
one cents ; total amount of material, twenty-eight
dollars and twenty cents. I have been thus par
ticular for the purpose of showing the cononiy of
using oil. If i had not first used the sizing, the
oil would have struck into without secu
ring the wished tor benefit; then the water lime
and lead, when dry, make a hard, solid surface,
which stones and mortar will not easily affect, and
become a complete preparation to receive ihe final
finish of lead or zinc, us ihe choice may be , and
which, in my opinion, when finished ns painting
should be, will prove tan more durable than oil and
lead applied directly to the surface.
Tub Minnesota Election—The Democracy Tri
umphant.—Bv St. Paul papers of June 2d, we are
assured that Minnesota, at the election on the Ist
instant, for delegates to the Constitutional, Con
vention, was carried overwhelmingly by the De
mocracy. In some of the counties u*»t a “Repub
lican” member was elected. St. Paul gave im
mense Democratic majorities. Minnesota,All Hail!
Cheers for the Democratic star of the North-west!
Milicaukie ( IVis.) News.
From the Charleston, Standard , June 10.
Lftter front Capt. Davis to Com Mervine
—Hi* Narrative of Walker’s Capitula
—lion —Seizure of the Schooner Gia*
imda,
U. S. Sloop St. Mary’s, at Sea, )
May 13, 1857. f
Sir : At the latest dates of my dispatch, I had
the honor to say that I was then waiting for a fa
vorable movement, when, by a timely mid effective
interposition of mv good offices, I might hope to
engage the attention of the contending parties, to
bring their affairs to a peaceful issue. The infor
mation brought by Lieutenant McCorkle, who re
turned on the 2bth ult., determined me to go to
Rivas the next day.
I rea« bed Gen. Mora’s camp on the afternoon of
the 30th, accompanied by Dr. J. Wmthrop Taylor,
the surgeon of Una ship, and by mv coxswain, and
another of my gigsmen. Alter halt an hour’s con
ference wnh General Mora, I exchanged several
notes with General Walker, which are transmuted
herewith, (copies of which have already appeared
in the public prints,) numbered from 1 to 6.
Three interviews took place between Gen. Ilen
ningsen and Col. Waters, repr.-sen'ing Gen. Walk
errand myself, assisted by Dr. Taylor. At the last
of these, on the morning of the Ist, the agreement,
a copy of which is numbered 7, received my own
signaiureand the signatures of the other gentlemen
present, and having been returned to Rivas, was
brought back bv Col. Waters, signed by General
Walker; Gen. Mora then addressed to ine the com
munication marked No. 8.
At four o’clock I entered Rivas, in company
with General Zaval and his staff, who attended
General Walker and bis staff to San Juan del
Sur, where the latter eu barked on board the St.
Mary’s.
In Rivas, the American troops, about two hun
dred and forty in number, were drawn up in the
plan and the agreement was read to them in gen
eral orders, and they were trarsferred bv Genual
ilenningsea to my charge. Having no Lieutenant
with me, I requested Dr. Taylor to direct their
movements and accompany then* to Virgin Hay in
the morning, which service, though entirely entra
professional, he did me the favor to accept most
cheerfully; and he executed it with perfect suc-
Gen. Canas having entered to take possession, I ,
turned over to him the plaza of Rivas by means of J
the note (the original of which is in Spanish) num
bered nine. After which Gen. Uenningsen and
myself went to San Juan.
On the *2d mat., having exerted myself in vain '
to persuade Gen. Walker to place the schooner j
Granada in my keeping, I gave to Lieut. Maury,
No. lo; finally, however, when the preparations 11
for the forcible seizure of the schooner were corn- 1
dieted, she was delivered up to the United States '
by the accompanying order No. 11.
The duly of conducting the Americans from Vir- *
gin Huy through the province of Guanacaste to
Punta Arenas, and thence by steamer to Panama, J
was assigned to Lieut. McCorkle by the uccompa- '
nying order No. 12.
On the evening of the 2d instant, I went to Vir- '
gin Hav, where \ found most of the officers and 1
men in good spirits, and behaving exceedingly 1
well. Lieut. McCorkle had already begun to regu- 1
late the supplies and divide the people into messes *
—the company organization being last. In this he I
was ably assisted by several officers, whose umia- '
ble conduct under these difficult circumstances, '
commanded my respect and grateful acknowledge •
ments. The troop* embarked for Tortugas on the '
morning of the 4th instant.
On the morning of the 3d inst., I crossed over
to Rivas, where I visited the hospital, and the sick
and wounded Americans, in town. Your special 1
attention will be invited to this subject in a sepa '
rate communication.
The accompanying letter from Gen. Mora, No.
13, was handed t«* me here.
The schooner Granada or Sun Joes was trans
f rred to the authorities of Nicaragua, by the ac
companying letters numbered fourteen and fifteen,
the former of which explains concisely for this
manner of proceeding.
As soon as certain information was received of
the departure of Col. Loeki idge from the San Juan,
it became certain that Gen. Walker, now deprived
of all possibility of receiving reinforcements and
rapidly consuming his horses und mules, must
either succumb to the superior force of the enemy
or iry his fortune in a change «>t place. It was the
opinion of those who had better means of judging
than myself, that one month ago, he could have
passed the enemies lines, and maintained himself '
in the open country. Since that time, desertions
had become so numerous and frequent, not only
diminishing Ins army in numbers, but demoralis- I
ing it m character, tfiat towards the end of April, I
the only resort left Gen. Walker, waa to cut lot* trajr I
down ukthv comi »mi t«*« if [»osrfble on M
b»nrtt »fife Schooner Granada. Here again, sum ■
[citing the opinion of lus friends. According t/> jl
the best intelligence, such an attempt would have
terminated fatally in less than live miles from Ri- |
vas. i <
The time hud therefore arrived for determining j
on the course to be pursued in the case anticipated i
in your first letter of instructions of January l Oth, j
that is, “in the event of the expulsion of Walker ,
and his forces fiotn Nicaragua, by the allied ar- (
mies, and of his departure to adjacent territory in
Central America, for the purpose of hostile and
aggressive operations.”
When 1 considered that, under these circum
stances, the Granada would be destitute of a legal
com mission from any recognised government, or
from any party actually existing : that she was no
longer acting under the authority ot a sovereign !
Stale, or even of a distinct or separate government !
in such State the party which had hitherto been 1
deemed a belligerent nation, having lost its foot- j
ing in ihe country ; and that, as I well knew, she I
would be under the necessity of procuring, by j
violence, the indispensable means of subsistence, j
I could not bring myself to consent that the Gran- |
ad a, thus characterised, should pass from under '
my guns out up n the high seas. Accordingly, j
on leaving the ship for Rivas, on the 30th April, l J
handed Licet. Maury the memoranda of instruc
tions numbered 16, and in conference with Gen.
ilenmngseii und Col. Waters, 1 made known to
these gentlemen my decision.
During all the transactions relating in the report
my in ercourse wiih Gen. Mora, the conitnander
m-chtef of the allied armies, was intimate. * *
( Here was u paragraph containing an extravagant
compliment to Gen. Mora, which the Department
being ashamed of, desires suppressed). * * *
1 am very conscious that in tin so novel und un
usual occurrences, I may have often to ask lor my
conduct the kind and candid construction of the
Department. Feeling secure in the enjoyment of
its favorable disposition, while engaged m the per
formance of mv dutv, l should not allude to it
here, but that Gen. Walker has indulged in impu
tations against myself, and the three senior Lieu
tenants ot this ship, of conduct not only improper,
but even base! unbecoming our honor.
Knowing whatever unwilling mistakes of judg
ment we may have committed, that we have never
wavered in our integrity, or relaxed in our zeal to
serve our countrymen, we reflect with satisfaction
upon the defence afforded us by ihe friendship and
protectioiFof the Department at ail times, but
never more than when we are absent on the public
service. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Chas. Henry Davis, Commander.
Coin. Wm. Mervine, Commamier-m-chief of the
U. S. Naval forces in the Pacific Ocean, Panama.
From the Empire Stale.
Griffin, Ga., Bth June, 1857.
Coi.. A. A. Gaumiing : My Dear Friend: Yourself
with a few other friends, without any design or con j
curreiice, as you know, on my part, have done me j
the kindness to suggest mv name, in connection
with the ensuing Gubernatorial and Congressional :
Conventions, as a suitable candidate for Governor
of the State, or a Representative from this District
to the Congress of the United Suites. I am not,
and have not lately been an aspirant for any office
■ whatever. It mv feelings were otherwise, I should
not hesitate to express them to mv friends, and to
i yourself amongst the number* tor Ido not consid
er an honest desire to serve the people of the State
: ai all dishonorable, when the higher obligations of
duty require it, and when decided demonstrations
t <>f public sentiment demand it. Ido not believe
- that the successor our principles, as Democrats, is
f to be prom..n dby the unnecessary multiplication
* of candidates for public favor at the present time.
- But knowing that 1 had no paramount claims, un
i conscious of any eminent qualification for either
, of the offices; und seeing no political emergency
I demanding any special interposition on mv part,
I and feeling the high obligation 1 ani under to pro-
I vide for those who are nearest and dtarest to me,
j I have with unfeigned cheerfulness, observed the
i gradual developement and concentration of pnblic
opinion in favor of others to the exclusion of my
self. Allow me, therefore, through your col unit s,
. to say to my friends und to the Democratic party,
* that my name will not be used before either ot the
t above mentioned Conventions bv my consent.
James H. Stark.
Historical Sating.—“ Look at those brave
■ English troops! See how firm they stand! On
' mv word, they are like carpets-—not only true to
' their colors, but, bv J ive, they never know when
tuey’re beaten.”— Napoleon ( the uncle,) at Waterloo,
From the Charleston Standard.
A Trench View of our Relations with
Euglaud.
The Paris devotes considerable
space to a criticism of Lord Napier's speech in Ne w*
York, and ridicules the expressions of good will
towards the United States which his lordship made
use of. The ideas of the French editor in regard
to the bonds which link U 9 to England are very
' just. The chief of these is cotton; all others are
’ auxiliary. The friendship between the two coun
* tries can never be demonstrative —the sturdiness
>f the Englishman, or flie bu»iness-like character
of the American, would not permit that; but there
’ is an ancient and deeply-seated regard between us,
which will outlive all the ephemeral attachments
F of the “ light oTove” Gaul. Everybody knows
, whence and how ibis originated and exists—from
1 ties of blood, similarity of institutions, both ecele
' siastical and political, and a general sympathy in ;
I intellectual organization. The tbn&Ututiond irom- j
I callv acknowledges its mistake in having hi herto i
1 supposed that the United States and England were
unfriendly brothers, and proceeds to enumerate j
■ several instances where tin fraternal feelings have j
bon manifested. We give an extract troin the
article:
From the Paris Oonstit at urn net, IF.) 1* • |
We return to the speech, not because the hon
orable diplomatist, has attributed, sons fucon, the
empire of the world, at least in the future, to the
Anglo-Saxon race—these ideas are expiessed “in
ter pocula,” and have no importance, for none of
the European races will ever possess supreme dom
ination to the detriment and lor the oppression
of the remainder, but because of the outburst of
cordiality and affection for the United .States which
fills his address.
Hitherto the world has, it appears, been in error
concerning the reciprocal sentiments of the two
nations. Since the war of Independence, John
Hull and Brother Johnathan have In en considered,
if not as enemies, at least as very unfriendly broth
ers. They have not ctased to give proofs of antag
onism in politics, and Johnathan, who is the more
turbulent, doubtless because -he is the younger,
has never let an opportunity paws by without de
fying his elder brother, playing tricks with him
and laughing at him in the bargain. John Hull
lias displayed remarkable patience, but never has ■
he hitherto replied to aggressions, and challenges
by compliments and smiles.
Frankly speaking, we do not understand the en
thusiasm of Lord Napier. In recalling to our
memory the principal objects which have existed
between the United States and England, we ob
serve that they have all boQp regulated in a manner
unfavorable to the latter power. The mam frontier
question, the Oregon question, the fisheries ques
tion, have never been considered as settled advan
tageously for England. Very recently we saw the
United Slates sympathize with Russia in her war
with England. The declarations of friendship of
fered by Lord Napit. -re doubtless not intended
as a compliment to tin. United States for their hav
ing dismissed his ptedecessor, Mr. Crampton, or
as a mark of satisfaction offered to the Senate at
its having rejected the treaty which tended to reg
ulate in a manner not unfavorable to England, the
Central American question. We cannot, therefore,
perceive the motives of the surprising manifesta
tion of Lord Napier. All this display of extraor
dinary friendship proceeds, not from a moral re
semblance, but from commercial interests. Eng
land cannot do without American produce. Ase
l ions quarrel with the United States would ruin
British commerce for a time. The bonds of friend
ship that are being celebrated are not chains of
flowers, but simple twists of cotton which supply
the Manchester market.
From the New Orleans True Delta, June f>.
Texas Items,
The Galveston Herald of the 4lh instant says a
party of men under Lieut. Edward Beale, the. su
perintendent ot the Pacific wagon road, arrived
here yesterday morning on the Mexico. They will
employ twenty-five camels and dromedaries. j
We learn from the Pioneer that a very fine arti- j
cle of salt, made in Lampasas county, has been re
ceived at Fait field, and sells at four dollars and !
fifty cents per sack.
At the late term of the district court in Orange
county, five thousand dollars damages wereasstss
j ed by a jury against a defendant who injured the
plaintiff to that extent by calling him a “corn
thief! ”
* The San Antonio Le>ljer says that letters have
just been received from San tufortn
, alien licit eight tiiilen of mm ell 1-e.t
I lor the *Antoni<> and Mexican V..ftwn*iiroad.
J Tlie /M that a man by thiamine of
i |i | lum-t If to the count.)
had
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Great Excitement in San Antonio—Des
perate Fight With Robbeis,
The San Antonio (Texas) papers, 30th ult., are
filled with the most exciting accounts of a recent
dreadful encounter with a hand of ruffians, in that
city, during which five persons were killed and one
wounded. As our readers well know, there has
been, for a long time past, a desperate gang of
thieves, robbers, and house-breakers hanging about
San Antonio, whose repeated villainies we have
| almost weekly recorded. On the nightof the 29th,
| it seems, a horrible murder was committed but a
J few miles below the town. The wife of one Mr.
I Garza was killed in her own house bv some seven
; t.r eight assassins, and the house then robbed of
| money and valuables. A reward of SSOO was ot
tered next morning for the apprehension of the
murderers, and Sheriff Henry, with a posse, hast
j toned to the plaee of the bloody scene. The Texan
of the 30th ult. adds:
j About twelve o’clock a gang of some dozen dcs-
I peradoes had collected in the city on the West side
I of the river, many of them in a darkened room, as
i a sort of resort for the moment. Here toe shoot
ing commenced betweeu the desperadoes and some
three or four citizens. Fielstrop killed one despe
radoe, and was shot through the head by another.
At this uwful juncture, Jim Taylor, than whom a
braver man never lived, gave orders to some three
of his comrades to follow hint— andat the same mo
ment he broke through the window into the dark
ened room. As he entered, Bill Hart, a notorious
character, shot him through the breast, and at the
same moment a gun was pointed at Bill Hart by
another person, when Tavlor exclaimed, “ he has
shot me, let me shoot him,” and fired. Both fell.
Citizens commenced rushing in well armed, as well
as many of the desperadoes, and the shooting be
came general. The gang rtf rowdies broke front
the room by a back door; many of them who came
up after the melee commenced, immediately fled—
finding that they were coming to close quarters.
By this time at least three hundred citizens had
collected, all well armed—for it was well known
that this gang of rowdies could have at their com
mand seventy-five or one hundred men within fif
teen minutes. Many of them came in sight, but
very wisely withdrew. Five persons were killed,
two citizens and three of the desperadoes. Taylor
may recover.
At this stage of affairs the city authorities com
manded the multitude to disperse, and they im
mediately obeyed the command.
Great excitement still prevails! We hardly dare >
prophesy what may be the result before the matter
ends There will be a meeting of the citizens this
evening.
Hoe’s Presses in England.-—The London Lite
j rary Journal of May loth has the following refer
| ence to Hoe’s presses. It is quite complimentary
' to our ingenious countrymen :
| The improvements which have been lately ef
fected in the construction of the printing-press, by
! those eminent American machinists, the Messrs.
| Hoe, ot New York, will exercise an important in
, fluei ce over the future condition of the public
| press. Some time ago an account was given of
j the splendid machines erected under the superin
j tendence of the American firm, for Messrs. Lloyd,
i; A still finer machine upon the same plan is now
I being prepared by Mr. Whitworth, of Manchester,
‘ , for the proprietors of the Times, from drawings
furnished by Messrs. Hoe. The leviathan press
1 will strike off twenty-five thousand copies per
1 hour—in other words, almost the whole impres
sion of the Time# in two hours. The great advan
tage of this to a paper is, that it can be kept open
for the reception of late intelligence much longer
than if it had to be printed by one of the old-sash
» ioned machines. With the old slow going presses,
' the other morning papers must “go to bed” (as it
• is called) by two or three in the morning ; whereas
‘ | the Times will be able to sit up some two or three
■ hours later with perfect ease.
• From the Memphis Appeal.
[ Messrs. Editors: I travelled over thirty miles
' in Hardeman county yesterday tor the sole purpose
of seeing the prospect of the crops. Corn, wheat,
rve and oats has a good average prospect. Lott on
is very small and the stand bad. and the prospect
? of it must be small with an average season, but as
t this is general, and short crops always bring good
> prices, the prospect is also an average crop for
i cash. M.
, Bolivar, Tenn, June 5, 1857.
Hamburg and Columbia Railroad.
The numerous projects on foot in relation to air
line roads in different parts of the country to
shorten travel and increase traveling, render it
important to Columbia, that we should renew the
enterprise of building a railroad from Columbia
to Hamburg. The subject has been so fully dis
cussed, and the advantages and importance so re
peatedly brought to the notice ot the public, that
it is useless to make any repetition now. The ne
cessity of this proposed line is admitted by all,
and the completion of the Virginia and Tennessee
railroad will soon show us the value of shortening
the line of travel between the North and South.
The only question for us is, can we build the
road? And the reply is, we can.
The estima : e of the engineer, whose report was
made to the citizens ot Columbia, is that by the
longest route (the ridge; the cost will be $1,10.>,-
and stocking the road with locomotives and
! cars slld,ooo more—sl,2ls,Ooo.
j "The subscriptions may be estimated as follows :
j Bv Columbia $-.'"0,000
Charlotte and South Carolina railroad 2j*0,000
I North Carolina 75,000
i The ridge line 100,000
! in work on the line 125,000
j *BOO,OOO
The State has inaugurated a new and very pro
per policy towards railroads, in the case of the
Charleston and Savannah railroad, which of course
she will extend to other roads, viz: to advance
$5,000 per mile for every mile ready to receive
iron ; at this rate, the Hamburg and Columbia
road will receive $370,00, making $1,17u,000, near
ly enough to build this road.
We throw out these ideas for the reflection of
the friends of this road, who, we beiieve, tan, by
a vigorous effort, carry it through successfully.
We will recur to it again.— Columbia Carolinian.
From tke“ m Washington Union , June 0.
The Latest Intelligence from Utah.
We have some interesting revelations in regard
to the true state of affairs in Utah from a govern
ment official who arrived in this city last eveuing
direct from Salt Lake City. From the statements
which we have transferred to our columns this
morning, the condition of affairs in Utah, at the
j last accounts, may be briefly summed up as fol
! lows:
1. That the Mormon legion is composed of some
five or six thousand indifferently-armed men, in
cluding a few squadrons of cavalry—a )out as well
drilled and as effective as the ordinary inililia of
the States.
2. That the Mormons ridicule the idea of the
Federal Government sending an armed force to
the Territory to execute the laws.
3. That Brigham Young’s commands, as the
head of the church, are omnipotent with all goe*l
Mormons, and hence the resistance to the United
States laws.
4. That the presence of one thousand United
States troops tn the Territory would secure obe
dience to the laws, and that no resistance would
be made by the Mormons to so large a force.
5. That it is undoubtedly irue that there is a
serious defection among the Mormons, and that it
the disaffected could be protected by United States
authorities, they would gladly sever their connec
tion with the church and its head.
6. That Salt Lake City bears the outward evi
dences of Mormon oppression, and that business of
all kinds is literally at a “ stand-still.” Many who
desire to leave for the Stales cannot do so for the
want of means.
7. That not more than fifty ‘•‘Gentiles” were in
the Territory, and although it was forbidden that
they should* be supplied with the necessaries of
life, they were enabled to procure provisions
through the cupidity of some of the less scrupu
lous of the saints.
8. That Brigham Young admitted that he
could, by a word, have prevented his followers
from violating the laws of the United .States, but
that he did not choose to interfere, and would not
interfere.
Atlairs in Washington.
I The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, of Bth
June says:
Many of the most respectable citizens of Wash
ington have signed a call lor a public meeting to
be held on Thursday afternoon next, in condemna
tion of the late riots and to sustain the course of
the President and city authorities in employing a
military force to quell the disturbances.
Bnvid 11. Burr, the surveyor-general of Utah, has
arrived at his home in this city.
Mr. Burr states, in conversation is. friends,
; that the i *'» ?<'*#** and
j ij,»t one thousand United States troops would ef
f feet*tally Overawe them. Before he left Utah the j
Mormons had not heard of the intentions of the
government terse nd a force thither; but they fro- ;
quently laughed at the idea of the government’s !
competing them to obedience to the federal laws,
j they citing the failure to put down the disturb
ances in Kansas as evidence of its inefficiency.
He supposes that one-third or one-half of the Mor
mons, who are disgusted with Young’s tyranny,
would rise against hint were they protected by the
United States’ troops. Mr. Burr does not appre
hend that the Mormons will show fight. It is the
duty of every good Mormon to obey the church as
a higher law, and hence the opinion entertained
that Brigham Young may leave the territory with
a large force of his deluded followers, provided
lie can find some other seat for his government.
Mr. Burr says that Salt Lake <s the meanest settle
ment he ever beheld, everything having the ap
pearance of abject property. Young’s word is
law, and the oppressions of the Mormons are cruel
and without remedy from their present rulers.
There are about fifty “Gentiles” only in the terri
tory, who are objects of bitter persecution.
According to the statement of Capt. Tyler, who
cotuiiMitded t»ne of the companies of marines ou
last Monday, he gave the order (after the capture
of the swivel from the rioters) to “tire,” the dis- ,
charge being from one platoon only and irregular- j
ly, each of the marines filing as they saw the hash
es of the pistols discharging at them by the riot
ers, who fired as they retreated. The company
commanded by Lieut.* Maddox, according to the
same authority, did not fire until a marine had
been wounded tn the cheek, the ball coming out
at his mouth.
It is confidently asserted here that several ol :
the Plug-Uglies had recently died, while others in
Baltimore are suffering from severe wounds.
Justice Hollingshead, of the American party,
has refused the application made for a warrant for
the arrest of Mayor Mugruderon a charge of mur
der. The ground of the application was that he
had given the order to fire.
The Secretary of the Navy has not yet decided
whether any of the five steam sloops of war shall
be built by private contract.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.
Storm and Rain Charts.
The indefatigable M. F. Maury, of the National
Observatory, Washington, has completed a set ot
storm aud rain charts, < wind and current series)
designed to show the relative frequency of gules
during each month in various partsof the Atlantic
ocean, North and South. There is a separate chart
for each month, shaded in delicate tints. They are
compiled from abstracts of logs, and the labor re
quired in then preparation is indicated by the tact
that the results of two hundred and sixty-five thou
sand two hundred and ninety-two days of observa
tions are embodied. In remarking upon the plan
here adopted, Mr* Maury says: “ We are surprised
to see how very much more stormy are some months
than others, how tranquil the trade-wind regions
are, and how v4ry much more boisterous is the
North than the South Atlantic. At r.o season of
the year can the passage around either of the
* stormy Capes* vie for storms with the winter
passage between England and America.” He
adds: . . . , , ,
“I have gone into an investigation of the ab
stract fogs, for the purpose of ascertaining *he
■ most tranquil and favorable time for laying the
sub-Atlantic Telegraph, with reference to gales,
fogs and ice. The season that presents the most
favorable combination of travel across the Atlan
tic; and that season is found to be about the last
of July and first of August. This part of the
| ocean is most tranquil in summer. Taking aver
! ages, we have in it fewer gales, but more fogs and
. ice in June than in July or August, but few fogs
and least ice in August. The last of July and first
i of August appear to be the most favorable time for
• laving the sub-Atlantic Telegraph. This infornia
. tion may be useful to invalids and others crossing
the Atlantic, as well as those engaged in this en
i terprtse.” . . ~ . ,
. In the system of research, of which we have
. here some of the early results, the ships of all mar
itime nations are engaged, and hope is expressed
that it may soon be extended, so as to embrace
similar observations upon the land.
? New York Journal of Commerce.
The convention of southern railroad men recent
\ lv assembled in Bristol (on the line of Virginia
t and Tennessee) appointed the lion. William Ba!-
s i a rd Preston a commissioner to Europe, with a
1 view of bringing about, if practicable, a direct
r trade betweeu European ports and the southern
States, and Mr. Preston has accepted the appoint
ment.
From the London Times.
An English Opinion of the United States
Steam Frigate Niagara.
Half a mile or so below Gravesend, just about
where the river tourist might expect to recover
from having seen the Great Eastern at Miiiwall,
another monster of the deep stands in full view.
s».je is vast as an ark, with a peculiar defiant air,
and an expression which tells yon at once that she
w s made for other thau the peaceful purposes of
commerce, though nothing in the way of arma
nient, or even in trim of yards, denotes the man
of-war . This ship along whose decks a crowd of
fashionable visiters daily and hourly stream, and
all around which lie a fleet of shore boats, “mas
, fers of the situation,” and making as mu hos it
as if the President himself was on \ iew, is the far
famed frigate Niagara. She is, we believe, the
first States’ frigate that has ever anchored off
Gravesend.
Let our readers, therefore, or at leas' such of
, them as love to gaze upon noble specimens of nu
, val architecture, avail themselves ot the unusual
, oppottunity. Such a one will not s*>on again pre
, sent itself, for in size, form, speed and intended j
, weight of armament, the Niagara is beyond doubt
the first man-of-war ot her class in the whole world.
, As the visitor approaches her lofty sides he is
struck with the easy, graceful manner in which
she “ sits” the water, w ith her bows well up, slow
, ly rising, and showing off her beautiful lines and
, clear run to tine advuutage. But beyond this fea
ture the general effect of her exterior is not very
pleasing. The dark, black hull, unrelieved by a
. single streak of white, gives a heavy appearance
quite foreign to her shape. She is also very hollow
j in the w aist, which imparts that wall-sided aspect
, so characteristic of the American liners, but which
their tine frigates, except in this instance, have
managed to avoid, or at least mitigate.
She is ship-rigged, with tall and somewhat hea
vy’ spat*'—a novel feature man American screw,as
their builders have justly prided themselves on
I avoiding our practice of overmasting our steam
ers. But heavy as the Niagara seems aloft, she
has not a rope or a spar too much. Onthecontra
: ry, the marvel is that they can do the work ascrib
ed to them, for, under sail alone, she can run, it is
, said, from sixteen to seventeen knots an hour!
This is speed which even our river steamboats
would count as excellent, from the spar deck the
, Niagara looks by no means imposing. The bul
warks are ot such unusual loftiness and so curved
I in as apparently to diminish her real size. In fact,
I many ot our frigates less than half her size, and
not to be compared to her in any warlike or sea
going qualify, seem larger on the deck. Not till
' the visitor has walked forward and perched him
self somewhere near the bow sprit, can he fully ap
, predate her immense size and heatitul form, and
r feel that he is looking down on such a war steam
! er its the world has not yet seen the equal of, and
by the side of which the English navy’can show
I nothing to compete.
The Niagara is one of twelve steam frigates
I which, a short time since, Congress ordered to be
built, by the way ftf a counterbalance to the enor
mous increase of the English and French marine.
The construction of the Niagara was intrusted by
‘ acclamation to Mr. Seers, the builder of the cele
’ brated clipper yacht America. In building her he
had four conflicting purposes to reconcile—to make
her a gun boat, good sea-boat, good sailer, and
I goon steamer. The result is—the Niagara —in de
sign, a kind <»f compromise, and which leaves her
[ the fastest sailer in the world, is one of the fastest
steamers, a tine sea-boat, aud a very good man-of-
Then follows an elaborate and eulogistic notice
p of the various portions of the vessel. | The article
, concludes as follows:
During the voyage across the Atlantic, no at
tempt was made* to effect a quick passage; on the
, contiary, the engines were mostly worked at half
. power. All the rigging had been put up during
, the depth of an American winter, and us the ship
, reached the moist and warmer latitude, it slackened
to an extent that made it more than probable the
“sticks” would come out of her altogether, espe
cially during some days of tremend« usly heavy
weather. She was therefore hove to for four days
1 while all was made taut again. With full power
she attained u speed of thirteen knots, and tinder
. >ail above sixteen. With a stiff breeze on her
, quarter, she can count on fourteen knots. Her
present draught is twenty-two feet, but when am
s j ed, with ad stares and coal on kiftrd, she will
, , draw twenty-five feet. Each hmijpipd tons brings
j her down tlitee inches in the water.
1' * v d tla nta Eta min er, June 11.
i t»f» State Fair.
We stated on yesterday thaf the Executive Com
mittee of our mate Fair, in other words, the
“Southern Central Agricultural Society,” hud re
solved to continue its annual meetings in this city.
We have now to announce that the contract to that
effect, with our city authorities, has been signed
and sealed, aud that thus all doubt and Contention,
as to the future meetings of this great enterprise
in our Slate are at an end The laudable ambition
of some of our sister cities in the State, to have
the Fair, and the liberality of propositions to that
end, are commendable; but when it is known t iat
a contract has existed, to effect which our city lias
been heavily taxed, no one will deny the justice of
the conclusion to which the Executive U nimittee
h. s com**. The lair grounds were obtained and
improved at heavy cost, and with the understand
ing that the Fair should be permanent. Ailunta,
therefore, is entitled, by contract, to it; but, in the
absence of a contract, she is entitled to the Fair,
on other imposing grounds. She is more acre si
ble from every point than anyothercity—decidedly
more so to the stock-raising region of our own
State, of Alabama, and of Tennessee—and as iten*~
rating the Fair has proved anything but promotive
of its great interests, and as it was found expedient
to permanently locate it, where, other than Atlanta,
we appeal to the mechanical and agricultural inter
ests ot the State, could it have been permanently
located, and the great ends it has to accomplish,
been more surely attained? We trust, therefore,
that the action of the Committee will be univer
sal Iv approved.
We regret to learn that several of the Executive
Committee have recently tendered their resigna
tions, to wit: Col. J.. Bonner, Col. J. S. Thomas,
Dr. L. B. Mercer, W. J. Eve, and J.- J. Gresham,
Esqs. Two of these vacancies have been filled by
the election of G. B. Hay-good, Esq., and Judge J.
A. Hayden, of this city.
Dr. Jauics Caniak, of Athens, still holds the of
fice of Secretary, aud L. C. Simpson, Esq., of this
city, as assistant Secretary. The zeal and ability
displayed by these gentlemen in advancing the
interests of the Fair, are highly to be commended.
Few can appreciate their labor, and the value ot
their services.
The old officers of the Society are in the main
retained, and the most effective police will be se
cured to maintain order at its meetings.
Improvements of many kinds are in contempla
tion, and will be completed ere the 20tb of Octo
, her next, the day fixed for the opening of the Fair.
From the Sira nah Republican , Jane 10.
Supreme Court.
l Upon the opening of the Court yesterday judg
* metit was rendered iu the following cases, argued
• the day previous:
Win. Adams vs. The Governor, Ac. Forfeiture
-of Recognizance. From Columbia.
A. entered into recognizance with surety, con
i ditioned to appear at the next Superior Court of
l Columbia county, to answer to a charge for an as
« sault and battery, committed by him, on K. F.,
i and not to depart thence, without leave of the
* Court. Before the meeting of the Court, R. F.
f died of the wound inflicted by the battery, and an
i indictment for murder was handed out and found
p against A., to which he failed to appear and an
* swer. The usual rule nisi, for forfeiting the bond
was entered, which recited tha l A. had been called
- to answer the charge of assault and battery, and
? made default, upon service of scire facias Held,
* —That judgment lor the penalty of the bond was
, properly rendered against the surety. Judgment
t affirmed.
Miller A Jackson for plaintiff in error. McLaws,
i Attorney General, and A. H. H. Dawson, for de
e fendant in error.
James A. Lyon rs. The State. Assault with in
i tent to murder. From Washington,
s 1. The declarations and acknowledgement of an
t accomplice or co-defendant, but who is not on
r trial, are not admissible in evideuce for the pris
i- oner.
£ 2. A refusal by the presiding Judge to give a
i- charge correct in the abstract, uuless accompanied
by such remarks and qualifications as he thought
e the facts and circumstances of the case called for,
■- but which counsel objected to, insisting upon 'he
d charge as requested, is no ground of error. Judg
e ment affirmed.
H. Williams and F. S. Bartow, representing
Jenkins, for Plaintiff in error; McLaws, Attorney
General, for Defendant in error,
t- Wm. S. Daniel and Wm. S. Basinger, Esqs., of
a Savannah, were licensed to plead and practice, as
!- members of the Supreme Bar.
a The argument in the case of Watson vs Watson,
q from Richmond, was concluded. The remainder
n of the day was consumed by the case of Beal vs.
t- Hall, Admininstrator, from the same county, w hich
/ was concluded, and the Court adjourned.
1 Important from Utah Territory.
As everything from Utah Territory at the pre
sent time is of more or less interest, we copy the
following additional news from the Leavenworth
Herald, of the 3‘-th ult:
A correspondent of the St. Louis
who had an interview with Gen. Burr and* Judge
S>iles, says:
Their accounts of affairs in that Territory are
very exciting. The Mormons during the past
winter have been perpetrating many outrages upon
- the Gentiles aud the United States authorities
The gentlemen coufirm the accounts furnished
the press by Judge Drummond, and say that it is
worse now in Salt Lake City than it was at the
time Drummond left. Several have been mur
dered, and main* robberies committed by the
- Mormons during the last winter. The laws and
courts of the linked States are repudiated by or
- der of Gov. Young, whose will is supreme m that
section of our country, and the authorities of the
General Government treated very indignantly.
Judge Stiles’ court had been compelled to adjourn
in consequence of the mobucntiic spirit manifest
ed in opposition to it by the devoted followers of
Y« ung, rendering it impossible to issue a process
in Utah emanating from the district courts estab
lished there by act of Congress. The Mormon?
claimed exclusive jurisdiction, and repudiated
the idea that government lies any authoiity in
that Territory in any manner whatever.
The surveyor-general had been threatened with
violence several times, and at last forced to leave
for safety. Judge Stiles could not execute the
functions of his office, and con« luded to visit
Washington to see what could be done.
Mrs. Farnham, of Salt Lake City, had been
threatened and compelled to leave, and she came
on in the company which arrived yesterday. The
crime alleged against her was “boarding gen
tiles,” which was contrary to the will of the gor
ei nor.
The Mormons express themselves determined tc
’ resist to the death every attempt of the genera!
' government to establish any authority in Utah
“ That was their country, and no power on earth
’ shall interfere with them ”
’ Judge Stiles and Gen. Burr consider It absolute
ly necessary for the government to take the most
‘ stringent measures for the restoration of “law and
order” in that Territory, the inhabitants » f which
were in open rebellion against the laws .»iu author
ities of the United States, and unless something
was done, no one could foretell the evil that would
result from delay. Life and property was no» safe,
aud injured parties have no means of obtaining
redress. Young was governor and supreme dicta
tor—one of the greatest tyrants that ever lived.
His will is law, from which there is no appeal.
Weston, Mo., May 2h, 1857.
Mr. Samuel Gilbert arrived in this city last night
from Great Sail Lake City, lie left on the road
about two hundred miles from here, Gi n.- Burr,
United States Surveyor Geneial of Utah; Judge
Stiles, of the United States District Court ot Utah,
Peter Dodson, United Slates Marshal. Mr. Murrell
United States Postmaster at Salt Lake; Thomas
Williams, and a large number of “ gentiles,” com
ing into the State.
L-lT A correspondent of the Charleston Stan
dard, wi itiug from Snmterville, South Carolina, on
the Pth June, utter noticing the unfavorable ap
pearance of the crops, says :
“ My own opinion is, that, as a general thing,
there cannot possibly he m *te than a half crop this
year of every thing, and as we ull made short
crops last year, what are we to do for the support
of man and beast ?
“ I was told this morning by a respectable gen
tleman, that a certain class of the people—l allude
To the poor—are actually in a sta*e of starvation,
and I know that in many places tin v must suffer,
unless ai<i“d from some source. I think our Slate
Executive ought to call a Convention tor the pur
pose of d vising some pfan by which the poor of
the State might be fed for one or two months at
least. The State is able to help them, and I think
it ought to do so; if not, the burden will fall on a
few private inviduals. I think that the State could
spare at least one hundred thousand dollars, and
not miss it. It the State wont act in the matter,
the people must. 1 hope some kind feeling man
will, through the papers, instruct us how to act in
the matter.
“ Corn is selling in our village at one dollar and ,
fifty cents per bushel, for ca*h, and scarce at that.
I know thousands of people who can’t provide one
dollar to buy provisions with.”
“It Sxiu, Lives.”—Such was the text of the
New York He rail not many days ago, which it
amplified into an inspiriting appeal to the friends?
of Know Nothingism to rally again.
In ns issue of Saturday last, we find the follow
ing rather conflicting comment;
The delegates representing the remaining frag
ments of the late gr**at American party have had
their National Council at Louisville, Kv., and have
adj< timed.
Considering the results ot the lust November
elections, and of the early spring elections of the
present v< ar, and of the late Virginia election; and
considering, also, the signal defeat of the Know
Nothing 1* ug-Ughes at. the Washington city
municipal election the other day, it must be con
fessed that the circumstances and party reminis
cences attending tlusna iunal assemblage at Louis
ville, were not ot the most cheering description.
Hence it is not surprising t hat this Council exhibit
ed scarcely a greater degree of warmth or enthu
siasm than flu* remains of some unfortunate search
ing expedition for Sir John Franklin holding a
consultation over the wreck ot their ship among
tin* icebergs of the Arctic circle.
Does it still live?
From the Haiti more American.
Washington, June 5, 1857.
The new tariff will go into operation on the Ist
of July next. The importers have directed their
atraugemen’S, tor three months past, to this
change of the rate of duties. The goods that
have been imported since the act passed, have, for
the most part, been - lit in bond, and, when
brought into consumption, will be subject to the
reduced ra*e* of duty.
The amount of lorcign imports at New York
for the month of Mav last was £15,70.%0» o, ex
ceeding the amount imported it» the month of
May, 1555, bv seven millions But only one-third
of the dutiable imports tor the mouth were en
tered for consumption
The imports at New York tor the eleven months
of the present fiscal year amounted to #21",54f>,-
<*Oo. The total is over thirty millions larger than
the import tor the same period of the preceding
v* ar, and sixty-eight millions larger than for the
eleven months ending May 3‘\ 1855.
The imports into the city of New York are in
amount about two-thirds of the aggregate of the
imports into the country.
It appears that the imports of the fiscal year
ending on the 3mh of the present month will
greatly exceed those of either of the last, three*
years, and that they will also be considerably in
excess of the amount of exports.
The New York .Journal of Onnmrrce states, how
ever, that a large part of the increase of Hie im
ports is made up of an overstock of sugar and cof
fee. This stock was brought in. not for consump
tion, but for reshipment when the price shall be
high enough. The Journal says:
“ Manv look f r a large increase of imports, in
consequent e of the reduction m the rates of duty ;
but we think the effect of such a reduction is g. tier
ally overruled. The law of demand and supply
I will regulate the quantity to be received, and the
I change of duties will tend to place ot
■ au overstock upon the right shoulders.’
i The trade in foreign fabrics has not been very
l profitable of late, and, if the importers increase
l the stock beyond the demand, prices must fall.
Thus, low duties serve to check excessive lmporta
» tions.
l h is noticeable that, during the fiscal year now
soon to close, domestic exports have, t«» a great* r
, extent than usual, been shipped direct from the
• ports near the region of production— New Orleans,
Mobile. Ac. The amount f cotton and breadstuff’s
exported troro New oik, has not much in« reused
in comparison with the three preceding fiscal year8 r
• hut the amount of specie exported i» considerably
1 ilereased
Honorably Discharged.—Ex-Governor Bebb r
i of Ohio, who recently fired upon a party ofserena
j ders, at his re>idence »n Winnebago county, Hli
t nois, and killed <ne of then* and wounded others,
, has been honorably discharged, after a foil mvesti
e gation of the inat’er. The s* renaders, it appears,
- were a gang of insolent rowdies, who surn on e
the house of the ex-Govcrnor, and insulted nu
y family, un il he was compelled to fire upon tnem 3
y after begging and coaxing them to leave.
•f The Governorship of Utah.—We understanc
s from what we believe to be good aubority. tna
Hon. Philip Frank Thomas will accept the Cover
i, norship of Utah territory. Mr. Thomas is ahead
r distinguished in the public sj-mw. as a membtM
of Congress as Governor of Man land, end mon
U recently as Collector of >he purl ..f Balnnu.re.
* * jyr Y. Journal of Commerce