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SATUKDA Y, JUNJEI3.
Military Encampment.
We were correct, it appears, in our announce
ment a few days ago, that an encampment of all
the volunteer companies of the State, at Milledge
▼ille, early in July, was in contemplation. In the
Federal Union , and Southern Recorder , of the 9th
instant, we find the following communication from
Gov. Johnson, conveying an invitation from the
city of Milledgeville, the citizens of Baldwin coun
ty, the Baldwiu Blues, and the Executive of the
State, to all the volunteer companies of the State
to assemble aud encamp at the capital, on the 3rd,
4th, sth, and 6th days of July:
Executive Chamber, )
Milledgeville, Ga., June 6, 1357. f
In behalf of the citizens of Baldwin county, the
city of Milledgeville, and the Baldwin Blues, the
Beveral volunteer companies of the State are invit
ed to assemble and encamp at the capital, on the
Brd, 4th, sth and 6th days of July. In the absence
of authority to nrdef, I unite in this invitation, and
hope that it will be promptly accepted. It is ex
pected that all the companies, that can make it
convenient to attend, will arrive by three o’clock,
I*. M. f of Friday the 3rd, and that the encampment
w ill terminate at three o’clock, P. M., of Tuesday
the 7th of July, and each company to be provided
with its tents and camp equipments. Cup tains will
report to me by the 20th lust., the number of their
respective corps, that will respond to the invita
tion, in order that arrangements may be made lor
tli eir comfortable entertainment as soldiers.
The Staff of the Governor will attend in uniform
Atlantic Telegraph.
Extract of a letter received by a gentleman in
New York city, by lust steamer, from Professor
Mouse: “ I am hospitably housed with our good
friend,Dr. Whitkiioisk.No. 3 Ashburnham Terrace,
Greenwich. lam domiciled with him for the con
venience of consultation together, and experiment
ing at the Cable Works.
“ All my investigations into the practicability of
working the telegraph with commercial speed, be
tween America and Europe, and study, with Dr.
White house, of the phenomena of the current in
Submarine conductors, gives me only a stronger
assurance than ever of its ultimate success, and a
Success realizing your most sanguine anticipations.’
U. S. Military Academy.
The annual examination of the cadets of the
West Point Military Academy, began on the 2nd
Instant, and that of the first or graduating class
was concluded a few days ago. There are tlnrty
eight members in this class. Among them we no
tice tin* names of E. P. Alkx andkk, Thomas J.
Berry, Amklii.s F. Conk, aud Robert 11. Ander
son, of Georgia.
Capt. Pai l J. Skunks, of Columbus, Ga., is one
of the Board of Visitors in attendance.
‘•Slight Difference*.”
In our paper of June sth, we referred to the difier
iug telegraph leportsof thoreceiptsofcotton in Liv
erpool and the sales of the week in the telegraph
reports of the America. We stated, substantially,
at the time, that we considered the errors were
Imule by the “printers,” and of course, inferential
ly excused news agents, as well us telegpuph opera
tors any carelessness on theii part. Yesterday we
received the following note from Mr. I). 11.
Cuaio, the agent of the Associated Press, in New
York, which fixes the error upon the “printers.”
We can very well excuse the typos tor their mis
take in the cotton receipts of the week, for tfie re
ceipts were larger than ever before known for one
week in Liverpool:
New 1 oil, June 9.1857,
Gentlemen : I observe in the Charleston Courier
and Augusta Constitutionalist , some paragraphs
with regard to a supposed error in the Liverpool
cotton market •• r steamship America, as transmu
ted to those ft* d other a p&pers. The imports of tin
week were staled in the disputch in question, which
was sent to the Baltimore papers, as well as those
of Charleston and Augusta, at two hundred snd
eleven thousand five hundred hales, and the sales
of the week at thirty-five thousand bales, both of
which »»«»«»«■*•«•♦«* worn oiniHnnnt by thn circulars
subsequently received. The Patriot , undoubted
ly. by a typographical blunder, omitted the figure
two, finis making eleven thousand five hundred,
while the Petersburg blundered the
bales in some manner unknown to me.
Respectfully, I). 11. CRAIG.
Wort Point Miiimry Ycudemv.
The annual examination of the West Point Mili
tary Academy commenced on the 2d inst.,uud has
liot yet concluded. The following is a list of its
first class. All its members have been in the
Academy since July, 1853 :
John C. Palfrey, Mass., Man'g. M. Kimntel, Mo.,
Uioh’d. K. Mead,jr., Vu George 11. Weeks, Me .
George 0. Strong, Mass.,'Sam. \V. Ferguson, S. C.,
F. Porter Alexander, Ga., Jno. T Magruder, at l’ge,
Henry M Robert, Ohio.JP. J. Quattlebauin. S. (’.,
Thomas (J. Baylor, Vu., Vmelius F. Pone, Ga.,
lluld. S. Putnam, N. 11. JG. A Cunningham, Ala.,
J. L. KirhySmilli, at I’ge, Harry C. McNeill, Texas,
William P. Smith, Vu., Ira \V\ Chitlin, loan,
George A. Reused, Kv., Edward J. Conner, N. 11 ,
Thomas J. Berry, Ga.. ‘.losepli S. Conrad. N. V.,
Chus. 11. Morgan, N. Y , Lafayette Peek, Trim.,
Ab’tn. C. Wilurick, N. J., Jno. S. Maruiaduke, Mo..
Oliver 11. Fish, Kv., Georg, W. Holt, Ala.,
Win. Sinclair, Ohio, Kob’t. 11, Anderson, Ga.,
Francis Beach, Conn., Thos. J. Lee, la.,
Aug. G. Robinson, Me., Geo. Rvan. G.nin.,
Chas. J. Walker, Kv., Chas. E. Farrand, N. Y.
Edward R. Warner, Pa.. 0
Fleur from aua Uncut.
We would call the attention of those in want of
an excellent article of flour, to the notice of Messrs.
Carmichael & Co., in another column, who adver
tise for sale Extra Family Flour, made from new
wheat, at their mills in this city.
The wheat from which this Hour was manufac
tured, was grown upon the farm of Mr. C. DkLaiolk,
near this city. It was cut on Wednesday last—
ground at Carmichael A Co.’s mills on Friday
afternoon—and Saturday (yesterday) morning a
portion of it was on board the steamer Marion at
Charleston, bound for New York.
If the steamer reaches her wharf, in the usual
time, this flour, manufactured from wheat which
was growing in the vicinity of this city on Wed
day last, will be in the New York market on Tues
day morning.
Georgia nan road.
The following is a statement of the receipts of
produce at this point, by the Georgia railroad,
from the Ist to the 11th of June :
Cotton. Flour. Grain. Bacon.
June 1 41 61 68 35,959
44 2 35 l 47.454
44 S 50 5 49 18,212
4 * 4 8 75 87,608
44 5 84 1 SOO 1,30<>
44 6 57 6 931 15,118
“ 8 62 1,079 865,816
44 9 22 115 16,042 58,971
44 10 I 2 649 42,993
Railroad Convention at Columbus.
The following are the resolutions adopted at a
public meeting of the citizeus of Columbus, called
by Mayor Wilkins, to consider the subject of the
connection of the railroads terminating at that
point:
Restolz&l, That it is the sense of this meeting
that, at this time, the question of the proposed
connection <»f the railroads converging to this
city presents to its cmz ns questions of the most
vital importance. Therefore,
Rrsotwd , That a committee of five be named bv
! he l' ur puse of coufering with the
Executives «.ft he various roads as to the ends to
, bv Si,,d ‘’.’•"posed connections, and the
Xll' i To"*’* °V ,S scconiphstmienu
_j- * r,at when this meeting adjourn it
Wesnesday the
be“ aDd U> ' akß S " Ca ac,ion
The committee appointed in accordance with .he
second resolution consists ot L. T. Downing \ R
Aver, R. L. Mott, Robert Murdoch, aud Wm C
Gray.
I Capt. Davis’ Report.
We find in the Charleston Starulard of the 10th
instant, and repnblish in another column, a letter ,
j from Commander Davis, of the sloop-of war St. *
Marvs, to Commodore Mervine, which is his offi
cial report of the forced capitulation of General
Walker at liivas on the Ist of May. It is not a
very crediiable official document, being partly an
argument, partly an explanation, partly an eulogy
of Gen. Mora, the commander-in-chief of the allied i
army, and partly an attack upon Gen. Walker— j
the victim of his zealous, aggressive friendship. |
But it is a very interesting letter at this time, and j
we commend it to the attention of our readers* j
with the simple remark that its ex parte statements |
fully justify all the censure, which has been heap- j
ed upon Commander Davis for his conduct in con- j
nectioo with the capitulation of Walker.
When the next Congress assembles, a call will |
be made, ( if they are not furnished in the message
of the President,) for the instructions to the com
mander of the Pacific Squadron, behind which
Commander Davis shelters himself, and their pub
lication may throw a flood of light upon the
transactions of the last two years in Nicaragua;
but in the meantime, with the light furnished by
Commander Davis’s letter, he is responsible for
the abrupt termination of the American occupa
tion of Nicaragua. His instructions from the
late Administration, under which he professes
to have acted, do not, us far as they are dis
closed in his letter, justify his conduct, as
they did noi require the action which he took.
It appears that the course to be pursued bv
the officer in command of our naval force upon
the Pacific coast was discretionary, ‘‘in the event
"f the expulsion of Walker and his forces from
Nicaragua, by the allied armies, and of his de- ■
parture to adjacent territory in Central America
for the purpose of hostile and aggressive opera
tions.” These instructions anticipated a state of
things which did not exist upon the Istot May.
Walker at that date, had not been expelled from
Nicaragua by the allied armies, nor bud lie de
parted upon a maurading raid, to adjacent territo
rv of Central America. He was in arms and suc
cessfully maintaining his position at Rivas, and
yet, strange to say, it is this passage from the in
structions of the last administration, which Coni’ *
Davis quotes to justify his conduct, lie gives
the instructions, by which he was to be governed
in an anticipated state of facts, as his justification
in bringing afmut that state of facts, to a certain
••xtent. He is censured for expelling Walker
from Nicaragua -and he gives as his authority for
expelling him, the instructions of the last admin
istration by which his conduct was lobe governed
after Walker had bun expelled by th» alius. With
the lights before us, we must hold him responsible
for Walker’s forced withdrawal from Nicaragua.
It is but just however to this accomplished and
capable officer of our Navy to add, that the Presi
dent and Secretary of the* Navy, with the instruc
tions under which he acted before them, approve
his conduct, us decidedly as they condemn the in
structions.
Kansas and the lllavh Republicans.
The Black Republicans clearly do not wish Kan
sas to be admitted into the Union as a free State.
They have asserted ever since the passage of the
Kansas-Nebraska act, that the practical effect of
that measure would be to introduce a slave State
into the Union, foi med out of territory lying North
of the Missouri Compromise line—this is theprinci
pa‘ argument which they have employed in urray
uig a powerful opposition against that bill, it.s
principles and its supporters throughout the north
e n States—and a different result will confound
them and all their plans for the Presidential can
vas of IH6<». Tlie regular and recognized Legisla
ture of the Territory in February last passed an
act, providing for a Convention of the people to
frame a Constitution and State government pre
paratory to an application for admission into the
wkim ) j »* aerftfemeut »»rifie
question of slavery in the territory by an appeal
to the ballot box, and provided fora fair expres- 1
sion of the will of the people upon this subject, '
tree from fraud, violeuce or foreign intervention.
But the Black Republicans of the north, were not
disposed to have so speedy and satisfactory a so
lution of the Kansas question. It had been their
stock in trade in the lust Presidential election—
hud proved to be a profitable investment, and they
were reserving it for future use. Accordingly the
Constitutional Convention act was denounced, and
the free State men of Kansas were advised not to
vote at the election of delegates under it, but to per
mit the election togo by their default in favor of the
pro-slavery party, and ft* maintain their independ
ent revolutionary organization, upon the Topeka
Constitution. This advice to a certain extent was
adopted and acted upon—many of the free State
men refusing to register their names in the census
which was ordered to ascertain those who were
entitled, under the act of the Legislature, to vote
for delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
The Black Republicans were delighted at the pros
pect of the continued agitation of the Kansas ques
tion, and the South was equally delighted at the
prospect of the adoption of a Constitution allowing
slavery, ami the Admission of Kansas into the
Uniou under it —through the Jolly oj' her enemies.
Such would have been the inevitable result if Gov
ernor Walker had not interposed with the propo
sition to submit the Constitution to be adopted to
all the inhabitants of the territory, who may be
there at. the time of its adoption. If this policy is
carried out, the fiee State men may refuse to par
ticipate in the election of delegates to be held on
the 15th of this raon'h —the Convention may be
composed exclusively of pro-slavery meu a Con
stitution expressly establishing slavery may be
adopted—but it will be rejected, and the Black Re
publicans are consequently again disturbed with the
prospect ol the speedy admission of Kansas into the
Union as a free State. Tins result, which they have
always declared, never could be accomplished uuder
the operation of the Kansas-Nebraska act, would
be fatal to them and to their present organization
and they will use every effort to defeat it. This is
apparent iu the strictures of their press upon the
inaugural address of Gov. Walkek. It is, in the
language of one of their leading organs, “the most
important concession to the popular sentiment of
the North, which has been made by auy officer of
the general administration, since the accession of
Mr. Folk.” And, again, “ the step which Gov.
Walker has taken may be said to multiply the
chances of bringing Kausas peacefully into the
Union as a free State, and in that respect we regard
it as one of the most significant and auspicious re
sults of the November election.” This is the lan
guage which they are obliged to employ iu refe
rence to that address, and yet they persist in de
claring that Kansas will be a slave State, even if
the Constitution is submitted to a vote of all the
actual resideuts of the Territory, at the time of its
adoption, uine-tenths of whom, according to their
statements, will be free State men. Clearly it is
not their policy, or their desire, that Kansas should
be admitted as a free State, and we can only hope
that their efforts to defeat this result may be suc
cessful.
Memphis (Tt-un.) Appeal of the June
9th, says: “At u meeting of the Hook and Ladder
Company No. 1, held on last Saturday evening it
was resolved to invite the Pioneer Hook and Lad
der Compauy of Augusta, Ga., to visit this city.
This Compauy is oue of the finest Companies in
that beautiful city.”
l£sT The Rev. J. E. Uyerson, of Augusta, has
consented to deliver the annual oration before the
Stale Temperance Convention at Allauta, on the
2d Thursday iu July next.
Kleelion of' Judge Hopkins.
It will be seen by the following, from the Rich
mond South , the telegraphic reports to the contra
| try, that Judge Hopkins, the regularly nominated
; Democratic candidate, has been elected to Congress
lin the 13th district, Virginia. The vote, a9 will be
i seen, is a very close one.
I In the eleven counties composing the 13th Con
gressional district, Hopkins, Democratic candi
• date, is elected by the foilwing statement of the
j votes:
Hopkins. Martin.
| Washington.. .447 maj. Lee 550 maj.
Smyth 77 “ Scott 320 44
Tazewell 304 “ Russell 60 44
Pulaski 275 44 Grayson 123 44
Carroll 40 44 Wythe 90 44
1,152 1,143
1,143
Hopkins’ maj....9
Wise county, not being counted separately, is
included in the vote of Lee, Scott, and Russell.
Among the new post offices established re
cently, are the following in this State: Bradford’s
Store, Baker county, Joseph J. Bradford, Post
master. And the following in Edgefield District,
S. C.: Grove Hill, H. R. Goodman, Postmaster;
and Sister Springs, Wn. Haltinangkr. Postmas
ter.
The Chatham Artillery have declined to ac
cept the the invitation of Governor Johnson to
spend the 4th of July in Milledgeville.
The Washington Artillery (Capt Kirkpatrick, 1
of this city, have accepted the invitation.
Z'W m Dr. C. 11. Guyton, for many years a repre
sentative in the Legislature from the county of
Laurens, died at his residence in Dublin on the
10th of May.
Z : W~ The commencement of the Madison Fe
male College will take place on Thursday the 9th
<»t July. The literary address will be delivered
by Rev. James It. Thomas, D. D., President of
Emory College.
The original “ I)it<l Sc>tl" has been engag
ed for Barnum’s Museum, in New York. He will
f«>rui the “great attraction” for visitors to the
Museum the ensuing fall.
Gen. Walker left Louisville for Cincinnati
on the 1« th instant.
The Secretary ok War.—The Washington City
Stab* t, says, Gov. Floyd is about to leave the city.
He will be absent several days.
The I\* D<e ( S. C.) Tim** nominates Chancellor
l)\roan for the United States Senate, in place of
Judge Butler, recently deceased.
Mr. John Dyson, of Thomasville, will deliver
the annual Literary Address at the commencement
of the South-western Female College in Cutbbert,
Ga., on the first Wednesday in July next.
The Memphis bulletin, of the 7th instant, an
nounces the reception of ten tierces rice by tin*
house of Stock ley, Nelson A Co., it being the first
shipment of the article through by railroad from
Charleston.
Hon. Howell Cobb lms accepted an invitation
from his relatives in Greenville, X. C., to visit
them on the 24th of June, (the occasion of the ded
ication of St. John’s College, in Oxford) provided
his business will permit him to leave Washington
at that time.
Secretary Floyd has left Washington on a brief
visit to Virginia. W. R. Dkinkard has been ap
pointed acting Secretary of War during the ab
sence of that gentleman.
In August the people of lowa are to vote on the
question of allowing free colored persons to vote
in the elections oh th*» uutu» iurnot a* white men.
On Friday, June 5, at Marion C. 11., Moses Har
rilson, convicted of the murder of Rogers, suffer*
ered the penalty of death.
Appointment by the President.—Paul AftNAr
collector of the customs district of St. Augustine, 1
Florida, vice Mathias R. Andrew, resigned.
Wiiat Scientific Men Think. —That great phi
losopher, Muggins, after expending upon the sub
ject a vast amount of his Herculean intellect, has
arrived at the conclusion that should the collision
of the earth with any celestial wanderer take place
as anticipated, we shall all be summarily knocked
into a “ comet- ose” condition. He hopes the medi
cal critics will not attempt to annihilate his pro
found deductions.
Appointment—Governor or Utah.—We learn,
says the Charleston Conner, of yesterday, from
reliable authority, that lien. B. Hopkins, of Jack
sonville, Fla., has been offered the appointment of
Governor of Utah territory. General Hopkins is
known as a famous Indian tighter, and if a man
of resolution and nerve is needed to deal with the
disciples of Joe Smith, it would, perhaps, be diffi
cult to tix on a better choice.
Popular Dread of the Comet.—ln England the
fear of harm from the approach of the expected
comet has prevailed to an incredible extent, not
only among the masses, but among the cultivated
and aristocratic. Many have believed that the
world would come to an end on the 13th of June;
the scriptures have been anxiously searched for
predictions of the eveut, ami the priests and clergy
have been tormented with questions. Some have
made preparations for the catastrophe by a course
of fasting and prayer; others have foolishly
squandered their property, believing in good sooth
that they would have no further need of it. The
belief has prevailed—that on the day named the
fierv messenger of doom would be seen drawing
nearer and nearer to our earth ; that its massive
bulk would spread and fill the whole visible hori
zon, enveloping this globe in utter darkness, draw
ing the water out of our seas and rivers, and final
ly converting the world into a heap of cinders.
The following is the resolution passed by
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, of Memphis
. in reference to ihe Pioneer Hook and Ladder Com
pany of this city :
Pesolred, That the officers and members of the
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, of Augusta
Ga., be requested to accept our sincere ac nowl
edgements for their unbounded and liberal hospi
tality extended to us, and it is our wish that they
may soon favor us with a return visit, united as
we are by hoots of steel, aud they shall always
stand upon the topmost round of* our ladder ot
. “friendship, gratitude and affection.”
The Cdssville Standard of the 11th instant
has the following announcement:
“ Latest News ! -The Editor Married !!—Hcr
rau for Our Side !!—The Standard on Rising
Ground!!
44 We stop the press to make an important an
nouncement, which may be found in the usual
place to wit: the marriage of the editor of this
paper. Hurrah for our folks.
44 P. S.—Two hundred cash subscribers to the
Standard wanted immediately. Publisher.”
Hon. Hubert Toombs*
We find the following paragraph in the Atlauta
Examiner of Saturday morning :
The Hon. Robert Toombs, en route from Tex
as to his home in Washington, Wilkes countv,
reached our city on Thursday afternoon last, and
remained over until yesterday morning. We re
gret to state that this distinguished gentleman
had suffered severe injury in Texas, by the run
ning away of a horse that he was driving. He is,
however, rapidly recovering, and is able to gel
about pretty well with the aid of crutches. In
other respects, Mr. Toombs is in fine health and
spirits.
Z'J&T Several of the butchers in Columbus pro- I
pose to furnish beef to their patrons and the pub
lic on accommodating terms. One firm offers to
sell fresh meats at half price, after regular market
hours. Another party intends to give away to the
deserving poor good pieces of meat, and refuses to
sell “ rubbish beef at any price.” The contest !
among the butchers, if continued during the sum- !
mer, will enable the poor of Columbus to fare
sumptuously on meat every day.
Wm. Walker reached Cairo, Illinois,
on the 6th, and Louisville, Kentucky, on the Sth
inst. We have seen a dispatch from him, to Col.
A. F. Rudler, w ho is now in this city, dated at the
latter place, on the day of his arrival, in which he
states that he will pass through Augusta on his
return West from Washington city. He will pro
bably reach this city between the 20th and 30th
instants.
We observe that the sites of the following
post offices in this State has been changed—Moun
tain House, Polk county, Georgia, into Cass coun
ty, B. F. Williams, Postmaster; Middle River,
Franklin county, as more central than the former
location, Calvin S. Weld, Postmaster.
E3T Correspondents of the Macon Telegraph,
suggest Col. Geo. R. Hunter, of Crawford, and
Col. A. A. Gaulding, of the Empire Slut*-, Griffin,
as suitable persons to represent the Democracy of
the third district in Congress.
The property known as the Montpelier
Springs, where the Georgia Episcopal Institute
was located for a number of years, is advertised
for sale.
Among those admitted to the bar of the
Supreme Court, at its present session at Savannah,
we notice the names W. It. McLaws aud Theo
dore Cone, Esqs., of this city.
Hon. John* E. Ward, of Savannah, will
deliver the annual address at the approaching
Commencement of the Wesleyan Female College,
Macon, on the 15th of July.
Z*> ® Lord Napier, it i?> now stated, has not offi
cially, or in any other way, contradicted the rumor
of the cession of an island or islands by New
Granada to England.
jy The Hon. Robert Toombs came passenger
in the Opelousas at New Orleans, on the 15th inst.,
from Texas. We presume be may be expected
home in a few days.
J3T* The Bank of Fulton has declared a semi
annual dividend of five per cent., payable at their
bunking house on demand.
Z Ex-Governor Henry, of Maryland, it is now
announced, has been tendered the office of Gover
nor of Utah, and will probably accept it.
£Sf“The Democratic Convention in the third
Congressional district will be held at Forsyth,
Monroe county, on Monday, the 22d day of June.
2-**" The next Southern Central Agricultural
Fair will be held at Atlanta.
Dissolution.—The Sacramento Union says a
number of the leading members of the late Know
Nothing party of California recently met by pre
vious arrangement, with closed doors, in Sacra
inento, for the purpose of advising upon the bes
course to be pursued as to their future political
position. With entire unanimity they came to the
conclusion that it would be useless longer to con
tinue a separate organization. They then resolved
to sustain the administration of President Buchan
an, and to stand upon his platform so long as those
principles should be maintained. The assemblage
embraced many of the leaders of the late party.
The extent of the corn scarcity in North Caro
lina may be inferred from the* tact fhui the Wtt-
and Weldon Railroad Company will, un
til the Ist of October next, transport over their
road all corn and provisions intended for delivery
on the line of the North Carolina railroad, West
of the county of Johnston, at one-half the rates
established by the present tariff of charges.
The latest advices from Minnesota state that in
the election for delegates to the Constitutional Con
vention held in that Territory, the Democrats were
triumphant, having elected thirty-five of their
candidates, while the Republicans secured only
eleven. •
Among the passengers in the Columbia, which
-ailed from New York for Liverpool on Saturday
last, were the Intendant of the Treasury of Costa
Rica, aud several other gentlemen from that State.
Their visit to England at this time has considera
ble significance.
Hon. Howell Cobb has accepted an invitation
from his relations in Granville, N. C\, to visit them
on the 24th of June, (the occasion of the dedica
tion of St. John’s College, in Oxford,) provided
his business will permit him to leave Washington
at that time.
Important to Southern Ministers.—The Ala
bama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church has unanimously voted in favor of ex
punging from the Discipline, the General Rule
forbidding “buying and selling of men, women
and children, with an intention to enslave them.”
Large Import.— On Monday, 18th ult , the co’-
ton arrivals at Liverpool, many vessels having
been previously detained by unfavorable weather,
reached eighty-eight thousand bales, the lagest im
port for any day recorded.
The new tariff'of Brazil goes into effect the first
of July. The scale of duties on American pro
ducts was, generally speaking, higher. Flour wus
an exception, as the duty was reduced.
The London Morning Star of the 21st of May,
says: “ A letter from the Hague states that the
Dutch government has decided on sending a Dutch
vessel of war into the China seas.”
Much attention is now paid to the habits of para
sites detected by the microscope »n ihe livers of
animals on which we feed. Many diseases are at
tributed to this origin.
The Richmond Whig, of June 4th, advises the
American party to disband, as it can never, the
Whig says, effect anything at all as a national
party.
The Georgia Telegraph.
We find the following in the Macon Telegraph of
the 9th instant:
44 This number of the Telegraph, is (the Christian
Index only excepted) the first uewspaper ever print
ed m Macon by the ageuev of steam. It does not
differ much from iis predecessors, although it has
travelled through the press with somewhat greater
rapidity. Our engine was manufactured for us
from an entirely original design and patterns bv
Messrs. Robert Findlay A Sons, at their large es
tablishment in this city. It is a five horse power
engine, attached to a tine boiler—the whole occu
pying just about the space of three <<r four feet by
seven, aud working away on an arm full of wood
or coals with all the ease, quiet gravity, and digni
tv of a mammoth affair. When it is painted and
adorned, it will no doubt be fine as a fiddle. It is
a style of engine which we should think would be
in request among planters to drive their gins and
grist mills, or do any work about plantationsneed
ing steady and continuous power. In ginning
time, if this matter was fairly present dto the
mules, they would understand the economy of it at
once.”
An inscription upon one of the buildings in Cin
cinnati on the occasiou of the great railroad « ele
bratiun was : “A locomotive is the only good mo
tive for riding a man on a rail.”
1 Paragraphs from ihe Southern Recorder, of
the 9th instant:
A friend writes us from Putnam, that Mr. Beni.
Mosel;, Sr , aged seventy-six, and John Hudson,
Sr., aged sixty-three, both died in that county on
the sth instant. We receive this news with regret,
|as these gentlemen were among the oldest, most
j useful and estimable citizens of that county.
The Episcopal Congregation in this city have,
we understand, engaged the services of the Rev!
. Mr. Maybin, of Ky., as their pastor,
i Good Be *ts for the treason. —Maj. John R.
, Moore has complimented us with a few new beets,
; tile largest we have seen of this year's growth.
They measure from eleven to eleven and a half
| inches in circumference.
! | Crops in Berrien. —Extract of a letter to the
: , editors of the Recorder, dated,
i i Ava, Berrien co., Ga., May 26, 1657.
! Crops sorry. Our cotton doiug hut little—peo
j pie have plowed up and planted some half of their
1 cotton ground in corn. Very wet and cold.
*s?* We clip the following paragraphs from
the last Dahlonega Mountain signal:
Quarterly Meeting. —The quarterly meeting of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, at this place,
closed on Monday night last. The meeting was
■ largely attended. Among the divines, we notice
the Rev. Mr. Waters, from the Rabun Circuit,
whose able sermons, it is to be hoped, have been
treasured up both by saint and sinner, that they
1 may profit thereby.
j f/-e Weather. —For some days past we have had
j weather like unto old lime Spring, and vegetation
f I erer T kind is growing rapidly, it is thought
i bv the old farmers of the country that the range
is better than it has been for many vears, which is
very gratifying in this, the season of hard limes.
/hit Sturm. —We learn that a hail storm, about
a half-mile in width, passed through the western
portion of Hall county u tew days since, which
did great damage to the wheat crops and gaideus.
VST" News items from the Savannah Republican
of 9th instant.
We are pleased to see that the Fashion Line of
steamboats, between tins city and Augo-ta, t,
aga'tt before the public, for business. The line is
tolly equipped with boats of the highest possible
draught, which will be able to run at all stages ot the
rtvfr. We learn that the agent here has bills of
lading for a quantity of heavy goods, with a pros
pect of many more.
Supreme Court. —The Court disposed of two
cases yesterday—Adams vs. the Stale, front Co
lumbia, and Lyons vs . t |, e .state, front Washing
ton aud heard a. portion of the argument in the
Case of Watson vs. Watson, from Richmond.
A Fleet of leg els —Within the past two days
there have arrived here from coastwise ports, three
barks, one brig, and seven schooners, all bringing
large and valuable cargoes. In strolling along the
wharves yesterday, we ncticej that business has
assumed a different aspect float what it has shown
lor the past few weeks, owing doubtless to recent
arrivals.
'-s'/ Paragraphs from the Macon efoumal it Mes
senger, of June loth :
Masonic Female College.— We observe that the
Commencement Exercises of this institution, loca
ted at Lumpkin, Ga., Oiko (dace tin the 2trh inst.
The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. J. I'.
Duncan, on the Sabbath preceding, and the litera
ry address by our esteemed townsman, the Hon.
Clifford Anderson.
Mon. Cincinnati^* Peeples. —A complimentary
dinner was given to this gentlemen last week at
Athens. Judge Jackson presided. Quite a num
ber of the legal profession were present.
Gmcicts Cmiohl. —Thomas Sorrells, w ho was re
cently convicted in this county, of the murder of
Sato. est, a negro wagoner, and sentenced to the
Penitentiary for life, managed to escape a few days
since. He went to Houston county, where, wi’tti I
another escaped convict, by Ihe name of John t
Heath, lie broke into the store of Mr. John A.
Sperrv, where they took two double-barrelled guns,
and sundry other articles. They were making
their way to Florida, but were overtaken and ar
rested by (Jett. A. G. Bostwick, of WitKinson coun
ly, and have been returned to their old quarters in
tite Penitentiary.
Stoi-e Mountain House.-—\ very pleasant sojourn
of a few days, recently, at this popular establish
ment. induces us Ur recommend it to those who
would breathe a pure and bracing atmosphere,
contemplate one of the grandest exhibitions of
nature, and enjoy the good cheer of the polite host
and hostess. There is a fine spring of excellent
miopial water, within walking distance of the
Hotel.
Wkatuer ami Cltoes in Aukansas.-We find the
following account of the condition of the crops in
Arkansas, in the Helena Shield, of Satuiday, the
6th instant:
" We have endeavored to learn something of the
prospects of the corn and cotton crops in this re
gion ot die country-but the reports from differ
ent localities are so very conflicting that it is ditfi
cult to determine, with anything like accuracy
what the prospects really are. It may, however!
be safely said that neither corn uor cotton, at this
time, promise un average crop.
The Savannah Georg inn and Journal.
The Morning yetis, of the 11th instant, says:
“It is known to ull our city readers that the Qeor
gum tC* Journal establishment was sold on the 2d
instant, under a foreclosure ot a mortgage aga nsi
its former proprietors. It was purchased bv Mr.
John Hioddaid, who at once closed the office. Ne
gotiations were entered into by Mr. A. R. L unar,who
na> for some lime pas. had control of the editorial
columns, with a vi, w to resume its publi at ion.
A lnle tLese negotiations were pending we refrain
ed from making any announcement ot the discon
duuauce ol the paper. Mr. Lamar now auihot izes
us to say that he has been unable to conclude a
purchase of the Uturgmn establishment, and th..t
ms connection with the paper has ceased. The
office remain'* closed and m possession of the par
tus who purchased it at sheriff s sale.”
Sandy and Dusty Cotton.—Extract from a Man
chester spinner’s letter, dated, May 15, 1b57 :
“What will become of the cotton mixed with
sand, duet and trash, I don’t know. No one here
will iiave it. The following will show.
“We bought a few days ago a lot of decent, or
dinary New Orleans, w ith staple, at 7d. per lb.
On opeuing them we thought them rather dusty,
and ordered our men to put 100 lbs. through the
cleaning machine. It lost in the process 14J>£ per
cent. I selected three bales, taking out LUO Ims.
It lost 47per cent!! ! Not satisfied, I ordered
the trial to be repeated on another 100 lbs. The
loss was per cent. This loss consisted in in
visible dust and visible sand. We test all our
1 purchase of cotton in the same wav, and we find
Middlmg New Orleans to lose from s}* to fij*?
per cent , Good Ordinary 7 to 9 per cent., Good
, “India,” average quality, 12 to 18 per cent. Now.
> can any spinner be expected to buy this sanded.
, dusty cotton? I say not, and pay his way. Don’t
send me anv more of this rubbish. Your planters
are doing themselves no good bv this year’s sys
tem of packing cotton iu Louisiana aud Missis
■ sippi.”
f
Virginia Elections.—The returns as they come
m swell the Democratic maj »rities. All the Con
gressmen are Democratic, and that party has u
1 large majority in the Legislature. J. Randolph
Tucker is elected Attorney General without seri-
J ous opposition, and the Hon. Z Kidwell, Comniis
-1 sioner of Public Works. The Congressmen elect
ed are as follows: First district, M. R H. Garnett,
majority about five hundred; Second. J. S. Mill
son, no opposition; Thi»d, John S Caskie, one
thousand eight hundred majority; Fourth, Wm.
f O. Goode, two th usand five hundred majority;
Fifth, Thomas S. Bocock, three thousand five hun
, dred majority; Sixth. Paulus Powell, n<* opposi
. tion; Seventh, Wm. Smith, one thousand four
I hundred majority; Eighth. 0. J. Faulkner, two
> thousand three bundled majority; Ninth, John
r Letcher, five thousand majority; Tenth, S. Clem
* ens, two thousand majority; Ele enth, A. G. Jenk
ins, one thousand two hundred majoiitv; Twelfth,
. H. A. Edmund son, no opposition; 1 hirteenth, E
r S. Martin, (iistr.bmion I) mocrat, one huudre and
. fifty majority. This lust is doubled.
Washington Star , June 8.
,
Enough for any Purpose. —ln ihe next Legisla
-1 tore of Virginia, ihe Democrats will have an *>ver
* whelming majority—the Enquirer thinks the num
• ber will reach eighty-neoen ou joint hallo*. In the
I Senate the Democrats will have auout sixteen ma
. joritv. In the House so far as heard from, there
r are elected 107 Democrats, 35 Distribute mists, aud
• one Independent. Nine members are still to heat
t from ; a majority of them doubtless, w ill be Dem
ocrats. Surely this is sufficient for all practical
purposes. A score or more may go on a pleasure
- exeu sion, stay at home, or quietly repose in their
minis, and they will never be missed. We pre
- suuie ihe majority is even larger than any known
m the days of Jackson. —Petersburg Express.
PenJxxly’s Strawberries in Philadelphia.
We fin*. 1 the following in the Penntylvanian of
the loth inst:
We have receired by the Keystone Siate, just ar
rived from Savannah, through Mr. Thomas H.
Brown, of this city, a box of main moth strawberries
from Mr. Charles Peabody, of Columbus,
who has gained great celebrity for bis successful
cultivation of this delicious fruit. They have won
derfully retained their freshness and flavor after a
journey of nearly twelve hundred miles, and when
just pulled from their Tint*, we hare no doubt they
are the nonpareil of the hesry tribe of luxuries.
In size they are larger than any other variety we
have ever seen, while they make the air redolent
of that exquisite- perfume which pertains only to
this “queen of the garden.” The cultivators of
this fruit about Philadelphia will do well to intro
duce this Peabody seedling, lor with a little more
improvement in size, they can be sold like
peaches and pairs by the single. As it is, a gill
of cream would not cover more than two or
three of them, and if it is not allowed us to take
“two bites to a cherry," we certainly must take sev
eral to these mammoth strawberries. We are tri
butary to our southern friends for early luxuries of
all Kinds, and itts therefore prudent that we should
tind out the localities where the best are produced.
Georgia certainly hears away the palm iu one par
tit ular, and we know no godd reason whv it should
not be called the “Strawberry State,” after the ex
position ot Its capacity which the attention of Mr.
Peab idy has brought to our notice. We present
our readers with the letter of Mr. Peabodv, which
will explain ail we have omitted :
Columbia, G&., June Ith, ISST.
117/ liahi e, E-,.: By the Keystone State,
which sails from Savannah to-morrow. I send you
a small case ot mv new llauthols Seeding Straw
berry Fruit. The' la'e frost has cut oft tny crop of
berries and materially controlled the size of the
fruit. I send you the sample til.; you may judge
ol their beauty, flavor, and keeping qualities. For
should this case of berries reaeh you. it will have
travelled six mil.-- be wagon f: --pi toy grounds to
Columbus, three hundred miles by railroad from
Columbus ni Savannah, and s--iae eight hundred
miles by steamer from Savannah to Philadelphia.
Should they arrive in good order, pi- use show
them to ih jse ol your rands that appreciate good
fruit. Very truly youi s.
Cbaul s A. Pbabodt.
From the Suannuh KepMican, Ju,,e\3.
Supreme Court.
rue Court rendered decisions in the following
cases yesterday. 8
Matthew W.' Bonn, vs, Moses L. Bunn. In Eqtti
»y. from Burke.
Tin- following instrument held to be a Deed and
not a \\ ill, viz:
Burl? County. —This Indenture, made
il»** first day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and forty live, between
Civility Bunn, <>f?aid county and State, of the one
i-ar :, and Matthew W. Bunn, son of the said Civil
ity Bunn ol the same place, of the other part,
witoesseth, that the said Civility Bunn, lor and
m consideration of the natural lore and affection
winch I have, and bear to mv said sou Matthew
W. Bunn, and for and in consideration of the
>um of live dollars cash tn hand paid bv the said
Matthew \\ Bunn, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, have given and granted,and do by
these presents give and grant unto ihetaid Mathew
VV. Bunn, his heirs and assigns, all that tract
of land situate, Iving and being in the sev
enty-fourth Distiiet oi the county of Burke,
th“ place whereon 1 now reside, containing
live hundred and sixty acres, be the same more
or less, one negro woman a s'ave by the
name ot Matilda, aged about forty years, one
negro boy Edmund aged seventeen years, a
j negro girl Rhodv aged fourteen years, with'all of my
stock of every name and description, plantation
I tools, household aud kitchen furniture. I, Civility
J Bunn, reserve to myself my r ght to said <h scribed
property during mv life, after which Mathew \\\
• Bunn to have and to hold the afore described pro
| perty to him, his heirs and and assigns forever, in
fee simple And the said Civility Bunn tor her
'•*/. her heirs, executors and administrators, the
s »id given and granted property unto the said
Mathew \\ . Bunn, his heirs and assign*, will war
rant and forerer defend the right and title there
of, against themselves, and against the claim of all
oilier persons whatever.
In testimony ■. heieof, the said Civility Bunn
hath hereunto set her hand and affixed her seal
the day and ua» first above written.
Signe I, scaled and delivered in presence of us—
llnterlined before ss.-igned.)
John C. (’. Lake, J. P.
John T. Buo^.v
_ , Civility Bi ns, [l.s.]
Judgement reversed. Millers and Jackson and
Pot le. for plaintiff* in error; Joins and Sturgues,
for defenduui in error.
Hensley J. Thomasson vs. The State. Indict
ment, for larceny from the person. From Rich
mond.
Ist. A motion to grant an indictment comes too
late after plea, the case submitted to the jury and
ihe first witness on the part of the State called
to the stand.
‘Jil. This Court will not interfere with the pow
ers and discretion of the presiding Judge, allowing
leading questions to he put to a witness, when no
rule ot law is violated, and there is no pretext of
oppression. Judgment affirmed.
Millets A Jackson, and Walker, for plaintiff in
error; Me Laws, Attorney General, for defendant
in error.
Fr<>m th*> (}io, Lt*niUr. (im/gian.
The Air Line Railroad.
This road when completed, wil, be one of the
most important high.wav > m the United States. It
is a link in the mighty chain of iron, that will at
no distant period connect the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. It will be an unbroken line of railway
from Maine to California, terminating perhaps at
>an Francisco. The almost fabulous wealth of
China. Japan, the Indies, and the rich products of
the islands ot the Pacific and Smith seas, will roll
along it in a great golden stream, stimulating and
exciting tne industry, intelligence and capital of
our people. Splendid and magnificent cities will
spring up everywhere, rivaling in greatne-s and
grandeur, those ancient marts that once trafficked
in the spices, silks, gems and diamonds of the
East. This is no fiction of fancy; but an event
that will occur in the next twenty-five or thirty
years.
\ irginia and the Carolians are beginning to
take an interest in thi.- great enterprise. 1 hey see
it* importance, and are now taking steps to fiil up
phe gaps that are necessary to make it a complete
line. The work will certainly be accomplished in
these old and venerable Commonwealths.
Will the people of Upper Georgia he outdnue
m this matter? WiM they refuse to build it from
Atlanta to Anderson? We feel that there is too
much public spirit in this j art of the Siate, to suf
fer stub a splendid project to fail for the want of
encouragement. Gwinnett, Hall, Franklin aud
Halt should all subscribe liberally. It will pass
through or near these counties, and will increase
the value of property of every description one hun
dred Ibid. They will be, when it is finished, on the
line of tra el and traffic, of the greatest routes in
the world. Is it then policy for these counties to
be contention* about the exact location of the road?
It will be sufficiently near to give them good mar
kets, and all of t e advantages that usually flow
from such public works. Le‘ them, then, go to
work with energy and spirit to secure ibis road.
But this enterprise should Iso meet ihe appro
bation of the people of Habersham, Lumpkin,
Union and Towns ( ounties. We have long com
plained of our isolated position—our remoteness
from markets- Here now is an opportunity to
• •bviate this great drawba. kon the prosperity and
weahh of our section of the State. We can easi
ly build a road from some point on the Air Line
route to Clayton. This, then, would bring Lump
kin within fifteen or thirty miles of the road—
Union twenty or forty, and Towns within thirty
This would he a great gain for these counties.
Besides, at some time, branches might be extend
ed to Dahlonega, and other points, as the produc
tion of the country increased. We, m fact, look
upon the Air Line as the trunk from which
branch roads will sooner or 'ater extend over the
whole ot North-east Georgia.
When the system of improvements is completed,
our section will at once, become one of the best in
the State. The slumbering enetgies of our peo
ple will be quickened into new lift, and our great
resources will so »n l e dev. lop d. Capital from
a distance will seek investments in our midst.
Mills, cotton and wool factories, iron foun
dries and smelting furnaces will be* st.blisl.ed—all
adding to the wealth and material development of
our country The gay, the fisliionable and
wealthy from other parts of ihe State, will spend
their summers with us, giving life and elegance to
• air society. Schools and Colleges will spring into
• xistence, showering upon the young and old the
tieaibful and invigorating effects of correct educa
tion The chauge ihat will take place, will be im
mediate; our section will be trunslormed into a
smiling, lovely r« gion.
The statement that AttoroeyGenernl Black was
among the visitors at*St. Louis is incorrect. He
is in Washington.