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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.