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B Y TELEGRAPH.
ARRIVAL
0F THE STEAMER
CANADA.
Three Days Later from Europe.
New York, June 11.— The steamship Canada
was telegraphed off Sandy Hook this forenoon.
She brings Liverpool dates to Saturday, May SOtb.
The Cotton market was unchanged. Sales of
the week 4bales, of which speculators took
2,000 and exporters 5,"(>0 bales.
The prices for the inferior qualities of Cotton are
barely maintained.
Fail* New Orleans
Middling Orleans 713-l Cc.
The breadstuff's market was firm.
Consols were steady and quoted at
SECOND DISPATCH.
In Parliament attention had been called to the
met eased slave trade with Cuba. Lord Palmer
ston said that no diplomatic effort would be spared
to suppress it, and that representation would be
made to the Court of Madrid on the subject.
It was reported that the Hank of Frauce keeps
up its stock of bullion by artificial purchases. The
Bourse is firm, but private accounts from Paris are
discouraging.
At Liverpool, corn was unchanged—yellow 30s.
fid.; white 4 >s. fid. Philadelphia flour 325. fid.;
Ohio 335. a 345.; red w heat Bs. 6d. a 9s. 6d.; white
9s. Sd. a Os. 10d.
THIRD DISPATCn.
* Fair Uplands are quoted at Bd., and Middling
Uplands at 1%&. The stock of cotton in Liverpool
was 695,000 bales.
Rice 265. Rosin heavy—common quoted at 4s.
9d. to 55., and fine at 145.; Spirits of Turpentine
435., and nothing doing in crude.
The English Government generously offers an
other large ship of war to take the place of the
Niagara in laying the Atlantic sub-marine cable.
Lord Palmerston has officially announced the
rejection of the Clarendon and Dallas treaty, and
stated that new conditions from Washington are
under consideration.
The French Assembly has passed a law author
izing the establishment of three lines of transat
lantic steamers.
The Hank of France bill has passed almost
unanimously.
Havre Afarlet.—Th? latest dates from Havre
state that Orleans 7V»w Ordinaire was quoted at
115 f., and that prices were weak and the market
dull.
Arrival of Iho lieorge Law*
New York, June 12.—The steamship George
Law has arrived with late intelligence from Cali
fornia and Central America.
The steamship brings $2,')00,OOO of treasure.
There was intense excitement in California,
growing oil* of the authentic announcement of the
massacre of C*»l. Ckakbe and his comrades at So
nora.
It is reported that New Grenada will not accede
to the demands of the United States. *
There is nothing new from Nicaragua.
The revolution in Peril has been suppressed, and
the insurgent fleet has surrendered to the Govern
ment.
Washington, June B.—Many of the most res
pectable citizens of Washington have signed a call
for a public meeting to be held on Thurs say after
noon next, iri condemnation of the late riots, and
to sustain the course of the President and City au
thorities in employing a military force to quell the
disturbances.
David 11. Burr, the Surveyor General, has arriv- 1
ed at bis home in this city.
Boston, June B.—Carter’s cabinet manufacturing
establishment at Reading, in this State, was burnt
last night, involving a loss of $25,0**0, which is
met only by an insurance of $ In,ooo.
St. Louis, June s.—The celebration here to-day j
was a magnificent affair. The excursionists land
ed at the levee amid the salutes of the artillery and
military, and were escorted to carriages and omni
buses in wai;ing, and eouveyed through the main
streets of the cuy, and to the Agricultural Fair
Grounds.
Tiie procession was two miles in length, and there
was an immense congregation at the Amphitheatre, i
which will hold ten thousand persons, and is
the most complete building of the kind in the
Union.
Ttie military, firemen, turners, and others passed
in review before the Guard, the citizens crowding
the Amphitheatre.
An oration was delivered by Judge Hates, and u
sumptuous dinner ensued.
The representatives from the various States were
toasted, and responses were made. Pennsylvania
was toasie i, but the speaker expected did not an
swer. Prot. Mitchell responded in an amusing
speech to the toast to Ohio. Ex-Gov. Reynolds re
sponded to the toast to Illinois. Virginia was rep
resented by Hon. John R, Thompson, and Halu
more was ably represented by Mr. Frazier. All
the guests were loud hi their praise of the bounte
ous hospitality of the citizens, never to be forgot
ten.
SECOND DISPATCH.
St. Louis, June ♦>.—Owing to a misunderstand
ing that the celebration would not occur till Mon
day, five hundred excurtiouiats remained at Cincin
nati, and only reached here this morning. The
city authorities not being aware of this report, had
made preparations for the entertainment of an ad
ditional number, but have since quartered the
strangers on board steamboats, where they will
have to remain till Sunday afternoon.
Among the strangers are Attorney General
Black, Ex-Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and
Senator Douglas; also, many noted New* Yorkers
and Baltimoreans.
Great numbers propose returning home ria Chi
cago, and others of extending the trip to Keokuk.
Boston, June B.—The Nantucket Inquirer gives
the following particulars of the disaster to the
ateamer City of New York:
The City of New York, Hawes, master, from
Philadelphia bound for Boston, with an assorted
cargo of corn, flour, drv goods, liquors, Ac., struck
on Great liif on Mondav morning, and remained
fast.
A large portion of her cargo was thrown over
board, and every effort made to get her off’, but in
vain
When she struck, her boiler was thrown off the
blockings, and soon after both steam-pipes burst.
The crew remained bv her until Tuesday evening,
seven o’clock, when they left her in three boats
and were picked up off Great Point Rif on Wed
nesday, and landed here at noon.
The steamer Island Home, on her arrival at Hy
annis, left immediately for the steamer, reached
the Rif at 5 o’clock, P. M., and learned that the
steamer had been got off and taken in tow by two
schooners at lo o’clock that morning, probably go
ing to Sandy Point.
There was a large quantity of flour, bales, Ac.,
drifting about near the Rif, and many smacks en
gaged in picking them up, a number of which
were seen loaded. The Inland Home picked up
eight barrels of flour and a case of morocco.
Since writing the above, we learn (adds the In
quirer) from Capt. David G. Patterson, who re
turned from Dencfs on Thursday evening, that the
steamer arrived at that place on Wednesday night,
in tow of a Den Bis schooner, that d if ted down to
the steamer in the fog, put a portion of her crew
on board, pumped ker out, and after throwing a
portion of the cargo overboard, the steamer floated,
when the schooner took her in tow. Capt. P. went
to the Gape on Wednesday evening to carry the
captain, and states that the persons in charge re
fused to let him (the eaptain) come on board.
There was no water in the hold
New York, June 9.—Wm. Scott’s Weekly Circu
lar of the New York coffee market reports the
market as generally closed buoyant, with large ex
port inquiry. The sales of the past week were
11,500 bags with firm market; the receipts were
5,000 bags. The stock in port is estimated at
61,000 bags.
Alexandria, June 9.—Last night, about eleven
o’clock, a frame dwelling belonging to Smoot A
Uhler was destroyed by fire. There was no insur
ance, and »lie loss to the owners is about one thou
sand two hundred dollars. There was no other
material damage.
Providence, R. 1., June 10.—The fourth trial
was made to-day to elect a Mayor without success.
Buffalo, N. Y, June 10.—The city has gone
entirely Democratic by a large majority.
[OOMMUXICATEI..]
To the Comet.
Thou seem'st when mingled with the stars ot mom
Some boding prophet come of ills to warn.
Hast thou a place of rest in some tar sphere ?
Or wilt thou as we see thee here
Still onward sweep tliv journey never o’er.
Through fields of space ’til time shall be no more ?
Where hast thou wandered since in days of yore
You passed along such vials of wrath to pour?
Art come to tell of famine gaunt and pale,
Os cruel war and helpless orphans wail ?
Os heatthstones desolate and dangers fell,
Such coming down wouid’st thou to mortals tell ?
Shall fell plagues crowd the cities of the dead
’Tii;peaee depart and joy and hope be fled ?
Oil! leave oni sky, thou strange mysterious star—
With awe we watch and greet thee from afar.
Augusta, Ga., June, 1557.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Greensboro’ Female C ollege.
j The commencement exercises of this institution
took place at their usual time, the last week in
May.
The sermon was preached on Sunday, by the
Rev. Dr. Axson, the President of the College, and !
was marked with the ability and earnestness which j
characterize that gentleman's preaching.
On Monday, the examination of the classes coni- .
menced, and continued through that day and Tues- !
day. To say that the young ladies did credit to !
themselves and their instructors, is but feebly to (
express the opinion of all who attended to the* ex
ercises, and were capable of judging of their merit.
The examination on astronomy was especially in
teresting. The ease with which the vouug ladies
would go through the most difficult calculations,
proved at ouce the zeal with which their indefati
gable preceptor, Mr. Blake, had labored, and the
absurdity of the notion that the female mind is not
ca]iable of grasping me more abstruse sciences.
The cx -raises of Wednesday, commencement
day, began with the reading of the compositions
of the Senior Class, by the President. These, in
many instances, appeared to be the productions of
minds trained, not only to think, but to express
themselves with propriety and precision. H al
lowed to indulge in a bit of criticism, we would
remark that a little greater variety in the selection
of subjects, and a little inure of that sparkling wit,
which enlivened one of them, would perhaps have
added somewhat to the interest of the occasion.
The compositions were succeeded by an address
from the Rev. Mr. Ketchmn, of Clarksville, upon
ihe influence of Christianity upon civilization. His
remarks, chaste and well arranged, were marked
with sound, practical views of his subject, and j
were doubtless duly appreciated by the intelligent j
portion of the audience. The Senior Class then j
arose to revive their diplomas, and the parting
words of their esteemed President. Rarely has it
been our good fortune to listen to remarks so well
suited to ilie occasion, as were Dr. Axson’s. Al
luding to the text of Scripture that stands at the
head of the diplomas given, “ That our daughters
may be as coiner stones polishsd after the simili
tude of a palace,” he reminded the class in a very
touching manner of the efforts that had been made
with them to carry outthis injunction of the Psalm
ist, and of the responsibilities which consequently
devolved upon them. This close'll the exercises of
the morning ; but all had not yet beeu done, (dun
ned ).
The Rev. Mr. Reid arose and briefly slated that
an effort was now being made to place the College
above the reach of ordinary liabilities, and invited
those who felt an interest in its welfare to come
forward and render the necessary assistance by
affixing iheir names to certain suspicious looking
papers be held in his hand, and which we were
soon informed v»ere subscription lists. The call I
was promptly responded to bv some present. !
At an earlv hour after tea, the chapel was again I
crowded to overflowing. The concert, under the |
management of Mrs. 1/onald, gave even more than \
ordinary satisfaction. The selection of pieces was i
sufficiently varied to suit even the heterogeneous
mass there assembled.
One word us to the condition of the College, and
we are done. Its prospects daring the lu>t term
have been more flattering than at anv former
period. The graduating class numbered fifteen.
(Two of these, however, preferring the company >
of books to that of beaux chose to remain another
year before taking their diplomas. ) This is a de
cided increase over the lasi graduating class which
numbered only six. Never before has public
opinion been so much disposed to favor the Col
lege as at present. All things seem in readiness
for the movement now being made, which is to
raise twenty thousand dollars in order to add
wings to the building, and erect a bouse for the
President large enough to accommodate boarders.
The fate of the College depend* upon the success
of this effort. If if succeeds, the services of the able
gentlemen now employed %> teachers may be per
manently secured to the College, and their names
identified with its interest. This will, in itself, be
a guarantee that the advantages, both mental and
moral, offered by this College, will be excelled bv
i none of the northern institutions. Should it fail,
| and the College be left in the position it, now oc
cupies, it cannot be expected that these gentlemen
will confine their labors within such narrow hounds,
when they are constantly urged to occupy more
important posts; and as we cannot hope to secure
other men of their ability, who will, as they have
done, devote all their energies to the interests of
the College, we may expect, (as was pointedly re
marked io have in a few’years a pile of brick and
mortar, instead of a College. Will Georgia per
mit such to be the fate of an institution, which by
raising the paltry sum of twenty thousand dollars
they can make an ornament, and an object sos just
pride to their State? Auditor.
Democratic Meeting in Heard.
Franklin, June 2, 1857.
At a meeting of the Democratic party held in
this place to-day, on motion of Major Daniel
Whitaker, Judge S. D. Echols was called to the
Chair, and Henry T. Noland was requested to act
as Secretary. The Chairman, in a few brief and
forcible remarks, explained the object of the
in eting to be the selection of delegates to repre
sent the county of Heard in the next Gubernato
rial Convention, to be held in Milledgeville on the
24th inst., and also the selection of delegates to
represent said county in the Congressional Con
vention, to be held in Newnan, on the 30th inst.
On motion of D. C. Brickell, Esq., the following
resolutions were offered, and unanimously adopt
ed :
Resolved, That a Committee of five be ap
pointed by the Chair to select three suitable per
sons as delegates to represent the county of Heard
in the next Gubernatorial Convention, to be held in
Miltedgeville, on the 24th inst.
Resolved, That said Committee when so ap
pointed, do also select three suitable persons from
each Militia district in said county, as delegates to
represent the said county in a Convention to be
held in Newnan on the 30th inst., or such
other time as may hereafter be designated, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate to represent
the fourth Congressional district, in the next Con
gress of the United States.
Resolved, That each militia district be re
quested to send in five delegates to represent them
in a Convention to be held in Franklin, on the first
Tuesday in July next, for the purpose of nomina
ting suitable persons to represent the county of
Heard in the next Legislature.
Resolved, That in view of the past services
of the Hon. Hiram Warner, both in Congress and
as Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of
Georgia, and as Judge of the Superior Court of
the Coweta Circuit, we, the members of this Con
vention, have an unfaltering confidence in his abil
ity to govern the State of Georgia, with honor to
himself, and profit to the State. ~ We therefore re
commend him to said Convention, aa the choice of
the people of Heard ; but should the selection fall
upon another, we will cheerfully acquiesce, and
give the nominee our cordial support.
Ie accordance with the requirements of the first
resolution, the folibwing persons were appointed
by tbe chair, that committee: D.C. BricEell. Walk
er Duo son, R. P. Wood, Dr. E. W. Grimes, and S.
W. Favor; who, after retiring for a short time, re
turned with the following named persons as dele
gates, for the Gubernatorial Convention- E. W.
Grimes, Benjamin Oliver, and Wm. B. Crosby.
For the Congressional Convention, B. T. Spear
man, T. J. Johnson, R. P. Wood, G. B. Crews, J.
14. Heard, J. J. Bledsoe, N. Tompkins, S. \V. Fa
vor, Wm. Jackson, Watkins Orr, H. J. Eight, J.
V. D. Stephens, Janies B. Ware, P. H. Wood, R.
S. Darden, D. L. Grimes, R. T. Stokes, Robert
Spearman, E. H. Kirk, F. M. Scwggin, William W.
Kirk, Josiah Rains, Wm. Barrett, Sr., Jasper X.
Pittman, James Awbry, C. L. Matthews, and Alfred
0. Stephens, all of which was ratified by the Con
vention.
On motion, resolved that the proeeedfngs of
this meeting be published in tbe Georgia Banner,
and that the Augusta Constitutionalist and Federal
Union be requested to copy. And
Resolved, further, That each delegate have flow
er to fill his own vacancy, if necessarv.
The meeting then adjourned sine die .
Samuel D. Echols, Ch’mn.
Henry T. Noland, Sec’y.
From the Bainbridge Any us, June 10.
S South-western Georgia-—lts Mail Facili
ties, etc.
South-western Georgia has a route for travel
and transportation of the great southern mail,
which is well worthy of public regard and atten
tion : being shorter in distance than that by Co
lumbus, Montgomery and Mobile, which the fol
lowing statement of distances, taking Macon as
the starting point, will clearly demonstrate :
Macon to Columbus 100 miles.
Columbus to Montgomery 108 “
Montgomery to Mobile (S. B.) 330 “
Mobile to New Orleans 166 “
Eutire distance from Macon 699 “
| Macon to B&iubridge lot) “
Bainbridge to Apalachicola, direct 131 “
Apalachicola te New Orleans 280 “
| Eutire distance from Macon 567 “
In favor of the Bainbridge mute 132 “ j
; Not only is the distance less, but the route far
bettor, subject to fewer difficulties, aud more plea
sant and agreeable for travel.
! The navigation of the Alabama river is obstruct
i ed so as to force travel by stage neatly two hun
j dred (one hundred and ninety-seven) miles, over a
i torturing and horrid road. No such diiliculties
j exist with this route, as the Flint—from Bain bridge
| —and Apalachicola rivers are never too low, at
; any season, to prevent steamboat navigation. With
the exception of fifty-four miles of staging, there
| would be a continuous lin<» of steamboats and rail
roads the entire distance to New Orleans; and
those fifty-four miles in stages would be a relief,
being over one of the best roads on the continent,
firm and almost level.
With present facilities the communication is a
good one—to Albany a daily route by railroad;
stages to Bainbridge three times a week—steam
boats to Apalachicola three times a week—to New
Orleans twice a month, to be increased by another
! boat during the business season, so as to make a
; weekly line. Why should not these be increased'?
Why not give Bainbridge and the wealthy and
populous country she represents a daily line of
stages equally with Thomasviile? Why not a
daily line of steamboats to Apalachicola, and seuii
weeklv steamers to New Orleans?
• The effect of this would be to give new facilities
of travel to the interior, and add largely to this in
foresting portion of the State—to add to our popu-
I lation, the development of our resources and in
crease of our towns. Amerieus, Albany, Newton,
• Bainbridge and other places in the route would all
feel its influence.
j Why should not Georgia capital, enterprise and
j wealth, now employed in building up Alabama
! and her cities, be directed to build up Georgia
towns and support Georgia interests? Georgia has
already, through Bainbridge, easy access to the
Gulf, available at all seasons of the year, and free
from obstruction. Let this be fostered and encour
aged. These suggestions will at once commend
themselves to the serious consideration ol the peo
ple of this portion of the State.
Death of Col. .1. Charles Ilium.
We are pained to announce the death of an es
teemed fellow citizen. Col. .1. Charles Blum. For
• about three weeks he hud been snff'Ting from what
seemed a cold, but the disease tailing upon his
lungs, terminated his existence on tlienignt before
* tbe last, at one o’clock, ill the forty-sixth year of
I Ins age. He exhibited great patience under his
■ suffering, and singular fortitude and composure in
prospect of his approaching end. The painful fact
’ of its approach was made known to him for more
■ i than twenty-four hours before it occurred, and tor
one who was impulsive—who had much to render
[ the prospect attractive—who with health and con
stitution unimpaired, had come to the attainment
|of almost every object of his earthly ambition
j fortune, friends, a home and public confidence—it
was strangely interesting to see ihe cheerfulness
J and composure with which he looked upon it.
j The deceased has acted an important part m the
1 business affairs of our city. He entered early into
j public life, and devoted himself so closely to busi
j ness as to lay the ground work of an ample for
tune; but notwithstanding this, he had attention
j and energies to spare. He led his company, the
German Fusiliers, in the Florida war; for six
years he lias been a member of the State Legisla
ture ; for ten years helms been Colonel of the six
teenth regiment of South Carolina; he has contrib
uted much to improve the city: he lias for many
years been a leading Director in the Batik of South
Carolina; und as an officer or active member, has
been connected with manv of the industrial aud
charitable institutions of the city.
In the social relations of life, Col. Blum was
highly cherished, and many will feel Ins hiss, and
many will preserve and consecrate his memory.
The Slate Fair.
\ Wo stated on yesterday, says the Examiner, of
r the 11th, that the Executive Committee of our
State Fair, in other words, the “Southern Central
Agricultural Society,” had resolved to continue its
) annual meetings in this city. We. have now to
uunounce that the contract to that effect with our
’ city authorities has been signed and sealed, and
3 that thus all doubt and contention as to the future
3 meetings of this great enterprise in our State are
j at an end. The laudable ambition of some of our
. sister cities in the State to have the Fairs, and the
1 liberality of propositions to thatend, are commen
. dable; but when it is known that a contract bus
f existed, to effect which our city has bean heavily
s taxed, no one will deny the justice of the conclu
i j sion to which the executive committee has come,
j The Fairgrounds wereobta ined and improved at
j heavy cost, and with the understanding that the
j Fair should be permanent. Atlanta, therefore, is
J entitled, by contract, to it; but, in the absence of
a contract, she is entitled to the Fair on other irn
j posing grounds. She is more accessible from
j every point than any other city, decidedly more so
to the stock-raising region of our own State, of
a Alabama, and ol Tennessee—and as itinerating the
t Fair has proved anything but promotive of its
I great interests, and as it was found expedient to
permanently locate it, where, other than in Atlan
ta, we appeal to the mechanical and agricultural
interests of the State, could it have been perina
- nently located and the great ends it has to accom
e plish, been more surely attained V We trust there*
> fore that the actiou of the Committee will be uni
. versally approved.
j We regret to learn that several of the Executive
r j Committee have recently tendered their resigna
- I tions, to-wit: Col J. Bonner, Col. .1. S. Thomas,
j Dr. L. B. Mercer, W. J. Eve, and .1. .1. Gresham,
. i Esquires. Two of these vacancies have been filled
. by the election of .1. B. Ilaygood, Esq., and Judge
1 J. A. Hayden, of this city.
, Dr. James Camak, of Athens, still holds the of
fice of Secretary, and L. C. Simpson, Esq., of this
. city, as Assistant Secretary. The zeal and ability
! displayed by these gentlemen in advancing the
> interests of the Fair, are highly to be comincnd
-3 ed. Few can appreciate tlieir labor, and the value
, of their services.
3 The old officers of the Society are in the main
t retained, and the most effective police will be se
- cured to maintain order in its meetings.
Improvements of many kinds are contemplated,
. and will be completed ere the 20th of October
i j next., the day fixed for the opening of the Fair,
i j In a short time, we shall publish the Premium
- | List, to which an extensive circulation will be
t j given.
I One other item, in connection with the Fair, we
i | take special pleasure in now referring to. It is
1 i this, that an invitation will be extended to all
f j southern editors, with their Yamilies, to visit the
f ! Fair at its next meeting. This, we hope, will be
. j responded to, by their presence here in October
. next. We, and our cotemporaries of the city, will
i try to make them feel at home.
- j Atlauti American , Jane 12.
| Process for Purifying Animal Matter.—Mr.
I G. B. Kecha, a French gentleman, claims to have
discovered a process for purifying tainted meats,
• the success ot which he thinks he can make evi
-1 dent to all who may see him make an experiment
• in the matter. A Inal of the kind was made at the
• War Department on Saturday, upon a piece of
• tainted beef and fish, and we are told that the Sec
• retaries of the Navy and War will signify their
• approval of the practicability of this newly discov
• ered process by letters recommendatory of it. Mr.
■ Recha has submitted his idea to the European gov
• ernments, and is here for the same purpose. He
’ alleges that a large number of the deaths in the
• Crimea occurred from the eating of poisonous
meats, and he thinks his process will prove of ad
■ vantage to parties of exploration, lie, of course,
does not explain his method.— Washington, states.
Crops Destroyed.—We regret to learn that on
Friday last, the neighborhood of Fish Dam, Union
District, and Feasterville, Fairfield District, was
’ visited by a terrific hail storm, which destroyed
the crops in the neighborhood ofthe latter section.
Much damage was done at Fish Dam, but at Feast
erville, the wheat and other crops were totally de
stroyed; houses, barns and graineries were level
ed, and trees torn from the earth and scattered in
every direction. The fields of wheat in several
places have been so injured that they have been j
given up to stock.— Columbia, Times , June 11. ]
.Excursion of the Memphis Delegates.
The Memphis BulUti-.i, of the 10th inst., closes
a detailed report of the excursion of the delegates
from Memphis to Charleston, and their reception
at all the towns and cities on their route going and
returning, in the following language:
“ All in all, the entire excursion, from Memphis
to Charleston and back, was of a most delightful
character, marked with many, many incidents and
occasions of the most pleasant kind, and the whole
was an ovation of a civic nature never before
equalled in the history of our country. Our course
was a succession of bnll ant and triumphant
marches from city to city, and such receptions as
those we met with at Atlanta, Augusta, Charleston,
Savannah and Macon, stand unequalled, unparal
leled. The kind attentions and unbounded hospi
talities showered upon us on every occasion will
ever be remembered with the most grateful feel
ings of emotion bv each and all ot those who
participated in this glorious ovation—a bright
i oasis in their lives that will ever be cherished most
dearly. It is a bright link in our own history that
we shall ever treasure with the deepest emotions
of grateful pleasure.”
Times <0 Sentinel , of Columbus, we are
glad to observe, coincides with us in the views we >
have expressed in reference to the inaugural of t
Gov. Walker, of Kansas. The following is an \
extract from its article upon the subject: ‘
“It abounds in patriotic sentiments, and in ina- \
ny respects reminds us of fourth of July orations, <
of the better class. There is, however, one feature i
iu the address which will, and deserves to, meet |
universal reprobation and condemnation, at the i
South. We allude, of course, to that portion of r
Ins address, in which he unequivocally declares \
that in no contingency will Congress admit (
Kansas as a slave or free State, unless a majority '
of the people of Kansas shall first have failv and ;
freely decided this question (slavery) for them- t
selves by a direct vote on the adoption of the Cmsti - <
tution, excluding all fraud and violence. This is i
an unheard of dictation to the freemen of a Terri
tory by a Federal minion, which they ought to,
and, we hope, will spurn and despise.”
£*7" In another column, we publish from the
Xational Intelligencer , of the *Jth inst., the first of
a series of sketches of the unwritten civil history
of the war of 1812, which the venerable editor
proposes to furnish his readers. In introducing
these papers to the public, he says:
“The main purpose of the writer in presenting
these papers to the public is, whilst affording to ,
the younger classes of readers a condensed and
familiar view of certain portions of actual history
which may have escaped their attention, to put
upon record, for the information of readers of all
classes, a variety of tacts and circumstances, oc
curring chiefly in the early years, of Mr. Madison’s
administration, some of which, essentially de
pending upon the memory of the writer, or upon
evidence which he alone has it in his power to
produce, would, if not now committed to paper,
in all probability never meet the public eye.
The second number of these reminiscences will
appear in a few days, and others will follow at
short intervals, until the story of our second de
claration of imh pendunce has been told. We
hope to be able to republish the articles entire, as
they appear.
In a list of promotions and appointments
in the United States army, made by the President,
since the publication of “ General Orders’’ No. 10,
of September 1, 1856, which is published in the
Washington Star of the 9th inst., we find the fol
lowing from this Suite:
Ordinance Department. —Second Lieut. Wm. U.
Boggs, to be first lieutenant, Nov. 17, 1856, vice
Stone, resigned.
First Regiment of Cavalry. —Fi”»t Lieut. James
Mclntosh, to be captain, Jan. 16, 1857, vice McClel
lan. resigned; company I).
Second Lieut. Owen F. Solomon, to be first lieu
tenant, Oct. 31, 1856, vice Porter, who vacates his
regimental commission ; company A.
Abraham B. Hagan, to be paymaster, March 13,
1857, vice Bennei, deceased,
An Extraordinary Hypocrite.—Jackson, who
* wus murdered in Russell, Massachusetts, by Charles
1 j Jones, was taken to Hartford, for bu
rial in Hebrew fashion. The 'Times ays:
i “Jones, the murderer, was a Millerile, and the
same fellow who has just served out a term of
four years in the Connecticut. State Prison for rob
bing John Bran’s store. He was flic coolest
scoundrel that ever infested this city He profess
r ed great concern for the souls of sinners, and was
. constantly reading the Bible and exorting at even
ing meeiit.gs. Whilst in the confidence of Mr.
Dean, he stole about s2,‘M)o worth of goods from
| his store, together with considerable sums of
money. He stole the silk to m.ke him a surplice
to preach iu—started a church at Glas»enbui v
stole the trimmings for his pul| »t, and the velvet for
his chair, and also stole goods to pay the cabinet
, maker for the chair; broke into the Catholic church
and stole the priest’s robe for a sample tor one
for himself, and also stole the silver chalice, Ac.,
from the altar—called at Mr. Dean’s one afternoon
to have ‘a little season of prayer,’ remained till
evening, bade the family good-by, but instead of i
going out of the door, he stole up stairs, and se- j
creted himself under the bed occupied bv Mr.
Dean’s son—remained there till past midnight,
when he crept out and robbed young Dean’s po< k
ets of $ lot), (which lie Imd us-enained the day
previous that he had just procured from the bank,)
then went up to St. John’s Hotel, called for lodg
ings, got. up before day-light, stole a suit of clothes
• from a boarder and cleared for a neighboring
town. But this is riot half of his villainies. He
was constantly stealing, praying and exhorting,
till brought up by a four years’ term of imprison
ment.”
Potting Strawberries.—Mr. Rivers, in London,
raises straw berries in pots by a peculiar process,
thus described: About the second week iu July
he says, he filled a number of six inch pots with a
compost of two-thirds loam, and one-third rotten
dung, as follows: three stout pieces of broken pots
were placed in the bottom, aud a full handful of
the compost put in ; a stout wooden pestle was
then used with all the force of a man’s arm to
pound it, and then another handful and a pound
ing, and another, till the pot was brimful!, and the
compressed mould as hard us a barn floor. The
pots were then taken to the strawberry bed and a
runner pluecd in the centre of each, with a small
stone to keep it Rteady. They were watered in dry
weather, und have had no other care or culture.
For two or three years 1 have had the very finest
crops, from plants after this method, and those
under notice promise well. If the pots are lifted
it will be apparent that a large quantity of food is
in a small space. I may add that from some re
cent experiments with compressed earth to poited
fruit trees, I have a high opinion of its effect, and
I fully believe that we have yet much to learn on
the subject.
Louis Napoleon a Slave Dealer.—l have seen no
notice yet taken by anv of the papers of Louis Na
poleon’s scheme for securing a supply of laborers
for his negro colonies of Murinique aud Guuda
loupe. Exeter Hal? will be in commotion. lie has
made a contract with a French house connected
with Africa to transport twenty thousand r.egroes
from the c >ast to these islands, and to procure these
negroes he makes use of a certain religious order,
whose business it is to redeem slaves from slavery
They will be sent to the colonies not as slaves in
name, but as “apprenticed laborers.” It is, how
ever, a real revival of a slave trade, and there will
be a great outcry about it. Little will Napoleon
care for that! Lord Cowley remonstrated with
him on the subject, but was so snubbed as to ren
der it very unlikely that he will again broach the
subject.— Correspondent or the tnv-rmss Courier.
The South Carolina College.—The Board of
Trusteed of this Institution met yesterday, but n>
the proceedings are not easily obtained, we are not
prepared to give a report.
The principal business before this meeting, we
understand is, to consider the tender of resigna
tion made by President McKay, and to look afei
the interests of this noble insti ution.
A large number of the Trustees are present a«
the meeting —including men of the highest talent
and cliarac er in the State. In them the pulic m v
safely' rely for justice— strict, uncompromising
justice—for they will have before them ; 11 tin
facts, and they will see to it that whether the South
Carolina College shall continue to prosper or not,
that injustice shall not be done to either the Presi
dent, the Professors or the Students.
Columbia Tines, Jane 11.
Boston, June 9.—A fire at Chelsea at midnight
last night consumed some nineteen dwellings,
which were mostly occupi d bv private families.
The houses were valued at thiee thousand twi
hundred dollars each, aud were nearly all owned
by Geo. W. Uerrisli. |
Virginia Flection.
It is now ascertained that the Hon. George W.
Hopkins is elected to Congress by a majority of
nine totes. The majorities in the eleven counties
of his district stand as follows ; For Hopkins 1,152;
for Martin 1,143.
The delegation from this State in the next Con
gress will consist of the following gentlemen, all
1 emocrats:
1. M. R. 11. Garrett, 8. C. J. Faulkner,
2. J. S. Millson, 9. John Lecher,
3. J. S. Kaskie, In. Sherrard Clemens,
4. William O. Goode, 11. A. G. Jenkins,
5. T. S. Bocock, 12. 11. A. Kdinundson,
6. Paul us Powell, 13. G. \V. Hopkins.
7. William Smith,
The Richmond Enquirer states that the Demo
crats have made large gains for the Legislature
since the last election. In the Senate they will
have sixteen majority, and in the House, so far as
heard from, there are one hundred and seven Deni- ,
oerats, thirty-five Distributionists, and one Inde- ;
pendent. The Democratic majority on joint ballot ;
will be about eighty-seven.— Washington Union. \
Air. Aleudel.
The Memphis Bulletin, of loth inst., says :
“We are gratified to learn irom Mr Specbt,
who, together with Mr. Hoffman, returned last
evening from Social Circle, Ga., (which place
they left at, 12 o’clock on Sunday night) that Mr.
Mendel, so seriously injured by the railroad acci
dent on the excursion to Charleston, is in a fair
way to recover, and that he is considered out of
danger. Mr. S. bears the highest testimony to 1
the universal kind and humane interest taken by
the citizens and physicians of that place, in pro- i
rooting his comfort by every means in their power.
The same thing is said of Gen. Clark, t.ho host of ,
the hotel there, and the officers of the railroad ;
company. Their generosity will not be forgotten. ,
To vast numbers of persons here, as to them, Mr.
M. is known only as a citizen of Memphis , in di«- i
tress. That this simple passport should have
commanded such kind and assiduous attention j
from strangers, must touch the sensibilities of all. •
lu behalf ot this community we thank them.” j
From the Washington Star.
Bets oil the Comet.
We ought to have published, long ago, the pro
positions of the Urbana (III.) Cunttitutwn, concern- j
ing the comet. Zimmerman, after obstiving the i
“ miter ” carefully with the instruments of tbe )
Urbana Brass Band, comes to the following con- \
elusion:
Ist. That the comet will not strike earth : but, i
2d. If it does strike, it will never do it the sec
ond time.
In ease, however, any gentleman holds his opin- j
ions different from the above, and is willing to I
back his views to a limited extent, in order to ar- j
rive at the truth in this momentous matter, we j
hereby make the following propositions:
1. We will wager #2o,uot>, more or less, that if
the comet offers to strike, we will dodge before it
does it; in other words, that sum that it can’t be
brought to the scratch.
2. A like sum that if it does strike, it will be
knocked higher nor a kite.
3 Twenty-five times the abore amount, that in
case the comet strikes, it won’t budge the earth
six inches, by actual measurement.
4. A like amount that after the comet strikes, its j
tail drops.
5. An optional sum that the earth can knock the
comet further than the comet can knock the earth
nine times out of eleven.
6. That after the comet gets through striking
the earth, it will never want to strike anybody
else.
These propositions are intended to cover the
case of any gentleman on the globe, cornet, or
elsewhere.
All wagers to be decided by Judges of the Su-
Ipreme Court. |
Money to be deposited in the banks of New-
fotindlund. !
Time of striking, and other arrangements, to be :
I fixed by the parties.
Applicants for bets have a right to select any
comet they choose.
1 The Life of Washington in the Greek Lax- 1
t gitaok.—The Boston Courier notices the receipt of
the Life of Washington, published at Athens, and
translated from the English by Mr. DraGoumes,
) an Athenian scholar. The Courier says :
* 1 1 seems odd certainly to read the familiar story
-of our founder in <* Juiigua*r*» »J*Mt btMik rii.>
; days of Demosthenes and Xenophon. The narra
tive of the events of our revolution, in the pnlish
ed language of Athens, forces contrasted ideas in
to singular juxtaposition. Vet the language now
’ | written and spoken by the scholars of Athens, em-
I ployed by the clergy*, and the professors in t e
j University and the Gymnasia, and heard in the |
legislative halls, while astonishingly like the lan- j
gouge of the am ient historians and orators, adapts '
' itself with wonderful flexibility to all the demands j
•! of mod> rti society. Foreign names are the only ,
| stumbling block. The Greeks were always com-j
i pelled to modify them according to the laws of j
euphony o their own language: that the names j
and titles, borrowed from the Persians and Egvp- j
liaus, were not a little disguised in tlieir llellt nic
forms. This is still more the ease with our home
ly American names. Washington himself figures
as iJteaaigknn ; Biaddock is more like hi mat 11 un
der the form of Hnidduk ; Duqu. sne is l/uken;
Massachusetts is MassnenuseU ; Warren is Ouar
\ren; Hancock is Aikok; Bunker W\[\ \$ Bouiwn
inn H ngker ; Quebec is Kmebek ; Dorchester is
Dnnnxhr\ and old Governor Dinwiddie presents
himself in the classical guise of Viotketes Vim a id
(Us.
A Miniature Yacht Crossing tub Atlantic.
Tie re is now lying at the foot of Pine street, East
river, New York, a small yacht, with the pretty and
historical name of Charter Oak. She is sloop rig,
and her lines are everything that could be desired
to insure speed and bearing. The Charter Oak is
now tak ng stores on board, the owner having de- j
lertmned to start for Liverpool in the course of;
next week. Her convass consists of mainsail. jif>, !
flying jib, gaff topsail, squaresail, and studding- .
sail —spreading, in all, yon yards. The hull is j
built of white’oak timbers and frame, with hackina- ,
tack knees. The deck is of white-pine, and the |
ceiling yellow pine. She was built, and is now
owned, and will be sailed bv Mr. Charles R. Webb,
a native ot Stanford, Connecticut, and a ship-car
penter by profession.
Mr. Webb feels confident of reaching Liverpool
within three weeks, but says he intends doing all
he can to reach his destination in quicker time
than the yacht America.— Washington City States.
Col. Crabbe. —Col. Crabbe, who lately embark
ed in the same enterprise in which Walker made
his venture, and Count Raou&set Balbotin lost his
life, is from Nashville, Tenn., and has been a
prominent politician in California and Mississippi.
He and Walker were, doubtless, schoolmates, being
natives of the same town. In the last Senatorial
contest in California, Crabbe was a prominent can
didate of the Know Nothing party. He is the same
mau who was the survivor in the last of the Moody
senes of combats which the editors of the Yi«-ks I
burg Sentinel fought—the last of six ofthe editors i
of ihat paper having fal.en by the hand of Crabbe. j
I was in i N 49, during the exciting contest «»t Foote
and Davis for the Governorship, that Mr. Jenkins,
editor of the Sentinel, a peacable and estimable
man, having commented on the conduct of Crabbe,
was assailed by him in the streets of Vicksburg;
a terrible combat ensued, Jenkins using his Bowie
knife with great effect before Crabbe could draw
his pistol. The latter, however, though terribly
cut, succeeded at last in discharging his pistol into
■he side of Jenkins, who fell mortally wounded,
dyiug in a few hours after.
Complimentary.—The Fire Department of Mem
phis, we understand, have taken up a subscription. !
and resolved to purchase a silver frontispiece for !
the Chiefs of the Fire Departments of Atlanta, j
\ugusfa, Savannah, Ga , and Cha»leston, S. 0. |
The inscription upon the plate will be complimen- !
'ary from the Fire Department ot Memphis to that
ot those eities, as expressive, in a slight degree, of
the attention they received from their brethren dur
ing their late visit.— Memphis Hull tin.
The experiment of the steam plow is in a fair
wav of being tested One was tried last week, at
Fran lsville, Indiana. The soil was quite wet,
tnd altogether unfavorable for the trial, out the
La Fayette Courier understands from a gentleman
who was present that the practicability of the in
vention was satisfactorily demonstrated. A num
ber of plows were attached, and the soil opened to
ihe depth of eight or ten inches. From the ex
periments made, it was thought that two men
could plow- twenty acres a day with the steam
.•low.
We had quite a hail storm on Friday last. Some
wheat crops were almost i ntirely destroyed by it.
But we at e happy to learn !• was not very extensive
so its tall, though considerable damage was done
by the severe wind in a much more extensive cir
cuit in blowing dow n tre.-sand fences.
I Sandtrsoille Georgian, June 11.
Seriocs Accident.—George Browne, a lad about
fourteen years of age, and son of John I), Browne
1 vnoteehnist, met with a very serious accident ves
terday morning, about ten o’clock, on his father’s
premises, near the public cemeterv. He was as
atsting his lather in preparing a display of fire
works for the ensuing fourth of July, and" was en
! gatted in ramming a rocket, when it exploded and
I burnt him so severely that his life is despaired oC
I Dr. A. P. Pelzer was called to attend the sufferer.
Charleston Courier, June 11.
COMM I: RCIAL. #
SAVANNAH. June 12, 4 j». m.— Cotton Saks to-day 7*
bales, at 1"Y cents.
CHARLESTON. June 11.— Cotton.— The receipts of the
week emprise 8,093 bales, while the sales in the meantime have
been 5,"5«;, at the following prices, viz: 10 bales at 12J< : 124 at
12' : lit at 12 ■- ;23 at 12V :7at 10 : 112 at 13t* : 243 at l-!'-,' •
.:<! : *r 1:0; : 173 at 13% : 213 at 13 9 lit: 123 at l-' ; 418 at 13& ;
206 at l-.Ja : -AS at 14 ; 652 at 14% : 601 at 14% : 21*2 at 14)';
and 1.4 "0 bales at 14Mc. We quote Ordinary to Good Onlina
rv l-*" 12ft : Low to Strict Middlings 18<&13J4 ; Good Mid
dl: g 1 I : 4 : Middling Fair 14%.
Hire.— Extremes f4%(t*t 1346 : principally at H
160 if.--. Receipts of tiie week 1.395 tierces.
Cnrti.— The arrivals this we«-k have reached neartr 20/00
bushels from Baltimore. of which 8.000 bushels were sold, pre
vious to arrival, at 31 00. The demand for the interior mar
kets continues active.
Qat*. —About 2,000 bushels from Baltimore were disposed of
at f '-V. bushel.
—The article continues scarce.
Flour —The transactions of the week have reached about
4,000 bids, of Western, (Ohio.) Georgia, Tennessee and Uaroli
nu brands, at 47 .*.<*«s7 75 for the former. and of the other
brands at *7 87K@*S Arrived 700 bhls.
Hay. —Arrived during the week about 800 bales North River,
of wlilch 4«H» bales were sold at #1 37 % ‘f 100 Tt«s.
Bacon. —The market for Sides is fair at \4%c.\ anti for
Shoulders, less firm, at 1m2®12%.l m 2®12%. About 100 hhds. at these
rates have been sold.
Lard.— Holders are now asking 10® 18c.
Bagging and Rope.— Wc have heard of only one small lot
of Gunny Bagging, which brought 14c. In Rope we have no
sale to report.
Sugar*. —There being no enquiry for the article, holders
have "no disposition to press their stock upon the market.
Molasse.*. —Small parcels of Cuba clayed from store are sell
ing at 54®56c. V gallon.
COLUMBUS, June 11.— Cotton.-* There is a limited inquiry
for C'-tton. and sales made of some small parcels ->n a basis of
18J4C. f r Strict Middling to Good Middling—offering stock
light, and holders Arm.
ATLANTA. June 9.—The weather Is excessively warm,
though the nights are cool and pleasant. Several showers,
during the week, have given quite an impetus to the growth of
vegetation, and garden and Held crops promise abundant yields.
Bacon. —Transactions In this article continues light. The
sales of the week amount to 197,000 lbs., at 15 cents for hog
round. Stock on hand 635,000 tbs.
Flour. —The sales have been only 645 sacks, at former quota
lions. Stock on hand, 2.130. •
Corn .—Sal*-- 12.000 bushels, at tl 15, sacks Included. Stock
on hand 22,000 bushels.
Lan/.—Some 700 It-s. have teen sold. Stoek on hand about
6,000 lbs.
Whisky. —Sales 16 bbls. at from SO to 35c. gallon. Large
stock on hand. .
Receipts of Produce, Ac., per Western and Atlantic railroad
forth,- week ending Jan-• 1657 : Flour, l,0O» sacks and bbls.;
< orn. 8,500 sacks ; Bacon, 20** casks; Whisky, 150 bids.; Lime,
125 do.
MEMPHIS. June 9— Cotton.— Our market has about closed;
the receipts ai.d sales amount to almost nothing, with a stock
(•n hand unsold of not exceeding 500 bales. The receipts at
this port will fall short of last season 75,000 bales. The pre
sent growing crop is from three to four weeks later than usual,
with indifferent and irregular stands, and looks exceedingly
small and sickly. We continue former quotations without
change: Inferior B"ri>; Ordinary I00I04; Good ordinary
lCWtall ; Low Middling UVO 12: Middling
Middling l”’ .<■> Lift <,. ml Middling 13fc'gl3fti ; Middling
Fair 1-IN'". 14 : Fair, nominal.
The Wheat. Oat and Corn crops are very promising.
From Hermann, (.'or «t* Co.'s Report.
Foreign Markets.
LIVERPOOL. May H.—Cattun.—' The week’s sales <mr up
• l. v 2O bales, and consist of 1.950 on speculation, 4,45«) for ex
pert, and 28,420 t<> tlie trade.
Pries hav declined 1-I6d. for Middling: we quote : Mid
dling Upland 794« d.: Fair Upland s 1. ; N w Orleans Mid.
| tiling 7 *id.; New Orleans Fair s^d.; Mobile Middling 7ftd.;
i Mobile Fair BM.
I Our last circular reported the market closing quietly, *inee
when, business lias relapsed into its former dull and lifeless
I star.*, fer though the advices by the ••Vanderbilt’* and “Amerl
. | ca” were of the same stimulating character as those previously
! t.- hand, they leave been ni-.ic than counteracted by ease iu
1 the money market, worse accounts from Manchester, and the
■ 1 heaviest wok’s import <>n record. Under ordinary circumstan
ces. any one of these would have tended to Induce buyers to
I nause In their operations. the combination of al! three could.
pause in their openiuons. uw cuiui.jiku>u <ii uuimevi I*l
i nut tail to do »*»: purchasers of every cla.-s have only bought
to supplv their must pressing requirements, all waiting for the
I better supply that in a few uay- will be afforded. when In the
; .-vent of any pressure t<> sell, a decline in prices m ay ensue.
1 H< : tors, on the other hand. have offered more freely, but to ef
fect sales have had to concede 1-ltki. c*ti the middling, and hid.
<iu the lower qualities: prices, however. show uiu-h Irregulari
ty, there being in some quarters an anxiety t<. realize.
'The stock of American hast*Miay attained nearly the tnaxi
ni'im f r tnc vear. the heavy arriva s having reduced the quail,
tit v afloat t<* 78.000 bales.
fcmzii and Egyptian are dull of sale at barely last week 1 *
prices. Surat? have beet, less enquired for. and arc l-lt>d. iow
er: middling fair to fair Dholleruh is worth today s> 4 d. to
5 M6d.
Today’s salts are estimated at u.OOO bales, the market closing
quiet.
In Manchester trade is generally very dull; prices of yarns
are well maintained : but in cloth there is considerable weak
tion; a demand for gold f*r France, and silver for the East
having set in, the export of b*>th precious metals is expected
to become large and disturbing to monetary affairs. Consol*
close to-day at 9u%(§)93V for money, and for ao
fircidttujT'l.—There has been an Improved detoatm f>r the
leading articles, at prices slightly above those current last Fri
day.
MARRIED.
At Decatur, on the evening of the 9th inst., by Rev. John S.
Wilson, t'ol. Milton* A. * ha.vdlek, Editor of the C'assvllle
Standard, and Miss Eliza C„ daughter of the lion. Charles
Murphy.
In Columbus, on Sunday evening, the 7th inst., by Rev. W.
W. Robinson, Mr. Chablks \V\ Hewsi.'S and Miss furHBOJUA
McAllister.
] At Centre, Talbot county, on the 31st of May, by S. T. Vlele,
i Es-j., Mr. Samvel Gilson and Elizabeth Dean.
On Wednesday, the -:7th of May, by the Rev. William Spier,
I Mr. Stephen A. Wils-.n and Miss Taditha A. Edwards,
daughter of the Rev. Jos.ph C. Edwards, ail of Effingham
| _'e,i;.ty.
OBITUARY.
Died, at Richmond Bath, mi the morning of the 31st of May,
I Hon. John Whitehead, in tin* seventy-fourth year of hi* age.
i He was a man of strong impulses, forcible intellect, active
and energetic purpose, of no negative or doubtful character.
Warm hearted an 1 gctivroi.**, f tin kindest and tenderest feel
ings, he bound his friends to him with an attachment only in
•tcusing with every day. The free and unfailing hospitality of
his home and family .made his house one never to be forgotten
by any who ever sheltered under its friendly roof, while his un
tarnished reputation, the unimpaired integrity of a long life,
and the singular frankm ss of hit* fee:iring, will make all who
ever knew him sincerely unanimous ! n honoring his memory as
that of an honest man. His illness was long and distressing.
Rut the few last mouths were relieved and brightened by the
I unspeakable precious promises of God, on which, by a simple,
childlike, honest faith in Jesus the Mediator, he reposed in
I calm and hopeful assurance of eternal bliss. I*,
** Oh ! what is life ? ’Tis like the bow that glistens in the sky:
We love to see its colors glow ; but while we look they die.
Life tails as so. n ; t. -day tis here, to-morrow it may disappear,"
Died, in this city. June *th, after a brief illness, Mrs. Vic
toria L. Huett, wife of Alexander McCain Brett, and third
daughter of George B. Lythgoe. of South Carolina, aged eigh
teen years and three days.
But seldom are we called to record the sudden demise of one
so universally beloved In life, and so justly lamented in death.
The subject >f this notice was a nativ* of South Caroliua, from
whence she came a few short months since, to reside in our city.
The b.ids and blossoms of scarce seventeen summers, had scat
tered their fragrance around lier path, when she left the friends
she loved, and the home of her childhood, to make glad the
heart of one who had loved her from her early youth : but,
alas! how vain are the hopes of earth, hopes which may be
crushed in a moment. One short week ago, her merry laugh
was heard in our midst, and frtmi the bright light of her eye
beamed forth the goodness of her guileless, pure and happy
heart. But what a change has time brought on his wings.
Again has the Destroying Angel o’ershadowed our dwelling.
No more, dear sister, at twilight’s hallowed hour, shall the
deep tones of thy gentle voice mingle in our evening song.
No more shall the sparkling glance of your dark eye make
glad the hearts of those who loved you, nor cheer inthis, his
sulest, gloomiest hour, your sorrowing husband. Thy lust
word was for him—
“ Dee! gently with him, world. I pray
Ye cares, like softened shadows, come :
His spirit, well nigh worn away,
A‘k.' with you. but a while, a home.”
Could th** love of nr the sympathy of friends, have
staid thine hand, oh. Death, our lost one would still have been
with us. But God’s wavs are not as our ways ; and while we
commit her spirit to God who gave it, and pray for grace to sus
tain us. we pray for ihe choicest blessings of Heaven on the
strange friend** who closed her eyes and smoothed her pillow of
deal!.. We mourn, but not as those who have no hope, for ere
this she has joined kindred spirits, who would seem to say
“Cometo thy mother
On the
>a .batii snore. Ihe heart that rocked thy
Childhood, back once more.
Shall take its wearied one.” * B.
DIED,
A t Ills residence in Claiborne, Ala., on Tuesday morning, th«
26th ult.. John F. Gilbert, aged seventy-eight years.
Mr. G. was somewhat unwell on Monday, but not confined
to his room. He arose as usual on Tuesday morning, but sud
denly fell and expired in a few moments.' His death is sup
posed to have been caused by a disease of the heart. The de
ceased was an exemplary citizen, and for many years a cousis
j tent member of the Baptist Church. He was a printer by
! trade, and had worked at the business for about fifty years.
He was, at the time of his death, a compositor in the Southern
er office. Truly can we say, “In the midst of life we are iu
death.”
In Sparta, on the 10th Inst., Mary Pamela, youngest child
ot William E. and Sal 116 C. Bird, aged three years and nine
months.
The illness which closed the brief bright life of this lovely
child continued over three weeks, and was attended by acute
suffering, which she bore with gentle patience, manifesting a
tender solicitude for the comfort of the loved mother who hung
above her couch, most touching to behold. The angel who so
often visits our green earth, has home to the blissful bowers of
paradise a bud of fairest earthly promise, to bloom there in.
immortal beauty.
Little Leila was a child of rare loveliness of persou and
character: gay, gladsome and strangely winning. W hat won
der, that during the few sunny years of her bright life, she had
entwined herself about the innermost fibres of her parents*
hearts? what wonder, that the aged grundsire treasured her as
the especial darling of his love? Blessed from infancy with
buoyant health, rosy, bright and sparkling with mirth, no taint
of earth had ever darkened her fair brow, until the spoiler set
his seal upon it.
The dark and dreary blank now created in the family circle,
whose brightest link has thus been severed, words cannot tell;
but the darling baby, on whose precious form even the breeze
might not blow too roughly, is safely housed from every storm.
Lift thy sad eyes, on, mother, broken hearted.
To that blest dime where now thy loved one dwells;
The angel, from thy household hand departed.
With voice seraphic heaven’s glad chorus swells!
Dh, blessed child: safe In that peaceful home,
Where earthly woe or sorrow never come.
Where Jesus lives, and in his arms upholds
The tender lambs, he gathers from our folds.
XW Athens Banner please copy. K.
In Prov dence, R. 1., on the 6th inst., Hannah Crapox.
widow of the late William Crapon, in the seventieth year o!
her age.