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(.TdUfhhi (fowstitntionalist.
BY JAMES GARDNER.
Dr. H. F. Campbell’s Claim ac
knowledged m Loudon.
We extract the following complimentary allu
sion to Dr. H. F. Campbell, of this city, from the
Philadelphia North American Medico-Chirurgical
Review, for July, 1857 :
“The recent announcement of the discovery of
the excito secretory sub-system of the spinal
nerves by Dr. Marshall Hall, of London, has
called forth a letter, and various accompanying
documents, addressed to that gentlemau, from Dr.
fl. F. Campbell, of Augusta, Ga., who clearly sets
forth his own claims to the discovery in question.
The essential portions of Dr. Campbell’s commu
nication are copied into the London Lancet, >lav
2,) by the request of Dr. Marshall Hall, who
gracefully yields the credit of the idea and the
designation of the excito-secretory action to our
countryman.”
Important Treasury Circular.
The Journal of Commerce states that those
parties who have completed their consumption
entries of goods now in bond, in anticipation of
the reduction of duties on the Ist of July, have
misapprehended the terms of the law, and will be
obliged to change their entries or pay the old
rates of duty. It also states that by the provi
sions of the new' law, the reduction of duty on the
Ist of July upon goods previously bonded, would
only apply to those which were withdrawn for
consumption. Both these points are covered in
the following official circular to collectors from
the Treasury Department:
Treasury Department, June 15th, 1557.
This Department has been advised that at some
of the ports, merchandise has been entered for
consumption, but the entries not completed by the
payment of duties, under the erroneous itnpres
siou on the part of importers, that, if not comple
ted by the payment of duties and delivery of the
merchandise before the Ist of July, the duties on
such entries will be adjusted and paid at the re
duced rates under the tariff of 1557. In view,
however, of this misapprehension, Collectors are
hereby authorised in cases where the entries have
been thus left incomplete, to permit, if the im
porter desires to do so, a change of the consump
tion to a warehouse entry. If these entries are
not so changed before the Ist of July next, they
must be treated as entries for consumption made
prior to that date, aud the duties must be assessed
and paid at the rates now in force.
On the sales of unclaimed goods, or goods re
maining in bond, beyond the period allowed and
limited by law, duties must be assessed and col
lected at rates m force when the merchandise Was
imported, and not at the rates in force at the time
of sale.
This Department has been further advised that
Collectors at sonic of the ports arc under the erro
neous impression that duties are to be adjusted to
the rates on all entries of merchandise remaining
u bond on the Ist of July next. Collectors are
instructed that in conformity to the provisions of
the 4th section of the Tariff Act of 3d March, 1857,
they will confine the re-adjustment of duties to
withdrawal entries for consumption.
Very respectfully, your ob’t servant,
Howell Cobb, Seeretay of the Treasury.
Increased Siipp’y of Cotton..
A numerously attended public meeting was held
in the Liverpool Exchange on Friday, the 12th of
June, for the purpose of helping on the movement
to obtain 'an increased supply of cotton. Numer
ous speeches were made by prominent cotton deal
ers, aud the following resolutions were adopted :
“ r i<-' he J, T .XfU,* uaCctifigTi deeply scpsiblJ
ot the irm»iequstcy df the pies»‘Pt supply of cotton
to meet the requirements of manufacturing indus
try. That such supply being alm-.st entirely from
one source, is uncertain and precarious in quanti
ty aud unduly fluctuating in price, causing thereby
loss and inconvenience to the consumer, and en
dangering the stability and future prosperity of
this coumry.
“ Resolved, That iu the opinion of this meeting
the colonial dominions and other dependencies of
Great Britain, afford ample resources for the culti
vation and development of the cotton plant; and
that it is the duty us well as the interest of the
British nation to aid in the promotion of those
measures by which the growth of cotton may be
established and extended, not only in the British
dominions, but in all accessible countries.
“ Resolved, That this meeting has observed with
satisfaction the formation in Manchester of a Cot
ton Supply Association, having for its object the
more extended supply of cotton, and this meeting
pledges itself to render to such association every
support; and that a Corresponding Committee, in
conjunction with the Cotton Supply Association,
consisting of five gentlemen, be and is hereby es
tablished in Liverpool, for the purpose of enroling
members, receiving subscriptions and conducting
all business connected therewith.”
A Cotton Movement. — We copy the following
from the Mobile Tribune, of Tuesday:
Manorial of Cotton Dealers. —We saw yesterday
a memorial of the Cotton factors, buyers, brokers,
shippers, merchants and dealers generally of the
cities of New Orleans and Mobile. The memorial
is signed by a large number of the most prominent
dealers in cotton in this city. It reads as follows:
The undersiged deeming that the gross misrep
resentations that have emanated from New York
this season in relation to the cotton interest should
be rebuked in a formal manner, and considering
’hat unscrupulous parties have exerted every en
deavor to depress this most important branch of
the trade, bv fabulous aud mischievous reports of
tlie crop, have thought the present occasion a
proper one to adopt a change in the annual mak
ing up the crop, by transferring the locality to
New Orleans where it legitimately belongs, as the
largest cotton market of this continent, as it is
destined shortly to be that of the world—and the
signers of this paper representing a majority of
the cotton trade of New Orleans and Mobile, bind
themselves to consider the crop to bo mad.? up
hereafter in New Orleans, us constituting the only
true exponent of the growth of the country, under
which all matters affecting the yield are to be arbi
.rated and settled.
They therefore respectfully ask the conductors
of the Pi ices Current of tin:-; city to make up an
nually in future the crop up to the Ist of Septem
ber on the plan which they may deem most advis
able.
The U. S. East India Squadron.—A letter ir the
New York Times, dated Hong Kong, April, 25th, '
contains the following:
Late advices from Shanghai state that the small
pox had broken out on the United Stales ship Le
vant. Thirty three cases had been reported. The
ship has been very sickly since her arrival in the
China seas, and will doubtless be ordered home
soon, on account of the above.
The United States storeship Celestial, with
United States stores, arrived here to-day, being
-one hundred and twenty-nine days out from. New
York.
The United States steamer San Jacinto is at
Hcng Kong; the Portsmouth at Singapore, and
the,Levant at Shanghai, the latter repairing, pre
paratory to returning to Hong Kong.
A*v3ixo Escape of a Counterfeiter.— The Ot
tawa (Michigan; Chrion, says a constable of that
county arrested a fellow a few days since, on a
charge of counterfeiting, and afterwards lost his
prisoner iu a laughable manner. The man was
taken on the opposite side of the river from Grand
Haven, and was brought to the village in a boat.
On arriving at the landing, the constable jumped
out, and turaed around to order the prisoner to fol
low. His astonishment maybe better imagined
than described—for the culprit had shoved off the
boat, and wag just beginning to “paddle his own
canoe” in right good earnest, to the infinite amuse
ment of the bystanders. All the boats in the
neighborhood were docked, and could not be read
ily put off, and the fellow made the best of his
time, seeming to enjoy the predicament of his offi
cial. The last that was seen of the man, he was
on the top of a hill, over the river, swinging hi*
hat and hallooicg at a great rate.
From (he London Times, June 11.
The Atlantic Telegiaph Cable.
The completion of 1,250 miles (one half) of the
cable for the Submarine Atlantic Telegraph by
Messrs. Newall A Co., was celebrated at their
works, Birkenhead, yesterday, by a dinner given
to about six hundred of their workmen, with their
wives and families. Messrs. Newall’s contract
has been executed with great 9peed and punctu
ality. On the 19th of November last they ten
dered either for half or the whole of the cable, to
be finished by the 30th of June. The tender for
the half was "acccepted in December following, and
Messrs. Newall, who had taken one of ihe transit
sheds attached to the Birkenhead docks, at once
set to work to provide the necessary machinery,
all of which had been created for the occasion.
The wire was supplied to Messrs. Newall by their
own wire drawers, Messrs. Richard Johnson A Co.,
of Manchester, who completed their task by the
first of June. Messrs. Newall commenced spin
ning the cable on the 18th of February, and pro
ceeded without interruption until Monday last, the
Sth of June, when twelve hundred and fifty miles
(one half of the whole cable) were completed.
The cable consists of a strand of copper wire !
covered three times with gutta perclia. The gutta
percha is sewed from end to end with spun yarn,
and covered with eighteen strands of seven wires
each. There are thus twenty-five thousand miles
of strand, composed of seven times that quantity
of w ire, being a total of one hundred and seven ty
five thousand miles of wire. The process of spin
ning occupied eighty d-ys, two thousand five hun
dred miles of wire being used per day, and three
hmidred and fifty hands being employed. The
spun yarn was also made by Messrs. Newall upon
ttie same premises, one hundred machines for
this purpose being ranged in one of the upj>er
floors of the works. The cabU? is now lying in
lour huge coils (each twenty-eight feet in diame
ter and eight leet high,) ul! ready for being ship
ped. It will be transferred, probably to-day, into
small vessels, and thence on board the Niagara,
which is expected to arrive at the mouth of the
river early uext week. The weight of the cable
averages one ton per mile; and uisto be laid by
the process patented by Mr. Newall, and adopted
in the Black Sea parsing the wire through a hol
low cone'' w’hich prevents twisting.
The festivities yesterday were presided over by
Mr. Gordon, the manager of the works, and were
witnessed by a large number of gentlemen, includ
ing Messrs. Newall, Pickering, (). Liddell, White-
I house, It. Griffith, R. S. Maxwell, Ac. Among ihe
l toasts were “ the President and people of the Uni
ted States,” “ the Atlantic Telegraph Company,”
“ R. S. Newall A G 0.,” “Messrs. Whitehouse,
Bright A Reid,” “ the Managers and Foremen,”
“Messrs. Johnson A C 0.,” “the Gutta Percha Com
pany,” and “ the Mayor and Corporation of Liver
pool.” Messrs. Newall have Contracted to lay
down one thousand miles of wire (part of the In
dian Telegraph line) between Cagliar and Malta
and Corfu.
The tedious process of shipping the one thou
sand miles of coil which have been manufactured
at East Greenwich, was to have commenced yes
j terday, hut owing to the amount of work to be
j done before the lofty hold of the Agamemnon is
fitted to receive it, the shipment is not likely to
begin before Monday next. Every exertion is
being used to get matters in as forward a train as
possible; but, nevertheless, the day we have men
tioned will be the earliest on which the cable
layers can commence operation*. The Agamem
non has been alongside Glasse ami Elliot’s wharf
tor some days. She looks taut and trim enough,
j though widely different from her Black Sea days,
when her huge spars overlopped the fleet as she
led the port line at twelve miles an hour, or
threaded her way among mass of transports like
a yacht. At present she has a mild half-pay look,
Which'"*'veil tlis fceufiy at Tn r gangway- cannot
wholly banish. Her ports are open, hut only for
the purpose of ventilation, us not a gun ir on
board.
At present she is very much down by the stern;
but the cable being stowed forward will bring her
on an even keel. It will make a difference of four
feet in her present trim. A small engine is being
fitted to wind the coil on board ; ami the whole
operation of shipping will occupy, it is calculated,
at least six weeks The two m-shore ends are near
ly finished, and the centre piece of at .el wire cable
is progressing rapidly. Though both at Green
wich and Birkenhead ihe manufacture will con
tinue at one end while the other is being shipped,
it i* not expected that more than about two thou
sand four hundred miles will be completed iu all.
This will allow between six hundred and seven
hundred miles for “slack” in paying out.
From Ckirres/xmdence of the St. Louis Democrat.
Affairs in Kansas—The Free State Legis
• lature.
Qi.indaro, Kansas, June It), 1857.
The following enactments were passed by both
branches of the Legislature on Kridav and Sat ur
, urday, and signed by Gov. Robinson:
i An act providing for taken the census, and ap
portioning the representation of the Slate. It
provides for the appointment by the Governor of
five Marshals, who will appoint deputes through
the Terrritorv, and take the census imin- diately.
The appointment is to be such as to give the Sen
ate not more than twenty members, and the House
not more than sixty.
An act for an election on the first Monday in Au
gust, to all such State offices as may be vacant,
and to elect a representative to Congress. It also
provides for an election annually on the first Mon
day of August.
An act locating the seat of government at To
peka.
An act establishing a State University at Law
rence.
A joint resolution memoralizing Congress for
admission into the Union under the Topeka Consti
tu ion—the memorial to be circulated through the
Territory, for an expression of opinion upon it.
Bot i branches of the Legislature adjourned sine
die. at half-past 11 o’clock, Saturday night.
There was a disposition on the part of ihe House
to enact laws providing for the incorporation of
towns, the organization of counties and town
ships, etc., to give the free Statu government im
mediate vitality and force; but the Senate only
concurred in the enactments named above.
A general desire seemed to exist in the region
South of the Kansas river.to put the State govern
ment into immediate operation; and several
towns, including Lawrence, Hyatt and Emporia
petitioned lor incorporation. In some of these
towns complete squatter organizations already
exist.
An unanimous feeling was manifested that
whenever Kansas doe* come into the Union it
must be under the Topeka Constitution.
Though Governor Walker was in Topeka during
nearly ail the session of the Legislature, no move
ment was made to interfere with it.
A Pacific Railroad Scheme.-— The Omaha Ne- I
braskian, of June 10th, states that the previous i
week Col. Orr, of South Carolina, Gen. Robinson, !
of Pennsylvania, Hon. John Covode and Hon. Mr. ;
Bradshaw, members of Congress, of Pennsylvania,
Judge Barber, of Wisconsin, Col. Curtis, of lowa,
member of Congress elect, Mr. Hosmer, of Ohio,
Mr. Pierce, of Indiana, and many other prominent
personages visited Omaha, examined the town and
its vicinity, and the month of Platte river, and
industriously conferred with the various interests
and corporations, having in view the construction
of the Great Pacific railroad, by“the way of the
Platte valley and South pass to the Pacific ocean.
The company was organized at a meeting held in
Omaha on the 6th instant, by the election ot Gen.
Robinson, of Pennsylvania, President, Judge Bar
ber, of Wisconsin, Secretary, and Mr. Hosmer, of
Ohio, Treasurer, and assumed the name of the
“Platte Y'allev, South Pass and Pacific Railroad
and Telegraph Company,” with a capital of sixty
millions of dollars. A charter was obtained under
the territorial laws. The length of the road to the
South Pass will be about one thousand miles.
The brig Thos. Trowbridge, for two voyages in
succession, has fallen in with the wreck of the
brig R. H. Carver, abandoned and full of water—
the first time on the 26th February, lat. 83, lon.
73 30: and lately, on the 10th of June, lat. 3'>, lon.
70 30. Would have set her on fire, but found that
nothing would burn except the house, the destruc
tion of which would make her Rti.l more dan- i
gerous to passing vessels, —New Haven Journal.
AUGUSTA, GY., WEDNESDAY, JTTLY 1, 1857.
| The Great Preachers ol London—Spur
geon, Kinney and Punshon.
I have reached London, and heard Mr. Spur- j
geon. These two facts are mentioned together,
not as a necessai y sequence, the one to the other, ]
nor even as an indispensable attendant, one upon j
the other, but as at least a very desirable one. Ar- j
riving late last (Saturday) evening, the necessary
instructions were eagerly sought to enable me to
pilot mv way to the Surrey Gardens, wherein ,
stands a splendid musical hall, capable of holding ,
ten thousand persons. Being too iate to secure a 1
ticket the day previous, you must make an early •
start, so as to be near the entrance when it is open- j
ed to the nntickcted crowd. As far back from the
Gardens as London Bridge, a steady current of j
people, generally grave and serious in demeanor, j
gives the assurance that you are on the liglP \
i road.
As you near the Gardens, it becomes a stream '
of people, and as they approach the place, the at- ;
traction seems to get ’stronger, and they start in a :
trot, and then in a run—young men and young ,
women, boys and girls, are seen now in a very !
fast walk or run, all bending in one direction.
He proceeds, announcing his division, first: who
saves them V Secondly, who is it that is saved ?
Thirdly, whv are they saved? Fourthly, what diffi- '
eulty is understood as removed in the word “ ney- ,
ertheless ?” His discourse is as simple as may be .
hut throughout it the same striking acti* n. He
gestures chiefly with the left hand, the hand closed,
all but his forefinger. Generally he passes hi
right hand under his left arm; keeping it then*
while using the left.
While he speaks not a breath is heard, and al
the close of every division the audience cough or
re-adjust themselves in their seats, or as they may i
otherwise place themselves at ease before he ie» j
commences. He is bold in his enumeration and
denunciation of sin. and holds up the cro? ■
throughout. As he closes, he cries : “Let us send i
up one glad, hearty note of praise to our God j
‘Praise God from whom all blessings flow,” all |
sing—and you leave the house with a thankful j
ana improved heart. Mr. Spurgeon is a remark*
able instance of the power of voice and action. :
His sermons, in composition, are surpassed by
several hundred ministers every Sunday in the j
very city in which he now preaches; but while '
many of them fail to get a tolerable congregation, j
no house can be found large enough to accommo- j
date his audience.
At night I attended the Independent Chapel. ;
served by the Rev. Mr. Biniiev, who is justly re- ]
garded as one of the ablest preachers of the world’? |
metropolis, lie had a large audience, his pactmi> J
chapel being filled, and one cannot help wonder- |
ing it any one of his audience could ever forge |
such a discourse. Ilis text was John lii., 14, 15,
and 1f» verses. His manner is his ou n ; he never j
could be imitated. Without any of what are some- !
times called charms of oratory, he enchanted hi? j
audience for an hour and half. It was a profound !
logical, and heart-searching discourse. In ?o !
course of his sermon he gave a most lucid expla
nation of the entire freedom of the will and the uni
versality of the atonement.
But. this p- ge is almost full—and not a word has
i been written about Mr. Punshon (Wesleyan)whose
, | lectnre last night in Exeter Hull, to about four
, thousand hearers, called forth the unbounded en
| thusiasni of his audience. Do not be alarmed at
. ! the rapid consumption of superlatives evident in
these pages. What is one to do when in London*,
and favor* <1 to Imar all th* great men of the world?
p To dispense with superlative* will be to put t!
pulpit of London on a level with the rest of ti.e
| world, which it is not; that is, in the cases referred
! to. The subject of Mr. Punshon’s lecture w*»«
John Bun van, apparently the very subject to cal?
i out his genius. For two hours one stream of elo
quence flowed from lips. .
‘ 1 ■
. tjfinrmg forth a perfect torrent of beautiful mul!*? ,
, bold figures and splendid climaxes. He reminds
you of Bis..op Ba comb, in the rapidity wirii which
he speaks, but bis action is very dilfcrcnt. A
most delightful feature in his lecture was an eat
. nest and powerful appeal to the young on the sub
• ject of religion. At its close one profound shout
J of admiration broke from the listening thousands,
and for several minutes after the speakersutd ovn,
the cheers and waring of hats and handkerchiefs
testified the admiration of all.
Char lotion Advocate.
.Miscellaneous Items,
IH*.\ Elijah Andersi.n, a col* red preacher of
Madison, Imliaiia, has just been convi led in the
1 Bedford county Circuit Court, of Kentucky, of
Hilling hi the escape of slaves, und sentenced to
the peuiieutiarv for eight years.
In Marion county, Ohio, a few days ago, a man
1 sued another for the rent of a house. On the trial
evidence was adduced that the house was h muled,
and the jury decided that the deltndam sii aild be
paid fifteen dollar? as damages instead of paving
rent.
At the 1 i»e commencement of the University of
North Carolina, at Clmpel Hill, ibe honorary *1 -
greeof LL. I). was conferred u,.on Mon. Aaron V.
Brown, Pos: mast r General, a ho is a graduate of
the institution.
Tiie court house and custom-house at Pcterslm
, roujfli, Canada, were de t.oved In lire on ih*. i2»l»,
with I). G. Hatton’s drv good» w st« re, and other
property. Total loss sßß,ooo insured $2 *,«*•(».
The farm known as Pembroke, übout a mile from
• Haniotiin, Va, was recently sold f.»r $21,000. h
coniains, including m ush, woodland and arable
surface, about four hundred acres, being over fifty
dollars an acre.
The land office at Warsaw, Missouri, has been
temporarily closed in consequence of the very
Urge* amount of l .nds lab ly Mild there, being «.v i
live hundred thousand acres for the hist t wound a
naif months, and two htindivd and f »nv-sevcti
thousand three hundred and fifty-two acres* lor the
month of May alone. The emigration to the Sure
tins season is said to be unprec d< u ed.
Col. Nobles. President of Bach,* Wagon Road
. Company, aud Willis A. Gorman. Esq., hiu* Gov
ernor und member elect to the ConMitu ion I Con
vention of Minnesota, bad a pe'Hoii.il collision a i
S . Ban), in which it is said both were somewhat
bruised and battered
The H*umudutn % 'of June 3Pd, publishes a list of
shiprnet? of produce this spring, showing a total
Os 5*4,002 pounds of onions; ly,?2d barrels of po
tatoes; 12,755 boxes of tomatoes. Or the above
there were sbloped to Nt vv York 127,410 pound*
*»f onions; 16,220 bunds of potatoes, 12,211
boxes tomatoes.
It is stated that great excitement prevails at Na
rdes, in consequence of the late robbery of the
most magnificient set of diamonds in the Two Si
cilies—those of the Hatches of Savigliano, daugh
ter of G* ii. Filangieri. These diamonds are val
-1 ued at s4s,non.
j Resaca de la Palma.—The anniversary was
celebrated on the battle ground by the citizens of
j Brownsville and the military from Fort Brown,
j J. McLean, Esq., delivered the oration.
A thriving trader in Wisconsid, claiming the
paternity of eleven daughters, greatly to the aston
ishment of his neighbors, succeeded in marrying
them all off in six months. One of the neighbors
who likewise had several daughters, called upon
him and said :
“ I should like to know, friend, your secret of
ready husband making with success.”
“Pooh,” said the other, “no secret at. all. I
make it a rule, after a young man has paid atten
tion to one of my girls a fortnight, to call upon
him with a revolver, and civilly ask him to ‘choose
between death and matrimony.’ You mav im
agine,” continued he, “ which of the two they pre
ferred. ”
Very civil question, indeed, and no mittens at
all in the case.
Major Ben*. McCullough for Nicaragua.—An
intelligent gentleman, who has lately, while
traveling, had an opi ortunity of conversing with
Major McCullough, gives us to understand that
when General Walker returns to Nicaragua, Major
M’C. will be among the gallant spirits who will ac
company him.— NashoiUt. ( Term.) Gazette.
New York, June 2o.—The steamers Atlantic and .
Vanderbilt It sailed to-day at the same hour for ]
Liverpool. The Atlantic passed Governor’s Island
four minutes ahead of the Vanderbuilt, aud Staten
Island six minutes ahead. I
i Simple Butter Cooler.—Melted butter is very
! well in its right place, put when butter is put upon
j the tea or breakfast table, having the appearance of
i being just out of the oven, it is anything but cre
; (liable to the house-keeper, and far from satis
j factory to those who eat it. Dry toast is positively
I spoiled it spread with soft butter; indeed, if butter
j cannot be brought to the table at least firm, if not
j hard, it is better to keep it away altogether. For
tunately, however, it is not necessary to proceed to
i such desperate meaures, as butter can be kept nice
i and cool in the hottest weather,And in a very sini
| pie manner. Procure a large new flower pot, of a
j sufficient size to cover the butter-plate, and also a
1 saucer large enough for the flower-pot to rest in up
j side down, place a trivet or meat-stand (such as is
I sent to the oven wheua jointis baked) in the saucer,
! and put on this trivel the plate of butter; now fill
' the sancer with water, and turn the flower-pot over
I the butter, so that its bottom edge will be below
the water. The hole in the flower-pot must be
j lined with a cork; the butter will then be in what
iwe may call an air-tight chamber. Let the whole
| of the outside of the flower-pot be then thoroughly
drenched with water and place it in as cool a spot
as you can. If this be done over night, the butter
will be as “ firm as a rock”at breakfast time; or, if
I placed therein the morning, the butter will be quite
; hard for use at tea hour. The reason of this is,
' that when water evaporates, it produces cold; the
porous pot draws up the water which in warm
weather quickly evaporates from the sides, and
thus cools it, and as no warm air can now get at the
t butter, it becomes firm and cool in the hottest
days.
Horrible Affair.— Last night the Fulton
House, in this city, was the theatre of the most
| awful tragedy that ever occurred in the annals of
! crime. About a quarter past 8 o’clock, a young
J man, twenty years of ago, named Win. Witcher,
shot his father, Mr. D. 11. Witcher—the ball en
tering the left hypochondriac with a tendency up
j ward of forty-five degrees, passing through the
i stomach and left lobe of the liver, lodging near
! the spine. We were informed that William, after
j eating supper, drank two glasses of brandy—his
: father took him into the room to reprimand him
f.*r drinking, when William drew his pistol and
| deliberately shot his father. We left Mr. Witcher
at half-past nine he was not then dead, but suf
fering the most excruciating agony. William im
! mediately effected Ins escape. The police were on
j his track at ten o’clock. Without farther comment
! we await the result.— Atlanta Examiner, June 27.
! Cuban Tariffs. —The tariff policy of Cuba is
) regulated in strict reference to the aggrandisement
of the mother country, Spain. The duties ou nu
merous articles are enormous, especially on flour
j and grain, that on the former amounting to nine
I dollars and eighty-five cents per barrel, and on
: corn to over forty cents per bushel. Spain is a
I large grain producing country, and the object of
! these heavy tariffs upon imports into the island
from other countries, is to secure to herself a mo*
! nopoly of the market.
But ii should not be taken for granted that these
, heavy duties are invariable in their operation on
1 the consumer. It would be a great mistake to
suppose that the citizen of Cuba is in the habit of
paying the enormous amount of nine dollars and
j eighty-five cents byway of duty, on the cost of a
j barrel of flour, say from the United States. Any
measure overdone is apt to neutralise itself in one
f way or another. In most eases smuggling is the
remedy restated to for warding off the hardships
ol the onerous imposition. It is so in Cuba. An
i intelligent citizen ofAbe Island informed us some
, weeks ago, that this mode of evasion was resorted
I to on an ex tensive scale, and in a manner both in
gLoaous aud effective. Nothing is more common,
;<*-» than for a vessel entirely empty to
■‘A Vhw.iw'p ft of Hats* 9 rob e rau»lr»cliveca*
’ gj of flour, bound for Matanzas, or other ports of
’ the island. With papers all regular, she goes to
( ?e », falls in, by previous agreement, with an Amer
ican ics?el on the coast of Florida, or elsewhere,
freighted with flour. The cargo is transferred,
and die vessel which left the port, of Havana en
tirely empty, proceeds on her voyage and enters
some other port on the Island, with her cargo reg
’ ularlv cleared at another domestic port, and thus
1 throws ii upon the market duty free!
Such is one of the “ tricks of trade” by which
government is defeated when it attempts to op
press the citizen for its own avaricious ends.
Savannah Republican , June 23.
Utah. -We believe we are not too premature in
announcing that Col. Cuminng, of Missouri, has
been appointed Governor of Utah, and that he in
tends to remove his faintly thither with the view of
unKmg that territory his permanent residence.
Col. Cutnming is a gentleman of tried official
integrity and of large expend ce in frontier
life. Bosseasing great personal courage of
a concilatorv nature, yet prompt and energetic
in toe dis barge of duty, he will bring to the
important lespou.-ibilitie* which he has assumed
• Hit* most essential qualities for success in the deli
can*, and even dangerous mission which has been
confided to him.
The difficulties to be encountered in Utah are
more numerous aud complicated than is now gen
erally supposed. Among them may be incident
itiv mentioned that Brigham Young claims a title
to ull the lands in the Territory, and has never re
cognised the United Stales surveys. None of his
followers have purchased lands in accordance with
our laws Hence >»ne of the delicate duties of the
Federal Courts of that Territory will be to estab
lish and maintain the rights of those who may
hereafter purchase in accordance with our laws.
Not an individual in all Utah now holds a foot of
land the title of which is derived from the United
States; and it follows, under thi strange condition
of things, that all parts of the Territory are at the
present time open to pre-emption.
Washington Union.
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. —The fol
lowing statement is a most satisfactory one, and
exhibits the creative faculties of railroads in a
i cry striking :
*it.iu-:nent of Receipt a and Expenditures of the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad for April amt May, 1857.
Receipts. April. Mav,
From Pa Mengear •4-1.168 77 $45,71/1 74
K.on Freight 24.d:'.l «V» 31.819 88
From Mails 2..'ilS 75 2,518 75
From Express 4:8 23 485 17
*71.551 27 *70.28*80
Total Expenditure? *58,999 01 #31,527 80
Net Earnings $87,552 *2O #-'8,7t»l 09
Memphis Bulletin, June 24.
Fannin’s Battle Ground.-- We recently passed i
j the battle ground where the brave Fannin and his j
vu'iant meu so fearlessly fought their 'reacherous ]
and overpowering foes. As we approached within j
a few hundred yards of the spot, we observed a j
pile of Miineihing which we at first supposed tube
the cargo of some broken down wagon. But on
nearing the place, were surprised to find a loose
pile or stone about six feet high. There are no
rocks nearer the spot than the Menahuilla, a
distance of about seven miles, and, of course, this
little pile that now marks the place of sad memory
must have been taken from there.
The pile stands in the centre of the entrench- j
ment, roughly put up without mortar. We know
not, nor i» it known here who placed it there; but
whoever he is, he has exhibited a nobleness of na
ture a*id a national pride that abides only in the
bosom of the generous and patriotic, and has set
an example to Texas that should remind them of
’heir duty. A monument should be built there to
mark the place where the brave but ill fated band
duiintlesslv fought in defence of liberty.
Nothing can be more truly national, patriotic
and noble than the erection of this little pile, so
silently done—no show—no boasting—a still and
sili nt act, prompted by a generous love of valor,
to mark the spot where his unfortunate countrymen
so valiantly fought against such fearful odds.
It is hoped that this testimonial of national pride
will awaken Texans to a solemn duty too long
neglected.— Goliad Repress.
—lllinois Land Sales.— The land sales of the
Illinois Central Company, the first two weeks in
June, were to the value of $284,H04, or twenty-one
thousand four hundred and forty-five acres, at an
average of $ 3 8*» per acre. The entire sales in
June, last year, were $*241,291.
General Concha, Captain General of Cuba, has
been re-called, aLd Leesundi appointed in his place.
Friendship.—True friendship, like true love, it
is said, can never forget. When the article is
pure, doubtless this is the case. There have been <
friendships which have survived the tomb. Its !
constancy is prettily illustrated in the follow- 1
ing lines:
“The bridegroom may forget the bride.
Was made his wedded wife yestreen ;
The monarch may forget the crown ,
That ou his head an hour has been.
The mother may forget her child
That smiles sae sweetly on her knee. ,
Bat I’ll remember thee. Glencaim.
And a’ that thou hast done for me.”
New Wheat—First of the Season.—Messrs.
Gates, Wood A McKnight received by yesterday’s
train, per Mississippi and Tennessee railroad, sev
enty-two bags of new wheat from the plantation
of Dr. H. Dockery, of DeSoto county. Miss., and
shipped the same last evening for St. Louis. Dr.
Dockery sent to the same house last rear the first
new wheat received in this market, about ten days
earlier than this season. He is one of the best
planters in this section of country.
Memphis Bulletin, Jane 24.
Compliment to tiie officers of tiie Steam Fri
gate Susquehannah.—At the anniversary dinner
of the Metropolitan Free Hospital at London on the
10th instant, at which Captain Sands and the offi
cers ot the United States steam frigate Susquehan
nah were present. Lord John Russell proposed
“the health of Captain Sands and the officers of
the American frigate Susquehannah.” He said
that he had always found that whenever there was
a diplomatic difference between England and
America it was immediately smoothed away it so
fortunate as to be placed in the bauds of an
* English and American naval officer. (Cheers.)
. For instance, Sir George Seymour and the mer
iean Commodore had in a very short time settled
the long-protracted dispute of the fishery question.
’ (Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with the loudest denion
. trations of applause.
Captain Sands returned thanks. He had, he
. said, come to this country to lay a cable, not to
make a speech; but he trusted that that cable
1 would become a perpetual bond of amity between
. the two countries. (Cheers).
The Deluge of Liquors.—The new tariff will
go into operation on the first of July, and the du
ties on imported liquors will be reduced from one
hundred to thirty per cent. We learn that the
Bonded Warehouses are filled to oyerflowing, and
that no more cargoes can be admitted until after
, the first. The question is asked whether there will
L be a general fall in the price of wines, brandies, Ac.
* iVetc York Mirror.
Artificial Limbs are now made of willow, cover
-1 ed with parchment, painted a flesh color, und beau
tifuly enameled. The knee joint being a snccess
i ful invention of the bull and socket, avoids the de
* : formity that the ordinary tendon and morticed
’ I joint exposes upon bending the limb. The ankle
4 I aud the joints are also imitated, and cords, opera
i ted by springs, cams and eccentrics, give great
1 , certainty to the movements of the contrivance.
> |
! Money Lending in Chicago.—A gentlemen who
1 has passed the last two months in Chicago, says a
1 coteinporary, passed an hour in this office yester
-1 day. He esteems that business is altogether over
* done there. He informed us that there are three
i hundred stores to rent in that city, and that money
a iis exceedingly tight. His own business has been
1 l that of loaning money, which is done at from thir
j jtv to forty per cent., interest deducted, whic h
1 | makes quite a hole in a note of one thousand tlol-
I lavs, leaving twelve months to run. There is nev
'» i ertheless a heavy business doing there, and those
° I engaged in it, keep m> good pluck., though things \
: f | lotik a little dark to oiu fashioned people, who are
not quite as "fast” as the times.
Hon. William C. Preston. This distinguished
j* I gentleman is non’ upon a visit to*his friend, Hon
’ j Waddy Thompson, at his delightful mountain res
idence near this place. We are happy to learn
s that Col. Breston is in fine health, and we trust
‘ he may be long spared to enjoyed the gratitude
and admiration which the people of his State so
warmly and universally render to his talents,
[ patriotism and virtue. —Patriot and Mountaineer.
Santa Anna’s Leg— A Curiosity. —Palmer &
Co., the celebrated manufacturers of artificial legs,
have just received the leg belonging to Santa An- |
1 ua, captured at the battle of Cerro Gordo. The
* firm are manufacturing an elegant specimen of the
J. art for the General. The following is the inscrip
tion upon the captured leg: “Santa Anna’s Leg,
. captured at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, by
Sergeant Gill and privates Rhodes und Woodward,
l. Company G, Fourth Regiment, Illinois Volun.
„ tcers.” —Boston Journal.
j New Wheat.—New wheat is expected from Ken
_ tacky by the 25th instant, if the weather in the |
j meantime should be dry.— Cin. Gaz.
> The Democratic convention of the third district
-of Louisiana has nominated Thos. G. Davidson for j
. Congress, after the withdrawal of a portion of the
» delegates.
General Scott has been called to Washington !
> by the President to perfect arrangements for the !
i dispatch of troops to Utah.
Ex-President Pierce was on a visit to Boston on j
Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Marcv arc ou a visit to j
Rochester, N. Y.
j* R. C. Murphy, Esq., United States Consul ut ;
i Shanghai has reached Washington with dispatches
! from China. He arrived in the Persia.
Quebec. June 20.—The Governor-General of ■
Canada and suit left for England this morning by :
the steamship North America.
W ashjngto.v, June 24. —There was a pleasantly j
1 exciting time at the arsenal to-day on the occasion :
of testing the relative merits of firearms. Col. !
Colt was present with his revolving rifle, General
Burnside with his breech-loading carbine. Colonel I
; Hake** with his sharp’s carbine, and Mr. Merril !
; with his own carbine. The firing was satisfactory, j
The distance was from one hundred to live huti
j dred yards, and the effects were noted by Major
i Bell. These arms have already been introduced 1
; into the army; und their comparative merits were
j tested by the direction of the Secretary of War, 1
' together with the Secretary of Navy, and manv '
j other gentlemen, witnessed the experiments, ami I 1
! were subsequently handsomely entertained by
j Major Bell at his quarters. ‘ *
j Alexandria, \ a., June 24.—The jewelry store !
; of W. W. Adams was entirely emptied by bur
i glars last night, and upwards of $20,0000 in jewel- **
iry and plate stolen. No clue to the robbers has, ]
as yet, been obtained. *
Detroit, June 24.—A large number of delegates ;
have arrived here to attend the ninth anniversary *
of the German North American Saengerbuud, which (
commenced here to-day. Two grand concerts will t
be given, the festivities concluding with a ball on j
Friday evening. It is understood that the pro- J
coeds will be devoted to the relief of the destitute t
j in Northern Michigan.
Troy, N. Y., June 24.—Gen. Wool, of the U. S.
Army, is here, and alarmingly ill.
New York, June 23.—Powers’ Greek Slave was c
sold to-day at auction at the Exchange. It brought *
$6,000. It was purchased by the Cosmopolitan 1
Art Association of Cincinnati for redistribution. t
Concord, N. H., June 23.—The personal liberty r
bill was adopted in the House to-day by one hun- 1
dred and eighty-four to one hundred and fourteen, i
The resolution condemning the Dred Scott deci- i
sion was considered. €
Albany, N. \ June 23. There was no deci- '
sion in the Court of Appeals on the New York
metropolitan question, rumors to the contrary
notwithstanding. J i
Richmond, June 23.—The New School Presbvte- !
nan church here has endorsed the action of their
representatives at the Cleveland assembly, and '
will appoint delegates to the proposed convention !
at W ashmgton, August 27th.
1 I |? ST ?. N > u " e 82.—The sloop-of-war Cumber
land sailed to-day for the coast of Africa.
New obk, June 23.—Three companies of Uni
ted States soldiers departed westward yesterday
Utah trle ral ' roa<! tO -!° ia tbe forces detached for
VOL. 36-ISrO. 27.
Miscellaneous Items.
A bridge is now being constructed over the “riv
er Jordan, on the line of the Catasauga and Fo
glesville railroad, in Pennsylvania, which is said
to be the largest of its kind in the United States
It is one thousand one hundred feet long, and is
built entirely of iron—the spans being supported
by iron lowers one hundred feet high. It will be
completed by the first of July.
Sixteen of the Russian vessels that were sunk
during the war in the Black Sea, between Sebasto
pol, > icolaieff and Odessa, have been raised.
President Buchanan, Vice-President Breckin
ridg, and Gen. Cass, and Howell Cobb, of the cab
inet, are said to be Free Masons.
They have in Memphis an association entitled
“ Old Folks at Home.
Lyman Brewer, for thirty rears cashier of the
Thames Bank at Norwich, Conn., died on the 10th
instant.
Hon. Fayette McMullin, the new Governor of
Washington Territory, will sail for the Pacific
about July 20th.
Our latest Louisiana exchanges complain of in
tolerable hot weather, and rejoice in nourishing
crops.
A fire in Portsmouth, Va.,on Tuesday consumed
three small houses owned by Mrs. Coleman, J.
Talbott and Thos. Brooks, Jr.
The Alexandria (Va.) Gazette states that the Odd
Fellows of Potomac Lodge are making the neces
sary arrangements to establish a male and female
school in that citv, where the children-of deceased
members are to be educated free of expense.
Letters from England state that Mr. Dallas, the
American minister, had been formally invited to
Oxford to receive, on the 22d inst., the degree of
L. L. I). from that celebrated institution. Belong
since had the honor conferred upon him by his
alma mater, Princeton College.
At least a thousand Norwegians arrived at Mil
waukie on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week,
and from a conversation with them it was ascer
tained that at least twenty thousand of their
countrymen are coming to America the present
year.
Mrs. Hope Scott, only surviving grand-child of
Sir Walter, the novelist, bore a son in Scotland on
the socond of June, which will be christened Wal
ter.
The Roman forum is now a cow market, the
Tarpeian rock a cabbage garden, and the palace
of the Cesars a rope-walk. This is the end of hu
man glory.
The ship Don Quixotic sailed from Hon-Kong
on the 25th of April, for New York, having on
board seven hundred and sixty-four thousand tw«
hundred pounds of tea.
Two ways o/Tellinga Story—To be Read
Only by I'ncivil Roys,
In oue of the most popular cities of New Eng
land, a few years since, a party of lads, all mem
bers of the' same school, got up a grand sleigh
ride. The sleigh was a large and splendid oue,
drawn by six grey horses.
On the day following the ride, as the teacher en
tered the school-room, he found his pupils in high
merriment, as they chatted about the fun and frol
ic of their excursion. In answer to some inquiries
which he made about the matter, one of the lads
volunteered to give an account of their tiip and its
incidents.
As lie drew near the end of his story, he exclaim
ed : “Oh, sir! there was one little circumstance
that I had almost forgotten. As we were coming
home, we saw a queer looking alfair iu the road.
It proved to be a lusty old sleigh, fastened behind
a covered wagon, proceeding at a very slow rate,
| and taking up ihe wbult road.
Finding that the wee a; Ji ; c.-od ’otiu-n
out, we determined upon a volley of snow-balls
and a good hurrah. They produced a right effect,
tor the crazy machine turned out into the deep
snow, and the skinny old pony started on a lull
trot.
As we passed, some cue gave the old jilt of a
horse a good crack, which made him run faster
than he ever did before, I'll wurrant. And so wiih
another volley of snow- balls pitched into the front
part of the wagon, and three times three cheers,
we rushed by.
With that,* an old ftlloio iu the wagon, who was
buried up under an old hat, and who had dropped
the reins, bawled out. “ Why do you frighte.j my
horse V” “ Why don’t you turn out, then?” says
! the driver. So we gave him three rousing cheers
in ire. ilis horse was frightened again and ran up
against a loaded team, and I believe almost cap
sized the old creature—and so we left him.”
“Well boys,” replied the instructor, “take your
seats, and l will take my turn and tell you a story,
and all about a sleigh ride, too. Yesterday after
noon, a very venerable old clergyman was on his
way from Boston to Salem, to pass the residue of
the winter at the house of his son. That he might
be prepared for journeying in the spring, he took
w ;tli him his wagon, and tor the winter nis sleigh,
which he fastened behind the wagon.
His sight am! hearing were somewhat blunted
I bv age, and he w.v proceeding very slowly and
quietly, for his horse was old and feeble, like his
I owner.* His thoughts, to the scenes of his
youth—of his manhood, and of his r iP e|3 years.
Almost forgetting himself in the multiiude his
I thoughts, he was suddenly disturbed, and even
i terrified, by loud hurrahs from behind, and by a
j furious pelting aud clattering of balls of snow and
| ice upon the top of Ins wagon.
| “In his trepidation he dropped his reins, and
I as his aged and feeble hands w« re quite benumbed
with cold, he coaid not gather them up, am! his
; horse began to runaway. In the midst of the old
man’s troubles, there rushed by him, with loud
f shouts, a large party of boys, in a sleigh drawn by
j six horses. ‘Turn cut! turn out, old fellow ! Give
'us the road, old boy ! What will you take for
j your pony, old daddy ? Go it, frozen-nose! What’s
| the price of oats? ’ were the various cries that mev
his ear.
| “ Pray do not frighten my horse!” exclaimed the
I infirm driver. “Turn out, then! turnout!” was
the anawe", which was followed by repeated cracks
and blows from the long whip of the “grand
j sleigh,” with showers of snow-balls, and three
' tremendous cheers fr< m the boys that were in it.
Tin* terror of the old man and his horse were in
creased, and the latter ran away with him, to the
imminent danger of his life. He contrived, how
ever, to secure his reins, and to stop his horse just
in season to prevent his being dashed against &
loaded team.
A short distance brought him to his journey’s
end, the bouse of his son. His horse was com
fortably housed and fed, and he himself abundant
ly provided for. That son, boys, is your in
structor; and that old fellow , and old hoy, (who did
not turn out for you, but who would gladly have
given you the whole road, had he heard your re
proach,) that old daddy and old froeen none, was
your master’s father!”
Some of the boys buried tlieir beads behind their
desks; some cried ; and many hastened to the
teacher with apologies and regrets without end.
All were freely pardoned, but were cautioned that
they should be more civil, for the future, to inof
fensive travellers, aud more respectful to the aged
and infirm.
The Price of New Wheat.— There is much in
quiry among farmers as to the probable price of
early delivered new wheat. The Fredericksburg
(Va.) Herald , of the 24th inst., says :
“ There have been a few sales here at #1 50, but
there is aMecided indisposition on the part of the
millers to engage for future delivery at this price.
The best advice from New York houses, who are
in correspondence with almost every grain grow
ing district in the country, advises against such
engagements, and our millers are disposed to heed
what appears to them to be sound advice.”
Macon and Brunswick Railroad.— At a meet
ing of the corporators held in this city yesterdav
the company was organized, and two* hundred
thousand dollars of stock subscribed. At a subse
quent meeting of the stockholders the following
gentlemen were elected as Board of Trustees:
lon. A. E. Cochran, of Brunswick ; Hon. James
Houston, of Brunswick ; George Walker, Esq of
Pulaski county ; E. E. Crocker, Esq., of Twiggs
county; Capt. B„F. Ross, T. R. Bloom, aad L. N
Whittle, of Macon ; and at a meeting of the Board*
Hon. A. E. Cochrane was unanimously elected
President, and Mr. E. C. Rowland. Secretary and
Treasurer.— Macon Citizen, June 27.
