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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new' law, the reduction of duty on the Ist of July upon goods previously bonded, would only apply to those which were withdrawn for consumption.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.