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SATURDAY, JUIsTE 19.
The Fourth oi July.
We trust that in all sections of the Union, the
approaching anniversary of American Indepen
dence will be celebrated in a manner worthy of a
grateful recollection of the important results which
followed our liberation from the dominion of Eng
land, and made us a great and prosperous com
munity of sovereign States.
The “Fourth” is our great national holiday,
and should be celebrated on every annual return
by orations, military and civic displays, proces
sions of societies, and fire companies, and by bon-
I firea ai *d displays of fire-works. Martial music
should animate our people, and the loud-mouth
cannon proclaim our gratitude for the return of the
glorious day. It was in this way the fathers of the
Republic celebrated the occasion; and we should
emulate the example of those who participated in
the struggles for our independence.
Entertaining these views, we trust that we will
have a celebration in Augusta, worthy of the day
and worthy of the city; and hope that ample ar
rangements will be made by the proper authori
ties to carry it out.
Mount Ternon Association.
The approaching 4th of July should not be al
lowed to pass without au effort to promote the
laudable purpose of the Ladies of the Mount Ver
non Association. The objections to contributions
to such a cause, previous to the sale of Mount
Vernon, may have been legitimate enough, but
such considerations should not have weight now,
from the fact that the Association have purchased
the grounds, and now appeal to their friends to
enable them to promptly liquidate the obligation.
The fact’is, the money must be contributed; and
patriotic spirits throughout the land must be
aroused to aid the efforts now making for that
purpose.
Has Georgia done her full share in this noble
work ? When the money is all contributed, and
the announcement made of the sources from which
it was derived, how will Georgia stand by the side
of her sister States ?
It is not too late for our State to occupy a proud
and enviable position among the contributors to
this enobling enterprise, and we trust that an
unusual demonstration will be made in this direc
tion on the 4th of July.
In reply to the address of General Washington,
in which he resigned his commission as command
er of the army, at the end of the war, the President
of Congress, Tiiomas Mifflin, said:
“ Having defended the standard of liberty in
this new world ; having taught a lesson useful to
those who inflict, and to those who feel aperehdn
sion, you retire from the great theatre of action
with the blessings of your fellow-citizens; but the
glory of your virtues will not terminate with your
military command; it will continue to animate re
motest ages.”
The object of the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Asso
ciation, is to keep in fresh remembrance the
44 blessings of our fellow-citizens” for the services
and worth of the immortal Washington, and to
render prophetic the declaration of Pre* !* n
Mifflin “ that the glory of the virtu o'
Washington will continue to animate remotes
ages.”
Post Office Regulations.
The order of the first Assistant Postmaster
General Horatio King, issued on the 3d of June,
and addressed to S. R. Anderson, P. M. at Nash
ville, Tenn, *s as follows :
“Dear Sir: In answer to your enquiry whether
the newspaper statements that the Postmaster
General had decided that, “where letters reached
any .post office, addressed to fictitious names or
parties, they should not be delivered to any one
claiming to be the representative of the addressed
parties, but be sent to the Department as dead
letters, I have to inform you that such decision
has been made, and the instructions given are,
that all such letters, not being deliverable accord
ing to the standing regulations, should, in
due course of time, be returned as dead letters.”
It is a common enough occurrence for persons
to request letters to 4>e directed to A. B. or 0. P.,
or initials of any kind, or to have them directed to
box A, Bor C. In such cases, the recent deci
sion is, that all|such letters shall be returned to the
Department as dead letters.
We are not prepared to express a favorable opin
ion of this new regulation of the Post Office De
partment, although in some cases its enforcement
may be correct enough. What will become of the
letters addressed to Jobn Smith, as that übiquitous
gentleman calls frequently at the post office for
letters, and postmasters find great difficulty in de
termining to which 44 John ” the letters shall be
delivered? 44 There are more things in heaven and
earth, Horatio,” than are dreamed of in the phi
losophy which you have addressed to Mr. Ander
son.
Exchange Bank of Griffin.
It was reported in our city on yesterday that the
Exchange Bank, located at Griffin, Ga., had closed
its doors, or ‘‘departed this life.” It said to
have been in unpaired pecuniary health for some
time past. The Memphis (Tenn.) Avalanche , of
15th inst. thus refers to the Exchange Bank :
We are credibly informed by an old business
citizen, who recently travelled the roads through
Georgia, that the Georgia Exchange Bank, of
which we have an agency here, will not pay rail
road far# or tavern bills in Georgia; and that the
old banks will not receive and pay it out. The
same state of affairs exists here—the old banks
will not receive it, and the balance of the banks
square up with it every day. Why should we re
ceive paper here that has no standing at home, when
we have so recently sustained losses from sim
ilar arrangements ? One of our monied men was
recently applied to for bankable funds at two and
a-half per cent, a month, and receive Georgia Ex
change Bank funds as collateral security, which
was rejected.
Mills Destroyed by Fire.
We regret to learn that the extensive saw mill
belonging to Mr. Harmon Rowley, in this county,
was destroyed by fire on Monday night last. There
was a grist mill, a turning lathe, and other me
chanical conveniences connected with the mill; a
large lot of lumber, posts for bedsteads, Ac., all
of which were destroyed. The fire was caused
by an incendiary. We understand that the pro
perty was partly insured.
Burning of Mill.
We had a conversation with Mr. H. Rowley od
yesterday, and he informed us that his losses by
the tire, in destruction of mill, machinery, turned
work, lumber, tobls, Ac., will be about fifteen
thousand dollars, and that he had an insurance
only on about three thousand five hundred dol
lars.
A tree negro man by the name of Wesley Moi~
man has been arrested and is now in jail under
the charge of having set fire to the mills.
Hon. Wm. B. Wofford.
iWg regret to learn, by an announcement in the
Atlanta American, that this gentleman, so well
and so favorably known throughout the State,
died at his residence in Habersham county, on the
10th inst Gen. Wofford was for many years a
member of the General Assembly, and for several
sessions the presiding officer of the Senate. Dur
ing the administration of Gov. Johnson, he was
the Treasurer of the Western and Atlantic rail
road. His name has been familiar to the people
of Georgia for many years, and the announcement
of his death will be received with sincere regret
by all who knew him.
Hon. James G. Bkrret, recently elected
Mayor of Washington City, was inaugurated on
Monday last. His first official act was to transmit
a message to the Board of Aldermen and Common
Council, urging an increase of the police force to
enable him at all times to preserve the peace of
tiie city.
Congress.
The first sessiefc of the thirty-fifth Congress,
which closed at six o’clock on Monday afternoon,
was shorter by about two months than the “ long
sessions” heretofore have been. The National In
telligencer states, however, that though the time
occupied by the federal legislature has been less
than usual, the two houses have sat more hours
and passed a greater number of bills during their
late session, than they have during any previous
one.
Late News from Europe.
The news we publish this morning, brought by
the \ anderbilt, and dispatched from St. Johns,
was received earlier from Europe than on any pre
vious occasion. The Vanderbilt left Havre on the
9th of June, and'her news is flashed over the
country on the 17th. The time occupied at sea
must have been only from seven to seven and a
half days.
The credit for thus bringing us so closely in con
nection with England, and enabling us to receive
the news so early, is mainly due to the enterprise
exhibited by the New York, Newfoundland and
London Telegraph Company, in extending their
line of wires to the bleak regions of Newfound
land, and also to the enterprise of the New York
Associated Press, in keeping a steamer off Cape
Race to connect with the Liverpool steamers as
they pass that eastern point.
The Post Office Bill.
Two conferences between the two House were
held upon this bill, without reconciling their dis
agreement upon it, the Senate insisting upon its
amendments, in reference to an increase of the
rates of postage and the abolition of the franking
privilege. A third committee of conference was
appointed by the House on Monday morning, {who
agreed with the Senate committee to report the
original House bill, which was finally adopted by
both houses. With the passage of this bill, sever
al important amendments, introduced in the House
or in the Senate, have failed. It does not abolish
the franking privilege, or increase the rates of post
age, and makes no change m existing laws in re
ference to the printing of post office blanks, or the
publication of proposals for mail contracts and
advertised letters. It has been stated in the course
of the discussion upon this bill that the abolition
of the franking privilege of members of Congress,
would increase the revenue of the Post Office De
partment five or six millions a year, and enable it
to sustain itself. It is, always has been, and al
ways will be, an abuse, and we regret that the Sen
ate was compelled to recede from its position in
favor of its abolition.
The Atlantic Trunk Line Association.
It has been reported for several weeks past, that
the railroad companies constituting the old sea
board line between New York and New Orleans,
by which the great northern and southern mails
are now carried, were engaged in arranging a new
schedule to go into operation on the Ist of July,
by which the time between these two important
points would be materially lessened. We learn
that this new schedule has not yet been adopted,
but that arrangements for it are in progress, which
will be perfected in a few weeks. The proposed
new schedule, it is stated, will reduce the time be
tween New Orleans and New York about twelve
hours, and enable the old line to carry mails and
passengers between those cities, as expeditiously
as they can be carried by the new line, which has
been recently completed through Western Virginia,
Hast Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. The
distance by the old seaboard route between New
York and New Orleans is shorter,as an examination
will show, by twenty-three miles, than it is by the
new interior route, and with closer connections, it
will be enabled to compete successfully with this
new line, without any material increase in its
average running time.
In’,the meantime, the railroad companies between
New York and Cedar Keya, in Florida, have or
ganised themselves into an association under the
name and title of 4 ‘ The Atlantic Trunk Line As
sociation,” for the purpose of carrying the mails,
passengers, and freight, between New York, New
Orleans, and California, with a semi-weekly branch
line from Key West to Havana. This association
proposes, by railroad from New York to Wilming
ton or Charleston, or when the Charleston and
Savannah road is completed, to (he latter city, we
suppose, thence by steamers toFernandina, thence
across Florida to Cedar Keys, and thence by
steamers to New Orleans, to reduce the time be
tween these termini to less than four days. If it
can accomplish this, neither the seaboard or in
land route can compete with it for the through
travel, as they cannot insure the same certainty
in their connections, even if they can make the
transit in the same time. The Wilmington jour
nal has an interesting article upon this new rail
road and steamboat route, from which we take the
following extract:
The railroad companies between New Y’ork and
Cedar Keys, Fla., have formed themselves under
the name and title above stated, with a general
agency and control, and have proposed to the post
office department to guarantee the delivery of the
mails in New Orleans from New Y'ork and in New
Y’ork from New Orleans in four days, and, when
some links are completed, in still less time.
They also propose to carry passengers and bag
gage in the same time, selling through tickets and
giving through cheeks. Tne cost of through
tickets for first class passengers to die forty to for
ty-five dollars, including meals on steamers be
tween Charleston and FernandiDa, and between
Cedar Keys and New Orleans. We soppose the
fare between New York and Havana, or the At
lantic terminus of the crossing point on the isth
mus, will be graduated in proportion to the above
rate.
The steamers are to be of iron, of the most ap
proved construction, and of the first class, divided
into water-tight compartments, with every other
safeguard that skill can devise. They will be ele
gantly fitted up, with a view' to comfort and con
venience.
No doubt, a large express freighting business
will be done by this line, which will be opened for
business by the first day of November next. As
already stated, a connection will be made with the
points of crossing the isthm us from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and the California mails, passengers
and express freight, will be forwarded from and
delivered at Cedar Keys twice a mouth, oroftener,
from Aspinwall of Tehuantepec, as the case may
be. The Havana oranch will be semi-weekly,
via Key West.
We give the above facts as we understand them
to exist, without any attempt at embellishment or
coloring. We might draw a more glowing pic
ture, but we think that the simple facts are suffi
cient, especially as they will bear the most rigid
scrutiny. Our railroad companies, through their
officers, have been actively at work for months to
form this great association, under whose auspices
the line is to be worked, and we rejoice that their
labors have at length been crowned with that
measure of success w’hich their energy had so well
merited.
sd£T*The Bank of Newberry, S. C., resumed
specie payments on the 4th inst.
£3f~A public dinner has been tendered to Sena
tor HammOnd, by the citizens.of Beach Island and
neighborhood. _
pST We invite the attention of female teachers
to the advertisement of the Secretary and Treasu
rer of the Augusta Free School. A female teach
er is wanted at that school.
The Lecompton Democrats of the Third
District of Indiana hare nominated the Hon.
James Hcghes for re-election to Congress. The
anti-Lecompton Democrats have nominated Jobs
F. Cabs, and the Republicans Wm. M. Dchn.
[3T A committee of the City Council of Macon
recently recommended that their City Council
should lease to one of the citizens a piece of ground
for nine hundred and ninety-nine years, and closed
their report by distinctly stating that “ the ieaae
shall not be considered as a sale of the ground.”
The Scholars of the Honghton Institute*
Thursday forenoon, at the United States Hotel,
the scholars of the Houghton Institute were enter
tained with a fine collation, got up in excellent
style, by Mr. J. V. Clark. The music of the Au
gusta Brass Band enlivened the scene with choice
selections from popular airs—a number of ladies
and gentlemen honored the occasion with their
presence —and, altogether, the affair was happily
conceived and agreeably carried out.
Miss Annie Blount, well and favorably kiown
as “Jennie Woodbine ,” delivered the following
address to the scholars:
Dear Little Children —(forall children are dear
to me, from the rosy infant that smiles in its cra
dle to the demure little girl with dolls, or the boy
with hoop and ball), it gives me pleasure to meet
you here to-day with your sparkling eyes and
cheerful faces. And I wish to say a few words to
you, suggested by the kindly impulse of my own
heart, as well as by the request of our mutual
fnend, the whole-souled Mr. Clark, who provides
for us this entertainment to-day.
I would recall to your memory the gracious
benefactor, who, out of the fortune with which he
was blessed, kindly assigned a portion for the
erection of the institution of which you are pu
pils, and for the employment of teachers who
would implant in your youthful minds the germs
of knowledge. I know you love to think of him;
and if he can to-day look down from his abode of
bliss, he will rejoice in the assurance that he is
still remembered kindly by those whom he forgot
not.even in death.
liut, as 1 intend my remarks to be brief, I must
pass on to other subjects which nearly concern
yourself. The happy state of childhood is now
vours—your cares are few, your pleasures many.
But the day is not far distant when toys and
text books must be laid aside; when those who
now stand before me in the exuberant spirits
characteristic of life’s early morn, must act a
part in the great theatre of life. As yog are
in a measure the guardians of your
tinies, it remains with you whether that parVaball
be an ignoble or distinguished one. Remember
that it is the children of the present generation
who are to make the heroes and heroines of the
next; and when your elders fall into the ‘‘sere
and yellow leaf” of existence, they look to you as
to those who shall fill their places. Now, it. may
not be your lot to figure so extensively in public
life as a Napoleon or a Dr. Steal, but you will hav*
your responsibilities and duties; and the world
Will look to you to see that they are well perfow
ed. I shall not read you a leng harangue as to
what these duties are, partly because I scarcely
know myself, and partly because I would not pre
maturelv shadow your voung brows with thought.
I may, however, give you a few hints. While you
cultivate the head, do not neglect the heart; for
from it proceed all things evil as well as good.
Cultivate amiability and gentleness; aud torget
not the “ small sweet courtesies” of life—the
misery of many a household is brought about by
neglecting to practise in private that politeness
which is necessary in order t,o insure pubMc es
teem. Be watchful as to your thoughts, for one
necessarily apes one’s companions; and as your
thoughts are your constant companions, vour con
versation and actions will take from them their
hue and tone. And remember always the homely
old couplet, every word of which is true:
“Honor and shame from no condition rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies.”
Cultivate moral courage—the lack of this great
virtue, which I am sorry to say is so litllle prac
tised, has ruined many a happy home—brought
many a noble genius from his high estate to a po
sition below that which*Nature assigned him—
obscured many a bright talent in an untimely
grave.
Be cheerful and hopeful—look always at the
bright side of things.
“This world is not so bad a world
As some would try to make It;
But whether pood, or whether bad,
Depends on how you take it.”
We look at life through the spectacles of .feeling,
and its sunshine or shadow depends on the color
of the glasses we use.
Should Heaven bless you with wealth, remember
the poor , even as your deceased benefactor remem
bered you ; and cultivate the virtues of hospitality
and kindly feeling, which are so nobly shown
forth in the generous friend who has brought us
together to-day.
Above all, cultivate a religious heart; remember
that God’s eye is always upon you, and thaft lie
expects a return of the talents He has consigns to
your keeping. Do not, like the slothful servant,
conceal that which is your Heavenly Father’s in
the ground ; but turn it to such stood accpulUb, t
you may one day hear the Divide
than any meed of earthly fame, “ Well done, thou
good and faithful servant.”
And now, dear children, 1 believe I have said all
that time permits, as I wish you to go and enjoy
yourselves, and would not mar your pleasure by
an over long tirade. If I have been tiresome, for
give me, for all that I have said comes from a
heart that wishes you well.
In taking leave of you, I will breathe the best
prayer ruy neart knows how to offer, and that is—
may God bless you always!
After the delivery of the address, the children
devoted attention to the good things prepared for
their repast, and the excellent entertainment was
equalled in quality and quantity by the good or
der and handsome deportment of the children as
sembled around the table.
Mr. Clark seemed delighted at meeting the
youths at the hotel, on the anniversary of the bat
tle of Bunker’s Hill, and gave them an invitation,
if all should live, to meet again at the same place
next year, on the 17th of June, to enjoy similar
hospitalities.
Mr. L. LaTaste, in behalf of the Directors of
the Institute, and of the scholars, returned thanks
to Mr. Clark for bis kind entertainment and good
wishes.
The State Railroad and the Mails.
There has been much said and written in rela
tion to the policy pursued by the Superintendent
of the State road, in discontinuing the accommo
dation passenger and mail train on that road. In
reference to this matter, we have received the fol
lowing statement, in behalf of the officers of the
road, from a reliable source, which in justice to all
concerned we readily publish :
The State only gets twenty-two thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars per annum for the mail
service on the Western & Atlantic railroad. For
this the road is bound to carry the mail once daily,
on the cars, within the schedule time fixed by the
post office department. The road is not bound by
the contract to run any other train or trains; but
if it does run other trams, it agrees to carry the
mail upon it or them, if desired, without extra
charge. During the winter, there was a regular
through mail train, running in accordance with
the contract, leaving Atlanta 12:15 P. M., and
Chattanooga 3:10 P. M. There was also another
passenger train running each way, leaving Atlanta
at 2:10 A. M., and leaving Chattanooga about the
same time. Upon this the mail was also carried,
but without extra charge. The Nashville & Chat
tanooga railroad company took off their train,
which connected with this last train, and the mails
and passengers bv this train were detained ten or
twelve hours at Chattanooga. This being the sit
uation of things, it was determined to take off the
accommodation train. And, as the express freight
tram left two hours and forty minutes later than
this last train, and as it also lelt at a more conve
nient hour for traevllers, viz.: 4:50 A. M., instead
of 2:10 A. M., it was determined to put passenger
cars to the express freight train, which ran through
each way daily ; and it was proposed to carry the
way and distributing mails upon this without ex
tra charge, as had been done upon the other ac
commodation line. But the mail agents refused
to put the mails upon this train. If, then, the
way and distributing mails are delayed ten or
twelve hours, it is the fault of the mail agents, or
post office department, and not the road. The
regular through mail train, (and for which the
State alone receives mail pay,) runs through with
in the schedule time, as heretofore. The express
freight and passenger train leaves Atlanta and
Chattanooga only two hoars and forty minutes
behind the train that was taken off—the Superin
tendent has offerred to carry the mail free of charge
on this, and surely he is not to blame if the mail
or post office department will not put the mail on
this train, but prefer to wait ana run it on the
regular through train. Bv stopping: the accom
modation train, a saving of about twenty thousand
dollars per annum is made. The business of the
road is as well done, and the way travel better ac
commodated by the express freight and passenger
train than it was with the train taken off. The
question, then, is narrowed down to this: Shall the
Governor and Superintendent for the purpose of
pleasitg the mail agents or post office depart
ment and a few persons on the line of the road,
disregard the interests of the road, and of the
people of the whole State, and expend twenty
thousand dollars to carry a mail for which the
State receives no pay, cr shall these officers look
to the interest of the road—and the interest of the
whole people of Georgia, to whom the road be
longs—and save this twenty thousand dollars?
The Governor and Superintendent have adopted
the latter alternative. What wrong is there in
this?
The Governor has offered to ’put on this extra
train again, if the post office department will pay
the extra expense. And the Governor and Su
perintendent have offered to carry the way and
distributing mails free of charge, on this express
freight and passenger train, (starting only two
hours and forty miuutes after the one taken ofT)
if the department will put the wav and distribut
ing mails on it, as is done on the Macon and West
ern road. What more can they do, unless
they give up the management of the road to the
mail agents, post office department, aud a few
discontents on and near the road? It may be,
that, in attempting heretofore to please everybody,
is one of the reasons why the road has not paid
more money into the State treasury. It may be,
that the Governor and Superintendent think a
chadge’ necessary to make the road yield to the
whole people of Georgia something in return for
what they have long since paid out of their pock
ets; and if so, it is but right that they should
make a chaDge, and after a while, let the tree be
judged by its fruits. One thing is certain, the
road in the past has paid but little into the State
treasury —from recent indications it appears that
it is now doing better. Let time, then, test the
changes recently made on the road. If, hereafter,
thfcy should be found wrong and detrimental to
the interests of the State, let the proper remedy
be applied. But for the present, and until the re
sultrof these changes can be fully>een and judged,
the administration of the road can hardly expect
too much, if it relies upon a generous construction
of its acta.
£if-The June term of the Supreme Court of
the State will commence in Macon, on Monday, the
29th inst. The dockets stand as follows: Ist, Ma
con Circuit; 2d, Southwestern ; 3d, Pataula; and
4th, Chattahoochee Circuit. Each case will be
called in its order, and peremptorily disposed of.
We understand tjiat Col. B. C. Yanckt, of
Atlanta, has been confirmed as minister to the
Argentine Confederation.
E3F’From all sections of the country we notice
reports in the newspapers of favorable prospects
of the growing crops.
J3F" The first lot of new flour from the West
was sold in New York, on the 12th instant, at
eight dollars per barrel. It was said to have been
a very choice article.
Jjjf" A fire occurred in Montgomery, Ala., on
Monday morning last, which destroyed Bon lak’s
bootshop, Lope’s grocery, Stacey’s bakery, and
the Tennessee barroom, owned and kept Mr. All
man. Loss about three thousand five hundred dol
lars. s
The people of Baldwin county in public
meeting, have instructed the Judges of the Inferior
Court of their county to have a bridge built over
the Oconee river, near Millcdgeville. The former
bridge was swept away ip the ‘‘Harrison freshet”
of IS4O. We trust our friends at the capital will
not forget that the proposed bridge may be need
ed for a railroad crossing.
The Leviathan. —This monster steamship, it is
announced by the company, will not make her
contemplated trip to Portland, Me., until next
spring. She will then commence running regu
larly between Holyhead or Liverpool and Port
land, making the trip, it is expected, in seven
days.* Arrangements have already been made
with the London and North-western railway com
pany of England, and the Grand Trunk railway
company of Canada, for allowing the steamer a
portion of the receipts on all the ship’s traffic
passing over their lines.
The French Gazette Medicals states that by an
accident charcoal has been discovered to be a cure
for bums. By laying a piece of cold charcoal upon
a burn, the pain subsides immediately. By leav
ing the charcoal on one hour the wound is healed,
as* has been demonstrated on several occasion.
The remedy is cheap and simple, and certainly de
serves a trial.
Mount Vernon.—Mr. McWillie, of Mississippi,
has sent from thirteen small counties of that State
two thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars
for the Mount Vernon fund. Mr. Gregor, of Mis
sissippi, has remited seven hundred and eighty
nine dollars; and six hundred and fifty-one dollars
have been added from Alabama.
Fourth of July Overboard.— The Common
Council gs Providence, R. 1., have concluded to
make no appropriation for the fourth of July this
year, on the theory that patriotism does not find
its best expression in gunpowder, and that the
country is not to be saved by fireworks and illu
mination.
California Mint.— The sum of seven hundred
and eighty-fire thousand dollars, in gold bnllion,
was deposited at the United States mint, Califor
nia, during the week ending May Bth. The amount
of the coinage was four hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars, in double eagles.
The coinage at the New Orleans mint during
the of May amounted to four hundred and
eighty thousand dollars, of wbieh ninety-fire thou
sand dollars were in gold, and the balance in sil
ver.
Week before last two brokers from Richmond
and Baltimore “run upon” the branch of the Val
ley bank at Romney, Va., and drew out fifty-two
thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.
Items of news from the Federal Union of
the 15th inst:
Rrulge Over the Oconee.— The meeting on Satur
day iast, decided in favor of building a bridge
across the Oconee river opposite this citv. We
hope the work will progress without interruption,
as a bridge at this place is a public want.
Baldwin Bluk.—We understand that this com
pany will celebrate independence day on Saturday
the 3rd of July, by an oration by the lion, m’
Gn-ye, the reading of the declaration bv Colonei
A-JH- lvenan, Rev. Win. Flinn, chaplain.
The General and staff, Masonic and Odd Fel
low’s Fraternity, and citizens of the county are
respectfully invited to join the procession, which
will be formed in front of the Masonic Hall at ten
o clock A. M.
Committed Suicide.— Among the California
items of news, by ihe Moses Taylor, from
Aspinwall, we find the following, relative to a
former citizeD of Macon:
John C. Cabaniss, an old and well known
resident of this place, committed suicide by
taking strychnine, on the night of the 24th of May
He was a native ol Virginia, but came to Califor
nia from Macon, Ga„ where he lived many years
At one time Cabaniss had accumulated much
property here, but has lately lost much iu specula
ting in coal.
Bank Returns,— Some of our banks, we learn
as required by our State laws, made their returns’
under the Governor's late order, in conformity
thereto. Others, it is rumored, will decline to
comply with the act of the last legislature, under
the plea that they have not accepted of the bene
fits of that law, and hence do not intend to act un
der it. This course, we would respectfully sug
gest to them, might in the end result to their in
jury, and bring about a state of things they little
expect. They should recollect that under the
former act requiring bank returns to be made it
was provided that where any of the banks failed
to make their returns to the Governor when called
upon, it was in that case made the duty of the
Governor, by proclamation, to refuse the' bills of
said bank or banks for taxes and other public dues.
Now, should any of Ihe banks refuse to make
their returns in accordance with the act of the last
legislature, the Governor may not consider the
law complied with, and if this should be so, they
can readily imagine the consequences that may
follow. Having heretofore sustained the banks in
their coarse, we throw out these hints that they
may keep themselves in the right and act advised
ly.—Southern Recorder, June 15.
Exchange Bank of Griffin.
The Savannah Morning Sews, of 18th inst., says
it ia authorised 4o state that Mr. K. R.
as President, and Mr. H. L. McClung, as Cashier,
T* ve at this time no connection with the institu
tion, the bank having been sold to other parties
some four or five months since—one condition of
the sale being that all the bills bearing the names
of Mr. Bearden as President, and Mr. McClung as
Cashier, should be redeemed and destroyed. Near
ly, ts not all, such bills have : and
we are informed that none of the original officers
or stockholders of the bank are at present con
nected with the institution. It is, therefore, but
just.ee to the gentlemen that the above explana
tion should be made.
In connection with this matter, and in order to
complete the full measure of justice, we copy the
following in reference to the Exchange Bank, from
the Memphis Avalanche , of the 15th inst.:
“It will be seen by reference to our advertising
columns that the Exchange Bank of Georgia an
nounces the withdrawal of its agency here and
that its notes will be redeemed in Griffin, Georgia.
It seems to us, the straigbt-fof'ward, honest and
legitimate way would be to announce that they
had ceased to throw out their issues, and would
redeem those that were already out as fast as those
who owed them would pay, and not in Georgia.
If the officers of the bank would adopt this course,
and wind up their present business, the communi
ty would be ready to sustain them m their future
operations.
The following is the “notice” referred to in the
above:
Notice. —The agency of the Exchange has
been withdrawn, by order of the directors. The
bank will continue to redeem its issues at its coun
ter in Georgia, as usual. H. Johnson, Ag’t
Memphis, June 14, 1858.
Bank of Tennessee and Branches*
The Nashville Daily News of 17thinst. says : “In
the conference of Presidents of the Bank of Ten
nessee and its branches, held in this city on Mon
day and Tuesday, it was not determined how soon
specie payments should be resumed; or if they
fixed «pon a day, it has not transpired.”
The Ilnghes Telegraph Machine.
A private letter received at Halifax, from Lon
don, from an intelligent gentleman and practical
telegrapher, 'who witnessed on the 29th ult. at
Plymouth, England, the formal tests of the
several electricians in telegraphing through the
entire length of the Atlantic cable, states that Prof.
Hughes, with his wonderful printing telegraph
machines, was able to write through the three
thousand miles of cable at the rate of thiriy-two
letters per minute, equal to about seven words,
a degree of success which was as unexpected as
it was gratifying. Prof. Whitehousk was able to
write only at the rate of nineteen words in eighteen
minutes, and Prof. Thompson was uuable to work
at all through the cable.
It affords us pleasure to chronicle the favorable
results of Mr. Hughes, as he is not only a south
ern man but an experienced and enlightened elec
trician.
British Aggressions*
The telegraph has announced that the Senate of
the United States, before its final adjourument on
Wednesday evening, passed a series of resolutions,
in reference to the recent British outrages upon
our merchantmen, by a unanimous vote. We have
not yet received the proceedings of the Senate, on
the last day of its special session, but suppose that
the resolutions finally were those which J
were introduced on Tuesday, by Mr. Mason, of
Virginia. They are as follows :
Resolved , (as the judgment of the Senate,) That
American vessels on the high seas, in tirneof peace,
bearing the American flag, remain nuder the ju
risdiction of the country to which they belong,
and therefore any visitation, molestation or deten
tion of such vessels by force, or by the exhibition
of force, on the part of a foreign power, is in dero
gation of the sovereignty of the United States.
Resolved , That the recent and repeated violation
of this immunity, committed by vessels of war be
longing to the navy of Great Britain, in the Gulf of
Mexico, and the adjacent seas, by firing into, in
terrupting and otherwise forcibly detaining them
on their voyage, requires, in the judgment of the
Senate, such unequivocal and final disposition of
the subject, by the Government of Great Britain
and the United States, touching the rights involv
ed, as shall satisfy the just demands of this Gov
ernment, and preclude hereafter the occurrence of
like aggressions.
Resolved , That the Senate fully approves the
action of the Executive iu sending a uaval force
into the infested seas with orders “ to protect all
vessels of the United States on the high seas from
search or detention by the vessels of war of any
other nation.” And it is the opinion of the Senate
that, if it become necessary, such additionai legis
lation should be supplied in aid of the Executive
power dfe will make such protection effectual.
These resolutions, it will be observed, are sub
stantially the same as those reported from the
Committee on Foreign Relations, which were be
fore the Senate, at the close of its regular session,
and they are worthless, except as an expression of
the opinion of the Senate, upon the right of visita
tion and search, as recently exercised by British
cruisers in the Gulf, and off the coast of Cuba, and
upon the proper course to be pursued by our gov
ernment in the premises. They propose no action,
recommend no legislation, but reiterate the doc
trine in reference to the right of search always as
serted by the United States, and commit the whole
subject to the State Department as a matter for
nego'iation, with the declaration that it onght to
be finally and unequivocally disposed of. This is
the action of the Senate upon the recent British
outrages. The next steamer from Europe will
probably bring the formal apology of the British
Government for them, and then will follow a long
negotiation upon the right of search and visitation,
over which the respective “circumlocution offi
cers” of the two governments will dawdle tor an
Indefinite length of time, without reaching an is
sue or a solution. Such will be the probable re
sult, although it is not that which is contemplated
by the Senate, if we assume that it means what it
has said in the resolutions it has adopted.
An Effort at Fusion*
The “ protection ” meeting advertised for some
time past, to take place in Philadelphia, was held
in that city on Tuesday evening last. A series of
resolutions in favor of protection to American in
dustry were passed ard speeches were made by
Senators Collamer, Simmons and Cameron, by
Representatives Humphrey Marshall, Covode,
and E. Jor Morris, and by Richard W. Thompson,
of Indiana.
The Next Presidency*
We find the following in the Richmond Whig
of the 15th. Hon. Thomas Swann, the gentleman
who is nominated as Mr. Buchanan’s successor, is
a prominent citizen of Baltimore, and an “intense”
American:
“ A wit’s a feather, and a chiefs a rod.
An honest man’s the noblest work of God."
Mr. Editor: To the numerous Presidential tick
ets which have already attracted public notice—
including those that bear the names of John J.
Crittenden, George Cadwallader, and Lyman
Trumbull—l would add another, and one which,
in the opinion of the framer, is a thousand times
more available. I propose the name of Hen. Thos.
Swann, the prince of native Americanism.
Old Dominion.
SJ2OT Gen. Jim Lane, one of the lead
ers of the Bepublican party of the Territory, and
a Senator of the United States, under the bogus
Topeka State government, is locked up in the
common jail of Leavenworth city, to protect him
from the vengeance of the people of Lawrence,
who have been outraged by his murder of their
fellow-citizen, Mr. Jenkins.
Panther Killed. —Wz are informed that a
large panther was killed a few days since in the
lower part of this county by Dr. Copeland. Our
neighbor of the Enterprise lias one of the paws,
ana fnll doubtless give the particulars in hia next
issue.— Thoma&vilU Reporter , 10M inst.
The Corn Crop. —Much apprehension is be
ginning to be felt as to the yield of the next corn
crop. The renewed heavy rains throughout the
West is seriously interfering with planting. It is
now becoming almost too late for the class of
corn usually planted there to ripen before the fall
frost. The Chicago papers make the important
suggestion to the board cf trade of that city to
procure immediately from New York about
fifty thousand bushels of sound flint corn. They
say that the corn in thousands of fields has rotted,
and that a supply of early seed corn wonld be
eagerly taken t>y the farmers at a fair price.
The Indianapolis (Ind.) Sentinel , of the 12th
inst,, says : “ The Wabash is reported higher than
trer known before—at any rate, since 1844. At
-Lafayette the bottom on the West side of the riv
er is under water. The very house-tqps are cov
ered. From the source to the mouth of the stream
the lowlands will be swept.”
Connecticut Ligislatcrr.— The Connecticut
House of Representatives has passed a proposed
amendment to the State Constitution (one hundred
and twelve to ninety-four) providing that the color
ed population may vote. They refused the same
privilege to women by a vote of one hundred
and twenty-seven to eighty-two. The New Haven
Register says: •
“The same committee who reported in favor of
allowing colored people to vote, report that it is
inexpedient to grant white men, who mav have
come from abroad, the privilege of voting until
they have been in the countrv twenty-one years—
and not until two ye after th afaa „ h ' b
admitted as citizens.'’
This amendment, however, must pass both
houses next year by two-thirds of each House,
and then be adopted by a majority of the popular
vote, or it cannot become a part of the Constitu
tlOD.
The House has also voted the “English bill” a
“disparagement cf the free States” and an insult
to the people of Kansas,’’with the accompanying
resolution condemning the President and mem
bers of Congress for their action on the Kansas
question.
The English Gold Medal.—The British gov
ernment have bestowed upon Dr. James Wynne
the great gold medal of that countrv, as a mark of
their high appreciation of his scientific labors.
This is, we believe, the first instance in which this
medal has been awarded to an American citizen
for scientific ability. Dr. Wynne has held many
official positions of a scientific character, in each
of which he has distinguished himself by the abil
ity and practical nature of Ins investigations. As
a writer on subjects relating to public health, he
occupies a position in advance of any other in this
country, and has contributed much to place this
important subject in the elevated place it now holds
in public estimation. Our readers will remember
the valuable course of lectures on the effect of oc
cupation delivered by him before the Smithsonian
Institution last winter, and bis able exposition of
the cause of the National. Hotel disease before the
New York Academy of Medicine, which resulted
in determining the malaria origin of this appa
rently mysterious malady.
Cor. National InUHvjeneer.
Dest£uctive Inundation.— Our ci»v :t> ' icinity
were visited, on Friday and SaturdaN # with a
rapid succession of heavy showers; in , m ring
a considerable portion of Saturday tin i poured
down in unbroken torrents, ami the fl > .$ ne,
and towards evening that part of the cit vi ad
jacent to Jones’ falls was inundated to u depth
varied by the inequalities of the surface up to
about six feet. Mnch damage and inconvenience
have been sustained by many of our citizens, but
not to so great an extent as the threatening aspect
of the scene naturally suggested. The report*
from the rural districts, with the signs of devasta
tion which have reached the city, inform us that
the farmers within range of the freshet have suf
fered, but to what extent we shall learn more par
ticularly hereafter —Baltimore Sun, June 14.
Confirmed.—The following appointments have
been confirmed by the Senate: Geo. H Brown,
District Attorney for Rhode Island; C. B McFad
den, Chief Justice for Washington Ten»tor% ; Wm.
Stropg and Ed. C. Fitzhugh, Associate Justices for
#Vashington Territorv; John Cradlebaugh, Asso
ciate Justice for Utah; Stanley Mat’hi ws. Attor
ney for southern district of Ohio; Beni McCulloch,
Marshal for eastern district Texas; Geo. S. Wal
den, Attornev for northern ‘district of Alabama;
Geo. H. Williams, Chief Justice, and Reuben P.
Boise, Associate Justice, for Oregon Territory:
Joseph Millen, Jr. # Attorney for Michigan ; and
Major J. Thomas, Marshal for Wisconsin.
Washington Scar 14fA inst.
St. Louis, June 14.—Every building in Cairo is
expected to wash away.
One thousand feet oif the Illinois Centra! railroad
is gone.
Mouud City is threatened with an overflow. The
water is still rising.
All the upper streams are pouring out floods.
The river rose twenty*nine feet in forty-eight hours
ending at 6 o’clock last evening, and is now about
four and a half feet below the highest mark of 1844.
The Upper Mississippi is still rising at Dubuque.
The head waters of the Illinois are swelling again.
The Missouri was falling at Boonville Saturday,
but ao additional rise was coming from above.
The River.—The Mississippi is about two
inches higher at this point than it has been at any
time during the season, and is still rising in a
ratio of two inches in twenty-four hours. From
the best accounts above, there remains a heavy
rise yet to come down. The water cannot attaiu
a much greater height at our levee, as it will force
its way through the country on the Arkansas side.
The suffering and destruction which is destined
to accrue to the planting interests from this
succession of unparalleled overflows, are fearful to
contemplate, and will exceed all definite calcula
tion.— Memphis Aralanche, June 15.
Appointment.— Mr. Charles E. Mix has been ap
pointed Commissioner of Ittlian affairs, viee Mr.
Denver, resigned; and we ream that the Senate
yesterday confirmed the appointment Mr. M. has
been acting in this capacity since Mr. Denver was
chosen Governor of Kansas, and the ability he has
shown in discharging the onerous and frequently
delicate duties devolving upon him, shows this to
be a most judicious appointment.
Washington Star, June 15.
The Sht Bachelor’s Manual.—My suggestion
involves nothing less than the writing of one gigan
tic book by all the ladies of Great Britain put to*
gether. \Vhat I propose is a hand book of court
ship, written by all British wives, and edited
with notes, by all British daughters. The mag
nitude of mv own idea absolutely takes away my
breath—and yet the execution of it is so unimagi
nably easy, that the hand book might be ready
for publication in six months’ time. I propose
that every married lady in the country shall write
down the exact words (for surely her affectionate
heart must remember them !) which her husband
used when he made his offer to her; and that she
shall then add to the interesting report of the
offer, illustrative particulars of the circumstances
under which it was made, and of the accompany
ing actions (if any) by which the speaker empha
sized the all-important words as they fell from
his lips. I would have the returns, thus pre
pared, collected as the income-tax papers are,
with the most extreme care and the most honora
ble secresy. They should be afterwards shuffled
together in baskets, and distributed one by one,
just as they happen to turn up, among the unmar
ried ladies of the country, with the following
brief formula of two questions attached : First,
would the form of offer presented herewith have
proved to be a satisfactory one in your case? And
if not, will you say in what particulars you think
it might be improved ? Second, would the accom
panying actions by which the offer was pressed
on the kind attention of the individual addressed,
have specially inclined you to favor it with a suit
able reply ? And, if not, what improvements in
the way of addition or suppression would you be
disposed, m the strictest confidence, to suggest?
When the necessary answers to these questions
had been given, I would have the papers again
collected, on the same income-tax principle, and
would immediately set the printers at work. The
married ladies’ returns should form the text, and
the unmarried ladies* returns should be added
in the form of notes. No names or addresses
should appear anv where. The book should be
bound in virgin white, with orange flower decora
tions on the back. It should be printed in rose-*
colored ink, and it should be issued to the world
from a publishing house established for the pur
pose in Doctors’ Commons. What an inestimable
bachelors’ manual this would be I
Dickens' Household Words.