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BY eTYMES GARDNER.
|. J3f* The Intendect and commissioners|of New
| - nan have passed an order that all transient trader*
!.P who offer for sale in that market any “produce
■ whatsoever shall first obtain a license permiting
them to sell, and in default thereof, they will be
taxed not leas than twenty-five dollars.” The pro
jj ..jCf- hibition is against the sale of “bacon, lard, beef,
' pork, fish, corn, meal, flour, or any
other produddTvhatsoever.”
The action of the Board of Commissioners of
R Newnan has been the cause of some remarks in
that neighborhood, and we find in the Newnan
1 Slade, of the 25th inst., the following burlesque
. on the proceedings of the Commissioners:
“ At a meeting held on the 21st inst., by lawful
citizens of Coweta county, outside of the incorpo
rate town of Newnan, the following ordinance was
passed in lieu of the one passed by the Intendent
and Commissioners of Newnan on the 4th inst.,
■ ’ i to wit:
i i “Tbtt from and after the SOth inst., any person,
or persons, within the incorporate limits of the
town of Newnan, trading for or buying such pro
duce or articles (to wit: Bacon, Lard, Beef, Pork,
Mutton, Kid, Chickens, Eggs, Butter, Fish, Corn,
i Meal, Flour, or any other produce or articles what
* fei. Soever) from any person living outside said incor
iafc> poration, or offering to buy,-from any persons liv
ing outside said incorporation by retail, shall first
obtain license from the Clerk of this meeting. I
And anv person offering to buy any of the above
named articles within said incorporation without
first taking out license, shall be fined not less than
t twenty-five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars,
unless aaid person, or persons, shall buy from the
pmjft traders on the court house square, (which square
1 „ is under the control of the Justices es the Interior
1* * > Court and Sheriff, )and with their consent, the peo
'* ' pie of Newnan may buy the above named produce,
W- : ‘ and all other whatsoever, without license from said
•€*■" clerk, as aforesaid.
.& And furthermore, The Newnan act says, any
- persoo taking out license as stated be allowed to
■ . trade for all manner of produce whatsoever, from
■five o’clock io the morning until seven o’clock in
evening, (now, we are opposed to night trading as
the Newnan ordinance requires,) consequently,
such person or persons, within the incorporate
limit* of Newnan shall be subject to any rule and
regulations that the citixens outside of the incor
poration may adopt, provided always that no night
trading shall be authorised by said county meet-
Theres ore be it enacted, Ac., That all laws and
Earts ol laws militating against our county acts
e, and the same are hereby repealed. Approved,
IK’ June 21, 1858.
The following statistics will give an idea of the
* immense increase in the use of cotton in European
factories within the past seventy-five years. The
- yearly average has been :
“JP . In the live vearv 1781-'Bl .... 18.800.000 lbs. weight
*L *ln tlietlve years IWI-’OS 57.400.0001b5. weight.
Wkd In Ibellve years 1801 -05 M.fiuo.oOu lbs. we *ht.
fig? In the flee years 181 l-’lb ;9,«80.005 IM. we *M.
m it In the Sve years IMP'S* I&SM2? ft*- w, }«s‘-
?®la the five yrara ltHl-’SO ?*• wt W‘-
' f la the five years 1641 '45 185.'100.000 lbs. weight.
In the Sve years tasl-'M 711.500,000 lbs. weight.
In the jear 1956 918.600,000 lbe. weight.
The Montour Iron Company property, the Dan-
Ml-.’ will t Intelligencer says, was sol<k at sheriff’s sale,
last Thursday, for one hundred and three dollars
s',—subject to the mortgages, which have been esti
mated atsixhundredthousand dollars. Much indig
ijt U »ation is felt at this procedure among the credi-
Ptors of the company, and a smart crop of lawsuits
acey expected to spring uut of it.
fox. Tobacco.—The planter* in the vicinity of Dan-
I viUe, VirpiDia, vUte that there writ moat satidki^
to be a large one.
is£> itTlu' Massachusetts Arms Company, of Chicopee
: 's*Falls, now employs about one hundred workmen,
f and m filling orders for five thousand Matsard’s
Ml patent breech loading fire arms, and also five thon-
I sand Adams’ patent self-revolving arms. A part
p of these are for the United States Government.
K, This establishment has now been in operation
#• about eight years. It produces arms to the amount
of nearly one hundred thousand dollars a year.
The city council of Richmond, Virginia, have
appropriated two thousand five hundred dollars
; to emertain the guests expected there on the stb
' of July, from New York, with the remains of ex-
P President Monroe. The New York' committee
have chosen ex-Governor Seymour as their orator
; for the occasion.
fe- The Atlantic Straw Works at Nantucket have
J suspended operations for the present. No time is
. . fixed for opening them again, as the company are
„ waiting the turn in business matters. They usually
BP make nine thousand bonnets and about one bun-
R dred and forty thousand hats per year, employing
■ two mal' 4 and two hundred thirty-seven female
|k.-’ operatives. _
CuOlidge and Garcia, the two American
citizens who were taken prisoners ut Onzava, in
3Si Mexico, have been set at liberty through the cle
ii* menpy of President Zuloaoa,exercised at the request
STS of the American Minister, Mr. Fokstth. Mr.Cooi
* * is a Bostonian.
$ * Portiand papers state that information has been
received pf the rates of fare to be charged for pas
sage on the Leviathan. It is decided that the ship
v shall run asa passenger boat between England
and Portland, at the following rates : First cabin,
one hundred and five dollars ; second-class, sixty
dollars; third, thirty dollars.
> , ' The Orleans Republican has seen a man named
I V ' Jackson Paine—a farmer living some five miles
*-* from Albion—who declares that he has not slept
i'' -for over fourteen months, his last nap having been
ii d taken in April, 1857. His general appearance is
' indicative of feeble health ; his eye isvestless and
’ rolling, and his demeanor nervous in the extreme.
|p Lahge Sale op Manufacturing PaoPERTy.— The
print w«»rks of Philip Allen & Sons were sold at
bk auction yesterday for one hundred and twenty-four
g? thousand eight hundred dollars. The estate was
g, first ottered in two lots, die largest at a minimum of
seveuty-fiv - thousand dollars, on which there was
*. no bid The whole was th-n put up together *t one
hundred and ten thousand dollars, and w>- bi-t off’
/$• at one hundred and twenty-four thhusaud eight
Jhundreo dollars, to tbf* Woousocket Company. The
\'j principal competitor in die bidding was the bouse
of A. & VV. Sprague. We suppose that the wh le
cost ot the works was not less than seven hundred
i and fifty thousand dollars, —/’mvuitncfj urnul.
i?! 5 Jerrold says -“I have seen mountains ot cannon
bal Is, o be shot away at chnrHtes, and into pe*».
pie’s peaceful habitations, breaking the china and
nobody knows what; but there not one of ’em
L l the ill used wife) can do hub the mischief
of a billiard ball. That’s a ball that’s gone through
many a wife’s heart, to say nothing of her chil
li? 4ren When once a man is g.ven to playing bd-.
liards, the devil’s always tempting him with a bail,
P ss he tempted Eve with an apple.”
I Crops:—Wheat will yield about half a crop ;
! oats almost a total failure ; corn generally looks
| L well, though it is reported by sonic to be slightly
E-"' affected with the rust
IkUlwiGa.) Tiu.es, June 28.
I T Boston, June 21. —The gr ai l aid cm- t tween
I Masfta • iMiMxris and Roxbury cny o.v .uing the
I pjfilllj id iands to the value ot > « ••‘lions
£ of ric»llat<. lying in the li«»ck tt< “ i<«»x-
Iggig: imr au.l dobton, has been den<» •* •* "I die
Correspondence.
Philadelphia, June 23, 1858.
Dear Sir: 1 hare looked around for something
of interest for your readers, but I do not find much
that would amuse or interest them. Amongst other
objects of interest here, I this morning visited In
dependence Hall; which, onaccount.of its associa
tion, is to every true-hearted American a place to
be remembered. There is the huge bell that was
cracked in pealing forth the joyful tidings that the
Declaration of Independence had been adopted and
signed—since then it has remained mute, but not
the less prized as a noble relic of that great event.
There we find the portraits or heads of all that
band of great and good men whose devotion to
liberty done the world so much good. How long
their noble self-sacrifices and patriotic example
will influence their descendants, we cannot conjec
ture—l fear they will be forgotten or disregarded
in a few generations.
All the world have visited Laurel Hill cemetery
a large number, myself amongst them, to see
“Old Mortality.” When you read Scott’s novel
and try to picture the design, you have it as repre
sented—it is executed as Scott wonld have done
it. The Old Pone/ and Old Mortality, with bis tat
tered raiment, seated upon the old monument
viewing the inscription—his tools for the moment
laid down to talk to the schoolmaster standing
close by, look so old that time itself could make
no further impression upon them; but I cannot
describe them in a minute, being about to leave.
I am at the Gerard House, capital hotel, well kept
no impudent, laxy or thievish free negroes for wait
ers, all white, as they should be, where negro sla
very does not exist. I am pleased with the city,
with its clever men, beautiful women, and clean
streets. Southerners should stop here (at the
Gerard House) and see the “lions” a day or two.
I bare met many of your Georgia citizens here.
Yours, truly, 11.
[communicated.]
Citizens of Burke County:
By who, and what authority, are road commis
sioners for the sixty-first, commonly called Lester’s
District, appointed, and is the appointment legal
or illegal ?
The law points out that road commissioners shall
be appointed by the Inferior Court. The appoint
ment of commissioners for this District, and we
believe all the other Districts in the County, to be
illegal and contrary to all law, as we are prepared,
and believe we can prove, if necessary.
Who is it that has resisted the mandates of these
bogus commissioners of the Sixty-first District, by
refusing to acknowledge their authority, and send
ing his hands some four or five miles from his
home, at a very unseasonable and unreasonable
time, to work a mill road that never did and never
will require work if let alone, even if the law re
quired it to be worked ?
Bob Gray, the people’s candidate for Justice of
the Inferior Court!
Who k) it that is testing the legality in the courts,
to see by what authority this bogus commission
have in summoning your citizens to go to distant
points to work a mill road, which is a notorious
fact, never required work; and then fining them
at their bogus courts if they refuse to obey their
Bob Gray, the people’s candidate!
Why was it that several of thewealthiestcitizens
of that District, and the only ones who run a
wagon and carriage over the road from the Big
Spring mills to Millen, are virtually exempted
from working said road; and others who had been
summoned, but refused to send their hands, why
were they not brought up before this bogus court
and tried" and fined as others, and less bumbler
individuals, who were summarily dealt with?
Ah » that’s the question ! Kissing goes by favor
as well with bogus road commissioners , as more
humbler people—however, if required, the facts
can be substantiated.
Who is it that, if elected, has sworn and will use
every legal effort at his command to put an end to
these disgraceful and shameful scenes which have
been enacted in the Sixty-first District under the
guise of lawful authority f
Bob Gray, the people’s candidate !
Can it be possible, citizens of Burke, that such
illegal transactions are going on in your enlight
ened county at this late day, and no one to raise
their voice against it?
Yes, you have one, and that is your candidate.
Then unite as one man, lay aside party differences,
and vote for him on the first Monday in July; and
you may rest assured the work will be done, for
the handwriting is already on the wall.
Vox Populi.
p. S.—ln justice to one of these bogus commis
sioners, we have been informed, since writing the
above, that he did not attend at this bogus court
where Gray was tried and fined as a defaulter.
Whether he was absent from sickness, or ashamed
to preside at such a ridiculous bogus concern, we
are unable to say; but hope, for decency sake, that
it was the latter'. We are sorry we can’t say as
much for his colleague ; we are informed he was
on hand, and held the court entirely alone; the
dignity, urbanity and promptness , while in the dis
charge of this most laborious have
thrown such small fry as Story, and
Taney, completely in the shade ; however, we are
happy to inform the citizens that he survived the
effort, as he has since been seen out, picking his
teeth with a rusty nail. P•
Wavnesboro’, Burke Co., June 25, 1858.
From the Richmond Dispatch, 24th inst.
Hr. Grant Thorburu.
We have received the following letter from the
venerable Grant Thorburn, accompanied by a note
from Mrs. Thorburn, stating that it was George C.
Thorburn, his only child by a former marriage,
and not the old gentleman, who visited Mount A er
non on a late occasion, by invitation of the ladies.
Mr. Thorburn, the elder,"is at present in New Ha
ven, Conn., and has not been able to travel to New
York since he left that city, four years ago.
The letter of “ Laurie Todd,’’ so simple, charac
teristic. and replete with patriotism, will be read
with interest:
New Haven, Conn., 18th June, 1858.
Mr. Editor : On this day, sixty-four years, I for
the first time, set my foot on American ground,
with only three cents in my pocket and iny wrought
nail hammer in my hand. The amount of my ed
ucation consisted in reading the Bible, writing my
own name, and cyperiDg in multiplication and ad
tion. I thought that subtraction was worse than
good for nothing. %
When I stepped'on shore in New York, had a
soothsayer foretold, that sixty-four years hence my
first born sou would help the fair daughters of
America to garnish the tomb of Washington, I
would have thought him a false prophet. Be this
as it may, I would rather see my son plant the
rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley on the
grave of Washington, than to see him Emperor
over all the Russians.
I saw your article in the Dispatch of the 28th
May, though rather above the freezing point at
ninety, you placed me where I like best, viz:
among Itonnit lasses and blooming fetwers.
I voted three years when Washington was Pres
ident. John Adams, John Jay, Huncock, Hamil
ton, Robert and Governor Morris, were among my
friends and customers. When these men were at
the helm, all on board were noble and pure Amer
icans—now a very different sort of men control
public affairs, and unless the God of Washington
comes to our help before 1919, the American Re
public will be numbered among the things that
were.
Having voted under Washington, and married
three bonnie American lasses, I claim the right of
speech. Yours, Grant Thorburn, Sr.
Aged eighty-five years and four months.
AUGUSTA, GUA. S WEDNESDAY, JTTNTE GO, 1858.
From the London Times.
Naval and Military Preparations ol
France.
France is undoubted!/ arming on a scale, with
a method, a system, ana a deliberation, truly for- ,
midable to all her neighbors—whether, like our- ,
selves, they have the good fortune to be sheltered ,
from the impending storm under the umbrageous j
branches of an entente cordials —whether, like
Belgium, Piedmont and Spain, in the conscious- j
ness of their inability to resist, they listen with ,
no unreasonable trepidation for the first howl of (
the coming tempest —or whether, like Austria, they ,
they not how soon they may be compelled to fight (
for their dominions against a brave and well-ais- ,
ciplined enemy. France is certainly arming, and
arming both by land and sea. Her army, already
large, is undergoing considerable increase. She ,
8 just on the point of completing a railway which ,
connects all her military stations with the fortifi- (
cations of Cherbourg, a port constructed at enor
mous pains and at vast expense, and possessing
every facility that skill can devise for the simul
taneous embarkation of very large bodies of ,
troops.
France is, besides, busily engaged in the con
struction of a great steam fleet, armed and propel
ed on the very best and newest principles at pre
sent developed by the art of war; she is gathering
up her colossal strength, and would appear to be
on the eve of some vast enterprise, in the prosecu
tion of which that strength is to be put forth to
the utmost. Not only is the military element stu
diously strengthened and increased, but it is be
ginning to assert a predominance over civilians
which shows itself more and more every day, and
naturally makes us anxious about our relations
with a country in which the balance is so complete
ly pressed down by the superior weight of the mil
itary class.
It is in vain that we seek for anything in tha
present condition of France, which can account for
the remarkable proceedings to which we most un
willingly allude. The finances of the country are
in a state that must render any naval or military
expenditure not absolutely called for by necessity
or honor peculiarly inexpedient.
France has but few colonies, and those of incon
siderable extent. She has no large foreign com
merce to protect, no refractory India to re-conquer
and re-organise. She has nothing to fear from a
descent on her coasts from any foreign power.
Why, then, is France arming and augmenting her
navy ?
We have a right to ask the question, for what
ever be the enemy against whom the thunderbolt
is forged, there is no doubt that these warlike
preparations, in a time of profound peace tend to
inflict upon us, in common with the rest of our
neighbors, many of the calamities and miseries of
war. If France will insist on increasing her ar
mies and navies, she forces us, her neighbors and
her allies, to do the same. We have too much
at stake within this little island of ours to be con
tent to exist by the permission and on the suffer
ance of any ally, however faithful—of any foreign
prince, however magnanimous. If France is de
termined to arm, we must either be content to lie
at her mercy, or prepare to arm too. If she in
creases her regular army, we can hardly do less
than call out and embody our militia. If she in
sists upon increasing her navy, she forces us, most
unwillingly, from the barest considerations of pru
dence, to undergo the expense of a Channel Fleet.
We would, then, take the liberty respectfully
to submit to the Emperor Napoleon that it is the
sincere wish of this country to be his good fnend
and true ally : that to this end we have made many
sacrifices, and are prepared to make many more ;
but be asks too much of us if be expects that he is
at once to enjoy whatever power, support, or influ
ence his alliance with England may give him, and
at the same time to inflict upon us by his vast mil
itary and naval preparations a war expenditure
which we are most unwilling to incur, and which
casts upou us many of the evils of a state of actu
possible that two powerful and neighboring na
tions can at the same time be arming against each
1 other, and united in close alliance and cordial
k friendship.
The Times turns to the question of the great na
val arrangements going on in France, and says
that all the assurances in the world cannot do
away with the impression that this is calcnlated
to produce. England is just the country to suffer
by a raszia. Let her take care that a third tem
pest shall not find her unprepared,as in India and
the Crimea.
From the London Poet , June 11.
The American Turf vs. the English.
The following match, which has been recently
made, will, it is anticipated, determine the relative
pretensions of the American and English horses.
Mr. li. Ten Broeck has matched Prioress, the rep
resentative of the American turf, against Beads
man, the winner of the Derby. The Epsom cham
pion, however, will have to meet Prioress, five
years old, at even weights. In the race of the Ce
sarewitch last season El Hakim, a three year old,
ran a dead heat with Prioress, then four vears old,
each carrying six stone nine pounds, and our turf
ites fancy that a horse of Beadsman’s stamp, des
pite the great disadvantage at which he will en
counter Prioress, will be quite capable of sustain
ing the reputation of English horses. At any rate
Cousin Jonathan does better to enter with a gen
erous emulation into our sports than to go to log
ferheads with us on some diplomatic question,
be terms of the match are as under:
Newmarket Second Octotxr Meeting. — Monday. —
Mr. R. Ten Broeck’s Prioress, five years, against
Mr. Joseph Hawley’s Beadsman, three years—eight
stong seven pounds each. R.M. five hundred sov
ereigns, two hundred forfeit.
Telegram, the winner of the Metropolitan stakes,
is engaged to give the American horse Babylon
“a year” in the subjoined match :
Tuesday. —Mr. R. Ten Broeck’s Babylon, four
years, against Lord Chesterfield’s Telegram, three
years, eight stone seven pounds. D.M. live hun
dred sovereigns, fifty forfeit.
Late and Important from Yucatan.
A letter has been received in this city from Gov.
Garcia, dated May 2ft, from which it appears that
the civil war which has been so long raging in
northern Yucatan, has finally been term!natea by
a peaceful partition of the peniasula into two sep
arate independent States. The northern State,
having Meridafor its capital, retains the name of
Yucatan. Its Governor is Martin Francisco Peraza.
The southern portion adopts the name of Cam
peachy, from its capital, the city of Campeachy.
Pablo Garcia is the Governor of this State. The
treaties of partition are dated respectively the 15th
and the 18tn of Mav.
Ihe State of Yucatan is to carry on the war
against the Indians, and Campeachy is to contri
bute a sum in money equal to one third of the en
tire estimate of her own domestic expenses; no
change to take place in the present tariff* of duties
on imports; no export duties to be imposed; de
serters from military service to be returned, and
the present established boundaries to be respect
ed. Both States recognise their loyalty to the
federal government of Mexico.—A 7 . 1 . Pott.
The Nicaragua Canal Project.—The Paris
Presse publishes a long article extoliug the ad
vantage to be'derived from the newly projected
canal to Nicaragua. The Presse adds that the
North Americans are not content with speakiog,
but they act, and while the English take posses
sion of the island of Perim by a juggle from the
Sultan, their ally, the Americans rely on their filli
busters and a collection of adventurers to annex
Mexico and take Cuba from Spain. The Presse,
in conc’usion, relies on the French government to
set all matters to rights. France, who would not
permit the Dardanelles to fall into the hands of
Russia, will not suffer Egypt to become English,
or Nicaragua to become a dependency of America.
Our Rights in Nicaragua to be Protected.—
We understand, from a reliable source, that the
President has determinrd to send an armed force
to Nicaragua, or, at least, make such a naval dis
play as will convince the governments of England
and France that our way to our Pacific possessions
is not to be interfered with. This intelligence
may be depended upon.
Washington States , June 24.
New York, June 23.—The steamship Asia sailed
to-day with one hundred and sixty-six passengers
and sixty-two thousand dollars in specie.
From the London Times.
Departure of the Atlantic Telegraph
Expedition.
The telegraph squadron, consisting of the Niag
ara, the Agamemnon, the Valorous, the Gorgon,
and the Porcupine, started from Plymouth Sound
at ten o’clock on the morning of the 10th of June,
for mid-ocean, where the work of submerging the
Atlantic telegraph cable will be commenced some
time between tbe 16th and 20th instant. The par
ticular point selected is in longitude fifty-two de
grees two minutes North, and thirty-three degrees
eighteen minutes West, where the depth of the
ocean is one thousand six hundred fathoms. The
ships are to keep in company until they arrive at
this locality, to prevent the possibility ot any delay
when they reach their destination. By a glance
at the chart of the telegraph plateau it will be seen
that the point selected is fifty miles nearer to the
coast of Newfoundland than it is to the coast of
Ireland: but as the Niagara will be obliged to land
the cable at the head of Trinity Bay she will have
no advantage. That bay is about sixty miles long,
so that the spot, chosen will be half way between
the point* of connection.
The weather is as fine as coaid be wished, and
the expedition Started under the most favorable
autuices. * , . t . ,
Ninety additional miles of cable have been
placed on the Niagara and Agamemnon during the
past few day*, *p that there is now on both ships
two thousand nine hundred and seventy miles,
or a little more than fifty per cent, on the distance
between Irelaud and Newfoundland.
Among the scientific men on the Niagara is Lieu*
tenant the Baron de Boye, one of the Aids of the
Grand Duke Constantine, High Admiral of the
Russian Navy. . ,
The following are the rules which have been
drawn up for tne mechanical and electrical de
partments while oh the expedition :
First—ln case the cable should break after a
definite amount—sav two hundred and fifty miles,
had been payed oitt from each ship, the ends are
to be re-united after recovering as much as possi
ble, and the paving out is to be renewed unless
circumstances may have arisen to induce the en
gineer to determine otherwise, especially in the
event of a larger proportion of slack bavmg been
expended than was reckoned upon.
Second—ls signals should fail to be received be
tween the paying out ships, the engineers will con
tinue paying put for at least six hours, and so
much longer aslthe electricians and engineers may
deem necessary and desirable. ■
Third—ln c*se electrical signals fail as the ships
approach the laud, without other evidence o f ,
breakage, soundings at the time being not deeper j
than two hundred fathoms, the ships are to go on ,
paving out and land the ends.
Fourth—ln case the cable breaks after more than :
two hundred and fifty miles have been paid out
from each ship, and before it has beefi possible to
reach soundings of two hundred fathoms, the
ships are to return if Queenstown for orders.
Fifth—The cables are to be united in latitude
fifty*two degrees two minutes North, longitude
thirty*three degree* fighteen minutes West.
Sixth—After -the cable has been successfully
laid, Mr. Field Is authorised to dispose of any sur
plus cable that may remain, at a rate of not less
than seventy-five pounds sterling ($375) per sta
tute mile of oua. thousand seven hundred and sixty
yards. >•. , .
Seventh—Affer the cable is laid the machinery
an board the United plates steam frigate Niagara
is to be taken <m to New York and transhipped
from the Niagara on-board a vessel bound for the
United Kmjgd<gn.
jMMA London Times.
French and {American Questions m Par
* Hameot.
j In the Heusoauf Commons on the 11th inst., Sir
j Charles the Chancellor of theJSxche
. the preparations making in some parts of Europe
by sea and land ; and whether, when the addition
-1 al troops are sent to India, it is the intention of
government to call out an equal number of militia
to replace them T He read a list of in
J commission in the ports of the United Kingdom,
to show that they were still in an incomplete state.
I He contended that in the present state of the ar
. my and navy in France, an attack upon this coun
try might be made with great chance of success.
I We ought not to be left in the defenseless state in
which we were at present. The government
ought to demand supplies from the country for
the purpose of putting the national defenses in a
more complete state. For anything we know,
France and Russia may be on good terms; but let
„ them consider the confusion which would be
' caused by the appearance of the Russian fleet in
; the Channel. He concluded by recommending
that the disbanded militia be at once re-era bodied.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that gov
* eminent was sensible of the responsibility under
[ which it lav, both of defending our country and
vindicating our flag. The gallant admiral seem
’ ed to assume that those with whom we were now on
’ terms of cordial friendship, not only intended to
' attack us, but to attack us suddenly, without the
usual form of declaration of war. We were on
terms not only «f friendly, but constant and con
[ fident communication with France. There was
; no proof that any extraordinary preparations
’ were making by sea or land in any country in Eu
rope. We were now engaged in intimate endea
vors with France to settle the most delicate sub
jects, and with every prospect of success. It was
true that questions had arisen between this coun
’ try and America, which were of an embarassing
and even of a mischievous nature; but those were
incidents accidental to public affairs, and he be
lieved that nothing would occur to disturb, per
manently, the friendly feeling between the two
nations. It was most injurious to the interests of
the country to assume that other nations enter
tained hostile intentions. This policy of suspi
cion was as unjust to other powers as it was hurt
ful to ourselves.
The government had within a few hours receiv
ed a proof of friendly feeling from a power whose
real disquietude had been feared. A despatch was
received from Naples stating that the King had
granted an ample compensation to the engineers,
Watt and Park, and had placed the Cagliari and
all its crew at the disposal of the Queen of Eng
land. That ship would sail to Genoa with the for
mer crew under the direction of a British Com
missioner. It was by the adoption of a proper
policy that they had obtained this gratifying re
sult. The defenses of the country ought to be at
tended to, but it rather ought to be left to those on
whom the responsibility rested, and who would ex
ercise the utmost vigilance.
Mr. Bentick said that the House ought to know
how far the defences of the country could be put
in a satisfactory state without calling on the coon
try for further supplies. Tne state of the present
means of defense, ought, therefore, to be laid be
fore the House in detail.
Mr. Lindsay expressed great gratification at the
statement contained in the speech of the Chancel
lor of the Exchequer. In any sudden emergency
the mercantile marine would, he was convinced,
furnish sufficient seamen for properly manning the
navy.
Mr. Bright said that this country was now spend
ing for the defenses of the country at the present
time more than it ever had done. These ridicu
lous fears of invasion had been the terror of old
women for centuries, and Naples had listened to
our demands as soon as we adopted a reasonable
tone ; and he felt little doubt but that our recent
difficulty with America had been the lesult of or
ders issued by the late government. He express
ed his gratification at the principles of the speech
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and hoped
that by following out those principles, which were
those of true conservatism, we should be able to
reduce our expenditure, and once more apply our
selves to domestic improvement and economy.
Sir C. Wood alleged, from the direct admission
of Lord Derby, that the state of our army and
navy was satisfactory when he entered office, and
that the late government had done it* duty in pro
viding for the defense of the country.
Mr. Headium said that, with every desire for
economy, he could not consent to reduce the ex
penditure on our defenses.
St. Johns, June 22.— The weather has been clear
to-day, but very cold for the season, and the indi
cations cod tin ue favorable for the success of the
Atlantic telegraph enterprise. Wind South.
From the Scotsman.
The Troubles of Charles Dickens.
As Mr. Dickens’ statement is apt to be some
what unintelligible to those beyond the reach of s
the gossip of Lon don and the •* literary world,” 1
we may explain that the fact, as we are informed,
is, ..that Mr. Dickins has, by mutual agreement,
separated from bis wife, on the ground of “ in
compatibility.” The name of a young lady on the
stage has been mixed up with the matter—most
cruelly and untruly, is the opinion, we hear, of
those having the best means of observing and
judging; indeed, the arrangement itself is, to a
great extent, a refutation of that part of the scan
al. Os tbe family, (eight in number,) the eldest
son remains with his mother, but some, at least,
of the daughters go with Mr. Dickens, and the
head of his new home is a lady, a very near rela
. tive of Mrs. Dickens. We mention these facts to !
explain the allusions to which Mr. Dickens has |
thought proper to give publicity, and also to do j
so in such away as to prevent the transaction, so i
dimly referred to, being made the subject of infer- '
tnces too unfavorable.
From the London Post % June 11.
Mr. Dickens’s readings continue to be attended :
with complete success. Heretofore he has con
fined himself to his Christmas stones, but the
pleasantest narratives of that class—and Mr.
Dickens’s are among the pleasantest—are liable
to lose something of their aUraction in the pro
cess of perpetual repetition. With the view,
therefore, or varying the entertainment, he has re
solved to give'selections from bis larger works,
and last night he read the ** Little Dombey” chap
ters from “ Dombey and Son” in the presence of a
numerous and fashionable audience. We were •
gratified to observe that he experienced a recep j
tion so favorable as to show that his personal pop- i
ulanty has endured no diminution. The hall was ■
crowded in every part.
Death of Old Hannibal," the Ele
phant.
The following we copy from the Cleveland
Plaindealer :
This old and justly distinguished elephant died
at Canfield on Monday. He was quite old—ex
tremely so. We have heard his age stated va
riously at from five bundled to one thousand
years. At times, Hannibal was rather wild. Do
mestic troubles may have been the cause of this.
We believe his faults were of the bead, however,
and not of the heart. He never used tobacco in
any form, and in all his travels was never forced
to “spout” his trunk for his hotel bills. What
other showman of any note can say as much?
Still, the fact can’t be disguised. Hannibal cut up
some very hard capers during his life. In Maine,
years ago, he was one night shut up in a shed. In
the morning, he was found three or four miles ofi,
with the roof of the shed upon his back!
When connected with June & Titus’s circus and
menagerie he had a falling out with some of the
performers, and on? day whilst they were making
their grand entree in the ring, on their high-met- '
tied and gorgeously-caparisoned horses, Hannibal j
b«irst his fastenings, rushed into the ring, and un- j
horsed every man of them. After tossing them |
around for a while be returned to his accustomed
place, and permited his keeper to tie him up again. .
Going from Boston to Salem, some years ago, he j
became enraged about something or other, and j
made terrific work on the road—tearing down
fences, tipping over wagons, and tossing men and
horses into the air.
Traveling from one small town to another one |
Sunday afternoon, in New Hampshire, Hannibal
met a long line of carriges. filled with people go
ing home from church. The man in the head car
nage struck the elephant a smart blow with his
whip as he passed. Hannibal immediately un
loaded the entire line ot carriages. No one was
seriously injured. One night as his keeper was
» keeper and him instantly. All 1
- night long the elephant watched the dead man
{ closely and tenderly, even as a mother would j
i watch the corpse of her child, and never from that j
i moment left him until he was buried. Hannibal j
f meant well. We don’t hear what ailed Hannibal i
. —probably it was old age. We understand that
- he cost his last owners, van Am burg & Co., four
- teen thousand dollars. “ Peace to his ashes.”
j How Thurlow Weed Lost Eight Thousand dol- i
t lars, and how Millard Fillmore’s Wife got it.
r —A correspondent of the Philadelphia Mercury
a tells the follow ; ng story : Two or three years ago
r ths railway lines between Albany and Buffalo
[ were consolidated, under the title of the New York
e Central. Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Evening
Q Journal , engineered the matter through the legis
£ lature, and for this service was to receive the hand
some sum of eight thousand dollars, of which
1 Erastus Corning was to furnish four thousand dol
r lars and Dean Richmond four thousand dollars,
cj The plan succeeded, and the money was paid over.
. But as Mr. Weed didn’t think it would look well
n to have the stock stand in his own name, he made
o it over to an old and particular friend of his—Mr.
e Mclntosh—who had made money as a railroad
Q contractor. It was understood between the parties
_ that Mclntosh was to hold the stock, and then
s quietly make it over to Weed. But unluckily,
s Mclntosh died, and forgot to leave a will. So the
administrators, in making up the account of the
L . assets, stumbled upon the certificates for this
eight thousand dollars, and put them down to
s Mclntosh’s credit, supposing, of course, they were
i. his. Tbe debts were paid and a handsome bal
r ance was left for the widow, the attractive Mrs
e Mclntosh, who was married a few weeks ago to
. Mr. ex-President Fillmore. Thnrlow’s eight thou
sand dollars went along with the widow, into the
} arms of the man whom Thurlow hates probably
f as badly as any one man can hate another. For a
. politico scandalous yarn it is not bad, and makes
. fun.
St. Louis, June 22. —A
of 16th inst. says that a call was protnuljQpd yes
, terday, signed by many citizens, for the organiza-
J tion of a Vigilance Committee in that city. The
[ public meeting held pursuant to the call discoun
tenanced such an organization, and adopted reso
lutions declaring that no necessity existed for its
establishment, and expressive of entire confidence
in the authorities to properly administer the laws.
Arrangements are being made to establish a
regular communication between Fort Leavenworth
and the outward bound columns of the Utah
forces. Two expresses leave the garrison every
week until further notice.
The Kansas City Jovrnal of Commeroe y Extra , of
the 19th, says that a mass meeting was held at
Fort Scott, Kansas, on the loth, to take into con
sideration the best means for the adjustment of
the difficulties in that region ; and resolutions
were unanimously adopted to the following effect:
We will proceed through the civil organization;
the county of Bourbon and townships ttierein, in
accordance with the law approved February, 1858,
agree to refer all past offenses against ?he laws to
the grand jury; we agree to refrain from prosecutions
and vexatious arrests for imaginary or pe tv offens* s
and to the discountenance of such proceedings
from whatever course they come ; we agree to ex
ert ourselves to preserve the peaie and to assist in
enforcing the laws; we agree to take no part in
the pre-emption claims quarrels, but to leave the
contestants to settle their differences according to
law ; we agree to hold every citizen of Fort Scott
to a strict accountability for assault or other un
lawful acts against any persons whatsoever; we
agree to afford whatever protection the circum
stances require to the citizens of Fort Scott travel
ing in Bourbon county. Governor Denver
agrees to withdraw the troops as so"*n as the coun
ty and township organization shall be completed,
and he is satisfied that peace is fully restored.
Governor Denver addressed the meeting, and ap
proved of the resolutions. John Hamilton was
president of the meeting.
What the Girls Need.—Mrs. Ellis thus hints at
the deficiencies of English girls in household
knowledge. The cap will fit our American young
ladies, except that some of the latter have plenty
of “ frankness,” and do not think it worth while
even to show “ mock modesty.”
“The truth is, my dear girls, you want, generally
speaking, more liberty and less fashionable re
straint; more kitchen snd less parlor; more leg
exercise and less spfa; more making puddingsami
less piano; more frankness and less mock modesty;
more breakfast and leas ‘bustle.”
VOL. 37-:N O. 27.
Mayor Wayne, of Savannah.
The Morning Notes, of 26th inst., says: “We
are pained to learn that the Mayor had another
severe hemorrhage yesterday morning. At a late
hour last night he was quite low—his friends en
tertaining no hope of his recovery.”
VW~ Among the items of news brongh t by the
Persia, we see it stated that the French Ministerial
papers declare in favor of the American view on
the question of the right of search, and character
ise the blockadiug squadron as an utter failure.
Expense of the Bernard Trial. —lt is stated
i that the trial of Dr. Berxard cost the government
j no less a sum than thirty thousand pounds.
Universal Suffrage in England.— There arc
i now fifty petitions before the House of Commons
1 signed by nearly twenty thousand persons, for the
1 adoption of universal suffrage.
Another Court House Burnt*
We received, says the Savannah Republican, of
■ the 25th inst., the following letter last night, an
! nonncing the total destruction of the court house
I of Lowndes county, by fire, on Wednesday mOm
: ing last. A gentleman who was in Troupville at
; the time, informs us that nearly all the records of the
j county were destroyed, and that when the fire was
| first discovered the entire stair case was in flames,
| so that it was impossible to reach the story where
* the greater portion of the records were kept:
Troupville. Ga., June 23, 1858.
Mr. Editor: The court house in this place is a
j mass of smoking ruins. The fire was discovered
| about three o’clock this morning. It had advanced
so far as to render it impossible to save the records,
which were more important than any other papers.
Court was in session, and quite a number of per
sons were present, among whom I will mention
the name of Capt. James M. Folsom, a member of
the bar from Magnolia, Ga. Capt. Folsom render
ed great assistance by saving quite a number of
books and valuable papers. Without him every
thing would have been, destroyed, fle exhibited
a greater degree of courage, "coolness and good
judgment than is usually witnessed on such occa
sions. All who were present will bear me out in
what I have stated. The tire is supposed to have
beef! the work of an incendiary. Yours, Ac.,
J. M. ij.
copy the following crop paragraphs
| and letter from the Savannah Republican of 26tb
; instant:
j Tnes Attached by the Rust. —We received a let
i ter yesterdav, from a friend in Upson county, from
' which we extract the following. The leaves en
! closed may be seen on our round table, in the
reading room:
| “ Enclosed I send you two leaves, one of a grape
j vine, the other of a locust tree. You will see that
1 the rust, or blast, or mould, (whatever it may be,)
! has attacked the trees as well us the cotton. Wheß
these leaves were plucked there might be seen up-
I on ♦hem a very small insect or mite which seems
■ to be connected in some way with the cause of
j the rust, if rust it be, which I am inclined to
' Caution to Planters.—We see it stated, that in
I Monroe county several horses have died from be
ing pastured ou rusted oats. The planters there
have since generally taken to plowing them m
11 We mention the fact for the benefit ol onr agri
-1 I cultural readers.
—Muscogee Co., 4
... m iii.— June ‘23, 1848. )
\ J. R. Sxeed, Esq.— Dear Sir: I dislike very
j much indeed to communicate news that gives a
! c oomy account of the prospect of the growing
| crop. I understand from several of my neighbors
I that the rust has made its appearance in their corn
j crops. Should the rust prove as disastrous to the
• corn as it has been to the oat crop, it will bring
distress upon the country, and many a planter will
! exclaim, “ Let Gabriel blow his horn, for the last
day Cometh! ”
The cold weather of last week has put more in
sects on the cotton than Townsend Glover put in
the last Patent Office report. If Glover would come
along about this time. I could show him worms
that would make him blush for the reputation of
his worm book. The last few warm days are mak
ing the insects leave the cotton, and it has com
menced growing again ; and notwithstanding the
last back set the cotton crop in thi9 section is much
better than it was last year. There is no rust on
cotton or grass in this section. Tuey are both do
ing well to-day, and are vieing with each other,
as to which shall have the ascendency. There is
some complaint of drouth. Truly yours,
Tnc Inundation op Cairo—Not much or a
Shower.—The Cairo City Gazette , of June 18th,
gives an official account of the late flood at that
place, expressing the opinion that after all “it wap
not much of a shower.” Mound City, (the riva.
of Cairo,) it admits, is in a terrible condition :
“The damage at Mound City is awful. The
loss at Cairo is nothing to that which is suffered
by the unfortunate inhabitants of Mound City.
The inundatiou of Cairo |will only serve to ad
vertise to the whole world the pre-eminent excel
lency of the place as a town site. But Mound
City is don** for.”
The closing paragraph of the official report,
which we have been quoting, is worthy particular
prominence, and is above the raDge of commen
tary :
•‘About the only dry spot on the rivers, in this
section of the three States, is to be found in
Cairo !**
The Wealth of our Statesmen.
Jefferson died comparatively poor. Indeed, it
Congress had not purchased his library, and given
for it five times its value, he would with difficulty
have kept the wolf from his door.
Madison saved money, and was comparatively
nch. To add to his fortunes, however, or rather
to those of his widow, Congress purchased his
manuscript papers, and paid thirty thousand
dollars for them.
James Monroe, the fifth President of the United
States, died so poor that bis remains found a rest
ing place through the chartty of one of the
citizens.
John Quincy Adams left some hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, the result of industry, prudence,
and inheritance. He vras a man of method and
economy.
Martin Van Buren is very rich. Throughout
hi 3 political life he has studiously looked out for
his own interest. It is not believed that he ever
spent thirty shillings in politics. His party shook
the bush, and he
Daniel Webster dered some millions m his
lifetime, the product ot ms profession and his po
litical speculations. He died, leaving his property
to his children, and his debts to bis friends. The
former sold less than twenty thousand dollars.
Henry Clay left a very handsome estate, ft
probably exceeded one hundred thousand dollars.
He was a prudent mauager, and a scrupulously*
honest man.
James K. Polk leli about one hundred and fifty
thousand dollar*—fif y thousa* d of which he saved
from the Presidency of tour \ears.
John Tyler is worth fifty thousand dollars. Be
fore he reached the Presidency he was a bankrupt.
In office, he husbandeu his means, and then mar
ried a ricn wife.
Zachary Taylor left one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
Millard Fillmore is a wealthy man, and keeps
his money m a very strong and safe box.
Ex-Presidem Pierce saved some fifty thousand
dollars from his term • t service. But he had away
ot his own.
Health or thb M i-h -We are pleased to
stale m rden-n*« minion of Mayor Wayne,
that ihere has In i- r lunof the hemorrhage,
and at 9 o’cw W l*»V - uin a be was tolerably com
fortable, a »d i lias could be expect^,
uuder the cm no
r, JitptMicafjf Jan # 24.