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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.