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BY JAMES GARDNER.
Paulsen, the Chess-Player.
A correspondent of the Boston Journal, w riting
from Chicago, says cf the unparalleled chess feat
recently played out in that city by Mr. Paulsen, as
f °The most stupendous achievement in chess the
world ever saw has just been successfully per
formed in this city, and Louis Paulsen now stands
Deerless On Monday evening he commenced
Slaving blindfolded ten simultaneous games
igainst Chicago. Mis opponents were carefully
selected from among the most skilltu! players of
the Chesa Club, who used every exertion to check
mate their gallant antagonist.
Mr Paulsen sat apart from every one on the
stage of Light Guard Hall, with his back to the
ten boards. Two gentlemen of this ciiv acted as
tellers, and circulated among the players, calling
aloud each move on the different tables, winch
were designated by their respective numbers from
one to ten Mr. Paulsen would reflect a few mo
ments, and then, without apparent effort, an
nounce his own move in return. His attitude and
bearing were like those of a person m a trance—
his head thrown slightly forward, his eyes closed,
his figure motionless, and nothing to indicate life
save an occasional working of the face when a
skillful step was taken by an adversary or a sud
den coup de baUllle contemplated by himseir. Ihe
progress was stow. At the close of the first even
ing, however, enough of his surpnsmg ability was
displayed to make even the most experienced of
his opponents feel nervous, and induce them to
use every tactic to out-manoeuvre him. During
the second evening his advantage over several was
clearly to be seen. The spectators became much
excited, but the sympathies of those who had no
friends playing were plainly given to that single
silent man, thus pitted against a host of foes.
Mr Paulsen could at any time recapitulate the
precise position of each piece upon every board,
and when an occasional difference arose concern
ing some disarrangement which he detected, his
assertions had in all cases proved correct,•While
thoße who had their eyes open were forced to ac
knowledge their error. It was evident that his
astonishing memory and concentration enabled
him to recall at will each move made from the first
upon either board, and thus bring it as clearly to
hiR mind’s ere as if it were bodily before him.
Tfie third evening was expected to finish this un
precedented feat. The audience wus on tip-toe
with excitement, and every one seemed uncontrol
lably worked up, except he upon whom all inter
est centered. The self command exercised ap
peared miracuious, and none would have suspect
ed what an intense, powerful stretch must have
been upon that singular brain ; calmly he sat, us
if casting some problem in simple interest rather
than performing a labor of herculean magnitude.
Throughout he was subjected to one unfairness,
wt'cb, however, serves now only to heighten his
glory Not alone did he play against ten oppo
nents, but fifty-as, by a strange license, a few of
the audience were allowed to mingle with the
players, and at each table two or three deeply
versed in chesa seated themselves to advise those
whom Mr. Paulsen’s brilliant attacks had discom
fited. He thus battled with the combined strength
of the entire city opposing him. Every player, too,
expected him to make the assult, while their chief
effort was to fortify a position so as to be impreg-
At eleven P. M. game nine resigned. In fifteen
minutes game fire uid likewise, and game two was
drawn at its player’s request. Mr. Paulsen then
made some mtshiog, splendid attacks upon the
rest, and might doubttes have finished them, but
the miduight hour interrupted. He agreed tocon
tinue, but thoughtit best to adjourn, and give those
who wished an opportunity to play out at the club
, . room on the next evening.
Mr. Paulson rose quickly when this decision was
announced, seemingly not jaded in the least. He
'i- is rather an ordinarv looking naan, with a decided
ly German cast of features, and nothing but a sin-
I gulurly broad head to indicate uncommon powers.
L* The games were finally finished lust evening, Mr.
fr" -i.; Paulsen beating five of the remaining seven, «ui
I consented to draw the other tiro, though he mipht
sos U.TsUNtJ 'games* blindfolded' iV without a
.JEST* parallel. Mr. Morphy never attempted Out seven,
«nd thus is outdone. The whole city is tilled with
wonder. The victor is decidedly a lion of consid-
B erable altitude, his achievement cannot probably
be excelled under equally trying circumstances,
r Paul Morphy, the chess-player, sailed to Europe
P? ia the Africa.
The Fire Department of Paris.
A letter from Paris in the New \ork 'limes
describes the fire department in that capital as
follows: ... ,
The fire department at Paris, like the police, is
a military organization, aud consists of one thou
sand men. lis members are drawn from the army,
and are under the control of the Minister of »\ ar,
except when on duty as firemen, wheu they obey
the orders of the Prefect of Police. They are
picked, and consequently efficient men, and are
carefully drilled and trained in gymnastic exer
cises. They are enrolled for the same number 1 " of
years as soldiers in the army, and cost the treasury
annually five hundred and sixty thousand francs,
a little over one hundred thousand dollars. They
wear uniforms—blue cassimere jacket, buttoned up
to the throat, pantaloons of the same stuff, made
large, and a brass cap. They have a strong
leather strap around their bodies, in which there
is a ring, and by which they can be suspended.
Their principle arm is a fire-axe. Hut their en
gines are mere sviluges, aud their hose compauy
nul. The French machines are very small, and
only throw water. They must be supplied by
buckets. On the occasion of the destruction by fire
of the building called Grand Conde, lines were
formed in all directions, into which the policeman
pressed men, women and children for the passage
of buckets. Barrels on wheels were also put into
requisition, but not a single hose. The river was
only two hose lengths from the fire, hydrants were
plenty, there was no wind, and yet the Grand
Conde burned seven hours before the walls fell
in, and it is burning yet at the eighth day, with
engines constantly playing on it. All the walls
of the neighboring houses have been damaged
so that the people hare left them, and props have
been put up to save them from falling. All this
results from inefficient machiues and from too
much official parade. The preventive side of the
question, however, is immensely in favor of the
French .system. Thi9 system consists lu a strin
fent law in regard to the mode of construction of
ouses', and in placing fireman, hydrants, reser
voirs and hose-pipes, wherever there is most
danger of a fire. With her powerful engines, if
New York would adopt this careful preventive
system, 9he would save millions of property
annually. This is, in fact, one of the reforms she
must sooner or later adopt.
£j He is oniy a Printer.
* The following tribute to the noble preservative
ft art we find in a cotemporary, and we commend its
strong contrast to the intelligent reader:
m He is only a printer. Such was the sneering re-
X marks of a leader in a circle of aristocracy—the
codfish quality. Who was the Earl of Stanhope ?
He was only a printer. What is Prince Frederick
r William, jußt married to the Princess of England?
He, too, is only a printer. Who was William Clax
ton, one of the fathersof literature? He was only
a printer. What was Washington Irving, G. P.
Morris, N. P. Willis, James Gales, Charles Rich
ardson, James Harper, Horace Greeley, Bayard
Taylor, Charles Dickens, Thiers, Douglas Jerrold,
Creorw D. Prentice, and Senators Dix, Cameron,
Anthony and Niles* They, too, (were printers.
, : What was BeDjamin Franklin? lie, also, was a
prmter. And last, though not least, what is James
Buchanan, who occupies the most enviable posi
!* -Jon on err til ? Only a printer! Every one cannot
fee a printer—brains are necessary.
Peoria (III.) Journal.
... We had the pleasure, on Wednesday last, of
i meeting in our office, Col. Luther J. Glenn, Mayor
' of the city of Atlanta. Col. Glenn was returning
. from Beersheba Springs, Tennessee, vrhitker lie
j had been, attending a convention relative to the
1 location of the University of the South. He in
forms us that the former decision, in favor of Se
ll wannee, was confirmed. This is quite a singular
■L selection, it being on the top of Cumberland
V Mountain, and perhaps fifty mises from any other
t place, —L>‘zU'M Times, July 9,
From the New York Herald , July 8. j
The de Riviere and Blount Romance. t
Yesterday our reporter visited Capt. Henri de ,
Riviere, at the Napoleon Hotel, Hoboken, where .
he is at present remaining, in the custody of ,
officer McDonough, awaiting farther action of his ]
counsel, Gen. Vv right, in regard to the charge .
against him by Col. Blount.
The Captain has rented comfortable quarters, ,
occupying rooms number eleven and thirteen of
the hotel, both of which are furnished with all
the comforts that could be desired. Around the
room hung his military clothing aud sword,
which he said he used in the Crimean war. Quite
a large number of letters lay upon the table, and
among them a pocketbook, containing some half
a dozen letters, through each of which was a
bullet hole, a ball having passed entirely through
and struck a case in his pocket, which saved liis
life while in a fight.
The captain was occnpying a seat at the table
when our reporter entered. He is in appearance
a very sharp and intelligent looking man, ap
parently about twenty-eight years of age, tall,
well built, with black eyes and hair. He has even
appearance of a French soldier, and talks remark
ably good Fnglish. On the bed beside him lay a
revolver heavily loaded. He showed no signs of
fear, but laughed at the idea that he was to be kid
napped and carried off, as it was reported it was
the intention of the Jersey City officers to do.
Captain de Riviere in reply to the question,
Was he married to Miss Emma Blount? denied it,
and stated furthermore that he should not be until
he had fully shown that he was m every respect
wbat he represented himself to be, and his inno
cence fully proven as to the charges that were
made against him. He expressed his determina
tion to remain with Madam Blount and her daugh
ter, should he be killed in the attempt, they having
placed themselves under his protection, and he
will submit to no intrusion upon their rights but
by law. He is willing to have an examination,
which will no doubt be granted him next week.
He assured oar reporter that Miss Blount was
truly in love with him, and had sworn to become
his. As a proof, he showed the following letters,
one of which was sent to him while the young
lady was at the house of Dr. De Wees, at No. 791
Broadway:
My Dear Friend: When you are absent from
me I suffer so much from anxiety. I am in con
stant dread of hearing that you are either killed
or wounded. I have heard my father and your
enemies make so.many threats what they would
do if they could only put their hands upon you,
that they would not be governed by either law,
justice, or anything else; they all say they thirst
for your blood. I love you first above everything
on earth, and will never marry any but you ; and
next my mother. She has made every sacrifice
that a mother could make for a child. I wunt you
always to protect me, and I know and feel that
you would lose the last drop of blood you have in
my cause As for your marrying me, I have never
doubted it, and 1 know you will do it. I send this
by a faithful messenger. E. Blount.
Wednesday.
We are at present at Dr. De Wees’, Broadway.
I don’t know the number. You can easily find out.
Through the servants you can communicate. E.
will be on Broadway often with young De Wees:
he is lame. If you nave difficulty, have my testi
mony taken, I will be a strong friend.
[E.I It is opposite Grace Church. All pa’s
friends here are trying very hard to make me be
lieve Ido not care for you. I will be your’s and
none other’s, even if it takes years for us to be
happy once more. I have not time to write. We
are obliged to write at intervals of a minute.
Young de Wees told me yesterday that John Per
dy told him he was at your wedding, and that you
had license and witnesses, and that it was perfect
ly good and could never be broken; every moment
now is something, so come as soon as possible.
Pa is telling everybody mother is crazy. Trust
the man Coogao ; we have bribed him well. Pa
is determined to take me back to Mobile.
The last of the above letter was commenced by
;he mother and finished by the daughter. The
I folMrityg written*"
flylnlrmoml. J
*C*pt. de Rivierre has numerous other letters
from the voung lady which will be withheld from
publication ior the present, showing her ardent
attachment to him. Among the various letters he
showed our reporter was one signed by Jas. Har
per, Gen. Sanford, ex-Mayor Kinsland and others
from this city, inviting him to New York to de
liver his lecture on the war in the Crimea. He
has also numerous letters of invitation from the
most prominent men in New Orleans, St. Louis,
Cincinnati and, other cities,“desiring him to visit
their cities and deliver his lectures.
After quite a lenghty conversation with the cap
tain, our reporter was conducted to Mrs. Blount’s
apartments, which are located on the third floor;
and on being introduced by Captain de Riviere,
she expressed a desire to make the facts public
concerning Captain de Riviere, her daughter and
herself, through the medium of the Herald.
Mrs. Blount is a very amiable looking woman,
of some thirty-five or forty years of age, and of
medium height. She was dressed in a muslin de
laine basque, light skirt, and gave evidence from
her manner and conversation of being a well edu
cated and refined person. She treats the report of
her insanity as being exceedingly ridiculous and
absurd. She seemed to regret‘that her family
should have been thrust before the public in the
manner they have. She seemed deeply afflicted
in regard to what had occurred, and remarked that
had Col. Blount believed what she believed in re
gard to Captain de Riviere, they would have now
beeu enjoying their home in Mobile.
In regard to Captain de Riviere, she expressed
the warmest feeling on his behalf, and said he had
proved himself a gentleman and a man through
out all the difficulties they had been forced to en
dure. As to his standing, he had fully satisfied
both herself and husband, months ago, by letters
from persons of his acquaintance, both in the
United States and France ; but through the efforts
of some evil disposed persons she attributes the
attack of her husband upon Capt. de Riviere.
During the time the captain was at Mobile she said
her husband always encouraged Capt. de Riviere
in his visits to his bouse ana his attentions to his
daughter Emily. It was not until Col. Blount learn
ed that Captain de Riviere and Emily were engaged,
that he turned against him. Story after story was
then trumped up in regard to the captain, and
among others was the report that he was a married
man aud had a wife residing iu Philadelphia.
This, she said, was indeed quite a serious charge,
and she felt it her duty as a mother to investigate its
truth. This she did, aud her efforts resulted iu ex
onerating Captain de Rrviere from the charge made
against him. Finding that her husband determied
to separate tham, she decided that if her daughter
was determined upon becoming the wife of Capt.
de Riviere, she would protect her in what she
deemed her rights. Their departure from home
was only to consummate the marriage ceremonies,
and it was agreed that they should proceed to Ha
vana, Cuba, and there be united according to the
ritual of the Roman Catholic church, but was pre
vented by the arrival of her husband, who had
followed them. Here they, at the urgent request
of Captain de Riviere, left for New lork; but it
was her intention, as soon as they had been mar
ried, to return home to Mobile; but de Riviere
and Emily were to proceed directly to France in
the first s'teamer. Her treatment in this city she
complained most bitterly of. On her arrival at
the St. Nicholas Hotel she was taken sick and
confined to her room, and during the evening of
the day they arrived, her husband desired to
take her from the hotel and carry her to the
house of Doctor DeWees. He was prevented
by Mrs. DeWees, who was present that eve-
Ling; but on the following day she took up her
quarters there. After they had been in Dr. De-
Wees’ house two days, she was much astonished
to find herself aud daughter kept as prisoners in
the house, and soon found that the waiters and the
family in general had been instructed to allow no
person to communicate with her or Emily. This
was on accouut of the arrival of Captain de Ri
viere in this city, he having followed in the next
steamer from Havana.
After several days she said she was determined
no longer to submit to such treatment, and watch
ing her opportunity, in company With her daugh
ter, left her huab'and at the above house. Mrs.
Blount remained the first night at the St. Nicholas
Hotel, and on the following day, in company with
Capt. de Riviere, proceeded to the. Napoleon Hotel,
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1858.
Hoboken, where they still remain, with the excep
tion of Emily, who, she says, is safely oat of the
wav of her pursuers. Mrs. Blount assured our re
porter that Capt. de Riviere and her daughter nad
not as j'et been married. She will remain at the
hotel until all is settled in regard to de Riviere,
and will then return to Mobile to close up some
business, when she will remove for good from the
place and return North.
From the London Times, qf June 21.
The Right of Search.
The Federal Government [of the United States]
represents the aggregate of many communities
which possess the same loose political organiza
tion, and it is not surprising that the proceedings
of the Administrations and of the different repre
sentative bodies should bear traces of their origin.
The American Senate contains as large a propor
tion of men of ability as any deliberative body m
the world, but on certain occasions all its mem
bers seem to rival each other in the rashness and
extravagance of their language. It is impossible
to suppose that anv pretender to the character of
a statesman desired to provoke an immediate col
lision with the English fleet ata point where the
American *ihrce would have been doubly outnum
bered by its adversary; nor is it even likely that
the ingenuous arguments in favor of a war which
would secure a monopoly to native manufactures
produced much impression on the Senate. Un
luckily, the orators of Washington have accus
tomed themselves to indulge to an inexcusable ex
tent in the national weakness of blustering ex *§*
geration. Accordingly, the friends of the Ad
minstration boasted that orders had been
given to repel the force by force in a case
where it was perfectly known that no force
was to be apprehended on the part of the English
fleet • but even in America there are degrees of
exem’ptioD from responsibility, and the opposition
can always afford to outbid the government in
noisy patriotism. Mr. Buchanan generally re
ceives the support of the southern benators, ana
the great cotton producing districts have always a
certain regard for the English alliance. It was
therefore reserved for the freesoil Senators, apd
especially for the Abofitionists, to re-produce with
the most startling effect the famous pogram de
fiance. Better that the sea should swarm with
slavers, and that the American flag should be
6 instituted to piratical purposes, than that the
ritish lion should venture to roar in presence of
the American eagle. Dispassionate reasoners on
this side the water, who deprecate an unprofitable
quarrel in an unjust cause, are naturally denounced
by hostile eloquence as partisans of slavery; but
on the present occasion the champions of the “pe
culiar institution” are those who have often
threatened to dissolve the Union rather than share
in the guilt of perpetuating negro slavery. Their
eloquence has fortunately tended to produce a re
action in the feelings for the language of the rival
party. In ihe technical language of American
politics, “the opposition has bluffed the govern
ment off the trackor, in other words, has out
done it iu deference to real or supposed popular
prejudices ; and it now remains for the President
ancl his friends to recover, by the display of tem-
Eer and statesmanship, the ground which they
ave lost by their inferiority in ihe art of vitupera
tion.
There is reason to suppose that the agitation is
begining to blow over, and that the display of the
patriotic enthusiasm at Washington has sufficiently
served its turn. The newspapers have recently
published several contradictions of the rumors
which for a considerable period formed the most
interesting portion of every successive number,
and the certainty that the great majority of the
narratives will be found apocryphal can scarcely
fail to influence the language of the Government.
It is fortunate that the English Parliament has
wholly abstained from an undignified imitation
of noisy and vuigar challenges proceeding from
Irritation. The conversations which have taken 1
place ia tooth Houses prove that aU.sttߣSliui^‘“' , “-
agreed, kot qd!v as to the »te-tn-TffTernationsl
I law, but as to the general necessity of keeping
within its limits, Qenewl Cass’ nn
09 itegre© Mg
long since Hid down by Lora Aberdeen,
botn statesmen would adopt the interpretation of
the law which has been repeatedly laid down ip
our columns. In time of peace there is no right
either of search or of visitation, unless it has been
conceded by express treaty; but in suspicious
cases cruisers may, at their own risk, satisfy
themselves of the nationality of a vessel
the American flag. The United Stages ask tor no
privilege’.in favor of foreign ships which unlawfully
assume their national colors; and, on the other hand,
the English Government disclaims all intention ot
interfering with American vessels. When mistakes
are committed the injured party is entitled to re
dress, and if they are made repeatedly,a presump
tion arises that they must have been caused by an
erroneous system of excessive activity. It is
agreed on all hands that an English man-of-war
may seize a Spanish slaver, although every mast is
decked out with the stars and stripes, and it is
equally certain that an American trader may load
a cargo of slaves with impunity in full view of the
whole English squadron. Where there is no dis
pute as to the legal doctrine, a practical collision
can only be occasioned by extreme awkwardness
on the one side, or by wilful animosity on the other.
It is true that a cause of offense still remains in
the presence of an English force exercising a
watch over the coast of Cuba; but the President’s
government is in some degree responsible for the
measure, and Mr. Fitzgerald has informed the
House of Commons that the English Ministers
have prudently resolved to send the squadron
back to the coast of Africa. It would have been
better that the concession should never have be
come necessary, but it is wiser to repair a mistake
than to persevere in it. A gentleman who has
exercised the right of shooting on his own outlay
ing field, in the immediate vicinity of his neigh
bor’s nest reserve, cannot renouuce his undoubt
ed right when he finds that a coldness has arisen :
but, if he is a prudent and moderate man, he will
on a future occasion choose his beat in a different
direction.
A Great Curiosity. —Last Sabbath, we met iu
this city, a man by the name of Meredith Holland,
a native of Monroe county, Kentucky, who can
certaiuly beat the world, mathematically. He can
answer any proposition which may be submited
t# him, and do it without a moment's delay. His
answers are always correct. We asked him how
many seconds there were in four thousand years.
Scarcely had the question been stated, when the
answer was accurately given. This man looks
like a country hoosier,* and if it were not for the
extraordinary mathematical gift with which be
has been eaefowed, he would t>e regarded as al
most an idiot. He has traveled in company with
several gentleman, over a large portion of fiurope,
and is now about starting on a tour through the
United States. He declares that every answer is
presented to his mind simultaneously with the
question; and that, therefore, he undergoes no
mental effort m these mathematical exhibitions.
Dalton. Times, July 9.
Accident to Col. K. M. Hoe. —We regret to
learn that Col. R. M. Hoe, the ingenious inven
tor of the “ Last Fast” rotary steam printing
press, has met with an accident at Brightside,
which will confine him to his house for a couple
of weeks. He was experimenting with an im
proved washing machine and boiler, and had
turned off the steam from the boiler; but without
waiting for it to condense, he commenced to raise
the lid, and had only succeeded in withdrawing the
pin which held it down, when the iron cover flew
off, the steam, hot suds and wet clothes flew into
bis face with sufficient force to knock him down.
His face and arms were scalded severely—but,
fortunately, his eves are uninjured. From the
elbows to the liana the skin was taken off. The
accident occurred on the 21st ult., and he probably
will be confined to the house for a wees or ten
days longer.— Philadelphia Ledger.
Weather— Crops.—We have had heavy rams
the past week— rather too much for the good of
crops. The cotton weed is said to be growing too
rapidly, and grass is accumulating. The com
crop promises well.— Albany Patriot , July S.
An Irishman who vva3 very near-sighted, about
to fight a duel, insisted that he should stand six
paces nearer his antagonist than the other did to
him, and that they were both to fire at the same
time. .
t From the (Jiorqia Educational Journal.
j jjLx Sunday School*.
• ¥ ijp mor hd Rufkes, who first originated the r
Sijbbath school system, by gathering from the D
the outcast and wickea children who were 0
deldprating God’s holy day, could be permitted to c
lo< Stiver tne battlements of Heaven and witness l
th £«sult of that heaven inspired thought, and 9
ae jke millions who are now being trained in the v
wi they should go, it would doubtless add I
to rk cup of joy, even around the throne of God, 1
an L cause him to strike a louder string and tune 1
bt! 1° nobler praises for that which God had <■
wi rtjyght. And is there a heart on earth that can 1
wi unmoved, the scene now passing before 1
i«* iAat can look oiVwithout an increased pulsa- «
UotSwlj.en they remember that these, all these, j
areVlfcung trained for happiness and heaven?!'
WHefi the Saviour was on earth, while the Scribes j
ami Pharisees rejected him with scorn, the cb.il
drei|a the temple cried hosanna to the Son of j
Da\p 1 wise and great and mighty of j
eari contemning the Redeemer of mankind, ,
tfigfemnful hosannas which are now ascending
fatdPbif assembly, and the increasing an items
of iftfact tongues tuned to the praise of the Re
deeMr, illustrate most beautifully the declaration
that&l r. c the mouths of babes and sucklings
tboJKast perfected p-aise.
Itfca fact, established by reason, scripture and
expedience, that a very large proportion of those
(NAlfcsions which gladden earth and heaven, are
amongst the youthful portion of the human fam
ily y.ftad a still larger proportion, those who have
in Sabbath schools, and where
the prayers, affections, and energies of the entire
eburph, concentrated upon the children and youth
of ofifworfd, we might expect ere long that the
• wilderness and solitary places would be glad, for
theu tbe desert would blossom as the rose; and
the likrth would soon keep jubilee a thousand
ye j4but natural to expect the blessings of Heav
en upon Sabbath school instruction ; for it is but
carrying out those principles which God inculca
ted oil m in the early ages of the woHd. Hear.
0 Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. “And
. thou Shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy might; and
these words which I command thee this day shall
, be in thy heart, and thou shalt teach them dili
f gentiy to thy children, and shalt talk of them when
, thou.sittest in thy house and when thoh walkest
, by the way, and when thou liest down, and when
[ thou risest up.” When these divine precepts,
r these holy doctrines of the Bible are sown upon
' the tender soil of the youthful hearts, the rich
j. and golden harvest is often gathered at an early
i ag VTuO ever heard of a Sabbath school scholar or
teacher on the gallowa • n the penitentiary, inmates
I of oar jails, or even hanging around grog .hope t
, You may look in vain amongst the annals of crime
for seeli'as these. They are almost invariably the
. promoters of peace, order, morality and brotherly
r love. Wbat a beautiful system is the Sabbath
t school I so republican ! so Democratic! Like our
holy religion, there is no distinction, no aristocra
ts cy here The sons of the poor, and those of the
[ rich, the high and low, the learned and unlearned,
all meet together upon a common level, and the
s same principles are instilled into each love to
a God and love to men. But upon this interesting
l- occasion, when our greed nation is celebrating its
p- giori -us independence—when her mighty heart is
g beat: .g with patriotic emotion—when from the
t lakes to the gulfj and from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, all h-arts are swelling with gratitude to God,
J for his unspeakable mercies, if may not be inap
r propriate tosAdd that these great blessings, which
we iv.w enjoy) can only be perpetrated bv the in
\ culcation of those principles which our S|bß*tfc
• schools indoctrinate upon the yontbfu' heart, l
, any our country from cte.* {rilcT .‘ 10n
1 ■ iJßnuy ard misrule, if Shalt be I'V
of kiiylne** and sympathy,* vr
I Morality and virtue, which
■ lue S'JStoi* Heaven hurt, institution. .’.soj»..
i i'j
ivfiaiCC it can be for
waiuarTuiure statesman instead
• ofhelH^Ku;!ieT’ and blackguards, rowdies and
black Jr of them are, who now disgrace
the haßs of our national legislature, to he imbued
with those principles of truth, gentleness and
meekness, of pure morality and sound virtue, of
peace on e*rth and good will to men, which are in
culcated by our peculiar institutions.
Then, if tbe destiny of our common country is
influenced, if not intei woven with Sabbath schools,
broadcast them o’er the land, in city and village,
• in valley aid mountain, until their unobtrusive
influence, Weighted with love, winged with the
beams of the morning and upborne by the favor
of Heav|n, circling the globe and pouring upon
all without money and with price, the
sweet of salvation, and tbe shout shall as
cend, th« kingdoms of this world are become the
kingdoms of the Lord.
Ladies Hooi s.—We saw a gentleman tread upon
a lady's dress yesterday, as she promenaded down
Baltimore street. He had made several attempts
to pass either on one side or the ether, but finding
the whole pavement monopolised, he made a des
perate effort to escape from treadingon and tearing
the We think there should be some
understanding about the breadth of skirts at this
time, and ladies ought to be excluded from Bal
timore street during business hours who cannot
confine themselves to six feet diameter. This
would give them eighteen feet circumference —
enough, w? would say, in all conscience, these
hard times. —Eahiniore Clipper.
\ Sad AvcinKNT.—While Mr. W. C. Robinson, of
the firm of Wallace & Robinson, was riding out
yesterday evening in a buggy, accompanied by his
wife and’ a little daughter of Mr. Wallace, the
herm tufrbmlirrtit, and ranaway. Mr. Robinson
whs almost immediately thrown out by a sudden
turn made by the horse, and is so severely bruised
as to be txfeabl* to turn himself in the bed. A few
rods further his wife, and the daughter of Mr.
Wallace, were thrown out—Mrs. Robinson re
ceiving a.fcgvere contusion on the head, and the
lutle gifrl a cat under the chin. The whole party
came very near being killed. The horse was
stopped nearly simultaneously with the fall of the
lady and^chijii. —Atlanta American, July 9.
Good Advice. —The JUuskul Review says:
“If ouxf?r>ends will omit to write the word ‘Pro
fessor,' iq their favors, as applying to a music
tnnrhrr they will save us the trouble
of erasing it; certainly that word, as it is com
monly us#d. shall not get into our columns except
by accident.” . .
A kin itothis silly “ Professor” business, is the
abominable labit’into which many people and
newspapers hare fallen, of giving a title, as Colo
nel, General, Ac., Ac., to every person who keeps
a tavern, or who provides eatables and drinkables
for a erqwti, or who fills any two penny office
which sptv.Li»Uy brings him before the public.
Washington, July 6.—Dr. Forney, superintend
ent of Indian affairs in Utah, writes to the Indian
bureau that he has made several treaties with
tribes who hive been at enmity tor many years.
The n&ljflinfeo-b&d visited have always been faith
ful to thVCcited States, but are in a position to
have done, if so disposed, much more harm than
the Morgans. Indian affairs are represented to
be in avert mixed up condition, and he intends to
visit all tl* ttifeee from Salt Lake City to Carson
valley.
Agent Radfield writes from Fort Pierre, Nebras
ka Territory, that the Sioux Indians are much ex
cited on acamnt of the treaty made by the United
States withpbe Yanctons. They claim the lands
belonging [hem, and protest against tbe Yanc
tons being Jiid anything. They are in an irrita
ted and disturbed state of mind, and Mr. Redfield
could not hdv* transacted any business with them
if it had^r-Wk—»n for the presence of the troops.
They fault-finding, and it may be
necessary them severely. The stipula
tions of tbd Skmarie treaty are not observed, near
ly all the liitions being at war, and depredating on
one another: ap well as on the whites.
O. H. Mst|, fcf Mississippi, has been appmnted
by the Prejflu&t special commissioner to Wash
ington and Oregon Territories, under an act of
Congress, and report on certain claims
previous taj&ir payment, for which conditional
appropriates were made,
A Sad Casualty*
Tbe deep sympaties and most unaffected sor
row of our citizens were nronsed on yesterday
morning, by learning that the body of a’ member
as the New’York Seventh Regiment had been dis
uovered floating in Gillie’s creek. It proved to be
that of Lawrence Hamilton, a private of Company
six, and a grandson of Alexander Hamilton. At
wbat time and how the distressing casualty result
ing in his death occurred, it is impossible' to say.
The information elicted at the coroner's inquest
threw little or no light upon the subject. The
creek in which the body was found enters James
river just below the wnarf where the Glen Cove
was moored when the Seventh Regiment embark
ed upon that steamer on Tuesday night. The em
barkation took place at half past eight o’clock.
The watch found *ipon the body stopped at five
minutes before nine. The steamer departed at j
ten o’clock. So that the casualty occurred after I
I the embarkation. The deceased had certainly been
on board, as he had divested himself of bis knap-1
j sack, cap and arms. The noise of his fall in the
water and bis cries for help, if he uttered any,
W*re drowned by the cheering and rattling dvntns.
His body’ must have been floated up the creek by
tbe tide.
■j The deceased was missed at roll call, after the I
departure of the Glen Cove; and information of
the fact was given to Lieut. Bossieux, of the Grays,
by an officer of the 6th company, while the Grays
were about taking a final parting with their New
York friends, some distance down the river, whith
er they had gone on board the Old Dominion, as
our readers know, to await the arrival of the Glen
Cove. This information occasioned various ru
mors, one of which was that a member of the
Grays, named Hamilton, was drowned. It seems
as if the death of the deceased was foreshadowed;
for even as early as Monday last, a rumor was in
circulation that one of the guard was drowned;
and the rumor of a casualty by drowning has con
tinued with strange pertinacity, until it terminates
in tbe reality of the untimely death of this young
volunteer from New York.
Richmond Dispatch, July 10.
A Charitable Man. —The Boston Ledger con
tains the following paragraph. The man alluded
to deserves universal detestation, or should we
not say—pity.
“ The great accumulation of capital in the name
of one person, on deposit in several bauks of the
city, now amounts to upwards of two million dol
lars. This is the man who refused to give five
dollars for a charitable purpose, declaring that he
was not able, because so much of his money w r as
lying idle in the banks.
The Exchange Bask.—We hear very lir'le said
about this institution of late. It has scarcely any
circulation in Georgia, so far as we cau learn, and
it is probably fortunate that it is-so. We under
stand that the stock is principally owned by a Mr.
Barnes, late of New York, who is represented as
being able to relieve the bank from its present em
barrassment. Whether he will do so remains to
be seen. We have no personal acquaintance with
the gentleman, although he has been a resident of
Griffin for several months. We learn that he is
at present in New York on business connected
with the bank. —Qrijfln South , B th ins!.
> Brutality.—On the glorious Fourth of Juiy,
1 three patriotic adopted citizens, from the land ot
the Ciesars—Messrs. John Bareli a gill ope the
. father of J. A. Barchagallope the son, and Francis
■ Rose an interloper—manifested their great respect
i for our American forefathers, their tender regard
■ for their dear wife, mother and friend, and their
5 high appreciation of free institutions, by brutally
f beating Mrs. John Barchagallope, in so cruel a
I mapuer as to render it doubtful whether she can
§ survive their malicious treatment. They wrdre
- taken before Recorder Glenn, aud by him com
p mittedtojail until more can be ascertained oi
'U&ei rv i oVm ’ sco n efi tio □. —Jlqskpjl 6 -
I r bobta nt/es. — On* flhrrni Hn
vahna brought three bun dred and three
barrels a'o<* boxes of vegetables. Ac., and three
j thousand L’i n « hundred and twenty watermelons.
Another steamer front Portsmouth, Va., bad on
I bn« r a »Knut three thousand five hundred barrels
of vegetables, valued at fourteen uT'* l,Ban^
N. Y. Journal of Commerce, July 5.
There is one phase of the hog trade in Cincin
nati in which every one is not posted up. The
first one who is sharp enough to spy out a new lit
ter of pigs, no matter how great the number, puts
his private mark upon them and then lets them
run; they are then considered his property. In a
year and a half they become splendid porkers,
without any trouble or expense to the owner, who
gathers them up in the fall and sells them. We
actually knew one man to gamer up fifty-seven
one fall, which netted him five hundred and sev
enty dollars and upwards, and that without any
outlay on his part.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tbe damage to the Memphis ar.d Charleston
railroad by the heavy rain that fell on Sunday
evening last was very slight. A small portion of
the trestle work ten miles this side of Huntsville
was washed down, and the track near Saulsbury,
for a short distance, way undermined. The inju
ries have already been repaired, and the trains are
running as usual. —Memphis Bulletin, July 7.
An eastern editor says that a man got himself
into trouble by marrying two wives. A western
editor replies by assuring his contemporary that a
good many men in that section have done the
same thing by marrying one. A northern editor
retorts, quite a number of his acquaintances found
trouble enough by merely promising to marry,
without going any further. A southern editor
says that a friend of his was bothered enough by
simply being found in company with another mans
wife.
There is a current rumor, which is believed to
be well founded, says the Boston Traveler , that
Edwin Booth, the talented young tragedian, is
shortly to marry the favorite actress, Miss Mary
Devlin, whose winning appearance attracted such
genera! attention while playing at the Boston
Theatre with Miss Cushman’s company, and who
is generally esteemed.
“Elder, will you have a drink of cider?” in
quired a farmer of an old temperance man, who I
was spending an evening at his house.” Ah!—l
hum—hum—no thank ye,” said tbe old
never drink any liquor of any kind, ’specially
cider; but if you’ll call it apple juice, I reckon I’s
take a drop.” j i
s
s New Orleans, June 6. —The board of health re
-3 port eight deaths from yellow fever the past week,
being an increase of six on the preceding week.
No alarm, however, is felt.
A break occurred in Diamond Levee, yesterday
’ and it is already twenty feet wide and four deep.
Vigorous measures have been taken to check it,
which will probably be successful.
The damage to the eotton crop by the recent
’ overflow is estimated at four hundred thousand
bales. The total increase of receipts at all the
| ports, compared with the same time last year, is
’ one hundred and fourteen thousand bales. ’
New Orleans, July 9. —The Black Brilliant with
Vera Cruz papers of the 26th inst. has arrived.
Business is prostrate.
The vornito is among the soldiers, but the citi
zens are healthy.
An earthquake on the 18th killed fifty persons,
in the city of Mexico.
The British and French Ministers advise the
payment of the forced loan.
Forsyth opposes it and demands hia passport.
He is awaiting instructions.
Vidaurri and Gazza are marching npon the
capitol.
Echeagaray retreated to Jalapa.
Osollas is shut up at San Luis.
Salas has been recalled by Zuloaga.
The contribution is stringently enforced.
Yutacan dates are to the 30th.
The government has imposed a duty of fifty
cents on foreign and home flour, from the first of
August next.
An earthquake was felt at Mmattlan r
VOX,. 37-NO. 29.
From the Chicago Tribune , July 3.
Awful Tragedy at Chicago.
A most bloody and brutal murder was discovered
this morning in the North Division, which must
have been committed on the day previous. Tb#
murdered person is a woman, named Jane McNs*
mee.
The first intelligence of the murder was com*
municated by McNamee himself, who entered the
stable of Mr. Wright, his employer, about four
o’clock in the morning, and, with both bands
raised, hurriediy exclaimed to the watchman on
the premises, ‘‘Palmer, my wife is dead!”
Palmer asked how it took place.
“ I don’t know; I woke up and found her dead
in bed this morning.”
Palmer immediately went to the rooms occu-
Inied by McNamee, and the appearances caused
him at once to leave information at the North Po
lice Station opposite, upon which McNamee was
taken into custody.
The coroner was immediately summoned, whe
took charge of the rooms.
The murdered woman had by her husband two
children, a little girl and a boy. The hoy, four
' years old, wbb called as a witness, and gave testi
mony as follows:
Previous to the swearing of the last witness, the
little boy was brought in and told his story. He
is a very intelligent little lad, and told his tale with
an artlessness and sincerity that carried conviction
to the hearts of every one that beard it. In the
morning he had keen asked by the coroner if bis
father had whipped his mother, and replied, "No/’
He afterwards told Mrs. Cullom that “he daren’t
tell that man for he would tell his father.” After
he was brought in, his attention was first drawn to
his playthings, until his timidity being overcome,
he told in his childish, lisping prattle, how his
father struck his mother, and she fell down;
how the blood ran and she was “very sick bow
he stamped upon her after she lay upon the floor,
at the same time imitating with nis tiny foot,
the motion ; how his mother lay in a dark room,
and was “so bloody:” how his father drew her
forth by the hair of the head, and, suiting the ac
tion to the word, he grasped both hands in the
hair; how his mother tried to get up, but could
not, swinging his little body to imitate the mother;
how he had no dinner in the day time, for his
mother was asleep on the bed, but his father got
him some after dark> that his father put him to
bed; that hi 9 mother was in bed at the time, all
bloody bv the nose; how she lay ou “the boards
(the floor) with blood all round her; how his fa
ther wiped up the blood with a dish cloth, and
»put it in the pan; how he dtd’nt see why she
did’nt die before, for his father did it very often.
And finally, when asked It his mother was
he distinctly said “no, but fader was.”
scene long to be remembered by all
I’m, in tli.- innocence "f bis
,1.-, v\ !i■:i not ;i hearer couJ^B
'it. jM B ...
jig
>!» \
,i|gi *
■ ■
■:-.* had I rish help. W e arc
.-isicrti c.,r:-. >j>< ndent : ':' :v ’''' "
!’a"’'.i■ K aa-i !-•• >, jv.-ontiy hired to
! v I was nut aliogether sure of his bein^^HHHHH
do all he promised. He boasted so
universal knowledge of out of door
i doubted of his knowing much of anything. 1 said |
i to him one day: %
* “ Patrick, do you think I could trust you to g\tt ' •
■ the black filly' a "warm mash this evening ?”
PaUUgted ibrauiimtteor fiyo wit;
ing, and T quWSfi w- w|Mpß9 broke
silence and anrd r 4 .
•* 1b it a mash, sir V Share and T'd Hire to b$ m
phizin ver honor any way, th&t’s no lie."
As he spoke, however, I fancied that I saw a
strange sort of puzzled expression flit across hi*
face.
( f» 1 beg ver pardon, sir, but ’tis bothered intire
-llv I JMh. Will I give her an Ould Country mash,
|or an Vmeriky mash ?”
“kook ' iere » P atr t Mulrooney,” said I impa
‘ want you to put about two double
tiently, “I into a bucket of water, and af
handluls of br. » give it to the black filly. Now,
ter stirring it we... „tand me ?”
do you rightly undei -> o r,” replied Patrick, look
“ Good luck to yer ho '•>». be bad now got just
ing very much relieved, k f or; “good luck
the information he was flusi v be good for if I
to ver honor, what would i 'ntsy mash after
did f nt? Sure its the Ould Col
*11?” ttovr away
“I thought as much,” said I; “so s»fce.”
with you, and be sure you make no misi •* look
ers not likely I’ll do that, sir,” said he,
ing very confident; “but about the warm wai.
sir?”
“There is plenty to be had in the kitchen.”
“An’ will I give her the full of the bucket,
sir?”
“It will do her no harm,” I said, and with that
Patrick made his best bow, and left to do his
work.
It might have been ten minutes after this that
my wife entered the room where I was sitting,
and as she was somewhat of an invalid, I laid
down the book I had in my hand, and leading her
to the sofa, arranged the pillows to her liking
when she remarked:
“ I wish you would go into the kitchen, George.
I am afraid there is something wrong about that
Irishman of yours and the old cook, Phillis. They
seemed to be quarreling as I crossed the hall, and
I heard him saying something about its being your
orders.”
5 “ Oh, it is nothing, my dear,” I replied, “ I un
derstand it all. Pat requires some warm water,
which Phillis, I presume, who bears him no good
will, has probably refused to give him.”
( My wife said nothing more, and I returned to
my reading, looking for some passages that I
thought would please her, when we were both
, startled by a crash of crockery, as if the end of
the world had come, and then a suppressed shriek
( which told us too plainly that something unusual
was to pay in the kitchen. I hurried out of the
room and soon heard the voices of the parties to
a desperate struggle. First came the squeaking
(voice of Phillis, as if she could hardly speak for
being choked:
“ Hab done, I say; I won’t hab nuffin to do wid
the nasty stuff, no way, so dar I”
“ Te ugly ould contrary nagur, don’t I tell ye
’tis the masther’s orders/' responded Patrick Mul
rooney.
“ Taint no sich ting! Go way, you white, nasty
Irisher. Who ebber heard of a ooman’s taken a
mash afore ?”
The truth flashed upon me at once, and the fun
of the thing struck me so irresistibly, that I hesi
tated for a while to break in upon the scene.
Patrick proceeded:
“ Arrah, be aisy, can’t ye, and take it as ye’re
tould, like a dacent naeur.”
“Go way, I tell you,” screamed Phillis; ‘Til call
missus, dat I will.
“ I say it’s the masther’s orders: he tould me to
give the bran mash to the black Phillis, and ye’ve
got to take it; so be aisy, and if yer can’t be aisy,
be aisy as ye can.”
This was enough. I stepped into the kitchen,
seized the fellow as he stood over the frightened
cook, and drove him out of doors; but as he went
I heard him muttering that he didn’t know what
to make of it for the life of him—he was thrying
to do as he was told.— Harper ’# Magazine.
Health of Sam Tate, Esq. —Mr. Tate, President
of the Memphis and Charleston railroad, has been
lying quite ill at his residence in this city, for some
days past. We were gratified to learn at a late
hour fast night, that his condition was considera
bly improved, and his numerous friends here and
elsewhere may entertain hopes of his early re
covery.— Memphis Bulletin, July 7.
With Rings on his Fingees and Bells on his
Toes.— At Her Majesty’s last state bail the Mar
quis of Westminster, the richest man in England,
wore four splendid jewels, amongst which was the
famous diamond, valued at thirty:thousand pounds
sterling, in the hilt of his sword.