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SATURDAY, JULY IQ.
Award of Damages.
The case es Johs A. Moork, of the Fashion line
of steamboats, against the South Carolina Railroad
Company, was decided on Thursday, by awarding
to the plaintiff the sum of twenty-nine thousand
nine hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy
one cents. This case was instituted to recover
damages from the railroad company for obstruct
ing the navigation of the Savannah river by the
erection of tlTe railroad bridge. The matter was
submitted to the award of arbitrators, who assess
ed the damages to the above amount
The Independent South.
We have received the first number of this paper,
issued on the Sth inst. It is published by A. P.
Burr, for several years the editor of the American
Union, at Griffin—is an independent Southern
Rights paper, and one of the handsomest sheets
npou our exchange list. We wish Mr. Burr
much success in his enterprise.
J 3?" We publish, as an act of justice to “U. S.
M.,” a communication from the Rome /southerner
<& Advertiser. In the discussions which have re
sulted from the new arrangements made on the
State road, the public will very likely draw correct
conclusions.
The Hon. Mix* Walsh reached Vera Cruz
from the city of Mexico on the 30th June. A cor
respondent of the Jfew York Ilerald says that
Mike looks profoundly mysterious, but declares
that he succeeded in effecting the object of his
visit to Mexico;.but what the object was, the cor
respondent was unable to understand.
IS" From all sections of the South and South
west, with the exception of the inuudated basin of
the Mississippi, and the low lands of some of its
tributaries, the prospects for the growing crops
are very flattering.
There are now no suspended banks in Ala
bama, with the exception of those that had passed
into insolvency betore the late panic.
The Union and Planters’ Banks, at Nash
ville, Tenu., arc selling New York sight exchange
at one quarter per cent, premium.
25F* The New Orleans Picayune of the 3d inst.,
says: “Since 1353 the streets of New Orleans
have not been in a worse condition.”
JjiP’ Mr. Robert McFaddin was found killed
opposite his plantation, uearUrreenesboro’, Ala., a
few days ago. His death was probably caused by
a fall from his horse.
Efforts are being made to build a railroad
on the “best practicable route from Montgomery
Ala., via Wetumpka to the Tennessee river, having
an espcial eye to the development of the immense
resources of the State, and affording a .
route.”
«n was la-id a' \V< ’Maij \a .-n fl.»*
pnblislu d
"f ili- : h;i Ty.-u-d
PBfc.
Bb-ontaining the germs of
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MFc US of •- -
. • s ivciMi'ly -a ;!.v 1*..:..!!
on th.- « of (Viil"ni:.4 ih
of four hundred feet high, striking
% from cliff’to cliff in his fearful dc
scent, leaving portions of his clothing and quiver-
I f log flesh on j a gg e d points. His body was
\ r never seen afterward.
A Death in Ireland.—Au Irish
the death, on the *3d ult., of Mrs. HeMpHill, of
Straw, near Newtonstewart, in her eighty-fourth
year. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. W*.
McFarland, of Leardan, who married Maria, eld
est daughter of the late Mr. Andrew Buchanan,
of Tattvreagh, near Omagh, and was first cousin
to the Hon. James Buchanan, now President of
America.
Mr. A. F. Snow, of Brunswick, Me„ says a few
applications of castor oil will k»H any kind of
warts on man or beast, without soreness.
The editor of the Bath Organ says that he is
informed that the premises of Mr. Given, in Bruns
wick, have been struck by lightning twenty-seven
times, within the last fifteen years. It was on
these premises that the pair of oxen were killed
by lightning last week.
A new idea ha* been started at New York, that
coal is liable to propagate yellow fever. Mr.
Thompson, the health officer, says: “It is a sin
gular ard well attested fact, that the coals which
are brought to St. Thomas from Liverpool, and
discharged in large quantities upon wharves, emit
a gas which favors the generation and spread of
the infection of yellow fever.”
The New York Times says that the cargo of Af
rican apprentices which had been recently taken
from a French vessel and returnJlfeto Monrovia,
are supposed to have been’freed slaves sent from
this country to Liberia. The surgeon of the
French ship says they.were shipped by consent of
the President of Liberia, and could nearly all read
and write.
A Lady One Hundred and Fourteen Years Old
There is an old lady now living in the town of.
Blooming Grove, Orange county, N. Y. t by the
name of Diana Brooks. She is one hundred and
fourteen years old, and yetis intelligent and active,
and walks half a mile to church every Sabbath.
She was thirty-two years of age .when the Declara
tion of Independence was made. We believe that
Mrs. Brooks is the oldest person now living in the
United States.
An Old Lady Gone.— Mrs. Elizabeth Parker,
the oldest person in Maine, died in Durham, Cum
berland county, on the 22nd ult. She was born
in 1743, thirty-three years before the Declaration
of Independence. Till she was about one hun
dred and ten she possessed bodily vigor sufficient to
enable her to work in the garden, an employment
3he took great delight in.
A Grateful Tribute.— Mr. Wm. Evans, now a
resident of Boston, Mass., has recently made a do
nation to the town of Smithfield, m that State, of
ten thousand dollars, as a grateful tribute for the
support of himself and parent by said town, dur
ing his infancy and childhood. His parents, with
himself and other children, were paupers in said
town, and were for many years supported by it.
Gov. Me Willie, of Mississippi, has issued his
proclamation ordering elections on the Ist Monday
of October next, for Judge of the High Court of
Errors and Appeals for the Third District, Judges
and District Attorneys for the several districts,
and for the various county officers.
The Mackerel Fishery.— From reports receiv
ed at Gloucester, Mass., the prospects for a good
catch of mackerel by the fleet now in the bay of
St. Lawrence are very fair. There are about three
hundred sail now engaged in this fishery.
Lord Brougham has introduced into the House
of Lords a bill for “ securing the real indepen
dence of Parliament.” It is directed against the
admission of bankrupts to seats in either House.
Illinois Politics.
The relation which Illinois has heretofore sus
tained to the Democratic party of the Union, as
the only northern State which has never failed it in
a Presidential election, and the importance of its
position aud of its vote, in the next contest for the
Presidency, which is defined to be as fierce as
, the iast, and even more doubtful in its result, give
. a peculiar interest to every thing connected with
. its politics, which indicates the position it is herc
, after to occupy.
5 The course pursued by Mr. Douglas at the last
. session of Congress, in opposing the Kansas poli
cy of the administration, and attempting to defeat
it, by dividing the northern Democracy upon it,
resulted in his utter discomfiture, and has led to a
, division of the Democracy of his State, which
• threatens, if it is continued a few months longer,
- the disintegration and defeat of the party, and the
1 election of a Black Republican to succeed him in
> the Senate of the United States. We present some
: facts which will show the character of this divi
sion and the causes which have produced it.
The Democracy of Illinois assembled in State
convention on the 21st of April, nominated can
didates for State Treasurer and Superintendent of
schools, and passed a series of resolutions upon
national politics, in which the course of Judge
Douglas, upon the questions connected with the
admission of Kansas into the Union, was fully en
dorsed. This convention was tjegularly called by
the central committee of the Democratic party of
the State, and embraced representatives from
ninety-eight out of the one hundred and one coun
ties of the State, who had been regularly selected,
according to the usages of the party. We sub
join three of the series of resolutions adopted by
this donvention:
4. Resolved , That the platform of principles es
tablished by the national Democratic convention
at-Cincinnati is the only authoritative exposition
of Democratic doctrine, and they deny the right
of any power on earth, except a like body, to
change or interpolate that platform, or to prescribe
new or different tests; that they will neither do
it themselves nor permit it to be done by others,
but will recognise all men us Democrats who
stand by and uphold Democratic principles.
l Resolved, That we heartily approve and sus
tain the manly, firm, patriotic, and Democratic
position of S. A. Douglas, Isaac N. Morris, Thos.
L. Harris, Aaron Shaw, Robert Smith aud Samuel
S. Marshall, the Democratic delegation of Illinois
in Congress, upon the question of the admission
of Kansas under # the Lecompton Constitution ; and
that, by their firm and uncompromising devotion
to Democratic principles, and to the cause of jus
tice, right, truth, and the people, they have de
served our admiration, increased, if possible, our
confidence in their integrity and patriotism, and
merited our warm approbation, our sincere and
hearty thanks, and shall receive our earnest sup
port.
8. Resolved, That in all things wherein the na
tional administration sustain and carry out the
principles of the Democratic party as expressed in
the Cincinnati platform, and affirmed in these re
solutions, it is eutitled to, and will receive, our
hearty support.
Such were some of the resolutions unanimously
adopted by the convention of the 21st of April,
which, it is evident from its regular organization,
the character of its members aucl their numbers,
represented the feelings and sentiments of the
great mass of the Democracy of Illinois.
Subsequently, on tbe 9th day of June, another
Democratic convention, distinguished from the
first as a convention of the administration Demo
cracy of Illinois, was held at Springfield, which
was composed of about one hundred delegates,
representing small constituencies in thirty or forty
counties of the State. This convention nominated
an independent Democratic ticket for State officers,
and adopted the following resolutions as a portion
of its platform :
1. That we adhere, with unaltered and un
alterable fidelity to the principles of the national
Democratic party, as embodied in the platform
laid down hy the Cincinnati c nvention of. June,
1856, and in the national Democratic convention
of Illinois of April 21, 1858.
6. That it ever has been the policy cf the Demo
cratic party, as of every lover of his country’s
peace aud union, to exclude from the Halls of
Congress the dangerous and worse than fruitless
agitation of tbe subject of slavery; and all who
have contributed Ui keep that question xipen., bv,->
receding from tbsTrtie prmciplea of tbe NebraaWf
acf, in opposing the Rdmfssrfon of Kansas a
Constitution legally formed, have proven false to
the time-honored principles, policy aud practice
of the national Democracy.
7. That we congratulate the country and the
present national Administration upon the happy
settlement of the Kansas question by the (so
called) English bill; and that, regarding that set
tlement as final, we embrace the oportunity thus
happily afforded to invite and exhort albtrue Demo
crats to unite upon the basis of an approval of, or
acquiesence in that settlement.
Bth. That we cannot but regret the ruinous
course taken by tbe only Senator in Congress from
the State of Illinois, who claims to be a Democrat;
and decidedly condemn the over-weaning conceit
with which, in his speech of December 9, 1857,
he attempts to account for what he chooses to con
sider the President’s ignorance of the true princi
ples upon which the contest of 1857 was decided ;
and we no less earnestly condemn the suspicious
alacrity with which the same Senator sought, by
vehement and arrogant denunciation, to ingratiate
himself into the good opinion of the enemies of
the Democratic party in the North.
9th. That James Buchanan, our present able
and patriotic Chief Magistrate, having been raised
to that exalted position by the united voices of
the Democratic party, winnowed by the blasts of
fanatical and unscrupulous opposition, is the re
cognised head of the Democracy of the Union;
that his administration, since he has occupied the
Presidential chair, has been marked by firmness,
consistency and dignity, which commend it to tbe
unqualified support of every true Democrat.
These resolutions, which we have extracted from
the platforms adopted by the two Democratic State I
conventiops of Illinois, show that there is really I
no radical difference upon principle between the
two divisions of the Democratic party they repre
sent Both declare their devotion to the princi
ples of the national Democracy—both profess to
sustain the Administration—both claim to be car
rying out the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska
ac t—both reiterate, in the strongest terms, their
attachment to the Cincinnati platform—both accept
it as the expression of their political faith, and the
only difference between them is in reference to
Judge Douglas, and the course pursued by him,
upon the question of the admission of Kansas in o
the Union. This difference involves more passion
than principle, and if the division of the Illinois
Democracy is to be perpetuated upon it, it must
lead to a war of factions in the Democratic party
of that State, even more disreputable and disor
ganising than that of the “Shells” in New York,
and end at last in giving the control of the State
to the Black Republican party.
Judge Douglas may be said to be responsible
for this unfortunate schism in the Democracy of
Illinois, as it grew out of his course upon the
Kansas question at the last session of Congress,
:■ but his opponents in the Democratic party will be
, responsible for its continuance and for all the dis
astrous results which will be produced by it, if it
is not speedily harmonized. They are a minori
ty—a faction, we should rather say —arrayed
against the great body sos the Illinois Democracy,
and jeoparding its success by making a test of
i party orthodoxy upon a question which has spent
itself, and which the majority are willing to con
sider as an extinct issue. Under these circum
stances, persistence in their opposition to Judge
Douglas, and to the regular nominees of the
Democratic party, whatever may have been its
propriety and its necessity, in its inception, will
show a factious, disorganising and vindictive
spirit, and fasten upon them the responsibility for
all the consequences which may follow a division
of the party.
The total amount of the fund subscribed for the
family of the late Mr. John O’Connell, amounts
to one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six
pounds and fifteen shillings. This inclules fif
teen pounds, the donation of Lord Carlisle.
Curious Statistics*
The Mmissippian publishes the following sug
gestive table, showing the number of public docu
ments and speeches, franked by northern and
southern Senators, during the first five months t*f
the recent session of Congress: .
FREE STATES.
Bigler, Pa 16,5t*0
Wade, Ohio 1,6« D
Pugh, Ohio 25,0)0
Fitch, Ind 10,$»0
Bright, Ind 100,0>0
Trumbull, 1U... 27,0)0
Douglas, 111 193,600
Chandler, Mich.. 80,6)0
Stuart, Mich..... 29,850
Harlan, 10wa.... 9,?60
Jones, lowa iSO
Durkee, Wis.... o,f 00
Doolittle, Wis.„. 8,550
Byoderick, Cal... -sCysso
Cfwin, Cal •8,100
Totaf 681,780
Hamlin, Me 11,700
Fessenden, Me.. .11,500
Hale, N. H 8,000
Clarke, N. H 2,300
Foote, Vt 8,000
Collamer, Vt 2,450
Wilson, Mass.... 10,100
Sumner, Mass.... 900
Simmons, R. 1... 8,000
Alien, K. I SCO
Foster, Conn 5,650
Dixon, Conn 6,200
Seward, N. Y.... 68,750
King, N. Y 17,500
Thompson, N. J.. 9,000
Wright, N. J 6,850
Cameron, Penn.. 8,600
BLAVE STATES.
Pearce, Aid 600
Bayard, Del 1,750
Kennedy, Md 6,100
Mason, Ya 2,700
Hunter, Va 2,900
Reid, N. C.* 200
Biggs, N. C 100
Hammond, S. C.. 6,700
Evans, S. C 700
Iverson, Ga 2,200
Toombs,Ga 2,200
Mallory, Fla 9,400
Yulee, Fla 1,850
Clay, Ala 8,750
Fitzpatrick, Ala. )50
Brown, Aiiss 10(360
Davis, Miss 2^560
Benjamin, La... 8J350
Slidell, La 3(350
Johnson, Ark... 9, >SO
Sebastian, Ark.. 14*000
Green, Mo 14.C00
Polk, Mo 12,5 0
Crittenden, Ky.. %050
BeU,*Tenn ...*. 4.050
» Houston, Texas. 300
Total: 12|,850
It appears from this list that the free StakriSen
ators distributed nearly six times as many *ftcu
moots as the Senators from the slave
shows that whilst they take a less promisenc part
in the transaction of the public business of the
country, they are more industrious than southern
Senators in discharging the drudgery of the-r of
fices. Perhaps, too, the constituencies which f’ley
represent, whilst they are much larger,
higher appreciation of the value of coagresj.oiial
speeches and documents, than those of the slave
State Senator.
It appears, also, from these curious stalls ties,
that the extent to which the franking privilege is
exercised by Senators, (and we suppose by .nem
bers of thtrHouse of Representatives) is regulated
and controlled—not by the number*pf their con
stituents, or their need of light, or their apprecia
tion of it, but by circumstances and considerations
personal to themselves. Thus Bi«g3, of North j
Carolina, who was an invalid for the entire ses- !
sion, distributed only one hundred docuntnts; ;
Reid, from the same State, who was expecting a
Federal Judgeship, only three hundred ; Houston
us Texas, and Allen of Rhode Island, who had
beeu defeated for new terms, only three hundred ;
Sumner, of Massachusetts, who is an interesting
iu valid, and expects his “ vacant chair’’ to perform
most of his Senatorial duties, only nine hundred,
whilst his colleague, whose term is about to ex
pire, and who desires a re-election, distributed ten
thousand one hundred; Sf. ward, who has Presi
dential aspirations, sixty-eight thousand Feven
hundred and fifty; Bright, who was the Adminis
tration champion of the North-west upon the Kan
sas question, oneLuudred thousand; and Douglas,
who was waging a fierce war with the Admin
istration and opposition, and cihvassing the
whole couutry for supporters, one hundred
and ninety-eight thousand six hundred documents
and speeches, or sixty-eight thousand seven hun
dred and fifty more than all the southern Senators.
We might go through the whole list of Senators ,
from the North and from the South, and in the i
case of every one whose franking labors have been t
very small or very great, give some' satisfactory i
reason affecting him alone, in explanation of the j
fact.
The franking privilege of members of Congress (
can hardly survive beyond the next session of
Congress. It is iu the large majority
an annoyance to them, without being At aM ‘real
benefit to their constituents who never
gressional document or speech, unless It i£ j nit> ~
Imbed in a newspaper; and in .
iu Cu-a-rivi-.' : >
expenditures of the General f-
The Telegraph Cable Fleets
The intelligence flashed over the wires, the i
arrival of the steamship Fulton from Liverpool on i
the 30th June, contains no news ot the cable '
squadron.
It must not be forgotten that the fleet sailed from
the coast of England on the 10th of June. To
reach mid-ocean in a sailing vessel, heavily
loaded as were the Agamemnon and the N agara,
from fifteen to twenty days would be required. It
is frequently the case that much longer v.me is
taken. When the cable fleet reached iUsA m tral
point designated, the weather may haw been
unfavorable for laying *ut the cable. In such an
event, prudence would have dictated a delay until
more propitious weather.
There are many good and sufficient reasons why
we have not heard any thing about the result of
the laying down of the telegraph cable; and while
we fear that the enterprise may not prove success
ful, wc have great confidence that wherTwe do
hear from the that the telegraph line
will be successfully deposited in the ocean/and in j
good working condition.
Moils* Belly and the Nicaragua Canal.
The New York Herald, of the 7th insl, pub
lishes a manifesto addressed by M. Felix Belly
to the American people, upon the eve of Jus de
parture for France, in which he explains the* char
acter in which he has been acting"^fP 1 Centra 1
America, and the nature of 'the concession for a
1 ship canal which he has obtained from the govern
' ments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Wepreseut
L a few extracts from the document:
* TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
i New York, July 7,1858.
) You have given much attention to mttelf and
my proceedings in Central America. Ytu have
9 generously attributed to me an official position
> which 1 did not hold, and brilliant projector incom
i patible with my obscurity. I thank you for the
s renown you have thus given to the n » ,nA | f a sim
. pie journalist, whose only power is hispeu.
I have no official character, nor anv mission
r from the government of the Emperor, ft Ib in my
- individual character that I presented naystttt and
that I have acted in Central America. D-ia in
* my individual character that I was receivel by the
u governments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua ;’ and
if you had read attentively the newspapers of
e those two countries, you would have seet that it
f was to the writer, and not to the Minis*?*, that
were paid the honors and were adefres. ed the
manifestations of sympathy of which I was the
> object. You can, therefore, refrain hereafter from
e charging France with the responsibility ot my po
i- litical character.
t | jThe first point beiDg conceded, what are, then,
these audacious acts out of which v cfrTTN.'Vi)-made
me such a terriole reputation ? I have believed in
i the possibility of a magnificent work beforfc which
, the geuius of the United states had retailed. I
f solicited, in consequence, the grant of tile canal
across the Isthmus of Nicaragua. I first
1 step in a great enterprise, which will beusome day
■ the honor and the fortune of all those who will
have been associated in it. I then drew up and
, caused to be adopted for the carrying out of this
’ enterprise the most liberal charter, least exclusive,
! the most useful to universal commerce, abovej
1 all, the most advantageous to American interests
l which could possibly be drawn. This is my en
, tvre crime.
The Nicaragua canal is a
and of money, and nothing more. The money we
1 do not ask you for: the machines you will f urnish.
Is this not telling you that you have everything to
make in an experiment which costs you nothing,
i and that it would be worthy of the American press
j to associate itself, without reserve in Jkjror of a
i work monumental in itseh, which will cbingethe
. face of the world, and which will more surely
serve the cause of liberty and civitiation than
the burning of Granada and the preparations at
Mobile?
. For, reflect upon this well: Who will profit by
thTk great maritime highway, which will never
overflow, and iu which there*will be no tempests;
which will do away with Cape Horn, and place
New Y'ork twenty days distant from San Francis
co ? Is it not the dominant nation of America?—
she whose steamers cover both oceans, and who
enjoys the insuperable advantage of proximity ?
Had I been the enemy of vour legitimate influence,
I might have compensated for this proximity by
exceptional rates. 1 did not think it my duty to
consider national rivalry. I thought of but the
great principles which must govern the future. I
openly proclaimed the equality of flags and pro
claimed the suppression of monopolies, the lower
ing of fiscal impediments and cheap rates of trans
portation. And in doing this, I desired not the
animadversion of the United States, but their es
teem—not their anger, but their gratitude—for,
above all others, the United States will profit by
my labors. As for France, which I might have
favored beyond measure, what part has she in this
distribution ? An equal part with Eugland and
the United States in the definite settlement of the
neutrality of the canal and the right to protect, if
the government except the enormous French in
terests which will be there engaged; that is all.
And this last clause has only in view the suppres
sion of fillibustensm, which you do not suppress;
and this clause would become useless did your
watchfulness become sincere.
Death of James C* Longstrect.
We regret to learn, from a letter received at this
office, that James C. Longsteet, Esq., of Calhoun,
Gordon county, died at his residence in that place
on # Thursday evening, the Sth inst., of pneumonia.
Mr. Longstreet, at the time of his death, held the
office of Solicitor General of the Cherokee Circuit,
and has left a family and numerous relatives—
many of whom reside in this city—to-qnourn his
loss. ,
iSenator Benjamin is spoken of as Minister
to Mexico, if Mr. Forsttii returns or is recalled.
Gov. Denver, of Kansas, is in Washington
city, and, it is reported, will resign the position
which he holds as soon as the election under the
English bill shall take place.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Augusta Free School, on Friday last, Miss A
M. Clarke, of Ya., was elected Principal of the
female department.
The Hon. Robert Toombs, en route home
from Washington, passed through Atlanta on
Thursday last.
! Hon. H. J. Raymond, editor of the New'
; York Times, and M. Felix Belly of Nicaraguan
notoriety, were passengers on the Persia, which
sailed from New York for Europe on Wednesday
last.
De Riviere, the French adventurer, who
eloped with the daughter of Col. Blount, of Mo
bile, from that city, and afterwards from New
York, where she was carried by her father, after
he had recovered possession of her at Havana,
was arrested at the Napoleon Hotel, Hoboken, on
Sunday evening, the 4th inst., upon a warrant is
sued upon the affidavit of Col. Blount, and after
an examination, was held to bail in the sum of one
thousand dollars. Upon a search of the hotel,
Mrs. Blount, who has accompanied her daughter
in all her escapades, was found in a room by her
self, very ill, and her daughter in another room.
Both expressed their determination to adhere to
the fortunes of De Riviere.
TnE Oi*d Folks Together.—At Horns burg, Vt.,
on the *23d ult., there met seven men, all first set
tlers of that neighborhood, whose united ages
amounted to five hundred and fifty-eight years,
their average age being seventy-niae years and
five months. The oldest w'as ninety-two. With a
single exception, they were all in good health, and
are said to have had a “high old time.”
The Yellow Fever South.—Private letters re
ceived at New York from the Gulf shore of Louis
nflfnk of the yellow fever prevailing! in that
Region ty some extent, nnd occasioning not a little
dtfll&S-iqess among the inhabitants. A few cases
tt * so OWHrrod . at New Orleans. ...
Tn speaking of the five great objects of life, Sir
Ww. Temple says : “ The greatest pleasure of life
is love; the greatest treasure is contentment; the
greatest possession is health ; the greatest ease is
sleep ; and the greatest medicine is a true friend.”
Marine Bees.— The Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat
says that, as Capt. Marshall’s sloop United States
was sailing down the lake Tuesday night, he dis
covered a swarm of bees going over his vessel.
By making sundry noises be induced them to stop
aboard of his craft. They collected “en masse ”
at the masthead; and, after they had become quiet,
the Captain went aloft and hived them all safe.
They are a noble swarm, and were making good
time for Canada.
tsr Sews items from the Sandersville Central
Georgian:
We are informed that Mr. John Pope, son of
Wiley M. Pope, of this county, was killed on
Thursday last by the falling of a limb from a dead
tree, while at work in the field. Another verifica-
Ition that “in the midst of life we are in death.”
We understand Mr. Pope left a wife and five small
children in rather a destitute condition.
Rain, [tain. —Abundaut rains have fallen iu this
section for several days past.
Sale of Negroes. —A lot of negroes were sold in
our towu on Tuesday last at the following prices :
A negro mao, of very ordinary appearance, sold
for one thousand one’ hundred’ dollars. A negro
woman and three 3mall children brought two thou
• sand one hundred dollars.
Rain at Sparta. —The quantity of rain that fell
i at this place in June was 5.30 in. The crops of
L corn and cotton are in fine growing condition.
From ike Alton (III.) Courier, July 2.
t Mrs. Mac ready in Court.
The case of Mrs. Macready, the distinguished
reader of Shakspeare and other poets, agaiust the
city of Alton, for Injuries received by her.in the
spring of 1857, by falling off a sidewalk, and for
which she claimed twenty thousand dollars
* damages, was brought to a close Wednesday last,
J in the Circuit Court of the United States at
1 Springfield, after occupying the attention of the
- Court for two days. She obtained a verdict in
2 her favor for three hundred dollars. ,
The principal witness for the piaiatiff was her
agent, Mr. Eyre, who was designated by the de
-1 fendant’s counsel, as her man of all-work. He
■’ gave a most graphic and harrowing account of the
* injuries, both mental and physical, sustained by
1 the fair prosecutrix. He testified that Mrs. Ma
i cready was a star of the first magnitude in the
j. theatrical world; that her net profits were from
| six to ten thousand dollars per year; that the in
-1 jury received by her was a permanent one, and of
such a character as to prevent her from appearing
before the public but seldom ; that the damages
J already sustained bv her were at least twenty
1 thousand dollars. This witness occupied the
stand about two hours, and underwent a very se
vere cross-examination. The witness and jury
> differed very widely, in their estimates of the
' damages sustained by Mrs. Macready, and it is
1 feared that the jury either did not believe alt the
| witness said, or that their notions of theatrical
talent are exceedingly low.
Suits of this description are getting to be very
frequent in our State against municipal corpora
[ tions. In most instances we fear they are brought
as matter of speculation, but they do not always
result in the making of much money, a3 the ver-
J diet in this case shows. Mrs. Macready has the
• costs to pay. as it requires a judgment of five
! hundred dollars in that court to carry the costs.
' When her four lawyers are paid, she wilf.be at
least a hundred dollars out of pocket. If her
readings are as profitable as sworn to by her
1 agent, her appearance before the public in the
> “Raven” would be far more advantageous to her
than any appearance she can make m a court of
law.
A gentleman, at a tea party, overhearing one
lady say to another, “ I have something for your
private ear ,” immediately exclaimed, “ I protest
against that, for there U a law against profiteer
ing.”
Extraordinary Convention.
A few days since there assembled at Rutland,
v t., a Convention composed of womau’s rights ad
vocates, spiritualists, free lovers, abolitionists, and
anti-religionists of both sexes. There was much
transcendental discussion. The business # com
raittee reported the following resolutions, which
were finally adopted. To what next will the radi
cal fanaticisms of the North turn ? Have they not
reached the climax! There are some extraordi
nary propositions set forth.
1. Resolved, That the authority of each individ
ual soul is absolute and final in deciding all ques
tions as to what is true or false in principle, or
right or wrong in practice; therefore the individ
ual, the church or the State, that attempts to con
trol the opinions or the practice of any man or
woman, by authority or power outside of his or
her own soul, is guilty of a flagrant wrong.
2. Resolved, That slavery is a wrong which no
power in the Universe tan make right; therefore,
any law, Constitution, court or government, any
church, priesthood, creed or bible, any Christ or
any God that by silence or otherwise authorises
man to enslave man, merits the scorn and con
tempt of mankind.
3. Resolved, That the phenomena of what is
called modern spiritualism, have abundantly de
monstrated the fact that an intelligent intercourse
between embodied and disembodied human spirits,
is both possible and actual. That the conviction
of the possibility and actuality of spirit inter
course is opposed to all despotism, impurity and
sensualism, and conduces to the inauguration of
the only authority consistent with the human
soul, as favorablc to sound morality.
4. Resolved, That it is always wrong and inex
pedient for man to take the life of man; there
fore, capital punishment, war, and all preparations
for war, are wrong and inconsistent with the in
terests of individuals and society.
5. Resolved, That the only true and natural
marriage is an exclusive conjugal love between
one man and one woman; and the only true home
is the isolated home based ou this exclusive love.
6. Resolved, That the sacred and important
right of woman is her right to decide for herself
how often, and under what circumstances, she
shall assume the responsibility and be subjected
to the sufferings and cares of maternity; and
man can commit no greater crime against woman
as wife and mother, against his child, against so
ciety and against humanity, than to impose upon
her a maternity whose responsibility and suffer
ing she is not willing to accept and endure.
7. Whereas, The assumed superiority of man
over woman has held her in submission and en
tailed slavery and dependence on the sex, and con
sequently misery on the race; therefore,
Resolved, That immediate steps should be taken
to remove that error aud its consequences, and
place woman politically, industrially, educational
ly and sociallj’ on perfect equality with man.
8. Resolved, That nothing is true or right, and
nothing is false or wrong, because it is sanctioned
or condemned by the bible; therefore the bible is
powerless to prove any doctrine to be true, or any
practice to be right, aud it should never be quoted'
for that purpose.
9. Resolved, That natural justice, individual and
social morality, the peace and material wealth and
prosperity of the nations, the spirit of human
brotherhood, demand that all international tariffs
be immediately and forever abolished, and that
governments m all their various departments be
supported by direct taxation.
10. Resolved , That the earth, like tLe air and
light, belongs in common to the children of men
on it; each human being is alike independent;
each child, by virtue of its existence, has an equal
and iualieuable right to so much of the earth’s
surface as is convenient by proper culture to his
support and perfect development, and none has a
right to any more ; therefore, all laws authorising
and sustaining private property in land, for the
purpose of speculation, and which prevent men
and women from possessing any land without pay
ing for it, are as unjust as would be laws comput
ing them to pay for air and light; and ought to be
at once and forever repealed.
Whereas, the Jewish Sabbath is confessedly
abolished by the Gospel dispensation; and
Whereas, the same authority sets apart no other
day to be similarly observed, therefore,
11. Resolved, That all efforts of church and
priests to enfore our observance of the Christian
Sabbath, as of Divine appointment, is a flagrant
violation of individual right, and must be prose
cuted in a dishonest disregard of the spirit and
positive teachings of the New Testament.
WnEREAS, A social being depends on his fellow
men for the cultivation aud development of his
physical and moral power; and
Whereas, Owing to the limitation and vicissi
tudes of life, he can accomplish but little for 1 »:i;
own or future generations; therefore,
12. Resolved , That the duties of man belong to
man, and the time, talent and means spent on, or
for any other purpose, is detrimental to human
-LTi2grosso.ud a robbery to the race.
rial growth of a healthy coalition of social lifeT
and that a stud} r of the nature of man,and the re
lations he sustains to his fellow-men, can alone
give him the knowledge of the laws and govern
him rightly.
14. absolved, That no system or creed cau be
useful that docs not teud to the removal of igno
runce, povertv, vice, and suffering, and promote
freedom, intelligence and happiness.
Whereas, The character of man is formed for
him by the combined powers of organization pre
vious to birth, aud influence after birth, there
fore,
15. Resolved, That it is the highest doty of all
society to investigate and remove the causes which
have a tendency to form inferior or vicious char
acter.
15. Resolved , That the time and devotion spent
in religious, services can confer no benefit on an
Infinite and Independent Power, and can there
fore be no virtue.
The project of a canal across the Isthmus at Ni
caragua is an old French idea, and a favorite one
of the present French Emperor. While a prisoner
at Ham in 1842, he received but did not accept an
invitation from Central America to take charge as
engineer of important public works. His atten
tion thus directed to the point, he kept up an ac
tive correspondence with that region, and request
ed a French naval officer to examine for him the
route of a canal between the two oceans, passing
by Lakes Nicaragua and Leon. About the same
time a plenipotentiary from several Central Amer
ican States was sent to Louis Phillippe, then King
of the French, asking from him a protectorate
against the United States, and offering in return
commercial privileges. Not meeting success
there, he applied to Louis Napoleon, with an of
fer of the directorship of the public works ; but he
had other views, ana declined again. Not long
afterwards he entered into engagements with
Senor Montenegro, the Foreign Minister of Nica
ragua, and accepted full powers to organise a canal
company in Europe, of which he drew out a plan.
The change in his political fortunes withdrew
him from the scheme; but it was fixed in his mind;
and it is not a little curious that in all the mam
features, his plan is the same with that of M. Belly,
which has lately been contracted for under such
strong suspicions that it is to be sustained as a
French project by the power of the French Gov
ernment. There is, however, this marked differ
ence in the two plaus, which marks the difference
in the two eras of the life of Louis Napoleon.
Prince Louis was then a professed liberal, a car
bonaro, almost a socialist, and his Nicaraguan pro
ject included a scheme of French emigration into
Central America with decided socialist features.
The Emperor does not tolerate such things now,
und so M. Belly’s project is stripped of all those
features.
We find these statemeuts in the Pans corres
pondence of the London Times, which derives the
tacts from the published works of Louis Napoleon
himself; and they are worth quoting as a link in
the chain of proof that the Belly enterprise may
be a French Government scheme.
Ax Afflicted People. —God’s children are like
stars, that shine brightest in the darkest night;
like torches, that are the better for beating; like
grapes, that come not to the proof till they come
to the press; like trees, that drive down their
roots further, and grasp the earth tighter, by rea
son of the storm ; Tike vines, that grow the better
for bleeding; like gold, that looks the better for
scouring; like glow-worms, that shine best in the
dark; like juniper, that smells sweetest in the
fire; like the pomander, which becomes more
fragrant for chafing; like the palm-tree, which
proves the better for preserving; like the cam
omile, which spreads the more as you tread
upon it.
Death of Jas. S. Scott, Esq. —We regret to an
nounce the death of Mr. Jas. S. Scott, the Presi
dent of the Exchange Bank, who departed this
life on yesterday afternoon. We have known Mr.
Scott for many years, and can say that we have
rarely seen a more accomplished financier or one
better qualified for the position he held.
His loss will be deeply felt in the institution
over which he successfully presided. As a kind
friend and courteous gentleman he has left behind
him many who will mourn his loss.
Columbia Guardian, July. 8.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ARRIVAL
0F THE STEAMSHIP
AFRICA.
Three Days Later from Europe.
COTTON CLOSED BUOYANT, WITH AN AD Vi.VC- 1
INC TENDENCY. gfc,
New York, July B.—The steamship Africa,
Captain Shannon, has arrived with Liverpool dates
to Saturday, June tiGtta
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The Broken' Circular
"reports the sale of 45,000 bales during the week
ending the 24th of June. The market opened dull,
with a downward feeling, but gradually improved
and closed with a buoyant and active demand,
with an advancing tendency. The authorised quo
tations are as follows:
Africa, June 26. Arabia, June 19.
Fair Orleans 7 9-16 7 9-16
Mid - “ 6 3-16
Fair Mobiles 7% 7 %
Mid. “ 6 13-16 6%
Fair Uplands 7% 71^
Mid. “ G 11-16 .!!!!!*..6%
The sales on Friday were 10,000 bales, of which
speculators and exporters took 3,000.
The stock of cotton on hand was 646,000, of
which 555,000 bales were American.
State of Trade.— The advices from the manufac
turing districts were favorable. Holders were de
manding an advauce, although prices generally
were unchanged.
Liverpool General Market. —Breadstuff's were
dull, and quotations nominal. Provisions gener
ally were dull.
Havre Cotton Market. —Orleans Tree Ordinaire
quoted at 104 francs.
London Money Market. —Money was reported to
be slightly more stringent. Consols, for account,
were quoted at 95%.
General News-
Later news hud been received from India and
from China, but there were few points of general
interest, and, on the whole, may be regarded as
unimportant.
The India bill had passed to a second reading
by a majority of tweuty-eight.
second nisrvrcn.
New York, July B.—Nothing was seen or heard
of the Atlantic cable squadron by the officers,
crew or passengers on the Africa.
Lucknow has been threatened with an attack by
twenty thousand rebels. The European force there
has been reduced to about two thousand infantry.
The heat is intense, and the city unhealthy.
The debates in the English Parliament on the
France free labor system, has excited great indig
nation in France.
It is reported that Spain has applied to France
for support against the British pressure against
the slave trade on the coast of Cuba, and it is fur
ther stated that the application has met with en
couragement.
A fire at Dantzie, in West Prussia, had destroyed
fifty-five houses, and the loss was a million of tha
lers.
In London, Rice was heavy, and Turpentine
steady at 47 shillings.
Arrival ol the Bteamship
FULTON. *
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
COTTON MARKET REPORTED BUOYANT.
NeMiins heard ol’ llie Cable Fleet.
St. Johns, N. F., July 10.—The steamship Ful
ton was boarded off Cape Race, yesterday, by the
steam yacht belonging to the Associated Press.
The Fnlton brings dates from Liverpool to
. VVedttfsdas:. Jung M>. .
String westerly winds prevailed, but no icebergs /
were seen on the passage.
Nothing was seen or heard of the Telegraph Ca
ble fleet.
Commercial News.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The trade was report
ed to hive been active and prices buoyant.
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market. —Breadstuff’s were
reported steady.
Liverpool Provision Market. —The Provision
trade was reported dull.
London Money Market. —No change is reported
in the Money market. Consols were quoted at
95% a 95% for mouey.
Late Irom Mexico.
New Orleans, July 9. —The steamship Tennes
see from Vera Cruz, has arrived.
Business was almost prostrate at Vera Cruz, and
the vornito was prevailing among the soldiers.
Fifty persons had been killed by an earthquake
at the city of Mexico.
The French and English Ministers had 'advised
the payment of the forced loan, under protest, but
Mr. Forsyth had opposed it altogether, an<J de
manded his passports. He was awaiting instruc
tions.
Generals Vidaurri and Marza were marching
to the capitol.
Market Reports.
Mobile, June 9.—Sales of Cotton to-day very
light, with a dull Market. Middling 11% a 12
cents. Sales of the week 200 bales, and receipts
1,225 against 150 same time last year. The in
crease in receipts is 34,750 bales ; and the Stock is
14,700 bales. Sterling Exchange 8 aB% per cent
premium.
New York, July 10.—Sales of Cotton to-daj
3,000 bales, at an advance of %c., and closed
firm. Flour was firm, with sales of 10,000 bbls.
Wheat heavy, with sales of 56,000 bushels. Corn
dull, with sales of 21,000 bushels. Spirits of Tur
pentine firm. Rosin buoyant, with sales of 7,000
bbls., at $1 62 asl 72 per 310 lbs. Rice firm at
3 a 8% cents.
Letter from President Buchanan.—The follow
ing letter from the President was read at the Dem
ocratic celebration in Independence square, Phila
delphia, on Monday.
Wasington, July 3,1858.
Gentlemen: I have received your very kind in
vitation to be present at the meeting of my fellow
citizens in Independence square, to celebrate the
app"oaching anniversary of our national indepen
dence. Would that it were in my power to accept
the invitation. This, however, is impossible.
May we ever continue to celebrate, with ardent
enthusiasm, throughout the length and breadth of
the land, each successive return of the dav which
gave us birth as a nation.. Whilst we dd this, and
thus keep alive, from generation to generation,
the memory of the common sufferings and the com
mon dangers which our fathers encountered in
achieving our independence, the Constitution and
the Union will be preserved. *
I congratulate you, with all my heart, ifffcn the
present hopeful prospects of our country. I hum
bly trust that a kind Providence has dispelled the
the angry clouds which but recently seemed to
impend over it, and that we have nearly reached
the end of those violent and exasperated sectional
controversies which have threatened the Union.
When we contrast the present condition of oar
country with what it would have been at this mo
ment had Congress adjourned without enacting
any law to mitigate the sectional strife which had
been raging for years between the States of the
Confederacy, we nave every reason to be thankful
to the Supreme Ruler of nations, who has ever in
i terfered at the hour of our greatest need to shield
us from danger. From your friend, very respect- .
fully, Jambs Buchanan.