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oMcclUii (Constitutional tai
BY JAMES GARDNER.
Later from Utah~Brlsham*s Last Ha
rangue.
We make the following extracts from the Los
Angelos Vineyard:
From the toilowing, which appears at the head
of the editorial columns of the Ileseret Mews, we
infer that a controling influence of some kind has
been exercised over the Mormon people.
The First Presidency and a few others left Provo
at six P. M. of June So, and arrived at thesr homes
in Great Salt Lake City at thr-e A. M. of July 1.
All who wish to return are at liberty to do so.
Extract of a letter dated San Bernardino, Aug.
8, 1858:
I have just returned from Utah, and thinking a
few lines if intelligence may prove acceptable, I
send you a copy ol the Deseret New*, of July 14.
As you will perceive, everything is quiet. The
people are all returning to their homes—the crops
look well. The soldiers, some four thousand in
number, passed through Salt Lake City on June
25. tu close order, and are now encamped at Cedar
Valley, some sixty miles South-west ol the city.
The following persons arrived at San Bernardi
no last week from Utah:
Martin Taylor and family, Carlos Shepherd and
family, Mr. King and family, Mr. Stewart and fam
ily, Mr. Parish and Hr. Mclntlre. The party
brought with them eleven wagons
They reported that mauy families will soon leave
Utah for San Bernardino.
Most of this party were former residents of San
Bernardino.
They report a state of great and increasing dis
satisfaction among the Mormons, and the great
probability of an entire disruption of the Mormon
organization under Brigham Young. It is believ
ed mauy will return East; others will enter Cali
fornia both by the northern and southern route.
A correspondent of the Los Angelos Otar, writ
ing from San Bernardino, Aug. 17, says:
By the arrival here ofa company from Salt Lake,
I have been able to obtain the following informa
tion which may be relied upon as being correct:
Two thousand six hundred Uuited States
troops, un ter command of Gen. Johnston, ar
rived at Salt Lake City on the 20th of June, and
are now stationed at Rush Valley, sixty miles
South west of the city. At the time my informant
left Salt Lake, an escort of five hundred troops,
with Gen. Harney, was daily expected, and is sup
posed to have arrived ere this.
The Peace Commissioners have succeeded in
adjusting all difficulties to the entire satisfaction
ol all concerned. Gov. Cummings is in Salt Lake
City, discharging the duties of his position. Ex-
Governor Brigham Yonng returned from Provo
with his family to Salt Lake City on the 30th of
June. He has intimated that alt others may re
turn at their pleasure.
Eighty-three head of horses werefstolen’from
Beav. r City by the Utah Indians, but by the in
tervention of the new Indian Agent, they were
all recovered.
Daniel Taaft, Jefferson Hunt, and others, left
the city with the mail tor Placerville dh the 4th
of July.
The crops alt look well, and promise an abun
dant harvest.
Gilbert *ud Gerrish arrived on the 20th of June,
with about % ighty tons of assorted merchandise.
Mr. Bel!, of the firm of Livingston & Kincaid, also
arrived with a large train of merchandise at the
same time.
BINGHAM ON THE PRESENT STATE OP AFFAIRS.
The toilowing are extracts from the discourse of
Brigham Young, delivered June 27th, at Provo:
I do not wish to say anything in regard to the
life aud conduct of this people; those things are
before the world ; and, as we have often publish
ed, »ve challenge them to prove that we are not
loyal subjects of this Government and the king
dom of heaven. We have everything that pro
duces peace and comfort, and will advance all
men in life and happiness, so fur as they will per
mit us.
Let this suffice, and [ will give you the news.
Wbat is the prefloat situation of affairs? For us
the clouds seem to be breaking. Probably that
many of you have already learned that Gen. John
ston pa-sed through Great rjalt Lake City with bis
command under the strictest discipline. Not a
bouse, fence, or sidewalk has been infringed upon
by any of Ins command. Os course the camp fol
lowers are not under his coutrol—but so far ns bis
command is concerned, while passing through the
city, he has carried out bis promises to the letter.
We told Commissioners Powell and McCulloch,
in conference and in answer to questions, that we
most assuredly believed all they said, and all that
President Buchanan dictated them to say, so far as
their interest w'as concerned.
We said .hat we believed that President Bu
chanan would fulfill his words when his own in
terests prompted him so to do. We did not say
win thur he would or not, in opposition to his iu-
We have reason to believe that Col. Kane, on
his arrival at the frontiers, telegraphed to Wash
ing! n. and that orders were immediately sent to
stop the inarch of the array for ten days. That
sa' ora of an anxiety for peace. I expect to see, if
the Lie advices of the government are carried out,
that onion ut the United States army now here
have the privilege of going where the interests of
the country demand them ; and the portion that
was to start for this place ordered in other direc
tions. And when we hear certainly that there are
no more troops com’ng here, we will believe that
the government means peace, just as their Com
missioners have told us.
I can *av, so far as the moves have been made
since the President sent his messengers of peace,
tluo. everything bids fair for the fulfillment of so
desirable a result, and that the President is doing
all he can to correct past bad management.
So soon us Gen. Johnston finds a place to locate
his command - when weget news what be is going
to do with his troops—we will go home. W omen,
do not iniluee your husbands to go home just yet,
but wait until the proper time. It will not he
long first. How would it have been if this com
munity had been at their homes at the present
time- . , . .
It is just as much as can be done, day by day, to
bear the reflection that gamblers and corrupt men
of every kind are coming into the these valleys.
Do yon not know that you are much better here
than you would he if you were nearer them ?
Brothers, tarry where you are for a short time,
and make yourselves comfortable. If any of the sis
ters sav they have not a house to live in, they can
go a short distance from their wagon and get
bushes aud make sheds, and look as well, in my
estimation, in doing that as going round to gossip
with their neighbors.
Fibs—Afire broke outlast night about half
past twelve o’clock ic the large brick building, sit
uated at the South-west corner cf State and Cum
berland streets, owned and occupied by Mr. C.
Werner, ana machine andiron feundrv establish
ment The fire spread with great rapidity, and in
a very short space of time the whole interior of
this large brick struclute was one burning mass ;
and at the time we write, a quarter of two o’clock,
bare walls are standing. Nothing, we learn, was
saved, aod the loss to Mr. W’eroer must be heavy,
as we learo that h;s patterns were valued at fif
teen or twenty thousand dollars. Ifr. W erner,
we understand, is iseured for thirty thousand dol
lars, but this amount will, by no means, cover his
l0 The fire extended to the wooden building on the
North-west corner of the above streets, occupied by
3 H. Meyer, aa a liquor statw, btt its progress was
arrested by the well dii.votfli energies of onr fire
men, and the building boo sustained, very Itttle ra-
JU G»e of the workshops on the premises of the
new Custom House, took fire lrorn sparks which
blew fruross Irom State street. It sustained trifling
* damage, as it was immediately extinguished by
one of the engines which happened to be in the
vicinity at the time. —OkurUtlon Courier, Oct. 2.
Cotton G*owing is Algeria.—The cotton plan
tations in Algeria, for the present season, are two
thousand and fi/tv-eight hectares (.the hectare is
two and a half acres) in extent; and of them one
«. thousand and eighty-two hectares are in the pro
vince of Oran, eight hundred and ninety-five in
•hat of Constantine, eighty-one in that of Algeria.
The number of plantations in the three provinces,
exclusive of those made by Arab tribes in com
mon, which, however, are inconsiderable, is four
hundred and sixty. Unfortunately several planta
tions have suffered from drought.
Qalifnarn t {Pam} Utstsnger.
Sir Wm. Gore Ouseley’s Mission to Cen- ,
iral America—English Treaty with Ni- 1
caragtia.
The New York Tmei of the 27th ult., contains
the complete draft of a treaty negotiated between
England and Nicaragua, and accompanies the pub- -
lication with the following remarks :
“We are enabled at last to understand the cause t
of Sir William Gore Ouseley’s prolonged residence ;
in Washington, while holding the title of “ her (
Britannic Majesty’s envoy extraordinary and min- ,
ister plenipotentiary on a speeial mission to the
Bepubltc of Ceutraf America.” Sir William origin- ,
ally; selected Washington as his headquarters, in ,
order to make himself perfectly familiar with all ,
the shoals and quicksands of the Central Ameri- ,
can imbroglio. That done, his duty was to watch ■.
the movements of the American government, and J
secure a treaty from Nicaragua as comprehensive 1
as any that we might negotiate. So far. StrWil- .
liam has been very successful in his diplomacy, ,
and the following is a draft of a treaty which he, .
with the assistance ol' Senors Molina and Jerez, ,
has drawn up. This draft was dispatched to the ,
Foreign office last June, and was sent back to this (
country by the Persia. It has been approved by ,
the British government, and will certainly be rat- ,
ified by Nicaragua. Sir William is now waiting j
in New York forthearrival of a British war steam- ,
er to convey him to San Juan, lie goes out to .
complete the treaty. He will then negotiate a j
similar treaty with the other Central American ,
States.” . ,
The treaty contains twenty-eight articles, nine
teen of which relate particularly to the comrner- ,
cial intercourse between the two nations, providing
generally that complete reciprocity shall prevail
between the people of each, and that all privileges (
enjoyed bv the subjects or citizens of any country
in Great Britain and Nicaragua shall be enjoyed ,
by the citizens of each mutually. The next six ar- |
tides relate to the transit across Nicaragua, and
are as follows: '
Akt. 20. The Republic of Nicaragua hereby ,
grants to Great Britain, and to British subjects
and property, the right of transit between the At
lantic and Pacific oceans, through the territories
of that Republic, on any route of communication,
natural or artificial, whether by land or water,
which may now or hereafter exist or be contracted
under the authority of Nicaragua, to be used and
enjoyed in the same manner and upon equal terms
by both parties, and their respective subjects and
citizens; the Republic of Nicaragua, however, re
serving its right of sovereignty over the same; and,
generally, the Republic ot Nicaragua engages to
grant to Great Britain and to British subjects the
.same rights and privileges, in all respects, in re
gard to the transit and the rales of transit, which
are or may be granted to, or allowed to be enjoyed
by. he most favored nations.
Art. 21. Her Majesty, the Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, hereby
agrees to extend her protection to all such routes
of communication as aforesaid, and to guaranty
the neutrality of the same. Her Majesty also
agrees to employ her influence with other nations
to induce them to guaranty such neutrality and pro
tection. And the Republic of Nicaragua, on Us
part, undertakes to establish two free ports, one at
each of the extremities of the communication afore
said, on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. At these
ports, no tonnage or other duties shall be imposed
or levied by the government of Nicaragua on the
vessels of Great Britain, or on any effects or mer
chandise belonging to suLjevits ot Great Britain, or
of any other country, intended bonajide lor transit
across the said route of communication, arid not
for consumption within the Republic of Nicaragua.
Her Britannic Majesty shall also be at liberty to
carry troops and munitions ot war, in her own
vessels, or otherwise, to either of the said free
ports, and shall bo cntUltd to their conveyance
between them, without obstruction by the authori
ties of Nicaragua, aud without any cha.geSor tolls
whatever for their transportation, on any of the
said routes of communication. And no higher or
1 other charges or tolls shall be imposed on the con
vevaoce or transit of the persons and property of
' subjecti ol Great Britain, or of the subjects nr
1 citizens of any other country, across the said routes
' of communication, than are or may be imposed on
the persons or property of citizens of Nicaragua.
And the Republic of Nicaragua recognises the
1 right of the postmaster-general of Great Britain
to enter into contracts with any individuals or
companies to transport the mails of Great Britain
along the said routes of communication, or along
any other routes across the Isthmus, in closed
bags, the contents of which may not be intended
lor distribution vrilhin the said Republic, free from
the imposition of all taxes or duties by the
government of Nicaragua; but this lioerty is not
to be construed so as to permit such individuals
or companies, by virtue of this right to transport
the mails to curry also passengers or freight, ex
cept any messenger deputed by'the British post
office in charge of mails.
Art. 22. The Republic of Nicaragua agrees
that, should it become necessary at any time to
. employ military for the security and protection of
persons and property passing over any ot the
routes aforesaid, it will employ therequisne force
. for that purpose; but upon tatlure to do this tor
any cause whatever, her Biiianttc Majesty may,
after notice to the government of Nicaragua, or to
the minister thereof at London or Paris, employ
such force for this and for no other purpose: and
when the necessity ceases, such force shall be im
mediately withdrawn.
Aut. 23. It is understood, however, that her
Britannic Majesty, iu according protection to such
routes of communication, and guaranteeing theii
centrality and security, always intends lhat the
protection and guarantee are granted conditional
ly, and may be withdrawn if her Britannic Majes
ty should deem that the persons or company un
dertaking or managing the same adopt or estab
lish each regulations concerning the traffic there
upon as arc contrary to the spirit and intention of
this treaty, either by making unfair discrimina
tions in favor of the commerce of any other na
tion or nations, or by imposing oppressive exac
tions or unreasonable tolls upon mails, passengers,
vessels, goods, wares, merchandise, or other arti
c.ee. The aforesaid protection and guarantee shall
not, however, be withdrawn by her Britanic Ma
jesty without first giving six months’ notice to the
Republic of Nicaragua.
Art. 24. And it is further understood and agreed
that, in any grant or contract which may hereafter
bemadeor entered into by the government of Ni
caragua, having reference to the interoceanic
routes above reterred to, or any ad* them, the rights
and privileges granted by this™mvention to her
Brittanic Majesty and to British subjects shall be
fully protected and reserved; and if any such
grant or contract now exist of a valid character, it
is further understood that the guarrantee and pro
tection of her Brittanic Majesty, stipulated in article
twenty-one of this treaty, shall be held mopperative
and void until the holders of such grant or contract
shall recognise the concessions made in this treaty
to her brittanic Majesty and to - British subjects
with respect to such interoceanic routes or any of
them, and shall agree to observe, and be governed
by, those concessions as fully as if they bad been
embraced in their original grant or coniracl; alter
which recognition and agreement, the said guaran
tee and protection shall be in full force; ptovided
that nothing therein coDtained shall he construed
either to affirm or deny the validity of any of the
said contracts.
Art. 25. After ten years from the completion
of a canal, railroad, or any other route of commu
nication, through the Territory of Nicaragua, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, no company
which rnav have constructed, or he in posses
sion of the'satue, shall divide, directly or indirect
ly, by the issue of new stock, the payment of divi
dends, or otherwise, more than fifteen per cent,
per annum, or at that rate, to its stockholders,
from tolls collected thereupon; but whenever the
tolls shall be found to yield a larger profit than
this, they shall be reduced to the standard of fif
teen per cent, per annum.
Article twenty-six declares that nothing in this
treaty shall be construed to affect the claim of the
government and citizens of Costa Rica to a free
transit on the San Juan river. Article twenty
seven limits the duration of the treaty to seven
years, or longer, subject to termination thereafter
on twelve months’ notice.
We regret to learn by a telegraphic dispatch to
a gentleman in this city that Mr. John S. Binford,
or this city, died in New York on Monday evening,
of fever, —Savannah Mews, Oct. 1.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1858.
From the Washington Uusoet, Sept. Si). ,
Periodical Return of Comets, and their ,
Influence. <
The periods of comets m their revolutions around ,
the sun exhibit a wide diversity. Encke’s comet, ,
which has the shortest known' period, completes .
its revolution in one thousand two hundred and ,
eight days, or about three and one-third years; ,
and it is remarkable that each period is two days |
longer than the preceding. The comet of 1811 is ,
estimated to have a period of no less than three ,
thousand three hundred and eighty-three years. ,
Btela’s comet has been seen many times, and its j
orbit is accurately calculated; its time of revolu- ,
tion is about six years and eight months. But |
themost celebrated is lhat knowu as Halley’scomet, |
whose period of revolution is about seventy-five (
jyr seventy-six years. Antecedently to the fifteenth ,
century we possess no other evidence of the iden
tity of these bodies, except the record of their ap- |
pearance at the times at" which we know, from ,
their ascertained periods, they ought to have ap- ,
peared. Adopting this lest ot identity, we have ,
the appearance of Halley’s comet in the year S2B, ,
und again in 320, when it was described as a com- ,
et of prodigious magnitude. The next recorded
appearance of a comet agreeing with the ascer- >
tained period marks the tuking of Rome by Totila, ]
in the year 550. After completing five revolu- ,
tions, it was again seen in 030; and it again ap- |
Kd in 1005, on its next return. Three revo- ,
i would now seem to have passed unrecord- |
ed, when the comet makes its appearance once
more in the year 1230. Its next visit was in 1305,
when a comet is recorded of remarkable appearance
and it was again seen in 1880. We now arrive at
the first appearance at which observations were
taken, possessing sufficient accuracy to en&bls ]
subsequent ttivestigators to determine the path of
the comet; and this is accordingly the first comet ,
the identity of which with tile comet of Halley can ,
be said to be conclusively established. In the
year 1456 a comet is stated to have appeared of
“ unheard of magnitude;’’ it was accompanied by
a tail which exteuded over sixty degrees, or one-,
third of the visible heavens, and continued to be
seen through the whole month of June. It was re
garded by many as the celestial indication of the
rapid success of Mahmoud the Second, who had
taxen Constantinople and struck terror into the
whole Christian world. Pope Calixtus 111. levelled
the thunders of the Church against the enemies of
his faith, terrestial and celestial, and in the same
bull exorcised the Turks und the comet; and in
order that the niemury of this manifestation of his
power should be forever preserved, he ordained
that the bells of all the . hnrehes should he rung at
mid-day—a custom which is preserved in those
countries to our times. It must be acknowledged,
however, that, notwithstanding the terrors of the
Church, the comet pursued its course without any
deviation, and gradually disappeared in the dis
tance, returning with its accustomed regularity
in the year 1581, when it was carefully observed by
Pierre Appian. These observations were sufficient
ly exact to enable Halley to identify this comet, be
yond the shadow of a doubt, with that observed by
himself in 1682. lu the meantime, it had been seen
on its return in 161>6-7 by the celebrated Kepler. In
1682 practical astronomy had madeconsiderable ad
vances, and this comet was carefully observed at
Paris, Dantzic. Padua, and in England. Shortly
after this, Halley undertook to make a table of
those comets which had appeared previous to his
day, with a view to discover whether auy, and
which of them, appeared to follow the (same path.
Antecedently to the year 1700, four hundred and
twenty-live of these bodies had been recorded in
history; but those which had appeared before the
fourteenth ceutuiv had not been submitted to any
observation by which their paths could be ascer
tained with a sufficient degree of precision to
identify them with those of other comets. Subse
quently to the year 1300, however, Halley found
twenty-four comets on which observations jiad
1 been made aud recorded, with a degree of pre
! ciston sufficient to enable him to calculate the
' actual paths which those bodies followed while
they were visible. On comparing their paihs, he
[ found that the paths of the ot metis of 1531 and
1806 were very nearly identical, and that they
1 we re in fact the same as the path followed by the
1 comet observed by himself ill 1682. Ho therefore
was the first to unnounce tho identity of these
several comets, and predicted the re-appearance of
1 this celestial visitor in 1758 or 1759. As this
period approached, all the astronomers of the
civilised world were on the alert, and were grati
fied by the fulfilment of the prediction, the comet
being first seen on the night of Christmas day,
17087” It remained visible for several months,
passing its perihelion on the 13th of March, 1759.
The orbit of this comet had now been calculated
with such accuracy that its return to its perihelion
was confidently predicted to take place in Novem
ber, 1835. Moos. Damoiscau fixed on the 4th of
theimmtth as the day, and M. I’ontecoulant on
tbe 7th; and it actually urrived at that point only
a few days afterwards—namely, on the 16th of
November. On this occasion its tail tvus about
. thirty degrees in length. The next appearance of
this Comet will be in the year 1911. At its
perihelion it comes within fifty-seven millions of
miles of the sun, and at its uphelmn it is sixty
times that distance.
One of the most remarkable comets which have
appeared in modern times is lhat which made its
appearance Inwards the close of the year 1680, and
which was particularly observed by most of the
astronomers of Europe. This comet was remark
able for its very near approach to the sun. At its
perihelion it was not above one-sixth part of the
sun’s diameter from its surface, and its velocity,
according io Sir Isaac Newton, was eight hundred
and eighty thousand miles an hour. At its aphe
lion it is seven times the distance of Uranus from
the sun. The period of this comet is supposed to
be about five hundred and seventy-five years. It
is conjectured that it is the same that was seen in
. the forty-fourth year before Christ, in which year
Julius Caesar was murdered, and was subsequently
seen in the year 531, during the consulate of Luin
padius and Orestes, and which appeared in 1106,
during the reign of Henry I. This being ths
case, its next return may be expected about the
year 2255.
As thousands are now nightly watching the
comet which is visible in the North-west, and
which is constantly increasing in splendor and
magnitude, it may be well to devote a few mo
ments to an inquiry whether the popular senti
ment be well founded, of regarding comets as
prognosticators of remarkable events. For thou
sands of years it has been believed by many that
comets were the precursors of wars, famine, or
pestilence. While popular superstition may have
exceeded the truth in this respect, it would be ar
rogant to declare that snch a belief was entirely
without foundation. In reference to this point,
Dr. Dick, an able and sensible writer, says:
•• Although I do not admit the conclusions and
the cometary iofluenccs to which I have alluded, I
am far from asserting that comets have no in
fluence whatever over our globe or its surrounding
atmosphere. The universe is one great whole,
and all its parts, however remote, must he sup
posed to have a certian rela ion to one another;
and they may produce an influence, however small
and imperceptible, on each other at the greatest
distances. The remotest star perceptible to the
eye may produce a certain physical influence on
our globe, though so small and insensible as to
be beyond the limits of the nicest calculation; and
Iherefore comets, which sometimes approach pret
ty near the eaith, may produce a certain sensible
effect upon our globe, particularly should a por
tion of their immense tails sweep along the higher
regions of our atmosphere. We know that cer
tain celestial bodies produce a powerful influence
on our globe. The moon, in conjunction with the
solar influence, rules the ocean, and perpetuates
the regular return* of ebb and flow. Its light not
only cheers our winter nights, but produces a va
riety of other influences, both on the human con
st! tution, the atmosphere, and on the productions
ofihe earth; and there may he many effects produ
ced by its agency with which we are as yet unac
quarxted. The sun not only difl'oses light over every
regios of the earth tor the purpose of vision, but rays
or emanations invisible to our sight proceed from
his body, which promote evaporation, the growth of
vegetable*, and the various degrees of temperature
which prevail throughout the globe. These ema
nations are likewise found to produce certain
chemical effects, to dissolve certain combinations
of oxygen, and to give polarity to the magnetic
needle; and many other effects of which we are
ignorant may afterwards be found to proceed from
those invisible irradiations. The largest planets,
Jupiter and Saturn, and those which are nearest
to us, as Venus and Mars, may likewise produce
certain effects on our globe, both-in virtue of their i
attractive power and of the peculiar nature of the
reflected rays they transmit to the region we occu
py. We cannot, therefore, but conclude that com
ets may exert a peculiar influence on our terrestial
system in addition to that of the other celestial
bodies, and different from it, particularly those
whose bulk and masses are considerable, and which
approach nearest to the earth. * * This
subject is worthy of some attention; and perhaps
luture observers, by more accurate observations
than Have hitherto been made, may throw some
lightnn an influence which, on the one hand, has
been > perhaps too rashly set aside, and, on the
other, carried to a pitch'of extravagance beyond
the tine of sober reason and observation.”
The celebrated astronomer, M. Arago, although
he rejects the iuea of comets being the cause of
moat calamitous events, yet admits lhat “ not only
cometary matter may fall into our atmosphere, bat
that this phenomenon is of a nature to occur fre
quently, and mav possibly produce those epidemic
diseases which have been attributed to it.” Sir
Isaac Newton also admitted the influence of comets.
The idea that a comet may strike the earth, we be
lieve, has been rejected by modern astronomers,
without exception. In 1882 some German jour
nalists predicted the destruction of the earth by a
comet, and great alarm was caused in consequence;
bat such fears are utterly without foundation.
’ From the New York Evening Pott.
Church Scandal —Bishop Doant and the Rev.
Ur. Carden.— We published a few days since, as
partof ihMjews of the day, an admonition from
the Right ""Reverend Bishop Doane, of New
Jersey, addressed to a Reverend Mr. Carden, of
i’hiikdelphia, who, as we gather from the bishop’s
statement of the case, was guilty of an “act of mis
behavior ” in inviting a Methodist minister to as
sist him inyflpninistering the Communion in the
Diocese of New Jersey. Mr. Carden does not ap
pearto enter on his justification in Philadelphia—
where he resides—butopens his batteries upon the
bishop in the Protestant Churchman, of this city,
in the following terms: .
“Mere is a bishop who was presented for trial by
thrpe of bis peers, all of unblemished and exalted
reputation, under charges of grossly immoral con
duct, dishonesty, and drunkenness. His accusers
declared publicly that they believed him guilty,
and stood ready to prove the charges they had
brought. He shrunk from an investigation, and
by desperate wriggling escaped it, thereby bring
ing a atigtna upou his order.
“ This Bishop allows one of his own presbyters
in a prominent church, in the largest city of his
diocese, to disgrace the church by intemperance,
and raises no voice of rebuke. Butlo! a presbyter
of another diocese happens in a place of public re
sort, on the extreme point of a little spur of tho
State that forms his diooese, to commit what, at
most, was but a trifling breach of ecclesiastical
order, and out comes a ridiculous and empty in
“We say an empty interdict, for what force will
It carry V' None whatever. No moral force, for
its source and character both preclude that. No
legal force, for the day has not yet come when a
single bishop can make canons and execute them.
When a bishop becomes such an absolute monarch
in his dioeese, that no presbyter can officiate in it
in the smallest act, without his consent, it will he
refreshing to be made aware of it. We doubt not
that the Rev. Mr. Carden wiil treat the affair with
the disrespect it so richly merits.”
This is pretty severe, and the better to appre
ciate its full meaning, it may be added, that the
I Protestant Churchman is edited by three eminent
■ clergymen of the Episcopal Church—Rev. Dr.
1 Tvng, Rev. Dr. Anthon, aud Rev. Dr. Canfield.
From the Georgia Telegraph.
A Slatesiimn’s Home.
As the traveller passes over the Georgia railroad
fraei Atlanta to Augusta, he will observe on the
commit of a ridge on the outskirts ot the village
of Crawfordville, a two-story wooden house', well
shaded by *. grove of venerable oaks, and with u
lawn iu Irout gently sloping to the South, planted
with no great order iu regard to shrubbery and
fruit trees.
The house is without auy pretension to modern
architectural style, but is built after the fashion
und iu conformity with the plans of ihe country
residences of wealthy Georgia planters thirty years
ago.
This modest mansion, with this novel and at
tractive surroundings, is the domicil of a gentle
man who has occupied no small share of public
attention for the last fifteen years. He is known
to his immediate circle of friends as “Aleck”—to
his neighbors and acquaintances of Tuliaferro
county, as “Squire Stephens,” and to the Repub
lic at large as "Stephens of Georgia.” The
of Alexander 11. Stephens is a household word in
the eighth district.
Mr. Stephens began to practice law in Crawford
ville about the year 1831, and boarded in the fami
ly of the estimable gentleman who resided in and
owned the house to which we have referred above.
At life death Mr. Stephens was left his Executor,
and at the sale of the real estate became the pur
chaser of the house and twenty acres of land ad
joining, and bus resided there hi me that time
when not in attendance on public duties at Wash
ington. Until recently no material changes were
made in the house, and even now to the front view
it stands as originally built—two stor es—porch
with plain columns—eight rooms, passage in the
middle, Ac. Recently, two rooms intended for li
brary and bed chamber, and a small and airy pas
sage, have been added to the house.
North of the mansion and on the slope ofa hill
is the garden, orchard and vineyard, and if a visi
tor in the month of August should tarry a day in
the quiet village near by, and should gratify a par
donable curiosity by looking over the place, he
will find a well selected and choice variety of fruits
—peaches, pears, apples, strawberries, grapes,
Ac. While strolling over the garden, if the visitor
will cast his eye North eastward, he will see tho
smoke curling up from the chimneys of a farm
house about two miles dislaut and on the highest
point of land in the circuit of bis vision.
This is the treasured spot above all others to
Mr. Stephens. It is his family homestead, the
place where his grandfather settled Bhortly after
the revolution—trie place where his lather lived
and died, and the place upon which the statesman
was bum. A ride of a half hour over a brokeu hut
beautiful oouotry will bring you to the farm, and ou
the right of the road and buta short distance from
the farm buildings, on the top of a hill, is the spot
where his father lived. The buildings haveall been
removed, and there are no traces to the eye of a
Btrangcr left to mark the spot, but they are indel
ibly impressed upon the memory of Mr. Htepheiis.
•Just under that clump of trees is the spring, still
flowing pure and free, from which he drank. Near
by is the grove of wide-spreadmg oaks under
whose refreshing and friendly shade be was accus
tomed to play, and all around are the hills over
which he clambered when a boy. All these me
mentoes of youth are treasured recollectioos with
a man whose name is famous for eloquence, learn
ing and patriotism, from the Ariostook to the Rio
Grande. And it is refreshing to observe the in
fluences of home and heartifand youthful associa
tions. upon so exalted a nature aud such a loity
intellect—to see a great man with such affections
glowing, spreading and kindling with tremulous
feeling over the recollections of early home an i
boyhood, in this utilitarian, practical, uuromanlic
age, makes one feel and know that the “greal
events with which old story ” are not ail vain and
hollow.
Nsw York, Sept. 29.—The coast of the suppres
sion of the Indian mntiny is begining to excite
alarm in England. It is estimated that before the
close of the campaign forty millions of pounds
sterling will be added to the debt of India, and that
there will be an annual deficit of six millions.
The Times says that the two most important
articles of the China treaty are the resident
minister at Pekin, and the right of Englishmen
to go to any part of the empire for curiosity or
trade.
The Valencia correspondent of the Times says
that it is according to the ex
periments of ProfTThomson, that water has reach
ed the conducting wire in at least one place, not
less than two hundred and twenty miles from
shore.
Death of Emerson Foote.
It becomes our painful duty to announce the tl
death of Emerson Foote, Esq., Superintendent of fi
the Central Railroad, who died of yellow fever at c
nine o’clock last night, at the residence of R. R. «’
Cuvier. Esq. 8
Mr. Foote was a native of Springfield, Massachu- y
setts. Previous to his coming to Georgia, some t
twelve years since, hehadhad the superintendency h
of several important roads at the North, snd had 1
acquired a reputation for practical knowledge, sci- r
entific attainments, and administrative talent, such c
as few men possess. j
About the year 1846 he took charge of the Ma- ,
con and Western railroad, then in a most pros- j
trate condition, but which, under his management, ,
soon became one of the most prosperous roads in <
the South. During his connection with Ihe Macon ,
and Western road Mr. F. resided in Macon, where 1
he was universally esteemed and respected.
In September, 1857, he was appointed to the sit- ;
penntendency of the Central railroad, which posi
tion he filled with credit to himself, profit to the
company, and satisfaction to the public. During
bis brief residence here he had won the respect
and esteem of our public, and had made many
warm personal triends, who will deeply deplore
bis untimely death.
In the death of Emerson Foote, the Central rail
road loses a chief officer, whose place it will be
difficult to supply, and our community an intelli
gent, useful ana exemplary citizen.
Savannah News, Oct. 1.
Official Report of Interments.
Savannah, Oct Ist, 1858. 1
7 o’clock, P. M. )
The following is a list of the interments in the
city cemeteries for the last twenty-four hours:
Laurel Grove Cemetery. —Richard D. Brown,
aged nineteen years, yellow fever, Brooklyn, New
York; John Wobltman, aged thirty-three years,
Covulsions, Germany; Lewis E. Williams, aged
one year und ten months and twenly-ihrce days,
whooping cough, Savannah; Emer.-oh Foote, aged
fifty years, yellow fever, Massachusetts; George
Daniel Heidt, aged ten months, cholera infantum,
Chatham county; Susan Carter, aged fifty-seven
years, yellow fever. South Carolina; Ann White,
aged two years, yellow fever. Savannah.
Blacks and Colored.— Frank, aged thirteen days,
spasms.
Cathedral Cemetery. —Bridget Martin, aged sixty
years, yellow fever, Ireland: William Sheedv, aged
nine years and nine months, yellow fever, Eng
land; Dominick Thee, aged six'y-fnitr years, bil
lious fever, Italy; Charles Sullivan, aged nine
years, yellowlfever, Savannah.
W. T. Thompson,
Chairman, Board of Health.
Savannah News, Oct. 2.
From the Utica Daily Observer, Sejit. 27.
A Thrilling Incident.
During the examination ol' the caaes of alleged
frauds upon the Pension office at quite
an exciting incident occurred. Captain Minor, a
veteran of the war of 1812, a very intelligent old
gentleman, was introduced as a witness. He was
shown one of his old pav-rolls by Mr. Perkins, a
clerk of the Pension office at Washington, and
asked if he recollected several of his soldiers
whose names were pointed out to him upon it. He
readily answered that he did.
Question by the Diatriet Attorney : Do you re
collect a soldier in your company by the tiamo of
BarreDger?
Answer: I do, very well.
Question : Would you know that man now t
, Answer: Ido not think that I should ;itis a
l loug time since l bare seen him—more than forty
years.
Commissioner Conkling then called upon Bar
renger, who was in the room among ihe witnesses
from Tioga county, to stand up. He rose in a dis
tant part of the room, stood firm and upright, in
every respect a soldier, and bowed respectfully to
1 Ins old captain, who, after viewing him tor a mo
e men!, shook hit head dubiously, mid *#id, “Ido
a not recollect him,” and added : “ Gentiwrieti, it is
I a long timesince t have *e«al*irq. lijjf fi NT-six
‘ yearn this very day since I led with tiff cotripitny
I the American army of three thousuna men into
I Sackett’s Harbor
In a moment, without regard.to time or place, or
i the fitness of the occasion, a tponlaneoii* cheer,
i loud and long, broke from the audience. There
r stood, unexpectedly to each other, the two old sol
-1 diers face to face, who had, almost half a century
ago, ntarehed shoulder lo shoulder to the frontier
• to defend their country from an invading foe. They
■ imd met now for the first time since then ; and
that upon the anniversary of Ibai patriotic action,
i Ho sudden and sympathetic was the expression
that the worthy marshal, Col Jewett, allowed his pa
' triotiam to get the start of his love of order and de
corum, and forgot to rap with his usual promptness.
. And the face ol the good Matured Commissioner,
Mr. Conkling, seemed more smiling than ever, and
to us uppeared more expressive of satisfaction than
of angtr. The lust we saw of the old soldi rs was
ufter the adjournment of the court, wo o they
were together in the midst of a circle ot people
fighting over their old battles.
Tub Great Eastkiin Steamship.— lt is already
well known that the proprietors of the Leviathan
or Great Eastern steumer have for some time beer,
in difficulties, so great us to prevent them from
finishing the vessel. At length, however, un ar
rangement has been made which ufftr ds a pros
lieet of this great national project being Ultimate
y carried to a successful issue, though by other
parties than the present proprietors. A company
lias been formed iu the city <•> purchase and finish
the vessel, and work her between London and
America. This association is culled the British
and American Great Eastern Hteam Navigation
Company. It has been got up by a number of
commercial gentlemen, one of whom is Mr. Hughes,
the la'e superintendent of Messrs. Hcott, Russell
A Company’s yard, and in fact of the building of
the Leviathan throughout. After a series of nego
tiations with the original company, arrangements
tiave been made lor the purchusc of the vessel lor
two hundred aud fifty thousand pounds sterling,
being less than one-third of the amount she had
cost, viz: eight hundred thousand pounds sterling,
and less than the material would letch if the ves
sel were sold broken up, and sold by auction in
" lots.” The company has been registered under
the Joint-Stock Companies Acts 1856-57. The ad
vertisem nts will appear in a day or two. The
capital is fixed at five hundred thousand pounds
sterlmg, in shares of tens, each, of which two shil-
I ngs and six pence is to lie paid on application,
two shillings and six pence on allotment, and the
remaining live shillings in instalments, at inter
vals of two months. It is mtended to finish the
vessel between this and*'.e spring, and if there is
any lime to spare, she, .<1 be used for the purpose
of exhibition. It j r .Men proposed to place her on
the route between Liverpool and Portland, United
Htates, the port to which the Canadian mails are
at present carried, and theDce by rail to Toronto,
Ottowa, Quebec, and the other British settlements
in North America.
London Uorning Stair, Sept. 14.
A Hhrkwd Financier.—A certain church m
this city, being about to replenish their Sabbath
school library with new books, wished to raise Ihe
sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for that pur
pose. At the morning service one Sunday they
appointed one of the influential brethern to fix up
on a plan. In the intermission he took his
pencil and marked rfjainst every membes's name
the ium which he thought he ought to give. At
tlie close of the afternoon service he read the list,
stating that if any one had been assessed too
much or not enough be must speak. Suffice it to
- say, silence p. evaded in the assembly, and in sis
• teen minutes the sum was raised.
! New Bedford Mercury.
i
t A Break Discovered in the Atlantc Cable. —
The workmen employed in cutting up thecshle in
t ihe machine shop at the Brooklyn navy yard, found
t a break a short time since in the communicating,
l copper wire aoout three-cightbs of an 1 neb long,
r through which the saw passed in the solid gutta
percha, showing that tho disconnection must have
occurred during the process of manufacture, and
• therefore leading lo the very great probability that
• other similar lesions may have occurred in other
t pans ol the cable. What have the electncians to
I say in regard lo this fact, which is reliably authen
ticated?—N. Y. Timet.
VOL. 37-JS O. 41.
Fob Ready Money Only. —“ Talking about
that,” he began, “ I married a man the other day
for the third time. Man in my parish. Capital
cricketer when he was young enough to run.
’Whatyour foe?’ said he. ‘Licensed marriage?’
says 1. ‘Guinea, of course.’ ‘l’ve got to bring
your tithes in three weeks, sir,’ savs he. ‘Give me
tick till then.’ ‘All right,’ says I, and married
him. In three weeks he comes and pays his tithes
like a man. ‘Now, sir,’ says be, ‘about this mar
riage fee, sir? Ido hope you will kindly let me
oB at half price, for I’ve married a bitter tad ’un
this ttme, I've got a half guinea about me, sir, if
you’l only please to take it. She isn’t worth a
furibing more—on the word ot a man, she isn’t,
sir!’ I looked hard in bis face, and saw two
scratches on it, and took the half guinea, more out
of pity than anything else. Lesson to me, however.
Never marry a man on credit as long as I live.
Ready money—eb 1 Ha! ba! ha! O, yes!
ready money next time.”
Dickens’ Household. Words.
Peatu or a V eteran.— Sergeant Wilson, of the
Ordnance arm of the United States army, died on
Tuesday last at Fort McHenry, near Baltimore.
He was forty-five years old, and the last twenty
years of his life have been spent in the urmy. He
was with the American army under Gen. Z. Tay
-1 lor in Mexico, and fought in the battles of Monte
' rey, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, and most of the
bloody engagements in the valley of Mexico. He
was remarked for his bravery, and tbe late Gen.
Persifor F. Smith mentioned' him by name in his
general despatches to the government at Washing
ton, and at the conclusion of the war he was pre
sented with a certificate of merit.
Washington Union, Sept. 80.
, Growth of tue Nails.— Some interesting facts
' are stated in the journals of medicine in regard to
, the increase of the uails and hair in man. From
1 the statements made, it appears thatthe growth of
, the uails is more rapid in children than in adults,
1 and slowest in the aged. It goes on more prompt
e ly in summer than in winter, so that the same
i, nail which is renewed in one hundred and thirty
n two days in winter, requires only one hundred and
i, sixteen in summer- a fact depending on tbe “ vis
vitalis,” which seems to be proportioned to it.
I. The increase of uails of the right hand is mors
rapid than of the left. It differs, also, for the dif
f eront lingers, anil in corresponding with the
I length of the finger—being more rapid for the
- middle finger, nearly equal tor the two either side
-of this, slower for tue little finger, and slowest for
5 the thumb. The growth of tho hair is well known
to be much accelerated by frequent cutting. It
forms more rapidly bv.day than at night, and in
but seasons than in cold.
Cort of the Africans.— A correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury states that the Africans found
on hoard the Echo, which was recently captured
i off the coast of Cuba, by the Dolphin, were pur
) chased on the West t oast of Africa at from fifty
i cents to one dollar a head: and costing scarcely
1 more than ten or fifteen dollars to be delivered on
s the coast of Cuba. The cost of returning them to
a their native jungles will be about a thousand doL
f lars a piece.
I/ovk Ann Camnuita UtKJoaroKTABLT Qitebb. —
A few Sundays ago, a youthful couple, belong
ing to the immediate neighborhood of Melrose
were obaerved walking cloaely together under tho
shelter of a small umbrella, apparently at the
climax of human happiness, and wendiug their
way through the damp atmosphere to listen to a
sennoD in the Established Church, when, I nek-a
day, “the nether gurments” of the fair form be
gan tn appear uncomfortably queer, and after a
good deal of vain exertion, a complete disarrange
, tnent commenced by the successful downfall of
one, two, three, four massive hoops, which, a*
, every one would suppose, were evidently meant
, to nut upon the same principle ns the yards qf a
ship do when her sails are unfurled. Conse
’ quently, the sudden hauling in of the anils had the
„ instantaneous effect of bringing both male uud
s female forms to a fixed stand/’ However, bj
. th» Irh'liTJlr cover of the umbrella m IrauUiUll the
, support of the sail of the Green Yards in the rear,
the loving couple, no doubt much chagrined,
r managed to keen themselves as seeluded as cir
cumstances would p»>-mil until the throng of the
! church-goers hud „iunewhat abated, when, having
summoned sufficient courage, they returned to
sermonise a'.one ou tlio unfortunate occurrence tn
a more synagogue. — Kelso Chronfile.
Hkmarkabi.s Instanck or Canisb Ikhtinct.- We
were Informed by a reliable individual, of a singu
lar incident that occurred a few days ago at I’rcn
. ton, a station on tho Detroit and Toledo rail
road. A little girl about two years of age, a child
of a brakesman living near the road, got upon the
’ track and was in the act of crawling across the
i timbers that spun a cattle guard, when an express
train appeared in sight coming at full speed. Thq
i engineer saw the child and whistled down the
breukes, but the train was under such heudwuy
and so n-ur, its destruction would have hern in
evitable had not a little dog. a playmate of the
child's run out, cuught the child by its dress and
dragged it front the truck into the ditch, where it
held it until the train passed by I This la Os
the most remarkable occurrences wo have heard
of in u long time, undone we could hardly credit
coming from a less reliable source.
Detroit Advertiser.
Cork tor tub Bit* op a Man Don. — A writer in
the national Intelligencer says, that spirits of
hartshorn is a cel turn remedy for the bite of a mad
dog. The wound, it adds, should be constantly
bathed with it, and three or four doses diluted,
taken inwardly during the day. The bartaberu
decomposes chemically the virus insinuated into
the wound, and immediately alters and destroys
its deleteriousness. The w't iter, who resided m
Brazil for some time, first tried it for the bite of a
scorpion, and found that it removed pain and in
humation almost instantly. Subsequently, be tried
it for the bite of the rattlesnake, with similar suo
cess. At the suggestion of the writer, an old
friend arid physician tried it in cases of hydropho
bia, and always with success.
A I,aw Anitnxo Psopi,*.— The citizens of Mil
waukte are the most law abiding people in the
world. We asked oue of them why so many peo
ple were drowned in the riTer, and he replied that
it was on account of an ordinance of that city,
which forbids swimming within the city limits.
When one of them slipped in, be recalled the or
dinance at once, and rather than violate it went
cheerfully to the bottom without a struggle.
Tit* Comkt —Oppicial.—Mr. Boxo, the Director
of the Harvard College Observatory, publishes in
the Boston Advertiser the following statements
and predictions relative to the comet, whose ap
pearance is so splendid a feature in the nocturnal
heavens at this time:
To the Klitore of the Daily Advertiser :
Donaiti’s comet will, in a few days, appear to in
crease rapidly in size and brilliancy. It will be
nearest the earth on the 9th of October, at which
time its brilliancy will be nearly three times as
: groat as on the 28d oi September, and its distunoe
From ua about fifty-two millions of miles.
According to Mr. Hall’s computation, the tail of
this C»met, on the 23d instant, extended to the
t length of fifteen millions of miles. The nucleus
will be near the bright star Arcturus, October stb,
• and nearest the earth’s orbit on the 20tb.
> Some confusion seems to prevail in regard to
’ there being two comets, similar in appearance, now
> visible to the naked eye, but sn«b is not the case.
■ Donatti’s,which isseenin the North-west sfter sun
set, is the same which has been seen tn the North
east before sunrise in the morning. This is owing
to the considerable northern declination of the
I comet, with a right ascension differing but little
from that of the sun. I mention this because I
have had several letters from different parts of the
. country, making the inquiry whether there are two
comets now to Be seen by the naked eye.
Encke’s eomet is barely visible to the naked eye,
Tuttle’s third comet of 18.18, can now be seen only
with the assistance of a telescope. W. C. Bo.xo.
Harvard College Observatory.
NbwYobx, Sept. 30.—Victor Milling and Mis#
Annie Spott, of Richmond, Va., are set down as
among toe lost on the Austria.