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BY E. €. A- A.”• I<‘”
[for the state rnKs».: o
DIRECT TRADE. I,
P.aar, April 2nd, 1859. „
Mtwta > d 8 <; '
nprhap*. realized all a
Direct Trade have *
they wished and «£ ''’ f((r gr „ at t
eongratula.H,., hat th, brighteoing . t
accomplishment nr. . , effort „
Itisufmtbeyo..^
made for the ]•"'! rMj receives the stern a
especialiy J' flitio n of those who v
(though conic'..' AuJ it i(l ,
live and ' ( t<M , nluny planters
efforts made for their .
•cem indijW*'
“ Cotton i’lanters’ Convention of Georgia, t
has been lal»'O"^” r “'end f ” r the '
. i. Cng planters from tlmcnor- .
r ’“ rp ‘ tions made upon them by factors, ,
T ulat-rs and others, and although
tint l>continue itn labors, yet it ih hu
niifi-iting t'> nay that heretofore it has not re- ,
, . .<1 that attention which its great objects ,
shmtld warrant. Were similar exactions made ,
[f planter- by the Government, the country ,
w atld 1 • filled with indignant remonstrance ; ,
but to the operations of speculators, planters
s ,.etr. inclined tamely to submit: The hope
uil . bo indulged, that planters will wake up
to the importance, to them, of the great meas
ure of Direct Trade.
Toe second session of the Convention will
be held in the city of Macon, on the second
Tuesday in June next. It is desirable that
every cotton-growing county in Georgia would
adept mea ures to be fully represented in the
Convention, at that time.
In order that tl.e proceedings of the Conven
tion in June, may be made interesting, 1 en
tered into a correspondence with lion. James
If. Hammond, a senator from South Carolina,
in the Congress of the 1 uited States ; he was
solicited to be present and address the Conven
tion, at its next meeting. Ihe following is his
reply:
Red Ci.iffe, March 29, 1859.
Dear Sir: 1 am obliged to you for your
invitation to attend your meeting at Macon,
ami if my health and engagements will per
mit. 1 will attend, but not to make a speech ;
that is out of my line.
I entirely sympathize with your movement.
I n . aid Direct Trade as absolutely necessary
t > the independence of the South : without it,
site will never be provincial, though she may
continue to furtvit h, as she now docs, more of
the material of commerce, than atty other pop
ulation of the same numbers ever did ; and
mute-rials that constitute the most vital cur
rents of c. muiercial circulation, controlling
in fact, almost the wh le.
Our drawbacks have been, not the superior
enei -v < r intellect of any other people, hut
our shallow i-ars, yellow fever, and want of
mercantile capital. Time, I think, will show
that vessels of l(ktt) tuns, areas profitable a.
larger ones, to carry on trade, and these cai.
enter cur p. its. The ye low fever can b<
whd?. enmed be • nfiuing our business sea
,..u ... < ..In months of the year during
-if . a ....-wn.<- exempt. These eight months,
bein'- tie se in v. hi. h we can. and in fact do.
ca. r .e.iri . all i:r > ."..ducts to market ; they
are . i rntly owe I usiness months and those
best .rmp.ed to l.u.Jtie.-s and climate, such as
our-.
It is because we ul mit t.> the convenience
of ..ti..- that we ail..w it t•• he necessary that
there h uld be any transactions from the inte
rim'. . t. in ai.ro:, I. during the four, possible,
vi I' ■■ lever in nths. The grand difficulty is
a- t,e pitnl: our means arc. for the most part,
•a fact almost entirely, employed in settling
fro li lands, subduing the forests, and furnish
in ; the mat-rial i to clothe and feed the world :
in tin's • we find full employment for all our
means and all our energy. But this will not
iilwavs be s>, and if the owners of the com
paratively idle millions, in other parts. <l> not.
so ni seek the rich harvest they may reap here,
our own surplus.ngc will enable us to occupy
tha field also. N .thing, I think, is wanting
to our southern country bid time, provided we
have capacity to appreciate, before it is too
hit •, our unparalleled resources, and the ener
gv to develop them. 1 think we have. I have ,
every i nli hmce in our future, let mere poll-]
ties take what e urseaud produce what results I
they may . Southern industry, at this moment
the me .< prosperous es any on the globe, rests .
also on the securest 1 asis, and it only requires
that it should rise to a full appreciation and
a"erii..n of itself, to bee me free, in a little
time, of all tho.-e provincial clogs which now |
encumber it.
1 co.fess that I have been devoted to other
matter < too mm h to have learned precisely the
way in which your A sedation proposes to ef
fect the great object, and am, therefore, unable 1
io judge as 'o its probable results; buttbat
there is away, and that success is sure, I do
not doubt.
A cry respccti'.illy. y< ur . 1 edient servant.
J. 11. HAMMOND.
HoWEl.l. C'ODD, Esq.
Cadets at Large.
The President has appointed the following
Cadets at large, for 1859, to enter the West
Point Military Academy:
Jas. M. AA right, sou of Col. George Wright,
''th infantry, breveted for meritorious eondnet
in Fl.ch. and at C.mteras Churubusco and
Molmo.del Key.
Henry 11. Lee, son of the late Col. Francis.
Lea leveled for gallantry at Conteras, ( liuru
l.usc i and Molino del Key.
J.i-,.. i IL A . 1 .eld. son of the late Captain
to -. i'. I-ield, killed while Lading Ids compa- '
I ;■ at the storming of Monterey.
. ii-is, At ,-ird, .-.n of a soldier who died in
t ■ alter a service of .ill years.
• ■ t : r.s. son of Major M. Lewis
' ■ .Ml-- ri battalion, distinguished :it Sac-i
-a of Gov. William Clark, o
id grand nephew of Gen. George
... I
1 c f.iCT dual of con-
'*'>• Mexican war, ancestors distin-
' ' • !'• iuunsay, Jr., sun <»f Major Goo. I>.
• • iu!Kv Corps, breveted fur gallant- 1
a; ?• nt ere v.
■ ‘ lineal representative
el uodp-v Vui’ildagton.
James K.TaI,..
.nd Bin hanan.
i’r.t i »j \i.—Amongst the
1' * ■! v daily heralded fort’i
‘ ‘ ‘ 1 ..s ft»r nearly all the
'■ /' ' ’ ’ p . there are, no doubt,
‘” and others that pos
” 1 11 *• ' »* rlniiiivd for them.
1 *!ain|« foremost the
“ ■ •“ ‘ name of u bieki
I. , id!, p-i ’•
• "if tvstvd itp Htlcaev
’ 'c .aoi. i .. t.
P • ? ear m otir ow n
• •"in i<d.|. and luliu-
1 •■‘>mid< ntly recoin
• preparation, | (
in 'ii-i .iH-a of t||»
u -? 4..1 mail
M 'triln, J3u Jf-intn, TV
Southern Convention at Vicks-
BUBG.
To the people of the SlarcMdiny State) : tl
Fei.i.ow-Citizkxs—A vomiuittee, consisting tl
of J. I>. B. Deßow, of Louisians, Hon. John A. <-
Quitman, of Mississippi, lion. Guy M. Bryan, b
of Texas, Hon. W. L. Yancey, of Alabama, and n
Major AV. H. Chase, of Florida, was appointed li
at the late Southern Convention in Montg mi- a
ery, to invite the people of the Southern Suites c
to be represented at an adjourned meeting of i i
the Convention in A'icksburg, Miss., on the
ninth day of May next. | 1
The lamented decease of Gen. Quitman ere- .
T
ated soon after a vacancy in the committee, .
which was filled with the name of Gen. J. J. I
Mcßae. ' -j
The committee cannot believe that an nrgu- j
mi nt is necessary to demonstrate to Hie peo- ;
pie of the slaveholding States the importance 1
of union among themselves, and ot mutual good
understanding in the origination and discus- 1
sion ot questions essential to their security and ?
repose. I >'
Os this nature are the questions which come q
annually before the Convention, and whatever 1
diversity of opinion exists in regard to some , i
of them, it cannot be doubted that the light I a
which the discussions elicit, and the conflict 1
of mind what they induce, exercise an intlu- . t
euee most salutary, and keep alive a spirit fa- [ 1
vorable to patriotism. ; *
The presence annually at the Convention of a ' 1
large number of men of position and character *
from every section of the South, and ot a large I ■
representation lor the masses of the people, not I '
under the restraints of party, and in no wise i
obligated to do its behests, and the free inter- i
change of opinion which takes place among I
them, is itself an important feature of the Con- |
vention, and, in the absence of every other, |
should insure its perpetuity.
It is only from such assemblages that, in pe- j
riods of great public peril, the hopes of the pa- '
triot can be realized—as the colonial history of i
the country evinced.
There is no name honored in the councils, j
or revered in the hearts of the South, from the I
earliest period of its history to the present,that
may not be claimed as authority for everything
.hat is sought by the Convention. From such
patriotic sources have come warnings of dan
ger, against which the Convention would pro
vide, and appeals for action to which the Con
vention would respond; and if any of these
are now to be found in conflict wjth it, or in
terposing discouragements, common place, yet
-incero peculiar influence in establishing the
-ccurity men, may find it difficult to under- ,
stand the repose of the South, which has been |
exercised by the recent triumph of Jitaek Jle- .
puUicaiiirm in erevy fee State oj Hee North, and
i') seeniinyly tecurtd >najurilie<s in the Electoral
('allege.
Fellow-citizens of the South, let us not be
lulled into sleep and drcams of security, which
experience teaches cun only prove to be illu.
sory, for opposition to slavery has entered in- j
to the head and heart of the people of the
North, and can alone be met by wisdom and
iirmness on the part of the South.
The power which threatened us in its infan- I
cy and weakness, unless met and relinked, is
lot likely to take a step backward in the hour
of its highest triumph, whatever to the contra
ry it may be the interest or the want of nerve I
in politicians to teach.
There is much for the convention, however,
to do beyond the discussions, important ns are
these, for within its purview tomes everything
that relates to the intellectual, educational and
industrial development of the South. To cre
ate opinion is to create things.
The executives of the several States and the
various municipal bodies of the South are earn
estly requested to send such delegates as will
best represent the opinions of the body of the
people.
The 9th day of May will be a favorable time I
to visit A'icksburg, and the citizens of that hos
pitable community invite to the waters of the •
Mississippi the people of the Atlantic States ■
and of the Gulf.
Delegates to recent conventions are invited
to this.
J. 1). B. Deßow, of Louisiana.
John J. Mcßae, of Mississippi.’
Gt v M. Buyan, of Texas.
AVm. L. Yaxcky, of Alabama.
AV. 11. Ciiasi:, of Florida.
New Om.F.AMs, March. 1859.
Thrilling Jiuident.—At a temperance mcet
i ing in Philadelphia, some years ago, a learned
' clergyman spoke in favor of wine as a drink,
i demonstrating it quite to his own satisluetion
to be Scriptural, gentlemanly, and healthful.
When the clergy man sat down, a plain, elderly
man arose, ami asked the liberty of saving a
I few words. Permission being granted, he
j spoke as follows :
friend of mine,” said he. “who
had long been intemperate, was preiailed on.
to the joy of his friends, to take the pledge of
I entire abstinence from all that could intoxicate, i
He kept his pledge faithfully lor some time,
though the struggle with his habit was fearful,
till one evening, in a social party, glasses of I
wine were handed around. They came to a I
i clergyman present, who took a glass, saying a
few words in vindication of the practice.—
"Well,” thought the young man. "if clergy
men can take w ine and justify it so well, why
not I'!" So he took a glass: It instantly re
kin lied his fiery and .slumbering appetite, and
after a rapid and downward course, he died
iof delirium tremens—a raving madman !” ■
The old mini paused for utterance, and was
just able to add—" That young man was my
only sun. and the clergyman was the Reverend
Doc tor w ho bus just addressed the assemblv.
Ameruuu I'resbyterian.
S'rom the i\etr 1 ark Time).
Anecdote of the Late Mr. Key.
A diatinguislicd number us the bar in this city hup '
pened, sometime since, to be dining with I*. Barton
Kry, who hafijiitd ended his career at Washing
ton. After dinner the conversation turned upon the
, constancy of w •ini n, and Mr. Key expressed, and de- ■
fended with great warmth, the opinion that women
were natundly inconstant, and eould always be in- ■
i duced to transfer their affections to the last man who
would address them with the requisite flatteries and
appliances, lie pitted from his friend, by pleasantly
1 hoping that he might never practically realize the
uusounduess of his own opinions, and by saying that
he would rend to him a little poem he Lad translated
fr*>ui the Spanish, wbivbembodied his own sentiments
on the subject.
The next day he sent him the following:
Ono eve of beauty, when the sun
Was on the stream of <*uuda?«|uivcr,
To gobi comertiug. one by one.
The ripples of that mighty river.
Beside me on the bank was seated,
\ Seville girl, with auburn hair.
Ami eyes that might the world Lave cheated—
A bright, wild, wicked, diamond pair.
She stwqied and wrote up<»n the sand,
.Inst as the loving sun was going.
With sin li a small, while. «hiuing I.and.
V<m would haw rwuru dw.ir silver flowing—
Iler words were three, and not one more;
What could l>iana*s motto l«e*
The syren wr«d« upon the shore—
•• heath - n*< iiimuftanry.”
AT»ii then she turned brr languid rye*.
So full on mine that, l>« vij take m< !
I -.1 the a r iffi fir»' with s I •.
I was the fo<>l she chose l»» make t.j *.
S' frat •i- mirbt have been .h eir. I
V tih each an rye and i*i:« h a hsud,
cl «»ua weok m rvaud I belie* vd
A« ittueh the » man as the *an<i. 1
• I alway t pick wy company,” said a »ti»piriou»
looking ibaiactrr, turning U> a co tn pan) of grntk
lUvU, to whom be was ttotfvmbb. “And tbcir
loa, wfcea you get a ftrasd wof <
Sons of Malta.
From the rep .'rt of th Gfiki4 Treasurer of
the Indepeudeiit Order of the Son .of Maha of !
the United States, made to the Supreme Grand
Council of the United Staten, Mexico and Cn- v
bu, recently in Reunion at New Orleans, we 1
make the follow ng extract, showing the last
financial influence this mysterious order has I
aircadv attained, and in d"<tined to hold in this '
’ I c
country :
The balance in the hands of the Treasurer,
July 1. IbjS. as per r port. wns $130,752,50 H
Total receipt* for the m -nth ending Jany. 1 .1
1, 1858, w.m 129,381,53 . c
The interest account and profits of the | <
funds of the Grand Lodge for 6 inu s 27,£31,50 (
I f
Total expend whh h cord 4in printing $287,9 s 1,92 j
Traveling e.Yncnx *, rents, etc., lor C» mo s 22,710,02 j
i r
Balance iu hands of Grand'l r< asur< r $265,241,31
Os the receipt*, the large amount < f ' t
172, 29, is from Cuba, and 533,784,72, from i 1
New York city alone. Ihe report >h w* the > t
receipts from 12J b.-dge.-. but us no lodge is re- * i
quire 1 to contribute anything to the Grund
Lodge uiiiil it li.is been in I'pciuii- ii 6 months,
it is safe to bay there are now over 2001 dges, : {
and their meml»c.. ». p rapidly on the increase. , ,
When it is i.adcr.-tood that < n y 2 » percent. < 1
the nett <d. i-f the ■• »••• niir.aie h-dge;- is .
paid into the trea*ury of the Grand Lodge, :
how immense ihe rum il.at ja. ses the :
coffers cf txi'.’ order. The remaining id per:
cent, of nett proceeds can only be distributed
in the city or community in v. hich the lodge is ;
located, each lodge hav'.ng its own charity cum- ;
mittee, wh .-edmv it is io relieve, ii found wor
thy. all cases of uis ress which may Le brought '
to their notice.
It may Le asked, what is to Lee r.ie of this ;
immense itmd, which must be accumulated ly '
the Grand Lodge ui a icw \ vuis— as i ncot die
grand secret.’ ui the Order, < 1 co urse only the
members, and <»niy such of th. se as have taken
the Oriental degree, ami have passed the ‘Vale
of Mysteries,’ are pcrmiited to know.
butticc it to say, however, that u will Le
eventually appr. pr.atcd, and ulu-n the prope*
th... arrives, . cin niii< lent a-
i the charities of tnc Order are large; (hat it
■will ontribute to the spread ot the gl>rn.u.s
principles of Ament an 1. Len.es ami ( nristtun
i harit.e* in every nocit and corner of tins 1
great c« re. incut.
We • - 1 urn that t Grand
Council rdered the tecuriufo ot the Supreme j
Grand i re.r arer i> be increa-ed to K»,UGiI, i
which has bee ipr miptly complied with, — ■
Xext year it is piesumvd nis .securities will bu
ncreased to half a nnlli »a of dollars.
“Macon, and. what we Saw
T 11 E R E . ”
I’ndc.'thi.i'"iptiun the Editor cf the Griffiu
: In'lepeinlcnt South jote down as follows the i
r sit t;> our city :
“luip.-ui.ur.ent ci r.'.iuues to l e the i rd.-r of |
I the day in 3l.i' n. Th .■■ two un: incly 1 >ok- I
ing v ids in the Block on Market str< :t, op
' po.-i e tl.' Li'iiit li 'ii ", are u'r'ut to le Hir'd ■
v iih fine i' i; i :D.'. E.'jEnsn.'i, <-f cur I
» i
icily, L.: ... :e :'.icn>. v,' under-.
' iia:id. to bu.l i on one if the lot., Messrs. I
Biv Tic.; A K' . x ui' iiie ••. '■ a !j ii.l: Is. u.e
other parties > n tl.e lot i.< >t to Dr. Fir.hili k- I
rn's Drug S ic. .u n c nr le.c■!, there \....
I ’.e a c >nt.nu u» I.', k"1 I uii'lings on that side
■ ,f the treet, e pial in elegance t th h>c f any
other c:;y S 'U'.h.
Dropping in at Mr. E. AA'in.-hii'T elotli’ng
1 Store, we were :'i wn sme beautiful styles ul
| spring and s..nuncr . . tiling, of whLh he lui
a very full a- ri.i. :.t. : prlei - far I d.» what
we supro: e 1 a g > "1 ar.i 1- c ui 1 I c nff ided.
Alr. AVi.xsu i’ is u very a ;ri cal>lc ; Hitletnan to
leal wi.h, a:.4 if ;.::y or.e of ..ur rea.le.-.i desire
o trade with that sori of people, we leconi
neii'l him t" llieir Cor.iidi rr.ilun.
j Busiiies ; generally in Mnc. ii was innctvle,
this being a seasm of tl.e year when planters
ire indiisi:i n ly engaged in pupating llieir
lauds and pit.-huig erops.
Siu..day night, to while away the time be
tween supper and the d< parture of the ears,
we drupp"d into the tl.e.i:re, and were agree
ably entcrlaiiu l with the first pi'rforimince in
Macon of “ Luennow,” a new drama of tln il
ling inlerest, pre iiea'.e'l up m historical facts
in cmineetiun anii tl.e recent war in India anil
the siege of Lucknow. The character ot Jes
i sic Brown, a scotch g.i l, wa admirably sus
tained by .'diss t'liarl. i.c'Hi an sun, and die
piece and its appointments g.*.,erally well got
ten up and ' iiii ie.l through. It d -served a bet
ter audicii'-e. a, J Ims pr .nuMy secure.! one ore
this. Ai e ni: ■■ u.id tinit new celebrity in the
1 operatic wml-.1. M lie i’ici-oi ..n.ni, pin. ar.oil
for her first appearance cu A l , e lue. ilay even
ing. So that our readers wdl see how wel:
Mai i'ii is lorliucd agriiist the tedium ot a duh
busine-s season. Mr. Fleming, the gentleman
ly le.- ee of " Ralston's Hall,” is entitled t ,
and we are glad to ay the tl.auks ot
th” pb-asu.e-1 'ing citizen . of Macon tor the
I efforts he lias made to ciiieriain them.
To Mes-i-.. Brown. <d’ the "Brown 11.u.e,"
and Redding, ul the ■ Fi y d Hi use,” w< un
indebted f. r kiml a.d c uric..us treatment —
i both of them clever, v. .i .1 1 ule l fellows ami
' companions m' “m.ig .yiu ."
Al e mu t n t f- iget to n.i ution “tie Macon
‘ A oleteer," ' m.. old u.i . 11e. ■; : ..f citizen
■ soldier-, wi.ii -ahi' h our c.i.die-i < ..per c.ne in
die actual lin m;e | in. ic ris ass ■ :
. ted. In its ueml.i.-l ip iu.i! uj p. imments, it ■
i was n .t ihe same company m whose ranks we .
j mustered and to wh .se mn.-ic we kept step, but |
,it is still die same in name no ass.aiati'.ii.— .
We were well pleas< ’ with its drill efficieuey I
as evidei.n el on [ii. i.dc.
In p'.liti« vc v.e.c- gratified to fu.d quite a
i number of v.aim Foudn'rii Rights men in Ma- |
j con, and lean.id tinie, asv.e Im'edm.e else- '
where, tua: there is a growing f:'iilii.i 'lit id'
; distrust of Northern pretension, and a de-ire
among our own pe .pie to seek "indemnity r
' the past and security for the future," or to sev
er the ties which now bind us an adinitt d in
ferior to a haughty and self-boasting superior
section. May tlie good work of S iuthcrn re-
, generation continue. ,
So ends the chapter on Mac. n : pn.l’x and
I tedious, it mry be. to others, but invested with
I much of interest to ui.
RF.roi:TEi> Expedition against Ci ba. — '
Translated from the Courier de Elute Cai.i
New York. Information, ; n which wc have
reason to place full reliance, reveals to us the 1
secret organization of a grand filibustering ex i
pedition against Cuba.
At the moment of writing, arms, amtnnni
i tions and inen are ready to leave simultaneous- !
’ly from different ports of the Union. The
points of debarkation a-e fixed, nnd secret e:n- 1
issitries on the island are preparing an easy I
landing for the filibusters, uud nt the same
time aeti.e assistance.
New York i< the liea-’quertcrs of the enter '
pri«e, and it is here that tlie funds are found 1
and the leaders are gatlicriiig'; it is from this I
place th-1 •'! ib • emanate; buttin' centre of
the materia) pivparutions i< primnpally in th” ‘
eitie- of the So'iih.
It is ndd ‘d, ti nt i ’ ■ ■ 1 i ling monos tl..
.leinocratic party are in th'« ; ...t of itiva-.un aid
that onoe the party i- pled. J. the ii'!miiii>
(ration itself will tie <r.-:'y I I to take part
th rein.
In line, v e w •:» — I t! ‘ tl.e r "lirit n '
of tl- pm;• <-t i- i ■ .ii'-ot .tul t'
imt Havana’tiatner tin . ,-t i. >.iuui
exiieetcd in order t • gnu tl.i »i/fiui ot I 'jmtt
uro.
AV«; w Ad Liii Ihucvu t la bis .rntalior ex
L<t t»*rc.«»-a. 1/ rvui tu (
tl* lattUM lr»U>. • |
FROM OUB DAIL? OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
Savannah papers confirm there- lell
port of the death of Mr. J. B. Foley, of ’lint an
City, from injuries received on Monday. Ho goi
was mi <s finable citizen, nnd leaves a witeuud tic
cliildi'en to mourn his loss. 1 Sti
on ,
To Fig-st or not to Fight : tri
“Unde Sam" bus caught the war-fever from on
over the waters, as it will be seen from our of
despatches he bus ordered his available ves- th:
seis to git ready for service immediately. AA'e fol
presume this has been done in view of the in- H<
creasing difficulties in settling the Nicaragua di'
questions. Possibly the old gentleman wants 11
to annihilate the South American States, or to th
take a hand in the “free fight” which some ! tit
anticipate in Europe. Any how his prepara- gu
tions look u-lched. ! pi
Seriously, it is not worth while to attach re
much importance to the matter. The world sti
has grown too sensible or too cowardly to go
to war w hen there is the least chance to avoid n '
it. , ' at:
Cuba Telegraph.
AVu learn from yesterday’s Sataunah News
cu
that the first despatch over the Cuba Telegraph tj ,
wire was received restermip from AVaynesville' ( s
AVaync enmity, by a firm in that city. The ( , r
I.lie is now complete'! to the Satilla river,
’ oc
across which stream they were laying the Cu-
lle yesterday, at :i point about three miles above ;
Jeiler-ontoii, Camden county. It is expected |[
Inal the 1 ne will soon be in working order to |n
Ferinindiiia.
Southwestern Railroad.
Our readers will be glad to learn that this
work is rapidly progressing to completion. It ; d
; will cerlamly be a great day tor Macon when I 1
.--lie is connected w lUI the rich fields of South . 11
East Alabama. I in
Hie Euiauia (Ala.) Express says: | ot
“Mr. Thompson, one of the contractors on : d
this end ul the loud, was in town on Monday
last. i
I st
be arc informed by a gentleman who con- j
versed with him tl.at there were now some six
I huuurc'i liamis al work between this place and ,
: Lumbert, ami that the road would be finished
lo Ims place hy the Ist ui July, 1860. The j,
i cais wilt run, we learn, to withiu ten miles ot -A
■ Luiauia m time lo ta.ee off the next cotton
; crop. a
i ii it cun possibly be done, the pieis for the
i undge should be built this summer, so that
j luvi v will be nu delay ur extra expense in ship- ■
ping cuUuii or receiving goods, when the cars ’*
leach the eastern bunk oi the river.
w
• r ‘iLe Tiwniasviliu Enterprite mentions the
! acu.u ul two ul the uhiesL cHizcDti us Ibuiuus county, .
udviau 11. Kui.ivs uud John Groover, the first on tin-
T
2911 i, and the lust uu the 2 Hb. ' 1
‘ b
’‘fy A C’took place on the Ohio river be- , ,
.a. n the .-ttnup-rs Gibs- u and Holmes. Both were 1
i sunk and of eighty six on board the liol- { P
inu- it iiy tAvu A.erc lost. ?< > lives were lust on board
• tin- viiS.son. j C.
Il l 1 >.!< ,o A UN Cl B*.
I can hdly conk-.d 1 ever looked uu Cuba as the
;a ; ioUivsUDg udciitici; which cuuld ever be made a
.<» cur Fysitin of iShiivs. The control which, with
tue l iorida point, ibis island would give us over the o
Gulf us Mexico, and the isthmuses bordering on it, as si
AVcll as th- se whose walers flow into it, would fill up
the lucasure of uur political being.— Thomat Jrffer- (1
>.</». v
WASHINGTON NEWS.
AVasuington, April 4. b
The I’lenideut, in a con vernation to-day, re- 1
niuikid tliut lor Font Office Department busi
:ie.-.-, tl.eru was no pressing necessity for a cull t
oi t'on■■ less ; but our foreign relations rendei s
an extra session of Congress necessary. f
It is understood that a most important Cab ;
filet meeting will be held to-morrow.
r
A 1 H’J’.’Lliani E Movement.—The citizens of t
i a_.etteviliv, in this State, held a public meet- a
mg. on the 25th instant, fur the purpose of de- >’
vising means for ridding the town of tratlic in I
ardent spirits. It was a complete success.— a
A siifiicieut umo'iiit was subscribed to buy s
out the only two liquor shops in the place (the L
owners being present at tlie meeting and oiler. ;
ing to sell for cost ami freight, and quit the 1
business) and ail the property holders signed v
a pledge binding themselves, "not to rent or sell 1:
any of their property m ithin tlie incorporate c
limits lor the pu pose ot retailing ardent spir- 1
its; further binding them, whenever a sale of *
pri p.rty might be effected, to stipulate in the
deed of conveyance that no part of said prop- |
erty should be appropriated, either in houses .A
already erected or any that might hereafter be t
built to said business of retailing spiritous li- s
qii'.rs —the penalty in case ot violation to be g
the to. feituru of all right to property."— Er. I t
T" Make Cooped Hens Lay.—lt is pretty I’
well known that hens will not lay, except oc- ’
cusioiially, when “ cooped up.” It should be
I e.',tem-iiveiy known that a small daily allow- p
am-e of raw meat of any kind will restore not 1 t
only the power to the ben, but the necessity ■ u
to lay every day, supposing, of course, that the |
other portion of the food is of the ordinary I ,
kind. No fowl lives exclusively on a vegeta
ble diet; ai d when running at large, domes-j
I tic fowls will be found searching for insects j ]
w ith aviditv. Those of vour farmer readers
’ ,■' , . I v
v. tin are not aware ot t.os tact, may obtain a
I better supply of eggs by following this advice.
' Si i,uli/;c .Imericun.
Congressional Elections.—Elections for 1
I members of Congrcs; a>'e to be held in the :
I emrse of this year ns follows : Connecticut "
; and Rhode Island will elect in the beginning *
of April ; Virginia on the fourth Tuesday ot 0
.'lay; Kentucky, Alabama and Texas on the 11
i -t Monday ot Align, t; Tennessee ou the first
Thur.-diiy oi August; Georgia atid Mississippi, s '
"ii first Monday in October; Minnesota on the "
the second Tuesday of Oct.; California early ''
in September; Oregon in the beginning of
June; on first Monday (7th) of October ii>
Lonisiann; nnd on first AVednesday of No- tl
vember (2d) in Maryland; North Can lina on N
the 21 Thursday in August. Nearly all of these
were represented in the last House by
j Democrats. j 1>
Important Decision'.—The following dccis
ion, mad” in tin "ii harin' c urt ou AA’educsdav, ,
I t ‘ I<
I will be road with interest:
Jam.' I tix'-.n. a native of Scotland, emigrated a
to the Unhod S*— ■< a: I !o :rt(?d in AV ashing- £
ton city :t thirty years ago, and Locaiue a fi
<■ izon by i aturalization : after which he nc- B
qttirod property, both real und personal, in tins I t |
District of C Jurjbia. He has recentlv de-j jr
parted this Lie inter'.ate, and the udministra- f
'.i not hi' e«tn'.-.' him L'en committed hr this B ;
’ court to Jus, AValkcr.
It »
Jtappiar i s st.i” I by the a Iministrntor,
' that de .; I bit no i-suc, but a i:c;.t us kin H .
Iho left Hire.' s : :c .. viz: J.'iun.-tte. EJziiU'th. t '
I ' '
brother. AA'illiam, all being aliens. The sister r
1 Margaret Im tw i sens in this District, who j
hate i< ”i naturalized. Iho quests n present- | H
e l I.of. re this court was, wlm a.-e the parties
, , , \ . 1 U*'
I t th*' < in r«>ntr</'f The y
<• urt -i<L I that. • th>-» <• will Im? ebereed
t<» the n< ar<‘ t <4 kin, n<» matter in what euan- 1
-a Ui«y n.ay r H hen tlio heirnirp iti I
Lc h-aily .‘ ULL h I. th.? or-pk
i /Lit j*r«m •uim’.* n n*.- fda- 'Ui
tr.Lu' the *«»•! in f. »iml ..-itt’.-it tj.
dm - with i fi* Ini ; > 4 t.
if vuijr V|< u wkuti •veffbod)
The Election* and the next House of Uepre
ntafire*.—The elections for Congress which
•n to take place this week are regarded with |
me interest, nfid particularly that in C iiiiice- j
cut. lii the last II iuse the delegation of that ;
tato stood two democrat*, one republican and ,
le American-republican. It would be a great |
iutnph to the national democracy to secure
te eastern delegation in the next House. lon, ,
the Baltimore Sun says it is possible, too,
lat in case the presidential election fails be
>re the people, the State delegations in the
louse of Representatives may be so closely
ivided that Connecticut will hold the balance,
here appears to be a very good chance for
le election of three democratic representa
ves from Connecticut, and some are so san
uinc as to expect four. A number of the re
ublican orators are on the spot, and it is now j
eported that Senator Douglas is to take the
tump on the other side.
Without adequate reason, it has been gener
lly supposed that the next House would have >
n opposition majority. The prospect is, how- .
ver, that the majority will bo, nominally, ut 1
ast, democratic, and that the democrats wilt ,
ontrol the organization. This is founded upon
he supposition that all the South Americans ;
xcept one, and all the anti-Lecompton demo
rats except five, will co-operate with the dem- ;
crats.
the next House will hardly be so decid-I
div hostile to the administration as the last
louse, in which one hundred and seventy-six
members followed the lead of Galusha A. |
■row upon the most important questions of |
he session.— Saraimah Sews.
Ldf' Queen Victoria has held her first levee
f the season, at St. James’ Palace, London.—
Tie Court Circular says, “The Queen wore a
lain of red velvet, trimmed with grebe; white
uti flounces trimmed with white satin ribbon, !
iver a white satin petticoat. Head dress, a
iiudem of opal and diamonds.”
HtD"' Mr. Grattan, in his work on America,
tales the following as a conver-ation that oc
ti r red between John C. Calhoun and himself:
“ Now, let inc ask you,” said 1, "what were
he feelings ol the last slave you liberated?”—
•1 liberum a slave 1 ' he exclaimed, "God lor
ad that I should be guilty of such a crime.—
th, you know little of my character if you
relieve me capable of doing so much wrong to
i fellow creature 1”,
Hog Ranges.
When you speak to a cotton planter about
■aising his own meat, and enough to supply"!
ns doctor, merchant, blacksmith, <kc.. lie will I
a ithout hesitation tell you that it will not pay. ■
de can make more by cotton, even it he has to '
my his own meat, or the greater part of it.—
Ihis wo admit is sure, when cotton ranges nt
letter prices than at presant, provided, he
tad to teed his hogs exclusively on corn and
peas. But we do not admit the necessity of
his process of making bacon. There is a much
cheaper process than this opened to all the !
planters of this country, and better one than
Io make cotton, and pay freight to Savannah,
mdtl.en paying frieght on hogs from Tennessee.
Some of our cotton planters have long since
got a partial insight into this plan, and the re
sult has been that they are much better oil'
than those who buy their own bacon. The
most thrifty planters in Hancock, are those
who raise their own Hour and pork, at the risk
of raising less cotton, and yet there is apian
by which they can raise it much cheaper than
they do.
Every farmer should have a hog range at
tached to his farm. It should have a good
stream of running water and might embrace
from ten to one hundred acres, according to
the amount of pork to be raised. The major
part should be a forest, which should answer
the double purpose of raising timber for wood
and rails, and acorns for your hogs. All the j
undergrowth should bo cut out and burned.— I
The dead trees cut down and split for wood
ami rails, as well as all the thick growth of
saplings, pines, gums, dogwoods, and in fact all
but the oaks, hickories, walnuts, mulberries,
persimmons, Ac. The oaks should not stand
thick, but let in plenty of air and sun, and they
will bear much better. One oak standing thus
isolated w ill bear as much as half a dozen
crowded. Particular attention should be paid
to persimon trees, in savingall that might bear,
i'hey will prove of immense value.
Now for the orchard part. As many as you
phase, riant plumb trees that will ripen in
May, June and July, and some of such kinds
that w ill ripen from June even later, in squares
six feet each way and they will soon cover the
ground. Set out peach trees ten feet each way
to October, and try and plough twice a year if
possible, and you will have fruit that will glad
den the heart of a poker.
Farmers who will begin this spring by trans"
planting all the volunteer peach trees about
their premises will in three years have a tine
orchard for the hogs.
With such a Log range, the f.rmer would
have but little need to make drafts upon his
er b, only in quantities to keep his hogs tame.
The acorns, hiekorynu's, Ac., would keep them i
during the winter and spring’, and peaches,
with the gleaming of the oat and wheat fields,
would keep them till fall. Then the pea-crop
and the persimmons would bring them up to
the acorn time again. Potatoes, groundpeas,
turnips and mulberries, tnuskadines, Ac., w ould
help, and the result would be, instead of send
ing off hundreds annually to Kentccky and
Tennessee for pork, it would return into your
own pockets in various ways. You would not
only save your bacon, but you w juld increase
the value of your farm ju.-t the amount that
such a farm would bring over and above a
worn out cotton farm, with no such appendage.
Who will try it?— Central Georgian.
Tub Indian llosth.itiks.—ln our paper of i
die 2d inst., we stated that the Tampa Penin
sula of the 19th tilt., announced the arrival at
flint place ol Mr. John Jackson, who had been '
down in the Indian country surveying, but
iiad been driven oil by the Indians.
This seems to have been a mistake on the i
part of Mr. Jackson. A triend gives us the i
oilowing version o! the alfair: A negro at- I
ached to the surveying party, was sent with
i l.orse and cart into Tampa tyr provisions,
Ste. On his return he fell in with a party ol (
Indians, knowing where the surveying camp '
vas located, knew that the negro was taking
he wrong direction, but being unable to speak ,
English, they made signs to him to take a dis- !
’•-rent course. The negro interpreted these
iigns as an order to leave the country, and on !
•caching the camp so reported. The next day ;
he Indians were seen near the camp, and their .
q pearanee there was taken as eviden e that
he negro’s story was true. Thu surveying j
tarty »truck their tent, and went into Tampa, I
• porting that they had Lem driven ,-ti by the .
mliai.s. Hie Indian* *u*|*cting that they Lad |
teen misunderstood, went into I ort Myers
ml explained the mutter. — (Ea.)
Cmm.
V IMIIMGTON MIW*.
V,' «*i;i>r,rox. Apr'! •> " lie grand jury, tn- '
I. , bioug!.. in pi -s-uti..' t. • uiuiicst Mr Wi...
Uilbilu, I'■ l krk <*t tho IL it-*of Ib pl.’-iUta
.«•; Mr. Nam«n, late fiiqn-iinlcmlciit of.'
übl i' Priming; ai d Mr. Dtnul, pap-r rnti |
a tor ot i'hiiwlelpliia th* two torwer for
laaaaa lu tL* UixUiaivl Itetr putiMi duUea. 1
,4 tp« ittur tar ftrjuff. / (
Burning of the Augusta.
We briefly announced the calamity to this
boat in a part of our edition on Saturday even- ; i
ing. From later neounts we learn that the
boat was laying for the night ut Grey Point
about 30 miles below A'lgustu, and that the
tire was discovered about eleven o’clock, by
Mr. Frazer, who was wakeful on account of |
the drowning of his negro boy, Willis, a few ;
hours before, by the upsetting of a bateau.— i
The fire seemed to have originated in the fire- ;
room, and spread with such rapidity that .Mr. '
11. G. Day, and a negro—Will, belonging to
Dr. Turner, were drowned, and Billy Culli- ’
banks, belonging to .Mr. Jessee Ansley Sr.
was burned to death. .Mr. Frazer escaped i
with difficulty, leaving Lis clothing, watch, !
and slsu in mony behind.
The boat and cargo isn total Joss. The cot- !
I ton'was insured in Northern oftie.es, the flour in
’ I
i this city, ami the boat was uninsured. It cost
. $15,000, and was three years old. One of the ;
negroes who escaped, came to the city on yes- '
! terday, with his hands and head dreadfully I
burned, having clung to the wheel until he
I was literally, burned off. He says he never
i could swim before, mid he hardly knows how
1 he got ashore.— Aug. His.
The President Indignant.—President Bu
| ebanan is said to be quite indignant, and ven
1 properly too, at the reported conduct of Gov.
Douglass in refusing the Americans at Victoria
permission to publicly celebrate Wasliing
i ton's birth day. The matter is to be immedi
ately brought to the attention of the British '
Government. Our English friends hereabouts ■
are at a loss to divine the real cause of this ■
unwarranted attempt on the part of the British I
official to suppress the patriotism of Brother !
Jonathan. It is thought he must have Lud a I
horrid aversion to hearing the performance of I
I Hail Columbia, Yankee Doodle, undbtar Span- '
gled Banner.— Ex.
Supreme Cornr. —Thursday, March 31. I
At the adjournment this evening, there was re- j
maining on the Blue Ridge Circuit, to be heard, i
three cases.
The Tallapoosa is next in order, and lias now :
thirty-one cases. The bar says that the Flint I
Circuit will bo reached Tuesday or Wednes- I
day next.— Atlanta (Geo.) Intelligencer April 2. i
FIKE.
We learn from Mr. C. Brumley, the gentle- !
manly route agent, that as the morning train i
was passing Auburn about nine o’clock yester
! day, the residence o; Mr. Simeon Perry, of that i
! town, was being destroyed by fire. It proved j
■ a total loss.— Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser. |
— —
SICKLE* TRIAL.
Wasiuxi.tox, April 4.
The trial of Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, for the
shooting of 1. Barton Key, Esq., was com- 1
nienced to-day. The prisoner pleaded not '
i guilty of murder. After swearing in live jurors .
1 the panel was exhausted. The Court directed !
that seventy-two talesmen should be summon- '
ed, and adjourned until to-merrow.
Freshet on the Mississippi.
From the latest accounts before us, March ;
28, the Mississippi river is about as high as it ’
was during the freshet last year. The water j
is rushing in rapidly at the crevasse on White's !
plantation, six miles above Vicksburg. The i
water in the Bayou Mason, opposite Vicksburg. |
is rising fust.
The river at this point is half an inch above j
the highest mark ot last year, and is rising at I
the rate of three-fourths of an inch in twenty-'
four hours.
The water is on a stand from Memphis down ■
to Helena, and rising from Helena, down to
Vicksburg.
The Missouri river was rising fast at St.
Louis, on Monday the 28th.
Late intelligence from the far west reports '
the ice broken up in the Missouri ; below Sioux 1
. I ity. Ihe tributaries of the I’pper Missouri i
are also reported extremely high, and a heavy ,
snow had fallen about the time the ice was
broken up. All these things put together, be
token a considerable rise in the Missouri.— Ex.
Humrous.
fy A pedagogue relates a laughable story |
of one of his scholars, a son of the Emerald;
Isle. He told him to speP hostility.
“ H-o-r-s e, horse,” commenced Pat.
” Not horse-tility,” said the teacher, “but
hostility.”
“Sure," said Put, “an’ didn't ye tell me the
other day, not to say boss? Be jabers it’s wan
thing the wan day and another the nixt.”
Mr. , coming home one night
from “meeting,” was met at the door by his
wife.
“ Pretty time of night, Mr. , for you
to come home— pretty time, th-ee o'clock in
the morning; you, a respectable man in the
community, and a father of a family.”
“ ’Taint three—it's only one. 1 heard it
strike. Council always sits till one o’clock.’
“My soul! Mr. , you're drunk. It"
three in the morning.”
> “Isay, Mrs. , it's'one. I heard it
strike one as I came round the corner, tico or
| three times.'’
I
U-y Soon after the Mexican War, an Amer- j
ican captain and an Englishman met in Venice
at dinner.
'You are an American ?' said the English- ■
man.
‘1 reckon I am,’ returned the captain.
‘You have the unme ot being a great w ar
rior p
‘Yes, - said tlie Yankee, ‘shoot pretty well.
‘But how is it you were so anxious to make
peace with Mexico? This does not look much
! like spunk.’
‘You are an Englishman ?’ interrogated the
I Yankee.
‘Yes,’ replied the Englishman.
•Well,’ said the Yankee, ‘I don't know what
‘ our folks agreed to Jo with Mexico; but stran
. ger, I'll just tell you one thing—l’ll be hanged
I if wc offered to make peace with you.’
This home thni't at the Englishman set the
: whole Louse in an uproar.
Latest feom Paraglay.—New York. April
2.—Dates from Bueno- Ayres to the 27th of
January Lave been received.
(’"imnissloner Bowlin’s progre s up the riv
er had been cheeked al Fort Itbnpeonr, where
! he met the coniniissioners appointed by la>pez,
who expressed their anxiety to presene peace,
and were authorized to make a trout-.. All
were to meet nt Corrientes al>out the Ist of
I February to negotiate.
’
I W ASflixoTOs. April I.—The Navy beparttcent La<*
i oaaie'l tjie thinl-ela-s rtiaivra a« fol’i »•: That ui
| PiTlsßimitb. N. IL, the •'.".! .!■! an.” that ut Boatuu, ’
• “ !!!*c•’* at I’r •ok’yn, •• the large ;
; one I’biladt ’hliiu, v..h it nnd the Mt all »»nc
••rawhte;” at rf> ik, •• l»a . lullMt Peueacola, |
i.iindeuui tht- al Mar* CaiU rn.a,
Nfufisaa."
Vai t imib BxrxirTs.—T<> entirely clear out
the fled Ant. Wadi your»Uhe« down clean,
and u liilc damp rub fit e ►nil on them rjuiu*
and . t it iv:r»uih loi a time, un<| thiy
u . 1 di”*tpp< ar.
J.ij v ni M -lb* Rub or Hrew <
N/uiMtd tbv «f < p« <ll UlVtil, Mhd
, at» I the* Uili h 4 rut them,
ui><! Pmrht ihd Buffa. •
lb« duel ull, Uhm eall I
|,4 vatr |»t os a tote- i i
l HOM OTTK DAILY OF TAUBSDAY, APRIL 7
Death of Hox. 11. Holsev.—This gentle
man. formerly well known in Georgia as a:. 1
Editor and politician, lied suddenly (it i, sup- '
P" ? ei !'rmi dtaue ..f the heart) .It hi- '■ -i- ’
deflic in Butler, Taylor county, Geo., on TLurt- 1
day last, in the 61st year of his age. 1
Cuba Telegbai’U.—M c are pleased to learn
from our exchanges that the “Cuba Line” lias
finished laying the cable across the Satilla
river, and tiiat it works well. It is now antici
pated that it will be in working order to Fer-
I nandina next week.
Interesting to all—Especially to
THE LADIES.
Bostick, Keix & Co., are now opening their
' Second stock of Fancy Dry Goods &c tor the
• Spring and Summer trade. This enterprising
; linn stands in the first tank in their line ol
I business, and every season there stock proves i
j more extensive and beautiful. The secret of ■
their la.ge custom and frequent renewal ot
. stock, is, that they go upon the principle ot
“ quick sales and small proiits.” Ot their dress
Goods etc., we will say nothing as the ladies
know they keep none but the best kinds and
latest styles ; but we will remm k that their
Curtains and Cai pets cannot be surpassed in
quality er price. W e understand a citizen of
Nashville, Tenn., bought several Carpets from
them, remui king that it wus cheaper by la
■ per cent., with the freight to Nashville added, ’
than to buy them in the latter place.
Read their advertisement, and a visit to their
; store will convince you that their statements
; about their goods are true.
.
Southern Field and Fireside.
We would specially invite attention to the i
I’rospectus ol this new Literary and Agricui- i
| turai paper to be published in Agusta, Ga., i
i by James Gardner; Dr, D, Lee, Agricultural I
I Editor, and W. V>. Mann, Esq., Literary Edt |
' tor. The energy and experience ot the pro- I
! prietor, added to his financial resources, give
I iilfl ussuratice that with such able editors in
: the respective departments, the held and Eire
side will prove equal to any W eekly in the
I Union., It will be just such a paper as the
j Southern people ought to have; and we trust
i they will withdraw their patronage from such
' trashy publications as the New York Ledger :
i and Sunday Courier, anu build up a substati- ■
j tial home-literature by sustaining such enter- ■'
i prises as this.
From Mexico.
The I. S. sloop-oi-war Saratoga, from Vera
i Cruz, arrived at Pensacola on the 25th uit., I
having left Vera Cruz on the 12th. She lek !
at Vera Cruz the I hi ted States sloop-of-war
Savannah, two Spanish, four French and four l
English mcn-of-war.
The rumors in relation to the internal war ‘
prevailing in Mexico are so conflicting that it !
seems impossible to place any reliance in any
lof them. It is generally conceded that Gen. j
Mlramou has met with several defeats, and that
| his forces arc not within Ftriking distance of
! Vera Ciuz. He is reported to be collecting
’ forces at Orizaba.
The people of Vera Cruz appear confident of
! victory in any contest with Miramon.
! The Saratoga takes in stores at Pensacola, •
; and returns without delay to Vera Cruz, to re
’ lieve the Savannah.
Additional News by the New
YORK.
“There Lad been ft large meeting held at Hyde Park
i n London, to oppose the reform bill.
Lord John Kussell had moved his amendment to
! the reform bill in the House of Commons. The Lu- j
: rupeau Timed thus refers to Lord JuLu's amendment, j
i The terms of it cover a deal of ground, and have been !
I purposely contrived to detach from the government
I that large class of politicians known as waverers. Me
asks the House to declare that it is neither just nor
politic to interfere in the manner proposed with the
1 freehold franchise as hitherto exercised iu the conn- j
• ties of England and Wales, and which strikes at '
the most objectionable feature of the government '
bill: and to conciliate the laboring classes, he urges '
that no real adjustment of the franchise will satisfy ■
the House which docs not provide fur a greater ex- j
tension of the suffrage in cities and boroughs than is
contemplated in the reform bill now before the House 1
j of Commons.
The Neapolitan exiles had arrived at Bristol, and
hud been entliusiastically reotived.”
An Incident.
We have heard the following incident relat- ;
ed of a young and gallant Charlestonian, which
iw e deem too good to keep. Young Charles
’ ton was travelling on an Alabama steam-boat, I
when he learned that M’He Piccolomini was ■
! upon ths same boat. With propriety and deco- !
rum be availed himself of an introduction to i
! her, and became much pleased with the Vien- i
; nese Princess. During the trip the boat stop
| ped to wood up, near a bank where the jessa- j
’ mine hung in rich profusion, which instantly i
attracted M ile Piccolomini's attention. They
were the first she had seen, and she expressed
a strong desire for a wreath of them. Chival
ric and gallant our young townsman proffered
his services. They were accepted, and he left
the boat for the garland. A tew mill logs lie
in the stream, just under the richest and most
beautiful of the flow ers. As our friend had
secured a splendid specimen of the jessamine, ■
of deep golden hue, Le discovered the logs
; beneath gently floating. In Ids haste to es
j cape they began to turn, and he soon found !
himself soused to the neck in the waters of the ;
; crookcdest stream in the South. With a smart
. swim lie gained the shore, aud then the boat
upon which, all dripping, he presented his
' bouquet. With a bewitching smile, Piccolo
mini accepted the bouquet, mid said, “I ver’
mooch sorry ion git vet, but zay ar’ bootifuL”
Our young saved a leaf, which he
treasures as a memento.—Jf rcurg.
Extraordinary Shout.nj.— That wonderful
marksman, Capt John Travis, is now in this
city, and yesterday gave a specimen of his
skill before a large number of gentlemen, at I
the pistol gallery, Corner of Main and 14th •
■ stree* . I. will be recollected, among other j
incidents in the career of the Captain, that he
offered some months since, at Louisville, to '
shoot an apple on his son’s head with a rille.
The mayor prohibited the exhibition as dan- j
gerous to Ins sou's life, whieli the father, it ;
was assumed, had not the right to haz.anl. 1 es
terday he tired successfully, as the following
will show :
He tired at the word with the pistol, ringing |
the bell eleven out of tirel times! He next
fired with the pist 1 upside dow n—.j. e. with
the eoek towards the ground—ami rung ti.e
bell six out of twelr times. The Captain then *
tired between his legs, fii- back to the mark, ■
: and hit it three out of live times. He placed ‘
a the cent piece between his feet ou the fluor, i
they being as near the coin us could bu not to ;
! e ner it aud Lit it with the Lail indie centre. ' '
The achievement which excited die greatest 1
interest was thu following; The Captain's
s m held u uia'eh
i'lrehugcr. aud he hid ut it, sending the I,uh I
througn the ceiitre. Timue present were great
ly asUHiish"'l by tlie-e pro Is of hit skill a» a '
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Items from the N. Y. Times.
From the (. ity of Mexico we have our cor
respondence to March 2. The Admininratioti
was collecting its forced loans with unspariii"
vigor, regurdles# of the nationality of the vic
tims. The intelligence from the interior v. us
all favorable to the Libeial interest.
The most important intelligence from the
South Pacific is the annonnceinei.t of an un
siiccc-sful revolutionary attempt an Valparaiso
Feb. 28, resulting in the defeat of the insur
gents. The American Consulate was riddlefl
with the ba.ls of the combatants. Ths Gov
ernment was generally successful in its opera
tions against the Liberals. There Lad also
been an unsuccessful revolutionary movement
in Bolivia. Peru was quiet.
The Central American advices arc ot unusual
interest. M. Belly had arrived in Nicaragua
' and immediately after, March 11, the Govern’
I incut had sent a body of troops to seize the
! American Transit steamer*. Thu persons i n
' charge were expelled at the point of the bayo
net, the American colors hauled down, and the
two boats delivered up to M. Belly, who was
ut once to be put in possession of ail the im
poitanl points on the route. The American
Consul was said to have been roughly treated
in the coui.se of this business. - The intelli
gence of the ratification of the Ouselev Treaties
is confirmed.
By the way of England, we received onr
■ tiles ol papers from Brazil ami the River Plate,
. to the latest dates. The decree of the Oriental
Republic, expelling the Jesuit.-, was issued Jan.
i 26. The Superior left immediately. The rest
: were to follow at the earliest opportunity. In
j the meantime they had sought refuge at the
Spanish Legation, which, however, was closed
! against them.
Our dates from Belize, Honduras, are to
■ March 2. Trade was dull; provisions in de
' maud. A new law raises the rate ot duties
1 150 per cent.
A Startling hire Affair.-- A singular affair
occurred in Pensacola, Florida, ahouttwo weeks
ago. Miss Susan , daughter of one of
the most distinguished jurists and politicians
of Florida, entertained a most violent passion
for Mr. G., Mayor of Pensacola, who had paid
her some attentions previous to his marriage
j with another lady. She took no great pains to
. conceal from Mr. G. the nature of her feelings,
and had on several occasions conducted herself
in rather an extravagant and startling manner,
but he probably supposed nothing serious would
come of it. One day recently, however, she
I went to his house and called for Mrs. G., and
i when that lady came to the door, drew a pis-
I tol, ready cocked, from the folds of her dress,
1 and tired at her rival. The bullet missed, and
I Mrs. G. bravely rushed upon the desperate
! girl and wrenched the pistol from her, but,
; prepared and determined to shed blood, Susan
drew a knife, and before she could be disarmed
by others who interfered succeeded in inflicting
’ a slight wound upon Mrs. G. The letter states
1 that her father, in order to shield her from a
criminal prosecution was about to send her to
an insane asylum.— Exchange.
FOB THE STATE PRESS.
Truth, Love, Friendship— immortal JtoKcru f
Sweet blooming in this world of ours,
I Os bright, unfailing beauty, they
Shall brighter bloom in endless day.
The links of love which Lind us here,
Shall grow more strong each passing year
Whil.t Timo its endless cycle* run,
And bears us to the central Sen.
Os all thal's lovely, pure, and bright,
Ttie Father, source of life and light,
Who benr# the eurlli on wings of love,
And all the starry hosts above;
Who speaks throughout His mighty plan,
From all below to thinking man ;
From all within, around, above,
In sweetest voice—'• God i> tore.”
When worlds and systems pass away,
Truth still shall beam a star of day ;
I Friendship, Death, nor Time -hall sever—
Eiower divine, ’twill bloom forever.
Q. Z.
News Items.
The Sickles Trial.
Washington, April 5.
The interest in the Sickles case is increasing.
! Only three out of seventy-five talesmen were
i selected to-day. making in all eight jurors, up
jto this time. Seventy talesmen are subpeenaed
for to-morrow. The Court has adjourned un
til to-morrow. Mrs. Sickles has arrived.
NICARAGVA AFFAIRS.
Washington, April 5.
Orders have been sent to-day to Minister
! Lamar to positively insist on an apology and
' a restitution and indemnity for the recent acts
" in Nicaragua in relation to the late seizure and
: confiscation ot the property of American eiti
. zens.
In case of the refusal on the part ot Nicar
agua, our Minister is instructed to demand his
passports and to call the Gulf and Pacific
squadrons to Lis aid.
ARREST ON ASERIOI SCJIARGE.
New York, April 2.
J. Churchill Woods was yesterday arrested
and held to bail on the charge of having per-
I petrated heavy frauds on the Government, in
connection with disbursements in behalf of
the wagon road from El Paso to Fort Yuma,
'in California. Bail was fixed at SIO,OOO.
New Bill for the Cable Project.
Boston, April I.
Tho new bill iacorpcratiog the Massachusetts and •
Xova Eeotia Telegraph Cable Co., with a capital of
S.'DO,UOV, was reported ibis afternoon in the House by
the Committee ou Mcrcan'ito Affairs, aud passed a
second reading.
Horrible Rumor.
The N' w York Day Book says a horrible rumor
prevails in Republican circiea over New Jersey, that
their n.-wly elected Senator, Mr. Ten Eyck, has
been discoe ered to be a slave-holder, as he married ia
’ a "well-stocked plantation down South.”
Defaulting Officer.
, Peter Shannon, a constable of Eibert county, was
! sentenced last week to twoyears'imprisonment in the
( peuitcn'.tary, for refusing to puy over twenty-five
[ dollars collected under an execution, when demand
was made open Lira by the plaintiff.—Nur. AVp.
Fire in Louisville, Geo.
He learn from a private source that thedwsfl
ing of Roger 1.. Gamble, Esq.,of the above place, was
destroy e-d by fire on Friuay nigh: last.— H'uy .
A'cra, .4 jin! 5.
Chftrks Dickeus vtill briogout on the 30th
of April, h nett periodica!, ro be entitled AU Hound
thr Year, H ord* will ecaM to apj»ear <»n
the last Saturday in .May. The mw serial will « [ a
with a u» w tale by Mr. Dickens.
The Sickica Trial.
Tho telegraph hm» already announced tho
c<4’Hn'*n< rijicnt and progrewt < f tht* trial, in
which mo much inWoa® in felt. Tho !»•■ t
p’e ulw, it ?>« aa:-l bl the Waahhi r ’
5^' J, buv e Iwcii Hindu for telegraph. ng this
prue-eodiugs to dili'-reut parte ol thu cAiiitiy '•
and w<‘ preMime that interinting urul imp *’•
ant p inta will Le duly •• >4llll mm-ated Us
public.
The f I low mg gentlemen hate lie. n iMaiixl
■ < couustd for Hie pri«"t»er: Me »r». Ft»m
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