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SUBSCRIPTION: For Weekly palter, Two Dollars per annum in ad ' van-e, or Three Dollar* at the end of the year. ADVERTISING : One Dollarjper »qu re for the Ural insertion, and FOt Cent* lor each subsequent insertion. WEEKLY KVI ES. to co os co • XT B 5 B s E *® No. of g o o = c El = S S g. £ 2 sqTS. i «" <i 5 X. x I 3 2~50 ~4 50 Too 10’00115^00”26T 2' 50 >1 800 11 00 20 00 25 00 30 o*' 3 ’ . J 7 50'11 00 11 50 25 00)35 00 40 0< 4' jlO 00,15 00 19 00|30 00 40 001 50 0O 12 00 17 00 20 00J0 00 50 OV| (JO Oo 6 15 00 20 00'25 00 50 00 60 OO 1 70 00 . 7 17 00 25 00 00 00 60 00'70 00' 80 00 q 20 00 30 00 40 00,70 00'80 Olli 90 00 p ’..,25 00 40 00,50 00 80 00.90 00 100 FROM OUR DAILY OF SATURDAY. JUNE 4 McDonal l’s Tooth Paste. We arc indebted t»> Drs. McDonald and Van (lic-en, dentists, of this city, for a box of the above invaluable dentrifice. Any eommenda t.,ry remarks from us would not add to the al ready well-established reputation of the ar ticle. We have also received from the same firm a treatise on “The Teeth,” containing a vast amount of practical knowledge. by one who has had an experience of many years, and tells the result in a free, familiar, and pleasant manner. * TOl: THE STATE PRESS. Growing Crops. Tn igus County, .Tunci 2d. 1859. Messrs. Editors : —Believing that the read ers of your paper would hear with some de gree of interest about the growing crops in this section. I pen you for publication a lew lines relative thereto. Notwithstanding the unfavorable spring—its unadaptedness. from having been almost uni formly cool and chiHy, with occasional light frosts, to the health and growth of Corn and Cotton, both arc as large as usual at this time, looking well and promising. The latter plant, however, (Cotton) is now covered with lice, and cannot grow much till rid of these little ver min. So much rain having fallen during the past winter, it is generally feared that the Summer will boa dry one, as one extreme in nature is apt to f How another. But it is to bo hoped that a kind Providence will dispense the needful showers, in which e ent and the absence of any disaster, there will Lea plenty made. The yield of wheat has been good—in some places very fine—having been fortunate ly exempt from the rust which has injured this cereal in other sections of our State. Our crop of fruit—such as Peaches, Apples, Pears, etc., will he quite short. Os Plums, we have quite few. and they of an indifferent quality. Ihe people are generally enjoying health, and the breach among the Democracy here is healed, so that they will in the coming canvass staud as they have heretofore stood—in unbro ken phalanx. COR. (Communicated.) U. S. Senatorship. Messrs. Editors -. It is manifestly, the pop ular wish that the next Legislature, in the election of an U. S. Senator, should proceed upon a strict regard to superior talent and known devotion to the rights of Georgia and the South under the Federal compact. If the Legislature should not make choice of a man of this stamp for that high and important post, the people will be disappointed and their wish es certainly disregarded. But we do not doubt that the next General Assembly, t > say nettl ing of its wisdom end patriotism, will feel its responsibility in this matter, a d endeavor to meet the just expectations and reasonable wishes of the people. YVe have been glad to see the name of Ex-Gov. Johnson repeatedly mentioned in connection with tlx>S«i>«ta.!.; l and there can be 110 question that if the choice of the Legislature should alight upon him, it would be hailed with sincere pleasure by the people, who know and appreciate his great ability and his unwavering fidelity, throughout his entire course as a public man, to Southern Institutions. UNUS POPULI. Virginia Election. Richmond, Va., June 3. —Returns from 134 counties have been received, and Mr. Letcher s majority is upwards of forty-two hundred. A fight occurred between two citizens of Montgomery, Ala.. Messrs. E. 11. Grant and F. A. Goodwin, Thursday last, in which the former received a stab through the arm and left lung from a cane sword. It is thought the wound will prove mortal. The parties were formerly co-partners, and the difficulty arose in a settlement of their business affairs. — Goodwin was lodged in jail.— Susannah Re publican. Gen. Titus.—Private dispatches, received vesterday by the friends of this gentleman, state that the "severe beating,” reported by telegraph some days ago, amounted only to a few slight bruises. As regards the merits of the quarrel, it seems that Gm. Titus had de nounced Anderson as a coward, whereupon the latter collected a crowd of bullies and at tacked Titus when alone in the hotel, but were prevented by the police from inflicting any se rious injury upon him. According to the ac counts in the papers, we infer that 1 itus got the best of the fight, after a I.— Savannah It - publican. Preparing to RegeiveGen. Y\ alker. — Fhe Nicaraguan government appears to be anxious ly expecting another invasion from Gen. Y\ aik er, and are making preparations to give him a warm reception. They recently sent to Eng land for five hundred Minnie rifles, which ma be expected out early next month. The PmxTF.!:.—The master of all trades.— lie beats the farmer with his L>t hoe, to carpenter with his rule and the mason i setting tall columns; he surpasses the law yer and doctor in attention to his case, ami beats the parson in bis management of the devil. h. A home without a girl in it is only half blest; it is an orchard without blossom > and a spring without a song. A bonse full <> >ns is like Lebanon with its cedars; bu’ .! J.ters by the fireside are like the roses it Sharon. A ( ireful guardian, out Best, of the lives < ’.her- gives out the following : (’ai ti >n.—Never wet your thumb witl y»«nr lips or tongue when counting bank not’ • If the thumb comes in contact with the toug'i. alter handling n note from the pocket <»t man infected with toe Miiall pox, or sutu< other disease, the infection is sure to take e ’.•< t. At which the St. Johns (Mich.) Deinocn t r ponds: Ye», well we’ll be my carefill indeed.— Ilamlliiig such qnaiititiea of bank noku u* * ■ it’s a great w onder *e haven’t died *it • '' “ .II po*. or -i-ioc oliur disease,” go. fh.uk you. Mr. Man, lor UiMwiug •<' I ' >t valuable bint; you're saved our Sta t c Tj tr , PUBLISHED KERY SATURDAY MORNING. VOLUME 11. :>■ irr -hi -11 r-~ j—- ~ ~ n —■ ~~ iiiimiw R volutionary Anecdote. One of the regiments in the battle of Ben nington was commanded by a Colonel u ho. when at home, was a deacon, lie was a calm, sedate, determined man, and went to the battle because he was impelled by a sense of duty. His whole parish was in his regiment; so was their beloved pastor, without whose presence and blessing they scarcely thought themselves in away to prosper. The Colonel was ordered by General Stuck to reinforce one ot tho wings which was suffering severely.— He inarched at the instant his forces, but as slowly and composedly as if he had been marching to a conference meeting. The offi cer in command of the corps to be relieved, tearing that he should be compelled to give I way, sent to hasten the Colonel. “Tell ’em we’re coming,” said lie, and marched steadily on. A second message came . with the intelligence that the wing was be ginning to fall back. “That will make room for us; tell ’em we’re coming,’’ replied the ! Colonel, with nutnoved countenance and tin- I accelerated pace. A third messenger reached him just as his troops emerged from behind a coppice, in full view of the enemy, whose balls now began to whistle about them.— ' “Halt!" commanded the Colonel; “form col umn and attend prayers.’’ And there, in the ; faee of the enemy, did the regiment pause, 1 while solemn prayer was offered for their sue- , cess in the deadly struggle they were about to begin. A speech was then made, w hich for conciseness, and vigor, may bear comparison with any that Ciesar or Napoleon ever addres sed to their troops. “Soldiers," said he, “our , w ives and children are in the rear, the lies- ; sians are in front; give it to them!’’ They did “give it to them,” and that band of for eign mercenaries melted away before those ; Christian soldiers, as the host of Philistines , , melted away before the enemies of Israel. Vermont Phevnix < A Goon Goose Story.—The North Califor- ‘ nian, publisher! at Humboldt Bay, Cal., rejoi ces in a correspondent who promises to sur pass the great Gulliver, or the greater Mun- ‘ eliansen. YVe give his latest effort as follows : \ Allow me to state a remarkable occurrence I which lately came under my notice. A gen- ' tieman of my acquaintance, during a gunning , j excursion, shot a goose. The bird was only I . wing broken, and the sympathising sportsman | 1 took it home, where, after proper care and at- | 1 tention, it was domesticated, and became—to 1 use the homely but honest language of my in- ( formant—one of the family. After a short 1 time the wing of the goose became healed, and 1 1 my friend took him along on one of his sport- j * ngexpeditions. lie had been quite unsuccess- i ' tul. the birds being scarceoll that occasion, and ' turned sadly homeward, when he missed his | ' companion, the goose. He looked upwards and 1 beheld in the distance a flock approaching. his own goose leading't lie way, and the rest of the thick following; ns they neared the sportsman '' he fired, and gathered eighty in the double Uis charge. The intelligent lilrd, whose instinct and affection for man had thus led his compan- 11 ions into slaughter, complacently wheeled a- < round, flew off, and in a few minutes returned « with another fli ck whose coming was attended ‘ with similar results ; the circumstances were * repeated three or four times, and when my -' friend returned home, his prizes fell a trifle 1 1 short of a large number, which 1 have utifor- : tunately forgotten. j There was one drawback to his general sue- j . cess: it is well known that geese assume the ■ harrow form in flying, with the apex of the tri- . angle presented thus, <: this puzzled my j friend, the sportsman, until he constructed a j gun with the barrels diverging at proper an gles from a settled base in the form of the let- . ter V. by which method he was enabled to rake down the hypothenusc of both angles or sides, I allowing not a single bird to escape. A good story is related by Dickens, : from the life of Jerrold. It is in a letter ad- , dressed to Jerrold from tho continent: “I am somehow reminded of a good story I heard the other night from a man who was | witness of it, and an actor to it. At a certain | German town last autumn there was a tremen dous furore about Jenny Lind, who, after . driving the whole place mad. left it, on her . travels, early one morning, liie moment her carriage was outside the gates, a party of ram- ' pant students, who had escorted it, rushed , back to the inn, demanded to be shown to her | bedroom, swept like a whirlwind upstairs into 1 the room in Heated to them, tore up the sheets I md wore them in strips as decorations. An 1 hour or two afterward a bald old gentleman of j amiable appearance, an Englishman, who was . staying in the hotel, came to breakfast at the | table d’hote, and was observed to be much dis turbed in his mind, and to show great terror ■ whenever a student came near him. At last he said ia a low voice, to some people who were near him at the table, ‘You arc Ln -!i h gentlemen, I observe. -Vbst extraordi- Kirv people these Germans’. Students, as a olv. ravingmad, gentlemen!, ‘Oh. no!’ said . . nnebody else; ’excitable, but very good fel lows, and very sensible.’ ‘Then, sir,’ returned tho old gentleman, still more disturbed : ‘then there’s something political in it, and I am a marked man. I went out for a little walk this morning, after shaving, and while 1 was gone —he fell into a terrible perspiration as he told ‘lh(»v burst my be lroom, tore up ni\ heets. and a: e now patrolling the town in all roctions- with bits of ’em in their buiton les!’ I niiedii't wind up by adding that they ad gone to the wrong chainlier.” VißTUor# Wombs.— According to the asser ,mi of an .Id lady in Olney, 111., if i» not the .ault of the women that they are net all virtu al*. A correspondent writing from there n.ya: “I asked an old lady ol the church, in inference, if she really thought a “dievirtu u»" woman would become virtuous by joining lec'uurch t" She jerked her cap Isirder, ad .u-ted her ••.peen," and aud: " if the •ay iucii would h". her alone I” and 1 believe •is right. \ pr* ai lie r out WvM, »Idle endeavoring to .rniruee lb. <>o»pcl up u bi" hear r», |mii4.«il a corner in sbieb uu ed.tor au>*|uu.lly ta iiu n n.t|>. ami remark*>d: • There are some it! the corner »ho .bed the io»pcl ju.t like • goo»« .bed. the rain.' i A poet describes li*ih three loves : •* Lore, my first, had curls of jet, * Bye* like drw-gems wet. Form commanding—Lonuty’s queen— Fairer form was never seen. Pen like mine can sraroelv tell Half the grrares of my Bell.” But scornfully she refused him ’ Next there came across my way, Ono as pure and bright as day; Hazel eyes of brilliance rare. Brown hair, plain, o’er brow so fair— Many such there never can he, Like iny handsome, winsome Fanny. No. 2 also had the bad taste not to like the poet. Then ai/o7<?eN-haire<l one came— Lit ajrain love’s dying flame; Sweetest eyes, cerulean blue, Had my loving angel Sue, So bewitching I forgot, Former lovers—pray who would not? The rhynister found his account in Jiei- as all people in love with golen haired girls, of ' course, think he ought. — - Large Rattiesnake.—We are informed by- Mr. Porter R. Pearson, of this District, that ho killed in one of his fields on the 25th ult., a rattlesnake measuring four feet ten inches in length, and nine around the body, and hav ing eleven rattles. It is seldom that rattle snakes of this unusual size are seen thus early in the season. Perhaps the extraordinary mildness of the past winter may account for his early appearance on the stage, if this surmise is correct, there is reason to fear we may encounter an unusual number of these reptiles the coming summer, and we propose to prescribe in advance for any of our readers who may get snakebit: Let them get corned as soon afterwards ns they can. It is perhaps the only case in which whisky can be recom mended with a dear conscience. It is un doubtedly an adtidote, and perhaps unon the ' principle that one poison will counteract an other.— Oranyeburg Southron. Yt Candidate's Grindstone.—A neighbor of Col. Baker, the warrior statesman of Wind ham, tells the following story: The Colonel’s old grindstone, which had long 1 done good service on the farm, having become ' pretty well worn down, he bought and brought home a nice one. A poor neighbor, conceiv ing that the venerable Colonel could have no I use for two stones, and could get along very : well with one, asked him to give him the old , one. The proposal, however, was not eagerly j embraced, but was on the contrary, positively i negatived. An effort to buy the -tone, also failed, owing to some disagreement between ! them regarding the price; the man having asked for the stone, and been given a decided ly cold shoulder, wont- away accordingly sor- | rowful. A day or two after the Colonel’s nomination j for Congress, he fell in with his neighbor, and | after shaking hands and inquiring after each ........i.„- .1 • « , • • -1 .....K wv«ol«.. —.j, J-. r-.ondlj manner: “ By-the-by, you was speaking to me the ■ other day about an old grindstone of mine. 1 don’t know as I shall want it for anything, and . if it will do you any good you can take it along with you at any time when you are go ing by. It lies out there by the wood pile.” The Colonel paused to receive the warm thanks which be felt that his noble conduct de served, but was a trifle set back by the follow ing blunt response: “Better keep it yourself, Colonel; you’ve j got more axes to grind than I have. Aew London Chronicle. Tur. Emperor's Address at Genoa. —The Emperor was expected to take Ins departure from Genoa on the 1 4th for the army, to whom he had issued the following order of the day : ; “Soldiers: I come to place myself at your j head to conduct you to the combat. M e are about to second the struggles of a people now ■ vindicating their independence, and to rescue them from foreign oppression. This is a sa- 1 cred cause, which has the sympathies of the . civilized world. “ I need not stimulate your ardor—every ■ step will, remind you of a victory. In the Yia Sacra of ancient Rqjne inscriptions were en graved upon the marble, reminding the people lof their exalted deeds. It is the same to-day. In passing Mondoovc, Marengo, Lodi, you I will, in the midst of those glorious reeo lee -1 tions, be marching in another Via Sacra. — ' Preserve that strict discipline which is the honor of the army. Here, forget it not, tiicre ! are no other enemies than those who fight ; against you in battle. Remain compact and ! abandon not your ranks to hasten forward.— ' Beware of too great enthusiasm, which is the only thing I fear. The new arms de prerition are dangerous only at a distance, lhey will not prevent the bayonet from being what it has hitherto been—the terrible weapon of the French infantry. “Soldiers! let us all do our duty, nnd put our confidence in God. Our country expects ' much from you. From one end of France to tlie other, the following words of happy au gury re-echo: “The new army of Italy will be worthy of her elder sister.” “Given at Genoa, May 12, 185). “ NAPOLEON.” Th* Crops ix Misstssvrt.—TheOxford Mer- ' cur- of 26th ult., says : In the whole history of planting in this coun try, the crops never looked Letter at this time of year than they do now. The cott n, the corn, the wheat, the rye, the oats, evc ev cry thing looks vigorous, beautiful, and prom ises an abundant yield. Such charming ac •oimts as this arc published with reference to the crops all over the United States. The Brandon Herald, of the 27th ult., has the following: Although the crops in this country were in-1 jured to some extent by the cold weather which we experienced in early spring, and sub- i sequently have suffered fiom the ravage, of in- ' sects, yet, from all we can b urn from the plan- ' ters in the country, the crops are a. (fruiuising I us usual at this season of the year. A strange genin*, In descid'iug a lake in Minnesota, »uy. it ie so clear that by looking i j mtu it you cm mo them waking tea in China. > OFFICE IN RALSTON’S BUILDING, THIRD STREET. MtVCOTSF, GEORGIA, JITNTE 11, 1809. Dangers of Spring. About one-fifth more persons die in Muy than in November. After being pent up in the winter, it might be supposed that the abil ity to go out nnd exercise in the lustrous air of spring time. wonLHie productive of increased vigor nnd hca’tli i f body, but this is simply not the case, ns evidenccil !•• the ably prepnr el and valuable reports <>f City Inspector.Mor ton. This difference of mortality between the last month of spring and the hist month of fall, nrises from causes which are under the control of the people or lievond i‘: two of ench will be mentioned. The natural causes are. Ist—The increased dampness of the at mosphere proven by the fact that doors which shut easy in winter, do not do so in summer. 2d—Nature takes away the appetite for tn- ids. for heat-giving food, in order to prepare the body for the increased temperature of summer. But two errors in practice at this time inter fere witli wise nature’s arrangements, and in duce many and painful and dangerous diseases. First, the amount of clothing is diminished too soon. Second, the conveniences of fire in our . dwellings are removed too early. All persons, t especially children, old people, and those in delicate health, should not remove the tliiek , est woolen flannel of midwinter, until some . ' time in May, and then it should be merely a . I change to a little thinner material. Furnaces should not be removed, nor fire places and grates cleaned for the summer, un til Ist of June; for a brisk fire in the grate is j sometimes very comfortable in the lask week in May ; that may be a rare occurrence, bn’ ns it better to be prepared for it than to sit shiv ering for half a day, with the risk to ourselves and children, of some violent attack of spring disease. By inattention to these things, caus es are in operation to ehill the body and in luce cold and fevers. First, tho Dampness of the atmosphere in May. Second the striking falling off in appetite for meats and other “ heating food.” Third, the premature diminution of cloth ing. Fourth, the.premature removal of the con- I veniences of fire. And when the very changing condition of : the weather of May is taken into account, it is , no wonder that, under the influence ot so ma- j I ny causes of diminution ot temperature of the i body, many full victims to disease. In November, the healthiest month in the j year, wt have put on onr warmest clothing; 1 we have kindled our daily fires, we have found a keen relish for substantial food, while the dampness of the atmosphere has been remov t id by the condensation of increasing cold.— she wive will remember these things for a I lifetime, and tench them to their children.— I Hatt's Journal of Health Sardinia.—Because Austria happens to be ; ' ecefl-ngly'-iniiV—:i mere iiiroiitifiil. toboswii!- I lowed at the first gulp by her mighty oppo- ' | nent, as a hungry vvhale would a sardine; but | -uch is not th case. The Island Kingdom of I ' the Mediterranean is, by no means insignifi cant. Sardinia “is no Sardine.” The wh le area of the Kingdom is 2/, 229 square miles, . or, larger than the sovereign State of South Carolina, which, at one time, felt large enough [ to whip all America, and with a population ten times as great as that which was to do said whipping—being over five millions. The area of Sardinian Territory, to give a comparative idea, is nearly equal to that of the four New England States, to-wit: Connecticut, Massa- ■ chusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island—this last commonwealth being thrown into the estimate byway of lagniappe. The treaty relations existing between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the United States guarrantee reciprocity and perfect equality to the flag of either nation, in direct and indirect trade. V essels, in their respective ports, enjoy the eiiine piiveleges and pay no higher charges than national vessels. There is no difference ' in rates of duty on importations made in favor 'of tin vessels of either nation. In short, ev . ery law, statute and regulation of trade in ■ Sardinia and the United States is applicable to the vessels of either nation—a treaty of entire reciprocity existing.—*V. O. Crescent. Mount Y’ernon. —The Knights Templar oi St. John's and De Molay Encampments, on ’.heir recent trip from this city to Washington ■ I last Friday, were met opposite Mount Vernon. ■ j on the Potomac, by a steamer chartered foi ■ tha purpose, and taken ashore. The two En -1 campments then marched to the grave o - : Washington, where a solemn dirge was played ‘ | by Greene's American Band of Providence i and Gilmore’s Baud ot Boston, all the Sir 1 Knights uncovering their heads during the im sl pressive ceremony. After this the Encamp r i meats were disbanded, and the various mem hers examined the house and grounds, now su t eredly held by the .adies of the Union. A s ceiemony by the ladies of Providence nnd o i Boston, who accompanied the Sir Knighti. no' i. less impressive than that performed by thi ll sterner sex, took place at the tomb. When the cars were about to leave the city last Friday morning. Sir Knight Andrew Johnston pre- ■ sented the ladies with a large basket of choice flowers, for distribution among their triends at I home. Fearing these floral mementos would ' wither before the party could reaidi I’rovi ' dence and Boston, it was agreed that the should be strewn over the tomb of Washing ton. Mrs. E T. Schwartz and Mrs. E. J. Tit conib. of Providence, were, therefore, n|i pointed to perform this beautiful and impres sive ceremony, which they did by weavingthe flowers into garlands and depositing them oi the grave of him whose memory will live green in generations to come, long after the i granite monuments and bronze statues that i now rear their heads on high, shall have crum bled into ashes. Such an offering must linvi , been must heart-touching, and the ladies t< , whom the flowers were sent, will rejoice ti . know that they were strewn over the grave . j Washington.— Ui huion't Tom Browne says, “a woman may learn one , useful doctrine from the gumeof backgammon. , w hich is not to take up her man until she I. .' sure of hitn.’’ The Celtic Race —The Celtic race is, lik the Saxon, broken tq. into fragments. Th< ureat and leading family of the race is in con -olidnted. united, all-powerful Fiance. Tin Gaelic Celt is, it we may so say, the lendin: 1 elan. Next in point of numbers, is the Hi bernian Celt; then the Cymbric or Welsh :am bi-tly the Cidedoninn. In the new world then -ue the Cann iuns, the habitant — Celtic to th. core as w hen they first left France. In th. f Free States of Northern America, the Hiber nian and Scoto-Celt abound. Change of gov eminent —change of climate—has not altered them. Children of the Mist, even intlieclear ’ and broaJ sunshine of day, they dream of the past—nature’s antiquaries. As looking on the ' darkening future (which they cannot, try not, to scan), by the banks of the noble Shannon, r li-tening to the u ild roar of the oeeati surl as it breaks on the Glzna Briggs, washing the Morockinore, or listlessly wandering by the ■ lark and stormy coast of Dornoch, gnant fa mine behind them—no hopes ot tmniorrow— east loose from the miserable patch he held from his ancestry, the dreamy Celt, the seer ot second sight, still clinging to the past, exclaims nt bis parting moment from the horrid land ot his birth, "We'll maybe return to Lochabler no more.” Btsnor Pearce.—The Austin Intelligencer of the 18th inst., says: B.shop Pearce arrived in the city, weary and travel-worn, nnd preached to a large con gregation, in the Methodist Episcopal Church, on Wednesday night. On-he next morning, accompanied by his wife and daughter and several Methodist ministers, he started for San Antonio, to take the overland mail route for the distant shores of the Pacific. The Commercial Effects of the War. The London Times in its city article has the fidlowing remarks upon the possible effects of the war upon the commerce of England in the event of that power being involved in hostili ties : “ The most important question in connection with the possibility of England finding her -clf involved in war is. what effect will it have upon our commerce ? In the old war with ‘ France the suspension of our maritime suprem , acy would at any period have sealed our ruin, and the grand effort of Napoleon was tonehievc , »T • • 1 * a European combination, such as should ex clude us from every port. So long as the pro fits of our enormous trade remain undisturbed we arc sure to tire out our opponents in every struggle. Can we count with certainty upon being able now as heretofore to secure that re- i ult'.' Many, looking at the fact that the French fleet is alleged in number and power of guns to be superior to our own, and con templating tho possibility of its being aided by that of Russia, are dispossd to entertain , misgivings. “ llut these persdifs ' omit to recognize the all orations , effected by the lapse of a genera i«T>. , —• of oin:> it- ary or even of prolonged disaster, could our general eommerce now be interfered with. I We might for a time lose our carrying trade. I but that is the utmost injury that could be in flicted upon us. The doctrine accepted during the Russian war, and subsequently confirmed by the Paris Congress, that free ships make free cargoes, has settled this point definitely. Our interchanges of goods, therefore, would go on with nearly as much steadiness as ever, although the whole of Europe might be array ed against us. The business would be con ducted by the United States. Their ships would tiring us cotton, coni, and all other sta ples according te our requirements, and would in turn distribute our manufactures over the world. Thus we should goon buying, selling, and making money in our old fashion, while our opponents were suffering exhaustion under the effects of com mercial prohibitions, and the depressing influ ence of conscriptions. “ It will be urged, perhaps, that in the event of all our ports being blockaded, even the American marine could then be of no service to us, but that is a contingency which few En glishmen will think it necessary to discuss.— It would, moreover, be as fatal to America as to England, and would therefore soon make hat Power a party to the quarrel. But it may vet bo said that, although the inviolability of neutral ve seis was so recently affirmed by France, Russia, Sardinia, Austria, and Tur kov, as well as by this country, the three for mer Powers may, if it should suit their pur poses, disclaim it with as little scruple as they have lately shown in stultifying tlieir discus -i'ins at the same Congress regarding the Da -lub-an Principalities. There is no room for any such apprehensions. Those who a 1 tempt u> set aside the new principle must do so nt ’he peril of immediate war with the United States. It is n matter on which the Washing n Government will entertain no question. mJ tho first interference with an American essel would be followed by an instant demand .or satisfaction. Happily, therefore, the beur i ngs of the ease are now entirely independent ■ .f the wishes or decisions of the Continental Powers. Whatever dreams may be nourished f fulfilling to the letter the traditions of the first Empire, that of forming a coalition to shut -ut and destroy the commerce of Great Brit ain. must be c-tnsidered by the progress id civilizati >n to have Icc i shorn of nearly all is terrors.” Male anpJiemalr Buns.—There seems tc e universal la" that more males than fe miles are born. This is sustained by the re ■mils ot every nation where records have beet Kept. The excess of male varies » ith differen eople, but so far as known the excess is great st in the United States. It varies wideb mmHg the different States, the excess in Soutl 'uioliha and Kentucky being more than threi times as great as Massachusetts. 1 heeflect <> lituate and other apprecialdu causes in pro during this disproportion in the sexes, is no settled. The excess is greatest in the extrim climates—Russia and South Carolina. Tub Ho.; Mauket Pmorfritivu.v.—Partie in the Cincinnati (Ohio) market are said t h ire offered to make eoutracta to sell lmg«, t lie delivered next Xovemls-r, at #ti,7s to $7 ne The Price Current says that there are buys; at W to t«, 25. DIB (Ui 1A.14 CI ICUZA JUNE 6. We acknowledge the receipt from tho Messrs. Virgin of a copy of sheet music en titled “A Funeral March in memory of Col. Joseph Bond,” composed and respectfully dedi i -ated to the family of the deceased, by Her man L. Schreiner of this city. Virginia Congressional Delega tion. The following are the names of the Repre sentatives in Congress just elected hy the peo ple of Virginia. It will lie seen that the list ineludes only one Opposition member: Ist District, John S. Millson, Dem., 2d. M. R. 11. Garnett, Dem., 3d. D. C. Dejarnette, In dependent Dem., 4th, William O. Goode. Dem., sth, I bos. S. Bicock, Dem., 6th, Shelton F. Leake, J. D. 7th, Wm. Smith, Dem., Bth, Alex. K. Botelar, Whig: 9th, John T Harris, Ind. D. 10th, Sherrard Clemens, Dem.. 11th, Albert G. Jenkins, Dem., 12th, 11. A. Edmundson. D. 13th, Elbert S. Martin, I. D. Letcher, the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor, is elected by probably 6,000 maj. '' The following is the circular issued by the i Secretary of the Trea.-ury. to wh’ch reference r was made in the telegraph from Washington a few days since: r Treasury Department, May 19, 1859. The immunity of our merchant vessels at sea from seizure, search, detention, or visit, in . times of peace, by vessels of war of any fl.r- I eign nation, being n w admitted by all the i maritime powers of the wo: Id. it is vervdesir ■ able that th? flag of the United Stata«. the nroper indication of the nationality of our ves sels, should always be promptly displayed in the presence of ships of war. I am directed by the President to instruct | i collectors of the customs to request the cap- ; tains in the merchant service at their respect- ; - ive ports always to display their colors as . promptly as p ssible, whenever they meet upon the ocean an armed cruiser of any nation. Howell Cobb, Sec’y of the Treasury. Naturalization. The following.letter. says the Memphis bul letin. has been handed us by Hume F. 11.11, Esq., who has heretofore obtained passports for 1 many of our naturalized citizens, who wished to visit Europe. It will be seen that they will not be entirely safe in relying upon their nat uralization papers for exemption from military service during the existing war: Department of State. 1 Washington, May 17, 1859. j To Mr. Pelix LeClerc. Memphis, Tenn. : Sir:—Your letter of the 13th instant lias been received. In reply 1 have to state that it is understood that the French Government 1 claims military service from all natives of Franco who may be found within its jurisdic tion. Y our naturalization in this country will -vv” L ..1-1 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, Lewis Cass. Weather —Crops—Health.—The weather during the past week has been rather warm.— Thermometer ranging about 86 degrees at noon. A fine shower yesterday will add great ly to the prospects of the crops, and we trust will render the atmosphere more cool. Far mers inform us that 'ho prospects of Cotton are brightening—that Corn is looking well— that Tobacco now promises well, though the crop will fall very far short of last year’s— ■ Oats generally a failure. Health at present very good.— Bainbridge Georgian. 3d ind. Death of Seth C. Stevens.—We are pain ed to have to announce the death of Seth C. Stevens, of Baker county, which occurred in this place on Tuesday night last, lie was a native of New Hampshire, bur had been a cit izen of Georgia for the last 25 years. lie lias resided nearly all this time in Baker county. — For fifteen years he was the Clerk of the Su ' perior and Inferior Courts and of the Court of ' | Ordinary of that county. — Albany Patriot, ‘ld instant. 1 ■ Seriovs Affray.—An at! ray of a very seri- I ‘ i ous (ami perhaps fatal) nature took plaee on | Tuesday evening in the store of Messrs. Lee <t t 1 Carter, on Commerce st. The particulars as 1 ' ■ near as we can learn are: That Mr. E. 11. : Grant, formerly of the firm of Grant & Bob- • ' | bitt, had an altercation with Mr. F. A. Good- > ’ win. known us the manufacturer of Spratl'g < ■' Bitter*. Mr. Grant had formerly been in co ' partnership with Mr. Goodwin in the manu- i ’ , facture of Bitters. &c.. but the co-partnership 1 r having been dissolved sometime sineethe par- < t : ties were about effecting a settlement of their ♦ co-paryiership matters when the fra as oceu - 1 1 red. A misunderstanding having arisen be tween them, high words ensued, and following these was a blow from Grant, administered ” with such effect on Goodwin as to cause his 1 nose to bleed profusely. Another blow of a ’■ i similar character from Grant caused Goodwin t to draw the blade of a sword cane which he I : bad in his hand at the time. Grant, then, as d ! the report runs, seized an oaken chair, and e | raised it in a defensive attitude, when Good it win made a lunge at him with the sword t- blade, piercing his left arm and driving the >1 blade through the breast into the apex of the II , left lung, inflicting a frightful and serious ! wound. Mr. Grant bled profusely, and fears i were entertained that he would bleed to death ° before a p lysician could be had. Medical at tendance was soon procured, however, the flow L ’ of blood stopped, and Mr. Grant was rem >ved to his residence. Mr. Goodwin was immediate at ly arrested and conveyed to jail, where he will ,t_ remain to await the result of Mr. Grant’s '• wounds. Yesterday, up to the hist account we 111 1 heard (in the evening). Mr. Grant was easier ee and hopes were entertained of his ultimate re ° 1 cove y. The physicians Ray, however, that " the chances are against him one hundred to Ot > one.— M■nlawry Adeertiner, 2d. ne i The Georgia Eetscoi-Ai. Convention is now es in sessional Augusta, tin. Rev. W. N. Hawks m ! from this city is one of the clergymen in at to ; tendance. Ou the 2d instant it was determin et. ' ed to hold the next Annual < onveulion of the sr* Diocese at Christ Church. Savannah, on the I Thuvnlay after the first Monday tu .Muy, IS6O TERMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE. NUMBEIi 38 l <H R DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL of THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. Cotton Dull, but Quotations Unchanged. The Austrians Defeated in the FIRST BATTLE. St. Johns, N. F., June 4.—The steamship ! < ity of Washington, with Liverpool dates to May 25th, was boatded off Cape Race this forenoon by the news yacht belonging to the Associated Press. Commercial News. Liverpool, May 25.—The sales of cotton for the three past business days were 18,000 bales; the market clo-ed dull and easier, but quota tions were unchanged. Holders were offering their stocks freely, but not pressing sales. Breadstuff's dull, and provisions steady. London Money Market.—Consols closed at 91 3-4 a 92. General News. A battle had taken place at Montebello be- tween the Austrian nnd French-Sardinian I forces. The Austrians had fifteen thousand men in the battle, and retreated with a loss of two thousand. The French-Sardinian forces lost about sev en hundred. Many of the Austrian prisoners had reached ’Mar-eilL-. [A battle was fought at Montebello between l the Austrians and French in 1812. and the French were v.ctorious. A like success has attended the French in their recent battle with | the Austrians.] SECOND DISPATCH. Latest—Liverpool, Wednesday afternoon.— The cotton market opened dull, but closed steady. Sales this forenoon 5,000 bales, of which speculators took 1,200 bales. Clark & . Sons’ circular quotes Middling Orleans at 0 . 5-Bd. ; Middling Uplands 6 3-16 d. State of Trade.—Manchester advices were ■ unfavorable, and yarns were dull. Liverpool Breadstuff's Markets.—Richard son, Spence & Co.’s circular says that the t eat her has been favorable for crops. Flour lull; there was but little enquiry, and prices , »ere weak; quoted at 12s. a 14s. Wheat . toady ; there was only an average business doing, without quotable change; Southern IDs 9d. a 13s. Corn dull, slow of sale, and prices unaltered; mixed 6s. Bd. a 9s. lOd.; yellow 6s. lOd. a 7s. 2d.; white Bs. a Bs. General Market. Beef steady. Pork firm. Bacon quiet.— Lard dull, but firm. Sugar dull. Coffee qui rt. Rice quiet. Turpentine steady. Rosin dull, at 4s. Id. a 4s. 3d. London Money Market.—Consols for money and accounts are quoted at 93 13-14 a 92. General News. ll i ’ ' ■ and Austrians, on the 21st of May. The Austrians under command of General Sta tion (?), attacked the allied posts command e l bv Marshal Baraguay DTlilliers but were Iriven back by Gen. Ferris’ division, after a furious coinbat, which lasted four hours. The allies carried Montibello, but did not pursue the Austrians. Two hundred of the ■ '.alter were made prisoners, including a Colo -1 nel. The allies lost several officers in the conflict. The Austrian accounts of the battle differ widely from those of the French. The active French force in the engagment is not stated, but it is reported at sixty seven thousand, besides a regiment of Sardinian cav alry. The Sardian bulletin announces that the ex treme left of the Sardinian army, under Gen. Baldwin, had forced a passage over the Sesia, putting the Austrians to flight. Garibaldi had entered Gaven with six thou and men for revolutionary purposes. It was rumored that six English tnen-of ar had entered the Adriatic. Latest. —Revolutionary movements were ! reported in Lombardy. The King of Naples is dead, and Francis 11. has assumed the government. The English admiralty had formally invited tenders for carrying monthly mails to Austra lia via Panama. A general meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Company has been called to sanction the agree ment with the government, and issue six hun dred thousand pounds sterling new capital. France. — The Moniteur announces thatFrancc adheres to the abolition of privateering, and the principle that a ueutrul flag covers an en emy's g ods. Tao Bourse was firm. Three per cents were quoted at 00 a 65. Nfw York, June 4.—The steamship Cahaw ba has arrived from Havana, binging dates to the 30th ultimo. Freights were active. The health of the Island was reported to be good. Robertson, formerly United States Consul at Havana, died recently. Three French war vessels were laying out side o Havana awaiting dispatches by the Ca hawba. Immediately on receiving them the vessel set sail. University of Alabama. —The papers say that the exercises at the commencement of the University this year will be more than ordina rily interesting. Tne commencement sermon will lie preach- I ed by the Rev. G. W. Petrie of Montgomery : the address before the Society of Alumni, by James W. Webb, Esq., of Greensboro; tlia | anniversary before the literary societies of the University, by Hon. John A. Campbell of the Supreme Court ot the United State; and the poem before the Phi-Beta-Kappa Society, by Rev. W. W. laird, of Mississippi. We clip the following item of news from the Montgomery Mail of Saturday last: Death or “Tom. Brothers.”—Mr. Werner Brothers, usually called by his Mends “Tom. Brothers.” died in this eity lust night. Mr IH. had I a citizen of Montgomery for many years, and was esteemed »« an honest man.— ills age, we suppose, was about 37 years. j sußfeciirrtioW? For Daily paper, Six Dollars a year, invariably in advance. )VERTI g ING 7 One Dollar per square for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. DAW¥~BATBH. ~ No. Os B | | | | g O g. g. E. S o sqrs. p g* T j, s - ’ ’ tn 1.. 5007009 00 13 0017 00 2.. 7.'tl 00 12 00n 4001800 25 00 30 00 3.. 12 00 15 00 18 0025 0033 00 40 00 4.. 15 00 19 00 22 00 30 00140 00 50 06 5.. .. 18 00,25 00 30 00 40 00i50 00 60 00 6.. . . 20 00 28 00 85 00,50 00j60 00 70 00 7.. 25 00 33 00 41 00 60 00;70 001 80 00 8.. 30 00138 00 46 00 70 00'80 00! 90 00 10.... 40 00 50 00 60 00(80 00|90 00,100 00 THE PIRATE. Twenty-seven years ngo, the ship I com manded was on a mission of Mercy. Ladened by generous contributions of a New England city, she was bound to the Cape De N erde Is lands with bread for the famine stricken and j Jying- It was the fourteenth day out —in the gray of the morning—that the mate aroused me with the startling intelligence that a suspicious vessel was in sight. "With the first ray of ligh the vigilant officer had described her, and she was so near as to be made out with a glass. I was on deck in an instaut. The first glance at the stranger almost dis pelled the fear that the mate’s alarm nod oc casioned. “ Why, Mr. Larkin,” I said laughingly as I spoke, “there's nothing suspicious in that craft. She is a Portugese brigantine. She can’t sail. “She looks like that build,” the mate an swered, “but look now at the men on her deck.” One glance of the telescope was enough to satisfy me that the mate was right. “It’s no honest craft, Mr. Larkin,” I said, “but she may not lie a pirate for all that. One need not be surprised to fall in with a slaver hereabouts.” “She is no slaver, Captain.” “Why do you think so?” “ Because there arc guns on her deek, in stead of water casks.” As if to put an end to our speculations, the suspicious vessel began to spread more can vass, and she gathered away with the freshen ing breeze, they ran up to her foremost a flag, which, when it reached the truck, unshook its fold in the wind. Gn a white flag we saw the terrible insignia of the freebooter, the death’s head and crossbones, painted in diabolical black. We made all the sail we could, but escape was impossible. A gun from the pirate, and a ball whistling over us, speedily brought us to. The pirate came quietly along, like a panther, which, sure of its prey, was in uo great hurry to seize it. The moment she came in speaking distance, he hailed and ordered me to launch a Ixtat and come aboard. We got the quarter boat, and 1 was about to jump into her, to pay my respects in person to the villains, when Mr. Larkin asked leave to go. “If they want the Captain,” said he, let them send for him. I'll sec if the mate won’t do as well.” He descended to the boat which began to pull back. Almost at the same instaut a launch was swung over the rail into which twenty savage looking rascals armed to the teeth, sprung up and pulled towards us. Ten minutes afterwards they were on board of my vessel, and began clearing away the main hatch. The leader a swarthy fellow, whose square, compact frame, and whose’eyes, black and ha liatch, where I stood,'and addressed me hi ve* ry fair Euhlish. “ Are you the Captain of this vessel “ Yes.” I replied. “ What your cargo ?” “ Flour.” “ Where from ?” “ Boston.” “ Where to?” “ Cape de Verde,” “ Why, they're all starving there,” he said opening his eyes and looking full at me. “Yes, and the flour in my vessel was freely given by good Christians to feed those starv ing people.” The rascal continued his deliberate gaze a moment, turning towards his men, who by this time had broken into the main hatch, and in a rough commanding tone, spoke a few words in Spanish, which I could not make out. The men looked up in astonishment, and with drew to the side where they stood gazing cau tiously towards their Captain for sueh was my interrogator. He walked to and fro quickly’ for five minutes ; then he said, sharply turn ing to me— “ You Americans are all heretics —w hy should you send flour to feed Catholics ?” “Because they are our fellowmen, and their Saviour is our Saviour,” I answered astonish - I ed at the conduct of the man. “Ifyoulieto me,” ho cried with a fierce ness that startled me—“ if you lie to me, I'll nail you to your deck. Is this cargo the free gift of your countrymen to the starving “ I'll prove it to you by my papers,” I an. swered. “ 1 don't want to see your papers—swear it by the Saviour, whose name you have just pronounced.” As ho spoke lie crossed him self devoutly. “ I swear it by the Holy Trinity,” I replied solemnly. The pirate lifted his cap and bent his head devoutly, when I mentioned the Trinity. Ho stood still with his head bent over while ono might have moderately counted fifty. When he raised his head up, it seemed to me there ( was less ferocity in his countenance. His eyes | were no longer half closed, but open, and clearer in their depths. 1 looked steadily at him. “Captain, " he said, courteously, “can you supply me with two or three casks of water.'' I gave the order, and the water was low ered into the boat. A word from him sent his cut throats over the side; but he lingered be hind, and after a moment’s hesitation, approach i ed me with his hand extended. ; “ God bless you," he exclaimed, ns fie felt, my grasp, “and send you where the starving are praying for bread.’’ The next moment he was gone.—A'. 1". Chronicle. B a pretty woman pleases the eye: a good woman pleases the heart. The one is a jewel, the other a treasure. Atlantic Cable. "I'm tired of the cussed thing. And hope old Neptune's daughters Will take it for a corset string. Or u»e it up for garters.” We have no doubt that the above line* caused the mysterious Do Sauty to seek retire ment. and is rhaps the renowned Cyrus to de ; xtroy himself. quin-