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it be Sanlilß State Jlrrss, ,
for governor,
JOSEPH E- BROW*; >
OF CHEROKEE-
FROM Qg3 PkTLY O’ TUESDAY. HTLY 5
Tho f ourth of July.
11,19 ftr nversarvof our national'indepen
tk'nc“ was celebrated yesterday with more
enthusiasm than usual. In addition to the
, rade of our old companies, the Macon \ ol-
Liteers Flovd Rides, Bibb County Cavalry,
•ui<l Young America Fire Company No. 3, the
Metropolitan Guards made their first appear
an in uniform, and acquitted themselves
I- n i-iy. t
The Declaration was read m a smooth,
f sv, and emphatic s.ylc, by Mr. Townsend;
and the Address, by Mr. Tracy, of the Metro
politan Guards, was eloquent, chaste, and
pointed. As we expect to publish it in full
i > a day or two, we will comment upon it no
further.
A beautiful flag was presented to the Macon
V olunteers, at the residence of Dr. Collins, by
W. K. de Graffenreid, Esq., and was accepted
by Oliver Poe, Esq., on behalf of the cotupa
i v. in a neat and polished speech.
We attended the collation of that whole*
. onled and patriotic company the Floyd Rifles,
at “Spring Garden” and enjoyed a “flow ot
reason and a feast of soul” more than w e have
on any other similar occasion. The orator
and the songster were always on hand and
the jesters were not lacking. As we have
heard many say, this anniversary was the
greatest “outbreak of patriotism” that has ev
er occurred in our city.
Dental Profession in Georgia.
We get the following facts with reference to
a recent meeting of the Dentists of this city,
from the minutes of the Secretary.
Notice having been generally given to the
profession throughout the State, a preliminary
meeting was held on Friday the Ist inst. A
v ery respectable number being in attendance,
representing nearly all the important towns in
the State. The meeting was called to order by
the election of Dr. Parsons, of Savannah,
President, and Dr. Lee, of Columbus, Secre
tary.
After a full discussion of the objects and
benefits of dental societies, (prominent of
which was the importance to the public, of a
high standard of professional excellence,) a
permanent organization was resolved upon,
which was effected under the title of “The
Georgia Dental Society.”
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Dr. I). S. Chase, Augusta, President; Dr.
F. Y. Clark. Savannah, Ist Vice President:
Dr. G. W. Emerson, Macon, Ga„ 2d Vice
President; IV. F. Lee, Colnmbns, Recording
Secretary; E. Parsons, Savannah, Corres
ponding Secretary; J. Fogle, Columbus,
Treasurer.
[communicated.]
I. O. O. F.
A public installation of the officers elected
for the ensuing term of the United Brothers’
Lodge No. 5, I. O. O. F., will take place at
their IVdl, to night, sth inst,, at 8 o’clock.
The public, and the ladies
cordially invited to attend, and witness the
imposing ceremony.
July sth, 1859.
[communicated.]
Georgia Methodist Depository,
MACON, GEORGIA.
1 he Executive Committee, appointed by the
und Tract Committee of the Georgia
Annual Conference, met in Macon. Georgia.
' 1 fbe Ist July, 1859, and examined the ex-
Libit to date, of John W. Borka, nerpnt for tho I
Depository, and found the same correct. The
business of the Depository has been conducted
with prudence and energy, and with a success
which surpasses our most sanguine anticipa
tions. The Committee find in the Depository
a large and well selected assortment of books
and stationery, a complete catalogue of which
has just been issued by the agent, and will be
furnished to any person desiring it. The
Committee feel warranted in saying, that all
orders for books will be as promptly filled
here as at any of the Depositories of the
M. E. Church, South.
We earnestly recommend to our brethren
throughout the State, and especially to the
citizens of Macon, to get their books and
stationery at the Depository.
J. Blakely Smith, a
Robert A. Smith, - Com.
T. M. Furlow. )
[Reported lor the State Press.]
Supreme Court Decisions.
Macon, Tuesday, July sth, 1859.
The Court met this morning. All the members of
i he Court present.
On Saturday six cases of the Putaula circuit were
argued.
The two cases remaining on the Chattahoochee
•cket that have been passed over are in order and
wiil be taken up to-day and will probably occupy one
or two days in their discussion.
The Court this morning disposed us the following I
ca We simply announce the result without giv
i _ a synopsis of the principles enunciated :
No. 12.
ham’l A. Billing, Pl’ff in Error,) In error
v 9« > from
A. 8. Rutherford. | Muscogee.
Judgment affirmed.
. ihnson X Sloan for pl’ff in error. Dougherty for
defendant.
F>. 13.
Ann C. Cook, )
f From Muscogee.
Seaborn Jones. )
Ju lament affirmed.
Jinson A Sloan for pl’ff in error. Jones Jt Jones j
for def.
No. 14.
Lewis J. Davis, for use. Ac., )
'B. • From Muscogee.
t A hn’r of A. H. Fie welly n, J
Judgment reversed.
n. s A Jones for pl’ff iu error. Johnson A Sloan
f”i def. j !
No. 19.
J ' K. Giddens, for use, Ac., )
▼s I In error from 1
' '*ofß. T. Emanuel and Talbot. I
A hn’rs of Chas. Eians. J
Judgment reversed. i 1
< ..i.t • ... _ .
s,uli ' ' 4 Hill aa <l Perryman for pl’ff in error.—
Bethune 4 p on f or deft.
No. 18.
" alter S. Clark, et .1, ) In error
" Roost Mining Co. J Muscogee.
Juilgment reversed.
Wi iaui- 4 Dougherty for pl’ff in error. Holt 1
lliitellings fur deft.
’I k-t Hundt* this morning 17 cases retained i
from the I’atauU eireuit and 16 from the South- I
w< <•; in.
. M ii ki.u To hM Mauniu.—The Sun
1 ,l ‘ r - tOen Win. W alker Ims
re . necl Mlibustering, and th*{ he intend* to
nuit. his destinies with u Indy of Uwer Cali
fornm. who once saved hi. life, she is said to !
’* abundantly rub, l,« objected to th. alii-
Bine, IO COQMKfUeiMie .< „ dltfcrence of religion. ’
That ha. Ueu obviated by the cersmuuy at
Mobile.
U'axKKi Dbcumm IM mi Ei.aiu Puraicv.
Alexander Walker, who »u r< icentiy nomine
tel by the fiemoeralic Gouveutia, >n thru D„
i, io succeed Mr. biepl.su. ia I vugi SM, La*
devUted tea iMMUiteUw..
I Wud Nott DyoinWintur.
■ T TSR PSTHUft or “ , ', HORT6 os A IiDID >OKAT.”
I wmi not , u wintur
' whiske punchiz flo—
hen pooty gals air skating
Ore fealds ur ice A »no—
When Savidge meet is phrying
A Hickeri knutts is thick !
Owe ! whoo kud think uv diglnng,
Or even getting sick ?
I wud not dye in apring tiem,
A miss the turn up greens,
And the pooty song uv the leecle frawgs,
A the ski larks airly skreems ;
When burds beg in tharc wobbling,
A latum gin to spnut—
When turkies go a gobblering,
I would knott then peg out!
I wud knott dye in summer,
A leeve the garden sass—
The roasted lam and butter milk—
The kool plasc iu the grass.
I would knott dye in summer,
When ctcry thing’s so hott,
A leave the whiski jew-lips—
Owe know, Ide rather knott!
I wud knott dye iu ortum.
With peaches fit for eating,
When the wavy corn is getting wripe,
A kandidates are treating.
Phor these and uther wreasons,
Ide knott dye in the phall :
A sense ive thort it over.
I wud knott dye a tali’
A Soldier’s Account of the Battle
OF MONTEBELLO.
We translate below’ /says the New York
Tribune,) the letter of a French non-commis
sioned officer to his friends, giving an account
of the battle of Montebello. It is picturesque
and spirited in the extreme, and re-produces
for us the fight as it seemed to those engaged
in it:
Yesterday morning at eleven we were in
our camp a couple of gun shots in front of Vo
ghera, sitting around a huge copper, in which
a few slices of pork were boiling in a great
deal of water for the breakfast of the squad,
when suddenly we heard a brisk firing of mus
ketry toward the height of Casteggio.
We jump up, you should see how quickly!
We leap to our arms and—wait.
Four minutes, nothing; the firing contin
ues ; we notice much movement among our
vanguards.
We were only two companies there; noth
ing, you know in case of an attack. Our cap
tain went and came; the firing seemed to ap
proach, and yet nothing from our vanguards,
nothing from Voghera.
It e didn’t Understand it.
We listened, grasping the barrels of our car
bines. Suddenly we heard the qui five of our
sentinels, and then that of the vanguards.
A horseman gallops by covered with mud and
blood ; he wears the uniform of an officer of
the Sardinian cavalry. Bending over the mane
ot horse, he was belaboring the 1 east with his
spurs; his sabre was drawn and hung to his
right wrist; he cried out, “To arms! the
Austrians!” And he disappeared at a turn in
the road. •
IVe were anxious to go; some had started ;
the captain took his stand in the middle of the
road, threatening to run through the first man
who moved.
And he would have done it! We came in
to order. It was not five minutes after the
Sardinian officer had passed, that we heard
I the drums beat the roll-call and almost at the
same instant Gen. Forey. with three aides-de
camp passed behind galloping at full stretch;
the 17th Chasseurs followed at a gymnastic
quickstep; they rallied us, and in fifteen min
utes were posted ns riflemen along a little riv
er; I forget its name.
Our business was to protect the establish
. ment of a battery which was to mow down the
head of the Austrian column. My dozen men
and I were posted by the Lieutenant behind a
ri<l S c, whicli completely Masked our Ore and
coved us.
We had not lain down in the mud, when a
handful of Tyrolese, hid among the trees on
the left opened a fire on our comrades who
were much more exposed than we. In less
time than it takes one to write it, they had
knocked over fifteen of our men. That made
us mad ; my men had, without consent, with
out saying a word to each other, jumped into
the w ater and charged bayonets on the thirty
Chasseurs that we saw, behind whom there
were more to be seen. Our example led on
■ three companies, and soon a battallion of the
I 74th. We got the worst of it; received by a
j well sustained fire we were obliged to fall back,
fi r it was no longer an affair of a few hundred
Tryolese, but an enormous column at least 8,-
000 strong, which was advancing by the cause
way of the railroad.
We were hindering our artilley ; Command
, ant Lacretelle sounded the retreat; we trem
; ble with rage. Fortunately we were not oblig
ed to retreat; we were posted near the Cassi
na Nova, with orders to fire at discretion.
Then for two hours, standing, kneeling, hid
ing, going to the right, running to the left,
but keeping our position, we burned the first
cartridges. We were not 300 yards from the
i enemy.
The officers kept us back, because ther were
not enough of us to pitch-fork them. Besides,
it was the most prudent: this fnsilade was
murderous for white uniforms, but it did us
very little harm. Every one of our conical
balls penetrated into these deep masses; the
Austrian balls whistled in our ears, but re
spected us personally.
This was the first time I ever saw fire, and
1 was not the only one. Well, I am not
[ ashamed of myself. True, I made my bow to
’ the first balls, but Henry IV, they say, did as
much at the beginning of every battle.
Besides, it is a physical effect, and has noth
ing to do with the will.
But when this tribute is paid do you know .
how every discharge electrizes you ? It is like ,
whipping the legs of a race horse.
The balls whistle in your ears, knock up a
dust about you, kill one, wound another ; you
hardly give them the slightest attention. You
are grimy; the smell of powder enters your
throat and rises to your brain. Your eye is |
bloodshot, your look is fixed, stiffened upon ■
the enemy, all the passions are combined in 1
this terrible passion which the sight of blood
and the noise of battle rouses in the soldier.
But, as I was telling you, our company had
not much to suffer from this target practice.
; My Sub-lieutenant, Mr. R , was wounded
j just as lie was popping over his third Aus
trian, with the rifle of my Sergeant-mqjor, who
was knocked stiff by two balls, one in the head
’ and one in the neck.
Our artillery, meantime, was doing won
ders; their balls showed us daylight through
the ranks of the enemy, who were, however,
answering in good round terms.
All thia finished where, perhaps, it ought to
have commenced; Col. Du Mesnil falls from I
his horse, wounded: we surround him, shout
| “a fa baiunrttr !” and throw ourselves on the j
i Croats.
They receive us tinnly, which increases the
urueral rage. Lieutenant F. shouts, “Club
’em, my boys!” and we handle our muskets. I
Disorder spreads iu tee ranks of the enemy ;
we uss our bayonets now and then, and escort I
them U»rk to Muntelerllo. There it was a very
different thing; they bid in the Louse., shot !
through tee windows, and we had to get upon
t um aaoteer a shviodws to get at teats.
■ ■ -
I saw Gen. Beuret, intrepid, everywhere, at
once, braving the bullets, sabre in hand. He
went through the streets giving his orders,
active, and yet calm. I have him still before
my eyes. At the corner of a house, surround- ,
cd by fourteen chasseurs, a captain had just,
been shot; he falls: Gen. Beuret leaps to him.
He is raised up. but he falls again. “ lie is
dead,” says the General. Gen. Forey was
advancing, a trumpeter on each side, behind
him a staff officer.
Our poor General meets him; they grasp
hands and exchange a few words. “ All goes
well,” say they; they go five steps, five fugi
tive Tyrolese flying before them; suddenly
they turn; w® are close upon them; they
shoot; Gen. Beauret drops the reins, falters,
and, held up by his soldiers, breathes his last.
We throw ourselves upon these Tyrolese,
and cut them to pieces; the 84th become ex
asperated, give quarter no longer, and the
enemy begin to beat a retreat. They sacrifice
three hundred men who protect their flight by
a terrible fire from behind the intrenchments
which they have improvised in the cemetery.
It was not at this attack, which was the
most murderous of the day; they sent us in
pursuit of the fugitives, whom we drove to
Casteggio.
Oh, if we had had cavalry !
They tell me that the Sardinians behaved 1
admirably. I believe it, for their dead cov- i
ered the ground, riddled with woundsand mu
tilated by the Austrian bayonets.
I was fortunate enough to get a boy of sev
enteen, a sub-lieutenant, who was fighting like
a tiger, in my hands. One of my men was
just going to stuff his sides, when I threw’ up
his musket with the but end of mine, and took |
the boy by the collar, to save him from other (
inconveniences.
“Surrender, youngster,” said I.
He handed me his sword.
He is a younger son of a very good family,
light haired, slender, and insolent. I saved j
his life, and he did not even thank me. I had |
not a scratch, thank God ! except that I lost I
my old silver watch in the affray, and that I
nave replaced by an Austrian commandant’s I
gold chronometer. I haven't a hair which !
does not come to roll-call.
The prisoners which we have made so far, |
(I have counted eighty already,) are all hag
gard, ragged, and ugly enough to scare one. i
You ought to see how glad they were to have
fallen into our hands.
We came back to Montebello to sleep that
same night. I slept in a barn, like a prince. I
What troubles me most is that my rifle, my •
pantaloons, and my pipe are spoiled.
The Emperor came to visit the battle field .
and the wounded. He embraced Gen. Forey
' and Col. Catnbriels with effusion, thanking
them in the name of the army, for this
1
victory.
That is all I know about it—all I have seen.
’ It is very little, and you are better informed
than I; but I promised pou to write, and I
could do no less. I stop here; my two note
' sheets are full.
You may think this rose-colored paper rather
coquettish; it was giyeti me by my lieutenant,
to whom I lend the papers you send me, and
“ who always keeps writing materials in his
portfolio.
So you owe him this letter, which will start
in a few minutes for the general quarters.
j P.S. —I have just learned that lam to
B change my corporal’s pantaloons for those of
a sergeant-major. Perhaps this piece of news
will give you pleasure. I give it to yov in all
’ the fullness of my joy. Pardon this liberty.
I am, devotedly, X. X***.
War Items.
d The Austrians and French assisted each
other in burying the dead at Montebello.
t Not the least animosity was displayed by either
j party
The chiefs of the Prussian rrn-ps d'armee
t have received orders to grant furloughs to a
a certain number of men belonging to the re
a serve. The fact seems to prove that Prussia
3 has no idea of abandoning her present expect-
I I ant attitude.
, 1 Hundreds of laborers have been engaged in
. | completing the armaments and walls of the
, Prussian fortress facing the frontiers of Russia.
r It has been observed that many of the exiled
a Poles, lately pardoned by the Emperor of Rtis
j sia, did not avail themselves of the permission
; 1 to return, but preferred entering the ranks of
j the French or Piedmontese army.
The Augsburg Gazette consoles itself for
I the defeat of Magenta, by affirming that “this
combat is completely insignificant for Austria,
who can, without being morally or physically
weakened, lose ten battles. When Austria,”
adds that journal, “shall be driven back to
the foot of the Alps, she may say, it is only
. now that the war commences.”
Among the wounded in the personal staff
alongside the Emperor Napoleon, is Edgar
Ney, son of the great Marshal.
A Paris correspondent of the London Globe,
writing on the 9th of June, says: A private
. letter from the field informs me that, since the
active work began, Napoleon HL knocks up
two horses every day, being in the saddle
from four in the morning; and some of his
grooms have just reached Paris for a fresh
supply from the imperial stud. His indefati
gable inspection of all matters involving sup*
ply, commissariat, and reinforcement, are the
theme of the whole army.
Railroad Accident—Terrible Smash-up
and Loss ot Lite.
Chicago, June 29. — A terrible accident oc
curred Thursday, on the Michigan Railroad,
attended with a fearful destruction of human
life.
Thirty-seven bodies have been recovered
from the wreck. None among them are re
cognised as Southerners.
LATER DISPATCH.
j Chicago, June 29.—Thirty-four bodies
have been recovered from the wreck of the
train that ran into a culvert of the ’Michigan
Southern Railroad Monday night. Seventeen
of them are so disfigured as to render iden
tification impossible. Others are missing,
who, it is supposed, are drowned.
Among the killed are Henry Flockinger, of
Reading, Pa., and E. M. McCullough, of Law
' renceburg, Pa.
Among the fatally injured is E. C. Smith, a
banker of New York.
, The passengers acquit the officers of the
, train of all censure.
BnvMswicx ssd Albany Rauboad.—By
I reference to the proper column, it will be
I seen that the first meeting of the Provisional
Board of Directors of the Georgia and Florida
1 Railroad Company held in this city on the
25th inst., organised and adopted a form of
subscription for the purpose of ra’sing a surti-"’
cient fund to aid iu the construction of a Road
direct between Albany and thfj Atlantic sea
board.
W. are pleased to see this prompt move on j
the part of the directors, an d believe that, by j
the eaercise of the energy and inrtueiiee of
such men as compose the board, and with the (
united energy of our Hrujswirk friends, we
may safely MMUMfI i t. t < il.e work. »i.en ' '
begun, • ill be .arried on to a successful and i '
speedy termination /W. flute a*. '
bssAToU IfcCSteA.-Ths Washington Cun- v
flfluliuti regard. J edge I*mglar' letter as a <
dm iarauuu of hie putpose to oppose tee auteP I
«f tee C«mj ante* It
BY TELEGRAPH. <
Arrival of the Bavaria.
New York. July 2.—The steamship Bavaria
has arrived with Loudon papers of the 18lh
June. >
The latest intelligence from Turin was to
Friday, the 7th. It was officially communicat
ed on the day previous that the headquarters of
the Emperor Napoleon was Cova, on the road
from Bergamo to Cramona.
The King of Sardinia was at Castagnole.
Several of the Papal States had pronou®ced
in favor of the national cause.
Ten thousand Tuscan Troups had joined Prince
Napoleon’s division.
Rome, Friday, June 17.—A dispatch from
Coise announce that numerous Austrian corps
had arrived at Valtelline, and march
ing towards Tirano.
The Paris Bourse on Friday was flat, and \
had declined i to i
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE VANDERBILT.
New York, July 3.—The steamer Vander
bilt has arrived from Southampton, with Liv
erpool dates to thq 22nd ult.
The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool market
, for three days reached 17,000 bales, the mar
ket closing quiet; quotations barely maintain
ed. Breadstuff were advancing. Provisions
declining.
Consols were quoted at 92] a 92J.
[second DISPATCH.]
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Speculators
’ and Exporters, each took 1600 bales. Clare
. ACo., quote Middling Orleans at6|d., Middling i
| Uplands at 6jd., the market declining.
The Manchester advices were favorable. — ’
The weather was favorable to the crops.
Liverpool Markets. —Flour very dull, and
freely offered at 10s. 6d. a 13s. fid. Wheat qui
’ et. There had been a speculative demand for I
j the French trade at Is. 2d. advance. Corn i
quiet—Mixed was selling at sis a6s 3d.; Yel
low at sis Id a 6s fid. : White at 8s a 8s 6d.—
Beef heavy—prices nominal. Pork dull—pri
ces easier, but quotations unchanged. Bacon
dull. Rosin dull at 4s. Sugar firm—all qual
| ities had slightly advanced. Coffee quiet.—
Rice dull. Turpentine dull.
General News
Mantua has been besieged by the Allies.
The Austrians have issued, at Mantua, a forc-
‘ ed paper currency of £5,000,000.
Victor Emanuel has officially declared that
he will not consent to the annexation of any
' part of the Roman States to Sardinia.
The Austrian headquarters have been re
j moved to Vienna.
The Austrians have abandoned South, Car
tiglione and .Ventu’ Chicaro, which positions
they recently occupied in great force, and
strongly fortified.
Napoleon left Brescia on the 20th June, to
advance upon the Austrians.
The allies occupy Brescia.
Many of the Italians had declared for the Na
tional cause.
Garibaldi marched on the 20th towards De
zengano, but was repulsed by the Austrians.
He had. at latest dates pushed his outposts to
Balladona (?), in the direction of Bordio, which
is now occupied by the Austrians.
Victor Emanuel had refused the dictatorship
I which had been offered to him by the officials
I of Balogna.
The official Austrians account of their losses
at the battle of Magenta, are 63 officers and
1300 soldiers killed ; 218 officers and 4130 sol
diers wounded; 4000 missitlg.
The Pacha of Egypt had suspended work on
j the Suez Canal against the protest of the
! builders, and France had taken the matter up.
In London the money market was heavy.
N. J/aroney, former Express Agent.—The
' Grand Jury of .Montgomery county have found
five true bills against N. Maroney, the former
agent of Adams’ Express Company, charged
with embezzling $50,000 from the Express Co.
' Maroney failed to appear at Court, and has
! thus forfeited his bail.
j The Bible Among the Mahommedans.—
, Slowly, but steadily is this book making its
I way into places where it has never been
known. Not long since, three Moors, captains
of vessels from North Africa, came into the
Bible depot in Malta, inqriiring for an Arabic
j and French dictionary. There was not one
: there; but the Psakns in <he Arabic were
shown, which book was bought by one, after
he had tested ita quality, by reading the first
Psalm. Another seemed disposed to buy the
whole Arabic Bible, which was shown him;
but his companion objected, as it spoke against
Mahomet; but, on being assured that the name
of Mahomet did not occur in the book, he
bought it for a sum which was large for him.
The next day the objector bought one for him
self, affirming that be had never met with
Christians before who were disposed to be
kind, having seen only the degraded sects
on the coasts of the Mediterranean; affirming
he had often heard an eminent Mullah-Islain
teacher say, that if any were saved besides
Mahominedans, they would be the English
Protestant Christians, as they had no idols,
and acknowledged one God.
As these Moorish captains were about de
parting,—one to Tripoli and another to Tunis
—they offered to take anything the Bible
agent wished to send, free of charge, to those
ports, or carry the agent, at any time, free of
expense. By these men will the precious Word
of Life go where it has not yet gone, and utter
its voice where it has never before been heard.
The followers of the false prophet will thus
become colporteurs, and circulate the volume,
which is -destined yet to utterly explode the
stupendous imposture of the Koran.— Boston
Traveler.
Boston, June 29. —The great trade sale, to
take place in Boston, during the second week
in July, under a direction of the New England
Society, promises to exceed all previous dem
onstrations of that kind ever attempted in
this country. The catalogue of entries already
shows over fifty thousand packages, embracing
cotton and woolen fabrics, boots and shoes,
carpetings, glassware, find other products of
New England skill and industry, of the best
manufacture—all of which is to be sold at
auction, without reserve. Faneuil Hall, granted
by the city for that purpose, has been found
too small to display a quarter part of the sam
ple packages; and several large warehouses
op Pearl, Franklin, and Summer streets, have
been secured for the purpose, in addition to
Faneuil Hull. The order of sale is as follows:
Boots and glassware on Wednesday, July 13;
dry goods—comprising cottons, woolens, car
pets, hosiery, etc., on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday, July 14, 15, aud 1(1. The city gov
ernment have appoint.*! a largo committee to ;
'tender the hospitality <*f the city to strangers ’
who may come from a distance.
A FiaaMKM'a Skuknaix ■ —A few evenings (
sime, iu the village of Biuu’hamptou, a mem
ber of one of the engine coi.ipauics made up J
his mind to epjoy a little domestic felicity, and
accordingly got married. After lie had retired
to Uie bridal chamber for the night, a number
of the b'hoys dragged t’jeir iiia>'liiiiv to a con
venient portion, M-t Use brake, going with a
w ill, and dirw led the »(r< am agaiu.l tie young
man's window with en<h force that the gfaaa
was swept aaay by tee flood. and a magn>fl
ernnt .Lower Late tell ujou bis Lead. After
giving tewtr aaMaatea a pair of wet Lteaksts,
tee Job/ aauogiMbets des amped
FHOM OUR DAILY OF WEDNESDAY. JULY 6 (
Hardeman Nominated.
The following dispatch wax received at 1
o’clock, P. M. this day by a gentleman of thia
city and kindly furnished us for publication:
Forsyth, July 6th, 1859.
Thos. Hardeman, Jr., was unanimously nom
inated for Congress by the Convention to-day (
after the third ballot.
J-jif In our notice yesterday of the Floyd 1
Riflemen’s collation, the hackneyed quotation, I
*• a feast of reason and a flow of soul,” was
erroneously printed “a feast of soul”—rather
unsubstantial and unsatisfactory diet for hun- 1
gry soldiers.
J-£T’ In our notice of the Fourth of July
celebration in Macon, we neglected to mention
' that the Metropolitan Guards were doubly
honored on that day: first, with the presenta
tion of a beautiful star-spangled banner, by
the young men of the city, and secondly, with
j a collation given them at their armory, by the
i Jackson Artillery. The Guards have become
' great favorites in our community ; and their
beautiful uniform, and precision in drill, elicit
ed general admiration on the Fourth.
[reforted for the state press.]
Supreme Court Reports.
Macon, July 6, 1859.
On yesterday Mr. Dougherty consumed the day in
the opening argument of No. 3 on the Chattahoochee
docket. The argument in that case, in connexion
| with No. 4, on the same docket, will be resumed
. to-day.
The Court this morning pronounced decisions in
l the following cases:
No. 1.
John H. Walker, j In error
vs. > from
Jarnos Griggs. I Webster.
In this case a motion for a new trial in the court
below came up for review on sundry grounds; the
judgment in the court below was reversed.
No principle important to the profession was elic-
1 ited, except this: It is held that the contents of a
letter by a party referring to a previous letter written
| by the same party aud giving a statement of thecon
j tents of such previous letter is admissible in evidence
without producing such previous letter or accounting
' for its non production.
Lanier A Anderson for pl’ff in error. McCay &
Hawkins for deft.
No. 2
Jonathan Starford, Ejectment from
vs. >
Norman 11. Lewis. J Stewart.
i A deed offered in evidence containing the recital
that the deed was “signed, sealed, and acknowledged"
I in presence of the witnesses, and the affidavit of one
j of the witnesses that ho saw the granter “assign said
i deed for the purposes therein expressed”—there be
ing no other evidence of the delivery of the deed.—
Held that the court below’ did not err in rejecting this
deed as evidence. Plaintiff relied on a demise in the
name of S., the grantee. The proof showed that S., the
grantee, was dead at the time of the trial and it did
not appear when he died. The Court charged the
! Jury that, if S. was dead at the time of the trial,
then, no recovery could be had on that demise. Held
that this charge was erroneous; that, while it is true
if S. had died before suit was brought then no recov
ery whatever could be had in his name; and while it
is also true that if S. had died pending the trial, no
recovery of the premises could be bad in the name of
S.; yet a recovery as to costs could be had, the ac
tion having been rightly commenced.
Judgment reversed.
Johnson A Sloan for pl’ff in error. Wimberly A
Evans, and Douglass Douglass for deft.
A Romantic Incident.—“Piok” writes
i from New York to the Charleston Courier:
The following romantic incident is current
■ gossip in social circles. Os course it is a love
affair, and concerns two humans of opposite,
or rather of different sexes. It appears that
an enthusiastic gallant, from the laud where
flows the Guadalquiver, has been devoted in
bis attentions to a fair lady during the past
winter, but his protestations of love did not
meet with the success which their ardor de
served. Fading in every way to be recognized
as a suitor, the disconsolate Romeo vowed
that he would destroy himself after the ap
proved Wyckoffian style of courtship.
This dreadful avowal, in a measure, caused
the cruel Hebe to relent, and a compromise
has been effected, whereby the chivalrous gal
lant is to win distinction for his name in the
war against Austria, on the Ticino, and if suc
cessful, is to be rewarded with the hand and
dowry of his heart’s best idol. The cavalier
in this penance of love, will leave for the
| scene of war immediately, and for the next
] year, at least, the brilliant Miss II ,of
I Thirty-fifth street, will watch with interest
' the details of the Italian campaign. It may
be cruel to insinuate that, perhaps, the lady
depends on a stray Austrian bullet as a cheap
mode of getting rid of her persistent lover, but
there are those who harbor the idea.
England’s Idea op Kino Cotton.—The
quantity of cotton wool brought into England
every year, might be piled into a pyramid
which would rival that of Cheops. The eight
thousand five hundred and seventy-two mil
lions of miles of yarn spun in England in a
year, might be wound round and round the
earth, as a boy winds a string around his top;
or, we might throw the shuttle over distant
Uranus, and then tangle together the “red
planet Mars,” the Earth, Venus, Mercury, and
the Sun, in our net ot cotton. The whole of
the British islands might' be wrapped up in
cotton wool, and put by carefully for inspec
tion of future ages, in not very many years’
consumption of that raw material.
Ninety years ago, at the commencement of
our manufacturing career, the population of
Britain was about eight millions; now it has
reached twenty-one millions. If it were not
for cotton we could not keep our millions in
England, clustering in masses round the cen
tral manufacturing towns. If it were not for
cotton, we eould not clothe them; and if it
were not for cotton, we certainly could not
feed them.— Household Words.
An Orman from Montebello.—A late let
ter from Casale, in the Salut IMtlie of Lyons,
says; “ I met in the Piaz.zo Savone a French
Light Infantry soldier with a sparrow perched
on his shoulder; the soldier smoking, the
sparrow chirruping. * You breed birds, my
brave fellow ?’ said I. The man smiled and
answered, * This is an orphan from Montebel
lo. The day of the fight, on leaving the vil
lage, we chased the Austrians across the fields.
Bullets whistled among the among the trees
like hail, and this poor bird, quite young, be
ing terrified, fell from its nest on my arm. I
thrust it into my shako, which had been pierc
ed through by two balls, and thought no more
of it until, on returning, I felt something scratch
I my head, and then I said, ‘ It is my little pris
j oner!’ and to the surprise and great amuse
! ment of comrades I produced him. I have
! kept him since, and now we love each other
dearly—don’t, wo Montebello?’ And as he
' spoke he held out his finger to the bird, which
! hopped on it without hesitation. I begged per
mission to buy Montebello a few cherries, and
to caress it. Castullus would not have kissed
more tenderly the bird of Lesbia than I did
that sparrow.
Killed ar Lk.htnini*—We learn that about
12 o’clock, yesterday. Mrs. Leonora Johnson,
w ife of the overseer of Mr. Btarke, was struck
by lightning and killed instantly. She was
standing at the wash-tub alongside us the dai
ry. The side of the dairy was knocked out by
tiie bolt. A negro man, standing near by, was j
shocked, but not injured This aocidesrt re
curred on the farm of Mtt tStefks, near tills
jdnse.—CarWusMU, M. I
Crossing the Niagara River on a
Rope.
Our citizens, says the Charleston Vrrrury,
will remember M. Blondin, the agile and spry
Frenchman, who performed upon the tight
rope at the Charleston Theatre last winter, and
played Jocko with the Martinetti Family. This
same daring performer has recently outdone
the feats ot himself and all other tight rope
walkers, by crossing the Niagara River, about
a mile and a quarter below the great falls, on
a cable. The following is the telegraphic an
nouncement :
Niagara Falls, June 30.—Monsieur Blon
din has just successfully accomplished the feat
of walking across the Niagara River on a tight
rope, in the presence of a crowd, variably es
timated at from five thousand to ten thousand
persons. He first crossed on the American
side, stopping midway to refresh himself with
water, raised in a bottle with a rope from the
deck of the steamer Maid of the Mist. The
time occupied in the first crossing was seven
teen minutes and a half. The return from the
British to the American side, was accomplish
ed in twenty minutes.
The New York Tribune had a reporter on the
spot, from whom we copy :
M. Blondin is not the real name of this per
former, his genuine cognomen being Emile
Gravelet. He assumed the name of Blondin,
because at the time of his appearance in Amer
ica, the two brothers Javelli were members of
the Ravel company, and it was deemed desir
able to avoid confounding tba men by the sim
ilarity of names.
He is 36 years old, weighs 142 pounds, and
is about five feet eight inches in height. He
is a blonde, his hair and eyes being very light;
he wears a slight tuft of hair on his chin, but
no whiskers; his eye is light gray, very keen
and piercing, and his manner is that of a man
perfectly self-possessed and with the most com
plete confidence in himself. Those who have
seen him perform on the rope will remember
the ease and precision, as well as the extraor
dinary grace with which he accomplishes his
feats. He has been particularly noted for
leaping, throwing somersets, and doing other
things requiring recklessness and daring, rath
er than for dancing, posturing, and the more
safe and quiet performances.
The spot selected for his great feat is half
way between the Falls and the Suspension
Bridge, being a mile and a quarter below the
Falls. At this point the bank on the Canada
shore is 170 feet high, and on the American
side is 160 feet above the water. Ihe distance
in a straight line from the two points where it
would be necessary to fix the rope is a trifle
over 1100 feet. The rope on which M. Blon
din walked is three and a quarter inches in
diameter, 1300 feet long, and with the 2,760
feet of guy-ropes necessary to steady it cost,
$290. Steadying ropes were fastened every
eighteen feet along the large one, twenty-nine
of them leading to the Canadian shore and 25
to the American bank. Besides these, four
heavy ropes, nearly the size of the main one,
were attached to it at the distance of 200 feet
from each other, and descended thence to huge
rocks on tho very edge of the river far below.
These guys do not extend to the centre of the
river; there is a clear piece of rope for about
two hundred feet in the centre, without stays.
When the whole was in readiness it was found
that the defleetion from a straight line was, in
the middle of the rope, 60 feet.
At precisely half-past four o’clock, M. Blon
din appeared in the pleasure garden where the
American end of the rope was fastened. —
There was a short tight-rope erected herein,
upon which the daring Frenchman mounted
and went through many of his most graceful
and pleasing feats, to the great admiration of
the spectators. He was dressed in a dress sim
ilar to the one frequently worn by acrobats
and public gymnasts, viz: pink tights, buck
skin moccasins and spangled tunic of yellow
silk; he was bareheaded, without even the fil
let of white satin that is frequently worn.
At 15 minutes past 5 he stepped upon the
large rope. As he stood for a minute on the
rope, before stepping out, he addressed the
crowd as follows:
“Gentlemen, any one what pleases to go
across, 1 carry him on my back.”
No one seemed disposed to accept the kind
offer, and having joked a few minutes longer,
he at last started on his perilous journey. He
walked rapidly and firmly, as if he had been
on a bridge, until he chose to stop to indulge
in some gymnastic evolutions for a few min
utes. He balanced himself on one leg, sat
down, and laid down on the rope at full length,
then, recovering himself, he walked to the
middle of the river, where he again stopped to
accomplish yet another feat not down in the
bill. Here, standing on the rope, with as much
indifference as if it was a solid platform, he
deliberately lowered a small line to the little
steamboat, the Maid of the Mist, that had
steamed out to that point; to the line was at
tached a bottle of wine by the captain of the
boat, and the bottle being drawn up by the
adventurer, he opened it, and, making a com
prehensive bow to both crowds on the sides of
the river, he drank the health of all present;
then throwing the bottle into the river, he
walked on, stopping no more until he reached
the Canada shore. He was exactly nineteen
minutes crossing the river, including stops. —
On his arrival on the Canada shore he was
cheered vociferously. He waited here about
half an hour, when he prepared to return. At
6:42 he stepped on the rope to commence his
return passage. He rested but once, laying
down on the rope for two minutes, and accom
plishing the return trip in 8 minutes.
As soon as he reached the shore, the cheers
and shouting were almost deafening. M. Blon
din, having been permitted an instant for re
freshment, was seized by the enthusiastic
crowd and placed on their shoulders and borne
about in triumph. He was then placed in a
carriage and escorted through all the principal
streets of the village, the crowd thronging him
on all sides, and cheering in the wildest man
ner. He did not appear very much exhausted,
and munifcstqi) no more fear of nervousness
than any ungymnastic novice would at eating
his breakfast. He announces his determina
tion to repeat his feat at intervals during the
summer.
Thus was successfully accomplished one of
the most daring and useless feats that even this
last age has ever witnessed.
The Yacht America Beaten. —The state
ment from the Spirit of the Times, to the effect
that, though the famous yacht America beat
the united British Meet, yet she was of second
rate speed compared with the Maria, having
called forth comment implying denial, that
journal states the following facts: The America
was built for Mr. Stevens, with the under
standing that site would beat the Maria; after
being completed, her speed proved unsatisfac
tory to Mr. bteveus, but she was finally pur
chased by him or the club, at a largely reduce 1
price, and sent to England. Iler superior sail
mg qualities, compared with the yachts of i
England, are matters of history ; but, it is
nevertheless true, that, after she was sold to ’
an English uubtemau, Mr. bteveus uttered to ;
sail the Mans agaiuel lU Amaru a, either for
money w tor the purpose us testing their
qualities, aud further, Mr. bteveus uttered Lu
sail Lite Maria apteftat any yacht as Lamgu er
hMBt bwM that be predated |
Telegraphic News.
Cotton Ship Lost at Sea.
New York, July s.—The ship Stalwart from
New Orleans for Liverpool, with 2.R00 bales of
Cotton, has been burnt at sea. The officers and
crew bad arrived safe at Queenstown.
Late From Havana.
New York, July s.—The steamship Quaker
City from -Havana has arrived, with dates to
the 30th of June. The news is generally un
important. Sugars were advancing.
Death of Mrs. Edward Everett.
Boston, July s.—The wife of the Hon. Ed
ward Everett, died in this city on Saturday
night. ! (
a Death of Hon. Wm. O. Goode.
Richmond, Va., July s.—The Hon. Wm. O. '
Goode, Ex-Member of Congress, from the 4th 1
Congressional District of Virginia, digdof con
sumption on Sunday.
Specie from Texas.
New Orleans, July s.—The steamship Ar
uona, has arrived from Brazos Santiago. Tex
as, with $279,00(1 in specie.
Kansas Gold Regions.
Leavenworth, July s.—Reliable letters
state that gold is being developed in paying
quantities in Kansas, and that one claim had
yielded $2,000 in three days. Valuable new
discoveries of gold bearing quartz veins have
been discovered.
News by the Overland Mail Route.
St. Louis, July s.—The overland mail from ’
San Francisco to the 10th of June has been •.
received.
Lieut. Stone’s surveying party has been
driven from Sonora by the Pesquiera Indians.
The Indians are in a state of revolt in Sono- !
ra, and have defeated the troops in four en- '
gagements, and are threatening Guaymas. — |
Foreigners are seeking refuge on board of
ships.
The Republicans of California have nomina
ted State Congressional tickets.
Savannah Steamships Arrived.
Savannah, July s.—The steamships State
of Georgia from Philadelphia, and the Alabama
and Montgomery from New York, arrived to
day.
Pistol Shooting.—The contest at Capt.
John 11. Travis’ Pistol Gallery, on Fayette
street, for a silver goblet, to be awarded to the
person making the six best consecutive shots, :
was terminated last night. Mr. Philip A. j
Blays, of Baltimore, was declared winner,
over his closest competitor, by one quarter of
an inch in the aggregate measurement of the
whole number of shots. The six consecutive
shots of the winner, altogether, measured only
2] inches, at a distance of twelve paces—de
clared by Capt. Travis to be the smallest
measurement of the same number of shots
ever made in the United States. The Goblet
bears the following inscription, carved on one
of its sides: “Presented to Philip A. Blays,
Esq.—the best shot in Baltimaro —six consec
utive shots, measuring 2] inches.’, — Baltimore
Exchange, Ist.
Tmk Bell Buoy Recovered.—We are glad
to learn that the bell buoy placed on our bar, I
the bad condition of which we noticed in our
last, has been recovered, and was tow ed into
May Port, by the Typhoon, where it will be
'■ put in good repair, and at an early day he re
stored to its proper locality.— Jacksonville {Fa.)
I Standard.
i
Trial of the Winans Steamer.—A trial
trip of this steamer was made on Saturday,
in order to test the effect of the lengthening
of the vessel upon her speed. With the ma
chinery making seventy revolutions per minute,
[ the steamer made about 21 miles per hour, by
I measurement, which is highly satisfactory to
P her owners, the Messrs. Winans. The points
added to the steamer are fourteen feet in length,
t increasing her length 28 feet beyond the orig
inal design. These points are merely used for
, experimental purposes. They will be taken off
when everything is ready, and two others, 17
feet longer, put permanently in their places.—
The trip on Saturday showed plainly that the
speed can be increased in proportion to the
length of the points.— Balt. Sun.
Loss of the Arago.
1 St. Johns, June 30.—The steamer Arago,
of the New York and Galway line, has gone
gone ashore at Trepapy. Her passengers and
crew have been saved, though the steamer
will probably prove a total loss.
Cox. John Mili.edge.—This gentleman was
in our city yesterday. He was on his return
from Marietta, where he has been for the pur
pose of looking into the affairs of the Military
Institute, of which he is one of the Trustees,
and ardent friend and liberal patron. Col.
M.’s policy is, to use his own language, “to
stop the wheels and overhaul the machinery.”
Them’s our sentiments.
Atlanta Intelligencer, iOth ult.
An American gentleman now in Europe,
says the New York Journal of Commerce, writes
to a friend in the United States as follows :
“ Napoleon under the name of liberty, is fight
■ ing for the Italians, but in reality for himself
and for ambition. He sees these Italian States
struggling for liberty, grasping at any and
everything in the name of liberty, and in the
struggle breeding up a set of schemers and fa
natics under the garb of Republicanism (the
worst form of government in my opinion Italy
could have.) Fearful of this growing tenden
cy, and the “ infernal machines” which they
have more than once tried on him as the ob
stacle to their advancement, he comes forward
as their champion, and do doubt will succeed j
in giving them an independent governmei ,
but not Republicanism, thereby removing a
dangerous element from the doors of France,
and (as great a motive still with him) add to
his own glory and military achievements, which
he so much covets.”
I Table of Distances.—The following table
t of distances in English miles will be interesting
and useful to all readers, in following the
* reports of the war movements, and will serve
. I to test the accuracy of different maps:
, I Turin to Paris, three hundred and fifty
’ miles; to Vienna, four hundred and fifty
( miles ; to Milan, eighty-one miles; to Parma,
one hundred and thirty-five miles; to Flor
p ence, two hundred miles; to Geneva, one hun
dred and eighty miles; to Alessandria, fifty
miles; to Pavia, seventy-six miles; to Mor
tara, fifty-five miles; To Vercelli, -forty-one
miles; To Novara, fifty-five miles, Alessau-
• j dria to Vercelli, thirty miles ; to Novara,
thirty-eight miles; to Milan, forty-seven
miles; to Mortara, twenty-four miles; to
; Pavia, thirty-three miles, to Vohera, twenty ,
1 miles ; to Genoa, thirty-seven miles.
* Little Men.—lt takes little men to set the .
world on fire, and polish off their jobs neatly.
' Hbow me a big fellow, and teu to one i'Usbow 1
you a big booby : but introduce me to a small
| shaver—any chap between lour feet nothing
and five feet four in lb boot*—and I'D reemn
mend to your notice a fellow that know s w bat’s :
what, ami who lias plenty us braius iu lim
bead, if he liasn’t got maeli to boast of is the
matter of legs iu Lui isMadittU. As a general
rule the uause of lbs dittvtcUte iu aigs «f lb<
human family is Ibis: ausve urns meal gv lu
te Cfaevr bodies—others luto Ibeir souls . e-Xi
aequently. the smeller the corporeal ditueii
saute Use larger the uwsdal dees iupoumis, and
pus versa 4
IJ.H J. ■!—!■■»?"I--
East Macon Union Sabbath
SCHOOL CELEBRATION.
We are pleased to state that the East Macon
Sabbath School Celebration, on the Fourth of
July, was all that its most ardent friends could
haw desired.
The school met at eleven o’clock: after music
aud prayer by the Rev. Geo. G. Smith, the
the audience consisting of a respectable num
ber of citizens of both sides ot the river, was
entertained by a very interesting address from
W. T. Massey, Esq., after which the scholars
und guests marched in procession to the beau
tiful green of Mrs. Cutter, where a smnptuoua
I dinner was served, which reflected great credit
i upon the ladies under whose supervision it
was prepared.
The evening was spent in social intercourse
and friendly interchange of sentiment, every
I body enjoying thcmselv< s—tho scholars, p ar .
\ ticularly : and when, al length, twilight threw
her grey mantle over the earth, we all retired
pleased with cveybody and ourselves. ♦
Law School.
A friend has kindly furnished us for publi
cation tho following list of students now iu
attendance nt the Law School of Judge W. T.
Gould, Marietta. Georgia. As a lecturer on
law, Judge Gould is, perhaps, unsurpassed by
any man in the State; and his school is well
worthy of patronage.
J. W. Granthon, Chattahoochee county.
Isaac S. Clement, Forsi th “
W. T. Day, Pickens “
W. J. Charsiin, Cobb “
J. D. Burton, Burke “
Josiah F. Bass, Macon, Georgia.
James Williamson, Cobb “
John G. Patton, Cobb “
Joel C. Fain, Cass “
W. JV. Watkins, Murray “
F. M. Myers, Cobb “
J. T. Twcedell, Cobb “
C. C. Winn, Cobb “
Enoch Faro, Cobb “
John W. Spivey, Upson “
Capt. R. S. Camp, Cobb “
John T. Buckbaiter, Cobb “
M. J. Donaldson, Cherokee “
J. Y. Santell, Atlanta, Georgia.
Josephus Camp, Cobb “
N. B. Greene. Cobb “
T. 11. Appling, Cobb “
11. C. Gould, Augusta, Georgia.
J. 11. Waine, Paulding
Chas. E. Saunders, Cobb “
J. Patterson, Cobb “
8. R. Cook, Monroe “
AV. 11. Daniel, Spaulding “
David J. Dobbs, Cobb “
AV. P. Banner, Cass “
George M. Lester, Cobb
AVin. T. Winn. Cobb
11. Duncan Twiggs. Richmond “
J. 11. M. Barton, Walton
B. B. Bowers. Baker
Eli R. Daimond, Cave Springs.
AV. J. Vason, Dougherty
J. M. Stubbs. Macon, Georgia.
J. J. Daimond. De Kalb
J. W. Smith. Upson
Edmond S. Bass, Terrel]
C. D. Phillipps, Cobb “
[reported for the state PRESS.]
Supreme Gouri Decisions.
-Vacon, July 7, 1859.
On yesterday Mr. Sloan for plaintiffin error wade
the opening argument in No. 4. on the Chattahoochee
docket, and the balance of the day was consumed by
Col. Holt in reply to both Nos. 3 and 4, (both cases
involving similar principles.) This morning Cd.
Holt being unable to continue his argument on ac
count ot feeble health, both cases were continued for
the term for Providential cause.
During the morning an agreement was entered in
to for the final settlement of all the eases against the
Stockholders A Directors of the Planters k Mechan
ics Bank of Columbus, thus ending the litigation in
what has for several years been known as ‘‘Bank
cases.”
The Court pronounced decisions in two cases, as
' follows :
No. 10.
Brown A McCay, for the use, he., ] In error
vs. > from
Simeon Deloehe. J Talbot
Held by the Court, that when a suit is brought
against a father for goods furnished and charged to
his minor son, a promise by the father that he will
pay the account is admissible evidence to show that
the goods were furnished with the father’s assent, and
it is error in the Court to exclude such eridenca from
the Jury.
Judgment reversed-
Stubbs A Hill for pl’ff in error. Smith J Pou for
defendant.
No. 3.
H. H. Howard, ) Trorer from
vs. '•
John Snelling, et al. j Stewart.
Held, Ist: That when a portion only of joint own
ers of negro property sue in trorer for the recovery
of such property, objection cannot be taken at the
trial to snch non joinder of plaintiff. 2d: Where a
deed was made of certain slaves to A. and B. in trust
during the lives of C. and D. aud at their death in
trust to divide the property among the children of D,
and C., living at their death, or nine months thereaf
ter. and one of the trustees bate died and the other
had removed out of the State, it was held, (the life
estate having terminated) that in an action of trover
against a stranger for the negroes, the remainder-men
may maintain such action in their own names.
Held, 3d: That although the proof may show the
conversion of the property wholly by one defendant
or a part by one and a part by the other defendant,
whereby no joint recovery can be had. it is error in
the Court to non suit the case for nonjoinder of de
fendants. it being competent for the Jury to find for
or against the defendants severally.
Judgment reversed.
Johnson 4 Sloan for pl’ff iu error. Jones 4 Jones
and Beall for deft.
Alexander Galt, of Virginia, has some fine
specimens of sculpture in his studio, including
a statfie of Jefferson for the University of A ir
ginia, which will be completed in about one
year. The model is a fine representation of
the great statesman, in form, feature and dress,
and can scarcely fail to give full satisfaction to
the faculty who ordered it. He has just com
pleted a beautiful baptismal font for St. Pe
ter’s church at Richmond, which will be start
ed for its destination in a few days. It is pure
Italian marble, and has on its pedestal finely
conceived and executed representations in bas
relief of the Sacrament of Baptism, the admin
istration of the Lord’s Supper, and the figure
of a mother with a child on her knee teaching
it to pray. The whole design is very beauti
ful and appropriate, anil is highly creditable
to die gtsxl taste and skill of Mr. Galt. He
has completed a fine ideal bust, and is now
modelling a small draped statue of a beautiful
female. A bas-relief bust of the daughter of
Mr. Brooks, of the N. Y. Express, was also
much admired.
Florence Cor. of the Baltimore American.
i Clerical Anecbotbs.—Tbe San Jose Tri
bune (California) tells this anecdote of a recent
occurrence over that way:
Rev. Moses Clampit, an eccentric preacher,
was bolding forth in Santa Clare Valley ; a
I young man rose to go ont, when the preacher
■ said : “Young man, if you’d rather go to hell
than hear me preach, you may go’’’ The sin
uer stop|>*d ami reflected a moment, and lb*n
1 saying respectfully, "Well, ! brlurr 1 iraw/d.
went on.
This has ;-oint. but we think another, fo r
warded to us lately by a friend from Minuew,
. to, rather cape it. A minister, noted for cun.
binlag the eom< » hat incongruous profeesioi •
us pres* lief and tn<bey lender, was proffe'u g
a prayer, in wlmh eastlia follow fog petition •
“Grant that us may liter Snore interest iu
heave* f”
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