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GOVERNOR,
JOSEPH E- BROWN,
OF CHEROKEE.
FOR CONGRESS,
THIRD DISTRICT OF GEORGIA,
Col. A. M- Speer,
OF 8188 COUNTY.
■ FB3M OUR DAILY OF MONDAY. JULY 11.
" Know-Nothing Convention.
Tho Know-Nothing Opposition Convention,
of Georgia will meet in Macon on the 24th of
this month, (July.) _
Fifth District.
Hon. J. W. II Undeuwood lias been nomi
nated in the Fifth Congressional District as the
Democratic candidate for Congress. The pre
sent Representative is Hon. A. R. Wright.
Wesleyan Female College.
The Commencement sermon for this Insti
tution was preached on Sabbath A. M.. at the
Methodist Church, ton very large congrega
tion, by the Rev. Joseph Key, on I’s. viii, 3, 4.
The discourse was chaste, logical, perspicu
ous, and practical. It was well delivered, and
listened to with profound attention. It was
worthy of the oecasi' .:. and if published, will
• doubtiess be read, ns it was heard, with profit
nnd pleasure.
Resolutions
M.vcon VoLfSTKltn'e Armory, )
July 11th, 1859. j
Tho Committee appointed by the Macon
Volunteers to draft resolutions expressive of
their thanks for the beautiful and appropriate
Banner presented to the Corps by Miss Julia
E. Collins on the 4th of July, 1859, present
the following:
Ist. Resolved, That for the elegant and ap
propriate stand of colors presented by Miss
Collins, our heartfelt thanks are tendered, and
that whether in peace, or on the “ red field of
war” battling for our country's rights, her
name will be incentive sufficient, to protect
with our lives its folds unsullied, and whenev
er and wherever it is unfurled it will excite
the highest emotions of pleasure and pride in
every heart that beats beneath tho uniform of
a Macon Volunteer.
2d. Resolved, That in the selection of the
flag of our country, the Stars and Stripes, the
fair donor has displayed not only a refined
taste, but a patriotic sentiment, that will find
a response in every breast that will sitell with
pride at the sightof the glorious emblem of
our National Liberty.
3d. Resolved, That every Macon Volunteer
will ever clieerish, and feel it his especial pride
to guard and
her a future as bright and happy us her char
acter is lovely and amiable.
4tb. Resolved, That our thanks are tender
ed to Col. W. K. deGraffenreid for his eloquent
and complimentary address in presenting the
Gift, for which Private O. P. Poe expressed
the sentiments of the Corps in a gallant and
appropriate response.
sth. Resolved, That our thanks are also due
Dr. Collins and his estimable lady for the gen
erous collation given the Corps, which Indi- .
rated a taste and delicacy in contributing to
our “creature comforts” only surpassed by
that of their lovely daughter in gratifying the
pride and chivalry of the soldier.
Ensign ROGERS, )
Serg’t JONES, y Comm.
Hon. Mem. POLIIILL, )
Acknowledgments.
Armory Hall, July Bth, 1859.
At a regular meeting of the Metropolitan
Guards, the following resolutions were report- '
ed and unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That we shall ever remember with
grateful hearts the 4th day of July, 1859. We
hereby tender to the “young men of the City
of Macon” our thanks for the fine, choice, and
beautiful stand of cdlors presented by them, to
this corps on that occasion.
Resolved, That we also duly appreciate the
motives which prompted Capt. J. 11. Andrews
as the representative of the Jackson Artillery,
in bestowing upon our young corps a collation '
on that day.
LIEUT. JACKSON,
SARGT. MENARD, p „
“ WELSL, f Cum '
Private HILL,
City papers please copy.
■ '
Reform Dress Association.
Wo published a brief dispatch a few days
since, announcing the assembling of a Dress
Reform Association in Auburn, New York.
The New York Evening Post says:
The Bloomers, who met in Auburn recently,
and resolved to “ wear short dresses or noth
ing at all,” laid down the following platform
just before starting home:
Ist. Our purpose is to perform a duty to I
ourselves and to society, and not to attract j
public attention by eccentric display.
2d. We believe that all the ills that female '
flesh is heir to, arise from the prevalent inodes
and habits of female dress, and we therefore
go in for short and loose dresses, in order to .
obtain bodily freedom and physical develop
ment.
3.1. The recent awakening of public interest
in our movements increases our faith in its
importance.
4th. We believe that woman's rights wo
men proper, “are only tantalizing us with
visions of the impossible,” so long as the pres
ent fashions hold the sceptre of supremacy.
sth. Woman's subjection to fashion is the
evidence of her dependence, and of her inferior
position.
6th. Bondage to fashion is incompatible
with religion.
A Hat Field Anecdote. —An old gentle
man who was always bragging how folks used
to work in his younger days, one day challeng
ed his two sons together to pitch on a load of
hay as fast as he could load it.
The challenge was accepted, and the hay
wagon driven round, and the trial commenced.
Fur some time the old man held his own very
creditably, calling out tauntingly, “ more hay!
more hay!”
Thicker and faster it came. The old man
was nearly covered; still he kept crying,
more hay ! more hay !’’ until struggling to
keep on the top of the disordered and ill ar
ranged heap, it began first to roll, then to slide,
and at last iff it went from the wagon, and the
old man with it.
“What are you down here for?” cried the
t oys. •• 1 came down after hay,” answered
the uld man.
W hieh was a literal fact; he had come down
tier the wagon loud, which had to be pitched
on again rather more deliberately.
Great Price* for Oi.n Coins. —A great sale ,
of old coins, by auction, ba* recently taken ■
place in London, and enormous price* were ;
obtained. The Anglo Saxon pennies of differ- I
ent type* were sold in one lot for ♦!.'»<• 1 Pen-I
trie* of Alfred's time sold for from |so to fso i
each ; and one halfpenny of great rarity '
brought more than a luudrtsl dollars! A gold
penny of 11. nr; tie Third, of Ute highest larity,
•old for upward* ot s•><>». Among the coins
•truck for America, may be mentioned the
Jxrrd Baltimore penny, said to lie unique,
MrtJ a New Ei>|dai.d balt|~-noy, |75; tie
Mty abiUiug place us Oliver Cromwell. |125,
gold tire (hilling piece* o< CLa/>e* the bee end,
I
An incident of the Mexican War.
As the Kentucky Regiment crossed the Nu
eces, and reached those immense prairies and
wood-bound streams which spread themselves
out three hundred miles to the Rio Graude,
great quantities of game presented strong
temptation to the soldier, and it was found
very difficult to keep the regiment from strag
gling. When the camp ground was chosen,
the sick, the lame and the hunters were, Con
trary to all military rules, stretched out for
miles behind. This was the greater breach of
orders, because frequent signs of roving Ca
manchcs were seen, who, nut having the fear
of Uncle Sam before their eyes, were ready to
cut off any straggler secretly, and appropriate
his clothes and gun. Ono duy Captain Cassius
M. Clay, of the Kentucky Volunteers, was
hunting turkeys, and strayed several miles
, from his regiment: a flock of turkeys tiew-out
of the prairie into tho woods which skirted a
st-earn that once was, but now in July dry.
Tying his fine bluo led burse to a bush, lie
entered the dry channel of the quondam
stream, the banks of which rose on both aides
above his head, and began calling the turkeys
in true Indian style, with the small bone of a
defunct turkey’s pini. n. The fowls answered,
and came nearer and nearer. At length, on
raising bis head cautiously above the bank,
instead of seeing a turkey, he heard a “click.”
There is no noise of the tree, or stream, or wild
beast, in all savage nature, like this sugges
tive sound. To Clay’s practised ear it was a
death-knell—the springing of a trigger! As
quick as thought he slipped back into the
ravine, and running some hundred yards, he
reached and mounted his trusty courser. His
suspicions were now all too well confirmed.
Jhe regiment had crossed above, and as soon
as the last horseman disappeared from the dis
taut horizon, the Camanches, who had been
watching them from the wood, took an oppo
site course, and quite a troop of them could be
seen deploying from the wood, in long Indian
file, into the prairie, eastwardly. The regi
ment had crossed in such a direction that
Clay had to follow the trace by making the
two sides of a triangle, and the Indians, if de
termined to intercept him, had only to make
one. Notwithstanding the odds against him,
trusting to the blood of Ills Kentucky racer,
ho gave a shout of defiance, waved his hat,
! and plunged into the wood, following the trace
j for half a mile before be struck the opposite
i prairie. With breathless anxiety he approaeh
■ ed the clear space, not knowing but he would
’ be cut off by a superior force, while still out
i of hearing of gun shot from the regiment. But
i “luck attends the daring sportsman,” and as
' he emerged into the wide sea of grass and
flowers, the coast was clear, and all was se
rene aad lovely—not a red skin to be seen!
| Clay describes his feelings as being a descent
1 suddenly from the sublime tv the ridiculous,
and he laughed outright at his resemblance to
i?ui the sun was fast sinking
j in the west, and being far behind tte regiment,
i he kept up a brisk canter till the hindmost
stragglers came into view. Misery loves com
pany ; sil does merriment. Putting spurs to
i his already panting charger, and assuming
i the wildest and most terrified air, he came up
, crying, “fly for your lives, the Camanche* are
i coming!” Then there was mounting in hot
haste. Some had captured wild horses; some
j had loaded themselves with fruit and game;
i some were sick, others lame, etc. But when
die cry of “Indians!” came thus startlingly
; upon their cars, all else was forgotten. The
horses were turned loose, the grapes strewn
around ; coats and hats were scattered in all
directions; the blind saw, the lame walked,
and the sick were cured! As one overtook
another in the race for life, the same inspira
tion of terror became a common feeling, till
nearly one-sixth of the regiment was in full
stampede! The more Clay cried “Halt, and.
ilefcnd yourweli es!” the faster they i.iu, and
the less inclined were they to halt. The cap
-1 tain had a jolly time of it, and for many a day
afterwards, a singular, half comical, half se
rious shadow would pass over some brother
soldier’s face, when the. Captain would ask
him what had become of the Gray Mustang.
Non’ Wester.
The Late Outrages in Mexico-
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN FORMALLY
DEMANDS SATISFACTION.
Hon. Robert M. McLane, our Minister to
Mexico has addressed to the Government of
General Miramon.the fullowingformal demand
in the name of the President of the United
States, for satisfaction for the atrocities and
indignities committed upon American citizens
during the recent terrible massacre at Tacu
baya:
United States Legation, 1
Vera Cruz, June 11th, 1859. j
Sir : —The undersigned, Envoy Extraordina
ry and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States, near the Republic of Mexico, having
called the attention of the Government of the
United States to certain cruelties perpetrated
at Tacubaya, on the 11th and 12th of April,
1859, by persons acting under the authority of
the government having the seat of its power at
the city of Mexico, of which General Miramon
is the chief executive, and of the withdrawal of
the exequaturs heretofore issued to consuls of
the United States in Mexico; and having in
formed it that several citizens of the United
States hare been the victims of these cruelties,
three of whom, Doctors John Duvall, Ignacio
Ritchie and Albert Lamon, were physicians ac
tually engaged in attendance upon the sick and
wounded in the military hospitals, and two
others, unoffending youths under age, has been
instructed to address to you the earnest re
monstrance that the occasion calls for.
The President of the United States has ex
amined this subject with deep concern, and an
anxious desire to adopt the necessary meas
ures, not only to procure the punishment of
the persons guilty of these enormities, but also
to provide for the security of citizens of the
United States residing in the interior of Mexi
co, and he feels, in common with his country
men, great indignation that these citizens of
the United States should have been murdered
under such atrocious circumstances us to mer
it the reprobation of the civilized world.
In the peaceable recognition of the Constitu
tional government, without any forcible inter
vention, the government, of the I nited States ex
ercised an unquestioned right under the law of
nations which gave no cause of offence to the
opposite party contending for power over the
country, and did not authorize interference
with consuls of the United btates in the dis
charge of their consular functions in their res
pective districts, and least of all could that po
litical measure justify, or in any way excuse
the shocking barbarities whose condemnation
is now passing through the world ; and al
though the position now occupied by the Uni
ted States with respect to Mexico, preclude!
any formal diplomatic intercourse with those
exercising jsiwer iu the city of Mexico, who are
not recognized a* constituting the government
of the republic, yet the enormities are of such
an unusual nature as to justify unusual pro.
caeding*.
Then-fore, the undersigned, by the express
instructions of his government, calls your at
tentloU to these outrages. in Violation iff the
r.animui right* <4 humanity a* well a* «f •ol
eum treaty obligati.uis, perpetrat'd under dr
justify th.* dirwet r> m matmue*
that Umi akaddmg vs Uwd taay be stayed, Ue
personal rights of citizens of the United States
respected, and the atrocious criminals who have
brought disgrace upon their country-duly pun
ished. This measure is due to the character o
those exercising power in the city of Mexico,
not less than to the character of the Republic.
So far as citizens of the United States have
been tlte victims of these violations of natural
rights and treaty stipulations, they will be
held in remembrance, and redress will be de- J
mauled, and ultimately obtained, therefor, |
whatever may be the result of thifc remon
strance.
The President of the United States has read
with much satisfaction a communication ad
dressed to the undersigned, under date of April
22d, 1859, by the minister of foreign affairs of
the constitutional government, which is recog
nized by the United States as the imperial gov- 1
ernment of Mexico, pronouncing its unqualified '
condemnation of these reprehensible proceed- ’
ing», and also conveying assurances of its de- I
tenninatiou to put a stop to them, and to doits .
duty to a friendly power. Nevertheless, he
considers it proper, as has already been stated, I
that a direct remonstrance should be addressed i
to those who are immediately responsible for
the outrages and indignities that are the sub- |
jects of this communication, that tho civilized j
world may know upon whom rests tho respon- j
nihility of disturbing the ordinary relations of I
amity and friendship that have been establish- I
ed and guarantied by treaty stipulations be
tween Mexico and the United States, an 1 which
the best efforts of the governments of the two !
republics have failed to maintain, in conse
quence of the reckless and inhuman excesses I
of those now acting in the City of Mexico un
der the authority of tho government referred |
to, and with which you are associated as min- |
ister of foreign tiffairs.
The undersigned has the honor to subscribe
himself, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant.
[Signed] Robert M. McLane.
Additional Foreign News.
New York, July 7. —The Vigo and Asia ar
rived this morning, at this port.
The prominent features of their news have
already been received byway of St. John's,
but their papers contain interesting advices
from the seat of war, previous to tho great
battle.
The Vienna correspondent of the I ondon
Times says the pickets of the two armies were
in sight of each other, and hardly a day pass
ed without a slight skirmish.
Garibaldi was accomplishing remarkable
feats in surprising the Austrians, marching 50
miles a day, and setting the country in favor
of national independence.
There was an important omission in the
telegraph dispatch from Napoleon to the Em
press, as sent yesterday from Cape Race. The
ciupe.or says, " tte have taken all me enemy's
positions, captured many cannons,” &c.
Nothing additional concerning tho great
battle was received in London np to 2 o’clock
Saturday.
A dispatch dated Vienna, 1 o'clock, Friday
morning, says a heavy cannonading had also
been heard at Verona.
From a recent tumult nt Padua, no doubt
was entertained that it would declare for the
national cause in the course of three days.—-
The people there had begun to mount cock
ades with the Italian colors, and crowds gath
ered in front of the Austrians ami began to
hiss. An Austrian patrol was ordered out to
J *
I fire on the people, but being received with in
j suits and defiant cries, they made an attack
upon the mob with the butt of their muskets.
The military finally cleared the streets.—
The report that some of the people were kill
ed is not confirmed.
The Sardinian official bulletin, in relation to
the affair at Perugia, says the Swiss regiments
attacked tl.c town on the and met gPCflt
resistance; but after three hours’ fighting,
forced their way into the town, and the com
' bat was renewed in the streets, continuing two
hours. The Swiss troops trampled down and
killed women and inoffensive persons. The
next day the outrages were continued, and the
troops recommenced tiring on the people.—
The town was placed in a state of seige.
Advices from Malta state thnt eight steam
ers were ready for departure to the Adriatic.
The Prussian Gazette, of Wednesday, in its
official column, says “The Franco-Sardinian
army is moving near the frontiers of Germany.
The Prussian government regards the security
of Germany as entrusted to its care.”
It was announced in Paris, Friday, that a
corps d’armee of 40,000 men, mainly from the
African regiments, is expected shortly in the
Adriatic.
Dispatches from Milan confirm tho account
that Fiench troops were advancing towards
the Valtelline.
The Arch Duke Governor of Tyrol had ar
rived at Nanders to superintend the enrolment
of 24,000 men in Ti rol and Verarllier.
Advices from Rome say' an attempt was
made there Sunday to display the tri-color flag
and proclaim the dictatorship of Victor Eman
uel. but Gen. Gyon interfered to prevent it.
Advices from Constantinople say the Pacha
had been summoned to semi his contingent
Roumellia, but he replied that the indecisive
policy of the Porte compromises Egypt, and
therefore he will send no succor, but put on a
war footing.
[reported for tiie state press.]
Supreme Court Decisions.
Macon, July 11. 1859.
The Pataula docket was disposed of on Saturday
last. The South-Western will be taken up this nior»
ning, on which there are twenty-one cases, including
one continued.
The Court delivered opinions on four cases this
morning, viz:
Shelton R. Weaver, )
vs. > Equity from Clay.
Thos. W* Gainer, et al. J
Motion to dissolve injunction upon the coming in
of the answers, denying complainants equity.
Articles of separation between husband and wife,
fairly entered into between them, sustained. Judg
ment affimed.
Perkins, Law A Sims for plff. Strozer A Smith
for deft.
John M. Mulligan I
vs forom Randolph.
John Dailey. I
When a witness is examined by commission parol
evidence other than tne commissioners, or the wit
ness himself is inadmissible to prove that the an
swers of the witness were improperly or incorrectly
taken d*>wn. Affirmed.
McCoy A Hawkins for plaintiff. Scarboro A Elam
for defcndai»t.
Ratliff Boon |
vs. Complaint from Stewart.
Sion D. Boon, I
Motion for now trial. New irial act construed.
Movant is not entitled to a new trial, unlesc the
Court admitted illegal evidence, or repelled legal
evidence that is mattrial to the party against whom
the verdict was rendered. Armen.
Worrill A B. Hill for plff Bea lie fur deft.
Chas. Wygatt )
vs Complaint from Clay.
W H Prmien. J
Motion for new trial.
Reversed.
Duglaes A Douglass fur plaintiff. Perkins f«r
defendant
HTKANuLtD TO DEATH BY A SXAKK.- Tli<
Hingham < J»*uuiul record* the rtcritt.
of Mr. l>abiv! Cuthrell of that town,
who 11nd 6»r wotnw lino* pa»t b<< n tmnbted by |
a living snake in hia -tomai h. S-vertd at- .
Utn pts were made to fjwt th# re|»tile by dlf- 1
fcrcut meth' a which proved una\b-ltng, am! .
nt hut boihd iuilk aas reaortcwj to, tJ»c ►t«ntn '
of which, •» it entered the to ol Mr C.,
•tarud th* Miaksr into bls throwt, w here it >
s
choked tv dt util. It la »4pp>>«w d (bat Wr.
C swwi.uwvd (he auaku wUu It waa <
Maaii, wUle druuum. j
FBOM OUR DAILY OF TUESDAY, JULY 12 |
Democatic Convention.
The Democratic Conventirn to nominate a
candidate to represent the Third Congressional
District of Georgia, assembled at Concert Hall,
in Macon, this morning, July 12th, 1859.
On motion of lion. J. J. Gresham, of Bibb,
J. M. Giles, Esq., of Houston was called to
the chair, and Messrs. J. 11. Andrews and B. j
M. Polhiil, of Bibb, were requested to act as 1
secretaries.
The President, on taking the Chair, made
a few appropriate remarks, and after five bal
loting*, the Convention unanimously nominated
Col. A. M. SPEER,
OF.
8188 COUNTY.
Want of time and space prevents us from
publishing to-day the full proceedings of the
Convention ; they will appear in to-morrow’s
paper.
We understand that Mn. Speer, will respond
to the Convention at Concert Hall this evening,
at 5 o'clock, a Committee having been appoint
ed to wait upon him and inform him of his
nomination.
The public are invited to attend.
ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL GF THE
City of Baltimore.
New York, July 11.'—The steamship City
: of Baltimore has arrived at this port with Eu
ropean dates to the 30th ult.
Co m mercia I "Ne us.
The sales of cotton in Liverpool.on M ednes
; day, amounted to 8,000 bales. The market
j closed steady.
Breadstuff* were steady. Provisions dull.
,Consols were quoted at 92 3-8 to 92 3-3.
From the Seat <4 War.
General Gualo has taken command in the
Austrian army, as Colonel of a regiment, bear
ing his name, Russa Count Pourtailes.
The Russian Ambassadol had arrived at
ti? head quarters of the Austrian army,
which had been fixed at Verona.
France was preparing to move her army on
the Rhine.
Lay bach (a town 35 miles north-east of Trieste
on the road to Vienna) has Iren designated as
the seat of government for Ipmbardy.
Slight, but disconnected details of the great
i battle of Solferino arc publi-lied in the Paris
j Moniteur. The losses are Rot stated, but it
would appear that Gen. Nel's division of 50,-
000 ineu and 25,000 Sardinipis bore the brunt
,of the battle. Fifteen thousand beds have been
ordered from Milan for the wounded.
[From the Atlanta Intelligencer.]
A Sensible Enquiry.
“I want to know whetlier that has any
tendency to injure the Democratic party?”
We learn that there is a gentleman not a hun
dred miles from this city, who, whenever any
important matter >s brought to his considera
tion, invariably asks the qiestion as above.
That man will do. We know him personally.
If our informant be correct, we think more of
him than ever. Whatever has “a tendency
to injure the Democratic party,” ought to be
closely examined before received. Ought n’t
it t The Democratic party has been too good
a friend to this country, for many years past,
to be attacked upon slight considerations, or
injured without serious cause. Tho Demo
cratic party has suffered immensely in times
i past, and is suffering now, for the reason that
j many of its professed friends, from an ever
anxiety to do something for the party, or
themeelves, have inaugurated measures with
! out once seriously a-king the question. “I
, want to know whether that has any tendency
to injure the Democratic party ?” A sensible
question. Would that it were oftener seriously
asked, and wisely’ answered. It '■*
~i. .i> it..... t-..i ;..>unaance of trou-
’ ble. tt’c should never carelessly injure tvhat
! we love, and the right sort of a Democrat can
I say of the Democratic party what the English
poet said of his native land.
“ with all thy faults I love thee still.”
The late Division in the House
OF COMMONS—HOW THEDERBY MIN
ISTRY WAS DEFEATED, AND WHO
DID IT. f-
From the Philadelphia Press
In the House of Commons the address to the
Queen was moved, in the usual routine, where-
I upon the young Marquis of Hartington, eldest
! son of the Duke of Devonshire, moved that the
I following words be added to the address:
I “We beg humbly to submit to your Majes
i ty that it is essential to the satisfactory result
I of our deliberations, to the securing the suc
| cess of our councils, and to the facilitating the
I discharge of the high functions of your Majes-
I ty. that your Majesty’s Government should
I possess the confidence of this House and of
tiie country; and we deem it our duty respect
fully to represent to your Majesty that such
confidence is not reposed in your Majesty's
present Government.”
The young Marquis, who made his first Par
liamentary speech on this occasion—and a poor
effort it must have been if he spoke no better
than his father does-—was put forward by the
Whig party, because he representsn Dukedom,
because bis father is worth $3,000,000 per an
num. becausehis family have been Whigs since
the Revolution of 1688, and because the Libe
rals in England mightily love a Lord—even
though he be a stupid one.
This amendment, it will be noticed, declares
that the Derby Ministry do not possess the
confidence of the House of Commons. On this
point the Ministry joined issue with their ri
vals. Mr. Disraeli was the leading speaker for
the Government. Against him, with a crowd
of smaller fry. were Lord Palmerston, Lord
John Russell, Sir James-Graham, Sidney Her
bert, James Wilson, John Bright. Milner Gib
son and Sir G. C. Lewis, who with the excep
tion of Mr. Bright, (who is said to have the
promise of a seat in the cabinet, should the
Liberal construct one,) have been in office, and
have been maneuvering to regain it. On a
division, the Ministers were Ireaten by a ma- |
jority of 13 in a thronged House of 633—which,
with the Speaker and four tellers, makes a to
tal of 638 present, out of 654 members which
constitute the House. This, we believe, is the
fullest House ol the present century. The
numbers were 310 lor and 323 against Minis
ters.
Ex-Piikbldent Pierce in Ernops.—Ex-Pres
ident Pierce was at tho Springs at bchwalbueli.
on the 2d inst., mid intended soon to leave for i
Paris. His route from Rome was through
eastern ITHIy to Ancona, in season to take pas
sage in the hist steamer which made the trip
between that place and Trieste. Front that
plm e he run over to Venice by steamer, reach- ]
ing Irieste again just before the approach of
the French blockading squadron. At Venice
he received marked attention from the author
ities of Austria, and by invitation attended re
views by the Emperor of the immense bodies
p» then Is iiiu < oiii . ntiat. <1 atth.it point.
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
A new Schedule has been adopted on the
State Railroad, which took effect on 3d iu»t. I
The trains leave and depart as follows;
bAT J-Aksaxoxu lUAIM.
I .eave* At'auta, daily, at 5.39, A. M
Arrives at Chattanooga at 24M), P. M.
CbanaiKsigaat 9.00. A. M.
Arrnua at Atlanta at ft.Uo, A. M.
KVKMsii ratMaMMta teaim.
Lucres Atlanta, ulgldly, at S.OO, P. M
Arrtii ast < at 1.50, A M
t Uattaixeigß at 9.00, f*. M
Arrivsa at Auanta at h.io, A. M. 4
Non-Interference, Physically or
Morally, by one Nation in the Internal As- <
fair*.of another. ■
The security of the United States requires
ihat this policy shall be observed. ■
If Oregon deems it proper to exclude China
men from her territory, by a constitutional
provision, the Union has no right to interfere
t<s obtain their admission.
If Indiana deems it proper to exclude free
negroes from her territory, by |i constitutional
provision, the Union Ims no right to interfere
to obtain their admission.
If New Hampshire deems it proper to dis--
criminate against Catholics in her educational
system, the Union has no right to interfere for
the change of such system.
It North Carolina deems it proper to dis
criminate, by a constitutional provision, against
the Jews, the Union has no right to Interfere
for the establishment of their equality with
Christians.
If South Carolina deem it proper to uuthor
'ze, by a constitutional provision, the arrest of
ree negroes entering her ports as sailors on
foreign vessels, the Union has no right to in
terfere for their release.
What would likely bo the answer of either
of those States were the Union to ask it to
change its system ? Certainly, not a respect
liil one.
Then with what propriety can the Union in
terfere to procure a modification of the system
of a foreign State I
It Prussia believes it to be essential to her
welfare or self-preservation that every male
child born within her limits shall be bound to
the performance of military service fora desig
nated period, the Union has no right to inter
fere with her internal policy.
A person born to such a condition cannot
expect upon any sound or rational principle,
the country of his adoption to interfere for its
abrogation.
That condition is as essentially as much a
portion of the system of rule in Prussia, a
strict military power, the provisions con
tained in the Constitution are a part of the
system of the United States.
A State of the Union would not be sovereign
if any other obligations were imposed upon it
by the Union than that its form of government
should be republican. Nor would a nation be
independent that would suffer another nation
to demand modification in its system.
This is the language of international law up
on the subject which ought to be rigidly ob
served all over the earth :—Let every country
decide for itself what institutions and laws are
best suited to its interests and necessities.
If Russia is satisfied that it is her true poli
cy to throw hindrances in the way of emigra
tion from her shores, or to exact large amounts
from her subjects for the privilege of visiting
other countries, no foreign State is authorized
to arrogantly intercede with her for a change
of her system.
None of the States represented in the Ger
manic Diet throw insurmountable obstacles in
the way of expatriation. But each, upon the
birth of every male child, receives, to the ex
tent of such birth, and additional amount of
military strength, from which it cannot be de
prived except by death or invalidity, or re
moval and perpetual absenteeism, of the child
thus born to military duty beyond its jurisdic
tion.
If .Juliannes Stnidt sees proper to migrate to
America and become a citizen of the Union, he
enjoys all the privileges of a native citizen, ex
cept those specified in the Constitution, against
the whole world, on land or on sea, provided
that all the engagements were complied with
to his mother country prior to the time of Lis
expatriation ; and he is even secure from ante
rior engagements while he keeps without the
pale of the law by which a compliance may be
enforced.
so rigid are the military cxactio..., m Prus
sia, that, as well as we recollect, Frederick
William IV was required to perform the duties
of a sentinel at the door of the royal residence
of Frederic William 111.
It is a custom in Germany that persons en
tering the office of public authority are requir
ed to have their heads uncovered. An instance
was related to us some time ago of a naturali
■ zed citizen who, having amassed a large for
tune, determined to return to his former home
in order to enioy his earnings. Shortly after
his arrival, imbued with the most extended
notions of practical liberty, he went into a po
lice office with his hat on. lie was politely
requested to take it off, but declined to do so.
He was gently remonstrated with to comply,
but he obstinately refused, alleging that he
tould wear his hat in a police office in the Uni
ted States, of which he was a free citizen, and
that those States were as good as Prussia in
every respect. His argument, however, was
not of a convincing nature, and he was finally
peremptorily informed that he must either
comply or leave the office. This so enraged
him that he hastened to the American Lega
tion to procure instant redress for an insuffer
able outrage upon a citizen of the United
States I —expressing his opinion to our minis
ter that whatever he was at liberty to do in
his adopted country it was the duty of that
country to secure to him similar privileges
abroad.
The old adage of “ when you are in Borne
you must do as Rome does” should ever be
borne in mind not only by adopted but by na
tive citizens. If a Prussian subject severs his
allegiance to his sovereign, we cannot, by his
act, sever pre-existing obligations, and if he be
accepted as the citizen of another country lie
necessarily is accepted upon the condition that
it is impossiblefor that country to remove those
obligations when he places himself within the
sphere of their legitimate enforcement, without
the assent of that sovereign.
While the doctrine of perpetuall allegiance
no where asserted in Germany, the claim to a
certain amount of military duty from every
male )>orn subject is no where surrendered.
Great Britain once acted upon the principle
, (and does now, to a certain extent,) that a per
i son once a British subject was always a British
subject—to be impressed, if necessity required ■
it. wherever he might be found. Prussia has i
never advanced such a claim as this. She
never followed her subjects into foreign lands,
nor upon the high seas, to exact unperformed
military duty. It is only when they place
themselves within her embraces that she at- j
tempts the enforcement of that which, accord- (
ing to hor laws from time immemorial, she
considers as a sort of first mortgage upon their
services. This condition complied with, she
knows no difference between citizens of the
United States, in her intercourse with them.
The doctrine of interference in the affairs of
other nations, except palpably demanded in the
interests of good neighborhood, is in 'hostile i
array to the unchangeable policy of the Union. I
No good can possibly ever proceed from it, |
while an incalculable amount of harm might
result therefrom ; and we hope that the noti in .
of intermeddling, directly or indirectly, one
with another—us well with the United States
at home as with Powers abroad will be defin
itively abandoned by all countries. We should
enjoy a perfection which has never been attain- ;
ed in public rule, before we !>«<*■ so pre- !
sumptuous as to indicate to other* that they <
should change their system to conform to our ;
views and wishes.
Wo need s *arce|y add, that, in sustaining
him in all that be can rightfully rlaiM, the
ad-pied eitiaena stand in m btgU wuisili u
with us. a* the native; and be will ever find
tu M M ardent a hieud m he has in the
I. moi.. 1
[From the Memphis Avalanche.)
Judge Douglas—the Next Presi-
DENCY—NON-INTERVENTION.
It will not do for the Democrats to have
too many irons in the fire. We are .now en
gaged in an important contest in this State—
a contest which demands the united and har
monious action of the party, and the next
Presidential election should, therefore be ig
nored until after the present canvass.
So far as we are concerned, we would never
have alluded to the aspirants for the next
Presidency, but for the ill-timed and injudi
cious effort to lug the name of Stephen A.
Douglas into the present contest. , A few
weeks since there was an evident disposition
to bolster up the pretentions of the ambitious
aspirant from Illinois; but since he has been
abandoned, and the task of foisting his claims i
upon the party given up as a hopeless job, we j
shall, for the future, make no war upon him,
as we certainly have no desire to assail him,
since no one dares to advocate bis nomination
by the Charleston Convention.
In taking leave of this subject, at least for
the present, we deem it necessary to vindicate
the truth of history, by showing that this doc
trine of non-intervention never intended to
deny to Congress the right and duty to pro
tect slavery in the territories. This is a new
reading to the Democratic platform. Non
intervention means nothing more nor less than
this—that Congress should not legislate sla
very into or out of the territories; that the
question of slavery or no slavery should be
decided by a Convention called to form a
State Constitution. The principle of non-in
tervention certainly never contemplated such
an absurdity as denying to Congress the duty
to enforce the rights of slaveholders in the
territory ; to protect him in the enjoyment of
his property. It is the idlest mockery to tell
the slaveholder that he has as much right to
take his slaves into the territories as the Yan
kee has his horse; but that the territorial
Legislature, composed of a few abolition squat
ters, can destroy his property. As we have
heretofore said, the creature cannot be greater
than the creator; and if Congress has no right
to legislate slavery into or out of a territory,
the territory (the mere creature of Congress,)
certainly has no such right. Non-interven
tion had no reference to the protection of sla
very. It would have been an absurdity to say
that Congress could not legislate for the pro
tection of slavery in the territory, when Con
gress has already legislated for its protection
in the States. If Congress can pass a fugitive
. slave law for the purpose of protecting slavery
in a sovereign State, the same body has the
same right to pass a law protecting the slave
ow ner in his rights in the territories.
The Great Balloon Voyage.
I The Albany Argus gives the following ac
, count of the great balloon voyage from St.
Louis to New York :
Mr. John Wise, tlio celebrated teronaut, ar
! rived in Albany at 8 o’clock yesterday mor
. «»ing.
He reports thut from St. Louis to Medina.
. Orleans county, from which the last telegraph
ic dispatch concerning the balloon was receiv
ed. the voyage was highly successful, the bal
loon working to their entire satisfaction, and
justifying the hopes with which they had set
out, that they would be able to reach the sea
, board. At this point, however, they found
that they were somewhat out of their course,
and could not possibly make New York, being
too far north, and therefore determined to pro
ceed to Boston or Portland.
Before taking that direction it was conclu
ded to land at Rochester, there drop Messrs.
Gager and Hyde, then proceed on their jour
ney eastward. In carrying out this intention.
, they dropped down gradually, and finally
struck a hurricane, perfectly frightful in its
mice, wmen hurried them along at terrific
speed towards Lake Ontario. They were
driven down to the very surface of the water,
where the balloon was lightened in every pos
sible way, carried with fearful speed and via
lence towards the shore, and through a piece
of woods, into which they finally managed to
land. This was in Henderson township, Jef
ferson county.
Ihe four passengers, Messrs. Wise and La
Mountain, Mr. Gager, of Boston and Hyde, of
the St. Louis Republican, were unharmed, be
yond a few scratches. The balloon is consid
erably damaged, but not beyond repair.
Messrs. Wise and Gager came direct to Al
bany, yesterday morning, and from here the
latter proceeded to Troy and thence to Boston.
Mr. Wise left for New York in the evening on
board the Knickerbocker. Mr. La Mountain,
remained on the ground to take charge of the
balloon. Mr. Hyde proceeded back home to
St. Louis where he proposes to write a detail
ed history of the voyage.
_ The entire distance travelled was eleven
hundred and fifty miles in nineteen hours and
fifty minutes.
One of the marked incidents of the voyage
was an oversight which was near proving dis
astrous to Mr. Wise. He was in the wicker
basket, and being overcome with fatigue laid
down and fell asleep. The rest of the party
were in the boat below. It being necessary
to advise with him on some point as to the
course of the balloon, they called to Mr. Wise
several times, but received no response, Mr.
Gager went to him by climbing up the ropes,
and found him breathing spasmodically, from
; the effects of the escaping gas which was slow
ly suffocating him. He was immediately arous
ed by Mr. Gager, and soon recovered his sen
ses.
The greatest altitude attained was two miles.
Mr. Wise has entire confidence in the success
of the undertaking, and expresses a determin
ation to make another experimental voyage as
soon as the balloon can be repaired. He has
no doubt but that a voyage can be made by
her to Europe in one-fourth the time that it is
now made by the steamers.
Mr. Wise was the directing chief. Mr. La
' Mountain the mronant, Mr. Gager the naviga-
I tor, and Mr. Hyde the historian.
Thomas J. Judge, Esq., the opposition can
i didate for Congress in the Third Congressional
District of Alabama, has declared himself in
favor of the unconditional repeal” of the
laws against the African slave trade. In a
, letter to Col. 8. M. Strong, he says:
The general ground on which I place the
propriety of repeal, is, that the abolition States
“ can rightfully have no voice,” either through ;
an act of Congress or otherwise, in determin- i
ing whether the sovereign State of AUbama
shall admit any more slaves to be brought into,
or sold within her limits; and that Alabama,
like each of the other States, has the solo right
to decide this question for herself, unfettered ,
and untrammeled by the judgment of abolition
States or acts of Congress, which, in effect, I
deny the plain and im|>ortant right of a slave j
holding State to determine for itself a hetho’
it will have, within its own limits, a greater
or less number of slaves.
aoie
A Goou Josr.—A bald-beaded old gentle
man in Cincinnati, hearing that burdock {
laavcs carried in the hat, would prevent sun- |
str< k>*. he gathered a l"l which he supfejaod to l
be such, and wore them during one of the ’
hottest days last week ; but what was bls sur- ’
prise lbs a*il morning, on fin lug his ent re t
scalp draws into a most lawuhiul blister. La t
La* mg, in a mistake, lak<u the leaves vs lb* i
MM radjah. <
FROM OUR DAILY OF WEDNESDAY, JULY 13.
Death by Accident.
We regret to have to announce the acciden
tal death of Mr. John Polhill, brother of our
friend and townsman B. M. Polhill, Esq.,
which occurred yesterday about eight miles
from town on the survey of the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad. Mr. P. was a member
of the Engineering corps, and was killed by
the falling of a tree which struck him on the
head. .He was brought to this city and died
from his injuries last night at his brothers res
idence, where his funeral takes place at four
o’cltek this afternoon. He was a promising
young man, whose untimely death will be
mourned by many relatives and friends.
Authorities on the Naturaliza-
TION QUESTION.
The Washington Constitution publishes the
following letters as evidence that the doctrine
enunciated by Mr.-Secretary Cass is .by no
means so novel as some have professed to be-
believe:
| Extract] —Mr. Webster to Ignacio Tolen, New
York.
Drpartment of State,
Washington, June 25, 1852.
The respect paid to any passport granted by
this Department to a naturalized citizen, form
erly a subject of Spain, will depend upon the
laws of that nation in relation to the allegiance
due its authority by its native born subjects.
If that government recognizes the right of its
subjects to denationalize themselves, and as
similate with the citizens of other countries,
the usual passport will be a sufficient safeguard
to you; but if allegiance to the Crown of Spain
may not legally be renounced by its subjects
you must expect to be liable to the obligations
of a Spanish subject if you voluntarily place
yourself within the jurisdiction of that govern
ment.
Department of State,
Washington, June 2,1852.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter to Mr. Reddall of the 27th ultimo,
inquiring whether Mr. Victor B. Depierre, a
native of France, but a naturalized citizen of
the United States, can expect the protection of
i this government in that country when procced-
I ing thither with a passport from this Depart
' ment. In reply, I have to inform you, that if,
as is understood to be fact, the government of
France does not acknowledge the right of na
tives of that country to renounce their allegiance,
it may lawfully claim their services when
’ found within French jurisdiction.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, DANIEL WEBSTER.
To J. B. Nones, Esq., New York.
We presume that no one will call in question
the patriotism, the thorough Americanism of
,lhe author of the famous letter to Mr. Hulse
mann, the Austrian Minister, or question Mr. •
: Webster’s authority as a statesman familiar '
; with national and international law. Yet it )
I will be seen that he goes further than Mr. Cass,
1 and lays down the broad principle that we can
not annul the laws of any country or interfere
with their operation within the territories of
that country. That is to say, if it is illegal in
Spain or in France to renounce allegiance, we
cannot make such an act legal in those coun
tries. We can shelter a French or a Spanish
subject who, removing himself from the opera
tion of such a law. gives his allegiance to the
United States, not only on our own soil, but in
I every land save that in which he was born. —
That his birth chanced to be in such a land
where such a law exists, is his misfortune,
which, unless we violate the sovereignty of
that nation, we cannot remedy. We cannot
say that the law of Spain or of France shall
not be enforced in Spain or in France, though
we will not permit it to be enforced elsewhere.
That is the broad principle, as Mr. Webster
was likely to see and clearly state it. —.V, Y.
Commercial Advertiser.
Death in Brooklyn, New York, from
Yellow Fever.—A sea captain arrived on
the 29th of June from Port au-Prince, and
died at Diooklyn, on Thursday last, of well
marked yellow fever.
tetr' Nahant was purchased 250 years ago
by a Lynn farmer, for a suit of clothes, and in
stead of being a fashionable watering place, it
abounded in wolves and deer. Now, the wolves
there appear in sheep’s clothing and the deer ■
in crinolines and costly silks.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL 0F THE
BREMEN and CANADA.
New York, July 12.—The steamship Bre
men was boarded off Cape Race on Sunday,
and the steamship Canada reached Halifax this
forenoon, with European dates as late as July
2d.
Commercial.
Liverpool, July 2.—Sales of Cotton for the
week, 57,000 bales. The lower grades declin
ed l-Bd.
Breadstuff’s bad slightly declined. t
Provisions were dull and quotations nomi- i
nal. i
Consols, at London were quoted at 93 1-8. t
Additional by the Canada. ]
Halifax, July 12.—The sales of Cotton at
Liverpool for the week were 57,000 bales, of
which speculators took 1000 and exporters 11,- *
500 bales. Holders offered their stocks freely, t
but showed no disposition to press sales. The r
sales on Friday were 8000 bales and the mar
ket closed steady at the subjoined
Quotations:
Fair Orleans 8J d. I
“ Mobiles, 7 3.8.
“ Uplands, 7 1-4. ]
Middling Orleans,.' 6 7-8.
“ Mobiles, 6 3-4
“ Uplands 6 3-4.
The stock of Cotton on hand at Liverpool
was 747,000 bales, of which 655,000 bales 1
were American. t
State of Trade.—Advices from the rnanufac- 6
turing districts are favorable. The demand '
was quiet but prices were steady and firm. e
Havre Cotton Market.—Orleans tres Ordi- I
naire was quoted at 107 f., and all grades had
slightly improved. i <]
London Money Market.—Consols closed at 1
93 1-8. The Money market was slightly more j 1
stringent, and the bullion in the Bank of £ Q , I 1
gland had increased £211,000. <
General News. <
No other battles are reported to have been <
fought between the Austrians and the allies. <
The allied army had continued ulove nn . :
molested across the Mincio. i
Louis Napoleon had move-’. hii head-quar- 1
ters from Volta to Valleggi o uml 11H j j Dve g te j <
Peschiera from Lago, an- a y ie Sardinians from ‘
Garda to the Mincio.
The Emperor of . ns t r j a expected to remain ,
in Austrian Italy
lhe New Euyjgh Minister had pronounced ,
in favor of a ’strict neutrality.
Mr. lob Jen has declined accepting a seat in ,
the recently organized English Cabinet.
• To Postmasters. —Postmasters beirtr re- I
quired, by suctions forty-ail and sixty-eigh t of
j the recently-published Regulationa of .the
Post Orti e Departinent, to enter in a separate
1 coluiuu of their traUM-ripu of mails aent an <1 1
mails received the aggrt-gatc numta r of h-lu-n I
mailed or received at their respective <>lfi<-es,
we are aufhorurd <l>ui rerptrated be stale, for the |
iuforuiatiou of poaUnaate-ra. that the Itoixn
men I will regard as a auflu-wut cotnplianoe
with the above aectloua it cash |H«tu.a>U-r
w ill etiU-r in the appropriate column of iiia 1
" luaila aent’ die aggregate number of letters «
inaih d ounttlug a similar atatesueut of U>om
recalled This entry on Ue ” mads sent'
us<sd m ae . emud— Wash
CkowUMliMi, mA. j
Proceedings of the Democrat? I
Convention for the Third Conarcui I
District. ' " I
Macon, Ga., July 12, 1859 1
The Democratic Convention for the 7] , I
Congressional District of Georgia, met at n I
City of Macon, July 12, 1859, for the pur,l
of nominating a candidate for Congress. 1
On motion of Hon. J. J. Gresham, of Bil.i I
John M. Giles, Esq., was called to the chai, J
and
On motion of Major Steele, of Spaldta I
Messrs. B, M. Polhill and J. H. Andrews 1
Bibb, were requested to act as secretaries. |
The Chairman briefly explained the objej
of the Convention, when the roll of deleft,-J
being called, the following gentlemen answ r
ed to their names:
Houston.-J. M. Giles, C. D. Andenn
W. I. Green, J. A. Pringle. 1
Bibb.—J. Gresham, L. M. Lamar, S 11
ter, C. A. Tharpe, W. F. Wilburn.
Upson.—B. D. King,.J. B. Castlen 1
Grant.
Crawford.—Thomas Andtewa, Step)J
Slocumb. j
Talbot.—G. A. McCrary, J. p, Vuu K |J
W. A. Daniel, J. M. Smith, John HowlJ
Col. A. F. Owen.
Monroe.—Col. Allen Cochran, Dr. ]>. [
Roddy, N. W. W. Hogan.
Spalding.—R. A. Crawford, J. H. Steel,
J. L. Moore, G. W. Mallory, W. McCline s
Hay.
Harris.—F. Hargett, G. B. Dozier, W,;
Graham, J. C. Henry, L. S. Stanford, Hu J[
King.
Taylor.—J. T. May, A. J. Colbert, W [
Orice.
Bi tts. —11. Williams, A. Wheeler, .1 ]
Lyons.
Pike.—J. T. Banks, N. P. Daniel, R. J
Gardiner.
Dr. Roddy, of Monroe, then offered the (J
lowing resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That two thirds of the votes ,
shall be necessary to a nomination.
Col. Pringle, of Houston, offered the M s
ing which was also adopted:
Resolved, That each county entitled to tv
members of the House of Representatives t
the State Legislature be allowed fire rote- ,
this tonvention, and those entitled toonemei
ber shall be allowed three votes.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot, h
owing to informality, the first ballot was ei
out, and Dr. Roddy offered the following res
lution, which was carried:
Resulted, That one Delegate i>e selected b
each county to cast the vote ot the county, -s
the name of the county be endorsed on the r«
The Convention resumed balloting with!
following result. (Note, — It is due to C«
Lochrane and Mr. Tracy, to state that i
| friends of the respective gentlemen were a
pressly instructed not to use their nanns
consequently the votes received by them a
not counted in this report.)
BALLOTIXGS:
Speer, 17 17 141 271
McGehee, 10 13 12J 5j
Brown, 9 7 5 6
Mobley, 6 6 6
After the fifth ballot, all the other gentles
being withdrawn. Col. A. M. Speer, of B
county, was, on motion, unanimously n«
nated.
Hu. King, Esq., then moved the appa
ment of a Committee of Three to inform (
Speer of his nomination, and request his
ceptance.
The Chairman appointed said committer
follows: ’
Hugh M. King, of Harris, W. J. Greet
Houston, Dr. R. L. Roddy, of Monroe.
The meeting was then addressed by J
King, of Harris, suggesting the propriety 1
having a general meeting of merubeis of tl
party at some early time to consult and aL|
plans in which the canvass may be condicte
in the most energetic manner, up on which ft
Pringle moved the appointment of an Eiutt
tive Committee to consist of one member !r.l
each delegation composing this Conventiot-
The Chair, on the motion being carried. *
pointed the following to compose said
execctyve committee :
Hugh King, of Harris;
J. H. Steele, of Spalding;
G. A. McCr ary, of Talbot;
J. M. Smith, of Upson;
S. Hunter, of Bibb;
J. J. May. of Taylor;
Jno. P. Banks, of Pike ;
C. D. Anderson, of Houston;
R. L. Roddey, of Monroe;
Thos. Andrews, of Crawford •
James R. Lyon, of Botts;
Col. Crawford, of Spalding, nwved that k
above named Coiumiflee be p< trmanent, J
empowered to appoin t a time an d place fwtH
meeting of the next Convention, and to pr 1
and promote the interests of the party in J
District.
Maj. Steele, of Spalding, moved to ii>" ?
Col. Speer, out- nominee, to meet usatso’cli
this afteinoo’a to respond to the nomimui tl
the Convention, which was unanimously
ried.
A motion was adopted to request the De®
cratic papers in this District, to publish ths
proceedings.
Tlio Convention then adjourned to J o’d-'i
P. M. JOHN M. G’xLES, President.
B. M. Polhill, ) c
J. H. Andrews, J Sec " tan e ß -
Ont Natural Boukt >abies.—A Na vxf Of
ficer’s Definition.—The following story
the New Hampshire Patriot is from the pen’-
ex-President fierce: Capt. , -of
United StaU.s Navy, was equally distin.ttniei'
ed for bis eccentricity of manner and for ;a
proficien C y in seamanship. On one octet! -
during a cruise in the Mediterranean, he s'Jtc
quitt tf d himself as to induce some English a ■
Df'.nch officers, who were engaged upon sic
-1 ar service (cruising) to tender him a comp
mentary dinner, as an evidence of their app*
ciation of his professional skill. At the ti®
designated, many were present. Customs?
courtesies were being exchanged, and interns
tional toasts and sentiments were being liber
ally indulged in, accompanied by corretqxw
ing potations, when one of the officers in h'
Majesty's service, having become somewM
oblivious remarked with characteristic hr
queness;
“ Captain, I have but one great objection »
your countrymen.”
“Ah !” naively said the Captain, “ what if
that I”
“ An insatiable desire for the acquisition ■'
territory.” Then, becoming excited by hi*
subject, be continued —“ 1 sin satisfied, Cap
tain, there will be no end to it."
“ Oh, yea,” quaintly and coolly replied the
Captain.
“ For God's sake, when if” emphatically ><•
' quired the officer.
When,” responded the Captain, prewtruof
bi* equanimity, “ we reach our natural bvuti
darfis.”
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may l«J interrogated the English vt-'-of *■'
«Mttoaffy.
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iniauilabla manner, ” from b—l to the aur***
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