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Hon. L. J. Gariveil.
We see it stated that ('<■!. Wright, the
Opposition candidate for Congress in the
Fourth Congressional District of this State,
enquired at McDonough, whether Col. Gar
trell, his Democratic opponent, would sup- '
port Stephen A. Douglas for the Presidency,
shoald the Charleston Convention noniir .
him. To which Col. Gartrell prompt 1 n
plied that he-.v mid not 1 The n-plv. r our:
judgment, wa- . patriotic one. . --reuses
our respect for. end coufideu"<- u. the ’..mt
Democratic st,, i nl-beirer of th, ! onrti.
District, who, w have no doubt, will be
returned to Congress where h< ....
so ably represented a confiding mid p t
constituency, as well as his State.
Gubernatorial Election in Ala-
BAMA.
Governor Moore’s majority, at the late elec
tion in Alabama, over Col. Samford, the inde
pendent candidate, the Eufaula “Spirit ot the
South” says, “will considerably exceed twen
tythousandvotes.” We shall always regret
that Col. Samford thought proper to announce
himself as a candidate in opposition to Gov
ernor Moore, than whom the South has no
truer son, nor Alabama a more patriotic dem
ocrat and citizen. Gifted intellectually as is
Col. Samford ; warm as are his attachments to
the South and her institutions; spirited as
has been his defence of both: he committed,
in our judgment, a grave error, when, unsolic
ited by the democracy of his (State, be ventur
ed into the canvass as a candidate. True, be
had the right to do so. as any good citizen of
Alabama has; baton the exercise of that right
he has certainly learned one go 4 lesson—a
lesson which we hope will not 1 • lost upon
some of our independent candidates in Georgia
—that those whom the democracy wi.-li to serve
them, are generaly sought’ not c ’.nnteers for
the service.
Down East Slavers.
The New York Journal oj' Com.n- rce says
that, “if we may behove half the rumors,
quite a number of slavers are fitting out at
ports in the Eastern States. Two, it is said,
are preparing for sea at Salem, and another at
Portland."
We have no doubt of the truth of these
reports, nor does it appear that the respectable
journal from which we quote has any. It
intimates what is also true. that, while the
people of the South tai’.-much :t running
the African slave trade down Id :. " We see
the inevitable long low, black craft, lilting out
under Yankee auspices with impunity, and
the circumstance scents scarcely v. orth men.
tioning."
These “Down East, Slavers" can build, and
put to sea a slaver whenever they please ; but
let one be fitted out at Cliarlc-t. i or Savan
mdi. ar.q what a t will be 1
The North will go into spa-:;'.s, a.i t win. vuv
voice call upon the Preside: : to s . • and con
fiscate the vessel; while, at th- -uth, men
will be found willing to iin t work
of pandering to this fanatical crus.: against
what is tolerated and encouraged in Salem 1
and Portland. Verily do we live in strange
times, when Northern sliiptnn ters and iidveu
turers can with impunity do wlm: the South
ern man, if he attempt it. i denounced am!
prosecuted for 1
Rail Road Meeting in GuftL.
In another column our readers will >ee
proceedings of a Railroad meeting held
Griffin, on Saturday last. The proposed enter
prise which was specially considered by this
meeting, is one of the most important in th
State, and ought to be prosecuted with vig«>r.
to completion. To Macon, Savannah, and
Brunswick, it would be, in all time to come, a
UIUUBVHvR) JI nvuA'4 -
source of commercial wealth, which all inter
ested should now secure, else the enterprise
of Augusta and Charleston will drive it to
those points. Once the connection with De
catur (or Jacksonville.) in Alabama, is made
at Atlanta, as Mr. Ki;./, the I’r. ident of the
Georgia Railroad recommends, and the trans
portation of nearly three hundred thousand
bales of cotton, with the travel and back
freights, is lost to the roads leading to and
from Macon, to the seaboard of our State.
We had the pleasure of hearing Judge
Cochran’s address at this meeting. It was
an earnest, able, and eloquent one, displaying
a thorough knowledge of the wants of our
State, in railroad facilities, and l' *.• importance
to Macon, Savannah, ami Brunswick, of the
contemplated road to Jac - mville. :n Alabama,
the link from thence to De.-m.ur having been
already completed.
From the Empire Statu.
Rail Road Meeting.
Gairris. Aug. 20,13J9.
A Convention of Delegates, n -:.i ;l ■ e .unties of
Spalding and Coweta, met pur.-mint to a call made
by the delegates Iroin Si .1 ■. it the recent
Internal Improi < UM nt ‘ Atlanta.
to take into eomideratio;: the ini; 1: i.i.e of con- |
■tructiag the Griffin and J'e :ur Ila! Ko:.!.
On motion of J. Q. A. Uf**rJ <•. the county of
Spalding Major T. A. Gra ■ : Coweta ■
was called totbe cl mi. : and. ■-n 1. ■ "i llou.G. J.
Green, 11. IL liarri--n, of tin t.t. ' . i.vls, and
11. 11. M imi
poined Secretaries.
It having been am. t Ju«cjc L. 1 och-
ran, of Brunswick, I’resi i i ’la< n & Bruns
wick Bail R
mittee ofCol. W. R. Phillips, E. V.. 11. k. '.Esq., and
M. <l. Dobbins. Esq., wen : .lie chair to
wait on Judge A. E. t’-abrar . r t hi- pres
ence in the Convent!* :i. .. tiring dis-
charged that duty by I-I.mlm'ti'.tg 1.1 m the -land
and iutrodneing him to the a ... nee. Judge A. E.
Cochran proceeded to ml.lre * ■' * i.ieutmu on the
importance of the contemplated r. vet" build the
said Kail Roid, with e.t!.. r inif ■: tant subjects con
nected with Rail Road improvement . Alter which
»be following rcaoluli ns w i *!• 1:
Jfr.o/.,./, That a meeting of the corp*.rotors of the
GriSn and Decatur Rail Rea l be held at Newnan
on Wed la., the loth day of Sept* mber next, for
the purp •* I an iuini. liatv '>. und a
prompt movement towards the mal up of the stock j
fur road.
On luotiuii, ordered that tin ■ ■ retar.’ - furoi-h the ,
Griffin and Nvwuu paperswitb a* ;.y <f Judge A. E.
Cochraii'M sj e< h.
Thu tin ibaitk - ■ »*• ’ he uii-
dered Judge A i Cmbrutt f-r bi- ab’r » apu-itton <4
the Kail Hoed iot* r ' t <•“ » •’ * *'« •
tn an and Reeietarie- 1r < •.i-i.l »rv
T. A. GKAt'E. th airman.
11. M. llaiUM»vV* ’ 4 V( .rcfMii •
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
VOLUME 11.
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A Slave tons The Crest City, publish
ed :. < . ;ln. Ml’S., speaks it- mud fre.lv.
in a la:< nun. er. it discourses in the fullow
ing term-:
We frequently hear the expression “slave
| code.’ and we would have no objection to the
term. lut for the I wand contemptible detna-
. ■ ' :li tie. i.ic-mi -! it. it is in. ol i-
tton term, and originated with Senator Dv.i'r-
I las. Whip) be was upon the merits <>t the
i questi. ti u the territorial defaUb. h<- re-. ru d
i to th:- miserable catchword, alienage snd
I preiu-iicc the mind against the lustiiut.oii ■
!-lavery. I: was satisfactorily demoiistrau I
_ ... ■ i. .......... ... ..ll.:.„ i...... .
ihat there was us me-.ni sense in taltmg nlxe.il
iv '* ” I"? code. ’ a " call code, ’ < r uny other
■ -lave code.” But reiyu.g upon
; tl ■ liw instincts of some, and the misguided
.. ne <.f ilier.-. the contemptible coinage of
Judge Diuglas’ brain is constantly harped
upon by a few of his allies, in tbeir fruitless
efforts to bolster up a rotten cause, knowing
e that an unpopular word is frequently more
potent than the most solid argument. It is
t issued for effect. No true Southern man
e over resorts to such base perversions of consti
. tutional language—no man who has Southern
, feeling ever gave utterance to such nonsense.
The thing is intended for evil. It originated
j with the lowest impulse of the human heart,
( and stinks in the nostrils of every patriot.—
. He who aims this stab at the institutions of
the South, if he lives on Southern soil, is
worse than the highway rubber, because the
latter makes no pretensions to morals, and has
the merit, at least, ofbolduess. But the “slave
code” man appeals to a false morality, with
out the boldness to avow it. Just think of it.
The Government of the United States protect
ing the Southerner in the enjoyment of prop
prtv fnnirnntwii hv thn Cuin«titntinn nrnl *>»'-
i rriy guarunieca uy me vonsuiuiion, and en-
M forced by the Supreme Court. And the le/jid
coiuslitiitional right is called a "slave code.”
Away with such low, mean expressions. Con
sign them to the
“Vile source from whence they sprung,
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.”
_
Prize Fight Near St. Lovis.— Desperate
Ilow.—y\\o St. Louis papers give tin details
of a prize fight which took place on an island
seven miles above Alton, between Shanghai
Connor, of St. Louis, and James Byrnes, of
New Orleans.
Two steamers transported the crowd fioin
St. Louis to the battle field. Near fifteen
hundred persons assembled about the ring.
Fourteen rounds were fought. On the last
round Connor was struck while down, and
the cry of “ Foul play” was raised, and Con
nor was awarded victor. A terrible row en
sued. The Democrat says:
Stripped, bloody, and ragged. Byrnes dared |
Connor to come out and finish the fight, which
he declined. Then many of Connor's men !
rushed on shore and joined their comrades,
attack fol- I
fie. b tilled, bottles, sticks, and rocks were j
hurled, uml at last a shot wa- tired. This (
j was the signal ter a general draw ing of pis-i
:l n<! ..cue <>;:(■ hundred shu’.s were rapidly
ms,- rho had not pisto s msbed to
: r:,. -,i'l-- ihne, began
backing from the shore. There was then a
' heavy rush to git on board, and -ume forty
p-r- vi sere io-t.inlly in the i\er. Certain
- “ v " - ' !,r
•_ I. ’Di di-.v.jf r the? Hi gut.
- 1
v. .-k.-rv Tlic sv, inimers at '.cb;.jU : aiu’-cG
lim b‘>a ril - u,lt knowing how uiany had sunk
und been drowned. Probiduy three or fotir
r 'hvd, ; l least.
e~
Something Funny.
... I—4 ...As'inon nllllSll bin
The Know Nothing, American, upposiuon
press of Macon are continually appealing io
the Democrats of our county to put in nomma
tioti a Compromise Ticket to represent us tn
the next Legislature, und appear to manifest
much anxiety in regard to perfecting this
arrangement.
Did you ever.' What! they oppose the
Democ-aey of the United States, the world
ami “the balance of mankind,’’ but arc so
remarkably affectionate and liberal to Bibb
county Democrats that they even propose an
alliance; and would wed their champion for
Senatorial honors to two of the honest, unter
rified, Simon pure democrats of the county.
How very liberal are the Opposition in Bibb!
Democrats, are you so unsuspecting as even to
dream of forming such an unholy, insincere,
unloving alliance? Bibb county is Democratic.
We can beat the Opposition, aud they know it;
ami, knowing it, they sing compromise songs,
expecting thereby to gain favor aud position
at the expense of the Democracy. Listen no
P to such palpable deception ! Nominate a good
> sound, thorough Democratic ticket, and let our
1 city and county be justly represented. W ake
• up, Democrats, the enemy are ours, and they
know it. „
Bibb.
An Interesting Trial in Virginia
The County Court of Albemarle county, \ a .
disposed of an interesting ease recently. It
was that of The State vs. Judy, a slave girl of
W. O. Terrill. The Charlotterille Republican
says :
The charge against her was. that, in April last, she
attempted to kill her mistress, (who was confine.! to
ber boil from prostrated sickness, ami was very feeble,
and entirely helpless,) by choking ber. dragging her
out of bed. aud brutally beating ber with the tongs,
aud burning her with coals of lire and hot embers.
The probability is that she would have succeeded in
killin.' Mrs. T. very soon, had she not been prevented
by the arrival of the family physician, who tound her
upon the floor. •“ » of lbe l’ r “'
oner, at th time of the commission of the deed, was
about eight years and nine months old. The cause
..... sequ l ily involved the due coßSideratiao of the
inureslio ..ieeti-.li in regard to th. age at which
, u r . i i' iiy for crime commences; or. in other
w ,, r ,-. al., ave a person is. as ibe lew writers
rf.fl c 0;,,., I llis mestion. s-. far as we an- ad
:,. , ■ i 1.. '>■ 1 ■ ■
j o this • niry: th- tosdonry of the domsione of
| t )ao<i * '■* Uiokc i* i. 1 i ailtur uu <uu
I i
1,. ~ m nt »w owe 1 ...neg (Mtirred ,
.o of non t .. • e*l was uin<,
, . ’ .m • ■;■!” yoni- ' »»nd ■ which thev ;
OUI > Il I Ml ‘ W **’ tt*’'
-
4 . , i t iu f-> 4> r<l> <n
..i her uder y«ar». >< *y icootumrudej her to n *
! ewiacney of the BxecuUve.
■ j F< R THE PTATE PRESS.
J LOVE.
I know a pliant in fair- t-.c ;
She wand is by I;b ’ :i\ ?r :
A graceful Httb- i>’ 'l.
And h affß ft go’dfb fj ’
She arr.v- ui/ . ’ ‘
TI- ?rc -ft with p - ~ur -
And whh this. Hiafls. n' . • I•»* -hv
Full many ay. i.,’. an i m i •>
And w tvh it< r Lu i'.■ i * • ; armc*.';
My Liar:. 1-
Though w I 1 know •
‘ With bow and arrows ever
But she full vft b-stov. :
Tl:e sw-.-test life < 'll goc us—
Precious in s.ui- a v rl-1 a- b b.
Where evils P. r grieve as.
Shouting for joy, I d! .'Cb' ‘
H ive ;..if i : .. . . T." ' V-dit portal;
But oft my spirit hear .t .' ’■ :
Love's joys are notinnu Ttal.
Macon, August ITtb. ’■">
Fight with a StiAi.t;.—A i s. about four
tect in lengtli, v. as captured vesterday morn
mg, near the ferry 1,;., ,-ig at Pleasant,
in a most novel-manner, surp i -.::g even the
very queer mode ei < pture at one of the
wharves, as report-d by the M -. ii.-' of Thurs
day last. An able-bodied, at.c. as it would |
seetn. a fearless negro, was ihriinping in n|
small canoe in shoal water, w ithin -nine thir
ty yards of the s'lore. '1!. - - ; ... in his course '
of travel, lookin'- foe :■■ ■ ireal a t ptobably,
got between the boat and the shore, and the
negro seized mt idea o ' ibix-.i g t.io hangary ,
monster out of his element. id the tie-i
_ Vi A...- V.,«■>>>.>> . • .... ...» ...
f tion ofhis thought--, liejim ; i into the water
■ not quite knee tle.-p. to dri> - the shark a
shore. But the shark won! I not t e driven
so easily, and findi :
he made a bold stroke for d-. u-r w ater. In
passing, the negro .:..d. .: gru'..;•: . tail; but
dambo had n. t 'r. kotmd 0:1 encounter
which folk.'., c.l, . .a lore. - I velocity of
the fish brcugl. A -o down, and the two
lay iiouudering in tLe . :.e minutes.
Nutwithstoiid...g . ...ch the
shark hud of nghti. _ . • u.t. he
was not ti match for tit. . , . . .■> .-:ought
him victoriously to. t . .g the
contest, the share ma . at the
negro, but su . < d iv . s <la. . . ina liis
clothes to some ex I t —■ < Mercury.'
Fearful Tragedy—?; ’.Vcm n
KILLS HER ONLY f>N.
A tragedy of tl. ■■:<■ ! f. a". • . are oceur-
| red in tiie to.nofH i. c , r ! '- II >lbi’v. >
N. Y., on T.iv-l ii. .in ' i ' :oflo r
i only non, Wii!l:mi, 1-y r-. ’•! . t Gow
I The deceased .--. I hi- mother. .. I ■ wido
I kept house to,-?:!. -.-. jle w.---. -:.t tweut;-.
j stunt, atn.em-."'uo-.
en frequent tmd unmi-t .' ' !.-
i sanity for a long tim--. Iso. :, med have
been her threat« tl .it he va,i-
1 dren, that a daughter
tear to leave her moll.- r -
at the tin:.- of the '■
diemast’s in I’, anklin. Ih”
in the habit of well seeuritia bi ! . ' r < m d -.r
on retiring for thei.ipl.t. te.irin th
er w ould enter stealth l. v ’■ ' '
ry out her threats, in wl.ieli, '-nd
been detee ted, as we 1. am.
who had sometimes si.pt witii ti
On the fatal night it is supO'-vd l.<- -1 t-T
gotten to fasten it.
From some s.'-spli-mns app.-aranee at the
house, the neighbors entered it on XVednesday
morning, when the terrible -p table of the
murdered man presented itself. I’hebody was
... V t I. ..
lying in bed, the bead terribly mangled by se
vere blows from a slung- h< ; • ul® '’. v a
heavy stone in the foot of a stocking, which
was found lying on th. ll >or o. the room.
After cominii-ttng the '■ . t:,e mother
had carefully laid out th,' ... ...I by wash
ing the bb.od It'oin it t.nd j.. . ‘ lean nap-
kin under the head, upon t:..- pillow, and a
cleuti com ’. : .. : ae.-om-
pHshed and having oid.uti. ... I to »*»b
the blood from the fl.iuis. ’■ ■ ■. th® u “"
fortunate woman at ot.ee let; tne terrible
scene, beat on carrying oat h<. irtigie designs
to the fullest extent. Sheet oh. o.uied totbe
locality where Iter da . l.t -f dr. Mtd-
dlcmaol's) and then in tn ’■ oking to
wards the house, watched l. r • ■ ■ pp irtun.tj
to slay her daughter, having :.... ted .ict
sell with another sluug shot, .m. that with
which she killed her on, v. ... v.;; tound
upon her, as also a clvati t...- t i d a nap
kin, with which s c no dot... ,:.tc..ded to
lay her out also, after killing .. r.
The MEEiiscnAt’M Ma t.. -y chagrin
Young A-f. ri< ttol. r n k less it
n ♦ant t'fit t; !t . i I Hl
is a tact, t.'iat tuo uicU 'Di. . i «•*
this country, at the pre.nt .kiy, c, .-ting fro.ii
<.ue to five dollars, are mere dn.iiis. The - u
nine meerschaum, or that poll: :i in alio •
the cigat or tobacco is placed, 11 tnnde in \i
enna, of clay tound in A* a. 1 '? resem-
bles the por lain ci.< .1’ ti-i . iy. andts
easily moulded into any de-.r, i siisp.-. ami the
finer th-.-qttr.lily, t'jc more cu . ■< it colored
by the oil of t* let. ' The mon!piece the
meerscuauin is matlv ■; ; ud "iaiict rv
HeinbJiug rusin, fuiuid idt i j ■ • 8.-duc Sea.
This is vnioeil ncccrding t > t..*■ ■ze <>l tut- I
piece, aih! its fitra ;f ? ni<»v. - 1 - Some '
of them sen as high ;- • ill «'1
the bowls for pipes as I. gh a. ■■ c01.a,;, ml
consequence of the elaborate cam g up.*;.'
them. They are ma • m \ .. wher. a
large number of perso -;v. . ■ to »
the present demau.l. i**e price, 1... >» ever, Can
not be considered eni rmous, v i' is umb i
rtood that the fittest nirnlit, of tneer«-fianm
cannot be perfect!. i- .|< '■ ! m I t
mouths, and then it me... ... iu U". t. a
ait th*, time: say, tor instm: '.icriy ».-gai
|H-r day smoked thrvm I, ~n ■. <■. * ’.ti- <• t-
j hig three <euU>, w* old n t
I day* eighty -one *. *. v ‘
■ beadaehc*, nervoust:*. *. Aa.
, Be -,J>sr is fUagiit! b » * m I . •
the-, are th* »in »'» < '■
ld» »• - —l' •
It.riel i» lUu; lir« ; *j“. "•' ,I 1 • • 'e* ll "-
more it rages.
OFFICE IN RALSTONS BUILDING, THIRD STREET.
MACON. GEORGIA, AVG-ÜBT 31. 1859.
The Peaco of Villafranci.
I T . Preiun mm / r signed by the two Em
perors.
I Al) the Paris pa|»ers of July 24th publish
the text of the preliminaries of peace, agreed
upon and signed at \ illafratiea. by the Ei’ipe
| rors Nnpoleo’ lii and Francis Joseph. It is
, as follows :
Hi- M-je-ty tuu Emperor of Aus-
' . u. : li - M jesty the Emperor of the
...-is been agreed as follows:
The tc o -. vereigns will favor the creation
"t *■; Il duo Confederation.
1 st C<'ii'.■■ ii shall be under the lion-
•irsry pre-,- t | ie j1,,1y Father.
1 t.c : i .; i, or Austria cedes to the Empe
, r the French his rights in Lombardy,
witn tin -r t i <>f th- fortresses of Mantua
and Peschiera, so that the frontier of the Aus
trian possessions should start from the extreme
range of the fortress of Peschiera, and should
extend in a direct line across the Mincio as far
as Grazio ; from thence to Scorzacolo and Lu
zanatofhe Po, from whence .he actual fron
tiers shall continue to form the limits of Aus
tria. The Emperor of the French will hand
over (remettra) the ceded territory to the
King of Sardinia.
V enatia shall form part of the Italian Con
federation, though remaining under the crown
of the Emperor of Austria.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Duke
l <>f Modena shall return to their States, grant
. ing a general num-sty.
The two Emp- rors wili ask the Holy Father
i to introduce indispensable reforms into his
j States.
A full and complete amnesty is granted on
both sides, to per? us compromised in the late
events in tl.e t rritorics of the belligerent
parties.
'' j Done at Villafranca, the 14th of July, 1859.
' The Kansas Constitutional Convention.
' I'he Kansas C n .tutional Convention has
1 broke up in a mw; the Democratic members
seceding and refu -ing I sign the State Consti
tution adopted by the Convention. The quar
rel seems to have arisen from a bitter personal
controversy, in which charges of bribery were I
, fre ly bandied. The immediate occasion of j
the trouble was ti e question of locating the
State Capitol. T c contest lay between the
cities of Lawrence and Topeka. The latter
was chosen, and it was upon this choice that
charges of briber-, and corruption were found
ed. The D-'iuo.-i a: - dually seceded altogether.
.'v/* A Senator i : Congress is to be elected in
Kentucky, in the place of Mr. Crittenden, and
l in Alabama in [ I ice of Mr. Fitzpatrick. Vice.
President Bre-kenridge is the cadidate to suc
re -d Mr. Crittenden. Mr. Fitzpatrick has an
opponent in the Hon. Wm. 1.. Yancey, and
mother in Ex Governor Juiin. A Winston.
[commtnicTtbd.l g „„ d ‘
.. ~ our I
.-I, oil v in the ne:.t Legislature.
k'.'i th Senate. C lonel .lames Dean.
i'or t‘ e House. 1’ il. Tracy.
E'-r the II" r-e. A. B. Adams.
[ , .f .mpromise ticket is the sort i
I t.. -nit the
Waf.bioe. i
Ma.on, Aug, 17, 1859.
It :.• •. tint we eat that nourishes, but
wlinl ; it is not what we learn that
ius:: uc's "Ute but wo retain.
- *
Bt :i t upward in speech, for many times i
the tongue ha- cut off the head.
Always look at those you are talking to
aever at those you are talking ot.
mU/s D/xanll’ nf fl-in TJnnnnt Cnib
The Result me iteceut uuu-
GKESSIONAL ELECTIONS.
TENNESSEE.
Districts.
1. TA R Nelson, Opposition. Gain.
2. Horace Maynard, Opposition, “
3. RH Brabson,
4. W B Stokes, “ “
5. R Hatton,
6. Jai II Thomas, Democrat.
7. John V Wright,
8. Jas M Quarles, Opposition.
9. Emerson Ethridge, Opposition. Gain.
10. W T Avery, Democrat.
KENTUCKY.
Districts.
1. Henry C Burnett, Democrat.
2. Samuel O Peyton,
3. Francis M Britov, ', Opposition.
4. Wm C Amii-T.-on, Opposition. Gain.
6. J Young Brown, Democrat.
6. Greeu Adams, Opposition. Gain.
7. Robert Mallory, Opposition.
8. To be contested.
9. Lemin T Moore, Opposition. Gain.
10. John W Steversun, Democrat.
NOIITU CAEOUN*.
Districts.
1. WN II Smith, Opposition. Gain.
2. Thos Ruffin, Democrat.
3. Warren Wils m, Democrat.
4. LO’B Branch, Dctnocra..
5. J A Gilmer, Opposition. "
C J M Leach. Opposition. Gain. |
7. Burton Craige, Democrat.
8. Z B Vance, Opposition.
ALABAMA
' Dr tricts.
1. James A Stallworth, Democrrt.
2. James L Pugh. Democrat.
3 David Clopton, Democrat.
4. Sydeuhatu Moore, “
o. George S Houston, “
6 WR W Cobb, “
7. .IL M Curry, “
Mrscoci r Ci Potu i ai:.is.—The St«W
>r the * ,m.ty of Muscogee ha* been
t . , We ar*- mi . *h' to t/ive the population
ti. , : ns tl. census as confined to the
■ uni th* -■ residing with ii the liar
, mi’- ‘l' * (,'• corporation. The pup
(l ii, nt - i- -eveuteen thousand
a . two'mils. Mit-cogec l ounty be-
_ on* •: the MU-ltiest < ouuticH in tlio Mato,
having lortii si lie county of Chattahoochee
~.. ~,.| *i,i- . ~'mty
.-I* |
* it.,- iwtpithtiUm <»t tiiu
, ,n tit*.* vhii’w tsuw thous
and, Im- -a rvu ■ cal'.ulutiou Iroto
I thu data before us. -Zpwtr.
Macon Guards.
I’his gallant young company paraded yes
t rday with full ranks, for tlie purpo-e of re
ceiving n banner from the young Indies of Ma
con, which was presented at the residence of
Robert Findlay. Esq., by C. D. Findlay, E-q.,
for the young ladies, and was accepted for the
Company by Lieut. T. \V. Mangham.
They afterwards paraded through town,
and drilled in the most admirable style.
Too much praise cannot bo accorded to
Captain Griffin, t.-r the y to which
he has brought them in so short a rime.
District Meeting of the Domoc-
RACY OF 8188.
i XX e call the attention of the Democracy of
Bibb, in the several militia districts, to the
follow it g resolution, adopted at a Democratic
' meeting held in this city on the second day of
the present month :
Resoloed, That, in accordance wi’h the
usage of the party, the Democrats in each
district in the county be requested to assemble
at their respective Court ground in each dis
trict, on the third Saturday in this month,
and select by ballot, or otherwise, as they
may deem best, five delegates each, who, being
thus chosen, will assemble at the Courthouse
in the city of Macon, on the next Saturday
thereafter, and organize as a body and proceed
to the nomination of Senator and Representa
tives, or take such further order in the prem
ises as they deem best.
We trust that no district will fail to hold
the meeting, as suggested, and that each will
nominate its five delegates to meet at the
Courthouse on the Saturday following, then
and there to nominate candidates for the
Legislature.
We copy from the Atlanta American,
the following :
Col. Akin’s Acceptance.
We give below the letter ot Col. Warren
Akin, accepting the nomination for Governor,
tendered him by the Opposition Convention
which met in this city on the 10th instant.
The letter to the Committee, notifying him
of his nomination was placed in the hands
ot a gentleman who is temporarily absent from
the city. We are, consequently, unable to fur
i nish a copy of that to-day :
Cassville, Aug. 15,
Gextlemex—Yours us the HiL iuataut, iuiorming ■
inc that a Convention of the party representing the
Opposition in Georgia, which assembled in Atlanta I
on the 10th instant, unanimously placed my name in
nomination tor the office of Governor of this Slate at
I the approaching election, has been received.
This iuuniiev«iation of confidence from so large and
j mtcingeuf a body of my fellow-citizens, is ac< nipli- (
' moot not to be slightly regarded, even if it had t een
I sought by inc. But when voluntarily tendered, and j
i tnai. too »t only without solicitation, but against
i my kn<*wn wishes—taking into consider.iti >n ail the
I circumstances attending it. as they have be. n detail- I
led to me---H imposes au obligati, n upon me to yield
| to thi demand of my friends, which it is mtin my ;
heart to shrink from, however reluctantly I a*-! me
I the position assigned me. I tacts, tore accept the '
iiumi a’i ”, and fully approve, ami cordially indorse
. Mr. i prlxtcmles ad pi« i l»y th Opp
i onve’id'ot, ’*held at Macon, on the 20th day of
I derod it pliyiicai.* *O
i Stat . 1 supp»sc it wiu -‘‘ny of the members of the ,
K th«’ veiv kind an<l flattering rnanm .
I•. eu havi < iignauirated to me the m-tiou of the lull- |
\ :.;i ,n and iven expression to your individual ;
1 - Hib to tender you my sincere aknow- I
I kdg- m »*••• assure you of the deep sensibility |
i wit?, '.hicb 1 receive this evidence of your pera< i.a.
I regard.
I am, gentlemen,
Very respectfully,
Yviir obediert servant,
WARREN AKIN. |
i To James Johnson. John Milledge and C. Peeples, .
| Esquires.
The only point in this letter that we care
| about noticing, is, that Colonel Akin declines
I to canvass the State. We commend him tor it,
though we think the Colonel is mistaken when
he says, “It will not be expected of inc.” In
many quarters of the State it was expected,
and by many ardent Oppositionists it has been
proclaimed, as we have been advised, that he
would take the stump, and give Joe Brown
the J ]. His course, however, is prudent «
and well-advised, when he declines to place
himself in what would be a most embarrassing ■
position, to say the least of it.
Mr. Speer at Talbotton.
The Journal & Messenger is down upon Mr.
Speer for a supposed assault upon Capt. Har
deman’s votes for State aid to Railroads and
the endowment of the Meuical College.
Now mark how a plain statement of Mr.
Speer’s position at the time be referred to
those votes, will relieve him from the reflec
tions cast by the Journal & Messanger, and
other kindred journals, as having assailed Mr.
Hardeman for casting those votes. Mr. Speer,
as we are advised, was defending the Federal
Administration from the sweeping charge of
corruption and extravagance winch the Oppo
sition candidate, as well as the Opposition press
are engaged in heralding throughout this Con
gressional district. He was engaged in show
ing that the appropriations male by Congress
was the work of all parties there, and not of the
democratic party alone, as is often falsely ehai g
ed-a imzyunVy ot whom almost invariably being
recorded among the noys, whenever extrava
gant appropriations were asked for, in the last
and previous Congress. In simply illustrat
ing the position of the democratic party in
Congress, and of the Black Republicans and
1 Americans, in reference to the appropriation
of moneys, he referred to the undeniable fact,
that in Congressional as well as State legisla
tion, largo appropriations were made, not as
party measures, but by a combination of the
representatives of both parties—as in our own
' Legislature, where Capt. Hardeman voted
j State aid to Railroads and for the endowment
of Colleges, he being an AM'ri'an. the same
apprepriati ins having been voted for by Dem
ocrat-. There was no denunciation of Capt.
liar sna fbr these votes. All that M Speer
desired and argued was, to show that the
i wholesale demmeiati ms of the democratic par
ty—of the State aa wc'l a- in Congress, be
| eau<e -f the appropriations made, which are
deemed extravagant, were unjust, —that the
trii’h "a- withh Id.—andthatthe American —
n->w Opp »si‘ i >u party —through their State ns
wei! a* C tiro a*
often »*Min I voting hrffo n* the
|k»m >cmtM : an<l lie inMaoood < apt. Hai'ic
mat/i* voto to suHtnin thi* p»witi<»n nothing
moro.
• ' S- *, ih hn. «‘ anything unfair in tlii»»? MuH
' Mr. !lanloinan !»«• permitted t > go over the
, dUtriot, and from Court lluum* u> I »urt lloimm*
| aud from atump U> atmiip, the demucra-
.-..t.r— I I 111 I
ey for e-ctrniagant appropriations—many of
which his own party voted for—and no de
fence appropriate to Lis uwniilt be permitted
to Col Sneer .' Wetrow not. When Mr. Speer
denounce! these votes of Mr. Hardeman, or
assails the principles and policy which gov
erned that gi-ntlemiui, it wiil then be time
enough to charge him w ith introducing the
question of State aid into the canvass, —and
not till then. Thus far ho has not done it, .
aad, as we are advised.—it being a State and ,
not a Congressional measure, lie will not do 1
so. To the candidates for the Legislature be ;
leaves the question, ns to them, and them ,
onlv, it properly belong’. XV <■ hope this state
ment will satisfy our friends of the Jotiri.nl A
Messenger, and of our other eotemporaries who
have indulged in an unreasonable cen ureof
Mr. Speer.
XX e are pleased to notice that there is a
prospect of Mr. Hardeman and Col. Speer
sion meeting in discussion; as tho Journal
it Messenger says, byway of bantering, we
presume, it states, “Mr. Speer will soon be
gratified in his wish to hear his honorable op
ponent.” May we be there when the two :
champions meet.
Col. A. M. Speer.
The “Empire State,” at Griffin, iu comment
ing upon an article of the “Federal Union”
complimentary of Col. Speer, says:
“There is no difficulty whatever in the way
of electing Col Speer in this District, if every
Democrat will do hi’duty. Col. Speer i-de
cidedly the man for the times and the occa
sion. Tl.oagli there is a boasted mi-jority n
gainst him in the district the chances for bis
election are brightening every day. Whatev
er others may think ot him, we know him t<>
be every worthy the undivided support of the
party. Hi’election will be bailed ns a tri-
umpb of tluce principles which the South
hold d«-ar,;;iid which should characterize a free
and independent people—“equal rights and
1 equal justice to al sections.”
We agree with on Griffin cotemporai v.—
1 There is no difficulty in the way of electing
the democratic candidate for Congress in tl.e I
district, if the democracy, ns a unit, will per- 1
‘ ! form their duty. From every County in the i
; district we here cheering intelligence. Let j
| the democracy work, and the third district
: will >nce again triumph over the gerryman
| dering scheme by which a Know Nothing
' majority was secured to it tor a few years
past.
A Striking Similarity.
We were discussing with sonic friends a
short time Lack a- to which animal nearest
1 approached man in its instincts and hub's. As
is the general opinion, the m .ukey was thought
I to bo the one. But we differed, anil proved by ;
I the following facts that the Hog is the nearest
i our type: Ist, The hog is the only animal, we
i believe, that sleep together. 2d. It is omniro- I
:**«. "d. Remarkably > ijwh— always f>r No. i
1. Illi. Will run to the cry of distress ii" it 1
e,>mes from one of bis kind. sth. Heady to '
■ uot hunt its f.M.sl ,
| Bth. The only animal we ever heard of the ■
I devil getting into except man. The above eight j
similarities to the human race, in a general
point of view, cannot be found in any other J
animal, we think : if so, let us hear which j
one. _ I
The above paragraph appears in the Mil- |
ledgeville liecoetler. Our coteni|iorary make
: a strong argument for the plaintiff in the ease j
of Hogs vs. Monkeys. His deductions, howev- i
er. arc n it very complimentary to the genus
Ilonm.
From the Georgia Telegraph.
South-western Railroad'
' The annual meeting of the stockholders of
this road took place in this city last Thursday,
1 during which reports of the business and con-
dition us the R >ad were submitted to the Com
pany, and the regular semi-annual dividend J
of four per cent, was declared. From copies
slip of these reports we glean the following ;
interesting facts:
The gross earnings of the Road during the '
year cnding3lst of July, were $547,876 43, or |
$3,727 04 per mile of road. The current ex- . t
peases were >210,107 38, or 81429 30 per mile ‘
—and permanent expenditures —including ,
purchase us three locomotives, building cars, ]
passengers’ house at Albany, purchase of tools I
and machinery, <f.e., were $55,538 85 —show- ’
iiig a net income for the year of $282,230 20. <
Os this sum, $175,780 were expended in divi- ,
deni--828,”41 50 interest on Bonds, and
$1250 annuity to the city of Macon, —leaving
asurphu >1 $70,855 ”0.
The !■ I owing statement compares in some
important particulars the Lusinoes oi the Road
during the vein* just closed, witii that ut tlic
previous year.
j 357-8 1858-9
Gross E.irr.inz- >f It >:i<l, 391.549 18 547,876 43
•* Expens sol Road. 221,06, to 265,6411 23
“ Esniiiige per lulls, of
truck in u.-.-, 3,235 94 3., 2, 01 I
Net Eearniu--’ p>v mite, of
truck in use. 1,725 59 2,297 74
Total batea >4' < ;>u.hi traus-
p»rto.l. 115,10 l Isj Is-
Receipts Irmo up freight, H's.ssß . I 1 s ».1 E»
•• “down “ 115,170 48 107,039 80 1
“ pass'-azers, 4 52,783 4 5 193,293 56 1
Average number ot i.iiks
ltoa-1 in me. 117 162 J
Number of Par--ag< r.«, ■ 99,517 110,357
No comments could aII much to the force
of an exhibit of this character. It speaks for j
itself, and one would think it ought to tell
largely on the value of the stock, but if any i
illustration were needed of the public indifle- >
reneo to such property, even amid the present ,
rage for railroad building, it might be found
just here. This is the twelfth annual report
of the same character. All have shown regu
lar eight per c nt. dividen 's and a heavy sur
plusage-steadily and largely increasing bu
siness”and profits. Add to this, that the road
is just now completing its magnificent connec
tions with the Chattahoochee, and the aceu-,
niulating surplusage of the earnings will prob- .
ablv s .»n be divided among tlio stockholders. I
. and vet the st-s-k of tho S >uth-west« rn Rm - i
, road is said to be a fraction under par. Sui-h |
facts us these show clearly enough that the j
' people of Georgiahuvu no fancy lor rmlrood
slock us a mere iniestuient.
. I Thu Eufaula extension of thia line, we see,
i will bo completed to within nine miles and a ■
1 half of the Chattahoochee river, opposite that j
I I nhieo. bvtlic 15ih of Nov-mber next, and the j
I Fort Haines extension will be fiaishod by the
I - ptemlH-r of next year. The Company
w ill th. il have in operation 2miJ miler of mam
■ I hue. and I4f miles i.fwi.lling-. with a capital
. I stork of two mi l a half millions, mid a lumdid
r I debt of
~ 7*'
TEILMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE
i
' ’’Niggers.”— The happiest being in the
world is supposed to be “ a nigger at a dance.”
In our opinion this rule is too limited. A
mgger ’ is not only happy at a dance, but in
every position. A darkey may be poor, but
he is never low spirited. Whatever ho earns
he invests in fun and deviltry. Give him a
dollar, and in less than an hour he will lay
seven shillings of it in yellow neck-ties or’ a
cracked violin. There is something in an Af
rican t hat sheds trouble as a duck will water.
A ho ever knew a “cnlud pusson” to commit
suicide ? The negro is strongly given to love
, and jealousy ; biu he has no taste for arsenic.
** 1 V IllV,
I He may lose his all by betting against a rou
lette, biit he don’t find relief for his despair as
white folks, by resorting to charcoal futr.es, or
I . a new bed cord, but by visiting de fair sex,
, and participation in de mazy influence of de
occiputal convulsions ot de clarinett.
Cotton in Liverpoool.
The following is an extract from a letter of a
Liverpool correspondent of the Savannah Re
publican. The letter was brought over by
the Asia, and though not so late as the Hunga-
I nan, which has since arrived, yet his opinion
concerning the prices of cotton next season,
I will be interesting, it being based upon the
■ probabilities of a four million crop. He
i ’ a y S: Columbus Sun.
People’s minds are made up as to next year’s crop,
and n total of four millions is considered probable
| I •honM not like to say at what price Great Britain
will be content to take her quota, but the prevailing
i "pinion is that she will be obliged to pay for it, more
I than she has done for the crop that has just been
delivered.
Many look for a scarcity of Cotton later on, but
this seems to be couuterbaJanced by the belief that
the crop will be early and large.
ShilWir. n«*.a <• 1«• .
spinners are too bare of stock to allow of a drop in
prices here; but until our stock is considerably re
duced, I can see no prospect of r. al a-tivity, bat a
continuance of hand-to-mouth buy ng on the part of
I Manchester.
I At sea 67,000 against ]38,000 last year. Surat*
e. miuand the full prices of last week, both on the
spot and to arrive. The ef&et of large exports to
this country is counteracted by the excessive demands
of Chinn.
A good business has been done in long stapled
cotton, at slightly improved rates.
Th Sickles District.
‘■Pink. - ' the New York correspondent oftlie
I Charleston Courier, says:
Ihe contest among the rival aspirants for
the seat in Congress, now held by Daniel E.
Sickles, has commenced in warm style, through
Sickles was neither resigned, nor intimated his
intention of doing go. If a vacancy is declar
ed. the Opposition will probably unite upon
their former candidate. Williamson, of the
. Sunday Despatch. Among the Democracy
j there will be high old tunes. Again the Cus
tom House ami the Postoflioe will be arrayed
•‘gainst each other as they were in the i*«* -
I e the d I to p«y S eu '- lA Ai whom I hail
i known at Paris, a gentleman who lias resided
in Europe for the last twelve years, who
speaks all languages, who has travelled every
where, from the niulitless seas of Norway to
the Cape of Good Hope, who has seen every
thing, nml grown blase on everything except
I a war, and who has come down to Italy in
■ search of a new sensation—a sensation vis, as
the French call it. He wanted to smell gun
powder honestly burnt. So we joined teams
ion the journey to the French camp. My coni
panion “mourned as a strong man” his loss
i of the great battle of Solferino, that would
have put the climax to his long history of loaf
i ing around the world, and he declared if he
■} had seen that lie should have gone home to
i America, got married, settled down and be
come a respectable citizen. Such a sacrifice
i r,». cneh a man convinced me that I had really
for such a man convinced me umi i uuu rouuj
enjoyed a great privilege in having seen the
battle. But I did the next best thing for him;
I showed him the battle field, tho different
positions taken by the two armies, the place
r.t which the greatest struggles took place,
tli>' graves of the brave fellows who fell in the
battle, and who now fill the air with the ef
fluvia from their decaying bodies, hurried too
close to the surface, and I helped him to gath
er some souvenirs, for the field yet abounds
with balls, broken remains of arms and shells,
love letters, official reports, etc. The grain
fields uro now abandoned; the half trodden
down crops were left to take care of them
selves, and the whole scene was much more
desolate than when I saw it last.— Paris Cor
respondent of the New York Times.
From Washington
Washington, Aug. 21.—Information lias
transpired which leaves little doubt that Min
ister McLane will conclude a treaty with the
constitutional government of Mexico, and will
send it hither early in September. The trea
ty will be mainly with reference to the tran
sit over the Mexican territory, and certain
privileges and enstom exemptions, for which
our government will make satisfactory terms.
Fl irrilEß BY TUI ULXGAJUAS.
The impression prevailed that the Bank of
i England would raise its rates.
Ou the Utli iust. it was announced in Par
■ iainent that England had no intention of ta
' king part in settling the details of peace on
the basis o', the Villafranca treaty. England
•houhl pay her tra liliouai part of settling great
i <|Ue-tioiis ol European policy.
The elections for the national assembly of
, Tuscany resulted in good order, and with a
I moderate se'eetion of Liberalise, but who are
opposed to the restoration ot the old dynas
ty- , .
The relations between Austria and Prussia
have almost assumed ot a regular
rupture, mid were redaugerous to
the smaller German " erealready
. looking towards
A considerable quantity ot cotton was ex
i pected to be shipped from the Eastern districts
, ot the African gold coast to England.
BakfrCofx iv NomivatioXs.—At a meeting,
of which Mr. Elijah Pierce wa» Chairman, in
Baker county, Mr. Gaxnway D. Umar was
I nominated tor the Senate, and Mr. John M.
Solomons for the House.
—
, ,-uwaHt Cuixtv -UsaiaaAtic Nusixatlim.-
Mr. Julnli« Siuitli, fur lbs Senate . Mr. Cburvbbill
1 Alleu end Franklin Cowen for Ibo House.
DUMBER 43
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Frum the New Orleans Crescent.
How a Coquette was made.
o
BY ELLIS AMMONETTE.
q
••May alighted woman turn
And as a v ino the oak hath shaken off,
Bend lightly to her leaning trust again ?
Oh no ’ Byall her lovlincns—by all
That makes life beauty and poetry—no .’
Make her a slave ; steal from her rosy cheek
By needless jealousies; let the last star
Leave her a watcher by yuur couch of pain :
her by petulance, suspicion, all
That makes her cup a bitterness—yet give
One evidence of luvo, and earth has not
An emblem of devotedness like hers.
But oh ? estrange her once—it boots not how—
By wrung cr silence—anything that tells
A change has come upon your tenderness—
And there’s not a feeling out of heaven
Her pride o’ermastereth uoV”
W"
A Sporting Lyric;
OR,
HOW PAT SHOT “RADE” BIRDS.
Three men and a bull-dog ugly,
Two guns and a terrier lame—
They’d better stand out of the mud there
And set themselves up for game.
But no : I see by the cocking
Os that red-headed Paddy’s eye,
He’s been “rading” too much for yon, sir,
Any such game to try.
hist, Jamey, my Loy .’ kape dark there
And honld the big hull-dog in ;
There’s a bloody big croud o’ rede birds,
Jistcomc fur a pepperlin’.”
Chip, bang .' speaks the little barrel j
Flip, boong! roars the old “Queen Anne”-
There’s a Paddy stretched out in a mud hole,
A kicked down, knocked over man.
The big bull-dog's eyes stick out,
i And the terrier’s barks begin ;
The Paddy digs out of the mud-hole,
i And then the “discoursin’’ comes in ;
f “Och, Jamey .’ ye precious young blaggard,
I know ye're divil’s own son—
lluw many a finger’s load, thin,
Did you put iu the d ould gun ♦”
“How many fingers?—Bejabers!
Did I niver put in a one:
D’ye think I’d be nfther ramming
My f'W't into the gun ?”
“B <ll, give inc the puwdhcr, Janacy”—
“The powdher— as sore as I'm born,
I put it all into yer muskit,
As I’d niver a powdher horn.”
A Living Head ox a Dead Body.— The
Newburgh Index gives the following curious
but melancholy particulars of a respectable
tanner in that neighborhood, who was once a
risident of that city :
Mr. Archibald Campbell, a respectable far
mer in the township of Camden, East, while
engagedin finishing a new dwelling on his
premises, the scaffold gave way, and lie was
upajiwl nml
Vi?uiC but distinct snap. The whole body is
paralyzed and dead from the neck downwards.
He is not capable of moving a muscle or expe
riencing the slightest pain. Fortunately the
nerves supplying the muscles used in respira
tion were not paralized, and he can breathe
and live. Had the injury of the spinal cord
been a little higher, he would have died im
mediately. The senses of sight, hearing, smel
ling, Ac., are normal, and his intellect unim
pared.”
Death from the bite of a Rattle
SNAKE 1
It appears by the following dispatch that
whisky is uot an antidote for the poison of
rattlesnake bites:
Steihbuxo’s Swung* August* county, Va.,
Aug. Bt.h, 1859.—Win. A. Perrin, of Staunton,
Va., was bit at this place by a rattlesnake,
which he was handling as a pet, on Saturday,
at three o’clock, and died on Sunday, (yester
day,) about half-past one o’clock. He suffered
intense pain and extreme nausea, until death
relieved him. There were some five or six
physicians present. They treated the case
with ammonia and whisky, which seemed to
have very little effect. The unfortunate man
was tinder the impression that the snake
would not strike unless it was iu coil; and
that, if it did strike, whisky was a certain an
tidote, both of which opinions were erroneous,
though I think that is the general opinion. 1
am satisfied that the idea of whisky counter
acting the effect of the poison is a mistake,
and this instance should prove a warning to
persons not to rely on this remedy. This man
was bitten four years ago by a copperhead,
and was relieved then by drinking a large
quantity of whisky. It was a singular fancy
tor any man to pet rattlesnakes I
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The escape of the prisoners from California
state prison is explained. The rascals were
set to work originally to build their own cells.
Taking a practical view of the subject, they
varied slightly the plans of architect, and laid
the stones with reference to the easiest man
ner of breaking out; and for their greater con
venience, they hurried in the mortar, drills,
bars, chisels, and other tools.
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The women of Croton, P,, are as savage as
those of South Bend, Ind. The latter tarred
and feathered a wotuau, the former did to
same to a man, and then rode him <>ut of town
,on a rail and pelted him with eggs. In this
i case. Hie woman respected their sex so much
i us to put on men's clothes during the perfbr
, mance.
The .'iientijie Americau says : “The largest
iron girders that Lave ever been made on this
' continent, are about to be placed in position
in the Peabody Institute, now iu the course
of erection in Baltimore. The length is 69 i
| feet, clear span C 6.”
Washington, August 19.—Major French.
I Pav Clerk of the Bureau of Construelion of
’ ’ the Treasury Department, was arrented to-day '
I i for defalcation, and the charge of altering ,
’ ' vouchers. B. Ogle Taylor. Esq., became his I
' security for $1,600. Major French was edu- j
1 citted at West Point, but has followed tho pro- I
tension of Civil Engineer. In this capacity J
II he was noting under Captain liowmnn, nt a
salary of KtOoO.