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ME GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
Nows Summary.
Vrrlrnl of tlic “City ol' M’n.liins*®!* ” -
Thij steamer arrived on the 13th, with Li'
date* to the 3l*t March.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—Cotton had de
clined $d. per lb. The sales for the three days com
r prised 81,000 bales, of which speculators took 4.000,
and exporters 5,000 bales, leaving 28,000 bales ofall
descriptions to the trade. Holders were pressing
sales, and the market was irregular.
Stats or Trade.—Manchester advices were un
favorable. JViees had declined.
Later advices had been received from India. On
the Oth of March, Gen. Campbell was beiore Lnclt
now, and an attack was expected to be made on tbo
10th. Scattering encounters had taken place with
the rebels, which resulted in great slaughter. The
statement as to the transportation of the King of
Delhi, is erroneous. His trial was still progressing.
The news from China is unimportant. The U. S.
steamer "Minnesota" was at Canton river, and the
“Mississippi'’ at Shanghai. The American Commie
sinners were about to hold a conference with the an
thoriiies at the latter place.
The Emperor Napoleon Is again to visit Queen
Victoria.
Tho report that the Spanish Government is to a-
bolish slavery in ail its territories is incorrect.
The Kansas Bill.—Washington, April 13.—In
the Senate, to day, a committee of three was appoint
ed, consisting of Messrs. Green, of .Missouri, Hunter,
of Virgiuia, and Seward, of New York, to confer wilh
a similar committee of the House, upon Kansas af
fairs. The Utah Telegraph was postponed till De
cember.
In the House, the Washington Police Bill was de
bated. Tbo Kansas question will be taken up in the
House at one o’clock to morrow.
| April 14.—In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Broderick, of
California, refused to-follow the instructions of the
Legislature of his State, to vote for the immidiate
admission of Kansas with the Lccompton Coi.stitu-
tiou. '{he Pacific Kailway was discussed.
The House authorized the appointment of a Com
mitteo of Conference on Kansas affairs.
I'rrrnaw an the misaiasippi.—New Orleans,
April 13 —The crevassts opposite this city are doing
immense damage. Some five or six crevasses are
reported betM ceu here and Vicksburg, with immense
destruction of property on the plantations.
April 13.—The crevasse opposite the city contin
ues, and is doing immense damage.
4'union —Canton does ni t prove to be much of a
place, now that the Allies have got into it. The Chi
nese greatly over estimated its wealth and commer
cial importance. Tho Loudon Times' correspondent
say* it is large and populous, but in other respects,
is to be set down us a very ordinary Chinese city.-
The nine storied pagoda is in a ruinous condition,
and has been shut up for years.
lYnahiiigtou doing* on Thursday.-Tho House
appointed a Committee of Conference on the Kansas
Bill, consisting of Hon. Wm. II. English, of Indiana,
liou. A. II Stephens, ot Georgia, Hon. Wm. A
Howard, of Michigan.
The Senate passed the consular appropriation bill
and a resolution to adjourn tine die, on the 7th June.
A portion of the day was also spent in the discus
sion of the Pacific Railway bill. In the House, the
Committee on Commerce reported a bill appropria
ting one million five hundred thousand dollars to
continue the river and harbor improvements, and
only recommended three new works.
The Senate confirmed J. E. Bacon, of South Caro
lina, as Secretary of Legation to St. Petersburg.
It was currently reported that Gen Sam Houston
intends to introduce into the Senate, early in the en
suing week, a Lili to assume a protectorate over
Mexico.
lutmirw between Col. Benicu nnd Ibe
President.—The Union says that the interview be
tween Col. Benton and the President on Friday night,
was protracted, and that the latter afterwards ex
pressed exceeding gratification at his visit Col-
Benton spoke of his extreme solicitude for the con
dition of public affairs, and his painful sense of the
Imminent dangers which threaten the country, and
exhorted the President to rely upon the Divine sup
port nud guidance, and not upon that oi men, who
would deceive him.
Col ii in bn « Enquirer.—G. A. Miller, Esq., for
mere than a year past connected with the Columbus
Enquirer, has retired from the editorial department,
of that paper, and has been succeeded by J. H. Mar
tin, a former editor of the Enquirer.
•Hr. Thaiun. P. KcllcII, Editor of the ‘-United
States Economist," is about to assume the editor
ship of Hunt s Merchants* Magazine, in place of the
late Freeman Hunt.
bn. Mr. Kalloch in Knnim.—A letter re-
„ cf'Ved in Boston, from Kansas, says that Itev. Mr
Kaliuck has already realised a fortune in that Ter
ritory by some successful financial operations, and
that he is earnestly talked of as a candidate for U,
States Senator.
Wirarngnn.—Advices received from Nicaragua
by the recent arrivals from the Isthmus, announce
that Jerez has risen against Martinez, and the whole
country is in a state of confusion.
Cation .12 mi u for lures in the Texan Pen.
tcniiurjv—The introduction of cotton maaufae
lures into the Texas State Penitentiary has proved
very satisfactory. The Mills now turn out from ti n
to twelve thousand yards per week.
Ilnil Miortu in Fredericksburg, Vn. A
vere hail storm passed over Fredericksburg, on the
11th, in tho morning at 6 o’clock, of twenty minutes
duration, accompanied by thunder, lightning and
wimi, covering dm streets several inches thick. .U
each end ol tbo city there was no hail. The cloud
seemed to hang over the centre of the town. Vege
tation and fruit trees are greatly damaged.
Train* running through the Bine Ridge
Tuune).—The passenger train on the Central Kail
road for Staunton, ran through the Blue Kidge Tun
sol on the I3ih inst, and hereafter tho traius on the
road will run through it regularly.
Oxen for t'mti.—We learn by n gentleman just
arrived from Kentucky, that government has bought
ti. irtccu thousand head of oxen in Missouri, at one
hundred and tweuty-six dollars n head, for tho use of
the army in Utah.
oeetiiigs «iihuut any nnports.it result. A third and
inal meeting was appointed for yesterday, the 19th,
From ITnh.—The latest dates represent the
Mormons as in very hostile mood, and the U. Stat
troops at Camp Scott not only very willing to grati
fy a taste for actual hostilities, but in the opinion of
heir Commander, Col Johnson, quite able to cop-
with any force the Mormons were likely to brinV
•gainst them. It is stated, however, that orders fron
•ur government to Col. Johnson, passed through St
Louis more than two weeks ago, not to commentti
-ffensive operations against the Mormons antil the
imval of the peace commission from United
-Hates, and the trial through them of tho gentlei
netbods of persuasion and argument. A long ad
Iress to the President containing a statement of grie
vances which was sdopted at a public meeting held
in Great Salt Lake City the 16th January last, has
just been received and is published in the Northern
papers. H >» abusive and impudent.
Eight hundred and forty discontented Mormons
had been dismissed from Utah and were on the way
to California under passports from Brigham Young
rhe California papers say they have positive infor
nation that a good deal of division and want exist in
Salt Lake City, and affairs with tho Mormons gener-
illy are at low ebb, notwithstanding Yonng’s threats
and brsggadocia.
The Florida.—In going down the river last S».
tnrday, the steamship Florida met with about the
first accident which has over happened to that gal
taut craft. She broke her piston rod, and will have
to lio over at Savannah until she can procure a new
one from Now York. The Alabama took her place,
end left Sunday evening at eight o'clock. May no
worse accident ever happen to the good ship, and
none is likely to happen if the vigilant care and tho
rough seamanship of Isaac Crowell, her command
er, can prevent it A better sailor never stood on
deck—a more gentlemanly, kind hearted, attentive
commander was never entrusted with the safety and
comfort of sea-going travellers.
Domestic Cotton Jlnrlieia.—At New Orleans
on Friday, sales were 5,000 bales. Tho Liverpool
aews caused aratherimproved demand, Middling at
ll a 11 j. Sales of the week, 18,500. Receipts 33,-
000. Stock on hand 377,too. Increased receipts
35,500. Decrease at all the ports so far, 104,000
bales Mobile, Friday, cotton sales 1200 bales,
market unchanged and firm. The steamer’s news
bad no effect on the market. Sales of the week were
S.G00 bales. Receipts 9,12n against 3,100. Stock on
band 98,500. Receipts of Friday, 1,900 bales. Satur
day, sales 800 bales. Middling 11$ ; market firm.—
There are mure buyers than sellers. Receipts 320.
.In New York, on Saturday, the sales were 3,000
bales and market firm. Middling Uplands quoted at
12$ In Savannah, on Saturday, prices ranged
from 10$ to 12$. Sales 658 boles.
jm: Ji. CO 1ST, GKA..;
Tuesday Morning, April 20-
Mr. Everett.
We hoped to be able to announce to-day the
arrival of this distinguished gentleman nnd the
time of his great oration. But we are disap
pointed. After the receipt, by the committee,
of a letter saying that he would leave Augusta
for Macon to-day (Monday,) end sending out
notifications all around the country, the fol
lowing telegraphic dispatch came to hand:
Charleston, April 19,1858.
Clifford Anderson:—
Letters from my family compel me to post
pone my engagememt.
EDWARD EVERETT.
ty Communications received are necessari
ly suspended this week*
Death of Dr. Thos. K. Lamar.
Our community has lost another valuable citizen
in Dr. Tnos. R. Lamar, who died last Tuesday, af
ter an illness of some weeks. Dr. Lamab, though
perhaps naturally a man of impulsive and ardent
temperament, was of a singularly quiet, unobtrusive
and engaging demeanor, and carried with him the
unmistakable impress of self culture and discipline.
His life sped evenly on in the diligent discharge of
every social duty, and his benevolent face bore the
same genial smile, as he greeted us in the round of
daily duties. He was one of the highest style of
men, and a successful man if success be measured
by the true ends of living. We shall miss him.—
Everybody regrets that Dr. Lamar is gone ; but
for liim—who can doubt that he reaps the reward
of a well spent life ?
Arrival of ilic Steamer Africa.
New Yonx, April 16.—The British and North A-
merican Royal Mail Steamship Africa, C&pt. N.
Shannon has arrived, with Liverpool dates to 3rd
April.
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool Cottoh Market.—Tho Sales ol Cot
ton lor the week ending Thursday afternoon were
50.000 bales,of which speculators took 6,500 and ex
porters 8,500 bales, leavingto the trade 35,000 bales.
Inferior grades bad declined l-4to3-8d. and Mid
dling qualities 1-6 to l-4d. bat fair qualities remain
ed unchanged. The market closed dull, holders of
fering freely, but showing no disposition to press
sales. The Broker’s Circular furnishes the following
notations.
Mid. Orleans 6$d.
Mid. Mobile e|d.
qu
Fair Orleans 7$d. I
Fair Motile 7$d... |
Fair Uplands 7d.
Mid. Uplands GjU.
[We appeod the following quolations of the Liv
erpool cotton market, brought by the America,which
left Liverpool on Saturday, the 25tb March.
Fair Orleans 7$d | Middling Orleans..7d
Mobiles 74d I
Uplands 7$d |
Mobiles. ...6$d
Uplands,...ujd
Gidtling* Turned Author.—The Post says
The “Exile, of Florida,” is the title of a new work
about to be published by Mr. Giddir.gs. It will be i
purely historical work, l nsed upon and derived from
documents iu archives at Washington, known to but
few, but to which Mr. Giddiugs’s position on Com
mittee* of Congress during a long series of years,
has given him fullestsaecess.
IVrw C’nundiun Coinage.—Canada has just
adopted a Decimal Currency. The new coins have
been prepared at the English mint, and the fiiet con-
sigument Is daily expected to arrive. The silver
coinage consists of five, ten and twenty cent pieces.
Cents have also been struck. As yet no quarters
have been coined ; but the convenience attending
their use will soon add them to thelist. This change
will be an accommodation, not oolj iu Canaria, but
also In our frontier States, between whose inhabi
tants and the Canadians a large and increasing busi
ness intercourse exists.
The Dlornion*—The Mormons claim to have
480,U00 members of their Church scattered over the
world. They have qj missionaries in Europe, and
an equal number in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Isl
and*. They have one newspaper in Salt Lake City,
loaning 4.000 copies weekly ; one in Liverpool, issu
ing 82,000 weekly t one in Swansey. South Wales ;
one in Copenhagen, iu the Danish language; one in
Australia ; one in India; one in Switzerland, in the
French language. The “Bookof Mormon’’ has
been translated and published in the Welch, Danish,
French, German and Italian languages.
Inuudnliou* from the JIia*i*aippi.—By la
test accounts the breathes in the levee of the Mis
sissippi river were still increasing in number and
site and producing disastrous results. The latest
despatch from New Orleans says: “The Mississippi
river is committing a aeries of ravages and sad de
vastations, that cannot be remedied this year. The
breakages of levees continue in various directions.
The cars on the Opelousas railroad are stopped by
the crevasse on Bell's plantation. Great overflows
ore threatened in every direction.
The crevasse opposite New Orleans still continues
to enlarge. There is also a large rise coming down
tho river.'*
Yellow Fever ni itio !Ycw York Quaran
tine.—D< spa tehee from New York on Saturday an
m-un-oth- mi'al of tbo Steam Frigate Susquehmn
nab, from Gri-wuwn, where the Yellow Fever broke
out on bosrd, to ii - number of 155 cases. She left
eighty-seven of her sick at Kingston, Jamaica, and
lost seven on tbo passage home. The Frigate was
detained at the lower quarantine station.
Congress on Saturday.—In the Senate, the
Pacific Railway bill w s laid over to next session.—
The Kansas Conference Committee had held two
The decline reported by the Africa, by a compare
son with the above, is l-8d. on Middling Orleans
1-td. on Middling Mobiles; 1 6d. on Fair Uplands
and l-4d. on Middling Uplands.]
State of Trade—Business in the manufacturing
districts continued unfavorable.
London Money Market.—No change is reported
in monetary matters.
General Sews.
The —5,000,000 India loan had been taken at an
avernge of 93.
The political news generally by this arrival is un
important.
The Work Goes On.
We stated last week that the Pensacola &.
Georgia Railroad had been put under contract
from the Apalachicola river to its Western
terminus; the contractors obligating themselves
to furnish the iron, build and equip the road
and put it in running order. The parties agree
ing to do the work, we understand are experi
enced contractors, and gentlemen of means and
character—thusgiving reasonable assurance of
a faithful performance of their contract, and
an early completion of this important part of
the road:
Since then, we are authorized to say, that
the contract for the remainder of the road from
the Scwannjee to Alligator-including the bridge
across the river, and a mile of the read on this,
side, has been let to experienced Georgia con
tractors, who have associated with them seve
ral enterprising Floridians, gentlemen who
have been heretofore engaged in grading the
road, and laying the iron between Tallahassee
and Monticeilo. This work according to con
tract is to be completed by the first of Janita
ry, I860. This is a most important part of the
road, and wc think the contract has fallen into
the right hands—Messrs. Gilmer nnd Burcha
eli, who have just finished a large contract on
the South-West Railroad of Georgia, have just
left here with the contract executed, and in
ten days expect to have fifty hands at work.
The Pensacola & Georgia road with the ex
ception of a few miles, is now under contract
from Tallahassee to Alligator—in fact, we may
say all the way to Jacksonville; the whole of
the Atlantic and Gulf Central road being tin
der contract, the grading to be finished by first
June. This is very encouraging to the early
friends of the enterprise, and it is to be hoped
that all opposition to the road will cease, and
that everybody will put his shoulder to the
wheel, and help to push the work along to a
speedy and suctessful completion. I be only
part of the whole road from Jacksonville to
Pensacola.thatisnotnow under contract is that
portion lying between Tallahassee and the
Apalachicola river.—Tallahassee Sentinel,
Our Convicts.
Quite a large number of our citizens turned
out last Monday evening to witness the depar
ture for the Penitentiary of the criminals convic
ted of felony at the late term of the Superior
Court.
The officer despatched for them from the
penitentiary had gone down to Clinch and Lee,
and brought with him the representatives of
those counties. These two, added to the three
from this, made the number five. Three out
of the five seemed to be in fiue spirits, or rath
er exhibited a total reeklessness of all conse
quences. The two others seemed greatly mor
tified and dejected. Can confinement in the
peniteutiary for a term of years, benefit either
the criminal or the country ? Wefcarnot. The
number of convicts is daily increasing. The
State prison will soon be overrun. What is to
be done with the criminals ? Whilst we are
not willing without further trial to abandon tho
present system, wo must confess we are los
ing confidence in its efficiency.—<S. IV. News.
Ece County.
Judge Allen, held coart for one week only in
Starkvilie, commencing Monday the 5th inst.
We did not get there till Friday- There was
but little done besides establishing papers de
stroyed by the fire.
The question of a removal of the Court
Ho use will again be agitated. Two places are
named as suitable locations for the county site,
Adams and Wooten’s. Either place would bo
much more convenient to those having business
at the Court House, from other counties. But
the people of Lee should consult their conven
ience first, that of otbors afterwards.—S. IV.
News.
A Crevasse at New Orleans.—On the liihsays
icaynne, the river broke through the levee at John
. Bell's plantation, opposite to Jefferson City, and
though immediate attempts were made to close it,
they proved wholly unsuccessful. Before night the
breach was widened to at least, I05U feet, and every
hour tended still to increaso its width. Through this
wide opening a flood of at leaat twelve feet in depth
rushed liko a young Niagara, presenting at the same
time a grand and fearful spectacle. The whole plan
tation is converted into a vast lake, which is con
stantly enlarging its borders. and will, in the coarse
of a few days, render boat navigation necessary in the
streets of Gretna, McDonougliville anil Algiers The
destruction of property resulting from the crevasso
will prove immense.
Tlte Firemen's Parade and Contest.
YOUNG AMERICA TRIUMPHANT.
Thursday was a beautiful day for the Semi-An
nual Parade—clear, bright, cool; and the Depart
ment turned out in full strength and numbers.—
There most have been upwards of 200 in the four
Companies, and such a number of scarlet jackets
and burnished caps, to say nothing of the fine look
ing men inside of and underneath them,—with all
the “mersheens” in line, polished up to a despera
tion of brilliancy, the streaming banners, and so on,
made a handsome display. At least, all the ladies
thought so, for Mulberry street was lined with
them, and it was a very* beautiful and attractive
lining at that. Windows, balconies and sidewalks
were thronged with the fair, and the coarser half
of creation crowded the street.
After a review and march through Walnut street,
the trial of strength and efficiency commenced.—
Each Company was allowed fifteen minutes’ time
after getting into order for playing, and the stream
was to be drawn from a Cistern and projected,
horizontally through a hundred feet of hose.
The contest for prizes between the three En
gine Companies took place under the general su
perintendence of Chief Engineer Geo. S. Obear,
Assistant Engineer H. II. North, and of the fol
lowing Judges appointed from the Hook & Ladder
Company: Foreman A. G. Brrrs, Messrs. George
W. Price, E. Kirtlaxd, Jas. Campbell, and —
McCallie.
Ocmulgee No. 2, lead off: Foreman H. N. Ells.
Engine 2d Class, built by J. M. Smith, New York.
8 inch cylinders and Sinchstrokc. Disuncemadc,
15-1 feet 5 inches.
Young America No. 3, followed, and great in
terest was felt for the boys. Every one even in
tiie Fire Department wished them to succeed, and
they did! Their Engine was purchased a few
months ago, and is, of course, a pet with them. It
is a 3d Class Machine, built by John H. Sickles,
New York, 1 inch cylinder, and 9 inch stroke.—
Foreman of the Company, J. D. Vanvalkesbcrg.
Distance made, 172 feet and 5 inches, when their
stream overleaped No. 2’s and the peg was re
moved, you may depend upon it there was a shout!
Now came the last remaining contestant—Protec
tion No. 1, the victor in the previous contest, with
laurels to preserve, as well as acquire, and a hard
task before them. Foreman, F. S. Bloom. Engine
2d Class, built by James Smith, New York, 8 inch
cylinder and stroke. Young America held
their breath as the breaks flew up and down with
the power of forty muscular men. The stream
came snapping and sputtering—it crept along foot
by foot—till it stoppedjust short of Young Ameri
ca’s mark—1C9 feet 9 inches. A second trial and
it fell largely short—a third still worse, and it was
subsequently found that a bad fracture had occur
red in one of the air chambers of thcEngine. But
for this it is possible tho fate of the day might have
been changed—at least No. I thinks so, but no one
begrudges Young America her well earned laurels.
It will be seen there is really little or no difference
iu the power of the machines; and we arc confident
that No. 2, with another trial, would have dimin
ished what the figures now show. They are all
fair Engines, and the Companies are not to be sur
passed anywhere. The Fire Department of Mason
we believe to be almost unrivalled in efficiency by
any place of its size in the United States. The
Hook k Ladder has a new and beautiful Carriage
which carries its heavy load with great ease,
had been beautifully decorated with flowers for the
occasion, and the Company made a fine appearance.
We have often had occasion to speak of the effi
ciency of this Company at fires. The character of
a large proportion of our buildings affords it great
scope lor usefulness, and it is never found lagging.
After the excitement of thej trial had subsided,
the companies were called together, and the trump
ets awarded by the Chief Engineer, in a speech
substantially as follows:
Foremen Vanvalkcnbnrg, Bloom and Ells:
Gentlemen.—Before presenting you with the
Prizes awarded for the trial of your Engines this
afternoon, we are prompted to express to you our
admiration for the display which the Department
has made, as well as for the general and uniform
good appearance of its members.
We now present each of you tho Trumpet awarded
to your Companies through us by those who have
appreciated your services in times past, fully be
lieving that whilst you occupy the positions in the
Department which you hold, it will be necessa
ry for your voices to be hoard through them only
in tones of moderation to incite your men to duty.
Foreman Betts.—From the character of the ap
paratus under your command you webe deprived
of taking part in the contention just ended. Oc-
cupying so important a part of the Department as
your Company does, we have upon this, as well as
all other occasions, fully appreciated their services.
As a small token of that appreciation wc present
you with this Trumpet, knowing that your men
have but to bear the word to obey.
The Chief Engineer also read the following com
munication from the Superintendents of the Rail
Road Companies, which will be perused with plea
sure as a gratifying testimonial to the efficiency of
the Department:
MACON, April 15th, 1858.
Geo. S. Obeab, Esq., Chief Engineer Macon Fire
Department, Macon, Oa.:
Sib.—On behalf of the Companies we represent,
and in their name, we ask your acceptance of the
enclosed Check for $100, tendered to your Depart
ment as a compliment for their prompt response to
our call for assistance ou tho evening of February
19th, 1858, when the Depot buildings ol the South-
Western and Macon k Western Rail Roads were
in imminent danger of being burned by tho burning
of a Car of Cotton on the Track between the Shops
of the two Companies.
Please convey to your members onr thanks for
their services, and high appreciation of their labors
on that occaaion.
Our best wishes for the continued prosperity of
your Department, collectively and individually, will
ever remain yours. Very respectfully,
Geo. W. Adams, Sup’t! S. W. R. R.
Emerson Foote, Sup’t C. R. R.
Alfred L. Tyler, Sup’t. M. k W. R. R.
The Department then fell into line and marched
homeward through Cotton Avenue. At the En
gine Rouses of Nos. 1 and 2 they closed with three
! cheers for the Chief and Assistant Engineers—and
parted in the best of fellowship with complimenta
ry cheers for each other. The whole passed off in
tiie best of feeling—the spirited rivalry necessari
ly and properly existing between the different corps
never passing beyond the line of good nature and
politeness. Success aud many more such pleasant
days to the Macon Fire Department.
“.O, Cull me Flowers.’
Last week we commenced in a head strong fash
ion on a julep! but this week we are etherialized,
sublimated, rejuvenated and rising upward, wafted
on the perfume of a “thousand flowers,”—spiritu
alized, blest and “balmy,” not with vulgar red eye
and Cognac, but with Heaven’s own incense fresh
from Beauty’s bower. Enter one of Afric’s sable |
From the Savannah Georgian (Dem.) April 13
To Messrs. Howell Cobb, Robert
Toombs and Alex. II. Stephens
A suspicion has existed in the public mind at the
South, that a fraudand imposition has been practicea
upon the country by Gen. Calhoun, of Kansas, in
first declaring the election in favor of the pro-slavery
party, and subsequently, at a very critical juncture
in political affairs, reversing this decision. Senator
Iverson, in the course of a speech delivered in the
U. S. Senate, declared that Calhoun wa3 induced to
make this last decision by Southern.men.and though
the charge is a grievous one, lie failed to name the
parties alluded to. This suspicion has grown almost
into It positive conviction. All of you, together with
Air. Thompson, of Mississippi, are charged wilh be
ing the parties guilty of this transaction.
The following is tho charge—together with tho au
thority upon which it is made.
The Washington correspondent of the South Car
olinian makes the following charge: _
“ It is said that Calhoun was urged in tho strongest
possible manner, to make the decision he has made,
sons with a tray of flowery trophies—the Rose in r —.
„„„ h« ..d fag™, naernu, L?r;5’.S°SSta;
—the modest Violet—the gorgeous Lilly—the | their names—doubtless it will come out as a part of
flelicate Fringe, and what else is lacking? all blend
ed with the lively evergreen in one ravishing and
delectable effect. All this darkey tells us is a pre
sent from Miss Mary F ***** *» to us, a benedict,
who bid good bye to life’s spring some years ago.
Think of that, young gentlemen, and weep. Miss j
Mary—our. most reverent and respectful devotion
to you!
Advertisements and so on.
For pity’s sake, Messrs. Bostick k Kein, don’t
go on at sichan agonizingratc! The public know
very well that you are “old hands” at buying]
goods (old—not Kean ; he poor fellow, is single,),
and that you bewitch the ladies into all sorts of ex
travagance with your delicate frippery and gew
gaws. This you must answer for to a “ discerning
public.” Can you do it? We fear not. So reads
the history of the times.”
Tho Montgomery (Ala.) Mail plainly intimates
that the individuals referred to by the correspondent
of the South Carolinian, are Mr. Cobb, Secretary of
the Treasury, Mr. Thompson:. Secretary of the Inte
rior, and Messrs. Toombs and Stephens. We had
information to the same effect, butnot being author
ized to use name*, we forbea# laying it before the
public.”
the extract is taken from an editorial in the
Charleston Mereary," and is substantiated by that
journal, which is considered reliable nnd well in
formed upon political subjects.
All of you aro Southern men, and have been ele
vated to your positions by constituencies who be
lieved they were electing men who would faithfully
and fearlessly guard the great interests confided to
their keeping. One of you aro a member of the
Cabinet, and responsible in part for tho honesty and
good faith of the administration in carrying out that
policy laid down before and after its inauguration.—
Another is a Senator from Georgia, representing a
S.ate w hose people are pledged to resist any attempt
upon the part of the Government to deprive them of
their rights and privileges. The last is the represen
tative of a District whose people do not differ in
Our second warning and admonition. Quit your
fashionable follies. Buy spinning wheels (“ Georgy I opinion from tneir brethren throughout the State.—
• ii ,i. n i • r , \ LniHtno-1 kou are all democrats, and stand pledged before the
planners” they call em down in Florida,) knitting | oountry tosup „ ort atld maintain the doctrines and
yarn, Turkey red and sich like—and don’t stand in
the attitude of puhlic tempters.
And there is a gentleman named Peon, Daguer-
eotypist, keeps a gallery and takes life-like pictures,
He sends for us on publication day to come over
and see him —has something pretty and wonderful
to show, no doubt. The man is mad—literally
mad. Wc leave our den any how but about half a
dozen times a year, and did he think to get us out of
it to-day! O pshaw! Mr. Peon your pictures are
very fine: Mr. Mantellini would no doubt call
them “ demuition foin,” but it is a remarkable cir
cumstance for the Editor of the Telegraph to call
ou anybody—truly remarkable. On publication
day in would be miraculous.
Moreover, there is Stone, who sells hats. Mr.
Stone is i gentleman of taste, with an eye to the
becoming and beautiful—guilty in kind but not de
gree with Messrs. Bostick k Kean, but as he only
tempts the men into extravagance, we will say
nothing about it. Stone has been collecting baits
for the unwary for some time, and has got together
a tempting collection.
•Messrs. Campbell & Sons offer a great corrective
and cement in large quantities, and so we will quit
jests which ought not to be stale with such a good
quick lime substratum.
Skagg’s Patent Tire Tightener.
This is a Southern patent, obtained by N.
J. Skaggs, of Talladega, Alabama, only last
November, and it is manifestly one of those I guised joy by so called American newspapers side
country to support
principles of the Democratic Party.
You will readily perceive the interest that the
people of Georgia must feel in knowing tho correct
ness or falsity of the charge laid to youi accounts—
and will we trust as readily appreciate the impor
tance upon yoar parts to meet it with a denial or an
admission. We express no opinion as to its probable
truth or error, for we are in possession of no further
evidence than that lurnishcd in this article,.- ndsuch
a course upon our part would fail to satisfy tbo pub
lic mind.
These are troublesome times to Georgia,_ to the
South, and to the Democratic party, whose existence
depends upon upon its ability to execute its pledges
to the country. It is meet that tho South should
know her freinds, and how far they may be relied
upon in this emergency. We, therefore, in tho name
and behalf of the people of Georgia and of the Demo
cracy of the State, call upon each and all of you to
answer the charges preferred against you. We do
not include Mr. Thompson in this case, for the rea
son that we imagine the people of Mississippi will de
mand of him an explanation of the fact that his name
is not connected with yours in the charge.
We clip the foregoing, from one of our Georgia
"American Exchanges,” (which publishes it in an ec-
stacy of delight,) merely to express our hearty and
unmitigated disgust witli it—from the begiuniug
to the ending—from the first to the last! No pub
lic man should be held exempt from just c riticism
or merited censure, and the Telegraph will be
among the last to pin an implicit faith to any man
or set of men. But when it comes to impeaching
the fidelity to their own section of such men as
Toombs, Stephens, Cobb, &c., on the authority of
anonymous newspaper squibs—when we find such
a democratic impeachment paraded with undis
useful contrivances demanded in the every day
life of almost every man. The effect of alter
nate dry and wet weather upon carriage and
wagon wheels is always a serious annoyance
to every body who has occasion to own and
use vehicles of any description. In drought
be finds his carriage tires loose and rattling,
much to his annoyance, and there is great dan
ger of permanently injuring the wheels if he
suffers the blacksmith to tighten the tires to
the full measure of dry weather shrinkage of
the wood work. Now here is an arrangement,
which, at inconsiderable expense, removes all
difficulty—enables him to loosen or tighten, his
tires in a moment to suit the condition of the
wheels in any stage of weather, and in that
way to add to their durability and safety many
fold more than the contrivance can possibly
cost him. It is a short right and lef^ thread
screw—with a sqaurc turned by an ordinary
screw wrench, and propelling this screw on
either end through the heads or ends of the tire
which are turned up and abutt against the
opposite ends of the felly. Nothing could
be more simple and complete. Mr. Skaggs
brother of the Patentee, is now in Macon for
the purpose of introducing this patent, a mat
ter about which there certainly can be no dif
ficulty, because it is such a manifest and gen
eral convenience and necessity.
Tlic New Kansas Constitution.
Mr. “Jim Lane” studied the fitness of things
when he made the last Kansas Constitution. Free
negroes are entitled to vote; and who shall say that
Lane and his Kansas crowd have no right to choose
their own associates, and are not well fitted for just
such affiliation! It suits their tastes and habits to
a nicety, so far as wc can understand them at this
distance. Wc may congratulate Messrs. Critten
den, Bell, Wise and their Southern colleagues upon
the fact that in killing Lccompton, they arc indi
rectly championizing such “popular sovereignty 1
os this, and advancing the cause of “negro suffrage.’ 1
Let Gov. Wise hunt up his “cbo skin and gizzard
foot” letter at once!
Nctv York Colton Market.
From the Evening Post of Saturday, we
have the following:
1 The cotton market has shown increased
activity during the week, and for the past two
days a considerable business has been done at
hardening prices. The firmness of the south
ern markets, in face of the penny sterling de
cline in Liverpool, strengthened holders here,
and as the demand increased, higher rates were
paid for the more desirable parcels, of which
there are now but few offering. The falling
off in receipts at tbo gulf ports, has also had a
stimulating influence upon operators in the
staple, and it is now generally felt that little
advantage will be gained by waiting longer.
“ All anxiety about the ultimate extent of
the crop is wearing away, since it is seen that,
whether it may prove 2,900,000, or 3,000,000
bales, the result, as far as prices are concern
ed, will vary little, as there is no prospect of
any surplus remaining, or of stocks becoming
too heavy for factors to hold. The prospect
of next year’s crop, we believe, will exercise a
greater influence upon the latterportion of the
present one, than anything else at present ap
parent. Should the next two or three months
dcvelopc a favorable prospect, or otherwise for
next year’s yield, the value of the staple will
doubtless be influenced in a corresponding ra
tio.
Our domestic spinners are recovering from
last year’s disasters more rapidly than had been
anticipated, and will probably be active com
petitors for the remaining portion of the crop.
They arc buying pretty freely, and will have
to do so to keep the mills running, as they
have laid in no supply beyond their immediate
wants.”
by side with glorifications of Crittenden and Bell!
it is a little too much, and we feel like starting a hiss.
If the time ever comes when such men js these-
identified iu every way and by the strongest possi
ble ties with the South, may not be trusted—must
be watched and dogged about on such slight occa
sions—held to answer on evidence carefully cumu
lated by patching extracts from anonymous penny
a-liners, and so pelted with doubts, questions, and
suspicions by their own political friends;—if char
acter and reputation acquired by years of patriotic
and consistent public service, is to be clouded by
such a breath—why, character is worth nothin,
nobody can be trusted and we might as well go
into liquidation and bankruptcy at once.
For our part, until we see good reason to the
contrary, wc shall commit the business of assail
ing and wounding our own political household
entirely to the enemy, whatever disposition others
may show to exercise such striking marks of a In
fection upon friends. It was only a few weeks
ago, that there was a similar assault on the evidence
of the correspondent of the Picayune, aud but just
now one portion of tho Democratic press have fin
ished rubbing out the black marks against Col. Ward,
which had been set down by the other. It is a poor,
silly and thankless business, be it ever so well fol
lowed. Zounds, isn’t it refreshing to see Stephens,
Cobl) and Toombs called on to let the South know
whether they are her friends or not!!!
We hope the gentlemen so solemnly arraigned
on such slight authority, will not condescend a re
ply. The people of Georgia -will clear Messrs.
Toombs, Stephens and Cobb, of the charge of
treason to the interests of Georgia, on the .faith of
their public record and without the certificates of
tlie Montgomery Mail and those important gentle
men, the newspaper correspondents. As for the
attempt to involve Senator Iverson, as authority
for such a charge, that we conceive is sufficiently
exploded in the following significant paragraph
from the Times & Sentinel.
A Telling; Speech.
We have read with unusual interest and de
light Senator Toombs great speech in demo
lition of Mr. Douglas, delivered somewhat long
ago, (March 22d,) but in all the hurry and gen
eral disarrangement of moving it was only
last week that we sat down to look it over.—
It is the first congressional speech we have no
ticed, wherein the tortuous, contradictory and
necessarily hypocritical course of the free soil-
ers lias met with what we conceive to be a
merited exposure and castigation. What was
due to the scamps who set up all that outrage
ous clamor about the Kansas Nebraska bill as
a base violation of faith—a breach of solemn
covenant on the part of the South, after an un
flinching, unanimous, remorseless attempt, of
ten repeated and running through four years,
to abrogate that covenant by the Wilmot Pro
viso ? What is now due to those who, while
shrieking “and groaning over the attempt to
“ cram the Lecompton pro-slavery Constitu
tion down tlie throat of Kansas,” then proposed
to “cram” anti-slavery down the throats of all
the Territories, and now declare that not anoth
er Slaveholding State shall be admitted into
the Union! They are destitute of political
principle. They arc ready to set up any doc
trine or any plea to advance their own intense
and fanatical sectionalism. Mr. Toombs lash
ed them till they writhed, but not one blow
fell amiss. Wade, of Ohio, confessed as much.
We quote a paragraph;
If you would put it on the ground that
your objection is not to the cramming process,
but to that which is to be crammed down, it
would be well enough. The Wilmot-proviso
man holds that you can prohibit slavery forev
er in the Territories. That means that you
can cram freedom whether the people want it
or not, but take care how you cram slavery
Mr. Wade—That is it.
Mr. Toombs—That is it, says my friend
from Ohio, who is always honest and out-spo
ken, and straightforward, and I wish to God the
rest of you would imitate him. He speaks out
like a man. He says that i3 the difference,
and it is. He means what he says. He and
I can agree about everj’thing on earth until
we get to our sable population, I do believe.”
The fluttering of the pigeons told well for
Mr. Toombs’ markmanship. Mr Stuart, of
Michigan, as spokesmen for the wounded, read
him a lecture on good manners, applicable to
no terms or language used by Mr. T., which
he could have spared and made a clean breast
of the matter. It is an argument which should
go before the country.
The Kansas Biii.
The failure in the House, last Wednesday,
of Montgomery’s motion to insist on the House
substitute to the Senate Kansas bill and the
appointment of a Committee of Conference
have considerably revived the hopes of the
friends of the administration. The motion to
insist failed by a lie, and the motion for a con
ference was carried by one majority—the
Speaker voting in both cases. The Confer
ence Committee, it will elsewhere be seen, have
been able to accomplish nothing as yet. They
were to hold a final session to-day (Monday.)
The failure to insist and the motion to confer
were regarded in the House as a signal defeat
of the anti-Lecompton forces, and there is a
manifest disposition to give way in the Northern
democratic opposition to the Lecompton bill.
But the fruitful source of all mischief is the
Southern opposition to the bill. If Kansas
cotnes in with Lane’s free negro Constitution,
it will be justly attributable to that opposition
alone.
Dooly.
We paid a visit to the Capital of
and respectable county during £>1 ** '
Court was in session, Jud ee Worriii 1k, *c
m the place of Judge Lamar T i pr
has attained to the first rank in ^
judicial officer. Without anv •' ' .''
language he preserves themest n P “f ror k 1
[lie Court room. * Cr *ectord^j
Several distinguished members
bar were in attei dance, Messrs the
and Lochrane. From Oth«
Warren and Giles of Houston
«nd Worrit] of Som„”|“JS, : C
Albmy, Hall, Fish o„d Sre.d"f W !S J
ibe press was not entirely
We found the veteran of the Joum.T^
senger and the Junior oftfeluX***
ermg up the fruits of their labors ^’ »I
The People of Dooly are ,
condition, with a plenty to
money enough to pay their iust 3
now one of the best famine Lf eb . ,s ’ h*
State. We have been
.oeofc b,„ p „, of the coanty’Ldj |
A Politicals’ll,
Hon. H. W. Miller, of North 0 / - i
wasou the Fillmore electoral
last Presidential election, and WtS 8t:
men m that State, has written I
nouncmg his determination herJ* ,ef «»
port the administration of Mr JWi ,0
says : ’ j !;
“ Oa all national questions Mr p ,
has, so far, acted as the friends »f)S
more at the South, or the great” Mr ‘ Ci
thern, would have desired hi® to
been elected, and Mr. Buchanan hi-’ Lc •
ed his determination to maintain t ? v,n S*■<>»-
tional rights of the South, and bavin C - Csti,: -
earnest of his sincerity by aetB pf rco a I
unequivocal in their character, I'thjT- **1
be unwise, if not ungrateful in
the South not to sustain him.” ^ ^' e * I
Some Hall.
Kendall writes to the Picavurn. t
Braunsfels, Texas, about some tall M *''**
have had in that quarter: ca:1
“ Since March set in we have had
copious showers, and one hail storm SSVer, ‘'
beat everything in that line I haw? ? klel
nessed. Why, the hail came down in I "- 1 '
as big as your fist, and many
out in the midst of it, were ternblv
and badly hurt. I have even heard that
colts and calves were in some instant Y?*
outright. Some of the hail stones
have weighed a pound and a half Z i
windows on the windward side of some!?'?
houses in New Braunfels, look as tbooeh.iT
had been exposed to the thickest of three a -■
revolution in Paris. According to Sh.t
Lear was caught out in a tolerably
tempest; the old king could not withstand ii
“ pelting of such a pitiless storm” „ 0 J]
single moment. The only people benefited i
the shower of ice were the glaziers- tWi.
Had their hands fall of work.” ’ ' V '
The Charge against Cobb, Tooubs and Steth-
ins.—Washington Correspondents to Southern Jour
nals, have alleged, that Messrs. Cobb, Toombs and
Stephens advised Mr. Calhoun, the President of tlie
Lecompton Convention, to throw out the Delaware
Crossing precinct returns, thereby giving the free-
soilers the State of Kansas. We have not alluded to
this heretofore, because we thought it mere idle gos
sip,nml had too much faith in the integrity aud bones
ty of these men to bolieve, that they would counsel
or advise Mr. Calhoun to pursuo a'ny such course
We feel called upon now to say, from the general
character of the rumor, that we have reliable infor
mation that it is not true, and they had nothing to do
with Mr. Calhoun’s giving his award. Let this suf
fice.
Flood in the Mississippi.—At Lewis> Swamp
below Fair’s Point, the levee has been cut by rafts
men, for the purpose of- abling them the more easi
ly to get out timber, and .he consequence is damage
to the levee to the extent of $30,000 or 40,< 00.
The levee has given way near Col Trotter’s plan
tation, in Tunica county, and the river is sweeping
through the coutry, passing through Phillips Bayou,
and Moon Lake into Yazoo Puss. The extent of the
inundation is very wide—the destruction of property
vast, and the damage to the levee very heavy.
The following illustration is given of the
wit of Mirza Mohammed Ibrahim, the Orien
tal scholar, who filled for fifteen years the
chair of Persian at Ilaileybury: “ Dining one
day with a gentleman well known for his con-
iviality, the decanters halted so long before
the Mirza that the host exclaimed with a little
impatience, * Pass the bottle, Mirza—what do
you call in Persian the man that stops the
ine V— 4 We call him Mohammed,’ said the
Mirza, with a quiet smile.”
Following a Shark.—Some time ago, a gentle
man and one of his servants, a stalwart negro, went
fishing for rock on the Bay shore about ten miles
t the city. They cast their hooks and lines, and
waited for a bito. The big darky after wading out
some feet from the shore, tied the line around his
body. His master told him there was danger in do
ing so ; but the sable fisherman suspected no difficul
' y or accident. Soon an old shark, a rent old sea
os, came along and swallowed the bait with a good
relish, snd Sambo held the line with a firm grasp.—
The powerful fish, however, drew him gradually out
in deep water, when finding hd was in danger of be
ing carried out to *ea, iu order to cut the lice, he
made a desperate grasp at his knife, which was fas
tened to his head half shut, a portion of bis hair be
tween tho blade and the handle; but it was too late
The hungry monster of the deep, by a rapid move
ment, slackened the lino and dashed furiously out
from the shore, followed by the darky, who alter
nately disappeared beneath the waves and rose to
the surface, grabbling at his kuife as he rushed on
with almost lightning speed in the wake of the shark.
He was seen at the distance of nearly a mile, as he
occasionally rose to tho surface ; but soon disap
peared entirely far beyond the reach of assistance,
aud a victim to his own hazardous daring and i n
prudent temerity.—Norfolk Argus.
A Charitable Row.
The Charity Fete at tbo Crystal Palace on
Thursday night ended with a scene of enpar-
alleled confusion. In consequence of the de
fective arrangements of the ladies’ and gentle
men’s dressing rooms, the effort to recover the
outer wrappings, confided by the visitors to
the care of the attendants, resulted in a gen
eral melee. One gentleman, attempting to
enter the ladies’ room in search of his wife, was
expelled from the building by the police, and
the uproar occasioned by this incident caused a
tremendous panic among the ladies, some three
hundred of whom finally retired after abandon
ing the hopeless effort to recover their goods.
Profiting by the general confusion which pre
vailed, the pickpockets became very active,
and at 3£ o’clock a stabbing affray took place;
the hand of the assailant, however, being ar
rested in time to prevent more serious damage
than the ruin of a coat and waistcoat by the
point of the weapon. Many persons remained
in the building until G o’clock yesterday mor
ning, seeking the recovery of their property.
The missing goods have been assorted, and ar
ranged on shelves for identification.—jY. Y.
Evening Post.
A vote in Brunswick, on tho question to subscribe
for $25,000 worth of the stock m the liiuuswick A
Florida Railroad, stood as follows: For subscrip
tion, 201; no subscription!.
From tho London Times, March 26.
Tiie Atlantic Telegraph.
The operation of stowing the wire for a sec
ond effort commenced on Friday last, 19tb, on
board her Majesty’s ship Agamemnon, in Key-
ham basin. An extra place for deposite has
been constructed on her upper deck, abaft her
foremost, capable of taking 215 miles each
flake or layer. Here about 140 miles were
deposited up to yesterday, Thursday evening,
at an average of 27 miles a day. It will con
tain together 260 miles, which forms the first
portion to be laid. The place of deposite last
year, in the hold, made the coil oval in one
direction, close to the kelson, and oval in the
opposite direction above. A different arrange
ment prevails now; two additional bulkheads
have been knocked away, and the hold pre
sents tlie appearance of a basin perfectly *cir-
cular in every part. The cone in the centre
is 12 feet 3 inches high, and lias a diameter of
10 feet at the base and 5 at the top; it will be
encircled by 1,050 miles of cable. The re
maining 150 miles are to be coiled on the orlop
deck, where the heavy shore end was placed
last year. A new guard has been fitted for
the Agamemnon’s stern, to prevent the cable
from fouling the propeller. The cage previ
ously used was weakened by its proximity to
the copper on the ship’s bottom, which served
as a negative to the iron. The galvanic action
of salt water on it during the last eight months
has rendered it desirable to provide a new one,
which will not touch the surface until the load
line is reached. On board the Niagara the
boats forward on the upper deck are to be re
moved, and a space prepared of 33 feet diam
eter, equal to the reception of from 170 to 180
miles ot cable.
For the approaching trial the Atlantic Tel
egraph Company appear to have made very
complete arrangements, through their engineer
in-chief, Mr. Bright, who has been some days
at Plymouth. The coiling on board the Aga
memnon is superintended by Mr. Canning,
who assisted m the operations last year, and
who laid the cable across the Gulf of St. Law
rence from Newfoundland to Cape Breton.
Mr. Whitehouse, who completed the line from
Varna to Balaklava, aud was charged with the
first shipment and finings on board the Niag
ara, takes the same duty now, with'thc aid of
Captain Kell, who was engaged in laying the
early Mediterranean lines. Mr. Everett, of
the Niagara, accompanied by Mr. Clifford, one
of the company’s assistant engineers on the
former occasion, hasbeen intrusted with the
supervision of the experiments carried on at
the works of Messrs. Easton & Amos, under
the advice of Messrs. Penn, Field, & Lloyd,
whom the company have consulted upon the
modifications to be made in the paying-out
machinery, and with the concurrence of Mr.
Bright, their engineer, and Mr. Appold, who
invented, for a different purpose, the form of
brake to be used. The staff of telegraphic
clerks engaged last year has been retained,
and some of them, under the guidance of Mr.
Whitehouse, the electrician, are perfecting
themselves in their future employment by
transmitting and receiving, through the 2,630
miles of wire now at Plymouth, the class of
messages anticipated on the closer juuetion of
England with the United States and the con
tinent of America.
He is Lost.”—Tho Parts correspondent
of the Boston Courier tells the following anec
dote of Orsini, for which, he says, he can vouch:
One of the Magistrates, highest placed on
the bench, aud who was foremost iu condue-
White Wash.
We shall charge nothing for the fol
useful receipt There are many onthos*
and fences about the city and vicinity ii ■
would be vastly improved by a coat of Vi-,
wash well put on. The trouble and cim? |
are but trifling: 1 ' ]
‘ Take a barrel and slack a bushel c f fa j
burned lime in it, by covering the lime t
boiling water. After it is slacked, addcl$
enough to make it the consistency of :
white wash. Then dissolve in water an/;|
one pound of white vitriol (sulphate of st
and one quart of fine salt To give the*!?
wash a cream color, add one half pomj; I
yellow ochre, in powder. To give a fin
color, add one fourth pound of Indian red-
To make a handsome gray stone color, add«* |
half pound of French Blue, and one tori
pound of Indian red. A drab will be madel:
adding one-half pound of Venetian red. Ti-1
brick or stone, instead of one bushel of fc
use a half bushel of lime and a half busheltd
hydraulic cement”
ting theproseeutiou against the prisoners, (you
will easily see why I can not give his name
publicly,) bad, both personally aud by letter,
held communication with Orsini since the trial,
and, Orsini having written to thank him for
various good offices, the magistrate I sprak of
paid him a last visit at the prison of La lio-
quettc. Upon this oceasion, he addressed Or-
sini thus : “ I have no right to ask you what
I am about to ask, aud you have every right
to refuse me an answer. Consequently, if iny
question be indiscreet, remain silent: What
is your belief with regard to further attempts
upon the Empor’s life ? will these continue ?”
Orsiui looked him full in the face, aud an
swered slowly and very- gravely : “ I can have
uo reason for not answering you, and for no-
speaking the perfect truth ; it is impossible he
should escape—he is lost.”
A Terrible Enemy.
Banker, in his late work on Ceylon, saa j
that on one occasion he came across an ac
inous serpent which lay in his path. Hiski
was about the size of a very small, cocmu
divided lengthways, and this was nisei* .
about eighteen inches above the coil Hi
eyes were fixed upon us, and theforked ten
played in and out of his mouth with a com- j
ual hiss. Aiming at his head, I fired at ha
with a double-barrel gun, within fonrpsei |
and blew his head to pieces. He spend ]
stone dead; but upon pulling him bytbe tL-
to stretch him out, he wreathed himself in
convulsive coils, and lashing himselfont a!fid I
length, mowed down the grass in all direct* ]
This obliged me to stand clear, for his blows j
were terrific ; the thickest part of Lis boij ]
was as thick as a man’s thigh. On loosing bs
head, he tore away from the states: ud. si
though his head was shivered to atems, anils
had lost three feet of his neck by the L-
having cut through this part, which separate-
in tearing off the skin, still he lashed a-
writhed in a frightful convulsion, eontisain:
till I left him.
Paint Vehicle.
This is a new compound for miiiog p#&
and consists of four fluid ounces of oil of w-
pentine put into a bottle with one quarter out
ounce of gum mastic, one-eighth of shook? •
caoutchouc. These are well shaken three-
four times a day for three or four days- »-
then allowed to rest for a short time, le
gation off soft soap, which should be ooej®
old, and of good quality, is next dissolved cw
a fire in one gallon of distilled rain water-'
One gallon of linseed oil is boiled p u3 "^
into the soft soap and water, with fe^ n( ®
stirring, while both arc at about blood heat-'
The gum mastic and gum caoutchouc sole
is then poured from its dregs and added- £••
after the whole has been well stirred t
placed over a gentle fire and heated, the .
being increased for about half an bout
it almost reaches the boiling point, but t *» 1
uot be allowed to boil. The compos' -
then strained through a coarse cloth, a* ,
cold is ready for use. It makesa pamt t
cheaper than common oil paint, and urn**
rable owing to the alkali and gums p re ' e
the oil leaving the paint, and being w**
by the wood. It is also susceptive ot -r
polish when well dried, and takes '' an ! :5 ! ■.
A. C. Church, of Union City. Mich., is” 11 '
ventor.
lloxv to Use Guana. ^
1. Never mix it with anything; *"
and lime, and similar ingredientrtoo j
enough caustic aikali to drive on tne ^
parts beiore the soil can absorb them, a ^
of mischief and loss follows this ••““jj’fjws.
plied alone, the soil will best *d»pt it R> P t*
2. Mix as much as possible w'lh
deeply, but plough it in after sowing it o o)f
less it be for beau or drilled crops wh^
rn on the surface before tho ridges* . ;
. If applied as a top-dressing, s L'json ^
possible, before rain, or when_tne ;
ground, and if on arable eroutw, ’ rat ioo..
fle, if possible, immediately after the op
4. The best mode to apply it is by » , ' j
solution of it is by far the most power
application. .
5 If sowed with drilled gram, or 1 , ^ fii'-'
whatever, it should cevercomein c
It is a bad plan to sow broad cast,
drill, and then barrow, as it coi** 5
proximity to the seed, without com B
G. Be sure to get, if possble, the effi”
cheap guano, there is none. mIR'
ine per acre used, I* froa^o or‘a ^ ieit rfr
tho latter quantity when the land br ;dg(, CP
quires speedy rernovation.—Geo. rro
den, N. Y.—Country Gentleman, Marc*
The Duke of Marlboruogb,
gate of the Tower, after havi .“ g ,‘“^gfel^
fortress, was accosted by an poke! 1
thus: How do you do, my faora ^ eJ(i j
believe your Grace and I have bee .« $■
jail iu the kingdom.” VlbeUe^® 1 .
plied the Duke with surprise. “ ,- s t .«rep- i; ;
jail I have ever visited.” “Very W ' rti ;.
the fellow, “but I have been m a . t
So saying, he touched his iiat to > ‘ L jj-
walked off, with the greatestf j., im
aginable. Marlborou
might. «
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