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’HE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
News Summary.
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of Cotton i;i Liverpool for throe diys, 2!,*
• ..... b.i’os, of which speculator* took C,000, nnd ex
porter? l.ixO bales The market opened buoyant,
\ nt at the close, quotation* were barely maintained,
•mil rather e.; ier.
Bren .1st ".ilia had declined slightly,' and Provisions
Here steady.
Money market easy.. [Consols quoted at P5J a
tiflf. : •.
Tho Manchester, trade reports wero favorable—
Market quiet and steady.
OESCUAI. tSTBlUOE'tCI.
Advices from ludia report that General Ross de
feated tbo rebels, who were malting another stand
at Culpee. . ; • ' .
Nona Kihib attempted to escape into central In
dia.
A detachment of Europeans and Goorkahs were
repulsed in tho mountains.
The in-arrection in Candia is increasing.
, There has been a fearful eruption of Vesuvius.
There is a French squadron in the Adriatic.
The French Ambassador has returned from Spain.
Storm on the Setrfonndland Bank*.—A heavy
gale is reported on the 1st hist, on the banks of
Newfoundland, attended with immense loss of fife
und property to the French fishermen.
Besides the loss and damage of vessels, it is said
that no lesstluu 800 men perished during the
.-torm. Orders had been sent to Halifax for 8,000
fathoms of chain cable.
Catastrophe on the Mietimppi.—A terrible ca-
tastropho happened on the Mississippi river on
Hunday morning lStfi hist. The steamboat Penn
sylvania, of Pittsburg, while on the way from New
Orleans to St. Louis, when at Ship Island, about
ticvcnty.five miles below Memphis, exploded her
boilers, caught fire and burned to tho water's edge.
Of three hundred and fifty-persons on board, it is
believed at least one hundred perished, while o'
■ those saved, nearly all were moro or less injured.
Tm. Flood Sorth.—The destructive storm of rain
and wind, Saturday and Sunday last, teems to
hove visited the whole extent of country between
Baltimore and Newfoundland. More or less dam
age was done throughout itt whole course. The
Baltimore papers of Monday are tilled with details
of the disasters in that citv and neighborhood, where
mill-dams, horses,
by tbe m i ? 1 ' "
a New VorU, with
,; on is felt for the
iind blew directly
effects off Nerv
ed briefly in the
houses were flooded, and bridges
stock. Ac., Ac. were carried oil
ment. The storm also prevailed
great fury, and great apprclter
shipping on the < oa-t. tin
against the land, its t. •;i-'
foundland will be found ■
despatch.—j Hav. Rep.
Jhfoost of Thoma* Thomas*—*It is reported here
upon what fs deemed reliableunthority, thatThom-
j S Thomas, who was sentenced - to be hanged the
12th oflust March, for tho murder of Joseph Cross,
in Leo county, but broke Jail before the rime ap
pointed for his execution, was arrested lately in
Mobile, Ain.—[Albany I’, tri■ • *.
Broke Jai’.—Jesse Barker, imprisoned for .-toot
ing at another not in his own defence, broke Jail
in this city I :-t Sunday night. He was furnished
with instruments to facilitate his escape, by some
Iricud out side.
James Gilpin 1
\ been bound over to answer at
nable of nil traffic—the African slave 'trade—a
trade which is condemned by the positive law
of the United -State?, ns it is by the public law
of the civilized world. It is well known that
Cuba has Iong been the most lucrative centre
0 e this inhuman commerce, and that England
for more thnn half a century has made every
endeavor, bv blockading the eoast of Africa
and by treaties with foreign Powers—mutual-
]y conceding the right of search—cfiectually to
de-troy the occupation and profits of the slave
trader. For this purpose the British Goyern-
Ou-nt lias lately changed its tactics by placing
crui:' r.- around the island of Cuba to intercept
homeward and outward bound slavers. Now,
it unfortunately happens that the men who en
gage in the slave trade arc not very scrupulous
in the use of artifices which they hops will
screen their vessel from the examination of a
foreign cruiser- A slaver, manned by the vi
lest scum that can be picked up in the Portugese
ports on the coast of Africa, will hoist, just as
it suits its purpose, the English, French, or
the American flag; and truth compels us to add,
that vessels of this kind have been sometimes
owned and commanded by U- Statps citizens.
How, then, can it be possible to ascertain
the nationality of any vessel sailing to or from
a suspected slave mart, except by tho exercise
of that right of visitation and search which, in
reality, is as necessary a measure of high
lyc^ooisr.
t . . maritime police as that rule of public law
the next Superior Court, the charge of aiding in declares that pirates may be seized and
7%*'-Mormons.—Our Inst issue announced the
conclusion of the Mormon war. Despatches had
been received from Gov. Gumming by the Govern
ment, announcing the surrender of Salt Lake City
und tho archives of the Territory of Utah, and the
•peaceable exodus of the entire Mormon population.
On the IStb, however, five dars later accounts were
received by Gen. Scott, at Washington. They re
present that the Governor has been deceived by
the Mormons; that after they had removed their
women and children from Salt Lake City the men
returned, strengthened their defensive positions,
and assumed a threatening attitude. Tuc news is
regarded as reliable. The soldiers under General
Johnston were on short allowance of food. Capt.
Marcy was within six days of Caipp Scott at last
accounts. ,,
Fire in Fransrille, Indiana,—Avery destructive
firo occurred in Evansville, Indiana,, on Saturday
night, 12th inst. involving a loss of $100,000. The
Canal Bank was damaged to the extent of $1,800.
The “Journal” office is a total wreck.
Adjournment of Congress.—Congress adjourned
sine die on Monday evening last. All the appro
priation bills, except the one providing for light
houses, were passed and received the sanction of
the President. The appropriations amount to eighty
millions of dollars, end perhaps they will reach a
larger sum. The Senate was reconvened on call of
the President on Tuesday morning, and adjourned
slue die on Wednesday evening.
Restitution.—The Savannah papers publish a let
ter from Iier. J. T- O'Neill, enclosing to the Hon.
John P. King, President of tho Georgia Rail Road
tt Banking Company in that city, one hundred dol
lars, which was received by the Rev. gentffcman in
the confessional. The amount has been duly re
ceived, and an acknowledgment forwarded.
Bains in th' .V«wA and H r <wl.—From tho l-th
to tho 16th, almost the whole North and West
wero visited by deluging rains, occasioning destruc
tive freshes and raising the great rivers to a'higher
point than has been known for years. The city of
Baltimore was pretty well flooded on Monday. All
the streams in Umt region were over their banks—
a great many bridges swept away—several streets
flooded, and * great deal of property destroyed.
In the West, the Missouri, Mississippi and Olio
wore very high, and the most painful apprehen
sions entertained-for the plantations on the lower
Mississippi.
Slaves hiring their otr'n time.—The Comptroller
General of tho State writes a letter to the Receiver
of Tax Returns of Clay'.county, that where, any
slave is permitted to lu'ro his, iier, or their own-
time, it is his duty to inquire into the case, and if
the evidence be satisfactory, that the owner or
hirer has permitted his slave to hire his or her
time, shall make a return of said slave, and the
slave shall be bound for the tax of one hundred
dollars, and can be sold to par it, if the owner or
hirer falls to do so.
Seiitille.—Governor Sibley, of Minnesota, in his
Inaugural Address, delivered the subjoined extract
“Minnesota enters the. Ucionas the thirty-second
State. Sho extends a friendly hand to all her sis
ters, North ami .South.'and gives them the assu
rance that she joins tbeir ranks—not to provoke
sectional discord or to engender strife—not to en
list in s crusade against each of them as-differ with
her in the character of tbeir domestic institutions,-
but to promote harmony and good will, and to lend
• her aid, on all occasions, in maintaining the integ
rity of the Union.”
Death ef- (Jen. Wcffard.—G'-e. Wm.B. Wofford,
late Treasurer of the State Road, died at his reri.
dence in Habersham county, on the Iflth instant,
of Chronic Diarrhoea,
The highest Waterfall in the World, is in the
Sandwich Islands, and is stated to be betweeb four
ami five thousand feet high. The stream on which
the foil occur.?, runs among the peaks of the high,
cst mountains—so high that tho water-actuafly
never reaches the bottom—to great is the distance
that the water is converted into mist?, and ascend)
to the clouds again.
A punster says, “My name is Somerset, limn
miserable bachelor. I cannot marry, for how
could I hope to prevail on*nuy young Indy, possess
ed of the slightest notions of delicacy, to turn a
summerset."
Post Office Change.—The name of Pptaula P. 0.,
in Randolph county, Georgia, has been changed by
the Tost Office Department to that of Linwood.
Supreme Court of Ceoryia.—This body assem
bled at Savannah on Monday last, present their
Honors Lumpkin, McDonald and Benning, preti
ding. Tito legal fraternity is well and ably repre
sented from all parts of the District.
Committed Suicide.—Among the California items
of news, by the Moses Taylor, from Aspinwall, wo
find the following, relativo to a former citizen of
Macon: et
"John C. Caban is,, an old and well known resi
dent of this place, committed suicide by taking
strychnine, on the night of the 24th of May. He
was a native ef Virginia, - but came to California
from Macon, Ga., wlitre he lived many years. At
ono time Caban!-? had accumulated nidejj property
here, but has lately lost much in mv . dating in
ood. ’ 4 -
A Mexican Protect rate.—The Mexican Extra
ordinary has the following grave paragraph on the
subject of the propo-ition for a protectornfo for
Mexico: /
“Many of our city cotcmporarica regard the
proposition or Idea-of on American protectorate
over Mexico a very laughable matter. Wc were
afraid the nh’a might have bMn taken unkindly by
sonic of our high-toned'journalist.?, and it Is cer
tainly a y t c.i.oe fur gratification to know tl at
«e he re in >i. si;o can afford to laugh at tho Quix
otic -eh.'im— i.t ti..- n-tie - people of the sister re
public.”
the escape of Barker.—pb.
punished whersoever found. In the three cases
Grand Jury Presentments.—Wc call the atten- mentioned by our transatlantic contemporaries,
t : on of our'citisens to the Presentments of the I United States merchantmen have been brought
Grand Jury for the first and second weeks Sf “4 their papers have beetn
, o ,, . i. , .... . . I British cruisers. Jn one of these the ball nrt a
D»» rt ? superior • Court, which wo l‘ubU?h to-. ^ ^ ]o{Jged in |he mainmlxst of tb-
<! l . v - American brig, “close to the captain’s head!”
Ono ol tho most prominent subjects dircufscd, is Thege statements are probably exaggerated,
the building a bridge across Flint, River. Tho Ju- jj U t t jj C y should turn out to be correct it is
try of the first week recommends county taxation to difficult to see how tho Cuban slave trade is to
the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars, to build I be suppressed, if every vessel, whether coming
a free bridge. This would be so manifestly unjust from Boston or direct from tho coastof Africa,
that it will not be adopted. Tbo Jury of .the sec- is to hoist the stars and stripes in the face of
ond week recommend that the county become a the British cruisers, and say “Search and visit
subscriber for stock to an amount not exceeding | me if you .dare.” Uponthis theory every
ten
:n“thousand dollars. It trill be best if the amount pirate sailing under American colors would
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-important unprotc-K ^ th - 8 atato of (hinga Mr . Secretary
itry around it. Let £ agg j m8 demanded “the discontinuanceof tho
they can according I se arcbing of American vessels,” and insists
il be no'dilficnUy in I “that any damages ttfat may arise in the mat-
will be good stock, and a most important improve
raent to this city and the country around it. Let
every ono interested do what
to their interest, and there will
raising the necessary amount.—[lb.
TIic “British Outrages’* iuEngland.
The Question in Farlinmcnt—Fresh Orders to the
West India Fleet
In the House of Commbns on. t’fe 31st ult.,
Mr. Lindsay said he wished to call the atten
tion of the House and tho government to cer
tain occurences between our vessels of war and
certain American merchantmen. It appeared
by the American newspapers, that, in the har
bor of Sagua la Grande, a port on tho south
coast of Cuba, the boat of a British ship of war.
with fifteen British seamen armed, and an of
ficer, _boarded twelve American vessels, and
one Spanish vessel lying in that port, demand
ed to sec their papers and to inspect the hold,
•and that even in some cases they had bored
the casks of the cargo. Now, the place in
which that was done was not a small suspicious
creek, but a large port of considerable trade
and resort for commercial purposes. The
next were several cases of vessels havrog been
fired into and searched. He did not mean to
to represent these occurrences as very alarming,
for he believed that die interests of both countries
were too deeply engaged for either icishing to
go to tear; ^tiil it was desirable to maintain
the most friendly feelings between them; and
with that view he had thought it his duty to
call the attention of the House to lfce subject,
in hope that the government would Ve able to
give such an answer as would allay the feeling
in the two countries. It was stated that the
government of the United States, had, in con
sequence. given instructions to the collectors of
customs to report all outrages committed'on
their ships by British arms. Ho allowed that
it might be that some of the vessels mentioned
in the American newspapers might be suspect
ed of being engaged in the slave trade, and
that therefore a British officer was quite justi
fied in going aboard and demanding to sec th'eir
papers, and inspecting their hold, hut ho did |
not think they were justified, under tho cir- j
cumstancca of those vessels iu tho port of Sa
gua La Grande, in boarding them. The right
bonorablemcmber concluded by asking wheth
er it was the fact that certain American vessels
had been boarded and, searched by English
vessels ?
Mr. Wjalpole said that this was the first in •
timntion which the government had received
of the facts stated by the honorable gentleman,
and he would ask him to postpone the question
till to-morrow, (this day) when the govern
ment would he in a position to answer it.—
(Hear, hear.) S
After a few words from Mr. D. Griffith and
Mr. Ingram, the motion for going into a com
mittee of supplyyvas agreed to.
In the House of Commons on the 1st of June
Mr. Lindsay begged to ask tho Under Secreta
ry of State for Foreign Affairs, whether it was
the case that several merchant vessels belong
ing to the United States, engaged in the trade
with Havaua, or with the West Const of Af
rica, had been fired into, boarded.scarched and
detaiued by British cruisers ; and if so, by
what authority, or under whose instructions
did the commanders «£ those ships so act ?
, Mr. S. Fitzgerald regretted that he could not
give a satisfactory answer last night to the
question of the honorable gentiemau, as he was
aware that the honorable gentiemau was anx
ious that some answer should go’out by the
mail which loft this evening.. He begged to
say that in reference to the cases which the
honorable gentleman stated to the House last
night, the governmenthad no official knowledge
of them, whatever. 2'he statement, merely cut
from, a New York newspaper (the ‘New York
Herald,) had beenforwardedU)the government
by the British Ambassador at Washington.—
With regard to one case—that of the Cortez; he
had come to a different conclusion from that of
the American newspapers, and was inclined to
think that the capture was properly made.—
tVilh regard to the oilier eases he could only say
that lur Majesty’s government would deep
ly regret dial any such occurrence should hate
4^7,... /Jin! lit mas .inava /If /rnTIOI/B /)■
ter are.expccted to be compensated by Spain
I or that she is to interpose with the Great Bri
tain.” From the substance of Gen. Cass’ dp-
patch. it would appear that the acts complain
ed of have been committed either within the
territorial waters of Spain, or with the consent
of the governmi nt or of her most Catholic Ma
jesty’. Should this be so, tbeu we must rejoice
that Spain'has at length resolved to put an
effectual stop to the slave trade in co-opera
tion with the most powefti! maritine Power in
tho world.
But the difficulty which tho British govern
ment in this case will have to enoountcf arises
from that feeling of rivalry, or rather from that
feeling of jealousy, with which the people of
tho United States, are too prone to regard the
power of this country. Every American states
man, from the time of Jefferson down to that
of Webster, ha6 protested against any exercise
of the right of search by foreign ships of war
upon American vessels. Mr. Webster said in
1842“in every regularly documented Ameri
can merchant vessel the crew v.’ho navigate it
will find their protection in the flag which is
over them.” The great American orator and
statesman was no doubt speaking of protection
from impressment; but we may add, if the
right of search is to be permitted for any pur-
pose whatever, the declaration of the honora
ble gentiemau, as well as the long continued
policy of his country, must go for nothing, and
be considered mere empty bravado. But the
entertainment of such an impression in this
country would be most incorrect. Gen. Cass,
at the time of the Ashburton treaty, wrote an
able pamphlet against the right of search ; and
now, as Secretary of State the Foreign Affairs,
he is not more likely than he was when United
States Minister at Paris to make a concession
which would be inconsistent with that great doc-
tnineof the equality and independence of na
tions upon the seas which America has always
strcuoosly inserted. IFe confess that we can
not see our way oiU of the difficulty. On the
coastof Africa and along the middle passage
no Power appears to have strong objection to
the exercise of the mutual right of visitation
and search; but if you change the scene and
go to the waters of the Mexican Gulf, or to
those of the Northern Atlantic, the right—even
for the meritorious and noble objects of putting
down a crime which, in reality, exceeds piracy
—may be asserted’in u manner calculated to
give offence to a highly excitable ami jealous
people- If the government of the United States,
with ‘aview to tho suppression of the slave
trade, would maintain a sufficient naval force
in the Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of Cu
ba, all just and proper measures to ascertain
the nationality of vessels sailing under the
American flag might he enforced without the
intervention of the cruisers of a foreign Pow
er. By tho adoption of such a course General
Cass woald not only preserve his favorite doc
trine in its integrity, but he would show to the
world that the United States, in common with
civilized Europe, were determined to put a
stop to a trade which they themselves have de
clared to he "irreconcilable with the principles
of humanity and justice,” and which the great
Powers assembled at tho Congress of Vienna in
1815 described as “the scourge which had so
long desolated Africa, degraded Europe, and
afflicted humanity.”
Tuesday Morning, Jon© 22, 1858.
For Stidian Spring.
Our old and favorite corps, the Macoa Volun
teer?, started for Indian Spiifi'g, bright and early,
or rather dark and early, nt one o’clock this (Mon
day) morning. They go by railroad as far as For
syth, and the rest of the way (sixteen miles) by the
People’s Line, and work their passage, as the lad
did on the Canal boat May they keep step to the
"music of the Union,” or 'any other, which they
prefer. Some of them, we have reason to fear,
would like better “The Girl I left behind me!" A
good remedy for sorc-footedncss is a scat in tho
wagon, and if that fails to effect a cure, bathe in a
running brook and walk till It wears off. Where
the cutiplc abrades to the size and thickness of a
quarter of a dollar, apply a rag and wait patiently
till it heals. Relief is often obtained in this way.
On the march, it frequently happens that those in
boots wish they had taken brogans, while those in
brogans regret their boots. This can be remedied
by an exchange. Canteens should never be ele
vated higher than the belts, or filled only with wa
ter, which answers the same purpose.
The Volunteers are to remain at Indian Spring
until Friday next. They take Camp equipage
with them, and wifi therefore lodge and, we hope,
sleep in Camp; but are wisely bent on eating at tho
hotels. Wc charge theur to remember that they
havo tho dignity and character of this entire com
munity resting on their shoulders. Wc are not
at all afraid they will outrage decorum to any great
rffitent; but, if the truth must be told, some of them
have a habit of “flirting” when abroad, which is to
be regretted. As Hamlet said to tho players,
“Prithee avoid it." „
Senate Resolutions on the Right of
SEARCH.
The following are the resolutions on the
“ right of search,” which passed the Senate,
without a division, during the special session
last Wednesday :
Resolved, (ns the judgment of the Senate) Tha‘
American vessels on the high seas, in time of peace,
bearing the American fl«g, remain under the jurisdic
tion of the country to which they belong, and there
fore any violation, molestation, or detention of such
vessels by force, on die part of a foreign power, is in
derogation ol the sovereignty of the United rtutes.
Resolved, That the recent and repeated violations
of this immunity committed by vessels of war be-^
longing to the navy of Great Britain in the Gulf of
Mexico, and the adjacent seas, by firing into, inter
rupting, and otherwise forcibly detaining them on
their voyage, requires, in the judgment of the Senate,
such unequivocal and final ui.-pnsition of the subject,
by file government of Great Britain and the United
States, touching the rights involved, a? shall satirtv
the just demands of this government, and preclude
hereafter the occurrence of like aggression.- .
Resolved, That the Senatol'uUy approves the action
of the Executive in sending a naval force into the
infested seas with orders "to protect all vessels ofthe
United States on the high seas from search or deten
tion by the ves-els of war of any other nation.”—
And it is theopiuion of the Senate that, if it become
necessary, such additional legislation should be sup
plied in the aid of the executive power as will make
such protection effectual.
These resolutions were submitted by Mr.
The mormons.
Among our news items will be found one to the
effect that later dates to Gen. Scott, assort that the
Mormons in their alleged abandonment of Sal'
I^ke City are practising a ruse upon the govern
ment;' but the statement appears to be untrue, or
at least to have no better basis than the niereopin.
ions of some of the arm v officers, who, without be_
ing charged with any ever sanguinary disposition,
feel a natural disappointment that their long, toil
some and perilous campaign is, after all, to end in
no mi'itary adventure or achievement. The whole
Mormon population have actually abandoned their
dwellings and tbeir crops. Men, women and chil
dren—forty thousand in number—with very scan
ty supplies of provisions, had commenced a march
over an inhospitable desert of five hundred miles-
at least before they could reach the first comforta
ble resting place—the Gila river. The whole in
tervening distance is said to bo barren mountain
and desert, affording no comfort or refreshment to
man or brute. On such a journey, without any ad
equate preparation, cither of food, transportation,
clothing or shelter, have these poor misguided fa
natics hastily set out with implicit faith in the gui
dance and direction of their leader, and displaying
1 a depth of zeal and devotion—a unity of purpose
Mason on Tuesday, and on the motion to call aud feeling without a parallel in modern times.—
them up for consideration, the vote stood thir
ty-two to three. Twenty-eight Senators were
All the stories of Mormon divisions and dissentions
aad the probabilities of revolt from the domina
err.-,;
A Prosperous Sec«i«„
We find in the speech of Geo. l"‘
Esq., the recognition of a '.'act which
quently tobelost sight of in the current
cal discussions and squabbles
Speaking of the act? cf Congress
the Slc.ve Trade, he says
Lt t us look at the effect of these acts. sa.
passed in tSOfl and 1319 '20. WliatY'., i 1 ' ?»tr
c tiv. < di-:.nm opt g i..
" ,rr -"*!.»j3;
the t
1 prohj
liustrv and ;
upon the face ofthe earth has pro
extent that the Southern people
tion of these laws, slave lahn. It..
absent or did not vote. The three nays were tion of the Prophet when the army should reach
Messrs. Broderick, Harlan and Pugh.
We suppose there can be no doubt that the j
Senate has, in the first resolution, taken really j
incontrovertible ground. It is contended by j
the Euglish papers, (sec au article which wc
Utah, arc thus proved to have been mere inven
tions. The Mormons ofGrcat SaltLake City were
deeply wedded to their religious system as the Mor
mons of Nauvoo. It is fearful to think of the sufi’er-
and waste of life which will result from their
weary pilgrimage. How blank and dumb-founded enough along.” Content with her
rivalled nrosnpritv. m-i/1
quote to-day from one of them,) and by some ; stands force before non-resistance! ^low the brist
American prints,- that this right or privilege of ling front of war lowers his crest in deserted cities—
search or visitation is indispensable to a police j abandoned fields
Bibb County Loan Association.
Attention will be attracted by the Fourth
Annual Report of the Bibb County Loan As
sociation which appears in our columns to-day.
It makes an excellent showing, and the calcu
lation among tbe well informed, wo learn, is
that the stoCk can £11 be retired and its af
fairs wound up at present rates of progress in
the next four to five years. /
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Laying the Corner Stone oi' the
ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND.
Wc are requested to say, that arrangements
are being made to lay the Corner Stone, with
Masonic ceremonies on Monday, the 5th July.
It is expected that the M. W. Grand Master
will be present, and that a Communication of
the Grand Lodge will, be opened. The other
Societies and Orders of the city, with the Milj-
tary, will probably be in attendance. .
Military.
The 17th instant (anniversary ofthe Battle of
Bunker Hill) was commemorated by a parade of
the Volunteers, Riflemen and the Bibb County Cav
alry—the latter under command of Lt. Fitzgerald.
The Voluuteeis and the Oavalry appeared in the
morning, and the Rifles in the afternoon. All three
Companies made a highly respectable torn out—
particularly tho Rifles. In the cool of the evening,
if there tras any cool to it, we stopped on the pave
ment awhile to witness their drill. They go
through the evolutions with a celerity and preci
sion highly creditable to them as a corps, but not
adapted to the season of tho year or the state of
the Thermometer. Such drilling as that, gentle
men, is no joke with the Mercury up to fever heat.
We call it work.-
i place, and that they were as anxious as
the government of the United Stales that no such
occurrence should have taken place. The real
difficult?* arose from the fact that slavers al
most invariably hoisted the American flag.
Her Mdjesty’s government had signified totbe
government of the United States that they
were ready to adopt such measures os the lat
ter might suggest to meet that difficulty. Or
ders had been already sent out by the Admiral
ty giving peremptory instructions to our officers
to observe the utmost caution, and those instruc
tions would again be carefully repeated. (Hear,
bear.)
(From the London Post, June 1}
Although we are not disposed to adroit with
out reserve the apparently highly colored ac
counts which the New York papers have re
ccntly publish) <1 concerning the proceedings of
certain British cruisers in the Gulf of Mexico,
still we see quite sufficient >>i those accounts to
justify the. belief that another question, equally
difficult of settlement with that of the Cagliafi,
awaits the manipulation of her Majesty’s present
advisers. The subject has already occupied
tlic attention of the American Senate, and we
re informed by a despatch from Washington,
the President has demanded explanations
from England and Spain “ in reference to the
search and visitation ol American vessels in
the vicinity of Cuba and it? harbor.?." Wcarc
further informed “that specific orders have
been sent to the Home Squadron to stop the
ntcrfierence with American shipping from any
tuartcr what-oever,” and that three additional
rigates have been actually despatch#! to give
radical enforcement to the resolution of the
cnate. protesting against that which it e’e-
scribt - as “acts of British aggression in the
Golf of Mexico." No one, of course, imagines
tint British crui.-. i - hi these d:>_\ ? exercise the
right of visitation and .s.-.-h-l'Ii for mere motives
of idle curiosity, or for the purpose of giving
gratuitous offence to the people of a friendly
Power, i'he object with which American mer
chantmen have lately been overhauled has been
to ascertain whether they were engaged in law
ful commerce or participating in that most nbom-
TIic Coolie Trade*
Let our English cousins read tho following
from the Havana correspondent of the New Or
leans Picayune, and then seal their lips about
tbe Afi ican Slave Trade:
These coolie laborers arc arriving here at
present in greater numbers than demand; -the
consequence is, that prices have fallen from
twenty-two toten ounces each, this being bnt
little more their actual cost to land them. The
continuance of tbe slave trade, and the large
number ofbozales recently imported bare ex
ercised ti depressing influence on the market;
still, the different importers are working hard
at Madrid to get an extension of the period
granted by the Home Government for intro-,
during them. This term expires af tbo end of
the year, bnt as a largo purse bus been made
up to carry tho measure, vessels are being dis
patched from this and American ports, for
further cargoes, iu anticipation of the success
ful issue of the petition. General Couclia is
one of the firmest abettors of tbe Asiatic sys
tem commingled with the usual proportion of
Africam.” It is.addcd that, for the future,
the coolie is to be denied the privilege enjoyed
by the slave, of changing his master and pur
chasing his freedom; aud all arc required,nt the
end of eight years, to re-enter into obligationc
for another equally lengthy period, or to leavs
for their own country and at their own expense.
The latter not ono in a hundred will be able to
do, as they are all preakspendthrifts, and make
away with their money as fast as they get it.
They generally invest it in clothing or jewelry.
It is thus that the Cuban planters hope to be
able to hold the coolies until they die or are
useless. There canuot, indeed, be n doubt as
to tbe nature of the coolie trade; it is tbe slave
trade revived, and in a form in every way odi- j
ous.
A Serenade.
Some where “in the dead watch and middle of
the night” on Thursday last, deponent was awa-
kened from slumber by the sounds of martial mu
sic directly under his windows—drums—trumpets
—trombones—sax horns and whatmot—fine in
struments, bnt unfavorable to repose. Tut them
to the lips of Afric’s sable sons under your windotr
and in vain will you apostrophize “tired nature’s
sweet restorer.” “She no more will weigh your
eyelids down." And should you ask “now have
l frightened thee?” the question admits of but ono
answer. Next day wc were told wc shared with
others a complimentary serenade by tho Volun
teer's Brass Baud. That is a compensatory hon
or to be appreciated as long as wo five. The
“sands of life" will all "run out” before we shall
forget it. Had lie known *lt In time, deponent
thinks, under the inspiration of such an occasion,
he might have got up and “thundered with De
mosthenes—roamed with old Romulus—ripped Eu
ripides and canted witli old Cantharides.” Our
oratory should not have been excelled by tbeir
music; but now it is lost witfi the occasion—gone
os hopelessly as the lost tribes. In lien of it let
us print & hope that our kind entertainers may live
a thousand years and sleep (is soundly every night
of them as is the custom of this deponent.
of the seas; but no such right is set up for the
land police, and if eearcli is instituted, it is
done on the responsibility of the officer ma
king it.. A man’s premises arc inviolable, and
cannot be entered against his will. If their
privacy is invaded, even with a search warrant,
and nothing is found to inculpate him,
trespass is committed for which he has a legal
remedy. No such' thing as a right of general
visitation or search, was ever setup by the po
lice of any free government. Now, if vessels
at ica are held to be a part of the nationality
to which they belong, surely, outlie same prin
ciple, they must be held exempt from the
searches and visitations of a foreign police; and
if these are made, it must be not in pursuance
of any couceded right, but at the personal haz
ard and responsibility of tho officer making
them. If his suspicions are justified by the
result of the search, well and good; but if he
has interrupted and intruded upon a lawful
trading vessel in pursuit of her voyage, be
must make amends or answer to the complaint,
if complaint is preferred agaiust him. It does
not appear why there should be more difficulty
' in maintaining a police of the seas, than a police
of the land, upon this principle; and its prac
tical recognition ana enforcement is absolutely
necessary to prevent the frequent recurrence
of difficulties and misunderstandings between
two such great maritime powers as the Uni
ted States and Great Britain. Under this al-
ledged right of visitation or search, it will be
possible at any moment for an imprudent, has
ty and ill-tempered naval officer^ to embroil
the two governments in war, or seriously jeop
ard their friendly relations.
The doctrine formally and authoritatively
declared by tbe Senate is intended as the ba
sis of negotiations for the final determination
of this question with Great Britain, and we en
tertain the hope that Mr. Buchanan's adminis
tration will be able to lay it finally to rest.
Nuts to Crack.
We arc indebted to oar friends, Ells & Sox, for
bundles of “nuts to crack,” and very good nuts,
too. One is called the Paradise Nut, a variety
which we have seen in market only of late years.—
It is a long, triangular nut, with a soft shell and solid
kernel of a delicious creamy *flavor. Another is
the Brazil Nut, in the capsule or pod; if such a cov
ering can be so called. This pod resembles in size,
color and appearance, an old rusty six pound iron
cannon ball, and is about as hard. Open it, and
your wonder at how so many of these tri-comered
nuts can be stowed in so small a space, will not be
less ihan that of the royal George at how the old
dame gQt the apple inside the dumpling without a
seam. We are asked for some information upon
the natural history of these productions, to furnish
which we should be compelled to take down our
Encyclopaedia, which one can do as well as another.
anticss dwellings!
fireless hearth-stones and ten- 0 r changes, unless 'impelled by'h^ 1 ' 0 '
Tho Government, however,
was left without other alternative to force,* than
that of seeing its authority derided and a hostile
and lawless community firmly implanted in the
centre of the country. Its course with the Mormons
has been tempered with great forbearance, and
every avenue for accommodation, consistent with
its own dignity and respectability, has been left
open to the Mormons. It is fortunate that actual
collision has been averted; but we can’t think
those helpless and famishing women and children
in the desert without a shudder.
The “Outrages” in England
Wc giro elsewhere the reply of Mr. Fitzgerald,
the under Secretary of State, to certain interroga
toricsin the British nouse of Commons in reference
to the recent outrages in the Gulf. Although an
entirely friendly and amicable temper towards this
country is manifest on all sides, the result is not so
satisfactory as we anticipated. The u iUmost cau
tion" in carrying out the views upon this search
question entertained by the British Government,
will still leave a thousand occasions for trouble.—
The assumed right of visitation itself mast be aban
doned.
Dr. Matthews’ Lecture.
Dr. T. D. Matthews, of South Carolina,
delivered a Lecture in our city last Thursday
evening upon the French Revolution. His au
dience was small, owing to insufficient notice,
but it comprised several of our most intellectu
al meu, who were highly delighted with the
entertainment, and gave him, at the close of it,
most complimentary testimonials. Iu addition
to these, the Doctor bears with him highly sat
isfactory letters from some of the leading schol
ars and literary meu of his native State,
where his lectures appear to have elicited great
admiration. His letters, Indeed, are of alto
gether an uuusual character—so hearty and
enthusiastic as to leave no shadow of doubt of
the extraordinary merit of his lectures. He
delivers- a series of four, and we understand
intends to visit Indian Spring for the purpose
of commencing a course. Wc bespeak for him
tbe kind attention of the guests and citizens of
the place, assured that he is every way worthy
their attention.
“Pro-Slavery Malice.”
The Honorable Erastus D. Culver, who will be
recollected as late a somewhat obstreperous free-
soil member of Congress from New York, has been,
excommunicated from a Baptist Church in Brook
lyn, on charge of certain social malpractices. The
affair has furnished a great deal of food for gossip
to tho New York City prints, which is our apology
for noticing it at all, as giving a.strong illustration
of tho ryin mad fanaticism of tho free-soil prints, in
tho fact that Culver is held up by them as the vic
tim of “pro-slavery malice.” The Tribune of bst
Tuesday claims to have “ample proof'’ “that the
Church proceedings against Judge Culver were im-
The
Ifiitilitiif tiic Sciti.
A party, consisting of Mr. S. Bradford and
seven others, captured with a sein, on tbe Tib
irfst., fire hundred and ninetyJisli, and a large
soft-shell turtle, and killed an alligator six
feet long. The sein was hauled in Little Riv
er, eight miles above Troupvillc, at a place
somewhat famous for successful seining, and
where, wo learn, n very succcssfulvhaul had
been made little more thnn n week previous.
At a single one of these fishing grounds, and
they arc to be found almost everywhere in this
county, we arc reliably informed, as many ns
one thousand fish, including trout, weighing
eighteen pounds, and the finest brim are known
to have been taken by ono seining party.
j i;c li-h caught on the 7th inst.. by* Mr.
Bradford and party, were principally perch
and jack—among them were some trout—no
catfish.
Little River, at this place, Troupville. af-
i'.nils, also, excellent line and bob fishing.—
Trotivville Watchman.
Projection and Destruction.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in
Philadelphia last Tuesday night, at which a series
of resolutions were passed in favor of protection to
American industry. Henry C. Carey presided, and
r.- . t• ■ made l.v .'enaters I'ullamer, Sim-
motis and Cameron, ami Representatives Humphrey
Mar.-hall, Covorie and E. Joy Morris.
When the lljack Republican doctors, who hare
undertaken to galvanize a protective tariff into ex-
i-tence, shall ■ arry out the other dogma of their
creed, to "It: it ruction of Southern Industry,’,
they can goon and protect to their hearts’content;
and may they have a good timeofit, when the boun
ties to “American Industry ’ shall all come out Ql j
their own pockets.
polled by pro-slavery malice.”' That will do.
Israclitieh scape goat never stood sponsor for half
tho sins charged to African slavery. Why it is
charged to be not only the source of all moral, so
cial and political mischief where it is, but is held re
sponsible for all wrong and wrong doing where it
is ntot. It is alike answerable for the sins of its
friends and the sins of its foes. «
The Mormon Exodus.
St. Louis despatches dated last Tuesday, an
nounce the arrival of Col. Thos. L. Kane from Camp
Scott, on the 16th ultimo, llo reports that Gov.
Camming had returned to Sait Lake City after ma
king an ineffectual attempt to stop the Mormon
licgira to the South. Salt Lake City and the Nor
thern settlement-were nearly deserted, a few per.
sons only remaining to guard the buildings. For-
ty thousand persons ore said to be in mo’tion, their
trains extending for miles down the valley. The
advanced trains were already three hundred miles
distant.
To evade answering where they arc bound, they
say they are going south; but their supposed des. I
tination is Cedar-City or some part of Sonora.—
There were no mules at Camp Scott. Col. Hoff
man’s train was met twenty miles from the Platte
Bridge. Col. Johnston would wait the arrival of
tho Peace Commissioners.
The Indians were annoying the Mormons. They
call them squaws, and say that they won’t fight.—
Brigham Young had delivered the great seal, re
cords, &e., which it was supposed had been de
stroyed, to Gov. Cunnning. The recent heavy
rains extended far to the west, and all the streams
arc full.
Speech of Georg-e B. Hunter, Esq
Finding in the Richmond Enquirer a report
of Col. George R. Hunter’s Anti-Slave Trade
Speech, delivered at the recent Session of the
Montgomery Southern Convention, we haw
copied it as opportune in its nature, aud
strong, and we believe, iu the main, a very just
view of the subject. The speech does Col
Hunter honor, although a report of it, which w
presume, never met his eye until published in
the Enquirer. It appears, also, to have met
with a very favorable reception from the Con
vgntion.
Important from China.
The New York Evening Post professes to
have private advices from China, which state
that the plenipotentiaries at Shanghai have
agreed to the following demands upon the Chi
nese government as the conditions of peace:
1st. The opening of the coast and great
rivers of China to foreign Commerce.
2d. The access of foreigners to the interior
under the restrictions of passports.
3d. A reduction of the duties on certain ar
ticles of commerce.
4th. Residence of an embassy at Pekin.
5tb. Indemnity—but no territory.
A letter appears in the Christian Advocate
and Journal, from R. S. Maclay, an American
Missionary at Full Chow, dated 3[arch 22.
announcing a current rumor of the death of
the Emperor of China. It was not fully credi
ted, although it was known that he was very
sick—his lower limbs entirely paralyzed, aud
it was impossible for him to live much longer.
His death, it was supposed, would add fresh
complication to the negotiations, and have an
important bearing in openiug the mighty Em
pire of China to religion and civilization.
fSF We copy from the N. Y. Herald, on the
first page, an article upon the policy and suc
cess of Mr. Buchanan’s administration, which
we agree with in the main, but have no sympa
thy whatever, of course, ill its reflections upon
the late administration, or upon the course of
some Southern democratic supporters of the
present one. Tho Herald’s, every article is
bound to take some prominent shape and col
or from the personal feelings of Mr. Bennett.
The wipe at Mr. Toombs iu this one, is as un
deserved as possible, for the administration
has found no more efficient supporter in the
Senate during the late session, than Mr.
Toombs.
. -lave labor 'k
the prosperity of tlieso people bevond
lliej has a protected the industry nf ■>, . °f tin,,
of the south, and not discrimin a t e() '„: e r J *; «l,t y j
gentleman contends j and they conS a *'tt
great securityof the,South.
concerned. (Applause ) bborj^
And this, we presume, no one will ,
be a perfectly truthful statement 0 f n
with the Southern States. I n the f,
partial and sectional legislation-,„ 1° ° f 811
of every political grievance that may h ^
plair, C d*of or imagined, they still etubo-i' 0 ^'
mosl prosperous people under the sun 7 ~
this fact, while it furnishes the suffi t .j ea t' ^
to the assailants of the social oconom
which such results have been product ^
dtoolrik primary-cause of the assJL’? 80
selves. It is, also, as Mr. Hunter .
good reply to those who are cagcrK^ i '' 3
ing at some radical change in affair ?f p '
they fancy may bring a still greater n rc * •
They are like the impatient fanner
golden egg. It is a safe adage’to «*{ e ‘, >ht
Item with her state’? 6 -' 1
rivalled prosperity, and striving to m a i E . •
prudence would dictate no violent a)Q;1 ’
weightier reasons than those of m crc L -
and social prosperity, which it i s Dot d J?
arc already ours in an unexampled dearer '
Route of tlieMsiin Tciaitk Railroad.
A letter from E. L. Ilerriot, Esq., Chief En
gineer of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Com-
The IiKlepeiulence Anniversary iu
MACON.
Wc arc glad^to announce that arrangements
have been made by the Military of Macon for
adue of observance of our National Anniversa
ry on Monday, the 5th proximo, in which the
Municipal Government, Fire Department, and
it is hoped the citizens generally, will pavriei>
pate. The Orator selected for tbe occasion, is
Cliffoiu) Andersow,' Esq., and the Reader of
the Declaration, Samuel B. Huxter, Esq.,
both of whom havo consented to fill their re
spective appointments. The oration is to bo
delivered in Ralston’s Hall, and the Military
and Fire Departments will, of course, parade
in uniform, presenting a fine display.
Pantlier in Thomas County.
A large Panther was killed by Dr. Copeland
near Duncansvillc, in Thomas countj*. week
before last, which the Enterprise says, meas
ured seven feet lorg.
Montpelier Academy,
Tnc examination of this Academy will take place
on the 2d July next, instead of the 22d, "as ndyer-
tiseddast week. Th: mistake is corrected.
A AViioIe Family Drowned in
FLOOD AT ROSCOE, lLLlfioiS '
It was briefly mentioned a few davs
the wife and eight children of the P l L ti-
Ilsley, of Roscoc, Ill., were all Tov,,T K
.he 3d inst., during a freshet. The rev?"5
gentleman, the only survivor of tlw ,i7
household, has given a minute account c %
sad disaster. It appears his house was
creek, and he and family saw the wst**^*
rapidly. At nine o’clock at night tbe
was surrounded by water, and he piWd?
his family to leave, but somepenoS
neighborhood persuaaed him to remain t
ten o’clock the flood had fallen four uldT
Here we quote from the statement pubikS
in the Roscoe paper:
Having concluded to remain in the house,
the five younger children were sent to u
and shortly after the balance of the faailv
met in the lower room and had prayers rJ
paratory to retiring also. The other thildra
then went up stairs, and Mr. Ilsley prop," j
to bis wife to remain up a short time Wrr
This must have been about eleven orbatf-Lj
eleven o’clock.
Just after the three children went up there
was a great rush of water passed the hoc; .,
and Mrs. Ilsley went to the hall door with j
lantern and looked out. She found the
rushing by with tremendous force ondls ,
of her, and coming in at the door. 8hecolled
loudly for help several times, but the water
was too deep, and rushing with such tremend
ous force that no one could then get netrtke
ill-fated house. Mrs. Ilsley called to Horatio,
tbe eldest son, and ran up stairs immeduteij.
She then called to her husband to cume^,
which he did, and, opening one of the windini,
again screamed for help, but in vain. Atthit
time he was just coming out of bis study, sad
was standing in the entry, when he beard lit
children cry out, “Father, father!” and at the
same moment he saw one end of the hiu.-eM
out with a crash. He then felt the whole kat
swaying up aud down, like a boat on & »2ve,
and then it fell into perfect ruins. Just uit
fell he heard his wife scream, and that was the
last he heard of his family. He immedaftlr
found himself in the water not knowing tar
he got there; and with no power to help him
self* he was tossed about and hurried aU:
with great velocity to the river. He tookh
some water then, but bad presence of cat
enough to guard against taking in anymore,
and try to keep his head above water.
I then [he says] commended my soul ad
my family to God, expecting to meet Hisiad
them in eternity in a moment; and Iitei
wish I had.” He was carried on ustl ke
struck against some floodwood, and soon sis
was thrown against atree, into which he climb-
ed, and managed to maintain himself for soot
two hours, during which time the people bd
discovered him, and were making a rrits
rescue him, when Mr. Richardson swan ooiu
him, and got hold of him jU3t as liisstrecja
failed him, and he was dropping off the to-
When it is remembered that Mr.I.hat*
one leg, and was in delicate health, his escste
from death is almost miraculous. Mr.
of opiuion that an’ outhouse which stood us*
:diately behind his must have teen.tsnst
awav first, and in its course etruck hi, so
demolished it. His eldest son, who had
absent ten months in Milwaukic, had re
turned home on a visit, and at tbe time c.
accident, for the first time in ten mouth*.
the family all at home- • ffkl
The following is the melancholy list « "•
victims of this most distressing catastrophe•
Susan Merrill, wife of Horatio *
forty-three years; Horatio Thayer IWcy i--
seventeeu years: Charlotte Elizabeth H-.;
Col. £:. C. Yancey.
Our latest news from Washington, commun
icates the appointment by the President and
the confirmation by the Senate, of Coi. B. C.
Yancey, of this city, as the representative of
the United States :o_the Argentine Confeder
ation, in South Am :rica. Col. \ ancey, though
panv, is published in the Savannah Republi- he has become but recently a citizen of Geor-
enn of Saturday, in answer to a resolution of ■ o' a * l )as >nade main friends who will be grati
fied to hear that this honor lias been conferred
asking “ which of the lines he
lie considers most practicable,
The Floods.
The Northern and Western papers teem with
accounts of devastation by flood. The New York
Herald of the 17th, estimates tho damage at live
millions. The AYheut crop " ill be largely affect- ,
ed in quantity by these freshes. !
the Company
has surveyed
and his reasons therefor.” Mr. Ilerriot de- j
c!arcs in favor of the Southern line, running
three miles south of Troupville and crossing i
the Withlacoochcc near tbe Mineral Springs, !
became it offers less curvature, a morefavora- '
ble distribution of grade, a country better able
to aid in the construction and supjiort of the j
road, and a prospect of securing business
Florida. Upon the reading of tho letter tho
Company resolved to locate the Road upon the
line recommended.
„•
on him. lie will make an able and faithful
Mimster to the government to which he is ac
credited. and we feel assured that the interests
of the United States will be promoted in Iris
bands.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
In the early part c f the American war, Frank-
Iin went to Paris, ii hopes of obtaining pecuni
ary resources from France. For some time lie
was unsuccessful, and being invited to a large
- j party a gentleman observed, “Itmust bcown-
10111 ed, sir, that America now exhibits to us a grand
and magnificent spectacle!” “True,” replied
the Doctor, dryly, “but the spectators do not
pay!”
Charlotte
aged fifteen years; Mary Ellen
thirteen years; Orrin Woodford IU
eleven years; Edward Paveon A 8 **?’ '
nine year; Susan Caroline Ilsley, sg l *
years ; Annie Louise Ihley, aged five. 1
Charles Merril Rsley, aged six mow*
S3PThe Atlantic Telegraph Fleet rc;'^ *
to Plymouth from their experiment.?■ ;
the 3d inst. The experiment of P*! 1
aud hanlingin the Chide, in water near:
miles deep, and much deeper than i -
where between Ireland and Ne*ftun ” j,
entirely successful, and the new.'
pronounced perfect. The operation» . •
was perfected four times, and tne “j
payed out at the rate of seven or ey
an hour.
tfo be Excluded.
Chinese and negroes are here>'te r 1 JA
excluded from California. By £ la ' T ? c
centiy, whoever, after the last any ot
be;; next, shall introduce any Chme; 6 V, a
golians into the [date, shall be P UI |j J, ‘
line of from four to six hundred don .
imprisonment, or by both fine and ••
me ut, at the discretion of the Courts. ^
has been printed in the Chinese
copies of it sent, to China for distn a -
Domestic Markets.
NswYork, June 1B.-Sales of .
bales. Tho market is firm, and Mi li
quated at to cents- Flour is ho'}' v
000 bbls. Wheat heavy, sales 63.C00 tU! ' ‘fr,
tera white 61.07. Corn dull. Spirit*«‘ ^
inactive, ltice quiet. Freights on
pod 7-32(1. ,, „ Tit!*’ 1
Charleston-, June 19; 1 r. ‘ ..jfcftift*
a good demand for fine grades an f rl '
ing. Sab? m-dw.-r,oMes^he bulk, 3» s
12J to 12 J cents. _. , . jy,
‘Patrick, dear"."conic in • n Jg£wt»V
said the wife of a jolly son 0 , -<] e dlj
ju.?t returned loom ,m ‘ lal1 '
derated state. • You must be t „ r
share, wi.l yer long w,dk/-4n t ‘M
wid your nouscuce, said ' - 1 ' 1 .* .1:
length of the way that fatigued tr-
was’tlie breadth of it.” _____
At the 5«-'”
‘ Ball, the P**?
A Scented Fount.u
the Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria and of the prettj : ‘ ^
of Portugal, were opposite to 0 -, ,
silver ornament representing n f. . , .
ses drinking at a fountain, “'o
the Queens approach, than tl"'
meueed playing Cologne
air with grateful perfume.
AT
finin'
water,