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■HE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH
Nows Summary.
Arrival ol'tlie Arabia*
THU BRITISH >'.H ADROX TOTiF. WITHDRAWN
FROM Till'. GULF.
Halifax, June 2*.—The steamship “Arabia nr-
fired to-day, with Livi rpool dates fo :liO 19th inst.—
Sho brings Interesting intelligence, together with tin-
following account of
The market*.
Sales of Cotton in Liverpool, tor th
bales, ot* which apecul at ora took l.OCO
0,000 The sales of Saturday amounted to IS.OOu
bides. The market for the week opened at jjd. de
dine, but dosed firm with a decline of id. The fol
lowing are the
quotations:
Fair Orleans, 1 916 <L
Middling do 6 13-ltid.
Fair Mobile 1 ’ ***
Middling do.
Fair Uplands
Middling do
The stock on hand amounted to C60,oo» bales, ot
which 570,900 were American.
Consols were quoted at »5j.
Manchester.—The advices from Manchester are
unfavorable; gnoda had s/lghtly declined and the
market was quiet and steady. .....
The weather in England waa unfavorable to the
crops.
general, so far n= the doctrines of revelation were
court rned, though both were estiinuble men. The
senior, born in England, moved to this country, to
found a Colony of Socialists, which he did In Indi
ana, calling his settlement New llarmonv.
Locust*.—Myriads of locusts have made tlifcir
appearance in the southern part of Mississippi and
the northern portion of Louisiana.
Drowned.—Tim Cat sville ■'standard of last T!> :il
dsy morning says : On Saturday last, in the h'"
part of this county, L- uis Worthington " - 13 <lro "
ed in the Etowah river, at Milam’s F«**7- ** L ’ * l:1
been at the 17th court ground, and was probably ni
der the influence of liquor, a* • ,Ift -found in
his pocket when he was take" from the river. He
was seen to ride into the river and drown before as
sistauce could be rendered.
Southern Vml'* ni, 7 "»««• Atlautn.—Ths cit
izons of Atlanf- recently held a meeting and agreed
to offer the Trustees of the Southern University 1,000
■ 3 AS AiVI Aa 1a aaAa aLa\Ian4|*mam / Vt\* a _
ncros,
MACON, OA.
Tuesday Morning, July 6, 1858.
fl'VSd.
7 i t'd-
.... e *ed.
The bullion in tho Bank of Englandhsd decreased
£400,000.
Cienrrnl New**.
The Arabia saw a vessel ill latitude 53 deg. longi
tude 3t> deg. which she took to be the Niagara, tho
she was at too great a distance to speak to her.
An iuterestiug debate had takeu place in boll.
Houses of Parliament, on the disturbances with A
meric*, in which the views' of members were of s
very conciliatory nature. The probability is thai
the Britiah squadron will be withdrawn from the Cu
ban waters, and sent to the coast of Africa. It is al
so thought that England will entirely abandon the
right of search and visitation.
Nothing late has been received from India, and
the continental news is unimportant.
The propeller New York, which was wrecked »
abort time since on the coast of Scotland, was fast
breaking up.
Latest from Camp Scott.—St. Louis, June S*
Advices from Camp Scott to the 10th inst. havebeen
received in this city. Governor Camming is din
trustful of the Mormon promises, and the army has
been ordered to take up the line of march for Salt
1 ake City on the 15th.
Rust iu Onta.—The Columbus Enquirer leanu-
that some planters in Russell county, Alab*ma, bar.
lost a:»ck by turning them upon fields of oats injur
ed by rust. Not only hogs, but horses and mulea al
so, it is said, have died from the effects of eating
these oats. We have heard a report that ouegentle
man lost sixty out of sixty-five hogs turned into a
field from which the oats had been cut. If these re
ports are true, farmers should bo very cautious about
feeding away or sending to market, oats thus affect
ed; and we hope that each one will make inquiries
and cautious experiments to ascertain the truth ot
the reports that have reached us.
A While Crow.—The last Southern Recorder
aaya: “A son of ours, white pTckrrig~bTackMrriCSra
few days since, in the neighborhood of this city,
kuocked down from a small tree with a stone and
caught a perfectly white crvtc. ^It bad with it a flock
of black crews near him, in company with another
almost white.
From Mexico—Hr. ForsytU iJeummU hi*
land or 95,000 to locate the Southern (Epis
0 ”^al) University within three miles of their town
The itlnin Trunk under Protc.t The
Brunswick Herald of last Wednesday says: “ It i
with deep regret we have to announce that one at
least—and we suppose all—of the notes, (amounting
in the aggregate to 975,000.) received by the Bruns
wick and Florida Railroad Company from the Main
Trunk Company, has been protested for non-pay
mont. These notoj were given last December in
pursuance of the arrangement then made by the two
Companies.
Dccrcn»r iu Populntiou.—It is mentioned as
one of the incidents of tho disastrous results of lost
year’s commercial revulsion, that tbo New York
City Directory, just issued, contains nearly 4,000
I names less than it contained in 1857. This falling
'>ff indicates a much greater loss, for only tho heads
->f families and persons engaged in business, as pet
insuent residents are includ- <; in the count. It is
the first year, it is said, siuee the last war with Eng
land, that a similar result has been shown.
Straw Overshoe*.—A patent has bean granted
to a citizen of Utica for a new kind of overshoo, de
signed lor persons travelling by sta aud land. It is
m ide of braid straw. Straw being a non-conductor
• >f heat, the natural warmth of the foot is retained)
without being subject to dampness by the foot sweat
ing, the straw being porous, and either absorbing
the dampness or allowing it to pass off.
The RIoir Sunke.—The correspondent of an
eastern paper tells of the death of a Mr. Aben, in
Clinton county, Iowa, caused by the breath of a
“blow snake.” Mr. A. being a new settler, was eo
tirely ignorant of the nature of the “blow,” and see
ing one, he got close enough to strike it. when tho
snake suddenly raised itself up, and blew in its pur
suer’s face, causing Mr. Aben to inhale the breath of
the animal, poisonous enough to cause the death of
the unfortunate man tn a short time.
Western & Atlantic Railroad--AN
OTHER DIVIDEND.
Ben. May, Esq., Treasurer of the State Road,
has transmitted to the Treasurer for the State, at
Milledgeville, $25,000, being the nett earnings ot
that Road for the month of June. This, added to
the amount of the two proceeding remittances,
makes the pretty little sum of $92,000 which has
crept into the State Treasury from that quarter
since the first of April last. Whatever complniut
m«y proceed from certain quarters, against the
■nonagement of that road, the logic.of.th*>«*» fmmtm.
] IsTTfirfi'To ue retutew; Those of us who regard
such matters from this distant stand point, see the
result and not the process; but if the former satis
fies us, wc are apt to applaud the latter. ‘The tree
is known by the fruit.’ This is rather a severe test
to apply to the conduct of public agents we admit,
but the management of this business will bear
triumphantly. Governor Brown, In the work of
The Holidays.
■\Vith three Holidays—or rather three non-
working days in succession—the last one in
cluding publication day—we may be excused
from saying much about them. The Telegraph
office is nigh void of compositors, and there is
no body to put in type what we might write.
The Military display ou Saturday was re
markably fine—but it constituted the entirety
of the procession. The patriotic ardor of Civ
ilians did not rise superior to the weather tem
perature. Ralston’s Hall, large as it is, was
crowded to the point of suffocation, with fair
women and brave men. The order of exer
cises there is set forth in the programme pub
lished elsewhere. The reader of the Declara
tion acquitted himself well, though not with
suiiicicut strength of voice. The Oration was
every way appropriate and admirable—passing
in rapid review the progress and position of the
country—its mission and duties—its dangers,
and closing with an eloquent appeal for its pre
servation. The orator was interrupted at al
most every pause with the plaudits of the vast
assembly. The Choir, under Mr. Schreiner,
closed with the Star Spangled Banner, sung in
excellent style, and three cheers were given in
parting for the Orator, Reader and Choir. The
Cavalry afterward sat down to asplendid ban
quet at the residence of their Commander, Col.
Bass. The Rifles had a fine dinner at tbeir
Armory, aud we gratefully acknowledge a hos
pitable invitation to both, which for reasons of
a domestic character we could not accept. In
fine, our celebration was quite a success.
Laying: the Corner Stone of the A-
CADE.MY FOR THE BLIND.
This ceremony came off to-day, (Monday)
in imposing form. The procession, compris
ing, the Macon Volunteers, Captain Smith;
Floyd Rifles, Capt. Hardeman; Bibb Cavalry,
Col. N. Bass; No’s. 1 and 2 Fire Companies,
Foremen Bloom and Ells; the Masonic Frater
nity including the Grand Lodge, Grand Mas
ter Julius A. Rockwell, and the Lodges of Odd
Fellows, moved to the ground about ten o’clock.
Here a tremendous assciab) >ge of Ladies and
Gentlemen and Juveuilcs of both sexes had
gathered, and nothing could be heard or seen
for the number of spectators and auditors.—
The exercises began by Prayer by Rev. Mr.
Landrum, following by singing by the Masonic
Fraternity. A spirited address was next de-
The London Cotton Plant.
We were indebted to somebody across the wa
ter last week for ihe first and second numbers of
“The London Cotton riant,’’ a pro-Southern, pro
slavery Journal, recently started in London, by C.
Mitchell, Publisher, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street,
?1U '
a year,
London. American subscription,
which includes foreign postage. Subscription or
ders will be honored on receiving letter addressed
as above, and the subscription money can bo re
mitted either through the Representative ot the
District in Congress, or the nearest postmaster, at
the close of the first six months or end of the year.
The Cotton Plant is a weekly paper of thirty-two
large pages and is beautifully printed. Its object
as stated by the Editor, is “to defend as right per
sc the institution of humane and civilized negro
servitude as a success which could on’y result from
the justice, wisdom and philosophy of Southern in
stitutions. It will be an especial object of “The
London Cotton Plant” to place before tho Capital
ists, Manufacturers, and Merchants of Europe the
vast resources of the Southern States of America,
and the legitimate field for commercial enterprise
which exists.”
The first number (tho second having been made
love to by some of our friends) leads olT in an ar
ticle on Free-negroism versus Free Trade. The
second article is upon “Direct Trade with the
Cotton States of America.” Tho third is upon “The
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society”, n review
of the proceedings of that Society at its last An
nual meeting, held May 31st, 1858. A Fourth Ed
itorial is entitled “England and America— the War
of Races. Following this is a Communication up
on Compulsory Labor, by an English pen. Tho
remainder of its ample pages arc filled by judicious
extracts from the English press.
The establishment of such a Journal as this
marks an era in opinion upon the slavery question.
e are not of those who believe that extreme abo
lition views are just now less prevalent, either in
Europe or America, than they havo ever been.—
They are probably more so; and it is probable,
also, that the anti-slavery sentiment is more acri
monious and uncompromising than it has ever
been before. But it is also true that more intelli
gent and just opinions on the subject arc gaining
ground among a class who were simply non-assail
ants of our system of labor, and that within a year
or two past, for the first time, the true attitude of
the system in connection with so-called “free-la
bor” itself, and the commercial necessities of tbe
world, are beginning to be comprehended. It is
true, also, tlftt the most favorite theories of the
emancipationists arc bogiuui g to be demonstra
ted by the light of actual experience, as fallacious
and impracticable. The publication within a brief
period of a good many Northern works either in
apology for, or defence of Southern slavery, is evi
dence of this change in intelligent opinion, and the
An Abolition Remedy for the Slave
trade.
The Tribune, in an article upon the Slave Trade,
proposes and answers the following problem, thus:
“The problem then is, “How to induce the Af
rican chiefs to cease “stealing and selling men.”
The answer is, “Make the labor of tho negroes
more profitable to the chiefs than their tale, and
the work is accomplished.” But how shall this be
done? By patience, philanthropy and the judi
cious use of adequate capital. The great remedy
is the introduction of the cotton culture as a regu
lar system into Central Africa, and the exporta
tion of the raw material, with coffee, indigo, palm
oil, and the varied productions of those fertile
lands, to America and Europe,”
The practicability of the remedy hangs first, on
the adaptation of Africa to the production of Cot
ton, and second, on the adaptation of African
“chiefs” for intelligent, persevering culture—in
other words, for making white men. For the first,
authorities conflict, and for the second, if the ex
perience of five thousand years, has not proved
that the negro will always be a negro, then let the
Abolitionists take five thousand years more to learn
a patent fact. But suppose this Utopian plan in
full operation—a large cotton producing interest
in full blast in Africa under these “chiefs,” who
arc thus making “the labor of the negroes more pro
fitable than their sale,” how does that comport
with the humanitarian theories of tbe Tribune and
the Abolitionists ? They have substituted slavery
under white men and under tho responsibilities of
law, for slavery under African chiefs, so brutal
ized and barbarous that as the Tribune tells us in a
previous part of his article, “The wretched savages
have had no other way to supply themsclfes with
rum, tobacco, and the various gewgaws which
please their taste, than by stealing and selling their
fellow-savages.” In other words, the chiefs out.
rage every dictate of natural right and every sen
timent of mercy for rum, tobacco and gewgaws;
but nevertheless the Tribune proposes stiff farther
to stimulate their cupidity, by making the labor
of their fellow-savages, more profitable than the
traffic in their persons! With what infernal exac
tion, and at what horrible sacrifice of life, such “la
bor” under such task masters would be prosecute
is a matter of inevitable deduction. The record-
of Spanish domination over the American Indians
would afford no adequate illustration of it. When-
human life is held so cheap that thousands are
slaughtered to afford skulls for a “chief’s” funeral
monument, the Tribune, in his beautifully consist
ent philanthropy proposes to transfer slave laboi
and its products from the realms of civilization
and the sanctions of law! 0, miracle of a philo:
opher and philanthropist! Will not the Northern
people tire of such stuff as that, after a while?
For the Georgia Telegraph,
Afr. Clisby.—Business in the Supreme four
will prevent a rejoinder in the next Telegr;
your criticism in the last issue. I hope to be able
to do so the week after next. In the meantime
you will very much oblige me by pointing
your next, the clause or article of the Constitution
giving to Congress authority to prohibit the
Trade and declare it piracy. You, in your la
say that the Constitution gives such authority, but
neither you itor our friend Hunter point us to the
part of the Constitution where it can be found. I
am anxious for the information, for I honestly con
fess, I could never find it. It is not satisfactory
to say that “Congress have the authority becatu
they have exercised it—and that they have exer-
cised it because they have the authority.” With
all due respect, this is arguing in a circle.
Very respectfully, &c.,
JOHN' HAMPDEN.
And our friend John Hampden will, in t
very much oblige us by pointing out the clause
the Telegraph’s criticism, wherein wc say that the
Constitution gives Congress power to declare the
slave trade piracy. Wc get the power to prohibit
the trade in the clause where every body found
unquestioned—from James Madison and his times
down to two years ago—Section 9, Art. 1.
livered by Capt. Hardeman, of the Rifles, of London Cotton Plant is evidence of the same pro-
wbicli we heard never a word, but like the deaf I cess going on across the Atlantie. In brief, it
Pn»porl. Ttie Intelligence by tho Tennessee from rc , ormation ' wUch hc ba8 proscc ’ uted so energctl
this distracted country, discloses another complies cdllyi couU not have more faithfu i and efficien | c0 _
lion and difficulty in our national relations with it.— 1 adjutors than D. 1 . Lewis and Ben. May.
Notwithstanding the protest of our Minister, Mr. I [Times & Sentinel.
Forsyth, tbe Mexican government avowed its deter- I
initiation to persist in collecting the “forced loan” or
tax of one percent, upon all capitals of foreign resi
dents, exceeding five thousand dollars, and the Sec I
rdary uf State uirected an order on the.lCth inst.
for all foreigners relusiug to pay the tax to leave the I
country. In consequence of the enforcement oi |
this arbitrary measure, Mr. Forsyth demanded hi
(From the Colnmbns Enquirer of tbe i9tb.)
Jail and Prisoner Burnt.
Mr. Editor :—On Wednesday night, the
23d inst.. our Jail and a runaway negro con
Sued in it were entirely consumed. Tbe citi
zens were alarmed by his cries, which were
made about 1 Id o’clock at night. He had
passports, and the United States Legation was to b< j been taken np aud imprisoned only the day be-
closed ou the ’.9th nit.
The Central American Slnlc*.—The Gov
ernment has informed tbe Central American States
that it has determined to sustain all tbe rights anr.
interests secured to American citizens by grant or
charter, in that quarter ot the world.
The flail Army.—Ou the supposition that the
Mormons will m«ku no armed resistance to the en-"
trance of the troops into tbe valley, orders were des
patched yesterday, to General Harney to return to
St Louis, unless lie is induced to believe that the I
fore.
The Jailor, with all the haste he could pos
sibly make, ran to the Jail, which now appear
ed to be fired on tho inside, and threw open
the doors, when the flames, which had com
pletcly enveloped the inside of the building,
bnrst out in a large volume, entirely filling
the entrance. The boy had. however, ceased
to make any cry or noise before the doors
were opened, and probably had been suflfoca
ted by the smoke and flatnea before attention
Mormons are playing false. A portion of tbe troops- attracted to the Jail
w ill proceed to Utah under command of Col. John
ton. and the remainder are to be distributed to ths
other points. One regiment lias beeu ordered, over
hind, to Oregon.
Terrible Hatchery by a Maniac.—Passen
gers by tho cars report that a crazy man murdered
his wile, two children, and his old father, neat
Whitesviile, ou the Manchester Road, on Tuesday
last.
Terrible Mamacre in Burmah.—A civil W4<
is now raging in Yunan. a province in China, bor
doringapun Hannah. Tho Mohammedan part ot
the population rose upon tho other creeds, and mur
dertd whole villages. Alter hundreds of thousand-
were butchered, thetidu turned, aud it is now thought
that uot a singlo Moslem will be spared.”
Drrndfiit Accident at a Itlnaonic Celebra
tion.—Tho Masonic celebration held at Wellsviile,
N. Y., on the 24tli, was attond«ul by * tarrihln anel
dent. Just as some seven hundred persons had en
tered the dining haU.halfof tho floor gave way, pre-1 hig | 1> and we jgb e d about 160 or 170 pounds.
cipitatlng a large portion to tho floor beneath. The
floor abovo also fell upon them, and from forty to
fifty persons, including a number of ladies, .were
wouuded. None were killed.
execution of Pawns, Ihe Murderer.—*Not
withstanding the stroug efforts made to induce the
President to commute the punishment of James Pow
ers, he was on Friday hanged for murder. Tho exe
cution was conducted privately in the jail yard, bnt
multitudes occupied the highest accessible surround
ing points to witness tbe sccno
The Vncntan Slave Trade.—As Atricansand
Coulu-s do not reach Cuba in aufficient numbers to
supply tbe current demand for plantation labor, the
importation of Yucatan Indians has recently com-
meuaed in good earnest. A late Havana arrival an
nounces the receipt ot 173 such "apprentices” on the
island. Of course they are to bo held as essentially
slaves ns ever the coolies were in the same quarters
—worked harder and cared for lest than the A Weans
held there in avowed slavery for Iife.it being a*
clearly tho Interest of thoso working them to get ont
of them as much labor as possible at as little cost as
possible.*as H la for tho interest of the owner of tbe
African slave to look closely to his health, the pre
servation of his productions, and to his reproduc
tions.—!U<wA. Utar.
Mailing over a Wheat Field.—One can hard
ly realize the condition of things along the Missis
sippi. In a conversation with Mr. Fayrweathor, the
General Agent for tbe Chicago and Burmington
Railroad, he stated that passengers were carried by
tbe steamboat, seven or eight miles from Burlington
to the Oquawk* station, to reach tho cars on that
road, and have not less than five feet of water all the
way. In the route lies the farm of an old settler, who
bad in one field two hundred acres of as fine wheat
as ever charmed tbe eye; and the entire crop is cov
ered eight feet with water, and the steamer makes
regular trips across this wheat field.
Humbugging ihe Gold Hunter*.—Our read
ers are aware that all low* has lately been astir in
pnrsuit of Gold. Thu Dubuque Ih-rald says that
some wags have beon at the bottom ot it, by distrib
uting brass filing• where tho huutcrs expected to find
the gulden sands.
The Drer Disease.—A correspondent of tbe
Bniubridge Argus, writing from Jefferson county,
Florida, and speaking of tbe singular and fatal dis
ease raging atnonglhe cattle aud deer in that region,
says that a parly of Mends went on a camp linn! in
a n> ighboriig county. They stayed one day after
arriving at the bunting grounds, and saw fra dead
It was certain that the Jail was fired from
the inside by the prisouer, and that tho fire
had made considerable progress before he gave
the alatm. He doubtless procured matches
from the outside or concealed them about his
person. He doubtless fired the building with
the view of escaping in the noise and confu
sion of the burning. He had, when arrested,
several passes, one of said passes directed to
the Conductor of ihe Central Rail Road, and
authorized him to pass him to Savannah. The
negro is named in the pass Jones, and one of
them is dated June 22d. 1858. and signed J.
C. Wilborn. The unfortunate creaiure has
certainly been tampered with by some white
I man, perhaps tbe victim of some negro philan
thropist.
The boy said his name was Barrel; was a
light mulatto ; that be belonged to Col. John
IKlwdon, who livoo nenr Columlmo* Oa*| ho
was about 20 years old, G feet 7 or 8 inches
...
was likely and bore unmistakable evidence of
good treatment by his owner. His body, with
the exception of the bones, was entirely con
sumed. Yours, Truly,
JAMES J. RAY, Cl’k S. C.
Knoxville, Crawford Co., Ga., June24.
Exciting Hunt—Capture of tiLcop
ARD.
Tho escape of a leopard in Oswego co., N.
Y., belonging to Messrs. Sands, Nathan &
Co., by the upsetting of the cage iu which he
was carried, was reported a few days sinee.
and we have since learned the particulars of
his capture, which we give below in the lan
guage of a correspondent ot-ihe Oswego Palla
dium, who writes from Sehroepel, Oswego co :
“About two hours after entering the woods,
and about a mile aud a half from the scene of
the animal’s depredations the previous night,
one of the dogs in close proximity to the party,
which had kept well together, scented the game,
and came back manifesting much terror. The
other dogs were started on, and almost im
mediately the leopard was espied by several,
only a few yards in advance, seated on the
lower limb of a large tree, and eyeing the dogs
—which had set up a great uproar—with a
ferocious scowl. A volley of well directed
shot was fired upoD him, and the leopard imme
diately, with a howl of pain, sprang down up
on Hie dogs.—The poor dogs offered but little
resistance; two of them were killed outright
and the other three put to flight. A young
man named \\ illinnt Bryan, came near falling
a victim to the ferocious animal in his dying
agonies. The leopard sprang upon him, and
knocking him down, stood over him wiih his
sharp claw fastened in young Bryan’s body.
It was a terrible moment, and would have been
his last, bnt for the desperate daring of an elder
brother, Joseph Bryan, who instantly rushed
up and placed tho muzzle of his musket close
to the leopard, and lodged the charge in his
head, ihe animal relinquished his hold and
expired in a moment. Young Bryan was found
to he badly scratched about the breast and
shoulders, but was able to walk home and join
ed in tho enthusiasm of the party on the" suc
cess of the excursion.”
; seriously
u <1< sire*
deer. Tho dogs caught one. after i
hundred yards, and they allot another, both of which j
wees burly affected altu the murrain, or whatever J
the disease may he. They heard of oin: m in who
had lust twelve of his milch cows: . r
feared that nil tbo sttn k in that range
ed. aud that many 1 unifies v. ill starve, as they arc
wholly dependent upon tin ir cattle and wild game.
t It. nun l.ntilc l ommion—Bqli-Tt Dale
Owen. United m,ue* .Minlsi> r at the ( m.i: of N,
has wriltei. hone I" Ids friends in Indiana. M He
lissbecetne converted to Clirisfanicy. Mr. Gw,*n
h-s. here:..!..... We Inhere, been an infidel So
'■ ‘he Al ; . loll . ... er. Kober! Gale Owei ,
n:.d las I.,;.. : bolero him. were deists and Lordics in
Ohio Ego Cnoi*.—It is stated that the value
.1 of eggs produced in Ohio, the current year,
chsse of a few ‘ amount to over a million of dollars. It is
man who saw Preston make a speech, can cer-
tifv that be went through the motions splendid-
ly- OfcuxlI \iiutor Bixskws»II ilkoti.nfiiciilTCd ill
the appropriate ceremonials, and r.be stone was
laid in its long resting place, where may it re
pose for centuries. It covers, we believe, the
usual deposites of records, coins and the pa
pers of the day. The weather is very sultry
aud though little or nothing could be heard or
seen of the ceremonials outside the little crowd
ed canopy containing the immediate actors,
no body w ill assert that the exercises were dry.
Accident.
In returning from tbe scene of the Corner
Stone Ceremonials, the horses attached to a
Carriage in Cotton Avenue, took fright from
the drums of the Military, and dashing down a
steep bank which divides the Avenue from 1st
Street, just above the fork, came in collision .
with the carriages of Cols. Wiu.hiugton and _ I JuI >' Macon.
Speer, containing the Ladies and Children of foll ° Wing 1 ^ arrangements
. d j j Saturday was announced by the Committee:
an acknowledgement of consciousness that the sys
tem has its reasonable grounds of defence—an idea
which a few y ears ago was hardly entertained
those parts of the world. .The best they would say
of African slavery was that Jike the “King’s Evil’'
—it was hereditary—hard to be cured—and pos
sibly in the attempt to eradicate it, greater evils
might be produced. The non-slavcholding world
was then divided simply into assailants of tbe sys
tem—emancipationists or abolitionists, and non-as
sailants, or those who, seeing no easy remedy,
were for letting it alone. It is only within a short
time it has found defenders, and wc have really
yet to see the effect of a fair presentation of the
daily cumulating argument in the defence of the
South, on the non-slarcbolding world. In this
view of the case, wc are rejoiced to .see the estab
lishment of the Cotton Plant, and believe it can be
of real service to the cause of the South. Success
to it.
their families. Both carriages were upset and
badly wrecked, and wc are sorry to say that
some of the inmates were seriously hurt—how
much, we are unable to say, but hope not dan
gerously. Miss Washington is said to be the
greatest sufferer, but we were unable to learn
in the crowd and confusion about the wrecks,
the nature and extent of her injuries, or those
of the other ladies aud children.
Exhibition.
A very interesting exhibition by the pupils
of Mr. B. M. Polhill’s School, took place in the
Old Depot of the Macon & Western Railroad,
last Friday night. We regret our inability to
accept the kind invitation of Mr. P. and his
pupils to attend it.
“A Poor Fellow.”
By the author of Which: the Right or the Left.
We have received a new work with this ti
tle, from Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 18
Ann St., N. Y., aud for sale by the Messrs,
lichards, Macon. It is a religious novel, of
about 5* 0 pages, by an author who has alrea-
lljr ■actjuhtjUxotioIdoroblo reputation. Ho pic-
tures a man who is supreme in his own esti
mation—who considers himself a pink of per
fection—who thinks he embodies every virtue,
every talent, and every elegance—who fancies
that he wants nothing that cannot be procured,
and yet wants everything, and who undergoes
a scries of ups aud do wns that arc startling mar-
vellousand both serious and comical. They arc,
however, examples of what occurs in thousands
of men iu every part of the civilized world.—
This hero flatters himself that everybody es
teems him as hc esteems himself, but his faults
(held, we fear, in common) cause him to be
generally considered only “A Poor Fellow” af
ter all.
The Eighty-second Anniversary of the Indepen
dence of the United States of America, will be ob
served by the Military and Citizens of Macon, on
Saturday, July 3d, 1858, as follows:
At snn-risc, the ringing of the bells of the differ,
ent Churches and a salute of Thirteen Guns will be
fired.
At 8 o’clock, the Military Companies will ossem
ble at their respective parade grounds. At 9
clock, precisely, a battalion will be formed at the
Court Houso Square, under the command of Capt.
Robert A. Smith, of the Macon A’oluntcers.
Tho Procession wifi then march up Mulberry'
Street to Second, out Second to Cherry, down
Cherry to Ralston’s Hall.
EXERCISES IN THE HALL.
1. Prayer by the Rev. O. L. Smith, President
Wesleyan Female College.
2. Music.
3. Reading of the Declaration of Independence
by Samuel H. Washington, Esq., ol Bibb Cavalry.
4. Music.
6. Oration by Clifford Anderson, Esq., of the
Floyd Rifles.
6. Music.
7. Benediction by the Rev. S. Landrum.
The battalion wifi be dismissed on Second Street,
in front of tbe Bank of the State of Georgia.
The Citizens,, one and all, are particularly re'
quested to close their respedtnc places of business
during the morning, and participate in tho exer
cises. Scats wifi be reserved in tbe Hall for the
Ladies.
At 12 o’clock, M., a National Salute of Thirty-
Two Guns will be fired.
‘ At sun-down, One Gun will be fired. By order
ol the Cost, or Gen. Arrangements.
The Columbus Times & Seuiiucl
Of last Wednesday, formally announces tbe re
tirement of Col. Lomax from the Editorial Chair,
aud all proprietorship in that paper. For the space
of a year, the Col. has been reposing with bis lau
rels or perhaps Shorter. He is one of the best po
litical writers wc know of—clear, easy, concise
and always with a substratum of good common
sense which carries along with him the judgment
of the reader. Wc arc sorry lie has broken ranks,
and wish him a pleasant and prosperous career out
of them. Messrs. Petto* 11. Colquitt - and James
W. Warrix, now compose the Editorial staff of tbe
Times and the Sentinel—the former haring con
ducted it for some time past. It is a strong force.
Mr. Ellis still continues in the department of pub
lication. *
very evident that thin source of piofitab!
terprise has never been half developed in this
couutry. And is surprising that fanners
and agriculturalists, of all classes, do not give
it more attention. Eggs are a cash article the
year round, and are always in demand.
rfTA man should never ben lj.uned to own lie
has oeon in the wrong, which is but saying, in oth
er words, that he i- wiser to-d.i_v than he was yev-
terdn w—[Pope.
r:' The deb pntion of twenty-eeviM Sioux Indi
an* lately in Was lington, arrived at Baltimore on
the .1st. They will 1-eu.nin there u lew days and
visit New York ou their way to Minnesota.
The Attachment Law—Important
DECISION.
The Savannah Republican, of the 3rd instant,
contains the following note from a correspon
dent. in reference fo an important decision ren
dered by the Supreme Court, in session in this
City last week, on the 1st instant:
Macon, Ga.. July 1st, 1858.
Editor Republican—Dear Sir: The Supreme
Court decided this morning that the attach-
nt and garnishment act, passed 1855-’G—
generally known as “Cone’s” attachment and
mishinent law, and which by the fifty-fifth
ction repeals “all acts and parts of acts upon
he subject of attachments and garnishment”
does not repeal the statute Dee. 27th, 1845,
exempting the wages of journeymen mechan
ics and day laborers from process and liability
to garnishment.” This decision will be hailed
with delight by the chiss of persons thus re
lieved from the vexatious process of garnish
ment. but the profession will regret to see the
Supreme Court making instead of declaring the
l:l’-v. Yours, Bibb.
Whatever “the profession” may think about
it, the people will njoiee over the practical ab
rogation of a statute for the punishment of
prompt pay masters and to nuthorize public
interference with every man’s private busi
ness.
(&uery for the Doctors.
We see in a contributio". to the Oglethorpe Med
ical Journal, by Dr. T. U. hirers, that the Modi
cal profession nntc-datcs old Adam himself. The
Doctor says:
“From the most remote times, in fact from the
Bcrashith of the preadamite Sultans, the medical
profes-ion has been held in tho highest estimation
by all classes of persons. In the mostancient lime
the physician was tbe only true man—the only The
ologian—Theology and Medicine being the same
thing—embalmed as they were in the sweet spice
of Antiquity!”
Assuming this to be true, we should like to learn
of the IHiculty, how it came to pass that the popu
lation of this earth was reduced to “a solitary tra
veller,” and he not “on horseback” either. There
must have been bad practice in those times.
Lynch Law In Florida.
The story copied from the Savannah Republican,
in to-day’s Telegraph is in all probability an impo
sition. The Georgian, of Friday, says of it:
“As we expected, the terrible outrages enume
rated by the “Repablican’s” Tampa correspondent
turns out to be a hoax.
We have received the last number of the Tampa
Peninsular, published on the 26th inst., which does
not contain the slightest allusion to the hanging of
four respectable citizens as narrated by S. 1’. Bow
en.
If there is such a man as S. F. Bowen, in Tampa,
wc would suggest for the benefit of parties con
cerned, that lie be turned over to the tender mer
cies of the Regulators. A little lynching would
perhaps teach him tho impropriety df manufactu
ring lies to impose upon editors mul throw them
upon the public.”
Dr. IN’, ill. Crawford
Arrived here on Saturday morning last, says the
“Temperance Crusader,” his excellent lady prece
ding him a few days. On Saturday night the stu
dents cn mas' , and a number of citizens, botli
mule and female, assembled before bis residence
to give him a serenade tuid a welcome back to the
Presidency of the University. The students hav
ing formed a very large scnii-cirele in lront of his
door, called for him, when hc appeared in the
verandah mid addressed them in a few chaste and
appropriate remarks, w hich w ere well and happily
received by bis auditory. After he concluded, Al
len D. Candler, Esq., being called out, responded
iu a liappv manner, and gave him, in behalf ol his
fellow-students, a warm and hearty welcome back
to the Presidential chair of their loved Institution.
The Doctor lias rcuirned among his old friends,
aud he finds them still as true and numerous as In
days past.
From Washington Territory.
DEFEAT OF U. S. TROOPS BY THE INDIANS.
Tho Olympia Democrat, of May 28t i, has news
just on tbe eve of going to press, of the defeat of
Col. Steptoe, with a command of 400, on the 16th
May. While crossing Snake River, they were at
tached by 1,500 Indians, principally Snakc3, but
comprising other tribes, and in tbe'action, three
officers and fifty men were killed. The route was
complete—the Indians captaring most of the pack
animals, twenty-five baggage wagons and two
howitzers, and the command forced into a precipi
tous retreat, carrying off twenty-two of their wound
ed. Two of the officers killed were Capt. Wynders
and Lieut Gadsden.
Deaths.
Hon. Robert T. Conrad and Hon. Job Tyson,
two prominent and well known citizens of Phila
delphia, died suddenly on Sunday last.
Pandemonium broke loose.
The New Y r ork papers are filled with the record^
of a “Reform Convention,” last week in session at
Rutland, Vermont. Thousands were present, and
the Convention held over Sunday-the 27th. Of all
records of blasphemy, moral filth, puerility and
folly, the world never saw the like. Such an as
semblage in any decent community with a proper
degree of self respect, would be put down by tbe
strong arm of the law, and its members and speak
ers indicted. We have no space or inclination to
sustain this allegation from their records. A hasty
synopsis of one day’s proceeding may afford some
idea of the character of their proceedings, but the
elaborately diabolical nature of tbe most of them
may be gathered from this quotation:
Rutland, Vt., June 26th, 1858.
Tbo chief incident at the Convention to-day was
the introduction by Mrs. Julia Branch of New York,
of ths following resolution:
Resolved, That tbe slavery and degradation of
woman proceeds from tbe institution of marriage ;
that by the marriage contract she loses the control
of hern ante, her person, her property, her labor, her
affections, her children, and her freedom.”
An exciting discussion followed upon this resolu- .
tion, tho speakers being Mrs. Branch, II. 8. Foster.' This charter to Vanderbilt will necessitate aud
The Nicaragua Transit Controvcr
SY, &c.
The New York papers of tbe 28th, contain
copies of a secret agreement made by the Nic
aragua Government with tbe agents of Van
derbilt, by which the entire Transit Route
made over to him and M. Belly’s Canal Char
ter is formally revoked, for incapacity and
non-fulfillment. A correspondent of the Tri
bune, who, iu the next number, publishes all
tbe papers substantiating bis statements, says
The agents and correspondents of the Canal
Company did succeed for a time in impressing
the Government of Nicaragua with a fear, if not
a belief, that Vanderbilt’s interests were not
with them, and that be would never again
under any conditions, open tbe Transit route
The arguments which they brought to bear
upon the Nicaragua Government were paper
arguments, which all the fact and knowledge
<>f Vanderbilt’s agent were employed in over
throwing. In order, however, to remove eve
ry shadow of doubt upon this subject, Vander
bilt. after signing the contract with Nicaragua
has complied with its first condition by remit
ting a large loan in specie to the Nicaraguan
Government, which must be by this time in
their possession. If the line is noi opened in
ninety days a forfeiture of the loan ('tSIOU.OOOj
tdll be the result.
We can now understand the policy of the
Nicaraguan Govermcntin openingnegotiations
with a reputed agent of French capitalists.—
The contract provides that the Belly Ship
Canal s.hall be commenced in tico years from
date of negotiations. The contract with Van
derbilt demands that the line shall be opened
in ninety days.
The Belly contract is for a Ship Canal, but
does not concede a right of transit by land
lake and river; the present Vanderbuilt con
tract is a Transit charter, for the immediate
conveyance of passengers, &c., by lake and
river steamers and land carriage on the Istli
mus
The Beliy Ship Canal must be constructed
to admit “vessels of tbe largest size"—ocean
streamers the great ship Leviathan for exam
pie. The absurdity is evident. Fifteen years’
labor and one hundred millions of capital would
be inadequate to the work. It would cost
the lives of some thirty thousand men. The
morasses and quicksands of the San Juan and
the shallow Lake of Nicaragua would have to
be^excavated to a depth of more than Jorty-fi.ce
feet, and the excavation made into a stone
channel at least two hundred feet wide, con
structed for a distance, in all, of near seventy
miles, by laborers, toiling in the burning sun of
the tropics, subject, to a malaria as fatal as that
of the Isthmus of Panama or the mouth of the
Niger. No such canal as that proposed will
ever be constructed.
In a word, the Belly contract, with or with
out the approval of our Government, which it
required, is an acknowledged farce. The Gov
ernment of Nicaragua granted nothing; and
if, in true Spanish style, they used improper
language toward the UnitedStates in their de
claration, they have given solid evidence of
tbeir real desire and intentions by granting a
new and effectual charter to an American citi
zen, who is able and willing to carry out its
provisions
Messrs. D. B. Allen and YV. Ii. C. Web
ster left New York for Nicaragua on the 17ih
of June taking with them §100,000 in money
for the loan to Nicaragua, and a charter signed
by the Government of Nicaragua on the one
part and Cornelius Vanderbilt on the other,
Joel Tiffany, Mr. Lovoy, Mrs. Ernestine L. Rose.
F. W. Goans and others.
The afternoon session was devoted to a discussion
of the Slavery question, and speeches were made by
Parker Pillsbury, William Goode!!, J. S. Foster,
Mrs., Rose and others.
Mr. Foster eared nothing about the Union He
would say, rather than a single slave should be held
in bondage, “Down with tbe Union; down with the
■‘Constitution; down with the religions; down with
the ‘ Church; down with the Bible—and let all go to
hell and damnation.”
The Convention is to he eontinned this evening
and to-morrow. About 2,000 people were present
i-day and more are expected to be in attendance to
morrow (Sunday.)
Great excitement exists here in regard to the Con
vention.
secure the sending on of the Cass-Yrissarri
Treaty, or a document from the Nicarguan
Government giving full power to the Govern
ment of the United States to protect its commerce
and its citizens by force of arms in Nicaragua if
necessary.
Rlormon Atrocity.
We find the following in the Utah corres
pondcncc of the Tribune, dated 17th of May
last:
Another of those black-hearted, fiendish
and atrocious deeds which cry aloud to Heav
en for vengeance upon the perpetrators, has.
from the publicity which has beeu given toil
nmoug the Mormon people, reached us. The
fourth wife of a man living in the viciuity of
Salt Lake City, whose name, for the present,
I shall suppress—a young, amiable, refined
woman, beloved by all who knew her, some
what superior to the common mass, from the
influence of early education—became impatient
and heart-sickened at the abject state of mise
ry so rapidly gnawing the very cords of her
soul, and determined, if possible, to make an
effort to reach the camp of the army. Her
husband got some hint of it. He immediately
mouutcd his horse, rode to Brigham’s office,
and asked of Brother Brigham what he should
do with her. Brigham told him to cut her
throat, aud thus save her from eternal damna
tion. The brute went home, and told thepoor
Oman to prepare to die. She, seeing the ear
nestness of his manner, fell at his feet, beg
ging, praying and imploring him for mercy ;
bnt hc. while she was thus kneeling before
him, took her by the hair, aud cut her throat
om ear to ear.
Injurious effects of New Type
It is well known, says the Paris correspondent of
tho Morning Advertiser, that new type has a very
injurious effect on the fingers, and that children,
especially employed in sorting it in foundries,
cry often lose the use of them. The Union Med-
-clates the following recent case of paralysis
uised by handling new type:
A compositor, aged thirty-nine, iu perfect
health, was provided, some time ago with a new
font of type, ne had scarcely used it a week,
when his wrist became weaker and weaker; tho
thumb, index, and middle finger was worn off at
the tips, and in a few days more lie had complete
ly lost the use of his iiand His medical adviser,
Dr. Salter, rightly attributing this disorder to the
poisonous effects of the lead contained in the type,
caused him to bathe his hand several times a day,
each time for a space of three hours, in a solution
of Bulphoret of potassium. This local remedy ef
fected a complete euro in tl c course of eight days,
without the aid of any other medicine. ’
The Prog Market.—Frogs nro now u regularly
quoted article in the New Y’ork market. Tho last
report reads “frogs are in demand, and sell for one
dollar per dozen. These are fast becoming a fa
vorite dish, and the demand for them is becom
ing constantly greater.’
i~fj"Wben a Kentucky Judge, some years since
was asked by an attorney, upon some strange ru
ling, “Is that law, your honor?” he replied, “If
the Court understand herself, and she think she do,
are.” .
lit
All Outspokcu Witness.
In the report of the trial of Jim Lane, at
Lawrence, I7th ult., for the murder of Jenkins,
.ve find the following account of the cross-ex
amination of Judge Smith, (Governor elect,
under the Lecompton Constitution):
Cross-examined by Col. Y’oung—I never
heard Col. Jenkins intimate anything like do
ing an injury to C“I. Lane, although I have
been very much with him—probably more than
any other man—and I have frequently spoken
with him about .the claim contest; I have
heard Jenkins say that Lane had threatened
to kill him, but lie said he was not afraid of
him—that he was a coward, and the d—d
scoundrel knew it.
Q. Have you stated to any person, since the
death of Gaius Jenkins, that Jim Lane was a
d—d scoundrel, and that any man defending
him was a d—d scoundrel ? A. I don’t exact
ly recollect my precise language; proba
bly it was worse than that [laughter] ; I have
never stated it in those words. 1 think ; I have
stated that he ought to have been shot at the
time; I have told men that Lane was the most
corrupt man, without exception. I had known
in 30 years’ experience of public life; and in
two or three conversations—immediately after
the fact—angry at the murder, and that men
shruld defend such an outrage. I have wound
up by saying that any man who would justify
such a murder was a d—d scoundrel; I did
not refer to counsel.
Col. Young—You need not qualify; we
don't care whether you include us or not.—
[Laughter.]
Judge Smith—Nor I, whether you include
yourself or not. [Laughter.]
All these declarations were made with refer
ence to the murder ; otherwise I have no per
sonal feeling against Gen. Lane—did not state
in that conversation that Jenkins had grossly
insulted his wife, that I recollect of; Mr. Ste
vens was one of Jenkin’s lawyers in the land-
suit case; I did not understand that Gen. Lane
was sending a message through Stevens; I
have already said that 1 did not hear the entire
conversation.
(). Did not Gen. Lane request of Mr. Ste
vens in that conversation, as the lawyer of
Col. Jenkins, to state to Jenkins that theoniy
way they could live in peace was for Jenkins
to remain on his own premises aud permit Lane
to stay on his, and that he wanted uo difficul
ty with him, or words to that effect ? A. I
feel very positive that lie made no such decla-
ation, from the fact of another declaration that
he used which that as soon as Jenkin’s crop
was ready to gather, lie (Lane) intended to
take two-thirds and leave Jenkins one-third;
the answer I made to that remark was that I
thought he would have a good time of if he at
tempted it; he was apparently addressing us
both at that time ; Stevens, to the best of my
recollection, did not answer.
Ij. Have you not stated it publicly in the
town of Lawrence, iu presence of many per
sons, that if your evidence co -.Id convict Gen.
Lane for killing Gaius Jenkins, you would
Mr. Ewing—The object not tn •
Judge Smith if he answers No, b„ t , JfP^ch
state of his feeling toward Gei'i l ,° ' 10tr d -
Objection waived. '
A. I feel very certain that I Httl
would walk fifty miles, or-one :--il.-" t ' -
am opposed to capital punish:nV- n l 'i . ' ■'
and because a man like Lane woul.j "
justice in any Court of ti \ q- '
fore the only way to deal wiffi ,„5'’ :l —
they commit au outrageoua murder t . eDrif
them down at the time; Itneant h , 0s ' iy, t
justice that lie would be bung- n ^ e,t ' n ?
that the two men who shot at L-mj i ^
very badly—in not shooting better ,, av <d
ter.] b tter> [Laugh.
Q. Have you uot stated in tl,n
rencc that the two men who
the time hc killed Jenkins, ought trfl
shot or -iUcd, for uot shooting better I buD "’
to that purport ? A. I thick 1 lla w ° r <b
ought to he couvicted; I don’t tlle y
precise words I used; that I th*.! n ^ Cr
only offense they had been gniltv f ■“ ,hc
opinion. b ™ of 'm my
Q. Have you not stated since the t ,
Jenkins, in the town 0 f Lawrence ,h iof
would like to put the rope around hilur )011
neck and be his executioner, or wnra.. e?l )
effect ? A. No, Sir, nothing of the ki n V°'- ,ii5t
to that effect, or anything of the kL?'r‘ i! ‘ er
grated from Pennsylvania to Kansas • i CT''
I was elected, by the people of g. el,tT «
isz 4,1858,as
(From the Home Journal.)
• The Heroic Age.
The following reminiscences, bv tf. t,
David Sherman Boardman, of
Connecticut, relating to tbe personal ^
ance of the greatest citizen of hiscountn • ^
exceedingly interesting narrative- ,;,a' i , a
venerable writer, now in his nineti,.n °
has kindly yielded to our request
ed the impression made upon hi.
mind by the sight of the grandest 6™^!
adorns the heroic ege of the Revolution. U
(For the Home Journal)
Washington’s Personal Appear.
I first saw General Washington on thoiM.
of October, 1778, when, for ashorUit "
had his head-quarters at a house then ocA.-.t
by Colonel Kane,- (great grandfather /.f
late Dr. Kane.) some two miles westerly“,5
the Quauer meeting house on Quaker Hill •
the present town of Pawliugs. formerly call!!!
Fredericksburg. Dutchess county, and on the
road leading to Poughkeepsie. ^
The encampment of the largest portion cf
the Continental army then collected in
place was on the same ridge of land with the
Quaker meeting-house, and from two to three
miles south of it on the road from Cold Sorin',
to Carmel, the present county seat of Pulnam
county, and within the limits of the town of
Patterson in the same county. I was at that
time in my tenth year, and like all boys be
longing to ardent whig families, at that stir-
ring period, was intensely interested in th.
great events occurring aroand me. My father
and mother took me with them to see the camp,
about ten miles distant from their residence
The 17'th of October was selected%s the time
for the visit, because it was known that there
would be a grand parade and festival on that
day, it being the first anniversary of the sur
render of Burgoyne. For tbe same reason
many others availed themselves of the occa
sion to visit the camp, and a large crowd cf
both sexes was collected.
As everybody was eager to see General
Washington, they huddled together upon the
road leading from the General’s head-quarters
to the camp, all on horseback, as everybody
then rode who rode at all. The cavalcade of
officers aud their attendants who had gone up
to bead-quarters to escort the Commander-ia
Chief down to the place of entertainment socn
made their appearance. As it was passing
the company of spectators, my father inquired
of a soldier standing by the road, whether “his
Excellency” was in the train which was just
riding by- He answered. I remember, thus:
Yes, sir ; he on the right hand in front, ou
the hlaze-faced horse,”—and a noble horse he
was. The cavalcade, immediately after it had
passed the throng of spectators, wheeled to the
left of the road into an open field at the foot
of a very abrupt but short ascent to the flat
upon its top, where the tables were set under
a long shade of green boughs. As soon as
the General’s horse came to the foot of tbe hill,
he sprang forward with the swiftness of a bird
and ascended it rather by leaps than au ordi
nary gallop, and reached the top before any
other one of the escort hi;d got half way un.
Certainly never before, nor during the long
years since, did I behold so noble an equestri
an figure; for General Washington excelled
in horsemanship, as he did in everything the
which he undertook.
When the General and his attendants had
rived at their destination, the spectators dis
mounted, and took their stand outside of fir
assembly of officers, who joined in numeral
parties in conversation for a long while brrore
dinner was served. My eyes were riveted da
ring the whole time upon General Washing
ton. whose noble personal appearance and ma
jestic bearing so far exceeded any other pres
ent as to leave no ground for comparison.—
A lofty stature two inches'over six feet, with x
form as perfect in its proportions as possible
i represent both gracefulness and strength-
nearer and repeated view of him many years
afterwards, when in tho office of President of
the United States, enables me to say. that ray
first estimate of his personal appearance
not a mistaken one. though formed in the en
thusiasm of boyhood. I gazed at him fore*
least two hours, scarcely having patience to
have my attention turned to other distinguish
ed officers whom my father pointed out to C’-e—
*uch as the Baron Steuben, General Knox, and
the Baron DeKalb. I then believed that I was
looking at the noblest and best man in the
world, and eighty years of reading and refla
tion which have since elapsed, has in no vise
changed that early impression.
The General was dressed in a blue coa >
with buff lacings and large gold epaUiCts.
buff small clothes and vest, and boots reachiog
quite to the knee, llis hair, of which he 13
a great quantity, was craped and turned L-*
from his forehead, and dressed in_a very
and long braid or twist upon his back;
whole profusely powdered, as was
then the
fashion. His sword was what was called *
hanger, shaped like a sabre, but much jho.
er and lighter. It was worn attached '
b*lt around the waist, under the coati
handle was of green ivory, the hilt and S'-'_,
of silver, and was the same that was
to Congress some years ago by tbe rc
whom i? was bequeathed by tbeGetterals'•
Such were my first impressions at the stg
the greatest man of his own or any other
The picture is stamped upon my ,ne . m °^ c .
living light, and time seems only tome i -
the freshness of its coloring.
The last time I saw General WashtiK
was in May, 1700, during the second se* .
of the first Congress under the present c a
tution ; it being held in New \oriG -- ^
List which was convened in that wlff* q )Cr ,
then in my twenty-second year, -y , ^
the late Elijah Boardman, afterwards,
the time of his decease, United -J-* ;o
from Connecticut—making au_ .
New York, I accompanied Wm.inoidcrt
the cityq which I had never visited, . ( | cs J r c
a look'a: Congress, which I tad a grea on
to see in session. We armed m -^
Saturday evening. Vi c agreed to go p rf! .
the next morning where we suppose - # g
idenl would attend, for 1 ic purpose „
him ; though wc had both seen I )lin • dced ,
command of the army, and my brother,ri
any years older than tnj si-.i. -i- 1 '- ..
campaign
walk fifty miles to give it in ? ]
Objected to, because persons, times and
places are no specified.
under his orders. The F
then resided in tho centre houscot
,..,]i e d Mr. Combs’ block, on tbe westc -
of Broadway, between Trinity Church
Bowling Green. ;o
To accomplish our object, wc wen ■■ ■
the front of Trinity Church, intending t _
there iiDtil the President's carnage c. * t -
aud if it stopped there, to tcllow .inn -n • u
it went by. to repair to St. 1 al1 S ’ f ,| u -ai.—
that he would attend service at one or ^
When we reached our proposed stai - -