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MACON, (3-^.,
For the Telegraph.
Kb. Climy:—That Inflated writer, “A Dele
gate to the Montgomery ConTcntion,” in his black
guard piece in the lost Telegraph, pukes his spleen
upon John Hampden, personally, assuming that
he is acquainted with him. In this, be has the ad
vantage of John, who is ignorant of the remarka
ble personality of “the Delegate." And the fu
tility of his arguments, and now his blackguard
ism, justify John Hampden in not desiring his m
acquaintance, and in refraining, as he has from the
first, from joining in any discussion with “the
Delegate." Nor will bis personal abuse provoke
John into a discussion with one who has proved
himself both dunce and knave, in about equal r
Tuesday Morning, Aug. 31, 1858
ain *•*
To Correspondents.—We will again
Correspondents to bring in tlieir favors us ear
ly in the publication week as possiW®- - oa "
dav morning finds us a day’s n <: '_' rs in arreaR
—all matter in bands of eora»po*’tors 10 ^ om
plete—the most of the advertisements an »e
cessarily a great por* :on Cl lt011 '! °)' U
typef and , ith only seven hours office tune
whole in. W e shall ays
rg*||£ {supreme Coitfl'tBank Decision,
■\\\> append, at the request of a distinguished
correspondent, known to us only as he is known to
every Georgian, by high and well-earned reputation,
the following communication which attracted our
notice at the time it originally appeared in the Sa
vannah Georgian. Wo also preface it with such
suggestions from the private letter of the corres
pondent as we think may subserve his purpose
without conflict with the privacy he desires. And
In reference to the whole of ids letter, as well to
that portion copied as to that omitted in pursuance
of his request, the Telegraph disclaims .any pur
pose to create excitement about, or hostility to this
portions; for hispretcndedarcumentsare* u ‘ T< ' 1 , ~ , . ,
bose assumptions without logic, and M» f * cU arc aistent with reason, and the correspondent who
falsehoods. A. prosy Lick Hoot member of Con- d ; ffer8> j 9 j U8t as welcome as he who agrees.
to complete f . i two w —t-w 1
try to w-WMXKfc* correspondents as tar as ruUng of the g uprcme Court, or even to canvass it
J V ole, and our esteemed and intelligent | M wo fee! j t aright be canvassed. The
sum total we have said about it, was contained in
a single paragraph of passing comment at the time
it was made.
Every man to bis callir.g, and it is not to be pre-
sumed that the newspaper press can intelligently
Jnend, “ Inquirer,” docs us no more than jus
tice in believing we arc in favor of free discus
sion. We go for the “largest liberty" con-
. referred in debate >» JohD B * ndo, P h with the Telegraph. “Inquirer” shall be heard canTass the decisions of the Courts; and if they
. . rt r_ I ° * mm m • .1 .1 > i .i Lx _x To Sn riA.Iiarwl tnr* TllflSt
stantly cried
ker, I rise to _ „
right to choose .>0°* n friends!’’ So John Ilamp-1 _ ^ . -- . . .. .
den claims »><e privilege 10 choose with whom he Vom ,„ lien’s Christian Association to the ever varying phases of public opinion wmen
will discus constitutional questions. Certainly | READING ROOM. | should, if it were possible, be fixed and unalterable,
not with one who relies solely on Federal and
oliiion authorities, ns constituting law, and
cannot construe a fable in English, nor understand ^ I J|
that “Potter’s Antiquities” is not n Book of Fa-1 “““ " w hi’ch merits~and we hope wiU receive, the 1 tion and interpretation be permanent,
bles! And with whom, if a man of sense were to co ^ penlUon 0 f aU interested cither in the cise of their legislative will is liable to be thwarted
argue ever so long, he must never forbear, for if he - f onr mcn or in the public conve . and misinterpreted—that the Legislature cannot
does, “ the Delegate” and his co-dunceswiU think nience To first> there is nccd of an uno bjec- know from year to year what it is actually, to point
and proclaim exultant, “he gives it up! he backs tionablo plac0 of ^sort in leisure hours, where of *«*> enacting; nor can the people know the
down, he has fled the field of bat tie!” In short, companions can be mct , and news and current k" or what it may become in the hands of new m-
“the Delegate” is one of those machines tlmt go event9 of the day be learned and discussed; and terpretcre. Thus everything is afloat notaing fix-
bywind, and never know when to stop so long as t0 publ ; c convenience a newsroom is indispensable, ed, and thus under plea of giving greater scope
the wind lasts. What were the facts, in the be- u £ unfortimnto that there has never been such a and effect to the popular will, m an elective judi-
ginning of this “Tempest in a Teapot?” You, p , ftcc fw thc convenience of strangers as well as of ciary, the tendency of the system is practically to
some time ago, published in the Telegraph, Col. citizens. It has often been suggested to us; but thwart and embarrass the popular will in the ad-
Hunter’s Montgomery speech, with some appro- mot j T e3 0 f delicacy would perhaps needlessly re- ministration of the laws.
vlng remarks. Knowing the large influence of the I strft j n people from availiug themselves ofapri-| Moreover, it is in the essence ot all proper inter-
“ Telegraph," whoso ancient patrons have ever h- a te accommodation, and others might bo hindered pretation and administration of the la w that it.
been of the political faith of John Hampden, he , scrup i e9 0 r prejudices of a political character, should be founded on the immutable principles of
f«lt called upon to enter his protest against what A Reflding R 00nl therefore, could notbe better in- right—above the influence of mere passions and
h t has ever held ns heresy, viz: that Congress has augurftt cd than by the Young Men’s Christian As- prejudice, and altogether unbiassed by a fluctuating
the Constitutional power to abolish, to prohibit the soc iation : and very little encouragement and coun- publie opinion. It should stand free, above aU fear,
Slave Trade, or thc trade in any recognized South- tenance bc needed to place it on a footing of f avor or affection; and like the classic impersona-
era property. You replied that Congress had such equal permanence and usefulness. It would soon tion ° f Justice, be blind to every consideration ex
power. He then asked you to point out the part beconi e a popular resort with the young men, and trinsic of the merits of the case. Ilow can this be,
or clause granting such power, or where it may be per haps in numerous instances, draw them away if newspapers, politicians, Conventions and pubhc
found. This he requested, because you know that trom p ) tccs and associations dangerous to morals meetings undertake to canvass the decisions of the
the Federal Government is one of limited—deiega- an d to health. We hope the public will second this Courts, and these decisions are made to determine
ted powers, and thus, unlike any other government motion of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the tenure of Judicial office ? Judges must bo al-
oa earth, that it can exercise no power not ex-1 warmly and energetically. I most insensible as marble to escape thc controlling
presriy granted, or that follows by necessary impli- I " I influence of mere popular opinion under such cir
oil ion from a granted power; that is, an Implies- Mew YorK Dally Ketvs. cumstanccs; while, on the other hand, if they yield
tion that becomes inevitably rttc< ssarj/ to carry in- I This paper comes to us enlarged to the dimen-1 to its influence, who that has ever watched its vary-
to full effect the granted voicer. Forcxaroplc : Fow- I sions of the Herald and Times, and published in ing'course upon almost any point, will undertake
er is given to Congress to regulate commerce,—that I quarto form. We are rejoiced to see such indica- 1 to say what the law will fce from year to year? The
it an express power. Wc all, or nearly ail, know I tions of a prosperity which has never before been I true, popular theory is, a fixed and independent in-
thc meaning cf the term to regulate; those who attained by any democratic newspaper of that city, ter pretation of the laic and the lam iltelf a ref ex of
do not, please turn to your Dictionaries. The ques- They most be set down as another favorable indi popular opinion ! Thus and only thuscan the will
tion then occurs: before this expressly granted I cation of re-actionary opinion in that quarter—for, | of the People have a practical and efficacious opera
power can be fully and completely exercised, must I on sectional — u....... n i.
ly conservative. Wc commend it to our readers.
it necessarily be implied that they have the power,
in time of peace, to stop, destroy, and prohibit all
commerce to the States, their creators and mas
ters? That is thc naked question; for if they may
prohibit commerce in one kind of property, and
that too, by far the most valuable and necessary to
the Southern people, and which is recognized as
such both by the common law and the law of na
tions, they may in all property, so long as it re
mains mathematically true that all the parts are
equal to the whole. You saw and recognized thc
legitimacy of the question, but with a discretion
which “the Delegate” wns too big a dunce to ap
preciate, you replied you found the power tthere
Madison and every body else found it till two yeart
ago! and there stopped.
Then, in his communication of the 18th of July,
Published by W. Drake Parsons, at JS8 Nassau St., I case; certainly there is no inconsistency in holding
New York. Daily, £6 00; Weekly, $1 50. Judge Benning’s decision erroneous (which we most
I certainly do), while we freely acquit him of official
Death of a Good Mail. corruption. Some effort hus been made to show
H e publish, to-day, an Obituary notice of Major I gtlcb inconsistency, but we must admit the exist-
C. Wellborn, one of the most valuable citizens of I ence c j error8 0 f judgment as well as errors of in-
Houston county. Itention; and in support of the allegation of error
of judgment in this case, we arc under no kind of
necessity to assail the doctrine of law laid down
lion. George Martin,
We are pleased to see, has been nominated for
Congress, in the 2d District of Pennsylvania, era
bracing a portion of thc city of Philadelphia. Mr.
Martin is well known in political circles as a gen
tleman of tine talents and extensive influence, and
— _ I his intimate andjhoHiucdiJuiowledge of commer-
Xow about this particular decision to the Bank "dal aJUre vriH enable him to beoTgfCaTscrvicelo
Rev. R. L. Brcck.
A meeting of Hopewell Presbytery is called I l^ZLZs^ZcZandsuZZed by” Zb a for“
in Macon on the 21st prox.mo, to consider an ^ of authorities in the communication
application of Rev. B. L. Brf.ck, of this city, wc publish a ' hig reque(it Tho tnltb u> th(y do not
for a transfer of his ecclesiastical relations to I m(( f ^ COW) an d r.be principle they seek to estab-
the Presbytery of New Albany, in the State lisb wb o!ly inoperative in it. The Stockholders
of Indiana; be having accepted an invitation 0 f this Bank were held to a special liability by the
to become pastor of the First Presbyterian I very terms of the charter for the ultimate redemp-
John Hampden showed from authentic history, tiiiq I Church in that city. New Albany stands in tion of tlieir bills, (see the clause quoted below)
Madison and his followers could never agree and re ' atlon to Louisville as Brooklyn does to New and therefore, if the law be as cited, it was not the
point out where the power was to be found • and York—being located just across the river; ! aw * n theif casc - That had been provided by thc
he showed from their own published and repeated I and ** is a large and thriving city of some Legislature in the terms of the Charter, as follows :
declarations, that Jefferson and Madison, and ma- 20.000 inhabitants. We are sorry, indeed, . Py*”—* P 1 ?^ *h. a . Stock -
ny other leading Virginians, W*T^rrtHmTm.'Onnc- Lo part with. 1I». B.ooL, but tbo pvoepoot aT a. I to tbe amount of shares and the value
ly after the Revolution, were rank and open Abo- I lurger sphere of usefulness, within a stone’s I thereof, that each individual or company may hold
litionists; and wore the authors of that pernicious throw of bis native soil, and but a short dis- !n said Bank for the ultimate redemption of the
heresy, since called the Wilmot Proviso, and from I - r. r .. I bills or notes issued by said Bank in tbe same man-
wliicli have sprung all the troubles upon slavery in
thc South, and is destined to work untold calami-1 , hc change. Our whole community will unite I orWs Btock nntH he ehall have caused to have' been
. . ,. ,. , . J , given, sixty days' notice in some public Gazette of
m wishing him a long career of success and j b j g gtatc."
usefulness.
nature and incidents of such a body politic, and to
contract with reference to them. And it would be
a doctrine new in the law that the existence of a pri-
vate contract of I In- corporation should force upon
it a perpetuity of existence contrary to public policy,
• ■ ■ bji.rt-i ,,f it - charter.
And thus it is that C. .1. Story, after haying recog
nized. commet t- upon the rule as laid down by
Blackstone nml Kent.
See Mumma vs. the Pat. Com. 8 Peters 231.
“Upon the thrcshhold of this discussion wo aro
met with the common law principle, that upon the
dissolution of a corporation the debts due to and from
it art extinguished. A doctrine which results neces
sarily from tho fact that the corporation having ex.
pired, whether, by its own limitation, by surrender,
abandonment of us members, or judgment of disso
lution, there is no one in law to sue nnd bo sued.'’
And thus Judge Lumpkin, Warner and iS’esbit
concurring, answers, iu Hightower, va - Thornton, 8
Ga. Hep. 432.
And again he answers with the same concurrence ;
“Why so much time and talent, and labor, cud
learning hare been emr'— J ‘_ - --
ng nave been employed to establish a proposi
tion which nobody denies, viz: That the debts of a
corporation, either to or from it, are extinguished by its
dissolution, I am at a loss to comprehend. Certain
it is that it was recognized by this court, at this place
two years ago, as it had been in more than one oc
casion previously.”
flee Thornton vs. Lane, 11 tia. Rep. 492.
The Hon. Judge’s assumption that “nobody de
nies" this doctriue may have been made, for tho on
ly reason that the sapient editors of the present day
hid not enlightened the legal world by tlieir opin-
“Moreover I agree that the elementary writers,
both in England and the United Stafes, do every
wherp asserts distinctly that the debts due to, and from
a corporation, are extinguished by its dissolution, un
less prevented by tbe terms of tho charter itself, or
Ly aliunde legislation. And that in the Courts of
both countries this doctrine may now be considered
too;well settled to be overthrown or shaken. And
so totally extinguished that the members of the cor
poration cannot recover or be charged with them in
theirnatural capacities.”
Judge Lumpkin, Stnrna concurring in Moultrie
vs. Smiley, et. al. 16 Ga. Rep. 294.
Indeed Air. Editor, Judge Lumpkin might well
have added that this principle, as the law, has been
asserted, maintained, upheld, and administered by
every Judge who has sat ujicn the English and A-
merican bench, since the origin of corporations. And
what more than this have Judges .McDonald and
Benning done ?
Instructed by the light of ages, and by the repea
ted and emphatic recognition of their predecessors
upon our own Supreme Beucb, they have decided
“that upon the expiration of a Bank Charter by its
own limitation, tbo debts due to, and from it are ex
tinguished," thus, but giving effect to.whathad been
so repeatedly and emphatically admitted to be the
law, even by our own Supreme Bench. And yet the
effort is to hold them up to public censure and re
proach, because they have overruled a decision of
their predecessors.
Now as to the application of the law, because of
certain darter provisions, and certain attempts at
aliunde legislation, differences ol opinion do exist be
tween the members of the present and the former Su
preme Bench.
It is no part of the purpose of this communication
to discus* these differences. That the Judges who
made the decisions complained of are tally able to
vindicate Its correctness, and will do it, I have not a
doubt.
It remains to be seen whether those editors who
have ventured to assail and denounce, os not law, the
great principle upon which it rests will give this
brief commnnication a place in their columns, and
adhere to tbe maxim, “ Pl » T - r, ’“ T m» ”
Fiat Justitia.”
tics in future. And he showed that nearly all the
leading mon of the Carolinns and Georgia, from
Gov. Jackson down to Gov. Troup, had denied the
right to prohibit the Slave Trade, and he closed
with the declaration that with that communication
he dropped the subject nnd discussion. But what
do we sec next ? Why, this renowned Don Quix-
nere. then, is a special provision of this Bank
Charter, binding the persons and property of the
Stockholders for the “ultimate redemption of the
bills,” and providing only one mode of relief from
this responsibility. This obligation they volunta-
A Million Acres or Laud Tor Sale.
One of thc heaviest Land Sales c-ver advertised
in the Telegraph is published to-day. Wc refer to
etc, stepping up nnd pushing you aside, as one too I ikat advertised by Hon. John Beard, of Tallahassee, I rily incurred, when they became Stockholders, nnd
weak to contend with John n'ampden, without the I as Receiver in the case of Garr and others vs. the I no general ruling with regard to thc liability of
help of his puissant arm, and Montgomery wisdom! A P a,achicola Land Company, and comprising about extinct co-operations is applicable to tlieir case.
And he strikes right and left at John nnmpdon, os a ,m ^‘ on aores » extondiog from the fit. Marks to I We now quote from our correspondent:
if be really thought he was iu the field of discus- th e Apalachicola nvers in Middle Florida. As a „ Bnt j noticc that wb y e you approve and endorse
fion with him, when he well knew John had left ” od y» 1113 f 10 ,no?t valuable tract of Land in the I tbe man ^ tbe Judge, you condemn the decision
the ring before lie entered uninvited*. John Hamp- ^ t! ic > and * 3 ' |J p art BCtt led by squatters and per-1 wb j cb ; 3 the foundation of the assaults upon him,
den had begun and ended the discussion with a sou f kcdd ' D 8 ( l u ' 1 claim titles from the Apalacliico-1 and M you intimate a purpose to say more upon
gentleman, but when “Thc Delegate" obtrudes him- Ia Coj "P a ny ; b"t a large portion is yet unoccupied, the gub j ccti j f cc i tbat yo u will pardon this intru-
self, John claims the right to decline its renewal, part of which is covered with a timber growth oH rion wHch fa m „ rIted _ pri vatc, because it is in-
Mpccitlly with one who relies solely on bold asscr- '.®’ on “f, 0 ' 1 whlc, ‘ 04111101 wel1 l,esur Pass-1 tended for your eye only.
tion, backed by authorities so often confuted that CI J fcrtlllt ?' .J 110 Southern l,oundar - T of this “Allow me then to say, that your error is in as-
to assail them again would be but to rcinact Sir I w “° e tract » w, “ b® seen, is the Gulf of Mexico, I «* nn ku^.Ar.i« —
John it* wKnarercy—to ;he I ~" A *nnwny arteries oi tne I Qr that it OTe mile8 any previous decision of our
great annoyance and disgust of you and your re id-1 00untr }' "H* 0lJ ^ thc * r ««*ntral point of I of any 0 ^ er Supreme Court in JCnyland or
ers. ' ' communication by stcamsh.p with tho West Indies, ^ 0n tho contrary, it is, and has bceu, the
Central America and mmi. of (be Gulf porti. At
least, we arc* willing that tills should be set down
ns our judgment of probabilities; for we hold that
thc coastwise route by Fcrnandina will be found
too far Eastward to compete long and successfully
with a more direct central route.
the city of Philadelphia. ‘
Wc venture to say, that if elected, no member
will exercise a larger or more controlling influence
in the House of Representatives than George Mar
tin ; and if the Merchants and business men of Phil
adelphia desire to have an able, popular and influ
ential Representative, Mr. Martin will be chosen by
an overwhelming vote, to represent them in the
next Congress.
Monroe ConiT. A Fight!
Judge Cabiness presiding, was in session last
week. The Luc3s Will case is set down for trial
to-day and will occupy the balance of the week.
We understand that on Friday last thc quiet and
decorum of the Court was disturbed by a fight on
the square between a witness in a slander case and
one of the parties.
The belligerents, we understand, took several
rounds and tore up any quantity of dirt ou the
square, but were separated by the Sheriff, who
marched them into the Court-House in the presence
of the Judge.
Hero a parley ensued between tbe Judge and thc
combatants as to the cause of the difficulty and
they were ordered to jail, but in starting out of the
Courtroom, not satisfied with their out-doorcxer-
’eises, they concluded to giro bis Honor and the
Bar a specimen of their pugilistic capacities, and
at it they went, pitching into each other right nnd
left. The Sheriff or Bailiff interfering to separate
them, received a severe bite on the arm. After
roliingand tumbling about on the courtroom to
thc delight of the bystanders and without fear of
the power of tho Court, the contest was closed by
the officers effecting a separation. The Judge sent
them to jail for the night Iu order that their hot
valor might bc cooled. In thc morning they were
released.
It appears to have been something like Colonel
Dick Jones’ Tcnuessce fight, in which tho parties
fought round and about, up and down, high and
low, and nobody “ hollered.”
Capacity of flic Cable
TRADE.
On the authority of the Tribune, the speed of thc
Ocean Telegraph is now two words per minute, or
2,800 per day, which, at thc tariff of a dollar per
word, gives, as he says, a nett 20 per cent, on thc
investment. The associated New York Press will
shortly havo an organized corps of correspondents
to collect and forward daily reports by the Tele
graph. Commercial news will be passed over the
line for the first time to-morrow. Some of the
wonderful results of this enterprise are already be
fore the public. On Friday afternoon we bad in
Macon, London dates of the morning, and St. Pe-
tersburgh dates of Tuesday. Thus, while one of
our compositors was copying from thc New York
Herald thc short article which appears to-day about
the Chinese imbroglio and the extreme uncertain
ty of its speedy solution, news came by telegraph
that a treaty of pcacohad beei^ actually cocluded.
Thc Atlantic Telegraph, in our conjecture, is go
ing to exercise a greater effect upon the business
of this country than has been generally anticipa
ted by the newspapers. In the history of railroads
it will be seen that their great result has been to
connect demand immediately with tbe great sources
of supply, and dispense with intermediate agencies.
Thus interior towns have in most cases snflered as
wholesale marts, and heavy trade been transferred
to the seaboard. Now wc have an agency which
places thc interior trader within less than a day of
Manchester and Birmingham, and he can order and
receive his goods from the English manfacturer’s
warehouse just about as soon as he can get them
from tho New York jobber and importer. Why,
then, should he not dispense with this costly inter
mediate agency ? Ifo will be apt to do it in time,
particularly when by the natural operation of the
same cause, those accumulations of foreign goods in
New York which offer a wide range of choice and
frequently lead to forced sales, are dispensed with,
and tho agents of the foreign manufacturer come
personally to solicit his orders and open the trade,
as we judge they will shortly do. Thus thc dar
ling project of direct Southern Trade and importa
tions, may find in this cable and its successful ope
rations a motive power which all the Southern Com
mercial Conventions have failed to furnish. We
shall see,
From the Augusta Chronicle and fientincl.
Chinese Sugar Cane.
Mr. Editor : Allow me a small space to
“ give in ” my experience as to the virtues of
Chinese Sugar Cane as food for stock. I wish
to do so, because I hoard recently read sever
al notices of the deleterious effects of the cane
upon cattle; and have also learned that in
some parts of an adjoining county it is being
cut down and suffered to rot upon the ground,
for fear thc cattle or bogs or horses might ac
cidentally get a bite of it! This is the most
ridiculous aspect through which I have looked
at the cane, and I have had my cachinatory
muscles no little exercised in consequence
thereof. But to the “law and the testimony.”
This is my third season of cultivating the
Chinese Cane. I have seven acres of it this
year, five of which I planted for the express
purpose af faoding it groen and dzyr to haraoa,
cattle and hogs; and since thc 1st of June un
til now, I have been feeding it daily to these
animals. My calves have run daily upon two
acres, sown broadcast, since that time. My
edws and oxen, while sick with the “ black
tongue,” were daily fed with it. My oxen,
when at work, are fed upon it; horses ditto.
My hogs are daily fed with the cane now, and
are in fine growing order. I intend to fatten
rry pork upon the cane, as not only good feed,
butequal to corn forthe same purpose. These
facts can be attested by my neighbors, for
they know all about them. After three years
experience with the Chinese Sugar Cane, -1
have come to the following conclusions in re
gard to it, and I give them for what they are
worth—not oaring a “bawbea” whether or not
they are endorsed by the people:
1st. For forage, either green or dry, there
is no plant so valuable.
2d. More grain can he made upon the same
land than oats will produce, with an analytic
value as food of one-third over oats!
3d. For hogs, it is next to corn, in every
particular.
4th. For syrup, it is equal to any cane; and
for sugar, ditto!
This is no mero speculation—I have tried
the forage, made syrup and sugar, and for the
analysis of its value as food, am indebted to
Prof. Lee.
If the Patent Office had done no other thing
than imported these seed, it deserves the com
mendation of thc whole country— and while
politicians are wrangling over the “ tithes of
anise and mint and ctunmin, and neglecting
the weightier matters of the law,” let the
bone and sinew ”—producers of thc country
—sustain the only Bureau of the Federal
Government which benefits them by the dis
tribution of seeds.
These are the sentiments of yours, truly,
• F. J. K.
Oglethorpe county, August 21st, 1858.
The Loiulou Cotton Plant. African
COTTON GROWING AND THE SLAVE TRADE.
One of tho in ails of last week brought us
tho London Cotton Plant of August 7th, and
among its interesting contents appears the
continuation of the closing debate in parlia
ment upon the Slave Trade. The following
excerpts from Mr. Buxton’s Speech—decidedly
the best of the collection—will probably in
terest the reader in the matters of slave trade
statistics—African Cotton Growing, &e.—
Great Britain is ever in hot pursuit of that
phantom of tho brain a cotton producing rival
to the Southern States, and ever just on the
point of grasping it. She has -seen it suc
cessively in India, Egypt, the Barbary States,
the West Indies, and now it has certainly turn
ed up, according to Mr. Buxton, fn Africa, n-
mong untutored savages:
Of course some slavers did escape, but there seem
ed strong reasons for thinking that but for the erni-
sers the slave trade would reach four or five times
its present amount. Cuba was a very large island,
with a most fertile soil nnd climate. It was ten times
the size of Jamaica, and so terrible was tho life ou
the sugar plantations that the imported slaves were
used up, as it was called—that is to say, were work
ed to death—in eight years. Conld slaves be had
freely at a low price, it was probable that, as
Dr. Livingstone had calculated, 30,000 slaves could
bo absorbed in Cuba every year. Now, iu the
new slave-trade Slue Book he found our commissary
judge at Havana, wbq had ample means of ap
proximating to the truth, reckoning tho number im
ported at 7304. Again, on tho west coast of Africa
slaves sold for 01. or 3/.—those bought for the Regina
Cali cost 21. 10s.—whereas in Cuba the price of a
negro varied from SC/, to 80?. By the Blue Book it
appeared that the price in Brazil now was 70/., and
in Cuba it was about the same. That enormous dif
ference was the clearest possible measure of tbe val
ue of our squadron. But for the obstacles we threw
in the way there could be no earthly reason why
negroes should not he sold in Cuba for a few pounds,
and, if so, the demand would be very large indeed.
That difference of price could not be explained ex
cept by the efficiency ot our endeavors to reduce tho
slave trade. Again, people thought of Africa as a
quarter of the globe, and laughed at the idea of our
blockading her coasts. They forgot that it was on
ly from a limited portion of the coast that slaves
coaid begot; and that portion wn s inaccessible ex
J**ews Summary.
News E»y , .
Which left Liverpool 14th instant 'u
ports are as follows : ‘ Hfri
Tho sales of cotton forthe week
of which speculators took 1,200 and’’’ ,wo hoi,,
bales. Holders offered freely bat V
sates. Tho sales of Friday .rere^^P'W.y
Saturday tho market was quiet 0 ;
«tes footing 6,900 bales at the follotin^*"* 64 ^
„ . <*170TATfOtfS: *
1? aii* Qxleaus.
Middling Orleans.
Fair Mobile
EiddlingjMobde y.j e( .
Fair Uplands 6i3. 1Sj
The stock on hand 4s'mV.w
533,000 were American. bale *. «f
The advices fro n Mancu* tar
there beiugn fair demand for mZi flTC: *bir
Provisions quiet. Coni buoyant7*,
holders ask 62s., but it is quoted at w *“ TWf “S
very dull at easier rates, though not
Wheat is buoyant and light demand^
id. a 2d. Sugar is buoyant and \i&
Coffee firm. Rice quiet. Carolina » 0 hi ^i
Rosin steady at 4s. 2d. a «d. Turn™ ; * ^ H'
40s. Consols a 96 196J. 1 ” tlne «Wiy ,■
General Ia«elHgenee.-Q ueBU ^ ^
mg a visit to her daughter at Potsdam v P ‘!
is continuing his tour through Brittany T - p<llt0
of an early resumption of the Diplomat':. • nim< "
between the Western Powers «nd
nied. The bnllion in the bank of End™??* 4
creased £102,000. The weather waAv ^
crops, and the harvest was progressing fi„l ^ f "’
yielding well. Austria intends cencentrstiV ^
on the Dalmatian frontier. Riots )j are ' ( , " trcH P*
in Kilkenny in. consequence of the iatrZ?-^
agricultural machines. The presence of of
which were ordered out, restored trsnonml’^ 7
steamship « *r arrived atUv^
Consul General a » Uarnna'-a
from Washington announces that this imZT*
tucky* 1 ^ hM b6en C0 “ ferred ° a M * j ° r ^
wns luaeeessiote ex- \ Lorre Convention.—TheVith.
cept at the mouths of rivers. The slayer now had ■ burr > . h,t ’ . ” ns . . at fbe planters of the riv
to approach those points at great risk. i counties of Mississippi have agreed to meet'. a
* * * * | vention at Greenville, Washington conntv „
For all these reasons it appeared to him that were : dav, the 11th day of October next forta. .
our attempts to keep down the slave trade given up, , A J forthe eomii H
it would iu aU likelihood spread to throe or four, or j atlon ” matters connected until the Mi..;,.;,.,
oven more times its present amount. Now, that
would be a heavy calamity, not to the negroes alone,
but to England, and to tho whole world ; for in tho
last fifteen years West Africa had been making most
unlooked tor and rapid progress. Trade had been
striking root, and would evidently in a short while
become of immense value, were it not withered by a
renewal of the slave trade. It had been demonstrat
ed that the forty or fifty millions of negroes in West
Africa were au industrious race of men, and eagerly
devoted to trade, while the wealth of those regions
in the things that Europe needed was boundless.—
“ ' " ' ' of va
I levee.
The famous Oxford precinct in Kjusts,
gave about fifteen hundred, majority Ust j e ’„ '
this year, about twenty-nine votes, all told. 1 '
Palm-oil, corn, timber of valuablekinds, ivory, gold,
ground-nuts, indigo, pepper, rice, coffee, sugar, and
a multitude of other articles, were only waiting a
market to be produced in any qaaatities. The trade
in palm oil was already valued at 2,000,000/. p* No,
no!”) He spoke of the home trade. But the most
important prospect was that of the supply of cotton.
(Hear.) There was no question now that any requir
ed amount of cotton, equal to that of New Orleansm
quality, might be obtained. A very short time ago
Mr. Clegg, of Manchester, aided by the Rev. H.
Venn and a few other gentlemen, trained and sent
out two or three young negroes as ageuts toAb-
UftbnSa pining man taught tho. natives to
collect and clean their cotton, and seat home to Eng
land. The result was that the natives had actually
purchased 230 cotton gins for cleaning their cotton,
and lately these natives of Abbeokuta had sent to
England and procured four presses for pressing it
for exportation, at a cost of several hundred pounds.
Mr. Clegg stated that he was in correspondence with
seventy-six native and other Afrioau traders, twenty-
two of them being chiefs. With one ot them Mr.
Clegg had a transaction by which he (the African)
received 3500/. And the amount of cotton received
at Manchester had risen hand over hand, till ia 1836
it came to 35,0001b., and last year to nearly 1 D0,0001b.
Well might Mr. Clegg say that this was “ a rare in
stance of the rapid development of a particular trade,
and the more so because every ounce of cotton had
been collected, all the labour performed, and the r»
sponsibility borne by native Africans alone.” The
fact was, that the West African natives were cot
mere savages. In trade no men could show more
energy and quickness. And a considerable degree
of social organization existed. He could give a
thousand proofs ot this, but ho would only quote a
word or two from Lieutenant Ma v ’« Ai«i»«rah m
And yet the vain dunce talks and boasts ab>ut
bis discussion with John DampJni,—“Uokitiglilm
down”—•• driving him to the wall”—“chasing him
through the smoko from thc field of battle!” Cer
tainly tho complacent warrior is fresh from thc
Georgia Scenes, where tho Judge sets his pugna
cious hero tS fighting the ground—digging with
his fist—gouging with his thumb, the prostrate noil,
'flic Inferior Court,
After a session of two days, adjourned on Fri- j
A large amount of business was disposed
well settled law of corporations from tlieir earliest
existence. For all it may bc worth, allow me to
call yonr attention to thc enclosed communication,
which I cut from the “Times & Sentinel,” but
which was originally published in the “Savannah
Georgian.” If this proves anything, it certainly
proves all I would say—first that the decision com
plained of is thc lam, and second tbat it does not
overrule any former decision of the Supreme Court
far from it that it is fully sustained by the ad-
end bidding his imaginary foe to cry out when i dav Jflst
he has got enough, if he would survive the lick; ng! -,,. ,, . . i— —j j
B„. „ J.bn Hampden tarn... ..... f.r d w ^w.ta I 0f ““ °”" ” -P™ 1 " 1
crying out, but much for merriment at; the Solly which had fa y e(J> wfts arrested on a ca ^ but af .
deed, sir, tjie very question decided has been but
and vanity of “The Delegate,” this wonld-’be-artae-1 ”“ ,v “ ™ » va. aa., oui ai- i ononc occa fijon before tbe Supreme Court, and this
onist ebswres John Hamnden I I 7°u will find in 21st Ga. Hop. 513-the case of
Tho decision now denounced,
onist charges John Hampden with ill temper, -so i witIl the undcrgtanding that hc wa9 t0 take n0 ad .
that John is in this predicament: if ho keeps si- vantage of the digch a r gc, but be subject to a sec-
lonce and looks gram, “Ihc Delegate” is disiatis- j ond arrest, and that thc discharge from arrest should
fled, and if he looks good natured and laughs, “Thc in n0 wav opcrato 03 ft digcl)#rge of (hc debt- c
Delegate” cries out to tbe Master that John is mad, a member of lho gamo flrrai and wbo had been
and is making mouths a, him !-and then tc en- gued jointly with was afterwards arrested on
sure John a licking, he teUs lies on him, saying hc ^ 8a . and gave bond returnable to thc Inferior
has calumniated thc whole Southern peoplf, bc- CouPt . When the case was called, C’s counsel
sides squirting ink on the boys from Virginia! and moved t0 cntcr satigf a Cti on on the judgment,
kicking up a rumpus in the School generally. the poUDi tbat a dl - 5cImrgc from arrcst of onc
Well, Mr. Editor, tell “The Delegate” John Hamp- member of a firm on ca. sa. was a discharge of thc
den bad rather bc licked than to talk with him; debt as to him, and os to ail the partners. In this _ t .
so he may lie ad libitum, call John acoward—that case the Sheriff, in making the entry, had failed to I the debts due to and from it, are extinguished.
he is afraid of “The Delegate"—“that he backed enter that the discharge was made without thc nav- Upo .u thi *.*H e f res i’ * nd t0 th ° ex ,* e , n t of it# i . ufl “
w ttpM¥a u So y,„ nA . , ui5>cu*rgc nae m.iue wiuwui me pay i tho puolionas become remarkably exercised.
down run i neaa Against the wall, and final- ment of tbe debt. The Court, Judge Gresham de-1 Even covert hints at corruption iu the sludges, who
ly "under tho cover of the smoke, skulked from leering the opinion, decided that, when the debt . made *‘l>e decision, haye becn indulged in, while it
/thn Dell) of hsttiti” But finnllv rail <iTk„ n„l» . , „ ’ is assumed as settled that it is not the lam.
the field ol battit But linally tell The Dele- wa s not paid, a discharge from arrest did not satis- It is conceded that these editors who have indulg-
gate from Mon .gomery, t,.at John swears hosball f y the debt, but that a discharge of onc partner cd > n these denunciations of the Court and its deci-
JUll-i liA-tlrl LA, I n ,< -1 nil frnm nnncS Tlin naan Mu. I Ia.Q n-llll lllfl climi'in. tll.l ill,-!' • > — Man
you
Moultrie, vs. Hoge.
was then made, and if so erroneous why not then
condemned ?
“The objections to Judge Benning presiding,
were presented in Lane, vs. Harris, for which sec
10 Ga. Rep. Why was he not then denounced ?”
From tbe Savannah Georgian.
The Supreme Court Decision.
Mr. Editor >—Tho Supreme Court at its last ses
sion in Maeon, in tlio caso of Robison vs Beall,
[Lumpkin J„ dissc-ntingl decided: Tbat upon tho
expiration of a Bank Charter by its own limitation,
Weather—Cotton Crop.
The weather in Macon for a few days past lias
been quite cool—in some portions of the day, chil
ly . It will be seen ciscwhcrc that frost is chroni
cled ill tWr- , Shafts and in New York. From
all sections of the State we im» *.
the Cotton crop—in Southern and South-western
Georgia rust, and iu neighboring counties thc boll
worm. Anticipations in regard to cotton crops
have been a good deal modified within the lost
fortnight.
nnyn
ed '‘illuminating clay," ho. been discovered
by Mr. Frederick H. Southwortb. Mr. South-
worth is nn American resident of Rio Janeiro
and discharge all from arrest. The case goes up,
we understand, and wc will give our readcra infor
mation as to tbe final result.
less with the hope of showing that they aro or can
be wrong—than with tbo hazard of exposing the ig
norance of Blackstone and Kent, and Story and
Lumpkin, tlmt the publication of this brief commu
nication is asked.
The debts due to, and from a Bank, are extinguish
ed by its dissolution or the expiration of its charter.
'I'lli.- is the naked • I-i.-i• • 11 nml i- it tl,,- law !
“A corporate grant is indeed only during the life
of tho corporation, which may endure forever; but
when the life ia determined by th« dissolution of the
PiioToapAnnc Elegancies.—Mr. Pugh,
He has tested the properties of this clny ond if mU h ° see "’, " dTortil,e * ,lls , arriv!l1 with a
applied tho some to the making of gas. IIo | ar £c flSS0! ' !meil ‘ °* novelties and improvements
reports that it gives 7 cubic feet of gas to the * n Photographing,
pound while coni gives but 34 cubic feet to the I Commercial ScnooL.-Thesc establishments I boti . v the grantor takes it back by reversion
MdmherwUe lookf like coalto ite nure state- arcbecomin S vcr Y l 10 P ular ' a,ld "e are pleased to orfrom it. are
.ai b„™ m. a SWE *21 ,h “ on .7 f llcn ,' ■“ti"? *r?y f “% |
them in their natural capacities.”
_ It is thus that Judge Blackstone answers the ques
tion. 8ee 1 Black. Com. 484.
“According tc the settled law of tho land, where
there is no special statute provision to the contrary,
upon the civil death of a corporation, all its real es
tate remaining unsold reverts book to the original
of a match. It is said to bc found in largo established in Macon by Mr. J. H. Kjn'g, n
ih-posits ou the bnnks of navigable rivers in highly competent teacher as we have been told.
Brazil, mud tho discoverer anticipates that ii What’s to bs done ?—What is tobedone j
\,.il Im o i by all gas companies in Brazil, with the negroes captured in the slaver Echo. 1
un i in come uu article of exportation. Fhe T ** „ ot . A . . , . , . ..
Brazilian government have taken tba matter If w ® nr0 not mlstak cn, tbe Statute vests the I
under consideration. M r . Southwortb bar m- 1 President with discretionary power as to their K**“t«r *nd his famra. Thedebu dxto and from the
, . , . e . “ V . "P • . , ‘ 1 , I anporolvtn are all extinguished. Neither tho stock-
plied .or ii pul', nt 1"I ol making iliol), and a wag at our elbow suggests li'.nl.-r-, Lor tin- dirr-ctnis or tru.-t*-i-< i.ttlic r.-,rp"ra-
liiidlcrotis Sensibility.
Flowers have their spells and their perils.
A young French lady, endowed with the most
delicate nerves, mentioned one evening, to a
few friends assembled in her draw ing room,
that she had n horror of the rose. “The per
fume of this flower,” said she, “gives me the
vertigo." This conversation was interrupted
by the visit of a fair friend who was going to
a ball, and wore a rose bud in her head dress
Our fair heroine turned pale directly, tossed
her arms, nnd fell gracefully into a syncope
upon the ottoman. “What a strange nervous
susceptibility. What a delicate and impres
sible organization 1" cried the spectators
For Heaven’s sake, madam, go away! Don’t
you see that you have caused this spasm ?
“ I ?” “ Yes, of course; it is the perfume of
the rose bud in your hair.” “ Really, if it is
to, I will sacrifice the guilty flower! But
judge before you sentence.” The flower de
tnched from thc head dress, was passed from
hand to hand among the spectators, but tbeir
solicitude soon gave way to a different emo
tion. The fatal rose bud was an artificial one:
Parson Brownlow’s Discussion.
We find the following notification in the Inst
number of the Knoxville Register :
TO THE rnES3-
Wo have entered into nn agreement to hold
a public debate on the following question :
‘Ought American Slavery to be perpetua
ted?”
The debate is to bo held in thc city of Phil
adelphia, and to commence on the 7th day of
September, 1858, and continue for several
days.
Will the Press of both sections of the Union
please copy this notice ?
W. G. BROWNLOW.
Affirmative Knoxville, Tcnu.
A. PAYNE,
Negative McGrawsville N. Y.
gas rium this material in Brazil, and it is
i- - ught ho will obtain it.
“Jeronit i'ii- I *-i n nmi-il Mrs. ButterfitUl, tiio
l!:ir> '}•, to her hi. :■nt bnv ; wlmt are you throw-
1 H i - - - " "U1 btatls. motbi.-;-, ami
the i"(-is are < *Lu' i-m ; 3 a'puct Jbey think it - *
that they be sent to the Western Reserve. 0-
liio, to colonize Gidding’s District.
It 111!a ben remarked that ladies have generally
great iVnr Dl JigbUiiiig, umi thi* lias been ,-uptrtici- ,
“U.V ascribed to their natural timidity; but tbo truth |
is, tbat it rises from theirconarioui ness of being at
tractive.
tion can recover these debt.-, or bo charged "with
them, in.their natural Capacities.
And it is thus that Clumcellor K--nt answers.
See 2 Kent. Com. 307.
“A corporation by the very terms, and nature of
its political existence, is subject to a dissolution by
a surrender of its corporate iranchises, nnd by a for*
leiture of them for wilful mis user, aud non-user.
Every creditor must be presumed to understand tbe
Imported Horses.
Six pure Arabian blood stallions were lately brought
o New York by Captain Lane, who has been engag
ed in raising the sunken vessels in tlio harbor of Sc-
bastopll. The so animals cost #18,000, which is said
to bo feu than their real worth. They stand about 15
hands ligh, tiro matched, and aro pairs of dark hay,
gray, aul black. They are direct from tho cavalry
stables of the Russian Emperor, and were raised ex
pressly for him. The number of hones in the impe
rial stud is limited to 5,000, and when it exceeds this
number sales nro made. Of this fact Captain Lane
took advantage. The stables of the Czar, where
these hones are kept and trained, arc- each twelve
feet square, and in part form the outer wall of an en
closure ten miles long and five miles wide. The cen
tre ot this area is used for exercising horses.
Au Englisii Opinion,
G. P. It. James, tho well knowu aud popu
lar English Novelist, who lias been a resident
of Virginia for several years past, contributes
to the Knickerbocker a very interesting article
on “ Life in Virginia,” and as the views ex
pressed arc so entirely at variance with those
of all the former British writers on the subject,
we give a brief extract. i>n
Virginia,”' wlncn, says Mr. James:
“ Differs very little, I believe, from the ne
gro life all through the South. In return for
food, clothing, house-room, medical attend
ance, and support in old age, about one-third
of tho labor which is required of the white man
in most countries is demanded of the black.
He performs it badly, and would not perforin
it all if he were not compelled. The rest of his
time is spent in singing, dancing, laughing,
chattering, ana bringing up pigs and chickens.
That negroes aro the worst servants in the
world, every man, I believe, but a thoroughbred
Southern man, will admit; bat the Souther
ner has Jbcen reared amongst them from his
childhood, and in general has a tenderness and
affection for them of which Northern men can
have no conception.
Great care is taken by the law to guard
them against oppression and wrong; and after
six years residence in the State, 1 can safely
say, I never saw more than one instance of
cruelty toward a negro, and that was perpe
trated by a foreigner. That there may still
bo evils in the system which might be remov
ed by law, and there may be individual in
stances of oppression and even bad treatment,
I do not deny; but those instances are not so
frequent as those of cruelty to a wife or child
in Northern lands, ns displayed every day by
the newspapers ; and in point of general hap-
piucss, it would not bc amiss to alter an old
adage and say : ‘As merry as a negro slave.’
I must not pursue this branch of the subject
farther, for I can pretend to no great love for
Dr. Livingston’s friends, the Mnkolos. There
arc, beyoud all doubt, some very excellent
people among them; but, as a race, the more
I see of them the less do I think them capable
of civization, or even fitted to take care of
themselves.”
Boston 100 Years Ago.—The Boston Ga
zette and Country Journal of July 17, 1858,
contained the following: “Just imported from
Africa, and to be sold on board of the brig
Johnny, Wm. Elbery, commander, now lying
at New Boston, a number of likely negro boys
and girls from 12 to 14 years of age: inquire
of said Elbery, on board cf said brig, where
constant attendance is given. Note—The a-
bove slaves have all had the small pox. Treas
urer’s notes, and New England rum will be
taken as pay.”
:ch to Lord
Clarendon, dated the 24lh of November, 1857.—
Lieutenant May crossed overland from the Niger to
Lsgos, and he says:—
“A very pleasing and hopeful part of my report
lies in tho fact that certainly three-quarters of the
country were under cultivation. Nor was this the
only evidence of the industry and peace of the coun
try ; in every hut is cotton-spinning; ia every town
is"weaving; dyeing, often iron-smelting, pottery
works, and other useful employments are to be wit
nessed; while from town to town, for many miles,
the ontir® road presents a eontfnnoUsTtle ol’men, wo
men, ar.d children carrying these .articles of their
production for sale.”
(Hear, hear.) He added,—
“I entertain feelings of much increased respect for
the industry and intellect of these people, and admi
ration for their laws t.nd manners.”
Here, then, we had a splendid prospect of happi
ness to Africa and wealth to'Europe. But should
the slave trade break out afresh with treble or
quadruple violence all these hopes would be balded.
He could bring forward endless evidence, of naval
men, merchants, missionaries, travellers, Arc., to
show that the slave trade made legitimate commerce
impossible. It kept the people iu constant excite
ment and alarm; it withdrew them from peaceful
pursuits; it filled the land with anarchy, misrule, and
ruin. Hon. gentlemen might have read Dr. Barth’s
terrible account of the slave-hunting expedition
which he accompanied. He described “the beauty
of tho country and the cheerful happiness of the
natives in the well-cultivated and thickly-peopled
district” which the slave-hunters had selected for
attack. In a few days all was utter ruin. Tho vil
lages were burnt, tho crops destroyed, the people
murdered or carried offasslaves, and of tho latter the
useless ones in great numbers were killed by cut
ting off their arms or legs and letting them bleed to
death. AU accounts concurred in describing the
vast amount of desolation which tho slave wars caus
ed, and the death blow they es»-^
Stolen Negroes .Recovered.—The c-ij|, t s
gioes stolen from the plantation of Ore,i Bar:-:
Wilkinson county, have been overtaken, f
with two white men who enticed them to run .. ,
They were fognd secreted in a swamp n Mr ,
Oconee River, waiting for the excitement to
off; but while some hunters were driving thn.-. •'
the swamp they stumbled upon the uesroe ...
white men, for tho arrest of whom arewarii ot ?
was offered by Mr. Davis.—Fed. Union, 2it*. 8
Homicide in Bryan County.—We regret to
learn that Dr. Wm. S. Harden, a highly respectable
citizen of Bryan county, was killed Tliursdiy uwrj.
ing last, by his step son Charles R, Lane. He
shot with a double-barrelled gun, twelve buiisk
entering his back.jast above the loin andfour ofrh,.
passing entirely through his bady. He surviud
the occurrence about an hour.—Republican.
I,liter “Cable News."—The Savannah Krpsfc-
lican of Saturday has the following received at it*
office at half past eleven in the morning of the ;;tb
—probably about three or four hours from London.
London, Frituv, Aug. r.
The Emperorof France will leave Cherbonr;;.
morrow and return to Paris.
The King of Prusia is too sick to visit Vietoni'.r
the present, and Her Majesty will return to Lotdu
on Monday next.
By the late treaty the Chinese Empire is optui
to the trade of all nations, and the Christian Reg
ion is allowed. Foreign diplomatic agents are tia
to bo received, and full indemnity allowed lo fr;
land and France, though no mention is made of A
merica.
St. Petersburg dates have been received to ill
21st instant. The announcement of peace with Ca
na gave great satisfaction to the Russian Emper;r
and Court.
Alexandria, (Egypt) dates are to the 9th issx'
I The Steamer Madras arrived at Suez on the tlldj
j Aug., with Bombay dates to the 19th of July; tin- j
i contain, however, nothing of importance,
i The Bainbridge Argus announces the death oflr.l
| Daniel J. Bruton, a prominent, useful and
ed citizen of Decatur county-. He died on Suub;
night, the 21 st inst".
Enyiu of the Cable AanomicKdtojlicn
Victoria.—The announcement of the mc«wd j
laying of the Atlantic cable was made to Qse-alV
toria whilst she was Louis Napoleon's go«t it ibu
quut on hoard tho French war ship Bret»gw,i«tk
harbor of Cherbourg;
A Train Stopped by Gra>>ahoj»ptt*."Air«ti
train on the Newburgh branch road was stoppfd ly
grasshoppers a few days since. Large mm koofi
grasshoppers had alighted upon the track, fitershv
covering the rail. The train passed over »f f: !
number of them, which made the track so slip;*!
that the wheels turned round without going .'orari
Saud was procured and poured upon the rad, m«
tho train resumed its accustomed motion adja, I
ceedod without any further delay. I
Swift Traveling of one of the Sew
loone.—Dr. Parsons sent up from his dro * st0 ™ “
Portland, says the Advertiser of that city, ontlic --
at eight o’clock P. M., a sinaU India robber bih«
attached to which was his card, with this nole: -
nuacr win ccmter a lsvor by addressing A.
fc Co., starting where found, date, Portlmi A;;
13, 1358.'' On Saturday (the noxt) morning, it se«‘
o’clock—and it is very likely it fell several coa-i
before—the balloon and card were feari hj
Stiles Curtis, iu Windham, Greencouaff.Xewi.s
—three hundred miles from its starting F oir 1
j evening before. Mr. Cm til stated that he •
The Deer Disease.
A Medical correspondent of the Wire Grass
Reporter sends that paper the following result
of a post mortem Examination of a Deer found
in the woods dying from the disease which has d e d 7o'“blow U np again” and start it for forth
so long prevailed among them : ventures.
Wo rode up—dismounted from onrponie3, (-'rant ia Ahrm**.—There »ai« white m - 1 '
and examined our patient as we were wont to j Portchester, New York, on the 2ith in iL Jr J,
do at the bedside. First, wc scrutinized the i taraugus county, N. Y., on thc 29th, * hf -
mouth very closely—perceiving nothing ab- I covered with frost, and there w.we dgut^J a
normal, except tho gums, which were of a 1 valleys. There was a frost iu various sk “
livid hue. Next wc examined the legs, but j Massachusetts on Thursday moraing, 26th
found nothing abnormal. We placed our ; at Franklin, N. H., there wash snow sq" 111 '
hands upon the chest, and the systole and ! miuates’ duration.
diastole was hardly perceptible; convinced
that the heart’s action was growing very fee
ble, our prognosis was that an early dissolu
tion would close the scene, which in a very
few minutes afterwards took place.
I immediately prepared for a post mortem
examination, aud uftcr separating the sternum , 4 >tvl
for the purpose of examining the heart, found j tliro 0l ’ a carg0 0 / g i aV es by *« American ^
to my surprise a quantity of fluid, to the a- | and 0 ur readers may be curious to k“ 1 ”'
mount of a quart, in the pericardium, which j position is to be made of the ship. slav f '
membrane encircles the heart. This collec- ac t ofi840 provides that the oriieerts&dc* j: j
tion of fluid compressing so vital an organ, j captured vessel shall be turned over
was in my judgement, the apparent cause of S District Court to bo prosecuted umjArthe
A Slaver ami Three Ilun.lve^
Brought into Charleaf a.-It” le l...
the despatch that the brig Edu>, of® ^ .
been captured off the coast of Cuba, by *
brig Dolphin, aud brought iu Charleston'
board three hundred African slaves.
This, wo believe, is the first iust»uee « 1
its denth.
Cougresa.
Tho ship and her properti"! of cve^ j^jf b|
-o be sold, and tiye prbceeds to bo >' ’ ^. r-1
! the United States, aud the other h& I
and men who seized and brought > s jsi.»|
port, under the laws regulating P r ‘ z f®' .nhot’-' I
arc, to l.c delivered to the U. 8. Mara , t ,41
trict'where landed, and the Presidoo
regulations and arrangement* us e onfB1 ov>-
pedient for “their safe-keeping, supp* ’ ^ w [it
and ho is authorized to appoint
coast of Africa to rec eive them- - ^;. g
The first jfeiv* hr Ocean the 9’J
propriately news of peace- '
gusta Dispatch of tlio 26th as to o • j
attire
Later from Texas.
Tho Galveston Civilian of the 9th says ;
Our accounts last week from the iuteriorreprcsmit
many portions of tho country as beginning to need
rain. Not only had the sugar-cane begun to suffer
from drought, but cotton was beginning to languish.
The Register says that on some plantations in Wash- 1
ington comity tho ground is literally covered with
"squares,” while the plant is undergoing a rapid
change from tho healthful and vigorous appearance
to the sickly hue consequent from the absence of the
proper nourishment. The state of things is said to
be confined chiefly to the uplands.
Tho Register says that the cotton ou the bottom
lands still holds its own, though there are evident
signs ofits soon following in the wake of the former,
if not immediately relieved by refreshing showers.
Similar accounts reach us from some other sections; ,——— —of re*
but wo trust that the raiutlmt visited Galveston has pers announce that , nd Fr»oi’o >
extended to tlio interior, if it was not preceded by : eluded with China. Kngu “ i
the northwesterly winds of Aitnrdav and Sunday indemnified. u-o 13th of htitiJ
nights. ' - Dates from Bombay, to tt.c|
1 received. The mutiny anion„ >
Cdrk for Bronchitis.—Ono of our clev
erest and most reliable friends, says the Hol-
■ Springs llerald, informs us that common
alien leaves, smoked in n new pipe—one in
which tobacco has never been used—is a sure
ind certain cure for the bronchitis. The rem
edy is simple and innocent, and within the
achof all. Recollect that this is no retired
physician’s remedy, but is given to us by- a
citizen of our city, who has fried it himself,
aud seen it tried on others, and has never
known it to fail in effecting a permanent cure
St. Paul’s, London.—The height of St.
Paul’s, London is 340 feet; its greatest length
within is 500 feet; its greatest breadth 323
feet. It would be difficult to state how many
persons it will hold. You can form a general
idea by allowing one sqnare foot to each per
son, provided thc person does not wear crino-
lino; for the wearers of hoops five feet square
will be needed, while only a moderate space
would be occupied by those who aro attired
in proper garments.
Somebody lias taken the
Mnrgaretta f
nonneed spiritualis— ...... - -
Hugh. in Hie recent “corner-stone’' sppeeli, aeclar-
clared very emplxatieully that “abolitionism tint! spir*
itunlism" could not livo within lho rflnks of that
church. That tfl the best authority.
The steamship Asia leaves on ^ ^ i
death from Violent Infirmation ut ‘
ed from Unoan Cauz.’ Bx. A-prof*
..caaren.lieBrlsCns^Sfe
rained » (be
thewaie^Wtaningeni^^u^
applied with sue,-ess. re;-” tbe
the canal-boat propeller now thm juCS d
instead of out, and the conuuu
.....w «... trouble to deny that kss bei-.i urged - ,
in joining the Uomiah Church v, - that ita out wai i . ‘ j filling 11 !'
lism. Who cares ? Archbishop ot the banks,oi the’ nio«* iuventtq-._