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tnako jourselves and homes as attrac
tive and lovely as you can.
Read and study and use ail the
means within your reach to cultivate
your minds.
Select from your associates of both
sexes those who are equally aspiring
with yourselves, meet in social gather
ings to improve your conversational tal
ents, and perfect, easy, unembarrassed
manners.
Haval Contests in the Late War.
Of the naval actions in the last wsr with
England, the following were won by Amer
icans !
U. S. frigate Constitution and Br. frigate
Gnerriere. U. S. frigate United States and
British frigate Macedonia. U. S. vessel
Wasp and British vessel Frolic. U S frig,
ate Constitution and British frigate Java.—
U. S. ship Hornet end British ship Peacock.
U. S. vessel Enterprise and British vessel
Boxer. Battle of Fleets on Lake Erie.—
Battle of Fleets on Lake Ontario. Peacock
nnd Epervier. Wasp and Reindeer. Wasp
and Avon. Constitution ami Cyane and
C|e Ranted
CASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY HORNING,
JUNE 10, 1858.
Adams’ Express Company.
It is not our purpose to do injustice
or bring discredit upon any man or any
legitimate business in Georgia by virtue
of our position as Editors of The Stand
ard ; but we have our opinions of things
Levant. Hornet and Penguin. Battle ofi mound and about us, and although they
Fleets on Lake Champlain. | may partake more or loss of the old fo-
British Victories—U. 8 frigate Cbesa- i „y Rt hool, we will feel no besitnnev in
peake, captured by British frigate Shannon ; j nmin(ainin<r w | iat we think is rigbtand
U. 8. corvette Argus captured by British; „ , , “ .
corvette Pelican. I of wn, W to our P eo P ,e i or Erecting
The above list does not include the com-j our battery against outrages tipcn their
hats of privateers, nor naval captures, in rights—the swindles, catch-traps, impo
sitions and humbugs so rampant and
which there was immense disparity of force.
The capture of single frigates by squadrons,
or of smaller vessels by those of a much lar-
" ger claa occurred occas ; onally on both sides,
hut are not given, as neither party claims
prolific in this the nineteenth century.
It mag be that the ten thousand dol
lars purported to have been stolen from
that such incidents decided anything In j the Adams Express Company was actu-
cmitting, however. the achievements^ our j a |j v stolen,"and lias not been recovered ;
but if we are correctly informed about
privateers, we leave out some of the bright
est pages of American glory. Letters of
marque were issued soon after the declara
tion of war, and privateers sailed from ev
ery port. Most of our euormous commercial
prizes were won by the privateers, and in
this matter, wo cannot see how it could
possibly get into the hands of an outsi
der. We learn the money was placed
in a leather pocket at Atlanta and lock-
chartered to any of these enterprise* I
be used as a machine of oppression
extortion against good and loyal cl
within the range of its influence.
War with England.
The President has demanded of the
English Government the dismissal from
the British navy of all those officers who
have been searching and firing into onr
vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and on the
coast of Cuba, for the last two months;
also has demanded explanations from
England for allowing such things to be
done; and has likewise demanded pecu
niary satisfaction where injuries have
occurred. The next news from England’
will be looked for with a great deal of
interest, and should England refuse to
accede to the President’s just demands,
wc may look for a formal declaration
of war by Congress against Britain. In
deed we would not be surprised at any
time to hear of an engagement having
taken place in the Gulf between the na
val forces of the two countries—nor
wi^^gjA^ret to know the fact. The
firs^^^^Bs already been fired and
has been shed, by the
firinJ^^^Rtish cruiser into one of our
coasting vessels ; and it would be joyful
news*indeed to hear of the splintering
and sinking of the whole of John Bull’s
war dogs in the Gulf, and that not a
fragment remained of these piratical
vessels.
Within the last two months about
thirty American merchantmen have
been boarded by insolent British com
manders, and in several instances fired
into—in one instance killing an Ameri
can ; and our commanders hare been
compelled to stoop to the degrading
task of showing their ships’ papers.—
Would that an American war steamer
their numorous contests with armed ships of , - ....
, ,, .. . .. ed; then put into the safe which is used
the enemy, whether public or private, the i
proportion of victories was as great aod Je-j the Company, in its appropriate
cisive as in the contest between national I berth for Montgomery—the messenger ,
««el.. I on the train, only, ha'ving a kev to the * ad ^ I”*”*" 1 at each visitatioD ’ and
These facts are not without interest, *t i f(j . ,,. at on ;, s at Montgomery *“
the present moment, when the contingency I , , „ , , -
i. «„_» : TI he safe was all correct—the pouch in
of another war with Great Britain is gener
ally discussed.
Cost of a Modern Belle.
A matter -of tact London Cockney, w’jo at
tend a ball, thus describes tire belle of the
evening. What scleik for tire committee of
« Ways and Means” be wow 14 make:
«• I eaw her dancing m the fc*7l. Around
tier-snowy brew were set -BOOL', such would
have been the answer of any jeweler to the
question, ..What are Ifosso diamonds r"—
With the gentle tudelation of her bosom,
there rose and fell exactly 301. 10s. The
cum bore the guise of * broach of gold and
'enamel. Her fairy farm was invested in 10
■guineas, represented by a slip of lilack satin,
nnd this was overlaid by 30 guineas more
In two skirtsef white lace. Tastefully down
•each side-of the latter were G half crowns,
•which-so many bows of purple ribbon bad
•come to The lower margin of the 30 guinea
■skirt* were edged with 11 additional guin
•caa, the value of some eight yards of silver
fringe a quarter of a yard in depth Her of P“M“ favor and patronage.
its proper place, but on applying the
key, emptiness was found within. If we
have been correctly advised, it is strange
to account for the disappearance of the
money, and if stolen, must have been
grossly neglected somewhere.
But as to advertising for effect, we
presume that Adams’ Express Company
know as well the value of Printers' Ink
as Swan, of the Georgia Lottery uoton-
ety, and are as ready to avail themselves
of the advantages that such a sensation
would produce, in the increase of their
business, as said Swan & Co. are to turn
the onslought made upon them by May
or Tieman, of New York notoriety into
a golden barvest.
Beget confidence first, is the motto, if
you wish to bask in the genial sunshine
taper waist, taking zone and clasp together,
1 calculated to be confined by SOI. sterling.
Her delicately rounded arms, the glove of
-spotless kid being added to the gold brace
let which encircled the little wrist, may be
•aid to have been adorned with 221. 5s. 6d.;
and putting the silk and satin at the lowest
figure, I should say she wore 14s 6d. on her
feet. Thus altogether, was this thing cf
light, this creature of loveliness, arrayed
from top to toe, exclusively of little sundries,
in 6481,11s,—about $3 250.”
Too Romantic by Half — A negro wo
man belonging to Hon. Andrtw Hynes, of
Madison parish, La , was stolen on Sunday
last, by a msn named Daniel Winter, a shoe
dealer, from Nashville, Tenn. He was
tracked to a shanty on the side of the river.
- opposite Millikin's Bend, nnd arrested and
lodged in jail at Richmond, La., and the nc-
. gro woman returned to her owner. He rep
resents that he was induced to commit the
theft by a tender passion that he entertains
for the wench ; that he had offered Mr
Hynes some $300 for the woman more than
he paid for her—which we understand is
true—and that the course we adopted was
the only one that presented itself to him of
possessing himself of the object of his affec
tion.
A residence of fifteen or twenty years in
Baton Rouge will very likely abate the ar-
-dor of Daniel’s passion — Vicksburg Whig
Now as to the necessity of Express
Companies, and their advantages to the
public, we have not changed our opin
ion, and cannot reasonably be expected
to do so—fortified as we are by all tbe
arguments of common sense, and the al
most universal concurrence of those wlio
have to deal with said Company, iu this
section of the country, unless some ex
planation and reasonable argument for
their continuance be given. Because
they are patronised North and South
by the business men of the States is no
argument in their favor, to us, of their
reasonableness of charges or the neces
sity for their existence.
It will not be deuied that if the road
can do the business for Express Compa
nies, they could do it for individuals—
and can it be presumed for a moment
that any Road in tLe Slate of Georgia
would surrender certain privileges of
their roads to private corporations, or
outsiders, and not charge for the privil
ege what they would reasonably expect
from the same business if done by them!
\Ye are sure the anthorities of our I
State would not allow the enormous
freight charged by these Companies, to
be charged and collected by the corpo
rations themselves. They are suffered,
Volunteer Naval Force.—Lieut. W.
D. Porter, U. S N., in a letter to the New
York Herald, dated May 30. says: •• I have
now volunteers enough to man and officer; as we are advised, in violation of the
any ship, who are experienced seamen and| sta ,„t e | aw 0 f our S tate to transport
well aeqnainted with gunnery, and who will j fre5 Lt & on the Sabbath dar, in the
take good care of any ship. I now ask the . * , .
question: Is there a merchant at the dispo* j ver ' * ee * 1 ° air *
sal of these men, under my command, for a But a few years since a citizen of our
voyage of three months to Cuba and back ?! county was charged by one of these
'We are ready. Where is the ship ? The Na- j Companies $5.81 for bringing a sheep
vyh M cost the Government, or I should say | from charIeston to , de t ; n Casg
the people or merchants, since 1814. the ‘
round sum of $314,000,000: it will cost over] cono, 3 > chsr g c was of itself ex-
$31,000,000 to fit it for active service Mer-j travagant and ridiculous. But more re
chants, protect yourselves at less expense j cent iy—only a few months since, tbe
than yon pay tbe revenue R here is G>* | same individual received another sheep
.benefit to I°»- ^ j from tbe same place, by this veritable
NtjTHixo to Tie To.—“The Savan-! Company—which is shedding such a
nab Republican, in discussing tbe for
mation of a new national party, says in
effect that if opposition to tbe present
Administration is to be its bond of un-
don, it will have nothing to do with the
■party so formed, and that it is entirely
•aatiefied with the coarse of President
halo of glory on the commercial world,
for the pitiful and insignificant snra of
twenty-five dollars! —enough in all con
science to have bought a whole flock of
sheep in Cass county.
But we presume, to bring such facts
(Bnohanaa on questions affecting the; M these l0 j jg ht. will be regarded as per-
«Soutb:
The union of the odds and ends of
secution of
a loyal and enterprising
Abolitionism, Dark-Ianternism, and To | Company, and we admonished to tame-
vyism, cannot produce much for a sin-! Iy submit to tbeir exactions and suffer
■cere Southern man to “tie to,” we im
agine.—States.
-.•Billy, spell eat. rat, bat. hat. with only
an* latter for eaeh wordr
«• Ct ain’t be did.”
..What yon jnst ready to repot 1 uriii*
tias genetically, and can't.4o that? Jnst
loefc hero ’ e 80 aat, r 86 rat. h 80 hat. b 86
bat.
oar money taken from ns by thousands,
without a murmur. Be it so—hot for
ns we do pretest in the name of nil that
is right and fair, that the anthorities of
onr State ahonid not tolerate such a gi
gantic imposition upon her people—and
•specially the State Road, which is tha
i property of the people, should not bo'
have blown them to Davy Jones’locker!
These infamous scamps pretend that
they have instructions from the English
Government to search our vessels in
this manner—that they have suspicions
that these vessels are engaged in the
African slave trade. Would that we
had a few more such men in the Amer
ican Navy as Hollins, of Greytown no
toriety, and Ingraham, of Martin Kozta
renown—they are the kind of men to
teach Britain’s dogs of war that it is
dangerous business to compel the com
manders of American vessels to “ heave
to,” whether they want to or not.
It was a smart thing—a very smart
thing for the Paris Congress to declare
that “Privateering is and remains abol
ished”—and smarter still to ask the U-
cited States Government to agree to it;
but Uncle Sam wouldn’t accede to this
very reasonable proposition unless they
! would agree that “ free ships make free
goods,” and that the “ flag covers the
cargo.”
Notwithstanding England’s Navy,
when compared to our own, is more
than twenty to one, yet we have the
finest merchantmen in the world, which
when properly armed, would constitute
our strong arm of defence. When we
take into consideration Britain’s war
with China, the rebellion in India, and
being compelled to keep a fleet in the
English Channel to watch Louis Napo
leon—our notion is that with our war
steamers and the privateers we could
soon equip, we could soon make John
Bull bellow like bloody thunder. As to
landing an army anywhere along our
coast, England would not have the fool-
barJiness to attempt such a thing—we
could in one week concentrate a force
sufficient to furnish the buzzards with a
delicious repast upon these “beauty and
booty” gentry.
W e are for war; we have been most
outrageously insulted, time and again ;
we have taken insult upon insult from
little pettifoging, pusillanimous, con
temptible and insignificant Spain until
forbearance is no longer a virtue ; then
while we are teaching John Bull a little
more manners than he at present seems
to have, let us pay our respects to Spain
in wresting the “Queen of the Antilles”
from her to the tune of “Remember the
round shot poured into tbe El Dorado!”
—and while we are vind'caiing the na
tional honor generally, let us go a little
farther down south, and bring
Grenada to account in rememberance of
tbe massacre of American citizens
Panama, in April, 1856.
L 0*0. F.
The following are tbe officers of tbe
Grand Lodge of the I. O. of O. F. of the
State of Georgia for tbe ensuing year:
John G. Deitz, No. 1, G. Master.
Wm. O’Brien, No. 50, D. G. Master.
G. J. Took, No. 12, G. Warden.
G. R. Baiker, No. 5, G. Secretary.
E C. Grannis, No. 5, G. Treasurer.
G. W. Adams, No. 3, G. Rep.
E. R. Dodge, No. 7, G. Marshal.
Sami Levy, No. 48, G. Conductor.
G. Guardian.
J. J. Forsyth, G. Herald.
Kemlt of the Eleetios.
flowing ia tbe result of t!
lection held on the 2d inst., for tiny peo
ple of Casa to determine, whether the
public buildings of tbe county should
remain where they are or be removed to
some other point. W hen it is remem
bered that there are about twenty-two-
hundred voters in tbe county, it will be
seen that there was not much of a turn
out on the day of the election. As those
favoring the removal of the county-site
have thus permitted the election to pass
by in default, the public buildings may
now be regarded as beingjgemaggif^g,
located ; and tbe people of Cassville can
now proceed in the improvement of their
property—there being none to “ molest
or make them afraid.” We are rejoiced
to know that a quietus has been given
to this question; our town wou'd now
present quite a different appearance
from uhat it does, but for the agitation
of this question; our citizens were afraid
to improve their property for fear that
they might Jose it. Now that the ques
tion has been settled for all time to
come, we wculd ask who has been ben-
efitted by the agitation ? None have
been benefitted by it, while on the other
hand many have been injured. So now,
people of Cassville, look up! go to
building houses, ready for the increased
population, which has already begun to
come in ; paint your houses over again;
improve—improve, and let us show tha
The Weather and Crop*.
For the last two weeks we have been
bnndantly blest with rain and warm genial j
From the Washington Union. Screw steamers, 3d clan 4: Inferior
The Hnry of the United States, j Do do 4th clan 1: inferior.
We commented the other day upon the in- ; Side wheel steamers 7 : Effective.
■anriTine-just what onr farmers want at sufficiency of our army for tbe arduous, J Actual Available Force.
this season of th* year. Corn is in a fine d.sperucd, end varied service required of it; Prigatss,
growing condition, and must yield abuo- and showed that, white the country had . Sloop®,
dantly if tbe seasons continue favorable - , doubled in magnitude and in all tbe ele- j Briga,
Cotton, though snail, and in some places a ; msnts of greatness daring tbe last sixteen Steam fngatn. Screw,
bad stand, is fully fifteen days earlier than ‘ years, her arms of defence had remained al- ; Do sloops. A ~
this time last year. Wheat is ripening fast, most as they were at the commenceirent of j Do light,
and we see harvesting has commenced on ! this marvellous period of industrial expan- Paddle steamers,
early wheat. Our fears of rust and thefly>ion. Turning to our navy, we shall find j
vanishes daily, and if we are not greatly | the disparity between its effective force end j Total number,
mistaken, there will be ns much wheat made! the service required of it even greater than ! Thus it will be seen that the government
in this county as there was last year ; not in tbe case of the army. We shall not en- j is prepared to send to sea sconce in ca M of
that the wheat is so generally promising, large upon the duties required of the navy. j war only 42 vessels, sail steam, 0 f ,]|
but in consequence of the quantity sown.— j They are as universal as our American com classes, carrying 789 gups. In addition to
Oats are doing as well as could be wished, merce They c< ver every ocean nnd embrace ; these, it has a disposal 5 or 6 small >t etBl
and if another rain or so, must be very 8-
do
do
3
150 gQQ|
21
388 do.
3
16 do.
5
172 do.
1
13 do.
2
11 do.
7
39 do.
—
42
<89 do.
bnndant.
— For the Standard.
Western & Atlantic Rail Road.
every port and roadstead of tbe commercial j vessels in the revenue and coast survey £ tr .
world. While its duties are thus infinite, ; vice. None of which, however, nre fit f or
let us see how dimiqutive is tiie-navy itself war purposes except the Harriet Lane, *
It is an easy matter to enumerate every ves- . new paddle cutter of 650 tons.
We have not Toom for a detailed state
sel that it embraces, and to count every gnn j
Mr. Editor : I see in vour last paper ! that it carries. We have endeavored, from | ment of the British naval force, or that of
an approval of the policy of the Super- 1 the h est information within reach at the j other European powers. The statement of
intendent of this Road, in taking off the , , ,
, . ,. ! sels-of-wa:
morning passenger train which deliver- wilJ ghow
ed our mails along the road, some eight j post-; of each and every one of the^^
or ten hours earlier than we now receive j Sailing Vessels in Commission t^^prili- i virtue of which Britain claims the empire
\ ot the seas.
Great Britain liaa some ninety vessels of
guns ; Delaware, 84 guns ; North Carolina,
to meet those bold enough to take a 54 guns . Vermont, 84guns.
them, upon the score of economy.
It is truly refreshing in this fast age f j
q*nd to append such remarks as j cient to show the enormous disparity be-
thd« available value for war pur- ! tween the little navy we have enumerated
j in the foregoing paragraphs, and that by
mission dtf^Ordi-
nary.
Pennsylvania, 120 gun^ColuAbus. £0
..M n a TIaIaMSHA C4 m.. nM • \ fV M ... t * .
about us! But to the vote:
freight trains now do. This change you
Precincts. Removal. No
Removal.
will observe would be a saving of at
Cassville.
02
113
least $200 per day in expense, and what
Cartersville,
00
00
is far from being a trifling consideration
Alatootia,
02
41
—passengers would have a night lo rest
Kingston,
00
59
and refresh themselves on the way be
Adairsville,
00
00
tween Atlanta and Chattanooga.
17th District,
01
52
Another idea suggests itself to mv
6th District,
00
00
mind, but I have not yet been able ful-
Wolf Pen,
00
00
lv to decide upon its met its. I will, how
Pine Log,
00
30
ever, give it lo you. Would it not be
Etowah,
00
00
well for the passenger trains to remain-
—
—
in Atlanta, until passengers accumulated
Total vote,
5
295
in Chattanooga sufficient to fill at least
British and American Fleets in the
Galt
As a naval engagement between the
English and American forces in the Gttl
is not at all improbable, w’e give a list
of the vessels of the two countries now
in the Gulf, and the number of guns to
each:
American Fleet.
Name of vessel. Gttns.
Steamer Colorado, 40
Steamer Fulton, 5
'Steamer Wabash, 40
Steamer Water Witch, 2
Steamer Arctic, 2
Sloop Savannah, 24
Sloop Jamestown, 24
Brig Dolphin, 4
Total number of guns, 139
British Fleet :
Names. Guns.
Avalanche, 18
Atlanta, 16
Basilisk, steamer 6
Buzzard, steamer 6
Cumberland, 70
Devastation, steamer, 6
Forward, steam gun-boat, 2
Harriet, steamer, 17
Iinaum, 72
Indus, 78
Jasseur, steam gun-boat, 1
Jasper, steam gun-boat, 1
Leopard, steamer, 18
Skipjack, steam gun-boat, 2
Styx, steamer, 6
Tartar, steamer, 21
Terror, steamer, 16
Total number of gnns, 357
“hold back” position, and iu commend-;
ing your course, and with a view to the
establishment of a still mote rigid sys
tem of economy, permit me to suggest,
that the Express trains be entirely stop
ped, and let tbe passenger cars be at
tached to the regular freight trains, as
these trains can very well do the busi
ness which both the Express and regular
three passenger cars, and then the tele
graph man could despatch to the Mas
ter of Transportation at Atlanta, and he
could send a train up for them. By
adopting this course, it would save at
least three or four trips a week, which
would ie an immense curtailment of ex
pense. What think you of it ? It seems
to me there is no use in hurrying through
life. RIP VANWINKLE.
the line, carrying from seventy-two to ore
hundred and thirty guns, the mnjority 0 f
None of these are for sea in their pres- , them screw steamers Her sailing vesse’i
ent state. Each of tnVm would have to be ' °f the line are most of them in disuse, being
razbfd into 40 or 50-gun frigntca None of j » sed for receiving, stoit^and transport
then have been tqAa for years, except the ships. Her screw propeller^[ this class enr
Ohio, durirg the ^^^an war. j r y ' on g thirty-two's, and eight inch guns.
Ths Constitut or Potomac, Brandywine, ; and one ten-inch pivot-gun She has some
Columbia. Raritan, United States, St. Law- j thirty large screw-frigates, carrying thirty
rencc, Congress, Sabine, and Santee. , guns, most of them eight inch. She is also
These were all 50-gun frigates The Con-j building a class of steamers, several of
stitution is undergoing repairs, and iB to he i which are in the water, designed to cofe
razeed to 24 guns, 8-inch and 10 inch. The j with our own new vessels of the first class.
Potomac, Brandywine, Columbia, Raritan, Her present class of screw sloops nre large
and the United States require large repairs, j vessels of from one thousand two hundred to
andean only be made effective by being i ,wo thousand tons, carrying from twelve to
razeed to sloops of twenty-four guns The ' twenty-four heavy 8 inch guns, wiih one
St. Lawrence is in commission on the Brazil j pivot-gun. She has about two hundred nnd
station, nnd would avail very little in active fifty light steam vessels, all screw, divided
service. The Congress is a large, fine ves
sel, but is at present dismantled, and re
pairing, and enunot be made immediately
elective for service. The Santee and Sabine
.are both new frigates of abont 2.000 tons,
with guns of 8 iuch ami 32 pound calibre
"They are of the old fashion, and by n o ; ers nnd one eight inch pivot. Her third and
as follows : Despatch vessels of six hundred
aDd fifty tons, nnd three hundred horse pow
er each, carrying two or four thirty poun
ders, and two pivot 8 inch gnns. A class of
vessels of about four hundred tons, nnd one
hundred horse power, carrying two howiiz-
modern build j gun boats, ranging from two hundred to
Cumberland, 24, on the coast of Africa ; j three hundred tons burden, with from Iwen-
Donglas’ New Measure of Protection
and Redress.
Senator Douglas this morning introduced
Savannah, 24, in the Gulf: Constellation,
24, in the Mediterranean; Macedonian. 24.
ready for sea, at Boston.
, All these are large fine ships, mounting
very heavy guns, nnd are of the c^s best
ca'culated to do good service in battle.
Saratoga, 32, in ordinary ; Germantown,
22, in China ; Portsmouth, 22. on th j return
from China : St. Marys, 22. in the Pacfic.
These are ail firsi-c'.ass vessels, large,
heavily armed, and capable of doing good
service.
Plymouth.
This is an ordinance ship and a large, fine
vessel.
ty to sixty horse power, c .Trying a light 8-
inch gun or long thirty two pounder, and
one or two twenty.four or thirty two pound
howitzers. Besides these, she has betwern
forty and fifty padd’e steamers, of variims
siz‘s : from the Terr.bie, of one thous r.d
tight hundred tons and twenty gnns, to the
Pigmy, of fifty tons and one gun
From this statemei t it will he seen, that
if she has men to man them, Britain enn
place thirty screw sseamers of the line,
twenty screw-frigates, forty screw simps,
and one hundred and fifty lighter steam ves
sels an our Atlantic const, without decrens.
! ing the strength of o' y one of her fleets 0:1
Falmouth. 20, in Brazil; St. Louis, 20. in i other stations, and sti!! 1 a e a large force
a bill to review and put in foree tbe act of I ordinary ; Vandalia, 20, in the Pacificj '0 hold in reserve But we must take into
the third of March, 1839, in relation to the | 20 in ordinary; Levaut, 20, in or. ! consideration, that in ca.se of war with us.
dinary ; John Adams, 20, in ordinary; Vin- I she would have largely to increase all "f
Northeastern Boundary, with snch modifica
tions as make it applicable to the present
controversy in regard to the right of search
and visitation
The bill thus revived pats at the disposal
of the President, to be used when necessary
to resist the uojust claims of Great Britain,
the naval and military forces and militia of
the United States, authorizes him to call in
to service fifty thousand volunteers, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, and also
appropriates and puts at his disposal $10,-
000,000, with the right to borrow the same.
It also authorizes the President, if he thinks
it necessary, to send a special ambassador to
Great Britain The act to cootinue in force
for sixty das after the next meeting of Con
gress.
The bill introduced by Mr. Douglas con
fers all these powers, in tbe precise lang
uage of the act of 1839, except that it strikes
out ••boundary,’’ and inserts ..visitation and
righ of search” in lieu of it, with one or
two verbal alterations.
Tbe act of the 3d March, 1839, which it is
thus opportunely proposed to revive, passed
the Senate, on motion of Mr. Buchanan, by
a unanimous vote upon the yeas and nays,
the names of Benton, Buchanan, Calhoun.
Clay, Crittenden. Webster and others, being
recorded in its favor. In the House of Rep
resentatives, the same bill passed by a vote
of 197 in the affirmative, and G in the nega
tive.
The position now is, therefore, to vest in
See the advertisement of Men. Veal
k Co, Rome, Ga. They can famish nil
articles ia their line of business at lower
prices than they cm be bad at My oth
er like establishment in this section of
the State.
Congress
Has postponed adjournment until the 14'h
inst. Tbe difficulty with England has been
unexpectedly sprang upon that body since j President Buchanan the same power and
tbe motion for adjournment on the 7th. The discretion which were awarded nineteen
outrages committed should receive prompt; je» r * “3° *° President Van Buren with snch
attention, and England tanght to know that j extraordinary unanimity, and which result
she cannot exercise the right of search on ! «d in the establishment of a cordial peace
our vessels, nnless at the cannon’s mouth and ; an< l * restoration of fraternal feelings,
over the dead bodies of our brave tars It j Washington States, June 3
would be a God send to tbe great mass ofi ,, , “ . * \ ; ,
... ... tt . l , „ , : Murders, robberies, and the like have
the people of the Union, to hear of Uncle . ’ . , . « , ,
Sam’s boys blowing some half dozen or ,0 ***" *'> Orleans for
of their ships and erews out of the water - ! SOI - ,le ,,me P SlSt t0 s " ch “ n , exter ! 1 a
Anxiety for a fight is considerably .bo* ‘ P om ”'* °L! h * P 60 ^ of | hat cU J’ ,aVe
par/ln these parts / a » tgilanee Corr nnttee, and have
' ^ - taken possession of the city. The may-
Brick Masonry. iot^fioding they were too strong for his
We invite attention to the advertise- forces, abdicated to them, and they now
roent of Mr. John W. Foster, in another ! have llli "f P re , ,l . v ,nlu h ,lleir ovvn wa y-
cenncs, 20, in the African squadron.
These nre all o!d vessels, built under the
acts of ’24 and *37 : they have been largely
repaired, and are by no means first-class
ships
Dale. 16, on the African station : Decatur,
16. on the Pacific ; Preble, 16, practice ship:
Marion, 16, Africa.
These nre small, old-fashicned vessels, not
of the class of ships required iu modern ser
vice.
Brig Bainbridge, 0, Africa : Brig Perry,
6, Brazil: Brig Dolphin, 4, Gulf.
These are very inferior vessels, and would
be almost useless in active service.
F. Cooper.
This vessel was bought for exploring ser
vice and would be of little avail for war
purposes.
Steam Vessels.
Niagara, 12, England: Roanoke, 40, re
pairing: Colorado, 40, in the Gu!f: Merri
mack, 40. in the Pacific : Minnesota, 40, in
China: Franklin, 50, building: Stevens,
building for harbor defence.
her fleets iu order to protect her commerce
and colonies from the attacks of our priv:i
leers Another point claimed again*! her
by France is. that her naval officers, with
but few exceptions, nre not scientific nnd
well educated in their profession They go
through no such course of training ns in the
American nnd French navies. Still, the
British nnvy is most formidable, and con
tains at all times a large reserve force of
over three hundred sailing vessels, most of
them modernized, and capable of being easi
ly converted into steamers.
The State Road.—We see some com
plaint against Dr. Lewis, the Superinten
dent of the State Road, because he has stop
ped one of the trains, thereby considerably
diminishing the expenses of running. We
think he is perfectly right. One train a day
is certninly encogh for any common pur
pose, and there is no sense in rrnning two
when one can do tbe business. If the freight
nnd travel shall increase so as to demand
the services of another train, the Doctor will
part of this paper. We have known
Mr. Foster several year*, and know him
to be n clever man a good workman.
As yet, they have committed no vio- the Lakes
Death of Senator Henderson, of
Texas.
. Hon. J. Pinckney Henderson, United
States Senator from Texas, died in
Washington City on the 4th inst.
lence.
These are new steamers of the largest size, j 1,0 doubt put it on From all that we can
mounting 8, 9, and 10-inch guns, and would j learn, we think Dr. Lewis is entitled to
be a full match for any 100 gun jhips in j 8 reat credit for his management, on the
tbe English navy. They are all Screw Pro | road- — Corner Stone.
pellerg. ! ^
San Jacinto, 13, on the return from Chi- j A Ie,ter t0 the New York
na ; San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, May 2.says :
This is a very fine and effective screw ! “ We nre now 1,onr ^ “P**’”* ,he s,e " n ’-
steamer. ; e v with the Presidents of Guatemala and
Hartford. Richmond, Lancaster, Norfolk, ! San Salvador. President Mora has been
and Pensacola. : l> ere since the 22. The French Minister ia
These vessels, when afloat, will form a ! aUo here ’ Th “y are n,akin «t * treBt f- BBi '
valuable addition to tbe Navy, being large j t3n * ,he fire St * tOT un,J « r French protection
screw steamers, averaging 2.000 tons, and } to rMi ®’ ,he Americans to the death. I fear
heavily armed. It will, however, require that a ” '* ,ost: the Greers have thrown
several months to get them ready. j lh * United States entirely off; the French
Despatch aad Arctic ! protectorate is the vage; Walker and all the
These ere small screw steamers, were | American interests have gone together.”
bought for the coast service, and are hardly j l„ DIGI r ATIOlr Me^iwg i.-v N 0>leaw».
fit for war uses Both are in the Gulf. j _ New 0rleaBg „ 8 0 -An indignation
Susquehanna, lo, in quarantine. New meet i D g. composed of 5 000 persons, was held
in „ China: Mississippi, thi , afternooni Gen p aUrey pr „ iding ._
’ * n ' • ir * Bac ’ - ,n the Pacific Resolntions were passed recommending tbe
These are fine and effective paddle steam-
, . y ; equipment of an armed vessel for the pnr-
ers, an capa e o. goo service. pose of resisting British aggressions. Th*
Fulton; 5. .a the Gulf: Mtohigan. 1. in greatest enthusiasm prevail.
Resolutions have also been offered in the
Both of these are good new ships—fast and
effective.
common Council of this oity, authorizing the
Mayor to equip and send an armed vessel
Water Witch, in the Gulf— a very small a g a ; nst the British Cruisers in the Gnlf.
paddle steamer. : m
See tbe advertisement of Mr. B. F.
Last accounts from England stated
that the Atlantic Submarine Squadron
would leave Queenstown to-day (10th) j Massachusetts, 9, in ordinary, San Fran- ! Mormosism Punished—North Caroli-
proceed to mid-ocean, join the cable,! risco. na is a bad State to indulge in more than
and then one vessel start for the Irish John Hancock, 2, in ordinary, San Fran-
coast, and the other for the American.
one wife. At tbe Cumberland Supreme
cisco Court last week, H. C. Bartett, convicted
Neither of these vessels is very effective, of bigsmy, was sentenced to be branded on
After the 1st of ouly next the Great' Yke Massachusetts was a transport vessel j the left cheek with tbe letter B , to reoeive
Sonilipm mail will ko - , , during the Mexican war. | thirty-nine lashes on bis bare back, to be
Hendricks, of this place. Al) persons in ... . carrie y wav of | Warren, Princeton, Independence, Fredo- 'imprisoned thirty days, and then to receive
want of Boots, Shoes, 4<l, should give j i “ ch,nond > Er,sto1 , Knoxville, Dalton, j n5ft . Supply, Release, Allegany. thirty-nine more, and to be let loose. He
Chattanooga, Giand Junction and Jack- AH of these are receiving and store-ships, bad married four wives.
him n call
See the Law Card of Jos. Dunlap, in
another column. We bare known Joe
several years, and think he will do to
“tie to.”
A man in Memphis was recently
knocked down and robbed in open dar,
son to New Orleans. The trip will be and are °‘ liu, e avail as ships of war.
made in 4 days and six hours.
Active Force.
A Nut for Greelt aivd Co.—We are
Line-of-battle ships 10: Mone serviceable, j ‘|* at a BaB “” ant be,0D 8 in e ,0
Georgia Gold.-We were shown yester- j Frigates 10: 8 serviceable. , W * Taylor ’ E?( l • of Moa ™ ooont 7' Ga •
day three nuggets of gold from the ••Colum- Sloops 29: All fit for active service. after “ sheence, without leave, of two
bin Mine.” on Little River, in that county, Brigs 3: All in service. ***”' dnnB « w . h5ch time b * Ti * itBd D"*®-
weighing together four thousand one bun- Schooner 1: Useless. |. w York ’ 4* • h*s n ~
dred nnd fifteen pennyweight*, and eatima- j Screw steamers, 1st class 6 : 5 ready for * BrBed *° *“• Georgia borne, entirely eontsn
. , ted to be worth three thousand seven ban- I sermon. ted *° nm *' u there ’ aft * rhmTiB S had *
and that too in one of the most frequen- j ^ ^ three dolIus a„ d fifty cents. They 1 Screw steamers, 1st clam 2: Building i of aboliti<m freedom Tottmal k Meet.
tod streets of that city. A fine state of i were tbs product of eighteen day* work.— ! Do do 2d clam 6; 1 serriceeble,!
morals, truly. ■ Augusta Constitutionalist. 6 building
Y i 1
One of the British officers engaged iq
i eearching onr vessels has been errested.