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State of Georgia, convened in Mncnn on
four Methodist churches, three Baptist, | Foreign I«VI bj the Steamer Hew rited tenders for carrying monthly mails Ax English Church Prating For thr
j President or the United States. Th»
Correspondence of the Standard.
Augusta, Ga., May 30, 1859. •' one Presbyterian, one Episcopal, one C&th- i
Messrs. Editors: According to promise j olic, and that each church has a Sabbath
York.
There had been no battles fought, so far ;
, to A nstria, via Panama.
The King of Naples is dead, and Fran- National Intelligencer says: The subjoined
Wednesday 1st inst, and adionrned on i I drop vou an item or two of my travels | school connected with it Some of the ^ was known, up to the time of the sail- c!s ^ ’ Ras resun3C(1 the government j letter from a friend in Belgium, narrates a
” eanesaay, isi mss ana aajournc i on , - - - A general meeting of the Atlantic Tele- ! pleasing incident connected with publie
Thursday evening, 2nd
The following named gentlemen were
; so far, which, if interesting at aii, will not j churches are Negro churches and they j j n g 0 f the New York.
be as much so as that portion through ! have Sabbath schools also. Three Rail-; The Austrians were negotiating to ob- g"P h Company had been called to sane- j worship, as recently celebrated in the Cap.
elected Grand “Officers for the ensuing Florida and Texas, which I may possibly j roads run to the citv, viz: Mobile A Girard,: ui D , i oan of £75,000,000. j tl0 " ‘ he *9*™* ‘ he ? n «mment,! ital of <bat country, under the auspices of
6 :r r j . L _ i. ' xhe head q-arters of the^mperor Na- ““ ,ssue SlX hundred thousand pounds the English Episcopal Church. The coo-
sterling new capital.
; munity which exists between the two great
The Moniteur announces that France branches of the British race, as established
GASSVLLL.K, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING,
JUNE 0, law.
Attention, Democrats.
The Democrats of Cass county arc re
quested to hold meetings in their respec
tive militia districts, and appoint five del
egates to represent them in a Convention
to be held at Cassville on the 1st Tuesday
in July next, to nominate candidates to h b nrnk in the Mexican army,
represent this county in the next Legisla- 1
ture. MANY DEMOCRATS.
Mar 26. 1859.
following appoin
subordinates:
J. W. Burke, Grand Chaplain.
Satn'l Levy, Grand Marshal
T. J. Michlejohn, Grand Conductor.
Geo. R. Dodge, Grand Guardian.
J. J. Forsyth, Grand Herald.
The health of Gen. Twiggs is very poor,
he thinks he will not recover.
Gen. Santa Anna has been restored to
give you hereafter if I continue in health. 1 Opelika and the Savannah. There are near I xhe bead q
Leaving Cassville oa the noon train, I} two hundred stores or places for the sale poleon was at Allessandria.
arrived in the great Rail Road Citv of At-1 of merchandise and general traffic in the j The ship Thames from Savannah, has ,
lanta, at a quarter before five o’clock, P. I citv. The yearly sales of cotton amount} been partially burnt in the dock at Liver- adhercs 10 to the ab ° !,t,on Privateering, ! m England and the United States, finds i n
; M. At once I strolled out in the business ] to from 100,000 to 150,000 bales. One j p00 L The fire was confined to the cotton and the P nnc, P Ie ‘ hat a neutral fla S 8uch events at ««• •» illustration and a
; part of the city to get an item or two, and I Bank and about six Bank Agencies do the : in the after lower hold,
succeeded pretty well. I came across our business of the place. Nearly any amount j At London on the 16th instant, French
of business can be done in Columbus.— ! red wheat had advanced from three to four were q u0 ted at 60 a 65.
Persons following the various pursuits of shillings during the previous week,
life can be - found here. It is more of a ! Queen Victoria reviewed the English
manufacturing than a mercantile place, in \ troops at Aldersholt, on the 16th.
year:
B. F. Dense. Grand Master.
Ira R. Dupree. Deputy Grand Master.
George R. B trkcr, Grand Secretary.
E. S. Grannis, Grand Treasurer.
James J. Humphries, Grand Warden.
George Patten, Grand Representative.
These officers being installed into their friend T. M. B., who carried me through
respective stations. Grand Master Dense i the large Job Office of J. I. Miher A Co.
announced the following appointment of j There arc three steam presses employed
, ers an enemy’s goods.
The Bourse was firm.
Three per rents
to do the work ot the office. Almost any
kind of printing or job work can be done
at this office. The Company print a Med
ical Journal in addition to the job work.
I next visited the mercantile houses, where
I found from two to fifteen clerks, mostly
busily engaged in putting up goods for
customers. I found some of our C.iss coun
ty friends examining, and of course buy-
ins: "roods. Why is it that these persons
guarantee:
Brussels, April 27, 1859.
Editors of the National Intelligencer :
i There occurred here on Easter Sunday
The Emperor Napoleon to the Army ! „ incident wh ichlthmk deserves that
of Italy.
! notice and commendation which you so
comparison with other cities. The Colum- J Count Pcrsigny the new French Minis- j <**0*, May 13.-The following order well know how to bestow. The America
• . t a of the day has been issc
issued by the Empe-
, ror Napoleon to the army of Italy:
“Soldiers: I come to place myself at
1 your head to conduct you into the com
bat We are about to second the strug-
j Mr. R. R. Cuvier has been suggested as
| a suitable person for Governor.
bus Bank is considered perfectly good, ! ter, arrived at London on the 14tb.
from the fact that the merchants are at the : Prince Gortschakoff had also arrived at!
head of it and it is to their interest to keep j the seat of his mission,
it up. The streets of the city run East j The Paris correspondent of the London
and West North and South, and are well Times says that the confidence in the sue- , ,
., ’ . , , ’ T , * , j „ ,, . T . , . , gles of a people now vindicating its inde
set with China and other trees. I left for > cess of the army in Italy is so great that , , , .. , ° .
, , , _ „ _ . * pendence, and to rescue it from foreign
Macon near four oclock P. M„ on Thurs-1 preparations will soon be made at Notre ^ This is a sacred cause which has
day, and made the tnp by nme, P. M.- j Dame for a Te Dcum Thanksgiving for J 6f the civiIized
j leave Cass to go to Atlanta to trade ? I an- The Muscogee and the feoutn Western Rail the great victory expected to be announc- j nee( j no ^ stimulate vo ir ardor
swer that they may have large stocks to Rdsds connect these points, a distance of; ed next week. . ... . i ,. C J(. T i. - * —
I select from, in order to get suited in qual-: one hundred miles. The population of Ma- | All the officers of the Regiment of Sap- x-;« courteous terms, emanating from the
learned, just before the morning service
at the principal English Church here,
that the prayer for the President of the
United States, as appointed to be read in
the “Episcopal Church of the United States
of America,” would be embraced in the
usual service of the said English Church,
in accordance with offiicial authority de
rived from the Bishop. This authority
every j was given in answer to a petition, couched
| grains, and is actually worth $1.04.
The Bsaton why Cotton has Declined.
Those win look to this matter must sec
that the recent decline in this article is
not in consequence of the warlike demon- i°® cc on *- bc ' ns ^
» rations in Europe, but that it owes its
| merchants of Atlanta can afford to sell for
suitable person tor uovemor. • select iruiu, in oruer io gei suucu iu 4u.11- . one nunureu 111110. me iwpuiauuu ui :u.i- ; an iue uiucera wi uic itcguucm ui Tin8ai>ro1? i ■ .. 1 . ’ o —— ***'
The new Silver dollar weighs 412 1-2 | itjr; but more especially that they may j con is said to be about eleven thousand.- j pers, to be commanded by Prince Napolc- chiselod the ‘ ^ 0t J' Cr ^
be suited in price. Why is it that the 1 It contains fivo churches, one Cotton Fac-1 on, left Paris on the 14th for Toulon. j . * . . j e , can families gladly joined, addressed to
1 had also left: P eo P Ie of helr malted deeds: ,t is the j the Rev. Mr. Drury, the officiating clergy.
: same to day. In passing Mondovi, Ma-! man, and presented in person by the wife
1 rengo, Lodi, Castialione, Arcole, and Riv-! of our Minister.
oli, you will, in the midst of these glo- j I shall never forget the effects of the
rious rccolections, be marching in another | reading ofthis prayerfor our beloved count-
, Via Sacra. Preserve that strict discipline j ry and President in an English Church,
A copy of the Savannah Morning News , „ „ „ _.
or the 26th of January last, was received a ,ess P Hce tl,an thosa of CaSS .’ j 5,n,p ^
I because they sell large quantities for cash
j only, or to approved parties on ninety days
The Estate of Jos. Bond, who was late- ]
time. If the merchants of Cass would a-
rigin to the excessive amount thrown j ly killed in Dougherty county, has dopt the salno p i an , few men would pay
upon the market within the last month, j appraised to be worth $900,000. 1
Add to this the amount of the probable
stock that will seek the same market dur
ing the summer months, and it leaves it
to no conjecture that the price of this sta
ple must be depressed for ■ time. Mr. S.
D. Tonge, of Baltimore, who is regarded
by the commercial world this side the At
lantic as the most reliable in such matters,
has recently issued his circular, in which
he gives the names of the vessels, their
cargoes, whence and where they sailed—
from which we make the following ex-,
tract, which wo commend to the careful j
perusal of our readers.
“ There arrived at Liverpool from the
United States, between the 29th of April,
and the 13th of May, 84 vessels, with
232,500 bales of cotton, of which 226,000
arrived in one week. Up to the 21st of
May the arrivals were 61,000 bales more.
Prior to these arrivals there were at sea,
in transit for Liverpool, 674,000 bales,
and inclusive of the late exports from this
side, there were over 500,000 bales on the
eve of arrival.”
The Naval Power of Europe.
There was a time when a nation’s strength
Was judged by its commercial maritime
power. But such is not now the case.—
Seamanship is at this day and time of less
relative importance in the contest of Eu
ropean nations, than formerly, from the
fact, that within the last century, all the
campaigns have been conducted on land.
Many comparisons are made in relation to
the relative strength of the naval power of
England and France; and. much specula
tion is going the rounds of the journals as
to the effect of their respective strength in
this branch of the war department. That
France has at present the advantage, there
can be no question. For she has 16 to 34
steam frigates; which enables her to flank
her enemy. This, by military rule, if well
planned, is certain to succeed. In addition
to this, the French possess a natural im
petuosity, which always causes them to
bear oft’ the palm. It is not the more me
chanical implements of war, nor the right
of armament which will win supremacy,
or sustain national honor. Tt requires mor
al as well as physical qualifications to fight
a series of battles that is to enhance a na
tion. Persistence of effort is necessary to
secure victory either on land or water.
The Cherokee Baptist College.
The annual examination of the gradua
ting class of this Institution came off du
ring the past week The appointments
and honors conferred, are as follows:
1. Albert G. McMurry,
3. J. H. Anderson,
4- Wm. A. Chunn,
t. E. S. Candler.
There is, as we understand, no distinc
tion between the contest of Nos. 3 and 4.
—The examination, we learn, was highly
creditable to the class, the College and the
Professors. The average of the entire class
being 174 out of 20. Twenty being taken
as the highest mark. This must certainly
■atisiy all that we have here a good cdu-
tional College.
The Kingston Democratic Meetin?.
The proceedings of this meeting will be
found in another column. This district
comas up square to the mark, and her
will speak for themselves. Other
districts will do likewise, and the first
Tuesday of July next will show that the
“ nn terrified” Democracy of Cass are still
**un terrified-"
Cotton.
One of oar ootemporariee boasts of the
Knight of a stalk of cotton, and challenges,
who can beat itf We will not measure as
to length, but a former of this county had
cotton on which there were three squares
an the 1st inst Our people are for yield
and not for length.
Editors in Town.
- Owing the past week several of our
brethren of the press have been on a visit
teenr town: Messrs. Seals of the Tem-
patance Croandar, Knowles of the Journal
A Meaaangw, Goodwin of the Jackson-
*A» (Ala.) Repahhcan, and Waster of the
The health of the “illustrious sore-head,”
(Chas. Sumner,) is thought to be improv
ing. He is nob in Rome, Itah\
Count de Riviere, the gallant Zautoo,
has turned up in Aikin, South Carolina,
in company with two fast Bosting gals.
Gen. Bcthunc has announced himself a
candidate for Congress in the 2d District.
Platform—Free Trade and Direct Taxa
tion.
Thirty-six thousand dollars have been
paid into the Treasury as the nett carn-
| ings of the State Road for the month of
j May.
The citizens of Griffin will give Senator
Iverson a public Dinner on the 14th of
July next,—in appreciation of his services
in Congress.
Jas. S. Slaughter has withdrawn from
the Atlanta American, as associate Editor,
and has declared himself a candidate for
Congress in the 4th District
Democratic Meeting in the 16th Dis
trict
The citizens of the 16th District being
called together in Convention: the meet
ing was organised by calling H. S. Craw
ford to the Chair, and S. T. Parker Secre
tary. The Chairman in a few brief and
pertinent remarks explained the object of
the meeting—that it was a call for the ap
pointment of delegates to the county Con-
tion, to be held at Cassville on the first
Tuesday in July next, to nominate candi
dates to represent the Democracy in the
next Legislature. The meeting being or
ganised, the following were appointed as a
Committee to name suitable delegates to
represent this District in said Convention,
viz: Joseph Dunlap, J. A. Frank, and E.
D. Cheshire, who, after retiring, reported
the following gentlemen as delegates, II.
S. Crawford, M. A. Harden, J. C. Roper,
E. V. Johnson and E. D. Cheshire.
The nomination was unanimously elect
ed. Col. M. A. Harden then introduced
the following preamble and resolutions
which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it has been the established
usage of the Democratic party of Cass
county to send up five delegates from each
District to a county Convention, to nomi
nate three candidates for the Legislature,
and that this Convention is opposed to
innovations of old and long tried usages.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, That five delegates be elected
to represent this district in the count}'
Convention to be held in Cassville on the
first Tuesday in July next
It was further resolved, that in case of
the absence of any of the delegates above
appointed, that those present should cast
the entire vote of the District
It was further resolved, that the pro
ceedings of this meeting be published in
the Cassville Standard and Cartersville Ex
press.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine
die. H. S. CRAWFORD, Chairman.
S. T. Parker, Secretary.
Democratic Meeting in the 5th Dist.
A meeting of the Democratic party of
the 5th District was held according to ap
pointment at the Court House in Cass
ville on the 3d inst
On motion Wm. Sylar was called to ■ vies in the city and one a little over two
the Chair, and R. C. Hooper requested to ! wiles above. Tbe Eagle Factory employs
act as Secretary. j between 275 and 300 hands, the others a
On motion a committee consisting of j similar number. These Factories make
A. Haire, J. A. Crawford. J. T. Groves i shirtings, sheeting, osnaburgs, kerseys, lin-
and R. C. Saxon, was appointed by the seys, yarns, sewing thread, Ac. At the
I| ia aaid that the Empress Eoganie is
eMantly^pasedtothe war. She declares
that it is unjust sad wicked, and express
es her conviction that it will never
ie»'
! their passage and hotel bills in order to
trade in Atlanta. I have long been in fa
vor of the cash system, and now am more
in favor of it than ever heretofore. The
plan is—short profits and quick sales. At
lanta is now doing a considerable whole
sale business.
I left Atlanta for West Point after 12
o’clock at night, and arrived there near 6
in the morning. I was disappointed in the
appearance and business of the place, yet
I suppose those engaged in business sus
tain themselves very well. I think that
considerable of the overjovful is used, as I
saw some of the vases and fruits. I learn
ed that in Lagrange, in the same county,
the celebrated Ben Hill and a Mr. Terrell,
had a fight in the Court House, for which
each paid a fine of one hundred dollars in-
stanter. I cannot say which Ben hated
the worst, having this affray and paying
one hundred dollars, or being beat for
Governor by Joe Brown. I have been in
six of the towns and cities of this Suite,
as you will see before I am through, and
I find no one spoken of for the next Gov
ernor but Brown, to any extent
To return to West Point again, I can
say that I was informed that it contains
many things of interest There are ten
Family Groceries, nine Dry Goods stores,
two Cotton Ware Houses, two Drug stores,
three Confectionaries, two Buggy Shops,
and worst of all, three Bar Rooms or Re
tail Liquor Shops. Bacon is selling about
the same as in Cassville. Twenty thous
and bales of cotton are sold annually, and
five Bank Agencies do the business. The
Grocery Houses sell from $50,000 to $70,-
000 worth yearly, and the Dry Goods
Houses from $12,000 to $20,000. There
arc three churches. Baptist, Methodist, and
Presbyterian. Also two schools, Male and
Female. All the churches have Sabbath
Schools. This place being on the line be
tween Georgia and Alabama, where the
cars from each turn back, a very good
brick Passenger Shed has been erected.—
West Point is mostly on the West side of
the Chattahoochee river, between the riv
er and the Alabama line, yet some resi
dences are in Alabama and some on the
East side of the river. Field hands hire
from $150 to $175. Clerks in the stores
get from $150 to $600. I saw a doctress
or lady Doctor, with her gold spectacles
walking the streets and attending to calls
the same as a man would do. I learned
that she graduated regularly as others.
Leaving Atlanta at night, I past Fair-
burn, Palmetto, Ncwnan, Grantville and
LaGrange, without seeing them, in going
to West Point Leaving West Point a lit
tle before Gvc, P. M., I soon arrived atO-
pclika, where the Columbus road leaves the
Montgomery road. At this point I was
compelled to remain till half past one, A.
M. Tuesday I put up at the Planters
Hotel, kept by Mr. Arnold, formerly of
Marietta. On paying my bill I found it
much less than at other Rail Road towns.
Leaving Opelika at half past one I arrived
in Columbus at half past three, A. M., and
put up at the Perry House, which is said
to be pretty fair. The population is esti
mated by most persons at about ten thou-
: sand. Some say eight and some twelve
1 thousand. There are three Cotton Facto-
tory, three Foundries, two Variety Works J A train seige of artillery
for sash, Ac., four Carriage Factories, two j for Italy.
Furniture factories, one Female College j It was rumored that arms had been sent .
and Free school, a number of private; to Hungary, and that Hungarians abroad °/’ ' 011 111 * c of these glo
schools, six hotels, and many boarding | were actively employed in fomenting an
houses, from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred stores, two Banks, four Bank A-
gencies, the finest passenger depot I ever
saw, with dining rooms attached, a good
Band of Music, and many other things too
tedious to mention here. Of the last cot
ton crop about 100,000 bales have already
been sold, being the largest sales ever made
in the city. Nearly all the old houses
have, at different times, been burnt down,
and new and much better ones put up.—
New buildings are now going up. Macon
is steadily on the increase.
Roads leave the fine depot, viz: the South
Western to Columbus, Central to Savan
nah, and the Macon & Western to Atlan
ta. I left Macon for Griffin at ten o’clock,
A. M., Friday, and arrived by a little after
one P. M. The population of Griffin is
variously estimated from three thousand
to five thousand. There are from 25,000
to 30,000 bales of cotton sold annually.—
There are two Female and one Male Col
lege, and all well attended, besides three
private schools. There is one branch Bank
and one or two Bank Agencies in the place.
The merchants appear to be doing well, as
some of them are pulling down their old
stores and building two story brick build
ings with iron fronts. On Saturday morn
ing, half past four o’clock, I left Griffin
for Atlanta and arrived just at seven, A.
M. I had to go to Atlanta from Griffin,
in order to get to this place without stag
ing any. I left Atlanta at ten A. M., and
arrived in Augusta a little after seven, P.
M., on Saturday. I shall leave in a few
hours for Savannah. I have taken no items
of this place yet, and should I fail to do
so, any merchant can give the most desir
ed. I will give you distances and cost of
passage from Cass Station to Augusta :
insurrection in their country. . . .
It was reported that Napoleon, before whldl IS the honor of the arn ^ ; iherofor - j and by official authority, in a foreign land,
leaving Paris, had addressed a letter to l4 , not ^“-' re are no othcr enemies At that part of the service where the pray-
Queen Victoria repeating the promise made than ^ ^ h ° fight against you in battleer for the President is usually retd, the
to take no steps, during the war, co.npro- ReDna,n COmpact and abandon not ™ur | feelings of the little group of American!,
raising the interests of England. ranks *° haStCn fonvanL Be ' vare of to ° j wm manifested without reserve. There
The Austrian government loan of £75,- S^at enihus.asm, which ,s the only thing , was a momentary pause, and then in a
000,000, is to bear an interest of five per \ ^ lhc n<? "' armS * P ree ™° n are d <*P ™ d *id with a tone
cent navable in silver dangerous only at a distance; they will j and expression which showed that he re-
The Piedmont official Bulletin of the n0 ‘P^t the bayonet from being what alized the full import and force of the
,, , ,i A . • ...i j . it has hitherto been, tha terrible weapon J beautiful prayer, the venerable clergyman
i p a .,-' e ? nanS 1 ra '' of the French infantry. Soldiers, let us i pronounced the well known words:
to-day from Robbio, but a second and still ,, * , , ,• ’, . r „ , _ , ....
TLroo . - , , . . : all do our duly and put our confidence m O Lord, our Heavenly Father, the hieh
inree nail stronger- reconnoitering force had pushed _ , _ ' , , „ , . f
. , . ° : God (Jur conntry expects much from and mighty Ruler of the Universe, who
forward to the walls of Vcrcilh. „ , , , | , ™
dost from Thy throne behold all the dwel-
„ -- , Ann y° u - From one end of France to the other,
The Emperor Napoleon and Gen. Can- , ,
. , , ,. the following words of augurv rc-ccho—
robert had rode through the streets of Al-' ,
, , . ‘The new arm of Italy will bo worthy ol
lessandria and were everywhere received , ,, ,
. . , ! her elder sister.
with great demonstrations of joy.
The German Diet was closed on the 14th !
by the Prince Regent in person who said 1
that Prussia was determined to maintain I
“Napoleon.
“Given at Genoa, May 12th, 1859.”
Important Treasury Circular for Mek-
the balance of power in Europe, and would ! chant Marine—The Carrying Trade in
stand up for the security, protection and j the European War.—From the Treasury
natural interests of Germany.
Department at Washington, Lhc following
chair to report names of delegates to the
county Convention to nominate candi
dates to represent this county in the next
Legislature.
The committee retired, and while out
the meeting was very eloquently enter
tained by Messrs. B. H. Leeke and J. C.
Branson.
Eagle Factory I saw the best woolen goods
for servants wear that I have ever seen for
the money or price. Not having gone to
bed on my arrival, as it was nearly day
break, I went down to the Factories very
early and was there when the bells were
wrung for breakfast It looked very much
like a congregation leaving church. All
The committee reported the names of j walked very fast away, as they must be
Messrs. R. C. Saxon, J. A Crawford, M. hack in half an hour. As I only remain-
! ed from the morning to the evening train,
-1 could not get much information about so
; large a place as Columbus, and especially
McMurry, W. W. Rich and Levi Bran
son.
On motion it
Resolved, That if any ‘of the delegates ! as I met with some friends that I had not
appointed to said Convention foil to at- | seen for a long time, and of course had to
tend, those who do attend have power to
cast the full vote of this district
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Standard and
The meeting then aegourned.
WM. SYLAR, Ch’n
& C. Hoopbb, Secr’y.
spend some time with them, which was a
great pleasure tonne. I learned that the
city contained, besides tbe two factories
above named, two Foundries, one Marble
Works and Paper Mill, four Flouring ana
Com Milk, one Furniture Factory, two
Variety Works where they make Steam
Boats, Engines and various other things.
Miles.
Ticket.
Cass Station to Atlanta,
53
$2.00
Atlanta to West Point,
86
3.50
West Point to Columbus,
54
2.00
Columbus to Macon,
100
4.00
Macon to Griffin,
60
2.60
Griffin to Atlanta,
44
2.00
Atlanta to Augusta,
171
5.50
C.
Editorial Notices.
The following is an extract from
an ad-
dress before the Ohio Editorial Conven
tion by R. Bkinkerhoff: There is still
another matter which should not be
neglected by advertisers, and that is
liberality to editors and publishers. Ed
itors “are men of like passion with you,”
and are subject to the same influences.—
They have also a power and position which
may be wielded for or against as circumstan
ces may direct If you treat them liberally
they will treat you liberally, it is human na
ture to do sa My observation teaches that
Editors, as a class, are generous to a fault,
and they never foil to reciprocate a proper
liberality. In fact, ninety-nine times in
a hundred, an editor repays a favor with
compound interest
Every one knows that an editorial of a doz
en lines is worth half a column of adverti
sing, and yet there is only here and there
a merchant who has liberality enough to
procure it Then again, there are some
merchants who expect an editorial notice
every few months as a gratuity, and grum
ble because they do not get it Such are
fools, and deserve to be gibbeted for their
ignorance.
An editor has just as much right to ex
pect from the merchant a donation of the
most valuable article in his store, as the
merchant has to expect the donation of an
editorial notice, which is the most valuable
of all advertisements, and the merchant
who expects to procure it should first ren
der himself worthy of its bestowal, and
then pay for it, either in money or kind.
Directors of railroad companies are be-
gining to understand this matter better
than they used to. A few years ago every
convention palavered for days over the
issue of a few railroad passes—now we
hear but little of it They have, in foot,
learned n^pson which common sense
should have taught them long ago, and
that is, that no investment pays better
than courtesy and liberality to editors.
An inventive Yankee has produced an
apparatus which he claims is a cure for
snoring. It fastens upon the mouth, a
gutta perch* tube, leading to the tympa
num of the ear. Whenever tike snorer
snores, he himself receives the first im
pression, finds how disagreeable tt is, and
of course reforms.
It was expected that the German con- important circular has been issued through
federative powers would stand firmly by , the Collectors of Ports, for the benefit of
the side of Austria.
The Piedmontese women and children
have been compelled to work on the Aus
trian defences.
Several.Sardinian Mayors who refused
contributions, have been arrested.
The rains are falling incessantly, aod this
may account for the inactivity of military
operations.
The rivers are very full, and transpor
tation of troops and ammunition very diffi
cult and hazardous.
The news from the seat of war presents
no new feature of interest. No battle has
been fought.
our merchant marine:—
CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS.
Tueasurt Department, May 19,1859.
The immunity of our merchant vessels
at sea from seizure, search, detention or
visit in time of peace, by vessels of war of
any foreign nation, being now admitted by
all tlic maritime powers of the world, it
is very desirable that the flag of the Uni
ted States, the proper indication of the
nationality of our vessels, should always
be promptly displayed in tbe presence of
a ship of war.
I am directed by the President to in
struct Collectors of the Customs, to request
The Austrians had removed their head | the Captains in the merchant service, at
quarters to Garlasco (a market town of: their respective ports always to display
Piedmont.) and had withdrawn from Vir- j their colors as promptly ns possible, when-
cilii, which was now occupied by the alii- j ever they meet upon the ocean, an armed
ed French and Sardinian forces.
A decisive action between the armies
was daily expected.
Many of the Austrian ports had been
blockaded by the French squadron.
! cruiser of any nation.
Howell Cobd, Secretary Treasury.
Officers to re sent to Europe.—The
; Richmond Enquirer says: “The profit
_. , . , .. already derived from the experience and
Vague reports were circulating that the i ; . „ , _
1 commission of American officers in the
Emperor of Austria was abtfit to take
command of the troops.
The Austrians were expected to remain
inactive until the Emperor would reach
, T, , ,,. , , , ! late expedition to Utah. The War Dc-
The Liverpool Post publishes, on what | 1 , 1 . , , .,
Crimean campaign, is attested by the many
conveniencies, improvements and reforms
suggested by them, and successfully ap
plied to oar military establishment, in the
it calls reliable information, a statement
that the passage of the river Ticino, by
partment, in properly acknowledging the
services of these officers in the last Euro-
1 pean war, is determinod to gather more
French troops, will be considered cause if .. . . , , ,
„ _ ' lessons.from the present struggle, by send-
for the European alliance against France . ., .
r mg directly to the scene of action men
whose education, acquirements and spirit
fit them understandingly to watch the
awfu] drama. Three Virginians, Col. Step-
toe, Capt C. W. Carr, and Lieut. John
Pegram, have already been ordered to the
plains of Sardinia.”
and also for Austria to march on Paris.
The war bulletins are unimportant. All
the channels of the Venetian Capital were
.blockaded so that no information could be
obtained from that quarter.
News by the Steamer City of Wash
ington.
A battle had taken place at Montebello
From Pike’s Peak.
A man named Gibbs had reached the
between the Austrian «nd French-Sardin- j mines in a starving condition, andexpress-
ian forces ^ tbe °pi n ' on that his party, nine in num-
The Austrians had fifteen thousand men ber > bad ad perished. Many graves were
in the battle, and retreated with a loss of
two thousand.
The French-Sardinian forces lost about r0 ^-
seven hundred.
seen all along the route. Much property
has been destroyed or abandoned on the
The writer of the letter before referred
Many of the Austrian prisoners h»d ; ‘o says the number of departures from the
reached Marseilles.
mines is about equal to the arrivals.—
[A battle was fought at Montebello be- j About fivc hundred of the returning em-
tween the Austrians and French in 1812, igrants reached St Joseph on Saturday,
and the French were victorious. A like a11 of whotD confirm the previous accounts
success has attended the French in their of the sufferings and privations on the
recent battles with the Austrians.] Plains.
The allies carried Montflrello, but did c 0 j ^ H. Kenan has been nominated
not pursue the Austrians. Two hundred Congress, for the seventh district, by
of the latter were made prisoners, includ-1 a meeting of Whigs and Americans at Mil-
ing a Colonel
: ledgeville. This is the district represen-
The allies lost several officers in the con-; ted by Col Joshua Hill, who, it is under-
flict ; stood, is willing to run again. If such is
The Austrian accounts of the battle dif- the case, this movement shows division of
fer widely from those of the French. j the party, which may result in the election
The active French force in the engage- 0 f a Democrat—Augusta Dispatch.
ment is not stated, butit is reported at Th e Execctmn at (Clayton.—The staves
saty-se™ thousand, besides the 5Iatt and Dabney were executed at ^
°y~?. ?“*, „ _ .... ton, Barbour county, Ala., on the 27th ult.
The Sardinian bulletin announces that . ’ ’ .
the extreme left of the Sardinian army,—
under Gen. Baldwin, had forced a passage
over
flight.
Garibaldi had entered Gaven with six
thousand men for revolutionary purposes.
It was rumored that the six English
men-of-war h«H entered the Adriatic.
A multitude witnessed the sad spectacle.
The former was hung for the murder of
i V.W. his master, which he confessed, and the
the Sesia, putting the Austrians to ' ’ . __
latter for assault and battery on the per
son of a white man, which is a capital
crime under the laws of that tSate.
Nsw York, June 1.—The steamers Al
abama, Florida, and Augusta, of the New
Revolutiannry movements were report* i York and Savannah line, were sold at pri
ed in Lombardy. rate sale to day, to Mr. Cuyler, President
The English admiralty had formally in- Georgia Central Railroad.
lers upon the earth, most heartily we be
seech Thee with Thy favor to behold and
bless Thy servant, the President of the
IJnited States,” &c.
At the conclusion of the prayer there
was given an earnest response, which was
joined in by more than one of the English
congregation; and thus was established
the first example, I believe, in Europe,
where the prayer for the President of the
United States is to bo included in the reg
ular service of any congregation of the
Church of England, under official authori
ty and recognition.
It may be the absence from our native
land makes every little incident affecting
her a matter of special interest and con
cern, and that the feeling of nationality
and patriotism glows only with a warm
er sentiment abroad. But I assure you
there was not an Ainericrn present but
was deeply moved, and who did not feel it
to be indeed a glorious privilege to be able
thus to join together in a prayer for the
welfare, happiness and prosperity of our
common country and its Chief Execu
tive. C. G. B.
“O Fortune! Fortune! all men call
thee fickle.”—Thus wrote Shakspeare;
and probably in his day the sentiment
was well timed and appropriate; but in
these times, the “blind goddess” looks
more disposed to dispense her favors than
ia “days of yore.” Those fortunate per
sons who have recently received hand
some prizes in the lotteries managed by
WOOD, EDDT & CO., have no reason to
exclaim that fortune is fickle. By ad
dressing the above firm, Augusta, Ga., or
\\ ilmington, Del., (who are the successors
of the well known firm of Sam’l Swan
& Co.,)and enclosing $10, $5, or $2 50, for
a whole, half or quarter ticket in any of
their grand schemes, purchasers will be
surprised to realize how poor an estimate
Shakspeare had of the character of the god
dess.—Sunday Mercury.
Bonner has caught Morphy, as will be
seen from the following letter:
St. Nicholas Hotel, May 27,1859.
Robert Bonner, Esq.—Dear Sir:—The
offer you have made me to edit a chess
department in the New York Ledger is so
exceedingly liberal that I do not feel at lib
erty to decline it I will .commence my
contributions some time during the month
of June next, and shall furnish chess mst-
ter to no other newspaper.
Truly yours, PAUL MORPHY.
London is rapidly extending its bound
aries. It covers an area of 121 square
miles, equal to a square of 11 miles to
the side. The population in this ares
amounted in the year 1801 to 958,898,
and in the year 1858 to 2,362,246. The
London of 1858 is equal to three Londons
of 1801. It has now a larger population
than the six New England States.
$^“The Telegraph says that corn in
the vicinity of Macon looks sadly distressed
by drought, and a few days more of hot
sun, without rain, will put it beyond re
demption. They have had no rain of any
value for weeks.
Virginia Elections.—Richmond, Vr.,
June 4.—Official returns from one hun
dred and seven counties make Letcher’s
majority four thousand six hundred and
ninety-six. It will probably reach six
thousand.
It is reported m New York that Gen.
Scott has made a bet of500bottles of cham-
paigne that Louis Napoleon will never re
turn to Paris.
The Augusta Constitutionalist tells of
a cabbage which measures 24 inehes in
length and 24 inches in width.
pT Modesty is not only an
but a guard to virtue.