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It is not much credit to the boasted en- j loudest, and make the a to do about wire
lightemnent of the age or counter that
such a superstition should be allowed to
attain such a growth in the njietcenth cen
tury, and in the United StatMof American
Most of its deluded victims arc, however,
from foreign countries. The greater part
of them are sincere; but' the leaders are
cunning rogues, like Joe Smith, who make
the credulity ofthesuperstitious their stock
in trade.
Brigham Young, the President of the
Mormons, iaainan of considerable adminis
trative capacity, and is said to have made
a handsome fortune out of Mormon-
ism.—Rich Bis.
3P iPP»&
CASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING,
JUNE 16, 1859.
Attention, Democrats.
The Democrats of Cass county arc re
quested to hold meetings in their respec-, , „ x , ,
tire militia districts, and appoint five del-! »>y the neglect to profi by the advantages
n>htnh hoi* frnnnfwonhlM I n/WltlDfl (V9VP llPr
pulling, are the ones who pull the strong
est behind the screen.
&: V-mr
She Austrian Monarchy.
There are sometimes inherent causes of
national, and equally so, of lineage de
cline, which are not easily explained.—
That Austria has long since entered on
both of these, all well know. This power
at one time held an equal sway with any
of Europe; but now it has depreciated un-
til it will require, like Rome, foreign, bay
onets to keep up its throne. But there
are in nations innate causes of decline,
which no external aid can avert; and in
the Austrian power nothing less than a
radical change can re-invigorcte their
monarchy. That Francis Joseph is deci
dedly inferior to his ancestors, none can
question. The most certain signs. of de
cay, cither in national matters or lineage,
is the absence of commanding abiiity to
control great national affairs, and to con
trol at home. The present position of Aus
tria demonstrates the truth of this theory.
While formerly she was powerful—had
able military commanders, and was full of
credit—now she has neither, nor has she
able statesmen to govern her public coun
cils. The tardiness of her movements,
and the vacillations of her statesmen,
since she has invaded Piedmont, show the
incompctency of her commanders and the
want of resolution in her cabinet This is
clearly proven by the rejection of the last
proposition of those powers of Europe to
mediate—her peremptory challenge to
Sardinia to lay down arms—and then her
declaration of war, followed as it has been
Cassville Female College.
The Catalogue of the Faculty, Officers,
The First Fruits of the Season.
A car load of wheat—new crop—passed
as it comes the inland route. It is too The ^^ttle at Montebello—Official So- Judge 0. A. Bull’s Be*8entence of
Jehu Cobh, Jr.
Pri$on*r mt the Bar: This is the second
tine that you have been brought to the
Jar distant from the good Cuming portions
of the State to build up much of a retail j
trade. There are some very nice residen-j
ces in Feraondino, and some pretty good j
pert of Gen. Forey, Commander of!
the Allies.
Voghera, May 20—Midnight.
Monsieur le Marechal—I have the hon- j 8® °f this court, to receive the sentence
business houses, yet there is nothing re- orof gi ving you an account of the battle of the law, for the foul and bloody crime
of which you have been convicted.
Patronsand Students of this Institution through this place on Friday evening last,
for the Scholastic year 1858-9, has been cn route for New York, vi» Macon and Sa-
laid upon our! table by President. Kelsey.' vannah. It was shipped by Messrs. Young,
Tt shows that during the scholastic year Johnson A Go., from Calhoun on Friday , , , , . ~ —
105 have entered the College in its fari- at 11 o’clock A. M., arrived at this place j markably promising »bout the place The foagh t this day by my division.
12 Departments This spLks well for in the evening, was forwarded by the Ma- j population is said to be between 800 and ^ informed, at half past twelve this J the circumstances which surround the pres-
thc of the ColleJwe would con & Western Railroad at 12 o’clock at 1,000. There is a Baptist, Presbyterian, a(lernooni that a strong Austrian column, ent occasion, are much more solemn and
suggest totoosc who have'daughters to night, and probably arrived in Savannah j Methodist, Episcopalian^ and a Catholic ^ artillery, had occupied Casteggio, and j impressive than those which attended the
gg ® . . . , . Pom vesterdav evenine This is expeditious church on the Island. The land is so near-1 ^ ^ from Montebello the outstan-; former. Then your legal resources had
^ IV ^^,1.1,^111, it.ouWb,, ding pickets of Pit.lnK.nt.se cavalry, I im- not all eriuusted;
mencement, and judge or em. . . — bad ctence to get a garden, except m the me< i[etelp heeteoed up to the front, bj the i hook, hoveeec freH, epoe which to hang;
low places where the land looks excellent : Montebello road, with two battalions of, * hope that some incalculable uncertainty
—Between eight and nine o’clock the sea the 74lh ^ destined to relieve two battalions! of the law might yet result in your favor.,
breezes rise, which make it very pleasant of the cantoned along this road in j But the Supreme Judicial Tribunal of the
in the shade and perhaps not much warm- j front 0 f Voghera, on the Madura eminence. "
to the advantages-and inducements offend
at this Institution for female education.
The route over the Macon t Western
Road and the Central Road, has the ad-
The Commencement is the first - Wednes- * vantage over any other, for shipping wheat.
day in July next
—It is loaded on the cars in Atlanta, and
goes through to Savannah without trans
shipping at Macon. This is very early in
crop in that region is excellent—Atlanta
Intelligencer, Jane 6th.
egates to represent them in a Convention
to be held at Cassville on the 1st Tuesday
in July next, to nominate candidates to
represent this county in the next Legisla
ture. MANY DEMOCRATS.
May 26, 1859.
Conventions.
The word Convention as is known to
us all simply means an assembling of per
sons for a special purpose. At what pe
riod of time they were established is not
only uncertain but indefinite. With their
origin we have now nothing lo do—suffice
it to say they are of ancient origin. It is
even difficult, with the best lights before
us, to say at what period of time they
were instituted. It' was a Democratic
Convention that causod the American Re
volution. Beyond this wc need not go.
Since that time the same system has been
regarded, and to a certain extent carried
out. It is true that sometimes it has been
unsuccessful, but Us failure has always
resulted to the loss of the people.
That there are objections to the present
mode of appointing delegates to Conven
tions, we will not deny, hut it behooves
those who assail it to demonstrate beyond
a doubt that their innovation on a long
established custom is better, and free
from all the trammels they urge against
this system. Can they do it ? In this
age when Young America seeks to rule,
and men of their teens place old men’s
heads on their shoulders, wc may well
expect that they will seek, like a besom
of destruction, to destroy all the ancient
landmarks, and to stake new ones.
The present mode of appointing dele
gates by the people is much older than
the present organization known as the
Democratic party. Why, then, seek to
disturb a custom which should be respect
ed for its usage ? Why seek to render
asunder the tics that have for years bound
us together 2 If those who oppose Con
ventions will give us a plan which is free
from all objections, we will fall into it—
until then wc shall abide the old style.
As many defects as may exist in the
present plan of .sending up delegates to
Conventions, we have never heard one
suggested but what has as many, if not
more objections. It is urged against the
which her geographical position gave her.
Her tardiness has enabled her enemies to
rally their forces, and she has been de
feated on every field since the first. The
final result will be the entire route of the
Austrian forces, and their expulsion from
all the Italian provinces, including Vene-
tia-Lonibardo ; and it may be well if she
ends the contest with this alone—for there
is a probability that she may also lose
Hungary, and a portion of her Eastern
possessions. It will require a better equi
poise in European affairs than dismem
bered Germany, with Prussia at its head,
to sustain France in her schemes.
There is no question that it will be the
policy of England to sustain Austria in
her extremity, no less than it was to sup
port Turkey in similar circumstances.—
But the question which England’s finan
ciering will first solve is, is “the game
worth the candle?” Hence it may be that
the sequel of the matters arising and to
be enacted on continental Europe will
show that Francis Josepii is much more
the sick man than Scltan Moiiamed.
Correspondence of the Standard.
Febnandino, Florida, June 2,1859.
Messrs. Editors: When I wrote you last
Transportation of Troops.
A correspondent of the “Advertiser,” f 0 , wheat to be forwarded to market
N. Y., under date of 17th ult, gives the | from ^ country. We learn the
following as to the rapidity of the move-
ments of Louis Napoleon. Quick work say
we :
“ It is truly astonishing to witness the
celerity with which the French transport
their troops and munitions of war. Four
steamships arrived at Genoa in the morn- j was in Augusta. The population of Au-
ing at 10 o’clock, with 7,000 men, 600 gugta fa estimated at 20,000. It has vari-
horses, and 70 pieces of artillery, and by ous wholesa ] e and retoil business houses,
4 o’clock in the afternoon they were off a- to thc amount of over 200, 12 churches, 1
gain to Toulon for another like freight— frec 6 or 7 other schools, 6 banks,
This is only a small specimen of what Lou- an d j branch bank. Augusta is a veTy
is Napoleon has been doing. The English- j c j ean and pleasant city, and the popula-
mcn here are amazed at all this, and well : jj on ener getic and prosperous, so far as I
they may be; for if Napoleon in 40 hours CO uld judge. On Monday morning I left
can plant 60,000 men and artillery in pro- f or gavannah. In going from Augusta to
portion, in Sardinia, how long would it gavannah, I took the Augusta & Savannah
take him to place one hundred thousand to Millen, where it intersects with
on the shores of England, with a navy : 0 en t ra i railroad which carried me to
quite as efficient as that of Great Bri
tain to protect them ?”
Maryland Bising.
The citizens of this State who are slave
holders have recently met in convention
at Baltimore to devise ways and means to
secure themselves against the abduction
of their slaves. Delegates from all sections
of the State, and among them are some of
the most influential men, were in attend
ance. The convention was organized by
the election of Judge E. F. Chambers,
President, H. S. Key, Esq. Vice President,
and Col. Hughes, Secretory. The Presi
dent on taking his seat made an address,
in which he advised moderation and pru
dence in the discussion of this delicate
question, and said he had no doubt that
harmony would prevail.
Special.
The annual Commmencemcnt of the Cher
okee Baptist College will begin on Monday
the eleventh day of July next, and ending
on Wednesday. Rev. Mb. Hillyek will
preach the introductory sermon. Hon.
Herschel V. Johnson will deliver the Lit
erary Address on the last day.
The regular Commencement of the Cass
ville Female College, will take place on
The Crops.
During the last ten days we have been
in several sections of our county, and the
crops look well. Com and Cotton are
growing finely. Wheat harvest is near
through, and the general impression is j but little above the water,
that there will be an average crop made.
Oats look tolerable, but there is complaint
of the rust We are not well enough in
formed to say whether it prevails to an
! Savannah. The population of Savannah
j is said to be 30,000. It has three good ho-
; tels and two common ones, making five in
i all together,, with numerous boarding hou
ses. Cotton sales 475,000. The Savannah
river runs nearly East, and is about forty
feet lower than the top of the bank on the
side of the city, while on the other side
The Island north or north-east of the city,
lying between the river and the channel
which separates South Carolina from Geor
gia, is a low scope of country and is called
extent seriously to injure e crop we utehiiisoh Island. The Channel can be
hope not
er, if any in the sun, than in the up coun
try. I came here desiring to like the place,
and ifl saw any chance to notice much of
a place out of it, I might be pursuaded to
live here. I have no doubt but that almost
any one would be pleased with these points
in mid winter. I came down from Savan
nah to this place with a gentleman who
moved from Vermont to Jacksonville for
his health, as a consumptive, twelve years
since. He says that his whole doctor’s bill
for the twelve years is only forty-eight
dollars. He is cured of the consumption
and looks very well I shall go from here
to Jacksonville to see how I like. C.
Monday, the 4th of July next. Dr. W. II.
present plan that a few tricksters pull the p fiLT0N - w jn deliver the Literary Address
wires, and they manage alL We have ^fore the Mncmosynean Society on Thurs-
too much confidence in the people to al-' t jj e W. R. Branham will preach
low such an idea to enter our brain. It; t jj C introductory sermon on Sunday the
is absolutely necessary that in all bodies j third.
of a deliberate character that certain du-i ,*.« • H
ties should be assigned to particular indi-1 Law 80,1001 .
■ i i ii ,, , . . . , 1 tv,a it-,. a t Marietta have established a
vtduals. Hence we find in our Legisla-i me i»r ai -
. -U V ... . , , °. ! r aw School at this place, to continue for
ture that committees arc appointed, whose acnooi . ,
. . .... , • . . , fourteen weeks during the summer months
business it is to act oa nutters entrusted, rojria “ . . , m.
. A c . , ..1 —commencing on the 20th instant The
to their care. So even m our courts ©t j f Ju dg C Gould, who is said to be
justice we find jurors selected ! aman of high !ega! attainments, have been
charged with “ the States counsel, their ■ Hc „-m lecture every day. In
fellows and their own. If there be objee-; ^ this a Moot Court will be
tkms to the one, so there can be to the (
others. Yet, who would do away with; °P enc ... , can ad
dollars. Tnosc desiring to enter can aa-
Pricc of admission, twenty-five
jury trial, or that Body who makes our
laws? We ask the difference between the
three bodies to which wc have alluded.
There is not, nor can there be, any real
difference. Each are delegated by the
people for a special and particular pur
pose, and being a part and parcel of the
people, when they have discharged that
duty they become as one of the people.
There can bo no difference sf opinion that
in our form of government the power is
vested in the people, and they are the sov
ereign power; and it matters not whether
they speak through the ballot box, con
veution or otherwise. It is said there is a
remedial power. To what would you go
beyond the people ? If they are the sov
ereigns, you can strike no higher power,
for sovereignty is supreme.
Then, in the present system of appoint
ing delegates to Conventions, is not the
will and choice of the people as well ex-
any {dan which has been
.Nay, Is it not much better
tl|in many which are urged upoif our
oonsideration ? If it has nothing else to
recommend it, it has a long line of ances
tors to back it, the people have long sus
tained it, the people have made no com
plaint aa to its working, and the people
Imre generally sustained the action of
flfoir delegates so appointed. Our motto
ja, “ hit well enough alone,” and the peo-
dress non. David Irwin or Mr. John Burk-
halter, Marietta, Ga. The circular can be
seen at our office.
! seen at several points from the wharf and
Doster’s Washing Cream. j looks to be a prong of the main river.—
Mr. Wm. Doster, now at this place, has ' There is very little timber on Hutchinson
placed for our examination a quantity of' Island, which makes it look like an old
this article. We are not a judge, but j desolated or waste country. This idea is
those in whom we place confidence as to . increased when we find that the houses
such matters, pronounce it to be the best j on the Island are mostly deserted and that
they have tried. He proposes to sell fam- the city authorities have forbid the raising
ily rights. Those desiring to test this ! of rice thereon, to prevent sickness. From
” ‘ " * c. the height of the land above the river, it
looks as though the city would be very
healthy, yet the Yellow Fever visits the
Masonic Festival. place occasionally. In getting down to the
Adairsville Lodge F. A. M. will cele- water’s edge, considerable cuts are made
brate the anniversary of St John the j j n the bank, and walled up on each side,
Baptist, on the 24th inst Rev. Tiiomas | over w hich wc find occasionally a bridge for
Rambaut, President Cherokee Baptist i those to walk across on who arc going up
College, will deliver an address on the oc- or( ]own the river. Houses three story high
casion. Brethren of neighboring lodges j built near the water’s edge, can only be
cream can address him at Cartcrsville, Ga,
Give it a trial.
invited to attend.
Godey’s Lady’s Book.
This popular Magazine, for July, is on
our table, and, as usual, is filled with good
reading matter. Terms $3.00 per annum,
in advance. Liberal deductions for clubs.
The South Countryman.
The June number of this periodical has
been received, and is filled with valuable
and interesting matter.
Citizenship.—The Department of State
has recently decided that the mere decla-
seen partially from the first row of busi
ness houses. Several commission houses
are built near the river, and some other
very good brick buildings are going up.
By getting out on the North side of one of
these houses on the river, as high as the
third story, you can overlook a considera
ble scope of country at a distance below
you. In looking up and down the river
you can see many ships of different grades
Standing cither at anchor out in the river,
or at the wharf being unloaded. On Tues
day at one o’clock the thermometer, in the
shade, stood at 84 degrees above zero.—
ration of intention to become a citizen ; Savannah contains 20 churches, 8 banks,
does not entitle a person (foreigner) to a
passport, and that before he can obtain
one he must present his certificate of nat
uralization. A number of persons have
been refused within the last two weeks
passports on this ground. So get your
papers.
Democratic Meetino in Alatoona Dis
trict.—The proceedings of this meeting
will be found in another column. One by
one they come in, and the first Tuesday
in July will find all of our Districts rep
resented in the County Convention.—
Right, Democrats, abide old usages. Next
week wc will hear from others.
Congressional Delegation.—The fol
lowing are the names of the gentlemen
just elected by the people of Virginia to
represent that State in the next Congress.
In the last Congress the delegation was
composed entirely of Democrats, the nom
inees of the party:
1st Disk John S. Millson, Dem.
The Farmer ft Planter.
The June number of this Agricultural
Journal, is on our table. Its typographi
cal execution is neat and well executed.—
It contains forty pages of reading, well se
lected, and well written. Its contributors
are of the best fanners. Among the many
articles, we notice one on the decline of
wheat growing, reclaiming soils, Ac. The
neat appearance of this number is an evi
donee that it is well sustained. Why do
, . . - c. ,, . be paid. It will require *20,000 to re-
notour people sustain their Southern Ag-; therenaim
2d
3d
4th
5th
6th
7th
Sth
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
I.RH. Garnett, D.
D. C. Dejamette, I. D.
Wm. O. Goode, D.
Thos. S. Bocock, D.
Shelton F. Leake, L D.
William Smith, D.
Alex. R. Boteler, K. N.
John T. Harris, L D.
S. Clemens, D.
A. G. Jenkins, D.
H. A. Edmundson, D.
E. S. Martin, L D.
Another instalment of $10,000 has
; been paid towards toe purchase of Mount
: Vernon. Only $30,000 now remains to
... „ • j- i • v 1 store the grounds and make the repairs
ncuitural papers? This periodical is pub- ; ^ nnmr
lished at Columbia, South Carolina, at $1.
per year.
Wheat.
Mr. Robert Russell submitted to our in-
I necessary to arrest toe rapid decay now
going on.
£f?”The Masonic Signet & Journal for
June, has been received. Edited by S.
. Lawrence and W. T. C. Campbell. Print-
spection a sample of White Wheat, raised ^ & R Hulkiter AtlanU> Ga.-
on his plantation, near this village, on Sat- Terms ^ ^ m advance,
unlay Iasi The grain was as fine as we
ever saw.
Dr. Williams laid before ns, on Monday
last, a sample of wheat, of the Red Spring
species, raised by him, and it was as fine
as one could wish.
That is right, fiarmers, feed your lands
and todtivate them well, and they will feed
The steamer John G. Lawton ex
ploded her boiler on the 8th inst, near
Savannah, hilling four persons, and scald
ing many others. Eight passengers are
minting—believed to be killed.
and remunerate yon.
pto will soon see that those who cry the contest—let us see who will win.
pT Correspondents wishing rejected
It is an honorable ! communications returned, will please send
stamps to pay postage.
Democratic Meeting in Allatoona
District
A meeting of the Democratic party of
toe Allatoona District was held in toe
Court House, in said District, on the 11th
instant, to appoint delegates to the county
Convention, to be held at Cassville on toe
first Tuesday in July next, to nominate
candidates to represent this county in the
next Legislature.
William P. Hammond was called to the
Chair and D. H. Teat requested to act as
Secretary.
On motion, the Chair appointed a com
mittee of three, to wit: Jacob McCarty,
A. P. Dodgcn, and Bcnj. Denton, to report
suitable names as delegates to said Con
vention.
The committee reported the names of
John R. Gatt, Wm. F. Clayton, E Moore,
Wm. P. Hammond, and John H. Turner,
which report was adopted.
It was resolved, that should any of the
delegates fail to attend, that those present
should have power to appoint their alter
nates, or to cast the whole vote.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Cassville Stan
dard and Cartersville Express.
The meeting then adjourned.
WM. P. HAMMOND, Chairman.
D. H. Teat, Secretary.
Prizes.
The Editors of the “Medical and Liter
ary Weekly” will award, through a Com
mittee appointed for that purpose, on the
first of October next, to successful com
petitors the following prizes:
For the best original Romance, - - $200
For the best Poein^ Silver Cup
For the best article on Quackery, Silver Cup
For the best Hygienic article, - Silver Cup
For the largest list of subscribers, not less
than 100, ------ - $100
For the next largest list, - - - - $50
For the next largest list $25
Competitors for the Literary and Medi
cal prizes will send in their articles by the
first of September next—the paper to jbe
enveloped by itself, with a motto on the
envelope; the name of the author in an
other envelope bearing the same motto.
The envelopes containing the names will
not be opened until toe awards have been
decided upon.
Competitors for the prizes for the lar
gest list of subscribers can send in their
lists by the first of October, or in install
ments from this date ’till that time, with
their own names appended. The money
must accompany the lists in til cases.
Price of toe Medical and Literary Week
ly, $2 per annum.
Address, Taliaferro & Thomas, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Meanwhile the rest of my division took
up arms, and a battery of artillery (the 6th
of toe 8th Regiment) marched at its head.
Arriving at the bridge thrown across
the brook called Fossagazza, the extreme
limit of our front posts, I caused a section
of artillery to be placed in battery, sup
ported on toe right and left by two battal
ions of toe Eighty-fourth, lining the brook
with their sharpshooters.
During this time the enemy had pushed
ed on from Montebello to Ginestrello, and
having been infonned that he was coming
against me in two columns-one by the high
road, the other along the trainway— I or
dered the left battalion of the 74th to cov
er the causeway at Cascina Nuova, and °f kindly warning, to that which I gave
2 medical colleges, 4 public schools, many
common schools, 3 foundries, 2 dry docks,
2 ship yards, 1 car shop, 1 orphan house,
5 water works, 2 monuments, 2 city clocks,
1 custom house, and many other interes
ting things too tedious to mention. The
first monument was erected to Green and
Pulaski, but not being satisfied with this
arrangement, and the monument only be
ing an ordinary one, the citizens deter
mined to build an elegant one to the hon
or of the Pole Pulaski, who spent his life
blood in Savannah fighting for American
liberty and Independence. On the North
of the monument will be seen Savannah,
October 9, 1779, eagle with open wings,
though not stretched out, and also Pulas
ki falling from his horse in military attire,
which is indeed very impressive. On West
name of Pulaski, South, eagle as on North,
also the words “ Pulaski the heroic Pole,
who fell mortally wounded, fighting for
American liberty at toe siege of Savannah,
9th October, 1779.” In the Northwestern
portion of the city, there is a reservoir
which supplies the whole place with wa
ter for common use. In the morning and
afternoon you may see the citizens spout
ing water ever the streets through the lea
ther hose or tubes made for the purpose,
which is indeed a great thing to lay the
dust and to cool the air. These works cost
I $250,000.
j On Wednesday morning I left Savannah
on the steamer Evefglade for this place,
and arrived here at 4 o’clock next day.—
I struck up with an old friend, formerly
of Cassville, who lives in the interior of
Florida. He gave me many items of toe
country, which, I think, are correct He
lives in Alatchaway, and says they will
have chiOs, yet he continues to live there.
Going down the river from Savannah, I
passed Fort Jackson on the right, went
round the Devil's Elbow, passed Warsaw
or Thunderbolt as it used to be called, on | zation s ociety ^Jle^^ ^ ^ ^ muto respect, Monsieur le Marechti^ your but our means iff defence are exhausted,
Mr Buchanan and Schooling the Af
ricans.
Veritas, an intelligent correspondent of
Washington City, thus explains toe charge
against Pres. Buchanan, for contracting
with the Colonization Society to educate
Africans:
“I have investigated toe aistier thor
oughly, and I assert upon toe author
ity of the President of toe United States,
the Secretary of State, and the Secretary
of toe Treasury, as well as that of Rev.
Dr. Sampson, one of toe members of the
Colonization Society, and one of commit
tee of toe three who waited on the Presi
dent for the purpose of negotiating toe
terms of toe contract that was entered
into between them, that there was not a
dollar of toe amount $150 per head, paid
for the education or schooling of any of
the Echo’s negroes. I will further state,
that the Colonization Society will not ex.
pend one dollar of the amount for that
purpose. They voluntarily agreed to
“cause the children to receive schooling,”
and this they did in the following man
ner: as I learn from a conversation with
the Rev. Dr. Sampson, one of the com
mittee above mentioned. As soon as the
negroes were landed in Liberia (as he says)
toe other battalion to advance along the
right of the road, behind the 84th.
The movement was hardly over when a
brisk fire along the whole line was open
ed between our sharpshooters and those
of the enemy, who was marching upon us,
and supporting his sharpshooters by the
heads of the columns issuing from Gines
trello. The artillery opened fire upon them
successfully, the enemy replying to it.
I then ordered my right to move up to
the front The enemy retired before the
ardor of our troops, but perceiving that I
had only one battalion to the left of the
road, he sent a strong column against it.
Thanks to the vigor and firmness of this
battalion, commanded by Col. Cambriels,
and to some fortunate charges of the Pied
montese cavalry, admirably led on by Gen.
de Sonnaz, the Austrians were obliged to
retire.
At this moment General Blanchard, fol
lowed by the 98th and a battalion of the
91st, (the two others were at Oriolo, where
they have had an engagement,) rejoined
me, and received orders to proceed to the
relief of the battalion of the 74th, charged
with toe defence of the trainway, and to
take up a strong position at Cascina Nu-
ava.
Reassured on this side, I again threw
forward my right, and took, not, without
serious resistance, the position of Gines
trello. Judging, then, that by followin
with the bulk of the infantry and line of
hilltops, and the road with my artillery,
protected by the Piedmontese cavalry, I
should the more easily capture Montebel
lo, I organized my columns of attack un
der General Bouret’s command, in this
way:
The 17th battalion of chasseurs, sup
ported by the 84th and 74th, disposed in
echelons, moved on towards the south side
of Montebello, where the enemy had en
trenched himself.
A hand-to-hand combat then ensiled in
the streets of the village, which had to be
carried, house after house. It was during
this fight that General Bouret was mor
tally wounded by my side.
After an obstinate resistance the Aus
trians were forced to yield to the vigor of
our troops, and although strongly en
trenched in the churchyard, this position
they saw snatched from them at the point
of the bayonet, amid cries of “ Vive l’Em-
pereur!” a thousand times repeated.
It was then half past six. I deemed it
prudent not to push the success of the
day any further, and halted my troops be
hind the rising ground on which the church
yard is situated, covering toe brow and
four guns and numerous sharpshooters-—
who drove back toe last Austrian columns
into Casteggio.
Shortly afta;- this I saw toe Austrian
columns evacuate Casteggio, leaving in it
a rear guard, and they retired along the
Castaisma road.
I cannot adequately praise, M. le Mare
chal, the energy of our troops this day;
all the officers, subalterns and soldiers have
rivalled each other in ardor. Nor will I
forget the officers of my staff who have
ably assisted me.
I shall have the honor of addressing to
you later the names of those who have
particularly distinguished themselves.
I do not yet know the exact amount of
our loss; it is great, especially in superior
officers. I estimate it approximative^ at
600 or 700 men, killed or wounded.
The loss of the enemy must have been
very considerable, to judge from toe num
ber that have been found, especially in the
village of Montebello.
We have made about two hundred
you six months ago.
I will merely call to your attention one
memorable and striking event, so appro
priate to this melancholy occasion, which
the pen of inspiration has left on record,,
doubtless for the encouragement of men
in like unhappy condition with yourself.
When the Savior of the World was nailed
to the cross, there were two malefactors
executed with him, at toe same time and
in the same manner. One of them, as I
am authorized by the sacred narrative to-
say, was doomed to eternal tortures, where
he has been lingering, without hope, for
more than eighteen hundred years. The
other has been for the same length of time,
in the enjoyment of happiness, of which
our finite understanding can form no con
ception.
From what cause, think you, resulted!
this momentous contrast in their destinies ?
Their career in life had been the same;—
marked with the same bloody crimes and:
lawless violence. The mysterj- is all ex
plained by the fact, that the former died
the same bold, reckless, heaven-daring
blasphemer that he had lived, while the
other, by an humble confession of his guilt
and of the justice of his sentence—by
heart-felt repentance, and a prayer of faith
for mercy, obtained the full remission for
all his long black catalogue of crimes, and
the promise of his Savior that he should
be with him that day in Paradise.
Here are two examples, in the most ex
pressive contrast, set before you, and it is
yours now to make the choice. Let ms
most earnestly and kindly entreat you to
choose that which I know your judgment
and your conscience approve, and thus
save your immortal spirit from the yawn
ing jaws of destruction.
Your eternal destiny for weal or woe—
hangs on the few fleeting golden moments
of life yet allowed you. Strive to improve
every one of them ; and may the spirit of
that kind Being, whose mercy is yet great
er than your crimes, awakeyour conscience
and direct you in the path that leads to
endless felicity.
The Sentence of the law is—That you
be taken hence to the common jail of the
county, there to be kept in safe and close
custody, till Friday, the Eighth day of Ju
ly next, ensuing. That on the day and
year aforesaid, between the hours of 10
o'clock in the forenoon and of 2 o’clock in
the afternoon, you be taken thence by the
Sheriff of this county or his lawful depu
ty, to the place of execution, and that yoq
be there hanged by the neck until you are
dead, and may God have miruy on your
soul
{39" -As tiie sentence was about to be
pronounced, N. J. Hammond said in sub
stance :
One word, if the Court please, before
your last duty be performed. John Cobb,
Jr., as was the right underBhr constitu
tion and laws, has been represented by
counsel who taxed all their energies, phys
ical and mental, to save his life. But all
would not do, “Though hand join in hand,
the wicked shall not be unpunished,” and
he stands before us, condemned by a Jury
of his peers as a murderer.
The ordeal through which he has pass
ed, has taught him that “ the way of the
transgressor is hard,” and he is about to
exemplify the fearful truth that “ toe lamp
of the wicked shall be put oat.” This
were sufficiently sad; but in this, as in
most similar cases, other spirits than the
offender's are wounded—“ a foolish son is
the heaviness of his mother.” That heav
iness, to-day, weighs down John Cobb s
mother; and that good mother and his
prisoners, amongst whom a colonel and | two clever sisters, (this community knows
them) now, together, deplore the late which
several officers.
Several tumbrils have also fallen into' they know may not be avoided,
our possessions.
As for myself Monsieur le Marechal, I
am happy that my division has been the
toechildren were distributed among the j ^ en S ! 'S ed with *® enen *T- ^
At tha instance of his father, and in be
half of that mother and those sisters, I ris»
to make a request which would commend
itself to no man more cordially than your
me cuuuren were oisiriuuicu •‘■“"“a ,. , - - i , , , , „ _, , in
different Missionary schools, to be school-! n0QS ba P tlsni ’ wh,cb recMs one of the | Honor. It is, that he be allowed to live
, , i, greatest names of toe empire, will mark, i ag ] on g as may be consistent with a prop-
ed at toe expense of the missionary soci
etal and'notat the expense of the Col- 1 ‘“l* one of the series signalized in the er vindication of toe laws. His counsel
He further assured Emperor’s order of the day. I am, with wou ld do more for him, were ft possihle;
went over the bar into mam ocean about
half past 3 o’clock, P. M. I arrived here
at 4 o’clock this morning. This is the
greatest place for fish I have struck yet
I think that Fernandmo is wonderfully
overrated. I see nothing to build up a
city out at I think toe only thing that
will do it, will be for men of large capital
to coate here and build it op as a whole
sale point It is an isolated point
and only connected to the main land
by railrotd and by shipping so far
me m
President had not paid, nor agreed to pay;
a dollar for the education of those children, j
able and obedient servant, the i and his life is in your hands. Society de-
I Commanding the first division of
FOREY.
mands that life, and you must yield ft up.
And we, his counsel, humbly bow before
that necessity, again urging in behalf of
and that it would take every dollar of the I *** ® ra * corps.
(ho«. innoclits who suffer with the prison-
vide for the time stipulated, exclusive of caunot be below 15,000 to ^ ^nn-red with mercy -
schooling. Dr. Sampson is an eminent dir j 18,000 men; and ifl were to believe the er » thatjusbee be tempered wnnm
vine of the Baptist denomination, equally reports of toe jdMners, it would for ex- i Atlanta Intelligencer.
djgtinguiriied for his learning and piety; j ce *^ *Eis amouat ,
was for years pastor of the “E” Street j ^ A ^ occurred in Columbus on
Baptist Church in this city, and is now ! the 7th inst, destroying warehouses, cot-
President of the Columbia College, 1 ton, Ac., amounting in value to $500,000.
^9“ Mrs- Dunlap, of Albany, Ga., was
killed by lightning on the 3d inst. A
gold chain around her neck was melted.
land, to which you appealed, as was your
right and the duty of your counsel, has
by its solemn judgment, affirmed the de
cision of this Court, and the doom which
I am now to pronounce, is final and irre
vocable.
I have no other, nor better counsel to
offer you on this occasion, than Igave you
before; and I might acquit myself of this
heart-sickening duty, by simply uttering
the sentence which consigns you to the
hands iff toe executioner of the law. But,,
regarding you as a fellow-being, standing
upon the last crumbling sands of life, and.
ready to plunge into an awful and unfath
omable abyss; I cannot, as a Christian
magistrate, forbear adding one last word