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% 88teUg Jfamilji Bttospa^r—0fbotfb to ^imtkrn |ig|ts f literature, Agriculture, joreip anb gorotstic jttos; fc. E. M. KEITH & B. F. BEWNETT, Editors. VOL. 11. « EQUALITY IN THE UNION OB INDEPENDENCE OUT OF IT.’ TERMS—TWO DOLLARS a-yenr, la Advance. CASSVILLE, G-A.., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1859. NO. 25. Easiness Carte. | pkellaitemis. A C. DAY, Tailor, Cassville, Ga.— Shop near his residence—on the same • lot. All work done in good stjfe, and warranted to last. Particular attention given to Cutting. He asks a continuance of the lib eral patronage heretofore bestowed. Cassrille, Ua., Feb. 1st, 1859. E L. BROWN, Attorney at Law, cass rille, Ga.—Will attend prompt 7 / to all * business entrusted to bis care April 14, 1859. p rJ m the London Times, June 11. jnj; Accounts of the Battles of Xa- genta and Marignano. | no less than seven times, reinforcements j engaged in the neighborhood of Magenta, I of the allied troops continually arriving ! upon the field, and, as it would appear, j forming at last a continuous line along the i Lombardy bank of the Ticino, i The battle lasted until half past eight at night, and as we hear nothing of the The letter from the Austrian camp and action of the Austrian guns, we must sup- the French report of the battle of Magen ta, both of which we publish to-day, arc documents for which we need not ask at tention. The first somewhat out of date, is important, as showing how entirely the J OSEPH DUNLAP, Attorney at Law, | Austrians had been deceived by the French, Kingston, Cass county, Ga. Will prac-j how completely they had been outflanked, PolkandPmd^ng" 1 '*^ thest I how little the'y expected the enemy the curing and collection of claims in any portion lnome nt they came upon them, or were Hotc* r0kee Ge ° rK ‘ U ’ ° ffiCC a june S io, 1858° S 1 prepared for the French enterprise of fol- i lowing them across the Ticino. The French B H. LEERE, Attorney at Law, Cass- j account published in the Moniteur entire ville. Ga.—Business entrusted to his ,, • care will meet with prompt and vigilant j ly confirms the view attention, and monies paid over punctually.— OfBc. under Standard office. Feb. 1, 1859. ¥ V. WESTER, Attorney at Law, Calhoun, Gu.—Will practice in all the * counties of the Cherokee Circuit. Par ticular attention will be paid to the collection of claims, and to promptly paying over the money when collected. Nov. 26, 1858. A NDREW n. RICE, Attorney at Law, Cassville, Ga.—Practises in the counties of Cass, Cherokee, Cobb, Catoosa, Gor don, Gilmer, Fannin, Paulding and Whitfield. Prompt attention given to the Collecting busi ness in all of the above named counties. May be found in the office formerly occupied by • J. H. * A. H. Rice. June 17, 1S58. Ik IT J. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, VI Ringgold, Catoosa county, Ga.—Will practice in all the counties of the Cher okee Circuit.—Particular attention paid to the collecting of money, and will promptly pay- over the same when col'ected. Mb. 19, 1858. W OFFORD, CRAWFORD & HOW ARD, Attorneys at Law, Cassville and Cartersville, Ga.—Will faithfully at tend to any business entrusted to their care, in any nf the counties of Upper Georgia. W. T. Wofford, John A. Crawford, Cassville; J. A. Howard, Cartersville. July 28, 1958. E M. KEITH, Attorney at Law, Cass- ville, Ga.—Practices in the counties of • Cass, Cherokee, Gordon, Whitfield and Paulding. All business entrusted to his care will meet with prompt attention. Office north of the public square, in Rice’s building. Nor. 13, 195S. H L. RAY, Attorney at Law, Ellijay, Ga.—Will practice in the counties of • Cass, Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, Dnw- aon, Fannin, Union and Towns. Collecting of debts will receive special attention. March 10, 1859-lv. B RICK MASONRY.—The subscriber will d. any kind of work in his line of business at as low rates as it can be done by anv good workman in the State. As to his abilities as a workman, he refers to anv work done by him. Contracts taken in any part of the State. J. W. FOSTER. Cassrille, June 3d, 185S. M edical notice.—Doct j. t GROVES offers his services to the pub lic. Prompt attention given to all calls, by day or night. Office in the Patton build ing, north-east of the public square. Cassville, Aug. 1, 1858. S B. OATMAN, Atlanta, Ga., Dealer in American, Italian and Egyptian Stn- • tuary, and Tennessee Marble, Monu ments, Tombs, Urns and A ases. Marble Man tels, and Furnishing Marb'e. Jus. Vaughan, Agent, Cassville, Ga. April 22, 185S. 1 0. 0" F.—A regular meeting of Val ley Lodge, No. 4.9, I. O. 0. F., Cassville, • Georgia, will be held every Friday even ing, at 7 o’clock. Transient brethren invited ta attend. By order of the Lodge. R. C. HOOPER, N. G. A. HAIRS, Sec’ry. Jan. 1, 1859. F Jfc A. M.—A regular meeting of Cass ville Lodge, No. 1S6, F. A A. M., wilt « be held on the 1st and 3d Tuesday in every month. The members will take due no tice thereof, and gjvsrn themselves accord ingly. By order of the Lodge. 5a*.. 1,1S59. S. H. DEVORE, Secr’y. ANK AGENCY.—Thos. M. Compton, Cassville, Ga., Agent of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, will sell Ex change on Charleston and New York, make advances on Produce, Ac., and attend to all tbe business usual ly transacted by Bank A- gents. Nor. 18,18a8- tics which led to the battle of Buffalora, and claims the credit which we had alrea dy accorded to the French Emperor of hav ing deceived his enemy by a rapid con centration of force on the French lelt. Itdescribes also the details of embarrass ments which could not occur in the move ment of the personel and baggage of so large an army, along a narrow causeway and over a swollen river, and reproduced in almost similar terms, but with less de scription of the character of the country in which the battle was fought. The cir cumstances related by our correspondent from the allied camp, in the letter .which we published yesterday, gave us the de tails, but the strategic character of the bat tle of Molenga, is, however, now for the first time before ns in an authentic des cription. We already know that General McMa hon had passed the river at Turbigo and repulsed a feeble attack there, made upon him by the Austrians, and we now learn that that General had been strengthened in his position by the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard. The passage of Marshal Canrobert’s Corps d’Armec by the Brig ade at Buffalora, was arranged to corres pond with the late movement which was intended Jo be made by Gen. McMahon. To support this passage, while McMahon, already on the Lombardy side, moved to the attack of the Austrian force posted at Magenta and Buffalora, but whosestrength and position seem to have been underra ted, the Emperor with the Zouaves of his Guard was to force the passage at Bufl'a- lora, supported by the Corps d’Armcc of Canrobert, and by other divisions which were to follow in continuous columns. The force which was to have effected operations at Buffalora did not arrive at the appointed time, and when McMahon s division appeared on the left bank of the Ticino and attacked the Austrians on the Turbigo side of their position, the Empe ror found himself at the head of a smaller number of men than he had anticipated. Canrobert had been delayed, and the Aus trians had —according to the French ac count—found means to concentrate a force of one hundred and twenty-five thousand men at the spot where McMahon was now attacking. The Emperor with the Zouaves of his guard seems to have crossed to McMahon s assistance and an unequal combat of four hours duration ensued. At the end of this terrible period Canrobert came up and but detailed reports on the subject are still wanting. The enemy made no further progress and our army took up a flank po teen hundred killed and wounded, and twelve hundred priseners. The battle lasted nine hours. At eleven o’clock at night a battalion pose that they were very inferior in artil lerv. and were of course at a dreadful dis advantage, while the forty pieces of can non were playing upon them from the rail way embankment. At this hour, we are told, the Austrians withdrew, leaving in the hands of the victors four guns and two flags as the moderate trophies of this ob stinately fought field. The allies were undoubtedly the victors, for they held the field and position; they also had taken seven thousand prisoners, but as some of these were taken in regi ments, and as they are for the most part Hungarians and Italians, it may perhaps be doubted whether the bulk of the Aus trian soldiers now in the hands of the Al lies should be more correctly characteris ed as prisoners or as deserters. The est imate of killed and wounded can hardly be received with perfect confidence, when made so immediately after the bat tle, but if twenty-seven thousand men were really killed, wounded and taken, some of them must have been but lightly armed, for only fifteen thousand muskets were found upon the field. Such is the French account of the battle of Magenta, and its strategic points it is doubtless in the main correct. That it passes lightly over the events of those terrible four hours when the Emperor and his Guard were committed to a contest with superior num bers, is but natural. We must await an Austrian version to supply this deficiency. —That it speaks somewhat indefinitely of French losses was equally to be expected. Wc still require the opportunity of com paring the Austrian with the French ac count or reading the account of an impar tial eye witness, before we can sec the bat tle of Magenta as histdry will write it; in one respect, however, it is honest and can did. There is no flight and no pursuit mentioned or invented. The enemy fought well, suffered grievous losses and with drew. There were none of those borrowing scenes, which followed such battles as those of Austerlitz and Waterloo, which have raged among a crowd of helpless fu gitives, throwing away their arms and shouting for quarters to the pursuing Frenchman or the vengeful Prussian. It is ;i contest where the vanquished fight till night, and then reluctantly yielding the point of honor quietly retire—taking with them their guns and standards, and taking up their position convenient for the prosecution of their predetermined plan of continuous retreat. That object the Austrian commander continues to carry out. He fell back first at Abbiate Grasso. but a short distance from the field of battle, and the French, holding so obstinate an enemy in respect, or, in their turn, pursuing their own form ed plan of tactics, refrained from pursuit, and advanced upon the road to Milan.— Thence the Austrian General retired to Bclgiojaso, imprudently however, neglect ing to call in a force left at Melegnano— neglect which was promptly punished by a French division. Again the Austrians sition between Abbiate Grasso and Biaas-' of Hungarians and Croats, who intended co. The issue of the battle which was to supprise the village, were surrounded going on, being, doubtful, Count Gyulai and defeated. The Times’ correspondent at Vienna says: “The official Austrian bulletin an nouncing the battle of Magenta, produced an indescribable effect at the capital, and ly evacuated. The 5th (Count Stadion’s) the eighth (Baron Von Bonedeck’s) army corps, which were at a considerable dis- tance from the field of battle, were noten- j every one for a moment appeared to be gaged. Numerous French prisoners are i stunned. Military men are indignant that in our hands. The lass on both sides is great, but the exact official returns on the subject are still wanting. The Latest Despatches. Paris, June 10th.—The Moniteur con tains the following telegram from Milan, June 8th, evening. An important popular demonstration has taken place to-day. A great number of the principal citizens assembled to cheer -the Emperor in the Court yard of the Pal ace. The Paris Moniteur’s bulletin of the 10th, concludes with the following sum mary : ‘ “ In five days after our departure from Allessandria, our arqiy has been engaged in three combats, gained one battle and freed Piedmont from the Austrians, who, since the conflict of Montebello, have lost twenty-five thousand in killed and woun ded, ten thousand prisoners, seventeen pieces of cannon, besides which we have picked up on the battle field thirty thous and Austrian knapsacks.” . Turin, June 10.—The Emperor and the King attended mass in the cathedral of Milan, during which a Te Deum was sung. Their majesties subsequently traversed the street on horseback followed by a nu merous staff. The Imperial Guard was drawn up on both sides of the way, and the general enthusiasm was indescriba ble. The Duchess of Parma took her depart ure yesterday, leaving the government of the Duchy to the municipality, and re leasing the troops from their oath of fidel ity to her. The municipality named had despatched a deputation to the King of Sardinia, requesting him to take the gov ernment of the country.' Vienna, Friday, June 10.—The official Austrian, correspondence states that the Austrian army is continuing its retreat beyond the river Adda; that its headquar ters are at or before Cremona. Turin, Tuesday, June 9.—The retreat of the Austrians still continues. The en emy has evacuated Laveno, abandoning their material of war, and taking shelter on board the vessels in the Swiss waters. Berne, Tuesday, June 9th.—Last night six hundred and fifty Austrians quitted Laveno, leaving their provisions behind them, and spiking their guns. The Latest. The London Times’ correspondent says that disapprobation is expressed by the foreign governments, including Russia, at the manner in which affairs are conducted in Tuscany. Seven British ships of war arrived at Naples on the 9th ulL The Paris Bourse was depressed, and prices were lower, closing on Friday at Wonders of the Mississippi. The differences of level between high and low water mark at Cairo is fifty feet; at New Orleans, the difference is hut twelve feet The width and depth of the river from Cairo and Memphis to New Orleans is not materially increased ye immense additions are made to the quail tity of water in the channel by. large streams from both eastern and western sides of the Mississippi. The question naturally arises, What becomes of this vast added volume of water V It certainly does not evaporate; and of course, it is not confined to the channel of the river, for it would rise far above the entire re gion south of us. the finest army Austria ever possessed should have been entrusted to such a bun gler as count Gyulai appears to be. The Armstrong Gnu. The London Times, in describing the extraordinary preparations going forward at the Woolrich arsenal, gives the follow- facts in relation to the celebrated Arm strong gun, which have never before been made public: Each gun is made in aboutjthree feet lengths, and on much the same principle as the twisted gun barrels. Thin bars of the best wrought iron, about two inches broad, are heated to a white heat, and in this state twisted and welded together in spiral rolls round a steel bar or core, smal ler in diameter than the bore of the gun. Over this, when cold, another twist of the same kind is made with the spiral running in a contrary direction, and so, until three or four layers have been put on, according to the calibre of the gun and the thick ness required. Thcfwhole is then reheat ed and welded together for the last time under the steam hammer. The edges of the three feet lengths are next planed down so as to admit their joining and Tap ping over, and over these edges are forced on thick wrought iron rings, which, being welded down with a white heat, of course contracts so as to make the joint almost stronger than if made in one piece. In the breech an opening is cut4fcwn into the chamber; but the breech itself is separate from the gun, and is worked backwards by a powerful screw. When the gun is ino the water of tlm to he loaded, the breech is worked back A young Man Imi “I!ujtoi|fl,?;(thc/jjie _ cut of the Boston Journal, relates the lowing anecdote as illustrating the case with which a young man may te is well as ruined: One of the leading brokers ofNew-York ‘ md a young inan in his eniploy. The vast amount-of money in his hands was a great temptation to him. Small sums were missed day after day; one -quarter, thei fifty cents, then one dollar, then two dol lars. were niissi d. He was charged with the speculation. The broker showed him he could detect the abstraction of the smal lest sum from his money; the young men stammered and confessed. Now, said the If a well is sunk anywhere in the Arkan- j broker, I shall not discharge you, I shall sas bottom water is found as soon as the | no t dishonor you. I intend to keep you water level is reached. When the Mis- j and m akc a man of you. You will be a sissippi goes down, the water sinks accor- ■ vagabond if you go along in this way. - and a wedge shaped piece, fitting into the opening of the gun, lifted out, but not to admit the introduction of the charge,— which is pushed forward with a ramrod at the back, working through the large screw in which the brcecli turns into the chamber, where the rifling begins. The wedge is then replaced, the breech screw ed close by a single turn of a lever handle, and the gun fired. The operation of load ing and firing can be performed, we be lieve three times in one minute. Apart from the simple but effective me chanism of the breech, the great merit of this gun consists in the manner in which it is formed in spirals of metal bands,— which give it such an enormous increase of strength that one-half the thickness of iron can he dispensed with. Thus an or- dinary long 32 pounder weighs 57 cwt, and requires 10 lbs, powder to throw a ball to its utmost effective range, three thou sand yards. Sir W. Armstrong’s thirty- two pounder only weighs 26 cwt, and a charge of 5 lbs. of powder throws its shot 5 1-2 miles or nearly ten thousand yards. In a 32 pounder of this latter kind there Is no less than 40 rifle grooves, having one pitch in ten feet, or making one complete dingly in the well. The owner of a saw mill some twenty miles from the Missis sippi, in Arkansas, dug a well to supply the boilers of his engine, during the late flood. When the waters receded his well went down, his hose would no longer reach the water, and finally his will was dry. He dug a ditch to an adjacent lake to let water into his well; the lake was drained and the well was dry again—hav ing literally drank ten acres of water in jess than a week. The inference is. that the whole valley of the Mississippi, from its banks to the highlands on either side, rests on a porous substratum which ab sorbs the redundant waters, and thus pre vents that degree of accumulation which would long since have swept New Orle ins into the Gulf; hut for thisprovision of na ture, to which alone her safety is attribu table. In fact, if the alluvial bottoms Of the Mississippi, were like the shore of Ohio the vast plain from*Cairo to New Orleans would to day be a part and parcel of the Gulf of Mexico, and this whole valley a vast fresh water arm of the sea. W ere the geological character of the valley dif ferent, the construction of levees, confin. channel, would cause the rise in the river to become so great at the South, that no sufficient levee could be built— The current would be stionger and the accumulation of water greater as the lev- ecs are extended north of us. Such results are reasonably enough an ticipated ; but the water, instead of breaking the levees, permeates the po- iil, and the overflow is really he- j Now let me see no more of this. He went to his work. He did not disappoint tte ernfie’euee placed in him. He did honor ti Ills employer. And the other day he was inducted in one of our barite hi an honorable position, and his employer became Ins bondsman to the amount of $10,000. Had he conducted as sorew. would have done—sent the boy away and proclaimed his dishonor—perhaps he would have ended his days at the State prison, and been sent to his tomb in the garb of a convict. But one young man was rescued from ruin who had teen placed amid the temptations of money, and for a moment was overcome. Cutting Fence Timber. A practical farmer in a communication to the Germantown (Da.).Telegraph, ad vances a peculiar theory in regard to the period for catting timber intended for fences especially for posts. The prevalent opinion in regard to the best time, is when the timber is most free from sap, and the very worst tine is when it contains the most sap. This practical farmer referred to entertains the very opposite opinion.— On one occasion he cut down some excel lent-white oak in the month of February and set it but in fence posts; ana alter this he cut down the same kind of timber in the month of May (when it contained most sap; and set it out into posts alsa The former posts lasted only six years; the latter endured twenty-two years. This correspondent also advocates the cutting of timber for rails about the month of May when it contains most sap. He rous sou, anu me overaow .s •«-, - f timber k€utfor ^ when thesap neath the surface of the swamps. Such f. J ... .v- it seems to us, are the wise provisions of natural laws for the safety and ultimate 61f. 75c. for rents. The Bank of France , twist round the inside in a gun of that has gained £2,000,000 in specie during length. A greater pitch would no doubt the month. I S ivc greater impetus to the shot, but the risk of “stripping” the lead was so great other troops had succeeded in disentang , . ling themselves -from die confusion of Ihc ; *». «“ ' chicked csns,ws r . in the r«, Mclbhon ; •» —»» « P*™ “** , ' „ ,. ., . , i had no intention of resting, and having whose attack from the Turbigo side had . , p- , . , , . -a- _ i now crossed the Adda, and having leltri- been interrupted by a necessity of uniting, , _ his columns, returned to the charge when j ungarrisonc d, they side ™ ble ^ ° f cdThhouD this F lan has been altered, and the he heard the fusillade upon the Buffalora our *=u pursuing their appoint- satisfactory result was obtained without. r , * i a Dresden, June 10th.—Prussian Com missioners, were here yesterday, negotia ting it could not be attempted. The shot used are iron and cylindrical, and at first ting for the transport by railway of con-1 ^ ^ ^ ^ with lead .._ side of the Austrian position. are doubtless still r — — s ■ cd course, and will probably next be heard j ^ ^ The Austrians, who had been for some ^ ^ neighborhood 0 f Peschiera. Upon the whole, the battle of Magenta C ARRIAGE AND BUGGY MAKING : time in superior force and had taken pris- UlIrtKi^iStofitette ”loners and guns frornthrirassailant^du- ^ grcatly alte red the character of prepared to da. any kind of work in his line of ring the attack, and had dm en them back, ^ cam p a ion, and in all probability, if it business in good style and at short notice.— e are not to ld how far, were now in their a Brians would He employs none but good workmen, and is ’. had never been fought the Austrians wouiu confident that all work put up at his estab- 1 turn assailed by a superior or at least an been on tbc 0 ther side of the Adda, TWIT* ““"ti. HOLMES. ,^ ual force ’ and yere hard pressed both gs thev now ^ and the French . I on their centre and left, and compelled to ,,, „ , shot have now only two rings of lead 1-4 , . , ~ - t, j inch thick, and 1 1-2 inches bread, one at The commissioners started for Munich j the shouWer and one at the t^c of the /CARRIAGE AND BLACKSMITH evacuate Buffalora in order to make bead would have been also where they now are, a t Milan. To gain this great battle is an- I rnd“ca^^ inSt McMah ° n attaCk Sf, other glory to the French arms; but to risgna. Baggies, Wsgons, oi anything in his ta. The diversion enabled the peror ^ sucb a battle, and yet conduct the re- line of business. *rK«?MITH’S i to vi S orousl . v resume the offensive, and it t ^ ^ over ^ difficult n„d e .om“o°f n t e he 0f bSt WOOD WORKME^f is an incident of great importancexstima- a country, unmolested and unpursued, is DUronaae he b egs a con- U " S th * future chanCGS ° f the a credit to the Austrian arm, only second timisnce^of the Lune? WoriPwarramSi. j ^ **>««* * Hungarian troops now laid ^ ^ g , ory the Tictory . All those indebted to him for last year s down their arms, under—as it would ap- with a similar object Paris, Saturday, June 11.—Gen. Schamm has been appointed Chief Com mander at the camp at Chalon, where three divisions of cavalry are to be assem bled. Five thousand Austrian prisoners have _ _ arrived at Marseilles. U Shop, G»ssTille,G«., by Wm.Headden._: against McMa hon attacking from Magen- ‘‘jbprXrv to toe' E^nch”aras^ but to Turin, June 10—General Garibaldi H. & prepared to m.ke sod repair Ca^ | * _ the FW™ other . V.. on the 8th, and hav ing learned that 1,500 Austrians were coming from Brescia, sent a detachment to meet them, and though the force sent to meet them was inconsiderable in num- — -v~ .. . - , ^ — - . her, they nevertheless beat the enemy. hyenahor ntfte,'without delay. j P<»r— no very pressing necessity. While ^ Austri&n t h« Battle of) BATTLE OF MARIGSASO. CMWiHaMtettblWS-lr j the Austrians were thus vigorously attack- Verona, June 10.—The Austrian offi S TANDARD JOBOFFICR—TheStwi- ed on both sides, Md were experiencing VreN ^ A Tuesday.—The bnttle fought in! cial bulletin says:—Gen. D’Urban, at dard Office being well supplied with a something very like defection in their "of Waeenta. on the 4th I fianonica. and the 8th corps de armee at tore variety of «?e best kinds ofpnntoiff GenenJ Augur ^ succeeded in the neighborhood of Mapmt* on tfte4® CMomca, and the em corps materius. we are prepared to do all kind* of . - » ^ ... instant, was exceedtnglT fierce and bloody, i Maguanena, were engaged in sanguinary JOB PRINTING intbabeat style of the art, getting forty guns into position upon the , . ^ Bttack (he! firffts. at abort notice, and at low terms. railway embankment which flanked the and last d \ . . . f] nerior forces Particular attention will be paid to tbe i ... r. m , enemv was made in the forenoon, at Tur The enemy m greatly superior forces •Hating of Circulars, Wanks of all kinds, Austrian position. From this he poured ^ ,nd was first directed appears to te advancing from Milan, and nr or dreninrs. diidks oi an t r , ns Waak Nota, Programme*, Hand and 8 how j bjto their masses a destructive fire, which b, K° and ***wi rospectfiiflj'nol.ctt the patronage o.thelmnst have told with fearful effect, and against nubile. All orders most be accompanied with j account for tte great carnage which corps* und _ . .. mm Bs* - - ***** tL-as-i i — ! Meanwhile McMahon had pushed his at- subsequently reinforced y ongaira OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS, successfully and had driven the erv i" the afternoon. iuUThe third^y*rp8«meinto«h<m; own, Village and Conaty in the j thousand Austrians teds do emnhat and thebndgeat _ 1 ^ a™,and muoners. ■ Magenta were softefimes the Austrian army has therefore passed the Adda in good order, and are nearing (he reinforcements in reserve. The cour age of our troops is qpbroken, and they are longing for a decisive battle. Tram, Saturday, June 11.—Private let- TiSage of tare inan Milan, respecting the battle of rma (endoain* £taAg) DlfWEY tco June 3. Box 151 P. O., Philadelphia, Pi- cone. Both these rings are dovetailed, so to speak, into the iron shot, so as to leave one-tenth of an inch to fit the rifling.— Thus, when the cartridge is ignited the ball is forced forward from tte chamber into the narrow hare, which it fills so close ly, being actually too large for it, that there is no windage whatever, and every portion of the explosive force is applied to projecting the ball Tte gun on which the government experimented for months at Shoeburyness before adopting it, was actually fired three thousand five hundred times, and yet is now as serviceable as tte day it left the foundry. So perfect is tte weapon as%> accuracy that it is said that at four thousand yards a target ten feet square could be hit ninety times out of one hundred by a good artilleryman. Two DATS’ wore at Magesta.—The two days’ battle at Magenta swept from existence and placed kortdu combat more than twice the standing army of the Uni ted States. The whole regular army of the Union numbered, on the 1st of Jan uary last, twelve thousand nine hundred and forty three men, of all rente, from general officers down to primtae. Mak ing every allowance for exaggeration, the looses an both sides must hare been be tween twenty-five and thirty thousand. JVer Yari Post. is running the bark then strips off and the rails made immediately, they will last one fourth longer than if cut at any other time and have tho hark left on. The inside hark of the wood is the first to decay and rot: being of a porous nature it contains air and water which carry the process of decay into the wood. When tte bark is peeled off, the sap soon dries and pre vents decay. All experience goes to prove that the bark should always be peeled from chestnut or other rails in order to render them durable; this is well known to every farmer, but will hardly be con ceded that the best time for cutting rail timber is when it contains most free sap. This is a practical question however which can only be decided hv experiments, and it is one of no small importance, as a vast outlay is caused annually for repair of decayed fences.—Scientific American. Mons Blondin Aga n—The Cable Se cured. The Niagara Falls Qazstte, of the 14th, says: “The arrangements for the performance of the great feat of walking across Niagara river on a tightrope arencarly completed. There can he no doubt now that Mom. Blondin will make the attempt, and thoso who know him best have no doubt of his ability to succeed. \Ye learn tliat Messrs. Fassett & &e: l.ntn have ordered the nec essary amount of rope—about one thou sand feet of cable and twenty-six thousand ^ _ feet of smaller guy rope—which will prob- the bank near the water’s edge—a long j ably he here from New York by \\ ednes- distance over the boiling rapids as all our J day or Thursday ofthis week. It is to be readers knowwho are acquainted with the i manufactured cxprissly for this purpose, locality. A bystander was amazed, and | The cable will be put across about half offered a bet, which was accepted, and! way between the lalls and Suspension Blondin in his ordinary dress, descended j Bridge—near lute's Pleasure Grounds, tte rope, and came up, smoking his cigar j It will liavc guys extending to the banks in the meantime with as much sangfroid j in various places to keep it s'cady. Tte as if he were sitting in a saloon. A mar. for the ne who can perform such a feat, at a place, reclaimation of the rich country south of us.—Memphis Ara/nuche. Mona. Blondin, the Dope Walker. Daring feat of walking down on the Guys to the Suspension Bridge. Several days ago Mons. Blondin, the cel ebrated tight rope performer, called on us with his agent, Mr. Colcord, and informed us of his intention, if sufficient inducement were offered, to extend a rope from the Eastern point of Goat's Island across t.ie river to the Canada side, and perform the wonderful feat of crossing the same. These gentlemen have conferred with several of our citizens, and also witlrthc Central Railway Company. The expense of pro curing such a rope as will be required will be large, and should be shared by the Railroad and others, who are sure to be peculiarly benefitted by such a wonderful exhibition. Messrs. Yibbard, Gray and Collamer, of the Central Railroad, were here on Wednesday, but before coming to any definite conclusion in the matter are to consult Mr. Corning. We under stand the rope will lie produced in New York. Mr. Colcord now informs us that he has no reason to doubt that .the exhi bition will come off by tho 15tli inst. The thing can be done—Mons. Blondin has given sufficient proof of that. Being down at the Suspension Bridge one day, he spoke of descending one of the wire rope guys extending from the Bridge to where to foil would be certain death, has a right to confidently assert his ability to cross a river where be could swim and be relieved by hosts in ease he should fall.— He has exhibited his agility in this line in Pam and elsewhere, and thus established a reputation as one of the greatest tight rope performers in the world. The nagsMstions with the Central are exported to te oondndadop Monday.— We shall refer to the matter as it progress- of the Suspension performance as stated to us, with- for Its troth.— : ly disputed that it' day has not '-ecn fixed for the perform ance of this wonderful feat, but will ho announced as soon as determined. Tte adventure will eclipse anything ever par- formed in this region, except, perhaps, the famous leap of Sam Patch, and will, of course, attract an immense number of people.” The way the body of the railroad condae- •4iir, drowned in Shrewboiy, Yt, pond, some days ago, was found, was thus : Some quicksilver was put m a losfnf brows bread, and I be latter placed is the water; im mediately it suited off-tike a live animal, Bff> ainst a strong current of wind end wavee, and C ocot as feet as use men who followed it omM row a boat, (ill it came to .where thebedy warn found, which was 80 under water and there