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grape. Another seemed to be broiling,
as if in mockery of the grim warrior's ap
proach. Some were lying upon their
backs, with faces turned toward Heaven,
and prayers stiil seeming to linger upon
their Ii]n<.
Further on, there was a Hungarian,
who had thrust his clothes into a ghastly
Wound near the heart At his left was a
Tyrolese, with his uhused cartridge be
tween his teeth. To the right, a Croat
had his head cut off by a ball, and his
head was by his side, with its horrible j
eyes, glaring and lcrring, as it seemed, at j
the dismembered body.
crys , , • . ! chcelc by jowl with Banks, Parker and Bur-; sire more information, the agent would j
(LOT : imgame. Has it come to this, that the sen- ; take pleasure in affording it by letter, or'
n . tirw.1 (’ o who rives the a- would take the first oDDortunitv to see.
The Primary Class showed unusual
proficiency for pupils of their age, and
would take the first opportunity to see, , convinced us that they had not, as is
personally, the correspondent, and afford too often the case in high schools, been
tir.el on the watchtower, who gives the a-
, Ianu in time of danger, is to be beheaded ?
' Are the people of Georgia, we ask, thus him an opportunity to make all enquiry, neglected for the sake of advancing more
' to be led astray? We trow not; and think j It would afford me much pleasure to re-I rapidly the larger scholars. We were
Motives for Peace.
leaves Venice to Austria as the priccof
The armistice, which took the world her ready submission. The Romans ma
by surprise on Friday, was agreed to by complain, and the newspapers may re
the two principals without the interven- Blind him of his promise that Italy should
tion of their ministers, and it is not im- liberated from the Alps to the Adriat
possible that even the outline of a peace ic 5 but a few specious stipulations would
Balloons in Battle.
The London Times has ths’following;
The Emperor of Austria makes up his j -
mind to do a remarkably line piece of j
Louis Quartoze strategy, lie executes
(In elaborate piece of old fashic ned decep
tion, crossing the Mincio with his whole
force, and recrossing it with his two hun
dred thousand men, and fixing the con
templated surprise of the cneni)- at nine
o’ clock in the morning. The Emperor |
of the French, representing the juvenile j
irregular school in the most ungentleman-;
like manner refuses to be surprised.— j
Having recourse to a new-fangled expedi- ;
ent which no trustworthy veteran who j
can count his seventy years of military j
experience, would condescend to use, he j
sends a man up in a balloon; and. at the j
expense of a few yards of silk and a few j.
square feet of gas, is told the exact posi- j •
tion of all those masses which are drawn j c
up so scientifically out of his sight with j
the intention of surprising him at the j
comfortable, leisurely hour of 9 a. m.—
The man of his time—the clever, active,
shrewd nothing-contemning adventurer
of the nineteenth century, by dint of tins
small contrivance, becomes master of the
position. Ho knows what is going to
happen and where his enemy is, and how-
many he is. and while the heavy, self
complacent Austrian is chuckling at the
surprise that is to come off a t 9 a. in. he
attacks at daybreak, choosing his own
time and point of attack, remains master
of the field. The Millie rifle preserved
India to England; the rifled cannon won
Montebello and Magenta for the French ;
and to the same arm, -combined with that
much ridiculed balloon reconnoisanee,
the French owe it that Solferino was a
French victor)’-, and that Napoleon III. is
now before Verona. The lesson to us is j
all important.
Tub Ati.antic and tub Mbditekanean.
—The Bay of Biscay and the Medi terra
THURSDAY MORNING,
AUGUST 4, 1859.
: that ourfricndsofihe/Wera? Union soun- ! ccive aid in this way—not because lam forcibly struck with the manner in which may be settled in the same unceremonious fulfil this promise to the ear, and the Em
i ded the wrong note'when they thus assail-; unwilling to travel for it, but because 11 the small pupils would analyze the most imanner. It is a course of proceeding peror of the French, in answer to every
cd our Senator for his Southern Rights { have but a few months to devote to this j difficult sentences in English Grammar, which offers'great advantages to the more cavil, might show to his own people and
notions ; and ask “ whether the author of work, and wish to make the most of them; not only' in parsing and applying the sagacious and the stronger of the two ne-! to the world two first-rate European p ow .
such a production, is a proper person to ! and because it would save expense to the j rules correctly, but in giving a reason I gotiators. The armistice was the result of j cr s who had been his enemies, and are
| promptly for every principle and rule a letter from the Emperor of the French, | n ow his friends; he might point to Russia
V I ’ used. ’nmlra courteous reply from the Emperor | an< l Austria, both humbled and both spar
The same may be said of the Primary I 0 f Austria ; but the public mind, excited
Classes in other studies, especially in ar- j by the sudden cessation of the great din
ithmetic. It evinced remarkable thorough- j 0 f war, is still anxiously asking for or im-
DEMOCIt ATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOB GOVERNOR,
Hon. Joseph E. Brown,
OF CHEROKEE.
FOR CONGRESS,
J. W. H. Underwood,
OF FLOYD.
FOR SENATOR,
COL. MARK JOHNSTON.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
THOS J. WOFFORD,
DR. JNO^C SIMS.
represent the State of Georgia in the Uni
ted States Senate.” We think the ides of
October will prove that the honest yeo-
j manry of Georgia do and will still endorse
i these Southern Rights principles.
Cassville Cornet Band.
< This recently organised Band is making
I rapid progress in the way of music. Suc-
i cess to them, we say; Cassville will no
! longer have to send abroad for music on
| her festive occasions. The following gen-
tlemen compose the Band: Thos. A. AYord,
' deader) B. F. Bennett, Rob’t. Kantrowitz,
William D. Burris, John AY. Dilleshaw,
James C. Jones, A. C. Day, AA r . C. Gaines,
James \V. Christian, Theodore Goldsmith,
and John F. Milhollin.
If these gentlemen do not make music
it will be because there is no music in brass
horns. Two of them, Messrs. Word and
Jones, can make music on anything. The
latter gentleman has just joined the Band;
he has the advantage of the others—he
has nothing to learn ; in fact he is one of
the best Trombonists in the country. AVe
must be excused for individualizing; while
all of the members of the Band have a good
College.
AVith your permission, Mr. Editor,
may wish to say more in regard to this
College enterprise, at some future day.
Respectfully, D. G. DANIELL,
Agent Cherokee Baptist College.
The Navies of the World.
In a work, with the above title, just pub
lished in London, we find the following re
lative importance of the navies of the mar
itime nations of Europe and America;
ness, both in the solution of problems and ! agining occult causes and dramatic inci-
intheexpositionoftheprinciples by which j dents in so unexpected an event The
they were solved. To test their knowledge t cause is undoubtedly a conviction in the
of the principles, examples outside of the | mind of the Empft-or that a suspension of
u;xt book were -given them, which they ! hostilities is fit this moment of time, very
■ convenient and very expedient to himself.
solved almost instantaneously.
Indeed, we may say, that not only the With this conviction it was not difficult
On the first of April, 1859, England had i primary, but also the higher classes show- j to find a means of opening a correspond-
221 sailing vessels, 530 steam vessels; in i ed unusual proficiency in mathematics.— j e nce. Louis Napoleon accordingly wrote
all 751, from a ship of the line down to a | But the space allotted to such a report, to Francis Joseph, regretting the necessi-
naval yacht. Mr. Busk, the author of the j forbids our noticing each class separately, ty he found himself under of bombarding
work referred to, informs us that there are ! Suffice to say, all did well—very well.
TO THOSE IN ARREARS.
After the Fifteenth of August next The j dc S reeof musiraltalent, they will acknowl-
Standard will not be sent to any subscri
ber out of Cass county who owes for more
than one year’s subscription; all who wish
the paper continued will please take due
1 edge what we have said is true.
Tourists.
A few days since we were startled by
the sound of the Banjo, and on arriving
notice thereof and govern themselves ac-, we beheld a cavalcade of young gentle-
cordingly. The paper will not be sent to , men starting on a tour Northward. The
any new subscriber, who lives out of the ; music was good, and from the material in
county, unless paid for in advance. Terms the crowd we have no doubt that they will
—Two Dollars. The accounts of all those • have a pleasant and lively time of it. AYc
whose papers arc discontinued will be
collected by law, forthwith.
July 21, 1859.
& fe k b Is h b a b
j Senator Iverson's Griffin Speech.
This speech of lion. Alfred Iverson, one
| of our Senators in Congress, we have read
! with much pleasure and information.—
; AA'hile we do not concur with all his views,
wc nevertheless admire its composition,
clear and lucid arguments. It contains a
i very correct history of the controversy on
nean are to be united and 1,200 miles to the question of slavery, and the unpleas-
be saved l>y a great canal through the in- ; ant questions that have arisen out of its
tenor of Spain. Startling as this an-, agitation. The subject of slavery, eonr.ee-
nouncement may be at first to our readers ted as it is, with the doctrine of the rights
it is nevertheless true. The project h:is 'of the States, is the principal theme of his
received the sanction of the government discourse, and which may, in truth, be said
of Spain, and the Queen, by her royal ; ! to be the only one of contention between
proclamation of March 29, 1859,has grant- j the North jnd the South. The tenor of
ed to its projector, Mr. Charles Boyd, of j his speech breathes, throughout, a devotion
Barnes, Surrey, two years to make the j to the interests of the South in the Union,
nocccssary preparations for carrying it in- ! if they can be maintained, and if not equal-
to effect. The gigantic work, which is j ity and independence out of it, which
designed for the purpose of shortening | should commend it to every true Southern
the passage of shipping to and from the j man ; and plants himself on this question,
Mediterranean and the ports of Northern j where every true Georgian should sustain
Europe more than 1,000 miles, will-he285 j him : “Slavery must be maintained—in
miles in length, 340 feet wide, and 30 feet j the Union if possible—out of it if neees-
deep—available for vessels of the largest j gartj—peaceably if icc can—forcibly if tee
and most unprecedented dimensions. It j must." AA’e have no thought that any one
will commence at Bilboa, on the coast of, South, at this time, will question the po-
Biscay, and, proceeding through the Can- ‘ sition that the general government is one
tabrian mountains, and the valley of Ebro J of limited powers, and that the remainder
anil passing by Saragossa and Estclla, will ' of the powers, not so entrusted, is vested
foil'into the Mediterranean at the Bay ol | in the people of the several sovereign
A1foqu.es, in Catalonia. The cost of the States of the Confederacy. That there has
enterprise has not yet been ascertained, been such a time wc know, but opinions
but it is almost certain that a large por- j anil circumstances are changed, and now
wish wc could have been along to enjoy
the cool breezes of the mountains, drink
its lytnpid waters —we would have relish
ed it.
Lightning.
On Friday last there was a heavy thun
der shower at this- place, and we do not
know when we have seen mbre vivid flash
es of lightning, or a heavier rain. A large
| oak tree was stricken in the Court House
square without doing any damage howev
er except to the tree, which we hope it
will hot kill, andcansingsomeoftheb’hoys
who were in close proximity to feel weak
in the knees..
43 sailing ships of the line, and in a note '
he tells us that a majority of these vast
monsters “ are of very little use, not above
13 or 15 being effective.” Of the 58 sail
ing frigates, Mr. Busk says that “not more
than 14 or 16 ran be regarded as servicea
ble.”
The French navy has 180 sailing ves
sels of all denominations, carrying 2,922
guns, and 265 war steamers, with an ag
gregate power of 77,820 horses, and car
rying 5,500 guns. In these statistics we
judge that mere store-ships and vessels of
burden are not enumerated. When we
read these statements from Mr. Busk we
happened to have by us the report of the
French navy -for 1841. Its comparison
will give us an idea of the immense strides
France has made in her marine arm of de
fence. There were at that time in active
service 86 sailing men-of-war (including
all from ships of the line down to cutters
and flotilla craft, some of them of very
small size,) 14 store-ships—and 30 steam
ers (with an aggregate of 1,490 horses)—
At the conclusion of the examination,
the Second Latin Class presented Profes
sor Stevens with an elegant silver Goblet
as a testimony of their regard and high
appreciation as a teacher. To which he
responded in a graceful and happy man
ner.
After the presentation, Rev. R. B. Mc
Mullen, D. D., President of Stewart Col
lege, Clarksville, Tennessee, made a brief
address, in which he expressed himself
highly gratified with the examination.
Thursday was commencement day. A
large concourse of people were in attend
ance, filling the new Presbyterian Church
in which the Commencement exercises
were held, almost.to overflowing. After
prayer and music by the choir, the Pres
ident of the College proceeded to read the
compositions of the graduating class, in
alphabetical order, to wit:
Miss Caroline C. Anderson, Chattooga
county Ga.,—“Folly of striving to Please
all.” Miss Margaret J. Riley, Rome, Ga.,
“AYorth Makes the Man.” Miss Martha
The Weather, Crops, &s.
During the last few days wc have had
very pleasant nights and days; with re
freshing showers of rain. The wheat crop
is fully garnered, and our farmers say their
corn and cotton crops arc promising. The
corn crop is so far advanced that a drought
now would not materially injure it.
“Washington Club.”
A new society of this name has been or
ganised in our town. The objects of the-
society are the improvement of its mem
bers in debate and literature. AA'e wish
them success, and we have no doubt they
will do much good, as their Constitution
is one well framed.
Saleday.
Tuesday last was saleday, and quite a
number of the people turned out, as well
as the candidates. Very little property
was sold by the Sheaiff. Polities were the
topics of the day, and electioneering to any
extent.
The Southern Cultivator.
The August number of this Agricultur
al) of the expenses will be borne by the ! public opinion has reasoned upon it as be
Spanish government, and consequently a comes an intelligent and enligntened com- J a] per ; odic ^ is now on our table. The con-
comparative small amount of capital will niunity. and the question of the reserved i tentg 0 f this fully sustain its previous ex-
bc raised in England, while the revenues rights of the States has been settled by a ! pectation xjo farmer in Georgia should
arising from the tolls upon shipping will power that none can question—the people |>c witbout d p,.; ce on jy $i pe r annum.
themselves. |
On the preservation of this principle, The Federal Union of the 2nd inst
and its maintenance by the people or the says that $40,000 have been paid into the
South, depend the preservation of our State Treasury as nett earnings of the
rights, and the equilibrium of our system AA'estern & Atlantic Railroad for the
be immense.
Price of Slaves.—In response to the
many inquires made by persons at a dis
tance. as to the prices that s'avos are
commanding in this market, wc publish
the. annexed statement, furnished by. reli
able authority:
No. 1 men, 20 to 26 years old from $1,
450 to $1,500. N . . . .
... M ,, ted and given to the general government
Best grown girls, 17 to 20 years old, , 6 . .
of government. The one cannot be over
ruled without disturbing the entire. The
! Constitution of the United States enumer
ates and specifies what powers are dclega-
month of Julv.
from $1,276 to $1,326.
Girls from 15 to 17 years old, $1,150.
to $1,250.
Girls'from 12 to 15 years old, $1,000
to $1,100.
. Boys from 15 to *17 years old, $1,250
to $1,375.
[communicated.]
Correction.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 1, 1859.
Editors of Cassville Standard:
• Gentlemen: I qut the following from
total 130 vessels. To them must be added ! B. Spullock, Rome, Ga.,—“Palestine and
its Associations.” Miss Lou A. Under
wood Rome Ga.,—“The Fate of Pompeii.”
The essays, though they lacked the fas
cination which the young ladies would
have thrown around them, by reading
themselves, were of a high order of excel
lence-sparkling gems, which presage for
the fair authoresses a bright future.
After the reading of the compositions,
Rev. AYiLi. M. Crumley delivered the An-
and what arc reserved to the States, in
such plain terms, that he who runs may
read and understand. On this point Sen- 1 an a £ cl ° l " ^ ^ =
. r . . . j . 44 We learn that the fund of ten thou-
ator Iverson is correct, in our judgment; sand do „ ars proposed by CoL Ak ;„ to ^
and has been consistent. raised for the education of poor young
Senator Iverson takes the further posi- men in the Male College, has been secur-
tion that the election of a Black Republi- cd. 7
Now this would be very good news in-
a reserve of 21 sailing vessels and 3 steam
ers ; 9 of which were disposable in road
stead and 16 in commission in port. In
1854 the steam power was only equal
to 28,750 horses, and thus we see that in
five years this important part of the French
naval service has more than doubled. It
is more than probable that in an equal
number of English and French men-of-war
taken at random from each marine, we
should find those of the French navy su
perion in equipage to those of the English.
But on the other hand, an equal number
of French and English sailors and marines
compared would prove the superiority of
the English.
AA'e have prepared the following table
of the navies of the world according to thei r
respective rank, premising that where the
number of vessels of one nation is greater
than those of another, we give the prece
dence to that one which has the' greatest
number of guns; and that whenever wc
can, wc distinguish between sailing ves
sels and steamers.
Sailing Vessels. Steamers. Total.
England 221 530 751
France ISO 265 445
Russia 5 85 73 158
Holland 123 Guns. 18 18
Denmark 10'” 948 110 120
Spain 45 8S7 37 82
Naples 74 852 14 98
Austria 852 135
Sardinia 456 29
Sweden, 407 (gun beats) 143
Portugal . 31 262 6 37
Prussia 265 55
Turkey 49
Greece 26
United States! 43 27 75
Brazil 27 15 42
Peru 15
Chili ..... 5
*Russia has, in addition, a considerable
number of steam gun boats,- as well as row
boats of the same denomination.
tThe No.- of vessels belonging to the U.
S. is extracted from the Amer ican Alma
nac for 1859, which gives the list up to
November 1st, 1858. It Is to be observed,
however, that in the No. of sailing vessels
four ships of the line are used as “receiv
ing ships,” and some vessels arc very an
cient. lYc have included in the steamers
two small steam tenders.
j A’enice. Everything was prepared, the
' fleet was quite ready to begin, but the
tender heart of the French Emperor could
not bear the emotion which the possibili
ty of damage to that beautiful city caused
him. For himself, his most earnest desire
was to spare that interesting monument
of mediaeval civilization. He put it to his
Imperial enemy—Could nothing be done
to avert this dire necessity ? This was a
respectable excuse for an overture from the
victor, and it was at the same time a de
cent pretext to the vanquished. To Fran
cis Joseph it must have come like water
to a wounded soldier. It came at a mo
ment when he had no longer any confi
dence in his army, and when his army-
had no confidence in him. He could not
sue for peace and hold his throne ; but a
truce is a different thing. Truces are
merely military arrangements, which are
sometimes followed by a renewal of war,
as they were in 1813 and 1849, when they
served as a point to make the change
from Austrian defeats to Austrian victo
ries. A truce was salvation to Francis
Rome Female College.
retort of the visiting committee.
To the Trustees—Gentlemen:—The
Board of Visitors appointed by your bo-
Joseph. lie accepted it with a coyness
that ill masked his delight, and with an
attention to appearances which Napoleon,
with future objects in his head, might not
be sorry to humor.
There are reasons lying upon the sur
face why the Emperor of the French
should desire to close the first chapter of
his military career. The campaign is com
plete and unquonchcd in its success. The
Austrians had invaded the territory of his
nual Address. It was one of those rare „ :d iy. Louis Napoleon has chased them
productions that combined in it wit, fun
and good sense. It sparkled with many
a gem of moral, religious and intellectual
worth.
Thursday night the young ladies gave
a Concert at City Hall. The house was
crowded to overflb.ving. The music was
well selected and exquisitely executed.—
It wits a rich feast of sweet melody.
Thus ended the Commencement exer
cises. In conclusion, we would bespeak
for the College a liberal patronage. It
has a healthy and delightful location on
the highest of the “Seven Hills,” where it
commands a most beautiful prospect. It
is fumishad with a respectable library,
and an apparatus, philosophicafaud chem
ical, and has an able corps of tificheis.—
Then let the friends of female education
rally to its support and make it an insti
tution to which the daughters from all
our borders can repair with as honest a
pride as did the States of Greece to their
Olympia or the chosen tribes to Mount
Zion. D. SCOTT,
J. F. MORTON,
J. AY AVOFFORD,
J. B. UNDERAVFOD,
J. M. HAMILTON,
J. T. AVORD,
Board of Visitors.
Additional by the Europa.
Napoleon had expected to Teach Paris
on the 18th ult., when further details
would be afforded. In his address to the
soldiers, he says that peace was concluded
because the contest was about to assume
proportions, which were no longer in keep
ing with the interest which France had
in the war.
The Emperor of Austria was on his
way*to Vienna. He says, in his order of
the day that he yielded on account of his
unfavorable position; and because his nat
ural allies did not come to his assistance
as he expected they would.
Count Cavour is reported to have re-
out, and has retaliated their invasion. The
Germans had declared throughout all
their non-official organs tiiat they would
come to Austria’s assistance immediately
the French crossed the Mincio. Louis
Napoleon struck a great blow, and then
passed the Mincio in complete tranquility.
Lie has done all that lie desired, lie has
shown Austria that she is at his mercy,
and Prussia that he is very far from fear
ing her. Much more than this ; he has
sent Austrian standards to Paris, and has
gained victories at the head of a French
army. In all his previous history he
never could be sure of the soldiery, lor he
had not shown himself a soldier ; now he
is safe in this respect. AVhat more natu
ral than that the Emperor should desire
to go back to Pal is, and wear his laurels
while they yet are green ? Surely this is
better than risking a reverse in that ill-
famed Quadrilateral! A thousand things
might happen. The pestilent marshes ol
the Mincio are rife in autumn fevers, and
one of these might prove more fatal than
a battle. Why should he wait to break
his teeth against those solid stone walls ;
He hxs ridden his fox to earth after a
splendid run, almost without a check ; it
is scarcely worth bis while to wait and
dig him out. So thinks the Emperor, lie
leaves that trusty old earth-stopper, Mar
shal A'aiiant, on the watch, anil, with a
whoop to his hounds, he turns his horse’s
head, and is off home to Paris.
AA'e have stated what are, we think,
obvious reasons why both Emperors
should agree to the armistice, so soon as
the first difficulty of proposing it was .got
over. It appears to us, however, that
these reasons are no less cogent to pre
vent a recurrence of hostilities, and that
there arc others of still greater import
which favor the hopes of peace. At pres
ent the Emperor of the French has not
seriously embroiled himself with his cler
gy, but tBc steps which he must next
— spar
ed. AVe think all these considerations
counsel peace. Depend upon it, Louis
Napoleon has not given a respite to Fran
cis Joseph merely that the latter may buy
rifled cannon and bring down his reserve
from Austria; and Francis Joseph has not
accepted this boon with no other hope
than that bis bristling quadrangle shall
be taken a few months later, and that
Hungary may have time to play her part
in the confusion.
\Ye have seen enough of Louis Napole
on’s military policy to note that he runs
his races in short heats. He hxs learnt
that France likes war, but that a war to
be popular in France must be short and
successful. Unless Austria should be so
unreasonable as to insist on retaining
Lombardy and refuse to withdraw from
further intermeddling in Italy—an obsti
nacy which we cannot imagine, for it
would amount to judicial blindness—we
do not anticipate any more deeds of arms
on the Mincio. The army of Italy has
gathered its laurels and may be intent.
The army of the Rhine is not yet fully
mustered; when brought into position it
will—as we shall be duly informed in the
Monitcur—only be there to check any
ambitious enterprise on the part of Prus
sia against the integrity of the French
Empire.—London Times, July 9th.
„ ' ,, , on I can'President-in 1860, should be a cause Now th.s would be ve-ygood news m- ooaru 01 v isiiors appoinum oy your ^ tprniq wh , . |hr bave taken, if the war had proceeded,
Best P ough boys 1, to .0 years old $1, dissolution of the union. AVe deed, but for one unfortunate drawback- dy to attend the Examination and Com signed on »«onnt <> f the; tero.s^ ^h d JP unfim)r .
m »n fil.-Ma. p * - — - - - ..... 5 r —not I mencement Exercises of the Rome Female peace was obtained, being unsatisfactory ^ 2
10 . ._ ii *i mn could hope for nothing in that event,
Boys from 12 to lo years old. $1,100 ^ * ; i „i
to $,1,200.
T Likely families, and also boys and girls,
command high prices; as there are sev
eral gentlemen in market who arc pur
chasing for their own plantations in the
South.—Richmond Dispatch.
it is not true ; and I am sorry it is
far as our interests are concerned, and Perhaps some person, thinking , the pro-1 College, submit the following brief Re-, to him
Camels in Texas.
A correspondent of the Charleston Cou
rier, gives the following particulars rela
tive to the Camel, an animal which seems
likely to be used extensively in this coun
try ;
You may remember the prophecies of
failure made when the AA'ar Department
experimented in the menagerie business,
and put into practical operation the first
line of the old song, “ The Campbells are
coming.” The doubters added in chorus,
“ oho ! oho !” but the chorus was chang
ed when the camels, after a successful o
cean vryage walked from Matagorda Bay,
in Texas, to Camp Verde, above San An
tonio, and proved so useful in transporting
heavy freights for the troops, that the
Quartermaster’s department began to sneer
at horses, and actually to turn up their
noses at “ mules.”
A friend of mine, who saw the camels
several tinresvit Camp A'erde—a most beau
tiful spot—has often made me laugh in de
scribing the wonder of the Indians and
Mexicans, who happened in from scores ol
miles around, to set the monsters that Lot
Americanos had brought down from the
skies, (so they were told by the mischiev
ous officers) and their sudden flight, in ut
ter dismay when the Arab drivers put the
camels to a trot and charged on the red
skins as if to trample them down and de
stroy them utterly.
Shortly after the illustrious and hand
some beasts had reached the camp, the in
terpreter dragoman, a Greek, died from a
sudden fever. He was much liked by the
officers and soldiers, and large numbers of
the Arabs under his command were over
whelmed with grief. lie was their friend,
their benefactor ; he alone could tell their
wants and wishes to the stranger people
they had come amongst; it was his per
suasion that had led them so far from their
native desert. They mourned for him long,
and at night, gathered around their fires,
could be heard by the silent sentinel
chaunting wild, melancholy strains in
which the poor Greek’s name frequently
occurred.
He left hislittle personal effects in charge
of the commanding officer, with a request
to forward them to his mother in Greece.
A minature, representing a lovely female
face, he gave directions to send to the fam
ily of a Greek merchant in one of the ports
of Asia Minor. The portrait was that of
his betrothed, whom he was to have mar
ried on his return from his engagement in
Texas. The unfortunate young man’s re
quests were scrupulously carried out, and
the untimely fate of the handsome, dash
ing, good humored Greek is still often
spoken ofj in sympathetic terms, by the
officers of the army and their families, at
San Antonio.
A number of these same camels, as yon
. may remember, afterwards went with a
ably upon his relations with Rome. He i ^jiitary exploring expedition from San
Letters from Paris denote much discon- j liai5 not 3' et committed himself to the task ; An t 0n j 0 j 0 California, via El Paso and the
would certainly have to commence to place ject so very reasonable, praiseworthy and ; port.
- our house i„ ,o die tat to accomplished, ho, .pohen «, | Oh .c-c, o,o„„„ e Austrian'influence is still sudered to ' w * s ht mid ihe boor rcas appoioted « ' Jeq, ca.«™ aod ..ee^ ».«nlai W -Mr
hve- Sometime wc are told are are weak, conlideotly of _.U success a, mdo» ,rf dm ser^L atrf which he was to thr.tr ,t War * H -7 -
On Tuesday morning the examination 1 tent concoring the terms of the peace, and j of reuduuonmiig Hungary, but the torch j gold eormtry, tmersirg the xml plains.
it may be; but our cotton is a bulwark im some one else, by an easy transition, to ' continued till late AYednesday evening.-
pregnable to teod. aud when piled on our !“ j offcpeS, lilhm prince, who 4e con- j stun not impossible to .pernf and if it i, j ^ returned T„.
wharves, would prove as certain a peace- m this way ttie mistake has occurred. 1 s perfectly sausuewry, nmecuu gvtwu ^ „ f , i..v.,rv «rh,Vh vou would eniov now ! . . . u „«h.
The Paris Siecle calls for the expulsion expensive, and even thirty m 'fi' ons ' s a the other accompanying beasts of burthen.
Popular Errors Corrected.—That the fill escort from the Union as the British
annexation of Lombardy to Sardinia wilU were defeated by them and Jackson.— many weeks. It was necessary that I: say truly, that we have rarely witnes-
in mis wav me misiase nas occurred, i . periauv shwwlwj;, ttu^wu guvuv. — . ^ * * ' . nmr * . ,, . ....
hope it may be so said, truffl/.ffy, before | ike upon Kacher and pupiL W. can federates of the Emperorof'Austria rear, or LL it « ^
increase the supply or diminish the prices : AA'hy ’?
of Sardines. That the French troops at : months, would pot only stop the fanati-
Romc arc supported «n beef from the cisiu of the North, but stop the wheels of
Pope’s buUs. That the Emperor Napo- all the Governments of Europe. Then, we
leon was injured by the Papal bull which arc not weak, but withiu our borders hold
To cease the sale of cotton six should say thus much in correction of a
mistake that might operate injuriously.
Austrian correspondence officially an
nounces the terms of peace.
sed an examination in which pupils ev
inced so general and thorough an acquain-
Allow me to add, if you please, that it! lance with the various branches of science, the Italian confederation; Lombardy, as
will not do for the friends of this measure I
and then—every three years or so—it is
wise to enjoy it temperately and to leave
Thus, France and .Austria will support j unsatisfied. Then there is the glory,
‘ and the profit of magnanimity. No one
can appreciate more perfectly than Louis
wm not UO u.r iuc ...ciu, « , Examinations as a general thing, are no for as the line of the Mincio, is to be giv . .
andofth. College gmendly, tomtefoxite. of dm *+**,*•. «»deo«, en up h, lusWa; while Mau.ua, F-dri-. ^
S,;; to* andto .he ..rid; aud ,he leu 1 and am o«eu hril.U. lo youthful m, aud dm whtde of V-j* ^uato - 5TSSTL5
Rm.Li.0 sn scvnrrfv. That the Emneror Hon. Senator is risht in his conclusion, the endowment of the President’s chair, minds, only giving them an ephemeral, Austrian possessions. The Pnnces of ” L'lwnnie Toh-nnK tVint Kn Vioo A licfpia in
convince
Emanuel so severely. That the Emperor Hon. Senator is right in his conclusion, the endowment of the Rres.Uent s chair, j minds, only giving tnem an epuemenu, “ 1 Francis Joseph that he has~\ustria in the
■ of his reasoning may be fol- will be secured, whether they aid m the gaudy surface dressing, hastily gotten up Tuscany and Modena return to their na-; "
j work or not For any considerable num- \ for the occasion, giving false standards of tive States. And a universal amnesty is ; hollow of hls hand ’ and can close his fin-
Napoieon gives frequent dinner parties though some
to the correspondents of the English and lacious.
American papers, and talks over his plans
There is more truth *h»n poetry in his ber of the friends and appredators of ed- scholarship, and tending to enervate the granted. {°° llCr ,^ en lists, he hM do
more truui man poetry ^ w The Vienna correspondent of the Lon-; better than if he had marched to V lenna.
Tunes says that three applications Perhaps it is possible to make of an hurn-
j proposition. The defec- friend give tnen wnat ne would give u ne ; sure w> say inai inis examination was an were made by Louis Napoleon, to Austria, j bled enemy a grateful friend.
| uon of Douglas, whd was once styled the- knew that the success of the College de-; exception to the general rule. There was before the latter consented to the annis- j Napoleon 1IL has a habit of levying
• _ _ - — ‘ „ . . . . . a a t .it.. _ a j a! 1 1 - a? fc.. alw 1 Tkw M«ut J — a. r« o vc fKn
ty and adaptability to the soil and dimate
were proved beyond a doubt.
Encouraged by the success of this first
experiment, a wealthy Texas widow, with
several friends, followed suit and import
ed last foil from Asia Minor quite a num
ber of the “ships of the desert, going in
to the business partly on speculation, and
partly, it is to be presumed, with a lauda
ble ambition to connect their names with
a novel and important innovation in South
ern plantation economy.
Some enterprising planter in Alabama
heard of the importation and bought one
or two of the camels. A brief note from
SiF* Marcellus Douglas, of Randolph j , 4 jjuj e Giant of the West,” for his defence pended upon what he alone gave, and the j no superficial preparation for the sake of tice. The same correspondent says the friends at the bead ot a recruiting party j him in a local newspaper^ showhngAww
^ i of Southern Rights and others who have work will be done And why should “ ” ~ “ ‘ ’ ' ~ " ' 1 ' ■— | ,m “
■uaaUUj* MAiliilaU fim PonMMBC in 1 ' ' - * V tMim llua 'kni jiwuwto W IIIC Wlvuo - rrM ..^ . ^ , ... w
daring the tern as the Victor Emanuel and Napoleon. The lat- heavy shake of the hand he gave her in md cared for, was widely copied
would suggest And the focil- ter bad issued a proclamation to the people the Crimea.
! quailed before the mareh of Black Repub- friends wait for a visit from the agent be-
$gtrict Ho runs agaiastHon. Martin „ fc, ghow thatthis sentiment is fore giving ? AA’hy not send to the ad-
J. Crawford, late member.
': licauam go to show that this sentiment is fore giving
: too lightly esteemed at the South,
A. R. Wright of JrfTuW.% the 'Op- j We have notiqgitbeee points in Sena
|foid(fota”caiiffidatofi»(km«Tess u thrttfc tor Iverson * *po|A%«eause we aec in the blank
” ' 1 “ - " - ‘ ’ ;/***»• I**"*wd,
ffirtii*.
Federate
Or should any mm-da-
Agent, at : r .. _ . , .
ie would then send by maS jty and promptness with which the pupils of Lombardy, announcing annexation of. great part to play, and he can play it at posed of nearly all their ^ a
answered, showed that they Ind been rig- that state to Sardinia, He made a trium- once nobly and profitably. Say that be By the Galveston pliers, I aoo that
idly drilled by competent teacbeR. . i ph^nt entoy into Milan- on the 13th nH. gives pert of hw spoils to Sardinia, and (iennau gentleman, who was one ortn*