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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1853.
4th July Committee.
The joint Committee of Arrangements for the cele
bration of the approaching National Anniversary, are ,
requested to meet at the Armory of the Columbus 1
Guards, on Friday, 8 o'clock A. M.
A full meeting is particularly desired.
The aliases ot Whiggery.
We adverted a few days since to the effort which is
now being made, to palm off upon the country, the old
federal heresies of the whig party, under the cloak of a
new name. It would be but an easy matter of inven
tion for the zoologist to change the name of the leopard,
but he could no more change his spots by the operation,
than can the managers of the Whig party purge it of
its federalism, by the mere substitution of another name,
for that which had become so odious to the people.
Call it what they will, it is Whiggery still, deep dyed
in the wool, warp and woof. The game is a shallow
subterfuge, too shallow to impose upon the weakest
optics, and ere another twelvemonth, they will be
again driven to the necessity of hunting some newer and
more attractive name.
Distrusting, however, the unaided magio of a name, the
leaders under this new banner, tell the p.ople that the
old iseues are dead, and distinctions founded upon them
are senseless. Indeed ? Then some of their presses, in
those sections where these obsolete ideas were not so
unpopular while living, are certainly manifesting a fiend
ish disregard for the sacredness of the grave, if we may
judge by the eager anxiety with which they are drag
ing forth these entombed skeletons, and holding them
up to the admiiation of their readers. Doubtless our
opponents in Georgia and throughout the South, would
gladly throw the shroud of silence over questions which
the repeated verdict of the people had stamped with the
sin of unpopularity, but federalism is a living, breathing
reality at the North, and we imagine that the wand of
succtss would soon Galphinize it into being even here.
We recollect, some few years since, when the Whig
party stood with its head erect, proud of its principles,
that the Democratic party was taunted with what its
opponents were pleased to call, the want of principles.
The witticism then in the mouth of every unfledged
stump orator was: Ask a Democrat, what are you for?
and he will answer you, “against the Bank but what
are you for? and he would reply, “against the Tariff;” but
what are you for ? and the response still was, “against
Internal Improvements.” So we may retort with the
inquiry to the Conservative of to-day. Ask him what
lie is for, and he answers you, “agajnst the Democrats;”
what are you for] “against the Democrats but what
are you for? and the answer is still, “against the Demo
crats.” And this we imagine is the sum and sub
stance of Conservatism. The horror with which these
Conservators aflect to behold the leaven of disunion in
the Democratic party, is but the “stop-thief” cry, which
thief himself is the first to raise, and prolongs the loudest,
that he may escape detection. They are making a
bold effort to steal the votes of the people, and their only
hope of success is in a general hub-bub, in which all
principle may be lost sight of. They may succeed—
they have succeeded—in tolling a few stray sheep into
their fold, but to these they are welcome. We lose
nothing by the operation, and it is yet to be seen wheth
er they make any thing by it. The body of the great
Democratic army is intact and ready for action, and bids
defiance alike to federalism and Conservatism.
The Savannah Cake.
The closing scene of the railroad festivities was en
acted at Temperance Hall, in this city, on Monday
Morning, 13th iust., at 10 o’clock. The mammoth
cake which the ladies of Savannah had presented to
their fair friends of Columbus, was presented by Colonel
Seauorn Jones, to whose care it had been entrusted,
and received, on the part of the ladies of Columbus, by
Beverly A. Thornton, Esq. A large number of the
ladies, accompanied by a number of gentlemen, were in
attendance, and all participated liberally in the hand
some donation, The cake was a large pyramid of fruit
cake, elegantly embossed with appropriate emblems.
Nor was its interior unworthy of so elegant a dress, for
a better cake we never tasted.
Thus has ended the Railroad jubilee, which, take it
all in all, has been the most brilliant as well as the
most delightful festival we have ever known.
Talking in Cimrch.
We had occasion some time since to refer to the ‘boor
ish, unchristian, and ungentlemanly habit which some
of our young bucks indulge of conversing during divine
service. But no notice seems to have been taken of
our strictures, by either the offenders, or church authori
ties. We have been so frequently annoyed by this re
prehensible practice, that we have almost concluded that
it is taken as a matter of course, and that a certain por
tion of the church is set apart for those who prefer in
dulging their frivolity to worshipping God. We usual
ly attend the Methodist Church, and upon no occasion
are we ever allowed the full hearing of a sermon.
Young sprigs—sons of our most respectable and pious
citizens—cock tbeir feet upon a bench, squirt tobacco
juice, regardless of whom they may bespatter, and con
verse in a tone loud enough to be heard for several yard*
around them, with all the slang indifference and posses
sed rowdyism of stable boys. Now this evil can be
put an end to. If parents, while they are devoutly
worshipping, are satisfied to leave their young hopefuls
at the door to loaf about the entrance and annoy gen
tlemen by their rowdyism, the church authorities should
station officers whose business it shall be to compel a
compliance with at least the rules of propriety and de
corum. Such conduct is a disgrace to our community,
a reflection upon the home training of the offenders, and
a cause of just complaint against the discipline of the
church authorities who tolerate it. We design no invidi- i
ous distinction—we but speak the truth, when we point
to the Methodist church of our city, for the only instan
ces among us tor such outrageous conduct. A stranger
on visiting this church might very logically conclude
that we paid but little reverence to God or respect to
the common amenities of civilized life. We hope—but
from past experience we hardly dare hope—that we
shall have no further cause of eomplaint.
Notice of Books.
Wild Jack ; or, the Stolen Child,
And other highly interesting stories, by Caroline Lee
llentz, has been laid upon our table. This is a col
lection of stories by this talented and favorite Authoress
which have appeared at various times, and now collect
ed in bo-ik form. The bare announcement of the pub
lication is sufficient notice to secure it an extensive read
ing. For sale by A. C. Flewellen.
O’ Major Geu. Riley died at Buffalo on the 11th
instant.
The Eufaula Railroad.
The Mobile subscription to the Girard Railroad has
awakened considerable interest among our Eufaula
friends on the sunjeot of a connexion with that enter
prise. The hopelessness of the proposed route, con
necting Eufaula with the South-Western road, and the
perfect practicability of a connexion with the Girard
Road, which, at the same time, secures to Eufaula,
steam communication with the Gulf and the Atlantic,
is rapidly determining the question in favor of this route.
To us it seems that theie is not much room for debate
between the too, and we are pleased to learn, as the
subjoined letter indicates, that our Eufaula friends are
taking the same view of the question.
Eujaula, Ala., June 10, 1853.
Messrs. Editors : Our people have gone to work in
good earnest to build the Railroad from here to inter
sect the Girard and Mobile Road. We have opened
books for subscription to the stock, and over $60,000
were taken in two days. We will soon increase it to
1 SIOO,OOO, and then expect to raise the balance in the
county and in Columbus. We want that “substantial
aid” mentioned in a late number of your paper and
will soon show ourselves worthy of it. Our wealthiest
and most influential citizens are all taking an active part
in favor of the Road. A few oppose the Road because
I they prefer to get the South-Western Road, and fear
competition with Columbus- But more hereafter.
Yours, truly,
E S. SHORTER.
President Pierce and the British Abolitionists. —
The visit of Mrs. Stowe to England, and the circula
tion there of her book, cannot fail to result in a happy
! influence upon public sentiment in our own country.
The demonstrations of respect for her and for her at
tack upon southern institutions will show more clearly
than ever the intimate sympathy existing between the
Abolitionists of both countries, and those who give coun
tenance to their fanaticism will inevitably reap the re
ward which their treason to the country merits. An
intelligent correspondent of the New York Observer,
writing from London, relates an incident which ought
to arrest the attention of every lover of our institutions.
He says ;
“At breakfast the other day, I was seated next to
| one of the admirals in the British navy. lie asked me
i if I thought there was any danger of war ever spring
j ing up again between our two countries. I answered
j that I thought there was. He was surprised, and
asked for the reason that justified such a sentiment. I
told him that the rancor and contempt with which
American principles and institutions are treated in this
country are irritating the American people, and the
work of alienation is hastened ever day. The admiral
declared that such feelings are not wide-spread, and
lie only in vulgar and unenlightened minds. ‘Did
you know, sir,’ I inquired, ‘that the President of the Uni
ted States was hissed by four thousand British Christians
in Exeter Hall last night V He expressed himself
both surprised and grieved, and still held that such peo
ple as meet there to celebrate their anti-slavery anni
versaries are no exponent of British opinion.”—Wash
ington Union.
Hoio the Mexican Difficulty is to be settled. —lon,
the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
says—General Gadsden is expected to arrive in Wash
ington in a few days, and receive his instructions. He
| will proceed to Mexico as early as possible after the
i first of July. It is supposed that he will be able to ef
fect some arrangement of the difficulties which are pend
j ing between the two countries—the U. S. government
j will probably offer Mexico some millions for exemption
from the obligations of 11th article of the treaty of
Guadalupe, and for the right of way for a railroad to
the Pacific through Chihuahua and Sonora, and per
haps for the right of transit across the isthmus of Te
huantepec, The Mesilla question will be settled by
the same means—the Mexican Government yielding its
claims to that territory for a fair equivalent, rather than
hazard a war upon it.
Small Pox in Atlanta. —The Republican of Thurs
day, the 9th inst., says :
“Another case of small pox has occurred in this ci(y.
Mrs. Carlton, wife of John Carlton, Esq., was taken
sick and her case pronounced to be varioloid on Thurs
day evening last. She was immediately removed to
safe quarantine. It is said to be in a mild form, and no
excitement whatever prevails among the citizens.”
O’ Gen. Scott met with quite a severe accident the
other day in New York. While walking down Fifth
Avenue, between Eighth and Ninth streets, he fell,
spraining his arm and shoulder, and receiving a severe
wound upon the face.
A Native Georgia Lion. —Robinson & Eldred’s Cir
cus has recently been exhibiting in Rome, Geo. The
Southerner says, there is in the Menagerie attached to
the Circus, a young lion about two months old, a na
i tive of Georgia, It was nursed when very young by
Mrs. Robinson.
[for the times and sentinel.]
Messrs. Editors : A writer in your last weekly pa
per, over the signature of “A Democrat ,” has taken the
wind out of my sales, in mentioning John Forsyth as
the most suitable candidate for Congress from this Dis
trict. He is the man. Comment is useless. Hun
dreds of others will respond to the sentiment, at once.
Another Democrat.
[FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
The Democratic Convention at Albany,
Messrs. Editors; —As the time is approaching for
the nomination of a candidate to represent the 2d Con
gressional district of Georgia, in the Congress of the
United Slates, I take the liberty of suggesting a name
not yet referred to in your columns. lamat a loss
to know how the Democracy have so long overlook-
ed the qualifications, and I may add claims, of John
Forsyth, to the support of the voters of the second dis
trict, unless, perhaps, it has arisen from the very un
founded impression of his having removed from the
State. This error has, I presume, obtained credence
from the mere fact, that Capt. Forsyth had made an
investment in a Steam mill at Mobile, which required
for a time his personal attention, but it has been well
known to his friends that he has never for a moment
thought of abandoning his residence in Georgia. Your
late reference to that subject will correct this error,
and I feel satisfied that with its correction a very gene
ral feeling will pervade the district, to see him in the
field bearing that standard of Democracy under which
he has so long and ably battled. Capt. Forsyth has
been identified with the doctrine of States’ Rights
since his earliest recollection, and has never failed on
any occasion with pen and voice to uphold it as the
fundamental basis of true Democracy, while in our re
cent struggle he nobly maintained the rights of the
South. He was among the first to bring the powerful
columns of his Press, the Times , to the aid of those
who sought a union of the Democracy, by having the
party fully represented in the Democratic convention
at Baltimore. The success of his efforts and the effects of
the Baltimore convention in securing our unparalleled
victory to the National Democracy are matters of histo
ry, but while we enjoy the fruits of the victory we are
ever apt to forget the means by which it has been se
cured. I think, Messrs. Editors, that I know some
thing of the history of the ordeal through which we i
have passed, and I think if your reader* will recur to
the events immediately preceding the Democratic !
convention, they will agree with me in saying that
John Forsyth, of all others, did most to secure that
harmony of feeling which resulted in the representation
of the Democracy of Georgia at the Baltimore conven
tion, and in the nomination of Franklin Pierce, whose
triumphant election and efficient Administration has so
far oovered with glory the good old Democracy.
A DEMOCRAT.
Georgia Railroads.
Hon. Edward Everett, in a lecture delivered
in New York, on Wednesday evening last,
paid a high compliment to “Georgia, the Em
pire State of the South,’’ giving her credit for
eight hundred miles of finished railroad. The
Herald estimates the extent of our railroad
track, at nine hundred and ninety miles, at a
cost of, say $20,000,000, and adds—
Besides these, the city of Savannah has just
surveyed a road to Florida, having its western
terminus at Pensacola, a distance hun
and eighty miles. Savannah will build up to
its western border, two hundred and ninety
miles. $1,500,000 have been subscribed.
Besides these roads, three hundred miles
more are in contemplation, and will certainly be
built. These will make the system of railroads
in Georgia amount to one thousand five hun
; dred miles. It is remarkable that the State has
not given a copper in aid of one of these roads,
excepting that from Atlanta to Chattanooga,
which wholly belongs to it.
It may be added that the New York and
Savannah Ocean Steam Navigatiou Company
have now four ships of 1,400 tons each—the
Florida, Alabama, Augusta and Atlanta. No
doubt is entertained that within the next three
years, there will be a daily line of such ships be
tween the two cities.
No doubt of it, if we take the proper steps to
command the transit between the Atlantic and
Gulf.— Sav. Morning News.
Savannah Colonization Society.
IN AID OF THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SO
CIETY.
At a meeting of the members and friends of
the Savannah Colonization Society, on Monday 7
evening, the 30th ult., the Hon. James M.
Wayne presiding, a constitution for the govern
ment of the society was adopted, and the fol
lowing gentlemen appointed officers of the so
ciety :
President—John Stoddard.
Vice Presidents- James M. Wayne, George
B. Gumming, Savannah; W, C. Dawson,
Greensborough ; C. J. Jenkins, Henry Gum
ming, Robert Campbell, Augusta; Judge Nis
bet, N. C. Munroe, 1. C. Plant, Macon ; G. H.
Hargraves, T. Stewart, M. D., Columbus ; Rev.
Dr. Church, Athens; Rev Dr. Talmage, Mil
ledgeville; and Adam Alexander, Washing
ton.
Managers— Major Poster, Col. William Mc-
Intosh, J. W. Anderson, and H. A* Crane.
Corresponding Secretary.—Mon. James M.
Wayne.
Secretary and Treasurer—Charles Green.
We learn that ladies as well as gentlemen are
invited to join this society, and that they will
have the right to vote, in person or by proxy,
at all meetings of the society.
The Mesilla Valley.
The Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Sun, under date of the sth, takes the
folio wing view of our present relations with Mex
ico, in regard to the Mesilla Valley :
“Measures have been taken to notify the
Mexican Government, that their military occu
pation of the Mesilla Valley must be abandon
ed, and that they will not be permitted to ex
ercise any jurisdiction in that territory. If
Mexico shall comply with this reasonable de
mand, there will be no danger of a war; at all
events, it is a very prudent step on the part of
our Government, to proffer negotiation first,
even while they prepare for the alternative of
war.
“If Mexico should withdraw her forces and
authorities from the disputed territory, and con
sent to have the line run over again, and fixed
according to the views of the present adminis
tration, no war can arise from that source. But
it Santa Anna should refuse to give up all the
points in dispute, a collision must soon occur.
“It is supposed by some, that Santa Anna
and the mass of the Mexican people desire an
other war. If so they can be accommodated.
“Gen. Garland will not have more than three
or four hundred troops with him in hisexpedition
to the Mesilla, but, if need be, he can soon be
reinforced by volunteers from the neighboring
States.”
Sad Suicide. —Olinda Doane, a voung wo
man of Herwich, in this State, committed sui
cide on the 23d ult., under the most touching
and distressing circumstances. She was a very
respectable woman, and had been but a few
weeks married. The circumstances of her
death we find related in an exchange as fol
lows :
For a year or so previous to her marriage, she
had received visits from a respectable young
man by the name of Hall, to whom she was en
gaged to be married. Her parents opposed her
choice, and favored the suit of a widower of
considerable property named Doane. Hall soon
after married another, when the parents of the
deceased prevailed on her to marry Doane. The
friends were invited, but before the time for the
ceremonies to commence, the young lady ex
cused herself and retired. Not returning, her
sister went to her room, saw blood on the mir
ror and on the floor, went to the bed, and turning
down the clothes, found her sister with her
throat cut and her bridal robes saturated with
blood. Assistance was called, her wound dres
sed, and she recovered. Soon after she was
married, since which time she has been occa
sionally deranged. Sne fainted ia church a few
sabbaths since, on seeing Hall and his wife en
ter; and last Monday week, at 2 o’clock, P. M.,
while the god of day animated all nature with
his refulgence, she stole from the authors and
scenes of her ruin, to close this tale of suffering
and wrong.— Springfield [Afrm.] Republican.
[From the Louisville Journal, May 30.1
The Great Southern Movement.
TIIE MEMPHIS CONVENTION —INDUSTRIAL AND ;
COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THE SOUTH.
We look to this body with a strong feeling ot j
confidence. There is at least one element ot
practicability in the objects avowed, which
must command the attention of the convention ;
we mean direct trade not as in days past, when
! jt was meaningless, but direct trade modernized.
This direct trade aims at results in a plain way,
and if the movement fail it will be from the most
I inexcusable negligence of the South itself. The
j feature iu this movement which attracts most at*
i tention is the proposition to form a continental
depot for raw cotton, and also to spin our cotton
into yarns for foreign markets.
The idea of a continental depotto resist the
monopoly is colossal and truly American in all
its bearings. The releasing of great American
staple from the selfish monopoly ol England is
an object devoutly to be desired. The question
is not mere Southern (although directly interes
| ting to planters) but it is peculiar interest to the
! manufacturing progress of the great West, and
j that empire west of the Ohio and Mississippi. A
{ continental depot of cotton will give another
! stimulus to the culture of cotton. The removal
|of the restrictions from the intercouise of the
| neighboring provinces of Prussia and Austria
; has opened up a consuming interest of over sev
enty millions of people. English monopoly,
however, still keeps us from direct contact with
that population.
Restored peace and confidence on the con
tinent have advanced still more the cotton man
ufactures there ; but English monopoly checks
| that advance, by compelling continental capi
tal to buy in Liverpool. Consumption has an
evident tendency to expand on the continent,
but the manufacturer must pay a transit tax of
33 per cent before he can spin his cotton. Capi
tal goes begging at 1 1-2, 2, and 2 1-2 per cent,
but fears to invest in cotton, which goes up or
down at the beck or nod of British capital. The
continent is the largest consumer of cotton, tak
ing besides its 400,000 or 500,000 bales of
raw cotton, also two thirds of what England
i herself manufactures. Yet that continent is
| ignorant of us, and we of the continent. There
! fore, we say, that the formation of a continen
| tal depot of cotton is a question of the first
! magnitude for it extends consumption, stimulates
i production, and prevents monopoly and fluctua
| tion.
I The question naturally arises, How is this
i depot to be formed l It is the answer to this
: which gives us most satisfaction, and we are
I sincerely rejoiced that, after so many years of
I vain longings, we begin to see our way clear.
| We are glad, also, to have it in our power to
! give some assurances on this head. From inti
| mations from time to time in the Baltimore and
I Washington papers, we have noticed the grad-
I ual progress of a correspondence upon this
| subject. We published the other day, an an
| nouncemenl entitled to our lull confidence, by
I the National Intelligencer, that this correspon
! dence is satisfactorily closed and the agent of a
| wealthy and powerful European Company visits
| America, and will be in Memphis during the
; convention. This gentleman comes fully em
j powered to act as he may deem best, if he
j does not reach Memphis in time, authorized
| propositions will be made. A house in Balti
j more has taken hold of the matter there, and
we understand that one of our best Louisville
; houses contemplates establishing a direct trade
| house in New Orleans. These houses being
j opened in Baltimore and New Orleans, with
| full powers and ample facilities to advance, the
cotton planters will then have the last propo
; sition before them.
What is this proposition ? To ship direct
through well known Southern houses to any
port in Europe, either through Baltimore or
, New Orleans. To make the whole matter more
| simple and safe, it is proposed that each plan
j ter send a small proportion of his crop. Bv
| this means the result will be knowm to a greater ;
| number, and if nothing is gained, why the ordi- |
! nary course of business is not disturbed. This !
! seems fair and simple. There can be no risk
and no objection, and so important a matter de
mands a trial even if there should be a Joss by
it. In the unhoped-forevent of loss by having
the shipments thus judiciously small, it w'ould
not amount to anything worth mentioning. If,
upon the return of the account sales, the plan
ters find the results satisfactory, they will need
very little urging to repeat the shipment. Men j
follow their interest. It is contended that di
rect trade is to the interest of the planter. The
means are ready—let it he tried. We look to
the convention to take this subject early in the j
day; appoint a special committee ; Jet them
call for information ; let those who expect to
participate in the trial come forward with their i
propositions, and let their names go forth to the
planters. Our merchants may say that this is !
not the usual order of business. Never mind ; ;
the planters will appreciate those who shall have I
the moral courage to come forward and take
the lead. It will not injure the general business
of a good house.
j We now come to a hasty glance at the pro
position to put our raw cotton into yarns for
foreign export. Like the formation of a conti
nental depot, this must he demonstrated and
i eventually carried out, by private enterprise.
England now sells to the continent nearly fifty
| millions of dollars annually of cotton varus.
I his enormous market tor “English industry is,
as we before stated, constantly expanding. In
comparison with the continent, England is a
small consumer. She manufactures largely,
but reships to the continent in yarns and cloth.
1 here have been several shipments from the
L nited States to England of yarns and they
sold well. But the general profits of the Uni
ted States being better, and the parties not
wishing to extend their business so far, the trade
was not cultivated. These shipments were
from Northern factories. But it is believed
that yarn can be spun at the South and sold in
successful competition with English yarns on
the continent.
It costs thirty-three out of every hundred
bales to get cotton (according to the present
system) from the interior to Manchester. There
the cotton has to be spun into yarns, and /
shipped to the continent. Besides this, thereU
a loss involved in spinning cotton in foreiui
countries and artificial means have to be used to
prepare the staple for working. Now, does the
difference in England of the price of labor o ’
money, and of the perfection of machinery and
combination of capital, overcome that 33 j r
cent., transit tax ? Then there is the w as ( e
which is saved at the South. There is trans
portation of the yarn fiom England to the
continent. The difference of freight is never
equal to the difference in distance. It would
cost England almost as much to ship her yarns
to France as to Australia. Be that as it mav
we believe that England cannot overcome the
; cost of getting her cotton in the spmnino- 0 f
yarns.
W e can see no good reason why we should
ship our cotton'in bales. If it imprudent to gin it,
is it not a saving also to spin it ? Why not ship
sugar The reason of our
heretofore arises, we think, from our attempting
too much. Spin yarns at first. Our ideas of
the superiority of England in the spinning of
yarns, are derived from results many years back.
Now, since then there have been many changes,
especially in the perfection of machinery, there
by doing away with an immense amount of hu
man labor, substituting machinery for it. This
consideration very materially reduces the item of
expense under the head of “labor.” Fuel is an
other heavy item expense. We have that along
side of our cotton. Iron also. There remains
then nothing but the difference in labor, price
of money, and combination of capital, to over
come. Are they equal to thirty-three per cent. ‘
We think not.
Like the formation of a continental depot for
cotton, this must be tried. How is this to done?
In answer we reply, that a few bales, say one
or two hundred, will be sent to the best point
and spun into yarns of a certain No. on toll.—
The yarns thus spun will he sent abroad and
sold in the market. The returns will show tht#
result. We are informed that a party of spir
ited and enterprising gentlemen are engaged
in carrying out this feature also. The mat
ter of fact business-like appearance there
fore of this direct trade movement commands
the approbation of our judgment. If these tri
als demonstrate the advantages contended for,
the whole South and the whole Union wiil he
benefited by it. If these advantages are not
sufficient to induce further action, why no harm
is done, and a great deal of useful information
will have been obtained to guide others in the
future. For whatever may he the result of a
premature movement, (if this should prove to
be premature,) at some not distant day there
will be built up a depot on the continent inde
pendent of England, and the south will event
ually put her cotton into yarns. There may
be those doubtful to-day who will live to see a
bale of cotton, as an article of foreign export,
a curiosity.
P
Casualty — Almost. —Mr. Glaekmeyer, of the firm
of Jones & Glaekmeyer, JJrugyssts, and others pres
ent, made a narrow escape y/jkcrday from ‘he ef
fects of the explosion of a Sojft Fount which was in
the process of being charged in ihe court in ihe
rear of their tenement. The workman had just
eomnleled charging it, with tiie customary nurnuer
of feet of gas from the gasometers, when it explod
ed, with immense force, prostrating Mr. G. and driv
ing the fount several hundred feet in the air. The
sound was like that of the discharge of a s'X pound
cannon, and it, in its ascent, destroyed a halconv
which was overit, and in falling struck and demoj
ished the parapet of a neighboting build in a, and
rolled inwards on the roof, where it now lies, it
fortunately exploded from the bottom, which pro
jected it upwards Lke a rocket. If the sides or top
had given away, loss of life must have ensued.—
We congratulate our friends on their fortunate es
cape.—Alont. Journal.
A German anti-slavery organ is to he issued
; at Washington, entitled the National Democrat.
| Frederic Smidt is the editor. The American
and Foreign (Tappan) Anti-Slavery Society
I furnishes $3,000 to start it.
A few years since two or three gentlemen
I nearing that there were indications of the pres-
I ence of some valuable mineral on a lot of ground
| in East Tennessee, containing about one hun
. dred and forty acres, concluded to purchase it;
1 and did so, for about one thousand dollars.—
i
About a year since, they made sale of the same
land for thirty thousand dollars, and within a
few weeks past the same land was sold for the
very large sum of three hundred thousand dol
lars.
RAD WAYS RENOVATING RESOLVENT.
Makes the Blood Pure, Rich, and Healthy—Renovates,
Cleanses and Enriches the Blood, and resolves away from
the joints, muscles, bones, and solids, all Diseased and
Poisonous Deposits. Cures Ulcers, Fevers Sores, Bad Hu
mors, Scrofula, Rickets,St. Vitus’s Dance, Syphilitic Com
plaints, Nodes, White Swellings, Tumors, Cancers, Bron
chil Swellings, Wounds, Salt Rheum, Mercurial Com
plaints. It acts quick and powerfully ; in a lew hours af
ter taking the Resolvent, the weak, emaciated, and dis -ase
erten patient feels a glow of health and strength thrilling
through the system. Price of R. R. Resolvent, per $1 per
bottle. .Tune 11—lm,
XSIP Asa Spring and Summer Medicine, Carter’s Span- >
ish Mixture stands pre-eminent above all others. Its singu
larly efficacious action on the blood ; its strengthening and
vivifying qualities ; its tonic action on the Liver ; its ten
dency to drive all humors to the surface, thereby cleansing
the system according to Nature’s own prescrintion ; its
harmless, and at the same time extraordinary good effects,
and the number ol cures testified to by many of the most
respectable citizens of Richmond, Va., and elsewhere, must
be conclusive evidence that there is no humbug about it.
r l he trial of a single bottle will satisfy the most skeptical
of its benefits. See advertisement in another column.
June 3—lm
Dr. Samuel B. Martin, one ol the most experienced of
the Medical Faculty in the city of Baltimore, writes ol Sta
bler’s Anodyne Cherry Expectorant and of Stabler’s Diar
rhoea Cordial, “I have carefully examined the component
parts of them, and find them both valuable compounds, tbo
doses safe and consistent with medical practice, and I d*>
not hesitate to recommend them.” See advertisement in
another column.
Gi 11. Stabler & Cos.
Wholesale Druggists, Baltimore, proprietors
Sold by Druggists generally. June 3-lm