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COLUMBUS, GEORGLaT
SATURDAY EVENING, MfY22, 1858
Outrages on our Flag.
We are at low to conceive what can be the object ol
Great Britain in persisting 10 exercise the right o’ vi-ita ion
and search upon American vessels on the high teas. 1 hat
mch i* the fact, doubt no longer remains. That it is do..e
by the authority or connivance of her government we thn.k
is established by the consideration, first, that she assert
the right, and secondly, that it is perpetrated too often and
in too many places widely distant, and always with perfect
impunity to be the result of disobed.ence of mstruc ions or
of the caprice of a besotted and fool-hardy commander. —
Our venerable Secretary of State in a letter to the English
Minister, an extract from which we recently published,
strongly remonstrated against the application of this doc.
trine to Amer can vessel.- engage (tin trade on the coast of
Africa, but notwilhstan ding this, our vessels are fiied into,
overhauled and boarded by Lriglieh step mere, within sight
ot our ( *•’,under circumstances which will not allow a
suspicion of the legitimacy of their cargo* We are glad to
see that our people all over the country and especially in
t he comm-rcial circles are awakening to a sense of these
outrages and clamoring for redress. Of course, John Bull,
as is his custom, will disavow it and will bow his head and
scrape his loot and give sundry other indications of humili
ty and eoirow. But this kind of penance can hardly be
deemed satisfactory. Begging pardon does not always
heal the wound infl.cted by insult. The officers in his
command who has recently committed these flagrant out
rages upon our commerce should be disgraced and driven
from their position, else we can hardly be satisfied that
there is since. ity in bis sorrow. If this will not purchase
immunity from wrong and insolence we recommend a prac’
tical illustration of the moral inculcated in a very familiar
story. An old man, a little boy and an apple tree are the
most interesting characters* It is the duty of our govern
ment promptly to send forward and maintain all along the
entrance to the gulf, a force sufficient to protect our com
merce from molestation. That such will be the course ol
the administration we have every confidence
The State Tax and *outhCarolina Money.
We have seen it mooted by several of our exrhangcs,
whether or not the I ax Collectors of our State will be au
thorized by the Treasurer or Governor to receive the mo
ney of the South Carolina suspended banks tor taxes, we
do not think the matter at all doubtful, neither the Gover
nor or Treasurer have any control in the matter. Those
South Carolina bank bills cannot be legally received into
the State Treasury. Previous to last November, Tax Col*
lectors were not authorized to receive for taxes anything
but gold and silver, Central Bank bills and the notes of
Specie paying banks of this State. Consequently, when
our Banks suspended last fall, on account of the difficulties
of collectin'* the taxes in gold and silver, Gov. Johnson
suspended the collection of the taxes until the meeting ol
the last legislature. That body passed an Act authorizing
the public dues to be paid in the bill of such o> our c nor
gin suspended Bunks as were in good credit when the sus
pension took place. To guard the public interests still
further, the same act empowered the Governor to reject the
bills of any of tht se banks which he had good reason to
believe were not entirely solvent By virtue of this author
ity, and because most ot the public liabilities—interest on
the public debt &c—are necessarily paid out in Savannah
and Augusta, the Governor and Treasurer directed the Tax
Collectors to receive only such funds as were bankable in
Savannah and Augusta. We undeistand this wasihe usu
al direction given to Collectors, by the Treasurer, even be
f ore the late suspension This being the case, it is there
(ore clear that not only bills of 6uch South Carolina
Banks as areetill m a state of suspension will not be receiv
ed for Taxes, but none of any charact r will be received,
unless bankable in the above mentioned cities.
Superior Court:
Judge Bell, of the Coweta Circuit, will preside at the
Superior Court now in session ; n this city, next week.—
Judgd Worrill will preside at LaGrange, where many
cases in which Judge Bell was counsel before his elevation
to the bench, will be tried.
White Sulphur springs*
It will be seen, by reference to our advertising columns 5
that this time-honored, fashionable summei resort is again
a candidate for public patronage. Mr. Marks has retiied
from the business, and it has passed imo the control oi Mr.
Win. O. Halloran, who promises to make every eflbrt to
sustain and advance the already well deserved reputation
of this delightful retreat. Most of our readers can testify,
from personal experience, to the excellence of its general
arrangements, the salubrity of its atmosphere, and th** me
dicinal virtue of its waters. These render it especially at
t'active to the inval and, while the votary ol pleasure, and
the plodding man who, in the heat of summer, needs some
relaxation and freedom fr< m the duties and cares of bu -
ness, are assured that nothing shall b° wanting to sati.-iy
t heir wants or minister to iheir gratification. To the latter
class it is recommended by its proximity to home. They
can enjoy the invigorating influence of a mountain atrt os
phere, and the delights of gay society, and yet be within a
days ride of their place of business. Let us all patronise
*'homo institutions” this summer, and give Mr. Halloran a
call.
These entortainments are growing quite fashionable with
our citizens. A large party left to-day, on one of these
excursions, for the residence of Mr. Charles A. Peabody.
We much regret our inability to attend We understand
that the privileges of his new and princely mansion are ten
dered to the gay company. Reader, excuse'our epicurean
proclivities. Just think of being turned loose on that straw
berry bed! Of pressing all day long, alternately with
tooth and foot, the luscious “hautboy!” But our mouth is
fst growing liquid—so are our eyes. We were also kind
ly solicited and strongly tempted, on yesterday, to join a
small party whose destination was Dr Richard Lockhart’s,
near Guerryton, on the Mobile and Girard Railroad. In
deed, we started—got to the depot—when, just iu time, it
occurred to us that our paper would this evening.
Not having the power of J oshua to retard t 1 e march of
time, or ot Gregory XIII to change the calendar, we
were forced to return, with nothing left us but the invalua
ble privilege of unavailing regret Who does not pity an
editor ? m
Banks Resumed-
St. Louis. May 15. —All of the suspended banks
resumed yesterday.
T. C. Hindman, Esq., formerly of Mississippi,
has been nominated tor Congress in the First Dis
trict of Arkansas, to succeed Mr. Greenwood, the
present member.
Fike IN Elberton.—A correspondent at Elber
ton, writing from that place on the morning of the
18th inst., says :
‘•Last night the Male Academy of this place was
burned, tope-her with all the apparatus, books and
furniture thereof. The fire was evidently the work
of an incendiary. The total loss is about two thous
and dollars.
“The house was comparatively anew one—
having been built only about four years—since
which time it has been under the charge of Jno. A
Trenchard, A. M., and in a very prosperous condi
tion, there being in attendance, from abroad, a large
number of students. The school is going on in
the village church. The Academy will be rebuilt
immediately. There will be no interruption in the
ehool”
For the Times & Sentinel,
A Word for a Baptist Layman,
Mr. Editor:— An article appeared in your last paper
over thes gnature of “A Baptist Layman,” in which the
writer copied two letters, wri ten by the late Rev. John L
Waller, of Kentucky, to prove that Rev. J R Graves, ed
itor of the Tennessee Baptist, is an abolitionist and a trai
tor. He also enters other grave charges against him The
items he presents, 1 am aware, are taken mainly from a
recent editorial in the South We tern Biptist, written by
Rev. Samuel Henderson.of Tuskegee, Ala. I will here
state that a bitter personal controvert has been g"ing on
r or several weeks between Mr. Graves and Mr. Hender
son, which I deplore ; and which I had hoped would be
confi’ ed ’> their own columns. I’ grieves me. therefore’
that “ A. Baptist Layman” should attempt to raise a preju
d'ce against one of the parties.au ong politicians, andoih
ers not directly interested i i that controversy* My com
plaint against your correspondent is, that without provo
cation, he has done Mr Graves ire at injustice * pubbsh
ingihat article in the columns of a political paper, Jar
awav from Mr Gs reside nee. where he cm have no op-
P'lrturii y to de end himself until irreparable injury shall
have been sustained by him.
jYlr, Graves is prepared. I understand, to meet the charges
madeagainst him by Mr. Henderson, and his defence will
doubtless appear in the Tennessee Baptist in a tew days.
In that defence the grave charge- made by yourcorrespon
dent wtil doubtless De noticed ; and Mr G will be able to
remove a part, if not a 1, the force ot the impu’ at ions against
him But whether he does or not, it seems to me that A
Baptist Layman” should have had the prudence to wait
until boh sides were published. But how can Mr. G or
any other man defend himself against such attacks as this
writer has made upon him? His article has already gone
before the public, and prejudices ate already formed against
Mr. G., which no defence can remove. Where is there a
man living who is prepared to meet such a warfare as
this ?
lam no admirer of Mr. Graves. I have never approved
of his editorial course, nor endorsed his writings, further
than in my honest judgment I deemed them to be correct in
sentiment and in spirit But he is a minister of the Gos
pel, and is certainly entitled to a fair trial before the public-
Had the controversy been confined, as it ought to have
been, to the columns of the denorninati maJ papers, I would
not have interfered. But it seems to me to be so out of
place for'* A Baptist Layman ” to attack a minister's pri
vate character in the columns of a political paper, \ha.i 1
deem this notice required now.
1 have no wish to shield Mr. Graves from the just conse*
quences of any wrongs he may have committed, but I claim
tor him an impartial judgment. Let this be awarded, and
I shall be content.
I claim tor him. also,the right to be heard in his defence
in your columns, as he has been assailed there.
J. M. WATT.
Columbus, Ga., May 22, 1858.
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, May 18,1858.
Your readers will recollect that our able and energetic
Minister near the Mexican Government, after many urgent
applications to that end, ontamed, last year, from the Com
onfort adminbtra'ion, an order for the release from prison
of J. M. Arrisa, brother in law of the murdered Crabb.but
that the authorities of Sonora, where he is detained in cus
tody, refused to obey the order, and still detained this gal
lant American in the most degrading and loathsome bon
dage. Their unwillingness to liberate Arrisa arises from
the fact that he is the only surviving witnessof the barbar
ous perfidy by which his gallant brother-in law was de
coyed into Sonora and then basely butchered. The people
of California, indignant that such inhuman barbarity should
be inflicted by a set of semi-civilized bandits, huddled to
gether in the vii age of Son ia, and subsisting on the fruits
of piracy and pillage, yet assuming to live under and rec
ognising the laws of the nominal government of Mexico,
have spoken through the legislature of that State, and their
voice has reached Washing on, demanding that such step 9
shall be taken as shall secure the unconditional and imme
diate release of this maltreated countryman. The matter
has been officiary hr ught to the notice ot the Senate oy
Senator Gwinn, and the appropriate resolution adopted
Thus, our Minister, in his noble off >rt to see justice done to
hi 9 fe low citizens in that distracted country, will soon find
himself seconded by the efficient aid of the government’
whose attention has thus been called to the subject.
Mr. Seward, of New York, Las submitted a joint resolu
tion authorizing the Executive to noti y the government o
Hanover of thet- rmination of the 11 h article of the treat;
with that gove'nment of June 10,1846. The object is to
take the initialive steps for the abolition of the Stadt duties
now levied upon our vessels and cargoes at Biun?chau-en
on the r ver Elbe —on their passage up and down that riv-i
to Hamburg. This is a most absurd and vexatious tiibut*-
which remains from old ‘eudal restrictions, and has less to
sanction its continuance than the recent y abolished Sound
Dues In order that the motion of Mr* Seward to temni
natethe 11th artlcl may he understood, it is proper t<> say
that this arncle contains a clause provid.ng that either pary
and. siring to terminate the treaty after th-t expiration of twelve
years (June 10, 1858.; may do so after giving the other party
twelve months notice of that intention. The government ß
ol Europe, however, have already moved in this matter,
and r is therelore highly probable that befoie Ju e 10th
1859, the expiration of the twelve months notice, the Elbe
duties will be abolished.
An order has just been issued by the Captain General ol
[ Cuba, authorizing the establishment of a telegraph between
that island and the United States. It is to pass via Key
West through Florida, and thence to connect with the
leading lines in the United States. There can be no objec
tion to this, as we can at all times control one end. ihe
Cuba Company is the house of Mora, Alfonsa & Ciee.
The absorbing topic here is the outrage and insoleut
right of search to which our vessels are now systemati
cally subjected in the Gulf of Mexico and on the coast of
Cuba. A message from the Pre.-ident to the Senate is
looked tor to day, but it is generally understood in well
informed circles, that the steam frigate Colorado, which
left Norfolk on the 13sh instant, cairied dispatches to the
Home Squadron to pm an immediate and effectual stop to
such insolent outrage in luture. In the meantime, expla
nations have been demanded of the British ana Spanish
governments, and the latter has been specially advised that
if it cannot protect American vessels in its ports, in the isl
and of Cuba, our government will underake the task itself,
and that right speedily. These outrages, which have been
frequent and insolent, will, it is thought, be explained away
on the ground that they were authorized by the late British
Ministry, but will be disapproved by the present Ail
moonshine. Great Britain has never vet renounced her
pretended right of search. We have never admitted it.—
Let us have it out.
Yesterday, Mr. Harkney, the door keeper of the House
was summarily dismissed from office, by an overwhelm
ing vote, for malpractices. He was charged, among other
things, with reporting as executed, more work thau was ac
tually done, and extorting from his employers a part o 1
thr-ir pay. A good precedent. Let us have them aiJ.
There is a probability that the resolution fixing the ad
jourament of Cougress on the Ist Monday in June will be
rescinded Judge Wright, of your State, has visited Al
bany, on the part of the Committee on Tariff Frauds, to
take the testimony of Thurlow Weed, who could not at
tend from sickness. • BRUTUS.
It is said that Judge Douglas, in inviting
Mr. Lamar, of Mississippi, to the grand banquet
which he gave on Friday to the Medical Associa
tion, informed him that it was a medical caueus,
called to heal the ulcers ol the Democracy. “The
idea may be a g >od one,” said Mr. Lamar, “but j
Judge, I would begin by amputating the diseased 1
limb.”
The Next Legislature.
We learn that the Supreme Court, at its late
session in Miledgeville, settled the Constitutional
question as to the right of the present members of
the Georgia Legislature, taking their seats as le
gal Senators and Representatives, in the approach
ing session to be held the present year. It was
decided that old members would be entitled to
their seats; and that no election would be held for
Senators or Representatives, except in cases where
they had beep cut tff into new counties, made at
the last session- In all such instances, elections
must he held in both counties. In the old county
‘o snpply vacancies thus created ; and in the new
one, lo au entire new dele o ation. —Atlanta Intel
ligencer.
Alleged Breach of the Neutrality Laws,
Arrest of Captain Judkins, of the British Steam
er Persia.
Captain Jtidkin, of the British steamer Persia,
was arrested b\ United States officer Edaatd Ho
gan on Thursday afternoon, unier the follown g
circumstances: —It appears that upon receiving
orders from Depntv Health Officer \\aller to an
chor the Persia at Quarantine, because of the
sm 11-pox case discovered on hoard, he found one
of the Custom House officials anxious to leave the
ship, which for some time he prevented. Upon
this official gaining trie shore he found another
Custom House officer equally anxious to board the
Persia, as he had important documents to deliver
in person, but Captain Judkins sent word that fie
should not admit him. The two officers then came
back to New York, and appearing before the Uni
ted States Commissioner Betts, made affidavits to
the above facts. A warrant w ? as then made out, at
their request, and placed in the hands of the Mar
shal, who immediately proceeded to the Quaran
tine, and after great difficulty succeeded in board
ing the steamship. On gaining the deck the offi
cer inquired f>r the object ot his search, and was
informed that Captain Judkins was in his cabin. —
Officer Hogan went below, where he found the
captain, and upon making known to him the object
of his mission Captain Judkins smiled, and remark
ed that he would go with him. The United States
officer and the captain of the Persia then came up
to the city and appeared before the United Slates
Commissioner, who, at the Deputy Marshal’s re
quest, ad mi’ted Captain Judkins to bail in abo and
of ,$2,000 to appear and answer to any charges
that might be make against him. Edward Cunard,
Esq., became his bondsman, and Captain Judkins
returned to his ship. Giving bail waives an ex
amination, and the case will be sent before the
Grand Jury.— N. Y Herald 1 6th.
Tlie Adams JExpress Cos. $lO 035 Paid.
The Augusta Constitutionalist ot the 16th inst..
says:
“Our columns have contained an advertisement
for several days past, offering a reward of two
thousand five hundred dollars for the recovery of
a package containing ten thousand dollars in bills
of the Planters’and Mechanics’Bank of Charles
ton, S. C., which was stolen from the Adams Ex
press Company whilst in transit from Atlanta, Ga.,
to M'ln'gomerv, Ala.
“This package was delivered to the Agent of the
Adams Express Company in Charleston, on the
14th of April, by Messrs. Drake & Moses, to be
carried to Columbus. Ga., there to be delivered to
Messrs. Hall, Moses & Cos., and was lost en route
to that place, on the 2oth uil., as we have
stated.
“We refer to the loss of this package to state
that its value was promptly paid by the Exp ess
Company as soon as a messenger with the neces
sary funds could reach Charleston from ‘his place,
after it was ti ought proper by the officers of the
company to make public the fact of the loss. We
have seen the receipt of Messrs. Drake & Moses
to the company, daed on Friday last, for ten thou
sand dollars—the amount contained in the lost
package—and thirty—five dollars, the interest upon
‘hat amount from the 24th of April to the 14th of
May. The prompt piyment of this large amount
of money,-upon a loss incurred by’ hem in the course
of their business, reflects great credit upon the com
pauy, as it shows that they have the ability and
the will to meet all the obligations which as com
mon carriers they assume.”
Crops in North Mississippi and Tennessse.
The Vicksburg True Southron, of the 14th
says :
A hasty trip through the central portion of North
II ssissippi and West Tennessee gave us an op
portunity of seeing the condition of the growing
crops, and judging of the agricultural prospects of
ihe planters and farmers in the immediate vicinity
of the route over which we passed. In Madison,
Hinds, CarroM, Homles, and the southern portion
of Yalabusha counties, the frost of the2Bih ult, has
not materially affected either corn or cotton ; but
north of that the tender cotton plants, which were
just emerging from the ground received great dam
ige, and in many instances will require relpanting.
Planters in the upper tier of counties complain that
the wheat crop will be considerably shortened by
rust, and the cotton which has survived the Irost
atid subsequent cold nights has already been attack
ed by lice. Corn -ooks green and flourishing, and,
doubtless, a very heavy yield may be confidently
expected.
Upon the whole, the prospects are about as good
as usual. The fields along the banks of the Mis
sissippi are ol course backward, because of the
immense quantity of rain which has fallen upon
them, and the nature of the soil being such as to
require several days of continued favorable weath
er to dry them up sufficiently to admit of cultiva
tion. We saw fewer plantations inundated than
we anticipated —only three or four, and but one of
those on the left bank of the river—the Arkansas
shore being the greatest sufferer. Napoleon is still
under water.
Newspaper Change.
We learn from the Washington Stales that—
Me.-sr-. O. J. Wise and Nathaniel Tyler are as
sociate editors and proprietors of the Richmond
Enquirer , Mr. Wise was fonnaly Secretary of
the American Legation at Paris, and is understood
to have been writing, incognito, tor the Enquirer ,
for some time past He is a son of the Governor.
Mr. Tyler is a son of Judge Tyler of Prince Will
iams, and has been connected heretofore with the
Warrenton Elag. Both are gentlemen of talent.
The proprietors announce that they will soon en
, large the paper, and bring it out in anew
duress.
Suicide. —The M mtgomery Confederation con
tains an account of the suicide of Mr. James M.
Taylor, formerly of Columbia, S. C. hut now a resi
dent of C< necuh Cos., Ala., He left Montgomery
on the 10th inst.. on a steamboet, intending to get
■ ff at Clan borne, but when the boat arrived at that
po nt he was not to be found ; on search a note
was discovered addressed to his wife stating that
he had drowned himself.
Protect the Robin.— lt is found that robins sub
sist chiefly upon the worst enemies of the fruit
trees, the curculios. Not ihe first particle of vege
ttb'.e matter is ever four,din the crop of a s ; ngle
b.rd. This settles the question in favor of
robin* and he who kills one of the beautiful song -
ster, for sport, or food.or an other cause, deserves
to be fed with wormy fruit for the remaining years
of his natural life.
Washington Hews.
Washington, May 19.
In the Senate to day the fishing bounty repeal
bill was passed by a’vote of ihirty to twenty
fiVThe House adopted a resolution requesting the
President to communicate to Congress copies o
all documents relating to the transfer of tto io °
grant.
The appropriation bill is up.
Mr. B >vce made an important report in favor ot
the modification cf the tariff, in which he ignores
all protection. . .
The government asks Congress to authorize
new loan of $15,000,000.
Judge Loring tb-dav took his seat as one o n
Judges of the Court of Claim-.
Tue President has coniinunicated to the senate
a mes a e, in which he sta'es that he has instruct
ed Mr. Dallas at the Court of St. James, to demand
the di missal of the Bri'i-h officers who recently
outraged our flag on the Gulf: and also pecuniary
satisfaction, in case of loss. He also stated that he
intends to hold Spain responsible tor the outrages
permitted in Iter waters; and insists that prompt
measures sha-ll be taken to prevent a recurrence ol
such interferences.
Several .-hips have been ordered to cruise on tue
coast of Cuba.
General News by the Niagara
The London Times refers very approvingly to
the extension bv the United States in a Souther
ly direction to Central America.
Sir Colin Campbell demands large reinfoice*
ments immediately in India.
The French Commission have recommended
that Prof. Morse should be paid 400,000 for his
Telegraph invention. [This recommendation is
probably in response to the opinions of M. M. Wa
lewski, Hubrier, Kisseleff, Firrnin-Rogier, Lighten
velt, (Netberland) De Vallamarina, De Pipen
(Sweden,) Marquis de Tenny de Nerlie. (Tuscany)
and Haiden EtFendi, who met in conference at the
Hotel of Foreign affairs, in Paris,on the 27th April,
to deliberate on the question of remuneration to
Prof. Morse for his discovery and perfection of the
electric telegraph.]
The Kingdom of Belgium is remodeling and
strengthening all her defences.
An earthquake at Naples had caused considera-
ble damage.
It is reported that the vine disease lias appeared
at Naples.
Regulations for the abolition of Russian SerfJom
had been published.
In India symptoms of a revolt among the Sikhs
are apparent. The Kingdom of Oude is represent
ed to be very insurrectionary in its tendencies.
Terrible Tornadoes —Loss of Life.
St. Louis, May 15. A violent tornado joccured
on Thursday night in Illinois. The tram on the
Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad was blown
off the track, and several pprsons seriously in
jured. The towns of Lexington, Peora, Junction
and Tonnwanda suffered severely, half of their buil
dings being prostrated. There were many killed
at Tonawanda.
Yesterday another storm passed between Bloom
ington and Springfield, doing great damage. A
large rrumber of houses at fiikhart and Willfams
ville were demolished, and five lives were lost.
John Gardner’s Memorial.
St. Louis, May 15.—The Chamber of Commerce
has in orsed John Gardner’s memorial now be
fore Congress, in favor of a mail service between
the United States, the West Indies, Brazil and the
Argentine Republic.
Railroad Accident.
Lafayette, (Ind.,) May 15.—A very serious
accident occured eighteen miles south of here, in
consequence of the bridge which crosses Potato
Creek giving wav precipitating all the cars into the
creek. The engineer fireman and conductor were
killed ; the passengers escaped without serious
injury.
Foot Race.
Vikcsbukg, May 15—A Foot Race for one hun
dred and fittv yards, for SIOOO a side, between
Shultz, of K* ntueky, and Odin, of this county, took
place to-day. It was won by Shultz, who distan
ced his, competitor five and a half feet. The time
made was 15 seconds. Four or five thousand
dollars changed hands.
Another Outrage. —Cap’ain Homes, of the
schooner Mobile, arrived at New York last Tues
day from Mobile, r* ports : 29th u!t., when 25 miles
South of Key West, saw a steamship to windward
bearing down for us; hove to to speak her, and,
when w thin rifleshot distance,she commenced fir
ing rifles at us, the balls from which passed be
tween the men on deck, ard lodged in the bul
warks; then hauled down the jibs, when they fired
two more shots ; they then sent a boat on board of
the Mobile, and overhauled the vessel’s papers, and
declared their intention to spize the vessel, she not
having a foreign register on board, but afterwards
left without doing so. They gave no reason for
acting as they did, nor did they deny plainly see
ing the American ensign set on our vessel.
The steamer was the British war steamer Styx.
Another American Vessel Fired into by a
British Cruiser. —A dispatch dated the 17th mst.
at Boston says :
Captain Loring, of the brig Wingold, arrived
here last night, lie reports on the 30th ult., after
leaving Sierra Morena, was fired into by a Brit
ish cruiser. One of tl..> calls was buried in the
mainmast, close to the Captain’s head. They af
terwards were boarded by a fully armed boat’s
crew, who insisted on examining the brig’s papers
Jacksonville. —The Republican of the 12th inst.
says ;
During the last two weeks quite a number of
strangers from abroad have been visiting our city
with a view of becoming citizens. Without a sin
gle exception, so far a9 we learrq they all returned
to their respective homes highly pleased with their
vis tto Jacksonville, and intend locating early in
the fall.
The Crops in Sumter County, Ala , —The Liv
ingston Democrat, ot the Bin inst,, says:
“We have had this week two heavy rains, and
in many places the crops are almost drowned-
Cotton is just beginning to recover from the blight
ing effects of the cold weather and frosts of last
week, and corn genera ly is doing finely.”
We take the following paragraph from the Gal
veston Civilian.
“The usual estimates of the receipts of cotton at
this point, lor the year ending Ist September next,
ha 9 been 100 000 bales This amount has alrea
dy been received, while there is little diminution in
(he weekly returns —the amount this week exceed
ing 4000 bales. There is now a stock 0f4500 bales
at Houston, yet to come forward; and there can
be no doubt that the receipts of the year will reach
120,000 bales.
The tobacco chewer is said to be like a goose in
a Dutch oven— always on the spit.
The following i- o**l. Wang Do dle s communi
cation to ihe State Press: V
Miiledgeviile—lts Productions — Situation — Pub
lic Edifices —Remarkable Characters, cf-c.,
Messrs. Editors I take the liberty of addres
sing you a few lines tor the purpose of informing
you that 1 have nothing to communicate.
Miiledgeviile is situated on the Tobesofkee Riv
er, Murry county, about forty nine miles above its
source, and has about three hundred thousand in
habitants : composed mostly of Penitentiary con
victs, Irish potatoes and L ger B er.
Congress is now in session in the Bar Room,
where the members are seated so close together
that a small motive, in endeavoriug to cieep tlnough
hem, bruised itself to death.
This body is distinguished for weak heads and
strong stomachs. Fquire Ward ol the htate ot
Dooly, is the Speaker of the Senate. lie is a
gentleman of large family, about twenty three years
old. gray haired, and uses tobacco.
Mr. Terhune, of Ware, is lhe Scribe of the Sen
ate. He is perfectly bald, but fetuses to wear a
wig ; alleging this very just and sage reason —that
asltiaturetook his hair off, nature may, put.it r*ack
again; and th*t it dame nature doesn t put it
back again, she is not the lady he took her lor.-
He calls himself the “B.g brave of the Cherokees,”
but history informs us that it is ‘’Big U^ls.”
Gen. Peter Cone is a y< ui g man of fair complex
ion, who has been representing the County of Bul
loch for the last ninety-nine years. A disease ol
the lungs prevents him from speaking above a
whisper. This is to i>e regret ed very much
Lieut. Underwood is President of the House
He is a mighty curious little man, and eats scarcely
anything*
Mr. tSpeer, the Secretary, is a near relative ot
his uncle, the celebrated William Shakespeer ; he
is a fat old man and wears spectacles. He prides
himself upon ids superabundance of raven locks,
and asserts that he has plenty of hair on the -‘place
where the hair ought to grow."’
Findley from Lumpkin is the greatest orator in
either branch of this body, liis voice s sott and
melodious; he slings his sublime gestures to the
skies, and brings them down —to use his own
beautiful expression—“like a thousand of bricks.”
There are some buldings in Miiledgeviile which
would do justice to the magnificence of Palmyra,
or Balbec, or Hawkinsville, in their palmiest days.
The Executive Mansion is a royal edifice—suffi
ciently so to excite the envy of the ancient Caesars.
From the towering observatory of this building wo
have a commanding view of the back-yard ‘of the
Livery Stable and the tan yard of y lhe superb State
Prison.
“Lafayette Hall” is a nable pile. It has no doors
or windows : and some of the floors are knocked
out, we understand, for the purpose of free ven
tilation.
The members of Congress will be pleased to learn
that it will be fitted up for their accommodation
next year, as they now have to sleep seven in the
bed and some on the floor.
The State House—like little Billy Woodcock’s—
is a “mighty building,” with a Porto Rico on top; a
Pizzarro at the bottom and a Revenue running
through the middle. A bill is now before Con
gress “to move it to the Okefenokee Swamp* The
Bill, I hear, has passed.
Yours, my dear sirs,
WANG DOODLE.
N. B.—l expect to be absent, on a journey to the
Mountains of Hepsidam, until the first Wednes
day in next November, when you may expect to
hear from me again.
W. DOODLE.
New Laws of Divorce. —Punch is aiding Pa
rliament in its labors on the new Divorce law, by
proposing the following amendments:
f j hat no wife shall be entitled to relief, iftbe hus
band can show her annual milliner’s bill exceeding
the sum of £250.
That the word “cruelty” shall not be held to mean
smoking in the parlor and library.
That tio mother-in-law’s evidence shall be credi
ted in favor o! her own offspring.
That in any petition presented to this court, the
words, “he behoved like a brute.”shall be taker, as
words ot course, and as superfions.
That any husband shall be debarred from relief
by this court, if he can be proved to have ever hin
ted that he threw himself away in marr age, or to
have received perfumed correspondence at his
clu h.
That no husband shall be favored by the court
who has been proved to assign “business as a rea
son fur his being out unul half past three.
Green in Ladies’ Dresses. —Something singu
lar, if not significant, is lhe amazing predominance,
just now, of the tint of green in ladies’ habiliment.
In a large sale of valuable shawls recently, it was
noticed that this grateful hue was prominent in
al, the most beautiful, late and costly patterns. —
The flounces of-ilks, bareges and grenadines, show
the same color. The bonnet materials incline to
it, and triumphs in the wreaths and sprays dial
flourish so near the cheek ol beauiy. It is net the
golden green of the moss, or the rosebud, nor the
silk of the young ear, nor the verdure oi the ten
der grass of April; it is a chastened, sober green,
pure and delicate as the crested sea wave and al
lying itself harmoniously with the pale violet and
the lilac blossoms. It has a freshness that suits
the spring costume, and a -eoolness, that attracts
the eye amid the heats of summer. Yet, it lias
never been so universally a favorite as now. —
Fashion seems in love with nature for once, and
resolved to appropriate her livery. —New York
Express.
COLUMBUS, May 22d. -COTTON-Our Market iifs f
extremely dull and dep-essed. We occasionally hear
small sales, say from 10 (S) llic A.crop was sold yester
day at lli, though it was considered aboye the marke*
rates-
NEW YORK, May 10.—Sales ofCotton to-day 1,500
bales. The market is depressed and the Niagara’s news
has had no effect on th prices. Flour heavy, sales 11,500
barrels. Wheat firm,safes 28,000 bushels. Naval Stores
generally dull Elice steady. Freights on Cotton to Liv
erpool 2-l6d ()7 32d.
SAVANNAH, May 19 Sales of Cotton 400 bales,—
The market is unchanged and quiet.
CHARLESTON, May 19-Sales of Cotton to-day
1,200 bales, ot which less than 2 *0 vere soid after the Ni
agara’s news was received The market is unchanged.
DIED,
In thiseity. May 16'h, William Llewellyn, only child
of William L and Sarah E. Wornum, aged 22 months
and 2 d*ys.
“Yes, thou art gone, ere guilt had power
To stain thy cherub soul and torm,
Closed is the soft ephemeral flower
Thai never felt a storm’ f
The sunbeam’s smile, th 1 zephyr’s breath,
All that it knew from birth to death.
Thou wert so like a form of light,
That heaven benignly called thee hence,
Ere yet the world could breathe one blight
O’er ihy sweet innocaneo.
And thou that brigh’er home to bless
Art passed with all thy loveliness.”
SUFFERERS with Diseases ol the Bladder, Kidneys,
Gravel, Dropsey, Weakness,&c-, read the advert-einent
in another coluruD, headed “Hrmbold’s Genuine riepara
t!°n‘ Sold by Dr- D. Young, Columbus Ga.
May 22—’58 lm.