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TIMES & SENTINEL
columbds, Georgia. _
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1858,
Important Decision.
A case has recently been determined by the High Court
of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi, which involved the
question whether free negro legatees residing io a tree State
should be allowed to take a bequest of property in Miss
issippi to the exclusion of the next of kin —the testator him
self a citizen of the last mentioned State at the timeo is
death* The decision was io favor of the legatees, an was
founded on a principle of comity which respects an re
cognises, in the State where they are sought to be enforce ,
the rights secured to their inhabitants by other States.—
That inasmuch as the legatees by the laws of their domi
cil (Indiana,) would be entitled to take the legacy in ques
tion, this right si ould not be denied them in Mis issippi,
unless it were in contravention of positive law or public
policy. If the bequest had been of specific property as
land and negroes the court intimated that a grave question
might have arisen to be determined by considerations of
public policy; but as the will directed the whole property
to be sold and the residue, after payment of debts to be paid
in money of course, to the legatees, the court did not con
sider the public interest affected by the application, in this
instance of the principle of comity, and decreed according
ly. What a marked contrast is here exhibited to the man.
ner in which the rights of Southerners are respected in the
Northern States!
A flairs In Mormondone.
Information from Utah, supposed to be reliable, has
reached us to the effect that the Mormons are not dis
posed to submit their pretensions to the arbitrament of
war and will be ready, on the advent of the United State
forces, to make proposals lor peace. It is perhaps unfortu
nate for the futnre quiet of the country that those who
havesolong maintained an attitude of defiance to the
authority of the government cannot be made to )eel its
power to suppress rebellion - Such experience would be a ju9t
retribution for their past conduct and a sure guarantee ot
future obedience. The government, however, will not feel
authorized to reject their pacific overtures, and thus will be
terminated a bloodless but very expensive Campaign. In
the conditions of peace which it will be our right to im
pose, we submit that it would be woll to demand the per
petual ostracism of the mormon despot, Brigham Young,
from the territory. His turbulent and fanatical spirit is
the chief cause of all the trouble there and while he is al
lowed to remain and wield the most absolute spiritual des
potism over the people, we need not hope lor any perma
nent pacification.
Crops.
A trip on the Mobile & Girard Road, from which
we returned yesterday, gave us some idea of crops in the
section through which the road passes. On the river lands
beginning just below the city and stretching to Fort Mitch
ell, both corn and cotton look finely. With regard to
corn, particularly, we may remark that the prospect of
abundance was never more flattering in this region. The
stand couldjnot be better, and the Spring has been of such
a character that grass had no chance to injure it. The
growth of cotton has been checked by the recent cooj
nights, yet the stand is generally good, and the plant
looks healthy. Oats are a complete failure. We rarely
meet a planter who expects anything from that crop.—
The harvesting ot wheat has begun, but we do not boast
much of our production in that respect. We went no fur
ther west tnan Guerryton, but we learned that beyond the
“Ridge” in the prairie lands, there was something that
would astonish us—Corn from shoulder to head high and
cotton from half leg to knee high. This requires all our
credulity, yet w q—believe it.
New Advertisements.
Our lair readers must not fail to notice tho inducements
offered by Messrs. G. W. Atkinson & Taylor, we cannot
recollect the names, and if we did, should have to upset
ourtonguoto call them, but we imagine the provision is
ample to dress them “from top to toe” and at greatly re
duced prices. Give them a call.
See, also, advertisement of plantations for sale by J. A.
Fox. Persons wishing a healthy location with plenty of
rich river bottom land contiguous thereto, and at a conve
nient distance from the city, on easy terms would do well
to give him a call.
OCfThe.Secretary ot tho Treasury is encouraged to
believe that the receipts from customs will be so much
increased during the present fiscal year that there will be
no necessity for a call upon Congress for an additional
issue of Treasury notes.
ftyThe Steamship Southerner, the first ever built in
the United States, was sold in New York on Wednesday
lor SIO,OOO. The hull is said to be yet staunch and sea
worthy.;
Gold in lowa.— There is great excitement in lowa
about the late gold discoveries on South and Middle rivers
in Union, Madison, Warren, Clark, and Adair counties,
which lie in the Southern part of lowa. It is reported
that hundreds have gone to the diggings, and are making
from two to ten dollars a day each man, besides occasion
ally picking up lumps Horn one hundred to two hundred
dollars value.
The Rt Rev. STEPHEN ELLIOTT, D. D. Bishop o
Georgia, arrived in this city this morning, and will preach
to-night at Trinity Church, Oglethorpe Street. Further
notices of services, during the stay of the Bishop, will be
given to-night.
New Jersey to have a Foreign Mission— The New-
Ark Mercury learns that the appointment for New Jersey
will be given to the Hon. John P- Stockton, and it wifi
be either the mission to Rome or Naples.
Washington News.
The bill for the admission of Oregon has passed the
Senate by a vote of 35 to 17.
Washington, May 22.—A bill for a loan of $15,-
000,0U0 was introduced into the Senate to-day. —
The Senate discussed the Homestead Bill.
Messrs Phelps and Kavanaugh, members from
Minnesota, were introduced into the House. The
Ohio contested election was taken up.
Vessels Searched.
The following is said to be a list of the vessels
visited by the British ships-of-war within the last
three weeks in the neighborhood of Cuba :
Ship Tropic Bird, fired into, boarded, and search
ed.
Barque Clara Windsor, fired into, boarded and
searched.
Barque Glenburn, overhauled at sea.
Barque W. H. Chandler, boarded and searched
while lying at anchor in the port of Sagua la
Grande.
Twelve other vessels also boarded and search
ed in the harbor of Sagua la Grande.
Brig Robert Wing, fired into, boarded, and search*
ed.
Schooner Wingold, fired into, boarded, and
searched.
Schooner Cortez, seized, and now detained at
Inagua.
Schooner N. B. Borden, fired into, boarded, and
searched.
Schooner Mobile, fired into, boarded, and search
ed.
Communicated.
Messrs. Editors:— As you could not avail yourself of
the “Pic Nic” at Mr. Peabody’s on Saturday last, allow
one who was present to give you an account of the delight
ful occasion.
When we reached Mr. Peabody’s splendid residence we
saw bevies of beauxs and the exten
sive grounds, seated under the beautiful shades of vines
and forest trees —sipping ice-cold lemonade, and chatter
ing most merrily. When we entered the mansion, not
less than twenty couples were tripping the ‘light fantastic
toe,’ to the music of the dance, and all was as merry as a
marriage bell. We and the rest of our company were mos*
cordially received by the kind hostess, with that true hos
pitality which has ever characterized the accomplished la
dy who presides over the happy household. With all
due deference to Mr. Peabody himself, we must say that
his mansion would be lifeless without the
presence ol his accomplished lady. However, we were
not lax in our acceptance of the gentleman’s hospitable
invitations. With that pecu iar nack, which has the sub
tle power of making one feel “perfectly at home,” we
strolled with him about his grounds, and listened, charmed
with his conversation upon horticultural matters, convinc
ed that the position he bolds in his specialty is well de
served.
We need say nothing of his straw berry fields—they
are still the wonder and admiration of all. We have seen
them on several occasions, but never more luxuriant and
prolific than they presented themselves last Saturday. We
enjoyed a practical test of all we met with, and the Ger-*
man, who sings over flowing bowls, the joys of his Rhe
nish, never wet his lips with a glass of finer Hock than
Mr. Peabody presented us of his own culture.
Dinner was served up in a delightful grove, near a bold
and crystal spring, and you may rest assured the large
company did full justice to the many good things so boun
tifully prepared.
Returning—after being almost sated with good things—
we heard, as we approached the mansion, again the en
livening sound o* music. The dance had again begun and
it seemed to me as though the day had begun anew. No
wonder every thing in and around was given up to the en
joyment of all, and each seemed to feel a perfect freedom
to take advantage of the pleasing license.
When we left the sun had nearly set but many seemed
loth to go. No one of that numerous company will soon
forget the delightful day !
We had almost forgotten to state that the “pic-nic”
was organized with the young people of Mr. Peabodey’s
household—and the cheerful sympathy which was exhibi
ted by the elders endeared them greatly to the young
hearts which bounded so joyously on “pic-nic” day. *
The Southern Matron.
The editor of the Louisville Journal whilst on a
visit to Richmond in February, made the ac
quaintance of Miss Cunningham, the “Southern
Matron,” who so nobly heads the movement for
the purchase of Mount Vernon. In speaking of
her, he says:
“Miss Cunningham's voice is as sweet as a bird’s,
her heart as fresh as a spring flower, her spirit
cheerful and enthusiastic, and her conversation,
not only upon her favorite theme, but upon all
others, glowing and at times eloquent. We have
loved to listen to her words of lofty patriotism.—
Born and reared in South Carolina, and related to
some of the most distinguished disunionists of the
South,she early contracted the Southern contagion
and longed for nothing more ardently than for the
secession of her native State even if it should se
cede alone. But when she became deeply inter
ested in the character of Washington, and began
to dedicate herself to the sacred work of securing
his tomb and the home of hio living years as a
national shrine, where all the pilgrims of liberty
might be free to linger and worship, anew and
loftier spirit took possession of her soul, and she
gives to the whole country the love and devotion
that she gave to a section. She earnestly believes
that the Union, if saved at all, must owe its sal
vation to that deep love and reverence which the
general movement throughout the United States
for making Mount Vernon a national Mecca, must
tend to inspire in the hearts of our people for the
character of Washington and his patriotic coun
sels.”
From Kansas.
St. Louis, 3 ray 20, 1858.
Accounts from Kansas continue to speak of out
rages and robberies by Montgomery’s band of out
laws. Several stores and the Post Office at Wil
low Springs were robbed on the 11th. Heavy
robberies are also reported in different parts of
Johnson County, and three hundred families are
said to have been driven out of Lynn County.—
Montgomery holds a captain’s commission under
Gen. Lane. It is understood that the band have
a written pledge under which they are sworn to
drive all the pro-slavery men out of the Territory,
and to break up the land sales in July. They are
also reported to have said that unless Gov. Den
ver withdraws the troops from Fort Scott, they
will proceed to Lecompton and hang him.
Mr. Yancey’s Report in Regard to the Repeal of
the Law Prohibiting the African Slave Trade:
The undersigned, one of the Committee appoin
ted by the late Southern Commercial Convention
to report upon the subject of the African Slave
Trade-not having had time to read and digest there
portofthe Chairman-subm its the following as more
specificaly expressive of his own opinions; that ;the
distinctive feature which characterizes Southern
industry is slave labor; that before the formation
of this Government this feature was also a char
acteristic of Northern labor, in a limited though
practical degree.
This species of labor was recognized by the
Federal Constitution, and one of its provisions
(Art. 1, Sec. 9, Paragraph 1.) expressly provided
against the passage of any law prohibiting the for
eign slave trade, within a given period.
In the year 1807 this trade was declared by Con
gress to be illegal, and in 1819 an act was passed
to send national armed vessels to stop our vessels
from engaging in the trade —and in 1820 an act
was passed declaring it to be piracy.
The effect of these laws has been to restrict the
expansion of this peculiar species of Southern la
bor, by the usual laws which govern trade in all
other species of property, and to keep down the
prices of Southern lands, while Northern labor, in
addition to i*s own natural increase, has received
the stimulus of an anual emigration of white labor,
in some years reaching as >high as half a million
persons.
The operation of this law has been a direct gov
ernmental discrimination against the South on this
most vital question affecting its prosperity—its la
bor. The act is, in the opinion of the undersigned
but a part of that system of discriminating laws,
wheih, affording bounties to Northern industry
have been restrictions upon the industry of our own
section, and which have enriched snd built up the
one section, while they have been as shackles up
on every effortmade by the other to rise to nation
al prosperity.
The spirit of these restrictive laws has passed
into and become the leading idea of a powerful
and most successful sectional majority, which de
dares that no more slave States shall be admitted
into the Union.
Without expressing any matured opinion in the
views submitted as to the expediency of re-open
ing the Slave Trade, the undersigned believes that
the laws prohibiting the Foreign Slave Trade are
in violation of the spirit of the Constitution and are
unjust and an insult to the South, and, therefore*
ought to be repealed, and submi s for the consid
eration of this body the follow ng resolution :
Resolved ‘ That the laws of Congress prohibiting
the Foreign Slave Trade ough to be repealed.
W. L. Yancey.
Search and Seizure of American Vessels.
The President transmitted Wednesday to the
Senate, in response to a resolution of that body,
several official papers, relating to a subject that is
now engrossing attention throughout the country.
The report of the Secretary of State to 4 Mr. Dallas
is as follows:
* Department of State, )
Washington, 18th May 1858.
Sip.: Since my dispatch No. 103. of the 12th
inst., various statements have been made in the
public papers, showing other cases of the forcible
detention and search of American vessels by Brit
ish armed ships of war in the Gulf of Mexico, and
in the adjacent seas. In ;every case where these
reports have come to the knowledge of this Depart
ment, application has been §made immediately to
the proper*collector to procure from the captain a
particular account of the outrage, ; Jwith a view to
make it the subject of reclamation upon the British
government. Answers to some of these applicar
tions have been received, and copies of them, agreea
bly to the annexed list, are herewith transmitted,
for your prompt action. When others are receiv
ed, you shall, in jlike manner, be furnished with
copies, that you may be kept advised of the pro
gress of these assaults upon our national rights.
In addition to these aggressions upon the high
seas, another indefensible act of violence against
several of our merchant vessels, said to be eleven
in number, by forcible entry and examination, has
been committed by a British armed steamer, in the
harbor of Sagua la Grande, in the island of Cuba.
The statements in the public journals fcontain the
details of this transaction, biitjuo authentic report
on the subject has yet reached theDepartmeni with
the execution of a letter from the Consul-General
of the United Havana, of which I trans
mit you a copy: Proper measures have been ta
ken to procure all the necessary information, which
will be forwarded to you as soon as it reachesjhere.
When all the facts are assertained, proper repre
sentations will be made, without delay, to the gov
ernment of Her Catholic Majesty against this search
of American vessels by the naval force ot another
power within the territorial jurisdiction of Spain.
The United States are satisfied that the govern
ment of that country will adopt the most efficient
measures to protect their vessels resorting to the
Spanish ports from lawless violence. Such pro
tection they are entiitled to, and if it is not found
elsewhere, it must be found in the power of their
own country. lam not informed whether any
injury was sustained in consequence of the pro
ceedings against these vessels. If there were, it
will be expected that it be made good by the
Spanish government itself, or by means of its in
terposition with the government of Great Britain.
These flagrant violations of the rights of the
United States have excited a deep feeling through
the country and have attracted the attention of
both houses of Congress. Their continuance can
not fail to produce the most serious effect upon
the relations of the two countries. The President
confidently believes that the British naval officer,
in the adoption ;of these high handed measures,
have acted without the authority, and have mis
understood the views of their government. But
it is not the less due to’the United Slates that their
conduct should be disavowed, and peremptory or
ders issued to prevent the recurrence of similar
proceedings hereafter. You will communicate to
the Earl of Malmesbury the earnest expectation
of the President that this subject should receive
the immedtate attention of he Britanic Majesty’s
government, and that the officers who have been
guilty of these outrages should be held properly
responsible for their conduct, and that, where pe
cuniary injuries have been suffered, the interested
parties should receive just compensation.
You will also invite the particular attention of ’.Lord
Malmesbury to the occurrence at Sagua la Grande,
and to the just expectations of the United States
that the measures of redress adopted by the British
government upon this occasion will be such as to
mark with its'displeasure the conduct of the officer
whose proceedings have given a serious cause of
offencejjto a friendly power, and to prevent a simi
lar interference hereafter.
I am, sir, respectfully, your obd’t serv’t,
Lew. Cass.
George M. Dallas, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
A report from the Secretary of the Navy, dated
the 19th inst., states that the United States stea
mer Fulton, Lieut. Almy commanding, has been
ordered to cruise on the north side of the coast of
Cuba, or such other portions as may be deemed
necessary lor the protection of American vessels on
the high seas from search or detention by the ves
sels of war of any other nation. Orders have also
been given for the immediate preparation of the
razee sloop Savannah, at New York and the brig
Dolphin, at Boston, to join the home squadron, for
the purpose of cruising in the neighborhood of
Cuba, and the steam frigate Wabash, now fitting
out at New York as the flag-ship of the Mediter
ranean squadron, has been directed en route to
show her flag in those waters, and to protect at
all times the persons and property of American
citizens.
General Cass, on the 12th instant, instructs Mr.
Dallas, our minister at London, to call the atten
tion of the British government to the aggression,
complained of. The letter is as follows:
“The accompanying papers, copies of the origi
nals of which have just been received, will make
known to you another outrage committed against
the rights of the United States by a British armed
vessel, which calls for the immediate attention of
the British government.
“lam persuaded that if the occurences took place
as they are stated, the conduct ofthe British officer
will be disavowed and comdemned.
“I beg you would communicate to Dprd Malmes
bury the earnest desire of the President that this
.practice, which seems to become more prevalent,
of detaining and searching American vessel, should
be discontinued, and that the most peremptory or
der for that purpose should be given and enforced.
Such a measure is called for by important consider
ations, which will readily occur to you. While this
government is determined to use all proper exer
tions for the suppression of the slave trade, it is not
less desirous that the just immunity of the vessels
ofthe United States upon the ocean should be pre
served. Whatever may have been the true objects
of the voyage of the Cortez, if she had papers
showing her American character, she was subjeet
neither to search nor capture by the British cruiser.
I do not doubt but the facts reported will be fully
investigated by order of the British government
and proper measures taken to prevent the occur
rence of a similar act hereafter.
“I call your attention, also, to the circumstan
ces reported by the consul-general at Havana,
showing the existence of a kind of police system by
which American,,,vessels in that port are watched
and interfered with, and have to require that you
will bring the matter to the attention ot the Earl of
Malmesbury, I 'with a view to the correction of the
tvil.”
Senator Reid of North Carolina. —The report
in the newspapers that Governor Reid has suffered
a relapse, and is lying ill, is utterly without found- I
ation. We had the pleasure of a visit from the |
distinguished gentleman on Wednesday, 19th and
are happy to give assurance of his restoration to
perfeet health. He is en route for Washington,
to resume his duties in the Senate. —Richmond
South.
Resumption Prospects in Charleston.
The following from the Mercury of Wednesday
gives the latest intelligence of the movements of the
Charleston banks:
Bank Resumption.— The community will be
gratified to learn that, yesterday afternoon, alter a
discusssion of the matter by the Presidents of non
specie paying banks of Charleston, it was deemed
advisable not to resume specie payments before
July. The time for resuming is not fixed ; at the
period indicated, the subject, as we understand,
will again come up for consideration. The condi
tion of the banks and of the people —the amount ot
specie on hand, and the residue of exchange left
cn the one hand, with the wants of the community
to be met with onthe other, will then, as now, influ
ence the action of'he officers in charge; for it is
held that, under the circumstance, both morals and
honor require of the banks a careful regard to the
public weal. Good faith towards the State in ret—
erence to her late legislative enactments, relieving
the banks from the consequences of misfortunes
brought upon them by northern connections, in
order —to shield the people from the effects of un
due stringency in the money market, which would
otherwise have followed, requires circumspection
as to the results of premature resumption upon
the community.— Charleston Mercury, May, 21.
Suicide of “Frank Forrester.” —Henry Wm.
Herbert, better known as “Frank Forrester,” who
for the past twenty-five years has written several
works of fiction and treatises on games of various
kinds, committed suicide this morning at the Ste
vens house, Broadway, by shooting himself in the
heart with a pistol. He at one time published the
American Monthly Magazine, in connexion with
Charles Fenno Hoffman, and has writted for near
ly every literary periodical of character in this
country. He was born in England, in 1812, and
came to this country about a quarter of a century
ago. H.s father was a distinguished Dean in the
church of England, and of aristocratic stock. Mr.
Herbert leaves a widow to whom he had been mar
ried but three months. The coroner will hold an
inquest this afternoon. Domestic and other troub
les are the causes assigned for the act. — N. Y.
Journal of Commerce.
Mr. Herbert's Letter to the Press.
The following letter addressed to the Press of America,
was found upon the table of Mr. Heroert, with the follow
ing inscription on the envelope.
“TO THE PRESS OF AMERICA.”
“The Tribune, Times, Courier and Enquirer, with
a request to copy.”
“To the Press of the United States of America.^
“Before going to my account, I would say a few
words to the Press of America, and to men among
whom I have for many years been more or less
associated.
‘1 have my faults, my failings ; I have done my
share of evil in my life, as all men have done;
perhaps I have done my share of good likewise.’
‘Of my private history, few men know anything,
fewer still know much—no one knows the whole;
it cannot concern the public to know anything.—
Asa writer let me be judged; as a man let my
God Judge me.
I implore not praise, not a favorable construc
tion—l implore silence For what I have to ac
count with God, let me account with God, and
not with man, who may uncertainly perceive and
distinguish facts, but certainly cannot perceive,
causes or divine notions or intentions.
“I do not ask charity—l only implore silence.
‘Let the good that I have done, if any, be in
terred with my bones; let the evil, also—for the
evil, I can say positively, is such as can do no evil
after me. I have taught, I have inculcated, I have
put forth nothing which I did not believe to be
good and true. In all my writings, I have writ
ten no line of which I am ashamed, no word which
I desire to blot.
‘I have done many things wrongly, many things
of which I am ashamed, many things of which I
have sincerely repented, many things under the
pressure and temptation of poverty and necessity,
to which I am not accustomed by my condition,
which I hope I should not do again under any
temptation.
* I am very sorry I have been weak at times and
have fallen; who has not done so ?
“For justice sake, for charity’s sake, for God’s
sake, let me rest. I bear an honorable name.—
I have striven hard, in great trials, in great
temptations, in a foreign country, in a false posi
tion among men who did not, perhaps could
not, sympathize with me, to keep it honora
ble —as you would have your own names hon
ored and your sons preserve them to you, 1 charge
you do not dishonor mine. Few will miss me
when I am gone probably none lament me—so be
it! Only, I implore you do not misinterpret and
malign me.
“Having said this, I have Said nearly all—one
word more only—if, as I presume will be the case,
my earnest and hopeful appeal for repose be disre
garded —if the vultures of the press pounce on my
cold remains, to tear, through them the heart strings
of my living relatives —to blazon forth all my mis
deeds, in unblushing colors to the sun—let none of
my friends —if I have a friend—stand forth to de
fend me. Defence only provokes bitter attack, and
gives a keener tooth to scandal.
“I die, forgiving every man who has wronged
me, asking forgiveness of every man whom I have
wronged. I have atoned, so far as I know, or can
atone, for every wrong I have ever done.
“I have the means, I believe, if they be carefully
managed, to pay everything that I owe, and, per
haps, to leave a small surplus.
‘I never shrank, while I was alive, from meeting
the consequences of my deeds face to face. I never
said a word to a man’s back which 1 would not or
did not say to his face.
“Remember now, all you that would assail me,
that my back is tamed forever; that henceforth I
can disprove no slander that i9 spoken of me; that
from no accnsation, how false soever, can I prove
myself not guilty. Of all cowardice, the most base
and cruel is to strike the dead, who can make no
defence or answer.”
“I ask no praise. Do not praise me—probably I
deserve none.”
“I deserve reproach, doubtless, for I am mortal,
and have sinned. Say so, then, of me if yon say
anything, and let my sins go with my mortality to
His judgement, who can tell, not only when and
where, but why they were committed and how far
they have palliation —how far they deserve par
don.”
‘‘Remember, also, when you judge me, that of
all lives, mine has been the most unhappy.”
“No counsellor, no friends, no country have been
mine for six and twenty dreary years ; every hope
has broken down under my foot as soon as it
touched it, every spark of happiness has been
quenched as soon as it has been kindled.
If I have sinned much and sorrowed much, I
have also loved much more perhaps than I have
either sinned or sorrowed. It is the last drop that
overflows the golden bowl, the last tension that
breaks the silver chord. My last hope is gone—
mv last love and my life go together—and so,
good night to HENRY HERBERT.
May 18, 1858.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL of the
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
COTTON ADVANCED 1-8.
New York, May22.-The Steamship City of Wash
ington, Gapt. Petrie, has arrived at this port with Liv er _
pool dates to the 12th inst.
General News
Resolutions have been introduced into both Houses of
Parliament censuring the Government for the publication
of their dispatch from the Governor of India. Lord El
lenborough assumed the responsibility, and resigned his
position in the Miuistry as President ot the India Board
His esignation wa9 accepted.
Henry Bulwer has been appointed Minister to Constan-
tinople.
Late advices have been received from Calcutta, but the
news was unimportant. The weather was hot. A cam
paign to Rohilcund was considered inevitable.
China was quiet.
The Spanish Minister of the Interior had resigned.
Commeriial.
Liverpool Cotton Market —The arrival of the Africa,
on theßih inst-, caused an advance, in some instances o
an lb. The sales of cotton for the past three days
comprised 30,000 bales, of which speculators took 8,000,
and exporters 3000 bales, leaving 19,000 bales of all de
scriptions to the trade. Some circulars report the market
buoyant.
State of Trade. —Manchester advices were more favo
rable.
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market,— BreadstufTs were dull
and nominally unchanged. Wheat was dull, and Corn
firm.
Liverpool General 31arkct. —Rosin was dull and de
clining at 4s.#’cwt. Rice was quiet, and Carolina was
quoted at 28;>*(a)29s. Spirits Turpentine was firm and nom
inally quoted at 455.
London General Market.— Sugar was heavy, with
quotatations barely maintained. Coffee was steady. Spir
its ol Turpentine was quoted at 41s.fS>42s.
London Money Market.— Consols was quoted at 97
97£ ior money, and 97i<®97J.
Rust in Wheat —We are sorry to learn that all
the wheat, or at least most of it in this section, is
being seriously injured with the rust, Some of
the farmers whose grain is less forward than others
are fearful of losing their whole crop. Wheat
which is just blooming, or in full bloom, will suffer
very seriously.
Since writing the above, a friend, who is usually
good authority upon agricultural topics, stated to
us that he considered the Wheat crop a failure all
over the State. He says there is a worm in the
stalk which is doing more damage than the rust.—
Temperance Crusader , May 20.
The Crops. —The recent frosts, cold nights, and
heavy rains have greatly injured the stands of cot
ton in North Alabama, and the prospect at present
for cotton is far from being good. Corn and oats
look better. Wheat has been somewhat injured,
yet we believe that if nothing more occurs to injure
it, a fair crop will be made. But on the whole the
growing crops are backward this season, and need
warm showers and hot days and nights to bring
them forward.
A fine season of rain fell on Tuesday, and the
weather has been for the last few days more sea
sonable.—Huntsville Advertiser , May 20.
Look Before You Kick.
A minister recently while on his way to preach
a funeral sermon in the country, called to see one
of his members, an old widow lady, who lived near
the road he was traveling. The old lady had just
been making sausages, and she felt proud of them,
they were so plump, round and sweet. Of course
she insisted on her minister taking some of the
links home to his family. He objected on account
of not having his portmanteau along. This objec
tion was soon overruled, and the old lady after
wrapping them in a rag, carefully placed a bundle
in either pocket of the preacher’s capricious coat.
Thus equipped, he started for the funeral.
While attending to the solemn ceremonies of
the grave, some hungry dogs scented the sausages,
and were not long in tracking them to the pockets
of the good man’s overcoat. Of course this was
great annoyance, and he was several times under
the necessity of kicking those whelps away. The
obsequies at the gnrve completed, the minister and
congregation repaired to the church where the fu
neral discourse was to Am preached.
After the sermon was finished, the minister halt
ed to make some remarks to his congregation, when
a brother, who wished to have an appointment
given out, ascended the steps of the pulpit, and
gave the minister’s coat a hitch to get his atten
tion. The divine, thinking it a dog hav.ng a de
sign upon his pocket, raised his foot, gave a sud
den kick, and sent the good brother sprawling down
the steps.
“You will excuse me brethren and sisters!” said
the minister confusedly, and without looking at
the work he had just done, “for I could not avoid
it. I have sausages in my pocket, and that dog
has been trying to grab them ever since I came
upon the premises.”
Our readers may judge of the effect such an an
nouncement would have at a funeral.
A Novel Enterprise.
We notice a telegraphic dispatch in the Mont
gomery Advertiser , ot the 20th inst., in which it
is stated that Mr. Gesner, of Milledgeville, had just
passed through Macon with fourteen hundred
young Shad, and would reach Montgomery on the
20th.
The Atlanta Intelligencer thus notices Mr. Ges
ner’s arrival in that city :
“A rare and novel cargo of freight arrived here
on Wedneseay evening last, by ihe Macon & Wes
tern railroad, en route tor the Alabama river. It
consisted of a large wooden tank, holding one or
two thousand gallons of water, located in an open
car, in which was placed some six or seven thou
sand young shad fish. The large family were alive,
and seemed to be doing well. We understand
they were taken in branches near the Ocmulgee and
Oconee rivers, in the vicinity of Macon and Mil
ledgeville, and belong to a comapny of gentlemen
in Alabama, who design putting them in the Ala
bama river, and other streams in that State, where
nature seems to have omitted the simon pure
white shad.
The cargo that passed here, are very diminutive
specimens of the shad tribe, ranging from about a
quarter of an inch, up to three inches in length—
the larger ones being thin, and so transparent that
one could easily see through them.
We learned from the man in charge, that the
company has a pond, through which a fresh water
stream passes, somewhere in the neighborhood of
Montgomery, in which the little fish are to be kept
until large enough to take care of themselves. Or,
rather, until they are old enough to have some idea
of instinctive law of self-preservation, otherwise
they would probably all be destroyed by the large
fish in the rivers.
This is an interesting experiment, and we hope
it may prove entirely successful.
There is some probability that the Rev. Dr. Doggett
will be elected to the bench of Bishops of the ethodnt
Church South-!