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TI M LOS & SEJS'THSTEL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1858.
The Banks.
On the Ist day ot last month Governor Brown published
a proclamation calling lor a statement ot their condition
from the Banking institutions of this State. So far as we
can learn two have made complete, the rest quasi r ®P° r a
The former are the Central Rail Road Bank an t e an
ufacturer’s Bank of Macon. The act of our legislature
passed at its last session, to provide against the forfeiture
of the several Bank Charters in this State on account of
non specie payment, declares in Sec. XI, “that the affi.la
it of bank officers, to their annual and semi-annual re
ports, shall in all cases state that the Bank “of which they
are officers has not by itself, its officers Jor agents, in any
particular, violated the provisions of this act.” All the
Banks, with the two exceptions above named, have seen
fit to disregard this provision by not appending to their re
ports the oath it requires. It is contended, we understand,
that they are relieved from the operation of the law by the
resumption. We have no organs to comprehend “'the rea
soning by which such a position is defended. There is
certainly no warrant for the conclusion in the section we
have quoted, nor in the act of which it is a part. That the
legislature had the right to make the requisition is a prop
osition which will not admit of argument. A bank is an
institution created solely lor the public benefit. No con
sideration of individual interests could ever induce the leg
islature to convey to a body of men such important fran
chises. The old idea that a charter is a contract and
therefore, cannot be taken away without a violation of the
constitution is fast yielding to the advance of truth, and
will, in due time, be swept away by an enlighter.ed judi
cature.
That which is organized and set in motion for the public
benefit should, in right and reason, be limited in is duta
tion by that benefit. II the legi-lature is to be denied this
supervisory care of its own creatures, it were better tar
better that it be deprived of the power ol creating. It can
not barter away the people’s right ol eelf-delence. In the
power to destroy is included the power to limit and con
trol. With regard to banks the legislature has seen proper
to exercise only the latter. In the obligations which it has
imposed we see nothing harsh or unreasonable; and, it
there was, theii discharge should be enforced so long as
the law remained upon the statute book. In these
remarks we are prompted by no enmity to the banks.
We believe that, when properly conducted, they are a va)„
Uible agency in this mercantile and commercial world;
but we believe, also, that they should be subjected to the
restrains ot law. Creatures of the people, they should not
be allowed to defy their authority and “become a law unto
themselves.” Moreover this Act in their own bantling.—
It was framed, or accepted by their friends, passed by the
legislature, vetoed by the Governor and re-passed by a con
stitutional majority ; and now, when the Governor, as he
is in duty bound to do, asks them to comply with its pro*
visions, they repudiate their own offspring—with how much
decency we will not say.
The Wcathor and Crops.
The last two or three days have made an agreeable in'*
terregnum in the hot weather we have had, and may ex.
pect during the present month. Rain showers have been
plenty as “black berries in June,” and their benificenteffects
are everywhere visible in refreshed vegetation. One or
two additional showers may be necessary to perfect the
corn of late plantings, but in most localities a bountiful
yield is already secured beyond the reach of accident.
Never, within our remembrance, was the prospect in this
section more flattering. A favorable early spring, good
stands, propitious seasons, and a degree ot healtfulness
throughout the country, almost unprecedented, explain the
fruitfulqess ot the present year. Asa result therelrom, the
predictions we made some time ago, (based of course upon
some of the L contiDgencies above named,) we have no
doubt will be realized, that corn will not sell in this market
during next winter, for more than fifty cents per bushel—
"a consummation devoutly to be wished” by all non-pro
ducing consumers.
As to the cotton crop.il the early bloom 9 and tall, sap
py stalks and forward bolls, which the planters have so
perseveringly paraded before the country,do not create the
impression o f a five million crop, they can enjuy the con
solatory reflection that it was not their fault, We incline
to the opinion, however, that the frequent and copious
rains, which have come within the last few weeks, will,
probably, be injuiious to the plant. They have stimulated
the stalk to a large and rapid growth, and to the develop
ment of a large incipient crop, but should there succeed a
protracted drought, which past observation induces us to
anticipate, we 6hall learn, in withered squares and decayed
and fallen bolls, the uncertain value of such early promises
of an abundant crop. The present month and August will
tell the cotton story.
Mobile & Girard Rail Road.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Road
*wa6 held on the 7th inst. The election for President and
Directors transpired with the following result.—John H.
Howard, Preeideut; T. B, Threewits, Homer Blackmon,
John W. King, James Gachet, Henry Thompson, and
John Goldsmith, Directors.
We learn from the Enquirer of to-day, that the chief
topic oi discussion at the meeting was, the means of rais
ing the SSO 000, estimated to be necessary to extend the
Road to Union Springs. The plan proposed by the Pre
eident.Maj. John H. Howard,was by sale ot the City bonds
and by subscription. Judge Iverson doubted whether the
.money could be raised in this way, and offered in lieu
i bt*re°f the following resolution:
£*s^l for th® purpose of completing the road
to U nion’ Springs, it is the opinion ot this meeting that
the Presid anc * Directois ought to issue bonds of the
*ingb ter cent interest, payable semi-annu
ally for o^,bea ‘ *tf exceeding $50,000, payable in install
mantcffa Bum Uv md three years; and th t they deposit
th oD ®* tw o *- ‘f Columbus, now held by the com- I
nanv° S it “ le c J ry ° * or the fventual payment of the
on u a,e . such other mode and form ol
t ,ndß> or ad “W expedient.
security as ihev mav
Ai./.- r 7 y eem mc mussion, in which Maj.
Howard .nd"judge'lvM*rwert‘.K e ‘““d par, £ pa “ ,s> the
1 —”
bed w lt h ,t as a eubst.tute for his own reco.
i be Sun says:
The business of the Convention being through pros
aS „ aSked by amember °f‘ h e body afto tu ‘and
granted un 1 6W . 6Urvey ever receiving the donation of,
granted under the act of 1856. Mr t„ \
the matter had been settle h\u lverson replied tha.
that remained was for th* n 7 yC ° mn,lssion ®r> and all
whe,b C ,, h e,,„ u ,d 0 ” h e^‘ o dd° f,h9road ‘° d “ id
right to the land over thin • ° r eVe ° BecUons ’ The
for the reason that locations T 0 6 was not contested
been settled, on account of ; V* and . route had ney er
sent to Washington, in PaperS
presented letters from the Commit Ma,or Howard
dew route, Mly
1 here was one death reported by sun stroke in ,
on Saturday l. Thu Republican, of Monday Z
terd^y m Tb7.i7wZ l 1” h f P ° m ‘ ° f the “*“ £
bio.” ‘ lr w “ hot . sweltering and almost unendura-
temionto tie •^renUMMnt'- ” °°i y Decessar >'> cal! at-
W.Alkinaon & TavToTZ" ‘° * sue of Meesre -<*.
they are offering. They are rld- 6 * ! 0r tJle bar gains
one half their usual price and thirtv u,? k,ads ° f goods &t
cost. n,rly thl e Per cent lees than
Charles E. JLenin of South r. •
SS£s£S7t pto
Nothing of the Telegraph Fleet,
Trinity Bay, July 6.—Nothing has yet been heard of
the Niagara wuh the Atlantic Telegraph cable.
The Central Bank of Montgomery, Alabama, resumed
specie payments on the first instant.
Sun Stroke.— The New York Times’ reports eight
deaths as occurring from sun strokes, on the last day of
June. There were besides six other cases of a very severe
character, that did not result in death.
The Slave Trade. —On motion of the District Attor
ney, a nolle prosequi was entered on Friday morning, in
the case of Jose Lantoss, and others, at New York, for
fitting out the schooner Merchant for the slave trade.
The Coming Struggle for Cuba.
Since the days of Cervantes, who put an extin
guisher on Spanish chivalry, nothing has appear
ed in Spain so facetious 6ays the Richmond Dis
patch, as a late article of La Espana, of Madrid,
upon the chances of war between Spain and the
United States, and recommending the invasion of
this country. All the details which La Lspana
sets forth, of this hopeful enterprise are admirable
and especially the employment of gunboats. The
Congress of the United States did not authorize,
at its last session, one third of the number re
quired by the necessities country. It will
therefore bean act of real fiiendship,if Spain will
build about fifty, and send them over here, with
such an intent as will warrant the naval officers of
the United States in taking possession of them
We dare say that’our Navy Department will fur
nish plans and specifications to the Spanish gov
ernment of the kind of vessels required, and agree
to take them off the hands of Spain, without her
leave, as soon as they arrive in this country, —
However, it is melancholy to behold signs of do
tage in a nation w hich once exulted in the pos
session of an “Invincible Armada,” but whose
military and naval capacity is at present beneath
contempt,and whose richest colonial possession dis
plays the Spanish flag bv the sufferance of the
United States, which, if half as unscrupulous as
Spain in former times would long ago have ab
sorbed the everfaithful isle. —Daily News.
Despatches to the government from the peace
commissioners s-ent to Utah have been received,
stating that they had arrived at Camp Scott, and
were about to set immediately out for Salt Lake
city.
From the tenor of these despatches, it seems to
be considered that it would be highly imprudent
to diminish onr military force in Utah to any ma
terial extent. The hegira of the Mormons is un
derstood in the camp to he for the twofold object
of removing the female portion of the community,
and those who are restive under the despotism of
the Mormon rulers, from the threatened contact
with the army. The hegira proceeds upon the
idea that the orders of the army authorize only a
march to Salt Lake City, and do not extend to
authorizing a pursuit of the retiring people beyond
the present theatre of settlements.
The opinion prevailing in the army seems to be
that a mistake has been made in allowing the Mor
mons time to gather their crops, as it puts them in
condition, if they choose, to make a more protrac
ted resistance, or to stand out much longer from a
formal submission to terms, than they otherwise
would be able to do.
It is understood that thorough preparations
have been made to destroy Salt Lake city on the
approach of the army, if it be thought advisable for
tlie purposes of the Mormons. Opinions differ as
to the destination of the Mormons—some thinking
it to be Sonora, others a fine district of country
entirely surrounnded by desert, and difficult of
approach for attack, to the southward ofSalt Lake
city.— Union.
Canal Across the Isthmus.
The project of a canal across the Isthmus at
Nicaragua is an old French idea, and a favorite
one of the present French emperor. While a pri
soner at Ham in 1842, he received but did not ac
cept an invitation from Central America to take
charge as an engineer of important public works.
His attention thus directed to the point, he kept up
an active correspondence with that region, and re
quested a French naval officer to examine for him
the route of a canal between the two oceans, pass
ing by lake Nicaragua and Leon. About the same
time a plenipotentiary from several Central Ameri
can States was sent to Louis Philippe, then King
of the French, asking from him a protectorate
against the United States, and offering in return
commercial privileges. Not meeting success
there, he applied to Louis Napoleon, with an offer
of the directorship of the public works, but he had
other views and declined again. Not long after
wards he en ered into engagements with Senor
Montenegro, the Foreign Minister of Nicaragua
and accepted full powers to organize a canal com
pany in Europe, of which he drew out a plan,—
The change in his political fortunes withdrew him
from the scheme; but it was fixed in his mind,
and it is not a little curicus that in all the main
features, his plan is the same with that of M. Belly,
which has lately been contracted for under such
strong suspicions that it is to be sustained as a
French project by the power of the French govern
ment. There is, however, this marked difference
in the two plans, which marks the difference inthe
two eras in the lite of Louis Napoleon. Prince
Louis was then a professed liberal, a carbonora,
almost a s< enlist, and his Nicaraguan project in
cluded a scheme of French emigration to Central
America with decided socialist features, The Em
peror does not tolerate such things now, and so M.
Bellv’s project is stripped of all those features.
We find these statements in the Paris corres
pondence of the London Times, which derives the
facts from the published works of Louis Napoleon
himself; and are worth quoting|as paitof the
chain of proof that the Belly enterprise may be a
Frenc h Government scheme. —New Orleans Pic
ayune.
M. Belly.— The name of M. Felix Belly has
been so much before the public of late, that the
New York Express thinks it necessary to give a
description of him:
He cannot speak a word of intelligible English,
‘terviews have been msstly confined to patt
and ii, °nding with a mutual bow, the inquirers
tomime L as . w^se as when they called. Mr.
leaving abou hgent-looking dapper little French-
Belly £an into. * d,u “ f lci e ht ol a sandy com
man, below the id. d ’ b ! s . f yee a ful , l ha2el> hl ?
plexion, a little bronz whls i, era nea, ! y tr,mmed ’
nose a little aqoilitte, hie ‘° \ ,C ,r e< l ulr , em ’' nts , f
S? “T-b cli^d , ‘ d watchguarZ A
h. wears being a g„, hole on his left
Keaef 1 nbb ° n orname nted a butte
Estate in
BosToT!! T he T L E rd PR , !CES ° F REAL ‘ “ p V- :
SSSSSSi, “=j
prices; but the number of ho Zfor b aTlf gt ‘
rent, is large, and is daily becomZ Wh
■ leases have terminated ronba Lo ® r r £ e r * -i
localities and where Zita t, fallen > ™ most 11
houses stand vacant a i°ii ldei, * d ? number ofjof,
city, many *
cost. In eome inatancea, S&Jft lE**
From Utah.
the builder, through the advance in the price ol
land; but, speaking generally, many houses are to
be had for considerably less than the land, materi
als and labor would cost to-day.
A Sixteen Gun Corvette Raised at Sebas
topol.—From a letter dated Sebastopol, May
16th, in the Courier, we make the following ex
tract:
During the last week, the American Company,
which is at work in the harbor of this place, under
Col. Gowen, of Boston, have succeeded in raising
from her former submerged position a corvette of
sixteen guns in an entire condition and in a good
state of preservation. The vessel was raised by
means ot the caissons of the Company, which, un
til within a few days, have not all been ready for
the work required of them. The corvette is the
first vessel that has been raised whole, and now
that the machinery for raising the vessel is in
order, it is confidently expected that the remainder
of the work will be prosecuted without delay. —
During the past ten months the Company, have
been engaged in destroying certain of the vessels
under water, and in raising the pieces. About
fifteen ships of war have broken into fragments by
blasting, and the greater portion of the mate
rial of which they were composed has been rais
ed.
The Adriatic Affair. —ln his letter of June 10,
the Parris correspondent of the New York Com
mercial Advertiser writes:
The fact that the Committee of Foreign Affairs
in the American Congress have resolved unani
mously to take actionjin the affairs of the American
ship Adriatic, which lately escaped distraint in the
port of'Marseilles, has r.ot been noticed in the
French journals. It may not be improper here to
state, however, that it is the opinion of the Ameri
can Minister at Paris, a gentleman whose judge
ment on maritime law is equal if not superior to
that of any man in the United States, that France,
the same as any other nation, has the right, when
a man comes and places himself in her hands, to
judge him by her own laws, and that no other na
tion can dictate to her how, she shall interpret her
laws. No doubt Capt. Duriham was unjustly
dealt with, but it is a civil, not a political question;
it is a question of debt, and not one ofinternation
al law, and the owners of the Adriatic are alone
responsible for their indi-creet act in sending their
ship blindly into the hands of the French authori
ties.
Affairs in China. —The Norfolk Herald pub
lishes the following extract from a letter to a gen
tleman in that city, dated “U. S. steam frigate
Minnesota, Shanghae, April 1, 1858
The length of time we may stay here is entirely
unknown to the wisest heads, and that we will ac
complish anything before we leave is quite uncer
tain. The English, French, Russian and Ameri
can Ministers are here waiting an answer from the
Emeperor respecting anew treaty. It is rumored
that the Emperor has sent some such message as
the following: The English must go back to Can
ton, where they will find a Mandarin or Commis
sioner to treat with them; the French are not
known at all, and had better go home. The Rus
sians had better go to their possessions in the North
and as regards the Americans, the .Emperor thinks
the treaty already made is quite sufficient for
them. So you can see that the taking of Canton
has been of very little effect so far. It is understood
that the Ministers of the four powers will not do'ao
the Emperor desires; bnt that if he still refuses to
come to such terms as they demand, the English
and French will not stop until they knock the
walls of Pekin about the Emperor’s ears. We
will all the time remain peaceable, and perhaps
leave for home in eight months.
Something to Feel Glad About*
Sitting in our sanctum, says the editor of the
Leavenworth Times, now some years past, on a
cold and blustering autumn day, we were attracted
by the entrance of a bright-eyed, thoughtful little
boy, but thinly clad, who told the old story of “no
father—family sick—out of employment,” &c.—
We were at first disposed to express a mock sym
pathy, and say we could do nothing ; but the boy’s
large eyes were so swimming with tears, and he so
trembled from head to foot, while his conduct and
demeanor bore such an impress of truthfulness and
sincerity, that we could not find it in our heart to
speak harshly, and finally dismissed him with quite
a handsome little sum, contributed in the main by
our printers —who, by the way, are proverbial, the
world over, for their generosity. The next even
ing we were somewhat suprised to find the little
fellow once again hanging diffidently about our of
fice door. This time, however, his eyes were bright
with happiness, and a sweet smile played over and
lit up his handsome features. We asked him to
come in, but he merely stepped forward timidly,
so as to catch our ear, and earnestly though stut
teringly whispered, “Mamma prayed for you last
night,” and then disappeared as noiselessly as be
had come.
Thank God, thought we, for that mother’s pray
er ! And though years have passed since then—
though we have bustled through noisy incidents,
and mingled in life’s struggles, as we are all forced
to do—a remembrance of ihnt “Mamma prayed for
you,” still sounds as giatetul and as sweet as when
it first fell from the lips of that innocent boy.
A Remarkable Occurrence. —We find the fol
lowing in an exchange :
A few nights since a United States soldier, bound
with his company for Leavenworth, Kansas, acci
dentally fell off the railroad bridge, at Harper’s
Ferry, into the Potomac river, a distance of thirty
feet. The night being dark, the soldier came out
of the car and walked off the platform upon what
he supposed to be the ground, until he found him
self in chaos. When he struck the water his hat
floated down the stream,and when the soldier blew
the water from his mouth, instead of making im
mediately for shore, he swam after his beaver,
caught it, and paddled towards shore without a
scratch. This feat astonished all who witnessed
it, and created a tremenduous excitement.
Affair of Honor Settled. —The Vicksburg
Whig, of the 29th, (ult.,) says :
The difficulty between Messrs. Clay and Scott,
of Louisiana, who crossed over into this State for
the purpose of settling an affair of honor, has been,
we are glad to state, amicably and honorably ad
justed. So, also, has been ihe difficulty between
Mr Scott and his second Mr. Pylcher. The prin
cipals in this affair are candidates for a vacant seat
in the Legislature of Louisiana from the parish of
East Feliciana. The difficulty originated in a pub
lic debate about a month ago. Mr. Clay formerly
resided in Ky, and is a nephew of Henry Clay. A
bout two years ago, w hile residing in Kentucky, he
fought a duel in Ohio with a brother of Scott,
wounding him severely. Scott is also from Ken
tucky, and both have only been residents of Lou
isiana a short time. Scott was the challenging
party. The duel was to have come off last Sat
urday at 11 o’clock, on the hill just above Vicks
burg, on the river. Weapons pistols. The friends
’hese gentlemen should congratulate themselves
‘e adjustment of the difficulty, as both gentle
reported “dead shot,” and had beenprac
’ pearly a month.
The New Orleans Duel.
The N.O. Delta , of Wednesday last, has the
following in reference to the duel which was con
sidered sufficiently important to be telegraphed all
over the country :
A hostile meeting took place yesterday at the
“Oaks,” near the Half Way House, between Mr.
Joseph Hanlon, Reporter of the True Delta, and
Mr. Isreal Gibbons, Reporter of the Crescent. The
weapons used were duelling pistols, distance
twelve paces. At the first fire Mr. Gibbons re
ceived the ball ofhis adversary in the breast, and
was caught by his seconds as he fell. Upon ex
amination it was found that the wound was ex
tremely dangerous, and it w r as thought advisable
not to move him from the ground. We, however,
learned thatj he was subsequently removed. Mr.
Hanlon escaped uninjured, the ball ofhis adversa
ry cutting his coat.
The difficulty, we learned, grew out of some
compositions which were read before the Girl’s
High School last week, and which were published
in the True Delta of last Sunday. It appears that
Mr. Hanlon obtained them for publication m a
manner which called forth some remarks form Mr.
Gibbons, which the former considered insulting,
and which, alter some correspondence, led to a
challenge from Mr. Hanlon. The parties hither
to have been firm friends. When we last heard
from Mr. Gibbons it was feared he could not sur
vive.
Since the above was in type, we have learned
that there is reason to suppose that Mr. Gibbons
will recover.
The Living and the Dead Monroe.
It is just twenty eight years since James Mon
roe left Virginia to reside in New York. If tradi
tion 6peak truly, he departed under circumstances
not very creditable to the character of the State
whose annals he had illustrated by his wisdom and
his virtues. Although he had been engaged in al
most every variety of civil employment, from the
lowest and least profitable to the highest and most
lucrative, in his old age he retired to private life
without the resources even of a comfortable subsis
tence. His poverty was not the result of vice or
indolence, but of the entire devotion ofhis energies
to the service of the country. His virtues we r e
universally revered, and he was already a chief
among the historic worthies of Virginia. Neverthe
less, he was reduced to the sad necessity of giving
up his property for the satisfaction of creditors, and
of removing to another Slate, that he might enjoy
protection under the roof a generous descendant.
In a short time after his residence in New York, he
died, it is said, of vexation at the delay in allowing
a long-standing claim for a balance on an adjust
ment of bis accounts with the Government.
After twenty-five years of repose in another State,
to-day the remains of James Monroe will be de
posited in the soil of his nativity. Virginia, who
silently witnessed the exile of the aged patriot, and
made no effort to lighten his sorrows, now receives
his bones with every demonstration of respect for
his memory. The contrast is striking and instruc
tive, between the pageant of to-day and the spec
tacle of the old man wending his solitary way with
tottering step to a distaut State, —covered with
glory but clad in poverty, surfeited with applause
but wanting the means of a decent livelihood, re
nowned in history for the exploits of his statesman
ship and his valor, but neglected at home in the
obscurity of helpess old age. Such are the freaks
of fortune—such the capricious gratitude of Repub
lics. The associates of the living Monroe in Vir
ginia administered no relief to his necessities, but
suffered him to subsist in a distant land and upon
the bounty of a generous benefactor. A generation
passes away, and the ashes of the dead patriot are
reclaimed by his native State,with an ostentation ot
homage and munificence ot expenditure that would
have gladdened his soul and alleviated the bur
dens of his declining years. These posthumous
honors cannot compensate the neglect of our fath
ers, but they attest our own appreciation of the per
sonal virtues and public services which are im
perishably associated with the name of Jas. Mon
roe.—{The South).
From the Union Springs Gazette. *
We had the pleasure, on Monday and Tuesday
last, of paying a flying visit to the city of Column
bus, Ga. Business, not pleasure, called us there,
and during our short stay we were so occupied
with the object of our trip that we had little lime for
anything else. We however met with two or three
old friends and formed a few new acquaintances
We did not intend to disturb our editorial breth
ren, even with a call, but as we passed the door
of the Enquirer Office, we just dropped in to shake
our old friend Martin by the hand, not thinking
he would “tell on us.” What was our surprise,
the next morning, to find our arrival kindly an
nounced in his issue, and furthermore, what less
could we do than “take the rounds.” So we in
troduced ourself to Mr. Colquitt of the Times &
Sentinel, and Mr. DeWolf, of the Sun, both of
whom received us kindly. After spending a few
minutes with each, we bid them good-bye, with the
hope of a more intimate acquaintance hereafter.—
By-the-bye, we thought our office was “some” for
litter and confusion. But my the “Sun”
and “Gazette” are at quits on that score and the
Enquirer has “nothing to brag on.
Twelve or fifteen years have wrought a great
change in Columbus. It has expanded and im
proved manifold in business capacity and in busi
ness far beyond our expectations and bo doubt
when the people from this section become acquaint
ed with the business men of Columbus, they will,
ere long, become as much attached to that place,
as they have heretofore been to Montgomery.
We cannot close our remarks without saying
something of our Rail Road and its very gentle
manly Conductor, Root. Coleman, Esq. Much
fault has beend found with this road, but consider
ing the difficulties encountered and the obstacles
to be surmounted, it is doubtful whether many
roads in the South can make a better showing.—
The engine, “Arnold Seales,” is a splendid one, of
sufficient power for all necessary purposes of the
road. The cars are small but comfortable and the
track in very respectable condition making in time,
ordinarily about 18 miles an hour. This Road is
emphatically an “institution” for this portion of the
country and Columbus. We are satisfied, how
ever, that very many of the business men of Co
lumbus have not yet found it out. They are not
aware of the importance to her market of this por
tion of Alabama.
To the gentlemanly Conductor, we return our
sincere thanks for his kind attention to us on our
“outward” and home-bound” trip.
Crops. —Now that the wheat is mostly harvest
ed, we are glad to learn that the injury from rust is
not so great as was feared. The crop was too for
ward, it was stricken by rust and it is thought two
thirds of a crop will be secured. The oat crop we
are sorry to say is regarded as a total failure. We
hear that several horses have been lost by feeding
on the rusted oats. Some of our old farmers ha\e
apprehension of rust in corn. This would be some
thing new under the sun but so is rust in oats.—
The corn meantime looks well and promising as
need b e.—Marietta Advocate.
We learn from the English papers tha*
Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, has been re-elected M.P
for Hertfordshire, without opposition.
The Abolition Infidel Woman’s Rights Frss.
loreßjform Convention.
This body, which was in session in Vermont last
week, is a disgrace to the age in which it met •
Were such a conclave attempted in any southern
town the very blackguard boys in the streets would
pelt it out with a shower of rotten eggs and brick
bats. Some of the resolutions will not bear a re
publication, but we select a few reported by the
Business Committee, which will do as specimens
of the agrarian and blasphemous spirit that ruled
in the convention ;
SLAVERY.
That slavery is a wrong which no power in the
universe can make right; therefore, any law con
stitution, court or government, any church, priest
hood, creed or Bible, any Christ or any God that
by silence or otherwise, authorizes man to enslave
man, merits the scorn and contempt of mankind
BIBLE.
That nothing is true or right, and nothing j s
false or wrong, because it is sanctioned or con
demnned by the Bible—therefore our liible is pow
erless to prove any doctrine to be true or any prac
tice to be right, and it should never be quoted for
that purpose.
That the time and devotion spent on religious
services can confer no benefit on an Infinite and
Independent Power, and can there fore be no vir
tue.
woman’s rights.
Whireas, The assumed superiority of man over
woman has held her in submission, and entailed
slavery and dependence on the sex, and conse
quently misery on the race—therefore,
Resolved , That immediate steps should be taken
to remove that error and its consequences, and
place woman politically, industrially, educationally
and socially, on a perfect equality with man.
LAND REFORM.
That the earth, like the air and light, belongs in
common to the children of men on it. Each hu
man being is alike independent, each child, by
virtue ofhis existence, has an inalienable right to
so much of the earth’s surface as is convenient by
proper culture to his support and perfect develop
ment, and none has a right to any more; therefore
all Jaws authorizing and sustaining private prop
erty in land for the purpose of speculation, and
which prevent men and women from possessing
any land without paying for it, are as unjust as
would be any laws compelling them to pay for
air or light, and ought to be at once repealed for
ever.—Sav. Republican.
Heavy Dental Operation. —One day last week,
a dentist named Morse volunteered to extract all
teeth needing extraction from the boys of the Bal
timore House of Refuge. He drew out two hun
dred and fifty. The boys bore the operation as
coolly as they would pick a pocket.
“Our Foreign Relations.” —From the London
derry (Ireland) Sentinel, May 28th, 1858.
Died —On the 3d instant. Mrs. Hemphill,, of
Straw, near Newtownstewart, in her 84th year.—
She was the eldest daughter of'Mr. Wm, McFar
land, of Leardan, who married Maria, eldest daugh
ter of the late Mr. Andrew Buchanan, of Tatty
reagh, near Omagh, and jWas first cousin to the
Hon. James Buchanan, now President of America,
A Just Sentence. —At the recent term of the
Circuit Court of Montgomery county, a man by the
name of Watson was fined three hundred and fifty
dollars for whipping his wife ; and another man by
the name of Myrick was fined five hundred dollars
for not clothing his negroes. In both of these cases
we say the sentence was just. We know nothing
ot the facts in the case, but from the heavy fine
imposed we are inclined to think it was very ag
gravated.
Psyllography.— Psyllography—a new branch
of art—has just acquired great development. It
consists simply of cutting out sheets of black pa
per in such a way as to make it into a picture—
figures or landscapes—which has all the finish of
an engraving by the best masters. It appears
that psyllography is a german discovery, its Co
lumbus being one Herr Schmit, who armed with a
pair of scissors and a sheet of paper, is able to re
produce the most complicated landscape. Great
improvements have been introduced by M. Mura
tira, an Italian, w T ho has just arrived at Paris
from Ravenna, whose scissors are far more skillful
according to competent judges, than the brush and
pencil of many a limner.
Can’t Please Old Maids. —The editor of a
country paper, having been taken to task’ by a
female correspondent for noticing Dr. Hall’s receipt
to prevent ladies from taking cold, viz: “to keep
the mouth shut?”—hits back as follows:
“We never could make ourselves popular with
old maids. Do what we would—sqeeze ’em be
hind the door, which they dearly love—flatter ’em
on the sofa—dance with ’em at parties—take
’em to sleigh rides, and treat ’em to ice cream, oys
lers, kisses—in short attend ever so gallant to all
their wants, save making them a direct offer—and
the moment our back was turned they would turn
to and show their teeth, (false ones of course,)
Well, hope deferred maketh the heart sick, and
we can’t blame ’em.”
Good Humor. —Keep in Good humor. It is not
many great calamities that embitter existence; it is
the peity vexations, small jealousies, the little dis
appointments, the minor miseries, that make the
heart heavy and the temper sour. Don’t let them
Anger is a pure waste of vitality; it is always fool
ish and always disgraceful, except in a few very
rare cases, when it is kindled by seeing wrong
done to another; and even that noble rage seldom
mends the matter. Keep in good humor.
No man does his best except when he is cheer
ful. A light heart makes nimble hands, and keeps
the mind ‘fair and alert. No misfortune is so great
as one that sours the temper. Until cheei fulness
is lost, nothing is lost! Keep in good humor.
The company of a good humored man is a per
petual feast, he is welcomed every where—eyes
glisten at his approach, and difficulties vanish in
his presence. Franklin’s indomitable good humor
did as much for his country in |the old Congress,
as Adam’s fire, or Jefferson’s wisdom; he clothed
wisdom with smiles, and softened contentious
minds into acquiescence. Keep in good humor.
A good conscience, a sound stomach, a clean
skin, are the elements of good humor! Get them
and keep them, and—be sure to keep in a good
humor.
A Knowing Beggar.— A begger posted himself
at the doo; of the Chancery Court, and kept say
ing, “A penny, please ! Only one penny, sir, before
you go in.” “And 2why, my man ?” inquired an
old country gentleman. “Because sir, the chances
are you will not have one when you come out,
was the beggar’s reply.
A teacher had been explaining to his class
the points of the compass, and all were drawn up
in front, toward the north.
‘Now, what’s before you, John ?
‘The north', Sir.*
‘And what behind you, Tommy .
‘My, coat-tail,’said he, trying at the same time
to get a glimpse of it.