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TIMES & SEISTTESTEE
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA.
‘SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 10,^858^
President Making—the Crittenden Movement.
In another column will be found a letter from
gent disclosing the programme of the new fparty w ic
to vanquish the Democracy in 1860. Some system ana
concert in the arrangement are betrayed b 7 the ac
a printed circular (for which this letter has 8 oneer
ted) was first sent out. We think there can te no longer
any doubt that an organized movement has tcTtheir
Jby the Black Republic.es, to “ f ‘° B
effort to defeat the democratic party m the looming r
file Having fought it boldly and manfully upon the u>
gie. navmgio * the last presidential canvass.
and being B whipped, they wisely or naturally deem it advr
.able cot to repeat .be battle upon purely sect.oDal erocDd
They have no idea of being betrayed a second time, by a
false confidence in their unaided strength, but by .sinking
the slavery question, raising an eflete issue, and baiting e
American parly with the pauper-criminal-immigration sop
they hope to rally to their .colors all, in the South, w
are outside the r Democratic ranks. They will coquette
with old Mr. Crittenden until they get him and whatever
strength he may be able to wield committed to their cause,
and when the time for nomination comes, William n.
Seward will run the race. By such devices they expect to
give the new organization the ambiance of nationality, ut
no sane man will doubt that it is the same old abolition
horde marching under anew flag. It is noticeable 1 1a
they call together all who are opposed to the present ad
ministration, but deem it expedient not to erect a platform
of principles. Prudent, very, but not ingenious’
It requires but little sagacity to see that, if in the con
struction of a platform, their southern coadjutors should
indiscreetly hint a desire for a plank to support our pecu
liar institution,” the real object of the movement (to trans
fer the government into'; abolition hands,) might have to
be revealed. The chief grouud of their opposition to Mr.
Buchanan’s Administration is his Kansas policy and
especially his position in recommending the admission of
Kansas with the Lecompton Constitution, fresh and
breathing as it came to Congress. After their unrelenting
warfare upon this measure, in which they were opposed by
the whole South, and with the knowledge that their ha
tred for our institutions has not abated one jot of its malig
nity.to suppose that Southern men could be induced, under
whatever profession, to place the government into their
power, is to charge them with a degree of latuity or treach
ery vilely slanderous of the Southern mind and heart.
Hurry up Girls.
A writer tsays the Augusta Dispatch,) has computed
that a woman has lost half her chances of marriage at her
twentieth year; at twenty three she has lost three-fourths ot
her opportunties, and at twenty-six seven eighths of her
chances are gone. 1860 will be letp year, that delightful
season, when, by common consent, the lair sex can inti
mate their preference. Look at the facts presented above
and then improve the advantages of that year. Delays are
dangerous.
We do not know, by what rule this computation ha
been made; but it is obvious that, as a point of beginning,
we must have the definition ot the term “chance. It the
lad of twenty, or the boy of twenty-five summers be com
prised therein, we concede the rechoning is not destitute of
all claim to truth/But if, as we contends man be not qual
ified for the “holy state,” till he has acquired ,the moderate
experience of thirty years, there can be no greater error
in social statistics than is here proclaimed. We object also
to the writer’s terminology. “Woman” is not applied to
an individual of the sex before she attains the age ot .50
years. She is a girl until (then. An error, therfore was
committed in beginning about three years too soon. Prop
erly’ amended, the rule would stand thus. Half of her
chances have fled at twenty three; three-fourths at twen
ty-seven; seven-eighths at thirty; and the last eighth nev
er, so long as there is a rusty old bachelor unprovided for.
The New Bridge.
Communication is now established.by the above means
between the upper part of this city and Girard. /e walk
ed across the Bridge this morning in order to be assured
of the fact and can report that it appears to have been buil 1
in a very substantial manner. Mr. Wynn deserves credit
for pushing the work to-its present state of progress in.the
face of considerable difiiculty. We understand that about
fifteen hundred dollars are necessary to build the railing,
protect come of the wooden supports against danger from
drift-wood and pay the outstanding debts. It is manifest
ly the interest of wharehouse-men, merchants and prop
erty holders in the upper portion of the city to have the
bridge completed and relieved of these embarrassments.
It affords much the nearest and best communication with
all that portion of Alabama the produce from which now
finds it way to the city through northern fcGirard and
those who are interested should have a care that no im
pediment be in the way when the fall business opens. We
would suggest also that the road, between the river and the
ridge beyond be put in better condition.
News Advertisement.
Attention is invited to the Adverticement in this paper
of an administrator’s sale, to take place on the first Mon
day in November next,oia plantation in day, Go., in this
State, belonging to the estate ot the late Col. W r m. loney
deceased, also ot a plantation, together with grist and saw
mills for sale by Samuel D. Harp in Chattahoochee Coun
ty, also, of a plantation, conveniently situated, for sale by
Mr. M. Williams in Chambers Cos., Ala.
Senator Crittenden.—This distinguished individual
in returning home to his constituents, says the 1 uskegee
Republican, was received with great eclat in all the ‘cities
through which he passed. Occupying as he does a central
position in the Union, he views with a patriot’s eye the
struggle going on between the two sections, nor is he
particularly allied to one or the other. He has already
been nominated by some of the border States as a candi
date for the Presidency in 1860, but he will probably never
reach that position. He is not strongly enough imbued
with freesoil sentiments to suit his Northern admirers, and
too muck so to meet the views of his Southern friends.
A Large Encampment.—The military of the State o
Mississippi had a grand encampment on the ‘.Race Course
near Natchez, on the Ist, 2d and 3d days of July, under
command of General Quitman, The desired object of the
Encampment was instruction and the fpromotion of famil
iarity rigid drill and discipline incident to theten- 1
ted field, and the bringing togevher in one mass, for bette r
acquaintance and more intimate and friendly relations
the citizen soldiery.
Death of Martin Kosta. —Martin Kosta, the Hunga
rian, who was rescued from the Austrian authorities in
1853, by Commander Ingram of the United States Navy,
died recently in r very indigent circumstances, on a sugar
plantation, near the city of Guatemala.
Yellow Fever.—The New Orleans Bee in estimating
the chances that its city will be scourged with the Yellow
Fever this Summer, thus remarks:
“We have had the fever and have escaped it during the
dryest and wettest seasons. We have had it and escaped
it when the river was remarkably high, and when it had
receded to an unusual extent. We have (been free from
fever under apparently the most favorable conditions for
its development,, and have suffered severely from the
scourge when the state of the atmosphere and of the city
seemed to guarantee us against a visitation. All that we
can do, therefore, in the premises, is to conclude, with
some show of probability, that when we pass through the
first half of July with no appearance of an epidemic, the
probabilities are great that the summer will be healthy.—
This is just our position now.”
Corn Prospect.— The Cassville Standard of the Bth
inst., says:— Several .ground-wettiDg rains have fallen in
this section within the past few days, and we have’nt had
a good night’s sleep in some time—in consequence of the
noise made by the corn growing. Our farmers ought to
go to building cribs, if they expect to house all the corn
that will be made.
Tanning an Elehhant—They are tanning an ele
phant’s hide at Cincinnati. It was purchased by a farrier
in {Wisconsin, f where the animal, which belonged to a
menagerie, died. The freieht to Cincinnati cost sls. It is
an immense hide, so bulky that the tanners handle it w’ith
great difficulty. It is nearly two inches thich, and lull a
year and a half will be required to ‘tan it thoroughly. It
will be a curiosity when it is tanned and dressed.
Notwithstanding the very liberal offer made by the
French Emperor to Prof. Agassiz, he, has determined to
remain in, America. It is not true that* he has gone over
to take the Emperor’s offer finto consideration. He does
not feel able to leave his engrossing studies long enough
even to make a visit to his aged motherin Switzerland.
News from Camp Scott—Advance Into Salt Lake
City, &c.
A despatch from St. Joseph, dated the 28th ult.,
by the United States express to Boonville, says—
the Salt Lake mail arrived here to-day, bringing
dates from Salt Lake City to the 12th instant.-
General Johnston was to start for the city on the
13th with three thousand men, in columns. The
army will enter the valley via Soda Springs, on
Bear river. Colonel Hoffmanhad arrived at Camp
Scott, with his men and officers in good health and
spirits. Captain Marcy’s command had arrived
from New Mexico, with 1,500 loose mules.
Commissioners McCulloch and Powell had start
ed for the city in company with Gov. Cumming
and Postmaster Morrell. Col. Hartnett, Secretary
of the Territory, left Camp Scott on 10th instant
for Salt Lake City. ,
The mail party passed about three hundred Mor
mons, with horses and mules, all well armed ; but
they would give no information as to where they
were going or what they intended doing. Fifty
Mormons who had escaped from the valley were
met at Platte Bridge, wending their way to the
States.
Twelve companies of cavalry or dragoons were
met near Fort Laramie, and they had passed Gen.
Harney and Col. May encamped on the Pawnee
fork of the Little Blue. A large number of troops
were encamped on the Big Blue. Colonel Morri
son and his command were at Little Blue.
The mail party also met supply trains between the
Fourth and Fifth Crossing of the Sweet Water.—-
Colonel Saunders was at South Pass, and was on
the eve of starting on the exploration of the wagon
road from that place to Fort Hall.
The report that the Mormons had removed
their families to Provo is confirmed. It is not
known whether Brigham accompanied the Mor
mons or remained in the city. The Mormons have
not gone either to Sonora or to the Russian Poss
essions, as anticipated by the authorities at Wash
ington but would do so next spring, if any but
Mormons are placed there to govern them.
Wm. McCann, agent of Messrs. Russell and Ma
jors, was drowned on the 17th instant, iu Laramie
Creek.
A great many deserters from the army were met
on the route. The streams were all very high and
rising. _
The Gov. of Missouri Whipped.—Letter from
the man who Whipped Him. —The Fulton (Mo.)
Telegraph has published the following letter from
Vandiver, who is certified to be a man of honor and
veracity:
Eureka, Boone Cos., Jane 12.
Having been requested to make a correct state
ment of a difficulty which occurred between my
self and Governor Stewart, I do so very reluctantly,
believing that the matter can possibly terminate in
no glory, benefit, or profit to me, but is rather a
source of regret and annoyance. While in Jeffer
son City some three weeks, since I entered a house
known as Smidt’s bier saloon, and there met Gov.
Stewart.
In the course of conversation with him* I spoKC
of the pardon of O’Blennis, and charged that he
(Stewart) had secured American votes in St. Louis
on a promise of pardon to O’Blennis, provided he
was elected. This Stewart pronounced a “damn
ed lie,” when I struck him, knocked him down,
and afterwards struck him several times, until pull
ed off by the bystanders. We then washed our
faces and hands, made friends, and concluded to
keep the difficulty a secret. But it has been told
by some, (not by me,) and I feel at liberty, inas
much as you have been assailed, to give the facts.
Stewart was very drunk, and I was myselt drink
mg‘ A. I. VANDIVER.
Sun-Stroke.— Our exchanges continue to report
fatal results from the “heated term,” especially in
the Northern cities.
The Nashville Banner gives the following receipt
for its cure, which is said to be efficacious:
Chloroform 1 dralmi.
Camphor 3 “
Dissolve.
Dose from 10 to 15 drops every hour or two,
until the pulse becomes full and strong.
Chloroform possesses the remarkable quality of
dissolving three times its weight of camphor—the
only solvent that has any such capacity.
The Heroine of Tamfico. —Mrs. Chase, the he
roine of a brilliant exploit in the Mexican war, is
in Washington, and the States thus describes her
adventure:
The scene was at Tampico during the Mexican
war. Our fleet, under Commodore Conner, was
waiting for a favorable opportunity to take the
town, when a boat sent by our heroine, came off,
bearing the plans of the fortifications, and a mes
sage that the American flag would be hoisted at
the moment Tampico could be easily taken. Our
heroine|was, I must say, iu a very perilous situa
tion. Tampico was full of the enemy, and her
house in charge of treacherous servants, who
watched her every movement. The Mexican
forces were withdrawing from the city. Mounting
quickly to the roof, she unfurled the American flag.
The manoeuvre was discovered by the enemy in
the streets, and a party was sent to pull down the
flag. They approached the staff, but our hero
ine defied them to tear that banner from its
place until she had died in its defense. Pistols
and swords were pointed at her breast; faces
full of deadly hate scowled upon her ; but the
courage of a woman conquered. The Mexicans
were cowards, and the flag continued floating in
the breeze. The signal was seen by Commodore
Conner; the fleet stood in for the town, and Tam
pico was taken.
A Rather Bad Wound. —The New Orleans
Picayune, of the 3d inst., gives the following le
port of the victim of the late duel in that city;
We understand that Mr. Gibbons, who was
wounded in the late hostile meeting at the “Oaks,”
was so much better this morniug that his physi
cian permitted his wife to see him. The bullet
passed entirely through his body, just above the
heart, and though the internal hemorliage was very
profuse, the blood escaped from the cavity of the
Idlest through the bullet hole in his back, there
by greatly increasing the chances of his recov
ery.
THE “CRITTENDEN-AMENDMENT” party;
The Programe Developed.
The Originator of the Movement Discovered.
Washington, June 23, 1858,
Dear Sir : Please destroy the printed letter I
sent you at the request of on the 11th
instant, and receive the enclosed as a substitute.—
The reasons for this may appear obvious to you ;
if not, you will probably see- ere long,
when he will explain. I have not had the pleas
ure of hearing from you.
Very truly yours, N SARGENT.
Washing-ton, June 23, 1858.
Mv Dear Sir : It has been deemed advisable by
u number of gentlemen latelv here from different
quarters of the Union, opposed to the present ad
ministration, to open a correspondence with promi
nent individuals in various States whose general
sentiments accord with theirs, in order to inter
change opinions, learn their views as to the reor
ganization of parties, ascertain what public senti
ment is in their respective localities in reference to
the course to be pursued in the contest for the
presidency in 1860, and to draw out, and to give
expression to that sentiment through the channels
of the press. . .
They are of the opinion that, without giving
nationality to the opposition party, by whatever
name it may be called—though the term “Union
Party” is deemed appropriate—it will be idle to
think of defeating the party now in power in 1860;
and that such nationality cannot be given to it if
its candidate shall be an ultra sectional man.—
Such a man could only receive the support of the
distinctive organization to which he has belonged;
and it is clear that such a nomination would drive
the democratic party into unanimity, whereby a
democratic President would be elected by even
a larger majority than Mr. Buchanan obtained.
The questions may suggest themselves to you,
as they have to us, can a national party be formed
of sufficient strength to wrest the government
from the corrupt and reckless party now in power?
and, if so, by what means?
It is confidently believed that the first question
may be answered ir. the affirmative; that a large
majority of the people are opposed to that party,
and that united action is only needed to insure
victory. But how can this be brought about 1 —
Answer: by uniting in support of a man in whose
character, principles, and abilities the whole na
tion can repose confidence; who has a strong hold
upon the hearts of the people: who is neither
charged with nor suspected of sectionalism —a
statesman of the cld school, of and con
servative vie ws, high sense of national honor, and
who will be .-as ready to render even-handed justice
to other nations as prompt to exact it from them.
It may be asked upon what “plattorm” is such a
party to stand? If any “platform” is necessary
it is believed, that the Crlttenden-amendment” will
be found broad enough for the whole body of the
nation to .-stand upon. But, after all, the public
character the candidate for presidency, his prin
ciples, public services, patriotism and abilities, are
a better “platform” than any that could be nianu*
lactured for the occasion. The people voted for
General Washington because they had confidence
in him ; not for any political confession of faith,
creed, or promises he had made or subscribed to,
which he would have scorned to do. It is not the
“platform,” but the man, that the people vote for;
it is the man and not the “platform,” that inspires
confidence, and wins support. Henry Clay and
Andrew Jackson needed no “platform” to insure
them the support of their respective parties.
Undoubtedly there is a growing conviction on the
part of the people that the American interest and
American labor should receive more of the foster
ing care of the federal government than has been
bestowed on them of late years; that the ballot-box
must be purified, and its purity preserved i that a
more intense national feeling should be cultivated
and that the immigration of foreign paupers and
criminals, who are almost instantly transformed
into voters, and by whom our elections are often
decided, sho*uld be prohibited. But for these and
other salutairy reforms we must rely wholly upon
the people themselves; though our candidate for
the presidency in 1860 should be a man whose
whole’public career affords a guarantee that, in
bringing about these reforms, his co-operation
would be most cheerfully given.
Will you do me the favor to reply to this, sta
ting how far you concur in, or dissent from the
views I have expressed, and the suggestions I
have thrown out; and also inform me what is the
prevailing sentiment of the people in your vicinity
so far as you are cognizant of it in regard to the
organization of a Union party as suggested?
I must also ask the favor of you to send me
names and address of such prominent men in your
county or State as will be likely to take an active
and willing part in attaining the object proposed,
as we hope you will.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
N. SARGENT.
Place far Bachelors.
A sprightly amusing American correspondent
in Paris, thus describes the rage of kissing in “La
Belle, France
The almost universal custom of kissing in Paris
seems at first singular to a stranger, coming from
a country where the proprieties of life rarely per
mit you to take a lady’s hand—much less to sa
lute. In France, to kiss a lady with whom you
are not intimate, on meeting her, is very common :
especially is this the case,'if she is a married lady.
Not only the members of the family, but all the
guests, expect to salute the lady of the house on
coming down in the morning. But though the
modest American, may, perhaps, escape the cere
mony on ordinary occasions, yet, on New Years
morning it is imperative. On that day I came
down to tny coffee about nine o’clock.
1 sat down quietly, bidding Madame l>on jour,
as on ordinary occasions. In a lew moments she
was at my elbow’ with :
“Mods. 8., I am angry with you.”
I expressed, of course, my regret, and ignorance
of having given her any reason.
“Ah 1” said she, “you know very well the rea
son. It is because you did not embrace me this
morning when you came down.”
Madame was a lady of perhaps twenty-eight,
with jet-black, glossy hair, and a clear, fair com
plexion. She was very beautiful; had she been
plain, I should have felt less embarrassed. She
waited as though expecting me to atone for my
neglect, but how could I, before the whole table ?
I sat all this time trembling in my seat. At length
Madame said:
“Mons. R., embrassez moi."’
The worst had come. I arose tremblingly, put
my white, bloodless lips, all greasy with butter and
wet with coffee (for in my embarrassment I had
dropped my napkin) to those of Madame. I his
was my first French kiss.
[gp The highest honor at the University of
Cambridge, England—that of “Senior Wrangler”—
was conferred this year upon Morris Birkbeck
Pell, son of Gilbert T. Pell, of New York.
gggpHorn Tooke, on being asked by a foreigner
of distinction how much treason an Englishman
venture to write without being hanged, re
plied that “he could not inform him just yet, but
that he was trying.”
From the Household Words, June 9.
A Card from Mr. Charles Dickers.
Three and tvvenly years have passed since I en
tered upon my present relations with the public.—
They began when I was so young that I find them
to have existed for nearly a quarter of a centu
ry*
Through all that time I have tried to be as
faithful to the public as they have been to me.—
It was my duty never to trifle with them or to
deceive them, or to presume upon their favor, or do
any thing with it but work hard and justify it.—
I have alwavs r endeavored to discharge that duty.
My conspicious position has often made me the
subject of fabulous stories and unaccountable
statements. Occasionally such things have chafed
me, or even wounded me, but I have always accep
ted them as the shadows inseparable from the
light of my notoriety and success. I have never
obtruded any such personal uneasiness of mine
upon the generons aggregate of my audience.
For the first time in my life, and I believe for
the last, I now deviate from the principle I have
so long observed, by presenting myself in my
own journal in my own private character, and en
treating all my brethren (as they deem that they
have reason to think well of me, and to know that
lam a mna who has ever been unaffectedly true
to our common calling) to lend their aid to the
dissemination of my pregnant words.
Some domestic trouble of mine, of long standing,
on which I will make no further remark than that
it claims to be respected as being of a sacredly pri
vate nature, has lately been brought to an arrange
ment which involves no anger or ill-will of any
kind, and the whole origin progress and surround
ing circumstances of which have been throughout
within the knowledge of my children. It is ami
cably composed, and its details have but now to be
forgotten by those concerned in it,
By some means arising out of wickedness, out
of folly, or out of inconceivable wild chance, or out
of all three, this trouble has been made the •ccasion
of misrepresentations most grossly false, most mon
strous and most cruel—involving not only me, but
innocent persons dear to my heart, and innocent
persons of whom I have no knowledge, if indeed
they have any existence—and so widely spread
that 1 doubt if one reader in a thousand will perruse
these lines, by whom some touch of the breadth of
these slanders w ill not have passed like an un
wolesome air.
Those who know me and my nature need no
assurance under my hand that such calumnies are
as irreconcilable with me as they are, in this frantic
incoherence, with one another. But there is a
great multitude who know me thro’ my writings,
and who do not know me otherwise ; and I can
not bear that one ofthem should be left in doubt
or hazard of doubt, through my poorly shrinking
from taking the unusual means to which I now re
sort of circulating the truth,
I most solemnly declare, then—and this I do
both in my own name and my wife’s—that all the
lately whispered rumors touching the trouble at
which I have glanced are abominably false, and
that whoever repeats one ofthem after this denial
will lie as wilfully and as foully as it is possible for
any false witness to lie before heaven and earth.
CHARLES DICKENS.
A Colored Discourse.
A correspondent of the knickerbocker, who writes
from Mansfield, Ohio, sends the following “dis
course,” for the entire authority of which he vouch
es without reserve, having taken it down from the
thick lips of the reverend orator himself.
My tex’ bredren and sister, will be foun’ in de
fus chapter of Gemesis and twenty sebenth worse.
“An de Lord make Adam.” I tole you how
he make him. He make him out ob clay, and
when he git dri he brethe into him do breff ob-life.
He put him in de garden ob Eden, and he set him
in de korner ob de lot, and he tole him to eat all de
apples, ’ceptin’ dem in de middle ob de orchard ;
demhe want for he winter apples.
Byme by, Adam he be louesum. So de Lor’
make Ebe. I tole you how he make her : lie
give Adam loddilum till he got sound ’sleep, den
he gouge rib out he sido and make Ebe; an’ he
tole her to eat all de apples ’ceptin’ dem in de
middle ob be orchard; dem he want for he winter
apples.
VVun day de Lord he go a visiting; de debble
he cum along, he dress himself up ob de skin ob
de snake, and he fine Ebe, an he tole her; “Ebe,
why for you not eat de apples in the middle ob de
orchard ?” Ebe says, ‘Dem de Lords winter ap
ples.’ But de debble say, ‘I tole you for to cat dem,
case dey’s de best apples in de orchard.’ So Ebe
eat de apple, an guv Adam a bite : and den de deb
ble, he go away.
Byrne by the Lor’ cum home, and he call Adam.
Adam he lay low, so de Lor’ call again, ‘You
Adam /’—Adam say, ‘Hea, Lor’/’ and de Lor’say,’
Who stole de winter apples?’ Adam tole him,
‘Don’t know—Ebe he spect.’ So de Lor’ call,
‘Ebe’ lay low , de Lor’ call again, “You Ebe !”
Ebe say, ‘llea, Lor’/’ De Lor’ say, ’Who stole
de winter apples ?’ Ebe tole him, ‘Don’t know,
Adam she spect.’ So de Lor’ cotch era boff, and
trow dem ober de fence, and he tole em, ‘Go work
for your libbin.’
Homicide. —Seldom has our community been
shocked by a more cruel and inhuman occurrence
than took place on Saturday the 26th inst. Wm.
B. Bowden, a brother in law of Bennett Spear,
stabbed the latter with a large knife in three differ
ent places on his left side, some of the wounds
from four to six inches in length, and deep, sever
ing his entrails, from the etfects of which death
ensued in the afternoon ot Monday the 28th in-*
stant.
Bowden is now in jail at this placo, and will be
tried for commitment before Justices Lightnerand
and Williams on to-morrow. The parties were
friendly up to the time ot the cutting, as we learn,
and all seemed to be shocked and surprised at the
occurrence.
We forbear comment. Liquor !
We would add, however, that four white men
and one negro are now confined in our jail for
murders committed within the short space of
twelve months in Barbour county ! Appalling is
the fact; and under such a state of things, it be
hooves public justice and the vindication of personal
security, that proper punishment should be meted
out to the aggressors. We hope it may be speedily
done in every case. Something must be brought
to bear to stop the progress of crime.— Clayton
Banner.
“Frank,” says one student to another, whom he
caught swinging a scythe most lustily in a field of
stout herdsgrass, “what makes you work for a
living? A fellow with your talent and ability
should not be caught engaged in manual labor. I
mean to get my living by my wfits.” “Well, Bill,
you can work with duller tools than I can!”
“William,” said a carpenter to his aprentice, “I’m
going away to-day, and 1 want you to grind all the
tools.” “Yes, sir.” The carpenter came home at
night. “Will, have you ground all the tools
sharp?” All but the handsaw ,” said Bi 1, “I
couldn’t get quite all the gaps out of that!”
frW*A special train on the Canada Grand Trunk
Railway, ran twenty eight miles in twenty five
minutes last Monday —a rate of 67 1-5 mile* per
hour.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMSHIP AFRICA.
New York, July B.—The steamship Africa has arrived
at this port, with European dates to the 29th ult. She
brings the following intelligence:
Commercial News.
Liverpool Cotton Market.— The sales of cotton
in Liverpool for the week, amounted to 45,000 bales. The
sales of Friday were 10,000 bales, off which speculators
took 3,000 bales, and exporters 3,000 bales. The market
for the week opened dull, but closed active and buoyant
with an advancing tendency at the following
QUOTATIONS:
Fair Orleans 7 916d
Fair Mobile 7fd
Fair Upland 7JJ
Middling Orleans
Middling Mobile 13-16
Middling Uplands 611-16d.
The stock on hand amounted to 646,000 bales of which
555,000 were American. \
In London Rice was heavy, and Turpentine v as steady
at 475.
State of Trade.—The advices from the Manufacturing
districts were regarded .favorable, and prices of Manu
factured goods had slightly improved.
Havre market —Tresordinarie was quoted at 104f.
London Money Market.— The money-market was ra
ther more stringent. Consols were quoted at 95 J. for acct,
The bullion in the Bank of England had increased [£114,-
000 sterling.
The Weather. —The weather in England was consid
ered favorable for the growing crops.
Liverpool IBreadstuffs Market. —Breadstuff's were
reported dull and quotations nominal. Provisions were
also dull.
General News-
Later news had been received from India and China but
it was unimportant.
Tho India Bill had passed to the second reading in the
British House of Commons by a majority of 28 votes.
The Africa saw nothing of the Telegraphic Cable Fleet -
“Lucknow has been threatened by 2,000 |rebels. The
heat is intense, and the place sickly.
Tho debates in Parliament in reference to the freedom in
Cuba (free Cuba system, have‘excited the indignation of
France.
It is reported that Spain applied to France for support
against the British pressure on the slave trade on the
coast of Cuba, and that the application met with encour
agement.
A recent fire at Dantzic consumed fifty five houses—the
loss is estimated at one million thalers.
Tlie Last Attempt to Assassinate Louis Na
poleon.
The Paris correspondent of the Liverpool Jour
nal gives the following particulars of a late alleged
attempt to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon at
Fontainbleu:
“The Emperor was riding slowly on horseback
a little in advance of the rest of the party by whom
he was accompanied. Suddenly his horse reared
and shied at some unseen danger, and the Emper
or, who is a first rate horseman, instantly aware, as
if by presentment, of coming evil, threw himself to
one side, just as a perfect volley was fired over
himl The assassins were ten in number, all Ital
ians ; four have been taken, while the remainder,
up to the present moment have escaped. It is this
latter fact which has caused that sudden ruffle
amongst the Italians domesticated in Paris, and
which the orders of the police rendered so strin
gent and severe, together with the dismissal and
disgrace of a certain Corsican chef de brigade of
police, who hitherto has been a great favorite, both
of which events have created talk and suspicion
of the truth in Paris during the past few days. Of
the reality of the attempt no doubt whatever exists;
and the relators add that the Emperor’s horse
was shot so severely in the neck that he died tho
same evening. This is the tale current among the
monied men at the Bourse, and believed by them
in private while in public their cry is all against
the whicked inventors of such mischievous lies.’’
How to Tell a Drunken Man. —lf you wish
to asceitain whether a man is really in liquor, put
tho word “municipality” in his mouth. If ho can
shell that word out, pronounce it plain and dis
tinct, he is sober enough to deliver a temperance
lecture, take our word for it. The word National
Intelligencer are even harder to get over, and may
be given to any one where the least suspicion is
entertained that he is how “come you so.”
fggF” ‘Please, sir, I don’t think Mr. Dosim takes
his physic reg’lar,’ said a doctor’o boy to his em
ployer. ‘Why, not?”‘Cause vy, lie’s getting vel
so precious fast!’
Judgements of the Supreme Court-
Sitting at Macon for the Second District.
David Strauss &. Jacob Strauss, Plantiff in Error, vs.
Waldo Barry & Cos., Defendants in Error.
Reversed on the ground that the Court erred ia ordering
the ncond plea of the defendant Jacob Strauss, stricken
denying upon oath that he was a partner of the firm oj
David Strauss, when tho notes sued on were given.
Jno. Dennard, et al Plaintiff in error, vs. Mayo, Defen
dant in error. . ,
Motion to enter up judgment against security on appeal
nunc pro tunc, reversed on the ground that the Court be
low erred in overruling the defence set up by the security
against the entering ot judgment against him, it being tne
opinion of this Court that the said security should be al
lowed to prove that the demand sued on had been abso
lutely paid boforeor after verdict by tho original defendant,
but the oath of the surety not to be received as 6uch satis
factory proof.
Jesse L. Long Guardian and plaintiff in error vs. Robt.
Bowman, defendant in error. . . f
Reversod and anew trial granted, it being the opiDion oi
the Court that under the codicil the guardian is entitled to
recover the corpus and the rents aud profits of the proper
ty bequeathed to the ward and not the Trustee lor tne
ward.
Jno. A. Hall, plaintiff in error vs. Harriet E- Ex
perience, defendant in error.
Keversed on the ground that the Court erred in deciding
that the Ciiy government of Macon was liable to be gar
nisheed for the salary of one of its officers.
The Mayor and Council of the City of Macon,
plaintiff in error vs. Samuel Hays, Administrator <fcc.,
Harvey U. Shaw, defendant in error.
Suit to recover balance salary of the term in which ne
was removed from time of removal to end of term.
Revered on the ground that the Court below erred m
rejecting the evidence ot Victor Menard—-it being the opin
on of the Court here that the defendant in the Court be
low may prove in defence any matter, not enpbracing tna
for which the record shows that the plaintiffs intestate was
removed from office, which would have warranted his te
moval from office at the time he was removed.
Jas. Revel, plaintiff in error vs- the State defendant in
error. Affirmed.
Samuel P. Graggs, plaintiff in error vs. Johnathan
Richardson, defendant in error. .
Suit to recover purchase money and expenses, damages
&c., paid out in defending Spilman for land bought from
and anew trial granted unlers the defendant
Richardson remit all of the damages /ound by the jury ex
cept a sum equal to the purchase money received uy
Graggs the interest thereon and the cost of the 6uit in iviou
roe.
H. Chamblers, Administration &c., plaintiff in eiror
vs. Hudson D. Taber, defendant in error. .
Reversed upon the ground that the Court erred l gr
ing an injunction in this case. Adjudged that “P
complainant’s paying the cost he be allowed an( j
bill provided he can make the n f ce^ tu>rn ; n( jer
the amendment be filed at an early da> s a l
or delay the trial.