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TIMES &SENTINEL
“ COLDMBPS, GEORGIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1858.
Mr.Crittenden’* Allies.
While tome of oir American Jouinals are lauding Mr
Crittenden as an “lneouuptible patriot and statesman,*
whoce hail hr.i fc.'own gray : n the - aivica oi hcoun i/.
abolition leaders and renegade democrats, ha 1- c ®
course ; n Congrc:s with eat I ''action and dehg t. yw a
logical|piincipl( a h s coi ,r e re .-eive~ the commen a.ion
of panic with diametrically opposite views on the leading
measure of Congo ■, our optics cannot perceive. He is
undoubtedly afe a friend to the Black Republican
party, who e only barrier to succc- is the stubborn w
and indomitable energy o f their great to :-the slave dem
ocracy. He is too, the ‘patriot and statesman,’ with ma
ny ol our American cotemporaries, who profecs a love for
thi South bjperior to mere pariy obligations, but who are
prepared to crown the Kentuckian’s brow with the Jaurel
wreath of pra : i and honor. We commend to their pe
rusal the loilowing extract from the Kentucky Statesman
of the of the abolition leader,Carries M. Clay, de
livered at Big C ad, Ky., on the 4th inst.:
“He referred at leng.h to the cource of the party lead
ers at Washington during the last Winter, aid commend
ed in the most laudatory tetmsthe action of Meters. Crit
tenden, Marshall, Undei wood and their confederatt 3. He
welcomed them as worthy allies in the abolition cause;
said they had come to fom, and he gwrs ready to sti ce
hands with them in their effort to consolidate all elements
of opposition to Democracy. He has recognized in the
Democratic party the only unrelen og foe Black Kepub
licanism has to encounter, and hailed the accession oi such
southern Statesmen as Crittenden, Maishall and Under
wood as the"happiest omen of success which had occuired
to encourage b’m and h s friends’ He pledged the votes
of the Kentucky Freesoilers in support of the American
ticket this summer.’*’.,
Tlic Great Southern Mail Route
In reference to the contemplated changes in the Mail
Route between New York, Charleston, and New Orleans >
the Charleston Courier of the 21st instant, says: The pio
posed route passes through Philadelphia,Baltimore, Wash
ington, Richmond and j;Wilmington to Charleston, as at
present, but will consume forty-four hours instead of for
ty-eight according to the existing schedule. From Charles
ton it will be continued by fast and superior iron steamers
to Feroandina.in Florida,thence by tho Florida Railroad to
Cedar Keys, on ihe Gulf, from which point, steamers will
run daily to New Orleans—(tho performance of this por
tion of the route being filty-two hours)—thus .reducing the
entire time from New York to New ‘Orleans to nmety six
hours, or four days.
fiThe Courier eudorcas the practicability of the e*echemes #
On this point we entertain some capital doubts. By refer
ence to the map it will be L3eu that New Orleans : s distant
from Cedar Keys about six and a half degrees. On an air
line, therefore, they are separated nearly lour hundred
miles. Making allowance for necessary variation, and
the tortuous inland cours eto be followed in reaching the
Crescent City, we doubt whether a communication by wa
ter can be made betw* en the last mentioned points under
the distance of tive hundred milt 3. To accomplish this
at the average rate of speed made by the Gulf and Atlan
tic steamers, would consume torty hou s. This would
leave only twelve hours k to be divided b3tween the trip
across the peninsular and the passage irom Fe.nandina
toj Charleston —an allowance which we should deem
greatly inadequate But whether it be as expeditious as is
here promised, or not, we believe it will be a popular route
and will command a considerable share of the immense
tide of travel which nuw, by various channels, flows and
ebbs between our eastern cities and the Gulf and Pacific
ports. The passage on the Gulf will be safe aud pleasant,
as that upon our South-eastern coast has ever been; while
the changes horn Car to Steamboat, which are made nec
essary on this route, will Le no mean recommendation—
The Courier also learns, that propositions have been sub
mitted to the post office department by the parties interc*-
ed in this route, to run in connection with it, a weakly
line of steamers to Havana, and a bi monthly line to come
of the Isthmian Cro. mgs, {for the transportation of the
California mails and pa; mgeis.
Recommendation to City Council.
There is a city ordinance, we believe, requiring all pro
duce of every description sold in this market to be carried
to the Market HoucS until the hour ol 9 o’clock A. M.
This ordnance, which is wite and just in its provisions,
has never been carried into effect. We respectfully re**
commend to our worthy Mayoi and Council its enforce
ment- We have recently visited the city of Macon, where
the experiment has been tiied with great success—both
buyor and caller reaping the benefit of such an arrange
ment.
The purchaser repairs to the market house before the
hour ot nine o’clock in the morning,'.where all the produce
brought to this market can be found and bought at a regu.
lar price. There is no uncertainty of purchasing thoca ar
ticles for table u; a which attend the present system of carts
moving over the city, The purchasers now are accomo
dated to-day and disappointed to-morrow. Whereas by
the arrangement we suggest, there is no disappointment
and much expense is saved. The sellers too are benefitted
The produce they bring to market is usually sold before
the hour of nine. They are not put to the trouble of drum
ming up buyers from every locality in the city. Their ar
ticles of produce such as beef, butter, &c., are not exposed
to the heat as is the case in the present system, which acts
badly for seller and purchaser.
We respectfully recommend the enforcement of this or.
diuance, whicn has worked so well in cities, where it has
been rigidly enforced- We will have a market furnished
with all the luxuries and delicacies of the season and the
accommodation it will afford to all parties will at once
strike the mind of every thinking person.
LaGrange Female College.
This popular Institution closed its exercises a few weeks
since. We understand from those who were present, that
the examination was alike creditable to the pupil and teach’
er. There was some thirteen graduates, who read fine es
says on the Commencement day. The speeches of Messrs.
Seals of Penfield and Wilson of Savannah were happily
conceived and well delivered.
Rev. W. G. Conner, the worthy President, resigned his
office, which he has held with so much distinction for the
past year. It is a matter of congratulation with the friends
of the Institution, that his mantle has fallen on one so wor
thy the position as the Rev. J. M- Bonnell. This latter
gentleman was a Professor in the Wesleyan Female Col
lege a few years since, where he won his reputation as a
teacher and disciplinarian. Success to this flourishing In
stitute.
The New Presbyterian Church.— We understand
says the Enquirer, that the Trustees have held a meeting to
determine the locality of this contemplated new house of
worship, and have selected the vacant lot known as
Clayton’s Corner, near the Columbus Female Academy.
Oglethorpe University. —The Milledgeville Federal
Union says: We understand that Judge Nisbet has consen
ted to address the successful declaimed in the Sophomore
prize contest, at the approaching commencement. Few
men could be found to discharge this office with more hon
or to the class, the occasion and the institution-
Hon. A. H. Stephens left Crawfordville a few
days sioce in company with his brother, Linton Stephens
Esq., of Sparta, on a tour to the Northwest. They will
visit Ohio, Indiana, and several other States betore they
return, aud be absent until iho latter part of August or firs
of September.
Conference Bill In Alabama.
While the people of Alabama acquiesce in the settlement
‘of the Kansas controversy,theydorrot wish to be understood
as endowing it. They accord to the Representative 3 of
the South, who advocated the measure, the purest motive 3 ?
and will make tto “me with them on the question; yet
they honestly l slieve,that the Southern Congressmen com
mitted a great etror of judgment and mistook the canti
ment of the p eople. In Benton, Lowndes county, where
reside an intelligent and s wßalthy people; we understand
there was a public meeting, a .ew days since, and the
que rion wasg-ked, by Mr. Moore, ’f there were one
pre: ml in the large £'■ ,mbly, iu favor of the Conference
bill, when not a ringle affirmative was heard. This would
indicate an almost unanimous opinion against this me-sure.
But as there is no good to res u’t from the discuHon of it,
we hope it will remam in the “tomb , of the
We cannot r-e the policy of arguing a que3tion wh ch ?s
settled and that too by ajmitei South. After the expres
sion of our regre'3 at the necas ity of such a oetriement,
the argument ; s exhaust.d. _
Independent South,
We have heretofore neglected to notice the publication
of a paper bearing the above title. It is edited by A. P.
Buvr, Esq., and published at Griffin in this State. Its piin
ciples are Dot thors of any party, but such ps wril ammate
the bosom of men who. 3 love of the South is subordinate
only to that of the Constitu’fon. The Salutatory of Mr.
Burr shows that in 1850, he was of the Union paiiy, but is
now sa that even then, he should have been of the
glorious band of Southern Rights men. We welcome th ; g
Journal to or” sanctum, and hop a its zeal in t ehalf of the
just rights ot the South will be characteriz e by w’sdom
andpiudence. This we have eveiy reason to exp .t o
so worthy a public journalis. as Mr. Buir.
Springs—Military.
We learn worn the LaGrange Repot ter ol this date, that
the “Light Guards’’ of that place, contemplate a visit to
the White Sulphur Springs next Monday,the 26th. If th ; s
spill;** i corp3 would wait a few days, they might have the
company of their brothe.J-in-ai.ns from th’s city—the
“Light Guards.” We understand they have been invited
and will decide this wesk, whether they will undertake
the trip, They would enjoy the socioty of their fellow sol*
diets, while radiating t meath the sunshine of lovely smiles
Appointment. —Harry Laurens Ingraham, of South
i Carolina, has been appointed a Second Lieutenant in the
j Marine Corps, vice Rufus A. Whittier, (dismissed.
(Communicated.)
Wesleyan Female college.
Millegevjlle, July 19th, 1858.
Messrs, Editors— Through your columns, and m a
brief manner,we desire to give expression to a few thought 3
in regard to the Wesleyan Female College.
Every Georgian should bo proud of this institution of
learning. Founded by the liberality of our citizens—hal
lowed by the benign influence of the religion of our Lord—
strengthened by the sympathy of a host ol friends, and an
abundantly successiul Georgia enterprise, she has'gone on
in her mirrion of good, until many hearts turn to her as a
public benefactress, whose prosperity very nearly concerns
their own interest. We should be. and are grateful, to
those who conceived and founded this female college—
the first established, perhaps, in the world. We have been
reaping the fruits of their good works, for twenty years—
and the State shall be benefited to her remotest limits.
There was but one opinion expressed concerning the ie
cent Commencement Exerciser—they were creditable alike
to teacher and pupil. And this is not saying enough, for
they surpasred any we have every before witneried. The
coirect deportment of the young ladies, gave evidence
that the faculty had well discharged their duty as to dis
cipline; and the examination fully attested their faithful
ne *in the reeitation room. 1 may add, that everything
me with the belief, that this was a “happy fam
ily”—knit together by the [cords of love and the ties of
affection.
It were not best to mention individual cases of excel
lence, when all did so [well. Some of the essays were
characterized by lability and a scope of thought beyond
that which is usual tof young writers. We do not mean
this as an equivocal compliment. Other compositions
were written in a graceful style, and were, read in a clear
and pleasant manner. All were good.
On Monday, the members of the Senior Class were
graduated. After delivering the diplomas, the Rev. O- L.
Smith, D. D., delivered an address replete with practical
advice, and pointing out the manner in which to secure
the greatest usefulness and happines3. His clear voice, his
dignified and pleasing delivery, and the soundness of his
views in regard to the objects of woman’s and
the sphere of her labors, won for him the admiration of all
hearts. May this good man long live a blessing to his
fellow men, and an ornament to the service of his Master.
At the close of Dr. Smith’s address, Mr. Stanley, one of
the Professors, made some highly appropriate remarks,
and presented, on behalf of the class, a gold-headed cane
to the President. The reply of Dr. Smith to this unexpec
ted presentation, was highly pleasing to the audience.
Prolessor Guttenbergeris “Grand Concert” took place
at Rawlston’s Hall. It was pronounced a musical tri
umph. The hou. a was full, and was .evidently delighted
with the entertainment.
The address of Washington Poe, Esq., was spoken of
in the highest terms. It was chaste and beautiful. He did
himself justice, which is saying much.
We have left Macon now, and can look with a just ap
preciation of all we saw and felt- It is agreeable to re
trospect the past week, so lull was it of pleasant scenes and
incidents. We have no regrets. With another paragraph
we shall close this brief and imperfect account of the Com
mencement.
We venture (timidly it is true) to touch on a subject now
which may be disagreeable to Mamas, who have hand
some daughters to exhibit t* the public gaze, and perhaps
to some young ladies who delight to “in public on
the stage;” but honesty and an eye single to the good of
our daughters and sisters, who enjoy the blessings of a col
legiate course urge .for utterance. We do not intend to
discuss the question in which are involved interests of so
great importance, but simply to allude to it, and then leave
jt to one, who is a Samson in his way, and will call public
attention to it. We suggest (timidly again) that it would
be better every way, that the compositions of the young
ladies should be read not by themselves, but by some gen*
tleman selected for the purpose- Keep woman away
from the gaze of the multitude. Let her stand within the
bulwarks of modesty. Let her charming person and soft
voice be kept pure and uncontaminated from the eyes and
ears of the great congregation. Then shall not we, her
fathers and brothers, have our cheeks .covered by the thick
blushes of shame for those we love in the pride of our
manhood. m S. O. A.
Fusion in New York. —A dispatch from Albany,
N. Y. says—
The Republican General Committee of this city
and county have adopted a preamble and resolu
tion, defining the positions of the Admintstration
and the opposition on the Kansas question and
other issues, concluding as follows:
Whereas, The American voters of this county are
almost unanimously opposed to the general policy
of the Administration, and its attempts to force sla
very on Kansas by fraud and violence;and where
as, the Republicans and Americans united in Con
gress in support of compromise measures on the
Kansas Constitution, as suggested by the Hon J. J.
Crittenden, of Kentncky, therefore.
Resolved, That the Republican party of this
country invite the co-operation of the American
party to defeat the iniquitous policyjof the Adminis
tration, and to sustain the interests of freedom at
Washington.
A committee of |seven has been appointed to
confer with the American Committee.
The Peace Commissioners to the Secretary of
War.
Great Salt Lake City, )
Utah Territory, June 12, 1858. *
Dear Sir: We have the honor to that we
reached this city on the 7th instant. We lost no
time in placing ourselves in communication with
the chief men of the Mormon people. Auer the
fullest and freest conference with them, we are
pleased to state that we have settled the unfortu
nate difficulties existing between the government
of the United States and the people of Utah. We
are informed by the people and chief men of the
Territory, that they will cheerfully yield obedience
to the Constitution and laws ot the United States.
They cheerfully consent that the civil officers of
the Territory shall enter upon the discharge of
their respective duties. They will make no resis
tance to the army of the United States in its march
to the valley of Salt Lake or elsewhere. We have
their assurance that no resistance will be made to
the officers, civil or military, of the United States,
in the exercise of their various functions in the
Territory of Utah.
The people have abandoned all the settlements
North of this, and all the families have lelt the city,
only about fiiieen hundred persons remaining here
to take charge of the property, and to burn it if the
difficulties had not been settled. The people fiom
this city and North of it have gone to Provo, fifty
miles South of this, and to points beyond.
We will visit Provo and the settlements South
in a day or two, and see and confer with the peo
ple, and inform them that the difficulties have been
settled, and thus induce them to return to their
homes. We have written to Gen. Johnson by the
messenger that will bear this, informing him of
what had been done, and that he could march his
army to the valley whenever he desired to do so.
We intend to remain and visit the people and con
verse with them until Gen Johnson’s army arrives.
We think it important that we remain until the ar
my is located in the valley. We have but a mo
ment to write, as tho express will start in a few
moments.
We will in a few days forward a detailed re
port.
We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servants,
L. W. Powell,
Ben. McCulloch,
Commissioners to Utah.
Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War,
Washington, D. C.
THE TEACE COMMISSIONERS TO GEN. JOHNSON.
Great Salt Lake City. >
Utah Territory, June 12, 1858. $
Dear Sir : We have the pleasure of informing
you that, alter a full and free conference with the
chief men of the Territory, we are informed by
them that they will yield obedience to the Consti
tution and laws of the United States; that they will
not resist the execution of the laws in the Territory
of Utah, that the civil offices of the Territory shall
enter upon the discharge of their respective duties;
and that they will make no resistance to the army
of the United States, in its march to the valley of
Sal Lake or elsewhere. We have their assurance
that no resistance will be made to the officers, civil
or military, of the United States in the exer
cise of their various functions in the Territory of
Utah.
The houses, fields, and gardens of the people of
this Territory, particularly in and about Salt Lake
City, are very insecure. The animals of vour ar
my would cause great destruction of property if the
greatest care should not be observed in the march
and in the selecting of camps. The people of the
Territory are somewhat uneasy for fear lhe army,
when it shall reach the valley, would not properly
respect their persons and property. We have as
sured them that neither their persons nor property
would be injured or molested by the army under
your command. We would respecfully suggest,
inconsequence of this feeling of uneasiness, that
you issue a proclamation to the people of Utah,
stating that the army under your command would
not trespass upon the rights of property of peace
able citizens during the sojourn in, or the march
of your army through the Territory. Such a proc
lamation would greatly allay the existing anxiety
and fear of the people, and cause those that have
abandoned their homes to return to their houses
and farms.
We have mada inquiry about grass, wood, &c.,
necessary for the subsistence and convenience of
your army. We have conversed with Mr. Ficklin
fully on this subject, and given him all the infor
mation we have, which he will impart to you.—
We respectfully suggest that you march to the
valley as soon as it is convenient for you to do
so.
We have the honor to be, very respectfully, our
obedient servants,
L. W. Powell,
Ben McCulloch,
Commissioners to Utah.
Gen. A. S. Johnson, Commanding Army of Utah,
Camp Scott, Utah Territory.
REPLY OF GEN. JOHNSON.
Headquarters Department of Utah, >
Camp on Bear River, June 14th, 1858. \
Gentlemen: Your communication from Salt Lake
city was received to-day. The accomplishment of
the object of your mission entirely in accordance
with the instructions of the President, the wisdom
and forbearance of which you have so ably dis
played to the people oi the Territory, will, I hope,
lead to a more just appreciation of their relations to
the general government, and the establishment o
the supremacy of the laws.
I learn with great surprise that uneasiness is felt
by the people as to the treatment they may receive
from the army. Acting under the two-fold obliga
tions of citizens and soldiers, we may be supposed
to comprehend the rights of the people, and to be
sufficiently mindful of the obligations of our oaths
not to disregard the laws which govern us a mili
tary body. A reference to them will show with
what jealous care the general government has
guarded the rights of citizens against any en
croachment.
The army has duties to perform here in execu
tion of the ordeis of the Department of War,
which, from the nature of them, cannot lead to in
terference with the people of their various pursuits,
and if no obstruction is presented to the discharge
of those duties, there need not be the slighest ap
prehension that any person whatever will have
cause of complaint against it. The army will con
tinue its march from this position on Thursday,
17th inst., and reach the valley in five days. I de
sire to encamp beyond the Jordon on the day of ar
rival in the valley.
A S. Johnson,
Col. 2d Cavalry, and Brevet Brig. Gen.
U. S. A., Commanding.
To the Hon. L. W. Powell and Maj. B. McCul
loch,
U. S. Commissioners to Utah.
TO THE PEOPLE OF UTAH.
The commissioners of the United States, depu
ted by the Piesident to urge upon the people of
this Territory the necessity of obedience to the con
stitution and laws, as enjoyed by his proclamation,
have this day informed me that there will be no ob
struction to the administration and execution of
the laws of the Federal government, nor any oppo. I
sition on the pait of the people of this Territory to
the military force of the government in the.execu
tion of their feel it incumbent on
me and have great satisfaction in doing so,toassure
those citizens of the Territory who, i learn appre
hend from the army ill treatment, that no person
whatever will be in nny wise interfered with or mo
lested in his person or rights, or in the peaceful pur
suit of his avocation; and should protection be
needed, that f hey will find the army (always faith
ful to the obligations of duty)—as ready now to as
sist and protect them as it was to oppose them
while it was believed they were resisting the laws
• of their government.
A. S. Johnson,
Col. 2nd Cavalry and Brevet Brigadier General
Commanding.
Headquarters, Department of Utah,
Campon Bear River, June 14th, 1858.
Distressing G*suHty.
Fvie Young . Women from the House of Mercy
Drowned in the North River—The Bodies not
Recovered.
Friday,evening about 7 o’clock five young wo
men, named Asjaval Van Gider, aged 14 years, j
Hannah H. Began, 15 years’ of age, Ellen Smith,
15, Margret Flynn, 16, and Louisa Ever, aged 19,
years, all inmates of the House of Mercy, under
the care of Miss. Richmond, in Eighty-sixth street,
near the railroad, proceeded to the river for the
purpose of bathing. After making the necessary
preparations all the girls joined hands and went
j some distance into the water, but being unacquain
ted with the presence of a few deep holes near the
Eighty-sixth street dock, they got beyoud their
depth, and being unable to swim back went to the
bottom. Their situation was witnessed by several
persons Jon shore, who immediately used every
possible effort to rescue the girls, bnt without
effect they all drowned. Not one of the bod
ies was teen alter first disappearing under the
water.
The probability is, therefore, that the unfortu
nate girls continued locked in each others embrace
and will be found in that condition.
[. Herald , | Saturdny 17
Accident on the Erie Railroad.
Nine Killed and Forty-seven Wounded—Two
Cars Thrown Down an , Embankment of 30 feet.
New York, July 16. —This morning an accidenj
occured to the Express train on the New York and
Erie Railroad at Shin Hollow, 75 miles from this
city. The two hind cars of the train were thrown
from the track by the breaking of a rail, and with
their contents were precipitated down an embank
ment of thirity feet.
As far as known, the following is Ja list of the
killed :
Mr. and Mrs. Brown and son, of Tioga Valley.
Lewis Lary, wife and child, of New Orleans.
Mrs. Adam Ray, William Childes, a boy; H.
Wood.
Forty seven are wounded, some fatal.
Army Intelligence.
Col. Steptoe to be Reinforced— soo Army
Recruits Ordered to Oregon.—The Quartermaster
of this department yesterday received despatches
from the War Department at Washington, con
veying the particulars of the retreat of Col. Steps
toe before an overpowering force of various tribes
of Indians m Oregon, and directing arrangements
to he made forthwith for despatching six compa
nies of recruits to the Pacific. In obedience to the
order, the officer waited upon the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company to consult with them as to
the safest and most expeditious mode of sending
out this large body of soldiers. It was found im
practicable, in view of the probable large increase
in the California emigration, growing out of the
new gold discoveries on Frazer river, to take them
by the regular steamer of the 20th inst. It was ac
cordingly determined to charter a special steamer,
and the sleamer St. Louis was selected for the pur
pose, under Capt. Hudson. She will accordingly
be put in order and provisioned immediately, and
will sail on the same day with the Star of the
West, viz: on the 20th inst., and they will proceed
up from Panama on the fine large steamer Sonora.
N. Y. Herald , 17^.
Man Shot. —We regret to learn that Mr. Benja
min R. Ralston was killed yesterday on Little Ty
bee Island, where had gone from this city on a ma
rooning excursion. His body was brought to this
city yesterday afternoon, and an inquest was held
by Conorer Eden last night. The jury by their
verdict declare that the deceased came to his death
from the discharge of a gun in the hands of Bar
nard Flannigan, the contents’of which entered his
forehead. The jury are further of the opinion that
it was not the intention ol Flannigan to shoot the
deceased, but to shcot either James Quinley or
GarrielgLabonte, and that Flannigan is guilty of
murderT Flannigan'was, after the reading of the
verdict, committed to jail, —Savannah News Ju
ly 20 th.
The True Mme. Riviere. —The Courier des Eta*
Unis of Saturday morning, says tlratfeMiss Emily
Blount has returned to New York from Philadek
phia. We translate from it also the following:
“Mme. Arnoux Riviere, the person married last
year by Riviere, has also been in New York for
i two or three days. Having withdrawn to a con
vent in Philadelphia, she has left it temporally to
vindicate her position, on which the assertions of
Riviere might create some doubt. The papers shh
has produced, and the honorable testimonials that
sustain her, place her identity, and the validity of
her marriage beyond all suspicion. She is a fine
looking and intelligent woman,|but shows traces
of the sufferings through which she has passed.”
The Indian Battle in Oregon.— The Killed
! and Wounded. —The following is an official list of
, Col. Steptoe’s killed and wounded, comprising
two commissioned officers killed, eighteen non
commissioned officers killed, and six privates kill
ed and wounded :
Killed—Brevet Capt. Oliver ; H. P. Taylor, First
Lieut. Ist dragoons; 2nd Lieut. Wm. Gaston, Ist
dragoons; private Alfred Barnes, company C. Ist
dragoons: private Charles H. Harnish and James
Crosset, company H, Ist dragoons.
Died of their wounds —Ist Sergeant Wm. C.
Williams, company E , Ist dragoons.
Wounded —Farrier Elijah R. Birch, company C
first dragoons, slightly; privates Henry Montre
ville and James Lynch, company C, Ist dragoons,
severely ; Wm. Micon aud Herria Smikste:, com
pany E. Ist dragoons, severely ; Maurice Hurley,
James Healy, Charles Hughes, James Kelly and
John Mitchell,company E, Ist dragoons, slightly;
Osmond W. Hammond, Company E, ninth infan
try, severely ; Gottleib Benger and John Klay, com
pany, E, ninth infantry, slightly.
Amalgamation Marriages in Boston.— The
Boston matrimonial register shows that during
the last year sixty amalgamation marriages took
place in that city; and strange to say, they were
white women with black or colored men. In no
instance has a white man been registered as hav
ing taken to wife a colored woman. The white
ladies of Boston and thereabouts have singular
tastes; certainly they seem to relish black kisses
from all accounts, with peculiar gusto, and black or
colored husbands are becoming a highly popular
institution among them. Can anything prove more
conclusively the growing degeneracy in point of
morality and decency, of pious, proper New Eng
land, than this horrible fanaticism, which strikes at
the root of every thing like purity, and tends to un
dermine the divine laws of nature? When woman
—the safe guard of virtue and purity—stoops
thus to degrade herself, perverting the womanhood
within her, the degradation of man, as a necessary
consequence, must follow. —New York Despatch.
The De Rivere Scandal,
In the matter of John Huncke’s return to the
writ of habeas corpus for the Blount ladies, after
our report closed yesterday afternoon, Judge Ogden
decided that the traverse was sufficient and valid,
and issue was joined upon proofs.
Before any witnesses were called, however, Mr.
Deming rose and stated that, by an agreement or
stipulation between counsel, the case was to be
continued until Monday, and in the meantime they
hoped to enter into such arrangements as would
be satisfactory to both parties, and render further
proceedings unnecessary. If not, the case would
then proceed.
Mr. Ransom said by this arrangement they thought
they would be able to get at the information they
desired without troubling the court to examine a
large number of witnesses. There was a prospect
of succeeding without the further interposition of
the court, and they desired to avail themselves of
every means to get the custody of the daughter.
Judge Ogden acquiesced in the arrangement, and
Col. Blount and his wife (between whom the en
tente cordiale had now been re-established) rode to
gether to the Hotel Napoleon, accompanied by Mrs.
Hunck.
The influences which have been at work to in*
duce this action on the part ot the lady are, of
course, left entirely to surmise. The current state
ment is ibis: Mrs. Blount, finding her faith in De
Riviere considerably shaken by the developments
of the affair, sent word to her husband, through
Mr. Hunck, yesterday morning, to the effect that
she would consent to return to the South with her
daughter, on condition that he would cease his
persecution of her friends here, (meaning Deßi
viere and his Hoboken assistants) and pay tho
debts she had contracted.
This opened the negotiations, which were con
ducted in the Judge’s private room. Col. Blount
accepted” the proposition, on the further condition
that De Riviere should return to Europe by the
next steamer. Mrs. Blount could make no condi
tion which would bind tht[Zouaye, but. would agree
to have no more to do with him ifit could be proved
that he was already a lawfully married mar.. This
the Colonel undertook to show at once, and upon
this basis the proceedings in court were postponed.
It is said there was also a stipulation that the cap
tain should be allowed to return to Europe unmo
lested, but upon this point there is some doubt.
It was expected that the Captain’s wife a French
woman, who is said to be now in the city, would
have been presented to Mrs. Blount for an inter
view last evening, but up to the present time that
personage has not been produced, and it is even
alleged that the marriage certificate, which has
once been published, cannot now be shown. The
young lady, Miss Blount, is reported to be now
at the Hotel Napoleon with her mother, (both la
dies, however, keeping closely secluded,) and an
embassy has been dispatched in search of the
Zouave’s hiding place, which is believed to be not
far distant.
At the latest accounts the prospect was, that all
the negotiations would fail, neither the Zouave nor
his wife having turned up.
We have it from the best authority that Colonel
Blount has no present intention of returning to the
South, and .that the proceedings on the habeas
corpus in Bergen will probably proceed on Wed
nesday.
Miss . Blount is at present at the house of Dr. De
Wees, a friend ol the family, residing in Broad
way. She was stopping at Philadelphia, and re
turned last night in obedience to a telegraphic
dispatch from her mother.
Mr. Huncke has presented Mr. Blount with a
bill of upwards of one hundred dollars, for the
board of his family the past ten days. Mr. H.
thinks the Colonel ought also to be responsible for
the Zouave.
Bank Case.
We make tho following extract from a letter written by
a gentleman in Macon to the Savannah Republican who
was prerent when the circumstances which he details oc
curedinthe Supreme Court:
Macon, July 17th, iBSB.
Editor Savannah Republican :
A scene transpired at the sitting of the Supremo
Court to-day, that is worthy of record, aod which
fora time produced in the court room much ex
citement. The circumstances, as I learned them,
are briefly as follows: A bank located at Colum
bus called the “Planters’ 4* Mechanics’ ”, which
Pffi operation a long time ago, failed, and at
aus times suits were brought by the bill hold
ers against the stockholders, until the suits reach
ed in number somewhere near two hundred. A
judgement had been given in the lower courts in
favor of the bill holders and an appeal taken to the
Supreme Court.
Hines Holt, Seaborn Jones, and Barny Hill, Esqs.
appeared for Plaintiffs in error, or stockholders,
and William Dougherty, Esq., for Defendants
error, or bill-holders. The case beign called, ob
jection was raised by counsel for Defendants, to
the presiding |of Judges McDonald and Benning
on the ground that the former had given a written
opinion in one of the suits brought against the
stockholders upon one of the questions on which
the appeal was taken, viz: the statute of limitations
to prove which , he produced a copy of a letter,
written’by Judge McDonald to Hines Holt, Esq.
in answer to one from the latter gentleman ask
ing his opinion upon the question involved. The
fact that he had ever written such a letter had
passed entirely out of Judge McDonald’s mind, as
it was written at the begining of the suits, which
have now been in progress for several years. Up
on this showing by Defendants’ counsel, Judge
McDonald’s declined to preside in the cause upon
this point, but presided on the other points involv
ed, by consent of counsel.
The objection to Judge Benning was, that he
had been counsel in one of the cases brought
against the bank, (though not in the one now pend
ing,) and that he had made promises, when in
Milledgeville during his election, that he would
not sit in any case he had been counsel in the low
er courts. These statements justly aroused Judge
Benning, and he indignantly denied having ever
made any promise, of any fkind or to any body,
whereby his conduct as a Judge might be influenc
ed. He further stated that where he had retired
from the Bench on previous occasions, when cases
had come up in which he had been counsel in the
courts below, he had done so simply through de
ference to a precedent, ‘and not because it was
his duty to do so, and that he would keep his seat
in this cause.
In this matter Judge Benning has displayed a
rare quality among men, the consciousness ot his
own integrity. I have heard a number of members
of the bar speak about it, and all unite in given to
Judge Benning the highest praise forJus conduct.
I have no personal acquaintance with him, but it ih
is not an upright conscientious gentleman and an
honest Judge, there is no truth in |physiognomy.
* 6 * * * Yours, S.