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TIMES & SENTINEL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1858
Meeting of the Citizens of Oolnmbus.
The citizens of Columbus are earnestly requested to
meet at the Temperance Hall at 8 o’clock, P. M. Wed
nesday the 28th instant, to take into consideration our fi
nancial condition, and the best means to be adopted lor
the preservation ol the credit of the city. A full attend-
requested. MANY CITIZENS.
Seaborn Jones vs. the City ol Columbus.
This case has recently been decided by the bupreme
Court adversely to the city of Columbus. W e understand
that the position was taken by counsel in the argument,
and sustained by the ruling of the Court, that, under the
law, the city had not the right, in this instance, to levy a
special tax for rail road purposes. In 1847, our Legisla
ture passed an act authorizing the corporate .authorities ol
this city to levy a tax of two per cent, for ‘’railroad pur
poses.” In the body of the act, the application of the pro
ceeds of said tax was limited to the payment of the bonds
(and the interest thereon) which were issued to the Musco
gee Rail Road Cempany. The City afterwards became a
subscriber to the Mobile & Girard and the Montgomery
and West Point Railroads. To the former her credit was
given in bonds to the amount of $300,000 and to the latter
$50,000. To meet tne interest annually accruing upon the
above debt, the tax in question was levied. It was resisted
by the plaintiffin error, and the litigation arising therefrom
has, at length, resulted in the decision referred to. As
much aB we regret the temporary inconvenience to which
the city will be subjected, we will not question the pro
priety of the decision. Perhaps, as the law stands, it would
be impossible to justify a contrary judgment. But that
the resulting inconvenience will be temporary we have
not a doubt. The sentiment of our citizens is unanimous
that the credit of .he city shall be protected. Her credi’
tors may abide in the assurance that the damning stain of
repudiation will never blot her fair name. There is not
a man within her limits whose cheek does not flush at the
mention of the word. To her from this disgrace,
her people must act. The Legislature must be petitioned;
the law must be passed; the tax must be collected. Nor
let it be imagined that there is anything appalling in the
magnitude of this tax. The annual interest on these bonds
is $25,000. In 1860, the first installment of the principal
of the bonds is due, and then and thereafter an annual pay
ment of $25,000 must be made thereon. In that year,
therefore,the larges t Railroad tax which will ever be levied
will reacli $50,000. It is obvious that the interest must di
minish every year, as a portion of the bonds will, as ofterq
be cancelled.
CNow Jet us see what are.the resources of the city for meet
ing this indebtedness.Thereal estate in the city is valued at
$2,500,000. Two per cent, upon this amount, alone,would
yield $50,000. This, as we have said, would pay the Rail
road tax for 1860. But there are other properties of large
values which are taxable—personal property of every de
scription, sales of merchandize, &c., and it is estimated
that a tax of one and a quarter per cent. Pupon the whole
would pay the tax even for that year. But it must not be
forgotton that the tax payer gets a partial return for his
money. For every hundred dollars which he pays for rail
road purposes, he receives one share of stock in the Mo
bile and Girard Railroad. Without considering the ulti
mate advantages to him, therefore, he is “out of pocket’
only the amount of the tax less the value of the stock. Le t
it be remembered, also, that by the winter of 1859-’6O, the
Mobile & Girard railroad will have reached Union
Springs, It will then be unencumbered with debt, and, if
any reliance whatever can be placed upon human specula
tion, the dividends of the road, thenceforth, will enable the
city greatly to reduce her taxes. But whether this predic
tion be verified or not; if the operation of the road be prof
itless and the stock worthless; nay, should an earthquake
swallow it, the obligations of the city will be promptly
met.
“I thank thee Jew tor Teaching me that
Word.”
Mcr. of Venice.
While the Southern democracy is assailed in this section
of the State by our American cotemporaries as the High
Priest of popular lust and power that would sacrifice the
just rights of the South at the altar of its horrid deities, it
is worthy of note that the Savannah Republican is warn
ing the South against its “real objects and tendencies,” as
being that of disunion. We provoke the smile of our
American reader, whose distrust of our fidelity to the
South we have lately encountered, when we repeat the
charge of tne Republican in its allusion to Senator Davis;
that “he has committed the unpardonable sin against the
Southern democracy by avowing his attachment for the
Union and declaring the evident truth that there are men
both at the North and at the South, who undervalue the
glorious legacy bequeathed to us by our fathers.”
This being the “true spirit that animates the bosom of
the democratic party at the South” as alleged by our
Know Nothing cotemporary, will we still be amenable to
the charge ot bartering away the rights of the South to
preserve our nationality and power ? Will our American
cotemporaries hold over the Southern democracy the sword
of retribution for the passage ol the Conference bill and it 3
desertion of the best interests of the South, when a leading
Kuow Nothing oigan is chiding it lor its treason to the
Union? Will not the Americans in this (2d,) District and
Dowdell’s district, Ala., exercise the virtue ol forboarance
towards the treacherous southern democrats whowould sell
the South lor a mess of pottage, after this rebuke from
the Savannah Republican ?
We rejoice that we are regarded by the opposition as
being so faithful to our lire*sides and hearth-stones, as to
look with jealousy upon politicians who profess great de
votion to the Union! We rejoice that the relation ot the
Democratic party South is that of a true champion,
upon whose laurels she can repose with security and con
fidence! We rejoice that its principles still live in the
hearts ot the people,more respected than in the days of Jef
ferson’s hostility to the alien and sedition laws or Jackson’s
crusade against the National Bank ! We rejoice that our
highest oflence is not that we love the Union less, but the
South more!
Supreme Court.
We do not desire to re-argue cases which have been de
cided by the Supreme Court through the medium of this
journal. We have great confidence in the purity, ability
and integrity of the Court, and the decisions they pro
nounce can come before the bar of public opinion in thei r
reports. Then all the facts can be elicited and a proper
enlightened judgment rendered. As it is, the evidence may
be merely ex parte.
We have been led to these remarks by the recent decis
ion ol the Supreme Court in the Bank Case of Robinson vs
Beall —carried up from this circuit. The prejudices of the
community are sought to be obtained against the Supreme
Court by its judgment in this case. Our cotemporary ol
the Macon Telegraph says, this “decision changes the
Judgment of the Court, as rendered when Judges Warner
and Nesbit were on the bench, when the same question
came before them in a similar case.” If this were admit;
ted, we do not see why it is not legitimate and right. But
we doubt whether a similar case has been settled by the
Court. The question was up before the present bench in
the case of the Commercial Bank of Macon or Moultrie
vs. Hogue in the 21st volume of Georgia Reports. But
the charter of! the Planters & Mechanics’Bank expired
by its own limitation in 1857, which leads us to believe the
same question has not been settled heretofore. The
points alluded to by our cotemporary are doubtless those
contained in a former decision, where the forfeiture of the
charter of the Planters & Mechanics’Bank by the judg
ment of the Court under an act of the Legislature, when
its assets were turned over to an assignee, were held to be
an extinguishment ol the debts to and from the Bank. —
Then,however, there was a representative of the Bank to
sue and be sued— but on the expiration ot the charter, no
party is left in Court, and by the rules of law long knovfD
and established, this decision wa9 said to be guided. The
present case, with the exception of Moultrie vs. Hogue, is
the only one, in our humble judgment, where the question
was ever presented and fairly tested.
Without assuming whether this decision be in accord
ance or contrary to law, we are informed it is in the line
of received opinions of the bar in this particular class of
cases. We hope the Judgment ot the Court will be satis*
factory; but whether satisfactory or not, it is a matter of
congratulation, that so many old, troublesome cases are
out of Court.
Black Republican Opposition to Mr. Douglas.
While the abolitionists, Thomas Corwin of Ohio, and
Cassius M* Clay, of Kentucky, are “striking hands” with
Mr. Crittonden, and welcoming him as an ally from the
South, we have the following denunciation of Mr. Douglas
from the Chicago Press and Tribune. Speaking of Mr.
Douglas’ reception they say.
“Mr. Douglas,heretofore known only as the furious par
tisan, battling for the Presidency, for which he has basely
betrayed the North, and the cause which it holds most
dear, it will require more than the booming of cannon, the
vivas of friends, and the presence of crowds to transform
him into a statesman whom Republicans can suppoit.
Was he objectionable in’s4l—he is doubly so to-day.
Was he severely punished lor removing a single barrie r
over which slavery might not leap?— how much more shall
he suffer for his instrumentality in tearing away all obsta
cles to its national dominion? How shall we submit to
Dred Scott?”
News Advertisement.
We call the attention of our readersto the advertisement
ot S M Wellborn and E H Martin in another column*
They offer for sale 6,000 acres of improved land at public
outcry on the Ist Tuesday in September at Greenville,
Meriwether County. The lands are contiguous to the Mer*
iwether Springs and have all the necessary houses for farm
places. We have heard enquiries made of the lands and
refer all to the advertisement.
We call attention to advertisement of Mr. E. A- Thom
in another column. He offers for sale his residence in Rus
sell co., three and halt miles South-west of this city also
to the notice of Geo. W. McDuffis, Clerk of the Inferior
Court of Marion county.
See notice also of valuable city Residence lor sale by
D. P. Ellis.
Fire in Mobile,
Mobile, July 26.—A destructive fire occurred in this city
last night, consuming Kelley’s livery stables, Iraiiklin
Hall, and the Opal Saloon. They were all insured. The
intense heat from the burning buildings damaged to some
extent, the new granite Custom House-
First New Cotton —The Steamship Texas which ar
rived at New Orleans on the 26th from Galveston brought
over two bales of new cotton.
[communicated.]
EXAMINATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF LA
GRANGE FEMALE COLLEGE.
The Examination of the various College classes began
on Monday the sth instant, and closed on the Thursday
following. A committee of educated gentleman attend
ed the whole examination. Their report is highly com
plimentary to the whole faculty, stating, as it does, that
the classes in every department,gave the most satisfactory
and unmistakable evidence of thorough, systematic aDd
faithful training in each of their respective studies. Not
only the committee, but both the patrons and the public
testified that they had never before witnessed any examin •
ation in this College, during its whole career, which had
given them such overwhelming testimony in favor of the
rapid and etioooeofull pragraes of thA stlldAnts, and thackill,
ability and fidelity of their Instructors. The President
and Faculty satisfied an impartial public that the moral
and mental training, in the LaGrange Female College,
had been faithful, thorough and successful- The College
now stands pre-eminently high, and ranks among, il not
the first in the South, at least among the first iu Georgia.
The Commencement Exercises were opened on Sunday
by the usual Commencement sermon, which was preach
ed by L. D. Huston of Tennessee, from Isaiah chap.—
verse —. His sermon, though extemporaneous, vva3
chaste and musical in language, touching and beautiful
in style, impressive in manner, and pointed and able in
substanco. It breathed the spirit of true piety and holy
eloquence, which touched every heart and moistened ma
ny an eye. The sermon has largely increased Dr. Hus
ton’s influence as a good man and able preacher in this
portion of Georgia.
On Monday the College classes were’examined in mu
sic—not only in the art but in the principles of this beau
tiful science. Their examinations in this respect accorded
well with their previons displays ol mental improvement.
On Monday evening the College Commencement con
tinued by a coucert in sacred music.
On Tuesday tbe celebration of the Literary Societies
came oil, The young ladies of both societies acquitted
themselves with great credit. The discussion was highly
interesting, and elicited applause after applause from the
largo auditory.
These exerciseses being concluded, Mr. John H. Seals
ot Penfield, Ga.,asthe annual orator, delivered before the
Societies and the audience a most stirring and interesting
address. It was striking and original in conception, re
pleto with eloquence, beauty and wit. The audience were
frequently convulsed with fits of laughter at the many
striking and happy hits which he made. The effort gave
great interest to tho occasion, and did much credit to Mr.
Seals as a speaker.
Tuesday night was the Grand'Concert,which passed off’
in grand style. The stage was crowded with fair faces
and bright eyes, which lent a superior charm to the en
chanting music which was made by the voices and hands
of beauty.
Wednesday was Commencement day. A glorious tnd
brilliant day it was. The large Chapel was crowded to
overflowing. The music was stirring and delightful. The
Senior Class was the finest and noblest specimens of
female loveliness, intelligence and dignity. They read
their various speeches in graceful positions and with great
ease and clearness. These were of a superior order, and
would rival the compositions ot our best male colleges.
Mr. C. C. Wilson of Savannah, being the orator of the
day, addressed the audience in a very appropriate and
well delivered speech. It was a speech worthy of the
day and the oocasion which called it forth.
At the close of his speech, President W. G. Connor rocs
and in his usual and happy styie, addressed the giaduating
class for about 15 minutes. He said that while he was in
the midst of a parting scene, to them and to all deeply
touchina, yet he could not weep, but.rather he rejoiced to
behold them so safely and triumphantly through the dan.
gers, toils and hardships of their long Collegiate course.—
Ho rejoiced with the faculty, that he was able then, to
commit them to the arms of the.r beloved parents, who
stood in anxious solicitude waiting to receive them to thei r
hearts and to their homes. |His speech was chaste and
appropriate, abounding in beautiful figures and pathetic
allusions. Though he ignored weeping himself, yet we
think him guilty of having called forth the tear of affec
tion and sympathy from many an eye, in that vast throng
of mothers, parents and children.
The President then, with becoming, dignity; conferred
he Degree Graduate on each of the Graduating Class,and
delivered them each a handsome Diploma, in testimony of
that high distinction.
Thus passed off one of the most brilliant Commencements
which the people have ever witnessed in LaGrange. I[
appeared the better because this Commencement was foun
ded on the most thorough and satisfactory examinations
ever before held in the
LAGRANGE FEMALE COLLEGE.
Buena Vht, Ga.
Editors of the Times Sentinel:
It was my pleasure on the first day ot July instant to at
tend to the examination of the students at the Male Acad
emy in this place; and such .was the satisfaction given to
>he trustees of the school, that they have requested me,
through your paper and the Columbus Enquirer, to give
some public expression of their feelings ’and the feelings of
the public generally. This Ido with pleasure, and am the
better prepared to do so, as I am a member ol the exam
ining committee and participated freely in the examination
tion of the students.
They were examined critically in all the elementary
branches, also in the classics and high branches of math
ematics. In all departments the classes were submitted
almost wholly to the examination of the Committee and
no evidence was afforded us of preparations upon any par
ticular part or branch; but,on the contrary, proof of thor
ough drilling and instruction upon every part. Without
particularizing, or referring to individual members or class
es of the school, we must say, and that without exagara
tion, that we have never witnessed any examination, that
more fully attested the competency and fidelity of a teach
er, or the progress and improvement of the students. In
the higher branches of mathematics particularly, the class,
es acquitted themselves with extraordinary credit.
Mr. Parker, the Teacher, is universally acknowledged
a high-toned gentleman, and a ripe and mature scholar.
Under his direction and superintendence, the school is
certainly worthy of the universal patronage of our citizens,
and with their co-operation we doubt not that Mr. Park
er will buildup a school that will be an oiuamcntand
blessing to our country. We bespeak for him the good
wishes and liberal patronage of the public.
The exercises were closed at night by an exhibition,
when original speeches were delivered by the young gen
tlemen, of the school, highly'creditable both in com
position and delivery- We hesitate not to say that old
Marion will soon be blessed again with a school that will
be an honor to her both at home and abroad.
Yours Respectfully,
THADDEUS OLIVER.
England— Speech of'Mr. Dal las.
The 82d anniversary of American Independence was
celebrated in London by a banquet, attended by about 150
American gentlemen residing in Londou. The room was
decorated by the star spangled banner and other appropri
ate emblems. The portraits ofGen’l. and Lady Washing
ton hung over the Presidents chair —also a fine likeness of
Queen Victoria, lent by her majesty for the occasion. In
response to a toast, Mr. Dallas made the following ad
dress.
Mr. Chairman and fellow-citizens, I have prom
ised myself, in consequence of continued ill health
for some time past, to abstain from anything so
exciting as public speaking; but it is unfortunate,
ly the 4th of July (laughter and cheers), and I find
it impossible to remain silent on such a day after
you have received the mention of my humble name
so kindly and so cordially. A few years ago it
would have been discourteous and intrusive had
one or more American citizens ventured upon
the celebration of the 4th of July, 1776, in the great
city of London. The old wounds were still fresh,
old feelings still survived, and the citizens of the
United Statea who were here had the good taste
as well as the forbearance not to do that which
might have been misconstructed so as to be dis
agreeable to those among whom they were resid
ing.
But now, gentlemen, we feel much more at ease.
The principles of the American Revolution have
gone on conquering and to conquer. (Cheers.) —
They have received the approbation, cordially but
certainly, of all the wise and good in England as
well as in the United States. They have become
perfectly tvell understood—they have beaten down
the impressions of hostility which, bemg misunder
stood, they originally created. The principles of
the American Revolution are acceptable here as
they are at home. (Cheers.) The men of our
heroic days—our Washingtons, our Jeflfersons,
our Madisons, and our heroes in the battlefield,
are known now in England almost as well as they
are in the United States, and are honored as
much here as there. (Cheers.) The progress,
then, of the principles of the Revolution of the
United States has been striking, and has produced
that to which to which I have already adverted
the propriety of our meeting to celebrate the origin
of those principles in London as well as elsewhere.
(Hear, hear.)
Do not for a moment suppose that I am avail
ing myself of a detached part of the toast just given
in ord§r to draw the conclusion that the recogni
tion of those principles has been brought about in
any degree by the diplomacy of the United States.
(Hear, and a laugh.) The truth is—and you are,
perhaps, not aware of the fact—that we have no
American diplomacy. (A laugh.) In England
and on the continent diplomacy is a lifelong career.
With us it is nothing of the sort. American diplo
macy, compared to European diplomacy, may be
likened to the militia as contrasted with the regu
lar army. (Laughter.) To be sure, in the United
States, from the outset, we have always had a
partiality tor the militia. (Hear, hear.) Our first
military achievements were gained by men among
whom were some of the rawest possible militia.
(Hear, and a laugh.) And it has so happened,
probably by accident, that our militia has over and
over again proved equal to the best regulars of
Europe. (Cheers.)
It is in that way, perhaps, that the diplomacy of
the United States has been able to do something
towards giving expansion and popularity to the
principles of the American resolution. Although
our Ministers abroad have been drawn from the
ranks of private and professional life, on very many
occasions, at the most distinguished Courts of Eu
rope and throughout the world, in conflict or rath
er in argument, with the most refined diplomatists
of any country, those militiamen of diplomacy have
achieved remarkable success. (Hear, hear.) I
might refer, if 1 were disposed to empty upon you
the archives of the American Legation here or else
where (a laugh,) to many striking instances of this
kind; and as I propose to conclude my remarks
by suggesting a particular name to your approba
tion, it may be proper to say that the list of our
American diplomatists, beginning with Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and
William Whitney, includes a long array of illustri
ous “militiamen diplomatists,” who have left be
hind them a record of the most glowing and grat
ifying character. (Cheers).
At this very Court some of my predecessors may
be compared to the very best of the drilled cohorts
of European diplomacy. There is one little com
ment which is to a certain extent connected with
American diplomacy, on which I will say a word.
You know 7 that w r e have recently had some diffi
culties on the coasts of the United States and in
the West Indian Sea (hear) —a matter with which,
as one of the militiamen in the diplomacy of the
United States, I was lately charged. Now, with
out referring to that question more closely, it is a
point which is essentially connected with one of
the fundamental principles of the American revo
lution, —that principle being the necessity of main
taining on behalf of the great American people, as
a great community, the independence of their flag.
(Cheers.) Well, I am not going to argue the
question as to visit and search. It has been over
and over again, for years back, argued and rear
gued. But I should like on the 4th of July to an
nounce to my fellow-countrymen that visit and
search in regard to American vessels on the high
sea 9 in time of peace is frankly and finally ended.
(Tremenduous cheering, the whole company rising
and manifesting the liveliest enthusiasm.)
While, gentlemen, I am able to announce this
gratifying fact, I think it ought also to be accompa
nied by the assurance that the termination of that
for which we have struggled for nearly half a cen
tury had been brought about with a degree c f hon
orable candor and fair dealing on the part of the
British Government which is worthy of every ac
knowledgment on our part. (Loud cheers) With
a view to draw these remarks to a close, I beg
leave to offer you as a toast the name of one of the
earliest representatives alike of the principles of
the American revolution and of the constitution of
the United States—l mean Thomas Jefferson, the
author of the Declaration of Independence. (Loud
cheers).
The toast was drunk in solemn silence.
The Globe says that the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon
preached in the open air at Old Sarum last week,
and staled that he should no longer preach in the
Music Hall of the Surrey Gardens. He also stated
that if he failed in getting fuDds for his new taber
nacle, it was probable that he would leave England
for America or Australia.
The United States and Cuba.
The London Times of July 7, received by the
North Star y concludes an article about Spain and
the slave trade as follows:?
Lord Malesbury has been protesting in terms
forcible indeed,syet warranted by the disgraceful
facts, against the manner in which Spain has vio
lated her most solemn obligations as to the impor
tation of slaves into Cuba. Upon this Spanish
pride has lak.cu firo. Spun is nnt prnnd enOUSrh
to take offence at the imputation ot it. Every
one who has looked into the question of the slave
trade at all, knows well that for the last twenty
years and more, Cuba, under the protection of the
Spanish flag, has been the mainstay and prop of
the system. There has t een no direct importation
of slaves into the United States during that time.—
In the Brazils the traffic has virtually ceased. In
Cuba alone it is carried out iu full vigor. There
was but one chance of dealing successfully with
the traffic, and that was that the local government
should interfere to suppress “it. All our exertions
at sea could have little effect beyond running up
the rate of insurance. Now, every effort that has
been made to procure orders to this effect—real,
not nominal orders—has proved fruitless. The
time has arrived when we are called upon to re
view our policy in this matter. We will not fol
low the example of the idle braggarts at Madrid,
and prattle about visionary invasions. Why, even
if we had the will, should we be at the trouble of
applying direct pressure to Spain ? Thus much is
clear—that it Lord Malmesbury were this day to
give Mr. Dallas the faintest hint that England would
stand neutral in the matter, Cuba in three months
time would be a State of the North American
Union.
Let us look this questiou boldly in the face.—
What interest has England in the “integrity of the
colonial dominions ot Spain ? What is it to us if
Cuba be to-morrow fc an American in place of a
Spanish possession ? Our only interest in the
question for a long time past has been a moral, not
a material one. Nay, our material interests have
been in direct opposition to that line of policy
which we have pursued on the grounds of humani
ty. Cuba, in the hands of American citizens,
would be a much more productive market tharra
present. Our manufacturers and merchants could
buy and sell more with American than with Span
ish Cuba.
If it is to remain a slave-importing country, we
had as lief, nay rather, that it should pass into
American hands. Patience andgforbearance have
been tried out, and the time has fairly arrived when
we may consider if we should not be playing our
own game more wisely by standing still while the
Cabinet of Washington carried out the long cher
ished designs of the American people upon the
Island of Cuba. It is not impossible that the States
would be willing to come to an understanding with
us, that it Cuba passed|,quietly into their posses
sion, our wishes with regard to the further impor
tation of slaves into the island would not be disre
garded.
What is Spain to us that we should interfere
further to protect her ‘ colonial possessions? The
only arguments which we are disposed to consider,
after the treatment we have met with from suc
cessive Cabinets at Madrid, are those which apply
to our own i interest und weli-being. Looking at
the question from this point of view, two argu
ments might be urged—there is probably no great
weight in either. It might be said, in the first
place, that it would be short-sighted policy in us
to stimulate the progress of the United States in
wealth and power, for the time may come when
they may prove formidable antagonists to our
selves. This is but a paltry policy, “after all, for
whatever we may do, the vast confederation on the
other side of the Atlantic will go on ‘ increasing in
strength and extent of domain. We do not look
grudgingly on this progress; on the contrary, it
is the best thing that can be wished for this coun
try, that the States should be a prosperous and
a growing power. If the statesmen who guide
the destinies of the Confederation have but the
forbearance to abstain from violating public law
and the cannons of public morality, God speed their
work ! But to us in any case, what can it signify
whether they conquer a province from the desert,
or from the Gulf of Mexico ? As long as we retain
our naval power, they will not interfere with us ;
and that once gone, thepresence or absence of
Cuba in the scale would signify but little indeed.
It might be said, in the second place, that it
would be unwise for us to stand still, as lookers
on, while Spain was weakened by the loss of her
colonial possessions, from considerations of Euro
pean policy. The Pyrenees are not higher than
they were in the days of Louis XIV. and of Napo
leon Bonaparte. Here, again the argument does
not appear to have any considerable weight. Spain
derives no oubetnntiai etrongth from hor colonies
which would help her to resist an invader; and, if
she did, what is that to us ? We know the sacri
fices we made for the preservation of Spanish mon
archy in the first years of the present century;
and what has been our reward ? What advantage
to the extent of one shilling, orQthe faintest element
of power, have we derived from the Spanish
alliance? We can point to a long list of un
satisfied claims, of unpaid debt, of obligations
disregarded, and of violated faith; but of help,
when we needed help, or of common gratitude for
services of the most vital importance, there has not
been one title. Let us at length consider this
question on its own merits. Is it possible that, with
reference to English views and feelings, Cuba could
be in worse hands than it is at present ?
La Grange Female College.— Change of Pres
idency.—Rev. W. G. Conner has resigned his pos
ition as President of the Lagrange Female Col
lege, and is to be succeeded by Rev. Jno. M. Ban
ned, now of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and who was elected
last week to fill the vacancy.
We regret to part with the Rev. Mr. Conner—
because we believe he filled his position in the
College to the satisfaction of all concerned. Rev.
Mr. Bonnell, the President elect, will fill his place
with ability, as he is a gentleman well calculated
to do so.
03=*ln speaking of the five great objects of life
Sir Wm. Temple says: ‘The greatest pleasure of
life is love; the greatest treasure is contentment:
the greatest possession health; the greatest ease
is sleep; and the greatest medicine is a true
friend.”
The Atlantic Telegraph Qable.
Failure of the Enterprise—the Cable parted a
third time-return of the fleet to Qucenstoum.
The Niagara and the Gorgon had returned to
Queenstown, after three unsuccessful attempts to
lay the cable, They reached that port on the
morning of July 5. The Agamemnon and Valo
rous had not arrived, though they had two buudred
miles start. The squadron experienced very se
vere weather during their cruise. On the 13th
of June a heavy gale sprang up, during which
they seperated, but all met again at the rendezvous
52 2 lat,, 33 181 on. On the first attempt about ten
miles of cable were lost; on the second about 120
miles, and on the 28th the cable was again joined,
and about 250 miles were paid out, when commu
nications ceasing to be received the cable was par
ted, and the Niagara and the Gorgon proceeded to
Queenstown.
The second edition of the Cork Reporter of
July 5 has the following particulars of the cruise:
The Niagara and Gorgon, attached to the squad
ron for the laying of the Transatlanic cable ar
rived in Queenstown at an early hour this mor
ning. We regret having to announce that the
object of the expedition has for the present failed,
and w r e shall now give our readers such particulars
of the events which occured in the course of the
undertaking as we have been able to collect. The
Agamemnon and her tender, the Valoroue, and the
Niagara and her tender, the Gorgon sailed from
Plymouth on the 10th of June, each of the great
vessels carrying about 1,500 miles of cable, with
a npn- o" 1 * imprm-oH nppu'atus for paying it out,
which it was calculated would have aiiu„ u j /v
any strain or unequal motion of the ship, as the
very speed of the vessel regulated by autumatic
arrangements, the rate at which the coil was to be
discharged. After having been three days at sea,
the expedition was overtaken by a fearful gale,
which continued without intermission for nine
days.
On the seventh day of this heavy weather the
ships, which continued to keep together, had to
part company, and the Agamemnon was obliged
to scud before|the wind for 36 hours; her coal got
of the cable shifted, so that her captain for some
time entertained serious apprehensions for her
safety, and from the immense strain her waterways
were forced open,a*nd one of her ports were broken
Two of her sailors were severely injured, and one
of the marines lost his reason from fright. Yet
such was the consummate skill, good seamanship,
and intrepidity of her commander, Captain Priddie
that he was enabled to bring her to the appointed
rendezvous, lat. 52 deg. 2 min., long. 33 deg. 18
min. The Niagara rode out the storm gallantly,
having only carried away her jibbootn and one
wing of the figurehead, the great American eagle.
All the vessels having at length arrived_ at their
central point of junction, the first splice of the ca
ble was* made on the 26th. After having paid
out two and-a-half miles each, owing to an acci
dent on board the Niagara, the cable parted, The
ships having again met, the splice was made good
and they commenced to give out the cable a .sec
ond time; but after they had each paid out 40
miles it was reported that the current was broken,
and no communication fcould be made between
the ships, Unfortunately, in this instance the
breakage must have occured at the bottom, as the
electricians, from the fine calculations which tiieir
instruments allow them to make, were able to de
clare such to have been the fact, even t before the
vessels came together again. Having cast off this
loss, they met for the third time and recovered
the connection of the cable, on the 28th. They
then started afresh, and the Niagara having paid
out over 150 miles of cable, all on board entertain
be the most sanguine anticipations of success, when
the fatal announcement was made upon Tuesday,
the 29th, at 9 p. m., that the electric current had
ceased to flow.
As the necessity of abandoning the project for
the present was not only too manifest, it was con
sidered that the opportunity might as well be avail
ed of to test the strength of the cable. According
ly this immense vessel, with all tier stores. &c.,
was allowred to swing to the cable, and, in addition
a s f ain of four tons was placed upon the breaks,
yet, although it was blowing fresh at the time, the
cable held her as if she had been at anchor for over
an hour, when a heavy pitch of the sea snapped
tbe rope, and the Niagara bore away for this port.
Before starting an arrangement was made that
should any accident occur in giving out the cable
before the ship chould have gone 100 miles, they
should return to their starting place in mid ocean;
but that in case that distance should have been ex
ceeded before any casusalty should happen, they
should make for Queenstown. In accordance with
this understandering, the Niagara having made
109 miles before the mishap, returned to this port.
Upon her homeward way she must have passed
the Agamemnon, but owing to the heavy fogs
which prevailed for thegrerter portion of that time
she missed seeing or gaining any tidings of her.
As the Agamemnon has not yet arrived, although
har destination was directed toward this shore, it is
conjectured that she might not have delivered the
arranged quantity of coil at the time of its tailure,
and may have consequently returned to their place
of meeting, which will unavoidably protract the
suspense which must necessarily be felt, as, until
she be spoken with, nothing definite can be learned
as to the occasion of this disaster, The two prin
cipal etectricians, Dr. Sanity and Mr. Lawes, on
board the Niagara, are inclined to believe that the
accident occured on board the Agamemnon, which,
as it would only implicate a faulty arrrangement
of the apparatus, would s'ill have hope of the
ultimate success of the undertaking, whereas, if
the separation has occured at the bottom, its effects
will be grately to damp, if not deter, the enterpris
ing spirit of the directors from persevering in this
gigantic project- Should nothing be heard of her
consort, the Niagara will, after coaling, proceed to
her ocean station, having still on board about
1,300 mi.es of the cable, which, supposing that the
other vessel has retained a similar amount, would
stiil permit the junction being completed, and al
low 30 per cent, for casualties. In this last trial
some 500 miles of the rope was lost, and when it
is calculated that it is roughly estimated that the
vaiue of the of the cable is about £IOO a mile, it
will be seen that the sacrafice up to the present
has not been so extensive as might at first sight
have been supposed.
Reception of Humphrey Marshall. —The cere
monies upon the wharf, when Humphrey Marshall
put foot on shore, were very imposing. In behalf
of those upon whom the announcement in the
Journal had made a deep impression, Robert F.
Baird made a glorious speech. He took his stand
upon the wharf, and as the huge form of Humph
rey darkened his vivision he lifted up his voice and
spoke as follows :
MR. BAIRD’S SPEECH.
“How are you, Colonel?”
To this most touching and eloquent reception,
Humphrey made the following appropriate and
fitting reply :
MR. MARSHALLS REPLY.
“How do you do, Bob?”
These beautiful speeches were taken down as
delivered, by our special phonographic reporter,
and they may be implicitly relied upon. So soon
as Mr. Marshall finished his reply, he got into a
carriage and drove to the Louisville Hotel, leaving
Mr. Baird to take care of himself. Wesent down
to -the hotel soon afterwards to learn what was
going on, and Mr. Marshall was reported jn bed
and asleep. —Louisville Courier.