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TIMES & SENTINEL
” COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 26, 1858.
Judge Hawkins and the Florida Volunteers.
We see by the papers, that efforts are being made to
injure the dempcratic nominee for Congress, in our sister
State, by charging him with negligence in the matter oj
pay asked for in the suppression of Indian hostilities int at
State in 1857.
Whilst we are not disposed in the slightest degree to
meddle in their affairs, we think it but just to their very
worthy Representative, that we should furnish him testimo
ny bearing directly upon the subject matter of controversy.
Judge Crawford, our immediate Representative, being a
member of the Ways and Means committee, happens to be
very familiar with thisclaim. The question, he informs us.
came before the House in a shape of an amendment by
the Senate to the Army Appropriation Bill, the best meth
od to be adopted to seeuro the passage of a claim which
is likely to be contested by the House. This amendment
provided, that the sum of $385,0C0 should be appropriated
to the payment of the Volunteers, whose services were
called into requisition in Florida, in the year 1847. Ac*
cording to the rules of the House, the bill with the Sen
ate’s amendments was taken up and referred to the Ways
and Means Committee. II the good people of Florida
only knew the efforts oi’ their Representative to pass thi s
amendment, they would at least be satisfied that no one
else could have done more, and that it it could have pasf.
ed at all at that session, he would have succeeded in do-
ing it.
Judge Hawkins called upon the individual members oi
the committee before whom this amendment was pending
personally, and endeavored to secure from the committee
a recommendation that the House “concur’ in the Senate’s
amendment. This perhaps might have been accomplished
at this time, but before the vote was taken, the Secretary of
War enclosed a communication in which he stated, that it
would take over $500,000 to liquidate these claims, and
that the additional amount was shown to be required by
other Volunteers, which had just been received. This set
tled the question before the committee against concurrence ;
First, because it was proper when payment was made, that
it should be made in full; and second, that all the claims,
together with the vouchers therefor, should be before the
Committee and the House long enough for a thorough ex
amination. Thus the bill went back to the House and the
Committee of the whole, under the recommendation of
the Ways and Means Committee, rejected the Senate’s
amendment. Every man in Florida could not have pre
vented it. This noncurrence formed one ol the disagree
ing votes of the two Houses on the Army Bill, and of
consequence had to go to a committee ot conference, which
was composed of Senators Davis, Slidell and Collamar >
and Representatives, Quitman, Crawford and Stanton —
and here again, Judge Hawkins used every effort in his
power to have it allowed, but upon its being stated tha*
the original amendment to Senate’s bill, providing $385,-
000, would not be sufficient, the conference committee,
unanimously determined to report against it, and let the
whole amount and the vouchers, &c. be brought forward
and examined be lore any part should be paid. This agree,
ment on the part of the committee, all the men in Florida
could not have prevented.
The Senate’s committee having receded, the appropria
tion fell. Again however, when the report was made to
the House, it was adopted by an overwhelming majority,
but intermediate the time when the report was received
and the vote taken, Judge Hawkins did all that man could
do to change the current, which flowed strong against this
claim.
This is a true statement of Judge Hawkins’ connection
with these claims in Congress, as given to us, in form and
substance, by our immediate Representative, Hon. Martin
.1. Crawford.
We take pleasure in giving it in justice to a worthy
gentleman, who is regarded by his associates in Washing
ton; those who witnessed his exertions in behalf of the
Florida Volunteers—as a faithful guardian of the interests
of his constituency. We know the value of such testi
monials, having had occasion to lay before the voters of
this district, (2d,) letters from the Hon. Jefferson Davis f
Gen’l Wool and Col. Aiken, in regard to the military re
putation of Mr. Crawford’s predecessor, Mr. A. H. Col
xuitt—who haying won a little fame on Bueua Vista’s
bloody field as aid to Gen’l Taylor—fame belonging to his
Country and not to himself—it was sought to be robbed of
him in the zeal of partizan conflict. We hope the attempt
to undervalue the services of Judge Hawkins, will, in the
language of Senator Davis to Maj. Colquitt, “be rebuked
by the means which the people know so well how to em
pioy.”
William F. Samford, Esq.
This distinguished gentleman—a prominent Candidate
before the last Democratic Convention for Governor of
Alabama, has recently appeared before the public in a
letter addressed to the Hon. Henry W. Hilliard. It re
views, in a masterly style, the letter written by Mr. Hill,
iard in reference to the status of the South in the Union, and
the constitutionality of the prohibition of the importation
of African slaves into the United States. The letter is fill
ed with rich classical illusions, and breathed the pure spirit
of disinterested patr otism. We shall endeavor to lay ex
tracts from it before our readers, when our space will per
mit. We think we recognize in “Uncle Ben’s” commu
nicationsto the Montgomery Advertiser, the trace of Mr.
Samford’s gigantic mind. He should not talk too confi
dently of the sweets of retired life. Alabama may want
his services.
The Yellow Fever Epidemic in Charleston.
Charleston, August 23.—Tho yellow fever is declared
to be epidemic. The health officer reports twenty-eight
deaths by fever in this city during the week ending on
Saturday last.
We find the above telegraphic item in the daily papers
of the neighboring cities, and it is probably bv this time in
the columns of every member of the Associated Press of
the United States, out of Charleston. We beg of our co
temporaries to regard the first sentence as the declaration
of the telegraph, and without authority. The Board of
Health have not, themselves, made any such declaration,
or authorized any one to do so for them- The expression
is singularly unfortunate, to say the least, lor one effect
will be to quarantine Charleston vessels in every port. Our
Carolinian friend at Columbia will see that its deductions
from this dispatch are utterly unwarrantable. The char
acter of the present fever in Charleston, may be learned
from the official report of Monday last, and published in
our paper of that date, wherein out of twenty-eight deaths
during the previous week, only four were of natives of the
United States, and two of those of foreign parentage.—
The only reliable reports are those of the City Register.—
Charleston Mercury; Aug. 25,
Yellow Fever in Charleton,
The Board of Health report forty throq deaths in that
city during tho week ending 21st inst—thirty four whites
and nine blacks— twenty-eight of the whites by yellow
lever. The disease has heen’ pronounced, as wo see by
telegraphic despatches received yesterday, epidemic, and
in New York Charleston has been declared an infected
port.
Gen. Bethune on the Stump.
Oar worthy fneud, the Editor of the Corner Stone, made
a speech at Cussetta, on Tuesday, (24th,) on “Free Trade
and Direct Taxation.” It was duiiog the sitting of Court,
and we presume he had a good audience. The General
is indefatigable in his efforts to infuse this doettine into
the minds ol tin people, He is a forcible speaker—avoid
ing dtsplay, and generally striking the nail on the head.
COMMUNICATED.
Counter-Resolutions— Supreme Court—Mer
riwether Meeting.
Merriwether County, Aug. 23, 1858.
Messrs. Editors Avery small poition of the citi
zens of this county, held a meeting at Greenville, on the
19th, in which resolutions were adopted, censuring Judge
Benning for presiding in a recent Bank case tried at Ma
con. Mr. Dougherty from your city, was present, and
addressed the meeting in an hours speech—Those ac
quainted with the case, will not attribute to Mr.
ty, that disinterestedness, which would enable him to
c peak impartially concerning the integrity of Judge Ben-
ning.
Having agreed to undertake these old cases for fifty
cents in the dollar and pay costs, it is not unnatural that
the recent decision should sting him with disappointment
and chagrin—Hence it can be accounted for, why Ex-
Governor McDonald and Judge Benning know nothing
about the law (?)— Why all this hue and cry was not
raised against Judge Benning, when he sat in these iden
tical cases four years ago, and gave good reasons for it
why Mr. Dougherty is so sensitive and so abusive of the
Court now wherever he go s—We have only to say, that
the citizens of Merriwether have held another meeting,
completely overshadowing the first, in which counter
resolutions were adoptr and, complimentary in the highest
degree to Judge Benning. You will receive them in due
season, and they will speak for themselves. We have
not yet lost confidence in the integrity, purity and sound
judgment of such men as Gov. McDonald and Judge
Benning—Nor can we countenance the effort to impeach
their integrity for the paltry sum ot a lew dollars this late
in the day. We have too much confidence in the hones
ty of the good people ot Georgia to believe, that they
will mistake the resolutions adopted here a lew days ago
by a small meeting, as the voice and sentiment of the
people of this county. Far from it!
Yours, &c., TANARUS,
Muscogee Railroad Company.
The annual report of the President and Directors of
this company is on our table. It appears therelrom that the
gross receipts, as compared with the receipts of 1857, have
fallen ofl 30,512 01, whilst the expenses for the same peri
od, have been reduced $29,573 79, making a decrease in
not profits of $998 22. The President attributes this differ
ence in results, in a great degree, to the financial embar
rassment of the country during the early part of the pas t
cotton season. The Banks and Agencies in this city, being
unable to furnish the requisite facilities for shipping cotton
eastward, a large amount—upwards of 6,000 bales, was ta
ken from our warehouses over the Opelika Railroad to
Montgomery. This fact had the further effect to induce
planters of Alabama, who, otherwise would have patron
ized our market, to send their cotton direct to Montgomery.
The Chattahoochee river being navigable for the larger
class of boats during the whole season, 12,682 bales were
shipped via Apalachicola. These two causes or lacts ac
count for the decrease in eastward freights. The general
stagnation in trade, which affected alike every branch of
industry, he assigns as a cause for the decrease in westward
freights and passengers. He thinks that the prospects of
the road for the coming season are more flattering, based
upon the faith of a large crop and a revival of confidence
and trade. The report alludes to the fact that the last ses
sion of the Legislature passed an Act authorizing connec
tions between the Muscogee and the Mobile and Girard
and Montgomery and West Point roads, on terms to be
agreed on, and satisfactory to the city of Columbus, and
says:
“The city has given its consent, but on terms the Direc
tors are unable to comply with at present. The terms pro
posed by the city are, that this company shall have the priv
ilege of making a connection with the Opelika Road, pro
vided it pay to the city of Columbus $2,000 lor the first
year after the connection is made, and $3,000 lor every
v<nr triomnftor. until this comnHnv shall connect with lha
Mobile and Girard Railroad. To make the Opelika con
nection will cost, acording to actual survey and estimates,
$11,458 50 for double track, and for single track, $6,953 50;
a sum within the reach of this company- To make the
connection with the Mobile and Girard Railroad it will re
quire, according to the estimate of experienced gentlemen,
SIOO,OOO ; a sum entirely out of the reach of this company.
The Directors, however, have resolved to build the upper
or Opelika connection, provided the city will modify its
terms 90 as to bring it within the ability of this company.”
We hope the city will “modify its terms,” as suggested
above. We confess that we never comprehended the poli
cy or good sense of imposing such a condition on the
company. It would be foolish to doubt that the Company
desires to make both connections, and will do so when
ever its resources will justify the outlay; yet the “terms,”
imposed would seem to be suggested by the idea that it
was in favor of the Opelika and abhorred the Mobile con
nection. If the Opelika connection will injure the city it
ought not to be allowed ; but if it be a desirable object,
wherein consists the sonse of clogging its accomplishment
with an impracticable condition 1 Whether either will be
beneficial or hurtful to the interests of the city is a distinct
proposition, having no natural relation whatever to the
other; and to make them reciprocally dependent, the one
upon tbe other, as uming the effect of each to be benefi
cial, is like saying to a man afflicted with nartial paralysis,
“sir, unless you move your left hand we will letter your
right.”
Greenville Meeting—Resolutions.
Just before going to press, we received a communica
tion from Meriwether County, containing the counter res
olutions passed by the citizens of that County in reference
to the late decision of the Supremo Court in a Bank case
tried at Macon.
Mr. F. M. McLendon was Chairman,and G. L. Peavy,
Secretary.
They withhold an expression of opinion as to the legali
ty of the late decision and condomn the hasty manner in
which resolutions were passed at a previous meeting. Also
speak in the highest terms of Judges McDonald and Ben
ning.
despatch from'Paris says it Was reported there
that the King of Holland intends to abdicate. The Prince
of Orange, the heir to the throne, completes his eighteenth
year next month, when he will be qualified to ascend the
throne. The motives of the King’s abdication are said to
be a profound mystery.
Congratulatory Message from London.
New-York, Aug. 24.—The mayor of this city received
to-day a congratulatory message from the Lord Mayor 0*
London, dated on yesterday, the 23d of August.
Pennsylvania Politics.
Piiiladelfhia, Aug. 24.—The democratic party split
in their district convention,in the first Congressional Dis
trict. The Hon. Thomas B. Florence was nominated by
his friends, and Dr. Nebinger, by the anti-Lecomptonites.
In the 2d district, George H- Martin was nominated; in
the third, James Landy; and in the fourth, HeDry M-
Phillips.
Havana Consulship.
Washington, Aug. 25.—Majcr Helm, of Kentucky, has
bee appointed Consul-General of the United States at Ha
vana.
A young Washington, who, the other day,
made a bet that he could put his finger safely into
the mouth of a decapitated turtle, tried it, and got
his finger nearly bitten off. The turtle was a
green one, and so was the boy.
“My boy, what does your mother do for a
.iving?” was asked of a little bare-footed urchin.
.‘She eats cold vittles, sir.”
From the London Times.
The Atlantic Telegraph— An English View
of it.
We believe we are correct in stating, that 500
miles of telegraph have never before been success
fully laid under water, and yesterday we received
intelligence; that a communication is tnliy es ab
lished beneath 2,000 miles of stormy ocean, under a
superincumbent mass ot water, the depth ot which
may be calculated in miles. Only now, when it
has succeeded, we are able fully to realize the
magnitude and the hardihood of the enterprise.
Over what jagged mountain ranges is that slender
thread folded; in what deep oceanic valley? does
it rest when the flash that carries the thought ot
man from one continent to another, darts a ong
the wire; through what strange and unknown re
gions, among things uncouth anil wild, m us 1
thread its wav ! It brings up tidings from the vast
abyss, but not cf the abyss itself, but of men i*e
ourselves who dwell beyond.
ourseives wno aweii
Since the discovery of Columbus, nothing has
been done in any degree comparable to the vast
enlargement which has thus been given to the
sphere of human activity. We may, now that this
the most difficult problem of all, has been solve ,
be justified in anticipating that there is no portion
of the earth’s surface, which may not be placed in
immediate communication with us. We know
that we have in our hands the means of a practi
cal übiquity. Distance as a ground of uncertainty
will be eliminated from the calculation of the states
man and the merchant. It is no violent presump
tion tosuppose that within a very short period, w T e
shall be able to present to our readers every mor
ning, intelligence of what happened the day be
fore in every quarter of the globe. The admiralty
will know to within a few miles, the position of
every ship in her Majesty’s service. The intelli
gence of a Caffre war or an Indian mutiny will
reach us before the first blood that has been shed is
cold, and we shall be able to economize the whole
time consumed by the ordinary vehicles of intelli-
gence.
We see, with not unnatural satisfaction, that the
advantages of the discovery will be the greatest to
those countries, the possessions'of which are the
most remote, and therefore, that England has more
to gain than any of her rivals. More was done
yesterday for the consolidation of our empire, than
the wisdom of our statesmen, the liberality of our
legislature, or the loyalty of our colonists could
ever have effected Distance between Canada and
England is annihilated 1 For the purpose ol mu
tual communication and of good understanding,
the Atlantic is dried up,and we become a reality,
as well as a wish, one country. Nor can any one
regard with indifference, the position in which the
Atlantic telegraph has placed us in regard to the
great American Republic?. It has half undone the
Declaration of 1776, and'gone far to make us one
again, in spite of ourselves, one people. To the
ties of a common blood, language, and religion, to
’ the intimate association in business, and a complete
sympathy on so many subjects, is now added the
’ faculty of instantaneous communication, which
must give to all these tendencies to unity an inten
sity which they never before could possess.
We are most happy that it has fallen to the lot
of this country to carry out an enterprise in which
human nature is so deeply interested, in concert
with the only other nation on the globe in which
the flame of science is fanned and kept alive by
the breath of freedom. Let those who are assem
bled at Cherbourg to celebrate another develop
ment in the art of destruction, and to fete the in
auguration of a forteess avowedly designed to
threaten the independence and prosperity ofthese
islands, reflect on the true nature of the enterprise
which has thus been executed, and turn from the
contemplation of the science degraded into the
haiiaiuuKi ui eiiauguiui aim . —._>• . i . .-t
applied to her legitimate office, as the conciliator,
the benefactress, and the enlightener of the whole
human race. A military monarchy has created Cher
bourg ; political freedom and commercial enterprise
have made the Atlantic telegraph, and they have
nothing to blush for in the comparison.
From the Liverpool Journal.
Two-thirds of the commerce of the world ap
pertain to Great Britain and America, and this
commerce will increase as population increases;
and while stimulating trade throughout the uni
verse, the trade between England and America
will forever be paramount. The major part of
this trade refers to cotton ; and as both countries
may be considered almost exclusively interested
in the growth and manufacture of that plant, an
immense benefit will be derived for both by what
may be considered instantaneous communication
between the two great marts of trade. In a week
or two we shall know in Liverpool, each day, what
they are doing in New York and New Orleans; and
the merchants in Wall street will have a response,
in equally short time, of what the bankers are do
ing in the Liverpool Exchange.
% % % % % % *
Considering all the circumstances attendant on
the Atlantic electric telegraph, it is impossible to
appreciate the immense advantages which must
proceed from it, and there will be nothing extrava
gant at all in coming to the conclusion that the
completion of the wire on Wednesday last inaugu
rated a social and commercial revolution , the effect
of u'hich cannot he otherwise than good.
From the London Chronicle.
It is curious that (his completion of a work which
links logether England and the United States,
should have been consummated at a time when
the British Queen is personally interchanging ex
pressions of amity with the sovereign of another
allied State. Such intercourse, whether passing
and ceremonial or permanent and business like in
character, tends more than anything else to insure
the peace of this world, and to promote, in conse
quence, the welfare of all civilized nations. Visits
like that to Cherbourg may do much, but the es
tablishment of a regular and instantaneous means
of communication, will accomplish far more to
wards consolidating friendship between rulers and
people, and effacing every cause or trace of disso
nance long before it can ripen into hostility. To
commence the Atlantic Telegraph will no doubt
prove a most successful and profitable instrument.
But its political functions and international agen
cies are of even higher importance, and will estab
lish it as one of the chief civilizers and pacificators
of mankind.
The Niagara at the Navy-Yard. —The Niag
ara was visited on Thursday by throngs of peo
ple, men, women, and children” Row-boats were
constantly plying between the Brooklyn wharves
and the frigate, their owners making the most of
and by the occasion. The gaugway was uncom
fortably crowded with visitors coming and going.
From the forecastle or quarter-deck the vessel
looked like the principal throughfare of a well
peopled city, where sailors, soldiers and civilians
are constantly passing and Among the
visitors was Gov. King) to whom Capt. Hudson
showed the ship, and explaining the paying-out
machinery in detail. The Governor shook hands
with the officers on board with great heartiness,
and congratulated jthem upon their participation
in the enterprise, so successfully brought to com
pletion.
From Venezuela. —Affairs at Venezuela on the
3d inst. were qniet. A French and English fleet
were at Lagnyra. Gen. Geogorius Monagas had
died in prison at Maracaibo.
LaGrange Female College.
The following is the Report of the Board of Ex
aminers, relative to the character of the recent
Examination of this College.
To the Trustees of the LaGrange Female Col-
lege:
Gentlemen —At the request of the Faculty, the
undersigned committee have attended the Exam
inations of the College Classes of the LaGrange
Female College, beginning on Monday, the sth in
stant and closing on Thursday, the Bih. As spec
ial interest is now felt in the success of the Insti
tution under the new administration of its affairs,
the committee feel that the duty assigned them was
a very important one. Feeling a lively inter
est in the cause of education, and being especi
ally anxious that our Institutions of learning
may succeed in elevating still higher the stan
dard of attainment, the committee attended the
exercises with a fixed purpose to approve only
what was worthy of approval after a candid and
impartial scrutiny. The most ample opportunity
to investigate was afforded to the Committee, and
the examinations, whether conducted by the Pro-
lessors or by members of the Committee, were
highly satisfactory. Six hours a day were devoted
to these examinations —an hour and a halt to two
hours to each class.
The President, Rev. W. G. Connor, examined
classes in Rhetoric and Moral Science.
From these examinations, and from the excellent
discipline maintained during the examination, the
committee are satisfied that the duties of the Re
sidency have been ably and faithfully performed.
The suavity and firmness of the President have
permitted him to get and retain a hold upon the
affections of the young ladies, which has enabled
him to exercise a large influence in promoting
their moral and mental progress.
Prof. J. R, Mayson examined classes in Arith
metic, Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry.
The Committee can hardly do justice in this sketch
to the skill and fidelity of Prof. M., as an instruc
tor. Great patience, skill and experience as a
teacher, and an intimate acquaintance with these
subjects, could alone secure the success to which
these classes have attained.
Prof. Jno. W. Akers examined classes in Latin.
As Latin was made an essential to the honors of
the College only a year ago, most of the classes
were beginners. In drilling pupils in the elements
of the Latin Language, Prof. A. has been remarka
bly successful. The Committee must be allowed
to express their gratification at the unusually tho
rough and systematic drilling to which the classes
have been subjected in Etymology and Syntax.
Those who have undertaken to guidge the young
mind along this rugged and slippery path, can fully
understand that ability and zeal in the profession,
and great perseverence, can alone enable the teach
er to place the pupil upon the stand point at which
the committee found these classes.
Prof. W. A. Harris examined classes in Natural
Philosophy and French.
In Natural Philosophy the classes showed that
they had been taught to reason upon the subjects
presented for their consideration. The reasoning
powers had evidently been brought into active ex
ercise, and it was clearly shown that Prof. H. con
siders the cultivation of the mind of much more
value than the mere hoarding of knowledge. The
classes in French, too, proved that Prof. Harris is
an able, faithful and successful instructor.
Mrs. Judge examined classes in English Litera
ture, and Domestic Economy.
Mrs. Judge is so well known and approved by
your body, that we need say no more than that her
labors seemed to the Committee to have been emi
nently successful—fully sustaining the reputation
already won by many years of successful and ac
cejnauio icuv/tiiiigi
In fine, the Committee take this occasion to con
gratulate the Trustees, and through them the pat
rons and friends of the Institution, upon the very
favorable auspices under which the year’s labors
have been closed. The college is before the pub
lic, and it is the ‘privilege of the citizens of La-
Grange, and the surrounding country, to see that it
is sustained. They owe this as a duty, not so
much to the President; the Professors, the Trus
tees, and to the church under the patronage of
which the College is placed, as to themselves, and
their children. Let every citizen feel that he is do
ing an injury to himself, his children, his friends,
and to society, whenever he fails to give the ap
proved teacher his earnest and cordial support.
RosDectfullv submitted,
WM. M. CUNNINGHAM,
JOHN A. FOSTER,
W. H. EVANS,
L. F. WILCOX,
S. W. YANCEY,
L. L. LEDBETTER,
J. E. HURT,
FLEMING JAMES, Jr.
HENRY HODGES,
Committee.
LaGrange, Ga., July 8, 1858.
The Com Crop in Missouri, Kansas and Ne
braska.
In this county the corn crop never looked more
promising. This is the case both in the bottoms
and on the hills.
The Rockport (Atchison county) Banner of the
12th instant says the corn in the bottoms which
was covered by flood is completely dried up, but
on all the uplands the crops look exceedingly fine,
and would make an abundant yield without anoth
er drop of rain.
Tne Leavenworth Times has accounts from the
interior of the Territory, north of the Kaw river,
that the corn crop in that section, as well as in oth
er sections of the Territory, will be of the finest
and largest yield this year. Gentlemen who have
travelled extensively through the corn-growing wes
tern States, and gone to Kansas, and seen the flour
ishing condition of the crops, report the prospect
for a rich harvest of corn as much more promising
than it is in those States. This is cheering news.
Kansas will be independent this year, as regards
this staple, and perhaps have a handsome sur
plus.
The Nebraska City News says that the yield of
the corn crop in Nebraska will, this season, be to
all appearances unprecedentedly large. It is nearly
all now in “roasting ears,’ and never in this coun
ty looked so well. The stalk is of magnificent
height, and is. we believe, well “eared.” Nebraska
soil is particularly adapted to the raising of corn.—
Potatoes also do fine; and for vegetables, such as
cabbages, beets, and squashes, it cannot be beat
en.—St. Joseph Journal.
The following “verdick” was given and written
by the enlightened ioreraan of a coroner’s jury, at
the town of :
“We are of A Pinion that the Decest met with
death from Violent Infirmation in the Arm, pro
duced from Unoan Cauz.”— Ex.
This reminds us (says the Lumpkin Palladium ,)
of a verdict returned by a coroner’9 jury in some
one of the lower counties of Georgia, where the
deceased was killed by lightning. The foreman of
the jury, after investigating the circumstances, re
turned that,
“We are of opinion that the deceased came to
is death casuatlu by an accidental stroke of thun
der.”
WRITTENqIN THE SAND.
Alone T walked on the ocean strand,
A peerly shell was in my hand;”
I stooped and wrote upon the sand
My name, th°! year the day,
As onward from the spot 1 passed,
One lingering look behind I cast,”
A wave came rolling high arid fast,
And washed my lines away.
And so, methought, ’twill quickly ho
With every mark on earth with me!
A wave of dark oblivion’s sea
Will sweep across the place
Where I have trod the sandy stiore
Of time, and been to be no more;
Of me, my day, the name I bore,
To leave no track or trace.
And yet with him who counts the sands,
And holds the waters in his hands,
I know a lasting record stands
Inscribed against my name,
Of all this mortal part has wrought,
Of all this thinking soul has thought,
And from these fleeting moments caught,
For glory or for shame.
From the Missouri Republican.
Senator Green of Missouri, and Hon. Alex. H. Ste
phens of Georgia.
During the late Canvass in this State, Mr.
Green one of the United States Senators, made
two speeches in St. Louis, greatly to the annoy,
ance of the Black Republicans. About that time
the organs of the party, and particularly the Dem
ocrat, were exceedingly soilcitous for the reputa
tion of Judge Douglas. Many kind things were
said of him, and a sort of parental care was assu
med over gentlemen who were supposed to be
Douglas men, and attempts were made to incite
them to hostility against Mr. Barret and the Demo
cratic ticket, on the ground that they were hostile
to Mr. Douglas. The humbug was so apparent
that no one was deceived by it; and when, tailing
in this, they contrived a plan to draw out from
Mr. Green his sentiments in this relation, he did
not fail to respond to the call, but in a manner
which did not suit the Black Republicans. He
took no ground against Judge Douglas, but spoke
as confiding in him and in his democracy. That
position is further explained in a letter, with a co
py of which we have been furnished, written last
month, in answer to one which had been address
ed to him, staling that a rumor had been in cir
culation to the effect that Mr. Green intended to
stump the State in favor of Judge Douglas. Mr.
Green did not blink the question, but wrote as
follows:
Canton, Mo. July 14, 1858.
Dear Sir—Your favor of the 12th instant, calling
my attention to certain rumors to the effect that
I intended to sustain Hon. S. A, Douglas, has been
received. I had heard of the report before, but I
did not attach sufficient importance to make any
reply. The facts are as follows: Being asked
what I believed Mr. Douglas intended to do in
his party relations for the future , I gave it as my
opinion, founded on his own words, that he would
heartily sustain the Demcratic party, and oppose
to the bitter end the Black Republican; and that
if my belief should prove correct, then I would
rather see him re-elected than any one of the Black
Republican party.
Many persons differ with me in regard to what
the future course of Douglas will be, and I have
heard many persons express their opinion that in
1860 he will be identified with the republicans. If
he should war on the democratic party, we must
war on him , but, if he should fight in our ranks
against the common enemy, I should certainly pre
fer him to any one belonging to the enemy. No
doubt Douglas did us great and serious harm du
ring the last session, but I trust democrats will nev
er be so eager for revenge as to countenance the
election of a Black Republican. As between de
mocrats ot Illinois, l can never express any pre
ference, even if the Judge should turn out as I
hope he may. But l should not hesitate (it he
should verify my expectations) between him a
Black Republican. The idea of my taking the
stump for him, without certain evidence of his
fidelity,is preposterous ; but, for the principles of
our party, and in opposition to republicanism, I feel
it my duty to speak on proper occasions.
Yours, truly,
JAMES S. GREEN.
From the Chicago Daily Heiatd Aug. 17.
The State Democrat of the 14th, devotes an ar
ticle to the Hon. Alex. H. Stephens, of Georgia,
who was recently on a visit to Chicago, and whom
it charges with having come here “on a mission of
peace to the democracy of this State,” inferring that
hesis a Douglas man.
We would inform our spirited cotemporary, and
also the Douglas editors, that Mr. Stephens did not
come to Illinois on political business. His business
here, and that of his brother, was with Mr. Healy,
the artist, and had nothing whatever to do with
politics.
While here, however, Mr, Stephens did not hesi
tate to express, his opinion on political subjects
when conversing with his Illinois friends. Mr. S.
in Congress ably opposed the efforts of Douglas
and his Black Republican allies in their attempt to
defeat the administration, and he still believes that
he did right in thus opposing them. He is not a
Douglas man by an)’ means, and the most the
Douglas men have to boast of in respect to the
opinions of Mr. Stephene, is the doubtful compli
ment he pays Mr. D. by saying that he “would
prefer Douglass to Lincoln as a senator, but he
would prefer a good democrat to either of them.
Oregon and Washington,
A Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing under date of 19th instant, says:—
“Official Intelligence has been received that the
supplies of mules and horses that were so much
needed in Oregon and Washington Territories,have
been despatched thither from the Utah expedition.
Considering that ihe troops were scattered over
so wide an extent of country, the rapid concentra
tion ot about two thousand troops at Walla-Walla
within one month, has elicited both astonishment
and admiration from the Secretary of War, and
those here associated with him in the conduct of
military affairs. With the addition of the Sixth
Regiment of Infantry, now on its way to the Pa
cific, it is supposed the force r will be sufficient for
present purposes. The troops in Washington ter
ritory were probably ready to march on the Ist
of Angust against the Indians who attacked and
defeated Col. Steptoe. Tho extent of the defec
tion among the Indians is not known, but so satis
factory are the present military operations, that it
is confidently anticipated at the War Department
that the campaign will be an exceedingly short one,
and far less expensive than any former similar
movement against hostile Indians.”
Why Mr. Buchanan’s Message was Delayed.
—lt appears that when the mutilated message from
the Queen was sent to the President, he expressed
some doubts of its genuineness; but notwithsth
standing hurried off his reply. An officer of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, however, supposing
that the Queen’s message would yet arrive, tele
graphed from New York to Valentia not to forward
that from the President. As this order was not
revoked, the operator telegraphed, after waiting 30
hours, to know if they should forward it. ln>
answer, of course, was in the affirmative 1 But t
this oversight the message would have been trail
mitled immediately.