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Tlm first baby was a great institution, as
toon as he came into thl “ breathing world,”
as the lkte W. 01,akespcate has ft, he took
command iu ewr house. Everything was
subservient te him. He WM the balance
wheel that regulated everything. He rega
le*# the temperature, lie regulated the food,
bar regulated the servant#, he regulated me.
For the first six month* of that precious ex
istence he had me up on an average six timea
anight
fesasa*
•Os couree the lamp eras brought, and of
•mute the baby jay nocking bis fst like a
little whftsbear,a* he was.
BHfkfns,'* raid mywifo, “1 think I
fool a draught of air j I wish you would get
up ami see if the window is not open s Httle,
because the bsby might gut rick.
Nothing wee the matter with the window,
wife, just as I
ist lamp aa you
&f in baby’s eyes
more ctfbsklera
snt to bed agate,
to sleep again,
“i£. you
y for the bab> TANARUS”
you do#t the
mteglfi* to beffove that I could overtook a
metier so essential te the comfort of that in
estimable child TANARUS”
She apologised very handsomely,but made
ker anxiety the aeape-goat. I forgave her,
and trlthowt saying a word more to her, I
addressed myself to sleep.
• “fir. Blirxins,” said my wifc, shaking me,
•yo 4 must not snore so, you will wake the
-Jest so; jest so,” said I, half asleep,
thinking I was Solon Shingle.
” Mr. Bl.fkins,” said my wife, “ will yon
get Up and hand me the warm gruel from the
nurse lamp for baby !—-the dear child sis it
wasn’t for his mother, 1 don’t know what he
wodtd do. How can yon sleep so Mr. Bllf
kins ?”
•I suspect, my dear,’’ said I, “that it is
because I am tired.”
-61 b, It’s very well for you men to talk
then* being tired,” said my wife; -1 don’t
know what you would say if you had to toil
and drhdgeiTke a poor woman with a-baty.”
I tried to soothe bor by telling her she
had no patience at all, and got up for the
poeeet. Having aided in answering the ba
by’s requirements, 1 stepped into bed again,
with the -hope of sleeping,
“-Mr. Blifkins,” said she in a louder key.
leak) nothing-.
-•Oh,doa*,” said that estimable woman,, in
g,eat appareut anguish, “how can a man,
who has arrived at the honor of a livo baby
•f hb own, aleep, when he don’t know that
the dear creature will live till msrning!’’
I remained silent, and, after awhile, deem
ing that Mrs. Blifkina had gone to sleep, I
stretched my limbs for repose. How long I
slept I don’t know, but I was awakened by
a furious jab in the forehead by ome sharp
instrument. I started up, and Mrs. Blifkins
-waa sitting up in tho bed adjusting some por
tion of the baby’s dross. She had,in n state
of semi-somnolence, mistaken my head for
rite pillow, which she customarily used for a
nocturnal pincushion. I protested against
such treatment in somewhat round terms,
pointing to several poiforatlons In my fore
head. Shu told me I should willingly bear
•Bek trifling things for the sake of the baby.
T insisted upon it tbnt I didn’t think my du
ty as u parent to tbnt young immortal requir
ed the surrender of my forehead aa n pin
ansllibn. This wns one of the many nights
passed In this way. The truth was, that
baby was what every other man’s first baby
is, an autocrat —absolute and unlimited.
Such wssthe story of Blifkins a; ho rela
ted it to us the other day. It is* llttlo ex
aggerated picture of almoet every man’s ex
jpatience. ....
BUEABBSR fGWLMff ABC HXB UfTBBDID.
An item of gossip has lately been going
the rounds of the pres*, to the elect that Bil
ly Bowlegs’ daughter is soon to be married
to a young New Yorker, whom sho met du
'ffritig her recent visit at New Orleans. As
many interested persons are doubtless anx
'km to know who the lucky individual is, St
may be a relief to them to know that the
gentleman alluded to is no lees a person than
tec New Orleans correspondent of Harper’s
Weekly—though the facts of the case differ
materially from the current report.
It appears (f.om the gentleman’s own
statements,) that he has been busily engaged
hi obtaining the history of the Seminolo
Chief, together with the photographic like
ness of sundry members of his family, and
sketches of their adventures in the Orescent
‘city, for publication la Harper—all of which
J|e successfully accomplished. Os course hi*
jrtaiMajwe with the Bowlegs fcmily was
neasmarily somewhat intimate. But let the
gentleman explain. He says:
-My object was attained; but in the mean
mrltSte my sealou* devotion to his Majesty of
||M Everglades had exposed me to no llttlo
misapprehension on the part of my friends.—
This is a censorious world, very loth to be
lieve in disinterested attachments of
sort. A plausible motive for my proceedings
was easily suggested.
” Billy, as 1 have said, is no beggarly Ger
man prince, without money to support his
hanwiitary dignity. He has, moreover, a
marriageable daughter, whom, it waa cur
sently reported, be was anxious to bestow
unon some ‘•white brother,’ with a comforta
ble dowry of ten tlmusand dollars in hard
mL-besides ‘expectations’ for the future—
It was-reported to be the happy man. I was
Overwhelmed with congratulations, pronounc
ed a lucky fellow,and forced to ‘ stand’ cock
tads and juleps without number.
-It is due to all parties that the matter
fßanld be properly represented. It is true,
ikeiv that King Billy did me the honor to
propose alliance between myself and his el
dest daughter. * Betsy,’ be said, * good aquaw
—never married—you have her—come with
me —I make you great chief—*naxt .after
me.’ I was forced to decline this Bettering
offer for private reasons, which lam not nt
liberty to explain at present. Suffice it to
sey that they were peifoctly satisfactory to
>i majesty, who was graciously pleased to
present me, in token of his profound consid
eration, With hie own royal autograph, a fa*
mmtleot which I condyou.”
Flowers are the alphabet of angels, where
with they write on hills and , plains mysteri
ous truth
TBVIT AB U ARTICLE OB BOOS.
Mr Editor:—A Frenchman who ft an ag
riculturist amongst us, (lie is living) waa
heard to nay, that were woof the South to
cultivate and turn fruit more aa a standard ar
ticle of food Instead of eating it indiscrimin
ately between meals. We woufefail be health
ier poople. We consume too much meet at onr
meals, neglecting *be fruit which a benefltt
cent Providence has blessed ns with. Were
wto braftkfeft on milk, or coom, with fig*
and nutmeg or christona melons, dine on
such moats as the taste or purse will permit,
with vegetables to match, and a desert of wa
ter melons, grapes, pears, peaches Ac., and
sup on aromatic taa with strawberries and
cream—wc might dipense with the poetry!
cook, end the Doetmt; provided we would
eat no fruit between mean. It is not a lit
tle astonishing, he says, that with the im
mense amount of fruit produced at the Booth
it doe* net diminish the consumption of meat
and bread. There is no doubt, bnt that the
summers of the South, would be the health
iest portion of the year, were we only to use
fruit as a necessary article of food. When
we say fruit, we dout mean the troth that
Stands fat weeks on the trucksters stall of
the citiesv bnt tbnt which is picked fresh ev
ery morning, from our vines and .trees —*
Moat of our fruit abound in sugar, which lr
nourishing, cooling, and healthy, whilst the
meats consumed abound in oil, which is heat
ing, stimulating, and predisposing to fevers.
Some of the healthiest people io the world,
Ure in the tropical regions, whose breakfast
consists of oranges, pineapples, figsorbana
as—dinner on melons and rafoont—Mpper
on dried fruite with tea or coffee. They
have learned to adapt their food to the cli
mate and the wise provisions of Providenoe,
and when we do tbo same we will be wiser
and healthier people; and not so often given
to sending for the Doctor for this, that or oth
er diseases.
Mark what we say, as the fruit season is
near at hand, let all that will and can. com
mence and follow up this rule, and soc if onr
worthy French gentleman is correct or not
In his states ent- —Central Georgian.
The editor of the Now Orleans Truo Del
ta, whoso prominence in the late Violence
Committee movement in New Orleans, has
made him peculiarly obnoxious to the Thugs
of that city, thus speaks of the effects al
ready discernible from the organisation of
the conra-ittee.
“Obdkb Rkiuxs in Warsaw." —We or
ganised eusseives into a small bat efficient
company sf rangers last night, between teu
and eleven o’clock, and matched around town
through the usually most stirring portions,
and about in those precincts where the Thugs
usually most do congregate, brought togeth
er by the attraction of fivo-cent groggeriea,
and a desire to hatch scliomes of outrage
and assassination. Our perigrinations were
unrewarded by any tiling approaching to an
item save this of stating that the quiet and
order which reigned was most striking. We
did not even see one disreputable character.
The barkeepers were dosing over theft coun
ters or had closed their rooms. The most
perfect propriety reigned. We imagined
that about that time all the Thugs who liad
any baggage were packing it up preparatory
to commencing their travels in search of a
more congenialclimate at the shortest notice;
a good many we imagined were just then
very busy trying to steal skiffs to transport
their precious persons across the river; a
good many we imagined, were stowed away
in well selected places of concealment,
whence they will be hunted out by the Vigi
lante like wolvs from their dons; and all we
didn’t imagine, but knew, were shaking in
their boots—those who had boots to shake
in, and those who didn't did some good shak
ing barefoot. Many a Thug had a fearful
presentment last night, that a whole hide
was a luxury that lie wouldn’t enjoy more
than twenty-four hoars longer. Verily, the
dieshe of the Thngs line come at last—the
“days of wrath” have burst upon them.
Fon Europe. —Last Wednesday the
steamship Africa, for Liverpool, took'out 156
passengers, and among them we notice the
following: Mr. arid Mrs. Andrew Low, child
and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Battersby and
daughter, all of Savannah. Also, Oliver
Hoff of Ga., and a whole drift of Charlesto
nians, viz : Mrs. Guerard snd son, Mr. and
Mrs. D. Paul and Miss Paul. J. J. Edwards,
T. D. Wagner, Fr J. Porches, Theo. Stoney,
It. Lowndes, W. U. Trnpmann, Dr. Wm.
Huger, and Arther Bltke.
Thb Chops.-—A correspondent writing
from Edwards’ Depot, Hinds county, Miss.,
June 6, says:
“Corn and coMon look well—plenty of
rsiu—health good. The oata are all ruined.
I have Reen none that would make a half
bushel per acre. A disease somethin” like
the rust is destroying them. The Mississippi
river is rising again. They ere ruined in the
swamps.”
A letter from Shady Dsle, Jasper county,
Chu June 19,says: ‘!
•* Wheat is ityured but’ tittle by the rust.
Oats are ruined. Corn and cotton both look
well.”
Rkliqion at Homk.—“Let them learn
first,” says Paul, “to show piety at home.”
Religion begins in the family, one of the ho
liest sanctnariea on earth is home. The fam
ily altar is more venerahlo than any altar in
the cathedral. Education of the soul for
eternity begins by the fireside. The princi
ple of loVe, which is to be carried through
the Universo, is first unfolded in the family.
Said a young gentleman to a distinguished
medical practitioner in Philadelphia :
“ Doctor, whnt do yon do for ponrself,
when you have a turn of headache, or slight
attacks /”
“ Go without rfly dinner,” was the reply.
“And if that does not cure you, what
then 1”
“ Go without my supper.”
“But if that does not cure you, what
than?” “
“Go without my breakfast. We physi
cians seldom thake medicines ouigelvos,or use
them in our families, for we know that starv
ing is better: but we cannot make, our pati
cnts.bcllcve it.”’
“ That cat has got a cold,” said a friend to
Jerrold, poiuting to a doniostic favorite.
“Yes,” Jarre hi replied, “ the poor thing is
subject to cat-arvh,” i .
An editor in lowa has become so hollow
from depending upon the printing business
alone for bread, that he proposes to mil him
self for stove pip<\ at three cents a foot.
THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER.
TIIOItIAS VII.LE, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING,JUNE 83, 1858.
WNOTICE is hereby given to pur advertising
Mends, tluit their ADVERTISEMENTS to be
sdrs of be handed in by twelve o’clock
averyT nesday.
nrThe WirsQsam Rkportkr it the Official
Os gut for unblinking the Sheriffs’ Sales of the eouu
ties of Telfair, Berrien, Ware, Colquitt, sml Thom
as; also, for publishing the Advertisements of the
Ordinaries of Clinch, Colquitt, and Ware.
APOLOGY.
If there should appear to boa lack of edi
torial matter in this and the succeeding issue
of this paper, we hope our friends .will look
Over It, as we are cloeely engaged in impor
tant business. Those who know the nature
of that business, we are sure will not find
fault. ‘■?:
BODHTH OP JOLT.
The anniversary of the Declaration of In
dependence will be celebrated in Tliomas
yille by the Tbomagville Guards. The
Declaration will be read by Dr. Thomas B.
Winn and an address delivered by 001.
Charles S. Rockwell. As the fourth comes
on Sunday, the celebration will take place
on Saturday, the day preceding. The pub
lie are respectfully invited to attend.
KXMXS. HALTEIE CLEVELAND So 00.
We call especial attention to the adver
tisement of this firm in onr paper. Their
supplies will be a great accommodation to the
people.
GOOXY’S LAST’S BOOK BOR JOLT,
Is at hand, with its beautiful engravings,
splendid fashion plates, and delightful list of
contents, including Baby Fixins, and, in fact,
almost everything else that the ladies’ like.
It preseiits quite a host of attractions for the
fuir ones. ——•’
FLETCHER INSTITUTE.
On lasl Friday afternoon wc again wended
our way over to the male departracn of this
school, most injudiciously disregarding the in
junction of our better half to put on our
Sunday clothes, and were surprised to find
the room filled with ladies and gentlemen.—
The interest which is being awakened among
our citizens in regard to this school shows that
it is well conducted. We believe really and
truly that there is not a better school in the
State, and we look confidently to Messrs
Wilder &. Rockwell to give it that reputa
tion abroad which it so eminently deserves.
But to do this they must have help. The
rooms of the school arc not sufficiently large
which was abttndautly evidenced on the oc
casion just refered to; for there was scarcely
room for those who attended, and the exhi
bition was not intended to be of a very pub
lic character. Wo would most respectfully
suggest therefore to those who have the con
trol of this institution, to build a chapel, or
room for public examinations or exhibitions,
as it is plain that with thq interest now felt
in this school, if a public examination and ex
hibition were given, the people who would
like to attend would not be accommodated.
We hope that these crude and hastily penn
ed remarks will not be considered gratuitous
by the body under whose patronage this
school exists. On the afternoon in question
the little boys went through with their pieces
of declamation, and then came the debate
by the seuiots. The debate was on the ques
tio„, was Cassar a great man / This debate
was written by Sheridan Knowles, and of
course was well done. The boys did well,
memorizing their parts thoroughly, and en
tering into the spirit of their discussion. —
We like this plan much, ns in our judgement
it baa many advantages over the common
mode of declamation. Success, we say to
this school, and indeed we do not fear for it
so long as it is under the gnidance of Messrs
Wilder & Rockwell.
HAULING THE BKIN.
A party -consisting of Mr. 8. Bradford
and seven others, captured with a scin on
the 7th inst., five hundred and ninety fish,
and a large soft-shell Turtle, and killed an
Alligator six feet long. The soin wns haul
od in Little River, eight miles above Tronp
ville, at a place somewhat famous for success
fill seining, end where, we learn, a very suc
cessful haul had been made little more than
a week previous. i
At a single one of these fishing grounds,
and they are to be tonnd almost everywhere
in this country, we are reliably informed, ns
msny as one thousand fish, including trout
weighing eiglitteen pounds and the finest
brim, are known to have been taken by one
seining psrty.
The fish canght an the 7th inst by Mr.
Bradford and party, were principally perch
and jack—among them were some trout and j
a few suckers—no - catfish.
Little ltiver at this place, Troiipville, as-1
fords also, excellent line and boh fishing. -
We copy the abovo from the Southern
Georgia .Watchman, and agree that it is pret
ty good. A party of gentlmen went out a
sow days since from this place and caught
five hundred with hooks and linos, and we
are informed that a single haul was made re
cently in a lake and three thousand taken.
This is decidedly s great country in many
respects.
High Pticu voa N kobo ns.—The Her
nando (Miss.) Pres# reports the sale of some
of the negroes belonging to the estate of
Mri. Dement, of that county, last week, at
the following figures: Girl Amanda, twonty
yeara old, field nand, with infant five weeks
old, $2,437 j bov Jesse, twenty-one years
old, field hand, $2,000: Tennessee, field
baud, twenty yean old, $1,740. The sale
waa on six months time.
Cabo Psstrsysd by ,h Flood.
St. Loots, Jane 14.—The city of Cairo
is overflowed, and the bouses are either sink
s ing or floating away. All the streams tribti; i
tary to tlic Mississippi arc rising.
WATSft WITCH AT KIT WEST.
The Nvy Department bas received tho
followiug letter from tbe commander of the
Water Witch. at Key W eat:
tJ. 8. Steamer Water Wici,
Key Weat, June 3. 1858. j
Sib :—I arrived here safely to-day for eoal. ,
AH well on board. I leave to-morrow for
Havana, where I shall find H. B. M. stea
mer Devastation, which bas brought instruc
tions from Admiral'Seymour to the cruisers
upon tbe coast of Cuba. H. B. M. steam
gunboat Jqjiper, commanded by Lieut. Win.
It. Pym, came into this harbor this morning,
in search of the Styx, to deliver dispatchos
from the Admiral. Lieut. P. stated to me
that bis instrnctinns were printed, and were
dated, he believed, in 1849 ; that they were,
at all events, the instructions he had acted
upon on the coast of Africa nine years ago.
He said he believed, or rather was sure, no
new instructions bad been received from the
British government for the guidance of the
vessels on tbe coast of Cuba. lie said that
the Creole was a slaver, and that soon after
her capture, colors and papers both disap
peared—the captain declaring that he was j
not entitled to American papers or colors. j
He said that in another case he had sent
his quartermaster with a spy glass to ask \
permission,to ascend the mast of tbe outer
most veasei in the harbor of Matanzas, in or
der to see whether thy Sftyx was in sight,
the Captain said laughingly afterwards, that
he had hoaxed a newspaper writer into the
belief that he had been boarded by British
fillibusters. He asserted that he was sure
upon examination he would he found to have
done no wrong to the American flag. He
admitted that,in certain cases, he had fired at
vossels to make them show tbeir colors, and
asked me if he had been guilty of any wrong
in so doing. To this I said I had no official
opinion, but that I thought not.
However the laws may be in this case, it
is held, as far as 1 know, the usage of tbe sea
service, (itself a law,) for men-of-war to show ,
their flags to one another; and it is the gen
eral opinion of naval men that merchant ves
sels, upon neglect or refusal to do so, may
be compelled to do it without touching upon
their rights. Lieut. Pym seemed surprised
at the light in which the acts of the British
cruisers are regarded by the government of
the United States.
I have the honor to be your obedient ser
vant, JOHN RODGERS.
Commander, U. S. N.
Hon. Isaac Toucy, Sefc. of the Navy.
COAST DEFENCE — IMPOST ANT INTELLIGENCE.
The Tampa (Fla.) Peninsular of the 29th
ult., furnishes the annexed inteLigence :
On Thursday evening, the 27th inst., Col.
Loom is received orders from Washington di
recting the following movements to be made
immediately, and place their forts in the
best possible state of defence :
Capt. Brannan’s Company Ist Artillery,to
take post at Pensacola.
Capt. Doubleday’s Company Ist Artillery,
to take post at Fort Moultrie, S. C.
Capt- Seymour's Company Ist Artillery,
to take post at Fort Moultrie, S. C.
Prompt measures were immediately taken
to carry out the above orders. The U. S.
steamer Ranger left this place, ou Fridry
last, for Fort Myers, carrying Capt. Lesly
and his company of volunteers—fifty strong.
Capt. Lesly will relieve Capt. Brannan in
th p command of Fort Myers. The New
Orleans steam packet, due here Monday,will
touch at Punta Rassa, and take on board
Captains Brannan and Seymotu’s compa
nies, landing them at Key West. Capt.
Seymour will embark on the Isabel, at that
port, and proceed to Charleston.
The mail steamer Calhoun will proceed to
Fort Dallas and embark Col. Wynder’s com
mand for Pensacola. The chief quartermas
ter, Major McKinstry, has sent an agent to
Charleston to charter transportation for Capt.
Doubleday’s company at Fort Capron. Ma
jor MoKinStry left here yesterday, for Fort
Myers, to superintend the transportation foj-
Brannan’s coromond.
Col. Loomis’ prompt actions is worthy of
all commendation.
WASHINGTON TALE.
Private dispatches say that at the Federal
Capital it is currently reported that the ad
vices from England by the Asia are highly
conciliatory to our Government. It is be
lieved that tho Derby Ministry will make a
complete change in British policy towards
Central America, and cease all efforts to ham
per the progress of our power upon its con
tinent. No doubt is entertained that the out
rages perpetrated by tho commander of the
Styx will be disavowed.
Wo also notice that the President has
signed tho bill for placing land warrants, is
sued under the act of March 3d. 1855, on
the same footing with those issued in 1852,
and makes them receivable in payment for
railroad lands, within the six miles, at the
rate of 81 per acre.
The official information from Gov. Cum
ming has given great relief to the govern
ment, and it ia the subject of universal con
gratulation in political circles here. The af
fair has terminated, I must confess, mnch
better than I could anticipate. Our objects
have been accomplished without any appre
ciable effusion of blood and with less ex
pense than we expected. Little doubt ex
ists of the intention of the Mormons to for
sake Salt Lake in a body. Their present
destination seems to be some part of Sonora,
but I can scarcely think they will remain
long at any spot in the limits of the Union.
Notwithstanding the fortunate issue-of. the
Mormon war, much anxiety is felt for the
condition of the troops at that region. Re
liable advices represent their discomforts,
privations and sufferings to have been m
many instances intense, from scarcity of pro
visions and exposure to the rigors of the cli
mate. But these things will now soon be
remedied, and their services are not likely to
be again required for such a severe campaign.
The administration deserves the thanks of
the whole country for its skillful manage
ment of the vexatious difficulties—Savan
nah Georgian June 16M. “
Fohck of Lightning. —It has been prov
ed, on one the Scientific Amer
ican, that a flash of ligbtning must have’
struck the church—St. George's, Leicester,
England— with a force equal to more than j
12,000 horse power. “A single horse power i
ia equal to raising 35,000 ponnds one foot
high in one minute. The force of the light-,
ning, therefore, was eqnal to 384,000,000 j
pounds rowed one foot high in one minute.!
This is eqpnl to the power of twelve of our.
largest steamers, having 24 engines of 500
horse power each. -sk - “• “i
SENATOES GWIN AND WILZON
Tho following is the cosrespondence
which passed between Senators Guin and
Wilson:
Mr. Gwin to Mr. Wilton.
Washington City, June 11, 1858.
Sir : You will oblige mo bv informing tho
bearer of this note at what hour it will be
convenient for yon to receive a communica
tion from me outside of the District of Col
umbia. Your obedient servant,
Wm. M. Gwin.
The Hon. Henry Wilson, Senator from the
State of Massachusetts
Mi. Wilton to Mr. Gwin.
Washington City, June 11,1858.
Sir; Yonr note of this morning, request
ing to be informed at wbat hour it will be
convenient fqr me to receive a communication
from 3'ou outside the District of Columbia,
has been placed in my bauds by your friend,
the Hon. Mr. Fitch.
I cannot mistake the purport and intention
of yonr note, and I reply to it as I replied
to a similar one, on a similar occasion, two
years ago: “I have always regarded duel
ing as the lingering relic of barbarous civil!-
j zation, which the law of the country has
branded as a crime. While, therefore, I re
; ligiously believe in the right of sclf-defeuse,
in its broadest sense, the Taw of my country
and the matured convictions of my whole
life, alike forbid me to meet you tor the pur
pose indicated in your letter.”
Your ob't servant, Henry Wilson.
Hero is a sneak foryon; a regular skulk
ing sneaking dastard. With what loathing
must such a man bo looked upon? Deliber
ately insults a man, then draws his mantle
of self-righteousness about him, and exclaims,
“O, I don’t fight 1” “ I will defend myself
from any personal chastisement, but while
I atn ready to use insulting language towards
my superiors or others, I by no meause will
meet them in honorable combat.”
This driveler talks of tho laws of his
couutry forbidding him to accept a challenge!
1 Do not the laws of his country forbid him
1 aiding negroes to run away from ther mas
ters? Yet hois constantly encouraging
them to do so. Do not the laws of his coun
try call upon him to aid in delivering up to
their masters .runaway slaves? Y'et he re
1 fuses, and even aids in resisting the enforce-
ment of these laws.
“The convictions of his whole life” may
forbid him to meet an honorable opponent in
the field; for we can readily imagine such
convictions are a part of his principles, and
were easily arrived at.
Wcr blush for New England—for her states
men. Here is a man who pointedly says to
one of his brother Senators that he “ would
rather he a demagogue than a thirf.” Is
such language to go unnoticed? It was as
gross as that Sumner applied to Senator But
ler, and for which he, being also one who
will hot “respond” to a gentlemanly call, re
ceived a merited punishment; so this lap
stone Senator should hive been lashed with
his own leathern strap. Even the tribune’s
own correspondent has not got tbe face to
justify Wilson. lie says :
The language of Dr. Gwin, which provok
ed the offensive rejoinder, was un-Senatorial,
hut ft was rather political than personal.—
It is said, however, that his manner conveyed
even a greater affront than the matter itself
On this point I am not competent to speak,
for the reason already stated. The retort of
Gen. YVilson carried an insult of tbe most de
grading character, and cannot be excused ex
cept by a passionate and resentful impulse.—
a challenge was inevitable under the circum
stances, according to the rule of those who
recognize accountability in such matters.
These non-combatants require the treat
ment bestowed upon unmannerly children. —
If they will use low and insulting language,
and will not hold themselves tesponsible, let
them be kicked into the street and put into
Conventry at once by every honorable man.
It is the only treatment or consideratiotf?ucb
contemptible conduct deserves.
BRIGHAM TOTING GOING TO MEXICO.
According to our latest authentic advices
from Utah, the Mormons, in large bodies—
men women and children and movables of all
kinds—were heading southward towards
Mexico; and it is believed that their next
resting place will be in the province of Sono
ra or Chihuahua,,; and with the full consent
of tho Mexican government. We have al
ways supposed Sonora to be next most
probable destination of the Saints, from these
facts :—lt is the most accessible new country
where they can live and flourish, in the event
of their rcmovnl from Salt Lake—in fact
considering the terrible deserts and mountains
by which they are surrounded,their only way
of escape in a body lies southward to Sono
ra. Secondly, the Mormons in Sonora or
Chilmaliau would afford a perfect barrier of
protection to the Mexican settlements of
those States against the fierce Apaches and
Oamanchos. At present those border Mex
ican States, for hundreds of miles from one
boundary, are completely at the mercy of
the Indians, and have been almost depop
ulated by them from time to time. We
hope too, that our administration, instead of
interposing any obstacles to this movement
of the Mormons into Mexico, will rather un
courago it; for in the event of their absorp
lion, with the annexion of another slice of
our Bister republic, they can be readily
transfered still farther southward. We do
trust, therefore, that opr government will
not only permit but, encourage the exodus’
of tho Mormons cn masse into Mexico, even
to the extent of a treaty with the) Mexican
government, should that be required.— N.-Y.
Herald. ‘
TERMINATION OF A GBEAT SHOOTING MATCH.
On Friday afternoon, the great shooting j
match with breech loading rifles, between
Lieutenant Symes and Mr. Gibbe, of Now
York, for 8500, terminated at Watertown in
favor of the former, in the contest at 600
yards distance from the target, 100 shots each.
Lieut. Symes made shots averaging 211 feet
and 76,100’s from the bull’s eye, while Mr.
Gibbs averaged 273 feet and 49,100’5. Tho
Lieutenant won 8200 by the contest, and
then conceded the other trials to his oppo
nent without firing a shot. The remaining
shooting was intended to be at a distance of
100 and 200 y*rds,loo shots each, for 8150
on each (rial. i.
“ Matrimony,” said a Northern Benedict,
she other day, “remarkable revolutions;
here I am for instance, in ten short months
changed from a sighing lover to a loving sire.”
There has been, for some time past, a
larger floating population in Cairo than in
any other city of its size in the United States.
— Lot/rtcillv Journal.
SOtthln Smnntars of JUfos.
Correspondence of tbe N. Y. Timas.
Interview between Lor* Napier anA *ecretary Cam
:■ Jp Dwpatchis from tbe British Antral.
Washington, June 15.
Lord Napier had an interview with Secre
tary Gass to-day, and both gentlemen express
the confident nope that all questions now
open between tbe United States and Eng
land will be amicably settled on a permanent
basis before tbe next meeting of Congress.
Lord Napier lias intelligence that instruc
tions have issued from bis Government which
will effectually stop all further causes of com
plaint in the Gulf.
Iron Washington.
Washington, June 15.—Charles E. Mix
late chief Clerk, has been appointed Com
missioner, of Indian affairs, vice Gen. Den
ver, resigned.
The Senate convened this mornipg in ac
cordance with the proclamation of the Pres
ident, for the purpose of ratifying treaties
and confirming appoinments. Senator Doug
las made an elaborate speech, defining his
position during the late session with refer
ence to the Kansas question. j
SECOND DISPATCH —
Washington, June 15.—Lieut. Richard
son arrived at the British Legation to-day,
with dispatches from the British Admiral at
Bermuda. Orders had been given against
any further interference with American ves
sels. The Styx had been ordered to Halifax.
Official—Appointments by tbs President—Confirms*
by tbs Senate.
The following appointments have been
confirmed by the Senate:
Gabriel Fleurot, Consul at Bordeaux.
Gov. Wright, of Indiana. Minister at Ber
lin.
John P. Stockton, of New Jersey, Minis
ter at Rome.
J. R. Chandler,of Penn., Minister at Na
ples.
E. Y. Fair, of Alabama, Minister at Bel
gium. „„
B. C. Yancy, of Ga., Minister at the Ar
gentine Republic.
Cotton Smith, Minister at Bolivia.—,
Senator Buckalew, of _Penn., Minister at
Ecuador. _____
Adjournment of Congre**-—Extra Session it tbe Sen
ate.
Washituton, June 14.—The Post Office
bill passed both houses, but the light house
bill failed.
Congress adjourned to-day, but tbe Presi
dent has issued a proclamation convening
the Senate to-morrow, ou Executive busi
ness.
Tbe Mormon Hegira Confirmed.
St. Loris, June IG. — Col. Kane lias ar
rived herefrom Utah, and confirms the fact
already stated of the “ Mormon Hegira”
southward. A body of migrating Mormons
numbering full 40,000, were in motion for
their new homes. They had already advanc
ed “ South” 300 miles from Salt Lake City.
From tbe Gull.
YVASHiNaTOX,.,Jnne, 9. —Intelligence has
been received from Commander Rogers, of
the Water Wich, now at Key West, which
states that British vessels have been sent in
pursuit of the Styx, with instructions to de
sist from the further search of American ves
sels. It is also stated that the officets who
committed tho late outrages have not acted
under new instructions, but under those of
-1-847-.- —.-—’ /
Tho Disaster ou the Mississippi—Freshet, 6k;
Centralia, Illinois, Jhne 15. — Sixty of
the sufljsrers by the disaster on the Pennsyl
vania, arrived here to-day from Cairo, bound
for St. Louis. They are mostly in a desti
tute condition. Passengers estimate tho
nnmber on board at 450, of which they think
250 were lost.
Reports from Cairo are of an alarming
character. The water is still rising. One
foot more will probably sweep Cairo away
entirely. Mound city is also inundated. At
the highest point, where the depot is located,
the water is four and a half feet deep. Pas
sengers are conveyed a quarter of a mile from
tbe city in flat boats.
Disastrous Floods at the West.
Lafayette, I\D.,.Jnna 11.—It commenc
ed raining here at twelve o’clock on Wednes
day noon, and poured down nlmost incessant
ly until this (Friday) morning. The Wa
bash rose with frightful rapidity, and,the in
habitants oil the river-bottoms awoke in the
morning to find their homes filling with wa
ter, and were obliged to escape in boats and
by swimming on horses. The Wea and
Wild Cat creeks, two small streams, rose in
a few hours to raging floods. The Toledo,
Wabash and Western Railroad across the
Wea creek was entirely swept away, doing
damage to the amount of 820,000.
There are two more breaks West, and not
less than five culverts East, on the same road, v,
are also gone. There are besides three oth
er serious breaks. v
It is impossible to estimate the damage to
the Wabash and Erie Ganal. At Walcott
the freodcr for the level, four miles east, the
lock and dam and five hundred feet of the
embarkment are gone. The State bridge ia
also gone, and there are sevgn breaks be
tween here and there. There are also aev
ernllnrge breaks at Attica, Dauphin, Logan
sport and Wabash. It will he impossible to
use the canal again this summer.
Lafayrttb, 7. P. N.—The Wabash river
is still rising, and immense quantities of saw
logs, rails dtc., are swopping past. No trains
or mails enn leavo for severnl days. Whole
i farms are under water. A largo quantity of.
1 grain stowed in barns will be a total loss.
To Fight or not to Fight—That’s the QnattMt.
It appears that tho English Parliament i*
not so blood-thirsty as the American Senate.’
Telegraphic despatches give the following
item of Parliamentary proceedings:
“ Mr. Lindsey asked the question wheth
er it was true that American vessel* had been
searched and detained by British cruisers;
and if so, he desired to know by what au
thority and under whose instructions.
Mr. Fitagerald replied that no official in
formation on the subject had been received.
He expressed the belief that the reports
were much exaggerated, and assured the
Honse that Her Majesty’s government were
anxious that all unpleasant relations with
j the United States should he avoided, and up
on the first intimation of complaint strict or
’ ders had been issued to the English steam
ers in the Gulf to observe great caution iu
i their movements. ,