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in o§i? oxtenaiv© tieia ot rnacai cu.
hive codSl* tovJ seen the* two
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so agitated aih! distressed tust all tho monk*
4Bring llinmler storms while Hi the house
Tbehnpression Uvery general that steam
heato are never struck by lightning. This is
Mt error, steamboats have sometimes been
•tacek by lightning, but the damages were
aJTlUbfe to b* sfruck by UgUtning.
jaraKS®
bot won gave out abundant scintillations.
The melted Iron in Mr. Cooper’s furnaco,
that it gave shock, to the re*en who was
probing the hot hen with an iron bar. 1
It is known to obeerving managers of daf
ires, that milk ia aometimes changed by dis
tant thunder, the brewer finds distant thun
der eeeasweally te mop fermentation; and the
kutaher when there is much lightning, of n
soenhar kind MM the fresh meat in biß mar
ket stall become putrid and exhibit a green
coloring matter on its surface, and if nurses
and physicians will notice they will see that
tbernck are affected by thunder storms.
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is fcftfe
frees lightning thunder has never been beard
or lightning seen from within this cave. In
ancient times before lightning rods were in
ese, grottoes under the water were made
as a f laae of resort for safety during thunder
Jit the great Halides of Kanawha, where
tbs inflammable gas rises In vast columns to
theheigbth of eighty foot in the air, fears
were expressed that the gas might become
ignited by lightning, and the whole surface
destroyed by volcanic action. No fears of
any sack result heed be apprehended for the
gas ie covered whit water, that the lightning
with all its mighty powers, cannot pass
through unless furnished with a covered con
dueler. ■ ■>,- ***. *** .$■
I have a letter of recent date from CaH
fbrgia In which my correspondents mention
the occurrence era thunder storm, a rare
visitor in that part of the world. r v
©n the toast of Peru thunder and light
ning ia very rare, but earthquakes are of
frequent occurrence,while on the opposite side
•f the Andes lightning is very frequent, and
earthquakes almost unknown.
In the Arctic xone we meet with no re
cords of earthqakes, or thnnder or lightning.
the thunder storms, we have occa
sionally recorded observations on the chan
ges of temperature every sixty minutes.—
Only a assail number of thunder storms coot
liijghtning rods can be erected at a very
small coat (iron wire of one fourth to five-six
teenths of an ioeb in diameter, ia sufficient
for a lightning conductor, it requires no oth
er pointing tfiiiaean be made.on a grindstone
or with a lie. Such rods cost leas than one
cent per foot. Each rod should be one en
tire piece. ‘
Cold water shbnld be freely thrown on per
sons struck dewn'by lightning. We have the
record of resuscitation on Staten Island,
may yean ago after hours of drenching with
Metal roofs add to the protection of a
house against lightning, bnt such roofs, for
greater safety tfroukl la connected with the
Bince gas ha# been nsed in buildings for
illumination, no serious results from lightning
hare been experienced in which the gas
pipes have been used.
We met with no cases of loss of life by
Hghtafcig. of persons reposing on beds with
iron bed steads. £. HIRAM.
Brooklyn Heights, N. Y., June 18, 1858.
SAU OF SOROKA —A MAUI REST PROBABLY.
A “ spocinl” Washington dispatch to the
Herald asserts that a sale or cessiou of thir
ty-nine millions aeroa of land in Sonora was
under the Gomonfort Administration
in Mexico, or that which preceded it, to au
American company, whom head quarters are
a New York—ana that the late visit of Com
onfort to be set down to that account. That
“ some of the leading southern fire eaters are
involved ra A# enterprise, the object with
them being to make Sonora a powerful slave
State, in connection with her vast mineral
resources, and with the western terminus of
the Pacific Railroad in her borders on the
Half of California. In fact the whole thing
may be considered, a Southern movoment,
and as contemplating the rapid absorption
of the root of Mexico.*’ To this movement
is charged the abandonment in the Senate
of the hill for the organization of Arisonia —
the point being to wait for larger acquisitions
tliert are otlier Americans
Fmmth T . . . ...
Yesterday afternoon about 2 o’clock, the
&iSfesi2Jfisrr^!
anum, that he/ first attempted to destroy bis
fife by the usd of this narcotic, and failing In
that, resorted to the use of a pistol, the bail
of which penetrated in the region of his
heart.
He harfor yeara acted in the capacity of
notary public and real estate agent, and by
his deformity was unsuited to any but office
business. He possesed considerable capaci
ty, and had he jteited a perfect form to the
mantel endowments, might have done well
in the world. ‘Embarrassments and untold
grievances, doubtless, prompted self-destruc
tion. He was some twenty-eight or thirty
yearn of ap. T -rr- - -
| He addressed several letters—one to an
uncle—one to an aunt, and one to Mr. Doer
son, hie partner in business until some ten or
twelve aays ago. Me left the following, ad
dreseed to the press, which we lay before
our readers. It is to be hoped that in the
unmen world he may fiod that contentment
and repose which he could not find iu this:
Louisville, June 21, 1868.
Messrs Editors;—ln answer to the many
inquiries as to why I have accomplished this
rash act, I have only to say that 1 am tijed
of living! Believing that tbs river of etern
al life flow# in a bettor and pnrer land,
and its inhabitants are of race purified from
tire drost that contributes no small portion to
the organization of man, I throw myself un
bidden upon its shores, and to experience, if
by the will of God,,this transformation j and
do humbly piay that it may he ray lot to en
joy the sweet existence of eternal life,
through the intercession of my Redeemer,
Jesus Christ. a. Irwin Lampton.
To the proprietor of the United states
Hotel lie left the following letter. It shews
a settted determination to take himself off,
and a cool, calm and unperterbed state of
mind. His directions eould not be more min
utely given t
Louisvitfffe June 21,1868.
Messrs. Bledesce & liallYou will
please have my effects conveyed to Mrs.
Hall’s, comer of Thirteenth and Jefferson
streets, and in my waistcoat pocket yon will
find the money due board—whatever it is
take it. Pay Weber 20c for shaving me.—
I am deairous of having Rev. Mr. Large of
the Episcopal Church to superintend my last
officer And Dr. Oummings to cut the sin
ews at my knoes, so that T may be straight
ened out. Ido not wish jy one to undress
me; hut to bury me so.
A Irwin Lampton.
mrofllL AITEBCATIONS IK COHOHMS.
We find the following otiusions to person
al altoeations during the lust session of Con
gress, in many of our exchanges;
During the present session of Congress just
closed, no less than five persoal altercations
have taken place between members, viz:
Grow and'ffeitt, Clay and Cullon, Hughes
and Harris, Davis and Benjamin, and Wilson.
It is pleasant to be able to state that nobody
was hurt, though jt ‘k fare to see so much
smoke without fire. Explanations have
proved more efficacious than bullets.”
In saost instances, the press have made
this allusion in a spirit of sarcasm and ridicule.
We think ft creditable to all the parties that
a settlement, honorable alike to each and all,
was made without a resort to the bloody code.
Rarely indeed do gentlemen give cause for
insults; and a brave and honorable man will
readily retract when it appears that he was
wrong, and injustice has been unwittingly
done. Now and then there are instances
which defy all ingenuity, aud all means of an
honorable settlement. The case of Ran
dolph and Clay was one of these; but very
seldom do difficulties arise between gentle
men, which cannot be reconciled without a
resort to tho field. Exciting questions engag
ed the attention of the last Congress, and
high temper prevailed on many occasions
between men who ordinarily were calm and
dignified. HlghWeriisfbllow, and then in
sults. Out of theso exciting debates sprang
all these difficulties but one. And it was
natural that the parties after time for reflec
tion, should regret and atone for their hasty
and illiberal remarks. We never expect to
see a duel between sneb men as Davis and
Benjamin—they know too well how to res
pect the feelings of gentlemen.
A Km* OF LIGHTNING.
Qd Friday nfternoou last, while the pas-
sangors were congregating at the depot a
boh of lightning accompanied by a sharp
and loud report of thunder, struck a small
bnilding occupied as a dwelling and known
as the “ watch house” at the Muscogee Bail
road depot. The lightning appeard to have
struck first among the shingles on tho roof,
ripping them np somewhat like the hill oi a
mole track, ana thence to haVo gone down
along the chimney inside the house, scatter
ing in fragments a clock upon the mantlo
piece, bursting asstindor stock from barrel a
musket that leaned against the wail near the
fire-place, melting the ends of its trigger
guard in its fiery course, and thence descen
ding through the floor to tho ground. In
its descent, it shaved off the edges of one of
the brick pillars on which the house stood,
nearly as ovcu as it could have been done
with a trowel. Strange to any a young man
was sleeping in the bouse within a few feet
of the musket, and was not hurt by the shock.
It also appears singular that this house should
have been struck at all, when it stood very
near the work-house full of metal, the depot
and other buildings over w hich was a light
ning rod. As the cars.for the east were about
to start, there were a number oi vehicles on
the ground, and one horse ran away with and
smashed a buggy; the driver of another car
riage was.thrown from his scat and some
what hurt, by the sudden starting of tbe hor
ses ; but uo serious injury was sustained by
auy person. —Colgfnbut Enquirer.
SENATOR WILSON.
The Boston p.- pert'are very severe on this
gentleman, and assert that ins difficulty with
Gwin was premeditated, and intended to pro
mote his poitical fortunes' a la Sumner. Some
paper, it may be remembered, begged Con
gressmen not to kick him, as this a potiertori
argument was the surest method of prolong
ing his Senatorial teat. The elevating cogen
cy of sfera reasoning seems well understood
by Black Reprblkan politicians. —Macon
Journal If Met finger. June 30.
A Dutchman thinks honotty ish de pest
policy, but it steeps a man tarn poor.
THE WIRE-GBASS REPORTER.
PITIg I. LOVC, EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 108.
CVNOTICE Is hereby giren to our advertising
friends, that their ADVERTISEMENTS to be
sure es be handed in by twelve o’etoek
•very Tsesdny. ♦ -■ -
nrrho Wire-Grass Rkvortcr |, the Official
Organ for publishing the Sheriffs’ Ssles of the euun
tie* of Telfair, Berrien, Were, Colquitt, and Thom
aa; also, for publishing the Advertisements of the
Ordlnsries of Clinch, Colquitt, sad Ware.
ADVEBTISXMXrrf.
We received a marriage notice from Gam
Pond, which we cannot publish because there
•u no responsible name accompanying it.—
Thin all may be right, and we hope it is,
bat WM¬ violate our rules.
EDITORIAL CHANGES.
We perceive that Col. Lomax has retired
from the Columbus Times and Sentinel and
that that paper will in future be conducted
by Messrs. Colquitt A Warren. Also, that
Mr. Thompson, (Mqjor Jones) of the Savan
nah Morning News has abdicated in favor of
Messrs. Biois fit Dosvergers, who are now
proprietors and publishers of’ that paper.
eototh or tvit a thokaatols.
On Saturday the third, which was snbstl
tuted foi the fourth, the Guards turned out
in respectable force, and at ten o’clock march
ed to the Methodist Church. A large au
dience had already Assembled, and in a few
minutos afterward the bouse was crowded.
The exercises were opened by the Rev.
H. W. Sharpe in a’ fervent and patriotic
prayer, after which the Declaration was read
by Dr. T. B. Winn in a clear aud impressive
manner.
Col. C. 8. Rockwell then rose and deliver
ed the best Fourth of July oration that it
has ever fallen to onr lot to hear. He began
where most other orators leave off. He said
nothing of the causes which led to, or tho
incidents of the Revolution. He viewed
civil and religious liberty in this conntry as
a fixed fact, as something accomplished and
acknowledged by all, and devoted his whole
time in advancing bis views as to the proper
means of their preservation and perpetuation.
These means were public intelligence, pub
lic virtue, and intellectual activity, properly
directed. We could not, if wo would, make
a clear and just synopsis of this truly great
speech. The positions assumed were sus
tained by strong argument and forcible logic,
clothed iu the most chaste and elegant lan
gunge. History, philosophy, the fate of
dead natious.aud the condition of living States,
all contributed their share of truths to forti
fy and sustain the conclusions to which he
arrived. Asa general rule we look upon it
as evidence of the supremest folly to print
fourth ot July speeches, but this is one that
ovght not to be lost. A committee has been
appointed to look after its publication in
pamphlet fonn, which we sincerely hope may
be done. After the speech, the Guards
marched down to the house of T. J. Mcßam,
where, iu company with a number of invited
guests,they partook of a most sumptuous din
ner. There was nothing stronger on the ta
ble, in the liquid line, than the pure juice of
the grape, a wine manufactured by Mr.
Thomas Wyclie, of this county, and yet ev
ery one was jovial and happy. The dinner
lasted several hours, during which, there was
not only a feast of the bod}, but a feast of
the reason also, and a flow of soul.
When the afternoon had considerably ad
vanced, we saw our friendly host—Joss—the
hero of the comet and other remarkable ad
ventures, step out, aad we knew by the
twinkle of his eye that there was some fan
afloat. Casting oar eyes down to his feet
we perceived that they were encased in
a neat pair of his wife’s slippers, and we
began to suspect what Was up. An inner
door opened, and a number of handsome la
dies filed in, and about the sahne time Joe
and Bill made their appearance with the vi
olin and banjo.
“Partners for a cotillion.”
Forgetting our age, we ruslied forward, se
cured a partner and took our place at the
head. In a few minutes we.were cutting the
pigeon wing in the style most approved in
the year of grace Eighteen Hundred and
Thirty-Five.
When the music became quick and very
’ exbilerating, we even let off a few stitches
of that old and popular piny-woods pat teal,
“ Paddy catch a rat.” Jeff was in the same
set, and taking on quite as extensively ai
ourself. Tho fact is we Were-getting on
swimmingly, until looking over into another
set, we saw a stout boy bearing our name,
and of whom we claim the paternity, making
the same iicks, and a number of others of a
more modern date. We then remembered
that we were getting old, and began to feel
a little woak jp the kuees. When the bow
wa tappod upon the back of the violin,
therefore, and partners seated, we slyly laid
hands on our hat,and made our hegira home-
ward.
Wo have but one other remark to make
in regard to Independence day. We think
that our forefathers would have conferred a
signal favor on their posterity, if they had
signed and published the Declaration when
the weather was a fraction cooldt.
The Re# Vessel! of War.
The Secretary of the Navy will probably
take up this week tbe question of construct
ing the eight small sloops of war recently
authorised. Members of Congress who rep
resent districts in which there are navy-yards
are now very active in thoic endeavors to Se
cure the work to the Government yards. It
is very likeiy that all of the vessels wilt be
constructed in this way.
TSM MATH THUWK UHDEB PROTEST.
’ ft U with deep regret we have to announce
that one at least —aud we suppose all—of
the notes, (amounting in the aggregate to
$75,000,) received by the Brunswick A
Florida Railroad company, has been protest
ed for non-payment. These notes were giv
en last December in pursuance of the ar
rangement then made by the two Companies.
We clip the above from the last issue of
the Brunswick Herald, and taken ps it stands
we think it would greatly mislead the public.
The Main Trunk company have been
garnisheed by the Messrs. Jones and Hays of
this county on account of the debt due by
the B. A FT R. R. Company to them for
work* and was not the refusal to pay these
notes based upon that fact 1 We have no
doubt but it was, although we have no direct
and immediate knowledge on the subject,
and did not the editor of the Herald know
this also 1 If he did, why not state all the
facts and let full justice be done to the
Main Trunk Company in the premises!
The editor of the Herald knows full well
that there is no possibility of any one losing
a dollar of debt due bjf the Main Trunk
Company. >,
£9* We were of the opinion that the
disease among the cattle and deer of which
we said a little in our last issue, was confined
to Florida and Southem-Georgia, but, the
piece which will be found below and
we take from the Augusta Constitutionalist,
shows that it prevails in other portions of the
State. We sincerely hope that it may soon
pass away.
An Epidemic Among Cattle.
In tliis county wo have heard of the prev
alence of an epidemic among cattle, which
has resulted in death in several instances.—
We presume it is something resembling, if
not the disease known as murrain. From the
description we have heard of the disease, the
animals have a feeted discharge from the nos
trils and eyes, a very sore mouth, a difficulty
in swallowing, itching of the ears, weakuess,
staggering gait, and frequentlly shake their
heads.
Mr. Joseph Burch, of this county, has
successfully treated his cattlo, by the use of
a strong solution of coperas. He dips a cot
ton cloth mop into the solution and applies it
to the mouth, tongue and throat of the ani
mal, and washes the nostrils and affected
parts with the same solution. Honey ap
plied subsequently to the same* parts com
pletes the treatment.
The murrain diseaso, in other sections, has
been treated by drenching the animal with a
quart of a strong infusion of cedar berries.
The following plan is recommended, by
good authority, to preveut the extension of
murrain, where cattle can be brought up to
the farm or residence every day : Prepare a
mixture of clay .suit, tar, and powdered brim
stone, and put it in the trough where the cat
tle are fed— the proportion of tar is one gal
lon, to half a pound of powcfhred brimstone.
As this disease may spread very exten
sively, it w 'll be prudent for our planting
friends to notice tho condition of Aheir stock
now, with more than usual attention —keep
preventive remedies in the troughs where the
animals are fed—separate the diseased cattle
from those that are well, and adopt all avail
able means to prevent the spread of the dis
ease.
MB. BUCHAHAW. -
We make the extract below from an edi
torial in the last Florida Sentinel. The
Editor admits that he has had strong preju
dices against the Administration, and the ex
tract proves two things: first, that the Edi
tor himself is a fair-minded man, and second,
that the President has acted well:
Whatever may have been our past preju
dices against the Administration, upon this
point, we have none and we cannot Withhold
the meed of praise due to the ability, wisdom,
prudence, integrity and sagacity with which
the President has managed the Utah imbro
glio—a problem which all admit was one of
no easy solution. lie has been patient and
ferbearing it is true, and yet it cannot be said
that he hrs been wanting in firmness and de
cision. In his annual message this novel
and vexed questiou was brought to the
notice of Congress, and the President de
clared that this the only instance save one.
in the history of the Government, of direct,
fmlpablo and continued resistance of the
aws of the land ought to be put down at
whatever cost. He still adheres with fideli
ty to this declaration, accompanied however,
with the that the Government
would rather purchase than conquer a peace.
In other words that pardon will be granted
for past offences—not as a matter of right,
but as an act of mercy and as a mere matter
of grace and humanity to all those who vol
untarily surrender themselves to the authori
ties, and aid in suppressing the rebellion and
maintaining the law —while those who con
tinue their treason may expect to find A trait
or’s doom.
IMPOSTOH. V
Stone Mountain, June 22, 1858.
Editor Intei.llgencer —Dear Sir: —
Will you please give the enclosed nptice of
the Impostor, Bolton Parsons,a place in your
paper, as predicted he is among us and well
calculated to deceive, he has made a visit to
our town, and is said to be in the adjoining
county. By complying with this request you
will oblige many friends. E. W. H.
Impostor. .-**<
The Masonic Fraternity in Alabama have
been imposed on by a man calling himself
Bolton Parsons who represents himself as
belonging to a Lodge in Savannah, Mo. He
pretends to be in deep distress, having a suit
m Court, and exhausted his funds travelling
looking up evidence dec. The Lodge in
Missouri ho hails from disclaims any knowl
edge of him. He is represented as an old
man about 50 or 60 years old, about six feet
in height, his left side and arm paralitsed, so
that it is with difficulty he can use his arm,
carries it in a sling, travels on fooUand is said
to have been making his way to Georgia,
when last seen. Papers favorable to the ex
posure of imposture, will ploase copy.fV ‘
-'V I
Martin Costa, the Hungarian refugee who
was rescued from the Austrian authorities in
1853, by Commander Ingraham, es the
United States Navy, died recently in very
indigent circumstanecs, on a sngar planta
tion, near the city of Gautcmala. ,
fCGMMUNCATBB.| ~ *
FOUSTS OF LELY AT TAIXOKAB, OA.
The Fourth was duly celebrated at Tallo
kas, Lowndes county, on Saturday the 3d
inst. There were present an assemblage of
400 or 500 persons, who met at a Chnrch
sniTounded by a pleasant oak grove near
Tallokos. At 11 o'clock, A. M„ the Chap
lain, Reader and Speaker took the stand.—
After a few preliminary remark* and a pray
er offered by the Rev. Mr. Tucker, the Dec
laration of Independence was read in good
style by Gapt. Rosser, after which he intro
duced to the audience Col. James G. Rom,
of Thomnsville, who delivered an eloquent
and appropriate address, which was proper
ly appreciated by fits audience, after the ad
dress the company present were invited to a
table, where the good things of. the county
were bountifully spread, to which ample jus
tice was done. There were many ladies
present, and many beautiful ladies among
them. In truth, the writer enme to the con
clusion that tlie ladies of Lowndes would
compare favorably with those of any section
of our country. V,
From the Athens Banner, Jane 17.
EHIVEBSITY OF QEOBGXA.
We have recently received a triennial cat
alogue of the graduates and other persons
receiving the degrees of the University of
Georgia.
From it we gather the following facts*
The entire number of the receipts of the
degrees of the University is nine hundred
and seventeen. The whole number of grad
uates with the degree of A. B. is eight hun
dred and tliirty-niue, or about one in nine,
bavc become ministers, and one hundred and
seventy-eight have died. The number of
living Alumni, then, is now.six hundred and
sixty-one.
There have been one hundred and twen
ty-eight trustees ; of whom eighty-four died,
and twenty one resigned their places j leav
ing the present legal number of twenty
eight.
Five persons only have filled the Presi
dential chair—and the present iiicumbent
has filled the office as long as all bis prede
cessors put together. There have been thir
ty-three professors,” of whom fourteen are
dead, and thirty-four tutors, eight of whom
have-died
The first class graduated in 1804. It
consisted of ten members of whom three are
yet alive.
Every class has some living representative
excepting the elass of 1808, of which all'the
members are dead.
This University has conferred the degree
of Doctor of Laws (L. L. D.) upon but
four individuals, since its foundation. ‘lheae
were Joel Barlow, Dr. Heiiry Jackson, Hon.
George McDuffie, and Hon. John McPher
son Berrien*-—all of whom are dead. It has
conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity
(D. D.) upon twenty-one individuals, of
whom only three are graduates of this col
lege. Aliy graduate of this University can
claim the degree of Master of Arts (A. M.)
three years after graduation. Excluding
Alumni, fitty-five persons have had the hon
orary degree of A. M. conferred upon them.
Os the eighty-nine ministers who are
Alumni, eight are Doctors of Divinity, five
of them having received their degrees from
other colleges.
Among the graduates of this, college are
twenty-oue Judges of the Superior Court in
this aud other States; four Judges of the
Supreme Court of Georgia; One Judge of
the Supreme Court of the United States;
two United States Senators; nineteen mem
bers of the House of Representatives of
United States Congress ; two Governors of
Georgia; one Secretary of llie United States
Treasury; three Treasury officers; two
Bishops; two College Presidents; twenty
College Professors.
Seventy-nine graduates are designated as
Doctors of Medicine,’ but their number is
doubtless much greater, as the officers issu
ing the catalogue, had no sure mode of as
certaining this fact.
Attention is called to the notice accompa
nying each catalogue, requesting that grad
uates and other persons who may receive the
catalogue, will transmit to the College Fac
ulty any information not contained therein,
with regard to the Alumni—it being particu
larly desirably to know who ot the gradu
ates are ministers of the Gospel—who have
occupied or do occupy public offices—and
who have died.
THE BABON DeKALB.
DeKalb was of very large size, and of
herculean powers of endurance. We had
the pleasure recently of estimating these
powers, by the examination of the cuirass—
hauberk—or breast armor, with the back
plate—-which he wore. These pieces are of
soiid iron, and weigh from fourteen to twen
ty pounds. They were worn by the Baron
on the bloody field in which he was slain. —
Fancy this burden, which really belonged
to the period of feudalism and chivalry, to
have been borne in hot conflict, through the
long fight, for hours in the middle of August,
in the deep thickets of middle Carolina 1—
These interesting relics are the property of j
the Middleton family, and in the..immediate
possession of our fellow citizen,Mr. Williams
Middleton, at Middleton Place, on the Ash
ley.— Ch'n Mercury.
THE TAMPA TRAGEDY—A HOAX.
As we expected the terrible outrages enu
merated by the “ Republicans” Tampa cor
respondent turns out to be a hoax.
Wo have received the last number of the
Tampa Peninsular, published on the 26th
inst., which does not contain the slightest al
lusion to the banging of four respectable cit
izens as narrated by 8. P. Bowen.
If there is such a man as S. P. Bowen in
Tampa, we would suggest for the benefit .of
all parties concerned, tbat he bo turned over
to the tender mercies of the Regulators. A
little lynching would perhaps teacb him the
impropriety of manufacturing lies to impose
upon editors and throw them upon the pub
lic,— Georgian.
Found at Last.—Bennett has at last found
a man who never reads the New York Her
ald. A great discovery this, truly, but if he
could find one tbat understood or believed :
anything it said, it wonld be the discovery
of a still greater cariosity.
The City Council of Columbia,South Caro
lina, havo adopted resolutions aimed st a to
’ Ini suppression of gambling,which Ims prevail
ed there to a considerable degree,
Washington, Jane 24.—1 tis amo r< .i
here that Judge James J Roosevelt, of the
sorry if the Savannah steamship lines kill
out one another>— Telegraph .
&mms * FtooiT
The Herald estimates the stun total of
loss by storm and “flood in all parts of the
country during the past two months t thir
ty-three millions of doflars.
Bsath at Mayor Waya*.
Tho Republican of yesterday, comes to u§
in mourning on account of the death of Dr.
Richard Wayne, Mayor of Savannah. He
died at half past five Sunday morning, after
one week’s illness,
HSt£ ‘
Heavy Purchase by a Free Hegro.
At Iberville, La., at a public sale recently,
a f. m. c. became of a sugar
plantation in that parish, at the priee of
$240,000, making him the owner altogether*
of 4.500 acres of land and 200 negroes.
Cairo. “pTs
This place, at the junction of the Obfo
and Missouri, whieh in the recent fresh was
submerged to the depth of twelve to sixteen
feet ana pretty mnch destroyed, is principal
ly owned by a company represented by
stock to the amount of $4,000,0 00, of which
George Peabody owns $700,000, having pur
chased the same dnring his visit to this conn’
try last year.
Ocean Mail Transportation.
The Post Office Department will shorty
take up the subject of ocean
Propositions have been received for carrying n
the mail from New Orleans and New York to
Havana, to alternate with the L avr Line, and
for similar service to the Bremen and Havre
lines, receiving the postage for remuneration
as contemplated by the recent act of Con
gress.
Death of Gen. Coffee.
The Athens Banner says:
The prominent Democrat, and most esti
mable man, died at his residence in Rabna
county, on the 30th ult., of dropsy of the
chest, in the 65th year of his age.
He was a native of South Carolina, hut
moved to Georgia soon after arriving to man
hood, and for near thirty years represented
Rabun county,* in one or the other branch of
the legislature. He held the office of State
Senator from that connty at the time of bis
death.
Trees Attacked by the Bust.
We received yesterday, (says the Savan
nah Rejtublican,) from a friend in Upeon
c unty, a letter from which we extract the
following. The leaves enclosed may be seen
on our round table, in Reading Room :
Euclosed I send yon two leaves, one of a
grape vine, the other of a locust tree. You
will see that the rust, or blast, or mould,
(whatever it may be,) lias attacked the trees
as well as the cotton. When these leaves
were plucked there might be seen upon them
a very small insect or mite which seems to
be connected in some way with the cause of
the rust, if rust it be, which I am inclined to
doubt.”
From Havana.
Among the passengers from Havana are
Thomas Francis Meagher, Esq., Senor Den
Ramon Paee.’of Venezuela and the distin
guished M. Felix Belly, the presumed agent
of the French Government in Central Amer
ica. The two first named parties have spent
the last three or four months in Costa Rica,
and bring with them interesting doenmenta
and rare specimens of natural history, an
cient Indian relics, Ac., Ac.
Mr. Belly, it is 6aid, comes to New York
with the intention of making a Tearful ex
pose of tho doing of North Americans (jun
ior Anglo Saxons) in Central America for
tho last twenty-five or.thirty years, pouring
out liis documentary wrath (he lias the docu
ments) to the last vial.
He intends wiping out United Ministers,
Consuls, Commercial Agents, and roving
commissioners of every Sort, in fine, the en
tire chapter of political plagues that has
overran that country since the throwing off
the Spanish yoke. +"'■
Apropos of Ceutral American affairs and
to eke out the “ happy family,” the distin
guished Col. Frank Anderson and Col. Bra
no Von Natzcr, of Gen. Walker’s staff, came
passengers by the Empire State from New
Orleans.— N. Y. Herald.
The Bight ot Search—Despatches from England.
Despatches have been received at the
Btate Department from Mr. Dallas, our Min
ister at the Court of St. James, coverrag the
response of the British Government to the
letters of Secretary Cass upon the recent
searches of American vessels in the Gulf.—•
The pith of these despatches is, that, while
England disavows all authority for any oft
fensive acts that may have been committed,
and while standing ready to make all the
reparation that may be required, she is rust
at the same time, willing to abandon the
light of visiting all vessels that may be sus*
! peeled of being engaged in the traffic in
slaves. In other words, the most ~effectito
measures will still be used sot its suppression.
It is, however, the desire of the British Gov
ernment that these visits may be made in the
most acceptable mauner; and to secure this,
the English Minister/for Foreign Affairs
would be pleased to receive such suggestions
os the Cabinet of the United States would
be disposed to make. The tenor of these
despatches being entirely unlooked for, has
created no little feeling on the part of the
President, who, it is confidently predicted,
will insist at once, upon the abandonment of
the position which England asserts her inten
tion of adhering to. In other words, the
right of visit will not be conceded by Mr.
Buchanan in any shape whatever.
We find the following items in the lest
Christian Index.
Dr. Crawford will be in Penfield in a few
days, to take possession ot the President’s
House, and very Soon to enter upon his du
ties. The final examination of the Senior
Class liag. closotl. The First Honor bus
leen awarded to Mr. George Wimberly, of
Jeffersonville, the third son of a widowed
mother, who has borne off the high distinc
tion. Noblo sons of a worthy mother.
The Second Honor was conferred upon
Mr. A. L. Morgan, and the Third upon
Messrs. Patterson aud Ellingtou.