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THE CONSTITUTIONAL! ST.
jiAMES GARDNER., JR.
Items-
The Way They Treat School Runaways in
Boston. —Two boy* named. Patrick J. White
and John Cokely, were brought before Justice
Rogers, at on Tuesday, as truants
from the Quincy School, and were each sen
tenced so six months imprisonment in the
House of Reformation. On the day prerious,
John O’Brien, aged 10, had been sentenced
one month for same offence, with an intima
tion that if brought up again, he would be
sentenced perhaps during his minority.
Destruction of the Wheat. —The wheat in the
centre and Southern portion of the State is
most seriously injured by the late frost, es
pecially the early sown. Thousands of acres
may be seen, red at top, yellow at bottom,
and wholly suspended in its growth. It has
commenced sprouting from the root, and will
throw up new heads probably, if the weather
should be favorable, and make perhaps a half
crop, but not of perfect grain. Late sown
wheat promises well.— Ohio Statesman, 17th.
Young Lady Shot by a Boy. —A young lady,
daughter of Mr. Hastings, of Jamaica,"
while on a visit at the house of friend in
Londonberry, was shot by a bpy, under very
distressing circumstances. Tire boy took up
the gun and snapped if onee or twice without
effect. He then, playfully pointing it at the,
girl, said ‘‘l’ll, s.hopt you, sis/’ and snapping
it again, the whole charge lodged in he tore
head.
Youthful Elopement. —Master Torumy Cur-
Bn, a boy of fourteen, residing m Kildare.
Ireland, has eloped with Miss B.’iiz* j_ , a
girl aged thirteen. The servant girl who
managed the affair as confidante being between
fifteen and sixteen o ld. The juvenile
fugitive took ber £l4 belonging to her
mother, and bo y an( j g; r i have proceeded
to Amo- ca togethcr .
Greeley in London.— Amongst the numerous
representatives of the American presg now in
London, is Mr. Horace Greeley, of the New
York Tribune, who, says a letter of May 9th,
may be seen almost daily 'at the exhibition,
promenading with some distinguished charac
ter, and “the shocking bad hat" and “white
coat" do not give John Bull a very correct
notion of our members of Congress*
Shocking Accident. —As Miss Caroline A.
Stevens, of Osaipee. N. H*, was dressing her
hair, tsf the factory in Dover, on the 17th
inst., it was caught by a horizontal shaft,
around which she was carried several times.
One of her feet was badly bruised; the skin
was loosened from her skull and the bone in
one of her legs was dreadfully crushed. Hopes
arteejitertained of her recovery.
4Early Closing of Retail Stores, —By a no
tice in one of the Philadelphia papers, we
learn that many of the retail dry goods dealers
in that city have concluded to close their
stores, on and after Monday next, at 7, P. M.,
during the summer seasons. This is for the
benefit of the young men and women em
ployed therein.
The Governor of Massachusets has appoint
ed a lawyer of Boston an Inspector General of
fish, Lawyers ought to have a practical knowl
edge of fish, for they are generally considered
very great sharks.— Ledger.
Horrid Butchery . — We learn from the Cleve
dlnd True Democrat that a man, by the name
living three miles below Columbus,
< had a falling-out, on the 15th inst., with his
wife, in which he killed her, and cut off her
head, and then finished the awful tragedy by
his own throat. Jealousy is said to
be the cause.
•xNnval. —The U. S. steamer Vixen, Lieut.
Commanding William Smith, arrived at Nor
folk on Monday morning, from Washington.
The U. S. iron propeller steamer Alleghany
has been taken into the dry dock at Gosport,
to be altered and fitted with side wheels.
Hon. James Buchanan is said by several of
the Yi r ß inia democratic papers to be the
choio of the d mocrats of that State, and to a
great extent in North Carolina, for the next
Presidency. Democratic papers in other
. Southern States also seem to favor him.
I Philadelphia and New York Steam Lint. —
Philadelphia News states that the superb
.ocean steamers, the Penobscot and the
iCennebec, which were recently sold, the for-
for $28,000, and the latter for $30,000,
~vr\\l imediately resume their trips to New
Yo% from that city.
Prcdigiout Draught of Fishes.. —The Norfolk
Herald says that one hundred and fifty rock
i averaging 50 lbs. each,were taken out on
6 iro&jpe Charles beach, on Wednesday of last
week, at a single haul.
Contradicted. —The Tribune is authorized to
denyf the rumor of Jenny Lind’s marriage to
JF Beltetti. He “has been acquainted with Miss
W Linl| from the time ofhtr first appearance on
the Mage at Stockholm, and she always treat
ed him with the cordial esteem due to a long
« friend.” It is also denied that Belletti
IjMT chastised at the mammoth cave.
M in New York.— On Tueeday even
-■ Jjijb, a Mr. John Oakley went into the Cres
\ fWt eating house, Exchange place,New York,
k VHPd charged the oyster opener, William Cas
y Hlbe, with seducing his wife. A scuffle en
* 1 Sued, in which Cassine was stabbed danger
ously in the breast by Oakley. The Utter
was lodged in prison to await the result of
his injuries.
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A Most Distressing Cash. — I he Cincin-
Irazette of the 13th instant, relates the
'ing very singular and distressing ease:
>ut tbe first of April, Mary, second
iter of our old associate, Wm. D. Gal
, and a most interesting and intelligent
; lady, was exercising with a ball on the
>i Grounds, at Washington City. In
ig after the bail, she slipped on an iron
g over a window at the East front of the
>l, her loot passed between the bars,
er limb passed down to above the knee,
as extricated and went home. There
3 appearance of a severe external wound,
> bone was broken or dislocated, but she
ained of excruciating pain. She was
in bed and medical aid called in.
soon sank, and continued to be in a le
c, almost insensible state, with her eyes
, for about thirty days! She spoke not,
; with effort, single expressions to make
mts known. The first half of this time
ly nourishment was gum water—then
3k a little orange juice, and then weak
broth. In the mean time the bruises,
a3 they were on the limb, were healed,
•r mind continued lethargic—it even
crew darker and darker.
About the first of May, the physicians gave
up all hope of restoring her mind, and recoin-
removal to the Hospital atßalti-
HPfTshe was taken there by her almostdis
father. On the night of the 6th in
stant the doors of the Lunatic Asylum closed
hitmen the afflicted parent end hi. poor child!
ta ThU i» a mo. teitr. ordinary oa.e-th.t from
»• /vinseauenees so unlooked tor
* Th«‘r? ?«dtogX2ld follow! The father
Siting on hie children, and particularly on
doatmg on me . gtr i c ken down with
that dear on 0» ,{L- upoa God to pity
J not **** He
i *"?i noMioua'a**UaiSprcr* » few d,y * to "‘ ,toh
L wIU i ont . .and. perhaps, to wttneea
(From the Charleston Courier , 2 6th %nst. )
Arrival of the Isabel—Later from Havana
and Eey West*
The steam ship Isabel, Capt. Rollins, arriv
ed at this port early yesterday afternoi m, from
Havana, which port she left on Thursday
evening at 5 o’clock, it blowing hard at the
time of her departure. Notwithstanding, how
ever, the unfavorable state of the weather she
arrived at Key West at 3 o’clock the follow
ing morning, and as will be perceived, made
by no means, considering the gale that was
blowing all day Saturday, a bad passage to
this harbor. 0
We have received by hex files of late Havana
papers, but they contain. 310 items of interest.
We are, however, gives* to understand that
the reports concerning; another invasion by
Lopez, had not crea*asd any great sensation
among the inhabitants-of Havana, although
the greatest vigilasae was observed all round
the coast.
W e have alsoxbeen politely favored with a
perusal of letter received in this city, by
tae Isa-^l,, from Key West, dated the 22d’inst.
rorn waieh we learn that the U. S. steamer
oaii&nac had just arrived there from a cruise
in search of the rumored Cuban expedition,
but having made no discoveries, was about to
return to Pensacola.
Havana, May 16.
We beg reference to. our Report of 30th
April. An active df,tnand has continued for
White Sugars, without any material variation
from the rates previously given. Some con
cessions were mad.e in the prices for the bet
ter descriptions of Yellows, but the middling
and lower grades* have been sustained at about
the same value,, although the enquiry has
been less animated. Owing to the quaran
tine regulations in Spain, the shipments to
that Peninsula are suspended for the present,
and as vessels in general have become scarce,
operations to other parts are also checked in
some measure. We place our quotations as
follows;—Whites,9 a 10 rials; Yellows, choice,
6i| a7| rials; Yel\ows, good and fine, 5| a 6£
rials; Browns, as£ rials; Cucuruchos, 4t a
5 rials.
Some very ordinary Muscovados were sold
at 3 rials. For the better kinds 4£ a 0 rials
were paid, and for fine 6 rials.
Molasses is at a 2 rials,at which the last
transactions took place.
The bus iness in Coffee is insignificant at $8
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Message of the Governor of Maine. —The
Legislature of Maine, having at length or
ganized, on the 19th, the Governor's message
was delivered. A despatch from Portland,
May 20, says :
The Governor commences his address with
a discussion of national politics; he concludes
that the compromise measures of Congress
combine the most satisfactory adjustment of
differences which under the circumstances
could be obtained.
He gives his views at length as to the ob
ligations of the higher law or conscience, and
expresses the opinion that a more dangerous
doctrine was never advanced than that which
has been put forth recently, namely : that the
citizen is at liberty to obey or resist the law
of the land according as he shall believe it to
lie in comformity with the divine law.
The Government, he says, could not exist
without some controlling power, and he who
claims the right to determine for himself whe
ther he will obey the law or not, claims that
which no government can concede and exist;
and he who counsels or incites to the viola
tion or disobedience of the will of govern
ment, as manifest in existing laws, is guilty of
treason against the very spirit of republican
ism.
The Governor represents the fiscal concerns
of the State as being in a very satisfactory
condition.
The public debt is $500,000, payable in an
nual sums up to 1860. The proceeds of pub
lic loans, which he sets apart to meet thi*
debt, will furnish means for several years to
come, if they be not eventually sufficient to
extinguish its debt.
He makes severe complaints against Massa
chusetts, for her illiberal policy in regard to
her land claims in Maine, and especially in
refusing to aid in the construe.ion of the
Aroostook road, which passes principally
through territory claimed by her. He says
that should Massachusetts continue her pre
sent attitude, it will become with Maine a
question of serious import what means of re
dress shall be adopted to protect herself.
Discipline in thb Navt.—A letter to the
Ledger,dated U. S. ship Independence, Bay of
Naples, Feb. 13, says.
The squadron (Independence, Cumberland
and steamer Mississippi,) are all at anchor in
this place; officers and crew all well. We
oame here on the 9th of October, and have
been lying here since. lam sorry ■ o say that
things go on badly in this squadron since the
abolition of corporeal punishment. Thefts,
drunkenness and desertion (or what is term
ed taking French leave, that is leaving the
ship for a few days without permission,) are
much more frequent than common, and the
officers, notwithstanding the greatest exer
tion, cannot preserve even tolerable discipline,
and until Congress adopt a more efficient
mode of punishment than mere confinement,
those scamps (mostly landsmen and boys,)
will continue to laugh at all order, for what
is thirty or sixty days in a prison-room in
irons to such men, many of them boasting of
having served five and six years in a State
Prison. There are at present thirty of those
fellows confined in this ship, of which four
teen are for stealing their shipmates’ clothes
and carrying them on shore to sell for rum.
Thb Presbyterian General Assembly,
Old School.— We mentioned by telegraph,
yesterday, the assembling of this body at St.
Louis. A more detailed dispatch says:
“ The general assembly of the Presbyterian
churches of the United States met in the Pres
byterian church on the 15th, and was opened
with a sermon by the Rev. A. W. Leland, D.
D., of South Carolina, the moderator of last
session. The following synods were repre
sented: New York, New Jersey, Virginia,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, North Ca
rolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina,
Georgia, and Mississippi. Several new Pres
byters were then enrolled and the commis
sioners reported on the report from Memphis
—received and commissioners enrolled. The
Rev. E. P. Humphrey, I). D., of Louisville,
Ky., was elected moderator, and the Rev. W.
D. Howard, of Pa., clerk pro. tern.
The Tobacco Hound. —In North Attlebo
rough, Mass., there is kept in a manufacturing
establishment, a large mastiff, who takes as
much comfort in a quid of tobaoco, as does the
most inveterate lover of the weed. So habitu
ated has he became to its use, that he must
have it, and will sit all day in the centre of
the shop, chewing away w:th a good appetite
and a great relish. He became thus muoh like
a man by playing with “old sogers,” as the
end of segars are professionally termed, In
such play he would occasionally find a “so
ger” in his mouth, until at length a taste was
formed for the tobacco, which has since in
creased, and has now become as degraded as a
man—a slave to an acquired appetite. The
Editor of the Boston Transcript says there is
a dog in Roxbury, who has formed the same
melancholy habit. He has a sneaking, sheep
ish look, as if he were half aware of his de
gradation. He is ehnn by all the deeent dogs
Pecvliakitijss or Western Lipe. —Under
this head, the May number of the Knicker
bocker deals out to the public the following i
“ VVe heard a pleasant illustration, an even
ing or two ago, of a peculiarity of Western
life. A man in one of the hotels of a South
western city was observed by a Northerner to
be very moody, and to regard the stranger
with looks particularly sad, and as our inform
ant thought, somewhat savage. By and by
he approached him, and said : ‘ Can I see you
outside the door for a few minutes ?' ‘ Cer
tainly, sir/ said the Northerner, but not with
out some misgiving. The moment the door
had closed behind them, the moody man
reached over his hand between his shoulders
and drew from a pocket a tremendous bowie
knife, bigger than a French carver, and as its
broad blade flashed in the moon light, the
stranger thought his time had come. * Put
up your scythe,’ said he, * and tell me what I
have done to provoke your hostility ?’ * Done,
stranger ? you haven’t done any thing. Nor
I han't any hostility to you; but I want to
pawn this knife with you. It cost me twenty
dollars in New-Orleans. I lost my whole
‘ pile’ at ‘ old sledge’ coming down the river,
and I ha’nt got a red cent. Lend me ten do -
lars on it, stranger. I’ll win it back for you
in less than an hour.’ The money was loan
ed ; and sure enough, in less than the time
mentioned the knife was redeemed, and the
incorrigible ‘ sporting man' had a surplus of
some thirty dollars, which he probably lost
the very next hour.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
Augusta, Georgia.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 27-
Electro-Biology-
Professor Hale continues his Lectures and
mirth-provoking experiments at Masonic
Hall. Those who are sceptical go see, laugh
and wonder at the extraordinary phenomena
he produces on subjects taken indiscriminate
ly from the audience. He will give three
more Lectures, after which he will form a
class for instruction. His Lecture to-night
will be upon the Philosophy of curing disease
without the use of Medicine, also certificates
will be read attesting to its importance as a re
medial agent. This subject is beginning to
occupy the attention of the most scientific.—
Sir David Brewster has expressed his con
viction of the truth and importance of Electro-
Biology. V
Concert Hall-
To-night the great moral Drama of the
“ Drunkard" is to be produced with several
of the principal performers who figured in its
successful performance at Ba mum’s and
Kemble's at the North. The play was writ
ten by an ardent advocate of temperance and
its effects have been appreciated by all who
have witnessed it. We have no doubt it will
meet with a good run in our city. New scene
ry, painted from views taken in our city, have
been painted for it.
It has been suggested that “ Major Jones’
Courtship, or Scenes in Georgia," written by
W. T. Thompson, Esq., formerly of this city,
would be a good card.
Mr. Weaver was the original Major Jones
as produced at Barnum’s in New York.
Rain! Rain!
We had a fine shower of rain yesterday af
ternoon about half past three o’clock. It was
much needed, as the dust in the streets was
almost insupportable, and the gardens in the
vicinity and in the city were suffering for the
want of it. A few more of the same sort would
do no harm.
Alabama Politics-
The Montgomery Journal, Whig paper,
hoists the name of Benjamin Shields as the
“Union Southern Rights" candidate for Gov
ernor of Alabama. Shields is a fishy or rot
ten Democrat, and is to run against Governor
Collier, the regular candidate of the Democra
tic party.
So hopeless has been the minority of the
Whig party in Alabama, that we do not think
they have run a Whig for the office of Gov
ernor for a number of years. Their policy has
been to do what they oould in opposition to
the Democracy by running a Democratic in
dependent candidate against the regular De
mocratic nominee. In this way they once
succeeded, by electing Joshua Martin over
Nat. Terry. But Martin was so thoroughly
Democratic, that they got sick of their bargain
before the expiration of his term of office. Gov.
Collier the present incumbent, was elected
without opposition; and will probably be re
elected by a large majority. He holds to the
unconditional right of a State to secede—-has
been throughout most bitterly hostile to the
omnibus—and is disposed to prepare the South
for resisting Northern aggression, not by dis
union, but by commercial non-intercourse with
the Northern States, and by developing in all
manner of ways and means the power and re
sources of the Southern section of the Union.
Judging from his writings, he is a thoroughly
practical man, and we believe, one of the
soundest and most reliable statesmen in the
South.
It will be seen that the Whigs of Alabama
eschew the name of “Constitutional Union
Party,” which their brethren in this state have
chosen, leaving the Georgia federalists to stand
solitary and alone. But the Alabamians seem
worse off than their Georgia friends in one
respect: in Alabama no Democrats of respec
table standing give any countenance to the
whig movement. Senator King,says the Mobile
Register, Senator Clemens, and many leading
men and presses amois; the Democracy are
strongly in favor of the Union, but they see too
clearly through the Whig scheme to lend it
any aid. In Georgia, however, Cobb, Wof
ford, and a number of others who were once
Democrats, have very cheeifully gone to the
assistance of the federalists, which makes the
prospects of the latter much more encourag
ing in this state than in Alabama. —Savannah
Georgian.
Circuitous. —The Charleston Mercury says:
Our despatch from New York, with the in
telligence by the Baltic, was leceived byway
of New Orleans, which is again in advance of |
Cb arleston.
The New Orleans Delta announces that
$400,000 have already been subscribed to the
stock of the New-Orleans, Jaokson and North
ran R ij!road, and that the work will be eom-
Col Webb and N. P, Willis-
We have given to our readers the charge
made by Col. Webb against Mr. Willis, and
the reply of the latter thereto, in answer to
which, the Colonel made a proposition to sub
mit the letters spoken of by him to Col. G.
P. Morris, the partner of Mr. Willis, and to
abide his decision. To this proposition, Mr.
Willis, in a postscript in the Home Journal of
the 24th inst. says :
“ Since writing the preceding, we have seen
the replv Col. Webb to our ** Card to the
Public. i: is the evasive backing-out from
his poßi< :on which we knew, in some shape,
was inevusbia. He is even preparing a sec
ond loop-hole by intimating that we are not
speaking of the same lady !as if there were
likely to be a mistake as to whose letters
were relerred to ! He produces no proof, and
no endorsement of his assertions, evem by the
gentleman whom he has referred to as cogni
zant of what he professes to know. He new
contemptibly proposes to prove the lady’s
guilt, by showing, privately, to our partner,
General Morris, a letter written by the lady
herself, after her ruin, and which he declares
we gave back to him, when her letters were
asked for, six years ago ! We, at first thought,
rejoiced at the offer, and, (could Truth be
there and Trick be banished,) we could wel
come the result of such an interview, as a
quick ending to the business and to Col.
Webb. But, (we are warned by more pru
dent heads than our own ) in no civilized
country on earth would such a secret and
uncontrolled tribunal be allowed to sit in
judgment on the character of a woman. Let
ters may be mis-read ; new ones added to pre
vious collections ; or they may be addressed
to fancy-names for the sake of disguise ; and
interviews may be utterly mis-reported by an
interested party ; and, of these or any other
perversions of truth, Col. Webb has proved
himself too capable.. The interview was de
clined by Gen. Morris. Col. Webb still stands
before the country, therefore, as the lady’s
accuser. We repeat our assertion, that, as tar
as our own knowledge goes, or any infer
ence w r e were ever entitled to draw from it,
the lady is one who, amid all defiance of ap
pearances and wild disregard of the usages of
society, maintained her virtue. God forbid
that we should assist Col. Webb in going back
six years, to prove, for the first time, that a
woman has sinned ! But if he holds, in his
secret keeping, (preserved for the love he has
to his “dear friend, ’ her father !) any sem
blance that can be so construed, it would be
utterly new to ourself —and its misinterpreta
tion, misappliance and publication could only
affect us through the stain he is himself to
our profession, and far more through sym
pathy for a most unhappy lady. n. p. w."
The New-York press, particularly the Sun
day papers, are severe, and justly so, on Col.
Webb. If the charge made by Col. Webb
was true, he should have been the last man
to have made it. The following is from the
Sunday Courier ;
WEBB AND WILLIS.
*******
None but a malignant brute, who was des
titute of all charitable sympathies, could have
been guilty of conduct like this. The lady
alluded to so brutally by the editor of
Courier & Enquirer, was the daughter ot - ‘ uß
artist who had taken great pains wu> her
cation, and was proud of her K aut ‘ and
lents. She wrote some Uf, le Bket ' hes that
were published m the Mv.-ror, and oraised by
that paper while Me.. Willis was its editor.-
Her father going r 0 England for , he benefit of
his health, w.uch had been bad for a lon*
time, took his daughter with him. While in
England she confessed to him that she had
been clandestinely married before leaving
home, upon which he sent her back to her hus
band, with whom she has lived from that day
to this, and as Mr. Willis states, is a respecta
ble mother of a family. On the return of the
father to this country, his complaint—a con
firmed case of asthma—terminated in his
death ; and now for the first time, Col. Webb
accuses Mr. Willis of being the murderer of
his deceased friend. The article of Col. Webb,
containing the wicked attack on Mr. Willis,
if full of grossly absurd contradictions. He’
first says that he had refused to be introduced
to Mr. Willis on aooeunt of that gentleman’s
immoralities, and would not speak to him;
and afterwards states that the last time he saw
him, he, Col. Webb, introduced him to some
ladies at a hotel in Saratoga. Mr. Willis has
published a eard denying explicitly the soul 4
charges of Col. Webb, but he might have
saved himself the trouble, for we do not im
agine that there is a person in the city— not
even Col. Webb himself—who believes a word
of his statement.
As we have not published Cal. Webb’s
statement we shall not publish the denial of
Mr. Willis ; but as these matters will be like
ly to make some talk about town, we have
thought it proper to say what we think and
what we happen to know in reference to them.
Besides, we think it is the duty of the press,
whenever its members are attacked, to come
to the rescue of the one who is the aggrieved
and innocent party. We simply act in this
case as we wish others to act towards us. We
have said enough in reference to the innocent
parties who will be the greatest sufferers by
the brutality of the Courier & Enquirer, with
out mentioning names, to indicate who they
are.and enable the friends of Mr. Willis to con
dently believe in his perfectly temperate and
respectful denial of the gross charge made a
gainst him.
What adds greatly to the scandal of Col.
Webb’s attack upon Mr. Willis, are the very
notorious circumstances of the virtuous Col.'s
own marriage, but a little more than a year
ago. Everybody knows that Col. Webb—an
old man with gray hairs, and a family of grown
up sons and daughters—enticed from her fa
ther’s house a young lady* whom he clandes
tidely married, against the wishes of her pa
rents, and never divulged the fact until the
morning before the sailed fcr Europe. For
a man who could be guilty of such an act as
this to talk about his indignation against Mr.
Willis for having been guilty of the offonce he
charged him with, is really about the most
stupendous piece of impudence we have ever
known. Let the Colonel seek what path of
distinction he may, we imagine that he will
achieve a greater success in almost anything
he could possibly have the assurance to try
his hand at, than as a lecturer on morals, es
pecially of enticing young girls from their du- I
ty to their parents.
From the Plains.— The St. Louis Repub
can of the 14th inst. announces the arrival in
that city, direct from Fort Laramie, of Capt.
S. Van Yiiet, of the Quartermaster's Depart •
ment. He was aocompanied by his wife, a
daughter of the lamented Maj. Brown.
Captain Van Vliet left Fort Laramie on the
16th of April, and made the trip across the
Plains, to Fort Leavenworth in seventeen days
and a half. On the route they encountered
two severe snow storms, which greatly im
peded their progress. At the O’Fallen Bluffs
they met a war party of the Chayennea, who
were going out to attack the Pawnees. The j
captain made them some presents of tobaeoo-
The first traiD of emigrants was met by the
captain’s company the 2d of May, near the
crossing of the Little blue; and from that point,
until he arrived at the frontier, he met them
almost every day. The main body of the
emigration was from Sait Lake. He found,
in all he passed, but two companies from Cali
fornia, They were getting along very well. The
past season at Fort Laramie has been more
than usually dry, but little rain having fallen
during the winter or spring. The report of
the Indians and the traders at the Fort was
that the snow in the mountains was very
heavy. At one period before he left the Fort
there had been a considerable rise in the river,
but owing to the succeeding cold weather, it
suddenly subsided. On the Plains, the grass
was short, but otherwise abundant. The prin
cipal emigration across the Plains this year
will be the Mormon trains for the Salt Lake,
and a few trains for California and Oregon.
The Methodist Church Case.— ln this
great case, at New-\ork, on Wednesday,
Mr. Lord, without reading any further com
mentary proof, proceeded to his argument
on the origin and the appropriations of the
charitable fund :
“ If the superannuated, who had become
so in the service of the church as preachers,
their wives and children, had a right to share
in this fund prior to the separation, he con
tended that they had that right still. Why
have they not those rights ? Are they not
Methodists still ? Have they departed in one
scruple from the doctrine of the church, or
have they done any thing in opposition to its
discipline ? I mean the beneficiaries whom I
represent. The gentlemen put it in their an
swer distinctly, on the ground that they for
feited the right by secession—secession from
what ? That is the question between us in
regard to this fund. Now, from the answer,
that we have forfeited our right to this fund,
it would appear that there was some implied
condition which we had broken.
“If your honor pleases, I beg leave to
speak on the manner in which the funds are
to be divided, and on this subject it appears
to me .here is no difficulty whatever. Should
it be decided that we are justly entitled to a
share in its division, we are willing that it
should still remain in the hands of the gen
tlemen in whose possession it now is, and
who may still administer relief to those in
need of it by turning over the annual divi
dends to us. I think that this would be the
most judicious and advantageous arrange
ment for all parties.”
The Express of Wednesday evening says:
“There will probably be but little testfmo- j
ny offered. Argument is to be presented ’
Messrs. Lord and Reverdy Johnson, ir- * ??
for the South, and Messrs. Choat* « said,
for the North. The case i* ' - ar T Wo( \ d
will go up on appeal. ‘I s underß t°od,
may be decided. TV whichever way it
in it does not J interest the public take
court room - to abate in the leaßt - The
.as crowded with spectators.”
Charleston Mercury of the 26th inst,
says: “We had a severe blow from the North
east on Saturday. It came up suddenly about
eight o’clock in the morning, and continued
with much force throughout the day. Ap
prehensions were excited for the the safety of
the fishing boats which had started from the
harbor previous to the commencement of the
storm, and especial solicitude was felt by a
wide circle of friends and relatives of eight
highly estimable young gentlemen, who had
left the city about daylight, on a fishing ex
cursion outside the bar. This was nowise re
lieved W’hen the steam tug Pilot, which had
been despatched in search, returned in the
evening without any certain intelligence of
them, and was painfully increased upon her
return yesterday morning from another trip,
after a protracted search, whieh proved entire
ly fruitless.
About four o’clock in the afternoon, how
ever, a fishing smack was observed coming up
the harbor by many anxious eyes, that had
been untiringly engaged throughout the day
in wathing, and crowds hastened to meet her
ai: the landing, and were greeted with the
joyful intelligence that the party had carried
their vessel into North Edisto, and after a
brief interval of rest had started for the city
by the inland passage, and this was confirmed,
in a most gratifying manner, by their safe
arrival about 10 o’clock.
Ihe other boats which were out had all
landed safely on Stono and Morris’s Island.
Violent Hail Stokm.—We learm
’ Baltimore Clipper of the 22d inst.) from
j the Petersburg, Va., Intelligencer, that a vi
s olent hail sto.un passed over Dinwiddle coun
-3 ty, on Wednesday of last week. The hail
c stones were as large as partridge eggs. In
[ many places the hail was 4or 5 inches deep.
- In. Prince George, it lay on the ground to the
• depth oi two feet! The letter of the Intelligen
-1 cer, says :
It, in many places, nearly ruined the wheat
crop, destroyed all kinds of fruit, and in ma
• ny cases of young fruit trees, destroyed the
r trees themselves, the hail falling with suoh
1 force as to strip them of their bark. To giv
you some faint idea of the severity of
storm, I need only state that one at w tile
contiguous to the house was literally / lots
thick, at the distance of some ' covered
with the green leaves froD&ih® yards,
yard. Several of the treqa lia trees in the
blown down, and one \s>ieh * ie } r **d were
15 feet in I \ } . , aa Some 14 or
negro houses hJawn, dpv> a ‘ s o cne ofmy
say that no lives were l , ,' ut am glad to
jury which, I; f rQr * *be greatest in
the wheat crop, fL n , ps „ *be atom was to
- * n< l time.
Tag O^oTi,—-Thp — —
aays ; he Cemtreville (M<JO Times!
“The growing vhnai
tinues to in\p rove Cam . , reg * con *
its appearance through the 'found* ■. ,omak *
Held.. Some of our f.r me r S ? W „' e “
not quite finished planting yet."
The Easton (Md.) Gazette says;.
“At present the wheat crop of * this countv
looks well: but it is liable to so . ttan y disaß !
"rT" "° W “ d h,rTeßt *' *»» no one can
tell whether the crop will be r in aTerag9 one/ .
Ihe lort Smith Herald , si ,o W ; nff the uTtont
of the trade in f urs ueltr it)Wl ®B ®*tent
in the purchase of them ♦ w* and dr J. hl des,
o other ports, gives The u ? hl P“ ent
Mr. Charles Kennedy PP u® d by
m St. Louis, Messrs. H *^ nt J 0r hottseß
for furs and peltries a ‘
lin Cook, dry hide’s Messrs. How, Claf
first named house, l‘
and 15,000 fur skins l 1 ? 8 * of dry hides,
he purchased 115,001/a ik ° r j® iatte J
All KntmLfr *bs. of dry beef hides.
aa d paid jfo r during the present
: : -
15j) Magnetic iEelegvapl).
Four Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL.”
BALTIC.
{Telegraphedfor the Charleston Courier.')
PANIC IN LIVERPOOL.
HEAVY DECLINE IN COTTON.
New-Orleans, May 25 —10.15 A. M.
The steamer Baltic, cf the Coiling* Line,
arrived in New York on Saturday, the 24th,
from Liverpool, which port she left on the
14th inst.
A panic had prevailed in the Liverpool
Cotton market since the departure of the
Africa on the 10th inst., which was augment*
ed by the arrival of the America, wit> a
accounts of increased receipts. Prices du r 'mg
the three days had declined from three
eighths of a penny to a half penn T y. Sales
amounted to 15,000 bales. Fa» r Orleans
were quoted at from 6|d. to Heavy
failures are already looked so r . Many bills
from th** TTnited States have been protested.
Ihe Manchester trade is "heavy. Mon6y is
easy. Consols 97| a 974;
OF THE
New-Orleans, May 24 9.9 P. M.
Cotton has been dull to-day, and orly fif
teen hundred bales have been sold. The
sales during the week have amounted to>
twenty-five thousand bales. The advicesS
brought by the Baltic from Liverpool, have
been received, and business is in a stat** of
great depression.
Reported for the Con ß tiu.^ ionallati
New-Yoex _ May 2CiP . u .
Cotton.— The market ia unscttledand hol .
- C r etUa red " cti ™- Th« sales reach
500 bales,
quofc&l lon s for cotton at Liverpool
wer», for Orleans 6|d; Mobile ss; Up
lands
Charleston, May 26, P. M.
Cotton.— I'he sales to-day were 700 bales,
at 6£ to 8| cents. Average decline three
quarters of a cent.
SPECIAL NOTICES"
MILLER LODGE, NO. 10. I. O. O. F.
• A Regular Meeting of this Lodge
will be held This Evening, at eight
o’clock. A full attendance io re
quested, as we shall receive an official vi sit from
the M. W. G. M.
J. J. LATHRQF > f n. Q,
t. L.Markev, R. S. may 27
VISITING CARD'/i *
o* Just received, a superb lot of ENAMELL
ED CARDS.
All orders left at the Post Office, or given ia
person, will receive prompt attention.
ma y 25 A. G. WILLIS.
SOLA WATER,
U3 3 Cold Soda Wliter, w ith a variety of Sw.
rups, at the Drug S'cors of
PHILIP A. MOISE, Metcalfs Range.
N. B.—Congress. Water always in Ice
lnay U 5m
letters. "
ICF VVe have in the course of the past two
weeks,received a great number of let!era and
communications, respecting that incomparable
compound for the cire of Rheumatism, Pams ,
Swellings, Bruises, Weak Back and Joints,
&c., «sec., “MARSHALL'S MAGICAL PAIN
ERADICATOR.” J t is getting thoroughly known
and consequently highly valued, ft is warranted
all that is said of it, or no pay meat is requir-
For sale by the Druggists gene /ally, and by tin*
I ropnitors. VV. 11. & J. TURPIN
may 25 l w
YOUN « * E *’ S £«*£*** assoT/x:
O’NOTICE is hereby given to- ..
who did not renew thisfr membership#* /*
February last, and to such persons as r h ! "I. 01
posed to resort to the rooms of tth* T Y
dur;ng the Suiuism; and Fall, tha* Association
will be received between thu tu” 1 ?*?"*
June, upon the t erms •• h Ut °*
For membe-rshin fwjr i
rnary, 1352, #2,75. J * Bt ttU e> 186I > to Ist Feb-
For a son, cl#*"’
member durir «, employes, Os apprentice of a
may 21 ff the same period, #M,37$.
T~ lw T - COURTN&Y, Sec'y.
uieiio ae undersigned have this day com
Ge ed to serve ICE CREAM. The Ladies and
-ntlemen are invited to give us a call.
ma y 1 ts N. GIRARDEY & SONS.
„ , . MARRIED, ~
On the 14th inst., at Columbus, (Ga.) Mr. M. G.
N r N 5' ° f w lß Clt >’ and Miss Laniuk, daugb
ter of Judge Warren, of the former place.
ffommmial,
Augusta Market, May 26—F- M
COTTON—The advices per Baltic, noticing a 1
luither decline of {j a in the Liverpool market,
i came to hand this morning, and pul a stop to
ness in our market. We have heard of no Imp
actions since their receipt.
SAVANNAH,May 24.— Cotton. —The market
•was very dull yesterday, the only transact mna
reported was 32 bales at 9*. Prices are V erv
much unsettled. ”
SAVANNAH EXPORTS— MAY 2A.
Per barque Vernon lor New-York-! .034 bales
Cotton, and I pkg. Mdze.
""passengers. 11
Per Steamer Oregon, from Savanna h, B.
Snider, Lady & 4 children, Mias C Nov eland.
Miss RL Frasier, Miss M T Snider, Mr. £Stone!
Miss T R Smiley.
Shipping .Intelligence.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Oregon, from Savannah, io J H
Anderson, agt, mdae &c, to Georgia Rail Road
agt, Richmond Factory, Geo. Sohley, G T
Dortic, Augusta Manufacturing Co, N C
iowbridge, B S Dunbar, J H Anderson, A M
Png£n>_Ogo^_ G W Garmany. L.
meno-
Ge