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Cjjrnnirlf k f rntinfl. AUGUSTA, GA. , WKDVKfcDAY Jl'jlE *7. Amendment? of the Constitution—Bow Ibfy are Passed. Onr latest advice? from Washington are to the effect that the Rnmp Congress does not believe it to be necessary to the validity of the Constitutional amendment which has just passed both houses, that it should be submitted to the President for his approval or disappro val. A resolution has already been Introduced in the House of Representatives, asking the Pres ident to communicate to the Executives of the several States, the fact of the passage by Con gree of the amendment, and solicit the action 1 of the different State legislatures threon. This action shows very clearly that the destruc tion's in the present Congress, do not re cognize the action of the President upon the proposed amendments, as at all necessary.— The power given in the Constitution for its amendment, is found in the fifth article there of, and is in these words: "The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a convention foi proposing amendments, which, in either case shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legisla tures of three-fourths of the several States, or by Conventions of three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress,” &c. The grant of power here given to the Con gress, it is alleged, is confined to the two Houses thereof, irrespective and independent of the Executive. This power was first exer cised by theCongresß which assembled in New York on the 4th of March, 1789, less than two years after the Constitution was adopted by the convention. The amendments then pro posed, and which were subsequently ratified by three-fourths of the States, consisted of ten new articles. Washington was then Presi dent, and the proposed,amendments were sub mitted to and signed by him as President, al though they had received the requisite vote oi two-thirds in both bouses of the Congress. At the second session of the third Congress’ another amendment was proposed by two thirds of the two Houses, submitted to Wash ington, who was still President, for his appro val, and by him communicated to tho Gover nors of the different States for final action. Again, at the fiist session of the eighth Congress, amendments were proposed, carried by three-fourths of the members of both Houses, and submitted for Executive approval. Mr. Jefferson was then President, and signed the resolution containing the proposed amend ments, which he then communicated to the chief Executives of the several States for the tatification of their Legislatures. Thus we find, by the early action of our Government, Congress committed to the course, which has been followed in every in stance since that time down to the present, of presenting proposed amendments for the ap proval of the Executive. The amendment abolishing slavery passed by the last Congress, was submitted to Mr. Lincoln for’his approval, and received his signature before it was com municated to the several States. The whole history of the Legislature on this subject shows that the precedent established by the first Congress, and approved by Wash ington, Las never been departed from or ques tioned in a single instance, until the present "Rump,” under the instigation of Stevens, Sumner & Cos, Las Been fit to disregard it. It is contended that the words. —"The Congress” in the article just quoted, means the two Houses of Congress independent of the Execu • tlve. That the requirement of a vote of two thirds of both Houses, would bo meaningless surplusage, if the President should be per mitted to kill rho proposed amendment by the exercise of the veto. In that case, why * re quire a vote of two thirds to get the proposi tion before the Executive, if upon his refusal to sign the amendment the same vote of two thirds of both Houses would be able to pass it over and contrary to his veto ? In answer, we say that the precedent estab lished by the Fathers of the Constitution, in the first Congress, and which has been for more than half a century assented to by all parties, should make us very careful iu the establish ment of a now principle, unless it should be plainly demanded by the very terms of the Constitution itself. The words “the Congress’’ are used iu the original Constitution no less than eleven times, and in all of which, except one, the two Houses, with the concurrence of the Executive, is meant. But by the terms of the Constitution itseit this question, it seems to us, is definitely fixed and settled. The sev enth section of the first article declares that "every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, be fore it become a law, be presented to the Pres ident of the United States; if he approve it, he shall sign it, but, if not, he shall return it,’’ &c. But it is said that this is not a bill. That it is a simple proposition of Congress for an amendment. This very point was raised and decided by the Eighth Congress on the debate which sprang up on the proposed amendments then before it. That decision was that the action was iu the nature of a joint resolution, or bill, which required a concurrence of both Houses. The seoond paragraph of the seventh section of the first article of the original Con stitution declares that “eyery order, resolu tion, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of adjourn ment) shall be presented to the President of the United States ; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved,” &c. Here then is the plain, simple requirement of the Constitution itself upon this important point; and it will bo seen to be in unison with the action of Congress heretofore on this ques tion. What will be the course of the President when the joint resolution is presented, inform ing him of the passage of the amendment to the Constitution, in which action he has had no part or lot, we are not prepared to say, it is quite probable that he will not permit the dignity and prerogative of the station he oc cupies to be trampled upon and abridged with out an effort to save it. The Radicals, if they press the ban upon him, will, we doubt not, find Andrew Johnson as ready to give blows as to quietly receive them. We await anxious ly the further developments of this knotty question. Curious Coincidence.— Twenty-eight years ago. Mr.Sutton built the old Detroit water works reservoir, known as the Round House, which for many years, supplied the city with water, and, after traveling and sojourning in almost every portion of the world. Mr. S. has just re turned and purchased the brick contained in the structure, which is now being removed, it having yielded to the march of improvement, and given way before the increased wants of the growing population of Detroit. This pe culiar reminiscence of one of the older land marks, will hardly find its counterpart in the experience of any person for ages to come. Death of Prince Paul Esterhazt. —ihe Africa’s mail brought the news of the death of Prince Paul Anthony E«terhazy at Ratisburg in Bavaria. Augusta—Her Railroad Conner i n-. I We ro*i."i in onr New York e.Tcbanges a paragirob arrcuncing tho arrival in that city of a Charleston Delegation on their way to Cincinnatti to attend a Railroad Convention in the latter city. The people of Cincinnati de sire a shorter and more direct line to the At lantic than the one by Parkersburg and Bal timore. The project of a road direct to* Charleston by way of Rabun Gap has for many years engaged the attention of western •capitalists. South Carolina has already ex pended a large amount of money in this en terprise. Her merchants and statesmen will do all in their power to press the work to com pletion. The business men and capitalists of Charleston are live people. They do not belong to the fold-your-arms and wait-a-while sort. They are simple enough to believe that the quickest way to get your wheel out of the mud is to put your own shoulder to it, and push it out. What is Augusta doing in this race for im- Irtrovement, and new markets? How are the two enterprises in which she at present has the deepest interest in, getting along? Is the Miiledgevilie road nearly opened to Sparta ? We were informed early in May, that the road was graded, bridges and culverts built, all ready for the iron. It is only ten miles from Mayfield to Sparta, and we suppose that fiftv days would be ample time to lay the track that distance. Will the road be completed to Macon in time to draw a share of the rich trade from Southwestern Georgia and Southern Ala. bama to this market, which will be poured in to and through the latter city ; by her west ern Railroad connections this fall ? Savannah is already in the field actively en gaged in pushing her arms further in the coun try to draw hence to the interests of her own merchants the rich spoils of the cotton fields. Wo notice unusual efforts are being made to push her line of railroads down into the fertile lands of Middle and East Florida. It is re ported that all the lines of railroads west of Maoon are being brought under the exclusive coatrol and influence of Savannah enterprise and Savannah capital. We believe that <IOO of these roads are already under the control, to some extent at least, of the Central Railroad Company, which is known as a thoroughly Sa vannah corporation. Augusta must wake up or she will be distanced in this race for trade and travel. Her position, geographically, is such that with proper exer tions on the part of her business men and capi talists, she can command a large portion of the trade west of the Ocmulgee and Chattahoochee rivers. The road from Cincinnati via Rabun Gap to Charleston can and must be tapped by the Savannah River Valley Railroad, a favorable charter for which has already b een obtained. The Miiledgevilie road, when oompleted to Macon, will certainly draw much of the West ern trade and travel here. The projected line to Columbia will shorten the route North nearly one hundred miles, and will give almost an air line from Richmond, via Danville, Greensboro’, Charlotte and Columbia, to this place. The Miiledgevilie road will be an ex tension of this inner and shorter line to the West. Th?se two latter road H—the Columbia and the Miiledgevilie—should be pushed to com pletion ub rapidly as possible. We know that the scarcity of money in the South at this time forbids the hope that sufficient funds can be raised here for the completion of these roads. The bonds of the Companies can, we are reliably informed, be sold at a fair price in New York. This is the plan that has been adopted by other roads to raise funds, and we can see no objection to it. At all events, something must be done, and done at once, or the interests of the city will be seriously im paired. Chief Justice Chase. When the fugitive slave law was on its pas sage iu the United States Senate, in 1850- Salmon P. Chase, a Senator from the State of Ohio, made desperate efforts to defeat it. He sounded the alarm throughout the North and West, that the provisions of the bill were in direct conflict' with the sacred rights of the States, guaranteed by the Constitution, and in one of his speeches made in the Senate against the bill, he warned the Senate that the passage of such a measure would lead to the establish ment of a “great central consoldidated Feder al Government,’’ which would destroy the rights of the States, and the liberty of the people. The great doctrine of State Rights was then the key-stone of the temple of American liber ty, and he urged with all his power that this great principle should never be surrendered. — The United States Government then had no right to coerce a sovereign State. Now the States have no rights, in the opinion of this great jurist, except such as are granted by the “great central consolidated Federal Govern ment.” Then Senator Chase “knew of no remedy in the case cf the refusal of a State to perform its stipulations.” Now Chief Justice Chase can find neither in the Constitution of the United States, or out of it, any right of the States to question, much less resist the action of the “great central consolidated Federal Government.” In 1850, Senator Chase said : this is a bill for the overthrow of State Rights. It is a bill to establish a great eon* tral consolidated federal Government, Sir, there was once a Senator from South Caroliua on this floor too clear sighted not to perceive that the enactment of a Fugitive Slave Act was utterly irreconcilable with that theory of State Rights which he, in common with South Caro lina’s greatest statesmen,'professed to believe in.” Again, in the same debate, Senator Chase said : “I have certainly answered the Senator, very distinctly and candidly —l said that I knew of no remedy in case of the refusal of a State to per form its stipulations.” This last sentence covers the whole ground upon which the action of the Southern States was taken, in their attempt to establish an in dependent Government. Massachusetts and all the New England States, during the last war with Great Britain, had taken the same ground. Indeed, Massachusetts was the first State to take direct, positive action in favor of this doctrine of State Rights. When the South asserted the same right, we were branded as traitors by Chase and those pinks of Massachu setts statesmen, Sumner and Wilson. Was Chase right in 1850 ? if so he is wrong now. Who will answer ? The Impending straggle in Europe. We have been very hopeful that the peace of Europe would not be broken. It has been very apparent that iu the present condition of affairs on that Continent, the first gun fired wiil light up the torch of war from the North Sea to the Caspian. The interests of the three great powers demand peace. A war between Prussia and Austria frill inevitably involve France and England. Neither of these powers, it seems to us. can afford just now tube brought into a conflict which in its progress will involve these governments in protracted and oppressive war. ihe indications now are that after all the efforts England, France and Russia, war is imminent. The pian for a Peace Congress has been abandoned, at least for the present, on account of the impracticable terms upon which Austria’s consent to the Conference was ob. tained. The Louisville Courier says : “The apprehensions of the European papers that the Peace Congress would prove a failure have been more than realized. It has not even assembled. The demands of Austria were held by England, France and Prussia as amounting to a refusal to deliberate at ail. These demands were, doubtless, that the ces sion of Yenetia to Italy should not be con sidered. This cession was regarded, by jhe neutrals as an infallible pacification for the warlike Italians Piussia, too. was dissatisfi.d with the conduct of Austria in referring the Holstein question to the German Diet., thus making the nation the arbiter on a subject which Prussia bad wished to discuss with Aus tria alone. Hostilities can hardly be delayed any longer. Austria has now eight hundred thousand men under arms, of whom sis hum. dred thousand are designed for active service. Os this last number over half will operate against Prussia and the remainder look after the Italians. Prussia has called out the largest army she has ever raised. It consists of four hundred and fifty-two battalions of infantry and twenty-one squadrons of cavalry. It Is expected that the first fight will occur iu the dutchies on the Elbe, but that Austria’s grand, movement-will be to possess herself of Sileda. Thus some of the great battle grounds of Fred erick the Great and Maria Theresa may be the scenes of contests as decisive os those of a hundred years ago.” Indiana-lnion Platform. A convention was held at Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on the 13th inst., for the purpose of nominating a Union candidate for Congress, for the fourth Congressional District, We were surprised in looking over the proceed ings, to find that the Union party of that dis trict repudiated their present representative John H. Farquhar, who has voted with the Radicals during the present Congress. It wiil be remembered by our readeis, that a few days ago we expressed the opinion that the straight forward, consistent course of the President in relation to the restoration of the Union, was rapidly gaining ground in the West. We then expressed the belief that the masses in the teeming West would rally to his support in the approaching fall elections. We therefore hail with delight this first open manifestation of the popular will in favor of the President’s policy. This was not a copperhead or demo cratic convention, but a meeting of simon pure Republicans. The second resolution of the convention is as follows : Resolved, That the Union of these States has not been difisolved, and cannot be, except by a successful revolution. And that we are iu favor of the immediate admission to seats in Congress of the loyal representatives from the States cf Tennessee and Arkansas, duly electe i according to law, and such other loyal representatives from the States lately in rebel* lion, as are qualified; accorning to legal and constitutional tests. They repudiate the declaration of the Star Chamber Committee that the Union was dis solved by the voluntary withdrawal of the Southern States,and their erection into a hostile Government. This is a serious blow to the Republican party, and it Is to be hoped that it wiil have the effect of causing their leaders to cease their revolutionary opposition to the President, and join hands with him iu restor ing the Union of the States and with it the harmony and good brotherhood of the people of the i wo sections. The favorite theory of Greely, Sumner & Cos., in regard to negro suffrage iu the South is thus met in the sixth resolution of this Con vention. Resolved, That under the constitution it is the exclusive province of each State to deter mine the qualification of its voters Thi sis the ring of the true metal if it is found in a Republican workshop, We com mend it to the prayerful attention of Philoso• pher Horace and the “Devils own” in the House of Representatives. The action of this Convention inspires us with new hope for the future. If the friends of the Constitution ir respective of party, will rally to the support of the President, the future of this country may yet realize the fondest hopes of her most ar dent sons. The whole matter is now in the hands of the people ; let them but be true to themselves and to the Constitution of our fathers and ail will be well. FROM WASHINGTON. JOTTINGS FROM THE CAPITAL. [from our own correspondent.] Washington, June 18. The news of the impending war in Europe, coupled with the fact of the constant and heavy shipments of specie from New York, is regard ed in high financial circles here with serious alarm. Gold, of course, is bounding upward with giant strides, and all classes of Govern ment securities are perceptibly weaker iu the market.' But the disaster most dreaded by those who are accustomed to note the changes of the financial barometer is the failure of pub lic confidence in THE NATIONAL CURRENCY. And, in using this term, I refer rather to the is sues'of the National bank than to the “green, backs” or legal tender notes of the United States Treasury. The latter, owing to the fact of their being a legal tender, now hold, and are sure to retain, the next place to specie in the estimation of the moneyed world of America. But the value of the “national currency” or issues of the national banks is by no means as securely fixed. The only security for tha redemption of those issues consists iu the fact that a certain amount of United States bonds are lodged in the hands of the Government to meet the de mands of the note-holders, in case of any de anlt on the part of the bank which has depos ited those bonds. It will be at once seen that any considerable depreciation in the value of the bonds would instantly affect the credit of the banks whose substantial capital they repre sent. Thus, the tumblo of United States se curities would be tho sure precursor of a gen eral money panic throughout the land. Let us see Hpw A PANIC WOULD AFFECT THE NATIONAL BANKS. 'Their notes are, nominally, redeemable on demand in legal tender, United States green backs. But, in point of fact, there is scarcely one of them that could redeem one fourth of their circulation in this way; and their only safety, thus far, has been in scat tering their issues widely over the country, so as to prevent any considerable amount from accumulating in any one place. In this way they render a serious “run” upon them almost a matter of impossibility. Under the influ ence of a money panic, however, the issues of each National bank would naturally gravitate to its counteis for redemption ; and redemption to any considerable extent feeing out of the question, owing to the comparative scarcity of the legal tender notes, the banks, one after another, would be compelled to close their doors, in compliance with the provisions of the National Banking Act. The noteholders would, of course, fall back on the Government for indemnification ; and the Comptroller of the currency would at once sell at auction, for whatever tfiey would bring, the bonds deposit ed by the failing bank3. In this way a vast quantity of Government securities would sud denly be thrown upon the market ; and, under the pressure of a forced sale, it is not unlikely that they would go at a figure far below their present market value. For it must be remem bered that, in case of such a sale, the issues of other National banks, however firm, would not be available ; the bonds would be sold to re deem the notes of the failing banks, in legal tenders, and bidders would be compelled to make their offers in legal tenders only. Sucn a state of things would speedily develope the difference between {greenbacks and the “National currency,” to the manifest depreci ation of the latter. From these remarks it will be seen that the banking facilities of the coun try, as re-organized by Mr. Chase during the war, rest upon' * A VERT ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM. It is a fact not generally that the Government is now meeting nearly all its daily expenses with the National bank notes. There is a constant and steady stream of the legal tenders into the Treasury : for the Gov ernment wherever it can, exacts payment for its dues in that species of currency ; but the cases in which those lejal tenders are paid out by any Government disbursing officer, now-a* days, fare the exceptions, not the rule. If your readers are auxlous to know how the Government obtains this National bank cur rency in sufficient quantities to diet the enor mous demands upon the Treasury, that can readily be explained. If A , B. and C., desire to unite their capital and establish a National bank, the first thing they must do, after get ting permission to start the concern, is to se cure an amount of U. S. bonds, approximating in amount their intended circulation, to de posit in the U. S. Treasury as security for the solvency of their Institution- How do they get these bonds ? By going into open market and baying them ? Not at all. They pur chase them directly from thß Government, which accepts in payment therefor, the crisp, new notes of the still unfledged bank, a week later these 6ame notes are being paid out from the Treasury to the public creditors. As THIS NUMBER OF THE NATIONAL BANKS is The funds thus sup plied to the government are sufficient in amount to render the issue of any more legal tender notes almost superfluous. The total number of the National Banks, thus far, is 1653; and their aggregate circulation $280,- 263,890. Os this amount, no les3 than $1,358,- 215 was issued last week. The limit of aggre gate National banking capital authorized by the law is $415,946,479, and until that limit is reached, unless a collapse should intervene, we may expect to find the banka increasing in number. MERE MENTION. Having indulged in quite a chapter on banks, let me pass to other topics : Dr. Craven’s high ly interesting book about “The Prison Life of Jefferson Davis,” just out, is creating a great sensation here, and will have a tendency to benefit the great prisoner. You can scarcely give anything to your readers that will be more eagerly read than full extracts from this book. Avery strong effort is being made to induce Congress to repair the Mississippi levees ; and in the Senate, at least, the project meets with much favor. Thad. Stevens Is working very hard to get the consent of Congress to a loan of $20,000,- 000 to the Mexican Republic, which exists no where in particular. People say tjiat Thad. has “an axe to grind” in this business. Butternut. THIRTY-SMITH CONGRESS. First Session. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1866. SENATE. A resolution was adopted that the President be requested to further inform the Senate of the amount expended for the same purposes in each State and Territory of the Union, and in the District of Columbia, to the close of the year 1865. The resolution fixing tho time for odjourn ment was taken up and lost, ayes 6, nays 28 On motion of Mr. Fessenden, the tax bill was taken up. On motion of Mr. Fessenden, tho time fixed for the collection of the tax on manufactures was mifde on and after the first of August next, instead of the first of July. The amendment of the committee, making the tax two cents per pbund instead of five, wus agreed to. The sixth section was amended so as to al - low the drawback provided for thread or knit work manufactured exclusively from cotton. The eigth section was amended so as to make the compensation of inspectors of cotton the same as inspectors of tobacco. The section requiring the assessors of taxes to publish their notices iu papers of the largest circulation is amended by allowing the asses sors to advertise in any newspaper in their dis trict. The provision allowing twenty-five cento to the assistant assessors for each permit granted to any tobacco, snuff, or cigar manufacturer was stricken out. An amendment was adopted, that all distil lers of apples grapes, and i caches shall pay a license of nl j ioilars. ,l An . ’uendmi was ado, ted, provided that keepers of h mas, taverns, and eating houses, V special tax imposed on them, sbo’ to no additional tax for selling if ad oigais on the same pren.i- Ai ed, requiring plum bers A.-Cui-. and civil engineers to pay a lic -ii if ten dollars. Pending . ier inn. on motion of Mr. Coo Lesa, the w“nt into executive ses sion, and afterwards adjourned. Mr. Ingersoli, of Illinois, asked, but failed to obtain, unanimous consent to offer a resolu tion requesting the Secretary of State and the Postmaster General to inform this House why it is that the public printing of their respective departments is given to the Richmond Exam iner, a newspaper published iu Richmond, Va. Mr. Perham, of Maine, from the Committee on Pensions, reported a bill increasing the pen sion of widows and orphans, and for other pur poses. [The first section of this bill includes provost marshals, deputies, and enrolling offi cers who have died in the line of their duty.] The bill was debated at some length, and was then passed. The Speaker presented a letter from the Sec retary of the Treasury in reply to the House resolution of the 4th inst., in relation to.sales of gold since January Ist, 1866—by whom sold, &c. Mr. Wilson, of lowa, moved the following resolution in reference to it : Resolved, That the communication of the Secretary of the Treasury, just announced to the House, be referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, with instructions to in quire fully into all the facts and statements therein contained-, and that the committee’ also inquire whether any gold has been purchased for the Treasury since the first day of January, 1865, the amount of such purchase, by whom and of whom made, the amount of premium paid, and the compensation allowed to the per son acting for the Government. Also, that the committee report the dates and amounts of the several sales ot gold made since the first day of January, 1866; the names of the purchasers, the amount purchased by each; the time of pur chase, and all the circumstances attending such purchases, and the amounts paid the agent of the Treasury; that the committee have power to send for persons and papers, and shall report the result ot the inquiry hereby directed, with such recommendation as may be deemed pro per for the interests of the Government. Mr. Deßioad, of Ohio, said he was not dis posed to vote on this resolution without some information. If leflected on high officials. He desired to know what charges had been made. Mr. Wilson, of lowa, Baid that there had been grave charges made against the Secreta ry of the Treasury in the newspapers, and it was due*that they should be investigated, and if proved untrue it should be known. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, hoped the resolution would extend to all of the Depart ments se that it could be known who had b‘.en foraging through the South on cotton permits. Mr. Leßlond thoght that if this House went to work to investigate newspaper charges members here would have bat little else to do. The resolution was then agreed to without a division. Senate concurrent resolution for printing ad. ditional numbers of the reports of Generals Sherman, Thomas, Pope, Foster, Pleasanton, and Hitchcock, made to the Committee on the conduct of the war, was taken up and passed. The House on motion of Mr. Banks, of Mas sachusetts, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole. Mr. Pomeroo of New YorK, in the chair. After some parliamentary motions, made by Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, the bill, with Senate amendments making appropriations for the exhibition of American industry at the Paris Exposition in 1867, was taken up. Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, offered an amendment that no appropropriation should be made under this bill until the French troop3 should be withdrawn from Mexico. Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, protested against this under-handed, evasive way of striking a blow at the mechanics of this coun try. This amendment was not germains to the bill. He was in favor of driving Maximilian from Mexico, and would do all he could to aid the Republic. Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, said be repelled the charge that he struck a backhanded blow at the industry of the country. The mechan ics felt no interest in the Paris Exposition. It looked as though we were going back to hard cider times in voting gold for the office-hold ere. and rags for the people. After further debate, the amendment of Mr. Washburne was rejected. Tha committee then rose, and Mr. Pomeroy reported to the House that non-concurrence in the Senate amendments was recommended by Ihe Committee of the Whale. The House then insisted on its disagree ment, and asked of the Senate a committee of conference. minute of Points Decided by she Supreme Court at Mdledgeville, Geyrqia. June Term, 1866. [Continued.] Sassen & Whitaker, 1 vs r Award. From Fulton. Wheeley & Warren. ) Walker, J. In this case there was enough evidence to uphold the verdict, and the verdict was not contrary to the charge of the Court. Judg ment Affirmed. Hammond and Barnett & Bleckley for plain tiff in error. Brown & Pope for defendant. Watt Ex’tr. ) vs. > Ejectment. From Effingham. Ganahl. ) Lumpkin, C. J. A boundary acquiesced in by coterminous proprietors, and their possession regulated by it for twenty "or thirty years, is conclusive upon them afterwards. Judgment Affirmed. Wilson & Lester for plaintiff in error. Law, Bartow & Lovel for defendants. Hudspeth 1 vs. >■ Bale against Sheriff. From Baker. Johnson, j Lumpkin, C. J . A Sheriff who collected Confederate money on a fi. fa., and put it in a safe, where, in con sequence of the absence of the owner of the safe with the key, it remained until it became valueless, is not liable for the nominal amount of such money, but only for its actual value at the time of colleciion.—Judgment Reversed. Vason & Davis, Strozier & Smith for plaintiff in error. Wright & Warren for defendant. Dabbacott 1 Motion to rein vs. > state case. From Pennington & Stapleton, j Miller. Harrk , J. 1. At the April Term of 1865, of Miller Su perior Court, the situation of the country was such as to furnish an excuse to coUusel for not attending the Court, especially where the ab sent counsel were co-partners in the practice, and one of them was in the military service and the other a Government depositary. 2. This case having been dismissed in the Court below, on acoount of the non-attendance of the counsel, it ought to have been reinstated on motion of a subsequent term. Judgment Reversed. Vason & Davis for plaintiff in error. No appearance for defendant. Tyrus 1 vs. > Possessary Warrant from Dougherty, RUcT ) Lumpkin, C. J. A Factor who has advanced money on cots ton stored with him, and has a claim on it for expenses, and who has sold it without instruc tions from his principal, to a bom fide pur chaser, is not subject to possessory Warrant, at the instance of the principal—certainly not, before a lender of his advances and expenses. Judgment affirmed. Strozier & Smith for plaintiff in error. : Warren, and Vason & Davis for defendant. Suttles & Wipe 1 vs. V Debt on Guardian’s Caldwell & others) bond. From Fulton. Lumpkin, C. J. The in this case was contrary to evidence. Judgment Reversed. Ezzard & Collier, Barnett & Bleckley for plaintiff in error. Clarke for defendants. Bryans j Assault with intent to Rape, vs. }- From Butts. The State, ) Harris,j]. The Solicitor General entered on the bill of indictment arraingnment and pica of not guilty, but by laadvertance, there was, in tact, no arraignment or plea. The jury were im panneled and sworn, the indictment was read to them, and the Solicitor made his opening address and was about to introduce evidence, when counsel for prisoner moved the Court to allow a verdict of not guilty to be taken, on • the ground that there had been no arraign ment or plea. The Court overruled the mo tion, and permitted the Solicitor to enter a nolle prosequi: Held, that as there was no issue for the jury to try, the prisoner was not in jeopardy, and it was not too late to nol pros the indictment. Judgment Affirmed. Trippe and Floyd tor plaintiff in error. Hammond, Sol. Gen. for the State. Freeman ) vs. >- Petition to the Judge at Cham- Gah kill. J bers. From FultoD. - Harris, J. Defendant in injunction bill, was by the Sheriff, dispossessed of certain premises in dis pute for failure to comply with the terms of the injunction, and the complainant was put in possession. The complainant afterwards dismissed his bill in open Court, without objection from the defendant. Subsequent ly, the defendant, by petition, accompanied with copies of the proceedings no lon ger in Court, applied to the Judge at Cham bers, to be restored to the possession thus lost, giving no notice of the application to his ad versary—Held-: 1. That all applications at Chambers should be on reasonable notice. 2. That without some suit or legal proceed ing pending in Court between the parties, so as to enable the Judge to look into the matter complained of, and to redress any wrong which the defendant in the bill might have sustained by the dismissal of the bill, no sum mary order to restore the possession ought to bo granted. Judgment Affirmed. Gartrell & Hill, Barnett & Bleckley for plain tiff in error, Brown & Pope for defendant. Berry and others 1 vs. 1- Scire facias-From Gordon. The State. ) Walker, J. A recognizance given by the master for the appearance of his slave to answer a criminal charge is no longer operative, since the abo lition of slavery —Judgment Reversed. Aiken for Plaintiff in error. Parrott, Solicitor General, for defendant. Galt I vs. [-Misdemeanor— From Whitfield. The State.) ' A druggist selling at his drug store whiskey, less than a quart, on the statement of a physi cian that it is wanted for medicinal purposes, is, if not licensed as a retailer of spirituous liquors, subject to indictment and conviction for retailing without a license.—J udgment Af firmed. Aiken for plaintiff in error. Parrott for defendant. Jons, Adm’r. ) vs. \ Demurrer. Prom Richmond. Bowdre. ) Harris, J. A will gave to a guardian of the testator six negroes by name, and $5,000 in cash, to be delivered over to him on his arriving at twen ty one years of age. It made his maintenance and education a charge upon the general estate. It disposed of the rest of the estate to other legatees. And, by a codicil, it directed the whole estate to be kept together, and not di vided without the consent of testator’s wife : Held, that the pecuniary legacy was a general one, ’and did not bear interest during the mi nority of the grandson ; and that owing to the peculiar scheme of the will, the legacy of the negroes, though specific, aid not carry hire du ring that period. Judgment Reversed. Starnes for plaintiff in error. J. C. & C. Snead and A. H. Stephens for defendant. Wright 1 vs. >- From Richmond 'XheGa. R. R. & B’k Cos. ) Harris, J. No motion for anew trial having been made in the court below on the ground that the ver dict was contrary to evidence, &c., the ver dict will not be disturbed in this court. — Judgment Affirmed. Pottle for plaintiff in error. Starnes for defendant. J udge Lumpkin being a stockholder in the , Georgia Railroad, did not preside in this case. Springer 1 vs. > Robbery—From Paulding. The State. ) Harris, J. If while the trial is in progress, one of the counsel engaged in the prosecution, enter tain and protect for a night, free of charge, the horses of some of the jurors, a verdict of guilty afterwards rendered will be set aside and anew trial granted. Judgment Reversed. Peeples for Plaintiff in error. Hammond, Sol. Gen'l. for the State. Coulter 1 vs. J-Complaint. From Floyd. Wiley. J Harris, J. A was indebted to B by note, and was the hoider of a note on C for nearly the same amount. He stipulated with B for twelve months indulgence, and turned over to him C’s note as coilaterial security, taking B’s receipt there for, expressing that the collateral note was to be delivered to A whenever the principal note was paid. A few days before the period of indulgence had expired, B put both notes in the hands of his attorney for suit. The at torney sued on the principal note as ordered, but with the maker of the collateral note he entered into a contract to indulge him for twelve months at the price of forty dollars per month. On reporting this arrangement to his client the latter disapproved of it where upon the attorney advanced to him the whole amount dae on the principal note, less a col lecting fee, and became, himself, the owner of the note. Afterwards, the client refunded to the attorney what he had advanced and took the note back. All this time the suit on it was still pending : Held 1. That B, the creditor, was bound to no diligence touching the collection of the colla teral note ; and was not even authorized to put the same in suit. 2. That he was not precluded by the forego, ing facts from collecting the whole amount of the principal note in the pending action. Judgment Affhmed. Aiken fur plaintiff ia error. Underwood for defendant. Stanton 1 vs. [-Debt. From Newton. Burge. ) Lumpkin, c. j. 1. A plea of non est factum may bo filed and sworn to by an executor. And may be done after the appearance term—even on the ap peal. < 2. Ad affidavit to the truth of a plea, pur porting to be sworn to in open Court, is good on evidence. Holland 1 vs. V Misdemeanor. From Murray. The State. ) Walker, J. Distilling whiskey from the seed-of millet or sugar cane, was made penal by the Act of 1862, under the terms “other grain.” A legislative construction of these words, to that effect, is deducible from the Act of 1863, Judgment Affirmed. Dabney for plaintiff in error. Parrott, Sol. Gen. for the State. Religious Intelligence. Archbishop Cullen ha 9 been created a Car dinal. Thore is a bibie in the library of the Uni versity of Gottingen written on 5,476 palm leaves. Some two hundred people are said to have been converted at the revival in Girard, Pa. The devil has work enough for ail his friends but he pays their wages in fuel. A general Convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association of the United States and Canada met at Albany recently, We are pleased to report that Bishop Soule, though feeble, is comfortable. He is able to be about his room. The Kentucky Espieopal Convention has elected Rev. George Cummings, of Chicago, assistant bishop of the diocese. The richest 'church in Boston is the Old South, which is taxed this year for $435,000 worth of leal estate. Tho Baptists number, in the country. 13,434 churches, 8,379 ministers, and 1,116,708 mem* bers. This includes North and South. Rev. Silas Bailey, D D, formerly well known in Eastern Connecticut, has accepted the Pro fessorship in the Theological Seminary, Kala mazoo, Mich. Rev G. B. Baecher was ordained pastor of the Howe street church, New Haven, on Fri day of last week. The charge to the pastor wus made by Rev. Prof. Stowe, of this city. The Cavalry Baptist Church, the finest church edifice in Washington, built by the munifi cence of Amos Kendall, was dedicated last Sunday". A aermon, strongly anti-slavery, was preached. Addressing the children of a Sabbath School in New York, a French clergyman invoked the Divine blessing upon the little mutttons mean ing the lambs. The Berlin Cathedral is doomed to destruc tion within two years. A much larger Cathe dral, according to plans approved by the late king, is to be built on the same site. * Prof. Tischendorf, the biblical critic and die* coveror of the “Codex Sinaiticus,” has receiv ed from the Emperor of Austria the cross of the order of Francis Joseph. Os the 2,336 Episcopal clergymen in the United States, 642 have changed parishes du ring the past year, and 500 are now out of em ployment. The Maine Conference of the M. E. Church, North, passed the usual resolutions against traitors, and the sum of all villanies, endorsed Congress and denounced the President. The officers of a widely advertised oil com pany are under arrest at Philadelphia for con spiring to defraud the stockholders. Among the accused are two well known clergymen. “An immense quantity of modern confession of sin, even when honest, is merely a sickly egotism, which will rather gloat over its own evil than lose the centralization of its interest in itself. A woman named Mary Noblest, was arrested recently ia Knox county, Ohio, for stealing meat and robbing and burning a church library. It is said ahe soola the meat and thou stole the library to cook the meat with. Rev. A. L Stone has bean “surprised” in San Francisco by a party of ladies of his con gregation, who, in the absence of himself and family, filled his housa with new furniture and his iarder with provisions, and tea ready for him on his return home. The sixty-seventh anniversary of the Lou don Religious Tract Society, celebrated last month, exhibited as the result of the year’s operations, including the balance at the begin ning, £107,255 received, and £105,884 expend ed. An attempt is being made in North Carolina to disfranchise ministers ot the Gospel, upon the ground that they are exempt from the per formance of certain civil service, such as work iag on the road, sitting on juries, &c. In the Episcopal Convention of the Mary land Diocese, Bishop Whittingham being too iti to preside, it was proposed to elect an as sistant Bishop, but on the representation of his physicians that his health is not permanently impaired, it was postponed. Rev. Dr. Mullens, from India, reports that, “In South Travancore he found three hundred native teachers, all understanding the English language, and one hundred of whom could speak it with tolerable fluency, and many suf ficiently matured in gift and grace to justify their ordination as Christian pastors.” Savage Island was thus named by Capt. Cook because of the barbarity of the inhabitants. A Biiptist’'missionary, Mr. Lewis, reports that he “found there a people prepared of the Lord, for, by the efforts of a native teacher left there, the people had been constrained to cast away all their idols; and now in that Savage Island there are one thousand and seventy church members ” The Methodist bodies in the United States are eight in number as follows : 1. The Metho dist Episcopal Church ; 2. The Episcopal Methodist Church, or Methodist Episcopal Church, South ; 3. The Protestant Methodist , 4. The "Wesleyan Methodist Connection ; 5. In dependent ile'.hodists ; 6. Free Methodists ; 7. Primitive Methodists ; and 8. Bible Christians. Tweniy-thr?e young men, thirteen of them members of the senior class of Yale, were on Sunday received into the College Church, New Haven. Nearly forty persons, mostly young people, were on the same day admitted as members of the Howo street church. These are but a part of the fruits of the religious interest in these churches the past winter. The Baptists of New Jersey are erecting a building to be used as a classical and scientific institute at Hightstown. It is to be 243 feet long, the main building 60 feet square and four stories high. Tbo corner-stone of the building will be laid with appropriate services on Thurs day, the I4th of June. The building stands in the midst of a compas3 of eight acres, which is washed by a beautiful body of water. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Great Britain. The in the Reformed Bill was re sumed in the House of Commons on the 4th of June, when a great number of speakers took part in the discussion. Earl Grcsvenor declared his intention to support the Government, and hoped the amend ment of Capt. Hay ter would be withdrawn; because, if adopted, it would defeat the bill and turn out the Government. Mr. Gladstone, in a calm speech, declared that the bill had been deliberately prepared, that the intentions of the government weie sincere and earnest on the subject, that a grave responsibility would rest with those who de feated the desire to pass the measure, and that in uniting the two bills government had acted in a spirit of conciliation and compromise. The London Times says there can, indeed, be no question that the critical relations be tween Austria, Prussia and Italy have saved the ministry. The Morning Herald says the reform bills have come into committee, there to find their doom. The London Post and London Advertiser anticipate the withdrawal of the bills. Spain. The Spanish authorities have issued a decree increasing the strength of the standing army to 85,000 men. The semi-official “Correspondence” states that the Spanish squadron merely withdrew after bombarding Callao, on account of the orders ic had received. Retrospection. The days of our boyhood, will they never come back, The years that were brightest, have they faded forever, W ill the foot prints of time never retrace their track, The freshness of youth, will it come again, never. Shall we live but in dreams, o’er the days that are gone, Are they shadows, those visions, those mem ories olden, Adown the old paths, of life’s sunny morn Shall we ne’er again walk, iu days that were golden ! Will the dark shady woods, with their richness of green, Ne’er woo us to worship, mid their shrines ne er more ? Will the soft sighing winds, through the quiv ering sheen, Ne’er sing us to sleep, as in old days of ywre. Will the brook never flow, with the silvery sound As laughing it kissed, the old stepping stone, Dues the grass grow as green, on our old tryst ing ground, Is the sentinel oak, with ivy o’er grown ? Does the nodding birch tree still bend to the brink, Half hiding, half shading the moss dripping siting ; Our faces were mirrowed as we ‘stooped there to drink? Rude print of life’s changes, that mirror would bring. Ah, the days that are gone, they’ll never come back. Tko castles we built, time rudely has shat tered. The hearts that wore true, the friends that we know, Some sleep iu the grave, some widely are scattered. ’Tis sad to grow old; the world is so cold, The struggle for .self, crushes feelings we cherish, In life’s eager race, new shadows we chase And dreams, in the grave ot dead hopes, rude ly perish. Aiken. Sketch of the Life of Wm. W, Seaton. William W. Seaton was born in Janunry 11, 1785, on the paternal estate in King William County, Virginia, one of a family of four sons and three daughters. At the good old mansion he passed his childhood. There, too, accord ing to what was then the wont In Virginia, he trod the iirst steps of learning, under the guid ance of a domestic tutor, a decayed gentleman, old aud bed-ridden; for the only part left him of a genteel inheritance was the gout. But when it became necessary to send his riper pro geny abroad, for moro advanced studies, Mr. Seaton very j ustly bethought him of going along with them; and so betook himselt, with his whole family, to Richmond, where he was the possessor of houses enough to afford him a good habitation and a genteel income. Hero, then, along with his brothers and sisters, William was taught, through an ascending Beries of schools, until, at last, he arrived at what was the wonder of that day—thq academy of Ogilvie, the Scotchman. The writer does not know if it had ever b9on designed that,young Seaton should proceed from Ogilvio’s classes to the more systematic courses of a college. Possibly not. Even among the wealthy, at that time, home educa tion was often employed. The children of both sexes were committed to the care of private tutors, usually young Scotchmen, the graduates of Glasgow, Edinburgh, or Aberdeen, sent fiver to the planter, upon order, along with his yearly supply of goods, by his merchant abroad. Or else the sons were SBnt to select private schools, like that of Ogilvie, set up by men of such abilities and scholarship as were supposed capable of performing the whole work of institutions. At any rate, our youth, without further pre paration, at about the age of eighteen, entered earnestly upon the duties of life. He fell at once into his vocation—impelled to it, no doubt, by the ambition for letters and public affairs which the lessons of Ogilvie usually produced. Party ran high. Virginia politics, flushed with recent success, had added to the usual passions of the contest those of victory. Into the novelties of the day our student ac cordingly plunged, in common with nearly all others ot a like age and condition. He be came, ia shoit, a politician. Though talent of every other sort abounded, that of writing promptly and pleasingly did not. Young Seaton was found to possees this, and, there fore, soon obtained leave to exercise it as assis tant editor of one of the Richmond journals. He had already made himself acquainted with the art of printing, in an office where he became the companion and friend ot the late Thomas Ritchie,"and it is more than probable that many of his youthful “editorials” were “set up’’ by his own hands. Attaining by degrees a youthful reputation, he received an invita tion to take the sole charge of a respectable paper in Petersburg, the Republican, the edi tor and proprietor of which, Mr. Thomas Field, was about to leave toe country for some months. Acquitting himself here with great approval, ho won invitation to a still better position, that of the proprietary editorship of the North Carolina Journal, published at Hali fax, the former capitai of that State, and the only newspapor there. He acoepted the offer, and became the master of his own independent journal. Os its being so he proceeded at once to give his patrons a somewhat decisive token. They were chiefly Federalists ; it waa a region strongly Federal ; and the gazette itself had always maintained the purest Federalism ; but he forthwith changed its politics to Republican. There can be no doubt that he who made a change so manly conducted his paper with spirit. Yet ho must have done it also with that wise and winning moderation and fair ness which have since distinguished him and his associate. William W. Seaton conld never have fallen into anything of the temper or the taste, the morals or the manners, which are now so widely the shame of the American press; he could never have written in the ill spirit of mere party, so as to wound or even offend the good men of an opposite way of thinking. The inference is a sure one from his character; and is confirmed by what we know to have happened during his editorial career among the Federalists of Halifax. In stead of his paper’s losing ground under the circumstances just mentioned, it really gaiund so largely and won so much the eeteemrof boil, sides, that, when he desired to dispose of it, in order to seek a higher theatre, be easily sold the property for double what it had cost him. It was now that he made his way to Raleigh, the new State capital, and became connected with the Register. Nor was it long before this connection was drawn yet closer by his happy marriage with the lady whose virtues and ac complishments have so loDg been the modest, yet shining ornament and charm of his house hold and of the society of Washington. After this union he continued his previous relationship with the Register until he came to the metropol is to join all his fortunes with those of his brother-in-law. From this point, of course, their stories, like their lives, become united, aud merge, with a rare concord, into one.— They have had no bickerings, no misunder standing, no difference of view which a con sultation did not at once reconcile; they have never known a division of interests; from their common coffer each has drawn whatever he chose; and, down to this day, there has never been a settlement of accounts between them. What facts could better attest not merely a singular harmony of character, but an admir aute conformity of virtues? South Carolina Items. The garrison has been removed from Abbe ville. Capt. Becker of the Bureau still remains and will continue to discharge the duties of his office. The detachment of the 30th Mass. Regt. Vols , on duty at Chester for the last six weeks, have been relieved by Cos. K. Bth Regt. Regulars under command of Lient. Colonel Bliss, U. S. a! John A Headrick was confirmed by the Senate of the United States on Monday last as Collector of Customs at Beaufort, S. C. The same paper 6ays Coronor Writing held an inquest on Thursday, upon the body of a freed mau named Moses Magwood, found lying dead in a cart on South Bay. From the evidence elicited it appears deceased arrived in this city Wednesday from James Island, ar.frwas tsken with a hemorrhage of the lungs, which caused his death. The Jury rendered in a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The Orangeburg Times says, last Saturday afternoon, while Mr. William Ray was attend* ing to the machinery of his grist mill, which had become deranged, his head was caught be tween the shaft and a beam and his skull was crashed, resulting in instantaneous death. Mr Ray was highly esteemed in the town as a hard working, industrious and useful citizen, and his untimely death will be severely feit by h e famiiy and friends. His body was interred Sunday afternoon in the Roman Catholic cem etery, with Masonic honors. The Murat family are said to be at this mo ment more urgent, than ever for the payment of money due them from the Italian Govern ment, amounting to ten millions of dollars. Redding Tours. By way of variation, and for the purpose of breaking the monotony which has grown out of olt repeated discussions of Reconstruction Re* poits, Tax and Bureau Bills,. Bankrupt Laws and Constitutional Amendments. \V C present herewith an article on “wedding tours,” which being well written by some Jenkins, will be read with interest by all, or at least a very large class: Travelers and conductors, says the Philadel* phia Ledger, are beginning to notice on the railroads a more than usual number of spring and summer weeding tourists. Ready money is abundant, and to just that sort of amount that few men in these days can find any more Useful or profitable investment of it than in get ting married. Those bachelors, old and young who have made their fortunes' within the last three years in oil or coal, or railroad stocks, or. war contracts, fjfcd this a convenient season for resting a few mouths, takiug a wife aud making a marriage tour to Europe, spreading themseves in Paris, and doing the Great Exibition, Italy, Great Britain, and the rest of the world in half a year These tourists get out of sight of the Ameri can world, and are not worth our notice here, for, with them all is conventional and regulated simply by one consideration—the amount of money they have to spend. Jenkins arranges it &II and publishes it in the newspapers. But there is another far more interesting and unsophisciated class who daily catch the eye of the conductor, and are recognized by him and all old travelers on railroads and steamers at a glance—the bridegrooms and their brides who travel by themselves a few hundred miles on their toars, followed to the cars by weeping, yet happy, bald-headed fathers. On all the routes leading to and from Niagara they are to be seen. They have private suits.of rooms pre-engaged at all the stopping places, and have evidently the. idea that they have so arranged matters that they are not and cannot be known as bridal tourists. This is not that they are ashamed of each other, but simply that their enjoyment is< in each other’s society, and they do not want to be criticised and remarked upon by profane strangers. So they lancy they are traveling incog. And yet how easy it is to the careful eye to tell how many days or even hours they have been married, by the very pains they take to seem either like oid married folks or cousins as they promenade on the deck of the steamer, or sit ever demurely in the cars. Their dress detects them in part. It is all so neat, symmetrical and new. It the parties have good taste, there is not a spark of showiness about their attire. All glitter and display are laid aside, and she who was a fashionable belle last winter, and drove out in such splendid satins and silks to do her shopping, is now posi tively more liko a Quaker in a simple traveling dress of mouse or drab color. Often the young culprits pretend for a while to be playing at lovers or flirtation, but it will not do. There is too much quiet happiness in their eyes for sparkle and wit and lcpartcc; too much soft ness and tenderness in their confidential whis pers, and such a sense of possession of each other that none in the cars are deceived for live minutes. Generally the bridegroom discovers this first, and throws his artn easily round the shoulders of his wife, as much as to say defiantly to tho curious, “You cannot tell but what we havo been married these many years.” Not tell 1 There is a sort of guiltiness and slyness in the way that arm steals round, first on top of the seat back, then gradually closer, and a silent, pleased, unperceiving acquiescence on the part, of the bride. Indeed, it is she who tells the tale most quickly. The broad guage seats are too broad. She seems to prefer the narrower Penn sylvania measure ; and if you sit on any . seat back of them, it may be noticed that the lady’s shoulders are not even—they incline just a fits tie, and unpcrccivedly, while she is sitting up rightly, to her broad seat and boarded partner. For a few hours thus they travel, but in the long run, the head gravitates to the husband’s supporting shoulder, and there it will nestle in nocently and confidingly in the happiness of honest, truthful love. Sometimes in spite of all precautions, a tress or two of rich black hair will get loose, and stray and fall down. But that bride’s treses arc so exquisitely silky and combed, and polished, that there is Order and neatness in their very disorder and abandon. It is, in fact, the confusion of the high and virtuous Eeif-rcspect and honest pride of the maiden stepping out into anew faith And these young folks fancy themselves fc lost in the crowd—unnoticed, unknown, and with the secret that they are but just married. Blessed innocents ! But even those who .dis cover them must wish them God speed in their , new path, which may lead to happiness or sor row, as they start right or begin wrong. Tlic Bangers of Pitch. SAD PLIGHT FOR LOVERS. Night before last, as the moon rose over the hill and tree-tops, gilding the spires of our beautiful city with her silvery rays, there might have been seen upon the roof of an Egyptian cottage, which ia flat, and covered with pure white gravels and pitch, a couple of lovers, seated, enjoying the beauty of the scene, and “Though few the hours, the happy moments few ; So warm with heart, so rich with love they flew, That their full souls forgot the will to roam, And rested there, as in a dream at home.” The sun during the day had been very warm and thus they met to spend the fleeting hours of twilight, enjoying the pleasant breeze that floated up from the magnolia garden beneath, and interchanging those eoul-longinge and the warm affections for each other. Seated near each other, the lovers sat ; with one arm he encircled the waist of the beautiful creature at his side, “Her little hand lay gently, confidingly in his,” and all passed quietly and lovingly until the bell tolled the midnight hour. “None hut the loving and beloved, Should be awake at this sweet hour.” The tolling of the bell reminded them that “Tired nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep,” was requisite for lovers as well as others. Still seated near each other the plighted vows were aaaiD and again exchanged, and sealed with kissed like “Linked sweetness long drawn out.” At length, after many vain attempts to sever these pleasant pleasures, the transported lov yers found that they were bound to each other by more sticking bonds than lover’s vows. The hot sun had meited the pitch, and after sitting so long, and the night air having cooled tbe resinous matter, they found they were both “stuck fast.” The young gentleman first attempted to disengage himself, but found, like aunt Jemima’s plaster, “the more you try to pull it off, the ligher it sticks the faster.” The young lady then attempted to get up, which she did, minus tbe skirt of her dress, and all her under clothes, as far as the “tilt- ’ era.” In this plight she attempted to relievo her disconsolate partner, but it was of no use, he couldn’t come. After some parley, he came to the conclusion he could manage ic by slip ping out of his pants. Accordingly he asked of his companion if she could lend him a pair . of pants until he could go homo She thought her pa’s would do if they were not too long.— With this information he slipped off his boots, and loosing his suspenders, drew himself out of his pants as easily as possible, and the dis consolate couple took themselves down stairs in a very blushing manner, and looking very mnch like our first parents when they discov ered that they were human. The iady pro-* cured, as quietly as possible, a pair of her father’s pants, which were run into pretty quick, and the Adonis decamped with his pants rolled up about six inches. The joke was too good to be kept; by little and little it leaked out until the truth had to come to ex culpate tbe happy innocents.— Memphis Argus , June 20. India. The Bombay mail of the 13ih had been re- disasters were anticipated at Bombay from the state of tbe cotton market, and a few great firms were expected to suffer very severe ly. Half a million bales of cotton tad been shipped since the Ist of January, and t Uppers would have to sustain a loss ot 3d., 4J. oi od. per lb. A Calcutta telegram of May 28th reports the goods market much depressed and sales small, Gen. Forrest as a Farmer. A correspondent of the Memphis Appeal says : “We were pleased to see that General Forrest is so well satisfied with his planting arrange ments. We met him on the river bank, and the General was dressed in blue pants and grey coat, and his hands denoted that he had been at labor. His face is cheerful and striking, and altogether he is the handsomest man I have met since leaving Boston.” Mr. Washburne, of Illinois, then movod that the Senate amendments be laid upon tbe table ; which was not agreed to—Yeas 40, nays 74.