Newspaper Page Text
(Bminrr.
<
: ‘ I 1
:
ATLANTA, NOVEMBER 2, 1855.
Third and Fourth Pages.
Democratic Anti Know Nothing Mass
Meeting.
The Federal Union suggests Tuesday eve
ning, Nov. 6th as the time, and the Represen
tative Chamber at Milledgeville as the place
for the proposed meeting. Let us have a “rou
ser.” Go everybody—and carry all your friends.
Letter of Gov. Johnson.
The New York Daily News, of the 24th in
stant, contains a letter written by Gov. John
son, in reply to an invitation extended to him
to attend the Democratic Mass Meeting, recent
ly held in New York. We transfer the letter
to our columns to-day; and invite the atten
tion of our readers to it. If it does not breathe,
in its every line, the true Southern doctrine
then nothing can, and paper and ink are wast*
cd in all attempts to defend Southern Rights.
The Shades.
Lovers of good things who v’sit Augusta
arc advised to give Messrs. Plumb & Hatch,
whose card will be found in another column, a
call. We confess our inability to do justice to
their popular establishment except in a practi
cal way ; but we can assure those interested
tliat in catering for the inner man, the proprie
tors of the “Shades” lay everything like com
petition completely “in the shade.”
Drugs and Medicines.
It is hardly ncccssa'y for us to do more than
. refer the reader to the card' of Messrs. D. B.
Plumb & Co., of Augusta. They are so well
and so favorably known as dealers in pure
Drugs and Medicines that commendation from
us would be superrogation. This much we will
say, however, they are as liberal as ever, in
their advertising favors—the very best evidence
possible that they will be liberal with patrons.
Cyclopedia of American Literature.
We have been favored with specimen advan
ced sheets of this work, which promises to be a
valuable acquisition to the American Library.
Its biographies, solar as wc have examined,
are of unusual interest, and arc not the trashy
rehashes of old and stale incidents thrown loose
ly and without order together; but, on the con
trary, the work shows much industrious re
search, and is a collection of historical and bi
ographical data which make up a work of far
' more than ordinary value to the American rea
der. See advertisement in another column.
Southern Literary Messenger.
We see a notice in the last Messenger that
the close of the 21st volume will, in all proba
bility, close the issue of the work altogether,
which wo cannot but regard os a great calami
ty ; bnt fop which wc can naturally enough ac
count in the universal indifference manifested by
the Southern public in home literary enterprises.
Putnam flourishes upon the patronage of the
South, while its pages teem with hostility to
slavery, and trash a la Stowe, but the Messen
ger, whose purity of morals, and Southern sen
timent hsis never been questioned, falls from its
high position, the last prop of Southern litera
ture, and languishes and dies in order that our
slavish dependence upon Northern publishers
may bo incontrovertably established. Enough
now has been done by Southern men against
Soutcrn literary enterprises; in Gori’s name let
the work of destruction cease.
Henry Vernon.
Tire newspapers teem with laudatory notices
of this work, aud recommend it to Southern
readers in tones of earnest eloquence. There is
something about the idea of a home production
of this character, which, even were the work of
no merit—which is far from being the case—
makes it particularly interesting. That a
literary production, purely Southern in its get
ting up should succeed, is something so unusual
as to bo unaccountable, except from the fact
that the reputation of the author is sufficient to
break down the musty barrier of indifference
which has yearly grown higher and more for
midable betw.cn Southern patronage and South
ern genius. Mr. Smythe has succeeded in ma
king a breach in the heretofore impregnable
wall which we hope will not be closed after him,
and through which we hope to see him again
effectually besiege the Malikoff of indifference
which so many before him have attempted in
vain. A few more such projectiles as Henry
Vernon might arouse the garrison, and taking
it by storm, turn the current of its patronage
ito inta legitimate channel.
Infirmary for Negroes.
Among the many handsome and commodi
ous buildings of which our sister city Augusta
boasts, none struck us with such peculiar pleas
urc ’n cx.auutimr, as the Infirmary for negroes,
erected by the Drs. Campbell, on Jackson
street. We were shown through the building
by one of the proprietors and were not less sur
prised than gratified with its arrangement and
the conveniences which it affords patients. It
would seem that invention has been taxed to its
utmost to supply the wants of the unfortunates
for whose accommodation these philanthropic
gentlemen have incurred snch heavy expense.—
The buildings and fixtures have cost these gen
. tiemen $21,000, a round sum for such a pur
pose, and one that will open the eyes of those
bogus philanthropists at the North who com
plain so zealously of the horrid treatment of
Southern slave's. When they show such a build
ing for unfortunate white men in their midst,
their sincerity will be less questioned,
The Infirmary is capable of accommodating
fifty patients, comfortably without being at all
crowded, and the arrangement for ventilation
obviates entirely the bad effect incident to bo
large a number of patients, by keeping each
room supplied with an abundance of fresh air
Water, hot and cold, with bathing facilities
are supplied each room, by an admirable ar
rangement. and arc ready at al! times. The
opcratmg rt>„m is Inrge with all the modern ap
pliances, and well lighted. Indeed the whole
establishment reflects credii upon the intelli
grace and humanity of the proprietors, whose
reputation as experienced practitioners and sur
geons are coequal with the fume of the Audits,
ta Medical College, of.Which they have Veen
for a long series of years Professors in the au-
Utuietxl and surgical departments. W? take
pleasure in inviting attention to their card ffi
oar weakly paper.
The Navy Retired List.
In another column will be found an article ’
upon this subject which strikes us as being the
most liberal and just of all the comments we
have seen. It is to be regretted that in the ap
plication of a general rule, imperative demand
ed by the cxegencies of the service, that some
individual cases should have occurred in which
the application has proven a hard-ship, and
none more than ourselves, sympathise .with such
cases, or would sooner repair the injury thus
done them; but we question that sort of pa
triotism which, in view of the imperative neces
sity for the rule, would overthrow it, and con
temn the commissioners merely because its op
eration, in isolated cases—which could not be
provided against without just cause of com
plaint. to others—has proven disasterous to per
sonal interests. If there is any way in wvhieh
to repair such personal hardships, without prej
udice to the board, wc say let it be done; if not
they must make the most of it—the interests of
the service must never be made to succomb to
private interests, aud a pare patriotism will not
demand it
Savannah and Charleston Merchants.
It will be seen by reference to our advertising
columns that the Savannah and Charleston
merchants are making renewed efforts to secure
the great northwest trade which divides at this
point, throwing into the expectant bauds of
both the wealth of upper Georgia, North Ala
bama, and East Tennessee. Those who make
the greatest efforts secure the largest trade, and
deserve it, too.
Upon our first page will be * found the card
of Messrs. Lynn & Snider, Forwarding and gen
eral Commission Merchants, Savannah, Georgia,
who will promptly respond to orders for their
services. Messrs. Copper & Frasier, are en
gaged in the same business, in the same place,
and deserve their full share of patronage. See
advertisement on inside.
Ogden & S arr, Shipping and Commission
Merchants, will be found prompt and attentive
i to the wants of patrons.
All these houses are entirely reliable, and
I th >se who prefer the Savannah market, will do
- well to select from the list. Those who visit,
i and trade with Charleston will find
I Messrs. Heriot & Petit, in the Forwarding
i and Commission business ;
Messrs. Caldwell & Pagan in the same; and
. Messrs. Mordecai & Co in the Auction and
Commission line—they are also agents for the
Steamer Isabel, between Charleston and Ha
vana, a fine boat and a safe one.
See the advertisements of each, and remem
ber those who advertise most always stand the
’ test of trial best. Men who are afraid to bring
themselves into notice generally dodge investi
gation.
■ Fall of a Building—Miraculous Escape
of Four Persons.
Oct. Wth—9 o’oclook p. m.
The interior of a largo three story building,
on Peachtree street, the first floor of which
was occupied by J, R. High & Co., as a Gro
cery store, fell in this evening about half past
eight o'clock, covering in the ruins four persons
who were in the store, and young Ed. Cal
' honn who was in his father’s office, up stairs.
It is gratifying to state that all escaped with
out serious injury. The excitement created,
was intense, aud for a short time the anxiety of
friends of those in the horse was indeed heart
, rendering to witness. A crowd collected in
stantly, and the efforts of several noble spirits
in extricating those inside from their perilous
position, were particularly commendable. It is
believed that there is now no one in the ruins.
The building was the property of Messrs- Grant
and Williams. Up to the time of writing no
satisfactory cause is assigned for the calamity.
The loss is heavy both upon tlie owners’ and
occupants.
Miss Eliza Logan.
This distinguished lady is playing to crowd
ed houses in Boston. The clip the following
notice from the Boston Dispatch, which we
cannot say we altogether endorse, for wo are
far from considering Lucretia Borgia, and
the other characters cxceptioned, as “beyond
the reach’’ of Miss Txtgan. The compliment to
her ocoentation is altogether just, and will be
reiterated by every one who has ever heard her.
“We always dislike to criticise Eliza Logan,
from fear that our partiality for her may lead
us into extravagance. She has faults, but her
impersonations are so impassioned, so earnest, so
delightful, that even when sheattempts charac
ters beyond her reach, like Lady Teazle, Lu
cretia Botgia and Adelgia, the spectator goes
away perfectly satisfied. If a foreigner were to
ask our advice as to whom l:e should take les
sons of, to obtain the best pronunciation of the
English language, we should suggest a study
Miss Logan's enunciation. The words fall from
her lips like beautiful diamonds. Every conso
nant and vowel receives its duo weight,"the ac
cent and emphasis are always laid in the right
place, mid her action, tho' wanting in intensity
w hich characterizes the representations of some
other tragediennes that might be named.
U, invariably pleasing. No one will re
gret an evening at the Museum, during her cn
gamcment.”
Miss Logan willjacccpt our thanks for her
attention and our assurance that nothing would
gratify our public more than to see her again
in our little Athamcum during the season, a
wish which finds an echo from every city South.
Know Nothingism in Virginia.
I, was in Virginia that Know Nothingism
wa* first attempted to be transplanted into
Southern sou—it was that noble old State that
first sot its ,sal of condemnation upon the en
ter; rise ; and now every other State, true
to the interest:- of the South, lias folk wed her
ex. mple, it is iu Virginia that the leaders of
th? ’ randed order endeavor to inveigle the peo
ple into its support by patching up the dama
ged h. .: tad removing what they fondly imag
ined wits the most objectionable feature of the
order.
At a recent State Convention in that State
they adopted the following:
“ Resolved, (as the judgment of this Conven
tion.) That all ceremonies of initiation into the
American party should be disccnt nued and al!
obligations es secrecy removed : that its meet
ings should bo open and public, and its pro
ceedings conducted in accordance with the 1 or
dinary usages of political bodies: and that we
invite the co operation of all good men who ap
prove the principles and objects of the partv."
Hereafter, in Virginia, all the "ceremonies
and obligations " are to be removed, and “its
proceedings conducted in accordance with the
ordinary usages of political bodi s!” Good 1
Here is a tacit admission that the secrccv fea
ture is a barn fide objection, an. that all the
arguments against it heretofore urged by the
opponents of the order, and «o earnestly com
batted by its otgans, arc sound, and should be
yielded to.
Being tt'Jpped into this concess on, they de
serve but little credit for its making, but we
expect soon to hear every State Council adept
•ug thia resolution, and its organs peit'ng '
a hearty approval, and holding up"the party as I
being without spot or blemish after the lopping 1
off of the secret feature. Men who are virtuous
from necessity generally get little credit for it,
and we imagine this repenting and forsaking of
one of their many sins will not strike the peo
ple of the South as particularly commendable
in the leaders of the party, since that repent
ance ecema to have resulted more from punish
ment for, than conviction of, sin. These death
bed repentances are sometimes preached against
from the pulpit, and the doctrine may, in this
particular instance, be appropriately applied
politically.
But the removal of secrecy is far from clear
ing the skirts of the order entirely from sin.—
Its poscriptive feature is worse, if possible, than
its secrecy, but we see nothing in the Virgin
ia meeting that looks like repentance for this
sin. And there are others which demand the
pruning knife, quite as much as the secret fea
ture—indeed we cannot see whore the knife
could be better applied than at the root, and
the Virginia Council would have better enti
tled itself to the applause of the people of that
State, and theentire South, if they had at once,
and good humoredly, “acknowledged the corn"
and come out of the order altogether instead'
of compromising and intriguing for a lost posi
tion. When the order is purged of all its sins
we expect to open our arms to grasp, in affec
tionate embrace nothing ; for there will
be nothing left. • .
Jonse Hooper on the Scent at Last.
If there is one man in the editorial fraternity
whose coolness has impressed us more particu
larly than any other it is friend Hooper of the
Montgomery Mail. He is one of those phleg
matic genuiscs whose cquanamities are seldom
disturbed by anything less than an earthquake,
when ho manifests any considerable degree of
excitement, it may safely be set down as re
sult ing from some very startling cause, indeed.
He met “Yellow Jack” with the familiarity of
an old friend, and actually stared that usually
terror-producing individual out of countenance,
and camo out of the fight with scarcely a
scratch. Yet with all his coolness he seems to
be ‘powerfully exercised” by the defeat of his
pet American scheme, and day after day at
tempts to wriggle out of it, by speculating up
lon its causes. Yellow Jack, with him, is a
i fool to Democracy—the former only attacked
his attenuated corporosity, but the latter laid
violent hands upon his political divinity, and
while he can magnanimously let the vanquished
alone, the conqueror of his worshipped scheme,
comes in for a daily quantum of abuse, which
is not less significant of his political soreness,
than surprising to those who, like ourselves,
have before entertained such flattering ideas of
his good nature. We wouldn’t of course, pre
i tend to solve a problem which not all his in
vention can unravel (were our Senior at home,
he might assist him,) bnt we venture to suggest
■ that Jonse has stumbled inadvertently upon the
i real cause of all his troubles, in an article in
his issue of the 29 th. He seem astonish (Jonse
Hooper astonished—just think of it!) tliat the
1 Ameican party, with all its beanties, didn’t take
with the dear people, and amongst other things,
- exclaims
“ There was the American Platform, sounder
and more constitutional and more favorable to
' the South, than ever was National Platform be
fore
Now, Jonse, how does it happen that, if it
■ was really so sound and favorable to the South,
those same dear people couldn’t be marie to ap-
1 preciate it? That's the question! You see
1 they didn't believe it, but, on the contrary, at-
■ ter discussing it thoroughly and hearing your
■ arguments for it, and those of your cotempora
ries, urged with unusual eloquence, and listen-
■ ing to the respectful, if not less earnest argu-
I merits of your opponents, they calmly, firmly,
ami in terms not to be misunderstood, decided
that you were wrong—that there were some
very serious objections to this model platform
of yours, which, with all your foresight, yon
, had failed to discover. Now, which is wrong,
, you, or the people?
Does’ut it strike you as possible —mind, wc
don't say it is so—but isn’t it possible that your
, glorification spectacles were screwed up to such
, a “sight” that you saw nothing else in the doc
ument you laud so extravagantly, but the ac
knowledgement of the existence of a supreme
being, aud the axiom that “Americans only
shall rule America?’’ Come now, the people
have adjusted those glasses to a “plain sight,”
look again and perhaps you may find such pas
sages as this : “the preservation of the union is
the primary object of patriotic desire;” the
avowal “that all doubtful or disputed points,
may only be legally ascertained aud expounded
by the judicial power of the Un ted States,"—
these may assist yon in accounting for this won
derful defeat, and relieve unoflvnding Democra
cy from the awful charges you heap upon it.—
Be reasonable dear fellow, aud think whether
snch federal doctrines are “favorable to the
South?” You remember what the Georgia
platform said was the primary object—not the
union itself, but the rights it was intended to
perpetuate. The dear ]>eople were already
committed to that platform, all over the South,
and you couid'nt reasonably expect them to
swallow both.
But we are glad to see our friend pushing his
investigations in this matter, for he cannot fai]
to see the cause if he pursues the subject far
enough, and we heartily concur with him in
the prediction that “it will al! come right."
A New Cotton Country.
The Liverpool Times, of Sept. 29th, contains
an article on the cultivation of Cotton on the
West coast of Africa. A lot of eighteen bales
was recently received in Liverpool, and sold by
a Manchester broker at 7d. per pound, while
Orleans of the same class was selling at 6 r
6 l-2d.
The Times says that Mahommedanism is
greatly on the increase in that part of Africa,
its missionaries being Moors from the shores of
the Mediterranean, who assume the two-fold
character of merchants and followers of the
Prophet, and have been much more successful
than the English missionaries.
A new company has been formed for the pur
pose of extending the culture of cotton in that
country, and the Times thinks it will enlist the
support of a large part of the religious public,
who think that the introduction of British cap
ital is the surest way to extend Christianity,
■ on the principle of tire worthy citizen who was
said to build churches for the glory of God and
ten per cent.’’
T.ere is. says the Savannah News, “some
importance iu this movement, as it has a bear
ing upon the production of our great staple.—
The coast of Africa will have a great advan
tage over India in the production of cotton,
and we may yet find in it a formidable compe
tition.’'
There are now sixty orphans In the
House of Refuge tit Norfolk, with none to claim
tiiem, besides those that have been provided for
in families in the city. Richmond and Peters
burg r_su nave charge of a considerable num
bsr. 1
From the New York Daily Times. ,
Important Letter from the lion. >
Herschel V. Johnson.
Executive Chamber, )
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct., 17,1855. (
Gentlemen : I have this day received your
invitation “to attend and address a mass meet
ing of the National Democratic party of the
City aud County of New York, to be held at
the'Metropolitan Theater on Monday evening,
the 22d instant, at 7 1-2 o’clock, for the pur
pose of ratifying the proceedings of our [your]
late State and County Conventions, and the
tickets nominated by them. 1 regret that
official engagements deny me the honor of ac
cepting your invitation;’for there are circum
stances connected with the political condition
of our country which would render it exceed
ingly agreeable to mingle in the ‘interesting
scenes of the occasion. As it is, I must be
permitted to substitute, in the form of a hasty
communication, a few of the many reflections
that are suggested by the signs of the times.
As the results of the war with Mexico wc
acquired extensive territorial possessions on the
Pacific coast. The. Southern States contribut
ed their full proportion of blood and treasure,
and consequently thought they were justly en
titled to a fair participation in the fruits of the
contest. Bnt they were denied it. A Briga
dier General ol the United .States Army, with
out authority of law, assumed civil power in
California, and constituting himself Territorial
Executive, proclaimed an election fer a Con
vention, and prescribed the time, place and
manner of holding the ejections, lie ordered
the Convention to form a State, and conferred
the elective franchise upon every type and shade
of people who had squatted upon the publie
domain, to plunder its golden treasures. There
were but few inhabitants from the Southern
States. They had been deterred from emigra
tion thither by Free Soil counsels which pre
vailed in Congress. The Convention met. or
ganized a State, with a constitution prohibiting
slavery, and against the protest of the slave
holding States, California was admitted into
the Union—the usurpation of the Brigadier
General was ratified —and the South deprived
of ail participation in a scope of territory sui
' ficient for ten States as large as Georgia. Was
thafjust? This was one of the aggressive fea
tures of the “Compromise Measures” of 1850.
There was another. It was necessary to or
ganize Territorial Governments for Utah aud
• New Mexico. The latter lies adjacent to Tex
as. a slaveholding State. Lynx-eyed Free
’ Soilism discovered that fog and’dust’could be
thrown over tlie question of boundary between
1 Texas and New Mexico. Its fiendish myrmi
i dons insisted that a large portion of the former
. properly belonged to the latter; and therefore
forty thousand square miles were carved out ol
Texas, given to New Nexico, and converted
1 into Free Soil. And, as if to add insult to
I injury, the public treasury was taxed to the
I tune of 810,000,000, as a bonus to Texas to
I Uribe her into tho arrangement. Was that
just?
1 And what were the compensatory features ol
, the Compromise of 1850? The South obtained
i the enactment of the “F. gitive Slave Law,’
but she has, to a great extent, failed to realize
’ its peaceful and bona fide execution. This is
' one. The other consists in the recognition o!
i the principle, that hereafter the people of the
. Territories should determine the question oi
slavery for themselves, independently of Con
gressional intervention.
’ Well, in 1850 the Southern States were put
to the test of acquiescence vd non in these
■ ‘Compromise Measures,” as a final settlement
i of the slavery agitation. Georgia acted in
, Sovereign Convention, and for the sake of her
devotion to the Union—in consideration of the
memories of the past, the fruition of the pres
' ent, and the hopes of the future—she solemnly
, resolved to acquiesce. Can the non-slavehold
ing States ask her to make further snrrendt r?
Can it be possible that they will so far forget
, the justice and disregard the sacred guarantees
. of the Constitution, as to require her and her
Southern sisters cither to submit to degrada
tion, or resort to the most appaiiug altermi
tives?
Yes: Georgia acquiesced, but she did it upon
terms. She put the world upon notice, that
she had yielded the last inch to the encroach
ments of Abolition fanaticism. The South
was then, as now, threatened with theabolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia, with the
inhibition of the iuter-State slave-trade, with
the extension of the Wilmot Proviso over th:
Territories, with the repeal of the “Fugitive
Slave law,” and with the refusal to admit any
other slave holding State into the Union.—
Still, with these threats starin: her in the face,
she acquiesced, but proudly defied the execut ion
of a single one of them. She solemnly an
nounced, "That the State of Georgia, in the
judgment of this Convention, will and ought to
resist, even (as a last resort) to a disruption ol
every tie which binds her to the Union, any ac
tion "of Congress upon the subject of slavery in
the District of Columbia, or in places subject tc
the jurisdiction of Congress, incompatibh
with the safety, domestic tranquility, the rights
and honor of the slave holding States; or any
refusal to admit as a State any Territory here
after applying, because of the existence ol
slavery therein; or any act prohibiting the in
troduction of slaves into the Territories of Utah
and New Mexico; or any act repealing or ma
terially modifying the laws in force lor the re
covery of fugitive slaves. Such was the posi
tion she took in 1850, with all the dignity that
appertains to her inviolable sovereignity and
her unsullied honor. It is her position to-duy.
rc-annonnced and re-affirmed, by the same ac
tion of both political parties, in their respective
platforms; and true to her fame, her interests
aud her rights, if she shall be put to the test,
painful though it Ik, she will maintain it “at all
hazards and to the last extremity."
Tho last Congress organized Territorial
Governments for Kansas and Nebraska. That
act repealed the Missouri restriction, of which
the South has complained lor more than thirty
years, and applied practically the principle ol
the Compromise of 1850, that the people of the
Territories should determine the question of
slavery for themselves. A large majority in
Kansas seem to be in favor of tolerating slave
ry, aud it Is probable that, at no distant period,
they will apply fur admission into the Union as
a slaveholding State. This brings up the par
amount question of the day, compared with
which all others sink into insignificance. On
the one hand, the Abolitionists and Freesoilers
threaten the rejection of Kansas as a slavehold
ing State; on the other. Georgia, in the lead of
her Southern confederates, who have generally
indorsed her position, stands pledged, if reject
ed on that account, "to resist even (as a last re
sort) to a disruption of every tie that binds her
to tne Union." The question is. how to secure
her admission ii she so apply, and at the same
time preserve the integrity of the Union? The
answer is simplb. The thing can be accom
plished if patriotism shall rise superior to fac
tion, and passion be silenced by the voice of
truth. The late elections in" the Southern
States demonstrate that the great majority of
their j>eop'e are willing to cooperate with" and
stand bv the sound constitutional men of the
North and West, if they, eschewing all affilia
tion with Abolitionists and Free toilers, will
reciprorate with firmnes aud fidelity. The
Union can be preserved in no other way." Events*
are precipitating the crisis. It is wed that the
North and South should understand each other
and look the issue full in the face. I think I
can speak for Georgia. She does not intend to
submit to the rejection of Kansas “on account
of slavery therein." She loves the Union: sir.
loves lier rights and she earnestly desires«to
preserve both. But she is immovably resolved
to maintain her rights in the Union i f she can.
out of the Union if she must. She will not act
rashly or hastily. She feels and knows that
the true men of the North can save the Con
fed racy by maintaining the constitutional
rights of the South if they will come to the
rescue. To them she otto their fears
by threats, nor to their sympathies by lachrv
mos? supplication, but to their sens,? of justice
aud patriotism, by the timely aunuunctm nt of
her standing ultima’.ion of 1850. There is hope
that the appeal will not be in vain. Georgia
remembers with gratitude the forty-four North
ern Democrats who voted for the’ Kansas-Ne
braska bill, sue is greatly encouraged by the
s»c®t dß»nH<re*cT» cf popular serittnaot, u
exhibited by the late elections in Pennsylvania
and other ncn-slaveholding States; while the
resolutions adopted by the late Convention ol
the National Democratic of parly of New
York, are well calculated to strengthen her
confidence. In a word, the beacon light ol
hope begins to throw its beams again over ;he
political sea, whose waves seemed to threatin
with wreck aud ruin the ship of State.
I cannot close this communication without
inviting special attention to one other view
suggested by the result of the late Georgia
elections. In a popular government, political
parties must needs exist; it is inevitable. In
ours, such parties, to be efficient, must not onl)
be national, but to be safe anil useful, they must
be sound—sound in their principles and sound
in their component elements. The Whig pat
ty. as a national organization, has passed nw’ay ;
it is succeeded by the Know Nothing brother
hood, which possesses neither nationality nor
soundness, lienee it is impotent for good, and
tested by its fruits is prolific of evil. The De
mocratic party remains, it is National; it i
souud in political creed; but in its comp sitioi.
are to be found unsound elements. These an
the Abolitionists and Free Soilers. They must
be excluded. North and South, let the motto
oftevery true Democrat and conservative mm
be, utter and eternal non-fellowship with each
and all, who will not recognize aud maintai:
the rights of the States—restrain the Federal
Government within its legitimate sphere, and
adhere to the Constitution according to a true,
fair aud honest interpretation. Thus purged,
the National Democracy will preserve the con
lederacy iu its integrity, for the simple reason
that it will not permit infringement upon the
rights of the States which compose it. It will
move on with harmony, "like the music of tin
spheres," and work out the glorious mission as
signed it by Providence. Just such a purification
of the National party is expected and required
by the Democracy of Georgia—aye, by a larg<
majority of the people of Georgia. As evidenci
of this, 1 extract the following resolutions from
the platform upon which we entered into tin
late State canvass:
“Resolved by the General Assembly of the
Slate of Georgia, That opposition to the prin
ciples of the Nebraska bill, in relation to the
subject of slavery, is regarded by the people of
Georgia as hostility to the people of the South
and that all persons who partake in such oppo
sition are unfit to be recognized as component
parts of any party or organization not hostile
to the South.”
That iu accordance with the above resolution
! while we are willing to act in party association
with all sound and reliable meu in every section
of the Union, we are not willing to affiliate with
any party that shall not recognize, approve and
carry out the principles aud provisions oi
the Nebraska-Kansas act: and that the Demo
cratic party of Georgia will cut off all parti
connection with cve»y man and party at the
North or elsewhere, that does not come up fully
' and fairly to this line of action.
The first of these resolutions was unanimous
( ly passed by both branches of our last Legisla
; ture, and both have been affirmed by the peo
' pie at the ballot box. The South, tn self pre
servation, must make the principle on which
they are based, a test of party affiliation. It
’ will be welcomed by all the sound meu of the
■ uon-slaveuvlding States, and drive the Aboli
■ tiouists and Free Boilers to their deus. Let tin
‘ Dejnocratic party of every section indorse it.
• and-they will attract to their ranks all trui
friends of the Constitution and the Union. Tin
r South will watch with deep solicitude the re-
■ ceptioq which it shall meet at tho hands of thi
I Democrats of the North.
; Nor is it enough that the principle of party
- affiliation, laid down by Georgia, should be re
> cognized by iu a few conventions and count}
. meetings. It must find its way into the ap-
■ preaching National Democratic Convention
. aud, being sanctioned there, constitute the invi-
> olable bond of the entire organization. If thi
; shall be done, the nationality of the party wil,
,be preserved and the the Union saved;’if not
- the former will certainly be destroyed, and the
. latter more than jeopardized.
If the National Democracy intend to con
form, iu good faith, to tho resolution of the Bal
timore platform, touching tlie subject, they wii:
not hesitate, at their next Convention in Cin
cinnati, “to eonie up fully and fairly to the lira
of action proposed.” in that resolution they
’ declare that “they will abide by and adhere to
; a faithful execution of the acts known as tin
Compromise measure.” Ope of tho principle;
established by those measures, as 1 have previ
, ously remarked, is that the people of tho Terri
tories, like those of the States, shall settle for
themselves the question of slavery, aud be ad
niitted into the Union, with or without it, a.-
they may determine. Iu the Kansas-Nebraska
act this doctrine has reeviyed a practical appli
cation. The repeal of the Missouri Prohibition
opens all tile territory ol theU. ion to the egress
1 of the slaveholder, with his property, uutram
meied by Con ressioual iutei veution, and undei
its operation Kansas may or may not become
a slaveholding estate. Hence, the Nationa
Democratic Convention of 1852 having indorsee
lx principle, it will be an easy and reasonabli
uuty for t.e Conveulion’of 1856 to make that
indorsement effectual by excluding from party
affiliation “every man and party at the Norte
or elsewhere,” who will not recognize, approvi
aud carry it out.” The Democracy of Neu
York will not hesitate, if they are true to tin
third resolution of their State Convention, a.
amended by Mr. J. B. Haskin. True Nation
al Democrats of every section will cheerfully
aud cordially co-operate upon this line of poli
cy. It is due to consistency. It is due tu till
South. It is due to the Union.
I beg pardon, gentlemen, for so large a draft
upon your patience. My zeal has betrayed me
into tiresome prolixity. I close by expressing
the fervent hope that the perils which threat
en our Union may bring to the rescue the
conservative patriotism of all who love it, and
save it frem dissolution by upholding and main
taining the rights of the States that compose
it. I have the honor to be,
Respectfully, your ob’t. serv’t.
HERSCHEL V JOHNSON.
Messrs. Alex. C. Morton, L. I*. Glover, E. W.
Clover, William Sinclair, John King.
From the Charlatan Courier.
Serious Rail Road Accident.
The train that left Augusta for this city yes
terday morning, did not arrive at the depot un
til near 7 o'clock last evening, in consequence
of a second class car having been crushed to
atoms by one of the rails ha ing given way,
at about half-past 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon
a mile and a half above Branchville." The car
was crowded, mostly with negroes, and every
one was cut more or less. Capt. Crews, the
conductor, was badly bruised about the face and
body. Mr. W. England, the baggage master,
was also badly bruised.
Mr. G. Hoffman, of Lowry’s Turn Out, was
bad'y cut about the face and arms, and Mr. J.
S. Jenkins received bruises on his head. We
are gratified to learn, however, that none of
these gentlemen are considered to be seriously
injured. Four negroes, two women, aud a boy
and a child, belonging, we batoc, to A. Ma
zyek, Esq., of St. Janies. "Santee, were hurt
more er less, but none seriously.
A train hand named Miller, had his leg bro
ken above the ancle, and seemed much injured.
I Margaret, the stewardness of the train, wus like
wise bruised. One buy. about thirteen years of
agf was so mueh injured that he cannot ’ live.—
He aud thirty others had been liberated by their
late owner in Tennessee, aud were in charge of,
the executor to the estate, on their way to Bal- j
timore. from which city they arc to take pas- i
sage to Liberia.
The scene, we are informed, was horrible in i
the extreme. The car was literally smashed to I
pieces, and some thirty or thirty-five people'
were mixed up with the broken fragments.— ■
The accident was unavoidable, and had it not 1
been for the presence <>f mind of Mr. Rabb, the'
engineer, in immediately reversing the engine, •
' ‘h? loss of life Lave been great.
Great praise is due this gentlemen. Mr. Eng-,
land, the baggage master, and Mr. Matherson,'
messenger ol Adams A Co's Express, for their I
promptness in assisting the injured.
Mrs. Partington says that a sentleman
iaugbed so heartily, that she feared he would
have “bam hie jocular vsfn.'' I
The Navy Retired List.
Amongst the many admirable articles with
which we have met in defence of tlie navy reform,
which ha ; of late excited n good deal pnblicdis
cussion, we have seen none which presents the
subject more intelligibly mid reasonably tlinn
Use following from the Daily New London (Con
necticut) Ohronicle.
“The naval retired list.—For many years
past the voice of the whole country ivas loud
.uid incessant in favor of reform in the navy—
loud not only among the officers of that arm,
but equally loud, or louder still, among those
who took any interest in it outside of the
i-stabllshnient. The press was especially vehe
ment In its denunciations of the abuses that had
•rept into its management, particularly with re
to the long list of superanuated- and ’incompe
tent officers who were retained without thcabil
ity to render any equivalent for the j>ay they
received, besides doing great Injustice to juniors
by standing between them and their chance of
promotion in the service. When a movement
was made in Congress to remove these abuses,
uid to place the navy upon a more efficient foot
:ng by winnowing the navy list of tlie inefficient
men who incumbered it, it was hailed as thi
harbinger of better times: and when the bill
actually passed, and a board was appointed for
the purpose of selecting certain ineumberents
o be placed upon a retired list, in order to give
a chance to younger and better men to rise in
profession and perform more acceptable service
:or the country, there was a universal approved
oxpreised, and none more emphatic that of the
ditorial brotherhood. They looked npon it as
the only salvation of our navy, and sure to re
vive its drooping honors, already greatly deteri
orated, and quite certain, without thts remedy,
to sink to perdition.
“The board met and discharged its duties,
and, through the general justice of its own de
cisions was acknowledged' particular cases ol
hardship occured; certaui mistakes were believed
to have been made; some officers were placid
upon the retired list who, their friends thought
ought not to hove been thus dealt by; and now.
for sooth, another loud cutcry comes from thi
people and the press against the proceedings ol
the board. The navy is now to De ruined by
cutting off those very excrescences whose reten
tion was sure to destroy its honor aud its effi
ciency! Among the presses thus complaining,
it mortifies us to see the New York Courier and
r.nquirer, a journal of which we thought better
things, and which we believed above basi ’g gen
eral opinion upon particular and isolated cases,
and incapable of permitting its personal par
tialities to bias its judgement on great questions
of national iifterests: but, for this or some othet
substantial reason, that paper has actually taken
grouud against the action of the naval board,
and talks as solemnly about ‘Star Chamber
piactice,’ the horrid crue ty of condemning
people unheard, &e., &c., as the shallowest and
most flippant whipster of the newspaper press,
Nay, the Courier, like the rest of them, is de
sirous oi seeing Congress inter ’ere, and reinstate
all the officers who have been dropped or placed
nut of the line of promotion. Thus, the nation
al legislature is to be asked to undo its owl
work, which it had bceu’so loug and so urgently
pressed to perform! \Ye protest against afi
■.his. It is unworthy of the press ami unwor
thy of the people of the United States, w ho Lave
arrived at years of discretion. It is the merest
boy’s play. It is only excusable in schoolboy
archills, who cry over the accomplishment oi
;iie very objects lor which they have been pre
viously crying because they could not reach
them soon enough. They have got their wish,
aud are weeping because they have got it.
-We certainly lament some of the results of
this retormatiou. There have been removals
which has caused us some personal pain, and
which seem to us unjust: but we do not hold
ourselves at liberty to oppose a measure of high
general interest aud importance merely because
i few ol its details aiiect our private ielittgs.—
We think our contemporaries ol the press and
ill others wpuid do well to act upon the same
principle, instead of permitting their impulses
to impair the sounder dictates of judgement. Il
there are indiviual cases of mistake, let Congress
be appealed to to cmrect them: but let not the
zeueral result of this salutary movement be dis
turbed. We have great respect for the opin
<ms and the ieeiings of Commodore
out even he cannot convince us that the action
of tho navy board wus not conducted upon
honorable principles,or that tlie principle which
governed it was not tiic correct one. If the
navy list never were to be weeded till each •in
dividual case is acted upon in open court, with
an tlie paraphe'rmdia of counsel, witnesses, &e.
iccvmpanied by all the technicalities aud delays
incident to that mode of trial, that list would
go on enlarging in numbers aud abuses till
doomsday. If the ■ roceedings o, the board in
tins case arc to be set aside, the navy will never
be improved, and it will not only be useless but
utter folly to attempt it.
Dr.-Kane. having demonstrated the ex
istence <>( an vjieii Polar Sea, scientific deduc
tion is at work to find out the cause of thp ano
maly. A correspondent of the New York
Times thinks that these causes will be found in
the centrifugal force and the internal heating
power of earth. The centrifugal force has a
tendency to heap up the waters under the Equa
tor, thereby producing a continual surface cur
rent towards the South, and a consequent uli
wnce of water from tlie polar regions, which
must be supplied, and is, undoubtedly, by a sub
marine current. The waters descend in the
’enqierate regions of the earth, where they are
much above the freezing point; their heat is re
tained and probably increased at the vast depths
in which they move, and when they emerge at
and about the Pole they produce a warm and
o;>en sea. and a warm atmosphere about it.—
But in their flow to the South, the superabun
dant caloric of the water is continually being
given off uutil they are fina ly reduced to the
freezing point, and ultimately become vast fields
of ice.
Cedar Paper.—We have before us a speci
men of paper manufactured from the bark of the
cedar tree. It was made at Waterville, Maine,
where a mill has been established to manufac
ture paper from the bark of all kinds of trees.—
The value of this cedur paper, however, as an
article to be laid on floors which are to be cov
ered with carpets, to protect them from moths,
is such, that thus far, the mill has been chiefly
employed on this kind of bark paper.— Boston
Transcript.
Niepece, the co-laborer of Daguerre
has. after years of study aud experience, suc
ceeded in almost perfecting the art which his
associate discovered. "I have begun, ’ says he.
"with reproducing in the camera obscura col
oral engravings, then artificial and natural flow
ers. and lastly, dead nature, a doll dressed iu
stuffs of different colors, and always trimmed
with gold aud silver luce. I have obtained all
the colors, and, what is more extraordinary and
curious, the gold and silver are depicted with
their metallic lustre, and rock crystal, porcelain
and alabaster, are depicted with the lustre nat
ural to them.
The American inaentors, repn*ent«ri at
the Paris exhibition, have received about twen
ty gold and silver medals, which gives a medal
to every eighth exhibitor—a higher proportion
of first "class medals than will be received bvany
other nation. McCormick's reaping and Pitts'
threshing machines. Blanchard s for bending
wood, Singer's sewing machine. Goodyear's vul
canized itidia rubber, Fowler and Preterre for
artificial teeth, Richmond's machine for cutting
iron for steam boilers, and Maury's maps and
charts, are among the articles which took the
medals. Colt's guns and pistols met with srreat
opposition and many competitors from France
and Botaium. and he. in consequence, gets but e
third cla»s medal. Fairbairn, the celebrated en
gineer. before the British Association, paid a
marked compliment to the many new aud useful.
inventions which lie found at the Paris exhibi -1
iou by American contributors.
Ges Scott axd tub Back Pat.—A des
patch from New York announces that the
Cabinet has decided Gen. to be entitled
to back pay as Lieut Gracral »iace 1847—n0
further particulars
From the Owego (N. Y.) Gazette, Oct. 10.
Letter from President Pierce.
The letter which we publish below was writ
ten, as its date imports, something more than
a year ago. It bad reference, of course to the
of things then existing, but is not less ap
plicable to that of the present time. _ Through
written only for the persual of the individual
addressed, it so briefly ami plainly, and so well.
■ xpresscs the -views of the President upon ones
tions of interest to the public, and 6pon which
we have differed from a portion of those in this
State with whom we have acted politically, that
ve deem its publication at this time us not only
proper, hut due to the cause with which we are
engaged—the nause, as we believe, of our com
mon country.
The letter shows most explicitly tho Presi
dent’s firm udHerence to 4lie doctrine of non-in
tervention, his patriotic determination to stand
openly upon the same platform of correct prin
ciples ut the North and at the South, whatever
may be the consequence to himself or to hi l
party, and ut the same time his perfect faith
that the “intelligence aud patriotism of tin
people” will appreciate and approve tlie
right whenever it is fearlessly presented to
them:
We commend the letter to the attention ol
Ihoae who Lave sometimes charged upon the ad
administration free-soil proc ivitics. as well as
those who wish to cater for abolition support
by “significant silence,” or, worse still, by mil
king platforms substantially like that made at
Buffalo in 1848, or, at least, capable of being
so understood :
Washington, (D. C.,) Aug. 261854.
Mr dear sir : Accept my thanks for your
kind letter of the 22d Inst., in tlie general views
of which I heartily concur.
Tho members of our party can only act
together cordially and efficiently when they
can cordially recognise a common platform.
The principle of “non-intervention,” wine l,
constitutes the leading feature of the Nebraska
and Kansas bill, received the sanction of the de
mocracy of the republic in 1852. It was real
firmed by more than seven-tenths of the democ
racy of the House and Senate upon the passage
of the bill referred to; and will within eighteen
months furnish, from its inherent soundness,
the strongest issue wo can tender to our oppo
nents.
But even if'it were otherwise, are we to
abandon the the right, or manifest our want of
faith in the intelligence and jiatriotism of the
■ people, by significant silence ?
If we of the northern aud middle States are
; unable to sustain ourselves upon the ground of
maintaining for and securing to the people oi
every State and Territory of this Union all
■ their constitutional tights and immunities, our
nominal ascendency would eease to be either
honorable to oars Ives or useful to tlie country.
1 Besides, so far as the democratic party is cou-
■ cerned, all experience proves that every appa
rent advantage gained by a temporizing pi.-llei
or by concessions to error and fanaticism, lias
I only rcsultixl in ultimate distraction weakness.
Individuals who de ire to retain nominally n po
-1 sition in tlie democratic ranks, but who are m>
willing to stand upon a national platform,
should understand that, while the masses can
well dispense with their co-operation, they cau
’ not, by silence, silence, occupy a doubtful po-
• sition upon fundamental'quest ions affecting ti’. r
cordial and permanent union of these States
without losing public confidence, and with it
• sili-respect
1 am, with high esteem, your friend.
• FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Hon. J. J. Taylor, Owego, N. Y.
Shall the People Choose the next
President.
Tlie late movement of the Virginia Know
Nothings lias revived the hopes of the N. Y
Herald as to the defeat of the next Detnocrath
uoniinee for the Presidency. The Herald look;
to the Know Nothing party as the means o!
defeating an'clectioii by the people, and oi
throwing the choice of President into tne 11.
of Represeutativi 8 In view of the knowt
strength of the enemies of Southern rights ii
tliat body, the hypocrisy of the Herald in pr<-
tending to oppose the new republican move
ment is apparent.
The following is tbb article in the Herald to
which we allude: •
“The American Party —Important Move
ment —the President.—Among the resolu
tions aiftpted by the late State Convention
party of Virginia, held at Lynchburg, was tin
following :
“ Reesolved, That, in the judgment of this
Convention, all ceremonies of initiation into
the American party be discontinued, mid ni’
obligations of secrecy be removed; that its
meetings should be open and public, and it;
proceedings conducted in accordance with th*
usages of political bodies ; aud we invite tlie
co operation of all gnod men who approve the
principles and objects of the party.’
“This is an important movement, and fore
shailows the complete reconstruction of the A
merican party throughout the Union ; and ti
work may yet be done upon a sound, practical
progressive, matter-of-fact, constitutional, and
Union platform in time for the Presidentia!
election. There are two parties , now actively
in the field for 1856—the Democratic and thi
Seward black republican party—but scattered
between these two parties there is an abun
dance of floating materials, North and Soutl.
for a great national third party sufficiently
strong to slip in between the Democracy anil
the Black republicans, or, at least, powerfu
enough to carry the election up to tlie House.—
Let the Union aud the Constitutiou, a new ad
ministration, a bold foreign policy, an efficient
navy, and general retrenchment and reform it.
the dispensation of the spoils, be the curd, ami
tlie new party, in carrying the election to thi
House, may win the day.
“Let the Virginia movement be followed up.
The mysteries and novelties of the Knownoth
ing organization are worn out. The true poli
cy of all the various elements of all parties op
posed to this Pierce administration is the for
mation of a new, practical U nion party upon
the living issues essenti 1 to a good and useful
dministration, Nothing else will do for u
th rd party in the battle for the Presidency.”
Trading Too Mueh.
From a late pamphlet on “the Currency," at
tributed to Mr. Robrt Hooper, of Boston, we
extract the following lemurks on the fallacy ol
running into the debt for foreign fabrics :
“The loans negotiated abroad may have beet,
convenient at the time to the parties who bor
rowed the money; but all that was received for
them and all that was brought into the countr
in consequence of them, and all that was an in
creased quantity of foreign merchandise to be
sold in competition with the products of our
domestic industry. All that remains now ol
those loans is the obligation to send back th'
amount of them at some future time. In the
interim we must transmit an 'annual tribute
for the interest on them. It is estimated that
this annual tribute now amounts to about twi n
ty millions of dollars; and an examination ol
the official tables of the annual imports aud
exports will prove this to be not far from the
truth."
Mr. Branwood according to the London
Quarterly Review, bus stated his belief that, by
lung exposure to heat, not much exceeding that
of boiling water, or 215 degrees, timber if
brought into such a condition that it will ig
nite without a light. The time during which
the process of dislocation is going on, until ii
ends in spontaneous combustion, is, he think
from eight to ten years. Pipes for beating burnt
ings by steam should, therefore, be clear of al
wood work, and rest on metal brackets only.
The Last Theatrical Novelty.—The
Philadelphia Ledger of Monday says:
“A company of sixteen girls and boys, va y
ing in age from four to ten years, make thei:
appearance at the Walnut this evening, in tin
extravaganza of Beauty and the Beast, and the
farce ot the Rough Diamond. These precociou
actora have delighted the citizens of western
New Pork, and other places; are said to be ful
ly versed in the requirements of the drumatu
art. The pieces arc played by them witl
oat the aid os adults, aud this will be a no ,'
and attractive fisaton ra their perfoneetroe?.’
Visit ofthc Lutheran synod tothe
President.
In accordance with a resolution unanimously
tuloped, the m< miters of tlie Evangelic*! Lu
theran Hytial of Maryland, wlio had been bold
ing their session in this citv for several days,
called in a body at the White House on Tub
day for the purpose of paying their respects to
President Pieree. They were received by him
with manifest gratification, and tlie Union sava
tlie members of tlie Synod were highly pleased
with their visit. The Rev. Mr. McCron in
troduced his brethren of tlie President in the
following appropriate remarks:
Mr. President: It affords me much pleasure
to introduce to your excellency the Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of Maryland, and assure you
of our high appreciation ot your distinguislud
service® on la-hall of tho great republic which
Ims, witli confidence in nor ability and integrity,
placed the ndministntion of its executive gov
ernment in our hands.
As Germans, natively or by descent, ottr pro
found and sincere regard has always liecn mani
fested to our noble and generous ’ institutions;
and while we congratulate- you on the prosperi
ty and peace which cminetly distinguish our
grand national confederacy, we shall continue
to osier our prapera for a perpetuation of tlie
same benedict) n.
The President responded as follows :
Sir: lam very much gratified to meet tlie
Lutheran Synod of Mayrland, now convened
in this city, several of whose ministers it has been
my pleasure to hear preach; and 1 feel nmeh
obliged to yon. sir, and the body which you
repesent, for the favorable semi men's in regard
to my services as Pr sident ofthis gnist country,
just expressed. Whatever merit nu ? attach to
those services must be ascribed to a sincere and
honest purpose faithfully Is discharge the res
ponslble duties imposed upon me by the people
And it affords me very gnat pleasure to be as
sured that 1 am remembered by the clergy in
their prayers to a Throne of Grace; for I regard
them as a class of men whoso services are of
great importance to the welfare of onr country,
and I am always gratified to meet them iu so
ciid intercourse. lam gratified to bear testi
mony to the civil value of Gu-mans, whose
national character your Synod represents. In
ail the relations which they sustain to our gov
rnmeut, I have always found them to be hon
est, sincere' in their attachment to our country,
loyal, and perfectly reliable.
A Man Forbidden to Burn the dead Body
of His.M ife. —'Hie Milwaukee American says,
that city was thrown into the greatest exefto
ment on the 19fli instant by an attempt of*
man there to burn the dead body of his wife.—
I'he story was ns follows:
A Russian by tlie name of Pfeil man kd a
woman who was a Brahmin in belief. He was
possessed of wealth, and both were persons of
culture. She sickened and died, and requested,
according to the faith of her fathers, that her
body should be burned. Pfeil had collected
sixteen cords of wood, arranged It properly, and
was abnnt to jierlomi tho deed, when news of
tho sacs was circulated, creating intense excite
ment
Sheriff Conover proceeded at once to Pfeil'a
house and forbade the net. The Russian ns
s' rtcd his right and duty to burn tlie body of
his wife. “No law forbids,” said he, “my reli
gion commands; 1 will do it” The body wa*
in its shrouds, tlx* torches prepared, and all was
ready to place it on tlie funeral pyre. “Let it
be borne to its plow.” continued the Russitui.
‘thereis no law against it in Wisconsin.
But the sheriff took possession of the body,
ordered u coffin, and made preparation Ibr *
Christian I mrinl. The crowd grew, and throng.
•<1 round the house. Alarmed or afraid to per
sist, Pfeil gave his consent t > a Christian burial.
‘ You may order or have w hat ceremonies you
please over the body,” said Sheriff Conover.—
"Gentleman,” replied Pfeil, “it makes no dif
ference with us, if we cannot go on in our own
way." Thereupon the body was buried—
piongh the American intimates that the woman
had been foully dealt with, and demands the
fullest Investigation of the matter.
Fatal Railroad Accident.—Yesterday
morning, about 10 o'clock, the engine Alert
imrsther boiler, while engaged in making up a
train at tlie Michigan Central Railroad depot.
She was one of tlie old engines purchased from
the State, and was only used in tlie yard for
making up trains. She lind been find up. but
bud not st mid. when she blew up with a noiso
like thunder. The engineer, who goes by the
name of Dutch Jake, and the firemnn, whose
name we could not learn, were instantly killed.
Ihe former was mutiliated in a most shocking
manner, while the latter was apparently killed
by a blow on the head. Tlie I rag meats of the
engine were scattered over the yawl in every di
rection. und so he vy was the explosion thut a
! .’■ amount ol glass wus broken ont of the
Johnson House. A new stage coach, intend
ed for some western city, that stood near, was
completely destroyed. Tlie tender of a train
iust coming in whs also considerably damaged,
hut we are unable to estimate the entire loss.—
D< trail Adv.
Si'EXE in a Gilive Yard at Norfolk.—A
( eorrespoudent of the Baltimore American,
writes:
I was out at the cemetery last evening, and
saw three graves open, waiting for occupants,
, out there was fortunately none for them. The
■emetery presents a sight sufficient to make the
tout heart feel sad to see tlie immense space of
broken ground. More than half the lots have
each three or four newly made graves in them,
and in other places you will see twenty or thir
ty together. There were a ntimlMT of Indies
present, weeping over the graves of lelidives,
and sprinkling them with flowers, plating beau
tiful boquets upon them. Jl was. mdecd, n mel
ancholy sight, and though a stranger among
them, with no other friend or relative to mourn,
it was difficult to withhold the tear of sympa
thy.
The New Orleans Commissioners hMve made
another report in favor of the partition of the
McDouogh estate. The sale of the estate, says
the Picayune, is regard'd by them us the only
practicable way tu accomplish the proposed
partition, should it be resolved on, and to facik
itate—in fact, to make pussible-»-the settlement
of the will according to the testators design.
The Picayune, however, adds:
“It would appear that thkCommitsioners on
the part ot Baltimore, and tne Council of that
city us well, do not concur with them iu tbit
view. We suppose we must therefore wait for
time, the great solver of difficult problems, to
disclose a feasible plan of compromise.”
American Svboeons in the Russian Army.
—By a letter from Dr. J. B. Stoddard, Jr., of
Baltimore, says the Clipper, we learn tliut there
urc eight American surgeops utt&hcd to tho
liussiaii army iu the Cnuiea—Drs. Eldridge,
Junes, Johnson, and himself, from Maryland;
Drs. Reid and Deuuinger, of I’< uusyivuuiu; Dr.
Holt, of aoutii Caroliuu; und Dr. Smith, from
Louisiana. He states that they are treated
with great consideration by the officers of the
Russian army, lie states further, that lie wit
nessed the assault on Sebustopol, which resulted
in the taking of the southern portioiu und the
retreatoi two hundred thousand Ruwiiinsucrot**
the bridge to the iiortiicru »iuc which from what
be) slatis, attended as it was by the conflagra
tion of Sebastopol, the explosion of mines, hur
rying thousands into eternity, and the sinking
of a navy, was u scene too iearfully tragic to
be depicted in language.
The Fever at Vk ksbvry.&c.—Vicksburg,
Oct. 15, 1855.—This city is slid suilering with
the fever. It is now geueraly admitted that
the epidemic has liecu raging with more violence
than ever before known here, attacking a veiy
dificrent class of citizens os a general thing, strik
ing doqu some of »iic best and most uses ul men
in the city. The frost of the 9th October bus
uccotnplishbd no apparent good. The disease
is now. however, sonicubat abating. It is
on a staud ut Jackson, but prevails iu a much
milder style than elsdwhere m the State. Vt
Canton the fever low killed many valuable
citizens, aud among the dead are ux re«,W
phynwaß-