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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING; MAY 24, 1855.
VOL. VI. NO. 52.
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FRIDAY, MAY 18.
No line to Try it.
Not long ago, a very few weeks since in
deed, the new “Order” looked very bright
in the eyes of many who arc now very much
impressed the other way. The thing shines
low, hut it “shines and stinks, stinks and
shines, like a rotten herring in the moon
light,” in the view of some who hut very
recently thought this Americanism, “ com-
mendod itself to the sympathies of every
American heart.” But, however, all this
may he, and whatever changes the minds of
some Whigs in Georgia may confess to upon
any other point, there is to he kept up an
opposition to the Democracy—let us call it
a hate—as hitter and relentless as the pangs
of death. By the last Chronicle & Sentinel
we sec that a call is made upon all who are
“ opponents of the present State and Na
tional Administrations, the constructors{!!!)
and supporters of the ‘ Georgia Platform’ ”
to meet in convention on Wednesday, the
18th day of July next, for the purpose of
bringing before the people some suitable
name for Governor. Upon this platform,
we suppose.
What can Georgia, what can the South
hope from such a factious spirit as this ?—
It is faction and nothing else; for while all
the State, with the exception perhaps of 3d
degree Thugs, may he rallied upon the
Georgia Platform, yet the demand that the
Chronicle <(• Scntiw l is making upon us, to
include its other conditions of adhesion,
will only distract the counsels of our State
and lead to a useless and wicked dispersion
of our strength. For our part, we aro wil
ling to make any fair sacrifice to secure the
unity and the full power of Georgia for the
coming danger, hut to ask of us to denounce
and desert Gen. Pierce after all that he has
suffored in our behalf is to suppose our peo
ple to he utterly eailous and that we make
a merit and boast of ingratitude. We con
fess we did not look to see Wilson’s taunt
of Southern heartlessness so soon endorsed.
Massachusetts Electioneering in Vir
ginia.—A telegraphic despatch from Wash
ington says. The Know Nothings here, as
well as the national Whigs, rejoice at the
decision of Gov. Gardner upon the Loring
case. Had he concurred in the arbitrary
act, it would have convinced every one that
Massachusetts Know-Nothingism is nothing
but abolitionism in another name ; and it
would have greatly prejudiced the interests
of that party in the Southern States and
especially in Virginia. It is now commonly
said that Gov. Gardiner’s veto will secure
the election of Mr. Flournoy, the Know
Nothing candidate in Virginia. The people
Duel between Gwinnett end Blclntbnk.
A correspondent of the Charleston Mer- j _
cury gives a letter from Gen. McIntosh,
dated 30th May, 1777, referring to his
meeting with Gwinnett. The letter, howev
er, does not give the details of the difficulty
so well as the certificates which we publish.
The writer in the Mercury says:
This letter is valuable on many accounts,
and will suggest sundry clues to the histo-
New SeUedule on the State Road.
Our readers will see by the advertisement'
appearing this morning, that the Superin
tendent of the State Road proposes to re
move the objection that has been widely en
tertained against previous schedules on this
Road, which have uniformly, we • believe.
caused a.detention here of through passen-
rian of Georgia, in respect to the extreme i gers for the night. This was made necessary,
and violent character of the party struggles j we believe by the running time ontheGeor-
' in that State during the first years of the j „; a Rai i road . B y the present arrangement,
Hon. Thomas H. Benton, has published
a letter in the National Intelligencer, de
fending Lieut. Ed. F. Beale, late Superin
tendent of Indian Affairs, from the impu
tations of Commissioner Manypcnny, which
have been published in Lieutenant B.’s
absence.
Taxing Clergymen.-—A law has been
passed in Albany exempting dedicated
churches from taxation, but taxing minis
ters on all property they may own over
$1500 worth.
Crops in the West.—A heavy snow fell
in Michigan on Monday, the 7th, and
Revolution. But it does not fall within my iIS*"" ! through™* the western part of Illinois
of Massachusetts will no doubt approve the j present purpose, nor have I the space for re- j “ ie travehn S public are lett to their option , there wa3 a heavy frost and did great dam-
conduct of the Governor. I mark upon it; particularly as it requires, j either to remain over or pass through with- , age to the crops. The corn fields will have
No man here, or any where else, doubts ; for the completion of this notice, that I j out detention. This double service will j to be planted over again,
that the scandalous procedure in the Massa- I should give the enclosure, to which Mein- j 3 i S0 have the effeet, besides making the ! Chicago, May 12.—A most destructive
ehusetts Legislature again,. Judge Luring, j I I SSSSXS SS2
was backed up by the sympathy and conni- | na t ure of a deposition, and is taken before : a P the °* ier roads ’ °f raising the mail > S q Uare . Loss $150,000.
vance of Gov. Gardner. As an exponent of! a magistrate whose signature is attached, j vice on the State Road to the first class, j Wilmington May 14 Gariche’s Dryiug
abolitionism as it is to be under the do-j [certificate.] j thereby entitling the State to a far better and Grind f ng p owder Mills, near this city,
minion of the didappers, that infamous Le- ** Habersham, &c., saitli: That on contract for transporting the mails than ever ; hlew up at 11 o’clock this morning. No
gislature has given satisfaction both to j eml wS&SS*d»owld ttS* a ^ I ^ .”7 ^rangement , lives were lost nor w^ any one hurt.
friend and foe. > ten challenge, signed Button Gwinnett, ; begins Sunday the -Qth mst. ; Louisville, May 12. The Courier this
Now the North has been assured that the : wherein the General was charged with call- Mr- Wise’* Letter. morning publishes a long letter from Prof.
Know Nothings o r Massachusetts arc fully ing Mr. G. a scoundrel in public convention, } We give upon our fourth page this ndmira- Morse, addressed to Bishop Spaulding of
andrequired to give satiation for it a, a | bIo proJuclio „. I, Joe, ,eeut to u. that i S’sSSuSrtSStotoa M<J “o'Sid
1 "T r-’* mi " d r re “r ib, r r 1
Martin’s house! To which the General P eals of reason and patriotism, this conciu- i phrase: “If ever the liberties of this coun-
sent an answer to Mr. G. that he would as- j sive argument leaves nothing unsaid. Upon ; try are ^destroyed, ^it will be .by ^Romish
abolitionised it is thought prudent just on
the eve of the Virginia elections to throw
this poor sop to those willing and conscious
traitors who have run off from the Democ- . „ „„ , — „ T „ , , .. ,, M - , . - w
raev and who will he more than pacified i suredly meet him at the time and place ap- | the strength of such a lucid and resistless j Priests. Morse does prove it. tie also
J - - 1 — I ---j —--i, - —--- -/■ * ° - -- . .. — ; proves that Spaulding s statement and proof
to the contrary are false and a forgery.
New Orleans Post Blaster.
for the present to strip a Judge of his un-j « 'pj ie General and his second waited himself some of las exhausting labors, that- Kendall, the late Post Master, has been
spotted robes because he would not commit about fifteen minutes on the ground the 1 from the public accounts we have of them, ! bound over for trial in the U. States District
perjury. next morning before Mr. G., with liis sec- were hardly ever before equalled in the his- ; Court.
When the present purpose is answered, ® nd » appeared, and when they came up, po- t OI .y 0 f canvasses. He deserves to succeed !
then it will he time enough to complete the pASr!? then IdZZJZ'J'Z I ni l : lct the issue > as it may, and we were never
when it is told them that one single Know ! pointed, with a pair of pistols only, as ■ document, it would seem that Mr. Wise
Nothing in Massachusetts was not willing | S seeond ’ whobrouh g t might have been content to have spared
litre ii vs. Beaton.
St. Louis, May 15.
. I General then drew his pistols to show I that] j lue lS3UC ’ ^ " lL j Birch recovered $4,000 damages in the
degradation of this now most distinguished he was i oaded on ly with single halls, but more sanguine of the happening of any j 8 i ander su it against Thomas H. Benton.—
and enviable Judge. j avoided entering into any other conversation event than we are in our belief that Wise j The case will be carried to the Supreme
than the business on hand, &c. The rest will he the next Governor of Virginia. I Court.
j Capt. lagrahaoi.
hut only I®-Gov. Reeder having denied some of i Capt j ngraham dec Unes the dinner ten-
11 eat It If You Dare. .
We give below a gem that has made us : as tbe °^ ,er a ^davit.
, ... ,, f ,, , v Ihe other affidavit is defective
break into small shatterracks one ol the
in the mere formula of the legal introduc- liis rash expressions in liis late speech at i dere d him by the Philadelphians, business
requirements of the tent.i commandment.— j tion. It begins abruptly—no person being i Easton, the New York Herald says it he-! calls him to S. Carolina.
We would give a large sum, for a poor edi- named-and is, no doubt, the statement of j lieveiJ the report ; 8 correct> and that hc did> Crime and Death.-Ou Saturday last,
wi tz: ~ && • <*•—- ** ^ »• ^ ~ ^ ^ ^ bo?ics ' ?f
Republican got tlicm \ve cannot tell likely i Button Gwinnett; wherein the said Button j
from the Knickerbocker, as it smacks of the ! Gwinnett charged the General with calling ;
spicincssof its old contributor, Cayenne. But him a scoundrel in public convention, and i
lot tho author ho who ho oviv a nativo or a ! desired lie would give satisfaction for it as i Weather, Crops, Ac. - . J X. r .. . n .
loolTrl ’’ ZTa Wo Wo ! a gentleman, before sunrise next morning, The editor of the Taledega (Ala.) Watch- j appointed Bishop of that Diocese, vice
bloody furnner he s a trump. We have ; ^ Jame ’ Wright>8 pasture> behind Co t i man has rece ntly been in a wheat field, Blsho P ke y nolds * deceased.
made repeated efforts to read aloud the last Martin’s house ; to which the General hu- j where the heads were up to his neck, and Maylville, N. Y., May 14.—Hall, the
in fact, say “border ruffians.” The speak>
. . • _• san Tatsapaugh and her infant, in Alexan-
! , ’ , . dna. ihe poor girl had fallen from virtue
taken than the reporter,—the former get- and in attempting to rid herself of the evi-
ting excited, while the latter keeps himself de nce of her shame, lost her life,
cool. ; Clerical.—Rev. Dr. Barry, Roman Cath-
' olic Vicar General of Savannah, Ga., has
! morously sent in answer to Mr. G. that the
: hour was rather earlier than his usual, but
; [that he] would assuredly meet him precise-
I ly at the time and place appointed, with a
pair of pistols only, as agreed upon with
Mr. Gwinnett’s second, who brought the
challenge.
“Early the next morning, Mr. G
liis pistols, to show that he was loaded only
with single halls, hut avoided entering into
any other conversation than the business on
hand. It was then proposed and agreed to,
that they should go a little lower down the
hill, as a number of spectators appeared,
and when the ground was chosen, the sec
onds asked the distance. Mr. G re
plied, “ Whatever distance the General
pleases.” The General said he believed
Johuiou and Gentry Canvassing.
The Tennessee Democracy arc in high
glee at the style in which Johnson deals
out to his Know Nothing competitor his
gruel. Johnson says he can always tell
after feeling his man what hc can do with him,
and that hc knows hc “has got Gentry sure.”
We believe that it is plain that Johnson has
him, and wc give’his rejoinder at Mur
freesboro, which, in our opinion, is a
stunner. Wc take the following from an
exchange:
Gov. Johnson’s rejoinder was the happiest
effort wc ever heard from him, and it told
with overwhelming eflect. lie excited the
democrats to the widest enthusiasm, and it
did’nt need the shower which fell before he
had concluded to dampen know nothingism.
He said he could always tell when lie had
a victim in his grasp, and in his present
competitor lie had one sure. The crowd
evidently agreed with him. lie illustrated
the sincerity of liis competitor’s crusade
against foreigners, by reading the bill at
Brown’s Hotel, in Washington, of Kossuth
and his suite, paid by the United States,
and for the payment of;which Cel Gentry ngTr
voted, while in Congress. Ihe hill is as Dc . lawarc 8
follows : , * , _
To hoard lor Governor Kossuth and suite,
having ten parlors and twenty-one cham
bers, thirteen and a half days,
23 persons, :::::: $2,588 00
SUNDRIES.
Champagne, Sherry,Cigars, Lem
onade, bar-bill, washing, medi
cines, postofficc-stamps, poter-
age and messengers, hack-hire,
paid at different times, tele
graphs, sugar, brandy, and
whiskey in room, porter and
ale, envelopes, barber’s hill,
amounting in all to ; ; ; 658 S2
Bill for carriages engaged for
Governor and suite, : :
lines and can’t for crying.
THE LOCUS.
You little red-ide Insex,
What sings your song
Upon the okes and various
Other trees, making a constant noise
Like a steem engine Mowin’
At night a long ways off,
Wliar liav you bin sense last
I liurd your voices,
Some sixteen years ago ?
I wonder if you have
Staid ever sense under the ground
Buried thar out of sight?
I also wonder, now you liav cum out,
What you do find to eat ?
For you don’t seem to liav
Such appetites as Pharo’s insex,
And eat up every green thing.
Ef you devour anything at awl
I can’t descover it.
Arc you raly a sign
Of War, or Pestilense, or Fammin,
Or all together ? I don't think so,
For I liav seen you several times
Before, and nutliin’ pejticlar happened
Immejiately afterwards. I can’t think
You bring any effex of consequence
At all, and you can leeve just
When you plees, or stay and holler on.
Democratic Meeting in Cltatliam.
ifcaf The Committee of 13 appointed by
the Chairman of the Democratic Meeting to
select five Delegates to attend the approach
ing Gubernatorial Convention, report that
they have unanimously chosen the follow
ing gentlemen as delegates:
John E. Ward.
William H. Stiles,
Thomas Purse,
George A. Gordon,
Philip J. Punch,
The following resolutions, offered by John
Boston and seconded by Thos. Purse, were) Ten days later news had been received
submitted to the meeting: I by telegraph, and the Russian General rc-
Resolved, That the I emocracv of Chat- i p 0r t a that the fire of the Allies had become
ham county, whilst they will support, with wea }j ; and no great effect had been produced,
cheerfulness, the nominee of the approach- j Iu shortj the ° siege guns had been worn out
I L n £. Gubernatorial C onvention, cannot re- j b y thirteen days of incessant cannonade,
j fram from expressing their decided prefer- j and the battc ri4 must be renewed to carry
cnee for the re-nomination of the present; on thc bom bardment. This gives the Rus-
I distinguished incumbent of the Gubernato- j gjaag time to repair all damages, and thc
j rud chair the lion. Ilcrschcl \ . John- ; w liolc work has to he done over again.—
! SOn ,‘, , , ,m . tt T T o j , i This siege of Sevastopol is the grandest
, Resolved, I hat the lion. J L Seward has pagc j n t j ie record of modern warfare,
j justly earned mo gratitude of the people of
I Savannah, by his zealous and successful ad-
! vocacy of our rights on the floor of the
large and well filled. So vigorous was the , negro barber, who was arrested in New Or-
growth that his hat was sustained on the leans for robbing a man of $1400, by ad-
unbent stalks. Apropos—if the Watchman ministering chloroform to him while shav-
forgot his hat and left it on the stalks, he : i Q g him, at Dunkirk, was tried on Saturday,
can take ours. j convicted, and sentenced to 15 years impris-
Apropos of this, too—if the editor of the onmen t-
Charleston Standard knew as much 0 f ^^g May ld.-There was considera-
, ,« , ... , . . : ble confusion and excitement in the House
farming as we a admit he does of the mo- 0 £ Represan bitives this afternoon, from the
dns operandi of turning out a first rate pa- ; thafc Mr. Hiss, the expelled member,
and his second found the General with liis
second waiting on the ground, and after po- . . .
litely salutin' 1 - each other, the General drew I P er > * ie would never have written what he ; twice resumed his vacant seat, and was each
has about that hat. The Standard should ' ’ ^ ~ 15 A *
know that this lodging of a hat is the trial
test among farmers of a number one crop
of wheat.
[For the Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.]
Proceedings of Council.
Messrs. Editors:—As a constant reader
of the city papers, I, in common with many
others, have been at a loss to account for
eight nine or ten feet would be sufficient, | & facL that undcr thc ent administra-
and three steps were immediately measured . .. .. . .
to which the General’s second desired 'that tion, the citizens hate ceased to enjoy ihe
■ privilege of knowing, through the medium
to which the General’s second desired 'that
another step might he added. It was then
proposed to turn back to hack. The Gene
ral answered, “By no means. Let us see
what we arc about.” And immediately
each took liis stand, and agreed to lire as
they could; and both pistols went off nearly
at the same time, when Mr. Gwinnett fell,
(being shot a little above the knee), and
said his thigh was broken. The General
who was also shot through the thick of the
thigh, stood still in his place, and not think
ing his antagonist was worse wounded
than himself—as he afterwards declared—
asked if he had enough or was for another
shot; to which all objected, and the seconds
declared they [had] both behaved like gen
tlemen of honor , led the General up to Mr.
Gwinnett, and they both shook hands.—
And further this deponent saitli not.
[Signed] “GEO. WELLS.”
310 50
To Sportsmen.—Wash your gun barrels
in spirits of turpentine by dipping a rag or
House of Representatives, and wc do here- i sponge fastened^on your gun rod into the
by recommend him for re-nomination for liquid, and swabbing them out three or four
Congress, from the First Congressional Dis- - times, when they will hc cleared from all
trict.
The above report being read, was unani
mously adopted by thc meeting.
Philadelphia, May 12.—The steamer
Keystone State, from Savannah,
about ten o’clock, in the
she was run into by tlic
.schooner Adrian, hence for Fall River, coal
laden, the latter sinking in 15 minutes.
Throe of thc crew were saved, L-ut Geo.
A. Wallcttc, thc Captain, and Prince A.
Small, cook, were lost.
Off Bombay Hook, at 2 o’clock, A. M.,
the steamer was run into by the schooner
Little Tom, which sunk in ten minutes.—
All hands saved.
Chicago, May 11.—The Michigan South
ern passenger Depot was burnt- this after
noon. Thc cars and baggage were saved,
but the building was totally destroyed.
Cincinnatti, May 11.—A locomotive at
tached to a freight train on the Jeffersonville
Ra
tl;
other persons instantly. The locomotive
was blown to fragments.
Cincinnati, May 12, noon.—River falling
time removed by the Sergeant-at-Arms, at
the order of the House, passed nearly unan
imously. It is presumed that Hiss acted in
this singular manner at the advice of liis
counsel, B. F. Butler and Benj. Dean, who
had published an address denouncing the
expulsion of Mr. Iliss as an arbitrary exer
cise of power; and intimating that the
House feared important developments to he
made in the case.
Washington, May 13.—The Jamestown
Association celebrated their anniversary
yesterday at Mount Vernon with a dinner
fe .. in the Washington mansion. An eloquent
of the press, what the men whom they have oration was delivered by George Washing-
placed in office for the purpose of adminis- ton Park Curtis, Esq., and the festivities
. were terminated with songs and music from
tenng the affairs of the city government the Washington navy yard band on board
are doing in the discharge of their official the boat as the company returned to the
duties. For several years past, the pro-1 city.
ceedings of the City Council were regularly Boston, May 12.—In the Senate to-day a
published in the city papers, and the people ’?‘ 1I J ra3 Reduced incorporating Donald
., , | , f , i ^ McKay, G. B. Upton, Enoch Train, B. Hall,
were thus enabled to keep themselves ac- and j^ mes M fceele, their associates, sue-
quainted with the action of their municipal • cessors, &c., as the Boston and European
officers—to know the nature and judge of , Steamship Company, with a capital of $2,-
the propriety of the various measures adopt- 000,000.
cd for the ‘regulation of theaffairs of the city. We see it stated in the Baltimore Patriot
The tax-payers—the men who furnish the that the price of Peruvian Guano, is soon
hone and sinew for the support of the gov- 1 to be reduced to $45 per ton. It is also
eminent—certainly have a right to lie in- ^<*1 that-Peru has appointed a chief agent
formed of matters that so intimately con . ^ the United States, who will have power
, , ‘ , i iuu.lv.ij wu tQ appoint numerous subordinate agents
cern themselves. Why has this system, so and agencies, at all important points—these
salutary in its effects, been discontinued agents to be American Citizens—and by
now ? I cannot think the Mayor and Coun- them are the entire details of business to
cil have all gone over to Nnow-Nothingism, ho transacted. Sales in all cases to be made
and resolved hereafter to conduct their de- ! consumers When this system
... ... . , (which is intended to break up any mono-
liberations m secret conclaie. L they have poly in the guano business) goes into effect,
not, will they not give us an occasional ■ any guano offered or sold as Peruvian by
jlimpse of their works ?
A Tax Paver.
The Cheapest Food.—One hundred
pounds of good wheat flour contain 90
pounds of pure nutritive matter and 10
pounds of water.
persons not belonging to, or connected with
the legitimate agency, will be pronounced
spurious.
1 learn from Baltimore that M. Bonaparte,
, Sr., is about to leave this country for France,
One hundred^ pounds of where he will permanently reside. liis son,
potatoes contain from 20 to 25 pounds of; who was educated at West Point, and was
nutrititive matter depending upon thequan- I a Lieutenant in the United States army, is
tity of tiie potatoes, say 221 pounds upon | n0 w a Lieutenant in the French army in
impurities, and can he used almost incess- j an average consisting almost entirely of: the Crimea. He writes to a friend in Bal-
antly as the turpentine will evaporate and starch, and 771 pounds of water and inert j timore that the allies can take Sebastopol at
leave the barrels dry; even if they are a ; matter. It requires, therefore, exactly four any time they choose, by assault, but not
little moist it will not prevent their going j hundred pounds of potatoes to supply the without immense loss.
fCurrespnadeuce of tlie Atlanta Daily lutellisrencer.]
New York Affairs
New York, May 15, 1S55.
We are luxuriating in the most delightful of
weather, sunny and yet cold, delicate as the breath
of May born flowers, yet bracing and elastic with
al. The anniversary inundation has subsided and
we arc left at the low water mark of humdrum
commonplaces.. Wo have spoken hopefully of bu
siness, auticipating it would swell into its wonted
proportions; but mid-May has come without
bringing Gotham its usual Spring trade or any
other encouragement of an increase. Nothing but
the signs of warning which' appeared in the com
mercial horizon in early winter of last year, could
have saved from utter ruin a great number of our
merchants, who, forewarned, prudently abated
their foreign orders, struck from their books all
names of doubtful customers, gathered iu with
might and main their outstanding claims, curtail
ed their expenses, and since have been sitting
with folded arms waiting for better times. Look
at the figures. The total amount of imports of
foreign goods at this port for the week ending last
Saturday was §1,935,IDS—for the corresponding
week of last year, §3,133,655, showing a falling
off of one week in the present Spring of §1,19S,-
457, or over a third. This fact will explain how
our business men can maintain themselves with
two-thirds the amount of trade (and the ratio of
this Spring’s business compared with an ordinary
season is not greater) usually done. They can
prosper and sell less than in previous years, be
cause they have bought less. Country merchants
sustain the same relative position to their custom
ers and tho New York importers that thc latter do
to them and foreign dealers, and buy less because
they anticipate a less active demand. The cus
tomers of thc country merchants, farmers and
mechanics, by buying loss, accumulate wealth
faster and recover from thc disasters resulting
from the extravagant speculations of the last two
years, the country sobers down to its even pace,
and in a few months all is well and souud again.—
But I am getting out of my depth into the myste
rious waters of political economy.
The annual reports of the various benevolent
societies show an encouraging condition of things
in tho moral world. It is refreshing to turn from
the sickening details of carnage which come to us
by each steamer from tlia Old World to thc records
of the peaceful triumphs of charity and disinter
ested love over selfishness and thc proud disdain
which has made inen callous to the sufferings of
his follows. Some of the statistics offered by thc
various societies last week wore of a startling
character. I was, for instance, quite unprepared
to hear it proved trom the last census returns that
the city of Chicago had provided church accom
modations for a larger proportion of its population
than the model city of Boston, and was gratified
to know that in this age of mammon worship a
half a dozen men can be found in our city to sub
scribe §2,000 each to tlio establishment of an Bye
Infirmary, and that a business man volunteers his
time and thought to advance without prospect of
pecuniary reward, "the literary advantages of thc
Who Gave tUe First Provocation -
Before as lies the St. Louis Republican,
of May 9th, in which a writer attempts to
apologise for the conduct of thc Missouri
rioters in Kansas, by saying that they were
provoked-by the attempt of the Emigrant
Aid Societies in the Northern States to set
tle the country, and make it, in the end, a
free State. That was a sort of challenge
which naturally, he thinks, roused the an^er
of the people of Western Missouri, and Ted
them to acts of violence. A like apology
was made by the Journal of Commerce for
the frauds committed by a horde of ruffians
from Missouri, in the election of a delegate
from Kansas to Congress. The people of
the free States, it was contended, gave the
first provocation.
But what right have those who make i-his
excuse to stop at the proceeding of the Emi
grant Aid Societies ? In following up the
series of provocations, both thc Journal of
Commerce and its pupil in the St. Louis
paper, put out of sight the first provocation
ST K A lu
ll A LT I C
SHIP
Louisville, May 19, M.
The details of ihe Baltic’s news were re
ceived too late to send South last night.
The Baltic arrived at 6, P. M. with Liv
erpool dates of 5th inst. Thc allies are
gaining ground. All the Russian outworks
have been taken. Sanguinary encounters
are frequent . A great number of Russian
mortars have been taken, together with
many prisoners. The latest dates from Se
bastopol is the 4th. The Emperor Napoleon
narrowly escaped assassination on the 28th
hit. An Italian fired two pistols at Napo.
Icon, whilst he was on horseback. It is
of all, the passage of the Nebraska bill, a j supposed that personal revenge was the only
measure which wrested from the free States ,* • ,— *—
object of assassination. Nothing has been
done in the siege yet to warrant an assault.
The bombardment was much slackened, and
what the people of those States believed to
be their just right. That was the very
earliest provocation—that was the beginning
of the quarrel—that was the real cause of i had not produced the results anticipated.
i the acts which reflect so much disgrace up- i Consols closed at SS^. Cotton active--’
j on the country, and most of all on the State ; weeks sa l es 107,000 bales at Jd advance.
I of Missouri ft was the advocates of the ! 4 to 6d highcr . Flour advanc-
Nebraska bul, by whom it was forced < _ . °
through Congress, partly by bullying and j cd 2s• . Corn 2s higher and market aetive-
I partly by bribes; it was its champions in Lard firm.
! Congress and its friends out of Congress, | Thc position of the allies was regarded
! who must bear thc blame and share the dis- j as critical, notwithstanding the advantages
i g^e of the crimes perpetrated in the torn- j th had ga incd. The bombardment slack-
I tory of Kansas, and on its borders.—iV. I. , ,. 00 .. ,, , , „ „„ .
i p .-j ’ : ened on the 28th ult., so as not to exhaust
| ‘suchamanasWm.C.Bryantis responsible ammunition An immense Russian force
I for such stuff as this while discussing one of 1 was reported as concentratmg near Sebas
topol, said to be 100,QUO men strong. Dai-
tbo phases of the most momentous ques-
| tion that can by any possibility engago our
! attention. This trifling with a great argu-
| ment wo have seen and always oxpcct to
; see, whenever the Northern pulpit touches
1 it. But when we find old travelled politic
ians, who must have some insight into prin-
! ciplcs as a necessary preparation for thedu-
: ties of their craft, descending to such vile
! twaddle as this, we feel more and more con
vinced that thc “ argument is exhausted.”
The passage of the Nebraska Bill the first
1 provocation indeed! The repeal and the
disavowal of the Missouri line a great out
rage and wrong ! How besotted must have
become the minds of all these people since
they regard the wearing out of our patience
, in suffering wroi gan injury, and our claim
to an open field and a fair chance a provoca
tion and outrage. The turn that the
anti-slavery discussion is now taking
young by interesting the rich in providing l'or their J North should be a warning for all time
use libraries and other means of instruction
Think of the city of Chicago, which has sprung
up beside tho beauteous waters of Lake Michigan
“us from the touch of an enchanter’s wand,’" with
all its enorgios as it would seem necessarily given
to crcato the material of its growing life, furnish
ing means of a moral culture to a greater portion
of its citizens than Boston, tlic modal of puritanic
goodness, and then go forward in imagination to
thc not far distant day, when the flowery prairies
of the new West and its deer-frequented wood
lands shall become the swarming hives of a grand
er civilization than Greece or Rome ever knew,
and wo-on the seaboard shall dwindle to mere
purveyors of thciulaml “peoples" mid our boast
ed cities become mere entrepots of their commerce
and warehouses of their multifarious products,
controlled by their gigantic power and enriched
by their overflowing wealth.
Dagger John, Archbishop, Is. out this morning
with tlie letter which has been simmering through
tho ten days for which hc asked a “ suspension of
public opiniou.” He heads it with a Latin quota
tion to the effect that tlic truth can't permit error
to triumph any longer, and then turns him to re
view the course of Senator Brooks, " the vile in
sect whom, a few weeks ago, he threw out of the
window with covered hands." I think your
readers will agree with me, .that thc tenor of
his letter shows the “ vilo insect” has galled liis
reverence sorely. Wc shall hear again from
Brookes.
The caloric ship Ericsson has been furnished
with a steam engine, improved and modified by
Ericsson so as to save fuel and economize space,
and lust week made a successful trial trip down
thc hay. She is one of tlie stoutest amt finest
boats on our waters and will now go into service
in earnest.
W e see that thc proprietor of tlic Merchant’s
Ledger has made arrangements with Fanny Fern
to furnish a story for his columns at §100 per
column, showing both the reputation of Fanny
and tho enterprise of thc publisher.
to come to Southern statesmen, that noth
ing can be gained by paltering with the
encroachments of the free States, and
should teach i.s that the wrong we tamely
bear to-day, and make the basis of a com
promise, will soon be erected into a prece
dent that complicates our quarrel, and makes
a return to first principles almost an impos- . . .. , . ,
, , . .... . : repaired immediately, and that skirmishes
sibility. It makes every dron ot mood boil 1 e , ,
ly telegraphic communication with tho
Crimea continues, but Government.was very
cautious with the news.
Lord John Russell reached London: and
M. Drouyn De L’Huys had reached Paris
from Vienna.
The British Budget passed both Houses-.-
The King of Prussia was ill with fever.
Lord Raglan admits that the bombard
ment has not produced the result looked for.
The impression in England i.s that the siege
will be abandoned, for the present, and thc
whole of Kanrusch and Balaklaya would
be left fer defence, and a few corps of the
main portion of the allies would try to pen
etrate into the interior and cut off supplies
from Sebastopol: and then completely in
vest the town. Numerous reinforcements
arc almost constantly reaching thc allie~.—
The French reserve lured of 80,000 men,
near Constantinople, is expected to be sent
to Balaklavu.
Cotton.—-Sales to speculators of 4JJ00
bales, and to exporters of 9-1,000 bales.—
Orleans Fair 6!; Middling 5 1-15 to 5-10.
London.--Barings’ Circular quotes Amer
ican stocks inactive, unchanged and nomi
nal. Russian official accounts of 24th rep
resent the damage as but little, which was
in our veins when we read a line in a north
ern print that accuses us of the South, of
bad faith in the repeal of the Missouri line,
which from first to las*’ was a record of in
famy both to us and to those who establish
ed it.
Lei Him Plot, 1»nt not say a Won't.
Here is the plump confession of a fool
that has, no doubt, picked the mouths of his
betters of what they intended to be kept in
tlic dark. Yet, despicable as the platform
of this bloody-minded “minister of peace” is,
it will inevitably be the platform of every
man who belongs to a political party that is
based upon religious proscription. The re
freshing extract we giv r e below is taken
from a long letter written by an Irish Me
thodist preacher, of Kentucky 1 , to his son
which we see is going the rounds of the
Thug press without a word of exception or
qualification. We suppose, therefore, it lias
the ring of the true K. N. metal.
You will very naturally inquire what
First, I would
were generally successful. The loss sus-
; tained by bqitotics on 11 th was seven sub
batteries wi't9M36 men killed six superior
and 34 subordinate officers and 1899 wound
ed. The English captured iirst Russian
i ltifie pit on the night of the 17tli.
In a desperate personal encounter Col.
; Graham Egcrton, tieid officer in command,
j was killed.
i On the 20th an attack was made on thc
i second Russian Riflemen and theyabandon-
1 ed pit. Immediately tlie Russians made a
! soirtie to regain their position and after a
■ sanguinary engagement were driven back,
i The forts on the North side of thc harbor
| had taken part in thc oanonade. carrying
j shots clear into the lines.
! The British fleet had left Kie), and the
i French fleet was about to sail from Cher
I hong.
j At St. Petersburg every article of oon-
i sumption was selling at famine prices.
Sir John Burgoyno, before Roebuck’s
i Committe, gave important evidence in rela-
! tion to the war in the Crimea.
off like water. After being washed thus, ' same amount of nutriment that one liun
reports (i iere j s uo danger of rust as when water is | dred pounds of wheat flour supply. The
,n + used. 1 am an old experienced gunner, I best potatoes weigh about 64 pounds to thc
and have practiced this for years, and found ! bushel; and, a bushel contains 15 1-5
it useful. Spirits of turpentine can be pro- j pounds of nutriment. At two dollars per
cured at all country stores, and a small i bushel, or fifty cents a peck, the retail price
quantity suffieoth.—Scicntifc American. | lately in our markets, the nutritive nortion
Drou.utTv TEX.vsT-From the interior I °f potatoes costs a fraction over thirteen cts.
of Texas we learn that there is much suf- j a \ J , ound ’ which tsequt valent to twenty-three
fering in that region ; the wells are dried up dollars fifty cento for a barrel of good
and Ihe watw “which thc inhabitants arc I J 0 ”’ ^ h ‘ le has doubled m price
compelled to drink is muddy, and almost as j P otatoe!S have incrcased at f ™ rfold
thick as molasses. The Prairies aro of a ! r ’
russut brown color, and the cattle are dying ! ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ~
by thousands. The corn fields are cleared* The Camel Snir.—-The U. S. store ship
The game would not be a safe one with
out double the present force. The allies
cannot venture to sacrifice 20,000 men in
an assault until they have a force sufficient
to overthrow the Russian army in the field,
and to stop the curront of reinforcements
and supplies through Perekof. The opera
tions in the Crimea may therefore be soon
commenced on a much larger scale than
ever.— Correspondence Charleston Curier.
Interesting Discovery in a Tunnel.—
Mr. Butterfield, who is running a tunnel
into Table Mountain, near Sonora, Califor
nia, has given the editor of the Herald a
country 1 .
Post Office Robberies.-
And when they understand the matter they
will not complain, for they all know the
Theodore S. Fay, U. S. Minister to Switz- Ba P al Church so well that they believe if
erland, writes to Mayor Wood of New York * hc should gam the ascendancy it would lie
that the cantonial authorities of that country i tbe knell ol libeity. In tie second p < ■
are adopting every precaution against thc would bury the gtten carcass of old Dem-
sliipmeAt of paupers and criminals to the ocracy, head downward^ deep^hat every
United States. Mr. Fay thus explains a fact
not generally understood:
“Numbers of Swiss, on leaving their
country, receive a sum of money from the
county authorities without being paupers.
It happens in this way—a part of the soil
belongs to the commoners, and every mem
ber has a certain property in it. Although
the Swiss enjoy the privilege of expatria
tion, ho does not lose the rights of nationali
ty, except with consent., even by foreign
naturalization. Wheu he emigrates, there
fore, he sells thcoC rights, and receives in re
turn from the communal authorities a sum
of money, not an eleemosynary donation,
but the payment of a debt, or an equivalent
for value received.
remedy l would propose
alter thc naturalization laws that not one of. . . ,.
them should ever become a citizen ; and if l Indignation meetings, regarding the con-
we cannot discriminate between them and j duct of the war, had been held in various
the Protestant emigrants, lct them all stand j places.
.*n thc same footing—they will not make j
the fortieth part of the Papist emigration.
struggle to rise would place it farther beyond
the power of resurrection.
I remain vour affectionate father
WILLIAM FLINN.
Montgomery and West Point Railroad
Company!—We have received says thc Mont
gomery Mail, a copy of the annual report
of the President and Directors of this Com
pany.
The receipts of the year ending 1st March,
1855, have been
From passe 115:1* rs
Freight 84,432,41
Miiil pay 24.120,05-240,628,69
Expenses have been Repairs ami
working the Road 135,305,60
Interest on loans 33,346,95-168,051,55
Nett income • SO,077,14
8 per cent on the capital stock. Showing
the increase over last year of receipts $19,-
582,64, and this too under circumstances of
up, and if rain does not soon fall, a famine ; “ Supply,” which is fitting up at the Brook- ‘ description of a discovery made by his com-
i will visit this fertile country. i b' n Navy Yard tor a voyage to the Mediter- pany last week, in the course of their exca-
is—Tlie" New Or- raaeai ?’. and to T f u ™ 10 t! . ic Uni ^ d vations. They have got their tunnel in a J first to thc CJCS of a pack of newsboys and
a ; d °;\ ad . ; Wlth . th . irt y ? ame * s > fo r on ^ West- distance of 300 feet. Here, 110 feet from j other urchin i, who were prowling around
at auiiLg tne aa . cra nlaras. has been taken from the Drv ttn Knrf«<*r. nf fimnd i i A.. aAu A
Thc New York Herald says a large quan
tity of Spanish silver coins was discovered
on Sunday under a house which is being unparalleled depression,
demolished on the corner of Nassau and
Beokman streets, New York city. It came
$4,566 32
That is a hill for twenty-three persons,
thirteen and a half days, amounting, 1 be
lieve, to some $14 per day for eachperson. , s I 0 wIy. Weather'pleasant. Flour firm at
“Gentlemen, arc yon ready.” j $9.50(a;$9.60. Whiskey 33c. Provisions
To-day we believe was the date assigned firm but quiet. No change in Lard,
by a distinguished divine of this city for the
end of all sublunary things. We hope if
this chronology is well grounded that our
merchants will notact so unseemly in view
of thc short credit that is to be allowed ns
all, as to lie griping with their usual avid
ity after our useless dimes. And surely all
bank notes are to lie over without the old
botheration of a protest. This is uo time
for such worldly-mindedness. We may
speak of the result if we arc spared.
il Vl^lll UU1I1 UU ‘.ill, -J Liil/4 OVAAl V 111U ; .VI*
lailway, exploded near Seymour, Indiana, : leans True Delta states that during me aa- j cra pi a i ns> has been taken from the Dry the surface of the ground, they found the
his morning, killing the engineer, and four ministration of Postmaster Kendall, letters ; p> oc k after being newly coppered, and will trunk of a pine tree, 22 inches in diameter
containing
thousand
thc Post
under ar
in these robberies.
The inference from the character of thc
leaders of the Know Nothing movement in
this State, is confirmed by the fact that in
Louisiana the Party professes no hostility to
thc Catholic Church. There thc Catholic is
as freely admitted into the Order as the
staunchest Protestant, as is confessed by the
Know Nothing organs in New Orleans.—
1 his fact convicts Know Nothingism of the
most shameful hypocrisy, in its profession
of zeal for the Protestant faith. Will a
Protestant people perm it their principles and
their prejudices to le prostituted to the vile
purposes of profligate politicians K
and with
be in a
the out-
„ , o- ing unmistakable evi-
of the main deck has been removed, and a dence of the contact of fire at some period.
A Duel in the Daf.k.—A late California ; “ trunk,” or a kind of low house, has been Having cut out the portion of the tree found
X Sinking Skip.
The dark lantern party in Mississippi
seems to be laboring under thc same disease
that has lately manifestedfitself in Virginia.
The disease is appearing in the former State
under a peculiarly malignant and threaten-
ing type, in tlie shape of a rapid disinte
grating process which promises to scatter
-----. , , „ , , i . , , , . • , . , -—- i I ivith large canvass bags, very much decayed
paper mentions a duel which was fought constructed longitudinally along the deck, in the tunnel, the company have commenc-1 „ nf i , vorn Tt- is not vet ‘ - - - -
; n » n /n«'i u ?"' v vessc * ' between a Yankee and an Englishman in to afford light and ventillation, and space ed sinking a shaft for the purpose of roach- j K-.. ftr » ‘ nine hot
l^il. d ;!l! th VH ctlc expedition in search a room. The Yankee not wishing for the humps of the animals. Instead of ing the roots of the tree. Their informant! gypbogg,! to p 0 "-cod iud
SfiPYP to fKorrt ic ltuf. litfln rmiilif flini. fVin 1 , * * , s v
the premises, and who, before the thing got!
out, managed to carry off a good sized pail-!
full. The police got wind of thc affair and ;
seized on what remained—to the amount of
as much as a bushel basket full. The coins
resemblir« e< A Crdi” ris^and ^cre^enveloned ! ^ lie constituent elements of the system to an for experiment, or co test their adaptation,
resembling 'erdigris, aacic enveloped J j to the climate. This tree, in its native coun-
Vnluc of Farms i. i Differesit Stales.
The late Census sIioavs the aggregate cash
value of all the Farms in the several States.
Distributing this aggregate according to thc
white population of each State, we find thc
folloAving result: New Jersey is tho high
est. The aggregate cash value of the farms
in that State'ls $120,237,511 ; the popula
tion is 489,555, Avhich gives for each inhab
itant $245.00. The next of all the States L
Vermont, in which the cash value of the
farms is equal to $201 for each inhabitant.
Connecticut is next on the list and nearly
equal to Vermont, being $190.41. Massa
chusetts is fi-i below either Vermont or Con
necticut. Her population is 994,514: tlie
aggregate value of her farms is $109,076,
which is equal to only $109.77 to each per
son. To be equal per inhabitant to thc ra
tio of Vermont Massachusetts should have
an aggregate value of farms of $199,897,-
314—a difference of more than $90,009,000;
and to bo equal per inhabitant to Connecti
cut she should have a value in farms of
$197,272,494— a difference exceeding $88,-
000,000. The average in Ohio, without
fractions of a dollar, is $181 to each inhab
itant ; in New York, $179 ; in Pennsylva
nia, $172 ; in Virginia, $152. In Illinois
and other Western States, although the ag
gregate intrinsic value is far greater, the
cash value is far less. By referring to the
compendium of the census any one can find
the materials for thc same calculations as to
all the States.
About a hogshead of acorns of the cork
oak have been introcuced from the south of
.Eurobe by the U. S. Patont Office, and dis
tributed in the middle and southern States
It is not yet determined whether j As an illustration of this process we notice ^ height of twonty 0 Kthirty feet, but in
of l)r. Kane and his party, has been com- j ] c i iare picod , _
p etc , an is nmv taking her stores on up t ] ie chimney, and to his horror, down divide the space into stalls. Each animal : formation surrounding this tree is a solid ! twelve*and” half cants each!
the Jews, Avho arc
udges of such matters,
on liis hands, fired his pistol cutting avvay the beams, the latter serve to states that there is but little doubt that the j bought them ofthe newsboys for as high as
is thus offered a small window, and every bed of lava, which, at some remote period,
board. She sails to-morroAv at noon under ; came tb e Englishman. . .
command ot Lieut. Simms, to join her con- : — . ,,. . ^ ^ , | nceessarv comfort for his passage to the flowed into its oresent location. coA-erino ud :
sort d* Brooklyn Nay Y„d. ! grtlrolaiS&iwtoS IP** Om. • j trees, (a, this disoover, shorss,) I T ^ Amateor Gardener’s Ex™,esc*. ,
St. Louis, May 10.—l’he cholera contin- \' t d must prov ide himself with thread ^ progress.. ; Let any man or woman state without osten-
ues its ravages among the emigrants on the ! Sks MSwhiftriform in repair } „ A " CSt S r nC * I tation an ff little matter ° r ^ ma Y haTe !
Upper Mississippi The boats are general- Tht ^ must replace all things lost or | H wl^mfirdirS ExcU * ment *“ t^MaasachuBettaLeg-is- : 0 b ser ved, and an immense amoun’ °f know-
ly crowded beyond their camcitv ITmmnnl , l * ° r t>ent in pursuit ot .Baker, who murdered tatur©. , , . , __ . ,l
“ ' .... 1 spoiled while in Ins possession, rom ie j Poole in Ncav York, has returned with him. Boston, May 14.—There was considerable ledge may be gained. Here now is a hint |
army stores. He is lurnisne 10ne j She arrived at Palmos seventeen days be- confusion and excitement in the House of! from one who is not a gardener by profes-
oi s iocs i ore the arrival of Biker d*tao iina nAmmAnn ika iv>nr nnn fa iyiiTildtioyc iti rrPTiAFiil. IVTv Hrot.lifir
that in Lauderdale'no less than 60 Derno-
ocrats have published a card, with their
names annexed, announcing their AvithdraAV-
al from tho order. The president of the
lodge at Oxford, Miss., also published a card
announcing his withdrawal and giving a
history >4 the rise, progress and plans of
thc organization in that State.
fatality seems to attend the disease.
E r*r n » M^
says that an attempt^was made on Tuesday ; ^ avi ’ serv ice at the end of the seven
week to assassinate Dr. S. D Beloate at his j ear8 , t he”gun, sabre and coat are taken
a i mi e8 ,f rom Florence, Ala. from him, and Avhatever is left he is entitled
Whilst he Avas reading, a ruffian fired a t0
gun at him. Thc window curtain being i
down, he could not exactly see the position
Representatives this afternoon from the fact
. j thqt Mr. Hiss, the expelled member, twice
Arrest of Col. Ktaney. I resumed his vacant seat, and was each time
Col. Kinney has been arrested in Phila- j removed by the sergeant-at-arms -at tlie
delphia, and held to bail in $4,000 for fitting ; order of the House, passed nearly unani-
ont an unlavvful expedition. It is stated he ' mously. It is presumed that Mr. Hiss acted
sion to gardeners in general. My brother
has a small greenhouse, but be has no
Avay train leaving Baltimore at
3 o’clock ou Monday afternoon, ran upon a
bridge on fire, four miles cast of Anapolis
junction. Thc locomotive and four passen-
learned gardener ; his tender plants gene- j ger cars got over safeiy, but the last car
rally died in thc winter. lie used to put on • and wa y ma il car ran off, slightly injuring
in verv severe wcatkev, n. fire in thc evening : . . • . i *1 \
so as to keep out the frost and damp at night, ! ho brakesman and mail agent
try, where it is an evergreen, usually grow
to a height of t\
England there are specimens which exceed
fifty feet in height, with a diameter of more
than three feet. The substance familiarly
known to us as cork, is the epidemis or
outer bavk, and sometimes grows two or
three inches thick. Should the experi
ment succeed, it will be a subject of great
national importance that plantations should
be established in various parts of the coun
try for the purpose of growing this useful
substance, particularly in tho event of a
war betAveen this country and Europe, in
consequence of which the supply would be
cut off.
of liis victim. But the shot cut off the stem
of his pipe within two inches of his mouth.
He was unhurt.
Married, on the 15th inst, by Rev. J. S.
Wilson, D. D., Maj, Z. A. Rice, of Atlanta,
to Miss. L. R. Green, of Campbell county,
Ga.
- Bev. Mr. Cnmmings, of the
Christian Mirror, Portland, has fallen heir
to a fortune of $50,000.
Thc little white box came safely to
hand, for which, “may ‘the parties,’ live a
thousand years, and their sliadows never be
less.”—[Eds.
A new American manufacture, that of \ had a vessel ready to sail, containing arms in this singular manner at the dfivice of his but the plants died nevertheless, not from j Humboldt is eighty-five years of age, and
. .— i— i 1 w:i ■> a „......orwi counsel, B. F. Butler and Benj. Dean, who ! frost but fiom damp: so he being a medita- j doesn’t know ihat the Constitution of tlic
plate glass, has been commenced in Wil
liamsburg, N. Y., where plates of glass
ten feet wide and twenty feet long will be
made. A plate ten feet square can be made
so strong that it will hold a ton weight, and
so clear that persons can read the fine print
of a newspaper through a piece four inches
thick. It is a singular fact that the best
English plate glass is made from American
sand. With New Jersey, possessing the
proper raw material in so remarkable a de
gree, it is singular that this article has been
so long imported.
and ammunition, and 300 men. ,. „„„ . . . , , - —
— have published an address denouncing the t tire man, thought it was just possible he was , United States, provides for tho return of
It is said that seventy babies have been expulsion of Mr. Iliss as an arbitrary ex- ! going contrary to the laws of nature by j persons held to service who escape from one
entered for Barnum’s Show. Hue not spe- ercise of power, and intimating that the j making the night warm and the ciay cool, i State to another. On the contrary, the old
cified. Some of the great showman’s efforts House feared important developments to be In despite of all gardeners hc lighted his baron says Mr, Webster made the law
about the Ioav places in New York, in the made in the case. | fire in the morning when the Aveatlier Avas | therefor in 1850, and ever since he has
way of obtaining material, are said to be ——; —2 r—— ! ver J c °ld, and let it go at night; he let the j hated Mr. Webster. The learned Prussian
altogether peculiar and worthy himself.
tgk-We understand
Fillmore embarked on the 16th inst., on a
trip to Europe, accompanied by a party of
friends.
The ponds in the vicinity of Alexandria, j sun set, as he said, naturally. The result
! Va., were covered with ice on Monday ! "was all that he could wish—he hardly lost
that Ex-President morning last. That was what was meant I a plant. It is wrong, said he to have heat
probably by the announcement that “ice j without light, and equally wrong to have
was noticed in the BuburbB of Washington,” ) light without heat; and this I think is
on thft mne T" n r tl *"fr I sound reason.*— Cor. of “The Field."
had better go on with his large white neck
cloth, and curiously figured velvet waiscont,
and the fourth volume of his Cosmos, and
not talk any more of his hatred of the de
fender of the constitution till he knows
something about it.
is said that there has been recent
ly discovered in the Island of Sardinia some
caverns filled with guano, the production, of
bats, aggregated since the creation of the
world. Chemical analysis have proved that
this guano is as rich as that of Peru in
ammoniac matters and in sulphate of lime.
Several land proprietors are said to have
already purchased quantities of this ucav
manure for their lands. ^
It is intended to hold a “Grand Bazaar”
in London this month, to promote the move
ment now making to extend the use of
free labor in cotton goods, with a vieiv to
the discouragement of slavery in the Amer
ican States.
