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RBtllNlSCENC'ES OF GEORGE McDUFFIZ. Jt w?r our good fortune, in (lie summer of 18-10, to bo present nt it dinner given this grcHt orator, and advocate of Free Trnde, in the Ideasant village of (ireon wood, Abbeville )is trite, S. The wealth, bounty and fashion of that proud old District, was out in full leather and splendor. 'l'he audience, tlio occasion, everything was right to stir up the deep leeliipjs of tlie mighty orator. The Tariff?the study of his life?wiis the theme that he was expocteil to ! dismiss. Well do we recollect the figure, the ; nppenranee, the tout msemblr of this liery, eloquent and logical speaker. We 8eo him now as ho ascends the rostrum, pule, trembling, emaciated with disease; his pioud, eagle eye BwcepIng with Wiling intensity ovet' his audience? his distended tiostrils, his wliolo frame quivering with passion and excitement. Struggling j with pain ami anguish, lie clutches the stand- I board with one hand, and i6 soon in the midst ' of his subject. A torrent of pnssionatc eloquence, ! indignant declamation and burning logic is pour | l.iu .l~rt i:.? .. I ..I 1.1'? 1111111.1,1bolt itftor thunderbolt falls in rupid and quick succc-ssion against tlie heresies of the restriction- ! ists. lie is now in full frenzy. The fit of inspirit- ) tion is on liitn. Tlie 111in111 v crowd heaves with j ileep and passionate feelings, responsive to the ' strong emotions of the flowing, excited orutor. For tliree hours his atidieuco is moved, agitated, I convinced, by eiitreniv, passionate bursts of indignant eloquence and trenchant logic. The scene, the occasion, the orator, nre flumped forever upon the tablet ?f our memory. Ten long years have intervened since wo sat beneath the shady trees that gave us shelter, whilst listening to the fiery, impetuous, and logical McDullie?but everything is still present in our mind, its vivid and hie-like, as they Were on that memorable day. Demosthenes thundering out his pit Hippies before an Athenian audience?Patrick llenery in the glow of ! full inspiration, in the Virginia house <f Httrgcsscs, exclaiming, " f^ive me liberty or death ! " ?Kichard Cobtlen on the hustings, during the ineruorablo " Corn-liiwa repeal," might have equalled, but we feel certain tlicv could not have surpassed this ell'ort of Mr. MeDulfie. The lust time we saw ibis remarkable man, ! was at a regimental parade in .Morrow's Old | Field, Abbeville, 6*. C. His faithful old body i servant drove him to a huge tree, front which ' be was accustomed to watch the evolutions of ' his favorite regiment. We recollect liitn at this j time with emotions of sadness and melancholy- j His splendid mind had gone out in litter dark- ; liess. lie could scarcely recognise. his most in- : tiinutc acquaintances. 11 is fine eye was rolling i in vacant abstraction. Remorseless disease Innl i ifucnclied the fire tliat unco blazed within him. | lie wns now a mental imbecile, lie soon after | left the parade ground, ami this was about, the last of oiiu of ih? most splendid ami brilliant . jewels that ever glittered in the diadetn of Carolina btjtc&mctt.?Xorth- h'<isl 0'>?ryiunt ('/ttrf. xvitlr. DANIEL MORGAN, THE RIFLEMAN. The following appears ill n letter of a Vir- j giniu correspondent of the New York Journal of : Conmiorev: The name of Daniel Morgan, the celebrated j commander to the \ irginin Killemeii, is u household word iu Virginia. His remains repose at "Winchester. A Jersvmaii by birth, he early emigrated to the Virginia wilds, and was a J wagoner in the French war. Tell, musclar, and ; inured to all hardships, lie was fond of adveii- 1 ture, famed fur intense daring and hairbreadth j escapes, lie, had been grossly insulted by one j Hritish officer, and severely punished by another, iu the name of King (ieorge. lie vowed r vengeance, and kept hi# vow. At the opening of the revolution lie raised a battalion of riflemen, and drilled them to perfection. They j spumed the bavoneL and relied fm tlm l nint of the rifle. He used 1? wiv the business of his men was tu kill, not to be killed. At dm ' battle of Saratoga, seeing the day was going , ogamst the Americans by reason of the cxtruor j diuary skill and energy of (Sen. I'rasjr, with his Scotch division, he resolved to resort to the only measure conceivable to arrest, tho tide ?( j buttle that threated to overwhelm them. Sum- i moiling to his presence the ln-st marksman j in his command, whose aim was never known ; to fail, he said to him : " Murphy, do you see 1 that officer on the iron-grey horse?" "Yes, j sir," was the reply of the soldier. Morgan ire- j joined with an almost faltering vuie, "Them do | your duty." Murphy ascended n tree, eut awn}' the inter- j laced branches with his hatchet, (this was a part I of their variegated armour,) rested his rille in a | sure place, watched his opportunity, and as soSiTj as fcJcn. l'raser had, in his aniuiuled movements, j come within a practical range, Murphy fired, j and the gullant. Fraser fell mortally wounded, j being shot in the centre of his body. That fall ' decided the day. The enemy soon gave way, nnd Saratoga became immortal. Hut Morgan, the rough soldier, was a man of tender feelings, nud he almost wept ut the de d, and always Raid it troubled him, becausc it looked so much like a kind of assassination of u bravo and noble offieer, though gallant as that officer was, he hud placed himself there to be shot at, nnd was engaged in shooting others. It was in a similar way that Nelson fell on the deeli of the Victory. DUEL EXTRAORDINARY. A duel was fought near this city, yesterday (MonJuy) morning, which for the singularity of its denouement, is, perhnps, unparalleled in the annuls of single combat.. A well known,geutleman in this community, whom we shall call Mr. A., feeling^ himself aggrieved by the conduct of andjher gAitleuian, whom we shall designate as * ? Mr. B., sent him n challenge, which was nccep1 ted?weapons, pistols ; distance, twelve paces ; time six o'clock in the morning. The usual ; preliminaries were settled, and at the word " fire," both pistols exploded. At the same in etnnt B. was seen to stagger. The seconds rushed up, when it was seen that the hall had struck the outer case of his hunting watch, from which it had glanced at nearly a right angle, ' paceiug through the lappel of his coat. The j watch was worn in the vest pocket, and was j almost directly on the heart. The case whb ! found to be considerably battered, but otherwise j the watch had sustained no injury, although it ! had gained about three hours in as many iniii- i utes. The hands, which a moment before li?<l I stood ut Slfcifiinutcs past-six, now marked half-' past niu'e.* Jlut perhaps the most curious pari of our story is to como. On looking around to see what had become of A., (he seconds discovered him leuiiiug ove , in the net of picking up something from the ground, and upon approaching nearer, discovered, to thcif astonishment, that one of his whiskers, which lie wore unusually large and heavy, had been shorn completely from his .face, and that with as much precision us though < it" hud been accomplished by the most skilful barber. It was thought that some peculiarity in 'the bore of A.'s pistol had communicated to l-l^the ball a rotary motion, which, combined with it* great velocity, could necessarily pooduce an effect similar to that caused by some sharp cutting instrument. The result of the duel, ho far, had been.so utterly singular that it precluded nil thoughts of pushing it to a further and perhaps more disastrous issue. The seconds interposed and reconciled their principals, and in a couple* of Injurs thereafter the whole party were toasting each other iu a certain fashionable restuu.? * rant below Canal street.?New Orleans Bee. ? The Nab Slave Trade.?We ennouneed some tiny since that Messrs. Ilcgis, of Marsailles, had made a contract for the transportation of twenty thousand Afi-icnn ??n??lt?~ ?? - 17 v . ...... WMMV^O ?W MIC JL i H1UII cuionists. We iiqw learn from the Barcelona Fenix that the first vessel for this traffic has sailed from Mareailles, pro vidod with sea pass ports by both the French and English governments, for the const of Africa. She takes ont a eargo of trinkets of small value, which are .to be profitlibly iuvested in coutract-ng negroes for ten jears' service and conveying them to Martinqae and Gaudalitpe. '^'ie Fenix adds that it is supposed this experiment will be often repeated, nnd finds in it' n mean* of supplying Cuba and Porto Itico with additional labor. In connection with this'subject we notice that the Leon Eftpanof, of Madrid, (he supposed orgsfT of Marshal Narraez, states that the government has foand the means of snifolying these islands with I-i ??in u i. ?? ?iniu?iaiifc f wiucn Will WWII DC pQl ID Op ration, witherinfringing theaUve trad? treatit# mtfc Engfcnd. This new style will soon break up )he old faahjonable slave trade.?Balti 1HOf9 American. ^ v * JR*k*rtte6 Print#' ? Wa learn tliat there would bate boen much largsr represented, if .''?*&e" could have been found in Memphis. rr\*ttrf Burial Pla<x?We sre gratified ta lew* thattfra f00^ ' ft M?grsoTja Cpmetery, as a pjnoo of sepulturo f<w its metnWf*, and for others eonnseted with tlit pro(m\o?. ABBEVILLE BANNER! Thursday Morning* June 18, 1857. * W. C. OA VIS, Editor. , PERSONAL. All persons litiving liiisinos with the Manner , Office, during Llic ubscnce of Mr. Davis, will pit-use cull on mc, in the Printing Room of lliiit 1 Oilier, where I will at nil times bo found. T. B. CREWS. ' RELIGIOUS. I The Rev. J. M. 1'iunulk, of Columbia, is ox- i pcctected to prcnch in the Episcopal Church, oil Sunday morning next; und also, at night, at s whicli time a HCrmon will lie ?lnlinv#.rn<l ?<i i -- ; "* , nun. The public ?re freely invited to attend. ^ HON. F. W.PICKEN8. 1 Wo learn from a Washington despatch tlint this gentleman linn received the appointment of ( Minister to St. l'olctsburg. As the friends of Col. Pickkns are urging his claims for the United Stutes Senate, it is Imrdly probable that he will accept tho appointment The Columbia Timet thinks he would not accept any oflicc under the < government, unless it should be that of Minister : to Spain, with the unlimited powers to uogoliute for and acquire the Island of Cuba. THE THESPIANS, According to previouu notice, gave one of the'r t best performances on Friday evening last. The ' plays Were "Hertrain'' and "Raising the "Wind," which were well sustained by the Corps, warmly i received and happily appreciated by an intelligent audience. Hut wo would do injiistiuo to I ' oni' own conscience, as well ns to other?, were ' we not to particularize ill favor of t rcjira*cn> j tatives of the three principal characters of the Tragedy?Bertram, Imockni: and I'nioit. HAH STORMS. 1 From the Union and Lancaster papers, we f learn tliat tlieso Districts have been visited by severe hail storms, wliieli liuve done immense dam- t aire to crops. In Lancaster, the wheat has been ' almost totally destroyed, and in cotton fields j where the storm was most destructive, scarcely ( a vestige of the plant remains. The trees were i stripped of their foliage, and such was the qunn- " tity of hail, that in places whore it drifted, it * measured some four feet in depth. THE FAILURE. \Vc arc requested to stale that owing to sick- I noss in llio family of W.m. C. Moiiagxk, Esq, he was unable to till his appointment on Saturday j evening last, in the promised Lecture, before the , Young Men's Christian Association. We are authorised also to stale, that 011 the Evening of ; 1 the JiOt.li iust., a Lecture from l'rof. J. It. J1 IJi.akk, of the Greensboro Female College, ami j ( formerly of this District, may be expected,oil the "Popular Objection:) to Scicnec." 1 l'rof. Di.akk is n gentleman of high order of mind and cultivated intellect, and a literary treat may be looked for. ^ - ?-?SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE BUTLER. AVe perceive from our exchanges that quite a ' number of names linvo been suggested already, , 10 fill the vacancy in the Senate, created by the t death of Judge Bitlkii. Among these we find < Col. Oim, Col. I'ickes, Judge Witiiekh, Gov. J 11 ammonii, Col. Mkmmi.ngkr, Chancellor Darcan, j , Col. CnesM'r, Col. Kkiit, Mr. Bovck and Gen. 1 The friends and admirers of cuch of r mese gentlemen are pressing tlieir claims wiili sonic earnestness, uiid it is impossible, at this stage, to suy who, out of this galaxy of talent, will be chosen. Hither of the gentlemen mentioned would represent the State with ability, aixl her interest and lame would loso nothing in their hands. "THE CAPITOL EXTENSION. This magnificent structure is being rapidly completed, and when finished will he the finest specimen of architectural luste and skill to be found in this country. True, millions of money have been expeuded to uiake it what it is, which is all very proper. We are a great people, occupying a great country, and our National Capitol should he in keeping with the people and country. We have only, as it were, just started upon our National existence, and are already Hie wonder and admiration of the Nations of the earth. A few years since a wilderness, in which wild beasts and the savage Indians dwell, now a mighty government, whose influence it acknowledged and felt, the world over ; and if America has attained this position thus rapidly, should fanaticism and party stife be kept aloof, what of grandeur may we not anticipate for our country. The Washington Slur, in speaking of this structure, says: The vast size of the brackets, forming the base of the dome. KtriU.-o ?! ? , - ? ucnuiuer Willi wonder. Each bracket weighs *7,000 pounds, * nud their aggregate weight is 504,000 pounds. ! The brick wall in which tlie bracket* are fastened is of great ^tren^lli mid polidity, und is to he raised to the lioiulit of 3d feet, forming the arch 4 upon which the iron coIuiiiiih of the dome will rest. " The number of columns forming the circuit of the superstructure,^ thirty-six, and each column will be supported by two brn?:kots. These . columns arc twenty feet in height, nud weigh . five tons each. The total weight of iron com- . posing the donir>, in estimated at fifteen million pounds, or seven thousand live bundled tons! Upon the gallery fronts are twenty panels, six feet by ten, with iron frames of exquisite finish, which are to be gilded, nud form tlie frames of a series of historical painting*, liy the first day of September the galleries will be completed.? The painters expect to huvethe ceilings finished ' by the middle of July. , The lobby ceilings are to be beautifully fres- j i coed. They ore supported by cast iron plates I twelve feet lonir bv nix \virt.< n...i -? u ?wf ??u |ricui?'iy one- j I fourth of an inch 111 thickness. , | Telegraphing through Water.?I have fieon ' several articles in the lutclligencer and other pa pera, from Europeans and Americans, claiming ' late originality in their success in tlfis cxpori- ' inent. As everything connected with the subject lias peculiar interest at this time, I send you an extract from a letter written by l)r. l'rauk Jin to l'etei Colliuson, of London. The Doctor ! ?ay? ' "Chagrined a little that we have hitherto been able to produce nothing in this way of use to mankind, and the hot weather coming on, when electrical experiments are not so agreeable, it is 1 proposed t? put au end to them for the season, 1 Momcwhat humorously in a party of pleasure on 1 the bauka of the Schuylkill. Spirits at the same time are to bo fired by a spark tent from tide to ' tide through the river, without any other conductor ihttn the Hater; an experiment which me some ' time tince performed to the amazement of the ' navy. A turkey is to bei'killed for our dinner by ' the electric shock, and roasted by the electric ' jack, before a fire kiudled by the electrified bot- ' tie; when the health nf ?n ? . ? me inmouB electri- 1 ciana of England, Holland, Franco and Qerniany ' are to Ije drank in eleotrificd, bum pern, under ! diacharge of guu? from tbe clecirical bat- ' Ury." _ 1 w 4 ?? ? 1 fkt Jformon Empire.?Brighvm Young U aaid 1 to b*re within hia jarisdiction 20,000 fighting .0180, armed and equipped, who are bound to fight for the Mormon Church till tbe laat man 1 has expired, ; ? I Tha poBolalion of Utah ? estimated at 100,- I 000; beaiaee which there we ?00.00<feidfrorenU ' of MormonWm In adjoining 8t*te? anTPTerritoriee, aoeordipi tojMge lUmmond. Thee^ir* l community of tft*h l? Mormon. tk.>mn~ui.. ? ' Baltimore Amtriyn. , * ' : V ., r ^ ? llf'T ?.S ' .-* ** SOUTH CABOLINA COLLEGE. Tlic Hoard of Trustees of this Institution mot >u Thursday last, and after discussion, adopted he resolutions which will be found below. It vould seem from these resolutions, that a change 11 the educational system of the College is conemplaU-d, and the University ]>lan substituted. This, we think, will be n wise change, and add nateriulty to the |>roei>erity of the College. The University system line succeeded admirably in itlicr States, mid there can no good rea<oti be issigned why the same success should not follow iere. The following arc the resolutions us pub. ished by ordor of the Board: That this Hoard having heard at large the iiiiicuii'iii. ?i viio rresiuenl ol tile College, and >f every member of the Faculty, are of opinion lint there is no inane of veracity made by the' ?roeeedinjf? which hnvo culled together this ;5onrd; that they exonerate the President from my imputation upon his character, and hereby xpress their confidence in his purity and in egrity. The following resolutions were also adopted: That this Hoard perceives no grounds for any :hurge alFeeting the honor or integrity of any one >f (lie Professors of lliis College. That it is expedient to make essential modifications in tlie educational syHtem of the South vui'olina College, lliat the curriculum of studies ie no expanded as to require many more profess ?rs or schools. That the selection of the Kchools he optional in llie part of the applicant* for College. That a committee of Jivn he appointed under ' he al?ov? rewlntion, and that they report to the Hoard in November next. The following gentlemen constitute the com- I nitt.ee: Win. C. I'reston, I*. (?. Meniiniiii'or. It. iV. I.itrnvvell, I). F. Perry, S. McAliley. That litis Board "deem it necessary to the ill- j crests of ilie College" to re-organize the gov'I'liinciit, and the President ami Prolcssirs he requested forthwith to resign their ofices. * On this resolution the vote was 15 to 8. Ill accordance with this resolu'ion, the Presi1 out and Professors all tendered their resignuions at the evening meeting, which woro lenepted. P>allots wcro then hud for several Professor- 1 hips, and the following gentlemen were re-elected 0 those previously }i*-hl hy them: Prof, John I Lii!oolite, Prof. Joseph I<econte, Prof. \V. J. Kivirs. Rev. Wltileford Smith was elected Pro- j lessor of Saered 1/itcrnturo. Mr. I,. McCundrss, of Cainilcii, was elected Professor of Konaii Literature. The Professorship of Logic tlid Metaphysics, and that of History and Politi- 1 'til Hcouumy, were left to be filled in September 1 ext. It was also determined that the Faculty be liithori/.ed and requested to appoint from their iiinmcr a Uliairuiau l<> itisvlinrgo the duties of ! 'resident until the next meeting of the Hoard. i That the exercises of this College besiispenled until the first of October next, and that nitiiedialc notice be communicated to the Fac- { illy. A committee of three was appointed to address he eiti/.ens on the state and re-organi/.ation of he I'olletre. " I Tin- late l'rofessoi-s will retain their houses intil required liy their faieeessors. The Hoard adjourned to meet on the WodnesIny after the sccoud .Monday in .September, at p. lit. J'rujt/r Jtiinciiiif.?At ITfiiiwclJ T.nnatii: Vsyliim, near I.ondon, a ball takes place every donday night, which is thus described: Shortly after six o'clock, the handsome asscm >ly room, brilliantly lit with gas, becomes the antral point of attraction to all the inmates, mile and female, who are considered well enough o indulge, their inclinations fur festivity. On the tecasioii of our visit , there were about two liuiiIred patients present, together with a few visiors and many of the attenduntp. In a raised irehestra, five musicians?three of whom were unatics?soon struck ii[) a mei'rv Polka. and im ncdiately tlic room was alive with dancers. In lie progress of this amusement \vc could see lothiug grotesque or odd. find the men been lilferently dressed, it would have been impossible to have guessed that wo were in the midst of i company of lunatics, the mere (weepings of .lie parish workhouse; hut the prison uniform of ad colored gray presented a disadvantageous lon'.rasi to the gayer and more varied costumes it hethlchcm, and appeared liko a jarring note imial the general harmony of the scene. In the :orners of the rooms, whist players?consisting, generally, of the older inmates?were seen incut upon their game ; not a word was uttered iloud, not a gesture took place that would have liscredited any similar sane assembly; yet not a tulient was free from some strange hallucination, >r some morbid impulse. Among the merriest danccrs in Sir Roger de "'overly was a man who believed himself to be >ur Saviour, and who wore in his hair a spike ill mitution of the crown of thorns; and one of the keenest whist players wus an old lady, who it'll ile her partner was dealing, privately assured is slio had been dead these three 3'ears, and detired as u favor that we would use our influence villi the surgeon to pursuade him lo cut oir her lead. In the midst of such strange delusions, it ,...o uiimuuo lu iiuiiuc now rationally lltoso who 1 >vere their dupes enjoy themselves; and ii is iin- I uissihle to deny that such rcunioiiH ure eminently i :alcu)uted to liindor the mind from morbidly iwelling upon its own unhealthy crealiont). It s found that the too prolonged and frequent rep.'tilioii of the halls Bomewh.it diminishes their in.erest?an evil provided against at Hauwell by eftrieting tho time allotted to tliem. At nine uveieely, although in the midst of the dance, a thrill note is blown, and the entire assembly, like >o many Cinderellns, breaks up at onee, and .lie company huny oir to their domitoric9. Thr Tunnel.?Business called us to the Tunnel >n Thursday last; while in the morning, and at loon, we had a few moments of leisure, we >ieked up the following intelligence fiom a friend is to the progress of the work on the line, which ,ve have no doubt will be gratifying to all our eudero: At Lomar's old contract, Mr. Sharpe s operating encrgetfcally, with some fifteen or wenty hands, and is, as we are informed, mating good urogress. Mr May hew has resumed lie work of the construction of the culvert over i prong of Cane Creek, which passes through the onlract of Mr. Sharpe. Sir. Jones who is the r Ik. .r.io ii. iui vilv utlliuillg UI UIO OnUUIC, Olid Middle Tunnels is progressing rapidly, and will KM)ii be able to commence Tunneling, as his aj>[>roueh is nearly completed. Mr. J. J. Smith is it work on tlie heavy till at the approach in the Kust end of the Tunnel. This in heavy work, [>ut he is making good progress. Sliart No. 1, is tot only heading but to grade, and they are, iu :hiH chaff, tunneling both Eavt and West. We tvere informed, thai the East end of the Tutiucl ind Shaft No. 1 will be united during the present ^-car. The other shafU aro woll worked, and ome of them will soon reach grade.? Walhalla Banner. ^ ? Burning of the Steamer Si/don in.?In a letter to the Louisiana Baptist, Rev. Geo. W. Rogerp, 1 fp;t8senger, gives a detailed account of the burning of the unfortunate steamer Sydonin, on llie Ouachita, the 23d ult., as before recorded: The flames spread with such rapidity that trery soou the whole front was enveloped. The majority of the passengers and crew run forward iu wild confusion and made their escape without laving any of their bAggage. With carpet aack in hand, I readied tlic top of ii. ^ ii * - 1 ...u n iicuiiiuimc, irom winch point for a moment, I surveyed the awful Bceue?the flames high snrling in front, black volumes of mioke pouring nut aft, the shrieks of men, women and children prreeting the cur. Among them, a l?dy, suspended as between life ana death, holding to the guard with ono hand, whilst with the other she clung to her infant child with a mother's love, oryiug " Save me ! Save my child !" The men rm the bank ahouted to her to let go and drop into the watt&' and they would save her- She iricd the experiment, fearful as it seeraitd, and thre4 noble-hearted men ventured their tffcs.and brought her and her child safe ashore. - v " ^ ? + ?i Eati Tennettce and Virginia Railroad.?The Knoxville Whig, of Saturday last, has the following. paragraph in reference to tbo progress of ili i? work; Dr. Cunningham baa obtained form Memphis 100 tons of railroad iron, which com^JietMjjiie rdad to Boll'a Oap, The cara uow nia wW ii.K m ?|> vi ?? ?i iw imiwqi iMginr on nr. do* fw u'i'uT jonlraeiors are^now niunjng^?ny numb^if-'flnifc. then, from *& ir^Kf! ffant to BC6 coaiiU-y j??t m ? country ?" " "- -* -* - " ? - ->! - . ' .. , ?"hifti? rOMMl'NICATKD. PIC-NIC ON ROCKY RIVEB. Mr. Enirou: I have waited patiently, for tlic |>as.t four weeks, in the hopo (liat some one more competent than myself, would give u description, through the columns of yotlr paper, of u Fishing Party and I'ic-Nic, which was celchrutcd at the double bridges, on Rocky River, near Ixiwiidesvillc, on tho 15th of May, but I have despuired of such a thing being done, and Mich things being of Boinewhut rare occurrence, I do not thiuk thoy ought be passed by without at least-some notice. On the morning in question, the King of Day opened the portals of the Bust under very inauspicious circumstances. Tho dark, threatening and lowering clouds, which 011 the day and night I previous, had o'ersprcad tho deep blue concaved canopy of the heavens, beireti about dawn of I duy to emit their contents in perfect torrents, j thorcby precluding the possibility, or rnllier protfc j ability, of assembling at llio place, and for tlic , purpoac above designated ; but they (the clouds) about 8 o'clock, seemed to tuke into eons'ulera- | tion the disappointment that would nceessurily ensue, withheld their equatic contents, and disi peracd, and old Sol made his ttppenranne, there- ! by arousing a faint hope that his warm and in- j vigorating riivn would sullicieiitly extract tbo | moisture of tho banks of tho river, to render it | practicable, if not pleasant, to meet there. Ow- I ing to the inclemency of the morning, the pco! pie did not begin to convene till about 12 o'clock. 1 i They tli?!n omiic in "in n hurry," uud us soon as arrived, plunged into the hilarity usually attondunt upon such occasions. There were quite a vnricty of persons in attendance. The "elite" of the country worn there. There were persons in attendance, who ure verging upon middle life, who seemed to regurd that day as the imniversury of the many similar pleasurable scenes, through which they had past in their youth, ! manifesting it in the smiles that continually | played upon their countenances, uud thejovial| ity displayed in their words uud actions. I prej stune limy do not attend such occasions in antic I -| - |..^?ou.v, uui I illllljl II!) It roi struint upon young persons?lo keep wild and I thoughtless youth within the p:ile of propriety and decorum, which is very laudable in them. Next in order I shall mention those who have disciudcd bib-aprons, short dirsscs. und all other juvenile apparel, and bid adieu to dolls, playhouses, 6ee saws, und all other childish amusements, and assumed the costume accompanied by the dignity of the grown young lady. I am not a Hiiflicienl master of words to give you an elaborate description of the apprurunco and accomplishments of those of love's fair daughters, who were there. They might vie with any of the Broadway hollos in personal appearance and accomplishments. I lo w any of Adam's stalwart sons continue to live in " smirle-hlessedness," tio called, while such specimens of female i loveliness arc extant, is bevond mv i ninnri lu.n. sion, unfrxx it /* bccauxc?they cannot them- I xrlvrx. The heart than can ^ithsluiid the glance ' ?f such eyes, the fascinating in flu uncos of such j smiles, and tho loveliness of such forms must i ! certainly he impenetrable to the shafts of ("lipid, | and callous to every feeling bordering upon love. I would now, if not overstepping the bounds of propriety, mention the names of a few of those who ?ie jxtlirc have attained the greatest nliitudc towards female perfection. I will,how- j ! ever, be a little more personal. Mississippi was well represented in the persons of the Misses K. j M., and M. J., both of whom ore regarded by persons who are believed to be judges, talented, accomplished and pretty. If those two are a criterion by which to judge of the daughters of Mississippi, I will uftirm, without any hesitation, that it is tho moat desirable portion of t his ter rest rial ball. Now for that part of the day's proceedings which related to the supplying of the demands of the inner man : The tublo was placed on the island, beneath a dense umbrageous roc. und loaded with dainties in the greatest profusion, and every tiling calculated to appease one's apj petite. The good people of Lowndcsville and | vicinity, word somewhat lavish in their preparations, and the majority of persons did umplc justice to the dinner. As usual at such assemblages, there was more fishing out of than in the water. Persons generally prefer to fish for a member of the hunmn to one of the "finny tribe." Whether an}* one was successful or not, I am unable to say, but if they were not, it was j not for the want of exertion. The crowd dispersed at a pretty late hour, all | I acknowledging that they had spent the day very pleasantly ; and so ended our Fishing Purly and I'ic-Xic. So far as I am personally concerned, I can say, the time spent on the island though short, is fraught with many pleasurable emotions, and long may it he befortf such occasions will he numbered among "the things that were." ' II. Man Hung by a Vigilance Committer.?Jefferson Randall, whe had been sent from Rockingham counl}*, Virginia, by n Vigilance Committee, for numerous lawless acts, nuchas burningharns, robberies, and planning the assassination of certain prominent citizens iti that county, returned thereon Friday last, lie was immediately arrested by the Vigilance Committee and held in custody, to see if he could not be surrendered into the hands of tho law qn legal proof. Not being able to accomplish that object, the Committee, on Tuesday, took hifn'out and hung him | on a tree until lie was dead. Randall was a man of extraordinary physical strength, and when captured was armed with a gun aud pistol, but did not oiTer any resistance -to hiS-Captore. Jones. 11 son-in-law ut Randall'*, in custody or the Committee, nnd warf to have been hung yesterday.?Richmond Dispatch. New ,Txinpt/iire Democratic State Convention. ?Coxc iiD, T*I. H-, June 10.?The Hon. George W. Morrison, of Manchester, presided over'the Democratic State Convention held here to-dayAsa P. Cute, of Northficld, was nominated for Governor on the first ballot. Frederick Vase, of Walpole, was nominated for Railroad CommisHioner. The resolutions adopted indorse the last aud all previous Democratic Administrations ; pledge earnest support to President Duchanan; sustain the Drcd Scott decision ; advocate repeal of the Maine law; and re-adopt former resolves concerning the leading Democratic measures. No speechca were made. Tito Convention was full und harmonious. Attempt to AuattituiU a President.?The Brownsville (Texan) Flag, of tlje ?7th Hay, hns the following account of an attempt to assnssiuate President Comonfort: President CoinonforV on a recant visit to Tacttbnja to inspeot the railroad in progress at that place, was ' faulted by one Norgfa, a noted bandit, with a poignard. Tho fatal blow waa wprded off by a by-stander, who promptly knocked the wonld-bo assassin down. He was finally secured, tried, convicUid, and sentenced to suffer)4he paiu of death the next day, as an alonemferft of nis treason. lie confesaed that he waa bribed to perpetrate this act by-CentraliaU o! mp cny of mexu;o, Htlp Otu Another.-?#** Walter gcott wrote: "The race of mankind would peiiah did weceaSe to help ?*eh other."From the ifcne.that the motber^iMd*,J<h? ^bild'? hoad^Jltlie moment that Bo^e-UM aMuttnnc# wlpeathe death damp from the pfiP of the dying, we cannot exist without mutUmi'help. All, therefore.,that need aid, have \right to ask it of their foliow-mortala; lUid no onayprho haa it iivbi power to grant, cm refott witjwit incornbg guilt,*' than the prrr^ua ou?, ^ * Ji ; - " :J ' - . - li i i ii . ji fffi > ? - ? . 1 ' ~1 jj COilMONlOA^EO. .S* * r PIC-N10. AT MOtTKT <JAjtMEL. . Mr. Ei>it6r : The warm breath of. sumrocf, the now-jjorn.ie&veis the soft-wooing flowers and ' tho many thquatuid beauties which surround (iv, J often Inspire \$fyi & doubtd'loVw for life; and , with this joyous afflatus stirring within, we catch ! I nt the nioBl endearing cTacliunlmentH, and niako | for ourselves no K1 Dorado, congenial to tho ' whims of our funcy. The young, tho beautiful | ,niid good have ever been forfd of fun, and this 1 witching, jyooking penuhunt for tho light of J earth Was manifest in our littlo village on Sat- ( urdny, fith inst , a day .which will ever, at the I touch of Memory's wand, by the participants of 1 the occasion, revive pleasing associations, and j stir in the chilled heart of old uge, recollections which will gild the evening of lifo with tho ra dient hues of youthful sun-shine. But kind ' reader, wc will not stop to "weave, with quick and skillful fingers," all the particulars of .our ichiui Hiory, nor will wo tell you or tlio 'sweet ! morn," the " balmy zephyrs," unci all tliiw, to enter as a prelude to the joyous festivities of tlio day ; sullicu it to say, standing as wo were, not far Irom tho waters of our "over lovely and beautiful Savannah," we luul (lie pleasure of seeing tlio elite of its vinc-ela?l valley, for once all congregated en iiiosmo lo celebrate June, the sweet mouth of (lowers. This social gathering was truly one of interest: the houry-locked sire, tho matronly dumc, the crowning blossoms of earth?"the beautiful fair," ull had coinc to steal ono day from care, and enter spiritly into that jocose pleasantry, which makes the world so winning and life so sweet. The pretty girls?yes, all were pretty?those wingless, balloony angels, beautiful to look upon, had come with gracefulness in their uiry step, to add the charm and wreath the scene with the mellowness of their enchanting presence. It was truly, Mr. Editor, a moving occasion, one which would have (hawed the winter of a bachelor's heart, and made him stir from his Hip Van Winkle snooze, and think nt least of that "shady side," where the "sere an<l yellow leaf" proclaims the wane of life. Hoiibl v?n mingled in this festal throng, and listened to the wild gay laugh, the merry song, llie Ulc a let'.demonstrations, you might liuvu marked, for future thought, much which would be pleasing to retrospect, particularly those propitious moments 1 which were so well adapted to mental colloquies and poetic love-making. At that hour when " " There is music in a dinner horn And in u nutmeg grilter," parties concerned rallied around the. tempting pastries, luscious viands, condiments and other inviting death-dealing arrangements which had been ho carefully provided l>y the good mothers, the douting daughters and other auxiliaries, which we shall at present forbear to mention.? However, Mr. Editor, for fear my 1'ic Nic theme may not be interesting to your many readers, I close this article by saying that wchad some excellent vocal music upon the occasion, from a portion of llie.class taught by Mr. An a.ms, near tin* place, sometime since. In listening to its exquisit melody and Hymphoiiious harmonics we could not but exclaim in the manner of Joan Paul, Ood be thanked for so divine a gift us music! With this benelii our little party closed, and thus another day has been numbered, which will be remembered with Iho profbundest iuterest by nil who were interested. J. L. C. Ml. Cnruiel. The Comet.?The comet occupies a great deal of public attention, and bets are freely wagered upon the possible collision. The most extensive proposition of this kind is the following, by the editor of the Urbana (III.} Constitution. u*lm < *. Aiiiincil Iho celestial visitor curefully with the instiiiuieuts of ilie I'rbann Brass liuud, and comes to the following conclusion : Int. The comet will not strike the earth; but? I '2d. If it docs strike, it will never do it u second time. In case, however, nay gentleman hold opinions different from the above, and is willing to back his views to n limited extent, in order to arrive at tlie truth in thin momentous mutter, we hereby make the following riiorosiTioNs: | 1st. We will wager ?20,000, more or less, that if the comet offers to strike, we will dodge before it does it, in other words, that it can't be ! brought to the scratch. iid. A like sum that if it docs strike, it will be knocked higher nor a kite. ad. Twenty-live times the nbovo amounts, in case the comet strikes, it won't budgo the earth six inches by actual measurement. 4th. A liko amount, that if it strikes, its tail drops. .1th. An optical sum, thn the earth can knock the comet further than the comet can knock the earth nine times out of eleven. (ith. That after the comet gets through striking the earth, it will never wunt. to strike uuybody else. These propositions are intended to cover the i case of any gentleman on thin globe, or on the comet, or elesewhere. All l.o .1?S.l I K.. ?1._ T.. J? ~r *?" " w uvviucu vj nit; juiiyua ui the Supreme Court. Money to be deposited in the bank of Newfoundland. " Time of striking and other arrangements to he fixed by the purlieu. Applicants for bets have n right to kelcct any cornel they choose,?Richmond Dispatch. Saudi) and Dusty Cotton.?Extract from a Manchester spinner's letter, dated May 15, 1867 : " What will become of tlio cotton mixed with i mind, dust Bnd trash, 1 don'i know. No one i here will have it The following will show: ' "We bought a few di^'H ago a lot of decent, ordinary New Orloans, with ataplp^t 7d. per lb. On opening them we thought thefft-rather dusty, , and ordered our men to put 100 lbs. through the cleaning machine. It lost in the process 141 ( percent. I selected three, bales taking out 100 . lbs. It lost 47} percent.!!! Not satisfied, I ordered the trial to be repeated on another 100 lbs. ! The loss was 4f>A ner cent. This loss consisted 1 in invisible dust and visible sand. We test all * our purchase of cotton in the sumo way, and wo find Middling New Orleans to lose from . >? to , per cent. Good India, average quality 12 to { 28 per oent Good Ordinary 7 to 9 per cent.? > Now, can any spinner bo expected to buy this i sanded, dusty cotton? I any no/, and ,pny liis < way. Don't send any more of this rubbish.? ] Your planters ar&doing themselves no good by t this yoar's system of packing cotton in Louisiana j and Mississippi." y > , Execution.?Medefc Ilarrelson, convicted of the t murder of Rogers, was hung in this plucc on Fri- i day lost, the 6th hist, in the presence of a largo < number of men, women And Children. He met his fate with calin resignation, and we learn 1 that for some time before the day of execution ] arrived, he prdfes?ed a hope of the forgiveness ] of his sins, and died in the full assurance of ] happiness in the world to come. It will be recollected that be received his sentence at the March term of our court, in 1865, but escaped ' from prison before the day oL excution, and ' evaded the vigilance of the ofnceis of the law I until last winter, when he Wfa taken and lodged' j in jail till the March term of the present yeav J tnlian 1*a ?waa e/tain Antaii/idf) Kir fllnv?r * itucu no wwngwu ni?w?vw V ""Ov < ?Marion Star. - 1 ,4 Fametti' Ilorte.?Cossack, the horse Csptain Nolau rode when he was killed a( HnUklaya, | (in the famous charts,) is now the proponj^ j gentleman of Cincinnati, and arrived _intluU ? city last #?ek. He itf* grey Arab stallio^afac . years old, and fonrteen bands high. His groom, who peine with him, is Edward Bleaper, one of the eleven' survivors of a regiment of 900 British soldiers who fended is daJHpoli, in February, I *44. He was at Alma, Balaclava, Inker.nan,- 0 add d)e siege of Sebastopol, and looks as if he I ?m made of oak, iiguomtit? and iron. r h?^oboken[*Jane 10th, aged 76 yearei. He 1 letves property to Hie amount of semi! mil- I lions, g f I J r ^ ; "T "T GREAT BXClTEkiMT,5sr SAW AHTONIO. i)kt?pi:n.\TK viuiit wirii robbers. t Tlio-Son Antonio (Texas)pnpere, 80tli ult., nrc * llled willi tho inoKt exciting accounts of a rccunt j1 headful encouulcr with u bund of ruffians, in ;hat city, during which fire portions pero killed 8 ind one wounded. As our readerB well know, J there lins been, for 11 long time past, u desperate ; jnngof theives, robbers und house-breakers bung- | ? ing around about Snn Antonio, wlime repealed 1 villainies wo have utmost weekly recorded. On J the nigbt of the 29th, it seems, a horrible mur- : tier wuh r.onimittod but u few miles below the ' town. Tlio wife of one Mr. Gurza was killed in Iter own bouse by some seven or eight assassins, B Mid the house then robbed of money unlTvnlnn- 1 L>les. A reward of ?50u wuh offered next mor- . iiiug for tho apprehension of the murderers, and Sherill* Henry, with ii posse, hastened to tho ' Ijloody scene. The Texan, SOtli ult., adds : ' A hunt 19 - ? VIWK ll gang 01 some <107.011 ?10S- I ' perudocs linil collecicd in tho city on the west side 1 t! uf the river, many of them in a darkened room, j ' iib ti sort of resort for the moment. Here the shooting comnienceil between the desperadoes ' '"J and some three or four citizens. Ficlstrop killed j one of the desperadoes, und was shot through tho | 8 head by another. At this uwful juncture, Jim : v Taylor, than whom a braver mint never lived, I J1 gave orders to some three, of his comrades to fid- j low him?anil at, the same moment he broke j through the window into the darkened room.? | , As he entered, Bill Hart, a notorious character, , j rliot him through the breast, and at the snmu j ' moment a gun was pointed at lli.I llart by nno- I tlier person, when Taylor exclaimed, ''he has shot \ ' me, let me shoot him," and tired. Both fell.? . Citizens eommrneed rushing in well armed, as ! well as many of the desperadoes, and the shoot- ' became general. The gang of rowdies broke from the room hy a buck door; many of them who came up after the melee commenced, immediately fled?finding that they were coming to close quarters. By this time at least three hundred citizens had . collected, all well armed?for it was well known tluit this gang of rowdies could have at their command seventy-five or one hundred men within fifteen minutes. Many of tlicm cainein sight, but very wisely withdrew. Five persons were killed, two citizens and three of tho desperadoes. Taylor may .recover. ' At this etage of affairs, tlie city authoities commanded the limit it title to disperse, and they immcdintcly obeyed the command. (iront excitement still prevails! We hardly dare prophesy what may be the result before the matter ends. There will bo a meeting of the, citizens this evening.?Ar. (). J'icayunc. Col. (,'rnhhr.?Col. Crabbe, who lately embarked in the Maine enterprise ill which Walker made his venture, and Count Kaousset Ralhoiiu lost his life, is from Nashville, Tenn., and has ; been a |irominet politician in California and ' Mississippi, lie uad Walker were, doubtless, | school-mates, being natives of the same town.? ' In the last Senatorial contest ill California, I ("rabbet was a prominent candidate of Know ' Nothing party, lie is the same man who was ! tho survivor in the last of the bloody series of j combats which the editors of tho Vicksburg Sentinel fought?the last of fcix of the editors of j that paper having fallen by the hand of Crubbe. j It was in 181!), during the exciting contest of j Fool and Davis for the Governorship, that Mr. Jenkins, editor of the Sentinel, n peaceable and estimable man, having commented on the conduct of Crabbe, was assailed by him in the streets of Yicksburg; a terrible combat ensued, Jenkins using his bowie knife with great effect l...r n?.i ?_? ?? ilium: vi'uduu coiiiu uraw Ins pistol. The latter, | however, though terribly cut, succeeded at last ill discharging his pistol into tlic Hide of Jenkins, who fell mortally wounded, dying in u few hours after. Trarcl'my fur Iu-oiiomi/.?The fashionable arc going over to Kurope this suniiner in droves, instead of suuning themselves atnl vegetating at watering places. The reason given is, that it is cheaper to take the European tour than to reside nt our fashionaiiie iioteis with their cxtrnvn gnnt prices of living; and while they are going ill for pleasure, they might as well enjoy the best, when it costs no more than the inferior.? If economy is the motive of this exodus of the fashionable of society, there must he some grand mistake in the calculation. The common cry in the European cities. Paris in i>articiil?r i* il?.? excessive deitmess of living, priced being enormously inflated by insubordinate speculation aiul extravagance of individuals, and of the gctvcriiiiicut. The same causes are at work there as here, and the same effects are produced. 11 is more likely that it is the dazzling splendor of European social life, now the most brilliant ever witnessed in that country, which attracts eo many of the butterflies of our fashionable circles away from the insipid enjoyments of seaside sports and American hotel life. Corn in Tnnrxxcc?AVe convetseil yesterday with two of our citizens, just returned from Nashville, Tcnessee, which place they left on Wednesday evening, wlio state that corn had declined to75 cents per bushel at Nashville, and was dull ntid decling, and that provisions of all description were drooping. They give u glowing description of the prospects of the wheat crop. Corn, they say, is small, but that owing to the lateness of the spring much land that would have been planted in Cotton, had tho spring been more forward, has been put in corn. '1'liis is sensible in our Tennessee friends. Corn is more profitable in Tennessee at 85 cents per bushel than cotton at 12 cents per lb., to say nothing of the economy v of labor. This is r>1aiu. to nnv with the applicability of the soil and clnnute of that locality to the two products.? Columbus Huh fl/iimx of (!en. Wat bach.?The veteran CI en- I eral WuIIiacIi, Col. 4th Artillery, now lies dan- i porously ill, with 110 hope of recovery. Thus, | probably, will paw away, in a few hours, on*; ol .? the brightest ornaments of^tho army. Pity if it* that we have so frw such men left. (Jon. | AValbach is in his ninety-first year, and has seen I service, in Europe and America, extending over c three-quarters of a century, lie served under 1 Louis XVI, and often had the Dauphin ou bis t knee.?Baltimore Patriot. t Spotii/es.?We exported from Key West last j year, nays tho Key West of the (Julf. about j ?100,001) worth ofspouges; nnd the export? of t thin year, stimulated by :tli3>advanccd price will 1 probably roach $300,t)00, or about one hundred c nnd fifty thousand pounds of sponge. About forty boats niul two hundred men arc engaged ill tho business, who catch the sponge iu tho ?: .(..11 . ?. a ? .t_ ?; _l_ A #_T i niiiimn nuii-igurcniuiii riuiiuu, ua mr wesi us l Codnr Ke3-s. t Appointment?Governor of Utah.?Wo learn } from reliable autliv/ily. Hint General B. 1 kins, of Jacksonville, Florida, hn* been offered ? Ihe appointment of Governor of Utuli Territory, fieneral Hopkins is known as n fnmous Indian , fighter, anil if u man of resolution and nerve is needed to deal with tho disciples of Joe Smith, t would, perhaps, bo difficult to tlx on better 0 hoice.?Charleston Courier. ? # 1 A New York paper says: " A few Sundays ?go at one of our churohes the choir sang a hymn ^ Lo a tune which comes in as follows: 'My poor 0 pol?my poor pol?my poor polluted heart.'? k Another line received tho following rendering: * 1 And in the pi?and in tho pi?and fn tho pious fi te delight*.' And still another was sung : 'And " ake thy pil?and take thy pil?and take thy 11 >ilgrim home.'" ? p Carpenter * Strike?The journeymen carpennf PI>iU/1ol?l.i? l.?1.1 - ? 1 * - " ... -- - UO.U I> 111101 IIICI-LIIIJT UI1 oailrc^ay niglit, mid after passing tlio following res o >lution, adjourned sine diej h Itesolvrdf. That the wugoa of tho Journeyman [louse Carpenters from the 1st of April to the j Isl of November be $1 76 per day, and from tlio b 1st of November to the 1st of April be $1 50 ii w day. d Suffrage in North Carolina.?Gov. Bra eg. of ^ Vortn Carolina, notifiesaatt persons entitled to j, rote for memory of Uie House of Commons, that ^ >olls will be opened on the first Thursday iu Au- ^ pjst next, to take the sense of the voter* as to ^ he ratification of an amendment to the consti- h tuion of the State making the suffrage therein jj *ee. * e A War ni tig.?The Alton Courier warns the tl vublic against eating, as greens, the tope of the >ie-plant or rhubarb. Within the last few days t \ number of instances have oeenrred in which heir use has severely poisoned those who ale of hem. The sytnptoms wsro violent purging and * ronming. 1 -v P The Alabama Conferenco of (lie Methodist n Cpitcopal Church has unauirhonsly voted in favor p f expunging from the Diaciplin, the General y tale forbidding "bnyiug and selling men, wosen and ohildreuf with an intention to enslave . hem." A ? ii United-State* Senator from Texas.?Maj. Ben. ^ IcColloch, it is said, frill be a candidate for the -fl Tailed States Senate front Tex^s, against Gen. fl (aw Hot}stoij. g ' X*' ' - -ii.- ' juiu , rmm? DralU of Col. J. Chfoi&JBltnu.x-Oxir eseenied, useful (rtulpoputnr foliovrfcitisen, Col. J. Chorion Blum, died last night at. 1 o'clock s. iq., >f billio-pneumouio fover, in tho 40lh,'yea*of lis age. His <loath lias brought regret and ;1ooni to thousands Of acquaintances. He was inc who had " troops of friend*," who respected tint for his sterling. manly qualities, Ids sagacious ;ood senso, his active und strict bunine? capacty and integrity, and for the usefulness and harity of his dally life, who admired him for lis truth, his sincerity, his firmness', and" uts 1 ligli inflexible tone of character; and who loved lim for his genially, his cheerfulness, lrn buoyant pirit, his warm attachments and frank demcaior. Col. Blum was ? member of tho present State ,egisluture, and Chuirmun of tlie Committee ou Vccounts; u Director of the Bank of Sonth Carolina; Colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment? , ....i. i.- ? i ? ' i iuiik no una nuiu lor mure than ten years, and in active and accomplished officer; President of >ne or more charitable societies, &c. Besides leing a tincftil an<l prominent citizen, and having erved this community a number of times in tlio legislature, mid in other capacitics, lie lind also erve<l liis country at large in tlie Florida war, vherc with the German Fusiliers, one of our ihh'sl uniform corps, of which he was captain, 10 did his duty us a soldlor and patriot, with toiior to himself and his company. The illness vhicli terminated in his death, prevented his icting ns grand marshal of the procession on tho ate celebration of the Memphis Jnhilco. Col. ISIiuii was one whose death is a loss to a ommuiiity, and who in many relutious of life lias left a vacuum. His funeral will lake place to-morrow aOer1100 ii, at 5 o'clock, at the (icruian Lutheran Church, iu Archdale-street, of which he was a Vestryman.? C'fiurliiilon h'wiiiwj iWus. Will nur (Jovcrnuvul xuxlain the Monroe Doctrinc ??Now that (Jen. Walker has hooil expelled from Nicaragua, the imbecile Republics or States forming an alliance against him, having no longer a common interest to tind them together, invite John Hull to step in and settle the difficulty to the satisfaction of all parties?that is bv eon x-miiK mum into Uritisli jwssesaions. Walker has planted tlie seeds of progress, in thut part ol' the Americun Conlincnt, and they will bring forth fruit either lo the jjlory of our own United States, or to that of Britain, unless our Government bIihII firmly udhere to the Monroe doctrine. Already has Britain trespassed on this continent too far. She must he met with tho Monroe doctrine, and made lo regulate her policy ' on this side of the water, accordingly, at nil hazards. If the late Hews from New Grenada bo correct and we see no reason to doubt it, thou the United Stales have already a caso in point, and Mr. Cass will rellect the sentiments of ihisscctiou of the I'nion, if he should give his orders to John Bull to dis^orue peremptorily, or take the consequeuccs. If (<reut. Britain continues lo push her luil'wv fnru?!ii'?l *.?% ??4 ?1 A , j in /tincncii, una tlie(Joverinnent will do nothing to nrrest her onward march, tlicu let us (In away with our neutrality ? laws, for to adhere to thein in such a euso would be the sheerest lolly. We love to cultivate the arts of peace with all nations; hut \vc have long learned to helieve that, the only way lo kcepou terms of peace with .lohn Itull, is to he prepared In whip liiin the moment lie gives cause, and not wait for diplomatic courtesies. He has got lo be such a thief and rohher, he should not he treah <1 to that respect we should accord to an honorable nation. (fruit Firrx in t/ir Wood#.?Extensive fires have for some days past been raging in tho woods in Franklin and Clinton Counties, N. Y. Entire settlements have been hurucd, the people. barely escaping with their livc.i. Large quantities of grain and provisions have been destroyed, the farm buildings burnt, mid the growing crops ruined, over n considerable space of country. A letter from one of the sufferers says: Last year one of the worst and ?>?cf tornadoes ever known in tliis region left a trnek of desolation through nearly onu-liulf the width of our country. Thin year the fire hns taken a wiiler range, and urged hy a high incessant wind, its ravages have been without control by human agency, and the destruction of property must be very great. Tho Ogdensburg (St. Lawrence county) Sentinel says: On .Monday morning of Inst week, the viltngo of Brasher Iron Works, in that county, contained a thriving ami busy population. Before night, ^ the whole village, the foundry, machinje tliops, saw mills, and every dwelling in the place, except six, were consumed as with tho besoiu of destruction. A lire that had previously raged iu the woods, was driven hy a wind from u point or two souih of west, like a hail storm upon the doomed village- In one hour, forty-three buildingB uud from $>75,0o0 to $100,(l(lii worth of property were reduced to ashes, and forty families inado homeless and houseless, without food or clothing, and without the means of employrneut.? The Sentinel slates that the cull for aid bus not been unheeded. Villa ires in the imm?(H?t(i ?i cirity have done nobly for the relief (>f the sufferers. Of the sulferers, Mr. I? W. Skinner, of Ogdcnsbtirg, is mentioned asthe greatest, tbo loss of bit firm being $75,000 over insurance. The S'iynx of the. Timet.?The lato bloody scenes in Washington?says the Hielimond Dispatch?the eivil war which, if not more ilugrant, ? inny, at, any moment, he resumed in Kansas ; the treason and rebellion in I'tab; the audacious und successful triumph of Nullification in the great abolition Stale, Ohio, are all ominous of evil to the patriot's eye, and will give unalloyed satisfaction to despots throughout tho world. Wo amy as well dismiss tho Mattering an favorite delusion that this is a country in wliicb-treusod and rebellion are impossible, and thnt becnuwe tho [jcoplo govern, they will uevcr rise against their >wn authority. The rebellious in Ohio, Utah and KnTisnv, irove that in America, as in Europe, the law must >e upheld by the bayonet.' Rebellion in' this iountry is tenfold more disgraceful and inexcusaile thur. in the old world, because there despoisiu leaves men no other remedy, whilst hejio here arc poaceablo and constitutional modlB if redressing every jwilitienl wrong and inequality. ilen who resist the laws wliich they themselves lave made, avo unfit for any government which he capacity "of ninn is capable of framing, and ~ ring discredit ou tho very namre of RpputiUanistn. . ' 5 . -???? m > The Advanced Jgrice of Tva&.?The iotul extort from China of teas to the United Slates, for lie period between the 1 at of July, 18^6, and ho Hlh of March, 1857, shows a falling 6^f of 7,833,178 Itis. ou the exports of the year endlg 30th June, 185B, with no probability of the x^>ortj4 being largely augmented for the period be ween lite 8th of March (the data of the last* rado circular) and the 30th of June next. .Ia net, it is said to be safe to estimate the addiloual export of black tens for that period at not ver 500,MOO lbs., and of greens at certainly lot exceeding 3,000,000 lbs. The New York -osi says: In this Stute tho supply, which unlet at least o over twelve million pounds short at ttye endf tho season, consumers as well as dealers acknowledge a higher stnndrnd of value for tho ragrant herb. .Tho advance in'bluck, Oolo'flgs, ince last December, has,been fifteen .cent# per b. ; and and Young Hyson,leas, of lov^ and ledium grudes, have experienced an Advance of uo hundred per cent, over last season's closing rices. "* V Death of the Great Thief Catcher. ^-The* dcatlj. f Vidocq. tfie famous ex-chief of police Paps, as been noffced. Tho Paris Mouit^ur say#f At his own express desire no frieijg}^ ,Wefe resent at bis funeral, which wisAltcujSM ouly y hired mourners, at the <hurcb of Sf. Louis, n the Marais. Vidocq, pJfew, days before -fiis leath. Rftd an ? ????uiav H 1110 set, already palmed with death, con Id touch the arth, he would recover. In cpmpliauoe with is reaueet, a layer of. fine moutdvwAs placed by ia bedside. He ruM with difficulty, supported y bis Attendant*, and placed his fest^niijas e did so,* a flash of life, so to speak, passed ojV is features, aid he drew himsetf tmio ttanill eight; but his strength gave way WlXtli tlM fTort, aud he fell back inert and aal|, Frqm hat moment he saw that all waroVv^wSpi him, .nd abandonidg hope, hatoecupied btatetf ?cslusively with his religious dqUfa. What PUlt can JDo.-Wfh* N. Y. ays that Dr. Brandreth, the great pill raanufacurer has not only conceived the proJeit'6f comleting, at hiaown eapeusc the Washington Moitunent, but hss deliberately resolved to devote th? iroceeda of hia bosineea, amounting to $46,000 early, to tliu coiwummation of 4ft*work. *- * There is a story in Washington, rays the New !?rk Herald, that in ?oneequepoe pfolie deolioig etnte of hia health, Qeueral Casa will toon rithdraw from the hend of "the Bt*te DmrtK't, and that Gov. Walker will b? re**lfed Kansas to nil the place of the great Mich}- '4 under* * ? * ? * ye - _