The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, August 06, 1857, Image 2
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^4W^merioan Flaf.
The Boston Herald compiler some interesting
facts as regards the history of the
stars and stripes. A resolution was intro- ,
duoed in the American Congress, Juno <
L 13ih, 1777, "That the flag of the thirteen i
United States be thirteen stripes, alternately I
red and white; that the Union be thirteen
stars, white, in a blue field, representing a |
new constellation." There "Is a striking co- <
incidence between the design of our flag and '
...the arms of Gen. Washington, which con- <
sisted of three stars in the 'upper portion,
and three bars running across the escutcheon, I
* It is thought by some that the Hag was derived
from the heraldic design. History in- 1
forms us that several Hags were used by the
Yankees before the present national one
was adopted. In March, 1775, a minor
flag, with a red Held, was hoisted in New
York, bearing the inscription on one side of
' 44 George Hex and the liberties of America,"
ami upon the reverse, 4' No Popery." Gen.
Isiael Putnam raised, on ProspectHill, July
18th, 1775, a Hag bearing on one side the
motto of our Common wealth,41 Qui tranatu- 1
(it (umnci; oil me oilier, " Ail Appeal to '
Heaven "?an appeal well taken and amply
sustained. In October, 1775, tlie floating 1
batteries of Boston bore a flag with the latter
motto, and a pine tree upon a white 1
field, bearing the Massachusetts emblem. 1
Some of the colonies used in 1775 a flag j
with a rattlesnake roiled as if about to strike. 1
and the motto, " Don't tread on me." On 1
January 12th, 1776, the grand Union flag '
of the stars and stripes was raised on the
heights near Boston, and it is said that some
of the regulars made the grand mistake of
supposing it was a token of submission to S
the King, whose speech had just been sent i
to the Americans. The British Register of s
177^ says: I'
"They (the rebels) burnt the King's
speech, and changed their colors from a f
plain red ground to a flag with thirteen n
stripes, as a symbol of the number and un- ?
ion of the colonies." A letter from Boston. ?'
published in the Pennsylv^pian Gazette, in h
1770, says: "The uuion flag was raised on o
the 2d, in compliment to the United Colo- M
nies." These various flags, the Pine Tree, ?
liHttlesnake and the stripes, were used, ac-11'
cording to the tastes of the patriots, until h
July, 1777, when the stars and stripes were
established by law. At first a stripe was d
added for each new State, hut the flag be- s<
coming too large, and Congress reduced A
the strines to ?! * -- 1
w..d.u(u vimit'viif aim now vi
the stars are made to correspond in number 111
with tho States. There is no one, who lives "I
under the protection of the Stars and Stripes. e<
but will agree with the Herald, that "the vv
American ling is one of tho most beautiful 0
that floats upon any land or sea." Its pro ?'<
portions are perfect when it is properly lv
made?one half as broad as it is long. The
first stripe at tho top is red, the next white. 01
and three colors alternate, making the last
stripe red. The blue field for the stars i- in
the width and square of the first seven
stripes, viz: four red and three white. The
colors of the American flag are in beautiful C
relief, and it is altogether a beautiful nation- at
al emblem. Long may it wave untarnish- ee
ed. lie who would erase one stripe, or dim w
one star upon it, " acts a traitor's part, and it'
deserves a traitor's doom 1" m
Loi.a Montez at Niagara.?Sun Insists J j,
on Smoking in tiik Car.?The renowned e|
Lola Montez is now spending a few days at t]
Niagara Falls. She has appeared at the |j:
Buffalo Theatre ns a sort^of interlude to liei ,f
season of pleasure. On Friday morning se
Lola took the train for Buffalo, and without w
advice from any source she seated herself in ,,,
the bagago car. to quietly puff her cigarcltc. "{t.
While thus cosily throwing oft* from her lips ^
the curling smoke, she was discovered by NV
the conductor and informed that passengers 1
were not permitted to ride in the baggage Cl
Ol.- 1 - "
?uu (mm no iiiieniion (o tlio in!iinn j j(,
tion, l?nt continued to smoke as if no one jj
had addressed her. Acting Supf. Cot la !
mar was at tlio station, and was informed
what Lola was doing. IJo said that she '
must do as other passengers did, anil that | 7*
she could not he permitted to ride in (lie j e|
baggage car. The conductor called upon J (ll
her, and politely told her that she must take j
a seat in one of the cars designed for passett
gcrs. Lola drew herself up into an attitude
of defiance, and told the conductor that she X
had travelled all over the world, and had al tp
ways rode where she had a tuind to, and jn
purposed to do so in this case. 1 .1,
The conductor further expostulated with j p
hor, and assured her that he was hut exccut-j sc
iog the orders of the superintendent and thr-i
rules of the company. Lola replied that tl
she ha?l " horse-whipped bigger men than i t|
lie.*' This settled the matter. The conduc- j|
tor withdrew and Lola was not again dis- j
turbed. She rode to^Uuffalo in the baggage ] ^
car, and bad no occasion to use the whip.? I ,,
The railroad men diH nnt ?1
V" ..ii mvr |
disturb the tigress.?Rochester Union. I (.(
Southrun Wombs.?A letter in (lie BosIon
Chronotype contains the following mor !
ited compliment to the fair daughters of tin* | ^
sunny South. Wo seldom see the truth so ,
promptly expressed relative to anything np j
pertaining to the South, by persons in that
quarter; hence wo copy it in compliment to |
nil concerned :
"The first thing that struck mo in regard j'
to the women of the South, was their beauty j **
of form, their sjmmetrical and harmonious
figures. In this and in tho ease and grace ,
of their motions they excel the Northern C
women. Many of them dress with exquisite
tnsto?often very richly, but seldom "gaud
ily, or with any display of tinsel. The -n
proverbial affability and urbanity of the el]
Southern character finds the fullest develop- w
inont in tho women. The Southern lady is (>j
naturally and necessarily easy, tinetnbnrrass- q<
ed and |>?lito. You may go into the cnun- 88
try where you please ; you may go as far as
you please froin town, village and post
office ; you tnav call at tho poorest house 0
you can find, and whether you accost maid tr
rtr matron, you will be answered with th* h
name politeness and troalej with tho same ji
ajMiiitaneous courtesy." bi
A Not for tiir Abomtiokists.?On
runday morning last, an interesting and
lovely child, a little ovec a year old, of Mr.
Paulus Tbyaou, grocer, on 7th street, in this
city, died after a few days' illness. The
aursc,jfl|.iiegro slave, who was devotedly attached
to her little charge, was present
when its angel spirit took its flight to happier
realms, and was so completely stricken
Jown with grief and anguish that she had
to he borne awav from the chamber of
;leath, almost in a state of insensibility.?
Every care and nttention was immediately
lavished upon this faithful slave that a good
master and mistress could bestow. A physician
was called in, and all the relief his
art could rp'iilop ?% ? ntinr) i? ?? ?
uu.iwm in iiiu lenuerw
solicitude of her master's family. It was in
vain, however, for, btfoto the infant's corpse
was removed from the house, the spirit of
the faithful nurse had taken its flight from
this earth. The remains of this devotee)
slave were yesterday followed to the grave
by tho members of tho family she had so
faithfully served, with every suitable demonstration
of respect and sorrow. The deceased
was not over 30 years of age.
This is not a rare or even an unusual example
of the relations existing between 111 asters
and slaves at the South, though it is
not often we have to record such instances
at ender devotedtiess on the pait of the hitter.
Such eases, however, are worthy of beng
recorded, for they speak a lesson of
ruth and reality, where there is so much of
iction to mislead and deceive.
[ Was/iinyfoil Union.
Tiik Fivk Points.?The following paragraph
from the New York Express gives an
ilea of the fearful accretion of vice and
nualor in the Held of labor occupied by the ^
'ive Points Mission :
" In attending to his duties recently, Mr. 1
'ease found a dying woman in a foul apart- *
lent in Cow Pay, occupied also by eight
tlier women and cue man, all drunken and J
chased, and infamous in the last extreme, j
1 the upper end of the same pestilent court ,
r close were found, in fifteen rooms, twen
,'-three families, making an aggregate of I ^
lie hundred and seventy-nine persons, or 1
ivelve to a room I In five of these rooms!
itoxicating liquors were kept for sale ! In- |
escribable filth, privation, disease and ir. !
ecency leigned throughout them nil. Vet i i
;vciiteen children from those rooms attend j
10 schools of tho Ilouso of Industry. In 1
even other rooms were eighteen families, p
ml in nearly half of these rooms ardent ii
lirits were sold. In one of the garrets livI
two negroes w'th eleven abandoned white j (
omen. In twelve other rooms were found ,
vcnty-four families, consisting of one hund-N
sd an<l twenty-four persons. Here were i '
vo blind women, two just past the peiil of ' i
lild-birth, and seventv-one wero children, ']
ily ciglit of whom nttended any school."
Here is a lino illustration of one of the
cvilublu consequences of free society.
A Sentence Wki.l Debervkd.?The"
rimiual Court of New N oi k Iris set an ox- j |i
nplo in respect to the punishment of in-1 v
udiaiics, which, if universally followed,1
ill tend to check a crime so nefaiious in
i character, and yet believed to be so com x
on, when motives of cupidity tempt to its; '
jrpelration. A inan named Deniny, who
ml an insurance upon his store to a great- a
amount, tloin I1 ?1
... ...W lb bVJIIiaUM'd Wlll'll I
10 lire occurred, deliberately prepare*I to
re it by scattering cnmphetie ami oilier
unbnstibles about (lie building, ami tlien *
lliiig them on tire. Fortunately the lire! c
as discovered before it made much pro*!}
ess, but the evidences of iho ciiininal in*!
ntion were plainly manifost. What made' '
ie act tnoio enormous for its wickedness,1 11
as the fact that several families were sleeping a
i iho apartments above, whose Iivas, of) I
utrse, were thus deliberately endangered j ?
y tiio reckless villainy of this criminal, j ,
e was indicted, tried and convicted, and I
e court sentenced him to ten years' im- c
isoninetil in Sing Sing. A strict investiition
into the causes of every fire, a prompt
ial, and punishment in proportion to the
lonnity of the crime, would lend strongly ?
wards checking a species of villainy which 0
is become loo common.
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The Yice-Puksidknt.?".Iicntctts," oftbe '1
cw York Observer, who is travelling at ?
ie South, was lately a guest at a wedding ^
i Lexington, Ky., \vhere he met the Hon.
ihn C. II reck in ridge, Vice President of the ?
nited States. lie thus de-c:ibes his per- '
m, manners and domestic state : 1
" John C. lireckinridge, Vice-President of t
ie United States, was one of the guests at
ie wedding. The rough portraits of him
int stared every body in the face last fall, *
ive but a poor likeness of this extraordina '
' man, who, at a youthful period of life 1
riexampled, has been called to preside |
rer the most august body of men in this
xmtry. His form is tall, erect, and coin*
aiming ; bis countenance thoughtful ; his
aimers smooth and graceful, and his conwution
indicates a sober, intelligent arid 1
linking man. With a lovely and accom '
ished wife and sweet children, he resides 1
a modest cottage, but one story liigh, j
inded ileenle iviili ^t.l - i:..i
y.j ...... Uiu urc, n IIUH! WRV ^
it of town. I could not but ndmire the
inphcily of our republican institutions,
lieu I -aw iliat thin great peoplu have come
i tins embowered cot to find a man to pre-; *
lo over its Stale, nud perhaps to 'II it* t
iair of State. t
ST. Joiin'S, N. F., August 1. *
Marine Disaster?Great Lo*? of Life, etc. r
ie barque Monasco, fioin the city of (Joth ;
iburg, Sweden, and bound for New York,;
as wrecked near Burin, N. F., on the 21st J ]
Inly. Fifty Swedish passengers wore lost. |
lie crew and six passengers only weie ^
i\od.
A lifb iiatixo young man in Copely. .
'bio, named NlcConk< y. resolved last week .
> commit suicide; he took arsenw, found
e did not die; cut bis throat?still lived ;
imped into a welt?was taken out alive,
ut died soon after. I
?>mt%rn (Bntfjtym*
W. P- PRICB, Editor?
OUR MOTTO?" EQUAL RIOHTt TO ALL"
jfe'lSEN'VI'LLK ,?B G."
Xlinrnday Idornl'if, AnjL^lMT.
Hod J. L. OrrThe
Anderson Gazette, of ihe 20th ult.,
snj-e :
44 Our Representative, ITon. James L. Our,
arrived at home from his Western tour on
isaturuay last, lie appears to be in good
health." ^ ^ >
Rain?Again.
Wo report the fall of a considerable
amount of this liquid article since our last.
Should it continue for the next two weeks,
as it has for the two just passed, we fear
that a freshet, and the destruction of property
over and near water courses, will bo the
consequence.
Extra Court.
This Court adjourned on yesterday. Ilis
Honor Judge O'Nkall dispatched the business
of the term with great facility.
Amongst the visiting lawyers, we were
pleased to see Col. Fair, of Newberry, Mr.
Sullivan, of Laurens, and Messrs. Wilkes, i
Biioylks and Sloan, of Anderson.
Admitted.
The following gentlemen were admitted
his week before Jtidgo Magrath, to practice
n the Federal Circuit and District Courts
>f thjs State:
Maj. 13. F. Perry, C. P. Sullivan, Esq., C.
1. El ford, E?q., Col. (J. F. Townes, C?>l. E.
\ .Jones, Col. W. II. Campbell, Gen. S. M.
A*iIkes, J. W. Stokes, K?q., Maj. A. T.
iroyles, Maj W. K. Easley, S. D. Goodletl,
Jllld .1 It Slnnii Was.
The Federal Court.
Tlic inauguration of the Federal Court lias
>ocn the tnain incident of the week at Green j
,ille, and has drawn together a goodly con I
toursc of jurors, witnesses, and other parties I
titerestcd in its proceedings.
The presiding Judge, Hon. A. G. M.\-.katii.
lias won golden opinions froin nil
vho have been in Htlendance upon the Court,
or the ability, dignity, and courtesy with
vliic'li be has conducted its proceedings.? j
The charge to the Grand Jury was a ino-t I
haste, lucid, and eloquent explanation ?f;
he jurisdiction of the Court, and tlie ndvan-1
ages likely to result from the more genet al j
doplion of its remedial powers liy the peo-i
ile of the State. Wo hope that the charge
i ill he published in full, as wo are satisfied j
l will he a treat to those who lead it, as it I
ras to those who were so fortunate as to j
tear it.
The other dices of the Court are also)
,bly tilled. The dignity and prompt man- I
gemenl of Marshal Condv, the affable and |
uisiiKvs like demeanor of the Cleik, Mr.
lit ay, and the talents and legal attainments
J the l.fiatiict Attorney, Mr. Connok, un-{
to to secure for ifio Court a high degree of j
lopular favor and confab nee. Under such an j
idininistralion, the Court cannot but become :
i popumr one in our section, and the pecu-j
iar advantages and convenience which it I
i (lords to those seeking legal redress will j
loubticsa he generally sought by those who
oino within its province.
Death of Henry Muckenfuss.
Ilenrv Muckenfuss, (says the Carolinian,)
idio when ten years old witnessed the Battle
if Fort Moultrie, was probably the last surivor
of those who saw that gallant action.
The Charleston papers annnotincc his death,
it the extreme age of 01 years. IIo was a|
worthy citizen, having served in many de-j
rartmcnts of public duty, and in bis milita- j
v capacity was an example to younger men.!
tie had pride in his devotion to it, and |
hough long exempt by age and service, >
it ill lie took pleasure in appealing with bis I
ulillery, IIo was the last survivor of the;
\ncienl Battalion. Long a consistent inem>er
of the Methodist (church, he has enjoyed
lie iexpect and esteem of his fellow-citizens.
The Scorpion.
This is the name of a new paper?daily,
,ri-weekly and weekly?proposed to be pubished
bv a company of printers in Colum>ia,
S. C. The Carolinian says : " If the
>rinter* succeed in starling (lii* pnpcr, it
will no doubt l,o a slinging affair."
Accident.? We understand that llie pasicnger
train on tlie Greenville Railroad ran j
?ff, near I'omaria, on yesterday. It upset, j
md tlio conductor, W. M. Med lock, and
Uapt. Sliedd, were severely !,raised, though
10 bones were broken.? Carolinian.
Tiikrk aie eight surviving ex-governors of
S'?w York, viz: Van Buren, Tliroop, Seward,
tiouck, Hunt, Fi*h, Seymour ami ('lark.?
ffassnchusett* has but six, viz : Rverett, Mor
on, I biggs, lb,lit well, Clifford and Wash,urn.
Pennsylvania lias but four: Kitner,
Sorter, Johnston anu Bigler.
Cotton was quoted at from 11 to 14 cents
>er pound in Columbia, on the 4th.
Charleston Correspondence.
Cnarlkston, August 3J, 1857. .
Mysterious disappearances are becoming (
so much the custom in New York and oth- j
er cities, that we inannge to get up one once
in a while, for the sako of being in the fashion,
and from the desire of not being too fa*- i
distanced by our faster brethten of those j
places. One incident of this character oc- |
curred a week or so ago. Two men were |
out sailing during the day, and returned
safely to the city at nightfall. The companion
of the mau who is missing camo up in- *
to town alone, and says he left him at the
wharf, which was the last ever seen or heard <
of liiin. The police have taken it in hand
and are attempting to find some clue that
will lead to his discovery. i
A notlinr nuua r\C *r%\P <-1 as! ?..??
....vwuvi xi.w vi oviruc^iiiKuuiif iinjipcii* 1
ing nt the Roper Hospital a few days ago,
will, it is to be hoped, eventually awaken
those having charge of the wretched and '
downcast portion of mankind who fill the
rooms of that place, to the importance of t
keeping destructive weapons out of reach,
In this instance, the keepers were net so cul- j
pablo, as tho poor woalher-beaten object
had fully determined to die, and had the
razor, with which ho committed the deed, t
concealed in his bedding. This is tlio 6ec- ?
oud suicide here within three weeks.
Rather a novel case was brought before 5
the Mayor the other day. It appears that
two of the mounted police, about daylight, S
were proceeding to tho wharf to await the
arrival of the steamer Everglade. In rid- 0
ing down the wharf, a halo of cotton, torn
open, frightened their horses, and, in their c
attempts to forco them by it, tho occupants
of another sieamer r.longsido were awakened,
who, on seeing tho cotton scattered ^
around, and these formidable dignitaries un- r>
dcr brass buttons performing the Quixotic r
feat of charging tho bale, concluded tlicy o
bad dono the mischfof, and accordingly ro
ported it. On the appearance of all parties
in tho court tho day after, the true version
of it was obtained, when tho stigma on their ^
official character was erased, and tho cur
rout-of ridicule stayed.
The Mnvor is importuned almost daily,
with petitions from shipping merchants, to f
Ihj allowed to land their cargoes of coffee, s,
fruit, &c.x before the expiration of the proper
time. Even nt the termination of this
time, they are compelled to land them on 1
the Ashley liver side of tho city, near the 1
rice mills, which is a great causo of com- ?
plaint from them, on account of their inse- 11
curity from the tides and exposure in va !l
lions ways. It is now a question whethei
the city is responsible for losses incurred by
them in this way. Even under these disadvantages
handsome sums are sometimes re.
ll
alized by their sale. A cargo of Ilio coffee
was sold the oilier day, at piices ranging
from 11 to 12 cents.
Upwards of eighty delegates have been
appointed by die Governor, to represent this
city at tiic Southern Commercial Conven- w
lion, to be held at Knoxville, on the 10th of j;
this month." As will he seen by the published
schedule, there will he but 30 hours
of travel, though 45 w ill be consumed by ^
the trip, between this city and that place. 1'
They start on and will again be the !'
.1.- i:i 1 T
gucoM \JI IIIU liuciai ItMlllUSSO^HNJl. ?
As proof of tlie growth of commerce in
our city, it has been found necessary to continue
the paving of Meeting atreet further ^
towards the depot. It is now planked, but
as it is one of the great thoroughfares for
the drays between the depots .and the shipping,
it has been found requisite that it
should be paved. c
A telegraphic dispatch hns been received,
stating that another shipwreck of emigrants
had occurred, on tho coast of New Found *
land, in which fifty lives were lost.
The body of a white man was washed 6
ashore, during the storm on Sunday afternoon.
It was fecognized as belonging to ^
the steamer Southern, and it is supposed
that he accidently fell overboard some tinio ^
Saturday night.
A negro was also drowned, while fishing
between the city and tiie Island, a day or
two before. c
W. King, the celebrated shot, who, a (
year or so ago, was beaten in a match for 0
several thousand dollars, by a sportsman c
from Kentucky, has coino off victor in a c
pigeon match, for throe thousand dollars, in
New York. lie was to kill seventy five
birds in as many successive shots. In the a
I first round, he killed forty-two out of fifty ; e
in the second, being double shots, lie killed a
thirty five in twenty-two shots, leaving three t
spare shots, and coining off winner. c
Ho w*s formerly a merchant in this t
place, hut has turned his attention to the
Ijrofession of the double twist, as being a more
iterative employment. lie shot a pigeon t!
match here two winters ago, but lost it by
a few birds.
We are still vi^ted by an unceasing rnin,
I which is flooding the streets. The weather '
is consequently cool. In fact, we hftve been e
fortunate, thu* far. in having but ft very si
sparse sprinkling of hot weather. o
The health of the city continues unusual- d
ly good, with every indication of its remain- &
ing so. 8. o
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NEWS ITEMS.
Rains.?From all parts of the State, the
ntelligence is, that much rain has fallen re:enlly.
In some places an over-abundance
las been had.
?o?
It is said a new comet has been discovered
recently, by a Berlin astronomer in the constellation
Perseus, and that it is now approaching
the earth and will soon be visible
lo the naked eye. Wonder if it'll hit!
?o?
Small Pox is prevailing extensively at
]unrantine at New York.
?o?
Thehf. is no yellow fever in Charleston.
>o the papers there say.
?O?
A Few.?In Chicago, during the past two
nonths and a half, two thousand four hunlied
and fifty persons have been arrested 1
?Q?
There nro 60,000 more widowers than
widows in New York City.
?o?
Lwkral.?Hon. Wm. Aiken, of Charleson,
has given $100 to tho Ladies' Mount
Vernon Association. President Buchanan
his also given $50 to tho Batne Association.
?o?
Tom TnuMU has a rival named Major Litlefinger
in Boston. He is represented as
ix years old, and weighs only 12 pounds.
?o?
The Pastor of a Presbyterian Church in
Jan Francisco, Cal., receives tho handsome
um of $12,000 n year, as a salnry.
Lola Moxtezjs about to deliver a course
f lectures in Buffalo. Two of her subjects
re " Beautiful Women " and " The Deinoracies
of Euiope."
?o?
The new telegraph line from tho city of
lemphis, Tenn., to Tuscumbia, Ala, on the
oute of the Memphis and Charleston Rail
oad, was completed and went into operation
>n the 21st ulL So says tho Bulletin.
One dollar rills on the Bank of Wadesorough,
N. C., are in circulation. These
ills are, of course, counterfeit, as Wades- ,
orougli Bank issues no bill of a less deno- <
lination than $3.
Scores Death.?The father of Secretary 1
hompson.of the Interior Department, died
jddenly in Mississippi a few days ago.
??? .
Dbad.?Sinco our last issue, says the (
dgefield Advertiser, we learn that Lucius |
'ond, who was shot hy Win. Spires of IIatn- i
urg, has died of his wounds. From addi- '
onal facts, not known to us last week, it
ppears that the act of Mr. Spires was clear- i
i one of self-defence. I
? O?? |
A cokhkspondknt in the Charleston Con- i
er says that since riots have ceased to he I
le programme for Sunday i? New York,
itch casualties as drowning have taken their
lace. From one to four persons aredrown1
there every Sabbath.
?o?
It is said that a little l>oy was drowned,
hile bathing in tho river near Asheville*
I. C., a few days since.
?o?
The Sumter Watchman Ravs that Cnpt.
V'm. Harris, an intelligent and prominent
lanler of that District, confidently contentlutes
gathering six hundred bushels of com
tf of only six acres of land this year.
-?o?
ciiaiu.rston papers announce tho death
f Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ixtwiides, wife of the
Ion. Wm. Lowndes and daughter of Gov.
lionias Pinckney, in the 70th year of her
ge.
it ? ? t*
usn, nousion an<l 11. 1C. Kunnels are
nnditates for the Governorship of Texas.
Tiik New Orleans l'icayuno has been preanted
with an apple grown in that city?
the first New Orleans apple," it says, '* we
ver saw." It grew on a tree four feet high.
Suicide of a Minister.?Itev. Samuel j
Viley, of Jonesborough, Tenn., committed
uicide, or. Monday, the 20th inst., by outing
his throat wiili a razor. lie had been
uttering from insanity several weeks.
The Nashville (Tenn.,) Banner says that
>n henringofthedeath of Mrs. Zollicofier, Mr.
^uarels addressed a noto to Gen. Zollicoffer, >
>ffering to consider the canvass for Congress
losed. The generous proposition was acepted.
?o?
It is estimated tint if all the brick, stone,
ind masonry of Great Britain were gathered
together, they would not furnish material
enough to build the wait of China; and
hat all the buildings of London, puttogeth
r, would not furnish material sufficient for
lie lowera and turret* that adorn it.
Kaksas Nkw8.?A letter froin Kansas to
lie RoMon Traveler contains the following:
The Marshals appointed by Gov. Rohinson
o take a census of the inhabitants of the
'erritory have not yet made full returns ; jet
nough is known to verity the oft-repeated
latement that the tree Slate majority is
verwhelminff. Even in the counties bor
ering upon Missouri, the proportion of free
itrite lo pro slavery men is at least Jive to
ne. j
Mob in Kentookt.?K Minister Dragged
Out or tn? Pulpit While Preaching.?A
letter in the Cincinnati Giuetle,Hated
Cummin*, Rockcastle County, Ky., July
22d, says :
Last Sunday as Rev. John G. Fee wm
preaching nt tin* place, an armed mob
forced their way into the church, seir.e<l him
and two other ministers who were with him,
Rev. J. Richardson, and Rev. J. M. McLean,
and after abusing and insulting them, finally
deciJed that they should be taken out of
the county. M r. Fee was s truck on the head,
and considerably injured* On the way out?
a distance of about ten miles?every opportunity
was improved by the mob to insult 4
and abuse their victims, and they heralded
through the neighborhood they passed, that
tliev had tlirpn hor?ft lliinvau anil ninmnr
.
thieves tlmt they were going to lynch.
The mob was composed of .the lowest
class of Kentuckians, and all of them drunk ;
yet such is the state of public opinion that
it would he useless to prosecute. This has
long been an anti slavery place,"but the ijpmediatc
cause of the outrage was the attempt
to establish a school there. Schools
are regarded as m wt dangerous nn^l incendiary
instituions in this part of Kentucky.
Blur Ridqr Railroad.?Judge O'Ncnll,
writing to the Newberry Rising Sun from
Anderson, says :
Yesterday morning nt the instance of
Col. Gwinn, the skillful and experienced Engineer
of tho Blue Ridge Railroad, myself,
the Bar, and severnl other gentlemen, rode
two miles on tho road. It is a good, well
executed road. The cut through the town
is a great inconvenience, and, I think, nuisance.
It will be found that a deep cut from
30 to 40 feet in the heart of the town, will 4
he the parent of disease ; and I fear this snd
result is beginning to he realized. The cost
of this road is immense from here to Pendleton
(14 finiles)?it will cost $30,000 per
mile, equal to $420k000. This is more than
l-4lh of the whole original cost of the G. <fe
C. Railroad, 104 miles. But notwithstanding
the great cost, this road, (the Blue Ridgo
Railroad,) when built the whole way to
Knoxville, will be indeed worth all the money
which may he ex|>eiHled on it, even if it
should be from 1*2 to 20 millions.
Tiik Widow of Urnrt Clay.? \ correspondent
of the Saint Louis Republican,
who was present at tho laying of the
corner-stone of the Clav monument, nt Lexington,
on the 4lli of July, thus refers in his
letter to that journal to the venerable widowof
the great Kentucky Statesman :
" Before leaving Ashland I passed over to
Uic residence of Mr. John Clay, to pay uiv
respect* to the widow of Ilenry Clay. At J
llie hour of the visit, she whs out taking an
evening title. I met her, however, timid
tho scenery endeared to Iter hy a thousand
associations?on a beautiful diivo through
[lie shades of the woodland pastuies of Ashland.
" Mrs. Clay is seventy-six years of ng?>.
Until within a year she has been in heartv
l?ond health, ller feehleness is now, howuver,
growing manifest, and the lime is not
remote, when, in the tonih to be erected f<>r
her husband, and by bis side, she. too. will
be consigned to her final earthly repose.
May het closing data bo tranquil, hopeful
hiuI happy."
A New Soutiikiin Statu.?S. Fulsome,
a Choctaw, and one of the most prominent
of his nation, paid us a visit yesterday. .Mr.
Fulsome is in fivor of having the Indian
Territory west of Arkansas, het ween the Ked
and the Aikamas rivers, and extending
westward to tho one hundredth degiee of
west longitude, organized into n Slate, and
admitted into the Union. NVe think mi h
a stop absolutely necessary for the protection
of the South. The Choctaw* and
Cherokee* arc slaveholders, and would nod
another slave-holding State to tho Confederacy.
The treachery of Buchanan ha* given
Kansas to tho North ; let the South, before
it is too late, create a barrier -against this
vandal encroachment, which is fast wimwili. *
ing us in. These Indian tribes are letter
i-itizens. :nore Advanced in the principles of
our Government and laws, than the jxrople
nf N?w Mexico, or the mongrel adventurers
from foreign nations, and our own, who are
to make a free State of Kansas.
[Mcmphit Enquirer, July 10.
Tkrriblr Explosion or a Locomotive.
On tlie 23d ultimo the locomotive of a
railroad near Binglinmpton, New York, exploded
with terrilde effect. I). Comstock,
the fireman, was blown upon the embankment
and instantly killed, as was also R.
Skinner, the brakeinsn. The right arm of
Geo. M. Meyers, the engineer, was broken
in three places, his left badly (raided, the
fleshy part all blown off, and his face and
breast terribly burned. liis clothes were all
blown ofT from him, except the waistband of
his psntnloons. lie inay recover. The
storm house on the engine was blown into
a thousand fragments, and the smoke pipe
thrown upon the embankment. The locomotive
was detached from tho tender, and
ran about the length of the train after the
explosion. No causo has yet been criven for
llie incident.
E*-Gov. Adam* ha* been nominated in
the Spartan for the U. 8. Senate.
Funeral Invitation.
THE Friend* and Acquaintances of M* and
Mr*. F. E. Dusoax, are invited to attend the Funeral
of their joungeet daughter, MARY MELICENT,
at 11 o'clock THIS MORNING, at the
Methodiet Episoopal Church.
Hiureday, August 6th.
ANNIVERSARY.
ENOREE DIVISION, No. 4*. SONS OF
TEMPERANCE, will celebrate their Anniversary,
at their Division Room, on Tueeday, the 11th
iiiet, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The meeting will be
public, and the citizens generally are invited to
attend. N. AUSTIN, R. A
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