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ml) t -4 1 vW'f' BY SAM. P. IVINS. ATHENS, TEM., FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1858. VOL. X.HW. 07. air cr .aSJS"- m m sjv ' TKitirrst THE POST 13 PCllMSIIKD EVERY FRIDAY, AT TWO DO IjLAKS P K It YUAIti PA YA BLR IN A D VANVR. A4vrUemenlt will be charged 91 per nimre flit l.ne, or ., for the first invert. on, and At) cents for ech continuance. A liberal define. Ion maile to thoie who advertise by the year. 1'ersons iemlinirartver- tlManenta uiuat mark the number of timet theytlenire lliem lnrtd, or they will be continued until forbid and charged accord ir.gly.jgj For auuounclna the u Mines of candid ateifor office ,95, Cask. Obituary nntlceiorer12Hnei,charged attheregular advertising rates. AUcommunicatiofmlntendedto promote the private ftlar Interests of Corporations, Societies, Schoolsor Individual, will be chargeil as advertisements. Job H'orkiurhai Pamphlets, Minutes, Circulars, Cards, Blanks, Handbills, Ac, will be executed in good wvyle,and on reiwonHhle terms. All letters addressed to the Proprietor, post paid , will e promptly attended to. Persons at a distance sendinp nt the namea of four brent subscribers, will be entitled to a fifth copy gratis. No communication inserted unless accompanied by tV name of the author. " V Office oq Main street, next door to the old Jack asn Hotel. THE POST. ATllt'.NS, IKIIIAV, Jt XV. 11, 18SS. NOTKS OF THE BANKS OK TKNNKWEK, Deceived by ths Stnte, Union and Planters Banks of Ttmuvsiec, at Xnshvlllu. Bytht 'uriOrs' Bank. Hank of Tennessee, Union llnnk, l'lanters' Hunk, Meretiants' Hank, Farmers' lliink, llank of Paris, Hank of Commerce, Bank of Memphis, Northern Bank of Tunn. Hank of America, l'lllu-ni' Bank, llsnk of t'liatiannopa, Bank of Mi. I, Ik- Tenn. t'miimerelnl Itank, gmitlierll Bank. Bank or the union. By th Bunk of Tenneuf ami lm I'tilon Suit. Itank of Tennessee, Planters' Bank, Union Bank, Bank of America, Hank of Chattanooga, Bank of Memphis, Bank of Paris, Bank of the Union, Buck's Bank, Baok of Mid.lle Tenn. Cltlsens' Bank, City llank. Farmers' Itank, Merchant' llank, Northern Bank, Southern Hank, Traders' Bank, Kentucky Hanks, New Orleans Banks. Washington, June 2. The Senate yester day discussed the miscellaneous Appropriation bill, nnd the House the Fort Snclling Sale report. There was no conclusion by cither when they mljonrned Inst night. New Yoisk, Juno 2. The Herald's corres pondent says that nn Ami'ricnn vessel was fired Into off l'ensacoln and one man killed. The steamer Fulton has gono in chase of the cruisors. Tho Times' correspondent says that con siderable uneasiress is felt at the British Em- HKV I1L V IIHIIIIIL'LIHI. IPHL CO 1 1 IHIIlll H ni'l'IIT in . UT...I.! . I - - n ; 1- i Gulf between the English and American r vcuels before Lord Napier's despatches ,i. it.;i;i. a .1. i n. .,.(.. i,. . . 1 . i . I . r II I: 10 ue sen i oy special sicnmer iroui uaii- ln ftiirmllrfn. had Already occurred between the ii anu wi j The Washington correspondence of ft.!s informed by Mr. Bernhisel, . lo. . . lllnli Ihnt. tun ttilMHinn nl '"to salt Lake City, would re- HII1IM1I. UI Ull UlllltUIHrO IIU.T ie ol num. .,).... 1'.i,,l.liiiT Ii nil inlnri'iniv. vuiiiiiiuuiii . iiuiiiiiij, ...... ((' me i resilient, nuu iuuuiui, uuuou wuiuu -.-J II. ..I I. I... J ...... in nrrnutilll. niKI mill. I1U lltlU nil il'UdVlli III ....voni.;; ker. that he was cnrrvinc out their wish. n Hi letter. I lu first doubted this after i filibusters wero safely on board his ship, Walker told him that two members of i Cabinet were privy to his scheme, and had signified their approval of it, and one ol' these Ministers was no other than the IV'ini er himself. Gen. Cass replied to this that lie thought he should be able to prove an alibi. The other Cabinet officer implicated, as rumor has it, is Thompson. The Commo dore's receptiou was courteous but not cur dial. Death of Wilkins Tannk hill, Esq. We nre pained to bo called upon to announce the death of Wilkins Tnnne hill, Ksq., which event occurred at the residence of his son-in law, Wm. T. Berry, Esq., near this city, nt oue o'clock yesterday. Mr. Tannehill was well known through out the Slate as n journalist and literary wri ter. For several years he has been suli'oring from blindness, and, of late, from slight men tal affliction. lie was aged seventy one years. We content oiirself with the bare an nouncement of this event this morning, hoping hereafter to be able to present n nntiee more worthy of the talents, and high position which the deceased has occupied in the litera ry nnd political history of the Slate and coun try. AVisni llunnrr June 3. Serious Aiu'Reiiensions of Wail It is said, nt Washington, that Lord Napier has given it as his opinion that the Derby Minis try will tiiko ill stand upon the "right of visitation," ns absolutely essential to the suppression of tho slave trade n work to which both governments nre solemnly pledged. If so, tho President lias declared his purpose, to givo orders to seize and bring Into port all Itritish nrnicd vessels, attemp ting to carry out such mistaken notions. So, should these statements bo true, and the Jlritish government does not recede, a colli sion can scarcely be avoided. A Poudtisu Thomas. Tho Cassville Standard don't beliovo that that $10,000 was ever lost "sure enough" by tho Adorns Express Company. It lias no doubt that the full amount has been paid over by the Com pany to Hall, Moses & Co., and that the Company will also promptly pay over the f 1,500 if tho missing package is ever re stored; but suggests that the whole alfairmay be an advertising ruse to convince the public of the promptitude and solvency of the Coin, liany and tho extent of its resources in other words, that it never lost the package. A l'ltorHtcv. Tho Washington States says that the man who expects to see a tele grnpic connection between England and Amer. lea before he dies, will have to keep on liv ing until tho phi) of the world, and then die disappointed. Washington, Juno 1. In tho Senato to n bill was reported to prelect (lie proper 'cxico or Central Ameiua. THE FLORIDA INDIANS NICE SPEC ULATION SPOILED. These Indinans, to a large horde of spoils men and speculators, liavo been as fruitful as a California gold mine ever since Van Du ren's administration. We dare say that from the year 1857, the aggregate expenses of the government on adcount of these In dians a few hundreds in number, all told have amounted to the handsome-figure of at least sixty millions of dollars. We aro assured that the expenses of "the war," as lato ns two weeks ago, amounted to thirty thousand dollars a day, although there were only thirty Indians remaining in Florida, all told. Each Indian, therefore, requires nn expenditure of a thousand dollars a day, which is a very good speculation. In secu ring the removal of Billy Bowlegs, however, the spoilsmen and speculators concerned killed the goose tfiut laid the golden eggs. Hud llicj managed the matter a little more shrewdly, they might have kept Billy in the field for nt least a year or two longer. They might have bribed him, and helped him to dodge about in the bushes; but they called upon the administration, and the administra tion has ruined their Indian business entire- We can discover that these frontier specu lators, contractors and lobby jobbers are at tho bottom of all these Indian wars; nnd, if the facts wero nil known, it would doubtless appear that these intriguing outside spoils men have had a long finger in the pie of the Mormon rebellion. Claims from the patriotic citizens of Oregon, on account of their Indian wars, are now lying before Congres, to the extent, we believe, of about five million of dollars; and we do not suppose that there will ever be an end to indemnities for, nnd to bo called for, on account of the Indian wars, incursions, &c, in Texas, New Mexico and California. In this view, it would bo the cheapest policy, by n long shot, for the government to maintain in the midst of ull our disafl'ected and wild Indian tribes, n suf ficient standing army force to maintain order and to stop the depredations of theso treasu ry robbers, in tho shape of frontier whito speculators nnd manufacturers to order of Indian wars. We see it stated in some of tho black republican journals that sympathise nnd af filiate with the English view of the exercise of the right of search by British cruisers up on our ships, that Lord Napier believes the British government has nnd will insist upon the right of visit for the examination of pa pers. This is the same thing, the difference be tween the right of visit and the right of search being even less than between t'veo dledum and tweedledee. In the old authori ties on international law the right of search is always called the right of visit, nnd is spo ken of as a belligerent right only. The in sisting by England upon the claim to exer cise this bel!c 'rent right in a time of peace makes it a qutolion of war at once, and the emphatic report of the Senate Coinmitteo on Foreign Relations mado yesterday is but an echo of the public, sentiment of this country. Tho people of the United States nre deter mined that their flag shall be respected, nnd that under no pretence, whether sluvo trade or any other trade, shall their ships be de tained in .1 time of peace. And this feeling is not a local one; tho North, South, East and West nre equally unanimous upon it. If nny possible distinction can be found it is that the Northwest is more, indignant at the insolent exercise, of this right than any oth er section. But tho entire American people claim that American ships have the absolute right to sail the ocean unquestioned in a lime of peace, when there is no possibility of their infringing the belligerent rights of other nations. If England insists upon any other principle wo must have a war, i.nd in that case tho sooner we have it the better. Domestic Troubles of tiik Democracy. A late number of Forney's Philadelphia Press, in reference to the ensuing fall elec tions, has the following: "Preparations aro making to pour n new batch of documents, in support of the Lccompton and English ini quities, into our Slate. Cluh rooms nro be ing opened at Washington, officered by Jones and Bigler, nnd filled with clerks, from which millions of arguments, in favor of these great wrongs, nre to be disseminated to every part of the State. Even Oweri Jones is flooding his district with Steven's report in favor of the very Senate bill which he so steadily op posed ! So the issue is not only nceepte I, but insisted upon; and so let it be. Pennsyl vania is to bo mado the tattle-ground in Oc tober. She was the battle-ground in 1850. The theatre is the same tho actors the same, and the principle the same, with tho differ ence that those who were elected to office upon tho principle bow stand forth fully armed against it. These latter have many potent influences on their side. A mass of patronage held out to n mnssof expectants; n host of dependents whose bread is safe only as they defend the wrong; a Senate ready to reject or ratify, ns Democrats nro fair or fa'se. Hut wo hnvo great faith in tho result. The people aro aroused. The public mind is fill . -,i i. i . .i i i- i ...:il. !...!: Cil Willi llgni; Hie puniic nenii n un imiinn lion. If there was a rupture in the strife of I85C, in honestly supporting an honest creed, what will it be in 1858, w hen thut samo creid, basely deserted, implores for rescue and for championship! BiiFCKisniuuB Coal Coii'AY. The whole estate of the celebrated Breckinridge Coal Company, near Cloverport, K), is to be sold nt auction on the U8th of Juno next, to pay a uiortgngo of 350,000. This is an iinfortunato closo of the affairs of the compa ny, whoso stock nnd property was valued, a lew years ago, lit $ 1,000,000 or f 5,000,000 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE SLAVE QUESTION. The Archbishop and Bishops of the Cath olic church, have issued a pastoral letter to the clergy and laity of Hint denomination. Among other subjects to which it refers is the slavery question. We make the follow ing extract: The peaceful and conservative character of our principles, which are adapted to every form of government and every state of socie ty, has been tested nnd made manifest in the great political struggles that hnvo agitated the country on the subject of domestic slave ry. Although history plainly testifies that the church has always befriended tho poor and laboring classes, and effectually procured the mitigation of the evils attached to servi tude, until through her mild influence it pass ed away from the nations of Europe, yet she has never disturbed established order or en dangered the peace of society by following ineories ot pniianuiropy. Faithful to the teaching- and example of the apostles, she has always taught servants to obey their mas'.ers, not serving to the eye merely, but as to Christ, and in His name she commands masters to treat their servants with humanity nnd justice, reminding them that they also have a Master in Heaven. Wo havo not, therefore, found It necessary to modify our teaching with n view of adapting it to local circumstances. Among us there has been no nrntntion on this subject. Our clergy have wisely abstained from all inter ference with the judgment of the faithlul, which should be free on all questions of poli ty and social order, within the limits of the doctrine and law of Christ. We exhort you, venerable brethren, to pursuo this course, so becoming "the ministers of Christ nnd dis pensers of the mysteries of God." lt the dend bury their dead. Leave to worldlings the cares nnd anxieties of political p.trtizan ship, the struggles for ascendency, nnd the mortifications of disappointed ambition. Do not, in any way, identify the interests of our holy faith with tho fortunes of any party; but preaching pence nnd good will to all man kind, study onlv to win to truth the deluded children of error, and to merit the confidence of your flocks, so that, becoming all to all, you may gain all to Christ Thf. Forces in or for The Gulf. The Philadelphia Inqnirer states that the follow ing is a correct list of tho number and names of American vessels of war in tho Gulf, or under orders to nppenr there : .VaHfs of Vessels Guns. Steamer Colorado 15 Steamer Fulton 5 Steamer Wnbnsh 40 Steamer Water Witch 2 Sleamc-r Arctio 2 Frigate Savannah 50 Sloop Jamestown 22 ling Dolphin 4 Total number of guns 140 Preparations nre being mado to send more. The British, already have on their West India Station a fleet of ships of twice and a half the ninount of guns of the above list of American vessels. They have seventeen vessels in nil, twelve of which nre steamers, carrying, In tho nggregnte, 357 guns, as fol lows: Avalnncho 18 guns. Atnlnntn 15 llazalisk, steam 6 Buzzard, steam 6 Cumberland 70 Devastation, stenm 6 Forwnrd, gun. boat 2 Harrier, steam 17 - linnum 72 Indas 78 Jasseur, stenm gun-boat 1 Jasper, " " 1 leopard, steam 18 Rkipjack, steam gun-boat 2 Styx, steam 6 Tartar, " 21 Terror, " 16 Total 357 Thus it will be seen there is plenty of room for our officers to distinguish them selves, and a good field for the Government to engage the best men of tbe service. I'he SroiLs of War. The English troops had n rare time of it in Luc-know. It was impossible, the officers say, to stop the plun der, nnd from tho ncconnts given they did not seem disposed to attempt impossibilities. The plnce was given up to pillage. All the evidences of barbaric magnificence, furniture, embroidered, hangings, chandeliers, statue, mirrors and china were knocked about in search of treasures. Those who could not gi t in nt once to carry on the work, searched the corridors, battered off the noses, legs nnd arms of the statues in the gardens, or, diving into cellars, either made their fortunes by the discovery of unsuspected treasure, or lost their lives at the hands of concealed fanatics. The amount of spoils carried off by tho sol diers is said lo hnvo boen very large. Mr. Everett's Southern Tour. Mr. Everett has returned from his southern tour. Since the month of November he has repeat ed his discourse on "The Character of Wash ington," for the benefit of the Mount Vernon fund, twenty-three times, with an nugrcgnle net receipt of 14,015; and his nil. Ires on 'Charity" fourteen times, for the benefit of various charitable institutions, with nn ag gregate net receipt nf 913,438. The net receipt of 12,438. The net proceeds of his oratorial laborers for the last six months, for tho benefit of the Mount Vernon fund and various charitable institutions, is $27,078. l-rY Tho highest waterfall in tho world is in the Sandwich Islands, and is stated to be between four nnd five thotisnnd feel high. I he stream on which tho fall occms runs among tho peaks of one of the highest moun tains so high that the water actually never rrachs the but turn so great is Iho distance that tho water is converted into mists, and nsccmls to the clouds again. t Jj" Tho great majority nf our Smithorn exchanges oppose the re-opening of the Afri can slave trnde. Alobilt Tribune. Anil they represent a vast majority of the Southern people. X. O. Vicnyimr, Voti ara riirht, Mr. Tick. At least ninety nina hundredths of the Southern people nre eorreotly represented in that short paragraph. Indeed, we know of no man in the South, unless it is some ernty fellow, that wishes to so thn African slave trade re-opened. .Vu-tA-ii:c Mi'y Stiff. MORE OF THE MISSOURI FREESOIL. ERS. A correspondent of the New York Tri bune, goes into extucies over the frccsoil re cruits thut are pouring into that Stnte. Of the chnractcr of those recruits, wo subjoin a brief extract from the letter. "The German element in the population of Missouri is becoming now a moat important one in determining the destinies of the Stnte. The German shopkeeper, mechanic nnd mer chant nre crowding one portion of St. Louis, and nlrendy form n population of nearly 75, 000. The German peasant and vine-dresser, and farmer are settling all over the hillsides and the beautiful valleys of the interior, which the American pioneer had neglected for the rich river bottoms. Villages spring up where one hears no language, day after day, but the langungeof the old Fatherland. German Judges of the Price are appointed in some of the counties; iicsrapapeni aro pub lished, laws printed, inftiees posted, school books issued nil in this foreign tongue. The beat agriculture of the country is falling into tho hands of this busy, thorough people. Slavery melts away before the.frce Teutonic industry. The slaveholders find themselves competed with on the market, undersold nnd far outstripped in the yield of the nrnble lands. They sell their worn-out fields to these intrusive- foreigners, and emigrate with their negroes, in disgust, to Texas. Besides, as a German well explained to me, the slave is becoming too expensive on instrument for labor. A healthy negro man coats now in Missouri some $1,200. Capital is worth hero at least 10 per cent, so that his cost to tho owner, without reckoning expenses of food, clothing, medicine, and shutter Is $120 per annum. Then there must be added to this the cost of his absent or sick days, his"sulki. ness" (which is, you know, s disease in the medical books,) his tendency to the"drapeto mania" (to run away,) and his general dispo sition to skirk or do badly, work in which he has no interest. Now, against all these ex penses and annoyances, the sum of $100 will procure the services for the ysar to the Dew settler of a free, intelligent, efficient, careful German laborer, who takes caro of himself, and has no sulks. Is it nny wonder, with this statement alone, that the new comers, wheth er American or German, detest Slavery, nnd that the old Blnve-owners aro glad to get rid of their expensive laborers, and cither turn Free-Soilers or emigrate to more congenial circumstances ?" It is not much wonder that the St. Louis Democrat, should, in view of theso facts, an nounce that frecsoilism tins already triumphed in Missouri. It says that the buttle is already fought and won, and that the great hope of the abolitionists is being realized without re sort to Legislation, and takes to itself and its friends enthusiastic congratulations on the fact. TlIK SoUTIIKSN CoMtfltnCIAL CoSVSSTION AND Tin Kansas Kill. The Itichmond South, whose editor was a member of the late South ern Commercial Convention at Montgomery, eotunienting upon -H sMUmnt wliiah has been repeatedly made, fbiit nine-tenths of its members were opposed to the bill for the ad mission of Kansas into the t nion, says: "In our judgment the opinions of the mem bers of that assembly are entitled to no con-, sideratiou as an expression of the popular sentiment of the South. "For the simple and suflloicnt reason that it was composed of men who did not repre sent the popular sentiment of the South. We are not beting the question. "We maintain that its utterance should not be taken for the voice of the people, because its members, however respectuble as individ uals, were not the sort of persons to repre sent the sentiment of the masses. It is a question if one-fiftieth proportion of the dele Kates were from the country. It is a ques tion if one-half were appointed by any re sponsible authority. They were mainly from the cities and villages, and instead of being selected with reference to their views on the particular subjects agitated in the Conven tion, were appointed from caprice or regard to ths chances of attendance. "liy the very prineiple of its organization, the Montgomery Convention was an incom petent representative of southern sentiment. It was composed of men with partial and ex treme opinions. The drift of its deliberations was directed bv a foregone conclusion. Its action was not" affected by the influence of the great body of quiet and conservative eiti sens, and the result of its demonstrations be trays the nnrrow bias of a clique rather than an intelligent regard for the interests of the whole community." Tin "Styx" to na Caitubkh. The greatest excitement prevails iu Havana, consequent upon the late landing of British Marines on the Island. A letter says : An American captain, who is about to leave Havana for the Chinese sens to bring a cargo of immigrants to Cubs, was fitting up hi" ves sel in such a manner as to be able to resist the attack of anv vessel that may assail him at sea, either going or returning; and he has declared his intention to light for it, if the Styx attempts to board ami search him. Some nf the rich people of Havana so highly approve of this determination that they have tillered this captain (20,000 if he can sucoeed in bringing the pugnacious Styx into the har bor ns a captured boat. The result of these bellicose indications remain to be teen; but no doubt the prompt and decisive measures of the American government will prevent the sanguinary intentions of individual cap tains. litsuKKS in Casaoa. A letter from Mont real says: "From all parts of Canada we hear nnthimr but the same unvaried story of hard times, dull trade, and scarcity of money. No harder winter, we suppose has ever been passed through in this country, and there is but little if any improvement yet. Mr. Buchanan, of Hamilton, has declared in I ar liament Hint there aie five hundred thousand persons in Canada without employment and without monev a statement which is great ly exagL'cr.ite"d, but there is no doubt that much depression and distress prevails. It was expected that the opening of the navi cation would brinir relief, but the very low . . ; ., In rut nril lines or wheat ami Hour n- - - operations and diminish returns that the ex peeled relief is very iinperfeotly renliied. Chime in Memhiis.-TIio Appeal despoira of the morula of that devoted lown. It says: "Whiskev fruit is nbnmlnnt. The nine o'clock law'is dead. The ridiculous' I ipling Ordinance' is gone l the tomb of all tho Cnptilcts. Employment for tho police is in creasing day by day. There will be no no- V ii.., fnrco. Tho Recorder CCSSI'.V l"t Ii-milinK . , , alroady finds his docket swelling, and the amount of serious crimes on Iho increase .- i i. ..i dm enst of iirosccutinir ruins iinniiifc up, in - - i . " criminals will expand in n still greater de- gree. It is not llie iniiiix ui mi.".. .- . city that is the main cause of tho change, for I the business srasoii is nearly over, nnd the I arrivals at our wharf nru really reduced. THIRTY-THREE CHEERS FOR CAP-1 TAIN BARTLETT. Tho following account of the altercation between Captain Burtlett of the ship Claren. don and the officer of the British steamer Buzzard is furnished by Captain Nicholls, of the barque John Howe, who obtained it from Captain Burtlett, and is in substance as fol lows: "The steamer ran in as near as was deemed prudent, and then fired several gunsi (blank shots,) which Captain Burtlett under stood, of course, to be a request for him to show his colors. He paid no attention, how ever, to the demand. In a short timo he saw two boats lowered away nnd manned by fifty men, with any quantity of small-arms, when he (Captain B.) took his ensign and laid it on the cabin table. Soon after the boats arrived alongside, nnd the commander of the steamer in person came on board, when Captain B. received him politely, but protested against the proceedings and would not allow any of the men to come on board, threatening to shoot the first that attempted it. Captain B. and the British commander then proceeded to the cabin, when he (llie commander of the steamer,) commanded him to hoist his en sign. He replied; "there it lies upon the ta ble, and if your commission is worth enough, hoist it yourself." The British officer, pistol in hand, com menced pacing the cabin, saying that lie would seize the vessel and take her to the port of New York; to which Captain B. re plied, that was exactly what he Wanted him to do; when, whether by intent or accident, Cnpt. B. was struck on the breast by the hand which held the pistol. Captain B. then presented his pistol and said: "Sir, keep your hands off mc, or I will shoot you." The offi cer replied: "I did not lay my hands on yon;" when Captain B. rejoined "You did, sir." The officer inquired if tho sugar on board belonged to Cap). B.; when he replied "I never owned n hogshead of sugar in my life." The sauie question was asked in regard to the launches, (boats for conveying the sugar from the shore on board,) and the same reply given. The officer, completely cowed, pro ceeded on deck, and, after reaching the deck, in a perfect rago bellowed forth "Lower away the gangway ladder;" when Captain B. quietly said : "Sir, did you order thnt ladder to bo lowered, or did you request it to bo lowered !" when the officer said "Will you please have it lowered I" Captain B. then gave orders for it tobedono, and the British er departed without having accomplished his purpose. A Mixed Up Lawsuit. An exchnngo pa per tells of a"mixed-up lawsuit" which came off in Vermont Inst fall. It seems that Smith shot a rabid dog that was trespassing on his lot, and belonging to one Davidson. Dog ran into tho ro.td nnd frightened n horse belong ing to Shufelt. Shufult's hori-o rnn away, upset a wagon, nnd broke n leg belonging to W. II. Patterson. The question now is, who shall Patterson sue for damngos Smith, Shufelt, or Davidson ? As Smith had caused the accident, Shufelt allows thnt Smith should foot the bill. Smith's counsel objects to this by saying thnt Smith wns doing a lu'A ful act in a lawful manner, and thai, as the horse was frightened by the dog, the owner of the dog (Davidson) should pay the damages. Davidson's lawyer claims, on the contrary, thnt he is not holden, because the dog was not mad; nnd, if he were mad, he would not hnvo frightened the horse had Smith attended fo his own business nnd let the dog nlone. How the question will come out will be known in June, when the court sits. Free Thought Free Speech Free Land Fremont. The Kansns Herald of Freedom says of the English Conference bill : "It is needless to say thnt if that proposi tion is passed, the Lccompton Constitution will be defeated by the people, nnd then we nre remanded bnck to our Territorial condi tion. If the people have nny chance to repu. diate the fraud, they will do so. They never will vote to accept n pro-slavery Government to be organized under tho lcomplon con stitution they will sooner hang every man tit tit. attempts it." Well, hang nnd bo darned, who cares for Kansas? .V. Y. Aeu s, (Dem.) t-if"Tiie Kaunas Weekly Herald, of May 8th, says, in speaking of the passage of the English compromise bill : I'he question is now localized, and the iinnnln of Kansns nre the onlv- parties con cerned. Whether tho proposition is nccepted or rejected, the question la nt nn end. What ever the issue may be here In Kansas, its ef fects will only be Tult here. 1 lie excitement which has too long agitated the whole coun try, must now necessarily die nway, for the material by which it was manufactured is nt length exhausted. High Prices for Negroes. The Hernnn do Press reports the sole of some of the ne groes belonging to the estate of Mrs. Dement, of that county, last week, at tho following fionre: Ghl Amanda, twenty years old, field hand, with infant five weeks old, two thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dol lars; boy Jesse, twenty-one years old, field hand, two thousand dollars; girl Tennessee, field hand, twenty vears old, one thnusnnd seven hundred nnd fifty dollars. The sale was on six months' time. Loxo WmsTi.it. The Marysvllls Herald gives the following account of something new under the sun, a whistling matoh: a k,i.ilinis match lately came off at Mo- kaliimn Hill. Two whistlers commenced at o'clock in the evening, and kept it up till ...iniiins nf two next mnrnitiL', when one of them caved in, and was forced to stretrh his moiilh in all sorts of shapes to B't the quicker" taken out of it. He "allowed his lins felt "like thev was the toe of an old boot, with a large hols in it. Statu Bank Bii.m Ui'SNt. This morning at (it o'clock, the tlovernor, 1 reasursr. v.imi ..'.ii ...,i rt.m-i.inry uf State, in aeoordanoe ' . . : I ilia Hitmen one mil- Willi 1111 voiniiii' - r , lion one hundred and forty three thousand dollars, in note of ths old Hank of the Stale f Alabama and its Branch.s.-.tfo:r,v Mail, '16th, DANIEL BRYAN'S OATH. Most of the temperance stories of the day aro weak and washy dilutions of the preced ing ones; but the following hss a startling vigor. Daniel Bryan, as appears from the context, had been a lawyer of eminence but had fallen, through intoxication, to beggary and s dying condition. Bryan had married, in his better days, the sister of Moses Felton. At length sll hopes were given np. Week after week would the fallen man lie drunk on the floor, and not s day of real sobriety mark, ed his course. I doubt if scother such ease was known. He was too low for conviviality, for those with whom he would have associat ed would not drink with him. All alone in bis office and chamber he eon tinned to drink, and even his life seemed the offspring of his jog. - - U was early, spring Mae Felton. bird a call to Ohio. Before he set out he visited his sister. He offered to take her with him, but she would not go. "But why stay here I" nrged the brother; "you nre faded away, and disease is upon you. Why should you live with such a brute?" "Hush, Moses, speak not," answered the wife, keeping back her tears. "I will not leave him now, but he will soon leave me he cannot live much longer." At that moment Daniel entered the apart ment He looked like a wonderer from the tomb. He had his hat on and a jug in his hand. "Ah, Moses, how ore ye ?" he (rasped, for he could not speak plainly. The visitor looked at him for a few mo ments in silence. Then, as his features as sumed a eold stern expression, he said with a strong emphasised tone. "Daniel Bryan, I have been your best friend but one. My sister is sn angel, but matched with a demon. I have loved you Daniel, as I never loved man before; you were noble, geneious nnd kind; but I hate you now, for you nre a perfect devil incr.rnnte. Look nt Ihnt woman. She is my sister; she might now livo with me in comfort, only she will not do it while you are alive; yet when you die she will come to me. Thus do I pray that God will soon give her joys to my keep ing. Now, Daniol I do sincerely hope that the first intelligence that reaches me from my native place, after I have reached my new home, may be that you ore dead .'" "Stop, Moses, I can reform." "You cannot it is beyond your power. You have had inducements enough to hnve reformed half the sinners in creation, and yet you are now lower than ever before. Go and die, sir, as soon as you can, for the moment that sees you thus shall not Snd me among the mourners." ' Bryan's eyes flashed, and he drew himself proudly up. "Go," he said with a tono of the old powerful sarcasm, "go to Ohio, and I'll sond you news. Go, sir, and watch the post. 1 will yet make you take back your words." "Never, Dnniel Bryan, never !" "You shall ! I swear it !" With these words, Dnniel Bryan hurled his jug into the fire place; and while yet a thou sand pieces were flying over the floor he strode from the house. Mary fainted on the floor. Moses bore her to the bed, nnd then having called in a neighbor, he hurried away, for the slago wns waiting. For a month Dnniel moved over the brink of the grave, but he did not die. "Onegill of brandy will saveyou,"said tho doctor, who saw that the abrupt removal of stimulants from the system that for long years had subsisted on almost nothing else, was nearly sure to prove fatal. "You can surely take a gill nnd not tnke any more." "Aye," gasped tho poor man, "take a gill and break my oath. Moses lelton shall never hear that brandy or rum killed me 1 If the want of it killed me, then let me die! But I won't die; I'll live till Moses Felton shnll eat his words." Ho did live! nn iron will conquered the messenger that denth sent Dnniel Brynn lived. For one month he could not wnlk without help joyful, prayerful help. Mary was his help. A year passed away, and Moses Folton re turned lo Vermont. He entered the Court House at Burlington, and Dnniel Bryan was on the floor pleading for a young man who hnd been indicted for forgery. Felton stnrled with surprise. Never before had such tor rents of eloquence poured from his lips. The chnrge wns given to the jury and the youth was acquitted. The successful coun sel turned from the court room, and ho met Moses Felton. They shook hands but did not apeak. When they reached a spot where none others could hear them, Brynn stopped. "Moses," he said, "do you remember tho words you spoke to me a year ago ?" "I do, Daniel." "Will you tuko them back unsay them now and forever 1" "Yes, with all my heart." "Then I am in part repaid." "And what must be the remainder of the payment?" asksd Moses. "I must die an honest, unperjured man ! The oath that has bound me thus far was made for life." That evening Mary Bryan was among Ilia happiest of the happy. No allusion waa mod in words to that strange scens of one year before; but Moses could read In both the countenances of hia sister and hoi hus band tho deep gratitude they did not speak. And Diniel Biyan ytt lives, one of the moat honored men in Vermont, live limes has he sat in the State legislature, thrice in the Senate, and ones in ths halls of the lis tional Congreas. -tT Palieuce las tree whs as routs sra 1 bitter, but the fruit is very sweet. A DEPLORABLE DRUNKARD. Washington, April 16. Dear Spirit: The following is too good to be lost, and it is too true to make a juke or; Some years ago, Congress numbered smong its members several who were much given to a love of liquor, and were frequent ly seen about the streets of the metropolis "on a spree." Such conduct on the part of onr law-makers didn't impress the outsider with such sn exalted opinion of M. C.'s as they once had, as the incident 1 am'abont to relate will show. Ono hot, moonlight night, during a long session a party of gentlemen, including sev era! Members of Congress were seated around the door of the house of s friend, trying to get cool, when an old toper, "all tattered and torn," known as Bill Scraggs, made his appearance in midst, asked for mon ey to obtain a night's lodging and something to eat. The Hon. lit. W., a vory kind-hearU ed and resnectnbla" Member nf Ilia linnu' soon engagesl Bill In conversation, and at ouce aiscoverea mat ne was an educated man, and remarked to him: "My friend, you appear to have seen better days: I would like to know something of your history." Bill drew himself up, and, alter a short pauae, said: "Sir I hare seen better days! My parents were well-to-do, they gave me a good education nnd profession, and one time, my prospects in life were ns bright as any man's; but alas! sir, in nn evil hour 1 became addic ted todrink.and from that moment I have been going down, down, until I have become an outcast, a loafer of no account for noA-. ing on this earth but to be a Member of Con gress!" The above is a true story; for among those who were present, and heard it, was The Undersigned. Industry. Every young mnn should re member that the world has and always will honor industry. The vulgar and useless idler, whose energies of body nnd mind are rusting for waotof exerciso the mistaken being who pursues amusement ns a relief to his enervat ed muscles, or engages in exercises that pro duce no useful end, may look with scorn upon the smutty laborer engaged in his toil. But his acorn is an honor. Honest industry will secure the respect of the wise nnd good men, nnd yield the rich fruit of an easy con science, and give that heart self-respect which is above all price. y The dialect of the west is rather strong, nnd slightly hyperbolical. Ons Brown, who hna lately been traveling in the Oni-iitpn I. na fnr UK tfnnana anva ttint u-l, B lllilll III muii iuiuu uirBiica iu aujr 1,11111, i would like a drink, ho declares that "if he h a class of whiskey he would throw I outside of tt, nlmighty quick! A nig i r : i . . - . i i John Rogers list, and says: "There i and Sul, and Sam, and Dave, and Joh Mary Ann, nnd the baby, nnd the Thut will do. fir "Billy, apcll est, rnt, Ift only one letter for each word?" -it can i, oe uio: i m uVVImll I'mi iiiat rnnittr in renin t.i -I .-..-II.. i i J f 1 : : h, A Scarlet Rainbow. The Carlisle.! I'ulriol ol April linn, says a singular- nomonon was observed in the neighborly VI II lUtuu, lll I0 iiiuiiuiii; ui ii cuimnu' fll'lll Ull. Ik na n iuiiiiu., vi m ti-- red hue, in tho west, opposite the sun sing, at about S A. M. Its appearance is de scribed as very slnrtling. Infants' Food. What a baby com in a Year. When it is necessary to feed infants artificially, snd cows' milk is used, it should be first boiled, then skimmed, then sweetened a little with sugar, und next a little anlt ad ded, not enoueh to give it n saltish taste; milk thus prepared will not only prevent the indigestion and consequent acidity, flatulence, cholic, dinrrliH'a, Ac, from which sucking children suffer so much, but it will actually euro them. A hearty infant will swallow, during the first year nl its life, fourteen hundred pounds of milk, in which are twenty-ono pounds of cheese, thirty pounds ol butter, and one hun dred nnd twelve pounds of sugar. At sis cents a qunrt, with necessary sweetening, ench "denr little crenture costs, lor lood alone, fifty dollars fur the first year. Haiti Journal of Health. Sh.as Wright's Wealth. The Daily Wisconsin, speaking of the wealth of the most eminent American statesmen, concludes its list with the following reference to Silas Wright : "Silas Wright, with hia eslale nf V,00O, was really wealthier than many others are with $111(1,000. Ho owed no man anything; he met his obligations with tho utmost promptness, and never indulged in any luxu ry that he could not puy lor. He was a model of republican simplicity. It should also be understood that he was not mean In saving money. t-tf An Alabama editor says of a Isle festival occasion : "Several healths and songs were masterly advanced, and received In Ins climax of ecstacy er.d unanimity, while the eloquence was borne from the speukers lips on the rcsoundiniz pinions of heart felt en- thusiasm, the dying ei-hors of which were like the murmuring" or distant thunder Romk Ijcusts Ths llayou rkirs Udguf of Iho Sid is responsible for the following: 'pi... u....ta lti.tti-i.Mn Alnnni!r'a rrec-k anil Clinton aie tilled with locust, ami tin y mska a roar like a distant waterfall. 'I i . ) I'Mroy .l,..ul aiynrv kiiirl nf VaireL-iLiiitr. but. am vaL they have done little or no iluniiia to lbs crops, mini" nine nj,"i wm nasrn inn may destroyed a whole crop of lobat-ro in Viiginta, and afterwards ant upon ths fence by the roadside, begging a chew of toharso frees every passing stranger. Nil Ui l-'l.IIH.'l'liUi Ural IkMUt iLilt f ILia seusoo, wsa received bars aalurd)i y M ateamer Columbia, from ( Imrlnalun, N. C, consigned to A. O. I'ariimlm, l'i'. It o ground at ins i.anniuiisei amis, nasi ta, Georgia, from wht irrnHli (Ins on ths farm of Win. i. h', L"l i vicinity. It wsa iillaf.d si " U"h M attracted much klt-nlnli-- V ) ', Jnil ij (,'im., It iiiily. if" ll i twisted Ihsl Hi hliMssj J our hikes r.csiie i)in," i uiwy lb li.li lhy'iU. f i