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PICKENS C. ir.? S. C. :
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Saturday Morning, August 15, 1857. |
AbsentThe
Kditor is absent this week, and craves
the indulgence of his patrons for whatever of
imperfection may appear in this number.
To CorrespondentsWo
liavo several communications on hand?
thoy will appear next weok. Thero are on
cur tablo one or two articles,unaceom pan ied by
the name of the authors ; which under our ,
rules, can., bo published in this paper.
The answer to " J.'s" enigma is Trkston
S. Brooks. Tho other enigma, being of a nature
personal to the Courier, although com- ;
xdimcutarv. is roRneelfnlW dec,lined, for rtbvi
ous returns.
E H. Britton, Esq.
We neclectod, at the tinio of it? insertion, j
to call the attention of till' public to the card
of Mr. Rritton, who 1b located in Columbia 1
?s a Collecting Agent. It is a rou! pleasure !
to do ho now, and we commend his Agency
to thoso who may havo buHinoflH to tranaact i
in that city, lie in punctual, competent, and I
reliable.
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The Serenade.
The citizens of our village wpro compli- I
Tnented with a Serenade on Saturday evening !
last, by a company of young gentlemen from
Greenville, who are in our midst, plamuro I
and sight-Rcoing. The music was of the very
best, and, with a delightful evening for its
enrapturing cadences to float through "mom
ory h waste," it was not only a happy pointing
of the week's end, but soothingly grateful
to the Honses and finer feelings of our kind.?
The thanks of us all are returned for this kind
treat, with our bc6t wishes for tho enjoyment
of the party, and a SHfo return to their homos.
Temperanco.
The .State Temperance Society of Snith
?rolina met at Chester on the 21st ult., and
continued in session for two day*. The meeting
was a harmonious one, and a good deal
of business was transacted. Committees for
I
each district were appointed " to urge upon
the people tho organization of old Societies,
?1 n i
^-.1 .ij.viio, I.uui^t WVVlliriJO , illiu II1U .IJIll'illl Wl
temperance," &c. For Pickens, under this
resolution, Messrs. M. M. Norton, Joseph ;
J. Norton, Rev. AV'm. MrWiioiiTER, Titos. G.
Booas, Wm. S. Grisiiam, and L. B. .Jounson
were appointed.
Death of Hon. Thos. J. Rusk.
The recent intelligence from Texas is truly
Astounding as well as melancholy. On the
20th ult., Thomas J. Husk, United States
Senator mmmiltnil cni/?ifln Kb
self through tho head *rith n ritlo. Senator
Rcsk was n native of this district. Ho emigrated
to (Georgia when quite young, and re- |
moved to Texas during her p^rugglo for in- 1
dependence, and took an active part in the I
ft trying scenes of that period. Gen. ltrsK was J
a man of ability, and greatly, beloved hy the i
people of Texaf. Ilis popularity South was |
also great, and hia name had been connected 1
with tho Presidency by men of position and j
influence. ]Ii? denth. nndpr nnv ciivtnmttnn. '
oea is to be lamented, but more especially in !
tho manner in which ho deprived hiiusolf of
life. The following is tho only particulars ,
wo have seen :
" No special case was assigned for thedeed, j
but it is supposed that the mind of Senator ;
Husk has been much disturbed lately in con- 1
pnquencc of some allogod connection of his j
brother-in-law with forgeries on the I.and Dc- |
pnrunciu. mo mailer, it in surmised, preyed
upon him to such an extent as to induce
this tcrriblo result."
The MilitaryThe
nftxt is Review week, when we shall
have the honored Chief of the State and his
unite in our midst; and, we do not know that
wo could give them a more appropriate introduction,
tlmn by appending the following article
from the Edgofield A<lrcrtiser :
" Uur military reviews nro now in progress.
His KxccMcncy Governor AUston an<i suite, j
Adjutant General Dunovant, and Major Gen
eral Smith and suite, aro in attendance. Our |
town has had an i -usual interest attached to ;
it for tho fow past lavs by the pv&eCnco of
the?e gentlemen. It is noeilli?*a to say that
they aro winning golden opinions in passing.
How could it he otherwise, when affability,
high tone, intelligence, and sooial warmth so
manifestly characterize them all.
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Homewhat. indisposed : but was improving ;
wliou ho left uh yostordny morning. Ilesides
the military duties of hin tour, his Excolloncy
is Assiduous in his inquiries as to matters of i
a civil nature, and ospcoiallv in reference to
the working of our present f'reo School >ys- '
tem, which subject ho evidently has much at j
heart. We are, more convinced than ever that
our legislature, in selecting him the Chief
Magistracy of the .Stnte, made an admirable
choice. Lot uh say, that old Edgefield wishes
him a pleasant summer anil a successful term.
" Our iertlings are not lees warm towards
tho 80verm members of hin present military
cortege."
Storm.?On Friday afternoon last, Macon,
Cm., wits visited by the heavioat rain and storin
over knovn to h*?vo fallen in that vicinity.
Several fimall dwelling houses and stable*
were vrosbod away, and tho fitretl culverts
and railroad tracks woro considerably dam*
Suicide.?Joseph Rvan, agod about fifty
years, an inmato of the Ropov Hospital, at |
Charleston, cut his throat on Friday evening j
last with a razor. Ho \va.i well educated !
an<l Htatod that ho had been ft school toucher ]
in TcnneMoe,
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Interesting CorrespondenceTlio
following paragraphs nro tnkon from
tho interesting eorrespondonco of "E. K.,"
in the Edgefield Advertiser :
" Passing through tho ancient villago of
Pemllutou tho other day, 1 was pleased to ho
informed that ?. change had como over tho
spirit of its dream. The pedplo thero are
"hotting their houses in order" to rocoivo, in
a becoming manner, tho ears and tlio traveling
world. Tho good citizens of that liightoncd
community expect tlio coming of tho
locomotivc before noxt Christmas. The country
nrouml I'eudlcton is rich and well improved.
The handsome residences with their surroundings
of green-sward and forest trees
present a picture of rural beauty, upon which
the eve may rest with delight. On Seneca [
river, four or five miles West of ''Pendleton, J
tliere are seven or eight plantations, comnris- j
inn large bodies of the richoit quality of low- {
land. These tracts are all in Pickens, and
constitute what might lie called (ho garden of
the District. '"Fort Ilill," tho late residence
of Mr. Calhoun, is in this group plantations.
1 crossed the Seneca just al>ovo the
line of the Blue liidge Railroad. The bridge
over which tho cars are to pass, is to be nine
hundred feet lonpr, and sixty feet above low
wator mark. Messrs. Gunu <fc Co., arc tho ,
contractors for building tho piers. They have j
no inconsiderable portion of the matormlo on j
the ground. On the river bank only half- a i
mile above, they have opened a quarry oftho
finest granite, tlio workmen say, that is to
l>e found on the entire route. To bring
the huge blocks of granite down the river in
n b'?at but a light task. The contractors i
expect to iinisli their work next year. Out I
in the river bottom the piers are thirty-iivo
feet high?eighteen feet beneath the surface
and seventeen above. On the ton of the piers
a frame work of wood, twenty-three foot in
height is to be placed. So it will be almost
impossible for the freshets either to undormino
or over-top the bridge.
" At "Slab Town," 1 had the happiuess of
spending n night with my last porceptor, the
kcv. J. Lcland Kennedy. This gentleman's
reputation as a Teacher, attracts a large nunii?i.:
1 !
in i *?i nvuuviuo IV inn nuuuui wui'J )C?ir, UllU
it will never ho othorwiiii so long a? lio may
oonHCut to teach. Than Slab Town, how
much soever its name may bo lacking in euphouv,
1 know of no placo nioro favorable in
every respect to "the acquisition of knowledge
and virtue." Tho climate in salubrious, ]
the tone of tho neighborhood moral and rofined,
the teachings thorough, efficient and
elevating."
Tjrr. Atlantic Scumarine Tei.kgraph.?
Tho proceedings in rogard to the Atlantic
telegraph cable, in England, arc exceedingly
interesting. We extract the following from
an articlb on the subject, in the London Time#
on ine z-ttn uit. :
Tito Agamemnon Ieaies Oroonwich to-dny
nnd aftor tho adjustment of her compasses |
proceeds at once to Queenstown, where tho
oilier vessels composing tho squadron?the I
Niagara, Susquehanna arid Leopard?will '
also rendezvous. During the trip from Sheer- I
ness to Queenstown exporiuieuts will be made 1
by laving down about twenty miles of cable, |
in order to ascertain that everything is in
good working condition. By this means the
stiiVoess of the paying out gear, of which con
siderable distrust is entertained, will be accurately
tested, and the amount of rink known
which the scheme will have to encounter in I
mid-ocean. j
Those trials, however, are to bo strictly private,
and none but those actually connected
with the operations about to bo undertaken,
will be allowed on board. Aftor taking in
coins ai v{neensiown tne tour vessels wilt start
t<?gcther for Valentin Buy. It has boon
thought advisable to alter tlie arrangement
by which the cablo was to have hocn joined
in mid-sea, and the Agamemnon and Niagara
then make tho best of their way to shoretho
former to America and tho latter to Ireland.
Now tho plan is to submerge the whole
eablo in a continuous lino from Valentia Bay
to Newfoundland. The Niagara will lay the
first half from Ireland to t fie middle of the
Atlantic: the end will then he joined to tho
other half on hoard tho Agamemnon, which
takes it on the coast Newfoundland. During
the whole process the four vessels will remain
together and give whatever assistance is required.
While it is being laid down messages
will he sent hack to the coast of Irelnml.
reporting each day's progress, and if necossary,
of course, each hour's. Scientific men
will look forward to the result of the under-1
taking with the deepest interest, an pome
wonderful clcctrical phenomena are certain
to be. observed during the process ofsubmcrg
ing. Those most nearly interested in the plan
are sanguine as to all being successfully completed
within a month, and the state of the J
markets at New York known every morning :
throughout England. Most earnestly do we ;
hope that their fullest expectations mnv he !
il.An.rl. ? . - :..r- i
?1>" i" i
conceal that the risks of failure to the present I
plan are many ami most-serious.
Skrioiu Encoi ntf.b.?About four o'clock
yesterday afternoon, a tight occurrcd in a room i
near the corner of 11asell and Meeting streets,
betwee n two free persons of color, named Simon
Cross and Joseph Allstoiv, in whioh the
former rccoivod a blow on the head with a
tailor's goose, which seriously injured his
skull. I>r. Pottigrew, who was called in, examined
tho wound and found the skull fractured.
lie was alive at ten o'clock this
morning, but in not oxpoctcd to survive <lui
u?y.
'rhc affair commcuced in a tailor shop occupied
1 ?y 11 colored nmn named Mclvinljiy,
and tlio |?*? rtio?i, at first, wuro thought to be
boxing in fun, hut tho contest waxing warm,
and tho oomhatant.s becoming excite!, blows
began to be dealt in earnest, when Cross seized
a lap-board and dealt his opponent a blow
on the lioad, cutting him pretty severely.?
Cross then ran down tho steps and out in
the yard, where ho stopped and wns conversing
with some ono. Allston then' seized a hot
gooso and going to the window, threw it down
upon'the head of Cross, with tho result above
Snecilied. Allston nnncftrml with liiu .?-> ? >
.-?ol before tlm Mayor tiiin morning, and was
turned over to a Magistrate without o&auaina
tion.?Charleston News.
WAsiiivnTojr,'1 Aug. 7.?Tho inxtruotioti?<
I to Minister Forsyth, respecting tho now Troatv
with Mexico, have not yet gone out. Tho
Administration became convinced that no
time would ha afforded for a negotiation under
thoGomonfort dictatorship, They will not
enter into a Convention rqBpcetingTohu?intepeo.
independently of conventions on other
nujiject*. They iutond to make a great Trea!
ty wi,th Mexico, and it must lie lnado with the
liew Constitutional (Jovernment.
The parties to tho TohuanWiec grant?
/-' i ~ e.;.,^ 1 I??;- >
Iiiiiivjf lA-uoiciiim iJrilJUillIIl?llOJIO TO 111(11.100
Corn on fort to ofTd- a Tchunnt'opcc Tronty at
onc'o. ponding oMfn*pfH5inl Minintor to conflludo
it. but it will not bo nccoptod horo.
Tho New firanndn negotiation in likely to
^coui>y much time.
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Ponnings and Clippiugs.
Wheat and Floor.?Tho quantity of
wheat brought to Augusta on the Georgia
Railroad, during tho month of July, wm oao
hundred and Gi\y onn thousand throo hundred
aud tw<mty-BOveii bushels. Tho quan-<
tity of flour brought down in tho eatno timtf,
was sevon thousand three hundred and twenty
barrels. And only about ono thousand
bushels of corn.
Horned.?The jail at Crawfordsvillo, Ga.,
was burned on tho 2d instant, and ono prisoner,
a negro man, porished in tho flames.
Gone.?Archibald Camnboll. mrofl 1ft1
i , "o? ? years,
and an active participant iu tho Revolutionary
war, died in flrconbrior oouuty,
Va., on Monday, 20th ult.
Torttrk in Italy.?At N?ploi?, ft boy
thirteen years of age, ft non-commissioned
officer and two othor persons, have died in
prison of torture. They wore charged with
being conccrncd in Milano's attempt on the
king's life.
Served ntM utaiit.?last wcok a disciple
ef llrigham Young attempted to preach th?
Mormon doctrine in Smith county, (Va.) and
though warned hy the citizens refused to desist.
Ho was accordingly seized, tarred and
feathered, after which ho made a rapid oxit.
In tub Field.?F. 1). Richardson, Esq.,
it announced as a candidate for Major of
Charleston.
?>o i'aupkrs.?jtiiir.uDotu City county, vs.
contain* nearly 8,000 inhabitants ; there is
not n single family compelled from poverty
to depend on public charity for support?a
fact which npoaks loudly in favor of the industry
of the peoplo.
Lafayette's Birthday.?The 6th of ?cptombor
will be the one bundled anniverrar^
of the birthday of Lafayette. Tho. Boston
? ' suggests that the day should be celobra<
Sou in some special manuer by the people of
this country. , _
Dead.?Hon. .John Rivers, a distinguished
and aged citizen of Charleston district', diod
on inc oa inst., in tlio i act year oi his age.
A Df.ar Prick.?An English paper informs
us that it costs as mnch por annum to support
the family of Prince Albert, as it docs to
support forty thousand faiuilios of working
mcu.
Bvrralo, August 3.?The prize fight between
the two Philadelphia rowdies, Brndloy
and Rankin, took place on tho Canada shore
on Saturday. Bradley was declared victorious
after fighting 0110 hundred and fifty
rounds, in tho presence of 4,000 spectators
drawn togethor to behold the brutal exhibition.
The fight lasted two hours and fifty
minutes, and both parlieu wore eevorelv punished.
I Dead.?Hon. J. C. Dobbin, n member oi
! President Pierco's cabiuot, died in North
Carolina Inst week.
ArrotNTED.?Mr. I)e Wilton Snowden, of
Maryland, lms boon appointed to a sccoml
elnss ($1,100 per annum) clerkship in the
Bureau of tho Third Auditor of the Treasury,
rice P. M. Fortier, resigned.
Distressing Suicide.?Mrs. Margaret Stevenson,
of Pittsburg, Pa., quarreled with ber
husband a few days ago, beoauso ho wished
her to take bonrdorH, and drank sonic corrosive
sublimate, from the cffects of which slio
died on Tuesday.
Struck nr Lic.nTNisa.?During a noverc
thunder utorm on last Friday uight tbelighti
ning struck a lorgo Toenet tree in Mr? Chamher?
Hardin's field, near Easton, Md., and
killed eight fine hoga that were ideeping under
the tree. The ninth one was also atruek
and badly ntunned, bnt recovered early next
moruing.
Augusta, Aug. 7.?Samuel C. Scott, Tost'
master at Collicr'n Po?t-office, Edgefield Di?
irioi, o. v., nas neon arrestee hy Ueneral ?Jas,
L. Maguiro, special Post-office Agont, nnd b
now in custody in this oity. Tin w*s arrest
ed by cvidonco from tho use of a decoy letter.
I Vr.Tr.R AV Sot.mr.Rsor 1812.?Subscription*
aro being raised to build a home for these
veterans in New York. Ft is in. jnded to lie
a permanent homo for tho disabled aud roi
tiro I, wlvo have served as volunteers, and we
I hope the enterprise will moot liberal encout;
agoment.
(Jen. ftxnsnrv.?linn .Fn* A
. Charleston, (and lato Miniator t*> Mexico,]
h*?t\d!5 the list of delegates appointed to Knoxvillc
from the city of I'ensaeola. Tho oarl^
sovvicca of Gen. Gadsden in ami for Floridt
arc well remembered.
OrriCKR Kim.f.d.?Thu Shoriffof Polk coun
ty, N. C., was murdered last vrcok, while attempting
to levy an execution upon ?om<
: properly.
Killed i?t Lioiitnino.?John Trnpp, >
young man rosiding near Millcdgeville, fla.
! u.tontlo u., i:..v?_r? i- ..
nun luoinuvij BIIIDU ll^lliiuu^ 1HMI r TIURl
\v09k. ^
A.v Enormous Frog.?A frog, mcnnurinj
from tbo tip of tho nose to the ond of the toa
j 14 inchos; lougth of body 7 J inches; aero*
i tbo back .1} inchoa, and weighing i pound
was oaught in Nowburyport, Mans., on Fri
; day last.
WKAf.rn o* NABfivn.i.p.?Tho*. J. Ilaild
l4rt Aa/ \r.-L. jii. ? - ? f
v.i.j ikwvMivi in iiiMiiviui), huh Qinup xiis ro
port, showing tho luwosaed value of the t?*a
blc property iu the city to ho over $11,000,
; 000, an increase of $402,401 ovor tho l??t a?
I Bosuinont.
A GrICAT MkMMER OK Parliament,?sr
i John Prttton, the successor of Mr. Bright,fo!
i Manchester, in tho IIouhc of Commons, wio^hi
i about four hnndml and fifty pound?, an J ii
! tho largest member *;f that hody.
h
East TwfNKssF.k Univjsksitv.?President
Cooko ??rtd all Iho ProfossorB iu Eosl Tonnesgoo
Wuivorsity have resigned, and the Board
?( Trustees have clocted Kov. Thomas "\V.
Humes President, and Messrs.1 Kirkpairick,
Qriswold aud Uutlor, Professors.
QI'Ieu Mistakk.?Mushroom catsup, was,
by. mistake, administered at tho saenuneut,
iusteuvi of tho oustoiuary(Toat vrino, at a villogo
near Shorborne a few Sundays since.?
The substitution caused considerable consternation,
as the nature of the draught was not
immediately discovered, and it begun to bo
whispered that the* wino whs poisongd.
A Youtiivui, Or fender,?TIio Major required
Win. Rand, a lad of twelve years of
age to enter a bond, yestorday, $50, for drawing
a knifo upon two or three larger boys who
attempted to whip him.
SiTNDAr Gamjm.ers Arrested.?On Sunday
afternoon lant, the harbor polico of Boston,
Mass., arrestod sixteen young men who had
just arrived from nn island in the harbor,
where, it war* alleged, they hud spent the day
in gambling. Three sweat cloths, four packs
of curds, and four pair of dice were also noised
by the police.
Cioisc Ahkad.?The Cincinnati (Ohio) C!affttc
says rat killing in now one of the staple
amusements of that city, which now contains
.fo-v less than twelve public rut-nits, all liber
J ally patronized by tcrrigrn and men.
A Gold Croi\?A colored man, employed
a Rnloon at Weaverrille, California, took
from the crop of a chicken a pieco of gold valued
at one dollar and forty coiiIh.
Later from TexasTlio
steamship Galveston arrived at Xcw
Orleans on the 3d.
The Galveston Civilian, of the lst., in its
commercial article, nays:
Although corn has been greatly injured by
ilpiinrrKK in Htiu sifofft anrl ij ???l
V..X. n??v ... % ? WK>V"IIO l/a\>MVUIU
a fntr crop of the hitter seems now to bo al,
most certain, though particular neighborthopcls
hnv.c suffered much from unfavorable
fwcathcr. The Crop will douftllc?* be-much
larger (linn that of the year now eloping.
Cotton still arrive* slowly at this port, and
the receipts will doubtless continuo Hmall until
the now crop begins to come forwnvd.
Tho Galveston Xuwh learns from a pentle'
nnn from Sabine Pass, that the work 011 tho
1 Mexican Gulf an < Henderson Railroad has,
for the present been suspended. Bohvcen
ten and fifteen miles ofthisroad hnvo been graded.
Tho charter requires twenty-five miles
to he completed by the 15th of Novembor
next.
The Victoria Advocate learns that the pros
pects of the Military Institute at Uutcrsvillc
arc vory flattering. Professor Forshcy has
. left for the North to procure a library, and
chemical and philosophical apparatus.
The Galveston Herald cays the I'ovrdorliorn,
Victoria and Gonzales Railroad CompaI
ny is ahout to organize with a view of prosci
outing tlie work.
A correspondent of the San Antonio Ledger
says that a vein of stone coal has been discovered
on (June Creek, in Gillespie county.
Transportation of English Convicts.?
The London correspondence of the Philndel
Iphia American writes:
An interesting batch of convicts are about
j to bo conveyed to Froemantlo, in woHtorn
Australia. Among thoin are Paul Strahan
and Hates, the hankers of the Strand. .Stra|
ban, to mv personal knowledge, began life
; with ^1,500,1(00 in cash, and estates worth
at the lowest fraction $1,250,000. Tnis largo
fortune was loft to hi.by tho late Andrew
Struhan, the king's jirinter, (George the
Fourth's reign,) who himself died worth in
cash nlone $">,000,000, and estates of creat
! value besides. Strahan's real name is Snow,
and ho took the name ot' Andrew Strahan
when ho came in possession of the wealth the
old innn left him. lie is now a miserable con j
vict! Itobson, the Crystal Palace forger, ami
. Redpath, of the great Northern frauds, are of
the party also. Agur, who stole the gold
: from fhe Southeastern Railw.iv; Seward, tho
: barrister, known as "Join," tho penman othi
ors equally notorious, will perform tho voy
UK? together in the fame ship.
Boston, August5.?A disastrous gale, on
the'J'Jd of July, caused groat Ions of life among
tho fishermon on the north shore of the
I Providence of New Brunswick.
The. Miramichi Gleaner, of that dato, learns
. that sixty boats have beou lost, supposed to
bo owtled hy partio* living between Noguac
1 ami Thfvanio, and that fifty one died bodies
have boon picked up between these two plaoe.?.
I t is calculated that two hundred boats were
1 out fishing, and many more disasters, it is
feared, have occurred.
The master of n coaster from Shrrlinrt nut
into Kgmont Hay, Prinen Edward's Inland,
during the storm, and ho counted ono hundred
and thirty fishing oriifts that had run in
for .shelter. lie state* that thero wan great
destruction among the fishing boat*, a num,
hor Imving floatod ashore.
I Xeit Oiu.itANs, Aug. 7.?-The rAturnn Indicate
the election of Hunnols (Democrat) as
Governor of Texas, and his majority over
1 Houston is now ptaccd at 12,000.
i The legislative election*, an far afl heard
from, have resulted in favor of the Dcmoorats.
St. Louis, Aug. 0.?Hulling, the Hlack
Republican and know Nothing candidate for
itorernor in tuts state, is dtftejstod by .Stew,
art, Democrat, by from five to ten thousand
majority.
DuiWqi'b, Aug. 4.?The Democratic mal
jority in this county in about 1,500. The majority
against tho now constitution j? 2,000.
> In Scott county, tho Donfdcraui have olec!
t$d their sheriff and judge by a small majority
; tho Republicans tho balance of the officer.*.
Death of Beranger, the Poet.
i, The Kuropa brings us the announcement
of tho death of Piorro .T<vin d? ft>Ahi?r
, .r -7 }
tho great song writor of France, whose
stirring effusions have bound him to the
ur heajrjft Myopathies of tho French peo
pie:. ,
r " Beranger the gvaud-son of a Porta tail*
<" or, was )>orn in that city on tho 17th of
- August, 1780, and until tho age of fourr
teen was alternately tavorn-boy and printer.
His literary life commenced at the ago of
seventeen, but his early offotta at comedy,
cpic and religious poetry, woro uot pubr
lished. In 180H, without rrsourcca, pat?
ronH or encouragement, he threw himself
? almost in despair, upon the protection of
lAicien Bonn parte, who, pleased with his
* ' A
orudc pocius, gavo hiui good advioo and
substantial assistance, and allowed him to
use and draw tho salary fining to him as i
a merubcr of tho institute, In 1805-6 Be- '
ranger edited tho " Animles dos Museo!
in l?08 he rcooived a amnll clerkship in i
the university. In 1815 his lirst coflec- i
tions of 801)gg appeared, although they wore i
already well known in literary cirolcs. His
second collection, which appeared in 1821,
wore too liberal to suit the ruling powers,
and he lost his oftioc and was sentenced to
thrco months imprisonment. Seven years
lator a third collection subjected him to
nine months' imprisonment and a fine of
ten thousand francs, which was paid by
the liberal party of France. When the
revolution triumphed, ho steadily refused
tho tido and honor* with which his friends
wished to load him.
During the reign of Lou5b Phillippo he
lived in retirement and published his fourth
and last collection of songs. When ihe
revolution of 1848 led to a republic, he was
elected a member of the national assembly,
an honor which he declined. The later
years of his life have been passed in revi?
ing ins early poems and preparing a ' uiotionnire
Historir|uo," of tho political, poetical
and literary celebrities of France.
Beranger was the lim ns of France;
without, the depth and mellowness of the
Hoard of Ayrshire, he knew how to strike
the chords which vibrate through the popular
heart. The god of the Parisian* i?the
god of pleasure, and none poured out
more joyous and fragrant libations on his
altar. The disciple of Kpieurus, Bacchus
and Cupid, he loved to celebrate tho fleeti
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mjj (jii-ti..una 01 me any in inc graeeiui anu
glowing numbers of his charming verse.
A child of the people he was at home
among their joys and sorrows; he loved
best to chant the praiwos of liiactte in her
garret, and to crown the frugal meal with
lyric praises of the wine which the blouse*
drink. Hut his lyre had deeper chorda ;
his sympathies were with the free thoughts
and free iiiipulnos of France. Although
battling always for a republic, he uniformly
declined its honors ; like an honest and independent
poet, he preferred to the vexations
of politicians the triumphs of his
muse, ami jim own perennial good humor.
The death of such a man in a calamity to
Franco; ho who has for half a century
written their songs will be mourned alike
by the inmates of St. Cloud wliopc youth
lie delighted, and by the laborers, students
and grisetts of the Latin Quarter, who
knew his lyrics by heart, and who dearly
loved the u little song-singer of Paris."
Tkrium.k Accident at Niagara
Fai.i,s.?An accident of a serious character
occurred at Niagara Falls yesterday af
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ivi iinuui luur o ciorK, n appears
that as xisual a number of persons were
strolling about visiting the various localities
of interest, and a number had descended
the Biddlc stairs to the beach of the river,
and gone towards the foot of tlir cntaaract.
Suddenly an immense overhanging
rock, weighing probably from thirty to fifty
tons bceanio detached from the bank above
them, and fell with a tremendous crash to
the bottom. The concussion was ?o jjreat
ns to split, it into fragments, and the pieces
flew in all directions. Three persons were
soriously injured?one of them, a Mr. O.
\V. Parsons from Cleveland, Ohio, it is
feared fatally. The others were a gentleman
who was stopping at the Cataract
house, whoBe name we have been unable to
learn, and a boy about 14 yearn of age, who
resides in the village of Niagara. Thin
boy had his leg broken, and the gcntloman
at the Cataract Iloi'se, had, hh wc understand,
both a leg and arm broken.
Mr. Parsons, however, who is a guest at
the Clarendon, was the principal sufTorcr.
One piece, of the rock struck Uim on the
aftuuintv a il'inrfai'ana
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skull, nnd another piece crushed one of his
hips in ft frightful manner. lie was immediately
taken to his hotel, and surgical
assistance procured. The professional gentleman
who attended him expressed, as wc
understand, but little hope of his recovery.
The unfortunate man was able to give such
particulars concerning himself, as to enablo
hia friends in Cleveland to be notified by I
telegraph of his condition, nnd some of I
them are. expccted to come on immediately. |
Mr. Parsons in connected with some ono |
of tho raiirondH centering at Cleveland, in
the baggage department, and has a wife
and ono child* Ho was on an excursion for
the benefiit of his healthThe
operation of trennning was reported
to for tho purpose of rclioving the prewmre
of the broken pieces of skull upon his brain,
and contrary to the expectation of the medioal
mfen, he was in possession of hie faculties
this morning, it is barely possible
iKot lift >???
vtauv iiv iimj ICW?V??
Wc loam thilt a sou of Mr. Abmm Van
Slack, tobacconist, of this city, wns present
on the beach at tho time the Acoident ooourred,
but fortuuately escaped uninjured.
?Jlochatcr American.
Loht uaitiuoad Tickets.?The Court
of Cuyahoga county, Oliii^ has recontly decided
that a pnsscugor who loses bin ticket
rminnf rivmirn n Ho'iIumiiI ?.. ..
. V.V|,.. . N/ l* AUUUVMU VVIIIJJiUIJf W pUW
him over their road withoilt'purehnsinganothor.
The ground for the decision is that
the tickct being negotiable by delivery, any
one picking tip tho lost tickct could ride
upon it, and hence the Company would be
subjected to frequent impositions. In thin
oaao it wa? held, too, that the Company
have a right to make all reasonable rules
and regulations for the benefit of the public
and their own protection, and that the
Tickct Agent, having Hold a ticket to the
nlaintiff. the latter wn? nhlir?>/l if
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to give it to the conductor; if not, they
had the right to cjoot him from the earn.
Further it was held thHt panRengcr* are not
1 lessee* of the ears, on the purchase and delivery
of tickets; but even then may bo
ojected for nnn-oorapliance wiU? ihe regulations.
Tho Company, in (moHi* caso, however,
mny bo liable for breach of duty
' common camera, and for damage resulting
' from detention or othcrwu.
s=^-T?TTT. J.
Lola Montee in Proper Person.
Lola Montcz has at length rnado a hit?
* decidedly feminine hit?not one of those'
uncouth masculine blown, for which she
received such an unenviable notoriety. Hho
appears, at InHt, to have found her proper
fjphere, and she shines in it with all the
splendor Bho or any other woman should be
content in umpiring to. What could hate
ever possessed a woman with such really
fine sensibilities to become ko coarse will
now forever bo a mystery, after tho reocnt
exhibition sho has given of her abilities.
She has recently bison delivering a Jec*
turo. in Canada and at lJutfulo, whero she
enraptu d her audiences, not only with
fln? mnnnor nf her duliverV but a!:'-o with
the matter. iShe possesses, perhaps as
large a fund of knowledge of the follies of
life an any poison living, and iH fully caprw
hie of holding up the mirror reflecting these
follicH an *ny one.
We extract from the Hamilton, (Canada
West) Spectator, the following paragraphs
relative to portions of the lecture, describing
ecrtain ladies of England and Franco
fur t.lu'lr lioanfv :
Lola considered the English, Tri??h, and
Scotch women to be the handoomewt.'?'
Spooking of beauties, she gave the palm to
thfc well-known liuchcw* of Sutherland,
who moved a natural queen and was >ho
paragon among the beautiful aristocracy of
England- ?
Lady Bleasington was a marvelous beauty;
Kings and nobles wore at hor feet. In
Italy they called her La Diva?the goddess.
She wan voluptuous, with a neck
that sat on her shoulder* like the most
charming Greek modol.s. She had a wonderfully
beautiful hand, and an eye that
when it smiled captivated nil hentto. Hera
was a far more intcllectu.il stylo of beau'ty
than that of the. Duchess of Sutherland.
The present Duchess of Wellington
(when Lola r>aw her, Marohioncss of Dourno)
was an admirably beautiful woman, with
littlp nr nninmtinn Sho. wn* n fihrt
picoc of sculpture, (tut) as cold an a picco
of sculpture.
The nio't fftiiiously bnwiiful family in
Kngland was the great ShcrMsn family.?
There were two sons, both, said Lola, known
to herself, who were considered the handsomest
men of their day. There were thrco
daughters?the Hon. Mrs. Norton, well
k nown An iliiu diil^ rsf ilm Atlnvitfo tkr.MmU
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hor poetry and her misfortune*; Lady
Blackwood and Lady Seymour, the latter
of whom wan the. ijucen of Beauty at the
famous Kglihton tournament. Those three
were coiled the three Orac.00 of England.
Speaking of French heauticH, Lola flirt
praised tlie Marquise de 1st Grange, and
afterwards the Empress Eugenia,
Whon Kola last paw Eugenia, she (Eugonia)
was certaiuly one of the most vivacious,
witty and sprightly women in l'aris. *
All the portraits in this country greatly exaggerated
her size, for Eugenia wan really
a small woman. Before her marringo with
tlic I'hnproi, and when she Wan tho beUr, .
of Madrid, she evinced a high admiration
for Louis Gottsohnlk, the pianist, who, by
the way, had carried off, unwittingly, half
a million hearts from the United.Statep.
Eugenia caused him to ho received into tho
most aristocratic families of Madrid.
Ijola then went 011 to sketch the various
characteristics of the beauties of the vnri.
ous countries, and took occasion to hit Lord
Brougham (although we fancy *e heard
the conceit before.) The Comtantinopolitan
ladicn, with whom corpulence was beauty,
would, she said, have clicitcd from that
polished gallant the exclamation, " what
quantity !"
Loin dftcried all cosmetics. She recommended
thrco things?tempcrancc, c.xcrciso
and cleanliness, as prCaorvativcs of
beauty. The bath, she said, which waa
universal everywhere but in Britain and
America, wan the br*t "wn*h" that could
bo desired, although indeed it wan mentioned
thnt tincture of benxoiue, precipitated
by water, wa? vjaed by the beanties of
Charlc-rt Il'a reign, and really brought blood
to the surface. Bran might be advantageously
used in eonnco.tion with the bath.
A well cultivated mind was that which
gave not only eloquence to the tongue, bjufc
lustre to the eye, rcrmillion to tKe cheek,
and lighted up the whole pertfop.'db^hough
the vory body thought, j^la moralised
much and well, and when in this Vein drew
lorth the heartiest applauee.
St. Louis, Aug. 5.?:^vice?froir Lcotetiworth
state that the most intense "excitcinont
prevails at Kansas city,, growing out
of the robbery ami murder of a Mr. Stevens,
on Friday laat?oh also the aubscqucnt .!
discovery of an organised band of murderers.
Two men named Barnes and Quarlev, > ?
were immcdiutoly hung w U?* eitixene.? .. r'
Barnes made a confession implicating Hovera)
rcspectablo oitizento as confederated of* the
1 J
uaua.
Further advices from Leavenworth on
Monday, HJiy that Woods and Knowlton,
companions of thoac hung on Friday, aro ,|'' ^
being tried by the Judge*. Tho Vigilanco
Committee and the people aro intensely excited,
and have oxpresacd a determination
to Lynch the prisoner* at all lrnards. Judge ,
Lecompte and Gov. Walker had addressed
the peoplo, but failed to pacify them.
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i ijvbvque, lowa, July28.?Daten of the
j 26th have Keen received from tho Sioux
agency via St. Paul's, reporting that 10,000
Indians wore defying the troops, and
that n renewal of hostilities was unavoidable.
Tho settlers were flying for protection.
Got. Medary wan at the agenev, cn* '
deavoring to proserve pence- II? sustains .. ^
' tho aotions of tho Superintendent in hus- ^
penning Iho Jiulinn ??nuitie.s untJI the Sioux
notion should deliver np the infninons
bond of murderer* The Sioux ntUl roftwe,
nnd are trying to bring nbout & collision
with the Government troop*. .
The telegrnpio dispatch from the Secretary
of War refusing to grant the requcat
of Governor Mcdary for ponni*iion to arm
the volunteers oooailonedT. t
Two hundred men had boert'prcplWd, and
determined to mareh thither If ncffepl for
tho protection 0/ the frontier. t >
