The Press.
London, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

ing exemption against the petty larcenies and the baccha•
nalian broils that always disgrace the Christmas week,
during which time we hope additional pains will be be.
stowed by our citizens to prevent negroes from gettins,
whisky, and that all saloons and liquor shops be closed
till after New Year, if not for ever. . .

That, though the committee may adjourn from day to
day, it will nut disband till we are sure the community are
safe from the troubles that caused our organisation, and to
secure this end we invoke the aid of our city authorities,
the strong arm of the law, and the sincere co-operation of all
good citizens.
That we advise the people of every civil district in the
country to organise a Vigilant Patrol of twenty men, under
the command of a captain, who by turns shall patrol their
respective districts by day and night until the present ex•
citement is allayed. lly these precautionary measures we
seek to create no alarm, but to allay it, and if this advice
is followed all danger will be averted. In caution there
is safety.
For the future negroes shall not be permitted to hire
their own time, as it is called, under any pretext whatever,
or be suffered to remain in town if it is attempted, and we
pledge ourselves to enforce the law against all persons who,
in this respect, shall attempt to evade it. The evils growing
out of such practices are too grave to be tolerated any
longer, nor will it be permitted that captains or other
officers of steamboats shall hint negroes at night about the
town, to assist in loading and unloading their boats at the
wharf or landing, except they have the written permission
of their masters. The negroes invariably return to their
masters next day, if not drunk, broken down and unfit
fur service.

That we recommend in the appointment of patrol in the
town and country that the strictest attention be paid to the
selection of men of character and prudence, and that
masters be requested to keep their negroes upon their own
premises as much as possible till the excitement in the
public mind is allayed, and this as well to prevent the de•
strnction of the slaves by imprudent men as to prevent
c)mbination and concert on the part of the slaves, should
they entertain any improper design.

►7. A. HENRY, Chairman.
W. M. STEWART G. A. HARREL
J. M'ENAGE W. LUTER
W. A. Qvuu.rs W. M. SnEuro);
W. E. NEWF.LL CAVE JOHNSON. sen.
BRYCE STEWART H. F. HEA►TMUNT
F. A. HANSOM W. A. Foams
JOSHUA ELDER C. H. SMITH
J. 0. SHACELF.FORD J. M. DYE.
LARKIN BRADLEY."

TF THE SOUTHERN Y.MMES were remarkable for
no other special peculiarity, they certainly are pre-
eminent for acts of savage atrocity. What can be
thought of an educated man committing so horrible
a crime, and u:tder such circumstances as the fol-
lowing ?

Burns, the proprietor of an hotel at Slackvill ,' Miss.)
had quarrelled with a Dr. Stovall, and blows were exchanged.
Soon afterw trds Stovall was driving past Burns' stable,
and, seeing him enzaged harnessing a horse, pulled up and
walked towards Burns. He beckoned to a negro who was
standing near to get out of the ray, at the same moment
raising the gun and firing. At the instant of his firing,
Burns looked round and received the contents of the gun
full in his face. He raked his hands to his eyes and sunk
to the earth, exclaiming, "My God !" Upon this Stovall
advanced within ten paces and fired the second time, the
whole charge taking effect in his back ; and Burns then
cried out, "lam a dead man !" Still not satisfied, Stovall
coolly approached him, and drawing a pistol, put it c!ose
to his head and fired again, bursting his eyeball front its
socket; then putting the pistol to his breast, he fired a
fourth time into the body of the already dead man. Mrs.
Burns and her children rushed from the house screaming,
while Stovall coolly walked away, got into his buggy, and
drove off.

THE SECRET OF AERIAL NAVIGATION has at length
been discovered, if we may believe a small Paris
journal called Les Contempora ins, which has just
published a most strange account, signed "Henri
Page," of an aerostatic excursion lately made by the
Count de Plenvier, M. Gavarni, M. Migeon, Mr.
Falconer, an English aeronaut, and M. Henri Page,
the writer. The apparatus used on the occasion was
not the ordinary balloon and ballast, but a machine
consisting of two balloons united together, of a
spherical form, able to contain each 100 cubes of pure
hydrogen gas. The directing power is a modified
screw communicating with the car, and a rudder,
made principally of whalebone, to change the direc-
tion when required. M. Gavarni, the inventor, it is
declared, can obtain the upward movement of the
balloon without throwing out ballast, which system
soon exhausts the resources of the very best con-
structed balloon, and becomes an invincible obstacle
to long excursions in the air. The loss of hydrogen
is instantaneously repaired by a chemical proceeding
of which M. Migeon is stated to possess the secret,
and by a little apparatus of communicavon, also in-
vented by M. Gavarni. The descent is effected, as
hitherto, by letting the gas escape. The departure
of the aeronants on the occasion referred to took
place on the 15th of January, at ten in the morning,
from the park of Ferrieres, in the Sologne ; and the
next morning, at five, the aerial travellers effected a
safe descent within half a mile of Algiers :
We received (says the account) the most teaching
hospitality. The inhabitants wanted to carry us in triumph,
but we declined the honour; and, as soon as we could,

SATURDAY,

went to take some repose, leaving our aerostatic apparatus
under the guardianship of a file of Zouaves. Marshal
Randon deigned to congratulate us, and pressed the head
of M. Gavar►►i with the utmost warmth. We remained on
the African soil only thirty hours, and left at noon the day
after our arrival, in sight of an immense multitude who had
assembled to see us ascend front the Mole. Our return
was effected without the slightest incident, but with much
greate► rapidity. At half-past four the next morning wo
alighted at the spot front which we started, in the park of
Count de Pleuvier.