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l I UOPKAN INTELLIGENCE.
VY THE f.ITT OF BALTIMORE,
i: • ‘ : p City of Baltimore, which left
Liverpool on the morning of the 29thoil,arrived at
New York on Tuesday. The main featured of the
dcw?i b i-c iby the City of Baitimars have al
ready been puo shed iu the telegraph of the Indian
E jjpire*# newt- from iia ifaz. and trom the telegraph
of toe City of Baltimore’s news from 8t John’*, N.F.
The British Treaty with Cm.ia.y-A Bomma
rr c: 1 0 - C r ; .*■© Treaty with Great Britain, sign
y at Tien-taiu, June 26, Lai been pubished by the
?*crelgo fc Offi.:e It Comprises 56 arriclei, and the
i > lowing are the details t aocae of the most impor*
laat commercial points, additional to these regula
t.ng diplomats intercourse, which are already
known: B'itieh merchintebioeare to be allowed
trade a , the G.-ea River (Yang tee), bat, in the
disturbed !te of tbe and lower val
ley, r: > p i i 3 to bo opened f r trade with the ex
ivp i r ft ( bing Kiang, which is to be opened in a
•-ar from the signing of the Trreaty. When peace
;? r • r-d, British are to be admitted to
trade a : such porn, a- far as liarikon, not exceeding
tor-** .r nn*nber, the British Minister after con
uri ‘ •••h tbe Chinese isrcreUry of Btate, shall
determine.
I. i .'i ion to the pre-ent porta, New Ciiawarg,
Tar v Chow, Taiwan {Formosa), Chow (Swatow;,
and Ki M g Chow (Hainan), are to be opened, and
tbe r .nt of re? d.n j a:.d bolding landed property
a con :d and. The hire of boats for the transport ol
good* paas"igeri* to be settled between the par*
riea themselves, without the interterence cf the
Chin* - u‘> ■•eminent. The number of the boats not
to he limited, and do monopoly allowed. If any
take* place. the offender to be punished
i ortiiii: to law. Chin-.-* subjects guilty cf crim
J: hi H : towards British subjects to be punished by
} lfc (; authorities. British subjects to be pun
u, 1 y he Con: u. Th Cmn***e to check piracy,
md wrecked vc- .-.els to be assisted. Chinese crimi
nals taking r- fug© on board British ships to be
‘ r tveo ui> iuh recovery of debts to bo assisted.—
J e tvr'ff to b*? revi ed, so that the new tariff may
p.; , r>,‘i n immediately after tbe ratifies
Lm of the Treaty. Either contracting party may
rieinind further revi-ion of the tar ff and the corn
/netciti art ctes of the Treaty at the end of ten
yeari but six months’ notice must be given, or the
tar-iT hto remain in force tor ten more years and
,j M it.. ,-ijd of *-p/ .mc -eedingten years. Within
. ,ur rn ,n!f a:rer the Treaty is signed the duties to
bede’- -fed at the porta now open B ifish rnei
ciinut ver:-t-Js, of more than lob tons burthen, to
at the rate of 4 mace per ton; if ot 150 tons
HO u no* er, at the rate of one mace per ton. Coast
ers between Hong K->ng and the open ports not to
,ny tonnage due- for 4 months from the date of
Jc*t clear uice. British ships may leave withon*
paying due* if oi iy remaining 48 hours without
*re. k ng In*!k Duties to be paid to tbe authorized
<;. i, * • bankers either in eyceeor foreign money,
„ ii / * * fv - *iy mad*- at Canton July 13th,
ig4D of standard weights and measures to be
delivered by the superintendent of cu toms to tne
Co „ H iil nt each port to secure uniformity.
S ■v*th! artn-ie- are devoted to minor details of
t;regulations tor landii.g goods and dealing with
the Customs.
Only the open ports may be entered on pain of
r< ? LB.iii-h ships of-war coming for no
!i'wtL‘e purpose or oeing engaged in the pursuits of
• -r. • ■ to •” at liberty io visit ail the Chinese ports,
and .0 Ts tvo every taci i'y for procuring neceesa
ries.or, ii ‘-fji n and for making repairs. An addi
t omi artic c provides that 2,000,000 of taels are to
be paid to Brit: >h mb)sets tor damages sustained
nt Can ton, and 2,000,000 taels for the expenses ol
the war, w!: (n will amount to about £1,200,000
idi-rl wha.-i reduced to English currency. British
Iro p not to be withdrawn Item Canton till these
р. are paid.
The <• i dui’ DS of Ihe treaty were generally re
garded with sat Hfact.iou.
The A ii.ant ‘ Cabi.f—Letters from Yalentia
.f-port that i.*< i.nprovement had taken place in the
!• • •■!>’ *m of tbe Atlantic Cable. The fault
v • • • g*-t wi*:e, for occasionally con
id* .itble and and: of “reversals” from Newfound
lard were di.- ern’b'e. Tne opinion that the prin
ci ;> • la’ilt ii the Cable is near the shore daily gain
. i ground although Professor Thompson's onimon
was <jin ly opposed lo such a supposition. It was
supposed tlm eometbiiig would le done towards
a iO-’ -r.i. ning and repa ring the cable during Oc
tober, w ; • : h generally a line month on the Irish
Coast. Mr. Henley’s gigantic magnetoelectric ma
< tie had arrived at Va'entia and been put in ope
ration, and wi‘b tic ad of this instrument Mr. Hen
ley h p* and to be able to work through the cable dj
ring ho . part of each day, even if the fault should
prove irreparable It was the unanimous opinion
ot m h 1 / all at Valentin that the laying of 10 or 12
miiesof tbe thick Hh* reendof the cable would tend
perm * uly to obviate a great many of the difii
culto ■ With td-h the electrical department of tbe
iiiiocrt -k ng 1 i b#?n interrupted. Beyond the
oontiituanc ? of experiments, nothing was to be
dorfl w ith the cablu until the preconcerted expeu
nentr At i> -th termini of the line hail > een made.
I'. i-y in I lix**d to take p'ace early in October,
•, demonstrate Ibo p ol
bihty r impo: idbiiify of working the line in its
present d.*f olive conditi.m
(i v *no out is paid to have resolved to fortify
Vaiei • !aboi, and eugiueers bad been surveying
ti.•• I- ■y v. .th a vi* wto select the most eligible
siferi tor the forts 1 be erected.
• . .(1 ft. ; i g nfly by
the i riiii j rain form which was recently expe
i .or din Ir hind. Houses wore swept away and
umny lives lost.
Mr. Whi chotue had published a lengthly reply
t/> the document recently issued by the Atlantic
Tel k 1 * iph ( oupany in regard to his dissmissal. lie
epcajk j of the direoiors of the (Company na being in
capab!*‘ and insincere ; nays that positive neglect
has b -n i;: of the lea-t of their sins, and urges that
asthedep* it usofa trust, their motives should
have bo u above ouspiclun. He deolareß that he
h< :titi**d to private and personal oouiidura
tions
India- Th-* Bombay mail of September 7, and
the • -iU: itta mail of , arrived at Suez on the
2HJ o* Sept. The steamer Nubia, w .ich started
t m Ca.’ f *ut a with the latter mail had to put back
on r, m)i and iui accideut to her machinery, and
the mails Mid passengers w?re transferred to the
oteamar Bengal.
1’ , . (ug’ iv o roel(t from Gwalior, atler being de
i on the J4th oi August by Geu Roberts, r<*
trn ‘**d towards the Chuinbul. They leltsome 71MI
killed n tlo- l; ! Th- British !>ss was trifling.
The Kori o cnrfte*.’ alter lltl hours shellingsur
i m der I to Gen. Napier on the 24th of August.
A ! . I iant victory whs gamed by 550 of the po
lice over about WOO rebels.
Sir Hope Giant's force was in the neighborhood
of Sultaupote, its moveineuts being impeded by the
rains.
Tuiee of tl e Bengal Sepov Reglmanta had been
reo r i 4 d. The and G7th native Regiments,
wt is di mued, had attempted to fieiza the
, r ns of th • h hs-I-hts, but w r *-re repulsed, and a
gr u* many v .*rc killed. The B it sh lst, 5 men.
Pnoi .-b \vaMran|Ul, as aid.) were the Bom
bay and jVludfhs Presidencies.
i’hc Gw dior reh Is had obtained possestion of
the tow- of Japra Pataen, which they were prepar
Tikki-\ —America is said so have demanded
per,n m. ii t i t1 T uited States irlg&to in the Medl
lerr.-tc Hii, (c arrying more gune than the convention
nl *<**.•< to ouss th* s rails) to go up to Constautino
t>ie; and R ia, under pretenoe that an exception
1, 4 m be u made in favor of the frigate
.(i b conveyed Prince Ada'bert of Bavaria to
i .:rk *f. ‘ikeevi -o wi ies to have one of her frigates
xv-jHWtied t * vi-it f'oiistautinople.
A ciK.n HHion 1 nl been granted to some English
ca! ii 1 1 ‘* to t inblish aG ueral Bunk at Constau
tinople upon the model c t European banks, and un
d *r the Hiirvei Uuoe of the Government.
Misc**LLAMtor Items—The Linen trade at Bel
f,u * , f. i in a favorable position. Large
• *! ifcii ord rs had been r. chived and the home de
mand wa;’ h : . * pretty active.
Tl ** (r n trr.de of >rdshire (wntinued dull al
ji h i * improvement is announced in the
orders from the United States.
\{ s . Ub Id, trade had shown further s gns of ina
nrn snient, aud in some branches of the American
trade, business was much better.
In h discn sion at the meeting of the British As
auoemea oi Bell mm “On t e
i’ .i struct on ami Lav ingot Atlantic and Submarine
r i rapb Cat Mr Newell maintained that tbe
, udm t ‘ / wirei'f the Atlantic Cable is much too
.in to r.uuhn 1 efficiently for a distance of 2000
m le-*. am: *1 ht f(;e insubn.ing covering ie not euffi
o ‘L’ly thick He described the Bucccesful laying
d„wiif the Malta and Corfu Cable, extending a
< ,r*ii of id mile in water as deep as the Atlan
:ic thi)ogli whu*h he said IS words a minute are
tr-’.uso ’fed; and if the Atlantic Cable had been
n • *, and v-*’ the same plan and paid out in tbe
. cue jm •nt ;c* *P assured there would have been
no di.lic‘l vjst laying it down, and the resuiu*
would have been ‘^'istaoury.
Ad u.* g d.crnck, Htier tie model of those in
\.* o m .Vrw Y ik. pin invention of Mr. Bishop,l
ba i been iauneved at Black wall, on the Thames,
. .: | i ;.- ... :of its aim! constructed theta, it
i.u-i i bie attentica. Uis the largest
derrick In existence
The <* ipiixy into the conduct of a Piotaetaat cler
g ‘,H \Y-t, at Byo Hill, u restwnug to
i -of c um’s-iou auiorg his pariabion**,
i re-ii't-d u h vrrdict of ‘not proven,'” and fui
i. . nvf . wre cousoqueiitly stopped.
t\ i *i. r.ablc Kcxieiv was telt throughout France
A° < 1.... i ;< • tiers of'Government respecting the
dec ; 1 \ ’ r ihe importatioo ot foreign grain,
s* tvh •- i. icxp it’ on the 30lh September, and
v : t \< n. ,v. and would cause ihe revival ot
the ob.-ck e sliding scale.
7V Latest.
L- * * n.\Y. v Morning.— I The Daily News’
’ • ..ays : Through u* the Stock Excbaoge
t'.e t xti aordinaiy c\.se 1 1 the Money Market aud
:h * r.a: ia. ‘ u uuiationof bullion are exercising a
• t nv. . ii.tlusr.v con e\ ery side. Buyers ure
dru.u .-. nd nearly ail classes of securities are
ij ; , \u\ as i* at tbe same time becoming more
• a. iivt a-.'d ;u - , departments considerable ani
matioa prevailed to-*Uv- .
(\ u.-h 1 have attaiusMia fresh rise of |to per
In *he K’igdsli share mcrkst tbea*ttlament which
wil b l i iuDicte to morrow, W dneaiay, has been
pi iV-nu’C. • **-> by a lurtUer great advance.
Ii -marked an nousu**Uy proportion ca’
the • ~n c? are <•! a bona fide ohsracter. Os the
F rt ; v .'■locks. Y'o’u aud Norik Midlaud,
• ‘ Ncitheru audN.rth British seem to have
k - nti h c in pretereuee by investors. Tee pur
j , uni end North Western and Great
V , .-'n txT to rest chit tiv upi’O the borrowed
!. v * u *; kVe j.. tj a:; ? to’ some extent bjf real
**i e % ,genii', 'B of burkow nd other lug* holders
N ,£. out Icai v- at low rates up“o securt
.v. 4 .. r ordinary circumetauces, they
*Vul.i c . victo ook at. lornit. a powcrtul lever to
с. c j. i c j ot’ou tor higher prloesiualldc
n ot the market.
1 n. >;.t ot gcts. nt into the Bank Rwuv
V(V ij •_ 1 v. ot a. i.*h £ 121 *,WiO consisted of B-ts
, 5 _ , . a*. . the ne ;of American bar gold
To i The date of the last return is
thu* vi £v>iM4“o, and tbe aggregate usw
held n-.us c.v:sc<i un::v ,-xceed £l9 4U0.000.
Ii e Tine .-'C ty Article says there has been a gene
ra- it. r *• * ‘ auitm.tuui ui all departments of the
S* i-r Eichuiige to-day, the luvotUnentes cf tbe
pubi.c having been rather numerous
Cvcs* l s *.fened at a further improvement of j,
ax et ?nb-uviy experienced another advance,
wi icb was maintained at the close.
.T er . e during present month has been noar
\\ c-oua* c_* per * -u s . nut the point now attained is
i, ‘ iii„ her i. an tb .t u-w uod in May last, wneu the
ra oi aas between 5 and ti per cent, and
iit i.c L;.tk wae uu.doiis below its
present amount.
i ii* Bui is Bourse opened wifk renewed activity
th > norm bat *i.c dual qu Hainrus were 73f JlOj
t,.r money ~ i tor ihe acomint. showing a
react urn of j pet cent.
li.: l-.- I. . c . ange thisalterno )n, the rate^
were gii.eraKy without alteration.
Mail Ni ts. —It >s aiiticipated that the Calcntts.
China hi.<i B*.o:bay will os delivered in Lon
don about the 2d prox.
It > Mated a: the T me?'city article of to-day
lh.it u. u,\ ptr.t us are disposed io expect a reduc
tion iu the Bank ra e o! discount on Thursday next,
bai t e icor gecerai opinion is that it will be de
iayed aw-ek’or two It remarked, however,
rbat : ,u iug trom femur figures, it may take place
a: iu y time.
The : art? of the Atlantic Telegraph Company
were in demand }e-ierday a!lerucOD, and have
rvtu from £340 to £ SO.
The limit w.. ht > Constitution of this Company
iinpoetb ; - the liability of the shareholders s*tim
lila e eLquiry tor the chart s at tie present reduced
value.
BY THY AFRICA.
The steamship Africa, which left Liverpool on
Saturday, 2i iLglaut, air.ved at Now York on
Thursday last.
? be*‘t*'* merf °* New York ard Galway line
m*p benct-lfiTh t. touch at St John'* Newfoundland
on their western p&ss&ge —thus eeeuriug the receipt
oj ne we from Europe io six or *even days.
fihJtAT Britain —The official revenue returee
Ai.oa- a decrease on the quarter of £1,778,0110; on
U-e-inaf >er OI And upon the year £6,-
/17 M ~ be decrease it more than accounted for
by the reduction in the income tax, amounting to
£7,900,000, so that there was an actual increase on
the. year’s revenue, as contrasted with last y ear > oi
£1.883,000. * . .
A report was current that government wa= aoout
to rend three gent'emen experienced in engineenug
and maritime matters *rith a view ol reporting upon
the state of tbe harbor and roaaetead of
and to inquire as to what works may be necessary
for renderingthep rt a f e and commodious.
Alderman I>. W. Wire had been elected Lord
Mayor of London for tb* l ensuing year.
Tne abaft of the Page Bank coal pit near Durham
tor-k fire while the men and boys, to the number ol
82, were at w< rk in the miDe. After great exer
tion? in subduing the flame.?, 72 persons were drawn
out of the pit alive, and the other 10 dead
The ships Sultana, with £160,000 of Australian
gold, and the Ocean Chief with about £20 r O > 90,
arrived at Liverpool on the first oi October from
Me bourne.
The Atlastic Tilzor*fh.—We find littie ad
ditional information in our files respecting tne At
lantic Cable. Mr Varley, the special electrician
sei.t to Yalentia to examine and report upon its i
oondri *n, had a crier note to the London |
Timer*, an article in which paper had called in que=-
ticu hus eatima'e of the distance of the fracture iroin |
the shore, in which he says:
Injustice to tbe public and ail concerned, ahow
nee to that my meas of testing are not wholly j
dependent upon ths resistance offered by theca- ;
bie, at u averted, and farther, that I searched Gil;- |
gently for iodicati~ne oi a fault nearer shore, but |
Hrihout success.
liy the modes of testing that 1 adopt tbe estima
ted distance*; are seldom'more than rive per cent. |
in error, and then only iii cases of difficulty.
While testing the AtGuric cable I adopted four
distinct inodes, the details of which would fK:cupy,
I fear, too much space for insertion in your col
umns.
Tbe public atten'i )n seems at present to be di
rected to a scheme ot anew cable, covered with
hempen rope insf ad of inet&ilic wire, proposed by
Mr. R jWelt. His idea ie to have the conductor
well aud Hif.-ji’y insulated with gutta percha. and
then simply enclosed without further p eparation
in tie s.Ta'jds of a common hemp cable, ab nt au
inch in diameter. He professes himself r-ady
contract to lay the r-jpe irom Yalentia to Newiound
land, everything included, for £182,000, tbe Cos: of
manufacturing the cable being aooac £B6 per mile.
Toe London Times aa>s c f the project:
To this particular rope, as we have aaid, a certain
arm unto: attention has lately been directed, ow
ing, no doubt, to Mr. Rowett’s offer to take it in
working order acro-s tue ocean to America for a
reguiar contract price per mile. Bat, beyond tbe
feeling due to an cfLr of eucii magnif ude, and marie
with such confidence cf success, neither ihe propo
sal nor ihe rope deserve the no tics they have at
tractc-d. Mr. Ujwe t’s idea of a rope-covered wire
is by no means anew one, uud, what is more to the
purpose, the cable is almost w ithut exception far
inferior in most important requisites to others that
were designed some time before this was thought
of. it is light, strong and flexible, but ho are ail
such ropes, and so even is the present Atlantic ca
ble (if we may st.il cail it s ) in a very high degree.
The difference between Air. Uowett e rope aud
others of the came kind is, that in the former co
adequate protection is given to tbe gutta per. ha,
and never can be given by his method of stranding
the hemp, whereas with all others this import an*,
point is carefully considered and provided ior.—
For thege and for other reasons which show the ca
ble to have been designed and constructed by a
person unacquainted with what a submarine tele
graph requires, it is of its kina an inferior cable,
though it has certainly done good service in direct
ing attention to the general question of rope-cover
ed wires ior the purpose of deep sea telegraphy.
All the experiments iu very deep fat.ia tend to
show that the principle of u rope-covered a ire is tho
rit'bt one after ail. For any depth under 1,003 fa
thoms a wire rope is the best and cheapest; for
gr a’ depths, 2,000 and 3,(j0 ) fathoms, it becomes
tho dearest, because the worst aud most difficult to
s Abmerge. No man who has ever seen a deep sea
wire laid but must have been convinced ‘hat cov
ering the rope with w.re was ouly making a diificul
ty which required all the costly apparatus of paying
out machines, breaks, and check tack! - to contend
against, and which in but too many instances it has
been impossible totally to overcome. Any one,
also, who has ever crossed the Atlantic would en
gage to pay out a piece of common w’hip cord, with
out breaking it, from Ireland to America; because
in such a case there would be no ©Liam on it, and ii
could run out as fist as it chose. TUs ought to bo
the principle in which all very deep sea ropes should
be laid down everywhere. A rope-covered wire,
light enough tube very cheap, and because light
therefore strong,—with such a coil running from a
steamer going 10 miles or so an hour, a dozen cables
might bo laid across the Atlantic iu a twelvemonth
it no other difficult ies exist.
France.—A lt‘er from Berne contradicts a re
port that the French government had addressed a
tresh note to the Swiss Federal Couucil on the sub
ject of the refugees residing at Geneva, and that M.
Kerr, the Swiss Minister at Faria, had received >pe
cial instructions on tho subject. It ia asserted that
the Emperor of the French is perfectly satisfied wil h
the decree published by tho Federal Couucil with
respect to relugeos, aud has made no further de
mand a on the subject.
The Moniteur states that the Emperor of Buraia j
had given a distinguished reception to Prince Na
poleon at Warsaw, and accompanied him back to
Lis residence.
Eighty millions of francs are said to be required
to complete the works at Cherbourg. Vincennes is
to have the finest park of artillery in Europe, and
the fortress is to be enlarged.
A Paris correspondent of Le Nord says that the
object of Prince Napoleon's visit to Warsaw waste
communicate to the Emperor Alexander the views
of the Emperor Napoleon with regard lo coming
event i in Turkey.
The French coneul a* Titnpico had written to
the commander of the French naval station in the
Gulf of Mexico, claiming protection for the French
in that place.
It was rumored that the Pope’s bull had arrived
in Paris f .r the erection of the Bishopric of Rennes
into an Atchbiihopric.
Mr. Morphy, the American chessplayer, had
been astonishing the Parisians by repeating his ex
traordinary peitonnance of playing eight games,
with eight separate players at cnotiuie, without
seeing tl © boards. Mr. Morphy won six of the
games and the other two were drawn. Tne play
lasted for ten hours, during which time Mr. Morphy
did not take the slightest refreshment, and at the
conclusion did not appear to be much fatigued.
At Palis on the Ist mat. the settlement on the
Bourse passed off easily ai.d tho 3 per ceiitd closed
at 73 30 tor money aud 73 35 tor account.
Bpain.—Motne ahipa of the lino wer? to proceed
to Cochin China to piotect the Spaniards there.
Rumors of a Ministerial crisis were current, but
the Ministerial organs pronounced them uuloundcd.
A telt gram from Madrid slates that the govern
ment has granted p< riniusion to import cotton seed
into Cuba.
Austria. —Letters from Vienna eay that the
government is pushing forward vigorously ;hc*
works in the war pons of Pola and C’altara.
Tho Swibs Federal Council had remonstrated at
V ienna against the violation of the Swiss territory
by Austnan custom house officials.
Denmark —The Holstein troops lately encamped
near K suds Derg, for the purpose of federal military
inspection, had been transported back to the Dan
iab isU. dos Sseland. Many precautions were ta
kin by the Dauich authorities lor tear of a renewal
of demonstrations of German sympathy. Before
the troops left the camp lithographed e'n sos pat er
were scatteri and about containing appeals for a “Uni
ted Schleswig Holstein’ aud a “Free Germany ’’
Pamphlets were also iu circulation from a demo
cratic propaganda.
A Danish squadron had arrived at Stockholm,
there to be united to a Swedish squadron for the
purpose of naval inaowivres in the Baltic. The
united fleet consists of 10 ships of war. j,
Russia. —The grtat Russian Steam Navigation
Company took possession on the 29th ultimo of the
establishment at Villa franca, granted to them by
thn Sardinian g jvernment.
The Prince of Prussia arrived at Warsaw on the
24th ult., and was received by the Emperor Alexan
der. Oa the following day the Emperor ami the
Prince reviewed the troops at the camp of Powon
ski. The troops formed an effective force of 30,000
men, with til pieces of artillery. At each defile t lie
Prince of Prussia put himself at the bead of bis re
giment—the Kalvaga infantry.
Turkey.— Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was to be
received by tbe Sufi an on the 23ih uit
Letters I tom Cauflia describe the island as still
in a very disturbed state. Tbe new Governor had
not been ab.e to carry out the instructions received
from Constantinople. Armed Turks had traversed
the capital of the island shouting “Death to the
Christian*.’ Some of them uv.re arrested, but
were immediately released.
A telegram from Alexandria says : “Thn Luoife
ro publishes a report of a revolt at Jeddah, and a
rising at Mecca, wherein several Turkish eolditrt
had been killed.
Advices fiom Tripoli Ptate that the revolt of 3
batallion ot soldiers had been Buppi>s?ed.
Persia. —The chief Minister of Persia and hie
two sous had been arrested, and were under sur
veillance.
Eovft. —Advices from Sues state that the steam
er Hymen had been met on the coast of Abyssinia
with pilgrims ou hoard in a state of mutiny against
the Christians. Tue lutr* r would doubth ss have all
been murdered, but for the timely interposition ii
an English steamer, which look the Hymen and all
on board into Suez.
India and Ch;na. —Tfie India and China mails,
already telegraphed, were expected to reach Eng
land ihe day the Africa suileu. Commercial tele
grams by them show that there had been a lurther
ueclue of about 2 percent in the rate of exchange
Hong Kong and Shanghai, thus diminishing ail
prospects of silver being pent from Europe.
Tue British Consul aiui all foreigners had left
Canton.
Lord Elgin aud Admiral Seymour had departed
for Japan, aud tue Fisnoh for Cochin China.
A serijus flood hai occurred iu the Upper Incus,
by which nearly the whole ot the cantonments at
Ko&hsr were swept away.
The Latest.
London, Oct. 2—A grand review took place yes
terday at Paris iu preseuce of tbs Emperior and
Empress. The troops consisted of ten batalliocs ol
the Imperial Guard, amounting to 6,001 men.—
Their Majesties were received with grtat euthusi
asm, both ty ihe military and by the people.
Tue Moniteur ot this morning contains a decree
extruding to the 3dtli of September next year the j
decree ot September, 1857, relative to the imports- j
tiou of foreign grain.
It is again stated in the continental journals that i
the quest hoi of the regency of Prussia is sti 11 not j
fettied. The Queen and party, it is said, have in- j
duoed the iging to offer tie Prince of Piussia a rim- :
pie extension tor six months of his present unsatis- j
factory powers, and ts is observed that it the Prince
were to refuse these terms the matter would be
quickly terminated, and the s party over
threw u. Tue Journal des Dr oats to-day is, how
ever, ot the opinion that a a later pi lied the uilii
cuiuec of the case have been vanquished.
The nobility of the government ot Veer, in Rus
Bia. who were atnqcg the first to form committees
tortile emancipation oi the serfs, have lateiv sent j
an address to the Emperor praying that the mea
sure uugbt not be earned into effect in that pro-]
viuoe. The E npeiyr did not receive the address j
la\orably, and replied that the measure should be |
executed, notwithstanding any opposition of the no <
bffity. Tb* emattfipa.Ku, the Emperor is ssid t 0
have replied, will bo carried into tfiVct siuml-a
neouslv tnrough the whole of tue ©u vae, huq that
he would Dot allow any part ol it to deprived u
Lhe beuedt ot’ it. During Lis journey the Emperor
w v aid ret tcccpt of any fete ou the part oi Umiqo
biltfy where thef have shown thtiLseivee hostile to
the meaeu t*.
MAkstiLLEi —Friday.—The Bombay T*m*e, of
the .'in ot September,saya that the retei> .u Uude
an* in a dee.crate Mtu at ion. Tcere is a confide ra
bi torct, bu f .u Bchar. Ctdouela Au
dersoc And J?raaer are dead
Bxrlin—ia.3rad*y.—By order of authorities, the
discussion in ti e \ ■!.<.-.s on the- question ot tue Le
gency w thin ie#ai iimitf is declared tpily adowa
ble. Within less than a fortnight six seizures had
b—2 carried against Berlin newspaper
California lnDpsTAfAlthongii ayr-m* S'ate.
a variety of industrial pursuit* have been develop
ed to a remarkable extent iu California indeed,
but few or the older State* surpass her iu some re
gpect* According to an address recently delivered
before the Mechanic*’ Institute at Sin Franci-co,
there have betu enok sed in California .ii.ee ISoO,
tor Bgrtcu tural purpus s, upwaids of halt a m i ivn
acree ; ami there have been erected 135 filtering
mills, at a cost of two and a half million* of dollar?
alsj, 175 saw milk, worth $2,600,01d. which aie row
rv.r oul.’ supplying tie borne demand, but exporting
$300,000 worm ot lumber annually. V* ltbin the
tame period th?re have been construct and 4 400
rw-Un cau its and Annie* U r mining operations, at a
cos: of more than Si*2,OWV'W) exclusive of eight
hundred miles in course of completion In addiUc n
to these, there have been erected lt l) quart* milk,
the machinery of which is valued at $.‘,000.1*00, be
sides numerous other extensive and valuable works,
each as sugar refineries, metallurgical works, tan
neries, (of which there are twenty of a capacity
sufficient to supply the State,) breweries, paper
milk, carriage manufactories iron foundries and
machine shops, adapted tc the const ruction of every
conceivable inscription of machinery, from the
meet delicate mathematical instrument to the most
powerful steam engine, and of a capacity sufficient
to supply the eatire wants of the Pacific coast
These improvements, together with others, have,
during the last nice years, increased the taxable
property of the State from comparatively nothing to
the enormous value of sl6o,oUO,UoU.— Boston Jour.
From California, Ceniral America, dkc.
The eteamehip Star of the West, with a large
j number of passengers, the California Mails to Sep
: tembsr 2lat, and $1,322,000 in specie, arrived at
i New Y ork on Friday. The principal features of the
I fortnight ri news, have been anticipated by the 1
! overland mail, and tje arrival of the Isabel, at 1
j Charier? n. We subjoin the following additional
items of interest:
Fr m California.— Ti e news of the reported
j success of the telegraphic cable occasioned gre.°.t
rejoicing in California, and Monday, September 27,
vc as selected for a grand celebration iu honor of the
event.
Hon William J- Fergusoi, a member of the State
’ Senate of California, died at San Francisco on the
| 14*h of September, during an amputation rendered
| neceesary by a wound received in a duel.
news from the mining district i generally
! favorable, but there are complaints in some section;
i of the want of water. Tbe Tuolumne Courier says :
i The big lump of gold found in Columbia, recent
iy, by Mr. Strain, ha? been melted and nm inton
| bar, which weighs 431 J czs., or 33| lbs., and pur
j chased by Mea:-r?. Win. O. Sieep-r &i. Cos., for the
: turn of $7,435 50. Beside th;*, Mr. tstrain h&a re
j served tome four or five hundred dollars worth of
I specimens, belonging to the rame boulder, making
j the total value ot the piece found about eight thou*
: r-aud dollars. This in the largest lump of gold ever
j luund in California, of which we have any authentic
record, and leaves Columbia far ahead in the matter
of mammoth specimens.
j Th ;
; Fra*< ;CO for the year 1858-9 is as follows :
• Real Estate $13,554,565
improvements thereon 5,94 G 585
Personal Property 11,224.800
Total assessments 1858-59 .$30,725 95: 1
“ “ 1857— 08. ........ 35 5J7,17G
Decrease on the present year $4 071,226
The total amount of taxes to be collected th : B
year i- $947 895 55, bring at a rate of $3.08! on
each on.} honored dollars of property a^iecsed.
Muetcal Hall, at tbe corner ot Montgomery and
Bank street*, San Francisco, was partially damag
ed by fire ca the 20. hof September. Three large
paintings which were on exhibition, the “Marriage
ui Chlh,’’ the “Tfp.nfiguratiun,’’ and the “Adoration
of the Wise Men, ’ w ere destroyed. They belong
fed to Mr. Morse.
The .San i rail cisco Herald thus cla?? : fies the po
litical complexion of the California Legislature :
Senate. Assembly.
Democrats 21 55
Opposition 13 25
Yaoancy 1
Total 35 80
From Central aklrica.—A corps of twenty
volunteer engineers, under the command of
Capt. Par ions, had arrived at Panama. They were
sent out by tLe British Government to V'ancover’d
I *iand for the purpose of making surveys iu the
Hudson’s Bay Terntory. About one hundred and
twenty more are reported to be on their way
round Cape Lorn, to joiu the preeent pi.rty at Vic
toria.
A subscription had been opened at the U. S. Con
salute at Panama for the relief of American citi
zens, other than seamen, who arrive there from
tune to time iu destitute circumstances. The list
had been headed by th .* U. S. Consul arid the agent
oi the Pacific Mai! Steamship Company with a
handsome subscription.
From Nicaragua advices had been received to
the 18’ bof September. The Panama Star and Her
aid mentions the report, the truth o f which it very
mu- doubts, that Gm. Lamar, the U. S. Minister
to Nicaragua and Cosia Rica, had made a demand
for two millions of doll -rs on the latter Government,
as a recompense for the shooting of some Americans
at Virgin Bay during the takiug of that place.
From the Southern Coast.— ln the agricul
tural districts iu Southern Chili, appearance weie
very pr- miring and the crops will be plentiful,
notwithstanding tbe excessive rain which Las fallen.
An ex’.enrive coal mine has been discovered fif
teen miles inland from the port of Ancud, in the
province of Chiloe; the owners intend constructing
5 small railway from the port to the mine, in order
to surmount tne difficulties presented by the dis
tance. and facilitating exportation.
The Panama Star aud Herald says:
We are gratified to inform our readers that when
the Pacific Steam Navigation Co.’s steamer New
Granada passed Pay: a on tho loth ult., Lieut.
James M. Gillie, United States Navy, member of
the Smithsonian Institution, was there, having sat
isfactorily completed Lis observations of the total
eclipse of tbe sun on the 7th ult.
iii order to obtain an advantageous position he
proceeded to a point elevated 1,000 feet from the
i-*vel of the sea and about 200 miles distant from the
above named port. As the object of his visit to
this coast was solely for tbe purpose of making these
observations, we trust the public will be favored
with a minute report of the result-, which, we arc
confident, will, from the pea of that intelligent and
scientific gentleman, be exceedingly interesting aud
instructive.
It was the intention ot Lieut. Gillis to proceed by
tho first steamer to Lima, where ho will re
main a short time, and perhaps continue his voyage
to Chile.
Although Astronomers were expected to arrive
from France and England, it seems that no other
was present ou this interesting occasion, except
Mr. Mae;'ter, a German astronomer from Santiago,
s-ut to joiu Lieut. Gillie, by the Government of
Chile.
From Southern California.— Los Angeles pa
peia to the 11 th inat, are received.
Col. W. G. Roes has reaigued the post of deputy
collector of the port of San Pedro, aud accepted
that of examiner of United States surveys for the
counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Ange
les and Santa Barbara. The object of the examina
tion is to ascertain if tbe surveys have been cor
rectly made, suitable monuments placed at the re
spective corners, etc.
The Lw Angeles Star of September 4th furnishes
the following late intelligence from Arizona:
Arizona territory is rapidly settling up, but tbe
people complain tor tbe want of adequate protec
tion ; ahh ugh the Indians are not very bad, they
have lately run off some stock.
Lieut. Mowray has been appointed to the chargo
of Indian affairs, and ordered to locate the required
military posts in th • Territory. It is very likely
that Fort Buchanan will be removed to the San
Pedro, as its present location is the very worst
which could have bseu choseu. Situated at the
foot of a mountain in a small valley, it is now only
badly located for obtaining supplies, but for afford
ing protection to the settlers.
Major Fitzgerald has left the command at Fort
Buchanan, on sick leave, as is reported, for the At
lan tic States. Captain Newell is now in command
of the post.
The Apache Indians lately made an incursion into
tne ad torments and carried iff a lot of stock. Capt.
Newell took a party of the First Dragoons, pursued
them, and recovered tho stock.
The great interest of the Territory at the present
time is mining. All are engaged iu this department
of industry with varying success.
The Sopra mine is one of the richest in the coun
try. It is located ou tbe ranch of that name, or, as
is called, the Thirty-one Longue Ranch, owned by
Col Douglas, who has been operating onthemiue
with twenty meu. It is a silver mine.
Col Sait l4 , ar* agent lor the Government in look
ing alter the Leach contract, post office affairs and
other matters, arrived iu the territ ry, and having
viritod tins mine aud sent home specimens, aud ia
n v acting as the ager tof a company of capitalists
in Providence, Rhode Lined.
They have conn uded to purchase Douglas’ title
in the ranch, and to become joint proprietors in tin*
mine, which ia to be worked iu the moat approved
and economical manner. The ore of tbi mine pro
duces $l5O to the ton.
The Siena Colorada, or Boston Company, is lo
cated ten miles from liie Sopra nriue, and twenty
miles from Tubac. 1 is also u silver mine, and the
ore is very rich. But they have not been success
ful in their operations* The great difficulty ia to
construct furnaces to melt the ore. In t his particu
lar they have not been successful. Experiments,
involving a very large amount of money, have been
made, without obtaining a satisfactory result. The
company have now resolved to adopt crushing and
amalgamating, aud fur that purpose they have pro
cured the machinery in San Francisco.
Major HeintzieimiQ is the President of the Com
pany, and Mr. Lithrop, Treasurer, .and these gen-/
llemeu have lately gone down to tho mine for tho
purpose of having the machinery erected, which it
ia expected to realize the expectation of tho pro
prietors. Tue company have made great improve
ments in the vicimty ot their mine. A village has
sprung into exirimce, occupied by the workmen
or the company. The company's offices and estab-
ILihmenf are at Tubac. which is being rapidly im
proved iu consequence ot the operations of the
company. Their mine is rich and very extensive,
and it is to be worked iu tho very best manner.—
They have two furna ‘es iu operation, which are not
sufficient for ihrir wnu'.s.
M.*ssre. Thompson and Findley have a silver
mine eighty miles from Tuesoa, in the Santa Cruz
valley. Iu lact the whole country abounds wirh
mines of and iver, copper, aud other valuable ores.
Oar con Territory —Our advioea from Oregon
and Washington, by Tau steamer, are no later than
were received by tbe overland mail.
As Excitine Scene.—ln Venice a aeriss of dra
matic representations have been given during the
present mouth, by Madame lvistori. Amongst other
pieces calculated to display the varied talents of
ihe accomplished actress was Giacommstlis well
known tragedy of “Judith.’’ The theatre was
crowded, and tue audience liotened with sympathy
and a 4 *’.miration lo the gradual development of in
dignant courage iu the Hebrew heroine. But when,
iu the fulness of her unrivaJed power, Riston pro
nounced the lines—“Name my name to your coil
dreo, and tell them that the war is sacred which is
waged by a nation sgainst those who invade a land
given to defenders by thrir God,” the audience
rose as ono man, a id gave vent to ail the passionate
excitement wuieb the children of the South, when
deeply moved, are accustomed to display. It wrs
iu vain that the graceful artiste strove by her looks
aud gestures to appeaoe their tumultuous applause,
and sought permission to resume the enactment ot
her part. Judith and the foe of Israel seemed
swept awsy f -om their memories by thesuddeu
whirl wind of popular passion ; and the air was rent
with invectives and imprecations against Austria.
In the first subsidence of the storm, a repetition of
the magic lines was called for. Compliame would
have bean au infraction of a notorious order of the
police, made to guard against mandates ol the kind
from the audience. Riston hesitated for a time,
.na then withdrew to a?k permission. The commis
sary was absen, and to pacify her frenzied hearers
she dually came forward Mid gave the omiuous
words aga n. The anger of the authorities is not
wor describing: and ;t is atmoet euperilious to
add teat the guilty play was next morning erased
from the list of pleasures permitted to the disaffec
ted Venetians,
The Trade in Furs, which had steadily grown
in importance down to a recent cq.e. has suffered
severely by the financial reverses of the past year.
Garment* of this material, which may be consider
ed a luxury ra her than a necessity, having elegance
for their chief recommendation, very early left the
process ot retrenchment occasioned by the money
crisis. The furriers experienced another misfortune
in the open season las. winter. These adverse iu
tiaencee combined, have caused the great balk of
last year’s stock to remain on the shelves until the
present tune, and importations meanwhile have
nearly ceased. Under these circumstances, dsilers
aotu<t be expected to v rk up any coLaideruble
quantity of nra- s ms, t.r humor the caprices of
lashicn with startliug novelties. Ladies’ furs tor the
season >us: opening, will be limited to the styles in
i ‘ gue last winter, with trifling exceptions. Full
1 cape patterns a l i be moat iu favor, where costii-
Ct “ co ohiectioi;. at *4 iu tue had -Ate cape, muff
j and Uppet. ti.ere wi.l be ci change. The principal
i dt-aiere, such as Gunther A: whose luiporui
! tiona tbs year scarcely equal cue tenth of the last.
wiUawa.T a revival of trade before introducing any
devised change of style.
The trace. ’ ••*h Wholesale and retail, k back
wwo, and thu> •- reairioteti in amount. Credit is
: y obtained by purchasers, and
i iLe retail trade ordmar.iy rev-eves it* impetus frurn
I the first bard true;, wt.eh is .til! toco , e.
; Importers oi rare anticipate cons derable changes
I from the opening o’ the Aim, river to theßus
.ians. and fr.nn tae bretam* up of the Hudson Hay
; Company's monopoly. One valuable of lur. Las
! already been received from the Amoor by way of
; sac Francisco, i'll* l w Ba’uraJj rtgarued as me pre .
carsotof large instalment* trim! tue same direction
j The enormous emigration into Kashas newly ac
| q aired pos.-e*>ior.s has it* c unterpart ouiy in the
ru-h to the Pa, me coast early in roe history o’ the
j gold discoveries and a- la-ge tracts ot m.d coun
trv are brought under cultivation, shins of ammais
will be sei t to the Amencin market in greater
abundance. This may be expected more especial
ly for the reason that tue commerce of Russia ess:-
ward has hereto ore reached the shores of Lhe Ok
hotsk. kamscta.ka and the Russian American pas
sessions, only by an immense uetour to the -N'.r'h,
the furs return mg to Kyaobta ai.d ?>•:. Petersburg
by the sa-ue route. Nv, with the Havfcutjjges ol
direi*: navigation and 1 8 abashed depots, the traffic
with the l ‘od6i will rapidly increase Jour. Com.
The American Horses in England.— From the
Lond- u papers we perceive aut Air Ten Broeck
has maae another acjiliou to Lis alrt&dy extensive
>tud. He has pun-hiised Eclipse, oae of the best
three olds on the Euglisb jurl, and at oae time a
great Derby and Si. Leger favorite fur the •*Ceeara
witch,” the great handicap which she carried off
last year.
Gin* ( ass’ Correspondence with >lr* Lamar*
The folio* ing extracts from a letter by Gen. Case
to Mr. onr minister to Nicaragua, indicate
| the line of policy which will be pursued by the
present Government of the United States with re
gard to Central America:
I “W hiie the jaet rights of sovereignty of the States
[ occupying this region should always be respected,
i we shall expect that these rights wiil be exercised
in a spir.-t befitting the occasion and the wants and
i mrcometanees that have arisen. Sovereignty has
| its duties as weii as us rights, and none of these lo-
I 01 governments, even if administered with more
; regard .o the jnat demand, of other nations than
t.:ev have been, would be permitted in a spirit of
Eastern insulation to close these gate3 of inter
conrae cn the great highways of the world, aud jus
tify -he act by the pretension that these avenues of
trade and travel belong to them, and that they
to shu. them, or, what is almost equivalent,
to encumber them with such nnjust regulations as
| prevent: their genera! use. The United States
, 5° k ees ‘ther tne control or the exclusive use
’-f tb f„ Se ,, rOUte3 ', They desire that the advantages
should be equally common to all nations. Nor do
■ cla.m to interfere with the local governments
lii-.T 6 .!, - termlna '- , ' ,J o °f the qneetions connected
z !c 2, e °-t>ediog of the routes, and with the persons
S™ contracts may be made for that purpose.
, do desire—ana mean to accomplish—is
oi in 6 lntere *ta involved iu this subject
should not bo sacrificed to any unworthy motive,
bat should be guarded irom abuse ; and that when
contracts are fairly entered into with American citi
zene they should not be wantonly violated. Other
uat'ons will no ooubt pursue tue same course in re
s?mUM t ?nterl:r < s IUZenBOr * ,1^SCti Wlw may h * ve
••rue United States blieve it to be their duty—
an. toey mean to execute it -to watch over the
persons and property of the r citizens visiting for
eign countries, ana to intervene for their protection
wneu such anion is ju tided by existing circum
stances aud by tbe laws o; nations. Wherever their
citizens may go through the habital globe, when
they encounter injustice they may appeal to the
government ot their couutry, aud the appeal will be
I examined mto, with a view to each action on their
I , b f h . alf ae . ,t b® proper lo take. It is imposed
| tileto define m advance, and with precision, those
cosed m which the natiunal power may be exerted
i >r the.r relief, or to wnat extant relief shall be af
lorded., Circumstances, as they arise, must pre
defined and estab.uhed laws are iu operation, and
where their administra iou is committed to able
and independent judges, cases will rarely cc -ur
where such intervention will be necessary. Bat
e.ements ot confidence and security arc iot every
where fouod.and where that ie unfortunately tbo
Casa, the United States are called upon to be more
vigiiam in watching over their citizens, and to in
terpose efficiently for their protection, when thev
are subjected to tortuous proceedings by the direct
action ot thc Giveru-nent or by its indisposition or
inability to discharge its duties.
‘ This Government, however, yet indulges the
hope that a returni; g sense of justice may' induce
tho Government ot a Nicaragua and Costa Rica to
lecogmze their duties, and afford redreaa for the
serious causes of complaint which tbe United States
have urged. But is if proper they should b th dri
tiiicdy undertsand that the American people and
Government have yielded enough to the weakness
ot those republics and with ut doing them injus
tice. they will now take care and dojusticeto them
selves.
‘•Preparatory to such action as may be necessa
ry, a naval force will be stationed at San Jua.i du*l
Norte,and also at San Juan del Sur, and at Reale
jo, with orders to afford al! necessary protection to
tho persons and property of American citizens; and
the commanding officers will be directed to com
municate with you, and you will not fail to keep
them advised upon all tho eutjecta which may re
late to the exec ution of the duties thus entrusted to
them.”
Tlie Expedient Democracy.
We believe it was old Hickory who uttered the
sentiment, “whatever is right is expedient,” but the
Democrats of the present have converted this mot
to of their former leader into “whatever is expe
dient is right.” The Locofoco party is expedient,
ia emphatically au expediency party. The facility
wi h which it gravely aunouness a party teat one
day and solemnly retracts it the next, is truly mar
velous. Its agiiity greatly exceeds that of the man
who turned somersets so fast that he got the seat
of his breeches before. It went into the canvass in
the Northern States with the notorious English
Kansas contrivance as its unalterable party c.eod.
The democratic adminiriration swore to adhere to
this test measure. The Buchanan democratic can
didates were pledged to its maintainance. The
friends of Douglas were everywhere hunted down
and summarily punished because he refused to give
in his allegiance to it. Now, after the lapß6 of only
a few weeks, there is not in the whole North a sin
gle democratic candidate who does not openly re
pudiatethe English bill test, and agree that Kansas
shall come into the Union without reference to any
restrictions contained in that biff.
What v/ili the fire-eating Democracy of the South
do about this treachery of their brethren in the
North / They say that Crittenden and Bell, and
Davis, and Harris, and Humphrey Marshall, are
all abolitionists because they repudiated this Demo
cratic teat measure. Will they now denounce these
recreant English bill Democrats as abolitionionists,
for the same reason ? They oppose Douglas aud
profess au u’ter indifference between him and tbe
Black Republican Liucoln, because Douglas was
willing to let Kansas come into the Union without
the Eoghuh restriction. Will they now for the same
reason Kick out of the party these Northern Demo
cratic candidates, for whoso election the adminis
tration is exerting all its power aud patronage 7
The “shrewd old man” at Washington prescribed
this doctrine for the party. He “changed” and re
quired the party to change with him, but they aeem
to be changing back again, and ere long he will be
left to stand upon the Lecornpton teri solitary and
alone. There is no help for it, he will be compelled
to “change” again, and stand upon the same plat
foiyn with Douglas and Forney, and accept their
aid in contriving anew “test” for (he next presiden
tial campaign. —Baltimore Clipper.
Political Pilgrimage. —The Hon. Jeff. Davis
has employed the summer and fall in travelling
through the Eastern States, and enlightening our
Yankee brethren upon politics in general and his
own peculiar views of matters aud things, inpartic
lar. He is said to have made, lor a fire-eater, a
highly favorable impression, both upen friend and
foe; indeed tbe real object of the Senator appears
to be to make as many as possible of the former, and
to convert ali the latter. Iu ti** coarse of his wan
derings, he has even been imprudent enough to say
a good word for the UnUn and a bad one for the
men who are against it—a sin for which he has been
taken roundly to task by a portion of hia old friends
in tho south. At last accounts Mr. Davis was at
Marshfield, seeking political inspiration at the tomb
*r the illustrious old Whig, whose spirit, we trust,
ia still hovering over the distracted country he loved
and served so well. He could not go to a better
place; and if he has any thought of aspiring to Ihe
government of this great nation, we recommend
him to extend his journeyings to Ashland and
Mount Vernon. Would that all our rulers, politi
cal intriguers, aud pigmy statesmen of the present
day, were annual visitors to these hallowed spots,
and could catch from their vestal fires a patriotic
spark to light up in their own bosoms some of the
noble and unselfish dilutions that animated the
spirits of their mighty d*-ad.— Savh. Rep.
The Douglas Buchanan War.— The Washing
ton correspondent of the N Y. Courier &l Enquirer
writes as follows of this enteres!ing “war of the
RsSda “Buehanau is row more determined
than ever to defeat xdr. Douglas. He has just dis
missed all the postmasters iu important offices, of
Lis own appointment, who have not declared against
Douglas 1 believe that not one remains. Ten or
a dozen heads have alien within a week. This is
the statement current ou the street.
“The motives for this very extraordinary act of
proscription are obvious. Mr. Buchanan is a can
didate for re-election. His most formidable rival
at the North is Douglas, whose strong hold upon the
South, notwifhatdndiiig his aberatious, will make
him a favorite at Charleston, unless some great
stroke of policy deprives him of his position in the
party. Expelled irom public service and re
duced to the ranks, it is believed that Mr. Douglas
wilt cease to b dangerous in the race for 1860.
‘ The election ol Lincoln is regarded as a small
matter, since the Democratic majority in the Sen
ate in impregnable, and it is alleged that Illinois
will be more reliable for the Democracy two years
hence for having crushed the Douglas echism now.”
A Screw Loose. —Mr. Richard Taylor, Post
master at Whippy Swamp, Beaufort District, in
forms u-i that tor some time past all letters sent from
that office containing money—either to Sivannah
or Charleston—have been robbed, or have not
reached their destination ; also, that private letters
of importance have been intercepted.
L -iters have been sent to this office from Salt
ketcher Bridge, which we have not received.
Mr. James li. Sanders, acting Postmaster at Salt
ketcher Bridge, has lost several hundred dollars be
tween that office and Charleston ; and we under
stand that ail the money lost, has disappeared after
leaving Saltketcher Bridge ; therefore, there must
be a acrew loose between that office and Charles
ton.
The public are seriously inconvenienced by this
state of affairs, which might be remedied if the
proper authorities would take the trouble to ferret
out the thief.— WaHerboro’ Sun.
Sophomore Class F Brown University Sus
pended —For years it has been the custom of the
Sophomore clase of Brown University, to “Smoke
out Freshmen i. e. at the commencement of each
\ear to enter the rooms ot Freshmen aud smoke
till they became sick, or acknowlege themselves
sick of the operation. The custom was adhered to
by the present Sjphomore class, who “did the work
up Brou n.” Weeks have elapsed and nothing was
said against tho course pursued. Monday after
no n, however, the Sophomores, one by one, were
called upon to virit the president. The following
questions were asked : First—“ Was you engaged
in smoking out ? ” Sacond —“Will you sign an
agreement nver to engage iuany thing of the kind
again V* Many were enabled to say “No,” m re
ply to the tiret question, but ah declined to answer
“yes” to the second. Each was, iu consequence,
dismissed from college. Tbe class ia united inthede
termination not to be fettered by the s ringent regu
ihons necessarily imposed upon them by au
affirmative to the second query. And, consequent
ly, Brown University is without & Sophomore ciass.
a circumstance without a parallel in the history of
that institution. — Prov. Tribune.
Revival of Trade is England —Trade of
every description appears to be now undergoing the
process of a rapid revival ii Englaud, while the turn
things are taking at the St >ck Exchange, is strong
ly indicative of another in'lation. Money is abun
dant and cheap—and with the apparent near ap
proach of another era of “florh times” the panics
and bankruptcies of the past year are likely to be
speedily forgotten. The‘ Times,” however’ throws
out timely cautions against ‘ rushing ahead’ too
fast. Here in the United Sla’t*, trade u reviving,
too—slow, but sure—aud the New York Stock Ex
change is beginning to exhibit a correspo ding ae
tivilv —but ‘ John Buli” seems to be “going ahead’’
considerably faster Ilian we.
An Item fok Southern Democrats— Forney,
haviDg succeeded in the demoralization and utter
overthrow of the democratic party in Penney Ivania,
now chronicles the result of the election as “a tri
umph of the principle tk it ducted. James Buchanan
to the Presidency /”
Son e simple-hearted people down south, are in
clined to regard it a triumph of Froeeoii and Black
Republicanism What do our democratic friends
think of ibo matt-r, and what have they to say now
to Southern men upon the “principle that elected
James Buchanan to the Presidency V’ — Sark. Rep.
Receipts of Domestic Produce.— The receipts
at this market in the last two weeks of some of the
leading staples of the country have been very large
—in a tew instances enormous—as to.lows : 325,000
barrels of flour ; L'53,000 bushels of wheat; 585,000
bushels of corn ; 150.000 bushels of bariey ; 3,000
barrels of beef, 9,U00 barrels cf pork; 30,000 pack
ag of cheese; 14.000 packages of butter; 60,000
barrels rosin 15.50*1 barrels spirits of turpentine ,
7 500 barrels crude turpeaiiue — N. Y. Courier.
Chinese Indemnity Debt. — It appears that Chi
na wiil have to pay either in the shape of indemni
ties to neutrals wtio have lest property, or to the
Powers actually engaged in the war, lor military
and naval expenses and commeicial losses, the fol
lowing sums iq United States currency :
To England $0,000,000
To France 3,000 000
T*. the Uniied States 500 000
Ru-sia takes her chare out in the session ot valua
ble territory on the Am or river.
, The Providence Journal annouceea the death in
that city on Sunday morning of Stephen Harris, one
of the most eminent manufacturers in R„ode Island
He was seventy two years of age In early U!e he
studied mecic ne, bat owing to iU-health left the
practice of medicine to eflter upon the business of
the cotton manufacture, in which he accumulated a
large fortune. He was one of the founders of the
Ruode Island Medical Society.
The prisoners in jaii a: Bangor (Me.) are very
select in their society. Last Saturday a iow fellow
named Webster was sent to jaii for lack of a due
of 64, ano the prisoners, disliking his society,
clubbed together and paid the due by selling wooden
meat skewers of their own make, and so got rid of
him.
WEEKLY
Ckmttclt & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, 01.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUT. JO, IS3S.
Death from Yellow fever*
Jacob Pelker, a young Genian, from Port
Carbon, near Pottsville,Pennsylfinia, who arrived
in this City on Monday night tb 11th inst., died
yesterday (Tuesday) morning of fellow Fever.
To allay all unnecessary excitaoent, and to pre
vent the circulation of false and txageratsd stories,
we dec-m it proper to state ali tb fact3 connected
with this case, upon which the pxfiic may rely most
implicitly. Mr. Delker left Philadelphia in the
steamer Key Stone Slate, and s*rived in Charles
ton on Monday the llth inst.. wiere he remained
till the afternoon tiain left, whicl he took and arriv
ed in this city at 11 o’clock Moiday night. About
10 o’clock Friday morning, the 15th inst., he was
attacked, when a physician wa?promptiy called in,
who immediately recognised th symptoms of a well
marked aud virulent case of Yeliow Fever, which
terminated fatally this mcrnini'.
These are the facts jaet asthey occurred, and
they should excite no alarm or apprehension among
these who desire to visit tbe city, as no danger is
apprehended of the spread of the disease. The city
was naver, at any season cf tu9 year, (even mid
winter) more healthy than njw, as the bills of mor
tality show, and persons fr*m tha country should
not be deterred from visit : ig it by any fear of dis
ease.
Should any thing occur o change this opinion,
the public sha 1 be promptly advised, and warned
not to incur rny risk.
Heal ill ot Augusta.
We publish this ra rruing the official report of in
terments in this city for the week ending Thursday,
showing only one death m Ike city during seven
days.
Frost.—Various localities in the vicinity of the
city, were visited with a slight frost oa Thursday
night laat. It was not genenl, however, and not
severe enough to injure vegetation.
Accident on the Georgia Railroad.
Th e upward bound passenger train on the Georgia
Railroad, which left this city at three o’clock, P. Mo
Saturday, ran off the track near Bsrzelia. There
was no injury to life or limb, and the damage, we
learn, was cot material. The down passenger train,
due at 7, P. M., did not arrive till half-past nine.
Fire hi Hamburg.
A two story frame buildiug in Hamburg, occu
pied by Messrs. Damm, Harris and others, was
destroyed by fire Thursday morning. Also two
smaller buildings contiguous to the above. There
was no insurance on the property, aud Mr. Damn’s
loss, we learn, is about $3,000.
A young man named Hugh McMillen was run
over by one of the engines while crossing the Bridge,
aud severely, though not dangerously injured.
Frunhlia College*
Asa matter of courtesy, we publish the commu
nication of the Rev. W. J. Parks, proposing to
sell Franklin College to the Episcopalian Church,
for we dissent entirely from his views. Although
we feel constrained to believe that the College is a
doomed institution, under its present management
yet we regard it the duty of the Legislature, to
make it what its founders, aud the sages and pa
triots who framed the Constitution, deeigned it
should be—a “University.” It is simply ridiculous
to call it by that name now. Every State owes it to
the people, to found within its limits tbe beßt insti
tutions for the education of its eons, and Georgia
has as yet fallen far, very far, short of the perform
ance of her duty in this respect. So far that the
State institution does not rank above, if it equals
those endowed by private munificence.
We are perfectly aware that these opinions will
not meet with favor, or be appreciated by rigid sec
tarians, or the small beer politicians and dema
gogues of the day, who are always clamorous about
taking the people’s money to provide for the educa
tion of the sons of rich men ; but we care not, as
we do not address ourselves to such narrow minds
on a question of such magnitude. We look alone
to the intelligent and liberal-minded to carry out
such a purpose, and when the question ia before the
people we shall make our appeal accordingly, and
we shall not hesitate to tell them that the College
and Faculty need renovating, purging from baee
ment to dome, before it can succeed. For, as at
present organised, we regard failure inevitable—
certain—only a question of time. These may be
and no doubt are, unpalatable truths to some men,
but they are nevertheless truths, which, in our opin
ion, it behooves the people to meet boldly and fear.
Jessly, like patriots and statesmen, and apply the
remedy.
Select School ut Hath.
It affords us sincere pleasure to invite the atten
tion of Parents and Guardians, who have daughters
or wards to educate, to the advertisement of the
“ Select School ” at Bath, Richmond county. The
location of the school is a most desirable one. Bath
is a delightful villa, with a refined and cultivated
society, and as the Teachers er jjy high reputations
for skill iu their vocation, we regard the school n3
offeriug inducements which are rarely equaled for
the education of young ladies.
The attention of couutry newspaper proprietors is
called to the advertisement beaded “To Country
Printers,” in anotheroolumu.
Fruit and Ornamental Trees. —We have
received, from Peters, Harden & Cos., of Atlau.
ta, Ga., a very excellent Catalogue of the trees and
plants cultivated at “Downing Ili i Nursery.” It
embraces a great number of very desirable articles
the horticulturist, and is well worth sending for
We are indebted to our exchanges at Savannah,
Augusta and other places, for tbeir appreciation of
cur abstract of the late interesting news from Mexi
co, as reported by the Isabel. As many of the im
portant details appeared only in the Courier, it would
have been proper to make some acknowledgment—
enough at lea3t to inform inland readers where the
Isabel arrived.— Charleston Courier.
Our contemporary of the Courier , we presume,
is sadly at fault, eo far as the Chronicle <s• Sentinel
is concerned; and we suppose we are included in
the general pronunciamento against the “Exchan
ges at Augusta. 1 ’ The only items of Mexican news
brought by the Isabel, published by us, were re
ceived by Telegraph through the Agent of the As
sociated Press, they wtre published under our
Telegraph head, aud were in type hours before the
Courier , containing the news, was received.
Yellow Fever in Cliurle.Mton*
The official repo r t of the number of deaths in
Charleston for the week ending Saturday, 10th inst.,
shows a total of 68—40 of which were from yellow
fever, a decrease of five in comparison with the
previous week. The Mercury says:
The weekly bill of mortality, published iu another
column, shows an increase in the total number of
deaths over those of the last report, but a diminution
iu the deaths by yellow fever. The various socie
ties of New Orieans aud Mobile have found it ne
cessary to telegraph, throughout the whole country,
the great, danger attending the return of absentees.
The lull force of the suggestion is applicable here.
It is not yet safe for our absent citizens to return
or for new comers to enter our city. It can be now
but a very short time, ere we ehall be able to an
uounce the departure of the epidemic, and the ex
ercise of patience until such announcement, may be
the means ot preserving many a valuable and loved
life.
The Next Congress.
Now that the elections for members of Congress
are over in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio, the
reader will desire to calculate the lueses and gains of
the respective parties, as compared with the pres
ent Congress.
In the classiiication of the members of the House
from these States in the present Congress which
will expire on the 3d of March next, wo find them
as follows:
Dim. Rep.
Pennsylvania 15 10
Ohio 8 13
Indiana 6 5
lowa - 2
Total 29 30
Fntnl AflVay aiEdgefirld, C. H.
An affray occurred at Edgefield C. H., on
Wednesday night last, in which a young man named
Mat. Jokes, a eon of Louis Jokes, formerly Sheriff
of Edgefield District, was fatally stabbed by Thos.
Market, formerly of this city. We did not learn
the cause of the quarrel or the circumstances of the
affray, but it seems to be the general impression
that Markev was, at the time, acting on the de
fensive. He was arrested and committed to jail to
await an examination.
New Orueaks Medical News akd Hospital
Gazette. —The October number of this admirable
and spirited journal is promptly oi our table. It is
always a welcome visitor from th* fact, that we al
ways expect to find something new and interesting
from our Southern brethern, and weaave never been
disappointed in this journal. The jresent is a very
interesting number. It contains Pofessor Austin
Flints’ second letter ou the Chnioil Study of the
Heart'> Sounds , which should becirefully studied
by every Practitioner, besides otlur original, £_
lectand editorial matter of interestto the Profes
sion. Wo can confidently commend this monthly
to the Profession as always interestinj as well a3 in
structive.
It is edited by Professors V. Wariek Brickell
and E. D. Fenner, of tbs New Orleare School of
Medicine, and published monthly h the city of
New Orleans, at per annum in adv-iice.
Address D. Warren Brickell, M.D., No. 160
Carondelet street, New Orleane.
The Epidemic in New Orleans Tie Picayune
of Sunday says : 4 ‘ We cannot congratdateourselves
or our fri -nds abroad on any marked improvement in
the epiaemic that has been steadily cairy ng off its
hundreds of victims weekly. The avenge of deaths
maintains a tearfully steady figure, aid we know
no other assignable cause for this sad etite of sffiirs
save the quite as steady influx of citizeis and stran
gers wbo, despite all warning, persist in coming
amongst ns only to famish lresh iood for the de
stroyer.
“ The disease latterly bss entered tin dwellings
and counting rooms of those who are gtneraily, as
a class, exempt from such attacks on account o_
their seclusion and regular, quiet occipation. A
number of young merchants, book-keepra and pro
feseiona! men have euccumbed. The tisease ap
pears still to have little regard even to the very
children bom here, and many honseholdahave thus
been made desolate.”
The Mount Verson Fund—The Baltimore
American says the sum to be paid is $200,100 ; $lB,-
000 were paid at the signing of the conirict. The
first instalment of $51,000, due January 1,1859, is
now ready to be paid, and it is hoped toraise the
entire purchase sum daring the present year, in
order to take possession on the coming 22d of
February.
Two B. F. Butler?.
The Charleston Mercury says, we were mistaken
in supposing that the B. F. Butler, nominated for
Congress by the Democracy in the Bth Congres
sional district of Massachusetts, is the same B. F.
Butler of New York, who figured so prominently
in the Buffalo Convention, which nominated Mar
tin - Van Buren for President, and Charles F.
i Adams for Vice President ; that they are different
j men. We cheerfully accept the correction, but the
point we made is not at all affected by the error w e
committed, if the Mercury be correct. That point
was this.- that B. F. Butler, of New York, who
figured conspicuously in the Buffalo Convention,
which nominated Adams, is now a good National
Democrat, a leader of Lis party, while Adams is a
Black Republican ; that they occupy antagonistic
positions without any changed principles, for both
maintain the same principles note as then. So, too,
Martin and John Van Burkn, John A. Dix, and
a host of other Buffalo Platform meD, are now all
good national Democrats, with whom the Southern
Democracy are standing to-day check by jowl,
without the Buffalo Platform men having repudi
ated a single plank of that platform ! Such is De
mocracy.
Unity of the Spoilsman.— lt is said that, when
Mr. Buchanan was lately petitioned by distinguish
ed Democrats of New York to suspend hostilities
against Douglas, he replied :
“ The unity of the Democrat party shall be pre
served, though you loose erzry Congressional Dis
trict of Sew’ York'’
We suppose Mr. Buchanan refeired to “ the uni
of the Democracy,” on the spoils question; for
if there had ever yet existed any unity of principle
in the party, we have never been able to discover
in what it consisted, or on what question, they har
monized. Perhaps some of the Buchanan or
Douglas organs, all good spoilsmen, can give us
some information.
Choate’s Opinion ok a Desperate Case —The
eight mutineers and murderers ol the whale ship
Juuior are soon to be tried. I believe it was cf the
ringleader of this gang that Mr. Choate said the
other day a most significant thing. “What?” said
he, in reply to a statement as to the desperate con
dition ot the fellow :—hands dripping with blood,
and n t money ? He s a lost man!”— Tribune Cor
respondencs.
It however he had had plenty of money, he might
have come into Court, with his hands yet streaming
with the %carm blood of his victim and found plenty
of lawyers, to unite in a common effort to turn him
loose upon society, uewhipt oijustice. Mr. Choate
has Weil and truly defined the characters of the
great mass of his bretheruof the legal profession.—
[Ed Chron. 6c. Sen.]
Buchanan vh. Forney*
Just now, says the Columbus Enquirer, the Ad
ministration papers are very bitter in their denun’
ciatious of John W. Forney, of the Philadelphia
Press. They charge upon him a conspiracy against
Mrs. Forrest, and other rascalities which an honest
aud high-minded man could never stoop to, aud ei
press astonishment that any one should believe or
circulate his charges against the Administration :
But everything they charge upon Forney—the For
rest letter and all—transpired previous to the elec
tion of Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency, since which
time Mr. Forney has been a close confidential'’
friend of the President, has been strongly recom
mended by the latter to the office of United States
Senator from Pennsylvania, and was offered by Mr.
Buchanan the post of Consul to Liverpool—said to
be the most lucrative appointment in the gifr of the
Administration. In insisting, therefore, that Forney
is too bad a man to be trusted and believed by the
opposition, the Democracy confess to a very low
estimate of themselves aud their Administration ;
for they have not thought him to be too bad a man
to be the confidential friend and spokesman of Pre
sident Buchanan in the Senate, or the recipient Os
his best foreign appointment. Indeed, they raved
with disappointment and rage when Cameron beat
Forney for the Senate only a little over a year ago,
and offered him sympathy and condolence such as few
men are deemed worthy of. This, we repeat, was
subsequent to the commission and publicity of acts
which they now say prove Forney to be “a wretch,’*
a slanderer, “ pimp” and knave!
To show the estimate in which President Bucha
nan very recently held Mr. Forney, and how very
far he was willing to go to secure his political pro
motion, we copy the following letter:
Wheatland, Jan. 7, 1857.
My Dear Sir:—Although I have always refrain
ed nom interfering in the choice of Senator by the
Legislature, yet the high confidential relation which
a Pennsylvania President ought to sustain towards
a Pennsylvania Senator at the present moment in
duce me to say a few words to you as a valuable
friend on the pending Senatorial election. 1 learn
that doubts have been expressed as to my preference
among the. candidates, and though my opinion may
be entitled to little weight I do not desire to be
placed in an equivocal position on this or any other
subject. When asked, I have always said 1 prefer
red Col. Forney , and 1 should esteem it a jriendly
act towards myself for any person in or out of the
Legislature to support him. At the same time I
desire to express my warm persouel aud political
regard for Messrs. Robbias, Foster, Buckalew aud
Wri'ht. From the course pursued by Mr. Brod
head for some years past, confidential relations be
tween him and myself have ceased.
I have thus presented to you my views, so that
if you sLou’d deem it necessary, you may speak my
sentiments to such persons as may consider them
of value.
James Buchanan.
Henry S. Mott, Esq.
Nine rugnun Aiiaira.
The special correspondent of the New York Her
ald, furnishes the following intelligence of the pro
gress of Nicaraguan affairs at Washington :
Washington, Oct. 12.—Gen. Cass is much bet
ter. He was at the Department and at Cabinet
Council to day
It is stated that the special Minuter from
Nicaragua, now declares he is not authorized to ae
cept the Cass-Yriaarri treaty It was for this purpose
that, after he had apologized tor the conduct of his
government, he was received, and so it was empha
tically expressed to him The administration will
make short work of Mr. Jerez aud hie Nicaraguan
business. Any efforts at delay will not succeed ; it
he cannot do anything he will probably be request
ed to leave, and not trouble this government, which
has something else to do than*to palaver eternally
about nothing. It has been intimated that Jerez
has lull power to exchange the treaty, but wishes
to withhold it aud occupy the time till Sir Win
Gore Ouseley, Monsieur Bully, or the English and
French governments can act.
The object of the instructions recently issued to
our naval forces was specifically to protect the
rights and property of the canal company in connec
tion with the transit.
A Remarkable Incident—Reason Restornd.
—The Havana Prenza notices a iemarkable inci
dent as one of the results of the shock from the re
cent terrible explosion ; no less than the restoration
to reason of a lady of that city, who had entirely
lost her mind some six months ago, from a severe
and protracted spell of sickness. During the whole
of that period, she did not recognise any one, not
even her parents aud other near relatives. When
the explosion took place, she was instantly thrown
into violent paroxysms, which the family considered
an indication ot the speedy approach of death.—
The paroxysms gradually subsided, and all were re
joiced find her situation quite the reverse of what
was expected; her reason was entirely restored! —
This case presents an intereatir g questiou for our
medical philosophers.
Indiana Election.—The returns from the differ
ent Congressional districts of Indiana show the re
sult of the late election in that State to have been a
choice of seven Republicans, two Auti-Lecompton
Democrats, and two regular Democrats. Toe fol
lowing list contains the names of the delegates from
this State in the present and next Congress :
Dist. Preterit Cong. Next Cong.
1 Win. J Nielacls, D. A P. Hovey, A L.
2. Win. H. English, 1). Win. U. English, D.
а. Jame3 Hughes,l). Wm. M. Dunn,R.
4. Janies B. Foley, D. Wm. S, Holman, 1).
5. David Kilgore K. David Kilgore, K.
б. J. M. Gregg, D. Albert G. Porter, R.
7. John G Davis, A L, John G. Davis; A L.
8. James Wilson, R James Wilson, R.
K. Sclioyler Colfax, R. Schuyler 00l ax, R.
10. Charles Ca e, R. Charles Case. R.
11. John G. Pettit, R. John U Pettit, R.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. —The regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Direetora of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company was held at
Baltimore on Wednesday. The financial year of
the company closes with September. A compari
son of the revenue of the past year with that of the
year ending September, 1857, exhibits the following
results:
For the last year $5,145,833 51
For the year just ended 4,610,1(10 01
Decrease 535,733 50
The Elections.—The returns from the late Con
gressional elections are not yet fully made. From
those that have been rec eived, it appears that the
Opposition have gained 0 Congressmen in Penn
syivania, 3in Ohio and 2in Indiana. The Demo
crats have gained lin Ohio. In the first named
State among the Lecompton Democrats defeated
for Congress are Messrs. James Landy, Henry M.
Phillips, Owen Jones, J. Glancy Jones, Wm. L.
Dewart, Alison White, Wilson Reilly and James L.
Giilis. Messrs. Florence and Dimmick are the only
Lscamptonites elected.
Hogs and Hog Cholera at Cincinnati. — The
Cincinnati Price Current of Wednesday says :
We have noticed a very strong disposition to
purchase hogs the past week at $5 50 ®5.60 for No
vember and the f re part of December delivery,
and we understand 1 ,(JtlO head sold last Friday at
$5 62), to be delivered the last two weeks of No
vember. There are very few offering at tneae rates,
nor can we say at any rate, just now. A feeling
ha taken possession of several individuals that
prices will rule high the coming season, owing to
the great abundance of money, they say, which
would imp y this kind of logic, namely : that the
business of taking care of gold had become burden
some to its owners, and that, by way of relief, they
will exchange it for pork at some price or other.
During the last few weeks distillers and feeders
have been filling up the pens with fresh hogs, and
the cholera has broken out badly again, the loss in
some cases being as high as forty to fifty per cent.
At some distilleries there has been veiy little, so
far, bat it is feared they cannot escape. The dis
ease is not so bad, we understand, as it was two
years ago.
Fillibustering —Tne New York Exprees,
speaking of the steamship Hermann, which lately
sailed from that port to “connect” on the Nicara
guan route with the Atlantic steamers, says :
Our own impression and belief is, that the steam
er and the passengers were never really intended
for a San Francisco line, but for San Juan del Sur,
in Central America, and that the 550 passengers on
board, instead of going through the scrip operation
above described, were, in good part, filibusters in
tended to meet Walker in Central America, with
arms an .1 ammunition on board th-re provided for
Ms use—and that m a ker himself disbursed here
the money to start her. But time will determine
wtether or not our guesses are right.
Cuban Telegraph.— The Savannah Republican
of Wednesday says : —Mr Kennedy, the agent of
the Caban Snmmarine Telegraph Company, is now
on a visit to our city, and baa Bneceeded, we learn,
in securing a right of way for his line along the
track of the Savannah, Albany & Gulf and Atlantic
it Gulf Railroads. The preject, we are pleased to
hear, is in a forward state, and will be carried out
at an early day.
The Split in Illinois.— Both wings of the Illi
nois Democracy have nominated separate candi
dates for Congress in every district in tbe Stat e
except the ninth.
Death ol‘a Georgian in Lower California.
The latest California mail bringe us intelligence of
the deaih ot Hilliard P. Dorsey, a native of
Georgia, at the hands of his own father-in-law. The
tragedy occurred at Ei Monte, Los ADge’os coun
ty, Lower California, on the 6th of September. The
deceased was bom in Habersham coualy, in this
State, where, we believe, his father, a prominent
| and highly citizen, now resides. He has
also many relatives and friends residing in Athens,
who will be pained to learn of his sudden and unex
pected death. The San Francirco Bulletin gives the
following account of the unfortunate occurrence :
A terrible tragedy was enacted at El Monte, Los
Angeles county, on the 6th Se t tember. Hilliard
P. Dorsey, a native of Georgia, where he has rela
tives at present residing, was shot dead by his own
father-in law, W. W. Rubottom Dorsey quarreled
with hie wife, who left him and went back to the
house of her father, leaving an infaut child, which
the lather :tfused to surrender. Rubottom and his
daughter began legal prv'Ceediuga to obtain the
child. On the 6th September, Dorsey armed him
self, and went over to the house of his father in law,
declaring that he would have his wife, or die. He
was warned by the old man not to enter the gate ;
but, drawing his revolver, he continued to ad
vance Rubottom stepped into a room, piekf-d up
a iowling piece, aud coming out again, leveled it
and fired—at the same iustant that Dorsey discharg
ed at him his pistol. Dorsey fell dead. The old
man was unhurt. The authorities of the loca ity
declare that Rubottom acted justifiably, iu self
defence.
We fiud in the San Francisco Alta California,
Sept 14tb, the following additional particulars of the
iate tragic occurrence iu Lower California :
Hillard P. Dorsey, a resident of Angelos
county for several years past, and late Register ot
the U. S. Laud Office at that place, was killed on
the aftern* on of Monday, September Gtb, 1858. un
derthe following circumstances.
Some time iu June, 1857, 11. P. Dorsey was mar
ried to the youngest daughter ol \* . W Rubottom,
of El Monte. To all appearances they lived in per
feet harmony together up to the sth of September
last.
Some differences appear to have arisen between
them of so serious a nature that Mrs. Dorsey,
through fear of her life, was obliged to leave her
home on Sunday night, September 5 at 11 o’clock,
and seek the shelter of Her falher’s house, a ciistauce
of about five miles, leaving her only child, a boy of
four months of age, with her huabaud, who would
not permit her to take him with her. She arrived
at the bouse of her father about midnight of Sun
day. Gn the following morning, b:fore daylight,
Mi. Rubottom started for Los Angelos, in order io
take the initiative eteps to procure a haieas corpus
for the child. He engaged Col. E. J. Kewen for
that purpose, who, accompanied by Meyer J. New
mark, a notary public, left for El Monte to obtain
the signature ol Mrs. Dorsey to the petition, airiv
ed there about 2 o’clock the same day.
Alter discussing the matter thoroughly, Col. K.,
who had been a personal friend to deceased, resolv
ed to go first to see Dorsey, aud endeavor to con
ciliate matters without the intervention of the law.
Accordingly, no rode over to Dorsey’e, accompa
nied by Mrs. Rubottom, the mother of Mrs. Dorsey,
aud upon their arrival ei the residence of the de
ceased, found him pacing to aud fro the room with
the child in his anus; wuile on tho bed and around
the room lay a number of guns, pistols and knives.
Col. Kewen reins iued in conversation with him a
coni? i titrable length of lime, begging aud exorting
hi n, by every argument in his power, to restore the
chilli to its mother for a few days, when some ami
cable arrangement might be adjusted, but to no
avail.
Dorsey was inflexible in his purpoie. lie told
Colonel Kewen that he was a friend of h:s, and that
he could wield as much influence over him as any
person in tho county, but that in this matter he was
unchangeable, and that if all the angels from hea
ven were to implore him at his feet, his deteimina
tion would remain unaltered. He said his time
had come; he intended going to Mr. Rubottom’s,
and that if his wife would not return home with
him, he would kill her and all opposing him Col.
Kewen seeing that it was useless to remain any
longer, resolved to return to the house ol Mr. Ru
bottom.
He had traveled but a short distance when Dor
sey, being on horsebac k and taking a much nearer
road, overtook him, aud although Col. Kewen used
every exertion to keep up with him, he found it
impossible. When Dorsey rode uptothehouse,
Mr. Rubottom, who was seated on the piazza, in
conversation with Mr Newraark, arose from his
seat, and remarked, “Captain Dorsey, I have one
request to make, and that is, that you do not enter
my gate.” Deceased disregarding the wish entire
ly, alighted from his horse with a Colt’s revolver in
his hand, aud opening the gate, said, “I’ll come iu
or die, and will end it light here.” Mr. Rubottom
again admonished him, “For God’s sake. Dorsey,
don’t come in.” Blit Dorsey would come iu.
When Mr. Rubottom saw him walk up towards
the house with pistol in hand, he went into an ad
joining room for his shotgun. Wneu he returned
Dorsey was on the piazza; they met, aud fired sim
ultaneously, Mr. Rubottom’a load entering the side
of Dorsey, just below the collar bone. The shot
from Dorsey's pistol missed the mark. The deceas
ed rau fifteen or twenty steps after he was shot, and
expired. His wife waR present all the time, but it
was useless to intercede in the matter, as Dorsey
was fully armed, having a six shooter, a pair of der
ringers, and a knife on his person at the time of his
death. A coroner's iuquest was hold soon after,
and the jin y returned a verdict of justifiable homi
cide in self defence. Mr. Rubottom immediately
went to Los Angelos, and placed himself iu the cus
tody of the sheriff, and the next (Tuesday) morning
was examined before Hon. Wm. G. Drydeu, County
Judge, and upon the evidence of Col. Kewen aud
Mr. Newmark, he was discharged.
H. P. Dorsey was about thirty-five years of age,
and a native of Georgia, where his parents and
family now reside. He has a brother in Los Angelos.
Deceased was a mau possessing many good quali
ties, but a very severe temperament, having au
iron indomitable will, and would resort to auy mea
sure to accomplish a purpose. Tho greater portion
ot the neighborhood iu which he lived was iu con
stant dread of him, and would yield to almost auy
terms to prevent a difficulty with him.
Georgia. —A Compliment. —The question of
University aud Common School education, says the
Columbus Times, is now engaging the attention of
the people of Georgia. It baa called into requisi
tion the talents of Cobb, and the ability of the
newspaper press. That the subject is worthy the
consideration of an enlightened people none will
gainsay—that it may meet with success we may be
permitted to hope. In the New Orleans Commer
cial Bulletin , we find an editorial from which we
oj itvfnib t lie following compliment to Georgia in con.
nection with this great enterprise :
“Georgia has received the proud appellation of
the “Empire State of the South,” and appears do
termiued to be worthy of it. In manufactures,
railroads aud other kinds of home industry, she
nas set an example well worthy of being followed
by her sister Sta'es of the South. Much of her ter
ritory is barren, aud yet we are not certain after
all, that this will not ultimately turn out a blessing
rather thau an evil; f*r has not experience proved
that wheie nature does everyihiug for a people,
they will do nothing, or very little, for themselves ?
Place a manupen a sterile soil, and necessity com
pels him to exert himself to obtain a living, and in
the exercise of his wir, and his industry fur this pur
pose primarily, he will soon hit upon agencies by
accident or otherwise, that will convert his barren
acres into sources of wealth, luxuries and all tho
lefinemeuts of life. The sterile, under the magic
wand of industry directed by intelligence, becomes
fruitful; streams irrigate arid wastes, and flowers
shed over them the beauty of their perpetual fra
grance.
“ Somewhat of these results has already obtained in
Georgia. Her people are a very practical people ;
they put their hands to the plow, to the loom, to the
anvil, to the miff stone; they put into practical
operation the machinery and the appliances where
by this Southern poverty may be replaced with
wealth, and this weakness with power. There is
common sense, sterling common sense in all that,
aud we should like to witness the exhibition of
something, or somewhat more, of this spirit of re
solute independence and indomitable energy in
certain other localities that might be mentioned,
not excepting a certain saccharine region some
times yclept the Sugar Bowl of the Union. It is
our true policy, and the only policy that will enable
us to cope successfully with our neighbors. Unless
we adopt it, and carry it out with unflagging vigor,
we shall fiud ourselves left laggards far in the rear
of our more stirring rivals. We cannot depend ex
clusively on our position and the richness of our
soil. There is requisite the genius of the cunning
hand and the intellect to develops their advantages
to draw from them the inexhaustible magazines of
wealth which they are ready to yield.”
Affairs in New Mexico.— Despatches received
at the War Department give further particulars of
Capt. McLean’s fight with the Indians, and the
state of affairs in New Mexico:
Capt. McLean, of the Rifles, was returning from
Santa Fe to Fort Defiance wih seventeen mounted
riflemen and a few friendly Indiana and Mexicans
under Captain Bias Lassero, when, within two days
march of Fort Defiance, he discovered a largo body
of Indians attempting to surround him. He forth
with dismounted his men and attacked the Indians,
who bad signified by their war whoop their inten
tion of attacking hi3 form. He led ti;e attack, and
at a distance of three to four hundred yards fired,
killed several Indians and dispersed the rest. A
party of them, who gained McLean’s Hank, opened
a sharp fire ol arrows and bullets.
McLean was badly wounded, supposed at the
time mortally. His men continued the fight, and
took a large amount of property, horses. &o. It is
supposed this is the bund of Indians which protect
ee the murderer of Major Brooke’s servant.
CoL Miles, commanding at Fort Defiance, reports
that this precipitates another serious Indian war,
and that he will take the field without delay with ail
his fores, consisting of about three hundred mount
ed riflemen and infantry. It is said these Indians
number about two thousand warriors. They are
defiant, for when McLean's party drew their arms
they laughed in their peculiar fashion.
It is belived we are on the eve of a general In
dian war. Ihe department, in view of these cir
cumstances and the necessity of giving security to
the overland routes, will act with de erinined vigor.
Mail to Vera Cruz —The Washington papers
of laßt evening eaye:—We are authorized to state
that the steamer Tennessee is to commence carrying
the mails between New Orleans and Very Cruz on
the last of November. Time of leaving New Or
leans Ist and 15th, and Vera Cruz 7th and 21st of
each month.
Mails for Mex'eo wili therefore be sent via New
Orleans and Vera Cruz, as heretofore, as well as
via Acapulco.
The Republicans and Americans of New Tork
city have agreed to fuse upon county officers to be
balloted for at the eLsning election. Committees of
conference from these parties met at the Westches
ter House, on Thursday evening, and agreed npon
a plan which gives to the ,Republicans the Sheriff,
Justice of the Superior Court, Supervisor, and two
Coroners, while to the Amsricans are conceded the
nominees for County Clerk, District Attorney and
two Coroners.
Sensible. —A cotemporary says it is just about
as sensible to undertake to get married without
courting as to do business without advertising.
A correspondent of the “Nord’ says that all
the chiefs of the Koihsdbild’s family, including mem
bers from London, Vienna, Frankfort and Naples,
are just now assembled at Paris, forming a veritable
congress of financial powers.
Sentenced for Life.—Young French, convict
ed of incendiarism, in Mass., was sei fenc
ed last Saturday, at Dedham, to the State prison for
life, the Cist three days of his imprisonment to be
solitary.
Acquitted.—Tne trial of -Martha Morgan, a
young widow, called by the letter writers hand
some, for the murder of Alexander Allen, a consta
ble in Johnson Cos., N. C., has resalted iu her ac
quittal. The prisoner was poor but “proverbially
honest,” and tbe officer was levying on her little
stock of woidly goods, a duty which he accompa-
Lied with some harsh words to the poor woman
She seized a shot gun and killed him, and was ac
quitted, more by sympathy than strict justice.
Nearly all the Democratic and “independent”
newspapers in Louisiana are said to be for Douglas
jn preference to Buchanan. Slidell and Bepj smin
are the ether way, which fact, of itself, would be a
strong provocative cause to make most of tbe old
line country Democrac y of the State side with
Douglas. Soule is regarded as the leader of the
Douglas Democracy of the State.
The Fair at Atlanta.
The Atlanta American of Monday afternoon say3 :
—“The Fair opcnc most encouraginlgy. *The indefa
tigable and courteous Secretary is on the ground,
v/ith his hands full, superintending tho general ar
rangements, receiving goods and uii ectiug their dis
posal. There is more in every department now on
the ground, lean there has been at the same time at
any previous Fair in this city.
“ VVe * aw a P la f-r A Model Agricultural Fair,
comprising throe well executed drawings, from
Rome, Ga., from which it would seem the Society
are in earnest in reference to au Agricultural Col
lege, and we sincerely hope they are
‘•The rapid arrival of Stock leada the etock master
t” apprehend want of room, although the arrange
meats, hitherto, have been deemed ample. Many
fine animals are already on the ground.*
“A great variety of Stoves in muf&ctured at ihe
Augusta works, of beautiful design and wotkioan
ship are beiug received. Wo are glad io see tLi
and hope our suggestion iu reference to cheap
Stoves or grates for the poorer classes may attract
a tention and b3 adopted.
“There is Fruit hero from North and South Caro
lina, Mississippi and Georgia. The display iu this
department it is thought will cxcei and anything that
has been done for years, including some new va
rieties.
“VVe notice some Beets contributed by Mrs. E
Ha kettof Atlanta, which exceed anything we ev
er saw. There are eight of them, aid they wil*
measure from twenty-five to thir>y inches in length
and eighteen or twenty inches iu circumference.
“Messrs. Clark Sr Lewis contribute among many
oilier articles, a w.re Fender which is quiic a novel
ty. It is high, light, and so constructed as to be ad
justed to any width of tire place.
“Every thing is in a state of forwardness for re
ceiving and placing contributions with despatch,
audwi hout confusion. The energetic aud almost
üb’quitious Secretary is welhsnpported in his efforts
\>y his genth-manly “Secretaries,” aud “ Heads of
Depaitments.” E*ch is working as if he, indi
vidually felt responsible for the result, and a grati
fying enthusiasm pervades iffioeis aud contribu
tors.”
Ryerson’s New Diving Bell.— This invention
is now iu use in New York for the purpose of re
moving a rock calied Diamond Reef. Tiie bell it
self is umde of boiler plate iron, five-sixteenths of an
inch thick, extreme 1 eight twelve feet, base uiauie
ter eleven feet. It is surmounted by a neck and
dome. The entrance is here,and alter the divers
enter, the door is secured down.
A floor about four feet down divides the boil into
two apartments, connected by traps through which
to descend. The internal diameter of tho basement
room is eight foot, one and a half feet around being
devoted to an air aud water chamber—holding
water lor ballust, and the other co air to
make the bell buoyant at will. The persons inside
control the whe le affair. The weight of tho machine
is nineteen tons, aud renders the air and water
chamber very effective. APmy improvements on
tho other bells are introduced. One of the.© is a
pipe for throwing a spray, that carries down car
bonic ac and gas, aud makes a puro atmosphere.—
Oxygen is set free in sufficient quantity to sustain
file without recourse to the air chamber. These
facts are gathered and condensed irom tho New
York Tribune, the reporter of which says :
As the bell rose to the surface, it was visited by
a tew men with a boat, who got on lhe dome and
neck, and proceeded to unscrew the nuts upon the
great bolts, and raise the heavy iron cover. Four
workmen emerged, bringing long drills with which
they had been boring the hard gneiss rock at the
bottom, preparatory to putting in a charge for
blasting. They appeared aa comfortable aud un
concerned as miners coming up out from a wet
shaft. Tht y had drilled a hole six l’eet iu the rock.
An opportunity was now offered for others to de
scend. A little steam engine on tho deck of the
sloop was ret to work pumping air through a strong
hose into the air-chamber of ihe machine, to which
it led. The capacity of ihe air chamber was stated
by Mr. Ry arson to be 210 cubic feet, and tho ex
treme pressure indicated by the pressure-gunge
was about 40 pounds, oi nearly three ataospherc •.
There would thu appear to have been bo ween
five and six hundred cubic feet ot air thrown iu, a
portion of which however, was allowed to escape
before the bell began to bins. A party of nine, be
ing suitably dressed, entered the hole at the top and
were snugly stowed upon the upper fl jor, airier the
dome. The cover was closed over us, acd the light
from the bull’s-eyes Boon grew dim, -aa the v. a.er
filled its chamber and M j.uk us by i!a nddi:iotml
weight, beneath its sui ce. A couple of lamps il
luminated our otherwise dark prison, but the close
stowage of its iininjitsa was decidedly mavorable
to a close investigation of its character, and of the
object of the pipes, valves, iron rod;', bolts, trap
doors, and other portions of the apparatus with
which we came iu contact.
A severe pain iu the ear indicated that we were
paesiug into a region subject to very different con
ditions of atmospheric pressure than auy we had
ever experienced, when a sudden thump, that
seemed to threat en to capsize our machine, let us
know that we had reached a sort of terra Anna, Mid
and the pain passed off’. Tho trap doors allowed ol
our passage into thelo er compartment, and he*e
we could have stepped down upon the rock floor of
tho harbor in only a few inches depth of water. As
the lights gre w dim aud one expired, our experi
enced guide who had intentionally allowed the air
to deteriorate, turned the cock, by wh'oh the jet of
spray was thrown into the bell, and the flame very
soon brightened up. We were assured no air was
admitted at the same time, other than what belong
ed to the waPr making the spray, fhir ? was noth
ing uncomfortable in our sensations, and we might
have remained apparently fur several hours with
outobj otion onour part, and with little knowledge of
the lapse of time. When at luet our guide let tho
air into the water chamber and we rose to the sur
face, we found that we had been below about half
an hour, aud that during th : a time the air-hose had
been purposely disconnected from the air pump,
and we had been entirely without communication
with the sloop. Probably we were the largest par
ty that ever before visited togc.be r tho b. ttom of
toe ocean and cracked u boiile of champagne with
old father Ntptune iu his own dominions. From the
success of this large machine of Air. Ryersoi.’s, we
were pie ised te iearn that he intended to prepare
one or still greater capacity aud strength, with a
view of applying it to the raising of the contents of
sunken vessels in waters of much greater depth.
This enterprise deserves and is likely to insure
success.
Overland Mail to the Pacific— Wo have an
nounced the arrival at St. Louis, on Saturday night,
of ar. overland California mail, in tweuty-lliree
days and four hours. The progress of the mail
from St. Louis !o San Francisco is raid to have been
equally successful. The following table shows tile
distances from point to point oil the line, according
to measurements made by the exp'oring party sent
out by the Overland Mail Company :
MUrs.
From St. Louis to Syracuse, Mo 168
Syiac.use to Springfield, Mo 1431
Springfield to Fort Smith. Aik 175
Furt Smith to Colbert's Ferry, Red River 175
Colbert's Fi-rry (eighteen miles below Preston)
to Fort Belknap 146)
Fort Belknap to Fort Chadbourne 136
Fort Chadbourne to Pecos river 165
Pecos liver to Pope s Camp 66
Pope’s Camp to Franklin (near El Paso). 17g)
Franklin (through Arizona) to Fort Yuma 6111)
Fort Yuma, on the Colorado, to Sun Francisco. 661
Total distance from St. Louis, via E! Paso, to
San Francisco 2,6-12)
Utah.—Mr. K. Anderson, under date of Septem
ber 10, writes from Sait Lake City, to the St. Louis
Republican, as follows:
“Judge Eckels leaves next week for the Slates,
much to the regret, aofar as I can learn, of all the
Gentiles in this valley. The court meets in this
Territory on the first, Mondays iu October and No
vember, and the supreme court on the first, Monday
in January. Judge Sinclair is here auu will hold
brizjourtat the appointed time, in the meantimes,
unless tho recent appointed Judge Cradlebaugh
arrives, the supreme court cannot have a session.
Judges Eckels and Sinclair, and Secretary Hart
nett, rcceully made a visit to Ffilmoro, the capital
of the Territory. The Council, by resolution, bus
changed the seat of government to a place called
Parnwari, but which actiou, 1 think, will not he re
cognized by the civil authorities here, as there are
no accommodations for the comfort of either mem- 1
bera or officers of tbe Federal Government. Gov.
Cumming is much liked, aod lie stakes his well
earned reputation in the policy he has pursued.'’
The English Grain Market. — A Liverpool
grain merchant, writing to a leading commercial
house in this country, says much strew is laid by
friends on your aide on the small export trada your
shippers are doing, but we have so many ways in
whioh wo are supplied with grain and flour aa to
maka us almost independent of the United States,
and we are sorry that soma of our friends should
imagine that high prices ruling with y.u should
produce a corresponding advance, such not being
the case.
Mr. J. Da Cordova, of Texas, has been telling the
peopleof Manchester, England, of tho superiority of
Texas, as a cotton-growing region, to India and
Africa. The faota which he states are mostly fami
liar to the people of this country, exs ipting a state
ment in regard to the fly, which is so destructive to
the cotton crop. This fly, ha said, will always pre
vent the successful cultivation of cotton in India
and Africa, whereas in Texes that insect is des’roy
ed by the cold winter, which usually lasts about fif
teen days.
Yellow Fever in Woodvii.le, Miss —The
Wilkinson Gazette of Saturday last says that there
have been eight deaths from yeilow fever in Wood
villa since the 21st of August.
The Havana correspondent of the Charleston
Courier says that a concession has been granted to
several parties in that city, authorizing them to in
troduce eighty thousand m re “ Asiatiooa’’ free
colonists.
Sickness at Tampa.— The Peninsular tays there
is a gieat deal of sickness, in the form of malignant
fevers, there at this time, and a number of deaths
have occurred, though only one Irom yellow fever.
Arrest of an Alleged Mail Robber.—Colonel
James L. Maguire, U. S. Special Agent, arrested
on Monday evening, Levi Long, the postmaster at
Pleasant Union, Somerset county. Pa., on the
charge of robbing the mail. There has, for sometime
past, been heavy losses of money from the mails all
along the route from this city to Pleasant Union, and
Coionel Magu.re ha3 beeu industriously at woikto
detect the depredator. Mr. Long was committed
to Somerset jail.
The process of knockingoff the chains that bind
unwilling hearts iu Indiana is prospering amazingly.
Ten divorce cases are now on the docket of the
Vigo Circuit Court for the next term. Tippecanoe
county has docketed seventeen cases for ter next
term, fourteen of which are from other States.
An American “Baron." —George Patieh, a well
known millionaire of Ogdensburg, N. Y., has fallen
heir to additional wealth and honors. His uncle,
the Baron of Seuftenberg, in Bohemia, and knight
of several orders, has just died, leaving him heir to
his title and vast possessions. Mr. Parish, our
baron, is now in Bohemia, making all the arrange
ments necessary in connection with the succession.
Congressmen Renominated— Reckoning two
members for the third district in Ohio, there have
been 79 members of the present House of Repre
sentatives renominate i : Republicans, 40 , Amen
cans, 3 ; Anti-Lecompton democrat!, 71 admmistra
tion democrat*, 20-
Opening of the Nicaragua Route.-Tm Wash
ington Union announces that the Nicaragua Tram itl
limute will be open and in suoce-sful opeiatiou by
tb* 25th of November next.
GEORGIA ITEMS*
Neil McKennon, a worthy and respected plant
er, residing near Thomasville, Thomas county, Ga.,
died very suddenly, it is supposed from apoplexy,
on Mona ay lost.
The Fall races over the Chattahoochee Course
at Columbus, will commence on Friday, 30th No
vember, and continue five days.
A meeting was held on Saturday last by a portion
of the citizens of Emanuel and Bulloch counties, to
lake into consideration the propriety of forming a
new cuunty.
At the recent election for members of the Legis
lature iu the new county of White, (made from
Habersham,) Williams, Democrat, was elected to
the Senate, and West, Democrat, to the House.
The Atlanta American says that Col. L J. Gar
trsll, from the pressure ot private engagements
Las been compelled to decline the invitation to de
liver the Eulogy on Gen. Nelson at the laying of
the conier-stcne of the monument to his memory at
Calhoun, next mouth.
The trial of John Cobs, Jr., at Atlanta, for par
ticipation in the murder of Samuel Landrum, in
April lust, was concluded on Friday night last, the
jury rendering a verdict of “ Guilty of Murder.”
TANARUS! e case was u.k- n up£on Tuesday, and occupied
four days.
Below Par.—Tho Columbus Sun complains that
the Justices of the luferior Court of Muscogee have
allowed teo credit of the county to run down ut the
hce!. Orders on the county treasury, it says, sell
in the streets of Columbus at a discount of from 25
to 30 per centum.
Freight Car? from the Georgia Peniten.
tiary —Mr. Bivans, agent of the Milledgevill* &■
Gordon R diroad, states that he has recently ship
ped ten freight cars, built at the Georgia Peniten
tiary, lor tho use of the East Teuneasee and Vir
ginia Raihoad; also, a number for the New Orleaus
and Jack, on Railroad.
Coosa and Chattooga River Railroad.—A
correspondent of the Ringgold Express, writing
from LaFayette, Walker county. Ga., says “On
Wednesday last we broke dirt on the Coosa and
Chattooga River Railroad at this place. Avery
large number ot stockholders were present, and a
fine state of feeling seemed to pervade the entire
crowd. We heard but one sentiment, and that w'us f
press the road through to completion, at tho carilost
possible day.”
Homicide— On Sunday evening last, at the
Double Bridges, on Flint River, Denham killed
James Brown by shooting him with a rifle. It is re
ported Brown was imposing on Denham.
Gin House Burnt. —We regret to learn that the
gin house, screw, an 1 a quantity of cotton, belong
ing t:> l)i 11. R. J. L mg, of this place, were burnt
on Saturday las., at hi;< plantation in Madison. His
loss is about SI2OO. — Athens Banner .
Fire in Athens. —Sunday morning about one
o’clock, a lumber k in belonging to Mr. A. Wither
spoon of this place, was discovered to be on fire,
and, with iis contents—about 7,000 feet of lumber
—was entirely consumed. The loss is estimated at
about $l5O — Athens Banner.
Departure cf Missionaries.—Mr. and Mrs.
Hartwell, missionaries, says the Christian Index of
Wednesday last, lett our city on Monday night, via
R-cliinond and New York, en route for China. The
urayers of many Christians in this community will
follow them to the land of idolatry and superstition.
American Nomination for Judge.—We learn
from the Columbus Suu that the Couvention of the
American party, which convened in Americus on
Saturday, nominated for Judge of the Petaula Cir
cuit, James L. Wimberly, E;=q , of Lumpkin, aud
for Solicitor General, Jesse Norwood, Eq., of
Cusseta.
Judge Hardeman.— Owing to the sudden illness,
from vertigo, of this distinguished gentleman, the
session of the Superior Court of Wilkinson county
was adjourned on the 6th inst., to the 3d Monday
of November. We are pained to hear that Judge
Hardeman's health has uot improved since his re
turn to his residence in Jones, but that his condition
is still critical. — Macon Citizen, 16'A inst.
Fire in Camilla. —We regret to learn that the
new office of M. S. Poore, Esq., Clerk ol’the Su
perior Court, of Mitchell county, was destroyed by
lire on the Bth inst. Mr. Poore had not moved hia
books, records, etc., into tho office, but purposed
doing so on the 11th. His loss is estimated at from
four hundred and fifty dollar#, to five hundred dol
lars.—Bainbridgc. Argus, (Jet. 13.
Chopping with one Hand.— Mr. Thomas Coop
er, of this county, who was so unfortunate as to
lose his right arm, near the shoulder, in California,
y i out e ighteen months since, can go into the forest
and chop, with a common polo a\e, twenty eow
-1 gj averaging 150 feet of lumber each, one day
with another; aud what is peculiar Mr. Cooper
chops back handed when falling his timber. Mr.
Moose, of this county, informs us that Mr. Cooper
is far the best hand, with au axe, that he has ever
had about his mill.— Dahlone.gah Signal.
Revivals. —The protracted meeting which has
been going on in the Methodist church iu this place
for several days past, closed on Sunday night last.
Twenty seven persons were added to the church
during the meeting.
A friend writes us from Soreven county that, a
meeting has been in progress in that oounty for
about one month, during whioh time 150 persons
have connected themselves with the Methodist
church and a goodly number with the Baptist church
and that the good work is still gomg ou.— Sanders ,
vide Georgian.
Shooting Affray at Colquitt. —We learn that
on Monday last, a very serious affray took place
between John Sheffield, alias, Whiskey John, and
John Reed, bot h ot Miller county, which resulted in
Sheffield shooting Reed iu the right side. Reed, We
uuduutaiid, 13 not expected to live. Sheffield is
huii in la w to Reed, and the cause of the affray was
some oid family quarrel. Sheffield gave himself
up to justice, and was held to bail in a bond of
$ 1 000 for his appearance at next Superior Court,
by his honor, Judge Kiddoo .—-llainbrulgc Geor
gian.
Mail Robbery. —Through the kindness of our
Postmaster, Solomon Cohen, Er-q , we have been
placed in posAession of the news of the commission
of a mail robbery on the Weotern 6c Allan tic Rail
road The Postmaster at Chu'tauooga advisee him
that the packages of letters from Savannah to
Chattanooga, of the 18th ot August
last, were stolen from the cars on the State Road
and found in the Tennessee river on the 12th Oct.
There was a number of important letters; oueot
which contained a check on the Central Railroad
Bank foi s*i? or $23 (too much defaced to tell ex
actly) in favor ot Stricken, Ellis & Cos. This is an
important discovery to our merchants, as it may
explain the cause ot unaswered letters aud unac
knowledged remittances.— Savannah liepubltcan.
To tiie West. —Already the Westwardly march
has commenced. From the largo number of fami
lies that lefr this and ndjoi'iing c unties, for Texas
and other frontier States, during the latter part of
1857, we supposed that there would be but. very lit
tle, if any emigration, especially from old Cobb, the
present year. But recent developments proves to
the contrary. We noticed a few days since, a long
trrin ot waggons passing through our city, aud
since learn, that they were enroute for the Far off
West—Texas We hear of many who Bpeak of
“doing likewise” the present fall or winter. While
we do not doubt but that that State, in some partic
ulars, possesses advantages over that of our own,
we think it rather a had policy for persons to “bun
dle up their duds” and move such a distance, with
out first seeieg, for themselves, the country as it is.
—Marietta Patriot.
Arkansas Travellers —On yesterday a train
of emigrant wagons, ritlia tail a sight longer than
our cat’s, or even the comet s as it appears to us,
passed through our city. We learn that they—the
emigrant*, not the cat’s and comet’s tails—are on
their way to Arkansas. . This ia tbe third train that
lma passed through the city within the last week or
two. We hope that their golden visions w>ll be re
alized, and that wealth and happiness may flow in
upon them according to their most sanguine expec
tations. JJut our advice to all who are well to do
here, and are surrounded with necessary home
comforts, and associated with the country by hal
lowed associations and recollections, is to remain
where you are, rather than try the privations and
hard.-hips of anew country. We suppose, howev
er, every man is the best judge of his own business,
and he can take or reject our advice just as be pleas
es. —Columbus Sun , J 4/A- inst..
Earnings ok the Central Railroad.—The
earnings ot the Centra’ll Railroad for Sept., I£6B,
were $ 157,726.111, against $98,7(17.40 for September*
1857.
The earnings lrom Ist October instant, to theß(h
inst. inolusive—seven working days—have been
$51,99549; against $31,970.27 for the same period
last year.
The quantity of e.olton brought into the yard lu
this oily in September, 1858, was 28,005 bales,
against 5,127 bales in Sept., 1857.
the down freight from Ist to 16th Oct.—fourteen
working days—has been 40,283 bales ot eotton ; 5,-
042 barrels of lljur, 8319 sacks of flour; 21,348
bushels of wheat; 2,392 bushels of corn ; 506 bales
domestics; 28 boxes copper ore ; besides considera
ble parcels ol dried fruit, bides, &c , Sen.
It is believed that the earning.-, for the whole
month of October, will be near if not quite, $”00 il(M)
against $99,070.55 ill Oct'. 1857. —Suv Iu p. ‘ ‘
Muscogee Railroad. —The operations of this
Company for the month of September lust show the
handsome result of $19,70674. The gross receipts
for the corresponding month last year were sl2-
293.23. Tie excess lor tins year 57,41326. For
the first ten days of the present mouth the receipts
were $7,526 51 ; for the same period in Oct 1857,
$5,015.66. Increase this year $2,510.85. This is
certainly a fair showing (or the commencement of
the winter’s business. If the cotton should oontinue
to come iu without abatement of quantity, as there
is now a great probability that it will, fur the next
three or four months, the receipts of the road will be
greLt y in advance ot any previous season since its
construction. There is no better eight per cent,
stock in tbe State, and capitalists will not be slow
,o find it out. There is not a dollar's worth of the
stock upon the market, and holders in this section
have so much confidence in the profitableness of
their investment that they Consider a sale, at a low
er figure than our best Railroad Stocks are able to
command, a sacrifice. Notwithstanding the busi
ness ol the road has increased to such an extent, th e
expenses have been, in almost a coi responding
rutio, diminished, and it is now operated upon a
system of the mo3t rigid economy practicable. W e
have every confidence that the present guardians
of its interest will give a permanence to this prince
pie which shall be illustrated in punctual and re
munerative dividends.— Columbus Tima, 14/A.
Result or the Late Election. —For members
of the Legislature in The new counties where mem
bers have died or vacancies been created by mem
bers being cut off from their old counties.
Pulaski Codntt.
For Senator—Cornelius M. Bozeman. 403—elected.
Thomas J. Bark we 11... 229
Baker County.
For Hos R.—A. U. Colquitt, 147—n0 op.
Randolph Countt.
For U. of R —S. A. Smith 517-elected.
Thomas R. Stewart 463
Warren Countt.
For 11. of R. —Elias Lazenby 347—elected.
A. M. Jackson 331 do.
’ C. G. Lowe 294
J. M. Barksdale 271
Schley County.”
For Senator —Seaborn Hixun 214—eleoted,
P C. Carr 114
For H. of R,—Charles Edwards 2(l7—elected,
Johnson Springer 189
Piehce County.”
Fur Senator—John Donaldson 91—sleeted.
Wiiliam Guy 60
For 11. of B.—James Sweat 93—eleoted,
Daniel Clark 54
Ware County.
For 11. of R —William Brantley 171—elected.
Mathew Sweat 114
Glenn Countt.
For H. of K.—John L. Harris 155—n0 op
Calhoun Countt.
For H. of R —J. W. Colley 159—n0. op
Habeksham Countt.
For H. of R.—Robert Allan 469—eleoted.
Joseph I. Prather..---.339
John M. Church 67
Irwin County.
For Senator—George Young 116—elected.
George Pau,k ..... 96
Cherokee County.
For Senator—L. Holcombe 618—elected.
William F. Mulltra--..525
Lumpkin Countt.
For Senator—Harrison W. Riley 456—elected.
B. H. Corbin 2(19
“New Counties.
We learn that John B. Graham was elected Sena
tor and Lumpkin Heard Representative, in Daw
son county,—tfcw/Atm Recorder. ’