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About The daily sun. (Columbus, Ga.) 1855-1873 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1856)
COLTTMBTTS: Monday Morning, Sept. 15, 1556- LAKGKBT CITY CIKCCI.ATIOS. Fever in Charleston. The Hoard of Health report three deaths from yellow fever, for the 48 hours ending 10 o’clock Thursday night. Captured Bunaway. A negro man, calling his name John, has been captured in Taylor county, in this State, and committed to the jail of Talbot county. — He has an impediment in his speech, and says he belongs to Dr. Tully, of Clayton, Harbour county, Ala. When cAptured be had in bis possession a pistol and double barrelled gun. The boy says he has been absent from home about four weeks. Alabama Cotton Crop. The editor of the Montgomery Mail’ writing to bis paper under date Tutu w, Sept. 4, says: In the seven counties in which we have been —Autauga, Lowndes, llutler, Wilcox, Perry, Marengo aud Green—the cotton crop is esti mated by tbo planters at half a crop. In most cases the plant bus ceased to grow, and in very many the rust is destroying it. It rained quite hard hero ‘his evening uud the night previous a great deal more. The Governor of Wisconsin, in bis lato mes sage to the Legislature, alluding to nffairs in the Territory of Kansas, says “the only way to maintain a friendly feeling nmong the sev eral States of the Union, is to dedicate the Territories to Freedom.” The Mariana (Fla.) Patriot, of the 9th inst., Bays the effects of the late storm will be felt very severely by the farmers of Jackson coun ty. A great many have lost, nearly their en- Ire crop, and some who expected to tr ike 200 bales of cotton this year, will realise not more than half that amount. The Mariana Patriot understands that a great number of the Telegraph posts, outlie line being erected from this pluceto Apalachi cola, were blown down between Mariana and Gnfaula, by the late gale. Charleston and Memphis Railroad. Wo learn from the Huntsville Independent that the cars on the Charleston and Memphis road aro now running nine miles beyond Tus cumbiu in the direction of Memphis. The en tire connection is expected to he made by the Ist of February. We find going the rounds, tho following toast, said to have been sent by Mr. Buchanan to the Democratic celebration of the N. Y'ork White Eagle Club, on the Bth of January 1844: J By the Hon. James Buchanan : The Annexation of Texas— l'o the South it will afford security ; to the North wealth ; and to tbo Union safety from invasion on its weak est frontier. Shall we reject the boon of the conquerors of San Jacinto until tbo tyrant of Mexico shall be graciously pleased to grant the permission to go a head. Death of Rev. J. A. Shanklin. This gentleman, lato Pastor of St. Peter’s < hureh, Charleston, and Senior of the editori al committee in chargo of the Southern Epis copalian, died in that city, of yellow fever, on Thursday tho 11th inst. The Courier says Mr. Shanklin was a native of Pendleton dis trict, .south Carolina, but began his pastoral labors, we believe, at Macon, Georgia. In obedience to a very urgent call, and in a simi lar spirit of obedience to the openings of duty and the expectation of enlarged usefulness, lie accepted, in the full of 1854, tl.o rectorate of Bt. Peter’s Church, in this city. Insurrection Foiled in Embrio. The Houston (Texas) Telegraph, of tlio 3d instant, learns from Mr. llewes. of that nlaee, just returned from Columbus, Colorado coun ty, that a plot had been discovered to be on loot at that amongst some 400 negroes, to rise against tbo white population am! murder and rob them. The negroes intended to commence their operations on the 4th instant, aud would probably have completed their design.', had not a slave belonging to a Mr. Toake inform ed his master of the fact. When Mr. llewes left Columbus, a number of the negroes were in custody, aud some two or three wore to be lmng on tho 4th One was whipped so severe ly that he afterwards died. Two or three Mexicans were arrested, who were supposed to be the instigators of the insurrection. The negroes had a large quantity of arms and am nuition secreted, and every thing necessary to rendor themselves formidable. Return of Dr. Wm. J. Holt, . Wo are pleased to state that our fellow townsman, Dr. Wm. J. Holt, has returned to Augusta, after nn absence of upwards of four years. The Doctor lias had the good fortune to servo as Surgeon in tho Russian Army, during the late war, and was stationed in the vicinity of Sebastopol during the seigo of that strong hold. We are also gratified to learn that Dr. Holt was very favorably esteemed by the army, and that the Emperor of Russia has conferred upon him the insignia of his approbation and re gard.—Constitutionalist. The Crop Statement. In reviewing, critically and carefully, our annual statement and report of tho Cotton crop, as it appeared in yesterday’s Daily Cou rier, wo find one of those errors which, in such a mass of figures, often escape repeated examination. We inadvertently omitted to de duct from the summation, the stock at Savan nah, ou the Ist Sept., 1865, anu wc conse quently reported the total crop too large bv that amount—2,l2o hales. Deducting this f"om the total reported yesterday, w” obtain the sum of 8,524,242 bales, as the amount of the Cotton Crop of the United States .or the year 1855-G. Tbo correction was made in time for onr oouutry edition of this date, aud will of course nppcaHu our Letter Shoot Prices Current to-morrow.— Charleston Courier. Child Born without Eyes. The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal chronicles a case in Shrewsbury, Mass., where a child was born without eyes. It was a healthy boy, well developed in every other respect. There were eyelids but no eyeballs. From the St. Louis Republican, Sept. 2. An Appeal fro m the People of Kansas Ter ritory to the People of the Union. [Wc have received from Kansas City a printed paper, intended as an appeal to tha people of the United States in relation to Kan sas affairs, it is quite long, and takes n gen eral view of events as they have transpired in relation to tho Territory since the passage of the bill for its organization. It is not necos sary for us to transfer this portion of the ap peal to our columns, and content ourselves with giving the half of iti] To all this we submitted, under a promise that the laws should be enforced, our lives and property protected. What has been the result ? The House of Representatives proceeds with its efforts to disorganize our government—to set aside all our laws—to bring anarchy upon us. The army, falsely represented ns our pro tection, is required to be disbanded, unless we are deprived of the protoction of tho law ! Mass meetings are held in every non-sin Ve holdiug State, to contribute aid to the rebels and assassins iu our midst—national conven tions assembled to devise means for raising an army to destroy us. Lane, a traitor, a fugi tive from justice, is permitted openly tij trav erse one half of our States, enlisting an army to exterminate us. Not nn effort is made to arrest him. While the enlistment of a handful of aliens to fight against :l foreign power calls forth all the energy of our Government—the zeal and activity of every officer from the Presi dent to the City Marshal, to chock it—is deem ed unutoued for, fit cause to hazard a war with the mightiest power on earth; an army is raised openly and boldly—is marched thous ands of miles through States and Territories, under the command of a fugitive traitor, to invade our soil, subvert our government, ex terminate our oitizens, without an effort to stay its progress—without a word of disap proval. Troops are enlisted from Boston to Cairo— the array is organized and equipped at Chica go—is marched through Illinois, lowa and Nebraska, into Kansas, and through theheartof our Territory—its progress is noted and herald ed—its leader stops by the way to proclaim the war of extermination he intends to wage against us to gather, with the promise of spoils, recruits to his forces. The whole government is paralyzed. The Federal, the Stafe, the Terri torial governments, all alike, dare not meet the invader. One branch of the government alone is awake—the House of Representa tives is active in removing obstacles from its path. Lane with his army enters our territory. His confederates in our midst, heretofore con fining themselves to tho assassination of indi viduals, the pillage, the burning of isolated dwellings, emboldened by his approach, be gin to embody; they strip the country of horses to mount the invading army, and chron icle its arrival by sweeping from before them every law-abiding citizen in tho counties of Lykins, Franklin and Douglas. They drive a whole settlement of unarmed citizens from tho comity of Lykins, burning their houses and destroying their property—they march thence to the town of Franklin, and attaok tho house of the Postmaster with whom a party of Southern men were boarding—set fire to the house, drive out tho inmates, abusing helpless women who could not escape, rob the post of fice and taking a cannon which had been left there by the sheriff. With this, and their oth er arms they march to the attack of another colony of Southern settlers in Douglas county, compel them totly and abandon their dwellings and property —thence they go to attack the dwelling of Col. Titus, batter it with cannon until he nnd those who had gone to liis defence, are forced to surrender, when they aro taken prisoners, his dwelling plundered and burned. They march thence to the very limits of our capital, and this, as they avow, was only saved by the storm of rain that rendered their fire arms useless. All this is done very eyes of tho troops of the United States. And no attempt is made to arrest them. When Governor Shannon, hoping that they would not harm him, who had twice saved them from merited punishment; who had, however, unwittingly, so effectually protected them, ventures to Lawrence, which he had saved for them, and calls on them to release the prisioners they had taken, his life is threatened—he is told that they do not recog nize him as Governor—that they are a portion of the “ Army of tho North ” —are at war with the government, and hold their prisoners as prisoners of war. They demand and com pel him to exchange the gallant Titus i.nd his fellow prisoners for felons in custody, under arrest for arson and robbery. They have now become so bold that they make no secret of their intentions. They claim to be a portion of nn army called by them “the army of the North,” and waging a war of extermination against every man who is notan abolitionist. Governor Shannon dared not await the arri of liis successor, but abandoned his post and leaves us without a Governor. We havo asked the appointment of a suc cessor who was acquainted with our condition ; who, a citizen of the Territory, identified with its interests, familiar with its history, would not be prejudiced or misled by the falsehoods which have been so systematically fabricated against us—one who, heretofore a resident as lie is a native of a non-slaveholding State, is yet not a slaveholder, but lias the capacity to appreciate, and the boldness and integrity re quisite to faithfully discharge his duty regard less of the possible effect it might have upon the election of some petty politician iu a dis tant State. In his stead we have one appointed who is ignorant of our condition, a stranger to our people ; who, wo have too much enuse to fear, will, it no worse, provo no more efficient to protect us than his predecessors. With, then, a government which lias proved imbecile—has failed to enforce the laws for our protection—with an army of lawless ban ditti overrunning our country—what shall we do ? Though wo have full confidence in the in tegrity and fidelity of Mr. Woodson, now act ing as Governor, we know not at what moment his authority may be superseded. We cannot await the convenience in coming of our newly appointed Governor—we cannot hazard a sec ond ediiion of imbecility or corruption. We must act at once and effectually. These traitors, assassins and robbers must be pun ished ; must now be taught a lesson they will remember. We wage no war upon men lor their opin ions—have never attempted to exclude any from settling among us; we have demanded only that all should alike submit to the law. To all such we will alford protectiou, whatever be their political opinions. But Lane’s army nnd its allies must bo expelled from the Terri tory. Thus alone can we make safe our per sons and property—thus alone can we bring pence to our Territory. To do this we will need assistance. Our cit izens unorganized, and many of them unarm ed, for they came not as soldiers—though able heretofore to assemble a force sufficient to compel the obedience of the rebels, now that they have been strengthened by this invading army, thoroughly drilled, perfectly equipped mounted, and ready to march at a moment’s notice to the attack our defenceless settle ments—may be overpowered. Should we be able even to vanquish this ■ additional force, we are threatened with a further invasion of like character through lowa and Nebraska. This is no mere local quarrel, no mere riot; but it is war 1 a war waged by an army, 1 a war professedly for our extermination. It is no mere resistance to our laws ; no simple re bellion of our citizens, but a war of invasion —the army a foreign army—properly named the “Army of the North.” It is, then, not only the right but the duty of all good citizens of Missouri and every other State, to come to our assistance, and en able us to expel these invaders. Mr. Woodson, since the resignation of Go vernor Shannon, in the absence of Governor Geary, fearlessly met the responsibilities of thy trust forced upon him, has proclaimed the existence of the rebellion, nnd culled on the militia of the Territory to assemble for its suppression. We call on you to come; to furnish us as sistance in men, provisions mid ammunitions, that wo may drh e out U>is ‘army of the North,’ who would subvert our government and expel us from oar homos. Our people, though poor, many of them stripped of their all, others harrassed by these fiends so that they have been unable to provide for their families, are yet true men ; will stand with yon shoulder to shoulder in defence of rights, of principles in which you have a common, if not a deeper interest than they. By the issue of this struggle is to be decid ed whether law or lawlessness shall reign in our country. If we are vanquished you too will be victims. Let not our appeal bo in vain. D. It. Atchison, B. F. Treadwell. Joseph (J. Anderson, -It. G. Cook, T. H, Rosser, Wm. 11. Tebbs, Win. J. l’reston, S. J. Jones, A. A. Preston, J. H. Stringfellow, P. T. Abell. August 2lith, 1850. We, citizens of Missouri, urge our fellow citizens and the citizens of other States, to re spond to tlie above call of the citizens of Kan sas. A. W. Doniphan, Oliver Anderson, B. J. Brown, Henry L. Iloutt, A. G. Boone, Jesse Morin, John W. Reed, li. F. Stringfellow. Tho Spirit Rappers. The Editor of the Philadelphia Mercury re cently attended a Spirit (not liquid, but ethere al) Circle. lie thus described the closing scene: Alter a recess of ten or fifteen minutes, the medium again went into the “state,” and wrote out — “The First man is present. lie addresses you from the Celestial Sphere.” “Is that you, Adam ?” “Adam was my name in flesh.” “Will you please to favor me with correct answers to a few simple questions ?” “Propound them.” “ Where was the Garden of Eden located ?” “In Kansas.” “Was Eve an obedient ‘helpmeet?’” “She was beguiled by the serpent—after noon a perfect devil in petti—l mean fig leaves.” “In what part of the world was the tower of Babel erected?” ‘ln white county, Indiana, near Wolf Mound.’ “Who were the parents of Cain’s wife?” This question capped the climax. The ta ble at which we were seafbd suddenly turned a summersett —capsized and extinguished the lamp—upset the medium and the maiden lady, and amid the wreck of furniture and the crash of glass, I made my exit through the back door aud rushing down a dark alley, gained the street minus my right coat-tail, which 1 left in the mouth of the bull dog in the yard. The Gale in the Gulf. By an extra from the office of the Apalachi cola Advertiser, dated 3d instant, we have fur ther details of the storm on the Gulf of Mexico. We annex the most important items: Cape St. Bias Light House was entirely de stroyed. The wharves of the Apaplachicola Gulf Tur pentine Company were stripped and two of ther ware-houses blown down. The mail steamer Florida, from New Orleans for Apalachicola, was driven ashore in St. Joseph,s Bay, and is a total wreck, nnd her cargo lost. Besides those mentioned, a number of small er vessels were stranded, and much damage done, generally, on tho coast, to crops, houses, fencing, &o. Car Factory Destroyed. Wc regret to announce the destruction, by fire, of the main workshop (wood) included in the establishment of Messrs. D. A it 11. 11. Rikcr, known as Rikersviile, and situated just beyond our city limits, near the “Forks of the Road,” and the lines of the S. C. and N. F). Rail Roads. 7’hc alarm was heard about 7 l’. M. yesterday, and from the distance of the building from any of our engine houses and the nature of its con tents, it was impossible to save any portion of this building. We are not advised as to the exact loss or the nature and details of the contents actually in the building at the time. We learn, howev er, that the Messrs. Rikcr were insured in the Firemens’ Insurance Company, to r.n amount sufficient to cover their stock and finished work on hand. From the known energy and enterprise of these gentlemen, we feel assured that their customers and friends who have orders pend ing, will not be delayed, and we hope to v nu toorized immediately to announce a renewal of their establishment iu ait its facilities. Charleston Courier. - - - Ascent of M ount Ararat. An interesting account appears in the Lon don Times of an ascent of Mount Ararat by five Englishmen. The natives believed the feat to be impossible, and that the summit was guarded by Divine prohibition. It is 17,323 feet above the sea level, nnd terminates iu a precipitous snow-capped cone, which lias hith erto foiled all the attempts of explorers. Ma jor Robert Stewart, who was one of the partv, and who writes the account of it from Erz'e rourn, states that on reaching the top they stuck to the hilt in the snow a short double edged sword. They also drank the health of the Queen. On this he observes “ Her Majesty’s mime is probably the first that lias been pro nounced on that solemn height since it was quitted by the great patriarch of the human race, as no record or tradition exists of the ascent having over been made before.” Widows. They are tho very mischief. There’s noth inglike them. If they makeup their minds to marry, it’s done. 1 knew one that was terri bly afraid of thunder and lightning, and every time a storm came on she would run into Mr. Smith's house, (he was a widower) and clasp her little hands, and fly around, till the man was half distracted for fear she would be kill ed ; and the consequence was, she was Mrs. John Smi'h before three thunder storms rat tled ov vi’ hot’ head. From Wisconsin. The ennexed extract from the Governor’s Message, says the Carolina Times, as delivered before the Wisconsin Legislature, touching Kansas affairs, is worthy of notice. We give the laiiguoge of Gov. liashford, simply that our readers may learn the opinion of the Exe cutive of Wisconsin on a subject of great im portance to the South. If such recommendations as are presented in tho extract are endorsed by the people of Wisconsin, the people of the South ought to move promptly, and energetically to counter act the movements of those from Abolitiouised Wisconsin. Extra Be3s:oaof the Legiclaturo—Governor Bashford on Kansaz Affairs. “Kansas is now in a state of civil war, grow ing out of the mal-administration of the Gov ernment of that Territory, and the determina te force Slavery upon it —nut by the people of the Territory, but by the people of Missouri and other slavcholding States. For that pur pose they have controlled the elections in that Territory, by inobo and at the point of the bayonet; its Legislature has been elected by the people of Missouri; laws havo been enact ed that are disgraceful to the American char acter ; the property of the actual settlers has been destroyed without authority or law, and the people themselves in many eases brutally murdered. At this very time the free settlers of the Territory are being driven from it, by the people of Missouri and other slaveholding States; while the National Administration is apparently accessory to this subversion of their rights, or uuwilling to protect the people of that Territory from these outrages. The course to be pursued by the State of Wiscon sin, in this emergency, I leave to your judg ment to determine. lam well satisfied that the only way to maintain harmony iunong the Slates, both North and South, is to restrict Slavery to its present limits. This was evi dently foreseen by the founders of this Repub lic, who by the Ordinance of 1787, dedicated to Freedom all of the territory then belonging to tho United States and prohibited Slavery or in voluntary servitude therein ; inteiffling thereby to place it beyond the power of Congress to extend the bounds of Slavery and forever to stop its agitation. Since your adjournment, it has comet o my knowledge, from reliable sources that many of our citizens of this State, who have not expatriated themselves, and who con sequently still remain citizens of this State, while going to Kansas Territory, for lawful purposes, and while upon tho livers of the United States, made public highways by the law’s of the United States, have been seized, their property taken from them, and they im prisoned and their lives put iu jeopardy, by the people of Missouri and other slaveholding States. These outrages have become so fre quent that I have felt it to be my duty to call your attention to them, that you may devise some legal-and constitutional way, if within your power, to protect our citizens and to re dress their grievances; the General Govern ment being impotent for that purpose, or will fully neglecting to do it. As lovers of free dom, and the union of these States, it is our duty to oppose the further increase of Slave Territory, preventing Slavery thereby from cursing new territory ; from making dishonor able free labor, as it inevitably must where it comes iu competition with it; from strength ening a system which threatens to destroy the fraternal feeling among the States, and the Un ion itself; which disgraces us among the na tions of the earth ; and which begets an evil and domineering spirit among those connected with it, inconsistent with a republican form of government. It is absurd to suppose that Slaveiy and Freedom can exist together har moniously, while the Congress of the United States is continually enlarging the rights of Slavery, and repealing sacred compromises for the purpose of forcing it into Free Territory. The only way to maintain a friendly I'eeliDg among the several States of the Union is to dedicate Territories to Freedom, and when that becomes the settled policy of the Government, the agitation of the question of Slavery will cease. Slavery is the direct cause of the pres ent exasperated state of feeling between the different portions of the Union ; it is tho only brand of dissension which threatens perma nently the peace of the country, andjendangers the perpetuity of our republican institutions. Peace aud satety can never result from magni fying and aggrandizing the source of all this disturbance and danger; but, on the contrary, niust be sought by restricting it and diminish ing its power, to prevent sectional strife and bitterness. The extension of Slavery is not only antago nist’.cal to the policy of the founders of the Government, but to the very spirit of our in stitutions ; it tends to subvert them, by putting Slavery and Freedom on an equality, to com pete with each other for the possession of our territorial domain. Every dictate of patriot ism and enlightened statesmanship bids us coniine that baneful institution within its pres ent limits, and preserve the Territories for the triumphs of free labor and the beneficent agen cies that accompany it—free schools, a free press, and tho enterprise and greatness which aro their infallible attendants.” If this policy shall obtain, the day is not distant when the broau domain lying between the Mississippi and the l’acific Ocean will be studded with a constellation of States, all free, crowned with the blessings that follow in the footsteps of freedom, and so many pledges of the perpetui ty of tho Union and the free institutions of our common country.” — ♦ A Man Starving Himself to Death by the Direction of Spirits. Tlie Dayton (Ouio) Gazette details a very remarkable instance of monomania, which has just been terminated in that city, iu the case of Rev. Joshua Upson, a Umversaliet clergy man, who died at 12 o’clock last Sunday night. lie has lived in an almost skeleton condition, abstaining from nourishment for fifteen, twenty, and even thirity days in suc cession. lie has maintained and believed that he did this under tlie direction of “ the spirits,” who promised by this course of dis cipline, to develop him into a more extraor dinary “ medium ” than Ims hitherto been known. He lived under tho impression that hundreds of disembodied spirits were con stantly talking with him, directing him, en couraging. rebuking him. prescribing what he should eat, nnd what he should say, foretelling every day the least change in his physical con dition, and punishing him severely when he refused to act in accordance with their direc tions. To Account For. The proprietors of the Bt. Charles Hotel, who are at present busily engaged in improv ing and clearing up for the opening season, inform the New Orleans Picayune that on emp tying the cisterns which they keep at the tap of their premises to be piovided against the occurrence of tire, in addition to the sediment nnd refuse to be expected in them, they found a quantity of fish of various kinds, fiom min- I nows to gar fish ! Here is a nut for the curious I about sulphur showers, frog pourings, and ! blood rains, to crack. How were the animals I got up there? “We pause for a reply.” ‘ THREE DAYS LATER FROM HURoVi J ARRIVAL OP THE ARABIA Telegraphed for the Daily New York, Sept. 13 The Royal British Steamship Arabia 1 arrived at Halifax, with dates from Liver ‘ to the 30th August, three days later tliar Canadian. The cotton market had undergone no c (, a| since the sailing of the Canadian, except'* Fair Orleans and Mobiles, which had adv u ed \d. Sales of tlie week foot up 48,000 i,, including IG,OOO taken on speculation and export. Quotations are : for Middling leans 0 5-10d., Fair Uplands Gj)d., Middi : Uplands 3-10d. Stock of cotton on hand - Liverpool 702,000, including 014,000 \ n , can. Consols 05J. Political news not worth telegraphing From Hew Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. R I Sales of cotton to-day sum up 1800 ba’ without any quotable change in prices. ,5 of the week 0,200 bales. Receipts since 11. Ist of September 18,000 bales against II t to same time last year. Stock on hand 2o'ou, bales. Later from Kansas. Columbia, Sept. 11—Dispatches of thelun from St. Louis, state it was rumored in tha city that Tecumseh, K. TANARUS., had been sacke-i by Lane, without the loss of a man. The Maine Election. Portland, Sept. 10.—It is supposed no* that Hamlin’s majority will be 17,000. The California Revolution. Washington, Sept. 10.— The instructions lately sent out to the army and federal offices in California, do not contemplate any inter, ference either by active co-operation or by the loan of United States arms to either party.- They simply reiterate and enforce instruction, previously given. GENERAL ITEMS. T It is rumored that Gen. Harney has been or. dered to Florida, in command of the troop operating against the Indians. Maoalister, the Magician, died at Keoknl, lowa, on the Ist inst., after an illness of set end weeks, lie was a Scotchman, and liaii, it it stated, amassed a considerable fortune. Mrs. Partington says the only way to pre. vent steam boat explosions is to “make tbeen gineers bile their water on shore.” In bet opinion all tlie bustin’ is done by cooking ih t steam cn board. Tlie Milledgeville (Ga.) Recorder has been presented by Mr. George Smith, living on I; laud Creek, witli an ear of corn raised by bin, containing 24 rows of grain and weighing pounds—within a fraction. The Russian clergy recently celebrated 1 grand mass at Balaklava, at. which everyone walked barefooted in sigu of mortification, al ter which holy water was sprinkled in every direction. It is stated that the Cunard Company Law made arrangements for the construction of an other iron steamship, to be built on the Clyde, and called the Scotia. It is to be larger than the Persia, and it is thought will execed that vessel in speed as much as that line vessel ex ceeds ordinary ocean steamers. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Livingston, Alabama, traveling passports and “ a card of clearance,” good for any place Northward, were made out for Samuel Sher wood, charged and convicted for tampering with slaves, giving orders for whiskey tu slaves. &c. Tlie Albany Evening Journal, a rabid Free soil journal, exults in the large amount of Southern travel this year to the North, and hails it as an evidence that sectional Northern movements, and the. success of Fremont, will have no influence in loosening the ties of this Union. Josiali Cole, editor and proprietor of the Democrat, a German paper of much influence and character, published at Easton, Northamp ton county, Pa., explains how “accessions” are obtained to the causeof Fremont. lle says be was offered SBOOO, cash down, by Mr. Lowry, of Kansas, to come out for Fremont. This if the way they use the “ Kansas aid,” collected by “ General” Pomery, Captain Knight, &c. ‘J he South Carolinian has been informed that the bridge has been completed over Rock Creek, and that freight passes to the head of the road without detention, andthat.in a short time the company will be prepared to convey passengers and freight to the West side ot Broad River in Union District. The Newberry (S. C.) Mirror announces that on the Gth inst., Dr. James R. Gilder, of that district, while out hunting in company with Mr. Noah Martin and others, was killed by tbs explosion of Mr. Martin’s gun. Dr. Gilder was much esteemed as a physician. ■ ♦ Capital Hit. The best thing we have heard this year, in a political way, occurred at MeadviUc recent ly. One of tlie black republican editors of that rural town, who last year was very hostile to the Pope, and fully persuaded that “Ameri cas ought to rule America,” met a German acquaintance in the street, and accosted him something in this wise : “ Well- John, I suppose you are going t° give Fremont a vote this year.” John studied a moment, aud cocking one eve as much as to say, “do you see anything green there,’ replied that be had no vote to gi'*’ Fremout. “ “ by, how is that?” queried our editor friend. “ Because,” replied John, “ I haven't been here long enough.” “ Not long enough ? Why how long haveymi been here ?” “Oh, about ten years.” “AV ell,” persisted the Fromonter, “ tlint is long enougli to entitle you to vote.” “ Oh, 1 know,” said the man with the “sweet German accent,” “that I have been here long enougli to vote for Buchanan ; butil requires a German to reside here twenty uue years to make him a legal voter for Fremont Just about that time the editor in “pursuit of voters under oiUiculties,”had particular bu sincss in liis office. —Erie Observer. Grasshoppers on the Upper Mississippi- The grnsshoppers, or a species of locusts are said to be making fearful havoc on the bp per Mississippi. At Little Falls, says theft Anthony Express, they destroyed corn, oftts wheat, and everything of the graiu kindwhu J came in their way. At Elk River they appear ed in a perfect cloud, and, lighting upon ft col ‘‘ field of twenty acres, dcstroyedthe whole cH iti a short space of time. At Crow Wing, oU the farm of Isaac Moulton, they destroy* 5,000 bushels of oats.
