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COLUMBUS:
Friday Morning* Spl* HO* Ik* ft -
LAROKBT CITY CIRC CITATION.
Fine Sculpture.
We dropped in at the Marble Yard of Mr.
Henry McCauley, on the corner of Oglethorpe
and Randolph streets yesterday morning, and
were pleased to witness the progress making
in the art of Sculpture, in our city. We were
particularly struck with u monument gotten
up for Talbotton, to the memory of Milo 8.
Mathews. The design is handsome, and the
mechanical execution excels anything of the
kind we have ever seen. The imitation of
fine embroidery, from which the lettering pro
jects, is perfect.
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The Lumpkin (Ga.) Plaindealer, has dolled
its neutrality, and hoisted the names of Fill
more and Donelson.
Tae National Intelligencer, since the ad
journment of tlie late Baltimore Whig Conven
tion, has taken position for Fillmore and Don
elson.
The British Mail Steamer Tay.
We published a day or two ago, a dispatch,
founded on news brought by the brig Union,
stating tliat this vessel had been lost near ho
bos Island, which appears, from the following
extract from a Havana letter to the New Or
leans Picayune, to be incorrect. The wri*cr
says:
“The British steamship Tay, for thesafety of
which serious apprehensions had been enter
tained, was reported to Vie safely anchored at
the bar of Tampico on the sth inst. This
news was brought to Havana by the Knglish
war screw steamer Tartar.’*
We hope this intelligence may prove true,
but the news by the Union is of latest date,
and we fear is more correct.
Brunswick, Georgia.
We learn from the Herald, that the Town
Council of Brunswick have adopted an ordi
nance requiring the Mayor to procure an ac
curate survey of the original Town Commons
of Brunswick, and also of the several tracts
of the same sold agreeably to the Acts of the
Legislature in the years 17i)7 and 1835,
and also of the present Town Commons, and
to have a portion of tlie same laid off into
Lots corresponding in size with those in the
old Town of Brunswick, and to execute leases
for a term of thirty years to all persons wish
ing to occupy the same. We copy two sec
tions of the Ordinance:
Sko. 5. And be it further ordained, That the
Mayor is hereby authorized to execute leases
for a term of thirty years to all persons wish
ing to occupy one or more of said lots, at an
nual rent of ten dollars for each corner lot,
and seven dollars for eaeli other lot, to be
paid semi-annmilly in advance, and lenses to
be attested by tbe Clerk and Treasurer of the
city.
Heo. 6. And be it further ordained. That the
said leases shall be renewed to holders there
of at the expiration of the thirty years for a
reasonable annual rent (exclusive of the value
of the improvements) to be determined by
three assesssors appointed for that purpose by
the Judge of the Superior Court of the Bruns
wick circuit.
Old Jack Frost.
The Montgomery Advertiser says this hoary
headed old gentleman, the precursor of genial
tire-sides, buoyant spirits and lively times,
made his appearance on Tuesday, and dispel
led whatever anxiety may have existed in re
gard to another visit of yellow fever. He is
rather in advance of his time, yet we were
glad to greet, him, unprepared as we were in
many respects for his advent. Old wardrobes
were yesterday morning dusted and brought
hi to requisition.
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Important Invention.
The Scientific American has a description
ot a locomotive to burn coal and produce a
perfect combustion—no smoke nor sparks—
and effecting a great saving in the expense
for fuel. It states:
The boiler is placed in a frame in the usual
manner; the furnace has a grate 4 feet (J
inches by .'1 feet, and is enlarged at the top,
and extends over the whole length of a series
<>f vertical tubes, (horizontal tubing is enr
ployed on all common locomotives) which oc
cupies a space between the forward drivers
and the truck. This tubing forms the bottom
portion of a descending flue of a large area,
which is continued from the bottom of this
part of the boiler to the smoko arch in front.
It also forms a low box entirely underneath
Ihe common boiler proper, and serves ns a
counter balance to the boiler and machinery
above, and gives great stability to the engine
while running. The ends ot the tubes are
also placed where they do not come in con
tact with the intense heal of the fire box.
lly this niiangeniem oi the furnace and tub
iug, a large combustion chamber is provided
at the top of the tire box, which is supplied
with a jet of warm atmospheric air pipe run
ning from the outside of tlie smoke arch
backwards, and distributing the air among
the hot gasses from the furnace. This jet of
warm fresh air checks the too rapid escape of
unconsumed gasses, (smoke) and supplies
them with oxygem. and they ignite, produc
ing a perfect combustion. This arrangement
embraces the philosophic principle of con
suming smoke. The Providence and Worces
ter Railroad Company uses an engine of this
kind, and reports a saving of two-thirds of
the expense it was previously at for fuel
substituting coal for wood.
Alexander O. Morton.
Ihe question has been asked iu frequently
or late, what has become of Sandy Morton.
We find the following account of him in a late
number of the Now York Daily News :
Thk Hon. Alex. C. Morton.— We are re
quested by Judge Morton to state, in answer
to tlia many invitations from our own and
neighboring States for him to address Demo
cratic meetings, that ho has already made en
gagements which will occupy all his leisure
tune until after the 14th of October, and that
his movements on the stump from that period,
t o the day of election, will bo controlled by the
Stute Central Committee.
The grand jury of Shinnston, Virginia, re
cently found a uue bill against the postmas
ter of that village, for circulating and deliver
ing to subscribers copies of the New York Tri
bune, an affidavit having been previously made
• v a Mr - George Slocum, that the journal in
question was an abolition document.
T K I^EGrR-A-I^JtUO.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OP THE CANADA.
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Expressly lor the Daily Sun.
New Youk, Sept. 114—10} i>. w.
The British Royal Mail Steamship Canada
has arrived at Halifax with advices from Liv
erpool to the 13th inst., being three days later
than the Indian.
The cotton market opened active in the be
ginning of the week and closed quiet on Sat
urday without any change in prices. Sales
of the week 50,000 bales, ol’ which speculators
took 7,500 and exporters 0,500.
Trade in Manchester reported quiet.
The Money market had become more strin
gent, and Consols declined to 03} to 93J.
From New York.
New Y'oue, Sept. 24.
The cotton market was buoyant to-day and
prices better. Middling Orleans 12}, Fair
Uplands 13c.
From New Orleans.
New Orleans, Bcpt. 24.
The staple is coming in freely. The market
to-duy was active but steady, and 5300 bales,
changed hands without any quotable change
in prices.
Corn—white 05c., yellow 750. Mess Pork
s2l per barrel. Lard dull and price unchang
ed.
Freights—Cotton to Liverpool fifteen thirty
seconds.
New Orleans, Sept. 25.
There was a brisk demand and an excited
market to-day and 9,000 bales changed hands
at an advance of |c. to |c. Middling 11.1 to
Ho
nour has declined one shilling. Corn is
tending downward.
Freights—Cotton to Liverpool half penny.
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Correspondence of the Daily Sun.
More Fires near Glennville—The Magnet
ic Telegraph—-Weather, &c.
Glennville, Ala., Fept. 24, 1856.
Eduor Sun : An incident which occurred
this morning just before day, illustrates the
old proverb that “misfortunes never come
singly,” and throws a ray of light upon the
origin of the late fire in this place. Mr. Din
kins, late proprietor of the Mansion House
hotel, has a farm about six miles frqm Glenn
ville, on which is a plain dwelling house, and
several out-buildings. One of these, built for
the use of his children, and another used as a
kitchen, were destroyed by fire this morning.
The former building contained a quantity of
bagging and rope, which was consumed : and
it was with much difficulty that the dwelling
was saved. An overseer from an adjoining
plantation, whoarrived early upon the ground,
expresses his opinion, as I am informed, that
the tire must have been of incendiary origin,
and thinks it was put into the houses at the
door. Suspicion attaches to some negroes,
but, as nothing is yet positively known, and
no examination has been had, 1 forbear fur
ther comment for the present.
Many of the boarders at the Hotel have suf
fered severely. Mr. Knight, engaged in put
ting up the telegraph wires between your city
and Apalachicola, was stopping at the Hotel,
and lost his watch valued at $175, together
with some clothing. Dr. Wellborn lost, some
valuable books, and the entire wardrobe of
himself and lady; also some paintings, his
notes and accounts. Other boarders lost their
entire wardrobes, books, &o. During the tire
a cannister of gun-powder and a couple of re
volvers were heard to explode, but Ido not
know to whom they belonged. Mr. Dinkins
took to the forest on the morning after the
fire, having with him several hands, and they
have gone to work getting out the timber for
anew building, lie is a man of great indus
try and energy, and will, 1 have no doubt,
soon re-establish himself, with the assistance
of a generous and public-spirited community.
The posts for the Telegraph from Columbus
to Apalachicola, via this place, and Eufaula,
are being distributed along the main street
bore, and 1 presume the wires will he along
in a day or two. I have not learned whether
or not there will be an office in Glennville.
The weather was cold enough this morning
lor frost, but owing to the excessive dryness
1 have heard of none on highlands. Possibly
and probably, there was slight frost iu the
low grounds.
I notice many cotton wagons going through
to Silver Run. The high prices quoted in
the Sun are causing the farmers in this *■■■
tion to hurry off their crops as fast as possi
ble. Comparison of the rates paid in Colum
bus with those of other markets, result very
favorably indeed to your market; and ldo not
believe it any exaggeration to say that your
buyers otter better inducements to planters
than those of any other inland city in the
South. How do you manage it ?
It is the unanimous opinion of planters in
this section, that the cotton crop of this region
will fall short of the usual average, fully one
half. As it is the first seriously short crop
for ten years, they take it resignedly, and
without grumbling.
Truly, yours, T. \V. L.
P. S. Since writing the above, a gentleman
residing a short distance from town and not
immediately on the “Ridge,” tells me he saw
plenty of frost this morning; and in riding
over his place to-day, saw the effects of it
very plainly on the cotton leaves and potato
vines, both of which were considerably “sing
ed.” I anticipate, however, two or three
weeks of warm weather, before tho first “big”
frost—the frost proper. At this writing,
(Tuesday r. .v.) the weather has greatly mod
erated and Is not cold enough for frost to-mor
row. _ T. W. L.
The Greenville (S. 0.) Enterprise, announ
ces the death by poison of Mrs. Baldwin, wife
of Berry Baldwin, of that district. A negro
woman, belonging to Mr. Baldwin bad been
accused by Mrs. Baldwin of murdering her
child, aud it is thought that, in order to pre
vent detection, she. or sonic one else, conceiv
ed the plan of causing her death.
He view of the Cotton Trade.
The New York Shipping List, the standard
authority iu commercial matters, in its issue
of Sept, lti, has t lie following remarks upon
the business ol’ the year just closed:
It lias been our practice hitherto, iu pre
senting our Annual Statement of the Cotton
Crop, to limit our remarks to mere marginal
notes of explanation, but the increasing mag
nitude of this important branch of our na
tional commerce—for such it now deserves to
be entitled —would seem to call for more ex
tended remark upon the more prominent fea
tures of the trade during the fiscal year just
closed, based upon such accurate aud authen
tic data as we are able to command. The
year has been one of unqualified prosperity
for all engaged in the business, and notwith
standing the heavy yield, planters have been
enabled to obtain uniformly high prices.
The trade of this port has apparently fallen
off, a circumstance which discovers a satisfac
tory explanation in the large increase of
transitu business between the principal South
ern ports and the markets of Europe. These
operations are mainly under the control of
parties in this City, acting in the capacity of
speculators, brokers, agents for Foreign spin
ners, &c. It has frequently happened that,
when the stock here was reduced to a com
paratively low figure, parties who operate in
transitu Cotton was purchasing from twenty
to thirty thousand bales per week, and not
unfrequently turning the staple over two or
three times in the period which used to suf
fice, under the old system, of making but one
fair profit out of it. The theory of certain
parties, based upon an incorrect estimate of
things as they are, favors the impression that
the Cotton trade of New York is on the wane,
but like all other theories, resting only upon
the basis of the imagination, it fades away
before the recital of the hard facts that stare
it in Hie face.
New York being the centre of the world’s
trade on this Continent—the grand focus for
all the latest intelligence from the old World,
and all sections of the new, the rendezvous of
nearly all the most important lines of ocean
steamers, the entrepot of more than five
eighths of the entire foreign commerce of the
country, the readiest medium, financially and
every other way, between the producer and
consumer, the planter and agriculturist here,
and the factor and manufacturer there New
York being sill this and much more besides,
we repeat, it must continue to control the
cotton trade of the country for a century* to
come. But it is sometimes inferred that the
American cotton trade at large is destined to
an eventual -decline, in consequence of the
constant endeavors of Great Britain to seek
new fields for its cultivation by means of what
is called free labor, near the pyramids of
Egypt, and among the sickly malarias of the
East Indies. These experiments, we think,
have been sufficiently tested to justify the con
clusion, that the cotton planter of the United
States lias nothing to apprehend, for at least
a generation to come, from any competition
from these sources, liven did the endeavor
to cultivate the plant iu the Indies succeed to
any considerable extent, it must be conceded
that the remoteness of the producer from the
manufacturer, must always give us such an
advantage, as regards low freights and expe
ditious transit, as would vender the Colonial
speculation comparatively profitless. There
are many other considerations and arguments
which might be adduced to substantiate this
conclusion, but these, we take it for granted,
are not required, to allay any serious appre
hensions of domestic ruin from this species
of foreign competition.
Contrasted with the preceding season, the
year just closed, as wc have already observed,
may be considered one upon which the trade
may well be congratulated. The monetary
panics, the droughts, and the ravages of a
deadly pestilence, in some of the Southern
seaports, the periodical embarrassments con
sequent upon the changing fortunes of the
European war, all contributed to render the
Spring and Summer of 1855, memorable for
the drawbacks and discouragements, not only
to the cotton interest, but to the general trade.
Far different are the characteristics of the
twelve months under review. With nothin*
to complain of in respect to the Crop itself,
the interior streams, during (lie whole sea
son, have enabled the planter to forward with
promptitude, to the now ready and remunera
tive markets abroad. Many of the New Or
leans and Mobile houses, which had been
compelled to stop payments, improved tho ear
liest opportunity of returning prosperity to
redeem their acceptances, and in many in
stances, with interest in full, thus re-estab
lishing, on an honorable basis, credits which
the unanticipated misfortunes of the year be
fore had, perhaps, temporarily impaired.
The crop of 1855-56, if will be seen by the
accompanying figures, was 3,527,845 bales,
which has been so liberally disposed of, that
the supplies on hand, on both sides of the
Atlantic, are down to a figure which encour
ages the expectation that quite as much, in
the aggregate, will be required for actual con
sumption, at home and abroad, in the course
of the year on which we have just entered.
Thus much by way of retrospect.
!o revert to details ; our market opened
steady in September, 1855, with a fair busi
ness, but during the remainder of that month
and throughout October, under <!:■■- inline?
of adverse accounts from Europe, and heavy
receipts at tli South, a gradual decline en
sued, prices having ‘ lien upwards of one
cent on nearly all grades during that pew-. 1.
About the beginning of November, we receiv
ed advices of a heavy fiv-u in some of the
growing regions, which, in connection with
the paucity of our stock, caused a reactiona
ry movement; blit the response from Liver
pool to our frost accounts not proving as fa
vorable as we expected, the market again took
a downward turn, and prices gradually rece
ded for several weeks, when intelligence ar
rived of the acceptance by Russia of the pro
position of the Allies as the basis for peace.
Under the influouee of this welcome news, \
greater animation was manifested in the mar- ■
kot and prices were once more in the ascend- -
ant. This feeling coutinim.l for several weeks
—the market being supported, mainly by i
speculative shippers—-when prices took an
other turn, and the improvement obtained on
the strength of the peace propositions was
quite lost. Subsequently, during a period of
many weeks, which brings us down to the last
of April, the market was very strong, and a
rise of fully one cent was realized. Our do
mestic spinners were, during nearly the whole
of this period, the most heavy operators, tak
ing on an average 12 or 15,000 bales per
week. Early in May, a complete chuime
seems to have tnken place in the minds of our
leading exporters. Larger holders, who had
been sanguine of such an advance in Liver
pool as would enable them to recover their
investments in the staple, were disappointed,
the market again becoming dull and drooping.
The depression was not of long duration!
however, lor the reduced supply not onlv
here, but iu every part of the United States,
now began to attract attention, and holders
became in lifferent about offering their sup- i
plies: ias the high prices checked eon- j
sumption, the market assumed an inactivity
unusual for the season, which continued
throughout duly and August, holders all tlie
time maintaining an unrelenting firmness.
The year closed with a reduced stock, both
here and at the South, and tlie supply iu
manufacture’ hands at the Eastward being al
so limited, the inclination of prices was to a
higher range.
From th<‘ Savannah Journal.
Kansas News—Gov. Geary.
The first steps taken by Gov. Geary, howev
er unsatisfactory they may be to the contend
ing parties in Kansas, are well calculated to
enlist in his behalf, the confidence of the
country. He has disarmed the volunteers
front Missouri on the one hand, and made
Lawrence too hot for Lane on the other. So
we infer from the fact that tlie latter lias ta
ken up his line of march, with 150 of his
banditti, in the direction of Nebraska. The
new Governor is determined that Kansas shall
no longer be the field of conflict between stran
gers from the North and the South, who have
repaired thither to ,vage civil war. The friends
of peace, everywhere, should give him thanks.
As regards contributions for the relief of
settlers in the Territory from the South, there
never was perhaps so much necessity for them
as now. All the operations of industry have
been for weeks suspended. Our friends have
many of them been plundered and driven from
their homes. The crops gathered are most
sadly deficient—owning to necessary neglect
of them. The result must be that many resi
dents will have to return to their friends in
the States, unless relieved by generous oiier
ings from the South. Let not those offerings
he withheld.
The following are the latest newspaper ac
counts that have reached ns ol the movements
of Gov. Geary.
From the St. Louis Republican, Sept. 14.
The steamer Morning Star arrived yesterday
from St. Joseph. Among the passengers wc
notice the names of Maj. Deas and one or two
other officers of the United States army.
We learn from Kansas that Gov. Geary had
entered upon the discharge of his official du
ties. On Wednesday last, Sept. 10th, lie was
to have issued his proclamation, at Lecompton
declaring the territory in a state of insurrec
tion. This would be followed, under the in
structions of the President, with a demand
upon Gen. Smith, in command of tlie depart
ment, for a military force sufficient to repress
all disorders and to disarm all armed bodies
found in the territory. Gen. Smith, no doubt,
at once proceeded to comply with this requisi
tion—for his instructions authorized him so to
do.
The Missourians who may be in the territo
ry will not resist the legal authority, and will
retire. Lane’s ruffians, organized as the “Ar
my of the North,” will be required to disband
and disperse, and in their actual condition
(almost in a state of starvation) they will he
glad enough to do it. The lmrse thieves and
plunderers of houses all over the territory
will meet with no favor, and will seek safety
in flight. In short, by the prompt action of
Gov. Geary and Gen. Smith, we have every
reason to expect that quiet and security will
be secured to the territory during this week.
Undoubtedly, if any of the parties now in arms
in the territory attempt to resist the civil and
military authorities in the measures now pro
posed, it will be Gen. Smith’s duty to fire up
on the insurgents. He has GOO or 700 men
at his command—quite enough to put down
any forces in the territory.
Nothing but decisive action of this kind will
be of any avail. Almost every man in the
territory is armed for self-defence. Business
is neglected, and it is only by tlie adoption of
the most stringent measures, by the restora
tion ot law and order, by the punishment of
the numerous bands ot horse thieves, murder
ers and plunderers, and this under the law,
and by the dispersion of Lane’s Army of the
North, that those objects can be accomplished.
We hope soon to hear that this has been done.
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Gallant Conduct.
Apalachicola, Fla., Sept, 7, 1850.
To the Editors of the JY. Y. Express .
Our town was thrown into great excitement
to-day by tlie arrival of two sailors from the
wreck of the steamship Florida, lost in the
harbor of St, Joseph, on the 31st ult., an
nouncing the thrilling incidents of the disas
ter, and the safety of one of our most estima
ble citizens, Mrs. Simmons, with her two
young children, who had taken passage from
New Orleans to this place. The ship was
blown ashore, with anchors down, under a
Ijdl head of steam. Previous to her striking
the shore, the sea stove in the upper cabin,
when the lady with her children descended to
the dining saloon, and begged all she saw to
take one child, while she would endeavor to
save the other. No one, however, gave her
any assistance, until she saw a gentleman of
the name of Winchester, and claimed his aid.
He promptly told her that he would stand by
her to the last, and most faithfully did lie re
deem his pledge. He placed her with her
children and servants in a state-room, and
held the door to keep out the force of the ra
ging sea. the door was, however, burst in,
and the only chance left was to pass them out
of the window on to the lee guard. After
procuring a Spaniard aud a negro to receive
the children, he got out the lady ancLservant
.cel l.i dtod i!icm to tlie rail) After taking the
children to a place ot safety on the upper
deck, lie was uimlue to again reach the lady,
and there she remained until daylight the
~’ “taking a complete breach over her during
the long and dreadful .right. The drifting
boards, &e., had bruised and discolored her
body and race, and yet the heroic woman
withstood the horrors of the dismal night, and
although denuded of all her clothing but an
under garment, was found by the gallant Col.
Winchester alive, and informed of the safety
of her children. Her husband has just re
turned from St. Joseph, with all hands sale
and sound, and the town is in a jubilant state
at the preservation of one of our most inter
ring Hd agreeable ladies—from a fate so
awJul to contemplate.
The gallant Colonel (who, by the by, has
just been wrecked iu the recent gale at Last
Island) is of course, a Lion, and is now being
entertained by the gentleman whose wife and
ell lit iron lie preserved.
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A Funny Bet, but a Safe One.
A friend of ours was an eye witness to rath
er a singular bet, made in Nashville the other
day. A noisy Know Nothing was bantering
the company, desiring to ‘back his judgment’
by betting on Fillmore. For sometime, no
one seemed disposed to “take him up.” or to
notice him much in any other way. At last,
a stanch old Democrat from Alabama, hauled
out his pocket book, ami proposed to stake
one hundred dollars, that lie could name one
county in his State, that would give Buchanan
a larger majority than any State in the Union
would give to Fillmore. The bet was taken
by tbe Fillmore man. and Jackson was the
county named by the Alabamian. That coun
ty will give about twenty-four hundred major
ity tor the Democratie ticket, and if any State
iu the Inion beats it for Fillmore, the Know
Nothing wins.— Atlanta Intelligencer*
GENERAL ITEMS.
** Sin” says Barrow “is never at a
if we do not retreat from it, we shall
further on we go, the more we have m 1
back.” 0 c %
There were 115 deaths in New Orleans s
ing the week ending tlie 14tli i Ust pF®
were from yellow fever. ’
The Charleston Courier says:
from all quarters concur generally i n
izing the belief that the incoming crop o f.
| ton will be considerably below a good Cv ’
age.
Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, addres
j Democratic meeting at Kimberville, l> a
Thursday. He has now five appointment
j speak in different towns in Pennsylvania*
j present month.
We learn from the National Era, that
: electoral ticket for the State of Marylandp
i been agreed upon by the Fremont men in th!
! State, and will be published in a lew dav, *
Punch says when a woman says of anot i
! woman, “ She has a good figure.” y ou
! be sure that she is freckled, or that she s,
j or that she is marked with small pox. j> m ‘J
j she simply says, “ she is a good soul,"’
may be morally certain that she is both , ‘
and ill made.
Mrs. Fitzsiinons, O’Connell’s favorite an
most accomplished daughter, has nearly cca
pleted her long expected Life of her father!
We notice the death of her husband, fi er ~
of tlie Hanaper in Ireland, announced as hav.
ing taken place in July, in Italy.
Paul Stillman, an employee in the New Ye
Novelty- Works, died last Tuesday, from tl",
effects of wearing tight boots. 11c had the
on his feet only two hours. Mortification
in, which made amputation necessary, aE ,j
utter prostration of the system followed.
“ don’t care so much about the bugs,” sail
Mr. Woraily to the head of the genteel privat.
family in which lie was boarding, “ but the
the fact of it is, inarm, I hain’t got the Wool
to spare—you see that yourself.”
The “War” in Kansas seems to be about
closing. The Missouri Republican states that
the “ Border Ruffians” will retire from
territory, anil Gen. Smith is about to take
Lane’s “ army of the North” in hand with the
United States troops. It is understood that
no volunteers will be called on from either
Illinois or Kentucky.
Characteristic Instance.
The following is an extract of a letter iVcm
a gentleman of Memphis, who lias recently re
turned from a Northern tour with his family
and a negro servant girl:
“You ask me, with much solicitude, about
Marion. It was a risk, I acknowledge, to tab
her on, but my wife had confidence in her am]
insisted that she should be trusted.
“ She was approached at every place wt
made a stop, with offers of freedom, plenty et
money, a white husband, and other tempt*,
t ons, but invariably replied that she was well
treated and happy, that she had a kind master
and mistress, whose children she loved as her
own and that she wished nothing better than
to spend the rest of her life with such protec
tors.
At Niagara, New York, Long Branch, N
J., Cape May, Philadelphia, Newport and oth
er places, she was tempted in every way possi
ble by white servant girls and free negroes,
but she invariably communicated to her mis
tress, within a half hour afterwards, every
word that was said to her. She asked the girl
who approached her in New York, how much
money she was paid per month? “Sixdollars
per month,” was her reply. “ What time do
you go to bed and what time do you get up,”
said Marion. “We retire at 11 or 12 and rise
at 8,” was the answer.
Addressing herself to one of the girls,
“ What number of rooms do you clean up.”
fourteen was the reply. “If you get sick who
attends you ?” The doctor, to be sure. ,l Who
pays the doctor ?” Wc do ourselves. “If you
happen to have no money who pays the doc
tor then?.” Now, says Marion to the girl, I
prefer to return to tbe South and live with my
master; when I am sick he pays the doctor
to attend me; lie gives me clothes and board
that conies to much more than six dollars per
month, and if you wish me to leave my- master
and mistress you must offer better induce
ments than I have yet seen; for, to tell the
truth, 1 never knew what real hard, laborious
work was until I saw it among the free per
sons of the North during my short trip here.
The consequence of all this, as you have al
ready conjectured, is that Marion is now with
us, delighted to place her feet again upon slave
territory, and happy that she is not a servant
girl of the North.
Arrival of the Great Republic.
This huge ship, the pride and boast of the
American merchant fleet, not only on account
of her great size and beauty of model, but al
so for her unsurpassed sailing qualities, hii
arrived back Lome, after an absence of nearly
two years, during which time she has been em
ployed, together with a large number of other
American ships of all sizes, iutbe French Gov
ernment transport service during the war in
the Crimea. Some idea of her capacity may
be gathered from the fact that on one of her
trips from Marseilles to lvamiescli she earned
497 cavalry horses, for whose accommodation
tlio entire length of the two between decks wits
partitioned into stalls, besides over 5,000 troop:
and tbe provisions and forage necessary for the
voyage. On lier last return trip from Sevas
topol she brought to Marseilles over 3,000 in
fantry, besides her own crew and a large corps
of cooks, servants, and waiters required lor
tbe commissary department, and this, too,
with her hold full of guns of great size, shells
baggage, and the necessary water and provi
sions.—,Y. Y. Express,
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Celestials in California.
A California paper states that six clipper
brought recently about two thousand China
men to San Francisco. The editor goes out”
say-: “It is very amusing to sec them streak
ing through the street, following the cat' l ’ 1
containing their baggage, tho drivers of which,
just ior sport, drive on a short (rot, and Ligh
ten tlio poor Johns with the idea that they
are about to lose their traps. Wc saw a flock,
a day or two since, of fifty or more in tot
chase of a job wagon ahead, that was moving
off at a lively pace, containing n let of goo‘-F
and chattels that smelled of camphor, vod
and opium smoke. The wind was bio via.
strong dead ahead, and the tails streainec
straight out 1 -hind, aud snapping in the
breeze, and the Celestials hollowing ‘ High*
yah ! liigli-yoo! ’ A flock of them came
across a donkey having with it a juvenile don*
kito about u week old. This was something
new. They hall yali’d anu walked round ij
several times ; finally one of them discovered
that it had a tail, and undertook to unfold it
he took hold of it and straightened it 0,It :
I hey all gathered around, deeply interest :
in the now specie of (John,’ when the new in
stitution resented the idea of a relationship
by letting drive both heels into the reeept' l ’- “
of the party, knocking down a half dozen
and putting the balance to flight.”