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COLUMBUS:
Friday Morning, Sept. 547, 185 f t -.
LARGEST CITY’ CIHCVIiATiOV,
The Weather at Uavannah.
The Republican of Thursday, says the
weather continued chilly throughout yester
day, and at one o’clock, this morning, the
mercury stood at of>°.
Fire at Atlanta.
The Atlanta Examiner of Friday morning,
says “the firo at the Georgia Rail Road De
pot, which took place on yesterday morning did
considerable damage. Besides destroying the
Engine House, it has rendered unfit for present
use some seven or eight locomotives that were
in it at the time, and it is more than probable
that several of them will never again he fit for
use. The loss to the compauy may be estima
ted at from twenty to twenty-five thousand dol
lars. And but for the extraordinary exertions
of the Fire Company of our city, who succeed
ed in saving the adjoiuing building, used as a
deposit for oil and other inflammable materials’
I here is no telling to what extent the fire
would have raged.
Weather in Charleston.
The Courier of the 24th inst., says: “The
weather ‘took a turn’ soon after three o’clock,
I*. M., yesterday. The thermometer at our
office, at that hour, marked 75°, and at ten, P.
M., had fallen to
Fever in Charleston.
The Board of Health report eight deaths in
Charleston from yellow fever for the IK hours
ending It) o’clock Tuesday night.
The Yellow Fever Excitement.
The New York Daily News of the 2!hl inst.,
says the alarm on the subject of litis dreaded
epidemic, which has been kept up by the
course of some of our journals, is now over.
The News admits that there was a necessity
for all the precautions that were taken to ex
clude the disease, bntit did not extend bejyond
the limits of the district in tins immediate vi
cinity of the Quarantine, and ti very few spo
radic cases of those who had been exposed to
the infection. It says New York never passed
through a summer season in which the mor
tality was less ; and the fever never gained u
lodgment although a perfect fleet of vessels
from sickly ports, were lying at the Quaran
tine.
Columbus and her Business.
We find the following truthful and compli
mentary notice of our city, in the Inst Auburn
Gazette:
Tnose of us who stay at home and do Iho
gin-house work of doaiesiio tile hate no idea
how our inland cities are growing up to bo
marts of trade, particularly the city of Colum
bus. She outstrips them all in her race for
fame, wealth find morals. The uniformity of
Iter markets as to price and quality, and facili
ties to export-points on the Gulf and Atlantic
have attracted the trade of all Fast Alabama
and no inconsiderable portion of Middle Ala
bama. Her machinery interests of great vari
ety have tended in connection with the above
tacts to build up for her a heavy trade.
Tho Friends of Fillmore and Fremont.
Quite ft contest is going on in New York be
tween the respective friends of Fillmore and
Fremont, ns to which is best entitled to the
votes of the anti-slavery extension party.
The New York Commercial Advertiser, an
admirer and supporter of Mr. Fillmore, holds
forth thus:
“As between Mr. Fillmore and Fremont, in
the matter of prerequisites for the. Prosiden
ry, no comparisons are admissible. Even on
this very slavery question, which the Courier
in present regards as the main and only issue,
it is unwise of the Republicans to provoke a
companion. The only vote or public aet of
Mr. Fillmore that can be perverted into an
apparent favoring of slavery was the signing
of the fugitive slave law, which was signed
because constitutionally passed by the Repre
sentatives of the people in Oongressed assem
bled. It was an integval part of a grand com
promise measure which the Courier & Enqui
rer has often endorsed heartily and unequivo
cally. Is our contemporary prepared to say
tlm: Mr. Fremont ever expressed his disap
proval of that compromise, fugitive slave law
included ? Or that he would not huve signed
it. under the same circumstances ? We imagine
it is not prepared to make any such stand
upon equal ground. The reader has only to
look at the votes of each gentleman when re
spectively in public life, to find that Mr. Fill
more is immeasurably a better anti-slavery
extension man than John C, Fremont. 4 ’
The New York Express, another supporter
of Fillmore, whose editor is the American
nominee for Governor of New York, says:
Why ask this question? What reason af
fords Mr. Fillmore's life for the asking?
Look at. his votes in Congress, when repre
senting the Erie District, New York. Con
trast them with Fremont’s when only seven
teen wockiug days in the United States Sen
ate. Mr. Fillmore is the only President, un
der whose administration free territory has
been annexed to the Union. Louisiana, Tex
as, and Florida were slave territory—but Cali
fornia, under Fillmore, came into the Union
•free.’ Why doubt?”
A Pleasant Fact.
It is ever an agreeable duty to a journalist
to ckronclc acts of liberality, for it is a double
good—it does justice to a good man for a good
deed, and stimulates others to follow his ex
ample. One of these kind acts, liberal in it
self, and pleasant in its manner lias been nar
rated to ns by the party who has the pleasure
of carrying into effect the wishes of his gener
ous client.
Mr. John 11. Prince, an oppnlent and liber
al planter in Marengo County, has been for
many years among the very first to get a por
tion of the crop to early market; and, for four
seasons past, his regular order to his factor
has been to present the proceeds of the first
bale ao a donation to the Protestant Orphan
Asylum.
We wish this announcement conld reach the
eye of every one of our equally capable plan
ters, and convey with it to insure an obedi
ence that divine suggestion—“ Go thou and do
likewise.” —Mobile llnjtstcr.
An Aged Tree.
One of the oldest trees in Europe was struck
by lightning in the month of .Inly lt. This
tree, an oak, lmd been planted nenr Chatillon
sur-Seine in 1070, by a Count of t bambagne.
Tho oak, which had therefore existed 78U
y uirs, measured seven and a half metres in cir-
ainference, and had produced acorns up to
libs* dt the Ocean Home.
ThefeMwlngdispatch brought by the Asia,
gives the particulars of the recent disaster to
the American ship Ocean Home, by which a
large number of human beings found a wate
ry grave:
Plymouth, Friday evening.
The pilot sloop Perseverance brought in
here this afternoon the master, mule, and Id
of the crew, with 10 passengers, being all
who are supposed to be saved from the ship
Ocean Home, which left Rotterdam on the Ist
instant with 106 souls. The Ocean Home be
longed to Brunswick, State of Maine, G4@
tons, Caps. A. H. Merryman, and was laden
with a general cargo of madder, gin, wine,
block tin, &c., and bound to New York ; crew
including officers, 17 ; passengers (men, wo
men and children,) BH. This morning she
was going down the Channel under all sails,
&c., wind S. E. by S. on the port quarters;
and at 20 minutes past 2 o’clock, when the
Lizard bore north, distant about 25 miles, was
run into on the north bow by the ship Cheru
bim, of 2,000 tons, from New York for Lon
don.
The foremast of the Ocean Home was car
ried over the off side, and she went, down in
about 20 minutes.
Seven of the seaman jumped instantly into
the rigging of the Cherubim. Most of the
passengers were asleep in their berths, but 10
contrived, with three of the crew, to get into
a quarter-boat, and in a sinking state to join
the Cherubim, which was then at some dis
tance. By the concussion the windlass was
driven on the forchatcli, which prevented the
seamen below front coming on deck.
Captain Merryman ran to the after hatch to
call the passengers, and was taken down with
the ship, after being entangled with the rig
ging ; he came to the surface, caught hold of
a piece of wood and then of a cabin-door,
which supported him four hours, when he,
with the mate, who was saved in a similar
manner, was rcscured by the Cherubim’s
boat.
The second mate and two hands left the
Ocean Home in one of the boats, but it is sup
posed that they perished.
The Cherubim, Captain Smith, of Rich
mond, United States, lias a general cargo and
n number of passengers, among whom are
the widow and five children of the late British
4’onsul at New York, who died very suddenly
14 days after sailing.
The cutwater of this ship is knocked a wav
nnd some of tlie trenails and butts started,
but. she has proceeded up the Channel.
Death from Yollow Fever in Warrenton,
Georgia.
We copy the following card from the Au
gusta Constitutionalist:
W’akkenton, (la., Sept. ‘23, 1856.
Mr. Editor: The quiet of our village was
yesterday disturbed by the announcement of
n death from Yellow Fever, and we doom it
our duty to the public to report the case with
all the facts accompanying it. On Wednesday
last, a man by the name of Frederick Smith
(a German), arrived from Savannah, and was
employed as a cook by a gentleman of this
place. Very soon he complained, and took
his bed, and supposing his case was one of
Dillious Fever, he was treated for it by Dr.
Johnson. On Monday afternoon he died,
black vomit having ensued on the morning be
fore his deatii. After death, upon a full con
sultation, it was agreed that it was a ease of
Yellow Fever—which opinion was concurred
in by the attending physician.
The young man before his death gave the
following account Os himself: Was a native of
Wurtembprg, twenty-three years of age, and
first left the steamship Keystone State, a Phil
adelphia and Savannah packet, and was a cook
on board the ship on the last trip. On arriv
ing at Philadelphia the ship was put under
quarantine for five days, the fever having
made its appearance on board. He returned
to Savannah, and the sickness on board was
reported to be Billions Fever —on his arrival
he left for this place.
To the citizens of the County and others in
clined to visit us, we are constrained to sa} r
that- we do not apprehend the spread of the
disease from this case. The town was never
more healthy, there being no case of lever of
any description within our knowledge.
E. V. CctvEß, M. D.
Strklio Gibson, M. 1).
Further by the Canada,
Livbupool, Sept. 13.—The Cotton market is
firm, and exhibits no new feature. The quo
tations are sternly and the demand fiair. Fair
Orleans 7)d. Middling Orleans Cjjd. Fair Mo
bile CJd. Fair Upland CJd. Speculators and
exporters took 13,000 bales. Imports since
the departure of last steamer 14,000 bales.
A fair business is doing in Flour. The mar
ket lias declined (id.
Indian Corn declined 1( 2s.
Consols declined L and closed at 011
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Political.
The political news is interesting, though of
tto great importance.
The coronation of the Czar will be a most
gorgeous afiair. It is estimated to cost one
million pounds.
England has stationed two cruisers off the
Isle of Serpents.
A World's Fair is to be held in Roland next
June.
The re-organization of the Spanish Judicia
ry is contemplated. The Ministry, it is also
believed, will soon be chunged.
The Cashier of the North of France Railway
has absconded with ,£f>o,ooo.
It is reported that Prussia concocted the re
cent revolution in Switzerland.
The Tobacco Crop.
The Louisville Courier of the 17th instant,
says:
“The weather since August set in Ims been
propitious lbr the growth of tobacco, which
has wonderfully improved, with strong hopes
of realizing half a crop. This is far better
than was anticipated at t lie first of last month,
and unless early frosts intervene the result
will prove as here Indicated. There can be
no hope of an average crop this season through
out Kentucky, as but a limited district was
planted, and the drouth destroyed a vast num
ber of plauts.
“ I’riees. though somewhat easier, rule re
markably high, and common lugs range from
s(’>.so to $7. Not a hogshead of tobacco that
reaches the market sells for loss thau SIOO.
In former times S3O to SSO were considered
good prices for tobacco. The receipts by tho
land route chiefly are increasing.”
Cold Weather and Slight Frost.
On Tin* day afternoon the temperature of
tlio atmosphere indicated the approach of win
ter, and at night counterpanes and blankets
were iu very general request. Early risers
on Wednesday morning noticed white frost, in
low places, and on bridges,-and tender vege
tables were killed.
The temperature of tho atmosphere was sev
eyal degrees lower at 2 o'clock, p. m. to-day,
than on Tuesday. It seems that we are rap
idly verging to a killing frost, —Augusta Cvn
stitutioH/ilift.
Correspondence of the Detroit Daily Advertiser.
Review and Speech of Gen. Lane.
Lawkkni i - :, Sept. 8. 185 G.
At 12 m. to-day our forces now in town were
drawn up for review. There is no more dan
ger of insubordination among them than there
was among Napoleon's Old Guard, but there
is a good chance for work before them: and
by way of variety the General made the an
nexed appeal. He was dressed in a slouched
Kossntli liat, white bosomed shirt, the collar
and bosom thrown open, a blue woolen oven
shirt, and coarse tweed trowsers, tucked in
side his boots. 1 describe his dress, not be
cause it is particularly unique or beautiful,
but it is all the go in Kansas now, always ex
cepting the white shirt, and often substituting -
the red for the blue. Ido not care to describe -
the General’s personal appearance too min- i
utely, but a change of dress metamorphoses
him completely ; nnd if the Ruffians catch him
they will catch a weasel asleep. But here is
his little talk :
“ Commissioned Officers of the First Divi
sion : We cannot whip Missouri without strict
obedience to all orders, and if there is an offi
cer who has not. mad’ - up his mind to die rath
er than yield an inch, and who has not deter
mined to obey every order, when 1 give the
word march, I wish that, officer to disobey that
order!
At the word every officer obeyed.
“ Soldiers of the First Division : We cannot
conquer these fiends who surround us without
obedience to all commands. If there is a man
in the ranks who is not prepared to die for
Free Kansas, who is not willing to obey all or
ders; if there is a man who will leave liis
company without a written order from his cap
tain, countersigned at head quarters, 1 desire,
I demand that man to disobey the order to
march. In a few hours (I think he nr ant
days, &c.,) we .'hall be surrounded by tl.-.w>
fiends, who are thirsting for our heart’s blood,
and strict discipline is necessary to conquer
t hem.
‘t Attention—Division. Forward—March !’’
It is needless to say that every man obeyed
j t lie command.
! “ Boys, we will drive these fiends to burn
ing hell before we get through with them.”
Hearty cheers were given and the Division
dismissed. You may look out for some stir
here within a week.
And every moment t lie question comes up,
“ What is the North doing?” We all hope for
the best; but some of our boys, who have no
j coat or blanket, and whose shoes are nearly
worn out, who have spent, or have been rob
bed of all their money, wish that the cakes
might be hurried up. The funds are running
■ low, but there are more coming. -
I Our men do not talk much about losing
| their property now: the great question is,
” ltovv shall we save the greatest number of
lives.” 0. €. H.
from the Smith Western Baptist.
Dignified Silence.
Our readers remember that some time past
we published a card from the 4th Congrega
tional Church, Hartford, Conn., offering “one
hundred dollars for the best essay on Slavery
suitable to be published by the American Tract
Society according to the first article of its
constitution;'’ and made some strictures upon
it. A worthy correspondent afterwards sent
ns the first article of the Constitution, the
letter of the President, Judge Williams, arid
some remarks ; all of which we published.—
At our correspondent s suggestion, we sent a
copy ol our paper containing these documents
to llev. W. A. Halloek, Corresponding Secre
tary of the American Tract Society, request
ing him or the Society in Some form, to dis
avow their connection with the Hartford move
ment, or own it.
H e have waited with patience for an an
swer, and what have we received? A copy of the
American Messenger, and the Thirty-first
Annual Report of the American Tract Society,
held in May last! These documents are as
dumb as deatii on the subject, of inquiry.—
Now we wish it distinctly understood that we
are not the kind ot material to be silenced
and pacified by dumb documents oil a subject
of categorical inquiry. Frank and open our
self, we require it. in others, especially when
nothing but frankness will meet the case. We
want u distinct disavowal of the Hartford
movement. We wish to know whether the
Society intended to become a tool for Aboli
tionists and “Freedom Nhriekers.” Gentle
men, we must have distinct definition.
You may treat our correspondent, a Lite
member of your Society, and this paper with
disrespect—ignore the appeal—but if you do,
you may feel it, lightly as you may esteem us.
We pen this not as n threat, but “to indicate
our course in the future. If men will not
treat us on iuir terms, we will go ms far as
possible to conquer respect. The columns of
the South Western baptist are open to you;
speak through it, and defend yourselves, l'ou
are charged in our paper ; and we give you
a chance to plead guilty or not guilty. What
say you?
Since writing the above, we have received
a letter front Rev. W. A. Halloek, (’or. See.,
of said Society. ‘Tis wholly unsatisfactory.
It bogs and pleads to pass over the matter
will not say anything to stir up the vexed
question—refers us to the Report mentioned
above, fie,
lii examining the portion- of the Report to
which he referred us, we became satisfied that
the Hartford men had grounds upon which
to base their action. At t!<e time, we thought
range that such men as Dr. Hawes, Dr.
I’urnbull and others of equal eminence should
append their names to an instrument of the
kind without they had some encouragement.
After-looking into the matter, weave satisfied
that the American Tract Society is fast going
over (o Abolitionism, and we warn our read
ers, and Baptists particularly, against contri
buting their funds to that establishment.—
Give your money to your own institutions,
and to your own South.
He have not written the above in has to, nor
in auger ; but from a conviction that the in
stitution is corrupting fast, If called upon
for the proof, it shall bo produced from their
own Report.
Wosleyaa Methodism.
By the rc}>;: presented tho recent Con
ference of the Wesleyan Methodists in Eng
land. it appears that the net increase of mem
bership during the year was from four to five
thousand on-probation. When the ministers
left their circuits for the Conference, revivals
were in progress in several parts of Great
Britain. In Bcotliuul—especially in Glasgow,
Berth, and Dundee—the religious interest was
so intense that for the last ten weeks, special
services have been held in those places, and
large additions have been made weekly to the
Wesleyan Church.
Tho contributions for various benevolent
purpose during the year were as follows :
Foreign M fusions $600,000
Home Missions 60.000
Chapel Debts and New Chapels 500.000
Theological Training of Students 11,000
Education of Ministers’ CliiMren 15,000
Day Schools for the Boor 22,000
Sabbath Schools 40.0(H)
Tract * ci*ty lS,ot)o
TELEG RA Pi ITC.
Expressly for the Daily Sun.
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From Charleston.
Charleston, Sept. 25.
The cotton market was much excited to-day
in consequence of the Frost advices received,
nnd sixteen hundred hales changed hands at
a deckled advance— Good Middling to Mid
dling Fair 12 to 12,\c. Sales of the week 2GOO
bales.
From New York.
New York, Sept. 20.
The cotton market active to-day and two
thousand bales changed hands at an advance
ofje. Middling Orleans 12jjc. Stock light.
Union of the New York Americans.
New York. Sept. 24.—The two wings of the
American party of New 1 ork have united, and
nominated Erastus Brooks for Governor.
The nomination of .Mr. Fillmore was enthu
siastically endorsed.
There is great enthusiasm among the Amer
icans on the Union of the two divisions of the
party. New York is now regarded ascertain
for Fillmore.
New York Market.
New York, Sept. 24. —Cotton is firm, with
sales to-day of 1,000 bales.
Another Praia Fight.
A steamboat called the C. T. Clark, left
Brooklyn at an early hour Thursday morning,
lotuled with vagabonds and ruffians of every
grade, hound for Fort Washington, about ten
miles ni> the North River for the purpose of
having another prize fight. The names of the
boxers are Lynch and Kelley. The contest
: Fisted two- hours and fifteen minutes, and at
the end of eighty-four rounds Lynch was de
clared the victor, Kelley having slipt and fell
so heavily as to be unable to como up to time.
The contest is described by a party who wit
nessed it as one of the severest that has ever
taken place in the American ring. Lynch was
shockingly bruised about the lace, and had his
eyes closed on the sixth round. lie also re
ceived several iuternal injuries, and last night
there were rumors of his death. The light
was for ijSJOO.
Kelley died at Bellevue Hospital, New York
City, on the 10th inst., from injuries received
in the brutal encounter.
One-Tenth of a Second from Death.
It will be remembered that, the Rev. Mr.
So 11 wood, of the Episcopal Church, missiona
ry to Oregon, was in the Panama massacre,
and reported among the dead. In a letter
just received from him he says that he received
four wounds, and is disfigured for life. His
narrow escape front death is thus described :
“ After 1 liad recovered, and previous to
leaving the hospital, one of my medical atten
dants said to me: • I look upon your escape
as a miracle; the ball passed so near the
heart, that it must have passed at the instant
of its contraction, for had it passed at its ex
pansion, you must have been killed. Just the
one-tentli of a second made all the difference
in your case between life and death. ”
Gin House and Cotton Burnt.
We regret to hear of the destruction by lire
of the Gin House of Thomas A. Wilson, of
Brazos county, on the night of the 2d Septem
ber. Sixty-five thousand pounds of seed cot
ton, equal to about forty bales, was also con
sumed. Sixteen bales of baled cotton were
saved. The loss will probably reach $2,500.
The fire is supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary. Mr. Wilson was absent in Eastern
Texas at the time.— Houston ( Texas ) Tot.
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A Rhymester in Limbo.
A practical genius wars hauled up before one
of the Police Magistrates for kissing a hand
some gii’l, and kicking up a dust—and the foi
lwing examination took place.
Mag.—ls your name John Ray?
Pi'is.—Yes, your honor, so the people say.
Mag.—Was it you that kissed the girl and
raised the alarm ?
Pris.—yes, your honor, but 1 thought it
‘was no harm,
Mag.-—You rascal, did you come here to
make rhymes ?
Pris.—No, your honor, but it will hap
pen sometimes.
Mag-—Be off you scamp, get out of my sight,
Pris.—Thank’ec, your honor, then I’ll bid
you good night,— Exchange.
Fearful Rumor.
The editor of tho Baton Rouge Sugar Plan
ter is responsible for the following. We copy
from his paper of the 30th ult: It is rumored,
and we are inclined to believe with some show
of truth, that a certain Plaquemine editor while
on a recent visit to Indian Village, was kidnap
ped and held in “durance vile” for some two
Lours, by the inhabitants of that romantic
spot. The reason assigned for this strange
freak was that it had been so long since they
had seen a Buchanan man in that vicinity, that
when they got hold of one they were deter
mined to have a good look at him!
Frost.
The Columbia (S. C.j Times of the 23d inst.
says : “Yesterday morninga slight lioarv frost
was discovered on the low grounds in and
about Columbia. Yesterday as well as the
day before was cold and fives were regarded
necessary for comfort.
Frost.
This (Wednesday) morning we see the hoary
bead of Jack Frost reclining upon the fence
rows and pieces of wood, in low damp places,
no doubt, last night, vegetation felt the effects
of its deadly fangs.— Cassville Standard.
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There arrived at New York ia.it week 3,315
emigrants; total for the year 1)5,305; to the
same period last year the number was 1)9,027.
There wore in Ward's Island and in the Ma
rine Hospital, last week, 1,407 persons. At
this time last year the number was 1,952.
The Richmond Dispatch, alluding to tho tact
ihat hitherto there was no monument to mark
the v<“* = -place of the illustrious Madison,
expresses its gratification upon seeing at an
establishment in Richmond, n beautiful plan
for an appropriate monument to be placed over
the grave of James Madison, which is being
executed at the expense of sonic liberal and
patriotic gentlemen of that city and State.
Curious Freak in Silkworms.
A singular circumstance is said to have oc
curred in the silk factory of .M. Garibaldi, at
Cremona. It is gositivoly stated that, in that
factory, a quantity of silk worms, instead of
forming tlie cocoon, as usual, actually wove a
kind of silk ribbon, of the breadth of an inch,
and the length of upwards of 12 feet. In the
course of the inquires made in this matter, it
has been elicited that a similar phenomenon,
only on a much huger scale, took place at
Alessandria in 18:1(1, in the silk factory of Mr.
Grille, where the silk worms wove a ribbon
t vvo inches broad and upwards of sixty feet
in length, part of which is now preserved in
the .Musewin of Natural History of Turin.
GENERAL ITEMS.
The Memphis and Charleston Rail roa
now open to Cliawalla Station, eighty t
miles from Memphis.
Captain John Lipscombe, an old and „
thy citizen of Edgefield, C. H., S. (\ ,!' N
there on the 22d instant.
The fall trade in hogs is fairly openi, ,
Cincinnati and other Western ports, qf’
are quoted at Cincinnati, on the 17th, at s;, ‘.'-
(ay>. 40 per hundred, gross.
The American party of Delaware have no .
inated Mr. Cullen for re-election to CotimG
and John Whitby, James P. Wild, and n
Gum, for Presidential electors.
Gypsum or Plaster of Paris, is among n,
treasures opening up to Virginia through!’
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. The x, ’’
folk Herald notices its receipt in that ,'’
through this channel. •
Samuel K. Wiley sent to Miss H. p p )]f
liamville a valentine, and she lias recover, i
SGOO damages from him, before the conn ,
Chenango county, New York.
The board for the Students attending 4,
University of Virginsa, lias been reducedVi”
one hundred and thirty dollars to one IniiiUv, ‘.
and twenty dollars per session.
It, is stated that Col. Fremont’s bills f l(
supplies while he was in California, amount,.,;
t o upwards of twenty dollars per day for emd’
man under his command !
It is stated that rich gold diggings, e qu a ;
if not superior to those of California, h,,,
been recently discovered in the Republic
Honduras, contiguous to the coast,An- a*p :lv ”
ty of practical American miners.
The Bulletin says that the action of the late
Baltimore Whig Convention “has given in - ,,
qualified satisfaction to the old lino Whig.,
New Orleans, and inspired them with renew,;
hope and confidence.”
The editor of a paper out West, who has
just failed, says it died with all the honors,
war, and retired from the field with colors
flying —the Sheriff’s flag fluttered from tw
windows and the door.
Some idea of the great Knoxville Fillmore
gathering may be formed from the followin
extract from the speech of Parson Brownlox.
delivered on the occasion: “If you have made
your peace with your Maker, now is as good
a time as any for the general judgement, for
everybody is here.”
Late advices from Santa Fe, New Mexico,
state that gold in large quantities is found in
a section of country about 450 miles from
Santa Fe. A prrty of GO men left that city
about the first of August to explore the net;
El Dorado.
A writer in the Progressive Age, aFrcmom
paper in Belfast, Me., says: “I affirm, (ana
I do so with honest convictions of the truth;
that the North will not submit, if they are
defeated.”
The Savannah Republican is requested by
the Treasurer of the Kansas Relief Association
of that city to acknowledge the receipt of
$227.25, the liberal contribution of tlie citi
zens of St. Marys for the relief of suffering
Georgians in Kansas.
The citizens of the parish of St, Bernard,
as we learn through tire Plaquemines Nation
al, have already sent s(>so to the assistance of
the pro-slavery men in Kansas, and thirty
young men of the Terre-aux-Bceufs are noiv
in New Orleans ready to go to Kansas t>
“ fight.”
A hew feature has been introduced into po
litical meetings at Wheeling, Va. At the con
clusion of a discussion which recently took
place near that city, “a number of beautiful
young ladies went upon the speaker's stand,
and sung two songs in favor of Buchanan. - ’
Wm. Carry Jones, son-in-law of Col. Ben
ton, and consequently brother-in-law of Fre
mont, publishes a letter in the Pennsylvanian,
of 19th inst., which shows that he considers
his country’s interests paramount to family
ties or personal friendship. Mr. Jones is an
ardent supporter of James Buchanan.
The Cuba sugar crop is represented to be in a
promising condition, and should no unexpect
ed mishap occur, the Havana papers are con
gratulating their readers on the brilliant pros
pects for the planters under the present high
range of prices. In some districts, however,
the Indian corn, yams and plantains have
been almost destroyed by the heavy gale of
the 27th ult.
The Railroad Convention in session lust
week, at Cincinnati, have resolved that die
fare from New York to common points in die
West, should in no case exceed 2.] cents per
mile through. The advance of about 0 pet
cent, was agreed on to continue from Novem
ber Ist to April Ist, and a slight advance itt
freights from the Ist of October until the
adoption of the winter rates. The convention
then adjourned to meet at Cleveland, on the
first Wednesday of October.
On the night of Saturday, the 18th instant,
a party of negroes, numbering from fifteen I”
twenty, made their escape from the townot
Leesburg, Ya., and neighborhood. The plot’
of escape must have been carefully arranged,
as the Washingtonian learns that a common
point of meeting was agreed upon. Large
rewards have been offered, and it is hoped
that the fugitives may be speedily apprehen
ded.
Frost at Selma on the 24th September!!’
This morning from almost every direction
iu this.vicinity we have the news of a frost.
Some say it was a protty smart one, especially
in the low- places. At the brick-yard, ice was
seen in almost infinitesimal quantities. He
can hardly think that much damage is doin’
l>y this frost, though it is doubtless very sur
prising to much vegetati on. Sweet Potato
and Pea vines “smelt it.”- —Selma Reporter.
Bleeding Kansas Again.
The Broaeway Tabernacle was last nigl' l
the sconce of one of those remarkable fandan
gos, which of late, Ward Beecher Cos. have
served up to astonish the natives. Kansas k
still the theme, said Ward ; and fifty gentle
men to shell out one hundred dollars each trdl
make five thousand dollars for bleeding Kan
srs. was the echo l'roiu E. -T. Records, Esq-.
which number he would be otic. Sensi'd'’
view of the main question, Records. H"*
meeting was full, but the vein of the pocket
closed rather too close for the meeting t”
bleed much lbr bleeding Kansas. Try again.
.Master Beecher.—A'. X. Dag Booh.
Surgery.
Hysterotomy, or the Caesarian Section- 1' 11 ’
success fully performed OB the lflth inst.. bj
Dr. N. N. Smith, assisted by Dr. J. M. Hate' 1 ’
ett. The subject was a negro woman, mr
property of Andrew Haling, of Harris coun
ty'. The offspring was removed alive. bve l,!
ed a short while and expired. The mou 1
reacted promptly and kindly from the
of in antes! hetic remedy used—was left .
fort able, and doing well when last heat 1
from. Lag range Reporter.