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CO IACTM B XJ S:
Tbursday Morning, October . ISSO,
JuAIIUIIBT CITY cmCILAi'ION.
Fever in Oiiarlestorj.
The Board ot Health report 14 death? from
ywllow fever In Charloston for the three days
ending 10 o’clock Monday night. Four flnt
arday, four 3anday, aad six Monday.
Croctiit*. . •
Wo oall atteution to tho advoi (ifaun'iil* o;
the Grocery houses in thin city, to b found in
tho Sun, of Uunby fit so„ R M. & E. L. Gray,
Ridgway, Ciaokiajr & Cos., Marcus* Ragland,
and Jefferson & Hamilfi ..•< Thay have tine
stocks.
S’lllmore Mata Meeting tn Montgomery.
Tho gruat Stato Mas? Minting of the Aniei -
lean party of Aiabam.'i, comet off at Moutgomti
ry on Wednesday* the ]oth instant. A j/rcat
timei# promised awl every body in\ited. Ifio
speaking, however, to be eixnfinesd to the ora
tors of that party
Ma Meeting hi Weal I'oiut.
TVe are requested to state that mi extra train
cf cars will’pflve lieru on Saturday nioniinp
hi time to reach West Point at 8 o’clock, for
ttie accommodation “f persona dcoiroiia of nr
tending tho Mass Meeting ntnl Barbecue at
that place on that day. Mr. Yancey aiuloth
•m distinguished Democratic speakers will be
present.
Orators .in the American able, me chal
lenged to tho discussion, and are expected to
tie preeenl and take part.
Null f'HkUtll)’.
A Mrs. Blackroou, redding about six miles
from Columbus, on or near what, in termed the
Id:press road, came to town one day Inst week,
nod culled on the Overseer o( the poor for
funds to .purchase provisions for her mother,
airs. Ayala, who is blind, mid no invalid sis.
ler—both a charge’ on tin? count ,—and ob
tained money for that purpose. It appears
tSi.at among other supplies, she laid in a jug
ol whiskey. On the way home, “he refre- lied
the inner woman so freely that -dm h. cunm
uufonscious of what she was doing, mid when
about four miles from town, coming to whore
the top of a tree bad fallen into the road, in
stead of going round the usually traveled
route, eho drove her wagon into the lap of tlin
trop, where she tens brought to a .-laud still.
She hero called a halt, loosed her horse from
•i
the wagon and built np afire in the tree top.
in this position, it is supposed she dropped to ’
sleep. The whole tree top took tiro, sud burn!
the wagon, its contents, and herself so badly,
that aho died tho next day. A small boy with
uer, probably her son, escaped injury. What
a chapter for reflection.
Mr. Hilliard, one of the American electors
lor the Stato at large in Alabama, i? reported
by tho Florence Gmotte, to have slated in a
speech in Lauderdale county, that “if Fremont
is elected, he will not submit to if, nnd much
ae hs loves this Union, ho would lm for sjdii
tlng it into fragments.”— Exchange.
Wo have no doubt tho above i.istoment is
wholly untrue. V,o hoard Mr. Hilliard nt At
lanta, a few days ago, on the subjeot, and ho
expressed very different views from those attri
buted to him by tho Gazette —Sir Republican.
The above paragraph, credited to an ex
change, was oopied from thu Sum n ma
satisfied there is no mistake about, Mr. Hil
liard's using the language r.ttribnted to hint
at Florence. The Republican mu.it recollect
that Mr. Hilliard was then in thu liot Wi! ot
North Alabama Democracy, whom oven iho
Americans do not think the Missouri raitrie
tion shouldn’t have o.aa repealed
At Atlanta, where the editor ot ibe Repub
lican heard him, the position was reversed.
Ho was addressing a concourse, who, like the
Republican, are faet merging into a •'Union
at all hasard ” parry.
.Railroad Convention
The General Convention of the Eaetoru aud
Vv'catern Railroad lines, with tiielr connecting
reads from the Atlantic to tho pacific, opened
at Cleveland, Ohio, on the lit instant. All
the companies aro said to bo represented, ox
cept the Baltimore anu Jhio, vrhioh *ut in a
etrong and independent manifestu that pro
duced considerable eensation
tVe publish, i .other column, .in account
of a great Fremont gathering that took place
laai week, at Lancaster, the home of Buchan
an. Wo do eo that the South tun,, see ihe
true stte of affairs at Mr. Buchanan's own
door, and what utter folly it is for her to rely
upon the Democratic party, or its candid <u\
to may the onward march of Black llopubli
caniern at tho north. The only hope of the
country is in Millard Fillmore, a fact of which
every honest man will be thoroughly convinc
ed before tho day of the election. Are we.
then, to stand by the eoun>ry. or 10 abandon
It in order to uphold a rotten political party ?
This is the issue for the people to divide.■
Savannah Republican.
Uell reader, what do you suppose to have
been the character of that meeting ? Well,
we will tell you. l! was s meeting of the fu
eloil of the odds and ends of nil parties in
Pennsylvania, opposed to the Democracy,
lilack Republicans, Americans and Fillmore
men. It was n demonstration in favor of the
I'nion State Ticket.
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The body of a white £\uu, who was recog
nised as Thomas Phillips. whs found ill the \l
latma river near Montgomery, on the bill in
stum, by some fishermen. Tho Mail says lie
had formerly been employed at Jatmoy and
Lewis’ Foundry, in this city, and from a spell
of intemperance had been taken to tho Hospi
tal, and from there made his escape nnd was
found in eight or ten days after as above des
cribed.
Major Buford
ilie Enfaula Spirit of the South, says we
arc gratified to see this distinguished cham
pion of Southern rights once more among tty.
Hie health, exceedingly feeble during the
summer, has greatly improved, lie still lias
the utmost confidence that with continued ef
fort, Kansas must be ours, and it is his inten
tion to return to the territory early in No
vember, and partus his labor* in tha good
tause
A Howard for Isham.
A reward.of five hundred dollars been
off re” by the citizen of Macon county, Ala.,
for the apprehension of (sham, the murderer
of Rooney. The Montgomery Mail thinks it
probable the Govoruftr of Alabama will offer
an additimi.il reward.
The following description of Ishnm we copy
from a hand bill: *
.Said Isham, in stature, i* about - r feet tj or
8 indie- high, of dark complexion, dark hair,
black whiskers, grey eye.-, deep set: is bald
on the top of his head, with a tul't of hair on
the top of his forehead. He has nlso a scar
from a blow on the iijzbt check bone. His
age is from flu to 10 year*, and is in weight
about 150 pounds. JJo is illiterate and cannot
write: he is also left handed, lfo wore, at
the time he left, a check marscillcs coat, blue
aud black check pants, a velvet vest with white
spots, a leghorn hat, somewhat discolored with
wear and smoke, (but sometimes wore a blade
felt hut) a white with pink bosoin and
wristbands, and kip broguns. laham has
probably gone in the direction of Montgomery,
on his way to his father-in-law in Henry coun
ty, or to bis brothers’ on Woluup river in Tex
as, or to bis mother iu Chattanooga, Tennes
see.
Tho Arkansas Cotton Crop.
The Little Hock True Democrat, of the 23d
ull., referring to the prevailing impression
that there will be a short cotton crop this year.
savs :
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Snell wo know will be the ease in this le
gion of the country; The Arkansas river
lands have suffered more from insects and fall
rains than in any previous year. When this
fertile valley fails to make its usual yield the
prospect, for planters must, be gloomy indeed
elsewhere.
There are many good crops on the Arkan
sas river, but i hero are more bud than good.
And should an early frost fall, the crop will
be exceedingly short, since the crop planted
after the appearance of Hie insects in the
spring will not reach maturity, while the fall
rains will materially damage, by means of
second growth, and by rotting the early crop.
Eliza Logan in Boston.
The Boston correspondent of the New York
Spirit of the Times says:
Kliza Logan remains at Kimball's Museum
for one week more; she would, however, con
tinue to pack the house nightly, for two
months to come, would other engagements
permit her extending her stay in Boston for
that length of lime. The longer she remains,
the stronger seems to be the hold which she
lias on the audiences which nightly fill this
establishment to overflowing. Miss Logan is
one of the greatest favorites with Mr. Kim
ball's patrons Hint he has ever engaged, in
the tragic line.
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A Itemnrkable Caso.
A friend writes to the Southern Baptist the
following facts concerning a lady who is a
member of the Baptist Church in Lawtonville,
S. r. She will be seventy-three years old on
theitithof next Decumbcr, and Ims eighty
seven children, grandchildren, or great, grand
children now living, and there lias not yet
been found a swearer or a drunkard among
them. The most of them who arc grown are
members of the Baptist denomination. The
lady is still quite active, and goes about visit
ing among tho sick, often sitting up with
them without suffering any from the effects
of it.
Extraordinary Marriage.
The Charleston (S. (■.) Standard is respon
sible for the statement that, a wedding took
place last week, at the Court House iu one of
tho districts of the Stato: in which the bride
was one hundred and twenty, and the bride
groom twelve years old. There was present
at thu nuptial ceremony a son of the bride
oMar than the bridegroom's father.
Cfixrlntte amt South Carolina Railroad.
The Winnaboro’ Register learns that thebu
tsiuesi of this road i-< now quite heavy. The
freight is sufficient to keep two freight trains
going iu each direction almost every day.
The President is doing everything in his pow
er to secure a portion of through travel, lie
lias boon able to effect a through ticket ai
ruugeineut from Montgomery, Alabama, to
Weldon, at slightly cheaper rates ilien by the
Wilmington and Manchester read.
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J. J, Mickle, a prominent citizen “f Ran
dolph county, .Via., died suddenly on the
uight ot the Ist installi. He ate it hearty
supper that evening, and spent a jovial iime
among the youngsters until 9 o’clock, and re
tired to bed apparently perfectly well, iu a
slion time he was heard to make a very unu
sual noise, which attracted persons to his
room, where lie was found in a dying condi
tion. He lived but a few minutes after.
Indians in Texas.
The San Antonin (Texas) Ledger of the
2Dtli lilt,, says :
IVe are informed by a gentleman just ar
rived from Fort Clark, that on his way here,
lie saw a party of Indians, and tlu> trails of
others. Omyufornmnt's party was too small
to permit of his attacking the Indians.
Wc understand that Captains Oakes and
Gilbert. P. K. A., mid a detachment of troops,
encountered three parties of Indians near the
mouth of i lie Rio Pecos, wlirre they had gone
in search of them. One party was driven
over the river into Mexico, and two others
were surprised, nnd had four killed, ami as
many wounded. Their arms, horses, anil
cuttle, were captured, and their provisions
and property destroyed. The difficulties
winch the troops overcame in reaching and
destroying this Indian stronghold, were al
most insuperable, and too much credit cannot
tie accorded them for their gallantry.
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About Champagne
W hut a thirsty world it is! To say nothing
of Co’ rearm llqOore annually consumed and
the r. 1 rivulets of the lighter wines perpetual
ly flowing from Southern Europe, we have the
enormous aggregate of fifteen million bottles
of champagne annually imported from France
alone. These arc big figures when we recol
lect bow costly this wine is. mid how small
relatively speaking— is the class of persons
who habitually use it. The largest consumers
aro the Germans (including the Prussians and
the Austrians) who drink up nearly five mil
lions es bottles per annum. Next in rank are
the Yankees, the number assigned to us
amounting to nearly three millions of bottles.
Despotic Russia consumes two millions; France
and Belgium about the same quantity ; John
Bull— mrabile dicta, rarely exceeds half a mil
lion. leaving about two million* for Spain,
It#!y #nd the “roit of mankind ”
Political Fanaticism.
(In Saturday of last week, the Black Repub
licans bud agrandpow-wow in Shelby, Orleans
eo., X. Y,, during which they raised ft pole
someone hundred nnd thirty feet high. The
Rochester Advertiser says :
“ During the night some parsons, supposed
to be Fillmore men, procured a large cross and
elevated it to the top of the poiv, where it was
fastened iu such a manner that it could not be
lowered by means of the rope and pulley with
which it was raised.
Early in the morning (Sunday morning, be
it remembered,) the cross was discovered, aud
an effort was made to lower it, which proved
unsuccessful, and during which the rope broke
near tlie top of the pole. By this time a large
crowd had assembled, and prominent among
those who were advising as to the best method
of letting tlie cross down, were several Elders,
Deacons, and Preachers, who deemed it of
more importance to resent what they deemed
an indignity offered to their candidate for J're
sident, than to attend to tlie duties of their
holy calling.
Vftor many unsuccessful efforts to climb the
pole, these Eiders, Deacons and Preachers, ad
vised the procurement of rifles fur the purpose
of shooting away the cross, ami the advice was
followed.’ What u proceeding in a Christian
community on tho Sabbath day! A noisy rub
ble firing at a cross during the hour for church
service, while standing by aiding and abetting,
were men occupying the first positions in the
church ! The cross was finally brought to the
ground and the crowd dispersed. But the fi
nale is not yet.
Yesterday morning complaint w as made be
fore a Justice of the Peace, and a number of
those engaged in tho Fremont demonstration
of the day previous were arraigned and fined
for n desecration of the Sabbath, and among
ihem was one of the preachers who figured
most conspicuous m the attack upon tho cross!
That Dam Roaring.
A young buck went to see the daughter of a
Presbyterian elder lately, whose hor.se was
near a mill dam. it being the spring of the
year, the waters made considerable of a roar
as they tumbled into the dam. The modest
young gentleman tapped lightly at the door at
first anu received tie answer. Hctappod again
-still no answer. Again and again he re
peated his knock, but still he was unheard.—
Mustering up courage, lie proceeded to inflict
some severe thumps on the door, which brought
tlie staid old gentleman out.
1 suppose, said the youngster, who had by
this time become slightly savage, from being
compelled to wait so long, 1 suppose you could
not hear ino knocking for the dam roaring.
The dam roaring! What do you mean sir ?
How dare you speak in that way ‘! said the di
vine, somewhat angered at hearing the young
man swear in his presence.
I mean to say, sir, that 1 suppose you could
not hear me knocking on account of the dam
roaring.
Dam roaring! lou young scoundrel! Have
you the impudence to insult me with a repeti
tion of these words ? Begone sir!
My dear sir! quoth the now bewildered
youth, 1 intended to say that I presume 1 could
not be heard on account o’ ihe dam roaring,
laying peculiar emphasis on the last two
words.
Insult ou insult, shouted the infuriated man,
and he rushed at the poor fellow with the evi
dent intention of ejecting him but was restrain
ed by the voice of his daughter, exclaiming :
Papa, I suppose the young man intended to
say that he couldn’t be heard on account of the
roaring of the dam.
Oh—l beg your pardon, sir—lbegyour par
don—walk in. really—ah well! I declare!—
The dam roaring! Capital ! come in, come in!
that is really too rich.
It is needless to add that the youngster went
iu, and in the excellent society of the young
lady soon forgot the dam roaring.
Found Bead.
An inquest was held upon tire body of an
unknown man, supposed to bo named McCaw,
from a receipt found upon him from Adams’
Express Company , lor S.>>, and a letter to
that address from P. 0. Connell, of Charles
ton, S. C. On the-oth September he dined
at Mr. John Dougherty's hotel of this city,
nnd stated that lie bait a trunk and box of
goods in Atlanta, and wanted him to send for
them, lie left a basket of tine polished sen
shells at the hotel, mid started afoot towards
Lagrange. He went from Mr. Jolfh Fry’s
where he took dinner on the 2(ith ult., to
John 11 incision n’s, not far from the Atlanta
and Lagrange Railroad, and passed through
his held into the woods, where he was discov
ered, naked and dead, on .Saturday night bust
by some hunters: bis clothing was l'ouml near
him. From the condition of the body, it is
supposed lie had been dead some eight days.
His wearing apparel is now in the possession
of l)r. Long, of this place, who attended the
inquest. The unfortunate man, it is the opin
ion of the physician, died in a fit. of delirium
t rumens, —Yew win Illadc.
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Large Sale of Durham Cattle.
i recent sale nt tine Durham cattle at Jack
sonville. 111., realized the handsome aggregate
of f$11,t>;ll). To those unacquainted with the
high estimate placed by intelligent agricultu
rists and grazier-; upon improved stock of this
kind, the prices obtained for these animals
may appear exorbitant. There were thirty five
cows and heifers sold, ami eleven bulls and
bull calves, showing an average of over S2oO
per head. A single bull calf, “ Fair Day,”
brought. S4OO, and “Young Whittiagham,”
over a year old, 547-Y A row. •“ Bracelet”
and her ealf. brought StitKl, “Mary Daeve,”
$71.% “Tulip,” SOTO, and many S2OO, S3OO,
and $40(1 each. With other stock sold by ihe
same parties the sale foots up SIP. 100,
The Triennial Convention.
We learn from the New York Evening I‘ost,
that on Friday last, the third day of the ses
sion of tlte tiencrnl Convention of the l’. K.
Ohnrcli, at Philadelphia, th- House of Depu
ties proceeded to consider the amendment to
tho Oth article of the constitution, which was
agreed to at tho last General Convention. It
proposes to give the Gooeral Convention pow
er to prescribe tho mode of trial of Presbyters
and Deacons.
An animated discussion followed, in which
Judge Hoffman and Rev. Dr. Vinton, of New
York, participated, in favor of the amendment,
and Judge Stroud, of Pennsylvania, Philip
Williams, of Virginia, and others, in opposi
tion. Without coining to noy conclusion, the
Convention adjourned until fWnrrfoy morning.
--Chim. Ciuirrrr.
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Cotton.
The greet staple has grown a little more
amiable. Wc quote extremes 11 j- to 12£ prin
cipal sales 11 j. The shade of decline is no
doubt attributable to the continued low wa
ter. If the people of Montgomery don't be
gin to see that the Gulf Toad is indispensable,
there is no usein talking.
P. S. The advices received this morning by
tho Anglo Saxon has made cotton jump a full
quarter of a cent. Just add that to quotations
above and say market highly exeitedl-.VW-
Voif, Or*. 7.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Expressly for the Daily Sun.
From New Orleans.
Nkw Orleans, Oct. 8.
The sale -of cotton to-day foot up fully five
thousand bales at yesterday’s prices. Market
stiff. Flour $6 fk>; Corn tiff to 70c.; Pork
§2l On.
From Charleston.
Ciiarlkston, October 8.
The sales of cotton to-day reached fully
eJfrven hundred hales at full prices. Middling
Fair 12^c.
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Prayer for your Count ry
-M ultiutdos in our country now feel deep
alarm iu reference to prospects before us,
seeing no way in which portending evils
can be averted.
All Christians agree that our pride and
haste to he rich, our love of’ power and
aggrandizement, the violence and strife
existing in the midst of us, our abuse of
exalted privileges, and all our sins, just
ly provoke the wrath of an offended Grod;
and-that our hope is notin man, hut in
Him. The true Christian knows, too,
that lie Is himself short-sighted and er
ring; liable tone mistaken as to t Rost
and duty, and to misjudge as to what
will he the best means of gaining desired
results. The very events he now u.<>st
seeks may lead ultimately to what he
must dreads, and wlmt hi’ now dreads may
be overruled to bring about what he wish
es. God sees the end from the beginning;
man is blind, and cannot see afar off.
What can the Christian do but walk
softly and humbly before God ; take his
word for the standard of duty, and com
mit all results to him iu prayer, which
moves the arm that moves the world.
How sweet the thought that all God’s
redeemed people, men and women, of
every age and condition, in the north and
the south, in the east and the west, may
join in one united unceasing prayer to
God, that lie will deal with this nation in
mercy; that he will save us from the pun
ishments we deserve; that he will preserve
this land for himself, and use her for the
conversion of the world; that if he sees
fit to rebuke and punish us, it shall be in
love; that he will so control and overrule
the raging passions and excitements of
men as to advance his glory and the
Redeemer’s kingdom, and make tho wrath
of man to praise him.
Here is hope. When did his people
ever trust in him and not receive his pro
tection and blessing? Look through all
the records of the Old Testament—is
there one case in which even a remnant
of his people humbly committed their cause
to him, repenting of their sins and rest
ing on his mercy, in which he did not be
stow upon them his smiles? Lotus feel
and act like Asa, when a million Ethio
pians came against him; “Asa cried
unto the Lord and said. Lord, it is noth
ing with thee to help, whether with
many, or with them that have no power.
Help us, () Lord our God, for wo rest on
thee.” —American Mensent/er.
Voluntary Return of- a Stave from n
Free State.
Sometime last winter, it will be remembered
by 7 most of our city readers, a family of free
negroes, under the direction of Felix, the bar
ber, left this place with a view of settling in
one of Ihe, Free States. About the time the
party were getting ready to start, a slave wo
man belonging to Mr. D. Young, and a sister
to Felix, expressed a strong desire to go With
her brother and father and mother, who were
also of the company. Her master, prompted
I by his well known kindness of heart, did not
hesitate a moment, but cheerfully told her to
go, and be free, if she desired it. She did go,
and the party located at Chicago, Illinois.
Bm on Friday night last she arrived here safe
and sound, having travelled alone all tile wny
from Chicago, where she left the balance of
the family. The woman is the wife of Guil
tord, the Barber, to whom we are indebted
for a graphic description of his profound ns
toni.-hment upon waking up one nignt last
week and “fiueinde old woman in de Vied wid
him.”
Wo June not seen her, hut Guilford says
I she has enough of frost, snow, ice and free
negroes.— Atlanta IntelKginetr.
Rights of Reporters.
i Among the cases docketed for trial at the
| Court sitting for this week for Richland Dis
j trier, at Columbia, Glover, J., is that of 1L W.
Gibbes, editor of South Carolinian vs. lion.
L. J. Arthur, Mayor of Columbia, involving
the right of an editor as reporter, to attend
the sittings of the municipal Council. It will
be recollected that by order of the Mayor, the
editor ol’ the South Carolinian was excluded
from the Council Chamber. Able and learned
counsel are engaged ; John Uauskett and .las.
L. Petigru, Hsqs., for the Plaintiff, and Col.
Alaxcy Gregg. Capt .las. D. Tratlewell and H.
Walker Adams for the defence.— CharU*tan
Courier.
In a Pitiable Fix
Kune persons doubt whether the $1041,000
->f private subscriptions necessary to secure
the Gulf Road to a point u few miles below
Greenville, can be obtained. When we recol
lect that the road-bed is nearly completed and
paid lor, and that the small sum mentioned
would set locomotives running over of) miles
of track within a few months, wo ought to
confess that the failure to vuise it is a stigma
on our city. With the road wo can ensure
liio and prosperity to our business ; without
it we shall degenerate into one of that large
class of municipalities known ns one-horse
towns I— Mnnffiomen/ Mail.
An uufortunatc occurreuce happened ueiu’
this place, on Saturday night. It scents that
i Me. Lorenzo Griffin, who lives some three
miles distant from this city, has been loosing
his hogs for some time past, and concluding to
watch on that uight. in company with his over
seer, they came upon the rogues, which prov
ed to be a couple of negro men, unci they fired
at them, killing one of the negroes and wound
ing the other so badly that he was unable to
oscapo. The negroes had each a hog on his
horse, and in shooting the horses'were wound
ed. Thu negro killed belonged to Dr. Henry
Shearer, of this place, and the one wounded,
to Mr. .1. J. Strawbridge —Selma (Ala.) Sen
tinel.
The report that a schoolmaster chastised a
Uny with a Hail Hoad switch is doubted.
GENERAL ITEMS.
They raise six hundred bushels of
tatoes to tlie acre on Uie Uaudaloun c'T'-
Texas. 1 m *’
The Greenville Patriot lias been in
that a light snow fell in the upper
Greenville District on Tuesday last.
The Austin .State Gazette says that v
Walker P. Lane is getting up an expadi”
to go to the Gadsden purchase.
The average of weekly consumption ;
Liverpool cotton reports for 1855, wa. (),!”
‘■ bales. For the current year it has b! ’
far 41,070 bales. n ’
A gentleman in Gordon co., Ga.,
covered that the stalks of sugar millet or cl”
j en coin will produce the best molasses -f*
pressed. -
The Rockford (111.) Register estimates
present season’s wheat crop in Winnebago?
at one million bushels : aud yet “not
of the land is tn cultivation.”
The Hon. John D. Toomer breathed his
at, his residence near Pittsboro’, Chatb:,n
N. 0., on Saturday the 27th ult., in tj ls '-■(
year of his age.
A man by the name of Mcffaniel -was ki
near Conyers, on the Georgia Rail R ow l; ‘
Thursday night last. He had attended a
Fillmore and Donelson mass meeting nt {.
huita, and in jumping from the cars was
cd.
The statement of the United States Tn. ; „,.
cr, for September, shows that the net miiuj
subject to draft in the United States Treas
on the 2till September, was $23,495,009,V
Better of a Revolutionary Soldi n
We are permitted by a friend to public
the annexed extract from a letter writt,
by his Grandfather, Maj. Richard Ha
risoti, to his wife on the eve of the C
tie at Guilford Court House TV
tone of his letter shows the t >
he felt for the safety of hi
and deep devotion he cherishes:
country. Maj. Harrison was oi
earliest settlers of Spartanburg; ]?
mains lie, we are told, within two milt
of this place:
*•1 feel for you. It is scarcely possible
to paint the agitations of my mind (if i:
were worth the while) struggling with
two of the greatest events in nature
the same time, the fate of my Nancy ami
Country. () my God, I trust them wifi;
you —do with them for tlie best.
“The day seems nearly at hand tk
will render North Carolina perfectly haj
py or completely miserable. Our Geneni
is a great aud a good man, his army nun
crous and appearentl v confident of victor;
The British soldiers it seems have muti
nied and demanded to be marched back.
Great things have been done in .South
Carolina by Marion and Sumter; we daily
expect to hear <s’ the surrender of Arnold.
Gen. Greene has published in camp that
Count ReEstaing has take 6 British ship?
of the line, 8 frigates, and 45 transport?,
with troops)for America. If we succeed
against Cornwallis we expect to he dm
charged iustautly, for by that time tin
Continental troops will eat up all the pro
visions that this country and South Car
olina affords. .As for myself and Hum,
not much need he feared. Harry is*;,
good soldier and will he a credit to hi?
family I. don’t doubt. It may he we shall
fight this battle in 2 or 8 days, yet
perhaps not at all, as there is a way for
Cornwallis to get away, hut I am sure of
this, G reene will not give way ground
again. Give my love to sister Retsy and
Mrs. Hampton. ’ *
:jc % ;]c sj:
The following is a copy of a letter writ
ten on the same sheet across the above by
the Rev. Henry Pattillo, the father-in-law
of Maj. Harrison, whose ministerial labor?
are closely interwoven with the early his
tory of the Presbyterian Church in North
and South Carolina. It is suposed 3lai
Harrison’s letter was sent to Rev. Henry
Pattillo, who wrote the following upon it
and sent it hack, supposing that hi
daughter, Mrs. H., had not heard the re
sult of the battle, directing it to a biotin
ot Maj. Harrison’s staying with his fan:
ilv during his absence:
Dear Sir: —T. Williamson has arrive;
from Camp. Soon after he left the arm;
on Thursday, the firing commenced —tfo
pickets first, then the artillery forty min
utes, then the musketry for three hour-
A complete victory over the enemy is tl:
report. All the surgeons for the lb”
pitnls are ordered to the field ofbatrit
Eternal God, confirm the glorious tiding
If you don’t forbid, 1 will keep tin
Plough until Monday evening—God b
with you all. Henry Patilia
The Chest.
Those persons iu easy circumstances 1
those who pursue sedentary employing
within Hours, use their lungs but littk
breathe but little air iu the chest, an*
thus, independently of positions, contrai
tt wretchedly small chest, and lay the fouu
dution for tlie loss of health and beaut;
All this can be obviated by a little utteu
tion to the manner of breathing- he
ollect tho lungs are like a bladder i’ du
structure, and can stretch open t<
their size with perfect safety, giv’ •*’
hie chest, and perfect inimun
consumption. The agent, and ot
required, is the common air we ‘
supposing, however, that no obstael’
ists external to the chest, such as la(' 1!: -
it tight with lays, or having the sha
ders lie upon it. <hi rising from the 1
in the morning, place yourself in an eH 'V
posture, with your head thrown back,
your shoulders entirely off from theclu;
then inhale all the air that can be got > ■
then hold your breath and throw ‘
arms off behind; hold your breath ns i ■
possible. Repeat these long breath’
many times as you please, hxercis*
the ediest in this maimer, it will bee”
flexible and will enlarge the eapocit) -
size of tb(> lungs.