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COLUMBUS:
Thursday Morning, October lfi, 185 C.
LARGEST CITY CIKCCLATION.
Tho Weather.
Yesterday was cloddy and cold—wind from
i lie North. Firewood, cloaks and overcoats,
were in requisition.
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At the solicitation of many of our citizens,
Air. Sofgo and associates, have consented to
give another Concert this evening. See ad
vertisement in another column.
John Cavanaugh, who we made mention in
connection with the Fridge How row last
week, was arrested on .Monday, charged with
shooting Peter Long, and after a hearing be
fore .histiees Quin and Walker, was hound
over for his appearance before the Superior
Court in the sum of SI,OOO.
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Savannah Election.
The Republican of Tuesday morning says
notwithstanding the high excitement that rul
ed throughout the day yesterday, we are grat
ified to say there was no material disturbance
of the good order and quiet of tho city. The
number of votes polled amounted to 2072,
against 1068 last year, showing an increase
of 400, in spite of the absentees. Tho num
ber registered being 2554, the actual vote falls
short of that number 482, about the number
we predicted would lie missing.
Tho following js the result. The majority
of Screven over Anderson, is lilt).
AMKRICAN TICKET.'DEMt><’HAT TICK ET.
inn mayor. 1 rou wwon.
lid. C. Anderson...o7l jib*. .1. !’. Screven. 1101
I'Oll ALUKItMKN. j l'Oit VLIiKUMKN.
E. Padellord, 5r...942|Dr. R. !). Arnold.. 1157
John Mallory 055; Win. S- Basinger.. 1151
Edwin E. Hertz....OdDlAaron Champion..Ll24
Robert A. Allen...OliGjSolomoii Cohen.... 1121
Richard Bradley..'.Rillßobert Laclilison.. 112 ti
Tims. S. Wayne... 020; I>r. .1. F. Posey 1114
John N. Lewis 955!Robert 15. Walker. 1141
.Tames G. Rogers.,94BjJohn G. l alligant. 1122
(leorge W. Stiles.. 937| James B. F01ey.... 1110
William 11. Davis.973'Gcorge A. Uordou.ll42
11. F. Willink, .Jr.947;Alvin N. Miller 11)92
John F. Tucker....942!Tliomas Purse I I 11
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Lucky Langford.
The Atlanta Intelligencer says : We stepped
into Swan’s office in this city yesterday and
saw Mr. 15. Langford liaml in his quarter tick
et in tho Military Academy Lottery, which
called l'or the fourth of tho $50,000 prize, and
pocket the snug little sum of $12,500. Mr.
Langford has been a citizen of Atlanta for a
number of years, a poor, but honest and in
dustrious rann, and we are really glad that the
gift of fortune has, in this instance, been so
happily bestowed.
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An Unlucky day for Them.
In Ottowa, Illinois, last, week, the following
good one was got oil'. The Democrats had a
grand rally and a barbecue. An Irishman
went to sotno of the Democratic leaders, and
said:
“And sure didn’t you kuow bettker than to
have a barbecue on Friday, when two-thirds
of the Democratic party can’t ate mate ? ”
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Russian journals contain details of the ca
tastrophe at Sohonmka, in the Caucasus. On
the morning of the 11th July the weather was
very sultry, and a general feeling of suffoca
liou was felt. At length a heavy rumbling
noise was hoard, followed by a very violent
shook of earthquake. Although the shook
lasted only thirty seconds, 500 houses and
move than 100 shops were completolyji brown
down, and a great many others seriously
damaged. Only one person was killed ; five
were wounded. The loss is estimated at up
wards of 400,000 francs.
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Female Equestrianism.
At the recent fair of the Brooke county
(Va.) Industrial Society, there was a spirited
display of equestrianism by seven young la
dies, two of whom were from Ohio. The Vir
ginia ladies “in the ring,” wero Miss Agues
Miller, of tho vicinity of Bethany, who took
thu third premium, consisting of one dozen sil
ver spoons ; Miss Annie O’Brien, of Hancock;
and Misses Fanny Waugh and Wally Richard
son, of Brooke county. The last two only
role through courtesy, but their riding was
highly commended.
Whereabouts of the “Slart.”
Miss Eliza Logan is in Bostou, Collins is
at Louisville, Kentucky. C. W. Ouldock Lias
been playing to crowded houses at the A del
phi Theatre, Troy, New York. Mrs. Fanny
Kemble is at present residing in Lennox, Mas
sachusetts, Mr. mid Mrs. Uickings are play
ing to fashionable audiences at the People's
Theatre, St. Louis. Barney Williams and wife
ara in England. Mrs. Farreu is in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Julia Dean llayne is in Sun Francisco.
Mr. Ullman has just arrived in New York
from Europe.
Sumner Still Unwell.
Senator Sumner having been invited to ad
dress a, meeting on Saturday at Philadelphia,
declined on tho ground of continued physical
inability. In a letter addressed to the Com
mittee, and published in the Philadelphia Bul
letin of Saturday, he says : “With sincere sor
row’ 1 resign the opportunity with which you
have honored me. Were Ito take counsel only
of uiy desires I should l>c with you, but my
excellent physician—who insists upon my
careful avoidance of all such scenes, as essen
tial to my recover}’ —does not leave me free to
choose.
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Voluntary Return of a Slavo from a Free
State.
Some time last winter, it will l>t> remember
ed by most of our citv readers, a family of
free negroes, under the direction ot Felix, the
barber, left this place, with u view of settling
in one of the Northwestern States. About the
time tho party wero getting ready to start, a
slave woman belonging to Mr. David Young,
and a sister to Felix, expressed a strong de
sire to go with her brother and fat Iter und
mother, who wore alto of tho company. Her
master, prompted by his well known kindness
of lieart, did not hesitate a moment, hut cheer
fully told her to go, and be free, if she desired
it. She did go, and the party located in Chi
cago, Illinois. But on Friday night last, she
arrived here safe and sound, liaVing traveled
alone, all the way front Chicago, where she
left the balance of the family. The woman
is the wife of Guilford, the barber, to whom
we are indebted for u graphic description of
his profound astonishment upon waking up
one night last woek, and “ fineiu tie old wo
man in tie bed wid him.”
We have not seen her, but Guilford says she
has seen enough of frost, snow, ice. mid free
negroes.
We commend this case to the nttention of
Mrs, Stowe.— Atlanta Intel.
Interesting Letter fromEllwnodFlutter.
One of’the most’remarkable, unanswerable
and widely circulated document ever publish
ed in this country is a pamphlet entitled the
“North and the South,” a comparison of their
wealth and resources —from the pea of El
wood Fisher, of Cincinnati. It was issued
eight or ten years since and did more tlmn
any thing else ever published to awaken the
Mouth to a consciousness of her strength.—
Below will be found a letter from the same
faithful frieud of the constitution and the
rights of the States :
New York, Hept. 9, IXSO.
Elwood Fisher, Esq,,
Dear Mir : If I understood aright, you as
serted, a few evenings since, in the course of
a conversation or discussion between us, that
if Fremont was elected President of tho Uni
ted Stales, he could not and would not he in
augurated ; and that, because the South would
by violence prevent such an inauguration.—
May I ask the expression of your view's on
this point at more extent ? If you do uotob
ject, i will give them some publicity, inasmuch
as it is manifest that such an opinion deliber
ately entertained and well founded, may serve
as a warning to many who now propose to
vote for Fremont, and to others, who, but for
t lie anticipation of sucli a course on the part
of the South, might hereafter conclude to vote
for him.
Very respectfully yours,
GKO. J. CONNELL.
Perth A.miiov, Sept. 111. 1X5(5.
(Jen. ,/. Connell, Esq.,
I duly received your letter of the 9th hist.,
referring to a conversation that occurred a
few evenings previously between us, in which
I expressed a doubt whether Fremont, if elec
ted, would be inaugurated President of the
United States, and asking an expression at
more length of my views on Unit subject,
1 have delayed a reply until now, as well
from pressing engagements as from an un
willingness to speak for the South which I am
not authorized to do. But as you suggest, I
think rather ironically, that such an opinion
deliberately pronounced might have the effect
of deterring some from voting for Fremont
who arc now disposed to do so, J. now respond
to the taunt, not in the spirit in which J sup
pose it was made, but in the hope, which 1 ad
mit is not sanguine, that something may yet
he done to dispel the delusion that threatens
to overspread the Northern States.
The purpose for which it is proposed to
elect Fremont is to prevent the extension of
Slavery to exclude the South from any occu
pancy of the common territory of the Union,
and to appropriate that territory exclusively
in future to Northern institutions. Such an
avowal, so unjust'and so monstrous, could of
course excite nothing but astonishment and
indignation in the section then to be despoil
ed, particularly when the fate of the same pro
position on two previous occasions is re
membered. In 1820 the same attempt was
made by the North in resisting the reception
of Missouri as a Slave State, which, after pro
ducing an agitation that shook the Union to
its foundation, was settled by the retreat of
the North and the division between the two
sections of the territory then held by the Un
ion; and the pretension slept, nearly thirty
years. But in 1848 it was revived, and the
Northern States, by their Legislatures, reas
serted it in the Wilmot Proviso.
They were promptly responded to by all the
Southern Legislatures, who declared that such
measure would be resisted at all hazards. —
And iu 1850 the North again abandoned the
pretension, and agreed that the institutions of
the territories of the U. States should be de
termined by (lie people respectively who set
tled them. The ordinance of 1787, by inter
dicting Slavery iu the territory northwest of
the river Ohio, and leaviug the territory
southwest of that river without that interdict,
loft the territorial area of the two sections al
most exactly equal, and showed that no dis
crimination was made against either. But
now the North again sets up this twice ex
ploded claim, and for tho first, time attempts
to elect, a President solely for the purpose of
sustaining it.
If the North shall so act; if by the vote of a
majority in all her States the North shall take
tlie first and most important step for the pur
pose, the South will have full notice, and the
only question with her will be whether to
prevent the tiling from being done by imme
diate intervention, or to wait until all the
facilities of Federal power and patronage have
been employed to secure its accomplishment.
But not that only. The exclusion of Slavery
from new territory, is of course, founded on
hostility to Slavery. The election of a Presi
dent ou (bat principle alone is the election of
a ruler hostile to the institution of nearly half
tho States. As such he will select, for post
officers, Judges, District Attorneys, and oth
ers, those who are hostile to the institution of
the State iu which they live, or if such cannot
he found there, they can lie sent there for the
purpose. The Federal Government would
thus become an incendiary in all the Southern
States. Do you supple, or does any man of
sense suppose that any people would tolerate
such a Government.? As for the process of
dissolution it is very obvious and easy. A
convention of all the Southern States, or of a
considerable number of them, can declare the
Union dissolved, and it will thereupon lie dis
solved, and if this is done before the 4th of
March next, no President of tho United States
can be inaugurated then.
As for the competency of the Southern States
to form an independent Government, and
maintain it. that question is settled when we
consider that the South lias a population of
about seven millions and a lmlf of whites,
about three limesas many asdcclarod theirin
depeitdenoe of Great Britain in 1775—Hint the
imports of the South, measured by her exports,
would be at least one hundred aud fifty mil
lions per annum, which at a revenue duty of
twenty-live per cent ad valorem, would yield
a revenue of thirty-seven millions and a half,
To this it maybe added that the manufactur
ing and commerce now carried on for the
South by the North would require two or
three millions, and that many persons not
hostile to Slavery, would readily puss over
the border from tho ruined Commercial and
Mumifuituridg District soft he North—Districts
ruined by the loss of from one-third to oue
lwlf of tlieir customers. I beg. however, to
assure you that in presenting those views l
am actuated by no desire of disunion, but the
contrary. I hope there is still sense enough
left to avert that catastrophe. But 1 think it
my duty to show how near the danger is. aud
how easily that event can happen, for which
there can be no return to that condition in
which the North and South have thus farrbeen
so prosperous.
Very respectfully, yours,
ELWOOD FISHER.
Rev. Dr. Pyue, of St. John’s Church, in this
city, sold forty acres of land in the euvirons of
Chicago, about two years ago, to Senator Dou
glas for $4,000. The present value of the
land is estimated to be SIOO,OOO.
A French Romance of English Manners.
It was market-day. Smithfield was crowd
ed. Sheep in hundreds, oxen in thousands,
and pigs innumerable were being sold amid
the usual deafening noise—over which was
distinctly heard the favorite oath of “God
dam”—when a splendid carriage drove
into the centre of the market. Business was
immediately suspended, a dead silence ensued,
and all eyes were turned toward the door of
the carriage. A ducal coronet was painted on
its rich panels, and from the motto of “Fake
Avajr,” the crowd knew at once that the no
bleman in question was the Marquis de Jones,
who, the Morning Post had that morning an
nounced, would avail himself of the laws of
this country, by selling his wife to the highest
bidder.
This odious custom has existed for centu
ries iu England. It is supposed to have form
ed a part of the Magna Churta, and that it
was one of the privileges which the barons
extorted from King John. Elizabeth made
several ineffectual attempts to suppress it,
and Mary made a manly struggle to abolish it,
but nearly lost her throne in the mad attempt.
It is one of ilie institutions of the country to
which the aristocrats cling as tenaciously as
the citizens; and the populace regard it as a
national pastime, of which it would be as dan
gerous to deprive them as one of tlieir cock
fights or public executions. This inhuman
practice is still frequently resorted to by the
highest noblemen when their wives con
tract larger debts than it is agreeable for them
to pay. The sale removes the debt on to the
shoulders of him who buys the wife.
The crowd had increased; every lamp-post
was occupied ; the roofs of all the surround
ing houses were packed with human beings ;
and the bellowing of the beasts formed an ap
propriate chorus with the shouting of the
crowd in honor of t lie savage scene that was
about to be enacted before them.
Some signs of impatience having been man
ifested, in the shape of large stones thrown at
the window of the carriage, the door was at
lengtli opened by two servants in sumptuous
livery, and disclosed to the eyes of the popu
lace the figure of a most lovely woman, who
was dressed in white from head to foot, with
the exception of a black Valenciennes veil.
The Marquis had the brutality to remove this
veil, and a loud shout of “Bravo! ” rewarded
his gallantry. Her head being exposed, a
small sunflower was observed to be bidden
under tlie tresses of her golden hair. This
was the only ornament about her.
The Marquis handed his wife, with mock
politeness, on to the platform of a cart, which
had been provided by the authorities out of
compliment to his rank. He then stepped into
it himself, and placed a rough halter round
the Marchioness’s alabaster neck. A slight
shudder was the only answer she gave to this
act of degradation. The neighboring clock
of St. George’s struck two.
The Marquis cleared his throat, and waving
his stick, set with priceless diamonds, said,
in a ribald tone, which elicited loud peals of
laughter, “Now, gentlemen, what will you
give for the Marchioness de Jones ? Site
doesn't beat her husband : she doesn’t drink,
or swear, or play, and is free from all fash
ionablo vices. What do you say, gentlemen? ”
“ Twopence,” shouted a drover, with a
large bull-dog at his feet.
“Thank you, Sir,’ bowed the Marquis in
the most elegant style, and taking off his hat.
to him. “Twopence is bid : threepence, three
pence-half-penny, going for t hreepence-half
penny— fourpence ; thank you, Sir, bravo!
sixpence.” And the inhuman sale was kept
up with (lint humorous love of cruelty, which
is so inherent in the English character, till the
poor victim, more dead than alive, was declar
ed by her husband, to be the legitimate prop
erty of the gentleman “who had so liberally
bidden thirteen-pence half-penny.”
A policeman handsomely dressed, stepped
up the ladder by the side of the cart, and
claimed his purchase, lie wore the Order of
the Garter.
The Marchioness, during the sale, had not
spoken a word, or evinced the smallest sign of
consciousness ; but no sooner had she recog
nized the person before her, t lutn she gave a
violent shriek, and swooned.
The policeman was preparing to lift her up,
when the Lord Mayor tapped him on the shoul
der, and said: “ You are my prisoner, young
man. I charge you to surrender for £90,000,
for debts contracted by vour wife.”
“ What mean you, varlet ? Take off your
hand, sirrah, or, as I am a policeman, I’ll fell
you to the ground.”
“ I crave your pardon. Is not this lady
your wife 7” playfully asked his civic lord
ship.
“ Yes ! I’ve just bought her.”
“Well, then, the Marchioness owes £90,-
000, which you must pay or come with me.”
“ Stop one moment,” vehemently exclaimed
the handsome officer, “I have one hope left.
It’ 1 can dispose of my wife, I transfer the
debt with her.” And he put a shilling in the
Lord Mayor's hand.
The Marchioness was re-placed on her feet,
the cord was put round her neck again, and
the sale was begun afresh. The same ribald
ry, same the coarseness was displayed on the
part of the mob, but the handsome auctioneer
made use of all bis eloquence, for lie knew, in
the event of his failing to find a purchaser,
he should be compelled to pass not only his
honeymoon, but probably his whole life in the
prison of the venerable Mr. Hailey.
Half an hour had elapsed and one or two
eggs had already he thrown at the impassion
ed policeman, as playful hints that his per
formance was growing tiresome, when a young
man rushed forwards and • generously bid
“ .Sixpence.”
The bargain was instantly sealed; and as
tho two young men met face to face in the
cart, their fists convulsively closed, and their
withering looks too plainly expressed their
hatred for one another. A boxing match wns
evidently expected, for loud cries of “A ring!
a ring!” were raised on all sides. But the
policeman restrained his passion, and simply
said, in a sarcastic tone, •• 1 wish you every
joy, luilor, of your wedding.’
The noble Artur (for it was lie) said not a
word to this stinging sarcasm. lie devoted
all bis care to Hie prostrate Fanny. As soon us
her eyes met the fond glance of Ills, she fell
upon his neck and sobbed aloud. The noisy
mob was evidently moved, for they refrained
fora moment from their usual abuse. No at
tempt was made to impede tlieir leaving: the
Mayor was even too much affected to exercise
his duty, mid the loving couple left with their
arms round each others'll waists, followed by
the “hurras” and tears of sympathizing dro
vers.
Four weeks after ibis, a duel was fought in
St. Martin's Fields between Sir Artur Fitz
jumes and Lord Tommy Jenkins, (for it was
afterward proved that the policeman was no
other, lib lordship having purchased his com
mission only the day before,) in which tlie
latter was mortally wounded Mire Artur had
to fly in consequence, and lives now in n villa
on the lovely banks of the Bay of Botany.
The Marquis dc Jones still lives at hits baron
ial ball over the cascade of the Serpentine,
lie is ; wa c that his wife is married to her
former ). ,cr, but he consoles himself with the
national luxuries of rosViif, gin. and plum
pudding. He sometimes alludes, after a third
bottle of half-and-half, to Mistress Artur,
in a thick voice that evidently betrays his
emotions. There are rumors at the Mur
rey Theater that the Marquis de Jones intends,
next session, to propose some amendments in
the law for the sale of wives. For the honor
of England, let us hope there will be no fac
tious opposition to such a noble beginning in
the cause of suffering humanity.
Horrible Incident.
We have already published a brief paragraph
announcing that six children were consumed in
the flames of the residence of Mr. Dawson, in
West Union, Va., on the 25th ult. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Dawson narrowly escaped with their
lives, having been awakened barely in time to
avoid the fate of their little ones. Mr. Daw
sou seized one of the smaller children and made
his way to the door, when, becoming confused,
he rushed back into the house, was stifled by
the smoke, lost the child and was himself so
badly burned that his life is despaired of—so
that Mrs. D. is perhaps the only survivor of
this truly terrible calamity. An exchange pa
per relates tho annexed horrible feature of this
tragical occurrence:
“One incident in this cruel drama was almost
infernal in character. We are told, that, du
ring the progress of the flames the upper floor
gave way, and a bed, on which wore two or
three persons, fell through to the lower floor,
in plain view of the bystanders. Appalling
spectacle ! The wretched children were still
alive, but were engirt by the fiery element and
writhing in the agonies of death! We can
scarcely conceive a more awful or horrid sight
—one more trying to the minds and nerves of
spectators —that to behold fellow-creatures lit
erally roasting alive, without power to stay the
flames or to rescue the hapless victims from
their relentless grasp. That scene must be
burnt into the memories of all who witnessed
it.”
Tire Central American Question.
The Liverpool Albion publishes the outline
or project of a treaty between the Ministers of
England and the United States, and the Repub
lic of Honduras, with regard to the Central
American difficulty. A communication from
Don Leon Alvarado to the Governor of Hondu
ras, advises him of the conclusion of the nego
tiations with England, and states that, though
claiming the Bay Islands, Honduras was will
ing to leave them free to the enterprise of the
world, on condition that her sovereignty were
recognized, and the Mosquito territory returned
to her.
The basis of the settlement is thus stated :
“1. The restitution of the sovereign rights of
Honduras over the islands of Iluatan, Boanac
ca, &c., and declaring them ‘free territory,’
governed by its proper municipality. t
“2. Acknowledges the territorial limits of
Honduras marked in the map by the Hon. Geo.
Squier, say from the river Wasso Segovia to
the river Negro.
“ A tribunal of reference, composed of one
citizen of Honduras and one British, if neces
sary, and impartial third of any nation, will fix
the boundary, indemnify the Mosquito Indians
for the losses which they suffer, and adjust all
claims whatsoever.”
The Minister of Honduras thanks Mr. Marcy,
Mr. Dallas, and Lord Clarendon, for the gener
ous spirit which they evinced during the nego
tiations.
Horrible State of Affairs in Africa.
The Rev. Air. Beachman, a member of the
“London Wesleyan Mission,” has recently re
turned from a visit to Africa, and in a sketch
of the negroes inhabiting the Gold Coast and
its vicinity, which we find in the Honolulu
Religious Journal, lie furnishes a picture ex
ceeding in horrors anything we had yet be
lieved of beings wearing tiie human form.—
Who can read without a shudder of such
bloody deeds and Pandemonium customs as
those which he records :
“Scarce any one of tlieir bloody customs
have been abandoned since they first became
known to Europeans. They will even pave
their court-yards, palaces and even the streets
or market places of their villages or towns with
the skulls of those butchered in the wars, at
feasts, funerals, or as sacrifices to Bossum.—
When Adahausen died, two hundred and eigh
ty of his wives were butchered before the ar
rival of his successor, which put a stop to it,
only to increase the flow of blood and the
number of deaths in other ways. The remain
ing living wives were buried alive, amid dan
cing, singing, and bewailing, the noise of mus
kets, horns, drums, yells, groans and screech
es. The victims were marched along with
large knives passed through their cheeks.—
The executioners struggle for the bloody office,
while the victims look on and endure with
apathy.
“Upon the death of the king’s brother, four
thousand lives were thus sacrificed. Upon
t lie death of a king of Asliantee, a general
massacre takes place, and there can be no
computation of the number of victims. At
tlieir Yam customs, Air. Bowditch (another
Englishman) witnessed a horrible sight. Ev
ery cabocer, or noble, sacrificed a slave as he
entered the gate. Heads and skulls formed
the ornaments in tlieir possession. The blood
of the victims is collected and quaffed as a de
licious beverage. The Kingof Dahomey paves
the approaches to his palace and the battle
ments of his castles with the skulls of his vic
tims, and tlie great Fetcliie Tree at Bodugra
lias its wide spread branches laden with hu
man carcasses and limbs.”
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!Y('grot's Trampling upon llir American
Banner.
A short time ago, a largo gang of negroes
belonging to Baltimore, left that city ou a pic
nic excursion. On their return, two Irish
men said something to them at which they
took offence, when a number of the negroes
got out of tlie omnibuses and commenced an as
sault upon them. Several citizens who saw
this, went to the assistance of tlie Irishmen,
when the whole of them were attacked by the
blacks. A public house near was then attack
ed by tlie woolly heads, and the keeper se
verely beaten. Seeing a liberty pole erected
by the Democrats, in the vicinity, the negroes
gave three cheers for Fremont, pulled down
the American banner,* and trampled it in the
dust beneath their feet. If these things can
be dono while Fremont is only in nomination,
what atrocity may not be expected should he
be elected ?— Pennsylvanian.
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A Church for Ladies Alone.
There is a Presbyterian Church in North
ampton County, Virginia, composed entirely
of ladies. They are twenty-two in number.
There is not a single male member among
them: and, of course, us they can have no
eldership, they are not properly an organized
church ; but the ladies, hoping almost against
hope, have persevered in their sisterhood, and
they have actually increased in numbers,
more than tußuy Churches withe settled pastor
and the regular administrations of the sanc
tuary. The Church is called the “ Holmes
Church,” after the late Dv. Holmes, of Phila
delphia, who was a liberal contributor towards
its erection.
T!-:r.EGRAPHTr
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUR O p K
ARRIVAL OP THE PERSl A
COTTON FIRM AND UNCHANg Eb
Telegraphed to tho Daily Su n
New York, Oct. p
The British steamship Persia h asi a ;
with advices from Liverpool to the 4th
making the run in eleven days, beat’
Ericsson, which left on the Ist.
The sales for the week foot up G0,00t) i
without any change in prices since the J:
of the Niagara on the 27th ult.,’ !
ing quiet.
Money market in a stringent conditj
Consols quoted at 92jj.
Fron New Orleans.
New Orleans, Oct. ;•
The cotton market to-dny was very dui!
sales not exceeding one thousand bales *
out ohange in prices except on Middling
may be quoted an eighth to a quartet $
say 12c. Weather very cold.
From Charleston.
Charleston, Oct. b
The cotton market to-day was doprt-.
and irregular, with a decline of a quarter
three-eighths. Sales of the day 400 bah”
Charleston, Oct. p
Six hundred bales cotton were sold to-ilj
at a decline of fully one-half cent,
Pennsylvania Election.
New York, Oat.
From the returns received, it is belie*,:
fw Democrats have carried Pennsylvania b
tr v Hi r. u to fifteen thousand majority
From New York.
New York, Oct 13,
Cotton closes firmly, with sales reachin.
2000 bales. (
Flour maintains its rates firmly, and
Southern an advance of 5 a 10c. has b
realized.
Wheat has also improved, and we chain
quotations: Red, 1.48 a 1.58; White 133
1.70.
Corn has had but, little business.
Spirits Turpentine firm at 42c.
In other articles we have no change to no
tice.
Later Prom California.
New York, October 13. —The U. g. jy
steam ship George Law, Lieut. Herndon com
mander, has arrived, bringing over the Califor
nia mails to the 19th ult., with near $2,000,-
000 in California gold.
The news from California is of no special
significance or importance. There had been
no new movements in hand since the advices
by the mail of the sth ult., and preparations
for the approaching elections were engrossing
attention. The only commercial feature repot
ted, is an advance in Spirits of 45 cents per
gallon, and large speculative sales at $1,75.
The democrats were endeavoring to combine
all elements of opposition to the Vigilance Com
mittee.
Durkee and Rand, tried for piracy in taking
the State arms have been acquitted.
The Governor of Panama was inaugurated
on the 11th. This ensures peace in the Isth
mus.
Prom Hie Isthmus.
The dates from Nicaragua are to the 22d ult.
Walker was at Granada with 800 men. It is
rumored that he would shortly occupy Grey
town, and proceeding thence, would invade
Costa Rica. Rivas was at St. Leon with 2500
men waiting for fair weather to attack Walker.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Major Turnbull is about to leave Vicksburg
with 300 volunteers for Walker in Nicaragua.
Rurick, a noted Kentucky race horse, only
three years old, has been sold for $5,000.
The citizens of Knoxville, Tenn., have au
thorized a corporate subscription of $50,000t0
the Knoxville and Kentucky Rail Road, by a
large majority of votes.
The livery stables of Geo. A. Cleveland, in
Mobile, together with their contents of pro
vender, were consumed by fire on Friday mor
ning last.
It .is reported from Washington that the
Rev. M. D. Conway, a Unitarian clergyman
in the capital, has been dismissed by his con
gregation for introducing the question of
slavery into his pulpit administrations.
Lady Franklin, on hearing a rumor that Dr
Kane would leave for Europe, had a house fur
nished for his reception, and waited in anxious
expectation the arrival of each steamer in the
hope of meeting him.
The Woodman who “spared that tree’ ha
run short of wood, and is almost splitting with
vexation to think how green he was. He D0 ' T
“axes” a donation from the gentleman at
whose request his destructiveness was stayed
The Board of Directors of the East Tennes
see and Georgia Rail Road met at the office iu
Athens, Tenn., on Wednesday, the Bth instant
and re-organized by re-electing Mnj. C. Wallace
President, and Maj. R. C. Jackson, Secretary
and Treasurer and Superintendent Transpor
tation.
The Philadelphia News states that the recent
election in Delaware was a matter of so lit' ll
moment that no one paid any attention to it
but the Locofocos, and they considering -
worth something to show that their party
not quite dead, made great exertion to l\,
their people out, and consequently had it
their own way.
The King of Naples.
It is thought that the King of Naples i*J“-' (
fool enough to resist the combined fleets 11
England and France. His ignorance, stupw 1
ty and self-conceit are enormous. He u rP
ported to have asked the late Emperor !
Ins, when at Naples, witnessing a review
the army, whether his marching such troop
against Franco would not strike terror into
country. “It might.” the Emperor is sai l
have replied, “if the the custom house office
should permit them to pass the frontier.
—, —-
Homicide,
A man named Thos. Stafford was killed ofl
Sunday evening about 8 o’clock, at the coi'R
of Line and King streets by Wm. Nimitz; Dcu.
Dosher and Jno. Vandelkea being also imp l ’ ‘
ted in'the affair. A Jury of inquest was
over his body by Coroner Dcveaux, and a
diet was rendered that the said Stafford cu
to his death from a blow on the head ’ n, l ‘ ‘.
by some heavy, blunt weapon, in the ban 1 -
Wm. Nimitz. Stafford died nud Ninu-*
taken into custody immediately.— C'"” ‘
Courier.