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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
A Curiosity.
Mr. J. G. McKee lias placed in our
office a nondescript in the shape of a wa
termelon, so intimately connected with a
grape vine as to be apparently inexplica
ble.
Whether a freak of nature or inten
tional, it is a decided curiosity in its way.
Douglas in our City.
We learn that Mr. *Marcellus Douglas,
the Opposition candidate in this (the 2d)
District, will address the citizens of this
place, at Temperance llall, on next Fri
day evening. We presume Mr. Crawford
will be present also.
.lust tl>e Iloolc. for tire Season.
.1. W. Pease, bookseller, has placed us
under obligation fora copy of “Knitting-
Work, wrought by Ruth Partington”—
a work by 15. P. ShiFaber, the Partington
of the lloston Post. If you would deliver
yourself from those malignant spirits—
the blue devils ; “ this intellectual Punch”
is a sovereign and most agreeable remedy.
.
Ain UHCintiiU in Prospective.
Mr. Lloyd, the obliging agent of Tem
perance Hall, informs us that he is in
receipt of letters from those star theat
rical managers and performers: W. 11.
Crisp and W. 11. Fleming, in which they
anuounce their intention of appearing,
each with a full corp of actors and ac
tresses, in Columbus, early in the season.
All fond of the amusements of the drama,
will receive the intelligence with interest.
Two Fine Plantalons for Sale.
As will be seen by reference to our ad
vertising columns, Messrs. J. S. Williams
und M. D. Oliver, Sr., offer for sale fine
plantations. From our long personal ac
quaintance with these gentlemen we
cheerfully recommend their respective
advertisements to the attention of all
persons desiring profitable investments.
Land hunters should not fail to improve
the opportunities afforded for making
good bargains.
Attend to that Street.
Wc allude to the part of Crawford street
on the north side of fche Court House
square. We notice the hands removing a
large quantity of dirt from Oglethorpe
street, on the west side of the Court
House. Why not, George, put it in the
centre of Crawford street, and show our
citizens what a nice street you can make
with side drainage. Try the experiment
at this place, and see if every one will
not be pleased with your ideas.
Fine Egg Plant.
Mr. W. 11. 11. Phelps lias laid upon our
table a large specimen of Egg Plant,
( Solatium Esculentum.) We append his
remarks in the note accompanying the
plant:
“ 1 scud you this Egg Plant as a speci
men of what can be done in raisiug this
excellent vegetable. It has withstood
worms and drought, when every thing
else was entirely destroyed. It weighs
2i pounds, and meusures 181 inches in
circumference each way.”
It Meeds Attention.
The crossing near the Opelika Depot,
is in a very bad condition at present, and
should be promptly remedied by the prop
er authorities. The rise from <he road
to the track is very steep and the embank
ment, which is of red clay, very soft, ma
king it almost impossible for the lightest
vehicles to pass over. The crossing
should be graded, with a gradual slope,
arid then planked wide enough to permit
teams to pass either way. W’o trust the
Marshall, if in his jurisdiction, will see
to the evil at once, and have it remedied,
and if it is the duty of the rail road
company to have the crossing put in order,
see that they do it, befoi’e cotton wagons
begin to come in.
Tlie Westminster Review.
The issue of this most excellent Pe
riodical for July, is on our table. As all
Leonard, Scott & Co’s, republications
commence volumes with issues for July
—now is a convenient time to commence
a Subscription for Periodicals that will
doubly repay time expended in reading
them. The Westminister lleview con
tains eight attractive articles, as follows:
What Knowledge is of most Worth;
Jowett and the Broad Church; The In
fluence of Local causes on National Char
acter: The Life of a Conjurer ; The Gov
ernment of India—its Liabilities and lie- !
sources ; Recollections of Alexander Von !
Sternberg ; The Roman Question ; Aus
trian Intervention, together with the
usual Contemporary Literature.
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How U It!
We would like very much to know the
position of the City Couucil versus the
swine. Many of the porkers are ruuning
at large in the streets, while a large
number are still kept imprisoued. Now,
as for ourselves, we are of the anti-swine
liberty party, and do not like to see par
tiality shown. If only a few of the swine
are entitled to the run of the streets, all
the melon rinds, peach peelings, and j
empty sugar casks, it ought to be known \
which are the favored oues. There are ‘
very many other swine owners in this
city who, iu obedience to the mandates
of Council, are keeping their swine up,
and they are extremely anxious to know,
gentlemen of the Council, whether you
have “renigged” on the swine-penning
sensation. Come out like men, and own
up, if you are unable to play the hand.
A Fast City.
From the Memphis Evening Argus, of ]
Btli instant, wo compile the following,
heads of local items which were gathered 1
up in that city in one day. Now don’t
the local of the Argus have a honey time
of it! What would we do if more acci
dents and fights would happen in Colum
bus ? But here's the bill of fare for the
7th: “ Drayman Injured “Drunk and
Disorderly;” “Fast Driving:” (we’ll
make a local about this, in Columbus,
some day, if the bloods do not look sharp,)
“ Pocket Picked ;” (a printer's pocket!
gracious, what vandalism!) “ Fight on i
Bhelby street, with clubs and brick bats ;” ,
“Infanticide;” “Fighting:” “Mortuary
-—nineteen deaths for the week ;” “ Pro
bable fatal Affray,” (two printers;)
“ Serious Stabbing Affair ;” “Accident;”
“Supposed Murder;” “Row at a Dance S
House;” “Sent up:” “Another Great
Conflagration—estimated loss $100,000;”
“Still another Fire—loss $250;” “Wife i
Whipped.” Well, don’t you give it up,
reader, that the bill for Memphis, Tenn., 1
is full ? Fast place, that Memphis !
Columbus City Directory.
W e yesterday received a copy of the
new directory published in and for the
city of Columbus, (Ga.,) by Messrs.
Mears & Cos., the same that compiled the
city directory for this city. Its typo
graphical appearance is excellent, and it
is doubtless accurate in compilation. It
contains about 1,750 names, and will
prove very convenient for reference among
the citizens of our sister city. We are
glad to observe that the advertising pa
tronage bestowed on the compilers is ex
tensive. They are eminently deserving
gentlemen, of undoubted integrity, great
enterprise, and we wish them success in
their future undertakings.— Mont. Adv.
River Bride.
At a meeting of the passengers of the
River Bride, from Eufaula, ou the sth
iust., on her trial trip, Mr. J. H. Dan
fortli was called to the chair, and S. 11.
Dent requested to act ns Secretary, when
the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the pas
sengers are due Capt. I’endergrast and
officers for their kindness, attention and
liberality, during this very pleasant trip.
Resolved, That we can recommend the
“Rride” as one of the swiftest, steadiest
and smoothest running boats on the river,
1 and that we believe the experiment a de
! cided success.
Resolved, That from the well known
I character of her officers, and from what
we have seen of the boat, we can heartily
recommend her to the confidence and
patronage of this community.
J. H. DANFORTH, Ch’n.
S. 11. Dent, Secretary.
August sth, 1859.
LIST OF PASSENGERS.
I J. M. CARET, J 11. BUTT,
11. M. HUNTER, * 11. COOK,
W. G. SHADIIACK, 11. M. SMITH,
A. J. VEAL, WM. L. BALLARD,
J. J. CARTER, JOHN E. BRAY,
J. HARDMAN, J. N. HAMILTON,
B. F. TREADWELL,WM. WELLBORN,
J. A. WALKER, JOHN C. KELLEY,
D. St. LEGER, M. KING, Esq.,
w. S. DANFORTH, ROBT. BRANNON,
Uncle Sam Outwitted.
Every body knows Uncle Sam Koocko
gey as the embodiment of good humor
and noble heartedness, extremely fond of
a joke, whether it is on his side or against
him. Traveling not long since, through
the State of Mississippi, he entered a
; small town where there was, to use his
own emphatic language, more children,
and pretty ones, than he ever saw in any
town. In the course of his perambula
tions around the place, be came up to one
of the good ladies of the town industri
ously engaged in the duties appertaining
ito housewifery. He rounded to, and ac
costed her with the usual salutations.—
After introducing himself as Uncle Sam
j Koockogey, from away over in Georgia,
he remarked to lier, “Madame, I have
j traveled nearly all over the Union in
search of a place where there was no
j children, and I have not yet found any
such place.” The lady stopped her work
and looked upon him for a moment and
replied, “Mister, if you want to find a
place where there’s no children, you
j must first find a place where there’s no
women.”
Uncle Sam says he come to the conclu
sion that the lady was ahead of him by
several tricks that time, and he returned
at once to his hotel, satisfied that her
doctriuc was cwrect.
The Rail Road Bridge.
We are pleased to state that Maj. How
ard, the energetic President of the Mo
bile and Girard Rail Road, has a large
force of hands at work on the bank, blast
ing out and dressing rock for the piers to
the bridge, on which the track of his
road will cross to Georgia soil. It is
cheering to see such progressive signs of
an early completion of a work so much
desired by every friend of the road, and
particularly our merchants. And in this
connection, we must not omit to notice
the building of a rail way, which we shall
designate the Chattahoochee River Bank
Rail Road. Its purpose is to transmit the
rock for the piers to the site of the
bridge. The idea is a good one and eco
nomical. We hope soon to hear the whis
tle of the Mobile and Girard Road loco
motive iu our city.
Anything Stirring To-day 1
Yes, considerable any quantity of
drays, carriages, buggies, rockaways, ex
presses, rail roads, oinnibusses, horses,
hogs, cows, the goat at Temperance Hall,
Prof. Mason’s “juvenile children,” the
mechanics on the Baptist and Presbyterian
Churches, Rankin’s new building, and at
the various machine and carpenter shops.
In short, everywhere there is a considera
ble stir, except among the mer
chants, who seem to have “tied up for
the season,” in consequence of “low wa
ter.” “Anything strange ?” you ask of
the little Factory girl. “Well, I reckon
there is considerable, if you call a few
thousand spindles whirling as if they
would tear themselves into a thousand
giblets, stirring, sir, yes, sir; a conside
rable stirring.” “Anything stirring?”
we ask the pretty weaver, with her four
looms. “I guess yon’d think so, if you
| were attending to every loom in the city
one day.” “Anything stirring?” you
ask the editor. “Nothing more than we
manufacture, and that is pretty hard
work about now, as the raw material is
extremely scarce.”
More Complaints.
Avery worthy gentleman, and old citi
, zen, requests us to call the attention of
i the proper authorities to the practice of
throwing into the streets waste tin and
iron, from the tin shops and gin manu- .
factory. He has a servant who recently
j trod on some pieces from the
j Gin Factory, which has assumed a very
j serious aspect. Every one is aware of
i the dangerous nature of rusty iron or
! steel to the human body. Many cases
are ou record of lockjaw and death, re
sulting from a rusty nail penetrating the
foot.
We know enough of the gentlemen in
charge of the Gin Factory, as well as the
tin shops, to say that they do not continue
the practice through auy willful design,
and we doubt not will do their duty in
avoiding putting it in the street in future.
It is the business of the public carts and
hands to remove this rubbish so soon as
itis deposited in the street, so as to prevent
accidents, and we trust they will attend
to it.
Rowdies Around.
We learn that a portion of this hopeful
class of mankind, which infest every city,
> town and village, were bruising around
ou Friday night at unusual hours, and
committing depredations upon the prop
erty of peaceable and gentlemanly citi
j zens. We are somewhat surprised that
they should escape the vigilant eye of
our City Police. Are you afraid of the
Supreme Court, gentlemen ? The police
should do their duty, and risk the con
sequences.
Look very Picturesque.
Those wagons, drays, carts, carriages,
buggies, rockaways, &c., which are per
mitted to stand in the streets. It may be
very convenient to our livery stable men,
1 but is not very ornamental, or conve
nient to every body. There used to be
an ordinance prohibiting all this, but we
presume it has been permitted to go into
retiracy, like many others, for fear of
that monstrous Supreme Court.
All Right on tlie Swine.
One of the City Aldermen, has in
formed us that the anti-swine law is still
in force, but at present inoperative, for
the want of faithfulness on the part of
the Marshal. This is rather a bad show
ing for Jim and George, and we hope they
will put themselves right.
The Bun for the Summer.
PersoAi abo contemplate leaving tbe city dui- j
ing tbe coming summer months, will bear in
mind that they can have tbe Daily Son sent to
their address, by calling at the clerk’s desk and :
paying 50 cents per month. >
Tlie River Bride.
This model little steamer, in com
mand of Capt. Pendergrast, madeher first
appearance at our wharf cn Friday morn
ing last, and was received by our citizens
with many demonstrations of welcome.
The “ Bride” is the lightest steamboat
ever built for this river, we believe, and
is pronounced by every oue who has seen
her, a decided success. She arrived
, here with forty-five tons of freight, draw
ing only 20 inches. As to her build, we
think her model is unexceptionable, and
her engine works like a charm. The hull
was built by the veteran steamboat-man
I Charley Blain, and tbe engines by a firm
in Columbus, Ga., and truly, the splen
did manner in which they have executed
the work, reflects the greatest credit on
both parties, and shows conclusively that
we can compete successfully with the
mechanics of the North and West.
Through the politeness pf her gentleman
ly and accommodating Captaio, some
twenty of our citizens took passage on
the “ wee thing ” to Fcrt Gaines and back,
and every one was perfectly delighted
with the trip.
The distancefromone wharf to the other
1 (over 40 miles) was run going down, in
2 hours and 50 minutes, and tbe trip back
was made in a fraction over 5 hours.
Owing to the chimney being too small
to give sufficient draft, she could
not make a full head of steam, and con
sequently, did not run as fast as she will
when this defect is remedied.
The traveling| public, as well as the
merchants and planters along the river,
have every reason to congratulate them
selves on the success of this enterprise,
as they can come and go, and send
and receive goods, even in the middle
of the summer, without delay, expense
and trouble to which they have been
heretofore subjected. It behooves every
one of them therefore to patronize the
“ River Bride,” and show their apprecia
tion of the noble enterprise, and encour
age the working men who have invested
their all in building her.
If properly managed she is obliged to
make money, for her accommodations are
excellent, and her expenses will be light.
All she asks is patronage, and certain
ly the people, who have business to do on
the river, will not be so blinded to their
interests as not to give it to her. Anoth
er thing should be considered in this con
nexion, she is only charging customary
rates, which is something unusual in the
summer season. The spirit of liberality
on the part of her owners should be en
couraged and appreciated. ‘Persons in
this section who are getting goods from
the North, should lby all means send
them to Columbus to be brought down by*
this boat, as it will be cheaper and more
expeditious.
We feel confident that if she would
establish a regular schedule and run by
it, she would do better, for then those
who wish to order goods, or travel, could
calculate with certainty on her arrivals
and departures, and not be compelled to
resort to other modes of conveyance, as is •
too often the case.
We would respectfully suggest the pro
priety of this to those who have the !
management of her. We heartily wish
the “River Bride,” her officers and own
ers the greatest success. Hurrah for
Southern enterprise!— Eufaula Express.
The objection alluded to by the Express
has been removed, by the removal of her I
small chimneys and the substitution of :
others of sufficient diameter, to make
“a full head of steam.”
The extract annexed is from a corres
pondent of the Charleston Courier of !
August sth. He writes from Archer, the j
present terminus of the Florida Rail j
Road:
The crops in this section are looking
and doing remarkably well, especially
cotton. Exemption from the caterpillar j
and violent storms the residue of the sea- i
son, will be the means of the cotton crop !
—Sealsland—of East Florida being great- i
er by nearly, if not quite, one half than j
that of any previous year. The greater
portion of this crop will find its way over :
the Florida Rail Road to Fernandina,
and thence to Chai’leston for a market, j
Though I should not be surprised to see
quite a market established in Fernandina
for the sale of cotton for direct shipment
thence to European ports. The quantity j
of the staple which will be shipped over j
the Florida Rail Road to that young and |
thriving city, and the fact of there al- \
ways being a sufficiency of water on the
bar at that place, would certainly seem to
justify the prediction.
From this point (which you will bear
in mind is the present terminus of the |
Florida Rail Road, distant one hundred
and fifteen miles from Fernandina, and
between which points the cars are now
running) an excellent line of stages is
now running to Cedar Keys, thus making
the transit to and from Cuba, the Isthmus
and the South-western States regular,
safe and pleasant to the immense num
ber of persons who have occasion semi
occasionally to travel by some route or i
other. The Cuba mails are now carried
over this route, and on the completion of
the road, which will certainly be some
time the coming Fall or early in the Win
ter, the great Southern mail will doubt
less also be carried over this road. It
certainly will if expedition, regularity
and economy are considered, as I believe
they are by the present able and efficient
Postmaster General.
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Charleston and Savannah Road.
We congratulate the friends of this en
terprise, says the Charleston Courier, on
the encourageing information contained
in the letter from the general contract
ors, Drane & Singletary, to President
Drayton, as follows:
Col. Thomas F Droyton,
Presdent Charleston and Sananmh Bail Boad.
Dear Sir —We are pleased to inform
you that we have recently secured the
services of Messrs. McDowell & Callag- j
non, withe their force of one hundred and
fourteeu negro hands. They will proba- j
bly commence work on the 10th. This
accession} to our present force on tbe
Road ensures the completion of the en
tire Road, with the exception probably
of some fifteen or twenty miles of track
laying, by January, 1860.
The well known character the above
gentlemen bear for energy, perseverance
and attention to business, places beyond
a doubt the completion of the portion of
Road they have undertaken to do. The
work will be vigorously pushed, and we i
have no hesitation in sayiDg that if the
Savannah River Bridge was done the cars j
could pass from Charleston to Savannah
by March, 1860. Respectfully yours,
Drank & Singletary.
The Selma Daily Courier, speaking of
the boll-worm in tbe cotton crop, says :
For some days we have been listening
for the announcement, by the farmers, of
the appearance of the boll-worm on the
cotton crop. On yesterday the cry came
to us from the bottom lands on the Caha
ba, and from the prairies. Tbe farmers
inform us that they have never known
these ravagers make a more vigorous on
slaught than they have on the present
crop. The weather, just now, is peculiar
ly favorable to their increase. Thus, we
fear, has been blasted one of the most
flattering prospects for a crop of cotton
that has been known for several years.
We yet hope that our friends have look
ed on the dark side of the picture, and
that the ravages of these destroyers may
not prove general.
Georgia Patents.
In the list of patents, issued from the |
United States Patent Office, for the week
ending August 9th, 1859—each bearing
that find one to Elijah P. Beau
champ, of Preston, Ga., for improvement
in cotton-seed planters, one to Lawson G.
Peel, of Webster county, Ga., for im
provement in corn-planters, and one to j
Charles A. Robbe, of Augusta. Ga., for
improvements in gas retorts.
Peabody’s Strawberries and Corn.
Mr. Peabody, of Georgia, has a well
earned reputation as an agriculturist, and
an interesting account of his country
place and his peculiar farming, taken
from a Columbus (Ga.) paper, will be
found in the advertisement of Mr. Wal
ter MortOD, 3 Poydras street, who for
many years has been Mr. Peabody’s agent
for the sale of his hautboy strawberry
plants and prolific corn.— N. 0. Picayune.
A decidedly new feature has been
added to Godey's Lady '3 Book iu tbe
getting up of a “Health Department.”
It is conducted by Dr. John L. Wilson,
near this city, au intelligent physician, a
fluent and graceful writer. We subjoin
an extract from a receut number :
Exercise among the Fashionables—
The Hope of our Country. —The major
ity of youDg ladies educaied according to
the notions of modern society are ruined
in health by the time they leave school;
but should one possess sufficient natural
vigor of constitution to resist the destruc
tive influences to which she has been sub
jected, the work of death is generally
completed when she enters society. She
then doffs short dresses and pantalettes,
which are exchanged for long skirts, that
are anything but favorable to free muscu
lar movements. She is now denied the
; little liberty she had in her girlish days;
and the little exercise allowed her by so
ciety is far from beiDg the best for the
promotion of health and vigor. Exercise
on foot is considered ungenteel, and is
taken either not at all or only when the
weather and everything else are perfect
ly favorable ; and then this exercise, as
it is called, is a mere listless stroll for a
: short distance, and is unworthy the name
of exercise, in comparison with those’
full, free, natural, unrestrained move
ments which bring all the muscles into
play, expand the luDgs, quicken the cir
culation, arouse the brain, invigorate the
digestive organs, *and reanimate all the
vital powers. These candidates for fash
ionable honors (!), instead of employing
themselves in some useful occupation that
would give healthful exercise to both mind
and body, spend their days in lounging
on sofas 01* in making fashionable car
riage calls, while their mental food con
sists in the idle gossip aed the trifling in
anities of fashionable life, or in some
overwrought story of sickly sentimental
ism.
And are these the hopes of our coun
try ? Are these the mothers of a future
generation ? If so, our prospects are
gloomy, indeed! If so, the term of hu
man life, already so frightfully abbrevia
ted, must grow shorter and shorter, until
the race becomes extinct.
But, thank God, these are only a frac
tion of the human family, confined mostly
to the higher circles of city life. In the
country, we have a large reserve of Na
ture’s noble women, blooming, healthy
maidens, who know nothing of the de
structive follies of uppertendom, or,
knowing, disregard them, because they
are at war with common sense, subversive
of morals, restrictive of rational liberty,
and ruinous to health.
We do not pretend to say that all coun
try girls are everything that they should
be; but in their observance of the laws
of health generally, and particularly in
the matter of exercise, they are far in
advance of the fashionable devotees of
city life; and it is to the country we
must look for the salvation of our race
’ from physical as well as moral degenera
cy. Will not the country women of
America awake, then, to their high desti
ny ? Will they not study, obey, and preach
the gospel of health, until the tide of
fashionable folly is turned back, which is
sweeping off so many in our cities, and
threatening to spread disease and death
throughout the land ?
The communication annexed is from a
Utica paper, in the State of New York.
From the description given by its corres
pondent, the successful culture of Pea
body’s llautbois in the North may be
considered as established. It is the same
plant for which the Alabama State Agri
cultural Society awarded Mr. Peabody a
gold medal.
To the Editor of tlie Morning Herald.
Fealiody’s llautbois.
“Wife, into the garden, and set me a plot,
With strawberry roots, of the best to be got.”
So sang Thomas Tusser, three centu
ries ago, in his “ Five Hundred Points of
Good Husbandrie.” If he could revise
his Georgic with the benefit of my expe
rience, to-day, he would be apt to do his
own planting,.select Peabody’s llautbois
as “the best to be got,” and invite his
wife to join him in making two bites of a
berry.
Before me is a basket of strawberries
from the garden of Mr. E. B. Lucas,
which one can contrive to see without a
microscope, and eat without making wry
faces. About one half of them will meas
use four inches in circumference. They
are of irregular shape, somewhat flat,
(not in taste, but in form,) and lobed,
like a melon. They have a sweeter, finer
flavor than Wilson’s seedling, and—judg
ing from the sample before me—are well
worth the attention of northern cultiva
tors. The plants were from the grounds
of Charles A. Peabody, of Columbus, Ga.,
by whom they were first cultivated.
Compare them with the small acid straw
berries which rustic girls retail from
their tin pails, and one cannot help won
dering that any man or woman owning or
renting a rood of sojl, should neglect the
culture of this fruit. q. v.
Clinton, June 16, 1859.
How a Soldier Feels iu Battle.
A young French officer thus writes of
his first experience in battle :
Our officers kept back, for we were not
numerous enough to charge upon the
enemy. This was, however, most pru
dent, for this murderous fire, so fatal to
the white coats, did us but little harm.
Our conical balls penetrated their dense
masses, while those of the Austrians
whistled past our ears and respected our
persons. It was the first time I had faced
tire, nor was I the only one. Well, lam
satisfied with myself. True, I dodged
the first balls, but Henry IV., they say,
did the same at the beginning of every
battle. It is, in fact, a physical effect,
independent of the will.
But, this tribute paid, if you could only
feel how each shot electrifies you. It is
like a whip on a racer’s legs. The balls
whistle past you, turn up the garth around
you, kill one, wound another, and you
hardly notice them. You grow intoxica
ted, the smell of gunpowder mounts to
your brain. The eye becomes blood-shot,
and the look is fixed upon the enemy.
There is something of all the passions in
that terrible passion excited in a soldier
by the sight of blood and the tumult of
battle.
Everybody who has tried it testifies to
to the peculiar intoxication that is pro
duced by beiDg in a battle. There is an
infatuating influence about the smell of
powder, the shrill whistle of a bullet,
and the sight of human blood, that in
stantly transforms men from cowards to
heroes—from women sometimes to mon
sters. None can tell of the nature or
mystery of that influence, but those who
have been in the fray themselves.
1
New Propeller for tlie N. V. and Sa
vannah Line.
Samuel Sneden has now on the stocks
of his shipyard in Greenpoint, New York,
a propeller for the above line, of about
1,900 *ons, carpenter’s measurement, to
be called the “ Richard R. Cuyler,” in
compliment to our highly esteemed fellaw
citizen, the President of the Central rail
road. She is 225 feet long, 32 feet beam,
and 25 feet depth of hold, and is con
structed in the most complete and thor
ough manner, and of the best materials ;
it being the intention of the builders and
owners to have her as strong as wood and
iron can make her. She is to be fitted
with one inverted cylinder engine of 70
inches diameter and 4 feet stroke—a sac
simile in design of the engines of the
screw steamers Montgomery and Hunts- i
ville, but of much larger dimensions. ‘
The ship will be launched in about three
weeks, and her machinery, which is near
ly completed, will be put into her with all
possible dispatch, with the intention of
getting her into the line early this fall.
Mr. Sneden has also made arrange
ments for the building of iron steamers,
and has now on the stocks, approach ng
completion, an iron side wheel steamer
of 700 tons, the Alabama, to run from
New Orleans to Mobile via Lake Pont
chartrain, in Capt. Jas. L. Day’s line.—
Savannah Republican.
Merchants’ Shipping Beceipts.
Anew supply, just from the binder’s bands
neatly rnled and well bound, for sale at the
SUN OFFipe.
Arrival ©T tlie City ttf Baltiniofc.
Farther Point, Aug. i‘J.-— The steam
ship City of Baltimore ‘?ns boarded off
Cape Race to-day, by the boats of the
Associated Press, She lett Liverpool on
the 8d of August. Her general news is
unimportant.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales of cot
ton for three days 19,00 ft bales, of which
speculators took I,GOO, and exporters
4,500 bales. The market was quiet and
steady. Middling Orleans was quoted at
7 3-l Gd. There were a few forced sales
at |d. decline.
Liverpool, Thursday noon. —Cotton quiet;
holders offered freely, but showed no dis
position to press sales.
London Money Market. —Consols 94J to
95.
Liverpool General Markets. —Breadstuff's
dull, and quotations barely maintained.
Provisions declining.
I Liverpool Cotton Market. —The sales on
Wednesday were 5,000 bales; the market
closed dull.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market. Flour
very dull, and offered freely at 10s. to
12s. 3d. Wheat dull; quotations barely
maintained. Corn quiet, mixed and yel
low quoted at ss. 9d. to Gs. White at 7s.
, to 7s. 9d.
P Liverpool General Markets. —Beef heavy ;
Pork dull; quotations nominal: Bacon
dull, but steady; Lard dull; Sugar quiet;
Coffee dull.
London General Markets. —Sugar steady.
Coffee firm; Tea slow of sale, but quota
tions unaltered. Rice firm.
London Money Market. —Money is slight
ly more stringent. American securities
steady.
I.atest, Liverpool, Thursday. —Breadstuffs
very dull. Provisions very dull. Others
unchanged.
The harvest prospects are favorable.
The latest continental news was pacific.
France is preparing for a naval disarm
ament.
The Paris Bourse closed, on Wednes
day, at G 8 45.
The American Minister at Rome has
obtained four hundred dollars compensa
tion for Perkins, in the Perugia affair.
The steamers Asia, Hungarian, Ade
laide and A3tna, had reached Liverpool.
The French army of the Rhine had been
| dissolved.
In England, anew Indian loan of five
million pounds sferling had been an
! nounced.
The compensation grauted to the Per
kin’s family, by the Papal Government,
for losses sustained at Perugia, is about
two hundred dollars.
| Numerous disasters had occurred to
| American ships. The Glencoe, from
| New York to Bremen, took fire on the
! 30th of July, ran ashore near Bremenha
ven, and burnt to the water’s edge.
The Abby Blanchard, for New Orleans,
took fire at Bordeaux, on the 29th of
July, but the damage was not known.
The Ilauover, from New York, was total
! ly wrecked on the South Bank, near
i Shanghae; the crew were saved.
The Saxonville from Boston, to Hong
Kong, was put into Manitius in a leaking
| condition: a part of her cargo was
thrown overboard. The Robert, (sup
posed to be the Robert M. Sloan) from
Gottenberg to Boston, sprung aleak near
Skagen, and was run ashore near Jut
land ; about fifty passengers were landed
at Hayerting. The Alexander, from Mar-
I seilles to New York, stranded near
Gibralta.
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Arrival of tlie Quaker City.
New York, August 12. — The steam
ship Quaker City has arrived from Ha
vana, with dates to the Bth inst.
The yellow fever has assumed an epi
demic form in Havana.
The British mail steamer had arrived
there with two millions in specie from
Mexico.
The Purser of the Quaker City reports
no demand for Sugars; 7J reals were
offered for number twelve, but it was
held at 7f. The stock in Havana was
250,000 boxes.
Exchanges had improved; London was
quoted at 15, and New York 5J premium.
Great Gathering of the Song oI Mhl
ta—Election of Cardinals.
The St. Paul, (Minn.,) Pioneer of the
20th ult., gives an account of the gather
| ingof the Sons of Malta, at the Falls of
; Minnehaha. We quote the following:
The delegates present and by proxy
proceeded to ballot for the nine Cardi
; q,als—electing one at. a time. The elec
tion was spirited, and the friends of the
different candidates labored zealously for
their favorites—the contest being as to
who should be chief of the Cardinals.
Ten ballots were had, and the last one
resulting in the election of Jerome Bona
parte. The defeated candidates were
Stephen A. Douglas, Guisepjte Garibaldi,
Louis Kossuth, Prince Albert, George
Peabody, John W. Forney, John Slidell,
Gov. Alex. Randall.
The remaining eight regular Cardinals
were elected, each on a ballot, as follows :
Geo. Peabody, of London; Louis Kos
suth, of Hungary ; Stephen A. Douglas,
of Illinois, U. S. ; John W. Forney, of
Pennsylvania, U. S. ; Alex. Randall, of
Wisconsin, U. S.; Alex. Ramsey, of
Minnesota, U. S. ; Don Alvarez Merrino,
of Cuba.
Supreme G. R. Cardinals were “then ap
pointed as follows: New York City—
Henry Ward Beecher, John Van Buren,
Isaac V. Fowler and Horace Greely.
Boston—Gov. Banks, Charles G. Greene
and William Schouler. Cincinnati—J.
Scott Harrison, G. E. Pugh, Frederick
Hunt and A. W. Francisco. Cleveland—
Col. S. Bliss, Stephen A. Sturges, Dr.
G. Ames, Gen. J. W. Fitch, A. P.
Winslow, Gen. B. Senter, A. W. Fair
banks, Dr. E. T. Sterling and Chas. F.
Brown. Toledo—Gen. James B. Steed
man, C. R. Dennett, 11. P. Smith and
Col. J. R. Bond.
The remuneration of the S. G. R. Car
dinals is to be in proportion to their ser
vices.
It will be seen that, although Europe
again has the Chief of the Order, the
United States have virtually five of the
Cardinals. As Don Alvarez Merrino is
a devoted friend of the project of annex
ing Cuba to this country, Cuba is to be
classed hereafter, so far as the action of
this Order is concerned, as already part
and parcel of the Union. This has been
decreed by a unanimous vote of the Car- j
dinals present.
There were many distinguished brethren ;
from abroad, among whom none com
manded more deservedly the attention of
the Assembly than Cardinal Haroun Bey, j
of Constantinople, and it was regretted !
by all that he would not consent to act
as one of the Cardinals for the ensuing
year.
The brethren are indebted to Franklin 1
Steele, Esq., for the comfortable quar- j
ters in which the feasts in the old fort j
was held. The feast was only attended
by six of the Cardinals, three of the most
distinguished and worthy Cardinals hav
ing been detained in Europe by the pres
ent war.
There were several delegates from Eu
rope, and a number of Grand Command
ers from almost every State in the Union,
and Cuba, who, together with a few
brethren abroad, participated with, the
Cardinals in the feast, which was conce
ded on all hands to be one of the most
sumptuous and splendid ever gotten up
in this country. Over two million mem
bers of the Order were represented, and .
from all parts the most encouraging re
ports were received of the “condition” i
of the Order, and its rapid increase.
The time and place for the meeting of
the grand body next year was not agreed
upon, owing to the absence of a large ma
jority of the Cardinals, whose duty it is,
under the constitution, to designate the
time and place.
The proceedings of the American Sci- 1
entitle Association, at Springfield, on
Monday, were possessed of unusual inter
est. Prof. Silliman, Jr., called attention
to the effects of lightning on gas pipes. |
The question of the increase of danger
to dwelling houses from the introduction
of pipes, was discussed. Fros. Pierce
read a paper on the personal peculiari
ties of astronomers, and Prof. Loomis
read one relative to the Laws of Storms.
A paper on the Geology of the Rocky
Mountains, by Mr. William I*. Blake,
attracted considerable attention.
‘South Western Kntl Rand.
The President and Directors of this
toad made their report at Macon on the
11th instant. Weextiact a portiuu re
lating to the extension to Fort Gaines
and Eufaula, from the report of the Chief
Engineer, as being of more interest to
this city, and our friends at the terminus
of each line-from the junction The gra
ding, it seems, is being rapidly extended
to Eufaula, having been finished to Pa
taula’ Creek, west of the junction with
the Fort Gaines line, thelst of July last.
It is the opinion ot the Chief Engineer
that the entire grading, to Eufaula, will
be completed by the Ist of March next,
in which event the citizens of Eufaula
will witness the coming of the train to
the east bank of the Chattahoochee by
the Ist of May. On the Ist of September
next, thereafter, a similar event will
mark an era in the history of Fort Gaines:
Eufaula Line.—All the grading, clear
ing, grubbing and masonry on this line
from Junction with Fort Gaines line to
Pataula Creek, was finished the Ist of
July, and is progressing rapidly between
Pataula Creek and Eufaula.
If the contractors succeed in doing as
much work in the next six months as
they have in the last six, (and I know of
no reason whj r they may not) the entire
grading, &c., will be completed by the
15th of February, or Ist of March next.
If so, there is no reason why we may not
be running our trains to the river at Eu
faula by the first day of May next.
Bridges. —The bridge across Ilolanee
or Butler’s Mill Creek, 400 feet long, is
beiDg built, and will be completed in a
| few days. Most of the timber for the
bridge across Pataula Creek is delivered,
and the contractor will commence work
on it in a few days, and have it ready be
fore the track can reach that point.
Superstructure —The cross ties have
been delivered on the first six miles, and
are being delivered on the line continu
ously, and will be in readiness to the
First Station, 8;J miles from the Junction j
with Fort Gaines line, by the Ist of Octo- :
ber—and to the Station, one and a half
mile, west of Pataula Creek, (14 8-10
miles from Cutlibert,) and within 9J
miles of the Chattahoochee River at En
faula, by railroad line, by the 15th day of
November.
The string timbers are being sawed on
the line of the completed road, and will
be carried forward as wanted.
The track laying will be commenced at
Cuthbert on the Bth instant, and will be
continued at the rate of one mile per
week—reaching the first Depot on this
line by the 15th of October, and the Sta
tion west of Pataula by the Ist of Decem
ber at the farthest.
Fort Gaines Line.—The grading, j
clearing and masonry on the first eight
and a half miles of this line from the
Junction with Eufaula line is nearly com
pleted, and will be ready for the track
by the Ist of September. The balance of
this lino was contracted to be completed
by the Ist of July, 1860, which con
tracts, I doubt not, will be complied with.
We may therefore calculate certainly on
opening the road to Fort Gaines by the
Ist of September, 1860, at farthest.
Superstructure. —The cross ties are be- |
ing delivered, the stringers arc being 1
sawed, and will bo on the road when
wanted.
The track laying will be commenced as
soon as the track reaches the Junction !
with the Eufaula line, and be continued
to the first Station, or Depot, 9f miles
from Cuthbert, and 12 miles from Fort
Gaines, to which point it will be finished
by the 15th of October.
I herewith submit a table, showing, in
a condensed form, the different items and
total accounts of expenditures, and the
amounts necessary to complete the differ
ent divisions of the extension line :
[The table shows the expenditures on
the different divisions of the extension
line of the Road to have been $845,-
289 77. The amount necessary to com
plete the Road from Cuthbert to Eufaula
and Fort Gaines will be $613,930 88.]
The total estimated cost of the Road is i
$1,462,220 G 5.
The number of hands employed on the j
Road, counting a horse, cart and driver
as such, and a wagon and team as three
hands, are 900, as follows: C 54 hands,
186 horse carts, and 20 wagons and teams. j
Respectfully submitted.
Virgil Powers, Chief Engineer.
The “Code” in California.
The California papers gives us the par
ticulars of a recent affair of honor, in
which U. S. Senator Broderick was con
cerned. It appears that an altercatio# j
arose at the breakfast-table of a hotel
between Mr. Broderick and Mr. D. W. |
Perlcy, who is not a citizen of the United
States. Mr. Perley’s statement is that |
he was grossly insulted in the presence
of ladies, without the slightest excuse or
provocation, by Mr, Broderick. For this
he sent a challenge to Mr. Broderick.
There were some questions of punctilio
raised as to the shape and time in which
satisfaction had been demanded, but Mr.
Broderick’s refusal to accept was placed
on different grounds. These are some
what curious. He will not fight at all
during the present political canvass.
His reason for this is that if he fights at
all he may be compelled to fight a politi
cal duel, which would interfere with his
electioneering projects.
A second reason is that he will not
fight a foreigner. His political rights
under the State laws would he affected
thereby—that of such an adversary
would not.
His third reason is, that he is a Sena
tor in Congress, and if he be compelled
to accept a challenge, “it can only be
with a gentleman holding a position
equally elevated and respectable.” He
is too elevated to fight anybody under a
Senator. The range within which he
limits his obligations to the code of
honor, is. in this way, farther reduced,
by excluding from equality as gentlemen
with him, all less lofty in rank than that
which he claims for a Senator. It is
imposible to say, how extremely small
the circle might not be made, until we
learn what sort of men Mr. Broderick
esteems to be the equals in rank to Sena
tors. Representatives may be exclu
ded as inferiors. Is an ex-Senator rec
ognizable? Is a Governor quite up to
the mark? A member of the Cabinet, a
foreign Minister, whose term has expired
and who has no office to be put in peril,
sufficiently “elevated?” The minister
of a foreign power is excluded under the
other rule. How many are there, accor
ding to these definitions, to whom Mr.
Broderick would accord the right of de
manding satisfaction, if he should insult
them, however grossly ? Or is there a
local application of this, by which Mr.
Broderick may be understood to convey
the meaning that there is a Senator
whom he would be willing to fight,if asked
at a convenient occasion?
It would have been much more manly
in Mr. Broderick to say at once that he
does not recognize the obligations of the
code of dueling, and repudiates the obli
gation to expose his life when called to
account for insult. That would he a de
fensible position ; and if it were accom
panied by a corresponding carefulness of
speech and courtesy of manner, which
would refrain from giving offence the
more because predetermined
to refuse the customary demands for
atonement, it would command respect.
But such fanciful distinctions as this
California dignitary sets up for the bene
fit of politicians ; this qualifying of the
duties of honor and courtesy between
gentlemen by the rules of interest and
convenience; this setting up of nationali
ty and rank as exemptions from laws of
hoilor that are otherwise acknowledged,
are more likely to be considered as pre
tentious subterfuges. —A’. 0. Picayune. t
We saw yesterday, says the Mobile
Tribune, of the 6th inst., the skin of a
moccasin which was killed by a gentle
man in this county, which measured 7 \
feet 6 inches without the head. This is
no “ snake story,” yet it is the largest of
the species we ever heard of.
Traveling Agent.
Mr. 7,ach. Roger* is our Traveling Agent in
Alabama,and is authorized to receive and receipt .’
pr subscriptions to the Daily and Weekly Sun ,
Tle Crops.
A correspondent of th•: ('bnrlestort Daily
Mereary, of the lltli, gives the following
, as the tesuß of his enquiries and obscr
| vatiou of the prospect of the crops. We
think his conclusions are warranted by
the facts:
l p to the Ist of August the crop in
1 South, Middle and North Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Arkansas atul Texas, was large
in quantity and promising. Since the
: 19tii ult. there .had been general and
heavy rains—as much as cotton could
j stand without injury—and unless these
ceased, considerable damage must eusue
I from some of several causes. The weed
was already larger than last year, and
wet weather now would be apt to rot the
i bolls, or make the plant cast them for a
second growth, late in maturing and like
ly to. be cut off by frost. Worms, too,
would be produced by dampness and
i heat with a sappy weed. During the last
! week, since there was news from the
j plantations, several heavy rains have oc-
I curred in North Alabama, apparently
! general. If so, the crop has suffered in
proportion to the rains. This is the most
critical time, and dry weather for the
next twenty days is very important, as it
will affect the crop to the amount of sev
eral hundred thousand bales, one way or
the other. Should the season, from the
Ist of August, have already proved dry,
and should this favorable condition con
tinue for two or three weeks longer, the
yield of cotton, with an average fall for
picking, will be the greatest ever known,
and 4,000,000 will be a moderate calcula
-1 tion. But if rains have prevailed since
J August 1, and if they continue, the crop
: must be much diminished—to what ex
tent will depend on the amount of rain
. and the effect in rotting, shedding, caus
ing second growth, and breeding worms
or rust, with the sort of season for pick
ing, and the time of the first killing
frost. By the end of this month a fair
idea will be had by those who observe
whether the crop will be lajgo or mode
rate. At present no judgment can be
given.
The corn crop will be rather a short
one—in places sufficing and in others not
enough. Early corn is everywhere seri
ously injured by drought, though not by
any means generally destroyed. The
stock raisers of Tennessee are contracting
everywhere within reach for fields of corn
i yet unbroken, to supply their deficiency
—sls and S2O per aero are the common
prices of these contracts.
Along the line of rail road in Georgia,
from Augusta to Chattanooga, the cotton
is very small, and the corn has evidently
suffered much. Many fields will make
literally nothing. In the great cotton
regions I judge the corn will be enough,
with an economical use of it.
Dr. J. Marlon Sims.
“ Long Grabs,” a favorite correspon
dent of the Lancaster (S. C.) Ledger,
has visited New York, and thus writes
concerning a distinguished sen of Lan
caster, who is honorably and conspicu
ously known as the founder and physi
cian of the “ Woman’s Hospital” in New
York:
This afternoon I spent with Dr. J. Ma
rion Sims, his lovely wife and agreeable
and interesting family of children. Many
of your readers will call to mind Dr.
Sims. lie is a native of Lancaster, born
in the Hanging ltock section of our dis
trict, was reared in our village. After
being graduated in the South Carolina
College, and completing his profession,
he located in Montgomery, Ala., where
he soon, by merit alone, took the lead in
his profession. His health became en
feebled, caused by his large practice in a
hot climate. The summer season he was
compelled to spend in a more invigora
ting clime. This induced him to locate
in New York. Some may attribute bis
location here to choice, but
the sequel of his life since, which has
been a continued series of usefulness to
thousands of suffering females, shows tlie
band of Providence. He is now in the
enjoyment of fine health, a lucrative and
extensive practice, bis patients being
from all parts of the United States.
. Asa surgeon be has no superior; in
the surgical world he has a world-wide
reputation; his name will go down to
posterity as the successive discoverer
and triumphant operator for certain fe
male diseases, which before bad been the
opprobium of the medical profession.
Lancaster may justly be proud to add his
name’ to her illustrious trio, “Jackson,
Miller and Blair.” llis scientific and
skillful attainments and usefulness can
only-be truly appreciated by the medical
faculty and the female world. The Doc
tor still retains the elasticity of youth, a
good flow of spirits, and all his warm
Southern feeling and impulses.
Florida, Atlantic and Central Gulf
Kail Road.
The Mercury, of the 18th, says that ;
Mr J. P. Ptyan, tlie Charleston Agent of
the Company, has received a communica
tion from the President, Col. J. P. San
derson, authorizing him to close the pur- !
chase of one thousand tons of rails, with j
John Frazer & Cos., to be delivered by the
Ist of November. This, with the recent
purchase made in New York, will com
plete the track of the road in season for
the present crop to be forwarded to mar- ;
ket. To which the Mercury adds :
This is cheering news. The Florida,
Atlantic and Central Gulf Itail lioad,
chartered by the Legislature of Florida,
extends from Jacksonville to Alligator, a
distane'e of sixty miles, with the ultimate
intention of being continued to Tallahas
see, with branches thence to Pensacola
and Apalachicola. It is already con
structed and running to Baldwin, thirty
two miles from Jacksonville, where it in
tersects the Florida Hail Hoad, from Fer
nandina to Cedar Keys. The road is one
link in the great line of the Atlantic Coast
Hoad, and will eventually be connected
with the Charleston and Savannah Hail
Hoad by a northward spur to Savannah.
When completed with its connections, it
will serve to bring back trade and travel |
to their legitimate channels, and place
the mercantile interests of Charleston in
the commanding position to which they
are entitled.
It will certainly be regarded as good
news, that there is a sure prospect of the
fine cotton of Columbia county, of the
present crop, not only finding its market
in Charleston, but of reaching this mar
ket by steam.
It only remains to say, that the instruc- *
lions in Col. Sanderson’s letter have been
fully carried out.
From the Boston Courier.
Still another Letter from Gov. Wise.
We are indebted to Lieutenant John S.
Foster, Corresponding Secretary of the
Boston Mercantile Library Association,
for a copy of Governor Wise’s letter in
answer to an invitation to lecture before
the Society next winter. It is in the
following words:
Richmond, Ya., July 27, 1859.
To John S. Foster, Esq., Chairman, &c.
Dear Sir: I hardly know how to decline
your invitation, but must do so.
Please present my acknowledgments
to the Lecture Committee, and say, that
I am about to start for our mountains
for a tour of sixty days, examining
routes and reservoirs for a canal. That
from that time to the Ist of December,
I shall be engaged in preparing materials j
for my last message to the Ya. Gen. As- ‘
sembly, upon whom I must wait constant- j
ly uutii the Ist of January next. And that
thereafter I shall be busily occupied in
fixing a bouse and borne for my family,
after four years absence. Besides all
this, extra labors of grievious burthen
fall heavy upon me. So I cannot accept
this call. I have no time for literary or
any other composition. lam a bad shot
at the best, and I am not going to Boston
to shoot at game on the wing. I would
like to bag you if I could. Oh !if I could
lag Boston! —the whole nation would be
safe then. Yes, I always loved old Bos
ton —she was the saloon of the Tea Par
ty. And some of these days, God willing,
I will try to see what is the matter with
her that she don’t throw overboard like
she used to and bless her still.
Very hastily, but truly yours,
HENRY A. WISE. 1
SI’KOTAL NOTIOKH.
For Solicitor General.
CHARLES B. HUDSON, u j , |.. u * to >,
nofincr* that his a candidate tor Hie efhep of
Solicitor General of tho Chattahoochee Circuit, at
the approaching election. uglO-te
ft it* Mr. . Winslow, an experienced Nur> and
Female Physician, has a Southin'.; S , 11;,. f,r .}.,i
uren teething, which greatly fie dilates the pro
cess ol teething by .oftening tlie gum*, reducing
all inflammation—will Millay nil pain, and is sure
to regulat * the bowels. Depend upon it, mothers,
it will give rest to yourselves, and relief ami health
to your infants.’ Perfectly safe in all cases, f, ••
advertisement in another column. aglO-ly
MARRIED,
In Macon, on the 10th inst., by the Rev. Jacob
Kosenfeld, J. G. Cones, of Savannah, and R: i-kcca,
eldest daughter cf A. Dessau, tsq., of the Comer
place.
In this city, on She 11th inst.. by l ev. W. IV.
Robison, Mr. Joseph Waklick to Ml.-s N in< v
SlJiPsox, all of Russell county, Ala.
In Muscogee county, on the 3d if August, at
Mr. Hiram Thomas’, the bride's failin', by Rev. A.
L. Borders, Mr. Oliver B. Hi ckci a to Miss K.v>:\
K. Thomas.
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CHARLESTON, August ll.—The ales of cotton
: during tho week reached POC bales. Middling
Fair 12; s to 121., cents.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Sales of cotton to-day
806 bales, at a decline c f J <e ; Middling Uplands
lifjic. Flour declined lo to lfic. per barrel; sab.-
of 11.3C0 barrels; Southern £4 ‘.at to $5 25. Fn ■ hts
on cotton to Liverpool 3-ltito {jd.
N.MV ORLEANS, August 9.—Sales of cotton I r
three days 13 500 bales; Middling 11 ‘j cents. Re
ceipts of three days 3 0 bales, against 950 ! a!.s
same time last year.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. —Sales of Cotton t. -day
600 bales; market quiet. Middling Uplands 12) ,e.
Flour declined 10 to 15c. per lbU sales of it otto
barrels. Wheat, new, advanced 3c. per bushel;
sales of 13,000 bushel; ; White jl 35 to Jl 3-; Red
$1 323,3 to $1 25.
MOBILE, Aug. 13.—Sales of cotton to day 1,100
1 bales; Middlings at ll;' s to ll.Qe. halos of the
week 3,700; receipts of the week ISO against 105
bales same time last year. Receipts ahead U-1 5t O
bales. Stock £3.300 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.—Sales of cotton to
! day 360 bales; Middlings-at ll%c. Sales of tho
week 1,600 balesreceipts of the week 530 bales,
i against 1,700 last year. Exports of the
bales; receipts ahead of last year 1,500 bales. Re
ceipts at all ports ahead of last year 020.000 bales.
1 Stock on baud 35,500 bales.
NEW YORK, August 12.—The cotton market
was dull to-day, with sales of 1.000 bales. Flour
declined 10 to 15c. per barrel; sales 8.500 barrels;
Southern at $4 00 to $5.
NEW YORK, Aug 13.—Sales cf cotton to-day
GOO bales —heavy. Flour unsettled; sales of
! 5,000 barrels. Wheat heavy; sales of 14,000 bu
shels. Corn declined; sales of 30,000 .bu.-licla;
j mixed 75 a 77.
-4>
Prices of -Breadstuffs.
| CORRECTED WEEKLY BY PALACE MILLS.
Per Bill. Jlal Bill. qr. Bti
; Double Extra $9 00 4 50 3 35
1 Extra Family .‘. 7 50 3 75 1 ‘.MI
| Superfine 0 50 3 35 1 05
Extra Fine 6 00 3 00 1 50
Fiue 5 00 3 50 t*3.i
1 Bolted Meal and Ilominv $1 10 per bushel.
’ Unbolted Meal aud Ilouiiny $1 per bushel.
! Bran and Shorts, mixed £0 per 100 lbs.
Rich Shorts Si 00 per 100 lbs.
• —— ■
Columbus Factory and Mills.
| OFFICE AT THE FONTAINE WAREHOUSE.
Per Bbl. Half Bill. l)r. Ebl.
j Extra Flour $0 00 Jl 50 J3 3,i
; Family Flour 750 375 100
Superfine Flour 650 3£6 1 0.1
Fine Flour 5 50 3 75 1 40
Corn Meal aud Grits —Si per bushel
Shorts $1 I>er 100 lbs.
AW*Cotton Yarns, Osnaburgs, Liuseys, Stripes,
Jeans, &c., &c. Russet and Black Shoes.
All the above are of our own manufacture.
July 0,1559. HENRY V. MEIGS, Agent.
VALUABLE LAND FORSALE
rgIUE subscriber finding liis Farm
I JL too inconvenient to liis rcsi
: deuto, proposes to sell a good place !* v
on accommodating terms. The Lands
lie on tlie Cowikee Creeks, 35 miles jP
from tlie city of Columbus and -]/■■
miles from Rtaticn N0.3 on tho Mobile and Girard
I Rail Road, adjoining Dr. Smith and others. There
bio two sections of tho Laud, about ono half creel:
and hammock, and tlie balanco uplands, all of
which lies well, and every foot good tillable land.
There are 350 to 400 acres cleared and in a rough
state of cultivation. A portion of the cleared
land somewhat worn, but susceptiblo of a good
crop. The place is not in a lino state of repairs,
the buildings all being rough and of cheap char
acter, and will be estimated as such, but taken all
I in all ono of tho very best Farms can easily bo
| made on tlie place with the start on band. Tho
purchaser can to supplied with stock of all kinds,
aud corn and fodder on tho place, on good terms.
For further particulars apply at the Sun Ollice,
’ or to the subscriber at Clayton, Barbour county,
! Alabama. J. S. WILLIAMS.
August 12,1859. dtf
FINE PLANTATION
FOR SALE.
I milE subscriber offers for salo
a fine Plantation contain- A .jffh’VF— ’'A
I ing 1,103 acres; between 600 £§g
and 700 of which aro cUared.jH.i s; a i ‘iiaL-TT
Most of the cleared land is fresh
, and in a good state of cultivation. The balance is
well timbered. This tract of land is mostly oak
1 and hickory— 2Co acres being the best bottom
land. It is situated on Pea River, miles from
Mt. Andrew, Barbour county, Ala., and is conve
nient to churches aud good schools. The location
is healthy and well-watered; there being on the
premises two good wells and Beveral springs of
tbo purest water—in fact there is-not a bad spring
on the place. „
I will also sell with the land ICO head of Hogs ;
i 40 or SO head of Cattle; Corn, Fodder, Ac. Dur
ing tho last year seven bales of cotton to the hand
were made on this land, and plenty of corn to
sell. A bargain may be lire! by early application
| to the subscriber in person, or by letter at Clay -
I ton, Alabama. M. D. OLIVER, Sr.
August 12, 1859. dSt.iwtf
IRON ST WHOLESALE I
HALL, MOSES & CO.,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Thie best charcoal refined iron—
consisting of
HORSE SHOE % and % x ]/, and
TIRE Iron 1, V/„ 1%, I%,\J', 2,
I 2J/a, of any thickness.
RODS, Square and Round, of all bizes, from 1 ,
; inch to 4 inches.
BAND Iron, oval, half oval, and half round.
PLOUGH Irou from 3 inches upwards, will b ■
J sold by the Car Load at Savannah prices, thus
making a savin// of the, freight to this vitg. Every
, bar will be warranted to work well.
SWEDESJUON, &c.
11 ALL, MOSES & CO.
OFFER to Planters and Mechanics Swedes Iron,
impoitod direct from Sweden,of ali sizes.
—ALSO—
Bellows, Anvils, best Solid Box Vices, Axles,
Springs, Felloes, Spokes, Shafts, Paints, Oils, Var
nishes, and all Mechanical and Agricultural im
plements kept usually in this city.
—ALSO—
NAILS of the best brands at A4 50 per keg.
—ALSO—
PLOW STEEL of the Lest quality.
July 28,1859. d2t wCru
MRS. WINSLO W,
An experienced Nurse and Female Physician, pre
sents to tho attention of mothers, her
SOOTHING SYRUP,
For Children Teething,
which greatly facilitates the process of teething,
; by softening tlie gums, reducing all inflammation
—will allay all pain and spasmodic action, and is
Sure to Regulate the Rowels,
Depend upon it mothers, it will give rest to
yourselves and
Relief and Health to your Infants.
\\T E have put up • and sold this article
) V for over ten Qj years, and can say,
in confidence and truth of it, what we
have never be< n able !~I to nay of any other
medicine— NEVEß HAS IT FAIL
ED, IN A SIN- ni ODE instance, to
Effect a CURS, when timely used.—
Never did we know an instance of dissatis
faction by any one who used it. On the
contrary, all are de- m lighted with its opera
tions, and speak in terms of highest com
mendation of its magi- cal effects and medical
virtues. We speak in this matter “what
we do know,” at- rH ter ten years’ experi
ence, and pledge our reputation for
the fulfilment of what we here de
clare. In almostev- ery instance where
tlie infant is suffering from pain and exhaus
tion, relief will be l_j found in fifteen or
twenty minutes after lE the Syrup is adminis
tered. _
This valuable prepa- ration is the prescrip
tion of one of the most experienced and
skillful Nurses in Q New England,and has
j been used with nev- er failing success
’ in
THOUSANDS OF CASES.
It not only relieves the child from pain,
< but invigorates the stomach and bowels,
’ corrects acidity, and gives tone and energy
| to the whole system. XJjL It will almost instant
! ly relieve v
Griping in the J> Bowels, and
WIND P* COLIC,
and overcome convul- Q sions, which if not
speedily remedied end in death. We believe
it the best and sur- J est remedy in the
world, in all cases of Dysentery and
Diarrhoea in Children, whet he r 11
arises from teething, . or from any other
cause. We would say Z to ver y m ° t “ er ‘ vho
has a child suffering [_) from any ot the fore
going complaints— do ■“* not let your pre
judices, nor the prejudices of oth
ers, stand between J> your suffering child
and the relief that will be SURE— yes, ab
solutely SURE— to follow the use of
this medicine, if time- .ly used, l ull direc
tions for using will accompany each bot
tle None genuine un- less the fac-siamo ct
of CURTIS & r* PERKINS, New
York, is on the out- side wrapper.
Sold by Druggists M throughout the world.
• Principal Office, 13 Cedar st,N. Y.
Price only 25 cents per Bottle.
August 13, 1869. ly