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Httiil)) skm. *>s - - .4- i. UsWuljF KAYAKING TO N....T.G1 LUERT. THUS. (wIMSKKT A CO., l’lili tors anil Proprietors. SUBSCISII’TIOKS. Km ouo ymir, payableiii advance $.2 00 Korai* months, payable In advance 1 25 ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements will be inserted in the Weekly Sun at one dollar per square (ten lines or less in nonpareil type,) for the first insertion, and lifty cents for each subsequent insertion of the same. Professional and other cards, not exceeding five lines, inserted six months for eight dollars, or for twelve mouths at fourteen dollars. Announcements of candidates for a time not ex ceeding three mouths, five dollars; for all time over three months, at tho rate of two dollars per month—pay required in advance. Tuesday August 30, 1859. Anew post office has been established and opened at Bellevue, FI rida, and (’apt. diaries D. Fuy, appointed post piaster. ♦ A telegraph line from Point Clear, to Mobile, is completed, and in working order. Dispatches can be sent through from the former place to New Orleans. + Among the missionaries who will sail for Japan in November, we observe the name of the Ilev. Mr. Allen, of the Geor gia Conference. —— - ♦ Tho large body of land, known as the “Hollingsworth Survey” in Virginia, and consisting of 80,000 acres, lias been recently sold for SOO,OOO. Flighty cents per acre Wrn. Howe, Esq., for some time past editor of the literary department of the Tuskegee Democrat, has retired from that position, which he announces in a grace fully written valedictory in the last num ber of that paper. Wlilfc Frost in Dog Days. It is stated by the Boston Transcript that the very unusual visitation of a white frost occurred Tuesday night, 10th instant, at Ashland, Mass., Somerworth, New Hampshire, aud the low grounds of other localities. + - ■’ The Marianna Patriot learns that a shooting affair occurred at Campbellton, Jackson county, F’a., last Friday morning, between Dr. J. P. Rawls and Safnuel T. Shomaker, ia which the latter received a severe wound in the hip, and had both legs broken. It is thought he cannot re cover. Dr. 11. is said to be unhurt and to have fled. Vote l'oi” Governor. From the Confederation, of the 23d, we learn that Moore’s majorityi n forty six counties, in Alabama, amount to 29,303. There are six counties yet to hear from which, in the opinion of the Confed eration, will swell the majority to about 32,000. Stallworth’s official majority in the Ist Congressional District, is 3,094. Fire til Augusta. The Chronicle and Sentinel says that a tire broke out about half past 2 o’clock Sunday morning last, in Augusta, in the clothing store of Messrs. Ramsey & La baw. Two lives came near being lost— that of Mr. Warren, the book keeper, aud Mr. Roberts, salesman, who were sleep ing in the second story above. The cir cumstance attending the fire leave no doubt that it was the work of an incen diary. Crops on tUc Alabama. The Southern Champion, of the 19th, published at Claiborne, Ala., says: “F’or the last week we have had a daily suc cession of rains. Injury to the cotton crop is supposed to be very great, from the shedding of bolls, &c. The boll-worm is also committing ravages on the cotton. A large quantity of fodder will also be lost from wet weather. The river has risen several feet, but is now falling.” “ Early Couiily News.” Mr. E. 11. Grouby, formerly of the Ab beville (Ala.) Advertiser, has issued a prospectus for a weekly newspaper to be published at Blakely, Ga. It will be neu tral in politics and devoted to Agricul ture, Commerce, Literature, and General News. The proprietor intends to asso ciate with him, a gentleman well qualifi ed for the duties of an editor. The terms will be $2 a year, payable on the recep tion of the first number. We wish the enterprising proprietor great success. “Wliu Struck Hilly Patterson 1” A correspondent of the Charleston Cour-. ier, writing from New York, says : A day or two ago, a gentleman named William Patterson died at one of the towns in the interior of this State, aged 8(3. The obituary notice in the papers announced the fact that lie was engiueer of the Rob ert Fulton, on her first trip up the Hud son river. Thesetwo circumstances com bined—the name, and the celebrity of having been Fulton’s first engineer—have caused many persons to think that the annourfeemeut is only a cruel hoax. Some will insist that the person now represent ed as having just died, is no other than that celebrated character who was once “struck.” But this is unfair, and it makes one inclined to disagree with Shakspeare, while ho wrote “What’s in a name?” The great English dramatist, had he lived to hear the absurd expres sion of “Who struck Billy Patterson ?” used, would doubtless have modified the meaning of his much quoted saying. Correspondence of (lie Sun. Woodvillk, Ala., Aug. 21, 1859. Eds. Sun: Last year Mr. David Col lins, an energetic planter of Jackson county, Florida, formerly of Baldwin county, Ga., sold the first bale of new cotton in this place on the 16th of August. Thisyear, notwithstanding the extremely unfavorableness of the season for the opening and picking of cotton, finds him only four days behind last year. He sold in this place, on the 20th inst., one bale of new cotton, weighing 587 lbs., at 121 cents per lb. Respectfully, P. F. A. Correspondence of (lie Sun. Bellevue, Fla., Aug. 20, 1859. Eds. Sun: 1 have received to-day two bales of new Cotton for shipment to Apa lachicola. They are from the plantation of Hamilton G. Bryan, of this county. Tho first new bale last year came from the same plantation, and was received on the Gth of August. Yours truly, Tlie Weather, Crops, &c. The Alabama Whig says: We hear some of our planters, living on the black lands, complaining smartly of the worm in the cotton. Some say that the crop is cut off about half—others report not so much damage done. The Quincy (Fla.) Republic says: The weather has been quite pleasant for the past week, the rainy season having entirely ceased, we hope. W e have heard complaints from several farmers of the injury done to the cotton crpp, by the heavy rains. The cotton has been shed ding, and, in some parts of the country, has been injured by rust. +.— New Cotton. We are informed that Messrs. E. C. Wade & Cos. sold yesterday one bale of new cotton, the first bale received from South Carolina, at 14 cents. This was a bale of very superior quality, and was purchased by Messrs. Muller & Michels, of this city, who have shipped it per steamer Locust Point to New York. Its weight was six hundred and thirty pounds, and it was grown on the planta tion of Edward S. Riley, Esq., Black Swamp, Beaufort-District, S. C.—Savan nah News, of 21th. VOLUME IILI Speech of C. L. Vanlandigham, The Hon. C. L. Vanlandigham, the successor of the notorious Lewis D. Camp bell in the last Congress, made a speech recently at Middletown, on the Hamilton and Dayton Rail Road, Ohio. We have condensed a report the Cincin nati Daily Commercial. Mr. V. said be supposed the first thing in order would be some account of lifs ; stewardship in Congress. In the last Congress he did not take his seat (con tested with Campbell) until near the close of the session ; but during that and the short term several questions of inter est came up. He had been censured for voting on Crow’s amendment to the Homestead Bill; but, ho thought it mon : strous that the representatives of the old , States—of which Ohio was one —should be required to vote away tlie common property of all the States in the public i lands, on terms that excluded the people ’ of Ohio, except upon conditions of ex ile. He voted for the bill because that i enabled any citizen of Ohio to take his , axe and rifle, and acquire 160 acres of Western land by three year’s occupation j and cultivation. Had he lived in lowa, he wonld have voted for Grow’s amend ment in deference to lowa constituents ; but the effect of such a law as Grow ; would have framed would have been to ! offer a premium to citizens of Ohio to | emigrate. Another question that arose was the admission of Oregon. She had adopted a Constitution excluding slavery. The Republicans opposed her admission be cause negroes were excluded from citi zenship ; but the people of Oregon, ns popular sovereigns had the right to ex clude negroes, andhe voted forher admis sion. One of the Republican charges against the Administration was that of extrava gance and corruption. He charged upon the Opposition majority elected in 1854, the greater part of the extravagance with which the Administration is now blamed. The same Congress which was the only Republican one ever elected, ex ceeded all others in gross corruption.— The report of the Matteson investigating committee fixed that odium upon the Re | publicans, aud he denounced Seward for l endorsing Matteson’s integrity. In the Navy Department there was probably some corruption, but Democrats had never been convicted of it and Buchanan’s per sonal integrity had never been assailed. It had begun in this department some time previonsly. Corruption is incident to human nature, and necessarily exists iin all large political bodies. When the i Democrats detected rascals, they dropped (them; but when the Republicans dis ! covered their own rascals they endeavor ed to shield them. Upon the Cass-LeClerc letter he said j that whatever views may have been ex | pressed by the Administration it was a sufficient for him to know that upon ! that question now it was all right, and j the rights of naturalized citizens firmly ! settled. In a State campaign he had hoped to be spared the necessity of re curring to that disgustiug topic, the “nig ger question.” With tho slave nigger in the States and Territories we had no bus iness ; it was the status of the free nig ! ger that had to be considered. Ourfatli- I er’s had settled that question, and it i ought to be permitted to rest forever.— Popular sovereignty in the Territories, I and non-interveutiou for or against sla ! very was the doctrine of the Democratic ’ party. The free nigger (!) among them ; was their nigger, and the issue made by ; the Republicans was whether he should f be promoted to equal social and political privileges. He had seen Oiddings skulk this question, because lie expected to be ; a candidate for Governor; yet he would kill Federal officers engaged in executing the laws. The status of the free negro was fixed by the Constitution framed by our forefathers. The forms of the Con stitution also confined citizenship to the white man, and the term white discrimi nated between the negro and all other ra ces. No race were enslaved but negroes ; they were “Pariahs,” a downcast race, and it was never designed they should en joy citizenship, or decide questions of i right and justice. The negro population were not un represented, as the three-fifths rule in ! the South, and the representation accord to population in the North left no room ! for complaint. The repeal of the Fugi | live Slave Law would be an abrogation of the Constitution, and would absolve the South from respecting it. The trial by jury had not been conceded, and it was not consistent with justice aud right that it should. As to the revival of the Slave Trade, the Democracy would no more permit it. than would the South con sent to the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. The speech occupied about two l hours and half. Oliver Baldwin, Esq. Oliver P. Baldwin, Esq., of the Rich mond Dispatch, has determined to deliv er a course of lectures through the South | ern States, during the approaching sea- j sou. We would be pleased if he shall 1 | include Columbus in his route, and very 1 cheerfully aid in extending the informa- : tion above. We annex an extract from the Charleston Courier: Mr. Baldwin, both as writer and speak er, has earned and maintained a high place, and is one of tlie best and most successful lecturers of the country. We commend him in advance, to breth : ren of the press, and confidently advise all Associations and Committees, in any | of our cities, towns or villages, who may | desire a lecturer during the fall or win ter, to make application in time. Mrs. Betsey Danfortb, of Franklin, New Hampshire, mysteriously disappear ed on the 24th of July, and was found on the 19th August, in a slough hole about a mile from the house where she lived, still alive, but reduced almost to a skele ton. She says the only sustenance she | had for the twenty-six days was water. Mrs. D. is seventy-four years of age, and partially deranged. Health of Savannah. The Commissioners of Health of Savan- i nah Lave reported that the health of that city was never better than it is at this period. They express the opinion that j the recent rains will be no exciting cause of disease. Venice (He Beautiful. The sketch of Venice, by Madame Le- Vert, of Mobile, which we copied recent- I ly, was contributed by that lady origi nally to the Mobile Mercury. By mis- i take it was credited to the Tribune, when i the credit should have been given to the former paper. Tlie Law in Louisiana on Free Ne groes. The Legislature of Louisiana has enact ed aver stringent law against the Intro duction of free persons of color into that State. It takes effect from the first day of September, 1859, and provides that the police authorities shall lodge in jail any free person of color coming ir.to the State on board any steamer plying out of the limits of the State, and is to remain im prisoned until she leaves. The Captain of such vessel can release the negro by executing a bond of five hundred dollars, conditioned that the steamer will leave the port in twenty-four hours, and when discharged the master must pay forty cents for every day the negro lias been confined. The Harbor-Masters are required to exact from the masters of vessels coming into port a written statement, on oath, of the number, name and place of residence of every free person of color brought by him, on board his vessel. A similar state ment 13 required to be furnished the Chief of Police. Any master violating this provision of the law is liable to a fine of $250. The act gives the informer of any vio lation of it one-half the fines collected, and makes him a competent witness. What will become of the free negroes ? Will their abolition friends do any better for them than for the slaves they have decoyed from comfortable homes in the South ? 4. . Black Republican National Com mittee. This body, consisting of twenty-five representatives, from nearly as many State?, convened recently at Albany, New York, and issued a circular to their brother negrophilists throughout the Union. Among the States represented were Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The circular urges (that the time for preliminary action in regard to the approaching Presidential election has arrived, and advises the thorough inter change of sentiment between Republi cans ; public addresses and the circula lation of documents and Republican jour nals throughout tho country, exposing the position and principles of the party, and an effective organization in each State, county and town, so as to ascer tain its strength and deficiencies before engaging in the Presidential campaign. To give practical effect to the foregoing suggestions the members of this political Sanhedrim pledged their undivided re sponsibility for tlie faithful expenditure of all pecuniary offerings contributed by their friends. The Committee, in ccnclu sion, express their belief that the times arc auspicious for the success of the Black Republicans. This looks like the enemy had begun to marshall their forces, which exist now in twenty-five States of the Union. The signs aro ominous of the “ irre pressible conflict” foretold by Seward. Let the South be prepared for the issue. - VanlaiidigUam on the Negro Ques tion. Ia another place will be found the viejvs of the successor of the abolitionist, Lewis D. Campbell, in Congress, which were enunciated by him in a speech re cently delivered to his constituents in Ohio. It will be remembered that Camp bell contested his election, and as the contest was prolonged, Vanlandigham did not take his seat until near the close of the session. Ilis view of the “nigger question” and the true issue forced upon the sound conservative men of the North by the abolitionists, is, whether tlie free negro shall be elevated to equal social aud political rights with tlie white man. Unhappily there are few men in tlie non slaveholding States who espouse the ne gative of this question, else slavery as it exists in the States and Territories, would be left in abeyance at least until that ques tion was settled among themselves. We believe Vaniandigham’s construction of the Kansas Bill quadrates with the Southern view of the question. He is one of those sound men of the North who recognize the equal rights of the South in the Union. Georgia Deaf anil Dumb Institute. Mr. S. F. Dunlap, Principal of the Deaf and Dumb Institute, Floyd county, Ga., is canvassing the country for the purpose of seeking out that afflicted class entitled to the benefits of that Insti tute. The Waynesboro News, says that Mr. Dunlap has recently been on a visit to that section of the State, and has been presented by him with a report of the school, from which it appears that forty six pupils have been matriculated since tlie date of the last report, and that the action of the Legislature in endowing tlie Institute, has already resulted in the hap piest effects. Bank Debtors. The Tuskaloosa Monitor says; The next legislature will make some disposi tion of the remaining judgments of the old State Bank. They will doubtless be sold at public auction. Parties against whom the Bank holds judgments would find it greatly to their interest to compro mise the same with the Bank Attorneys before tlie meeting of the next legislature; as they would thereby not only prevent a public exposition of their former delin quencies, but in many cases avoid subse quent litigation, as companies are already being formed throughout tlie State for the purchase of such of judgements as exist against parties who have recent ly become solvent. 4 —. Delegate from 17tali. The Salt Lake mail, which arrived at Atchison on the 18th, reports that Capt. Hooper, formerly Secretary of the Terri tory, had been nominated for Congress in place of Dr. Bernhisel. Prof. S. G. Hillyer has accepted the Chaplaincy and Professorship of Theolo gy of Mercer University. The first bale ot new cotton was received at Memphis on the 17th, from Bolivar county, Mississippi. Quick Passage. The mail which left New York on the 16th arrived at New Orleans the 20th. Health of New Orleans. The Board of Health of New Orleans report 116 deaths for the week ending August 15th. There is no yellow fever. * Rev. E. W. Warren. This gentleman, formerly, we believe, of Lumpkin, Geo., has arrived in Macon, to take charge of the Index, as editor. A negro being asked if his master was a Christian replied, “No, sir—he’s mem ber of Congress.” COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 30, 1859. Tlie Black Republican Circular. In our article of yesterday we noticed the assembling of the National Committee —the Executive Committee, we suppose— of the Black Republicans, at Albany, New York, aud their action in the premises. Since then we have concluded to give, in its entirety, the circular prepared and addressed to their friends throughout the country. The reader will be enabled to ponder it well,’ and better to draw his own inferences. Their plans and purposes arc clear and unequivocal, and the issue well and clear ly defined. It requires no prophetic vis ion to perceive that their object is the ultimate extinction of slavery, and to this end the rc-construction of the Govern ment. The possession of the numerical strength sufficient is all that will be nec essary to enable them to effect this un hallowed purpose. What progress have they made towards it? In 1840, with James C. Birney as its candidate for President, it made its first appearance as a national organization, and polled the insignificant number of 7,000 votes. What is their strength to-day ? In 1856, with Fremont as standard-bearer, they polled 1,341,812 votes. These data best illustrate the extraordinary increase of a party which, like a cloud at first no big ger than a man’s hand, has gradually ex tended, and now numbers its friends in twenty-five States of the Union. How is the hydra-headed monster to be checked ? Is it by divisions among ourselves, and contests over unimportant and indistinct issues ? Disguise it as we may, the struggle in this Government is reduced to the question whether slavery and the Constitution or anti-slavery and higher-lawism shall have the ascendancy. There is no dodging the issue on the part of the Black Republicans, and in this this respect we trust their example will be imitated by the South. If they tri triumph let its consequences be due to something else than our own suicidal pol icy and criminal neglect. .—i— Two Hours with Brigham Young. Elsewhere in this paper we have pub lished at length the account furnished by Horace Greeley to liis paper, of his two hours’ interview with the President and elders of the Mormon church, or as they style themselves, by way of excellence, the Latter-Day Saints. In his first letter after his arrival at that refuge of the faithful, he expressed liis determination to remain several days, for the purpose of studying the Mormons and Mormon ism. In his conversation with Brigham, it seems that lie took especial occasion to elicit the doctrines and polity of the church respecting the institution of sla very ; and was astonished—we suspect— to learn that they regarded it as of Divine origin. It is a little astonishing that the Latter-Day Saints have divorced “ Free- Love” and “ Free-Niggerism.” ■ ♦ —-—- Politics in New Orleans. The contest for the nomination in the American Clubs was, says the Delta, a very close and earnest one. There were three contestants—Judge T. G. Hunt, J. E. Bouligny, and C. D. Dfeux. The for mer is Judge of the First District Court, and formerly a representative in Congress from the Second Congressional District. Among tho representatives from the Cot ton States in Congress, he stood alone in opposition to the Nebraska-Kansas bill. Ilis opponents for the nomination are young Creoles of tlie American party. Bouligny was finally nominated, by a ma jority of two votes. Mr. Charles Bienvenu, also a Creole, has been nominated by the “State Rights party.” The Delta says tlie whole aspect of political parties in New Orleans is one of perplexing confusion, owing to the ab sence of distinct and clearly defined is sues. In tliis respect, New Orleans is not the only theatre of parties contending without distinctly marked issues. Cotton m Charleston from Columbus. The Daily Mercury of the 23d, says : “The first bale of new cottcn received in this city, which was from the warehouse of Hughes, Daniel & Cos., of Columbus, Ga., was sold yesterday by Hopkins, Hud son & Cos. to James Bancroft, Jr., at 12 cents, quality about Middling. Tho same has been shipped by steamer Columbia, Captain Berry, to New York, and consigned to Messrs. James Bancroft & Cos., of that city. Hon. J. F. Claiborne, writing to the Rural Gentleman, recommends in strong terms, the Rescue Crass for winter and summer pastures. He says it was origi nally found on the plantation of Mr. Iverson, Columbus, Ga., and has proved a decided success, growing finely upon compartively exhausted soil, and yielding an abundant crop of hay as well as pasturage.- lion. H. \V. Hilliard. A correspondent of the Daily Times suggests the Hon. Ileury W. Hilliard, of Alabama, as a suitable person to succeed Dr. Cliureh iu the Presidency of the Uni versity at Athens. He very truly says, he “possesses in an eminent degree, those qualifications which fit him for the posi tion.” Tlie Crops in Hancock. The Central Georgian says : We regret to learn from a number of planters, in this county, that the cotton crop lias been injured to some extent by the recent pro tracted rains. Should the weather now continue dry for any considerable length of time, the crop will be cut short in this country. Crops in Houston. The Nineteenth Century, published at Fort Valley, speaking of the recent heavy rains, says : Cotton is beginning to shed its forms alarmingly, and the boll-worm is making its appearance in the bottom lands ; nevertheless, a vast cotton crop is anticipated. -s- Sewing Machine Factory Burned. Geo. B. Sloats & Co's Sewing Machine Factory in Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire on Saturday last. Insured for $30,000. It was the work of an incen diary. Nearly 7000 bauds are thrown out of employment. More New Cotton at Selma. The Selma Reporter says, that eight bales of new cotton were received in that city the 22d, from the plantation of Geo. Tate, of Dallas county. It was sold at 12 cents. Mr. William Skinner, Sr., an old and respectable citizen, died at his residence near Waynesboro, Ga., on the 16th inst., of typhoid fever. Griffin mill Decatur llail lload. A committee of delegates, from the counties of Coweta and Spalding, assem bled at Griffin, Ga., the 20th instant, to consider the importance of the proposed connection of Griffin, by rail road, with Decatur, Alabama. The meeting was organized by calling Major Grace, of Coweta, to the chair and requesting H. R. Harrison and 11. B. Holliday to act as secretaries. Judge Cochran of Brunswick, and Pres ident of the Macon and Brunswick Bail Hoad, was present and made a speech advocating the State’s lending her aid to lloads, when there is no chance of losing thereby. The following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That a meeting of the cor porators of the Griffin and Decatur Hail Hoad be held at Newnan on Wednesday, the 15th day of September next, for the purpose of an immediate organization, and a prompt movement towards the making up of the stock for said road. The Empire State has heard of one man who will give §2,000 independent of the stock he will take hereafter. Anoth other has agreed to take the contract to Newnan, and take Half the amount in stock, provided the stockholders will se cure the other half. The Empire State proposes that the corporation of Griffin endorse the bonds of the company to the amount of $50,- 000 to §IOO,OOO upon the same principle that aid is asked of the State. We pre sume this subject will he fully discussed before the next Legislature, as they rely upon the aid of the State. Tile Hog Crop. The Cotton Planter and *Soil of the South, has a correspondent from Green county, Ala., who, we think, takes a sen sible view of the prospect of our supply of meat. He says thousands of hogs have died this summer, and are still dy ing in the South and West. Not less than two thousand have died in this (Green) county within the past month of the so called hog cholera. We think also that the European war,"just closed, has in creased the foreign demand for food—to feed thousands whom its vicissitudes have thrown out of employment, as many of them were agricultural producers, and have been withdrawn from the cultivation of the soil and the production of food. As usual, when cotton commands a fair price, as it did last winter, the planters have this season planted largely for cot ton, to the neglect of corn crops. The West may meet our demands for pork, but it is due to the planter’s own inter est to supply himself, at least, with corn. It seems strange, with the experience we have, that the planting community should so persist in the neglect of so important a part of their economy, as to devote their principal energies to the cultivation of cotton, and trust to the uncertainties of the market for buying pork. Many who have pursued this policy have learned, to their cost, that—“cotton may be cheap* and corn and meat dear.” We fully co incide in the opinion, that meat is dear to the planter at any price when he has it to buy. Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson. • A New York correspondent of the Charleston Couriei’, seems to think that the Donelly letter of Gov. Wise and its conse quences, has resulted in a compromise between the “Hards” and “Softs.” The following is an extract from his letter : Mr. Dickinson is likely to be the New York candidate in earnest. I think the Softs will adopt him, and go to Charles ton honestly, and endeavor to get him nominated. It is positively asserted by one of the Regency, that Mr. Dickinson has given pledges and guarantees perfect ly satisfactory to those Democrats who control the State organization. It has somewhat changed my views. I believed that the Now York thirty-five delegates at Charleston, would give a complimentary vote to the ex-Senator, but I did not think they would seriously endeavor to nomi nate him. It looks like it now. The rea son for this change in Albany feeling, is that, witli the smashing up of the Wise and Wood train, there was danger that public opinion, would shape towards Douglas, and that it could not becontroll ed a few months hence. To prevent this the Softs, who are always ready for a bargain, when they can gain any thing by it, have adopted the “Hard” leader, Mr. Dickinson, and they will make this State a unit for him at Charleston. If all are honest, the chances are that Mr. Dickin son will get the nomination at Charleston, and decidedly better than any other Dem ocrat yet named. Soutlicm JXlnuufactcries. It gives us infinite pleasure at all times to notice any improvement in the South ern manufacturing interest, as it tends more than any one cause, to develop the almost exhaustless resources of the South, and at the same time renders us less dependent upon our Northern neigh bors for many of the necessaries of daily consumption. The Gallatin (Tenn.) Ex aminer, of the loth, has the following cheering intelligence for the good people of that town: The Cotton Factory.—This establish ment was sold under execution on the Gth instant, and was purchased by Messrs. Bernice Bender, Win. 11. Solomon, Win. McMurry, J. Blackmore, and C. E. Bod die We are glad that it has fallen into such hands. The company possess am ple capital, and design running it vigo rously. In a few weeks, after certain repairs are made, and everything put in “ship-shape” order, operations will be resumed, and we have eveiy confidence that it will run steadily, and not spas modically, as it has in late years. Con ducted in this manner it will be a great benefit to the community, as well as profitable to the owners, and we believe it a matter of congratulation, in all quar ters, that it is under the control of a company of so much ability in every re spect. Mr. P. 11. Clayton, formerly of Mont gomery, Ala., has been nominated in Sacramento county, Cal., as the Lecomp ton Democratic candidate for the Legis lature. Col. C. M. Pennington, of Rome, Ga., Las been elected Chief Engineer of the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road, and has left his home for the scene of his duties. —*—♦ Biorth Carolina State Boniis. On the 19th instant, $3,000 worth of North Carolina G per cent. State bonds were disposed of in New York, at $94 50 per hundred. + Judge Hogan, of the State Department, has been appointed translator in place of Professor Dimitry, who has lately accept the mission to Nicaragua. Tire Muscogee Hail Road. The Selma Sentinel, commenting on the recent favorable report of the Muscogee Rail Road, seems io find iu its success an earnest of the future of the projected Sel ma and Gulf Road. The following is the article from the Sentinel: The above named road extends east from Columbus 50 miles, to Butler, where it connects with an arm of the South western road from Macon. It crosses a desert like country much of the way—a stunted blackjack, sandy region, iucapa ble of producing much buzzard or crow ‘s food. Now wc want to know if a line of road across such a region of country can pay as this Muscogee does, what will our Sel ma and Gulf Road which passes through a rich r. gicn of country —where it will command between 30,000 and 40,000 bales of cotton on the line, besides nu merous other large freights, and from Selma will take from 75,000 to 100,000 bales of cotton besides vast quantities of mineral freights, manufactures, &c. while it will bring from the Gulf ports heavy loads of goods and groceries, fish and fruits productions of the Gulf and tropics, de stined for the supply of several millions of people in our State, and those North— we say we want to know what will our Selma and Gulf road, so much more fav orably situated than this Muscogee, pay. It seems indeed to us, comparing it with several of the Georgia roads, that it can hardly fail to pay some twenty odd per cent. We intend to follow up this matter of investigation still more closely believing our readers deeply interested therein. The Work Progresses. The Pulaski (Tenn.) Citizen says that the connection of Nashville, in that State, with Decatur, Ala., by rail road, will be completed early next year. The track is now laid from Nashville down to ten miles south of Columbia; and from Decatur twenty miles north. The Montgomery Mail says Decatur will then have a direct railway commu nication with the great lakes by way of Nashville and Louisville, as well as with the Mississispi river at Memphis, &c. Only imagine what a tide of produce and passengers would then flow to and through Montgomei'y, if we could build a road up to Decatur ! Should the Central Rail Road, project ed from Decatur, be built, the road from Opelika by way of Dadeville, will inter sect it probably at Elyton. Columbus will then have a direct connection with the great lakes, by way of Nashville and Louisville, and the Mississippi at Mem phis. “Only imagine what a tide of pro duce and passengers would then How to and through” this city ! In any event the connection from Opelika with the Tennessee road will be made. Tire Mission to Central America.. Prof. Dimitry, who has recently been appointed Minister to Central America in place of Gen. M. B. Lamar, is repre sented to be a man of fine attainments, and of varied scholarship. Avery im portant qualification in a Minister to a country like that, is that he should be conversant with the Spanish language, and he is said to speak it with great case and flueucj'. Owing to the difficulties that have environed our diplomatic inter course with Central America, the rep resentation of this Government there has‘arisen to the importance of a first class mission —one evidence of .vhich is evinced in the tendering of the appointment to General Cushing, who declined it. Diplomacy is successful generally, with nations far advanced in the arts of civilization, but still the adherence of this countryto the Monroe Doctrine, and the extreme jealousy with which France, and particularly England, have manifested toward our intercourse and progress in that direction, renders the appointment of a competent man, of the greatest importance, not oixly to the South but the whole country. Gen. La mar found Diplomacy there of little avail, but it is hoped Dimitry will be more suc cessful. Death of Albion. The Gallatin (Tenn.) Examiner states that this celebrated race horse died at the stables of Col. George Elliott, near that place, o nthe 18th inst. ne had been owned for some j-ears by Col. Elliott, who had been standing him. His oldest colts here are four years old, and have been making their mark upon the turf from New York to Charleston, as amongst the best, if not the best, racers in the United States, for all distances. Amongst his most distinguished colts are Bill Cheatham and Bill Bearing, bred by Col. Elliott; Socks, bred by Dr. Shelby; and Hiawatha, bred by Col. Guild, and the Ceene Richards colt. It is stated that Col. E. had an offer of SBOOO for Albion within a few weeks past. lie was about 22 years old at his death. Senators Givln am! Broderick. These gentlemen are at present can vassing the State of California, and their discussions are reported to be of a very acrimonious nature. Broderick charges Gwin as “dripping with corruption” and unworthy of confidence, a3“no one believ ed what lie said in the Senate.” Gwin retorts by denouncing Broderick as “ a traitor” and reflects upon his at tempts to address public meetings Such sparring between Senators occupying high places, is certainly unparliamentary, to say the least of it, and if persisted in, will end with a meeting upon the “field of honor,” —that is if Gwin will fight, and Broderick recognizes him as occupying a social position higher than the French gentleman who lately challenged him in New Orleans. Free Negroes. The N. O. Picayune, commenting on the stringent law enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana, says: “It will be well for all masters of ves sels and steamboats trading with this State to bear in mind the provisions of thi3 law, • as it will save them from much trouble, and perhaps pecuniary loss. The evils attending the increase of a free negro pop ulation and more particularly the inter course of free persons of color from abroad with our slaves, caused the passage of this stringent law. New Cotton. Two bales of new cotton, the receipt of which was noticed in our last issue, were sold yesterday and brought 13c. They go forward to New York, to-day, by steamer. One of them was from the plantation of Samuel G. Davis, near Al bany, forwarded by Sims & Rust, and sold by Messrs. Bebn & Foster. As we could not come up with our reporter, we failed to obtain the particulars in rela tion to the other bale.— Chronicle Sent. A crop of 7,000 bushels of prime wheat has been gathered from one plantation in Davidson county, N. C. An offer of 90 cents per bushel was made for the entire crop, at Lexington, N, C., but it was re fused.—Charleston Mercury. {NUMBER 20. Kail Road Barbacue at Dadeville. The Tallapoosa papers report that the Rail Road barbacue gotten up, to further the projected conuectiou with Columbus, at Opelika, came off at Dadeville on Fri day, the 19th. The crowd iu attendance was variously estimated, says the Times, at from 1,500 to 2,500 persons. In the forenoon speeches were made by Dr. Griffin, of Talladega, and Esqs. McCraw, Alford and Vaughan, of Tallapoosa, iu which the practicability and importance of the Road were most impressively set I forth. Col. Rowe being called for, an nounced a committee to receive subscrip- I tious, alter making some remarks. After dinner speeches were made by Esqs. Garrett, Burns, Goss and Brooks. The Times was uninformed as to ’the amount of stock subscribed on the occa sion, but thinks it must have been con siderable. The Rev. John R. Slaughter was elect ed President of the Road, and has ap pointed Rail Road meetings for Septem ber at Youngvillo, Pinckneyville, Gam : ble’s Store and Socopatoy. Several ! speakers will be iu attendance on the oc | casions. Slieep Raising In Texas. The Gonzales Enquirer says : “A Hock of some fifteeu hundred head of Mexican : sheep and goats crossed the river at that place last Thursday, going East. In order that the reader may form some idea of the extent of this busiuess in our State, we will here remark that from a safe calculation of one of our sheep raisers, it is estimated that not less than j one-fourth of a million of sheep have been brought into Texas from Mexico since the Ist of January last, exclusive of those imported from Tennessee, Illi : nois, Missouri, and Arkansas. It is also i estimated that by the Ist of next January this number will have been doubled, thus making something like a half a million of sheep brought from Mexico into our State during the year. Os the number already brought in it is thought that I about seventy or eighty thousand have crossed the river at this place.” The Observer says, that the United : States District Court adjourned at Pen sacola on the 19th, after a ldng session. William Thomas who was convicted of be | ing accessory to the murder of a Spaniard i in command of the barque Rawlins, was in consideration of the recommendation of the jury, sentenced to three years im prisonment in the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, and to pay a fine of one dollar. He, and four others sen tenced to the penitentiary, left for Wash ington City, in charge of the United States’ Marshal. Tire Southern Steamship Company. We are glad to learn, says the Boston Ti’aveller of Saturday, that this company, incorporated to run a line of steamships between this port and Savannah, have j about completed the necessai'y arrange | ments for a commencement of the enter prise. They have concluded contracts with Mr. Loring, the well known steam j boat constructor, for two substantial sea i going steamers, to be finished by the first of June, 18G0. Next year, therefore, will witness the establishment of a line not only with Savannah, but also, it is anticipated, with the important port of New.Orleans, which will make four lines running to the southern ports of the At lantic. Prize Medical Essay. The South Carolina Medical Associa tion, of Charleston, with the view of pro moting the interest of its meetings and increasing the value of essays presented, \ have resolved to offer a prize of one hun- I dred dollars for the best essay on a sub ject in any one of the departments of medical science. Those competing for i the prize are to send in their productions | to the corresponding secretary by the first of January, 18G0. I Dr. Cloud’s Southern Rural Magazine. This excellent periodical for Septem ; ber has made its appearance early. The contents of the Agricultural, Horticultu ral, and other departments, are attractive and interesting, as usual, to planters. This magazine is very practical in its charac ter, and disseminates a great deal of use ful information to all engaged iu the cul ture of the soil. It is published at the Job Office of the Montgomery Advertiser, at SI,OO in advance. Surgical Operation. lion. Sherard Clemens recently sub mitted to a painful surgical operation, at Easton, Pennsylvania. The operation consisted in the removal of a portion of a detached bone in his thigh, which has been a source of irritation to the limb since his duel with Wise. After the bone was removed, a portion of the ball was found embedded in it. Crops iu Pike County. By a private letter from Pike county, Alabama, we learn that “ farmers com plain a great deal of rust in cotton, and the falling off of squares, &c. The dam age has been caused by the wet weather, and no doubt the crop is injured a great deal.” Parson Bronlow has announced his in tention to visit the mountains of Vir ginia, to recruit his exhausted health. He says : While we desire to live for the benefit of our family, we have no wish to gratify a numerous class of human beings by giving up to die. + The members of the Order of the Sons cf Malta, are making preparations at Washington City for a grand tournament near the city. It is intended to be one of the most magnificent tournaments ever gotten up in the country. —Knight3 from every State in the Union will enter the lists. The official returns from 39 counties in Tennessee, indicate that Head is ahead of the numerous candidates for Attorney General iu the State. The election has elicited no interest among the people,, as they had ground oft’ their head of excite ment in the recent elections for Governor and Congressmen. Rev. Dr. Wadsworth has resigned the pastorship of the Methodist church at Selma, Alabama, with the tfiew of prepar ing himself for entering upon the duties of a Professorship in the Southern Uni versity at Greensboro’, to which lie has been elected. Mr. James H. Mackey has appeared as associate editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. Having been for some time connected with the editorial department of that paper, his opinions are already well known. T* Pardoning P***r. The recent execution of Georgy VV. Jordan, who was convicted of the mur der of Nieolovitcli in Mobile last Septem ber, baa developed certain facts which, we Lliiuk, places Ins execution in a totally different light. The jury, it seems, brought in a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment and annexed the penal ty of death, as it was their province to determine the method of punishment. It seems that the jury recommended the Governor to commute the punishment, which recommendation was signed by uine of them, and based upon the affida vit of a material witness who was found three or four weeks before tbc trial, sub poenaed to attend it in behalf of Jordan; but being Captain of a tlat boat, was pre vented by head-winds from reaching Mo bile in time for the trial. After he ar rived his affidavit was taken and forward ed to the Governor, with the statement of the Jury, that had lie been present at the trial they would not have affixed the death penalty. The Tribune commenting on these facts says that the Governor ought to have yielded. Wc fully agree iu this opinion. It is very true that it has been and is a settled practice with tbc Courts, not to disturb the verdicts of juries. This, as a general rule, is necessary for the proper administration of the law, but when means are established by the law itself to correct its errors and mollify the effects of its stern, hard rules, then it is simple justice that the Governor should correct the error by the exercise of his preroga tive. Justice should be tempered with mercy, and this should always be done in a ease like Jordan’s. Whatever may bo the grade of the offense, the penalty at tached should of course be proportioned to the crime. Had the Governor yielded to-the recommendation of the jury ho would have countervailed the effects of the absence of the material witness and rendered adequate justice to Jordan and the country. “To err is human” and sad experience has demonstrated that. Ju ries, Courts and those invested with the pardoning power, form no exceptions to the rule. ♦ Suicide. We find the following in the Union Springs Gazette : Our community was shocked on the morning of Monday last, by the an nouncement that Mrs. Bird Fitzpatrick was dead—that she had died by her own hand ! She had retired the evening be ; fore at about 10 o’clock, and the next morning soon after daylight, was found in | the back yard of the house, suspended by J the neck to a small tree, quite dead, i The usual restoratives were vigorously applied, but without effect; the vital spark had tied forever. Mrs. F. was au j intelligent, accomplished, unostentatious I and most amiable lady, and since her ; marriage with Mr. Fitzpatrick, has been most exemplary and happy iu her domes tic and marital relations. Although considered a religiously con scientious woman, yet for several weeks her mind had been unusually excited on the subject of religion, and she was fre | quently in great distress of mind. The day and evening before her death (Sabbath) had been spent in devotional exercises with her friends, and she retired at about 10 o’clock, expressing some relief from I her anxiety. The servants and other members of the* family discovered her soon after daylight on Monday morning, standing erect in her night dress near a tree, apparently at prayer; some little time after they had occasion to go near the spot and found that she was suspended to the tree by a cord. The alarm was immediately given, and Mr. F., just aroused from his sleep, beheld his beloved, his loving, his devo ted wife a lifeless corpse ! Her remains, accompanied by a nume rous concourse of friends, were deposited j in the graveyard near Town Creek Meth odist church. From the La Grange Reporter. Hail Hoad Meeting. Monday, Aug. 22, 1859. Pursuant to a call by the President of Ihe Columbus and Hamilton Rail Road | Company, a number of the friends of the Road met in the Court House to-day.— On motion of Thos. Leslie, Maj. John E. Morgan was called to the Chair and N. M. Harris was requested to act as Secre tary. Col A. B. Fannin, in a short and im pressive speech, explained the object of the meeting—showing conclusively the importance of building the Road ; that it should and would be built. His argu ments were logical, powerful and search ing—convincing all present that the en terprise was worthy of the highest con sideration and most liberal patronage of the people of Troup county and especial ly of La Grange—and that money inves ted in this Rail Road would pay hand some dividends. Maj. J. E. Morgan also addressed the meeting—showing most clearly that the City of Columbus, Mobile and the Girard & Mobile Rail Road Company weic inter ested in the enterprise, aud that we might confidently expect aid from them. On motion of Col Fannin, a call was made for volunteers to assist in advan cing th(; interests of the Road, and also to get stock subscribed and report at the next meeting. The following gentlemen came forward and enrolled their names : Maj. John E. Morgan, Samuel Curtright, Thos. Leslie, Jno. Wilkers, George C. Heard and Gen. J. W. B. Edwards. On motion, a standing Committee of seven was appointed by the Chair to so licit the taking of stock; the following named gentlemen were appointed that Committee : Dr. R. A. T. Ridley, Lucius B. Lovelace, B. P. Cameron, Col. Henry Long, C. B. Ferrell, B. 11. Hill and Adam Ragland. On motion of Col. Fannin the proceed ings of the meeting were ordered to be published in the La Grange Reporter. The meeting then adjourned to meet on the first Tuesday in September next. J. E. MORGAN, President. N. M. Harris, Secretary. The following itemsof news we extract from the Bainbridge Argus, of the 24th instant : The Chops.—From all we can learn, the crop% in this section have not been so seriously injured by the rains as wa3 ap prehended. The cotton is shedding its forms in some places, and in others has taken the rust, yet there is still a pros pect of a tolerably fair crop. The rains continuing, however, the extent of the damage cannot dow be fully determined. The corn crop may be considered good. Two bales of new cotton were sold in this place yesterday, to B. F. Bruton & Cos., at 12 cents. It was raised on the plantation of Win. Smallwood, Esq., of this county. The boy Ilill, one of the murderers of Mrs. Saddler, whose case was carried up to the Supreme Court, is to be hung at this place on Friday, the 9th day of Sep tember next. Rockford, Ala. Aug. 18, 1859. Ed. Selma Sentinel. —We have just been shown by Mr. James Van Sandt, speci mens taken from his Mine about seven miles N. W. of thisjilace which we think entitled to notice. The specimens shown us, seem to be the black oxide of copper, intermingled with indications of iron ore and gold quartz. Not being minerolagist, or chem ist, we have not tested thoroughly, but we are satisfied said specimens contain valuable minerab. There are other mining interests in the same vicinity, which, from the specimens shown us by Col. James George and others, are equally important. We have not the least doubt of the fact that untold wealth exists in the hills of Coosa county. Money and energy will soon develop it. There are men at work —they have money invested—we would be glad to see them succeed. ResDectfully, &c. f SETTLE & VERNON, *