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SEeeWi) Jlmt. ■ -♦ I'. DcWOLF It. .1. VARINGTON....T.GILBERT. THOS. GILBERT A CO., l'jiitors and l^roprietors. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Fur one year, paynblein advance $2 00 For *ix raontha, payable in advance 1 25 ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements will be inserted in tlio Weekly Sun at one dollar per quare(teii lines or less in nonpareil type,) for the first insertion, and fifty cents fur each subsequent insertion of the same. Professional and other cards, not exci ( ding five lines, iuserted six months for eight dollars, or for twelve months at fourteen dollar s. Announcementsof candidates for a time not ex ceeding three months, five dollars; for all time over three months, at the rate of two dollars per mouth—pay required in advance. Tuesday September G, 1859. The Democrat, a leading German jour nal of Western New York, has nominated Hon. J. 11. Haimnond, of South Carolina, as the Democratic candidate for the next Presidency. Disitngutslicd Arrival. The Nineteenth Century says: “The first bale of new cotton, from Houston county, made its appearance at our depot on the 20th inst. It was from the plan tation of James P. Allen, Esq , near Fort Valley. ♦ Tlie Cable Successfully Laid. The St. Louis Republican of the 24tli instant, says: “The large telegraphic cable, which we wrote of the other day, was successfully laid, yesterday morning, across the Mississippi River, and found to work like a charm. Remarkable Receipts of New Cotton. The N. 0. Picayune says : It is worthy of note that, yesterday and the day be fore, the 23d and 24th of August, there were received in this city, 3,27 G bales of cotton, of which 3,084 were of tlm year’s product The Grand Duke, from Vicks burg, which arrived yesterday, brought the largest load of the season, thus far. Tho Seuior editor of the Montgomery Mail, who has been rusticating at Tallade ga Springs, reached home Monday, some where in the “wee sma hours” of the morning. Wc are glad to learn from a paragraph in his paper that the mineral waters and bracing atmosphere of Talla dega Springs, have exerted a beneficial influence upon his jaded system. Selma Full Trade. The Daily Courier, of tho 27th, says that tho merchants of Selma are laying in larger stocks of Fall and Winter goods than have evtr before been brought to that market. They are making prepara tious commensurate with the anticipated increase of her trade. A great revolution has taken place iu her commercial pros pects, which are attributable solely to the : magic influence of Rail-Roads. Rosalie Durand. The San Francisco (Cal.) Herald, of tho sth inst., reports: Accident to Miss Rosalie Durand.— On Monday night, after the performances at the Opera House, Miss Rosalie Durand, while opening a bottle of magnesia with a fork, accidentally broke the bottle, and cut her left hand dreadfully with the broken glass. The wound laid open the ball of the thumb to the bone, and is | about an inch and a half in length. The lady appeared with her arm in a sling last night, and suffered much from the pain. Crops iu tlte Cane Brake. The Linden (Ala.) Jeffersonian says: The great abundance of rain which we have had for several weeks past, has caused Cotton to shed its bolls and squares to an extent seldom before equal ed in this section. The rot too lias made its appearance and is doing considerable damage. So after all tlie growing crop may turn out to be a very short one.— Cotton is much more backward than last year, but few bolls being as yet open jn any of the plantations in this part of t lie country. Montgomery Advertiser and State Gazette. This old and well established paper has issued the Prospectus for its 26th Volume, which will commence the 7th of Septem ber next. It has always been an able and consistent advocate of the principles of Stato Eights, of which its past history af fords a sufficient guarantee. It is pub lished daily and weekly, by Messrs. Cloud & Shorter, and edited by the latter, as sisted by Mr. James 11. Mackey, who j had, for a long time previously, proved himself an able contributor to its columns. We wish that its career may still be suc cessful. Adjusted. We are gratified to see from the last issues of the Marion Commonwealth and I American, that the difficulties existing between their respective editors, Messrs, lteid and Caswell, have been adjusted by the interference of a mutual friend. They arose from the recent hotly con tested election in Perry. Mr. Reid con strued a certain card in the American as personally offensive, and made threats of | personal violence against Mr. Caswell. The former withdrew his threats, when Mr. Caswell made an explanation which proving satisfactory, Mr. Reid accepted it as an adjustment of the difficulty. Negroes Leaving Virginia. A correspondent of the Petersburg Ex press, from Shepherdstown, Virginia, writes to that paper, Aug. 24th, as fol lows : Our farmers on the line between Mary land and Virginia, are annoyed a great j deal by their negroes running away.— They are so near a Free State, that the 1 negroes most always reach it before they : can be overtaken, and once in a Free ! State, it is with the greatest difficulty ; their owners can get them, eveu when they learn their whereabouts, though the “Fugitive Slave Law” is still in exist ence. They very soon make their way ; through Pennsylvania into Canada, and j there they are beyond reach. Several gentlemen in this region know that their negroes are in Canada, but to get them is utterly hopeless. Crops in Unrbonr County. The Spirit of the South, of the 30th inst., says : “The cotton crop of this sec tion is not so promising as it was three j weeks since. The excessive rains which j we have had recently have damaged the crop very seriously. We hear considera ble complaint of shedding, rust and boll worm. It is becoming the opinion of many, that the crop of this county will not be so good as it was last year. ’ From the same paper we learn that ow ing to the lateness of the season the South-Western Rail-Road Company have decided to postpone until next summer the work on the bridge across the Chat tahoochee, at Eufaula. The Board of Di rectors will decide the question of the location at their meeting in October next. We learn from a friend that the Hon. Allen F. Owen, of Talbot county, former ly member of Congress from this State, and Consul to Havana under Mr. Fill more’s administration, was stricken down by paralysis on the 28th inst., and doubt 6 are entertained of iiis recovery. — Times. VOLUME 111-} Political Neutral Magazines. Frank Leslie’s Magazine is fast becom ing little better than a Black “Republi can” weekly. It illy disguises its pro clivities in that direction Its last essay in this way is a fling at a gentleman who Stands high in the estimation of all, for no other reason than that he is a Demo crat; then follows a eulogium upon the redoubtable Oen. Jim Nye, who is repre sented as little beneath au angel. If Democrats want to support Black “ Re publican” papers, we advise them to take the open and manly, not the sly and cov ert sheets which, like Frank Leslie’s Magazine, assume to be neutral or ex clusively literary, when, in fact, they are enemies in disguise. We clip the the New York Daily News. If the gentleman alluded to by the News be a reliable friend to the institution of slavery, it matters little whether he belong to one or the other of the parties in opposition to the Black Republicans. That would not change the degree of the offense offered the South. Frank Leslie’s Magazine has already a circulation in the South which many similar Southern enterprises have languished for, and through want of it have been compelled to be discontinued. The patronage of such .Magazines can not be attributed to the slightest indiffer ence to our domestic institutions, but the arbitrary decrees of fashion are promul gated from the North to the South, and we are so infatuated as not to be able to throw off our blind and ill-judged alle giance, even though we receive our knowledge cf the prevailing mode intern spersed now and then with an insidious thrust at slavery. The furor created by “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin” illustrates the dangerous character of anti-slavery fic tion. The influence of such Magazines as Frank Leslie’s is more to be feared than all the newspapers at the North openly advocating the restriction or ex tinction of slavery, because they have a wide circulation in the South, and as sault its peculiar institutions under a most specious and plausible guise. They are to be feared as much as a cowardly enemy who inflicts his stabs iu the dark. A common cause of complaint against Southern literary newspapers and peri odicals, is, they are devoid of interest. Where lies the fault? The South can justly boast of the requisite talent. The conclusion is evident that it is caused by the unpardonable neglect of the section which should foster and nourish them with the patronage which must sustain any enterprise. No newspaper is self sustaining, and contributions cannot be procured without compensation. If South ern literary enterprises received even one half the support lavished by the South upon many of the anti-slavery, catch penny concerns issued at tho North, we would soon establish a desirable and cred itable Literature at home. There is but one way to rebuke such proclivities, and that is to limit the circulation of such periodicals as manifest them, to the lati tude where they are most congenial. Tlie Western Corn Crop. The luxuriant appearance of the grow ing corn throughout the West is tho sub ject of general remark. The Cincinnati Commercial, of Wednesday, says : The prospects for a corn crop of full average yield, throughout the region of couutry about which there was recently so much apprehension, have been well re assured by the generous rains of the last two weeks, and the increased amount of land planted throughout the West will make the yield of this great staple, if present anticipations are realized, much greater than ever before gathered. We are informed by a gentleman extensively engaged in farming in the central portion of the State, that there are farmers who’ will willingly contract for 3,000 to 5,000 bushels of corn, deliverable monthly after the crop is fully ready to be marketed, at 60 cents per bushel. This last of the year’s pvomises of fullness should indeed inspire our unreserved gratitude. Prices must be submitted to by producers that will set the wheels of commerce in mo tion, relieve tlie country of debt, and es tablish a firm basis for the resumption of anew career of prosperity and progress. Iron Wealth of Missouri. An assistant of the Missouri Geological Survey gives in volume 1 of their Report an estimate of the iron ore in the cele brated iron region of that State, as fol lows: Iron Mountain, 228 feet high, cov ering 500 acres, one mass of specular ore weighing 230,187,275 tons; average yield at furnace 56 per cent., or 128,904,- 930 tons of pure iron. Pilot Knob, next in richness, is estimated to contain 13,- 972,773 tons of ore, or 7,000,000 tons of pure iron. These two deposits will fur nish about 130,000,000 tons of iron, the ore of which all lies above the natural surface of the country, easily miued, and furnishing the best of metal. Rail road iron, 70 lbs. to the yard, takes 1,232 tons to the mile, and all the rail roads in the United States would take of that weight of rails about 3,500,000 tons of iron, or 1.40 of the deposit above spoken of. This is only the ore above the surface. God only knows what is below. llail Road Iron. The Selma Daily Courier, of the 27th inst., says: “The steamer Senator came up on yesterday morning, as far as this place, and landed one hundred and eighty odd tons of iron for the Alabama and Ten nessee Rail-Road. It is confidently ex pected that the Road will be in running order to the town of Talladega by the 15th of September—at any rate, by the time the rainy season sets in Selma and Talladega will be connected by bonds of iron, and our up-country friends will be saved, this winter, the disagreeable tramp of ten miles ihat so annoyed them in vis iting our city last winter.” Iron Bands for Cotton Bales. The New York Courier and Enquirer says: “Our attention has been called to abuse in the use of sheet iron bands on cotton bales. Six bands which were taken from a bale yesterday weighed twenty seven pounds—the cords usually em ployed weigh only about six pounds. The difference in this case amounted on the value of cotton, to i to f cents per lb. \Ye did not learn what steps are proposed to stop this abuse, if it may be so termed, but we hear that the New Orleans Cham ber of Commerce discountenances it.” ♦ To Correspondents. B. & P., Griffin, Ga., will find no ad vertisement yet for the River Bride. She is, however, making regular trips, and we shall have in a few days a regular schedule for her. In the meantime, you need have no fears of shipping this way, gentlemen, as either the “Bride” or “Stokes,” will always be on hand to put them through with dispatch, and in advance of the Catbbert route. THE • WEEKLY SUN. Common School* in the South. It is universally conceded that iu the matter of educatingthe people, theSouthis at least half a century behind the North All of the Southern States have some sys tem of public education, several of which have been in operation for years, yet lit tle progress has been made towards per fecting them. Is the defect owing to the want of administrative talent in the min isterial officers of the school law, or is it attributable to the want of unanimity in the people? Many entertaiu the opinion, and not without some degree of plausibil ity, that public schools have a centraliz ing tendency, and are unfavorable to the development of that independence of character resulting from individual effort and self reliance. All concede the ob jections, but are convinced that they are more than counterbalanced by the benefits conferred. The social system of the North constitutes no objection to public school systems. The many “isms,” and the wild theories originating in that lati tude, arise from the absence of the con servative influences of the iostitution of slavery. The Boston Post has published a series of articles on “Colleges and Schools in the South,” which concludes as follows : “In reviewing the subject of education in the Southern States, we arrive at this general result: That the scattered condi tion of the people is unfavorable to the very general prevalence of tho common school system, such as prevails in New England. Private schools are more gen eral in the South than any other portion of the world ; and as to the higher semi naries of learning, if she is not now an equal to the North, she soon will be. And then, the education she acquires from so cial intercourse may outweigh all the real instruction imparted through the lyceum system. “At the present time, the South is more active in improving her educational sys tem than the North. At her recent Com mercial Conventions the subject has been freely discussed, and the general view has been taken that her sons and daughters should be educated at home, and not at the North. The Southerners not only propose to furnish themselves with edu cation, but with school-books. The last have been, very generally, procured from the North. The South has been accus tomed to pay the North, for school-books and education, $5,000,000 annually. But she is now endeavoring to manufacture both school-books and education for her own children.” Politics in Bibb. The Opposition party of Bibb county, met in meeting, at Macon, on the 26th, when a committee was appointed to re port matter for the action of the meeting. After consultation the committee reported resolutions recommending tho uniting with the Democracy iu the formation of a compromise ticket for the Legislature, they to be allowed the selection of Sen ator, and the Democrats the members of the House, or vice versa. The ensuing day the Democracy as sembled, when tho overtures of tho Op position meeting were rejected, mainly on the ground, as the Journal and Mes senger says, “that they had met to nomi nate Democratic candidates.” The meet ing then nominated P. Tracey, for the Senate, and O. A. Lochrane and L. M. Lamar for the House. The Citizen says the proposition origi nated with the Democrats, and was, through courtesy,acquiesced in by the Op position. It nnuiiftsts considerable in dignation at the action of the Democratic meeting, and urges the Opposition, on Tuesday next, to select their best men, and if they deem it expedient, to place any solid and able Democrat, regardless of any feelings of spite, against the “subterranean” Democracy. Georgia Manufactures, The Richmond Morning News, in a well written article on the domestic manufac tures of the South, pays the following de served compliment to Georgia: That Georgia is the banner State in the promotion of domestic manufactures, is a concession that justice and truth demand at the hands of her sister Southern States. Whilst Georgia possesses inferior natural resources, for the successful development of a home manufacturing interest, than many of her sister Southern States, yet she has practically illustrated the wisdom of that political economy, which teaches that the wealth of a people depends upon their productive capabilities for supply ing their own waits and domestic neces sities. ‘ We do not think the News does ade quate justice to our natural resources for manufacturing. They have never been fully applied, and when they are brought into requisition by capital and enterprise, the result will prove that in this respect, as in other internal improvement, she is the “Empire State” of the South. John Ross, recently re-elected Princi pal Chief of the Cherokee Indians, has held that position for 31 consecutive years. He was elected under the first constitution of the Nation, in 1828, and has been re-elected every four years since, almost without opposition. It is stated that he is an educated man, of mixed In dian and Caucasian blood, somewhat more than sixty years of age, has the sense to write short messages to the Council, and enjoys unbounded popularity among the civilized red-skins. The Chief is under stood to be a descendant cf Daniel Ross, a Scotchman, who married a daughter of McDonald, a Scotchman, who married a Cherokee woman, McDonald was, at the time of the American Revolution, agent for Georgo 111, among the Cherokees. Awful Tragedy. The Macon State Press, of the 31st inst., says: We learn that two brothers, Augustus and Jackson Roberts, about six miles from our city, shot each other with a pis tol this morning—the former being in stantly killed, and the latter dangerously wounded. The cause of the unnatural quarrel, which led to this awful tragedy, we are ignorant of. Both parties were citizens and farmers of Jones county. P. S.—Since the above was written we j learn that the other brother has also died from his wound. Correspondence of the Savannah Republican. Dawson, Ga., Aug. 25. Mr. Editor: We have this day received a bale of cotton, grown by Mr. E. Z. Tay lor, of Terrell county, class Strict Mid dling, and sold for sixteen cents per pound. Crops through this country have been injured by heavy protracted raias, but not as much as we once thought. We do hope some of the Banks of your city j will establish an agency in this place: we expect to receive ten thousand bales of I cotton, and dislike to have to look abroad for funds to operate on. Respectfully yours, (See. W. The architect of the Great Eastern, Mr. j Brunei, the celebrated engineer, Mr. Ste phenson, and other scientific gentlemen, will take passage on the monster steamer on her first trip from the Thames to Casco | Bay. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 6, 1859. Life of George M. Troup. The Charleston Daily Mercury says: We*learn that a distinguished citizen of Georgia, Hon. Edward J. Harden, is now engaged in preparing a life on the Hon. George M. Troup. The volume will be issued to a limited number of subscribers, at $3 in muslin, £3 50 in full sheep, and i half calf or turkey $4. Those who are old enough to remember Gov. Troup, will not forget that his prin ciples were as identical with those of the State Rights school of South Carolina as j any man in this State. His famous sen timent: “The argument is exhausted— let us stand to our arms!” will not be, and should never be forgotten. A gentleman in this city, who has in terested himself iu the matter, only from a desire to perpetuate the principles of Gov. Troup, has a lis in his possession, and we can furnish his name to such as desire it. The way to perpetuate his principles as they deserve to be, is not to limit the work to a few subscribers, but enable every young man in the country, who has independence of character sufficient to form his political opinions for himself, to read it and familiarize himself with them. It will be remembered it was on the occa sion of the Treaty of the United States with the Creek Indians, in 1825, in far ther fulfillment of the stipulation to ex tinguish the Indian title to lands in Georgia, that the controversy between Georgia and the General Government occurred. The Indians refused to leave their lands, and Georgia insisted on the fulfillment of the treaty. A special meet ing of the Legislature was called by Gov. Troup, to provide for the survey and appropriation of the territory acquired from the Creeks. In his message to the Legislature, he took occasion to notice auother subject, which, in his opinion, took precedence of all others in import ance. Mr. King, Senator from New York, at the preceding session of Con gress, offered a resolution proposing to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, after paying the public debt, to the emancipation of slaves and colonization of free persons without the limits of the United States. The Attor ney General had also given an opinion that a Taw of South Carolina imprisoning free persons of color arriving there, was unconstitutional. He denounced these acts of King and Wirt as “officious and impertinent intcrmeddlings with our do mestic concerns.” Another extract in the same message contains the famous sentiment which has become stereotyped in the political phraseology of tlie day. It is as follows: “If this matter (slavery) be an evil, it is our own; if it be a sin, we can implore the forgiveness of it. To remove it, we’ ask neither their sympathy nor assistance. It may be our physical weakness—it is our moral strength. If, like the Greeks and Romans, we cease to be masters, we are slaves. I entreat you most earnestly, now that it is not too late, to step forth, and having exhausted the argument, to stand by your arms.” Indian Territory. In another place will be found a letter to the Charleston Mercury, from a South erner iu Kansas. It seems that we are to have perhaps the re-enactment of tlie Kansas imbroglio in the Indian Territory, if the settlement of the matter be left to the emigrant aid-societies of Massachu setts and other abolition States. That Territory is already inhabited by friendly Indian tribes, possessing slave property, and if the General Government regards its treaty stipulations with them, emigra tion will take its natural course. The slaves already there will remain secure, and it will, in due time, become a slave State. The Indian and the “pale face” cannot amalgamate ; the latter will buy up the slaves of the former, and cultivate his lands, and the Territory will gradually emerge from its state of Territorial pupi lage into the independent sovereignty of a slave State. We hope that the rights of the South there will not be intrusted to speculating politicians and free-soil Governors, as was the case in Kansas. The emigrant aid-societies of the North had no more efficient allies in Kansas than Reeder, Guerry, Walker & Cos. Another County. A movement seems to be on foot to carve anew county out of Burke. A cor respondent of the Waynesboro’ News, of the 30th, condemns it in the strongest terms. He opposes it on the grounds of equity and the reduction of the Legisla tive Assembly. In pursuance of his re quest the News calls a meeting of the cit izens of Burke county, irrespective of party, to meet iu Convention at Waynes boro’ on the first Tuesday in September next, to express their views on both ques tions, which it considers of vital impor tance. ♦ # There is a dispute iu the Fourth Con gressional District of Kentucky, as to who is elected. The first official account reports that Andekson, the Opposition candidate, was elected by three majority. If certain mistakes were corrected, the Democrats claim that Christian would stand elected. The decision of this question is impor tant, because it will determine which of the two parties will have the •majority in the House of Representatives. Devotion to Professional Duty. The Winnsboro’ Register records the death of John Smart, Esq., formerly a leading member of the Bar in Camden, S. C. He died in Fairfield District, at the residence of Capt. T. W. Woodward. He enjoyed the reputation of an able lawyer, and zealous advocate throughout the State. The cause of his death is believed to be over exertion in devoting himself to a professional cause of a capital nature. Old Fogies. The following is one of the numerous definitions of an old Fogy that have been given at various times. It was given at a meeting of a Printers’ Society, in the form of a toast. There is no surer indi cation of the species. Here it is : Old Fogies: People who stick up MSS. notices and advertisements at cross-roads and on the off-sides of barn doors. The Waynsboro (Ga.) News of the 30th says: The weather for the last ten days has been very pleasant for August. Cotton and Sugar Cane are still growing finely, and Corn fast ripening into an abundant harvest. Tlie Destitute of tlie Azores. The citizens of Boston have been con tributing to the destitute inhabitants of those Islands. The bark Azore, Capt. Burke, from Boston, is announced as having arrived at FayaJ, on her way with the contributions. South-Western Rail Road. We have received a copy of the Report of the President and Directors of the South-Western Rail Road, made August 11th. The Report shows the operations aud extension of the Road for tlie year ending July 31st, 1859: The net sum earned fur the year, after paying all ordinary and extraordinary expenditures, as shown in the Report, is $282,230 20 The following amounts have been paid : Hiv’d, Feb., 1869, 4 per cent... 585,020 00 Interest on Bond- 28.344 50 Annuity to City of Macon 1.250 00 Dividend declared Aug. 11. on the stock as held Ist Aug, at the rate of 8 percent, per annum 00.100 00 Total $205,374 50 Leaving a surplus pf earnings, after payment of Div’ds and all Interest $ 70,855 70 The Report is an elaborate one, and shows in detail the earnings and expendi tures ; the number of passengers; the number of bales of cotton ; quantity of produce of the year just ended, compared with the previous year. There is a table showing the number of bales of cotton transported over the Columbus and Mus cogee Rail Road, to Savannah, Augusta and Macon, over this Road, compared with last year, which we have already noticed after the publication of the satis factory Report ot the Muscogee Rail Road. The President thinks the future of the Road is full of promise, and that there can be nb doubt whatever of the ability of the Company to pay regularly to the Stockholders at least eight per cent, per annum. He expresses the opinion that the net income of the Road for this cur rent year, after paying all ordinary ex penses, will be $350,000 —a sum sufficient to pay all interest, a dividend of eight per cent., and leave $90,000 to meet ex traordinary expenses. The Report exhib its a gradual increase of the business and operations of the Road. Tlie Pearl of tlie Antilles. The receipts into the colonial treasury of the Island of Cuba during the first six months of the present year under the name of “royal rents,” amounted to $10,067,583,75. Os this sum $3,761,- 904,75 were what are known as ‘‘land’ rents,” or income from the public lauds. The balance in the treasury were known as “ maritime rents,” or pert revenues. During the first six months of the last year the treasury receipts amounted to $9,-186,241,75; during the year 1857 to $9,005,156. The increase of the “port revenues” over the “ land rents,” exhibits the true element of the wealth and importance of the island, This increase has maintained itself, notwithstanding the comparative decrease of business in the products of the island for the present year. The following table exhibits the ex ports of the island for the first six months of the last three years, from the port of Havana: Articles of Export. | 1857. | 1858. | ISad. Sugar, boxes | 471,231 012,389 521,133 Rum,'pipes 3,830 6,772 7,150 Coffee, arrobas j 10,822 15,853 2,936 Wax, arrobas 25,465 22,650 27,689 Molassis, hhds 25,665 15'457 16,350 Cigars, thousands.. 76,872 108,817 103,511 Tobacco, Leaf, lbs.. 448,007 1,482,053 3,771,081 Pork Packing at Chicago. Extensive preparations are making by packers at this point for the approach ing season’s operations. Messrs. Hub bard & Cos. have erected anew house on the old site on the north branch of the river, at a cost of about $12,000, the ca pacity of which will be about 1,000 hogs daily. Thomas Nash, Esq., erected last summer a packing-house on theTcorner of Ringgold Place and Wabash avenue, at a cost of about $6,000 —with a capacity of cutting about four hundred hogs daily. We also learn that Messrs. Flint & Sterns are now building packing houses on the river, close to Flint & Wheeler’s ware house, at a cost of about SIO,OO0 —with a capacity to kill and cut. about 700 hogs daily. These, with the houses already built, will give facilities for packing at Uis point, enjoyed by few cities in the Union. The new houses above referred to are built and fitted up in the best style, with all the modern improvements. SoutUci'n Express Company. Eds. Mail: An extensive tour recently made through the Southern States, ena bles me to bear witness to the universal expression of good will and deep interest in the starting of an enterprise known as “Tlie Southern Express.” The merchant, mechanic, and private citizen earnestly desire the establishment of an express to compete with the present monopoly. The stock is distributed, and held by the mer chants in the different Southern cities,and the line is to extend from New York to New Orleans. The Southern Express, to succeed, should establish uniform and regular charges, at moderate rates, and employ courteous and obliging clerks, and the whole South, as well as our Northern friends who do a Southern business, will unquestionably sustain it— Mail Sales of Dry Goods hy Auction. It is estimated that the sales of dry goods by auction for the current week will reach fully one million of dollars, and including sales last week, and those alreadjtannounced, a value of nearly two and a half millions will be reached. This forms a very small proportion of the sales in this market, the importation for the last fiscal year being about ninety millions of dollars, to say nothing of do mestic goods, so that if ten or even twenty per cent, of the whole importation is sold at cost or a little under, the rela tion of this business to the whole trade is not of great importance. —New York Courier <)’ Enquirer. A Generous Congregation. The N. O. True Delta says: The finan cial managers of the congregation of which the late Rev. Dr Alexander was pastor, some years since, insured his life for SSOOO, which, in addition to his sa vings, makes an aggregate of about $12,- 000 for his widow aud children. The members of his church, however, not sat isfied with this amount, have determined to raise a fund of $25,000 or $30,000 for the support of the family, and are now perfdbting a plan for that purpose. * The Macon (Miss.) Beacon says: A serious injury befell a gentleman of that place a few days ago, by the explosion of a powder flask which was lying in his lap. It happened from lighting a cigar. The extent of the injury is not stated, but it is added that a gentleman who was riding with him in a buggy when the ac cident oceured, had his shirt and pants destroyed. Rumored Loss of tlie Congress. Philadelphia, Aug. 30.—An unveri fied rumor, believed to have originated at the navy yard, says that the frigate Con gress, and all on board, have gone down at sea. The frigate sailed from here on the 14th inst, J. L. Porter, Esq., has resigned the editorial chair of the lYetumpka (Ala.) Dispatch to Col. Samuel H. Dixon, who will change its name to the Wetumpka Enquirer. Mr. Porter is a candidate for Solicitor of the first Judicial Circuit. i The New York Express says that Mr. A. K. Moore, of the Petersburg Intelli gencer, and formerly of the Savannah Republican, is a candidate for Printer to .he next House of Representatives. ‘‘Buelali.” A few days since we stated that Miss Augusta Evans, of Mobile, was superin tending the preparation of anew work of her’s, now in the press of Derby & Jack son, New York city. The following is an extract from a circular of the Publishers, in high praise of the furthcoming volume The undersigned have in press, and nearly ready for publication, anew vol ume, entitled “Buelah,” by Augusta J. Evans, (Mobile, Ala.) One large and neat duodecimo volume. Price $1.25. “Buelah” is a tale of Southern li;e, de scriptive of scenes and events in one of our Gulf cities. It is the history of a poor and unfortunate, but proud and re markably gifted orphan, who struggles to support herself under circumstances of great trial, and finally triumphs by at taining a most exalted position, and win ning an enviable reputation through her literary labors. Beginning at the alpha bet of skepticism, as first suggested to a childish mind, Buelah’s intellectual and religious life is traced and analyzed as she passed successively through some of the prominent philosophic phases of the age, and struggled all unaided amid the morasses of doubt and atheism, ultimately rested her spent soul in the serene cloud less atmosphere of Revelation. Some of the pages contain discussions of the deep est problems which have so long perplexed the world, and many of the metaphysical aberrations of the age are analyzed and discarded. Throughout the work may be traced an earnest desire and effort to lead young and gifted minds into surer parts than philosophic systems furnish, and to encourage and foster in every soul germs of the Beautiful, which properly devel oped would ensure pure and healthful of a very gifted and ambitious woman, whose life, early overshadowed by nume rous sorrows, gradually brightened as she earnestly strove to discharge the duties of her position, and consecrated her talents to the service of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful. The publishers do not hesitate to stake their reputation as judges of what is good, interesting, original, and most ably writ ten, upon the merits of this new produc tion of one of the most gifted and popular of our young and rising authoresses. Indian Territory. The Charleston Daily Mercury says we have received the following inter esting letter from a southerner in Kansas. It points in the right direction: * Paola, K. TANARUS., Aug. 15, 1859. Mr. Editor: I take the liberty of wri ting you a few lines on the subject of in terest to the South. It is pretty well conceded that Kansas will be a freesoil, black republican State beyond question. The South has not done any thing since ’56, except allow our constitution to be rejected. We have about 2700 men in Kansas still, and they intend emi grating South as soon as Kansas is admitted into the Union. We arej con nected with a southern organization, and, including all, we have about 17,000 men. The next theatre for action will be the Indian Territory south of Kansas, inclu ding Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw Na tions. The South should prepare for this in time, and stand by her territorial rights. They are of the last importance to our colonization. The abolitionists are the most constant and incessant workers I ever knew belonging to any party. The Danite order is large and well drilled in abolition tactics. But with the whole Government against us, the odds are too much. I am trying to get a printing-press and materials for the purpose of starting a newspaper at Fort Gibson for a friend of mine and of the order, who is a man of ability ; and I wish to know if there could be anything done in the old South State. Temperance Jubilee in Atlanta. The committee of arrangements have completed their preparations for the re ception of delegates to the Temperance Mass Meeting to convene there the 15th instant, we learn from the Atlanta Ameri can of the 80th ult. The several llail Roads radiating from that city will con vey delegates to the Mass Meeting for half fare—the Central Rail Road for a fraction over half fare. Passengers go ing by the Macon and Western Rail Road must purchase return tickets at Macon. Certificates of attendance will be issued to delegates who paying full fare going, will be returned free by the the Roads, i We observe that addresses will be deliv ered on the occasion by ltev. J. E. Ryer- j soq, Rev. S. McCarter of Augusta, and i Rev. A. Graham of LaGrange. Hon. Edward C. Bullock. The Montgomery Advertiser, of the 9th inst., lias an editorial article compli mentary to the lion. E. C. Bullock, of Barbour county, Ala., from which, in deference to its justness, we make the an nexed extract: Although quite young, he has already made his mark and won an enviable repu tation—a reputation that will endure and enlarge in coming years in new spheres of usefulness and honor. Modest and apparently unaspiring, he does not seem to be aware of the high estimation in which he is held. His friends will, doubtless, press his claims and qualifica tions for still higher posts in the gift of the State There can be no doubt that | he would sustain himself with credit in any position to which he may be.eleva ted. Heavy Kains. The Central (Sandersville) Georgian, of the 31st, says: Very heavy rains fell in this county on Tuesday ond Wednesday morning of last week. Some of the water courses were very much swollen. Col. J. J. Long had a very valuable mule drowned while his driver was attempting to cross, with a wagon and six mules, what is generally a small branch. The night was very dark, and the negro drove his team in not know ing the depth of the water, and before he could get the mules loose from the wagon one of them was drowned, and the negro himself barely escaped with his life. Death of Mrs. T. Butler King. The Brunswick Herald of the 25th in stant, says: The community of Brunswick was pained at the announcement, on Monday, of the death of Mrs. A. King, consort of our esteemed fellow citizen Hon. T. But ler King. She died at 9 o’clock on Mon day morniDg, after a short illness. She was a lady of many estimable qualities, and will be sincerely mourned by her large circle of friends, as well as relatives. The afflicted husband has the warmest sympathy of the community in his great bereavement. ♦ The Rowdy. The rowdy is a terrible nuisance. Hear how the poor Dutch landlord described his sufferings at the hands of one of these amiable beings: Ter rowdy corned in and axed me to sell him some peer. I tells him he had more as would do him goot. He calls me von ole Tutch liar, and pegun to proke two tumplers. My vise she call for de vatch ’ouse. ’Fore de vatch ’ouse got dare, de rowdy he kick Hans Scruggle pehint his pack, kissed my taughter Petsey pefore her face, proke all ter tumplers ’cept ter olt stone pitcher, and spilt my vise and todder peer parrels into ter cellar. The Nashville Union and American comes to us considerably enlarged and otherwise much improved. INUMBER 21. An Anecdote from Ten Years of a Preacher’s Life. The author of “The Ritle, Axe and Sad dle-Bags,” William Henry Milburn, has been induced to write his own biography, or rather a series of pictures taken from the life of a blind Methodist preacher. The opening chapter, containing an af fecting account of the accident by which Mr. Milburn lost Iris sight, is followed by a brief narrative of his early life, and the causes which induced him to enter the ministry. Then we have the curious de i tails of his itinerant life as a wandering Methodist clergyman, some of which are highly amusing. Here is an incident: A Sermon Interrupted.— One of our beloved bishops, the Rev % Thos. A. Mor ris, when a young man, was traveling somewhere in the West, and made an ap pointment to preach in a neighborhood little frequented by the ministry. Due notice was given, anil a large company assembled. The service was to be held in a double log cabin with porch in front. The men were gathered in one room, the women in the other, and the boys on the porch. The preacher stood in the door. As he proceeded, a couple of men in the j congregation began to whisper, and at j length spoke so loud that all the congre gation could hear them; the theme of their discourse being a horse swap. The preacher paused and said that, as it was bad manners for more than one to | speak at a time, if it were necessary for j them to bring their trade to a conclusion on the spot, he would stop until they had finished. They were silent, and he re ! sumed, when an officious old gentleman j came bursting through the crowd with a ! split-bottomed chair, raised high above his head, and placing it in front of the preacher, said : “I forgot you had no pul pit ; a man can’t preach without a pulpit; here is one.” The preacher began again, but was soon interrupted by the noise made by the boys in the porch quarrel ling. This was promptly quelled by the old gentleman’s striding among the ur chins, cuffing and boxing them soundly. I and shouting, “Be still, you little sav ages, or I’ll knock your heads off.” Or der restored, the preacher tried to go on again, but now there came a noise from the female side of the house. A boy four or five years old, who was seated in his mother’s lap, was engaged in earnest con versation with her. He said “Mammy, mammy,” and she, “Hush!” At length he seemed to think that endurance had ceased to be a virtue, and howled out, “I say, mammy, scratch my back.” She, in fiery indignntion, boxed his ears sound ly; whereat he set up a terrible yell. She rose and dragged her promising offspring after her, forced her way among the aud itors, rushed by the preacher in the door, and at once began the satisfactory opera tion of trouncing, she shouting “hush!” and he, “I won’t—scratch my back !” This last attack was too much for the preachers equanimity, and the excited state of his risibles obliged him to close i the services on the instant. Free Negroes at New Orleans. In pursuance of the provisions of the act of the Legislature of Louisiana, pro hibiting the immigration and residence of free persons of color in that State, an an nouncement has been made at New Or leans that from and after the Ist of Sep tember, all free persons of color remain ing in that city, must be imprisoned until the boat or vessel’ on which they came leaves the port. As the penalty of this law will be visited also upon masters of boats and vessels, it is probable that few, if any, violations will occur from it. Dinner to Hon. James Chesnut. His friends and associates of early life have tendered Senator Chesnut the honor of a public dinner, at Camden, S. C., on Wednesday, the 28th. They desire to elicit his views as to the best course for the future conduct of the State, as there seems to be a contrariety of opinion upon the political topics of the day. In reply, the Senator has accepted the honor tendered him, and promises to ac cede to the request, though he acknowl edges himself incapable of throwing any ; new light upon them. Prentice, speaking of the New York i Tribune’s recommendation of Bennett as a compromise candidate for Mayor of 1 New York, says he does not think the Tribune’s recommendation will be suc j cessful, “though we must acknowledge ! that Bennett would look with a single eye to the interests of the city.” Large Transaction in Corn. The Memphis Appeal of the 20th says: “As an indication of the fceliDg in the corn market in the Mississippi valley, we have heard of the purchase, recently, by Mr. I’opham, of Breckinridge county, of two or three crops, embracing one hun dred thousand bushels, at thirty-five cents per bushel, to be delivered at the river bank below Cairo.” Death of Mr. Benjamin Screws. The Selma Reporter says, wc learn with regret that Mr. Benjamin Screws, proprietor of Shelby Springs, departed this life on Sunday morning last. Mr. Screws was a clever, good-hearted gen tleman, who did much good for society, and there are many who will receive the I intelligence of his death with deep emo tions of sorrow. The Cotton Caterpillar. The Charleston Mercury has a speci men of the cotton caterpillar just passed through the chrysalis state. It has pre served it in a bottle, but for the benefit of those-who cannot visit the office it is de scribed as being of a tawny brown color, with two very prominent eyes. It is very easy to recognize it after having once seen it. Mr. Breckinridge Not a Candidate. The New York Tribune has received a , special dispatch to the effect that Attor ney General Black, in conversation with a Democratic editor in-Pennsylvania, said he was in receipt of a letter from Vice President Breckinridge, saying he would not, under any circumstances, be a can didate for President. The Astor Library. The Astor Library, established by the last Will and Testament of John Jacob Astor, was opened the 30th, in the exten sions that have been made, when permis sion was given to visitors to examine the treasures of literature, &c., there col lected. Street Preaching. A man named Edward Faulkner was recently preaching on the streets of New York city, when a policeman arrested him and carried him before a magistrate to answer. He exhibited a permit and was discharged. It seems that a man can’t preach in the streets there without a li , cense. Three Richmonds are in the field for the Mayoralty of Charleston, namely: The Hon. Chas. Macbeth, preseflt incum bent ; Col. A. O. Andrews, President of the Chamber of Commerce; and Col. Jno. E. Carew, ex-sheriff, and cx-editor of the Charleston Mercury. For the Daily Sun. The Influence of Kali Roads. New Haven, Conn., was 190 years old iu 1820, and had, then, a population of about 9,000. During the next 20 years, aided by steamboat communication with I ‘ °rk, (80 miles distant, ) it struggled iup to about 14,000 in 1840. At this time the quickest way to get to New London, Providence, Boston, aud “Down East” generally, was to tsfke the steamboat to New \ ork, and thence go by another boat up the whole length of the Sound ; and if any proposed travel in any other direc tion, the stage-coach was the only means at hand. “The stage” (and sometimes an “extra”) left daily for Boston, on the ar rival of the New York boat. Between 1840 find 1845 the Hartford aud New Haven Rail Road, 32 miles long, was built. In 1845 the population W3S 17,- 500. During the next five years the New \ork and New Haven R. R. t the Nauga tuck Valley R. R. s and a few miles of what was called the Canal R. R.. (because laid upon the bed of the Northampton Canal,) were put in operation, and in 1850 the population stood at 21,500. Property advanced 70 to 100 per cent, in value as soon as the Rail Road connection was made. Between ISSO and 1855 the New London Rail Road was built, and the Canal Road extended toward Northamp ton ; and in this period the population made a great stride, counting up no less than 31,500 in 1855. Since that time the Canal Road has been finished to North ampton, and the New London Road to Stonington, Providence and Boston. No census has been taken since 1855, and the increase can only be estimated ; but the best informed put the figures at 42,- 000. . But the increase of value in pro perty has kept pace, and more, with that of population. The city is probably Jive times as rich as it was before the Rail Roads were buift and connection made in the city. Manufactures have grown won derfully in number and amount; as & single illustration, the carriage manufac turing of New Haven exceeds in amount that of any place in the country. The Banking capital has increased from sl, 600,000 to $3,700,000. Insurance capi tal, from a mere nominal sum to about $1,000,000; and Savings’ Banks and othar similar institutions in like proportion, &c., &c. And this is the growth of a city which is surrounded by a piece of coun try of which a large part is as poor as “an old field,” and the city also stands within 75 miles (by R. R.) of the great metropolis, nnd within 25 to 75 miles of near a dozen large and prosperous cities. Mobile anil Girard Railroad. It is known that we have several miles of Railroad now graded on this side of Union Springs, and that the prospect is good for finishing up the grading within twelve miles of Troy in the year 1859. This much was expected by those who made the subscription for that purpose in the beginning of this year. Major Howard, the President of the road, has recently visited our town and assures us positively that the track will be laid to the Springs in a short time, say in October, and that no delay will be made at that point, provided, that a few thousand dollars more can be placed at his disposal. Will not the friends of the road come up to the work at once ? In deed we can see no good reason why the cars shall not reach the Pike lino in Jan uary next—the grading being completed —the iron bought to lay the track, and only a little money needed to build the superstructure. Shall this work be re tarded at this point for the want of, *say $5,000, which will insure the completion of the road as far down as Bruce’s Bridge? Let the money be made up at once. We have every confidence in the de termination of Howard to build the road, and that too at once, with the least pos sible delay. Who would not feel that it were a proud day, when the announce ment shall be made that the cars are ac tually running into the county. A little shove just now, and the thing is done in time to take off a part of the present crop from Pike, and no mistake. Maj. Howard assures us that even now, he will have a car ready to take cotton from every point where public roads shall cross his, for the convenience of planters. So, that now, we can safely take our crop to within six miles of Aberfoil—where the Tuskegee road crosses the track three and a half miles above the Springs. Re member that this point is between Chun nenuggee and the Springs, and, a most excellent road, to which point, the cars can now run. Our whole country will soon be placed under many obligations to the indomita ble Howard and his Columbus backers so” putting this road into Pike. We have no doubt that the business rela tions now being established betwoen our Georgia friends aDd ourselvese this road will prove both pleasant and profitable to all. Let the work go bravely on. So we say.— Troy, [Ala.) American, Aug. 31. * The New Bedford Fire. Five hundred barrels of oil have been scooped up from the water, since the late disastrous fire at New Bedford. The Boston Journal says the precarious condi dition of this property has raised a curious question of ownership and of the amount of salvage to be allowed. The matter was referred to arbitrator’ who, after consul tation, agreed as followers: We, the undersigned, having been cho sen referees to decide what salvage shall be allowed on oil scooped up from the river, docks and streets of the city, have accorded that such persons saving this oil are entitled to three quarters of the oil saved by them. CORNELIUS HOWI AND JAMES B. WOOD Death of a Young Georgian iu Cuba. We take the following item from the Havana correspondence of the N. Y. Her ald: “There (Red at the Marine Hospital, Casa Bianca, across the harbor, oppo site the city, on 17th inst., after only fifty-six hours illness, of yellow fever, an interesting youth, named James Fitz patrick, a native of Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia—where his parents now reside—aged fifteen years. His remains have been emblamed, and are to be sent to his parents by the earliest opportunj , . New Cotton at Eufaula. The Eufaula Express of the Ist in stant, says; The first four bales of the new crop wa3 received here, on Tuesday last, from the plantation of E. R. Moore, of Stewart county, Ga., and sold by L. F. Johnston & Cos., to G. A. Roberts, at II cents— quality, strict middling. It was shipped by the South Western Rail Road to Sa vannah, being the first ever sent that way, directly from Eufaula. A Distinguished Visitor. The Montgomery Mail says: Mr. E. M. Dillard shows us this morning, a little “marine,” jrhich he captured, while sein ing, yesterday afternoon, in the Alabama River, near the wharf. The Stranger is a small flounder, weighing, we should say, some three or four ounces, which some how strayed from salt water, four hun dred miles or more. We have seen es trayed crabs taken from fresh water; and last year a large shark disported himself in the river at Claiborne: but this is the first flounder that we hear of, out of his range. Mr. Dillard will preserve it in al cohol. + First Quaker Meeting lu California. On First-day morning, July 31, the room of the Board of Supervisors, in the City Hall, was entirely filled by these who desired to be present on the occasion ,of the first meeting of the “Society of Friends” in this State. Robert Lindsay and wife, who recently arrived in the country, are accredited ministers from the London Yearly Meeting. Their presence in California is welcomed by many who were members, or who had been accustomed to attend meetings of the Society of Friends in their former homes Robert Lindsay delivered a ser mon of an hour’s duration, marked by a simple elequence, fervor, and grace, which charmed every hearer. His wile followed in a very brief and beautiful dis course. The whole assemblage evinced deep interest and close attention. — Na tional, 1 st.