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About The weekly sun. (Columbus, Ga.) 1857-1873 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1859)
OOLUMBU§: Tuesday Srpt. O, IS5‘.). In another place will be found the pro- ‘ cecdings of the meeting ot the Stock holders of the Muscogee Rail Road, held in this city yesterday. Master Edward Raney, of Apalachi cola, killed a large catamount the after noon of the 30th, in the woods above that city. So says the Advertiser. • ♦ ■ —— lion. N. C. Claiborne, an old Congress man, died in Franklin county, A a., the 15th ult., in the 83d year of l>i3 age. He was a representative in Congress from 1825 to 1827. We were favored with a call yesterday from lion. E. C. Rullock, of the Eufaula Spirit of the South,, and W. G. Clarke, Esq., of the Mobile Advertiser and Even ing News. The former is just returning from a pleasure trip to the mountainous region of Tennessee ; Mr. Clarke is on a hurried trip to the North. The Alpha Delta Phi Society, of Ala bama, convened at Shelby Springs the 24th ult. The annual address was de livered by Mr. John W. Bishop, of Talla dega. The subject of his address was tho objects, aims and destiDy of the So ciety. The elTort is highly spoken of. —♦ Intelligence jpas received at Pensacola tho 31st, that the balance of the iron necessary for the completion of the Montgomery and Pensacola Rail Road to the State line, had been purchased in England. It is believed that by the mid dle of next year the road will be comple ted to Montgomery. California Lion. A few days ago, says the Red Bluff Bea con, Mr. Cochran killed on his branch on South Cottonwood,a lion measuring eight feet from the nose to the tip of the tail, and weighing 150 pounds. lie was first seen with a hog in his mouth weighing twenty pounds, when the dogs made at him, causing him to take refuge in a tree with his prize, where he was shot by Mr. Cochran. ♦ : Klllt Sales tsi New York. The New York Commercial Advertiser, of tho 25th ult., says : “The auction sales of fancy silks tp-day and yesterday have been of great interest. Owing to the large stock pressing on the market, alow range of prices was anticipated, and yes terday fancy silk3 were sold in large quantities, at 10 to 12 percent, below cost.” \ Doatli of Q. O. Woodman. The N. O. Delta records the death of of Mr. O. O. Woodman, at Conyer’s Springs, Va , the 30th ult. He had gone thcro with the hope of recruiting ,his health, but the domestic afflictions in which lie was involved, it was believed, superinduced paralysis and softening of the brain, to which he succumbed. He is represented to have been a citizen of industrious, energetic, and upright habit3. Tho Tampa (Fla.) Peninsular chroni cles the death of Mr. George W. Good win, near that city, under most painful circumstances. Itis son-in-law, G. M. Buckley, becoming enraged at liis wife indulged in a tirade of abuse, when Good win interfered to make peace. Buckley then ran to the back part of the house, and taking deliberate aim through a crack in the wall, fired the whole charge taking effect in the old man’s side. ♦ An illustration of the adage, “misfor tunes never come single,” is found in the case of Mr. L. Waterburry, New York. A few nights since the extensive manu factory of Waterburry & Cos., was de stroyed by fire. This hastened his re turn home from Rochester. Soou after his arrival, his daughter, together with her governess, were drowned in the Sound near New Rochelle, while on a pleasure | excursion in a yacht with a nephew of! Judge Roosevelt. At the last regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, New York City, a preamble and resolutions were offered to tho effect that vessels were frequently lost on the Great Bahama Bank, under the jurisdiction of the Brit ish Government, from the paucity of light houses. As the United States had erected a sufficient number of lights on tho opposite side of the channel, the President of the Chamber was requested to communicate with the President of the 1 nited States, for the purpose of having the matter brought to the notice of the British Government. Sale of (He llark Rawlins. In conformity with the decree of the Judge “of the Northern District of Flori da, as wo learn from the Apalachicola Advertiser, the bark E. A. llawlius, her tackle, apparel, furniture, &c., was of fered for sale at that city, the 21st ult., by 11. K. Simmons, Esq., Deputy Mar shal. It. was knocked down to Dr. G. W. Spencer, of Apalachicola, he being the highest bidder, at the sum of five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. The Advertiser says Mr. C. A. L. Lamar had au agent present. The General Committee of the New York Democracy met at Tammany Hall, the evening of the 2d. Isaac V. Fowler was appointed Chairman. Among the greater and lesser lights present, was the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, who, however, took no part in the proceedings, except to listen to the voices he had been accus tomed to hear on former occasions. A resolution was adopted to appoint a com mittee of one from each Ward, to remon strate with lion. Howell Cobb, then in the city, against contracting for the la bor required in the public stores, and giving such contract to favorite individu als. A Good Example. The agitation of the question of the fire alarm bell iu this city will, jre hope, soon give occasion for an announcement simi lar to the following, from the Montgomery Mail: 1 Execution. —The new fire-alarm bell, weighing 2700 lbs., was hanged in the rear of the guard house on Saturday af ternoon last. Os a still night, in case of lire, the sound of this bell will wake up every living sleeper within five miles around, except, perhaps, deaf persons. Tho tones of this bell arc remarkably full, soft and well executed. Condition of Arkansas. The statistics of the different counties of the State just published, present very cheerful figures in almost every instance, showing a large increase of taxable prop erty. The growth of the population and wealth of different sections of the State surpasses anything before witnessed, and , is indeed almost without a parallel iu the Southern States.—A”. O. Picayune. Higk Price of Slaves. The Charlotte (N. C.) Bulletin says: Two negro men w publicly sold in Raleigh on Monday last, at the following prices: One between forty and fifty of age, at $1,040; and one about j Shirty years of age, at $1,375. The man Jwho brought the highest price is a sort of a “ workman,” and of strong constitu tion. GdVbrnor Troup. In the Sim of Thursday morning, We copied a paragraph from the Charleston Mercury, in which the editor of that paper said the fatuous scutimeutof Gov. Troup, “The argument is exhausted, let us stand by our arms’” will not be, and should never be forgotten. Without any desire to rake up the political fossils of the past, we merely endeavored to show the origin of that celebrated sentiment, and the cir cumstances under which it was uttered. “Philo Union” thinks we were inaccu rate in some of our statements concerning it. We have no “vivid recollection” of Gov. Troup’s war message, as our cor respondent has, but our information is derived from a political history of the United States, based principally upon the Journals of Congress, and written by a man cvidentlv a Federalist, and of course not obnoxious to the charge of bias or partiality towards Gov. Troup. We think, with due deference, that “Philo Union” is mistaken in saying the war message of Gov. Troup was predicated upon a misstatement of what Rufus King had done, and Attorney General Win had said. It was’ called forth by the unfortu nate controversy between Georgia and the General Government. The allusion to King’s resolution, and Wirt’s opinion, was merely an episode in the proceedings of the Legislature, when a special commit tee, to whom the subject was referred, made a report corresponding to the feel ings of the Governor. That committee 1 j responded to the Governor’s condemna- I tlon of the offensive sentiments of the At torney General, in the Supreme Court. As to King’s resolution, it was never called up. The mover had offered it at the preceding session of Congress, merely to record his opinion on the subject to which it related. The effect of the reso lution would have been been to facilitate tho emancipation of slaves in the South ern States, and the colonization of free persons of color without the limits of the United States. Gov. Troup did not quote it in its message to the Legislature, nor, , | so far as our knowledge and investigation have extended, has it ever been published. The resolution was never called up by the mover afterwards. We should have state ed, in giving the origin of Troup’s senti | inent, that propositions similar to King’s had been pressed upon the consideration of Congress, by the Legislatures of several slave-holding States. There were In Gov. Troup's time, and are in the South now, persons who regard such appropriations for colonizing free negroes in Africa as i objectionable. If Gov. Troup was a demagogue, he was of a different type from demagogues of j the present day. He belonged to that Spartan band who, like the old Guard of ’ Napoleon, never surrendered. His war j message may have been couched in in j temperate language. Admitting it was, something, at least, should be pardoned to his excessive devotion to what he con sidered to be the rights of Georgia and of ■ | the South. Barge Sale of Tobacco. ; The largest sale of the weed, said to be, ever known in New York, came off in that city the 30th ult., at McCullough’s sales rooms, No. 159 Front street, and ! resulted in the establishment of a decided ! improvement in the condition of trade. At the hour appointed, the auctioneer, ! D. 11. Burdett, mounted the platform, and | in sixty-five minutes knocked off sixteen hundred hogsheads Kentucky grades, at ! 5]- to 13 cents. ♦- Tlie Tuskegee Democrat. William Hall, Esq., has terminated his j connection with the Tuskegee Demo | crat, which has been conducted with marked ability. B. 11. Kieser, Esq., now assumes the entire control of the edito rial and other departments of the paper, and after the action of the Charleston ! Convention will engage competent con tributors to assist him—provided Doug las be not the nominee. Mr. Judge as United States Senator. The Mail has received letters from two Southern Rights politicians, with Demo | cratic affinities, advising it to urge the claims of Mr. Judge for United States Senator from Alabama—or rather to the compliment of the vote of the State Rights ! Opposition members of the next Legisla ture. Does the Mail wish to convert the Alabama capitol into another Thermopy lae ? The New Orleans Picayune of the 31st is informed by the Agent of the Southern Steamship Company, that anew iron ■ steamship is now building for tho com- I pany, at the establishment of Harlan, Hollingsworth & Cos., Wilmington, Dela ware. She is to run in the augmenting trade with Western Texas and Northern i Mexico, via Brasos Santiago. This ad dition to that trade is an evidence of the growing commerce between Texas and New Orleans. • m Chattanooga Markets. The Chattanooga Advertiser, of the Ist inst., says: “There are so few transac tions in market, and prices are in such an unsettled state, that we deem it the more advisable course, of not trying to make out a regular market report. Wheat would bring from 80 to 90 cents per bushel; Corn from 70 to 75 cents. Sales of Bacon made at 10 cents, hog round sides and hams 11 cents, shoulders 8 cts. Tlie Seventh District. The Daily Citizen has learned by a pri vate letter that Messrs. Kenan and Joshua Hill had an interview a few days since, which resulted in the withdrawal of Col. Kenan from the canvass. The Citizen has taken down Kenan’s name and substituted Hill’s. Cotton Picking. Mr. D. Watson, of Macon county, Ala., writes to the Opelika Era, that one of his hands picked 205 pounds and another 212 pounds of cotton on the 2Gth. The first load of cotton of the season, from Baker couirty, was received at Ma con on the Ist instant. It was classed in the following order. Fine Quality; Strictly Good Middling; Staple Fair. A dispatch to the Cincinnati Commer cial, says that Count Walewski has ad dressed a letter to Mr. Raymond, editor of the New York Times, thanking him, in the name of Napoleon 111, for the course of his paper during the late war in Italy. Hon. Robert Toombs has accepted the invitation extended to him by the Demo cratic Executive Committee, of Rich- > mond county, to attend the Democratic meeting, to be held in Augusta on the Sth. The Constitutionalist will publish, i in full, his speech on that occasion. — 1 ♦ Twenty-five hundred barrels of sperm oil were sold at New Bedford, Mass., the 29th ult., at private sale, at $1 25 per gallou, cash, amounting to about SIOO,- 000. The New York correspondent of the Charleston Mercury says that Senator Benjamin has succeeded in negotiating a loan of $1,500,000 in England, for the Tehuantepec route. Arc Financial Trouble* Tbreaten- Ingt Tlie Philadelphia Pennsylvanian has written an article with an array of statis tical information, and deduces serious fiuancial difficulties as a consequence. It was a general impression that tlie warm Europe would create a market l'ov our breadstuffs and provisions. These did not command high prices, because Europe did not need them. Had she needed them, it would have produced a rise of wages there, and the difference would have been put upon the price of the fabrics exported, and nothing would have been gained by it. Instead of European capital seeking investment with us, our specie was exported in unusually large quantities, and speculation deceived, by the expectation of a long and general war, imported fabrics to an unprecedented extent. The imports from the Ist of January to the Bth of August, this year, surpassed those even of tjie prodigal year 1857, while the exports from New York are less this year than in 1857. While the im ports of gold from California to New York were less, the exports of specie from New York to Europe were double those of the same period iu 1857. Since the New York Banks control, more or less, the Banks of other States, j these movements of exports and imports ! of goods and specie, give a clue to their j situation. The amount of specie export ed by New York from January to the Sth 1 of August, is just 75 per cent, of the i goods imported by New York from Jan uary to March inclusive. There remains I to be paid on these goods $14,574,810. The heaviest importations, however, were from April to August. The rule requir ing 75 per cent, of the consignments to be paid every four months after the ship ment, those of April must be paid this i month ; those of May in October, and so | on from July to November, so that the Banks of New York will be called upon ! for $75,000,000, 75 per cent, of the sum due, on account of the importations from April*to July, and the $14,750,000 still due on imports from January to April, making in all near $90,000,000. With these demands upon the Banks, money must rise, and prices of goods fall. In 1857 the difference between loans and de posits was great. In 1859 the difference is still great, though not so much so as in 1857. Jn May last the Banks had ex panded to the unprecedented sum of $129,- 000,000, while in the corresponding month of 1857 it was only $114,000,000. Since May a contraction has taken place, and on the 13th of August the loans were reduced to $117,800,000, but this has not strengthened the Banks as appears by the following comparison : o Mar. 14, M 59 Aug. 13, 1859. Loans $129,680,480 $11,808,093 Deposits 88,696,639 71,490,612 Excess of loans.. $10,983,841 $40,317,481 The excess of loans over deposits, on the 13th of August, was greater by 6,000,000 than it was on the 14th of May. The foregoing facts betray, at least, some cause to apprehenda financial difficulty. The business community can furl their sails in]time. Hon. 11. B. Thompson and the Mo bile and Girard Rail Road. Hon. Henry B.,Thompson, who was de feated in the recent election for Senator in Pike county, Alabama, has written a communication to the Troy Advertiser, reiterating his sentiments of attachment to the interest and advancement of the Mobile and Girard Rail Road, for which he has labored for the past three years. The impression was sought to be created during the last canvass, that he was un friepdly to the road, which he denounces as false and characterizes the desertion of the road as equivalent to a desertion of thfe interests of the county. He does Mr. Mclntyre, his competitor, the justice to say that this “Rail Road story,” tho’ intended for his benefit, was not done at his instance. To evince his friendship for the road, he invites Mr. Mclntyre to a contest, to see which can raise the larg est subscription, and says the challenge is given in good faith, and intended for the best interests of the county. What ever may be the political issues which divided the people of Pike in the late election, it is gratifying to perceive the unanimity manifested in the desire for the rapid progress and early completion of the Mobile and Girard Rail Road through that connty. New Jersey Democracy'. The Democratic State Convention met ou the 24th ult., to nominate a candidate for Governor. After several ballots Gen. E. R. V. Wright received the nomination. A platform of principles was adopted, in which they re-adopted and renewed their adherence to the Cincinnati Platform, and the doctrine of popular sovereignty as in terpreted by Mr. Buchanan in his inaug ural address. A resolution was adopted, condemning the doctrine of Congressional prohibition of slavery in the Territories. The “re cently started doctrine,” that slavery should be fostered and protected in the Territories by Congressional legislation, was condemned with equal emphasis. The Convention also disapproved the revival of the African Slave Trade, and urged the rigid enforcement of the laws prohibiting it. The Lucas Will Case. The Montgomery Mail says: “This great Will case, involving tho distribution of about twelve hundred thousand dollars, the estate of the late Henry Lucas, of this county, removed to the Probate Court of Lowndes, by change of venue, at the in stance of the contestants of the Will, came up, according to adjournment, last Tues day, before Judge Cook, at Hayneville. The witnesses number largely over one hundred, and it will consume many days in the hearing, with the certainty of be ing carried to the Supreme Court, in any event.” The Mail*. The Savannah Republican, of the 2d, says that on and after Saturday, 3d inst., the Northern and Western mails will be closed once daily, viz: at 7 o’clock p. m. The mail for TenniLe and other offices below, on the Central Rail Road, will be closed at 11, a. m. This Road has offered to carry this mail for the 2d, free of cost to the Government. Ultra, Decidedly. Dennison, the nominee of the Black Republicans for Governor of Ohio, thus foreshadows tlie policy of his adminis tration : “If I am elected Governor of Ohio— and I am expected to be—no fugitive slave shall be sent back to Kentucky, or any other slave State; if I cannot other wise protect him from bis pursuers, I will employ the bayonet, so help me God ?” The attempt mado to consolidate the several telegraphic companies of the country into one grand concern, says the States, has failed. It is fortunate for the country that it did, else it might have been called to obey th behests of a tyran- j ical monopoly. Thirty bales of new cotton were receiv ed in Americus, at the warehouse 4 of J. i V. Price, up to the 2d instant. Commerce of New “York. The New York Courier and Enquirer of the 20th instant, furnishes an interesting table, collated from the annual report of the New York Chamber of Commerce, showing the imports and exports of the United States, from 1821 to 1858, and the relative proportion which that great and growing commercial State bore to the .whole at each separate period : IMPORTS. Year. United States. State of N. Y. Per ct. 1821 . 62,585,000 $ 23,629,000 37,75 1831 103,191,000 57,077,000 55,31 1841 127.946,000 7 5 713,000 59,18 1851 216.224,000 141,546,000 65,53 1857 360.390,000 236.493,000 65.58 1858 282,613.000 178,475,000 63,00 EXPORTS. Year. United States. State of N. Y. Per ct 1821 $ 64,974,000 $ 13,160,000 20,25 1831 81,310,000 25,535,000 31.40 1841 121,851,000 33.139.000 27.20 1851 218.388,000 86,007.000 39,38 1857 362,960.000 134,803.000 37.14 1858 324,044,000 103,340,000 33.33 Rail Road Meeting at Grifllu. The Griffin Independent South, of the Ist, reports the meeting of a large number of citizens of Griffin and Spalding coun ty, for the purpose of ascertaining what could be done towards building the Sa vannah, Griffin and North Alabama Rail Road. After the meeting was organized, the books were opened, and $150,000 subscribed. A Committee was also ap pointed, to solicit and obtain further sub scriptions for the Road, and delegates were appointed to attend the Rail Road meeting to be held at Newnan on the 15th. A resolution was also adopted, requesting the Mayor of Griffin to order an election on the 9th, to determine whether the city ! shall subscribe $50,000 to said Road. The Independent South says it has good practical Rail Road authority for saying that $900,000, with the State's endorsement for the iron additional, will complete and equip the Road to the Georgia line. Moses D. Philips, Esqr., senior part ner of the publishing house of Philips, ; Sampson & Cos., died at his residence in j Brookline, Mass., on the 20th ult. The | Booksellers of Boston, where the firm is prominent in the trade, closed their doors on the afternoon of the funeral through , respect to his memory/ The firm of Phil ips, Sampson & Cos., projected the Atlan tic Monthly, and it is a noteworthy fact that they declined the manuscript of j “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which was offered ! them. ♦— Five citizens of New Orleans have been incorporated by the Legislature of Louis | iana, under the title of “Dolbear Com | mercial College of New Orleans,” with authority to open books of subscription to the capital stock of $125,000 in shares of twenty-five dollars. The object of the corporation is to establish an institution where the useful branches will be taught practically, as in business, as well as for the scientific education of the commer cial, agricultural and mechanical classes, which produce the most wealth of the country. Success to it. Dr. Lewis, Superintendent of the West ern and Atlantic Rail Road, being inform ed that he was charged by a paper pub lished in Marietta, with exerting his in fluence to prevent the employees of the W. & A. R. R. shop from going to hear the speech of Col. Akin, at Atlanta, a few nights ago, has denied the charge, through the Atlanta Intelligencer of the 2<l. The Doctor says he cares not a cop per where they go to listen, and avows that he would discharge any of them who yield their privileges as freemen. The merchants and cotton dealers of Selma, held m. meeting recently in that city, and adopted rules and regulations by which they will hereafter be governed in classing, weighing, buying and selling the great staple of the State. After adopting several rules, the meeting rec ommended the City Council to tho im portance of appointing a public inspec tor of weights and measures, with a suit able salary, whose sworn duty it shall be to inspect all weights and measures, at least once each month. Steamboat Accident. We learn by a private letter from a friend at Bellevue, that the machinery of the steamer South Carolina was thrown out of order, on her upward trip from Apalachicola to Bainbridge, which caused her cylinder to break, and disqualified her for mail service. The steamer Laura being a consort, will continue the service regularly until the damage is repaired. It seems that Lieut. Maury is to be re tained as superintendent of tlie National Observatory at Washington. The Secre tary of the Navy, in looking over the list of Commanders for the purpose of detail ing for service, passed by the name of Lieut. Maury, and designated Comman der Hunt to the command of the steamer Narraganeett, and Commander Jordan to the command of the Michigan. New Patents. Among the new patents issued during the week ending August 23, we find the following: J. Carl, of Grenada, Miss., for improve ment in grinding mills. Herman Ilirsch, of Berlin, Prussia, for improved marine propeller, and improvement in the con struction of ships. Richard M. Hoe, of New York, N. Y., for improvement in feeding paper to printing pressed. + Crops in Mississippi. The Columbus (Miss.) Democrat says: “So far as we have been able to Ic-arn, the cotton crop this year will be a very large ope. The boll worm has not been so destructive as was anticipated, and our planters generally are in fine spirits.” • —-♦ M. L. Crockett hasdisposed of his inter est iu the Richmond Morning News to his former partner, Geo. W. Gary. Here after Mr. Crockett will assist A. Judson Crane, Esq., in the editorial department. The News advocates the claims of John M. Botts, the “ head him or die” man, for President. The Constitutionalist states that Mrs. Frances Spellman, wife of Richard Spell man, Jr., of Augusta, committed silicide in that city on Thursday morning, by taking strychnine. She was in a fit of mental aberration at the time. Her mind was affected by the loss of her children, and she had made several attempts before at self-destruction. Tall Cotton Picking. The Reveille, published in Jefferson county. Miss., says that two boys ou the Mr. Harrison, near Fay ette, the 10th ult., picked 1,645 pounds in ong day; one of them gathering 905 pounds, the other 740 pounds. This was done on a hill plantation. Three hundred and sixty-eight bales of cotton, of the new crop, were brought down on the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road to Mobile, on the 30th. The Register says that the total number of bales re ceived of the new crop, from all’ sources up to that day, amounted to 1,006. An Unfortunate Affair. Hopkinsville, Ky., Sept.^2.—A diffi culty occurred this morning between W. ! W. Western and Capt. James Jackson, candidate for Congress in the late elec tion, in which Western was shot and in stantly killed. Bank F.xcltemcnt In Missouri. A mass meeting of the citizens of Chili licothc, Livingston.county, Missouri, was held the 13th instant, to remonstrate against the ruu made upon the bank of that place by the brokers of St J Louis, and other moneyed ins'itutions. It seems that the merchants of Chillicothe wanted money to go East, whiclvthe banks fur nished at legal interest. The St. Louis brokers made a run upon the bank, which the citizens of Chillicothe con- - ! strued into an attempt to disable it. The ’ consequence was the brokers were forced to leave the town, wit-h such paper as j they had brought with them. A second delegation made its appearance to try the expei iment, and they were aiso compelled to follow in the footsteps of their prede cessors. A series of indignant resolutions were passed, and a committee appointed by the chairman, with instructions to wait upon all persons visiting the place for the pur pose of drawing specie from the bank, ! and assure them that further runs on it would not be tolerated, and that for all proper purposes specie could always be obtuned. The merchants of St. Louis were also solicited to express au opinion upon the subject, and to consider the necessity of i maintaining the credit of the bank so far as admissible. An institution must be.rather weak if I it is not in a condition to pay specie for ; . its notes ; though a run upon a bank j merely for the purpose of disabling it, i and promoting selfish ends, is worthy of condemnation. Important from Japan—Refusal to Ratify the U. S. Treaty. A letter in the Rotterdam Courant, of July lOtli, from Japan, says that in con sequence of a misunderstanding with Consul General Harris, the Japanese Gov ernment now refuses to send Commission ers to Washington to exchange the ratifi ! cation of its treaty with the United States, j The Loudon Times confirms the state- j meut. The letter says that four Ameri j can ships arrived at Ivanagawa for the purpose of trade, on the 25th of March, though that port was not to be open, ac cording to the treaty, until the 4th of July last. It adds : Mr. Townsend Harris, the American Consul-General at Sirnoda, on receipt of this information, left immediately for l’edo, with two American steamers, then on a visit to Simoda, and instead of or dering those merchant vessels to leave that port, as was his duty, he applied to the Council of State for permission to allow those merchant ships to trade in anticipation of the treaty—even strongly insisting upon compliance after the re quest had been refused by the Council of State. The Council, however, persisted in its refusal, and desired Mr. Harris to immediately order those merchant ships away. The Japanese Government felt very much displeased with this act of the Consul General; the more so, as he had promised that no American ship, not even a man-of-war, should visit the Bay of Yedo before the treaty goes into effect. In consequence of this, the Japanese Government has changed its mind in re gard to sending Commissioners to Wash | ington to exchange the ratification of | the treaty. Tlie Cotton Trade—Tlie Quantity Exported. 11l spite of the war and individual los ses sustained here and there by the more timid holders, the cotton year of 1858-9 ! (ending the first of September next,) | will prove one of the most prosperous I and remarkable in. the history of the country. The crop, estimated at 3,700,- ! 000 bales, is the largest ever grown rn the United States, and estimated at the 1 average of about SSO per bale, it amounts ! to the enormous sum of $185,000,000. The crop, so far, has been distributed j as follows: Estimated crop, 3,700,000 bales.— i Quantity exported to July 25: Bales. Value. To Great Britain- 1,935,000 $96,750,000 To France 424,110 21,200,000 To other foreign ports 537,000 26,850,000 Stock on hand 171,C00 8.550,000 Taken by American man ufactures 594,000 29,700,000 To be reev’d the Ist Sept. 39,000 1,950,000 Toial 3,700,000 $185,000,000 Some suppose that the present growing j crop of 1859-60 may reach four millions bales, or three hundred thousand in ex- ! cess of the present crop. If so, and the j civilized world should remain at peace for a year or two to come, it will be con sumed at a remunerative price. Some believe, however, that the present supply of labor devoted to the culture of cotton | will not be able to carry the yield up to | four million bales, and few or none con- i sider that the growth can be pushed much, if anjq above that amount for some time to come, without some augmentation in it beyond the ordinary rate of iricrease. —iV. Y. Herald. Parson Brownlow in a Ball Room. Parson Brownlow, who is seeking health in the mountains of Virginia, writes to his paper August 24th, from Warm Springs in that State. We make the fol- ; lowing extract : After tea, I was led to enter the ball- j room, from hearing a superior female j I voice, as an accompaniment to the band, ■ playing “Sweet Home.” A perfectstran ger, aud a mere looker on, I quietly seat- 1 ed myself on a lounge. Soon the ladies | j and gentlemen came in, two and two, and never did the highlands of Scotland, the i green hills of Switzerland, or the rural districts of Germany, exhibit such dan- j cers! Their jeweled necks, and ears, i and fingers, and dazzling brocades, each said to the other, “none of your dresses j cost like mine.’i The company in the j ball-room was small and rather select, a few of us, passengers, intruding. They commenced waltzing—hugging each other I close—they flew round upon a polished floor. The hoops would fly up—the ! skirts exhibited themselves—the ankles showed for themselves. I can’t trust myself any farther on this subject! Familiar Quotations. “When I can read my titles clear.”— ! Mrs. Myra Clarice Gaines. “Go it. boots—wooden legs are cheap.” — Gen. Santa Anna at the batile of Ccrro Gordo. j “Throw physic to the dogs.”— Dr. . Jayne. “Pile on the dirt, and and and be he who first cries before he’s hurt.— James Gor - ; don Bennett—motto of the Herald. “Know ye the laud of the cypress and j j myrtle.”— Gen. Wm. Walker. “The world is all a fleeting show.”— P. T. Barnum. “Our poDy is pawing at the door.”— J. E. Johnson. “The Key to the whole mystery.”— Mrs. Sickles. ‘‘Look before you leap.” —Sam Patch— who didn't. “A gone Sucker.”— Supposed to be Ste- j phen A. Douylas. “Went up like a rocket and came down like a stick. —Cyrus IF. Field. “Adoo! adoo! my native land Fades o’er the warter blue ; FarewellJo ye. my warriyer band. Ye half starved’Hungary crew.” [Kossuth. ‘•Tell me not in mournful numbers, Lager is a tempting drink, For its mostly dead in the tumblers, And is never what you think.” [Longfellow. Seizure of au Island in Puget Sound by Gen. Harney. General Harney has ordered a detach ment of the United States troops to take : possession of the island of San Juan and establish there a military post. The right j of ownership to this and other islands is ; in dispute between the English and Amer ican Governments. Gen. Harney, it is to ■ presumed, acts under instructions from 1 the administration, and as British inter ests have within a year acquired much importance in that quarter, it is not un- ! likely that trouble will grow out of the j affair. . j Muscogee Hail Road Office. September 3, 1859. Pursuant to call, the Stockholders of Muscogee Hail Road met in Convention this day. On motion, Mr. Jno. L. Mnstian was re quested to i reside. On motion. Dr. James F. Bozeman was revested to act ns Secretary. • On motion, the President appointed a committee, consisting of Messrs. Bowers, i Farrar and Mott, to examine proxies ’ and report on the representation of stock. On examination, said committee report ed 4910. Y shares represented in the meet ing. The annual report of the President and Treasurer beiug rea-J, was t adopted— Messrs. Bowers and Farrar protesting against, the principle suggested in the report, to wit: That the surplus earn ing of the Road belong exclusively to the general stockholders. They urged j that the preferred and guaranteed stock holder was entitled, on merging his stock iuto the general stock, now or hereafter, to share pro rata in the surplus funds !of the Company. Dr. Bozeman objected also to the principle, but claimed that the general stockholder was entitled to 8 per cent., to be paid out of the surplus funds of the Company, to equalize him in divi dends with the special stockholder—the road having failed to pay but one divi dend of 4 per cent, in eacli year of 1857 and 1858. The following Preamble and llesolu i tion were offered by Col. Seaborn Jones: Whereas, It has always been the pol icy of this Company, to adopt such meas ures as shall do equal justice to all par ties, who are stockholders iu the same; and, whereas, the general stockholders have failed to receive two regular divi dends, amounting to 8 per cent, on the general stock, be it therefore Resolved, That the Directors of this Company are hereby instructed to pay to the general Stockholders two “extra” dividends of 4 per cent, each, so soon as, : in their judgment, tho surplus fuuds will authorize the same. Adopted. On motion, the Convention went into an election of President and six Directors for ’ the next year, with the following result: President— John L. Mustian. Directors —L. T. Downing, J. F. Boze man, L. G. Bowers, S. M. Farrar, R. L. Mott, Richard Patten. On motion of Col. S. Jones, the follow ing resolution was adopted : Resolved, That the offices of President and Superintendent of this Road be sepa rated, and that they be filled by different persons ; and the Directors just elected are hereby directed to elect different per sons for said offices respectively. j On motion the Convention adjourned. JAS. F. BOZEMAN, Sec’y. Economy of Sewing Machines. The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company has prepared tables showing by actual experiment of four different work ers, the time required to stitch each part of a garment by hand and with the Sew- ; ing Machine. The superiority of the work done by the Machine, aud the healthfulness of the employment, are ad vantages quite as great as the saving of time. We subjoin a summary of several of the tables : liY MACHINE. BY HAND. Hours. Minutes. Hours. Minutes. Gent’s Shirts 1 5 13 31 Frock Coats 2 3S 10 35 Satin Vests 1 14 7 19 Linen Vests 0 48 5 14 Cloth Pants 0 51 5 10 Summer Pants....o 33 2 50 Seams of any considerable length are stitched ordinarily at the rate of a yard a minute. The Presidency. The Tribune having exhausted its ef forts in regard to a candidate for the Mayoralty, has now taken up ihe subject ! of the Presidency. It is discussing the i merits, qualifications, &c., of the two j great French rope dancers, Messieurs Blondin and De Laive. As yet, however, - it is quite undecided which one will make ‘ j the best “Republican” candidate for i President of the United States. After making a hero of Fremont, we cannot see why as great ones might not be made of Blondin and De Laive. If the | trial ivas made, they would not be tbe I first Black “Republican” candidates | wbffse renown consisted in having dan gled from a tight rope.— New York News. Health of New Orleans. The Delta of 31st ult. says : The deaths j in New Orleans tor the week reported ; | were 130. In St. Louis the deaths for i the week preceding the 20th of August, were ICO. To render this exhibit more flattering and favorable as to our sanitary condition, our population is unusually j large for this period of the year, most of our absentees having returned from the various summer resorts. The aspect of our streets nearly resembles that of mid winter, and our avenues begiu to present quite a lively scene of commercial acti vity. Our returning citizens declare that i they find New Orleans more comfortable and healthy than the country resorts from which they have returned. There are a great many more persons and far more | activity in the city now than there were j in the middle of November last year. I The weather is cool and pleasant, with ; timely rains and bracing atmosphere. The Provincial Fiaherles. i The Halifax Chronicle of the 25th says: We are glad to learn that .mackerel have made their appearance in considerable : quantities on the shores of Yarmouth 1 County, but so far they have been very I scarce here and to the eastward. The Herald of the 18th inst. says: For some days past our coast has been swarming I with mackerel, and large quantities have ; been caught at various places which we have heard from, between Pubnico and 1 St. Mary’s Bay. The Newfoundland Ex i press of the 16th says: The accounts of 1 the fishery are conflicting. In many pla ■ ces there will be a short catch, while upon tha whole it may amount to an ave-‘ ! rage. The St. Louis Republican remarks that tbe amouut of Pike’s Peak gold thus far brought into that city is trifling—some three or four thousand dollars. Includ ing that reported as in private hands I the aggregate does not exceed SIO,OOO or $15,000, and yet every day or two the country is startled with reports that the astounding richness of the mines has been confirmed, and that large shipments iof gold are on the way. The whole thing i is an outrageous swindle, a trap which | sharpers have set to catch the unwary, and thousands have dearly paid the pen *alty of their rashness. Black Tongue and Hog Cholera. The Little Rock Gazette says that in the region of country comprising the corners of White, Conway, and Prairie counties (Arkansas) the deer are dying of the disease known as the black tongue, and that several deaths have occurred 1 among persons that have eaten of the diseased venison. We learn, from private sources, that the disease is prevailing with great fa tality in other parts of Arkansas, and that the “hog cholera” is also committed great ravages among the swine. ♦ Short Wheat Crop. The millers of this place, ascertaining that there is no more wheat in this coun ty than will be needed for home consump tion, have made arrangements to obtain a supply from the West, to grind for other markets. We imagine that this is the i first time that grain was ever imported from other States by the Millers of Clarks burg, and the faet speaks as wellfor their enterprise ns it evinces the shortness of our crops. Clarksburg ( Va.) Register. ■ ♦ ■ -- In the month of June, G ships, of an aggregate of 4629 tons, landed guano at at the Chinchas ; of these, 3 of 1522 tons j sailed for Europe, and 3 of 3165 tons to ! the United States. On tbe Ist of July ; there were 23 vessels of 22,298 tons at the Islands. The Pork Trade. The Louisville Courier, of the Ist inst., in its “Annual Repott ot the Commerce of Louisville,” says : The pork trade is of immense impor tance, being, in fact, the heaviest interest in the aggregate eomriurce of the city, forming, as a d.e. . the le > Lng ntic'.e of export and freight luulo. The packing around the Falls last season va- 287,- 861 hogs, added !■> whicu was the pro duct of 13,000 hogs slaughtered at Shaw nee Town, ami i urcbused Lyre, also a portion of the product of St. Louis, Up per Mississippi and portions of Illinois, , amounting to 113,000 hogs The slaugh ter of Nashville, -Clarksville, Trice’s Landing, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Oregon, and other points were controlled here, making the sum total last year to exceed 600.000 hogs, and the product in Found numbers at sls per hog, amounts to $9,000,000. The number of hogs in Kentucky this year, according to the as sessment. of the State, shows an increase of 254,000 hogs over the previous year. The report of this year embraces all the counties except nine. The counties he have not yet reported are Jefferson, Letcher, Marion, Harlan, Perry, Simpson. Union, Franklin, Greenup, Hardin and Hick man. The report last year embraced all but two. They were clarion and Harlan, and the comparative returns of this sea son with last are as follows: Hogs assessed in 1858 1,01*9,892 .7 1859 1,309,492 Increase this year 239,000 Estimated increase inOcounties 15,000 Total increase this year.. 254,000 It is expected that the packing this season around the Falls will vary from 350,000 to 400,000 hogs; but as regards prices, we are not advised, and, in fact, have not heard of a single reliable trans action. It is tho opinion of some that contracts for Jpigs for December de livery will be made at 3c. gross in tbe country, or 4c. to net packers An Awful Retribution. Sometime last Spring a company of Pike’s I’eakers left Grayville, 111., for the Kansas gold regions. W bile travel ing through the Indian country on their I way out, one of the company, a young man of desperate character, from the vi cinity of Grayville, named Haynes, de clared his determination to shoot the first Indian he met; and unhappily, du ring the day they overtook a defenseless squaw, when he, in mere wicked wan- l toness, leveled his gnu and shot her dead. His companions were horror stricken at the blood thirsty deed, but felt that they had no power to punish him. The tribe to which Ihe squaw belonged was not far distant when the deed was perpetrated. They discovered her lifeless body, and saw at once the manner of Iter death. They pursued the party of Illinois Tike’s Peakers, and in a few hours oxertook them and demanded to know who had Committed the murder. The company of five or six Peakers found themselves surrounded by nearly two hundred enraged Indians, who threa tened to immolate the whole party if they did not point out and gi.ve up the murder er. To save their own lives, they gave up Haynes to their vengeance. He was taken by the Indians to a distance, while his companions tarried on their route to I see what would be his fate. After a while the Indians returned with their victim literally flayed alive. They had skinned him from head to foot. The wretched being was still alive when brought back to his companions, but iu torments. He lived in agony long enough to tell how lie had been tortured, but was soon released by death from unspeakable suf ferings. Tlie Great 2£astern. Asa matter of curiosity, we append tlie tonnage of the Great Eastern, as com pared with the principal vessels of the United States Navy : Names. Tonnage. Pennsylvania 3,341 Columbus 2,480 Ohio 2,757 North Carolina 2,633 Delaware 2,633 Vermont 2,633 New Orleans 2,805 Alabama 2,688 I Virginia 2,633 New York 2,633 Total 28,131 Great Eastern 26,000 Her'tonnage is nearly as great as the combined tonnage of the ten tremendous line-of-battle ships—including the once unrivalled Pennsylvania—that are regis tered on the United States Navy list. Arrest of a Mail Robber. One Lewis A. Noble, who was arrested in this city about 12 months since, on a | charge of obtaining money under false ’ pretenses, and afterwards delivered up to | the authorities of Georgia, in which | State he was under indictment in the } Federal Court for robbing the mail, was | again arrested here on Friday, charged | with stealing a horse. He made his es- j cape from Georgia before being tried for the offense of robbing the mail, lie is now iu the city jail, awaiting another re quisition from the Governor of Georgia. We understand that bis conviction is al most certain, should he ever be brought to trial. —Memphis Avalanahe, Aug. 21 Ih. Tbe Rail Road. We learn that the Directors of the South Western Rail Road have deter mined, that to locate the depot near the ! steamboat lauding on this side of the river, is impracticable, and that it will : be impossible to build the piers for the bridge, this summer. So we need not to i expect to see the “iron horse” bn the west bank of the Chattahoochee before the winter of 1860-61, if then. The De pot will be located for the present in Georgia, but as near the eastern end of our bridge, as the nature of the ground will admit. It is now considered certain that the road will cross below the city, but no place has been selected for the de pot.— Eufaula Express. Boston, Aug. 27.—Ex-President Pierce and wife arrived in the America. He was , serenaded this evening at the Tremout House by bis friends, and in response made a very eloquent and telling speech. After alluding to the death of Mr. Choate, ho stated that the object of his visit to Europe—the restoration of the health of Mrs. Pierce—was partially accomplished. He then alluded to his gratification at be ing on New England soil once more, and closed by enjoining upon all to appreciite the great blessings which this country affords to her citizens. Hogs aud Corn, In our recent visit to Scott and Lee counties, we took some pains to ascertain the prospects of the hog and corn crops. Fewer hogs will be driven trom those counties, it is thought by tiie best in formed, than for several years past —as the hogs are not in the country. How ever, such as are driven will probably be of superior qualify in point of size and fatness, as the corn crop is very abun dant. Iu fact, some fields of corn in Lee are superior to anything we have ever seen before; and so large v/ili be the yield that there are not enough hogs to near consume the surplus. We hear of grotvers who offered to make engage ments at 25 cents per bushel. —Abingdon (Va.) Democrat, Aug. 26. Some Snakes. We learn from Messrs. Bonhannan and Sapp, that about two weeks since, as they were going to church, they discovered a very large rattlesnake run into a gopher j hole; they dug the snake out and killed it, and upon cutting it open found in its stomach twenty-five young rattle-snakes, about one foot long. We have often heard it said that when there is an alarm given to the young tribe, the old snake opens her moutb, and tbe little family run down for protection, and we suppose that these young ones had made the re treat for safety. They doubtless were too much crammed to feel perfectly com fortable this hut weather. —Pulaski (tia.) limey. Boston, Aug. 27.—The Rev. Mr. Dana, an eminent Presbyterian clergyman, of Newburyport, died this morning. His age was eighty-nine years. Correspondence of the ft. Lewis Dt-mrcrut. Sax Francisco, Aug. 1, 1859. There is little to write about, that is now, since my last. The war of the p. ii ticiaus continues to rage with unabated fury. Broderick is fighting the c unhined Custom House and State official factions, and they are turned upon him “ith a malignity seldom equaled in a political canvass. The Republicans are not idle, i itey vie with Broderick in exposing the shame of tho Buchanan Administration to the light. Col. Baker is stumping the State with great success. At Auburn, on the 30th of July, *L. Sanford, Republican candidate for Governor, addressed a meeting. The speech ot Mr. Sanford was listened to with much attention. One convert is known to have been made. After Mr. Sanford closed, short speeches , were made by C. A. iuttle and C. J. lliliyer, of this place. All the speakers were straight-out Republicans. \\ e shall roll up a big Republican majority for San Francisco, and increase our vole in the State at least 10,000. Next year we hope to wheel in the ranks of the llepul - lican inusic of victory and principle. Horace Greeley is at last among us. He reached. Genoa on the 30th, and is expected to arrive in Placerville this afternoon. Mr. Greeley complains of nothing but being travelworn, sunburnt and begrimed with dust. A grand recep tion is promised him by the citizens ot Placerville, and the white coated philos opher must expect considerable atten tion while there. The Times, this morn ing, very sensibly says: “ We are inclined to the opinion that Mr. Greeley will not care to have his time Liken up in attending demonstra tions gotten up for his benefit, lie has come to get a knowledge of California, and what will please him best, we imag ine, will be to be severely let alone. Let our people furnish him with such con veyances as may please him, so that lie can go up aud down the Santa Clara Valley, up through the Russian River Paradise, and over by the Geysers, and down through the Xepa Valley : and then ’ let him take a trip to the Big Trees and Yo-Semite Falls, and if he does not see enough to convince him that California is the finest country the sun shines upon, then we are mistaken. The last thing he desires is to be bored to death by flunkies. He can have enough of that without coming to California.” The great overland mail arrived on the ; 30th ult ,at 7:35. It left St. Louis on the 7th of July, at 9 a. m. ; and reached El Paso oil the 18th, at 1:40 a. m. ; and arrived in this city as above given, making the entire trip in tweflly-two days, ten hours and thirty-five minutes, notwithstanding a delay of twelve hours between Tuspen, and Fort Yuma by heavy rains. Major Richard G. Ivallaly, of this city, was found a corpse iu his bed yesterday, at his chambers, on Sacramento street. His son, a lad of ten years, who slept in the same apartment, was unable to wake him, and called others into tbe room, when it was ascertained that life was ex tinct. Major Kallaly was about fifty years of age, and had resided some years in this State. Toombs vs. Iverson. It appears that Senator Iverson has a i new “Richmond” in the field, arrayed against him. A Lexington correspond ent of the Augusta Chronicle, iu descri bing Senator Toombs, speech at tbe for mer place, Friday Ist, says: Senator Toombs delivered a speech here to-day upon the “past, present and future” politics of the country, glorify ing himself in the tortuous course of his polPical acts in the past, with his usual boldness and unblushing effrontery— touching up his colleague, Senator Iver son, with just some of the hardest sort of cracks with his whip, and endeavoring to foreshadow the coining event of Doug las’nomination at Charleston, with his advance tender of support, in preference, mark you, to Fillmore, Crittenden, Bell, or any other man of the Opposition! The speech will be published, and then you will see for yourself what a ivar it will raise in Georgia between the two Senators. It is evidently designed is an antidote to Iverson poison, or rather a preconcerted plan of attack upon Iverson to defeat him for the Senate this winter. I Let the Judge make a note of this, and prepare for his burial. There can be no question of the fact, that a change will be made, if the anti-Iverson Democrats “can make the trip,” and from this speech and other signs of the times, the war will be “to tbe knife, and the knife j to the hilt.” From Washington. Washington, Aug. 26.—The State De partment has been officially advised that an order has been received at the Custom House, Para, Brazil, authorizing the re j duction of the Government export duty to five per centum, a difference of two per centum, in favor of the exporter. The i order took effect on the 28th of July. Sixteen candidates have recently passed . through a satisfactory examination aud will be warrented as Third Assistant En gineers. The unusually large number of steamers added to tlie Navy during tbe past year renders the increase of such officers necessary. No definite action has yet been taken on the case of Quartermaster Cross, recently investigated by Court Martial. The delay is owing to the absence from Washington of the Secretary of War. i The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Mr. Greenwood, has received a dispatch announcing the arrival at Leavenworth of the children spared at the Mountain Meadow massacre. They will at once be taken to Carrolton, Arkansas, near the point from which the expedition with which they were connected set out, and there restored to their friends. The Assistant Secretary of State is ab sent in Maine. Mineral Wealth of Lnlce Superior. A correspondent of the N. O. Picayune, •writing from Lake Superior, August 11th, gives an interesting description of the varied and unsurpassed beauties of the scenery upon its shores. At Marquette, lie says: This place, with its pure, bracing air, it3 fine view of the bay and lake, and its natural groves of evergreens, is likely to become a favorite resort for travelers in quest of health or pleasure. While seat ed in one of the groves taking notes, a height train is passing down from tbe mines, composed of eighteen cars, ail ; heavily laden with iron ore. Inclosed I hand you a specimen, which may be of : some interest to those far distant. I also inclose you a small piece of a valuable specimen, that I am taking home, of cop per chip that was cut out from the five hundred ton mass of pure copper that was taken from the Minnesota copper mines, near Ontonagon, some time since. This posseses the more interest, for having come from the largest coppc-r mine on Lake Superior and the largest mass of copper ever discovered in this country, so far as I am informed. A mass has been discovered that is not yet out, estimated at over 100 tons. Several masses of 100 to 300 tons have been discovered and taken out. The pro cess of cutting these vast masses into smaller ones that can be moved, is a verv costly and interesting one. First. Bale of New Cotton. The first bale of new Cotton raised in our county, was brought into market in this place on Monday last. It was raised by Mr. Ashley B. Hamilton, originally ot Pulaski county, Ga., whose plantation is about ten miles from town, and the bale weighed 520 pounds. It was bought by Mr. Isaac Widgeon, at 13 cents, beiug a premium article of Cotton. —Marianna Patriot, 21th. - —- Mobile Annual Report. Mobile, Sept. I. — The total receipts of cotton for the year are 704,400 bales . against 522,845 bales; and the total re ceipts of new cotton, up to date 1,006 against 1,088 bales last year. The stock on hand is 18,600 bales against 10,675 bales. The average sales are 11J cents. A writer in tlie Selma Daily Courier, suggests Charles E. Haynes, Esq., of the Dallas Gazette, as a candidate for clerk of the Circuit Court of Dallas county, Alabama.
