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COLUMBUS:
Tuesday Morning, Sept. 87, 1859.
lu Cincinnati, September 22(1, Hour had
advanced ten cents. Yellow and mixed
corn commanded 75 cents : whisky 24c.;
Mors Tork §1 1 50J
The steamships Star o( the South and
Montgomery, the ship Mont Blanc, the
barks l'eter DeMill and Ocilla, and
schooner Plandome, from New York ; ar
rived at Savannah on the 2Gth.
steamship Habana, which arrived
at New Orleans on the 21:4, reports that
steamers, which left San Francisco on I
the 6th, had over $2,000,000 in treasure
for New York.
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Land Warrants Sales In New York,
The Commercial letter of the Savan
nah Republican from New York, of the
22d says, Land Warrants arc more firm
with a slight rise in prices. The sales the
same day were ICO acres, at 81 to 81; 80
acres at 81 to 88 ; 120 acres at 70 to 78.
Mr. Fitzburgh one of the proprietors
of the Daily Exchange, has been indicted
by the Grand Jury of Baltimore, for as
sault with intent to kill Paul Placide, the
notorious rowdy, who attacked him in an
omnibus in tbat city, for some comments
made in the Exchange.
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Anew method of raising the wind has
been suggested by a Californian desirous j
of building the Pacific llail lload. It is
by the establishment of a lottery, with
tickets at $5, the prizes from a million
down to twenty-five dollars to bo paid in
stock.
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Chatham Count Nominations.
From the Savannah papers of yester
day, we learn that the Democratic Exec
utive Committee of Chatham, met in the
Exchange Long Room, Saturday the 24th,
to select candidates for Senator and Hep- j
resentatives. Geo. A. Gordon, Esq., wa3
nominated for Senator; and Gen. Paul
Harrison and James M. Guerrard, for
Representatives.
Among the items of new3 brought by
the San Francisco papers at Now Orleans
the 21st., wc notice the death of Mrs.
Hairiet Booth, wife of the well known ac
tor Junius Bruius Booth. The National
says:
Mrs. Booth was an actress of fair abil
ites, and in former years she occupied
quite a prominent position on the Cali
fornia stage. She was highly esteemed,
and her demise is regretted by a large
circle of friends.
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“ Southern Field and Fireside.”
Mrs. Caroline Ilentz Branch of Florida,
has commenced anew novelette for the
“ Southern Field and Fireside” entitled
“Saturday Night.” With the prestige
with which she comes before the public,
in the possession of a hereditary title to
distinction, we predict for it great suc
coss.
A lady of Augusta who has chosen to
retain her incognita, has also appeared
with anew contribution, under the at
tractive title of “ Charles Lamb's Suppers,
and Dr. Holmes’ Breakfasts.” We regret
the Editor is under the injunction of se
crecy.
The Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser, gets
off the following culinary item:
To Cook the Egg Plant Fruit. —A most
competent judge of everything good sends
us two of the finest specimens of this veg
etable we have ever seen, and accompan
ies it with this recipe for preparing the
dish:
“ First, peal ofF the purple rind ; then
slice cross-ways as when you fry sweet
potatoes; then soak-two or three hours
in salt and water : grate over it several
biscuits; add black pepper to taste: beat
up an egg and dip each slice in it; then
sprinkle with bread crumbs; fry, aud
bring them in hot.”
That must bo good. Try it, ladies.
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How a Poor Man is Served in Par
liament.
Mr. George 11. Hillard, writing from
England on Parliamentary bribery and
conniption, says:
The case of Dr. Mitchell was brought
before the House by Mr. Roebuck. He
had been elected for a place iu Cornwall,
I believe, and was petitioned against.—
Not being able to afford the expense of
defending his scat—though, as he affirm
ed, he was wholly innocent of the charge
of bribery brought against him—he had
agreed to retire from Parliament at the
end of the session. The cost of defending
one’s seat before a committee is not less
than one thousand pounds .at least, and
may swell to five thousand; and this
though the charge is wholly groundless.
Certainly, the House of Commons is no
place for a poor man.
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N. Y. American State Convention.
The State Convention of the American
Party of New York, assembled at Utica
the 21st. Among others who were promi
nent in the proceedings, were Erastus
Brooks and Rev. J. T. Headley. The fol
lowing ticket was reported to the Conven
tion by the Committee on nominations :
Judge of the Court of Appeals. —ll. E.
Davies.
Sccretarg of State. —D. R. Floyd Jones.
Comptroller. —lt. Denniston.
Treasurer —P. Dorslieimer.
Attorney General. —Charles J. Myers.
State Engineer. —Van R. Richmond.
Canal. Commissioner. —W. J. Skinner,
State Prison Inspector. —N. S. Elderkin.
Clerk of the Court of Appeals. —Charles
Hughes.
Hon. JoUn Cochran. *
We were much pleased to meet with
Gol. Cochran yesterday in our city. He
is just returning from the Virginia
Springs, where he has been sojourning
with his family during the Summer, and
is en route to his home in Barbour county,
Ala. We are happy to see he is looking
well, and hope he will live for many years,
and that it will not be long before he at
tains a position commensurate with his
great talents. The South can produce few
men equal in this respect to Col. Cochran,
and no man in proportion to ability has
experienced less appreciation by the
State. Political preferment is not always
the guerdon of soundness and ability, as
his case demonstrates. It is shameful.
Beautiful Invention.
The Charleston Courier says Mr. J.
W. Carmalt, of that city, has permitted
us to examine some very beautiful speci
mens of anew and pleasing application
of photographic decoration. Ii is noth
ing less than the transfer x>f a photo
graphie portrait to porcelain and china
ware—an application which will be in
great demand for tokens and momentoes.
The process has been patented by Mr. E.
Muller, of New York.
Pacific Rail Road.
The Southern Pacific Railway was sold
under execution the Bth inst. at Marshall,
Texas, and was purchased by General
R. V. Richardson and associates. Presi
dent Fowlkes is engaged in paying off
the old debts, and in preparations to reor
ganize the company, who will elect Edgar
Thompson as President, unite with the
El Paso company and continue the con
struction of the road.
‘The General Convention of the Episco
pal Church meets in Richmond, Va., on
the sth of October. Tho citizens of Rich
i mond attached to that church are making
Ik great preparations for tlft reception and
of visitors.
Is it True !
The Washington correspondent of the
New Y'ork Journal of Commerce, says:
“ Every statesman in the South is now
known to have moderate opinions on the
slavery question. They ask no further
Congressional legislation respecting sla- 1
very in the territories. Senator Toombs. I
for instance, has recently avowed his
views to this effect. The New Y'ork
Regular Demoeratic.Convention, in their
resolutions on the subject, as reported by
telegraph, take the very ground whieh is
hebi by ninety-nine put of a hundred n en
in the whole South.”
If the opinion, that slavery is a moral,
social and political blessing, to the mas
ter as well as to the slave, nnu that Con- |
gress should afford it adequate protec
tion where, and whenever necessary, be
deemed moderate; then the representation
of the correspondent of the Journal of Com
merce is correct. Some of the “statesmen”
of the South,as Senator Toombs,may have
expressed satisfaction w ith existing legis
lation on the slavery question, and j
Mr. Boyce, who said in a late speech, that j
the question in the Territories was ;
“purely a speculative question,” but ;
they are incorrect exponents of Southern
opinion.
When we consider the position of the ■
former in 1848, when the doctrines of
Gen. Cass were so odious, that he pre
ferred Gen. Taylor in preference, and i
his position upon the same issue in 1859,
it is not astonishing that the impression
should prevail at the North, that he is j
following, instead of attempting to give j
direction to public sentiment at the
South. “ Ninety-nine out of every hun
dred men” here, regard the slavery
1 question as one of vital importance; it
is regarded as a practical question, and
those “ statesmen” who havo endeavored |
to produce a different impression, have |
given utterance to opinions totally at va
riance with those of their constituents.
There is some discord prevailing in the ‘
! South, while upon the question of popu
lar sovereignty, the North is a unit. How ;
has this unanimity been effected? It
has been accomplished by enunciating
“moderate opinions” on the constitu
tional rights of the South in the Territo-
I ries, and the assumption of a middle
ground, for the special accommodation
of those who entertain these “moderate
opinions.” Let the South defer to sucli
men as Rhett and Bonham in South Caro
lina, Clay in Alabama, and the gallant
Iverson in Georgia, and reject the coun
sel of those who ingloriously advocate
concession and submission to the de
mands of the Free States.
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Tle New California Mail Line.
The New Y’ork Journal of Commerce
announces that the steamship interests be
tween Com. Vanderbilt and Marshall 0.
Roberts, of the old United States Mail
Line, has been finally consolidated. The
Government not having confidence in
Johnson’s ability to carry out the con
tract, had made a provisional arrange
ment with Com. Vanderbilt for carrying
the Mails in the event of Johnson’s fail
ure, but tbat arrangement did not include
the New Orleans and Havana mails. It
is stated that the Mails between New
York, New Orleans, Havana, California
and Oregon will be carried as heretofore ;
leaving each end of the route on the sth
and 20th of every month, the same as
usual.
Scarcity of Mast.
The Bristol News says there is a uni
versal complaint of the scarcity of mast
in the mountains throughout that region
of country. In pork raising districts,
where this article forms so large a part
of the food of swine, its failure is as se
riously felt as would be the failure of
either of the cereal crops; and it is im
probable that consumers will be made to
realize its extent in the advanced price
of bacon this winter. In some portions
of Virginia, the consequence of the fail
ure has assumed a different form. The
bears are drawn, by hunger, from their
retreats in the mountains, and invade the
settlements, playing havoc with corn
fields, the cattle and the sheep.
An Incident.
The Memphis Argus states that a negro
named Crockett, employed on a wharf
boat at that city, rescued a passenger
who accidentally fell overboard from a
steamer on the lGth inst., and then
plunged in a second time and secured the
stranger’s carpet-bag, which had sunk
beneath • the surface. For his heroic
conduct, the large-souled stranger gave
him ten cents. Some persons present
shamed the man for his meanness, but
Crockett said, “ Neber mind; the gem
man knows best how much his life’s
wuth.”
The statistics of Chambers county, as
ascertained by the Tax Assessor, make
the total value of land assessed for the
year 1859, $2,G00,429: the total num
ber of slaves, 10,G2O; the amount of
money hoarded and out at legal and
usurious interest, $839,749; and the
number of white males between the ages
of 21 and 45 years, 1,314.
Gov. Banks was renominated without
opposition, by the Republican State Con
vention which assembled at Fitchburg,
Mass., on the 20th. Eiiphalet Trask
was nominated for Lieutenant Governor.
A resolution was passed which /contem
plates the early assumption of Federal
power by the Black Republicans, and a
perpetual reign over the Union.
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Tlie Opelika and La Fayette Itoad.
The Chambers Tribune of the 23d,
says the work on the above road will
commence shortly if no unforeseen obsta
cle presents itself. The capital stock has
been increased some $30,000 within a
week or two p>ast, and the probability is
that the amount necessary to build the
road to La Fayette will be raised shortly.
Vie notice in the Loudon Daily Post,
of the-31, the announcement of the arri
val there, cn the previous day, of a clip
per schooner named the Union, from
Hamilton, in Canada. The schooner
made the trip from Quebec t London in
eighteen days. This may be regarded
as the opening of a direct trade from the
American lakes to Europe.
The exports of specie from New York
for the week ending Sept. 17th amount to
$1,760,332; the amountpreviously report
ed $51,956,845, making the total amount
since January Ist, $53,717,177. The
greatest amount exported during the same
time for any previous year since 1852
being in 1857, $32,554,151.
Alabama Agricultural Fair.
As many inquiries have been made as
to the next annual Fair of the Alabama
Agricultural Society, we will state that
it will be held in Montgomery on the 15th
day of November next, aud will continue
three days.
The steamship San Francisco arrived
at New Orleans on the 22d instant, with
dates from the city of San Francisco to
the sth. She brought two millions of
dollars in specie, and twelve hundred
passengers.
Morrill’s majority fer Governor of
Maine, as shown by returns from 324
towns, is 10,115.
Triumphs of Cotton—Liverpool.
Under the above caption, an excellent
article appears in the Richmond Dispatch,
showing that the present status of Liver
pool and Manchester in the commercial
and manufacturing world, is owing to the
staple product of the isolated and much
villified South. In 1857, out of £122,-
000,000 of expoitation from England,
£55,000,000 were exported from Liver
pool. The amount of tonnage belonging
to Liverpool was 936,022 tons, being
greater by 76,882 tons than that of Lon
| doti. Os the vessels which arrived from
| abroad, the United States sent 934 ships
of an average burden of more than a
thousand tons. Liverpool is indebted to
American commerce for what it is, and
the cotton of the South has created and
sustained that commerce. In 1790, the
population of Liverpool was about 75,-
000, the population of Manchester not
being quite as large. In the same year
I the first American cotton was received at
i Liverpool, and now it is the first sea port
\ in the world, with a population of six
| hundred thousand, and paying an annual
j property and income tax of thirty-five
! millions of dollars. Manchester has be-
I come the first of manufacturing towns,
| with a population of four hundred thou
i sand. All these things are indebted for
existence to the magic power of the great
Southern staple. The same cause has
crowded the harbors of the North as well
! as of England with a forest of masts, but
has done nothing for the South. YVliy is
it ? The abolitionists assert that slavery
iis the cause. If it was abolished, Eng
land and the North would cut open the
| goose that has laid for them the golden
egg. Without African labor cotton can
j not be cultivated, and Africans will not
labor except upon compulsion.
A Contrast.
It is stated that the number of glares in
the South, connected with churches is
four hundred and sixty eight thousand,
or about one-seventh of the slave popula
tion. Theßoslon Post says : “ When it
is considered that the ancestors of these
slaves were so recently most degraded
heathens in the wilds of Africa, these fig
ures appear very remarkable especially
when as the result of all foreign missionary
efforts, the native heathen church mem
bership in 1855 was only one hundred and
eighty thousand.”
This exhibits the difference between
the efforts to christainize the African in
contact with a superior race, and in the
condition of his native barbarism. The
result is surprising, and at the same time
constitutes an overwhelming argument in
favor of the christainizing intiuences of
slavery, when we consider that the re
sult of missionary effort, in Africa has been
the result of special effort, and the ad
vancement of the negro in Christianity in
the Southern States, has been incidental
principally to his contact with, ancf influ
ence of the white race.
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New York for Dickhtson,
According to the classification of the
delegates, lately appointed at Syracuse,
to the Charleston Convention, the chances
of Mr. Dickinson seem to be increasing.
The New York Herald thus classifies
them; for Dickinson 2G; Douglas 21;
Seymour 8; Guthrie 9 ; Wise 4; Hunter
1; 1 ; Holt 1; Buchanan 2 ; Orr 1.
Not Dead.
The last Clayton Banner seems to have
been misinformed, as to the death of Mr.
Leroy Upshaw, recently wounded by Col.
Rivers. We are gratified to learn by a
letter from Mr. Upshaw to Dr. Stanford,
of this city, this morning, that he is im
proving and entertains hope of recovery.
Pilic’s Pcalc Gold.
A Western bank recently sent a small
lot of gold dust front the diggings of
Jackson and Clark, Pike’s Peak, to a
banking house in New York city. The
following is the assay: Weight before
melting, 44 dwts; weight after melting,
41 dwts; 19J carats fine ; value, 81 cents
perdwt; total, $32 57.
Ships Ashore.
A dispatch from Norfolk on the 22d
instant, says the French bark Uruguay,
from Havana, bound for Havre, put into
the port of Norfolk, leaking badly. The
same dispatch says thero is one large
ship sud two vessels ashore south of Cape
Henry.
Some Tobacco.
Halifax, Virginia, is noted for the ex
tensive growth of the weed. The editor
of the Halifax Echo has been shown some
tobacco leaves raised on the low grounds
of Vanister river, measuring three feet
in length, and twenty-three inches in
breadth. This was never beaten—hardly.
Good Picking.
The Brandon (Miss.) Republican of
the 18th, says two hands on the plan
tation of Wm. D. Bibb, picked 1,005
pounds of cotton one day last week; one
picked 505 and the other 490. On hill
land this is decidedly good picking.
The Fernandina Floridian says the
Florida Rail Road was finished and ready
for operation on thclOth as far as Chun
ky Pond, twenty-five miles beyond Gaines
ville, making in all one hundred and
twenty-two miles ironed and in running
order.
The Montgomery Mail of the 25th says,
the work of graduation of the South and
North Alabama Rail Road, was commenc
ed near that city on Thursday last, under
the supervision of Mr. John T. Milner,
chief Engineer, and Mr. B. Boyle, the
Contractor.
The new Methodist Episcopal Church,
recently erected at Lumpkin, Ga., was
dedicated last Sabbath. The dedication
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr.
Mann, of this city.
We learn from the Greensboro Gazette
that George Crutchfield, who but a few
days previous had been pronounced by a
jury to be insane, committed suicide in
that place on the 20th inst., by cutting
his throat.
Henry Mitchell, a “ colored individ
ual,” has been arrested in Boston for
forging a note of $1,002 on Gen. Ilallock,
of the New York Journal of Commerce.
The note bears date 1850, and was giveu
by Mitchell to his landlord as collateral
security for rent..
In accordance with the recent free ne
gro law of Louisiana, John Wells, free
man of color, the New Orleans Bulletin
says, has filed a petition in the sixth Dis
tVict Court for power to select as master,
Mr. B. F. Gitteral.
Miss Ella Dean Clark, eldest daughter
of Lewis Gaylord Clark of the Knicker
bocker, was recently married to Oliver
Leland, Esq., a scholar and writer of con
siderable celebrity of New York city.
The grand total of imports, other than
dry goods and specie, at New York for
the week ending September 10th, amount
ed to $1,320,591,
Returns from 204 towns in Vermont
raise Gov. Hall’s majority to 12,958. The
House stands so far, 170 Republicans;
24 Democrats.
How Tecumseh was Killed.
The Western Christian Advocate of this
week contains an obituary notice of Isaac
Hamblin, Sr., who died at bis residence
near Bloofield, Ind., n few months since,
aged about 86 years. Mr. ilambiin was
a man of deep piety and unquestionable
, veracity. lie was in the battle of the
; Thames,and the writer gives the following
as his statement in regard |o the manner
i iu which Tecumseh was killed:
lie says be was standing but a few
\ feet from Col. Johnson when he fell, and
in full view, and saw the whole of that
part of the battle. lie was well acquain
ted with Tecumseh, having seen him
before the war, and having been a pris
oner seventeen days, and received many
a cursing from him. He thinks that
Tecumseh thought Johnson was Harrison,
as be often heard the chief swear tbat he
would have Harrison’s scalp, and seemed
to have a special hatred toward him.—
| Johnson’s horse fell under him, he him
| self being also deeply wounded ; in the
j fall be lost his sworu, his large pistols
| were empty, and he was entangled with
j his horse on the ground. Tecumseh had
| fired his rifle at him, and when he saw
; him fall, he threw down his gun and
i bounded forward like a tiger sure of his
; prey. Johnson had only a side pistol
i ready for use. He aimed at the chief
j over the head of his horse, and shot him
! near the centre of his forehead. When
the ball struck, it seemed to him that the
; Indian jumped with his head full fifteen
! feet into the air; as soon as he struck the
ground, a little Frenchman ran his bayo
net into him and pinned him fast to the
; ground.
W. S. Foi sytli Killed-
The Memphis Avalanche of the 22d
says, a young man named YV. S. Forsyth
was killed about seven o'clock the night
preceding by falling from a window in
the third story of the Commercial Hotel,
in that city. lie had been indulging in
liquor to excess for two or three days
previous, and while partialy intoxicated
weDt up in the third story of the Hotel to
visit some friends. Not finding them he
seated himself in a window, and, it is
supposed, lost his balance aud fell to
the ground. He struck the pavement
with such force as to fracture his skull
and break h?s thigh, and before assistance
could reach him, lie expired. His parents
are living in Girard Ala., instead of Ma
con Ga., as understood by the Avalanche.
Ravages cf tile Hog Cholera.
The editor of tho Chattanooga Adver
tiser, while on a recent visit to Jasper,
conversed with numerous farmers of Ma
rion county, and learned that the hog
cholera wa3 making fearful ravages
among the hogs of that county. A num
ber of farmers have sustained losses of
from five hundred to a thousand dollars
from the effect of the hog epidemic. Un
less a remedy can be fonud, Marion
county will not furnish near her usual
amount of hogs for the market.. The
epidemic prevails in Sequatchie and
Bledsoe counties to the same fearful ex
tent as it does in Marion ccuuty.
Late Arrival.
Our ears wore greeted yesterday iu the
afternoon, by the music of a fine and de
lightfully toned bell—evidently a stran
ger here. It proceeded from the new one
recently purchased by the First Metho
dist Church, to Supply* the place of the
one which was fractured and rendered
useless.
It was swung by Mr. Barringer, weighs
1580 pounds, and is from the foundry of
W. II Holbrook, Medway, Mass. It will
ring its first summons to worship next
Sabbath, wc presume. May it in future
years, recall many pleasant associations
connected with the history of Columbus.
The last Athens Banner corrects the
statement recently made in the Atlanta
American, that lion. Asbury Hull and
Mr. Hope Hup, of that city, had “aban
doned Governor Brown and declared for
Akin.’ 4 The Banner says if the Ameri
can is as much mistaken in regard to the
other gentlemen mentioned, as it is in
regard to the Messrs- Hull, it will be
hard for the editors to substantiate their
assertion. It says that there it not one
word of truth in the assertion that either
of these men have “ abandoned Brown
and declared for Akin.
The Camden (S. C.) Journal of the
20th, says a terrible tornado passed over
that country west of the Wateree river
on the Friday preceding, in an easterly
direction, carrying before it trees, fences
and bouses. On the plantation of Mr.
Benjamin Perkins, several houses, includ
ing the overseer’s, barns, &c. were blown
down and scattered in every direction.
The destruction of crops in its wake has
been immense. Corn ready to be gath
ered Las been ruined.
The New Orleans True Delta records
the death, by suicide, in that city on
Sunday night, of Mr. J. W. Semmes, a
native of Georgia, and a lawyer of much
promise. His death was caused by tak
ing a dose of morphine. He had re
ceived a diploma from the University of
Louisiana, and at the time of his death
was about twenty-eight years of age. No
motive is assigued for the rash act.
A Young old Bridegroom.
The Petersburg Express is responsible
for the following:—“Married in Davie
county, N. C. on the 21st ult., Mr. John
Fine, aged 9G years, to Miss Elizabeth
Harley, of Davidson, N. C , aged 37 yeurs.
This interesting couple walked 8 miles to
the residence of the officiating magistrate,
to get the nuptial knot tied ; and after
dinner, having had a merry time with a
large company who had assembled, to wit
ness the ceremony, returned home, mak
ing a walk of 1G miles for the day, without
rod or staff. The bridegroom, it is said,
was the most hilarious youth out of some
40 or 50 present at the marriage, and fair
ly out did the whole company by his jests
and stories.
Sudden Ccatl.
Eli Frost, from Columbus, Ga., cook
on board steamer Gen. Stokes, died sud
denly on board that steamer, on the even
ing of the fourteenth inst. Meeting the
Mate he complained of a feeling of suffo
cation in the throat, and requested him
to lower him down on the deck, which
he did, and where he died in a few min
utes from disease of the heart.—Apala
chicola Advertiser of'l\st.
The Clayton (Ala.) Banner of the 22d,
has learned of the death of Mr. Leroy Up
shaw, from the wound received in the re
cent painful difficulty with Col. John F.
Rivers.
The Confederation ofyesterday, reports
that cotton was plentiful in Montgomery,
bringing from wagons 104 to 10J —Strict
Middling 11 cents.
The New Orleans Picayune of the
20th, —the last received, says the re
ceipts of cotton that day amounted to
5,700 bales.
The Hon. Albert 11. Tracy, an old and
wealthy citizen of Boston, died at noon,
in that city on the 19th inst.
Congressional Nomination.
Farmville, Va., Sept. 21. —At the
District Congressional Convention to day,
Roger A. Pryor was nominated by accla
mation. Hopkins’ name was not placed
before the Convention by his friends.
More Gold.
Leavf.xwortii, K. TANARUS., Sept. 24.—Two
thousand ounces cf gold have been re
ceived here from Denver city, in the gold
region.
Jfevv York Black Republican Plat
form.
The following resolutions were adopted
by (lie Clack Republicans of New York,
assembled in State Convention at Syra
cu-e the 7th inst. They are exceedingly
encouraging to the lovers cfpeace, and jus
tice to all sections of the Union. W hen
we w lit to school, wc remember to have
seen the opinion expressed in a history of
the United States, that they seemed to
be designed for one great country, instead
of several smaller ones. Ws have fre
quently thought since, that if the Histo
rian of that day could revisit the earth,
he would reverse his opinion. The final
dissolution of the Union is inevitable, and
only a work of time. It is useless to at
tempt a reconciliation, it seems, of sec
tions so utterly, and irreconcilably op
posed, in sympathies am! interests. There
is nothinglike homogeneity between them,
and it is the opinion of a large party, that
they would flourish much be: ter as two
seperate and independent nations, with
an alliance offensive and defensive:
Resolved, That the Republican party of
the State of New York, in convention as
sembled, reassert their unchangeable faith
in the truth, justice, and practicability of
| the principles and purposes enunciated by
the National Republican Convention at
Philadelphia on the 17th of June, 18-3(5.
Resolved, That freedom is universal and
national, and slavery exceptional and lo
cal ; and that the Government oi‘ the
United State, in the exercise of its pow
ers, whether Executive or Judicial, is
bound to adhere in substance and in form
to the generous and noble spirit of this
important maxim.
Resolved, That the Territories of the
United States are the property of the peo
pie of the United States ; that the Consti
| tution has conferred upon Congress the
power to make all needful rules and reg
ulations respecting the said Territories,
1 and that it is the right and duty of Con
gress, as the guardian of their welfare, to
preserve them free forever from the poli
; tical and social nuisances, and particu
larly from the infamous and debasing in
stitution of domestic slavery.
Resolved, That the countenance and
support which have been given to the
slave power by the political party which
calls itself the Democratic party, has en
couraged that dangerous and aggressive
oligarchy to put forth schemes for the
enactment by Congress of a slave code for
the Territories, and for the revival of the
barbarous, inhuman, and detestable traf
fic in African slaves, against which
schemes the Republican party hereby
pledges itself to contend with earnest and
unrelaxing energy.
Tlie Cotton Crop.
The crop of Cotton is attracting the
attention of manufacturers and factors.
From the cotton districts we are receiv
ing the usual amount of wailing that the
worm in one section and the drouth in
another is reducing the estimates which
were current a few weeks since. Bnt it
is pretty clear that the crop will be lar
ger than any one before known—if the
frost should be as late as the average of
the last few years. The current esti
mates of last year’s crop were about 3,-
500,000 bales; but the recent tables show
an actual receipt of 3,850,000 bales which
—was nearly 1,000,000 bales in excess
of that of 1850, and over 700,000 bales
greater than the previous year. The
high price of Cotton during tiie past few
years has stimulated its production to
that degree that no accurate date can be
derived from the receipts of previous
years. Texas will increase her produc
tion this year nearly one quarter above
that of last year, and large quantities of
land iu other States are being constant
ly brought into requisition which has
heretofore been under cultivation for the
cereals and other products, and it would
not surprise some of the best-informed
if the crop should prove epual to 4,500,-
000 bales. That the price in any event
will rule high, with the continuance of
the European demand, seems probable.
—Pitslmrg True Press.
Tile Cage of iiigiiop Omtcrduak.
The proposed action in the case of
Bishop Onderdonk continues to excite
discussion iu the New York press. A cor
respondent of the New York Times, re
plying to a communication upon the sub
ject, makes this explanation :
In the event of the reversal of the sen
tence, Bishop Onderdonk has solemnly
pledged himself, in a written document
in the hands of Dr. Hawks, and imme
diately to take effect, to assign to Bishop
Potter the exercise and administration of
the powers and authority appertaining
to the office of Diocesan, and furthermore
expressing his full purpose not to fer
form Episcopal functions in the Diocese
without the consent of Bishop Potter.
The petition referred to by “Clerus” as
circulating for signatures, is in conse
quence of, and based upon, a memorial
drawn up by Bishop Onderdonk, and to
be presented to the House of Bishops,
in which lie acquits the Court which tried
him of improper motives in his convic
tion, admits the justice of his sentence,
and, confessing his guilt, declares his
sincere sorrow and repentance for the
same. The petition has been signed by
those whose names “Clerus” mentions,
and by others, in view of this memorial,
and under the impression that, according
to the letter and spirit of the understand
ing had with Bishop Onderdonk, he does
not purpose in anj’ way to attempt re
newing the jurisdiction of the Diocese.
“ Cleru3” must be under a most serious
hallucination if he can suppose for a
moment that it is contemplated to make
Bishop O. “ the acting head of the Dio
cese.”
Anecdote of Sargent S. Prentiss.
The late S. S. Prentiss had scarcely
made his brilliant debut at the Vicksburg
bar, before a plan was set on foot to get
him out of the way. It was arranged
that a person who, having been born and
educated a gentleman, had thrown him
self away and was fast becoming a sot,
but who was withal a capital marksman,
should perforin this service for the com
munity. His second bore the challenge.
Prentiss quietly read it, and stated that
he would answer it at his own time and
in his own way. Selecting one of his best
shirts, he dispatched it with his body
servant, with the following note: “Sir,
I accept your challenge, but with one
proviso—that you appear on the ground
in the accompanying piece of raiment,
as it is impossible for me to light any
one who does not observe the externals of
a gentleman.” The gentiemau withdrew
the challenge, but kept the shirt.— Bos- \
lon Post.
j Killed Him with Whiskey Save
Him From a Snake Bite.
We are informed that a man named
Walton was bitten on the middle finger
by a copperbeaded snake on Friday af
ternoon and died in precise'y twenty-four
hours after wards. A quart of whiskey
i was administered to him, and the attcn
| ding physician thought that death was
caused by the whiskey. Walton was a
very temperate man. and there was no
discoloration or external indication of
poison on the corpse. —Lexington Star.
Boston, Sept. 20.—1n the injunction
case of the Halifax Telegraph European
news monopolists against the American
Telegraph Cos,, praying in substance that
the latter may be compelled to forward
the speculators report of the European
news in advance of the report to the As
sociated Press, the Judge this morning
refused to grant the motion, but permit
ted the speculators to proceed, if they
pleased, as in ordinary cases of bills in ‘
equity
The New York Tribune says : There
are now ten anti-slavery papers printed
in the Slave States (in English,) besides
eight in German. Os these, nine, or one
half are published in Missouri, three in
Virginia, two in Kentucky, two at Wash
ington, D. C., one in Maryland, and one
in Baltimore.
St. Loris, Sept. 21. —Jos. W. Thorn
ton lias been convicted of murder in the
first degree for shooting Mr. Charles.
The river is stationary with scant 6J
l feet water to Cairo.
Heavy Bank Defalcation.
Another startling case of embezzle
ment by a bank clerk lias just transpired
and the police have succeeded in arrest
ing the guilty party and in recovering
about $20,000 worth of diamonds, &e.,
purchased by a portion of the proceeds
of sundry embezzlements from the lulton
Bank, amounting in the aggregate of the
alleged sum of $61,000. ihe guilty
party is William J. Lane, a young mar
ried man residing with his Lather in
Fourteenth street near Eighth avenue.
Lane was transfer and foreign note citrk
of the bank and by means of false entries
succeeded until Tuesday last in keeping
his embezzlement a seeret.
On that day they were discovered, and
he was immediately confronted with Mr.
Joseph Earnochan; President of the Bank,
several of the Directors and OtScer King
of the Lower Police Court. Lane at once
confessed his guilt, and gave information
bv which about $20,000 worth of prop
ertv wus recovered, ilis first operation,
it appears, was to procure a mistress,
and this lie succeeded in perfecting in the
person of a Niss Meserole, ior whom he
hired, at a rent of SI,OOO per annum,
the house No. 2SO West Nineteenth street,
furnished it in magnificent style, sup
ported the lady and her mother and gave
th e for m era $ 1,000 diain on and c ross, a $-300
set of bracelets, five elegant diamond
rings, two sets of diamond earrings, gold
watch and chain, &c., &c., in all valued
at $7,000.
He next purchased four fast horses
and carriages to match, for the purpose
of driving his lady about. The horses
cost $6,000, but how much he had paid
for the carriages, harness, and other
“fixing,” he has forgotten. To avoid
suspicion, one Andrew J. Sparks, of No.
98 Fourth avenue, professed to be the
proprietor of the stable establishment.
The officer asked Lane if he did not niso
keep a yacht, when lie replied, that he
would have had one had lie had time to
sail it. The officer visited with him the
house of Miss Meserole, and thejewelry,
furniture, &c., were given up to him.
The livery establishment was also seized,
and is in charge of the authorities.
Lane’s salary was but SI,OOO per annum.
His father, who lias beeu cashier of the
bauk for 83. years, was bis bondsman to
the amount of SIO,OOO \oung Lane
stales that lie expended in one day for
lottery tickets SI,OOO and $250 per day
for two weeks, besides other sums at va
rious times, and that he drew but one
prize, which was for SB,OOO. He recent
ly, lie says, had SIO,OOO, but it slipped
through his fingers so easily that he can
not account for it. Yesterday afternoon
the officers visited No. 98 Fourth avenue
and there seized a trunk belonging to
Lane, which is said to contain securities
of various kinds belonging to the bank.
The affidavit of complaint, on which Lane
was arrested, was made by the President
of the Bank before Justice Osborne and
is devoid of particulars. The magistrate
will set an early day for the investigation
of the matter, and in the meantime holds
Lane in custody. —New York Neics.
THe Oatli of a Horse Thief.
Two men, D. A. lloush and J. E. Hol
ley, from Cincinnati, were sent to prison
in Louisville a few days ago on suspicion
of horse stealing, having shipped a fine
stallion the day previous. Roush’s con
duct, such as appearing in. false whis
kers and the like, caused his arrest. On
his person was found the following oath,
which would indicate that he is one of an
organized band of horse thieves :
In the name of the Power above, and
in the name of all his host of angels and
ministers, whom I invoke to bear record
of rny words : in the name of him below,
whom we fear and whom we hate, I swear.
I swear that from this mo'ment to the
end of my life to devote myself, without
any reverse, to the fancy reform; that I
will never leave it without the permission
of my captain ; that in sickness or in
health, in adversity or in prosperity, I
will never leave, quit or resign without
the consent of my captain ; I will obey
my captain, even unto death, in all trans
actions ; I will be bound by the laws he
lias established and with the regulations
he has made; and I invoke these powers,
in the event of my failure of fullfiling this,
my oath, to shower down all the ills, of
which human nature is susceptible; may
all the maladies in which lingering
wretches who crave to die still exist be
my fate; may my days be restless, my
nights sleepless, the pains and agonies
of hell goad me on to desperation, may
my limbs wither from my body, my body
paralyzed with sickness* my breath tain
ted, my eyeballs sightless, my soul damn
ed if I fail in anything 1 have sworn ; but
above all I implore that power to shower
upon me ten thousand times the miseries
that mortals imagined, if I, by word,
thought, deed or design, betray one of
my brethren or captain, or raise my hand
or voice to witness against them in a
court of justice, may my tongue rot from
its root to the lip, and leave me a speech
less liar, if I am in this guilty; but I
swear to state all that is false, unless the
truth can benefit the prisoner; to this,
in all and every part, I swear; to every
word and sentence I swear, by him above,
by him below, by all that rules, by all
that serves, I swear.
Items from tire Albany Patriot.
The Patriot of the 22d says : About
noon yesterday a fire occured in the “Nix
House,” in this city, and had it not been
for the prompt and timely assistance of
the Fire Company and citizens, the fire
would iu a short time have enveloped the
buildings in flames, and perhaps would
have destroyed the whole block. The
Wardrobe and Toilet of Mrs. Nix and her
children was entirely consumed. The
premises, we learn, were set on lire by a
servant.
On Thursday last this section was visi
ted by a severe storm and rain, which
lasted during Thursday, Thursday night
and Friday. On Thursday afternoon the
storm was so severe that a whirlwind
suddenly arose near the large Warehouse
of Messrs. Johnson & Cos. in this city,
and so severe was its power and force,
that it completely uplifted and demol
ished nearly the whole of the North 4de,
breaking the heavy timbers and level
ling the structure into one solid mass of
ruin.
Singular Presentiment ot Beaili.
Among the effects of the late Henry B.
Lane, the young man wlio was recently
burned to death by the explosion of a can
of camphene in the St. Louis Democrat
office, was found a diary, in which the fol
lowing entry had recently been made.
It is certainly a most remarkable instance
of presentiment of deaih :
To whom it may concern .-—Having been
impressed with forebodings of the most
painful nature for the last four or five
weeks, and feeling that I am about to
meet with some sad misfortune or other,
I take this method to make known my
wishes should anything happen which
may cause my death. It is my request
that someone will inform my relations
by writing to Mr. Jolrn Duckworth, 107
Spring street, New \ork, at the earliest
possible moment, and also please write
to my mother, Mrs. Hannah D. L. Neal,
London Mills, London, N. 11., and there
by render a favor to one who died in a
strange land. 11. B. LANE.
New York Metal Market.
The inquiry for all descriptions con
tinues limited ; sales of 200 tons Scotch
Pig in lots at $23 to 23 50, ex-ship and
from yard j 70 tons Jlefiued English Bars
at $52 50, and 300 bdls ; English Sheet
at 3|c. far triples, C mos. We quote :
Pig, Scotch, per tun $23 00 to 23 50
Par. Swedibh, ordinary size 85 00 to 87 50
Cr, English, refined.- 52 00 to 53 50
liar, English, common 42 50 to 44 00
Sheet, Russia, first quality 11 to 11 y
Sheet, single, double and treble 534 to 3%
Prentice says it seems now to have
been demonstrated that the aurora bo
realis is but one of the forms of electrici
ty. It is a form tnat we especially like.
It is incomparably more beautiful than
the lightning, and then it makes no
thundering noise and it never strikes.
*
The last number of the Abbeville Ban
ner contains a reward of §IOO, offered
by Gen. A. C. Gordon, for the apprehen
sion of an incendiary, who set fire to his
Gin House. Fortunately, the fire was dis
covered, and extinguished, before any
great damage was done.
Sentence of a Sea Captain to Deutli.
In the Circuit Court at Portland, on
Thursday, Judge Clifford delivered the
opinion of the Court in the case of Capt.
John A. Holmes, who had been convicted
of the willful murder of a seaman named
George W. Chadwick, on the high seas,
and whose counsel rawed objections n
several points ot liw lad otiwn at toe
trial. The opinion overiulcd a.l nl ‘lie
exceptions, and denied the mo ion t • > r a
new trial. Before suite nee was passed,
Captain Holmes nddioi-sed the < <'Ui't in
his own detense, in 1 ho i-miive oi which lie
said :
*T most solemnly declare that 1 am
wholly innocent and unconscious <>f hav
iug committed the crime of which 1 now
stand convicted. I have not now, nor ever
have had, any knowledge whatever of
the act imputed to me; nor canl be charg
ed in any way with the slightest responsi
bility in connection with it. God knows
1 am innocent of this great crime, and I
protest before Him that 1 am not the in
human monster I am represented-”
Judge Ware then addressed some re
marks to the prisoner, afer which Judge
Clifford passed sentence upon him as fol
lows :
“John A. Holmes —All the. proceed
ings in your case having been fully ex
amined aud found to be correct, as ap
pears of record, nothinu remains to be
done except to say that you now stand le
gally convicted of the murder of George
W. Chadwick upon the high seas, as al
leged in this indictment, and to prononnee
the final sentence of the law, which is as
follows : It is considered by tbe Court
that vou be deemed, taken and adjudged
to be a pirate.and felon, and that you be
taken back to the place from whence you
came, and there remain in close confine
ment until Friday, the 25th day of Nov
ember next; and on that day, between
the hours of 11 o’clock in the forenoon
and 1 o’clock in the afternoon, you be ta
ken thence to the place of execution, and
that you bo there hanged by the neck un
til you are dead. And may God have
mercy on your soul.
During the remarks of Judge Ware,
and while Judge Clifford was pronouncing
the sentence, the prisoner stood up calm
aud immovable.
Tolerably Rick.
In the Canadian House of Assembly,
not long since, they had quite a spirited
debate on the bill to prohibit the use of
hoops and crinoline, introduced by Aiken.
We publish a. few of the most brilliant
passages:
Mr. Drummond was an ardent admirer
of hoops from childhood. He was born
with a love for hoops. When a child of
tender growth, he use to trundle his hoop
all unconscious of the fate that awaifed
him; Late in life he had swallowed a ring
which had resulted in the whooping
cough; and even now the sight of an*
empty hogshead brought tears into his
eyes.
Mr. Brown complained that it was im
possible to choose a wife, since her de
fects were so hidden in hoops and envel
oped in crinoline, the naked—
Speaker—Order.
Mr. Brown—Mr. Speaker— _
Speaker—The lion, rabie gentleman is
| out of order.
Mr, Brown—But, Mr. Speaker, the
naked —
Speaker—Hold your, tongue, sir.
Mr. Brown—The naked—
Speaker—Upon my soul, Mr. Brown,
cork up, or I’ll have you arrested.
Mr. Browu—Permit me to explain.
Mr. Speaker, when I said naked—
Speaker [yelling]—Clear the galleries
of ladies, Mr. Sargeant.
Mr. Brown—ln the name of seventeen
graegs and fifteen muses, Mr. Speaker—
dear beloved brother—let me apologize,
then. 1 otily meant to say that hoops
and crinoline had reached to such a 10-
tundency, that is will be impossible to
arrive at the naked
Speaker [frantically]—Death and biue
devils ! Stop, or I will brain you with
the mace. Consider the impropriety of—
Mr. Brown [wildly]—Truth, trnth,
trnth naked truth, was what I was going
to say.
Jolia Mitcliell to Lead the French
against Ireland.
An Irish paper has taken notice of the
circumstance of Mr. Mitchell’s departure
for Europe, in a manner which, if not
intended to be ironical, will certainly
astonish not a little u quiet aud unaspir
ing civilian. It intimates that he has
gone to France for the purpose of ena
bling him to land iu Ireland at the head
of an invading army ! It is the opinion
of this sagacious journal, the Dundalk
Democrat, that Mr. Mitchell will come
over from France in company with the
Zouaves, and, knowing all the weak
j points of Ireland, will dash boldly on the
: Capital and seize the castle and all the
arsenals in the Island. The Democrat
also informs us that Mr. Mitchell “ will
: have no mercy for John Bull, and will
I more than rival Garibaldi in his furious
onsets against the Great Britains.—Sa
vannah Republican.
♦
Miscellaneous.
New York, Sept. 20.—Ex Senator
Cooper’s manifesto in favor of cheap post
i age and protection, and advisory efform
j ing an Iron men’s league to control poli
| ical parties through balance of power,
i gives great uneasiness to politicians.
The schooner Sat ilia, from Jacksonville,
| Fla., was boarded in the bay of Union
j Down. She had five feet water in her
I hold. The crew were almost starved and
i too weak to work. They were taken
ashore and provided for. The Captain
| had abandoned the vessel some hours
previous.
Arrival of tile Santa Fe Mail.
Independence, Sept. 20-—The Santa
Fe mail of the sth has arrived. There
has been an abundance of rain.
Otero is probably elected to Congress.
San Francisco, Aug. 25.—Pork 17 ‘SO
to 18. Lard 12 to 14. Sugar, Orleans
10. Crushed, 11 y.
$25,000 worth bonds have been re
deemed by the State at 33-}.
The town of Murphys has been nearly
destroyed by fire. Loss SIOO,OOO.
The shipment of gol-i from Victoria for
| the fortnight was $144,000.
From Washington.
A\ asiiington, Sept. 10.—The adminis
tration somewhat fears trouble at San
Juau before General Scott arrives there,
but have taken every precaution possible
to prevent it.
General Lamar has left for Taxas.
The San Juan affair does not call for
any increase in our Pacific naval force.
The late storm seriously damaged the
corn craps (f‘ Maryland and Virginia.
Captain W. tells an amusing occurrence
witnessed by him last week on board the
Ocean, on her passage down. An old
and somewhat purblind gentleman, pass
| ing up and down the upper saloon, stop
j ped in front of a large full-length mirror,
and, after gazing at the figure presented
for a mornont or two, inquired in a very
deliberate tone: “Is your —name
Brown? ’ No answer. Question repeat
ed, louder: “Is—your—name— Brown?”
Quession again repeated, still, lou
der: “Is your —name Brown?”
Still no aswer. “Well,” said the ques
tioner, “your are either no gentleman or
very deaf!” The saloon was in a roar.
—Providence Journal.
——
May they ail lie Suspended.
We perceive that among the many very
fanciful novelties recently introduced in
ladies’ apparel, is anew article of sus
penders. They bear resemblance to those
worn by gentlemen, except that they are
made of a delicate white elastic fabric,
with frilled edge about one inch wide,
and are attached to the skirt by buttons
in like manner.
_ It is certainly better for a lady to have
the weight of her attire bearing upon her
, shoulders than upon her hips. Vive les
Suspenders—Richmond Enquirer.
Hotel Clerk Shot try a Trader.
Oliver Sims, the well known clerk of
the Lxcbange Hotel, at Richmond, Va.,
was shot on Tuesday night at that place,
by J. 11. Melton, a negro trader, from
Louisiana, in consequence of some mis
understanding. It was believed that
Sims would not live through the day, as
’ he was bleeding internally.
From :!ia Tathipoosa Tim. s.
j Opelika and Talladega Kail Hoad—
Km Prosptcis.
Now that the survey of this r ad is
cemmeuced, we may expect to see anew
vigor spring up aaiotii our citizens ; those
who have been sanguine heretofore will
become more so ; the lukewarm become.
! zealous, and those who have viewed the
! effort to build this read as a mere bubble
I floating on tiie ocean, will begin to have
| faith in the enterprise. As to our opin
j ion, it. has undergone no change since the
subject was first agitated. The question
witli us has all the time been a mere neu
ter of lime. We have the means to build
the road if our people will only rou e up
their energy, and we have a fair prospect
for help front abroad; and above ail, we
have the route, an important route. The
question now is, shall the road be built
with the present effort, or will our people
wait for another troubling ot the waters?
Present indications answer emphatically,
| build with the present effort. But not
j withstanding all these flattering prospects
for our road, we would remind our citi
zens that delays are dangerous, and that
!it behooves them to be up and doing. We
have the promise of foreign help : but we
j must not expect others to build our ro id ;
wo must first put our shoulders to the
wheel at.d then call for help. We will be
the principal beneficiaries, and it is but
consistent that we step forward in this
important, to us, enterprise.
We had a short interview with the Pre
sident of our road on Monday last, who
had returned-from Chambers court, lie
informs 113 he went to Opelika and met
the Engineer and others there for the
purpose of commencing the survey, and
found a general enthusiasm among the
people in favor of our road ; and although
lie retrained there but a shorfc time, he
received subscriptions to our road to the
amount of $10,500.
As an evidence of the probability—we
might say certainty—of our getting help
from abroad, we submit the following ex
tract from a private letter from a respon
sible and reliable firm in Columbus:
“ We are pleased to see that your peo
ple are turning their attention to the Kail
Road from Opelika to Childersburg, ami
most devoutly hope to see (lie enterprise
cousumated. All that is necessary, is for
the citizens along the route to grade it
and furnish the timbers necessary. The
iron, and rolling stock will be forth com
ing by parties interested East of its ter
minous, whenever the road bed is ready
to receive them. Our people say but lit
tle, but they regard it very favorable,
and when the moment comes to act effi
ciently, and decisively for its completion,
they will not be found wanting.”
Sew York Dry Goods Trade.
The market has been active, but mo sly
at auction. The importers are forced to
the auction rooms to sell their goods, and
some heavy sacrifices have been made on
silk goods; some parcels netting not
above GO per cent, of the invoice price.
Prices have declined during the week.
Few are the goods that have been sold at
private sale, either of British, French or
German fabrics. British goods do not
find their way to the auction rooms in any
large quantities. French shawls, meri
nos, and ribbons are sold exclusively at
auction, and none but the very best styles
are firm in price. The auctioneers are
doing a profitable business, anfl most of
them discount their own paper, induce
ing the importers to sell in this way,
as they can immediately realize and
remit home proceeds. The following i3
a comparative statement of tire Imports
of Foreign Dry Goods at the port of New
York, for the week and since January Ist.
For the week. 1857. 1858. 1859.
Entered at the port $2,084.43S $2,018,134 $2,099,925
Thrown on market. 1,911,115 *2.141,475 2,094.724
.S’i'wce Jan. Ist. 1557 1858. 1559.
Entered at port S7B 200.450 $43,703,032 $89.027.810
Thrown on m’kt. 75.596 973 50,804.198 88,979 970
Domestic staples are in good request.
Cotton fabrics, except prints, are very
firm. Prints are dull—jobbers being
fully suppled. Woolen goods are steady.
Fancj’ cassimeres are most in vogue as
*• desirable” goods. Deiains are in fair
demand. The late demand of the season
is good, but not exhaustive of the large
stocks of goods which remain on hand,
and which are being offered at terms
more favorable to purchasers. —lndepen
dent.
A Circus ou tiieOcer.it.
Messrs Howes & Cushing’s United
State Circus Company are performing un
der a tent in Ireland, traveling through
the country, and compelled, for the want
of tavern accommodations, to encamp at
everyplace where they show, plotter
dated at Clonmel, August 22, from one
of the proprietors to a friend in New
York, says :
We have applied to the owners of the
steamship Great Eastern to take us and
one hundred horses to America on her
first trip; and it is our intention to put a
temporary ring on the upper deck, and
give equestrian performances to the pas
sengers in pleasant weather. The track
of the ring will be made of India rubber
matting, the same as is used in the Lon
don theatres when circus performances are
given on the stage; and the gymnastic
tackle, the tight and slack rope fixings
and the trapez apparatus, are to be at
tached to the rigging of the ship.
The following States are yet to vote for
members of Congress. In the last House
of Representatives they stood:
Dem. Oppo.
California,..-. 2 0
Georgia, 6 2
Louisiana, 3 1
Minnesota 2 0
Maryland, 3 3
Mississippi, 5 0
Oregon, i 0
Total 22 G
The ordinary rate of speed per second
is as follows :
Os a man walking, G feet.
Os a good horse in harness, 12 feet.
Os a good sailing ship, 18 feet.
Os in a sleigh on the ice, 24
feet.
Os a race horse, 72 feet.
Os a hare, locomotive and hurricane,
84 feet.
Os sound, 1892 feet.
Os a canon ball, 1344 feet.
Os the earth’s rotation at the equator.
1521 feet.
Os the earth’s velocity in its orbit, G9,-
132 feet, or nineteen miles.
John Featherstone and James Durban,
one a Catholic and theolher a Protestant,
engaged a short time since in an unprofi
table argument apon the merits of their
respective creeds, when, in order to prove
that his belief was correct, Burgan at
tacked the other with a knife and°a tum
bler, rfnd after inflicting a slight wound,
which, from the quantity of blood that
followed, appeared a serious matter, he
made his escape, but was subsequently
arrested, and yesterday committed in de
fault of finding bonds jn §SQO ta answer
the charge of stabbing with intent to
kill. Cincinnati Comnierciul.
Something Worth Knowing.
Under this caption the Cincinnati Com
mercial says:
A day or two since, a workman, de
scending a well which had been excava
ted on Barr street, was overpowered by
the noxious gas and became insensible
A ligut was let down, and us immediate
ly extinguished from the same cause,
when one ot his comrades proposed to
descend to his assistance, but was pre
vented by the foreman, who wisely re
marked that one man could be rescued
more easily than a couple. -As speedily
as possible he piocure'd a quantity of un
slacked lime, which he cast into the pit,
and then dashed down a pail of water.
The good effect was evident in a short
space ot time, lor a pull at the rope was
felt, having fortunately escaped any ill
consequences from the remedy which bad
been used to dispel the carbonic acid gas.
Crops in Green County, Alabama.
The Eutaw (Ala.) Observer of the 23d
says : The boll worm, the drought, and
the late storm of wind and rain, has ma
terially injuied the cottou crop of this
region—fully one third some say a half.
There never was such a prospect for an
overwhelming crop—but is cut short and
to such an extent that many intelligent
planters are calculating for only a halt
crop to be made.