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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. . -*- 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. * 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. . 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. ♦ . “ 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. _____ 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. ♦ 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. . 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. - + 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. • <, 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.