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Arrival of tlie Steamship Persia.
New York, Sept. 19.—Tlio Steamship
Persia arrived here to day. She broke
her crank pin on her fifth day out, and
she laid in repairing.
The Persia passed the steamship Ara
bia and City of Manchester bonnd in.
Luerpoc l Cotton Marie!. —Speculators
took during the week, 4,000 bales,.and
exporters 7,500 bales. The market clos
ed with an advancing tendency. Fair and
Middling qualities had improved the most.
Most circulars say those qualities had
partially advanced. Some quote an ad
vance of 1-1 Gd. It was scarcely higher.
Sales on Friday 7,000 bales, of which
speculators and exporters took 1,000 bales.
The market was steady, at the following
quotations:
Pair Orleans Bd. I Mid. Orleans. 7 1-lCd
Mobiles T'^d-1 •• Mobiles tila-llid.
“ Uplands 74 K d. | “ Uplands 6%d.
Some circulars quote an advance of |d ;
others sav that {'rices were not quotably
higher.
Latest — Liverpool Saturday noon.—Cot
ton firm ; sales of 8,000 bales.
Liverpool General Markets. —Flour very
dull; prices nominal; there was a decline
of od. per sack ; it was quoted at 9s. Gd.
to 12s. Wheat had declined 3d., and
holders were pressing on the market.
Corn dull, but steady. Beef dull, and
holders pressing on the market. Pork
dull, and quotations nominal. Bacon
heavy ; holders were pressing sales ; all
qualities had slightly declined, Coffee
firm. Rice steady. Rosin firm, with an
advanca on inferior qualities; quoted at
3s. lOd. to 3s. lid. Turpentine steady,
345. Gd.
London General Markets. —Baring Bro
thers, in their circulars, quote Breadstuffs
very dull, American securities were un
changed. Consols were quoted at9G| for
account.
General News. —The latest advices
from Italy state that the advance of the
Pontifical troops into the legations ap
peared imminent, although the Bologua
Moniteur contradicts the rumored aggres
sion. The Roman government rejects all
reforms.
The sailing of the Leviathan steamship
the Great Eastern, was postponed until
the 29th of September.
The ZUriah Conference was expected to
conic shortly to an abrupt close.
The Pontifical troops were threatening
the legations.
Latest Liverpool Saturday noon.
Breadstuff's very dull. Provisions very
dull; sales unimportant.
The stock of American cotton at Liver
pool was five hundred aud fifty-six thou
sand bales.
The ship Golden Star, from Orleans,
had reached Liverpool.
The Persia’s mail will start South on
the early morning trains.
The Persia encountered a terrific
storm on Monday, tho sth inst., in which
sho broke a crank pin, and had to put
back one hundred miles, when she was
repaired and again started westward. On
reaching the latitude of the first storm
she encountered another more terrific ;
but sho plowed safely through it. She
brings the heaviest freight ever had by
a steamer.
Arrived at Gravesend the ship Ceres,
from Wilmington; at Liverpool, ship R.
11. Tucker, from Charleston ; sailed from
Liverpool, ship Kalos, for Savannah.
The following vessels were loading :
Lizzie Harwood, at Liverpool: and C. A.
Morrison, at London; both for Charles
ton, and tho Consul at Liverpool, for Sa
vannah. ,
The following vessels had cleaved:
from Liverpool, the Eliza Bonsall, for
Charleston.
The steamship Fulton had arrived at
Liverpool.
There was a large meeting of the Plen
ipotentiaries on the Ist, to regulate the
limits of the Lombardian frontiers. The
separation of the civil and Ecclesiastical
jurisdiction, was considered at the meet
ing of tho Plenipotentiaries of the three
powers.
It was reported that Austria intends to
discount a portion of the Austrian debt,
which will be transferred to Lombardy,
and will sell her public domains.
It was intimated in France that the
Porte would open the Suez canal for com
mercial purposes.
Itentes have advanced a quarter.
Taxes have been levied on all foreigners
doing business in Smyrna.
The foreign news was generally unim
portant, We have only received Sun
day’s papers by the Borussia. In them
there is no allusion made to the sailing of
the Persia.
The Emperor of Morocco is dead.
There was a serious conflict on the Is
land of Ceuta, between the Spanish resi
dents and tho Moors. The troops were
called out, and several thousand Moors
had collected ; and the latest account of
the combat, says that it raged all of the
night of the 2Gth ult., and several were
killed on both sides.
The mail steamer Indus was fired on
twice from a Spanish fort.
There was a terrific cyclon which pass
ed over Calcutta on the 2Gth of July.
Forty-six vessels, including two steamers,
were lost in the river Hoogly. There was
immense damage done by it on shore; be
sides a great many lives were lost.
Thore was great uneasiness felt at Paris
on account of the Zurich Conference, and
rentes have declined.
It was reported that Spain intends to
demand satisfaction for the outrages at
Ceuta.
Three corps of the Russian army have
been ordered to a peace footing.
The Italians are becoming impatient at
the delay at Zurich.
It was stated that Piedmont demands
the cession of Mantua and Peschiera.
The opinion was growing stronger that
a peace Congress was inevitable.
The builders’ strike in England was ap
proaching adjustment.
Loss of n XI. S> War Steamer.
New Orleans, Sept 10.—The United
States War steamer Fulton went ashore
on St. Rosa’s Island, in the gale of the
113th inst. She w T as high and dry, and
was goiug to pieces. The crew and stores
wore all saved.
Large Fire in Portland.
Portland, Sept. 18.—Lewiston, Bag
ging company’s store house, containing
live hundred bales cotton, was partially
destroyed by lire. Loss twenty thousand
dollars.
Later from Havana.
New York, Sept. 18.—The steamship
De Soto arrived here to-day. She brings
Havana dates to the 13th inst.
A Royal decree has just been issued
which gives the Cubans a nearer ap
proach to popular representation.
The weather has been cool; and the
health of the city has improved—there has
been scarcely any sickness.
Sugar was stagnant. Freights unim
proved. Exchanges dull.
The Late Frosts.
The St. Louis Republican has the an
nexed despatches, regarding the frost of
last week :
Freeport, Sept. 10. — Late frost killed
corn, and potatoes except in this vicinity.
Galena, Sept. 10.—Damage to crops in
this section very slight. Corn in the low
land only affected. Nearly all on the up
lands untouched ; the damage is confined
principally to the leaf and stalks.
Burlington, Sept. 10—Frost has been
very light’ as yet in this regon; have
heard of but few cases where it has dam
aged crops at all.
Dixon, Sept. 10 — By the late frosts,
buck wheat was entirely destroyed, and
it is estimated that the corn will fall
short of half a crop, the latter suffering
most on low grounds.
With reference to the effect in Missouri,
the same paper : —The despatches which
we have published from different pai’ts of
the State, settle the matter that there has
been no frost to destroy the corn, tobac
co, potato or any other crop. All is right.
From adjoining States the news is not so
good, but favorable weather may yet
bring out the main crops.
Sew Invention.
We learn from the Boston Commercial
Bulletin that Mr. Jordan, of East Bridg
water, Mass., has invented a machine for
ditching the rice fields of the South by
steam power, which will soon be tried in
the presence of rice growers.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
New Orleans, Sept. 20.—We have re
ceived Vera Cruz dates to the 3d inst.
Genera! Degollado is at San Luis Po
tosi, re organising hi* aimy, which was
badly disorganised.
General Zuagua has resigned.
St. Louis, Sept. 20—We have received
bv the overland mail dates frem the is
land of San Juan to the 20th ult.
The affairs of the island were generally
uncWfinged.
The Americans stiil have possession,
and their forces are increasing.
New Orleans, Sept. 20—There was
a shooting affair here last night between
Dr. Robert M. Graham and Ernest Tole
dano. Dr. Graham has since died of his
wounds. The difficulty originating in
politics.
St. Louis, Sept. 20.—The overland
mail arrived here to-day, with San Fran
cisco dates to the 25th ult.
It was reported in Oregon that Capt.
Waters and his command, numbering 140
men, were massacred by the Snake In
dians at Warm Springs.
St. Louis, Sept. 16.—The river is sta- j
tionary with scant oh feet water to Cairo, j
St. Loli3, Sept. 17.—The river has |
fallen one inch in the last 24 hours. ;
There is scant 51 feet water to Cairo, j
It is raining hard.
Independence, Sept. 16.—The mail of
the 29tb has arrived. The political ex
citement is intense. The Army and
Americans are in favor of Galligos.
Chicago, Sept. 16.—The trotting match
between Flora Temple and Princess was
won by Flora Temple in three straight
heats.
Balaria, Aug. 31. —There has been a
violent gale doing great damage to the
shipping. Business will be suspended
three or four days. A Prussian ship went
ashore and was totally lost.
New York, Sopt. 17—Port Au Prince
advices of the sth, say the daughter of
President Geffrard was shot dead in her
father’s chair at the Palace Gardens, on
the 3d. It is supposed the assassin meant
to kill Geffrard.
Washington, Sept. 17.—Gen. Scott
leaves immediately for the Pacific with
reference to the San Joan difficulty.
St. Louis, Sept. 17.—The Denver city
Aurora gives the returns of the election
on the fifth, as 933 majority against the
State Constitution, and favoring a Terri
torial organization.
Numerous miners are leaving the moun
tains on account of rain and snow storms.
Chicago, Sept. 17. —Ike Cook the Chi
cago horse took the Citizens Purse of
slooo.—Time 2:281,
Flora Temple and Princess were not
entered.
The billiard match between Phelan and
Tieman for 500 points resulted in favor
of Phelan.
New York, Sept. 17.—There was a
violent sterm to-day. Tho bark Mercy
j Ellen from Buenos Ayres run ashore at
; Govenors Island.
A five story ware house being erected
on Duane street was blown down demol
ishing the house adjoining and burying
i the tenants in the ruins.
The workmen at Bergin New Jersey on
, the New York aud Erie Tunnel are on a
j strike. They are blockading the road
and stopping the trains. The through
mails were sent back to New York to be
i sent over the Hudson River Railway.
Two regiments of New Jersey militia
have been ordered to the scene.
Postmaster Fowler of New York also
read a requisition from the Government
troops.
In the United States Circuit Court Elias
Howe has obtained in junctions on the
Sewing Machine patent of 1846 against
Charles H. Muller and James W. Dutton.
Boston, Sept. 15.—Tne Utah corres
pondent of the Traveller, under the date
of Camp Floyd, August 18th, describes
the assassination of First Lieutenant
Ralph Pike, of the Tenth Infantry, who
was shot dead in front of the Salt Lake
Hotel, by a Mormon, named Spencer.
The murderer escaped. Pike was a na
tive of Bedford, New Hampshire. His
funeral was attended by three Regiments
of Infantry, a squadron of dragoons, a
battery of Light Infantry, and a detach
ment of Sappers and Miners. The offi
cers of each Regiment, in full uniform,
followed in the rear of their respective
corps ; Gen. Johnston and his Staff fol
lowing in the rear of the whole.
Several other assassinations are
charged upon the Mormons, and great
excitement existed.
Buffalo, Sept. 17. —A Convention of
self styled reformers has been sitting in
this city for two days past, comprising
the leading Abolitionists, free lovers, in
fidels, fanatics and women’s rights men
and women of the country. They have
been assiduously searching for the
evil and its cure, while their speeches for
the most part have been disgusting and
blasphemous. The Couvention closes its
session to-morrow (Sunday,) and the
public generally will experience a feeling
of relief when the city is rid of these re
formers.
Boston, Sept. 17—Shortly afternoon to
day a difficulty occurred between Dr J. C.
Ayer of Lowell and H. S. Fay, at the of
fice of the Middlesex Company, in Pearl
street, during which the former stabbed
the latter in the abdomen with a pocket
knife. Ayer was arrested. Fay was con
veyed/to his residence in the care of two
physicians. His case is considered criti
cal. The difficulty originated at the late
meeting of the Middlesex Mills Corpora
; tion, in which Ayer was left off as one of
the directors. The affair caused a great
deal of excitement
St. Louis, Sept. 17—Denver city ad
vices of the Bth instant reached Leaven
worth yesterday. The returns from Den
ver City and Auroria of the election on
the sth give a majority of 933 against the
State Constitution, and in favor of the
Territorial organization. The returns
from the mountain districts are not re
received. Large numbers of miners were
leaving the mountains for the valleys in
consequence of the prevalence of snow
storms.
Boston, Sept. 17—The lady killed last
night on the Worcester Rail Road, at
Natick, was Mrs. Cheeseman of this city,
aged about fifty years. Mr. Davis, who
was iujnred at the same time, isexpected
to recover.
Ira Kincaid, twenty-two years old, and
a daughter of Cyrus Shaw, were drowned
at Wiscasset, Me., on Thursday by the
upsetting of a boat.
Boston, Sept. 17. —Iu consequence of
the severe northeast rainstorm, the cere
mony of inaugurating the Webster statue
took place thus afternoon in Music Hall.
Addresses appropriate to the occasion
were made by Governor Banks, Mayor
Lincoln and Professor Felton. The Hon.
Edward Everett delivered the oration.
Leavenworth, K. TANARUS., Sept. 15.
Counter-proclamations have been issued
touching the reception of the returns of
votes on the acceptance or rejection of
the Constitution, On one side the Board
of Stale Canvassers, authorized by the
late Constitutional Convention, contend
that the authority of the Convention is
Supreme; while on the other, Walsh,
.the Territorial Secretary, denounces their
proceedings as illegal under the Lecomp
ton Constitution. The returns were di
rected to John Calhoun.
Newark, N. J., Sept. 15.—A large
three-story building, on the corner of Mc-
Whorter and East Hamilton streets, occu
pied by scroll sawers, wood moulders, and
manufacturers of mouldings, was totally
destroyed by fire at about three o’clock
this afternocn. Two or three firemen
sustained some injuries from falling walls.
The loss is about §30,000 to $40,000; in
sured for §20,000, principally in New
York offices.
Boston, Sept. 12.—There is something
like a panic prevailing in the shoe and
leather trade in this city at the present
time. Three of the principal houses sus
pended payment on Saturday. There
are reports that in consequence of this
some of the small manufacturers have
failed to meet their engagements, which
will probably result in a panic in business
and trade generally.
Boston, Sept. 18—Mr. Fay, who was
stabbed yesterday by Dr Ayer, will prob
ably recover, provided mortification does
not supervene.
Another Sam Patch —Shield* the
Klagara Juniper Drowned.
From the following paragraph it would
seem that the Niagara jumper has shared
the fate of Sam Patch. His suicidal ex
ploit affords another proof that some
things cannot be dona as well as others.
— N. Y. Evening l y os(.
We have a private dispatch from Niag
ara Falls just as we go to pres 9 this af
ternoon, announcing that Shields, the
man announced to jump from White s
Pleasure Grounds into Niagara river is
drowned. We have no particulars, hut
presume the man has fallen a victim to
his exDefiments in jumping, which he
was doubtless making.
This individual has relations in this
city, his real name being, we believe,
O’Connor, but of this we are not certain.
He called upon us the other day to take
exceptions to our notice of his intended
feat, and that is the only time we ever
saw him. We thought he acted like one
laboring under slight mental derange
ment.
He had never made any jumps in pub
lic, although he announced himself “the
renowned jumper,” and all we know of
him in this way was what he told of his
experiments. And he was not disposed
to talk much or boast of what he could do
in this line. We know nothing of his
antecedents, and from his uncommunica
tive disposition, we should not expect to
gather much had he lived forever.
P. S.—We are told that the real name
of this man was P. S. O’Connor, and that
he resided on Vought-street, in this city.
—Rochester Union, September, 13.
Arrival of the Overland Mall Two
Day* Later from California.
Ss. Louis, Sept. 14.—The Overland
mail arrived here this evening, bringing
San Francisco dates es the 22d ult. Cal
ifornia advices unimportant.
Business at San Francisco continued
dull and unaltered, the only material
change being in adamantine candles,
which had advanced from 19to 20c. Favor
able reports continued to be received from
the mining districts, especially from Car
son and Washer Valleys, aud Walker Riv
er. Emigrants, by the Overland route,
continued to arrive in large numbers and
good health.
Horace Greely had addressed a letter
to his political friends, urging them to
vote for McKibben, the Anti Lecompton
Democratic candidate for Congress, and
advocating a fusion of all the opposition
elements by combining on the best candi
dates, without regard to political antece
dents. This course, he believed, would
render it practicable for the Opposition to
carry the election, to the total discomfi
ture of the Adininislration Democracy.
The Los Angelos Vineyard says, the
Mohave Indians show signs of submis
sion, but are lurking arouud the Fort
with hostile intentions. There is no pros,
pect of a permanent peace until this tribe
are severely chastised.
Fifteen Ships to the Mile.
Since the completion of the Great East
ern, inquiries have been rife as to the di
mensions of all the large ships in the
world. We append a list of fifteen mons
ters of the deep, that, without bowsprit,
would cover a space one mile in length,
were they placed in line:
Vessels. Leugth. Tonnage
Great Eastern 680 19,000
Adriatic 390 5,000
Niagara.. 375 4 SSO
Himalaya 360 5,000
Duke of Wellington 240 2,400
General Admiral 325 6,000
Orlando* 337 3,727
Persia 376 3.300
Atrato 336 3.470
Itoyal Charter)- 306 2 720
Great Republic 302 3,366
Pennsylvania 300 3.241
Arabia 300 2,402
Great Britain 274 3,500
Asia.. 280 2,226
Total 5,181 68,428
* Recently launched for the British Navy.
f Runs “inside 60 days’’ from Liverpool to Mel
bourne.
Western News.
St. Louis, Sept. 16, —The Evening Bul
letin contains a special dispatch from
Leavenworth City. It announces the ar
rival of the express with Denver City ad
vices to the Bth inst. The weather was
wet and cold, and a largo number of mi
ners were in consequence leaving the
mountains for the valleys. The return
emigration was increasing.
At the elections held on the sth in the
towns of Denver and Auraria, Denver
gave a majority of 490 for a territorial
organization. The total number of votes
cast was.63o. Auraria 259 for a teritorial
organization, and against a State Govern
ment. The total numberof votes cast was
487. Tho majority for the two places
was for petitioning. The result of the
election in the mountain district has not
yet transpired.
New Telegraph Lilies.
The Western Union Missouri River, and
Missouri, Kansas and Utah Telegraph
Companies, have entered into an agree
ment, (we see by a dispatch of the9tb,
from New York,) by which the former
Compauy assumes the control of all the
telegraph lines west of St. Louis ; and ar
rangements are making to extend the tel
egraph wires from St. Louis to Fort Smith,
Ark., on the line of the Butterfield Over
land Route, and also from St. Louis to
Atchison and Utah. The latter line is
now in operation f>r four hundred miles
west of St. Louis ; and that from St. Louis
via. Fort Smith is in good working order
about three hundred miles west of St.
Louis. Another section of two hundred
miles is soon to be opened on this route.
Injury to tine Cotton Crop.
The destructive storm of Thursday last,
added to the submerging rain of yester
day has played the wild with the cotton
crop of middle Alabama. A ride of twen
ty-five miles on Monday, through the
cotton growing region convinced us that
the injury to the crop is very heavy. It
was absolutely distressing to look upon
the stricken fields, that only a few days
since were rejoicing in the abundance of
their harvests. Many thousand bales of
cotton have been lost to Alabama planters
by the disasters of the last week.— Mont,
gomery Confederation 21 st.
Masonic.
The general grand encampment of the
Knights Templars of tho United States
to day elected the following officers for
the ensuing three years: B. B. French
of Washington, Grand Master ; David
Goodnow, of Kentucky, Deputy Grand
Master; Winslow Lewis, of Boston, Gen
eralissimo ; J. Y. B. Blaney, of Chicago,
Capt. General ; Charles Marsh, of Cali
fornia, Senior Warden ; A. J. Pierson, of
Minnesota, Junior Warden; Edward A.
Raymond, of Boston, Treasurer; L, G.
Risk, of Louisiana, Recorder.
Stage Accident.
The Macon Citizen of the 19th says ;
As the Edgefield stage was on its way
to this city, says the Augusta Constitu
tionalist of the 17th, on Thursday night
last, when about seven miles from here,
the horses became frightened and ran
down a hill. The brakes becoming un
manageable, in turning a curve in the
road, the stage upset, killing one of the
horses, and wounding some of the pas
sengers—none of whom, however, were
seriously injured.
Lnele Tomlsm Head in England.
The literary Gazette: “Who will be
lieve that Mrs. Stowe is now in England ?
that the American authoress, who, but a
short time ago, created such a sensation,
is actually among us without receiving
any public notice at all? The lady,
however, is in this country, and engaged
upon her new tale.” How fearfully per
sonal all that is! Mrs. Stowe —Harriet
Beecher Stowe—the manufacturer of Un
cle Tom’s Cabin, the sister of our Beech
er—she in London and Cockneydom is
not in ecstacies!
Trial of Lewis Bis Lap.
Mr. Lewis Bishop of this county, in
dicted for the killing of Mr. J. G. Max
well, sometime since, was tried last week
at Ashville in St. Clear county (the ve
nue having been changed) and convicted
of manslaughter in the first degree. The
sentence was twelve months imprison
ment in the county jail and five hundred
dollars fine. We learn that a petition
has been'gotton up, signed by a portion
of the Jury and a large number of those
who attended the trial, requesting the
Governor to remit tho imprisonment.—
Talladega Reporter.
No More Fear.
We have reached the 18th of Septern
her, and the summer season may be prop
erly said to be over, and we have beeu
spared the ruinous and sad visitation of
an epidemic. Never has the health of
the city been so continually good as du
ring the past season, and now, at the
beginning of the fall, when absentees are
looking anxiously to return, aud mer
chants calculating how soon trade will
open, we can rejoice at the prospects be
fore us, and safely say there is nothing
more to be feared.
The experience of the past enables us
to say that all dangers of yellow fever
are now passed. By referring back to
past years, we see something systemati
cal in the maich of the epidemic, which
presents the same features every year,
differing only in the number of deaths
according to the more or less violence of
the disease, but preserving always the
same ratio. We will take a few exam
pies at random : in 1846, the fever began
late and the number of deaths were very
small; we find the first case in the
Board of Health’s report for the week
ending on the 6th September; the next
week there were 3 oases, then 5, then 21,
after which the number of deaths de
creased weekly. In 1847, (a very bad
season,) on the lOtli of July 5 cases are
reported, then 6, 16, 47, 96, and so on,
nearly doubling every week, until it
reached 427, and then decreasing. In
1855, there was 1 case on the 3d of June;
then no deaths occurred during tho en
suing two weeks; on the fourth week
there were 5 deaths, then 6, 31, 43, 119,
and so on. We do not find an instance
where a month has intervened between
the first case of yellow fever and the
next; we may safely presume, theu, that
even if the two cases reported in July
and subsequently contradicted, were ad
mitted to have been really yellow fever,
they were isolated cases, presenting un
usual features and without the charac
teristics of the epidemic. Another point
is that so far as we can remember, the
lat|Bt date at which the fever ever made
its appearance here, was on the Nth of
of September, in 1856, we believe, and
then it was imported from Havana, ‘and
did but little ravage. With the present
strict enforce neut of the quarantine reg
ulations, it is impossible to introduce the
epidemic here from abroad, aud tho cold
weather which will, to all appearance,
begin early this year, will do away with
the remotest possibility of the disease.
We can, therefore, look thankfully upon
the past and confidently upon the coming
season; New Orleans will make another
gigantic stride before the year 1859 is
over.—JV. 0. Picayune.
Senator Douglas at Wooster.
Wooster, Sept. 10.— Senator Douglas
had an enthusiastic reception here to-day.
Thousands of people welcomed him at the
depot. He spoke for about two hours,
and was patiently listened to throughout.
His speech was by no means enthusiasti
cally received. It was in the main but a
rehearsal of his Harper's article. He
claimed that the Repulicans held doc
trines in regard to the Territories identi
cal with those of King George the Fourth
and the Tories of the Revolution, regard
ing the colonies. He also attacked the At
torney General Black's review of his Harper
article with great bitterness—charged him with
falsifying and seeking to destroy the Demo
cratic party —doing it anonymously, and with
the purpose of striking down , not only him
[Douglas), but all the leaders of the Demo
cratic party in the free States. He denied
that he (Douglas) held to doctrines in op
position to the Dred Scott decision, but
claimed that decision sustained his doc
trines of popular sovereignty. He ex
horted the Democrats to redeem Ohio and
take position alongside of Illinois. He was
very bitter in some portions of his speech.
He was succeeded by Ramsey and Pugh,
who each spoke for about an hour. From
four to six thousand people in were atten
danceduring the speech of Senator Doug
las. More than half the crowd had left the
ground before Mr. Pugh closed his re
marks. Senator Douglas has by no
means increased his reputation by his
speech or his manner of delivery.
Death of Dr. McWhorter.
We hear with profound sorrow, this
morning, of the death, last night, of Dr.
A. B. McWhortor, who for probably forty
years has been a prominent and highly
respected citizen of Montgomery. His
age could not have been far from seventy.
In all the relations which man is bound
to his fellow and this earth, Dr. McW.
was a model. Indeed, ■he was no com
mon man, and his loss is a loss to the
cause of Religion and Morality. He was
a pillar of the Baptist Cburch.— Mont.
Mail 20th.
Heavy Transactions in Coffee.
It will be seen by our review of the
market that upwards of 20,000 bags of
coffee have been sold this week—l2,ooo
of which were for the New Orleans mar
ket. This would greatly have reduced
the stock, but for the heavy receipts.
Several arrivals and three or four vessels
now being below from Rio, with about
16,000 bags aboard, make the arrivals
this week nearly 30,000 bags from Rio,
which affords a good stock, notwithstand
ing the heavy sales.— Balt. Patriot 16 th.
—♦
Eagle Shot.
Mr. John L. Akins, of this county,
showed us a few days ago, the claw of an
Eagle, which he shot on Little River, a
few miles from this place. It measured
from tip to tip, with the wings extended
six feet and four inches, and weighed
seven and a half pounds. The shooting
of an eagle? is quite a rare in sporting
achievements of this part of the country,
The claw may be seen at our office.—Mad
ison Visitor.
Trade of Western Texas.
Ou the 10th inst. there were thirty-nine
vessels in port at the flourishing little
town of Inilianola, in Matagorda Bay ;
the arrivals from the 3d to the 9th inst.,
were 51 vessels, of which six were from
New Orleans, seven from New York and
one from Mobile ; the clearances were in
the same time, forty-two in number, of
which six to New Orleans. The rest of
the arrivals and clearances were for
Texas coast ports,
Man killed.
Mr N, S. Bell, a citizen of Carters
ville, was killed by the cars, on the 7th
inst., near that place. The Express
learns that he was under the influence of
liquor, and, becomingfatigued, laid down
on the railroad track and fell asleep. His
skull was mashed in a horrible manner,
causing immediate death. He was mar
shal of that town last year, and when so
ber was much esteemed and respected.—
Cassville Standard.
The Baltimore Dispatch, of the 10th
inst., says that Mrs. Matt Peel has organ
ized a troupe of Ethiopian artists, and
will soon leave for the West and South,
Mr. J. T. Huntley is manager, and every
thing promises well. The same paper
contains the announcement that Rumsey
& Newcomb’s Ethiopian Minstrels would
open in Baltimore, positively for one week
only, on the 12th iDSt.
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Death of a Veteran.
The Kentucky papers notice the death,
on Rock Castle River, in that State, of
Uriah Gresham, a Dative of King William
county, Virginia. He was for many years
a member of the Kentucky Legislature,
and fought under General St. Clair, in
1792, and was one of “Mad Anthony
W'ayne’s” soldiers in 1794.
Arrival of the Overland Mall,
St. Louis, Sept. 21. — The Overland
Mail has arrived.
sine companies of American artillery
had landed ou the island of San Juan
The Assembly of British Columbia urged
Gov. Douglass to appeal to England to
demand the withdrawal of the American
troops from the Island, and to maintain
her rights to the whole archipelago.
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The amount of money paid by the City
of New York from January to September
of this year, for expenses in conducting
its government, is $14,000,000, being one
million more than the expenditures of
the Federal Government under President
J. Quincy Adams.
*
Baron Gerolt, Russian Minister and
family, have returned to Washington,
From the European Times.
East India and American Loans.
Whatever may he said about the mis
management of Indian affairs, it is evi
dent the mouey-leaders of the present
day have a much better opinion ot the
solvency of the Indian Government than
was generally entertained on the Slock
Exchange at the beginning of the present
century. From a recent Parliamentary
return we learu that a loan ot £3,<30,-
539 was contracted by the East India
Company in 1800, and that the ratof
interest at that period ran from £6 to §l
- cent. During the last few years the
rale of interest on Indian loans had
ranged from £3 15s. to £G per cent., the
average would be about £5 per cent.,
showing a very great improvement, when
compared with the curreut rates in 1800.
It may be said that mouey is more plen
tiful now than it was at the former peri
od, but that is not the only cause of the
reduction. The general belief in the
stability and good l'aith of the Govern
ment has more io do with the reduction
of the rate of interest than the mere state
of the money market If any evidence
were needed to prove this, it might be
found in the state of American credit,
which is as much inferior to that of Great
Britain in the year 1859, in spite of our
enormous national debt, as it was before
the French revolution of 1789. The fol
lowing comparison of English and Atner
ican national credit occurs in a letter
from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison,
dated Paris, May 3, 1788:
“Although I am an enemy to the using
our credit but under absolute necessity,
yet the possessing a good credit 1 consid
er as indispensable in carrying on the
war. The existence of a nation having
no credit is always precarious. The cred
it of England is the best. Their paper sells
at par on the Exchange at Amsterdam
the moment any of it is offered, and they
cau command there any sum they please.
The reason is that they never borrow
without establishing taxes for the pay
ment of the interest, and they never yet
failed one day in that payment. * *
This country [France] cannot borrow at
all there [Amsterdam] ; for though they
always pay their interest within the year,
yet it is often some months belaud. It is
difficult to assign to our credit its exact
station in this scale. They consider us
as the most certain nation on earth for
the principal, but they see that we bor
row of themselves to pay the interest, so
that this is only a conversion of their in
terest into principal.”
In 1800, Mr. Jefferson, in another let
ter on the same topic, expressed his be
lief that the American Government, whiob
could not borrow money then at less than
six per cent., would be able in a few years
to raise any amount required at four per
cent, Were he alive to the present day
he would find that his sanguine expecta
tions on that head arc as far from reali
zation as ever. An American loan, if
offered on the London Stock Fxchange
at the present day, would be much less
successful than even a Russian loan,
notwithstanding the immense extent of
our commerce with the United States, as
compared with that which we carry on
with the subject of the Czar. To those fi
nancial reformers who seek to improveour
national credit by republicanising the
British Constitution, tho consideration
of this simple fact might suggest some
wholesome reflections. *
Correspondence of the N. 0. I'icajuue.
Tli Sugar Crop.
St. James, Sept. 12, 1859.
Messrs. Editors : —On my return, after i
an absence of nearly three months, 1 was
very much disappointed at the appearance j
of our sugar crops. Coming up from the 1
city on our popular packet the D. F. Ken
ner, 1 metplanters from diiferent sections
of the State, and with one accord they
agreed that the sugar crop was “mean,
mean. - ’ I was the more astonished at
their avowal, because from the informa
tion •ontained in the country correspond
ence of the New Orleans papers during ]
the summer, I had concluded that our su- |
gar crop was of average quality. My own j
cane when I left home was not much in- j
ferior to that of last year; now it is fully
a month behind, and in my humble esti
mate a fair crop—say 300,000 hhds.—
can only be realized hy an extraordinari
ly favorable fall. I hardly conceive a
motive that can induce a planter to give
incorrect information respecting his crop.
I regard it to be the interest of producer
and consumer that the truth be publish
ed. As for that go-between, the specu
lator, “ o’ est uue autre affaire .” At this
season his emissaries are busy knocking
down prices. Our grinding season will
not begin till late in October. No one
seems in a hurry as there is plenty of time
for preparation. Our corn crops are very
good, and the health of the community
satisfactory. - Yours,
Colonel.
s*-
A Comparison.
September Ist is the period when the
new crops generally commence coming to
market, and when the old ones are pretty
well exhausted. Such has been the case
the present season, but last year was
rather an exception to this rule, the farm
ers having adopted the “hoarding pro
cess” to a considerable extent, and at the
close of harvest they had still a large
amount of the productions of 1857 on
hand, which had not all come to market
for some time after the first of September.
The following comparison, therefore, of
the receipts of grain for the past two
years, ending on August 31st, though in
dicating the effect of the crop failure of
’SB upon our trade and commerce at this
point, does not show the extent of the dis
aster to the State at large:
ISSB-9. 1857-8.
Flour, bbla 152.43S 166,534
Wheat, bus 2,837,447 2,949,816
Oats, bus 378,688 628,063
Corn, bus 173,816 65,008
Barley, bus 107,918 104,632
Rye, bus 18,<U2 9,427
Total in bushels 4,278,701 5,589 616
4 278,701
Decrease in receipts of ’SB-9 1,310,915
The deficit in shipment was about the j
same as in receipts. —Miltvaukie Sentinel.
Bast Tennessee and Ga. Railroad.
The earnings of the East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad for the year ending 30th
June, 1859, are as follows:
Freights $122,242 25.
Passengers 174,475 81
Mails 22,000 00
Total $318,718 00
Expenses chargeable to
same, 131,151 75
Nett earnings, $187,56G 30
The gross earnings for the preceding
year were $264,959 38; showing an in
crease of $54,158 67, and a nett increase
of $31,371 27—a result that speaks well
for the business and management of the
Road.
Fair of tbe U.S. Agricultural Socie
ty.—Four Days.
Chicago, Sept. 15.—The weather has
been rather cloudy but not unpleasant to
day, and the rush to-day was greater than
ever. Two hundred and thirty cars arriv
ed over the different roads, bringing not
less than 15,000 visitors, and tbe traius to
arrive this evening will probably bring
as many more. The receipts up to last
evening were SIB,OOO. tfhe military
drill and the exhibition of steam plows
are the principal attractions this after
noon. The press is well represented,
members being present from all parts of
the North-west. The banks are all closed
this afternoon, for the purpose of giving*
their employees an opportunity to visit
the fair.
Dr. L. F. W. Andrews on Mr. Botts.
Dr. Andrews, of the Georgia Citizen,
alluding to tbe late complimentary visit
of some of the Black Republican leaders
to John Minor Botts, says:
But we do not ‘bink John Minor Botts
is just the man to lead the Opposition
party in the next Presidential race. The
simple fact, that the Black Republicans
of the North have approached him with
an offer of leadership, ought to be suffi
cient to show that he is not a sound poli
tician for the South. Stephen A. Doug
las, infamous as he is, is infinitely to be
preferred. No siree ! we don’t care to
take any such pestilence Vs the Botts,
either by the natural way, or by innocu
lation.
ARRIVAL
OF TICE STKAMKh
A. R AJ3 I A..
Halifax, Sept. 21. —The British and
North Americau Royal mail steamship
Arabia, Captain J. Stone, arrived here to
day witb'Ltverpool dates to the 10th inst.
‘Liverpool Colton Market —Ibo sales ot
cotton for the pa*-t week foot up 57,000
bales. The market closed quiet; quota
tions were easier, but unchanged. lair
Orleans Bd. : Middling Orleans i 1 lGd.
Liverpool General Market. —Breadstuff's
closed dull. Provisions were declining.
London Money Market. — Consols lor
money and account were quoted at 95] f o
to 95§.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The market
opened active and closed quiet. Specu
lators took during the week 9,000 bales,
and exporters 11,500 bales. Sales on
Friday, 7.000 bales, of which exporters
took 2,000 bales. The market closed
quiet but steady. The following were
the quotations:
Fair Orleans 8 and Mid. Orleans U-1M
Mobiles ’t'/A. “ Mobile 610-lbd.
4 * Uplands “ Uplands....
State of Trade. —Manchester advices
were favorable. Yarns were active, and
closed with an advancing tendency.
Havre Market. —New Orleans Trcs Or
dinaire 113f. Market steady. Sales of
the week G,500 bales.
London Money Market. —Money was
abundant. The bullion in tbe Bank of
England had increased £95,000. Con
sols were quoted at 95] for account.
Liverpool General Market. Flour quiet.
Wheat steady. American Flour and
Wheat was very inferior in quality, and
unsaleable. Corn dull at ss. Bd. to Gs.
Beef steady ; the fair qualities had im
proved the most. Fork heavy ; all quali
ties had slightly declined. Bacon heavy ;
declined 2d Sugar heavy. Coffee firm.
Rice steady. Tea was slow of sales and
prices unaltered. Rosin steady. Turpen
tine firm at 355.
London General Markets. —Wheat dull;
all qualities of English had slightly de
clined. Turpentine dull at 345. fid. to
355.
General News. —The Great Eastern is
at sea ; her performance was satisfac
tory.
The Zurich Conference has suspended
its sessions.
The assemblies of Parma and Romagna
have resolved upon the annexation of
Piedmont.
Tbe London Times is enthusiastic at
the success of the steamship Great East
ern. She left the Thames-on the Bth, un
der as easy command as if she were a riv
er boat. Her performance proved to be
the fastest steamer in the world.
The Times has an editorial in regard to
Gen. Harney’s occupation at the Island
of San Juan. It says that England will
not tamely submit to such an exercise of
power.
The Assemblies of Bologna, Romagna
and Parma had declared in favor of the
annexation of those States to Sardinia.
The Pope had been seriously ill, but
was recovering.
England had presented a note to France,
enquiring in regard to the concentrating
of French troops in Algeria.
It was reported that the Zurich Confer
ence had determined upon the boundaries
of Lombardy.
Another meeting between the Emperor
of France and Austria was expected to
take place soon in Switzerland.
The following vessels had arrived : At
Genos the Maritana, from New Orleans ;
at Liverpool, the N. Biddle, from Savan
nah ; at Barcelona, tbe Vergenness, from
Charleston.
Lat er from California and San Juan.
New Orleans. Sept. 21. —The steam
ship Ilabana arrived here to-day with
San Francisco dates to the sth inst.
The steamship Washington was libeled
! before the American consul at Brazil.
At the island of San Juan there were
; 500 American soldiers, who have thrown
j up earth works; and the harbor ofVicto
j ria was commanded by field pieces.
The island is now in a comple e state
of defence.
General Harney says that lie will call
for volunteers from the Territories if he
is attacked.
Gen. Harney had written to Governor
Douglas, stating that he occupied the is
land to protect the Americans from in
sults from the British authorities of Van
couver and the Hudson Bay Company’s
officials.
The British Admiral has refused to obey
: Gov. Douglass, to bring on a colision;
and he also refuses to order the British
I North Pacific fleet near the Island. It
is the Admiral’s intention to await orders
from the Home Government.
The American and British officers are
on friendly footing.
In the ship news from San Francisco
j we find the following: Phantom, at Hon
olula, from Boston, Alice Thornton, at
Victoria, from Melbourne.
The reported massacre of United .States
| troops by tbe Indiaus in Oregon, is un
| confirmed and discredited.
Later from Mexico
New Orleans, Sept. 21—The dates
from Manatitlan are to the 16th inst.—
The Picaqune’s correspondent states that
i Miramon was at the Capital in consulta
tion with his Generals in reference to the
expedition to Vera Cruz.
The commercial house of Deßarron had
loaned Miramon large sums of money on
bonds.
Otway, tbe British Minister, remains
in Mexico until October.
New Orleans, Sept. 21.—We have
Vera Cruz dates to the 3d inst. Dego
lado was at San Louis Potosi re-organiz
ing an army.
Later from Havana.
New Orleans, Sept. 21.—The steam
ship Cahawba has arrived with Havana
j dates to the 18th instant.
Money was tight. The Bank of Ha
vana was preparing to issue new bills to
facilitate business.
Sugar was dull, and quotations nomi
nal. Planters were shipping on their
| own account. Stock, 200,000 boxes,
Freights dull. Sterling Exchange 13J
to 151. Exchange on New York 3to SJ.
English Commerce.
The London Times, of the 25th ultimo,
says :
The Board of Trade for the past
month show an augmentation in our com
merce, although to a less extern than
most of the preceding returns of the pres
ent year. In the declared value of our
exportation there was an excess of £291,-
454, compared with July, 1858. Com
pared, howev r, with the corresponding
month of 1853, when the reckless opera
tions which led to the panic in the autumn
of that year were at their height, they
present a falling off of £916,631. Still,
the entire returns thus far for the present
year—viz: for the seven months from
January to July—exhibit an increase even
over the same months of 1857, when the
export trade of the country reached a
height never before attained. Owing to
the demand for the East, cotton goods
continue to figure for the heaviest in
crease, but the shipments of linens have
also been unusually large.
A strong section of the democratic par
ty in the state of New York is in favor
of the nomination of Daniel S. Dickinson
for the Presidency. He has, as far as
we can see, taken no part in the move
ment. What Mr. D.’s opinions are at
present iu relation to the political sub
jects which provoke so much discussion
we have no means of knowing. Ten
years ago he was considered well fitted
tor the presidency by our extreme south
ern politicians. But the impression be
comes stronger that the candidate ought
to be from the South. —Mobile Mercury.
The South has no better friend, we
think, in the Democratic party North,
than Mr. Dickinson, and his opinions now
relating to the question of vital interest
to us, are as favorable and reliable as
formerly.
Merchants’ Shipping Receipts.
Anew supply, just from the binder’s hands
neatly ruled and wel 1 bound, for sale at the
SUN OFFICE.
Cotton seed Oil Cake.
The New Orleans Picayune says : At a
recent meeting of the “ Philadelphia So
ciety for Promoting Agriculture,” an in
quiry was made why it was that cotton
seed oil cake sold so largely in England
as food for cattle, and is so little used at
the North Plie reply was, that tbs oil
cake is i iigfly ;;i tn* :.i in- .-Ruth, ud is
thence shipped i > England : its price is
§39 per ton : and lie ng dearer than corn
mea! or tiax -er I cake, it i-- not brought
to tbe Northern markets, especially to
Philadelphia. Another member asserted
this oil cake be.ng mere refuse matter,
the only cost attending it must be the
cost of shipment, and if John Bull found
it to his advantage to import it, the
Pennsylvanians certainly could. In rela
tion to the use of cotton seed oil cake by
the English farmers, Dr. Elwyn, a mem
ber, said:
The English understand to perfection
tbe art of fattening cattle. They did’nt
feed the oil cake pure, as that would
affect the taste of tbe beef. They mixed
it with turnips and with meal. To show
how carefully they contrived this, he
quoted an anecdote told by Dr. Rozet.
Dr. ftozet gave a dinner, tbe beef for
which he ordered from a certain well
known cattle feeder. The beef was dis
cussed and praised by all the guests with
one exception, a gentleman who asked
where the beef was bought. The reply
was, of “Cleaver, the butcher.” That gen
tleman said that it might be the case,
but he would bet twenty guineas that
Cleaver did'ut raise the anmal from
which it was cut As Cleaver was known
to fatten all his own beef, the money was
promptly covered. Cleaver # was now sent
fir, informed as to the nature of the
bet, and requested to decide it. Cleaver
did decide it by saying that on this occa
sion lie forgot the order until it was too
late to do otherwise, and purchased else
where some beef said to be tbe finest in
all London. The company now wonder
ingly turned to the doubter, and asked
how he could bet with so much confi
dence. The reply was, “ I knew the
beef by the taste. Cleaver mixes car
rots with his oil cakes.”
Tlic Daily Prayer Meetings of Mew
York—A Revival Anticipated.
We give from the New York Christian
Intelligencer (Reformed Dutch) of last
week, a few passages from its journal of
incidents at the daily prayer meeting in
that city. The Intelligencer says that
another great revival is anticipated :
The daily prayer meetings in New
York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and sur
roundings are well sustained. Those of
deepest interest are the tent meetings in
Jersey City, which are held every night
at 8 p. m., and those held in Fulton
street, New York. There is of late a
great advance in the interest of this
meeting. Two lecture rooms are now
crowded from day to daj-. Many are
awakened and anxious among the impeni
tent who attend ; and from time to time
there arc hopeful conversions taking
place, chiefly among the young. The
night prayer meetings held at these
rooms are crowded ; and the manifest
presence and power of the Holy Spirit
is felt, especially among those in early
life.
A Daily Prayer Meeting among the
Fishermen. —Th? accomplished wife of
Commodore Shubrick has, with a praise
worthy zeal and Christian liberality, been
the means of the establishment and tuain
tainanee of a daily prayer meeting among
the fishermen at Perth Amboy. She has
hired and sited up a hall, at her own ex
pense, for tflis purpose. It is neatly and
conveniently furnished. The meeting is
well attended, and has been useful and
successful. The meetings are held every
night from eight to nine p. m. This
good lady has had no little trouble to get
persons to interest themselves in this
movement who are earnest Christians,
and ciyt appreciate the importance of the
effort. Application by letter had been
made to the Fulton street meeting; but
it never reached us, so all help came
short from this quarter. Assistance also
failed in other directions : but still the
meetings have gone forward, and good
has been done. We should pray for such
an object as this.
Death of ‘‘ Madge Wildfire.”
The Border (Scotland) Advertiser no
tices the death of Elizabeth Graham, the
“ Madge Wildfire” of the “ Heart of Mid
Lothian.” She was a pauper and was
found in a dying state in the public road.
It says :
“Fifty years ago Elizabeth Graham
was the rustic beauty, belle and toase of
Metrose and its neighborhood, respect
ably brought up, with health mantling on
her cheek aud guileless innocence in her
heart. Returning home one evening, she
was set upon in the gloomy solitude of the
Bogle Burn, and there ruined. She re
turned home, or she immediately
forsook the ordinary haunts of man, hav
ing become a raving maniac, and hence
forth she dwelt apart, living alone among,
but not a responsible portion of, humani
ty. The outward form of what had once
been a gay and happy girl took up its
dwelling place in a rude cave in the old
Quarry Hill of Melrose. Here she slept
at night, in summer and winter, wrapped
up in a blanket, save when for some wild
aud woeful weeks after the birth of her
dear child, when she followed it to the
churchyard, and would not be driven
away, but slept among the tombstones to
watch its grave. It was from the unfor
tunate waif that Sir Walter Scott drew
the character of Madge Wildfire, in the
“ Heart of Mid. Lothian.” The particu
lars of the sad case were quite well
known to him residing in the neighbor
hood, and the reader will observe that
there is a striking coincidence between the
real facts as we have briefly detailed them,
.and the incidents in the novel as depicted
by the pen of the author of Waverly.
Slander.
\ es, you pass it along, whether you
believe it or not; and that one sided
whisper against the charcter of a virtu
ous female. You don’t believe it but you
will use your influence to bear up the
ialse report and pass i: on the current.
Strange creatures are mankind. How
many reputations have been lost by sur
mise. How many hearts have been nade
to bleed by whispers. How many be
nevolent deeds have been c dlled by the
shrug of a shoulder. How many indi
viduals have been shunned by a gentle,
mysterious hint. How many chaste bo
soms have been rung with grief with a
single nod. How many graves have been
dug by false report. Yet you will pass
the slander along. lou will keep itabove
tbe water by a wag of your tongue,when
you might sink it forever. Destroy the
passion for t ie-telling we pray. Lisp
not a word that may injure the cbarac
ter of another. Be determined to listen
to no story that is repeated to the injury
of another, and, as far as you are con
cerned, the slander will die. But tell it
at once, and it may go, as on the wings
of the wind, increasing with each breath,
till it has gone through the State, and
have brought to the grave one who might
have been a blessing to the world.— Ben
ton Herald.
Cheap Postage and a TarifTou Iron.
Ex-United States Senator James Coop
er, of Pennsylvania, has recently ad
dressed a letter to his friends and the
public on the question of cheap postage
and protection for the iron interest. He
is in favor of reducing our rate of pos
tage to correspond with that of Great
Britain, and the establishment of a na
tional factory for tbe more economical
supply of stamps and stamped envelopes.
As regards the iron interest, he is of
opinion that should Congress afford it
adequate protection against foreign com
petition, it will outstrip in magnitude
every other interest in the country.
Injury from Gunpowder.
A lad residing on Hunt street, sajs the
Mercury of yesterday evening, was severe
ly injured a few days ago by gunpowder.
He had made a “ spitting devil,” which
being too wet to ignite, he took his flask
to pour some powder upon it, but by mis
take poured it upon a coal of fire, when
the flask exploded burning him iu the
face and elsewhere, and shockingly man
gling his hand and arm, —Mobile Register.
The Revenue.
New York, Sept. 15. —The New York
Time’s Washington correspondent sends
! to day some very interesting as well as
new and authentic figures in tiie current
and prospective finances of the Federal
Government. It appears that the Secre
tary of the Treasury, on a revision of hi 3
estimates of revenue tor the fiscal year
, of 1860, ending June 80th next, claims
that his customs will yield at least $62,-
400.000, instead of $58,000,000, as he
before estimated, and that with other re
sources he will he able to reimburse or
purchase the public debt to the extent of
$7,751,000, without reducing his work
ing balance below $0,000,000 at the et and
of the year. lie has already determined
that no Treasury bills falling due after
30th of June last will be received, or in
any way renewed. The amount then
subject to renewal was less than s£,ooo,
000. Since then the* Sub-Treasurer in
New York, and other parties for the
Government, have disposed of about $2,-
000,000. His revised budget for 1800 i
thus presented to provide for all wants
of the year—593,321,000—with a cash
balance June 30th, 1859, $4,339,050;
Treasury bills, $4,953,000 ; loan of Jan
uary 24th, $138,000; together,slo,672,-
000; customs of the year, $62,400,000;
lands and miscellaneous, $4,000,000;
. leaving a surplus June 30th, 1860, of
$13,751,000.
A Second Rnniel Lambert,
We yesterday saw iu this city a negro
hoy named Charley, belonging to R. B.
Bone, of Fayette county, Tcnn., who
bids fair to become a greater man, physi
cally speaking, than even Daniel La in
sert. Charley was born in Ilickman
| county, Ky., and will be nine years old
on the 22d of this month. At his birth
he weighed sixteen pounds, was always
a healthy child, and has increased in
strength, size and weight steadily ami
rapidly from the hour of his birth up to
tlie present time. His weight now is
three hundred and ten pounds, and his
height five feet six inches; he measures
ten inches around the smallest part of
his wrist, twenty-four inches around the
arm above the elbow, and sixty-four
inches around the shoulders. He is
sprightly aud intelligent in conversation,
and, considering his ordinary size, is re
markably active. The most wonderful
attribute of this wonderful being is the
great strength he possesses, being able to
carry on his shoulders, with apparent
ease, three hundred pounds dead weight,
and raising from the earth, with scarcely
an effort, four hundred pounds. Charley
is intelligent and sprightly for a child of
his age, and is a most amiably disposed
lad. Memphis Avalanche.
A Black Member of a Pony Club.
Last Saturday, Marshal McGibbony
arrested a negre iu this city, who had
with him a small brown mare, and two
mules. One of the mules is a magniti
cient animal, 10 hands high, and of about
1,200 pounds weight. The negro was in
company with a chicken dealer from up
the country, named Wilkie, and who
offered to sell the mare to Mr. Hiram
Edmonds, saying that he had raised her
: &c.
Under the whip the negro disclosed the
facts that he was the fellow who broke
out of Hamilton (Ga.) jail a short time
since, with Joshua Blackmau. He aud
Blackman stole the mare in Georgia, just
before crossing the Chattahoochee River,
4 miles above Columbus. Blackman had
also stolen two other horses, with which
he ran off at or near Cross Keys, (as it is
supposed from the negro’s discretion;)
the two being alarmed while stealing corn
for their animals. The negro came on
down with Wilkie, with whom he fell iu
company. The mules were stolen, proba
bly, in Russell county. They are in the
Marshal’s possession.— Mont. Mail 22 d.
The Mormons.
It is said that, the M rmons have fixed
tipuu Papua, New Guinea, as their future
residence, and are collecting ships to
transport them thither. Papua, is an ex
tensive land on the Eastern Archipelago,
separated from Australia by Torres
Straits. It has been but little explored
by Europeans. The inhabitants, who are
supposed to number 500,000, are partly
Malay and partly negro. Its area is esti
mated at 200,000 square miles. Its sur
face is of a very varied character, a lofty
mountain range, containing some remark
able elevations extending throug its whole
length. The valleys and level land are
believed to b>‘ very productive, and tim
ber of large size abounds. It is also said
that gold has been found by the natives.
Mr. O. Jennings Wise, editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, and son of Gover
nor Wise, whose duels of late have been
as frequent as if.he delighted in the pis
tol and not in the pen, is one of the most
quiet and peaceable looking men in the
Union ; and those who know him esteem
him for his manly and upright character.
He does not seem to be more than
twenty-two years of age. Mr. W. was
educated at Indiaua University, Bloom
ington, and is well known to many of
this State. Gov. Wise sent him and
another son to that institution on account
of the warm friendship he entertained
for Rev. Ur. Wylie, at that time the
President. —ln diem a paper.
Growtli of British Shipping.
In proof of the growing extent of Brit
ish steam shipping, it is only necessary
to compare the entrances and clearances
of the British steam tonnage within the
P a st Jew years* In 1849 the entries were
784,703 tons, in 1858 they were 1,750,-
GG4 tons ; in the same years, respective
l)b were 094,044 tons and
1,727,727 tons—showing a ratio of in
crease on entries in the period of nine
years ot 139 per cent, and on clearances
an increase of 149 per cent., being an
aggregate tonnage movement of nearly
two millions of steam shipping.— Steam
Shipping Journal.
Drowned. * •
A young man named Christopher Slock
liolm, was drowned in the river opposite
the upper part of the city on Sunday last,
by the accidental upsetting of a boat in
which were two others besides himself.
He could not swim. A reward of twenty
five dollars is offered for the recoverv of
his body.
The deceased was much respected by
all who knew him. and in addition to the
bereavement felt by a circle of friends, a
young wife mourns his loss—at a time,
too, when ill health adds to the poignan
cy of her grief.— Mobile Register 20th.
♦
American Locomotives in Chili.
Recently there was a trial of strength and
speedy between four rail road locomotives,
two British and two American, construe*
ted for the Great Southern (Chilian)
Railway. Ihe result was a great triumph
of the American locomotives, whose time
was at the rate of sixty miles an hour,
with a train weighing two hundred tons,
with gradients fifty-six feet to the mil<\
rite Euglish performance was never over
thirty miles an hour with the same train.
To Cure a Felon.
Boil in an iron vessel of sufficient ca
pacity, say four or six quarts, enough
yellow dock root to make a strong liquor;
when sufficiently boiled, and when the
liquor is hot as can be borne by the hand,
cover the kettle with a flannel cloth to
keep in the he t, and iu five minutes the
pain will cease. If it should return after
a time heat the same liquor and do as be
fore. Iu a euro performed in this way,
the joints will always be preserved. The
receipt has been abundantly verified
liere. —Scientific American,
In addition to the news which we pub
lish this m.irning from Pensacola, we
learn that great damage was done by the
storm on Thursday night, to the U. S.
barracks at Warrington. The roof was
carried off clear and the building was so
much injured as to amount almost to total
de truction. We learn also—by rumor —
that there wa3 other considerable damage
done at the Navy Yard.— Mobile Tribune,
18tA inst.
Tennessee.
The Jackson (West Tennessee) Whig,
of the 9th inst., says: “From present
indications, there will be the largest
crop of cotton made in Madison county
this year, that has ever been made since
it was a county.”