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fflfohln m. —, r. DIVVOLF R. J. Y AKINGTON\...T. GILBKHT. THOS. GILBERT tv ( 0., Kclitor.-s and Proprietors. ♦ SUBSCIUfTIONS. Kjrono year, pay able in advance ...*2 00 i\>r-<ix months, payable in advance 1 25 ADVERTISEMENTS. A IvertUuments will be inserted in the Weekly Sun at ouc dollar per wiuaretten lines or less in nonpareil type,) for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion of the same. Professional and other cards, not exceeding five lines, inserted six months for eight dollars, or for twelve months at fourteen dollars. Announcements of candidates for a time r.ot ex ceeding three months, five dollars: for all time over three months, at the rate of two dollars per month—pay required in advance. Tuesday Oc toiler 1, 1850. Lieut. Mo wry is elected to Congress from Arizona. Hon. A. M. West has agreed to deliver the address before the Mississippi State Fair, to be held in Jackson, Miss , in No vember next. ——- - - - Capt. Jasper Adams, for the past fif teen or sixteen years a steamboat and ship captain, died in Mobilo on Friday evening, of a congestive chill. We see by a correspondence published in the Decatur (Ala.) Times, that Lieut. M. F. Maury has accepted an invitation to deliver the annual address before the North Alabama Agricultural and Mechan ical Association, to be held at Decatur on tbc 19th of Octobernext. — Cotton Picking. The Eagle of the South,, published at Camden, Arkansas, says that Mr. John S. Waller, in Calhoun county, picked this season, with nine hands, in one day, 1,949 pounds of cotton, being an average of over 210 pounds to the hand. The Charleston Courier of the 2Gth inst., says that President Buchanan has declined the invitation of the Portland Committee to assist in celebrating the ar rival of the Great Eastern at that port, as have also the Cabinet, on account of pressing business engagements. The rioters on the Erie Bail Road have been examined and 119 were detained and the remainder discharged. The wives of many of the prisoners were in (lie Court House pleading in piteous terms to have their husbands left off. One woman, who was in a very delicate condition, declared | she had nothing in the house for herself and children to eat, and they must either let her husband out or take tbc rest of the family in. ♦ Planters* Con volition. We learn from a circular letter ad dressed to the Governors of the different ! Southern States, by Thomas J. Hudson, j Esq., President of the State Agricultu ral Bureau, of Mississippi, that the first S “ Planters’ Convention” will he held at Nashville on the 10th day of October next, at which time and place the “State Agricultural Bureau of Tennessee” will j hold its Annual Fair. The convention is not political in its character, but has for its object the promotion .of the agricultu- i ral and mechanical interests of the South. ! • *- The Cabawba (Ala.) Gazette, of the 23d, says: The rivers are now very full, the water having risen 12 or 15 feet since last Fri day night, and were still rising. Wc I have never seen them so high at this i season of the year. The rains have, un doubtedly, done great damage to the | cotton crop, having probably beaten out all that was open. The weather has been quite cool since Tuesday, and fires and ! thick clothing have been necessary l'or comfort. To-night, three years ago (Sept. 23, 1859,) there was a heavy frost, the first of the season, and the earliest we have any knowledge of in this lati tude. ♦ Cows and Mules in itic Marquesas. Rome time since a Yankee ship took out, among other things, some livestock cows and mules, to the Marquesas Islands, in the Pacific, the sceue of “ Typee’s” ad- \ ventures. A recent letter says : it would seem that the domestic ani mals at the Marquesas-were limited to hogs, hens, dogs and cats. The astonish ment of the natives at the new comers ! was unbounded, and their language afford ed them ho other expression of the idea , of a cow than to call her “a hog with ver long teeth,” and a mule they called a “ hog without teeth.” Southern Pacific Rail Hoad. We have been favored with the peru sal of a letter from Dr. Fowlkes, Presi dent of the above road, addressed to Mr. ! Fulkerson, agent of the company here, dated the 12th inst., says the New Or leans Picayune, in which the writer an nounces that lie has consummated his ar rangements; has possession of the read and provided for $300,000 of the indebt edness. Dr. Fowlkes expects to unite the two companies, securing all paying stockholders, “clipping off all dead weight,” freeing the company of contracts, debts and disabilities. He expected to leave Marshall in ten days, and would go to work on the road before leaving. Many citizens, from various Texas coun ties, had visited Marshall to see how the company’s affairs were getting on, and all appeared to be satisfied with the pros pects, and to have confidence in the posi- ; tion of the company. Ilcnltk of Houston, Texas. The Galveston News, of the 20th inst., says: The steamer this morning from Hous ton briugs the statement that tea eases in all, of undoubted yellow fever, were reported up to last evening when the boat left, two of which had died. One of these two was a man of rather dissi pated habits, and left his room and ob- ! tained some liquor the Jay before his death. The other was a woman who re sided two miles from town, had a mis carriage, and soon after died, with the appearance of having the yellow fever. The other eight cases are not supposed to be dangerous, and the disease does not appear to spread. The Galveston News, of the 20th iust., says: We have never known our city more free from all disease at this seasou of the year, aud the little alarm that was crea ted the other day in consequence of some reports of yellow fever, has been dissipa ted, aud all now look forward to a speedy revival of business and a season of unu sual activity. ‘ Our reporter has just called to inform us that he has been to nearly every phy sician in the city, all of whom authorize him to say that ihere is not a single case of yellow fever here, nor anything like it. Public Debt of t lie C herokee Nat ion. The debt of the Cherokee Nation is very large, and is increasing every 3'ear. An intelligent Cherokee informed us a few days ago that the annuity of this year, paid by the General Government, amount ing to nearly $20,000, will not be suffi cient to pay the current expenses of the nation this year. The public debt of the nation we believe amounts to upwards of $125,000. This goes to show that they are incapable of self-government, and that the best thing Congress can do is to bring them under white laws. That is, make the Indian nations on the frontier, Territories or States. —Fort Smith Times. VOLUME in.t From almost every part of Mississippi we find complaints of the crops being now quite unpromising. We know that about this season of the year it is a con stitutional habit with many planters to decry the prospect of a heavy yield; but the cry of loss is so general that it s prudent to consider the late fair prom ise from Mississippi seriously changed. We append a few of the statements that have come to hand this morning. The Oxford Mercury, of the Bth, says : The immense quantities of rain which have fallen during the past six weeks have materially injured the cotton fcrop. The stalk is larger and more vigorous than we ever saw before. The I’anola Star, of the 11th, says: The recent rains have injured cotton seriously in the bottoms, and to some ex tent on the uplands. We bear of the boll worm’s depredations in some parts j of the county, and the rot generally. The fine prospect, which so recently glad- j deued the hearts of all for a fine cotton crop, has been turned into sad apprehen- ! sions of a short supply. The corn crop j generally is excellent. The Granada Rural Gentleman, of the j 10th inst., says : Planters from various neighborhoods ! in this region say they have never seen ■ such a falling off in the cotton crop pros- ‘ pect as has been in the last two weeks. ! From the best information we have been j able to obtain and from present indica tions, the crop will fall considerably be low an average one. The Carrollton Democrat, from Carroll county, is hopeful. The crops are excel lent in that county. The Amite Democrat, of the 15th inst., says : The crops of corn in this county will be unusually short this season. The pros pect for a large yield of cotton is better than it has bceu for years. Masonic. The Memphis Bulletin learns from Mr. M. S. Ward, of the Panola Star, G. 11. P. | of Mississippi, that the General Grand Chapter of (he Royal Arch Masons re cently assembled at Chicago in its trien nial meeting, adjourned on the 20th in i stant, after a session of eight days, to meet in Memphis the second Tuesday in September, 1802. Dr. Albert G. Mackay, of Charleston, S. C., was chosen G. 11. P.; John L. Lewis, of New York, Deputy G. 11. P.; Ira A. W. Burk, of Illinois, G. G. K.; Giles M. Ilillyer, of Natclies, Miss., G. G. S.; James Penn, | of Memphis, G. G. Treasurer; Samuel j G. Risk, of New Orleans, G. G. Record er; McClelland, of Boston, G. C. II : Ilaeker, of Indiana, G. G. It. ; a. c. The Grand Encampment of Knights ! Templars, in session at Chicago at the same time, adjourned to meet in Mem ! phis on the first Tuesday in September, 1802. The following are the Grand Offi ! eers elect: Benj. B. French, District Columbia, ! Grand Master. David S. Goodloe, Kentucky, Deputy Grand Master. Winslow Lewis, Massachusetts, Grand Generalissimo. J. V. Z. Blaney, Illinois, Grand Cap tain General. Charles March, California, Senior ] Grand Warden. A. T. C. Pierson, Minnesota, Junior • Grand Warden. John W. Simms, New York, Grand Treasurer. Samuel G. Risk, Louisiana, Grand Re corder. A. B. Thompson, Maine, Grand Stand ard Bearer. Flemings Theatrical Corps. The following ladies and gentlemen are connected with the theatrical corps of Mr. Fleming, who is at this time fulfilling an engagement in Savannah. We find ! their names in the Macon State Press : Miss Lizzie Emmons, from the Boston Theatre; Mrs. 11. P. Grattan, Miss An nie Josephs, Mrs. J. It. Scott. Miss Ilet tie Mausen, Miss Sherman, Miss Forrest er, M essrs. W. A. Donaldson, J. B. Ful l ler, P. C. Cunningham, James S. Wright, Henry Lewis, John G. Boyd, I>. J: Ma guire, James Lewis, Edwin Mortimer, j Charles Lewen, H. P. Cartright, from England, N. C. Forrester, Clias. L. Wal len, William M, Fleming, &c. Mr. J. 11, Priest will be the Scenic Artist; Mr. Clias. A. Brown, Machinist; and Ernst Richler, Leader of the Orchestra. _ Among the stars engaged are Mr. Ed win Booth, Miss Jane Coombs, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallack, Jr., the Misses Gou genheims, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Wallace, Miss Adda Isaacs Menken, James R. An derson and Miss Els worth, Miss Maggie Mitchell and Miss Dora Shaw.” * Sale of Beersliebn. Springs, Tenn. From the Nashville Uuion and Ameri can, we learn that the Beersheba Springs, on the plateau of the Cumberland Moun | tains, with the impiovements and between 3,000 and 4,000 acres of land, were re- I cently sold by Col. John Armfield to a company of wealthy cotton and sugar planters from the Mississippi Yalley. The company propose to build up a villa of summer houses, for the planters from the loir lands; and to improve also the hotel accommodations for visitors. The ; cultivation of the vineyard and orchard, ! with German, Irish and Swiss laborers : also every variety of flowers and shrub bery, will be carried on. The summer crop ! will be added to the cottou and sugar crops, and thus make a handsome addi tion to their annual products. This wa tering place is Rear the consolidated Uni versity of the South. Progress of tile Survey. The Dadeville (Ala.) Times of the 29th, says the company surveying the route ol'the Opelika and Dadeville Road aie within a few miles of town, and will probably pass through during the week. The result so far, has proven very satis factory iu point of cheap grading. Dculh of Rev. J, Hartwell, I). 1). The S. W. Baptist chronicles the death j of the Rev. Jesse Hartwell, D. D., which occurred at Mt. Lebanon, La., on the 16th inst. Dr. Hartwell was the first Profes sor of Theology in Howard College, Ala bama. Death of a Palmetto. The Columbia Guardian learns that J. M. Smith, a member of the Palmetto Regiment, Company A, died at the Lunatic Asylum in that city, on Sunday morning, the 25th inst. It is stated that a New York company have built a factory in Chatham County, North Carolina, for the manufacture of_ oil from iron ore. The ore yields about fifty gallons of oil to the ton. Mrs. Helligas, one of the oldest inhab- i itants of Columbia, S. C., died in *hat city recently. She had au extensive fam- i ily relationship. Our exchanges from Mississippi notice the present remarkably cool weather for j September. Winter clothing has sud- ; denly been called into use in all parts of i the State. THE WEEKLY SUN. Riddle’s Gallery—Mr. J. 11. Sanders. The indefatigable Riddle, who once re sisted the temptation of a flattering in duccment and prospect in New York, for the more satisfactory emoluments afford ed by bis “own sweet Southern home,” has now everything complete and ready to transfer to canvas, &c., in any style, the “ human face divine.” Mr. J. R. Sanders, whose coming was sometime ago announced, has at length arrived. He has, we are glad to learn, become an adjunct to this establishment. His time and talents have been devoted principally to the school of portraiture, though he is, by no means, inferior iu landscape painting. The time spent by j him in Italy, was devoted to the close study of his profession, and especially to that branch, to which he has applied himself. We have been long familiar with the reputation of Mr. Sanders as a portrait pain'er in Alabama aud Missis | sippi, aud from our knowledge of it, cor dially welcome him as a resident of Co lumbus. We assure him that the soul ] necessary to appreciate— The art which baffles time’* tyrannic claim to quench it, I will be met with as frequently here, as in j auy city of similar pretensions, in the | South. Complimentary u<l Explanatoty. The following note was addressed to the New York Daily News by the companion of McCabe, and witness of his recent as sault upon Mr. Thompson, one of the editors of the New York Daily News: Broadway, N. Y., Sept. 22, ’69, To the Surviving Editor of the N. Y. Daily News: I accompanied my friend to your office, aud remained until your eo-editor had been properly punished. Had the rest of you had courage to remain, a few well directed blows would have brought you to your senses, too. We had the pleasure to know that the conductors of the ablest journal in the city—The Journal of Com merce—approve our course. HENRY MURPHY. The Journal of Commerce denies any i foundation of being implicated in the as- j sault, and repudiates any personal or other knowledge whatever of Murphy. -o- Blackwood for September. We are in receipt of the September number of this valuable monthly. The following is a table of contents for the month: Horse Dealing in Syria, 1854; Felicita concluded; Voluntary and In voluntary Actions; The Luck of Ladys mede—Part II; Fleets and Navies—Part II: Journal of a Cruise on the Tenjan yika Lake, Central Africa; A Dream of j the Dead; The Election Petition; Who ; Does the Bribery ? Jersey to the Queen ; Foreign Affairs—The Disarmament. Price $3 per annum. Published by Leonard, Scott & Cos., New l T ork. A City. Express—A New Idea. The Memphis Avalancho states that Mr. Jo. Seligman is about to inaugurate an institution in that city, which will prove of great convenience to the citizens. lie proposes to establish an express to carry packages to the houses of such as make purchases in the city, at a small charge—much less than that of draymen. Merchants are to be furnished with a flag, and when there is any need of the express the banner is “hung out,” the driver stops and- takes his load, and delivers it with all possibio dispatch. This is a decided improvement on the ex press system. Charleston Courier. This sterling Southern journal comes to us to-day in an enlarged form and new dress. It is now in its fifty seventh year, j but looks as fresh and vigorous as when a i youth. We commend the Courier to such | of our friends as wish a genuine news ; and commercial paper from Charleston. Terms for the Daily, $lO in advance. Tri-weekly, $5 in advanee. Daily Georgia Citizen. Dr. Andrews gave notice in his issue of Tuesday morning that he will continue the publication of the Daily Citizen, i should the necessary encouragement be ! offered. We trust the citizens of Macon \ will extend a liberal support to the Doc tor. Why should not Macon support j two Dailies, Columbus supports three ‘ handsomely ; Macon should, two. Dr. L. F. W. Andrews, of the Georgia j Citizen, offers one-half interest in that paper for sale. A gentleman with a small capital, he says, can have any reasona ble guarantee of realizing from 25 to 50 | per cent, on the investment. If preferred be will sell the whole establishment, and assume the position of editor or assistant editor. Ilis object in selling is to seek relief from the pressing duties of the vo cation. Madame Anna Riskbp. From the Charleston Courier of the 26th inst., we learu that Madame Anna Bishop coutemjjlates an early visit to that city. May u-e not hope for a visit from this accomplished artiste. Legislative Nominations. The Democracy of Clay county have ! nominated Dr. S. P. Burnett for the Sen- : ate, and Col. F. T. Cullens for the House, j Iu Crawford county they have nomi nated C. 11. Walker for the Senate, and L. W. Ilicks for the House. The Hon. A P. Powers is represented : by the Georgia Telegraph, to be danger- i ously ill, at his residence in Yineville, of congestion of the liver. Col. Speer is also detained at home by ; the illness of a child, which in all likeli- : hood, will prove fatal. :♦ The steamships Florida from New York, and City of Norfolk from Baltimore, ar rived at Savannah the 27th. Attorney General Black recently gave ar. opinion that American citizenship at taches to a child born in this country, the parents of whom are foreigners, and only temporary sojourners. This is in accord ance with the principle pronounced in an important case, the particulars of which are contained in Sanford’s New York Re ports. The State of Virginia has an invest ment of $2,000,000 in the stock of the Virginia Central Rail Road Company, which recently declared a dividend cf 4.V per cent. The Hayneville (Ala.) Chronicle says that a difficulty occurred near Helicon, Lowndes county, on the night of the 17th inst., between John Mitchell and John A. Petrie, at the house of the latter, which resulted in the death of Mitchell. Hon. Robert Jamison, of Tuscaloosa, has been in the Alabama Legislature twenty years, and in all that time he has missed but two sessions. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 4, 1859. , “Woman's Book of Health.” The annexed communication we find in Dr. Cloud’s Rural Magazine for October. . The correspondence is in reference to the work entitled “Woman’s Book of Health,” ’ now in course of preparation for the • press, by Dr. John S. Wilson, near this city. Nothing is truer than the Scriptu ral adage: “A prophet is not without j honor, but in his own country.” We hope, , however, that Southern enterprises, phy sical or mental in their nature, will here after constitute exceptions to this rule. [ j But to the communication: Dr. Ceoed —Dear Sir : I have read with no ordinary interest, Dr. John S. W’ilson’s articles in your journal, on “The Negro: his peculiarities as to disease,” &c., and will now say to him that whenever his “"Woman's Hand-Book of Health” is published, to send me a copy, and I will send him the money by return mail. This is a step in the right direction, and should be hailed with pleasure ami encouraged by every Southern man. When Dr. Wilson gets through with his “Woman’s Hand-Book of Health,” will | he not write a book on the diseases of negroes and the treatmont thereof? Such a book would supply a grea-t necessity, which has been long felt by every mana ger of the negro in the South. Such a book, written by a Southern raised and Southern educated man—a man who has not odlj- studied medicine, but practiced it on the plantations of the cotton-grow ing districts of the South—would be in valuable. Let the want be supplied. Yours, &c., G. D. IIAIIMON. j Miliken’s Bend, La., 1869. Challenge for a Trial of Guns, Hifl.es and Pistdls. i A challenge for a trial of skill Laving i recently appeared in a Winnsboro (S. C.) paper, the friends of Mr. J. Henry Ilap ! poldt, as we learu from the Charleston Courier, have accepted the challenge, or any other that may be made. With a | shot gun, any distance that may be agreed on, either at a target or a pigeon match ; with the rifle, from 100 to 300 i yards ; the pistol, from 10 to 100 yards. ! The participants in the contest, it is to be understood, are to make and use their own weapons. The trial is to come off at the Institute Fair in November next, and the prize not to be high, but sufficient to ! excite an interest in the contest. Some towns in Georgia, and probably “a con siderably large sized” one on the East bank of the Chattahoochee, could furnish at least one “ foeman worthy of Happoldt’s steel.” Extraordinary Men. The Petersburg Express says that on ! the day of the opening of the Fair there were four men in one of the carriages upon the grounds, who had never used alcoholic liquors or tobacco. Three of them had never known sickness iu any manner, and one of them but slightly. Two of them are over seventy years of age, and two over fifty. Three of them are Vice Presidents of the United States Agricultural Society, and one of them a member of the Executive committee. Their names are J. Brooks, J. Jones, F. G. Carey, and the member of the Execu tive committee is J. W. Ware, of Vir ginia. C * 3_ A Roorback. An article appeared in the Telegraph j of yesterday, from the Columbus Sud, j against Capt. Hardeman for supporting measures for State aid. We confess our surprise that any Brown paper should urge an objection of this kind ; more es -1 pecially any press in Macon. If the de- I mocracy can sanction the monstrous views of Gov. Brown and swallow him with his wholesale plan of depleting the Treasury, surely they need not be seri ously distressed about Mr. Hardeman— particularly as lie will not be charged ! with this question at Washington. Can not our democratic friends hoist some other scare-crow? The above we clip from the Journal and Messenger. Wc presume our friends referred to the Times, instead of the Sun, of this city. Tbc Jubilee at Nashville. The preparations for the Democratic jubilee at Nashville Saturday next, says i the Union and American, are completed. Among other distinguished speakers from : a distance, the Hons. James Chesnut, of ] South Carolina, and Lynn Boyd and Jas. ! Guthrie, of Kentucky, have been invited. ; There will be a grand display of pyro technics on Capitol Hill at night. Pro vision has been made to accommodate twenty thousand persons. The Constitutionalist states that at Mr. Wells’ ascension in Augusta, Thursday, the balloon reached a considerable alti tude, and then taking a north-westerly course, landed (?) in the river at the foot of McKinne street. The Professor jumped out before the air-sbip reached the water, and swam ashore to the Augusta side, while a couple of batteux went to the rescue of the balloon and saved it. We advise the Professor to try another bal- I loon. The Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Georgia Deaf and Dumb Institute, located at Cave Spring, j has been made. There are twenty-nine ( pupils in daily attendance. Since the i last Report, seven pupils have completed the time by law for their instruction, and nine new ones have been admitted since Januarj’. Information has been obtained of thirty deaf aud dumb, who have never enjoyed the benefits of the Institution. Os this number eight have recently been ; admitted. New York Tea Market. Telegraphic advices from New York to ; the 27th, represent that the Tea Market that day, was excited by the news from China. j Holders demanded an advance, which buyers refused to concede. This caused the withdrawal of numerous parcels from the market. Among the recent improvements in Macon, the Journal and Messenger con- , siders the establishment of a depot for ( domestic coal one of the most important. Messrs. Miller & Waterman have opened a depository at the old Macon and Wes tern Depot, where they receive large supplies from the mines located on the rail road a few miles above Chattanooga. The Memphis Bulletin is desirous of procuring a business partner with a cash capital of SIO,OOO, or its equivalent.— They propose to dispose of one-half in terest in the office, the object of which is to procure the services of a competent i man in the financial department. The Rev. Thomas E. Peck, of Colum bia, S. C., has been elected to the vacant Professorship in the Union Theological Seminary, Prince Edward. Virginia. A dispatch from Boston the 29th, says . the Ocean _Queen, bound for Charleston, went ashore on the 28th,’ at Race Point. The Mad Stone. The Jackson (Tenn.) Whig says: A few days ago our friend Dr. R. 11. Ayres, of this couuty, brought a ‘-mad stone” into our'office that he has had in use for many years, and performing the most wonderful cures—never failing in a single instance to extract poison and re store the patient from the bile of not only the mad dog, but from that of every poisonous reptile that may sink its deadly j fangs into human flesh. Dr. Ayres furnishes the Whig with an account of this stone : ; It is a fine and porous stone, capable cf absorbing water and other fluids, as sponge does, and is probably of coral j formation, and found in some of the South Pacific isles. The common notion that it has been found in the stomach of the deer is too absurd to need contradiction here. When used it is dipped in water quite warm, and applied to the wound, when the patient feels the sensation of draw ing; and it is said that small ones will stick till full of poison and then drop off, and after being dipped in warm water and reapplied, will stick till all the poi son is extracted. Mine is too large to stick in that way, being over two inches square, containing about seven solid inches. Yet those to whom I have applied it asserted that they felt it draw. This stone was used in Buckingham county, Va., from about 1815 to 1822, and iu the West since, in my own neigh borhood, and has never failed to cure in any case, although in several instances forty-eight hours, and in one several days elapsed before it was applied. In a case bitten by a cotton month snake last week in the vicinity of Mifflin, the remedies prescribed by the family physician were used until the leg and thigh were badly swollen (bit ou the ankle), and the body bad commenced swelling; slept none through the night, and bad no ease until I applied the mad stone, which gave re lief immediately, and she fell asleep in twenty minutes. Seventeen hours had elapsed before it was applied. It arrests the swelling and pain iu case of the sting of insects in a few moments, as I will prove at any time on my own person, or any one else. A Sister’s .Letter to a Highwayman. A notorious highwayman known as “rattlesnake Dick,” was shot near Au burn, California, a few years ago. On his person was found the following letter from bis sister: Sweet Home, March 14, 1850. My Dear, Dear Brother: I can scarcely believe, or rather realize, that I am again indulging in the privilege of addressing you with the hope of being heard or un derstood. And tremblingly I ask that you, my much beloved brother, the guide of my infant joys, the long lost friend ofmy child hood, will allow a renewed correspond ence to open between you and your good old homo. Oh! how- our hearts have ached for a word from your own pen. Years have passed away since your last letter reached us—years that now seem to be lifetimes. I have prayed the Father that He would restore you to the path of recititude, but if He has not already, you say, “Ah me! He will never savo me !” But. I say faith fully, He will. Oh, brother, will you not be saved ? God sees your heart while you read these words. He knows if there is a secret wish there it is to be a better man. If there be but the bud, the bud of a resolution He knows, hear him say, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all things shall be added thereunto.” Jesus will raise your head and make you anew man. Go to Him, Oh! my brother. Will you not write a few words to your own home ? It may iudeed be a bitter task, but it may prove to be a blessing! Do try to overcome every’ obstacle ; look down deep into your heart, and see if there is not a wish to remember your sis ter, your own affectionate and anxious sister, Harriet Barter. P. S. Please write, dear brother, and I will then tell you so many things that will interest you. 11. B. To Richard A. Barter. How tile People Live in Chicago. Chicago’s chief support is iu the carry ing trade. The people have no other means of support. I asked one of its citizens to-day what the inhabitants of the city did for a living, and lie was com pletely nonplussed. I asked him in what part of the city the manufactories were, and he replied that they had none to any amount. I asked him again, where are your machine shops, and he said they had’nt much. I asked him where the ship-yard was, aud he informed me that they did not build any vessels here, but occasionally a small boat. I wanted to know where I could find their public works, and he pointed me to the depot of the Michigan Central Rail Road, aud the Light House. Ho wanted to Udow my occupation, and I told him 1.-was a farmer, (and I felt proud of it, too, in a hive of so many drones.) I asked him his, and he said he sold patent rights, and did one thing aud another. Exact prototype was he, of the majority of the people of the city. True, there is more or less pulling at the laboring oar here, or we should not see so many splendid houses and churches going up all over the city—vessels loaded and unloaded—and so many improvements made in every di rection. The doctors, lawyers, police men and jailors, all have an honest call ing, but they are not expected to create much wealth. But the great majority of the people are engaged in receiving peo ple and goods from the East, and sending them along to the Great West, and re ceiving pork, beef and grain from the West, aDd sending it East, though a great deal of it must stick here to feed 129,000 people. And the money they get in this way is what constitutes the wealth of this great city. A small profit is made in selling town lots, though this branch of trade is dull just now. Correspondence Grand Rapid's Ragle. ■ —■—-—-♦ Laura Keene’s Theater—A ■ Scene not in tile Bills. On Thursday night, while the audience in this favorite theater were silently pon dering over a beautiful overture just con cluded by Tom Baker’s excellent orches tra, between the acts of World and Stage, a middle aged lady, dressed in black, and sitting about in the centre of the par quette, arose, and in a wild and incohe rent manner cried out at the top of her voice, “Now is the time ! now is the time ! let’s have a real old-fashioned camp meeting. Glory to God ! I want to Serve God and not man. Join in, brothers and sisters, and come to Jesus;” together with other favorite expressions of reli gious monomaniacs. The lady, who was well dressed and was accompanied by two j genteel looking gentlemen, quoted Scrip ture like a Beecher, and seemed to be “up” in all the’ “business” of a camp j meeting. Os course the officers of the bcuse were using every effort to quiet the lady all this time, but the cries from the | gods of the gallery to “go it old gal, I’il hold your bonnet,” and other ridiculous j expressions, the shouts, laughter, hisses and screams of the whole audience made the scene very hard indeed to be de scribed; she was eventually taken out, | screeching in the wildest manner, and j World and Stage was permitted to pro ceed.—New York Daily News. Is it So, Ladies! Washington Irving says that “in all ages of the world, the gentle sex have shown a disposition to infringe a little upon the laws of decorum, in order to betray a lurking beauty, or an innocent love of finery.” Charles Morgan, of Kentucky, has been appointed by the President, Consul at Messina, in the Kingdom of the two Sici lies. TLe Effect of Rail Roads on tlie Lo cality Sentiment. N. P. Willis writes for the Home Jour nal this wee\ a? follows : The locality sentiment , however, if we may so express it—or the value si t upon neighborhood and home—is very much more affected by rail roads than people are aware of. The charm of home de pends a great deal upon the habit of stay ing there—a little (it may perhaps be ad mitted) upon the necessity of making the best of it. It is always unwillingly that the farmer harnesses up his tired horses, after a day’s work, to make a visit, or to drive to a neighboring to wn ; and he is | likely, iu fact, for that very reason, to pass most of his evenings (more stupidly than he should do) at home. But, with a railway station near by, and a train passing at every hour or two, backwards and forwards—a town within five or ten miles either way—the matter of distance is, of course", altogether changed. A ; farm five miles from a town is as near, in i fact, as a farm within a single mile used to be. We had already ruminated somewhat upon this point, while looking nrouud, for a year or two past, upon the audien i ces for the various lectures, exhibitions, ; etc., etc., in our neighboring town of Newburgh. The Branch Erie Rail Road very readily accommodates any sufficient company who wish to leave our gay little town (of twelve thousand inhabitants) j after the evening’s entertainment: aud ; the string of smaller towns and villages ! between Newburgh anti Goshem (twenty miles) are thus brought within visiting distance. The audiences, of course, for any considerable attraction in Newburgh, j are composed of the farmers’ families j along the line— working people, who have come in a covered carriage, for an evening's amusement, at a cent and a half per mile ! We simply ask the question, then : Are those who can thus cheaply’ and easily go five, ten or fifteen miles to “pass an evening,” likely to feel it so hard that the “wealthy people have driven them back from the river ?” Sale of tle Factory at Scottsville. From a friend, we received the follow ing account of the sale of the cotton fac tory and the other property belonging to the Tuscaloosa Manufacturing Company, at Scottsville, Bibb county, Ala. The factory sold for $31,900, on one, two and three years’ time. Messrs. David Scott, Samuel L_ Hamlet, John W. McConnell, aud John A. Jones were the purchasers. Mr. McConnell will be the agent, and the manufacturing and mercantile business will be continued under the name and style of the Scottsville Manufacturing Company. The negroes iu ail) went off at very good prices. Clem, a blacksmith, brought $2,025; Randall, $1,375 ; Jeanette, $1,115 ; Emelinc, $1,050. The hogs, cattle, mules and oxen all brought very good prices. Mr. Caddell, the bookkeeper, informed us that tho whole amount of the sales would probably reach SOO,OOO. Mr. Hamlet will be the superintendent of the factory, and any one wishing their wool carded or manufactured into linsey, would do well to patronize him, for a more correct man cannot bo found in Alabama. Centrcville Enquirer. Cliiriqui Counterfeits. Some very ingenious counterfeits of the Chiriqui nondescripts are abroad, and persons who are moved by a spirit of antiquarian zeal to purchase some of them just for curiosities, should take the advice of an expert in gold before buying The bogus little monsters are made of heavy composition metal, electric-plated, and have the rough, half-finished exte rior, and all the rude characteristics of the original. Au enthusiastic cultivator of the autique, who is particularly anx ious to keep his name out of the papers, was “taken in” by a “returned Califor nian” the other day, to the tune of $45. — N. Y. Jour, of Com. Franking. The present English system, in use since January 10, 1840, provides that eacli public department shall absolutely pay the postage upon every letter and document it sends out. Even the Queen’s pi’ivilege of franking was abolished, by her own consent in 1840, aud her own let ters, when sent through the post, pass free by virtue of bearing Queen’s head stamps. Before this she used simply to write her initials “V. It.” on the corner—for it was not etiquette for the sovereign to make his or her signature vulgar, by writing it on a mailed letter.—Philadel phia Press. The Tennessee Tobacco Crop. The Clarksville (Tenn.) Chronicle is of the opinion that not more than two thirds of a crop will be produced in that section. The rains in the earlier part of the seasou were very partial; and, in consequence, there is here and there a fine crop: but the long continued drought, over the large portion of the tobacco growing region, kept back the growth of the plant uutil so late a period that it was necessary to top it low, consequently, the plants are small. Inaddition to this, the cool weath er which set in with this month, and gave promise of any early frost, induced many planters to cut too green, and as tobacco not fully ripe is always light, the loss, in pounds, will be heavy even where there is but little apparent dimin ution in bulk. A Hideous Paragraph. Mr. Samuel Hawkins, living in Mt. Crawford, Rockingham county, Va., shot an enormous bull snake a few days ago, about a mile from Mt. Crawford, in wbat is known as Cedar Ridge. The snake, says the Register, was eleven feet in length, and its bodj’ was over a foot in circumference. It was in pursuit of a j younger brother of Mr. Hawkins, mak- \ ing a kind of bellowing noise, peculiar to this serpent, when it was shot. Its teeth were an inch in length. These singular reptiles are scarce in this county, this being the first one we have heard of.— j Petersburg Express. Sailing of the Ureal Eastern. New York, Sept. 28.—W0 have re ceited reliable information, by the Cir cassian, that the Great Eastern will sail , from Holyhead, for Portiaud, on the 28th of October. Additional by tlie Overland Mail. St. Louis, Sept. 28. — ‘A perpetual trea ty of peace has been concluded, between, the Mohave Indians and the United States. Cure for Fistitlo. From one of our subscribers at Chap pell Hill, Texas, we have received the following recipe for the cure of this loathsome disease affecting the horse : Recipe. — To one-half pint of Alcohol ‘ add one ounce of Corrosive Sublimate. Apply the solution (warm) with a brush or mop. Two to three applications, al lowing a day or two to intervene be tween each, will make a cure.— Cotton j Planter. The St. Louis Democrat says that up wards of four hundred slaves leave that State every week, nearly all of whom go to the South, and argues that this drainage must soon rid the State of slavery. This activity in the slave market is occasioned, in great part, by the present high prices obtained, though there are doubtless other causes that have their influence. The gross receipts of money in Missouri from this source, this year, it is thought will amount to millions of dollars. ♦ The Northern Ohio M. E. Conference, in session at Cleveland, adjourned on Saturday, previous to which the Com mittee on Slavery made a report declar ing slavery to Re. sinful, and not to be tolerated, directly or indirectly, by the Christian Church. {NUMBER 25. The English Government Organ on the San Juan Seizure. The London Posi of Sept. 9th, the or gan of the present English Administra tion, has an editorial on the recent occu pation of San Juan Island by United States troops, under Gen. Harney’s com mand. It rehearses the difficulties at tending the Oregon question, and the ultimate surrender of that territory by England to the United States, aud thinks Mr. Buchanan wishes “to surpass the high-handed policy which Mr. Polk pur sued” towards Great Britaiu. It says: The discovery of gold in California and in British Columbia, has, however, given it new interest to the entire north western portions of North America, and if, some ten or fifteen years ago, the Cabinet at Washington was determined ; to enforce its extreme rights over territo ries then comparatively valueless, no one j cau imagine- that the occupation of au : island which commands the entrance to tlie Fraser river, and therefore the gold regions of British Columbia, is not an in i dication of that constant policy of aggression i which dates from the enunciation of the cele i brutal Monroe doctrine. The Americans | have asserted that tho line, if extended beyond the continent, would include not | only this island, but the mouth of Fraser river. If the assumption as to the mouth j of Fraser river be correct, and it is one I which cannot be determined until an astro | nomical line has been actually marked, ; free access by means of a riverain con vention must be accorded to the subjects of this country. But the right of Eng land to an island which lies off the coast must depend upon discovery and occupa tion. If the title of England to the Island of San Juan, or Bellevue, has to be determined, the convention of the Es curial, the ancient claims of Spain, and i the present rights of England will have to be (considered. The boundary of 1 the United States must of necessity have a ter - I initiation on the Pacific coast. The whole 1 territory of New Albion, or New Caledo nia, now called British Columbia, was first added to the British Crown by Drake; formal possession of the same territory was next taken by’ Cook and Vancouver, and against this the Ameri cans have only to adduce the visit of Captain Gray, who merely commanded a merchant vessel which in no sense repre sented the nationality of the flag under which he sailed. Knowing the sensitive jealousy of the American people, we are afraid that English diplomacy may be in competent to deal with that nationality aggressive spirit which has ever marked the policy of the United States. The oc cupation of an island, the sovereignty of which is still sub judiee, and which must form the subject of negotiation, is au ex ercise of power to which the British Government cannot tamely submit. We trust that the matter will engage the early attention of the Foreign office, and that no concessions will be made which are inconsistent with the dignity of the country or with the security of those gold regions which will, ice believe, be the means of extending British liberty, British institutions, and British commerce, on the north-west coast of the continent of North America. *- General Scott. The Commander in-Chief of the United States Army is said to be now seventy three years old. At this venerable age, a fraction beyond the allotted period of three score and ten, a period which few men attain, and which those who do at tain find a time of weariness and sorrow, a desert and solitude, a period of mental lassitude, *aud of such physical weakness that the grasshopper is a burthen, the valiant old chieftain is ordered by his Government to the island'of San Juan—a journey of five or six thousand miles—to sustain and preserve the interests and peace of the country. He undertakes a journey which few men, in other profes sions, of half his years, could make themselves ready for at so short a notice, with the alacrity and promptitude of a youth of twenty summers, aud is already on the ocean, on his way to his place of destination. After more than half a century of military service, he answers the call of his country as readily and as gracefully as when, with his regiment, he first joined the army in Louisiana.— We are sure that his countrymen every where follow him with confidence in the success of his mission, and the most cor dial wishes for his safe and speedy re turn to his home. It is not anticipated that General Scott will be called upon to perform any mili tary duty on the Pacific, or that a war will grow out of the San Juan difficulty. The question at issue, as we have already endeavored to explain it, is one which clearly has two sides, and is a proper subject for negotiation. A war between England and the United States would be the maddest and most suicidal conflict that the world ever saw. Neither could increase their own power, while each would injure and cripple the other to an extent that would throw both a century behind in the cause of progress and ; prosperity. It is fortunate for the cause, of liberty and humanity, that the inter ests of the only free countries in the world will not permit them to fight, no matter what their mutual antipathies and prejudices. — Richmond Dispatch. An Editor’s Opinion. The Nashville News thus comments on the case of Henry Shaw, the St. Louis millionaire, and the defendant in the SIOO,OOO breach of promise case. “During the first investigation, Shaw tried to destroy Miss Carzstang’s charac ter —to rob her of all she has in the world; but he failed. Now it is said, he ‘ has been recently in New York, where the young lady was raised, dragging a i net weighted down with his inilbon of dollars, for proof to destroy her good name. The next jury ought to give a verdict for at least $200,000 —the addi- . tional hundred for an attack upon her ; character. If there is really any stain whatever on the lady’s name, a man of Mr! Shaw’s means for knowing the world, was an outrageous simpleton for propos ing to her—perhaps a knave; and he ought at least to pay one hundred thou sand dollars to be released from tlie fool killer and one hundred thousand more for making her character his business. If her reputation is all over speckled with stains, they could have done him no in jury, if he had let her alone. A man with one million of dollars, and tjnee grains of common sense, can easily find some nice lady to have him, who is like Caesar’s wife, unless he is as ugly as sin, and as dirty’ as the devil; and if so, he ought to pay two hundred thousand dol lars for speaking to any woman who is only quasi decent. A Strong Stomach. A western cattle dealer, who rarely had the privilege of sitting down to meat with a family, and had never been in a minis ter’s house in his life, was not long ago benighted aud lost in his ride across the prairies, and compelled to ask for lodg ings in the first house he could find. Hap pily for him, it proved to be the dwelling of a good man, a parson, who gave him a cordial welcome, and, what was espe cially agreeable, fold him supper would soou be ready. The traveler’s appetite was ravenous, aud the moment he was , asked to sit by, he complied; and with out waiting for a second invitation, he laid hold of what lie could reach. ‘Stop, stop.” said the good man of the house; ‘we are in the habit of saying something here before we eat.’ This hint to wait till the blessing was asked, the rough customer did not under stand ; but, with his mouth full, he mut tered : ‘Go ahead! say what you like! you can’t turn my stomach now!’ The steamship Florida, from New York, arrived at Savannah on the 27th. I'foia tlie Baltimore Han, Sept. Z 4. I’nltcd States Grand Lodge of Odd- Fellows, ihe Uuited Stales Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows, which assembled in this city on Monday last, adjourned sine die yesterday afternoon, to meet in Nash ville, Teunessee, ou the third Monday in September, 18G0. Tlie session of Thurs day evening was consumed in the action of the body on reports which had been submitted by the committee during the session. Rep. Boylctou, of S. C., of the com mittee on the state of the Order, sub mitted a report in reply to an inquiry from the Grand Lodge of Ohio, to the effect that a subordinate Encampment has the right to try and punish a member for words spoken in a subordinate lodge open, and during its regular pro ceedings, provided the words spoken are offensive to themselves, or evince con duct unbecoming an Odd-Fellow. The report of the Committee recom mending the granting of a charter to establish a lodge at Leavenworth, Kan sas, was called up and adopted. Rep Kennedy, of Southern New York, submitted the following amendment to tho second section of the 9th article of the Constitution : “Section two; Every State, District, Territorial or Colonial Grand Lodge or Grand Encampment, having under its jurisdiction one thou sand or less members in good standing, shall be entitled to one vote in the Grand Lodge ; every State, District, Territorial or Colonial Grand Lodge or Grand En campment, having under its jurisdiction over one thousand members in good standing, shall be entitled to two votes; and no State, District, Territorial or Co lonial Grand Lodge or Grand Encamp ment, shall have moro than one Grand Representative at the same time. Provi ded, however, that any Grand Lodge or Grand Encampment shall be entitled to as many Grand Representatives as it j may have votes, on assuming the pay i ment of the mileage and per diem of the additional Grand Representatives.” Rep. Frail, of Northern New York, submitted amendments to the constitu tion so as to abolish the mileage and per diem of the members. To reduce the present representation tax of seventy-five dollars to the former sum of twenty dol ! lars to each representative. To furnish cards, books, odes, &c., to grand and subordinate bodies at cost prices. To assess yearly all deficiency in revenue | upon the membership of the respective grand bodies. The whole is to be refund ed to the several grand jurisdictions, aud reported upon at the next meeting of the U. S. Grand Lodge. Rep. Mason submitted a report to char ter lodge No. 3, at Santa Fe, and en campment No. 2, at the same place, which was read and adopted. New York Wool Trade. The demand during tho past fortnight, as we anticipated in August, has been very good, both here aud in the interior, on eastern account, and prices of many descriptions have advanced 2]c. per lb. The inquiry has been principally for the medium grades ; the better qualities are sparingly dealt in here owing to the small stock offering and the extreme prices prevalent. We understand that the stock of fine descriptions in Philadelphia is also unusually light for the season. The sales include 150,000 lbs. State and western fleece at 37.] to G2]c. for common to choice handwashed Saxony ; 150,000 lbs. Cali fornia inferior fair to fine quality at 14] to 35c.; 65,000 lbs. pulled at 32 to 50c., as to quality ; 5,000 lbs. Canada mixed at 32 to 34c. (sorted Canada is held at 37 to 38c. ;) 5,000 lbsn. uwashed Smyrna at 17c.; 10,000 lbs. unwashed Cordova at 18 to 20c., 9 mos ; 100 bales Mestiza, 70 do. Smyrna, 40 do. Buenos Ayres, and 60 do. Cordova ou private terms, supposed at full prices. Fernando Wood on Bennett. Ex-Mayor Wood, in the New York Daily News, thus describes James Gordon Bennett. He is almost ns obsequious as the “Bcswell” who visited the editor of the Herald a* his country seat: In his deportment no man is more ac complished. His address, his carriage, ami affability are as refined as are those of the most accomplished gentlemen at any court iu Europe, and as a conversa tionalist he has no superior. His learn ing, travel, and associations with the distinguished and gifted men in this country and Europe, have yielded him a fund of information which enables him to discuss all suhjeets with an ease and fluency which surprise and captivate those who for tho first time have the pleasure of personal intercourse with him. Mr. Bennett, of course, like other men, has his faults, but these faults are not in his personal character. That we believe to be a3 pure, moral, and upright as that of any man in this country. ——.—_ Singular Freak of a Diplomat. Yesterday, Mr. Frederick A. Beelen, of our city, who has passed several years iu diplomatic service in South America, and whose marriage to a wealthy and beautiful Chiliau(lady, we have already mentioned, departed last evening for New York, to take passage for Chili, in which charming country he intends for the fu ture to reside. Mr. Beleen has spent his honeymoon in a most delignxful man ner, by touring it over Europe, and on his return to the country of his adoption will, we doubt not, meet with a reception and welcome, anything but Chili in its nature. We wish him length of days, and a happy life; and may be never for get the dear, old, dirty city, which gave him birth.— Pittsburg Evening Chronicle, Sept, 22 d. Politics in Savannah. Tho Democracy of Savannah seem to be in a high state of excitement. At a large Democratic meeting held there the 29th, new nominations for the Legislature were made as follows: For the Senate, Col. A. R. Lawton; for the House, Julien Hartridge and John Screven. —♦ Tlie foreign imports of dry goods and general merchandise at New York for the last week, amounted to $3,904,426, which, with the amount previously re ported, makes $189,848,107 since Ist of January last. The exports of specie for the same week amounted to $2,727,694. — The Natural Bridge property, in Rock bridgo County, Virginia, says the Rich mond Dispatch, was disposed of a few days since by Col. J. Wooten, the propri etor, to John Luster, for the sum of $12,000. Upon this property is situated the celebrated Natural Bridge, one of the wonders of this country. Tlie Tea Market. The latest advices from New York show a decided reaction in the Tea Mar ket. On the 28th it was excited, and sales were spirited. Black rose 10, and Green 8 per cent. I'. S. District Judgeship. By telegraphic dispatches from Wash ington en the 28th, we learn that William G. Jones, Esq., of Mobile, has been ap pointed United States District Judge for Alabama, vice Judge Gayle, deceased. Five hundred hogs were sold at Paris, Kentucky, last week, to be delivered be tween the 25th of November and the 11th of December, at $3 50 per hundred lbs. gross. The brig Melvin, from Boston, aud the schooners A. R. Wetmore and Francis Satterly, from New York, arrived at Sa vannah on the 29th. The deficiency in the Post Oflice De partment, to be provided for by Con gress, is $1,281,000, being more than SIOO,OOO less than that of last year. Washington, Sept. 29.— The number of midshipmen in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis is to be increased from thirty to forty, by nominations from the Congressional Districts, which have been the longest without appointments.