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(®MI £hm. T. DeAVOLF R. J. VAIUNGTOX....T.GILBERT. THOS. GILBERT & CO- Editors and Proprietors. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Forono year, payable in advance $2 00 Fornix inonthg. payable in advance 1 2o ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertiaements will be inserted in tbe Weekly Sun at one dollar per square (ten lines or less in uonpireil type,) for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion of the same. Professional and other cards, net exceeding five lines, inserted six months for eight dollars, or for twelve months at fourteen dollars. Announcements of candidates for a time not 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 October 25, 1859. The Boston papers, it is staled, deny the report that Hon. Edward Everett will attend the Agricultural Fair at Atlanta. An immense land &li(!e occurred at Memphis on the morning of the 7th inst., by which about an acre of ground was precipitated into the river. The Norfolk Gazette learns that a quarter of a mi.lion bushels of oysters hod been taken from the newly discover ed oyster beds up to Saturday night. H. H. Worthington, Esq , editor of the Mississippi Democrat, and one of the oldest editors in the State, died at Co lumbus, Miss., the night of the 13th. The receipts of specie at New Orleans for fho week ending October 14th, com prise $280,000 from Aspinwall, $281,000 from Brazos Santiago, and $50,000 from Tobasco. A telegraphic dispatch from Charles ton announces that the schooner Charles T. Sraythe, from Havana, bound to New York, loaded with sugar, put in at that port the 17th, for repairs. Dr. J. C. C. Blackburn, of Stewart, Dr. S. W. Burney, of Monroe, Isaac M. DeLyon, of Lowndes, Charles J. Harris, Esq., of Thomas, and James A. Pringle, Esq., of Houston, are candidates for the office of Secretary of the Senate. Cotton Picking. Five hands on the plantation of Gen. John Milton, ns reported in the Marianna Patriot, picked on the 13th instant, 2,874 pounds of cotton, being an average of 479 pounds to the hand. Fatal Affray. The Spirit of the South says an affray occurred in Georgetown, Quitman coun ty, Saturday night last, in which a man by the mime of Pope was stabbed through the heart by another, named Alexander. The instrument used was a sword cane. Tennessee Legislature, This body lias been iu session two weeks. A number of propositions have been submitted to amend the Code of the State. Among other resolutions, one has been olFered in the Senate by Dr. Richardson, providing for no further issue of State st Bonds for nny purpose whatever. Executive Appointment. From the Federal Union of yesterday, we learn that Maj. 11. J. G. Williams, of Milledgcville, was appointed Secretary of the Executive Department on Saturday, the 15th, to fill the vacancy occasioned |L by the deatli of Col. M. D. McComb. Tire Eastern Circuit. Julien llartridge, Esq., having been elected to the Legislature from Chatham, lias, as we learn from the Savannah Re publican, resigned the office of Solicitor of the Eastern Judicial Circuit. Hon. John 11. Milieu, Judge of the City Court | of Savannah, is a candidate for the office. ■♦■■■■ Tlie President and J. W,, Forney . It is authoritatively stated that the President has authorized a denial of the ridiculous report that he had formally notified John W. Forney of his intention to prosecute him for libel. Keeping out of view the political aspect of the ques tion, the President would lower his per sonal and official dignity to enter into a contest with such a man a Forney. Cotton in Northern Mississippi. The Talahatchian of the Ist instant, says : Notwithstanding the surmises and fears that were expresed a tew weeks ago rela tive to the damages the cotton crop would probably sustain by the boll worm, the rust and the blight, from the best infor mation we can obtain, as well as our own observations, we again say, the cotton crop of this county will be a large one— larger than it ever has been, l’ackiug is progressing rapidly. Weather every way favorable. The Pensacola and Georgia Road. Col. E. Houston, President of the Pen sacola and Georgia Rail Road, has ad dressed a letter to Gen. Milton, of Mari anna, informing him of the purchase of three thousand tons of iron, in addition to the previous purchase of iron for forty five miles. This furnishes the requisite amount to reach Lake City from Jackson ville. These three thousand tons are to bo delivered at Fernandiua the Ist of January, at which time traqk-laying will commence at Lake City and push on west. The laying is now progressing on the eastern end of the road, and it is the opinion of the President that Quincy will be reached early iu the Fall, if not sooner. This accomplished, the great point of interest then will be to put the road under contract from Quincy to the Apalachicola river. Tlie Slaveholder. We have received the first number of ’ the paper bearing the above title, and recently established by G. W. Gayle & Cos., at Cahaba, Alabama. The principal I editor, George W. Gayle, Esq., has long | been identified with the Southern Rights party, and is well known as a gentleman lof chivalric and ardent impulses. The position and future course of The Slave holder is indicated in the following ex | tracts we make from it: “With our platform at our mast-head, with our principles emblazoned upon our banner, and with our first bugle note, we advocate the Southern Rights party, and proclaim it to be a sectional party. *•*** * ‘ * * This position is one taken from neces s sity, and not from choice. It is taken to s resist the aggressions of a sectional party 1 already formed, aD d P Ol 10 organize a i sectional party in the first instance. It is taken because there is uo national or ganization capable of successful resist ance, or of fulfilling their own promises, 6 or the high expectations entertained of [ them. It is taken for the purpose of as serting without fear or faltering, our equality in every respect —of demanding the full recognition of our constitutional rights, and having secured to us the free and peaceable enjoyment of those rights. ♦ Hogs. The Louisville Journal, of the Bth inst., says: We have at last heard of some con tracts. Hamilton & Bros, have contrac ted for several thousand head for early delivery at four dollars gross, in twelve counties, and are ready to contract for more at that price. VOLUME III.} The Great Wedding. The New York papers contain the in cidents and particulars of the “latest in resting Spanish-American Alliance,” — the nuptial ceremonies of Miss I ranees ! Amelia Bartlett, a fair blonde of eigh teen, and daughter of Lieut. Bartiett, “who ba j served his country navally,” and Don Esteban Sancta Cruz de Oviedo, —a superannuated old Spaniard. The ceremonies took place at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Mott Street. The ladies will, perhaps, be curious to learu that the wedding dress and other toilette delica cies cost $0,000; the bridal trousseau fur ni'hed by Tiffany Cos., and Ball & Black, quite SIOO,OOO. We are told that the appointments of the bridesmaids, like those of the bride, were all furnished by the wealthy Don, who in this instance adopted the example of the Emperor Na poleon. The bridesmaids were six in number, and were arrayed in white dresses, “ two pure and simple, two decked with crimson trimmings, and two with blue.” The liberality of the bride groom had also furnished coffers of fine linen each valued at $2,000, and “sev enty-five feminine robes,” involving an expense of nearly $15,000. We venture a few extracts from the News and Tribune. Cards of invitation presented at the door of the Cathedral v.'ere issued to invited gue.-ds, and read as follows : •* * # ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL, I Thursday. October 13, at 12 o’clock- i : This card to be presented at the main door, : Mott street. : Seats reserved until 11J4 o’clock. • ••♦•*•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••& The general note of invitation to the wedding was couched in the following terms: MU. and MRS. BARTLETT • roquest the pleasure ot vour company at the : : marriage ceremony of their daughter, : 1 FRANCES AMELlA, 'with DON ESTEBAN : I StA. CRUZ DE OVIEDO, j On Thursday, the 13th of October. • —while the invitation to the reception was worded as follows ; * # MR. and MRS. BARTLETT j AT HOME, i • Thursday, October 13, from 1 until3 o’clock, •’ No. 39 West Fourteenth street. :•*: :*>: At twelve o’clock the bridal party ap peared in the chancel. Here is a de sription : First, came Don Esteban and Miss Bartlett. Six groomsmen and six brides m ids followed. Last, came the parents of the bride. After a moment’s pause Archbishop Hughes appeared, and stood, supported by two priestly assistants, facing tbe party. The distribution was thus : The Archbishop. Six Bridesmaids. Miss Bartlett. Bon Esteban. Six Groomsmen. Mrs. Bartlett. Lieut. Bartlett. The appearance of the bride was unex-’ ceptionably charming. Her fair blonde shone somewhat more luminously by contrast with the more sombre complex ion of Don Esteban. Tall and dignified, though young—her mien indicates eigh teen years—she bore her blushing honors well. Her hair was wreathed with orange flowers. Her dress was exotic—of Pari sian point lace—but her parure—(neck lace, bracelet, brooch, ear-rings)—was of native manufacture. It proceeded from Tiffany, was of vast value, and de serves a brief description : The necklace, a broad festoon of pure strands of pearls, met in a ribbon of brilliants arranged as a love-knot, from which depended a pear-shaped pearl of great size—and, no doubt, price. The bracelet was likewise a quadruple band of pearls, but confined within two rows of diamonds. The ear-rings were composed of diamonds and pearls. The brooch was formed of diamouds unalloyed by baser jewels, and especially distinguished by a superior “ briolette” diamond, a stone of peculiar shape and cut. The appearance of the full dressed male of the human species is alike on all occa sions. It is spiced with no variety. Therefore it is only necessary to say of Don Esteban—who is some inches short er than the lady, darkishly disposed in the matter of complexion, with heavy half-curled black whiskers and mustache to match, and a Castilian fire in his deep set eye confirming the resolute earnest ness of his countenance, and who is ap parently about fifty-five years old—that he was elegantly dressed in black, with intricately embroidered white waistcoat and cravat, displaying for ornament only a solitary diamond breastpin of excessive dimensions, and that he underwent with composure the ordeal of inspection to which he was subjected. The long expected and much talked of ceremony took place punctually at the hour of noon. The outside crowd rose as the Archbishop entered, and remained standing while he was publicly robed.— Archbishop Hughes officiated. His mng nificieut attire of embroidered silk and gold was further enhanced by the large gilied miter that was upon his head, while with his left hand he held the gol den Episcopal crosier. The services, in the prescribed form of the Roman Catho lic Church, were short, and the words used inaudible excepting to those near the chancel. When the language of the missal was finished, Ilis Grace began his address.— It was long and interesting ; referred to the sanctity of the marriage rite, to the manner in which the Catholic Church had always regarded it, to Henry Till and Napoleon I and their divorces ; vindica ted the action of the Church under these circumstances, and was both historically learned and argumentative. He also spoke of the facility with which divorces were now obtained, branded it as repre hensible, and alluded to the impossibility of what is called a double marriage—one solemnized both by Protestant aud Catho lic Priesthood. At this moment the family of the bride looked conscious and smiled ; but when the prelate spoke feel ingly of the separation of daughter from her parents, the father was nearly over come, and was obliged to hide his face in his handkerchief. The utmost decorum was observed throughout, and at the close the happy pair received the con gratulations of their immediate friends and passed olf. After the crowd iu and about the church had dispersed, the carriages, with their occupants, were driven to Four teenth street, the residence of the bride. The street from Union Square to the Sixth avenue, and that avenue, began forthwith to be lined with curious gazers, who wished to see the dresses, the robes, the hats, the laces, etc., etc. About 1* o’clock the crowd began to increase, and the increase kept on till 3p. m. All the while the carriages were discharging new comers and taking away those who had passed through the house. The pressure was frightful to silks, satins, crinoline, laces and ribbons, and the fair owners of them were freely perspiring under the not over-gentle pressure of the hundreds passing in and out. The gentlemen were on tip-toe, h.dd ing up their hats in their hands, and the talk was all of “the Bride,” “the Bride groom,” their wealth, their - prospects ahead, and with good and abundant wishes for their happiness and success in “the matrimonial voyage of life.” The house itself is one of the elegant mansions of Fourteenth street. The door-keeper asked occasionally to see the THE WEEKLY SUN. caids of invitation, but only occasionally. The front parlor was entered, and on the light, as entering, were the bridesmaids —in all the fever, flush, and fun of the j scene—beautiful in person, but not the less beautiful from the plastic hands of ! milliner, mantuamaker, and coiffeur,, &c. Art has been exhausted to adorn yet more, if possible, the beauties of nature. The great part of the bridesmaids were American, but the dark eye andbruu tte tinge told, here and there, of Spanish or French blood. The bride and bridegroom were in the center of the group before the mirror, which thus told double tales of the bride’s beauty, and dos a dos as well as en face. The gorgeous pearls flashed from her neck, and the diamonds from her arm lets and rings, and the mirror told of the j glowing colors over and over again. The bridegroom, of course, was ou her right , —and received the congratulations oftbe j bride’s friends. He speaks English enough for compliments, &c., but Span ish in full Castilian grandeur—while the bride told him, in Spanish, as the crowd , came up in single file, of this party and ; of that, and she translated back his re- I plies. Next to the bridesmaids were the j mother and the father—receiving the congratulations of their friends, and wel coming all—while beyond were some of the presents of the occasion of which we have before taken notice. Two police officers in citizen dresses guarded them, and watched sharp, as observers came by, while none were allowed to handle any thing ou the table. Not half of the real presents, however, were shown. Parade was avoided on the table, and imngina lion was ‘left to work out for itself. Among the guests were some of tbe richest, the most fashionable and the most distinguished of the city and land. Lit erature was represented in such person ages as Bancroft, the historian ; the Na vy in full, that is, what there is here or hereabout; the Army in part and politi cians by the score. The ladies, young and old, (hut are there any old?) were equally prominent in society, literature or in art. Flunkeyism now breathes easier and more freely since this union of beauty and wealth. We hope the bridegroom may live half a century longer. Tlie Florida Cotton Crop. A correspondent of the Savanuah Re publican from Marion county, Florida, Oct. 13th, says: At our recent election of State officers, I got all the information I could from planters and overseers from various parts of the country. I State now a fact, to the best of my belief, that the crop of long cotton will not be over one half of that of last year. The month of August was the wettest I ever knew—no sun shine for twenty odd days, and floods of rain, rotting the cotton crop, and causing the middle crop to shed immensely. The caterpillar has done more damage than ever seen before, it appears early, and not as usual, a few here and there, then taking three weeks to cocoon, but they came in shoals like the locusts of Egypt, destroying our hopes in three days, and leaving the fields as if fire had passed over the n. A plamter from Long Swamp told me, from two hundred acres of ham mock land he would Dot get over fifteen bags; another who made sixty-four bags last year, has not made over twenty. The ivorm is said'to be, or to have been, on every field, large and small, in Alachua and Marion counties, and the same cry is heard from the counties south, to Tampa Bay. I know only one man who thinks lie will make a tolerable crop. We have all put down strong force to other work The drop shot gangs are still in the fields trying to find some cotton. MARION. Pnlladium Oliicc for Sale. In consequence of the weak condition of my eyes, I am compelled to abandon a position which subjects me to incessant mental effort. Hence, I offer the Lump kin Palladium, with all its appurtenances, for sale. The office is well supplied with materials of every kind —two presses, a large new Hand Press, and a first class Job Press; has a circulation unequaled by any paper in South-Western Georgia, and an advertising patronage which will ever insure a handsome income. To an enterprising man with a small capital, no better investment could be made than the purchase of thie office offers. Terms easy and moderate. We will be under obligations to our brethren of the press, if they will call the attention of their readers to this proposition. For particulars, address the under signed. J. C. a BLACKBURN. Lumpkin, Ga., Oct. 13, 1859. The Saratoga Dispatch gives record to an exceedingly interesting family event which has recently come off in that vil lage. It i elates to a family group, con sisting of the father and lour uncles of Mrs. William Carpenter, aud their names, ages and residences. These were as fol lows : “James Webster, aged 77 ; resi dence Phelps, Ontario Couuty, N. Y. ; occupation farmer. Russell Webster, aged 70; residence Cairo, Greene County, N. Y.; occupation farmer. James Web ster, aged 74; residence Philadelphia, Pa; retired merchant. Lyman Webster, aged 73; residence New York City; gen tleman. Chester Webster, aged 08 ; res idence Phelps, Ontario County ; occupa tion farmer.” This was only the second time that they bad all been together in fifty years. They were as hale aud hear ty a group of men as one would wish to see, and their visit was one to be long re membered by all who were cognizant of it. _ Facts about Gold. The continent, of America, from its dis covery in 1492 to 1848, produced $1,944,- 057,000 of gold. The amount now an nually yielded throughout the world is $200,676,000. Duringeight years ending December 31, 1857, the gold coined at Paris amounted to §505,000,000. In England during the seven yearsend ing December 31, 1856, the coinage was $221,429,361. The annual increase of gold in the Uni ted States is about §25,000,000. A cubic foot of gold weighs 1,219 pounds, and is worth §309,760. A block of gold measuring 30 feet each way would be worth §8,363,520,000, which is more than has ever yet been taken from the earth. Tlie Oyster Trade. The Norwalk Gazette learns from good authority that a quarter of a million bush els of oysters had been taken from the newly discovered oyster places up to Saturday night. A gentleman competent to judge, who has been upon the ground, gives it as his opinion that the entire bed cannot be exhausted in five years, and it is said to be a low estimate to put the average earnings of every man who has worked upon the grouuds at §2O per day. Specie aud Treasure Movements. The specie and treasure movements, recorded in this morning's paper, amount in the aggregate to $5,032,794 87. Os treasure, the Star of the West took out to New York §1,900,000, and the North Star §500,000. Os specie, 11. B. M. ship Calypso briDg#over to Panama $1,800,- 000, smuggled off the Mexican coast, and the Bolivia brings up §594,764 8. from the South Pacific, while we ourselves re ceive $268,000 by the Empire City.— X. O. Picayune 14 th. ■ ♦ The thirty-ninth session of the Ken tucky Conference was held at George town, Ivy., commencing September 2rst, Bishop Andrew presiding. The total number in society are 23,774. Increase : of the year, 866. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 25, 1859. Another Richmond in the Field. ? A correspondent of the Augusta Dis patch suggests the name of Gov. Brown as’a,suitable man to succeed Judge Iver son in the Senate of the United States. He says the Governor has the moral courage to combat corruption in his own party or elsewhere, and Cites Lis manage ment of the State Road as an illustration. Gov. Brown may. be a politician of ex traordinary purity and honesty, but why drag him into the contest for the Senate to embarrass Senator Iverson's chances 1 for re election ? It there was ever an exhibition of moral courage, it was made , by the latter when he stood up in the I Senate Chamber and denounced the here sies of Douglas as delusive, deceptive and dangerous to the South. Where was the man in that august body who assumed a higher or more independent ground on this question ? Not one; and yet there are those who would have him “shelved” be cause, forsooth, there are other aspirants for the same office. We should fear the moral effect of Judge Iverson’s defeat upon the country at this crisis, and on the other hand, should he be re-elected, it would be equivalent to a rebuke to Douglas and his adherents, and would produce dismay and discomfiture in their ranks. If the correspondent of the Dispatch may be judged by his own words, Senator -Iverson is the man to be returned for another term to the Senate. He says: “It is true Judge Iverson has held the position one term, and that he has ac quitted himself with credit, and would be a credit to his party and the country if he should be returned.” Again he says: “I, as well as the Democracy of Georgia, have always respected, received and recognized Judge Iverson as one of the distinguished leaders of the party, and I am sure he has ever proved himself worthy of the trust in every position he has been called upon to fill.” If this endorsement be just, then let the Democracy in the next Legislature return him to the position he has, accord ing to the Dispatch’s correspondent, so faithfully filled. — Soutlierix Factories. The New Orleans Picayune, in an arti cle on Southern factories, shows the pro gress made by the South in manufactur ing up to the last census. It says: In South Carolina, as far back as 1850, there were eighteen cotton factories which were worked with profit. In Georgia, thirty-five cotton factories then were in full operation, with a capi tal of $1,730,156, producing 7,209,292 yards of sheetings and 4,198,351 pounds of yarn. Three woolen factories were also in full tide of successful experiment, manufacturing 340,060 yards of cloth. In Alabama were found thirteen cotton factories, with a capital of $081,900, and three woolen factories, which returned handsome annual profits. In Louisiana, a beginning had been made, two cotton factories having com menced operations. Kentucky and Tennessee had embarked more largely in this species of industry, the former containing eight cotton and twenty-seven woolen factories, the latter thirty-three cotton and four woolen factories. These facts, true in 1850, do not pre sent the condition of Southern manufac turing enterprise in 1859. We have made a progress in this department of industry really creditable, and the intluence of the success of such undertakings upon public sentiment will undoubtedly render our home wants a noticeable point of the next census. Hebellion at Harper’s Ferry, Va, Elsewhere may be found the particulars by telegraph, from Washington, to the Augusta papers, of an outbreak and in surrection at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. A still later dispatch gives no further particulars, but confirms the first reports. As the insurgents are composed partly of negroes, it is probable the disturbance was incited by abolitionists. The failure of the contractors to pay the employees on the Government dam may have been taken advantage of by them, to carry out their- fiendish purposes. As the military repaired thither promptly, the next dis patch from the scene will no doubt give intelligence of the suppression of the outbreak, and we hope the apprehension of all concerned, and the summary pun ishment of the ringleaders. Courts of tbe Barbour Circuit. From the Eufaula Spirit of the South we learn that Court did not -adjourn in Henry until Saturday evening, on account of the labors of the Grand Jury. On Thursday, Judge Hale, who has won golden opinions and given universal satis faction during the riding, was forced to suspend the trial of causes. The small number of convictions for felonies is un exampled, we believe, in the history of that Circuit—but two representatives having been sent to Wetumpka, and both from. Henry. Thus far the dockets have been disposed of only in one county, Dale—in the others, being too heavy to be Cleared within the time prescribed. We regret to learn that the efficient representative of the “peace and dignity of the State,” Attorney-General Baldwin, was compelled to return home by a severe attack of illness. A speedy recovery to him. 4. Long Sermons. Rev. William Taylor, in his late work— “ The Model Preacher”—says: “Often when a preacher has driven a nail in a sure place, instead of clinching it, and securing well the advantage, he hammers away till lie breaks the head off, or splits the beard.” We do not wish to incur aDy of the odium theoloymim in alluding to long pray ers in this connection. We think the celebrated revivalist, Elder Knapp, is re sponsible for the following illustration of the efficacy of earnest, yet comprehensive and pointed prayers. When Peter walked on the water to Christ, if, when he be gan to sink, he had expressed himself in the circumlocutory stye of modern times, instead of saying “Lord save roe, or I perish!” he would have been a hundred feet under water before finishing his ex ordium, unless the Savior had sooner in terposed his omnipotent power. The Kennebec Journal says that a few years since the wife of the then Ameri can Minister to England received from a friend in New-England a box of Autum nal leaves, selected for their beauty and their variety of tints. The lady wore them as ornaments, and they attracted much attention, and were greatly admired by the English people. Since then, these leaves have been in demand there, and every Autumn packages of them are sent over in the steamer, and flash their beau ty in the high circles of London. Anew postoffice has been established in Walker county, Ga., called Chestnut Fiat. Hon. Jnlin Y. Mason. The Charleston Courier, of the 17th, has the following in reference to our Min ister at Paris, whose death, from apo plexy, we recently announced: The lion. John Y. Mason, late Minis ter at the Court of st. Cloud, whose de cease is announced by telegraph, was a native of Virginia, a grandson, we be lieve, of George Mason, and a cousin of Senator James M. Mason. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1810, and after some practice at the Bar received a Judi cial appointment, which he resigned lo accept a seat in Congress as representa tive. In this post he filled three terms, 1831-7. Under the administration of John Tyler, acting President, he was for some time Secretary of the Navy, suc ceeding Thomas W. Gilmer, who was killed in the memorable disaster on the Princeton. Resigning at the close of Mr. Tyler’s term, he was recalled to that post by President Polk in 1846, being then Attorney General by President Polk’s ap pointment. In 1853, he was appointed by Presi dent Pierce Minister Plenipotentiary to France, and has since continued in that office. Rail Road Convention. The friends of a Rail Road connection from Selma to Eutaw, Alabama, assem bled at the latter place on the oth inst. and organized into a meeting. The meeting was addressed by Col. Lapsley, of Selma, Dr. Bates, President of the Marion and Cahaba Road, and Col. Min ter, President of the Selma and Gulf Road. Resolutions were adopted ap proving the informal proposition for a connection between the Roads concentra ting at Selma, and the N. E. and S. W. Ala. It. It., and a recommendation of the connection at Eutaw. A committee of five was appointed to take such steps as. they deemed best calculated to forward and secure the early completion of the enterprise. Lieutenant Maury. Lieut. Maury paid a visit to the Legis lature of Tennessee by invitation, on the 12th instant. Mr. Speaker Whitthorue delivered a suitable address, welcoming him to the privileges of the Hall of the Representatives. The Lieutenant re sponded, saying in conclusion, that what ever service he had performed, the spirit and energy which had enabled him to do so, was derived in the early days of his youth, which were spent on the hills and beautiful valleys of Tennessee. Ex-Governor Winston, This gentleman has recently addressed a letter to the Gainesville (Ala.) Inde pendent, in which he declares he is not, nor has ever been in favor of the nomina tion of Douglas. At the close he says: “I believe there are a considerable number of the people of Alabama who would be willing, by way of experiment, to see me in the United States Senate; and without much solicitude on the sub ject, I would be willing To fill the posi tion.” Tile Corn Crop in Illinois. The Chicago Press says the corn crop, concerning which so much alarm was felt a few weeks since, is not injured south of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Road, and it is there where the large pro portion of the corn is raised. In the northern counties of this State, and also in Wisconsin, considerable damage has been done, but not enough to affect the fullness of the crop. Cotton at MciupliU, The transactions in cotton at Memphis on Saturday were the heaviest of any day of the season, as we learn from the Avalanche of the 17th. The sales amounted to 2,5GG bales, in lots and at prices ranging from 9J to 11 cents. The total shipments of cotton for the week were 9,049 bales. Kents in New Orleans. As an evidence of the extraordinary advance of rents in New Orleaus, the Delta of the lGth states that the lessee of a store on St. Charles Street was of fered 55,000 bonus for his lease. There is scarcely any house rented last year or even as late as last summer, that would not now command thirty or forty per cent, above the rates agreed upon. Successor to Hon. J. Y. Mason. A special dispatch to the Charleston Courier of the 18th, from Washington, says that either Hon. John Slidell, of Louisiana, or Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, of Virginia, will succeed Mr. Mason as Minister to France. The Southern Recorder notices the ap pearance of anew steamer, discharging freight at the landing at Dublin on the Oconee river, a few days since. She is 124 by 26 feet in dimensions, and was constructed to run on that river. She can carry from five to eight hundred bales of cotton. The majority of Dennison, the Black Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, is estimated by the Cincinnati Commercial at 15,000. The Legislature is largely Republican, and will elect a successor to Senator Pugh. We learn from the Memphis Ava lanche, of the 17th, that the proposition to extend the Memphis and Charleston Rail Iload to the river at that city, was voted down by an overwhelming majority. There were 420 for extension, and 958 against extension. ♦ The Augusta.Constitutionalist has been informed that Richard F. Lyon, Esq., of Albany, is a candidate for the seat upon the bench of the Supreme Court, now oc cupied by Judge Henry L. Benning. The political complexion of the Missis sippi Legislature will be as follows : Senate—Democrats, 22; Opposition, 3; Independent, 1. House—Democrats, SG; Opposition, 9; Independent, 6. C* The Richmond Index contradicts the recent report of the critical state ■ f Gov. Letcher’s health. He experienced a re turn of his old disease a short time ago. but at last accounts bad nearly recovered from the attack. Governor Moore has issued his procla ination, setting apart Thursday, the 24th day of November as a day of general “thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God.” *- The examination of Colonel Anderson, Capt. Maury and other fillibusters, com menced on the 17th, at New Orleans. Nothing important has, so far, been elici ted. Intelligence from New Orleans, the 17th, announce that there were fifteen deaths, from yellow fever, at the Charity Hospital in that city daring the week. Columbus and LaGrange Rail Road. Council Chamber, Oct. 17, 1859. At a meeting of Council, held this eve ning, the following petition was presented to Council, viz : ! To Honorable Mayor and Council of the city of Columbus, Ga : i The undersigued, merchants and tax payers of the city of Columbus, deeming a Rail Road communication, connecting with the Atlanta and LaGrange Road | east of the Chattahoochee river, of vital ! importance to the interests of the city, do most respectfully petition that your honorable body bestow upon the enter prise such attention and aid as it so justly | merits. 11. Middlebrook& Cos., J. Kyle & Cos. D. B. Thompson, D. Adams, I. A. Brokaw & Cos., I. A. Brokaw, Jefferson & Hamilton, D. P. Ellis, Harrison & Pitts, C. C. Cody, Hull, Duck & Cos., Sherman & Cos., Bedell 6t Weejis, Clemons & Cos., Redd, I’heer & On , Tyler et Moses, Greenwood & Gray, J. Ennis & Cos., Ogletree & Hatned, J. AY. Brooks, Hall, Moses & Cos., John Lee, Gunby & Cos., R. A. AVake, Spencer & Abbott, 11. S. Estes, On motion received. AA'hereupcn Alderman Barschall offered the following preamble nnd resolutions, to-wit; | AVhere.ys, It is absolutely necessary ! that Columbus should keep pace with the ! improvements in transportation made and | making by other rival cities, or consent | to lose a large share of her natural ad j vantages ; And whereas, the interests of i this city are now seriously damaged by the obstacles thrown in the way oftraus portation to this place, by the necessary 1 transhipment at West Poiut, and the un necessary detention of seven hours at Opelika, thus depriving her of a large portion of the trade of Chambers, Talla poosa and Randolph counties. Alabama: And whereas, a direct communication by railroad with the upper portions of Geor gia and Tennessee, would be of immense advantage to Columbus, both in its com mercial interests and as a stockholder in the Mobile and Girard Rail Road ; And whereas, such a connection is offered by the opening of a rail road from LaGrange to this point, which, while it would enable the Mobile and Girard R. R. successfully to compete for through freights to Mont gomery, would at the same time open to Columbus a large and lucrative trade in the produce of Upper Georgia and Tennes see, increase immeasurably the facilities of communication between this point, Harris and Troup; And whereas, the building said Road cannot be effected without the to operation of the city of Columbus ; And whereas, it is the opinion of this Council that a liberal subscription should be made in aid of the said contemplated Road. Be it therefore Resolved, That a committee of twelve citizens be appointed by the Mayor to co operate with the Finance Committee, for the purpose of investigating the feasi bility of building said Road, and the amount which it will be necessary for the city to subscribe, in order to secure the completion of said Road, and that they report to Council the result of their in vestigations, preparatory to the final ac tion of Council in the premises. Unanimously adopted. AA'hereupon his Honor, the Mayor, ap pointed, as that Committee: Jas. K. Redd, D. L. Booiier, E. Barnard, Wji. Daniel, W. C. Gray, F. W. Dillard, Ciias. Clegiiorn, Jos. Kyle, J. B. Hill, John H. Howard, 11. S. Estes, John McGough, Finance Committee —Messrs. King, Quin and McKeudree. By Alderman Thompson: Resolved, That the petition of sundry citizens with regard to extending aid to the LaGrange and Columbus Rail Road, together with the accompanying preamble and resolutions, be published in all the daily papers of the city. Adopted. Tlie Harper’s Perry Affair. The latest intelligence from the scene of the late insurrection at Harper’s Fer ry, Virginia, as maybe seen by reference to the latest telegraphic dispatch, shows the suppression of the outbreak, and utter rout of the insurgents. As surmised in our last notice, it turns out that the re bellion was incited by abolitionists—in fact the ringleaders have been long known as blatant “freedom shriekers.” Not the least gratifying item of news connected with the suppression of the affair is the death of the notorious Ossa wottamie Brown, who figured so exten sively and prominently in the history of the early settlement of Kansas. Justice has been tardy, but has at length been meted out. We trust the next news will be that every ringleader and all concerned have been made summary examples to the country. Texas papers, of the 10th inst., give no intelligence of the abatement of the epidemic. There were several admis sions into the Hospital at Galveston on the 9th, four being from Houston, and three from the rail road. Private prac tice reports the existence of several new cases. In Houston since the 7th, there have been twenty-three deaths. Nurses were much wanted. At Cypress City, a small station on the Central rail road, thirty-three out of fifty-four, including the doctor, were down with yellow fever. Broderick’s Place and Estate. By the Overland mai', which arrived at St. Louis the 16th, we learn that there is great competition for the succession to Broderick. Denver and Weller are the most prominent candidates. Broderick’s estate is valued at $130,- 000 ; liabilities $85,000. He died intes tate. Edward Walsh and Lucy Brown, of San Francisco, claim his estate as cousins in the second degree. The Mobile Mercury of the 18th, say3 the damage to. the steamer Czar was caused by s ! riking a snag at Tate’s shoals, and staving a hole in her bottom. She was immediately run ashore and her cargo discharged upon the bank. She returned to the city after being pumped out. The cargo suffered uo damage and the boat but little. Tlie Bridge at Decatur, Alabama, The Augusta Constitutionalist learns from a dispatch received by Geo Yonge, Esq., Superintendent of the Georgia Rail Road, that the new bridge at Decatur, Ala., was completed on the 18th. The bridge by which the Tennessee was crossed at Decatur, was swept away a few months ago. * Further telegraphic dispatches from New Orleans to the 17th, announce that the legislature of Jamaica will meet on the first of November. The Island is healthy, and the late disturbances are over. The authorities of Demerara are endeavoring to induce white emigrants from the Barbadoes. There were thirty vessels in the harbor of Mobile on Saturday, being the largest number ever seen in that port at this season of the year. {NUMBER 28. Louisville and Nnslivllle Rail Road. The approaching completion of the Kail Road from Louisville, Ky., to Nashville, ha 9 given rise to tiie discussion of the important question of rates of transpor tation, upon which the success of the road depends. There are three routes from Louisville to Alabama and Georgia —each by river, and by any one, freight can be transported much cheaper than over the Louisville and Nashville Rail Road at the rates proposed. A formidable rival of Louisville in the trade she oovets from the States south of her, is St. Louis. The latter place has an efficient ally in the Memphis and Charleston Rail Road, which in view of the opening of the rail road connection between Nashville and Louisville re duced the rates last winter 5 cents per hundred on her Western section, and be sides, deducts 12 cents on all round lots of freight from St. Louis. With the fa cilities of transportation by the river routes, and the inducements presented by St. Louis in this respect, the Direc tors of the Louisville and Nashville lload will be compelled to adjust such a tariff of freights as will induce the trade in this country to forsake the old route, un less they prefer to see the ends of their rail road defeated. -—-—— * Progress of tlie Survey. The Dadeville (Ala.j Times, of the 20th, contains a very encouraging com munication from Mr. J. R. Slaughter, the President of the Opelika and Chil dersburg Rail Road Company. He has recently left the surveying party, and says they expect to reach Childersburg on Saturday, the 22d inst. They believe it will cost less than SO,OOO per mile to grade the road, and have found the route quite straight, there not being much loss by curvatures. Tho people along the route have manifested great interest in the matter, which has been much en hanced by the practical nature of tho en terprise, demonstrated by the survey'. Mr. Slaughter never saw a man, whether rich or poor, who had not determined to help all be could. Generally the peop’o along the line propose to give the right of way free of charge. In addition to about $200,000 already subscribed, there are between $150,000 and $200,000 ar ranged by companies to grade and take the most of it in stock. + • The Washington correspondent of the Charleston Courier, in a letter dated October 15th, says Mr. McLane, our Min ister to Mexico, is soon to return to Vera Cruz in the sliip-of-wav Brooklyu. This vessel, it is said, is to be fitted up for him, so as to afford n commodious residence, in case Miramon should take possession of Vera Cruz. Some of the agents and representatives of the Juarez Govern ment, now here or in New York, ex presses tho belief that Senor Mata will soon be empowered to conclude a treaty here, upon the terms proposed by Mr. McLane, or with a slight modification of those terms in relation to the employment of United States troops in the interior of Mexico, to protect American interest in the transit, which we are to be permitted to use in perpetuity. Hail Road Intelligence. At a conference of the officers of the East Tennessee and Virginia Rail Koad, the East Tennessee and Georgia Rail Road, and the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, at Knoxville a few days since, it was resolved to discontinue the express passenger trains from and after the fifth day of November next, provided the con tract for a double daily mail is not award to them. This step was taken, from the j fact that the travel during the Winter season does not justify two daily passen- j ger trains each day. Free Negroes on Rail Roads. A bill has been introduced in the Ten- j nessee Legislature to prevent free negroes traveling on the Rail Roads in that State, which passed at the first reading The bill provides that the President who shall permit a free negro to travel on any road within the jurisdiction of the State under his supervision, shall pay a fine of $500; any conductor permitting a violation of the act shall pay a fine of $250; pro vided such free negro is not under the control and care of a free white citizen of Tennessee, who vouches for the character of said free negro in a penal bond of SI,OOO. Tlie Yacht Wanderer Stolen. From the Savannah News of Thursday we learn that the famous yacht Wan derer, owned by Mr. C. A. L. Lamar, was stolen on Tuesday night by a man calling himself Capt. Martin, and who has, it appears, recently been negotiating with her owner for an interest in the Wan derer. Steps were taken to prevent the outrage—a rumor to that effect having gone abroad—but it was consummated on Tuesday night, between 12 and 1 o’clock. As the particulars are very interesting we will give them in our next issue, be ing unable to do so this morning. * Official Vote of Tennessee. The two Houses of the Tennessee Leg islature in convention on the 17th inat., counted out the votes cast at the last Gubernatorial election. The number re ceived by Isham G. Harris wa3 70,073; by John Netberland 08,042. Harris’ majority 8,031. Including the vote of Saquatchie coun ty, excluded upon the ground that it had no light to vote until after the next appointment, the total vote of the State is 144,444, being 13,459 more than were cast at the last Gubernatorial election, and 4,628 more than in the Presidential election of 1850. ‘——► The Charleston Courier says it was permitted to see a letter to a gentleman in that city from one of the directors of the Florida Rail Road, dated New York, Oct. 14th, from which it learns that a line of daily steamers will be put on the route between Charleston and Fernandi na, carrying the United States mail, on the Ist of November. The boats are be ing prepared by the parties in New York. Among other interesting items of deck freight which were thrown overboard during the recent disaster to the steam ship Quaker City, were six valuable horses, valued SI,OOO each. The first officer of the vessel, when ordered to dispose of the horses, remarked that he would almost as soon throw himself over board, but the safety of the ship required such a precautionary step. The telegraph announces that there was a heavy frost near Vicksburg on the morn of the 19th. Rev. .Ttsst II art well, i). 1). The Chirlcstbu Vern ier fays: A friend’’ has called our attention to the following notice in Hie Louisiana Baptist, of the 221 ultimo. Doctor Hartwell filled a large space in the affections and gratitude of the people of Sumter District especially, having for many years successfully con ducted a large Male Academy Rnd Femalo Seminary in the vicinity of Providence, and as a Pastor, officiating during that period with great acceptability and use fulness at the High Hill’s Church, near Stateburg. He was largely connected by marriage, in tho city, and wherever he was known he was highly esteemed and looked up to as a model of a Christian minister and as a high-toned and honor able citizen. His talents were of the highest order, and long, very long, must the ditferent fields of literature nnd the denomination to which he was attached, mourn the loss of one af their best and : brightest ornaments. The Louisana Baptist thus announces l his departure: A Good ani> Great Man Faelen!— . Elder J. Hartwell, D. D., President of Mt. Lebanon University, died on Friday, lGtli September, at half-past 3 o’clock, A. M., I after an illness of several weeks, which ho bore with tho most constant resigna tion to the will of God. lie was emi -1 nently a man of God—a man of faith and prayer —and a most diligent and labori ous Christian. His spotless life and | great usefulness had endeared him to the church and community, and it will be difficult to fill his place. The Lord deal tenderly with his mourn ful family. A biographical sketch will be published at an early day. Pertluent Remarks. The editor of the Tuscaloosa Observer spent a day at the opening of the Uni versity of Alabama, which lately inaugu rated tho exercises of the 29th year of its existence. We commend his remarks to teachcfs and especially to parents. He says : “Wc spent a day at the University’ du ring the examination of applicants, and we are truly gratified in saying that we never yet heard so many perfect exami nations on the part of those undergoing them. Yet one prevalent failing we dis covered, that of undue preparation on elementary subjects. When we hear young men scan Attic metres with rapid ity, dig out Greek roots with dexterity, or demonstrate the pons asincrum with pei'fect nonchalance, and then hear him reluctantly venture the assertion that Egypt is in the northern part of South America—that the earth revolves on the equator —that the Nile waters the coun tries of Central America, or blunder over tho simple analysis of a simpler English proposition ; then wo believe that teach ers and parents are in the major number of cases neglecting the whole elementary portion of a youth’s education. Power of Tennessee Bacon. “It’s an ill wind, that blows nobody good”—an old adage which finds a very amusing illustration in tho following case, which occurred at Elyton, Jefferson county, Ala. The Central Alabamian of the 14th says a difficulty occurred about seven miles north of ElytoD, on tho Mon day previous, between {Mr. William M. Nabors and some Tennessee wagoners, which resulted in Mr. N.’s getting a se vere cut on tho head by a stick, lie fol lowed them to Elyton, and had the man who struck him arrested and bound over to the Circuit Court in a bond of $250. Not being able to give the requisite bail, he deposited some two thousand pounds of bacon as collateral security'. As the article was rather scarce, the difficulty proved to be a Godsend to the village. The New York correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune states that at the recent meeting of ihe anti-slavery Society in Boston, SIOO was offered for the best essay to show that the Bible gives no warrant to slavery. In other words, they offer a bribe to prove that the Bible is false. At the head of this movement are Rev. Henry T. Cheever, Brother Beecher, and Rev. S. K. Sweetman, of Swanzey, Mass., who is now on trial before a church council for tho following trifling misde meanors : “The publication of an un christian and unclerical pamphlet; mak ing false representations to a Bristol church, in order to hurry it into closing a bargain ; borrowing a shirt and not returning it; sermon stealing, and ad vertising for a wife while kis third one was still living.” A sweet fe*£eertaiply. * “ * * \ ’■ ‘W Arrival of tlxe Boat at Wg| Point. The West Point Citizen; ftf ‘the 20tb, chronicles the arrival of one of the Boats built by Messrs. Beck & flaming for navigating the Chattahoochee north of that place. It arrived on Sunday even ing from Collins’ Mills, ten miles below West Point, where it was built, bringing up a small lot of cotton, which was sold • for lOjc. on Monday morning. As the boat succeeded in getting over the shoals below Wst Point, the navigation of the river above 13 believed to be entirely practicable. Belgium and tlie South. A correspondent of the Mobile Tribune, writing from Brussels on the 21st of Sep tember, says that the society for the pro motion of a more intimate intercourse between Belgium and the Southern States is in a fair way of beiug carried out. Cotton is a great idea in their estimation, and hence they are increasing the num ber of their mills ; and, being a progres sive people, the period is not far distant when we shall have a good customer in the Belgium market. New Salt Mine. Anew salt mine was; discovered at Central City, Southern Illinois, during I some examinations for coal. A shaft was : sunk 170 feet, when not finding coal in sufficient quantities, the boring was-car j ried down 100 feet further, when a salt bearing stratum was discovered. The salt water rose to the top of the boriDg and flowed out at the rate of 800 to 1000 gallons per hour. Election of Tennessee State Officers. On the 18th inst. the two houses of tho Tennessee Legislature met in convention to elect State officers. Col. J. E. R. Ray 1 was elected Secretary of State, and E. G. ’ Eastman & Cos., of the Nashville Union ’ and American, were elected Public Print ers. The election of Comptroller and Treasurer has been postponed until next Friday. A Liberal Son-in-Law. It is stated that Don Esteban Sta. Cruz de Oviedo, who recently married Miss Bartlett in New York, has presented his youthful parents with an elegantly fur nished mansion of the latest pattern, and allows them $6,000 a year. Siberian Exiles. The Governor of Western Siberia sends a yearly list to St. Petersburg, of all the , convicts that have arrived. The last re turn published was in 185-3, according to which 7,530 persons reached Siberia, of whom 5,6-19 were men, 1,151 women, and 717 children. —♦ The Charleston Mercury of the 18th is informed by a correspondent from Lan caster, that on Thursday morning the Ordinary pronounced his decree getting i aside the reputed will of the late William McKenna.
