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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.
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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.
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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 :
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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. •
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.