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COLTJMBTJS: Tuesday Morning, Oet. 95, 1899. Dunlap, formerly Governor of Maine, died recently at Brunswick, in that State. The Episcopal Convention at Rich mond, adjourned sine die on yesterday. The annual State Fair at Atlanta will commence on the 24th inst., and continue four days. Estabrook, (Democrat) has been chosen delegate to Congress from Nebraska, by 48 majority. The official returns from all the coun ties of West Florida, show a majority of 60 against annexation to Alabama. The steamship Montgomery from New York, the schooners Coggshall, from Phil adelphia, and Wide World, from Boston, arrived at Savannah on the 23d. Mr. P. Edmunds, an old and esteemed citizen of Galveston, died on the 12th inst. He was formerly Consul at New Orleans for the Republic of Texas. The Hon. Robert Toombs will deliver the Annual Address at the Agricultural Fair at Atlanta, next Thursday, at 12 m. So we learn from the Atlanta American of the 20th. Robert H. Thompson, Esq., for many years county Surveyor, of Greene coun ty, Alabama, died in the Court House at Eutaw, Ala., recently, of compression of the brain. The overland mail from California ar rived at St. Louis on the 18th instant. Judge Terry has been put under bonds for SIO,OOO. Nearly the whole town of Monte Christo has been destroyed by fire. At the recent rail road celebration at Talladega, the Hon. Lewis E. Parsons urged the importance of erecting a monu ment to preserve the memory of the sev enteen patriotic Tennesseeans who fell in the battle at the place. Yallow Fever In Texas. Houston and Galveston dates of the 18th, received at New Orleans on the 20th, show that the yellow fever continues un abated in those places. ♦ Death of John Calhoun. John Calhoun, Ex-Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska, died on the 13th, at St. Joseph, Missouri. Ho was Presi dent of the Convention, we believe, which framed the Lecompton Constitution. The banks of South Carolina have a total circulation of $7,110,173; due to other banks, $2,596,432; due to depositors, $3,551,714. The banks have in specie, $2,394,800; due from other banks, sl,- 211,359; domestic exchange, $7,404,802; discounts, $13,879,655. The old Spirit of the Times of the Bth inst., noticing the presence of Southern gentlemen in New York, sayß: “Johnson J. Hooper, Esq., editor of the Montgomery Mail, will be in town in a day or two. It is unnecessary to say that “Col. Symon Suggs” will be received with an ovation.” By the Overland mail to St. Louis, from California, the 19th, we learn that resolutions were adopted at the Pacific Rail Road Convention in favor of a cen tral route. It was reported that a project was on foot among the Black Republicans to ex clude Scott ane Burch, Congressmen elect, on the ground that their election waß unconstitutional. Band and Dust In Cotton. Among the items of news brought by the Europa, is the great complaint among ootton brokers and manufacturers against mixing dust and sand in American cotton. The American Chamber of Commerce has been memorialized to put a stop to the practice. They state that besides the depreciation of cotton, the losses from this cause the past year reached one hundred thousand bales. The Yacht Wandarar. Capt. Black and Edward Talbot, who were carried off in the yacht Wanderer, from Savannah, on Tuesday night, have returned, having been allowed to jump into their boat towed astern, after the vessel was out of the harbor. As they separated Capt. Martin stated to Black and his companion, that he was bound to the coast of Africa for a cargo of negroes. Large Receipts of Cotton. The receipts of cotton at New Orleans from Sunday morning up to 6 o’clock the evening of the 17th, amounted to 26,878 bales. Among the arrivals was the Mag nolia, from Vicksburg, with 6,224 bales of cotton, being the largest load by 600 bales, that has ever been brought by any boat to that port. , Illgh Price for Lands. At the recent sales at the Falla planta tion near Richmond, 655£ acres of land were sold on an average of $131.85 per acre. The woodland, consisting of 127 J acres, averaged $50,05 per acre, and the open land of 527 acres, averaged slsl - per acre. As far as the sale has pro* gressed it amounts to $86,431. The stock of cotton on hand and on shipboard at New Orleans the Ist of September, was 26,022 bales; amount received in September, 150,806 bales ; amount received from Ist to 21st October, 182,142 bales. The stock remaining on hand and on shipboard the 21st, was 218,100 bales. The trial of Wm. A. Choice, for mur der, whioh has been progressing in At lanta, was terminated Friday night, the Jury returning a verdict of “guilty.” Application for anew trial being refused. Judge Bull sentenced him to be executed on the Bth of December. The case, as we learn from the Atlanta papers, will be taken to the Supreme Court. A Storm. The Hayneville (Ala.) Chronicle of the 20th, says: On Monday night last a fu rious wind, accompanied with rain, swept over that place. The blow lasted about an hour, materially injuring such cotton as was open. Tuesday evening the wind chopped round to the north, and this (Wednesday) morning traces of frost were visible to alll early risers. The Atlantic Monthly, the periodical recently published at Boston by Philips, Sampson & Cos., has been purchased by Ticknor & Fields, who will hereafter pub lish it. Dr. J. W. Palmer will remain its New York Editor. We learn from the Chambers Tribune, that the gin house of Mr. Caleb Hollo way, about three miles west of La Fay ette, was consumed by fire with its con tents, on the 18th. One thousand dol lars will cover the loss. The fire was caused by Motion. At the late oelebration of the Fire De partment of New York, Howard Engine No. was draped in mourning in memory |of the late Senator Broderick, of Califor |#ia, who was formerly its foreman. Columbus and her R. R. Interests. The recent petition of some of our strongest and most influential merchants to the City Council, touching the pro posed connection, by rail road, of Colum bus with La Grange, suggests the pro priety and pertinency of a few thoughts in connection with the past, as well as , the future, of our city in respect to her rail road enterprises. The action of the City Council in the premises, seems to have imparted an impetus to the hereto fore comparatively dormant spirit of en terprise in our midst. Their action, and its reception by all immediately or remotely interested in the continued ad vancement of Columbus in wealth and power, augurs favorably for the future. There seem to be some who have the in terests of the community at heart, while like every other community, there may be found those who are willing to con tribute nothing to the general prosperity, but like mere parasites, ingloriously reap the benefits of the industry of their more liberal and enterprising neighbors. There are in every community, men, the sum total of whose existence, is to clog the wheels of progress, and cast a damp er upon every laudable enterprise. Pay ing our respects to these, we will ignore them in future articles on this eubject, knowing that there are others determined not to be always kept bound down to the same dead level with those whose only value, doubtful as it may be, is to swell the numerical strength of the commu nity. Communities, in many respects, are like individuals. The benefits arising from commercial intercourse and inter change are mutual. When the merchant sells, and the consumer buys, the result is a reciprocal benefit, because tbe con sumer is compelled to be supplied with merchandise, and the merchant furnishes it for a reasonable profit for the (rouble, expense, &c., of supplying it. So with every occupation, and its various ramifi cations, and the mutual dependence of one upon the others. In this light, must Columbus regard her rail road enter prises. She Bhould not look with jeal ousy upon every movement of the kind, and jump to the unreasonable conclusion that every proposition for connection by rail road with her is prompted by selfish motives, exclusively—that they would not be submitted, unless some advantage was desired to be taken. True, that nat urally and reasonably enters into every enterprise of the kind, and constitutes the impelling consideration, but we should reflect, that while they redound to the advantage and prosperity of other communities, we are benefitted in equal or greater proportion by the same facili ties as those with whom we arc thrown into: communication. There are few rail road connections that would injure a place of this importance, but it is the policy of Columbus to concentrate her energies and resources upon those that would eventuate in most benefit to her. Thus much by way of introducing the subject. In our next we will further pur sue its consideration, and endeavor to show some of the errors and the mista ken policy of Columbus with respect to other rail roads now in successful opera tion. Our object will be accomplished if it results in inducing and arousing prac tical reflection by all identified with her prosperity. Extra-Judicial Vindication of the Law—Read. The editor of the Dallas Gazette, who attended the Circuit Court of Wilcox county, Alabama, the 15th, relates the following incident: “One of the first things we heard was that Judge Dough erty, who is presiding, had a fight last week with a man who was brought before him several years since, on a charge for fighting. He stopped Judge D., in the streets for the purpose of hold ing him responsible for his judicial con duct in the matter, but as soon as the Judge saw what he wanted, he turned off abruptly with the intention of leaving him, when the man told him, in a threat ening manner, that he should stop, and perhaps took hold of him. The Judge stopped. Mr. Judge of Montgomery was walking with him, and got between the two persons to prevent the rencontre he saw was impending. Mr. Judge expec ting the man to strike, was watching him to prevent it, but the Judge, indignant at the insult offered him, and apprehending a blow, commenced the fight by giving his antagonist a stunning blow with a stout cane. “The fight then became general” between the two combatants, and ended in the Judge’s getting the de cided advantage—so we have been told. Mr. Judge, in trying to separate them, received a smart blow on the hand, which “ barked” it. No serious damage was done—the Judge vindicated the law, as laid down by himself; and then the town authorities vindicated the munincipal law by arraigning the combatants before them. The Judge was discharged, but his antag onist was fined ten dollars.” In noticing the annual cotton statement, The London Daily News says the amount sent to England in 1850 was 2,015,000 bales, an increase of over 200,000 bales as compared with the same period of 1858. The annual increase of the yield has run from three to four per cent, vrhilst the price is now only a single farthing per pound above the price of the very abun dant year 1858. The writer proceeds to show that other countries, not England, will reap the greater portion of the benefit arising from an increased supply, and adds: The consumption of cotton in Europe, excluding England, is about 448,000,000 pounds, while the consumption of England is not quite twice as much. Abroad, too, the consumption is increasing very fast. Since 1844 our exports of cotton thither have increased more than threefold, viz: from 421,650 cwts. to 1,335,790 cwts. in 1858. It is, however, plain from these figures that Great Britain, though still the large consumer of cotton, is by no means the only consumer, and that any increase of the raw material and any re duction in its price will be equally to the advantage of ail the cotton manufac turing countries of Europe and the world. Missouri in Luck. The acting Commissioner of the Gene ral Land Office informs Mr. H. G. Fant, who has been adjusting the “two per cent, fund” account, that up to January, 1859, there is Hue the State $374,135 04, and also $43,376 40 on the three per cent fund, making a total cf $417,511 44, to be shortly paid over to the State by the United States. Copper in Coosa. County, Ala. The Shelby (Ala.) Chronicle of the 20th says it has been shown a specimen of ore from the mines of Col. George and others, of Coosa county, which appeared to be a very fine specimen of copper. It was dug from that portion of rock known as the wall or covering of the quartacious trap formation, richly impregnated with the sulphurate of iron and copper. The vein itself must be rich, and needs only capital to develop it. The Episcopal Convention, recently ad journed at Richmond, have agreed to hold ; their next Convention in New York. Anagrams. The Montreal Transcript publishes a collection of these literary curiosities, gathered by Mr. J. Douglas Borthwiek, which is very curious. We borrow some ; portions of it, omitting those that have long been familiar. Our youthful readers will find amusement in writing out these i anagrams, and cutting the letters apart. : Then, by transposing them, the sentence with each will be formed : Able was I ere I saw Elba—(the same backwards.) Arthur Wellesiy—Truly he’ll see war. Breakfast —Fat bakers. Catalogues—Got as a clue. Charades— Hard case. Charles James Stewart— Claims Arthur’s seat. Christianity—ln : its charity. Dissemination—l send into Siam. Democratical—Comical trade.— Embargo—O garb me. Encyclopedia—A nice cold pie. Festival—Evil feast. Old England—Golden land. Gallantries —All great sins. Lawyers—Sly ware. Minia ture—True lam in. Misanthrope—Spare him not. Monarch—March on. Parish ioners—l hire parsons. Patience —A nice pet. Pedagogues—See a pug dog. Peni tentiary—Nay I repent it. Presbyterian —Best in prayer. Revolution—To love ruin. Sub Treasnrer —A sure buster. — Solemnity—Yes, Milton. Wealth —The law. Victoria Regina in Old England— I reign a victor in a golden land. , The Peculiarities and Treatment of Negroes in Disease. From the prospectus of Dr. Cloud’s Rural Magazine for the next volume, we are gratified to observe that Dr. John S. Wilson, near this city, has been engaged to furnish at least one page, for the ensu ing year, of valuable information on the Peculiarities of the Negro, both in Health and Sickness, and also the prop er treatment to be observed in managing his diseases on the plantation. This will greatly enhance the interest with which this periodical is received. Wo cheer fully endorse the following from the No vember No. just received: Dr. Wilson is widely and favorably known as the correspondentin the Health Department of “ Godey’s Lady’s Book.” Dr. Wilson, also, has in press a very valuable book for the family, which should be read and consulted by every mother. The “ Woman’s Home Book of Health.” Dr. Wilson is an intelligent practical man, engaged in the practice of medicine near Columbus, Ga., and is well qualified to interest and instruct planters on this vitally important question. ♦— Gin House and Cotton Burned. The Canebrake (Ala.) Gazette gives the particulars of the burning of a giu house and sixty bales of cotton, near Jefferson, on the 6th instant: “The gin house on Mr. James Manning’s plantation, near Jefferson, in this county, was burned on Thursday, tbe 6th instant, together with about sixty bales of cotton which it con tained at the time. It is not known how the fire originated. The house was burned before daylight in the morning, and tbe gin had been going the day before.— If the fire was produced by friction, it seems strange tbat the house was con sumed so long a time after the gin was stopped. Firemen’s Parade in New York. The Fire Department of New York had its second triennial parade on the 17th inst. A splendid banner, wrought of heavy double silk, and nine by twelve feet in size, which cost SISOO, was pre sented by the City Council. There were six thousand persons in the line, which occupied an hour and a half in passing a given point. There were also sixty bands, numbering one thousand two hun dred and sixty musicians, in the proces sion. The Fire Department embraces forty-three Engine, fifty-five Hose, and fifteen Hook and Ladder ‘Companies, which number about 3,700 men. The Rev. Dr. Parsous, formerly a pop ular actor in New York, delivered a mis sionary address at Nashville, Tenn. At the conclusion of the services, the Rev. Dr. Barth, a German missionary, arose and said that when Mr. P. was an actor he and two of his brothers were in the orchestra where Mr. Parsems was en gaged. Now all the parties occupy dis tinguished church positions. The coin cidence was somewhat remarkable. A summary of the trade at Shanghae for the year 1858, has just been made at the State Department. It appears that the aggregate imports amounted to nearly $34,000,000, the aggregate exports to $59,000,000. The total value of opium imports was upwards of $23,500,000. The inward and outward tonnage show four hundred and sixty-four British, and one hundred and fifty-three American ships, and five hundred and fifteen ships of other nations. Chattanooga Markets. The Advertiser, of the 20th, reports the market inactive. A fine article of white wheat would command $1 00; red, from 85 to 95 cents. Stocks of Bacon light—Clear Sides packed and delivered in depot at 12 cents; Ribbed Sides at 11 to 11.) cents ; Shoulders at 9 cents, packed and delivered. There were no reliable speculations as to the probable prices of hogs. Bishop Onderdonk. A telegraphic dispatch to the Augusta Constitutionalist from Richmond on the 21st. states that the house of Bishops have decided to allow Bishop Onderdonk to withdraw his memorial for restoration which is equivalent to a rejection. From the Marianna Patriot, we learn that A. J. Lingo, found guilty of the murder of Mr. Duncan, and J. Gann, found guilty of the murder of Wm. Col lins, were hung at that place on the 21st, in accordance with the sentence of the * law. Mr. Wm. Russell, of Augusta, while writing a dispatch at the telegraphic office in Griffin on Saturday, 15th inst., was severely burned about the face, neck and hands, by the upsetting of a lamp filled with that dangerous fluid, Cam phene. Hon. Emile Le Sere, of New Orleans, has been nominated by the Democracy as their candidate for Congress from the first Congressional District of Louisiana. He formerly represented the same Dis trict in Congress. From Pike’s Peak. A special dispatch to the St. Louis Re publican says that a party of men from Pike’s Peak arrived at St. Joseph’s the 20th. They brought SIOO,OOO in gold dust. From the Rome Southerner of the 20th we learn that the steamer DeSoto, which formerly plied between that place and Calhoun, ran upon a log the 19tli, and was totally wrecked. On the 21st the weather was very cold in New York. At Philadelphia the ther mometer stood at 34 degrees, and at 38 degrees-at Washington. A fire broke out at Chicago on the 15th by which twenty buildings occupied by business houses were destroyed. The loss was $50,000. Wm. Lee, who defrauded the Fulton Bank of New York, out of some $60,000 has been discharged from custody upon a legal quibble. TELEGRAPH IG- ♦ TF.LEGRM'HET) TO THE DAILY SIX. ARRIVAL. OF THE STEAMER ANGLO-SAXON. Cotton Improved! New Yoke, Oct. 23, 18-39. The steamship Anglo-Saxon was board ed off Farther Point to day. She brings Liverpool advices to the 12th inst., being four days later than the Europa’s. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales for three days 28,000 bales, of which Specu lators took 2,500 and Exporters ‘O,OOO bales. Cotton firm with an improved demand, though no actual advance. Fair and Middling qualities improved most, some accounts state Jd. advance. Manchester Trade. —Advices from Man chester are unfavorable. All qualities of goods had slightly declined, and fully i sd. on some yarns. : Liverpool Breadstuffs Market. Bread | stuffs firm. All qualities slightly ad i vauced, which was caused by steamer’s advices from United States. Liverpool Provision Market. —Provisions quiet. London Money Market. —Consols slightly advanced, and quoted at 95J to 96. ARRIVAL OF THE OCEAN_QUEEN. New York, Oct. 24, 1859. The steamship Ocean Queen, with dates from Liverpool to the 13th, has arrived. Sales of two days 18,000 bales. The market closing steady, with a good en quiry at extreme rates. London Money Market. —Consols quoted at 95f to 95|. New Orleans Cotton Market. New Orleans, Oct. 24, 1859. • Sales of cotton to-day 8,500 bales. Prices stiller, but quotations unchanged. The steamer’s news caused greater firm ness. Mobile Cotton Market. Mobile, Oct. 24, 1859. Sales of cotton to-day 4,000 bales. Market firm: quotations nominal. Mar ket generally unchanged. Additional by tbe Europu. | New York, Oct. 21.—The mails by the steamer Europa left for the South this evening. The following are the author ized Broker's quotations: | Pair Mobiles 7%d. | Mid. Mobiles....o 131 Gd. “ Uplands 7*4(1. | *• Uplands 6%d “ Orleans I “ Orleans 7d. Hewitt & Cos. quote Ordinary Orleans , Cotton at 4jd. to s|d.; Good Ordinary at s|d.; Middling Orleans at 6 15-16 ; Mid dling Mobile at 6Jd.; Middling Uplands 6§d.; Good Middling Orleans at 7jd.; Good Middling Mobile at 7d.; aud Good Middliug Uplands at 6|d. Stolterforth reports an improved feel ing and an increased demand at an ad vance of 1-1 Gto J-d. Inferior grades un saleable. Hewitt & Cos. report a good demand, ! confined to the better descriptions. The ■ imports of the week were 80,000 bales; known to be at sea 36,000, against 7,000 i bales same time last year; and 125,000 bales from the East Indies, against 70,- 000 bales last year. Wakefield & Nash quote Middling Or leans 7d, vith a steady demand. Amer ican grades above Middling readily sale l able at the full rates of last week. Infe- I rior and sandy grades unsaleable, ex | cept at a reduct jpn. Later from Havana. New Orleans, Oct. 21. —The steamship Cahawba arrived here to-day with dates from Havana to the 18th inst. At Havana sugar was firm and active. Lard steady at to 19;]. Sterling Ex change stiff at 171. Exchange on New York G. Additional from Harper’s Kerry. Washington, Oct. 22.—A man was seen near Chambersburg yesterday, sup posed to be the insurgent Cook. He was arrested at Carlisle about noon, and is evidently a desperate fellow and one of the gang ; but it is thought that it is not Cook, lie was committed for a further examinatio. The colored millitary company was disarmed to day in Philadelphia by the Adjutant General on account of the Ferry affair. Savannah Ship News. Savannah, Oct. 22.—The ship Garnet, from Boston ; the R. A. Helm, and the Showmut, from New York; the Robert Cushman and the Eloise, from Philadel phia, arrived here to-day. Snow Storm. Washington, October 22.—There is a heavy snow storm falling here to day. Poison in Plants. Dr. Edmund Davy, Professor of Agri culture and Agricultural Chemistry in the Royal Dublin Society, has made some startling statements, conveying the result of his experiments as to the pres ence of arseuic in crops. He states posi tively that arsenic as it exists in the dif ferent artificial manners (such as super phosphate) will be taken up'by plants growing where those manures had been applied! Ho found this to be the case with cabbages ; and turnips taken from fields in which superphosphate had been used gave the most unmistakeable evi dence of having been arseniated. The facts thus collected appear to Dr. Davy to have some important bearings, for “ Though the quantity of arsenic which occurs in such manures is not large when compared with their other constituents, and the proportion of that substance which is thus added to the soil must be still small, still plants may, during their growth, as in the use of the alkaline and earthly salts, take up a considerable quan tity of this substance, though its propor tion to the soil may be but very small. Further, as arsenic is w'ell known to be an accumulating poison, by the continued use of vegetables, containing even a minute proportion of arsenic, that sub stance may collect ha the system till its amount may exercise an injurious effect upon the health of man and animals.” ♦ Throwing Stones at the Devil. A late reverend divine, well known for his quaint wit, as well as for his kind ness of heart, walking out back of his house, where anew street was opening, saw an Irishman hard at work with a crowbar, striving to dislodge a huge stoue from the ground, where it was held fast by the roots of a tree. His patience was fairly exhausted by the vain struggles he had made, and at last exclaimed, in a great passion : “ the devil take it! The devil take it!” The old pastor ap proached him, and quietly remarked that he ought not to make such free use of the name of the evil one, and certainly not to throw such a big stone at him as that. The Irishman was quiet in a minute, and striking his crowbar into the ground, and leaning leisurely on it, he turned up his face at once to the Doctor and the sunlight, and while over it played those indescribable forerunners of genuine Irish wit, be replied : “Och, then, and its yourself that’s findin’ a fau’t wid me for saying that same, when its yees aDd the like of yees, that’s paid by the year for abusing the ould gentleman all the time!” The old pastor turned away to smile and eDjoy the retort. M. Larez, of France, in the course of his investigations on the teeth, has ar rived at the following conclusions: Ist. That refined sugar, from either cane or beets, is injurious to healthy teeth, either by immediate contac. with these organs or by the gas developed, owing to its stoppage in the stomach. 2d. That if a tooth is macerated in a saturated solution of sugar, it is so much a’tercd in the chemical composition that it becomes ge latinous, and its enamel opaque, spongy and easily broken ; this modification is due not to free acid, but to a tendency of sugar to combine with the calcareous basis of the tooth. Harper’s Ferry. Harper's Ferry, where the disturb ance, which promises a most bloody finale, has taken place, is situated in the Valley of Virginia, at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers, and is located on a hill which is washed by both rivers. It contains about b,OOU in habitants. It is chiefly sustained by ibe Armory works, the laborers at which re side there. On the summit of the hill are many handsome residences, erected by the Federal Government for the resi dence of the officers at the Arsenal. Ine Armory, which has been captured by the insurgents, lies chiefly on the Potomac, whose waters propel the mach nery used. On the other side cf the town, on the Shenandoah, is situated the Armory, es pecially devoted to the manufacture of rifles. Capt. 15. Mills, is Master Amor er, and A. M. Ball* Master Machinist of the works. The bridge captured by the insurgents, and which was to be stormed on Monday by the U. S. Marines, is thus described in a recent letter to the Rich mond Dispatch : “ The Rail Road crosses from the left bank of the Potomac by a powerful bridge to tbe town. As it emerges from the bridge, it takes it course up the right bank of the Potomac, along a spacious platform that has two trucks, and is sus tained by pewerful timbers resting on iron and stone pillars, covering a part of the Armory grounds, and extending for near six hundred yards. Embankments could not be made, because the Armory must necessarily communicate with the river, which is easily done under the su : perstructure. On this broad platform the inhabitants take their evening prom nades, and it is a great convenience to them, as there is but little space here for locomotion, unless you ascend the hills.” The Leader of the Insurrection. — We were informed last night that Ander son, the leader of the rioters, is a noted Abolitionist, .and agent of the under ground rail road. He is from Troy, New York, and has, heretofore, made frequent visits to Harper's Ferry. Ills conduct toward the black population on these oc casions had been noticed, and involved him in suspicion. lie is represented as a most determined and dangerous man, and one who is likely to cause a great deal of trouble before lie will yield. A New Candidate for Senatorial Honors. In the Augusta Constitutionalist of the 21st, we find the following communication addressed to tbe citizens of Georgia. We suggest to the new candidate the propri ety of the publication of his letters of the 6th of August last, and his address at Gibson the 24th of September there after, that the people generally may un derstand his “record:” Mb. Editor: —ln accordance to a pre vious notice of my intention to be a can didate before the next Georgia Legislature for the office of United States Senator, and that I would define the entire politi cal condition of the country with the dangers attending thereto, &c., that my merit for this position might be approved of or disapproved by my countrymen, I now beg leave to say that this record is made up in my letter of the 6th of Au gust last in defining the political condition of the country, which letter has been ex tensively circulated ; and in my address upon the Home and Foreign policy of the United States, at Gibson, Ga., the 24th of September thereafter, which will be in the possession of the Legislature men, and all applicants, where it will not have to bo seut by mail, until all the copies are exhausted ; and upon this showing, I will be ready for the decision of my country men. . Respectfully, W. J. WILCHER. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 20, 1859. Distinguished Arrival. Among the distinguished arrivals by one of the recent steamers from Europe, is Madame Omar Pacha, wife of the cele brated Turkish commander who won so many laurels in Silistria. We understand that she ha3 come to reside in this coun try, at least for the present. Her history is somewhat remarkable. She is a na tive of Transylvania, and at 11 years of age was sent to school at Bucharest, where she developed a wonderful genius for music, and at fifteen had become cel ebrated in private circles by the brillian cy of her performances. Omar Pacha was at that time Military Cinnmander of Wallachia, and meeting the young lady at a soiree was delighted, first with her music, and then with her manners and conversation—became devoted to her, and finally married her. Not sharing at this time the Turkish notions about wo men, instead of shutting up his wife at home, she was allowed to accompany him in his military expeditious, and composed several pieces of military music, which became favorites with the Turkish army during the campaign. After the war was over, the Marshal, yitdding to more am bitious views, and conforming to the cus tom of bis country, married the daughter of Hafiz Pacha, with whom he kad main tained political relations, and directed the young Transylvanian to enter his harem. This, with a good deal of indignation and spirit, she refused to do—but at once sought and procured a divorce from the Marshal, and some two years since re paired to Paris, where she has since re sided. She has lived entirely in private, but has published several very popular pieces of music, and has become very well known in the musical circles of the me tropolis. She arrived iu this city by the Arago a few weeks since, and intends to spend the winter here.— N. Y Times. . Trade and Wages in Ireland. It is noticed as an evidence of the changed state of affairs in Ireland, that there has not for many a day been so much activity in the building trade as at the present time. A recent Irish paper says: In Dublin, master painters, decorators, &c.. find it impossible to procure suffi cient men for the work in hand,, and wages in those branches, especially, are increased. A painter of any capacity will get £1 16s. per week. This extraor dinary demand is easily accounted for. There has been, since the famine, a steady and very decided increase of wealth iu Ireland, extending to landlords, farmers, traders and other classes. For merly the owners of the soil were sunk deeply in improvidence. But all that is changed now. The towns arc improving, country mansions are improved, and many new ones are in course of erection ; and so general is the demand for arti sans that the supply is inadequate. Be sides, there are orders for tradesmen of this class from some parts of England, and altogether employment is much more active and labor is better remunerated than perhaps at any former period. The accounts*from Ulster show that employ ment is more brisk in the linen trade, and that the prospects are improving. Guinea Fowls a Protection to the. Poultry Yard. A. J. Farnham, of Bucks county, Pa., writes to tlie xVmerican Agriculturist to say that guinea fowh are nearly a pro tection against the depredations of hawks in the poultry yard. When one appears they set up their peculiar clatter, which alarms the hawk and he leaves without his dinner. This may be so, but we should prefer the music of oue old mus ket to that of a dozen guinea fowls for this purpose—yea, two of them. They have a pet feet Samson in the New Jersey State prison, in the person of a man named Johnson, recently convicted of forgery in Passaic county. Handcuffs and ropes are no for Lis muscle. He broke three sets of handcuffs, snap ping them like pipe-stems, and when his hands were tied behind him by a. rope he released himself in a few minutes. He is full six feet in height, spry and lively, and evidently a dangerous customer.— Even the Benicia Boy would be but a baby in bis hands. The receipts and expenditures of the American Tract Society, for six months of the current year of the Society ending Oct. Ist, have been for publications sold, $103,506 34; in legacies and donations, $39,380 47; in all, $142,886 81—being $5,069 50 more than for the correspond ing months of the previous year. From the Savannah Kews ot 21st. Tlie Wanderer Gone to tUe African Coast after a Cargo of Negroe*. We published yesterday an account of the theft of the yacht Wanderer, and o her escape to sea, in which we stated that Capt, Wm. F. Black, a Shipping Mas ter, and Edward Talbot, a runner of this port, had been carried off by that vessel. The anxiety of the friends of these individ uals for their fate was relieved yesterday morning by their return to the city in their boat. From what we have been able to learn, it appears that Capt. Martin, alias Fat ten, who represented himself to Mr. C. Hussey as being in negotiation for an in terest in the Wanderer, some time in the latter part of last week engaged him to ship a crew for that vessel for a voyage to Mauianzas. Mr. H. engaged to do so, and furnished Martin with a number of his cards, after which one by one men came to him with his card, upou the back of which was endorsed : “ Ship the bearer for the Wanderer, D. S. MARTIN.” Fourteen men were shipped by Mr. Hussey, all of whom signed regular ar ticles, and ‘or whom he intended to ren der his bill and expected to receive his usual fee, according to custom, after the vessel bad cleared at the Custom House, which the Captain informed him woud be done at 11 o’clock-on Wednesday morn ing- The following are the names given by thirteen of Abe crew shipped by Mr. II.: Thomas King, 2d Mate; James Kenny, Steward, Ireland ; Geo. Chilister, Cook, Maine; John Smith, Mass.; Ned Allen, Philadelphia; Harry Somers, Massachu setts; Peter Lynch, Ireland; Wm. Davis, Maine; Albert Morgan, Maine; Charles Brooks, New York; Chas. Hunter, Maine; George Pepper, Ireland ; M. F. Donnell, Maine. On Tuesday evening about half past 9 o’clock, Capt. Black, who is engaged with Mr. Hussey in the shipping business, met Capt. Martin, and knowing that he was soon to sail, asked him for the amount of the shipping bill. Capt. M. invited him on board the Wanderer. He went, with Edward Talbot, in the boat which was conveying provisions to the yacht, then lying in the stream near the lower rice mill. When on board he was invited by Capt, Marlin to take a glass of wine, which lie did. Shortly after, he observed certain movements which convinced him that the Wanderer was about to put to sea, when he proposed to go on shore. Capt. Martin then stated to him that he was going to leave the port, and that no living soul should leave the vessel. That under the circumstances he would not trust his own brother, and that he would blow out the brains of any man who at tempted.to leave the vessel. It being use less to offer any resistance Capt. B. obeyed thß order to go below, where he laid down upon a sofa, and, after some time, being much fatigmd, fell asleep. Between three aud four o’clock in the morning lie was awakened by a commotion on board, and found that the yacht was aground. Capt. Martin was in a towering passion at the mishap, aud was very uneasy until about 10- o’clock, when the tide enabled the Wanderer to float, aud she was again got under way and stood out to sea. Capt. Black and his kidnapped companion now renewed their appeals to be put on shore, to which Capt. Martin replied that he could not release them, and that if they would go the voyage with him it would be greatly to their advantage. Persisting in their entreaties to be put ashore, the Captain of the Wanderer finally consent ed, when he was well out of the harbor, to let them go. While the vessel was under full sail, and going at a rapid rate, they were allowed to jump into their boat which was towing astern. As the line was cast oft’ the Captain said to them— “ Now go—my name is Patton, I am bound to the coast of Africa fur a cargo of Negroes—give my respects to the people of Savannah, and tell them to .” The conclusion of his speech which was not distinctly heard may be imagined by the reader. The men thus released, after a hard pull, arrived here yesterday morning, thoroughly convinced that the present cruise of the Wanderer has no connection whatever with tho marooning party, as is suggested by our neighbor of the Repub lican in his editorial of yesterday. Tlie Prison of Havana, The Presidio and Grand Carcel of Ha vana is a ’.urge building of yellow stone, standing near the fort of Punta, and is one of the striking objects as you enter the harbor. It has no appearance of a jail without, but rather of a palace or a court; but within, is full of live men’s bones and of all uncleanliness. No man, whose notions are derived from an Arner can or English penitentiary of the last twenty years, or fifty years, can form au idea of the great Cuban prison. It is simply horrible. There are no cells, ex cept for solitary confinement of immicadots,” —who are usually political offenders. The prisoners are placed in large rooms, witji stone lioors and grated windows, where they are left, from twen ty to fifty in each, without work, without books, without interference or interven tion of any one, day and night—day aud night, for the weeks, months, or years of their sentences. The sights are dreadful. In this hot climate, so many beings, with no provision for ventilation but the grated windows—so unclean, and most of them naked above tbe waist—all spend their time in walking, talking, playing and smoking; and at night, without bed or blanket, they lie down on the stone floor, on what clothes they may have, to sleep if they can. The whole prison, with the exception of the few cells for the “incom municadosf was a series of these great cages in which human beings were shut up. Incarceration is the beginning, mid dle and end of the whole system.— Dana. One of our exchanges informs us that the editor had been to church, whereafter listening to an eloquent appeal in behalf of some imaginary enterprise, the plate was passed round for contributions.— Parson L., who was one of the basket bearers, taking the side on'which wc sat. Immediately in front and upon the next seat negligently reclined our friend Bill 11., a gentleman of infinite humor and full of dry jokes. Parson L., extended the bas ket to Bill, and he slowly shook his head. “ Come, William, give us something,” said the Parson. “ Can’t do it,” replied Bill. “Why not? Is not the cause a good one ?” “ I can’t afford it.” “ Poh! poll! I know better; you must give a better reason than that.” Well, I owe too much money—l must be just before I am generous, you know.” “ But, William, you owe God a larger debt thau you owe any one else.” “That’s true, Parson; hut then he aint a pushing me like the balance of mg credi tors .” s* About a month ago an auctioneer named Wm. Little, doing business at 337 Fulton street, in selling a quantity of old furni ture, sold an old clock to another auc tioneer, named Townsend, doing business in Myrtle avenue, for fifty cents. The clock remained in Townsend’s store until about a week ago, when he sold it for ten dollars to a man who resides in Fulton avenue, who, on taking it home, discov ered that a looking glass which was in the back of the clock was cracked. He took it out with the intention of having a new one put in, when, to his astonish ment, he discovered Dotes of the Bank of England, behind it, amount'ng to about £3,000. It is said that the heirs of the estate to which the c’ock originally be longed intend to commence an action for the recovery of tbe money.— New York Evening Rost. The steamship Empire City sailed from New Orleans on the 20th, with $150,000 for New York. The ship Antarctic from New York, ar rived at New Orleans on the 20th, and reports that the bark Augustus Mayo, from New Yorit, had been ashore on Mus cle Shoals, and was got off by the wreck ers. The brig Dow also arrived at New Or leans with the crew and a portion of the cargo of the schooner Ellen Bu-h, from Philadelphia for Galveston, which sprung a leak and sunk. Who Invests In V- S. Fn<l* • Not the least curious desk iu the sun treasury in New I ork city, is that o * ie clerk who pays the interest on the poo lie debt. The coupons and interest on about seven-eighths of the debt of tUe uai • ted States are paid out ot the sub-treas ury in New York. The balance is in the shape of an inscribed-debt, on which toe interest is payable to ibe parties “hose names are entered on the great rolls at Washington. Every >ix months the names of the parties are written out in a book at Washington and sent here to 1 serve as a guide to the sub-treasury. These books are a curious study. Many i 0 f the names they contain are household ! words. Some are the names of Europe- I -m*- others of West Indians, and even Asiatics. Barely a third of the public debt is held iri this country. The bmk of it, we imagine, is held in continental Europe. One is DOt surprised to find the names of John J. Astor. W. B. Astor, Jacob Little, George Peabody, aud such men, in the list of the creditors ot the United States, but they and their coun trymen are in a minority. Tbe heaviest foreigu creditor we no ticed is Lord Overstone,(the famous John Lloyd,) who has net this country no ‘less than $350,000. A Spanish lady, Merced de Layseca, is our creditor to the tune of $200,000, and a noble friend of hers, the Count Casa Montlovoy Castillo, draws six per cert, on SIOO,OOO. Several per sons connected with the royal families of Europe ate ct editors of ours. The broth er of the King of Naples took $50,000 some years ago, and instructed his agent to invest the dividends as they accrued, in the same security. He now owns over $75,000. Hisniece, tho daughter of Bom ba, is registered as a creditor for over $50,000. These wise people have been looking out for a rany day. Another no ble personage, the late Duchess of Or leans, has enough in the United States sixes to save the Count of Paris from be ing compelled to follow his grandfather’s example and keep school; several of the Saxe Coburg Gothas have a’so invested in the same country. The Court Rossi saw enough of this country while he was here, to invest a few thousands in the famous name of Sontag; and little Paul Julien has a trifle —enough to keep him when his violin fails. One can readily account for the appearance of the name of the Roths childs, both in London and Paris; brt it is curious that the famous publisher, Panchouke, of Paris, is a creditor of the United States; and that the dramatic au thor, Scribe, has also invested enough to give him nearly 10,000 francs a year. A careful study of democracy in America appears to have persuaded Monsieur de Tocqueville to lodge some of bis savings in the hands of our government; and Lord Macauley, who began with a baga telle of some $5,000, has since increaed his venture to nearly $30,000. Lord Elgin saw enough of us to leave $17,000 of his savings in our six per cents: and the famous Russian, Alexan dre Ilerzen, has a bagatelle of SBO,OOO in the same security. There is another creditor whose name is a curiosity. It runs thus: Baron Louis Nuraa Epaminon das Justinan Aristides Decius Salis Ilal denstein Lichenstein Gertensteiu. Fancy a man with such a name drawing twenty six dollars and fifty cents from the Uni ted States! But we shall never end if we attempt to enumerate all the people who have their money placed in the United States securities. Here are Lord Dundonald, the great sailor, who has a large sum for a son of Neptune ; the Prince de Beau vean, the Count de Narbonne, Sir John Bayiey, the Marquis of Champagne, Bar ing Brothers, Count de Beaumont, Gen. Bermoloff, and a host of titled people, who, perhaps, depend upon the honesty and solvency of the United States Gov ernment for a living. John Brown. The recent commencement of the “ir- j repressible conflict” of Seward & Cos., at Harper’s Ferry, under tbe auspices of its proto martyi, John Brown, has made the j latter individual more of a hero than ever. As public attention has been par ticularly drawn towards Brown, a tew reminiscences of his former exploits will be interesting items of Consideration, j We are indebted to his old pro-slavery antagonist, Captain 11. Clay Pate, for the following facts in his lawless career. Brown is nearly seventy years old. He | commanded at “Black Jack,” Kansas Territory, June 2d, 1856, when he treach erously took Capt. Pate prisoner, though a flag of truce was waving over Captain Pate’s head. He was defeated at Ossawatamie, 3d September, 1856, by Captain Reid’s com mand. After that he headed a band of horse thieves. About tbe 25th June, 1856, Brown and his sons assassinated five ffieu, in the night, on Pottowottomi Creek (three Doyles—father and two sons—Wm. Sher raon, and Wilkinson, a member of tbe | Legislature) at their homes, all pro slavery but unoffending citizens. Last Spring, Brown made an “irre pressible” foray into Missouri, and car ried away seventeen negroes. He was j accompanied by Dr. Day, who was caught, and recently escaped from jail at St. Joseph. Brown landed his negroes safely in Canada, and got his reward from the abolition societies. Brown has been a good deal in the South. It is said that he is the last sur vivor of “Murrell’s” celebrated gang of counterfeiters. He had eleven sons, who all shared in his enterprises. He has always hereto fore escaped unhurt. In his principles he always professed to be “for war,” and to be a strict disci- ( pie of the “irrepressible conflict” school. We hope he will recover from his wounds, that the gallows may not be cheated of its fit ornament. —Norfolk Argus. Latest from Harper’s Ferry—Recov ery of and Disclosures ly Brown. Baltimore, Oct. 21.—0n yesterday while Capt. Brown was conversing in the I presence of Secretary Mason and the j Hons. Messrs. Faulkner, Vallandigham | aud others, he answered questions clearly ! demonstrating the complcity of numerous | persons in the Northern, Western, and Lastern States. He refused to answer whether he had conferred with Giddings, of Ohio, about the Virginian expedition! He admitted that lie had numerous sym | pathizers in all the free States, j District Attorney Ould has left for j Washington, thus relinquishing the pris- i ■ oners to the authorities of Virginia. Gov. Wise ridicules the people of liar- | per's Ferry for being captured and im- j ’ prisoned by a handful cf men. LroWn is in no danger from his wound. Ger:itt Smith’s letter to Brown is an obscure document, saying that he had done and would do what, lie could to keep j Brown at his Kansas work. Premonitions of their Fat®. An exchange paper suys that “two of i the young ladies killed by the fall of the Albion canal bridge bad premonitions of 1 their fate. One, Sarah Thomas, dreamed that she was on the bridge with a number of people, when it fell, and she was drowned. The sensation was so vivid • that she mentioned it several times, but she had no superstitious, dread on the i subject, as she did not decline to go upon j the bridge when asked. The other, Au j gust,. Martin, did not seem to have an 1 ilea how she should die, but ou the day ! she went to Albion, arranged her house I j hold things very carefully, saying she 1 would not live long and wanted them all 1 ; right. Both instances are well vouched ; for. Mrs. Martin, the mother of one girl, was so e flee ted by this terrible feature of the case as to lose her reason.” j _ ♦ The Louisiana Sugar Planter says of the coining sugar crop : “Results of ob : servation in a section of the State where the crops more rarely fail than in any other, and the concurrent testimony of . planters in other sections, have brought ! us to the conclusion that the yield this season will be less than that of the last by over IQO.OOO hogsheads.” Ihe crop last year was about 440,060 i hogsheads. It is reported that Bishop Davis, of South Carolina, has become almost total ly blind. Later from Texas. At Galveston, from the 15tli to the 17th instant, inclusive, nino deaths by yellow fever are reported. Only a few new cases are reported, and the sick are recovering. At. Houston, from the 14th to the 17th, j,inclusive, there were twenty burials. At Cypress City, up to the 16th. there had been twenty deaths. The Houston How ard Association have a number of nurses there. The Directors of the Brazoria rail road have adopted measures to extend the road ! to Oyster Creek at once, which will leave but eight miles to Columbia. 1 The Houston Telegraph lias received samples of new sugar from Col. J. D. Waters, whose crop is turning out splen didly. The cotton crop in Smith county and neighborhood has been seriously injured by heavy rains. The Indians continue their depreda tions on the northern frontier, murdering helpless families, in Camancbe and other counties, and forcing many families to fly for their lives. A large amount of Mexican copper ore, from El Paso, for New York, reached La vaca on the 14th. Emigration. —The McKinney Messenger says thousands of wagons are now oi the I route from Missouri, destined for Gray son, Collin and the adjoining counties of Texas. Cotton Crop and Movement. —The Gon zales Enquirer states that the planters have taker, advantage of the fine weather for gathering their cotton, and the pro mise is good of a large crop. It is too late to suffer damage, except from frost. The Seguin Mercury learns that a cou eiderable amount of cotton is now being transported to Mexico. The Victoria Ad vocate is confident many planters of that neighborhood will gather at least two bales to the acre, and ; some expect, to produce twenty bales to , j the hand. We think not. The Matagorda Gazette thinks (he crop of that region will fall a quarter short of that of last year. Wheal — Frost. —The Dallas Herald says: Major Samuel M. Scott, of that county, has just housed his wheat crop of 4,000 ■ bushels, weighing 04 pounds to the bush el, and produced at the rate of 24 bushels to the acre. The first frost of the season made its , appearance on the morning of the 2d and |3d inst. It was seen as late as 8 o’clock in the morning. Rope Factory . —The Brcnham Era gives j an account of anew rope factory at that place : It is turning out ten to fifteen thousand feet of rope per day. The hemp is grown by the proprietor, Mr. Z. B. Simms, who has 58,000 pounds on hand. Hogs—Prices, &c. The Chattanooga Advertiser of the 20th inst. says: “We are not far wrong whefi we state that there are not half the num ber of hogs in this and adjacent counties ! that there were one year ago. We hear j of one gentleman who a short time since turned a drove of some hundreds into a cornfield to fatten, and on visiting the field two weeks afterwards, could find only some ten or a dozen live hogs out of the three hundred—all had died of hog cholera. As to the price that will govern j the liog market, we are as yet unable to give definite and reliable information.— We know of one gentleman who bas given Is 425 per hundred, gross. Another lot was recently purchased in Middle Ten nessee at $4 per hundred, gross. These are the only lots that we have known purchased. ♦ There is said to be now living in the ! city of Cincinnati a Frenchman, a hog | driver at present, dissipated in his hab its, and wretchedly poor, who was born 1 in tbe midst of princely luxury, bis father holding a high position in the court of Napoleon I. His baptism was conducted with almost royal ceremony, Prince Murat ! standing as his god-father, and no less a personage than tho Empress Josephine as his god-mother. In the changes of the government which followed, the child was banished from France, and in this country he has lived a life of extreme poverty. The French government recently’ allowed ; him a small pension, but he spends that, and all of his trifling earnings, for whis ky.—N. O. True Delta. — Southern Planter’s Convention. At the convention of planters held at Nashville, on the 10th inst., a resolution was passed recommending the adoption of a plan by the Agricultural Boards of the SouLhern States, by which semi monthly reports of the growing cottcn crops could be had from any county in the South. In view of the conflicting opinions as to reclaiming the great alluvia! deposit . of the Mississippi river and some of its lower tributaries, a resolution was passed appointing a committee to memorialize Congress on the propriety of issuing an order to Lieut. Maury to select a suitable corps of Engineers, and with these, to make a complete survey of the whole valley and river from St. Louis to New ! Orleans. A Warning Conte^lon, We saw, yesterday evening, says the Charleston Courier, a bill ($2) which had i been paid to a conductor on tbe South ! Carolina Rail Road. It was endorsed with the following : Here goes the last of one hundred thousand, and it goes for whisky, which has been my ruin. To all who see this bill and drink the accursed stuff, I say quit. A DRUNKARD. Dr. Cloud’s Rural Magazine, for No vember. has been received. It makes its appearance in. Dew type, and contains the usual quota of original and well-selected matter. The proprietor has published a prospectus for anew and enlarged series for 1860. Hereafter the Cotton Planter will have the addition of a Horticultural Department, for which the services of Robert Nelson, A. M , a gentlemen of extensive scientific attainments, have been engaged. We recommend it as : worth five times the subscription price, which is only $2 per annum. The Eut aw (Ala.) Whig says Commo | dore Childress, who was wounded in the . recent duel with Randolph, is rapidly recovering. A Pickens oouniy paper states that j Childress addressed a note to Randolph the evening before the duei, which was i not delivered. It is stated that a compro mise was written out by Gen. Syd. Moore and someone else, which was signed by Randolph and then sent to Childress, bat failed to reach him. Fast. Trotting. At the horse show at Boston on the 14th inst., the principal trot was between Columbus and the Montreal stallion, Live Oak, of mile heats for a purse of SSOO. Columbus was the winner, ruak j ing the first heat in 2 min. 35J sec.: the second 2 min. 86J sec.; and the third in 2 min. 40 seconds. The great trotting matoh for the eiti zens-purse of $2,000 came off at Kalama zoo, Michigan, on the 15th inst., at the National Horse Show Course. Flora Teni pie won, making the best time on record, viz: First heat, 2:32J; second heat, 2:223; third heat, 2:19f. ♦ Accident on tlie Mobile and Oii° Rail Road. There was a collision of trains on the Mobile aud Ohio Rail Road, on SundjV last, causing considerable damage to the cars, and scaldiDg some four persons.—- And on Wednesday, five or six cars ot the down train ran off the track ueai Whistler, and were considerably broken up.