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Tuesday Biarch 27, ISGO.
The Presbytery of Florida will com
mence its regular Spring session in Thom
asvillc, Wednesday, the 21st inst.
The town of Goldsboro, N. C., was vis
ited on Monday night last with snow, rain
and hail. The housetops were slightly
covered the next morning.
A gay Lothario connected with one of
the city papers of Norfolk, Va.. and who
is said to have a wife in another city,
eloped recently with an “unoccupied fe
male.’’
Messrs. Levy & Robb, two citizens of
Pensacola, have established a Foundry
in that city for the manufacture of every
thing in their line of business.
Mr. John Sjmous, a native of England,
and for several years a resideut of Sa
vannah, died suddenly in that city Sun
day morning from disease of the heart.
New Paper.
Cary W. Styles, Fisq., of Glynn, has
issued a prospectus of a paper to be pub- j
lished by him at Waresboro in this State, j
to commence about the middle of next j
month. He is represented to be a ready ■
and vigorous writer. j
Indian liesei valions.
The commissioner of Indian affairs,
according to a dispatch from Washing
ton, has given notice that even the aid
of the army will be called, if trespassers
on Indian reservations in Kansas and
elsewhere do not cease their action.
Delegation from Virginia.
The District convention (15th District)
met at Parkersburgh the 15th to appoint
delegates to the Democratic National Con
vention. Henry Fitzhugh and John
Brannon were appointed delegates. Both
are Hunter men.
Hail lioad Accident.
An accident occurred to the 8 o’clock
Northern train from Baltimore the 15tb,
occasioned by the breaking of an axle
fifteen miles from the city. Mrs. Hutch
ins had a leg fractured and several others
were injured.
Officers of file Hungarian.
The following is a correct list of officers
of the Hungarian who sailed in the voyage
in which she was lost; Thomas Jones,
Commander ; Mr. Harris, first officer ;
Mr. Allan, 2d officer ; Mr. Porter, 3d
officer ; Mr. Kane, 4th officer.
Georgia Educational Journal.
This paper has been recently enlarged,
and a change has also taken place in its
editorial management. Prof. E. A. Mar
shal, of Griffin, an excellent Phonograph
ic reporter, has purchased an interest,
and with Dr. G. T. Wilburn -will conduct
the editorial department.
Texas Wheat Region.
A correspondent of the Washington |
States, traveling in Texas, gives brief
mention of its wheat region, where tlio
amount produced to the acre is almost
fabulous. From 25 to 35 bushels to the
acre is not unusual, weighing 74 and 78
pounds to the bushel.
Capt. Lambert of her Brittanic Majes- j
ty’s steam corvette Vixen, was recently
murdered outside of the walls of Lima
and robbed of his watch and money. A
rumor prevails that at the time of his j
death, he was engaged to be married to a
sister of Mrs. Clay, wife of the United !
States Minister to Peru. He was only ■
twenty-six years of age.
Drowned.
The Charlotte (N. C.) Bulletin states
that G. C. Mendenhall, Esq., of James
town, Guilford county, N. C., was acci
deutly drowned in attempting to ford
the Wharie lliver, on Friday last, about
20 miles below Jamestown. His body,
horse and buggy have been recovered
and the former was interred at Jamestown
on Monday last.
The Forrest Divorce Case.
“Pink,'’ the New York correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, says Mrs.
Forrest has again got the better of her
husband, the great “tragedian.” The
report of the referee awarding her $4,000
a year instead of SB,OOO has been con
firmed. The fact is established that For
rest will now have to pay his wife that
sum a year with interest from the day
the verdict of divorce was granted.
Departure of Morrissy.
Among the passengers by the Africa
which sailed the 14th from New Pork for
Liverpool, was John Morrissey and half a
dozen other notorious prize lighters, who
go out to witness the Ileer.an-Sayers bat
tle. About five minutes before the steam
er sailed, Morrissey received telegraphic
intelligence of the death of his mother;
but so strong was his interest in the “in
ternational” prizefight, that it triumphed
over the instincts of filial affection.
Macon nml Augusta Rati Road.
The Columbia South Carolinian, allu
ding to the convention called by the
Mayor of Augusta for the 28th inst.,
with reference to the ‘interests of the
above enterprise, says the result of that
convention will materially affect the
Columbia and Hamburg Rail Road. If
the Macon aud Augusta Rail Road is
built, upon the completion of the Mobile
and Girard Rail Road, Columbia by the
Hamburg Road would have an almost air
ine connection with Mobile.
Progress of the Pensacola Koad.
The Pensacola Observer of the loth, i
says the Rail lload toMontgdmery to the
Alabama line, is completed and in run
ning order for over thirty miles ; and it
is more gratifying to know that the busi- j
ness on it thus far, has exceeded the ex- !
pectations of its managers, and that it is
paying well over and above its running
expenses.
The bark Nagget freighted with iron
for the Pensacola end, arrived from Eu
rope the day of the above date.
New Military Company.
A Volunteer Company was organized
at Eutaw, Alabama, the 10th inst. Hon.
Stephen F. Ilale was elected Captain.
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Ship’s Crew Saved.
Chaezestc??, March 10. —The ship
Hartford Uavis, from Liverpool, brings
the Captain, crew, and one passenger, of
the bark Excelsior, from Mew York for
Rarbadoes, which was dismasted and
abandoned at sea in a gale on the 27th of
February.
VOLUME III.}
Wlio la to Blame !
We are permitted to make the following
extract fr< m a letter from Nashville to
the Agent of the Howard Factory in this
city. It speaks sufficiently tor itself:
“ The delay that universally occurs in
getting goods from your place to this, is
intolerable, and we would add, disgrace
ful to those having the management of
your Railroad. The complaint in this
respect is doiDg yours’ and other manu
factories much harm, and we only won
der that you do not, by some means,
guard your interest by having so glaring
an evil abated.”
The matters complained of in the above
extract is one in which our city and Fac
tories especially, are interested, and we
lay it before them, that steps may betak
en, if possible, to remove the just cause
of complaint. Os one thing, however,
we are assured, and that is, the fault liec
at some other office than the depot of the
Opelika Railroad in this city. Goods are
invariably shipped and delivered in send
ing or receiving, with all possible dis
patch here. The AgeDt is one of the
most prompt and attentive men to his bu
siness in Columbus or any other city, and
we are satisfied and unhesitatingly un
dertake to affirm, that goods sent from
here and consigned to parties in Nash
ville, always leave the depot here for their
destination immediately or as soon as
practicable. The fault is attributable to
other offices between this city and Nash
ville, and an investigation by the mana
gers of the intervening Railroads would
confirm this statement.
What we have said of the promptness
and attentiveness of the Agent here, is
based upon the authority of those who
have satisfied themselves of its truth, by
personal knowledge.
Procession of Sons of Malta.
This mysterious order, says the Augus
ta Chronicle, paraded our streets on Tues
day night, dressed in long white robes,
wearing hideous masks, and bearing
torches. They were preceded by the
Augusta Brass Band, playing dirges suit
ed to the grave nature of the proceedings.
A strong delegation of “sovereigns,” led
by curiosity, followed the procession,
which finally brought up on the middle
of the bridge, and the grand finale was
then performed, by tumbling a coffin and
some other funeral paraphernalia into
the river. Blue lights shed a ghastly
glare on the dramatis personce, including
the spectators, the latter of which set up
a feeble shout at the close. This impos
ing ceremony took place very properly
about midnight—“ the witching time of
night, when church yards yawn,” &c.—
Before cock crowing, however, these
ghastly chaps had vanished from the
scene, and “order reigned” in Bridge
Row. Who is the “G.R.J. A.?”
The Troy Rail Road.
In another column of this impression
of the Sun, will be found the proceedings
of a Railroad meeting held at Troy, Pike
co., Ala., for the purpose of organizing
under the charter granted by the Ala
bama Legislature at its recent session ;
also to initiate measures to *procure the
means necessary to build said Road.
The Troy Railroad is designed to con
nect that town with some convenient
point on the Mobile and Girard Railroad,
which will facilitate communication with
and establish intimate and-permanent
commercial relations between this city
and that large and flourishing county. —
The participants in that meeting evi
dently mean what they say, and the peo
ple of the entire county are fully impress
ed with the importance of the proposed
connection in securing them easy access
to a market for their products.
Wc design to recur to this subject and
matters germaiu to if, in our next issue.
Accident to tile Munnerlyn.
The Bainbridge Argus states that the
steamer Munnerlyn is now lying and de
tained a few miles below that city incon
sequence of the breaking of her shaft.
No other damage was done to her. She
had just returned from Albany and was
on her way down the river. Arrange
ments had been made by which a regular
connection was to have been made with
the J. C. Calhoun running to Columbus,
which will necessarily be interrupted for
some time by the accident.
The Columbus Iron Works, we under
stand, will repair or make an entirely
new shaft for her, and are, we believe,
now engaged in doing so.
Montgomery and Selma Rail Road.
A movement is now making for the
construction of this great and important
link in the rail road connection of the
Atlantic and Pacific. On the second day
of April we observe that books of sub
scription will be opened at the Central
Bauk in Montgomery, by virtue of a res
olution adopted by the commissioners ap
pointed in the charter. They will be
kept open until the sum of SIOO,OOO is
subscribed to the capital stock of the
Company. This is one of the most im
portant roads projected in Alabama, and
will add greatly to the growing commer
cial importance of both Selma and Mont
gomery.
Lady Burnt to Deatli.
The Mobile Tribune records the death
by burning of Miss Sarah Byrnes, at her
residence in Blakely, Baldwin county,
Ala. It appears that she was burning up
the trash, leaves, &c., in her garden,
when her clothes accidentally caught fire,
aud before any assistance could be ren
dered her, she was burnt so badly, that
she died Thursday morning. Miss Byrnes
was the daughter of the late Thos. Byrnes,
sr., and a sister-in-law of Mr. Z. Hub
bard, of that city.
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Negroes Burned.
The Tallahassee Floridian states that
I on Monday, the 12th inst., a negro cabin
; on the plantation of Dr. W. F. Robertson
of that city was burnt. There were three
negroes in it at the time, one of whom
was burnt to death and the other two
badly injured.
Another Fire in Mobile.
Another fire occurred in Mobile a few
days since, breaking out in the brick
building occupied by B. Tardy & Cos. It
is estimated that $25,000 or $30,000 will
cover the whole loss, and $23,750 the
losses of the Insurance companies.
Chattanooga Marliet.
The Gazette says the supply of flour in
Chattanooga is good, and meets with
ready sale. The supply of corn is limi
ted, and what is strange, there is a de
mand with a downward tendency.
Mr. A. M. Shahan, of Demopolis fell
overboard from the steamer Cherokee, on
the Bigby river, on her trip from Mobile
last week: and was drowned.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Rail Road Iron.
Messrs. Rogerson & Cos., as we learn
from the Cahawba Slaveholder, who have
taken the contract for the bridge and rails
ofthe Mobile & Great Northern Rail Road,
have supplied with rails the following
among other Rail Road Companies:
North Eastern Railway Company of
England, who alone carry, in each year,
6,000,000 ton of coal, goods, &c., over
their road. South Eastern Railway Cos.,
who run their train at 50 miles per hour.
The Great Northern Railway Company
of England. The Naples and Castlemore
Railway, Naples. The Leopolidi Rail
way, of Florence. The Seville and Ca
diz Railway. The Grand Russian Rail
way. They have contracted to furnish
material to the Victoria bridge at Mon
treal, and actually supplied the Rails, in
October last, to place upon the bridge,
which were taken from them especially
on account of their superiority in wear,
&c. In bridges they have supplied most
of the Railway Companies in England,
and are prepared to supply any Compa
ny with Rails. See advertisement.
Texas Going Ahead,
Texas, says the New Orleans l’icayune,
has become the favorite point sought by
the adventurous and enterprising of all
the States. Population is increasing with
unexampled speed. Lands are rising in
value with every year. The resources of
this magnificent State are rapidly devel
oping. Her cotton production shows ex
traordinary progress. She has already
produced sugar to the extent of thousands
of hogsheads and tens of thousands of
sheep and cattle, and the time is not dis
tant when her product of wool will sur
pass the most flourishing of the older
States and the amount of her stock sent to
a Southern market exceeds that furnished
by the'great valley of the West.
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New Steam Lines to Snvannali.
Anew steamship, the D. Bedford, has
been put on the line between Baltimore
and Savannah, and the steamship S. R.
Spalding on the line from Boston to Sa
vannah. The News says :
These steamers are said to be splendid
new Iron ships, of 1,200 tons each, with
first class accommodations for about one
hundred passengers, and capable of tak
ing 8,000 bbls. freight. The ehips are
put on their respective lines by a Balti
more company, who design putting on
others, and establishing permanent lines
of direct steamship communication be
tween this city and Baltimore and Bos
ton. The ships are new and well adap
ted to the trade for which they are de
signed.
if Bussell's Magazine.”
e rcjrret that this able monthly, pub
lished hitherto at Charleston, S. C., has
been discontinued. It was one of the
ablest and most interesting periodicals
in the country. Why do the Southern
people permit such magazines as Russell’s
to go down, and the Messenger to lan
guish, while they bestow liberal patron
age on Northern periodicals ?
The above query is made by the Rich
mond Dispatch. The necessity of sup
porting Southern periodicals has been
made the text for many a long newspaper
article, but their appeals in favor of a
home literature have fallen still-born up
on their readers, and all such arguments
i for the future will be as effectual as de
j claiming to the winds. We suppose Rus
sell’s and olher periodicals have languish
ed and died, because those who should
have sustained them, regarded the claims
of some isolated Northern enterprise of
the kind, as paramount to those at home.
Instead of sustaining beth, they have
concentrated their influence and support
on one to the exclusion of the other.
Russell’s Magazine was an able one,
and worthy of abundant support; but
when another experiment of the kind suc
ceeds, it will be after this generation
shall have passed away, and a more ap
preciative and considerate one has taken
its place.
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Tire Executions at Charlestown.
The following dispatch to the Rich
mond and Petersburg papers give fuller
particulars of the late execution at
Charlestown:
Charlestown, Va., March 16.—The
town was thronged with visitors to-day,
and great excitement prevailed in view of
the execution of the last of the Harper’s
Ferry convicts, Stevens and Hazlett.
There were several military companies
present, and everything was conducted
with the most perfect system. The pris
oners were hung at 12 o’clock, on the
scaffold upon which Brown and his other
comrades were swung. Both appeared
resigned to their fate. Stevens died very
hard. Hazlett died without a struggle.
They both manifested complete firmness
and resignation to the last.
The prisoners declined all attention
from the ministry, and consequently
there were no religious ceremonies.
They were cheerful to the last. Both
bodies were forwarded to Marcus Spring,
South Amboy, New Jersey. Both were
Spiritualists, and had a peculiar religion
of their own, which sustained them in
their last moments.
Disbanding a Military Company.
The Governor of Wisconsin has dis
banded and disarmed the Union Guard,
because Capt. Barry expressed an opin
ion in private conversation, that in case .
of a conflict between the United States
authorities and those of the State in the
Booth case, he would order out his com
pany in obedience to the former, as he
considered his duty to the United States
paramount to that he owed the State. In
this particular case the Captain was cor
rect ; but as a general rule a citizen
should owe his allegiance, first and last,
to the State.
Augusta and Macon Railroad.
The citizens of Macon held a meeting
in that city the night of the 21st, and
unanimously adopted resolutions ratify
ing the action of the City Council, on the
13th inst., and authorizing the Mayor to
subscribe $50,000 to the capital stock of
the Railroad to Augusta, or other point
that may be fixed upon. The Telegraph
publishes the proceedings of the meeting.
By an act of the Legislature, Macon is
prohibited from subscribing more than
$250,000 to any enterprise. Having al
ready subscribed $200,000 to the Bruns
wick Road, she could not subscribe more
than $50,000 to the Road to Augusta.
Spain Ready to Sell Cuba.
, The New York Courier & Enquirer
! learns from a satisfactory source in Par
j is, that the French Government were ad
vised that Spain has agreed to sell Cuba
’ to the United States. Everything was ar
! ranged except the/w-icr, about which there
was some little difference of opinion.
j The Camden (Ala.) Register says a ne
gro man, property of Mrs. Bussey, was
feund recently hanging on the limb of a
i tree, about four miles Irom town, where
he had been hanging, it is supposed, for
> two weeks. He was a runaway, and was
i supposed to have been laboring under a
. fit of derangement.
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, MARCH 27, 1860.
Theatre —Wednesday Evening.
“Peg Woffington” and the “Four Sis
ters” composed the bill presented at the
Theatre, Wednesday evening. We were
not present duriDg a p\rt of the time,
but what we witnessed was a decided im
provement on the performance of the
evening previous—and we might add,
also of any part of the week. It passed
off very creditably to Miss Mitchell and
agreeably to the audience, which we ob
served was considerably larger than
usual.
The plays Tuesday evening and the
style in which they were rendered, were
more suited to the habitues of the thea
tres of the large cities of the Union;
but on Wednesday, they were more adapt
ed to the latitude of a city like Columbus.
Without being destitute of the natural
vivacity which distinguishes and lends a
charm to the acting of the favorite little
Maggie ; they were free from the natu
ral, but to some, the objectionable exag
geration of manner of rendering the
pieces Tuesday evening. Miss Mitchell
was also very well supported by Mr.
Fleming’s Company.
The plays are all new in this section,
and those who fancy something fresh and
piquant, should turn out during the
week. The performances are interspersed
and enlivened with pieces by the Orches
tra, which is composed of first rate musi
cal talent.
The Messrs. Blake.
These individuals, who recently made
their exit from Clayton, Ala., on a smooth
rail , to the tune of Rogue’s March, for tam
pering with a slave, made their appear
ance in Fort Gaines last week, says the
Cuthbert Reporter, and were given four
hours to leave the place. They went to
Claytbn for the pur; ose, as they said,
of procuring certificates of the citizens of
that place, which resulted as above stat
ed. We presume they left Clayton with
a feeling recollection of the kindness of
her citizens.
The Methodist Church in Georgia.
According to the minutes of the Georgia
Conference held at Rome in December
last, the following figures show the num
ber of members belonging to the Metho
dist Episcopal church in the State :
In the bounds of Georgia Conference 78,856
That part of the State cut off in Florida...lo,ooo
That part of State cut off in Tennessee 1,000
Number of Local Preachers 584
Number of Traveling Preachers 200
Total 90,640
There are in the Reformed and Congrega
tional Methodist Churches 5,000
Making an aggregate membership 0f...95,000
Opposition State Convention.
A consultation of the State Executive
Committee of the Opposition party of
Georgia, was held at Macon the 16th,
(all its members being present, except
Col. Millege,) and it was unanimously
resolved to issue a call to the citizens of
Georgia who oppose the anti-slavery
party of the North and the Democratic
Party, to meet in their respective counties
as early as practicable, and appoint dele
gates to meet in Milledgeville, Wednesday
the 2d of May next, for the purpose of
taking expedient action with reference to
the next Presidential election.
Fire in Newark.
A dispatch from Newark, N. J., the
14th, states that at midnight the night
preceding, the buildings in Mechanic
street owned and occupied by James M.
& G. Frazel, silver platers and manufac
turers of saddlery hardware, were totally
destroyed by fire, together with a good
stock of finished and unfinished work. A
large amount was packed up ready for
shipment, and but little of it saved. This
was a large establishment of the kind,
employing over one hundred hands.—
Total loss $20,000.
Murder.
The Eutaw (Ala.) Whig is informed that
Mr. Hersefield, postmaster at Hollow
Square in that county was foully murder
ed near that place on Friday night last.
He left Mr. Torbcrt’s, where he boarded,
about 11 o’clock on that night and was
found next morning east of the store,
about a guarter of a mile, shot through
the head—his pockets rifled and his
store key missing.
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Billiards.
Dan Lynch, of San Francisco, has ac
cepted Seereiter’s challenge for 2000
points, carom game, on a carom table of
Phelan’s patent of 1858, for $5,000 aside,
allowing Seereiter SSOO for playiDg in
San Francisco.
A match will be played in New York on
Monday evening, 19th inst.,’ for S2OOO,
1000 points up, between Dudley Kava
nagh and James Lynch.
Gov. Winston for Vice President.
A correspondent of the Washington
States from Livingston, Ala., who signs
himself “ A Democrat of ’98,” invites
the attention of the Democracy of the Un
ion to the claims of Ex-Gov. Winston, of
Alabama, for the Vice Presidency. He
says the Governor “ more strikingly re
sembles Andrew Jackson in the outline of
his character than any living statesman.”
Can’t Keep Up.
The Chattanooga Advertiser, of the
15th., says :—The Etowah Iron Works of
Mark A. Cooper at Etowah, Ga., are
doiDg a driving business, and making
money for the enterprising proprietor.—
We learn that the works have orders for
two months ahead—can’t manufacture
as fast as demand.
The Hartford Times says that in conse
quence of the falling off of Southern trade,
Col Colt’s establishment in that city is
about to suspend a large amount of work
in progress, and discharge some hundreds
of hands, who have been kept on during
the winter, through the liberality of the
employer.
Deatb of Mr. Nelms.
The Southern Era says Mr. G. P.
Nelms, formerly a conductor on the
Montgomery and West Point Rail Road,
died in Salem on the evening of the 15th.
His death resulted from injuries received
at Opelika from one of the engines, while
switching off, a few weeks ago.
♦
We learn that the jail of Taylor county,
at Butler, was consumed by fire on Tues
day night. The prisoners were taken
out in time to save them from injury.—
Origiu of the fire not known. The buil
ding was of wood.
The Sheriff of Harris county, Texas,
has levied on the loeomotive, cars, and
road bed of the Galveston and Houston
Rail Road on a judgment for $32,000.
The brig Mary Staples, Staples master,
left Key West on the 12th, for Apalachi
cola, with assorted cargo.— Apa. Times.
Place of holding Convention, &c.
Much has been said by the press and
correspondents about the change of place
for holding the Presidential convention.
It is now too late, if the Executive Com
mittee had the power to make the change,
which no one will seriously contend they
have. The place was designated by the
Cincinnatti Convention, which alone pos
, sessed that power, and the province of
i the Executive Committee is to carry into
1 effect its action.
Much of the dissatisfaction expressed
at the price of board in Charleston, though
justly founded, is due to the rival influ
ences of other places, while much of it is
done for political effect. Prominent
among the rival bidders against Charles
ton is Baltimore. As too many arrange
ments have already been made, and there
is no danger any way of such a change,
we do not hesitate to say, that Charles
ton, even at five dollars per day, would
be preferable to the rendezvous of row
dyism at half the price.
We trust, however, that the Hotels of
Charleston will, in deference to public
opinion, reduce their prices to a reason
able sum. In any event, we warrant that
the private citizens of Charleston will
true to their antecedents and established
fame for generous hospitality.
Cincinnati Horse Market.
The Cincinnati Gazette says the week
ending with the 13th inst., has been a
busy one with the horse dealers, not only
public but private. The market has
been pretty well stocked, but still there
has not been any evidence of stagnation.
As usual at this time of the year, there
was a large number of buyers in town,
most of whom represented Southern
States. The horses most sought after
just at present seem to be light harness
horses and pairs. One gentleman from
Louisiana bought during the week, for
his own private stud, two pair of matches,
for which he paid $1,125. The Gazette
adds, “In our weekly reports of the
markets it must be borne in mind by the
farmers and drovers generally that the
aggregate number of horses which we
publish as sold embraces only those sold
at public auction or at the Sale Stables ;
the private dealers we cannot induce to
furnish statistics, save in such a manner
as to be of no immediate use. The sales
during the week were 84G head, and the
value $82,589 50.”
Excitement in Enterprise, Bliss.
A public meeting was held in Enter
prise, Miss., the 12th inst., and resolu
tions were adopted requesting Hon. W. E.
Bird to resign the office of Mayor of the
city, and condemning a book called “Cot
ton is King,” which had been sold by
Bishop and Manchester, two agents, who
were imprisoned, indicted, tried and ac
quitted on their trial.
The work in question is believed to be
incendiary in its character, and hostile to
slavery, and on the trial of the agents,
Mr. Bird defended them in the capacity
of a lawyer. Hence the indignation of
the people.
Col. A. M. Sanford.
The following reference to an excellent
gentleman, is from an extract of a letter
of J. J. Hooper, Esq., recently a passen
ger from Montgomery to Mobile :
Among the passengers on the St.
Charles, was my old friend Col. Adolphus
M. Sanford, of Barbour. He is in poor
health, I was most sorry to find, and was
on his way to consult Dr. Stone, of New
Orleans. He fears that his disease is
dropsy of the chest—but he was so re
vived by travel, and rested so well on the
boat, that I would fain hope it will
prove only aggravated dyspepsia. Bar
bour cannot afford to lose so noble a speci
men of her chivalry.
The Selma Sentinel chronicles the
death of Mr. Wm. Callins, one of the
oldest and most respected citizens of
Dallas county. On Sunday morning,
after breakfast, he was observed by some
of his family to leave the dwelling and
walk towards his gin house, located some
distance from his dwelling. Nothing
more was thought of him by the family
until some of his negroes found him after
a few hours absence, on the ground at
the gin house, dead. On examination it
was found that his neck had been dislo
cated, caused, it is supposed, from a fall
from some part of the gin house.
Two Preachers Sliot.
A letter from Waco, Texas, about the
middle of February, states that two Bap
tist preachers who went to Rainey’s Creek
to hold a protracted meeting, came upon
a large drove of horses the Indians had
stolen. The Indians gave immediate
chase and shot six arrows into one of the
preachers and one into the other. They
are both shot in the body, the arrows
penetrating the lungs. Their names are
White and Griffith.
Large Procession.
As an incident of the “peculiar insti
tution” in the South, the Camden (S. C.)’
Journal says, one of the largest proces
sions seen for years, followed theremains
of a negro man in that place to the grave.
At least three hundred negroes from five
years of age upwards, were in atten
dance. He was visited by his Pastor
during his last illness, and all his wants
temporal and spiritual attended to. He
was decently prepared for burial, and a
neat coffin enclosed his body.
Run Over by tlie Cars.
The Fort Valley Nineteenth Century of
the 20tb, says a man (name unknown)
met with the misfortune of having both
his legs cut off, and otherwise badly man
gled by the cars of the up passenger train
on the South Western Rail Road yester
day evening, at a point below Oglethorpe.
The poor fellow was drunk, sitting on the
track, in a curve of the road, and was
not discovered until too late. The man
was alive at last accounts, but i3 sup
posed to be mortally injured.
A Colored Prodigal Returning.
We copy the following paragraph from
the Cincinnati Times of the 13th :
Mr. Ferris, a resident of Sbelbyville,
Tennessee, passed through the city yes
terday with a fugitive slave, who volun
tarily accompanied him to his old home,
having tested the sweets of liberty in
several Northern cities for the past six
months. Mr. Ferris unexpectedly dis
covered his ‘chattel, peddling apples on
the rail road at Syracuse.
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\orthand South Alabama Railroad.
Mayor Noble, of Montgomery, ha3 is
i sued his proclamation ordering an elec
tion, to take the sense of the real estate
owners of that city, upon the proposition
to raise by taxation the sum of §300,000
to be invested in stock in the North and
South Alabama Railroad company. The
election is ordered under authority of an
I Act of the Legislature.
Commerce of the Sandwiclz Islands.
The official trade statistics of the Ha
waiian Kingdom for the year 18-39 show a
flourishing foreign commerce. The amount
of imports was $1,155,338; exports
$931,329. The increase in the amount
of imports over the previous year is about
$404,000, chiefly in the trade with Cali
fornia and the Atlantic States, England
and Germany. The value of merchandise
received from the United States, Pacific
side, was $351,878 ; do Atlantic side,
$333,889j from Great Britain, $279,855;
Bremen and Hamburg, $117,103; China,
$43,035. The chief article of domestic
produce exported was sugar, amounting
to 1,820,000 pounds. For the current
year the exports of this article will prob
ably exceed 2.000,000 pounds.
Good Advice from a Veteran Cler-
gymau.
At the Baltimore Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, the ReT.
Thomas Sewell presented a letter from
the venerable Joshua Wells, who is now
ninety-eight years of age. The letter
contains but many expressions of good
will and brotherly love towards the mem
bers of the Conference, and entreats the
members to refrain from the discussion
of the slavery question, as nothing but
harm to the church would result from
such discussion. The Rev. Dr. Wells is
the oldest clergyman living.
Uouglierty’s New Switch.
The Atlanta Locomotive, speaking of
the new switch lately invented by Mr.
Dougherty, master machinist in the Ma
con and Western Rail lload shop, says it
will prevent a train from running off the
track, if, by accident, it should be placed
wrong. The efficacy of it was thorough
ly tested in Atlanta on Saturday last. A
train was posted back and forth over it,
at the rate of twenty miles an hour, with
out its having been moved. This great
invention should enrich the inventor, who
has supplied a desideratum equaled only
by the safety valve to prevent explosion
of the boiler of a steam engine.
Fall from a Scaffold.
The Atlanta papers record the falling
from the third story of the Masonic Hall,
in that city, of two men, one a painter
and the other a plasterer. Their names
are Jere. Cannant and John George, and
were at work on the building at the time
of the accident. The latter’s arm was
fractured from the elbow to the wrist, the
elbow dislocated and chest injured inter
nally. The former escaped with a brok
en wrist and dislocated thigh. The dis
tance to the ground was about fifty feet.
Barn and. Corn Burnt.
We learn from the Rome Courier that a
barn together with five hundred bushels
of corn and a large quantity of fodder
were destroyed by fire last week on the
plantation of the late Col. Francis Irwin
in this county. The woods on the oppo
site side of of the Coosa river were on
fire, and burning bark or twigs were
borne across by the wind and fell among
the fodder and other combustible materi
al around the barn. The loss is between
three and four thousand dollars.
Washington Superior Court.
On Friday last Wm. Jordan, who wa*
arrested in Augusta several months since,
having in charge two negroes of Mr. Sol.
Newsome, of Washington county, was
brought before Judge Holt, at the pres
ent term of Washington Superior Court,
and pleading guilty, was sentenced to ten
years’s hard labor in the penitentiary.—
He is only seventeen years of age, and
was evidently enveigled into the scrape
by the negroes.
Texas and Ncxv Orleans Kail Road
The Galveston News, of the 15th, learns
that Messrs. C. L. Wentz & Cos., the enter
prising contractors of the Texas and
New Orleans Rail Road, have already com
pleted twenty-five miles of their track
from Beaumont, and expect to be through
to Liberty by the 15th of next month, or
sooner. They intend soon, to put on a
force at Houston, to work eastward, and
hope thereby to lay the entire Texas di
vision by the Ist of August.
gad Death.
The Eufaula Express records the death
of Mrs. J. C. Morgan of that city, who
left home upon a visit to her friends in
Florida a short time since, in fine health,
and no intelligence of her indisposition
reached her husband till the morning of
the 14th inst., informing him of her death
on the night previous. She leaves a num
ber of friends, a bei’eaved husband and
two children to mourn their irreparable
loss.
Land Warrants.
The New York commercial letter of the
Savannah Republican, dated 17th, says
land warrants are effected in price by the
passage of the Homestead Bill, and prices
are somewhat unsettled. The following
are the buying and selling rates:
Buying. Selling.
40 acre warrants, per acre 100 110
80 acre warrants, per acre 85 90
120 acre warrants, per acre 05 73
160 acre warrants, per acre 65 73
New Paper in Montgomery.
We are in receipt of a prospectus of a
new paper to be started in Montgom
ery Ala., to called the Montgomery
Post. It will be independent in politics,
and published at §5 per annum for the
the Daily; $3 for the Weekly. Warren
Larkins, Esq., will edit it, and the first
number will be issued about the Ist of
April.
Thomas Cos. Cotton for Savannah.
The Troupville Watchman of Tuesday,
says two large wagons from Thomas co.,
loaded each to its fullest capacity with
cotton bales, passed through that village
last Sunday afternoon en route for Savan
nah, via Station No. 13, and the Main
Trunk. Station No. 13 is about sixty
five miles from Thomasville.
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The Wheat Crop.
A gentleman who has just returned
from a trip through many of the counties
in Middle Georgia, between the Georgia,
Central and Macon Rail Roads, informs
the Atlanta American that the wheat crop
was never ipore promising, and should no
mishap befall, the yield will be very
heavy.
Large Delegation.
The delegation from Illinois to the
Charleston Convention, will alone num
ber one thousand. Os course they will
all be for Douglas, and make extraordi
nary efforts to secure his nomination.
Herbert Felder, Esq., having resigned
the office of Solicitor General of the Tal
lapoosa Circuit, Gov. Brown has appoint
ed Mr. Kendrick, of Newnan, to fill the
vacancy. So we learn from the Daily
Telegraph.
{NUMBER 50.
Invasion of Mexico Attempted l
! The invading force captured by the United
States Gulf Squadron and carried to Mew
Orleans—Full particulars.
New Orleans, March 20. — Late advi
ces from Mexico state that Miramon com
menced the 6eige of Vera Cruz on the sth
inst. On the 6th, two steamers appeared
before the city, showiug no colors. The
United States war vessel, Saratoga, with
detachments from the Savannah and
Preble, in the steamers Indinnola and
Wave, were ordered to proceed to the an
chorage of the above mentioned steamers,
in order to ascertain their character.
Upon nearing the anchorage, off Anton
Ligardo, one of the strange steamers
moved off, whereupon a shot was fired to
bring her to; and the Indianola sent to
overhaul her.
The Indiauola’s hail was answered by
a shot from the guns of tho steamer Mi
ramon, together with a volley of musket
ry. Whereupou the Saratoga fired a
broadside, and the action became general.
Commodore Marin and his men were tak
en prisoners, and are now on board of
the Preble. Miramon had paid fifty-five
thousand dollars for the two vessels.
Commodore Marin’s steamers passed
by all the foreign squadrons, and by the
castle of San Juan D’Ulloa, without hoist
ing a flag, although ordered to do so by a
shot from the castle, as well as by other
signals. The French, Spanish and Eng
lish vessels seemed to take no notice of
the strange steamers, or of the absence of
a national flag on each of them.
The Saratoga, towed by the Indianola,
took Commodore Marin completely by
snrprise.
The engagement took place by moon
light, and the steamers endeavored to es
cape, but failed in the attempt. Three
Americans were wounded—one mortally.
The Mexican loss is reported as fifteen
killed, and thirty wounded.
When the action commenced, Marin
hoisted the Spanish flag.
The prisoners taken corroborate the
report that the two steamers cleared from
Havana as merchantmen, and that the
Mexican flag was hoisted only after they
left that port. At the same time they al
so mounted six guns each.
SECOND DISPATCH.
New Orleans, March 21.—Marin’s
steamer returned the fire of the Saratoga,
and tried to escape. The Indianola pur
sued the Geri. Miramon, the latter fired
upon her, which was returned, and board
ed the Miramon at the point of the bayo
net. A portion of the Indianola’s deck
was carried away by shot; the Miramon
ran aground. The Saratoga brought the
Marquez to.
The Picayune is informed by French
prisoners on board the Prizes, that the
fighting was done principally by officers,
who were obliged to charge and fire guns,
assisted only by Mexican officers from
shore. The two steamers had two hun
dred and fifty men aboard; killed and
wounded, forty ; the former were thrown
overboard. The Wave and Indianola each
had eighty men. The first engineer of
the Marquez, an American, was killed.
Com. Turner arsked Marin why he fired
on American vessels without provocation ;
Marin replied that the men controlled ;
he knew the nationality of the Saratoga,
and understood her signals, but the men
fired contrary to his orders. Turner re
plied, you are responsible for the outrage.
It is stated that the expedition cost
$300,000, mostly furnished at Havana by
Government, in accordance with a secret
article of the Almonte Treaty.
Miramon notified foreign vessels, that
he would commence the bombardment of
Vera Cruz on the 13tb, and would not be
responsible for damage done to shipping.
On the night of the 13th the officers on
deck of the steamer Miramon heard heavy
cannonading in the direction ofVeraCruz.
Six mortars, six twenty-four pounders
and two thousand stand of small arms
were captured with the two steamers ;
they were worth SOO,OOO.
On the third day out, the steamers
broke dowu and put into Sissal; the ma
terials were stowed away below, out of
sight of iho men who were forced into ser
vice, and ignorant of the destination of
the expedition.
The New Orleans Delta publishes the
details of negotiations between the Brit
ish and Mexican governments. Lord
John Russell proposes an armistice, gen
eral amnesty, and religious toleration ; if
this proposition was declined, England
must demand from both parties full in
demnity due English subjects.
Miramon proposed terms of armistice;
stipulates that England, France, Spain,
Prussia and the United States shall be
mediators in establishing peace; mercan
tile and custom duties to be divided be
tween the two parties, &c. Juarez re
turned Miramon’s communication on the
3d, with the declaration that the proposi
tions were absurd and inadmissible.
New Orleans, March 21.—We have
Mexican mails to the 11th inst. Commo
dore Jarvis on the Ist, proposed if Juarez
would place the Indianola and Wave at
his disposal he would intercept Marin’s
expedition—afterwards he determined to
pursue a strictly neutral course, unless
he was forced to do other wise.
An intercepted letter to Miramon says
the Capital was seriously threatened by
tie Liberals, and asks the assistance of two
Spanish men-of-war at Sacrificios, seen
several nights taking war materials
ashore for Miramon.
Two flags of truce to the French and
British Consuls from Miramon, were re
fused entrance into the city.
The prisoners of the steamer Marquez
are to be brought before the Federal
Court on Thursday.
The Mexican Steamer Marquez, &c.
New Orleans, March 21.—The prize
steamer Marquez, is anchored opposite
the city. Lieut. Chapman received or
ders from Washington to remain here;
he has forwarded bis dispatches; has also
dispatches for the British Minister.
The proclamation of Juarez authorized
any one to capture Marin’s vessels as pi
ratical.
Important from Texas.
New Orleans, March 21. —Late ad
vices from Texas state that Gen. Houston
is actively engaged in raising minute
men in each county. He was traveling
for that purpose night and day.
The Steamship Hungarian.
New York, March 21.—The agent of
the steamship Hungarian gives the fol
lowing as the number of souls aboard
■when she sailed : Thß crew numbered
eighty, cabin passengers from Liverpool
thirty, steerage passengers from Queens
town forty, making a total of 150 souls.
A list of the names of the passengers has
been received.
TELE GEAPHIC.
TELEGRAPHED TO THE DAILY SUN.
FITLT O IN'. f
Nf.w York, March 20.
| The steamship Fulton lias arrived at V
this port with Liverpool dates to the nth. I
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The sales for> |
three days were 14,000 bales. The lower,
qualities had declined 1-16 to <|d.
Liverpool Breadstuff's Market. —Bread- ■
stuffs were dull.
London Money Market. —Consols were
quoted at 944.
Additional by tile Steamship Fulton.
Liverpool cotton Market. —The sales of ?
cotton for three days were 14,000 bales, of
which speculators and exporters took 3,-
000 bales. The market closed very dull.
Slate of Trade. —Manchester advices
were favorable. The market wae quiet
but steady. Yarns, in exceptional casts,
were slightly lower.
Liverpool General Markets. —Flour was
dull, but easier. Wheat quiet, but steady.
Corn declined 3s. 6d. Sugar quiet.
Coffee dull.
Havre, March 7.—The cotton market
was very dull and drooping. The sales
of the week comprise 3,000 bales. The
exports were 86,500 bales, and the stock
225,000 bales.
The steamship Bohemian had reached
Liverpool.
The news by this steamer is unimpor
taut.
The King of Sardinia agrees to the so
lution of Italian difficulties, as proposed
by France, in relation to the Romagna;
but he is less definite in relation to Tus
cany.
Chevalier Buoncomp agnie has resigned
the Governor Generalship of Central Italy.
The reported marriage of Picolqmini is
denied.
Hon. Chas. J. Faulkner, our newly ac
credited Minister to France, had present
ed his credentials.
Congressional.
Washington, March 19.—1n the Senate
to-day, the bill authorizing the publishers
of newspapers to print the date of the
expiration of subscription upon their
papers was passed.
The Homestead bill was discussed.
The Florida claims bill was up. Sena
tors Toombs and Mallory were in favor
of it.
House.— The committee of Ways and
Means reported a bill to redeem the
Treasury notes, by an increase of tariff.
The bill was refered to the committee of
the whole.
The Hon. S. S. Cox, of Ohio, made a
speech in favor of the Mexican treaty.
Washington, March 20.—1n the Sen
ate to-day, Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts,
introduced a bill for the construction of
five steamers, to be employed on the coast
of Africa in suppressing the slave trade.
Mr. Gwin, of California, has introduced
a bill somewhat similar to this. The
House bill providing for one overland
route to California, and the joint resolu
tion, offered by Mr. Green, of Missouri,
proposing an adjournment from the 20th
of April to the 20th of May, were both
laid over.
Florida Claims were discussed.
In the House, nothing of importance
was transacted. The Sickles contested
election case was discussed.
Washington, March 21.—1n the Sen
ate to-day the Female Emigrant Protec
tion bill was passed; another bill was
passed to reduce the expences of public
printing. A resolution was adopted call
ing for information in regard to the in
structions given to the Gulf squadron,
which have produced the recent action
near Vera Cruz.
In the House, a bill was introduced,
which was laid over, calling for informa
tion about the Gulf squadron, and simi
lar in its words to that introduced in the
Senate.
National Democratic Convention.
Washington, March 20.—The National
Democratic Executive Committee are con
sidering the propriety of holding a mee
ting to endeavor to quiet the apprehen
sions as to the incapacity of the city of
Charleston to accommodate the delegatee
and visitors, at the approaching conven
tion.
It is probable a committee will go to
Charleston to confer with the hotel pro
prietors there in relation to charges, ac
commodations, &c., Ac.
Steamer Lost—All Saved.
New York, March 20.—The bark Dree
bert, from Cardenas, arrived here to-day.
She brings twenty-two persons, all that
were on board the steamer Commerce,
from New York bound to Galveston, and
which was abandoned in a sinking condi
tion on the 14th inst.
Indian Massacre in Oregon.
St. Louis, March 20.—Advices from
Oregon state that the white inhabitants
of the Eel river settlements had attacked
the neighboring Indian villages, and in
discriminately massacred three hundred
men, women, and children.
Vessel Struck by Lightning.
Philadelphia, March 20.—The bark
Martha, from Charleston, bound for Bos
ton, was struck by lightning on the 13th.
She was burnt and sunk. The crew were
saved, and have arrived at this port. The
bark was owned in Charleston, S. C., and
her cargo, consisting of rice and rosin,
valued at $75,000.
A Propeller Lost.
New Orleans, March 19.—The propel
ler Sophia, of Philadelphia, hence for In
dianola, with a valuable cargo, was lost
on the 15th inst., on the coast of Texas,
in a heavy sea. She hoisted sail, but the
propeller was prevented from steering,
and she went ashore.
The Star of the West.
New Orleans. March 20.—The steam
ship Star of the West has sailed for New
York, with $73,000 in specie.
More Cotton Burnt.
New Orleans, March 21.—The Union
Warehouse waS 1 destroyed by fire yester
day. Five hundred bales of cotton were
burnt. The loss is estimated at $25,000,
Excitement at Washington.
Washington, March 21.—Much excite
ment exists here on the subject of the re
cent affairs in the Gulf. The Navy de
partment is busy. It is understood that
the administration sustains the Gulf
squadron.
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We understand that Mr. Forsyth, of
the Register, has been appointed by the
Governor of the State, Commissioner un
der the act of the recent legislature for
the promotion of direct trade with E
rope. The salary is $4,500. — Mobile Tri
bune.
Gov. Moore has done Mr. Forsyth the
honor to tender him this appointment,
but the appointment is not made. The
salary is not $4,500. The act provides
for no salary at all. It appropriates $4,-
500 to be placed at the disposal of the
Governor to carry out its provisions.—
The duties of the Commissioner extend
over a period of two years, or until the
meeting of the next Legislature. How
the appropriation is to be disposed of, is
left to the discretion of the Governor. It
is an appointment of honor, and properly
filled, may be one of usefulness to the
State, and not of emolument or salary.—
Mobile Register.
Railway to tbe Pacific.
A dispatch from Washington the 10th,
says the Pacific Railway Committee of the
House of Representatives has adopted
resolutions to the effect that corporations,
and not the Government, should con
struct a railway to the Pacific, but that
Government should aid in the construc
tion with money and lands. A majority
of the committee are in favor of a central
route. _
The steamships Augusta and Mount
Vernon, from New l r ork, arrived at Sa
vannah on the 21st.