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Tuesday May 89, 1860.
A dispatch from Boston, says Martin
Bates, a well known merchant of that
city, died the day previous.
The Baptist State Convention of Flori
da will convene in Jacksonville, on Fri
day next.
On the first ballot for Vice President at
Chicago, Ilcnry Winter Davis received
eight votes, Sam Houston received six.
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Mr. Joseph Bernd, Commercial Editor
of the Louisville Journal, died in that
city of pneumonia, on the 17th inst.
The Baltimore Patriot gays: “Ten
States were unrepresented in the Balti
more Opposition Convention : California,
lowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, Oregon, lthode Island,
South Carolina and Wisconsin.”
Death of an Old Kditor.
The Hon. Phineas Allen, senior editor
of the Pittsfield Sun, which was founded
in tiie year 1800, died Tuesday morning,
lit the age of 84 years. He was the oldest
editor in the Union.
Fire.
We learn from the Benton (Ala.) Her
ald that the residence of Mr. James G.
Kelly, of that place, was destroyed by fire
on Tuesday morning last. The furniture
was saved. The house was insured to
the amount of $2,500.
Movement of Merchants.
The Louisville Journal states that
most of the leading merchants of that
city have agreed to suspend business
after six o’clock in the afternoon, from
the present time until the Ist of Sep
tember.
Miss Eliza Logan.
The accomplished lady and charming
actress, Miss Eliza Logan, who fulfilled a
short engagemeut in Columbus last sea
son, was married on the 7th iust., at
Stamford, Conn., to Mr. George Wood,
the worthy manager of the St. Louis
Theatre.
Dr. Steele of St. Louis, sou-iu-law of
the Rev. R. J. Breckinridge, was killed
by an accidental discharge of a pistol
while on the cars with his family near
Louisville, recently. He had his child in
his arms and his wife was sitting beside
him. A pistol which he had on his per
son went off, the ball entering the abdo
men near the left groin.
Douglas in Massachusetts.
The Democrats at Newburyport declare
that if Douglas is overslaughed at Balti
more, they will be ready to walk over to
the Black Republicans and fight his swin
dlers and political assassins to the death.
Let them “walk over.”
♦
It is stated that for more than an hour
the House of Representatives was nearly
deserted, owing to the members going to
the Senate to hear Mr. Douglas’ reply to
Davis. The gallaries were crowded,
while the floor of the Chamber was crowd
ed with those having the privilege of ad
mission, including the foreign Ministers.
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Valuable Horse.
“ Majors Rogers,” a highly valuable
horse, belonging to John Dawson, Esq.,
of Wilmington, N. C., died suddenly on
the 15th inst. He was one of the fastest
trotters in the country, his time not hav
ing been excelled by more than two ani
mals in the United States, and was val
ued at something like $5,000.
Death of Alex. L. Untts.
Intelligence was received at Richmond,
on the morning of the 15th inst., of the
death of Gen, Alexander L. Botts, of
New York, brother of tho lion. John
Minor Botts, of that city. He died the
evening befor about half-past six o’clock,
at Washington, D. C. He was in the six/-
ty-second year of his age.
♦
Information has been received of the
death of Col. Isaac McMicken, the United
States Consul at Acapulco. He died of
tho yellow fever on the 23d ult. Among
other Americans who had died in the
same city of the same disease, were: Mr.
and Mrs. Lake, late of California ; Mr.
C. Fields, formerly of Philadelphia;
Captain Collins, late of the Queen of the
Isles.
An incident is related of the engineer
of the train of cars of the Hudson River
Railroad, which ran over Mr. Washing
ton Cooper a few days since. The two days
following the-accident, as he approached
Carmansville with his locomotive, he be
came instantly agitated ; and upon pass
ing the place where the accident occur
red, fainted away. He never revived,
and died the following morning, literally
broken hearted. It is said that he was
one of the best engineers on the road.
The Weather, Crops, tc.
The Sumter Republican of the 18th,
says : “On Tuesday and Wednesday last,
our city was visited with pleasant show
ers of rain, and up to this writing (Thurs
day) have promise of more. The wheat
looks very promising in this section.
From what we can learn, the crops gen
erally are in a healthy condition. The
health of the country was never better.”
Heavy Hail Storm.
On Thursday last, says the Courier, a
storm of hail fell, about eight miles above
Rome, which for duration, size of the
stones, &c., has seldom been equaled in
this section. It seemed to extend some
distance East ami W'est, and we fear the
crops in some localities are somewhat
damaged, though we haveuot yet learned
to what extent.
♦
Mr. Everett Decline*.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Traveler states that it is reported
in Washington, on the authority of a re
lative of Mr. Everett, that he will not
accept the position assigned to him upon
the Baltimore ticket.
The Crops.
The East Miss. Democrat learns from
planters that the prospect of fine crops
in that section —in fact, throughout East
Mississippi, was never more flattering.
The stands are generally good, and both
corn and cotton are in fine growing con
dition. The favorable weather through
the Spring enabled the planters to keep
their crops clean, and with good seasons
from now till harvest there will be an
abundant yield.
VOLUME IV. 1
Georgia Academy for the Blind.
Mayor Holstead has received a circu
lar letter from the Principal of the Geor
gia Academy for the Blind, at Macon.—
This institution was erected by the Legis
lature for the education of the indigent
blind within the limits of the State, and
as many of them doubtless live in ob
scure neighborhoods, their residences
j are, of course, unknown to the I’riucipal
|or Trustees. It is the object of the cir
cular in question, to derive information
concerning the locality of all such as
are entitled to its benefits, and to be
placed in communication with them or
their friends. The statistics of the blind
in Georgia show that there are about one
hundred persons in the State, who are of
suitable age for education, and who are
| destitute of sight or have such imperfect
powers of vision as to be incapable of in
struction by the ordinary modes. The
indigent blind are educated at this insti
tution free of charge—those that are able
to pay, at a cost of S2OO per annum. We
give this information for the benefit of
those in our couuty who are entitled to
the benefits of the bounty of the State, if
any such there be. They may obtain
further information by communicating
with the Mayor of this city, or by ad
dressing the Principal of the Academy at
Macon.
Mi** Louisa Ludecas.
As we are informed that the lady whose
name heads this paragraph is well known
iu Columbus, we transfer to our columns
the following paragraph from the Charles
ton Mercury of Monday, which may be read
with interest by her friends:
Concert this Evening. —We take
pleasure in calling the attention of our
readers to the feast of melody in store for
them to-night. Miss Louisa Ludecus, the
Prima Donna of the occasion, has been
well anil favorably known in our city, for
some time, as an amiable and very talen
ted member of the Coryphoean Society.
Her voice and execution have been much
admired ; and we feel assured that every
lover of this heaven-born art will deem it
a privilege to contribute his mite to aid
this young lady in the accomplishment of
her laudable design—to proceed to Eu
rope, and there continue her musical
studies. It is but seldom that native
talent of so high a character presents
itself, and we know that nothing beyond
this simple appeal is needed to call forth
the appreciative liberalty of our lovers of
art and patrons of struggling merit. Our
community owes a debt of gratitude to
the Coryphoean Society, for developing
our home resources in the domains of vo
cal and instrumental music. Miss Lu
decus is a pupil of Mrs. Carrol.
Suicide.
We learn from the Hayneville (Ala.)
Chronicle, of the 17th, that a man by the
name of John Vincent committed suicide
on the Sunday evening previous, by
shooting himself in the breast with a
pistol. He had been spreeing in that
place for a week or more, and on Sunday
morning before leaving for home, threat
ened several times to kill himself. A ne
gro man camo after him to get him to go
home on Sunday, and when they were
within a few hundred yards of Vincent’s
residence, Vincent stopped and told the
negro to go on home. He then took off
his coat, and lay down on it, and putting
the pistol to his breast, fired. The ball
penetrated his heart and produced almost
instant death. The negro man was with
in forty yards of the unfortunate man
when the pistol was discharged. lie
leaves a wife but no children.
Bibb County Democratic Meeting.
We learn from the Macon Telegraph,
that the meeting of Saturday last in that
city, endorsed the Majority Platform and
action of the Secedcrs, and sent a delega
tion to Milledgeville instructed to vote for
delegates to the Richmond Convention,
who, upou receiving satisfactory assur
ances that a sound platform will be adop
ted at Baltimore, shall be authorized to
represent the State in that convention.
The delegates selected to Milledgeville
were Messrs. I‘. Tracy, E. L. Stroheck
er, Joel R. Branham, John B. Lamar and
A. M. Spear.
♦
Ratification Meeting*.
Democratic meetings have been held in
Ware, Pierce, Liberty and Wayne coun
ties, at which resolutions were in
troduced and adopted, which approved
the majority platform presented in the
Charleston Convention, and the action of
the Delegates who seceded from the Con
vention. At the WaresboroWieeting, the
address of the seceding delegates was
read by request.
We have also learned that at a meeting
iu Albany, Dougherty county, the seced
ers were sustained.
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Tiie Contested Flection.
A dispatch from Washington states
that the following named members of
Congress voted with the Republicans,
ousting Mr. Cooper, Democrat, out of
bis seat, which was afterwards given to
Mr. Howard, Republican: Adams and
Anderson, of Kentucky: Davis and
Harris, of Maryland; Etheridge and
Maynard of Tennessee; Dickinson and
Swartz, of Pennsylvania, and Gilmer, of
North Carolina. This is the first con
tested case decided this session.
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Upper Red River.
The Shreveport (La.) Gazette reports
that the Red river raft has closed Red
Bayou and extends a mile and a half
above the mouth. Several boats are
above it and cannot get out, and the riv
er is full, and great quantities of drift
wood are accumulating at the head of the
raft. Thus navigation for a large por
tion of Texas, Arkansas, and the Indian
Territory, is frequently liable to inter
ruption.
Telegraph .Extension.
We learn from the Charleston Courier
that Mr. Hess, Superintendent of the Tel
egraph Line from Wilmington to Macon,
Ga., left Charleston the morning of the
19th on the Charleston and Savannah
Railroad to survey the line, make esti
mates, and prepare for the construction
of a direct line of Telegraph along that
Road, aud connecting the two cities.
EL* do C#
The Raleigh (N. C.) Democratic Press,
of the 14th, states that the Court House
was crowded the Thursday evening pre
vious to listen to addresses explanatory
of the objects and aims of the K. G. C. —
The speakers were frequently applauded,
and the audience were evidently favora
bly impressed by them. Several gentle
men of Raleigh joined the Association
during the Convention.
+.
It is stated that Lieut. General Scott,
who is at Washington, has announced
himself in favor of the Constitutional Un*
ion nomination made at Baltimore.
THE WEEKLY SEN.
Extension of the Mobile and Girard
Rail Road.
At the last meeting of the City Coun
j cil, a resolution was adopted to appoint
: a committee to visit Pike county, Ala., to
investigate and ascertain whether it is
better for the Mobile and Girard Rail
Road to be extended directly through
that county, or by way of Troy, the coun
ty site. Miij. Howard, the President of
the Road, has just returned, we infer,
from his visit to Pike, and the resolution
was introduced at his suggestion.
The people of Troy and of the county
generally, it is believed, desire to be put
in connection with the Mobile and Girard
lload by a branch running to the most
convenient point, which we learn is about
seven miles distant, though the nearest
point by a direct line from Troy, is only
four miles distant. The cost of the pro
jected branch Road, or Troy Railroad, as
it is called, will be scarcely less than
$150,000 after it is fully equipped and
put in running order, and the question
arises, whether the benefits to the peo
ple of Troy and Pike county, and to the
main Road, would be sufficient to justify
this expenditure on the part of the people
of Pike. Wo rather incline to think not,
and from all the lights before us, are of
opinion that it would be preferable to
make a deflection in the line of the Road
aud include the town of Troy, particular
ly as the people of that county, as we
understand, bear the expense of the ex
tension through its limits and the deflec
tion in question, would be cheaper and
otherwise more desirable.
Wo did nothear Maj. Howard’s address
before the Council, and have not con
versed with him since his return, other
wise we might be able to venture a more
definite opinion. The committee appoint
ed, are entirely competent, and will no
doubt, after the fulfillment of their mis
sion, be able to render such a report, as
will remove all doubt now attending the
question.
Democratic Meeting in Atlanta.
In the Atlanta Intelligencer, of the
21st, we find the proceedings of the ad
journed meeting of the Democrats of Ful
ton county, held on Saturday last.
The Rev. P. L. J. May offered a series
of resolutions as a substitute for the ma
jority aud minority reports, made at the
lust meeting. The resolutions affirm both
in principle and spirit the majority re
port of the Committee on Platform, in
the Charleston Convention and stigma
tize the rejection of said Platform and
the persistent determination to force the
nomination of Douglas upon the conven
tion, as an outrage ; unqualifiedly ap
prove and endorse the action of the seced
ing delegates; deplore the want of har
mony in the Democratic party, but ex
press unwillingness to purchase it by fur
ther compromise of constitutional rights,
the endorsement of squatter sovereignty
or the support of Douglas.
B. C, Yancey, B. M. Smith, F. W. J.
Ilill, W. T. Wilson and T. C. Howard
were appointed delegates to the State
Convention, and instructed to insist upon
the confirmation of the same delegation
which represented Georgia in the Charles
ton Convention, in any one they may be
directed to attend.
Mr. May’s resolutions were adopted by
the following vote—yeas 45, nays 25.
Black Republican Rejoicings.
The nominations of Lincoln and Ham
lin seems to have been received at the
North with intense enthusiasm. At Ne
wark, Rochester, Springfield, Manches
tor, Detroit, Buffalo, Boston, New Haven,
Concord, Bangor, Bath, Portland, and
other cities, much excitement prevailed
and bonfires and salutes each of 100 guns
greeted the reception of the news. In
New York city four hundred guns were
fired. The New York Express says the
Republicans all over the city received the
nominations with disappointment. In
Albany, New York, a dispatch states that
no more animated scene has been wit
nessed in that city since the reception of
the news of tho successful laying of the
Atlantic Cable. Guns were fired, the
principal thoroughfares illuminated and
the excitement was at the highest pitch.
Incident of tire Chicago Convention.
Judge Innes, on the part of C. G.
Thomas, a Republican of Chicago,
presented the Chair with a handsome
gavel. He said it was not made of ivory
and silver alone which made it valuable.
It was precious in consequence of its as
sociations, being pieces of oak from the
flag-ship of the gallant Lawrence.—
[Cheers.] It was the emblem of the
Republican party, strong and not noisy.
The motto it bore was one which need
not be urged upou Republicans : “Don’t
give up the ship !” He hoped that at
the end of the conflict the Republicans
would be able to say with another great
commander, “We have met the enemy,
and they are ours. [lmmense applause.]
The President accepted the present on
the part of the Convention in a few re
marks, declaring that Republicans should
observe the motto, and never would give
up the ship. [Applause.]
Committed.
The Rome Courier says a man giving
his name as D. S. Smith, and saying he
was from Cherokee co., Ga , but recently
from Cherokee co., Ala., was examined
and failing to give bail, was committed to
jail in that city on Friday. He was
charged with having stolen a negro boy
Sam, found in his company, and who
says he belongs to Col. B. C. Y’ancey, of
Ala. The negro is also in jail.
Accident.
The Macon Telegraph says that a young
man named Harris, employed on the
Southwestern Railroad in the capacity of
fireman, while attending to his duty, had
one of his feet terribly mangled by being
run over by the large driving wheel of
the engine on which he was a fireman.
He is doing well, and amputation is con
sidered unnecessary.
*
The Nashville News states that among
the passengers of the steamerß. F. Sass,
who escaped, were Miss Mollie Williams,
Mrs. Graham, and Messrs. Keller and
Graham, formerly of the Gaiety Theatre
in that city. Our readers will remember
that this steamer was recently sunk on
the Mississippi by coming in contact
with a snag.
Hon. F. S. Schenk, of Somerset coun
ty, formerly a member of Congress, and
several years Judge of the Court of Er
rors and Appeals of New Jersey, died
suddenly at Camden, the 17th, aged sev
enty two years.
Rev. Dr. L. F. Dimmick, pastor of the
Congregational church of Newburyport,
Maes., died on the 16th inst.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MAY 29. 1860.
The Water Work*.
The amendment of Aid. Wornum to the
ordinance of the City Council, authoriz
ing a subscription of $150,000 to secure
the introduction of water into the city, is
in our opinion eminently worthy the at
tention of that body, though the motiou
seems to have been the signal for another
for adjournment. The sum proposed for
the city to subscribe in this enterprise is
a large one, considering its present in
debtedness and the claims of one or more
other enterprises, the claims of which,
| should not be passed over with impunity.
I If pure water is necessary to the health of
the city and the additional security of
property, Railroads are no less so, for the
extension and maintainance of commer
cial power and the enhancement in value
of all kinds of property within her limits.
While there is a general desire for the
success of the proposed water works, and
a general disposition to authorize the
city to subscribe in her corporate capaci
ty, there is some difference of opinion as
to the amount which ought to be subscri
bed under the circumstances. Whether
it be large or small, it is necessary that
the city be surrounded by every safe
guard, and some definite assurance given,
that the work will be commenced on a
good basis, and progress with all possible
rapidity to completion.
We are unable to perceive any valid
objection to the amendment in question,
and hope that it, or one substantially
equivalent to it, will meet with the appro
bation of the Council at the next meeting.
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Proceeding* of Council.
On Wednesday afternoon, the “City
Council held an adjourned meeting, the
proceedings of which will be found else
where. The Water Works ordinance
with Aid. Wornum’s proviso was passed.
This ordinance appropriates the sum of
$150,000 towards the construction of
works for the introduction of pure water
into th% city, and on the second Saturday
iu June next, the question of its ratifica
tion or rejection will be submitted to the
people.
An important amendment offered by
Aid. Salisbury and accepted, was adopt
ed. It provides that the sum of SIOO,OOO
shall be subscribed by the city to the
capital stock of the Opelika and Childers
burg Rail Road, and the question of
subscription shall also be submitted to a
vote of the people at the same time with
that of the proposed subscription to the
Water Works.
An amendment to the original resolu
tion to the effect that the city subscribe
the sum of $50,000 to further the exten
sion of the Mobile and Girard Railroad
through Pike county, Ala., was offered by
Aid. King and adopted. But we merely
intended to glance at the whole proceed
ings, and would request the reader to
give them a careful perusal, as they con
cern matters of great importance, and
are fraught with unusual interest to the
public generally.
Protection.
The Richmond Enquirer declares that
the claim of the South to Federal protec
tion for slave property in the Territories
will never be abandoned. “ The South
ern States call upon their Northern breth
ren to carry out the agreement of 1856.
As the Supreme Court has decided that
the ‘duty of guarding and ‘protecting the
owner in his rights’ exists in all the Terri
tories, the National Democracy, in order
to quiet forever the agitation of the slave
ry question, should embody the principle
as well as organization.’ * # *
“ The only platform that can make the
Democracy again a national party is one
that fully, unequivocally, and unambigu
ously recognizes the right of protection,
and the duty of all the Departments of
the Governmeut to afford it.” * * *
“ W’e have great hope,” concludes the
Enquirer, “ that the Baltimore Conven
tion will, iu a spirit of fairness and jus
tice. give the Southern States a platform
that will preserve those States to the De
mocracy, and not one that must hand
them over to the opposition.”
Senator Hammond.
At a Democratic meeting held at Hi
bernia Hall, Charleston, recently, the
Chairman read a letter from Senator
Hammond, in which he gives his opin
ion, that the States, whose delegates se
ceded from the Charleston Convention,
should appoint delegates to meet at Rich
mond, and that they be clothed with am
ple and almost unlimited discretionary
powers.
While the broadest policy is to main
tain a Constitutional Union, it is essen
tial that the eight seceding Cotton States
should be kept together in the closest
bonds of union and good feeling. They
should therefore meet at Richmond, rep
resented by their best men, and such a
meeting would be the reverse of any ten
dency to disunion. To meet the issue
which the North is forcing upon us, and
meet it now, the calm, noiseless, yet
stern assemblage at Richmond should so
act as to show that we ask nothing and
fear nothing. The time demands repre
resentative men invested with full au
thority to meet the crisis.
Democratic Meeting.
In Cass county the Democrats held a
meeting the 16th at Cassville and adopt
ed resolutions approving tho majority
platform in the Charleston Convention,
and the withdrawal of the delegates there
from, because of the rejection of that
platform. Ten delegates were appointed
to the State Convention and instructed to
use their influence in favor of sending
delegates to Richmond with discretiona
ry power to attend the Baltimore Conven
tion if they deem it expedient.
In Gilmer, a meeting was held during
Court, and resolutions were adopted en
dorsing the principle of the majority
platform, and the secession of the dele
gates from the Convention. A resolution
was adopted recommending the sending
of delegates to the Baltimore Convention
with instructions to insist upon the adop
tion of the majority platform, and to
withdraw in the event of its rejection.
Aristocracy and tiie Bruiser*.
The English papers give a list of the
contributors to Tom Sayers, the prize
fighter. Among the names we notice the
following belonging to the “ higher or
ders :” His Grace, the Duke of Beaufort,
$250 ; Earl of Stamford, SSOO ; Earl of
Glasgow, $250 ; Earl of Chesterfield,
SIOO ; Earl of Coventry, SSO; Admiral
Rouse, SSO ; Earl of Strathmore, SSO ;
Earl of Portsmouth, SSO ; Earl of Win
chelsea, SSO; Sir William Codrington,
(Crimean Commander-in-Chief), SSO,
and numerous other Earls, Viscounts,
Lords and Baronets.
‘Who are Lincoln and Hamlin 1
From biographical sketches of the
Chicago nominees given in the New York
Tribune, we glean that Abe Lincoln is a
native of Hardin county, Ky. For the
past thirty years, lie has lived in Illinois,
and the first year in that State, he work
ed on a farm as a hired laborer ; the next
year as a clerk in a store; was chosen
Captain of a company in the Black Hawk
war ; served four sessions in the Legis
• lature: studied law iu the meantime;
was a Whig Elector from 1836 to 1852 ;
| was a member of the thirtieth Congress
from the Central District of Illinois ; in
1854 was a candidate for United States
Senator, but declined in favor of Truiu
j bull who was elected ; in 1856 headed
the Fremom Electoral Ticket in Illinois;
in 1858 canvassed the State against Mr.
Douglas for the United States Senate ;
in 1860 we behold him the Black Repub
lican nominee for the Presidency with a
fair prospect of election.
Hannibal Hamlin, the Republican “man
for Vice” is a native of Oxford county,
Maine. He is by profession a lawyer;
from 1836 to 1840 was a member of the
Maine Legislature, and for three years
Speaker of the lower House ; in 1844
was elected a member of Congress and
re-elected the next term ; in 1847 was
chosen again a member of the Legisla
ture and the next year elected to fill a
vacancy in the United States Senate ; in
1851 was re-elected for the full term iu
the same body, and resigned to accept
the Governorship of Maine ; in the same
month resigned the Governorship to go
back to the United States Senate.
Up to the passage of the Kansas-Ne
braska bill in 1854, Hamlin acted with
the Democracy, but theu apostatized to
the party whose candidate he now is for
Vice President.
The Cotton Wliipper.
Mr. J. H. Thorn, of Courtland, Ala
bama, has invented, perfected and paten
ted a Cotton Whipper which very cheaply
converts unmerchantable cotton, into an
excellent article.
The Athens Herald says of Mr. Thorn’s
invention:
Its construction is exceedingly simple.
The dirty, trashy cotton is carried to the
whippers, three in number, revolving in
opposite directions, supplied with fans
and enclosed in screens that admit of the
passage of dirt and trash, which all lead
to a flue that carries it outside of the gin
house—the supply is regulated by adjus
table springs that operate upon the roll
ers that carry an endless apron—when
the whippers take it, revolving between
iron fingers over the screens, separating
the dirt and trash, from the lint and seed
and blowing it out by means of the fans
at the bottom of the machine—till whip
ped enough, when by a very simple con
trivance, a door or gate is opened and the
cotton and seed is blown out in an oppo
site direction—is ready for the gin and
with the exception of stain, is as clean
and fibre and as uninjured as the first
pickings of the crop in the early part of
the fall. On Saturday last we accompa
nied Major Donnell to his plantation,
where he has one of these machines in
operation, and after seeing it work for
some time and inspecting its construction,
the result of our observations were as
above stated. Mr. Thorn, we understand,
has patented his machine—and in a short
time will have it so perfected as to make
it self adjusting, with perhaps double the
speed it now has, when we predict that
the Southern country will be presented
with an invention second in importance
only to the cotton gin itself, in the en
hanced value it will give to the late pick
ings of the cotton crop.
The Cuban Messenger.
We acknowledge the receipt of the first
issue of the above named paper published
in Havana, by Messrs. Gomez Wyman
& Cos. It is the first newspaper that has
ever been published in Cuba, in the Eng
lish language, and will be devoted prin
cipally to the commercial interests of the
Island generally. The original license for
the enterprise was granted by Captain
General, Concha, and has been ratified
by his successor, the present incumbent
of that office. Those who contemplate a
visit, or desire to obtain regular and re
liable information from the “Queen of the
Antilles,” will do well to avail themselves
of the Cuban Messenger. The enterprise
is a novel one, and we wish it success.
A Check Held by a Passenger Evi
dence that a Company Has the
Baggage.
In the case of Davis vs. the Michigan
Southern and Northern Indiana Rail
Road, decided by the Supreme Court of
Illinois, the question as to a check for
baggage in the hands of a passenger being
evidence that the rail road company still
has the baggugo, was raised and decided
in the affirmative by the Court. The
plaintiff in this suit lost a carpet-bag and
trunk, the value of which he sought to
recover from the Company. Ajudgment
for SIOO was awarded in the Court below;
but the plaintiff appealed the case upon
the ground that the amount did not cover
his loss.
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Yellow Fever in New York.
The New York Tribune says that on
Monday last, a man was admitted to the
New Y'ork Hospital, from the steamship
North Star, recently arrived from Aspin
wall, in a moribund state, and soon after
expired. His disease, according to the
certificate of the attending physician, was
yellow fever.
*
Singular Coincidence.
Each of the candidates for President
and Vice President upon the Black Re
publican ticket was born in the year
1809, and are consequently each in the
51st year of his age. Like Fremont, Lin
coln is a traitor to the soil that gave him
birth.
Crops In Telfair.
A friend writing to the Savannah Re
publican from Telfair county, says “the
wheat and oat crops are nearly a failure,
owing to rust and blast. Cotton looks
unusually well for the season, and we
will have an excellent fruit year from
present appearances.”
Polk Sl&te~<luarry Rail Road.
The Augusta Dispatch learns by letter
from Marietta, that Mr. Denmead, the
President of this road, has instructed the
engineer to proceed with the survey and
location of the route, for the first ten
miles from Marietta, for the purpose of
letting out the contracts.
Southern Direct Importation.
The bark Lone Star, from Bordeaux, .
France, with wines, silks, fancy goods, i
etc., direct to Norfolk, Va., arrived at i
that port on the 14th inst.
A New York exchange announces that
Dr. Cheever, the Reverend Ranter, de
livered a discourse Sunday evening in
that city on the subject of Thaddeus Hy
att’s imprisonment.
The Opelika and LaFayette Road.
A correspondent of the LaFayette
(Ala.) Sentinel, who signs himself “Pro
Bono Publico,” states that some weeks
ago the President and directors of the
West Point and Tennessee Elver Rail
Road Company proposed to the Opelika
and Oxford Rail Road Company, to con
tribute a sum sufficient to defray one-half
the cost of a road to LaFayette, provided
the latter company would make West
Point the starting point of their road.
The proposal was rejected by the Direc
tory, but the Seutinel's correspondent
goes on to demonstrate that the Directory
were wrong, and that not only could an
immense saving of money be effected, but
a far better connection, for all practical
purposes, could be at West Point than
Opelika could afford.
The Sentinel accompanies the commu
nication by au editorial urging the con
struction of both roads, to Opelika and
also to West Point, and urges contribu
tions to both. Says the Sentinel, “ West
Point has now nearly SIOO,OOO sub
scribed, besides a reliable pr ‘mise, or we
may say proffer, of material assistance
from au Eastern incorporation. There
is no doubt of this. We sptak what we
know.”
Our citizens who have advocated a sub
scription to the Opelika and LaFayette
Road may draw what inferences they
please from these facts—they speak for
themselves. Though the proposition from
West Point has been rejected, as the Sen
tinel states, who can tell that the Direc
tory of the Opelika and LaFayette Road
will not reconsider their action, or even
that the West Point and Tennessee River
Company will not make the connection
with LaFayette anyhow, as their re
sources are abundant, and they’ will not
be thwarted, if possible to prevent it, in
their enterprise. Besides that, they will
undoubtedly have the co-operatiou of the
Eastern corporation to which reference is
made above. In that eveut, and it is by
no means improbable, it is needless to
foresee the consequences to Columbus.
Though there is little grouud for ap
prehending that this city will subscribe
to the Opelika aud LaFayette Road, yet
we desire to disclaim that we are not influ
enced by a spirit of factious opposition
in setting forth these facts, and if our re
sources shall be concentrated upon and
devoted to the enterprises that will not
enrich and aggrandize other places at
our expense, our sole object will have
been accomplished.
Testimonial to Ileenan.
Iu New York city there is organized
a “Finance Committee of the John C.
Heenan Testimonial Fund.” At a meet
ting Friday evening, the 18tb, Mr. Con
rey said that he had collected $82,50.
Among others whom he had called upon
for a subscription, he mentioned tho
name of Mr. P. T. Barnutn. That gen
tleman informed him that he was a pocr
man, but would contribute his mite indi
rectly. If Mr. Ileenan would exhibit
himself at his Museum on his return to
this country, he would contribute from
ten to twenty thousand dollars. Mr.
Conrey said that Mr. Heenan would not
agree to exhibit himself for any amount.
Finally Mr. B. agreed to contribute SIOO,
on condition that Mr. Ileenan should
visit the Museum on his return. It was
then resolved that the names of all con
tributes be published in a handsome
book, bound in gold, for presentation to
Mr. Heenan.
Letter from Col* A. K. Lawton.
Col. Lawton has written a letter in
response to the M;y:on Committee, re
questing his views for publication, iu
which he dissents from the recommenda
tions of the majority of those received by
the Committee. He cordially endorses
the action of the Georgia Delegation at
Charleston, and insists that tie honor of
the State imposes on her an obligation to
meet the adjourned Council at Richmond.
He objects to going to Baltimore unless
clearer intimations are given that a more
catholic spirit will prevail there, would
rather see the Richmond Convention go
before the country with its principles and
candidates announced, and hopes the
Milledgeville Convention will approve the
action of the withdrawing delegates, and
send a suitable delegation to Richmond
without instructions.
—
Democratic Meeting In Polk.
The Democracy of Polk county held a
meeting at Cedar Town on the 17th inst.
lleslutions were adopted which fully ap
proved the action of the seceding Dele
gates at the Charleston Convention ; fa
vored the appointment ofa full delegation
to the Richmond Convention and ap
proved the calling of the Milledgeville
Convention. On motiou of Col. E. D.
Chisolm it was
Resolved, That in event the Milledge
ville convention shall repudiate the action
of the Georgia delegates, who seceded
from the Charleston convention, by the
appointment of delegates to the adjourned
convention at Baltimore, we hereby re
quest our delegates to retire from the
convention and join such other delegates
as shall agree with them iu sending dele
gates to the Richmond convention.
Tke Signers of the Address.
It is a singular fact, that out of the
nineteen representatives in Congress who
appended their signatures to the Ad
dress to the National Democracy” the
whole body of those from Georgia are in
cluded. Alabama furnishes not one.—
Senator Clay, it is stated, signed it but
upon the refusal of all his delegation to
do so, withdrew his name. It was pre
sented to only one of the South Carolina
delegation, Senator Cbesnut, who refused,
and it was well known that the other
members of the delegation would do the
same, and the paper was never presented
for their signatures. So says a Wash
ington correspondent of the Columbia (S.
C.) South Carolinian.
A Lobby Correspondent Expelled.
Mr. Walker, a correspondent of the
New York Express, was expelled from
the Reporter’s gallery in the House of
Representatives, the 17th inst., on mo
tion of Mr. Winslow. The motion was
suggested by developments brought out
before Mr. Covode’s investigating com
mittee, which went to implicate Mr.
Walker in receiving $2,500 from Mr. j
Wendell to influence the passage of the
Lecompton bill.
The first of the American expeditions
for observing tfie Solar Eclipse of July
18th, left New York Monday last for
Washington Territory, under command
of Lieut. Gilliss, of the United States
Navy, and a successful practical Astron
omer. Others will follow for Labrador,
and the Hudson’s Bay Territory, ulso for
taking observations.
{NUMBER 7.
Chicago Correspondence of the gun.
Chicago, May 14, 18(50.
Eds. Sun: If you wish to hear any
thing of a political nature from this city
I suppose it would te at the present time,
when delegates from twenty-three States
have put themselves to the trouble and
expense of assembling here for the pur
| pose of designating the man who will be
; doomed to defeat in November next. The
Black Republicans have assembled here
in all their wisdom, and no man can
foresee the end. The names mentioned
for the Presidency are Seward, Bates,
’ Lincoln, (the great defeated by Douglas
| in 1858,) Cameron, McLeau, Banks,
Chase and Wade, with the probability of
the choice being made from the first
three. Seward’s friends claim 174 on
the first ballot—233 being necessary for
a choice. Horace Greeley is here in
double capacity—first as delegate from
Oregon, and second as high priest for
Bates, whose friends claim 100 votes for
him on the first ballot. The irrepressible
conflict between Weed (Seward’s right
hand man,) and Greeley is strong, and
well pitted, both keen wire-working poli
ticians, and each with an eye on the
main chance for his principal.
Pennsylvania is largely represented
in favor of Cameron, and her delegates
are the most nonchalant fellows in the
world. They demand as the price of their
State the nomiuatien of Cameron, and
that, too, with a coolness that is refresh
ing these hot days. If that can t be clone
their ultimatum is the defeat of Seward,
who is of course the most prominent man
for the nomination. They say their State
cannot carry Seward.
If Pennsylvania is obliged to abandon
Cameron, her delegates will either unite
ou Lincoln, of this State—a native of
Harden, Kentucky—or Bates. Pennsyl
vania ignores the “nigger question,”
and demands a man sound on protection.
It is amusing to visit the headquaiters of
the different delegations and bear their
calculations. They all have their eye on
a spot —who is the man that Douglas can
not beat ? For, say what they will to the
contrary, he is the only man whose nomi
nation at Baltimore they fear. Each
faction claims that unless its favorite is
nominated, Douglas will carry it’s State.
New Yorkers say Seward is the only man
who can beat Douglas in New York;
Pennsylvania say the like of Cameron in
their State ; so say Ohio and Indiana as
to McLean, Illinois as to Lincoln, and
Missouri as to Bates.
The leaders of the Republican (i. e.,
sectional) party more sectional still
than their party, claim they must have
a man suited to the whims and notions of
their particular section of the North, and
in their strifes and plottings proclaim
the fact that unless they take up with a
nonentity, such as was Fremont, they
have not a man among them sufficiently
national to unite one-half the Union.
Bates has played a sharp political trick
by sending here 100 delegates from five
slave States, to-wit: Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri, were
it will be a hard matter to find other Re
publican voters than said delegates.
The Convention commences it’s session
to-morrow (Wednesday,) in a building
put up by the Black Republicans for
campaign purposes, called the “ Wig
wam,” capable of accommodating about
8,000 persons. Many of the delegates
arrived on Saturday, and after a grand
pow-wow at the “Wigwam” they scat
tered themselves about town to see the
elephant, of which our notorious Black
Republican Mayor, “Long John,” took
advantage to levy a tax for the benefit of
our exhausted city treasury, by sending
liis police to certain houses not supposed
to bo tolerated in a virtuous city like
this goodly one, the result of which was
a night’s lodging in the saw-dust of the
lock-up by about 100 of our Republican
guests, together with their frail compan
ions, and a distribution of about $2,000
on Monday morning to the city police on
account of local wages. An irrepressible
conflict delegate from Albany, N. Y.,
named Thurlow W’eed, who was slightly
inebriated, and one of our city fathers,
who is a Lincoln man, got into a discus
sion as to the merits of their respective
candidates ou the stairs of the “Treraont”
this evening, and the city father in a
somewhat excited tone said he “would be
and and if the Seward men were not all a
set of political jugglers;” thereupon
“Weed” retorted, “you are personal,
sir; I am a Seward delegate.” To which
the city father replied in lauguage more
expressive than classic, “Toll—ll with
you, you old Mountebank. You”—here
he was cut short by a well-directed blow
from Weed’s gold-headed cane, and was
sent sprawling into the gutter; and thvs
ended the first irrepressible conflict of
this Convention. OBSERVER.
*
From the Chicago Times.
Political Stock Market.
Our Chicago report of the political
stock market is up to midnight, May 14.
Monday, 12 p. m.—The market yes- j
terday was exceedingly active. The j
presence on ’change of the redoubtable i
white coat added much interest to the
events of the day, and his veteran coun- ‘■
sels had a serious effect upon the market, j
From our table of quotations it will be \
seen that the “fancy” affairs fell to the
very lowest mark. The non-arrival of
the whole Connecticut delegation put
things back a little. Bates went up con
siderably, while Cameron declined. Mc-
Lean rallied a little in the forenoon, but j
a quotation from Horace, (we regret we j
have not the Latin,) showing the folly of
taking au old man to do a young man’s
work, particularly when the young man
is at hand and anxious to do it, had a
disastrous effect. Old Buchanan’s ex
ample is used seriously sgainst McLean.
The sage of the Tribune demonstrates to
the satisfaction of every one that Bates is
not the less vigorous and promising be
cause he has 17 children and he cites the
example of Brigham Young, the father of
97 children, and the most vigorous man
in the Union, Edward Bates excepted.
When the Ohio and Pennsylvania dele
gations were counted off to bed, and it
was ascertained that no Seward man was
where Long John’s police could “pull
him,” the market closed at the following
quotations:
PRESIDENT.
Seward 96—The favorite stock by far.
Banks 10 —Declining rapidly; taken a
“slide.”
Wade 20—Altogether fancy, sales very
light.
Chase 40— No sales. Holders getting
alarmed.
Fremont 3—May be said to be out of the
market.
Lincoln s— Another fancy, rapidly de
clining.
Cameron 46—Looking up; holders have
some confidence, and the
prospects for dividends
good.
Long John 7 —Holders want a “pull” at
him.
McLean 2%—Holders preparing for total
loss.
Bates 72—Highest point yet; heavy
sales. Stock secured by
H. Y. Tribune and Frank
Blair's negroes.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
No transactions, except some small sales of
Hickman. Covode was introduced yesterday
for the first time, but found no buyers.
The Sufferers.
The Memphis Avalanche of the 17th
says:
The remainder of the sufferers of the
Sass disaster, consisting of Miss Mollie
Williams, Mr. Graham, wife and child,
and others, leftfor Cincinnati last evening
on the Glendale. Capt. Ham. Bugher,
with his accustomed generosity, gave
them a free passage.
For the Daily Sun.
Opelika and Talladega Rail Road.
Eds. Sun : I have in previous numbers
striven to show that we were very great
ly interested in building the Opelika and
Talladega Rail Road; I propose to add
other considerations of more importance.
The Southern country is fast filling up
with rail roads, and the effort now is to
locate each new route that it may in the
future be able to control the largest
trade. V e have heretofore waited for
others to build, and then tap them. It
is high time that we should enter the list
and secure, while we can, the control of
some route that will place us in the great
thoroughfare of trade aud travel. If we
fail to do this, others will step in while
we are dallying and bear off the prize,
and when too late, we will mourn over our
folly and supineness. In the construc
tion of the Opelika and Talladega Rail
Road such an opening is ottered us, and
if we have the public spirit and wisdom
to embrace it, Columbus will still remain
not only the queen city of the Chatta
hoochee, but of Western Georgia. From
Columbus to Cliildersburg we shall have
an uninterrupted and higbly valuable
trade ; at Childersburg we form a con
nexion with Selma and Tennessee River
Road, which leads to Northwestern Geor
gia, and also taps Nashville by other
routes, giving us great access to the great
Tennessee valley. Then there is the
Central Rail Road running from Mont
gomery to Decatur, there joining the
Memphis aud Charleston lload. This
Road we can reach by running from
Childersburg to Elyton, 35 miles. This
would put us in connexion at Decatur
with the Tennessee Central Rail Road
via Nashville to Louisville, Ky.
These are highly important connexions,
but gentlemen, they bear no comparison
in actual good for us, with a lload direct
from Childersburg to Tuscumbia, once built,
it will be the mighty river, while all the
ot hers will prove valuable tributaries ;
no road in existence or projected, can or
will excel, if compete with it, in the ex
tent of its business, or value of its stock,
immense connexions with the west and
northwest, its being the only direct and
strait line, from the producing States,
immediately into the heart of the States
consuming the bacon and grain, will ne
cessarily bring over it a vast trade.—
Suppose it was built; let us inquire liow
it would affect us: Columbus would be
the point from which the whole country
adjacent to and along the Mobile and
Girard Road would get their supplies.—
We should also supply all south of us
perhaps as far as Chattahoochee, Fla.,
and also South Western Georgia, while
the goods bought by Macon and even Sa
vannah would come over this line ; in
other words, we would become the prin
cipal distributing point of western pro
duce for western and southwestern Geor
gia.
Who can predict now, what our future
destiny will be, if we seize the present
moment to secure the trade within our
grasp ? In addition to this it may be
well to inquire whether or notour great
staple “cotton” cannot be transported
from Memphis, via Savannah to New
York, as cheap as it is now done, via the
Mississippi river, northern lakes and
rails. The distance from Memphis to Sa
vannah via Columbus will not exceed 700
miles. Now cannot this line deliver cot
ton in Savannah for 80 or 90c. per hun
dred or less, and thence to New York for
20 or 25c. If this is practicable, there
is no longer any controversy as to the
magnitude and necessity of this Road ;
neither can we hesitate on the score of its
being a gaging investment. lam san
guine enough to believe that we shall yet
see half million bales of cotton traverse
this route for their Northern and Euro
pean destination, and as we stand on the
margin of this mighty tide of trade, the
fountains of our commerce will be so in
vigorated and improved that we shall yet
flourish and grow to an extent not now
dreamed of. This then is the work for us
to engage in—now is the time—let not
indecision or fears prevent us from seiz
ing this opportunity of securing perma
nence and commercial power.
MERCHANT.
Tii<; Japanese JCmbuiy.
On the reception of the Japanese Am
bassabors at the White House, Washing
ton, they addressed the President us
follows;
“ His Majesty, ihe Ty-Coon lias com
manded us to express to His Majesty the
President of the United States, in his
name, the following sentiments : design
ing to establish on a firm and lasting
foundation the relations of peace and
commerce now so happily existing be
tween the two countries under the treaty
lately negotiated and concluded by the
Plenipotentiaries of both governments.—
We are now under his orders ready to
exchange the ratifications of said treaty
in your principal city of Washington.—
Henceforth he hopes that the friendly
relations shall become more and more
lasting, and he is very happy to witness
the friendly feeling which you have mani
fested in bringing us to the United States,
and sending us back to Japan in your
man-of-war.”
The President then replied as follows ;
repeating a few lines at a time and then
pausing for their translation to the Em
bassadors by the interpreters, who bowed
their heads very low at every sentence as
it was thus explained to them:
“I give you a cordial welcome as the
representatives of his Imperial Majesty ,
the Ty-Coon of Japan, to the American
government. We are much gratified that
the first Embassy which your great Em
pire has ever accredited to any foreign
Power has been sent to the United States.
I trust that this will be the harbinger of
perpetual peace and friendship between
the two countries. The ratifications you
are about to exchange with the Secretary
of State cannot fail to be productive of
benefits and blessings to the people of
both Japan and the United States. I
can say for myself, and promise for my
successor, that it shall be carried into
execution in a faithful and friendly spirit,
so as to secure to the two countries all
the advantages they may justly expect
from the happy auspices under which it
has been negotiated and ratified. I re
joice that your are pleased with the kind
treatment which you have received on
board of our vessels of war whilst on
your passage to this country. You shall
be sent back in the same manner to your
native land, under the protection of the
American flag. Meanwhile your residence
amongst us, which I hope may be pro
longed, so as to enable you to visit the
different portions of our country, we
shall be happy to extend to you all the
hospitalities and kindness eminently due
to the great and friendly Sovereign whom
you so worthily represent.”
*
Report of a Bloody Tragedy.
We have verbal reports of a most hor
rible double homicide committed on
Saturday last, on the Upatoie creek, in
Chattahoochee county. It is said that a
man named Doolittle became offended
with an old gentleman named Helms, on
account of the refusal of the latter to
drink with him ; and that shortly after
wards Doolittle, meeting two sons of
Helms, asked them to drink with him,
which they also declined doing, when a
difficulty arose between the parties, and
Doolittle inflicted severe and fatal wounds
upon one of the brothers with a knife.
He then walked off a short distance as if
to get his horse, but soon returned, and
finding the other youDg Helms stooping
over the body of his wounded brother, he
literally cut his throat also ! This is the
report as we have heard it, but perhaps
a more circumstantial account of the af
fair may show some palliating circum
stances in favor of the homicide.—En
quirer, (Ti ursday.)
Personal Appearance.
Mirabeau thus wrote to a young lady
who had fallen in love with his genius,
ank wished to know how he looked:—
“ Faucy his Satanic Majesty, after hav
ing had the small pox—such am I.”