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Tuesday Aug. 7, 1860.
The Rome Courier says Mrs. George S.
Black, wife of one cf the oldest citizens
and merchants of that city, died very
suddenly in Cherokee county, Ala , on
the 25th inst., at the residence of her
brother in law.
Cliattanooga Markets.
The Chattanooga Gazette, of the 28th,
says bacon, hog round, is worth in that
market 12£ cts. ; lard 12£ to 13; flour,
superfine, per sack, $3 75 to $4 00; fam
ily, $4 00 ; wheat, $1 40 to 51 50 ; corn
from depot, 95 to $1 00.
Crops In Randolph.
The Cuthbert Reporter says the crops
of corn and cotton in that section are al
most an entire failure. The former will
not average more,than two and a half
bushels to the acre. An intelligent plan
ter has offered a field of one hundred
acre3 of cotton for ten bales.
New Patents for Georgia.
Prom the official list of patents, for
the 17th of July, we take the following:
Samuel Barnett, of Washington, Git.,
for improved plotting instrument.
M. J. Gallagher, of Savannah, Ga., for
improvement in breach loading fire arms.
M. C. McCullers, of Herndon, Ga., for
improvement in plows.
M. Rizell and W. D. Ivey, of Dawson,
Ga., for improvement in cotton cultiva
tors.
New Cotton at Cahnba.
The Cahaba (Ala.) Gazette says the
first bale of the new crop was .received
last Friday (20th inst.), at the Ware
house of Mclnnis and Cos. It came from
one of the plantations of Dr Saltmarsh,
and was shipped to Mobile by first boat.
Another bale was received on Monday
from the other plantation of Dr. Salt
mash, and was purchsed by Mr. T. L.
Craig, at 10 cents. It classed middling.
♦
Crops In Harris County.
The Hamilton Enterprise has taken
pains to ascertain the condition of grow
ing crops in the county, and announces
that the corn crop will turn out almost a
failure. Farmers say that on a great
deal of their upland they could not make
a bushel to the acre. The prospect is
also gloomy for a good cotton crop; the
weed is small and owing to the drouth
aud heat, is maturing early.
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Tlie Coalition.
The Georgia Forester professes to have
received the details of the coalition be
tween Bell and Douglas men, which are
from a reliable source. The scheme is to
end as follows : If Bell and Everett get
the Electoral vote, the entire coalition is
to vote for and elect Johnson United
States Senator. If Douglas and Johnson
get the Electoral vote, then B. H. Hill is
to receive the reward and go to the Sen
ate.
♦
Nortli Carolina Politics.
Next week, as has been announced, the
election for State officers takes place in
North Carolina. The candidates for
Governor are Gov. Ellis and Mr. Pool,
both of whom have espoused the claims
of Breckinridge and Lane. This is rath
er an anomalous state of things, and Mr.
Pool’s relations to Breckinridge will
doubtless exert an influence in the elec
tion, and reduces it so far as that ques
tion is concerned, to a choice of individ
uals. There is littlo or no doubt, how
ever, of the success of Gov. Ellis.
New Cotton at New Orleans.
A New Orleans correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury says: On the eve
ning of the 22d, three bales of new cot
ton were received here from Vicksburg,
the first by the river for the season, and
earliest on record from these parts. One
bale had been received here from Texas,
some three weeks ago, which was ship
ped to New York, thence to Liverpool.—
An offer of fifteen cents per pound was
refused for this bale of new cotton in the
New York market.
Corn.
Tho Columbia (S. C.) Guardian says
corn is selling in that city at $1,25 a
bushel, while it is quoted in Baltimore
the 23d, as dull and heavy—mixed 62
cts.; 65 cts. for white ;in Oswego, the
2lßt, at 521 cts.; in Buffalo, the 21st, at
52 cts.; and in Chicago, same date, at
43 to 44 cts. In New Y'ork, the 24th inst.,
it had a downward tendency, and was
selling—mixed, 60 to 61 cents, and next
day declining one cent; and on the Wa
bash, according to the Cincinnatti Price
Current, it was selling at 25 to 30 cents
per bushel. Iu Charlotte, Wednesday,
it was 90 to 92 cents.
Ought Married People to Sleep To
gether.
Hall’s Journal of Health, which claims
to be high authority in medical science,
has taken a stand against married people
sleeping together, but thinks they had
better sleep in adjoining rooms. It says
that Kings and Queens do not sleep to
gether, and why should other people ?
Capacity of Norfolk Harbor-
It has been stated that Hampton Roads,
where all the navies of the world might
float in safety and be securely sheltered
from storms, may be called the harbor of
Norfolk—more properly—the outer bar.
bor. A fleet of ships as large as the
Great Eastern, numbering a thousand,
might ride out the storms there and have
sea room to spare.
Escape of Convicts.
A dispatch from St. Louis, the 24th
says : Upwards of fifty convicts escaped
from the Penitentiary at Jefferson City,
yesterday, by bursting open the prison
gate. In the melee, Deputy Warden
Ritchie, was slightly injured. Three
convicts were killed, and seven seriously
wounded. All the prisoners were recap
tured excepting seven.
Democratic Meeting In Clayton.
The Breckinridge and Lane Democracy
of Clayton county held a meeting at
Jonesboro on the 24th inst., to ratify the
nominations of Breckinridge and Lane.
Hon. L. J. Gartrell addressed the meet
ing. Five delegates were appointed to
the Milledgeville Convention with power
to fill vaoanoies.
VOLUME IV.I
Cobb vs. Iverson.
An Upper Georgia correspondent of tho
Augusta Constitutionalist speaking of the
status of parties in the next Legislature
says, that “Breckinridge will have a
majority there, and that Howell Cobb will
be elected United States Senator in place
of Alfred Iverson.”
So far as the prophecy effects Breckin
ridge, we are of opinion, aside from po
litical feeling, that it will prove true ;
but the result of the Senatorial election
will show that the Constitutionalist’s cor
respondent is in somo things a bungling
hand at vaticination. If Mr. Cobb, by
his recent course in the contest for the
Presidency has entitled himself to the
confidence and encouragement of the anti-
Douglas Democracy, the reasons for ac
cording the same to Senator Iverson are
much stronger and are more binding
For sometime previous to the Presiden
tial Conventions, Senator Iverson was in
advance of the opinions of his party on
the Territorial question—or at least in
assuming its present position. If so, it
is a tacit and overwhelming argument
that they believe be was right, and there
fore they have come to him. He has
been consistent in the course he pursued
in Congress, his honesty is unquestioned
and unquestionable, and according to the
wing of the Democracy with which he is
in perfect affiliation in sentiment and
feeling, he has been as he is now—right,
respecting the great question involved in
the Presidential contest. If these things
are so, as will not be denied, we are una
blo to perceive any sufficient reason why
his claims should be postponed by his
party to those of any other aspirant.
Mr. Cobb possesses in an eminent
degree the requisite qualifications for the
position ; so does Senator Iverson, which
we may say without disparagement to
Mr. Cobb ; but Senator Iverson’s claims
for re-election, are superior to those of
any competitor who may be brought
against him. As there is no reason ef
fecting the public interests which de
mands or would justify the defeat of Sen
ator Iverson, every true friend of Mr.
Cobb in the State will not persist in en
deavoring to place them in positions of
antagonism.
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Alabama Iron.
We wore more than gratified to day by
a personal examination of a lot of Ala
bama iron manufactured at the Shelby
Iron Works. To us it seemed every way
equal to any that is imported from any
other State or from Europe. John Fra
ser, Esq., whom every one knows, is a
superior judge of iroqf has pronounced
that to which we allude, equal in all
respects to any that ho lias ever used,
and says it can be converted into the
finest cast steel in the world. What re
joiced us so much was that it is a home
production from those rich beds of ore,
which in connection with the other met
als in that region, must prove sources of
inexhaustible wealth tt> Alabama.
We clip the above from the Montgome
ry Daily Post. When the Opelika and
Talladega Rail Road is completed, Col
umbus will be thrown into direct commu
nication with the rich mineral region in
Alabama alluded to by the Post.
Cuba Sugar Plantations.
The Cuban Messenger says the produc
tion of the best cultivated plantations
averages 23 boxes per negro, or 10,000
pounds; but in the greater part of those
estates, where tho modern machinery has
not been introduced, only 11 boxes, 4,-
750 pounds of sugar, can be made per
negro. There are above 2,000 sugar es
tates in the whole island, and the num
ber increases almost daily. In 1775
there were, in all the islands 483 sugar
estates.
fatality from Heat.
The Nashville Banner says : The Tele
graph mentions the fact of fifty deaths
having occurred in St. Louis from sun
stroke. The details coming to us proving
this statement exaggerated. On Friday,
Saturday and Sunday the Coroner had
been called to hold inquests on no less
than thirty-five persons who died from
the effects of the heat. Besides these fa
tal instances, numberless attacks oc
curred, more or less severe, generally
confined to laboring men and women.
The Presidency.
A dispatch from Washington, the 25th,
says: the representatives ot the Union par
ties will meet in this city to-morrow, in or
der to come to somo agreement, but with
little prospect. From present appearan
ces, there will be four tickets in the field.
The Bell men are consulting with the
Douglas leaders, who refuse their over
tures.
Prof. I. N. Loomis
The Memphis Appeal of the 13th, con
tains an address delivered by Prof. Loom
is, of Macon, Ga., before Hatchie Lodge,
No. 151, F. and A. M., at Middleburg,
Tennessee, on the last anniversary of St.
John the Baptist.
Democratic Sleeting iu Ware.
The Democracy of Ware county held a
meeting at Waresboro, on the 21st inst.,
to ratify the nominations of Breckinridge
and Lane. Messrs. G. B. Williams and
Carey W. Styles made speeches. Seven
delegates were appointed to the Milledge
ville Convention with power to appoint
proxies.
Serious Accident.
The Cahaba (Ala.) Gazette states that
Samuel R. Shepard, Esq., was seriously
wounded on the 21st inst., while hunting
squirrels with a party of gentlemen. The
shot entered the left arm below the elbow
and ranged upwards.
The Fort Valley Century says: On
Friday last, Mr. Absalom Marshall, near
Perry, undertook to correct one of his
negroes, but the negro resisted, and in
dicted several wounds upon Mr. Marshall,
in the region of the abdomen. We have
not learned -the extent of the injuries,
but learn that they are very severe. The
negro has absconded.
♦
A Breckinridge and Lane ratification
meeting was held in Pensacola, on Tues
day of last week. It was addressed by
the Hon. T. J. Judge, and Col. J. F.
Clements, of Alabama, among others.
The city debt of Memphis is stated by
Alderman Martin at $425,000, and ac
cording to the same gentleman, the city
is bled annually to the amount of $87,000
to pay interest upon it.
“ May it please your honor,” said a
lawyer, addressing one of the city judges,
“ 1 brought the prisoner from jail on a
habeas corpus.” “Well,” said a fellow
in an under tone, who stood in the rear
of the court, “ these lawyers will say
anything, I saw the man get out of a cab
at the court door.”
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Excitement in St. Louis.
On the night of the 25th ult., as we
j learn from the St. Louis Republican, a
frightful mob and riot occurred in that
city, by which twenty-three houses of
I prostitution were attacked and broken up
and an immense amount of property des
troyed. The mob numbered several
thousand persons, and all efforts on the
part of the police to arrest their progres,
were futile. The exertions made by offi
cer Kennedy were too much for him, and
on returning from the scene of excites
ment, he fell down and died in a short
time from sheer exhaustion. About sixty
persons have been arrested for engaging
in the proceedings.
Rail Road Meeting.
On Saturday, the 21st ult., the friends
of the Georgia and Western Rail Road
from Atlanta to Jacksonville, Ala., and
Griffin and Decatur Rail Roads, held a
meeting and gave a public barbecue at
Pine Grove, Harralson county, Ga. The
people were addressed by Dr. J. N. Sim
mons and Col. L. H. Davis, of Atlanta,
the latter of whom stated that the Geor
gia Rail Road company was ready to
double, if necessary, its subscription of
$250,000, that the South Carolina Road
was willing to lend them its bonds to pro
cure iron, and that as soon as the survey
and location of the road was completed
the distance of forty miles, it would be
put under contract. _ About $20,000 were
subscribed in the county.
Outlaws in Escambia County, Ela.
In the Pensacola Observer, we find the
proceedings of a meeting held at Bluff
Spring, Escambia county, Florida, to con
sider the conduct of a band of desperadoes
who have for years infested the upper
portion of the county, near the Alabama
line, and have eluded all efforts to bring
them to punishment. The band is headed
by a man named Medlock.
At the meeting, two of his confederates
were examined, and disclosures were made
which startled every one present. A com
mittee was appointed to select a Vigilance
Committee, with full power to redress the
evils complained of.
Manufacturing In Texas.
The subscribers to the Houston (Tex
as) manufacturing company, met on the
30th ult. They adopted as their title
the name of the Houston Cotton and
Wood Factory, fixed the capital stock at
SIOO,OOO, appointed a committee to select
a suitable locality for buildings, and or
dered books of subscription to be opened
at the office of the President, A. J. Burke.
It is predicted by the press of Houston
that that city will have a population of
60,000 inhabitants in a few years.
Death of Hon, Ezekiel Picking.
The Hon. Ezekiel Pickens died at his
residence in Mississippi on Saturday
morning, the 21st ult. For many years
he was a Judge of the Circuit Court of
Alabama, and upon leaving the bench
removed to Mississippi, where he has
since resided, He was widely known in
both States.
Pacific Railway.
A dispatch from Kansas city says the
announcement that the ground would be
broken for the construction of the Eas
tern Pacific Railway, brought out a large
number of persons. Every body turned
out to see the sight, and as the men com
menced the work the cheering arose, and
again and again it was caught up until
hoarseness alone put an end to it.
Death of a Minister.
The Rev. S. J. Orr. formerly a mem
ber of the Georgia Annual Conference of
the M. E. Church, South, but for the
last few years a local minister, died at
his residence, in Thomasville, Ga., on
the 13th inst., in the 43rd year of his
age. He was a brother to Professor Orr,
of Emory College, also to Professor Orr,
of Andrew Female College.
Meeting in Effingham.
The Savannah News gives an extended
account of a meeting of the Breckinridge
and Lane Democracy of Effingham coun
ty, at Springfield, on Saturday last.—
Speeches were made by Hon. Henry R.
Jackson, Julian Hartridge, C. C. Wilson,
and A. H. Hahn, who was invited by the
committee of arrangements to address the
meeting in favor of Bell and Everett.
♦
Ferdinand McCaskill, who was arrested
in Texas a short time since, says the
Pensacola Observer, for the alleged mur
der of George Young, has been found
guilty in the United States District Court
of Florida, of murder in the first degree.
His counsel made a motion for anew
trial, which was overruled by the Court,
and the prisoner was sentenced to be hung
on the 17th prox.
Meeting in Lee.
The citizens of Lee county friendly to
the election of Bell and Everett, held a
meeting at Starkville recently. The
usual resolutions of endorsement, &c.,
were adopted. Thirty two delegates were
appointed to attend the Electoral conven
tion at Milledgeville, on the 13th prox.
Great Revival.
The Chattanooga Gazette learns from
Rev. Mr. Templeton, pastor of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church in that city,
that a great revival is progressing in
Dade county, Ga. There were over fifty
converts, numbering all classes, profes
sions and sects.
Hon. J. A, Woodward.
The Talladega (Ala.) Watchtower an
nounces that Mr. Woodward of that place
has declared for Breckinridge and Lane.
In 1856 he was a supporter of Mr. Fill
more, and was formerly representative
in Congress from the Columbia (S. C.)
District.
Politics in Louisiana.
One hundred and seventy six citizens
of Caddo Parish, La., have addressed a
call through the Shreveport Gazette, for
a meeting for the ratification of the nomi
nations of Breckinridge and Lane, to be
held at Shreveport on the Ist Monday in
August.
An adroit pick-pocket stole a costly
diamond bracelet from a lady’s arm, in
Broadway, New York, on Friday evening,
while she was promenading with her hus
band.
The Africa brings intelligence of the
death of Mrs George E. Kuhnard, mer
chant of New York, and Consul for the
free city of Hamburg, Germany. He
died on the 4th ult.
Benjamin Partsley and his son were
murdered and robbed of SSOO, on the
night of the 15th inst., while passing
through a forest near Pensacola, Florida.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 7. 1860.
Tbe Enqutrerjfand North Carolina
Politics.
The Enquirer takes us to task for the
assertion that both tbe candidates for
Governor of North Carolina have espous
ed the cause of Breckinridge. We do not
undertake to defend the assertion except
on tbe authority of an exchange—the
Memphis Avalanche, if our recollection
serves us correctly. We made the state
ment as a part of the history of the can
vass, and as it was later than anything
we had seen to the contrary, we do not
perceive the justice of the Enquirer’s
placing us in the category of the man who
asserted that the horse was seventeen
feet high and stuck to it; for we suppose
it alluded to us in saying that individual
is an “ exemplar of Democratic politi
cians in this campaign.”
Our statement that “ there is no doubt
of the success of Gov. Ellis,” the Demo
cratic candidate, the Enquirer construes
into a “boast.” We are unable to per
ceive why our position as a neutral pa
per should prevent an expression of opin
ion as to the result of a political contest.
It is perfectly legitimate and consistent
with our relations to-all parties in the
South. The belief that Gov. Ellis will
be elected is entirely warranted by the
past history of politics in the old “ Rip
Van Winkle State,” and therefore we ex
pressed it, burying any feelings ofparti
zanship. As to being in the interest of
the Democracy as an organ or ally, we
are about as much obnoxious to the
charge, as the Enquirer, and far less, so
far as Mr. Douglas is concerned.
Letter from Mr. Bell.
Hon. Thomas H. Watts, of Alabama,
some time since addressed a letter of in
quiry to the Hon. John Bell, particularly
as to his endorsement of the American
and Whig platform of February, 1856.
In reply, the latter sends a compilation
of such of his speeches and letters as
have a bearing upon the subjects of con
troversy. He declines to make any new
declaration of principles as inconsistent
with the declared views of the Conven
tion which nominated him, and states
that he cannot go beyond the record of
his political life in responding to the
questions presented. In the opinion of
Mr. Watts, Mr. Bell’s record distinctly
announces propositions which embrace
the views of the South in the questions
involved in the Presidential contest.
More Incendiarism In Texas.
The Galveston News of the 24th ult.,
says : Two alarms of fire took place in
Jefferson, Cass county, on the Bth, the
same day so many destructive conflagra
tions occurred in other parts of the State.
On the night of the 16tb, the town of
Tyler, Smith county, was thrown into
great excitement by the detection of an
individual, a stranger to the place, in the
act of setting fire to a building. He was
shot at by the patrol, but succeeded in
escaping.
Cotton Burnt.
The New Orleans Price Current says
there was a fire on the 25th inst., at four
o’clock, p. m., at the Louisiana Cotton
Press, yard No. 1, destroying about four
hundred bales, reported to be owned as
follows : 60 bales by the Press ; 80, Mar
tin Gordon, Jr., & Cos. ; 50 Avendano
Bros.; 80, Friedlander & Gerson, ship
marked, 30 not ship marked ; 40 Frell
sen & Stevenson ; 15 half bales belong
ing to ; 30 rejected bales, and 25
bales of rope cuttings.
♦
Compliment to tke Zouaves.
It is stated that Gen. Wool—high au
thority it must be admitted—received
the Chicago Zouaves at Troy, and then
made a speech, in the course of which he
said that he had seen not only the best
soldiers in America, but bad visited the
great military schools of Europe, and had
seen many military reviews in different
countries there, but had never seen a body
of military equal to this Chicago compa
ny for perfection of drill.
Fatal Accident.
The Opelika Era, of the 28th ult.,
learns that a young man named Thomas
Wynne came to an untimely end by fbe
accidental discharge of a pistol in tbe
bands of a youDg comrade by the name
of Harper. It is said that the twain were
upon the most intimate terms of friend
ship ; and were quite alone at the time
of the unfortunate occurrence.
Fortftery and Arrest.
A man who registered his name as Wm
A. Taylor, of New Orleans, was arrested
in Charleston on Thursday last for forg
ing two drafts, each of S2OO, one on
Samuel Smith & Cos., of New Orleans,
the other on Mr. Woodward, agent of
Adams’ Express company, Charleston.—
Since his arrest and incarceration, Tay
lor has confessed the forgery of the first
draft.
The Wheat Crop in Indiana.
The Indianapolis Sentinel, speaking of
the extraordinary crop of wheat now be
ing prepared for market in that State
says:
“ The yield of two acres near Kings
town, amounted to ninety three bushels
and twenty pounds. One bushel weigh
ed over seventy pounds. In that region
many fields will average forty three and
forty four bushels to the acre.”
Gov. Johnson in Savannah.
The friends of Douglas and Johnson
held a meeting at Savannah on Monday
evening last. The usual resolutions were
passed, and ten delegates including the
chairman, were appointed to the Electo
ral Convention to be held at Milledgeville.
Gov. Johnson was then introduced and
made a two hours speech.
♦
Arrival of Africans.
The Charleston Courier of the 31st
ult. says:
A cargo of ebony strangers were landed
on the coast, not two hundred miles from
this city, on Wednesday morning. Many
of them have gone to the interior to study
the growth of cotton, corn and rice.
The Late A. E. VanHoose, Esq.
We learn from the Tuscaloosa Monitor
that Mr. VanHoose, who last winter lost
his life by a buggy accident in that coun
ty, held a policy on his life, in the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company,
for $5,000, which has been paid to his
widow for the benefit of herself and child.
♦
Political.
Virgil S. Murphey, Esq., Alternate
Breckinridge and Lane Elector, for the
Russell county, or Third District of Ala
bama, announces that he will address tho
people at Girard- on the 16th, Silver Run
on the 17th, and Union Springs on the
18th of this month.
A Growing Kvil.
It is a common practice in Columbus
with certain slave owners to authorize
them to hire their time, and account reg
ularly for the manner in which they have
occupied it. Under proper restrictions
there may be no objection to this cus
tom, as there are few families, perhaps,
who are not some times under the neces
sity of employing assistance for one or
more days according to circumstances.
But we wish to direct attention parti
cularly to the fact, that hirers of slaves
this way are frequently imposed upon
by negroes who have absconded from
their masters, and make false represen
tations to persons who hire them; and
who are thus made innocently to harbor
them, and are unable to find out whether
they are imposed upon or not. This, we
are informed, is assuming the propor
tions of an evil in the city, and demands
some action on the part of the corporate
authorities to remedy it. We would res
pectfully suggest, that negroes who hire
their time and become responsible to
their owners for it, be required to pro
duce a written permission to do so, under
the signature of the owner, and that the
owner who suffers his or her negroes to
hire themselves, or the person who hires
them without this written authority, be
made to meet the penalty annexed to the
violation of the law.
This it seems to us, in the absence of
more particular information as to the law
regulating this matter, is the best and
only way to enable the hirer of negroes
to distinguish properly his duty in such
cases ; and besides it will be a protection
to him and shield him from many pre
sentments to grand juries and mali
cious prosecutions, any pretext for which,
the Ishmaelites of society are always eager
to embrace.
Tax Returns for 1860.
We are indebted to Mr. Isaac T. Brooks,
Receiver of Tax Returns, says the En
quirer es the Ist, for the following sta
tistics and return of taxable property of
Muscogee county. The aggregate of tax
able property exceeds that of last year
nearly one million of dollars, and two
millions more than the last Receiver’s re
turns. There is also an excess of polls,
professions, free negroes, &c. # This large
increase is the best proof of the fidelity
and industry with which Mr. Brooks has
discharged his duties. The county saves
money by such an officer, and gains there
by in other respects:
Polls 9si
Professions 70
Dentists 4
Daguerrean Artists 4
Free Negroes 37
Number of Slaves 6,164
Number children between 6 and 18 1,345
Number Acres Ist quality land 1,983
Number Acres 2d quality land 2.568
Number Acres 3d quality land 27.926
Numher Acres Pine land 176,833
Total number Acres of land 209,310
Value of Land $1,800,474
Value of City Property 2,415,625
Value of Slaves 4,203,350
Amount of money and solvent debts.. 3,076,128
Amount of Merchandise 1,078,905
Amount of Shipping or Tonnage .17,920
All other capital invested in stock of
any kind 548,115
Value of household and kitchen furni
ture over S3OO 139,200
Value of all other property not before
enumerated 407,769
Total 13,687,486
Total after deducting 13,444,756
Amount on Polls, Professions, Free
Negroes, &c 820 25
.
Crops In Burke County.
The Waynesboro received
information from all parts of the county
concerning the crops says : “ Our cotton
crop bids fair to turn out finely, on the
other hand the severe hail storms and
protraoted drought, has very materially
injured and cut short our corn crop, yet
we learn, there will be a sufficiency made;
very few of our farmers, if any, will have
to purchase; those who expect to run
short before the next crop comes in, will,
of course, resort to the more economical
expedient of planting small grain for pas
turage.”
Melting Church Bells into Cannon.
A Palermo letter of the 24th ultimo,
says:
“ The plan ordered by Garibaldi, of
melting down tbe church bells to make
cannon continues in active operation.—
Every one of the churches is to supply at
least one bell, and those edifices in Pal
ermo are very numerous. I, this morn
ing, saw twenty five or thirty of these
bells lying in the courtyard of the Uni
versity, which serves as a barrack, and
also seven pieces of cannon and a large
pile of balls.”
Southern Literary Companion!
Is the title of anew candidate for pub
lic favor, the first number of which is on
our table. It is a handsome sheet and
filled with a variety of readable articles,
amongst which is an original tale by Jas.
M. Thompson, a short story by Willie
Ware, and a sketch by Miss C. H. Bar
bour, beside other selected and original
articles.
It is published weekly atNewnan, Ga.,
at $2 per annum, by Ira N. Davis, Editor
and proprietor.
Speaking at Butler.
The Hon. A. Iverson, it is stated, will
address the people at Butler to-morrow,
in favor of the claims of Breckinridge and
Lane. It is the terminus of the Mus
cogee- Rail Road, and the trip will
doubtless be a pleasant one to all who
will go from Columbus.
Large Profits.
It is stated that if the Great Eastern is
loaded with 30,000 bales of cotton for
England, the freight on cotton being a
British farthing, or half a cent, her cargo
would amount to little more $60,000
freight money.
Crops in Cherokee.
By a private letter we learn that the
crops in Cherokee in this State are now
doing well. They have had recent rains
which have saved the corn in a great
measure and much exhilarated the farm
ers. Fruit is very plentiful.
Col. J. S. Burke, with a spring-wagon,
full of wife and children, was tumbled
over a precipice sixty feet high, in Bed
ford county, Va., a few days since. The
wagon and horses turned three somer
saults in their descent, and yet, strange
to say, no one was hurt.
The Montgomery Mail learns that two
negroes belonging to the late Mr. Henry
Lucas, a few nights ago, had a difficulty,
caused by jealousy, in which one named
Elmore cut the other named Wesley so
severely in the abdomen that death en
sued.
♦ —*
Meeting in Burke.
The friends of Breckinridge and Lane
in Burke county held a meeting on the
30th ult. at Waynesboro. It was ad
dressed by Hon. J. J. Jones and Colonel
Ashton. Twelve delegates were appoint
ed to the Convention at Milledgeville.
Don’t Mistake Us.
We did not think that it would be ne
cessary to define our position as a public
journalist at this late day, but finding that
some are unable to perceive the differ
ence between tbe meaning of the words
neutral and independent, we ai e under the
necessity therefore of making an explan
ation. To do so is a simple act of justice
to ourselves, as on more occasions than
one, we have been reproved for taking a
position on any question of public interest,
because this paper was neutral, and there
fore we had no right to express our opin
ion.
For the especial benefit of such indi
viduals, we would say, once for all, that
the Sun is “independent in all things and
neutral in nothing,” and on all occasions
and concerning all questions which it is
proper for us to discuss, we expect as we
have done hitherto, to express our opin
ion, but with a proper regard for the
views and due deference to the feelings
of those who may differ from us. But
this does not preclude us from maintain
ing a position of neutrality on any ques
tion, or to assume a position on one or
the other side of it, as may seem best to
us, either of which is in perfect unison
with the character of an independent
journal. On particular questions, we
may, as we have done and do now, re
main neutral, but we reserve our right
nevertheless, to doff that neutrality when
other questions arise if we may see fit to
do so. Such is substantially our under
standing of the true character of an in
dependent paper, and no intelligent man
will complain if we properly exercise our
rights as such.
Shocking Affair.
The Southern Democrat, (Griffin,) of
the 19th, says: On Friday last, B. J.
Lockhart was shot through the left arm,
just below the shoulder, severely frac
turing the bone, by his father in law,
Robert McCuthins. It is reported that
Mr. McCuthins shot in self defence. The
wound was at firßt thought to be danger
ous, and that amputation would be ne
cessary ; we understand, however, the
patient is doing well, and will probably
ifecover. The difficulty is said to have
grown out of a domestic misunderstand
ing-
items from the Macon Telegraph of
the 2d inst.
Supreme Court. —The Supreme Court
adjourned yesterday, after a session of
six weeks in this city, to meet in Atlanta
on the second Monday in August. The
session just closed has been one of the
most laborious since its organization.
Death of Dr. David Kendall. —We
regret to learn that Dr. David Kendall
died at his residence in Waymansvillo a
few days ago. Dr. Kendall was a physi
cian of eminence and long stalling and
was universally loved and respected by
all who knew him, for his many virtues.
Marriage License.— The Judge of
Ordinary of Bibb connty issued but seven
marriage licenses during the month of
July, aud we learn there were but five
marriages consummated ; the other two
“hung fire” from some cause; either tbe
excessive warm weather or the high price
of provisions. Five marriages a month
during the “heated term” is pretty good.
From the Southern Cultivator.
Woman and Health—Southern Au
thors.
Editors Southern Cultivator —l have just
been reading “Woman’s Home Book of
Health,” a work lately from the press,
written by Dr. John S. Wilson, of Colum
bus, Ga., editor of the Health Department
of “Gcdey’s Lady’s Book.”
Now permit me to say that this book,
in my humble opinion, should be in tbe
house of every lady in the South, and I
hope that all your readers will send to
Dr. W., at once, $1,25, and get a copy of
the work.
Your readers, I am sure, have not for
gotten that Dr. Wilson also proposes to
write a work on the diseases of Negroes
and the treatment of Negroes to prevent
disease. This work is one in which I
feel a deep interest, and I would very
much regret the necessity of Dr. Wilson
to abandon the enterprise for want of
support. God knows we should sustain
our own authors, and bring out the talent
of our section of the country, for by-and
by we may need it. Send your names,
therefore, to Dr. Wilson.
Yours, &c., G. D. Harmon, La.
First New Cotton by the Savannah,
Albany and Gulf Rail Road.
W'e were shown yesterday a sample of
the first bale of new cotton received in
this city this season, over the Savan
nah, Albany and Gulf Rail Road from
Florida. The cotton is of a very superior
quality, being very clean, white, silky
and of excellent staple. We are not in
formed on what plantation the cotton was
grown, but it arrived here on the 29th,
consigned to Messrs. McNaughton, Beers
& Cos. ; a firm late of NewPort, Florida,
about to be established in this city.—
Sav. News , 31 at.
Concord, N. H., July 27.—This morn
ing about 5 o’clock, Jas. S. Williams, a
merchant of Warren, N. H.. stepped up
to Mr. Wyatt and shot him through the
heart with a revolver. He djed instantly.
Williams is under arrest. The cause
was trouble about old debt. Wyatt was
a young man and leaves a wife and one
child.
New York, July 28.—The steamer City
of Baltimore sailed for Liverpool to-day,
taking $1,079,000 in specie. She took
New Orleans mails of the 24th, and tele
graph dispatches of the 29th.
A travelling Yankee put up at a coun
try inn, where a number of loungers were
assembled telling stories. After sitting
some time and attentively listening to
their folly, he suddenly turned asked bow
much they supposed he had been offered
forhis dog which he had with him. They
all rose ; one guessed five dollars, another
fifteen, until they exhausted their pa
tience, when one of them seriously asked
how mvch he had been offered.
“Not a darn’d cent,” he replied.
Excess of Cotton at Liverpool.
Statements are made to the effect that
there are now 1,300,000 bales of cotton
stored in and about Liverpool, and in or
der to watch the warehouses efficiently,
and prevent any fires which might break
out gaining head, twenty additional po
lice officers had been added to the fire
brigade, and 1200 yards of spare hose
had been placed in stock at the various
stations.
Washikgton, July 27.—Mathew Seifer
is appointed agent for the Wachitos and
other Indians located on the Choctaw
lands.
Lieut. Ransom, with a detachment of
troops has been ordered to the new mili
tary post at Big Timbers, on tbe Arkan
sas river, for the protection of the gov
ernment and emigrant trains.
We learn from the Abbeville (Ala.)
United South, that a revival of great in
terest is progressing at Blakely, Early
county. Twenty five have been baptized.
Mr. Samuel C. Paxson, one of the oldest
merchants of New York city, died there
on Thursday morning last. He had jnst
taken a warm bath, when he was seized
with paralysis, and died in a few minutes.
{NUMBER 17.
Public Streets— Actiou of the City
Council.
At the last regular meeting of the City
Council we noticed a step which we re
gret was taken, and which time will
doubtless prove was ill-advised, We al
lude to the curtailing of the powers of
the Street Committee, who are now re
quired to lay all applications for improv
ing any of the streets of the city before
Council for approval or rejection.
In all deliberative bodies, there are
special and standing committees whose
duty it is to investigate certain matters
referred to them for investigation and
action. By this means the transaction of
public business is greatly facilitated, and
it impresses us that of all bodies, a City
Council charged with the conduct of the
multifarious affairs of a municipal cor
poration, such committees are equally or
more indispensable. We see no reason
why a committee composed of sensible
and intelligent men, seleoted for the spe
cial purpose, cannot satisfactorily dis
charge the duties devolving on them, and
keep the public streets in an improved
condition. Surely it is not so difficult to
determine the improvements necessary as
to require the previous approbation and
consent of a majority of the Council.
As the matter now stands, a great deal
of unnecessary delay must ensue before
improvements to be made can be com
menced. The application must be made
to the Street Committee and then laid*by
them before the Council, which of course,
must be done at its meetings which are
held at intervals of one and frequently
two weeks, thus causing delay in that
which should be done as early as possi
ble. For all practical purposes the Street
Committee may as well have. been abol
ished.
The Zouaves at West Point.
The Chicago Zouaves visited West Point
on Thursday, escorted by Company B, of
the Seventh Regiment. Their drill was
witnessed by Hon. Jeff. Davis, Ex Secre
tary of War, and Col. Hardee, United
States Army. A letter to the New York
Herald says:
It is needless to say that they excited
the unbounded admiration of all the offi
cers present. Col. Hardee remarked that
he thought their modus operandi was of the
first order, but expressed a doubt whether
the Zouaves acting with larger num
bers would be so perfect or effective. He
said, also, there were radical deviations
from tactics which, though not so appa
rent in a small body, would make an es
sential difference in the movement of a
large body of men. Senator Davis also
spoke of the rapidity and unanimity of
their movements as being especially com
mendable, and thought their two-rank
formation something remarkable. Their
changing from front to flank and from
flank to front was, in his estimation, re
markably well done.
The following paragraph will cause a
general thrill of envy among the volun
teers, especially the latter part cf it:
On Tuesday evening, the Zouaves gave
an “exhibition drill” at the Boston Thea
tre, which was packed with the elite from
pit to dome. So great was the rush for
tickets, that speculators asked and re
ceived as high as fifteen dollars each for
them before sundown, and so great was
the desire witness another exhibition, that
the Zouaves felt compelled to give another
entertainment on Wednesday, in the
same Theatre. After the exhibition on
Tuesday evening, the ladies requested the
pleasure of shakiug hands with the corps,
which was complied with as far as possi
ble, in conformity with the domestic regu
lations of the Zouaves, and there was a
tremendous rush by the fair ones to
grasp the nimble digitals which had so
recently been used in handling warlike
weapons.
For the Daily Sun.
A Morbid Curiosity.
Eds. Sun: Puhlio curiosity seems to be
excited to the highest pitch, by the anti
cipated disclosures of Rev. Jacob S- Har
den, who was recently executed in New
Jersey for the murder of his wife.
Publishers are anxiously waiting to
get the precious little volume ; and old
men and old women, fair youDg men and
blushing maidens are waiting with fever
ish impatience for au opportunity to pe
ruse that shocking and disgusting detail
of crime. Strange taste! Were bis his
tory different, and his acts those of a
sincere Christian and philanthropist,
where are the publishers who would care
to publish the book ; and who would give
a dime for the privilege of reading it ?
It is time, high time, that a disposition
were manifest to turn away from such
disclosures with disgust; and to take de
light in reading works that are promotive
of virtue and religion. LACON.
Weather and Crops.
The Macon Journal & Messenger, of
the Ist says : There has been a delightful
change in the atmosphere since our last.
We have had refreshing showers, which
we are happy to learn have been general
—extending southward to Eufaula, Ala.,
and northward into East Tennessee and
Virginia. This gives a brighter aspect
to the future, though iu many sections
there will be very short crops of corn.
Accident to tbe Steamer Taney.
The Montgomery Mail says: the steam
er R. B. Taney, bound for this city,
struck a snag at or near Black’s Bluff, on
Monday last, and it is thought that she
will prove a total loss, as she was sinking
rapidly as the passengers who left, were
taken off without damage, by the Eclipse,
which latter boat was in sight when the
accident occurred. The cargo of the
Taney will be saved.
A Cariosity.
The Mail states, that Mr. Maass, of
Montgomery, has a twenty-four pound
cannon ball, which was fished up in the
outer bay of Mobile. It is beautifully
encrusted with oyster and other shells,
and must have been in the water many
years.
The Excitement in Virginia.
A telegraphic despatch from Richmond
Virginia, says :
“ There is serious talk of the whole of
tbe border counties being cleared of the
gangs of John Brownites who infest them.
Publio-feeling runß very high on the sub
ject, and most persons say that the end is
not yet.”
A correspondent of the South Western
Baptist, states that on Sunday morning,
the 28th ult., the dwelling house of Rev.
W. E. Lloyd, in Macon county, Ala., was
destroyed by fire with all its contents, in
cluding a valuable library. Mr. Lloyd was
absent at the time preaching at a pro
tracted meeting.
Fatal Accident.
A man by the name of William Canon
was accidentally shot, at the plantation
of John Lockhart, Esq., in this county,
on Friday last, and died in a few hours.
He was is the field with his gun, as we
understand, and a shower of rain coming
up, be pUeed the gun in a fodder-stack to
keep it dry, and when he attempted to
remove it, it exploded, the ball passing
through his body. —Marion Commonwealth.
The Prince of Wales Among the ha
dies.
The New York Herald discourses in
the following reverent fashion about the
“Coming Prince,” in regard to whom all
the feminine hearts of Fifth Avenue
Snobdom are in so terrible a flatter :
It seems that the Prince of Wales is a
ladies’ man, and has produced a sensa
tion among the fair at St. Johns by his
winning attentions no less than by his
“particularly brilliant hazel eyes.” He
is quite a beau, and “a very graceful and
accomplished dancer,” as he proved by
the way he whirled the ladies through
the mazes of “poetry in motion.” He
set them right when they went wrong,
and every now and then he called out the
different figures of the dance. His dan
cing was “repeatedly cheered,” and every
time he danced he took a different part
ner—half a dozen in all. How they must
have been oaptivated by so sweet a prince,
as he condescendingly “corrected their
blunders.” Probably the ladies of New
foundland do not know much about such
matters, and the sex in Canada aro but
little in advance of them. But when the
Prince comes here he will find the ladies
posted up—fully acquainted with all the
new figures and the most intricate steps.
They have perfectly at their toes’ ends
the latest pen from Paris, and perhaps
may be able even to teach his Royal
Highness something he does not know.—
We advise the ladies, therefore, to be pre
pared, armed at all points, that they may
show the Prince of Wales that they can
dance better than the damsels of the
British Provinces. Let them also be
ready to be taken captive by the “boy
ish” charms of nineteen years. The
Prinoe is almost as young as Don Juan,
who, in his travels, made such havoc
among hearts; he is like that hero, too,
in being “handsome, slender, but well
knit,” and in having received a finished
religious education, under pious tutors.
Little “Tommy,” of the Japanese Embas
sy, upon whom the women of Washing
ton made such a rush, was, after all, not
a real prince, and he cannot compare for
a moment in good looks and accomplish
ments with the son of the British Queen.
Who can say that the young scion of roy
alty may not be smitten by someone of
our American beauties, and marry her,
too, as Maria Theresa married the youth
she fixed her eye upon, in spite of every
remonstrance, and as Queen Victoria
married the man of her choice. English
princes generally have had their mar
riage contracts made for them by their
ministers without being consulted on the
subject. These marriages are generally
contrived to secure strong national al
liances. But the Emperor Louis Napo
leon took the hand of a woman who had
no royal blood in her veins, and Prince
Jerome Bonaparte wedded Miss Patter
son, an |American lady; and there can
be no good reason why the Prince
Wales should not follow these examples.
His alliance with an American lady
would greatly strengthen the entente cor
dial between the United States and Eng
land, and would be the most judicious
and sensible thing he could do for his
country. If it were nothing else, he
would thus prove that he had a mind and
a will of his own. Let every lady, there
fore, put on her most bewitching smile.
To catch a prince is no common achieve
ment.
Edwin Booth and hit Bride.
The Troy Budget, in alluding to the
recent marriage of Edwin Booth, the
promising young American tragedian, to
Miss Mary Devlin, says: Miss Devlin is
well known as one of the most beautiful,
fascinating’ and really talented young
actresses of the present day. She com
menced her theatrical career in this city
in 1854 as a ballet girl in the old Troy
Museum, during the management of it by
that “mold of form and glass of fashion,”
Gus Fenno. Her father at that time was
a poor and honest tailor, living and keep
ing a clothing store at No. 142 River
street, now a lager beer saloon. She
soon after removed hence to Boston,
whore her extraordinary dramatic tal
ents were developed, and she soon be
came a star of no ordinary magnitude.
She has, in the interim, performed at
all of the leading theaters in the country;
but her peculiar home was at the Boston
theater, where her name was a “tower
of strength,” to use a managerial term. ‘
Her Parthenia to Mr. Booth’s Ingomar,
as well as her Pauline to his Claude Mel
notte, which has so often carried away
an audience, must have been tinctured
somewhat with the real than with fiction.
It is understood that Mrs. Booth has made
her last appearance before the foot-lights.
High Price for Mules.
The prevailing priee of mules in Ken
tucky has prevented many being brought
eastward this summer. The Louisville
Journal, of the 14th inßt., reports the
following sales in Clarke county:
Benjamin B. Groom sold to Moss & Cos.,
110 fat mules, for $l7O per head. Wil
liam R, Duncan & Cos., purchased 50 head
of Daniel Smith’s muleß at $152,50 per
head, and about the same number of John
W. Redmon at $156,25 per hea#. Colby
Quisenberry sold his mules to a company
in the South at $136 per head, cash.
Henry W. Calmes sold his mules to Mr.
Wright of the South, at $l5B per head.
Harrison Thompson sold 100 mules for
Mr. Riohardson, of Louisiana, for $17,-
000—$170 per head. From the above
indications, mules are selling at figures
as high as they did last year.
Tle “Big Gun.”
A correspoddent of the New York Her- .
aid from Old Point Comfort, Virginia, the
16th, says:
That “big gun,l’ the John B. Floyd,
was brought to the Point last week, and
on Saturday it was gotton on shore. Your
correspondent is not by any means a
small man, but he can get his head aDd
shoulders in the muzzle with ease, and if
there was a necessity it would be easy for
him to crall up to the touch hole, provided
there was some body to pull him out.
The muzzle is fifteen inches in diameter,
and the gun at the muzzle five inches
thick. The regular charge of powder is
forty pounds. It will probably be used
for throwing shells, for it would be a
waste of iron to throw such solid shot as
would be required to fit the bore.
Attempt to Hob a Bank.
One night last week Mr. Redd, who
sleeps in the Bank at Danville, upon re
tiring, closed the blinds of the window
and fastened them upon the inside, but
about 12 o’clock he was awakened by
feeling a hand passing lightly over his
body, as he lay in bed, from the shoulder
downward. Awakened by this operation,
he arose, and taking in his hand a pistol
which was convenient, he approached the
window, from which he saw the figure of
a man about 15 paces distant leaning
against a post. He discharged one bar
rel of the pistol, taking aim so as to miss
the mao, because, as he says, he thought
it likely he might be some friend or ac
quaintance trifling with him, and if so the
discharge of the pistol would cause him
to discover bimself; but as soon as the
pistol was discharged the man leaped
over the pailings near which he was
standing and “made tracks” at a two
forty speed. As he ran Mr. Redd fired
at him several times, but without effect.
It was two dark to recognize the man, or
to tell whether he was white or black.—
j Danville Appeal.
Sad Accident.
Mr. J. W. Vick, of Montgomery, fell
to the pavement from a third Btory win
dow of Gee’s hotel, on Saturday night
last, which resulted in a serious injury
of his limbs and back. Dr. Reese, was
called is directly afterwards. On yes
terday evening, Mr. Vick, was doing very
well and will recover from his injuries
Selma Sentinel.
Zoasve.
The word “Zouave” is generally and
incorrectly pronounced as a word of two
syllables. It should spokpn as if
written Zwave, the a having the Italian
sound as in “fau.” The name is derived
from the Arabic Zouaona, a confederacy
of the Kabyle tribe, who live on the
mountains back of Algiers. The original
Zouaves in the French service were com
posed of Arabs from the oountry near
Algiers.