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Tuesday Aug. 14, 1860.
Medlock, the leader of the band of out
laws in Escambia county, Fla., has been
arrested in Alabama and will be carried
to the former State for trial. So states
the Pensacola Observer, of the 2d.
The Upson Pilot, of the 4th inst., an
nounces the death of Dr. David Kendall,
which occurred at his residence in Upson
county on Saturday, the 28th ult. lie
was seventy-one years of ago.
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It is stated that the foreign residents
of New York city are making arrange
ments fora grand ball, to be given at the
Metropolitan Hotel, in honor of the
Prince of Wales.
A dispatch from New York, the Ist
inst., says the bill for the payment of the
Japanese reception expenses, amounting
to $105,000 passed the Board of Aider
men on the previous evening by a vote of
18 to 4.
A dispatch from St. Louis, the Ist
inst., says the Iron Railway Factory of
McMurray, Winklemayer & Cos., was de
stroyed by fire on the previous night.
Loss estimated at $45,000. Insured for
SIO,OOO.
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Gen. Houston. ,
A dispatch from New York, the Ist
inst., says Gen. Sam. Houston writes to
his friends there that he Bhall not de
cline the nomination for the Presidency
of tho United States, in any event.
Mr. Jenkins’ Appointment.
The Augusta True Democrat states that
the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins has, or will
accept the appointment to the vacancy
in Supreme Court tendered by Governor
Brown.
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Observer, of the
Ist inst., states that the Supreme Court
has affirmed the decision of the Court
below, in the case of the State vs. Ste
phen A. Bryant, and he is sentenced to
the Penitentiary for life. He was found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Meeting in Atlanta.
The Hon. Howell Cobb will address
the people of Atlanta this evening, in
stead of Wednesday evening, as previous
ly announced. The Atlanta papers say
the Hon. R. Toombs is also expected to
address the party there, at no distant day.
Sale of Wheat.
The Chattanooga Advertiser says B. R.
Scott, Esq., of that county, sold his entire
wheat crop—upwards of 700 bushels—a
few days ago, at $1,50 per bushel. This
is a good result in this year of almost to
tal failure of this important grain.
Georgia Western Rail Road.
The Board of Directors of this road
have authorized the President to arrange
with Hon. John P. King, the President of
the Georgia Rail Road to buy the iron for
fifty miles of the road. Mr. King has
gone or is about to go on a visit to Europe.
Gen. Walker.
Advices from Gautamala say that Gen.
Walker left Ruatan on the 21st of June,
in a schooner with one hundred men. It
was supposed that he intended to make a
descent on Omao or Truxillo.
Arthur F. Hopkins.
lion. A. F. Hopkins, now sojourning
in Virginia, has written a letter to Gen.
L. W. Lawler, of Alabama, endorsing the
nominations of Breckinridge and Lane.
Judge Hopkins, for many years, was
leader of the Whig party in Alabama.
Brunswick and Florida Rail Road.
We learn from the Georgia Forester,
that the above road has been surveyed
and located from Tebeauville on the
Savannah, Alabany & Gulf Rail Road,
to Waresboro. On Monday the contract
or for that part of tho road will put one
hundred hands on the work on the Gth.
We learn from the Cuthbert Reporter,
that Mrs. John Roe, of that place was
seriously injured on Thursday last by
being thrown from a buggy. She, in
company with a young lady, was going
to the plantation, when tho horse became
unmanageable and threw them out of the
buggy. breaking Mrs. Roe’s collar bone,
one arm, and severely injuring one hip.
Selma aud Montgomery Rail Road.
On the 14th inst., a convention of the
stockholders of the above road will be
held in Montgomery to elect officers,
&c. Routes on both sides of the Ala
bama river have been surveyed, and at
the convention one or the other will be
adopted, and the work at once commenc
ed.
North East and South West Rail
Road.
The stockholders of this road assem
bled at Eutaw on the 25th ult. A reso
lution was passed authorizing and in
structing the Directory to accept the loan
of $218,000 of the three per cent, fund
with tho conditions of the loan. The
North East terminus of this road is Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
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Coast Defences of England.
In the House of Commons on the night
of the 23d ult., Lord Palmerston an
nounced that the Government of England
had adopted the report of the Commis
sioners for the fortification of dock yards
and coast defences, for which nine million
pounds sterling are to be raised by an
nuities redeemable in thirty years.
Chattanooga Markets.
On the 4th inst., bacon, bog round, was
selling in Chattanooga at 12£ cents ; lard
12J to 13 ; flour, superfine per sack,
$4 00 ; family, $4 25 ; wheat, $1 30 to
$1 40 ; corn in depot, 95 cents.
New Douglas Paper.
We learn from the Canton (Miss.) Citi
zen, the Evening Citizen published
in Vicksburg, Miss., has come out for
Douglas aud Johnson. It was formerly
a Breckinridge and Lane paper.
It is stated that a market gardener in
Southern Indiana has a patch contain
iug 1,700 acres planted in Watermelons.
His markets are Cincinnati, Louisville,
Chicago and New Albany.
A gentleman of Macon was robbed of
bis watch and chain a few evenings since,
while sitting asleep in a ohair at the
Court House. It was valued at SOS.
VOLUME IV.I
Letter from Ex-Speaker Orr.
Several gentlemen of South Carolina
solicited Hon. J. L. Orr to become a can
didate for the Legislature from Ander
son District, which he declined in a letter
published in tfie Anderson Gazette. He
thinks the secession of the Southern dele
gations from the Charleston Convention
was unwise and impolitic, and that Breck
inridge would certainly be elected had
they not seceded. Whilst he concedes a
cordial support to Breckinridge and Lane,
he sees no prospect of their election by
the people or otherwise.
With regard to the action of the South
in tho event of the Black Republicans
succeeding, he says:
“ Lincoln and Hamlin, the Black Re
publican nominees, will be elected in No
vember next, and the South must then
decide the great question whether they
will submit to the domination of Black
Republican rule—the fundamental prin
ciples of their organization being an opeD,
undisguised and declared war upon our
social institutions. I believe that the
honor and safety of the South, in that
contingency, will req*uire tho prompt se
cession of the slaveholding States from
the Union, and failing then to obtain from
the free States additional and higher
guarantees for the protection of our
rights and property, that the seceding
States should proceed to establish anew
government. But whilst I think such
would be the imperative duty of the South,
I should emphatically reprobate and re
pudiate any scheme having for its object
the separate secession of South Carolina;
if Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
alone, giving us a portion of the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts, would unite with this
State in a common secession upon the
election of a Black Republican, I would
give my assent to the policy.
Ratification Meetings.
In various portions of the State—in
nearly every county, in truth, the friends
of the respective candidates for the
Presidency wherever there are any, are
holding meetings for the purpose of rat
ifying the nominations of their favorites
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
Flaming resolutions are drawn up and
adopted, expressive of the sense of the
meeting, and the report of a large and en
thusiastic meeting of the friends of one
or the other of the candidates, is heralded
forth to the world. In one or more in
stances these meetings have enabled the
spectator and the country to form an ap
proximate idea at least, of the strength
of the candidate endorsed, but as a gen
eral rule, they form no real index of his
prospects for election. They are rather
deceptive than otherwise, and are always
attended by as many friends of one can
didate as another. We see in nearly
every exchange, reports of ratification
meetings, but from the foregoing and
other reasons, they give no true index of
tho strength of parties in the State.—
The ballot box will furnish the only re
liable test of that.
Shot by a Vigilance Committee.
A letter from Kansas to the Augusta
Chronicle statesthatrecently Dr. Day, and
his son and another man were shot by a
Vigilance Committee near Fort Scott in
that Territory. This is said to be Dr.
Day, that some two or more years ago,
ran off some negroes from Missouri; and
was apprehended and convicted, but was
afterwards released from prison near St.
Joseph, by a party from the Territory.
The Legislature of the Territory appro
priated SI,OOO for his defence in court,
and it is now said that he was shot upon
a charge of horse stealing, by men who
sympathised with him in his negro dep
redations.
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Reported Secession Movements.
A dispatch from New York the Ist
inst., says: The Washington correspon
dent of the New York Times refers to the
rumors of a well organized movements
on the part of several Southern States
for the dissolution of the Union on Mr.
Keitt’s plan.
He says agents have gone to Europe to
ascertain the course of England and
France on the establishment of a South
ern Confederacy.
Fire in Tallahassee, Florida.
We learn from the Tallahassee Sen
tinel of the 31st ultimo, that on the
morning previous, a fire broke out in the
office of the Floridian & Journal, by
which it with all its contents, including
the books of accounts, subscriptions and
files of the paper as far back as 1828
were consumed. The loss of the proprie
tors is about $15,000, being insured for
only $2,000. Several other buildings
were also destroyed. The fire was the
fibrk of an incendiary.
Memphis Cotton Statement.
A dispatch from Memphis, the Ist inst.,
says : The receipts of cotton at this
point, since the Ist of September, add up
393,450 bales, against 324,815, corres
ponding period last year.
The quantity shipped sums up 383,080
bales, against 324,725 same time previous
year.
The amount of cotton now in this city
stored in different warehouses, reaches
4,290 bales.
The Mandamus Case.
The Mobile Mercury states that Judge
Rapier’s decision in the case of Ben Lane
Posey vs. the Mayor of Mobile, has been
sustained by the Supreme Court of Ala
bama. The points decided were, wheth
er a lawyer has the right to practice in
the Mayor’s Court, and whether the writ
of Mandamus is the proper remedy to
enforce the right. Both points were de
cided in the affirmative by Judge Rapier.
Position of Ex-Gov. Wise.
At Norfolk recently, 0. Jennings Wise
made a speech, stating the position of his
father to be for Breckinridge and Lane
in the present contest. A correspondent
of the Richmond W’hig had represented
Gov. Wise to be in favor of Bell and Ev
erett.
Boy Choked to Death by a Pebble.
A little son, about three years old, of
J. E. Riordan, of Georgetown, Ga., was
very suddenly killed recently, by swal
i lowing a small pebble. It had a rock or
pebble in its mouth, and while laughing,
swallowed it, and was choked to death in
a very few minutes.
Crops in Mississippi.
The Enterprise News says there will
be a greater scarcity of provisions in that
section of country next year than was
ever known before. Wheat is very scarce,
and the growing cotton crop is well nigh
all pledged for corn and meat already
purchased.
A dispatch from New York the 3d inst,
announces the death of Brevet Major
Fairchild, who served with the New York
volunteers in the Mexican war.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Correspondence es the Snn.
Indian Springs, Aug. 2, 1800.
Eds. Sun: —Nothing of particular im
portance has occurred since my last com
munication.
This region has been refreshed with
copious and bountiful showers, which the
planters think may possibly benefit the
cotton crop; some, however, apprehend
the big rains that have recently fallen,
may, after such a severe drought, cause
the squares and forms all to shed off.
Our company this week has thinned
ont, making things more comfortable.
Society has greatly improved. We have
a number of the celebrities here. Among
the great and good of the land are Bishop
Pierce, Dr. Dawson, Alfred Colquitt, and
lots of Generals; among whom are Mc-
Connel, Burney and Gordon. I regret to
say the Bishop is still in bad health,
though I think this water is producing a
most salutary influence upon his system ;
and I entertain no doubt at all of his
being radically cured by three or four
weeks’ use of the water. His California
chills still hang on, and his friends fear
their continuance may induce some chron
ic affection hard to remove. He is a
universal favorite here, as well as every
where else. The world has produced but
few such men. With all his high attain
ments and genius, he has the humility
and meekness of the humblest follower of
the divine Redeemer of the world. In a
word, he is a rare specimen of a model
Christian gentleman, and I trust will be
Bpared yet many years, like his venerable
father, to bless the world, before he is
called to wear the immortal crown.
Respectfully, yours, &c. N. B. P.
N. B.—We leave here in a few days for
the Ohalvbeate Springs, from which place
you may hear from me again.
Tlie New Alabama Ware House.
Yesterday, we embraced the opportuni
ty to visit this new Ware House erected
by Messrs. King, Allan & Camak on the
site of the old one, destroyed by fire last
season. The entire improvement spreads
over an area of over two acres, and is
certainly one of the largest and most com
modious iu the South. The main build
ing, when fully completed will be an or
nament to that portion of the city, and
the sheds for storing cotton are large,
spacious and well protected. Within the
enclosure is a cistern which will hold up
wards of 14,000 gallons of water ; enough
to secure against any possible contingen
cy of damage by fire. By the way, we
learn that the impression prevails in
some quarters, that this Ware House will
not be ready for business by the opening
of the season. We would state that this
is erroneous, as we are enabled to testify
from personal observation. The Alabama
Ware House makes the fifth one in the
city ready for the coming crop, and we
sincerely hope, all will receive the pat
ronage which they deserve.
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“The Plantation”
Is the title of a quarterly periodical,
for a copy of which we are indebted to
Messrs. Chaffin & Johnson, the agents
for this city. The contents of the pres
ent number are varied and appropriate,
including a long and very interesting
article headed “William 11. Seward as a
Schoolmaster in Georgia.” The special
feature of “The Plantation” is the de
fence of the institution of slavery. It is
published in New York by Pudney & Rus
sell; in Eatonton, Ga., by J. A. Turner,
the Editor, at $5 per annum.
The City Cemetery.
We are informed that those agile ani
mals, the goats, have been making in
roads upon the City Cemetery and are
devastating the shrubbery, &c., “planted
in the grounds. If the enclosure to
the Cemetery is in proper repair, and the
gates are kept closed as they should be,
this thing would not occur. Whose busi
ness is it to superintend this matter ?
We hope he will not suffer such occurren
ces again for the future, in the name of
all who have relatives or friends buried
there.
The Macon Fair
The following among other premiums
are offered for competition in Wood and
Iron Works at the Fair to be held at Ma
con, commencing on the 3d of December;
For the best set of Common Chairs $ 5 00
Best Window Sash and Blinds 5 00
Best Georgia made Rifle 10 00
“ “ “ Shot Gun 10 00
“ specimen of casting in Hollow Ware 5 00
“ “ and most approved pattern
Cast Iron Railing ... 500
“ Rail Road Car built in Georgia with
Locomotive 20 00
Michigan “Wheat Crop.
The Detroit Advertiser, of the 30th ult.,
says:
The question is frequently asked—how
does our wheat crop compare with last
year? A gentleman, likely to be well
informed, tells us that the aggregate
number of bushels raised iu the State
will show an increase of 25 per cent.,
while the quality will be equally as good,
taking the State altogether. In some lo
calities the grain will be rather inferior,
but these are quite circumscribed. Asa
genial thing, it is said the hull is thin
ner, and consequently more flour and
less bran will be made from it than was
the case last year. In other portions of
the West, the prospects are nearly, if not
quite, as encouraging. The new crop is
being marketed but slowly as yet.
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The Weather and Crops.
We have had another hot dry week, and
fears are entertained that peas and pota
toes will share the fate of corn and cotton,
and be cut grievously short. Nobody
estimates the cotton crop at more than
four or five hundred pounds to the acre,
while most people, rate it lower than that.
It has been many years since planters
have fared so badly.
So states the Eufaula Spirit of the
South, of the 7th inst. If crops are so
unpromising in Barbour, which is repre
sented to have the best in the country,
what must be their condition elsewhere ?
Corn In Illinois.
The Chicago Press speakiDg of the corn
crop in that State says :
“ We dare not repeat the estimates
soberly made by competent men, of the
surplus corn which Illinois can spare out
of the crop now maturing ; but this year
exaggeration would be difficult. We can
only say that there will be no famine in
this or any other land which our com
merce will reach.”
A correspondent of the Charleston Mer
cury from New Orleans, says: Some 20
bales of new cotton were sold here on
the Ist, at 11£ cents per pound. The
quality was fair, and free of dust. The
total number of bales received here on
the Ist inst., was forty-four, all of good
classification. This is doiDg pretty well.
“The cry is still they come.”
The Mobile Register, of the sth learns
that a man named Doc. Thomas was in
stantly killed by the 8 o’clock train, the
previous evening. It is supposed be was
under the influence of liquor, as he was
seen to stagger on the track just in time
to receive the fatal blow from the cow
catcher. He was coming from Toulmin
ville toward town.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 14. 1860.
Look Out for Them.
W T e learn from the Enterprise (Miss.)
News of the 2d inst., that a negro man,
the property of Win. A. Hall, Esq., of
Lowndes county, Ala., was visiting in
the neighborhood by permission of his
master, when three white men travelling
in a jersey wagon attempted to abduct
him, but he made his escape in Newton
county at the plantation of E. Blalack,
Esq. The News learns the following from
the negro:
They separated at Gaston, Ala., and
were to meet in Jackson, Miss., on Sun
day the 22d ult., and proceed thence to
Texas, when they said they were to ex
change the negro to one Philpot for 1000
acres of land. They also told the negro
that they had within the last two years
stolen a negro man from Geo. Mathews of
Montgomery, also one from Dr. Reeves of
the same place and sold them in New Or
leans.
Abolitionists iu Alabama.
The Butler (Choctaw county, Alabama)
Democrat contains the proceedings of a
meeting of the citizens of Clarke and
Wayne counties, Mississippi, and Choc
taw and Washington counties, Ala., to
consider with regard to a society exist
ing in Choctaw county, and supposed to
be an abolition concern. It was organ
ized by men named McDonald and Gil
bert. It was proved by a large number
of witnesses that both McDonald and Gil
bert were abolitionists, and that Gilbert
had said that if everybody in Alabama
thought as he did, slavery would not ex
ist in the State three years. McDonald,
it was also proven, had constituted him
self agent for abolition publications and
had engaged to furnish one of the wit
nesses with several books, among which
was one of Fred Douglas’ books.
University of Georgia.
We learn says the Montgomery Mail
by a letter dated 4th inst., that the Trus
tees of this ancient Institution have reor
ganized the Faculty in the manner fol
lowing :
Rev. A. A. Lipscomb, D. D., President
and Professor of Belles Lettre and Ora
tory.
Rev. P. H. Mell, D. D., Moral Philos
ophy, &c,
Wm. 11. Waddel, A. M., Ancient Lit
erature.
Wms, Rutherford, A. M., Mathema
tician and Astronomer.
Rev. James Woodrow, A. M., Natural
Science and Experimental Philosophy.
Daniel Lee, M. D., Terrill Professor
Agriculture.
William D. Walsh, A. M., Adj. Prof.
Mathematical and Natural Philosophy.
Nortb Carolina Election.
A special dispatch to the Charleston
Mercury from Wilmington, the sth, states
that forty-three counties of North Caro
lina have been heard from and Ellis is
5,000 votes ahead of his opponent, Poole.
There is no possibility of Ellis’ defeat.
The Legislature will certainly be Demo
cratic.
In 1850, tho whole number of votes
polled for Governor amounted to 102,510,
Bragg beating Gilmer 12,594. In 1858,
Ellis, the present incumbent, beat Mcßae,
Distribution Democrat, by a majority ex
ceeding 10,000 votes.
The present election is doubtless in
fluenced by a question of State policy re
lative to taxation, Gov. Ellis being for
the ad valorem system, different from that
heretofore existing.
Another Dred Scott Case.
We understand from the Shelby (Ky.)
News that a suit has been instituted in
the Shelby Circuit Court involving the
question of slavery in the Northwestern
Territory, as affected by the Ordinance
of 1787. The plaintiff asserts that his
master became a permanent resident of
Illinois, and took the plaintiff to that
State, and there kept him during the pe
riod of his residence therein. The plain
tiff claims that, by virtue of the Ordin
ance of 1787 and the Constitution and
laws of Illinois, this residence liberated
him from slavery.
Shocking Accident.
A shocking accident occurred last
evening, says the N. 0. True Delta, of
the 4th inst., some distance above the
Jackson Rail Road Depot, by a young
man named Murray, incautiously apply
ing a light to a half keg of powder, which
he ihought would not explode as it had
become moist. He was unfortunately
mistaken, and he and three other work
men named John Kennedy, Jas. Harring
ton and Wm. Buckley were terribly hurt.
Others of a party of workmen who were
employed there, and who were resting
after dinner, were also injured.
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Tornadoes.
The Coast Survey Office and the Smith
sonian Institution are investigating the
subject of tornadoes, stimulated by those
of recent occurrence in the west. An
efficient officer, connected with the Coast
Survey, has been detailed to visit the
scenes of their effects for the procuring
of such data as to Geography, etc., as
will aid the scientific examination.
New Cotton.
The Galveston (Texas) Civilian of the
Ist inst., says new cotton is no longer a
novelty. W. J. Hutchins, of Houston,
received nine bales of new strict mid
dling cotton, from the plantation of B.
J. Franklin, Esq., of Washington county,
on Friday preceding. Picking is in pro
gress throughout the State.
Fire In Austin.
The 26thult., afire occurred at Aus
tin, Texas, by which Mr. George Glass
cock’s steam mill and machinery were
burned to the ground, together with
some 450 bushels of wheat. The fire was
evidently the work of an incendiary.—
The loss was $30,000, and no insurance.
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Distress In Louisiana.
We learn from the Alexandria (La.)
Gazette, of the 28th ult., that the failure
of the corn crop in many of the Parishes,
has entailed upon the indigent inhabi
tants great want and suffering—and even
starvation stares them in the face.
The Canebrake (Ala.) Gazette announ
ces that the Directory of the Alabama &
Mississippi Rivers Rail Road have located
the proposed extension on the route via.
Demopolis in Marengo eonnty to Meridi
an, Miss.
Miss Marion Bidewater Haggles is an
nounced by a southern paper as the au
thor of “Rutledge.” Miss Ruggles is of
southern birth, of Yankee education and
is now residing at a little village not far
from Saco, Maine.
Mr. Thomas B. Daniel, an old citizen
of Atlanta, died at kis residence in that
city on Monday last.
Short Corn Crop—Remedy for It.
The fate of the corn crop of a large
portion of Georgia and Alabama is
known. Corn has done all that it can do,
and on many farms is a splendid failure
—mainly from drought, but to some ex
tent it is attributable to wrong cultiva
tion. It is now too late, however, to cry
over spilt milk. The crop is unmistak
ably short. It is not too late, however,
to make up the deficiency to some ex
tent. Our remedy is to prepare land
well and manure and plant a heavy tur
nip crop. They are an excellent food for
both hogs and cows. If these can be sup
ported independent of the corn crib,it
will be found to be a great saving, and in
many instances, make the corn crop,
short as it is, answer the purposes of the
farm. Turnips will not only be found
superior feed for stock hogs and cattle,
but the pork for the farm can be fattened
on them. In addition to this, every far
mer should procure and plant the fall or
black oat. This crop matures and comes
off about the middle of May, and will
come in aid of the nearly exhausted crib
just in the nick of time ; and it has no
superior as food for plow horses. This
oat matures so early that it is not sub
ject to rust. By planting both the fall
and spring oat, the farmer will be sure
to fortify himself against want of provin
der till :he next corn crop comes in.
It is not yet too late to sow turnips,
and if the land is well prepared and ma
nured, a bountiful crop will almost sure
ly be made.
The best mode of sowing is in the drill,
eighteen to twenty inches distance, to be
thinned out to six or more inches in the
drill, and cultivate with the plow and hoe.
By this course great saving to the
purse will result, and hogs, cattle and
horses that would otherwise suffer great
ly for food, will be fat and thrifty.
Adopt our suggestions, and our word
for it, much suffering will be avoided,
and the drain of money to the west for
corn, greatly diminished.
North Carolina Election —Correction
In our notice of the North Carolina
election yesterday, it was stated, that
Gov. Ellis advocated the ad valorem sys
tem of taxation, the change to which
from the present method was the princi
pal issue involved in the election. It
should have read, that Mr. Poole, his op
ponent, was in favor of the ad valorem
system. The desired change seems to be
rather a popular measure, as we cannot
otherwise account for Gov. Ellis’ greatly
reduced majority. Had Mr. Poole been
unincumbered by the weight of his pref
erence for Bell and Everett in the Demo
cratic “ old North State,” his position on
the taxation question would, in all proba
bility, have secured his election. •
Horrible Death.
The Jackson Whig says Mr. Joseph
Longmires, of Madison county, met with
a horrible death on the 28th ult. He
was a well digger, and whilst attempting
to remove some curbing from the well of
Mr. D. 0. March, a portion of the earth
near the top of the well fell in upon him.
He was 125 feet beneath the surface, and
was covered to the depth of 20 feet with
sand. All attempts to get him out prov
ed unavailing, as it was dangerous for
any one to go down into the well, and he
yet remains there.
Forgot tile Darling Creature.
The Lynchburg (Va.) papers record
the following interesting incident, at the
depot of the Tennessee Rail Road, Mon
day last:
Just before the time of the departure,
a darkey came running down the plat
form with a baby—yes, a live baby, in
his arms, calling out, “who’s lost a baby?”
No one claiming the darling of its mother,
the “sooty Afric” poked his head into
the ladies’ car, exclaiming, in quite a
melodious voice, ‘‘who loss dis chile ?”
when a lady rose and exclaimed, “God
bless me—l forgot the darling little crea
ture !”
Volcano In Wisconsin.
We copy the following from the Chica
go Journal:
One of the strangest phenomena in na
ture has recently developed itself near
the Horse Lake, Polk county, Wisconsin.
Flames of fire came up through the earth
in several localities, and one man’s barn
had been burnt down by it. Strange to
say, the fire can only be seen.in the day
time, the earth in the evening bearing a
close resemblance to phosphorus. The
air smells as if impregnated with sulphur.
The most remarkable feature in the case
is the fact that all woolen articles in
houses located near by taking fire, al
though there is nothing visible to ignite
them. Our readers will very likely think
this is a hoax, but we have the words of
several citizens of Polk county for au
thority.
The Sicilian Cause in New Orleans.
The New Orleans papers publish a call
signed by seven Italians requesting the
Sicilians of that city to meet for the pur
pose of forming a committee, with the
view of obtaining the offers of every
Italian patriot, and of all who sym
pathize with the cause of Garibaldi and
liberty. They desire help to put the
whole nation in arms and to support the
widows and orphans of those who have
valiantly shed their blood for her.
Newbern Branch Road.
The Demopolis (Ala.) Herald says the
above road is making great headway to
completion. The grading is completed
within one or two miles of Newbern and
will be finished in a short while. The
iron is now being laid on that end. This
road is a branch of the Alabama and
Tennessee Rivers Road, commencing at
Selma, Alabama.
Cotton Freight by Rail.
The Norfolk (Va.) Day Book has the
following statement:
The result of the recent rail road con
ferences at Old Point and Lynchburg has
been to reduce freight of all kinds to the
same rate, via East Tennessee, Virginia
and Tennessee, Southside and Norfolk
and Pittsburg rail roads, as charged from
Savannah coastwise to New York. The
effect of this arrangement will be to place
cotton on our wharves for $3 50 per bale
from Memphis.
Outrages on the Press.
The Alleganian, a paper published in
the village of Wellsville, New York, and
which has heretofore been in the interests
of Mr. Douglas, has recently changed
hands, being purchased by a widow lady
in that place. Some parties, fearful that
it would hereafter be published as a
Breckinridge paper, resolved to destroy
the press, and on Tuesday night it was
broken into by some ruffians, and a por
tion of the type, leads and rules were
taken out and thrown into the Genesee
Tiver, and several columns of matter were
pied, and otherwise damaging the fix
tures of said office. ,
Mobile and Girard Road —Certificate
of Mr. Buckie.
The following testimony from a source
of unquestionable reliance, will shed
some light on the question of the deflec
tion of the Mobile and Girard Rail Road,
which has never before been received.
It betrays the animus of the prime mov
ers in this matter and the local nature of
the influence which prompted it.
It is time for the people of Columbus
to give serious attention to this subject.
Mr. Mitchell, the President, we under
stand will have the route surveyed and
lay the report of the Engineer before the
stockholders. We believe the road should
be extended not only for the benefit of
the stockholders, but to add to the inter
est of the people of Columbus, by in
creasing their commerce:
Columbus, Ga., August 7, 1800.
I certify that I was present on the 30th
of June last, and heard a conversation
between Gen. Wiley and Col. Dillard, on
the subject of the deflection of the Mobile
and Girard Rail Road, solicited by the
citizens of Troy, Ala. I give below the
substance of Gen. Wiley’s views, as I
understood them:
He opposed Maj. Howard’s re-election
on the ground of his opposition to said
deflection, and believed if Howard could
be defeated, the deflection would be made
and the road would not go beyond Troy
in the next ten years.
To my mind, Gen. Wiley seemed to be
laboring first to defeat Howard, secondly
to get the deflection ; not doubting in that
event, that the road must stop there for
the next ten years. WM. F. LUCKIE.
Daniel E. Sickles and Ills Wife.
We clip the following paragraph re
specting the late distinguished, but now
fallen and uqhappy man from the New
York correspondence of the Darlington
Flag: %
Doubtless you would be interested to
know of the whereabouts of another pub
lic character. I allude to Hon. Daniel E.
Sickles. He is in the city, at his resi
dence on the Bloomingdale Road. Dan
was very popular after he killed Key.
The New York people would have fought
to the death for him. When, however,
he took back his wife, every body was
disgusted, and I believe no man ever sank
so quickly and completely in tho public
estimation. He feels that he is unpopu
lar and despised, and shuns society. He
has even allowed his beard to grow over
his face, as if to disguise himself from
his fellow-men. In the meantime, the
health of his wife has been declining.
AVell it may. Once the Queen of Wash
ington society—courted, petted, and feted
on all sides; afterwards to fall so low,
and that fall to record her eternal banish
ment from the scenes in which she so
much delighted; the good name of her
husband, her child and herself forever
blighted ; her lover slain, and, to add to
the keenness of the blow the subsequent
forgiveness by her wronged husband—al;
were enough to undermine the constitu
tion of any woman, and, much more, that
of the frail and delicate Teresa Sickles.
She is dying, slowly dying—the only
earthly expiation she can return for her
offences. Dan seems to have abandoned
politics altogether, and probably will not
run for Congress next Fall. It is said
that he is in favor of Breckinridge, and
will use his influence, if he has any left,
for the regular Democratic ticket.
♦
An Interesting Suit.
A suit has been commenced in the Uni
ted States Circuit Court, which will de
cide an important point for steamboat
captains, in regard to what constitutes
delivery on the river plantations:
A case of much interest to steamboats
is to come up before the United States
Circuit Court next term. It appears that
the steamer Woodford, a trip or two ago,
took down a lot of pork consigned to a
planter in the Bends. The pork was put
out at the place indicated, but the planter
refused to receive it, because the captain
of the Woodford would not put the pork
on the top of the bank. In place of this,
he put it on a lower bank, some ten feet
and more above high water mark, and
the place since has been used by the
planter himself for woodyard purposes.
Capt. Irwin, of the Woodford, seeing that
the freight was refused, rolled the bar
rels back into his hold, and brought them
back to Louisville. There the shipper
also refused to receive the pork, and un
der these circumstances Capt. Irwin took
it to New Orleans, where it was sold, and
the planter was notified that the proceeds,
less the freight and charges, were sub
ject to his order. But he, instead of
accepting this, has entered suit against
the boat for breach of contract. The
point to be decided now is, whether a
boat is compelled to put up freight on
the top of the bank, even though there
may be a good enough place for it below.
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Dueling.
Within the past few months dueling
has become a mania with our citizens.—
Almost every difficulty that has occurred
in Macon within that time has resulted
in one party receiving a challenge to
mortal combat on the field of honor.—
Most of these affairs have been settled by
the parties, without resorting to “pistols
and coffee” the “scissors of Delilah, the
tenpenny nail of Jael, or the scimitar of
Goliab,” but we learn that a difficulty
occurred between two young gentlemen
in this city a few days since, and that
one of the parties challenged the other,
which challenge was treated with cool in
difference. The injured party after wait
ing a few days and not receiving any no
tice of the intention of the other, de
spatched another cartel by his second,
and the challenged party “pitched into”
his antagonist’s second and we learn
gave him several blows which we opine
were not very agreeable to the recipient
thereof.— Macon Telegraph.
The Western Grain Crops.
Chicago, Aug. 2.—Wells’ Commercial
Express to-day gives the result of the
wheat crop of 1859, as marketed at this
point. In Flour, 711,302 barrels; in
wheat, 8,942,461 bushels ; total, equal to
12,498,971 bushels, exceeding the re
ceipts from the crop of 1858 by 5,203,850
bushels, but falling short of those from
the crop of 1857 by 3,709,839 bushels.
The Express stakes its commercial repu
tation on the probable truth of the pre
diction, that Chicago will receive nearly,
if not quite fifty millions bushels of grain
from the country which seeks its market
here, in the year from August 1, 1860, to
August 1, 1861. Corn receipts here from
i the last crop have already reached twelve
million bushels. Receipts of new wheat
are already beginning to be liberal, and
will soon be large.
The name of the gorgeous French pal
ace of Tuileries was derived from the cir
cumstance, that where the palace stands
was the site of an old manufactory of tiles
; (tuileries), as if one should say the tile
house.
Oxford,, name of the celebrated
English seat of learning, has a derivation
equally humble; Oxford is only the ox
| path across the river. Bosphorus is a
high sounding name in tho Greek lan
guage—but what is it, in the English
translation, but bull-path, or ox-ford.
The stud of horses of the late Lord
Londesborough was recently sold by the
j famed Tattersall, and the forty animals
realized the extraordinary sum of $105,-
000. In the lot were three stallions, one
of which brought $20,000, another $16,-
000, and the third upwards of $3,000. —
I Aside from these chiefs of the stud, the
t averaged over SISOO each.
1 NUMBER 18.
Breckinridge Electoral Ticket.
The Breckinrige and Lane State Con
vention, to arrange the Presidential elec
toral ticket for that party in this State,
assembled in Milledgeville on Wednesday
last, and put the following ticket in
nomination :
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE.
Charles J. McDonald, of Cobb.
Henry R. Jackson, of Chatham.
ALTERNATES.
Alfred 11. Colquitt, of Baker.
W. A. Dabney, of Gordon.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
let Dist—Peter Cone, of Bulloch.
2d “ W. M. Slaughter, of Dougherty
3d “ 0. C. Gibson, of Spalding.
4th “ Hugh Buchanan, of Coweta.
sth “ Lewis Tumlin, of Cass.
6th “ Hardy Strickland, of
7th “ W. J. Lofton, of
Bth “ Wm. Mclntosh, of Elbert.
We are indebted to the Federal Union
Extra for the proceedings of the Breck
inridge and Lane Electoral Convention
held the Bth inst. One hundred counties
were represented. Gen. Williams, of
Muscogee, “was appointed temporary
chairman ; W. J. Vason, of Richmond,
was appointed permanent President.
On motion of Senator Toombs, a com
mittee of three from each District were
appointed to report business for the Con
vention, and resolutions endorsing the
action of the Baltimore nominating Con
vention and the nominees, Breckinridge
and Lane, were reported and adopted.
Hon. R. Toombs being called for res
ponded in an eloquent speech.
On motion the Executive Committee
of the State were authorized to appoint
Sub-Electors for the counties, and to fill
vacancies. The “Convention then adjourn
ed sine die.
Alabama Elections.
In the Tuskegee Republican, we find
the official vote of Macon county, Ala.,
on Monday last. For Tax Assessor,
Freeman received 739 votes; Clough,
603; Grayson, 110; Wells, 47; Join
er, 16.
In Chambers, Elliott 11. Muse (Bell
and Everett) is reported to be elected
Clerk of the Circuit Court over A. J. Do
zier (Breckinridge and Lane) by about
100 majority.
In Coosa county, Sheppard, (Bell can
didate for Sheriff) received 125 votes at
Wetumpka; Logan, (Douglas) 74; Pierce,
(Breckinridge) 9; Addkins (do.) 30;
Lee, (noncommittal) 3.
We learn from the Mail that the vote in
the city and county on Monday last was
small. Mr. Townsend, the Tax Assessor
elect, as well as the commissioners of
roads and revenue, were the nominees of
the Opposition party. The Commission
ers had no opposition.
In Autauga county, the Mail learns,
that Sample, a Breckinridge man, is elect
ed over Benson by 10 or 15 majority.
The Montgomery Advertiser has seen
a private dispatch from Conecuh county,
announcing the election of Ellis (Breck
inridge) for Sheriff by 16 majority ; and
Lassiter (Breckinridge) Surveyor, by 27
majority.
In Chambers, Mr. E. H. Muse (avowed
Bell man) was elected Sheriff by 165 ma
jority. The Breckinridge Democracy
elected five county officers.
In Madison county, Spragins is re
elected Circuit Clerk. His politics not
given.
♦
The Tomato as Food.
Dr. Bennett,, a professor of some celeb
rity, considers the tomato an invaluable
article of diet, and ascribes to it various
important medical properties.
First, That the tomato is one of the
most powerful aperients of the liver and
other organs; where calomel is indicat
ed, is probably one of the most effective
and least harmful agents known to the
profession.
Second, That a chemical extract will
be obtained from it that will supercede
the use of calomel in the cure of dis
ease.
Thirdly, That he has successfully treat
ed diarrhoea with this article alone.
Fourth, That when used as an article
of diet it is an almost sovereign remedy
for dyspepsia and indigestion.
Fifth, That it should be constantly
used for daily food, either cooked or raw,
or in the form of catsup ; it is the most
healthy article now in use.
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Black Republicanism In Alabama !
Incendiarism In Montgomery Cos.
We understand that a few days since—
last Sunday night—a harness maker
(whose name we did not learn,) was de
tected at Pine Level, in this county, hold
ing improper conversation with slaves. —
Again, on Monday night, he was watched
and caught at the same patriotic business.
This the citizens thought was imposing
too much on good nature, and they took
the scoundrel out, stripped him, and gave
him such a flagellation with a strap as
will make his hide tingle for many a day
to come. The miscreant would doubt
less have been haDged, but for his ad
vanced age; his head being very white
except where it is bald. He is of low
stature, compactly built, and had been
for a few days in the employment as a
journeyman of Mr. Shaver, of Pine Lev
el. He was from some point North—
where, precise, is not known.— Mont.
Mail, 8 Ih.
♦
From Washington.
Washington, August 3.— An official
dispatch represents everything quiet on
the Texan frontier. Even rumors as to
Cortinas and his men, or of robbers from
the Mexican side of the river, have ceased
It is not thought necessary longer to ex
pose to the diseases incident to that re
gion at this season more troops than may
be actually requisite.
The drafts paid by the Treasury last
week amounted to $1,573,000, leaving,
subject to draft, $379,000. Drafts, in
the aggregate amounting to $1,670,000,
on the Postoffice account, have been is
sued. Although the sum on hand is
comparatively small, no embarrassment
to the Treasury is anticipated. Receipts
during the last week from customs, were:
at New York, nearly $900,000; at Boston
$194,000 ; at Philadelphia, $40,000 ; at
Baltimore $96,000; at New Orleans $22,-
000, and at Charleston SIO,OOO.
A Mail Falls Two Miles In a Para
chute.
Prof. Steiner, the mronaut, has been
astonishing the people of St. Lawrence
county, New York, by his feats. He
made an ascension last week in company
with another, and when at the height of
two miles, Steiner took a parachute and
descended to the earth. The spectators
were thrilled at the sight and stood
breathless as the daring aeronaut wasde
cending. He landed safely, however. —
This has long been a favorite feat with
the English and French aeronauts. A
parachute is made chiefly of silk or can
vas, in the form of an umbrella, so as to
gather in the air in its descent, and there
fore fall steadily with its weight snspen
ded underneath. It contains no gas,
and the aeronaut has no control over it
except that his weight keeps it steady
and right side np in its descent.
Miles Nash, Deputy Postmaster at
Tallahassee, Fla., has been re-appointed
by the President.
Correspondence ot the Sun.
Warm Springs, Aug. 1, 1860.
Eds. Sun .--—This boautiful and health
ful region is again thronged with the
elite from different portions of the South,
in search of health and diversion, recrea
tion and pleasure. Theso seem to be the
order of the day, paying the seekers of
those objects well, as there are few places
more desirable and better calculated to
afford the facilities.
I passed one day at the White Sulphur,
now managed by those obliging gentle
men, Messrs. Marks & Peabody. Every
attention is paid to the convenience and
comfort of the visitors. There are at this
valuable watering place some hundred
and twenty, and from all the means which
my short stay would afford of investiga
ting the efficacy of the water, none, in
my judgment, of the various places of
resort of the kind, afford more valuable
and signal results to the invalid.
For this place, (the Warm Springs,)
where I hive spent some days, I cannot
speak in terms of too much admiiation
and satisfaction, and the proprietors are
reaping the rich reward which they un
doubtedly merit, by using every means
to gratify and cater to the enjoyment of
the many sojourners here. Pleasure and
content reign supreme. Why should it
be otherwise ? With scenery, pure air,
divested of every annoyance, the most
luxurious bathing—an excellent tonic,
chalybeate water; and then to add the
elegance, refinement and beauty of the
most lovely part of the creation, the
ladies—l can again say, with a throng of
some two hundred and fifty, few places
exceed this in attraction, and I see no
reason why the throng at these various
watering places should not amount to
thousands instead of hundreds. The time
is approaching fast to accomplish it.
A VISITOR.
A Child and His Mother.
A lady in Boston, who is blessed with
four of as handsome and intelligent chil
dren as can be found in the public schools
—deeming the conduct of one of her sons,
while at the dinner table, deserving of
instant punishment, rose from her chair,
took the lad by the hand, marched him
up in the closet.
It happened that there was a “ slide”
which communicated with the dining
room closet, through which he could see
bis parents and his brother and sisters at
the table. The child in the course of a
few moments cried out, “ Mother, here is
a note.” He had written on apiece of
paper he had found in the closet the fol
lowing :
“ Dear Mother—Are you going to let
me out ? Yours, truly, O. K.”
The mother made no response, and
presently there was another note :
“ Dear Mother—l am in the china clos
et, and if you don’t let me out, something
may break. Yours, respectfully,
0. K.”
This was a threat, and of course no
firm matron would be moved by it. Pres
ently the following appeared :
“ My Dear Mother—Please let me out.
If you don’t, when I am released, I will
go into the street and catch the measles.
“ Your affectionate son, O. K.”
This note, though as threatening as
the other, made the mother melt, and
master “0. K.” was released.
Anecdote of Breckinridge.
At the late Breckinridge and Lane rat
ification meeting held in this city, Senator
Iverson paid, of course, several high tri
butes to Breckinridge during the course
of his able speech.
Among others he narrated the following
circumstance as told to the Macon Exam
iner by a correspondent from Columbus:
Col. Grimes, formerly Senator in Con
gress from lowa, told him that during
the time he and Major Breckinridge prac
ticed law together in lowa, they went out
one morning on the prairie for a walk,
during which they scared up a deer when
both gave chase, but Breck went ahead
like a locomotive, fairly ran the deer
down, caught and killed it, slung it on
his shoulder and carried it to the village
in triumph. Senator Iverson declared
that Breckinridge never lost a race in his
life, and he had great faith in his luck in
winning the present one.
Distressing Calamity.
The Indianola (Texas,) Courier, of
the 30th ult., says: We learn that onlast
Wednesday afternoon the house of Mr.
G. Spandan, about half a mile this side
of Victoria, was destroyed by fire, and
three children consumed in the flames.—
Mr. Spandan and his wife were in the
field some distance from the house when
they discovered the conflagration. The
children burned were aged, one six, and
the second four years, the third nine
months. The house and everything it
contained was entirely destroyed, caus
ing the unfortunate parents to suffer the
double calamity of being left childless
and homeless. A horse was tied to the
gallery of the house, and breaking loose
he rushed into the flames, and was burn
ed to death. The charred remains of the
oldest child were found, but the others
were entirely consumed.
Blondin’s Bast Performance.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
thus describes the last performance of the
little French acrobat, at Niagara Falls:—
In a few minutes, the little man was
seen coming towards America attaohed to
a heavy, lumbering chair. When about
a third of the way out, he placed the chair
upon the rope and seated himself thereon,
crossed his legs, and gazed around with
apparent unconcern. He then adjusted
two legs of the chair on the cable, and
again seated himself. Coming nearer to
the American shore, he again stopped and
sat down ; and then got up and stood in
the chair! When we consider that this
is done on a single cable stretched at a
height of more than two hundred feet over
one of the most fearful chasms and tor
rents in the world, it seems absolutely
miraculous.
A Fearful Fall of an Acrobat.
On Tuesday night, as Mr. Thos. Han
lon was going through the wonderful
performance of the “ Perilous Ladder,”
at Niblo’s, New York, his hands became
slippery in consequence of the heat, and
in a leap from one round to the other,
his hold gave way, and he fell to the
stage, a distance of more than forty feet.
With remarkable presence of mind, he
turned so as to strike on his feet, and
the only injury sustained was a slight
sprain of the tendons cf the toes, caused
by the shock of the fall. The audience
were terribly startled, and gave a great
shriek, or rather sigh, when he fell; but
when it was announced that he was un
hurt, the applause was deafening.
Arrested and Attempted Suicide.
Justice Hart issued warrants yester
day, for several persons, who were charg
ed with an asssault on the person of Am
brose WilsoD, residing at Hine’s Mill,
near this city. Amongs the prisoners
was a woman, named Ann Gunn, who,
shortly after being arrested, took a large
quantity of laudanum. In entering the
office of Justice Hart, it was discovered
that she bad taken poison, and assistance ,
was rendered immediately by Dr. M. D.
Mooney, who administered some power
ful antidote. She was taken to jail,
where we learn proper medical assistance
has been rendered. — Sav. Republican, Ith.
The Work Commenced.
Mr. Orr, the first contractor on the
Macon and Augusta railroad has cleared
out the right of way for two or three
miles, and is putting the road in shape
with a rapidity that indicates the early
completion of the work. Ten such con
tractors will do the entire grade work in
a few months.
The exact point of connexion with the
Georgia railroad is still undecided —it
may be at 42, or it may be carried to Ca
*mak by the liberality of parties interes
ted, backed by a want of liberality on the
part of others. — Warrenton Clipper.
Up to Snuff.
Somebody undertook to smuggle 1,300
pounds of snuff, lately, into Galway from
this country, by packing it in ten barrels
of flour. A thousand pounds of tobacco
were similarly concealed in casks of pick
ed pork.