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Tuesday Aug. 38, 1860.
Colonel Lochrane.
The Atlanta Confederacy states, in its
issue of the 18tb, that Col. A. 0. Loch
rane, of Macon, has declared his inten
tion to give his cordial support to Doug
las and Johnson.
Progress of New Orleans.
The New Orleans Delta says the returns
of the census so far as received, justify
the expectation that the population of the
city will be shown to be 200,000. By
the census of 1850, it was returned at
115,000, making a gain of GG per cent in
ten years.
Counterfeits.
The Charleston Mercury of Saturday,
the 18th, says: We were shown yester
day a very cleverly executed S2O coun
terfeit on Merchant’s and Planter’s
Bank of Georgia. We understand that
more of the same sort aro afloat. Look
out for them.
Kentucky Flection.
A dispatch from Paris (Ky.) says the
Louisville Courier brought tho intelli
gence that Peters, the regular Democrat
ic nominee for Judge of the Court of Ap
peals, is elected by more than one thou
sand majority over his Opposition compe
titor.
Zouuvcrle in Cliiirleston.
A meeting was held in Charleston on
Friday night last, as we learn from the
Mercury, for the purpose of organizing a
company similar to the Zouave Cadets of
Chicago. About twenty enrolled their
names. Auother meeting is to be held on
next Friday night.
The Texas Troubles.
Public meetings have been held at
Danville, Grimes county, and atMilicans,
Brazos county, Texas, for the purpose of
guarding against the outrages incited by
abolition emissaries in the Northern por
tion of the State. Vigilance Committees
were appointed and invested with full
power to act.
A Rival to Blondin.
It seems that the fool hardy Blondin
is not to walk over tho rope at Niagara
without opposition. The editorial cor
respondence of the New Orleans Picay
une, from the Falls, says another fellow,
one Signor Farina, is there and is shortly
to attempt some of Blondin’s feats on a
cable stretched across the river.
Killed by Lightning.
The Bainbridge Argus, of the lGth
says : During the thunder storm on Sat
urday last a likely young negro man the
property of Mr. R. A. Waller, of this
county, was struck dead by lightning.—
He had taken refuge from the rain under
a tree. Another negro boy was also
struck down but recovered.
Heroic Boy.
A few days since, says the Memphis
Avalanche, Taylor Finley, a promising
youth about fifteen years, while attempt
ing to save the life of a negro boy who
was drowning in the Big Creek, near He
lena, became exhausted in the water by
his efforts as to be unable to reach the
shove, and was drowned. The negro,
who belonged to young Finley’s father,
was also drowned.
Not Drowned.
The Mobile Advertiser, of the 16tb,
says : We are glad to learn that the re
port of the drowning of Mr. Mcßae, in
the steamer Young, which wo gave cur
rency to yesterday on the authority of
Capt. Rhodes, of the ill fated steamer, is
false, as tho supposed lost individual
“ turned up” upon our streets yesterday.
Mr. Mcßae was afloat for eight hours,
and was picked up by somo passing ves
sel.
Plenty of Grain in the Northwest.
The Wisconsin papers say that State
will produce this year 110,000,000 bush
els of wheat, and it is said that Minne
sota will export more grain this year
than the total yield for four years past.
The Chicago Press says tho amount of
surplus corn which Illinois oan spare out
of the crop now maturing is immense,
and it woufd be difficult to exaggerate it.
A Newark, N. J. correspondent of the
Macon Telegraph, says the immensity of
the Wheat and Corn crops of the West
aud Northwest, are almost fabulous. In
tho Des Moiues valley, lowa, it is said
tho average yield of Indian corn is 100
bushels per acre, and wheat 37 bushels.
If our Southern friends should have to
buy grain, the prospect is, that the pri
ces will rule very low.
New Orleans Ratification meeting.
The friends of Breckinridge and Lane
in New Orleans, held a meeting on Thurs
day night, the 17th inst., to ratify their
nominations. The Delta sajs it was the
largest assemblage held in that city for
the last ten years. Fifteen thousand of
the Democracy were present. Speeches
were made by Gov. Mcßae, of Mississip
pi, E. Warren Moise, Esq., Dr. Cartwright
and others.
Hon. B. V. martin.
The Atlanta Confederacy, says: Hon.
B. Y. Martin, elector for the Second Con
gressional District, addressed the citizens
of Fulton at the City Hall, on the evening
of the 17th inst. There was a tremendous
crowd to hear the distinguished speaker.
The speech of Mr. Martin was one of
the ablest, most logical, concise, con
vincing arguments we have heard during
the campaign. It was well received.
Withdrawal of Mr. Breckinridge.
Washington, Aug. IG.—The Washing
ton correspondent of (he New York Her
ald says a rumor is current that lion. J.
C. Breckinridge has called a consultation
of his friends to decide the propriety of
his withdrawal.
This report has been contradicted. It
is like a thousand and one other rumors,
entirely without foundation, and carries
its absurdity on its face. Mr. B. could
withdraw with less grace now, than any
candidate in the held.
Robbing in Henry County, Ala.
On Saturday night, the sth inst, Mr.
George Howard was robbed at Econfina,
Ala., of the mail bag key, two watches
and SIOO, by two men named David
Smith and Moses Pickersen, who broke
open the Postoffice. They are both yet
at large.
VOLUME IV. 1
ITEMS.
A dispatch from New York says Speaker
Pennington has addressed his constitu
ents declining a re-election to Congress.
It is stated that Senator Iverson, is to
address the Democracy of Crawford on
Thursday, tho 6th of September next.
The Columbia (S. C.) Guardian learns
by telegraphic dispatch, that Gen. J. W.
Cantey, of that State, died on Tuesday,
the 21st, at 1 o’clock, p. m.
The original cost of the Great Eastern
was $4,500,000. She stands charged to
the present owners at $2,150,000. Os
this amount $500,000 is preferred stock.
A dispatch from New York to the New
Orleans Picayune, states that the Hon.
John L. Mason died at his residence in
that city on the night of the 16th.
The New York Day Book states that
Col. Thomas 11. Seymour, late Minister
to Russia, and Democratic candidate for
Governor of Connecticut, has announced
himself for Breckinridge and Lane.
The Supreme Court now in session at
Atlanta, is engaged upon the considera
tion of the Choice case, which has been
defered until Monday week, on account
of the sickness of Judge Lyon.
The Flemingsburg (Ky.) Star, of the
15th says: Alfred Armstrong, of this
vicinity, started South on Thursday last
with seventy-six of the finest mules ever
driven from Fleming county. We under
stand that they cost him an average of
SIBO per head.
The Pensacola Tribune of the 17th
says: Ferdinand McCaskil, who was to
have suffered the penalty of death, this
day, between the hours of 6 and 4
o’clock, has been respited by the Presi- ■
dent of the Un’tcd States, to Friday the
12th day of October.
A correspondent of tho Houston (Tex
as) Telegraph writing from Grimes coun
ty, says the best farming uplands in that
section of the State are worth S2O per
acre, with the value of the improvements
Several improved tracts aro rated as high
as S4O or SSO per acre, and sales have
been made as high as $35 00.
Senor Don Larranaga, Spanish Consul
for North and South Carolina, died at his
residence in Charleston, on the night of
the 19th inst. It was caused by expo
sure to the sun during the late heatod
term.
Among the patents issued for the week
ending the 7tli inst., are the following :
J. S. Middlebrooks, of Salem, Ga., for
improvement in cotton cultivators.
T. C. Hendry, of Conyers, Ga., for
improvement in wheels for vehicles.
The New York Tribune estimates that
tho crop of Indian corn cannot fall much
short of 900,000,000 bushels, of wheat
160,000,000 and of oats 180,000,000; so
that the United States have quite 80,-
000,000 bushels of wheat to spare for
foreign customers.
John Covode, the Black Republican
representative of the 19th Congressional
District of Pennsylvania has been re
nominated. He will long be remembered
in connection with the celebrated “ Co
vode Investigating Committee.”
Read the article from the New York
Shipping List headed “ Flush Times—
Good Advice.” While it contains much
that is encouraging, at the same time it
makes suggestions, worthy of serious and
practical Attention.
The Raleigh (N. C.) Press, of the 18th,
says : A difficulty occurred at Chapel
Hill, a day or two since, between the fac
ulty and a number of students belonging
to the sophomore class, and we learn that
about eighty of the students have left for
their respective homes. We have not
been able to learn the particulars.
The Eufaula Express, of Thursday
says: An Irishman who has been for Borne
time living about Georgetown, and who
was much addicted to tho use of strych
nine whiskey, was taken with maniaportu,
ono day last week, and imagining that
someone was pursuing him, ran about
through the woods and fields until he fell
down and died.
The Fernandina Floridian states that
a difficulty occurred at Starke, on the
Florida Rail Road, on the 28th ult.,
which resulted in the death of a man
named Dowling. The circumstances were
these: Dr. Hollingsworth, a citizen of
Starke, having expressed his disapproba
tion of the conduct of some of the regu
lators, a party of them attacked his
house, when he, assisted by his little son,
13 years of age, killed Dowling, and se
riously, if not mortally, wounding several
others. A number of shots were fired
on both sides. Dr. Hollingsworth’s course
to expel the invaders is generally ap
plauded by the citizens.
Tlie Henderson Fire,
The Shreveport (La.) Gazette learns
that one white man and six negroes have
been arrested for being concerned in the
burning of the town of Henderson, Tex
as, and it is believed that the proof is
sufficient to convict them. An abolition
emissary, a book peddler, was the instiga
tor of the infamous deed. Unfortunate
ly, the scoundrel made his escape.
Mr. Ward, a minister living in Harri
son county, killed a man who he observed
talking with his negroes, and who refus
ed to state who he was or what business
he was engaged in. In his carpet bag
were found abolition documents, and he
is to be the book peddler who
induced the white man and negroes to
burn Ilenderscn.
Mi*. \ ancey In Memphis.
One of our leading citizens, says the
Charleston Mercury, has favored us with
the following extract from a private let
ter which he has received, dated Mem
phis, Aug. 1-5 :
“ Yancey, of Alabama, made the big
gest speech here, last night, I ever heard.
He spoke in a large open lot, and com
mencing a little after eight, continued till
nearly one o’clock this morning, most of
the crowd standing all the while, and all
the time preserving almost perfect good
i order.
“ I never saw such an instance of en-
I chained attention, even where people
were comfortably situated for hearing;
when he seemed to be closing, laige num
j bers cried “ Go on, we will hear you till
1 breakfast.” The speech has produced a
’ profound sensation.”
The Rail Road Collision.
A special dispatch to the Charleston
Mercury says that the collision on the
Carrolton Railroad occurred on Sunday
when the car* were crowded with people
who had gone out to visit the Lake Shore.
Besides three kiUed, a large number were
badly wounded. The accident is attribu
ted to the culpable negligence of the en
gineer, who has absconded.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
Example Worthy of Imitation.
lion. Daniel E. Sickles, having within
his gift the appointment to a cadetship at
West Point and a naval scholarship at
Annapolis, announced through the Su
perintendent of Public Schools, of New
I ork City, that he would bestow them on
the two pupils in his Congressional Dis
trict, who should prove themselves most
worthy after a public examination. The
result favored the selection of Master G.
J. Leydecker to West Point, and Master
C. F. Schultz to Annapolis. The former
is a son of a clerk in a mercantile estab
lishment ; tho latter, of a shoemaker by
trade.
The course pursued by Mr. Sickles
should bo emulated by every member of
Congress, who have it in their power
to encourage indigent aud meritorious
youths. Heretofore, and almost entirely
at present, such appointmeats have been
received by young men, the sons of
wealthy parents, who have frequently no
stimulus to exertion and are almost as
destitute of genuine ambition. It is
time that the practice should be reversed,
or extended at least to the worthy of all
classes. Success should be the guerdon
of merit alono.
Insult to Southern Ladies and Gen
tlemen.
In view of the expected passage of a
party of Southern ladies and gentlemen,
excursionists to Niagara Falls and other
places, a hand bill, of which the follow
ing is a copy, was circulated through the
town of Marshall, Michigan :
Republicans, to the Rescue! —Two hun
dred Southern slaveholders, with their
slaves, will pass through our city this
(Monday) afternoon, and will dine at the
depot. This is a flagrant violation of the
laws of this State, approved Fedruary 15,
1859, which provides as follows:
“ ‘Every person who shall bring any
negro, mulatto, or other persons of color
into the State, claiming him or her as a
slave, shall be punished by imprisonment
in the State prison not more than ten
years, or by fine not exceeding one thou
sand dollars.’—[Session laws 1858, pages
526-7.
‘Republicans, to Arms ! Strike for the
memory of John Brown. Lincoln and
freedom.
‘Marshall, Aug. 6, 1860.”
Fatal Accident at Sea.
Yesterday morning, at about 1 o’clock,
says the Norfolk (Va.) Argus, of the 14th,
Henry A. Patterson, mate of the schooner
E. Thomas, Capt. James of Wilmington,
N. C., bound to Philadelphia, was in
stantly killed at tho wheel, when off Cape
Henry, during a heavy squall.
The accident occurred while gibing the
mainsail, and the mate, being at the
wheel, was struck by the main sheet
block and thrown with great force against
tho bulwarks. His face and head are
dreadfully cut and bruised, and the skull
is probably fractured.
Another Flaoil at Staunton.
A correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch from Staunton, Va., says: Since
my letter of the 6th our city has been
visited by no less than three floods. On
Wednesday last, after a slight rain, Lew
is’ Creek rose to such a height that its
banks refused to contain its current, and,
as a consequence, it again found its way
through the gardens and stores, inundat
ed by the rain of Saturday, doing but
little damage, however. Ou Friday, we
were again visited by another overflow,
causing some of our citizens to quake and
tremble, especially our business men,
and completely undoing what had been
done in the way of repairing the streets,
cleaning of cellars, &c.
Killed Wliile at Prayer.
We have already mentioned the death
of Mrs. John BrowD, by lightning, on
Wednesday, at Hampton, N. H. The
correspondent of the Portsmouth Chron
icle gives the following particulars:
During the thunder storm Wednesday
evening a house owned by Uri Lamprey,
Esq., and occupied by Mr. Dearborn and
Mr. Brown, was struck by lightning, and
Mrs. Brown, an Irish lady, was instantly
killed while at prayer, having just made
the remark to Mrs. Dearborn that if the
Lord was to take them, she knew of noth
ing better to be doing than to be at
prayer. She leaves four small children
to the care of her husband. The house
is so much damaged as not to be worth
repairing.
Fire in Yazoo City.
The Yazoo City Banner, of the 17th,
says a fire occurred in that place on the
proceeding Sunday night about 2 o’clock.
The large frame buildings on Main street
occupied by Peter Lander, 11. E. Miller,
and John Reilly, and M. E. Wolf, were
consumed. All these gentlemen are
heavy lossers by the fire as well as Mrs.
Corbett who owned one of the buildings.
The fire was evidently the work of an in
cendiary and bid fair at one time to lay a
large portion of the town in ruins.
Gov. Gist.
The Fair Field Herald, in speaking of
Gov. Gist’s remarks at the close of the
review in that district, says :
In concluding his remarks, the Gover
nor dwelt at some length upon the poli
tical aspect of the country. He regard
ed the election of Lincoln more than
probable, in which event he counselled
separate State action at any and every
hazard, as the last alternative for our
salvation, and felt satisfied that the brig
ade which he had the pleasure to review
would nobly respond to their country's
call, should her institutions be so as
sailed. He closed amid great applause.
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Lincoln’s Cabinet.
We hear it rumored in political circles
here, as coming from reliable republican
sources, that the following is to be the
composition of Mr. Lincoln’s cabinet, in
case of his election; —Wm. H. Seward,
Secretary of State ; Henry Winter Davis,
Attorney General; John Sherman, Sec
retary of the Treasury ; Cassius M. Clay,
Secretary of the Interior; Benjamin F.
Wade, Secretary of the Navy; John
Hickman Secretary of War; Schuyler
Colfax, Postmaster General.— TTasA Star,
In case of his election, wonder who will
succeed our friend and efficient Post
Master in Columbus ?
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Grand Flight of Shooting Stars.
The New Haven (Conn.) Palladium of
Friday evening week contains the follow
ing communication : “ Observation made
here last night show that the annual me
teoric display of August has not failed
this year. Between 10 p. m. (9th) and 3
a. m. (10th) 565 different shooting stars
were seen by a corps of observers sta
tioned on the top of a high building in
this city.”
Death of a Printer.
A. E. Marshall, the foreman in the
office of the Pittsburg Post, died on Tues
day. He was a volunteer in the Mexican
war, and took part in the bombardment
of Vera Cruz, the battle of Cerro Gorda,
and the siege of Puebla.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 28, 1860.
Fine Cotton and Spool Thread.
We have been presented by Mr. Cbas.
A. Peabody with several samples of spool
thread, of various colors, which was
manufactured from cotton of his own cul
tivation. It was sent by Mr. P. through
Messrs. Hall & Dexter, of this city to
the Willimantic Linen Company, Connec
ticut, the only manufactory, we believe,
of spool thread in the United States.—
The specimens before us are very fine
and polished in appearance, and are pro
nounced to be superior in quality by
good judges to whose inspection we have
submitted them.
The cotton of which this thread is made
is a medium between the finest Texas
Uplands and the Sea Island cotton. Os
the former No. 40 andsois manufactured,
and of the latter No. GO and 70. But of
the cotton sent to the company by Mr.
Peabody, they have produced all four
numbers, which shows its value and
adaptation for manufacturing purposes.
The Willimantic company represent that
it takes colors freely, another evidence of
its superiority which is proven by the
specimens we have. They are so well
satisfied from experiment, of its utility,
that they offer about twenty three or
twenty-five cents per pound for all that
Mr. Peabody can produce.
This cotton was brought to this state of
perfection principally, if not entirely,
through Mr. P’s. peculiar system of cul
tivation, who thus has enhanced the val
ue of the great staple and industrial in
terests of the South. We commend the
matter to the attention of planters and
manufacturers, and so far as the thread
of which it is made enables us to judge,
take pleasure in saying that we have nev
er seen better or finer.
Popular Outbreak in Turkey.
The correspondent of the New York
World at Constantinople, in a letter dated
July 24, says the recent serious outbreaks
in Turkey between Protestant Americans
and the mob are touching burial rights.
The Turkish Government says the out
breaks are instigated by Russian endea
vors to provoke hostility between the sol
diers and the Christians.
Protestant Ambassadors have protest
ed to the Ottoman Porte, and then warn
ed their soldiers to move with the great
est caution, as further disturbance was
imminent.
Destructive Raiu.
We learn from the Canebrako (Ala.)
Gazette, of the 17th, that it commenced
raining in that vicinity on the Saturday
previous, and continued incessantly until
Sunday night. A great deal of cotton
was inundated—bridges, fences, &c.,
were swept away in many places by the
water—and from the fact that the cotton
is this season quite small and an usual
proportion open for this time of tho year,
the damage done by this rain is tremen
dous. The river had risen 12 feet on
Monday morning.
A private letter from Wisconsin, says
a dispatch from New York, from one who
has made extensive observations and in
quiries, assures us that the new wheat
crop of that State threshes out even bet
ter than the estimates, and the crop of
that State will not fall one kernel short
of 80,000,000 bushels. We believe the
largest crop ever before harvested in the
State, was not half so large as that of
1860, which is now nearly secured and in
excellent condition. “
.
Another Accident.
A few days since, says the Nashville
Union, Mr. Flowers, a gunsmith, resid
ing in Brownsville, on the Memphis and
Ohio railroad, while repairing a rifle
placed a cap on it and pulled the trigger,
supposing the weapon was unloaded.—
Unfortunately, the gun contained a ball,
which struck one of his children who
wasplaying a short distance from him,
the charge passing into its side, inflict
ing, it is feared, a fatal wound.
♦
Short Cotton.
The Montgomery Mail learns from a
gentleman who passed through Perry and
Green counties last week, that the cotton
crop will be very short in portions of
those counties. He mentions one plan
tation which produced eleven bales to the
hand last year, but which will scarcely
make one bale to the hand this year.
Withdrawal of <7. T- Brady.
A dispatch to the New Orleans Picay
une from New York, the 17th, says are
port is current that the two Democratic
State Committees have decided that Jas.
T. Brady, who was recently nominated
for Governor of New York, shall resign in
favor of Kelly, with of
Brady’s going to the United States Sen
ate.
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Sudden Death.
The Montgomery Mail of Tuesday says:
A likely negro man, previously in appa
rent good health, fell dead suddenly yes
terday afternoon. We learn that he had
chased, caught and genned a pig, al
within two or three minutes before he
expired. He was owned by Mr. George
W*. Lyman.
Gen. Lane in Georgia.
A private letter from Marietta informs
us that Gen. Joe Lane, the candidate for
Vice-President, was expected at Marietta
on Monday, the 20th instant. He was to
have addressed the people, and much in
terest was manifested in consequence.
“ Another Richmond.”
The Democratic Expositor, a campaign
paper published in Washington city,
hoists the names of Andrew Johnson, of
Tennessee, and Thomas H. Seymour, of
Connecticut, for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency of the United States.
Chattanooga Markets.
Bacon, hog round, was selling at Chat
tanooga, Saturday, the 18th, at 124 to
13 cents ; Hams 124 to 14 ; Clear Sides
14 to 15; Shoulders 11 to 12A ; Lard 15;
Superfine flour $4 ; Family §4 25;
Wheat $1 50 ; Corn in depot, 95 cents.
Health of Havana.
The Cuban Messenger of the Bth inst.,
notes an increase in the number of cases
of yellow fever in Havana, but the dis
ease is said to be of a mild type. Since
the Ist of July there have been 1,222
cases, of which only 155 proved fatal.
Heavy Receipts.
The receipts of freight at Nashville
from this city, Bays the Louisville Jour
nal, by the Louisville and Nashville Rail
Road at present are very heavy. During
the week ending August 17th, 11,505
bushels wheat, 21,691 bushels corn, and
2,670 barrels flour, were received by
Nashville consignees.
New Couuty Jail.
As we have before stated, the Inferior
Court of this county have entered into a
contract with Messrs. Vallcau & Jacobs,
j of Cincinnati, for the erection of anew
jail to supply the place of the one recent
ly destroyed by fire. We have seen the
plan and specifications and are enabled
to give an outline as follows :
The jail is to be completed by the first
of February, 1861, for the sum of $20,-
000, one half payable on completion and
the balance at the expiration of twelve
months from that time.
It will bo two stories in height and di
vided into the jailor’s residence and the
jail proper. The lower story of the for
mer will contain two large rooms, and
the story above two others, one of which
is to be appropriated as a debtor’s room,
and the other for female prisoners. The
jail proper, immediately in the rear
and adjoining the jailor’s residence, will
be two stories in height, each containing
ten cells. The whole is to be construct
ed according to the style of the “Wrought
Plate Iron Jail,” of which the contractors
are the inventors and patentees, and
with the improvements made upon the
same, which embrace Soil and Water
Pipes, Secret Guard Chamber, Ventila
tors, Water Closets, Cess Pool, Water
Tank, &c.
„The contractors have established the
business of building Iron Prisons, as one
separate from all others. Their advan
tages are, Ist. They are most secure for
Prisoners. 2d. They are more comforta
ble. 3d. They are better protected from
outside interference. 4th. They are
much cheaper than stone, or any other
reliable enclosure. sth. They are Fire
Proof.
They have been built so far principal
ly in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri,
Arkansas and the West, some without
and others with the “Secrot Guard Cham
ber,” the last improvement.
By a special Act of the Legislature, the
Inferior Court was authorized to levy a
special tax this year for the whole
amount necessary to build a jail; but
owing to the pressure of the times, they
have concluded not to levy more than a
quarter or a half, at farthest, of the
amount. Should not more than a quar
ter be levied, the Court can readily ne
gotiate for the other $5,000 necessary to
meet the first payment on completion.—
We commend it for the contract made,
and the concessions to the hardness of
the times in levying the light tax.—
Such a jail as the county will have, is
much needed and will answer fully all
the purposes for which it is designed ;
and the Inferior Court has consulted true
economy in making the contract with
Messrs. Valleau & Jacobs. It will bo the
only one of the kind in Georgia, or in
tho South, that we have heard of. As
regards the place of erecting it, that is
not definitely determined, though we
may safely say it will occupy the site of
the old one.
Three Men Whipped.
The Caddo (La.) Gazette of the lltb,
has the following: We learn that three
men were whipped near Greenwood on
Saturday last, who were from Texas.—
They advocated anti slavery, and stated
that the object of the abolitionits was to
divide Texas and make the Westorn por
tion a free State. We hope this may
prove a salutary lesson to all philanthrop
ic Yankees, and induce those who dislike
the institution of slavei-y to remain north
of Mason and Dixon’s line.
Dangerous Jump.
The Savannah Republican says, on
Saturday morniDg a negro girl, named
Anna, the property of J. G. M. Warnock,
who was confined in the office of A. Bry
an, at the corner of St. Julian street and
Market square, jumped from a window in
the third story, 31 feet from the ground,
to the side walk, trying to escape. She
was picked up and conveyed to the office
where medical attendance was rendered.
After examination, it appeared that there
were no bones broken.
Valuable Improvement In Watclies.
Among the valuable patents just is
sued by the Patent Office in Washington,
says the New Orleans Picayune, is one
for an improvement in watches. By this
invention watches and other timekeepers
are made permanently and completely
air tight and dust excluding, and conse
quently will never need cleaning. The
outside cases can be thrown open, and the
watch laid in water for days without any
moisture penetrating to the movements.
City Subscription Withdrawn.
The $300,000 subscribed to the Air-
Line Rail Road was withdrawn on Friday
night last, says the Atlanta Locomotive.
Various exceptions were filed to the pro
ceedings, past and present, of the Direc
tors of the Company, which, in the esti
mation of the City Council, warrants
them in this step.
♦
Population of Atlanta.
The census taker of Atlanta has sub
mitted his report to the City Council
showing the population to be 12,560, in
cluding 2,240 blacks. The Locomotive
says it amounts to 14,000, including the
suberbs.
A Kansas Built Steamboat.
The first steamboat ever built in Kan
sas was launched on the 30tli ult., upon
Kansas river. It is called the ‘’Kansas
Valley,” and i3 99 feet long, 13 feet
beam, with side wheels, and draws only
one foot of water.
Counterfeit Coin.
The Shreveport (La.) Gazette says that !
place is flooded with new half dollars
and dimes made of spurious metal, and
warns all persons from being deceived
by them. They are lighter and have not
the ring of the pure metal. By a close
examination they can be. easily distin
guished.
* Storm in Harris County.
The Harris County Enterprise says:
On Sunday evening last this vicinity was
visited with a very severe thunder storm,
accompanied with a tremendous fall of
rain and hail. Considerable damage was
done in our village by the blowing down
of fences and shade trees, and we under
stand that several out-houses were blown
down also.
Detention of Freights.
There are at present large consignments
of freights at the depot of the Louisville
and Nashville Rail Road awaiting ship
ment South. The extraordinary demand
upon that road for transportation has
overrun its capacity, and it i3 with diffi
culty that the company can furnish storage
for the consignments, made to the road.
So says the Louisville Journal, of the
20th inst.
Political PropUetiztng.
“ I admit, however—aud th:vtr is what
I wished to say,—that the South will be
a unit after Mr. Lincoln's election ; and
further, it is my belief that the more
moderate counsels of her wise and pru
dent men will not then prevail.”
So states the Washington correspon
dent of the New York Journal of Com
merce. The war now raging between
the North and South is a war of sections
composed of civilizations utterly and es
sentially distinct and different. The
professed object of all parties at the
South is the defense of the rights of the
States and of slavery. The soul and only
inspiring principle of the Black Republi
cans is opposition to and hatred of slave
ry, and tho desire and determination
finally to extinguish it. It is the settled
belief of the opponents of slavery, if Mr.
Seward may be considered their repre
sentative man, that Lincoln’s election
will be but the initiation of this policy.
Such is also the opinion of a majority at
the South. If that event takes place as
is most probable, the prediction of the
Journal of Commerce's correspondent
will be verified. As an earnest of the
sincerity of the South to submit no longer
to Northern aggression in that event, we
may refer to the secessions from the
Presidential Convention at Charleston,
which occasioned astonishment both
North and South. There one State took
the lead and her sister States followed.
Such will bo the case if Lincoln be elect
ed. If South Carolina, Alabama, Geor
gia, or any single Southern State with
draws, others will be compelled to follow.
So the action of one State will bring
about the policy of the co-operation par
ty of South Carolina and other States
South. The South though divided by
dissensions now, must and will then pre
sent an unbroken front.
The Kuiglita of tlie Golden Circle.
We call attention to tho General Order
of the K. G. C.’s, as sot forth in the fol
lowing article. We would comment some
what at length upon the nature, design,
and purposes of the organization, but for
our want of time and space.
We clip the above from the Knoxville
Whig. It doubtless remembers, that the
Knights of the Golden Circle made a for
mal tender of their services to the Liber
al party in Mexico, and were unceremo
niously rejected by President Juarez. If
we understand the purposes of the Order,
they were to enter Mexico by invitation
and with the connivance of that party
and not otherwise. All designs of a Fil
libustering character were distinctly re
pudiated. Therefore, having been snub
bed by Jaurez, there is no field for their
operations, as they were to be limited to
Mexico; and as it is not a Fillibustering
organization, and can’t invade Mexico
without the consent and co-operation of
the Liberal party, the history of the K.
G. C. may be considered as already writ
ten. Comment therefore, on the nature,
designs, &c., of the order are totally un
necessary and would be superfluous.
Fatal Accident.
The Humboldt (Tenn.) Cosmos of the
9th says : On Sunday last a son of Col.
L. L. Williams who resides in Gibson
county, was shot and instantly killed by
a negro boy that Col. Williams then had
hired. The circumstances as related to
us are as follows : The negro boy came
into the house with a bucket of water,
and seeing one of these self-cocking pis
tols laying on the table, picked it up and
asked who it belonged to, when the child
some ten or twelve years old, attempted
to snatch the pistol from the grasp of the
negro, and in so doing it fired ; the ball
entering the right side and ranging back
towards the spinal column. The child
fell on a bed which was immediately be
hind him and expired instantly.
Lincoln in Sew York.
A Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce says : It
is generally conceded that the election of
Lincoln depends upon the vote of the
State of New York. Mr. Seward claims
only eighty thousand majority for him in
that State.
If he means a majority over either por
tion of the Democratic party, I should
think his estimate was very fair. Lin
coln can beat everything but fusion in
Now York, by at least eighty thousand.
North Carolina ISlection.
The vote polled in the late election in
North Carolina, exceeds by 15,000 that
of 1858, when Ellis ran against Mcßae.
His majority then was 10,383, being 9,-
803 more than the estimated final result
of the recent election.
The Raleigh Standard says the Senate
stands, 31 Democrats to 19 Opposition
its ; the House of Commons, 05 Demo
crats to 55 Oppositionists, making 22 ma
jority on joint ballot.
Kgcaped.
We learn from the Rome Courier that
the negro, Green, who wa3 recently ar
rested and confessed his intention to in
cite the negroes of Floyd county to revolt,
was turned loose, and has so far eluded
vigilant search for him. He persisted to
the last in saying that he still intended to
carry outhis diabolical design. The Cour
ier urges the citizens to rake measures to
bring the offenders to justice, and for the
protection of their homes and property.
♦
Democracy in Virginia.
A special dispatch to the Petersburg
Express from Staunton, the 17th instant,
says : A proposition from the Charlottes
ville Convention fora Union of the Demo
cracy in the State, was taken into con
sideration by the Convention here, and
rejected. There will be no union except
on the basis of an unconditional surrender
by the Breckinridgers.
The lion. George W. Hopkins has de
clawed for Douglas.
Sale of Slaves.
Five slaves bought for the Southern
market in Dorchester county, Maryland
recently sold for the aggregate sum of
$6,010. One boy 22 years old, for
$1,365; girl 16 years $1,240; boy 13
years, $960 ; girl 16 years, $1,340. A
boy 18 years old was sold at the saone
time for SI,OOO.
.
Corn Crop of Pennsylvania.
The Hanover (Pa.) Spectator says of
the corn crop in that section: “We have
heard of no complaint from any direction.
Every farmer is full of hope of an abun
dant crop. In our vicinity, it is truly de
lightful to see the magnificent green fields
promising a glorious reward for the toil
of the hard-Bsted and honest yeomanry.
m
Seven hundred and twenty two bales of
new cotton were received at New Orleans
on Thursday, the lGth inst.
{NUMBER 20.
The Meeting Tuesday Right.
The friends of Bell and Everett held a
meeting at Temperance Hall, Tuesday
night, for the purpose of organizing a Bell
and Everett Club for Muscogee county.
The attendance was comparatively small
in number, but very respectable other
wise.
Judge Wimberly was called to the chair
on motion of Judge Thomas, and 11. M.
Sapp, Esq., was chosen secretary.
On motion, the Chairman was author
ized to appoint a committee to report
business for the meeting. The following
gentlemen were appointed, to-wit: B. F.
Reese, Dr. Bacon, Judge Thomas, A. S.
Rutherford, and T. M. Hogan, who re
ported through their chairman, that the
Club shall consist of a President and two
Vice Presidents, and shall be known as
the Bell and Everett Club of Muscogee
County. Mayor Holstead was named as
President and Col. Woolfolk and N. L.
Howard, Esq , Vice Presidents. The
Chairman of the meeting was also au
thorized to appoint at his leisure, fivo
men to draught a plan of the organiza
tion.
After tho reading of the report, B. F.
Reese, Esq., made a brief speech, inter
spersed with his characteristic humor.—
After the conclusion of Mr. Reese’s re
marks, N. L. Howard, Esq., was called
for and responded in a brief speech.—
Both speakers seemed to think that the
“ death of the Democracy” was the only
ray of light which penetrated the gloom
of the political horizon ; and that Bell’s
election was the only remaining resource
for enforcing tho laws and perpetuating
the Union. As regards the election of
Lincoln, neither tffbught that event per
se would justify such an extremity.
With respect to the Territorial ques
tion, the speakers differed materially,
Mr. Reese’s position being moro in ac
cordance with that of the Douglas party,
while Mr. Howard, if we remember dis
tinctly, approached more nearly the doc
trine of Mr. Buchanan’s inaugural ad
dress.
The meeting adjourned after the con
clusion of Mr. Howard’s speech.
♦
Virginia Politics.
Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 17.—The
anti-Dougla% spirit is decidedly manifest
ed to-day. The report of the Committee
on Resolutions was read and unanimous
ly adopted. The first declares in favor
of the slavery section of the National
platform; the seoond provides for the
presentation of an address ; the third for
the organization of a Central Executive
Committee, and of a central ticket; the
fourth calls for a county organization;
and the fifth requests Wise, Hunter, Ma
son and Smith to canvass the State.
The Convention repudiates the Pacific
rail road.
Willoughby Newlin made a violent dis
union speech, which was received with
much applause.
Prom Sew York—Douglas and John
son to Stump until the Election.
New York, Aug. 18.—A dispatch to
the Herald states that it is announced in
Washington that Douglas and Johnson,
will continue on the stump until the elec
tion—the former South and West, the
latter East as far as Maine. Douglas
speaks at Norfolk next Friday.
It is also announced that Leslie Combs
and ex-Governor Morehead, of Ky., are
coming North on a stumping tour.
Wm. G. Lambert, jr., andWm. H. Per
ley are under arrest on a charge of arson,
in setting fire to a liquor store on Broad
way. Lambert was bailed by his father
in SIO,OOO.
News from Mexico.
New Orleans, August 21.—The latest
advices from Mexico show that the Juar
ez, or Liberal Government, are extrem
ely anxious to learn what would be the
course of the United States, in the event
of an armed intervention of European
powers in Mexican affairs.
It is also said that the Liberals are
very desirous of the return of Minister
McLane.
Indian Depredations in New Mexico.
St. Louis, Aug. 20.— Santa Fe advices
say that the Navajo Indians attacked a
settlement eleven miles below there and
killed two men and drove off their stock.
The citizens went out and after an en
gagement recovered the stock killing
thirteen Indians and losing five of their
own party.
Fight between Ben. C. Yancey, Jr.,
Esq., and Col. J. J. Seibel3.
A rencounter occurred at “ Lynn’s cor
ner,” in our city, about noon yesterday,
between Ben. C. Yancey, Jr., Esq., (son
of Hon. W. L. Yancey,) and Col. J. J.
Seibels, of the “Confederation ” The
facts are briefly these: Young Mr. Yan
cey met Col. Seibels and said to him that
he had grossly slandered his father in
the “Confederation”—that ho came to
resent the insult offered to him—and that
he warned him to defend himself. Mr.
Yancey then struck at Col. Seibels re
peatedly, with an ordinary-sized cane,
but the Colonel kept his large, open um
brella in front, so as to fend off, and
pushed him forward, evading any hard
blows, until the covering was knocked
from the umbrella, and at last used the
handle as quite an efficient weapon. A
few blows and a scuffle ensued, and the
parties were separated by a policeman.
Both came off bruised, and Coi. Seibels
blooded and worsted, by a severe cut
across the eye and temple. —Montgomery
Advertiser, 23 d.
Extract of a letter to the editor of the
Atlanta American, dated Lone Star, Tex
as, August Ist:
We are dry here in Texas, to hurt;
and I think emigrants would do well to
keep out of Texas this year, unless they
come prepared to endure hardships, which
but few back in the old States know any
thing about, Many counties in this State
will not make bread. The wheat crop
was short, and corn is almost a total fail
ure in portions of the country.. The
Red River counties are making tolerably
good crops—the best in the State. Corn
will be up to the highest conscience price
for the next twelve months in this coun
try.”
Daring Feat.
A daring feat was accomplished a few
days since on the Erie and Canandaigua
branch of the New York and Erie Rail
Road, by John J. Delancey, engineer of a
train. He was coming down a fifty-three
foot grade, near Millport, when he ob
served a child playing on the track ahead
ot his train. *He immediately whistled
for the brakes, but on snch a heavy grade,
and in so short a distance, it was of no
use. He made up his mind in a second
bow to proceed. He ran along to the
front of the engine, got down on the
pilot, aDd, when within six feet of the
unconscious child, bounded from the en
gine, seized the child from certain death,
and rolled with it over an embankment,
safe and unhurt, barely clearing the en
gine in his descent as it went thundering
past. _
Death of an Estimable Citizen.
Just as we are going to press, we learn
with pain the death of Mr. Milo B. Aber
crombie. A good citizen, kind father,
and master, respected and beloved by all,
his loss will be severely felt, not only by
his immediate family and large circle of
friends, but the community at large. —
Mont. Confederation, 23 d.
For the Daily Sun.
Uinta to Planters.
The crops are injured by the drought
and the cry of “hard times and worse
coming,” is heard from every quarter.—
The following hints are therefore worthy
of the planters’ consideration :
1. They will doubtless have ample time
to gather their crops and get them to
market. Let it be their object then to
pick their cotton clean, avoiding trash
and dirt. Clean cotton will always com
mand a fair price in market, while trashy
and dirty cotton will be neglected. It is
necessary to make the short crop yield
all it will, therefore take pains in picking
and ginning, and endeavor to throw upon
the market as much nice cotton as possi
ble and as little of other kinds.
In packing cotton be sure never to put
but one kind in a bale. Where more than
one kind is put in a bale, it is pronounc
ed false packed; and besides costing
trouble, results in loss to the owner. If
it is necessary in any instance to put in
two or more kinds into a bale, the bale
should be distinctly marked as mixed
and thrown upon the market as such. It
is better, however, to pack each kind into
a small bale aud let it be sold to the fac
tories.
Cotton that is to be sent to market by
Railroad ought to be entirely covered
with bagging. Then cattle cannot eat it,
and much less waste will be experienced.
Besides bagging will pay for itself in the
sale and had as well be used as not.
Every bale should be distinctly marked
with the owner’s name or initials. Ware
houses will furnish brands gratis, and
will take pleasure in furnishing their
customers with good marking ink. Cot
ton distinctly marked is not apt to get
misplaced in shipping.
Asa general rule, while cotton is bear
ing a good price, it is advisable for plan
ters to sell their cotton as they are able
to get it into market. The man who sells
in this way will always command a full
averaged price ; while his neighbors
who hold for higher prices will, more
than half the times they do so, lose by
the operation. If, however, cotton iB
stored in warehouses it had best be insur
ed in reliable insurance companies.
J. M. W.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 21, 1860.
More of tlie Carrolton Disaster.
The New Orleans Bulletin speaking of
the collision on the Carrolton Rail Road
says:
Mr. Amedeo Choppin, younger broth
er of Dr. Sameul Choppin, had both
bones of his left leg broken just above the
ankle, the bone protruding throught the
skin. He was brought to his brother’s
residence on Canal street. Mrs Samuel
Choppin and her little son, who were sea
ted beside Mr. A. Choppin, were not
hurt. One child had its skull fractured
so that th.e brains ozed out and has
probably died during the night; another
wasseverly cut in the neck, and a third
had its ankle bone dislocated. We could
not learn tho names of any of the chil
dren, their parents, who were with them,
being too much agonized to think of an
swering queries.
The engine of the express train, the
Crescent City, had its smoke pipe broken
and its reflector thrown oft'. The way
train with the exception of the broken
car, received such an impetus from the
shock as to run two squares down the
track before the brakes could be checked
up. The engineer of the Crescent City,
Bill Sullivan soon afterward backed his
train into Carrollton, and is reported then
to have fled from the vengeance he fear
ed. It seems impossible that he could
not know he was rurning into the other
train, which he knew would be behind
time on account of the crowds whioh pat
ronize it every Sunday evening, and he
could have seen it without the aid of his
reflector, which threw a long and brill
iant flood of light ahead of him on the
track. If, as is said, there were no lights
hanging out at the rear of the way
train, its conductor, Peter Williams and
Brown, are culpable. When the ex
press train ran into the car it was going
at a rate prohibited by the city ordin
ance, and unusual upon the road. The
engineer on the way train said that he
felt sure the express train was going to
run into them. We heard it stated that
Sullivan was drunk, which might account
for hi3 conduct.
Hon. Alfred Iverson.
Knoxville, Ga., Aug. 10, 1860.
To the Editor of the Macon Examiner:
To prevent misapprehension I desire
briefly to state the reason why I gave my
support to the resolution recommending
the re-election of Judge Iverson to the
Senate, adopted at the Democratic meet
ing held in this place on the Bth July last,
and published in your paper on the 7th
inst. Hitherto I have publicly opposed
the re-election of Judge Iverson to the
Senate, and it is well known that I do not
subscribe to all the principles and policy
which he recommends to the adoption of
the South in his Griffin speech of last year.
Among other things, I do uot endorse his
advocacy in that speech of a dissolution
of the Union for past aggressions, nor in
the event of the election of a Black Re
publican to the Presidency in the ap
proaching election. But I advocate Judge
Iverson’s re-election to the Senate mainly
on the ground of his determined, fearless
support of the rights and honor of the
South, and his equally determined and
fearless opposition in the Senate to the
aggressive policy of the Black Republican
party. In this past course I think the
State will have a reliable guarantee that
her rights and honor will be safe in his
hands. At a crisis like the present the
South requires the services of those who
have been tried and proved faithful to her
interests, rather than of those who have
cowered before the enemy, or shifted
their position to “catch the popular
breeze.” The times require able, true
men—no others should be trusted in our
public councils. For Judge Iverson’s
Arm and steadfast support of the rights
of the South I honor him, and had rather
see him returned to the Senate than to
see his place filled by an individual with
whom I might agree upon more points of
policy, but in whose patriotism and devo
tion to the South I might have less confi
dence. Thus much in justice to Judge
Iverson and to avoid the charge of appa
rent inconsistency on my part in now
yielding him my humble support after
having publicly opposed his re election
to the Senate.
Respectfully, &c.
GEO. R. HUNTER.
Escaped from Jail.
Friday night last, Chester Alden alias
J. E. Stewart, confined in our jail for
horse-stealing, and Andrew J. Newsome,
confined on a charge of negro-stealing,
bade adieu to the comfortable quarters
provided for them by our worthy Sheriff,
and without so much as “ thank’ee,” to
pay for their board till, deserted thi3
place for some more congenial clime.
Alden is an experienced rascal, and the
manner in which he executed his escape,
shows that he has some knowledge in
these matters. Both of the prisoners were
chained to the floor, Alden around the
neck, the chain fastened by a combina
tion lock ; and Newsome around the leg,
with a heavy padlock. Some of the locks
were picked, and Alden carried off the
one around his neck, being, as he had
been heard to say, a sort of curiosity,
and he therefore desired to keep it when
he left the jail. They accomplished their
escape, Alden by boring with an auger
through the upper ceiling of his cell, thus
getting into the garret, and from thence
by making an opening through the plas
tering over the stairs and letting himself
down by hi#bed-clothes Newsome chose
a shorter route; bored directly through
the floor of his cell, and, by means of his
blankets, dropped into the large room
below. The opinion appears to be gene
ral that they were assisted by some per
son or persons from the outside.—San
dersviUt. Georgian, 22d.
Merchants’ Shipping Receipts.
A new supply, just from the binder’! hand!
neatly ruled and well bound, for sale at the
SUN OVHCB.