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COLTJMBTJS:
Tuesday Morning) Sept. 18, 18G0.
The Sandersville Georgian, of the
12th inst., is reliably informed that Mr.
R. R. Cuylor, President of the Central
Rail Road, contemplates building a Rail
road from some eligible point on the
Central Road, through Sparta to Union
Toint, on the Georgia Rail Road.
♦
Population of Washington City.
The nejv census gives the population
of Washingtion City as follows: Free
inhabitants 59,586; Slave 1,814. Total
population 61,400; increase since 1850, i
21,390. In 1850 there were 2,113 slaves, <
now 1,840 —decrease 299.
Burglars About.
The Montgomery Advertiser of the 15th
inst. says: IVc hear that an attempt was
made to enter the residence of Mr. Wil
liam B. Bell, on Moulton street, a few
nights since ; but owing to the early hour
selected by the burglar to accomplish his
purpose, he was detected, and incontin
ently vamosed. Isn’t it passing strange
that they almost invariably make their
escape without either being recognized
or harmed t in the least? The same good
luck seems to attend the scoundrels every
where and on all occasions.
Freight at Louisville.
By a paragraph in the Nashville Union
aud American, copied from the Louisville
Courier, of the 14th instant, we learn
that on last Wednesday morning a
large buyer there from the
South to make purchases of grain, but
not being able to ship it, he was compell
ed to go to Cincinnati to make his pur
chases, in order to get his goods shipped.
During the past month the Nashville rail
road has been badly managed and com
plaints have been made from every source.
Important Application of Science In
Warfare.
It will bo remembered, says the
Charleston Courier, that at Solferino the
electric telegraph was used by the French
to transmit orders to different parties in
the field. It is said, according to the
Boston Journal, that important improve
ments have been made by the American
electricians, which have been communi
cated to tlio Secretary of War. Experi
ments have been made, with such success,
that the system is to be brought in imme
diate use by the troops operating against
the Indians. *
The New York correspondent of the
Charleston Courier says that General
Wheat, who has returned to that city
from the sunny clime of Mexico, ret,
rosy and fat, is unablo to remain quiet.
He is dying to do something, and finding
every thing torpid there, he thinks of
going to Italy and joining Garibaldi.—
Gen. Henningsen, too, seems to be wan
dering about without an object in view,
aud the correspondent should not be sur
prised to hear very soon that he and
Gen. Wheat had sailed for the Mediterra
nean, with a stout body of followers,
such as they can carry into any weak
country that is crying for freedom.
Southern Arrangement of the Illi
nois Central Rail Road.
The Chicago Press says the Illinois
Central Rail Road are prosecuting with
much energy and liberality the opening
and enlargement of trado facilities with
the South. They have, in conjunction
with the Mobile and Ohio aud the Missis
sippi Central Rail Roads, just establish
ed a freight tariff. The tariff of rates to
South Carolina and Georgia has not yet
been decided upon.
Items of news from the Troy (Ala.)
Advocate of the 18th:
We learn that Mr. John DeFee, living
nine miles from this place upon the Mon
ticello road, was thrown from his horse
on Thursday last, from the effects of
which he died on Friday.
We learn that Dr. W. 11. Ousley was
shot and killed by his brother-in-law,
Dr. Brown in the upper part of this coun
ty, one day last week. There was an old
gvude between them.
“ Ordered Off.”
On last Saturday night, the Ist inst.,
three white men were compelled to leave
Orange Court House, Va., by a vigilance
committee. They were charged with
unlawfully trafficking with slaves. A
letter to the Richmond Dispatch says :
On Saturday night they were waited on
by a company of armed citizens, and
marched at the point of the Bayonet to
the depot, while the ‘‘Rogues’s March”
was played as befitting the occasion.—
Here they were compelled to get on the
cars and leave. One of the party, form
erly a hotel keeper at Orange Court
House, stopped at Charlottsville.
Those Prophets of Old.
llow rich the following paragraph ap
pears, which was originally printed in
the English Quarterly Review, in Max-ch,
1825:
We are not advocates for vissionary
projects that interfere with useful estab
lishments. We scout the idea of a rail road
as impracticable * * What can be
more palpable absurd and ridiculous than
the prospect held of locomotive traveling
twice as fast as stage coaches ? We should
as soon expect the people of Woolwich to
suffer themselves to be fired off upon one
of Congrieve’s richochet rockets, as to
put themselves at the mercy of such a
machine, going at such a rate.
A French Suicide^
The London Times relates the follow
ing:
An instance of extraordinary eccen
tricity was offered on last Monday at
Lecure, near Havre: A cap was seen in
the water, with a string of corks around
it, and a label upon which was written,
“pull the string, I am at the end of it.”
The string was pulled, and sure enough
there was the late writer of the label,
with a paper detailing the cause of his
having made away with himself, carefully
corked up in a bottle in his pocket, with
his name and address, “Francois Foliot,
of Vandrimare.”
Anew Fire Company in Macon.
A meeting to organize anew Fire Com
pany was held in Macon on Monday last,
the following officers were elected : Fore
man, A. B. Ross; Asst. Foreman, Lem’l
Cherry; Secretary, George W. Sims;
Treasurer, Richard Curd. They resolved
that the company should be known as
“Spark’s Fire Cos., No. 4,” taking their
name from the worthy Mayor of Macon.
The Americus Republican announces
the death of Matthew E. Williams, Esq.,
at Dawson, on the 4th inst., after a brief
illness of 3G hours. He was a Senator
in the State Legislature from Terrell
county, in 1857 and 1858. His death is
greatly lamented.
Resignation of the Mayor of Macon.
We learn from the Macon Telegraph
that Mayor Sparks has resigned his office
on account of ill health and business en
gagements, and that an election will be
held on the 22d to fill the vacancy.
Resignation of Hon. T. W. Miller.
The Augusta papers learn that this
gentleman, State Senator from Richmond
county, has resigned his position on ac
count of ill health.
i The population of Huntsville, (Ala.)
k (536° r<^D^t 0 tllS ceQSUS co m pleted, is 3,-
“ The Two Routes from Opelika.”
The last Enquirer contains a commu
nication signed “Citizen,” bearing the
above caption, contrasting the distances
from Columbus to the various Western
cities by the Opelika and Oxford, and the
Opelika and Cbildersburg routes. This
writer has figured it out and make with
hisfigures a difference of 119 miles in the
distance to St. Louis in favor of the Oxford
route via. Nashville, over the Childers
burg via. Memphis. Not being posted as
to the correctness of his data, weare not
prepared to decide as to the correctness
of his figures.
We are, however, posted as to the val
ue of the two roads as connected with
the commerce of our city. The Childers
burg road passes over a productive farm
ing country for seventy odd miles, and
from the position of other markets, Col
umbus has a decided advantage, and is
bound to be the recipient of almost the
entire trade of the line of the road.
Os the Oxford road, this cannot be said.
The country over which it passes is not
so large in extent or so productive. Be
sides this, it connects at its Oxford ter
minus with a road from Atlanta, which
will be built long before the completion
ol the Opelika and Oxford road, giving
an Eastern as well as a Southern outlet
for the commerce of the road. This is a
view which seems not to hate caught the
attention of “ Citizen.”
We never have felt much interest in
either road except so far as they were
able to add to the commerce of our city.
i The carrying of either road beyond Chil
dersburg and Oxford we never considered
of any solid value to our trade. It is the
local trade between the points and Opeli
ka we ore striving to secure, and being
; satisfied the Childersburg road, as a
i feeder to our city, would more than
double tuat of the Oxford road, we have
j labored for its construction and done all
in our power to give it all the aid our
city could consistently with her credit
and her obligations to creditors.
Wo trust our citizens will not suffer
j themselves led off from their true inter
! ests with such considerations as are pre
sented by “Citizen.”
C annda.
The population of the provinces of
Canada, says the Richmond Dispatch, is
now larger than that of our American
Colonies when they dissolved their con
nection with Great Britain. There are
three or four millions of people, rapidly
increasing, and with commerce and
manufactures in a flourishing condition.
Some of the finest wheat lands of the con
tinent are found in Canada, extensive
fisheries, splendid harbors, continuous
railroads, and vast inland water commu
nication. This noble appendage of the
British crown extends from ocean to
ocean, and v has been much coveted by
fillibusters and annexationists. Canada,
however, by the reciprocity treaty, en
joys all the commercial advantages of an
nexation to the United States, and at the
same time keeps her colonial suckers
profitably at work upon the mother coun
try.
A Soldier’s Kstimate of Glory.
Sir Charles Napier, so distinguished
for his military services in India, on re
ceiving dispatches from the English Gov
ernment making him Governor of Scinde
with additional pay, and ordering a tri
umphal column to be ca3t from the guns
he had captured, wrote: *
I wish the government would let me go
back to my wife and girls; it would be to
me more than pay, glory and honor. This
is glory, is it? Yes. Nine princes have
surrendered their swords to me on the
field of battle, and their kindoms have
been conquered by me and attached to
my own country. Well, all the glory that
can be desired is mine, and I care so lit
tle for it that the moment.l can. all shall
be resigned to live quietly with my wife
and girls; no honor or riches repays to
me, is agreeable, only as it may enable
me to do good to these poor people. Oh,
if I can do any good to serve them where
so much blood has been shed in accursed
war, I shall be happy. May I never see
another shot fired. Horrid, horrid war !
♦
I. O. S. M.
These cabalistic characters again ap
pear in the advertising columns of the
papers. This time it is to announce that
“ the meeting” called for last evening has
been postponed until the 18th inst., on
account of the non-arrival of the deputa
tions from New York, New Orleans, Bal
timore, Mobile, Norfolk, Savannah, Rich
mond, United States, and Havana, Carde
nas, Matanzas, and Principe, Island of
Cuba.
We presume the large and respectable
deputation from Canada and Niagara
Falls is still in the city. We have seen
him recently, and he appears to be in
“ good condition,” and all ready for the
meeting “ when necessary.”— Augusta
Constitutionalist.
Congregation Surprised.
In a church in Spencer, Massachusetts,
a few Sundays ago, while the people were
engaged in worship, something unusual
occurred. It was at the communion ser
vice, and just before the sacrament was
offered, a man in the back part of the as
sembly rose, and deliberately passing up
the aisle to the table in front of the altar,
seized one of the sacramental goblets with
one hand, and the large silver pitcher
with the other, filled the goblet with wine,
and turning to the audience, coolly drank
it off, and returned to bis seat. The
reader may imagine the “surprise” of
that congregation.
The River Mail.
We are glad to be able to announce, on
the authority of Mr. Brewer, Postmaster
at Camden, who has just returned from
Washington, that arrangements have
been finally concluded with the Postoffice
Department, which ensure a daily mail
on the Alabama river.
The arrangement will go into effect so
soon as a satisfactory schedule of details
is made out. We congratulate our rea
ders in the city, and along the river, at
the good prospect before them in this
regard.— Mobile Advertiser.
Horrible Parricide In Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is the city of churches. A
man named Joseph Behon died on Friday
morning, at his residence in Montrose
avenue, from the effect of injuries receiv
ed at the hands of his son Joseph, a
young man of 26 years of age, in a quar
rel between the two, on the 19th ult.,
originating in a remonstrance of the fa
ther against the son marrying a woman
whom the family did not like, in conse
quenco of her bad temper. Deceased was
a man of considerable property, to which
the son is said to be the sole heir. The
murderer, who was out on bail, has been
re-arrested and committed to prison.
‘•Sack Is Life.”
A correspondent of the New York Tri
bune, writing from Pike’s Peak, says:
A former banker from Leavenworth is
now in the mines, engaged in selling pies.
He was a deacon in one of the churches
in Eastern Kansas ; here he retails whis
ky on Sunday. Last year, on the ]Je
publican route, I encountered an ex-Cin
cinnati lawyer and an actress from the
New York Bowery Thertre, united in
bonds matrimonial, and engaged in keep
ing a stage station on the Great Plains,
400 miles from civilization.
Mr. W. McKinley, Chairman of the
State Executive Democratic Committee,
has addressed a letter to the Chairman of
the Douglas Committee in Bibb county,
soliciting a discussion with Mr. Douglas,
when the latter visits Georgia, which it
is supposed, will be in a short time.—
Republican.
From the Charleston Mercury.
The Health of Charleston.
Our readers, we are sure, will read
with a great deal of satisfaction, the re
port we published below, from the City
Registrar to the board of Health. The
health of our city, according to this re
port, was never better than it is; and,
without entering on the question, wheth
er a case or cases of Yellow Fever have
occurred in our city, it is clear that they
are sporadic. We trust, therefore, that
our friends in the country will not hesi
tate to visit us, whether called here by
business or pleasure. Our country mer
chants especially, are invited to examine
the full supply of all sorts of merchan
dize which our importers have laid in,
before they pass on the North. Charleston
was never better prepared to meet the
demands of the interior. Let our people
draw nearer together in all the relations
of society and commerce. We are one in
destiny. Let us be one in interest and
intercourse.
Office of the Board of Health,!
Charleston, Sept. 10,1860. /
At a meeting of the Board of Health, held
this day, the following resolution was adopted,
on motion of Aid. Riggs:
Resolved, That the report of the City Regis
trar, presented to this Board this day, and the
accompanying communications from the City
Dispensary Physicians, be published as infor
mation in all the city papers.
CHARLES MACBETH, Mayor,
And Chairman ex off. of the Board of lleath.
George S. Pelzer, M. I)., Clerk.
OFFICE OF THE CITY REGISTRAR,!
Charleston, Sept. 10,1860.
To the Chairman and Members of die lioo.nl of
Health of Charleston:
Gentlemen : The public health, now a subject
for the most exaggerated and pernicious ru
mors, at home as well as abroad, should always
claim the attention and excite the interest of
the City Registrar.
Constant and careful observation and inquiry,
have furnished ample reasons for the opinion
herein expressed ; and in the corroboration of
which, the subjoined communications from the
four Dispensary Physicians of the city are
herewith presented for the information of the
Board.
It is the deliberate opinion of the Registrar,
that with the exception of the prevailing
“Break-Bone Fever,” and a few cases of malarial
and other fevers, not uncommon to our climate
at the present season of the year, the general
health of Charleston was never better during
any previous summer than at the present time;
and with devout thanksgiving to Him who lias
so graciously preserved us through the months
new past, we may confidently hope for a con
tinuance of like signal blessings during the re
mainder of the year. Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE S. PELZEIt, M. D.,
City Registrar.
Office City Dispensary, E. D., Upper Wards,)
Charleston, Sept. 10,1860. }
Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry, it gives
me pleasure to state that the hygiene and health
of my Dispensary Division have never been
better during my entire administration of its
medical duties, than they are at present.
The great majority of cases, now under treat
ment, arc those of simple Catarrhal, or of the
so-called “Break-Bone” Fever. No other varie
ties of fever have, so far, fallen under my care,
during this summer, with the exception of a
single case of Typhoid Fever.
Very respectfully,
’ .1. DICKSON BRUNS, M. D.
To G. S. Pelzer, City Registrar.
Office Cut Dispensary, W. D., Upper Wards, )
Charleston, Sept. 10,1860. j
Dear Sir : In reply to your inquiry respeciing
the health of my Dispensary, I am happy to in
form you that I have had no case of Yellow Fe
ver ; and, excepting the ‘‘Break-Bone,” which
now prevails, the wards have had an unprece
dented freedom from disease.
Very respectfully yours,
S. L. LOCKWOOD, M. D.
To Dr. G. S. Pelzer, City Registrar.
Charleston, September 9,1860.
Dear Sir : In compliance with your request to
give a statement of the health of my division
of the city, I am happy to say that there is not
a single case of serious consequence of any
kind. Broken-Bone Fever appears still to be
the prevalent affection, but is not nearly so gen
eral as it was two weeks ago; my list to-day be
ing a little more than half of what it was at
that date.
I am, with respect, your obedient servant,
J. L. ANCRUM, M. D..
Physician Slnrras’ Dispensary, E. D.
To Dr. G. S. Pelzer.
Ciicrch Street, Monday, Sept. 10,1860.
My Dear Sir : I hasten to reply to your inqui
ries, and to state that I have not seen a ease of
fever in the city this season of a severe grade.
Those that have fallen under my observation,
in private as well as public practice (and they
have been very numerous,) have been of the
form usually denominated ‘‘Broken-Bone,” and
they, without exception, have been of so relent
ing a character as in a large proportion hardly
to require the interference of a physician. I
may truly say, if the practice of the profession
never brought it more care and anxiety than it
has done for some months past, I should play
on velvet. Yours respectfully,
PETER POkCHER,
Physician Shirras’ Dispensary, W. D.
Geo. S. Pelzer, M. D., City Registrar.
The New York Times of Saturday says :
We understand that responsible parties
are now in Washington, negotiating with
the Secretary of the Treasury for the con
tract to build the line of telegraph to the
Pacific, as provided for by the bill passed
at the last session of Congress. These
parties are acting in behalf of the Wes
tern Union Telegraph Company, a wealthy
corporation who already own a stretch of
wires extended from St. Louis,Jin the direc
tion of San Francisco. Mr. Hiram Sibley,
their President, a gentleman of great en
ergy of character, is the mainspring of
this movement. Should he be successful
in obtaining the contract, his Company
will proceed with the work immediately
and complete the line within the time
specified in the bill, notwithstanding
several months of that time have already
elasped.
An Ex-President In Retirement.
A Washington letter writer says that
j the Villa Margarete, the summer resi
dence of ex-Presideut Tyler, is located <Jd
the suburbs of Hampton Village, only
! three miles from Old Point Comfort,
i where he keeps open house, and enter
tains a great deal of company. Mr. Tyler
spends much of his time at the “Hvgeia,”
and enters heartily into all the amuse
ments which come up. Time seems to
have made no impression on him, for al
though now seventy years of age, he looks
younger and more robust than when oc
cupying the Presidential chair. His wife
looks quite as young as when she stood
the bride at the White House fifteen years
ago. She is the mother of seven children,
the youngest a girl but eight weeks old,
and her own appearance is that of a girl
in her teens. Last year the old gentleman
bragged of his wheat crop as being the
finest on James River; now his theme is
the youngest feature in his family, the
cherub face of his infant daughter—the
Pearl.
. A Knowledge of Figures.
A county court Judge in England, of
very large experience among the people
of a poor district, gives the following tes
timony to the value of arithmetic to per
sons in humble life, and the effect of ig
norance of numbers upon the habit of pe
cuniary integrity. “I have frequently
remarked in my court,” he says, “that
I wish I could impress upon all persons
the opinion which I entertain, that the
greatest contribution to the morals of the
population which could be made would
be a knowledge of figures. It would aid
the poorer classes in economizing the ex
penditures, make their dealings more
honest, and save them from a% enormous
amount of imposition.”
A Slight Mistake.
A few day3 since a physician of this
city, who is so much like the city clerk
that few people can tell one brother from
“t’other,” was called upon by a young
gentleman with a fair damsel on his arm,
who was all smiles and blushes, to obtain
a certificate for marriage. “0!” respon
ded the physician in his bland manner,
“it is my brother you call on before mar
riage; my call comes afterwards.”—Neic
bun/port Herald.
Graphic.
The other day a boy came tearing a
round a corner with his rags fluttering
in the wind, his face smeared with mo
lasses and a shingle fluttering in his hand,
while he was shouting to another boy,
about the size of a pepper box. who stood
nearley a quarter of a mile down the
street. 0! Bill, Bill, Bill—get as many
bovs as ever you can, and as many shin
gles as ever you can, and come up the
street round the corner as fast as ever
you can, for there’s a big 4 r S e hogsit of
lasses busted on the pavement, busted
all to smash.
A Great Manufacturing City.
Manchester, England, is the greatest
manufacturing city in the world. It is
stated that the steam force employed in
its various mills and factories amounts to
1,200,000 horse power. To produce this
enormous motive 20,000 tons of coal are
consumed every twenty four, hours, or j
9,390,000 tons in the 313 working days ;
of the year. 1
Oar City—lts Census.
Wo published, a few days since, the
returns of Mr. E. IT. Musgrove, the polite
and attentive Assistant United States
Census Marshal for this District, by
which it will be seen that the population
of our city proper, is much below the es
timate put upon it by every man who
looks around the city daring the business
hours of the day. Mr. Musgrove ac
counts very correctly for this apparent
discrepancy, by the fact that very many
of our active business men with their
families, live just outside the corporate
limits. This factis suggestive of thought
for our legislators and our people gen
erally.
It is a notable fact that the greater
portion of our wealthy citizens do not re
side within the corporate limits of the
city, and hence save considerable in
taxes, leaving the burden of supporting
the corporation on the poorer class of so
ciety. It is true, that very many of those
who reside outside the city limits are en
gaged in merchantile business and own
real estate in the city, for which they
pay largo taxes, as well as the residents
in the city ; but while they share this
part of the burden of the city govern
ment, the merchant anu mechanic of small
means pays the same ratio of taxes on
his business, and the additional tax on
his dwelling house and a poll tax. Now
we do not question any man’s right to
live wherever he may choose, and do bu
siness in any way that is honorable, but
we think the present condition of matters
is rather burdensome upon the few who
reside within the corporation and are
charged with its proper administration.
The single fact of taxation is a small
feature in the matter. The city requires
proper officers to administer its affairs,
and we arc always in a great strait to
find the right sort of men to accept office.
Gentlemen residing outside of the cor
poration and doing business in it, are
vitally interested in a proper and judi
cious management of its affairs. This
feeling they are never slow to manifest
by their conversation, but we have not
the assistance of their votes at the ballot
box, nor their counsels in the common
Council. They are taxed, but without
a representation, forced tosubmit tolaws
and regulations which, in many cases ;
they consider onerous, without the pow
er to alter or'annul. It is but natural
that those living immediately and con- j
stantly under the regulations of the
Council, will shape the laws to their own
advantage, regardless oftentimes of the
wishes of those living outside the juris
diction of the city.
All persons doing business in a com
mon city, are commonly interested in its
government, its welfare, its burdens and
its growth. Such being the facts, why
should obstructions be permitted to ex
ist, which effectually divide this commu
nity of interest. Look at our city, sur
rounded by a belt of handsome and lovely
residences, while the city proper is lo
cated in a small level plain, with a broad
strip of land surrounding, being to it as
the great wall is to China, a complete
barrier to outside socialities. The com
mons, as this strip of land is called, has
its uses, and may be very beneficial ; but
should we permit this thing of our own
making to cut us off from a large portion
of cur fellow citizens? Is it proper and
just that the city of Columbus shall be
hedged in by this narrow dividing line ?
What do we lose and gain by the opera
tion ? We gain a third or fourth rate pas
turage for and loose thousands
in taxes. We are aware, that it seems
to many almost like sacrilege for any
manor set of men to talk of laying hands
on our beautiful commons, but with a
full knowledge of the temerity of the
act we pronounce for it, and declare that
in our opinion, this barrier to the en
largement of our city should be at once
removod, and the government of our fair
city extended over Wynnton, Linwood
and the Northern Liberties, not forget
ting Wamock town. We are aware that
here we will be met with the cry of spare
us! spare us ! from the hundreds of poor
and dilapidated cows, which drag out a
miserable existence, and have worn out
i their teeth in their vain attempts to pick
j the grass on these commons sufficient to
! sustain life; but we still assert, that the
poor old cows and superanuated horses
would fare better if these commons were
fenced up and well cultivated. It is the
experience of every man and woman in
this city, that cows, with the commons in
’ full bloom of pasturage to feed on cost
| them about as much to keep as it would
to buy milk, and when winter sets in, it
1 costs more than a cow is worth to winter
j her. This is the only plausible plea,
we have ever heard urged against our
proposition, and is not of sufficient mag
j nitude to counterbalance the amount of
j solid and real benefit resulting from an
extension of our city government.
Our City—lts Census.
On Saturday morning we offered a few
suggestions upon the subject of abolish
! ing the town common. We pursue the
| subject this morning proposing to show
that we can make the commons a source
! of perpetual income to the city, whether
the government of the city is extended or
not. We propose that the town common
! be laid off in regular blocks and streets
: corresponding with the other blocks and
| streets of the city, and leased out to the
: highest bidder for a term of, say ninety
i nine years, and the hundredth year to
! revert to the city with all the improve-
I ments thereon, the lessee paying annual
ground rent to the city treasury, at such
i rate as he or she shall be able to bid
! the property off at, with the proviso that
! no man, in his own or the right of any
other person, shall become the lessee of
more than one half acre or an acre lot.
;
j This would yield into our treasury a very
handsome sum of money annually, which
we could apply to a variety of purposes.
| Other cities have pursued this plan and
find it to work admirably well. Savan
-1 nah, Ga. f owns a large number of hand
! some houses and lots for which she re
! ceives annual ground ten's which sup
j ports her public schools, and as the city
grows in population and wealth, these
1 leases increase in value, without becom
ing a burden to the people who become
the lessees. We advance another strong
argument in favor of the abolishment of
the common, and we think the Pbysi
: cians of the city will sustain us in the
: argument. It is considered a very un
i healthy locality on the border of nearly
the entire common. So much so that our
County Judges were in great doubt as to
locating the County Jail on the old site,
and they may yet contemplate bringing
it nearer the river; we do not know, but
it is true that every body considers it ex
ceedingly hazardous to live adjoining the
common. This may be a simple fancy of
the brain, or it may be a stubborn fact,
we believe it trne, and also believe that
were the commons settled and cultivated
and properly drained as they would be,
they would be more healthy than a posi
tion nearer the centre of the city. The
only local cause for their being unhealthy,
is the amount of standing water and de
caying vegetable matter which remains on
them. Settle it up and this great disabil*
ily will be removed, and all parts of our
city become proverbial for its healthy
and genial climate.
We said the money arising from these
annual ground rents could be used for
various purposes—to pay our debts,
lighten our taxes or build up and sustain
a system of common schools, now so much
needed in our city. Let the philanthro
pist and the Christian examine this sub
ject and see what untold benefits would
accrue to a thoroughly furnished and
well endowed system of common schools
in our city. We have thrown upon us a
large pauper population, which require
to be properly educated—we have many
children whose parents are struggling
for meat and bread, who are unable to
furnish their sons and daughters with
even the common branches of an English
education. “ Many a flower is born to
blush unseen, and waste its sweetness
upon the desert air,” for the want of
ability and facilities to obtain even a com
mon education. What reason is there
that the mechanic’s son, the laborer's son,
the support and stay of the widowed
mother, may not shine in the galaxy of
his country ? This disability is upon the
noble and proud boy, and the daughter
must shrink back into ignorance and re
tirement, because of her inability to ob
tain an education. This rugged and in
accessible mountain lies between her and
the goal of success, and her asperations,
however, high, are crushed out. This to
us seems of more real value, than the
feeding of a hundred or a thousand cows.
One boy or girl, brought forth from an
insignificant position in life and placed
on the stage of action able to cope with
the great world of wisdom is a result to
be hoped for, to be prayed for and to la
bor unceasingly for. The greatest and
crowning glory of any people is, that
they bring out their children from ob
scurity and place them before the world
as bright and shining stars. This may
and doubtless will, be set down by some as
a magnificent stretch of the fancy. It
may be, but we have facts on record that
like results have been realized in other
places, and there is no rea on that what
occurs in other localities will not occur
in Columbus. The employment of like
means always produce like results, and
Columbus may, without any injury to
herself or any oDe else, found and put in
operation a work, which will result in
blessings, happiness and honor to gener
ations to follow its. Our views are be
fore the people of Columbus. We are
not vain enough to suppose that all will
see matters as we do, all men differ, it is
natural to differ. We are honest in our
convictions, and believe what, we have
written.
A Proper movement*
We observe by our Augusta and Mont
gomery exchanges, that the citizens of
both | laces have been taking rigid steps
to break up the nefarious practice of
trading with negroes—especially the
furnishing them with liquor. We regard
this as a very important and salutory
move, and should be imitated by every
city in the slaveholding States. Colum
bus requires just such action, as well as
Girard, in Alabama. That negroes ob
tain liquor to their utmost wants can not
be denied ; every body knows it, for
every body sees them under its influence;
but “ what is every body’s business, is
nobody’s business,” and hence, no person
is pimished for a violation of the State
and city laws in this matter. We have
ourselves seen as many as fifty uegro
men enter the yard of a woman in our
city, who kept a little shop, whisky being
the principal article of the stock, of a
Sabbath afternoon, and come out smok
ing cigars. It was impossible for us to
swear that they drank any thing, for we
did not see it. Our olfactories satisfied
us in several instances, as well as sur
rounding circumstances, that the negroes
had been furnished with liquor by some
one in or about the premises. This sort
of testimony is not good in Court, and
the informer can accomplish nothing by
reporting such cases. There are hun
dreds of citizens in our city who can state
the same facts as we do. We all know
the negro gets liquor, gets drunk and car
ries on an illicit traffic, yet we cannot
reach the villainous white men and wo
men who are engaged in it. The law is
powerless to protect us, and it remains
for us to take the law into our own hands
and prescribe a rule of testimony which
shall be sufficient to reach offenders.—
There is no need of lynch law or mob vio
lence, but a calm, determined and peace
ful vigilance organization, which shall
seek and try all parties offending against
our rights. In both the cities named,
they have pursued and are now pursuing
this course, and Columbus should fall
into line, and if Columbus, Girard must
also enlist, for her own as well as our
protection. We have heard it intimated
that it was a practice by certain parties
in Girard to retail whisky to negroes on
the Sabbath, from a certain cellar in that
town, where it was deposited, under the
charge of a negress. If the citizens of
Girard wish the good name of their town
maintained they will set to work at once
to put a stop to this violation of law and
order. Should Columbus determine to
take any steps in the matter, and break
up the dens which infest every ward of
our city, and Girard is left open as a
place of refuge for the violators, our ef
forts will prove of no avail. If our peo
ple will move in the matter and Girard
will join in we may effect an immense
amount of good to our slave property.—
We throw out these suggestions for the
consideration of our people, and hope to
see some action taken at an early day
which shall “be a terror to evil doers.”
Old Brick Clmrcli In I. of W.
We learn from some of the oldest set
tlers in Isle of Wight, says a correspon
dent of the Petersburg Express, that this
church was built between the years 1620
and ’6O. The old church at Jamestown,
which has gone down, was, we think,
supposed to be the oldest church in
America, and the one we here allude to
was the second. This, as yet, stands
firm, there not being a decayed place in
the walls. ,It was built of genuine Hol
land brick, that are now as hard and
solid, apparently, as rock, and will doubt
less stand for ages to come.
Stampede In a Barber’s Shop.
A barber in Hartford keeps a rattle
snake and a rod adder in his shop for the
amusement of his customers. The other
day, while the reptiles were having a tus
sel with a rat, the glass over the box was
accidentally broken, and the pair set at
liberty. About twenty-five men got out
of the shop as quick as the thing could
be done—some of them lathered for ton
sorial operations. Among those who
showed the greatest agility, was the Chief
of Police.
The present valuation of real estate in
St. Paul, Minnesota, is $3,693,544,
against nearly $5,000,000 last year, and
a still larger amount in 185?.
Sir James Clark, physician to Queen
Victoria in a letter to Dr. Jackson, of
Boston, dated May 26th, 1860, says:—
“Asa physician advances in his age, lie
generally, I think, places less confidence
in the ordinary medical treatment than
he did, not only during his early, but
even in his middle period of life.”
The Labe Michigan Disaster.
The Chicago papers of Monday morn
ing, at hand last evening, bring us full
and most hoartrending particulars of the
late disaster to the Lady Elgin on Lake
Michigan, whioh has brought desolation
and woe to.so many happy homes. Os
the statements by various passengers,
published in. the Chicago papers, we copy
that of Mr. M. E. Smith, of Ontonagon.
It is very clear and connected.
I was as)°ep in the mate’s room when
the coliisio-i took place; but awakened
by the loud crash, and went on deck as
soon as possible. The vessel with which
we collided had got clear of us, and Capt
Wilson was giving orders to lower the
boat to ascertain the extent of the inju
ry ; but when down the boat could not
get near the Elgin by reason of the waves
and wind. I assisted in rolling freight
to the starboard to list the boat over, and
also in getting overboard some cattle for
the purpose of lighting up. But the wa
ter seemed to be coming in so fast, that
the Captain ran to the pilot house to see
how she was heading. B;ing told “west,’
he said, “ That’s right boys, get her to
land if you can.”
He then ran back to the cabin and en
deavored to arouse the sleepers, and get
them on the hurricane deck. Many of
the state-room doors were fastened, and
ie broke them in with an axe, exhorting
ihe sleepers, many of whom had been
drinking a good deal, to rouse up and
save themselves. A few of tnem refused
to leave their berths, but after a little
time a greater part of the.passengers had
got to the upper deck. The captain told
each man and woman to get a plauk life
preserver (in which loops of rope were
tied,) and prepare for the worst. There
appeared to be plenty of these, and some
were passed down the skylights into the
cabins, for the use of those who would
not come out. Most of the passengers
were cool and collected. Capt. Wilson
kept encouraging them by cheerful words
and by assurances that the deck
carry us all ashore. At length—surely
not more than fifteen minutes from the
first alarm—the Elgin began to settle and
reel, as if for the final plunge. A few
loud screams arose, and a few frantic
passengejs jumped overboard in a burry
to meet their fate.
Just at the moment when the boat went
down, a sea struck her upper works, and
they parted from the hull and floated off
in several pieces. This was a trying
moment. The shock and the force of the
waves swept oft” several of our number;
but the night was dark, and as all lights
were soon gone, we could not see who was
yet safe, and who was gone. I found
myself on a piece of the wreck, perhaps
fifteen by thirty—a portion of the upper
deck, the boards and ribs, or carlins to
which they were nailed In company
with me were from 25 to 28 persons, and
we had nothing to do but suffer ourselves
to be floated toward shore. Among the
pieces of wreck we found a few cabin
doors. These we secured, and setting
them and our pieces of plank upon end,
broadside to the wind, made them serve
as sails. Soon after setting out on our
perilous journey, we discovered another
piece of the deck, more deeply loaded
than ours. Capt. Wilson was on it, with
two or three others; he came to our
float and continued with us, keeping us
in heart by his words of good cheer.
After daylight, Le busied himself in
providing for the general safety, by fas
tening loops to the carlins by which we
might hang on when we came to the surf.
There were with us four or five women.
One of these had a child about six months
old, for the safety of which the Captain
was exceedingly solicitous. He held it
when not otherwise employed. He had
given it up but a moment, to attend to
some matter, when a wave swept it out
of the arms of him to whom he handed
it, and it was gone. This child and a
man and woman were all we lost. We
spent the night in comparative comfort.
The storm was severe, but we did not suf
fer greatly from the cold. The water was
warm.
About 9J o’clock we neared the shore
at Wynetka. About 200 feet from the
shore, our frail craft was lifted by the
surf which was running in strong, and
completely capsized. The raft was broken
by the force of the waves. Capt. Wilson,
Mr. Waldo, of the National Mine, Onton
agon, Mr. George Newton, of Superior
City, and myself clung to one piece of the
deck ; but again striking the surf wore
again capsized and thrown into the surg
ing waves. I managed to strike the wreck
again, and Mr. Waldo got on another
piece, but Mr. Newton and Captain Wil
son were seen no more. After much ex
ertion and appalling danger, I gained the
land. Os the twenty-eight on our raft,
only eight—seven men and one woman—
were saved. The rest went down within
sight and sound of safety.
Hogs.
We hear the inquiry made every day as
to the probable number and price of hogs
in this State the approaching season, and
from the best information we are able to
get, from those best posted on the sub
ject, we are led to believe there will be
less pork, and the prices higher, than we
have had in Tennessee, within the last
ten years. This is owing to several causes;
first, the failure of our corn crop for sev
eral years; Secondly, the cholera has
made such destruction among the hogs
that farmers are discouraged from at
tempting to raise them. Besides the
discrimination against our farmers, by
the Rail Roads in this country, in the
transportation of their Provisions and
Breadstuffs, and in favor of more distant
sections, all contribute to discourage the
further raising of hogs for market.
Our neighbors of Georgia, South Caro
lina, and Alabama, who have heretofore
been dependent on this State, for their
pork, must look out for some other mar
ket the present season. If they have
then, to look to the North West for their
Provisions, would it not be well for them
to take into consideration the question,
whether or not, it is their interest to aid
in building the Rail Road from this place
direct to Cincinnati, by which one half
the freight would be saved, and sure
and speedy transportation, always se
cured, with the largest and best market
in the North West?
If five of the principal Roads in Geor
gia would appropriate one third of their
net earnings to aid in the construction
of this Road, for five years, they would
be more than repaid in the next five
the traffic over their Roads by
the increase of business this great feeder
would bring them. —Chattanooga Adver
tiser.
♦
Want In Kansas.
Kansas, says a correspondent of the
Missouri Democrat, will not make grain
enough for food for the people:
In many counties the crops have been
! all a total failure, and the wild grass is
burned short and will not do for hay.—
The extreme southern part of the Terri
tory has been ruinously dry. There will
be a little corn, and but very little, in
Douglas county, and still less in Shaw
nee. The counties bordering on the Mis
souri river, and the counties on the wes
tern border of the settlements have fared
best. In the western part of Kansas the
grass is fresh and good, and there will
be some corn. In Leavenworth, Atchi
son, Doniphan, Johnson, Lynn and Ly
kins, there is a considerable amount of
corn, still the aggregate deficiency will
be very great. In some regions the
grasshoppers appeared and eat up every
thing, crops included ; but the ravages of
these creatures were confined to certain
localities. The people of Kansas can
hardly be said to have got to farming fair
ly yet. The amount of land under culti
vation is not great, and as a heavy crop
was raised on our rich soil last year with
no effort, and even amidst utter careless
ness, it begot a conviction that crops
could be raised here in any way. This
is the dryest season known since the set
tlement of the Territory. Many of the.,
smaller streams have been dried up.
Miss Anne R. Dermott, a well known
Washington lady, who died some months
since, bequeathed the bulk of her pro
perty to the founding of a Protestant Or
phan Asylum in that city. It is thought
that after paying all the claims of the es
tate, some sl§,ooo or $20,000 may be
realized for the benevolent object con
templated.
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.
Sandy Hook, Sept. 13.—The British
and North American Royal Mad steam
ship Asia, passed off here to-day.
Liverpool General Market*. Breads!offs
were dull and declining. Provisions
dull.
State of Trade. —Manchester advices
were favorable. Yarns were firm, but
cloths were dull.
London Money Market. —The money
market was slightly easier. Consels were
quoted at 93 a 93}.
The weather has been favorable for
crops.
The Bullion in the Bank of England j
has increased two hundred and thirty- j
three thousand pounds sterling
Naples was tranquil
Garibaldi had left Calabria; his des
tination was unknown, but it was repor
ted that he bad entered Montelane.
- * ADDITIONAL BY THE ASIA.
Liverpool Cotton Market , Saturday —
The sales of cotton to day were 10,000
bales, of which speculators and exporters
took 3,000 bales.
TAverpool General Market . — Richardson
Spence & Co’s circular quotes flour dull;
quotations barely maintained. Wheat
quiet, but firm. Corn dull; quotations
easier, but unchanged. Bacon quiet; all
qualities slightly declined. Lard firm; *
all qualities slightly advanced. Sugar i
dull aud declining. Coffee quiet. Rice
firm and active at (id. advance
London General Markets. —Wheat open \
ed buoyant but closed with a declining
tendency. Sugar firm Coffee buoyant; !
advanced Gd. to Is.
London Money Market. —American seeu
rities were firm. Consols were quoted at
93 } to 93 y.
The whole of Garrabaldi’s army has
reached the main land.
A permanent French camp will be es
tablished on the Swiss and Germanic fron
tiers.
The London Times protests against Mr.
Lindsay’s mission to America
Tuad Pacha has executed one hundred
and sixty seven of the participators in
the recent massacre at Syria. The Sul
tan’s army had rendered effective aid to
Tuad Pacha. A great many of the mal
factors belonged to the Police, and others
to the first families of the country.
ARRIVAL OF THE MEHTA.
Cape Race, Sept. 14.—The steamship
Melita, with Liverpool dales to the 4ih
iust., was boarded off here to day by the
news yacht, belonging to the Associated
Press.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —The sales
of cotton on Monday and Tuesday, were
25,000 bales, of which speculators and
exporters took 0,000 bales. The market
was quiet but firm.
Liverpool Money Market. —Consols
were quoted at 93}.
Cape Race, Sept. 14. — The steamships
Adriatic and Anglo Saxon, arrived out
on the 4th inst.
News from the manufacturing districts
was favorable, and prices were firm and
advancing.
The weather had been favorable for
crops, and flour at Liverpool had declin
ed fully one shilling. Wheat was 3d. to
4d. lower. Corn had declined OJ. The
inferior qualities of Rosin were buyant.
Spiritsof Turpentine closed firm. Sugar
steady. Coffee quiet.
At London, wheat had declined 2d. to
3J. Sugar was firm at Gd. advance. —
R;ce closed steady and firm.
The Loudon Observer qualifies the
statement that Mr. Lindsey visits the
United States in an authoritative capaci
ty, and says that he will come as the rep
resentative of the British shipping inter
ests : but has consented to use his influ
ence with the United States Government
to negotiate for the adjustment of various
shipping matters.
Washington New*.
Washington, Sept. 14.—Capt. Arm
strong has been ordered to take change
of the Pensacola Navy Yard.
The Secretary of the Navy has appoint
ed a board to examine into the condition
of the vessels of the Navy, as well as the
adaptability and expense of converting
them into screw steamers.
Kail Road Collision.
Chicago, Sept. 15. — The passenger
train from Racine, bound to Freeport,
collided last night at Delaware, Wiscon
sin, with a train. Five passen
gers were killed, and twenty five were
wounded—some of them fatally. The
names of the injured were not ascertain
ed.
Annual Colton Statement.
New York, Sept. 15.—The New Yerk
Shipping List reports that the cotton
crop of last year reached 4,676,400 bales.
! Exports of the year 3,774,170 bales.—
| Stock on hand at ail ports, on Sept. Ist,
j was 231,710 bales.
Steamships at Savannah.
| Savannah, Sept. 14.—The steamships
Joseph Whitney, from Boston, and Star
of the South, from New York, arrived to
day.
Havre Cotton Market.
New York, Sept. 14.—We have re
ceived Havre dates to the 31st ult. The
sales of Cotton for three days reached
3000 bales. The market was steady.
Exclusive Despatch to Charleston Mercury.
Walker taken Prisoner.
New Orleans, September 10 — By ad
vices received here, Gen. Walker was ta
j ken prisoner at Honduras by the au
thorities, and his forces mostly anni
hilated. The names of the fallen men
are not given.
An Owl Story.
The Rochester Express, of the 7th
| inst., has the following:
Monday night, as the New York mail
train, due here at 10.30, was passing
through a piece of woods one mile east of
Geneva, the head-light was suddenly ex
tinguished, leaving the track ahead of it
in total darkness. The train was stop
ped, and upon examination a large-sized
owl was found fluttering around in the
reflector; which, of course, was very
warm. The supposition is that the owl
must have flown directly against the
lamp, for a hole was found in the glass
which was not large enough to pull the
bird through again, and it was found
necessary to open the side-door of the
case and draw the reflector out. The
owl was captured, and, strange to say, it
was apparently uninjured. These glass
es in the head lights are oval, and almost
three-eighths of an inch thick; conse
! quently the owl must have been flying at
a high rate of speed when it came in con
j tact with the lamp. The engineer of the
I locomotive says that “he intends to have
this bird stuffed and placed in his car,
; commemorative of this curious event.”—
He was obliged to proceed the rest of the
i way with a common hand-lamp, placed
in the case of the original head-light.
International Billiard Tournament
The New 4 ork Sun of Wednesday says:
Mr. Phelan, the champion billiard player
of America, has received from Berger,
the celebrated player of Paris, a letter
in which he announces his determination
to visit the United States early in Octo
ber. Berger, it is said, has carried skill
in the game to a higher perfection than
any man in the world. His command of
the cue and balls is truly wonderful, exe
cuting with the utmost precision shots
that are deemed impossible. Mr. Ber
ger’s object is to exhibit his dexterity to
the lovers of the game, but be will not
play for money. A trial between Phelan
and Berger will be made, and a room ca
pable of accommodating fifteen hundred
or two thousand spectators will be pro
vided for the exhibition.
Crops In Texas.
A great deal of misconception prevails
throughout the old States in regard to the
condition of the people of Texas. It has
been reported generally that in conse
quence of the failure of crops our people
are lacking the necessaries of life, while
in fact enough grain has been gathered
for the use of our population, and the
late heavy rains ensure a crop of cotton.
We believe no portion of the Union is
more prosperous than ours. —Austin State
Gaz.
Startling; Disclosures
Lawrencenille, Aug. 27th, lfcoo.— -
Our usually quiet town has has been
the scene of a domestic drama, wbereiu
it is alleged has stalked the triple crime
ot incest, murder and adultery. The
family to which this startliug chargo
pertains is one of the oldest and most
highly respected in Lawrence county.
The head of the family is well known by
most of the public men of tbc State, hav
ing been connected with the Legislature
1 and also filled a responsible position in
| the service of the last House of Repre
j sentatives. Rumors of these things have
j been afloat for two weeks or so.
| When first it was whispered, it was too
shocking to be believed, but so positive
were the charges, and so general did the
rumor become, that a committee of citi
zens was appointed to investigate the
matter, and ascertain the truth. The
j charges were, that there had been an in
cestuous connection between a son and
1 daughter of the family—that a child was
boru living and well—that to avoid tlis
i closure, the child was disposed of by vio
lent means, and that the mother of those
( lecherous children had been guilty of
I adultery with a physician resident in the
j family.
The author of these charges was a wo
man who lived iti the family. Her testi
mony was taken by the committee. Rut
i she did not command full credence, and
corroborating proof was deemed neces
; sary. She indicated the place where the
body of the child was buried. It was
sought for there and not found at first,
and doubt was entertained of the truth of
I the tale. A further search, however, re
; suited in the exhuming of the body of a
newly born infant, with unmistakable
marks of death by violence. The Coro
ner was summoned, and an inquest held,
and a verdict rendered in accordance
I with the partial facts discovered.
It was the iutention of those acting in
I the matter to have warrants issued for
| the immediate arrest of the entire family,
i They would undoubtedly have been ar
rested to day, but on Saturday night, by
; the midnight train, the entire family fled
| westward, thus confessing the charges,
and confirming the doubting convictions
of many who would gladly have learned
that the family were Dot chargeable for
| such crimes.
j The head of the family was much in
debt, and to-dny executions by the dozen
have been issued against his property,
shingling it well, and covering all. In the
j minds of many there is a cordial sympa
thy felt for him, as being the victim of
the disgrace and infamy brought upon
the housebald by those bound to him by
I indissoluble ties. It is hoped and believed
that he was altogether unsuspecting and
innocent, and that he was no participator
in the guilty taking off of the offspring of
his son and daughter, and that every
j crime in this domestic tragedy was with
’ out his connivance or knowledge
| The Grand Jury will undoubtedly find
j a bill of indictment against all parties
concerned. But whether they can ever
I be reached, is of course a matter of doubt.
It will be exceedingly difficult, however,
for a family of four persons to escape de
tection and arrest, if the officers of the
law are in earnest in their endeavors to
I find and take them. — St. Louis Republican.
*
Horrible Accident—Death of Three
Hen by Suffocation.
A horrible accident occurred on Friday
; last, in Alleghany city, Pa.; by which
three men lo3t their lives by suffocation
; and one was badly injured. The Pitts
burg Gazette says :
It appears that three labouring men,
named Alfred Bottles, James Vance and
Wm. Bottles, were engaged in digging a
well. When it had been dug to the depth
of about 14 feet, Alfred Bottles descended
by means of a ladder, to bore through to
a cess-pool. He had been down about
three minutes when the foul air from the
cess pool burst through upon him. His
associates, who were at the top, saw him
fall fainting. His brother William went
down aud was observed, while trying to
get Alfred up, to drop also. Vance then
descended and met with the same fate.
John Taggart also descended He an
| swered some persons, who attempted to
| dissuade him from the perilous under
taking, by excitedly saying he “knew
what he was about.” He was observed
to fall also. At this stage of the proceed
ings some water was thrown into the well
to expel the foul air, and a watchman on
the Manchester passenger l’ailway went
down the ladder, and by means of a rope
succeeded in getting the bodies up. They
were all dead except Wm. Bottles, who is
still alive, though in a very precarious
condition. Alfred Bottles was about 40
years of age. He leaves a wife and four
children. James Vance, who was about
35 years of age, leaves a wife and one
child. John Taggart leaves a wife and
several children.
Wonderful Increase in Value of Coal
Lands.
The Philadelphia Ledger, speaking of
a visit to the Lehigh Valley of Pennsyl
| vania, savs:
“The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany owns a navigation some eighty-five
I miles in length, extending from Easton,
on the Deleware River, to White Haven*’
1 besides some thirty thousand acres, more
or less, of land, about six thousand acres
of which are tested and approved coal
lands. As an evidence of the little value
set on the coal lands of this region, even
i within the last forty-three years, we may
i mention that the premises of the old
I “Lehigh Coal Mine Company” were, in
i 1817, leased for twenty years to Messrs.
I White, Hazard and others, at the small
! consideration of one ear of corn peryear.
I The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com-
I pany several years ago acquired full title
to the whole premises. This property,
at least that portion of it considered good
coal land, is now worth SSOO an acre.—-
What a wonderful appreciation in value
is this !”
A Strange Incident.
The Boston papers narrate a strange
incident. A young girl, of pleasing face
I and agreeable manners, only sixteen
| years of age, was, with two companions,
arrested for robbery, in one'of the worst
; parts of the town. She asked that a good
lawyer might be engaged to defend her,
| saying that she bad sufficient money for
; a large fee. The names of several legal
gentlemen were mentioned, and among
! others that of an eminent criminal lawyer,
who resides in another county, but has
|an office in Boston. She at once said she
j did not want him, as she knew him. This
attracted the curiosity of the officer to
whom she had made the request. He in
stituted inquiries about her, and learned
that the girl was an orphan, and that the
lawyer whom she did not want to see was
her guardian, having charge of consider
able propel ty belong ng to her in another
I city. She ran away a few weeks ago,
j and came direct to Boston. She was
I taken before the Police Court, convicted
i of the robbery, and sentenced to the
House of Correction for six months.
! Subsequently, upon learning some of her
: history, the Court revoked her sentence,
j and the case was continued in order that
! plans may be adopted with a view of res
cuing her from a life of vice.
A Novel Invention.
We have seen and examined a novel
machine, invented by Captain James W.
Owens, of Timmonsville. It is attached
1 to the axle-tree of the right rear wheel
of his buggy, and is not exposed to con
tact with stumps, as is the Odometer
Band of Northern invention, and has oth
er advantages which render it far super
ior to that band, viz : You can keep your
seat while riding and see the distance
traveled, and should your attention be
diverted upon reaching the end of a mile,
there is a spring attaohed to the machine
which cracks and thereby notifies you of
the fact — Darlington (S. C.) Flag.
The temperatifre of the atmosphere is
decidedly fallish this morning. Winter
clothing has superceded the white and
lighter fabrics, and is more comfortable.
The morings and evenings now are de
lightful—just cool enough to make one
feel lively and pleasant. The river has
about four feet water in the channel, anJ
still continues navigable for the regular
plyers. The Taney leaves to-day for Mo
bile, and one every day.— Montgomery
Mail of 13th.