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Tuesday Sept. 35, 1860.
Paris letters announce the death of
Mrs. Gen. Harney.
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CSIn House Burned.
From the Savannah Republican of the
sth inst., we learn that the gin house of j
T. J. Hamilton, Esq., in Columbia conn- I
ty, was burned last week with about 20
bales of cotton, two new wagons and oth
er articles. The fire is supposed to have
caught from the gin.
Gen. Line in marietta.
We see by a paragraph in the Atlanta
American that Gen. Joseph Lane will
visit Marietta on the Oth prox., at which
time he will address the people. The
citizens of Cobb and adjoining counties
will give a superb Barbecue on the oc
casion, and invito “ everybody and his
wife” to participate.
The Charleston Mercury of the 13th
inst. says: Senor Francisco Munoz Ra
men de Moncada, hitherto Spanish Con
sul for the State of Georgia, has arrived
in the city, and is a guest at theCbarles
ion Hotel. Senor Moncada has been ap ‘
poiuted by the Spanish Minister to fill j
the important post of Spanish Consul at !
that port.
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Tile Prince in Danger.
In another column we publish an arti
cle which we clip from the Washington
Union, which contains startling disclo
sures in regard to the lad from the oth
er side of the pond. Should his anxious
Ma chance to see the article she will j
doubtless send down a fleet to snatch the 1
darling boy from the threatened danger, i
Revival at Union Springs.
By the Union Springs Gazette we learn j
that a very interesting religious meeting
is in progress in that town. Quite a num
ber have professed conversion, and the
interest continues unabated. The young
men have a daily prayer meeting, and
the ladies also. Our town seems to have
been not much exercised this year upon j
this all important subject.
Stealing l)y Wholesale.
The Louisville Journal of the 1 ith
says :
Fifteen or twenty slaves from Missouri i
passed through lowa City last week on i
their way to the Queen’s dominions.—
They were in charge of one of the Cop
pees, a brother of the on C dial Vi as hung i
at Charlestown, and were armed to the
teeth.
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Personal.
From the Memphis Avalanche of the
14th inst., we clip the following notice of
our former fellow townsman, Capt. Jnmes
Hamilton.
“Capt. James Hamilton was the next
speaker. He is a talented young lawyer,
and his efforts are always well-timed and
effective. He reviewed, briefly, Doug- I
las’ positiou in a masterly manner, and j
then paid his respects to the chief of the
Bell-ringers. He was frequently ap
plauded and excited the admiration not I
only of the members of his party but of |
all who were present. We hope to hear
the Captain often during the canvass.”
Steamboat Disaster.
The Memphis Avalanche of the 12th
inst. says : On Sunday eveniug the
steamboat Arago, Capt. George P. Sloan,
when at Goose Island, about forty miles
above Cairo, struck an old wreck and
sunk in five minutes. The Arago was
bound from St. Louis to Vicksburg, and
was heavily laden with produce and mer
chandise, the most of which will prove a
total loss. No lives were lost.
The Cotton Crop.
The Auburn (Ala.) Sketch Book of the j
14tli inst. says:
“ From careful inquiry among our
planters, it is our opinion that not one
half of a crop will be made in this neigh
borhood. We hope our friends will keep
from buying negro property this winter
and let all the money get into circulation
among the people here.”
Sound advice that, brother Sketch
Book, and we trust your readers as well
as ours, will lay it to heart.
Sudden Death,
The Montgomery Confederation of the
18th iust. says: We regret extremely to
record the death of Dr. John W. Holt,
which took place in this city yesterday.
Dr. H. was a young man of tine sense
aud intelligence, a true friend, warm
hearted, genial and kind. We tender to
his afflicted mother and her family, our
most sincere condolence in their affliction.
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As there is good reason to expect a
visit from the Cooper Opera Troupe the
coming season, we clip the following bit ;
of information from the Baltimore Clipper
of the 11th iust. We know that our com
munity can and will appreciate a visit
from this talented Troupe, should they
pay us a visit after filling their engage
ment with Mr. Fleming in Augusta, Ga.
The Cooper Opera Troupe.—Annie
Milner will be well remembered as one of
the most attractive English opera singers
on the American stage The lovers of
music can hardly be aware that she is
here or the Front Street Theatre, at which
this troupe are engaged, would be night
ly crowded.
Stabbing Affray.
As Leroy Brannon and Sullivaut Os
born were leaving Cates’ Court Ground
on Saturday last, a quarrel about some
trivial matter arose between them,
whereupon they dismounted trom their
horses, aud a fight commenced, in which
Brannon received several severe stabs
from a knife in the hands of Osborn.—
Brannon is still living, but is in a very
critical condition. Osborn is confined in
jail in this place, awaiting bis trial.—
Laicrenceville News.
Mme. Anna Bishop was robbed in Mil
waukee last week. The thief entered her
room while she was at a concert, and stole
eight huudred dollars worth of jewelry.
Among the articles taken were a bracelet
of most curious workmanship, carved
from a piece of the tomb stone of Romeo
aud Juliet, and a brooch, from Austrail
ia, which cost forty guineas.
The Macon, Ga , Telegraph of the 19th
inst., says that*oh last Sunday, 16th
inst., the Rev. Samuel Boykin, editor of
the Christian Index, was ordained a Min
ister in the Baptist denomination at Fort
Valley, Ga.
Frank Hughes, of New Haven-, only
twelve years of age. has been sent to the
poor-house, on application of his father,
for being a common drunkard.
VOLUME IV.I
Are we of Age !
One great and heretofore insurmonuta
j ble difficulty in the way of our ci y’s ex
tending her limits, or making any use of
the commons has been that the State i
government held os in abeyance. For
wise and salutatory purposes, doubtless,
our fathers placed us as wards, under
the guardianship of the State Legislature.
This arrangement was very probably a
I safe and excellent one when we were a
I baby. Now, however, that we have ar
| rived at man’s estate, it appears to us
■ that we should take charge of our pro
perty and manage our own affairs in our
1 own way. There is no use or sense
iin the State’s holding property in trust
for us. It is unfair, unreasonable and
unjust. We are thus kept at the feet of
rival cities, and on an equality with eve
:ry little obscure inland county court
house in the State. True, they have in
the magnanimity of their souls, granted
us a city government, with powers lim
ited. If, however, we desire to make
any contract of any importance involv
ing over a thousand dollars, so to speak,
we must ask the permission of the “ old
boy” to do so. Other cities not so old
| by several years, transact their own af
fairs, “ without so much as by your
leave, old gent.”
How easy it is for rival towns and citieß
to keep Columbus in statu quo for ages to
come. Should she propose a measure
for her special benefit, and involving the
I expenditure of a sum of money, she has
| first to obtain the consent of theLegisla-
I ture, her god father or guardian, to go
ahead ; thus every town and county in
the State must be asked for its consent,
before Columbus can move a finger.—
Was there ever a city or village town of
an hundred inhabitants so hemmed in ?
whose hands were so tied ? whose private
affairs were so scrutinised and scanned
by the gazing world ? Parties interest
ed laugh at our imbecile and childish
efforts to extend and build up our city.—
How humiliating that a few years since,
when the city authoritios determined
that certain vacant and unsurveyed lots
in the city ought to be surveyed and sold,
were necessitated to make application to
the State Legislature for leave to do so,
and when there was a necessity to furn
ish ground for our Railroads, the enter
prises which was to redeem our languish
ing commerce from an eternal death, to
construct their buildings we must obtain
the consent of every city, town, village
and cross road grocery in the State, be
fore we dare move. The whole matter
had to be canvassed, investigated and
j the effect the grant might have upon
other sections, duly weighed and consid
ered before the consent was given. Col
umbus, who knew her own wants and
business best, stood, or rather knelt, as
the humble supplicant to her master,
and could only say, by your leave, good
sirs, we live, move and have our commer
cial existence. In the great plenitude of
your mercy grant us, your humble wards
and offending children, this favor that
we may be saved from ruin. We know
you all love your dear, beautiful and no
ble ward, Columbus ; do then, we be
seech of you, grant this our petition.—
They hear the prayer and grant it with
proper securities.
Is there a man, woman or child even,
| of Columbus, proud of the position they
, occupy ? It is high time we had set up
for ourselves. Let us get freed at once
and manage our own local affairs, as best
suits ourselvs. There are of course many
powers which all cities derive from the
State government, against that we have
not a word to say. It is right aud pro.
per. But we do seriously object to this
way of having to run to the Legislature
whenever we want to build a pig pen, to
get their consent to it, and thus blazon
our affairs to the world.
Newipaper Purloinings.
As we have been troubled for a long
time by a class of individuals, who read
the Sua without depositing with us a
quid pro quo, we insert the following from
the Nashville Union and Amerioan, and
commend it to all those who are inthe hab
it of lifting the Sun from their neighbors
door:
As pilfering papers from the doors of
our city subscribers has become such ft
crying subject of complaint we clip the
following from an exchange, which we
commend to the perusal of all such as are
indulgent in that sort of sport: “Some
people think it is no sin to steal his
neighbor’s paper. If it isn’t a violation
of the divine law, it certainly is of human
law. In Philadelphia, Thomas W. Hogan
was charged with the larceny of a copy
of a daily newspaper. The acoused
would follow the carrier, and take the
papers left at stores in the neighborhood
of Fourth and Market streets. The ex
plauation made by Hogan to the jury was
that having occasion to go to Norristown
that morning he took one paper, in order
to ascertain the hour for starting. The
officer, however, produced some half
dozen papers, which he found upon the
person of the accused. The jury ren
dered a verdict of guilty, and a sentence
of three months to the county prison was
imposed.” _
From Turks Island.
Bark Maraval, Capt. Gibson, arrived at
New York, brings dates from Grand
Turk, Turks Island, of August 25th. The
salt market was unusually dull, only
5,488 bushels having been shipped since
the last report. The weather during the
week had been fine, and many pans were
again making. Quotations were 74 to 8
! cents per bushel; export duty h cent.
Ten Broeck in England.
Ten Broeck has had hard luck this
1 season in England. His horses are gene
-1 rally second best, but never first. At the
York races, Satellite, for the fifth time
j this year, run second : and Maggiore, by
Lecompt, run a dead heat with Dundee,
but was beaten the second trial. Ten
Broeck lost heavily on both events.
At a meeting of the cotton factors of
! Galveston, Texas, it was resolved that a
: deduction of two pounds tare should
j hereafter be made from each bale of cot
ton, for the purposes of assimilating the
market of that city with those of New
, Orleans and Mobile.
Do the ladies, dear creatures, know
that the wire for their hoop-skirts cost
: $2,404,000 per unnum! Os course they
. don’t, so we tell them, and add moreover,
! that, for about three years past the con
sumption of wire by the crinoline work
ers in this country has not been far from
one hundred tons per week.
A few days since, two lads of Mrs.
llemane, residing near Bovina, Miss.,
quarrelled at dinner about a piece of
peach pie, and soon got to blows, when
the elder of the boys stabbed his brother
with • carving knife, killing him instant
ly.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
The Prince of Wales,
Like other travelers and seekers of the
wonderful, and John Bulls in particular,
comes in occasionally for a dig in the
ribs. Hear Prentice’s last perpetrated at
the young lad’s expense : “ The Prince
j of Wales seems to have come over to
Canada for the same reason that Laertes
asked his conge from King ClauJius in
the Hamlet Travestie :
I have a mighty wish to learn to dance,
And crave your royal leave to go to France.
He has been dancing like a mad dervish
of India all the time since he reached
this continent, and the Canadians are
paying the fiddler very handsomely
When he gets home and Victoria asks her
boy what he thinks of her liege subjects
in North America, his personal observa
tions will lead him to answer : “ The la
dies dance divinely, dear mother, and the
gentlemen feed luxuriously and are qual
ified one and all for aldermanic honors
in our own city of London.” There is
oue trait about the Prince we don’t like.
He is willing
To dance all night,
Till broad day light,
but he always leaves his partners on the
floor and never gallants them to their
seats. When he reaches the States, our
girls will teach him better manners.
We should not be astonished if Ameri
ca is the death of the youthful Baron yet.
A Sensible Proposition.
The Baltimore American, after speak
ing of the failure of the reported attempt
to start a steam line to Europe from that
port, in competition with the lines already
established elsewhere, asks —“ Why can
we not do better by starting a line to
the South American coast, where we
would have no rivalry to interfere with
us ?” This is sensible. In suoh a project
as the American proposes, Baltimore
would have the best wishes and substan
tial co operation of the whole country ;
for a steam line to Brazil has become a
great public desideratum, aud is a sub
ject which cannot much longer be defer
red. It is a standing reproach to the
country that we should have to corres
pond with Rio or Buenos Ayres by way
of England; and it places our merchants
engaged in the Brazailian trade, as com
pared with those of London or Liverpool,
at a great disadvantage. Let Baltimore
see what she can do. Her position is fa
vorable to success.
We clip the above from the New York
Journal of Commerce. It seems strange
that whenever the South starts up a pro
ject of direct trade with England or any
other of the foreign ports to which there
is a line of vessels running from New
York, all Northern newspaperdom comes
down on the “ silly” enterprise like a
thousand of brick. The idea of a little
one horse town like Baltimore, Charles
ton, Savannah, Mobile or New Orleans
having a direct trade with Europe. “Aw,
it is supwemely widiculous.” But laugh
while you may, old fustians, your days,
so far as our bread and butter is concern
ed, is numbered, or we are greatly mis
taken in the signs of the times.
Increase of Population in tilt United
States.
It is evident from the partial returns
already made by those who have been
engaged in taking the census of 1860,
that the extraordinary ratio of increase
of population which has prevailed in for
mer years has been fully maintained
throughout the country during the last
decade. This is an annual addition to
the population of three per cent, and it is
a singular fact that since 1790 this ratio
has been adhered to with wonderful cer
tainty and fidelity. Beginning with a
population of 3,929,827 in 1790, and add
ing three per cent annually, the estima
ted result under that rule and the official
census returns did not in any year show
a variation of 200,000, and in 1850 the
discrepancy was only 53,872, the estima
ted population being 23,138,004 and the
actual population 23,191,876. The esti
mated population of 1860, according to
this rule, is 30,986,851, and there is lit
tle reason to doubt the close approxima
tion of that estimate to the actual popu
lation of the country.
The New York Journal of Commerce
says : The estimated population ot lowa
is in the neighborhood of 750,000, which,
under the new apportionment, will entile
that State to six members of Congress,
This will be the greatest proportionate
increase of representation of any State in
the Union.
Returns from forty five counties in
Minnesota give a population of 114,214.
The population of the whole State will
not be less than 170,000. In 1849 it was
not quite 5,000.
The population of New Hampshire is
326,175, which is a gain since 1850 of
only 8,199. _
The Alabama Platform.
The above is the title of anew paper,
the second number of which has just
reached us. It is a neat and well filled
paper, and is published weekly at New
toD, Ala., by A. L. Milligan & Cos., Edi
tors and Proprietors, at $2 per annum
in advance. It is an advocate of the
election of Breckinridge and Lane. We
wish the publishers success and commend
the “Platform” to our merchants as an
advertising medium in South Alabama.
California and lowa.
The State election in California was
not to be held this year on the sth of
September, os has been generally an
nounced in the papers, but on the 6th of
November, the same day as the Presiden
tial election. In years when no Presi
dential election is held, the State elec
tion takes place in September. A num
ber of papers have fallen into a similar
error in regard to lowa, in which the
State election, this year, does not take
place until the 6th of November.
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Another Rail Road Scheme.
We observe in the Tennessee that a
projeQt is on foot to connect the South
ern States by rail with Cincinnati, Ohio,
several points of connection are spoken
of amongst which are Nashville, Knox
ville and Chattanooga via Danville. The
j Chattanooga Gazette says: The proper
connection is the Danville and Chatta
nooga. The route is practicable, and
rnns through a section of country that
must be developed, and it is highly im
portant to Cincinnati manufactures that
they should reap the rich harvest.
Death from Mania a Potu.
The Montgomery Mail of tbe 17th says:
I A man by the name of Goodrum, died at
: the Madison House last night from the
‘• effects of mania a potu. The unfortunate
man was from Tennessee, where his fa
ther, we understand, is a wealthy farmer.
He was a trader in stock and horses, and
has a good many acquaintances in oar
city, and is supposed to be about thirty
years of age.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 25, 1860.
Editorial Correspondence.
Marietta, Ga., Sept. 15, 1860.
Dear Sun : To-day has been set apart
for a grand barbecue to be given at King
ston, on the Western and Atlantic Rail
Road, on which occasion lion. Wro. L.
Yancey, of Ala., and other gentlemen will
address the people. This morning at 7
o’clock an extra train from Atlanta pass
ed up for the accommodation of those
who desired to attend ; and at each point
and stopping place the number of passen
gers are increased by recruits for the
same destination. Mr. Yancey, I pre
sume, is en route to the North and East
where he has engaged to canvass for
Breckinridge and Lane.
Bye the bye, Gen. Lane will certainly
be here on the 9th prox., when he will
address the people. Much interest is
manifested in consequence, and extensive
preparations will be made for his recep
tion and entertainment, as well as for
large numbers from this and the adjacent
counties. The candidate “ for Vice”
with his associate, seems to be a great
favorite in Cherokee, Ga Their friends
in Cobb asseverate that the “ Little
Giant” has not a solitary adherent within
the limits of the county ; but according
to an ultra friend of Bell and Everett and
ally of Douglas, the latter has two or
three hundred. The friends of Breckin
ridge are striving to make this the “ban
ner county” of the State, in the Novem
ber election, and judging from all I have
seen and heard, they will, in all proba
bility Bucceed. Cherokee, Georgia, em
braces about twenty two counties whioh
fhey also say, will “roll up” about 12000
majority for Breckinridge and Lane ; but
this may be received cum grano salis. —
There is no doubt, however, that the
friends of Breckinridge and Lane are
largely in the ascendant in this Cherokee
region, but due allowance must always
be made for the influence of political en
thusiasm and favoritism.
As respects the success of the Black
Republicans in usurping the powers of
the government, and the election of Lin-i
coin, I discover that tbo sentiment of the
Breckinridge party here is opposed to;
making that an issue on which to dis-:
solve the Union. As the South is divid
ed on that question, they contend, and
probably very reasonably, that sound
policy demands that something should
be conceded to unite the South in solid
phalanx against her enemies, therefore
they believe it best to await the commis
sion of an “ overt act” on the part of the
Black Republican Administration. What
ever may be the result of Lincoln’s inau
guration, should that standard bearer of
Free Wool, Free Love, &c., be elected, I
trust the Sun of the 4th of March, 1861,
will shine upon an undivided South.
Marietta has been very justly and
appropriately termed “the gem of
Georgia.” Its pure and invigorating
atmosphere, excellent and unsurpassed
water, beautiful and romantic location
and surroundings, refined and intelligent
population, line mansions and suburban
beauties, and its accessibility all serve to
render it the nucleus of irresistible at
tractions to the seeker after health and
comfort. The Hotels are well kept, and
board being very moderate, they are still
well patronized by those who are reluc
tant to re’urn to their homes for the win
ter. Among the numerous visitors here
the past season was Bishop Elliott, of Sa
vannah, who recently delivered a series
of discourses in the Episcopal church as
I hear, to crowded and delighted audi
ences. Some of our Columbus friends
would have esteemed the privilege of lis
tening to him sufficient inducement per se
to have spent that time in Marietta.
The United States District Court was in
session here a portion of the past week.
Judge Nicol, of Savannah, presiding.—
The Docket was light and was soon dis
posed of for the term. Hamilton Couper,
the District Attorney was represented by
Gen. Hansell, of this plaoe.
Marietta, as your readers generally
know, is whore the Georgia Military In
stitute is located. I regret to learn that
it is not in so flourishing a condition as usu
al ; and from what cause, cannot well be
divined. With all the advantages of an
able Faculty, headed by Maj. Capers,
formerly of the Citadel Academy, Charles
ton, a beautiful and elevated location,
thorough course of study, and strict but
salutary discipline, there is no reason
why it should not become the West Point
of Georgia and the South. It evidently
needs the fostering care of the Legisla
ture and the press of the State will be
derelict in its duty, if it does not urge the
matter upon the consideration of that body
next winter. How it should be aided has
already been foreshadowed in the late re
port of the Board of Visitors ; and in due
time their suggestions should and will be
thoroughly elaborated for the attention
of thq ; “assembled wisdom” of the State.
Should Gov. Brown be warning in the
requisite nerve to recommend it to their
attention, it is hoped, that some indepen
dent member who has at heart the good
cf Georgia, will initiate the subject of his
own accord.
The approach of the train for Atlanta
admonishes me to close this desultory
letter. But I canuot do so without re
commending to the traveling public the
“ Kennesaw House,’ formerly kept by
Messrs. Barrett & Asbburn. They are
succeeded by Messrs. Dobbs & Hudson,
who spare neither pains nor expense to j
render the visitor comfortable aud per
fectly “at home.” You will hear from
me again by next mail. Y.
Marietta, Ga., Sept. 18.
Dear Sun : Pursuant to appointment, j
the Hon. Wm. L. Yancey, of Alabama,
addressed the people yesterday at King
ston, on the issues involved in the Presi
dential campaign. I was not present,
bat learn from gentlemen who were, that
the delivery of his speech consumed near
ly four hours. The crowd was immense
and was estimated to be upwards of three j
thousands persons, who stood during the
’ whole time, upon their feet and followed
the eloquent speaker with unwearied at- \
tention from beginning to end.
As I mentioned in a late commnnica
tion, Mr. Yancey is en route to the North j
whither he goes to canvass for Breckin
ridge and Lane. To night he will ad
dress the people at Knoxville, Tenn.; and
to morrow night at Richmond, Va., as I
am authoritatively informed.
Judging from all I have observed, the
Breckinridge and Lane Democracy of
this county are most thoroughly aud ef
fectively organixed; and so they are
throughout Cherokee, Ga., as I learn.—
There is a Breckinridge and Lane Club
here, which meets regularly for consul
tation and the transaction of business.—
Their room is large aud well supplied
with newspapers from all sections of the
i State, for the accommodation of members
and visitors; and the door and windows
are ornamented with beautiful transpa
rencies with appropriate devices and in
scriptions. It is to meet every night the
present week
In view of the anticipated visit of Gen.
Lane, the Club held a meeting last night
to make the preliminary arrangements
for his reception, and for awarding suit
able honors to the “ Marion of the Mex
can War.” A special committee for this
county and a general committee from all
the counties of Cherokee, Ga., were ap
pointed to provide for the entertainment, |
by a grand barbecue for all who may at- |
tend ; and for consummating all necessa- !
ry preparations for a proper demonstration
in honor of the old hero. The military
companies of the city were invited to par
ticipate, and were authorized to extend
invitations to the military of the sur
rounding counties. Col. Philips, the So
licitor General of this Circuit, stated to
the Club that he had recently received a
letter from Gen. Lane, stating that he
would visit Marietta, without fail, on the
9th prox. He also stated that he was in
receipt of a letter from Hon. Howell
Cobb, who promised to accompany Gen.
Lane, on the occasion. Speeches were
made by Col. J. R. Brown and others, j
after which the Club adjourned until to
night when other speakers are expected
to address the people.
The regular term of the Superior Court
for this county commenced its session
yesterday, Judge Rioe presiding. The
Bar of the surrounding counties is well
represented. Among the members of the
Marietta Bar in attendance, are General
Hansell and George N. Lester, Esq., the
present Reporter of the Supreme Court,
and successor of Hon. B. Y. Martiu, of
your city. This is the “ Blue Ridge Cir
cuit,” formerly presided over by Ex-
Judge, now Gov. Brown, who was suc
ceeded by Judge Rice, the present in
cumbent. There are several aspirant's. I
learn, to the position, which proved tobe
a lucky stepping stone to his Excellency.
AmoDg them is bis brother, Col. J. R.
Brown, of Canton, who seems to be quite
popular, and whose prospects for the
succession, should he be a candidate, are
represented to be very favorable. He is
not quite so good looking, but is a man of
superior calibre of mind to the Governor.
A day or two since I visited Roswell,
in this county, where are located the
“ Roswell Cotton Mills” and the “ Ivy
Wool Mills,” an account of which by the
next mail, may not be devoid of interest
to your readers, especially those of Col
umbus who are more immediately inter
ested in manufactories. Y.
♦
Southern Type Foundry.
Proposals have been issued and will be
submitted to our printers, and others,
for the establishment in this city of a
Joint Stock Company, for conducting the
type foundry business in all branches,
stereotyping, electrotyping, &c. .
We may be soon enabled to report more
definitely, and meanwhile we ask atten
tion and examination for the scheme,
according to its merits and to our want of
such an enterprise. Charleston Courier.
We sincerely trust that the best of
success may attend the efforts of the
craft of Charleston in their effort to es
tablish a foundry in their city, which
shall add largely to the wealth and im
portance of the South. We have no
cause of dissatisfaction with the foun
deries of the North, as we have always
received the best kind of treatment at
their bands. When we recommend and
urge the establishment of such an insti
tution South, it is not that we love the
Northern founderies less but Southern
ones more.
Destructive Fire and Storm at Mo-
Idle.
The Montgomery Port of Tuesday even
ing, says—“ln consequence of the tele
graph not being in operation between j
this city and Mobile, we are indebted to
Mr. Reese, the accommodating Agent of
the new mail route between this city and
Mobile, for tbe following particulars of a
storm and fire, which occurred at Mobile
on the night of the 15th ult. The ac
count says:
“The steamer Virginia Peal took a
resting spell on this side of the Bay last
night, owing to the storm which was
raging ; she incurred no serious damage.
Several boats are ashore. Two ware
houses destroyed by fire. Loss estimated
at $500,000. No boats from the Alabama
river for 24 hours past, aud but one from
New Orleans. Tbe Coquette and Ilud
son were detained on account of the
storm but wiil leave on the 17th.”
Death of L. C. Simpson.
We regret to learn from the Atlanta
National American of the 17th inst., that
Mr. L. C. Simpson, one of the oldest set
tlers of Atlanta, died at his residence
there on Sunday night last. The Ameri
can says “Mr. Simpson was one of our
oldest citizens, and was honored by his
fellow citizens with various public offices.
He leaves a widow and five children to
the care and protection of those who sur
vive him.”
By the Shreveport Gazette we learn
. that the receipts of cotton at that place
for the year ending Aug. 31, 1860, was
101,612, bales. The same paper reports a
rise in the river at Louisville, Ark., of
ten feet, and likewise, four feet at Shreve
port with a prospect of three feet more.
It will be recollected that navigation
has been heretofore completely blocked
on account of the low water in Red River.
A Righteous Verdict.
The Atlanta Locomotive of the 18th
I inst., learns that at the last term of the
; Superior Court of Taliaferro county, a
man was fined two hundred dollars and
sentenced to thirty days imprisonment
for selling one drink of liquor to a negro.
The Captain General of Cuba baa issu
j ed a circular, declaring it to be bis inten
tion, by every means in his power, to pre
vent the continuation of the slave trade,
! and cautioning all the civil functionaries
to use exertion to put a stop to it.
Frost.
The Abingdon (Va.) Democrat of the
14th says : On Thursday morning this
region was visited by quite a respectable
j frost. We have heard but little com
plaint of the damage done, and therefore
conclude that it was slight.
The Alexander Gazette says: We see
that the Hon. Thomas Corwin, in his
speeches oat in Ohio, declares that the
laws—fugitive slave law induced—must
be obeyed, and that the Constitution re
quires adequate legislation for the
; dition of fugitive slaves. —-—r'"'"’
The Fare of Col. Lumiden.
Our readers are aware that Col Lums
den, Editor of the New Orleans Picay- i
une, and family, were reported as lost on
the Lady Elgin, recently wrecked on Lake
| Michigan. Tbe Picayune gives the fol
! lowing particulars:
Harmon Doane, Esq., agent of the Uni
ted States Insurance Company, in this
city, who returned home last evening,
direct from Chicago, furnishes to us the
following statement made in his presence
by John Collins, a colored boy of Chicago,
who was saved on the wreck on the Lady
Elgiu. The statement was taken down
by Mr. Drake, of the Tremont House, and
is believed to be reliable :
“I saw Mr. Lumsdeu a few minutes be
fore we went down. He asked me if
there was much danger. Ilis wife and
family were then standing near him.—
His wife appeared very much frightened
His son told him he had better get a ta
ble leaf and be prepared for the worst.—
He did not do so, however, but told his
family to stand where they were, while
he went out to see what the danger was
“Mr. Lumsden left. The son then ad
v.'sed his mother and sister to take off all
their upper clothing. They did not do
so Soon after, the captain came into
the cabin and advised the passengers to
secure each a state room door and go out
on the quarter-deck, which all did, ex
cept Mr. Lurasden’s family, who contin
ued to wait for him in the cabin. In the
mean time young Lumsden got three ta
ble leaves ready to float off.
“The boat then went down, and I saw j
nothing more of them till I was in the
water, when the little girl caught hold of
me and called out for her father, and
asked where he was. He answered
‘here,’ aud asked where she was.
“A big wave then swept over us all.—
When I came to the surface again the
little girl was washed away, and I saw ‘
nothing more of them.”
This statement is very clear and ex
plicit, and we trembled to believe that it
is in all probability true. Mr. Doane
informs us that there could hardly be a
possibility of the boy mistaking tbe fam
ily. He described each member of it
with perfect accuracy. There is, more
over, no well authenticated statement of
either of them having been seen after
that fatal hour. In all probability they
were buried in one watery grave togeth
er.
Storm In the South West.
We hear from passeugers that there
has been a severe etorm in the South
west. The New Orleans Delta of Satur
day, 15th inst., says : This morning at
half past two o’clock, the weather, which
had been light and cool during the week,
broke out into a stormy and rainy char
acter. The rain came clown copiously,
and the wind blew like “great guns,”
and every indication of the equinox was
manifested. At the Lake ends the storm
has driven the water high and flowing
above land, and we learn of much dam
ago beiug the result, but at present wo
cannot give particulars.
Serious Accident.
The Charleston Courier of the 18th
inst. says: John, the propei-ty of Mr
Parker, who was employed on the new
Church erecting at the corner of Char
lotte and Elizabeth streets, fell, on Mon
day morning, from the scaffolding to the
ground, a distance of about twenty feet.
In his fall, tbe back part of the head was
seriously fractured, besides which he
sustained several other injuries. Dr.
Brailford was called upon for assistance,
and we are glad to learn, that though
the boy is in a critical condition, he has
exhibited very favorable symptoms of re
covery.
lion. Edmond Iluftin, of Virginia,
during his visit to Alabama to attend
the Southern Commercial Convention at
Montgomery, in the Spring of 1858, took
occasion to visit the canebrake or black
land region of that State, with the view
of making agricultural explorations. His
views and observations have never been
published, as we learn from the Cotton
Planter, but will soon appear in that pe
riodical. Mr. Ruffin is a practical and
scientific Agriculturist, and has devoted
much attention to calcareous soils and
fertilizers ; and his views will be of great
value as well as of great interest to plan
ters generally.
Falling of a Building.
The Boston Atlas of the 10th inst. says: i
Saturday afternoon, about three o’clock,
the northern portion of a block of three
story brick buildings at the junction of
Sudbury and Court streets, known as
“ Derby range,” fell with a loud crash,
and almost instantly became a mass of
ruins. The occupants of buildings in the
vicinity were alarmed by the noise like
the discharge of artillery and a concus
sion, shaking all the buildings in the vi- j
cinity. A crowd immediately rushed into !
the street, when the mass of ruins met i
their astonished gaze. No person was :
seriously injured.
Navy Yard.
The Norfolk Argus of the 17th inst., j
says of the Navy Yard operations there : j
There is but little work going on now at :
the Navy Yard. About seventy five men j
are engaged in repairing the United !
States sloop of war Germantown, and j
probably fifty are at work on the new |
ship house. There are in the yard now j
about 700 men, wtth rather a gloomy
prospect for the continuance of even this
number.
The Houston (Texas,) Telegraph, of
the 13th, learns that Garner, one of the
men disguised as Indians, who seized up- j
on two young ladies, some time ago, ;
carried them off, and after violating their :
persons, murdered them, was arrested at !
Waco last Saturday week, and the facts j
having been proved on him, was hung at
that place last Thursday the Oth inst.
Deceased
The Rome Courier announces the death
of Capt. Michael Webb, on the 17th inst.
He was a man of some eccentricities, but
those who knew him best regarded him
as the very soul of honor and integrity.
He for many years followed the high seas ■
as a Captain of merchant shipe, and mov
ed from Charleston to that place some
five years since. He was about 70 years
old. .
A dispatch from New York says that
the dwelling of Rufus Gordon, Esq., one
mile East of that city, was burned on the
morning of the ICtb. A son of his, aged
23 years, perished in the flames ; and an
other son was badly burned.
Bolling, the Douglas candidate for
| Clerk of the Court of-Appeals, Kentucky,
has been named, and qualified as Chief
’ Deputy by Gen. Leslie Combs.
1,861 bales of cotton were _refigjifidJ*_
Selma last week_^- j “ J * J
{NUMBER 23.
! A Visit to See Mr. Dickson's Crops—
Remedy for Rust in Cotton.
The editor of the Milledgeville Recor
der, who recently paid a visit to the cele
brated agriculturist, Mr. Dickson, of
Hancock county, thus speaks of his corn
and cotton crop.
We paid an agreeable visit to our old
acquaintance, David Dickson, of Han
cock, last week, spent a day and night
with him, examined his crop and looked
into the effect of his system of culture af
ter a drought with him from the 19th
June to the 27th July. We give particu
lars for the benefit of our agricultural
readers.
Mr. D's Corn crop, throughout will av
erage, we think, about twenty bushels to
the acre. The ears are large and full,
frequently two or more on a stalk. The
rows were seven feet apart and the stalks
stood three feet apart in the drill—peas
generally growing in the middle of the
row, which are doing well. The ground
had in the outset been broken up very
deep, (he increasing the depth yearly)
and all the corn was manured either with
guano or cotton seed and planted deep
and since cultivated altogether with wide
sweeps —the surface being now level.
We examined three fields of his cotton.
The rows were four feet apart—the stand
good and, we thought, rather thick, but
the stalks were loaded with bolls. They
would probably average three feet. The
second picking is now progressing.—
Hands picked, according to size and ex
perience, from 200 pounds per day,
downward. Judging from what had been
picked, was now open and the quantity
of bolls to mature, we came to the con
clusion that there would be made from
seven to eight hundred pounds per acre.
The drought had reduced the size of the
stalks, the manure having made the cot
ton forward and leaving but little to ma
ture late.
The entire crop of cotton had been ma
nured with six dollars worth of guano
per acre. Corn had had three dollars
worth, or cotton seed to the same amount,
allowing them to be worth fifteen cents
per bushel. The guano mostly used,
both for the corn and cotton was Peru
vian, mixed with bone dust, pot ash, salt
and land plaster, prepared by S. Sands,
Baltimore.
We took particular interest in exam
ining the result of an experiment made
by Mr. Dickson which, to our entire sat
isfaction went to show that tall i* a pre
ventive of the rust in cotton.
Four rows of cotton were planted in
thin land. One manured with guano
alone—The second with salt alone—The
third with guano and salt—The fourth
left without manure. The row that was
manured with salt and guano, did deci
dedly the best—was full of bolls and not
affected by the rust. That manured with
guano alone was rusted and did not do
near as well; also, the one that had no
manure was still more indifferent—badly
rusted—not worth the labor of planting.
The row that had salt alone applied to
it, had not near as much fruit as where
the guano had been used, but the cotton
was thrifty and growing, full of leaves
and had no rust. This result satisfied us
that guano, or any other manure and salt
in a judicious proportion, is a preventive
of the rust.
We viewed another experiment of Mr.
Dickson’s. He has a lot of five acres
that was planted on the 4th of May. He
applied five hundred pounds of Ameri
can guano to one portion, and to another
100 pounds Peruvian Guano, 100 pounds
bones dissolved with sulphuric acid, 10
pounds potash, one peck salt, one peck
land plaster. To another portion, Kim
berly & Brother soap factory manure, at
the rate of 500 pounds to the acre. The
cotton which had the Peruvian and bone
mixture appeared to be the best fruited.
The product of the other manures ap
peared about equal. The Baltimore cost
of the American was $lO per acre—the
Peruvian, bone, potash, salt and land
plaster, $5 80—Kimberly & Brothers
soap factory manure, $5. The number
of pounds of the Peruvian being only
three-fifths the freight showed that it
was the cheapest. The size of the stalks
and the quantity of bolls would indicate
a product of upwards of 2000 pounds to
the acre.
It is proper to state that the ground
had been made good from previous ma
nuring, the last twelve years having been
in potatoes, wheat and turnips getting
three crops every two years.
The cotton seed planted were obtained
of David Dickson, Oxford, and were his
selected seed. We never saw cotton bet
ter boiled.
If there is truth in the old and oft re
peated remark that he who makes two
blades of grass grow where one had
grown, is a benefactor to mankind, we
feel assured Mr. Dickson comes within
that rank and is entitled to the credit.—
•There is hardly a day but what some per
son is either calling in person or writing
to him for explanation as to his improved
system, although he has given it through
the public prints half a dozen times. Had
they only taken these papers and read
for themselves, he said they would have
been saved the trouble and expense of
travelling hundreds of miles to get what
was already before them, and he saved
writing hundreds of letters and being
necessitated to decline answering as
many more—that he is able to give the
public, is already before it—that they
should practice upon what they had be
fore them, as their only method of learn
ing, till experience makes them perfect.
By what we report above, in regard to
the extent of Mr. D’s crop, we do not by
any means intend to imply that he has
made a full crop. Mr. l)'s opinion was
that he would realise about three-fifths of
a full cotton crop and fall short about
ten bushels of corn per acre.
Crops in Hancock generally, are some j
what better than they are in Baldwin.— ;
It is thought that there will be a suffi- j
ciency of corn made in that county for !
its support, and something better than a
half crop of cotton. The general calcu
lation in Baldwin and the other adjacent
counties is, that the turn out, both of
Cotton and Corn, will not be half of a
full crop. Mr. Dickson's greater relative
product arises doubtless from his deep
plowing in the early preparation of his ;
land, then deep planting with the free I
use of manure, avoiding in culture, dis- !
I turbing the roots. Cotton may be crowd- j
ed in the drill, but it must have a cor- j
responding support in nourishment and
distance between rows.
We were interested in an incident
showing the strength of memory, that
occurred in the course of the evening.—
A negro man made his appearance as
was, we learn, his custom, who reported
to Mr. D. from memory the number of
pounds of cotton thirty hands, each, had
picked in the course of the day —having
weighed the cotton of each‘three several
times during the day, then adding it up in
his mind, giving promptly the aggregate
of each hand, which Mr. Dickson re-
I corded.
Arrival of the Pony Express.
St. Joseph, Sept. 17.—The Pony Ex
press has arrived with Saa Fraaoisco
j dates of the fith and China dates of July
| 24th.
I $35,000 of Washa silver ore was ship
ped to New York.
Gold finding at Acapnlco continues.
The Douglas candidate is pledged to
oppose the re-election of Gwin to the Sen
ate.
Upwards of $60,000 of gold have been
taken from a newly discovered lead in
Turlumna county ta five days.
Cattle .Disease.
! Avery destructive epidemic is repor
! ted by a correspondent of the Louisville
i Democrat as prevailing among the cattlo
; in Oldham county, Ky. The disease is
supposed to have beeu communicated by
! a drove from Texas. The Emporia (Kan
sas) Newsstates that from the same cause
• large number of cattle have died in tbnt
vicinity. It says:
Whatever the disease may be, ‘Span
ish fever, Murrian, or what not—one
thing is certain, that it was communica
ted to the cattle here by the droves of
Texas cattle passing through. Their
route from the time they touched the
Neosho, sixty miles below here, until
they arrived on the Kaw river, may easi
ly be tracked by the bodies of the hun
dreds of cattle that have died from the
disease they brought, in no other coun
try has this disease made its appearance,
except along the track of these droves.
Various remedies have beeu tried, but
generally attended with no good result,
and at least nine out of every ten of the
cattle taken with it have died ; and when
the disease shall have run its course, the
proportion will be found to be still great
er. As near as we can learn, over three
hundred cattle have died of this disease
in the last three weeks, in an extent of
country fifty miles long. North and
South, and three miles in width, extend
ing along the Neosho, Verdigris, Eagle
Creek, Cottonwood and Dow Creek. At
a fail average valuation, these cattle
were worth from eight to ten thousand
dollars. The disease seems tp attack
first, and with the greatest malignity,
cattle of improved breeds, though it is
contagious among tame cattle, seemiug to
be capable of communicating to the Tex
as cattle to one another and to tame cat
tle, going no further.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Boston, Sept. 15.—Before referees a
suit has been brought by J. Smith against
Prof Morse, to recover 5-ltl of the amount
of money received by Prof. Morse from
the different Governments of Europe for
the inventiou of the telegraph. The par
ties have been connected together in the
telegraph business for some twenty years,
and some time since a settlement was had
between them, when Mr. Smith received
$200,000: and two matters in dispute
were left open for suit or reference, of
whioh the one in hearing is not finished.
The referees aro Judges Sprague and
Geo. S. Hillard.
St. Louis, Sep. 15.—The paid fire de
partment celebrated their third anniver
sary yesterday, by a grand parade du
ring the day, and supper in the evening.
During tne parade a fire broke out in a
carpenter shop belonging to Theodore
Weber, ou Hickory street. Two < ngiues
were dispatched to the sceue of conflagra
tion, and secured a large amount of prop
erty. A high wind was blowing at the
time. Loss SIO,OOO. Insured for 40,000.
Philedelphia, Sept. 15.—A Bell and
Everett meeting last night in the First
Congressional District was interrupted by
Republicans marchiDg through the crowd.
A fight ensued, and stones and pistols
were used. The meeting was finally dis
persed, and nine rioters were arrested-
No one was seriously injured as far as
known. It is supposed that the affair
was in retaliation for a disturbance per
petrated by parties hurrahing for Bell
and Everett at the Republican serenade
to Mr. Sherman, on Wednesday evening.
New Feat. In Engineering.
A traveler over the railroad between
Houston and Eagle Lake, gives the fol
lowing singular feat of Texas engineer
ing :
Ou the railroad between Houston and
Eagle Lake, in Texas, a feat is perform
ed which, I presume, is entirely unpre
cedent in engineering. At the crossing
of the Brazos river, the road is comple
ted on each side to the bank, and a tem
porary track laid down each bank and
across a temporary bridge, which is some
thirty to forty feet below the level of the
permanent road. The design was to
cross this bridge until the permanent one
was completed, by letting the locomotive
and cars slowly down the bank with
ropes, and then hauliDg them up on the
other side. But at one time the locomo
tive, in descending, broke loeso, and
sweeping through tne hollow by its mo
mentum ascended the opposite bank in
safety. Since that time passenger trains
are run through the hollow in this man
ner, sweeping gracefully downward and
rising on the opposite side, like the swoop
of a hawk on its prey. I have been
something of a traveler, but thi3 was
the first time that I ever followed a loco
motive down a steep bank of a river ! It
is said that the civil engineers object to
this mode of proceeding, ou account of
the tremendous strain on the road-bed in
that part which changes the line of mo
tion from the descending to the horizon
tal direction.
The late Lord Byron’s boot lasts, about
nine inches in length, narrow, high at
the instep, and generally of symmetrical
shape, have been presented to a Notting
ham, England, Society. His lordship’s
shoemaker says the bard bad not a club
foot, as is generally stated, but that it
was formed the same as the other, except
being exactly an inch and a half shorter.
The malformation was in the ancle, which
was very weak; consequently, the foot
turned outwards. To remedy this, his
lordship wore a very thin boot, tightly
laced, under his stocking. In his early
life he wore an iron, with a joint at the
ancle, which passed down the outside of
the leg, and was fastened to the sole of
the shoe. The calf of that leg was much
smaller. It was the left leg. (Signed,)
William Swift, (cobbler.)
.
Explosion of an ‘Empty Barrel.
In Norfolk, Va., Wednesday a little boy
ignited a fire cracker and dropped it
through a smalt hole, into a barrel that
contained burning fluid, causing an ex
plosion with a very loud report, that
greatly frightened the boy and started
the inhabitants in the neighborhood. The
barrel was whirled some distance and
both heads were blown out, some of the
fragments being thrown above the tops
of the houses.
Heavy Dale in the East.
From the special correspondence of the
New Orleans Picayune, from Boston, the
13th, we learn that a heavy gale prevail
ed in that city and bay on the evening
previous, but no disasters of moment oc
curred excepting to the bark Ben Dor
rance, anew vessel, bound from Free
port for New York, and which while en
deavoring to make a harbor went ashore
: on Spectacle Island.
Upon receipt of information of the dis
aster a steamer was at once sent to her
: assistance.
Staamboat Disasters.
A dispatch from Louisville, Ky., the
15th says that the steamer City of Louis
iana struck a snag and sunk at Hat Is
land.
The boat will probably be raised.
The steamer B. J. Adams struck a snag
near Helena, demolishing two staterooms
j in the ladies’ cabin, and slightly damag
ing her lower guard.
The editor of the Houston (Texas)
Telegraph recently witnessed tlie remov
al of a stone from the bladder of a little
boy six years old, by Dr. Marsh, of that
j city. The bladder was cut open, and a
round stone, two inches in length, three
inches and a half in circumference, and
which weighs 6 drachms and 2 scruples,
Apothecary’s weight, was takt-n out.
Direct Importation’
The Charleston Cpdrier the 18th
inst., mentions the am*; 1 att hat port on
the 17lh inst. of tb’ shl P Matilda from
Liverpool, with-* rge and assorted car
\ go of n?erc#*