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Tuesday Oct. 2, 1860.
Early Erosis.
We learn, sajs the Muiuington (N. C.)
Heraid, that light lioda were been in
Chesterfield anu Darlington Districts, S.
C., as ear>y us the 12th inst., which is
almost, n not whoil> unprecedented.
Death of Mr Vt in. Sl> Green.
The estimable wile ot the Kignt Rev.
Win. M. Green, Bishop of the diocese oi
Mississippi, s;i}s ihe Nashville Union,
died at the Bishopric, near Jackson Miss.,
on tne 9th iust. A noot of incuds sym
pathize with the venerable Bishop in his
bereavement.
Drowned,
We regret to learn, says the Georgia
Forester, of the 20th, that Jas. McDow
ell, of Pierce county, was drowned a few
days ago whilst bathing in Big Creek.—
Mr. McDowell was an intelligent gentle
man and a good citizen.
The Louisiana Sugar Crop.
The Planter’s Banner thinks that the
published estimates of the sugar crop of
this year exceed probability ; that the
planters, except in a few favored situa
tions, cannot look for more than half a
crop. If the drought continues till Octo
ber, not more than 200,000 hhds. can be
made.
Convicted.
A friend writing to the Chronicle from
Geneva says that the negro, owned by J.
Wilkinson, who murdered Isaac Durden,
near that place some time since and who
was erroneously reported to have been
burnt by a mob, was tried this week in
Talbot Superior Court, found guilty, and
sentenced to be hung on the 19th October.
A Bet of Ten Thousand.
Tho editor of the Albany Patriot, pro
poses to make a bet of ten thousand dol
lars that the Hon. John C. Breckinridge
w ill be the next President of the United
States, (provided no Providential cause
should prevent.) The money to be de
posited in the hands of V. G. Ernst, Esq.,
of the Marine Bank of that city, within
ten days.
Mr. Yancey to he In New Orleans.
The New Orleans Delta, of the 20th,
has seen a letter from the lion. Wm. L.
Yancey to the Secretary of the YouDg
Men’s Breckinridge and Lane Association
of that city, in which that distinguished
gentleman accepts their invitation to ad
dress the people of that city on the politi
cal issues of the day, and fixes the 25th
of October as the day when he will arrive
in the city.
South Carolina Elections.
The various candidates for the Legis
lature in South Carolina are beginning to
define their positions relative to Lincoln’s
election. Messrs. J. S. Wilson and C. B.
Jones, as we learn from the Columbia
Guardian, have declared themselves op
posed to separate State action, but are in
favor of co-operative resistance.
Col. Edward McCrady, Hon. Dixon
Barnes, J. B. Fraser, Col. Wm. Nettles,
all favor an immediate dissolution of the
Union in that event.
O. A. Brownson.
The New York Tribune of the 19th,
says that Orestes A. Brownson, the edi
tor of a well known Quarterly lleview
published iu the interest of the Catholic
church, and who was always a radical
Democrat, has come out for the llepubli
cans. lie made a thorough going Re
publican speech at Elizabethport, New
Jersey, on Thursday evening. lie not
only recommended the policy of the par
ty in regard to the freedom of Territories,
but he eulogized “the honest backwoods
man of Illinois.”
♦
Outrageous.
Yesterday evening, says tbe Mobile
Tribune of the 21st, as the freight train
No. 2 went up the road, when some few
miles above Whistler, they came in con
tact with a “trap” which was evidently
set for the Mississippi passenger train.—
It was a log placed on the track in such
a position as to throw the down train off.
Fortunately the up freight train No. 2
struck it first and no damage was done,
except the breaking of a water pipe.
End of a Desperado.
The New Orleans Delta says that Col.
Henry, who recently died at Truxillo,
from a wound received in a personal diffi
culty with one of Walker’s men, was well
known in that city for his combativeness.
Perhaps no man ever lived to his age
who had received and survived so many
dangerous wounds In every battle and
in nearly every duel in which he was en
gaged he received dangerous wounds.—
He fought in the Mexican war and was
terribly injured at the storming of Cha
pultepec. During Walker’s invasion of
Nicaragua, he fought several duels and
was continually involved in quarrels.—
On returning to New Orleans, he was
twice badly wounded in duels, and he has
at last perished in one of the “difficul
ties” iu which he so delighted.
—
TUe Hog Crop.
The Cincinnati Gazette says the offer
ings of bogs for early November delivery
were pretty free on the 17th at $6 65, but
there were no buyers. The Louisville
Courier of tho 18th says :
The market for hogs is dull, and pack
ers are disposed to bold off at present,
and as prices are high they are unwilling
to make any contracts. They are of the
opinion that prices will rule no higher
during the season, hence they prefer not
purchasing until the slaughtering season
commences. To day a lot of 1,000 head,
within forty miles of this city, were of
fered at $5 gross, without finding a buy
er.
The Danville (Ky.) Tribune, of the
15th says :
A large number of hogs have been sold
in this couuty at §4 50 gross, for future
delivery, but we hear of sales more re
cently as high as $5.
Gen. Lane in Kentucky.
A special dispatch to the Cincinnati
Courier, from Cynthia, Ky. the 19th says:
Gen Lane attended the Fair to day, at
this place. He was serenaded by Men
ter b Band to-night, and addressed a
large and enthusiastic assemblage of the
people. A dispatch has just been receiv
ed from Lexington, announcing that Ma
jor Breckinridge will attend the Fair to
morrow.
VOLUME IV.I
ITEMS.
The Augusta Dispatch reports the oc
currence of frosts in the vicinity of that
city, on the morning of the 19th and 21st.
Capt. John H. Burke, for thirty years
| past an active Pilot of tbe Charleston
j Bar, died in that city on Friday evening.
The Pee Dee(S. C.) Times announces
| the death of Col. Wm. Alston, who died
at Waccamaw Beach on the morning of
: the 16th.
The following is the vote for Governor
iu Maine, last week : Washburn, (Repub
lican) 01,543; Smart, (Democrat) 44,834;
i Barnes, (Bell) 1,224.
The Valdosta Watchman announces the
death of M H. Brinson, Senator from
Lowndes county in the General Assem
bly of Georgia.
The Edgefield Advertiser nominates
the Hon. B. J. Johnson for Governor of
South Carolina, which is much commend
tdbya writer through the Charleston
Courier.
The late report of the London Anti
Slavery Society shows that since 1815,
England has expended more than forty
millions pounds sterling in repressing the
slave trade.
A well built square in the Fourth Dis
trict, New Orleans, was destroyed by fire
on the morning of the 22d. The loss was
from $70,000 to SBO,OOO mostly covered
by insurance.
Dr. Parmenian Fatio, a native of
Switzerland, and for the last ten years a
practitioner of Medicine in Knoxville,
Tenn., died in that city, in his office on
the 17th inst. He was a well educated
and skillful physician.
Senator Latham declared in a recent
speech at Sacramento, California, in
response to an inquiry, that he never had
been, is not, and never will favor the re
election of his colleague, Dr. Gwin to
the United States Senate.
The Pensacola Observer states that
Col. Wiggins, one of the Bell electors in
Florida, Gen. Calb and Maj. Ward, both
leading Bellites, are in favor of a disso
lution of the Union in the event of Lin
coln’s election.
Mr. O. Jennings Wise, of-the Enquir
er, calculates that Mr. Breckinridge can
and will get 100,000 votes in Virginia,
which is about 18,000 votes above any
vote ever given any one in Virginia,
while the Auditors book show thaLtbere
is the rise of 200,000 votes in Virginia.
The Americus Republican says that an
interesting meeting has been going on in
the Methodist Church in that place for
the past ten days. A number have al
ready connected themselves with the
Church and the altar is crowded nightly
with mourners.
A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, the
21st says: Judge Douglas arrived on a
special train from the east to-night. He
was received with firing of cannon, by
the millitary companies, a large torch
light procession and a great concourse of
citizens. He was welcomed in a speech
by llod. R. P. Ranney, and will speak at
11 A. M. to-morrow.
A correspondent of the Americus Re
publican informs that paper, that whilst
at Webster Superior Court, last week, a
gentleman informed him that there was
a white man in Americus, who was en
deavoring to persuade one of his negroes
to go to a free State, and that he would
give him a pass. The plot has not as yet
been finally consummated, but the gen
tleman is on track of the scoundrel.
The recent severe storm on the Gulf
blew quite a number of sea fowls into the
up-country. The boys in Newton county,
says the Enterprise (Miss.) News, are
having fine sport shooting sea-guls and
other webfooted fowls. One of the fowls
killed near Decater, measured over two
feet across the wings and has a beak the
shape of a knife blade.
In thq Charleston Courier, of the 21st
we find a call for a publie meeting of the
citizens of Christ Church Parish, for the
purpose of discussing the best mode of
Southern resistance to Northern aggres
sions, and in the event of the election of
a Republican President, and no concert
of action among the Southern States,
whether South Carolina should secede.
Homicide.
On last Thursday, says the Jacksonville
(Ala.) Democrat, 13th inst., in the town
of Talladega, a man by the name of Ken
nedy killed another whose name was
Millegan, with an axe. We have not
learned the particulars. It is really pain
ful to record so many homicides around
us, ever}’ week we hear of someone being
killed, we might almost say, in our neigh
borhood.
Discontinuance of a Lftnd District in
Mississippi.
The lands undisposed of in the Gran
ada district, Miss , says the N 0. Bulle
tin having been reduced below 100,000
acres, the Secretary of the Interior has
ordered the discontinuance of the dis
trict, and also that the land in question
be made subject to sale and entry at the
land office at Jackson, in said State, by
the Ist December next, if practicable.
The Presidential Campaign*
Intelligence received at St. Joseph,
Missouri, from San Francisco, the Bth,
states that the recent political conven
tions held in that State indicate that Cal
ifornia will go for Douglas.
It is generally thought that the Bell
men may go for Douglas, if the advices
from the Eastern States suggest such a
course.
The Black Republicans are gaining
from the anti-Lecomp*onites, and Douglas
is gaining from the Breckinridge party.
Gen. Walker.
Gen. William Walker was a native of
Nashville, Tennessee, as we learn from
the Union and American. His father is
Mr. James Walker, a Scotchman by birth,
and one of the oldest, worthiest and most
highly esteemed citizens of that city.—
Gen. Walker is the third son that Mr.
James Walker has lost in the Nicaraguan
cause.
Vaneev and Cushing In Maine.
The Democrat publishes the announce
ment of a great mass meeting of the
Breckinridge and Lane Democracy of
Maine, at Bangor, on October 2d. It
announces as the principal speakers on
the occasion, Hon. Wm. L. Yancey and
Caleb Cushing.
♦
A Long Prayer.
The Columbus, Ohio, Fact, in its ac
count of the Perry celebration at Cleve
land, says :
“ The procession was very fine, and
nearly two miles in length, as was also
the prater of Dr. Perry, the Chaplain.”
THE WEEKLY SUN.
A Literary Curiosity.
During a stroll in tbe Cemetery situat
ed in the suhurbs of Marietta, whiK on
i a recent visit to that city, the following
unique and singular epitaph inscribed on
an humble tomb stone, attracted our at
tention among other mementoes of the
departed. Thinking it would interest
our readers, we transcribed it verbatim, et
literatim, et punctualim. They will doubt
less pronounce it a decided literary curi
osity.
SACReD
TO TIIE MEMORY OF Mrs PATIENCE
A. C. JACKSON FRAZIER Born April
the 1 1820. who departed this. Life. Oc
tober the. 1. 185 C, aged 36 years And 6
months Blessed, of. those, that die. in
the. Lord shall, rest, from their. Labour,
she. is not. dead. but. slepeth in. the.
arm. of Jesus to Liv. with. God. forever,
at. the. Last she. told. the. brethren,
not. to. thissappoint her. but. meet, her
in. heaven, way. we shall, part. no.
more but. to. prase. God she. is. not.
Lost. but. gon. on. before Way. sabath.
shall never, end way. Congregation,
shall, never brake, up. way Milk, ann
honoy. flow. the. Laud way. peace, and
plasure. never die. she. fought the. fight,
the victory, won and. entered, into rest,
her. Lovely Face. and. happy spirit, her.
inTeLigent. Mind, and affectionate, dis
position, her. obLigiDg. temper And
consistent character, her patient, suffer
ing and. dying, testimony, that. Jesus,
was precious, are ALL treasured, in. the
in. the the faithfuL hearts, of tender re
latines P. A. J. F.
FarewelL My. dear wife UntilL we. meet
Again
Letter from Hon. T. H. Watts.
The editor of the Montgomery Post
having written to Hon. Thos. H. Watts,
requesting a statement of his views in
his speech at Tuskegee, in order to pre
vent misrepresentation, that gentleman
replies at considerable length. He states
that the great question now was how to
defeat the Black Republicans ; that this
involved the longer continuance of the
Union under the Constitution ; that each
State adopted the Constitution for itself
and had the right to withdraw from the
Federal compact which had never been
surrendered ; that the Supreme Court de
cided that the Southern man had the
right to remove into the Territories with
his property, and the only power possess
ed by Congress over slavery in the Ter
ritories was the power coupled with the
duty of protecting the owner in his pro
perty ; and that the success of the
Black Republicans in the present contest,
with their avowed principles and pur
poses, would be a direct attack on the
institutions of the South ; rebellion
against the Constitution and the Union ;
and that the South would be justified , in
the eyes of all enlightened men, in re
sisting to the extent of sun lering every
tie which binds us together as one peo
ple.
As regards the best means.of averting
this calamity, he believes that Bell and
Everett alone stand any chance of defeat
ing Lincoln. With this exception, we
are unable to perceive from a careful
reading of Mr. Watts’ letter, any issue
between himself and the Breckinridge
Democracy.
Pike’s Peak.
Advices from Pike’s Peak received at
St. Joseph’s, Missouri the 20th, state that
discoveries of silver continue to be made
which promise to yield well, and they
are exciting much attention. A crevice
from 500 to 600 feet in length, where it
shows itself to the surface, is reported to
have been discovered. Several assays
have been made with different results,
bringing from §IOO to $1,700 per ton,
and pure silver is found in sluices. In
the Big Blue mines, nuggets weighing 1 £
ounces have been taken out. Deports
are iu circulation that the ore is worth
less, and these reports are circulated very
industriously by men of capital, who
thiuk by that cause to buy many of the
gold claims for almost nothing. How
ever, the silver mines are being inspect
ed, aud if they yield any where near as
reported, many millions of dollars will
be realized. Gold claims continue to pay
as largely as ever. The coaches to and
from Denver are crowded every trip.
Gen. Houston’s Letter on tlie Terri
tories.
The following brief epistle from the soi
disant “ Hero of San Jacinto” was ad
dressed to Mr. W. S. Taylor, of Mont
gomery, Texas, on the subject of slavery
in the Territories. It vas originally
published in the Houston Telegraph and
we republish it as a part of the current
history of the times :
Executive Department, \
Austin, Texas, Aug. 20, 1860. j
Mr. W. S. Taylor —Dear Sir : Your let
ter of the 12th has this moment reached
me. Replying, I would say that, Congress
has no power over the subject of slave
ry. The Territories are but the creatures
of Congress, and Congress, having no
power to legislate upon the subject of
slavery, it can not invest the Territories
with that which it does not possess. A
Territory can exercise no power whatever
in relation to slavery. A State only has
the power to establish or abolish it
This is the true ’Democratic creed as I
understand it, on the subject. A territo
ry in convention preparatory to becom
ing a State, can. by their constitution,
say whether they will or will not have
slavery. This is the whole sum of the
matter. Very truly, yours,
SAM HOUSTON.
Interesting Incident.
During the session of the Grand Lodge
of the United States I. O. 0. F. at Nash
ville, the members visited the Hermitage.
Two or three hundred had assembled and
after dinner, Dr. Lawrence, the custo
dian of the Hermitage, presented, through
Grand Representative Walker, of Ten
nessee, a hickory Arm Chair made of
wythes grown upon the estate. The ac
ceptance was made by E. H. Fitzhugh,
the Worthy Grand Sire.
Important Verdict.
Simon E. DeWolf, of Cleveland, Ohio,
received at the last term of the Richland
County District Court a judgment against
the defendants, E. H. Thompkins & Cos.,
of New for $513 and costs of
suit, as damage resulting to the plaintiff
for negligence on the part of the defen
dants in failing to cause a draft, drawn
upon parties in New York City, and sent
to defendants in May, 1858, for collec
tion, to be protested at the maturity of
the same, whereby the indorser was re
leased.
Death of Silas Parsons.
We learn from the Huntsville Advo
cate that Judge Silas Parsons, of Texas,
formerly of the Supreme Court bench, of
Alabama, died in Huntsville on Monday
night, the 17th inst., at the residence of
Coi. John Read. A good, pure and true
man.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 2, 1860.
Mr. Hilliard on Lincoln** Election.
The following extract from the speech
of Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, of Alabama,
delivered in Cooper Institute on Monday
evening, the 17th iust., we find publish
ed and commented on by the New lork
Tribune :
“ The day that witnesses the election
of Mr. Liueoin, if that calamity is to be
I visited upon us, will witness a convulsion
which shakes the institutions ot this
country to their deepest loundations.—
[Tremendous applause.] Public confi
dence will expire—stocks will go down
—property of every description tall sud
denly in value—commerce will leel the
shock as if a storm had swept the sea and
rent the sails of mighty ships—and this
grand republican system —this glorious
confederacy of free and powerful States,
seated in friendly alliance upon a conti
nent over which the gorgeous ensign of
the republic streams to day, the symbol
of peace, of union, and of strength—will
rock as under the throes of au earthquake,
Ac., Ac.
What the chief organ of tho Black Re
publicans says of the picture Mr. Hilliard
has drawn, may be readily imagined.—
“ The people” may succeed in “ electing
Lincoln and Hamlin” and it may or may
not be submitted to. He may purchase
by dispensing Federal patronage in the
South, traitors enough to form the oil
cleus of a party which would even deliv
er us, ready shackled, to our enemies
should they be sufficiently powerful.—
But despite the consequences and the
powerful influence of the pocket nerve,
which some think will be stronger under
any circumstances than tho spirit of re
sistance, the South will never quietly
submit to the administration of this gov
ernment according to the Black Republi
can programme, and the designs of the
anti slavery fanatics and their allies the
world over.
Party lines are distinctly drawn at the
South, but there is a party composed of
members of all parties here, who how
ever, much they may differ on other issues,
are opposed even to tbe inauguration of a
Black Republican President, and the
desecration of the seat once filled by
Washington, Jefferson, MadisoD and Mun
roe. Upon that issue the South may be
divided ; and as a matter of policy and
expediency, it may be preferable to
await the commission of some “overt
act,” that we may present an undivided
front. Then at least, “he who dallies
is a dastard, and he who doubts is
damned.”
Arrest of Nogroe* from Georgia.
We learn from the Memphis Avalanche
that on the 19th inst., an Underground
Railroad agent in company with two ne
gro men on board the Lady Jackson were
arrested at that city. They were bound
for Cincinnati. One of the negroes was
privately examined, and, after a slight
whipping, he confessed that he was a
slave, that his name was Matt, and that
he belonged to J. T. Brown, of Americus,
Ga. He also said that Greig the white
man, was a carpenter, and while working
with him, he had induced Matt to run
away, telling him that he would take
him to a place where negroes were as
good as white men. The other negro
was likewise, made to confess, and gave
his name as Joe, and said that he be
longed to the firm of King & Walker, of
Atlanta, Ga. He, also, had been induced
by Greig to leave for a free State.
The Prince Invited to Visit the
South.
A committee of Southern gentlemen
headed by Hon. Henry W. Ililliard, of
Montgomery, and including Messrs. R.
Collins, Jas. T. Flewellen, R. A. Smith
and John 11. Howard, of Georgia, whilst
in New York city addressed Lord Lyons,
requesting hirn to tender the Prince of
Wales to extend his tour through the
cotton States. His Excellency acknowl
ed the receipt of the invitation, and states
that owing to the shortness.of the time at
the Prince’s disposal he will be unable to
come farther South than Richmond, Vir
ginia.
Democratic Jubilee.
The Democrats had a fine time on Sat
urday evening over the election of Dr.
Thompson. About two hundred and fifty
of the, “ iron ribbed,” headed by a band
of music marched up to the residence of
the Doctor at an early hour in the eve
ning, and were heartily welcomed to the
hospitalities of the mansion by him in a
brief speech. Tables, groaning under
their loads of delicases, were spread out
of whioh they were invited to partake,
and to which ample justice was done. It
was emphatically • a feast of reason and
flow of soul.” Speeches were made by
Col. O. A. Lochrane, F. S. Bloom, Esq.,
and others. The be6t feeling prevailed
—recent political differences were forgot
ten and Douglas’ friends and Breckin
ridge’s friends were again united.— Macon
Telegraph, 24.
♦
A New Religious Movement.
On Wednesday evening, in New York,
a number of gentlemen, members of the
various churches of the city, met for the
purpose of considering the propriety of
inaugurating a movement similar to that
carried on so successfully in Dondoy last
winter, to reach the masses of the people
with the gospel. Much interest was
manifested, and a committee appointed to
consider the best form for such an organi
zation, draft a constitution, and report at
a future meeting.
Pryor on Resistance and Coercion.
The Norfolk, Ya., Herald has the fol
lowing paragraph concerning a speech
which Mr. Pryor recently made in that
city:
“ Hon. Reger A. Pryor, in his Ashland
Hall speech, while commenting on the
reply of Mr. Douglas to the secession
question propounded to him in Norfolk,
wound up with the startling declaration
that if a President of the United States
should have the temerity to use force to
prevent the secession of a Southern State
oc States from the Union, and no effort
from any other quarter should be put
forth to resist the exercise of federal
power, he would be the Brutus to plant a
dagger in his heart.'\
The Sentiment of the State.
We have rarely seen more unanimity
of political sentiment than now exists in
this State. This we glean from replies
of candidates for the Legislature, speech
es and letters from our Representatives
in Congress, and from the leading artic
les of the public journals. There are
not two parties now in South Carolina,
nor will there be in the contingency of
the election of a Black Republican Presi
dent—all with a very few exceptions,
will then be in favor of the formation of
a Southern Confederacy. We believe the
same determination exists in nearly all
the Cotton States, and the prospect is
fair for a thorough union among them,
in adopting measures for their security
and safety.— Col. Guardian.
New Orleans, Sept. 21, 10 p. m.—
Several liquor stores are burning at the
corner of Lafayette and Tchonpitontas.
A wall has just fallen killing several bat
the exact number is unascertained.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
Washington, Sept. 21, 10 p. m.—Hon.
Wm. L. Yancey arrived here to-day. An
immense and enthusiastic crowd, headed
by the “Marine Band,” serenaded him
this evening. In response to frequent
calls, Mr. Yancey appeared and made a
handsome reply. He spoke most elo
quently, and advocated disunion in the
event of Lincoln’s election. Mr. Yancey
concluded by saying that if the Northern
sectional majority disregarded the checks
and limitations of the Constitution,
Southern freemen would plant the banner
of equality upon the mountains of Geor
gia, and entrench themselves in a South
ern Confederacy; but he hoped that a
timely fusion would avert such dire evils.
Buffalo, Sept. 20.—Douglas arrived
here from Niagara Falls at noon, and was
received at the depot by a large con
course of people. He was accompanied
by nearly 2,000 persons from the adjoin
ing towns, drawn hither to hear the Sen
ator. Mr. Douglas was escorted by an
imposing procession of citizens on foot
and in carriages, and little giants in uni
form, to the “ Courter House,” where he
spoke to an audience of 20,000 persons.
Judge Douglas made a compact and
able argument, touching upon the trou
bles of 1850 which were set at rest by the
compromise measures of 1850, compli
menting Webster, Clay, Fillmore, and the
Union Whigs and Democrats who took
part in accomplishing those measures ;
and showing that Whigs and Democrats
in 1852, and Americans in 1856, had con
curred in maintaining the principle of
non-intervention by Congress with slave
ry, which had formed the basis of the
compromise of 1850.
In the evening the Democracy was ad
dressed by Douglas, Marshall, of Ky.,
Schnabel, and other distinguished gen
tlemen. Torchlight procession in honor
of the Little Giant was a brilliant affair,
about 2,000 torches being in line. Dou
glas goes to Ohio to morrow.
St. Louis, Sept. 21.—A dispatch to the
Republican from Jefferson City says the
Democratic State Convention adopted the
reports of the Committee on Resolutions,
which declares that whereas the failure
of the Charleston Convention to nominate,
thereby leaving to the people the choice
of their candidate and paiuciples; there
fore,
Resolved, That we still adhere to the
priucipies of the Constitutional Govern
ment which the Democratic party always
upheld, and which if faithfully adhered
to will disseminate its blessings equally
and beneficially throughout the boaders
of the Confederacy.
The resolutions reaffirm the platform of
the State Convention of April last, and
declare steadfast devotion to the platform
adopted at the Maryland Institute.
The Convention accept Breckinridge
and Lane as candidates of the Democracy
of Missouri.
Sx. Louis, Sept. 20.—A special dispatch
to the Republican says: At the Breckin
ridge State Convention at Jefferson City,
to-day, 58 counties were represented.—
Col. John W. Hancock, of Green county,
presided. Nothing of importance was
done to-day, and the Convention ad
journed till seven o’clock this evening.
Hartford, Sept. 18.—In the Circuit
Court of the United States here to-day,
before Judges Nelson and Shipman, in
the case of the Bank of Newark vs.
Adams Express Company, the jury fouud
a verdict for the defendants. The action
was to recover $2,971 sent by Bank to
the Express, on the discount of a forged
note sent to the Bank through the Ex
press. The Court held that the Express
Company is not an insurer or guarantee
of the genuineness of paper sent through
it, and has the right to deliver the avails
of a note to the party from whom it re
ceives the note, even through the Bank
sending the avails supposes it is sending
them to someone else.
Philadelphia, Sept. 18.—A proposi
tion was made by R. J. Haldeman on
behalf of the Douglas party, and 11. M.
Fuller on behalf of the Bell party, to W.
H.'Welsh, of the Breckinridge party, that
a joint electoral ticket be formed on the
following basis: Twelve men for the
Reading ticket now on both the Douglas
and Breckinridge tickets; ten Bell and
Everett men and five additional from the
Reading ticket; said electors to be agreed
upon by two of the three contracting par
ties. This proposition was declined by
the Breckinridgers.
The Bell and Everett and Douglas State
Committees will meet at Harrisburg on
the 27th inst.
Items of news from the Macon Tele
graph, of the 24th:
A difficulty occurred in this city on
Saturday evening last between two pain
ters, Cannon and Whiteby, in which the
former received several wounds from a
knife in the hands of the latter. Whiteby
was arrested and confined in the Guard
House.
A freight train on the S. W. R. R. was
thrown off the track on Friday night last
below Macon by a piece of timber falling
off one of the cars composing one of the
train, and six of the cars badly smashed
up. We are glad to learn there was no
person hurt.
A German residing on Cotton Avenue
in this city was robbed on Saturday eve
ning last, of a trunk containing SSOO in
money, together with several other arti
cles.
Col. Crozler on Lincoln’s Election.
Col. Crozier, of Knoxville, Tenn., uses
the following language in a speech lately
delivered, on the election of Lincoln to
the Presidency :
“It has been asked, What would Breck
inridge men do in case of the election of
Lincoln? He did not know what others
might advise or propose to do in such a
contingency— fyr himself he never would
submit — never — never — never. From the
hour in which Lincoln was inaugurated, he
was proud to be a rebel —he would mount the
scaffold in such a cause. He would con
sider Lincoln a perjured traitor when he
took the oath to support the Constitution.
It had been said that the South would
wait for some overt act of aggression.—
He would pursue no such policy. Tyranny
advanced with slow and cautious ap
proaches. He would not wait till bound
hand and foot. He would meet it on the
threshhold.
Cov. McDonald,
Mr. McKinley, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Executive Committee pub
lishes the follewing card, of the 14tb, in
the Federal Union :
To prevemt error, and in absence of the
Democratic Executive State Committee,
the Chairman begs leave to say the cards
in regard to the series of District meet
ings, convey a misapprehension of Gov.
McDonald’s authority for promising his
appearance as speaker. The State of his
health, though improved, yet forbids him
to promise, or us to hope for such a
pleasure.
♦
Items of news from the Rome Courier,
of the 25th inst.:
Her Sufferings are Ended. —Miss
Martha Slack, of Augusta, who was so
severely burned at Cave Spring several
weeks since, died at that place on Satur
day.
Early Frost. —There was a slight
frost here on last Saturday morniDg, but
not sufficient to do any damage. For the
past week the weather here has been de
lightful.
Chattanooga Markets.
Hams were selling in Chattanooga on
the 22d at 13 cents ; Shoulders 12$ ;
Sides 14$ to 14$ ; Lard 14 to 15 ; Flour
$8 to $8 50; Com 90cts.; Wheat $1 50.
Expedition of Twenty Thousand
Men for Mexico.
We learn from the New Orleans Picay
une that letters of the highest authority
were received in that city, by the Ca
hawba, from Havana, which leave no
I room to doubt that something serious is
I pending between Spain and Mexico.—
They assert positively, indeed, that an
expedition of not less than 20,000 men is
actually being fitted out in that city for
Vera Cruz. And of this no secret is
made. Even the troops comprising the
expedition, their regiments and compa
nies, are mentioned. They are for the
most part the acclimated troops of the
island. Their places will be filled by re
cruits at home and reinforcements from
tbe Peninsula, the vanguard of which
were daily expected.
The Picayune thinks that the object of
the expedition is the extension of a pro
tectorate over, or the final acquisition of
the country, which is especially fore
shadowed by the late recognition by the
Spanish Minister of the Miramon gov
ernment with which no other nation
holds diplomatic relations.
Spain already has thirty six vessels of
war in the Gulf and others are on the
way.
Walker’* Last Expedition.
Soon after the 15th of June, Walker’s
expedition was organized at Ruatan Is
land, as follows: Gen. Wm. Walker,
General-in Chief; Col. A. F. Rudler,
Colonel commanding; Major John V.
Hooff, acting Captain of Company A;
Major Thomaß Dolan, acting Captain of
Company B ; Capt. J. S. West, Chief of
Commissary Department; Capt. Small,
Chief of Ordinance Department; Lieut.
John Ryan, Chief of Quartermaster’s,
Department; Noah J. Parsons, First
Lieutenant Company A. The sub offi
cers and rank in file numbered in all some
hundred men, from all parts of the Un
ion-
Tiie Cotton Crop.
It is ascertained says the Baltimore
Clipper, that the crop of Cotton of the
South, for the year ending August 31st,
was 4,650,000 bales—being 800,000 bales
over the crop of last year, and 1,536,000
bales over the crop of year before last.—
It is the largest crop ever grown. Esti
mating it at SSO per bale, its value would
be $232,500,000!
Os this amount, not less than $75,000,-
000 will be paid to the farmers of the
Northwest for Corn, Flour and Provis
ions.
Fatal Accident.
A patty of children, chinquepin hunt
ing, near Oxford, North Carolina, last
Friday, says the Charlotte Bulletin, were
driven home by a storm, and one of them,
a little boy three yoars old, of Daniel
Shearin, was left in the woods. On Sat
urday nearly 200 persons turned out in
search, and on Sunday a religious meet
ing adjourned to join in the humane
work, making the number nearly 500.
The little footsteps of the lost one were
discovered near a creek, and its body was
found in tbe water a short distance be
low.
Fire.
A fire broke out about ten o’clock this
morning, says the Pensacola Tribune, of
the 22d, in the dwelling house of Mr.
George Brainard, in the northern part of
the city, which destroyed the building in
half an hour, the wind blowing quite
brisk at the time. The origin of the fire
was accidental—supposed to be a spark
from the chimney. Most of the furniture
was saved.
♦- ——
Great Receipt* of Grain at Chicago.
The Times and Herald of September
6th, says that the receipts of the day
before were 2296 barrels of Flour and
293,313 bushels of Grain, 193,394 bushels
of which were Wheat. This is undoubted
ly the largest amount of Wheat ever re
ceived in a single day. The shipments
were 312,393 bushels of Grain, of which
252,393 bushels were Wheat.
*
Desperate Affray In Lebanon.
We heard a report, says the Nashville
Union, that a desperate affray occurred
between John New and James Camp at
Lebanon on Thursday last, during which
the latter was shot and seriously wound
ed, though it is supposed not fatally. A
number of gentlemen interfered to sepa
rate them, and Wm. Faulkner was shot
and dangerously wounded.
Large Rattlesnake.
Killed, near this place, says the Abbe
ville (Ala.) United South, & few days
since, by David Melvin, a rattlesnake,
measuring six feet nine inches in length,
and 11J inches in circumference having
13 rattles. We would think from his ap
pearance he must have been one of the
first settlers.
Gin-House Burnt.
We are pained to learn says the Fort
Valley Century, that on Tuesday night of
the 18th inst., the Gin-house belong to
Mrs. A. J Ilollinshead of Macon county,
about 12 miles below this place was con
sumed, with about 20 bales of cotton. —
Supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
Death at a Card Table.
Wednesday night, Michael Welch, at
Glenn’s boarding house, on Poplar Street,
between Main and Front Row, says the
Memphis Avalanche, sat down at a table
to play cards with a party. While play
ing, he was seen suddenly to fall forward
on his face, and in a few moments ex
pired.
Drowning.
We understand says the Cahaba Slave
holder, of the 22d, that Dr. W W. Raney
of that county in attempting to cross Bear
Creek, on Saturday evening last was
drowned. It seems that the creek was
much swollen, and on his attempting to
cross missed the ford and himself and
horse were washed down by the current,
and both drowned.
Negro “Wide-Awake*.”
* A negro “Wide-Awake” Club was
formed in Boston on Wednesday last. The
Bee (Rep.) says it “will doubtless do effi
cient service for the Republicans during
the campaign.”
And we suppose they will be incorpo
rated among their white brethren (?) for
the purpose of subjugating the refractory
and rebellions South, should Lincoln’s
election or administration be resisted.
Few people have an idea of the extent
of tbe silk manufacture in this country.
There are now about thirty-six mills,
employing from 8000 to 10,000 hands,
three-fourths children, at trifling wages.
The entire value is estimated at three
millions of dollars. The annual produc
tion of silk goods in the United SUtee
amounts to about $2,000,000.
{NUMBER 24.
Kendall on SiluepHaUlng—lmmense
Profit.
G. W. JKendall writing to the New Or
leans Picayune from Texas, speaking of
those who have emigrated to that State
for the purpose of stock raising and failed
in their extravagant calculations by rea
son of their own fault, says “if they will
come to our State with the settled deter
mination of watching close, working
hard, and having a little patience, they
can reap a rich harvest iu the way of
profits by stock raising, the business 1
came here expressly to follow. As re
gards my success at sheep-raising, I can
say that, for the last four years, ending
in May, 1860, I have realized a clear
profit of 75 per cent, per annum on the
amount invested, and my prospects for
the ensuing year are equally flattering,
as my flocks never were in better condi
tion at this season.
Vhe Calamity at New Orleans.
We learn from the New Orleans papers,
that the fire and loss of life in that city
of Friday night, the 21st, has cast a
gloom over the entire community. Four
teen dead bodies or more have been re
covered from the ruins of the burned
buildings and fallen walls, and were bu
ried Sunday with solemn and appropriate
honors. A Coroner’s Jury was impanel
ed, but no verdict was rendered, it be
ing the purpose of the Coroner to inves
tigate the architecture of the building
whose fall killed and wounded so many.
It is the public opinion that the building
was a mere shell, not at all fit for a ware
house in the heavy business part of the
city.
We learn from the Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Gazette that a shocking murder was com
mitted iu that county on Saturday night,
the loth inst. On the night of the oc
currence, an individual by the name ol
Bromlow, who resides or did reside within
about two miles of Ringgold, Catoosa
county, Georgia, entered the house of
his father in-law, Mr. John Gray, who is
said to be an inoffensive man, and after
using some abusive language drew a
knife and killed Gray immediately. A
daughter of Mr. Gray also, in endeav
oring to protect her father, was attacked
by Bromlow, who made a lick at her
throat, which she received in her wrist,
the knife penetrating through the arm.
Bromlow made his escape to Georgia.
Tlte Cotton Planters Fair-North
ern Goods.
Mr. John H. Tysoe, of Macon, being
engaged in the sale of Sewing macheins,
Northern manufactured goods, addressed
the Hon. Howell Cobb President of the
Cotton Planter’s Convention to ascertain
on what terms he would be permitted to
compete for a premium at the Fair in
December.
In reply Mr. Cobb stated that the Fair
must not be considered as open to any
article, or invention, where the manufac
turer or inventor, resides in a Northern
State, in order that the consistency of
the future action of the Convention may
be preserved.
*
Senator Seward In Minnesota.
A dispatch from St. Paul, the 18th
says : Senator Seward spoke here to day
at great length. He said he looked to
the acquisition of British America, Rus
sian America and Spanish America, and
prophesied that the time jwould come
when New York would cease to be the
Empire State, and Pennsylvania cease to
be the Keystone State, as Virginia bad
already ceased to be the Old Dominion.
The New Dominion, the Empire State and
Keystone State would be hereafter in the
Mississippi valley.
Messrs. Yancey and Rives.
As we go to press to-day (Thursday,)
says the Abingdon Virginian, the sovere
ings are coming in to hear Messrs. W. L.
Yancey and Timothy Rives, the one for
Breckinridge and the other for Douglas.
Mr. Yancey is here, but up to the time
of going to press the eastern train had
not arrived with Mr. Rives. We presume
it will be here in time. Mr. Yancey is
an eminent man and an excellent speak
er, also Mr. Rives. “When Greek meets
Greek, then comes the tug of war.”
The Great Eastern Coming Again.
Hon. A. Dudley Mann publishes a let
ter in the Richmond Enquirer, in which
he states that he has the assurance of the
Directors of the Great Eastern, who came
out to this country on her recent voyage,
that she will trade regularly to the wa
ters of the Chesapeake, if shecanbe guar
anteed the requisite quantity of outward
bound freight to complete her cargo, and
that she can make eight voyages a year.
Gov. Johnson In Pennsylvania.
A dispatch from Williamsport, Pa., the
19th says:
Gov. Herschel V. Johnson arrived here
this afternoon, and was welcomed by a
large concouase of citizens, accompanied
by a fine brass band. Mr. Johnson spoke
to a large audience this evening, in Doe
blea’s Hall. Richard Vaux also addressed
the meeting.
Trial of James H. Shurllng.
For four days the Superior Court of
Washington county, says the Sandersville
Georgian, was engaged in trying the case
of James H. Shurling, charged with the
offence of murder. On Thursday night,
about 9$ o’clock, the case was submitted
to the jury, who, after retiring a few
minutes, returned with a verdict cf “Not
Guilty.”
The Princely furore is rapidly increas
ing in New York, and tickets for the con
templated ball, which were sold a day or
two ago for the small sum of $25, now
readily command S2OO to S3OO, and are
scarcely obtainable at that.
So states a New Y’ork correspondent of
the Baltimore Clipper.
The state of religion in this place, says
the Union Springs Journal, has been
quite encouraging for several weeks,
daily meetings having been held, without
interruption and with no material abate
ment of interest for about six weeks.
During this time accessions have been
made to each of the churches.
Ell Thayer Defeated.
A dispatch from Boston states that G.
F. Bailey, of Fitchburg was nominated
for Congress, on the 19th inst., by the
Black Republican Convention of the 9th
Dtstrict, in place of Eli Thayer, thß pres
ent incumbent.
The Charleston Mercury announces the
death of Mr. Wm. Calder, on Saturday
last, in that city. He was a native of
Paisley, Scotland,.but for the last forty
eight years was extensively eagaged in
the dry goods trade in Charleston.
Safety of ‘Walker and Rudler.
Gen. Walker’sdestiuyis not yet accom
plished, if we may credit the dispatch in
our telegraphic column, which gives the
pleasing intelligence and nssurauce of tb
safety of himself aud Col. Rudler, and
their early return to the United States.
By a dispatch from New York, the 24th,
we learn that twenty eight of the pri
vates have returned. Walker and his
second in command will have an interest
ing time in rending the numerous obitua
ry newspaper articles eulogistic and
otherwise, which have been written on
his reported sad fate. But of none that
we have seen will he have reason to be
much ashamed. The manner in which
has been interfered with by the English
in Central America is beginning to create
a considerable reaction in bis favor in
the United States, and particularly, the
South; and it will not occasion surprise
if he returns to Central America at an
early day, backed by a larger force than
ever, and the strong sympathy of the
people of the South.
*
DeatU of a Brilliant Young Man.
We have just learned with deep regret,
says the Atlanta Locomotive, that Wil
liam Arnold Sparks, Esq., of Valley
Plains, Harris county, committed suicide
a few days since by jumping from a win
dow. Mr. Sparks was a high minded,
intelligent gentleman, who enjoyed the
confidence of all who knew him. He was
considered one of the most talented young
men that Harris county has ever pro
duced. He was one of our particular
friends whose early demise we shall long
regret. May the beatiful oaks of Valley
Plains wave a tuneful requiem over the
grave of this brilliant neophyte of the
muses.
Gin House Burnt.
We regret to learn, says the Camden
(Ala.) Register, of the 22d, that the gin
house of Sterling Brown, Sr., near this
place, was burnt on Friday night. There
were about thirty bales of cotton in the
bouse and lint room, which of course
were entirely consumed. It is quite un
accountable how the fire originated.—
We learn from Mr. Brown, (hat the over
seer and hands had just got through
weighing and putting away the days pick
ing, and had not got a hundred yards
from the gin house when they discover
ed the fire. He also states that the lan
tern had not been carried into the house
that night.
Mobile and Great Northern Rail
road.
The Mobile Advertiser says that two
cargoes of iron for this road are by this
time on the way, one for that port, the
other for Pensacola, and seven locomo
tives have been purchased for the use of
the road. The prospects for the early
completion of the portion east of the
Tensaw are very favorable, the only de
lay that can occur being on the first di
vision beyond the river. If the comple
tion of the grading there—which is the
heaviest on the road—is not delayed for
want of hands, we are assured that the
cars will run through by July.
We learn from tho Mobile Register, of
the 25th, that Capt. Thos. Cummings,
the late popular commander of the stea
mer Cherokee, died of consuption on the
12th inst. Capt. C. had for some time
been in ill health, and his decease waß not
unexpected by his large circle of relatives
and friends, of whom no commander of a
boat on our waters had a greater number
or more devoted. Peace to his ashes.
.
Montgomery Confederation—Half
Interest for Sale.
In the last issue of the Montgomery
Confederation Col. J. J.-Seibels announ
ces his intention ta retire from the press
at the close of the pending Presidential
campaign, and therefore offers a half in
terest in the establishment for sale. It is
represented to have a large circulation
and an advertising patronage that pays
handsomely. The proprietor, Col. Sei
bels will engage in more congenial pur
suits, never having intended to make a
permanent business of it.
Southern Commercial Convention.
This body adjourned at Vicksburg to
meet in Atlanta, in this State, on the 2d
Monday in November next. Ordinarily
the Southern Commercial Conventions are
of little importance comparatively, and so
far, have accomplished little practical
benefit. But in view of the probable re
sult of the Presidential election, it will
very likely have more serious matters to
engage its attention than passing un
meaning resolutions and listening to ver
bose speeches.
Donnybrook Fair.
The Dublin Freeman’s Journal says:
This annual gathering of infamy and
reckless depravity is dead—stone dead.
Yesterday, being the Sunday preceding
the 26th inst., was, or was to have been,
“ walking Sunday,” but the famed
“Brook” was deserted, and the “interes
ted individuals” look towards in vain for
the arrival of their dupes and fools, from
the city.
More Cotton.
The cars on Saturday evening last
says the Pensacola Tribune, of the 24th,
brought in several bales more of cotton
from Conecuh County, sent by J. D.
Cary. These arrivals from time to time,
although small in number, when the road
is yet unfinished, show which way the
wind blows, and is an indication of a
bright future.
Death of Maj. Taylor.
The Montgomery Confederation an
nounces the death of Major A. C. Taylor,
of Autauga county, Alabama, who died
at his residsnee on last Monday, in the
44th year of his age. He was the repre
sentative isl the last Legislature from
Autauga county, and won the confidence
and admiration of his whole constituency.
His death has cast a feeling of gloom over
the whole county.
Vigilance Committee.
From a communication to the Char
lotte (N. C.) Bulletin, we learn that the
citizens of Mecklenburg, residing in the
neighborhood of Pineville, have formed
themselves into a Vigilance Committee
for the purpose of protecting the com
munity against lawlessness and evil
doers.
Friday evening about dark an unknown
man went to the lower wharf boat at
Memphis, and, at a moment when he
evidently imagined himself unobserved,
jumped over-board. A little boy whohad
witnessed the unfortunate man’s move
ments, threw out a rope toward him, but
the other, seemingly bent on self destruc
tion, made no effort to reach it and glided
beneath the waves.
The late Judge Pease, of the Supreme
Court of Ohio, was a noted wag. A
young lawyer was ODce making his first
effort before him, and had thrown him
self on the wings of imagination, into the
seventh heaven, and was preparing
for a higher ascent, when the Judge
struck his ruler on the desk two or three
times, and exclaimed to the astonished
orator; Hold on, hold on, my dear sir 1
Don’t go any higher, for you are already
out of the jurisdiction of this court.”