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ip For iron and steel for shop, during the pleasure j
* of the President, stipulated m the fourth article of ] c
the treaty of the twenty-eighth of February, eigh- J r
teen hundred and thirty-ono, two hundred and I e
twenty dollars; f
For pay of miller, during the pleasure of the c
President, stipulated in the fourth article of the
treaty of the twenty-eighth of February, eigh- j
teen hundred and thirty-one, six hundred dollars. ,
STOCKBRIDGES. J
For the removal of the Stockbridge Indians to «,
the country west of the Mississippi river, which
has been selected for and approved by them, and t
lor subsistence for one year, stipulated in the (
eighth article of the treaty ot twenty-lourth No
vember, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, seven j
thousand dollars. ,
UMPQUAS, (COW-CREEK BAND.)
For the first of twenty instalments in blan
kets, clothing, provisions, and stock, stipulated '
in the third article of the treaty of the nineteenth \
of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, (
five hundred and fifty dollars;
For the purchase of blankets, clothing, and \
goods, stipulated in the first clause of the third
article of the treaty of nineteenth September,
eighteen hundred and fifty-three, one thousand
doliara;
For the erection of two dwelling-houses, ,
ploughing and fencing a field, and purchaaing (
aeeds, stipulated in the fourth article of the trea
ty of the nineteenth September, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-three, one thousand doliara.
17TAHS.
For fulfilling treaty stipulations with the
Utah*, pursuant to the requirements of the eighth
article of the treaty of December thirtieth, eigh
teen hundred and forty-nine, five thousand dol
lari.
WTANDOTS.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the third
article ot the treaty of the seveenth of March,
eighteen hundred and forty-two, seventeen thou
sand five hundred dollars;
For permanent provision for blacksmith and
assistant, stipulated in the eighth article of the
treaty of the seventeenth of March, eighteen
hundred and forty-two, eight hundred and forty
dollars ;
For permanent provision for iron and steel for
shop, stipulated in the eighth article of the trea
| ty of the seventeenth of March, eighteen hun
dred and lorty-two, two hundred and seventy
dollars;
For permanent provision for education, stipu
lated in the fourth article of the treaty of the
seventeenth of March, eighteen hundred and for
ty-two, five hundred dollars.
WEAS.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fifth
article of the treaty of the second of October,
eighteen hundred and eighteen, three thousand
dollars.
WINNEBAGOES.
For twenty-sixth of thirty instahneptg.as an
nuity, stipulated in the second article of the trea
ty of the first of August, eighteen hundred and
twenty-nine, eighteen thousand dollars;
Fcr twenty-third of twenty-seven instalments
as annuity, stipulated in the third article of the
treaty of the fifteenth of September, eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, ten thousand dollars;
For twenty-sixth of thirty instalments, for the
purchase of fifty barrels of salt, stipulated in the
second article of the treaty of the first of August,
eighteen hundred and twenty-nine,two hundred
and fifty dollars;
For twenty-sixth of thirty instalments, forthe
purchase of three thousand pounds of tobacco,
stipulated in the second article of the treaty of
the first of August, eighteen hundred and twen
ty-nine. six hundred dollars ;
For twenty-third of twenty-seven instalments,
forthe purchase one thousand five hundred pounds
of tobacco, stipulated in the fifth article of the
treaty of the fifteenth of September, eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, three hundred dollars ;
For twenty-sixth of thirty instalments for
three blacksmiths and assistants, stipulated in
the third article of the tieaty of the first of Au
gust, eighteen hundred and twonty-nine, two
thousand one hundred and sixty dollars ;
Wot twenty-sixth ot thiity instalments for iron
and steel for shop, stipulated in the thinLaiticle
ot the treaty ol the first of August, eighteen hun
-1 dred and twenty-nine, six hundred and sixty dol
lars ;
For twenty-sixth of thirty instalments for la
borers and oxen, stipulated in the third article of
tbs treaty of the first of August, eighteen hun
dred and twenty-nine, three hundred and sixty
;
For twenty-third of twenty-seven instalments
for education, stipulated in the fourth article of
the treaty of the fifteenth of September, eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, three thousand dollars ;
For twenty-taiid ol tweuty-seven instalments
for six agriculturists, purchase of oxen, ploughs,
and other implements, stipulated in the fifth ar
ticle of the treaty of the fifteenth of September,
eighteen huodrad and thirty-two, two thousand
f-. . dol la rs
" Tor twenty-third of twenty-seven instal
ments for pay of two physicians, stipulated in the
fifth article of the treaty of the fifteenth of Sep
tember, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, four
hundred dollars ;
For interest on one million one hundred thou
sand dollars, at five per ceutum, stipulated in the
fourth article of the treaty of the first of Novem
ber, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, fifty-five
thousand dollars;
|lFor interest on eighty-live thousand dollars, at
five per ceutum, stipulated in the fourth article
of jhgjreaty Q t the thirteenth of October, eigh
teen and forty-six, four thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars;
For the gxpeuse of negotiating treaties with,
_*jy*if!£*-l|§{j'resentß of goods and provisions to,
tr *hes in the Territory of Oregon,
Ihght thousand dollars;
expenses of negotiating treaties with,
*c.tru making presents of goods and provisions to,
Indian trtbes in the Teiritory of Washington,
forty five thousand dollars ;
For the expenses of negotiating treaties with,
and making presents of goods and provisions to,
the Indian 1 tribes in the Territory of Utah, forty
five thousand dollars;
JpFor the expenses of negotiating treaties with,
and making presents of goods and provisions to,
the Apache, Navajoe, and Utah Indians, in the
Territory of New Mexico, thirty thousand dol
lars;
For the expenses of holding a council with,
and making presents of goods and provisions to,
the Blackleet, Gros Ventres, and other wild
tribes of Indians, immediately within or adjacent
to the eastern boundary of Washington Terrfto
ry, eighty thousand dollars :
To pay Andrew Taylor for his reservation of
six bandied and forty acres of land at Citico-Old
town, on the waters of the Tennessee river, four
teen thousand seven hundred and twenty dol
lars, with interest from the twenty-third day
of August, eighteen hundred and forty-three;
For the expenses of making presents of agri
cultural implements and farming utensils to the
bands of Pueblo Indians in the Territory of New
Mexico, ten thousand dollars Provided, That
the Secre ary of the Interior may, if in hi* dis
cretion the public interests require it, be author
ized to use any part of the appropriations herein
made for making treaties in Oregon, Washington,
Utah, and New Mexico, and for holding councils
at Fort Benton, prior to the commencement of
the next fiscal year;
For adjusting difficulties and preventing out
breaks among the Indians in Oregon Territory
■Sfl ten thousand dollars ;
For genera! incidental expense* of the Indian
service in Oregon Territory, ten thousand dol
lars ;*
t For expenses of insurance and transportation
annuities payable to Indian tribes, in the Ter
ritory ot Oregon, three thousand dollars ;
For general incidental expenses of the Indian
£ service in Washington Territory, fifteen thousand
f i dollars;
For general incidental expenses of the Indian
*, aeivice in theTerritoiy of New Mexico, twenty
five thousand dollars;
For general incidental expenses of the Indian
seivice in the Territory of Utah, twenty thou
sand dollars;
For general incidental expense* of the Indian
service in the Territory of Utah during the year
i ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fi;ty
(four, ten thousand dollars ;
if For general incidental expense* o! the Indian
T J service in Washington Territory, for six months,
Reading June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty
,four, five thousand dollars;
jstf* For payment ol balance due for transportation
!>* . o f presents, goods, and provisions, to the Caman
£hes, Kioways, and other Indians on the Arkan
sas river, one thousand two hundred dollars; \
To pay for certain goods borrowed by late
a»eat J. S. Watrous, to fulfil treaty stipulations
H with the Chippewas, to be replaced out of annu
ity goodsk but which, with the agency building,
wer* consumed by fire, in May, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-three, four thousand one hundred
i thirty-six dol lire «nd three cents;
Hi '
For payment in lull to the Winnebago nation
ot Indians of certain unexpended balances of ap
propriations under various treaties, on account
of annuities, education, provisions, goods, etc.,
forty thousand and four dollars and sixty-nine
cents; J
For payment of balance found due the Creek
Indians lor losses sustained during the war with
Great Britain, by that portion of the tribe who
were friendly to and co-operated with the United
States, in addition to the appropriation of the
thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty
two, two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ten
cents;
For payment to certain Creek Indians for their
individual reserves, sold with the appiobation of
the Secretary of War, in the year eighteen hun
dred and forty-one, the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs having received the consideration for the
use of said Indians in certificates of deposite on
the Planters and Mechanics’ Bank of Columbus
Georgia, which failing while said certificates
were in the hands of the Commissioner, became
lost to said Indians, two thousand six hundred
dollars.
TEXAS INDIANS.
For compensation to three special agents and
sour interpreters for the Indian tribes of Texas,
and for the purchase of presents, fifteen thousand
dollars;
) For the expenses of making the necessary se
lections and surveys of land to accommodate the
Indians residing within the State of Texas,
agreeably to arrangements authorized by an act
ot the legislature of that State, allowing the re
quisite jurisdiction of the government ot the
United States tor such purposes, and for concen
trating and subsisting them, and furnishing suita
ble 6tock cattle, agricultural implements, seeds,
and other necessary articles incident thereto,
eighty-six thousand four hundred and thirty dol
lars.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For the second and third ot ten instalments of
provisions and merchandise, in addition to for
mer appropriations, for payment of annuities and
transportation of same to certain tribes of In
dians, per seventh article of the treaty of Fort
Laramie, of seventeenth of September, eighteen
hundred and fifty-one, twenty-four thousand dol
lars :
For the fourth of ten instalments in provisions
and merchandise for payment ot annuities aud
transportation of the same to certain tribes of
Indians, per seventh article of the treaty at Fort
Laramie, of seventeenth of September, eighteen
hunered and fifty-one, seventy-two tbousaud
dollars ;
For surveying and marking boundary lines of
such tract or tracts of Jand as may be provided
under the stipulations of the amendments of the
Senate to the treaties of twenty-third July and
fifth August, eighteen hundred and fifty-one,
with the Sioux Indians, one thousand two hun
dred dollars;
For expenses of negotiating treaties of the
tenth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty
three, with the Rogue River Indians, and of the
nineteenth of September, eighteen hundred and
fifty-three, with the Cow Creek band of Ump
qua Indians, five thousand dollars;
hor continuing the collection and for publish
ing the statistics and other information authoriz
ed by the act of third of March, eighteen hun
died and torty seven, and subsequent acts, twen
ty thousand nine hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no
existing provisions of law, prescribing the man
ner in which payment shall be made to Indians,
shall be so construed as to repeal or contravene,
; the seventeenth section of an act entitled “An
act to regulate trade and intercourse with the
Indian tribes, and to preserve pa ce on the fron
tiers,” approved Jnne thirtieth, eighteen hnn
dred and thirty-four,or to prohibit the payment
of any claim or claims (other than those of agents
or attorneys for claims) for bona fide services ren
dered within or upon any Indian territory to any
Indian tribe, for medical or manual services, or
in case ot humanity' where the President may
adjudge such seivice necessary and the claim or
claims thereof just and reasonable.
I For defraying the expenses of continuing the
removal and subsistence of Indiausin California,
three military reservations, in accoidance with
the plan submitted by the superintendent of In
dian affairs of that State, and approved by the
President, the sum of two hundred thousand dol
lars: Provided , That, hereafter, no more than
twenty thousand dollars shall be drawn by the
superintendent, or be in his hands unexpended at
one and the same time: And provided, The sub
agents created by this act shall be approinted by
the superintendent, subject to confirmation by the
Secretary of the Interior not to exceed one lor
each reservation, nor three in all, said reserva
tions to contain not less than five nor more than
ten thousand acres; and the said superintendent
is authorized to apply, out of the sum hereby ap
propriated, not exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars, in the extinguishment of conflicting titles
and rights to said reserved lands at a price not
exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre, for a valid and indefeasible title to the land
so purchased: And provided , T)ie State of Cali
fornia shall cede the necessary jurisdiction in such
cases with regard to the land so purchased;
For general incidental expenses of the Indian
service in California, embracing expenses ot tra
vel of the superintendent and agent, etc., twenty
five thousand dollars;
For payment to David Carter, as an emigrant,
of the amount of his improvements, valued under
the treaty with the Cherokees, in eighteen hun
dred and twenty-eight, in pursuance of the sixth
article thereof, two thousand eight hundred and
twenty-six dollars and fifty cents;
For pay ment to A. V. Brown and others,
Chickasaw traders, for ransom of George W. and
Meredith Wilson from toe Comanche Indians,
and to reward the services of persons engaged in
that service, oue thousand dollars ,
To enable the Piesid-nt to negotiatiate a trea
; ty with the Indians in Michigan, and to change
the terms of existing treaties, ten thousand dol
lars:
For a clerk to the superintendent of Indian af
fairs in the Territory of Washington, eighteen
hundred dollars; and for a clerk to the superin
tendent of Indian affairs in the Territory of
New Mexico, one thousand dollars ; to be allow
ed in the discretion of the Secretary of the Inte
rior.
Sxc. 4. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby au
thorized, it, in his judgment, the public interest
will be promoted thereby, to cause to be disburs
! ed such of the moneys appropriated in this act
lor the Utah Indians, either under treaty stipula
tions, or lor general incidental expenses, by the
Indian agent in that Territory, as he may think
proper: Pmvided, That said agent shall under
no circumstances, receive any additional compen
sation therefor.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
President be, and he is hereby authorized and
required to cause to be fulfilled the stipulations
of the ninth and tenth articles of the treaty with
the Sacs and Foxes, and other tribes of Indians,
concludad on the fifteenth of July, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty, by causing said reserv
ed tracts to be surveyed and allotted to the per
sons properly entitled to the same, in fee simple,
in such manner and under such rules and regula
tions as he may prescribe; end to defray the ex
penses ot the same, there be, and is hereby ap
propriated the sum of ten thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-nine
cents.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States be, and he is
hereby authorized, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to appoint two Indian
agents for the Indians east of the Rocky Moun
tains, in addition to the eleven provided for by
the fourth section of the act entitled “ An act
making appropriations for the current and con
tingent expenses of the Indian department,” etc.,
approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen
hundred and fifty-one; one Indian agent lor the
Indiana in the Territory of New Mexico, in ad
dition to the four provided for by the fifth section
of the same act; and such number of Indian
agents, not exceeding three, as he may deem ex
pedient for the Indian tribes in the Territory of
Washington.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
agents appointed under the provisions of the
sixth section of this act, shall, before entering
upon the duties of their respective offices, give
bond in such penalties, and with such conditions
and such security, as the President or Secretary
of the Interior may require. They shall hold
their offices, lor the term of four
years, and shaii receive an annual salary of orie
thousand five hunared dollars each.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That to
such Cherokees as were omitted in the census
taken by D. W. Siler, but who were included
and paid ueder the act of July, eighteen hundred
and forty-eight, the Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs be authorized to pay them the same per
•apita allowance that was paid the other Indians j
under that distribution, provided the commission- j
er shall be satisfied that they ought to be inclu- i
ded in said per capita distribution, and that the
sum of five thousand dollars be appropriated for
that purpose.
6*. 10 And be it further enacted, That to
enable the Secretary of the Interior to settle and
pay the award of commissioners on file for reser
vations, pre-emptions, and for rents and improve
ments under the twelfth, thirteenth, and six
teenth articles of the Cbreokee treaty, of twen
ty-ninth December, eighteen hundred and thirty
five, in pursuance of the stipulations of the third
article ot the treaty ot August eighth, eighteen
hundied aud forty-six, the sum heretofore appria
ted for those purposes and carried to the surplus
fund, is hereby re-appropriated.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Interior be authorized and re
quired to investigate the claim of t e Brotherton
tribe of Indians against the United States, and
report the facts to Congress at its next session, or
earlier if practicable, together with an estimate
for such amount as may be found justly due the
said Indians.
Approved July 31, 1854.
I From the N. 0. Pic. 1
Later from Texas. —The steamer Nautilus
Capt. Brown, which arrived yesterday from Bra
zos Santiago, via Galveston, as announced in our
last evening’s edition, brought nur usual supply
of Texas papers. We again have occasion to
regret the necessity of noticing the deplorable
state of’things which the Austin State Gazette,
of the sth iust, alludes to in the following para
graph.
We are pained to record this week so many
instances of outrage an 1 murder. It seems that
the amount of crime of this character is tright
fully on the increase, and week after week we
are called upon on to chronicle fresh cases, with
all the appalling circumstances that attend the
taking of life. It is time lor vigorous efforts on
the part of temperance men to do their share
towards the suppression of the growing evil.
The editors add to this an appeal to the peo
ple of Texas to vote for the law regarding the
sale of spirituous liquors,
The election at which this question was sub
mitted to the people, took place on rhe 7th inst.
Our only accounts of it by this mail are from
the Galveston papers and from them it seems
that the no-license carried the day. The suc
cessful ticket was that supported by the Know
Nothings. The Galveston Times of the 10th
has the following in relation to this election :
The election has resulted in the choice of a
large majority of the candidates selected and run
by the Know Nothing party. The most grati
fying result to the lover of good order and good
morals, is that of the vote upon the license ques
tion. We are proud of the fact that the law
prohibiting the sale of spiritous liquors in less
quantities than one quart, has been signally
sustained by the people ot Galveston county.
The Galveston News of the Bth, says:
We are pleased to be able to state that the
prospects of the cotton crop is still very flatter
jug. We hear of no material damage from any
cause, and the apprehension Irom the worm
seems to have subsided.
The same paper of the 11th inst., says :
The health of the interior still appears to be
good, notwithstanding the unusual heat of the
summer.
The Texas State Gazette, city of Austin, of
the sth inst, announces the reauit of the bidding
for the construction of the Pacific Railroad. It
was awarded to Messrs. R. J. Walker, T. But
ler King and their fifteen associates of Texas.
Ihe terms of the contract obligate the con
tractors to construct the Mississippi and Pacific
Railroad from a point on the eastern boundary
line of the State of Texas, not north of the town
of Fulton, in the State of Arkansas,to a suitable
point on the Rio Grande, at or near the town of
ElPasso; to across the rivers Trinity, Brazos
and Colorado as near the 3'2d degree north lati
tude as practicable; and this on the terms and
conditions, and for the consideration expressed
in the act of the Legislature ot the State of Tex
as, passed for that purpose and approved Decem
ber 21st, 1853. They agreee to commence the
work within thirty days after the execution of
the contract, in case it may be awared to them,
to furnish and place in running order fifty miles
of said road withing eighteen nr oaths from the
date of said contract, and to furnish and place
in like order one hundred miles of said road
each and every year thereafter until the whole
shall he completed, of the first class of railroads ;
and they are to deposit in the Treasury of the
State of Texas, par stocks to the amount of three
hundred thousand dollars, to be forfeited in case
fifty miles of the road shall not be completed
within eighteen months hvm the date of the
contract.
Scene in an Editors Sanctum.
[Enter a man out of breath, and in violent ex
citement.]
‘Are you the editor of this papet?’
‘Yes sir.’ i
‘Well sir, I want you to do me a favour.’
‘What is it sir?’
‘You know Mr. Hill, the schoemaker.’
‘Yes sir.’
‘Well he’s swindled me, sir, cheated me out
rageously.’
‘ln what way,’
‘Why, sir, I bought a pair of shoes there, and
asked them if they would exchange them if they
were to small. Well, sir, I only wore them
twice and found them too small, and carried
them back, and the rascal would’nt do it. He
don’t live up to his promises.’
‘Sorry for it, but don’t see how I can remedy
it.’
‘ I tell you sir, I want you to post him—to in
form the public of the way he cheats his custom
ers, and warn everybody that does’nt want to be
fleeced, to avoid his shop.’
‘ Couldn’t do it really. It would be a person
al attack of the most violent character, such as
we never allow ourselves to indulge in.’
‘ Why, sir, is’nt the press free. Do we live in
despotic Russia, or Republican America, sir? I
should like to know that.’
‘ The press is not tree to traduce private char
acter, or injure private credit.’
‘ Then is there no remedy for this outrageous
cheat V
‘ I am not sure that Hill is not quite right.—
You confess that you wore the shoes twice. Do
you expect he would be able to sell them after
that.’
■ Why, no, but I can’t wear them, they’re too
small.’
‘ Then you should have chosen a larger pair.’
‘ Then I am to understand that you won’t ac
cede to may reasonable request?’
‘ Couldn’t do it sir.’
‘ Then, sir, you may et once take my name
fiom your subocription list I will take an un
trameiled newspaper or 0006.*
‘ Certainly, sir, we’ll cross out your name, but
perhaps you’ll find it convenient to pay up the
two years, subscription which you owe— ’
‘ Why—ahem—l—l think on the whole, you
may keep my name on for the present.’
Exit visitor in a huny.
DoeniNo.—Traveling in a stage coach, Pro
fessor V—— got into an argument with a fellow
traveler about dueling, the necessity of which
the Professor strenuously denied. The other stu
diously maintained it, and asserted that there
were many cases which could be decided only by
a duel
“I deny that,” said the Professor.
“Poh !” exclaimed the other; “quite clear.—
Why, what else can you do? Here are you and
1 talking together, and we get into a warm ar
gument, and I ahould say to you ‘you lie!’ what
can you do then ? You must fight me—there’s
no other remedy.”
“I deny it,” replied the Professor with provo
king coolness.
“Well, but what can you do!”
“ Why” he again replied, 11 if you say to me
you lie,” I should say, ‘prove it.’ If you prove
it, I do lie ; but if you do not prove it, it’s you
that lie, and so there is an end of the matter.”
Founding it Fine. —Some one was sick at the
Exchange Hotel, a few days since, and Tilley di
rected one ol the Irish maids to go down and
get some ice and have it pounded fine , to cool
the sick man’s parched lips. “Be 6ure you
pound it fine,” he said, putting his finger on the
cut-glass tumber which the girl held in her hand.
Off she went. Half an hour afterwards, up came
Ellen with a small waiter full ct glittering par
ticles. “Be sure,” quoth she, “ that’s pounded
fine enough for any body!” And so it was.
She bad pulve-ized thegoWrt beautifully. “And
where the devil’s the ice*” exclaimed Tilley,
after discovering the girl’s mistake; “are you
going to let the gentleman parch to death while
you are pounding up tumblers?” “ Whist, Mis
ther Tilley; whilst I was hindthered pooudin’
the tumbler, I sent up a piece of ice as big as
yer head by one of the nagurs, and to till the
gintleman I’d be along wid the poonded glass
directly.^ — Montgomery Mail.
New Mexico.
It would seem that the times have been some
what stirring of late in New Mexico, by reason
of the war that is being carried on with the Ji
carilla Apaches.
In order to hasten the termination of the cam
paign, the Governor ot the Territory has called
into the field 400 militia; 200 in San Miguel,
and the same : umber in Rio Arriba county; one
brigade has already marched, and the balance is
getting under arms as fast as possible. These
troops are good, and will give a good account of
themselves, if they should meet the red skin c ,
but their appearance is described as rather amus
ing. In dress they are as various in color and
texture as was the coat of Joseph of old, and
their arms areas various as their uniforms; some
have guns and some are armed with bows and
arrows, while others have followed the example
of “ little David,” and have gone forth with
slings in their hands. It is very fortunate that
the archers and slingmen require no powder for
their engine* of war, because jnst now it is an
article more precious than gold dust, in this far
off region.
The whole force is mounted; some have two
horses, both of which, as a matter ot course, they
ride at the same time, which adds much to their
effectiveness.
Several Indians have been made prisoners and
are now in close confinement.
In the eastern part of the territory, the Che
yennes, Arapahoes, and the Kiowahs, have co »•
menced hostilities by killing several herders, and
running off a large number of cattle.— N. 0
Picayune, 15 th in»t.
Rev. J. P. Tustin.
We regret to learn that the above named gen
tleman has resigned hi 3 pastoral charge of-the
Second Biptist Church in this city. Mr. T. has
resided in Sa 1 annah for five years, and has en
joyed the respect and esteem of the citizens gen
erally, both as a Christian and a gentleman. He
is especially regarded as a devoted friend of the
educational cause. We know not what may be
the intention of the Trustees of the Chatham
Academy, but presume, from their advertisement,
that they rre in want of some suitable person to
take charge ot that Institution. Without, in the
slightest degiee, interfering with the claims of
others, or venturing to dictate to the trustees, we
beg leave to suggest that no more suitable and
competent person rould anywhere be found for
the station. As a ripe and accomplished scholar,
Mr. Tustin has few equals in this or any other
community, and his appointment would doubt
less result highly to the advantage ot the Insti
tution. We make the suggestion without his
knowledge, and do not know even whether he
would accept the appointment if tendered.— Sa
vannah Courier, 18 th inst.
Health Statistics of Columbus.— During '
the quar er ending 30th June, there were 52
deaths in Columbus, which is an average of 17|
a month. The following table is furnished
By the Sexton. His nomenclature is somewhat
indefinite.
Apoplexy 3; Cholera Morbus 2; Congestion
1; Consumption, 2 ; Cramp Cholic 1 ; Croup 1; !
Cnronic Disease 1; Diarrhoea 3 ; Dropsy 4 ; Dis- i
ease ot the Heart 2; Fever-Brains ; Fever-Bil
ious 4 ; Fever-Congestive 1 ; Fever-Typhoid 3,
Inflamation 1 ; Old Age 2; Still Born 1; Stric- j
ture 1; not reported 13.
These reports indicate |thia city as one of the
healthiest places on the globe. At the ratio
above given, the mortality of Columbus is only
a little over f2| per cent per annum. The pop
ulation of Columbus is 8,860 ; the deaths for
three months 52 ; or 208 per annum ; which is
a little over 2J per cent per annum. Especially
we are exempt from diseases of the bowels now
so fatal in every part of the country. Old age
seems to be quite as fata! as any other disease in
our highly favored community.-Co/ttmiM* Times ,
18 th inst.
Great Excitement in Alabama—Gold in
Tallapoosa. —The good people of Alabama are
laboring under a temporary frenzy, not dissimilar
from that whicji has drawn so many to the gold
mines of California.
Early in the spring, says a letter, a gentleman
of the name of Milnor, from Geo-gia, formed a
company for the purpose of tracing out the vein
of copper which is supposed to take its course
from Duck Town, Tennessee, through this re
gion ot country. Operations were at once com
menced; abundant surface indications, resembling
those ot Duck Town, were lound, and a shaft
sunk a short distance from Dudleyvilie, Ala.
The search for copper led to the discovery of
gold on a tract ot land lying on Tallapoosa river,
now belonging to Messrs.J Barr, Morgan and
King. All three of these gentlemen possess con
siderable experience in mining, and are sanguine
in the hope of realizing, in a -very short time, a
fortune for each out of their discovery. The vein
lies upon a small branch, which runs along from
the adjacent pine woods over a bed ot trap rock,
and empties into the river. From $2 to $5 per
diem are got out by each hand. Os course it
must pay much better than this when the pro
per arrangements have been made, and rain falls
so as to supply a sufficiency of water.
Another i ich desposit has been found on the
adjoining plantation of Mr. Wm. Rushin, which
will soon be worked. A panful of earth taken
from the river side, on Mr. R’s place, yielded
upwards of fifty particles.
A large number of hands will soon be employ
ed in this county getting out the metal, and bar
ren hills ot old Tallapoos will become the second
Ei Dorado.
Consul at Havana. —The New Orleans Del
ta says of Roger Barton, ot Mississippi, the new
ly appointed Consul at Havana :
“ We doubt if Mr. Barton will accept his ap
pointment. He is one ol the first men, if not
the very first man in Mississippi, and was the
opposing candidate to Colonel Davis, present
Secretary of War, when he was elected Senator
from Mississippi. Mr. Barton’s talent are ot the
highest order. His reputation for character,
honor, fidelity and firmness, is as high as the es
teem in which his talents are held. But Mr.
Barton loves his ease and independence too well,
to leave his pleasant residence in North Missis
sippi—one of the most delightful regions of the
United States—to accept the precarious and
poorly remunerated office of Consul at Havana.
It is a common error to represent this as a valu
able post, whereas, in fact, its remuneration will
barely detray the expense ot an economical es- !
tablishment in that expensive city ot Havana.— |
No Mississippi gentleman of independence would
consent to hold the office for twelve months.”
Monument to the Distinguished Dead.
An Athens journal says: “The Greek Govern-'
ment has selected a marble, block in the Parthe* I
non for the monument of George Washington, !
! now being raised in the city named after him. i
i It is to bear the following inscription: ‘To
j George Washington, the heroic general, the high
minded citizen, the founde. of modern freedom,
the land of Solon, Themistocles and Pericles, the
“birth-place of ancient freedom, dedicates this
old marble as a sign of reverence and ndmira- l
tion.’ ”
The Newbery Sentinel of the 10th inst., say* : ;
—“Gold has been discovered in this district, on a 1
plantation about 13 miles from here, owned by j
N. A. Hunter, an enterprising citizen of this
place. Several fine specimens have been dis
covered on the surface. It is probable that a gen
j tleman well known for his energy will com
j mence operations shortly to test the richness of
! the mine. We with them success, and that
! they may be amply repaid, by gathering quan
j titiesof the shining ore. The more money the
! better for us. It brings in advertising, it extends
! the circulation of papers, it infuses life into even
; listless people, and it gives subscribers anddebt
i ois the wherewith to settle up accounts. Citi-
I zens search your soils, for there’s many a mine
of gold hereabouts, that lias lain undiscovered for
years, which if found, would place you, like Dorn,
among the millionaires of the day. Go ahead,
gentlemen, hunt up your gold mines.”
Drought and Frost in Nkw Hampshire.—
A letter in the Boston Traveller, dated Da;t
mouth College, August 12th, speaks of the
drought in that region as unprecedented, and
adds:
In consequence, all the ground is parched up,
and without a particle of moisture to the depth
oftwoleet. Much of the corn is entirely ruined,
and without speedy rain, not only all the corn,
but the potatoes too, will be a total loss. To
complete the adverse series, on the morning of
the 9th we were visited with a frost, which kill- I
ed off much of the buckwheat crops, and touched i
corn in some places. On a bridge over a neigh- }
boring brook, the frost was scraped up in hands
lull, like snow. So early a frost is a thing almost 1
unheard of up here. The last frost previous was ;
on June firs®,
AUGUSTA, GA. !
SUNDAY MORNING, AUG. 20, 1854.
The great length of the Law published
by us this morning, excludes much interesting
matter we had prepared for this day’s paper.—
Advertisements omitted this morning will be
inserted in our next.
The Weather.
The very agreeable change in the temperature
which we mentioned yesterday, still continues,
and the thermometer marked a still lower degree
of heat yesterday than on the previous day. At
the time at which we are writing, 8 P. M., it
stands at 75 degrees. Only those who have
endured the excessive heat we have experienced
lor the past two months, can fully appreciate
how grateful such a change is to those members
of the “cant get away club,” whose avocations
will not permit them to “flee into the moun
tains,” to escape from its influence.
Yellow Fover in Charleston.
Information was received in this city, yester
day morning, that there had been fourteen
deaths by Yellow Fever, in that city, during the
previous twelve hours. Several of our citizens
telegraphed down to ascertain if the report was
correct, and received for reply that it was not.
We sent a despatch to our correspondent in the
afternoon, and received in reply the following,
which we do not consider very satisfactory, as
there may be one or two hundred deaths, before
the Board of Health make their report:
“ Charleston, Aug. 19.
“ No deaths by Yellow Fever reported by the
Board of Health.”
The America's News.
We publish under our commercial head, the
state of the Liverpool market, at the sailing of
this steamer, as it is more full and satisfactory
than that published by us yesterday. The polit
ical intelligence brought by her, and telegraphed
to New Yorx and Boltimore, is much the same
as published yesterday morning under our Tele
graphic Head.
Family Guide.
This is the title of a neat little work, just pub
lished in this city by C. Pemble. It contains a
select and useful collection of Medical and Mis
cellaneous Receipts, intended for Farmers, House
Keepers and Families. It can be purchased at
any of the Bookstores in the city, price 25 cents.
Odd Fellows. —There are one hundred and
eight lodges of Odd Fellows, numbering forty-six
thousand five hundred and fifty-eight members'
in Pennsylvania. During the last year the sum
of $91,563 14 was paid for the relief of 6,204
members; $5,804 1 for the relief of 704 widowed
families; $251 09 for the education of orphans,
and $16,889 31 for the burial of 377 members—
making a total amount expended during the year
for relief $114,508 35. The total receipts of the
different lodges foot up $244,719 17.
Telegraph Line between Europe and
America.—A very interesting paper has recent
ly been communicated to the Journal of the
Franklin Institute, by L. Turnbull, M. D.,in re
lation to the submarine telegraph proposed to be
laid down, connecting Newfoundland with Ire
land, founded on the report of Lieut. Maury to
the Secretary of the Navy, dated February 22,
1854. The article of Dr. Turnbull establishes'
as completely as reasoning can the entire practi
cally of the scheme, so far as the bottom of the sea
is concerned.
Nor Used Up” Yet. —Last Friday evening
was the time appointed by the Milleritesof New
York, as we learn from the Express , for the final
de-truction of the world. In the course of the
day the “ ring around the sun” was referred to
as an omen of the grand conflagration. At last
accounts, however, our poor world was doing as
well as could be expected, under the circumstan
ces. The burning up is postponed probably “on
account of the weather.”
Accounts from all parts of the country repre
sent the wheat to have been safely housed.—
Thrashing is going forward, and large quantities
of new wheat will be prepared for the mill by
j the time that high water will enable them to get
generally and fully in operation. At Rochester,
N. Y., a decline in the price of wheat is said to
be_not only expected, but “confidently fixed up
on by all concerned.” The millers manifest lit
tle anxiety to commence grinding, and therefore
do not press their offers for purchase upon farm
ers, and, it is added, “ with the present expecta
tion of farmers, the millers are afraid to begin
operations, lest their first purchases may not
reach the Eastern market before the decline an
ticipated shall have taken place.” In Baltimore
the receipt of new flour is increasing, the in
spections for last week being seventeen thousand
burrels, against fourteen thousand lor the previ
i ous week.
The Weather, Crops, fcc.—The Tuscumbia
: Alabamian, of the 4th inst., has the following:
“ With<n the recollection of the ‘oldest inhabi
tant’ there has not been as warm a summer as
the present. With the exception of three days,
i the mercury has been as high as 90 every day
i since the 25th of June—frequently reaching 94
I
i eight weeks in this place, and that fell on Sun
i day, the 9th of July. The consequence is, that
! gardens are literally burned up—late Irish pota
toes are a total failure, and sweet potatoes promise
little better. Early corn will make about two
thirds of a crop, and late will be, from present
j indications, nearly a total failure. Cotton alone
! seems to stand the heat and drought without
damage. The health of this region is good.”
The Potato Crop.— The accounts from Mas
sachusetts and Vermont are very discouraging as
|to the potato crop. The drought had seriously
affected it for several weeks, and now we see it
j stated that the rot is appearance in
! several localities in those States.
Suspension of Further Contracts. —The
! Philadelphia American announces that the Fi
nance Committee of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company have determined, as far as practicable
to suspend, for the present, all further contracts
for new construction work, and that there is
good reason to believe that the Directors of the
North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at their
next meeting, jwill adopt the same policy. This
course having been already adopted by the Lea
ding Railroad Company, those three great cor
porations will cease to be competitors, against
the merchant for the purchase of money, indu
cing thereby the most exorbitant rates; and i
their example, says that paper, should be tollow
ed by all other improvement companies, and
business men generally would adopt a system of
rigid curtailment, the community would soon be
relieved from the pressure which now prevails.
Statement of the Authorities op Grey
xowN.-a-The late authorities of Greytown, in a
long despatch to Capt. Jolly, of the British
schooner Bermuda, have given their version of
the recent troubles there. There is nothing par
ticularly new in their statement. They
that the prime source ot the quarrel which led
to the destruction of the town was animosity
existing between the local authorities of San
Juan del Norte and the Nicaragua Trausit Com
pany.
Storm. —On Wednesday morning last (says j
the Macon Citizen) one of the heaviest storms |
of wind, rain and hail passed over this city, that
we have witnessed for many a day. The raging
of the wind, tearing awnings into shreds—the
roar of heaven’s artillery, and the vivid flashes
of lighthiug, the rattling of hailstones against
the windows, breaking glass in a few instances,
and the outpouring waters from the open flood
gates of the skies, presented a sublime though
terrific spectacle, for the space of an hour or
more. We fear that much damage has been
done to the crops from the hail and wind. The
rainjcontinued to fall the balance of the day, sat
urating the earth and ameliorating the heat of
the weather, which had been oppressive for sev
eral days previous.
An association has been instituted in Virginia
under the impregnable name of Iron Heads,
whose object it is to defend the Federal Consti
tution, maintain the rights of the States, protect
civil and religious liberty, and preserve our glo
rious Union. They solemly pledge themselves
to support the Constitution, and extend a cordial
welcome to the oppressed of all the civilized na
tions of the earth.
During the three months ending the 31st ult.,
there were 414 deaths in Richmond, Virginia,
of which 123 were from cholera. Among the
victims was a colored man named Jesse Moss
aged 116 years.
Health of Cities — The following statement
comprises the deaths in some of the Atlantic ci
ies for the week ending August 12th, and their
proportion to the population :
Deaths. Population. Proportion.
Boston 129 138,788 1 in 1073'
New York 1054 517,849 L in 491
Philadelphia.... 362 350,000 1 in 967
Baltimore 149 169,025 1 in 1134
Charleston 25 43,014 1 in 1720
Savannah 28 16,000 1 in 571
Os the deaths in Boston, 31 were by cholera,
and2o by other bowel diseases; in New York,
378 by cholera, and 293 by other bowel diseases ;
ia Philadelphia, 70 by cholera, and 113 by other
bowel diseases.
Death of an Artist. —Mrs. M. B. Russell,
well known as a miniature painter of consider
able reputation, died of apoplexy in Boston, on
Saturday morning. Her age was about 40. She
leaves a son about 12 years of age and a husband,
also an artist, who has been for several years in
Italy.
The value ot the real and persona! property of
New Bedford is estimated at $20,980,100. Taking
the last United States census as the basis of po
pulation, a division of the wealth of the city
would give to every man, woman and child in
New Bedfoid a fraction over $1,515 each.
{Telegraphed for the Baltimore American |
Saratoga, August 10.— The Anti~Nebra*ka
Convention. —The Anti-Nebreska Convention
assembled at 10 o’clock. John A. King was
chosen temporary chairman. A committee on
credentials, and to nominate permanent officers
was appointed. A motion to appoiut a commit
tee to prepare rules and business caused an an
gry discussion, and the rules of the Assembly
were adopted. A business committee of sixteen
was appointed, amid great confusion.
Mr. Thayer, ot Worcester, Mass , after some
opposition, explained the object oi the Kansas
emigration company.
The business committee reported A. T. Mc-
Keon, of Queen’s for president, seven vice presi
dents and live secretaries.
This afternoon. Mr. (freely, Irem the business
commit.ee, teported a series of resolutions to the
effect that inasmuch as the present Congress has
wantonly re-opened the controversy respecting
slavery, and by the Nebraska bill designedly
subverted so much of the Mis ouii compromise
as excluded slavery from the vast region between
Missouri and the Rocky Mountains, north of 36
30, the State of New York affirms and main
tains the right and the duty of the General Gov
ernment to prohibit and preclude the extension,
establishment, or perpetuation of human slave
ry in any territory now or hereatter to be estab
lished.
The resolutions declare uncompromising war
against the doctrine, tendency and natural con
sequences involved in the Nebraska bill, as be
ing calculated to dishonor our country in the
eyes of mankind, and to discourage and confound
the champions of liberty and progress through
out the world.
One of the resolutions approves the course of
the freemen at Connecticut, Vermont, lowa,
Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan in post
poning o? disregarding their minor differences of
opinion or preferences, and acting cordially to
gether, and commends the spirit of the freemen
of this and other States.
As the vote was called on this resolution, Mr.
Ballard, of Waterford, moved an amendment,
proposing to follow their example in nominating
a State ticket. Tremendous confusion ensued,
and amid cries of order, und shouts of applause,
Mr. Ballard was compelled to sit down.
The vote w? 3 called on the resolution, the
yeas and nays attempted to be taken. Finally
it was tabled, and the next resolution voted on.
The balance of the resolutions returned thanks
to the secretaries of the convention, and to the
great majority of the representatives of the State
in Congress, lor their ability, fidelity, and cor
dially approve the organization of Kansas and all
other territories with freemen.
Washington, Aug. 17.—The treasury depart
ment ha 3 received information that the New
York Assay officer will commence operations on
the first September.
Applications for the Collectorship of New Or
leans, and also the Surveyorship of the same city,
are being warmly pressed. The appointments
will be made next week.
The Greytown Affair at Havana.— The
Havana papers are filled with denunciations of
the American government lor the destruction of
Greytown, over which they exult es certain to
involve the United States and Great Britain in
war. They have a story that Capt, Hollins, of
the Cayne, seeing the steamer Dee approaching,
suspended the bombardment for over aa hour, be
lieving her to be a British ship of war. The
story is just absurd enough to find credit with the
gobemcntches of Cuba.
Com. John Downes, whose death occurred a
few days ago, was, when 12 years of age, it is
said, sent from home by his father, with a pack
on his back, and told to seek his fortune at sea
When out of sight of his father’s house, he sat ori
a fence and wept. He soon, however, seized his
bundle, and resolutely began his journey. On
arriving in Boston, he made his way to the place
where the Constitution was fitting out. He fell
in with her first lieutenant, Isaac Hull, to whom
he expressed a desire to be taken on board. A
few questions were put and answered satisfacto
rily, and his desire was gratified. He behaved
so nobly, for a boy, during his first trip, that his
commander procured*bim a midshipman’s war
rant. Such was the iommencement of a long
useful and brilliant career in the naval service.
A Melancholy Event. —From a gentleman
who carne down yesterday on the Hamburg train
we learn tnat a lad at Aiken, S. C., was killed
early in the morning by a wound from a large
shears thrown from his father’s hands.—
the father, a tailor, was pursuing his occupation,
and his son w-as in his shad or shop when the
melancholy affair occurred, which resulted iu the
boy s death aiter a short interval.
Ihe unfortunate father—for unfortunate he
rnust be under any possible explanation—stated
that he had discharged the rhears at a dog that
had been annoying him; but the brief stoppage
of the train did not allow our informant to gather
full particulars of the catastrophe, which had
just occurred.
The survivor of the awful incident is reported
to be a Mexican, and has lived at Aiken some
years in his occupation as a tailor.— Char. Cour.,
19th inst
Wholesale Buichf.ry at Greenville, But
ler, County, Ala. —The Mobile Tribune states,
on the authority of a letter from Greenville, But
ler county, that ina general melee on Monday
last, Felix Gafford had his throat cut and died
the day after. J. Williams and John Caldwell
were both cut up shockingly, and are probably
dead, and William Williams, Frank Gafford and
Henry Caldwell ware all seriously wounded.
The St. Louis Riot. —From the Intelligen
cer of Friday, the 11th, we learn that through
the activity of the public authorities, order has
been restored. A public meeting held at the
Court House to support the authorities had much
effect, added to which the enrolment of a speci
al poliece, the posting of placards ordering all
boys home, other measures prevent
ed any further outbreak. The special police
alluded to consisted of about six bundled privates
and over one hundred mounted officers, captains
and lieutenants. This force was managed ad
mirably, no part of the city being left unguarded
and constant communication being kept betweca
the head quarters, at the tobacco ware house,
and the different bands who patrolled the street*
in companies of twenty men each. On Friday
morning, as vve learn from the Republican, this
special police was disbanded, the city having re
mained perfectly quiet up to that time. As re
gards the destruction of property, the Intelli
gencer .emarks :
“The injury to property was confined alto
gether to drinking houses, most of them resorts
of the lowest character, and, at no time was any
serious apprehensions felt that the houses of pri
vate citizens or the churches of any religious
body would be attacked. The reports of a de
sign upon the College, St. Xavier’s Church and
St Patrick’s, were wholly uofounded ; no dispo
sition of the kind was at any time manifested
by any portion of the mob, no suggestion of the
sort was heard from any of the combatants dur
ing any of the different street engagements, not
even where the mob was assembled in full force
in the immediate neighborhood of Catholic in
stitutions was any such suggestion made.
We have turned to all the sources of informa
tion at our command in vain for any evidence
of hostility on the part of the rioters to Catholics,
or any other religious bodyas such. The whole
disturbance wears every mark of having an aim
less, meaningless, and wholly unpremeditated
series of attacks upon all drinking houses of a
certain class, by a gpob of ruffians who had pur
sued their opponents into an Irish doggery, and,
having gutted it, tound the 3port so much to their
mind, that they determined to finish the Tew
more of the same sort’ still left.”
The Savannah Republican says: “We learn
upon inquiry, that the Rice crop on the Ogee
ehee and Savannah rivers is very good, and that
without some unexpected casualty, the yield
promises to be satisfactory, both in quantity and
quality. Dr. Daniel commenced cutting at the
Drakie’s place, on the other side of the river on
Monday. The general harvesting, however,
will not begin for a week or ten days yet. The
weather at present is lavorable.
“We learn, also, that the Sea Island Cotton
crop promises well. There may have been a
little too much rain in some places, but the pros
pect upon the whole is satisfactory.”
The Corn Chop. —We learn from persons
from Westmoreland county, Virginia, that in
many parts of that and the adjoining counties
the entire growing corn crop has been nearly
destroyed by the drought; so much so that ma
ny farmeri are beginning to Talk of buying corn
for their own use the ensuing year. Fields that
I have heretofore yielded, in a good season thou-
I sands of bushels, will not yield this season huu
! dreds.
In Washington, Russe'!. Smythe, Lee, and
I Tazewell counties, but little corn will be made
j this season, in consequence of dry weather in
| that section ot the State.— Richmond Enquirer.
New York, August 16.—The ship Marathon
arrived at Liverpool on the 3d, from New Or
leans. She was struck by lightning on the pas
sage
The ship Chace arrived at Liverpool, from
Charleston, on the Ist inst., as also did the Tal
leyrand, from New Orleans, and the Phantom,
10m Wilmington.
COMBS & CO.’S EXPRESS.^
Consignees per Combs 4c Co.'s Express, Aug. 10.
G. F. Gerdeny; Hannah Hall; L. S. Morris; Lam
back &, Cooper, F. Windsor; B. Ganter: Rev
Robt. Flemming; J. Patat; G. G. Palrick; Mr.
Fiasterling; Miss Layma Kemp; L. A. Hodges;
Henry Gillespie i T. Delannoy; C. B. Martin; R.A
A. Phillips; J. M. Gruder; Baker <Sc Caswell; D. B.
Plumb ; S.C. Mustin: Aron Rippard.
MARRIED.
On the Bth mat., in Clinton, New York, Mr. W.
B. Rug-Giles, editor of tho Atlanta Intelligencer,
and Miss Carr;e Barker, daughter of Col. Les
ter Barker, of Clinton, N. Y.
In Hillsboro’, Ga., on Tuesday morning, the 25th
ult, by the Rev. Richard Lane, Dr. G. H. Corn
well and Miss Louisa C. Rekse, all of Jasper
county.
On the 27th ult., in Hamilton, Harris county, by
the Rev. W. Y. Atkinson, Dr, B. B. Gardner, of
Upson county, and Miss Susan B. Gorham, of the
former place.
On Thursday evening, the 27th ult., by the Rev.
J. 11. Linebough, Mr. W. E. Eppes, ot Tallahas
see, Fla, and Miss Emily, daughter of Jame 3
Bancroft, Esq., of Charleston, S. C.
DIED
At his residence in Warren county, Ga., Mr.
Henry Hinton, of Epidemic Dysentery. He
was born in June. 1790, and died July 17, 1854.
He has loft a wife and several children, all of
them grown ; but still they mourn their loss, as de
pendant infants. In his intercourse with hi 3 fam
ily and friends, a mild, indulgent and confiding dis
position marked his course. He enjoyed, in no or
dinary degree, tho confidence of the citizens of
Warren county, who, for several years previous
to his death, elected him to the responsible office
of Tax Collector, which office he filled to the sat
isfaction of all concerned.
Mr. Hinton embraced the religion of our Lord
j Jesus Christ, in the year 1839, and joined the Bap
tist Church at Brier Creek, in Warren county.—
Being old when he joined the Church, in order to
live as becometh a Christian, he had strong and
confirmed habits to contend with ; but such was
the change wrought in him by grace, and the stead
fastness of his purpose to serve his God, who had
borne so long with him in his follies, (near half a
century) he was enabled to maintain an unspotted
Christian character to the day of his death. Ho
died happy in the love of God, and rejoioing in
the prospect of everlasting life in the kingdom of
glory. It is seldom we sea such a*eeath. Con
scious of his condition, that he muet soon die, he
said to his distressed and weeping family and friends
“ weep not for me, but rather weep for yourselves,”
and with his acceptance growing brighter and
brighter, ho iweetly fell asleep in Jesus.
To his family and surviving friends we would
say, imitate his example, prepare to meet God,
live tho life of the righteous, that your last days
may be as his. R. W. H
Cinmncrrial.
LIVERPOOL. Aug. 4.—Mss.rs. Dennistoun & Co.’s cir
cular says: There has been a fair demand for cotton
durmg the greater part of the week, and particularly
' he last th; eedavs; but it has been met so freely that
buyers on the whole have rather had the advantage.
Quotations however, are unchanged. The sales ot' the
week are 53,240 bales, of which 10,290 are on specula
tion and for export—leaving 42,9 W bales to the trade.
The sales to-day (Friday) are 7,000 bales, at unchang
ed prices. We quote as follows:—Fair Orleans 6£d Mid
dling 5 6-10>d. Fair Mobiles fild. Middling 51d Fair Up
lands 6jd. Middling's 3-16 d.
BRK ADSTCPf.s—The weather has been showery and
ungenial, and the crops has a male but little progress
towards maturity. The market has been active all the
Week, and closes to-day (Friday) very firmly, at an ad
vauce since this day week of 2s. on flour, 6d a Is., per
70 lbs., on wheat, and Is. a 2s. per qr. on Indian com;
Western Canal flour is quoted at 325. » 32s 6d.; Balti
more aud Philadelphia, 325. 6d. a 335. 6d .; Ohio, 82s a
345.; sour, 265. a 28.; white U. S wheat, Us. 4d a 10s. 3d ;
red and mixed, 9s. a 9s, Od ; yellow and mired Indian
corn, 32.5. a 345.; white corn, 335. a 345.'
ATLANTA, August 17.— Cotton. —In this artiole we
have nothing to report since our last. Our market is
still bare of stock, and not having any receipts, we are,
therefore, without transactions.
Exchange on New York is selling at t per cent, pre
mium. On Charleston and Savannah j per cent.
Bacon. —We quote hog round, 7@Bc. Hams, 8® 10c.
Sides, 7J@9c. Shoulders 6J{gßc.
Lord.—Leaf, 10® 11c. tt>. by the bbl.
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ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
Ship Chace, White, Liverpool.
Brig Maine, Moore, Boston.
Schr Trader, Wheeler, New York.
OLEARBD FOR CHARLESTON.
Schr Jas N Muir, Kirwan, Baltimore.
UP FOR CHARLESTON.
Schr Mary D. Scull, Thompson, Philadelphia.
Schr J P Wetherill, Foster, Philadelphia.
CHARLESTON. Aug. 19 —Cleared, brig Emily, Davis
New York ; schr. Aid, Adams, West Indies.
Went to Sea, steamship Tennessee, Parrish, Balti
more : ship Brother Jonathan, Tucker, Liverpool.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 18.—Arrived, brig Augusta,Stone,
New York ; schr. Levant, Smith, Burnt Fort, Ga.
CASH PAID FOR WOOL, or will exchange for
Wool “ Richmond Factory Woollons.”
SCRANTON, SEYMOUR A CO.
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