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Tb Wiiksfcnrr* Slave Case.
The Philadephia Bulletin of yesterday,
..,vs- Yesterday Afternoon, just after
.vi adjournment of-the Court, a warrant
, i’ arrest was served upon John Jenkins
f „and Jfines Crossin, U. 6. Deputies Mar
-:,nl, charging them with a riot, and
1 att ; rv on hill Thomas, an alleged fugi
, ve slave, with an intent to kill him.
he warrant was issued by a inagistiato
. i’ Wilkiharre, on the oath of a man
earned GfifLadgeve, of that borough, and
, -as served on Marshall by.
ihe high Constable |f W dksbarre. Dis
trict Attorney Ashmcad applied this
mornig before Justice (trier, for a writ
, f habeas corpus, and asked that the de
fendants he discharged, Judge* Grier, in
: lndingtoa case recently tried, in which
after a man had been arrested and run
i way, the U. S. officers making the nr
l osts had been taken in custody by a war
rant from a State officer, said: “If habeas
< orpuses arc to be taken out after that
manner, I will have an indictment sent
1.1 tlie U. S. Grand Jury against the per
son who applies for the writ, or assists
in getting it, the lawyer who defends it,
end the Sheriff who serves the writ, to
>oe whether the United States officers
arc to be arrested and harassed wlienev
they attempt to serve a process of
flic United Sates.. I speak ot what is
daily done to thwart tbo United States
ill the exercise of hor lawful authority.
I will see that my officers are protected.”
Mr. Brown, in behalf of the Abolition
Society, asked for a delay of one week to
reduce proof, which was granted by
..*.c Conrt.
We suppose we are expected to say
something of the health of Montgomery
-though wo scarcely know how to go
about it, for we know it to be certain
i hat a statement of the truth will not
gain credence in the face of the fact that
so man}* of our people have left the city,
mid the marvelous t> les of disease and
death some of them have have told in
their flight. We have thought the best
tiling we could do under the circum
stances was to publish the interments
frem day to day, which we have done
and are doing. It will be seen that very
“j v deaths have occnrred, of any disease.
Our physicians, we believe, while they
s.iy there have been and perhaps are
n >v a few cases of yellow fever in the
city, concur in saying it is not an epi
demic—nor likely to become one. One
or two facts, and we are done with the
subject.. One month ago , it was report
ed that yellow fever was here—hut the
oport and tlie cases disappeared in a few
days, and yellow fever talk and panic
was no more thought of. About ten or
t welve days ago, some few cases of a
malignant fever ocimrred in certrin lo
ilitics, and ten'or twelve deaths, from
different diseases, have taken place witli
i i the time. Now, mark it! one month
It: is elapsed silicon according to all the e
• -ports and rumors, the yellow fever j
broke out here; and yet, in all that time, I
’:ci'o lias been onlv some forty deaths,
including stillborn infants, those who
died with consumption, and non-resi
dents who came here diseased. Now, is
s-.tch the history of the progress of yellow
fever in any town in which it has hereto
fore appeared? On the contrary, it lias
wept like a tornado over every place it
has touched. Towns and villages of on
ly a few hundred inhabitants have been
almost decimated in a day.
With this statement we leave the sub
jet. We hear of but few wises of sick
rjss in the city, and tbo near approach of
vinter weather leads to the hope that
.•e shall escape any thing like an epi
iamic.—Adoertiser and State Gazette.
The Outrage at the Cliincha Is
land*.
A correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledg
•r, writing from the Cliincha Islands of the out
age to Capt. McCreran, states that he was ta
:un aboard the Peruvian guard-ship and there
hained hand and foot to a ring-bolt in the
leek, and there kept like the vilest criminal for
:!irce day3 and nights n° f a soul allowed even
1 1 see him, not excepting even his son, a boy
ivelve years of age. Whilst there confined a
.aan contrived to speak to him, telling him to
• at and drink nothing they give him, as it was
poisoned. In this state he was until a doctor,
sunt down by the minister at Lima to inqu re
into the affair, demanded to see him in the
name of the American minister, when he very
unwillingly was allowed to see him. Hein-,
tantly demanded his release from irons, saying
lie could not live forty-eight hours longer in
hat position. Ilis sou then was allowed to see
him lor the first time. He has since been slow
y recovering, though terribly wounded. The
writer adds that a duel was about to he fought
hy the Peruvian old rial who committed this
jutrage and an American captain.
[Savannah Evening Journal.
The Artesian Well, being prosecuted
with great public spirit and zeal, by our
fellow-towns-man, N. W. Collier, pro
gresa we believe although through diffi
culties sufficient to appal any man of
common energy. By the way we have
in our possession a portion of the bark
and wood of what appears to be red oak,
found during tbe progress of boring, at
the deptli ot two hundred and fifty feet.
They are in perfect preservation, and ap
pear fresh and heathy.
The preservation of such things at such
depth is a curious fact, and suggests sin- :
gular theories as to the manner m which i
the different strata have been formed,
and the time they have required to reach
their present state.— Albany Patriot.
“Bboomehs” is a name which the N.
\ ork Journal of Commerce gives to the
ladies’ long dresses which sweep the
sidewalk of the city, vs. the Bloomers
worn by those ladies who put on short
frocks and pantaloons. It i B said that
several fashionable ladies have underta
ken to sweep the sidewalks of Broadway
with the trains of expensive dresses.
£!)f Cornor Stone.
~ COLUMBDsTGEORGIA.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1853.
Removal.
Tlie office of the Corner Slone lias been re
moved to the building on Broad Street, former
ly occupied by the Columbus Times.
The Result.
The knowing ones, upon figuring up, have
coine to ihe conclusion that Johnson has beat- I
en Jenkins by a few hundred votes, and that
the Legislature is largely Democratic.
The Journal and Messenger puts down the
majority in the Legislature at *35 or more, and
the Times and Sentinel at 30—13 in the Sen
ate and 17 in the House We are not very well
acquainted with the political whereabouts of the
members elect, but from the tables we have
seen, and the little knowledge we have of the
men, wc are inclined to the opinion that the
majority is not sifgreat.
There has been so much splitting and turn
ing a bold, so much changing of places since
the break up of 1850 and the norganization of
1853, that it is now a very difficult matter to
assign tp each man his proper position—indeed
thercparu many who cannot themselves tell
where thnv stand or where they will settle, and
very much depends ‘ upon the movements of
parties in their final location.
By the next week we shall probably be able
to lay before our readers something like accurate j
information upon these matters, and perhaps
give them some speculations upon the move-
the merits find the chances of the sev
eral contestants for the spoils, which the result of
the eljiitcst has put it in the power of the Dem
ocratic party to divide out.
Senator.
We apprehend thero will l some consider
able difficulty in settling the question as to
who sbaffibe tlie Senator. None of those who
have put themselves prominently before the
country, can command any thing like a general
support of the party only as a matter of neces
sity—and We should not he surprised that there
should be Something like a spontaneous com
bustion in the party, in favor of requiring Judge
Colquitt to serve them in that capacity.
It is certainly the duty as well as the interest
of the party in power to put into office those
men who arc most acceptable to the country,
and we have no doubt tint the election of Col
quitt would not only give more general satis
faction to the Democratic party than the elec
tion of any other man, but that the Whigs
would feel tiiat they had less cause of com
plaint.
Parties may and often do, by management j
and intrigue and log rolling, force upon the
j country, men objectionable to the great mass of J
the country, hut when they do so, however, it I
may advance the interests or gratify the ambi
tion of the favored individuals, the party never
fails to suffer for it in the loss of power and of
character.
It is therefore no less the dictate of policy
than of duty, that those men shall be put in of
fice who are most acceptable to the country.
Correction.
Judge Iverson says wo did him injustice last
week. He says that he did not go into the
nomination for Senator in 1842, when he wits
run by the Whigs and a few democrats, and
Colquitt was elected —that he withdrew his
name from the nomination in favor of McAl
lister.
We have not a sufficiently distinct recollec
tion of all the facts to state exactly how it was
—but we know that the Judge was there, seek
ing an election for Senator —we know that Col
quitt was there, and that lie said he did not de
sire a nomination, and requested his friends to
nominate Iverson—and we suppose that he
withdrew his name only when he saw there was
no chance for him to get the nomination.—
Whether he was run afterwards by or against
his consent, we do not know, though it is our
impression that he declared himself a candi
date. If, however, there is any thing incorrect
in our impressions about the matter, and the
Judge will write out for us a full and correct
statement of the facts, we will take great pleas
ure in publishing it.
We know that we are liable to mistakes
about the Jud ;e —we used to consider him a
first rate fire eater, and we thought at one time
that our opinions were very nearly alike in re
lation to this glorious Union, blit in his speech
at Halloca the other day, he came down upon
ns like a thousand of brick about our disunion
propensities, and the way he talked about this |
government, would have gladdened the heart
of the best Union man in the country.
The Broken Banks and the Elec
tion** in il>l County.
We see in this Southern Recorder an extract
from a letter from this city, stating that the re
sult of the election in this county is due to the
efforts and the money of those who are sued as
Stockholders in the broken Banks, and that
! their object is to change the officers of the Su- .
preme Court. We know nothing of the truth
I or falsehood of this statement, but if it is true,
we are tbe man they ought to have supported,
for we are not only in favor of beating out the
i present Judges, but of abolishing the Supreme
Court, which we consider the greatest nuisance
with which the country has been afflicted.
We take, it however, that the truth of the
matter is about this—that each party spent all
| the money that they thought was necessary to
| secure the election, and if there was less money
I spent, or less exertions used by the Whigs,
I than the Democrats, it was only because of the
’ belief that they roll hi succeed without them.
nembcr of Legislature.
Appling—Reddish, Dyal.
Baker—Clark, Rowell.
Baldwin— r-Brown, McCombs.
Bibb—Dean, Green Hardeman.
Bryan— Love ,
Bulloch —Cone, McLean.
Burke— Gresham . Shewmake , Jones,
Butts —Lyon, Andrews.
Camden—Patterson, Smith.
Canipbel I—Watts, Latligun.
Carroll—Boggess, Reid.
Cass—Cannon, Linn, Crawford.
Chatham—Anderson, Ward, Harrison.
Chattooga— MeCtmndl. Ilawkins.
Cherokee—Camden, Fields, Alread.
Clark— Hull , Carlton , Harden.
Cobb—Lawrence, Gartrell, May nor.
Columbia— Stoval, Watson, Barnes.
Coweta —Smith, Bridges, Dodd.
Crawford—Walker, Cleveland.
Decatur— Crawford, Dowell.
DeKalb—Collier, Smith, Henderson,
Dade—Hall, Parris.
Dooly—Mounger, Shine.
Early—Holmes, West.
Effingham— Morel, Down's. ,
Elbert White, Martin , Itticker.
EmanuA—
Fayette—Stell, Denham.
Floyd— Lambeth, Ilaynie.
Forsyth— trickland, Rice.
Franklin—Morris, Holland, Poole.
Gilmer—
Glynn —Piles Dubignon.
Gordon—Dabney, Mays.
Green— Dawson.
Gwinnett —-Thomas, Whitworth, Hud
sor.
Habersham—Trammel, Philips, Cleve
land.
Hall—Dnnagan, Hayden.
Hancock — Stephens, Stewart.
Harris— Pratt , Mobley, ILood.
Heard—Echols, Stokes.
Henry— Turner, Arnold, Masters.
Houston—McGehee, Taylor. Hardison.
Irwin—
Jackson —Moon, McMuliin.
Jasper—
Jewe won — Boyd, Stapleton.
Jones—Walker, Motighon.
Laurens— Guyton, 1 opp.
Lee— Newson , Richardson.
Liberty—Jones, Smith.
Lin col n— Moore , Strother.
Lowndes— Knight, Iladford.
Lumpkin—Singleton. Keith, Railey.
Macon— Robison, McMullen.
Madison—Deadwyler, Eberliart.
Marion— Peebles, Brawn.
Mclntosh—Dumvoody, Hamilton.
Meriwether—Gaston, Leveret, Nickols.
Monroe— Crowder , Woodard, Red
ding.
Montgomery— Adams, Williams.
M. u-gan— Saffold, Bostwick.
Murray—Laughridge, Turner.
Muscogee—Sturgis, Thornton,hleTknt
gald.
Newton— Williamson, Reynolds, La-,
mar.
Oglethorpe— Willingham, Me Worter,
Clark.
Paulding— _ i
Pike—Green, Arnold, Trice.
Pulaski —JJc Lamar, Ilarral.
Putnam— Griggs, Gallaway, Dawson.
P< >lk— llubbard, McGregor.
Rabun—
Randolph—Guerry, Hendricks, Rob
inson.
Richmond— Miller, Walker, Walton.
Seri ven— Jackson , Gross.
Spalding—Moseley, Crittenden.
Stewart—May, Bell, Williford.
Su m ter —lvi ng, 1 Villiaim.
Talbot Dixon, Max\oM, Walton.
Taliaferro— Bird, Harris.
Tatnall— Surency , Moody.
Taylor—Drane, Stewart.
Teifair—Wilcox, Hatton -
Thomas —Brown, McDonald.
Troup— Ridley . tannin, Cameron.
Twiggs—Reynolds, Griffin.
Union—Jimerson, Young.
Upson— Drake , Grant, Stephens.
Walker —Dickson, Clement.
Walton—Hill, Williams, Ha^ph
Ware—Lott, Sweat,
Warren— Bealle , Cody, Pottle.
Washington- Bullard, Boatright,Rob
inson.
Wavne—Bryan, Rump.
Whitfield— Bealle, Cody, Patten.
Wilkes— Pope, Anderson, Irwin.
Wilkinson—Cochran. Taylor.
Whigs in Italics.
There will be a Democratic majority,
on joint ballot of 35 or more in the Leg
islature, though there are several mem
bers elected, whom it is difficult to clas
sify. \
Judges Elected.
WM. B. FLEMING, Eastern Circuit.
P. E. LOVE, Southern *-
W. W. HOLT, Middle
G. ANDREWS, Northern “
R. V. HARDEMAN, Ocmulge “
J. 11. STARK, Flint “i
J. JACKSON, Western
T. TRIP PE, Cherokee “
E. 11. WORRILL, Ciiafta’cliee “
—
Congress.
In the First District, Seward, dem., is !21
votes ahead of Bartow, whig, and Cline]/ to
hear from lie is without doubt elected, j
In tin; Second District, Colquitt, dim.,
ed over Johnson, whig, by a decisive majority.
This is a Democratic gain.
In the Third District, we learn by Telegraph
ic dispatch from Macon, that the official returns,
at Milledgeviiie, show that Bailey, dem., is
elected by a mojoritv of 20 votes over Trippe,
whig.
In tiie Fourth District, Dent, dom, is elected
over Calhoun, whig, by a large majority.
In the Fifth District, there is no doubt about
the election of Chastain, dein., over Tuinliu,
In the Sixth District, Hillyer is ahead as faT
as heard from, though Wofford is locked With
him. 11‘dsey is far behind, and Stanford and
Morton distanced.
In the Seventh District, Reese, Whig is
elected.
In the Eighth District, Stephens, whig, is
elected. The Representatives of Georgia in
the House nr* 0 dem., 2 whig*.
Later From Australia.
The Pannma Star has received Melbourne
(Australia) papers to the’ 20th of July, and !
Sydney to the 19th of that month. The intelli- j
gence is, therefore, nearly three weeks later than
we had on the arrival o£the Falcon. We copy
from the Star as follows.; — N. 0. True Delta.
The Svdney Empire is chiefly occupied in
discussing the subjects of legal taxes and ed
ucation. j
Mining business was exceeding dull,owing,it ,
is said, to unfavorable weather.
No appreciable increase of bussness is notice- !
able this week. In consequence of the late |
heavy rains the gold arriving is small in quan
tity and the diggers in many places have sus
pended operations. The exchange increasing
jo 2 per cent, caused some demand, but the
market is almost drained of samples in first
hands.
My advices from Melbourne quote the price
there at 775. 6d. to 775. 9d. Though there was
no reason to apprehend any serious decrease in
the yield, the impassable state of the roads ren
dered it difficult to ascertain the state of ope- i
rations at the mines. Avery beautiful sample
of gold from M’lvor lias been received in Syd- j
nev ; one nugget of 10 ozs. sold for £4 4s. per oz. j
The escort from the Western Diggings lias ;
brought down 100,1 ozs. 13 dwts. 0 grains.
Another gold circular dated Sydney, Jnty
15th, says;
The gold market this w£ck has been more !
active. But very little gold now reaches us
from the sister colony, in consequence of the
price in Melborne approximating*) the rates in
this market; and the flooded state of the coun
try has been such that none of the escort! on
our side have arrived.
Letters received from ill# Turon and other
diggings, are all anxiety for” the report of the
Select Committee on the Gold Fields Manage
ment Bill. Upon that depends our future pros
pects ; if mild laws are enacted population flow
in. The gullies and places distant from the
river will then enable the digger •to cart his
stuff from a distance, and employ hands, which
at present cannot be done, with the heavy im
post now levied. Our mines up to the present
have only been scratched ; there is no fear, if a
liberal policy is pursued, but rich and valuable
localities will be found ere the summer has pass
ed. The last enactment of our Legislature drove
away 5000 of our best miners; we are all anxie
ty to know what will be done to bring thethous
ands back.
Intelligence from the Ovens is still of great
encouragement, and a large amount of gold is
being obtained, and will increase as the weath
er becomes fine. Sydney Gold Escort started
from the Ovens on the 9th with 3500 ozs. gold,
and £3OOO in specie.
My last advices from Port Philip, by the
Waratah, state that more gold than usual arriv
ed during the week. The M’lvor gold is 1-8
of a grain better than Ballarat, which is con
sidered the best.
A letter to the Star, from a friend recently
arrived in Austria, dated Yass, July 11, says:
All the country is gold, or at least a very
great part of it; several places between this and
! Sydney, a distance of 190 miles, a very long
i time will not elapse before gold is found in
; abundance. But the people have not yet got
| into the proper system of mining. For instance,
Ni party of Californian diggers have taken a
j |)ieee of ground which had been worked and
I left by the Austrians as worked out. They have
put up a sluice, long tom, <fee., and 1 hear are
making £IOOO worth of gold weekly! This is
only hearsay, hit my authority is good.
Several places have been opened up this week,
one being a bill near Mr. Aberdeen’s store, an
other ol Scott’s gully, all of which are reported
favorably of.
We find nothing in the Star’s summary of Aus
tralian news in reference to the reported escape
°f-the Irish exiles, Mitchell and Martin
I Fiftcc -i days later from Hie Pacific.
by the arrival of the steamship El Dorado at an
J early hour this morning from Aspinwall, we have
! San Francisco papers to the 16th of September
being fifteen days later than we received oil the
arrival of the steamship Texas, from Vera Cruz.
The news is interesting. We commence with the
intelligence
From California.
Tile State election had just closed, and aithougi;
the returns were incomplete, enough was known
to show that Governor Bigler was re-elected, and
that the entire Bigter ticket for Stste officers, was
successful. The Alta Californian says the Legis
lature will be almost unanimously Democratic,
and Bigler—the wliigs and auti-extensiouists ha
ving been everywhere badly defeated.
The Indian outbreaks in Rogue river valley and
other Northern districts, which at one time threat
ened to become general, have been quelled and a
treaty of peace concluded. During the hostilities
Gen. Lane and Capt. Alden were seriously woun
ded in an engagement withtiie savages, but have
recovered from their injuries. To the promptness
energy and discretion of these gentlemen, says
the Alta Californian, the country is in a g/eat
measure indebted for the early termination of the
war.
Lieut. Beale, United Stutcs Commissioner, and
party arrived at Los Angeles on the 23d of August
from the plains and mountains, all in good health.
Lieut B. immediately proceeded to Tulare valley,
on business of his department.
intelligence of an interesting character bad been
received from Senora, Mexico, announcing the dis
covery of mines of extraordinary*richness. In
conseqiTence a decided spirit of filibustering has
been revived in this State, and several gentlemen
are engaged in the preliminary arrangements for
organizing expeditions.
The steamship John L. Stephens, which left San
Francisco on the 16th ult. for Panama, had 700
passengers, and $1,362,473 in specie.
The revised City Charter was submitted to the |
people of San Francisco at the election, and rejec
ted.
We take the following paragraphs from the San
Francisco Commercial Advertiser’s summary of the
news :
The news from the interior in agricultural and
mining affairs promises as well as ever, and vast
outlays of money arc being made in tluming and
damming rivers. The papers from the the ‘upper
country report great suffering among the immi
grants. A grant scarcity of provisions is spoke of
and the military force stationed on the rout will be
unable to afford the requisite assistance.
The Docto ’s Welcome. —Down east there
resides a certain M. D. One cold night he
was aroused from hi.- slumbers by a very loud
knocking at his door. After some hesitation
he went to the window and asked :
“Who’s there •”
“A friend.”
“What do you want ?”
“Want to stay here all night.”
“Stay there then,” was the benevolent reply.
Important Invention. *
Mr. John M. Reeder, of Memphis, has in
vented a safety guard for stet mboat boilers,
which, when it becomes generally used, will
! prevent the destruction of human life, which j
has been a dreadful characteristic of steamboat |
i navigation on the Western waters. It is an j
improvement which puts it out of the power of !
an engineer to explode a boiler, either through .
: negligence or purposely. Mr. Reeder is in this j
city at present, and has a small model of his
j invention with him. We witnessed Wed ties- j
! day an experiment with it which proved highly |
satisfactory. This improvement provides the j
upper part of the boiler with two openings or j
aperatures in addition to that for the safety j
valve, and the bottom of the boiler with one. j
These aperatures are closed by one cylinder and j
piston, and by two valves which are arranged
to pass the water from the boiler to the fire un
der it, when the steam gets to a given height,
thus dampening down the fires and preventing
1 explosion should the safety valve or engineer
fall to perform their functions. This safety
| guard is intended to be independent of the en
gineer, hevond his control entirely, to be enclo
sed, locked up and the key placed in the pos
session of the captain, the inspector having pre
viously determined the amount of pressure the
boiler” will bear, and adjusted the pea upon the
lever accordingly. In the experiment Wednes
day, when more steam was raised than was ne
! cessary, the extra quantity immediately lifted
and the water rushed out upon the
j Around put it out, soon reducing the steam to
the proper point.
. The improvement can be adapted to the lo
comotive boiler, and all other steam boilers. It
is one of the most useful and important inven
tions of the age, and will have a marked effect
npon the navigation of our livers.
Trade with Savannah.
This important*subject has received the at
tention of our merchants, and they have deter
mined to forward it by opening steam commu
nications with that port. It is of great impor
tance that this should be opened as quickly as
possible, and for that end, those entrusted with
the management of the business, are comple
ting the arrangements concluded upon at the
meeting held not long since at the Southern
and Western Reading Room.
Savannah from the advantages ofits position
and the enterprise of its merchants, has become
the centre of commerce for a great extent of
the Southern country.
No better exemplification of this could be
required than a list of the towns for which
packages received by two steamers (one from
New York and the other from Philadelphia.)
to Savannah, were destined, which we pub
lished a few weeks since?’* These towns were
in number about a half hundred, and were sit
uated throughout the extent of three important
producing States, all of which require articles
of which Baltimore is a market.
Such bring the case, the importance of es
tablishing this line immediately Is fully appa
rent, and we hope before very long to see a
steamer clear from Baltimore, bound on a teg
ular trip to that port. — Baltimore Times.
Furl her Australia News.
The Steamer Sir John Harvey arrived at
Sydney on the 16th of July, in 116 days from
Boston. The steamer New Orleans is running”
between Sydney and Melbourne, and doing a
fine business. The Melbourne Argus of June
22, contains President Pierce’s inaugural. The
Argus of the 27tli of June states that there.;
were 283 vessels, including eight steamers, iii
that, harbor, taking in or discharging cargoes.
On the Dili of July, a private escort arrived at
Melbourne with 9,500 ounces of gold, and on
the 14tli another escort arrived with 2,836 oz.
Prices of produce continue!l,ui.tonally high.
Considerable excitement has been caused in
Melbourne by the declaration bn the part of
the Americans, of their intention to celebrate
their national anniversary. The Government
organ strongly opposed it.
At Sidney, at last accounts, the weather had
been veiy unsettled, with heavy rains. The
work of liseharging cargoes, <fec., was at a
stand, and much inconvenience arose therefrom.
In some places coinrnunii||tion with the interi
or was cut off.
The markets ware steady. Flour wits dull
ami uncertain, being sold in lots at from £ls
to £23 per ton. Liquors in demand, at good
prices. Segars—stock small. Gold was quo
ted dull; 765. 6d. at Victoria, 745. for New
South Wales.
Fortunate Printers.
The annual income of Samuel Brannan, of
California, is $250,000. — 'Exchange Paper.
A liout nine years ago Brannan, a poor and
penniless printer, arrived in this city from the
west. A crown less hat and a shabby suit of
clothes were not very prepossessing recommend
ations for an adventurer. But on application
to some persons of the same religion as him
self, he was supplied with a decent suit of
clothes, and was shortly afterwards made edi
tor of a weekly paper owned by the same per
sons. One of our friends were employed by
Brannan, and is aware of the difficulties
he (Brannan) experienced in obtaining a de
cent living from the small subscription list of
his paper. After acting as editor for a little
more than a year, lie became attracted with
the glowing description given of California by
one Hastings, the author of a book on that
country. Brannan succeeded in raising a com
pany of emigrants, and, as their leader char
tered a brig and immediately sailed for the fu
ture El Dorado. Two printers, in Brannan’s
employ accompanied him, and are now rich
and influential citizens of California. Such a
m pid rise from extreme poverty to great afflu
ence, as in Brannan’s case, is seldom recorded in
| the world’s history. —New York Pic.
Important from Rio de Janeiro.
Advices from Rio to the 19th of August
mention the arrival there from Buenos Ayres,
of Mr. Schenck, the United States Minister, who,
in connection with the Ministers of England
and I ranee, had concluded a treaty with the
Argentine Confederation, for the free naviga
tion of the river Plate and its enormous afflu
ents, the Parana and the Paraguay. This trea
ty, it is said, is on the most favorable terms,
and concedes the right of conscience to our cit
izens who may dwell there.
The yellow fever still lingers in Rio, but the
mortality is greatly diminished. Several Amer
cans with the fever wore in the hospital in a
dangerous condition. Ship-masters who leave
the United States in the months of November,
December, January February and March, it is
said will have to keep a most careful oversight
upon their men while in Rio, for those months
will, it is supposed, be most fatal to American
seamen.
Fire.
On Tuesday morning, about, 2 o’clock, the
Ware House on corner of First and Cherry
| street, occupied by Messrs. Wycbe <fc Gates, and
i owned by Leroy Napire, was discovered to be
on fire, and notwithstanding the active exertions
of our citizens to save it, was totally consumer!,
together with a small wooden tenement, on
First street, adjoining it. The Ware House
was insured for $1,500 in the ./Etna Insurance
Company of Hartford. The House on First
street was owned by a non-fesidenl, whose name
we have been unable to learn, and was insured
in the Southern Mutual Insurance Company,
There was a small lot of cotton, in the Ware
House at the time of the fire, a few bales ol
which were destroyed, together with twooi three
hundred bushels of corn. The adjoning build
ings on Cherry and First street “(all of them
wooden) were in imminent peril, and were
saved with great difficulty.— Messenger dc Jour
nal.
Extravagance of Gentlemen. —The news
papers have rather ungallantly refereed to the
extravagance of the ladies in articles of dress
and ornament, but it would appear that gentle
men were liable to the same censure in the
prices paid for many articles of dress now iir
vogue. The most fashionable cravats are sold
at five dollars. The fall style of velvet vests 5
range from $lO to $22 each.” Most of the desira
ble patterns of the .best quality have been already
taken at prices above S2O. . ..
In the matter of vest buttons, there is great
extravagance. We hear of sales of single setts
at upwards of a hundred dollars, and the jewel
ers on Washington street have elegant styles at
prices ranging from $lO to’ S2O a button, or
from S6O to $l2O a set of six. At the latter
price a superb sett, with diamond centres, can be
obtained.
The finest shirts on exhibition in Faneuife’
Hall cost twelve dollars each, and a small for
tune is required fora “fashionable suit” of gen
]emeu’s clothes.— Boston Transcript.
The Fever in Newport, Fla.— The New
port Times, of the 28th ult., says:
Though our obituary head shows a larger”
number of deaths than it did last week, it is no*
evidence that the epidemic has increased in the’
number of the attacked or in violence. Most’
of the victims n ere attacked on or before the’
day of our last publication. The disease is now
confined to six white patients, and probably ft
few more than that number of black*). Os
course, in common with our fellow-citizens, we
feel a great anxiety for those still sick; but
most, if not all, are believed to be convalescent
at this time. Among the convalescent is our
worthy physician, Dr. Geo. W. Botton, who
was unremitting in his attention to the sick a*
long as he was able to be about. We expect,
to see him out again this week.
Notwithstanding the dreadful scenes through
which we ha e passed, it is gratifying to be able
to state that none of the sick have suffered for
want of medical attention or careful moping.
Y ellow Fever at Milton, Fla.—The Mo
bile Advertiser, of Thursday, says : •
Our private advices from Milton, Florida, are
truly ‘distressing.*'’ The ravages of the’Tever in.
that usually healthy little village have boom
marked by a rapidity and malignity almost un
paralleled, unless it he at Thibodeaux and a
tew other places in Louisiana. In one tainjjv
the wife had recovered from a severe attack,,
only to find her husband, mother, brother, sis
ter, husband’s brother, and his partner in bus
iness—all inmates of one family—Part ied off bv
the fearful plague. It had been onlv about
three weeks since it first broke out.
The Editor of the Milton paper, the Courier,
was one of the sick, and its publication would
probably be suspended for a time.
Weather uud Crops.
The Baton Rouge Comet of Tuesday last
says:
Flattering accounts come to us cf the sugar
crops on Bayou Maranguoin and tiie Groose
Tete. The crops will be full, and the planters
commence grinding in a few days.
The Trinity (Catahoula parish) Advocate of
the Ist instant, says the weather is very favora
ble for gathering cotton, but every day’s expe
rience, confirms more certainly the prospect of
a shortened crop.
The Plaquimine Young American, of Wed
nesday last, says:
The most of our sugar mills will be in full’
operation in ten or fifteen days. While there
are superb crops in some localities, there are ve
ry had ones in others. This feature, from what
we can understand, is peculiarly prominent this,
year in Iberville. ,
Later from Venezuela.
The dates from Caracas, Venezuela, received
by. the way of Havana, are lip to the. 3d of Sep
tember. The Diari del la Mariana,, quoting
from the Caracas journals, says that with the
exception of two small parties of revolutionists
having been routed and dispersed into the pro
vince of Barcelona, there is nothing to confirm*
the rumor of the political disturbance having
been renewed. Far from it, the last dates an
nounce the arrival and imprisonment in the
r
dungeons of Laguayr* of many chiefs of the
insurrection. Finally President Monagas had
issued a sort of decree of amnesty, an evident
sign of his triumph having been secured.
In the city of Cumany earthquakes contin
ued to be felt with great loss to the houses still
standing. The capital of the province has.
been transferred from Cumana to Maturin.
[Savannah Evening Journals
One of the old Stock. —The Port Smith-,.
Ark., Herald, of the 24th ult., says:
A few days ago, an old man by the name oT
Stewart, passed through this place, in search of
a son, whom he found in the Cherokee Nation.
He is 103 years of age, and came from Red
River on horseback, travelling at the rate of 30
miles a day. -
He was in the revolutionary war, and gave
his papers to an attorney in this city to procure
his land warrant, and his pension. He has
been married three times, and is the father of
twenty-three children.
A New Tbavellr* to the Dead Sea. —fa.
De Sauley gives an entirely fresh description of
this famous water. He affirms that so far from
finding it as most persons have represented it, it
was a “splendid lake, glittering in the sunshine,
with its blue waves gentlv breaking on the
sands of’ the softest teach.” He also saw a
flock of wild ducks sporting on its waters, and
observed beautiful insects on the gravelled
teach. Sav. Eve. Journal.