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MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER
i, imp. Correspondence of the Telegraph I
For the Telegraph.
Perry, Sept.
REPLY TO DR. HARStSON. I Col. Cusi.t:—Pi64sc publish th
I regret that somo injurious references in I extract ofa letter from M. Julian Bee
called “vindication,” inoss-Dircctor of the
Dels
i-Anie
Ei.ectf.d Alderman.—Dr. J. Dickson Smith j
was elected Alderman on Saturday without;
•a* the Doctor on , Dr. G. Harrison s so
arTcas!'passport to" the honors of office.— seem to require a notice at my hand. News-1 ern Direct 1 radc Association, and oblig
Some men have a deal of trouble in getting ! paper controversies are seldom of any interest
tlicre I to the public, and are particularly distasteful
, „ r I to myself More disagreeable still must thoy
Alarm or 1' ire. icre wa ’’ *” " j be, when they are principally composed of the
I groans and whines. of a defeated candidate,
Very respectfully, Ac.,
HOWELL COBB.
“Brussels, Sept 7, 1860.
Sm:—Our enterprise is going on'most fa-
land—I believe our cargo will be a fine one.
“Our ship is a very fine vessel' end will sail
very rapidly.
“Mr. Barbierc has finished his tour and will
Friday night about 11 o’clock.
ing in East Macon was discovered to be^aUght, {<> m#kc the slander ^ abu;5e 0 f| vorably—we get goods from everywhere. We
but we understand the flames were ex <= private individuals, atone for his c ant of sue- will have goods from both Germany and Hoi
without material damage.^ <* ss bcfore thc public .
Another Alarm. Dr. G. Harrison, in the intensity of his cha-
o’clock last night,, anc e n • j. ( grin at his inglorious defeat by Dr. Thomson,
given, eaus y « ’ , seems determined to victimise somebody, and.
near the Presbj lenan church. No damage J notifiod that j was not thc aut hor of J»ve on Monday next He has accomplished a
was done. • ! any ar t ic]cs in tbc Telcgrapli, impugning his ? ood work, and has succeeded very well in get-
Florida Election.—The election for Gover- j j„ reference to the small pox, and had] tin S good-*-
norand members of the Legislature take place ■ n0 conncc tion whatever with them, ho still re- For the Telegraph,
in Florida to day. Gen. Hopkins and G en. ma j ns fl nn in his resolution to regard and treat I Editor Telegraph:—The Hon. H. W. Hil-
Milton, are the opposing candidates for Gov- mc ag Dicir author. In a note to him, I took liard made three good speeches last Thursday
ernor. —’ ! the liberty of suggesting that he might readily night, for thc several parties present From
“Uniiersiit or tub South.” Bishop Oley , dicovcr his assailant by making thc usual do- careful count of them, as they cheered for their
gives notice that thc Corner Stone of the princi- mand upon the editor of the Telegraph. But part of the speech, it stood thus
cipal College edifice will be laid with appropri- j no, this would not suit the defeated candidate; Breckinridge & Lane 04
ate ceremonials at University place, Franklin ho was determined to abuse me, and after | ;•
county, Tennessee, on thc 10th instant withdrawing his article from the press, return- B = (not voters) . J .' ” i i'.’..' .' ".'is
Lamah& Williamson will bo in tbeir Now A for Jf - j not onJy had nothing to do * Ir ' H^dcman appears to bave
Dry Goo.1l palace on Mulbcry street, to-mor-1 with the ^ in question, but never was con- *"£*?!* ** ft ^ h '™ Wnt,ng
row. Attractive goods and attractive mcr-j gu , ted or adWsed about them directly or Indi > 1 ,eUer > when he first went to Congress,
chants too.
“Vindication.
! 1st. As to Pritchett He is quite mistaken r >* °f oiI springs on the upper Alleghany and
! . • . , , ' , _.. . on streams tributary to it in Vanango, Craw-
in supposing that I was astounded, by Pntch- f ord and Warren counties, of this State, proved
■ ett’s appearance. 1 did say, that it was a very to be of decisive economical importance. Now
severe and remarkable case. I have no other the oil region has become second only to the
objection to make to his remarks on thi S 6 o1 * re f?°" « f Pike’s Peak in interest to the
| public of that part of that State at least It is
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL.
A protracted meeting has been going on at
thc Methodist Church in this City, for somo
eight or ten days. Night services arc also
held, and great interest is manifested among
members and thc unconverted. Some thirty
or forty, up to this time, have attached them- ! in reference to myself, as they occur in his I
scire to the church.
THE PEOPLE STAY AT HOME.
In the good old days of stand up fights be
tween the Whigs and thc Democrats, the form
er started tho practice of polling steamboats,
stage coaches, rail road cars and. hotels, and
deluded themselves with it shockingly. It
served to relieve for a few moments thc todium
ol travel, but it also served to the unfortunate
Whigs many a cup of hitter disappointment;
but still they kept it up and never would learn
that the masses of tho people are not found on
tho roads, and do not travel much. Thc
Wliigs elected every onwof their Presidential
candidates in this way by triumphant majori
ties, but when they came to count noses at
thc polls thoy very seldom could count enough.
Their jiarty embodied far the In rger portion of the
trades people whose business took them fre
quently from home, while thc strength of thc
unterritied lay with thc agriculturists and me
chanics who had comparatively little occasion
for travel. So it is now.
brace a very largo proportion of merchants and
traders, and the “ straws” which their papers
publish of votes in steam ships and on rail
roads nro perfectly delusive, so far as they
ore held up as evidences of popular opinion.—
Tho ballot box will correct tbc erroneous im
pressions gathered on thc way-side.
. _ , ... ,, ,, .. ' Better say nothing than what vou will have to
rcctly. I can also say with equal truth, that I ukc ^^ ^
he was called out, and
have made no objections to his charges and for kind ^ how lhc count nc .
an individual case I certainly should charge d the benediction . ^ cnded thegrcat tele .
at least as much. I express no opinion in re- _ .. ... .. ,
_ , , , r , , ... graphic meeting. All parties retired well pleas-
fercnce to the whole sum charged. It is none 1 °
of my business, and I say nothing about it I
shall now notice seriatim, Dr. IFs statements
From the Journal of Commerce. _
AcorsTA, Ga., Sept. 20, I860.
Messrs. Editor* :—When I returned from the
North a few weeks ago, I found as good a state
of feeling here and better than I expected, as it
was generally believed then that some arrange
ment would be agreed upon in New York and
called to enable the Hon. Henry \\ inter Davis trade was established, the farmer who makes have among our own people composers and
to define his position, and he is to make the -25 bales of cotton would gain $330.00, one who artists who will rank among the first in the
leading speech. lie will probably counsel the | makes 50 bales would gain $000.00, and one world, and a foreign home, or a musical edu-
support of Boll and Everett at thc South and; who makes 100 bales would gain $1320.00 over cation in Europe, will not bo necessary to give
all thc opponents of j and above what he is now getting. reputation in that profession.
Lincoln at the North by
Democracy. It is said JIr. Davis feels sore at
ed with their candidates.
TRUTH.
From tbe Philadelphia North American.
THE OIL REGION OF PENNSLYYANIA
Scarcely a year has elapsed since the discovc-
. -.hi that the number of wells already opened, ' deceived, and some deceivers; and so the mass
As to the guard. Dr. Harrison, totally and in course of being opened, number at least; of them run about, they hardly know whither,
Pennsylvania, that would defeat Lincoln; and tllc speech of thc Rev. French S. Evans to the
all parties seemed satisfied with that, no mat- , . , ... „ , . . . ' ,
ter who was ultimately President, so that Lit,- i ‘^ Awakes in New lork, in which he was
coin was not. But the turning and twisting of : committed by that gentleman as a warm sup-
the politicians in your State is fast disgusting porter of Lincoln and as having declared his in-
everybody, and the change for the worse, in
public sentiment here, is rapid, l assurc you.—■
If—the people say—there • is a majority in a
number of the free States who do not desire the
election of Lincoln, as is claimed, we want evi-
denee of the fact. It is not enough that Doug
las meu and Breckinridge men say they are
willing that any national man shall bo elected :
they want to see some arrangement entered in
to that will insure this result I meet men eve
ry hour who now despair of the Union; for, as
little as Northern men think it, the election of
Lincoln will surely lead to trouble—to conflict
and to disunion. I have never thought so till
now—nor do I suppose now that if the ques
tion were submitted to the people, that even a
respectable minority in any State except South
Carolina, would be found in favor of dissolu
tion simply upon the election of Lincoln. But
500 men, or even 100 determined inen, could
create trouble and intense excitement This
would lead to violence and blood-shed; and if
once blood is drawn, no human power can stop
the surging tide of sectional hatred that will
sweep over the Southern States.
I write in the greatest haste, so please excuse,
and believe that I have no private ends to serve.
I am simply a merchant, with an intense love
of my whole eountry and no wish for office of
any kind. Respectfully, D- H. II.
Our correspondent has by this time learned
that thc conservative men of New York are do
ing better than he expected. An anti-Lincoln
Electoral ticket has been constructed upon
which they will generally unite, and we trust
successfully.
Now suppose we ask in return, why the good
people of the South do not all unite upon Breck
inridge and Lane, who in point of numerical
strength, arc far in advance of any other Presi
dential candidate, in that section of the coun
try ? Why do they scatter their votes upon
three sets of candidates, and thus destroy their
moral influence ? Wc suppose the true answer
would be the same that should be given here,
viz: that some of thc people are selfish, some
Tho way they troat'tho ministers of tho
Law in Ohio.
A claim was made a few days ago for four
runaways from Kentucky, who had located
themselves in Iberia, Morrow county, Ohio.—
misapprehends my position in reference to the three thousand; and of ihese about one hun-
guard. I occupied no official place in the mat- dred yield liberally, if not profusely, making
ter at all I was cnly attending some cases in a “P or nine hundred bar-
_ A1 , rels of oil daily. W ell informed persons dej
private capacity, at the farther Hospital, where c ; arc this yield to be fully one thousand barrels
he (Dr. II.) also had one. But discovering, in daily, but the lowest number here named is re-
conversation with tlic guard, that they had been “By enormous—amazing, indeed, when put in a
there fifty or sixty days, perhaps longer, with- for , the »« r » "; ,,ich reaches
... - , j ^ , - . f. ’ 2o0,000 barrels, and a value, at a rough approxi-
out being vaccinated, and feanng that they I mation of $2,250,000. This will do for the an-
might contract small pox, and thus the cpidcm- nual revenue of a few tracts along the rivers of
ic and the public alarm and loss be perpetua- those counties, tracts which were not valued at
ted for an indefinite time longer, I felt it my duty * n thousand dollars in the aggregate before the
. .r .i ,, <•„ fill • j- . , discovery of oil. A few months since, the
to notify thc Mayor of the fact, who immediately hopes , h(J persolls most illtercs[cd ll0t
requested me to vaccinate them. Not know- sufficiently verified to warrant the conclusion
ing that the guard belong to any body, in any that the flow of oleaginous wealth would be
sense whatever, I did so, (to the best of my I P crn *anent; but now it is demonstrated that a
feeling that they' ought to do something to save
tho ship of State from drifting upon the quick
sands, and yet not knowing what to do. Thank
Providence, a little light has been thrown upon
the path of conservative men in this State, and
we trust it will soon be so with our brethren
at the South.
Thc Bell men em- ,, ’ 1 ,. ’ \ ... ,1 ”* I steady increase in the agerexate production ex- must command the confidence of all who have
recollection) wi th the exception of Mr. McGuire £ welIs f nce opcnt g d t st ‘ ad ily aftci- the
who declined. In complying with thc Mayor s first temporary irregularity is over; and new
request, I believe Ipcrformed a public duty and wells do not exhaust thc old, whatever their
that it was not officious intermeddling. If it proximity of position.
was anybody else’s business, it had been long ,.J h ! s ( oil is a,S0 P an ab f 1 “ t f c oil - conve . r '
. , , . , T , ’ . . ° I tible into every form of oil for specific uses.—
and grossly neglected. Dr. Harrison is gross-1 |f refines with very little loss, some of it with
Iy in error, when he says I presented him to j less than fifteen per cent loss from thc crude
the Mayor Tor neglect of duty. I did no such Bquto gushing from the fountains. Much of
thing, as he can find ont by enquiring of that c J^ ar an B has a fluidity next
officer.
to water, while other fountains or wells yield a
, somewhat thicker form of oil, with a strong
3d. Thc statement of Dr. Harrison s in ref- mineral, semi-bituminous smell. Lighting is
crencc to my cases of small pox, occurring at the readiest use to which this oil is put, but
Mr. E. J. Johnston’s, is a calumny, “ manu-1 for lubricating uses, and almost every other
The United States Marshal, for the Southern f;lcturcd out the who]e c]otl -. p^tous and economical purpose, it is precisely equivalent
_r <m.:_ j —.1 *1— ° to the oils now used, whether of animal or min-
unneeessary. The cases were promptly recog- cral origin . It is oi , t in shorti ^ all intenta
nized as suspicious, and after one day’s care- J and purposes, though gushing from perfora-
ful observation and surveillance, thc Mayor was tions in the natural basins along the upper Al-
notified by Mr. Johnston of their true charac- leghany, as freely almost as the waters do, in-
4th. Dr. Harrison s assertion that I did not “porkers” of thc Ohio Valley. Thc thing is
cliange my clothing when visiting the small wonderful, but it is at last proved to be true,
pox hospital, is equally unfortunate, but entire- There is oil in thc rock strata of thc north-
ly on a par with his other facts. Dr. Baxter ! ve . stern P* rt of •»“** bcl °"; the , coal -
* , w. . •. « . .. - in immense quantities, postal! doubt; and pro-
and myself visited these cases together from i^iy ;t there constitutes a great geological de
my office, where we invariably changed our posit. It is a geological deposit as strictly as
District of Ohio, procured a posse, and tor the
more certain apprehension of thc runaways,
divided liis posse into three parties. The Mar
shal was successful in securing one of his
slaves, hut thc deputies caught tartars. The
luck attending their expeditions is thus de
scribed by the Cincinnati Enquirer of the 23d
ult. It will he seen that one of the deputies
would have fared better among thc camnnchcs!
And this is the respect the people of Ohio en
tertain for thaaUnited States Law and its min
isterial officers. We commend their case to
Mr. Douglas:
“But the deputies were not as successful as
their chief Neither succeeded in securing their
man, and one of them was most inhumanly
treated. Soon after showing his warrant he
was set upon by a crowd of negroes and white
men, to the number of sixty or seventy, a part
of whom were armed with guns and pistols.—
The negro was liberated, and the person of the
deputy secured by thc assailants. His clothes
were nearly torn off, and, amid shouts and
oaths, he was beaten with’clnbs, to serve him,
as the crowd said, “ns they treat slaves at the
South.” The warrant and all his money were
taken from him, and the mob endeavored to
hang him, hut failed to do so. They then ex
tended his arms and placed him as a mark for
the bullets of those armed with guns. The
deputy begged them to shoot him rather than
clothes, both going to and returning from the any of thc special mineral deposits less than
hospital. I would ask if it is not “ officious coaL J ‘ *? thc associate of coal undoubtedly,
Ues an « a drainage or residuum of thc Corbona-
intermeddling to be prying about in reference ceous mass 0 f whichthe coa i is made up .
to the when and where of gentlemen changing i„ thc northwestern part of this State there
their clothing. I is a very long border line surrounding thc coal
' Dr. Harrison’s contemptible insinuation that fields, with the coal on high summits, and with
these cases were concealed, “in order that deep valleys cutting thc formations next be-
T . . . , r T , low it It is in these valleys that the oil is
I might make cases for myself, I repel as a found, permeating all thc soft veins of shale
vile slander and falsehood, and only worthy of a nd soapstone in abundance,
the pitiful source from whence it e.nanrtes.— This oil region has really risen to great im-
His charges about “officious intermeddling,” porbmee, as the present production of eight
. , ... - 2 hundred barrels of oil per day may be sufficient
not knowing anything about it, arc unworthy cvidencc , t fa - increa ^ g imp J ortancC) als0)
of further notice. not declining, and cannot be easily exhausted
Having, I think, clearly shown that I havo of its wealth. Of course such profits as oil
given no reasonable grounds for the manner in fountains yield, when flowing at thc rate of a
which I have been assailed-that I have writ- hundred barr f ,s daii >; witb bu ‘ btt,e P um P in g
ten no article against the defeated candidate I ‘ f thp J*' and thosn who visit the Wall-
torture him as thev had done. Those who [ lcn no aruc,e lIle ueicuieu canumaie j thc oi l region, and those who visit thc locali
were armed were drawn up. when the word | for Mayor—that I have made no objections to ty. The territory swarms with “borers” of
was given—“Make ready—take aim”—hut, be- I his charges, and that I have done nothing to every grada, and it said that one or two of
fore tho word “fire” was given, some of thc • justify thc insolence with Which I have been tbc sma H towns originally formed them vsfaHnt
mob rushed in and begged them not to fire.— ] , ,, . streets as closely crowded as do some of the
Thc guns were dropped, ami the deputy was ! dra ^ d b f 01 ? tbe P ubbc and 6,andcrcd ’ both eastern cities. Whatever may be the precise
liberated from his uncomfortable position. j ,n ®y professional and m my private charac- state of the crowding, it is clear that every na-
Not satisfied with the indignity and pain al- i ter, it remains to enquire, why all this lias tural advantage this oil deposit affords will be
’ ‘ been done ? Why all this virulence and abuse? »s thoroughly tried as the gold pldcers of Cali-
1 forma have been. If fortunes are to be secured
It is
ready inflicted, a knife was sent for, and the
liair of thc officer was clipped close to his scalp,
and he was then turned loose to mako his way
out of thc neighborhood, which he did with all
convenient iiastc.
Thc second deputy also had a very serious
time in attempting to’serve his warrant, hut we
are not as fully informed of the particulars.—
A number of thc friends of the nogro assembled,
and when thc offiocr attempted to arrest him, he
was'fired upon. The officer returned the charge,
and shot off tho fingers or a negro, from one
hand, but was compelled to leave the ground
without securing his man. There was also a
rumor that two men had been shot, hut we
traced it to no reliable authority.
A Southern Ulan with Northern Principle?.
Thc Charleston Mercury has the following.
Mr. Hilliard's account of Mr. Bell is equally
felicitous ami true. It is the whole story-in a
single .sentence:—
“At a Bell ami Everett meeting in Boston, 1 11 “ ‘ “ 1 “ ’ ‘J= *' ’“J L? | The aged and decrepit!, and tho youth of both
Mr. Hilliard said: “ There is no man at the ^ charged by tho wnters in the Telegraph; ,t| Kf>Tna - frh;Ii arn those
South who more deserves to le railed a South- | « Dr. Hamson, and his “vindication is only
ern man with Xorthcrn principle* than John : a clumsy effort to change the direction of pub-
Pell." . lie opinion from tho real offender.
“At the same meeting Mr. Hilliard made; B ut let not Dr. Harrison “luy thc flattering
quite a finished declamation, in the course of .. , .. , „ . .. ,
which, after alluding to Mr. Breckinridge as »««*»on to his soul, that the result of the re-
There is only one answer to be given, , , ., . .. ,
, , , J . , ,—... , fora few thousands, and the two or three fa-
bccausc I have, in the legitimate exercise of vorcd counties of the commonwealth arc to bc-
my duties as a citizen, nominated, supported come as rich as the areas on which our me-
and voted for Dr. M. S. Thomson for Mayor, tropolitan cities are built, of course we are all
and against Dr. Harrison. It is true that r to be benefited, and will all rejoice accordingly.
... Tbe actual success now attained, is by far be-
dul so, and on thc ground that Dr. Thomson yond wb at the public generally suppose, and
was tho better man, and for the good and solid f or this reason wc think our oil region should
reason that I knew he would male a far more be more widely and fully reported. A gold
capable and useful public officer than Dr. liar- region would fill the State with discussion and
-^p3«xjss£!^i2rrjs;
community u as of thc same opinion, ns has and permancn t source of great wealth is open-
been shown by Dr. Thomson’s triumphant cd) quite by accident, in a portion of the State
election over the most formidable elements of least expected to come to such good fortune,
opposition. and * 8 t ' me f° r our own State to recognize
, , . , and herald its own California.
But what if all the charges made against me I
by Dr. Harrison were true it would not re-1 Tootii-Picks.—In an article on tooth-picks
lieve him. It is not me who is on trial before | generally, the New York Commercial gives
the community for gross official neglect, &c. J the following .account of their manufacture:
the accomplished candidate of the pro slavery cent election, was caused by privato hostility
and secession school, he endorsed Mr. Bell as or professional jealousy!!! It was the ilolib-
ollows: crate verdict of thc community upon an aspi-
r : ,^ n H C K > hand ’„ h r v J 11,ocn w !‘ b M , r ’ ! rant for public honors, “who has been” weigh-
Beil t He hast»een all his life in opposition to \
the dominant public sentiment of thcSouth.— ed ,n thc ^b-incesand fuumlwantin fo
ne is a protectionist; the South is for free trade, j JAMES JIE “ CER OREBN ’
He was in favor of the United States Bank; the ■ ** '
South was not. He opposed tho South Caroli-' FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE IN OHIO,
na doctrine of nullification. He protested I Cincinnati, Sept. 23.—On Thursday last the
against the removal or the deposits. Of al! the | United States Marshal, accompanied by two dc-
Tcnnesseo delegation lie alone favored the re- 1 putics and eight or ten men, weut to Iberia,
ception of petitions fwr the abolition of slavery in j Morrow county, Ohio, with warrants to arrest
the District of Columbia, He opposed the an-., three slaves (brothers) who had ran away from
nexation of Texas. He protested against tiie ; Germantown, Ky., about four months since.—
repeal of tho Missouri Compromise, and resist- One negro was captured by the marshal. Af-
ed the Lecompton Constitution. There is no (ter an examination before Commissioner New
man at thc South who more deserves to be : hall, he was remanded to the custody of his for-
called ^Southern man with Northern principles ; mer master. One of thc deputies was set upon
tlian John Bell’' . by a crowd of sixty of seventy negroes and
— ] whito men, armed with guns and pistols. His
Painful Rumor.—The Cheraw Gasette of j clothes were torn off; his warrant and money
yesterday saya: “A painful Rumor has reach- j taken, and an attempt made to hang and then
ed our town; to tho effect that a wedding party j shoot him. After cutting his hnir short he was
of forty -eight persons were prisoned last Wed- allowed to depart without the negro. Theoth-
nesday or T Imrs lay, near Cokesburr, in this i er deputy was fired upon when attempting to
Mate, of wl.om forty were dead. The report ! arrest the third negro, and returned tne fire,
comes in sucti a form as to render its probnbil- : shooting the fingers off one of the rioters, but
ity painfully true—a letter from a lady at Cokes- j was obliged to leave without securing thc pris-
bury to her friend in Sumter,” oner.
sexes of Chili, are engaged in preparing those
little orange sticks that one finds at every res
taurant and hotel in tho city and country.—
These they whittle out with astonishing rapid
ity, at thc rate of live or six hundred in an
hour. Tiie sticks are then packed in bundles
ofa thousand each, and sent to this city, be{
ing imported expressly by a lady in Division-
street, whose son superintends their manufac
ture in Chili. Hero thc tooth picks are sold
for twenty cents a thousand and scattered over
the country, placed in all the restaurants and
hotels, and in the hand of every tooth-picking
Yankee in the Kingdom. To such an exteut is
this traffic carried that the proprietors of the
Astor House alone purchase eight or ten bar
rels of every importation, and retail them
among thc country hotels. A restaurant with
a good run of custom will consume about twen
ty thousand tooth-picks in three weeks.
“Mr. Jones, why do you wear that bad hat?”
“Because, my dear sir, Mrs. Jones vows she
will not go out of the house until I get a new
one.”
“You’re a bool-teeper," as the librarian said
to thc man who never returned a book.
A mate of a vessel recently arrived in New
York, was arrested on Friday, charged with
robbing the cargo of thc vessel of 60 tons of
iron and 1J tons of copper.
Saturday morning last seven prisoners suc
ceeded in making their escape from the Mem
phis jail,
the peace and general welfare of the city at
heart They have been sclocted for their known
and acknowledged worth, and not from politi
cal consideration. They are men whose suc
cess in business, has resulted from intelligent
application and integrity of character, and
who have never been known as politicians,
many of them have consented to become can
didates, much against their inclination, and at
a considerable sacrifice of time, and personal
convenience, and with no other motive, but a
desire to relievo the city from its present em
barrassed condition, and replace it upon a foot
ing of the respectability, which it formerly oc
cupied, at home and abroad. There will be but
little opposition to the Reform ticket, so far as
members are concerned, yet a good deal of
fuss will be made by thc remnant of Know
Nothings, whose support has Keen drawn from
the city Treasury, and who see in the election
of tho Reform candidates, their own downfall.
The Children's Aid Society.
Tho above society was last night fully or
ganized, and its officers appointed, consisting
of a President, Vice President, Secretary,
Treasurer, and a board of thirty managers.—
Thc object of the Society is to look after and
provide comfortable homes in thc country for
the poor, neglected, and destitute children,
who throng thc city, and are growing up in
vice, with no hand to save them from a’ life of
crime, and disgrace. Vic find thc same good
Samaritans engaged in this, whose names ap
pear in every other work of charity, in this ci
ty, and who never tire in good works. Wm
IVysong, sstands foremost on thc list, and
has worked incessantly in accomplishing the
establishment of this society, and he has at
length thc gratification of seeing it ready for
active operation. May God speed the good
work, and bless thc loborers in it.
The Prince, alias the Baron Renfrew.
Mr. McPhail presented a series of whereases
awl rocoiuiwna lathe coiinral. yesterday, ten
dering the freedom of thc city, Ac. <fce., to tne
Baron Renfrew, which after being somewhat
ridiculed by several of thc members, wore laid
on the table. The exofficio Mayor will not
likely be satisfied with this disposition of what
he has taken such pains to fix up, and will bo
at ’em again probably, with a big speech for
buncomb.
Health of the City.
The report of tho health commissioner,
shows the city to be jn a remarkably healthy
state, and the ratio of deaths to be but 1 in
2,000 thousand. The disease now most pre
vailing, is thc "Park fever," which has rather
increased since tho colapse of thc Druid Hill
project, some four or five are now on the tapis,
and all 'fuss rate." H.
tentions in that respect. Thc Rev. renegade
from all parties with which he has ever been
connected is faring badly on all sides, and in
fact is of the smallest kind offeree to any party
he supports.
Thc Pari Question Settled and Druid Hill
Secured.
It is understood to-day, that thc objections of
Mr. Lloyd N. Rogers, the owner of the Druid
Hill estate, to thc compliance with his contract
with thc city in the sale of that magnificent
property for a Park, will be removed and tho
matter finally adjusted to the satisfaction of
all parties. We may therefore consider Druid
Hill as the certain location for the great Park,
wherein our citizens are to luxuriate during
the dog-days of summer, and cut high Dutch
during the frosts of winter upon the glassy sur
face of its ice locked lake. The whole crop of
small Parks will now be abandoned and let run
to weeds, and all the adepts in Park architec
ture wili concentrate their efforts in the im
provement and varied embellishment of what
is to be the greatest Park extant in this coun
try, or perhaps any other.
Another Suicide by a Female.
A German woman named Winkleman put
an end to her life yesterday by taking a large
dose of laundanum. Dejection of spirits the
only cause of the rash act:
Murderous Assault.
A man named Dixon Fidgett made a mur
derous assault upon a negro with a heavy club,
knocking him down and brutally beating him
upon the head until the skull was fractured in
several places. Fidgett was arrested and com
mitted. Tho injured negro cannot live. Thc
cause for the attack was trivial.
The City Passenger Rail Road.
This popular conveyance is fast progressing
to completion. The cars will, in a day or two,
be put upon the Canton route, when a ride in
any direction of some five miles may be had
for five cents. No improvement has been in-
We regret to see some Southern papers
throwing obstacles in the way of the consumma
tion of this great enterprise, who doubtless, be
cause their particular locality cannot be the
favored spot for the entry of direct trade would
troduced into the city which has given such
Correspondence of the Telegraph univcrsal satisfaction. h.
Baltimore, Sept. 25, 1860.
The Full Reform Ticket for Mayor and Coun
cil.
The Reform, Committee have now presented
to the voters of the city, a list of names of
gentlemen as candidates for the Council, which
Baltimore, Sept 26,1860.
Re-division of the Wards and increase (f Pre
cincts.
A rc-arrangemcnt of tho wards with a view of
equalizing the papulation of each has been made
by thc city Council, and thc several wards have
been subdivided by the board of Police commis
sioners into four election precincts. This will
give 80 election precincts, where but twenty ex
isted under tbc old arrrangement This will
insure a facility in voting which will prevent
the crowding and delay which was heretofore
experienced, and enable the Police to more ef
fectually control disorder at thc polls.
Severe Sentence.
A Mrs. Sophia Carr, tho wife of A N. Carr,
who was found guilty of selling lottery tickets
contrary to law, was yesterday sentenced by
Judge, Bond to pay $1000 fine. A. N. Carr, her
husband, who was recently found guilty of wri
ting circular letters, offering lottery tickets for
sale, was a few days since fined $100 for thc
same. Carr represented himself to be a mem
ber ofa fictitious firm under tho title of Emory
& Co., of Delaware. lie was supposed to be
in some way connected with tho firm of France
& Broadkent, which, it is said, has recently
dissolved and failed for a large amount of lia
bilities. The failure, however, is founded upon
rumor and may not be true. Col. France has
been considered a man of immense wealth, and
the story of his failure has not found much cre
dence here.
American Meeting.
There Is to be a large meeting of tho Straight
ont Americans on Thursday night It has been
Letter from Commissioner from Tennessee
to Hon* Howell Cobb. *
Brussels, Sept 6, 1800.
lion. Howell Cobb, Macon :—
Dear Sir :—I havo continued my visits to the
manufacturers—have been to “Tcrmond,” at
which place two gentlemen will send one thou
sand pairs of negro Blankets; come to Antwerp,
from this place you will get gm, cigars, paints,
cindles and bricks. Thence I crossed the Scheldt
to tho “head of Flanders,” and proceeded to St.
Nicholas, from which place you will receive
shawls and stuffs. I again came to Brussels,
and have the promise of some magnificent Iron
safes, porcelain glassware, &c., and then went
to Namur, for cutlery—to Andenne for paper,
and to “Huy” for zinc, iron and paper, with
white iron, all of which will be sent. To-day I
visit Piano and some other Linen Manufactur
ers. The entire visits will embrace about two
hundred Manufacturers, and give you a general
’assortment of the products of Belgian industry.
Thc Belgians arc going at the question with
great deal of spirit, and I hope they will be
seconded by the South.
If you can sell their entire shipment at re
raunerxtivc prices, it will give an impetus to the
movement that nothing can check, and the
“Direct Trade,” so long dreamed and talked
over, firmly and permanently established, f hey
have a splendid vessel, the “Henry”—she, with
her twin sister, the “Edward,” were built ex
pressly for thc Savannah trade; her Captain,
Capt Wilson, is a gallant officer, and gave me
a warm and spirited reception on liis good ship
some days ago. This vessel will reflect credit
(I predict,) on the Company.
Our mutual friend “Corr,” is working like a
Trojan, and is straining every nerve in his ef
forts to assist in carrying on the good work—
and Bccquet has also awoke, and seems imbued
with much spirit. These gentlemen are thc
master spirits of the enterprise, and it is to their
labors, and your (much esteemed self) that the
South may feel indebted for the impulse and
reality given to “Direct Trade.” Hoping that
all will be well, with my prayers for the success
of the “Macon Fair,”
Believe me, dear sir,
Yours Truly,
JosErn Barbieiie. i
Ycry respectfully, C. •
$100,000 FOR A PAIR OF RATS,
Clinton, Sept 27th, 1800.
Mr. Ci.isdy—Dear Sir:—Your original, r.nd
prefer a continuance of vassalage and depen- extract on Rats, found in recent numbers of the
dence upon the North. To such, if the in- Dai, y. S'ves us unqualified pleasure in the pe-
stincts of Southern honor and pride and .the ; r,1S!) l thereof. \ou are aware, perhaps, that the
promptings of interest will not influence, no sewers of Paris are diligently hunted by men
other arguments need be addressed to them.— "'ith ferrets, terriers, &e, to secure the skins of
The provinces of the Rhine, from the dense pop- the large species that inhabit those places.—
ulation and the industrial habits of thc people, These skins are sold to glove-makers at a re
would become eminently manufacturing eoun- munerating price, and from them are'tnade some
tries if they enjoyed equal facilities and advan- j *he best quality of ladies’ and gentleman’s
tages for obtaining their supplies of raw mate- kid gloves.
rial that England does. As shown by there-; 1 he large Asiatic, or Commercial Rat, now
port of Col. Cobb, Belgium receives over one I taking up its quarters in your city, and upon
half of her cotton through Liverpool, after I the line of ^ 1116 Central Railroad, are in troduced,
passing through thc hands of speculators and 1 accord ' n 8 t° J’ our statement, from the seaport
factors and the additional cost of re-shipment ! by the cars upon thc Railroad.
The only way that this great Southern en- ^ cb > s ' r > tb * s Rat instead of being a pest, is
terprise can be successful is by an earnest co- - a blessing to thc whole country ; for without
operation of cotton planters, and the first in- this Ilat thcre %vould have been no KaiIroads -
and without Railroads no Rats—I mean of this
strumentality is through thc Cotton Planters’
Convention which is already organized and ac
tively engaged. Its officers and members are
men of intelligence and eminently practical,
and if their views and objects arc properly laid
before the people, their efforts to accomplish
direct trade will not be futile or unavailing.—
The increased profits on a single crop of cot
ton in Georgia accruing from direct trade (tak
ing the crop of 1859 as our data, amounting to
440,000 bales) would make upwards of six
million of dollars, which with a corresponding
amount from Europe would go far towards es
tablishing a line of steam ships to our Southern
ports.
lYe cannot see how the practical and intel
ligent men of the South can ignore this great
question any longer—one affecting so mate
rially the vital interests of their section, and
cannot but cherish the hope that the Cotton
Planters’ Convention will never remit their ef
forts, until this great desideratum shall be ac
complished. FARMER.
fine distinguished species. Now, sir, time fails
me to point out the improvements in arts and
sciences, in morals and religion, in wealth, popu
lation, and industrial resources of workshop
and field, that owes their origin to tho intro-.
duction of this Rat.
Taking this view of the advantage and impor
tance of having this animal in our midst, I am
authorized by a company of responsible parties,
to offer $100,000 to any man, or company of
men, that will deliver in Clinton, a pair of the
simon-pure Commercial Rats in tho legitimate
way, which is by Railroad. The Rats may be
delivered in a box, freight or passenger car, and
the money shall be paid promptly on delivery.
Please let this offer be known through the
Daily, that the different Railroad Companies
may see the importance of receiving the large
reward. TERRIER. *
The Cotton Planters’ Convention—Report
of the Commissioner to Europe—Tho Du
ty of the South, Ac., &c*
Russelville, Geo., Sent. 28, 1800.
Editor of Telegraph:—I have just read with
much interest the elaborate report of the com
missioner of the Cotton Planters’ Convention
to Europe, and believe that it will doubtless
awaken a lively and wide spread interest
throughout the cotton States for the great en
terprise which has been so auspiciously begun
by thc Planters’ Convention of this State.
We have watched with much solicitude thc
progress of this Convention from its inaugura
tion. Knowing its designs to be practical amj
commendable, and gotten up by practical and
energetic men, who comprehend thc interest
and demands of thc growing commerce of the
South, we believe they cannot fail if they
are earnest and untiring in their efforts. The
fact that the people of the South hauc been so
often humbugged and disgusted by thc gas
conade of these Southern Commercial Conven
tions, and no practical results seen, may cause
a great many to withhold their co-operation for
a time. But quite a different class of men
compose the Cotton Planters’ Convention—
men who have no political aspirations to grati
fy, but quietly engaged in the noble pursuits
of agriculture, arc daily increasing their indi
vidual wealth and contributing to the na
tional progress of the country. Such are
not “ men of straw,” but of action, and leav
ing gassy harangue for aspiring gentlemen, will
pursue practical ends with vigor, perseverance
and a determined purpose. This Convention
proposes taking wiiliin its purview the inter
est of thc cotton planter. In doing this, one.of
its leading objects is to establish direct trade
with Continental Europe. Without entering
into an enumeration of the beneficial results
likely to accrue from thc establishment of direct
trade, we cannot but bring before the planter
the fact that a largely increased profit upon
his cotton crop will flow from it.
It is an uncontrovertible fact (as shown by
Col. Cobb, the commissioner to Europe, and
may be seen by any one who will refer to the
quotations of thc foreign- market and compare
it with our home market,) that the cot
ton producer sustains a clear loss of $13.20 per
bale by the present route of shipping cotton to
Europe. Thus it will be seen that if direct
New York, Sept 20, 1800.
Musical or Operatic War at the Academy qf
Music—A new Oratorio, by Geo. F. Bristow,
Esq.
Dear Sir:—Knowing that the Opera and
the best artists arc more liberally patronized
in Macon than mosf of thc Southern cities of
a much larger population, which fact is the
best evidence that you have many people of a
refined musical taste, a few items of art gossip
in this city may be interesting to the musical
readers of the Telegraph. Wc arc now in the
midst of a musical war which broke out not
long since at thc Academy of Music, and tH©
temple where we were wont to hear the en
chanting inspirations of Mozart, Bosina, Mcy-
obcer, and others of the great composers, has
been the theatre of conflict between jirima
donnas, great bassos, tenors, and managers
who, while pouring forth their sweet smooth
flowing melodies, and rich majestic harmonics
in front of the scenes, have beet throwing at
each other behind the scenes, bombshells,
grape, and canister, and threatening destruc
tion to our musical season, and an embarrasing
state of their own finances. Never were the
prospects of thc Opera more auspicious than
when the Academy of music opened a few
weeks since, but alas! prima donnas are flesh
like unto thc rest of mankind. When I state
that we had four prima donnas, Cortesi, Patti,
Fabbri and Colson with all the great bassos
baritones, and tenors, including Arnodio, Brig-
noli, and Musiana, of four companies combined,
could you wonder at our musical extacies ?—
But would you not have wondered had four
prima donnas harmonized, even if they all sang
on the same pitch. The discord is easily re
solved. Cortesi wished to take her pitch above
Patti on the bills, white Patti considered her
register fully up to Cortcsls besides, Cortesi
was not disposed to sing on the “off nights” to
empty boxes, and allow Patti to sing on the
regular nights and obtain all thc applause and
boquettes, and this is not ali. Strakosch be
ing the manager, and Patti being his sister-in-
law, he fills the house w: th free tickets on Patti
nights, while she is furnished with none, all
of which must be admitted, according to the
customs of the art, to be perfectly philosophi
cal and artistic. Strakosch is a great general,
and wields thc baton with thc greatest skill,
but he found his ann powerless in this state of
affairs. Cortesi & Co. left and took Niblo’s on
the “off nights” of Forrest, who has lately re
appeared at that theatre, consequently we have
two' operas wnen one cannot be properly
sustained. “Travieta” is now being performed
at Niblo s, and the “Robert lc Diable” at the
Academy, to poor houses.
A new Oratorio, entitled Praise to God, com-
ACTIVITY AT THE vYEST.
A Milwaukie correspondent of thc Boston
Journal speaks of thc wondicrful thrift and
prosperity everywhere observable. At Buffalo
and Milwaukie, as at other Lake ports, vessels
of every description are in dezna:id for the trans
portation of the heavy freight! offering. He
continues:
How different this from the scenes which
have been witnessed at all our ports for the
last three years, when it made little difference-
to buyers or sellers how long a vessel waited
before unloading, or whether it unloaded at all •
or not. Now, every craft which can hold wheat
and get insured is eagerly chartered at fifteen
and sixteen cents per bushel, instead of three
and four cents, as last year, for thc best of ves
sels.
You can have no idea of thc enormous amount
of grain which has been raised in this North-
weeiom country. It is found to be much lar
ger than was at first supposed.
alone now claims 40,000,000 bushels. The
wheat is coming upon the shore of Lake Michi -
gan at the rate of 450,000 bushels a day, which
would require about thirty-five vessels' daily
for its transportation, but they cannot be had.
120,000 bushels of wheat have poured into this
city to-day, and there is not a vessel in the
harbor. When you consider that each foreign
steamer brings news of an advance in bread-
stuffs in Europe, you can imagine somewhat of
tho excitement which prevails here. If you
want to see what the west is when alive, make
a tour through it this fall, for you may never
have such another opportunity.
THE CHEEVERITES IN AN UPROAR,
We understand that since the departure of the
great leader across the big pond the Oheeverites
have been moving like an army without a mas
ter mind to direct its movements, and that mi
nor questions of church discipline have magni
fied themselves into great and seemingly absorb
ing ones, so that at present the church is divid-
cd into opposite parties—the Chcevcrites and
anti-Chcevcrites. They hold .joint meetings
onfts or twice a month, or oftener, to debate
church matters. Rev. Mr. Warren, an itine
rant preacher, and a gentleman well versed in
parliamentary and legal lore, is thc chairman,
and finds plenty of employment for his fertile
brain in deciding the frequent points of order
brought up in the debate; this, it will be seen,
is no envied position, when we inform our rea
ders that there are a dozen or two lawyers
among the brethren who insist upon discussing
according to thc Supreme Court rules. The
question now pending is one relating to thc offi
cial conduct of Dr. Cheever. It has been the
subject for two or three late meetings, and the
debate was carried on with such zeal and warmth .
pro and con, as to require the utmost self pos
session and determination of the Chairman to
keep the brethren and sisters from appealing to
the dirnicr resort of the muscular Christians,
& la St. Heenan.
The last meeting of these lamblike Christians
was held on Monday night, when both parties
assembled at the debating room in full force.;—
The Checverites, who appear to be the most
muscular, took possession of the door, admit
person otre tnose" Having their names on
tiie church list In thc course of the evening a
youug gentleman and an applicant for church
membership, anti-Chceveritc, accompanied by •
a lady, applied for admission, which was deni
ed, and not being a full member ; he demurred
and attempted to force his way into thc church,
posed by Geo F. Bristow Esq., has just been where upon he was seized by a branch of Ckce-
put in rehearsal by the Harmonic Society, who ; verites and severely choked, and ultimately
will produce it within a few weeks. This work
deserves more than a passing notice, as it
is worthy of great credit to thc composer, not
only, but to the art in this country. Mr. Bris
tow is an American by birth, and when quite
young, exhibited a remarkable musical ability.
His father being an accomplished professor,
gave him a thorough education in every branch
of thc art His first classical composition
which attracted attention, was a symphony first
kicked into the street
The meeting on Monday night was extremely
boisterous, and it required great self-possession
on the part of four metropolitan policemen, arm
ed cap a pie, to keep the brethren within the
bounds of public peace.
Cancer Cure.—The Milwaukie Democrat
recently noticed the case of Mr. Matson, pro
prietor of a music store in this city, (brother
Lowcl Matson,) who was cured of a cancer upon
his face, after the removal by knife and reap-
, , , , pearance of thc disease. He was treated by a
brought out by the Phil-Harmonic oociety of j Cincinnati physician, after the process of Dr.
this city, a society which never take up new Fell, of London, described as follows:
compositions unless they are of great merit; | A piece of sticking plaster was put over thc
since which, Mr. Bristow has composed several ^cer with a circular niece cut out of tho con-
, * ,. . . • , t.i trea little larger than the cancer, so that the can-
others, all of which have received high com- cef) had a small dreillar rinl of heal t h y skin next
mendation from musical critics and the public, to it where exposed. Then a plaster made of
Julian, when in this country, was so much chloride of zinc, blood root and w’heat flour, was
pleased with these symphonies that he took, I ; spread on a piece of this circular opening, and
\ . . . ....... . . applied to the cancer for twenty-four hours.—
thmk, two with him on his return to Europe j ^ rcmoving it> the cancer w J as foURd burnt
and brought them out in London, and also en- into, and appeared of thc color and hardness of
gaged Mr. Bristow to write others for his Or- an old shoe sole, and the circular rim outside of
chcstra. His Opera of Kip Van Winkle, which ' lt appeared white and parboiled, as if scalded by
i i o i Krairr j* «.« K rAII j, f hot steam. The wound was now dressed, and
had such a run at the time it was brought out the outs ; de Hni soon separated, and the cancer
by the Pine & Harrison troupe a few years since C amo out in a hard lump, and the place healed
at Niblos, established, his reputation in that up. Thc plaster kills tho cancer, so that it
department. The Oratorio just published, as a sloughs out like dead flesh, and never grows in
0tai„t -ra r,v mNj I
with man} of the works of the old masters. 1 WJLS removed in tire from thc face ofan cstccm-
While it combines all that may be said to be- ed lady of this city by Dr. Dolly. Thc afllic-
long to the old school which is considered es- ted should know that there is a remedy which
sential in a classical work, it is sufficiently ' >s s0 near infallible. Lodiesur Democrat,
modern in style, and adaptation to the libretto, \y H0 AKE 1UE Alarmists ?—The New Or-
to please all who can appreciate thc higher or- j leans commercial Bulletin (Bell-Everett,) draws
der of music. Thc orchestral accompaniments (a gloomy picture of tho consequences of the
show the perfect comprehension of thc com- ; clc ^j° n ofaNorthem sectioual President:
, , , “Me shall expect, in thc first place, such a
poser of the best effects which can be produc, . commcrcial stagnation as wo never have wit-
ed by. the various instruments. I could oecu- nessed in the United States. We may be mis-
py more room than you would wish to spare in ; taken, but that is our deliberate and settled con-
giving of this oratorio such a description as riction. Wc shall expect every interest in the
i,AU works of «* kio.Uro labor, j 2"7
oflove in this country, as they never produce j date in value, and the blow will fall with terri-
any adequate pecuniary compensation to the j ble and chrushing power especially upom plant-
composers, and all lovers of the art havo good > n & commercial and manufactering interests.”
reason to feel proud of such productions by an j Itbas bcen char 8 ed tba ‘ lhc al ™‘ s ar ®
. . * * ■ Breckinridge men. But it seems from the
American, as they show that wc arc fast an- i above Diat they arc not alone in the business,
vancing in musical taste, and that wc may soon i Journal qf Commerce.