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Newspaper Page TextSATURDAY, AUG. 15. Stale of the Weather. WIDXEBDAT, Aug. 12—7, A. M. At Savannah, clear and warm. “ Macon, “ “ “ “ Columbus, “ “ “ “ Montgomery, cloudy and warm. “ Lower Peace Tree, cloudy. “ Mobile, rainy and hot “ Gainesville, rainy and warm. “ New Orleans, cloudy. *“ Augusta, clear and warm. Thursday, August 13—7 A. M. At Savannah, warm and clear. “ Macon, clear and hot. " Columbus, clear and warm. “ Montgomery, “ hot. “ Lower Peach Tree, clondv. Mobile, clear and warm, c Gainesville, clear. " New Orleans, “ and pleasant. “ Augusta, * and very warns. Friday, Aug. Id. —7, A. M. At Savannah, clear and warm. “ Macon, " • hot. “ Colnmbns, “ “ “ Montgomery, clear “ “ Lower Peach Tree, cloudy, ■“ Mobile, clear. “ Gainesville, cloudy and warm. “ New Orleans, clear and pleasant. “ Augusta, very sultry. , Saturday, Angt 13—7, A. M. ] At Savannah, warm. “ Macon, clear and warm. “ Columbus, clear and hot. “ Montgomery, “ \ “ “ Power Peach Tree, clear. “ Mobile, “ Gainesville, dear and pleasant. “ New Orleans, clear. “ Augusta, clear and hot. An Inquest Was held in this city on Tuesday, the 11th inst., try Lewis Lkvy, J. I’., Rc nficiu Coroner, on the toody of ao unknown negro man found drowned in the canal. The verdict of the jury was that they were unable to find out the cause of the negro •nan’s death, and gave it as their opinion that it was from accidental drowning. The condition of the body was such that the age of the umn could not be told by the jurry. lie ap peared to have been in the water several days. Persons in this neighborhood who have any ne gro missing can useertain the description of the dress found on this man, by application to Mr. Lsvr. Tennessee. The Nushvillo Union savg that the Democratic majority, on joint ballot, in the Legislature of Ten nessee, is fourteen—eight Democrats elected to Congress, and two Know Nothings—and Demo cratic majority for Governor about eleven thou sand. A Passenger by the Wuy. The Savannah Acier of 12th instant, says: “The Steamship Augusta, which arrived yesterday morn ing, brought one more passenger than site started with. The little stranger was very appropriately mimed utter the ship and her popular Captain.” The election in Kentucky. The returns from this State are complete in all ossential particulars. The Congressional delega tion will stand eight Democrats to two Know Nothings, as follows : Ist District. —Henry C. Burnett, Democrat. i dth " A. G. Talbot, Democrat. oth " J. H. Jewett, Democrat. 6th “ J. M. Elliott, Democrat. 7th h. Marshall, Know Nothing. Sth " J. B. Clay, Democrat. 2th “ J. C. Mason, Democrat, loth “ J. W. Stevenson, Democrat. Garrard, the Democratic candidate tor State Treasurer, is elected by a majority ranging from ten thousand to fifteen thousand. In the State Senate there will be a tie. In the tower Mouse the Democrats will have a majority of about twenty-five. iw The Aberdeen (Miss.) Sunny Smth, of Oth inst., says: “We have to report rain this week, without a day’s intermission. The boll worm, we learn, has made his appeuruuce, and our planters are apprehensive of its ravages.” K3T The new Constitution of lowa, changes the day for holding the State elections in that State to October. The new Constitution will probably bo adopted by the people. We are not prepared to •late what the other prominent changes ate that the new Constitution will effect. IST R. Peters at Co.’s Flour Mills, in Atlanta, «ow turn out two hundred aud eighty barrels of flour daily. The South-western Railroad Company have declared a semi-anuual dividend of four dollars per share. The Kaiuhridge Argil*. of 12th inst., states that the Rank of Albany will go into operation oarly next year. 2-$T* Four negroes were recently killed by light ning near Bolivar, in Tennessee. 2 -sy We have received from a gentleman of Aiken, S. C., several specimens of rocky marl, taken from the railroad cut at that place, containing a large deposit of marine shells. The specimens may be seen by those curious in such matters, at our otlicc. t-ST* The United States ship of war “Indepen dence” was at Panama, X. G., on the 3d August, and was about to sail for San Francisco, where the officers and marines will embark for New York. Some portion of the military force of the Indepen dence lias already reached New York. The Democratic party of Houston county nominated Samuel Felder for the Senate, and Mad ison Marshall aud William P. Gilbert for repre sentatives. A correspondent in that county says; “Things g<jon finely here, and we are satisfied we will elect oui entire ticket. The Hon ,R .J. TRirrK has paid us a visit, and given us a harangue, but his friends are not pleased with his course, and much less with his reasons. We iutend to trip him up.” A Noble Act. —The Batavia (X. Y.) fimes says that a few days siuce, two men traveling on foot, on the Attica railroad, when within two miles of the village, found ten or fifteeu cords of wood, which had tumbled over on the track. They went to work clearing it off, and knowing that it was about time for the Attica train, one of them went back some distance, aud succeeded by swinging a basket in stopping it. For ttos noble act, which probably saved lives and property, the conductor gave them ten cents each, aud a ride to town! Yellow Fever at St. Mary’s.— The Savunuah Gtoryian, of 12th inst, says; “ A report was rife m this city on yesterday, that a case of yellow fe ver had occurred at St. Mary’s, and proved fatal. The man who died was a sailor boarding-house *«eper, and contracted the disease from the crew that*porf >eoa discharging at r L * OF Nic *ragua.—The Natchez it f L * '^ inst -* notices the arrival in that i,, . t 0 y: lau * who is understood to be on U* way to Nicaragua, Organs. The Alien Suffrage Clause of the Kansas Act. The Savannah Republican , of Wednesday, in a j report of the speech delivered by Judge Brown, . at St. Andrew’s Hall, in that city, on Tuesday J evening, has the following paragraph: j k -1 “He said the alien clause in the Kansas bSI had \ been stricken out and repealed by the Territorial j Legislature. This is news to us, and as he will probably not speak again in Savannah, we would be pleased to have him publish the proofs of his > allegation in the papers. Our own is open to i him whenever it may be desired for that purpose, j As Judge Brown is busily engaged canvassing | the State, and the Republican seems to be anxious j fora confirmation of this “news,” perhaps it will • permit us to furnish the proof, and give it to its readers as we state it. We have repeatedly de- i dared that that portion of the Kansas act under ] which aliens were allowed to vote, who had de- j dared their intention to become citizens ot the , United States, had been rendered inoperative by < the action of the Legislature of Kansas, in pre- • scribing the qualification of voters in that Terri tory—this is what Judge Brown designed to say, 1 when, as reported by the Republican, he declared ■' that “the alien clause in the Kansas bill had been 1 stricken out and repealed by the Territorial Legis- * lature”—and we are, therefore, interested in es- t tablishing the correctness of his statement. t The following is the 2od section of the Kansas ' act, embracing its “alien-suffrage cause:” 1 “That every free white male inhabitant above \ the age of twenty-one years, who shall be an actual t resident of said* Territory, and shall possess the qualifications hereinalter prescribed, shall be en titled™) vote at the first election, and shall be eligi- [ ble to anv office w ithin the said Territory j but the * qualifications of voters, and of bolding office at all subsequent election* shall be such as shall be pre- j scribed by the Legislative Assembly: Provided, Thatulbe right of suffrage and of holding officeshall be exercised only by citizens of the United States, 1 a net those who shall have declared on oath their mien- n t ion to become such, arul shall have taken an oath to . support the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act: Aral provided further, That no officer, soldier, seaman, or marine, or ' other person in the army or navy of the United States, or attached to troops in the service of the ( United States, shall be allowed to vote or hold of- f tice in said Territory, by reason of being on ser vice therein.” * * It will be observed that by the provisions of this section, aliens who had declared on oath their intention to become citizens, and who would far- ( ther take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Kansas act, were entitled 1 to vote at the first election, but that the qualifies- 1 tions of voters at all subsequent elections were to 1 be such as the legislative assembly should prescribe. ] The first election contemplated by this section of the act was held on the 30th of March, 1853, for members of the legislative assembly of the Terri tory. At thaUAv* election aliens were authorized by the organic act to vote, and did vote. The result was that the ||Np very candidates for the Legisla ture were elected in every election district of Kansas with the exception of the eighth representative dis trict. This was the practical operation of the “alien suffrage clause” of the Kansas act. This first — pro-slavery— Legislative Assembly of the Territory, elected by the aid of alien voters, met at Pawnee, the place designated by Governor RhkdEr, on the 2nd of July, 1855. As authorized by the organic act, this Legislative Assembly pre scribed the qualifications of voters at subsequent elections in the Territory. The provision of the statute passed by it upon the subject, is as follows: “ Every free white male citizen of the United Mutes, aud every free mule Indian who is made a citizen, by treaty or otherwise, aud over the age of twenty one years, and who shall be. an inhabitant of the Territory, and of the county and district in which he offer* to vote, and s lia(I bare,paid a Territorial i tux. shall bo for all elective l eera. ’ Tin. was the .nttVage law «rCM, in - o/f.^er7lwS3?oWCB r Sv-*th the islative Assembly was elected nLocJKIBS6 nj which the law was puNoH|ynflMmflw or* the people to form a Constitution and .State gov ernment. It excluded a class of persons who,' by * the organic act were allowed to vote, i. e., aliens, who had declared their intention to become citi zens of the United States. In other words, the first Legislature elected in the Territory of Kansas, pre scribed qualifications for voters which did not recognise the principle of alien suffrage, or as Judge Brown, as reported by the Republican, ex pressed it in his speech at St. Andrew’s Ilall, in Savannah, it “struck out” and “repealed” the alien clause of the Kansas bill. This may be “ news” to the Republican, but it is nevertheless a fact. There are two or three questions relating to the alien suffrage feature of the Kansas bill, which we desire our contemporary of the Republican candid ly to answer: 1. Was not the practical operation of the alien suffrage clause of the Kansas act, whilst it was operative, favorable to the South? 2. Is it not now, by the action of the Territorial Legislature—action authorized by the organic act— inoperative, dead ? 8. But whether operative or inoperative, was not the editor of the Republican a delegate to the American State Council, which met at Concert Hall, in the city of Macon, on the 27th of June, 1855, and which passed a resolution approving the Kansas act —its alien suffrage feature includt d —and making its support a test of fidelity to the princi ples of the Americau party and to southern rights? and did he not vote for that resolution ? and did he not defend it afterwards as an unqualified en* dorsemeut of the Kansas act ? Congressmen elected in Alabama. James A. Stallworth, Dem., from tlie Ist Dis trict, recently represented by the Hon. Percy Walker. 2d. Eli S. Shorter, Dem., re-elected. 3d. Jas, F. Dowdell, Dem., re-elected. 4th. Sydenham Moore, Dem., overWiJ.il. Smith, K. N., late incumbent. sth. Gko. Houston, Dem., re-elected. 6th. W. U. Cobb, Dem., re-elected. 7th/ J. L. M. Curry, Dem.. no opposition. An Immense Fund.— The “Patriotic Fund,” sub scribed in Great Britain aud her provinces and by i British others of foreign countries, < for the benefit <ff the soldiers who suffered in the ; late Russian war, their wives and children, was one of the largest of that character ever collected. 1 Prince Albert, chairman of the commissioners to 1 distribute the fund, lately stated, in an address to 1 Queen Victoria that the total amount was £1,446,- 985, or over seven millions of dollars. Os this amount £lO5 was received trorn Lawrence, Mass., £1,728 from New York, £B6O from New Orleans, j. £950 from San Francisco, £l7 from Davenport, lowa, and £162 from Philadelphia. Os the sur ’ plus the commissioners have appropriated £38,500 i for the erection of an asylum for the reception of . three hundred of the orphan daughters of soldiers, ’ sailors and marines, and have endowed it with the sum of $700,000. The foundation stone of the new asylum was laid in presence of Her Majesty. Crops in Arkansas.— The Little Rock Advertiser, of the Slst ultimo, says: “From daily accounts ‘received from every section of the State, and from our own observation m this vicinity, we are satis fied that, with the exception of a few localities, abundant crops will be made in Arkansas this year. Ou loot Saturday we crossed tlie river with a friend and proceeded down to the plantation of Mr. Churchill, about six miles below this place, observing particularly as we passed along, the condition of the corn and cotton. The corn ap pears to be maturing finely, and along thg river looks remarkably well. Cotton, though later than usual, promises very fair.” j Allen Sail rage—A Dodge. No man, whatever may be hia ability or his in genuity, can reconcile the present position of the American party of Georgia upon the Kansas and Nebraska acta, with its record npon those acts. Mr. Hill, the candidate of that party for Guberna torial honors, is a gentleman of ability and inge nuity, and he, it seems, despairing of the attempt to reconcile the two, is disposed to dodge the record. An illustration of this is furnished in his reply to comments upon the resolution of the Leg islature of 1853-4, in reference to the Kansas-Ne braska bill, which were made by Judge Brows, in the opening discussion between them at Newnan. That resolution Is as follows: Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That opposition to the principles of the Nebraska bill, in relation to the subject of slavery, is regarded by the people of Georgia as hostilfty to the rights of the South, and that all persons who partake in such opposition are unfit to be re cognized as component parts of any party organi zation not hostile to the .South. This resolution waß passed unanimously by both Houses of the General Assembly of this State, on the 17th of February, 1854, and Judge Brown, with much reason, contended that it re flected the opinion of the people of Georgia, upon the Kansas-Nebraska act. and committed that por tion of them who had since become identified wtth the Americau party, to its support. Mr. Hill’s reply, as given by the Atlanta Intelligencer, v> as, ‘ that when the Legislature passed the resolution, to 7chick Judge Brown, referred, the alien feature of the Kansas bill had rust then been inserted in it, and, then fore, the legislature did not approve the bill as it u-as afterwards gassed." The Congressional Globe, unfortunately for Mr. Hill, does not sustain him in this Statement. The resolution of the Legislature was passed on the 17th ot hebruary, 1854—the Clayton amendment, striking out the alien suffrage clause of the bill, and restricting the right of voting and of holding office in the Territories, to citizens of the United Htutes, was not adopted until the 2d day of March, 1854. The Legislature of 1853-4, therefore, in en. dorsing the Kansas-Nebraska act, and making its support a test’of fidelity to the Mouth endorsed the alien suffrage feature of the bill, which had not then been stricken out. But there is a later endorsement of that feature of the bill, not by the Legislature— but by American parly. The Kansas-Nebraska bill, re ported from the committee of territories, passed the Senate on the 3d of March, 1854—the alien suf frage clause haring been stricken out on the day preceding its passage by the adoption of the Clayton amendment, and in that shape it was sent to the House. There, when it came up to be acted upon, Mr. Riciiardson, of Illinois, moved as a substitute for the Senate bill, a bill identical with that bill, as it would have been if the Clayton amendment had not been adopted by the Senate— a bill, in other words, containing the original alien suffrage clause, which had been stricken out by the Senate. That bill, containing alien suffrage, passed the House, and afterwards (we believe on the 80th of May, 1854,) passed the Senate and re ceived the approval of President Piercs. We have seen that the Legislature of Georgia, on the 17th of February, 1854, endorsed the feature of alien suffrage then in the Kusas bill before the Senate—the following resoluSbn will show that the American party of Georgia, endorsed the fea ture of alien sutl'rage in that bill, as it was finally passed: Resolved, That this Connottf while repudiating the policy of allowing in 11 ism Future legislation of the country, to vote in tiie Territorial elections, all opposition to the principles of the act, iu rela tion to slavery. a^injWj^^LrM«*^imiaUtutiomil nwon .11 the : lor. < year after the Kansas act, and more than two months after the first election under it in the Territory of Kansas, had resulted by the aid ut alien raters, iu the choice of a prthslaery legisla ture. It isan explicit endorsement of the Kansas act—its sijnatter sovereignty, alien sufrage, and ev ery other objectionable feature included—and com mits the American party fully to its support. We submit, if those who are now opposing that bill, denouncing it, and inveiging against it, be cause it contains, as they allege, the principles of squatter sovereignty and alien suffrage, are not, under the resolution, guilty of “hostility to the constitutional rights of the Mouth” and “unfit to be members of the American party.” Letter From Mr. Toombs. We publish in another column, a letter from Senator Toon ns, written in reply to an invitation from the citizens of St. Paul, Minnesota TerritoVy, to visit that city during the present snmnier, and to accept the compliment of a public dinner, ten dered him as an evidence of their high apprecia tion of his services in the passageof the Minnesota Land hill, by the last Congress. The Minnesota Advertiser, from w r hich wo copy the correspondence between our Senator and the committee, through whom this invitation was ex tended hint, introduces it witli the following re marks : " Soon after the passage of tiie act of Congress granting lands to aid the construction of railroads in Minnesota, a public meeting of congratulation was held in St. Paul, when, in addition to certain measures contemplating a general celebration of an occasion deemed so important to the interests of Minnesota, it was resolved to acknowledge the attitude of Senator Toombs, of Georgia, who, it will be remembered, introduced the bill to the Senate, and probably secured its passage by his timely and disinterested advocacy, by the tender of a public dinner. “A committee was designated, who, after ascer taining to their satisfaction that the division of public semimeni iu regard to the general pelebra tion resulting iu its indefinite postponement, did not extend to the proposed compliment to Scna . .." Toombs, communicated with that gentleman. ■G' reply, the following letter has been receiv j ed, v .doll hus been furnished us for publication. ! While we regret, in common with the commit tee and all our citizens, that Senator Toombs is de terred from his first purpose of visiting Minnesota, and accepting our hospitalities; yet his letter will be recognized as of special importance and value, in its terse, but masterly vindication of the gener al policy of aidiug the Treasury of the United States, and the development of the new States, by grants of lands in alternate sections for railroad construction.” The Americas South-western Bests says that Hon. .H. Crawford declines the nomina . tion for Congress, tendered him by the Know Nothing party of the Second Congressional dis trict, 55?” The recent election for Sheriff of Barnwell district, S. C., resulted as follows: James Hutto twelve hundred and twenty; S. Stallings ten hun dred and ninety-two—majority for Hutto one hun dred and twenty-eight. J3F An engine and tender, and several cars, fell through the Saluda bridge, of the Greenville, S. C., railroad, on Wednesday last. Messrs. Dob bins and Morrison were killed, but -the engineer escaped unhurt. , Out of the fifty-nine members of the Senate dar ing last Congress, no less than five have already passed away, viz: Messrs. Clatton, of Delaware; Bell, of New Hampshire; Adams, of Mississippi; Botlsb, of South Carolina; and Bfjk, of Texas. OF The New York correspondent of the Charles ton Courier says a four mile race, to take place <■ September twenty-ninth, over the Fashion course, * has been made between Nicholas and Charleston. t The stakes are to be three thousand dollars, and the race is to be open to all other horses. s „ . t North Carolina Elections. —The Democrats ' have carried every Congressional district save one—the fifth. In this district, John A. Gilher, j Esq., American, has been elected over S. W. Wil- i Liams, Esq., Democrat. f Extraordinary Meteor. —Letters from Bagdad < announce an extraordinary fall of rain on the 14th ] ot June, at that place, which, from its bloody hue, j gave the surrounding country the appearance of a battle-field. The meteor seen at Malta, on the 14th of June, was likewise observed on the same day j throughout Syria and Palestine; and letters from , Trebizond, Samsoun, Sinope, Constantinople and ; Smyrna, report a heavy fall of rain, and tempos- t toons weather on that day, to the great alarm of the inhabitants, who had for some weeks been \ anxiously looking out fur the comet crash. The evening of the 13th of June was the remarkable i meteor and whirlwind in New York. A Complete Democratic Victory.— Next win- 1 ter, says the Journal of Commerce, for the first time since 1823 or 1828, a legislature containing a Dem ocratic majority will assemble at Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky. The Democrats have, since that date, had the Governor and half the dele gation in Congress, but never the Legislature. The opposition had a permanent and enduring ascendancy in that body that never could be sha keu in the least. But now, with tiie dawning of the new era that marks the reaction everywhere in favor of Democracy, Kentucky wheels valiantly into line; and there she will remain hereafter. DuTCn Colony for Tennessee.— Madame Storms, of Delft, Holland, has purchased a tract of land five miles from Kingston, Tennessee, and three miles from the Tennessee river. One essential element which controlled the selection was the be lief that it would be very favorable to the rearing of the wine grape. If this experiment should prove successful, it is believed that it wilt be the commencement of a large emigration of the Dutcli to this country. The Louisville (Ky.j Democrat, is very anxious, at this particular time, that public attention should be directed to the following plank of the Know- Nothing platform, constructed in 1855, at Philadel phia: “ The American party, having arisen upon the ruins and in spite of the Whig and Democratic parties, cannot tie held in any manner rtsponsibie fur the obnoxious acts or’ violated pledges of either.” Wholesale Arrest of Doctors.— The Indiana doctors are going to tbg dogs. Dr. Patterson, of Charthage; Dr. Rogers, of Knightstown; Dr. Lew - is Fkazre, of Janesville; Dr. Rouinson, of Mun cietown, and Perky Bennett, of St. Omer, Indi ana, Wire been arrested on charges of counter feiting money. They have been committed fer . trial by a Rush county judge. The doctdhl in ques tion ha7e hitherto moved in reputable society, and enjoyed the confidence of their neighbors. Painful. —The Indiana State Se ntinel says: “His many friends in this vicinity will be | learn that the Rev. Elijah Anderson, of Indiana, was sent to the penitentiary the other day by the Bedford (Ky.) Circuit Court for stealing niggers.” _ In Chattooga county, the Democrats hare nomi nated Wesley Shropshire, for the Senate, and C. I). Black, for the House. r —'■ ts/mnop niu, ■nwuoe ted Thom as Bikk, for the Senate, and Henry Mc- Connell and David Barrett, for the House. Fatal Affray. — On the 24th tilt., a difficulty occurred between W. G. Graves and Joseph K. Ezell, at Mr. John Bateman’s saw mill, three miles west of Pine Bluff, Arknnsas, when Graves shot Ezell, killing him instantly. Graves made his escape. The Great Elevator.—A southern gentleman, at u northern hotel, perceiving that the dining room servant, a negro, was bestowing his atten r tions elsewhere, to his own neglect, called up John, and accosted him in this wise : i “John, I have servants at home, and am waited , on as gentleman should be. lam neglected here, and am tired of it. I give you fair notice that 1 will whip you like a dog unless yon behave better.” The consequence was, that John became very attdhtive during the few days that the gentleman remained. On goingaivav, John waacalled up and presented with a dollar or two, which he thus acknowledged: “Thank ee, tnassn. Southern gentlemen always so—lick us like blazes if we don’t wait on ’em well, but, when dey go, dey allers gib us a dollar or two. “Nnw.dese Abolition gemmen mighty hard to suit, and want much waiting on, an’ when dey go ’way shake yer hand, look up to de wall an’ say, ‘ God bless you, my unfortunate friend, an’ elewate you in the scale ob humanity,’ or something like that, but dey neber gib us a dollar or two to elewate us wid.” Arraignment of Blackwood, the Murder:. — 1 George C. Blackwood was arraigued on the morn -1 ing of Monday, the 3rd instant, on a charge of having stabbed and killed C. W. A. Wright, at New Orleans, the Saturday afternoon previous. He listened coolly and quietly to the reading of ; the affidavit, and had nothing to say. His exam ination was fixed for Thursday last. The Crescent says; “ The court room was crowded with people, anx i ious to catch a glimpse of the murderer. He is a rather handsome man, of medium size, with heavy dark hair and whiskers, and an intellectual coun tenance, with nothing wrong in it but the unwink ing stare of his pale blue eyes. As he went out, iu charge of the officer, the crowd opened a wide . path for him—much as tliev might have done if a lion or a tiger had been led through their midst.” Bedford Springs.— A letter iu tiie New York Herald from Bedford Springs contains the follow ing: . P-esident Buchanan, who is now here, first vis ited these springs as far back as 1816, and has paid them an annual visit almost every year since that • fime. There were at that early day a large num ber of eminent men in various walks of life from his own State. Maryland and Virginia, who met annually at these springs, forming and renewing many agreeable anil pleasant associations. It is a • melancholy reflection with ihe President, which he himself recently remarked with much feeling, that of that large company he is the sole survivor. Among the ladies here a’re Miss Lane, the Presi dent's neice; Miss Black, daughter of the Attorney General; Miss McGuire, Washington, I>. C.; Miss Henderson, Miss Jemison, Miss Clark, Miss Ches i nut, Miss Levering, Miss Pendleton, and the two Misses D. Gouicks, all from Baltimore, and Miss Porter, from Harrisburg. There are quite a number of gentlemen of the press here, among whom Messrs. Bose and Mur phy, formerly of the Baltimore American. Geo. S. Gideon, J. C. Megnire, of Washington : Mr. Mar burv. Mr. Robinson, Mr. Robert M. Magraw and i Mr. Courtney, of Baltimore. Items ot News. “The dwelling of Mrs. Marta Hughes, in Am herst county, Virginia, was burnt to ihe ground a few days since. It is in contemplation to form a National Jockey Club at Washington City. There are already, it is said, sixty subscribers. Ex-Gov. Henderson, the former law partner of Gen. Rusk, of Texas, is spoken of as his successor in the U. S. Senate. John Server, an of Mount Joy, Lancaster county, Pa., committed suicide on Sat urday. Joseph M. Keyes, of the firm of Messrs. McLe more, Raybun A Co., of New Orleans, died on the 25th ultimo, in Mississippi. The Atlantic Telegraph. —The New York Journal of Commerce, in descanting upon the pro bability that the enterprise of the Atlantic tele graph will be crowned with success within a few days from this time, says : m* “It has been determined that the first message 1 across the ocean, in case of success, shall be ‘<Rb?v 1 to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good 1 will toward men.’ This.will probably be followed < by Queen Victoria’s compliments to our President, and, after his reply, the line wiil be open to the ; public for messages of not more than twenty words, i at fifty shillings the message, or say sixty-two and a-haif cents a word!” * - The Journal thinks the merchants must concert ; an arrangement among themselves by which they will be kept advised of every change'm the Euro pean markets. It can hardly be expected that the press can bear the whole expense.— Ball. Sun. A Hint for the South Americans. —The Amer ican party South, contends that there is no affinity between their party at the North and the Republi cans. But the iJjiUu Sun, the “original Jacob” and Simon Pure organ of the native Americanism of 1344, and of Southwark and Kenuitgtnn, calls beseechingly upon all Pennsylvania#*: “Do not regard Mr. fiazlehurst as a champion of American ism. There are sound arguments and statistics in favor of the cause which he will be unable to pre sent before you. Listen to Mr. Wilmot. hi is the regularly chosen champion of Americanism —he understands the case. Hazlchurst does not.” What do Humphrey Marshall and ZollicofFer, Percy Walker and Win. R. Smith, think of that? Does it harmonize with their views, and will they be willing to sit a Wilraot’s foot-stooi to learu the ar guments and statistics in favor of their cause ? Pennsylvanian. The N. Y. Times publishes the following sketch of Dr. Catljn : •. “ Dr. Samuel S. Catlin, the man who is ‘com pletely under my thumb,’ as Mrs. Cunningham -aid to Dr. Uhl, is at present a resident of, and has an otfice at No. 227 Court street, Brooklyn. He is a native of Durham, in the Stale of Connecticut, and in early life lie received a ‘common school education.’ In 1346, the earliest date from which we are able to trace his career, he occupied the po sition of clerk in a drug store in New Haven. He next entered the office of Dr. Tyler, of New Ha ven, as a student of medicine. Subsequently he attended lectures at the medical school connected with Yale College, and graduated at that institu tion in 1819. After taking his diploma, he estab lished himself in Derby, some ten miles from New Haven. About'this time he man ied Miss Beecher, a cousin of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher," of Brook lyn, and a sister of Rev. Mr. Beecher, who keeps a select school at Saratoga, whither, it will be re collected, Miss Helen Cunningham was making preparations to go on the night previous to the murder at No! 31 Bond street. In 1350 or 1851, I)r. Cutlin removed to Brooklyn, and established himself in Clinton street. Through the assistance of his wife’s connexions, and the exertions of the lady herself, who is said to be a woman of more than ordinary attainments and energy of charac ter, he soon gained admittance into many respec table families, and in the course of two* or three years found himself in a very comfortable prac tice. “ Dr. Catlin is said to he a member of the New York Academy of Medicine, and we hear that he was one of the host of applicants for the post of Resident Physician, at Staten Island, now held by Dr. Bisseli, for which post he was recommended to the Governor by men nigh in public esteem.” Singular Accident—Taking out a Man’s Brain, Fixing and Replacing it. —The Harrisburg Tie orajth says that on Wednesday night last u canal boatman named Tomacb, a resident of Lavalsock, Pa., while lying asleep on the deck of his boat, came into collision with a bridge near liigh&pire, which struck him on the back part of the head, knockiug the perietal bone, which vvasfouud short ly after as free from extraneous substance as if it had been extracted by the hands ol a demonstrator of anatomy. The wounded man was, of course, instantly aroused by the concussion, and what is most remarkable, rose to his feet perfectly uncon scious of the extent of the injuries he had received by the collision. The slight pain in the back of his head gave him no trouble whatever; it was only after he had dressed himself, and one of bis com rades bad found the bone on deck, that he was made aware of the qnfortuoate mutilation of his caput. After this discovery, the w oungfcd man was taken to H j|hspire, where Dr. bruin, sndrenTacilinter* of the adjacent part of the skull in a proper man ner, informed him ibat was all he could do for him. With this the wounded oian departed, in a perfect ly rational state, to his home in Loralsock. We doubt if tfce experience of any member of the medical profession can show a similar caae to the above. —Elm o a Gazette. AsothrbLoopholefor Mks. Cunningham.— Law is one of the exact sciences, and requires mathemat ical certitude in each of the steps of a proceeding before it imposes a disqualification or a penalty. Mrs. Cunningham, by the hasty proceeding of the district attorney, ha 3 not only the advantage which is supposed to arise trom not having fully consum mated the crime which she had intended, but she has also a chance of escape through another loop hole left open by the premature proceeding. It is contended by the legal profession that Mrs. Cun ningham would not come within the statute against palming off a suppositious heir to property, un less it is decided in the Surrogate’s Court that she is actually the wife of Dr. Burdell. In the words of the statute, it is essential to the crime that the child fraudulently produced should be produced “as the child of parents whose child would be en titled to inherit. If Mrs. Cunningham was not married to I)r. Burdell, the child produced, sup- f losing it to have been her own,coula not legitimate ly be the heir of the deceased, and therefore the personation does not full with, in the terms of the statute, which calls for the personation of an infant born of parents whose child icovld be eutitled to inherit. — Ph Jade Iphia ledger. Important to Railroad Travellers.— A court in Ohio has decided that the Joss of a railway ticket falls upon the purchaser, it held that, the ticket being Negotiable by delivery, any one picking up the lost ticket coud ride upon it. The ticket agent having sold a ticket to the plaintiff, the latter was obliged, if he rode, to give it to the conductor. It was held further, by the court, that passengers, bv the purchase and delivery of tickets to the conduc tor, did not become lessees of the cars; that they were still in the possession and under the control of the company; that if the company ordered a passen ger who Rad thus paid his fare to leave the cars, and he refused, he might be ejected, without rendering the company liable to an action for assault and battery ; that they would, however, in such case, lie liable for a breach of their duty as common carriers, and might be made to pay such dimages as resulted from that breach of duty, cither deten tion or any other loss. One for Ten Brokck ! —The last chapter, and the end of the last chapter, and tb e finis at the end of that, with the vanishing •* s ” at the tail of all, has been reached in the dispute between Messrs. Minor and Ten Broeck, as to the age and mouth of Pryor. This will be seen by reference to a letter from Mr. Ten Brqeck, in another column, dated Stockbridge, England, on the 10th July. The shot of Mr. Ten Broeck this time, takes effect just be tween wind and water, and Mr. Minor, (who aside from this infatuation about the age of is a sensible and estimable gentleman) lies waistcoat up. Oue for Ten Broeck! Porter's Spirit of the Tunes. The Winner of the Goodwood. —lt is thought that if Mr. Ten Broeck is not fortunate enough to win the Cup race at Goodwood, he will challenge the winner to a match at four mile heats for twenty thousand dollars. Or, that he will propose to meet the English champions of the Turf on this side of the Atlantic. If the Goodwood coutest go adverse to us. we thiuk the Fashion Jockev Club of this city might make such offer! The trial will not be complete until the English racers meet us on our own ground! Porter's Spirit of the Times, Aug. S. Crops in Wisconsin. —A formerly extensive far mer in Wisconsin, who has just returned from a visit to that State, informs us that such a bountiful harvest has not awaited the husbandman for sev eral years. The spring wheat, now the principal wheat crop of Wisconsin, is generally good, and for the most part very superior. Barley, also an important \\ isconsin crop, is heavy; * and oats good. Corn on the dry prairies is rank and pro mises well—on the wet prairies small and a pro bable failure. So of potatoes. Wisconsin will continue to be a large exporter of produce for the coming year.— V, Louis Intelligencer. John C. O’neill, of Cambria countv, Peuusvlva nia, recently appointed to be superintendent of In dian affairs in Utah, has resigned. In various counties of England, protective socie ties have been formed of persons who pledge themselves not to purchase a thimble full of sugar 1 until it has declined four cents per pound. From Porter's Spirit of the Times, August 8. New Engagements of the American Horses. We learn by Bells Life, of July 19, that Mr. Ten Broeck has entered Lecomte and Pryor for the Newmarket Honghton meeting, on the 26th Octo bers, a sweepstakes of one hundred dollars, half forfeit, with five hundred dollars added; three year oldsj to carry one hundred and two pounds; "four year olds, one hundred and nineteen pounds ; five year olds, one hundred and twenty six pounds; six and aged, one hundred and twenty-eight pounds ; thirteen subscribers. The distance is four miles one furlong and one hundred and seventr-three yards, over the Beacon Course. The following are the entries: Pretty Boy, four years; Pryor, five rears; Le comte, aged; Mel is a, four years ; Pitapat, four years; Poodle, aged; Gunboat, three years; Roge thorpe, four years; Fright, three years; Fish ermanjfour years; Lance, three years; Skirmisher, three years ; Fandango, fire years. Prioress is entered for the ‘‘Sussex County Cup,’ * to be run for at the Lewes meeting, on the 10th August. There are seventeen entries, and tee dis tance is two miles and a half. The following are the entries and the weights applied to each : Hume. age. ibs. Fame. age. lbs. Pole Star 5.. 127 Prioress 4.. 106 Good Friday 4.. 124 Cedric . 3.. 105 Triton 5.. 119 Fright 3.. 105 Lecomte a..119 Comquot 3. •105 Cotswold 4.. 110 Chevaherci Indus- Viscount 4. .110 trie 3.. 100 Alice 5..109 Tournament 3. 10d Grey Chicken 4 .107 Potocki S . 91 Gemma di Vergy3.. 107 THE EBOR HANDICAP. The American horses, Prvor and Prioress, an? withdrawn from the Ebor Handicap. .They com plain of the weights. THE GOODWOOD CUP—BETTING AT CINCINNATI Prioress has been backed “even” in Cincinnati. Even against Gemma di Vergy ; even against Ar senal? even against Fisherman. ■<My. BETTING AT NEW ORLEANS. Pryor and Prioress have been backed against the field, in the Goodwood Cup, at one to eight, in, New Orleans, to the extent of one thousand del lars. . BETTING IN NEW TORS, At the office of “Porter’s Spirit of the Times.' Pryor, ten to one, taken ; Prioress, eight to one, taken , Melissa, fifteen to one, offered: Anton, six to one, taken ; Potocki, seven to one ; Monarque, twelve to one; Pretty Boy, fifteen to one. Washington, Aug. 10.—The special agent sent to Minnesota reports to the Interior Department, in a litter received to-day. that no further outrages have been perpetrated’by the Indians in that Terri- A tory. He says that great alarm prevails amongst the* frontier settlers, who are daily deserting their improvements and leaving the Territory, but he thinks that the arrival of the troops will restore confidence and effectually overawe the Indians. The Postmaster General has nearly completed the arrangements by which to concentrate at Cin cinnati, by the most prompt and expeditious means, the great northern and eastern mails, thence to bo distributed through the western States and Terri tories generally. He is also endeavoring to im prove the southern mad service. Advices from the war department from Fort Ridgley to July 30th, state that as soon as Major Sherman's command repaired to Yellow Stone river, in Minnesota, the Sioux Indians were over awed, and became submissive. There is no fui ther information of the Inkpadatah’s band. New York, Aug. 10.—'The steamer Fulton arriv ed this afternoon from Havre, bringing also Lon don papers of the 29th ultimo, (same date as brought by the Indian). In the London money market on Tueeday there was quite a panic, owing to the rumors of another attempt to assassinate Napoleon, and the unsatis factory character of the advices from India. Con sols, which opened at 9 for money, fell to 90% a 91, and after official hours there was a further fall of an There was :»n active demand for money and a steady withdrawal of bullion from the bank. The Paris Bourse closed ou Tuesday at a slight decline. Lawrence Renshaw, the president of Mayaootli I College, is dead. 1 Sugar in the London market is active at an ad vance of 6d. a Is. New York, August 10.—Justice Davidson has 1 refused to admit Mrs. Cunningham to bail. Her counsel have announced an mention to apply for 1 & writ of certioras. * ' _ , Wiamviirnt: • A.jr- T 1 John Pa no bus . been tfie Navy Yard’ at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, vree Com. New tan, deceased. Capt. McKean has been appointed Governor of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia, Us relieve Commodore Storer on the 20th inst \ J Newark, N. J., August 9.—This afternoon the drying building connected with the Chadwick pa tent leather manufacturing company’s works txx>k fire, and together with the adjoining building, con taining the office and warerooms. were almost en tirely consumed. The loss is estimated at twenty v thousand dollars, and is fully covered by insurance. Several persons were very seriously injured by the tailing of a wall. Among them are James M. Quin by, a large carriage manufacturer and former ly ir.avor of the city; Peter Riker, a fireman; Pe ter Wetzeil and Christopher McVoy. Boston, August 9.—Four young ladies, two of whom were daughters of B. F. Soule, and the other \ two of a Mr. Grant, were drowned at Waterville, Maine, on Thursday. St. Lons, Aug. 11.—Ninety counties give Rol- l ims a majority of about three thousand, but the 1 returns are so conflicting that accurate figures | cannot be given. Rollins is probably elected by about one thousand five hundred majority. Louisville, Aug. 7.—The Third Congressional ; District still doubtful It is claimed for Under . wood. In the Fourth Talbot is elected. Roxbtjry, Aug. 7.—The chemical, oil and tur pentine works ot the Boston Company, at the fi>ot of Northampton street, in this place, were destroy* > ed by tire this morning. The loss is about seven ty-five thousand dollars, and the insurance very small. • The superintendent of the New xork and Newfoundland telegraph line is about to open an office at Trinity Bay. the point 1 where the Atlantic cable is to be brought asnore. This will enable us to communicate the result 1 to New York the instant the telegraph fleet come* in sight. The steamers are expected to reach Trinity Lay between the 20th and 25th instants. St. Louis, Aug. B.—Fifty counties heard from . give Rollins a majority of four thousand seven hundred and twenty-one. Flour dull at $6; Wheat *1 20 asl 3n ; Corn 70 ; a 74; Hemp 1 20; Tobacco a 12}<. Kansas advices state that Governor Walker had withdrawn all the troops from Lawrence but forty. ! Caused, it is supposed, bv an Indian attack on Fort Riley. Washington. Aug. feared here that one ol the men murdered in Kansas last week, is th“ agent of the Government for selling the trust land ol the Wea and Pinkeshaw Indians. He was known to have a large amount of Government funds ot the time. Washington, August 10.—The special agent sent to Minnesota reports to the Interior Depart • inent, in a letter received to-dav, that no further - outrages have been perpetrated by the Indians m that Territory. He says that great alarm prevails ■ among the frontier settlers, who are daily ! their improvements and leaving the Territory; but he thinks that the arrival of the troops will : restore confidence and effectually overawe the In dians. Havre-de-Grace, Jld., Aug. 9.—The body of a well dressed, and apparently voting man, was found on the Cecil side of the Susquehanna this morning, 1 rom papers found upon his person it is inferred that his name is H. E. Thomas, of New- | \ ork. On his person was also found a check for I : baggage to New York—ticket good for Jamar’s I train, dated August 6th. He evidently fell off the steamer Maryland, on Thursday night. ; Montreal, Aug. B.—Harris’ cotton factory, on . the Lachine canal, was burnt yesterday. Cumberland, Md„ Aug. 11—p. m.—The Presi dent amved here this evening from Bedford. He starts for Washington in the morning. Louis, Aug. 11.—Advices from Kansas of tne bih August have been received. Gov. Walker has returned to Lawrence with the troops, the ap prehension of-an Indian attack proving ground- NeeOTork, Aug. 12.—X. H. Wolf A Co., exten sive operators in western flour and produce, have suspended. Newport, R. 1., August 10.—The fete champetrc, given at the residence of Mr. W. S.’ Wetmore, in honor of George Peabody, took place to.dav in excellent style. Thirty-two hundred invitations were issued, twenty-five hundred guests assembled, among whom were Lords Hervev and Althorpe, and other distinguished persons'. The carnages numbered upwards of three hundred. The fete i» said to have cost Mr. Wetmore nearly ten thousand dollars. The yacht fleet is here, and will sail to-morrow, p-j weather permitting, for New Bedford, where the * , regatta wiil come off on the 13th :nst.