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Defttta* the Fast Week.
The Hoard of Health in this city met on yester
day, and there were six deaths reported for the
fast week. All were children, and under six years
•f age, and one but a tea weeks old. There were
■re whites, and one colored.
Our citizens should, and do, feel grateful for the
unexampled health they enjoy, while sister cities
are afflicted with pestilence; and while we fondly
therish the hope that our healthy condition will
continue, we trust that we will soon be enabled to
record the abatement and disappearance of disease
m other localities.
Serious and Frightful Accident.
The down passenger train, which left this city
at Vi 30 this morning for Saranunah, met with a
Serious and frightful accident about forty-fire miles
from Augusta, and ten miles this side of Millen.
The engineer, Mr. L. M. Nobti.iv, a highly es
teemed gentleman, and careful and competent
engineer, and his two firemen, I'atric* F lei RY
and Jakes Conors'*, were instantly killed. James
Farhad, a track shifter, who was on the engine at
the time, it is thought, is mortally wounded.
tVe learn that Mr. Northev was about thirty
years old, came from Manchester, N. 11., and has
no family. I’atbice Flei by and James Coggins
were both unmarried. James Farrar has a fami
ly in this city.
This, we beliere, is the first accident, inrolring
life, which has ever occurred on the Augusta and
Waynesboro’ road. It is fortunate that there were
eight freight cars between the engine and passen
ger cars, or there would hare been a much greater
loss id life and injury to persons.
The engine and tender, and the three boxcars
which were nearest iheengine, are a perfect wreck.
No passenger was injured.
In consequence of Ihi* accident the train from
Savannah and Macon failed to reach here this
morning.
We are informed that Mr. Northky was very
anxious to obtain the services of some engineer
last night, to lake Ins place on the engine, hut he
was unsuccessful, lie apparently had a strange
presentiment that some accident would occur to
bis train. The rains had been descending, with
alight intermissions, for about forty hours, and
the cause of the accident is reported to he the Re
vere washing, or undermining of that portion of
the road where the disaster occurred.
Tiie accident occurred about half past three
•’clock A. M., and it was very dark. The train was
passing over un embankment, and the track gave
wav near or immediately over a culvert.
Mr. Farrar, who ivas reported to be mortally
injured, was brought up to the city yesterday uf
nooit, and carried to his residence, llis lett arin
is broken above tire elbow, und lie received a deep
and severe cut, about eight or nine inches in
length, on his right leg, commencing at the calf
and ranging diagonally upwards. Mr. Farrar
•amc very near being drowned after the accident,
as Ilf was thrown into wuter some four feet deep,
and Irons his disabled condition was with great
difficulty enabled to save himseif. Mr. Farrar’s
wounds, though serious and painful, are nut, we
believe, regunled mortal.
Mr. Coggins had both of his legs crushed and
broken by the collision, and although his father
was uear him utid sustained Ins lieud out of tlio
water to save him from drowning, lie expired from
bta great loss of blood, internal injuries and scald
ing lie received. The dying scene with bin aged
father is described to have been of the most af
fecting and agonising character. His body was
brought up to the city yesterday afternoon fur in
terment.
i Last night the bodies of Mr. Northev, the en
gineer, and liis fireman Mr. Flechv, were brought
to tfic cltr. Their funerals will take place to-day.
I'nitthh from Memplilft*
Tb« Daily App**l, of th« s4th j*iatuiif, any*
** Freight* of ooUoo*p«r bale, from Meuipbia to
Ihe various* place* named below, ntatul ut the fol
lowing rate*: New Orleans, Louisville and St.
Louis*, *me dollar; Cincinnati, one dollui ami
twenty-fire cents; I'ittaborgh, two dollar*; lialu
«n»re and IMiiludelphin, via Cincinnati, thence by
railroad, four dollar* and twenty-five cents; New
York, by name route, four dollar* and twenty j
cent* ; Boston, by Haute route, four dollar* and ,
filly cents. Hill* of lading can be obtained
through to all the above plaee*, and to all inter
mediate places that arc accessible by boat* and
railroads. _
Report* of Mortality in Charleston*
Our oulotnporaries of the press, in Charleston,
appear to be somewhat annoyed at the appearance,
in the newspapers of other places, d reports from
private parties in Charleston, about the mortality
of the yellow fever in their city. The Charleston
press must remember that if they do not furnish
the public with reliable daily reports, from the
health officer, the public will avail theuiaelvcs of
the rumors or reports furnished bv private par
ties.
We have no doubt the pres* of the interior, as
well a* the public, would place the utmost reliance
in odieiai daily reports; and in the absence of such
statements, we are compelled to take the next best
evidence which is o lie red, in the reports in letters,
and in the conversations of passengers.
If the mortality, by yellow fever, was gradually
or rapidly decreasing in Charleston, there cun be
no doubt that the pres* said health officer* there
would very 'promptly communicate such intelli
gence. Then why should they uot inform the
public now when the reverse is true ?
Are we asking too much from the Hoard of Health
of Charleston, to funti»h the public with a daily
report of the mortality in that city We hope
not; aud trust that such report* will soou be
nude.
* There were thirty throe deaths in Savan
nah for the week ending 14th inst.
I .**• The Dahlonega Signal says there are five
men m jail at Ciumning, in Forsyth county,charged
with murder.
tMr. J. T. Sheweake is in attendance ut
Washington Court. The Court opeued on Moudav
last, Judge Holt presiding.
There were seventy deaths in N'etv Orleans
on Saturday, the 11th mil, by yellow fever, aud
lour hundred and seventy during the week.
The Rev. \V«. H. Clare, Missionary to
Central Africa, was announced to lecture at At
lanta, on the 16th inst., on the.history, customs,
an.l peculiarities of the Voruba couuty.
ISP* The Savannah AW* has failed to come to
hand since Monday morning. The Rr}< Vico* of
Wednesday morning reached here on Wednesday
night.
The rumored affair of honor in Edgefield
District, between Gen. W. C. Moxaoss and Mr.
W. Garbv, Esq, has resulted in a very honorable
and gentlemanly reconciliation.
The citv sextou of Ma<jca reports the inter
ments in Rose Hill cemetery fur the month of Au
gust, as follows Whites, tiie three of them chil
dren) ; colored, eleven. Total sixteen.
It u said that the mortality in the London hos
ptlals has iurreased since the introduction of ether
isation from twenty-one to thirty-three per cent.,
or, to ewry the expression, instead of amputation
being fata! tu a less proportion than one in four of
those operated upon, it now proves fatal to one in
throe.
in- in t liarle.Km-- \ Pilln -ition
a Writ of Habeas Corpus.
On Wednesday morning, as we learn from the
Courier, the following affidavit was submitted iJ
the United States U.strict Court, at Chariestoil
and upon it a rule niei upon the United State?
Marshal wa. moved, calling upon him to slsjw
cause why a wiit of habeas corpus should not
issue to bring before the Court the
groes in his custody:
STATE ' T SOI TH CAROLINA—'CHARLESTON
Itldrict Court of the United State a.
Personally appeared in open Court, L. W. Spratt,
who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he
is informed and believes, that there are certain per
sons* whose names to this deponent are unknown,
' to be African negroes, now in thecus
i >dy of the Marshal of the United States, for the
district ’of South Carolina; that they are so held
without any warrant of commitment or arrest from
any judicial officer of the United States ; that they
are not slaves, or bound to any term of service or
labor to the said Marshal; that they are in such
custody without their consent, or the consent of
any person having the right to dispose of them;
that they are solicitous to have the legality of such
custody and control examined by this honorable
Court, and to hear counsel in their behalf; that to
aflord them the opportunity of such counsel, this
deponent, with F. 11. Richardson, Esq., applied to
the said Marshal for permission to visit said pris
oners as counsel, which application was refused ;
that, together with the said F. D. Richardson, this
deponent applied to the said Marshal for the war
rant of his authority to hold such persons in cus
tody, and they have received only a verbal answer
that 'm warrant of authority “is in the iawsof the
United .Stales upon the subject.” This deponent
! farther saith, that such persons are, or the
date of these applications, within the district of
Charleston, State of South Carolina, and within
the jurisdiction of this honorable Cour*.
L. W. Srhatt.
To this affidavit the District Attorney, Mr. Con
ner, objected among other grounds, that it was
the affidavit of counsel slating certain facts upon
information and belief only, which could give the
Court no ground upon which to issue the writ of
haheue corpus.
Mr. Hi'ratt, in reply, as reported by the Courier,
“ urged that there was enough upon the affidavit
to show that persons within the District of Charles
ton and the jurisdiction of the Court were de
prived of their liberty; that if there were any
thing in the character or circumstances of these
persons to justify the restraint which is put upon
them, it could he made to appear upon the return
of the rule ; that, without such facts being exhib
ited, these persons were, in the contemplation of
the Court, in the same condition as any other
individuals would he under like restraint; that,
when it is stated in the affidavit that uppheatiou
has been made to visit these persons, or to see the
warrant upon which they are held, and that appli
cation has been refused, it is not for the party who
holds them tosuytliat the affidavit is too indefinite,
and does not specify with sufficient certainty the
persons contemplated in the proceedings; that, if
so, thu Government would ulways have it in its
power to defeat proceedings of this kind, and that
to intensify the oppression to the extent of exclud
ing nil intercourse would only the more complete
ly defeat the parties from the proper measures of
redress.”
We ahull have to-day, probably, the decision of
the District Judge upon the motion ior a rule
uguiunt the Marshal. We hope that it will be
granted.
Southern Kducntlou lor Southern Youth, t
We have received a copy of the address de- (1
livered by the Hon. Wh. U. Stiles, before the
Alpha Phi Delta Society of the Cberulcec liaptist
College, tin the 14th of July last.
We copy the closing part of this address, as it c
embodies principles which should be engraved on *
tho head uttd heart of every Georgian, und practi
cally applied now and throughout all time :
Friends and patrons of learning who have ’
gallicreel to witness the exercises of this interest
ing occasion, a word to you and I have done. If
mulling which I have advanced lias been üble to f
convince you of the necessity of southern educa- t
lion for southern youth, I have in reserve an up- t
peal, which the heart of no true Georgian, 1 trust, ,
cau possibly resist.
It is the Haitian wanting of our departed sires.
It comes to us like "Ihe handwriting on the wall”
to the inmates of llelshasser'a palace with all the I
force of merited retribution, ft tequires no Dau- ,
iel to interpret, hut stands upon the page* of our
statute book, in u language which ull may read
that, " sending them (our youth) übroud to other .
countries for education will not answer these pur-
I pines, is lon humiliating uu acknowledgment of '
I the ignorance or inferiority of our own, and will
uhvuVß be the cause of so great foreign attach- ,
innits, that upon the principles of policy, it is in- (
admissible.” Not content wtlli this uaiimnitiou
embraced in llie act of 17*5, for the establish. '
incut of it .State University, our patriot fathers, at I
the same session of the General Assembly, passed
a separate act disfranchising any person who ,
might be seut übroad for the purposes of educa
tion, and declaring such inelligtble to any office, I
civil or militarv, in the State, tor a term of years
equal to that of their foreign residence. And ibis
statute remains to this day unaltered and time
pealed.
Have mv, I would ask, less love for our sons or
less regard for our country, than actuated our tui
cistorsi Or is the danger of contamination from
a foi eign education less now than formerly, less
from one obtained in New England than from one
acquired in Old England, less'from an education t
obtained in the aboli lionised umi inimical States of
Massachusetts and Connecticut, at the present
day, than one acquired in the indifferent but fi lend- .
Iv countries of Europe m the last century ? It will
not be admitted! \\ by then have we. on so vital
a subject, for more than seventy-five years, disre
garded Ihe wholesome injunction* of that authuri- s
tative voice ?
Let ns pause, before it is forever too late, und t
guthet wisdom from the teachings of the past. (
There is u lesson connected with ihe establish- t
incut of those institutions of Sparta to which rc* i
fereuce lias been made, which it would he well tor i
us to ponder. When Lycnrgus had framed the
institutions and laws winch gave to Sparta her
subsequent splendor, (institutions and laws, too,
which, like those of our fathers of ’s\ were based
upon the instruction and proper tominingof youth,')
i interested us was most natural iu their effect and
. permanence, he repaired to Delphi and inquired
of the oraele, " Whether ihe new laws were suffi
cient for the happiness of Sparta?” And mark
well the replv ot the Pythian priestess, "Sparta
will remain ihe tnosi nourishing of States, .■> Ion </
riv ./o lie*.' late*.” Hud our fathers of V\
after establishing the institutions aud laws, which
l would urge you so a a [inly to respect, been able
1 ptwpropound to some Delphic urarlc a similar in
letrogatory as to ihe effect and permanence of their
labors, the answer would doubtless have been in
, substance identical with that delivered to Lycur
gus, “ will remain Me mM lioarMin-j of'
Matm t ' >i‘j .u */ie o/wertv* thosr lawn.''
But of this lessou of historv, the half is vet un
told.
» So long as Spurts continued to observe the laws
I and institutions of Lycurgus, she retained unim
paired the )>ower aud iufiucuce which gave her
supremacy over all her rim’s but when in tl e
lapse i f time those Isws became at first neglected
1 and then forgotten, Sparta fell to rise no more for*
' ever. The ploughshare now passes over the site,
, where lie buried in one common grave, all the ob
jects autuiate or inanimate that once constituted
the glory or the wealth of Sparta. Some rums of
, a theatre aud ihe foundations of a small temple,
excavated on one side of a cultivated hill, form at
1 this day the whole visible vestiges of a city which
once gave law to all the States of Greece.
Profiting, then, by so fearful a warning, let us re
solve that from this day forward the laws of our
I ancestors ukaii be observed—from this day for
i ward, southern youths thali be educated at southern
. {institutions in a southern Und—from this day for
j ward, so far as respects education at least, our
’ motto - I tie " J’uirptnJtnc* now, InArptndtnc*
<i- '
• j In England, lately, a suit for breach of promise
I- of marriage was brought by a fisherman's daugh
ter against u captain iu the English army, fixing
damages at fiflv thousand dollars. The love let
ters of the gallant captaiu were so numerous that
j they were printed for ihe accommodation of the
counsel, making in all a volume of one hundred
J. aud uiuety-eighi pagee. The matter was fiuallv
compromised bv the payment to the injured lady
1 of the sum of ten thousand dollars, with the
promise that the volume of letter* should be burnt.
Phillip J. Fontaine, the Mayor of Key I
West, as well as United States naval storekeeper I
•and acting Spanish consul, died at Key West 0..
■ the 2*>th August.
' S-ts It has been in this locality
k ' for about forty hours, but unaccompanied with
t wind.
The rains have also extended in all directions
that we ii»re heard from by telegraph or mail.
The election in South Carolina, for mem
> bers to the State legislature takes places on Mon
\ day and Tuesday llie 11th and 12'.h of October.
A very active contest is going on in Edgefield
. District for State Senator. The contest is between
- Mr. Gregg and Col. Carroll.
1 The Atlanta lntdleytneer is out in an article
J, censuring the managers of the State Agricultural
i Fair Grounds, located in that city, for permiting
f the “grounds and buildings to go to decay.” The
* Fair takes place on the 19th of October, and the
, present prospect is that the managers will not
, have matters suitably prepared. They must have
i things in order, or the people will not attend the
' Fair.
; The New York Commercial Advertiter, of
* the lltb inst., says : “City Inspector Morton re
| ported that the deaths last were five hundred and
r ninety-two ; week before, five hundred and eighty
s eight; corresponding weeks last year, six hundred
1 and seventy-five and six hundred and seventy-one
j Only two deaths from yellow fever had been re
, ported the past two weeks, both of which came 1
from the Rattler. The deaths had regularly dc- '
creased the past three weeks, the figures being six ,
hundred and seventy-five, five hundred and ninety- i
* two and five hundred and eighty-eight.
i
HTThe Nashville aV«m has the following para
s graph:
“An Alabama contemporary, in speaking of a ,
member of Congress, who is a candidate for re- j
| election, says : ‘ lie came all the way from Wash- .
ington city home for instructions how to vote on ]
■ the Kansas question, and then went back and voted .
■ wrong.’ ”
Whether the gentleman referred to voted wrong i
i or not, would more fully appear if it was known <
i how he did vote, and who were the judges that
i decided his case. J
There were five hundred and eighty-eight deaths
iu New York last week—a decrease of four. f
Robert J. Cowart, of Georgia, has been ap
pointed by the President Indian agent for an
agency in New Mexico.
i
Vermont.—The Burlington (Vt.) Sentinel says
that the election returns that have thus far come J
to hand, show that the Democrats have made a
fair increase in the number of Representatives
elected to the legislature.
Dry Weather in Francs.—A letter from Paris !
states that the river Seine, on the 2tith ultimo, was ?
■ so low that it could be crosed on foot, which is the \
first time for one hundredymd fifty years that such I
a thing has happened.
The Clay Monument.— -Work ou the Clay mon- j
ument, at Lexington, K v., is to be suspended after |
the 30th of tlie present month, in consequence of
the non-payment of subscriptions. The amount
due is said to be ten thousand dollars.
Enterprise tit TDK West.— They are building
at Green Hay, in Wisconsin, a ship of eight hun
dred tons burden, of the native timber, and when
completed will be loaded with a cargo of lumber
for ship-building and taken direct to Liverpool
Thejvessel is ready for launching, and is a staunch
and noble craft.
The New York Journal of Commerce says : “ The
steumcr North Star, for Southampton and Havre,
took out one hundred and fourteen first and second
cabin passengers, and one hundred and ninety
three thousand four hundred and thirty dollars in
specie.
“The steamship New York, for Bremen, took out
fifty-eight cabiu passengers and seventy-three in
the steerage.”
llayti Invited to Send a Diplomatic Envoy to
thk United States.—A letter from Port an Prince,
under date of the 19th ultimo, stutes that “two
American nien-of-war are at this place on account
of the Navasa Island affair. Nothing is yet decid
ed. The commander of the Saratoga has de
clared to the government that he has been sent to
protect the Americans on Navasa, and that if the
fluvtieu government has any declamations to
make on the subject, it must address itself to the
government at Washington.*'
Yellow Fever in Mobile*
Office or the Hoard or Health, I
September 11, 6 o’clock. \
Five cases of yellow fever have been reported to
the Hoard within the last twenty-four hours.
K. Miller, M. D., Sec’y pro tern.
September 12,6 o’clock.
Six cases of yellow fever have been reported to
the Hoard within the last twenty-four hours.
K. Miller, M. 1)., Sec’y pro tom.
It should be borne in mind that the Hoard of
Health report costs in Mobile, and not the deaths.
Fever on tub Savannah. —The Wulterboro’ Sun
says:
A Mr. Lavine died of Yellow fever last week,
near Lawtonville, Beaufort district. Another
gentleman lies daugerou*ly ill with the same dis
ease. They hud both been engaged on board of
one of the steamboats running betweeu Savannah
and Augusta.
Death or ax Editor.— Our New Orleans ex
changes announce the decease of Walter llop
kins, Esq., who was at one period connected with
the press of this city.
The New Oileans Bulletin says:
Detith of on Eslitor. —Walter Hopkins, Esq.,
one of the Editors of the Louisiana Courier , died
at his lodgings in Chaitres-street, at an earlv
hour on Friday morning, 10th iusant. We had
no personal acquaintance with the deceased, ami
therefore take the following notice of him from
the True Delta, the writer of which appears to be
well posted iu regard to bis general character and
history:
“The community was this morning pained bv
the announcement of the death of Walter Hop
kins, Esq., a geutleman whose amiable disposi
tion, agreeable qualities and upright principles
emlearod him to his friends, and who, as a writer
for the press, was favorably known to the public
at large. At one time connected with the Charles
' ton Mercury, he was subsequently attached to the
editorial corps as the New Orleans Delta, was as
? sedated with the late Joseph Brennan, Esq., m
1 tne publication of the Daily Times, of this citv,
aud at the time of his death was one of the edi
* tors of the Louisiana Courier. He was a native of
England, and though called to rest in u straugc
J. land, there are here many kind friends to gather
* round his early grave and to cherish his memory.”
Principles op Insurance.— Two cases have just
been decided in the New York Court of Appeals
-of considerable interest to insurers and insurance
r companies. The effect of ihese decisions is thus
j stated in the Journal of Coenmere* :
“Where real estate, insured against fire, is
- transferred without the assent of the insurance
t company, the mortgagee, to whom the policy may
have been assigned as collateral security, cannot
recover the insurance. In other words, if A mort
gage a piece of property to B for five thousand
dollars, assigning the policy to B, and H passes
the title to C without the assent of the company,
* the policy is void. In the other case, the plaintiff,
- in taking out his policy against ordinary risks,
t paid the defendants an extra premium for the ex
, tra risk of using cam phene as a light in his store.
1 A memorandum of the transaction was made on
the back of the policy, but the agreement was not
inserted in the body of the policy. The court
r held that the plaiutiff could not recover, under the
9 rule which excludes parole evidence, when the
terms of contract are stated in writing.*’
Dinner to Gen. IJonhamT^^^H
' At the public dinner given to Gen. Bonham, nP
! Edgefield, there were a number of letters read from
distinguished gentlemen in different portions of
the country. We publish below two letters from
prominent Georgians:
Rome, Ga., Aug., 18,1858.
QeniUmtn: Your letter of invitation to a dinner
to the lion. M. L. Bonham, at Edgefield, on the
•jd of September next, is just received. I am sorry
that I cannot be with you m rendering honor to
your faithful and accompli shed representative.
I did not find in the last Hoa*« of Representa
tives, a more courteous gentleman, a better Demo
crat, or a truer man to the national interests, than
your distinguished fellow-citizen.
Whatever may be my opinion of the correct
ness of his course, I could but admire the Roman
firmness, and Anglo-Saxon courage, with which,
side by side with the unyielding Quitman, he voted
against the Compromise bill.
To those who believed he erred, he gave an ex
ample of patriotic heroism that argues well for
his country’s welfare. Carolina never had a truer
son, nor the Union a better Democrat.
With highest consideration,
Your obedient servant,
Augustus R. Wright.
To Messrs. S. S. Tompkins, E. Seibels, J. B. Grif
fin, L. Butler, J. W. Hill, Committee.
Marietta, Ga., 21st August, 1858.
GentUmen: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your invitation to a dinner to be
given by the citizens of Edgefield District, on the
second day of September next, to their immediate
Representative iu Congress, the Hon. M. L. Bon
ham. I regret that circumstances will prevent my
being present at an occasion so flattering to your
Representative, and so honorable to his approving
constituency. Such manifestations of regard ana
confidence by a commuuitv sustaining your rela
tions to your Representative, will give Thun addi
tional strength and power iu the federal councils
for enforcing your constitutional rights.
If every Representative, in executing his legis
lative functions, would guard with palriotic vigi
lance against infractions of the Constitution and
the rights of the States; and, at the same time,
would maintain, with firmness, the honor aud in
terest of the country, political crimes perpetrated
in the name of “confer would cease; the
government, State and Federal, would move on in
harmony, each one in its own appropriate sphere,
and there would be no longer clamor about Union
and disunion. Such a Representative deserves the
meed of the publicly expressed approbation of his
constituents.
I regret that I cannot be present to witness this
expression on your part to your distinguished and
honored Representative.
I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
Charles McDonald.
S. S. Tompkins, Emmett Seibels, J.
JjjJGriflin,Loudon Butler, J. W. Hill, committee.
Movements ol Senator Douglas.
Senator Douglas was in St. Louis on the 9th
mst. The St. Louis Republican of that day says:
“He will visit the fair grouuds to day, and will
remain here until the hour appointed for the trains
to leave for Hellville to-morrow.”
The Republican also contains the following an
nouncement :
“The delegation of the national Democracy who
intend visiting Belleville on to-morrow, the 10th
inst., to do honor to Judge Douglas, will meet to
gether on the other side of the river at half-past
nine o’clock, at which time, exactly, the cars will
leave the Illinois landing for Belleville. The Mis
souri delegation will occupy the after cars of the
train. James George has been appointed Grand
Marshal of the delegation, who will consider
themselves under his direction and control, and
that of his assistants, during the trip.
“Fred. Ken nett,
“President of Com. of Arrangements.
“Jas. J. Mcßride, Secretary.”
Yellow Fever in Savannah*
We find in the Mucon Journal cfe Messenger, of
15th inst., the following article from theSavanuah
News, of Tuesday:
Health of the City. —lt becomes our painful duty
to annouuce that since Wednesday last some four
or live deaths by yellow fever have been reported
by our city physicians. These cases have occur
red in the suburbs of the citv and are considered
sporadic, without any of the characteristics of
malignant or epidemic disease.
The weather for the week past has been very
unfavorable, and sickness of a mild form which
has prevailed in the more unhealthy localities has
increased, but is still very manageable. The oc
currence of the cases of fever, to which we have
alluded, having given rise to exaggerated reports,
we deem it our duty to the public at home ami
abroad to make the above statement in anticipa
tion of the official report of the Hoard of Health,
which will be published on Thursday morning
next.
Additional by the Vanderbilt*
We find the following items of news by the Van
bilt, in our exchanges:
Twelve vessels were wrecked on the English
coast. All the crews but one saved.
Morphy won seven of the eight games of chess,
blindfolded, at Birmingham.
Rudolph, Jung A Co., silk traders of Paris, have
failed. Their liabilities are very large.
The Turkish ministry has resigned, and a new
one formed.
There are great hopes of a treaty of commerce
with China.
It is said that the Jesuits will obtain exclusive
authority aud establish a branch of their Order in
China.
Prussia has addressed a note to Vienna on the
Austrian occupation of Rustadt.
The Raja of the I’ootna rebels fled after plun
dering Touk. lie is pursued by Geu. Roberts.
The Duran d-Hodson Opera Troupe.— This
opera troupe commenced an engagement at the
Louisville, Ky., theatre, ou the night of the SOili
ult. The troupe comprises Miss Durand, Miss
Georgia Hudson, Miss Ada King, Mr. Lyster,
Swan, Frank Trevor, the excellent buffo, and
others. The Journal says that altogether it is the
most effective troupe that ever appeared iu the
West. The O uritr says the troupe opened to a
most splendid house, aud adds:
They were received with an enthusiasm which
gave at once a guarantee of a successful engage
ment. The ladies are m tine voice, Miss Hudson
having recovered from her indisposition of last
season. The “ Daughter of the Regiment ” was
given with all the spirit which characterised its
performance last season.
bnon the Richmond South, Sept. 13.
An AutUSlavcry C andidate for Governor
in Virginia*
The New York Evening Dost attaches the above
startling caption to the following ridiculous mani
fest <» :
To the People of Virginia: I hereby proclaim
myself a candidate for the office of Governor of
the State of Virginia, and shall urge, with what
ever ability l possess, the wisdom of accepting
oue hundred millions of acres of the public land,
the money accruing therefrom to be applied to
the gradual extinction of slavery, by purchasing
the young slaves, aud their migration beyond the
United States. Had Virginia applied the hundred
millions of acres that she gave to the United
States in 1757 to this purpose, the banks of her
majestic rivers would now be teeming with a
thrifty white population, and strewn with cities,
villages and cottages. She would among all of
the States ot* the Federal Union) have been first in
agriculture, first in commerce, and first in manu
factures. Give me but a fair field to combat mv ri
vals—l ask no other favor—and the triumph shall
be miue. Your servant, ever faithful and true,
Henry Abram.
The Post informs us that this card appears
among the advertising columns of a Richmond
paper— we presume the Dispatch. It is evidently
a hoax. \\ e have never heard of any such indi
vidual as Mr. Henry Abram. If such a person,
exists, he is a lunatic. The Post may be assured
that if Mr. Henry Abram or Mr. Anybody-else
ventures to canvass Virginia for any such purpose
as is the above proclamation, he will
be brought to a sudden aud sharp settlement.
The Weather.—We are indebted to Dr. John
F. Posey for the following statistics in regard to
the weather. The average temperature from the
Ist to the ls th instant, has been at 7 o’clock A. M.
74:7 ; at 2 o’clock P. M.. 81:4, and at 9 o'clock P.
M., 77:0.
On the sth it commenced raining and has rained
every day since, except the 10th. From the sth
to the loth 1* :140 incites of water fell, the greatest
quantity having fallen on Sunday last, reaching
3:100 inches. We believe this the greatest quantity
\ which has fallen in any one day for a long time.
I Savannah Republican, Sept. 15.
Vanderbilt.
Steamship Vanderbilt, P. £. Lefevre, Com
mander, from Southampton and Havre on the night
of the Ist inst., arrived at this port at 11 o clock
last night, bringing three hundred and fiftv-tive
passengers, a moderate cargo, and the usual Uni
ted States mails.
Strong westerly winds prevailed throughout the
passage to Cape Race.
From the Times’ City Article , Sept. 1.
Tuesday Evening. —The course of exchange at
New \ ork on London for bills at sixty davs’ sight
is about U'9 : ;i per cent., which, when compared
with the mint par between the two countries,
shows that the exchange is slightly in favor of
Lmiland ; and, after making allowance
nt transport and difference of interest, the present
rule lt-aves a small profit on the importation of
goid from the Unitea States.
The Luglisii funds opened steadily this morn
ing at toe partial recovery attained yesterday af
ter regular hours, and there was ultimately a'fur
ther auvance. Consols for money were first quo
ted at ninety-six and a-half to ninety-six aud five
eighths; and the last price was ninety-six five
eighths to ninety-six and three-quarters for mo
ney, and ninety-six and three-quarters to ninety
six seven-eights for the new account on the 12th
of October. The announcements of large gold
shipments from Australia, the steady influx of
specie into the bank, and trie continuous advance
upon the Paris Bourse were the chief influences
that operated favorably. The East India Compa
ny are understood to have been lenders of money
tor two months at one and a-half percent, and this
also had a beneficial effect. On the other hand,
there was rather less firmness in the appearance
of the continental exchanges.
The tiual quotations of the French three per
cents, on the Paris Bourse, this evening, were
seventy-one fraucs twenty-five centimes for money,
and seventy-one francs forty centimes for the pre
sent account, showing another advance of a half
per cent.
A further sum of about thirty-two thousand
pounds sterling, in American gold, was taken to
the bank to-day.
The following gold ships have left Australia for
England since the last mail:.The Fmhana, June
24th, with forty hundred ounces;
Supply, July 3d, with seventy-nine thousand nine
hundred and ninety-two ounces; and the Ocean
Chief, on the 13th, with forty-seven thousand five
hundred and ninety-four ounces. Including the
sums coming forward by the Eagle, liougoumont,
Avon, and the mail steamer Teviot, the total j
amount of gold fcnown to be on its way to this
country is one million three hundred and ninety
one thousand pounds sterling, of which about
seven hundred and eighteen thousand pounds ster
ling is either overdue or due next week.
On Wednesday, Sept. 1, the last meeting will
be held of the Court of Directors of the East India
Company. At the close of that day the existence
of the corporation will terminate. -
The Time*’ Paris correspondent says the com
mercial reports received from the departments an
nounce a giudual improvement. Great hopes,
moreover, are entertained that the treaty of com
merce lately signed with the Chinese government
will create a further demand for French manufac
tures.
The Galway and Seio Yorlc Line. —The plan
of operations stated to have been determined upon
is to have on the line between Galway and New
York, ten first class ocean steamers, of the highest
speed and greatest capacity that can be procured,
and at least eight others/to be used as coasteis
and feeders to the main line, from the ports of
Antwerp, Havre, Southampton, Plymouth, London,
Liverpool, Bristol, and Glasgow ; touching like
wise at different poiuts on the Irish coast which
may be considered most expedient for the collec
tion of goods and passengers.
B'«ird of Jrade. — Whitehall , Aug. 30.—The
Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
a copy of a dispatch from Her Majesty’s Minister
at Lisbon, reporting that the Board of Health of
that capital lias issued an edict, declaring the port
of Ferrol to be infected with yellow fever, and
that other ports of the province of Corunna are
considered as suspected. Her Majesty’s Minister
at Lisbon further reports that another edict of the
same Board declares the port of Alexandria to be
considered infected with the plague, and the port
of Gibraltar to be suspected.
China.— The Momteur contains the following
telegraphic dispatch :
Baron Gros to His Excellency the Minister of For
eign Affairs:
Tien Sen , June 19. —-‘The wishes of the
Emperor have been fulfilled in China. That
vast Empire is thrown open to Christiani
ty, and nearly the whole of it# to the com
merce and industry of the West. Our diplo
matic agents will be allowed to reside temporarily
at Pekin. Our missionaries will be admitted
everywhere. A Chinese Envoy will be sent to
Pans. The murderer of the missionary Chappe
delaine will be puuished; it will be announced in
the Pekin Gazette. The laws against Christianity
will be revoked; all the engagements are taken
and in part secured (consignees) under the seal
of the imperial Commissioners. France aud Eng
land obtain the most ample concessions.”
Sebastopol. —The Times says: A letter from St.
Petersburg informs us that the Emperor’s brothers
—the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas—are to
visit Sebastopol and the Crimea this year. It is
said that this port is to be converted into a com
mercial station, without fortifications. The Rus
sian engineers have succeeded in raising the ship of
the line Jugudil, the schooner Smialaja, of sixteen
guns, and the steamer Turok. The Grunuiji and
Dumij have likewise been raised.
The SentineUe du Jura states that the abundant
showers which have recently fallen have been of
the greatest service to the vines and grass crop.
The vineyards now present the most prosperous
appearance, and promise a fine vintage.
The Times’ Paris correspondent says that the
works of the railway from Rennes to Brest arc
being continued with increased activity.
The Mniiteur of Sunday, 29th August, publishes
the speech of M. de Persiguy. The other papers,
including the Fresse, also print it, but abstain
from passing an opinion as to the remarks of his 1
excellency touching the alliance.
A letter iu the Brussels Independance says : The i
Hotel du Nord was the scene of a singular ren
contre. Prince Gortschakotf found himself placed
at table by the side of Lord Lucan, and the two
quondam adversaries discussed together the
cavalry engagement in the valley of Balaklava.
Launch \-f the Windsor Cube Line of Batti V
Ship. —The line o! battle ship Windsor Castle, one
hundred and twenty guns, was launched on Thurs
day afternoon from the Royal Dockyard, Pem
broke.
The ILrald says one of the cannons captured at
Canton has just arrived at Paris. It is a bronze
gun of large calibre, nearly nine feet in length, and
is covered with Chinese characters indicating the
place where it was cast and its date. This cannon
has been placed in the Court of the Ministry of
Marine.
The Paris correspondent of the Advertiser says
the Russians ate likely to encounter a formidable
foe in China. The Jesuits have obtained author
ization to establish au extensive branch of their
Order in those distant regions.
The first volume of the correspoudence of Napo
leon I. had appeared on Saturday, published by
Plon ; the second volume is in press.
Tnr Weather and Caors.—During the last ten
days the rains in this vicinity have been excessive,
aud we fear that much damage will result to the
cotton and rice crops on the seaboard, from the
equinoxial wind and rain. From the following
extracts, which we are allowed to make from let
ters to a commercial firm in this city, it wili be
seen that this unfavorable weather has extended
into Florida, and is likely to do much injury to the
long staple crop:
Newxavsville, Fla., Sept. 9,1555.
We are picking out cotton as hard as we can,
but the weather is-awful, and is injuring us con
siderably. I must have, at this time, at least ten
bags open in the field.
Alligator, Colombia Co., Flo., Sept. IS.
Our cotton crops in this section are very much
injured by the rust. The early opening is also much
injured by the present heavy rains.
Savannah Feics, Sept. 16.
Dodging the Question.—Sixty-five “young men.
of color” in Boston applied the other day to the
Governor’s Council for authority to form a milita
rv company under the laws of Massachusetts.
They were refused on the ground that the whole
number of militia authorised by the State was en
rolled. The committee to whom the matter was
xeferred, refused to go into the merits of the case.
A good way to dodge an issue.
Free School.—The proposed Free School in
this city opened a**/ie Academy, on Motaav, with
about tortv under the charge of Mr. Sin
gleton. Several more are entered, and probably
will be in attendance ir » few days. All the cir
cumstances attending*it, seem to be highly propi
tious, and great benefits will no donbt result from
it; and we cannot doubt but that it will be a pio
neer of an extensive and popular system of educa
tion in our State.— Journal d* Mexsenger, I*•?** tnst-
BY TELEGRAPH.
ARRIVAL
OF THE STEAMSHIP
PERSIA. -
LATEH FROM EUROPE. 1
Cotton Declined l.Sd. during the Week* ■
but closed quiet aud steady. J
New Y ork, Sept. 16.—The steamship Persia
arrived with Liverpool dates to Sept. 4th :
Commercial News.
Liverpool Cotton. Market. —Sales of Colton
tlie week 4". ■ !' which I
:,4< . and exporters 1 bales. All
'lirrh' iy declined during the jdJH
- jgjr
Mil
1 ne market o im i
London Money Market. —Consols anotedat9g?^l
a 98%.
SECOND DISPATCH.]
Liverpool Cotton Market.— Sales of Cotton for 1
the week 45,000 bales, of which speculators took 1
1,400, and exporters 3,400 bales. All qualities had 1
slightly declined, aud the lower grades fully V'd. j
The following were the authorised quotations: 1
Fair Orleans 7%d. | Mid. Orleans.7 l-16d.
“ Mobile. 7 7-ltid. ; “ Mobile. 6 15-lSd.
“ Lplauds 1 3-164. | *< Uplands. ~6%d.
The stock on hand in Liverpool was 636,000
hales, of which 560,000 were American.
Latest. — Liverpool, Saturday, isept. 4, P. il.
The sales of Cotton to-day were 6,000 bales, 01
which exporters look 1,000 bales. The ma * e t
closed quiet, hut steady.
State iif Trade. —Advices from the manufac ’.yfcEP'
iog districts were favorable. Prices were firm, JL
but the trade rather quiet.
London Money Market. —The rates for
were unchanged; but there was an improved de
mand. Cobsols were quoted at 96% a 96%. j The
bullion in the Rank of Egland had increased
£143,000. A "
Liverpool General Market. — and prO-?--
visions generally were steady. . •
General News.
The details of the China treaty with the United
States had been received in London. The treaty
is to be fully ratified within a year. One of thestip
ulations in the treaty is, that the United States
shall interpose its good offices in case China should
become involved in difficulties with other poweFSs^-.
New York Democratic Convention.
Syracuse, X. V., Sept. 10.-j-The State Demo
cratic convention have nominated Amasa J. Pae
ker as their erfhdidate for Governor, aadj. J.
Taylor for the office of Lieut. Governor. 19E
Accident to a Charlestonian.
New York, Sept. 17.—Mr. Wm. A. Monaghan,
from Charleston, S. C., fell from a window iup Us— s
United States Hotel last night and was killed.
Yellow Fever in New OiieanaMffiA
X: ' p 1 •’•.-Tliv deaths
- !: r
Yellow I mi iu Mn an ii'.^HH|HH|
The Reporter is indebted tlie
acting Mayor of this city, (Foster BLonGtTjWr.,) J
for the following dispatch, received by him on '
yesterday, from Tuomas M. Turner, Esq., the J
Mayor of Savannah : I
“Savannah, Sept. 15.—Three deaths, by yellow
fever, have been reported to the Board of Health,
in this city, for the week ending Tuesday morn
ing.”
Maine Elections. 4 J
Portland, Maine, Sept. 15.—Morrell, the
publican candidate for Governor, is
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tills UII wa- pal I la. 1 . 1 nil lit this lii'iiiune.
.Ijle pap Tie
ITrn theusar.-i The fire was ca^H^PgH
accident. " v
Mobile, S-pt. 17.-Sales of cotton
bales. Middlings range from 11 to 12eeTJTs.The
sales for the week are 6,5'X) bales, and the receipts ""
6,50 m against 1,000 bales lasts year. The increase
in the receipts is 9,250 bales. The stock is 17,500
bales.
New Yore, Sept. 16.—Sales of Cotton to-day
300 bales. Flour firm, with sales of 12,000 bar
rels. Wheat firm, sales 25,000 bushels. Corn,
sales 75,000 bushels ; White 85 cents, with an ad
vancing tendency.
New York, Sept. 17.—Sales of Cotton to-day
‘ 60i' bales at irregular pr ices. Flour heavy, with
sale of tt,sou barrels. Wheat buoyant, tales 30,000
bushels; White f l 80a *1 40. C<prn advancing,
with sales of 42,000 bushels; White 64 a S 6, and
Yellow 95 a 96. Sugar is buoyant, at an eighth of
a cent advance. Spirits of Turpentine firm.
Yellow Fever in Savannah.
The Savannah Republican, of the 15th in.-tant,
says;
The Vellum E • > .—A fair weather citizen of Sa
vannah,having heard i f the decease of Mr. John li.
CuDbage, from yellow fever, became quite alarmed
and “took up fits bed and walked”—of course to
shield himself from the imputation of fear, he give
out as strong reports as possible. The reports ob
taining cuirenci iu Augusta, a despatch was sent
from that city to the chairman of the board of
health of Savannah.
Here follows the letter of Mr. Thompson, the
Chairman of the Hoard of Health, which was ad
dressed to Mr. Pritchard, the Agent of the Asso
ciated Press. The Republican then copies the re
marks of the Mur iir.y Xeics, which we publish
to-day, and says:
“ The editor of the Neva is Chairman of the
Board of Health, and has taken pains to inform
himself in regard to the existence of th: fever. We
are not afraid of these reports at honi’e, but they
get so exaggerated abroad that it causes unneces
sary alarm in those who have friends or business
in the city. The account in the -.Terrs does not
conceal any thing, and our absentees can fairly
judge of our condition.
The following comparison, which has been kind
ly furnished vis by a friend, shows that our city is
more hgaflthy this vear than last:
1557. / ITtu'if?. Blocka. 1358. ironies. Blacka.
Aogd 4, IS 7 Aug. 4. 7 5
“ /11, 7 6 “ 11, 10 3
*• >ie, 11 6 “ 18, S 2 ,
“ / 25, 10 5 “ 2.5, 10 5
Septr. 1, 15 6 Sept. 1, 12 8
/■ 3; 9 5 - r 8, 11 5
■ 65 is 56 23
e 53 es
77 Excess last year over this.
The Comet.
The Atlanta Intelligencer, of the 14th
“ Early risers about this time may enjoy the
j pleasure, (if pleasure it may be called,) of viewing
a comet in our tirmanent. We observed it for the
first time on yesterday morning between four and
five o'clock. It may b¥ seen aT that time a little
Xort of East and about eight or ten degrees above 4
the horizon. Whence it came, whither it goeth, J
what is its name, whether it will come ]
with our terrestrial planet, and other I
a kindred character, we leave to those more fa- 1
miliar with the science of astronomy than we pro- 1
fess to be.”
Portuxt, Sept. 14. —Somers, the Republican
candidate, is elected from the first congressional
district. The Democrats have probably gained ome
member in Congress. 4H