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AUGUSTA, aA.
WBDIWOAT, o« t. 13, 1858.
Jnilse Thomas.
We find the following paragraph in the Macon
mu Frem of the 7th inst.: “ Thomas W. Thomas,
of Elbert, we arc pleased to see, is a candidate for
Judge of the northern circuit, at the approaching
January election. As a sound jurist and an hon- ,
eat politician. Judge T. is eminently worthy of
public confidence, and no doubt the people of his
district will manifest u due appreciation of his ,
worth by electing him to the position'Tor which
he is announced.
Notice from the Stale Treasurer. ,
It will be seen by a notice in our advertising (
columns, from Mr.'j. B. Tmrre, State Treasurer, <
that the interest on the State Bonds will hereafter ‘
be paid in Augusta, at the Georgia Ituilroad Bank; ,
and in Savannah, at the Bank ot Savannah. i
Election in Schley County.
The Sumter states that the election I
in Schley county resulted as follows: (
Rev. Mr. Mixon. Know Nothing (Senate). .214 i
Mr. Carr, Democrat “ -184 ;
Majority for lltxon 80 j
For Representative, the result was, for u
Edwards, Democrat 407
Springer, Know Nothing 189 1
Majority for Edwards 18 “
Minister from Nicnrngnu.
The Baltimore .Site, of the 7th iust., says : “Gen,
Juu, having made 'o our government an ample ,
Bjkilogy, on behalf of Nicaragua, for the offensive
allegations against the United Stales, contained
in the manifesto signed by the President of Nica- '
ragtta and Costa Rica, on the occasion of the cou- ,
tract formed with M. Bki.lt, was, on Tuesday, the i
sth inst., formally received by President Hit- I
URanan, us thu envoy extraordinary and minister '
plenipotentiary from that Republic.” ,
14T The one hundred and flfly-flrst anniversary j
session of the Philadelphia (Pa.) Baptist Associa- |
tion commenced on the sth instant.
„.„ i I
l-ts Mr. J. J. CttArriM, formerly of Columbus,
Da., died recently at Brownsville, Texas. His
disease was yellow fever. He had long been cm'
ployed on the Chattahoochee river as an engineer.
f-dTTho Uartersville Krprtm states tliat Mr.
Maliison Milam, one of the most esteemed citixena
of that county, had his right tiand dreadfully cut
hr his gin, a few days ago.
\4f“ The New Voik (Juvtmtreial Adrrrti*rr, of
the 6th instant, stales that it is reportod that nc
gotiationa are in progress for placing the Adriatic,
Baltic aud Atlantic, of the Collins line, on the
California route via Panama, and that they are
likely to be successful.
The annual Fair of the Planters' Club, of
Hancock county, will be held at Sparta, on the
twenty-seventh, twenty eighth, twenty-ninth and,
thirtieth of this month. A comprehensive list of
premiums lias heeu published by the officers of
Hie club.
A correspondent of the Savannah li*publi
rau states that .Indite It. V. HahdkMa.V, while
holding Court in Wilkinson county, on the Bill
him., wuH attacked with something resembling
apoplexy. Tho Court was adjourned orer until
the third Monday in November.
Judge H. *u much bettor at tho lime tho cor
respondent wrote, and expected to leave Irwinton
for hia residence nn the following day.
The lion. Isaac T. Hatch, a Democratic |
member of the present House of Representatives, 1
fi nil tlie Buffalo District, in the State of New |
York, has been nominated by aeclanunstlon for '
re-election. In a recent speoch, since his nouiina- (
tinu, Mr. Hatch alluded to the fact, that he had at 1
the late session of Congress supported the Kansas
policy of the administration, and had voted for the „
Msui.isii conference bill, but added that— v
" lie deemed It consistent with ovary vote he had
gircu in Congress on the Kansas question, and !
with the policy of tile administration, to say that
he would rote for the admission of Kansus into the
Union, irrespective of her population, whenever she
should come with a ('miatitiilinu republican in form,
which had been ratilied by the people.”
We submit that the Washington Cnion, to be p
consistent in its course, ought to give Mr. H atch, i
I'oi this declaration, some of the abuse which it is
he lping upon Douglas. On the contrary, it com- u
plunenisMr. Hatch, ami, referring to hia rcuomi- i
nation, says that it is “ a met ited tribute to tho I
unyielding Democracy of Mr. Hatch, and a recog- |
mtiou of the fidelity with which be sought to ad- j,
vanee the interests of lus constituents during the I
last winter.” So, it appears that, with the organ, t
that which is treason t» the Democratic party in *
Illinois, is “ unyielding Democracy” in New York, j
Mr. Levins LaTastk, formerly of the a
Houghton Institute in this city, reeeullv delivered
a lecture on the subject of education at LuKayette, ■
Ala. Hia chief object appeared to be to prove the t
* iporiority of Mokkis’ grammar over all other «
system*. The Chambers Tribant, refermg to the 1
lecture* says:
"The Professor occupied uear two hours in the ,
delivery of his lecture, uud during the whole time |
he wos'Hstened to with marked uttention. In the .
course of bis remarks, he threw out many good
hints to parents and teachers, and his lecture was
characterised throughout by that practical good
sense for which the speaker’is noted. We tlmik
«e hazard nothing iu saying that Prof. LaTaate
pointed out, to the minds of many present, some
very material errors in the old systems of Knghsb
grammar now in use.
The t;nilii Crap of Uiiropt.
The llostou hoarse; thus epitomises the informa
tion respecting the European grain crop of Is&s,
as derived from latest English papers:
“In the countries b-irdering uiHin the Mediter
rsnean the crop is variously reported, but upon the
whole may be regarded a* equal to, if not exceed
ing, au arerage. Egypt will furnish a full aier
age. Bpnin and Portugal will not require auy
su|ipliea from other countries. In Belgium and
Holland there is an average crop; u hile m the
Baltic regions, including Northern Germany ami
Western Russia, the yield is below an average, al
though high prices tnaT induce exports to some
extent. In France there is a fair crop of wheat
and rye, oata being inferior. The cereal crop of
England exceeds the average', and a portion of the
extraordinary wheat yield of last year still remains
io the hands'of farmers to be addetl to ibis year's
harvest. Other breadstuff* are somewhat under
the average, la Ire land all kinds of produce' are
abundant, oompoieei with recent year*. The
wheat crop of Scotland is excellent, other e-reejes
being medium, and possibly below. On the whole,
the United Kingdom will this year require smaller
imports e>f grain than in ordinarr seasons. The
supplying power of Central Kuasia is not vet de
termined.”
An Extraordinary Adair-Ottoman Cur
rency Counterfeited in New York to
* the Extent of Four Million Eight
Hundred Thousand Dollars !
Among the recent items of news from Turkey,
. was one in reference to the arrest of a woman, up
on the charge of counterlei ting, as she was about
to - isembark at Constantinople from the steamer
in which she had come as a passenger from Eng
land. The amplitude of her crinoline first attract
• ed to this woman the attention of the police ; her
conduct then excited their suspicions, and she
was arrested aud searched. Her dress, it was
found, was thickly quilted with counterfeit notes,
in imitation of the “ caimes a paper currency
of the Ottoman government—each worth forty pi
astres, or eight dollars in our currency; and her
trunk A were furnished with false bottoms, in which
a large number of the counterfeits were packed.
After her arrest, she was carried before the Minis
ter of Police, where she confessed her guilt, and
represented that she was a Moldavian, named Mrs.
Skvasti, hut under an assumed name, bad procured
the counterfeit paper to be printed in the city of
New York, by u printer in Duane street, named
Hakrison. A dispatch stating these and other I
facts confessed by the woman, was sent by the Ot
toman government, through its Minister in Lon
don, to J. Horsvord Smith, Ottoman consul at New
York, who, as soon as he received it, went before
the Mayor (on Thursday morning last; and made
the following affidavit:
CUy and County ‘if New York, «».—J. Hosford
Smith, Consul for the Ottoman Porte, in the city
of New York, being duly sworn, deposes and nuy’s
that he has received a dispatch from the Ottoman
Government, through the Turkish Minister in Lou
don, stating that Airs. Sevasti, a Moldavian, has
arrived at Constantinople from England, with a
considerable quantity of “ caimes,” or paper
money, consisting of six hundred thousand pieces
of paper money, of twenty piastres each ; aud that
said Mrs. Sevasti has, during a judicial proceeding
or interrogation, made betore the Minister of
Police, stated that ahe, under the assumed name of
Madume Zaifmen, had caused the said “ caimes,”
or paper money, to be printed in the city of New
York, bv a certain Harrison, a book printer
in New Yoik, at Duane street, No. 82. That she
had taken away four plates, in order to print the
imperial “Toughra,” or signature of the Sultan,
and seal for the reverse of the “ cuin.es,” aud
that there remain beside sixteen pieces of each of
these plates in the magazine of the above named
printer and in his possession ; as well as the torn
and dirty “ Cannes” among those which she has
caused to he made. And deponent further says
tliut he has full reliance in the authority of the tn
lormation thus conveyed, and he believes that the
said “ caimes,” and the plates for printing them,
or some part thereof, are now concealed on the
iremisea, or in the possession of the said
larrisoti at No. 82 Duane street, in the ward
of New York. And deponent further says that
the said “ caimes” are paper money issued by and
under the sanction of the Turkish Government,
and that they circulate as money therein, and he
believes that the said Harrison had printed
thu same with the intent to deceive and defraud*
and that the same should be uttered and disponed
of with a fraudulent design ; nod deponent prays
that the said Harrison may be arrested, and
that a search warrant he issued to seize* on the said
plates and counterfeit “ cainies,” which he has
reason to believe, and does believe, are in the pos
session of said Harrison at No. 82 Duane
street. J. Hohkokii Smith, Ottoman Consul.
Sworn to before tne, this 7th day of Oct., 1858. I
I)\m kl F. Tikmann, Mayor, f
The •Journal of Qmimtrct, of the Bth inst., in
which we find this affidavit, gives the following
account of the proceedings taken upon it by the
Mayor:
The Mayor entrusted the ruse to the manage
ment of Sergeant Birney, who visited Mr. Harri
son’s pi lining olttce, and told him of the nature of
his business. Mr. 11. expressed himself greatly
surprised, ami protested ins perfect innocence of
any collusion with the Turkish fraud. He frunklv
acknowledged that he had printed the “catuief,
hut said tout he had no knowledge of their real
nature - which is not at all strange, as they look
very much like the labels on lire crackers or
Turkish tobacco, and, being destitute of signa
tures, or the usual bank note devices, would cou
f voy to no uninformed mind the idea of a paper
» currency. The note is about Hve inches long by
> four wide; printed on common looking paper,
/ and the engraving of the face presents a mere
' jumble of Turkish characters and emblems. The
r back bears a small round impression, which
proves to be the seal of the Sultan, but which
looks like a meaningless anagrum to one not ac
quainted with the fact. Mr. H. was anxious to
have the mystery thoroughly sifted, and freely
told Sergyant Biruey all the facta in his posses-
sum.
lie savMlml about the first of July last he was
called upKbv a lady of smari, respectable ap
pearance. Tibmit forty years of age, speaking
broken English, who showed hup one of (lie
" Cannes,” and informed him dial II was a label
of which she desired to have six hundred thou
sand copies made. She wished him to have an
exact engraving taken from it, and the quality of
palter to he imitated as closely as possible, and
asked him his price for managing the whole busi
ness. Mr. Harrison told her that he would do the
printing for one dollar a thousand, with no extra
charge tor the actual cost of engraving, the paper,
and other incidental work. To this she agreed.
The woman’s maimer was plausible, and Mr. Har
rison naturally supposed that the queer looking
picture was a label for some patent medicine,
oriental bulm, fig paste, or other preparation
wherewith to tickle the public. He therefore
closed the burguin without hesitation or suspicion,
and immediately gave the engraving job to Mr.
Orr, who soon tnaJe a perfect duplicate of the
original.
The woman, who gave her name ns Madam Zaif
men, called from mile to tune to see proofs of (he
work, andexpressed a particular anxiety that the
imitation should be faultlessly axact. She was es
pecially solicitous about the small circular ligure
i iho Siilton’s name) lobe printed on the back. Mr.
Harrison visited paper dealers in the oi'y to <tb
tain material similar to that of the labels, but with
out success, and at last he was obliged to resort
to the paper manufacturers at Kiugslaml Mill,
Belleville, New Jersey, who of course readily un
look tlie task and turned out an article so near like
the Imperial fabric that it would ptutzle a good
judge to tell them apart. Mr. H. then had stere
otype plates made or the engraving and printed
the “ labels" in sheets of twenty each. Every
body around his office was familiar with the work,
people going in and out examined it, and though
its strange appearance gave rise to Rome guess
ing, nobody for a moment suspected its real char-
acter.
The job was speedily finished, and about the
arid of Julv Mr. 11. delivered the six hundred thou
sand " labels,” to Madame Zaifmeu, who was then
stopping at the Aator House. The documents made
about six reams of paper, and tilled three large
trunks. She paid him all of his bill, excepting
three hundred dollars, for whicli he took tier note,
as she said she was out of money, and he could do
uo better under the circumstances. This was the
last that he had heard of her or her "labels,” until
Sergeant Btruey made his visit.
Mr. Harrison”showed the Sergeant a large bun
dle of tbe “Cannes" —several tnousand.of them
which were laid aside bv the printers, as not quite
up to the standard of perfection insisted on by
Mrs. Zaifmeu, who was evidently a good judge of
the hue arts. The precious bundle was lyiug around
loose with other parcels in the office. It was de
livered into the Sergeant’s possession, with all the
plates used in tlie printing. The latter were piled
away with Mr. Harrison’s other stock, and it was
plaiii that there was no mtentiou whatever of con
cealing auv of the property.
The Sergeant took Mr. Harrison before the
Mayor, where he gave bail to answer in the sum
of lour thousand dollars.
The Journal of Cbmmtrc » also publishes the fol
lowing card, addressed to the public, by Mr. Hah-
ftiaox :
i The undersigned desires to state, in reference to
' the charge made by the Turkish consul, of print -
l ing "cairn**,” or juiper money, such as is used by
• the Turkish Government, that he is entirely amt
i* absolute! v innocent otNtny criminal knowledge or
t intent in the whole iuattertyot having entertained
f the remotest suspicion, at 4 the time the job was
e done, or since, that the pruning which he executed
> could be put to anv illegal us*. The job came to
s his office apparently in the regular course of busi
r ness; the woman/batng a stranger to him, was
v told the rules of the office, requiring from strangers
c a reference, or an advance payment; she chose the
> latter alternative, and the jo*b was put in hand,
\ and executed as soon as A could conveniently be
r doue. The "labels,* as she called them, and
e which he supposed were to be used on some nos
s trum or article of commerce of eastern origin, from
tkor being Chinese characters upon them, were
printed from tbe ordinary stereotype plates used
by all job printers in tbeir business. Tbe wood
engraving was made by Mr. J. VT Orr, who
does all tbe subscriber’s engraving; tbe
plates were electrotvped where be has ail
that kind of work done; the paper was made
by dealers from whom he purchased largely;
and tbe job was printed openly in his office!
in the view of strangers, visitors and custom
ers, having been on the press some fifteen
days, and seen during that time by hundreds of
persons—no concealment or secresy nor the
slightest attempt at privacy, being made bv him!
from the moment be made tbe bargain until the
job was delivered at tbe Astor House. Indeed,
so little did the undersigned suppose be had been
doing anything wrong or illegal in printing this
job, that these “labels,” which now prove to be
Turkish paper money, have been Iviog loose
around bis office since July last; and a large
quantity of them, which the office boys had been
using as waste paper, were on a shelf in fall view
of the officer when he came to make the arrest.
The electrotype plates algo were in tbe cupboard
with the plates of all his other customers. There
is nothing in the appearance of these “labels” to
lead any one ts» Huspect they could bo used as
paper money. They are about tbe size of the
printed paper that comes on u pack of Chinese
fire cracicera, and are partly.covered with similar
characters.
To those who know the subscriber personally,
any assurance of his entire innocence of any guilty
knowledge in the matter, he feels is unnecessary ;
but tb and the public at large, this
statement is submitted, to the end that his unsus
picious and innocent connection with the transac
tion may be correctly understood.
W«. L. 8. Harrison, Job Printer,
No. 82 Duane street.
New York, Oct. 7, 1858.
r*T Donati’s comet will be nearest the earth
to-day, although still at the respectable distance
of fifty-two millions of miles from us.
The City Register of Charleston reports
sixty-six deaths in that city, for the week ending
Oth inst., of which forty-five were by yellow fever.
The Knoxville Citizen, John Mitchell’s
paper, will be published in Washington City after
the middle of November.
The Columbia (8. C.) Guardian is adver
tising for compositors to work during the ap
proaching session of the South Carolina legisla
ture.
Mr. George V andknhoff is to give the first
reading of Longfellows’forthcoming poem, “The
Courtship of Miles Standisb,” on the evening of
the day of its publication, the 16th wist.
IW’ A convention of the party o j
Coweta county will he held on thc~l4th inst., to
nominate a candidate for Senator, to supply the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Hi gh Bu
chanan, Esq. The election will take place on the
24 th inst.
G.'Skvmoi.'r, Esq, the President of the
New Orleans Associated Press, gives notice that
“ strangers should keep away from New Orleans
until there is a marked abatement of the fever, of
which they will be duly advised. The epidemic is
now sustained by new-comers.”
The returns from Florida continue to be
▼cry favorable to the Democratic party. In Frank
lin county ( Apalachicola is in it), the Democratic
majority was overwhelming. In Jackson county,
the Democratic ticket was successful. It is gener
ally conceded that Hawkins’ majority will be from
fifteen hundred to two thousand.
I-ts“ Ttie American Citizen, published at West
Point, Cla., says: “ Over the downfall of the Dem
ocratic party we are prepared to rejoice—we wil
rejoice.” Now, as the Democratic party of this
country will meet with no *• downfall” except the
Black Republican party ascends to power, will the
-1 mcricun Citizen then be prepured to “ rejoice ?”
And if it " rejoices,” what will it be for?
Jy','- The Chicago T<mee expresses the opinion
that the Democrats, i. e. the Doeolas mcu. will
elect their State ticket, six members of Congress,
l that would be a gain of one,) and a majority of
members in both brunces of the legislature, which
would secure the re-election of Judge Doihi.as to
the identic of the United States. We will hope
that onfClitcago contemporary is not Ao sanguine.
J-i£f" Among the changes of location for the
abor of divines, we notice that the Rev. it. A. '
I MoGiJltit, recently President of Georgetown Col- ‘
j lege, is to be the pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, '
in Baltimore. The present pastor of that church
(Her. Wm. K. Clark) is to be President of Loyola
College, Baltimore; and Iter. J, Earlv, now the j
President of that institution, is to succeed Rev. B. ,
A. Maguire, at Georgetown College.
“ A,” writing from Irwlnton, Ga., to the
Savannah Republican, on the fith inst, says : “ I ]
liuve to communicate the painful intelligence of a
homicide committed here this evening about
eight o'clock. The parties ( both residents of the
village,) were Dr. Joseph Goldkx and Mr. John E.
Wioiiixs. The former received three stabs from a
knife in the leg and thigh, the last severing the
femoral artery and producing death in a few min
utoe. There has been no arrest of Wiooixs iij to
this time, though he is being pursued, and is ex
pected to he soon overtaken.”
Consul General. —Pr. James McDowell, of 1
Missouri, is the gentleman who has been appoint
‘■<ri ,’nited States consul general to Constantinople
He is the oldest son of the late Gov. McDowell,
of Virginia.
Death of George J. Fslabrook. .
The newspaper publishers and job printing of- |
rices of Charleston, Savannah and Augusta, well j
remember the young printer referred to in the fol
lowing notice, which we extract from the Norfolk
Acjus:
We regret to announce the death of Mr. George
J. Kstabrook, for some time employed in this office
as job printer, and which took place on Thursday,
the 7th inst., at " o’clock, in the twenty-eighth
year of his age.
Uewasayoung man of considerable intelligence,
possessed much skill and excellent taste as a
workman, and had endeared himself to his friends
by his sprightliness and social qualities. Thev
feel sincere sorrow for Ills death in early manhood,
lie has a mother residing in Waterford, New York,
aud relatives, we believe, in the West.
He had been indisposed for several months and
became quite ill the latter purt of the past week ;
aud the disease resulting in a high fever, attacked
the bruin, and soon terminated, his life.
Florida Election.
The Columbus Sun of the Sth inst says:
. “Wo arc indebted to a reliable friend at Marian-
I na, Fla., for the following telegraphic dispatch
i dated yesterday, relative to the electiou which
. came otf in that State, on Monday last:
"The Democrats carrv this countv for the first
> time. Legislature will be entirely Democratic,
i Hawkins’ majority wil be two thousand. Westscott
received one vote in Washington couutv.”
The plain fact intended to be conveyed by the
- above dispatch is, we presume, that the l)emo
cratic party succeeded in the election held in
Jackson county. In Wasliiugton county, West
soott, the independent candidate, received rnlv
one vote. _
Health ol Mobile.
Orrics or nix Board or Health, i
Mobile, October «. j
The number of deaths from yellow fever for the
iweniv-tbur hours ending at 6 o'clock p. nt. this
dav, is eight.
Dabxki Hxusnos, M. D.. Secretary.
Office or the Board or Health,
Mobile, October 7,6 P. M. f
The number of deaths from yellow fever for the
twenty-four hours ending at <5 o'clock p. nt. this
dav, is twelve.
Dabxkv Hebdon, M. D.. Secretary.
Mobil* Mcrcrry, Oct. V.
BY TELEGRAPH^
arrival
OF THE STEAMSHIP
INDIAN EMPIRE.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Cotton Closed Quiet but Steady.
CONSOLS Al> II AXCEL>.
Halifax, Oct. 11. — The Galway ami New York
steamship Indian Empire has arrived, with Liver
pool accounts to Tuesday, September 2»ih, being
three days’ later than tbe Canada’s news.
Commercial New-.
Liverpool. Cotton Market. —The sales of cotton for
two days reached 14,000 bales, of which]*peculators
and exporters each took 1,200 bales. The market
closed quiet but steady.
1/nuloH Haney Market. —There was some expec
tation of a reduction in the rates of discount by
the Bank of England. Consols were quoted at
07X a07%.
Halivax, Oct. 11, P. M.—The London market
reports represent Breadstuff* dull—Sugar and
Coffee firm—and in Tea there was an average busi
ness doing, without any quotable change in prices.
Rice was quiet.
The English treaty with China provides for the
payment of a large sum for losses at Canton, and
a!B<> for other expenses of the war.
Spain continues her outfit against Mexico. The
Minister of Marine ha 3 inspected a fleet for that
purpose at Cadiz.
The Austrian railways have been transfered to
the Rothschilds, and other English capitalists.
One l>ay Later front Europe.
A’StTS BY THE STEAMSHIP
CITV OF BALTIMORE.
Cotton Closed Unic: and In eh a need.
CONSOLS ADVANCED.
Ht. Johns, Oct. 11.—The steamship City of Bal
timore was boarded off Cape Race, on Friday, by
the steam yacht belonging to the Associated Press.
Tiie City of Baltimore brings dates to Wednes
day, September 20th.
Commercial News.
Liverpool Colton Market.—lYie sales of cotton
on Tuesday reached 4,000 bales, of which specu
lators and exporters each took 500 bules. The
market closed quiet, but prices were generally un
changed.
London Money Maiket.— Consols were quoted
at
SECOND DISPATCH.
At Liverpool the Flour market was dull, but
prices were generally unchanged. The inferior
qualities of Wheat had declined Is. The better
classes sustained a moderate demand, but at lower
rates—quotations were nominal. Rice was dull.
At London, the Sugar, Corn and Rice markets
were steady. Spirits of Turpentine was steady at
38s. a 30s.
Later news from India had been received at Lon
don. The Gwalior rebels had been defeated on
the 17th ol August. Seven hundred were killed,
while the British loss was trifling. Other engage
ments are reported, in which British successes arc
announced. Three Bengal regimnftshad been re
armed.
Cnlifornia Overland Mail.
Ht. Loris, Oct. 11.—The first overland mail from
San Francisco to this city arrived last night.
There was considerable pleasure evinced upon the
success of the enterprise. A
The mail brings San Francisco dates to the 14th
of September. Th«t news is unimportant.
There had been sonic Indian skirmishes in Ore
gou.
It was rumored at Dallas, is Oregon, that Gen.
Palmer’s party had been massacred.
The Santa Fe mail, of the 3rd of October, had
been received at Independence, Missouri.
The Nuvajne Indians have a stubborn fight
with a detachment of our troojfs at Belle Spring.
Maj. McLean had been severely wounded, and
eight Indians were killed.
Yellow Fever in Charleston.
Charleston, Oct. 10.—The Health officer re
ports the death of forty-five persons by yellow fe
ver, during the last week, including Saturday.
Mission to Spain.
Washington, Oct. 10.—The Hon. Wm. Ballard
Preston, of Ky., has accepted the Mission to
Spain.
Election in Savannah.
Savannah, Oet. 11. —The entire Democratic
ticket, fur Mayor and Aldermen, was successful
at the election to-day, by a large majority.
Market Keports.
S H annah. Oet. 11.—Sales of Cotton to-day 470
bales. The market was unsettled.
Charleston, Oct. 0. —Sales of cotton 5,000 bales.
Good Middling l” a 12%, and Middling Fair
12}* cents.
Charleston, Oct. 11.—Sales of cottou to-day
1,000 bales. The market is depressed, with a ten
dency to a further decline.
New York, Oet. o.—Sales of cotton to-day 600
bales, with a heavy market. Sales of Flour 11,000
barrels; Southern to 30 ato GO. Wheat declin
ing ; Kedtl lsatl 30. Corn heavy, with sales
ot 20,000 bushels. Molasses is dull, and New Or
leans quoted at a 40 cents. Spirits of Tur
pentine is firm at 51 cents. Rice dull, at 3 a
for old, and 4 ceuts for new.
New York, Oct. 11.—Salesof cotton to-day 4,000
bales, at a decline of }{c. Flour declining, with
sales of 12,500 barrels; Sedthern to a $5 40.
Wheat declining; sales 17,000 bushels; Red tl 10
a tl 1?. and White tl 20 a tl 35. Corn heavy,
with sales of 20,000 bushels. Spirits of Turpen
tine firm at 30c. a 57c. Rice dull.
from the Journal of Commerce, Ocl. $/«.
Additional by the Canada.
Jlalifar, Oct. 7. The Royal Mail steamship
Canada, Capt. Lang, left Liverpool at 10 A. M.,
on the 25th ult., and arrived at Halifax at7 A. M.,
of the 7th inst.
Among her passengers is C. W. Bradley, bearer
of dispatches trom China to the Government at
Washington.
The crew of the ship Golden State mutinied at
Penang, on July 19th. They would not work,
under pretence that they had not enough food, and
heal the officers and boatswain fearfully with
handspikes. They then took a boat and went
ashore, where they were captured and taken into
custody. The first officer died the same evening.
Great Hritain.—Tbe conflict between the offi
cials of the Atlantic Telegraph Company still con
tinues. Mr. Brett had issued a second pamphlet,
m answer to Mr. Whitehouse’s statement He
charges the latter gentleman with ignorance of
ihe facts of the ease, and disputes the correctness
of his deductions.
Mr. Brett says that simple rope or gutta pereha
Covered cables have been proved to" be useless,
and bones that the company wiil lava cable of
j three electrical conductors next vear.
j Atlantic Telegraph shares were quoted at three
, hundred to three hundred and thirty pounds ster
ling.
The British Board of Trade returns for August
show a decrease in the exports tor August of over
half a million sterling, compared with the same
month last year. This exhibits an improvement
? upon the recent return. The imports continue to
* show a large increase in wheat and flour.
The new telegraph cable between England and
Holland has been successfully laid down. It ts
the heaviest yet submerged, weighing one thou
sand two hundred and [sixty tons, although the
distance is only one hundred and forty miles.
Detailed accounts of the recent uprising of con
victs at Portland show that the intenticrn of the fif
teen hundred engaged in tbe plot was to fall upon
the guards in their combined strength and murder
them, to burn the prison, plunder the buildings,
and then to make their wav to the main land. A
handful of soldiers thwarted tbeir desperate design.
The city article of the Loudon Times seizes upon
a remark in a New York leading paper, that the
European creditors of Mexico may be treated as
usurers, to read a lecture upon repudiation in gen
eral. It regards the hint as important, and sug-
f rests that the capitalists who may be disposed to
Isten, during the coming abundance of money, to
tempting invitations from the other side of the
Atlantic, had better take warning from it.
Orders hare been issued for the sending of two
thousand troops, as reinforcements, to India, dur
ing the month of October.
Latent by Telegraph to Lieepool. — London, Satar
day. —The Times' city article savs that the failure
has been announced of M. Forlie, of Milan, la the
produce trade, with liabilities estimated at fifty
thousand pounds sterling. M. Forlie is stated to
have disappeared.
The Tunes does not think the line of steamers
established by the Odessa company, for the Medi
terranean traffic, at all likely to ruin its establish
ed competitors; that neither politically or com
mercially need the Mediteranean powers fear the
temporary lease of Villa Franca, though Sardiuia
and Russia may have been both pleased to alarm
and irritate the matter.
From the Times' City Article.
English funds continue perfectly inactive. Af
ter the termination of regular business, the sole
transactions were effected at an improvement of
one-eighth. The bullion in the bank is now with
in three million ninety-eight thousand and seven
ty-three pounds sterling of the highest amount
ever reached, which was on the loth of July, 1352,
when it stood twenty-two million two hundred
and thirty-two thousand one hundred and thirty
eight pounds sterling.
Trance. —The Bank of France, on the 23d, re
duced its rate of discount to three per cent. The
Minister of Finance also reduced the interest on
Treasury bonds to the extent of a half per cent.,
making the rate two and a half for bonds under
sixpionths, and three per cent, for those above.
The Emperor Louis Napoleon continued at
Biarritz.
An imperial decree nominates Baron Gros,
French Plenipotentiary in China, to the dignity of
Senator.
The merchants of Marseilles are availing them
selves of the advantages opened with China by
the treaty. **
The Paris correspondence of the Independence
Beige says the French forces at Rome are to be
augmented. »
A solemn mass of thanksgiving was performed
at Paris in the church of Foreign Missions in cel
ebration of the Chinese treaty.
Spain.— According to the official dispatches from
Madrid, the Government will augment the army,
so as to be prepared to put down political agita
tion, come from any quarter that it may.
It is said that the expedition against the Riff
Pirates will be postponed until spring, but the Gov
ernment intends to act energetically against Mex
ico. •
The Corrcispondtncia Autografa declares there
is no truth in the statement that an Anglo-Spanish
company has obtained the concession of a subma
rine telegraph from Cuba to America.
Russia. —Gen. Mouravieff,Count Atnourski, will,
it is said, be Russian Minister at Pekin.
It was reported in Paris that the British govern
ment also proposes sending a military man as its
representative there.
The Russians arc reported to have gained anoth
er great victory over the Circassians.
At Moscow, the Metropolitan Archbishop ad.
dressed a solemn allocution to the Emperor, charg
ing him to carry the orthodox Christian faith, by
all means and appliances, into the heart of China.
China. —The Anglo-Cliinese treaty had not been
published, and the press was murmuring at the
delay.
The Monitenr gives .the details of tbe French-
Cbinese treaty, which were already generally
known. It says the chastisement of the Mandarin
by whose orders Father Chapdelain was beheaded,
will be made public. The indemnity to France is
fifteen million francs.
Africa. —Cape of Good Hope dates are to August
12th. Difficulties have occurred between the
Britisli and Portuguese authorities :u Mozambique
channel. A small cutter from Natal, trading on
the East coast, was seized by the Portuguese for
not paying duty at Bellanoa bay. The crew were
sent to Mozambique, and plaeecl in charge of the
British Consul, who demanded the boat and cargo,
without success. He has, in consequence, left for
England to represent the case to the Foreign
Office.
From the N. O. Ficayutie, Oct. Ith. **
Later from Havana*
The-Ignited States mail steamship Black War
rior, Capt. S. W. Smith, got up to the levee at
eleven o’clock last night. She leit New York on
the H7Hi ult. She reached 'Havana on the 3d inst.,
and started aoain the same day for this port.
The Black Warrior brings two hundred thousand
dollars in gold on freight from New York, and
nine thousand four hundred dollars from Havana,
with a large and valuable cargo for this port, a list
of the consignees of which will be found in the
usual column.
Mr. I’urser Gideon favors us with the following
interesting report:
•' On the 29th ult., at half past four, I’. M. t the
Naval .Magazine at Havana, situated at the head of
the harbor, containing over one hundred aud fifty
thousand pouuds of gunpowder, several hundred
loaded shells, together with a large quantity of
rockets, fireworks, 4c., exploded. The shock and
effect, as described by the residents of the city,
were truly awful.
“ Thus fur, there had been found in the ruins
and about the ground, twenty-eight dead bodies
and one hundred and five wounded—four of whom
died nfter being removed to the Hospital.
“For some moments the air was tilled w'uhtfdl
descriptions of destructive missiles, and stones,
shells, Ac., were projected a iuug distance from
the building und into the bay.
“ No damage was done to the vessels at anchor.
The dead bodies of three coolies were blown
through the air to the slope of Fort Atares, nearly |
a quarter of a mile off.
“There were upwards of three hundred persons
empoyedon the new sugar warehouses, iu the im
mediate vicinity of the disaster, mostly coolies,
and among them the loss of life and limb appears
to have been the greatest. Os the military guard
of the magazine, consisting of a sergeant and six
teen men, only four remained. Many bodies are
no doubt yet under the ruins and in the waters of
the barbot.
“ The destruction of the fine pile of sugar ware
houses, some twnety buildings, several ot which
were finished, and the others in course of con
struction, was complete. Nothing now remains
but a mass of stones and rubbish. The concussion
was so great as to destroy the gas meters, render
ing the gas works, for the present, entirely use
less; and it will require at hast three months be
fore the city can be lighted. Every residence is
more or less affected by the shock; several build
ings sustained great damage. Among the num
ber were the residence of Don Domingo Aldauia,
fronting the military parade ground; the house of
Don Jose Maria Boielly; and the edifice of the
Roval Economical Society.
“ The Dlario de In Henna, of the 30th, in no
ticing the event, savs: ‘ The attention and relief
afforded bv the authorities of our city, directed by
Captain-General Concha in person, who was by
accident in the immediate vicinity at the time, and
first on the ground after the expFosion, where he
remained until seven o’clock, P. M., and engaged
the whole force of marines, firemen and military
corps, which were at his disposition, and by his
energy and encouragement to the troops, did great
service. Our navy, with her usnal energy, also
distinguished herself on the occasion. Meanwhile
there was no neglect to protect the public securi
tv. The city being left in perfect darkness, the
night n atch’were posted at half-past six, which is
to be the case until proper lights are restored. The
whole force of the police, and large detachments
of infantry and cavalry, are on duty during the
night, to guard the city against robbery or distur
bance of public peace. With these precautions
the city is perfectly safe.'
“ Sugars are down a fraction ; stock, one hun
dred and fifteen thousand boxes. Excbauge on
New Orleans five and a quarter to five and a half
per cent.; New York, four and a quarter to four
and three-quarter per cent.; London, fifteen to fif
teen and a quarter per cent. United States gold
goios in demand ; none for sale.”
We have full files of Havana papers by the Black
Warrior, to the 3d inst., inclusive; but they enable
us to add bat little of interest, to-night, to what
is given above. There are long articles in refer
ence to the terrible catastrophe which had befall
en the city; but they add nothing of general im
portance to what is above given on the subject.
The Navy Department is preparing orders for
Commodore Shubrick, and the frigate Sabine will
'sail early next week oit the Paraguay expedition.
The First Snow Storm.
A telegraph dispatch from Hcrvnellsvilie, N. V.
on the 3th inst, states that snow fell in that Tillage,
on the night previous, to the depth of three inches.
The storm commenced a! the lake, extended East
along the Erie railroad, and the snow fell at almost
all the intermediate places.
m <»
J3T” There were'sixty-fonr deaths from yefiow
serer in New Orleans, on the ?th inst.
~*r The races commence its Montgomery, Ala.,
on the 14th of November.
Liskeal.—The family of 'Wit. F. Molett, Esq.,
of Dallas county, Alabama, consisting of the fath
er, mother, brother-in-law and seven grand-chil
dren, it is said,have given fifty dollars each, or five
hundred and fifty dollars in all, to the Mount Ver- r
non fund.
SF" News items from the Macon Teltyraph, of
Oct. 12 :
Hon. C. M. Bozeman has been elected by a ma
jority of one hundred and seventy-four votes
to fill the vacancy in the Senate from Pulaski coun
ty, occasioned by cutting off Norman McDutfie,
Er-cj., the former Senator, into the new county of
Wilcox. We are glad to chronicle the success of
Mr. Bozeman. He is an intelligent, business man,
and will make an excellent Senator.
Hon. John 1,. Harris, of Glynn, has been elected
unanimously to fill the vacancy iu the Representa
tive branch of the next legislature, occasioned bv
the death of Jacob Moore, Esq. Mr. Harris was a
distinguished member of the legislature of 1855-’6,
from Fulton, and ive congratulate him on his
success.
Election in Randolph. —Col. Seaborn A. Smith, a
sterling Democrat in Randolph county, has been
elected to fill the vacancy in the Representative
branch of the next legislature, occasioned by the -
removal of B. J. Christie, Esq.
Florida Election’s. —We extract from the Flori
dian of the 9th inst., the following additional ad
vices :
Leon County. —Hawkins, for Congress, received
three hundred and eighty-two ; Weseotl, one hun
dred and tijenty-three votes. Vote for the Demo
cratic candidates for the House: For John B. Gal
braith, three hundred and fifty-seven; for T. W.
Brevard, Jr., four hundred and thirty; for Joseph
B. Christe, three hundred and sixtv-four; and for
R. C. Williams, three hundred and eighty-seven.
Dr. Maxwell received, as an Independent candi
date, one hundred and fifty-six votes.
It is due to some of the opposition to say that
quite a number of Whigs and Americans voted for
Judge Hawkins, imdonc or more of the Democratic
House candidates.
Wakulla. —This county has given Hawkins a ma
jority of seventy-eight. ' The vote stands: Hawk
ins, one hundred and thirty-two; Westcott, fifty
four. Captain H. H. Walker is elected to the Sen
ate, and T. J. M. Richardson to the House, both
Democrats, but voted for by a majority of all par
ties without regard to their politics.
Gadsden. —A gentleman from thiscounty reports
Hawkins’ official majority to be one hundred and
sixty-eight.
Liberty. —Votes with Gadsden for House mem
bers. Davidson, Independent, certainly elected,
but the official vote of both counties was'necessary
to determine the other two.
Jefferson. —No returns from this county, except
reports from two precincts—Monticello and Wa
keena. Hawkins received a majority of two hun
dred and nineteen at the first, and some seventy
at the latter.
Madison.— This county gives Hawkins a majority
of thirty-nine. Taylor and Lafayette vote with
Madison for Senator and Assemblymen. In Tay
lor, Hawkins received a majority of six, and La
fayette gives Westcott a majority of seventy-one—
making his majority in the three counties only
twenty-six. McQueen, Democrat, has been elected
to the Senate by a majority of five votes over Lang
ford, American. Pope and Coffee, Democrats, and
Church, American, are elected to the House.
Hamilton. —A private letter received by the
eastern mail, from Jasper, says: Hawkins two
votes ahead of Westcott, and two Democratic pre- * ~
cincts to hear from that will probably give him *
fifty majority. Frink, Democrat, is elected to the
Assembly by from twenty to thirty majority. DunV
can, American, elected to the Senate by a probable
majority of fifty votes.
From the New York Journal of Commerce , Oct. 8.
The Great Turkish Fraud—Mr. Harrison
Honorably Discharged.
On an examination yesterday morning by tbe
Mayor, into the facts connected with tbe Turkish
fraud, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Smith. Ottoman consul,
Mr. C. D. Serroyhen, and District Attorney Blunt,
were present. The matter was talked over, and
Mr. Harrison was fully exculpated from all blame
on account of his unfortunate connection with it.
Mr. Harrison gave up thirty-eight plates, sixteen
seals of the Turkish mint, eighteen seals of the
treasury, twenty “Toohers” of the Sultan, (all
counterfeit), and about one hundred and fifty thou
sand copies of the bogus “caimes,” which will be
sealed up by the Mayor and Consul Smith, and
placed on deposit with the City Chamberlain, to
the order of tbe Turkish Government. Mr. U. was
then honorably discharged.
The Mayor’s discharge is as follows:
, Mayor’s Office, (
New York, Oct. 8, 1858. «• )
Mr. Harrison having appeared before me, and it
appearing that he had been employed to print the
Turkish “caimes,” without any knowledge of their
character, and he freely delivering up the plates in
his possession to be destroyed, with the advice of
the District Attorney he is discharged, free from
ail suspicion of having knowingly -committed any
legal oder.ee.
(Signed) Dan’l F. Tikmaxn, Mayor.
The following is a translation, by Mr. Serroyhen,.
of the inscription upon the note: “To be paid bv
the bearer without in*eres f , twenty piastres’*
.around the edge l ; '*uventy piastres” (in each
corner ; “twenty paistres in paper money” (in the
middle of the cote), also “to be redeemed in tbe
Government Bank in Constantinople, and to be
used m place of gold.” At the topcof the note is
the "TooLer” of the Sultan, surrounded bv a
Persian inscription from the Koran. At the foot
of the note is the seal of ihc Miufsterof the Mint,
and on the reverse the seal of the Minister of the
Treasury. Mr. Senoyhcji says that the counter
feit is perfect, and would easily have passed if
Madam Sevasti had got in safeh within the Turk
ish domains, it appears, from further information,
that when she was landing from the steamboat at
Syria, she made a greafp fuss about her trunks,
which she was anxious to have delicately handled,
and she proffered the custom house officer a sov
ereign in gold if he would-be careful. That led
him to suspect that ail was not right. Her bag
gage was according searched, and false bottoms
were found iu each of her trunks, tilled with
“caimes,” and a irnttrass, which she had separate,
was also stuffed with them.
The woman was immediately taken before the
authorities at Constantinople, where she acknow
ledged her own connection with the affair, but
owned up to no accomplices. The punishment for
her offense is fifteen year’s imprisonment. The
former penalty was execution with the counterfeit
money in the hand of the offender, but that custom
is now done away with. Tbe counterfeits hereto
fore introduced into Turkey have been of specie,
and never of the paper currency. The “ Too her”
is regarded as a sacred “ institution,” and three
officials are appointed to guard it—rather pleasant
work, we should say, on large salaries.
The whole six hundred thousand counterfeits
were taken from the prisoner, and it is therefore
certain that she did not succeed in getting rid of
any. Had she passed tbe Custom House guardians
in safety, there is little doubt that she would very
soon have transmuted her “ caimes” into solid
gold and lived like a princess for the remainder of
her days.
The" value of the “caimes” has been greatly
over-estimated. The note is worth only twenty
piastres—or ninety-three cents —and the total of
the sum counterfeited is, therefore, five hundred
and fifty-eight thousand dollars.
New York, o§t. 7. — lt is reported that the
steamer Atlantic has been sold to the new Nicara
gua company, and will go on the line immediately.
St. Louis, Oct. 7.—A gentleman who has just
arrived here from Fort Union, says that Indian
Agent Redfield was at Smutty Dear’s camp, eighty
miles below Fort Randall, on the 24th ult. The
Indians were saucy towards the whites, and serious
trouble was apprehendecHml^thern^^^^^^^^
STEERS STRAYED.
STRAYED from my Plantation, thirteen mile* hvlow
gusea, during the past summer, nine head of
All of them were dew flapped, and some were branded with
the letter W„ and others had brands which are not remem
bered. They were all :n good order.
I will give a reward of *25 for the delivery of them, and a
liberal reward fer any information which will lead to tne.r re
covers. T. S. DUNBAR.
ociS c 4 Mcßean P. 0.. Richmond county.