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v The whole estimated population of the
world, according to our professor of Ber
lin^ as .follows :
Population of Europe,
“ Asia,
“ America,
-■••7‘: Afirtea,
278,000,060
17 720,000,000
. 200,000,006
00,000,000
Australia, 4c 2,000,000
C|t ^tankrb.
r . ..Total pop. of the globe, -1,288,000,000
The Bulletin indulges in a picture of the
mortality among this vast human family.
Thus taking the average annual number
of cfoalhs at about one to every forty in
habitants, and supposing that the earth
has as Herr Dietrich estimates, 1,283,000,-
000'inhabitants at the present time, the
number of deaths in a year would be a-
bout 82,000,000, which is more than the
present entire population of the United
States. At this rate the average number
of deaths per day is about 87,671; the
average per hour about 8653; the average
per minute about 61! Thus at least every
second a human life is ended. However,
as the births considerably exceed the
deaths, there are probably 70 or 80 hu
man beings bom pqr minute. Perhaps,
. .after all, Herr Dcitrich may have shot wide
of the mark, for it is admitted that the
.population of the earth is, in a great meas
ure, only a well reasoned conjecture.
Terrible Affray on the Fair Grounds
at Haahville, Tens.
The exhibition grounds of the Tennes
see State Fair, which opened at Nashville
on Monday last, were, on Wednesday, the
scene of a terrible affray, which resulted
in the death of one man, and the serious,
and perhaps mortal, wounding of two or
. three others. The Nashville Union says
It occurred on the promenade, back of
the upper tier of seats, and created the
greatest excitement imaginable. So un
expected was it to those in attendance up
on the Fair, that it was impossible to as
certain the facts attending the sanguinary
affair, and we can only give the most in
telligible narrative we could deduce from
the mass of contradictory reports which
were flying with almost lightning rapidity
over the grounds.
It appears that a feud of very bitter na
ture lias for some time existed between
John, James, and Sandy Owen, sons of
Everett Owen, of Williamson county, and
Sam, and Geo. W. Cowan, sons of Mr.
Owen’s wife by a former husband. Sam.
. Cowan met Jas. Owen, who had his wife
leaning upon his arm, at the Fair yester
day morning, and spit in his face. Short
ly afterwards James and Sandy Owen
met Sam. Cowan on the promenade, back
of the upper seats, when Sandy Owen
commenced an attack upon Cowan with
a stick. Cowan then drew a pistol and
shot Owen through the heart, killing him
: instantly, and simultaneously the friends
of the parties interfered making a vigor
ous and fearful use of sticks.
During the melee that ensued, four cr
five, or perhaps six, additional shots were
fired When the combatants were separ
ated, it was ascertained that James Owen
was shot in the hand, through the thigh,
and in the back above the hips, ranging
into the lungs. It was thought his wounds
were mortal, and that he could not sur
vive until morning. Upon bringing Sam.
Cowan to the city, it was ascertained that
he was mortally wounded by a pistol shot
the ball having entered the upper part of
the forehead and ranged backward, where
it lodged.
Gen. Joel A. Battle was horribly man
gled about the head from blows inflicted
with a heavy stick, and it is reported that
his skull is fractured, and from which he
CASSVILLE, GEO.
THURSDAY MORNING,
OCTR 28. 1858.
FQB SOLICITOR-GENERAL.
J. A W. JOHNSON,
OF MURRAY COUNTY.
Take Notice.
Advertisers must be prepared to settle
their accounts when the time for which
their advertisements are to be published
has expired; and all persons having any
kind of Job Printing done at this office
must be prepared to pay for it on its de
livery. We must either get pay for our
work or “suspend operations.”
Public Debate. .
There will be a Public Debate to-mor
row night (Friday) in the Hall of the Al
pha Pi Delta Society, Cherokee Baptist
College. Subject—The Re-opening of the
African Slave Trade. The public gener
ally arc invited to attend—the Ladies, es
pecially.
Lawrencevi lie News.
Mr. Wm. E. Simmons has purchased a
half interest in the above named paper,
and assumed its editorial management—
The News is a new paper, just establish
ed at Lawrenceville, Ga. Mr. Simmons
writes well, and it is to be hoped that the
good people of Gwinnett county will sus
tain their county paper liberally; it is a
neat sheet, and a credit to the craft.—
Terms, Two Dollars per annum. Isaac
B. Pilgrim, Publisher.
The LegmfeMtme of this State will
assemble at Milledgevilk on Wednesday
next, 3d of November.
jg* Frank Leslie's Magazine, for No
vember,, has been received. It contains
many engravings, and a'large quantity of
instructive reading matter. Terms Three
Dollars per annum. Publication office 13
Frankfort street, New York.
pgr* The Knickerbocker Magazine, for
November, has been received ; it is a val
uable publication aud should be liberally
sustained. Louis Gaylord Clark and Dr.
Jas. O. Noyes, Editors. John A. Gray,
Publisher, New York. TerAs, three dol
lars per annum.
Wrong Credit.
The Covington Times published an ar
ticle last week under the head of “ Coon-
try Papers—their Use,” and credited it to
this paper. It should have been credited
to the “Typographic Advertiser,” a small
sheet published quarterly by Mess. L.
Johnson & Co., Philadelphia. We copied
it and neglected to credit it—hence the
error of the Times.
was sufferinp; the most excruciating pain
List evening. Fears were entertained that
his wounds would prove fatal.
A-pistol ball passed through the coat of
the gate keeper at the ring near where the
t fight occurred.
Wc hear of several others who were
slightly injured from blows inflicted by
sticks; among others, Mr. W. A. Davis.
It is a miracle that several others were
not killed or wounded, where so many
were in the vicinity.
The Twenty-Fifth of November.
A suggestion has been made generally
throughout the press at a distance, that as
the twenty-fifth day of November, this
year, has unusual importance attached to
it, we should commemorate it by holding
a universal thanksgiving throughout the
United States. The events connected with
the French and English war in North A-
inerica are referred as giving the chief sig
nificance to the day.
It will bejust one hundred years, on the
23th of November next, since the surren
der of Fort du Quesne by the French—a
surrender which terminated the rule of
France in the Centre West Washington
was a Colonel of Provincials in the Eng
lish Army which marched into the Fort
on the 25th of November, 1758, on the
surrender of the French army. Just 25
years afterward, on the 25th November,
1788, the British evacuated New York,
and Washington marched into the city,
amid the congratulation and exulting
cheers of a free and independent people.
On this day terminated forever the author
ity of the' British crown in the centre of
the Continent *
We cordially unite, says the Atlanta In-
telligencej, in the desire so generally ex
pressed to have our national Thanksgiving
day on the 25th of November, as we may
then celebrate events which ought ever to
be fresh in the meuiory of American free
dom. -
AoQomaL.—The trial of Martha Morgan, a
young widow, called by the letter writers hand
some, for the mnrder of Alexander Altai, a con
stable in Johnson eoanty N. C., has lueuttef ia
her mqaittal. The prisoner was poor,'but
-‘freovethiaUy hono^" and the oBoer was levy-
ingoa bar tittle stock of.wutIdly guuds, *daty
which he aeeompaaied with setae horsh words
to the poor woman. She seised a shot gun and
killed him, sad was aoqnitied, net* by ermpe»
thy than strict jmtiev.
The late Elections.
We were not prepared to believe that
there would be a gain of ten abolitionists
to Congress from the single State of Penn
sylvania,—yet such is the case. Some
thing bettor was expected of the old Key
stone State. But when it is known that
4he straight-out Democratic party—the
Administration Democrats, had to con
tend against the Black Republican party,
the American party and the Douglas De
mocrats—as was the case, the result could
not well be otherwise. All the elements
of the opposition were brought to bear to
crush out the Administration party, and
they have succeeded but too welL Out
of the twenty-five members to Congress
from that State, the opposition have elect
ed twenty. This is worse than a Water
loo defeat—it is a total rout of the Ad
ministration forces. The late delegation
in Congress from that State stood : Dem
ocrats, 15—opposition, 10.
In Ohio, the opposition have gained two
members to Congress. The new delega
tion will stand: Democrats 6, opposition
15.
In Indiana, the Democrats have lost 2
members to Congress. The new delega
tion will stand: Democrats 4, opposition 7.
The same States returned five Demo
crats to Congress in 1864—so it will be
seen that as bad as the Democracy have
suffered in the late elections, they suffer
ed a great deal worse then.
The Disunioniat
This is the title of a publication con
taining 72 pages, for a copy of which we
are indebted to the author, Mr. Herbert
Fielder, of Cedar Town, Ga We have
not had an opportunity to read it, but
find the following notice of it in the At
lanta Intelligencer:
“ Its otyect is ‘ to calculate the value of
the Union.’ From a hasty perusal of
this work, we are prepared to say that it
is written in good style, and bears upon
it the impress of great ingenuity. The
writer attempts to show the inequality of
the South in the Union, the burdens
which have been imposed upon our sec
tion, and the reason why a dissolution of
the ties which bind us to the Federal
Compact should be disrupted. Without
giving an expression of opinion as to the
merits of the arguments used by Mr.
Fielder, wc commend his production to
the careful consideration of the reading
public. The work can be found at the
Book Store of Mr. Wm. Kay, in this city,
who is the sole agent for the publication
at the South. He is prepared to supply
the trade at wholesale or retail upon ac
commodating terms."
Give them a TriaL
We invite attention to the changed ad
vertisement and price list of Messrs. Veal
k Co., Rome, Ga. These gentlemen have
conferred signal benefits on the public, not
only by preventing imposition, but in
keeping genuine articles at very reduced
prices—making up for small profits by
extensive sales. With genuine, warrant
ed articles and published price list, surely
all can be phased and suited. Give them
a libcog^ hearty, patronage, for they de
serve fro less.
8onth Carolina Election.
In the Charleston District Hon. W. P.
Miles has been elected Representative to
Congress, by a large majority, over Gen.
Jas. Gadsden.
In the first District, Gen. John Mc
Queen has been elected, without opposi
tion.
In the sixth District, lion. W. W.
Boyce has been elected, without opposi
tion.
In the fourth District, Hon. M. L. Bon
ham has been elected, without opposition.
In the fifth District, Col. J. I). Ash
more has been elected, by a minority of
2,279 over Mr. Vernon.
Corrections.
Mil Editor: Some unfortunate mis
takes have been made in the publication
of my Valedictory.
In the first column, near the bottom,
the sense of one sentence was completely
changed by being minus a few words. As
it is published it reads thus : “ The im-
■aj. Cooper’s Bail Rood Completed.
Etowah, Os., Oct. 19, 1858.
To the Editor of theCurterarille Express :
Dkak 8|«—Tlfo jjjlowah Bail Road has this
day Ikn* completed, and the trains ore regu
larly ninnihjr, in eeijpectioii with the passen
ger trains of the Wj* A. Rl R. This beingnn
era in our history, the event was distinguished
by the firing of a salute, from ordinance made
and cast at Etowah Foundry. Mr. L. Kendrick
was our contractor for the building of the Road,
and Eugene LeHardj the chief Engineer.
As soon as arrangements are made we will
duly celebrate the occasion. Morning guns will
be fired till the celebration
Very respectfnllv yours,
MARK A. COOPER,
President E. R. R.
The Atlanta Intelligencer, in speaking
of the completion of this Rail Road, says:
“ No man in Upper Georgia has con
tributed more than May. Cooper to the
developcment of the vast resources of that
section. For years past he has been en
gaged in the Iron and Milling business at
Etowah, Cass county, Ga. His works are
situated some three or four miles from the
line of the Western k Atlantic Rail Road.
This lias been a fretful source of expense
i to his enterprise from its very beginning.
J He has paid out hundreds of thousands of
j dollars, for the transportaion of material
and manufactures, from his establishment
to the Rail Road. The completion of the
Road, mentioned in the above notice, con
stitutes the dawn of a new era in the his
tory of his works, and we congratulate
him and his associates upon the achieve
ment of a work which is to contribute so
much to their convenience, as well as that
of the patrons of their establishment.”
The Augusta Constitutionalist, refer
ring to the same subject, says :
“Maj. Cooper is a Napoleon of wovk,
and docs whilst others speculate. At the ,
last session of the Legislature, he applied
for aid to build a Rail Road from his Iron
Works at Etowah to the State Road, upon
conditions which would secure the State
from the possibility of loss, and showed
that his enterprise was entitled to it, if
any is, from the fact that he gives to the
■State Road from hfe own business at Eto
wah, as much freight as it receives from
any of the way stations between Atlanta
From the North Georgia Times.
Colonel J. A. W. Johnson’s Letter of
* Acceptance.
Daltok, Ga. Od 12th, 1858.
Col. J. W. A. JohnsonDear Sir—The un
dersigned were sppointed by the delegates of
the Democratic party, assembled in convention
at Dalton this day, for the purpose of nomina
ting a candidate for Solicitor General of the
Cherokee Circuit, a committee to inform you
of your having been unanimously selected as
their choice for that position. In discharging
this duty, they beg leave to express to you in
dividually their high regard, and also the hope
that it will not be incompatible with your views
and interest to accept the position herewith
tendered. Very respectfully,
B. C. HOOPER,
3. S. P. POWELL,
J. W. JACKOWAY.
Spring Place Ga., Oct. 18th, 1858.
Gentlsxbn: Your favor of the 12th instant,
apprising me of my unanimous nomination by
the delegates from the different counties com
posing the Cherokee Judicial Circuit, for the
position of Solicitor General, has been dnly re
ceived. Sensible and grateful as I am of the
honor thus conferred upon me, I without hesi
tation accept the nomination, and shall earnest
ly endeavor, if elected, to proTe myself worthy
The Late Tragedy in Lower Califor
nia.
We find in the San Francisco Alta Cal
ifornia, Sep. 14th, the following addition
al particulars of a late tragic occurrence in
Lower California:
Hilliard P. Dorsey, a resident of Los
Angelos county for several years past, and
Sentence of Cobb by Judge Bull"
The following is the Sentence of th.
Court in the case of Cobb, who was con
victed of murder at the present session of
Fulton Superior Court:
Prisoner at the Bar:—You have been
brought to the Bar of this Court, charged
by the grand inquest of the county, with
late Register of the U. S. Land Office at; the crime of murder. To this youple*^
that place, was killed on the afternoon of * no ^ Guilty, and upon the issue thug
Monday, Sep. 6th, 1858, under the follow- j formed, a Jury of your country, selected
ing circumstances: j yourself, after a patient, faithful and
Sometime in June, 1857, H. P. Dorsey impartial trial, have by their solemn ver-
was married to the youngest daughter of
W. W. Rubottom, of El Monte. To all
appearances they lived in perfect harmo
ny together up to the 5th of September
last.
Some difference appears to have arisen
between them of so serious a nature that
Mrs. Dorsey, through fear of her life, was
obliged to leave her home on Sunday
night, September 5, at 11 o’clock, and
seek the shelter of her father’s house, a
distance of about 5 miles, leaving her only
child, a boy of four months of age, with
of the confidence thus reposed, by a diligent j,er husband, who would not permit her
discharge of the duties connected with so re
sponsible a position. Permit me further to say,
gentlemen, that I most heartily approve of the
first resolution passed by the convention, as
well as the second, which was in the commen
dation of Governor Brown in managing the af
fairs of that great State interest—the Western
A Atlantic Rail Road. I was a warm advocate
of his election, and yon may rest assured that
no one feels more gratification in his successful
administration of public affairs generally, than
I do. I am much pleased to find that the first
Governor elected from Cherokee Georgia, has
succeeded to so great an extent in endearing
himself to the people of his State. Please ac
cept for yourselves, gentlemen, the assurance
of my high personal regard and esteem, and
my best wishes tor your long lives, health and
prosperity. J. A. W. JOHNSON.
Messrs. R. C. Hooper, J. S. P. Powell and
J. G. Jackoway, Committee.
Army Fare in Utah.
A writer from the camp at Salt Lake,
in a letter dated 31st August, says:
The army camp is about to be moved a
few miles, to a point where preparations
are being made for the winter. Huts are
being built there of clay, in the shape of
i and Chattanooga. His application was , ° . ,, . , ,,
pressions made upon the mind in child- j —j. ^ ,, ! large sized bricks, and dried in the sun,
. . ,, , considered and rejected, and in the mean
hood, are seldom, if ever, repeated in! ,- , * , , . „ ,, . , . „
7 , , ' „ . ., ,»| time, he has taken all the stock in the
manhood, and scarce forgotten mold age. ; j , • , . , .
, , ,, , „ ? ° , road, which is several miles long, built it
It should be: “ Ihe impressions made!.. ,, ... , ., ,
. j ._ L ., Jt , _ ,, : himselt, without aid from any quarter,
upon the mind in childhood, are seldom,
if ever effaced; the lesson taught the
child is repeated in manhood, and scarce
forgotten in old age.”
In the second column, near the top, in
stead of “ public life-boat,” it should be
“feeble life-boat”
and celebrated its completion with a sa
lute from ordnance, which he has cast for
the purpose.”
Our neighbor of the Express, after pub
lishing the letter of Maj. Cooper, says :
“ It will be seen from the above that
Maj. Cooper has completed his rail road.
In the third column, near the top, you j And while it rcflcc ts the highest credit
have made President “Monroe” a poet,: lipon hinii it gtands as an evidence of
whereas the honor is due “ Moore.”
There are other mistakes, but they are
of minor importance. I suppose these
mistakes are owing to my being absent
when the “proof” was sent to be correct
ed. You will please publish these correc
tions. Respectfully,
GEORGIA R. KELSEY.
shame to those of our citizens who refused
him the little aid he asked, to bring this
road to our town. The incredulous hoot
ed at the idea that a road would ever be
built to the Etowah works, and this very
incredulity lias thrown our town beyond
the influence of its benefits. It was a
shame, we -say, that a people so vastly in-
SStF” W c regret very much that the tcrested in this movement, should have
mistakes mentioned above were overlook
ed by those who read the “ proofthe
printer should not be held responsible, al
together, for their occurrence.—Ed. St.
Hon. J. Glancey Jones, Xinister to
Austria.
The President has appointed Hon. J.
Glancy Jones, of Pennsylvania, Minister
to Austria. The Washington Union, in
speaking of this appointment, says :
“It affords us great pleasure to an
nounce that the appointment of Hon. J.
Glancy Jones, of Pennsylvania, as Minis
ter to Austria, which was voluntarily ten
dered to him by the President, has been
accepted by that gentleman. The faith
fulness and ability of his whole course in
Congress as a National Democrat, have
been recognised and endorsed by the
country. As chairman of the committee
of ways and means in the House of Rep-
stood idly by and allowed Maj. Cooper to
bear the entire burthen, when the benefits
to them would have been so- great The
State, too, actuated by a blind policy, has
ever refused to render the least assistance
to Maj. Cooper—a man that has done
more for her than any other. Her legis
lators will now have an opportunity to
show their statesmanship, for this road
will be extended, and is destined to pay
more and do more for the interests of our
people than any enterprise we know of
(abode.) Each officer is to have a room
15 feet square, with walls seven feet high,
the earth for a floor, and perhaps heaven
for a ceiling, in part at least, for though a
sort of roof will be made, it will be a holy
one. The Mormons are at work, making
the abodes; at least one hundred Mormons
arc now at work, and they have contract
ed to make one million and a half of them.
After they arc completed the troops will
move, and it will take the soldiers a month
to make their preparations for winter.
This tear is a capital thing for the Mor
mons; they sell their vegetables, kc., at
their own price, pretty generally, (though
every day an officer is detailed to attend
to the prices of things brought to the camp
to sell,) then they require Mormon prices
for their labor; in short it is a fine thing
for the Mormons to have the troops out
here to eat all they want to sell.
As to Brigham, he fares sumptuously,
every day. His house is very fine ; it Is
said to have cost sixty thousand dollars.
On the cupola is a bee hive, beautifully
carved in wood. In this house he attends
to business, receives visitors, and here re
sides Mrs. Brigham No. 1. In the house
next to this all the other Mrs. Brighams
live—say fifty or sixty, and over the por
tico of this house is a large lion, carved
from stone. The lion is finely done, and
is in a recumbent position. Around these
We extend to Maj. Cooper our sin .! two houses is an immense wall, built of
cere congratulations that his road has stone > “closing the entire square, (about
reached its completion. He certainly de
serves the admiration and kindest wishes
of all who have the good of our State at
heart Long may he prosper, and may
this be but the dawning of a brighter and
more glorious future for him and the en
terprises he has embarked in. We believe
, ,, , . , , . that the great heart of our people, with
resentstives—the most important position !., ,, . . . .
. , , . , . . i its warmest enthusiasm and sincere admi-
m that body—he was eminently success-1 ,. , , - ,. .. . . , .
„ , . ... , I ration, will demand for him the just claims
fuL His persuasive manners and his ad- , ... ... ., , ,
• , r , , , ■ . , ! he so richly merits, from the hands of our
nutted knowledge of financial questions,
extended his influence among the mem
bers of all parties, who placed full reliance
on his statements. Should the Tariff
question be before Congres at the next
session, his loss will be severely felt But
his appointment to Austria was eminent
ly fit to be made, and we are glad that he
has accepted it”
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
RerapitilitiM fry Figures.
nxr CONGRESS. OLD CONPBESS.
States.
Dem.
Opp.
Dem.
Opp.
Missouri,
7
«
1
Arkansas,
2
2
Vermont,
8
3
Maine,
<
«
Florida,
1
1
|
S. Carolina,
6
«
Pennsylvania, 5
20
15
10
Ohio,
<
15
9
12
Indiana,
4
7
<
5
*
81
51
45
37
Showings
Democratic loss of fourteen mem-
legislature. We can assure Maj. Cooper
that the Express—one of his best wishers
—will gladly be one of those to celebrate
with him his jubilee.”
From the Southern Recorder.
Further Election Returns.
Dawson Cocntv.
For Senator—John B. Graham, 415
James Cantrell, 68
For H. of R.—James L. Heard, 212 i
R. B. McClean, 166
Adam Thompson, 106
Isaac J. Elliott, 39
Glascock County.
as large as one of your Washington
squares.) The gates are heavy and strong,
like the sally-ports of a fort Within this
wall are always forty or fifty armed men.
Brigham is quite a domestic man; perhaps
he is a little afraid to go at large, and
then he has, no doubt, a line society at
home. He must be literally a lion at one
of his wives’ soirees.
to take him with her. She arrived at the
house of her father about midnight of Sun
day. On the following morning, before
daylight, Mr. Rubottom started for Los
Angelos, in order to take the initiative
steps to procure a habeas corpus for the
child. lie engaged Col. E. J. Kewen for
that purpose, who, accompanied by Meyer
J. Newmark, a notary public, left for El
Monte to obtain the signature of Mrs. Dor
sey to the petition, arriving there about
2 o’clock the same day.
After discussing the matter thoroughly,
Col. K., who had been a personal friend
to deceased, resolved to go first to see
Dorsey, and endeavor to conciliate mat
ters without the intervention of the law.
Accordingly he rode over to Dorsey’s and
upon their arrival at the residence of the
deceased, found him pacing to and fro the
room with the child in his arms ; while on
the bed and around the room lay a num
her of guns, pistols, and knives. Col.
Kewen remained in conversation with him
a considerable length of time, begging and
exhorting him by every argument in his
power, to restore the child to its mother
for a few days, when some amicable ar
rangement might he adjusted, but to no
avail.
Dorsey was inflexible in his purpose.—
He told Colonel Kewen that he was
friend of his, and that he could wield as
much influence over him as any person in
the county, hut that in this matter he was
unchangeable, and that if all the angels in
heaven were to implore him at his feet,
his determination would remain unaltered.
He said his time had conic; he intended
going to Mr. Rubottom’s, and tliat if his
wife would not return home with him, he
would kill her and all opposing him. Col.
Kewen seeing that it was useless to re
main any longer, resolved to return to the
house of Mr. Rubottom.
He had traveled but a short distance
when Dorsey, being on horseback, and
taking a much nearer road, overtook him,
and although Col. Kewen used every ex
ertion to keep up \vith_ him, he found it
impossible. When Dorsey rode up to the
house, Dr. Rubottom, who was seated on
the piazza, in conversation with Mr. New
mark, arose from his scat, and remarked,
“ Captain Dorsey, I have one request to
make, and that Is, that you do not enter
my gate.” Deceased disregarding the
wiSh entirely, alighted from his horse with
a Colt’s revolver in his hand, and opening
the gate, said “ I’ll come in or die, and
end it right here.” Mr. Rubottom again ad
monished him, “ For God’s sake, Dorsey,
don’t come in.” But Dorsey would come
hero. The twenty-three States not included in
this table, are represented in the present Con
gresi by eighty-nine Democrats and sixty-five
opposition men, including “Sooth Americans ”
Should they return members of the same poli
ties to the new Congress, the aggregate wonld
stand as fellows:
Dem. Opp.
Already elected, 31 81
To he elected, * 89 85
120 ns
Showings democratic majority of four mem
bers. Of the Democrats, six or eight are anti-
Lecompton. Bat on all questions where their
aati-Leeomptoram will show itself, they will
by the Sooth Americans, who on
fgr See the advertisement of “College
■ sole.” All persons wishing to be,***
settle in a healthy portion of the country, questions will vote with the Democrats,
amongst a moral, law-abiding people, 'It is evident, however, that there is to be a
should attend the sale of that property— wntest far the asemdaacy, and no
l„ r A( ._ -ffl Job* . will ““ P« rt,re, y ,bek "V U ’ e 8emIe
else they will lose a bargain, as “ tanl . AH will depend open the fntare,
doubtleseseB chea^ j ,,1 mae i i n the approschiag election in the
fcgr-Of the fifty-seven children on•**»»<*»*’*”*- ^
board the steamship Austria, lately bum- ^ E7~Des Moines is to he the capital of Iowa
ed at sen. not one was saved.
‘ hirsafter instead of Dnhnqne.
For II. of R.—James Logue,
Larkin Wilcher,
Rabun County.
For Senator—John Q. Adams,
White County.
For Senator—E. P. Williams,
W. B. Shelton,
For H. of R.—James West, Jr.
John M. Odell,
Andrew Dorsey,
Mitchell County.
For Senator—Andrew Cumbie,
John W. Pearce,
For H. of R.—Augustus H. Jones,
Elijah Pickem,
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Fine Jeans.
We have been shown a most beautiful
piece of Jeans, manufactured by Mrs. W.
S. Calloway, of Rieeville, Tennessee, and
exhibited at our late Fair. It was awar
ded a handsome Silver Tea Pot Mrs. C.
is a large contributor to our Fairs. She
is the lady who presented Maj. M. A
Cooper with a suit which took the Pre
mium two years ago.
Our friend J. D. Lockhart has had the
good fortune to “ fall heir” to the piece
above referred to. So much for being in
fa^or with the ladies.—At. Amerieau.
Interesting Calculation.'—A Yankee
When Mr. Rubottom saw him walk up
towards the house with pistol in hand,
he went into an adjoining room for his
shot gun. When he returned Dorsey was
on the piazza ; they met, and fired simul
taneously, Mr. Rubottom’s load entering
the side of Dorsey, just below the collar
bone. The shot from Dorsey’s pistol mis
sed the mark. The deceased ran fifteen
or twenty steps after he was shot, and ex
pired. His wife was present all the time,
but it was useless to intercede in the mat
ter, ns Dorsey was fully armed, having a six
shooter, a pair of derringers, and a knife
on his person at the time af his death. A
coroner’s inquest was held soon after,
and the jury returned a verdict of justifi
able homicide in self-defence. Mr. Ru
bottom immediately went to Los Angelos
and placed himself in the custody of the
sheriff, and the next (Tuesday) morning
was examined before Hon. Wm. G. Dry-
diet pronounced you Guilty. You l ttT
had a fair trial with all the advantag^
which humanity of the law accords to the
accused. The Court has given you every
indulgence asked, and ruled every doubt,
ful point in your favor. You have 1*^
defended by able and zealous counsel who
pleaded your cause with all the earnest
eloquence of men pleading for life. The
Jurors selected to pass between you and
the State came to the investigation with
minds unbiassed, and doubtless disposed
to mercy. They would have acquitted
you had not the evidence constrained
them to find your guilty ; and that they
rendered a true verdict according to the
evidence, I entertain not the slightest
doubt.
And now on me is imposed the sad du
ty of pronouncing upon you that doom
which the violated law demands as the
penalty of your crime ; and the sentence
which I must pronounce will, when utter
ed, announce to you the untimely close of
your career—the cutting off of every earth
ly tic.
To me, this is a most revolting task—
To see the old die, seems but the natural
sinking to repose after a long day of wear
isome toil and care. But to behold one in
the blooming spring of life, when hope
should lie buoyant and every prospect
bright, while yet the warm blood courses
freely through every vein, suddenly and ig-
nominiously cut off from life and hope, af
fords a most painful and melancholy sub
ject of contemplation. But stem justice
demands the immolation of the victim on
her altars, and her claims may not bt de
nied ; for if such crimes as that of which
you are now convicted, were suffered to
go unwhipped of justice, the very elements
of society would be dissolved, and instead
of peace, security and order, one wild
scene of lawlessness, bloodshed and ruin
would pervade the land.
An aged and unoffending traveller—a
stranger—peacefully pursuing his journey
on the public highway, is suddenly as
sailed and brutally and barbarously mur
dered ; and with no conceivable motive,
but a vampire thirst for blood, or the sor
did lust for plunder. For such a deed as
this, human justice can demand nothing
less than the life of the assassin. But 1
have no motive now to wound your feel
ings. I only desire to impress you with
den, County Judge, and upon the evidence
is a calculating institution, and nothing ofCo , Kewen and Mr Newmark> he was
comes along that he does not subject to 1 discharged,
the ordeal of figures, in some way. The
last instance that has come under our ob
servation is the following, which occurs
49 ; i n the course of some editorial specula-
: tions upon the Comet:
Its tail- is at least 6,000,000 miles in
length. To grease that tail it is estima-
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225
210 j- ted, would use up a basin of fat as large as
1^9 Lake Eri«
70 | to 50,000 “daubers,” for 10 years.
H. P. Dorsey was about thirty-five years
of age, and a native of Georgia, where his
parents and family now reside. He has a
brother in Los Angelos. Deceased was a
man possessing many good qualities, hut
a very severe temperament, having an iron
indomitable wifi, and would resort to any
the urgent necessity of repenting for your
crimes, before repentance will be forever
unavailing.
If death were nothing more than a mere
dissolution of the material elements of the
bod} - —the return of dust to its kindred
dust, there would be comparatively little
to dread. But there is within you an im
mortal spirit that must survive, and long
after your name and your crime shall have
passed from the memory of man, tliat
deathless soul shall still live! Where
shall it live ? To you this is a great ques
tion fraught with eternal interest, and the
solution of it depends on your employ
ment of the few days of life yet remaining
to you. Let me earnestly and kindly en
treat you to devote them to your immor
tal welfare; to make your peace with that
eternal Judge before whom you must soon
appear. This is the best advice that I can
give you ; perhaps it is the last. Let no
delusive hope of escaping the just sen
tence of the law prevent you from imme
diately setting about the great work of
your soul's salvation. In all candor and
sincerity, I tell you that I do not believe
you will escape this doom. You may, by
availing yourself of the forms of law for a
short time postpone it, but I sec no rea
sonable hope finally to avert it.
The mercy of that Great Being whom
you have so long offended is yet freely of
fered to you. Hitherto you have madly
refused it; it would be worse than mad
ness longer to reject it, and seal your own
destruction. God in mercy grant that
you may seek and obtain a full and free
pardon for all your sins; and that, when
you go hence you may find your abode in
the mansions of the blessed. And may
your unhappy fate prove an effectual war
ning to deter the youth of this country
from pursuing that path of Yicc and Sin
which has led you to ruin.
The sentence of the law is : That you
he taken from the Bar of this Court to the
common Jail of this County, or some oth
er safe place of confinement, there to bn
kept in safe and close custody, until Fri
day, the 10th day of December next, en
suing ; that on the day and year aforesaid,
between the hours of 10 o’clock in the
i<ro 77 ,“ r . ~ .“ . , ; measure to accomplish a purpose. The forenoon, and 2 o’clock in the afternoon,
i7„ ‘. pve oo^ ^ ^ emp oymen greater portion of the neighborhood in you be taken thence by the Sheriff of Ful-
2_tg I Ohio.—In our judgment, when the doubtful
districts are settled, it will be found that the
delegation consists of fourteen fusionists to
2 < 9 seven Democrats. The present delegation
76 stands twelve republicans to nine democrats.
Every one of the latter however, save General : tion of his family now reside. Capt Wm.
greater portion of the neighborhood in
which he lived was in constant dread of
him, and would yield to almost any terms
to prevent a difficulty with him.
H. P. Dorsey was a native of Haber
sham county, where his parents and a por-
The Prize Fight—Morrisst Victoei- j Burns, was chosen by “a division” in the op- ; jj_ Dorsey, of Athens, for years past Mar-
ous.—Buffalo,, Oct 21.—The prize fight position ranks. We have now chosen seven i s hal of that place, and at this time Clerk
between Morrisy and Heenan came off over the combined forces of the enemy, and f ^ Town Counci |^ ^ ^ brother.
_ , . A T ^wara. Uitr ran him very close in two or three other dis- i ^
yesterday, ** Long Pomt, Canada. Mor- ^ W( 7 h4Te> -Sat. Fetes.
nssy was the victor, after 11 rounds. The digpUy democntie , trenjSth we did in
fight was a terrific one. Both the com- ika.—Cincinnati Enquirer, 16M.
batants were badly injured, and were car
ried off the ground in beds. The fight was
witnessed by some 3,000 persons.
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Tax Next Oexcnss.—So far, ten States have
chosen 53 Republicans and 31 Democrats to
the next House of Representatives. There are
ia the present Hoose from the same States 88
Republicans and 41 Democrats.
As tn evidence of the improved
state of feeling in our State .Fair, it may
be well to remark that last year Mr. R.
Peters of this city sold of his fine stock,
Rev. J. R. Graves.—The ecclesiastical court
at Nashville have, by a vote of 89 to 1, found
this gentleman guilty of the second charge on
which be was arraigned, vix: that be “endeav
ored to distract and divide the First Baptist
Church by means of a conflict between its pas-
ton county, or his lawful Deputy, to tho
place of execution, and that you be there
hanged by the neck until you are £}^!d!
And may God have mercy on your soul!
The Cost of War.—The cost of a thir
teen inch shell as it flies through the air,
is from $10 to $12. The estimated cost
of firing a thirty-six inch bomb is nearly
$150. These figures afford some idea of
the “shelling out” which is necessary by
war.
Expected Rise in Leather.—Two pairs
of shoes were lately made by a shoe man
ufacturer in Lynn, Mass., to fill an order
for a Southern plantation. They-are in-
‘ meas-
•* **» wit" ^ ^ - “js*
dosed, he sold upwards of fourteen hun- j ^ to by nnmerona inflammatory arti- i ure nlne * een ,
dred dollars worth!—A t. American. dm published in bis paper.” > with » corresponding width.